• Ashton, Joseph
  NY
  1 Sergeant in Lamb's Co. NY artillery 16 Jul 1775
  captured in the assault on Quebec 31 Dec 1775
  exchanged Aug 1776
  2 Lieutenant continental artillery 1 Jan 1777
  regimental adjutant 21 Jun 1777 to 16 Jan 1781
  1 Lieutenant 12 Sep 1778
  Captain lt 19 Apr 1781
  transferred to corps of artillery 12 Jun 1783 and served to 20 Jun 1784
  Captain US infantry 12 Aug 1784
  Captain 1 infantry 29 Sep 1789
  Major 2 infantry 29 Dec 1791
  in 1 sublegion 4 Sep 1792
  resigned 27 Nov 1792

Source:

Extracted from the Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army: 1789 - 1903. Names are followed by state or country where born and then the state from which originally appointed but when there is only one place listed, it indicates the state whence appointed, the place of birth not being known. Where "Cadet Military Academy" is indicated, the next date refers to the date he entered that institution, and the figure in parenthesis represents his standing in the graduating class.

Some additional excellent resources for your research are:

• U.S. Military Records on Ancestry.com

• Maryland and Delaware Revolutionary Patriots, 1775-1783 Military Records

  New York in the Revolution and War of 1812

• Military Records off the Beaten Path

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