From Homer pg. 26: Samuel^ Wakefield {Jonathan'^), son of Jonathan and Abigail
(Smith) Wakefield, was born at Sutton, Mass., May 11, 1745. He was a
wood-ware turner. He married May 25, 1768, Mary Davenport. He died at
the home of his son William, at Croydon, IST. H., in 1820, at the age ot 74.
His wife died at the same place in 1805. The Berolutionarn War Archires of
Massachusetts gives the following extensive war record of Samuel Wakefield:
Samuel Wakefield, private on Lexington alarm roll, Capt, John Putnam's company.
Col. Ebenezer Larned's regiment. He marched on alarm of April 19. 1775, from Sutton,
belonged to Sutton. Length of service. 14 days. Samuel Wakefield, corporal on muster
and pay roll of Capt. Francis Shaw, jr.'s, company. Stationed at Gouldsboro, No. 4.
Narraguagus and Pleasant River, enlisted Septerriber". 1775: dischargedDecember 31. 177.5.
Time of service, 4 months, 3 days: 28 days are counted one month. Residence, No. 4.
Samuel Wakefield, private on muster and pay roll of Capt. Samuel Read, jr.'s, com-
pany. Col. Josiah Whitney's regiment. Enlisted December, 1776; discharged March,
1777. Time of service, 2 months, 22 days. Roll dated Uxbridge,
Samuel Wakefield, sergeant on muster and pay roll of Capt. Henry Dyer's com-
pany. Colonel Foster's regiment. Service at Machias during August. September, and
October, when British ships were in harbor. Enlisted August 15, 1777; discharged Au-
gust 22, 1777. Time of service, 7 days; also 18 dav's service, ending October 9, 1779.
Residence, No. 4, also in Captain Dyer's company of Rangers for service in Eastern De-
partment, Col. John, Allen's regiment. Enlisted March 9, 1780; discharged May 1, 1870.
Time of service, 1 month, 22 days. Residence, Township No. 4.
Samuel Wakefield, sergeant on return of Capt. John Hall's company. Col, Benja-
min Foster's Lincoln county regiment; marched on expedition to Major Bagadires by
order of Ensign Lovel, In service August 7 to September 7, 1779. One month.
(In Jonathan's line, his grandson Joseph Huston Wakefield. served with the Vermont 4th Infantry in the Civil War. He died at Andersonville Prison.)
