Benjamin Goldthwait

Benjamin Goldthwait Signature

Benjamin Goldthwait was a British army officer who served in King George's War and the French and Indian War. He fought in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745) (along with his brother Joseph).[1] He arrived in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia in 1746 and then fought in the Battle of Grand Pre. He then fought during the French and Indian War in the Battle of Fort Beauséjour.

His brother was Col. Thomas Goldthwait, commander at Fort Pownall(1763-1775).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Captain Joseph Goldthwait's journal of 1745
  2. ↑ Thomas Goldthwait - was he a Tory. Collections of the Maine Historical society, p. 23 (includes Goldthwait portrait p. 1)
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