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The officers and men from Wallingford, Cheshire and Meriden, who belonged to 2d Co., 7th Regt. were :
Archelaus Allyn Enos Brooks (not Zenas) Corporal Reuben Bristol Samuel Bunnel Giles Cook, Sergt
Samuel Culver Isaac Doolittle Street Hall, Capt of 2d Co. Street Thaddeus Hall his son, age 13
Joel Hall
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Abram Hall Titus Moss, Lieut Command-
er 2d Co., Parish of N. C. Jesse Moss, Corporal, Parish of N. C. Thomas Mix Amos Mix Josiah Mix
Ichabod Merriam, Parish of N. C. Jehiel Peck Reuben Tyler Amasa Yale, drummer
Street Yale
and perhaps others from W. C. & M.
Total 21.
Note-Capt. Street Hall was afterwards appointed a colonel of the 19th Regiment and Lieutenant Commander Titus Moss (of New Cheshier) was promoted to the command of the Co.
THIRD CALL, June to December, 1776.
The Fifth Battalion, James Wadsworth's Brigade, Colonel William Douglas, of Northford, Conn.
This Battalion was raised June, 1776, to re-inforce Washing- ton's Army at New York. It served in the city and on the Brooklyn front. It was at the battle of Long Island Aug. 27th, 1776. Retreated from New York Aug. 29-30th, 1776, was with the militia at Kips Bay, 34th St., East River, at the attack on New York Sept. 15th, 1776, and retreated at the battle of White Plains Oct. 28th, 1776. Time out Dec. 25th, 1776.
Officers from Wallingford, Cheshire and Meriden.
Ambrose Hine, 2nd Lieut. of Ist Co., afterwards promoted, par- Ish of New Cheshire.
John Mansfield, Ensign, of 6th Co., afterwards promoted.
Dr. Jared Potter, Battalion Surgeon, afterwards served else- where.
Joseph Shayler (Shaler), Ensign, 2nd Co., afterwards promoted.
The 7th company, Captain Nathaniel Bunnell, of this Battalion, contained nearly all the officers and men from Wallingford, Cheshire and Meriden, except those who were in Bradley's Bat- talion with Captain John Couch of Meriden.
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Additional records of many of our men, who served short terms in these two battalions will also be found in pages that fol- low the "Third Call," after which the serious business of the Rev- olutionary war began, and we may well believe that men who went from the parish of New Cheshier at the beginning of the war for the temporary defence of their state continued to serve to the end of the struggle for Independence.
It is to be regretted that we have no list of the casualties, for in this year of our Independence it seems to be in order to re- member our Revolutionary soldiers.
Enos Andrews
Amos Andrews
Samuel Atwater,
Hawkins Hart, Ist Lieut W.
Drummer of New Haven
Nathaniel Bunnell Captain of Cheshier
Asa Bellamy
Benjamin Hotchkiss
Jonathan Bartholomew
Lent Hotchkiss, Corporal
Gideon Bristol
Robert Hotchkiss
Amasa Brooks
Jason Hotchkiss
Elnathan Beach
Robert Hotchkiss Jr.
Giles Hotchkiss
Rufus Hitchcock
Titus Basset, N. Haven
Levi Hitchcock
Samuel Hull
Saumel Hull Jr.
Jonah Clark
Eliab Hall, died Aug. 4th, '76 Jotham Ives William Jones
Stephen Clark
Wait Chatterton, New Haven Hezekiah Dickerman, Corporal Abraham Doolittle Ambrose Doolittle Ire Dodge Thomas Gaylord John Gaylord
Luther Johnson Benoni Lewis, Sergeant
Caleb Lewis Eliada Matthews
Reuben Matthews
William Merriams,
killed Sept. 16th, 1776
Solomon Brooks, Corporal Reuben Bristol
Giles Curtis, Sergeant
Samuel Culver, Fifer
Medad Grannis Eldad Grannis
David Hitchcock, Ensign Lemuel Hitchcock, Sergeant Miles Hull, 2d Lieut.
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William Munrow,
Jared Page
died Aug. 18th, 1776
Charles Parker
Josiah Meeker
William Parker
Ichabod Merriman
William Perkins
Joseph Merchant
Bennet Royce, Sergeant
Icabod Merriams
Grove Rockwell
Josiah Mix
Josiah Smith
Amos Mix
Moses Tuttle
Isaiah Moss
Reuben Tyler
Jesse Moss
Joel Wilmot
Caleb Merriman
Jonah Webb
George Merriman
Daniel Mallary, New Haven
Total 8 officers
Luther Mallary, New Haven
Joseph Morgin
Joel Newton
66 privates - 74 officers and men
THIRD CALL continued, 1776.
Col. Philip Burr Bradley's Battalion ordered to be raised in May, 1776, to serve until December 1771, for the general de- fense of the state, was stationed during the greater part of the summer and early fall of 1776, at Bergen Heights and Paulus Hooks, now Jersey City. In October it moved to the vicinity of Fort Lee, N. J. In November most of the regiment was sent across to the New York side of the river to assist in the defense of Fort Washington.
The Fort was captured Nov. 16th, 1776, with the entire gar- rison and many of the Connecticut men, who had gone to its as- sistance were taken prisoners.
The 4th company in this Battalion contained the following of- ficers and men from Wallingford, Cheshire and Meriden.
Stephen Atwater Samuel Abby Thaddeus Averill
Joseph Andrews*
Divan Berry, 2d Lieut.
Jared Benham
Benjamin Austin*
Edward Basset
*Names marked with a star were taken prisoners at Fort Washington.
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Reubin Bellamy*
Gideon Ives* Enos Ives
Moses Baldwin
Benajah Brian
Levi Ives*
Epenetus Buckingham
Samuel Johnson Jr., Drummer
John Couch, Captain*
Asa Johnson*
Jesse Cook*
Thomas Judd
Ebenezer Cole
Balaam Judd
Joel Cole*
Richard Judd
Daniel Clark
Levi Judd
Samuel Culver*
Freeman Judd
Acel Deming, Corporal
Demus Judd
Nathaniel Douglass
Jonathan Lyman
Zephaniah Down
Isaac Livingston
Nathaniel Edwards
Ephraim Merriam, Fifer
of Westbury, Ist Lieut*
Asaph Merriam
Thomas Egleston*
Joel Merchant*
John Egleston*
Thomas Mix
Terance Edson
Enos Mix
James Francis*
James Muslin*
Benjamin Ford
Samuel Osborn*
William Gordon*
White Osborn
Joseph Hull, Ensign*
John Pierce*
Timothy Hall, Sergt
Nathaniel Peas*
Amasa Hall
Robert Parker
David Hall
Watrous Rice* (?) Matthias
Amos Hall*
Justus Rice
Joel Hall*
Samuel Rice*
Jonathan Hall*
Gideon Rice*
Rufus Hall
Solomon Rice*
Moses Hall*
Aron Rice
Elisha Hecock
Benjamin Rexford
Eli Hecock
Samuel Smith
Caleb Hough
Thomas Spenser Ira Tompkins*
Ebenezer Hough
Solomon Trumbull*
David Hungerford Aron Hull
Adam Vorse*
*Names marked with a star were taken prisoners at Fort Washington.
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Jesse Vorse
Street Yale
Tames Wilcocks
Daniel Yale
Francis Wilcoxen (?)
Thomas Yale
Moses Warner*
Isaac Waters*
Abel Woodroof
David Wood
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Nathaniel Yale 90
Total officers and men 90 4 officers 86 privates
Street Hall, of Wallingford (nephew of Rev. Samuel Hall), was a captain in the 7th Regiment commissioned July 6th, 1775. Discharged Dec. 19th, 1775. Re-entered the service in 1776, and was appointed Lieutenant Col. commanding of the 19th Conti- nentals under Col. Charles Webb, of Stamford.
Nathan Hale, who was executed "as a spy" at New York Sept. 22d, 1776, was a captain of one of the companies serving under Col. Street Hall.
Note-In 1779 the rank of Colonel was discontinued and that of Lieu- tenant Colonel Commandant conferred on all who were appointed to Reg- iments serving under higher officers.
Devan Berry of W., 2d Lieut. of 6th Co., Swift's Battalion, served with Bradley's Regt. at N. Y., Bergen Heights, Pau- lus Hook and from July to November, 1771, on the "Ticon- deroga Expedition."
Col. Seth Warner's Regiment, 1779-1781, 8th Connecticut Line. Raised by Congress at large, fall of 1776 and early 1777, served in the Northern Department, Bennington and Sara- toga, Forts Anne and Fort George. In Oct., 1780, enemy came by Lake Champlain. Capt. Chipman sent a force from Fort George. It was overwhelmed and nearly all killed or taken prisoners. The following from the Conn. quota as it stood in 1780, reduced by discharges and casualties. Dis- banded January Ist, 1781.
Sergeant Major John Luddington, of Wallingford, appointed April Ist, 1780 ; taken prisoner Oct. 11th, 1780; exchanged before January, 1783.
*Names marked with a star were taken prisoners at Fort Washington.
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Col. Moses Hazen's Regt. called "Congress Own," served in main army, was engaged at Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and at siege and surrender of Yorktown, Va. One full company enlisted in Conn., largely in New Haven county. This is from a nearly complete roster :
Seth Smith, Corporal, Wallingford, Jan. Ist, 1777; Corporal April 15th, served to end.
Charles Heaton of Wallingford, Jan. Ist, 1777, to end of war. Daniel Humiston, of Wallingford, Feb. 25th, 1778, to end of war. Thomas Jones, of Wallingford, Jan. Ist, 1777, to end of war.
THE CALL FOR THE WAR.
Upon the return to Connecticut of the survivors of the men whose names were given in the last lists, the Connecticut assem- bly, the Committee of Safety, and the War Governor, Jonathan Trumbull, at Lebanon, determined to equip a number of Connec- ticut Regiments and enlist in them all those men who were will- ing to serve for three years or the war.
This action brought into service the men from Wallingford, Cheshire and Meriden who actually endured all the privations and sufferings of the next six years.
In the following lists will be found some of the eight months' men and some of the militia officers and men who defended Con- necticut towns when they were raided by the British, but the ma- jority of those enumerated enlisted for three years or the war. Those who were at the final surrender at Yorktown or upon the Roll of February, 1783, may be called the Wallingford, Cheshire and Meriden "veterans," most of the others, unless otherwise ac- counted for-having probably died in the service.
SIXTH REGIMENT CONNECTICUT LINE-"1778-1781."
Recruited mainly in New Haven county, camped at Peekskill, N. Y., in the summer of 1777. Frequently detached for service along the Hudson river. Served under General Israel Putnam ; wintered 1777-1778, West Point, Connecticut huts ; summer of
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1778 with main army under Washington at White Plains, N. Y .; wintered 1778-79 at Redding, Conn. In 1779 served along east side Hudson river. One company detached for the storming of Stony Point July 15th, 1779 ; wintered 1779-1780 at "Morristown huts." In 1780, served on both sides of the Hudson river. On discovery of Arnold's treason, ordered to West Point; wintered 1780-1781 at "Connecticut village," opposite West Point, and was there consolidated in the formation for 1781-1783.
Names of the officers and men from Wallingford, Cheshire and Meriden.
Men marked with a star (*) were at the surrender of the British at Yorktown, Va., Oct. 19th, 1781.
David Atkins, enlisted April 10th, 1777, to Invalid Corps, July 4th, 1782.
Benj. Bristol, Corporal, New Cheshire, enlisted Jan., 1777, and was Corporal Jan. Ist, 1782.
Elisha Bishop, enlisted March 2d, 1778.
Wills Bishop, enlisted July, 1780 ; discharged Dec. 12th, 1780.
Joseph Clark, Corporal, Feb. 1777, to May, 1778.
Joseph Coban, May 5th, 1777, for war; discharged Feb. 13th, 1782.
Thaddeus Cook, of Parish of New Cheshier in Wallingford,
Major 1776, later Col. of militia at Saratoga, Sept-Oct. 1777. William Cook, Jan. 20th, 1777, war.
James Cook, Sept. Ist, 1780; discharged Dec. 12th, 1780. George Cook, Feb. Ist, 1777, war.
Johnson Cook, Jan. 20th, 1777, war.
Joel Cook, May 20th, 1777, war ; Corporal June, 1780.
*Warren Cook, Feb. 20th, 1778, war.
Elihu Cook, Mar. 20th, 1778, war.
Barnabas Clark, May, 1778, war.
Israel Dodge, Cheshire, enlisted April 12th, 1777, for the war.
Benjamin Ford, Jan. Ist, 1778, war.
Edmund Fields, June, 1778, war.
Dick Freedom (negro), enlisted June, 1778, for the war.
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*Jonathan Hall, enlisted May 19th, 1777, for the war.
Moses Hall, enlisted March 2d, 1778.
Samuel Holt, May 26th, 1777 ; deserted Feb., 1780; rejoined Oct. 20th, 1780.
Daniel Hough, June 25th, 1780; discharged Dec. IIth, 1780. Richard Lounsbury, Dec. IIth, 1776, war ; died Sept. 2d, 1782. Charles London, Feb. 15th, 1778, war.
Enos Micks (Mix), 4th Regt. Conn. Line, enlisted 1777 at Wal- lingford, 3 yrs. or war ; discharged June 21, 1782.
Thomas Micks (Mix), 4th Regt., Conn. Line, enlisted 1777, at Wallingford, 3 yrs. or war ; discharged June 21, 1782.
*John Mansfield, Lieut. Mar. 14th, 1777; Ist Lieut. Mar. 31st, 1779 ; continued to 1781.
Levi Munson, 2d Lieut. Jan. Ist, 1777 ; resigned Sept. 8th, 1780. He surrendered with Ethan Allen near Montreal Sept. 25th, 1776 ; confined in jail at Halifax ; was sent to England ; returned to Halifax June 2Ist, 1776; exchanged later, re- entered service in 1777.
Lent Munson, his son, fifer, Jan. 2Ist, 1778, when 10 or II years old.
Charles Merriman, drum major, July Ist, 1777.
*Ephraim Merriman, fifer, May 25th, 1777.
Aaron Merriman, July 20th, 1780; discharged Dec. 2d, 1780.
Edmund Merriman, April 24th, 1777, war; corporal, Jan. Ist, 178I.
Zereas Mix, of Cheshire, July 13th, 1777, war ; deserted in 1781 ; rejoined April, 1781.
*Amos Mix, April 9th, 1777, war.
Reuben Moss, of Cheshire, April Ist, 1777 ; corporal 1781.
Almond Munson, March 6th, 1777, war ; discharged Mar. 3d, I782.
*John Parker, enlisted January, 1778, for war.
*Timothy Parker, April 14th, 1777, war ; killed at Yorktown, Va., Oct. 14, 1781.
*Abraham Parker, April 25th, 1777, war.
Medad Potter, Feb. 24th, 1777, war.
*William Prout, January, 1778, war.
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James Peck, 2nd Lieut., re-entered Continental service in 1777. Levi Robinson, May 6th, 1777, war.
"Liberty" Sharp, negro, March 3d, 1778, war.
Samuel Stowe, Cheshire, March 19th, 1777, war.
Joseph Shaler, 2d. Lieut. January Ist, 1777 ; Ist Lieut. 1778 ; con- tinued to 1781 ; detailed to Meigs' Light Infantry, 8th Regt. from 6th Regt.
Thaddeus Todd, April 16th, 1777, war ; pensioner.
Amos Thorp, April 15th, 1777, war.
Amasi Thorp, May 26th, 1777, war.
Total-51.
SEVENTH REGIMENT, CONNECTICUT LINE.
Amos Andrews, April 25th, 1777, war.
Asa Bellamy, April 25th, 1777, war.
Ephraim Chamberlain, was a captain from 1777 to 1781, in com- mand of 2d Battalion, Meigs' Light infantry, 8th Regt .; re- tired consolidation, Jan. Ist, 1783.
Timothy Hart, Sergeant Mar. 22d, 1777, 3 yrs. ; discharged Mar. 2d, 1780.
Israel Johnson, corporal, April 15th, 1777, war ; discharged April 15th, 1780.
Benjamin Johnson, March Ioth, 1777, war ; corporal, 1780.
James Miles, sergeant, Jan. 23d, 1777, war ; on the 2d Regt. roll, Feb. Ist, 1783.
Daniel Smith, Feb. Ist, 1777, war ; invalid 1780.
"Under age of 50 to be enlisted."
Total-8.
EIGHTH REGIMENT, CONN. LINE, 1777-1781.
Lemuel Hitchcock, New Cheshier, 2d Lieut. Jan. Ist, 1777 ; Lieut. March 10th, 1778; resigned May 20th, 1779.
Col. James Livingston's Regt., raised 1777, "at large ;" served with main army until disbanded 1780.
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Joseph Wolcott, fifer, Wallingford.
David Barnes, private, Wallingford. Total-2. Col. Elisha Sheldon, of Salisbury, Conn.
REGIMENT OF LIGHT DRAGOONS, 1777-1783.
The 2nd Regt. was credited to Conn. ; also some from "at large." It served on the east side of the Hudson river. In 1780 and 1781 it wintered in Connecticut, was disbanded at the close of the war in June, 1783.
Officers and men from Wallingford, Cheshire and Meriden.
John Butler, Feb. 7, 1777, shoemaker, 5 ft. 71/2 in., deserted. Sambon Ford, Dec. 4th, 1779, farmer, 5 ft. 3 in., war. Lemuel Hall, Mar. 4th, 1780, farmer, 5 ft. 6 in., war. Chester Hull, Mar. 5th, 1780, farmer, 5 ft. 6 in., war. Zephaniah Hull, Jan. Ist, 1781, farmer, 5 ft., for the war. Josiah Merriman, corporal, Dec. 28th, 1776; cooper, 5 ft. 7 in., war.
Samuel Perkins, June Ist, 1780, farmer, 5 ft. 7 in., war ; deserted, June 26th, 1780.
David Scovel, July Ist, 1778, farmer, 5 ft. 7 in., war ; discharged Nov. 14th, 1778. Total-8.
COLONEL LAMB'S ARTILLERY-1777-1783.
Four Regiments of Artillery were raised by Congress in 1777. Connecticut sent four companies, or 170 men in all, enlisted mainly from New Haven and Stratford. In the field it was dis- tributed among the infantry. The artillery served in nearly all the battles at the north and was at Yorktown, Va.
Men from Wallingford, Cheshire and Meriden.
Charles Peck, Sergt., April 4th, 1777, to 1781 ; no record of dis- charge.
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Jehiel Peck (Hiel), Sergt., New Cheshier, April roth, 1777, to 1781 ; Lieut. Jan. 26th, to 1781. No record of discharge.
Benjamin Peck, drummer, New Cheshier, Jan. Ist, 1777, to 1780 and 1781.
Elmore Russell, matross, May 13th, 1777, to 1780-1781.
Joel Wilmot, matross, May 13th, 1777, to 1780-1781.
Gideon Webb, matross, May 13th, 1777, to 1780-1781.
Note -- A "matross" was a foot soldier carrying a musket who helped the Artillerymen in managing the guns. They slept on mats near the guns. They are no longer so called.
ARTIFICERS.
"The Construction Corps" included armorers, "Pioneers" or wood choppers, carpenters, builders, tent makers, tailors, black- smiths, etc.
The Wallingford, Cheshire and Meriden men.
James Baldwin, March 16, 1778, 3 years.
Jesse Cook, January 20th, 1778, war.
Asa Hall, Feb. 17th, 1778, 3 years.
Titus Hall, Sergt., Sept. 10th, 1777 ; Lieut. July Ist, 1779 ; trans- ferred Nov. 12th, 1779.
Isaac Hotchkiss, of Cheshire, clerk, enlisted May 11th, 1789, served to Dec. 31st, 1781.
Samuel Hough, Sergt., Nov. 1, 1778, Lieut. Oct., 1779 ; resigned Nov. Ist, 1779.
Eliada Matthews, Cheshire, May 18th, 1780; discharged Dec. 3Ist, 1781.
Ether (Ethniel) Matthews, Cheshire, May 18th, 1780, war. Linus Hopson, Sergt., Sept. 10th, 1777 ; Lieut. Aug. 13th, 1778. Charles Jones, Aug., 1777, 3 years.
John Osborn, Lieut., Nov. Ist, 1777 ; resigned Oct. 4th, 1778.
Stephen Osborn, Lieut., July 26th, 1777; Capt., May Ist, 1778; resigned May 3d, 1779.
White Osborn, July 26th, 1777, for war.
Samuel Parsons, Feb. 12th, 1778, war.
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Benjamin Rexford, Aug. Ist, 1777, war.
Jonathan Ralph, Sept. 6th, 1777, war.
Asa Rice, Mar. 7th, 1778, war.
Matthew Rice, New Cheshire, March 13th, 1778, 3 years.
Joseph Twiss, Cheshire, Feb. 16th, 1778, 3 years.
Nathaniel Tyler, Cheshire, May 27th, 1780, war.
Jarius Wilcox, Lieut. Jan. Ist, 1777; Capt., July 28th, 1777, for the war.
Elisha Wilmot, Cheshire, May 18th, 1780, war.
Total-22.
FORMATION OF THE CONNECTICUT LINE, 1781-1783.
Eight regiments reduced to five regiments, went into winter quarters opposite West Point, N. Y., half a mile from the Hud- son river between two high mountains. Here they erected huts. The orders read, "Each hut must be carried up square. Not less than six feet high. Rafters 9 feet long from eaves to ridge pole." This was called the "Connecticut village." Allen writing from there described the place as "not quite out of the world."
Men from Wallingford, Cheshire and Meriden.
Captain Ephraim Chamberlain in service from 1777 to 1781. In command of a company in the 2d Regt. Conn. line. Retired by consolidation January Ist, 1783.
Men engaged 8 months or a year served in 2nd Conn. Regt. 1783. Roswell Clark of Cheshire, April 22nd, 1782, to Jan. Ist, 1783. Samuel Davis, of Cheshire, April 14th, 1782, to Jan. Ist, 1783. David Brooks, of Cheshire, April 22d, 1782, to Jan. Ist 1783.
FOURTH REGIMENT, 1781-1783. Consolidated Jan. to June, 1783, to 2nd Regt.
Officers and Men from Wallingford, Cheshire and Meriden. Lieutenant John Mansfield led a forlorn hope of 20 men at York- town, Va .; retired with army June, 1783, and was compli- mented by Col. Hamilton. Lieut. Mansfield was wounded.
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Lieut. Joseph Shaler served from 1777 to end of war; retired with the army in June, 1783.
Amos Andrews, Cheshire, April 25, 1777, for war.
Phillip Blacksly, Cheshire, April 3d, 1782, war ; on roll Feb. Ist, 1783.
Corporal - -- Bristol, Cheshire, Jan. Ist, 1777, war ; on roll Feb. Ist, 1783.
Abel Clark, April 25th, 1777, for war ; on the roll Feb. Ist, 1783. *Warren Cook, Jan. 1778, for war ; on the roll Feb. Ist, 1783. Thomas Dudley, April Ist, 1777, for war ; on roll Feb. Ist, 1783. Zebulon Dudley, Dec. 14th, 1780, for war.
Jonathan Hall, May 19th, 1777, for war; on the roll Feb. Ist, 1783.
Sergt. Johnson, -- 1777, for war ; on roll Feb. Ist, 1783. James Miles, Jan. 23d, 1777, for war, on roll Feb. Ist, 1783.
James Miles, January 23d, 1777, for war ; on roll Feb. Ist, 1783. *Amos Mix, April 9th, 1777, for war.
Jesse Mix, Cheshire, June 13th, 1782, 3 years.
Lent Munson, drummer, war; after consolidation he was drum- mer in the 3d Regt., Jan. Ist, 1781, to Dec. 31st, 1781.
*Ephraim Merriams, fifer, war.
Corporal Edmund Merriams, April 24, 1777, war ; on roll Feb. Ist, 1783.
*John Parker, January 1778, war ; on roll Feb. Ist, 1783.
*William Prout, Mar. Ioth, 1777, war ; on roll Feb. Ist, 1783.
Jesse Thompson, Cheshire, Jan. 16th, 1781, 3 years ; on roll Feb. Ist, 1783.
Charles Vose, drummer, May Ist, 1782, war; on roll Feb. Ist, 1783.
Lemuel Wilson, Nov. Ist, 1777, war.
Total-22.
*Names marked with a star were at Yorktown. The Connecticut com- panies detailed under General Lafayette. The surrender took place Oct. 19th, 1781.
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TRYON'S INVASION OF CONN., July 5, 1779. "New Haven Alarm."
Wallingford, Cheshire and Meriden captains whose companies turned out to repel the enemy at New Haven July 5th, 1779, and reported to Colonel Thaddeus Cook, Wallingford Par- ish, New Cheshier :
Nathaniel Bunnell, Capt., Cheshire, Ioth Regt., parish New Cheshier.
Divan Berry, Capt., 10th Regt.
Daniel Collins, Capt., 10th Regt.
Ephraim Cook, Capt., 10th Regt., parish New Cheshier.
John Hough, Capt., 10th Regt.
David Hitchcock, Capt., 10th Regt., parish New Cheshire.
David Hitchcock, 2d, Capt., Ioth Regt., parish New Cheshire.
Miles Hull, Capt., 10th Regt., parish New Cheshire.
Caleb Hall, Capt., Ioth Regt.
Miles Johnson, Capt., East Wallingford or Durham.
Robert Martin, Capt., East Wallingford or Durham.
Oliver Stanley, Capt., Ioth Regt.
Abraham Stanley, Sr., Capt., 10th Regt.
Abraham Stanley, Jr., Capt., 10th Regt.
Thomas Shephard, Capt., 19th Regt.
The names of the privates who turned out or served has not been ascertained. From Cheshire two men were killed, viz: Eldad Parker, July 6th, 1779.
Aaron Russel, son of Nicholas Russell, July 6th, 1779.
And some were wounded who belonged in Wallingford.
General David Waterbury of Stamford, State Brigade, 1781. raised 1781 for defence of Horse Neck (Greenwich) and coast to New Haven inclusive, drafts from militia. In July it joined Washington who was encamped at Phillipsburgh, N. Y., near Dobbs' Ferry, and for some time was on the Westchester, N. Y., line.
Wallingford-Cheshire.
Hired by Wallingford, April 2d, 1781, David Hall.
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Hired by Wallingford, April 2d, 1781, Dewitt Dailey. Hired by Wallingford, July 15th, 1781, Timothy Hart. Hired by Cheshire, April 16th, 1781, Eldad Porter. Hired by Cheshire, July 16th, 1781, Simeon Rice.
"West Point, Sept. 15th, 1781." Return made by Colonel Samuel Canfield, of the Connecticut troops under his command, "made agreable to the direction of his excellency Govr Jonathan Trumbull and the council of safety by their Resolve of 6th of Sept., 1781."
From Wallingford
From Cheshire
Nathan Belding
John Bunnell
Abel Barnes
Obed Doolittle
Charles Cook
Silas Doolittle
James Corbitt
Joshua Hotchkiss
Oliver Dexter, Lieut.
Rufus Lines
Robert Flory
Obed Moss
Matthew Hough
Asahel Roberts
Thomas Hall
Samuel W. Stevens
Jared Lewis
Ebenezer Terrill
Ambrose London
Giles London
Isaac Rice
Samuel Yale
Stephen Yale
HOME GUARDS-1776-1777.
Four battalions were voted by the Assembly, to join the army near New York to serve until March, 1777. They did not march out of the state, but remained in part on the Westchester border, under General Wooster. The record is not clear as to the ser- vice of these troops.
The Wallingford, Cheshire and Meriden men mentioned are : Colonel Commandant, Thaddeus Cook, of 2d Battalion.
Amasa Hitchcock, 2d Lieut. of 2d Company.
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William Law, 2d Lieut. of 4th Company.
Benjamin Fenn, Jr., Ensign of 4th Company.
The record of the privates is not given. These officers were all residents in the Parish of New Cheshier.
The 10th Militia Regiment called under arms at the Danbury raid April 25th-28th, 1777, composed of men from Wallingford and Durham. In addition to
Col. Thaddeus Cook, of Wallingford (parish New Cheshier).
Lieut. Colonel Isaac Cook, Jr., of W. (parish New Cheshier). Major Reuben Atwater (Resigned May, 1777, known as of New
Cheshier, collector of minister's rate, parish New Cheshier). Captains John Couch, Ambrose Hine, Jesse Moss, Stephen Yale
No doubt privates from Wallingford, New Cheshier and Meriden were there.
By order of the assembly, 1781, a provisional regiment "to be ready to march on short notice."
Ensign Joseph Royce of Wallingford.
Men from Warner's Regiment who joined the 2nd Conn. John Davis, of Wallingford, enlisted Dec. 27th, 1779.
Samuel Culver, of Wallingford, an ensign in Colonel Hooker's
Regt., was a prisoner of war from June 29th, 1779, to Jan- uary 2nd, 1781.
Ralph Lines was a prisoner before 1778.
Elisha Bishop of W. or M. Reported taken prisoner at Fort Washington, Nov. 16th, 1776.
At Fishkill in the month of October, 1777, a sum of money called "Bounty" was paid to the officers of a Regiment of Militia from Conn. under the command of Colonel Jonathan Baldwin of Waterbury.
From Wallingford, Cheshire and Meriden.
Captain Nathaniel Bunnel £ 14, Cheshire.
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