Ezekiel Averell

• AVERILL, EZEKIEL, DAR Ancestor #: A053103
• Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank: PRIVATE
• Birth: 6-6-1754 POWNALBORO YORK CO ME DIST MASSACHUSETTS
• Death: 2-20-1850 WISCASSET LINCOLN CO MAINE
• Service Source: S36901; MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 1, P 364
• Service Description: 1) LT THOMAS LAMB, CAPT THOMAS HUNT; 2) COL HENRY JACKSON

Ezekiel was one of George Washington's Body Guards during the Revolutionary War. His grave stone states this service. He served in the Continental Army, 16 Regt. of Massachusetts under the company command of Capt. Thomas Hunt in the regiment command of Colonel Henry Jackson, serving three years. He was a residence of Pownalborough, but enlisted for the town of Braintree. He served in the battle of Monmouth and in the action on Rhode Island.

Transcription from "Wiscasset in Pownalborough: a history of the shire town and the salient historical features of the territory between the Sheepscot and Kennebec Rivers: by Fanny S. Case, Wiscasset, Maine 1941

"Ezekiel Averill One of Washington's body guard, died Feb 20, 1850, aged 95 years 8 mos."

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Nov 15 2016, 14:38:33 UTC