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CALEB CHILDS, SON OF CALEB CHILDS, WAS BORN IN ABOUT 1750, PROBABLY IN BROOKLINE, MA. HE WAS A SOLDIER IIN THE REVOLUTION FROM ROXBURY AND BROOKLINE, ADJOINING TOWNS. HE WAS A PRIVATE IN CAPTAIN JOHN BAKER'S COMPANY (TENTH), COLONEL SAMUELL GERRISH'S REGIMENT, IN THE SUMMER OF 1775; ALSO CAPTAIN HOPESTILL HALL'S COMPANY, COLONEL LEMUEL ROBINSON'S REGIMENT, EARLY IN 1776; ALSO CAPTAIN STEPHEN DANA'S COMPANY, COLONEL SAMUEL THATCHER'S REGIMENT, DURING 1776, THEN PRIVATE AND SERGEANT IN CAPTAIN JOHN PETTINGILL'S. COMPANY, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL LLOAMMI BALWDIN'S REGIMENT, IN 1775-76-77 ON VARIOUS CALLS. HE WAS IN NEW YORK IN 1776.

ALL THE RECORDS OF CALEB CHILD OR CHILDS FOUND IN THE MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVE APPLY TO THIS CALEB CHILDS, WHO LIVED IN BROOKLINE, BUT DOUBTLESS ATTENDED THE ROXBURY CHURCH. OTHERS OF THE FAMILY LIVED IN ROXBURY AND BROOKLINE, ALSO. HE MARRIED, IN WESTON, ON NOVEMBER 12 1772, ESTHER WHEELER, OF THAT TOWN. HE WAS LIVING IN CHARLESTOWN IN APRIL 1789 ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS.

Sources

• Passed down family tree, which reference the MA Archives

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