James OTIS 1 2
- Christened: 12 Jul 1730
- Died: 6 May 1751 at age 20
Noted events in his life were:
• Research Notes: Otis Family in America by William A. Otis. 2 "James was accidently killed May 6, 1751, at a military parade in New London, Connecticut, where he had recently been elected Captain of a company. In the discharge of firearms, usual on such occasions, he received a musket charge in his head, killing him instantly."
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Sources
1
William Richard Cutter, A.M., Historian of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society; Librarian Emeritus of Woburn Public Library; Author of "The Cutter Family,""History of Arlington," "Bibliography of Woburn," etc., etc, Genealogical and Family History of Northern New York, A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation,Volume I (New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company,1910).
2
William A. Otis, Fellow American Institute of Architects, A Genealogical and Historical Memoir of the Otis Family in America, Compiled and Arranged from Various Sources (Chicago, 1924).
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