Extracted from Historical Sketches of Andover Chapter IV “The Part of Andover
in the French and Indian War” pages 250-251.
The Expedition to Lake Champlain and Crown Point was not so successful as
that had been against Acadia.
Several Andover soldiers who died in the service are named in the town records
:-
“1755. Sept. 27. Ebenezer Frie died at the camp near Lake George.
“Oct. 2. Jeremiah, son of Jacob and Abigail Tyler died with sickness at Lake George in the 23rd year of his age.
“Nov. 17. Captain Jonathan Poor died at Albenoy (1) with sickness in the intended expedition against Crown Point in the 32nd year of his age.
“Nov. 28. Ensign James Stevens died at the Camp near Lake George, 35th year of his age.
“Dec. 20. Capt. Asa Stevens at Albenoy on his return from Lake George, 38 years, 6 days.
All records transcribed and copyright by JAS 2004-2008. Any spelling errors occur in original record.
