ft i:::»:v':l^'^ V".-" " "^ ;i4^ S^^' 'S\ Sf^' ..'.--•■ % • "-? d^t^XBitX OF THE ^on0 of t§e (KeipoCuflon Connecticut {puMicadon Committu CYRUS SHERWOOD BRADLEY f^ii^lj') ,:'-.'r -.fiv ;- ■-,■" 5fa5 of t^e #0110 of t§t (Kebofufion, (5«opte6 6^ t§i. ©encraf ^ociet^, (^Iprif 4, I89I. Regulation Size, 5 x 5}^ feet. So-rts at flit re.volM+io-.T. Qpyrnecf jc- k4- SocJ\e.j-u . RKGISTKR Mockt^ of iEL, 1746-1816. Col- chester. Captain 3d Company 12th Regiment, Connecticut Militia, Colonel William Williams, May, 1773 ; eleven days in service, Lex- ington Alarm, April, 1775 ; appointed. May, 1776, Captain, Colonel David Waterbury's Regiment Connecticut State Troops ; pro- moted Lieutenant-Colonel 25th Regiment Connecticut Militia^ Colonel Elias Worthington, May, 1780; Deputy to the General Court for Colchester, October, 1778, and January, 1779. (Colonial Records of Connecticut, vol. 14, p. 90 ; vol. 15, p. 300. Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 7, 440. State Records of Connecticut, vol. 2, pp. 122, 130, 170.) BuLKELEY, Morgan Gardner, Hon. BULKLEY, GERSHOM, 1750-1791. Greenfield, Fairfield. Private, 8th Company, Captain Jonathan Dimon, 4th Regiment Connecticut Militia, Colonel Gold Selleck Silliman, May, 1776 ; Private in same Company in service at New York, 1776 ; taken sick before the city was evacuated ; went home about a week before his Company was discharged ; in service in Fairfield Coast- Guard, May 30th, November ist, 8th, 27th, 1776; January 27th, February loth, 1777, and in 1777, 1778 and 1779, three months in each year, and in 1780, six months, and also in 1781 and 1782 ; Private " Danbury Alarm" April, 1777; also in service at the burning of Fairfield, July 8th, 1779. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 616. MS. muster-roll in possession of Cyrus Sherwood Bradley, South- port. MS. Records, Fairfield Coast-Guard, in Pequot Library, 38 Southport. Application of iiis widow, Amelia Bulkley, for the pension which she received ; statement of Green B. Raum, Com- missioner of Pensions, on file.) Bradley, Cyrus Sherwood. Wakeman, Jesup. CARTER, MICHAEL, 1840. Goffstown, N. H. Enlisted, March, 1781, in Captain McFarland's Company perform- ing guard duty at Boston ; detached, December, 1781, as Marine under Captain Parks on board Frigate Alliance, 36 guns, Captain Barry ; made three voyages to France and captured seven jjrizes. (Ilis application for the pension which he received ; statement of VVm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, on file.) TiLTON, Walter Henry. CARY, JONATHAN, 1757-1S51. North Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Private, Captain James Allen's Company, Colonel Simeon Gary's Regiment, 1776 ; served five months; Private, Captain Mitchell's Company, Colonel Gary's Regiment, 1776; served two months; engaged at White Plains, October 28th, 1776. (His application for the pension which he received ; statement of Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, on file.) Dunham, Martin Van Buren, M.D. CHAFFEE, ABIEL, 1 761-1847. Woodstock. Private, Captain John McGregier's Company, 4th Regiment " Con- necticut Line," Formation of 1777-1781, Colonel John Durkee, July, 1779-January, 1780 ; Private, Captain William Judd's Com- pany, 3d Regiment, " Connecticut Line," Formation of 1 777-1 781, Colonel Samuel Wyllys, July ist-December nth, 1780; Private, Captain Timothy AUyn's Company, 3d Regiment "Connecticut Line," Formation of 1781-1783, Colonel Samuel Blatchley Webb, February 6th, I78i-February, 1782. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. iSo, 333> 633, 663. His application for the pension which he received; statement of Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, on file.) BowEN, James Barton. 39 CLARK, ELIPHALET, 1756 . Middletown. Private, Captain Charles Pond's Company, 6th Regiment " Con- necticut Line," Formation of 1777-1781, Colonel Return Jona- than Meigs, October, 1777-May 2d, 1780 ; substitute for his brother, Samuel Clark, who had enlisted on May 2d, 1777, for three years; engaged at storming of Stony Point, July 15th, 1779. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 209, 641. His application for the pension which he received ; state- ment of Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, on file.) Foster, Chauncev Smith. COUCH, SIMON, 1729-1809. Redding. Authorized to raise recruits for the Continental Army, 1781. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 629.) Bradley, Cyrus Sherwood. Sherwood, Simon Couch. COUCH, SIMON, Corporal, 1755-1807. Green's Farms, Fairfield. Corporal, Captain Ezekiel Hull's Company 3d Regiment Light Horse, Major Ezra Starr; honorably discharged June 9th, 1783. (Original MS. discharge in possession of Cyrus Sherwood Bradley, Southport.) Bradley, Cyrus Sherwood. Sherwood, Simon Couch. DAVIS, AARON, Colonel, 1709-1777. Roxbury, Massachusetts. Captain, Massachusetts Militia, 1775 ; later Colonel Massachusetts Militia; Member Massachusetts Provincial Congress, 1774-1775; Member Massachusetts General Court, 1775-1776. (Journals Provincial Congress, W. Lincoln, 1838. Drake's History of Roxbury, 1878.) Chase, Charles Francis. DIBBLE, JOHN, 1759-1852. Middlesex, Stamford. Private, Captain Sylvanus Brown's Company ist Battalion, Colonel Gold Selleck Silliman, Brigadier-General James Wadsworth's State Brigade, June-December, 1776 ; Private, Captain John Bell's Company Coast-Guard, March-September, 1777 ; Private, Cap- tain Reuben Scofield's Company ist State Battalion, raised for 40 the defence of the sea-coast, Colonel Roger Enos, September, 1777-March, 1778 ; Private, Captain Jesse Bell's Company Coast- Guard, eighteen months in service, 1778 ; Private, Captain Slawson's Company Coast-Guard, nine months in service, 1780 ; Private, Captain Jesse Bell's Company Coast-Guard, April- October, 1782; also Private, " Danbury Alarm," April, 1777; engaged at Ridgefield and Compo. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 650, 662. His application for the pension which he received ; certified copy of statement of Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, on file.) Andrews, William T.wlor. DIMON, JOHN, 1730-1777. Norfield, Fairfield. Private "Danbury Alarm," April, 1777 ; taken prisoner; taken to New York and died there. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 493. MS. Records of the Probate Court of Fairfield, vol. 1778-1781, p. 164.) Bradley, Cyrus Sherwood. DOUGLASS, WILLIAM, Colonel, 1742-1777. Northford, Branford. Commissioned, May ist, 1775, Captain 6th Company, ist Connecti- cut Continental Regiment, Major-General David Wooster ; ap- pointed. May, 1775, Major 2d Regiment Connecticut Militia, Colonel Jonathan Fitch ; resigned, October, 1776 ; appointed, June 13th, 1775, Aid-de-camp to General Wooster; discharged, December, 1775 ; appointed, January nth, 1776, by Council of Safety, Major, Colonel Andrew Ward's Regiment Connecticut State Troops; discharged February, 1776 ; appointed, May, 1776, Major, Colonel Andrew Ward's Continental Regiment but did not serve; Commissioned, June 20th, 1776, Colonel 5th Battalion Brigadier-General James Wadsworth's State Brigade ; discharged January 4th, 1777 ; Commissioned, January ist, 1777, Colonel 6th Regiment " Connecticut Line ;" died from effects of previous service. May 28th, 1777 ; Deputy to the General Court for Bran- ford, May, 1776. (Colonial Records of Connecticut, vol. 14, p. 423 ; vol. 15, pp. 42, 225, 300, 422, 428, 270. State Records of Connecticut, vol. r, pp. 28, 13, 400, 558. Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 41, 37, 432, 387, 392, 406, 127, 205.) DowD, Frank Curtis. 41 ELLSWORTH, SOLOMON, Lieutenant, 1737-1822. East Windsor. Lieutenant, 2d Company in East Windsor, Captain Lemuel Stough- ton, 19th Regiment Connecticut Militia, Colonel Erastus Wol- cott, 1775 ; seven days in service Lexington Alarm, April. (Colonial Records of Connecticut, vol. 14, p. 273. Record of Con- necticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. lo.) Cornwall, Reverend Nathaniel Ellsworth. ELWOOD, THOMAS, Lieutenant, . Fairfield. Private, Captain David Dimon's Company Lexington Alarm ; seven days in service, April, 1775 ; Private, 4th Company, Captain David Dimon, 5th Connecticut Continental Regiment, Colonel David Waterbury, May loth-December 14th, 1775 ; Lieutenant of Marines on frigate "Alliance," Captain Peter Landais, after- vpards Captain Barry, August 24th, 1778 ; retired from service May ist, 1783. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 11, 67. Other references on file with New York Society.) Fairchild, Thomas Benjamin. FLOYD, WILLIAM, Colonel, i 734-1821. St. George's Manor, Suffolk County, N. Y. Member Continental Congress, 1 774-1 783 ; Signer Declaration of Independence ; Member New York Provincial Convention, April 20th, 1775 ; Colonel ist Regiment Suffolk County, New York Militia, 1775 ; Member New York Council of Safety, 1777 ; Member New York Senate, 1777-1788. (Lanman's Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the U. S., pp. 149,487. Civil List, State of New York, Series 1889-91, pp. 113, 116, 416. Archives of the State of New York, vol. i, p. 287.) Delafield, Augustus Floyd. FULLER, JOHN, Captain, 1731-1801. Lunenburg, Massachusetts. Captain, Colonel Asa Whitcomb's Massachusetts Regiment, 1775- 1782. (MS. Revolutionary War Archives of Massachusetts, vol. 14, p. 85 ; vol. 28, p. 62 ; vol. 51, p. 89. MS. Archives of Massachusetts, vol. 146, p. 83 ; vol. 147, p. 156 ; vol. 148, p. 115.) Heaton, John Edward. 42 TJJiffiam ffogi. From Painting by Ralph Earle. •il.totuH 01' GARRETT, JOHN WAIT, Major, 1778. Wyoming. Appointed Lieutenant ist Company 24th (Westmoreland) Regiment Connecticut Militia, Colonel Zebulon Butler, October, 1775 ; promoted Captain October, 1776 ; promoted Major, October, 1777 ; killed in action at Wyoming, July 3d, 1778. (Colonial Records of Connecticut, vol. 15, p. 152. State Records of Connecticut, vol. i, pp. 31, 430. Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 440.) Gates, Howard Eugene, M.D. GLENNEY, WILLIAM, Lieutenant, 1760-iSoo. Dunstable, Massa- chusetts. Sergeant, 4th Regiment "Connecticut Line," Formation of 1777- 1781, Colonel John Durkee, January ist, 1777 ; promoted Ensign, Captain John Durkee's Company ist Regiment "Connecticut Line," Formation of 1781-1783, Colonel John Durkee; Ensign, ist Regiment "Connecticut Line," Formation of January-June, 1783, Colonel Zebulon Butler; promoted Lieutenant, Colonel Heman Swift's Regiment "Connecticut Line," Final Formation, June-December, 1783 ; Member, Society of the Cincinnati, 1783. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 183, 320, 359, 368, 373.) French, William Freeman, M.D. GOODYEAR, THEOPHILUS, Corporal, 1731-1793. North Haven. Private, 3d Company, Captain Samuel Peck, 5th Battalion, Colonel William Douglass, Brigadier-General James Wadsvvorth's State Brigade, 1776 ; Corporal, Captain Joseph Mansfield's Company, 6th Regiment "Connecticut Line," Formation of 1777-1781, Col- onel William Douglass, April ist, 1777-December 31st, 1779; ^^' valid pensioner. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 408, 207, 649.) Heaton, John Edward. GOULD, EBENEZER, 1760-1809. Douglas, Massachusetts. Private, Captain Job Knap's Company, Massachusetts Militia, in service at Rhode Island, February 28th-March isth, 1781. (MS. Revolutionary War Archives of Massachusetts, vol. 2, p. 175 ; certificate of Wm. M. Olin, Secretary of State of Massachusetts on file.) Gould, David Henry. 43 GOULD, ELEAZER, Sergeant, 1720 . Douglas, Massachusetts. Sergeant, Captain Caleb Whiting's Company Massachusetts Militia; ten days in service Lexington Alarm, April, 1775. (MS. Revolutionary War Archives of Massachusetts, vol. 13, p. 167 ; certificate of Wm. M. Olin, Secretary of State of Massachusetts on file.) Gould, David Henry. HALLETT, JOSEPH, 1731-1799- New York. Member New York Committee of One Hundred, May ist, 1775 ; Member New York Provincial Congress, 1775-6. (Civil List, State of New York, Series 1889-91, pp. 114, 452-3. Archives of the State of New York, vol. i, p. 3.) Delafield, Augustus Floyd. HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, Brevet-Colonel, 1757-1804. New York. Appointed Captain New York Provincial Artillery, March 14th, 1776; Aid-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief with rank as Lieutenant-Colonel; Colonel by brevet, September 2Sth, 1783, to end of war ; Member, Society of the Cincinnati. (Archives of the State of New York, vol. i, pp. 84, 244, etc.; Heit- man's Register of Officers in the Continental Army, p. 206.) Hamilton, Major-General Alexander. Hamilton, Reverend Alexander. HODGE, PHILO, 1756-1842. Roxbury. Private, Captain Peter Perritt's Company, 19th Continental Regi- ment, Colonel Charles Webb, January, 1776-January, 1777; Pri- vate, Captain Benjamin Hine's Company, 2d Battalion Connecti- cut State Troops, Colonel Thaddeus Cook, January-April, 1777 ; also in service a few days in " Danbury Alarm " in 2d Company,' Captain Samuel Treat, 2d Regiment Connecticut Militia, April, 1777. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 635, 663. His application for the pension which he received ; state- ment of Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, on file.) Hodge, Charles W. 44 3o0ep0 f affeff. Bom January 26, 1731. Died August y, ITOft. JOSEPH HALLETT. AWiO'TPE, i. BliHSIAOT, I HOLBROOK, JOHN, 1726-1801. Derby. Member, Derby Committee of Inspection, elected December i itli, 1775; Member of a committee to take care of soldiers' clothing, elected December 14th, 1778. (Derby Town Proceedings, vol. i, pp. 106, 107, 126, 127 ; certificate on file.) Johnson, Colonel Frederick Curtis. HOLCOMBE, ELIJAH, 1731 . Simsbury. Private, 3d Compan}-, Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Enos, 2d Con- necticut Continental Regiment, Brigadier-General Joseph Spen- cer, May yth-December 19th, 1775 ; Private, Captain James Judson's Company Major John Skinner's Regiment Connecticut Militia Light Horse, July 8th-August 3d, 1776; Private, 2d Regiment Continental Light Dragoons, Colonel Elisha Sheldon, January ist, 1781-1783. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 47, 476, 283.) Wessells, Colonel Henry W.^^lton. HOTCHKISS, JOHN, 1779. New Haven. Volunteer, killed at New Haven, July 5th, 1779. (The Connecticut Journal, New Haven, Wednesday, July 28th, 1779, in Library of Yale University, New Haven. Wells Edw.a,rd Livingston. HYDE, JOSEPH, 1761-18—. Green's Farms, Fairfield. Private, Fairfield Coast-Guard nine months ; Private "Danbury Alarm"; engaged at Ridgefield ; wounded at Compo ; also in service at the burning of Fairfield and at Norwalk. (Autograph statement and Affidavit of Joseph Wakeman, dated October 19th, 1838, both in possession of Simon Couch Sherwood.) Sherwood, Simon Couch. JENNINGS, JOEL, 1753 . Greenfield, Fairfield. Private, 4th Company, Captain David Dimon, 5th Connecticut Continental Regiment, Colonel David Waterbury, May 13th- November nth, 1775. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 67.) Sturges, Abram Baldwin, M.D. 45 JENNISON, JOHN, Captain, 1744-1804. Walpole, New Hampshire. ist Lieutenant, Captain Christopher Webber's Company Colonel Benjamin Bellow's New Hampshire Regiment, March i6th, 1776 ; promoted Captain ; in service till 1780. (New Hampshire MS. State Papers, vol. 10, pp. 591, 593, 594, 595, 596, 599, 602, 603 ; vol. 14, p. 297 ; vol. 15, pp. 23, 37 ; vol. 17, pp. 528, 532-) Heaton, John Edward. JESUP, EBENEZER, M.D., Ensign, 1739-1812. Green's Farms, Fairfield. Ensign, Captain Thomas Nash's Company in service in 4th Regi- ment Connecticut Militia, Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Dimon, at Peekskill, October 5th-3oth, 1777. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 518.) Sherwood, Simon Couch. JONES, JOHN, Lieutenant, 1738-1816. Ridgefield. 2d Lieutenant, Captain Noble Benedict's Company Colonel Philip Burr Bradley's Battalion Brigadier-General James Wadsworth's State Brigade, 1776. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 414.) Jones, John Smith. Jones, Timothy. LAWRENCE, JONATHAN, Brigade-Major, 1802. New York. Member New York Provincial Congress, 1775-1777 ; Brigade-Major Queens County New York Militia, 1775 ; Lieutenant, Captain Nathaniel Tomm's Company, Colonel William Malcolm's Regi- ment Additional Continental Infantry, January loth, 1777-April 22d, 1779 ; Captain, Lieutenant-Colonel H. K. Van Rensselaer's Regiment New York Levies, 1779 ; Captain, Colonel John Har- per's Regiment New York Levies, May iith-November 30th, 1780; Captain Sappers and Miners, June 12th, 1781-November 25th, 1782. (Civil List, State of New York, Series 1889-91, pp. 453-4. Archives of the State of New York, vol. i, pp. 4, 286, 240, 256, 413, 257.) Hamilton, Reverend Alexander. Wayne, Reverend Henry N. 46 LYMAN, ELIHU, Ensign, 1760 . Middletown. Ensign, Captain Elihu Hubbard's Company, 17th Continental Regi- ment, Colonel Jedediah Huntington, 1776; wounded and taken prisoner in action at Long Island, August 27th, 1776 ; exchanged. May, 1778 ; Member, Society of the Cincinnati. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 101, 376. State Records of Connecticut, vol. i, p. 258 ; vol. 2, p. 51.) ' Sanford, Lieutenant-Colonel George Bliss. MATHER, JOSEPH, Captain, 1753-1840. Middlesex, Stamford. Private, ist Company, Captain-Lieutenant Sylvanus Brown, sth Connecticut Continental Regiment, Colonel David Waterbury, May 9th-December loth, 1775 ; Private, nth Company, Captain Jonathan Bell, 9th Regiment Connecticut Militia, Lieutenant- Colonel John Mead, Commanding, in service at New York, August i3th-Septcmber i6th, 1776 ; Private, same Company in service on the Westchester border, October 24th-December 24th, 1776; Private, same Company, Captain Eli Reed, in senice on the Westchester border, December 28th, 1776-January Sth, 1777 ; served in same Company three months ; Sergeant same Company] "Captain" Nathaniel Slason, eight months in service, 1779 1 promoted Ensign ; in service July, 1780 ; promoted Captain ; six months in service 1781. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 64, 456, 488, 619, 586, 650. His application for the pension which he received ; copy of statement of Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of pensions, on file.) Street, Frederick D. MATHER, MOSES, D.D., Reverend, 1719-1806. Middlesex, Stamford. Taken prisoner with the congregation of the church at Middlesex July 22d, 1 781, and confined in the Provost prison, New York (Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Benson J. Lossing, vol. i p. 414- Poetical Relation, Peter St. John. Street, Frederick D. MORGAN, WILLIAM AVERY, Sergeant, 1754-1842. Groton. Private, Captain Isaac Gallup's Company, loth Continental Regi- ment, Colonel Samuel Holden Parsons, December i-th 1775- December, 1776; "was in the battle of Long Island, and 'during 47 the engagement a musket ball passed through his hat ;" pro- moted Sergeant ; " about the time New London was burned he was drafted and went to that place and served about one month, but under what officers is not stated;" "was one of the first to enter Ft. Griswold after the massacre." (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. loo. 656, 661. His application for the pension which he received ; statement of Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, on file.) BuLKELEV, Hon. Morgan Gardner. MORGAN, ZEDEKIAH, 1744 . Newtown. Conductor of teams for transporting supplies from Danbury, Con- necticut, to the Continental Army, 1779-1781. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 628.) Morgan, Hon. Daniel Nash. MORRIS, JAMES, Brevet Major, Litchfield. Commissioned, June 20th, 1776, Ensign 5th Company, Captain Abraham Bradley, 2d Battalion, Colonel Fisher Gay, Brigadier- General James Wadsworth's State Brigade ; Commissioned, January ist, 1777, ist Lieutenant 5th Regiment "Connecticut Line," Formation of 1777-1781, Colonel Philip Burr Bradley; taken prisoner in battle of Germantown, October 4th, 1777 ; exchanged, January 3d, 1781 ; promoted Captain-Lieutenant, July 29th, 1780; promoted Captain, August 22d, 1780 ; Captain 2d Regiment "Connecticut Line," Formation of 1781-1783,001- onel Heman Swift ; detached from 2d Regiment to serve in Col- onel Alexander Scammell's Light Infantry Regiment, May, 1781 ; served with Southern Army ; retired by consolidations, Januarj' ist, 1783; Member, Society of the Cincinnati. (Colonial Records of Connecticut, vol. 15, p. 426. Record of Con- necticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 395, 194, 325, 354, 375) Morris, Brigadier-General Dwight. Morris, Robert Clark. OSBORN, NATHANIEL, Sergeant, . Stratford. Private, 2d Company, Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Whiting, 5th Connecticut Continental Regiment, Colonel David Waterbury, May loth-November 17th, 1775 ; re-entered service; Private, 48 Captain Robert Walker's Company Colonel Samuel Elmore's Continental Regiment, April i6th, 1776; Sergeant, Captain John Yeates' Company Colonel Roger Enos' Regiment Connecticut Militia, in service on the Hudson, May 29th-August 27th, 1778 ; Sergeant, Corps of Sappers and Miners, September gtli, 1 779-1 783. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 65, 115, 538, 298. Statement of Edgar B. Hoyt, on file.) HoYT, Colonel Heusted, W. R. Hoyt, Leigh Richmond. PARMELEE, SAMUEL, 1737-1807. Guilford. Private, 5th Company, Captain Elias Dunning, 13th Regiment Con- necticut Militia, Colonel Benjamin Hinman, in service at New York, August i2th-September 30th, 1776. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 468.) Parmelee, Henry Douglas. POND, CHARLES, Captain, 1744-1832. Milford. Ensign, 9th Company, Captain Peter Perritt, 7th Connecticut Con- tinental Regiment, Colonel Charles Webb, July 6th-December 2ist, 1775 ; ist Lieutenant, igtli Continental Regiment, Colonel Charles Webb, 1776; Captain, armed sloop "Schuyler," June, 1776; recaptured prizes taken by the English; Captain, 6th Regiment "Connecticut Line," Formation of 1 777-1 781, Colonel William Douglas, January ist, 1777; resigned April 20th, 1779; Captain, Brig-of-War " New Defence," 1779 ; taken prisoner and confined on Prison Ship " Jersey." Member, Society of the Cin- cinnati. (Colonial Records of Connecticut, vol. 15, p. 94. Record of Con- necticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 83, 104, 206, 376. American Archives, 4th Series, vol. 6, pp. 974, 991. Thirty-Six Voyages, George Coggeshall, New York, 1858, pp. 26, 27. List of Prisoners on Ship "Jersey.") Baldwin, Wilson Leslie. Pond, Nathan Gillette. 49 SANFORD, ELIHU, Sergeant, 1759-1839. Corporal, Captain David Smith's Company 8th Regiment "Con- necticut Line," Formation of 1777-1781, Colonel John Chandler, February i6th, 1777; promoted Sergeant May 27th, 1778; Ser- geant, Captain David Dorrance's Company 5th Regiment " Con- necticut Line," Formation of 1781-1783, Lieutenant-Colonel Isaac Sherman, January ist-December 31st, 1781. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 231, 348, 637.) Sanford, Lieutenant-Colonel George Bliss. SANFORD, JONAH, 1735-1817. Private, Captain Jesse Curtis' Company Colonel Noadiah Hooker's Regiment, Brigadier-General Erastus Wolcott's Brigade Con- necticut Militia, in service on the Hudson, April 9th-May 21st, 1777. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 500.) Sanford, William Henry. SATTERLEE, BENEDICT, , Connecticut. Volunteer, and in action Wyoming Massacre, July ist-4th, 1778. (Papers in possession of Edward R. Satterlee.) SwARTwouT, Satterlee. SCHUYLER, PHILIP, Major-General, 1733-1804. New York. Major-General Continental Army, June 19th, 1775 ; resigned April 19th, 1779 ; Member Continental Congress, 1775-1781 ; Mem- ber New York Provincial Convention, April 20th, 1775 '< Mem- ber New York Senate, 1780-1784; Member, Society of the Cin- cinnati. (Heitman's Register of Officers in the Continental Army, p. 358. Archives of the State of New York, vol. i, pp. 8, 15, etc.) Hamilton, Reverend Alexander. SHERMAN, ROGER, 1721-1793. Assistant, May 1774-May 1780 ; Member Continental Congress, 1774- 1780 ; Member of the Committee appointed to prepare the Declar- ation of Independence and Signer of the same ; Member Con- necticut Council of Safety, May, 1774-May, 1780; Delegate to 50 the Springfield Convention, Jul)', 1777 ; Delegate to the New Haven Convention, January, 1778 ; Delegate to the Philadelphia Convention, January, 1780. (American Archives, vol. i, pp. 554, 895. Journals of Congress, vol. 2, pp. 206, 207, 245. Colonial Records of Connecticut, vol. 14, pp. 254, 324 ; vol. 15, pp. 4, 136, 272. State Records of Con- necticut, vol. I, pp. 10, 221, 253, 355, 417, 477, 600, 601, 609, 610, 612 ; vol. 2, pp. 3, 18, 134, 251, 287, 462, 579.) Baldwin, Henry. SHERWOOD, ABEL, 1751-1819. New Fairfield. Private, 9th Company, Captain Nehemiah Beardsley, 5th Connecti- cut Continental Regiment, Colonel Uavid Waterbury, May 9th- October 9th, 1775; Private, Captain James Stoddard's Company Brigadier-General David Waterbury's State Brigade, September 6th, 1781. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 70, 574.) Hopkins, Lewis Legrand. SHERWOOD, DANIEL, 2d, 1735-1819. Greenfield, Fairfield. Private, 8th Company, Captain Jonathan Dimon, 4th Regiment Connecticut Militia, Colonel Gold Selleck Silliman, May, 1776 ; in service in Fairfield Coast-Guard, November 7th, 1776 ; Clerk, Fairfield Coast-Guard, Captain George Burr, in service at Fair- field, August 7th, 1777, and at Peekskill, under Lieutenant-Col- onel Jonathan Dimon, October 5th-i4th, 1777. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 521, 616. MS. Records, Fairfield Coast-Guard, in Pequot Library, Southport. MS. muster-roll and order in possession of Cyrus Sherwood Bradley, Southport.) Bradley, Cyrus Sherwood. Lacey, Milton Silliman. Rowland, Henry Lincoln. Rowland, Herbert Samuel. Sherwood, Elisha Cornelius. Sherwood, Oliver Taylor. Sherwood, Simon Couch. Wakeman, Robert Peel. 51 SMITH, ELIPHALET, 1761-1836. Fairfield. Private, Captain "Bearley's" Company Fairfield Coast-Guard, September-December, 1779 ; Private, 6th Company, Captain Ebenezer Morehouse, 4th Regiment Connecticut Militia, Major Elijah Abel, in service September, 1780-January, 1781 ; Private, Captain Daniel Sturges' Company Fairfield Coast-Guard, April- August, 1782. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 651. His application for the pension which he received ; statement of Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, on file.) HovT, Harrie Trowbridge. HoYT, Thomas Russell. STORRS, DAN, 1748 . Mansfield. Clerk under Lieutenant-Colonel Experience Storrs, Lexington Alarm, April, 1775 ; twenty-seven days in service. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, p. 16.) Waterman, Warren Gookin. STOWE, SAMUEL, Midshipman, 1758-1830. . Midshipman on Continental Frigate " Trumbull," Dudley Salton- stall, Commander, December 15th, 1776-December 15th, 1777 ; Midshipman on State man-of-war " Oliver Cromwell," Captain William Coit, January 2oth-March i6th, 1778. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 598, 596.) French, William Freeman, M.D. STOWE, STEPHEN, 1727-1777. Volunteered as nurse to the Continental soldiers confined in the prison ships, and died of a contagious disease while on such service. (Inscription on tombstone at Milford, Conn., erected by the State.) French, William Freeman, M.D. STREMBECK, JACOB, Ensign, 1755-1841. Pennsylvania. Musician, Captain Thomas Procter's Company Pennsylvania Artil- lery, June 3oth-July 31st, 1776; Private, Captain Peter Brown's Company, Colonel Jehu Eyre's Regiment Philadelphia Militia Artillery, June 2ist-August 21st, 1779; Ensign, Captain George Forepaugh's Company, 2d Battalion Philadelphia Militia Artil- 52 lery, Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin G. Eyre, 1780 ; Ensign, Captain John Geycr's Company 3CI Regiment Pennsylvania Militia, Major Richard Salter, February 4th, 1781. (Penn. Archives, Second Series, vol. 11, p. 180 ; vol. 13, pp. 714, 743, 776.) Allen, Chief Engineer Louis Joseph. SWARTWOUT, ABRAHAM, Capt.^in, . New York. Captain, 3d Regiment "New York Line," Colonel Peter Ganse- voort, November 2 ist, 1776; Captain, Colonel Zephaniali Piatt's Regiment Dutchess County, New York, Associated Exempts, 1778. (Heitman's Register of Officers in the Continental Army, p. 3S9. Archives of the State of New York, vol. i, pp. 59, 140, 201, 285.) SwARTWouT, Satterlee. TAYLOR, LEMUEL, 1 765-1848. Danbury. Drummer, Captain George Terrell's Company Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Canfield's Regiment Connecticut Militia, in sen'ice April- October, 1779 ; Private, Captain Brewster's Company, on guard duty, April-July, 1780 ; Private, I/ieutenant Colfax's Company Colonel " Samuel G. Webb's Regiment," on guard duty, October- December, 1781. (His application for the pension which he received ; certified copy of statement of Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, on file.) Andrews, William Taylor. THORP, ELIPHALET, Captain, 1740-1795. Fairfield. Member, Fairfield Committee of Inspection, eleeted December 28th, 1775 ; Captain 4th Company 4th Regiment Connecticut Militia, Colonel Samuel Whiting, May, 1776 ; in service at Peeks- kill, October 5th-3ist, 1777 ; Captain in ist Battalion Connecticut State Troops, Colonel Samuel Whiting, November, 1776-March, 1777- (Colonial Records of Connecticut, vol. 15, p. 341. State Records of Connecticut, vol. i, p. 67. Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 515, 424. MS. Town Records of Fair- field.) Rowland, Henrv Lincoln. Rowland, Herbert Samuel. Wakeman, Robert Peel. 53 TREADWELL, DANIEL, 1756-1815. Norfield, Fairfield. Private, Captain Elijah Abel's Company, Colonel Philip Burr Bradley's Battalion, Brigadier-General James Wadsworth's State Brigade, June 20th-November i6tli, 1776 ; taken prisoner at Fort Washington, November i6th, 1776 ; Invalid pensioner. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp.415, 647.) GoRHAiM, John Frederic. WAKEMAN, JOHN, 2D, i 731-1809. Greenfield, Fairfield. Private, 8th Company, Captain Jonathan Dimon, 4th Regiment Con- necticut Militia, Colonel Gold Selleck Silliman, May, 1776 ; in service in Fairfield Coast-Guard October 28th, 1776 ; Private, Fairfield Coast-Guard, Captain George Burr, in service at Peeks- kill under Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Dimon, October sth- 30th, 1777. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 616, 521. MS. muster-roll in possession of Cyrus Sherwood Bradley, Southport. MS. Records, Fairfield Coast-Guard, in Pequot Library, Southport.) Bradley, Cyrus Sherwood. Wakeman, Howard Nichols. WALLACE, JAMES, . New York. Private, 5th Company, Captain Aaron Aorson, 3d Regiment " New York Line," Colonel Peter Gansevoort, January 13th, 1777-N0- vember, 1778. (Archives of the State of New York, vol. i, p. 203.) RiKER, Edward Wood. WATERBURY, ENOS, 1761-1846. Stamford. Private, Captain Sylvanus Brown's Company, ist Regiment Con- necticut State Troops, Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant Matthew Mead, June, 1779-March, 1780 ; Private, Captain Reuben Scofield's Company Coast-Guard, April loth, 1780-January ist, 1781 ; Pri- vate, Captain Charles Smith's Company Brigadier-General David Waterbury's State Brigade, March-December, 1781. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 558, 651, 662. His application for the pension which he received ; statement of Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, on file.) Waterbury, William F. 54 WAYLAND, JAMES, 1827. New Stratford, Stratford. Private, Captain Joseph Walker's Company, 3d Reigiment " Con- necticut Line," Formation of 1781-1783, Colonel Samuel Blatch- le)- Webb, January ist-Deccmber 31st, 1781 ; Invalid pensioner. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 333, 647.) Day, Loren True, M.D. WEED, ANANIAS, 1752-1820. Stamford. Private, Captain Joseph Hoit's Company Lexington Alarm ; eight days in service, April, 1775 ; Private, ist Company, Captain- Lieutenant Sylvanus Brown, 5th Connecticut Continental Regi- ment, Colonel David Waterbury, May 6th-December 13th, 1775 ; Private, Captain John Skinner's Company, Colonel Jonathan Latimer's Regiment Connecticut Militia, in service at Saratoga, August 25th-October 8th, 1777. (Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, pp. 22, 65, 509) RiKER, Edward Wood. WOODHULL, NATHANIEL, Brtgadier-General, 1722-1776. New York. Colonel Long Island Militia, 1775 ; Brigadier-General same, 1776 ; Member New York Provincial Convention, April 20th, 1775 ! Member New York Provincial Congress, 1 775-1776 ; President of same, 1776 ; taken prisoner and wounded after capture, at Jamaica, Long Island, August 28th, 1776, and died of wounds, September 20th, 1776. (Civil List, State of New York, Series 1889-91, pp. 113, 452-3. Cal- endar of Revolutionary Papers, Albany, N. Y., vol. i, p. 134. Heitman's Register of Officers in the Continental Army, p. 443. Archives of the State of New York, vol. i, pp. 4, 80, 126.) Hamilton, Reverend Alexander. Wayne, Reverend Henry N. 55 JJ T IBERTV rose from the flames of war in dazzling glory; the death -Lv of heroes gave her life ; her fostering light still warms the souls of men with the ardor of the martyrs to her cause, and while any share the blood that consecrated her altars, may the Daughters and Sons of the Revolution preserve the memory of those men of lofty purpose, who rank in grandeur of resolve and deed beside the saints of God. Let every freedom-loving soul unite with us to sound the praise of those to whom we owe our broad and favored land — Columbia." — From an essay hy IV. V. Goldic of Nctv London, written in competition for the Society s prize-medals, iSg^. 56 ^4^./ /^, /^jr^ — / ^ ^ ^y«^^«. /tr;^ /Cv,,c 9>.^ ^]^ ^/a/'<^ *^ _ • i ''■ /YjA r*^--,- /<.^'— f ««y<»-r tJ'^^yj't^ ^^./.^ Vtt* /ir ^r,,^,r orfay^ ./. 0eranr ^eJ-Cj ^ti^ y^*^ /i.. 'A ^•-j. y^ -^ ^ <^. (Ttafionaf &i>t ^ons of f^c (gctoofufton. (Written for the Society in Iowa.) 3n (yUemomm Delivered December nth, 1894 During the past year death has taken several members of this Society, and among them none will be more missed than General Dwight Morris, who at the time of his death was our honored and loved President. Dwight Morris was born in Litchfield, November 22d, 1816, and came from a family which has been famous in the history of our land. His grandfather, James Morris, was born in Connecticut in 1717. James, the son of James Morris, was the father of General Morris. He was born in 1758 ; he grad- uated from Yale College in 1775, and immediately entered the American Army and was taken prisoner by the British at Germantown, but was afterwards exchanged in 1781. At the close of the war he held the rank of Captain. In 1790 he founded the Morris Academy at South Farms, then in the town of Litchfield, but which is now the town of Morris, named in his honor. He also served as ist Major in the war of 1812. James Morris died a short time after the birth of his son Dwight Morris. Dwight Morris entered Yale College, and shortly before the close of his Sopho- more year, considering himself unjustly censured by the President of Yale, left that College and entered Union, where he graduated with honors in 1838. Yale after- wards conferred the degree of M.A. In 1841 General Morris was admitted to the Bar and began practice in Bridgeport, where he remained until the time of his death. He was elected a member of the General Assembly in 1845. in 1S64 and in 1880. In 1845-51 and 1852 he was Judge of Probate for the District of Bridgeport. When the Rebellion began General, then Colonel Morris, raised and went to the front in command of the 14th Connecticut Volunteers. He left the State with the Regiment Aug. 25th, 1862, and on Sept. 7th he was assigned to the command of the Second Brigade, French's Division, Second Army Corps. He served for more than a year and ill health compelled him to resign, when he was honorably discharged and retired with the rank of Brigadier-General. The regiment which Colonel Morris commanded and led into battle was called the " Fighting Fourteenth." The records say: "Colonel Morris led his men most gallantly at Antietam." The regiment was in 34 battles and skirmishes, and lost as many men in killed and wounded as almost 59 any regiment in the war. They never lost a color, were present at the surrender of Lee, and had the honor of leading the great and glorious 2d Corps while marching through Richmond, the captured Confederate capitol. The men with General Morris, from their commander down to the private sol- diers, were among the bravest, and history will never forget their deeds. General Morris was wounded while in service, and carried the scar to the day of his death. In 1864 President Lincoln nominated General Morris Judge of the Territory of Idaho, but he declined the honor, and in 1866 he was appointed Consul General to Havre, France, where he served until 1869. In 1876 General Morris was elected Sec- retary of State, and he was instrumental in having the Charter of Connecticut framed with wood from the original Charter Oak. It was through his efforts that the old Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati was reorganized. He was chosen its Presi- dent, a position which he held until the time of his decease. General Morris was probably the only man in the United States, at the date of his death, who was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati by right of his own father, who was an officer in the Revolution. General Morris was always courteous and kindly in his address, and made many friends. His figure was striking, as he was very erect and carried himself with militarj' bearing; he was fond of books and literature and a ready conversationalist on almost any subject. He was an earnest worker for the success of the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the Revolution and will long be remembered. E. Livingston Wells. fl^tunttif WLavntv 3^f»noltrs ?l^o»t Heusted Warner Reynolds Hoyt was bom in Ridgefield, Connecticut, November 1st, 1842, and was a son of Reverend Warner and Elizabeth P. (Reynolds) Hoyt. His father, who was rector of St. Stephen's church, Ridgefield, died, October 18th, 1844, when he was two years old. He was educated at Greenwich Academy and at Columbia College, studied law, and after being admitted to the bar, opened an office in Greenwich, where he continued to reside until his death. At the age of twenty- five he was elected to the State Senate, and in 1S87 he was Speaker of the House of Representatives. He was also Colonel of the 4th Regiment Connecticut National Guard. On November 14th, 1893, he was admitted to membership in the Society. He died on Sunday, April 8th, 1894, beloved by all who knew him. 60 :JCJitf)an eillctte Dontr Nathan Gillette Pond was born in New York City, May 31st, 1832, and was the son of Charles Hobby and Martha (Gillette) Pond. He was descended from many noted settlers of Connecticut, among them being Theophilus Eaton and Thomas Hooker. For many years he was a merchant and broker in New York City. After retiring from business he made his home at Milford, Connecticut, and gave his time to antiquarian research. He was one of the founders of the Society of Colonial Wars, was most active in reviving the old Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati, and was the first to apply for membership and to be admitted to this Society upon its organization. In all of these Societies he was an honored officer whose loss was keenly felt. He was the last editor of the Magazine of American History, and was an honorary associate editor of the American Historical Register until his death. He died on Sunday, July 29th, 1894. 61 (Repoiri {pMicdion CommUht 2^c))ovt of tf\t i)ut)lfeatfon dtonunitttt To those who have been patiently waiting for the publication of this volume, is due the explanation that the delay in its appearance has not been without sufficient reason. As a result of that delay the Committee is able to present a fairer and more perfect publication than could otherwise have been prepared. To the mother society in New York and to the sister society in Iowa, arc ten- dered the thanks of the Committee for their courtesy in permitting the use of illus- trations. This Register, it will be noted, differs from those of sister societies. The credit for the improved method of arrangement belongs to Connecticut, it having been devised by the late Professor Daniel C. Eaton, of Yale University, for the Society of Colonial Wars, by which Society it has been successfully tried. In giving the references for each record of servdce, this Society stands almost alone. Yet in this way only can permanent historical value be given to the register of an hereditary society ; in this way only can the laborious comparison of proofs and the endeavor for exactness in historical statement be rendered of use, save to those officers and members, by whom and for whom they must be performed. If all hereditary societies would do likewise they would render lasting service to those who cherish the memory of the Nation's patriot dead. The illustration of the statue of the martyr-patriot, Nathan Hale, erected by the mother society in New York, has a fitting place in these pages, together with the last five stanzas of the poem read by Judge Finch before the Linonian Society of Yale in 1853. Hale was a son of Connecticut, to whom all coming generations may point with reverent pride. By kind invitation, this Society took part in the dedication of the memorial which tells the story of his patriotism to the life-tides of busy humanity throbbing to and fro in the heart of the greatest city of the land that calls him hers. A fac-simile reproduction of the national ode which the author of "America ' wrote in 1894 for the sister society in Iowa, also finds a place in this volume. 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