Isaac Wyman (1724–1792) was born January 18, 1724, in

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, to Joshua Wyman and his wife Mary Pollard. In 1747 he married Sarah Wells of

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. They had nine children altogether. As a young man, Wyman moved to

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, and served in the

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during the

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at the

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and the

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in 1757 and 1758 respectively. In 1762 he opened a

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on Main Street in Keene, this building is now a museum. Wyman was chosen to represent Keene at the New Hampshire General Assembly in January and February 1775. At the outbreak of the

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in April 1775 Wyman, as a

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of the local militia, led a company from Keene to the

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and joined

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in the

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. In 1776 he was appointed as

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of a

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regiment sent to reinforce the

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in its retreat from Canada. His regiment mustered at Keene July 16, 1776, and marched to

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and then on to

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where it stayed until December of that year, when the regiment returned to

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for winter quarters. This was Col. Wyman's last military campaign; after this time his advancing years kept him from any more military service. He would go on to become a

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in his home town of

, until his death on March 31, 1792.

References

*''A List of The Revolutionary Soldiers of Dublin, N.H.'' by Samuel Carroll Derby Press of Spahr & Glenn, Columbus, Ohio 1901
State Builders: An Illustrated Historical and Biographical Record of the State of New Hampshire. State Builders Publishing Manchester, NH 1903

External links

Isaac Wyman's Tavern
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