HISTORY OF PHILIP ALLEN Philip Allen (1757-1845) was born at
Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He was living in
Brookfield,Massachusetts at the outbreak of the American Revolution
and enlisted in July 1775, in Captain Jonathan Packard's Company of
Colonel David Brewster's Regiment. He served in that unit as a
private for two months. Allen re-enlisted for seven and one-half
months in Captain Jonathan Wright's Company of Colonel James
Converse's Fourth Worcester Regiment in September 1775.
Subsequently, he served in Captain Hamilton's Company of Colonel
Samuel Brewster's Regiment from August 3, 1776 to September 30,
1776 and also in Captain Daniel Gilberts Company of Colonel Job
Cushing's Regiment from July 3, 1777 to September 2, 1777. Allen
rejoined Colonel Converse's command and served 22 days in Captain
Asa Danforth's Company. Philip Allen participated in the battles of
Half Moon and Bennington and was present at the surrender of
General John Burgoyne and his forces at Saratoga, New York. Allen
joined General Gates' army on September 23, 1777, after a forced
march from Brookfield, Massachusetts. Burgoyne surrendered on
October 17, 1777. During the revolution Allen served with six
different units over an eighteen month period.
After the war Philip Allen married Sally Keys at Brookfield,
Massachusetts, on March 20, 1782. Allen died at age 88, in Allen's
Grove, Wisconsin.
THE PUZZLE
42 34.ABC
088 47.DE1
To find the cache you need information from the sign at the posted
cords and from Philip's family's plot at WP 2.
A = The day Philip was born and died.
BC = Find ASA D Allen's grave, (Not Asa Keyes Allen)double the
months she lived and subtract from the years she lived.
DE = The age of Philip when he enlisted minus the last number in
the given puzzle west cords.
A Bicentenial $2.00 bill for the first to find.
REQUEST
I ask that when you look for this cache you bring a flag with you
and place it by Philip's grave. If not for men like this we would
not be where we are today. Thank You
The WSQ in the title of this cache is an acronym for
Wisconsin Spirit Quest. Wisconsin geocachers have adopted this
acronym to designate their cemetery caches. As this is classified
as a cemetery cache please note it is NOT hidden on any grave
marker or site. If there is a service going on, or folks are
visiting their loved ones when you arrive please be respectful and
come back at a later time. Your understanding and compassion for
those folks will be appreciated.
PLEASE FOLLOW ANY POSTED VISITING
HOURS, RESPECT THE RESIDENTS HERE, AND ONLY VISIT DURING DAYLIGHT
HOURS IF NO HOURS ARE POSTED
The cache is not located near a
grave...Do not disturb monuments. If you find a fallen US flag,
please stick it back in the ground. You must sign the cache log to
claim a find. As always, please be respectful, and cache in, trash
out.