Revolutionary War
Doughty, I never heard that name in any discussions of my families past. All right, well, fasten your seatbelt, because I have something to show you. Please turn the page. This is a pension record from the National Archives. Would you please read the transcribed section? Ah, yes. Christopher Doughty was a private in the company commanded by Captain Stillwell. Your fourth great grandfather Christopher Doughty enlisted on November 2nd, 1775, in New Jersey, at the age of 20. (laughing) Your ancestor, Dr. Collins, was a Patriot. All right! He served in the Continental Army in the American Revolution. Well that's a nice revelation. Did you have any idea that you were descended from a Patriot? I hoped that might be the case, 'cause I thought with all these branches and enough of them having been in the US at the time of the Revolutionary War there might be somebody who took some role in that. Go, Christopher!
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