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Jeremiah Moulton (b. York, Massachusetts (now in
York, Maine York is a town in York County, Maine, United States, near the southern tip of the state. The population in the 2020 census was 13,723. Situated beside the Atlantic Ocean on the Gulf of Maine, York is a well-known summer resort town. It is home ...
), 1688, d. York, 20 July 1765) was a New England militia officer and member of the Massachusetts Council. As a boy, during
King William's War King William's War (also known as the Second Indian War, Father Baudoin's War, Castin's War, or the First Intercolonial War in French) was the North American theater of the Nine Years' War (1688–1697), also known as the War of the Grand All ...
, Moulton's parents were killed and he was taken captive in the
Raid on York (1692) The Raid on York (also known as the Candlemas Massacre) took place on 24 January 1692 during King William's War, when Chief Madockawando and Father Louis-Pierre Thury led 200-300 natives into the town of York, Maine, York (then in the District o ...
. He is buried in the Old York Cemetery, York Village, York County, Maine, USA.Jememiah Moulton gravesite
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Moulton Biographical Sketch.1842.
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moulton, Jeremiah People in Father Rale's War Military history of Acadia Military history of Nova Scotia Military history of New England Military history of Canada History of Maine Acadian history 1688 births 1765 deaths People from York, Maine Maine sheriffs American militia officers