tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post5427291753055554484..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: The Early Career of Henry DeBerniereUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-12000459115391371972021-06-09T14:52:40.758-05:002021-06-09T14:52:40.758-05:00John Anthony DeBerniere’s death record says he was...John Anthony DeBerniere’s death record says he was 67 years and 6 months old when he died in May 1812. That means he was born near the end of the year 1744. <br /><br />How does that square with his commission as an ensign being dated November 1755? It wasn’t uncommon for military families—and the DeBerniere brothers’ father was serving at that point—to put their sons down for commissions at a very young age. They didn’t actually start to serve until they were older. But it still looks like John DeBerniere was at work in the 44th Regiment by his mid-teens. <br /><br />I suspect Henry’s first commission didn’t come when he was eight, or even eleven, because his father wasn’t alive to obtain it. Instead, he probably made the decision to enter the army a few years later. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.com