Elijah MacFarlin Jr.
Elijah MacFarlin Jr. had married Sarah Marshall, daughter of Josiah and
Sarah Churchill Marshall on 12 May 1773. Two children were born before
he left for the army, and three others following the end of the
hostilities.
Along with his father and brother, Elijah MacFarlin Jr. also served in
the army with his father-in-law, Josiah Marshall. Serving under Gen.
George Washington, he saw action at the Battle of Trenton and Princeton.
He also saw action at the Battle at Haarlem Heights on Long Island and
at White Plains, where he was wounded. Following his discharge at West
Point, NY, in 1783, he returned to Plympton, MA where he remained until
after 1788, when he and his wife moved to Fairfield, ME.
In 1818 he applied for and was granted his military pension of $8 per
month. He died 7 Nov. 1827 in Fairfield, ME.
ELIJAH McFARLIN, 69, Fairfield, private, Edes's and Parker's Co.,
Jackson's Regt., Mass, for the period of three years, having previously
served during the year 1776 in Capt. Bradford's company and Colonel
Bailey's regiment of the Mass. troops, and was in the battles of Harlem
Heights, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton and received two severe
wounds. Real estate, I have none. Personal estate, one cow of the value
fifteen dollars, seven sheep and nine lambs of the value of twenty
dollars, one sow and six pigs of the value of seven dollars, old
household stuff, besides necessary bedding not exceeding two dollars in
value. One axe worth one dollar, one shovel worth one dollar, and I have
five dollars in money. I have no debts due to me that can be collected
and I owe as much as one hundred and fifty dollars upon interest. My
income from the above property is not equal to the interest of the money
I owe. My occupation was that of a farmer, but from age and infirmity
and being a cripple am totally unable to labor. My family at home
consists of myself, and my wife, aged sixty eight, who has lost the use
of her left arm, and is otherwise very infirm. Except the foregoing and
my necessary clothing and bedding, I have no property or income
whatsoever.
$137.54. Continued. 20 Dec. 1820. [Source: NEHGR 145:173, 1991]
Mayflower ancestry of Elijah McFarlin, Jr. is confirmed in "Mayflower
Families through Five Generations, Vol. 22, p. 547-548.