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During the French And Indian War he served as a Lieutenant and later as a Captain in the Dragoon company of Maj. Tash's battalion of the New Hampshire Provincial Regiment . With the start of the American Revolutionary War in 1775 and 1776, Abraham Drake was Lt. Col. in Jonathan Moulton's 3rd New Hampshire Militia Regiment that guarded the New Hampshire seacoast from British attack. In 1777, he was promoted to Colonel of the 2nd New Hampshire Militia Regiment and commanded them during the Saratoga Campaign , serving in Ebenezer Learned's brigade. Later he served as a delegate to the New Hampshire Provincial Congress. Col. Abraham Drake died on August 1 , 1781 . |
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