Captain John Felch

Captain John Felch (1729 - 1776), of English heritage, first served as a private, answering the alarm of 19 April at Lexington. He fought at Bunker Hill; his name appears on the Bunker Hill Muster Roll, in the collections of the Natick Historical Society.

Captain Felch was killed at the Battle of White Plains on October 28, 1776 when George Washington’s forces were attacked by William Howe’s British Army. He was 47 years old. The defeat led to the evacuation of the Continental Army from New York and New Jersey.  

According to Felch family history, his son, John, Jr.,  age 16, was initially recruited to fight, but his father went in his place.

John Felch, Jr. (1760 - 1830) enlisted and served in the alarms on Rhode Island in July and August 1780.

Captain John Felch is buried in the North Cemetery, shown on the 1750 Livermore Map.

The Felch home is also shown on the 1750 Livermore Map.