 LISTER Jeremy |   | Born: 1752 | Died: 1836 |
| Father: LISTER Jeremiah | Mother: Unspecified | ||
| Children: LISTER John, LISTER Samuel, LISTER John, LISTER Jeremy, LISTER Marian, LISTER Anne | |||
| Siblings: LISTER Anne, LISTER James | |||
Captain Jeremy LISTER (1752–1836) was a British officer in the 10th Regiment of Foot during the early days of the American Revolution. His journal was later published as Concord fight: Being so much of the narrative of Ensign Jeremy Lister of the 10th Regiment of Foot as pertains to his services on 19 April 1775.
Lister was born at Shibden Hall, England in 1752. In 1770 Lister was commissioned an ensign with the 10th Regiment of Foot in England and sailed for Canada. After being stationed at Fort Niagara in America he saw action at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. He was wounded in the elbow on the return leg of the expedition to Concord and North Bridge. On 17 February 1781 Lister was promoted to Captain.[1] He stayed with the 10th until 1783. He sold his commission and settled in Market Weighton and later at Halifax in Western Yorkshire. He died at the family estate Shibden Hall in 1836.
He joined the British army. In 1770, his aunt Mary Rose, brought news that he was commissioned as an Ensign in the 10th Regiment of Foot and sailed for Canada.The date of his commission was 26th December 1770. He was posted to America.
In 1774, his company was sent to Boston in the American War of Independence. He saw action in Lexington and Concord on 19th April 1775. He was wounded at the Battle of Lexington, the first battle in the war. He wrote an account of the war – his journal – a personal narrative written in 1782, which remains one of the few first-hand accounts of the fighting at Lexington and Concord, and the ensuing retreat to Boston. He later served as a Captain.
In 1783, he resigned his commission and began farming on the family estate in Skelfler in East Yorkshire.
In 1808, he left the Skelfler estate and brought the family to Halifax where they lived at St Helen’s House, Halifax.
On 2nd August 1788, he married Rebecca Battle.
Children:
- John [b 1789] died at the age of 7 weeks
- Anne
- Samuel
- John
- Marian
- Jeremy [b 1801] who died at the age of 5 months
All the boys died in infancy or youth.
He had interests in France.
In her journals, Anne frequently mentions her father’s tangled financial affairs, and that he was constantly in debt due to his bad management. She also writes that she regarded him a social embarrassment
- London Gazette Date:13 February 1781 Issue number:12162 Page number:5