Captain Jeremy Lister (28 September 1752 – 3 April 1836) was a British officer in the

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during the early days of the

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. His journal was later published as ''Concord fight: Being so much of the narrative of Ensign Jeremy Lister of the 10th Regiment of Foot as pertains to his services on 19 April 1775''. Lister was born at

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in 1752. In 1770, Lister was commissioned an ensign with the 10th Regiment of Foot in England and sailed for

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. After being stationed at

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in America he saw action at Lexington and

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. He was wounded in the right elbow during the expedition to Concord and North Bridge. On 17 February 1781 Lister was promoted to captain.London Gazette Date:13 February 1781 Issue number:12162 Page number:5 He stayed with the 10th until 1783. He sold his commission and settled in

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and later at Halifax in West Yorkshire. He died at the family estate

in 1836. Jeremy married Rebecca Battle (1770–1817), with whom he had six children: *John (born and died 1789), died as an infant *

Anne Lister Anne Lister (3 April 1791 – 22 September 1840) was an English diarist, famous for revelations for which she was dubbed "the first modern lesbian". Lister was from a minor landowning family at Shibden in Calderdale, West Riding of Yorkshire, ...

(3 April 1791 – 22 September 1840), inherited

and wrote an extensive diary, of her daily life, travels and lesbian romances *Ensign Samuel (16 June 1793 – 19 June 1813) died at

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*John (3 February 1795 – 24 January 1810) * Marian (13 October 1798 – 6 August 1882) *Jeremy (27 September 1801 – 7 February 1802)

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American Heritage, March 1974
1752 births 1836 deaths Royal Lincolnshire Regiment officers British Army personnel of the American Revolutionary War {{UK-army-bio-stub