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See also:DANIEL See also:SHAYS (1747–1825) , See also:American soldier, the See also:leader of See also:Shays's Insurrection in W . See also:Massachusetts in 1786–1787 (see MASSACHUSETTS: See also:History), was See also:born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, in 1747 . In the See also:War of See also:Independence he served as second See also:lieutenant in a Massachusetts See also:regiment from May to See also:December 1775, became See also:captain in the 5th Massachusetts regiment in See also:January 1777, and resigned his See also:commission in See also:October 1780 . After the collapse of Shays's Insurrection he escaped to See also:Vermont . He was pardoned in See also:June 1788, and died at See also:Sparta, New See also:York, on the 29th of See also:September 1825 . |
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