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Falley was the son of Richard and Anna (Lamb) Falley.
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Richard Falley, Junior.
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At age 16, Falley joined the Provincial Army and was among those captured by Native Americans at the surrender of Fort Edward. He taken to Montreal and adopted into the tribe. Later he was ransomed from the tribe by a lady for 16 gallons of rum and returned to Westfield.
He later joined Captain Park’s company as an ensign and commanded a company at the Battle of Bunker Hill where his 14-year-old son, Frederick, served there as a drummer, and reportedly "drummed all through the fight."
During the American Revolution, Falley made guns for the Continental Army at an armory at the foot of Tekoa Mountain in Montgomery, Massachusetts.
He was for many years superintendent of the Armory at Springfield, Massachusetts. On December 24, 1761, Richard married Margaret Hitchcock (b.
May 25, 1741, Westfield, Master of Arts - daughter February 11 or 18, 1820, Volney (now Fulton), New York) in Westfield, Massachusetts.
Together they had 11 children, 10 of whom survived.
Lovisa Falley, b. December 3, 1763
Frederick Falley, b. January 2, 1765
Margaret Falley, b.
November 15, 1766
Richard Falley, b.
September 15, 1768
Russell Falley, b. October 5, 1770
Daniel Falley, b. December 3, 1772 (did not survive)
Daniel Falley, b.
November 15, 1773
Ruth Falley, b.
December 7, 1775
Lewis Falley, b. January 15, 1778
Samuel Falley, b.
October 9, 1780
Alexander Falley, b. April 4, 1783.
