Pvt. Nicholas Dodge Jr. (1752-1827), b. in Beverly, MA; he served as a Private under Captain Cilley in the NH troops; later was superintendent of blacksmithing for Gen. Washington's division in the Continental Army and was often sent out as a scout. (Source: Progressive Men of Montana, pg. 602) His father gave him some of the Londonderry, NH land he owned.
He m. (1) Hannah Cole (1752-1787) in 1775; he m. (2) Elizabeth Flye (1767-1841), dau. of John Flye, in Vassalboro, ME in 1788 and had 8 children; he d. in Burnham, ME in 1827 at age 75.
Sources:
Genealogy of the Dodge Family of Essex Co., Mass, by JT Dodge, Vol. 1, pg. 59
The National Society of the DAR, Vol. 93, DAR# 92982
findagrave mem.#s 19093761 - Nich., 19093770 - Eliz.
https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/nicholas-Dodge_19627673
