William Flagg
Corporal
Born: July 12, 1737 Waltham, Massachusetts
Married: October 26, 1758, Waltham, Massachusetts
Died: October 7, 1812, Ashby, Massachusetts
Father: Bezaleel Flagg b.1711
Mother: Susanna Warren b.1707
Wife: Lydia Child b.1738
Children:
Betsey Flagg b.1759 m. Timothy Davis
Soloman Flagg b.1761 m. Sarah Bridge
Mary Flagg (twin) b.1761 m. Josiah Hastings
Lydia Flagg b.1766 m. Elijah Smith
Susanna Flagg b. 1768 m. John Adams
Sarah Flagg b. 1770 m. Jacob Fiske, Stephen Mead
Nancy Flagg b. 1772 m. Charles Stearns
Daniel Flagg b.1774
Rhoda Flagg b.1777 m. Micah Moseman
William Flagg b. 1779
Isaac Flagg b.1784
Notes:
-Listed in the 1790 Census in Ashby
-He served as a corporal in the revolutionary war in Capt. Samuel Stone's company of minute-men, which marched on alarm of April 19, 1775, service 14 days. Also list of men drafted Aug 19, 1777 to serve for 3 months.
-It is frequently posted that William Flagg's death date is the same
date as above, but in 1817. There is a probate administration for a
William Flagg of Ashby in 1813, and "Society of the Mayflower" records
for Lucinda Bosworth (descendant of mayflower passenger Richard Warren,
born 1876) list the date above for death. His gravestone confirms the
correct date.
-Birth Record of all children above in Ashby records. Noted Betsey
born Waltham, Lydia at Fitchbburg, and Mary&Solomon born Lunenburg.
Sources:
-Birth Source: "FLAGG, William, ch. Bezaleel and Susannah, July 12, 1737 Waltham"
-Marriage Source: Littleton Town Records
-Death Source: Gravestone, Ashby, Massachusetts