SHUMWAY, Stephen of Amherst area. Listed on the pay-roll of Capt. Eli Parker's company, Col. Leonard's regiment of militia,
who marched from Hampshire county to Ticonderoga, May 8, 1777. The list contains names of men from Belchertown, Granby
and Amherst, the particular place of residence not being given. Their enlistment was for two months [page 83]. SOURCE: [33]
The History of the Town of Amherst, Massachusetts, 1896; page 83.
BURIED: Hill Cemetery, Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts
DEATHS
In Belchertown, Mt Stephen Shumway, a revolutionary pensioner 84.
Date: January 22, 1841
Location: Massachusetts
Paper: Barre Gazette
Steve Shumway - shumways@@petershumway.org