Revolutionary War Soldier
When he appeared in court, Sept. 20, 1820, Dr. Eager said he was 74 years old, probably intended for 71. He was surgeon's mate in Col. Timothy Bedell's Regt., N. H., serving during the war and losing his
property. He enlisted in '76. For a pensioner, however, he was then well off, his property being worth $1,173, with debts of only $500. He had also a half right to over 80 acres on lot 94, Manlius, partly paid for. He had a mare 7 years old, and an old sleigh which he could not use, having no harness. They were worth $45. Then he had "one spare bed and bedding, one bedstead, crockery barely sufficient to make the family decently comfortable, ironware and other articles I of household furniture barely sufficient to be comfortable, articles of provision likewise," all worth $52. How the six members of his family slept he did not say, but there may have been more than one bedstead, after all. He thought he might "have an honest claim to two swine, nine geese and perhaps six barn-yard fowls," worth $11. It is to be hoped he had, for he had a crippled arm, so that he could not work, and he was too old for a doctor. He had a mn, Samuel Eager, aged 26; a grandson, Charles Heath, who was 17; and he evidently had married again, for his wife was 51, and had two daughters, Dnlcene and Eunice Hammond. Samuel Eager was his administrator, April 17, 1821.
Revolutionary War Soldier
When he appeared in court, Sept. 20, 1820, Dr. Eager said he was 74 years old, probably intended for 71. He was surgeon's mate in Col. Timothy Bedell's Regt., N. H., serving during the war and losing his
property. He enlisted in '76. For a pensioner, however, he was then well off, his property being worth $1,173, with debts of only $500. He had also a half right to over 80 acres on lot 94, Manlius, partly paid for. He had a mare 7 years old, and an old sleigh which he could not use, having no harness. They were worth $45. Then he had "one spare bed and bedding, one bedstead, crockery barely sufficient to make the family decently comfortable, ironware and other articles I of household furniture barely sufficient to be comfortable, articles of provision likewise," all worth $52. How the six members of his family slept he did not say, but there may have been more than one bedstead, after all. He thought he might "have an honest claim to two swine, nine geese and perhaps six barn-yard fowls," worth $11. It is to be hoped he had, for he had a crippled arm, so that he could not work, and he was too old for a doctor. He had a mn, Samuel Eager, aged 26; a grandson, Charles Heath, who was 17; and he evidently had married again, for his wife was 51, and had two daughters, Dnlcene and Eunice Hammond. Samuel Eager was his administrator, April 17, 1821.
Inscription
In memory of
DOCT. GEORG EAGER
who departed this
life
Feb. 2,1821,
age 72 years.
One of the early settlers
of the town of Hanover,
New Hampshire.
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