WADE, David Everett

1763 - 1842  (79 years)

• Name	WADE, David Everett
  Birth	1763	Elizabethtown, Essex [now Union] County, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Abt 1780	American Revolutionary War   [1]
  	"..in Essex County Militia, twice wounded and taken prisoner of war on the prison ship Jersey." benchmark date - guesstimate...based on age in 1780 of 17 years; however, with the battle at Trenton occurring in Dec 1776 and the Battle of Princeton on 3 Jan 1777," ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Compiler's note: I am uncertain about this information. In 1776/77 Young David Everett Wade would have been age thirteen [13] which would seem a bit young. World Book Encyclopedia 2000 on CD reports that the American Militias were made up of men age 16-60. By his 16th birthday, in 1779/80 it seems the most of the fighting in the New Jersey area was over, The Battle of Monmouth [June 1778] was the last major Revolutionary War battle in the North. G.A.H. Apr 2002 My question was posed to a fellow genealogist and avid history student, his reply was: "Gary, I cannot verify this particular account. However, I think it quite reasonable that a thirteen-year-old boy could have done this. It would not surprise me if there were some of the patriot soldiers even younger. In the Civil War a young lad, I believe about seven years of age, was enlisted as a drummer boy. During a battle a bullet pierced his drum making it useless. He threw away the drum and picked up the rifle of a fallen soldier and began shooting at the rebels. He never acted as a drummer boy again. He made sergeant and was in command of a company within a few years. He was captured I believe before age thirteen. Also he had been wounded a time or two. He survived the war and made a career in the Army and remained in the Army until he died at age ninety-four if I remember correctly, and he died as a general. In 1636 at the siege of the Alamo a group of men from, I believe Gonzales but don't quote me, came to support the defenders knowing full well that the fight was hopeless and that they would all be killed. One father of a number of children had said he would go, but his eldest son, a lad of thirteen said no. He told his father that he should stay home and take care of the younger children, something the thirteen year old boy felt incapable of doing. He asked his father to let him go in his place and it was finally agreed. He was not the youngest defender at the Alamo. Again in the Civil War the youths attending the Citadel donned their uniforms, took up their rifles, and, being led by the commandant of the institution, went to fight the damnyankees (one word where most of my family came from) and their death. There was a parallel circumstance back in Biblical times with a school of teenagers going to war as a unit. Even a most casual look at the revolutionist fighting forces around the globe today will show you youngsters far younger than thirteen not only throwing rocks in protest, but carrying and using automatic rifles. These youngsters grow up in war from the time they are six or seven and become the most experience and fiercest fighters by the time they are in their teens. I think we should accept the data as it was written. You may wish to enter a note stating that you have some reservation about the data. I don't intend to do that." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
  _UID	27516F62B18FFF4FA5391D8D5EA9E077BD39
  Death	1842	Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
  	"One of the six incorporators of Cincinnati, 1802.
  Person ID	I32553	Garys-Tree
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2009

  
  

  Father	WADE, David [4],   b. 21 May 1733, Elizabethtown, Essex [now Union] County, New Jersey, USA d. 10 Sep 1779, Connecticut Farms, Essex County, New Jersey, USA (Age 46 years)
  Mother	BALL, Phebe,   b. Abt 1736   d. 10 Nov 1759 (Age 23 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1756	Colonial New Jersey   [2]
  Family ID	F2663	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S438] "Seven Generations of Family Bible Records"; Shoptaugh. p.34 [S1149] Imported GEDCOM file fr Forest Smith 121705.