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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JH47" data-source="post: 3656052" data-attributes="member: 43443">My 8x great grandfather Alexander Beggs Jr. was born in Ireland in 1754, came to the colonies at age 15. Joined Henry Lee's artillery and was part of the New Jersey campaign. He was at the crossing of the Delaware and participated in the Battle of Trenton. He then joined the PA Blue State Troops and fought at the Battle of Brandywine and was captured while felling trees to stop the British advance. He escaped that night and made his way back to the American lines. His commander wouldn't let him rejoin the campaign, because he believed the British would execute him if captured again. So, he went to NC and joined another militia there, which led to him fighting in the Battle of Stono Ferry.After the war he settled in Kentucky and finally Illinois where he died in 1837 at 82 with 9 children.</blockquote>