He came to America during the Revolution with French forces under Rochambeau and is said to have hidden somewhere along the Philadelphia waterfront to avoid embarking for return
to France at end of the war. Reportedly followed various occupations, including as a sailor, before eventually settling in North Carolina.
Widow's application for a pension was apparently rejected on the grounds that he served
as a French soldier, not Continental, and was technically, although hostilities had ended,
a deserter.
He was married, Oct.3,1795 in Rowan Co., NC, to Esther or Ester Hawkins.
Widow's pension application states he came as a drummer boy with forces under Comte de Grasse, the French Admiral whose defeat of the British fleet made possible siege of Yorktown and eventual surrender of Cornwallis. References are also made to serving under Lafayette.
to France at end of the war. Reportedly followed various occupations, including as a sailor, before eventually settling in North Carolina.
Widow's application for a pension was apparently rejected on the grounds that he served
as a French soldier, not Continental, and was technically, although hostilities had ended,
a deserter.
He was married, Oct.3,1795 in Rowan Co., NC, to Esther or Ester Hawkins.
Widow's pension application states he came as a drummer boy with forces under Comte de Grasse, the French Admiral whose defeat of the British fleet made possible siege of Yorktown and eventual surrender of Cornwallis. References are also made to serving under Lafayette.
He came to America during the Revolution with French forces under Rochambeau and is said to have hidden somewhere along the Philadelphia waterfront to avoid embarking for return
to France at end of the war. Reportedly followed various occupations, including as a sailor, before eventually settling in North Carolina.
Widow's application for a pension was apparently rejected on the grounds that he served
as a French soldier, not Continental, and was technically, although hostilities had ended,
a deserter.
He was married, Oct.3,1795 in Rowan Co., NC, to Esther or Ester Hawkins.
Widow's pension application states he came as a drummer boy with forces under Comte de Grasse, the French Admiral whose defeat of the British fleet made possible siege of Yorktown and eventual surrender of Cornwallis. References are also made to serving under Lafayette.
to France at end of the war. Reportedly followed various occupations, including as a sailor, before eventually settling in North Carolina.
Widow's application for a pension was apparently rejected on the grounds that he served
as a French soldier, not Continental, and was technically, although hostilities had ended,
a deserter.
He was married, Oct.3,1795 in Rowan Co., NC, to Esther or Ester Hawkins.
Widow's pension application states he came as a drummer boy with forces under Comte de Grasse, the French Admiral whose defeat of the British fleet made possible siege of Yorktown and eventual surrender of Cornwallis. References are also made to serving under Lafayette.
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