Kent, My primary source for Massachusetts soldiers comes from the 17 volume set of "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War." Isaac Pooler's information is listed below: Name: Pooler, Isaac, South Hadley. Source Info: Volume 12 page 553 Information: Pooler, Isaac, South Hadley.Private, Capt. Josiah Smith's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.; enlisted May 25, 1776, 4 days preceding march; service to [p.553] Aug. 1, 1776, 2 mos. 6 days; company raised for defence of town and harbor of Boston; also, list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Smith's co., 4th Hampshire Co. regt., as returned by Lieut. Col. R. Woodbridge, dated May 28, 1777; engaged for town of South Hadley; joined Capt. Shay's co., Col. Putnam's regt.; also, return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Moses Montague's co., Col. Porter's regt., dated June 30, 1778; residence, South Hadley; engaged for town of South Hadley; term, 3 years or during war; also, Private, Capt. McFarland's corps of invalids; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Jan. 29, 1780; reported transferred from Col. Putnam's regt.; also reported discharged. There is nothing there to indicate his involvement with the Battles of Saratoga, in Sept. and Oct. 1777. On the face of it, it appears he was transferred from Col. Porter's 4th Hampshire Co. Militia regt. to Col. Putnam's 5th Massachusetts Continental Line regt. 28 May 1777 and was still in the regiment 30 Jun 1778. Col. Putnam's regt. was at Saratoga, although I can't find a Capt. Shay. There could be a number of variations to the Captain's name. What documentation do you have (pension, etc.) that specifies he was at Saratoga? Frank Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:14:40 -0600 From: Kent Elam <kae75@mchsi.com> Subject: Re: [AMERICAN-REVOLUTION] Battle of Saratoga To: american-revolution@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20061217130752.021201c0@mchsi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Frank, Please excuse my entering into an ongoing discussion. I checked out your table at the below mentioned web address and I did not fine my patriot ancestor listed. My ancestor, Isaac Pooler, served with the 5th Massachusetts under Col. Rufus Putnam. In his pension application he states that he served at the tent of General Gates and witnessed the surrender of General Burgoyne. I would enjoy hearing from you and any comments you have on this topic. I would be happy to share any documents I have concerning Isaac. Regards, Kent