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Military Monday – Paul Mink, Penobscot Expedition 2

My 4th great-grandfather, Paul Mink, was a Revolutionary War soldier along with two of his brothers, John and Valentine. Paul was born in 1753 to Johann Georg, a bookbinder from Altendiez, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia and his wife Gerdraut (Ziegler) Mink, German immigrants who arrived to settle Waldoboro Maine on the ship “Elizabeth” in 1753. After locating …