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- Found in: History of Gorham, Maine by Mclellan, page 140
Philip Horr (Jr.) of Gorham, who married Elder Joseph Cate's daughter Sarah, enlisted in Capt. Traffam's Company, in a Rhode Island regiment commanded by Col. Topham. While he was engaged in rowing a boat, containing Col. Topham and two of his officers, across the bay from Howland's ferry to Bristol, the boat was captured by the enemy. Horr was confined on one of the prison ships, where he suffered untold miseries before being released. From the effects of the hardships endured while a prisoner, he never recovered. When the pension acts were passed Mr. Horr was one of the recipients of this bounty from the Government????..After his marriage he returned to Gorham and settled in the Quaker neighborhood, on the farm recently owned by Reuben Elder. He and his wife both died in Gorham.
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Philip Horr, of Gorham, who was a private in Capt. Traf- farn's company of Col. Topham's Rhode Island Regiment, was taken prisoner while rowing a boat from Rowland's ferry to Bristol, with Col. Topham and two of his captains. Mr. Horr was placed on board a British prison ship and endured great sufferings ; his health was ruined. He served twenty-eight months.
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