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BADGER, Joseph, soldier, born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, 11 Jan, 1722; died 4 April 1803. He held several civil and military offices in his native place, but removed to Gilmanton, New Hampshire, in 1763. He became a colonel in the revolutionary army in 1771, and was mustering officer of troops in his part of the state, and a member of the provincial congress. He was appointed Brigadier-General in 1780, was judge of probate from 1784 to 1797, and in 1788 was a member of the convention that adopted the federal constitution. In 1784 and 1790-'1 he was a member of the state council. He was one of the founders of Gilmanton academy.
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