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of the war, instead of being run off to Nova Scotia with the other hated loyalists, he remained and represented his town in the legislature through seventeen sessions, covering a period of eighteen years.
Heron, in personal bearing, was aristocratic and domineering, far from popular, and nothing could have exacted such a tribute from his townsmen but the fact known to them that he had performed a signal service to their country. There is another very significant incident in this connection. At a state banquet of members of American Union Lodge, at Widow Sanford's (See Chapter V.), all officers, Gen. Par- sons, as Master, presiding, Heron was given one of the most prominent seats,* which would not have been the case had there been any question as to his loyalty.
Heron died on Redding Ridge, Jan. 8, 1819, at the ripe old age of seventy-seven years, and was buried in Christ Church yard. His tomb- stone bears this inscription :
In Memory of WILIAM HERON, EsQ., Who was born in the City of Cork, Ireland, 1742, and died Jan. 8, 1819.
I know that my Redeemer liveth and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.
CHAPTER VII.
Men of Redding in the Army of the Revolution.
Worthy of lasting honor were the men of Redding who in a time that tried men's souls, left their homes to fight and endure for freedom and equality in the ragged, half-starved, poorly equipped regiments of the Continental Army. The publication by the State of Connecticut of the rosters of all regiments and companies which served in that war, the painstaking researches of family historians, and in particular William E. Grumman's praiseworthy work in his "Revolutionary Soldiers of Redding, Conn.," enable us to present here what is believed to be a com- plete list of all citizens of the town who served by land or by sea in the historic struggle.
*I have this from a citizen of Redding, a leading Mason, who informs me that there is in existence, very jealously guarded by its owner, a book containing a chart or plan of the table at this banquet, with the position of each guest in- dicated thereon. My informant had seen the book, and the position occupied by Heron was as above indicated.
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ADAMS, ABRAHAM-5th Regt. Conn. Line, in Northern Army, 1775, and saw service at St. Johns and Montreal. Dis. Nov. 28, 1775. Next enlisted Sept. 27, 1777, for 8 mos. in 5th Regt. Conn. Continental Line. Dis. Jan. 9, 1778. Was a pensioner.
ADAMS, HEZEKIAH-He was too young to serve as a soldier, but joined the army as a teamster and on one occasion drove a wagon loaded with Spanish milled dollars to Baltimore. D., Dec. 25, 1819; b. in Lone- town Cemetery.
ADAMS, STEPHEN-Brother of Hezekiah. Was in the 4th Regt. Conn. Militia in the Fishkill Campaign, Octo., 1777. Enlisted in a Regt. of Artificers, Mass. Line; never returned. Supposed to have d. on the prison ship Jersey in New York Harbor.
ANDREWS, FRANCIS-Corp. in 4th Conn. Mil. in Fishkill campaign. Appointed inspector of provisions, Mch. 13, 1780. (Name spelled "An- dress" in records.)
ANDREWS, JONATHAN-Private, 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill campaign. Enlisted June 21, 1776, in Bradley's Battalion. Taken prisoner at Fort Washington, N. Y., Nov. 16, 1776.
ANDREWS, SETH-On duty Oct., 1779, to guard the shore of Long Island Sound.
BARBER, BARTHOLOMEW-Private in Bradley's Battalion, June II to Dec. 25, 1776. Corp., 5th Regt. Conn. Cont. Line, Mch. 4, 1777, for 3 years. Dis., Mar. 4, 1780.
BARLOW, AARON-Colonel, Lieut. The personal friend of General Putnam. With the 5th Conn. Regt. in the Northern Campaign of 1775. Disch. Nov. 28, 1775. Ensign, 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign. Mem. Com. of Inspection, Dec. 22, 1777. From April, 1780, served 9 mos. as Lieut. in Col. Beebe's Regt. of State troops on the Westchester front. May, 1781, Lieut. of Coast Guards at Green's Farms. Lieut .- Col. 4th Conn. Mil., 1794-99. Died in Norfolk, Va., in 1800. (For sketch, see Chap. IX.)
BARLOW, JOEL-Poet. Chaplain of 4th Mass. Brigade. D. near Cracow, Poland, Dec. 24, 1812. (For sketch see Chap. IX.)
BARLOW, SAMUEL-Brother of above. Served in the 5th Regt. Conn. Line, in Northern Campaign. Disc. Nov. 28, 1775. On his way home sickened and died at the house of David Mulford, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. An inscription on the tombstone of his father, Samuel Barlow, Sr., in the old b. g. Redding, states: "His son, Mr. Samuel Barlow, resigned his breath in the service of his country. He died and was buried at
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Rynbeck on his return from the victory of St. Johns and Montreal, Jan. 26, A. D. 1776, aged 23 years.
Thus age and youth without distinction fall, Death is the common lot prepared for all."
BARTLETT, DANIEL COLLINS-Son of Rev. Nathaniel. Served in 5th Regt. Conn. Line, and was present at the capture of St. Johns, Nov. 1775. Disc. Nov. 28, 1775, and volunteered to accompany Montgomery against Quebec. Shared in the privations of that abortive campaign. Served in the levies gathered to defend Danbury in 1777, and as a private of the 5th Conn. Regt. in the Fishkill Campaign of the same year. D., Dec. 13, 1837; in Amenia, N. Y.
BARTLETT, RUSSELL-Bro. of above. Fifer in 6th Co., 5th Regt. Conn. Line. Served in Northern Campaign. Disc., Dec. 11, 1775. Apr. 26, 1777, captured at Danbury by Tryon's dragoons and confined in the old sugar house in New York, enduring its horrors; was released and returned home. Settled at Hartwick, near Cooperstown, N. Y. D., Nov. 21, 1828, and is buried at Cooperstown, near James Fenimore Cooper, the novelist.
BARTRAM, DANIEL-Served with the militia in Tryon's alarm, April, 1777. Probably the Daniel Bartram who served in Major Starr's Regt. of Light Horse, at Fairfield in 1780-1.
BARTRAM, ISAAC-Private in Regt. of Artificers, Mass. Line. En- listed from Danbury, Aug. 22, 1777, for 3 years. Pensioned from Mch. 24, 1818. D., Sept. 13, 1843; buried in Lonetown Cemetery. Grand- father of ex-State Senator Isaac N. Bartram of Sharon. Noted for his skill as a worker in stone.
BATES, EZRA-Enlisted, June, 1776, in Ist Battalion, Wadsworth's Brigade ; served 6 mos .; engaged in the battle of White Plains, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1776. Re-enlisted, Oct., 1778, and served 6 mos. as teamster, and in 1780, 9 mos. in a Regt. of State troops on the Westchester front. In spring of 1782, he enlisted in the Ist Regt. Conn. Cont. Line, and served 8 mos. and 16 days. Disc., Jan. 1, 1783.
BATES, JUSTUS-Corp. 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign.
BATTERSON, JEREMIAH-In 5th Regt. Conn. Line, Northern Cam- paign. Disc., Nov. 28, 1775. In 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign.
BELDING, MOSES-His family received supplies from the town in 1780. Record unknown.
BENNETT, DANIEL-In Lt. Col. Canfield's Militia Regt. at West Point, Sept., 1781. Probably the Freeman of that name on rolls of 5th
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Regt. Conn. Line, May 12 to Dec. 13, 1775, and in Col. Sam. Elmore's Regt. at Fort Schuyler (formerly Stanwix) in 1776.
BETTS, STEPHEN-Taken prisoner in Tryon's Raid, 1777, being select- man at the time; carried to New York, but released and returned home. Private in 4th Regt. Conn. Mil. in Fishkill Campaign. Is called Lieut. in the records. Intimate friend of Gen. Parsons and of Heron, 1778-9.
BIXBY, ELIAS-Private, 5th Regt. Conn. Line, Northern Campaign. Disc., Nov. 28, 1775. Enlisted for the war, Dec. 20, 1776, in 5th Regt. Conn. Cont. Line; promoted Corp., Nov. 1, 1778; Sergt., Mch. 3, 1779. Dis., Dec. 20, 1779. In the assault on Stony Point, July 15, 1779.
BROTHWELL, BENJAMIN-Served five terms in the militia under 'var- ious alarms.
BURR, EZEKIEL-Corp. in 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign, Oct., 1777.
BURR, JABEZ-Private, 5th Regt. Conn. Line, in Northern Campaign. Disc., Oct. 3, 1777. Was at Battle of White Plains, Oct. 28, 1776, and at the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga a year later. Died in Fairfield, Vt., June 28, 1825.
BURR, NATHAN-Bro. of above. Enlisted in Col. Elmore's Regt., 1776, and later with Capt. Satterlee. Discharged for inability. Re- moved to Pawling, N. Y., where his des. reside, substantial men in the community.
BURR, STEPHEN-Private in 4th Conn. Militia, Fishkill Campaign.
BURRETT, PHILLIP-Sergt., 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign.
BYINGTON, JOHN-In 5th Regt. Conn. Line, Northern Campaign. Disc., Oct. 15, 1775. Enlisted, Aug. 13, 1776, in Bradley's Battalion, Wadsworth's Brig. Served at Fort Washington, N. Y. Disc., Dec. 25, 1776. Mch. 13, 1780, appointed Inspector of Provisions. D., Jan. 26, 1834; bur. at Umpawaug, Redding.
COBURN, EDWARD-Hired to fill the quota of the town of Redding, and was assigned to Waterbury's State Brigade.
COLEY, GERSHOM-Sergt. 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign. Mch. 13, 1780, chosen Inspector of Provisions.
COLEY, JAMES-Private 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign.
COLEY, NATHAN-In 5th Conn. Regt. in Northern Campaign. Disc., Oct. 15, 1775. Enlisted for the war in 5th Regt. Conn. Cont. Line, Apr. 19, 1777. Corporal in 1778; Sergt., 1780. D., Apr. 18, 1781.
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COUCH, DANIEL-5th Regt. Conn. Line, Northern Campaign. Disc., July 4, 1775.
COUCH, DANIEL, JR .- Enlisted in 4th Regt. Conn. Cont. Line, Jan. I, 1781, and received a bounty of £30.
COUCH, ELIJAH-Served in New York in Major Skinner's Regt. of Light Horse, June II to Aug. 3, 1776. Private, 4th Conn. Mil., Fish- kill Campaign, 1777.
DAVIS, JOHN-Lieut. Com. 9th Co., 4th Conn. Mil., 1776. Died the same year.
DAVIS, JOHN-Probably son of above. Served in various commands. He continued in the militia service after the war and rose to be captain. Died Oct. 15, 1840.
DICKENSON, LOCKWOOD-Enlisted in 20th Light Dragoons, under Col. Elisha Sheldon, Sept. 14, 1780. Killed Mch. 14, 1782.
DIXON, JAMES-Private, 4th Regt. Conn. Cont. Line, 1781. Enlist- ed for the war and served in the Light Infantry under Lafayette. Com- pleted his service in 2d Regt. Conn. Cont. Line.
FAIRCHILD, DAVID-In 5th Regt. Conn. Line, Northern Campaign, Disc., Oct. 22, 1775. Captured in the Danbury Raid. Confined in Trin- ity Church, N. Y. D., a prisoner, May 16, 1777.
FAIRCHILD, EZEKIEL-Brother of above. Also taken prisoner and carried to N. Y. Returned. Made Inspector of Provisions, Mch. 13, 1780.
FAIRCHILD, ISAAC-Brother of above. In 5th Regt. Conn. Line, Northern Campaign. Disc., Oct., 1775.
FAIRCHILD, JOHN-In 5th Regt. Conn. Line. Disc., Oct., 1775. En- listed, Aug. 13, 1776, for defense of the state. Disc., Dec. 25, 1776.
FAIRCHILD, SAMUEL-Corp. 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign, 1777.
FAIRCHILD, STEPHEN-Private, 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign. Wounded at Ridgefield, Apr. 27, 1777. The above six brothers were all in the service at one time.
FITCH, DR. ASAHEL-Surgeons' mate, 5th Regt. Conn. Line, in Northern Campaign, 1775. Served as a private in 4th Conn. Mil., Fish- kill Campaign. D., Mch. 31, 1793.
FOSTER, TIMOTHY-Served in Lt. Col. Canfield's Mil. Regt. at West Point, Sept., 1781.
GOLD, SAMUEL-Enlisted Apr., 1775, in 5th Regt. Conn. Line, for Northern Campaign, 1775. Jan., 1776, Sergt. under Capt. Isaac Hil-
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liard. Sergt. in Wadsworth's Brig. from Apr., 1776, to Jan., 1777. Was in the Danbury Raid, and wounded at Ridgefield. Corp. in the 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign.
GRAY, CAPT. JOHN-One of the notable men of the town. He early enlisted in the 4th Conn. Mil., Capt. Johnson Read's Co. (largely made up of Redding men), and in Jan., 1778, succeeded to the command of that company. While commanded by him the company marched in the New Haven alarm, July 7th, 1779, and was in action at Norwalk, July IIth. He commanded the coast guards at Fairfield for a time, and after the war was much in public life. He m. Ruhamah, half sister to Joel Barlow, Aug. 7, 1757, and after filling many offices in the gift of his townsmen, d. Oct. 25, 1793, and was bur. in the Old Burying Ground.
GREGORY, JABEZ-Private, 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign, 1777.
GRIFFIN, JOSEPH-Private, 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign. In 1777 enlisted for 3 years in Lt. Col. Jonathan Baldwin's Regt. of Ar- tificers.
GRIFFIN, MORRIS-5th Regt., Northern Campaign, 1775. Later sea- man on the Colony brig "Defense," Mch. 21 to June 22, 1776.
HAWLEY, CAPT. WILLIAM-A leading citizen. May, 1776, commis- sioned 2d Lieut. of Capt. Elijah Abel's Co. State Troops; promoted Ist Lieut. June following. Oct., 1776, com. Ist Lieut. in one of the eight battalions then being raised. Lieut. 4th Conn. Mil. at Fairfield, Apr., 1777, also in the Fishkill Campaign, Oct., 1777, and was appointed Com- missary of the Fourth Militia Brigade. Was Capt. in 1780. He held various town offices and rep. the town in the General Assembly at most of its sessions during the historic struggle. He d. Feb. 16, 1797, and was bur. in the Old Burying Ground.
HENDRICK, JOSIAH-Private, 4th Regt. Conn. Cont. Line. Enlisted for 3 years, Jan. 1, 1781, for £30 bounty.
HENDRIX, OBED-Private, 4th Regt. Conn. Mil. Reported for re- fusing to march to Fairfield when called out by Capt. Gray, his com- manding officer, to oppose Tryon's landing, 1779. The Court, after hearing the evidence, decided that the defendant was not guilty of the matters alleged, and dismissed the case without costs.
HILLARD, ISAAC (HILLIARD?)-Com. Lieut. in Ist Bat. Conn. State troops to serve from Nov., 1776, to Mch., 1777.
HILLIARD, THURSTON-Enlisted for the war as private in Lt. Col. Jonathan Baldwin's Regt. of Artificers, Mass. Line. Wounded at York- town by a splintered timber. Was a pensioner, beginning Sept. 4, 1794-
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HILLIARD, WILLIAM-Served in the 4th Conn. Mil., 15 days in Apr., 1777. The succeeding Nov. enlisted as private in Lt. Col. Baldwin's Regt. of Artificers, Mass. Line.
HOPKINS, HENRY-M. Mary Burr of Redding, July 26, 1763, and then probably became a resident of the town. Was in the 5th Regt. Conn. Line in the Northern Campaign, 1775. Corp. in the 5th Regt. Conn. Cont. Line, Mch. 10, 1777; was reduced, Sept. 1, 1779, and disc., Mch. 10, 1780. He re-enlisted Jan. 1, 1781, for 3 years, for £30 bounty, and was assigned to the 2d Regt. Conn. Cont. Line. Later he was in Col. Heman Swift's Regt. of the final formation. Is said to have served every year of the war.
HOYT, WILLIAM-Private, 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign, 1777. Later in Lt. Col. Baldwin's Regt. of Artificers, Mass. Line.
HULL, EZRA-Served 4 mos. at New York in Col. David Waterbury's Regt., 1776; 3 mos., from March, 1776, in Col. Gold Selleck Silliman's Regt. (of Fairfield). Was in the Danbury Raid, the Fishkill Campaign, 1777, in the coast guards, and was called out under various "Alarms." Was a pensioner, beginning Mch. 4, 1831. D. Mch. 5, 1837.
HULL, JAMES-Private, 4th Regt. Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign.
HULL, JOHN-Private, 4th Regt. Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign. In team service 1778-9, drawing provisions to the winter encampment at Redding.
HULL, JOHN, JR .- Son of above. In 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill Cam- paign. D., Apr. 7, 1838.
HULL, LIEUT. NEHEMIAH-Lieut. 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign, 1777. In Jan., 1778, commissioned by the Legislature, Lieut. "of the 9th Co. or train band of the 4th Regiment this State." Filled many town offices.
HULL, ZALMON-Private, 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign. Fam- ily tradition says as teamster. D., May 18, 1839.
JENKINS, CALVIN-Enlisted Apr. 1, 1778, as musician, 5th Regt. Conn. Cont. Line, and served to the end of the war. Pensioner, begin- ning Nov. 1I, 1818. Lived in Lonetown.
LINES, DAVID-In Lt. Col. Samuel Canfield's Regt. of Militia, at West Point, Sept., 1781.
LINES, JOHN-Probably in 2d Regt. Conn. Cont. Line. Received £30 bounty in 1781-2. His family was cared for by the town during his army service.
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MAIN, EZEKIEL-In the 9th Regt. Conn. Cont. Line, from Aug. 26 to Dec. 16, 1779.
MALLORY, DANIEL, JR .- 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign, 1777. Later in Col. Canfield's Mil. Regt. guarding Horseneck.
MALLORY, JOHN-Private, 4th Conn. Mil. Failed to report on being called out to resist the enemy at Fairfield. Reported to County Court by his superior officer, Capt. John Gray. Seems to have made a good defense, as the Court dismissed the case without costs to the defendant.
MARCHANT-(MERCHANT)-In 7th Regt. Conn. Line in the Northern Campaign, 1775; later in Col. Bradley's Bat. from Aug. 13 to Dec. 25, 1776.
MARCHANT, GURDON-Private in Lt. Col. Baldwin's Rgt. of Arti- ficers, Mass. Line.
MARCHANT, JOEL-Enlisted in Col. Phillip B. Bradley's Bat. July 3, 1776. Taken prisoner at Fort Washington, N. Y., but returned home. Served at various "alarms " for short periods. Was wounded at Nor- walk, July II, 1779, on the British retreat from Ridgefield. Was a pensioner. D., Mch. 24, 1844.
MARCHANT, JOHN-In 7th Regt. Conn. Line, July 10 to Dec. 23, 1775. Corp. Bradley's Bat. June 21 to Dec. 25, 1776.
MEEKER, SETH-Private 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign. d. Feb. 5, 1829.
MEEKER, STEPHEN-5th Regt. Conn. Line, Northern Campaign, 1775. Enlisted for the war in 5th Regt. Conn. Cont. Line. Does not appear on the rolls of May, 1778. Appears in a list of soldiers dis. or deserted previous to January, 1780. Appears on the rolls of Capt. Parsons' Co. 2d Regt. Conn. Cont. Line, June, 1780, as Sergeant. His Regt. was con- solidated with the 9th in 1781 as the 3d, and Stephen Meeker was drafted from this Regt. into the picked Light Infantry Bat., commanded by the Marquis de Lafayette, when he was promoted to be Sergt. His company formed part of the column of Major Girnat which stormed a redoubt at Yorktown.
MERRITT, EBENEZER-Teamster, Oct. 1778. Re-enlisted Apr. 1, 1779, for one year, 4th Conn. Mil. In October, 1779, hired a substitute. En- listed for 8 mos. in the 8th Regt. Conn. Line, served till Jan. 15th, 1780.
MONROE, DANIEL-Private 5th Regt. Conn. Cont. Line ; also served in Capt. Taylor's Light Infantry, 2d Regt. Conn. Cont. Line.
MOREHOUSE, AARON-Fifer in Col. Silliman's Regt. at battle of Long Island. Enlisted Nov. 1, 1775, at the age of 16. Was with his Regt. when it covered the retreat from New York City, Sept., 1776. Was in
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various "alarms" in the State militia. Served in Capt. Gershom More- house's Co. (his father) during the Fishkill Campaign. He removed to Newtown, Conn., and died there Dec. 3, 1833, but is buried in Christ Churchyard, Redding Ridge. He was a pensioner.
MOREHOUSE, BILLY-Brother of above. In the 4th Regt. Conn. Mil. Also cited before the County Court at Fairfield for failure to march to the relief of Fairfield in 1779, but satisfied the Court that he had a reasonable excuse, as the complaint was dismissed without costs.
MOREHOUSE, ELIJAH-Private 4th Conn. Mil. in the Fishkill Cam- paign, 1777.
MOREHOUSE, CAPT. GERSHOM-A prominent citizen, enlisted as a private but was soon commissioned Ist Lieut. Ist Bat. Wadsworth's Brigade, and later promoted to a captaincy. He led his company at the battle of White Plains, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1776, and after it went out with a flag of truce and met his son-in-law, a captain in the British army. Later he served as Captain in the 4th Conn. Mil. in the Fishkill Cam- paign, 1777. Filled various town offices. D. Jan. 22, 1805. (See Morehouse Family, Chap. XXIII.)
MORGAN, JOSEPH-Also cited before the County Court to answer for not marching with Capt. Gray's Company to the relief of Fairfield in 1779. He appeared and made so good a defence that the Court dis- missed the case without costs.
OSBORN, DAVID-Sergt. 4th Conn. Mil. in Fishkill Campaign, 1777.
PARSONS, ABRAHAM-Enlisted while a boy. Was in the battle of White Plains and in other parts of Westchester Co. In the skirmish at Horseneck under Putnam, Feb. 25, 1779. Was a private in Col. Water- bury's Regt. of State troops, 1781. After the war Mr. Parsons m. Urana Starr and settled on Gallows Hill, near one of the "Camps" of 1778-9. He was a well educated man and full of anecdotes of General Putnam and other officers. He often drew vivid pictures of the privations en- dured by the soldiers at the Camp which he himself had seen and endured. He died in Ridgefield, March 16, 1852, at the ripe age of 88 years and 25 days.
PARSONS, DANIEL-Brother of above. Served five terms in the Rev- olutionary army; mostly in the 4th Conn. Militia. Rem. to Veteran, Tioga Co., N. Y. Was a pensioner.
PARSONS, TIMOTHY-Captured by the British in the Danbury Raid and carried to New York. Was a native of Norwalk but long a resident of Redding. d. Nov. 30, 1810.
PATCHEN, ANDREW-In 5th Conn. Regt. Northern Campaign, 1775.
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PATCHEN, EBENEZER-Private 5th Regt. Conn. Cont. Line for 3 yrs. from Jan. II, 1777. Tradition says he was the soldier who saved the life of Arnold at Ridgefield, Apr. 27, 1777, by shooting a British soldier who was aiming at the General.
PATCHEN, JACOB-Made prisoner in the Danbury Raid but escaped. Private in the 4th Regt. Conn. Cont. Line for 3 years from Jan. 1, 1781. Was a pensioner.
PATCHEN, MARTIN-In 5th Regt., Conn. Line, in the Northern Cam- paign, 1775. Mch. II, 1776, enlisted as seaman on the Colony brig "De- fence," Capt. Seth Harding.
PERRY, GEORGE-In 5th Conn. Regt., Northern Campaign. Sergt. 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign, 1777.
PERRY, ISAAC-Daniel Perry received an order on the Colony treas- urer for four shillings and sixpence for getting Isaac Perry, "a lame soldier," home from the Northern Camp. He was in Capt. Zalmon Read's Company, Col. Waterbury's Regt.
PLATT, ISAAC-An artificer in Col. Baldwin's Regt. of the Mass. Line. Was a pensioner. d. Oct. 19, 1824.
PLATT, JONAS-Made prisoner in the Danbury Raid. Private 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign, Oct. 1777. Recruit for the Cont. Army, 1780, for 3 mos. and received a bounty.
PLATT, SAMUEL-Private in Col. Baldwin's Regt. of Artificers, Mass. Line, for 3 yrs. from Dec. 24, 1777. Was a pensioner.
PLATT, ZEBULON-In 4th Conn. Mil. Was twice reported by Capt. Gray for failure to march with his company (Gray's) ; first, June 3, 1779, to the North River "to join the troops there assembled and Defend Against the enemies of the United States of America," and 2d, on July 7, 1779, "to march to Fairfield to join the troops there collecting to op- pose the enemy." On the first count the Court found him not guilty but levied the costs, "£30 lawful money," on him. On the second he was found not guilty and the case was dismissed without costs.
PLUMMER, DAVID-Enlisted from Redding, 1781-2, received a bounty of £30.
READ, CAPT. ZALMON-He was a son of Col. John Read of Lonetown Manor, and first entered the service in May, 1775, when he was commis- sioned Captain of the Ioth Co., 5th Regt., Conn. Line for the Northern Campaign. He served throughout that with honor and was discharged Nov. 28, 1775. The next year found him at the defense of New York as Captain of the 2d Co., Ist Bat. Wadsworth's Brig. of the Conn. State troops. In March, 1777, he was in command of his old Company of the
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4th Regiment and served in the Danbury Raid. In the Fishkill Cam- paign he distinguished himself and received special mention. No further record of service. Later mention of the name no doubt refers to his son. D., Jan. 15, 1801.
READ, ENSIGN ZALMON-Son of above. Private in 4th Conn. Mil., Fishkill Campaign, 1777. Jan. I, 1781, was com. by Gen. Parsons En- sign in the Ist Regt. Conn. Cont. Line, and served mostly in the High- lands until the disbandment of the army. He was a pensioner dating from March 4, 1831, receiving an annual allowance of $240. He died Oct. 3, 1846, and is buried in the Read b. g.
REMONG (RAYMOND?), SAMUEL-Enlisted Apr. 1, 1778, 2d Regt. Conn. Cont. Line. Deserted; rejoined ; again deserted and was mustered out May, 1780. Joined the Corps of Sappers and Miners Sept. 8, 1780, and is supposed to have been at Yorktown, 1781. Was in the service as late as 1783.
ROBBINS, EPHRAIM-Was in Capt. Gershom Morehouse's Company in the Fishkill Campaign. Was on various committees of the town, and is said to have removed, where is not known.
ROGERS, ENSIGN JOSEPH-Was Ensign in the 2d Regt. Conn. Cont. Line and served from the spring of 1781 to the end of the war. Rem. to Putnam Co., N. Y., after the war. Was a pensioner.
RUMSEY, JEREMIAH-Served in the 2d Regt. Conn. Cont. Line from Apr. 26, 1782 to Jan. 1, 1783.
RUMSEY, JOHN-Private 7th Regt Conn. Line, July to Dec. 1775. Enlisted May 21, 1777, for the war and was in the 2d Regt. formation of 1783. Rem. to Vermont. Was a pensioner.
RUMSEY, NATHAN-Was in the Northern Campaign in the 5th Regt. Conn. Line. Disc. Nov. 28, 1775. Enlisted May 21, 1777, for the war, and was assigned to the 7th Regt. Conn. Cont. Line. Deserted August, 1780, but returned.
RYAN, JEREMIAH-In the Northern Campaign, 5th Regt. Conn. Line. Enlisted 1776, and served at Fort Schuyler ; again Apr. 29, 1777, in the 2d Regt. Cont. Artillery and served as "bombardier" until 1780-1. Called "Green Jimmy" by his comrades.
SALMON, COL. ASAHEL-Served in various commands from the be- ginning of the war. First in McDougal's N. Y. Regt. for 10 mos. and in the 19th Continental Line. Was in the 4th Conn. Mil. in the Fishkill Campaign and attained the rank of Sergt. From April, 1780, served 9 mos. in Col. Bezaleel Beebe's Regt. of State troops. From Feb., 1781, to June 1783, he served in the 8th Regt. Conn. Cont. Line, second formation.
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