Revolutionary Soldiers ''■■■'} ■■'■"■■ :■■ Buried in Lake County, Ohio m War* Wk m m Gass Book. Monument of Gen. Edward P.iinc, Paincavillc, Ohio. A Record < f the Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Lake County, Ohio with a partial list of those in Geauga County and a membership roll of New Connecticut Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution BY New Connecticut Chapter PA1NESVILLE, OHIO tfolumbus.tfhio * o i PREFACE ^N 1890 the New Connecticut Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, appointed a committee to locate the burial places of the Revolutionary Soldiers of Lake County, and to pre- pare a brief personal and military history of each. At that time the number of known Revolutionary Soldiers buried in the County did not, perhaps, exceed ten or fifteen, and people best informed on the subject predicted that the most thorough search would not be able to more than double the number. No sooner had the work commenced than the Committee began to realize the extent and difficulty of their undertaking. The length of time which had elapsed; the apathy of living descendants and rela- tives, when such could be found; the absence of grave-stones, and the loss of authentic records, were among the first obstacles to be met and overcome. A thorough inspection of all burying-grounds, both private and public, was undertaken; local his- tories and town, county and church records were care- fully studied; newspaper files running back three- quarters of a century were closely scanned, and in all cases the history of those whose age assured the pos- sibility of their having been participants in our great war of independence, was untiringly sought out and brought to proof. Much assistance was secured from secretaries-of- state of Mass. and Conn, and from the National D. A. R. The U. S. pension records, also, were indis- pensable. All these sources of information, as well as others not enumerated, were constantly drained, while a per- sistent correspondence was directed toward officials of high and low degree, towards friends, relatives and neighbors, for proof of elusive facts and tradi- tional statements. And now, after three years of searching and compiling we bring our labor to a close. Should this little volume encourage other local- ities to undertake to wrest from oblivion and perpe- tuate the names and memories of those brave spirits who fought and suffered to found an independent nation, we shall feel that our long labor has been abundantly rewarded. Mrs. Mary E. T. Wyman, Chairman of Committee. Paincsville, Ohio, December, 1902. JOHN ABEL, 1756-1836. "Died in Perry, Lake Co., Ohio on Friday the 23rd of Dec. 1836, Mr. John Abel, a Revolution- ary Soldier, in the 80th year of his age. He rose in the morning in good health, ate a hearty breakfast, and went out and cut a stick of wood at the door ; went in and sat down, and while caressing a little grandchild who was play- ing around him, swooned away and died in- stantly." He enlisted in the Revolutionary War from Sharon, Conn., in June, 1777, for three months, under Capt. Jonathan Penoyer; Oct. 1st for one mouth, with Capt. Ephraini Meriner; Dec. 1778. three mouths with Capt. Amos Chapel; and again in July 1779, for three months, under Col. Lawrence. His rank was that of Corporal, and as such he received a pension under the act of 1832. He lies in Perry Cemetery. STEPHEN AMES, 1748-1825. Stephen Ames was one of the early settlers of Kirtland township, coming in 1815 from Hol- lis, New Hampshire. He was at one time one of the selectmen of Hollis. He enlisted in the Revolutionary War in 177S for three years or the war, in Col. Ciller's regiment. In 1818 the first township election in Kirtland was held at the home of Stephen Ames i one mile south of Temple) on dan. 5th. Mr. Ames was elected treasurer, which office he held several years. His son Jeremiah was made constable. He di.-d Nov. 2, L825; his widow Jan. 4, 1832. They are buried in South Kirtland. though no stones mark the spot. I le received a pension. SILAS ANTISEL, 1749-1817. Silas Antisel (Antisdel, A. Tisdel, Tisdel) son of Lawrence Antisel and Mary Armstrong, was horn in Norwich, Conn, in 1 741*. He was married at Wellington, Conn, to Maria Bethiah Curtis, May 4, 1775. From Willington he served in the Lexington Alarm, in the Revolu- tionary War, in Capt. Heath's company in April 1775, his brother Peres enlisting from Ludlow, Mass., in Capt. Isaac Colton's company, Col. David Brewer's regt., in 1775. The children of Silas and Bethiah Antisel were Curtis, Thomas, Peres, Lawrence, Silas, Thankful, Sarah, Han- nah, Betsey and Bethiah. They made the journey from Connecticut to Madison, Ohio, in the winter of 1812-13 with their son Curtis and his family, locating on the South Ridge in Madison. Silas Antisdel died Sept. 13, 1817, and Bethiah, his wife. Sept. 18, 1824, and both are buried in the cemetery which was once a part of their farm. One grandchild (Mrs. Don Wyman of Perry), born in 1814, is probably the oldest person born within the limits of Lake Co. now living. SILAS BAILEY, 1754-1845. Col. Silas Bailey, born in Mass. in L754, died in Perry, Lake Co., Ohio, July 9, 1846, aged ninety-one years. "Silas Bailey was a private in Capt. Arlemas I l<»\\'s company, which marched on the alarm of April lit, I77.~>; service, { wenly-fmir days. Also served under dipt. Jonathan Houghton daring Oct. and NOV, L770. lie was second lientena in in Oapt Jonathan Rffarion'i company, Col. Josiafc Whitney's regi* men!" 8 Silas Bailey appears in the list of officers of the Mass. militia, commissioned June 17, 1770. He is buried in Perry cemetery, and is remem- bered here as the father of Rev. Jacob Bailey, a Baptist clergyman of pioneer days. DANIEL BAKTKAM, 1745-1817. Daniel Bartram was born In Fairfield, Conn. Oct. 23, 1745. In 1777 he enlisted as a private in Capt. Hull's company, Col. Steams' regiment, Conn, militia. He saw active service in the de- fense <>f 1 tanbury against the raids of the Bril ish. Daniel Bartram moved to .Madison, Ohio, in May L809, where he resided until his death, May 17, 1S17. lie was buried in the burying ground at Dnionville, near the church. Soon after, the church was burned, and it was found impossible to locate his grave. A stone was erected to his memory in the Middle Ridge bnrying ground, where lie the remains of his wife and many of his descendants. Contributed by Ida A. Mills, great-grand* daughter of Daniel Bartram. EZRA BEEBE, 1737-1813. Ezra Beebe, it is said by some, was the first settler in Perry township, the honor being divided between hini and Thomas L. Wright. He died Jan. 15, 1813, aged seventy-six years. He enlisted in the 1st Regiment, New York line, under Col. (loose Van Schaik, in the Revolution* ary War. He was the first adult buried in Perry town- ship, and now lies in the Town Cemetery. WILLIAM BIDWBLL, 1767-1831. William Bidwell Br., joined the Sth Conn. Regt. in 17SL' under ('apt. Joseph Jewetl and Ool. 9 Jedediah Huntington. His regiment protected the Boston camps and took part at Roxbury. For nearly eighty years the Bidwell family was identified with the history of Lake Co. Wm. Bidwell with his wife and family of six children, came from their home in Fannington, Conn, in 1820 and settled on the Middle Ridge in Madison, which plaee was the Bidwell homestead for half a < entury. Noah Porter, afterward President of Yale College, was their pastor and friend in Conn., and he exercised a great influence upon the trend of their lives, for two of the sons Walter and Oliver went back and graduated at Yale, study- ing for the ministry. Walter H. Bidwell edited at different times "The Independent" and "The New York Evangel- ist.*' The Eclectic Magazine was founded by hi in. lie was a traveller of note, and his hook "Imperial Courts," was written after his present- ation at the courts of Europe. The other son, Wm. Bidwell Jr., remained on the farm, and was the main stay of the family, a good husband and father, honorable in all things. <>f such stock was Connecticut's contri- bution to the foundations of good citizenship laid by i lie pioneers of the Western Reserve. Two of the grandsons of the Wm. Bidwell, \\ ho served in the Revolutionary War, were in the War of the Rebellion serving throughout the en- tire war. Dr. Theodore S. Bid well was surgeon of the L25th Regt. of Ohio Infantry, and Walter H. Bidwell was a bugler in Battery C, 1st Ohio Lighl Artillery. Win. Bidwell Br. died in L881, and sleeps in the .Middle Kidge Ceriietery in Madison, near his home Contributed by Helen Bidwell Hoag. ID BENJAMIN BISSELL, 1761-1841. Benjamin Bissell enlisted in the Revolution- ary War from Lebanon, Conn, in 1778 or 1779 in Capt. Bliss' Company, Col. Ledyard's Regi- ment for three months; again in 1781 for nine months in Capt. Munson's Company, Col. Zebu- Ion Butler's Regiment, Connecticut Troops. Benj. Bissell was born at Lebanon, Conn., March 31, 1761. At the same place he married Elizabeth Heath in 1784, and later removed to New York, spend- ing the larger part of their lives at Hartrick, where they raised a family of eleven children. In 1832 Mr. and Mrs. Bissell were with a daughter at Burlington, N. Y., from which place he applied for a pension which was granted him. Later they came to Painesville, Ohio, to spend their remaining years with their son Judge Ben- jamin Bissell, where Benjamin Bissell Sr. died ( tat. 1, 1841, and his wife Elizabeth, Feb. 24, 1851, aged eighty-nine years. Both are buried in Evergreen Cemetery. Benjamin Bissell was a cousin of Gov. Clark Bissell of Conn., and his son Judge Benjamin Bis- sell was State Senator from Painesville in the years 1839-40. BENJAMIN BLISH, 1753-1825. Tolland Co., Conn., was the birthplace of Ben- jamin Blish, Feb. 22, 1753. In 1774 lie married Phebe Skinner, sister of ('apt. Abraham Skinner of Painesville. He served as a private in the Revolutionary War, one montfa and nineteen days, in Capt. .Micah Ham- len's < Jo., Col. Thomas Marshall's regt, from June L3, 177<'». to Aug. 1, 177»>; also twenty-five days. from Aug. 1 to Aug. 26 at Castle Island; also thirty-one days in ('apt. Sylvanus Martin's Co., 11 Col. Williams' regt., from Sept. 29 to Oct. 30, 1777, in Rhode Island ; and again at an alarm at the same place for six days under Capt. Israel Hicks, Col. Thomas Carpenter's regt., bom Aug. 1 to Aug. 6, L780. About 17S0 he moved his family to Middle- field, Hampshire Co., Mass., where they resided till they left for Ohio in Feb. 1804, with his bro- ther-in-law, Capt. Skinner. They traveled on the snow to Buffalo, and on the ice of the Lake the latter part of the way. He bought land and made some preparations for removing his family, re- turning in the fall to Massachusetts. ( )n the 20th day of June, 1805, he started with his family for Ohio. Leaving his oldest daughter, the wife of Orris Clapp, his family consisted of himself and wife, six daughters and two sons, aged 21 and 12 years. At first their journey was prosperous, but in passing through New York state, the father was taken sick with the ague, the roads grew very bad; after leaving Buffalo they found great difficulty in obtaining food for man or beast. They traveled by short stages on the beach of the Lake, sometimes felling a basswood tree, and browsing the horses upon the leaves. They reached Erie July lb, the horses badly worn and unlit for further use. Hen 1 they made an agreement with a man named Ross to bring the family and stufl" to Pairporl in his boat, in exchange for one wagon. The two boys pushed on with the horses and two dogs, enduring many hardships, before they reached the homeof Capt. Skinner on Grand river, shortly before noon on July 20. They had had no weapon of defense larger - than a pocket knife. The family were on the way forty-one days, in jeopardy from winds and waves, somet imefl a pari of them carried ashore by one of the boat- 12 men in his arms, then walking for miles through woods or on the sand, not knowing the fate of the others, till through the guidance of a kind Providence they all reached Painesville safely, July 30. They went into one mom of a log house with Esq. Merry until their own house was completed in Dec. 1805, on land yet known as the Blish farm, in Mentor. There lived for twenty years Benjamin Blish, rejoicing, even amidst the priva- tions incident to a new settlement, that lie had placed his children in a more desirable location than the Green mountains of Massachusetts, where his entire life had been one of severe labor and close economy, with no better outlook for them. He died .March 11, 1825, aged 72 years. His wife died Oct ">, 1844, at 91. They are both buried in the Blish Cemetery in West Painesville. WILLIAM BRANCH, 1760-1849. William Branch was born in Preston, Conn., Sept. 3, 1760. In the fall of 1776 when but six- teen years of age, he enlisted and was sent to old Fort Trumbull, where he remained until the fol- lowing spring, when he was placed under the command of Capt. Leffingwell, to go to Rhode Is- land, but as his enlistment was opposed by his family on account of his youth, he was sent back to Norwich. The lad, however, was determined, and on April 1, 1777, he enlisted in Gen. Washington's army under Capt. Jedediah Hyde, Ool. John Durkee's regt lie was engaged in the following battles, viz: Germantown, Oct. 4, 1777; Red Bank, Mon- mouth. June 28, 177S; Fori Mifflin, Nov. 17, 1777; and in other engagements and skirmishes. During the winter of 17777s he was with Gen. Washington in the historic camp at Valley 13 Forge, and was in the forced march from the north to Yorktown, under the command of Gen. Hamilton. He participated in the siege of Yorktown, being one of the soldiers selected from the Con- necticut troops to make the final assault on the redoubt, and witnessed the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, Oct. 19, 1781. He was present at the trial and execution of Major Andre, and was one of the three guards selected by Gen. Washington to take the body of Andre from the gallows. On July 7, 1783, William Branch was dis- charged from Capt. Samuel Cliffs company, in Col. Zebulon Butler's Conn, regt, at West Point, New York, and was honored with a badge of merit which he received from the hand of Gen. Washington "for six years faithful service," in the defense of his country. His mind was filled with reminiscences of Revolutionary days, and he often lived over in memory and story the privations and sufferings of army life. About 1790 he settled in Cayuga Co., New York, and while residing there was made ( 'aptain of a company of volunteers that he raised for the War of 1812. He moved t<» Kirtland, Lake <'<»., Ohio, in L834, and to Madison, Ohio, in L837, where he re- sided until his death, Apr. 13, 1849. His remains were interred in the Middle Ridge burying ground. (Contributed by l. A. Branch Mills, grand daughter <>f William Branch.) GARRIT BRASS, 1763-1837. din-it Brass enlisted for the Revolutionary War from Westfleld, Mass. early in 17M. and Served until Doc 21, 1783, as a Private in ('apt. u Banister's Company, Col. Newel's regt; also in Capt. Smith's Company under Col. Vose. in the Massachusetts Troops. He married Lucy Matthews on Apr. 19, 1791. He applied for a pension June 14, 1828 at which time he lived in Mentor, Lake Co., Ohio, where he died (or was burned in his log cabin) Nov. 25, 1837. Old residents who remember the death think he was buried <>n school property long since va- cated as a burial ground. His widow received a pension also. OLTVEB BBOWN, 1760-1845. Oliver Hrown, son of Zebulon Brown, was born at Btonington Point, Conn., in 1700. May 26, 1777, at the age of seventeen he en- listed in the Revolutionary War for one year, under Capt Eldridge; was discharged .Ian. 12, 177s. Re-enlisting July l, L780, he was in service until Nov. L*L\ 17SD. He served with his regiment about New York, New Jersey, and Eastern Pennsylvania, and was in the battles of Uiandywine and < lermantow n, and endured the hardships of Valley Forge. He was wounded in battle, and was guard over Major Andre for on.- "watch," on the night pre- vious lo the spv's execution, on Oct. 2, 1780. One night he halted Gen. Washington returning to camp without the proper countersign, and inarched him to the guard-house, for which he was praised by the General. In L780 he married Mrs. Gracie Welch, and lived some time at Norwich, Conn. His children were Oliver. Ilosea, I>auphin, ami Lewis, Hannah i Bliss), Nabby (Searls), and Patience I 1 [oleomb). The early summer of ISIS found Oliver P.rown with his fainilv located on military lands 15 in Concord, Geauga Co., (now Lake) in Ohio, after a perilous journey with ox teams across swollen rivers, through an unbroken wilderness, ready to prepare a home in the far west. Mrs. Brown died in 1832; later he married Mrs. Beardsley who died in 1840. Again he married a Mis. Hannah Perkins, who was left a widow by his death, June 5, 1845. He was buried with military honors, and lies in the cemetery at Concord Center. He received a pension. WILLIAM CAHOON, 1765-1828. William Cahoon served his country in her struggle for freedom in the Massachusetts line, enlisting Oct. 11, 1781, under Capt. Samuel Sloan, in the regiment of Col. Asa Barnes, from Berkshire county. He marched by order of (Jen. Stark to Sara- toga on an alarm. He died in Kirtlaud, Oct. 1, 1828, aged sixty three years, and is buried in Ki rt land cemetery. JOSEPH (ALL. Joseph Call, of Vermont, was in Capt. John Benjamin's company of militia, under the com- mand Of Ool. Joseph Marsh, from Aug. K> to Oct. t. 1777. He was also in a BCOUting party from Wood stock in the year 1777. He was called out on an alarm from March \) to 12, with ("apt. Jesse Saf- ford's company Of militia. His name was on the roll of men appointed by the commit tee of safety Of the (owns of Hartford, Lebanon and Wood- slock, who watched and guarded suspected per sons, as enemies to the I' ailed States of America. He was also in Zebu Ion Lyon's company, em- ployed in guarding the committee of safely to 16 Windsor, and Ool. Stone and others to Spring- field, service all in Windsor county, Vermont. He removed from Vermont to Perry, Ohio, in 1815, and is buried in the South Ridge burying ground in West Madison. His son, Hufus Call, was in the war of 1812. JOHN CAMPBELL, 1759 John Campbell, a soldier in the Revolution- ary war, served in the New York state troops. He was a pensioner in Cuyahoga county until 1X10, when Willoughby township was made a part of Lake county. At that time he lived with his son James, in Willoughby. He was an early sett lei- of Willoughby, being a prominent man there for many years, and has many descendants in Ohio. It is a matter of doubt whether he died in Willoughby or while visiting in New York. WILLIAM ('AIM), 1753-1820. William Card (grandfather of Jonathan Card) died in 1820 and is buried in Willoughby Cem- etery. "William Card was commissioned master of 'The Schooner Phoenix' bound for Cape Francois." "Boston, Mass. Nov. 21, 177G. By a petition to the council, signed by Mr. Card, in behalf of Daniel Pierce and Aaron Malady, owners of the Phoenix, said vessel was ordered for service in the Revolutionary War." EZRA CARPENTER, L764-1849. Ezra Carpenter died Aug. 7, 1849, aged eighty-four years, eleven months, and twenty- eighl days, ;mr Willoughby, <>lii<>, in 1810. He was Willoughhy's first postmaster, and walked to Washington, to secure his appoint- ment. Id • died in Willoughby, and is buried oo the Daniels farm just east of Willoughby village. TRACY CLEVELAND, L749-1836. Tracy Cleveland was born in Canterbury, Connecticut, in lTlit, and died in Ohio, Feb. 27, L836. Had he lived until .May 8th he would have been eighty eight years <>id. Be is buried <»n the Harmon farm in Kirtland, Lake Co., Ohio. 18 In "Connecticut men in the Revolution" is the following service of Tracy Cleveland: U A private in Oapt. Bacon's company, sixth Bat- talion, Wadsworth's Brigade, Col. John Cheater commanding the battalion in 177C>. "This Battalion w;is raised in June to rein- force Washington* in New York; was stationed at riat Hush Pass on Long Island, An*;-. 26; and en- gaged in the battle of the following day; nar- rowly escaped capture in retreat from New York, and engaged al While Plains, Oct. 28. "Was in New Jersey at the time of the battle of Trenton.'' For his services he received ;t pension under the Act of L832. His wife, IMiehe, died N<»v. 5, L829, in her sev- enty-seventh year, and Lies by his side. ROGER CBAINE, 17(12-1841. Roger Craine was horn in Mansfield, Conn., May 4, 17(52. He enlisted in the Revolutionary War from .Med way, .Mass., in May L781, and Served until Dec. 1783 as private under ('apt. John Puller and Col. Shepherd, and was in the battle ;it White Plains. lie married Sarah Whiton May 20, ITS i at Ashl'ord, Conn. Their children were Abigail, Cyrus, Ahira, Eloazer, 'Power, Horace, Alvin, Samuel, Alexis and Ruth. They were living in Groton, N. V. in May ISIS, when he applied for a pension which he received. Later they removed to Painesville, Ohio, where he died June 3, isii and in is:>7 was re- moved to the cemetery in Mentor, Ohio. This story is told by his descendants: "Grandfather Craine had repeatedly refused to sign the temperance pledge, Baying, he was do! a drinking man, and didn't cure to sign away his 19 liberty. One training day an old drunkard cried out, 'Here comes Roger Craine, he is one of our set, for he will not sign his liberty away either!' Grandfather signed the pledge that day." AMAKIAB CRAtfDALL, 1759-1861. Amariali Oandall was born at Westerly, R. I., Apr. 2, 1759. He enlisted from Stonington, Ct., Apr. 1, 1779, for one year, under Capt. Sheffield, enlisting again in June 1780, for two months, under Capt. Elijah Palmer, and Lieut. Col. Richards. During an engagement he was taken prisoner by the British, and sent on board the prison- ship Halifax, where he with the others had smallpox. He resided after the war in Willington, Conn. from which place he applied for a pension Aug. 18, 1832, which was allowed. He married Prudence Avery of Conn. Their children were Elijah, Elisha, Sarah and Daniel. He with his wife came to Ohio in 1820 to live with their son Daniel, where they lived to a ripe old age, he being 101 years, 9 months, and 16 days. Mis favorite pastime was telling his grand- children Revolutionary War stories of Washing- ton and La Fayette, whom he loved. The family keep with great care his old bayo- net. He died Jan. IS, lsf>l, and lies in the .Middle Ridge Cemetery in Madison, Luke Co., Ohio. OHBISTOPHEB CRABY, L769-1848. Christopher Orary was born in New London, Conn, in 1759. He was the grand-son «>f Oliver Orary who Was a native of Connecticut, His ureal -urn nd- 20 father was Robert Crary, who was a son of Peter Crary who emigrated from England to America when Charles II ascended the throne. Christopher Crary was a soldier in the Rev- olutionary War. He was twice taken prisoner; the first time he escaped from the Halifax prison, the second time, he was imprisoned on the Brit- ish prison-ship Jersey, but was finally liberated. He was in the marine service. After the war he became a merchant, then a farmer, and ex- changed his farm for land in Kirtland township. He was the first actual settler in Kirtland ; his neighbors were seven miles distant. In 1837 he moved to Union Co., Ohio, living there until his death, which occurred in 1848 at the age of eighty-eight years. WM. R. EDDY, 1760-1841. William R. Eddy was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War from Massachusetts, serving in Capt. John Wood's company, Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's regiment. He was a resident of Concord, Lake Co., Ohio, where he died Dec. 14, 1841, aged eighty-one years, and is buried on the farm he owned, one and one-half miles northeast of Little Mountain. He received a pension. LEMUEL ELLIS, 1764-1859. Lemuel Ellis came to Perry. Ohio about 1810. In L815 he was overseer of the poor, and held that ami other township offices until L831. From Dec. 11 to Dec. 30, 177b he served in the Revolutionary War tor .Mass. under Capt. Ebenezer Rattle and Colonel William Mcintosh; later he was with Col. Weld at Castle Island. He married Polly Call, and is buried in an old graveyard on the River road, in Perry town- 21 ship. The grave is marked by a boulder from Qrand river which he had placed In the yard be- fore his death which occurred on Sunday, Feb. LM), L859. He was one of the earliest members of Perry Methodist Church. .JOHN EMERY, 1768-1881. "Capt. John Emery died Dec. 27, 1831 aged seventy-three years." He was born in Massachusetts, and from that state enlisted in the Revolutionary War. He served many enlistments throughout the war, ranking as Captain at the close. He was buried in the historic yard at Union- ville, which contains the first authentic grave on the Western Reserve, that of Alexander Harper. JOSHUA EMMS, 1751-1845. Joshua Eninis was a soldier of the Revolu- tionary War from Easthani, Mass. lie served in the Continental Line as Cor- poral, in Captain Solomon Biggin's company, enlisting July L3, 1775, discharged Sept. 177f>. ".Joshua Emms was born in Boston, and was there when the tea was dest roved in Boston Har- bor. When the British took possession of Boston, he was in service in the Port, and the British destroyed his shop, furniture, all of his pro- perty." He was among the early settlers of Perry, his name appearing in the township records in L827. lie died Dec. 1, L846 aged ninety four years, and is buried in Berry Cemetery. He was a pen- sioner. JOSEPH BMEEBON, L754 L850. Joseph Emerson, of Haverhill, Mass. was 22 born in Feb. 17~>1, living to l><' ninety-five years, nine months and sixteen dayi old. Be began Ins life ;is a soldier in the Revolu- tion, at the first call, enlisting Apr. L6, 1 7 7 r> , for eight months, under ('apt. James Bawyer, and Col. Frye, of ili«' Massachusetts troops. During this lirst enlistment be was engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill, which In liis declin- ing years, was rery rivid to him, and li< k loved to tell the story of the battle, and <»r the part < i<*ii. William Prescott took in it, to every one who cared to listen. His second enlistment was July 1777, for two nt lis under < "apt . Aaron Osgood and Col. Ly- man. 1 le was a pensioner. Joseph Emerson married Lydia Foster, who died in Massachusetts. Later he married Mary Hilton, who is buried beside him in South Mad- Lson, neai- the ( tore church. He is described as a "large man, six feel tall. with hair white as snow, reaching to his should ers, which he always wore braided as in the olden time." On his tombstone is this inscrip- tion : Joseph Emerson, Died January 23, 1850, Aged 95 years, '•> months. 16 days. "I have a house not made with hands, Eternal, and <>n high. I [ere my spirit wait Ing stands, 'Till God shall bid it rise." <>KA EVANS, L760-1845. .Moses Evans removed from Litchfield, Conn. to North Adams, .Mass. where his son, the sub- ject of this sketch was horn in April 17(50. 23 "At the time of the 'Lexington Alarm' in Apr. 1775, they, father and son were among the first to respond to the call. Taking their old flint-lock muskets from the wall, and such equip- ment as they had, they hurried to the relief of Boston, and all through the seven years war, they served as 'minute-men,' their last engage- ment being at 'Haarlem Heights,' and so pleased was Ora Evans with the country, that after he married he settled there. "Ora Evans' mother followed the army as a nurse, seeking in every way to relieve the sutler ing, and tradition has it, that at one time, when a man couldn't be spared from the ranks she car- ried dispatches, which Gen. Washington wished sent to a distant office. "This remarkable woman lived to be one hun- dred and eight years old." Ora Evans was a pioneer of Madison, Lake Co., Ohio, settling there in 1812, on the County Line road, where he lived until his death in Feb. 1845. He lies in an "old long unused brier-grown, cattle trodden grave-yard" on the Ashtabula side of the road. Ho is remembered as tall, florid, silver haired, and still erect, in spite of bis eighty-five years. JOHN FERGUSON, 1757-1841. ('apt. John Ferguson was born at West Farms, Westchester Co., New York, on Christ- mas 1 >av 17o7. His father came from Scotland during the French ami Indian War, and Liking the country SO well, lie sold his Commission ami settled in Backensack, New Jersey. on the Revolutionary War records, he first appears mi a muster roll of ('apt. Job Wright's c... Ool. Van Schaick'a Now Fork Battalion, "In Barracks at Saratoga," Dec. 17, 1776. Later he appears in Col. Morris Graham's regt of New York militia, on a payroll for .March 1778, and again in Sept. 1778. Later he was Captain of milil in. Be came to Willonghby, Ohio, in the spring of 1824. He married for his second wife, Mary Camp- bell, daughter of Finley Campbell, and was the father of thirteen children (two by the first wife); and grandfather of seventy. Be died at the home of Leggett Ferguson, on Willoughby Ridge, Apr. 4, 1841, and was buried in Willoughby Ridge Cemetery. LEMUEL FOBES, 1754-1835. Lemuel Fobes of Massachusetts was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving with the "Min- ute-men who marched to the Lexington Alarm; and later was in the battle of Bennington, his company haying been raised to reinforce the Con- tinental Army to the Northward." Lemuel Fobes came to Painesville, Ohio in 1803 and settled near what is now Elm street. He married Anna Bills of Mass. He was treasurer of Painesville township in 1813. He died in is:i5, aged eighty-one, and lies in Evergreen Cemetery in Painesville. lie received a pension. ANDREW FORD, 1752-1837. Andrew Ford, of M;iss;ichnsetts, was born in 1752. A soldier of the Revolutionary War, march- ing in response to the alarm at Lexington, in which he served seven days, in Lieut. Joseph War- ner's company. Il«- was in the battle of Pennington, and WOU 25 also in i he expedit ion to Stillwater and Saratoga. I [e was a pensioner under the Act of 1832. He lived in Madison, w hero he died in 1837, and is buried in the Middle Ridge cemetery. [SRAEL FOX, 1755 Israel Fox was horn in < ilastonbury, Conn., in 17.")."), and served in the War of the Ilevolu- t ion, enlisting in 1770 for three months with Col. Talcott In 1777 he again enlisted for three months with Capt. Hale, under Colonel Woodbridge, and another three months in 1771); also in June L780 he enlisted for six months with Capt. lMielps. He witnessed the execution of Major Andre. In 1832 he was a resident of Mentor, Lake < Jo., Ohio from which place he secured his pension. Those interested remember that he died in Mentor, though the burial place is not known. SEBA FRENCH, L761-1836. Beba French of Massachusetts was one of the verv early set t lers of Painesville, coming in L816. About 1771) he married Miss Mary Ide and live. L778 in Capt. Allen's Co., 3rd Oonn. regt., of which Samuel Wylly was Colonel. August ii, (.782, he was married to Mary Walker, of Ashford, Conn., who was born Awn. 1 I. L763. Their children were Joseph, Elijah, Benjamin and -lob ii itwinst. Esther, Clorinda and Patty. 28 Sept :>, L811, they left Willington, OoniL for Madison, Ohio, arriving Oct. :»,rd when they im- mediately went to work to put up ;i log house (into which they moved Nov. 8) on the same farm which h;is ever wince been in the possession of the family. other families coming Into the neighborhood found a shelter at Dea. Hanks' hospitable home until their houses were ready for occupancy. II,. died Teh. 11, ISM at the af Gov. Clinton. Be was after* wards promoted l<> the rank of colonel, and served with distinction In the War of the Revolution. < Mi June 28, L798 he removed with ids Family to what is now I larperstield, Aslilalmla County, Ohio, and settled there, dying on the tenth of September of the same year. This section of the Country was then a wilderness, and Col. Harper gave the township of Barpersfleld the name w hi.h it has since horne. It is said that soon alter Landing he placed his stall' in the ground ami dedicated a portion of i he land as a cemetery, and he himself was the first to l»c bnried there; he being the first white person buried in the Western Reserve, whose grave can he Identified. An appropriate monu- ment bearing an inscription with the name and • late of birtfa and death, and recounting the \ir dies of (he pioneer ami patriot still marks the spot. This cenieterv is on the county line at I nionville Tillage. A biography of this distinguished citizen ami some of his lirsl descendants ma\ he found in an Interesting history Of I larperstield, written by Mrs. .Malvinn Sherwood, dedicated to the lion. Blisha Whittlesey, and recorded in the records of the Aslilalmla llistorieal and Philosophical Society by the celebrated penman, the late Piatt R. Spencer. SAMUEL BAYDEN, L749-1888. Samuel I lay den, a Revolut ionary soldier from Connecticut, enlisted at < iosheu. in 1T7."». He was a sergeant under Oapt Sedgewick ami OoL Binman fOP nine months' service, lie was also with Oapt Daniel Benedict's company, Lieut. Col. John Mead's regiment, marched Aug. L2, 177<>, wms ;ii the battle of Ticonderoga. Be was ;i resident <»r Winstead, Litchfield <'<»., Conn., later of Concord, Lake <'<>., Ohio. Se 'li^i in is: is, nearly ninety yean <»r age, and is buried ;>< ( Soncord ( 'enter. I [e received ;i pension. AM ASA mill, L768-1847. A Boldier In the Revolutionary \\';u- was Amasa Bill, born ;ii Stillwater, NVw fork, In Oc- tober L768. Be enlisted from Bpencertown, N. v. in March L780, for nine months, In Oapt. Walter Vrooman's company, Col. John Barper's regiment Be \\;is with his regimenl In the battle <»f Cherry Valley. Be removed to Ohio in the winter of L809-10, settling in Madison. The exact date of his death is n<>t known, but iiis will w;is probated Oct. L8, is 17. I le w as bnried in I he cemetery Dear "Turner's ( Corners" In Madison. I [e received ;i pension. SIMEON BODGES, 1768-1888. Simeon Bodges was born in Massachusetts In 1768, and died in Mentor, Ohio, June L2, 1888. During the Revolutionary War, when a mere youth, he went with Iiis ancle Capt. Isaac Bodges, in Col. John Daggett's regiment, from Norton, Mass. to Tiverton, Rhode island and return, <>n ;ui alarm call, making In all ri^hi days. Ilr made several trips i<> "New Connecticut" .is ;i traveling merchant, purchasing a tract <»f land in Newbury, Geauga <'<».. upon which liin s«m Samuel settled In 1819 or L820, .- 1 1 m I about isl'l' Simeon Bodges settled In Mentor, where he spent i he remainder of Iiis life. 1 1<- lies in [Mentor t Jemeten 31 JOEL HOLCOMB, 17G0-1847. Joel Holcomb was born in Granby, Hartford Co; Conn., in 1760. He was of English descent, and at the age of eighteen years enlisted for eight months in the Revolutionary War. He served in the regular Connecticut Line under Col. Samuel Wylly from Apr. 26 to Dec. 31, 1778. He married Sarah Warner and moved into Massachusetts, remaining there a short time; then to Onondaga Co., N. Y. where their five children grew up, and the oldest daughter, Sally, married Elisha Patch. Seymour, Fanny, Nancy and Marcus completed the family. In 1820 Joel Holcomb and Elisha Patch, with their families, made the journey to Ohio, driv- ing an ox team, the wagon containing their goods, and the young girls Fanny and Nancy walking nearly all the way. Securing a heavily timbered farm in Leroy, Lake Co., Ohio, they went to work to make a home. All the privations of the early settler were theirs. Seymour died young, Fanny mar- ried James Wright, Nancy married Abel Wash- burn, and with the failing health of the father. who died in 1847, young Marcus became the head Of the family. Feb. 27, L883 he married Loviaa Brooks. daughter of David Brooks, of Madison, to whom were born three children who survive him; D. M. Holcomb of Madison, .Mrs. D. L. Palmer of Painesville, and l>. EL Holcomb of Perry. Joel Holcomb and his wife Sarah are buried in the Paine Hollow Cemetery in Leroy. A.8AHEL HOLLISTER, L768-1889. Asahel Hollister served in the Revolutionary War from Conn, in Capt. Blijafa Wright's com* 32 pany, Col. Koger Enos' regiment, stationed on the Hudson river, a l West Poinl in 1778. In the Painesville Republican of Feb. 28, 1839 is the following notice of his death : "Died in Kirtland, Ohio Feb. 12, 183!), Mr. Asahel Hollister, aged 7*"» years, formerly from Glastonbury, Conn., a revolutionary pensioner. Mr. Hollister made an early profession of reli- gion, and joined the M. B. Church with which he remained for nearly twenty years, hut left tlnni ami joined the Latter Day Saints (Mormons) a bunt six years si nee, and died in the full faith of thai doctrine. He has left a large and re- Bpectable circle of relatives and friends to mourn the l«»ss of one who was a pattern of piety and < lnistian benevolence." A resident of Kirtland since 1834 thinks he was l)ii i-ied in Waite Hill Cemetery. THOMAS HUNTOON, 1753-1831. Thomas Huntoon enlisted in Capt. Tilton's company, June 12, 1775 under Col. Enoch Poor, later in Capt. John Calfe's company, in Col. T. liartlett's regiment of New Hampshire troops. lie was a resident of Sunapee, New Hamp- shire, and removing to Ohio became an early set- tler of Concord, Ohio. He died Jan. 2, 1831 aged seventy-eight, and is buried in the Huntoon Cemetery in Concord, Lake Co., Ohio. BENAIAH JONES, 1755-1839. Benaiab Jones Jr., <>f Hebron, Conn., was born Aug. 12, 177."). He served <»n Washington's body guard during the Revoutionary War. Feb. 7, L781, he married Jemima skinner, of Hebron, who was born in L758, and who also did heroic work during the Revolution. 33 In lTsii they removed to Massachusetts, com- ing to Ohio in Sept., 1808, making their home in Painesville. Mrs. Jones died in 1820, Benaiah Jones Lived until Aug. 19, 1839, aged eighty-four years. He spent his last days with a son in Jonesville, Mich. A monument in the Mentor Avenue Cemetery bears the names of Jemima Skinner Jones, Be- naiali Jones, Llkanah Jones. "Soldiers of the Rev- olution." ELKANAH JONES, 1761-1849. Elkanah Jones was born in Hebron, Conn. Apr. 28, 1761. He enlisted in the War of the Revolution in the fall of 177C>, for three months, under Capt. Elijah Wright, and Col. Roger Enos. In July and August of 1777 he was with rapt. John Skinner, and Col. Robert Lattimore. Again, in 1779, he was with Lieut. Noah Day for two months. Enlisted again in May L781, for six months, with Lieut. Josiah Uurnham, Col. Win. Ledyard's regiment, all service from Connecticut. After the war he lived successively at Hebron, Conn., Newburg, X. V., Middleford, Mass., Ham- ilton and Norwich, X. J., and later in Painesville, Ohio, where he died in L849. Be never married, and spent his lasi veins with the family of Jona- than Goldsmith. He received a pension from the government and lies in the cemetery west of Painesville known as the Blish or Nye Cemetery. BBENEZER JOY, L764-1837(?) Born in Killingly, Conn., in 17»>1. Lhetiezer Joy enlisted in the Revolutionary War at the age of fourteen. Be served four enlistments, dating Dec. 177S, May 177!>, July 17SII. March I7S1 ; length of ser- vice twenty-two months, under Captains Nichols, Houton, Abel Stevens, and Jonathan Benjamin; and Colonels McClellan, Bartlett, Nichols and Wait of ( 'onnecticut. He was one of the early settlers of Perry township, owning a farm on the River road, near the west Methodist church. His name appears among the town officers as early as L819. Oldest inhabitants remember his death in Perry, hut we have not been able to get the exact date <>r place <>f burial. He had no children and received a pension. Bbenezer Joy and wife were among the charter members of the Church of Christ organ- ized at Perry in August L829 by Elder Sidney Rigdon. ABEL KIMBALL, 1762-1841. Abel Kimball was horn in Boxford, .Mass., Oct. 10, i7<;l\ With his father's family he, when a child, removed i<- Rindge, New Hampshire, from which place lie enlisted in the War of the Revolut ion in Col. Moonev's regiment, also in Col. Enoch Hale's regiment, and served therein until Feb. L780. He was also an ensign, and afterwards a Captain in the militia. He received a pension in 1S32. Be married Mary Parker, in New Hampshire, and then resided a short time in Vermont, hut soon returned to Rindge, where he lived until L809, then he removed to Jeffrey, X. II., living there until L811, when he with his brother Lem- uel came to < >hio. Upon the death of his wife he married Abigail Cunningham. Be had no children. He died March i, L841, ami is buried in the village cemetery in Madison, Ohio. 35 PETER MARKELL, 1765-1837. Peter .Markell was born March 24, 1765. He enlisted from Palatine, Montgomery Count. v, New York, in April 1781, at the age of sixteen, and was discharged in November 1782. He parti- cipated in the battle of Johnstown, N. Y. under Captain Cook and Colonel Clock. He died May 25, 1837, aged seventy-two years and was buried at Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio. 1 December 9, 1792, he married Elizabeth Koch Their children were John, Benjamin, James, Margarette, Betsey (Mrs. Banter), Peter. Nich- olas, Mary, Fanny and Nancy who married Ezra Morgan of Geneva, Ohio, where their descendants still reside. The children are all dead; the hist one, . lames Markell of Mentor, Ohio, living until April L900. There are, in Kirtland, two children who are the great, great, great grandchildren of this Revolutionary soldier. Trier Markell was one of the pioneers of Kirt- land, coming with his family in 1816, bringing with him some of the finest horses that had i>\i'\- been in this part of the country. In his later years he became an invalid, caused by privations and exposure while in the army. II is granddaughter, Mrs. Ilenry Booth, re- members him as a fine looking man, very kind and gentle with the children. She has in her possession an old-fashioned arm-chair, that he brought to Ohio with him, which she keeps as a souvenir. She remembers stories he used to tell her. one of which follows : "At one time when his people were Staying in a fort to be safe from the I ndians, he was plow ing in a field not far away. He had been advised not to leave the Fori as Indians were thought to he near. After plowing for some time, he be- came aware that there wore Indians about the field. 36 "He dared not stop but kept at his work, though every time lie came near the entrance to the held, he would stop and adjust the harness. The third time when he stopped he hastily un- hitched from the plow, sprang upon one of the horses, and escaped to the fort closely pursued by the Indians.^ J l A young boy named Henry, a brother of Peter Markell, at the time of a battle between the Americans and British, went to the top of a hill that he might see the battle, and was lost; no trace of him has ever been found. His mother mourned bo bitterly for her child, whose fate was clothed in mystery, that she lost her reason, t is said she spoke no word for a year or more. -Mis. Peter Markell lived to receive a widow's pension. ISAAC MARTIN, 1757-1832. Isaac .Mail in, born in 1757, died Nov. 6, 1832, ;it the age of seventy-five, and was buried in the •Middle Ridge Cemetery in Madison, Lake County, Ohio. He enlisted early in the Revolutionary War in the Connecticut Troops. He served in the first regimenl of Gen. Wooster, in the ninth com- pany under Qapt. .lames Arnold, on the first call for troops. The regiment marched for the protection of New York, and later engaged in the affairs of Lake George and Lake Ghamplain. He received a pension. Isaac MESSENGER, 1746-1839. "Isaac Messenger, ;i soldier of the Revolu- tion, died ie Concord, Ohio, on the 8th day of May L839 in the 94th year of his age." He served in Cap't. Amasa Hill's company, 37 Col. Roger Enos' regiment, arriving in camp Julv 4, 1778. I [e \v;is at West Point and assisted in the con- struction of the lirst fortifications there, under the command of Washington, who was personally present a portion of I he time, lie had six brothers in the Revolutionary War, three of whom were at the hat tie of Bunker Hill. One of them, Reuben, was wounded at that time, but all survived the war. Isaac .Messenger's wife, whose maiden name was Anna Ward, and whose father was a Welsh emigrant to Connecticut, had three brothers who died in the Kevolutionary Army. Although born in Connecticut, Isaac Mes- senger's ancestors were French, having settled in Canada early in the seventeenth century. .Mr. and Mrs. Messenger, with their grandSOU Joseph Tut tie, arrived in Concord, near Little Mountain March 1, 1S17. their son Ashhel Mee senger coming in L815 Among their descendants are Eugene Adams and Walter B. Tuttle <»f Con cord. Rev. Warren I>. Hendrix, late of Mentor. and Warren and George l loose of Waite Hill. Wade Adams, who died at Fori Thomas, Ky.. Sept. 8, 1898, a soldier of the Spanish War was a great grandson of this Revolutionary soldier. Isaac Messenger is buried ;it Concord Center, and his widow, who died in I860 at the age of KM years, lies beside him. PHINEAS MIXER, L766-1821. rhiueas Mixer Sr., from Norwich, Mass., ar- rived in M adison, Ohio Jan. 24, L806. lie settled on a six hundred acre farm, on the shores of Lake Brie, near Madison I lock. in 1811 he removed to Onionville and kepi tavern in a log house, where now stands the house 88 built by Phineas Mixer, Jr., and owned by bis great, grandchildren, Don J. Barnes and Eliza Dorcas Pope. His wife was Abigail Fobes of .Mass. and their family consisted <»r live children, two sons and three daughters. It is said of him thai, "he was a man of ster- ling qualities, and active in promoting local im provements." in the Revolutionary War he was in the service of Massachusetts, enlisting Sept. 20, 1777 in Gapt. Benjamin Bonney's company ; discharged ( >IV the top, the scar of which he always carried. He is remembered as a large, 39 handsome man, the color-bearer of bid regiment, and a great story-teller. Se died .March !*, L843, and was bailed in Chester, where he spent the last years of his life. Be was a pensioner. THOMAS MORLEY, L758-1844. Thomas Morley of (ilastonbury, Conn., died in Kirt land, Ohio, Sept. 1, 1844, aged eighty-six years, and Lies in Kirtland Cemetery. During the Revolutionary War he served his country from Connecticut, enlisting in Jan. 177<>, under Capt Wells and Col. Cook, serving until Jan. 1777. Again in Aug. 1777 he entered the same regi- ment for two months, under Capt. Bidwell; again, in July 177!*, for two months. He was in the battle of Stillwater. Mr. Morley was one of the early settlers of Kirtland township. Arriving July 6, 1815 he be- gan the settlement of bis farm. At the house of Thomas Morley, in L818, was organized the tirst religious society in Kirtland. In L824 this society erected its tirst church build- ing, which was made <»f logs and occupied the site of the present Presbyterian church. Mrs. Morley died in L84& BZEKIEL MORLEY, L759-1852. Kzekid Morley was lx.ru in < Jlastoubury, Conn., in 1769. Enlisted Jan. 10. 1777 t<> serve three years in the Kevolntionary War, in Capt Joseph Williams' company, known as the 1st Company, • » i« 1 Muss, regt, Continental Line, com- manded by Ool. John (ireaton; was discharged • Ian. 1<», 17SII. lie removed to ohio from Genesee Oo., New 40 York, in L832, was placed <»n ili«' pension poll May 2, L833, which after his death was trans* ferred to hig widow. 1 1 « - < I i < -« l in Chester, Geauga Co., A u«^. (I, lsr>L\ lacking nine days of being ninety-three years old. I [e assisted in erecl ing t he first Log cabin that was buill in ( 'loveland. Kzokiol Morley was one of (he original sur- vcv(irs or die Western Reserve Landing at Con- neaul ('reek, July I, L796. "After a perilous journey by land and water. They christened the place Fori independence, and celebrated the day wit 1 1 such demonstrations <>r patriotism as they were a I ile to invent. They gave the National Salute with their fowling pieces, drank then t«»;ists with water from Lake Brie, and blessed the laud which they had helped to deliver from British oppression." lie is buried in Kirtland, Ohio. BENJAMIN MORSE, L756-1813. "Maj. Benj. Morse, Esq., horn Nov. 7. L£65, died Feb. 6, L813, age 59. To every good he sought his aid to lend. His country's, virtue's ami religion's friend, The morn shall come, this precious dust shall rise, And BOngS immortal fill the immortal skies."' Thus reads the stone which marks his burial place in the old cemetery at Dnionville. "Benjamin .Morse served in the Revolut ionary War in the third regiment, with Col. Israel Put- nam. in Capt. Obadiah Johnson's fifth company, on the first call for troops; was at Bunker Hill, also with the Quebec expedition." Conn, in the Rev. Be married a sister of Col. Alexander Earner, and is supposed to he one of the party that came with him in L798. II ,io\ AS NK'IloLS, L758-1843. Jonas Nichols, a resident of Vermont, enlisted in Colonel William Malcolm's regiment, iu the New Fork Line, in the Revolutionary War. He removed Prom Vermont to New York, ami spent Ins last years with his son Deacon Phineas Nichols of Perry, Lake Co., <). He lies in Perry Cemetery. STEPHEN NORWOOD, L762-1842. Stephen Norwood, of Massachusetts, was horn in L762, and died in Perry, Lake Co., ()., August l, L842, aged eighty years, lie is buried in Perry, in the cemetery on the South Ridge, near the little Church. He served in the Revolutionary War for eight months, iu Boston. OAPT. EDWARD PAINE, L746-1841. Edward Paine was horn at Bolton, Conn., in 17 16. lie entered the Revolutionary service a - an ensign in a regiment of t Connecticut militia. In June 1 T 7 C» he became first lieutenant in Captain Brig's company ami was a member of thai company at the time of its retreat from New York in White Plains. In 1777 he was commissioned lieutenant of the Fifth company of the Alarm List in the L9th regiment of Conn, militia, and later in 1777 was made captain of the same company and served as such nut il I he close of the war. lie was Later made Brigadier General of the milit ia in New Fork state. In I7!»'.t Edward Paine came to Painesville, from Annua, N. Y. and purchased B thousand acres of [and. The following year he returned with his wife Rebecca White Paine ami eight children. I J In August LfijOO he wbm chosen one <>f the com- mittee i«» organize Trumbull comity Into eight townships, of which township 11, range 8, bears Ins Dame to I be present I hue. In October L800 lie was elected to the Terri- torial Legislature, receiving thirty-eight out of forty i \\<> rotes east, and becoming the ftrst repre- sentative from I Ik' Western L'eservo. lii I soi or 'i he was commissioned by Gov. St. Clair t<» lay out :i state road from Painesville to < Shillicol he. II. • died at Painesville, Ohio, Aug. 28, L841, ami is now bnried beneath the monument erected to Mis memory. ELEAZER PAINE, lit; l 1804. Eleazer Paine was the son of Stephen Paine, 5th, and was horn at East Windsor, Conn., in L764. Although young at the time, he saw active service in the Revolutionary War, enlisting as a drummer hoy in Captain lien's company, 2nd Connecticut regiment, commanded hv Colonel Zebulon Butler. He enlisted July 5, 1780, lor six months, and was discharged Dec. '•». L780. In 1800 he came to Painesville with his mule Qen. Edward Paine, but returned to Connecticut in the tall. In L803 he moved his family to Painesville, and with Abraham Skinner laid out the town of New .Market, which was the county seat of ( teauga < Jo. nut il L812. .Mr. Paine opened a supply store at New Mar- ket, inn lived only a year after. Be died Feb. L0, L804, Leaving a wife, Aurel Ellsworth Paine, and six children. Me lies in t he old cemetery in Painesville. AMAZIAH PARES, L768 L838. Amaziafa Parks, horn in Sterling, Windham 43 Co.. ( '(inn., in 1758, served live enlistments in the Connecticut troops during the Revolutionary War. He enlisted Sept. I, 177*5, under Capt. Jona- than Dixon and Col. Douglas. Again in 1777 under the same officers. In March 1780 with Capt. Jonathan Thompson. In the fall of 1780 under Capt. Titus Bailey, and again in Sept. 1781 with Capt. Bennett and Col. Bailey. He was in the battle of White Plains. In Feb. 1798 he married Sabra Barrett at A 1 ford, Mass. and removed to Mendon, Monroe county, New York, where they resided until 1818, when they removed to Perry, O., living on a farm, where the River Road joins the South Ridge. He died Nov. 4, 1838, and was buried in the cemetery at West Perry, but was later placed in Evergreen cemetery in Painesville. He received a pension. BENJAMIN PITCHEK, L767-1849. Benjamin Pitcher served in the third regi- ment, Duchess County Militia dming the year 1782, in the Revolutionary War, in New York State. This regiment was commanded by Col. John Field. Mi-. Pitcher died in EGrtland, and is buried in lOast Kiii land, in what is called Angel Cemetery. A brother of Benjamin Pitcher served in the war of L812 both as captain and colonel. JOHN REYNOLDS, 1760-1840. John Reynolds was horn in Norwich, Con- necticut, March L6, 17<;<>, and died in Mentor, Lake Co., Ohio, .March :?, 1 S 40. Be enlisted in the War of the Revolution from Norwich, was in the Lexington Alarm, also in u Bigelow's company of artillery; March 7, 1777, was a musician in the fourth regiment, Connecti- cut Line. He was also a sergeant in Capt. Horton's company. He received a pension with the pay of sergeant, under the Act of 1818. He is buried in Mentor, at Little Mountain. SAMUEL ROGERS, 1766-1850. Col. Samuel Rogers was born in Wendall, N. H., Nov. 13, 1766 and died in Concord, Lake Co., Ohio, Sept. 9, 1850. He was in the Revolution- ary War for New Hampshire in the company of Capt. Samuel Richards, regiment of Col. Stark, for which he received a pension. He was married twice, first to Sally Pike, afterward to Rhoda Harvey. He was also in the War of 1812, in which he re< eived a Lieutenant's commission, but was al- ways known as Col. Rogers, probably receiving that title from the militia. He held the office of Justice of the Peace in » New Hampshire, coming to Ohio in 1831, and is buried in Concord cemetery, near Fay's mills. ISAAC ROSA, 1767-1841. Isaac Rosa served in the militia of New York under Col. Abraham Culyer, in the Revolution- ary War. He was born Aug. 27, 17C.7, and died Feb. 27, 1841, aged eighty-two. lie is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Painesville, Ohio. He married Agnes Storm, and was the father of Dr. Storm Rosa, one of Lake county's earliest physicians. ANSON SESSIONS, 1770-1827. This pioneer «»f the Western Reserve was born in Windham. Conn., April 16, 1770, and died in 45 Painesville, Ohio, In August l si>7. His father w;is m deacon <>r the Presbyterian church and a Bchool teacher. Anson Sessions, In 1770, left his native place and went t<> Cooperstown, N. Y. After the defeal of the annv of si. Hair In* volunteered for military service under Gen. Wayne, and was with him on the Btfaumee, Aug. 21, L794, when the [ndians Buffered such an over- whelming defeat that they never after made seri- ous head against the whites in the north-west. After the treaty of Greenville, Ohio, he was or- dered with the army to the Cherokee country. Mason, the notorious leader of the banditti (hat infested the .Mississippi country, was killed by one of his own followers for the reward offered. His head was brought in while Sergeant Sessions was at Natchez. While at the south, Butler, his colonel, died, and by request of that officer, made just before his death, Sessions accompanied .Mrs. Butler and the children hack to Pittsburg, then Port Duquesne. Being a BOldier and a frontiersman, he was solicited by Aaron Burr to join his expedition, but suspecting its true character, he refused. Sessions was honorably discharged from the army after three years 1 service in the Indian wars, which on account of the part taken in theni by Great Britain, were stated by Gen. Harrison in his speech at Port Meigs, to be a cent inuation of the War of the Revolut ion. Por his services in the army a wan-nut for U'»<> acres of land was issued to his widow in L851. it was obtained chiefly on the testimony of a Mr. Stevens of Blontville, who was also in the army and one of the very few, if not the last Burvivor. During all the fears of his service. Mr. Sessions used to like to Bay, he had "not slept under a Bhingle." Alter his discharge he returned to Coopers* i-i town, N. v., where Ik* lived three years; then started on horse-back, with a few hundred dol- lar! in coin, for Tennessee, i<» buy a farm. He stayed over oigh.1 ;it Buffalo, there being ;ii thai place then two log cabins only, and fol- lowing the lake shore, arrived ;il I'ainesville in October 1800, the same year of the arrival of Gen. Paine and Judge John Walworth, lie was hos- pitably entertained by Walworth, and was in- duced by him to buy L80 acres of land, for four dollars an acre, now known as (lie I'ohes farm. He immediately buill a log cabin on the first hill near the river, cleared up most of the bottom land and a portion of the upland, and set out extensive fruit orchards. .Mr. William Pobes, who died in L860, told of eating peaches from this farm in L806. On the Kith of Dec, 1804, Anson Sessions married Asenath A. Pobes, a daughter of Lemuel Pobes, from Norwich, .Mass. A contracl with the Conn. Land Company was made Nov. L'l), L806, and signed by Altiaham Tappan and Anson Sessions in pursuance of which all that portion of tin- Western Reserve lying west of the Ouyahoga River, comprising over 800,000 acres, was conveyed. -Mr. Sessions was not a surveyor, hut was then a man in the prime of life, of greal bravery ami persever- ance in any business he undertook, making him a safe and trustworthy partner. This statement was made by Judge Tappan in the Cleveland Her- ald in L831. He also says that "Mr. Anson Ses- sions was large and well proportioned, and in Ids younger days decidedly good looking. He was a man of peculiar Strength, and was known and esteemed among the pioneers as very kind and be- nevolent." Mrs. Sessions survived him, witli four of their six children, named Norman, Anrel, Mariner, and 17 Horace. He was buried on his own farm, where his remains now rest. His name is inscribed on a monument in Evergreen Cemetery. PELEG SIMMONS, 1761-1854. Peleg Simmons of Middletown, Hartford county, Conn., was born June 3, 1761, married May 22, 1788, and died Oct. 1, 1854, living to be ninety- three years of age. He was buried on Willoughby Plains, Lake Co., Ohio. During the Revolutionary War he served his country From Connecticut as soldier on a war vessel, which was used to protect the coast. 48 ABRAHAM SKINNER OAPT. ABRAHAM SKINNER, 1755-1826. Capt. Abraham Skinner, descended, as family tradition relates, from an old English family, was born in Glastonbury, Conn., in the year 1 7f 5. About the time of the accession of Charles the Second to the British throne, the family emi- grated to America, feeling, in consequence of their having espoused the cause of Cromwell, aud held ollice under him, that a more congenial home might be found in this country. In the possession of this branch of the family, at the beginning of the past century, was a sword, which had been used by an ancestor in his service as an officer under Cromwell. This same sword again did valiant service at the time of the Salem Witchcraft Craze, for the descendants of this branch Of the Skinners boast, that it was one of their ancestors, who dared to lead a squad of de- termined men to rescue from the gallows a poor woman, condemned to death as a witch. Capt. Abraham Skinner, son of Abram Skin- ner and Phoebe Strong, was one of a family of ten children. Two of his sisters married pio- neers of the Western Reserve. Phoebe was the wife of Benjamin Blish, who settled in Mentor, and Jemima married Benaiah Jones, from whom the Goldsmith family are de- scendants. From another sister is descended the well known authoress, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Of the early life of Abraham Skinner, we know but little. In the War of the Revolution, his military record shows that he served from the town of Bast Windsor, among the men who marched from the Connecticut towns, for the re- lief of Boston in the Lexington Alarm of April 177."), in ('apt. Amasa Looinis' Company. Again, enlisted April 24, 1 77S, in Capt. Harrison's com- pany, serred eight months, and was Commissary 51 of Prisoners, in the Fourth Regiment, Connecti- cut Line, <\>l. John Durke, commanding. In 1788 he was married to Mary Avers, re- sided for a time iu Mulberry, Conn., and then moved to East Windsor. In 17!m;, as the agent of an association, he made a trip to England and ret timing brought with him three blooded horses, by name "Creeper," "King William" and "All Fours." Prom these have come some of the finest horses of Virginia and New England. In 1798, Capt. Skinner in company with Gen. Edward Paine, Came to the Western Keserveand made large purchases of land in Painesville and elsewhere on the Reserve. In Painesville in conjunction with Col. Eleazer Paine he bought the entire tract No. 4, embracing about 3,240 acres. Capt. Skinner returned to Conn., remaining in East Hartford until 18o:{, when he again vis- ited his Ohio lands in company with the family of Col. Paine. They brought with them horses and cat lie. farming implements and young fruit trees. They contracted for the clearing of lands, and ltnilt log cabins t<> shelter the Paine family, and one to he ready for the Skinner family when they should come Col. Paine and Capt. Skinner at this time, to- gether platted out a town, embracing the site of their improvements, and located on the west side of Grand river about two and a half miles from its month. If uch on the order of a New England t<»\\ it. this plot included a park or public Square, and at the river landing a Log warehouse was circled. This town was called "New Market" from the old Indian name "NemCHC \\ hired men. for their new home in the 52 wilderness. Their journey took them over the accustomed route, t h rough t lie state of New York and as far as Buffalo. Thence by sleighs they came over the ice of the frozen lake. On the last day, between Ashtabula and Madison a team driven by one of the hired men broke through the ice, soon the horse ridden by the younger daughter, Paulina, (afterward wife of Nathan Perry, and mother of -Mis. H. B. Payne of Cleve- land) broke through and was extricated with some difficulty. They spent that uighl at .Madison, and by the next day, the ice which had borne them up so well was unsafe, and they journeyed on by land to their new home, reaching it that same day. ( 'apt. Skinner was active in the interest of the new place, and other settlers shortly came in, among them the fa mi lies of Joseph Pepoon, Benj. Blish and Benaiah Jones. lie made strong efforts to have the <« unity seat located at "New .Market," and the first trial was held in Skinner's barn. Soon a two story court house, built of black walnut logs, was com- pleted by Capt. Skinner, where for several years, law and justice were meted out. At that time the whole of Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula counties were included in the limits of Geauga county. The first frame house of the new town was now built for the family of Capt, Skinner. Wiv^' lawyers, judges, members of Congress, and the early governors, met with the free hospitality of these old pioneer days. This house is still in repair and occupied by a great-grandson of its original owner. In L810 Geauga county was diminished by two-thirds of its former territory, and in 1812 the county seat was removed to Chardon. That same year ('apt. Skinner laid out the 53 village of Fairport, and was one of the most effi- cient men in getting appropriations for its harbor. It is said of him, that being a man of Large means, and bis farm always well stocked, he was thus enabled to be a source of some help to the poorer set i lers, that "polite to every body and generous to the needy and suffering everywhere, ('apt. Skinner occupied a prominent place among the people of his day." A notice of his death on Jan. 14, 1826 at the age of seventy-one may be found printed in an early copy of the Painesville Telegraph of Jan. 21, is2<;. " lie was buried with Masonic honors. In Capt. Skinner's direct line, the name has not been perpetuated, only the descendants of liis daughters, Airs. .Mary S. Iline, and Mrs. Paulina Perry being now alive. Of his children's child- ren but one is now living, Mr. Augustus nine, formerly of this place, now residing in Los Angeles, California. SAMUEL BMEAD, 1748-1842. Samuel Bmead of Deerfield, Mass., was born • Ian. 18, L748, ami died in Madison. Ohio. Oct 26, L842, aged nearly ninety-four years. He is buried in the cemetery at Madison vil- lage He enlisted from Deerfield in Apr. L775, to serve in the Revolutionary War, as private under Capt. Joseph Lock. Another enlistment in Dec. 177.~> under Oapt Leonard and Col, Woodbridge, Again in Aug. 177<">, for three months with < 'apt. Samuel Taylor. In August, 1777, he was Bergeanl under ('apt. Sheldon. 1 [e received a pension. 54 MARAUCOIE VAN ORDEN SPERRY, 1754- 1845. Bfarauchie Van Orden Sperry seems entitled to a record among the brave ones of the Revolu- tion. She was horn in Holland in L754, daughter of Pieter Van Orden, came to New York in childhood, was driven from the city by Lord Howe's Forces, married Lieut. Blizah Sperry in April 17711, died in Kirtland, Ohio, May 13, 1845, and is buried in the "Angel" burial ground. Mi t father and two brothers were killed in the service, her mother died from the poisoning of i heir well by the British, who also burned their home and confiscated their estate. She was a protege of General and Mrs. Wash- ington; was presenl at the capture of Bur- goyne, and "assisted the Buffering Americans on thai memorable day." The aid rendered to this publication by one of her descendants is done in her memory. Her husband, Elijah Sperry (b. Sept 8, 1751, d. Sept. 4, 1818), was Corporal, Sergeant, and finally Lieutenant in Oapt. < >sborn's company of Artificers, Col. Baldwin's Conn. Regiment. He was in the battles of Brandywine, Ciennantown, .Monmouth, etc., and helped to make the chain obstructions in the Hudson River at West Point : he was a pensioner. Contributed by her grand- sofl Barley Barnes. JOSHUA SWEET, L764-1840. According to the .Massachusetts Records, "Joshua Sweet of I >eerliehl received a bounty for enlisting into the Continental army for a term of three years, in L781, at which time he was seventeen years of age, and is credited with ser- 55 vice in (apt. Smart's Co., Third regiment, in July 17S1." He enlisted March 23, 1781, and served until Dec. 22, 1 783, a part of the time under Captains Lee and Thos. Hunt, with Lieut. Col. William Hull. In an obituary notice of Joshua Sweet in "The Telegraph" of May 7, 1840 is this : "Thus has fallen a sturdy oak of the Revolu- tion, amidst the storms and tumults of war, he stood foremost in the ranks, and in the defense of Liberty, a principle which he could duly value and appreciate, knowing full well its primitive cost." In the village cemetery in Madison his grave is marked as follows : Memorial of Joshua Sweet, a Revolutionary soldier, who died 2nd May 1840, aged 76 years. CALEB SWEET, 1828. Caleb Sweet came from the state of New York to Ohio in an early day, and was a resident of North Perry. While in New York he served in the Fourth regiment, Albany County Militia, in the Revolutionary War. In 1817 he was an officer in Perry township, was justice of the peace until his death, which came very suddenly on March 3, 1828. He was buried on liis farm in Perrv, now owned by James L. Parml y. JOHN SMITH, 1752-1836 (?) •In November 1800, John Sin i Hi came to Fftinesville with his family. They landed on the beack at the month <»f Grand river, about the mid- dle <»f the month. With the winter Of a new country already commenced, without a home or provisions, they would have Buffered had it not 56 been for those already accustomed to pioneer life. They remained at the house of Judge Wal- worth, until their lo<; house was built on the hill Leading to the Arch Bridge east of Seth Mar- shall." John Smith served in the Mass. Continentals, receiving B pension in ISIS, at the age of sixty- six. His name appears on the poll books of Painesville township, each year until 1836, when he would have been 84 yean of aj;e, and it is sup- posed he died, though his burial place is not known. In 1803 he purchased a farm of 150 acres on the lake shore, now owned by the Fairport Land Co. jusi west of Shorelands, said to be the place Gen. Paine built his first house in Ohio. I lr held town offices. BAETHOLOMEW, YKOOMAN, 1761-1831). Bartholomew Vrooman, a soldier of the Rev- olutionary War, was born in Holland, in 1761. He enlisted from Schoharie, N. Y., in Ann. 1776, for one year in Capt. Ephraim Vrooman'a company, ( 1 ol. Peter Vrooman's regiment. Again, in May 177S he enlisted for nine months under Capt. Pair and Col. Morgan, both of New York. In the Bpring of 177!> he joined the militia, and was employed as a guard to the inhabitants while they worked in the fields, and in August of thai year was captured by a party of British and Indians under Capt. Brant, conveyed to Mon- treal, and kept about a year. Afterwards he served in the militia under Capt. llaimr, various short tours and alarms l<> the end of the war. Be married Hannah .Man ire Feb. L5, L792, and lived iii Concord, Lake Co., Ohio, where he died her. S, 1S3!>, af three years. In 1808 the} r went back to the old home for their father. He came into Ohio with them and purchased a farm and mill on the Chagrin river, owned by David Abbott He was a man of quiet, unob- irusive mien, upright in all his dealings. He died in July L816, and was buried on a spur of the hill north of the river, in an old bury ing ground in Willoughby, Ohio. BZEKIEL WOODWORTH, 1759-1839. lOzekiel Woodworth was a soldier in the Rev olutionary War from .Massachusetts, enlisting from Hampden County, serving as a private in ( Japtain < Iharles ( Jolton's company, Colonel John Greaton'B regiment, Mass. Line, from 1777 to 1780 inclusive. lie received a pension under the Act of L818, which was later transferred to his widow. In the cemetery at Inionville a stone bears this inscript inn : 60 "In memory of Ezekiel Woodworth, a Revolu- tionary Soldier who died Feb. 27, 1839, aged 80 years." JAMES WOODWORTH, 1766-1859. James Woodworth was born in Coventry, Conn., July 8, 1766, and died in Painesville, Nov. 2, 1859, aged ninety-three years. He lies in Evergreen Cemetery. In the "Pub- lic Records of Connecticut" during the Revolu- tionary War, page 138 is this concerning James Woodworth, as verified by descendants. "This Assembly do establish James Wood- worth to be ensign of the fourth company or train band in the 12th regiment in this state." worth In In? Ensign of tho uf the fourth company lie will be remembered as the father of Har- vey Woodworth. WILLIAM \\ V.MAN, 1765-1842. Wm. Wyman Jr., was born at Northneld, Mass., June 16, 1765, and died in Perry, Ohio, March 6, L842. He was a soldier of the Revolution, enlisting from Putney, Vermont, in Jan. 1781, serving ten months as a private in the company commanded by Josiah Pish, in Col. Samuel Fletcher's regi- ment. The regiment was stationed al Castleton, Vt., ;iiid was commanded by Gen. Enos. In Nov- ember 17sl lie volunteered as a private in a com- pany commanded by Capt. William Qutchins, and' served again at the Fori in Castleton for two months, dining which time he participated in a skirmish with Tories and Indians in which en- gagement lie was wounded. On May 1, 1 7'.»«» lie was married to Malinda Katon, a daughter of Nathan Eaton, who was also a Revolutionary Soldier. 61 William Wyman Sr., married Margaret Holmes, of Scotland, who was left in the forests of Vermont with her three sons, the oldest thir- teen years of age, while her husband and two older sons, Henry and William served in the war. William Wyman Jr., spent most of his life in Vermont, following his sons Guy and Don to Perry, Ohio, where he and his widow are buried, she living until Oct. 16, 1865. <;•_> Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Geauga County, Ohio. Until 1840, Lake and Geauga Counties were one, under the name of Geauga, most of these Rev- olutionary Soldiers who were pensioners received their pension under the Act of 1832, while Lake Co. was a part of Geauga. The primary work of New Connecticut Chap- ter was locating Lake County's soldiers, but in so doing, we have located by townships the fol- lowing list for Geauga Co., hoping some one will be patriotic enough to make it a complete list, giving the military record of each, with dates of birth and death, and the place of burial. Alden, David. Mass Middlefield Alford, Benedict, d. 1S3S, a. S2 Troy Barnes, Moses, N. J Thompson Hradlev, Thaddeus, Ct., 1756-1840 Burton Benton, Xadok, X. J., d. 1835 Chardon Bridgman, Elisha, .Mass Ilnntsburg Carlton, Darius Bunteburg Carter, Jason Troy Carter, Jonas, Mass Parknuin Cheeseman, Isaac Bambden Church, Philemon, Ct Buntsburg (Mark, Ephraim,Ot Burton Olark, Isaac Ct Claridon Cleveland, Samuel, Mass Chardon 63 ( look, M uriiiion, Ct., b. 1761 Burton Curtiss, Keuben Parknian Damon, Abraham, Mass Hambden Davenport, Squire Hambden Donaldson, Samuel Middletield l)u rand, Andrew, Ct Burton E^eston, £Jab, N. Y Auburn Elliot, John, Mass Hambden 1-Yllows, Parker, Mass Chester Ford, Nathan, Ct Claridon Fowler, Caleb, Ct., 1755-1822 Burton Gilson, Daniel, Mass., 1761-1845 Middlefield ( tordon, Nathan Newbury Haves, Beth, Mass Burton Herrick, Libeus, Ct Burton Hopkins, Capt. Ebenezer, Vt, 1761-1838. .Troy Hosmer, Zachariah Parkman Hickox, Nathaniel, Ct Hambden Hutch ins, Moses, Mass Middletield Johnson, Benjamin, Ct, 1761-1825 Burton Johnson, Jonathan Russell KentneLd, EbenezC/*Mass Hambden Kidder, Reuben, Mass Claridon King, Benjamin, Ct Hambden Loveland, Frederick, Mass Newbury Mast irk, Benjamin Claridon .Morgan, Daniel Hambden Northrup, Stephen .Munson Tarks, Nathan, .Mass Burton Pease, tsaac, CM Hambden Phelps, Ira, L763-1848 Troy Phelps, Seth, N. v., d. 1826 Parkman Pomeroy, [chabod, Mass 1 [ambden Pomeroy, Daniel, rt Thompson Tool, Jepthah, L751-1838 Troy Potter, Borden, L764-1846 Troy Quiggle, Peter Hambden Rider, Benjamin, Mass Ohardon Russell, Gideon, Oi RusseU 66 ?4Q -;-:=- a ff B'" -- *~ - " < 7 ■- - ? s o ^ ' " - 2 o = - a.!J8 jt'S'S o"2 = » =■ S ■ r - F 2 i. a _ - . -< it - t - — — — * 7 = K - ~ !La2.5'3«? » *- r - * ^ ill |s. - S" — =• - 3 ~ - T3 — r. 2.3 W b'bS - • -t d ^ -. - ■ -7*S' < fl i; ^ —. 5" 3 3 in - = <-• _ ' n ~ : ~o - - " -r s B 6aSg r. O 2.?C Ef ft S 8 ' Smith, David, Ct, 1763-1852 Auburn Smith, Josiah Claridon Stair, Samuel M., Ot Ilambden Stocking, Reuben Hambden Thompson, Lieut. Isaac, 1751-1823, Penn. Middlefield Trask, Retire, Penn Thompson Wells, Timothy, Ct., d. 1820 Claridon Wilson, Israel Montvi I le Witter, Joseph, Mass Bainbridge Wilcox, Elnathan Huntsburg Traces of these Revolutionary Pensioners in Geauga-Lake Co. have been found, but graves not located. James Blair, N. H. ; Serg. Jonathan Gard- ner, N. J. ; Reuben Lake, Conn. ; Samuel Hemin- \\ ay, Mass. ; Nathan Ganson, Mass., d. May 2, 1827; John Green, Mass.; Joseph Lane, N. Y. ; Jonathan Pratt, Mass.; Oliver Robison, Mass.; Peter Thompson, N. H. Stephen Dun well, Ct., b. 1762, d. 1840 ; buried on farm in Solon, Cuyahoga Co., O. ; grave ob- literated, served three years from Apr. 5, 1777 to Apr. 5, 1780. Cyprian Parrish, N. Y., b. at Fredericksburg, N. Y., April 4, 1766, enlisted Apr. 1779; served 15 months under different officers, traced to Genesee Co., Mich. Mary ("aril, widow of John Carll, of Maine, who served in Mass. troops nine months in 1781, under ('apt. Pike, Col. Calvin Smith; d. at Waterborongh, Maine, Sept. 20, 1S33. Lydia Chappell, widow of William Chappell of Conn. Arter Graham, b. L757, d. Oct 29, 1SI1 ; not verified. 67 View on Grand River. Lake County, Ohio. Gov. Samuel Huntington's House— Built in I 8 I 0— Photographed l<>02 New Connecticut Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution (1) To perpetuate the memory of the spirit of the nun and women who achieved American Independence, by the acquisi- tion and protection of historical spots, and the erection ot monuments; by the encouragement of historical research in relation to the Revolution and the publication of its results; by the preservation of documents and relics, and of the records of the individual services of Revolutionary soldiers and patriots, and by the promotion of celebrations of all patriotic anni- versaries. (2) To carry out the injunction of Washington in his fare- well address to the American people, "To promote, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge," thus developing an enlightened public opinion, and affording to young and old such advantages as shall de- velop in them the largest capacity for performing the duties of American citizens. (3) To cherish, maintain, and extend the institutions of American freedom, to foster true patriotism and love of coun- try, and to aid in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty. These are the objects of the society called The Daughters of the American Revolution. The Chapter at Painesville, Ohio, bearing the name "New Connecticut," has in its five years of existence endeavored to carry out these duties in many prac- tical ways. Springing into existence just at the time of the war with Spain for the freedom of Cuba, the work of the Chapter cen- tered on rendering assistance to our soldiers, especially Com- pany M, of the 5th Ohio Regiment, which was recruited in Painesville. Time and money were freely spent to make their life in the swamps of Florida more endurable. Much aid was given the Red Cross Society; money contributed to the Hos- pital Launch "Missouri," and no opportunity lost to help hear the miafortnnea Of war, and to relieve the suffering. Prizes have been given tor the best essays on Historical subjects, by High School pupils. The practical aid from the Chapter made it possible to 71 erect a monument to Gen. Edward Paine, a Revolutionary officer; the founder of Painesville, and the one whose name it had borne for a century. Through the influence of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Painesville's Centennial was celebrated, and a his- torical paper published to commemorate the day. Our soldiers in the Philippines have been remembered with books and money for the Ohio alcove of the library at Manilla. A book-case in the Painesville Public Library holds many valuable historical works, loaned to, or purchased by the society. The Chapter contributes to the erection of Continental Hall, in Washington, D. C, which shall be a lasting memorial to all Revolutionary soldiers and sailors. During the five years of its existence, the society has given more than $500 for patriotic and benevolent purposes. Its last work, though not the least, has been the locating of the Revolutionary Soldiers' graves of Lake County, and bringing to memory the lives of those men who achieved American Independence first, and afterward bore the hard- ships incident to the settling of a new country. It was a fear- less spirit, coupled with necessity, that led them to undertake the dangerous task of subduing the western wilderness. The name of the Chapter, New Connecticut, is an inspira- tion, being the first name given to this part of the country by the surveying party of Moses Cleaveland. On this occasion, the fifty men, women, and children of the party having landed at "Conneaught" creek on Monday, July 4, 1796, after a peri- lous journey by land and water, ranged themselves on the beach of old Lake Erie, and fired a Federal salute of fifteen rounds, and then in honor of the new state, to be founded, they fired a sixteenth to the name of "New Connecticut." As we offer the results of our labors to an indulgent public> we feel that it is not inappropriate to allude to, and commend the earnest, the patriotic, the sisterly spirit that has at all times pervaded and characterized our chapter, and to look forward to a continuation of such valuable and appropriate work in our special lines, as such a spirit alone is able to insure. 7 'J Membership Roll of New Connecticut Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Painesville Ohio, 1902. ADAMS, GRACE ABIGAIL, Nat No. 31,051, Painesville, 0. Great-great-granddaughter of Moses Adams, who enlisted for three years in a .Mass. Etegt. and whose name appears as Corporal and Sergeant. Died June 28, L778. ALVORD, MRS. BELEN BINE, Nat. No. 24,891, Painesville, O. < treat-granddaughter of Noble I line, who was Capt. of a company during the Danbury Said, Apr. 25-28, 1777; and who also turned out to repel the enemy at New Haven, July .">, 1771); Tryon's [nvasion. Great-granddaughter of Abraham Skinner, who was a Private in Captain Amasa Loomis' Co., and who marched t«> the relief of Boston in the Lexington Alarm, Apr. r.>, 177.">. Enlisted again Apr. 24, L778 for eight months. AVERY, MRS. [ONE LESTER, Nat No. 24,288, Cleveland, O. Great-great-granddaughter of Samuel Lester Jr. Great-granddaughter of Benajah Lester Father and son, both of whom enlisted as Priv- ates in Capt. Gallup's company, in Eighth Regi- ment at New York, Sept 8, 1776. 1 discharged Nov. 9 and 17. L776. AVERY, EVELYN, Nat No. 21,271, Cleveland, Ohio. Great-great-granddaughter of Daniel Starr, who was born in 1724, and was in the expedition for the relief of Fort William Henry in 1757; was .Major in the Continental Army, and lost his life by an accident, Apr. 27, 1777, at Danburv. Conn., just after his return from a relief expedi- tion to New York City. Great-granddaughter of Frederick Jones Whiting, (son-in-law of the above) born 1757, died 1804. He was a Lieut, in Conn. Troops; was a ni ember of the order of Cincinnatns, his certificate of membership signed by Generals Knox and Washington being in existence. Great-granddaughter of Nathan Avery, who was a Private in ("apt. Samuel Holding Parsons 1st Co. at New London, Conn.; was at Banker Hill; in 177<> a Private In Capt. Edward Mott's Co. for defence of New London Harbor; a pen- sioner. BAKER, MRS. MARY AUGUSTA WOLFF, Nat. No. 33,533, Painesville, O. < treat-great-granddaughter of < Jhristopher Trnby, who was a civil officer, and < Japl . of West - moreland Co., Penn. Militia, served in the War of the Revolution. < treat-granddaughter of Samuel Murphy, who enlisted as Private in the stli Virginia Etegl : again for three years in L3th Virginia Regt; in L781 was captured by Indians, sold to the British, who imprisoned him on an island in the St. Law- rence River, from which be escaped in 17S2. Great-granddaughter of .ia<-oi> Wolff, a pen- sioner of Armstrong <'<»., Penn; he also received a grant of land; was at the battles of German- town, Brandywine, and wintered at Valley Forge. 71 BARTHOLOMEW, MRS. FLORENCE, Nat No. 39,724, Buntsburg, O. Great-granddaughter of Childs Taylor, a sol- dier in the War of the Revolution, stationed at Ticonderoga, also at Montreal, Canada; later was ;ii ( icrnciiitowii and Princeton. BARROWS, MRS. GERTRUDE WYMAN, Nat. No. H,057, Painesville, 0. Great-granddaughter of William Wyman Sr., Granddaughter of William Wyman Jr., who were privates in Capt. Fish's Co., Col. Fletcher's Bat- talion in the service of Vermont, also in Capt. Whitney's company of Vermont Militia, Wm. W'vman Jr. was also a private in Capt. Hutchin's company, Vermont Troops stationed ;ii Fort Cas- tletoD where he was wounded in a Bkirmish with Tories and Indians. Great-granddaughter of Nathan Baton, who was a private in Capt. .Ma ivy's Co., Col. Chester's Connecticut Regiment; served in New Jersey in the battles of Trenton and stony Point. A pensioner. Great-granddaughter of Silas Antisdel, who was a private in Capt. Ebenezer Heath's com- pany, from the town of Willington, Conn, for the relief of Boston in the "Lexington Alarm," Apr. L775. Great-granddaughter of dames Parker, who, in March 1781, joined the Battalion under Brig. Gen. Waterbury, which was raised to defend the sea coast from Horse Neck to \ew Haven inclu- sive, and in duly joined Washington while he was encamped at Phillipsburg. BLACKMON, MKS. UW MATH I0WS, Nat. No. 21,265, Painesville, O. Great-great-granddaughter of Thomas Dean, who served as corporal at th<- battle of Bunker 75 Hill, and on other occasions as Sergeant, Lieut- enant and Captain in Col. Girdley's Keginient of Artillery at Boston. He was born Aug. 6, 1754, and enlisted in May 1775. In Oct. 177S he went to sea, and was taken prisoner by the British, and carried to the Barbadoes Islands. where he was killed by a hurricane in March list'. aged 26 years. Great -great-great-granddaughter of Jabez Huntington, liorn in Norwich, Conn., Aug. 2, 1719. A graduate of Yale, and in May 1750 was elected to the Connecticut House of Representa- tives in the General Assembly. He was speaker of the House until .May 1764. In the Revolutionary War he was one of the Council of Safety and Maj. (Jen. of Militia until poor health compelled him to resign all offices. After seven years illness he died Oct. 5, 1786. BURROWS, MRS. CLARA E. WOODRUFF. Nat. No., 21,261), Painesville, O. Granddaughter of Gedor Woodruff, who served three years and three months as private in Connecticut Regiments and participated in the battle of Fori Independence. Was a pen- sioner under the tirst general pension act of L818. CARPENTER, MRS. ANNIE MILLER, Nat. No. 21,261, Painesville, 0. Great-great-granddaughter of George Her- kimer, who was a member of the "Committee of Safely," was Captain of 8th Company, 1th Battalion, Tryon County Militia and Colonel of .Minute .Men under command of General Her- kimer. OOLLACOTT, MRS. MARY HOVER, Nat. No. 31,052, Painesville, ( >. Great great-granddaughter of Edward Paine, 76 who served as ensign in a company of Connect i- nit Militia. Was afterward First Lieutenant ; then Captain, Baring as such until the close of the War; was in active service more than two years; was a pensioner. Great-great-granddaughter of Eleazer Paine, win) enlisted duly 5, 17S0 in ('apt. Bett's Co., 2nd Connecticut Regt>, commanded by Col. Zebulou Butler for six months as a drummer; discharged Dec. !i, L780. Bora L764, died 1804. ( ireat-great-great-granddaughter of Stephen Paine, who served as a private in Captain John Spurr's Company, 6th Massachusetts Kejji incut, commanded l».v Colonel Thomas Nixon, in the Kevoliitioiiary War. He enlisted IVb. 1, 1777. for three years, and was discharged Feb. 1, L780. lie witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne. CUMING8, JULIA ALICE, Nat. No. 2,616. CUM I X( JS, STELLA LOUISE, Nat. No. 37,847, Painesville, O. Great-great-granddanghterfl of Joseph Kings- bury, who was a member of the Connecticut General Assembly from 1777 to L785; was a delegate From Enfield, Conn, to the Convention to ratify the Constitution of the United States. Great-granddaughters of Benj. Cumings Sr., a Lieut, in the New Hampshire Continental Regiments From llollis, who served in the Lex- ington Campaign in 177.~> and in the Cambridge campaign For 8 months in I77r> and in the Conti- nental Army one year 1 77. Great-great-granddaughter of Israel Pox, who enlisted in I77; in June L780 he enlisted for six months with Capt. Phelps, lie witnessed the execution of .M:ij. Andre. Born in Glastonbury:, Conn, in L755. DARROW, MRS. ADELLA FIELD, Nat No. ::r».:.::s, Gainesville, O. Great-great-granddaughter of David Field, whose ii.iine appears on a lisi of Field Officers of the Massachusetts .Militia, ;is Colonel of the 5th Bampshire <'<»miiv Regiment. Commissioned Feb. 8, 177C 7s FOWLER, MRS. MARY M. DONALDSON. Nat. No. 24,892, Painesville, O. Great-granddaughter of Jonathan Pish, a pri- vate in Captain Moses Branch's company of Con nrct inn men in the Revolutionary War; entered the service Jan. 8, 1778. FORD, MRS. CONNIE E., Nat. No. U,560, Burton, O. Great-granddaughter of Thaddens Bradley, who w;is a private in the War of the Revolution, enlisting at Cheshire, (Num., in May 177.") under Capt. Josiah Wright, and Col. Ethan Allen, served anl il I >ec. 1 775. Enlisted again in March 1770 ander <";i|>t. Jere Parmley, Col. Samuel Elmore and served one year. Was in the batl le of Ticonderoga ; in garrison ;ii Fori Schuyler and Fori Stanwix; a resident of Burton, Ohio, born 1756, died lsio. FRANK, MRS. HELEN DUNNING, Nat. No. 21,262, Painesville, O. Withdrawn. Great-great-granddaughter of David Beach, who enlisted June \2 t 1 77r> as a private in C Bostwick's company, Col. Charles Webb's sev- enth Conn. regt. The regimenl was ordered to Boston Camps and assigned to Gen. Sullivan's Brigade al Winter Hill. David Beach served until Dee. 21, 177.". His regimenl w;is adopted as ;i Continental Regiment. From Jan. 1, 1777 until Dec. 1, 177X lie was Bergeanl in the 3d Regt., Conn. Line., and wasen- ■ d in the battle of Germantown, <>t. Annisa < 'i;i nston's Co., stationed at White Plains. Great-granddaughter of Luke Brooks, who 80 With his son also answered to the Lexington Alarm of Apr. 19, 177r>, and was after ward's in Capt Benj. Monroe's 6th Company, iih Mass. regiment. Great-granddaughter of Daniel RuggJr., who was First Lieutenant in ('apt. John White -Irs. Co., Col. .Josiah Whitney's (2nd Worcester Co.) Begtj again his name appears as Lieutenant of Capt William (Jreenleafs company, Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.j thenas Captain in 1st Company or 2nd Worcester Co., commanded by Col. .Josiah Whitney. Served three vents and more. Great-granddaughter of Isaac Qoodspeed, who wasa private in Capt Bphriam Btockwell's company who marched to Bennington to rein force Gen. Stark. Served also in Capt Benj. Nye's Company, Biaj. Jonas Wilder's Kegiment. Residence Barre, .Mass. Great-granddaughter of John Whitcomb,whe participated in the battle of Banker Bill. Hav- ing received official notice that he had been made Maj. General, he was next in rank to the com- mander-in-chief (Gen. Pntnam). This was a pro- vincial appointment, imt the Continental Con- gress on June 5, 1776, made him Brig. (Jen. and Washington announced his intention of assign- in- him ; ,t once to the command of the forces*' n Mass., relieving (Jen. Ward, who had resigned but Gen. Wnitcomb asked "to be excused on ac- count of age and a diffidence of not being aide to answer the expectations of Congress." Prior to the war lie had been a member of the General Court for 20 years. In the French and Indian war he held the offices of Lieut. Col. and CoL Fought at Tioonderoga and in Crown Point ex- pedition. JEROME, MRS. LUCY E. D., Nat. No. 2L263 Gainesville, ( ). Great granddaughter of Asa Sprague, whose 81 name appears with the rank of Corporal on the Lexington Alarm Roll of ('apt. Ebeneaer .Mason's ('<»., which marched on the alarm of Apr. 19, 177") from Spencer, .Mass. It also appears with rank of Serjeant on -Muster and Pay Boll of ('apt. David Prouty's Co., Maj. Asa Baldwin's division of Worcester County Regiment, which marched to reinforce the Northern Army by order of Council of Sept. 22, 1777. KEECH, MBS. MARY W. S., Nat. No. 33,056, Perry, O. Great-great-granddaughter of Richard Sin- clair of Barnstead, who served as Captain in Col. Thomas Bartlett's Regiment raised to join the Continental Army at West Point in L780. Afterwards served in the capacity of Maj. and Col. of Militia. In 1700 daring the French and Indian War Richard Sinclair enlisted in ('apt. Jeremiah Marston's Co. and served until the close of the war. Great-great-granddaughter of Win. Wyman Sr. Great-granddaughter of Win. Wyman Jr. Great-great-granddaughter of Nathan Baton. Great-great-granddaughter of Silas Antisdel. Great-great-granddaughter of James Parker. For military service see Mrs. H.irrows. KING, MRS. JANES., Nat. No. 21,264, Paines- ville, 0. Great-great-granddaughter of Solomon Cut- ler, who was Captain on the .Muster and Pay Roll <'f tin- Officers and men of Bnocfa Sale's Regi- inent which marched from the count ies of Che- shire ami Hillsborough, X. II. at the requisition of Maj. General Gates to reinforce the army a1 Ticonderoga, 82 KING, MBS. JOSEPHINE, Nat. No. 33,057, Painesville, O. Great-granddaughter of Titus Hayes, who was a private in Capt Woodbridge's Company, rth Regiment, Connecticut Line. Enlisted May 2ti, 1777 for thrge years. Fought at Germantown Oct. 4, 177*3 and ai Montreal and Valley Forge, 1778-1779, and on June 28 following was present «•»' ""' battle of Monmouth. Encamped during the Bummer at White Plains. KNAPP, MBS. MILDBED ABMSTBONG Nat. No. U,058, Painesville, (). Great-great-granddaughter of David A Men Jr., who served as private in Col. Henry Jack- son's Regt (.Mass), aged 22. A pensions. Great-great-great-granddaughter of David .vi- deo Si-., wh<> was a private in Capt. Benj Phil- 1'l's Co., Oo I. Elisha Porter's Regt, (Hampshire n, . v - Mass-) EJnlisted July 1<>, 1777. and ser- ved in the Northern Department. LAWBENCE, MABTHA ELIZABETH, \at No. 31,053, Painesville, O. Great-granddaughter of Elisha Sawyer Jr., who was First Lieutenant in Massachusetts Bay Militia, in Li,., it. Col. Ephraim Sawyer's Regi- ment, which marched as a reinforcement for the Northern Army on Oct 2, 1777: also marched on an alarm at Bennington in August 1777. McABEE, MBS. MABY GBEEN, Nat. \o 27,842, Painesville, 0. Great-granddaughter of Charles Reicharl who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution ror I ennsylvania ; a pensioner. 83 McKINSTRY, HARRIETT ELVIRA, Nat No. l'ainesville, O. Great-great-granddaughter of Capt Salmon While, who waa born at Bolton, Conn., and died at Wnately, Mass., .June 21, 1815. He served in the Wax of the Revolution, ap- pearing first on a list of officers of Mass. Militia, March 22, 177(>. Commissioned Apr. 5, 177U, Capt. of 12th Co., 2nd Hampshire Co. Regt. ; again in CoL Woodbridge's Regt. four days in Aug. 1777, marched by order of Gen. Horatio Stillwater. MOODBT, MRS. LYDIA STEELE, Nat. No. 21,268, Painesville, ( >. Great-granddaughter of Benjamin Palmer, who enlisted ;it Grafton, Mass. in L782, Under Capt. Francis in the Mass. Begt. commanded by Col. Tapper. During his set-vice he was trans* ferred to Beveral different companies and regi- ments and when discharged June 30, L784, it was from the Company of Capt. Jackson in the Regiment of Col. Sprout, at Westfleld, X. V. 84 He was under cliar^c Jnne 30, 1784 at West Point. 'Wax for many years a pensioner. Great-great-granddaughter of Peter Clark, a soldier of the Revolution from New Hampshire. Sec Mrs. Richardson. HUNGER, MBft. EMILY a. (} ILL, Nat. No. 13,686, < teneva, O. Great-granddaughter of John Gill, who en- listed March 6, 1 777 as private in ('apt. Elijah Blackmail's Company, Ool. Benry Sherburn's Regiment of < Connecticut. Great-granddaughter of Benjamin Ely, who was born Dec. 25, L730, and died Dec. 25, 1S02. A representative i<» the State Legislature during the Revolutionary War. Was chosen by the Leg- islature Jan. 31, L776 as ls1 Major of 3rd Hamp- shire County Regiment. Again under Col. Tim- othy Robinson, his name appears as .Major, marching Aug 21, 177(; to Ticonderoga, by order of < iell. Scliuvler. NOBLE, MBS. LYDIA P., Nat. No. 30,140, Painesville, ( >. Granddaughter of Edward Paine, who was born ;it Bolton, Conn, in L746. He served ;is En- sign, Lieutenant and Captain in Connecticut .Mil- itia throughout the war. Later lie was Brigadier Genera] of Militia in New York state. He came t<> Ohio in 17!>7, in I7!i!> to Paines- ville, bringing his family in 1800. Painesville hears his name. See biography elsev here. NYE, MBS. ELEANOB MUBBAY, Nat. No. 37,015, Painesville, O. Great-great-granddaughter of William Stu- art, who was a private in Capt. William Camp- bell's Company, Seventh Battalion, Cumberland Count v .Militia, under Col. James Purdv, May 1, 1780. ' PAIGE, MIIS. CAROLINE WILCOX, Nat. No. 31,809, Painesville, O. Great-granddaughter of Dea. Abel Wilcox, a soldier in Capt. Bezelial Bristol's Company, which answered to the alarm of East Haven. Conn., July 7, 1779. Was one of the "common*' men during the war. Great-granddaughter of Capt. Martin Lord, who was horn in Saybrook, Conn., June 5, 1712, died Dec. 15, 1821, and was buried at Killings- worth, Conn. He was a Capt. in the 7th Regi- ment of the Connecticut Militia. This regiment was called out in the New Haven Alarm July .">, 177i>, to repel Oeneral Tryon. PEARL, MBS. NANCY DOTY, Nat. No. 10,578, Pulton, O. "Ileal daughter" of Peter Doty, who served during the War of the Revolution in the New Jersey Militia; a pensioner. Born in Prance in 17."7 and died near Mt. Vernon, < >. in is is, at the age of 90 years, in months, and thirteen days. Mrs. Pearl was born Feb. 8, L808, passing away in the fall of L902, being nearly ninety- live years old. We mourn the loss of this, OUT oldest "real daughter." RICHARDSON, MRS. LAURA ALEXANDER, Nat. No. 21,259, New York City. Great great great granddaughter of Peter Olark, \\ ho joined the Continental Army in I77r>, in Lyndeboro, N. 11., and that same year was com' 86 II] • i j I ' ' • N ., Apr. L2, L901. Great-great-granddaughter of Moses Adams, who served three years in Massachusetts regi- 89 meats, wit li rank of Corporal and Sergeant. Died .1 une 28, 1778. BTOOKWELL, MRS. MARY AUGUSTA AVEKY, Nat. No. 20,035, Painesville, O. .Mrs. Btoctwell organized the chapter and was its tirst Regent. ( treat-granddaughter of Jonathan Avery, who served in the War of the Revolution as a private in ('apt. James Chapman's Co. of New London, 5th Co., 6th Regt This regiment was raised on the first call for troops in Apr. -.May 1 77.~> ; was also a Sergeant, and received a pension. Great-granddaughter of John Pease, a Revo* lntionnry soldier from Connecticut ; a pensioner, lie served on Lake Champlain at Ticonderoga, and in the retreat from Long Island into West Chester Co., serving there under (Jen. Washing- ton. TISDEL, MARY ELIZABETH, Nat. No. 21,2t;7. Painesville, O. Great-great-granddaughter of Silas Antisdel. Great-great-granddaughter of James Parker. Great-great-great-granddaughter of Col. Benj. Ely. For service of ancestry see Mrs. Searl. TRUBT, MBS. srs.w MURPHY, Nat No. 27,844, Painesville. < >. "Real daughter" of Samuel Murphy, who en- listed in 177"» for one year in Eighth Virginia Regiment; in 1777 for three years in Thirteenth Virginia Regiment; in L781 for one year in Vir- ginia M ilil ia ; a pensioner. Mrs. TrubT w.is horn in South Buffalo town- :ii) ship, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, June 28, L810, is in fair health, and we hope will remain ;; -Krai Daughter" for many years to come. TUTTLB, NATALIE AGNES THOMPSON, Xai. No. 31,055, Painesville, 0. Greal granddaughter of Tin. mas Thompson, wh.> served in the Continental Army in ('aid. Co-swell's Co. {2nd), Col. Wessmfs Regt. from Bept. 1 1, 1777 to Dec. 31, 1771). Residence Halifax: also in Capt. W. Watson's Company, Ool. Wesson's Regt from -Ian. I. L780 i" June l. l .so, enlisted again .Inly 5, L780, dis- charged Dec. L9, L780. His Dame appears on a list of men dated Camp Totoway Oct. l\\ L780, as passing muster. Great-great-granddaughter of Joseph ('nil, who served in the Militia of Vermont in Capt. .John Benjamin's Company, Col. -Joseph Marsh's Regt. from Aug. L5 to Oct. I, 1777. lie served on several scouting parties and alarms; he was appointed by the "Committee of Safety" to watch and guard suspected persons as enemies of the United States of America, Great-great-great-granddaughter of Samuel Dutton 8r.,of Littleton, .Mass., who served in Capt. Samuel Reid's company of minute-men, Col. William Prescott's Regt., which marched on the alarm of Apr. m, 1775. Great-great-granddaughter of* Samuel Dutton dr.. whose name appears in a list of men raised in Middlesex county for Continental service, resi- dence Westford, engaged for the town of West- ford, Mass. « ''ic.it great-grandd of Richard Sin- clair. For military service see Mrs. Keech. in TYLER, MBS. CAROLINE B., Nat. No. 13,688, ( feneva, O. Great-granddaughter of Col. Benjamin Ely, who was a Major of t lie 3rd Hampshire Co., Mass. Regt., also Colonel of Militia; a representative in the Legislature of Massachusetts. Great-granddaughter of John Gill, who served three years in Capt. Blackman's Company, Col- onel Sherburne's Regiment, Connecticut Troops. VIALL, MRS. ADA OSBORN, Nat. No. 21,269, Painesville, O. < treat-great-granddaughter of Daniel Os- borne, who, as private in Capt. Lemuel Si on tih ton's company, marched from the town of East Windsor, Conn., for the relief of Boston in the Lexington Alarm, Apr. 1775. He was also Sergeant in Capt. John Gray's company, Col. Lemuel Whiting's Regt. Marched Oct. 5, 1777. < heat i: i cat-granddaughter of Abner Prior, who enlisted from Hartford, Conn., and whose name appears as < Saptain in Maj. Bradley's Regt ; and again as Major. He served in the French and Indian War in 1755 and 17r>»;. Great-granddaughter of Stephen Brooks, Great-great-granddaughter of Luke Brooks. Great-great-granddaughter of Daniel Rugg dr. Great-great-granddaughter of Isaac Goodspeed. Great-great-granddaughter <>f John Whitcomb. For military service see Mrs. Hoxett. WARREN, MRS. KATE T. If., Nat. No. i>.7l' I. Painesville, <>. Great-great-granddaughter of Daniel Tilden, who enlisted in the Oonn. troops «»f the Revolu- tionary War at Lebanon. Conn., and served un- der < Jol. I >urkee. Daniel Tilden crossed the Delaware with !)-J Washington. Be was at Washington's side in crossing. After the battle of Lexington in 1775, a company went from Lebanon to aid in defence of Boston, and Daniel Tildeo served as Captain nine days. In April or May 177.") he was 1st Lieut, with Capt. Little of 6th Co. of 3rd Kegt., under Col. Israel Putnam until Dec. 10, 1775, and was at the battle of Bunker Hill. In 1776 the Regt. called Col. Durkee's was raised in which Daniel Tilden was Adjutant and promoted to Capt. Sept. 7, 1776. On the first call for troops by the Legislature his Regiment marched from Boston to New York and was stationed at Bergen Heights and Paulus Hook, New Jersey until Sept. 15, 1776. He ac- < ompanied Washington in his retreat through New Jersey and was in the battle of Trenton, N. J., Dec. 25, 1776, and the battle of Princeton, Jan. 3, 1777. Great -ureat-granddaughter of Joseph Loomis, who served as a Private from Connecticut in the War of the Revolution. WILCOX, MARY E., Nat. No. 22,990, Paines- ville, O. Great-granddaughter of Dea. Abel W r ilcox, who served in an alarm at East Haven, Conn., July 7, 1779, in Captain Bezelial Bristol's Cum pany. Great-granddaughter of Capt. .Martin Lord, who was born in Saybrook, Conn., Jan. 5, 1712. WY.MAN. MRS, MARY E. T., Nat. No. 21,270, Painesville, O. Great-granddaughter of siins Antisdel, who sen ed in the Lexington Alarm. Great-granddaughter of James Parker, who 93 served in Waterburj', Conn. Brigade under Wash- ing on at Phillipsburg. Great-granddaughter of Col. Benjamin Ely, a Col. of Militia; a Representative in the Legis- lature of Mass. Residence West Springfield. < ;i<; it granddaughter of John Gill, who served three years in Conn. Troops. '.'I SR»1 »