Source: "Ephraim Brown Genealogy", hand written by Ephraim Brown(b. 1819-1900). [Grandson of Ephraim Brown to whom this refers]also -- "History of the Town of Wilton, New Hampshire", byLivermore and Putnam, pub. by Marden & Rowell, 1888, p. 327. 2ndchild of Thomas & Mary Brown "Jonas [Brown] was a Minute Man inConcord, in the company commanded by Capt. Buttrick, was woundedat the North Bridge in Concord April 19, 1775, and bleeding hechased the enemy nine miles. He was in the battle of Bunker HillJune 17, 1775. He was commissioned as Ensign & went toTiconderoga, & joined the army under Generals Gates, Arnold, &Waterbury. Dec 1776 he entered his name to serve during the waras Lieutenant. (See History of Temple, P. 208.) Hisdescendants are erecting a monument to his memory at hisbirthplace in Concord." The stone monument by the roadside onMonument Street 3.4 miles from the center of Concord, MA, (2,7miles beyond the North Bridge) opposite what was, in 1963, theWindhol House. (Roswell Brown Whidden notes dated 10/18/1959] r247 "Ens. Jonas Brown was born in Concord, Mass., 1752; removedto Temple, 1780, and married., 1783, Hannah daughter of Maj.Ephraim Heald, and the first female child born in Temple. He wasa very patriotic mand and the statement which he was obliged tomake in order to secure his pension, under the Act of Congress,of June 7, 1832, concerning his services in the Revolution, wepresent in full: "State of N.H., Co. of Hillsborough. On thisseventeenth day of August, 1832, Jonas Brown personally appearedin open court, before the Court of Probate, now sitting atAmherst, within and for the County of Hillsborough, in the Stateaforesaid, at age 79 years, who being duly sworn according tolaw, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in orderto obtain the benefit of the act of Contress, passed June 7,1832. That he entered the service of the United States, underthe following named officers, and served as herein stated. "Thatis to say, from the 1st of January, 1775, to the 1st of May, Iwas enlisted as a minute man, (being a native and resident ofConcord, Mass.,) under Capt. Buttrick, of the Militia, andtrained twice a week, and with the rest of the company, keptguard most of the time over the public stores, roads and bridgesin Concord. Early on the 19th of April, an alarm was given thatthe enemy were coming from Boston to Concord, and our companywas paraded about daylight, and kept under arms most of thetime, until the enemy arrived, and destroyed military stores andprovisions, and set a guard at the Bridge, and I was orderedwith others, to rout them, which we did, when several werekilled on both sides, and the enemy retreated, and we pursuedto Meontomy (West Cambridge) had various skirmishing on theroad, and I returned to Concord. Capt. Buttrick went toCambridge, and several times sent for his company. I went twiceor three times and returned next day. On the 1st of May, 1775,I entered the service as a corporal, under Capt. Abisha Brown,in the regiment commanded by Col. Jno. Nickson, Lt., and servedeight months at Cambridge, Charleston, &e.; was in the battle ofBunker Hill, on the 17th of June, and was dismissed 1st ofJanuary, 1776. Again the militia was called for, and on the 1stof Feb., 1776, I enlisted a volunteer for two months, underCapt. Asel Wheeler, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Robinson,Lt. Col. Buttrick, and Major McCobb, in which Regiment I servedFebruary and March, two months, as a Quarter Master's Sergeant;was in service at Charlestown and vicinity when the British armyleft Boston, and was discharged the first of April. On the 12thof July, 1776, I was commissioned as an Ensign, and immediatelyentered the service under Capt. Charles Miles, in the Regimentcommanded by Col. Jonathan Reed, in the Mass. Line, in theBrigade destined for Canada, in which Reg't was Lt. Col Brownand Major Feltcher. I marched from Concord to Keene, NH, thenceby way of Charleston, N.H., Otter Creak, and Shrewsbury, Vt,where we took boats and went down Lake Champlain, toTiconderoga, and joined the army under Gen'ls Gates, Arnold andWaterbury, and Gen. Brickett of Mass. was there. "I was atTiconderoga when Arnold and Waterbury went down the Lake with afleet of gondolas (flat-boats) which were mostly destroyed. Iremained at Ticonderoga until about the middle of Dec., 1776,when I entered my name to serve during the war, as a Lt. underCapt. Monroe, of Lexington, Mass., and had leave to return toConcord, until called for. I did so, and about the middle ofMarch, I was called upon to take my appointment ast Lt. Iobeyed the call, and went to the Capt., who told me there wereothers who would like to take my chance, and I resigned it, andwas excused from any further service, making eight months inwhich I was under orders as an Ensign." The annual pension heregranted was $177.33, rated from March 4, 1831.r247 "When Ensign Brown fought at Concord Bridge he received asevere wound in his shoulder from a musket-ball. On showing thewound to his mother, "Ah, Jonas," said she, "if it had gone alittle more towards your neck, it would have killed you!" "Ohyes, mother, but if it had gone a little further t'other way 'twouldn't touched me!" Ensign used to tell his boys, by way ofsummary of his revolutionary experience, "I had hot chocolatefor breakfast, cold lead for dinner, and sore feet for supper!"