sons of the american revolution
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Son s of the
Am e r ican Revo lu t ion .
N ew York S ta te Socie ty
I S9 3—94
Prepared byE DWARD HAGAMAN HALL
H istorian and Registrar
Copyrighted and Printed byTHE REPUBLIC PRESS
(Tue New YORK Pamrmc COMPANY)
5 36-5 38 Pearl Street, New York
in the 1 1 8th year of theIndependence of the United States
TO
TH E H E ROE S O F
TH E AM E R ICAN RE VOLUT ION
WHOS E PATR IOT IC D E E DS ARE H E R E INCOM M E MORATE D
TH E LABOR P E RFORM E D ON
TH I S VOLUM E
I S
REV E RE NTLY D E D ICATE D
Con ten ts
OR IG IN OF T H E SON S OF T H E AME R ICAN RE VOLUT ION
OFFICE RS OF TH E N AT ION A L SOC I E TY FOR 1 893—I 894
OF FICE RS OF TH E N EW YORK SOCI E TY,P A ST AND P RE S E N T
CON ST ITUT ION AN D BY—LAWS OF T H E N E W YORK SOCI E TY
M AON A CH ART A,I N E NG LISH
,W ITH F AC-S IM ILE S
TH E D ECLA RAT ION OF I ND E P E NDE NCE,W ITH F AC-S IM I LE
MECKLE N BU RG RE SOLVE S,As OR IG INALLY ADOP TE D
M E MBE RSH I P,GE N E A LOG IE S AN D RE VOLU T ION A RY SE RVICE S 5 :
I NDE X OF RE VOLUT ION A RY ANCE STORS
I ND E x OF I LLU STRAT ION S
S ons of the Am e rican Revolu tion
H E AMER ICAN REVOLUTION con
(erred be nefits upon the descendants of
those who won our nat iona l independence ,exact ed du ties from them and gave to
them a d ist inct ion , the recogn it ion of
wh ich led to the format ion of the SOC I ETY OF THE SONSOF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION . Of these three—thebenefits . the dut ies and the d ist inct ion— the fi rst ment ioned
least exclusively belong to the immed iate descendan ts o i the
founders of the Republ ic . They have been so un iversa l in
their operat ion and so far-reach ing in the ir
influence that no one country cou ld . i f it Benefits Con
wou ld , monopol ize them . So great has been “m “,
by "W
American Revthei r magn i tude that the m ind I s unable
a lum “ .
fu lly to grasp them , and the h istorian and
studen t are overwhelmed in the contemplat io’
n of them .
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The American Revolution was a prod igious event in human
annals . I t seems l ike the burn ing focus o f al l preced ingand the rad iant point of all succeed ing h istory . I t m arked
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the beginn ing of a new pe riod in h igher civi l izat ion as defi
n ite lv as the star which led the wise men on the plains of
J udea gave the lum inous po int from which the Christ ian erais measured . I ts fert i l iz ing and qu icken ing power is felt to
day by every nat ion o f the earth , in its higher c iv i l izat ion ,
its pol it ical advancement , and its material progress already
achieved , and in its hopes for and faith in greater fru its in the
fu ture . The progress in the d irect ion of popu lar government
alone has been marvelous during the centu ry s ince the achieve
men t of American au tonomy . The Republ ic of Switzerland
secured her fi rst Const itu t ion free from foreign influence some
s ixty years after the adopt ion of the Const itu t ion o f theU nited States , which she stud ied . F rance , our own ally , now
has a stab le popu lar form o f government . England c losely
approximates a democracy . I reland , ethnolog ical ly a dis
t inct nat ion , though pol it ical ly a part of the U nited K i ngdom ,
is apparent ly on the threshold of se l f-governmen t . And in a
greater or lesser degree , every other c ivi l ized nat ion of the OldWorld feels the influence of the American Revolut ion in a
more l ibera l const itu t ional government and other mod ificat ions
of pol i t ical l i fe . In the New World , the operat ion o f the
d ist inct ively American idea embod ied i n the Monroe Doctrine
extends the princ ip le o f se l f-government to every country of
the Western Hemisphere except Canada .
With the promot ion o f popu lar government,which in its
essence is a governmen t for the happ i ness of the people , there
has been a long stride away from the perpetual mi l itan t idea
of the o ld c ivi l izat ion toward the more humane and fraternal
idea of the new , that peace is the right fu l normal cond i t ion of
the people . The princ ip les which were embod ied in the cov
enant known as the Armed Neu tral ity . which were estab l ished
during the war o f American Independence , restrict ing the fie ld
of host i l it ies to the nat ions actua l ly at war, i n themselves con
st itu ted one of the most rad ical and be neficen t changes in the
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h is tory of human warfare and , fol lowed , as might have been
expe cted , by the st i ll more advanced princ iple of internat ional
arbitrat ion between poss ible bel l igerents , establ ished between
ou rse lves and the m other country with in the last quarter of a
centu ry through the efforts o f American statesmen , has done
more than any one th ing to c i rcum scribe the area of war ,pract ical ly promote peace and fratern ity among the nat ions of
the earth , and recogn ize the interests o f peace as paramount to
those of war .
In these and other d irect ions it is imposs ible to est imate
the powerfu l insp irat ion which the accomp l ished fact of the
American Revolu t ion has been to men of lo fty aims , and the
strong. sustain ing moral support it has given to every great
effort at popu lar advancement i n the world during the past
century . The contemplat ion of these things by any in te lligent man , in any part o f the world , is enough to st i r up the
pro foundest sense of grat itude toward those stem and hardy
men who , fort ified with a righteous purpose and strengthened
with an unwavering faith , struggled in the midst of indescribable hardships and offered the greatest sacrifices which are in
human power to give , i n order to establ ish their inal ienable
rights . And i f this be so , how much deeper a sense of
obl igat ion ought the American cit izen in general and the
descendant o f Revolu t ionary ancestry in part icular to feel
when he cons iders the inest imab le spec ial bless ings wh ich he
enj oys within h is own nat ional boundaries in consequence of
these sacrifices and sufferings o f the fathers of the nation .
In the cont i nu ity o f the race , every genera
t ion is inseparably connected with that which
preceded i t and that which wi l l fo l low it . F rom Z?its zxthe one i t receives al l that the gen ius o f the my Sim ,
pas t has accumu lated ; to the other it gives thiswith whatever add it ions i t may be ab le to make . I f this were
not so , and i f every generat ion had to beg i n afresh to form its
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own cond i t ions , human h istory cou ld gather no momentum
and civ i l izat ion wou ld be no farther advanced to-day than itwas at the creat ion o f the world . Every man , therefore , owes
a duty to the past that what he has rece ived from i t shall at
least not deteriorate in his hands he owes it to his contem
poraries that he shal l do his share toward preserving it he
owes it to the fu ture that h is successors shall receive from him
as good a se t of c i rcumstances as he h imself came in to at birth .
The debt to the pas t may be partly paid , but on ly part ly , by
cherish ing the memories of our ancestors who founded the
Republic . Bu t no adequate return to a dead generat ion can
ever be made by the l iving . By far the greater port ion of the
obl igat ion can be d ischarged by making a defin ite efiort to
protect from harm what they have given to u s and by giv ing it
i n as good i f not better cond it ion to the succeed ing generation .
No se t o f men are better qual ified by nature to be the
guard ians of th is treasure than those who d irectly inherit the
blood of the founders of the Republ ic . None w i ll do it with
such zeal , none w ith such sympathy , none wi th such intel
l igen t comprehens ion , none with such equ ipmen t of all the
facu lt ies that come by hered ity from the Revolutionary
fathers . The laws o f hered ity , to which the pers istence of
ind iv idual and nat ional characterist ics is due , make the actual
descendants of the fathers of the Repub l ic the best inter
p reters of the ir ideas and the best exponents of the ir principles .
Ol iver Wendel l Holmes uttered a profound tru th when , inresponse to an inquiry as to when the educat ion of a chi ld
shou ld begin , he repl ied , One hundred years before it is
born . The educat ion o f the present generat ion of Americans
began a cen tury ago , and the education of a generat ion to be
born a century hence is beginning to-day . I t is a du ty , not
on ly to the present bu t to the fu ture , that the ideas of the
founders be protected from pervers ion and m isconcept ion .
One cannot have followed publ ic events of late. years without
ORIGIN OF THE SOC I ETY . I I
real iz ing the serious need of the exercise of a restrain ing, cor
rect ive , and educat ing influence , in order to preserve some of
the fundamental ideas o f the nat ion . One may cite as a single
i l lustrat ion the unfortunate m isconception of the word inde
pendence ” by those un fam i l iar w ith our nat ional h istory and
the genius of the American people . In their m inds , America
too often stands for independence Of everything— law , order,and moral and phys ical restraint of every kind . They con
ce ive the Revolutionary fathers more or less in the l ight of
successful anarch ists , who had some new not ions of their own ,and who , in order to carry them out , defied and overthrew
ex ist ing authori ty . That misconcept ion , in a much d ilu ted
form , is embod ied in the common express ion “ Y oungAmerica"
when appl ied in good natured to lerance to the members of
the rising generat ion who are incl ined to over-ride parental or
c iv i l au thority .
Th is is as unfortunate as it is unj ust . The war of the
Revolut ion was not inaugurated for the purpose of acqu iring
newly conceived and unaccustomed priv i leges . Independence ,as embodied in the great Declarat ion , meant s imply nat ional
or pol it ical independence of a despot who had deprived the
co lon ists of immemorial rights ; and even as such , was their
slow and reluctant conclus ion . The colon ists endured years
of Oppress ion wi thou t th inking of separat ion . Aflect ion for
the mother country , to wh ich they were bound by natural t iesand trad it ions , made them very re luctant to sever themselvesfrom her. Even after the ru ler o f a common race had set
brother to ki ll brother, and b lood flowed at Concord and
L ex ington , the thought of independence was not general ly
entertained . Washington assumed command of the Americanforces under a flag which bore not on ly the thirteen st ripes of
the colon ies bu t also the cross of St . George , s ign i fying
loyalty to the crown . Ticonderoga was captured , Canadainvaded , Bunker H ill fought , Montreal captured , Quebec
1 2 SONS OF TH E AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
assau lted , the Brit ish driven from Boston , and several other
batt les fought , before i t was demonstrated that reconc i l iat ionwas ou t of the range of poss ibil ity and the necess ity of independence was driven in upon the minds of the colon ists with such
force as to be embod ied in a formal Declarat ion . There were
a few men l ike Samue l Adams , whose prophetic v is ion saw that
independence was the inev itab le logic of even ts to come , and
yet even he was foremost in proceed ing in conform ity with
the estab lished laws o f the exist ing government . In fact,the
strictness with which the co lonists kept within the law was so
extraord inary , that abroad i t was m isconstrued as t im id ity . I t
was only after the L ord had hardened the heart of Pharaoh so
that he wou ld not y ield to the prayers of the peop le , that
they were constrained to assert their independence ; and that
independence was not independence of law , bu t of lawless
ness . I t was not the demand ing of unheard of privi leges and
the establ ishment of new ly devised princ ip les , but the re -asser
tion and re-establ ishment of hered itary rights older than Magn a
Charta , mod ified by , and adapted to , the changes of t ime and
circumstance . I t shou ld never be al lowed to be forgotten that
the an imat ing sp i ri t of the Ameri can people was then , and isto day ,
the sp i rit of sel f-control and amenity to the law .
T ime and history have placed the seal of approThe Distinc
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fim bat ion on the issue of the war o f the American
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Revolut ion . The Am erican colonists seem to
have been marked by Dest iny to accomp l ish a
wonderfu l work in the world ’
s history . The three primord ial
forces— race , surround ings and epoch— to wh ich Taine , in
another connect ion , al ludes as the factors of al l soc ial and
econom ic cond it ions , gave to them‘
alone , of all the peoples of
the earth , the power to accompl ish the great resu lts wh ich
they ach ieved . No other race , or port ion of race , at that
t ime had at once the hered itary trai ts , the pecu l iar environ
ment of t ime and c i rcumstance , and the stage of historical
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mom entum that equ ipped the American co lonists for their
work . And it was on ly when their gen ius asserted itse l f ,threw off its encumbrances and entered upon a free exerc ise ,that this country bounded forward in its course of phenomena l
prosperity , and grew vast ly more in one cen tury than in al l
the three previous centuries which had e lapsed s ince the d is
cove ry of America . That this wonderfu l progress cou ld not
have occu rred under cont inued Bri t ish dominion may reason
ab ly be inferred , i f from no other premises , from the fact that
it d id not occur before Independence was secured and has not
been paral leled by any nat ion under s imi lar cond it ions s i nce .
I t is ce rta in ly a great d ist inct ion to be descended from that
chosen race of men whose dest iny i t was to work that great
revo lu t ion in the world'
s history and to give that wonder
fu l impetus to the spread and advancement o f c ivi l izat ion .
The essent ia l ly peacefu l des ire of the Revo lu
t iona ry fathers , and the re luctance wi th which Origin Of the
they j o ined the host i l it ie s forced upon them , ifizficgrf
‘ R2:are i l lustrated i n the react ion which fol lowed Olution .
the conc lus ion of the war . Peace secured , the
cit izens of the new Republ ic turned back to the plows which
they had deserted i n the furrows and devoted their attent ion
so ass iduous ly to domest ic affai rs that the animos it ies engen
dered by the war passed away pract ica l ly wi th the generat ion
that fought it , being revived on ly temporari ly by the war of
1 8 1 2 . Enterprise , bound ing forward with the strides o f a
giant , absorbed the thoughts of the people , and the even ts of
succeed ing years consp i red to erase the memories of 1 776.
After the comparat ively ins ignificant war with Mexico i n 1 848
came the great and lamentab le c iv i l confl ict of 1 86 1—65 , thefresh memories of which almost ob l i terated those o f the Warof Independence . The F ourth of j u ly became bu t a feeble
reminder o f the glorious achievemen ts Of the prev ious centu ry
and the deeds of the founde rs of the nat ion were rap id ly
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OF THE UNITED STATESOF AMERICA .
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S ta tue on the United States Sub-Treasury ste ps , corner ofWal l and Nansen Streets , New YorkC ity , erec ted vo lun tary subscript ions unde r the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce of theSta te of New orlt , Nov . O6, 1 883 .
1 6 SONS OF TH E AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
Nearly a year was allowed to elapse after the
organizat ion of the NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THESONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION beforethe NEw Y ORK STATE SOCIETY OF THE SONS
OF THE AMERICAN REvOI .UTION was formed , in order to give
the then exist i ng society of revo lu t ionary descendants in thisState an opportunity to j o in the Nat ional Soc iety but as no
common ground o f un ion could be reached , and as the NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION was i n the anomalous cond i t ion of having no branch in
this State , it authorized Mr . George Creighton Webb o f NewY ork C ity to take steps for the format ion o f a Soc iety in thisState . He performed the congen ial task with zeal , and on
F ebruary I I , 1 890 , the N Ew Y ORK STATE SOCIETY OF
THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REvOLUTION was organ ized
at the office of D r . W i l l iam Seward Webb of New Y ork
C ity , who was then P res ident General of the Nat ional
Soc i ety , and whose pract ical interest , generous assistance
and earnest personal efforts have great ly promoted the growth
o f the Soc iety at large . The ofli cers of the Soc iety then
elected and the ir successors are g iven on the following pages .
Th is Soc iety is a pract ica l and not a mere ly
Sent imental and ornamental organ izat ion . In
its genealogical work alone i t is o f inest imable
value . Men have been stimu lated to i nvest i
gate the ir ancestry and to rescue unrecorded facts from the
generat ion now passing away wh ich wou ld have been lost for
ever i f they had waited a few years longer . Throughou t the
country the Society is sav ing from destruct ion historical land
marks , such as the headquarters of Jonathan Trumbu l l in
Connect icut , wh ich has been obtained for a museum . I t ismarking historical spots and d irectly or ind i rect ly securing
the erect ion of memorials of the Revo lut ionary heroes ,such as the great Bennington monument near that famous
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battle-fie ld ,the statue of Gen . John Stark in New Hampshire ,
and the monument to be erected in Balt imore to Maryland'
s
heroes of the Revolut ion . I t has obtained from Congress alaw prov id ing for the co l lect ion and indexing of the records of
serv ice in the Revolu t ion now in Wash ington . I t has not on ly
done much to restore the patriot ic observance ofWashington ’
s
Birthday and the F ourth of Ju ly , bu t has establ ished the annual
observance of J une I 4 as F lag Day , in commemorat ion of
the adopt ion of the Stars and Stripes and the Nat ional Stand
ard . I t has developed a general publ ic interest in American
h istory . I t has led to the format ion of the Nat ional Society
o f Daughters of the American Revolut ion , and in coun tlessother ways is d o ing a great patriot ic work for the country .
The officers of the New Y ork State Society s ince its organ
i z ation are given on the fo l lowing pages .
1 8 SONS OF THE AMER I CAN REVOLUTION .
OFFICERS FOR I S9O—I 89 I .
P r esident,
CH AUNCE Y M ITCHE LL DE PEW.
S ecr etary a nd Reg istra r ,
E DMUND C . STANTON .
Tr easur er,
WILLIAM HE NRY L E E .
M anager s,
CHAUNCE Y M ITCHE LL DE P EW,
JOHN CALDWE LL CALHOUN,
WILLIAM HE NRY L E E,
CH ARLE S ANDE RSON DANA,
JAME S OTIS,
E THAN ALLE N,
ALE X ANDE R STEWART WE BB,
WILLIAM LANMAN BU LL,
HART LYMAN,
GEORGE SU LLIVAN BOWDOIN,
E DMUND C . STANTON,
JAME S COLE MAN DRAYTON .
NEW YORK STATE SOC I ETY .
OFFICERS FOR 1 89 1— 1 892 .
P r esident,
CHAUNCE Y M ITCHE LL DE PEW.
S eer eta ry ,
GEORGE CRE IGHTON WE BB.
Treasu r er,
E DMU ND C. STANTON.
CHAU NCE Y M ITCHE LL DE P EW,
CHARLE S ANDE RSON DANA,
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E THAN ALLE N,
ROGE R ATKINSON PRYOR,
JAME S COLEMAN DRAYTON,
JOHN CALDWE LL CALHOU N,
E DMUND C . STANTON,
ALE XANDE R STEWART WE BB,
GE ORGE SU LL IVAN BOWDOIN ,
GEORGE CRE IGHTON WE BB,
WILLIAM HE NRY L E E,
JAME S OT IS,
CH ARLE S BE ATTY ALE XAND E R .
SONS OF THE AMERI CAN REVO LUTION .
OFFICERS FOR I S92- 1 893.
P r esz aent,
CHAUNCE Y M ITCH E LL DE P EW .
Vice P r esident,
JOHN CALDWE LL CALHOUN .
S ecreta ry ,
GEORGE CRE IGHTON WE BB .
Treasurer and Regi strar ,
E DWARD HAGAMAN HALL .
M anager s,
CHAU NCE Y M ITCHE LL DE P EW,
GE ORGE CRE IGHTON WE BB,
CHARLE S ANDE RSON DANA,
JOHN SE RGE ANT WISE,
JOHN CALDWE LL CALHOUN , CHARLE S WALDO HASK INS ,
JAME S OT IS,
WALTE R S . LOGAN ,
GE ORGE SU LLIVAN BOWDOIN , GE ORGE W. VANDE RB ILT ,
HART LYMAN,
E DWARD HAGAMAN HALL,
WILLIAM LANMAN BU LL .
NEW YORK STATE SOC I ETY .
OFFICERS FOR 1 893- 1 894.
(ALI. OF New YORK CITY .)
P resident,
CHAUNCE Y M ITCHE LL DE PEW ,
Grand Central S tation.
Viee P r esident,
ROBE RT BARNWE LL ROOSE VE LT,
3 3 Nassau S treet .
S eer eta ry ,
CHARLE S WALDO HASKIN S,
z Nassau S treet .
Tr ea su r er,
I RA BL IS S STEWART,
5 1 Cham bers S treet.
R eg istr a r and H i stor ian,
E DWARD HAGAMAN HALL,
5 3 8 P ear l S t reet .
C/lapla in ,
TH E RE V . SAMUB I. H . V IRG IN , D . D .,
I 6 E ast 1 2 5 th S treet .
CHAUNCE Y M ITCHE LL DE P E W ,
ROBE RT BARNWE LL ROOSE VE LT ,
CHARLE S WALDO HASKINS ,I RA BL ISS STEWART
E DWARD HAGAMAN HALL,SAM I I E L H . V IRG IN , D . D .
,
JOHN C. CALHOUN ,JAME S OT IS
,
GEORGE CRE IGHTON WE BB,
WALTE R S . LOGAN,
HE NRY HALL,
ANDREW J . C . FOYE'
,JOHN WI N P I E LD SCOTT
,
WILLIAM P . WADSWORTH,
E DWARD JAME S CHAF F E E,
WALTE R JE SSE SE ARS,U . S .
Con stitu tion
ART I CLE I .NAME .
The name of this Society shall be The New York State Society of the Sonsof the American Revolution .
ART I CLE I I .NATIONAL SOCIETY .
Th is Society sha l l be a part of the Nationa l Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution. I t recogn izes al l State Societies of the Sons of the
Am erican Revolution as co-equa l , and the ir members as their compa tr iots , entitledto receive from th is Society such informat ion , assistance and fraterna l considerat ion as m ay best promote the objects of the Society.
ART I CLE I I I .OBJECTS .
The objects of th is Society sha l l be to perpetuate the memory of the m en who,by the ir services or sacrifices during the War of the American Revolution
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achieved the Independence of the American people to un ite and promote fe llowship among their descendants to inspire them and the community at large with amore profound reverence for the principles of the governmen t founded by our
fore fathers to encourage historica l research in re lation to the American Revolu
t ion to acquire and preserve the records of the individual serv ices of the patriotsof the war, as well as documen ts , relics and landmarks to mark the scenes of theRevolution by appropriate m em orials to celebrate the anniversaries of the prominent events of the War ; to foster true patriotism ; to mainta in and extend the
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payable in advance on the wt of Apri l in each year. Members admitted duringthe month ofApri l Sha l l pay annua l dues for the fu l l year ; bu t members admittedafter the 3oth of Apri l Shal l make firs t payment on ly at the rate of 25 cents forevery month and fract ion of mon th rema in ing be fore the w t of Apri l next
fol lowing .
ARTICLE V I I .ME ETINGS .
The Annua l Mee t ing Sha l l be he ld on the 22d of February,or as near that
date as m ay be conven ient , a t a time and place to be determined by the Board of
Managers,for the e lection of Officers and De legates, and the transaction of busi
ness ; and a specia l meeting sha ll be ca l led by the Pres ident or Board of Managersat any t ime when reques ted to do so in wri ting by ten members , speci fying theobject of such mee ting. Fifteen members shal l constitu te a quorum . Genera lbusiness m ay be transacted at any specia l meeting.
ARTICLE VI I I .LOCAL ORGAN IZATIONS .
Upon the pet ition of fi fteen or more members res iding in the same town or
coun ty, the Board of Managers m ay authorize the formation of a local organ i z ation to be known as the Chapter of the New York State Socie tyof Sons of the American Revo lut ion . Such Chapter m ay enact such by-laws andregu lations as do not conflict with the Const itu tions or By-Laws of the Nationa lSociety or New York State Society of Sons of the American Revolution . No
person Sha l l be admitted to such Chapter who is not a member of the New YorkState Society of Sons of the American Revolution , and a ll members of this Societyresiding within the territory of such Chapter sha ll be el igible to membersh iptherein . Any member who sha ll be suspended, expe lled , or in any way losemembership in the State Society , Sha l l thereupon cease to be a member of suchChapter.
ARTICLE IX.
SEAL.
The sea l of this Society sha ll be the same as that of the Nationa l Society ,wi th the exception that it sha l l bea r the legend New York State Society of the
Sons of the American Revolution , organ ized F eb . I I , in place of the
legend of the Nationa l Society.
ARTICLE X .
INS IGNIA .
The insign ia Sha l l be the same as that of the Nat iona l Society , name lyA Silver cross of four arms and eight poin ts , same size as the Cheva lier’s
Cross of the Legion of Honor of France arms ename led wh ite in the cen ter, a
INSIGNIA OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
ROS ETTE .
BY- LAWS . 2 5
gold meda l lion bearing the bust of Genera l George Wash ington in profi le , surrounded by a ribbon in blue ename l , bearing the legend Libertas et Patriaencircling the meda ll ion and midway between it and the po ints of the cross , alaure l wrea th in green ename l . Reverse : same as the obverse , except that themeda llion bears the figu re of a Continen ta l sold ier, and tha t the blue ename ledribbon bears the t it le Sons of the Amer ican Revolution .
”The whole is sur
moun ted by an eagle of gold or Si lver and is suspended from a blue and wh iteribbon .
A sma l ler badge , the same as the foregoing in every respect except that it ison ly one-ha lf the diame ter of the large one , and a blue and wh ite rosette or button ,
seven-sixteenths of an inch in d iame ter.
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ARTICLE XI .AME NDME NTS
Amendmen ts to th is Const itution m ay be offered at any mee ting of the Societybut Sha l l not be acted on un ti l the next meeting at least one month therea fter . Acopy of every proposed amendmen t sha ll be sent to each member
,with a not ice of
the meet ing at which the same w i l l be acted upon , at leas t one week prior to sa idmee ting.A vote of two-th irds of those presen t sha l l be necessary to the adoption of an
amendment.
BY—LAWS .
SECTION I .
ELECT ION OP MEMBE RS .
An appl icant for membersh ip Sha l l send to the Secretary his appl ication form embership , made ou t in dupl icate upon standard b lanks furn ished by the Society,in wh ich b lan ks he sha l l give his pedigree back to the ancestor onwhose service theapplication is based , state defin ite ly the patriotic service of sa id ancestor, and givesuch other in formation , documentary or otherwise , as may be required to sat isfythe Registrar of the va l idity of the cla im . The Secretary Sha ll transmit the
These badges are m ade by the Soc ie ty's Officia l j ewe lers , T iffany Co U n ion Square ,N ew York City, and are obta ined from them on ly on a pe rm it issued to the m em ber by theRegist rar Genera l a t Wash ington , through the Sta te Registra r. The large cross m th gold eagle
costs The large cross w ith si lver eagle cos ts The sm al l cross w ith gold eagle costs$ I o.oo. To obtain the ba dge , the m em be r w i l l write to the Sta te Registrar , Spec ifying the kinddes ired, a nd he wi l l obta in for and se nd to the m em ber the necessary perm it . The m em ber wi l lthen send th is perm it to T iffany Co . , accom pan ied by his check, made payable to them , and
wi l l receive the badge d irect ly from the j ewe lers .
The blue and wh ite rose ttes (or bu ttons) of the Society m ay be obta ined from the Sta te
Regis trar , and cost as cen ts apiece.
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applicat ion to the Registrar who sha l l invest igate it , and upon the applican t'scompliance with the requirements of the Society, the Registrar shal l report it tothe Board of Managers with his signature . Upon its acceptance by the Board ofManagers and approval by the Registrar Genera l , the Secretary sha l l send notificat ion of his e lection to the applicant , who sha ll become a member upon the paymen tof his in itiat ion fee and dues to the I st of Apri l following.
SECT ION I I .PRE S IDENT AND V ICE PRE S IDENT .
The Pres iden t, or in his absence the V ice Pres ident , sha l l pres ide at all mee tings of the Society and Board of Managers and have a casting vote . H e sha l lexercise the usua l funct ions of pres iding Offi cer
,and sha l l en force a strict observ
ance of the Const itution and By-laws of this Society .
SECTION I I I .
SECRETARY .
The Secretary sha l l conduct the genera l correspondence and keep a fair andaccu rate record of all the proceedings of the Socie ty have charge of the records ,sea l , certifica te of incorporation ,
Cons titution and By-laws of the Society ; givenotice to the severa l offi cers of all votes or proceedings affect ing their duties ;noti fy members of their e lection give due not ice to membe rs of a ll m eet ings ofthe Society ; and perform such other dut ies as may be imposed upon h im by theBoard of Managers . H e sha l l a lso
, toge ther with the Pres ident , certify all acts ofthe Society .
SECT ION IV .
TREASURE R .
The Treasurer sha l l keep the accoun ts of the Society sha l l issue bi l ls of
indebtedness to members sha ll col lect a ll moneys of the Society and depos it thesame in some bank approved by the Board of Managers , in the name of the New
York State Society of the Sons of the America n Revo lution ; and he sha l l d isbursethe same on ly on checks drawn for accoun ts wh ich have been duly approved by theBoard of Managers, or a committee appoin ted thereby for such purpose . H e sha l lgive his rece ipt for moneys rece ived
,and sha ll keep a true accoun t of his financia l
transact ions and make report of the same a t the annua l meeting of the Society.
SECT ION V .
REGISTRAR .
The Registrar sha l l , upon rece ipt of an appl ica tion for membership, investiga tethe proofs of e ligibil ity, and if they be not satisfactory , require further proofs fromthe applicant . Upon the verifica tion of the appl ican t's cla im to e ligibi l ity, theRegistrar sha l l affix his signa ture and transmit the applicat ion to the Board of
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after due opportun ity has been afiorded him no snpp ly sat isfactnty evidena . I n
ei ther of the foregoing casea , the mem ber may be restored m the ro lls upon the
paym ent of arrears and dues to da te, or the furnishing of the required evidence of
e ligibi lity , as the case may be .
Upon the signed complain t of ten mem bers . the Board of Managers shall have
power to drop from the ro lls or expe l any mem ber who sha ll v ilfully and pers'
s t
en tly transgress the regu lat ions of the Society , or who , by conduct un bea l ning a
gen t lem an and man of honor , sha l l have com e in to disrepu te‘
m the comm un ity in
general ; provided , that such mem ber sha ll have received at lea : two weeks'
not ice
of the ha r ing on the com p la int and sha ll have had ru sonable opportnn ity m be
heard in person . Any m em ber thus u pelled or dropped from the rolls sha ll have
the pfi vilege of appeal m the Sod a y , and may be res tored d ther by the unanhnm
vote of the Board of Managers or a ma jon'
ty vote of the Society .
A m a jority vote of al l the m em bers of the Board of Manag-ers sha ll be requ ira
‘l
to drOp or expe l a m em ber from the Society as herein provided .
SECT ION X.
AME NDMENTS .
Amendm en ts to these By-laws may be proposed at any me et ing of the Socie ty ,
but shal l not be acted upon un t il a subsequen t meet ing of which due no tice sha ll
have been given .
Magna Cha rta
HE GREAT CHARTER granted by K ing John o f
England , June 1 5 , A .D . , to the Barons , is
considered the corner stone of Engl ish libert ies . I f
one exam ine it for eloquent ly rounded periods and
h igh sou nd ing phrases , he w i ll be d isappo inted . I ts import
ance li es ch iefly in the fact that it restored to the people
hered itary rights wh ich had been granted years before by
Edward the Confessor and H en ry I , and of wh ich they had
been deprived that it was not the voluntary gift of a ben ign
monarch , bu t was exacted from a despot by an armed force
and that by its provisions i t establ ished the supremacy of the
law o f the land over the wi ll of the monarch . One of the fi rst
eFlect ive steps toward the acqu is it ion o f th is Charter occu rredin I 2 I4 when , afte r K ing John had repeatedly broken his
prom ises to restore to the Ba rons the ir anc ient rights , Arch
b ishop L angton convened a general assembly o f peers and
ecc lesias t ics at St . Pau l'
s and d isc losed to them “ a newly
d iscovered charter o f K ing Henry I , the wh ich , i f ye are wi ll ing
to support , your long lost l ibert ies may be restored in all thei r
original purity Of Character . The Barons then solemn ly
swore on the a ltar to regain those rights . Th is they aecom
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p lished on J une 1 5 , 1 2 1 5 , whi le encamped over against theKing at Runn im ede . The Charter was wri tten in Latin , of
which fac-s im ile specimens , are herew ith given , be ing the
beginn ing , the famous sect ion (XXX IX) establishing trial by
j u ry o f peers , and the attestat ion .
MAGNA CHARTA . 3 I
In Roman text , with abbreviat ions spel led out , they read
as fol lows
Johannes , de i Grat ia Rex Angliae,Dominus H ibern iae, Dux Normann iae ,
Aqu itan iae, et Comes Andegaviae , Archiepiscopis , E piscopis, Abbatibus, Com itibus ,Baron ibus , Justiciariis , Forestariis , V icecom itibus , Preposit is , M in istris , et omn ibus Ba llivis , et fide libus suis, Salu tem .
Nu llus libe r homo capiatur ve l im prisonetur au t dissa isiatur au t u tlagetur, au texu letu r au t a liquo modo destruatu r nec super cum ibim us nec super cum m ittem us
n isi per lega le judicium parum suorum ve l per legem terrm .
Data per manum nostram in pra to quod vocatur Runn igm ed, inter Windelesorum et Stanes
, Quinto decimo die Jun ii , Anno Regn i nostri Septimo decimo.
The original is preserved in the arch ives of L incoln
Cathedra l , from which the fol lowing translat ion is made
MAGNA CHARTA .
OHN , by the Grace of God King of England , Lord of Ireland , Duke of
Norm andy and Aquita ine,and Earl of Anjou , to his Archbishops , Bishops,
Abbots, Earls , Barons , Just iciaries , Foresters , Sherifls , Governors , Ofi cers ,and to a ll Ba ilifi s , and his fa ithfu l Subjects , Gree tingKnow ye , that We , in the presence of God , and for the salvation of our own
soul , and of the sou ls of a ll our ancestors, and of our he irs, to the honour of God
and the exa ltation of the Holy Church and amendmen t of our Kingdom , by thecounci l of our venerable fathers , Stephen Archbishop of Canterbury , Primate of a ll
England,and Cardina l of the Holy Roman Church , Henry Archb ishop of Dublin ,
Wi ll iam of London , Peter of Winches ter, Joce line of Bath and G las tonbury,
Hugh of Lincoln , Wa lter of Worcester , Wi l liam of Coventry, and Benedict of
Rochester,Bishops ; Master Pandu lph ou r lord the Pope ’
s Subdeacon and fami liar,Brother Almeric , Master of the Kn ights Templars in England , and of these noblepersons , Wil liam Marescha l Earl of Pembroke
,Wi l liam Earl of Sa lisbury, Wi l liam
Earl ofWarren , Wi l l iam Earl of Arunde l , A llan de Ga lloway Constable of Scotland
,Warin Fitz-Gera ld , Hubert de Burgh Senescha l of Poictou , Peter Fitz
Herbert , Hugh de Nevi l , Matthew Fitz-Herbert , Thomas Basset, A lan Basset ,Phi lip de Albin iac, Robert de ROppel , John Marescha l , John Fitz -Hugh , and
others our l iegemen ; have in the first p lace granted to God, and by this our
present Charter have confirmed , for us and our he irs forever :I . That the English Church sha ll be free , and sha ll have her whole rights and
her l ibert ies inviolab le ; and we wi ll th is to be observed in such a manner tha t it
m ay appear from thence , that the freedom of e lections , which was reputed mostrequis ite to the Engl ish Church , wh ich we gran ted and by our Charter confirmed ,and obtained the Confirm ation of the same from our Lord Pope Innocent I I I ,be fore the rupture be tween u s and our Barons
,was of our own free wi l l : wh ich
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Cha rter we shal l observe,and we wi ll it to be observed wi th good fa ith , by our
heirs forever .
I I . We have a lso gran ted to all the F reem an of our Kingdom , for us and ou r
heirs forever , all the underwritten Liberties , to be en joyed and held by them and
by their he irs,from us and from our hei rs . I f any of our Ear ls or Barons , or
others who hold of us in ch ief by mi l itary service sha l l die , and at his death hisheir sha l l be of ful l age. and sha ll owe a rel ief, he shal l have his inheritance bythe ancient re l ief ; tha t is to say , the heir or hei rs of an Ear l , a who le Earl’sBarony for too pounds : the he ir or heirs of a Baron for a whole Barony, by too
pounds the heir or heirs of a Kn ight, for a whole Kn ight's fee , by too shi ll ingsat most : and he who owes less , sha ll give less, according to the ancien t custom of
fees.
I I I . Bu t if the heir of any such be under age , and in wardsh ip, when hecomes to age he sha ll have his inheri tance wi thout re lief (r
‘
elevio) and withoutfine.
IV . The warden of the land of such heir who sha l l be under age , shall not
ta ke from the lands of the heir any bu t reasonab le issues , and reasonable customs ,and reasonable services , and that withou t the des truction and waste of the m en
or goods ; and i f we com m it the cus tody of any su ch lands to a Sherifl, or any
other person who is bound to us for the issues of them . and he shal l make destruct ion or waste upon the ward-lands, we wi l l recover damages from h im and the landssha ll be comm itted to two lawful and discree t m en of that fee, who sha l l answerfor the issues to us , or to him to whom we have ass igned them . And if we sha l lgive or se l l to anyone the cus tody of any such lands , and he sha l l make destruction or waste upon them, he sha l l lose the custody and it shal l be comm itted to
two lawfu l and discreet m en Of that fee , who sha l l answer to us in like manner as
it is said before .
V. Bu t the Warden,as long as he ba th the custody of the lands, sha ll keep
up and mainta in the houses. parks , warrens , ponds , m i l ls , and other thingsbe longing to them, out of the ir issues .
V I . Heirs sha l l be married withou t disparagemen t, so tha t before the
marriage be con tracted , i t sha l l be notified to the re lations Of the heir by consanguini ty .
VI I . A widow. after the dea th of her husband. shal l immed iately and withou t difii cu lty , have her marr iage (ma ri tagium) and her inheritance , nor sha l l shegive anything for her dower , or for her marr iage , or for her inheritance , whichher husband and she he ld at the day of his dea th . and she may rema in in her
husband’
s house forty days after his dea th , wi thin which time her dower sha l l beassigned.
V I I I . No widow sha l l be distra ined to marry hersel f, wh i le she is wi l ling to
l ive wi thout a husband ; bu t yet she sha ll give securi ty that she sha l l not marryherse l f wi thou t our consen t if she hold of us, or wi thou t the consent of the lord ofwhom she does ho ld
,if she hold of another.
IX . Nei ther we nor our Ba il ifls will seize any land or ren t for any debt , wh ile
MAGNA CHARTA . 3 3
the chatte ls of the debtor are sufficient for the paymen t of the debt nor sha ll thesureties of the debtor be distrained , wh i le the principa l debtor is able to pay thedebt ; and if the principa l debtor fa il in the paymen t of the debt
,not having
wherewith to d ischarge it , the sureties sha l l answer for the debt ; and if theybe wil ling they sha l l have the lands and ren ts of the debtor, un ti l sat isfaction bemade to them for the debt which they had be fore pa id for h im , un less the principa ldebtor can show himse lf acquitted thereof aga inst the sa id sure ties .
X . If any one hath borrowed anything from the Jews , m ore or less,and die
be fore tha t debt be pa id , the debt sha l l pay no in terest so long as the he ir sha ll beunder age , of whom soever he m ay hold and if the debt sha l l fa l l i n to our hands ,we wi l l not take anything except the cha tte l con tained in the bond .
XI . I f any one sha ll die indebted to the Jews , his wife sha l l have her dowerand sha ll pay noth ing of that debt and if chi ldren of the deceased sha ll rema inwho are under age . necessaries sha ll be provided for them ,
according to the tene
ment wh ich be longed to the deceased : and ou t of the res idue the debt sha l l bepa id , saving the rights of the lords (of w lz om the la nds a re lit /d ) . I n like mannerlet it be with debts owing to others than Jews .
XI I . No scutage nor a id sha l l be im posed in ou r Kingdom , un less by theCommon Counci l of our Kingdom , excepting to redeem our person
,to make our
e ldest son a Knight,and once to m arry our e ldes t daugh ter , and not for these
un less a reasonable a id sha ll be demanded .
XII I . I n like manner let it be concern ing the a ids of the City of London .
And the City of London should have a ll its ancient l ibert ies and its free customsas we l l by land as by water . Furtherm ore
,we wi ll and gran t that a ll other Cities ,
and Burghs , and Towns , and Ports , shou ld have a ll the ir liberties and freecustoms .
X I V . And a lso to have the Common Counci l of the Kingdom,to asse ss and
a id, otherwise than in the three ca ses a foresa id : and for the assessing of scutageswe w il l cause to be sum moned the Archbishops
,Bishops , Abbots , E arls , and Great
Barons , individua l ly , by ou r le tters . And besides,we w i l l cause to be summoned
in genera l by ou r Sherifl'
s and Ba ili ffs , a ll those who hold of us in chief, at a
certa in day, tha t is to say , a t a d istance of 40 days (befor e t/m'
r m eet i ng) at the
least,and to a certa in p lace ; and in a ll the le tters of sum m ons , we wi l l express
the cause of the summons and the summ ons be ing thus m ade the bus iness sha l lproceed on the day appoin ted accord ing to the council of those who sha l l bepresent
,a lthough all who have been summoned have not come .
XV . We wi l l not give leave to any one , for the future , to take an aid of his
own free-m en , except for redeeming his own body , and for making his e ldestson a Kn ight, and for marrying once his e ldest daughter ; and not that un lessit be a reasanable aid.
XV I . None shal l be distra ined to do more service for a Kn ight's-fee , nor forany other free tenemen t , than what is due from thence .
XV I I . Common pleas sha l l not follow our court,bu t shall be he ld in any
certain place.
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XVII I . Trials upon the wri ts of Now /D in dn'
n . of Mor t J'
Ana rtr: (deathof the ances tor) and Dar r in P u m a s! (last pres entation) shal l not be taken bu tin their proper counties , and in this manner : We. or our Ch ief Justiciary, if weare ou t of the K ingdon
,wi ll send two Jus ticiaries into each coun ty, four times in
the yea r, who wi th four Knights of each coun ty. chosen by the county , shall holdthe aforesaid ass ise, within the county on the day and at the place appointed.X IX . And if the aforesaid assi z e cannot be taken on the day of the county
court,let as many Knights and F reeholders of those who were presen t at the
coun ty court. remain behind , as shall be sufficien t to do jus tice. according to thegreat or less im poitance of the business .
XX . A freeo man shall not be amerced for a small ofl’
ence,but only according
to the degree of the offence ; and for a great delinqueny according to the magni tude of the delinquincy. savi ng his con tenemen t ; a Merchan t shall be amercedin the same manner, saving his m erchandise , and a vil lain shall be amerced afterthe sam e manner saving to him his Wainage, if he shall fall into our mercy ; andnone of the aforesaid amerciamen ts shall be assessed bu t by the oa th of hones tmen of the vicinage .
XX I . Earls and Barons shall not be amerced bu t by their Peers , and thatonly according to the degree of their delinquency.XX I I . No clerk shall be amerced for his lay-tenem en t, but accord ing to the
manner of the others as afores aid,and not according to the quan ti ty of his
eccles iastical benefice.XXI I I . Nei ther a town nor any person shal l be d istrained to bu ild bridges
or en trenchmen ts except ing those which anciently and of right are bound to do it.XX IV. No Sherifi , Constable , Coroners . no r others of our Bail ifls, sha l l
hold pleas of our crown.
XXV . Al l coun ties , and Hundreds , F rethings and Wapontakes shall be atthe ancien t rent , wi thou t any increase. excep ting in our Dem esne-manors.XXVI . I f any one holding o f us a lay-fee d ies , and the Sherifl or our Bailiff
shall show our letterv paten t of summons concern ing the debt which the defunctowed to us . it sha l l be lawful for the Sherifl or our Bail iff to attach and registerthe chattels of the defunct found on that lay-fee. to the amount of that debt. bythe view of lawfu l men, so that nothing shal l be removed from thence unti l ourdebt be paid to us and the res t shal l be left to the execu tors to fulfi l the wi l l ofthe defunct and if noth ing he owing to us by h im
,al l the chattels sha ll fall to the
defunct. saving to his wife and chi ldren thei r reasonab le shares .
XXVI I . I f any free man shall die in testate, his chattels shal l be distribu tedby the hands of his nearest relation s and friends , by the view of the Church
,saving
to everyone the debts wh ich the defunct owed.
XXV I I I . No Constable or other Bailiff of ours shal l take the corn or othergoods of anyone withou t instantly paying money for them . unless he can obtai nrespite from the free wi ll of the sel ler .XX IX . No Cons table (Gover nor of 4 Castle) shal l distraln any Knight to
give money for castle-guard , if he be wi ll ing to perform it in his own person or by
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are treated who are found in the eountry at war against us ; and if ours be in
n fety there , the othen shal l be in safety in our land .
XLI I . I t shafl be hwfu l w w y pa m for the fnm w go out of onr king
to ns , un lea it be in tim e of war , for some short space , for tbe common good of
tbe kingdom ; excepfi ng pfi soners , and oudaws , aeeording to the h ws of the land
and of the pw ple of the nation at war agninst us,and merehants who shall be
trea ted as it is said above.
xnm . l f any hold of any eechu n as of the l i onour of wfllfing‘h q hiot»
are Baron iee. and sha ll die , his heir shall not give any other relief nor do any
other sm iee to us. than he sbould have done to the &ron. if that Bam y had
been in the hands of the Baron ; and we will hold it in the same manner that the
Baron he ld it.
XLIV . Men who dwe ll wi thout the Foresn shall not oome fm the fumre,
befm e our j usddafiu of the Foreet on a common summ ona un lm they be
perfla in a ph or surefiee for som e pen on or persons who m am ched for the
Forest .XL V. We wil l not make Justiciaries . Cons ta bles. Sheriffs or Bailiffs . except
ing of such as know the laws of tbe land . and are well dispo¢ed to observe them .
XLV I . A11 Barons who have founded Abbies which tbey hold by Cherters
from the Kings of England. or by aneien t tenure , shall have the eustody of themwhen they beeome vaeann as they onght to heve.
XLV I I . Al l Forests wh ich have been made in our tim e shall be im nwdiately
disforested ; and it shall be so done with waterbanks which have been tahen or
fenwd in by us during our reign .
XLVI I L All evil customs of Forests and Warrens . and of Forecters nnd
Warreners, Sherifis and the ir ofi oers. Waterbanks and the ir keeperm shal l
im media tely be inquired into by twelve Knights of the same county , upon oa th,who sha ll be elected by good men of the same ooun ty ; and within eo days after
the b quiaifim is madm they shall be alwgether desm wd by tbem ,never to be
restored ; provided that this be notified w us befom it be donq or toour j usticiary ,
ifwe be not in E nz land.
XLIX . We will immed iately restore all bostages and charm which havebeen delivered to us by the English. in securi ty of the peace and of their fai thfu l
L . We wi ll remove from their bailiwicks tbe re lations of Ge rard de Athyes.so that for the future , they shall have no bai liwick in E ngland r E ngeiard deCygany. Andrew, Peter and Gyone de Chance l], Oyoue de Cygony, Geoffrey deMartin
,and his brothers Ph ilip, Mark. and his brothers. and Geoflrey his nephew.
and all their fol lowers.LI . And immediate ly after the oonclnsion of the peaee, we will remove out of
the Kingdom al l foreign Knights,cross-hom er) , and stipendiary so ldiers , who
have com e with horses and arms to the moles tation of the Kingdom .
MAGNA CHARTA . 3 7
LI I . I f any have been dissei z ed or d ispossessed by us , without a legal verdictof their peers , of their lands , cas tles , l ibert ies , or rights , we wi l l immediate lyrestore these th ings to them ; and i f any d ispute shal l arise on th is head, then itshal l be determined by the verd ict of the 2 5 Barons , of whom mention is madebe low , for the security o f the peace. Concerning al l those th ings of which anyone hath been dissei z ed or dispossessed
,without the legal verd ict of his peers
,
K ing Henry,our father, or K ing R ichard , ou r brother, wh ich we have in our hand ,
or others hold with our warrants , we shal l have respite unt i l the common term of
the Croisaders , excepting those concerning wh ich a p lea had been moved or aninquisi tion taken by our precept, before ou r taking the Cross ; but as soon as wesha l l return from our expedition
,or if by chance , we shou ld not go upon our
expedition , we wi l l immediate ly do comp lete justice therein .
LI I I . The same respite we shal l have and the same justice shal l be done,
concerning the dis fores ta tion of the fores ts , or the forests wh ich remain to be disforested, which Henry , our father, or R ichard , our brother, have aflorested ; and( It: sam e concerning the wardsh ip of lands wh ich are in another’s fee
,but the
wardsh ip of wh ich we have h itherto had, occas ioned by any of our fees he ld byM i l itary Service and for Abbie; founded in any other fee than our own, in whichthe lord of the fee hath claimed a right and when we shal l have returned
,or i f
we shal l s tay from our exped ition , we shal l immed iately do complete justice in al lthese pleas .
LIV. No man sha l l be apprehended or imprisoned on the appea l of a woman ,for the death of any other man than her husband .
LV. A ll fines that have been made by u s unjustly or contrary to the laws of
the land and al l amerciaments that have been imposed unjustly or contrary to thelaws of the land , shal l be whol ly remitted , or ordered by the verdict of the 2 5
Barons , of whom mention is made below ,for the securi ty of the peace , or by the
verd ict of the grea ter part of them , together wi th the aforesaid Stephen , Archbishopof Canterbury
,i f he ca n be present
,and others whom he may th ink fit to bring
with h im ; and i f he cannot be present , the business shal l proceed , notwi thstand ingwithout h im ; but so , that i f any one or more of the aforesaid 25 Barons have as imi lar p lea ,
let them be removed from that particu lar trial and others elected andsworn by the residue of the same 2 5 , be substituted in their room , on ly for thattrial .LV I . I f we have d issei z ed or d ispossessed any Welshmen of their lands or
liberties or other th ings without a lega l verdict of the peers , in England or Wales ,they shal l be immed iate ly res tored to them ; and i f any dispute sha l l arise uponth is head, then let i t be determined in the Marches by the verdict of their peers ,for a tenement of England
,according to the law of E ngland for a tenement of
Wales , according to the law of Wales ; for a tenement of the Marches , accordingto the law of the Marches . The We lsh shal l be the same to us and to oursubjects .
LV I I . A lso concerning those th ings of which any We lshman hath been dissei z ed or dispossessed without the legal verdict of his peers , by K ing Henry , our
3 8 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
father , or K ing R ichard , our brother. wh ich we have in our hand, or others holdwith our warran t. we shall have respite un til the common term of the Croisaders ,
excepting for those concern ing wh ich a plea had been moved , or an inqu is itionmade by our precept before our taking the Cross. Bu t as soon as we shall retu rn
from our expedi tion,or if by chance , we should not go upon our exped i tion. we
shall immediately do complete just ice therein according to the laws of Wales andthe parts aforesaid .
LV I I I . We shal l immediate ly de liver up the son of L lewelin,and all the
hos tages o f Wales. and release them from their engagemen ts which were madewith us for the secu rity of the peace.
L I X. We shal l do to Alexander, King of Sco tland , concerning the restora tionof his sisters and hos tages . and his liberties and his rights , according to the formin which we act to our other Barons of England
,un la s it ought to be otherwb e
by the charters which we have from his father W illiam , the late King of Scotland ;and th is sha l l be by the verdict of his peers in our court.
LX . Also all these cus toms and l iberties aforesa id , which we have granted tobe held in our Kingdom . for so much of it as be longs to us, al l our subjects . aswell clergy as lai ty , shall observe towards their tenan ts as far as concerns them.
LX I . Bu t since we have gran ted al l these things aforesa id. for GOD and forthe amen dment of our K ingdom ,
and for the be tter extinguishing the discordwhich has arisen between us and our Barons
,we being des irous that these things
should pom ss enti re and unshaken stabili ty for ever. give and grant to them thesecuri ty underwritten , name ly , that the Barons may elect as Barons of the Kingdom . whom they please , who sha ll wi th their whole power observe. keep. andca use to be observed the peace and liberties which we have gran ted to them andhave confirmed by th is our present Charter, in this manner ; that is to say, if weor our Jus ticiary or our Bail ifls or any of our ofiicers shal l have injured anyone inanything
,or shall have violated any article of the peace or security, and the injury
shall have been shown to 4 of the aforeeaid as Barons , the said a 8 am ns shal lcome to us or to our Justiciary if we be ou t of the K ingdom ,
and making known tous the excess committed , petition that we cause that excess to be redress ed withoutdelay . And if we shall not have redressed the excess. or if we have been out ofthe K ingdom
,our j us ticiary shall not have redrem ed it within the term of ao days ,
compu ting from the time when it shal l have been made known to us , or to ourJust iciary if we have been ou t of the Kingdom , the aforesaid 4 Barons shalllay that cause before the residue of the 2 5 Barons ; and they , the as Barons , withthe communi ty of the whole land , sha l l d istress and harass us by all the ways in
which they are able that is to say , by the taking of our castles , lands andpossess ions . and by m other means in their power , un til the excess shal l havebeen redressed , according to their verdict ; saving Ad m it s: our person and I t :per son: of our Queen and chi ldren and when i t hath been redressed
,they shall
behave to us as they have done before. And whoever of our land pleaseth mayswear that he will obey the comm ands of the aforesaid as Barons . in accompl ishingall the th ings aforesaid, and that wi th them he will harass us to the u tmost of his
MAGNA CHARTA . 39
power and we publ icly and freely g ive l eave to everyone to swear who is wi l lingto swear and we wi l l never forbid any to swear. But al l those of our land whoof themse lves and of their own accord are unwi lling to swear to the 25 Barons , tod istress and harass us together with them ,
we wi l l compe l them by our commandto swea r as aforesa id . And if any one of the twenty-five Barons shal l d ie
,or
remove out of the land,or in any other way shall be prevented from executing the
things abovesa id , they who remain of the 2 5 Barons shall e lect another in his place,according to their own pleasure , who shal l be sworn in the same manner as theres t . In al l those things wh ich are appo inted to be done by these 2 5 Ba rons , i f i thappen that al l the 25 have been present and have differed in their Opinions abou tanyth ing. or if some of them who had been summoned wou ld not , or cou ld not bepresent
,that wh ich the grea ter part of those who were pre sent shal l have provided
and decreed sha l l be he ld as firm and as va lid as i f al l the 25 had agreed in it andthe aforesaid 2 5 shal l swear that they wi l l faithfu l ly observe, and with a l l theirpower , cause to be observed al l the th ings mentioned above. And we wi l l obtainnoth ing from anyone, by ourse lves or by another , by wh ich any of these concessionsand liberties may be revoked or d iminished. And i f any such thing sha l l haVebeen obtained
,let it be void and nu l l and we wi l l never use it
,neither by ourse lves
nor by another .LX I I . And we have fu l ly remitted and pardoned to al l men , al l the i l l-wi l l
rancour and resentment wh ich have arisen between us and our subjects . bothclergy and laity
,from the commencement of the discord . Moreover, we have
fu l ly remitted to al l the clergy and laity, and as far as be longs to us , have fu l lypardoned al l transgressions committed by occas ion of said d iscord, from Eas ter, inthe l oth year of our reign , unti l the conclus ion of the peace . And moreover, we havecaused to be made to them test imonia l letters-patent of the Lord Stephen , Archb ishopof Canterbury , the Lord Henry , Archbishop of Dubl in , and of the aforesaid B ishops ,and of Mas ter Pandu lf concerning th is security and the aforesaid concess ions .
LX I I I . Wherefore ou r wi l l is , and we fi rm ly command , that the Church o fEngland be free , and that the men of our K ingdom have and hold the aforesaidl iberties , rights and concess ions , we l l and in peace, free ly and quietly , fu l ly andentire ly
, to them and their heirs , of us and our heirs , in al l th ings and p laces , forever
, as is aforesaid . I t is also sworn, both on our part and on that of the Barons ,that al l the aforesaid shal l be observed in good faith and wi thout any evi l intention
W itnessed by the above and many others . G iven by our hand in the meadowwhich is ca l led Runn ingm ead, between W indsor and Staines , th is 1 5th day ofJune
,in the 1 7th year of our reign .
SONS OF THE AMERICAN RE VOLUTION .
Johannes , Dei Gratia Rex Ang lic. Dominus H ibem ie .
ai Jobs :Du: Normannic ct Aqu itann ie : Com es Andegavic.
SEAL or Knee Joan ATTACH ED TO m om Can -u .
The D eclaration of I ndependence
H E D ECLARATION OF I NDE PE NDE NCE , as
has previously been said , was not the start ing po intof the American Revolu t ion , as many a schoo l boyhas va in ly imag ined . So reluctant were the colon ists
to separate from the mother country , to which they were
natu ral ly and strongly bound by t ies of blood and affect ionatememory , that they regarded the m il itary operat ions of the irforces during the fi rst e leven months of the war in the l ighto f defensive and prevent ive rather than aggress ive measu res ;and the Dec larat ion of I ndependence m ight have been avertedup to within a few weeks of its adopt ion i f the K ing cou ldhave seen and frank ly acknowledged h is errors and grantedthe Colon ies the i r rights.Although several o f the Colon ies ind ividual ly had dec lared
for independence before R ichard H en ry L ee o f V i rg in ia of
fered , as he d id in Congress June 7 . 1 776, his famous mot iondec laring
That then U nited Colonies are , and of right ought to be, free and independent States ; that they are absolved from al l al legiance to the Bri tish Crown
44 SONS OF THE AMERICAN RE VOLUTION .
happiness . Prudence, indeed , wi l l dictate, that governments long establ ishedshould not be changed for light and trans ient causes ; and according ly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disw ed to suffer. while evils are sufferable , than to right themselves, by abol ishing the forms to which they are accus e
tomed. Bu t when a long train of abuses and usurpa tions , pursuing invan ablythe same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism ,
it istheir right, it is their duty , to throw ofl
’
su ch governmen t, and to provide newguards for their future security. Such has been the patien t suflerance of thesecolon ies ; and such is now the necess ity t constrains them to alter their formersystem s of governmen t. The history of tbe presen t King of Great Britain is ahistory of repeated injuries and usurpations , all having in direct object the establishm ent of an absolute tyranny over these States. To prove this, let facts besubmitted to a cand id world .
He has refused his as en t to laws the most wholesome and necessary for thepub lic good.
He has forbidden h is Governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance , un less suspended in thei r opera tion til l his assent should be obtainedand , when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them .
H e has refused tO pass other laws for the accomm oda tion of large districts ofpeop le, unless those people wou ld rel inquish the right of represen tation in thelegislature—a right inestimable to them
,and formidable to tyrants on ly.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual , uncomfortable ,and distant from the depository of their publ ic records , for the sole purpose offatiguing them in to commiance with his measures .
He has dissolved representative houses repea ted ly , for Opposing, with manlyfirmness
,his invasions on the rights of the m ic.
He has refused , for a long time after such dissolu tinns, to cause others to beelected ; whereby the legislative powers , incapable of ann ihilation, have re turnedto the people at large , for their exercise ; the State remain ing, in the meantime.exposed to all the dangers of invas ion from wi thout , and convu ls ions wi thin .
He has endeavored to preven t the popu lation of these States ; for that purpose,obst ruct ing the laws for natu rali z ation of foreigners ; refusing to pass Others toencourage their migra tion hither, and raising the cond itions of new appropriationsof lands .
He has obstructed the adminstration of justice , by refusing his assent to lawsfor estab lish ing judiciary powers.
He has made judges dependent on h is wi l l alone. for the tenure of theiroffices, and the amount and payment of their salaries .
H e has erected a mul ti tude of new offi ces, and sent h ither swarms of ofi cers .
to harass our people,and eat out thei r substance.
He has kept am ong us. in times of peace. standing armies wi thout the consen tof our legisla tures .
He has affected to render the mi litary independent of, and superior to, thecivil power.
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE . 45
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to ourconstitution
,and unacknowledged by our laws giving his assent to their acts of
pretended legislationFor quartering large bod ies of armed troops among us
For protecting them , by a mock trial , from punishment for any murders whichthey should commit on the inhabitants of these Sta tes
For cutting off our trade with al l parts of the worldFor imposing taxes on us without our consentFor depriving us , in many cases , of the benefits of tria l by juryFor transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended ofiensesFor abolish ing the free system of Engl ish laws in a neighboring province ,
estab lishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries, so as
to render it at once, an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute ru le into these colonies
For taking away our charters , abo l ishing our most valuable laws , and altering,fundamenta l ly, the powers of our governments
For suspending our own legis latures , and declaring themse lves invested withpower to legis late for us in al l cases whatsoever .He has abdica ted government here , by declaring us out of his protection ,
and waging war against us .
He has plundered our seas , ravaged our coasts , burn t our towns , and destroyedthe lives of ou r people.
He is, at th is time, transport ing large armies of foreign mercenaries to com
p lete the works of death , desolat ion and tyranny, a lready begun , with circum-fstances of cruelty and perfidy, scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages , andtota lly unworthy the head of a civi li z ed nation .
He has constrained our fellow citi z ens , taken captive on the high seas , to beararms against their country
,to become the executioners of their friends and
brethren , or to fal l themselves by their hands.
He has excited domestic insurrect ions amongst us, and has endeavored tobring on the inhabitants of our frontiers the merci less Indian savages
,whose
known ru le of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of al l ages , sexes and
conditions.
In every stage of these oppress ions we have petitioned for redress,in the
mos t humble terms : our repea ted petitions have been answered only by repea tedinjury. A prince. whose character is thus marked by every act which may definea tyrant, is unfit to be the ru ler of a free people.
Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren . We havewarned them
,from time to time
,of attempts
,by their legis latu re
,to extend an
unwarran table jurisd iction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstancesof our emigration and se ttlement here. We have appea led to their native justiceand magnanimity, and we have conjured them , by the ties of our common kindred ,to d isavow these usurpa tions , which wou ld inevitably interrupt our connect ions andcorres pondence . They
,too , have been deaf to the voice of justice, and of nonsan
46 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
gn lnity . We must , therefore, acqu iesce in the necessity , which denounces oursepa ration , and hold them , as we hold the m t of m nklnd enem iec ln war, in
peace friends .
We, therefore , the repreaen tatives of the UN ITED STATES OF AMERICA,
in Gl Nl RAL CONGRESS am bled. appealing to the Suprem e Judge of the world .lor the rectitnde of our in tentiom , do, in the name and hy the anthorlty of the
good people of these colon ic,solemnly publish and declare that these United
Coloniee are, and of right ought to he
,Fm AND INDEPENDENT STAm ; that
they are ahcolved from all alleg lance to the Brltish Crown, and that all politicalconnection hetveen them and thc state of Great Briu in {L and onght to bg
totally dissolved : and that,as F m AND I m m om STATE S , they have
to do all other acts and thin gs,which independen t States may o! right do. And
Ior the snpport of this declm tion , with a firm relianoe on the protection ofD IVI N:
PROVID ENCl,we m ntnally pledge to each other our llm oor fortnnea. and our
sacred honor .
The foregolng declaration was , by order of Congress, engrossed, and s igned
JOHN HANCOCK.
NW HAH PSH I RL
JOS IAH BARTLETT , MATTHEW THORNTON ,
WI LLIAM WHIPPLE .
W OW BAY .
SAMUEL ADAMS, ROBERT TREAT PAINE.
JOHN ADAMS,
ELBRIDGE GERRY.
KH ODB I SLAND , I TC.
STEPHEN HOPKINS. WILLIAM ELLERY.
CONNECTI CUT .
ROGER SHERMAN . WILL IAM WILLI AMS ,
SAMUEL HUNTINGTON. OLIVER WOLCOTT.
NEW YORK.
WILLIAM P LOVD,
FRANCIS LEWI S,
PH ILI P LIVINGSTON,
LEWIS MORR IS .
NI W JERSEY .
R ICHARD STOCKTON, JOHN HART,
JOHN WITHERSPOON . ABRAHAM CLARK ,
FRANCIS HOPKINSON.
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE . 47
ROBERT MORRIS.BENJAM IN RUSH ,
BENJAM IN FRANKLIN ,
JOHN MORTON,
DE LAWARE .
CE SAR RODNEY,
THOMAS M ’
KEAN ,
GEORGE READ .
MARYLAND .
SAMUEL CHASE,
THOMAS STONE.
WILLIAM PACA,
CHARLES CARROLL, of Carro l l
[ton .
V I RGIN I A .
GEORGE WYTHE , THOMAS NELSON, I L ,
RICHARD HENRY LEE , FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT LEE,
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
CARTER BRAXTON,
BENJAM IN HARR ISON .
NORTH CAROL INA.
WILLIAM HOOPER, JOHN PENN ,
JOSEPH HUGHES.
SOUTH CAROL I NA.
EDWARD RUTLEDGE. THOMAS LYNCH, JR. ,
THOMAS HEYWARD, JR ARTHUR M IDDLETON .
GEORGIA.
BUTTON GWINNETT. GEORGE WALTON,
LYMAN HALL.
PENNSYLVANIA.
JAMES SM ITH.
GEORGE TAYLOR,
JAMES W ILSONGEORGE ROSS,
GEORGE CLYMER .
The Mecklenbu rg Resolve s
HE MECKLENBU RG “ DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE ,
"
ao-cal led , was a series Of
reso lves adopted by the Scotch-I rish inhab itants ofMecklenbu rg Cou n ty , N . C May 3 I , 1 775 , which
acqu ired a fict it ious impo rtance from the controversy whicharose con cern ing them years afterward . The shedding of
blood at Concord . April I 9 , I 77 5 . had aroused the colon ies
and all were pass ing resolu tions denounc ing the wanton assas
sinat ion . The Mecklenbu rg resolves were given to the NorthCarol ina delegates to the Cont inental Congress bu t were neverprese nted by them to that body . Thu s they were of l ittle
more than local importance . and the early Ameri can h istorian s
qu i te ignored them . Abou t twenty years later , some of theactors in the proceed ing , apparent ly ignorant of the fact thatthe resolu t ions had bee n permanently recorded i n p rint ,attempted to supp ly them from memory , and pu t forth a
version garn ished with ph rases from the nat ional Dec larat ionof I ndependence which gave rise to a fierce contention concern ing its au thent ic ity . Many bel ieved it to be the prototype
MECKLENBURG RESOLVES . 49
of the great Declarat ion Of Independence and Charged J effersonwith p lagiarism ; bu t the d iscovery Of the original resolu t ions
in print v ind icated the au thor of ou r Magna Charta and
stripped the legendary Mecklenbu rg “ dec larat ion of indep end
ence of its u ndeserved importance . The fol lowing copy of
the resolves is taken from “ The S ou t/z Ca rol ina Ga z ette and
County j ou r na l , Of J une , 1 775 , NO . 498 , printed at Charles
town,by Charles Crou ch , on the Bay , corner of E l l iott
Street
CHARLOTTETOWN ,M E CKLE NBURG COUNTY
,N . C. ,
May 3 I st , 1 775 .
This day the committee of th is county met and passed the fol lowing reso lvesWH E REAS , By an address ,
presented to H is Majes ty by both Houses OfParl iamen t in February last
,the Am erican Colon ies are declared to be in a state
of actual rebe l l ion , we conce ive tha t a ll laws and commiss ions confirmed by orderived from the au thori ty Of the K ing and Parliamen t are annu l led and vaca ted ,and the former civi l constitu tion Of these colon ies for the presentwho l ly suspended .
To provide in some degree for the exigencies of th is county , in the present alarmingperiod , we deem it prope r and necessary to pass the fol lowing reso lves
,vi z
I . That al l commiss ions,civi l and mi l itary , heretofore gra n ted by the crown
to be exercised in these colonies , are nu l l and void , and the constitut ion of eachparticu lar colony whol ly suspended .
I I . That the Provincial Congress Of each province,under the d irection Of
the Great Continental Congress , is invested with al l legislative and executivepowers with in their respect ive provinces
,and that no other legis lative or executive
power does or ca n exis t at th is t ime in any of these co lonies .
I I I . AS al l former laws are now suspended in th is province,and the Congress
has not provided others , we judge it necessary for the better preserva tion of goodOrder , to form certa in ru les and regu lations for the internal gove rnment of th iscounty , unti l laws shal l be provided for u s by the Congress .
IV . That the inhabitan ts Of th is coun ty do meet on a certain day , appo intedby the commi ttee , and having form ed themse lves into nine companies (to wit :eight for the colony and one for the town ) , do choose a colonel and other mi l itaryOffi cers , who shal l ho ld and exercise the ir several powers by virtue of the choice
,
and independent of the crown of Great Brita in , and former cons titution Of th isprovince .
V . That for the be tter preserva tion Of the peace and administration Of justice,
each Of those companies do Choose from the ir Own body two d iscree t freeholders ,
who shal l be empowered each by h imse l f,and singly
,to decide and determine a l l
matters of controversy aris ing w ith in said company,under the sum of twenty
shi ll ings , and jointly and toge ther , all con trovers ies under the sum of fortysh i l lings , ye t SO as the ir decisions m ay admit Of appea l to the convention of the
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
se lect men of the county, and also that any one of these men shal l have power toexamine and commit to confinement persons accused of petit larceny.
V I . That those two select men , thus chosen , do jointly and together choosefrom the body of their part icu lar company two persons to act as constables , whomay ass ist them in the execution of their Office .
VI I . That upon the comp laint of any persons to either of these select m en,
he do issue his warran t, d irected to the constable, commanding h im to bring theaggressor before him to answer sai d comp laint.V I I I . That these select eighteen se lect men thus appointed do meet every
third Thursday in January,Apri l , Ju ly and October, at the Court House in
Charlotte , to hear and determ ine a l l matters of con troversy for sums exceeding40 s . , a lso appea ls ; and in case of felony to commit the persons convicted thereofto close confinement unti l the Provinc ial Congress shal l provide and es tabl ish lawsand modes of proceed ing in a l l such cases.
IX . That these eighteen se lect m en thus convened do choose a clerk,to
record the transactions of said convention , and that said clerk , upon the application of any person or persons aggrieved , do issue his warran t to any of the constables of the company to wh ich the ofi
'
ender belongs , d irecting said constable tosummon and warn said oflender to appear before said convention at their nexts itting
,to answer the aforesaid com plaint.
X . That any pe rson mak ing complaint upon oath , to the clerk or any memberof the conven tion, that he has reason to suspect that any person or persons iadebted to h im in a sum above forty sh i l lings , intend Clandestine ly to Withdrawfrom the county without paying the debt, the clerk or such member shal l issue hiswarrant to the constable , command ing h im to take said person or persons intosafe custody unti l the next sitting of the convention .
X I . That when a debtor for a sum above forty sh i l lings shal l abscond andleave the county, the warrant granted as aforesaid shal l extend to any goods orchattels of said debtor as may be found , and such goods or chattels be se i z edand he ld in custody by the constable for the Space of th i rty days . in which time , i fthe debtor fai l to re turn and d ischarge the debt , the cons table sha l l return thewarrant to one Of the select men of the company where the goods are found , whoshal l issue orders to the cons table to se l l such a part of said goods as shal l amountto the sum due.
That when the debt exceeds forty sh i l l ings,the return shal l be made to the
convent ion , who shal l issue orders for sale .
X I I . That al l receivers and col lectors Of qui t rents , publ ic and county taxes ,do pay the same into the hands of the chairman of th is committee , to be by themd isbursed as the public exigenc ies m ay require , and that such receivers andco l lectors proceed no further in the ir office un t i l they be approved of by, and havegiven to , th is committee good and suffi c ient securi ty for a faithfu l return of suchmoneys when co l lected .
X I I I Tha t the commi ttee be accoun table to the coun ty for the app l ica tion ofa l l moneys received from such public Offi cers .
Roll of M em be rs
NOTE : Members hip in the Sow of the American Revolu tion is based only onl inea l dw a t from an se na tor who assism in secu ring the Independence of theUni ted Sa m and the Revo lu tionary set-vim of collateral mem bers of afamily are givm in the follow ing pages , they are men tioned m ly as ofintem t , as are m y other facts which in them se lves consti tu te no ground forel igibility. Generafions ante—da ting the Revolutionary ancestors are given whenthey have been available
,as add ing to the value of the book
,but the absence of
an lineage in otha m dm not necem ri ly indica te that the fam i lia can
be traced no furthe r. as the Societ y does not require that the line shal l be givenfurt her back than the Revo lutiona ry pa triot . I n order to m ist the eye. an indexfigure has been substitu ted for a repeti tion of the word “ grea t in generations
than gm t grandson . Thus “ grea t’-grandson ” sign ifies N grea t-gm t ‘ grandson mm s
“ great -great -great -great -grea tgrandson ,
"
etc. The names of l ineal ancestors who pa rt icipa ted i n theRevo lution are printed in i talics . The accompany ing illustrations are thevolunm '
y w n tribntions of the m em bers .
ADAMS . JOHN QU INCY ,
N ew Y ork City .
M erchant . Born in Lancaster , N . H . , October 26, I 848 .
Son of Harvey Adams and Nancy Du st in Rowel l , grandson ofBenj am in Adams and Sal ly Lamb , great-grandson of Andrew
Adams and Ru th Wad sworth , great’-grandson of John Adams ,
ROLL OF MEMBERS . 5 3
whose first wi fe was Sarah Swift and second W idow Warren ,great’-grandson of Edward Adams , whose first wi fe was RachelSau nders and second Sarah Bracket , great ‘ -grandson of John
Adams and Deborah Partridge , great°-grandson of Edward
Adams and Lyd ia Rockwood , and great°-grandson of H en ry
Adams and Mary A lexander , who came to America fromDevonshire , England , in 1 630 , and with the i r eight sons settled
near Mou nt Wa llaston , Mass . Andrew Adams was born inM i l ton , Mass . , Augu st 1 2 , 1 7 3 5 ; married ,
December 1 6,
1 7 57 , Ru th Wadsworth , daughter of Rev . John Wadsworth ;her grand father was Benj amin Wadsworth , pres ident of Harvard Col lege from 1 72 5 to 1 73 7 , the t ime of h is death ; General
PelegWadsworth , Adj u tan t-Genera] of Massachu setts , was herbrother . The Wadsworths were lineal ly descended fromP risc i l la M u l l ins and J ohn A lden , of Mayflower memory .
Before the war Andrew Adams held commiss ions as Coroner
and L ieu tenant of Cavalry , u nder George I I I . nevertheless heen l isted in Apri l , 1 775 , u nder Captain Joseph Vose , served atCambridge , Squantum and other places u nti l March 4 ,
1 776,
when he belonged to the first detachment that took DorchesterHeights . H e was an officer in Colonel Robertson 's regiment atRoxbu ry , and also marched with L ieu t . -Colonel Wheelock on
an alarm for Bennington . H e moved to Palmer , Mass . , in 1 802 ,
thence to Lancaster , N . H . , where he d ied Apri l 1 4 , 1 83 3 .
ALEXANDER , CHARLES BEATTY , 40 50 .
New Y ork City .
Cou nsel lor-a t-law . Born in New Y ork , December 6, 1 849 .
S on of Henry M . A lexander and Su san M . Brown , grandson of
Matthew Brown and Mary VVill iam ina F ergu son , great-grand
son of Wil l iam F erg uson and Su san Ewing , great’-grandson
of U sher F ergu son and Mary , his wife , of Armah , I reland .
W i l l iam F ergu son was appointed Third L ieu tenant in ColonelThomas Proctor's regiment of Pennsylvania arti l lery , October
54 sous or amam cax RE VOLUTION .
5 . 1 776, and pa rticipated in the batt les of Tren ton , Princet on ,Brandywine and Germ antown ; in 1 779 . was with Sul l ivan
'
s
forces i n the expedi tion against the S ix Nat ions ; in 1 780 was
a prisoner o f war at F latbush , L . I . , and was exchanged
December 1 , 1 780 . Be fore the close o f the war he had bee n
promoted to a captaincy for h is bravery . H e was one o f the
original members o f the C inc innat i . and was one o f those who
gave one m onth'
s pay to the soci ety'
s funds . I n 1 787 he was
in command o f Fort McI ntosh (now Beaver , Pa . ) and later at
Fort Wash ington (now Cinc innat i). On Wash ington'
s nom ina
t ion he was made Major o f Art i l lery and fel l wh il e fight ing the
I nd ians under Gen eral St . C lair, Novembe r 3 , 1 79 1 .
ALLEN , ADDISON , 4 1 3 5 .
New York Ci ty .
Lawyer . Born in New York , February 2 8 , 1 865 . Son o f
J ohn Hu l l Al len and Mary H i l l , grandson o f Samue l Fleming
Al len and Phce be Goble , grea t-grandson of Capta in Sam uel
Allen and E l izabeth Flem ing , etc . [See Ethan Allen] .
ALLEN , ETHAN .
New York Ci ty .
Lawyer . Born in Monmouth County , N . J . , May 1 2 ,
1 83 2 . Son of Samuel Fleming A l len and Phcebe Gob le ,grandson of S am uel A llen and El i z abeth Fleming, great
grandson of Samue l Allen , Sr . , and Annar Ell ison , great’-grand
son of Daniel (or David) Allen . Samuel Al len was born i n
Monmouth County , N . J . , in 1 757 , and died there in 1 830 .
H is grand father sett l ed i n New Jersey about 1 740 , and was
brothe r of Joseph . who was the father of the famous Ethan
Allen of Vermont . The sen ior Samuel was a Quaker , but his
son fu l ly compensated for h is father'
s non-combatant principles
by the energy and daring with which he espoused the Ameri
can cause . A bold and dash ing youth , at the head o f a com
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pany Of independent patriots , he was the champion O f the
persecuted and the terror of the Tories . He was repeatedly
driven from home by part ies sent to captu re h im ; th rice saw
h is house burned ; once captured and escaped . He was merci
less with his enemies , and captured and hanged them by h isown decree . H is daring and his wealth gave h im a command
ing posi t ion in his vicin ity , and he was by common consent the
General-in-Chief Of mi l i tary movement in his district,and the
j udge Of the prisoners brought before him . Captain Allen
was one Of the most pictu resque figu res Of the Revolution
outside O f the regularly en l isted troops .
AMES , LUTHER STEARNS . 40 1 9 .
Glens Falls , N . Y .
Captain , U . S . A . , ret i red . Born i n Plattsbu rgh , N . Y . ,
Apri l 22 , 1 83 3 . Son Of David A . Ames and Lou isa Gordon,
and grandson of David Am es O f Holl is , N . H . , who was one
Of those many patriots who sprang to arms on hearing O f the
fight at Concord Bridge , and who part icipated in the battle
Of Bunker H i l l , where he was wounded . A return Of Captain
Reu ben Drew'
s company Of Colonel Wi l l iam Prescott ’s regi
ment , dated Cambridge , Mass . , October 1 77 5 , contained i n
the Massachu setts Revolut ionary Rol ls , bears his name .
ANDREWS . DAV ID CURRAN .
New York City .
Commission merchant . Born in Memph is , January 9 ,
1 862 . S on Of J oseph I . Andrews and Miriam Nones , grand
son Oi J oseph B . Nones and Evel ine De Leon , and great
grandson Of Benj am in N ones and Mir iam Marks . Benjamin
Nones was born in Bordeaux , France , March 9 , 1 7 57 , and
came to America in 1 777 . He settled i n Philadelphia , where
he d ied Febru ary 9 , 1 826. Early in the war he formed the
acquaintance Of Lafayette and Washington , and subsequently
56 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN RE VOLUTION .
served on the staffs Of both . He entered the service under
Pu laski , from whom he received a letter commend ing h is
bravery under fire at Savannah , of which he was an eye
witness . He was also an aide on D eKa lb'
s staff , and helped
carry him from the field when he fel l . On his ret i rement from
the army , Major Nones became the sworn interpreter of the
United States government at Phi ladelphia .
Also grandson Of J oseph Andrews and Sal ly Salomon , and
great-grandson Of H ay m Sa lom on and Rachel Frank . [See
Wil l iam Jones Salomon] .
ANDREWS , GEORGE OSGOOD . 430 1 .
New York City .
Glass i nterests . Born in New York May 1 8 . 1 866. S on
Of J oseph I . And rews and Miriam J . Nones ; etc . [See David
Curran Andrews] .
ATK INSON , BENJAM IN WALKER . 4249 .
Fort Thomas , Newport , Ky .
Lieutenant . U . S . A . Born in St . Lou is , MO . , January
2 , 1 8 59 . Son Of Edward Graham Atkinson and Harriette L .
Walker , grandson of Benjamin Walker , 3d , and Mary Hon s
ton ; great -grandson Of Benjamin Walker , 2d , and Sarah
Mu zzey ; and great’-grandson Of Benj am in IVa /ker
,t st , and
Sarah Webster . Benjam in Walker , t st , was born in Brad ford ,
Mass . , i n 1 73 5 . He was Captain in the Fou rth battal ion O f
New York State m il it ia , raised i n November , 1 776 ; Captain Of
the Sixth company Of the Fourth regiment Of the New York
l ine November 2 1 , 1 776 ; aide to Baron Steuben , Septem ber ,1 778 ; and aide to Washington , January 2 5 , 1 782 .
ATTERBURY , WALTER BUTLER . 404 1 .
New York City .
Broker . Born New York City , September 1 8 , 1 854 . Son
Of Lewis Atterbu ry and Susan Lewis Butler , grandson Of
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Lewis Atterbury and Catharine Boud i not , great-grandson Of
E l ie/ta Boudinot and Kate Smith , and great’-grandson Of
Will zam P ea r tr ee Sm ith and Mary Bryant . Wil l iam P eartree
Smith Of New York and New J ersey , was the grandson Of the
Governor-General O f Jamaica on on e side and O f Wil l iam Pear
tree , a wel l-known Mayor Of New York City , on the other .
He was a member Of the First and Second Provincial Con
gre sses O f New Jersey . As member Of the First , he was
chairman Of the Committee Of Correspondence appointed in
J uly , 1 774 , which virtual ly assumed the functions Of govern
ment and raised money and t roops for de fense . The Second
Provincial Congress , which met at Trenton , May 2 3 , 1 775 ,
elected Wil l iam Peart ree Smith and Elias Boud inot (brother
O f El isha) a commit tee to attend the Continental Congress at
Philadelphia and report act ion and ask advice .
The Boud i not fami ly are descendants Of Elie Boud inot and
Janice Baraud Of Rochel le , France , who came to N ew York
about 1 686. Elisha Bou d inot married Kate Smith 1 778 .
Alexander Hamilton was “ best man , being then twenty-one
years Of age and an aide on Washington’
s staff . El isha Boud i
not was a member Of the General Committee Of Safety elected
at a meeting Of freeholders Of Newark , N . J . , May 4 , 1 77 5 , and
later was a member Of the Committee Of Safety Of New J ersey .
After the war he was ele cted J udge Of the Supreme Court Of
New J ersey , and h is portrai t is in the cap ital at Trenton .
AVERY , TRUEMAN GARDNER . 4343 .
Bu ffalo , N . Y .
Lawyer . Born in Lenox , N . Y . , J uly 30 ,1 83 7 . Son Of
Ja red Newel l Avery and Cornel ia Benham , and grandson Of
Ga rdner Avery , S r . , and Amy Newell . Gardner Avery , Sr . ,was born in 1 7 52 . and l ived i n Monson , Mass . , and afterwards
in Paris Furnace . Oneida County , N . Y . In 1 776 he enl isted
in Captain Ball ’s company , Colonel L arne t’
s regiment,Massa
58 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
chu se tts mi l it ia , and served one year , during which he took
part in the batt le Of East Chester . In 1 8 1 8 , wh i le l iving i n
Oneida County , he was pensioned by the Un ited States GOV
em m e nt . The name was then spel led Avary .
AYRES , CHARLES G . 422 3 .
Fort Assiniboine , Mont .
Captain , U . S . A . Born in Amsterdam,N . Y . , February
26, 1 854 . Son O f R . B . Ayres and Emily L . G . Dearborn ,grandson O f Greenl ief Dearborn and Pame la A . S . Gilman (his
cousin), great-grandson Of Allen Gilman and Pamela Augusta
Dearborn , and great’-grandson O f H enry S . Dea rbor n and
Mary Bart lett . Henry S . Dearborn was born in Northam p
ton , N . H . , February 2 3 , 1 7 5 1 , and d ied at Roxbu ry , Mass . ,
J une 6, 1 829 . In 1 77 5 he led a company to Lexington ; was
Captain in Stark'
s regiment ; accompan ied Am old’
s expedi t ion
in to Canada , and was made a prisoner at Quebec . He was
p romoted to Major in Scamme l l’
s regiment in 1 777 , and made
D eputy Quarte rm aster-General on Washington’
s staff in 1 78 1 .
H e was appointed Br igad ier-General Of mil i t ia O f Maine in
1 787 , and Major-General in 1 79 5 . In civi l l ife he was a Mem
ber Of Congress , Secretary Of War , Minister to Portugal , etc .
Allen Gilman , above ment ioned , was Judge Of the Massachu
setts Su preme Cou rt ; Greenlief Dearborn , Co lonel Of United
States In fantry ; and R . B . Ayres , Major-Genera l i n the Army
Of the Potomac .
2 39 . BACON , FRANC IS MCNEIL . 42 39 .
New York City .
Merchant . Born in Dorchester , Mass . , J une 2 7 , 1 836.
Son Of Lora Ba ldwin Bacon and Sarah Ann Hammond , and
grandson Of Rufus Bacon and El len Edwards. Rufus Bacon 's
ancestors came from England in the early 1 600’
s , landed near
Cape Cod and sett led in Worcester County , Mass . He was
born in Su tton , Mass . , about 1 75 5 , and d ied about 1 830 .
60 SONS OF TH E AME RI CAN REVOLUTION .
BATTLE , SAMUEL WESTRAY .
Ashevi l le . N . C .
P . A . Surgeon , U . S . N . Born in Nash County , N . C. ,
August 4 , 1 854 . Son Of W i l l iam Smith Batt le and MaryE li zabeth Dancy
,grandson Of James S . Batt le and Harriet
West ray , great-grandson Of Jacob Battle and Penelope Lang
l ey,and great’-grandson o f E l islz a Ba ttle and El i z abeth Sum
ner. El isha Battle was born in Nanesm ond county , Va . ,
J anuary 9, 1 72 3 , and moved to Tar River, Edgecomb county ,N . C. , in 1 746. H e was a member Of the North Carol ina
Congress which adopted the State Cons t i tut ion , December 1 8 ,1 776, and member Of the State Senate du ri ng the war , render
ing valuable service to the cause in that capaci ty .
BAY L I E S , EDMUND LINCOLN . 40 1 4 .
New York City .
Lawyer. Born in New York December 2,1 857 . Son Of
Edmund Linco ln Bay lies and Nathal ie E . Ray , grandson Of
Edmund Bay lies and El izabeth Payson , and great-grandson Of
H odij ah Bay l ies and E l i z abeth Lincoln . Hod ijah Bay lies was
born in Uxbridge , Mass . , September 1 7 , 1 756, and l ived in
Dighton , Mass . He entered the army as Lieutenant in
Colonel J ackson 's Massachusetts reg imen t , and was appointed
aide to General Benjam in Lincoln with rank Of Major in
November , 1 777 . Upon Lincoln'
s cap i tu la t i on at Charleston,
Major Bay lies became a prisoner , but was exchanged , re-en
l isted , and served in Lincoln'
s d ivision in the S iege of York
town . A fter Cornwall is'
su rrender and appo intment of General
Lincoln as Secretary OfWar, Bay lie s , promoted to Lieutenan t
Co lonel , served as aide to Wash ingt on at Newburgh , MountVernon , etc . I n 1 784 he retu rned to Massachusetts and mar
r ied El izabeth Linco ln , daughter of General L inco ln . H is
appointment as aide to General Wash ington was dated May
3 , 1 782 .
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BEEBE , CLARENCE .
Bayonne , N . J .
Merchant . Born in New York March 1 3 , 1 852 . Son
of Roderick Beebe and Jane El i za Lovejoy , grandson of
Roderick Beebe and Harriet Sou , and great-grandson Of
Roder ick Beebe and Nancy Vaughn . Roderick Beebe,the
patriot , was born in Kent , Conn . . December 1 , 1 7 5 3 , and
l ived in Columbia coun ty , N . Y . He enl isted for six
months under Captain Baldwin , Colonel Elmore’s regiment
,
New York mi l it ia , i n J une , 1 775 re-enl isted as private
under h is brother , Captain Roswel l Beebe ; re -enl isted as
Sergeant in J une , 1 776 , in Captain Marv in’s company
,
“ under the immed iate command of General Wash ington,
”
and re -enl isted in March , 1 777 , and served as Capta in ,without commission , under General Schuyler .
BEERS , CHARLES RODERICK .
New York City .
Lawyer . Born in Bridgeport , Conn . , December 2 5 , 1 868 .
Son of Roderick Seward Beers and Georgia Lou ise Banks,
grandson of Alpheus Beers and Tabitha C . Lewis , and great
grandson of join t Beers and Betsey Ann Cl inton . John
Beers was born in Strat ford , Conn .
,May 2 , 1 757 , and
died in Derby , Conn . , Apri l 2 2 , 1 847 . On May 1 4 , 1 777 ,
he enl isted in Captain Whiting'
s company , Colonel Samuel
Blachley Webb’s regiment , Connecticut Continental Line ; was
made Corporal J anuary 1 , 1 78 1 , and Sergeant J u ly 1 2 ,
1 78 1 , in the Th i rd regiment of the Line ; served chiefly
along the Hudson ; and shared the terrible sufferings at
Val ley Forge with General Wash i ngton’
s army in the winter
1 777- 1 778 . He was a sent inel at West Point and one of
the guards when Major André was captu red , and was in
New York when it was evacuated by the Brit ish . He was
pensioned under the act of 1 8 1 8 .
62 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION.
BENED ICT , ASA GARDINER . 4 1 29 .
Cli n ton , N . Y .
Princ ipal o f Houghton Seminary . Born in Lysan der , N .
Y August 1 1 , 1 848 . Son o f Asa Benedict and Esther Par
dee , grands on o f So lomon Ben ed ic t and Anna Northrop ,great-grandson o f Solomon Benedict and Hannah Benedict ,great’-grandson o f j osep/i Benedict ( father o f Hannah) and
Keziah Wood,and great'-grandson o f John Benedict and
D i nah Bouton . Solomon Bened ict was born in South Salem ,
Westchest er county , N . Y . , i n 1 748 , and d ied o f sma l lpox i n
the army in 1 777 .
J oseph Benedict was born in Norwalk . N . Y .,May 20 ,
1 730 , and l ived in South Salem , N . Y . H e was appo i nted
Captain o f the Second company,Fou rth regiment , New York
Continenta l Line , wh ich he assisted in raising , J une 2 8 , 1 77 5was promoted to Major in 1 776, and was Lieutenant-Colone l
o f Assoc iated Exempts o f Westchester county in 1 780 . I n
September,1 776, he addresse d a let ter to Co lonel Gibb
Drake , complain ing of the intolerab le bo ldness o f h i s Toryneighbors as the enemy drew nearer , and advis i ng the“ immed iate removal of some persons .
"
Also grandson o f David Pardee and Betsey Hu ll , and great
grandson of David P a rdee , S r . , who l ived in South Salem , N .
Y . , and was captain of the company from that place in the
Second (M iddle) regiment of Westchester county mi l it ia , o fwh ich Thomas Thomas was Colonel . After the war he was
given a t ract of land near h is home in South Salem .
BENEDICT , WILLIAM KEAYS .
New York City .
Architect . Born in St . Andrews , Lower Canada , May 20 ,
1 830 . Son of George Norton Bened ict and El iza M . Beatt ie ,grandson o f Charles Bened ict and Damari s Capron , great
grandson of Peter Benedict , f r and Susannah Norton ,
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great’-grandson Of Peter Benedict and Mary Parish , great’
grandson of J ames Bened ict and Sarah Hyatt , great‘-grandson
Of J ohn Bened ict and Phoebe Gregory , and great‘-grandson O f
Thomas Benedict of Nottinghamshire , England , who was born
in 1 6 1 7 , and came to Massachusetts Bay in 1 63 8 . Peter
Bened ict , J r . , was born in North Salem ,Conn . , March 4 , 1 7 5 3 ,
and d ied in St . Andrews , Lower Canada , May 20 , 1 830 . He
was appointed Second Lieu tenant in the Third New York
Cont inental regiment in October , 1 776, and promoted to
First Lieutenant November 2 1,1 776 , but decl ined promotion ,
although remain ing in the service . He was with Montgomery
in the Canad ian exped ition . He was Offi cial ly recorded as a
very good Ofl‘i cer . His son Charles was a Major in 1 8 1 2 .
BENHAM , HENRY H ILL .
Fort Omaha , Neb .
Lieutenant , U . S . A . Born in New Bedford , Mass . , Feb
ru ary 2 8 , 1 858 . S on Of Henry W . Benham and El izabeth
McNe il , grandson of J ared Benham and El izabeth H ill , and
great-grandson of f a red Ben/ta m , S r . Jared Benham , Sr
was Sergeant-Major in Captain J ames Stoddard '
s company ,Colonel Moseley
'
s regiment,Connecticu t m i l it ia . H is brother
Si las , L ieu tenan t in the Second regiment , was kil led at White
marsh , Pa December 7 , 1 777 . The m il itary strain in th is
family appears in the grandson , General Henry W . Benham,
U . S . A. , and great-grandson , Lieu tenant Henry H il l Ben
ham , U . S . A .
Also grandson Of General J ohn McN e il , U . S . A . , and
El i z abeth Pierce , and great grandson of Benj am in P ierce and
El i z abeth Andrews . Benjamin Pierce was born in Che lm s
ford , Mass . , December 2 5 , 1 757 . He was l i teral ly one of themen , represented in the seal Of th is Society , who abandoned
h is p lough when , i n the field , he heard Of the batt le o f L ex
ington . The next day he was at Cambridge , under Captain
64 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN RE VOLUTION .
John Ford , and fough t at Bunker H i l l . He continued in
service th roughout the war , attain ing the rank o f Captain and
Brevet-Major. A fter the peace , he went with h i s regimen t to
take possession o f New York , and rema ined under arms unt i l
the last troops d isbanded at West Poin t i n 1 784 . H e subse
quent ly became Governor o f New Hamps h i re .
BENJAMIN , WALTER ROM EYN . 4090 .
New York City .
Pub l isher . Born in Gu i l ford , Conn . , September 24 , 1 854 .
Son Of Park Benjamin and Mary Brower Western , grandson o fHenry M . Western and H annah Romeyn , and great-grandson
o f Benj am in Rom ey n and Mary Brower . Be njamin Romeyn
(or Romaine) was of French-H uguenot extract ion , and wasborn in New York . H e en l isted in the American army for
severa l terms of six months each , attain ing the rank of Ser
geant , and was engaged in several hot ly contested sk i rm ishes .
H e was twice a Bri tish prisoner in New York . A fter the war
he was z ealous in preserving the memory o f the patriots , and
as Grand Sachem of Tam many in 1 808 , was large ly instru
mental in the proper interm ent and memoria l iz ing o f the re
ma ins o f those who peri shed on the pri son sh ips in New York .
BENNET, W ILLIAM STILES .
New York City .
Lawyer. Bo rn in Port J ervis , N . Y November 9 , 1 870 .
Son of J am es Bennet and A l ice Leonard St i les , grandson o f
Edward Augustus Stiles and Evel ina Be lmont Howe ll , great
grandson of John Stil es , J r . and E lsa Sayre , and great'-grand
son of john S t iles and Mary Sand ford . J ohn Sti les , the
pa triot , was bo rn i n Morri s County , N . J . , i n 1 753 , and d ied
in S t ilestown , N . J . , October 2 3 , 1 830 . During the Revo
lu t ionary war he was Commissary o f I ssue in the Commissa ry
General 's department of New J ersey .
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BIDDLE , JAMES . 4 1 44 .
Wash ington , D . C .
Colonel , U . S . A . Born in Ph i ladelph ia , Pa . , December
1 1 , 1 83 2 . Son Of Edward R . Bidd l e and El iza T . Davis ,grandson of Clem ent B iddle and Rebecca Cornel l , great-grand
son of J ohn Bidd l e and Sarah Owen , great’-grandson of
Will iam Bidd le and Lyd ia VVarde ll , great’~grandson of
Wil l iam Bidd le and Sarah Kemp , and great‘-grandson of
Michael Bidd le of E lm shu rst , S tafi ordsh ire , England . Th i s
name was original ly spel led “ Biddu lph . Clement Biddle was
born in Ph i ladelph ia , Pa . , May 1 0 , 1 740 ,and d ied there J uly
1 4 , 1 8 1 4 . He helped organ ize the Quaker company in Ph i la
delph ia in 1 775 ; on J uly 8 was appointed Deputy Qua rter
master-General of forces in Pennsylvan ia , Maryland and Dela
ware ; part icipated in the batt les of Trenton , Princeton ,Brandywine and Germantown , at Trenton being se lected by
Washington to rece ive the swords of Hessian Offi cers ; and
wintered at Valley Forge . He was also Quartermaster-Gen
eral u nder Washington , during the Wh iskey insurrect ion .
”
BLAUVELT , WILLIAM F .
Fort Sheridan ,
Lieutenant , U . S . A . Born in Piermont , N . Y . , May 1 1 ,
1 85 1 . S on of J ohn Wil l iam Blauvel t and Maria Demaray,
grandson of John Gerri t Blauvelt and El izabeth Blauvel t,
(maiden name), great -grandson of Gerrit Blauve lt and Maritge
Sickles , great’-grandson of yo/z a nnes I saac B la uvelt and Catrina
Krum , and great’-grandson of I saac B la uvelt and Maria
Booge rt . Johannes I . Blauvelt was born in Rockland county ,N . Y July 1 5 , 1 743 , and l ived there . He was First Lieu
tenant Oi the Northern company O f the Lower (Orange town)regiment of Orange County , N . Y mil i t ia . (Orangetown is
now in Rock land county). He was also member of the
Committee of Correspondence .
66 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
I saac Blauve lt was a private in Capt . Tourneur's company ,
Col . Hay’s regiment , of O range county mil i tia , and Corporal
in H ogencam p'
s company , same regiment . He was a lso on
the Committee o f Correspondence .
BOLLES , TIMOTHY DIX .
San Francisco , Ca l .
Late Lieutenant , U . S . A . Born in Boston , Mass . , Oc
tober 3 1 , 1 847 ; died , August 2 3 , 1 892 . Son O f J ohn A .
Bo l les and Catherine Dix , grandson o f Tim othy D ix and
Rache l Burbank , and great-grandson o f J onathan Dix and
Martha Sherman Shu ttuck . Capt . Timothy Dix descended
from Anthony Dix , a sea captain , who landed at P lymouth in
1 62 3 . H e was born at Boscawen Plain , N . H . , December 7 ,1 743 , and died in Pembroke , N . H . , J une 27 , 1 824 . He
raised and equ ipped a company for the war , and was i n com
m and o f i t under Gen . Stark at the battle o f Bunker H i l l .
BOND , A . CURTIS .
New York C i ty .
Edi tor. Born in New York , Apri l 1 4 , 1 854 . Son o f
Addison F . Bond and Anne E . H utch ings , grandson o f
W i l l iam Bond and El izabeth Thompson , great-grandson o f
Benjamin Thompson and great’-grandson Of D an iel Thompson
and Phebe Snow . Daniel Thompson was born in Concord ,Mass . , in J une , 1 73 2 . Previous to the Revolut ion he was
Captain of the Guards attached to the royal Governor of
Massachusetts , but resigned his commission on the breaking
o u t of the war , and went to Woburn , where h is family l ived .
On the morning o f Apri l 1 9 , 1 775 , hearing of the Bri tish
a dvance on Concord , he gal loped to that town to warn the
people,and joined in the fight there . Stat ioned beh ind a
barn,i t i s said that he ki l l ed one Brit ish Offi cer and three pri
vates , but several of the enemy ran around the barn and shot
68 SONS OF THE AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
BORDEN , WILL IAM CLIN E .
United States Army.
Capta in , Med ical Dept . U . S . A . Born in Watertown , N .
Y May 1 9 ,1 8 58 . Son o f Danie l J . Borden and Mary
Lou isa Cline , grandson o f Dan ie l Borden and Mary Avery ,
great-grandson o f Pe le tiah Borden and E leanor Gardin ier ,gre at'-grandson o f yoseph Borden and Sarah Baker , great’
grandson o f Francis Borden and Mary L ippencot t , grea t‘
grandson o f R i chard Borden and Mary“Worthley , great
‘
grandson of Ben jamin Borden and Abigai l G lover , and great‘
grandson o f Ri chard Borden and J oan his wi fe , who came from
Borden , Kent county , England , i n 1 63 5 , and sett led in Provi
dence , R . I . , in 1 638 . The Borden fami ly is o f o ld Engl ish
and French stock , the records in Borden , Ken t county , Eng
land , ca rrying the fami ly back to the t im e o f the invasion of
England by Wi l l iam the Conqueror , when i t appears that ,coming from Bourdonnay in Normandy and figh ting under
Wi ll iam at Hast ings , the fi rst of the Eng l ish Bordens was
given est ates in Kent . J oseph Borden was born i n Mansfield ,N . J . , Febru ary 1 1 , 1 74 1 ; died in Newburgh , N . Y . , October
7 , 1 8 1 0 . He was commiss i oned Captain o f a troop of Burl ing
ton county , N . J . , l ight horse , Oc tober 6, 1 777 , and served as
such throughout the war. The name of this fam ily is perpet
ua ted in the town o f Bordentown , N . J . , wh ich was founded
by J oseph Borden , grandson of R ichard Bo rden , the emigrant .
2 76. BOUGHTER , FRANCIS .
Lebanon , Penn .
Ensign , U . S . N . Born in Lebanon , Penn . , January 1 4 ,
1 869 . Son o f Amos Bough te r and Ann ie Raigue l , grandson
o f John Henry Ra iguel and Anna Catherine R i echert , great
grandson of J ohn R iechert and Margaret Berry , and gra n?
grandson o f P eter Ber ry and Marga ret Kublinge r. Peter
Berry o f H e idleberg townsh ip , Lebanon county , Penn served
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as Second L ieu tenant o f the Sixth com m ny , Greenwa lt’
s
batta l ion , Pennsylvania m il i t ia , raise d with i n the l im i ts o f
Lebanon county (then Dauph in) i n the autumn o f 1 775 , and
was in se rvice with the Cont inental army du ring the campaign
of 1 776 , end ing with the retreat through the J ersey s . Mart in
Boughter , brother of John Boughter, great-grandfather o f
Franci s Boughter , was a private in the Pennsylvan ia mi l i t ia .
BOUGHTON . DAN I EL HALL .
West Point , N . Y .
Offi cer U . S . A . Born in Nunda , M inn . , August 2 7 ,
1 858 . Son o f Nelson Boughton and Mary Fisher,grandson
o f Alan son Boughton and Charlotte Keeler , grea t-grandson o f
John Boughton and Cu rrence Downs , great’-grandson o f
Tim othy Bouton and Martha Scott , greatfigrandson o f
Ebenezer Bouton and Abiga il , h is wi fe , great‘-grandson Of
Jakin Bouton , great'-grandson of Joseph Bou ton and Mary .
his wi fe , great'-grandson o f John Bou ton , Sr . , and Mary
Stevenson . John Bouton , Sr. , came to Ameri ca in 1 63 5 , and
settled , finally , in Norwa lk , Conn . The fo l lowing i s h i s signa
tu re , attached to h is wi l l . Timothy Bouton (subsequently
spe l led Boughton , ) was born in
4 “ m o w /Ont. New Canaan , Conn . , J une 1,
1 746, married in 1 767 , and
sett led in Poundridge , N . Y . At the outbreak o f the Revo
lu tion he left h is dependent fam ily with his father-in-law ,
Capta i n James Scott , and se rved as a private in Capt . Danie l
Bouton's company of L ieut . -Col . Crane'
s regiment (the Fourth
West chester county) New York m il i t ia .
BOWDO IN , GEORGE SULLIVAN , 4004 .
New York Ci ty .
Banker . Born in New York September 2 5 , 1 83 3 . Son
o f George R . J . Bowdoin and Fanny Hamilton , gran dson o f
70 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
James A . Hami lton and Mary Morris , great-grandson O f
Alexander H am ilton and E l iza Schuy ler . The great h istorica l
family Of Hami l ton has been traced back to Walter Fitz-G i l
bert , cal led Hami lton , who in 1 296 he ld lands in Lanarksh i re
and swore fealty to Edward I . A lexander Ham i lton , one of
the greatest American statesmen , was born January 1 1 , 1 757 ,
i n Nevis , West Indies , and d ied J u ly 1 2 , 1 804 , from wounds
received in a duel wi th Aaron Burr . He was Captain of
arti l lery in New York and New J ersey ; the confidant o f
Wash ington , whose aide he was ; performed distingu ished ser
vice at the batt le of Yorktown , and reti red with the rank o f
Co lone l . After the war he took up his law studies . I n 1 782
he was a member o f Congress , and in 1 789 Secretary of the
Treasury . He ret i red from Offi ce in 1 79 5 , but continued the
influential adviser of Wash ington and others ; was the leader
o f the Federa l party and foremost in the party stri fe of 1 80 1
and , thwart ing his riva l , Aaron Burr , he became involved in
the duel wh i ch terminated h is l i fe .
BOWDO IN , TEMPLE . 4052 .
New York City .
Banke r . Born in Woolfert’
s Del l , I rvington , N . Y . , J uly
24 , 1 863 . Son o f George Sul l ivan Bowdoin (NO. 4) and J ul ia
I rving Grinnel l , etc . [See George Su l l ivan Bowdoin] .
BRAND , CHARLES A . 42 37 .
Colchester , Conn .
Ensign , U . S . N . Born in Norwich , Conn . , May 1 1 ,
1 868 . Son of Christopher A . Brand and E l i zabeth Tracy
Bu lkeley , grandson of J ohn W . Bulkeley and Eli z a Rip ley
Lee,great-grandson of J onathan Lee and Mary Tracy , and
great’-grandson of F reder ick Tracy and Deborah Thomas .
Frederick Tracy was born in Norwich , Conn . , August 3 , 1 749 ,and died in -Hayt i , West Indies , J une 2 1 , 1 803 . He was
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
Um ph u enm ed for lodp'
oedit ion of flam ilton ‘t Worh N. Y.
'
l
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assistant to C01 . Wadsworth of Connect icu t in the commissary
department of the Continental arm y .
BREWER , EDWIN PARKER . 42 52 .
Fort Riley , Kan .
Lieutenant , U . S . A . Born in New Lisbon, O. ,
April 1 6,
1 854 . Son o f Anson Lorenzo Brewer and Sarah A h is
wife ; grandson Of Cha r les B rewer and Anna Chatterton ,great-grandson of I saac Brewer and Mary Bl iss , and great’
grandson of Daniel Brewer and Catherine Chauncey . Charles
Brewer was born in Wi lbraham , Mass , December 1 8 , 1 748 ,
and d ied December 2 3 , 1 836 . He was one Of a number Of
persons who went upon an alarm last Apri l , occas ioned by
Lexington fight , who d id not imbody under the command
of any officer . He , h is son , and h is grandson , represent
three successive generat ions in the country’s m il itary service ,Anson Lorenzo Brewer having been a Paymaster in the
Un ited States Navy .
BRIDGMAN , OLIVER BENEDICT . 42 90 .
New York City .
Commission merchan t . Born in Rochester,N . Y
October 1 8,1 858 . Son o f Charles Dew i tt Bridgman and
Lucette C . Bened ict , grandson of O l iver M il ls Benedict and
Cordel ia Lincoln , great-grandson of Stephen Benedict and
J oanna M i lls , and great’-grandson of joseph Benedict and
Keziah Wood . [See Asa Gard iner Bened i ct] .
BRINCK , GEORGE W .
San Francisco , Cal .
Paymaster’
s C lerk , U . S . A . Born in New York City
January 1 6, 1 85 1 . Son of J ohn C . Brinck and Rebecca A .
Marshal l , grandson Of Cornelius P . Brinck and Polly Webb ,and great-grandson Of N a than iel Webb and Margaret Deyo.
72 SONS OF TH E AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
Nathani el Webb was born in New York state November 29 ,
1 754 , and d ied near Kingston , N . Y November 1 0 , 1 797 .
H e was Orderly Sergean t i n the Eighth company o f the
Second regiment , New York Cont inental L ine , of which Ph il i p
Van Cort landt was Colonel . He entered the company
January 1 , 1 777 . On Apri l 8 , 1 777 , he was made Sergean t
Major ; served for three years , and was d ischarged at Morris
town , Apri l 8 , 1 780 .
BROWN , EDWARD T . 4 1 49 .
San F ranc isco , Cal .
Captain , U . S . A . Born in Paris , Me . , J une 7 , 1 849 .
Son o f Thomas H . Brown and J u l iette Hammond , grandson of
Moses Hammond and Mehi tabe l , h is wi fe ; great-grandson Of
Benjamin Hammond , Jr . , and Rebecca Smith . and great’
grandson o f Benj am in H am m ond and Sarah Cragie . Benjamin
Hammond resided in the Saratoga dist rict o f Albany county,
N . Y . , at the outbreak o f the war . On May 3 , 1 775 , the
A lbany county committee reso lved to raise troops for the
defense o f the colony , and some seventeen reg iments were
formed . Benjam in Hammond enl isted as a private in Capt .
Peter Van Woert’
s company of the Th i rteenth regiment
(Sa ratoga d istrict). H e d ied at Ticonderoga , N . Y .
BRUSH , GEORGE RAWSON .
Sayvi l le , L . I .
Medical inspector , U . S . N . Born in Smithtown , L . I .
November 3 , 1 836. Son of Philet us Smith Brush and
Dorothy Ann Brush (maiden name) , grandson of Henry Brushand Charity Smith , great -grandson o f Nehemiah Brush and
Mary Garvis , great’-grand son of N ehem iah B rush , S r . , and
Be thsheba Bru sh (maiden name), great'-grandson of Thomas
Brush , great‘-grandson of R i chard Brush , and great
‘o
grandson
o f Thomas Brush , who sett led at Southo ld , L . I . , as early as
74 SONS OF THE AME RI CAN REVOLUTION .
grandson o f john Bry a nt and Mary Owsley , great'-grandson
o f James Bryant and Jane Guerrant , great'-grandson o f James
Bryant and El izabeth Lefevre , great ‘ -grandson o f J ames
Bryant . John Bryant was bo rn in Cumberland county , Va . ,
January I , 1 760 , and d ied in Garrard county , Ky . , J uly 4 ,
1 83 3 . I n May , 1 780 , he en l isted and served three months as
private under Capt . Robert Hughes and CO1 . Thomas Ne lson ,i n Virgi n ia ; re-en l isted in February , 1 78 1 , in Col . Beverly
Rando lph’
s regiment , and served six months ; and again
en l isted as Sergeant under Capt . I saac Porter and Robert
Goode . He part ic ipated i n the battle o f Gui l ford Court
House among other engagements .
BUDD , OTHO WILLIAMS .
Ashevi l le , N . C .
Captain,U . S . A . Born in Mercersburg , Penn . , Septem
ber 9 , 1 84 1 . Son o f Samuel Wo llston Budd and Jane
Wi l l iams , grandson of O tho Wil l iams and Catherine Maxwell
McDowe ll , and great-grandson o f Thom as Owen Wil l iam s and
Mary Claggett Berry . Thomas Owen Wi l l iams was born in
Prince George’
s county , Md Feb . 2 1 , 1 748 . He was Major
of the Mary land L ine under commission from Gov . J ohnston ,dated May , 1 778 . This commission is i n possession Of the
fami ly . He served in the Carol inas with h is re lat ive , Gen .
O tho Holland Will iams , who commanded the Maryland L ine .
BUELL , GEORGE CANDEE .
Rochester , N . Y .
Merchant . Born in Geneseo , N . Y October 1 2 , 1 822 .
Son o f Eben No rton Buel l and Rebecca Root , grandson o f
J esse Root , J r . , and Becca Fish , great-grandson of jesse Root
and Mary Banks , great’-grandson o f Ebenezer Root and Sarah
Strong , greaF-grandson o f Thomas Root and Thank ful Strong ,great ‘ -grandson of Thomas Root , J r. , and Abigai l A lvord , and
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great°-grandson Of Thomas Root . J esse Root was born in
Covent ry,Conn .
,in January , 1 73 7 , l ived there and in Ha rt
ford , and d ied in Covent ry , March 29 ,1 82 2 . On December
30 , 1 776, he enl isted as Captain O f a company of able-bodied
men of the town of Hartford , on the west side of the river .
On J uly 9 , 1 777 , he was appointed by Gen . Putnam , in orders
Camp Peekskil l , Depu ty Adj u tant -General for this depart
ment,namely , the east side Of the H udson . I n May , 1 779 ,
he was elected to the Cont inental Congress , and held that Offi ce
t i l l 1 783 . I n 1 789 he was appointed Assistant J udge of the
Connect icu t Superior Cou rt , and in 1 796 became Chie fJu st ice
of Connecticu t for eleven years .
Also grandson Of Timothy Buell and O l ive Norton , great
grandson Of E benez er N or ton and El izabeth Baldwin , great”
grandson ofSamu el Norton and Dinah Birdsley Beach , great’
grandson of Thomas Norton and El izabeth Mason , and great‘
grandson of Thomas Norton and Grace , his wi fe . Ebenezer
Norton of Goshen , Conn . was born at Du rham , Conn . , Decem
ber 30 , 1 7 1 5 , and d ied at Goshen March 1 5 , 1 785 . He
was conspicuous in the civi l as well as the mi l itary afi'
a irs o f
his state , having been a member of the General Assemb ly for
twenty-two term s . On the outbreak of the Revolu t ion he was
Lieutenant-Colonel of the Seventeenth regiment of mil it ia ,
composed of companies from L itchfie ld , Goshen , Torrington
and Winchester (First socie ty) ; res igned in 1 776 , but was
active in col lect ing arms for the Connect icu t troops .
BULL , WILLIAM LANMAN .
New York City .
Broker . Born in New York City , 1 84 5 . Son of Frederic
Bu l l and Mary H . Lanman , grandson of Peter Lanman and
Abby Trumbu ll , great-grandson of David Trumbul l , and
great’-grandson Of jona tha n Tr um bu ll and Faith Rob i nson .
Jonathan Trumbu l l , the d ist ingu ished American patriot , was
76 SONS OF TH E AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
born in Lebanon , Conn . , Octobe r 1 2 , 1 7 1 0 , and died Augu st
1 7 , 1 785 . H e was graduated at Harvard College in 1 72 7 ;
was successively J udge , De pu ty-Governor and Governor
( 1 769 83) o f Connect icut , and was very z ealous in forwarding
the cause of indepen dence . H e was the int imate and confi
dent ial fri en d o f Washington , who placed great re l iance on his
w isdom and j udgm ent , and who frequently tu rn ed to him for
counsel . From th is habit o f Wash ington’
s and h i s oft-repea ted
phrase , “ Let us hear what Brothe r J onathan has to say ,”
arose the express ion Brother J onathan as the pe rsoni fica
t ion o f the Uni ted States . The name Trumbull was anciently
Turn-bu l l ,” which is sa id to have been earned by the faith
fu l attendant of a Scott ish k i ng , who turned from his majesty
a maddened bu l l which at tacked h im in the chase .
BURTI S , ARTHUR .
New York Ci ty .
Pay Inspector , U . S . N . Born in Oxford , N . Y J une
29 , 1 84 1 . Son o f Rev . Arthur Bu rt is and Grace Ewing
Phill ips,etc . [See Morse Bu rt is] .
BURTIS , MORSE . 43 34.
New York City .
Merchant . Born in Cherry Val ley , N . Y J une 1 0 , 1 834 .
Son o f Rev . Arthur Bu rt i s and Grace Ewing Ph i llips , grandson
of Arthur Bu rt i s and E li z abeth Palmer , great-grandson o f john
Bur t is , 2d, and Sarah Foster , and great’-grandson o f J ohn
Bur t is , 1 st , and Mary Au ler. J ohn Bu rt is , 2d , was bo rn in
Foster's Meadow , L . I . , Febru ary 26, 1 749 , and l ived in
H empstead , L . I . J ohn Burtis , I st , was born in 1 7 1 2 . They
were both on the training l ist o f Cow Neck and G reat Neck ,
and the father was an Assoc iator i n 1 776, and on the Com
m itt ee o f Safety . The son was a private in Capt . R ichard
Manee’s company , Col . J osiah Smith’
s regiment , and served
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on Long Island and in New York . He entered the service
J u ly 2 3 , 1 776.
298 . BURTIS , PETER PH ILLIPS .
Buffalo , N . Y .
Vice-President and Treasu rer of Howard I ron Works .
Born in Oxford,N . Y . , Apri l 24 , 1 844 . S on Of Rev . Arthu r
Bu rtis and Grace Ewing Ph i l l ips , etc . [See Morse Burt is] .
2 8 . CALHOUN , JOHN CALDWELL . 4028 .
New York City .
Rai l roads and banking . Born in Marengo county , Ala . ,
J u ly 9 ,1 843 . S on Of Andrew Pickens Calhoun and Margaret
Maria Green,grandson of J ohn Caldwel l Calhoun and Floride
Calhoun,great-grandson Of P a tr ick Ca lhoun and Martha Cald
wel l,great’ -grandson of J ames Calhou n and Catherine Mont
gomery . Patrick Calhoun was born in Donegal , I reland , and
came to America with his father in 1 73 3 . They l ived suc
ce ss ive ly i n Pennsylvan ia , Virgin ia and South Carol ina , con
stan t ly engaged in desperate encounters w ith the Indians , by
whom Patrick’
s mother and brother James were slain . When
the Revolu t ionary war began , Patrick was appointed by the
Provincial Government to the command Of a body of Rangers
for the de fense of the front ier , and d ist ingu ished h imsel f by
h is prowess in fight ing both I nd ians and Tories . Patrick’s
son , J ohn Caldwel l Calhoun . was Secretary of War under
President Monroe , Vice-President of the Un i ted States under
Presidents J ohn Quincy Adams and Jackson , and Secretary o f
State u nder President Tyler . The maternal ancestors above
mentioned came from dist ingu ished fami l ies . Floride Calhoun
was sister of John Ewing Calhoun , fi rst Senator from the
up-country o f South Carol ina . Martha Caldwell ’s brother
John was murdered by Tories ; another fel l at Cowpens with
th i rty sabre wounds ; and a th i rd was a Brit ish prisone r at
St . August ine .
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Also grandson o f Dq Green and Lucret ia Edwards , great
grandson of Will ia m Green and Ann Marshal l,great’-grandson
o f Duff Green and Ann W i l l is , and great’-grandson o f Robert
G reen and Eleanor Dunn of Scotland , who came to America
in 1 7 1 7 and settled i n what is now King George county,Va .
Wil l iam Green was a so ld ier at the age o f 1 5 , and was with
Washington at Val ley Forge in the winter o f 1 777- 1 778 , and
afterwards with Morgan at the Cowpens in J anuary , 1 78 1 .
Duff G reen’
s brother J ohn was Colonel o f the First Virgi n ia
regiment . Lucret ia Edward s was sis ter of N i n ian Edwards ,fi rst Governor o f I l l i nois . Ann Marshal l was close ly re lated
to H umph rey and Chie f J ust ice Marshal l . Ann W i l l is wasdaughter o f Henry Wi l l is . founder o f Fredericksburg , Va . , and
M i ldred Wash ingt on , cousin of Gen . Wash ington .
CAREY , HENRY DEWITT , 4 1 3 1 .
New York Ci ty .
Manager . Born in M i n isink , N . Y March 24 , 1 844 .
Son Of Samuel Carey and Arm inda Mul lock , grandson o f
Absa lom Ca rey and Temperance Cooley , great-grandson o f
E lihu Ca rey and Catheri ne North , great’-grandson of John
Lemuel Carey and M . Devoe , great’-grandson of John Carey
and E l i z abeth God frey , great‘-grand son of Joseph Carey ,
great‘ -grandson o f J ohn Carey who came from England about
1 63 5 , and sett led at B ridgewater , Plymouth county , Mas s.
Absalom Carey was born in Walkil l , N . Y . , April 9 , 1 765 ,
and d ied in Chemung , N . Y . , December 30 , 1 84 1 . I n 1 779
he enl isted as wagoner and for fat igue duty under Capt . W .
Cummings and CO1 . Mi tchell , and was stat ioned at New
burg,N . Y . He re-enl isted twice , and was fina l ly appointed
art ifice r at the sol ic i tation of h is father .
El ihu Carey was an a rt ifice r under Col . M i tchell , com
mandant at the post at N ewbu rg .
A lso ,grandson o f jesse M ull ick (or Mu llock) and Amy
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Raynor. J esse Mul l ick was a private in Capt . Bailey’s com
pany , Col . Hawthorne’
s regiment of Orange county mi l i t ia .
He assisted at the forging of the great chain placed across the
Hudson at West Poin t .
Also , great-grandson of N a than iel Cooley and Sarah Car
pen te r , and great’-grandson of Benj am in Ca rpen ter . Nathan iel
Cooley , of Orange county , N . Y . , was an I nd ian scou t . He
signed the Articles Of Associat ion in Orange county .
Benjamin Carpenter was an Associator of Orange county ,N . Y . , and First J ustice of the Peace of Goshen , N . Y .
1 58 . CARPENTER , GILBERT SALTONSTALL , 4 1 58 .
Puget Sound .
Captain U . S . A . Born in Med ina , O. , April 1 7 , 1 836.
S on of James Sumner Carpenter and Frances Catherine Salton
stal l , grandson of Will iam Ca rpen ter and Lucina Sumner ,great-grandson of Greenwood Carpen ter and Sarah Leathers ,great’-grandson of Ezra Carpen ter and El izabeth Greenwood ,
great ’-grandson of Nathan iel Carpenter , great‘-grandson Of
Will iam Carpenter , Jr . , and great‘-grandson OfWill iam Car
pen te r, who emigrated from Surrey , England , i n 1 63 8 , and
settled at Weymouth , Mass . , and to whose father , Will iam ,
of Cabbosi , Surrey , England , was granted a coat of arms .
Will iam Carpenter , the patriot , was born in Charlestown ,Mass . , September 2 2 , 1 7 52 , and died in Potsdam , N . Y . , J u ly
24 , 1 843 . He served in Capt . Samuel Wright’
s company ,Col . Nichols
’ regiment , Gen . Stark’
s brigade ; marched from
Winchester ; j o ined the Continental army at Bennington and
St i l lwater , J u ly 2 3 , 1 777 , and was discharged September 24 .
Also , grandson Of J oshua Sal tonstal l and Abb ie Lewis ,great-grandson of D udley Sa ltonsta ll and Frances Babcock ,great’-grandson of Gurdon Sa ltons ta ll and Rebecca Winthrop ,great'-grandson Of Gurdon Saltonstal l , Sr . , who was in the
th ird generation from Sir R ichard Saltonstal l , who commenced
So SONS OE TH E AME RI CAN REVOLUTION .
the sett lement o f Wate rtown in 1 630 , and was an origina l
pa ten tee of Connect icut . The Saltonstalls were a d ist ingu ished
family in Connect icut history . Gurdon , Sr. , was Colon ial
Governor from 1 708 to 1 724 . Gu rdon , J r. , o f New London ,was born December 22 , 1 708 . H e was Colonel o f the Th i rd
m il i t ia regiment in 1 775- 1 776 ; wa s appointed September 1 0 ,
1 776, Brigad ier-General o f n ine regiments to serve at New
York , and in December , 1 776, Brigad ier-Genera l o f the Third
brigade , on duty ge neral ly at New London and eastern end o f
Connecticut . H e ret i red be fore J une , 1 777 .
Dudley Sal tonstal l , born September 4 , 1 738 , was Com
mander of the Continenta l frigate Trumbu l l , and t ransferred
as Commodore to the Continental frigate Warren , wh ich wasbu rn ed in the Pen obscot exped i t ion , August , 1 779 .
CHAFFEE , EDWARD JAMES,
New York City .
Dry goods commission merchant . Born in Somers ,Conn . , August 1 , 1 836. Son of J ames Chaflee and HarrietB il l ings , grandson Of Elam Chaffee and Eli z abeth Spencer.
great-grandson of Cy r il Chafi'
ee and Patience Sex ton , great’
grandson of Asa Chaf ee and Mary Howlett . Asa Chafi ee
was born in Woodstock , Conn J une 5 , 1 734 , and l ived in
South Wi lbraham (now Ham pden), Mass . On the Lexington
alarm he marched i n Captain J ames Warriner’
s company
from W i lbraham served in Captai n Dan ie l Caldwel l’s
company at T iconderoga , December 2 5 , 1 776 ; and in
Capta i n Joseph Wi l l iams’
company , J anuary 1 8 , 1 787 ,
ordered by Major-Genera l Shepard to pu t down Shay ’s
Rebel l ion .
Cyr il (or Cari ll) Chaffee was in Captain Faxon’
s com
pany of smiths at Springfi eld , Massachusetts , in the service
o f the Continental army , and was a pensioner resid ing in
Hart ford county , Connect icu t , in 1 832 .
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son o f J ohn Chatfie ld and E l i z abeth Ives , and great-grandson
of I saac Cha tfield and Sarah Whi tem ore . I saac Chatfie ld was
bo rn in 1 754 . and died i n Ox ford , Conn . , Septembe r 2 5 , 1 837 .
H e was a private in Capt . Danie l Pend leton’
s company in the
Cont inental reg iment o f Art ifice rs raise d i n Connect icu t to be
under the command o f Col . Jedu than Baldwin o f Massachu
setts . H e en l isted October 1 . 1 777 , and served th ree years .
The regiment was at B randywine , Germantown , Monmouth
and other fields .
294 . CHENOWETH . ALEXANDER CRAWFORD . 4294 .
I nwood , N . Y .
Civi l engineer. Born in Ba l t imore , Md J une 5 , 1 849 .
Son of Geo rge Davenpo rt Chenoweth and Franci s An n Craw
ford , grandson Of J ohn Chenoweth and Mary Davenport , and
great-grandson o f john Chenoweth and Hannah Cromwe l l .
J ohn Chenoweth , Sr. (pronounced and O ften incorrectly spel led
Chine th) was born in 1 74 5 and l ived in Ann Arunde l county ,
Md . H e was a Sergeant in Capt . Richard Davis’ company,
Col . Rawl ings’ reg iment , attached to the Fourth Maryland
regiment commanded by C01 . J . C . Hal l . He fought at
Harlem Heights , N . Y Wh i t e Plains and Germ antown , and
was d ischarged August 9 , 1 779 . He founded a homestead i n
Berk ley county , Va . , where he d ied in 1 820 .
A lso grandson o f Capt . Wi l l iam B . Crawford and El i z abeth
Cook,great-grandson o f J ohn Crawford , and great’-grandson
o f Col . Will ia m Crawford and Hannah Vance . Co l . Wi l l iamCrawford was born in Westmore land , Va . , in 1 722 ; commis
s ioned Ensign by the Governor o f Virgin ia in 1 75 5 ; was with
the Virgi n ia troops under Wash i ngton at Fort Duquesne in
1 7 58 ; entered the Seven Years War ; moved to Fayette
county,Penn . was appo inted J ustice o f the Peace of Bedford
county,Penn . , i n 1 77 1 ; was engaged in 1 774 i n Lord Dun
more ’s war against the Shawn ees and Mingoe s ; i n 1 776 was
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appointed Lieutenant -Colonel Of the Fi fth Virgin ia regiment
promoted to Colonel of the Seventh V irgin ia I egim en t ; and
was burned at the stake by the Delaware Indians in 1 782 .
He was a friend Of “l ashington , and author of the Wash
ington-Crawford Letters .
CHISOLM , ALEXANDER ROBERT .
Morristown , N . J .
Banker and broker . Born in Beau fort , S . C November
1 9 , 1 834 . Son Of Edward Ne u fille Ch isolm’
and Mary El iza
beth Hazzard , grandson of Will iam Wig H a z z a rd and Sarah
Screven , and great-grandson ofWill iam Hazzard . Co l . Wil l iam
H a z z ard of the Brit ish army owned H a z z ard’
s Neck , Beau fort
county , S . C. , where his son William Wig Hazzard was born .
The latter , at the age of n ineteen , joined the American army ,serving much Of the t ime as an aide to Gen . Anthony Wayne .
He fought at the batt le of Fort Moultrie , and was wounded at
the taking of Savannah . He bore the ti tle of Major at the
c lose of the war .
CH ITTENDEN , LUCIUS E . 4 1 70.
New York City .
Lawyer . Born in Will iston , V t . , May 24 , 1 824 . Son of
Giles Chit tenden and Betsey Ha llenbeck , grandson Of Truman
Chittenden and Lucy Jones , and great-grandson Of Thom as
Chittenden and El izabeth Meigs . Thomas Chittenden was
born in Gu i l ford , Conn . , Apri l 8 , 1 730 , and in 1 7 5 1 moved to
Sal isbu ry , where he held prominent Of’fices . In 1 774 he moved
to what is now Will iston , Chittenden county , Vt . He waschai rm an Of the Committee of Safety ; confident ial corre
sponden t of Washington ; fi rst Governor of Vermont in 1 778 ,
to wh i ch posit ion he was re -elected eighteen t imes , and d ied
August 2 5 , 1 797 . H is serv ices form an important part Of theh i story Of Vermont . To his sagacity was largely due the
84 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN RE VOLUTION .
happy terminat ion of-the controversy with New York and the
admission o f Verm on t in to the Un ion .
CLARK , FREDER ICK HAMILTON . 42 30 .
New York City .
C lerk . Born in New York , May 2 , 1 864 . Son o f Fred
erick Hamilton Clark and E l izabeth Stebbins Waterbury ,grandson of Amos Hoyt Waterbu ry and Cec i l ia Stebbin s ,great-grandson o f Sam uel S tebbins and Ruth Wi lson , great
’
grandson o f joseph S tebbins and Joanna Smith , great'-grandson
o f Benjam in Stebbins , great‘-grandson o f Benoni Stebbins and
Hannah (widow o f J oseph Edwards) , great‘-grandson o f J ohn
Stebbin s and Ann , h i s wi fe , and great‘-grandson o f Rowland
Stebbins and Sarah , his wi fe , who came from Ipswich , England ,in 1 634 , and fi rst settled in Mas sachusetts . J oseph Stebbin s
was born in Ridgefie ld , Conn . , J u ly 4 , 1 73 5 , and died there
December 1 3 , 1 794 , Before the Revo lut ion , namely , Apri l
I , 1 76 1 , he was Ensign in the Sixth company o f Col . Nathan
Wh i t i ng’
s regiment of Foot . On May 29 ,1 780 , he was
commissioned Lieutenant in the Second company , Sixteenth
regiment , Connect icu t m i l it ia , and November 3 , 1 780 , was
promoted to Captain . His commissions are yet preserved .
Samuel Stebbins , of Ridgefie ld , F a irfie ld county , Conn . ,
was a private in the Th i rd company (Capt . Case’
s) , Eighteenth
reg imen t,Connect icu t mi l it ia . He also served the last six
months o f 1 780 in the Fi fth regiment Of the Line . I n 1 794
he was Second Lieutenant of a Matross company in the
Th irty-fourth regiment . He was a pensioner .
CLARK , JAMES W .
New York City .
Merchant . Born in Framingham , Mass . , August 3 1 , 1 850 .
Son o f J ames W . Clark and Catherine March , grandson o f
P eter Cla rk and El izabeth Wilson , great-grandson of Atherton
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Clark and Patience Loon , great’-grandson of J ohn Clark and
Ann Pie rce , great’-grandson Of J ohn Clark and E l izabeth
Norman , and great‘-grandson of Hugh Clark o f England
(b . 1 6 1 3) and El izabeth . Peter Clark was born in Hopkinton ,
Mass .,January 1 0 , 1 762 , and d ied there Apri l 2 2 , 1 8 1 8 . He
enl isted in 1 777 ; was present at Burgoyne’
s surrender ; win
tered at Valley Forge ; fought at Monmouth ; served in Rhode
I sland in 1 779 ; sailed on the U nited States ship Al l iance in
1 78 1 , carrying Lafayette to France ; was promoted to Sergeant
of Marines ; was tw ice wounded in act ion , and served on
board unt i l 1 783 . He decl ined a Lieu tenant ’s commission on
account of the expense of the hospital ity expected from an
Officer of that rank .
CLARK , WILLIAM N . GIBERT . 43 50 .
Mount Vernon , N . Y .
Salesman . Born in New York , November 1 3 , 1 858 . Son
of Charles Henry Clark and Mary Caroline Gibert , grandson
ofWill iam N icholas Gibert and El izabeth Schermerhorn , great
grandson of J ohn P . Schermerhorn and Rebecca Stevens ; and
great’-grandson Of E benez er S tevens and Rebecca Hodgson .
Ebenezer Stevens was born in Boston , Mass . , in 1 752 , and
d ied September 2 , 1 82 3 . H e was a Son of Liberty ; one of
the Boston Tea Party ; Lieutenant in the Army of Obse rv
at ion , 1 77 5 ; recru ited art i l l ery for Quebec ; commanded
art i l lery at Ticonderoga and Sti l lwater ; was Lieutenant
Colonel in 1 778 ; served wi th Lafayette in Virgin ia in 1 78 1 ,
with rank Of Colonel , and commanded art i l lery with CO1 .
Lamb at Yorktown . A fter the peace , he located at New
York as a me rchant , at the same time act ing successive ly as
Colone l , Brigadier and Major-General of Arti l lery , State o f
New Y ork ; superintended the constru ct ion Of the fortificat ions
on Governor’
s I sland , New York , i n 1 800 ; helped de fend the
c ity in 1 8 1 2 , and was Sen ior Major-Genera l unt i l 1 8 1 5 .
86 SONS OF THE AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
CLARKE , RICHARD HENRY . 43 5 1 .
New York City .
Lawyer and au thor . Born I n Washington , D . C.,J uly 3 ,
1 82 7 . Son o f Walter Clarke and Ra chael Boone , grandson ofWil l iam Cla rke and Mary Simms , great-grandson of Robert
C larke and Ann J enkins , great'-grandson Of Walter Clarke
,
gre at'-grandson o f John Clarke , and great‘-grandson of Robert
Clarke . The latter settled in Mary land abou t 1 63 8 , and
was Su rveyor-Genera l and Privy Council lor under Lord Bal ti
more , and sat in the Legislature wh ich unan imously enacted
the Mary land Re l igiou s Liberty law in 1 649 . Wi ll iam C larke
was born i n Prince George’
s county , Md . , March 1 6, 1 7 50 ;
se rved as Second L ieutenant i n the Seventh batt al ion o f the
Maryland L ine under Capt . Frederi ck Deans . Col . J ohn H .
Stone , and Brig -Gen . Wm . Smal lwood ; part i cipated i n the
defense of Staten Island , N . Y . , i n 1 777 , and the battles of
Brandywine and Germantown ; camped at Va l ley Forge with
Washington’
s a rmy in the terr ible winter o f 1 778—1 779 , and
fought at Monmouth . He was in the serv ice three years .
COLL INS , CLARENCE LYMAN . 4072 .
N ew York City .
Dry goods commission merchant . Born in Hart ford ,Conn . , February 2 2 , 1 848 . Son of Charles Col l ins and MaryHall Terry . grandson of Amos Morris Col l i ns and Mary
Lyman , and great-grandson o f Moses Ly m a n and Mary Buell
J udd . J ohn Co l l ins , the emigrant ancestor of the Coll ins
fami ly , was a member o f the H onorable Art il lery company o f
Boston in 1 646. Clarence Lyman Col l ins t races through five
l ines o f ancestry to those who fought in the Revolu t ionary war ,namely , through the fami l ies Of Col l ins , Morris , Buel l . Coit
and Lyman . For the services o f Moses Lyman , above men
t ioned , on which his membersh ip in th is Soc iety is based , see
Hart Lyman .
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COMSTOCK,ALBERT H . 42 59 .
Sailors’ Snug Harbor , Staten I sland .
Ret ired seaman . Born in New London , Conn . , J une 1 1 ,
1 83 3 . Son of George W . Comstock and Abby , his wi fe , and
grandson o f jason Com stock and Hannah C. , his wife , Jason
Comstock was born in England in 1 7 57 , came to Connect icut
and l ived in Montvi l le and Norwich t i l l his death , about 1 84 1 .
He was a private in Capt . Spicer’
s company , Col . Putnam’
s
regiment,April
,1 77 5 ; and in Capt . Shapley
’
s company,August
, 1 77 5 ; drummer in Capt . Bingham’
s company , Col .
S e lde n’
s regiment , J une , 1 776 ; and private in Capt . Shapley’s
company in 1 777 and 1 778 . He was a pensioner .
CONE , ANDREW . 437 1 .
New York City .
Advertising agent . Born in Nashvi l le , Tenn . , November
6 , 1 862 . Son of Edward Payson Cone (NO. and Anna
Maud Roche , etc . [See Edward Payson Cone] .
CONE , EDWARD PAYSON . 4053 .
New York City .
Manager . Born in West Granby , Conn . , March 4 , 1 83 5 .
S on of Silas Cone and Sarah Hayes , grandson of D a n iel H u r l
bu r t Cone and El izabeth Atkins , great-grandson of Daniel
Cone and Susannah Hurlburt , great’-grandson of Caleb Cone
and El i z abeth Cunningham , and great’-grandson of Daniel
Cone and Mehitable Spencer . Daniel H . Cone was born in
M iddletown , Conn . , J uly 1 6, 1 7 53 , l ived in Winchester , Conn . ,
and died Apri l 1 6, 1 84 1 . He was a private in the Fourth
company , Second regiment , Connect icu t Continental Line ; at
88 SONS OE TH E AMERI CAN REVOLUTION .
Bunker H i ll , was fi rst to step from ranks upon a ca l l for twelve
men to recaptu re a si lenced gun ; was on guard duty in New
York when Wash ington evacuated ; i n 1 777 re-en l isted for
three years ; was in the batt les o f Monmouth , Germantown ,etc . , and al though always in the th ickest o f the figh t , seemed
to bear a charmed l i fe , and was never wounded . At Mon
mouth , his Captain , Scott , had h is head blown Off at the sec
ond fi re . I n private l i fe he was z ealously re l igious , and i n
t imes o f reviva l made house to hou se visits for conversa
t ion and prayer .
CONE . EDWARD SILAS .
St . Lou is , Mo .
Advert is ing agent . Born in Nashvil le , Tenn . , October 2 2 ,
1 865 . Son o f Edward Payson Cone (No . and Anna
Maud Roche , etc . [See Edward Payson Cone . ]
CORBUSI ER , WILLIAM H ENRY . 4054 .
Un ited States Arm y .
Captain , Medica l Department . Born in New York , Apri l
1 0 , 1 844 . Son o f Wi l l iam M . Corbusier and Mahala Myers ,grandson o f James Henry Corbusier and E leanor Catherine
Sloat , great-grandson o f A lexander Sloat and Sarah Layton ,great’-grandso n o f Cor nel ius S lott and E l len McKinney ,
great'-grandson o f Johannes S lott and Christ ina Ackerman ,and’ great ‘ -grandson o f J acobus Jansen S lott and Mary
Demarest . Cornel ius S lott (afterwards spel led Sloa t) wasborn in Orange county , N . Y . , December 2 2 , 1 742 , and l ived
i n Montgomery . He was an O rderly Sergeant i n Co l . James
McClaughrey’
s regiment o f mi l i t ia , and was at the tak ing o f
Fort Montgomery , October 6, 1 777 . On that occas ion he
was taken prisoner and was confined for seve ral mon ths in the
Old Sugar H ouse in New York City , where , owing to il l-trea t
ment , h is health was seriously impaired .
90 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
can troops and to force h im to cheer for George the Th i rd .
H e gave them no in format ion and cheered for George
Wash ington . He was then
taken to NewYork Ci ty and
impri soned for some months
in the Old Sugar Hou se ,where he wou ld have frozen
and starved i f h is fami ly had
not contri ved to send h im
food and cloth ing by a
pa triot ic woman . H is son
Joris (or George). a lad
about fou rteen , escaped cap
u tnu t tree from wh ich Joris Mm . saw M.tu re by h id ing i" a chestnut
”um”"m “m ” tree into wh ich the maraud
ers fired several shots , bu t as these d id not dislodge h im theysupposed he had h idden elsewhere .
CORN ING , ERASTUS .
A lbany , N . Y .
Manu factu rer . Born in Albany , N . Y J une 1 6, 1 827 .
Son Of Eras t us Corn ing and Harriet We ld , grandson of Bl i ss
Corn ing and Lucinda Smith , great-grandson o f Nehem iah
Com ing and Freeborn Bl iss , great‘ -grandson o f Joseph Com
ing and Rebecca Woodbu ry , great'-grandson of Samuel Corn
ing , J r . , and El i z abeth , h i s wi fe , and great‘ -grandson o f
Samuel Corn ing , Sr . Bliss Corn ing was born in Preston ,Conn . , October 30 , 1 763 . I n 1 779 he en l isted in Capt . El ij ah
Brewster’
s company , Col . J eded iah Rogers’
regiment , and was
stat ioned at New London three months . In 1 780 he served
three months under Capt . Jabez White , guard ing the frigate
Trumbul l , and at Forts G riswo ld and Trumbull . He wa s
d ischarged at Mohegan , Conn . On Arnold ’s invasion , i n 1 78 1 ,he tu rn ed out again u nder Capt . Wh i te to repel the traitor .
ROLL OF MEMBE RS . 9 I
CORY , L . WALDO . 43 3 7 .
Cooperstown , N . Y .
Merchant . Born in Cooperstown , N . Y . , Apri l 4 , 1 85 3 .
Son of Will iam E . Cory and Samantha Wood , grandson of
Levi Wood and O l ive Mason , and great -grandson Of Dan iel
Wood and Rebekah Ingal ls . Daniel \Vood was born in
Swansea , Mass . , May 2 3 , 1 749 , and l ived in Chesh i re , Mass .
He was a private in Capt . Daniel Brown’
s company,which
marched from Lanesborough,Augus t 1 4 , 1 777 , and cont inued
therein for three years . He and h is brother Nathan were at the
batt le O f Bennington , August 1 6,1 777 . They were among
the early settlers of Lanesborough in the town O f Chesh ire .
CORY , W ILL IAM ORV ILLE . 4307 .
Ashevil le , N . C .
Captain , U . S . A . , ret ired . Born in Chil l icothe , O. ,
January 7 , 1 844 . Son of I saac Cory and Sarah Ann Bratt in ,grandson of Stephen Cory and Rhoda Wright . great-grandson
Joseph Cory and Phoebe Simpson , and great’-grandson of
E lna tha n Cory and Sarah (or H annah) -his wi fe . Elnathan
Cory l ived near El izabethtown , N . J . , and served as a private
in the Essex county , New J ersey , mil it ia .
COTH EAL , ALEXANDER I . 4040 .
New York City .
Consul General of N icaragua in the Un ited States . Born
in New York City November 5 , 1 804 . S on Of Henry Cothea l
and t be B . Warner , grandson of I saac Cothea l and
El izabeth Evans , and great-grandson of Wil l iam Cotheal and
Charlotte Dove . Isaac Cothea l , merchan t , farmer and sold ier ,was born in Woodbridge , N . J October 1 3 , 1 743 , and died
May I , 1 8 1 2 . He served with the Fourth battal ion,Second
establ ishment , New Jersey Continental Line , as a private .
On Apri l 1 9 , 1 777 , near Woodbridge , he attempted , single
92 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN RE VOLUTION .
handed , to cut his way through a body of H essians , and fe ll
terribly wou nded . He was imprisoned for th irteen months in
a Brit ish prison in Pearl street , New York . Upon his re leasehe was discharged , May 1 , 1 778 , on account o f his wounds .
He repeatedly decl ined a commission , bu t at various t imesaccepted confident ial and del icate duties usual ly entrusted to
offi cers of h igher rank , and at the end o f the war received a
United States pension as an i nval id private .
COTTON , GILBERT PALMER . 43 53 .
New York City .
Captain , U . S . A . Born in Zanesvi l le , O. , March 22 ,
1 846. Son of Robert H u tchason Cotton and Margaret A .
Hager , grandson of J ames Cotton and Jemima Chalffin , and
great-grandson of Solom on Cha lfi n and Constance Eaton .
Solomon Chalfii n was born in Berkley county , V a . , June 2 5 ,
1 7 52 , and died i n Mononga lia county , V a . , October 1 4 , 1 840 .
He enl isted i n August , 1 776, as a private in Capt . Gabrie l
Long’s company , Col . Rawl ings’ regiment , of Virgin ia , and
served three years and seven months . Among other batt les ,he was in act ion at the battle Of Brandywine , and was
present at Yorktown at the surrender of Cornwall is. H e
was pensioned in 1 83 2 .
CRANE, N I ROM M . 407 1 .
H orne llsville , N . Y .
Banker . Born in Benton , N . Y December 1 3 , 1 828 ,
Son of N irom Crane and Anna Goodrich , grandson of
Da n iel Cra ne , 2d , and Sylvia Marrium , great-grandson of
Dan iel Crane,
I st , and Lyd ia Parker , great’-grandson o f
Ebenezer Crane,great ’-grandson of John Crane , and great
‘
grandson Of Henry Crane , who came from England i n
1 63 5 . Daniel Crane , 2d , was born in We the rsfie ld , Conn . ,
May 1 5 , 1 756, and died i n Yates county , N . Y . , about
94 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
county Derry , I reland , to Lancaster county , Penn . , i n 1 72 5
The Rev . Wi l l iam Foster was known as the “ Rebel Preacher .
He l ived in Chester county , Penn . , and great ly aided the
American cause by his patriotic sermons . One Sunday morn
ing, being warned of the approach o f a party of British , he
le ft the pu lpit , picked up a gun , and led a company who met
and dispersed the enemy .
A lso great-grandson of 5’am es Gordon H eron and Eleanor
Evans . Capt . Heron l ived in Ceci l county , Md having come
from Dum frieshire , Scotland . He raised and armed at his
own expense a company for Congress’ Own regiment , and
commanded i t t i l l he resigned in 1 780 . Apri l 8 , 1 777 , he was
promoted from a Lieutenancy to Captaincy , and partic ipated
in al l the movements of that famous regiment . August 2 3 ,1 777 , he was captu red at Staten I sland , and , when exchanged ,rejoined h is command . After the war he held many promi
nent offices in Maryland and Venango county , Penn . , whither
he moved in 1 800 . He was a member of the Cinc innat i .
CURTIS , HENRY HOLBROOK .
New York City .
Physic ian . Born in New York , December 1 5 , 1 856.
Son o f Wil l iam Edmond Curt is and Mary A . Scovi l l , grand
son Of Holbrook Curt is and El izabeth Edmond , great-grand
son Of Will iam E dm ond and E l i zabeth Paine , and great’
grandson of Rober t E dm ond. W i l l iam Edmond was born inWoodbury , Conn . , September 2 8 , 1 7 55 , and l ived in New
town , Conn . While a student at Yale Col lege , i n 1 777 , he
j oined Col . Moseley’
s regiment to repel the raid on Danbury ,and was maimed for l i fe at R idgefie ld , April 2 7 , 1 777 . He
was a member of Congress from 1 798 to 1 802 ; appointed
J udge of the Connect icut Supreme Court , 1 805 , and held other
publ ic ofii ces . Robert Edmond was an act ive member of the
F a irfie ld county Committee o f Safety .
ROLL OF MEMBE RS . 9 5
CURTIS , HERBERT PELHAM . 43 1 4 .
Boston , Mass .
Late Colonel , U . S . A . Born in Boston , May 2 7 , 1 830 .
Died in February , 1 892 . Son o f Charles Pelham Curt is and
Anna W . Scol lay , grandson of Thomas Cu rt is and Helena
Pelham , great-grandson of Obadiah Cu r t is and Martha Buck
minster,great’-grandson o f Samuel Curt is and Hannah Gore ,
great’-grandson of I saac Curt is and Hannah Poly , and great‘
grandson of Wil l iam Curt is , who came to th is country in 1 632 .
Obadiah Cu rt is was born in J amaica Plain , Mass . , i n 1 724 ,
and died in Boston , November 8 ,1 8 1 1 . He was a wheel
wright by trade , and a storekeeper in Boston by occupation .
He was a member of the Boston Tea Party . From h is fortune
he advanced specie for Arnold’
s Canada expedit ion , receiving
Continental currency in retu rn , and thereby sustain ing great
loss ; and was otherwise SO practical ly patriot ic that Tory hos
t ility was directed toward him and he was forced to flee to
Providence unt i l the evacuat ion .
Also grandson of Scol lay and great-grandson of john
Scollay o f Boston , Mass . , who was Chairman of the Board of
Selectmen of that town during the Revolu t ion . He was the
owner o f considerable real estate , i ncluding what is now known
as Scollay Square .
CUTLER , JAMES GOOLD .
Rochester , N . Y .
Arch i tect . Born in Albany,N . Y . , April 24 , 1 848 . Son
of J ohn N . Cutler (NO. 3 36) and Mary El izabeth Goold , etc .
[See John Nathan Cutler . ]
CUTLER , JOHN NATHAN .
Catski l l , N . Y .
Manu factu rer . Born in Albany , N . Y . , February 9 , 1 82 3 .
Son o f JOhn Nathan Cutler , Sr . , and Magdalena Goewey , and
96 SONS OF TH E AMERI CAN REVOLUTION .
grandson o f Na tha n Cutler and Betsey Travers . Natha n
Cu tler, was bo rn i n Coeyman'
s , N . Y . , 1 754-5 , and d ied
in M i l lport , N . Y . , Apri l 24 , 1 848 . He enl ist ed Oct ober 1 2 ,
1 775 , i n Capt . I saac Bloom’
s company , Sixth regiment , Cum
ber land county mi l i tia ; re-en l i sted J une 1 0 , 1 776 ; was
stationed at Fort Montgomery ; re-enl isted again ; marched to
Sa ra toga , Fort M i ller and Fort Edward ; and in the spring o f
1 779 marched to meet the Bri t i sh at the H ighlands and Peek
ski l l , also to Stony Point and West Point . He was com
missioned Lieutenan t and detai led to open a recru it ing offi ce
at A lbany , and remained i n the service t i l l the c lose o f the
war , act ively work ing to re in force the armies .
CUTLER , JOSEPH WARREN .
Rochester , N . Y .
Manu factu rer . Born in A lbany , Ju ly 1 3 , 1 857 . Son of
J ohn Nathan Cut ler (NO . 3 36) and Mary El izabeth Goold , etc .
[See John Nathan Cutler] .
DAKIN , CHARLES SUMNER .
Bwalo , N . Y .
Coal merchant . Born in Geneva , N . Y August 1 6,
1 856. Son o f George Dak i n and Charlotte C . Brown , grand
son o f Amos Dak in and Phce be Barret t , great-grandson o f
James Barrett and M i l icent Estabrook , and great’-grandson o f
Col . james Ba rrett and Rebecca Hubbard . Col . James Bar
rett was born in Concord , Mass . , J u ly 29 , 1 7 1 0 , and died
there Apri l 1 1 . 1 779 . He was representat ive to the Genera l
Court from 1 768 to 1 777 ; member o f each Provinc ial Con
gress ; Colonel o f a reg imen t of Concord m i l i t ia , Apri l 1 9 ,
1 77 5 , at the batt le o f Concord and Lexington , when the fi rst
blood o f the Revolut ion was shed ; and superintended the
manu factu re , col lect ion and deposit o f mi l i tary stores at
Concord .
98 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
born in Chatham , Conn . , in 1 749 , and l ived in Chatham and
Glastonbu ry , Conn . , dying i n the latter town , November 1 5 .
1 826. He was a private in Capt . Jabez Barney’
s company , Col .
Dru ry ’s reg iment , Massachusetts troops , i n service at West
Point . He was captured by the Bri t ish and held for a long
t ime on the prison Ship J ersey , lying in the Wallabou t ,
where he endu red great suffering and hardship , unti l exchanged .
DAV IS, CHARLES BELMONT . 4397 .
New York City .
Un ited States Consu l at Florence , I taly . Born in Ph i la
delphia , Penn . , February 2 3 , 1 866. Son Of L . Clarke Davis
and Rebecca Hard ing , etc . [See Richard Hard ing Davis . ]
DAV IS , R ICHARD HARDING . 4284 .
New York City .
Author . Born in Phi ladelphia . Penn . , Apri l 1 8 , 1 864 .
Son of L . Clarke Davis and Rebecca Hard ing , grandson of
Richard Wil l iam Hard ing and Rachel Leet Wilson , great
grandson Of Hugh Wilson and Rachel Leet , and great’-grand
son of I saac L eet and Rebecca , his wife . I saac Leet was born
i n Ohio county , Va . , and after the Revolut ion moved to
Washington , Penn . I n the French and Ind ian war he served
with Washington , and at the outbreak Of the Revolution , in
the capacit ies of J ust ice and Deputy Sheriff of Ohio county ,did much to promote the cause of i ndependence . He had
seven sons in the Revolut ion , one of whom , Daniel Leet ,was a Brigade-Major .
DE FOREST , GEORGE B . 4 1 52 .
New York City .
Born in New York City , October 1 5 , 1 848 . Son o f
George B . D eF orest and Margaret El iza D eF orest (maiden
name) , grandson of Benjam in D eF orest and Mary Burlock ,
ROLL OF MEMBE RS . 99
and great-grandson Of E l ihu D eForest and Rachel Lambert .
Elihu D eF orest was born in H untington , Conn . , in Novem
ber , 1 739 , and d ied i n R idgefie ld , Conn . , J uly 6, 1 806 .
He was Lieutenant Of the “ Eighth company of the Alarm
List in the Sixteenth regiment ” of Connecticu t .
DE PREES , THOMAS MORR IS . 4 390 .
Indianapol is , Ind .
First Lieu tenant , U . S . A . Born in Ind ianapol is,Ind . ,
March 20 ,1 858 . Son Of John D . D eF rees and El izabeth
Mitchel l Morris , grandson Of Morris Morris and Rachel , his
wi fe, great -grandson of J ames Morri s , J r . and Eleanor, h is
wi fe , and great2-grandson of jam es M or r is , S r . [See Lou is
T . Morris ]
DEGROOT , WILL IAM . 4079 .
New York City .
President H udson R iver Bank . Born in New York,March
29 , 1 82 5 . Son of Henry de Groot and Mary Nesbi tt , grand
son of Wil l iam de Groot and Anne La Tourette , great-grand
son of John de Groot and Elizabeth O lden , and great’-grand
son of Jacob de Groot . Will iam de Groot was born in New
J ersey,J une 7 , 1 7 5 1 , and d ied i n Bound Brook , N . J . ,
August 2 8 , 1 840 . He served as a Sergeant , was promoted
to Ensign , and again promoted to Lieu tenant in the First
regiment o f M idd lesex county , N . J . , mil it ia .
DENN IS , GEORGE COOPER .
New York City .
Merchant . Born in Brooklyn , N . Y December 1 0,1 867 .
Son of Edward D . Denn is and Imogene Page Cooper , grandson
of George H . Cooper and Carol ine A . , his wi fe , great-grand
son o f George H . Cooper and Catherine Luff , and great’-grand
son o f Sam uel Cooper and Mary Horton . Samuel Cooper was
I OO SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
born i n Boston in 1 760 , and d ied in A lexand ria , Va . , August
1 9 , 1 840 . He was a m ember of the Bos ton Tea Party ;Second Lieutenant o f Crane’s art i l lery , February 1 , 1 777 ;
Quartermaster May 1 4 , 1 778 ; fough t at Bunker H i l l , Trenton ,Brandywine , Germantown , Monmouth and other sangu inary
ba tt les ; and was made Lieutenant and Adj utant in 1 783 .
H e was offi cia l inspector o f pearl ashes in 1 808-30 ; and was
one of the founders o f the Cincinnat i . H e left several d isti n
gu ished descendan ts ; h is son Sam uel was Adj utant-General ,U . S . A. , unt il 1 86 1 , and subsequently Adj u tant oGene ral ,
C . S . A . , and h is grandson , George H . Cooper was Rear
Admiral U . S . N . , unti l 1 884 , when he was ret i red .
DEPEW , CHAUNCEY M ITCHELL . 4002 .
New York City .
President of the New York Central and Hudson R iver
Rail road Company . Born in Peeksk il l,N . Y . , Apri l 2 3 , 1 834 .
Son Of I saac Depew and Martha Mitchel l , grandson o f
Chauncey Root M i tchel l and Ann Johnstone , great-grandson
Of Rev . J ustus M itchel l and Martha Sherman , great'-grandson
o f Rev . jos iah Sherm a n and Martha M inot , great'-grandson
of Wi ll iam Sherman and Rebecca Cut ler, great‘ -grandson o f
J oseph Sherman and El i z abeth Winsh ip , and great‘-grandson
Of Capt . J ohn Sherman , who came from England in 1 634 .
The Rev . J osiah Sherman was born in Woodbury , Conn . , in
1 734 , and d ied November 24 , 1 789 . He was graduated from
Princeton Co l lege in 1 754 , and received the honorary degree
of A . M . at Harvard in 1 758 , and at Yale in 1 765 . He was
an able wri ter and powerfu l orator , and labored with h is
brother , Roger Sherman , signer o f the Dec laration o f I nde
pendence , with voice and pen , for the estab l ishment o f
American Independence . His eflort s,however , were not
confined with in the secure l im its of his pulpit,but he pract iced
what he preached . and served in the fie ld as Chaplain of
1 02 SONS OF THE AMER ICAN RE VOLUTION.
D I LL E NBACK , JOHN W . 4 1 34 .
United States Army .
Capta i n F i rst Art i l lery . Born in Orleans , J efferson county ,
N . Y May 1 9 , 1 842 . Son of Solomon D illenback and Amy
McMu llen , grandson o f J ohn B . D illenback and SusannaMoak ,great-grandso n o f Ba ltus D illenback and Mary Met z ger , and
grea t'-grandson Of Mart inus Dillenback . The D illenback
fami ly were among the fi rst sett lers , nearly 200 years ago , Of
what is now Montgomery and Herkimer counties , N . Y . , but
what , with the present count ies of Fu l ton , Ontario , Otsego ,Tioga and H am ilton
,composed the large terri tory known as
Tryon county , over a centu ry ago . Baltus D illenback was
born there , and on Augu st 5 , 1 763 , married Mary Metzger .
He was a private in Captain Henry D iefendorf'
s company , (theF ifth ,) o f the Tryon county mil i tia , wh i ch was in act ive serv ice from 1 779 to 1 783 . At the batt l e of Oriskany , August
6, 1 777 , the Captain o f h is company fel l , as did also his
brother , Capt . Andrew D illenback , and many others . At one
t ime three o f the enemy ru shed within the American ci rc le
and t ried to make a prisoner o f Capt . D illenback , who had
dec lared that he wou ld never be taken al ive . One Of them
se ized his gun , but the Captain wrenched it from him , struck
h im down wi th the butt , tu rned upon the second , shot h im
dead,and in an instant more had thrust the th ird through with
the bayonet . Hard ly had he accomp l ished th i s feat when a
musket ball ki l led h im .
D I L L E NBACK , L . SPENCER . 4 1 3 3 .
New York City .
Merchan t . Bo rn in Orleans , N . Y . ,December 3 , 1 844 .
Son Of So lomon D illenback and Amy McMu llen , grandson
o f John B . D illenback and Susanna Moak , great-grandson o f
Ba ltus D illenback and Mary Met z ger, and great’-grandson o f
Martinus D illenback . [See John W . D illenback ]
ROLL OF MEMBE RS . I O3
DIVEN , ALEXANDER S .
Elmira , N . Y .
Retired lawyer . Born in Catharine (now Dix), N . Y
February 1 0 ,1 809 . S on ofjohn D iven and Eleanor Means ,
and grandson of Alexander Diven and Margaret Smith . John
Diven was the son of Protestant I rish parents who came to
this country from county Tyrone , I reland . He was born in
1 752 , l ived i n Pennsylvania , and d ied i n 1 838 . He was a
cabinet-maker ’s apprent ice,and was induced
,with other
apprent ices , to enter the company Of a cabinet maker named
Kelly . He was at the batt le of Princeton , and he lped to
guard the Hessian prisoners , whose terror at fear of execution
he described to h is son , Gen . Alexander S . Diven . He win
te red at Valley Forge , and h is experiences there , includ ing h is
hardsh ips and a patheti c Scene at a review of troops by Wash
ington ,A . S . Diven also had from h is father
’
s own l ips . The
patriot ic spi rit O f the father was inheri ted by the son , whose
t i tle Of General was earned i n the Un ion army in the late war.
On the maternal side , Gen . Diven is grandson of J ohn
M eans and El izabeth Clark , and great-grandson O f Robert
Means and Jane I rving , S i ster of Gen . I rving of the Con
t ine n ta l army .
DODGE , R ICHARD IRV ING . 4 1 7 1 .
Sacket’
s Harbor , N . Y .
Co lone l , U . S . A . , reti red . Born in Huntsvi l l e , N . C. ,
May 1 9 ,1 82 7 . Son of J ames Richard Dodge and Susan
Wil l iams , grandson Of Richa rd Dodg e and Ann Sarah I rving ,
and great-grandson of Samue l Dodge and Helena Amerman .
The Dodge fam ily runs back to Will iam Dodge (great’-grand
father of Sam uel), who was Of pure Saxon stock . He came
from England to Salem , Mass . , J une 30 , 1 629 . Tristram,
great-grandfather o f Samue l , acqu ired Block I sland by pur
chase from the I nd ians . Richard,the pa triot , was born in
[04 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN RE VOLUTION .
New York , December 3 1 , 1 762 ; married the S ister o f Wash
ington I rving Febru ary 1 4 , 1 787 ; and died September 3 , 1 83 2 ,
i n Johnstown , N . Y . H e was a drummer boy in h i s brother
Capt . H enry Dodge’
s company , in Wessenfe l’
s New York
regiment,havi ng run away from h is home i n Poughkeepsie
when the army was at Va l ley Forge . In the war o f 1 8 1 2 he
was Brigadier-Genera l o f the Mohawk brigade .
DOWNES , ANSON TREAT .
New York City .
Retired . Born in Southbu ry , Conn . , November 30 , 1 8 1 7 .
Son of Ebenezer Downes and Mary Esther Bryan , grandson
o f E bene z er Downs and Abigai l Stancl iff , great-grandson of
Capt . E benez er Downes and Dinah Bris tol , and great'-grand
son of Ebene z er Downes and Mary U m be rfie ld . Capt .
Ebene z er Downes was bo rn in New Haven , Conn . , March
2 8 , 1 707 , and l ived in Woodbu ry , Conn . H is ti tle was
derived from h is command Of a company du ring the French
wars . During the Revol u t ionary war he was a member o f the
Committee of Safety o f h i s town .
Also grandson of jehiel Bry an j r . , and Mary Treat , and
great-grandson of jehiel Bry a n , S r . , and Esther Buckingham .
J eh i el Bryan , Sr . , o f M i l ford , Conn . , was married J une 4 ,
1 753 . He was fi rst L ieu tenant in the Th i rd company , Col .
Douglas’
regiment , Wadsworth’
s brigade , o f Connect icu t ,served in New York and Brook lyn ; part i cipated i n the batt le
o f Long Island and i n the retreat from New York in Septem
ber , and fought at Wh i te Plains in October . H i s term
expired Decembe r 2 5 , 1 776.
J ehie l Bryan , J r . , was bo rn i n M i l ford , Conn . , i n 1 75 5 ,
and was Sergeant in Capt . M ix’
s company , Col . Moseley’
s
regiment , ordered to the H udson soon after the battle of Mon
m outh , and stat ioned at Fort Cl inton , West Point and other
crit i ca l places in the dangerous terri tory a long the Hudson .
I O6 SONS OF TH E AM ERICAN RE VOLUTION .
grandson of Peter Dudley and Lucy Barnard , great-grandson
of S tephen D udley and Lyd ia Harwood , great’-grandson of
Samuel Dud ley and Abigai l Waters , great’-grandson of Samue l
Dud ley and Abigai l King , and great‘-grandson o f Francis
Dud ley and Sarah Wheeler . Stephen Dud ley was born in
Litt leton , Mass . , J u ly 2,1 73 5 , and d ied in South Carol ina i n
1 784 . He was a private in Capt . I saac Wood’
s company ,Col . Jonathan Reed
’
s regiment of Guards , at Cambridge , Mass . ,1 778 . This family has been noted for i ts mi l itary service .
Franc is Dud ley Of Concord , Mass . , took part in the Ind ian
wars of 1 67 5 , and his descendants have part icipated in every
war in America S ince then except the Mexican . O f fi fteen
grandsons of Gen . Peter Dud ley of mil itary age in 1 86 1 —65 ,
twelve were in the Service , of whom three d ied in the war,three were wounded , and S ix won commissions .
Also grandson of S am uel Swa r twou t , and Parthen ia Cl ine ,great -grandson Of Johannes Swartwout and Altj e Begle ,
great°-grandson Of Samuel Swartwout and Phce be Poedne (or
P udney ) , great’-grandson of J acobus Swartwout and G illet z en
Corn e lisse Newkirk , great‘-grandson Of Thomas Swartwout
and L y sbe t Gard iner , and great°-grandson of Roe loff Swart
wout and Eva Alberts Bradt . Roe loff Swartwout came to
America from Holland in 1 65 5 , and was fi rst Schout , or
Sheriff, of U lster county under Peter Stuyvesant . Samuel
Swartwout , the patriot , of Kingston , N . Y . , was born January
2 3 , 1 726, and was a private i n Capt . Shu l ts’
company , Co l .
Brincke rhoof’
s regiment , of Dutchess county , N . Y . , mil i t ia .
Also great-grandson Of Benj am in Ba r na rd and Lucy Wood .
Benjam in Barnard l ived in Peru , V t . , whither he moved from
Westm inster , Mass . , in 1 800 . On the Lexington a larm he
marched to Cambridge in Capt . Noah Miles’
company . He
fought at Bunker H il l ; was i n Boston when Washington
assumed command , and served i n New J ersey . He received
a wound i n the leg which crippled h im for l i fe .
ROLL OF MEMBERS . I o7
DUDLEY , HARWOOD .
Johnstown , N . Y .
Lawyer . Born in Oppenheim , N . Y . , September 1 1 ,
1 852 . Son of James M . Dud l ey and Maria Swartwout , etc .
[See Edgar Swartwout Dud ley . ]
DUNNELL , JOHN H . 40 57 .
Brooklyn,N . Y .
Born in Croton , N . Y . , December 1 2 , 1 8 1 3 . Son o f
Elbridge Gerry Dunnel l and Sarah N ichols , grandson O f
Henry Dunnel l and Tamar Gale , great-grandson Of H enry
D u nnell and Hannah Daggett , great’-grandson Of Jonathan
Dunnel l and Mehitab le Kenny , great’-grandson of Thomas
Dunnel l and Dinah Brim sde ll , and great‘-grandson Of M ichael
Dunnell and Mary , h is wi fe . There were eleven d ifferent
authent ic ways Of spel l ing the name of the Old New England
fam ily Of Dunnel l , namely , Doniel , Donell , D unme l , Dunnel l ,D unn i l , D unn ill , Dw inne lle , Dwinnel l , Dw inne l ; Dw in e l and
D u nwe ll . Hen ry Dunnel l (or Dw in e l) , was born in Sutton ,Mass . ,
February 2 2,
1 762 , and d ied October 1 7 , 1 805 , at
Albany , N . Y . He was a private in the Sutton company Of
Massachusetts m i l i t ia ; partic ipated in the battle Of Stony
Point ; and was at West Point when Andre was hung . Five
other members Of the Dw ine l fam i ly of Sutton were sold iers in
th e Revolution .
DU VAL , HORACE CLARK . 4 1 2 7 .
New York City .
Private secretary . Born in Brooklyn , N . Y . , J u ly 4 , 1 85 1 .
Son of Wil l iam Du Va] and Carol ine N ichols Clark , grand
son of Horace Clark and Emily N ichols , and great-grandson
of Thaddeus N ichols and Aner Cone . Thaddeus N ichols was
born in Princeton , Mass . , February 9 , 1 762 , and died in
M iddletown , Conn . , February 8 , 1 842 . In 1 778 he en l i sted
1 08 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
in the Chore Rangers , under Capt . A ldrich , Maj or Ben
jam in Whitcomb ’s command , employed on the northern
frontier watching the l ines and protect ing settlements from
Ind ians . I n November , 1 778 , they defeated a body o f
I nd ians and Brit ish between Ticonderoga and Crown Point .
I n March , 1 78 1 , he was made Orderly Sergeant in Capt .
B lakely ’s company , Col . Samuel Fletcher’s regiment , Vermont
troops ; was stat ioned at Castleton , on the Canadian frontier ,and Served as clerk to El isha Clark , Issu ing Com m issa rv to the
brigade . He was a Un ited States pensioner .
EARLE , FERD INAND PINNEY .
New York City .
Proprietor o f hotels . Born in Hartford , Conn . , Septem
ber 1 1 , 1 839 . S on Of Wil l iam P . Earle and El izabeth
P inney , grandson Of Benjamin P inney and Sarah McKenney ,
great -grandson of E lea z a r P inney and Eunice King , great”
grandson Of .Capt . Benjam in Pinney and Susanna Lathrop ,great’-grandson of Humphrey Pinney , 2d , and Mary Hul l ,and great ‘ -grandson Of Humphrey Pinney , I st . Eleazar
P inney was born in Ell ington , Conn . , i n February , 1 753 , and
was one of the fi rst c it izens of that town . He was Sergeant i n
the campaign against Burgoyne ; fought at St i l lwater , Septem
ber 1 9 , 1 777 ; also at Saratoga , October 7 , 1 777 , and was in
the division that stormed Burgoyne’
s camp . In c ivi l l i fe he
represented the town in the Legislature , was a Se lectman of
the town for fourteen years , and was such an authori ty in the
sett lement of estates and other responsible trusts that he was
j ocu larly cal led the Admin istrator-General of Ell ington .
EGGLESTON , R ICHARD HENRY .
New York City .
Banking . Born in Albany , N . Y October 5 , 1 856. Son
of Wil l iam Wallace Eggleston and Clara I rene Pease , grandson
I I O SONS OF TH E AME RICAN RE VOLUTION .
White was born in Rehobeth , Md . , May 1 5 , 1 756 , and died in
1 820 . At the beginn ing o f the Revolu tion he raised and
equ ipped at his own expense , a company o f the Virgin ia l ine ,and was Captain of it throughout the struggle , being present at
the surrender o f Cornwall is . Col . Wil l iam Stevens ( 1 6301 687) was one of Lord Balt imore
’
s trusted counsel lors,and was
Depu ty-Governor o f the Province . He was founder Of the
Presbyterian chu rch in Maryland , at Snow Hi l l .
EVERETT , JAMES H .
Kingston , N . Y .
Merchant . Born in Bath , N . Y . , February 1 1 , 1 83 7 .
S on of Ebenezer Everett and Lau ra M . Walden , grandson o f
E lea z er E verett , j r . , and Lucy Battel le , great-grandson o f
Eleazer Everett and Beth ia Morse , great’-grandson o f John
Everett and Mercy Brown , great'-grandson Of Capt . J ohn
Everett and El izabeth Pepper , and great‘-grandson of Richard
Everett and Mary , h is wi fe . Richard Everett came to
America from England and was one Of the original settlers o f
Dedham , Mass . , i n 1 636. E leazer Everett was born in Ded
ham , April 2 5 , 1 76 1 , and died at Francistown , N . H . ,
December 22 ,1 82 8 . He was a private in the company o f
mil i t ia raised in Dedham for the Revo lut ionary army .
A lso grandson of Nathan Walden and Mercy Eggleston ,and great-grandson of N a tha n Wa lden , S r . , and Beth ia
Bil l ings . Nathan Walden , Sr . , was born in Frankl i n , Conn . ,
J anuary 1 4 ,1 762 , and died in L eRoy , N . Y . , May 2 3 , 1 855 .
H e served as a private in the Connect icu t mi l it ia , and was held
a prisoner of war in New York City nearly a year.
EXNER , CHARLES RUDOLPH .
San Franc isco , Ca l .
Clerk . Born in Podo l ia , Russia , December 3 1 , 1 866.
Son of Charles Frederick Exner and J u l ia Pu laski , grandson
ROLL OF ME MBE RS . I I I
of Mart in Pu laski and Eva Rose Kant , and great-grandson of
Casim ir P u la ski . Count Casimir Pulask i was born in Podo l ia,
Poland , March 4 , 1 748 , took an act ive part in the war against
Russia , lost h is estates and was outlawed in the fi rst part it ion
of Poland in 1 772 ; came to America in 1 777 ; en l isted under
VVash ingtOn ; part icipated i n many battles , and for his conductat Brandywine was given a brigade Of cavalry . In March ,
1 778 , he organ ized Pulask i s Legion , composed Of lancers and
l ight infantry ; entered Cha rleston in May , 1 779 ; fol lowed the
Brit ish unt i l they left South Carol ina ; partic ipated in the Siege
of Savannah , whe re he fel l at the head Of his brigade , October
9 , and d i ed on the brig two days later . He lies
buried on one Of the islands near Savannah , and a monument
has been erected to him in that city .
FERR IS , FLOYD .
New York City .
Banke r and broker . Born in N ew York , March 3 1 , 1 8 57 .
Son Of Andrew Morton Ferris and Evel ina Frankl in, grand
son Of Floyd Thomas Ferris and Catherine Morton , great
grandson of James Ferris , 3d , and Sa rah Oakley ,great’-grand
son of jam es F er r is , 2d , and Charity Thomas , great ’-grand
son of J ames Ferris and Anne Sands , and great‘-grandson Of
J ohn Ferris (born who moved from F a irfie ld ,Conn . ,
and became one of the fi rst pate n tees Of Westchester , N . Y
in 1 667 . James , 2d , owned the homestead in 1 776, when the
Bri tish occupied i t . He was subsequently captured by the
Queen ’s Rangers , carried to New York , imprisoned in the Old
Sugar House , and so maltreated that he d ied a few days after
h is re lease . H is son Thomas , whose natural patriotism was
rein forced by the desi re to avenge h is father , was one of the
most act ive , daring and dangerous enem ies Of the invader .Also grandson Of R ichard L . Frankl in and Evel ina Crary ,
great -grandson Of Anthony Frankl in and Lyd ia Lawrence , and
1 1 2 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
great’-grandson of john F rankl in and Deborah Morris . J ohn
Frankl in was act ive in beha l f o f the prisoners on the prison
Sh ips off Blackwe l l ’s Island , N . Y . , during the war , and per
formed much peri lous service for the ir re l ief . H is wi fe was
one of those patriot ic women who rendered as much service as
those who bore arms . She was banished from New York for
her act ive sympathy with the prisoners , and removed to
Philadelphia . Upon her death , Congress adj ou rned ou t of
respect for her .
F INLEY , LE IGHTON .
Fort Custer , Mont .
First Lieutenant , Tenth U . S . Cavalry . Born in Charles
ton , S . C. , J une 9 , 1 856. Son of Wil l iam P e ronn ea u Finley ,
LL . D . , and Anna Maria Harris Gibson , grandson of jam es
E dwa rds Bu r r F in ley , M .D . , and Mary Pe ronneau,great
grandson Of Samuel F inley , D .D and Sarah Hal l , and great"
grandson Of M ichael Fin ley , a native Of cou nty Armagh ,I reland , Of Scott ish descent , who came to Phi ladelphia , Penn . ,
September 2 8 , 1 734 , and set tled as a farmer in Sadsbury town
ship , Chester county , Penn . H is son Samuel was President
of Princeton Col lege from 1 76 1 unti l h is death in 1 766. Dr .
J ames E . B . Fin ley was born in Nott ingham , Md . , May
1 5. 1 7 58 , and d ied in Charleston . S . C J une 1 3 , 1 8 1 9 .
He was a med ical pupil of his fi rst cousin and guard ian .
the ce lebrated Dr . Benjam in Rush . He was Surgeon o f
the Fi fteen th Massachusetts regiment , February 2 5 , 1 778 ;
t ransferred to the Fi fth Massachusetts , J anuary 1 , 1 78 1 ;
t ransferred to the .Fou rth Massachusetts , J une 1 2 , 1 783 ; and
served to November 3 , 1 783 . At the t ime of h is death he was
Secretary o f the South Caro l i na Cincinnat i . H is three
brothers were also offi cers in the Cont inenta l l ine : Surgeon
Samuel Finley , Fourteenth and Seventh Massachusetts
regiments ; First Lieu t . J ohn H . F in ley , Fi fth and Sixth
ROLL OF MEMBE RS . I 1 3
Pennsylvan ia regiments ; and Capt . -Lieut . Ebenezer F in ley ,First Continental Art i l lery , later Deputy J udge Advocate ,Southern Department .
F INLEY , WALTER LOWRIE . 43 1 9 .
Chattanooga , Tenn .
Captain , U . S . A . Born in Phi ladelphia , Penn . , J anuary
2 1 , 1 857 . Son Of Surgeon -General Clement Alexander
Finley , U . S . A . , and El izabeth Moore , grandson Of Maj .
S am uel F in ley and Mary Brown , great-grandson of John
Fin ley and Martha Berkley , and great2-grandson of M ichael
Fin ley,a nat ive of county Armagh , I reland , of Scotch
descent,who came to Phi ladelph ia , Penn . , in 1 734 , and
Se ttled in Sadsbury township , Chester county , Penn . Samuel
Fin ley was born Apri l 1 5 , 1 7 52 , and d ied in Phi ladelphia ,Apri l 2 , 1 829 . He was appointed Lieutenant of Sheppard ’s
Virgin ia Rifle company , J u ly 9 ,1 776 ; Captain in the Eleventh
Virgin ia , December 20 , 1 776 ; promoted to Major of Posey’
s
Virgin ia R iflem en , and served to the close of the war . After
the war he was appointed by President Wash ington a Receiver
Of Pub l ic Moneys for the Northwest Territory , and for many
years was a resident of Chi l l icothe , 0 . Two of his brothers
were also officers during the Revolut ion : First Lieut . Andrew
Finley Of the E ighth Pennsylvania , and Capt . John Fin ley
of the Eighth , Fi fth and Second Pennsylvania regiments .
FLAGG , CASSANDER D . 405 1 .
N ew York City .
General Superintendent Of the Wagner Palace Car CO.
Born in Newton Lower Fal l , Mass . , December 1 5 , 1 83 7 .
Son of Cassander S . Flagg and Hannah Jones , grandson o f
john F lagg and Anna Cook , great-grandson Of James F lagg
and Anna Morse , great”-grandson Of Eleazer Flagg
, J r. ,
and Deborah Tompkins , great’-grandson of Eleazer Flagg and
1 1 4 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
Deborah Barnes , and great‘-grandson Of Thomas F lagg and
Mary , his wi fe . John Flagg was born at Westboro , Mass . ,
October 6, 1 7 58 , and l ived there and in Wilmington , Vt . H e
marched with the Westboro company on the Lexington alarm
fought in the battles of Bunker H i l l and Saratoga,and con
t in ued i n se rvice to the close of the war .
FOLSOM , GEORGE THORND IKE .
San Francisco , Cal .
Accoun tant . Born in New York City , September 2 1 ,
1 83 3 . Son Of Lewis Deland Folsom and El izabeth Woodwe ll
Hunt:grandson of Lewis Folsom and Eunice B . Deland ,great-grandson of Benjamin Folsom and Mary Baker , great
”
grandson of L ieu t . jona tha n F olsom and Deborah Hal l , great’
grandson Of Jonathan Folsom and Anna Ladd , and great‘
grandson of John Folsom and Ab igai l,his wi fe . The origin
of the Folsom family , so far as known . dates back to J ohn
Fou lsham , prior o f a Carmel ite monastery , Provincial Of al l
England and D . D . of Cambridge , who d ied in 1 348 . Lieut .
Jonathan Folsom was born in Exeter , N . H . , i n 1 724 , and
l ived i n Newmarket , Epping and New Durham . He was a
soldier in 1 74 5 and 1 7 5 5 , in the latter year receiving a bu llet
i n the shoulder . I I I 1 766 he lost a leg by the burst ing Of a
cannon celebrat ing the repeal of the Stamp Act . On the ou t
break of the Revolut ion , he made his way to Bunker H i l l ,hobbled into battle on his wooden leg , and took charge of a
mortar . I t is recorded that the second bomb he fired landed
on a Brit ish man -of-war and compelled its withdrawal . He
was a brother of Gen . Nathaniel Folsom ofRevolut ionary fame .
FOYE , ANDREW J . C . 4 1 1 2 .
New York City .
Merchant . Born in Shamokin , Penn . , D ecem ber z 3 , 1 83 3 .
Son ofWil l iam Foye and Jane M il ler , grandson Of Barkley
SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
Virgin ia . Joel l ived and d ied in Woodfork , Charlotte cou nty ,Va . He was Lieutenant -Colonel in a regiment raised i n
Charlotte county in 1 78 1 , commanded by C0 1 . Thomas Read ,to rein force Gen . Green
,who had been driven across Dan
river by Cornwall is . I t is said that this regiment turned the
t ide of batt le and had the pleasure of witnessing Cornwal l is’
su rrender at Yorktown . Wi ll iam Mor ton ,brother of Joel
Watkins’
wi fe and great’-grand father Of Mr . Gaines through
his father’
s mother , was a Maj or in the same regiment .
Also great-grandson Of Samuel Woodson Venable and
Mary Read Carrington , great’-grandson Of P a u l Ca r r ing ton
and Margaret Read , and great°-grandson of Clement Read and
Mary H il l , who came from England and sett led i n Virgin ia .
J udge Paul Carrington was a mem ber of the Committee of
Safety for Charlotte county , V a , , member of the House Of
Burgesses , J udge of the Court Of Appeal , and in various
capacit ies was patriot ically act ive in pub l ic affa i rs before and
during the Revolut ionary war .
GARDEN , HUGH R ICHARDSON . 4 1 4 5 .
New York City .
Lawyer . Born in Sumter , S . C. , J u ly 9 , 1 840 . S on Of
Ale ste r Garden (Gibbes) and Elizabeth R ichardson , grandson
Of Wilmot S . Gibbes and Anna Frances de Saussu re , great
grandson of H enry Will iam de S a ussu re and El iza Ford , and
great’-grandson of Da n iel dc Sa ussu r e and Mary McPhe rson .
The father of H ugh R . Garden was born a Gibbes , but at the
request of h is uncle , Major Alexander Garden O f Lee’s Legion
,
had his name changed by the Legislature to Aleste r Garden .
Daniel de Saussure was born in Beau fort District , S . C. ,
August 1 2 , 1 73 3 ; l ived i n Charleston ; agitated to expel theBrit ish Provincial Governor ; was member of the Provincial
Congress ; captured in the defense of Charleston , 1 780 : sent
prisoner to St . Augustine , and after the war was State Senator
1 1 8 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
of the last strategic poin ts of the Brit ish in South Carol i na to
be abandoned , and was thoroughly dyed with Tory sympathy .
He also served on occasions as Scout and part isan soldier .
GAZZAM , EDW IN VAN DEUSEN ,
New York City .
Physician . Born in U t ica , N . Y February 5 , 1 866. Son o f
Col . AudleyW . Gazzam and Mary Elizabeth Van Deusen , grand
son Of‘
Edward D . Gazzam , M . D . , and El izabeth Antoinette
Beelen,great-grandson of Will iam Ga z z am , j r . , and Ann
Parker,and great’-grandson of Will iam Gazzam and Martha
Hart . Gaz zam is a Bib le name , “ the children of Gazzam
being mentioned in Nathan iel vi :5 1 , among those who returned
from the capt ivity in Babylon . Wil l iam Gazzam , J r . , was an
Engl i sh journal ist , born in Cambridge , who espoused the
American cause , incurred the enmity of George I I I , and was
forced to flee . He arrived in Ph i ladelph ia , Penn . , and moved
thence to Pittsbu rg , Penn . , of which port he was appointed
fi rst col lector by Mad ison . He died in Pittsburg in 1 8 1 1 .
Also , grandson of Edwin Mart in Van Deusen , D . D . , and
Eliza Maria Gi lbert , great-grandson of I saac Laird Van Deusen
and Lovina Hart , great’-grandson of jacob Van D eusen and
Mary Laird,and great'-grandson of I saac Van Deusen and
F it ie (or Fiche) Burghardt . Isaac Van Deusen was of Dutch
ancest ry . With his father-ln -law , Coonrod Burghardt (son Of
Hendrick Burghardt), he moved from Kinderhook , N . Y . , to
Great Barrington,Mass . , of which he was one of the fi rst
settlers . Jacob Van Deusen was born there J uly 1 5 , 1 74 1 ,
and died May 26,1 8 1 2 . He was a member of the Committee
of Safety of Great Barrington in 1 776.
Also great-grandson of Ban ford Gilbert and Elizabeth
Edwards,and great
'
figrandson of Thaddeus Gilber t and Martha
Turney . Thaddeus Gilbert was born in Connect icu t in 1 756
and d ied in Spencertown , N . Y . , in 1 83 3 . On May 8 , 1 775 ,
E rra tum : I n twe l fth l ine rea d Nehem iah V I I : 5 1 .
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he enl isted in the Fi fth company , Fi fth regiment , Connect icut
m il i t ia , and served t i l l December 1 3 , 1 775 , and re-en l isted for
the war March 4 , 1 777 , i n Capt . Comstock’
s company,Eighth
regiment , Connect icu t Line .
Also great’-grandson of Sam uel E dwa rds and Jane She lton .
Samuel Edwards of F a irfie ld county,Conn . ,
was born October 20 , 1 756, and d ied in
Man-l iu s , N . Y . , August 5 , 1 83 8 . He en
l isted May 8 , 1 77 5 , i n the Second company ,Fifth regiment , Connect icu t Line .
Elizabeth Anto inette Beelen , menti oned
above , was daughter Of Constant ine Antoine
de Be elen and granddaughter of BaronE dwa rds w f-Arm s Antoine de Bee len de Berthol f , first Aus
trian ambassador to the Un ited States in 1 783 .
GEDNEY , GEORGE WILLIAM ,
N ew York City .
Lawyer . Born in Newburg , N . Y May 1 7 , 1 868 . Son
of George W . Gedney and Mary E . VVeygan t , grandson of
Cornel i usWeygan t and Mary I’inckney , great-grandson of John
VVeygan t and Elizabeth Du Bois , great“-grandson of VVilhe l
m u s Du Bois and Mary H udson , great’-grandson of Lew is D u
Bois and Rachel Jansen . Lew i s Du Bois was born in New
Paltz , September 1 4 , 1 728 , and d ied i n Marlborough in 1 802 .
On September 20 , 1 77 5 , he was commissioned Captain in the
Fourth Ulster county , N . Y regiment under Brig . Gen .
Cl inton , recru ited for the Canad ian service ; promoted to
Major ; commiss ioned Colonel J une 2 5 , 1 776, with instruct ion s
to raise a regiment for three years ; was stat ioned i n the H igh
lands in 1 777 when Forts Cl in ton and Montgomery succumbed ;was taken prisoner and exchanged about a year later ; resigned
December 2 2,1 779 , and J u ly 1 , 1 780 , was appointed Co lone l
of levies raised to re -in force the United States Army .
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GOURAUD , GEORGE FAUV E L , 4400 .
New Haven , Conn .
Law student . Born in New York , J une 2 5 , 1 872 . Son
o f George Edward Gouraud and Florence W . Snow , grandson
o f George M . Snow and Frances M . Jackson , great-grandson
o f Nathan J ackson and Soph ia Squ ires , great’-grandson of
Giles jackson and Anna Thomas and great'-grandson of John
Jackson . G i les Jackson was born in Weston , Mass . , Feb
ruary 2 2 , 1 73 3 . He was a representative in the Genera l
Court fourteen years. member of the State Congress wh ich
met at Watertown , and o f the F i rst Congress which met in
1 7 74 . On August 30 , 1 77 5 , he was commissioned Major of
the First Berkshi re county , Mass . , regiment ; was again chosen
to that office by the Legislature in 1 776 ; served at Peekski l l ,N . Y . ; was d ischarged August 6, 1 776 ; agai n commissioned
Apri l 4 , 1 777 , and on October 1 1 , the same year , was appo inted
by the Legislatu re as Lieut . -Co lonel , the same regiment , in
place of Lieut . Col . Root , deceased . I t is family trad ition
that Col Jackson drew up the so-called “ Convent ion o f
Saratoga under wh ich Burgoyne su rrendered .
GORDON , CHARLES GARNETT .
Hyattsvi l l e , Md .
Captain , U . S . A . Bo rn i n Wake Co N . C September
2 8 , 1 83 7 . Son of Daniel Sm ith Gordon and Mary E l i z abeth
Hammett , grandson of H enry Gordon and E l izabeth Smith ,and great-grandson o f Dan iel Sm ith and Shu l l . Dan ie l
Smith was bo rn in York county , Penn . , September 2 1 , 1 755 ,
l ived in Frederick county , Md . , and d ied there in h i s 84th
year . H e was in Capt . Ambrose’
s company o f Frederick
county m i l it ia , 1 777 ; Lieutenant in Capt . Simpkins’
company ,Cotoct in battal ion , May 1 3 , 1 778 , and Captain in Co l . Bake r
J ohnson’s battal ion , March 29 , 1 779 . He reso lved not to
marry unt i l American independence was secured , and in fu lfil
1 22 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
Lexington he was Captain Of a company of minutemen , and ,as he said , had forty-two very fair shots at the enemy , many
ofwhich were del iberately fi red as near as from 1 1 to 30 yards .
For h is coolness and daring he was made Major in Col . Gard
ner’
s regiment , Massachusetts mi l it ia : promoted to Lieutenant
Colonel ; then Colonel Of the Eighth Massachusetts regiment ,and finally Brigad ier-General . He was wounded at Lexing
ton a ud Bunker H i ll , and severely in a n ight attack on Brit ish
entrenchments on an island in East River,New York .
Amasa was born in Newton , Mass . , J une 5 , 1 765 , and
died in New York March 24 , 1 824 . Being only ten years Of
age he enl isted as a drummer boy , and at the close of the war
was made an Ensign .
GRANGER , JOHN ALBERT , JR .
New York City .
Commission dealer . Born in Canandaigua , N . Y Decem
ber 2 2 , 1 865 . S on of J ohn Albert Granger (NO . 1 1 9) and
Annie Townsend , etc . [See J ohn Albert Granger] .
GRANT , ASA NELSON . 4 1 73 .
Weatherford , Texas.
Cash ier . Born in Canton , MO . , December 7 , 1 85 5 . Son
of Asa Nelson Grant and Mary E . All in , grandson Of Thomas
Dag Grant and Jean Stone , great-grandson of john Gran t and
Avis , and great’-grandson of Dona ld (or Dan iel ) Grant
and Janet MacGregor . Dona ld (or Daniel) Grant , born about
1 72 5 , was a supporter o f Charles Edward Stuart in the
rebel l ion of 1 74 5 i n Scot land ; escaped to America via France ,and died in Fauqu ier county , Va . He was a private in the
Eleventh Virginia regiment . His son John was with h im in
the same regiment , i n the capacity Of bugler at first . Theywere under Col . Wil l iam Washington up to the t ime Of his
captu re,being present at Cowpens and Eutaw Springs .
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GRAVES , JOHN C . 4 1 30 .
Bufl'
a lo , N . Y .
Lawyer . Born in Herkimer , N . Y . , November 1 8 , 1 839 .
S on of Ezra Graves and Maria Card , grandson Of J ohn Graves
and Ab igai l Munn , great-grandson of Russell Graves and Anna
M ill ington , great°-grandson of Jeded iah Graves and Elizabeth
Allen , great’-grandson of Benjamin Graves and Mary Sterl ing ,
great ‘ -grandson of Benjamin Graves and Mary Hoar , and
great"-grandson of J ohn Graves , who was born in England
about 1 600 , and settled i n Concord , Mass . , before 1 640 .
Russel l was born in East Haddam , Conn . , Apri l 1 7 , 1 75 1 , and
j ust prior to the Revol ution moved to Albany county , N . Y .
He served as private in Capt . Brown’
s company and Capt .
Had lock’s company in the Fourteenth regiment of Albany
cou n ty m ilit ia , and partic ipated in the batt le ofOriskany . His
brothers , J onah and Stephen , were Captain and Lieutenant
of Albany county mil i t ia , J onah being ki l led at Oriskany .
GREEN , JAMES O . 42 34 .
Hillsdale , Mich .
Lieutenant , U . S . A . Born in H u dson,W is . , J une 3 , 1 859 .
S on of Dr . J oseph Green and O l ive Chi ld , grandson of Asa
Green , J r . , and t bc Had ley , great -grandson of Asa Green
and Achsa Sanderson , great’-grandson o f Benjamin Green
and Lucy Masters , great’-grandson of Capt . Nathaniel Green
and El izabeth Sprague , great‘-grandson o f Wil l iam Green and
El izabeth H i ll s , great’-grandson of Will iam Green and Eliza
beth Wheeler , and great°-grandson of Thomas Green of
Leicestershire , England , who settled in Massachusetts in
1 636. The Rev . Asa Green was born in Leicester , Mass . ,J u ly 2 7 , 1 76 1 and died in P lvm ou th , V t . , September 1 6,
1 842 . He enl isted in May , 1 778 , in Capt . J ohn Cut ler’
s com
pany , Col . Wood’
s regiment , Massachusetts mi l i t ia , and
successively re -en l isted in 1 779 , 1 780 , and 1 78 1 , in Co l .
1 24 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN RE VOLUTION .
Drury’
s and CO1 . Nixon’
s regiments . Part Of h is service was
performed in Rhode Island and New York . He was present
at the execut ion of Major André .
GREENE , ALBERT S .
Washington , D . C .
Ofli ce r , U . S . N . Born in Adams , N . Y .,August 3 , 1 83 8 .
Son of J oseph Langford Greene and Susanna Maxson , etc .
[See David Maxson Greene . ]
GREENE,DAV ID MAXSON .
Troy , N . Y .
Civi l engineer , director , etc . Born in Brunswick , N .
Y . , J uly 8 , 1 83 2 . S on of Joseph Langford Greene and
Susanna Maxson , grandson of David Maxson , J r . , and Sarah
St i l lman , great grandson of D avid Maxson and Ab igai l
Greenman , great’ -grandson of John Maxson , 3d , and Thank fu l
Randall , great’-grandson of John Maxson , 2d , and J u d i th
Clarke , great‘ -grandson Of John Maxson and Mary Mosher ,and great°-grandson of Richard Maxson , the emigrant . David
Maxson was born in Westerly . R . I . , J u ly 24 , 1 729 , and d ied
there before 1 800 . He was appointed on a committee for
Westerly pursuant to an act of the Legis lature Apri l 22 , 1 77 5 ,
to procure powder , bul lets and flin ts ; was receiver of moneys
for paying bounties , 1 780 , and deputy from Westerly , 1 78 1 .
Many others , brothers or cousin s , participated in the war .
Asa was Lieutenant ; J oseph , Lieu tenant ; Phineas , Captain ;George , Lieu tenant ; Zacche u s , Ensign , and Jonathan , Deputy .
GREEN E , HORACE L . 49 92 .
Fort Plain , N . Y .
Born in Danube , N . Y . , October 1 3 , 1 839 ; d ied October
2,1 89 1 . Son of Lester Greene and Emily Herk imer , grandson
of J oseph Herkimer and Eun ice Trowbridge,great-grandson
1 26 SONS OF THE AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
Also great’-grandson o f Will iam Webb and E l i z abeth H udson , and great'-grandson of E benez er Webb and Mary Terre l l .Wi l l iam Webb of Southo ld , L . I . , was an Assoc iator in
Su ffolk county ; private in E ighth company , Co l . Josiah
Smith’
s regiment , at the batt le of Long Island ; carried home
camp fever ; buried two ch i ldren in consequence fled to Con
nect icu t and served in that State . Ebene z er Webb was another
Associator of S uflolk county , and died in 1 776 at the age o f 80 .
Also grandson Of Edwin B . Munson and Amel ia C . Sperry ,great-grandson of Charles Munson and Mabel Beach , and
great’-grandson of joseph K irk M unson and Luc inda Sears .
J oseph Kirk Munson , when 1 2 years old , accompan ied Capt .
Joseph Birdseye’
s company , Fou rth regimen t , Connecticu t
m i l i t ia , to F i shk i l l , N . Y . , and in J u ly , 1 779 , was in service
at New Haven and Fairfield , Conn .
A lso great-grandso n o f Wy llis Sperry and Cathy Ramsde l l ,and great”-grandson Of H a rthau Ram sdell and Catherine Bu rns .
H arthon Ramsdel l was a pensioner for Revolut ionary service
i n Massachusetts mi l i t ia .
Also great’-grandson of D . L . Sperry and Chloe All ing ,
and great'-grandson o f Ma rsha ll All ing and Abigai l Brocket .Marshal l All ing was a private i n Capt . Pre nt ice
’
s company,
F i fth battal ion , Co l . Will iam Douglas , Connect icu t mi l i tia .
GREENE , OLIVER D . 43 1 7 .
San Franc isco , Cal .
Assistant Adjutan t-General , U . S . A . Born in Scott , N .
Y J anuary 2 5 , 1 83 3 . Son o f George S . Greene and Ame lia
Maxon,and grandson o f john Green o f Rhode Island , who
was a Captai n i n the French and I nd ian war , and a private in
the Rhode Island mi l i t ia du ring the Revolut ion .
Also grandson o f Zaccheus Maxon , who was an Ensign in
the Third company , F i rst battal ion , o f Kings county mil i t ia ,o f Rhode I sland , i n 1 780 and 1 78 1 .
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1 0 1 . GREENOUGH , JOHN . 4 1 0 1 .
New York Ci ty .
Banker . Born in Boston , Mass . , March 2 5 , 1 846. Son
of David Stoddard Greenough and Anna Augusta Parkman ,grandson of David Stoddard Greenough and Maria Foster
Doane , great-grandson of David Stoddard Greenough and
Ann Hough Doane , great’-grandson of Thom as Greenough
and Sarah Stoddard , great’-grandson of J ohn Greenough and
Elizabeth Gross , and great‘-grandson of Wi l l iam Greenough ,
who emigrated from England to Boston in 1 642 ,and Ruth
Swi ft of Dorchester . The Greenough and Stoddard fam i l i es
have been prominent in the h istory of Boston from the time
of its sett lement . Thomas , who went by the t it le of Captain ,was born in Boston , May 6, 1 7 1 0 , and died there August 1 0 ,
1 785 . He was an active patriot and served as a member o f
the Committee of Correspondence . The Greenough mansion
in Roxbury , which has been in possession of the family Si nce
1 784 , is o f historic interest , having been bu i lt in 1 760 by
Commodore Loring , who commanded the British naval forces
at Boston .
GREGG , EDWARD ROLLIN .
Buffalo , N . Y .
Physic ian . Born in Bufl'
alo , February 24 , 1 870 . Son o f
Dr . Ro l l in R . Gregg and Hattie Wi ll iams , grandson of Samue l
Gregg and Rhoda Hayden , great-grandson o f Hugh Gregg
and Sarah Holmes , great’-grandson of Sam uel Gregg and
Agnes Smi ley,great’-grandson of John Gregg and Agnes
Rank in , and great‘-grandson o f J ames Gregg and J anet Cargil .
Samuel Gregg was the grandson of Capt . James Gregg , who
was born in Ayrsh ire , Scot land , emigrated to I re land i n 1 690 ,
thence to America in 1 7 1 8 , and was one of the founders o f
Londonderry . N . H . Samue l was born in 1 738 , and died
December 1 0 , 1 808 . He was a Sergeant in the French and
1 28 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
I ndian war , and fought on the Plains o f Abraham under Wol fe .
On the ou tbreak o f the Revolution , he decl ined a British
commission , and was appointed Major o f the regiment formed
i n Peterborough , which was summoned to Charleston at the
t ime of the battle of Bunker H i l l . He marched on foot with
his men and shared al l thei r hardships .
HAGAN , ALBERT . 424 5 .
Coeur d’
Alene , Idaho .
Lawyer . Bord in Monroe county , MO . , October 1 6, 1 842 .
Son of J oseph Hagan and Mary Beal , and grandson o f Rapha el
H agan and Mary Lavial le . Raphael (Ral f) Hagan was born in
Upper Marlboro , Md . , and d ied i n Kentucky about 1 8 1 8. He
was a Corporal in the First Maryland regiment under Colonels
Peter Adams and Otho A . Will iams . He was wounded at the
battle of Brandywine .
HALE , JAMES WEBSTER . 4003 .
New York Ci ty .
Born in Boston,Mass . , November 2 1 , 1 80 1 ; d ied Augu st
1 7 , 1 892 . Son of Benjamin Hale and Marianna Lovel l , and
grandson of jam es Lovell , who was a member Of Washing
ton’
s staff , with rank O f General .
HALL , EDWARD HAGAMAN .
New York City .
Pub l isher and printer . Born in Auburn , N . Y . , November
3 , 1 858 . Son of Benjamin Frankl in Hal l and Ab igai l Farnam
Hagaman , etc . [See Henry Hal l . ]
HALL , HENRY .
New York City .
Business manager Of the New York Tr ibune . Born in
Auburn , N . Y December 6, 1 845 . Son of Benjamin Frankl in
1 30 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN RE VOLUTION .
in Capt . Aaron Cleveland’
s company ; fought at the battle Of
Bennington , when he and a son were wounded ; was subse
quently appointed recru it ing ofli cer for the State during the war.
At the beginn ing of the war he was a man o f wealth and
pledged his resources to provide for the fami l ies of recru its ,and was thus impoverished . He received in retu rn for h is
advances Continental currency worth on ly two and one -hal f
cents on the dol lar .
HALL , JAMES P .
New York City .
Editor . Born in Auburn , N . Y . , September 2 , 1 849 . Son
of Benjamin Frankl in Hal l and Ab igai l Farnam Hagaman , etc .
[See Henry Hal l . ]
HAMILTON , HUGH . 42 54 .
Harrisburg , Penn .
Physic ian . Born in Phi ladelph ia , May 1 8 , 1 847 . Son of
Adam Boyd Hamilton and Catherine Louise Nauda in , grand
son O i Hugh Hamil ton and Rosanna Boyd , great-grandson of
john H am ilton , j r .,and Margaret Alexander , great
’-grandson
Of J ohn Hami lton and Jane Allen , and great’-grandson of
J ames Hamilton of Scotland and Katherine Potter . J ohn
Hamilton , Jr . , was born i n New London Cross-roads , Chester
county , Penn . , J une 1 7 , 1 749 , l ived in Cumberland county ,Penn . , and d i ed in Harrisburg , August 2 8 , 1 79 3 . He
was Sergeant in Capt . James Gibson’
s company , Col .
Buchanan’
s regiment , Fourth battal ion of Cumberland county
Associators , 1 776 ; Captain of a volunteer independent com
pany of horse , December , 1 776, for assistance at Trenton , and
Captain Of Fi fth class , Cumberland mi l i t ia , J anuary 20 ,1 778 .
Also great-grandson of Adam Boyd and Janet McF a rlan e ,
great’-grandson of John Boyd , J r . , and El izabeth Young ,and great'-grandson of John Boyd and Jane Craig . Adam
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Boyd was born in Bath , Penn . , i n 1 746, and d i ed in Harris
bu rg , Penn . , May 1 4 , 1 8 1 4 . He was commissioned Second
Lieutenant of the armed boat “ Burke , Janu ary 2 3 , 1 776
promoted to First Lieutenant October 4 , 1 776 ; and honorably
d ischarged J u ly 1 6, 1 777 .
Also great’-grandson O f H ugh Alexa nder and Martha
Edmeston ; and great'-grandson of John Alexander (o f Scot
land) and Margaret Glasson . H u gh Alexander was born i n
Cumberland county , Penn January 2 3 , 1 724 , and l ived there .
He was member of the Provincia l Con ference at Carpenter’s
Hall , Philadelph ia , 1 776 ; signer of a declarat ion o f independ
ence dated J une 24 , 1 776 ; member o f the Fi rst Consti tu t ional
Convent ion of Pennsylvan ia , and d i ed i n Philadelph ia while
serving as member of the First Assembly , 1 777 .
HAMILTON , WILLIAM REEVE . 4 1 9 1 .
Fort Monroe , Va .
Lieutenant , U . S . A . Born in Fond du Lac , Wis . , J une
1 3 , 1 85 5 . Son of Charles Smith H am i lton and Sophia J .
Shepard , grandson of Zay ne A . Hamilton and Sylvia Putnam ,
great-grandson of Hosea H am ilton and Mary Symonds great”
grandson of Samuel Hami lton and Mary Hamilton (his
cousin) , great’-grandson of Benjamin Hamil ton , and great
‘
grandson of Will iam Hamil ton , who was born in Scotland i n
1 647 , married Lucy Berry of England , came to America in
1 668 , and sett led at North Kingston , R . I . The latter was
son O f Gallat in Hami lton of Glasgow , who was a l ineal
descendant of James , Duke of Ham i lton , and once heir to the
Scott ish crown . Hosea Hamil ton was born a t Colchester,N .
Y . , in 1 748 , and d ied in Chatham , N . Y . , in 1 79 3 . He was
a surgeon by profession,and served as Adj u tant in Co l . Henry
L uddington’
s regiment (Seventh) New York mi l i t ia . He was
a personal friend of Wash ington 5 , and at h is desire , entered
New York i n d isgu ise to gain in format ion for the Commander
1 3 2 SONS OF TH E’ AME RICAN RE VOLUTION .
in-Ch ie f . Being suspected , he escaped on horseback , c losely
pu rsued , and was saved on ly by the flee tness o f h is steed .
HAMMOND , ANDREW G . 4 1 75 .
Fort Meade , S . D .
L ieutenant , U . S . A . Born in Hart ford , Conn . ,May 26
,
1 857 . Son of Andrew G . Hammond and Mary S . R ipley ,grandson o f Frankl in Ripley and Char lotte Barrett , great
grandson Of J ohn Barrett , J r . , and Martha Dickinson , and
great’-grandson o f john Ba r rett and El izabe th Edwards .
J ohn Barrett , Sr . , was born in Boston , December 7 , 1 73 1 ,
and died i n Springfield , Verm ont , December 3 , 1 806. He
was Captain in Co l . Seth Warner’
s regiment , New York
mil it ia , begi nn ing in J anuary , 1 776 ; in March , 1 776 , was
about Quebec , and in May , 1 776, at Crown Point . H e was
promoted to be L ieu tenant-Colonel . and received instruct ions as
such from General Gates , dated Ticonde roga ,S eptem be r 7 , 1 776.
HARPER , ORLANDO METCALF . 4 1 05 .
New York City .
Dry goods commission merchan t . Born in Pittsburgh ,Penn . , September 1 7 , 1 846. Son of J ohn Harper and Lyd ia
E lecta Metcal f , grandson o f Nathan Wil l iams Metcal f and
J erusha C lark , great-grandson of Aru nah Metcal f and Eun ice
Wi l l iams , great’-grandson o f Veach B il/ram s and Lucy Wal s
worth , great'-grandson of Ebenezer Wi l liams and Mary Veach ,
and great‘ -grandson o f I saac W i l l iams Of Newton , Mass . , andE l izabeth Hyde . Veach W i lliams was born in Lebanon ,Conn . ,
Apri l 2 3 , 1 72 7 , and d ied September 1 1 , 1 804 . A
fel low-townsman o f J onathan Trumbul l , he was assoc ia ted
with him in the conduct Of publ ic affa i rs for many years .
From 1 765 to 1 778 , inc lusive , he was member o f the Boa rd
o f Selectmen , with Gov . Trumbu l l , Wi l l iam W i l l iams , sign erOf the Dec larat ion of Independence , and other prom inent
1 34 SONS OF THE AME RICAN RE VOLUTION .
grandson of Marcus H emst reet and Mary Lovejoy and grea t
grandson of Na tha n Lovej oy and Lo is Davis . Natha n Lovejoy
was born in Connect icu t , November 1 1 , 1 757 ; enlis ted in
Ma rch , 1 776, in Capt . Joel Dick inson’
s company , Col . Elmore’
s
reg iment , Connect icut Cont inen tal Line ; stat ioned in FortDayton , “ German F lats , N . Y ; re-en l isted in Apri l , 1 778 ,
in Capt . Wright ’s company , Co l . Ph i l ip Van Cort landt’
s regi
m ent , of New York and fought at Monmouth ; and served
short te rms in othe r commands .
HENRY , JOHN F .
Brooklyn , N . Y .
Born in Waterbu ry , V t . , February 2 5 , 1 834 ; died May
2 5 , 1 89 3 . Son o f James M . Henry and Mati lda M . Gale ,
grandson of Peter Gale and Hannah Tottingham , great
grandson of Peter Ga le and Prudence French,great’-grandson
of I saac Ga le, j r . , and Mehe table Dw ine l , and'
great'-grandson
o f Isaac Ga le and J udith Sawyer . [See J ohn F . Henry Jr . ]
H ENRY , JOHN F JR .
Brook lyn , N . Y .
U . S . Assistant Appra iser . Born in Waterbu ry , V t . ,
January 28 , 1 863 . Son of John F . H enry (NO. 9 3 ) andJ oseph ine Barrett , grandson o f James M . Henry and Mati lda
M . Gale , great-grandson of Peter Gale J r . and Hannah
Tott ingham , great'-grandson o f P eter Ga le and Prudence
French , great‘-grandson of I saac Ga le j r . and Mehe table
Dwine l , and great‘-grandson of I saac Gale and J udith Sawyer .
Peter Gale was born in Sutton , Mass . , December 4 , 1 756 ;
se rved in the Massachusetts regiment commanded by Col .
John Jacobs during the campaign o f 1 778 , six months and
e ight days . On Apri l 1 5 , 1 779 , he married Prudence French
at Royalston , Mass . , and in February , 1 79 3 , moved to Barre ,V t .
Isaac Gale J r . was born in Fram ingham , Mass . , in 1 732 ,
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and l ived in Royalston . He served as a Sergeant in the
Northern army ” at Ticonderoga under Col . Samuel Brewer .
HENRY,WILL IAM HAM ILTON . 403 7 .
New York City .
J ourna l ist . Born in New York City , October 1 5 , 1 845 ,
S on of Horat io Morris H en ry and Sarah Ann Nugent , grand
son of Will iam Hamilton Henry and E l iza Ann Neal , great
grandson of H ugh H enry and Phoebe Morris , and great’-grand
son of John Henry and Ann Hamilton . Hugh Henry was
born Of Scotch Presbyterian parents in Coleraine , county o f
Londonderry , I reland , in 1 740 , and came to America in 1 765 ,
settl ing in Phi ladelph ia . The fami ly were related by marriage
w i th the Van Ren sselaers and other influent ial colon ial fam
il les . H ugh Henry’
s father , John Henry , was a kinsman of
J ohn Hen ry , the father of Patrick Henry of Virgin ia , and i t
was upon his sol ici tation that Hugh Henry and his sister , Mrs .
Dunkin (the m other of Mrs . Wil l iam Van Rennse lae r o f
Albany) , settled in Ph iladelph ia in 1 765 . Upon the outbreak
of the Revolu t ionary war , Hugh Hen ry incu rred the host i l i ty
of the Tories by h is moral and substant ial aid to the American
cause , and was forced to flee to Lancaster . There he took
the oath o f allegiance to the Un ited States and host i l i ty to
the Crown September 2 1 , 1 777 , the original o f which is'
in
possession of his descendant .
H ILL , WILL IAM LOWELL .
Portsmou th , N . H .
Boatswain , U . S . N . Born in Auburn , Iowa , October 1 7 ,1 85 5 . Son of Hen ry Clay H i l l and Margaret J . Cater ,grandson of James H i l l and Betsey B lanchard , and great
grandson of Sam uel H ill of Cam bridge , Mass . , who was born
about 1 750 . On December 9 , 1 776, he en l isted in Capt .
J ohn Walton’
s company , that was detached for Nodd le’
s
1 36 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
I sland , Boston Harbor , and was d ischarged twelve days later .
He also served from March 1 0 , 1 777 , unt i l December 3 1 ,1 779 , in Capt . Will iams
’ company , Col . Greaton’
s regiment .
Also grandson of Denis Cater and Mary Messer , and
great-grandson of E benez er M esser , who descended from the
Messers who sett led in Methuen , Massachusetts Bay Colony ,early in the seventeenth century . He was born about 1 74 1 in
what is now Landaff , N . H . , and l ived in Andover , Mass .
He enl isted October 1 4 , 1 779 , in Capt . Stephen Webster’
s
company , Co l . Jacob Ge rrish’
s regiment , Massachuset ts
mil i t ia , served fi fty days , and re-en l isted J u ly 1 0 , 1 780 , i n
Capt . J ohn Abbott’
s company , Col . Nathanie l Wade’
s regi
ment , for three months’
Service at West Point .
1 2 1 . H IMES , J EH IEL WEBB . 4 1 2 1 .
Cohoes , N . Y .
Manu factu rer. Born in We the rsfie ld , Conn . , November
1 8 ,1 842 . Son of J ehiel Webb H imes and El iza Slocum
,
grandson of John Slocum and Pol ly Parker , and great-grand
son Of joshua‘
S locum and Lucy Dunn . Joshua Slocum was
born in Frankl in township , Mass . , about 1 759 , and l ived in
Sutton , Grafton , Southbridge , and last ly Northbridge , Mass . ,where he died May 28 , 1 8 1 6. He was a farmer and shoe
maker . As a sold ier in the Revolu t ionary war , he served in
Rhode Island in 1 779 . In 1 780 he was a member of Capt .
Ebenezer Batt le ’s company in Lieut . -Col . Samuel Pierce’
s
reg iment , Massachusetts troops . His widow was a pensioner
resid ing in Coven try , Conn . , i n 1 840 .
HOUSTON , J . B . 4097 .
New York City .
Born in Wash i ngton , D . C. , October 3 , 1 83 8 . Son of
J ohn H . Houston and Gertrude Parker Truxton , and grandson
of Thom as Tr ux ton and Gertrude Von Dri l l . Capt . Thomas
SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
HOWARD , THOMAS HOWARD . 403 5 .
New York Ci ty .
Born in Providence . , R . I .,December 6, 1 862 . Son of
Ezra Wi l l iams Howard and Elizabeth Stuyvesant Ne ilson , etc .
[See John Nei lson Howard ]
HOWE , WALTER . 4 1 92 .
Washington , D . C .
Captain . U . S . A . Born in Bloomington , I nd . , December
3 1 , 1 846. Son of James M . Howe and Mary F . Graham ,
grandson o f John Graham and Isabel la P . Everitt , great
grandson of J oseph Everitt and Agnes Gaines and great’-grand
son of 7am es Ga ines and E l izabeth Strother . James Gaines’
father came from Wales . James l ived in Culpepper , V a . , at
one time and was (probably) born in Virgin ia . He died in
Kingsport , Tenn I n 1 829 . He was Captain of a company of
North Carol ina mil i t ia , mem ber of the North Carol ina Leg isla
ture , and took part in the Convent ion that rat ified the Federal
Const i tu tion . One of his i l lustrious descendants was Gen .
Edmund Pend leton Gaines , who acqu ired qu ite a reputat ion
during the war o f 1 8 1 2 and several Ind ian wars . His Second
wi fe , Mrs . Myra Gaines , spent her l i fe in the famous lawsu its
to recover property in New Orleans .
HOX I E , RICHARD L .
Wi l lett’
s Point , N . Y .
Captain , U . S . A . Born in New York City , August 7 ,1 844 . Son of J oseph Hoxie and Jacque l i ne Barry , grandson
of Ichabod Hoxie and Electa Norton , great-grandson Of P elegH ox ie and Lucy Babcock , great
’-grandson of Gideon H ox ie
and Dorcas , h is wi fe , great’-grandson of Joseph Hoxie , Jr . ,
and Deborah Babcock , great‘-grandson of J oseph Hoxie and
Sarah Tucker , and great°-grandson of Lodowick H auksie , who
came from Wales and settled at Sandwich , Mass . , i n 1 650 ,and
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Mary P resbu ry . Although a Quaker , his descendants free ly took
up arms for thei r country . G ideon was born at Charlestown ,R . I . , December 1 4 , 1 729 , and was Lieutenant-Colonel of
Col . Richmond’
s reg iment of Rhode I sland t roops . Peleg
was born at Charleston , R . I . , September 1 5 , 1 756, and was
a L ieu tenant in L ipp itt’
s (Second) reg iment o f Rhode I slandtroops , and in Co] . Christopher Green
’
s battal ion from about
August , 1 777 , to the close of the war .
HOYT , ALBERT SHERMAN . 4399 .
Denver , Col .
Treasu rer Brook lyn Investment Company . Born in Bu r
l ington , V t . , September 1 5 , 1 863 . Son ofCharles Albert Hoyt
(No . 260) and J u l ia Sherman , etc . [See Charles Albert Hoyt . )
HOYT , CHARLES ALBERT .
New York City .
Merchant . Born in Burl ington , V t . , J u ly 2 7 , 1 839 . Son
of Will iam Henry Hoyt and Anne Deming , grandson o f
Daniel Hoyt and Sarah Flanders , and great-grandson of yoscplz
H oy t and Betsey Folsom . J oseph Hoyt , of Sandwich , N . H . ,
was one of the signers of the famous “ Association Test ,” as
fol lows : “ WE , TH E SUBSCRIBE RS , do hereby solemnly engageand promise that we wi l l , to the u tmost of our Power , at the
R isque of ou r Lives and Fortunes , with ARMS , oppose the
Hostile Proceed ings of the Brit ish Fleets and Armies aga inst
tlz e Un itca'
Am er im n Colon ifs .
A lso grandson of Eleazer Hubbe l l Deming and Fanny
Fol lett , and great-grandson o f Powna l D em ing and Abbe
Hubbel . Pownal Deming of Colchester , Conn .
,was Sergeant
in Capt . Worthy Waters’
company on the Lexington Alarm ;Sergeant in the Eighth Company , Second reg iment , Connec
t ien t Line , 1 775 ; Ensign in the Twenty-second reg iment o f
the Line , 1 776 ; Sergeant of Capt . Wi l l iam Coit’s company
[40 SONS OF TH E AMERI CAN REVOLUTION .
when i t took charge of the privateer ”Harrison , at Plymouth ,
1 776 ; Lieutenant in the Fourth regiment . 1 777 , and Lieu
tenan t in the Fi rst Regiment , 1 783 , when he ret ired with the
army . H e was an original member o f the Cinc innat i .
Al so great-grandson o f Timothy Fol lett and Susanna Fay ;and great°~grandson o f j okn Fay and Mary F iske . J ohn Fay
was born in Hardwick , Mass . , i n 1 734, and l ive d in Benn ington ,Vt . He was a private i n Capt . E l ij ah Dewey
'
s company ,Col . Moses Robinson
'
s regiment o f mili t ia at Ticonderoga in
1 776. H e was one o f the five brothers— John , E l ijah ,Benjamin , Joseph and David— who pa rt icipated i n the batt le
of Benn ington , where he was ki l led , August 1 6,1 777 .
HOYT , RALPH WILSON .
Fort Apache , Ariz .
Captain , U . S . A . Born in Mi lo,N . Y . , October 9 , 1 849 .
Son of Benjam in Levi Hoyt , and Celest ia U . Mariner , grand
son o i Levi Hoyt and Anna Bissel l , grea t-grandson o f N a t/am i d
H oy t , j r . , and Anna Wh ite, great'-grandson of Nathan iel
Hoyt and Ruth , h is wi fe , great’-grandson o f Benj . Hoyt , and
Mary . h is wi fe , great‘-grandson o f John Hoyt and Mary
Lindal l , great'-grandson o f Walter Hoyt , and grea t
'-grandson
of Simon Hoyt , who came from England and settled in
Charl estown , Mass . , 1 629 . Nathan iel Hoyt , Jr . , was born in
Danbu ry , Conn . , about 1 7 50 and d ied in W inches ter about1 840 . He was an Ensign in the Connect icut mi l it ia five years ;was in the batt le of Wh i te Plains. and was under Wash ingtonand Putnam in New York and Long I s land . When Danbu ry
was burned , h is wi fe and five chi ldren fled to New M i l ford .
HUBBARD , DWIGHT I
New York City .
Physician . Born in Natura l Bridge , N . Y August 28 .
1 860 . Son of George Northorp H ubbard and Amel ia E l len
1 42 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
was d ischarged November 1 6. He had previously served as
Lieu tenant i n Capt . D im on’
s company of Fa irfie ld , raised
in May , 1 775 .
HUBBELL , HENRY WILSON . 4240 .
New York City .
Captain , U . S . A . Born in New York , February 8 , 1 842 .
Son o f Henry Wi lson Hubbe l l and J ane Mar ia Bostwick ,
grandson o f E z ekiel H ubbel l and Catheri ne Hubbe l l (daughtero f Amos Hubbel l), great-grandson o f j o/z n H ubbell and E leanor
Bu rr , great’-grandson o f Nathan H ubbel l and Martha F in ch ,
great'-grandson of Samue l Hubbel l and E l izabeth , h is wi fe ,and great ‘g rand so n o f R ichard H ubbel l and E . H . (in i tials ontombstone ; su rn ame unknown .) R ichard H ubbe l l was born
i n England , 1 62 7-8 . jo ined the New Haven Co lony in 1 645-7 ,
and was one o f the eleven grantees of F a irfie ld , Conn . ,i n
1 675 . J ohn H ubbe ll was born in Norwalk , Conn . , August
1 0 , 1 734 , and d ied in South-east , Putnam county , N . Y
March 1 0. 1 8 1 0 . H e was a Lieutenant in Capt . Jonathan
D im on’
s compa ny o f F a irfie ld , Conn . , on coast guard duty
du ri ng 1 776.
HULL , GEORGE HUNTINGTON .
Tuxedo Park , N . Y .
President American Pig I ron Storage Warrant Company .
Born in Dansvi l le , N . Y November 2 2 , 1 840 . Son of Rev .
Leverett Hu l l and Sarah Lord , grandson o f D r . Titns H ull
and O live Lewis Parmelee , and great-grandson of Dr . Zephenia
H u l l and Hannah Cook . Dr. Titus H u l l was born in Be thle
hem , Conn . , March 2 5 , 1 75 1 , and lived in Bethlehem , L itchfie ld
and Danbury . I n J u ly , 1 776, he was a volunteer in Capt .
Andrew Mart in'
s company of househo lders who engaged to
equ ip ou rse lves for the de fence o f ou r rights , etc .
Also grandson o f Ze lotu s Lord and Sa l ly Farnham , and
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great-grandson of Solom on Lord . Solomon Lord was born in
Lyme , Conn . moved to Windham , Conn died about 1 8 1 5was a private in the Fourth regiment , Connecticu t Continental
Line , under Col . J ohn Durkee whose regiment was in the
F i rst Brigade . This brigade was under Lafayette at one
time , and subsequently under Major-Gen . Green .
H UNTT I NG , TE UN I S D IMON . 42 3 5 .
Brooklyn , N . Y .
Salesman . Born in East Hampton , L . I September
22 , 1 848 . S on of J . Mad ison H u n t t ing and Mary E . Dimon ,grandson of Abraham H u n t t ing and Mary Mul ford , great
grandson of N a t/ion ic!H un tt ing , 3d , and Mary Murdoch , great“
grandson of Nathanie l H u n tt ing , 2d , and Mary Hedges ,great ’-grandson of Nathan iel H u nt t ing , I st , great
‘-grandson
of John and great“-grandson of John of England , who sett led
in Massachusetts in 1 63 8 . Nathaniel H u n tt ing , 3d , was born
in 1 730 , and was an Associator in the town of East
Hampton , L . I .
Also grandson of J ohn Dimon , J r . , and Hannah H icks ,great-grandson of J ohn Dimon and Esther Fi ler and great”
grandson of Abra/1am D im on and Hannah Foster . Abraham
Dimon was an Associator in the town of East Hampton , L .
I . , May 5 , 1 77 5 .
Also great-grandson of Zac/z a r ia/z H icks and Rebecca
Sherie ll and great°-grandson of Joseph H icks and Hannah
Sche llinge r . Zacharich Hicks was born in East Hampton ,
November 1 , 1 749 ; d ied there October 6, 1 83 3 ; mustered in
Capt . Ezekiel Mu l ford's company of minute-men , J u ly 26,
1 776,and ordered to j oin Col . Josiah Smith
’
s regiment .
Also great’-grandson of TIz om as F i ler and Esther Osborn .
Thomas Fi ler enl isted in Capt . John Davis’
company , Fou rth
regiment , New York Line , November 2 1 , 1 776, and was k i l led
near P oughkeepsie , N . Y . , October 3 1 , 1 777 .
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HYDE , FREDERICK WILLIAM .
Jam estown , N . Y .
Editor. Bo rn in Dunkirk , N . Y . , February 2 1 . 1 858 .
Son of W i l l iam Lyman Hyde and Fran ces El i z abet h R ice ,
grandson of Henry Hyde and Maria Hyde (a relative) , grea tgrandson o f Hyde and Mary Lyman and great
’~grand
son of E l ij ah Hyde and Mary Clark . Th is family goes back
to Wi l l iam Hyde , who came to th is country from Englandand was one o f the Hart ford , Conn . , colon ists in 1 636, mov
ing thence to Saybrook. and thence to Norwich i n 1 660 .
E lijah Hyde was born in Norwich , January 1 7 , 1 73 5 ; died
in Lebanon , Decembe r 3 1 , 1 800 ; appointed Major o f Second
regiment of Connect icut Ligh t Horse in November , 1 776 ;
was field oflicer under L ieu t . -Col . Thos . Seymour , with Ligh t
Horse at New York , 1 776, and at St i l lwater, October 2 , 1 777 .
He was Quartermaster of Second Troop of Horse in the
Twel fth Connect icu t regiment four years before the war .
Zabdie l Hyde , born i n 1 762 , and eventual ly Colonel o f
mil it ia , assisted i n driving the Bri tish to their sh ips after the
massacre at Fort Griswold .
I LSLEY , CHARLES S . 43 52 .
Fort Robinson , Neb .
Major, U . S . A . Born in Port land , Me Augu st 4 ,
1 83 7 . Son o f Nathan I lsley and Betty Pett ingel l , grandson
of Dan ie l Pett inge l l and Mehitable Ca rle , great-grand son o f
Sam uel Car l e and Betty Berry , great’-grandson o f Samuel Carle
and Mary Me llik in , grea t'-grandson o f John Me llikin and
El izabeth A lger and greaV-grandson o f J ohn Alger and Mary
Wilmott . Samue l Carle (or Car l l , as i t was then sp e l led), wasa nat ive o f Scarboro , Me . On J anuary 22 , 1 776, he en l i sted
as a p rivate in Capt . Benjamin Hooper'
s company , stat ioned
at Fa lmouth . i n the service of the Massachusetts Bay , and
se rved cont inuously until November 24 , 1 776.
1 46 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
JACKSON , TH EODORE F .
Brooklyn , N . Y .
Lawyer . Born in Rockaway , N . J November 1 6, 1 830 .
Son of Wil l iam Jackson and Susan D . Halsey , grandson o f
S tep/z en jackson and Mary Burwel l , great-grandson o f Joseph
Jackson , great’-grandson of James Jackson and Rebecca
Hal l ett , great’-grandson of John Jackson and E l i z abeth
Seaman , and great‘-grandson o f Robert Jackson , one o f the
origina l set t lers o f Hempstead , L . I . Stephen Jackson was
born in Rockaway , N . J . , September 8 , 1 744 : died March 2 8 ,
1 8 1 2 ; was member o f the Committee o f Observat ion in
Pequonnock , Morris county , N . J . , i n 1 775 ; Captain of a
company of Morris mil i t ia 1 777 ; and commanded a company
o f cavalry scout ing the fol lowing win ter. He cont racted lung
troub le wh i ch led to h is resign ation .
Also grandson o f Abraham Halsey and Nancy Beach ,great-grandson of E noe/z Beaelz and Susan Day , and great
’
grandson of Noah Beach . Enoch Beach of Morris county ,
N . J . ,was a private in the Morris m il i t ia . I n his com pany
with h im was h is son Samuel . Abraham Halsey descended
from Thomas Halsey Sr . , one o f the original sett lers of
Southampton , L . I . , in 1 640 .
J ENKINS , E . FELLOWS . 4039 .
New York City .
Superintendent New York Society for the Prevent ion of
Cruel ty to Chi ldren . Born in Weedsport , N . Y . , J uly 28 ,
1 844 . S on of John St i lwel l J enkins and Minerva Porter
Fellows,grandson of Edmund B . Fel lows and Pol ly Kellogg ,
and great-grandson of f a1 m F ellows and Mary Ash ley . John
Fel lows was born in Pomfret , Conn . , i n 1 73 3 , and l ived in
Sheffield ,Mass . He Served i n the French and I nd ian wars ;
was member of Massachusetts Provi ncial Congress in 1 775 ,
commanded a reg iment of Berkshire minu tem en , 1 775 ;
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Brigadier General at the battles of Long I sland , White Pla ins
and Bem is Heights ; took an active part in Burgoyne’
s su r
render ; and for severa l years H igh She rifi'
of Berksh i re
county . H is wi fe was daughter of Major General John
Ashley who commanded the forces wh ich d ispersed the insu r
gents in Shay’
s rebel l ion .
J ESUP , MORRIS KETCHUM . 4 1 1 3 .
New York City .
Banker . Born in Westport , Conn . , J une 2 1 , 1 830 . Son
of Charles J esup and Abigai l Sherwood , grandson of Ebenezer
J esup and Sarah Wright , and great-grandson of E benez er
j est/p , S r . , and Eleanor And rews . Ebenezer J esup , Sr . , was
born in Green Farms , Conn March 1 4 , 1 739 , and died there
May 6 , 1 8 1 2 . He served as Ensign in Capt . Nash's company ,Col . Samue l Whiting
’
s regiment , Connecticu t mi l i t ia . On the
day after Gen . Tryon burned F a irfie ld , J uly 7 , 1 779 , his house
and al l its contents were destroyed , i nfl ict ing a loss o f
which is recorded i n h istory as having been greater
than that of any other person , with a single except ion .
J EWETT . EDGAR B . 43 3 5 .
Buffalo , N . Y .
Manu factu rer . Born in Ann Arbor , Mich December 1 4 ,
1 843 . Son of John C . Jewett and Prisci l la Boardman,grand
son of Josiah J ewett and Sophia Skinner , and great-grandson
o f yosep/t 7 ewett and Lucretia Rogers . J oseph Jewett was
born in Lyme , Conn . , December 1 3 , 1 73 2 , and was Captain in
Co] . Hunt ington’
s (Seventeenth) regiment , Connect icut Line .
A fter the seige of Boston , his command proceeded to New
York and part ic ipated in the battle of Long Island . Col .
H untington 's regiment was compelled to surrender,.after
which Capt . Jewet t was made the target for several bayonet
thrusts . After he had surrendered his sword he was cut down
1 48 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
by the bayonets o f the i nfu riated enemy . He l ingered two
days , and died on August 29 , 1 776.
JOHNSON , EVAN MAL BONE , JR . 4 1 94 .
Brooklyn , N . Y .
Lieutenant , U . S . A . Born in Brooklyn . N . Y . , Septem
ber 26, 1 86 1 . Son of Capt . Evan M . John son and Amy
Grant , grandson o f Rev . Evan M . Johnson and Maria Pu i'dy ,
great-grandson o f Sam uel johnson , 2d , and Lydia Bu ll , great"
grandson o f S am uel f oim son , I st , and Ann Malbone , great‘
grandson of Thomas J ohnson and E l i zabeth Pil lsbu ry , great‘~
grandson o f John J ohnson , 2d , and great ‘ -grandson o f John
Johnson , I st , whose ancestor , Robert Johnson , sett led in
Salem , Mass . , abou t 1 630 , and moved in 1 636 to New Haven ,o f wh i ch he was one o f the founders . Samuel J ohnson , I st ,
was born in Connec t icu t about 1 720 , and d ied January 1 2 ,
1 782 . H e was Sergeant , and Samue l Johnson , 2d , a private in
the Seven h company,F i rst regiment , Connect icu t Cont inental
L ine . Th is regiment was recru i ted in New Haven coun ty on
the first ca l l for troops by the Legi slature , May- J une , 1 775 .
The Samuels J ohnson were d ischarged November 28 , 1 775 .
F ive generations o f th is fami ly have served the i r country in a
mi l itary capac ity : the two Samue ls ; Thomas , who was a
Capta i n o f colon ial mi l i t ia ; Capt . E . M . Johnson o f the
Twenty-th i rd Brooklyn reg iment , in the Civi l war ; and Lieut .
E . M . Johnson , Jr .,U . S . A .
JOHNSON , JULIUS A . 42 74 .
Auburn , N . Y .
Ed i tor . Born in New York City , April 1 8 ,1 826. Son o f
J ul ius C . J ohnson and Anna Rockwell , and grandson of
Chr istopher j o/z nson and Mary Aust in . Christopher Johnson
was born in M idd letown . Conn . , in 1 754 , and died in New
York City , J anuary 2 , 1 82 3 . He served i n Capt . David
I SO SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTI ON .
com pany , Col . Douglass'
regiment ,
attacked by Bened ict Arno ld , 1 78 1 .
JOHNSTON , JOHN H .
New York City .
J ewele r . Born in Sidney , N . Y May 2 5 , 1 83 7 . Son o f
Wm . S . Johnston and Fanny Dickerman , and grandson of
j olz n D ickerm an and Thankfu l Smith . John Dickerman was
born in New Haven , Conn . , March 1 8 , 1 765 ; removed to
Brattleboro , V t . , where he en l i sted , 1 78 1 , i n Capt . J ames
Blakely ’s company , Col . Samue l Fletcher’
s regiment , Vermont
m i l i t ia , and served n ine months . A fter the war he l ived in
Gu il ford , N . Y .
KANE , NEWELL .
Tyler , Texas .
Attorney at law . Born in Springfield , I l l . , Apri l 4 , 1 860 .
Son of Andrew J . Kane and Caro l ine Beers , grandson of
Ph i lo Beers and Martha Sti l lman , great-grandson of Zae/za r ia/z
Beers and Mary H u rd , great’-grandson o f Daniel Beers and
Pho ebe Wa lker , great’-grandson o f Joseph Beers and Sarah
Clarke , great‘-grandson of J ames Beers and Martha , his wi fe ,
great ‘-grandson o f Capt . Richard Beers o f Watertown , Mass . ,who was ki l led in King Phil ip’
s war . Zachariah Beers was
born i n Woodbury , Conn . , J une 3 , 1 758 , and died in Tu l ly ,N . Y . He was a private and afterwards an Orderly in Capt .
Nathan H ine'
s company , Thirt eenth regiment , Connect icut
mi l i t ia . H e was a clever man with h i s pen and somewhat o f
a wit , and was qu ite the lead ing poet in the valley in h is day .
Connect icu t m ilitia ; served
to the north
w a r d u n d e r
Gates in I 777 ,
a n d a t N ew
London when
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He gave public not ice of his change from the Congregational
to the Episcopal chu rch in verse ; delivered the ve rsified shaftso f h is sarcasm at various absurd it ies of his t ime , and wrote
p atriot ic songs about Independence .
KEAN , J EFFERSON RANDOLPH . 4 1 74 .
Un ited States Army .
Captain , Medical Department , U . S . A . Born in Lynch
burg , Va . , J une 2 8 , 1 860 . Son of Robert Garl ic H i l l Kean
and Jane N icholas Randolph , grandson o f Thomas Jefi'
erson
Randolph and Jane Hol l ins N icholas , great-grandson of
Thomas Mann Randolph and Martha Jefi'
erson , and great’
grandson of T/z om as j efi'
erson and Martha Skelton . Thomas
J efferson was born at Shadwel l , Va . , Apri l 1 3 , 1 743 and died
at Monticel lo on the fi ft ieth ann iversary of the Declarat ion o f
Independence , of which he was the author . H is father Peter ,a planter and surveyor , and member of House of Burgesses ,was of Welsh descent . H is mother was a granddaughter o f
Will iam Randolph ( 1 650 He studied law ; was dele
gate to the House of Burgesses ; powerfu l ly promoted patriotic
measures before the war ; was member of Second and Th i rd
Continental Congresses ; Governor of Virg i n ia , 1 779-8 1 ; sent
on foreign diplomatic m issions ; Min ister to France during
the French revolu tion ; Secretary of State under Washington
in 1 790 ; Vice-President in 1 797 ; President in 1 80 1 , re -e lected
i n 1 805 ; and ret i red to private l i fe in 1 809 .
KEAN,JUL IAN HALSTED .
El izabeth , N . J .
Lawyer . Born in Un ion , N . J . , April 24 , 1 854 . Son o f
J ohn Kean and Lucy Halsted , grandson of Peter Kean and
Sarah Sabina Morris,great-grandson Of Jacob Morris and
Mary Cox , great’-grandson of L ew is Al arms and Mary Walton ,
great’-grandson of Lewis Morris ( 1 698 great ‘-grandson
1 52 SONS OF TH E AMER ICAN REVOLUTION .
o f Lewi s Morris ( 1 67 1 and great ‘-gran dson o f R ichard
Morris an offi ce r in Cromwe l l'
s army who migrated to New
York about 1 650 . Lewis Morris was born in Morrisan ia , N .
Y . , 1 726 ; d ied January 22 , 1 798 ; graduated at Ya le 1 746
was delegate to Congress 1 775 ; on committee withWash ingtonto rai se m i l i tary stores ; i n Ju ly , 1 776, signed the Declarat ion
o f Independence ; suflered in consequence the bu rn ing o f a
thousand acres o f wood land and the devastation o f h is estate ;i n 1 777 resigned h i s seat in Congre ss to h is hal f brother
Gouvem eu r ; and a fterw ards was member o f the New York
Legi slatu re and Major General of state m il it ia .
KEEFER , FRANK R .
Fort Stanton , N . M .
F i rst L ieutenant and Ass istant Su rgeon , U . S . A . Born
in Venango county , Pa . , October 1 0 , 1 865 . Son o f John B .
Kee fer and Caro l ine R . Royer, grandson o f Andrew Kee fer
and Catherine Brua , and great-grandson o f F rederick Keefer
and Ann Maria Krause . Frederick Keefer was born in Berks
county . now Lebanon county , Penn . , in 1 7 58 . On the alarm
i n 1 775 , he entered the se rvice as drummer in the vo lunteer
com pan ies in York county , and subsequent ly became Sergeant .
Some o f the officers under whom he served were Capta ins
Bush,Shoemaker , Weaver and Thomas Fisher and Lieut .
Henry M i l ler . For severa l years after the war he l ived in
Gettysburg ; thence moved to Harri sbu rg , where he d ied .
KEENEY , JAMES F INLEY .
San Francisco . Ca l .
Past Assistant Surgeon , U . S . N . Born in Lebanon , I l l . ,March 1 6, 1 862 . Son of J oseph Keeney and H e len C . F in ley ,grandson o f James Caldwe l l Fin ley and Margaret G . Sm ith ,great-grandson o f Robert F i n ley and Esther Ca ldwel l , and
great'-grandson o f jam es Ca ldwell and Hannah Ogden . The
1 54 SONS OF THE AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
offi cer in October , 1 774 , and Sen ior Brigad ier General i n
Febru ary , 1 775 . He was in the batt le o f Bunker Hi l l , and
d ied in the se rvice at Peeksk i l l , N . Y . , February 1 9 , 1 777 .
KENDR ICK , FREDER ICK M . H .
Fort Logan , Co lorado .
Captain , U . S . A . Born i n A l bany , N . Y . , Octobe r 26,
1 838 . Son o f Edward E . Kendrick and h is wi fe Carol ine E .
H ; grandson o f Samue l Kend ri ck and Nancy Hawk ins , great
grandson o f Sam uel Kendr ick S r . , and Anna Sm ith , great
grandson of Nathan iel Kendrick and J ud ith Ell s , great'-grand
son o f Ebene z er Kendrick and Hannah , h i s wi fe , great‘-grand
son o f El ij ah Kendrick and Hannah Jackson , and great‘-grand
son o f John Kend rick o f England who came to Boston in
1 639 . Samuel Kendrick Sr . , was born in Coventry , Conn . ,
March 28 , 1 753 : moved to Hanover , N . H . ; and died March ,
1 3 , 1 845 . H e was among those who marched from Corn ish
and adjacent towns to rein force the garrison at Ticonderoga
on the a larms o f J une 2 7 , and J uly 4 . 1 777 . Later in the
same year he was a Sergeant in Col. J onatha n Chase’
s regi
ment Of New Hampsh ire mil i t ia , commanded by Major
F rancis Smith , and rendered se rvice at Saratoga under Gates.
KETCHUM , JOHN BUCKHOUT . 4 1 2 3 .
New York City .
Secretary , U . S . A rmy A id Assoc iat ion . Born in New
York,J uly 1 1 , 1 83 7 . Son o f David Ch i chester Ketchum
and Ann e Greene Requa , grandson o f E l ijah Requa and
E ustacie Combs , great-grandson o f james Requa and Rebecca
Conkl in , and great’-grandson o f Dan iel Requa . The fami ly
of Requa , spe l led variously Requau , and Requaw , part ic ipated
numerously in the Revolu t ionary war. James was born in
Tarrytown ,N . Y . , i n 1 730 and died there in 1 8 1 7 . He was
appointed by the Provinc ia l Congress a member of the Com
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m it tee of Safety for Ph illipsbu rgh , Wescheste r coun ty , N . Y
to serve from May 2 , 1 776, to May 2 , 1 777 . He had three
brothers , Gabriel , G lode and I saac , al l Captains in the Revo
lu t ionary war . Their father Dan ie l was a Huguenot , who
came from La Rochel le , France , to New Rochel le , N . Y . , and
afterwards purcha sed a farm near Tarrytown abou t the
beginn ing of the last century .
KILBOURNE , HENRY SAYLES .
Fort Clark , Tex .
Captain , U . S . A . Born in Vernon , N . Y August 1 4 ,
1 840 . Son of Charles Kilbourne and Margaret Sergeant
Sayles , grandson of Gi les Kilbourne and Abigail Doane , great
grandson of j olz n K illbour n and Anna Smith , great’-grandson
of Samuel Kilbourn and Mary Garrett , great ’-grandson o f
Abraham Kilbourn and Sarah Goodrich , and great‘-grandson
of J ohn Kilbourn and Susannah H i lls . J ohn K illbou rn the
patriot was born in L itchfie ld , Conn . , Apri l 1 2 , 1 73 5 , and
moved about 1 768 to Adams , Mass . , of which he was one o f
the first sett lers . He entered the Revolu t ionary army in
1 777 , and marched to Ticonderoga . In August of that year
he was promoted to Sergeant i n Capt . Parker’s company ; i n
1 780 commanded a company in Col . Symond’s regiment on
the “ Vermont alarm ; and in 1 79 7 moved , with the rest
of h is family , to P lainfie ld . O tsego county , N . Y . , where he
d ied September 5 , 1 820 . The fam ily name was subsequent ly
spell ed with a fina l e
Also grandson of Welcome Sayles and Harriet Sergeant,
and great-grandson of Tlz om as Say les and Prudence , his wi fe .
Thomas Sayles of Rhode I sland was a Lieutenant in the regi
ment commanded by C01 . Angel l at Camp Barber H eigh ts,
September 1 0 , 1 779 . A fter the war he moved to Wh i testown,
N . Y . , near U t ica , where h i s son Welcome Sayles was born in
the year 1 785 .
SONS OF TH E AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
KING , JOHN S . 4 1 96 .
Brooklyn , N . Y .
Manager o f “ The I ron Age .
”Born in M idd letown , N .
Y October I , 1 84 1 . Son of H iram V . King and Charlotte
Sawyer , grandson o f J onathan King and Mary Vai l . and great
grandson o f William Va il and t bc , hi s wi fe . Wil l iam
Vai l l ived on h is farm near Chester vi l lage , Orange county , N .
Y . , at the t ime o f the Revo lu t ion , and j oined h is brother
Capt . Benjamin Vai l i n Co l . H athom’
s reg iment o f Orange
county mi l it ia to ass ist i n repel l ing Brant . Du ring the march
W i l l iam was taken i l l and sent back . Capt . Benj am in con
t inu ed with the troops and fel l at M in isink , Ju ly 22 , 1 779 .
A lso grandson o f Mose s Sawyer and E leanor Holly , and
great-grandson o f jam es Sawy er and E l i z abeth Bradner .
James Sawyer, at the t ime o f the Revo lut ion . l ived near
Goshen , N . Y . , i n the Drowned Lands district . He was a
Captain in Col . Will iam Al l ison’
s Goshen regiment , February
6,1 776 ; and subsequent ly Quartermaster with rank of Major .
He was wounded at the battle of M inisink ; and was at the
defense of Forts Cl inton and Montgomery , October 6 , 1 777 .
I n the latter engagement his son James was taken prisoner
and died in capt ivi ty ,
KIRKLAND , GEORGE .
Oneonta , N . Y .
Merchant . Born in East Frankfort , N . Y . , J une 22 , 1 848 .
Son of Danie l Kirkland and El izabeth Hatch,grandson o f
Danie l Kirk land and Betsey W i l l iams ; and great-grandson o fDa n iel K irkla nd and Theodosia M ix ter. Danie l Kirkland , the
patriot , was born in Norwi ch , (now Huntington), Mass . ,October 1 2 , 1 72 5 ; enl isted Apri l 2 7 , 1 775 , as Ensign in Capt .
Abner Pomeroy'
s compa ny . Col . Fel lows’
regiment ; commis
s ioned Second Lieu tenant J u ly 6, 1 776, i n Col . I srael Chapin’
s
regiment ; marched to Benn ington in 1 777 , i n Capt . J ohn
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grandson of George Ebert ; grea t-grandson o f Mart in Ebertand Anna Maria Smyser, great
’-grandson o f M ic/rad Smy ser ,
great'-grandson o f Math ias Smyser , and great‘ -grandson o f
Mart in Smyser and Anna Barbara . M ichael Smyser o f
Pennsy lvan ia went to the front as Captain of a company in
Co l . M . Swope’
s regiment ; and was taken pri soner at Fort
Wash ingt on,N . Y . , Novem ber 1 6, 1 776. I n 1 778 he was
e lected to the Legislature from York county , and from tha t
t ime unt i l 1 790 he was seven times chosen'to serve in that
capac i ty . He did many ge nerous and patriot ic deeds , such as
raising 2 50 pounds spec ie for the rel ief o f Boston .
KNAPP , CHARLES R .
I nterlachen,F la .
H ote l propri etor . Born in Catskill , N . Y . , February 1 0,
1 863 . Son o f Charles R . Knapp and Mary E . Shepard ,grandson o f Edwin Gavin Knapp and Marietta Ferris , great
grandson o f j os/ma Knapp and Lodem a Warn er, and great”
grandson o f joshua Knap and Abigai l Bostwick . The name
Knapp was formerly spe l led with one p ,”the second p ”
having been added the la tter pa rt o f the last centu ry . J oshua
Knap was born in Danbu ry , Conn ., i n 1 7 1 6 and was enl i sted
for a short t ime in defense o f the town . H e was ca lled
Deacon to d ist ingu ish him from h i s eldes t son . Three o f
h is four sons served in the Revolut ion . H is son J oshua was
born May 6, 1 762 , l ived in Danbu ry , New M il ford , Conn . , and
Sherbu rn ,N. Y . , and d ied about 1 836 ; enl isted November
1 5 , 1 78 1 , as Ensign in F i rst regiment , Connecticut L ine ; and
ret i red with the army . He was a member o f the Cincinnati .
KOOP , GODFREY PHELPS .
New York Ci ty .
Born in New York , Augu st 9 , 1 868 . Son of Johannes
Koop and Marie E l i z abeth Jackson , grandson of O l iver Phelps
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J ackson and Anton ine Hugon des Demaines , great-grandson
of Am asa jackson and Mary Phelps ; and great’-grandson o f
M icha el jackson and Ruth Parker. Michael J ackson was born
in Newton , Mass . , December 28 , 1 734 , and died Apri l 1 0 ,
1 80 1 . He had four sons in the Revo lut ionary war . AS a
subaltern he had seen some service before the war . At Lex
ington he was Captain of a company of minute men , and , as
he said , had forty-two very fai r shots at the enemy , many o f
which were del iberately fi red as near as from 1 1 to 30 yards .
For his coolness and daring he was made Major in Col .
Gardner’s regiment , Massachusetts mi l it ia : promoted to Lieu
tenant Colonel ; then Colonel of the Eighth Massachusetts
regiment , and finally Brigad ier General . He was wounded at
Lexington and Bunker H il l , and severely in a night attack on
Bri t ish entrenchments on an island in East River whi le he was
stat ioned at New York . At West Point , on one occasion ,Gen . J ackson was weighed with Gen . Wash ington and other
officers. A memorandum made at the time shows that the
Commander-in-Ch ief of the armies weighed 209 pounds , wh ich
was less than might be expected of a man of Washington ’
s
statu re . Gen . Lincoln weighed 224 pounds ; Gen . Knox , 280
pounds ; Gen . Greaton , 1 66 pounds ; Col . Hunt ington , 1 82
pounds , and Gen . M ichael Jackson 2 52 pounds .
Amasa was born i n Newton , Mass . , J une 5 , 1 765 and died
in New York , March 24 , 1 824 . Being only ten years of age
he enl isted as a drummer boy and at the c lose of the war was
made an Ensign .
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LA BREE , BENJAMIN . 403 3 .
Ph i ladelph ia , Pa .
Publ isher . Born i n Ph i ladelph ia , February 1 1 , 1 855 . Son
o f Benjamin La Bree and Ann ie Faunce , grandson o f J ohn
La Bree and Catharine Tees , great o
grandson o f Benjam in La
Bree and Mary Hewson , and great'-grandson o f jam es La
Bree . James La Bree , wi th h is son Benjamin , aged abou t 1 2
years , le ft France for Canada in 1 780 ; reached Boston in
1 78 1 ; en l isted in Capt . Benjamin L em onte’
s company , Co l .Samuel Cobb ’
s regiment and served from May 1 0 . to Decem
ber 1 , 1 78 1 . Upon the exp i ration o f his term o f service he
retu rned to France . Benjamin became a sai l ing master with
Ph iladelph ia for his home , and in 1 799 married Mary Hewson ,daughter of Captain J ohn H ewson , a Revolut ionary patriot
who is said to have establ i shed the fi rst cotton spm n ing and
calico print works in the Colonies .
LANSING , WILLIAM FREDERICK . 4 1 57 .
Litt le Fal ls , N . Y .
Lawyer . Born i n Manheim , N . Y .,J u ly 29 , 1 856. Son
o f Samuel Stewart Lansing and Catharine Fox ; grandson of
Abraham Ten Eyck Lansing and Jane Ann Stewart , and o f
Jacob E acker Fox and Ann Maria Van Horne : great-grand
son o i Sanders Lansing and Catharine Ten Eyck , Samuel
Stewart and Content Douglas , Jacob Wi l l iam Fox and E l i z a
beth E acke r, and Richard Van Hom e and Corne lia Ten Eyck ;great’-grandson o f Ger r it jacob Lans ing and Jane Waters ,Abraham jacob Ten Ey ck and Frances Anna Lansing
,h is
wi fe , j okn S tewa r t and Ruth Smith , Wheeler Douglas and
Martha Rathbone , Wil l iam Fox and Cathar ine Zimmerman ,
jacob E acker and Margaret F inck , Abrabam Van H or ne and
Hannah Hoff , and jacob Ten Ey ck and Ann Cownhoven ; and
great’-grandson of jacob La ns ing (father o f Frances Anna)and Mary tj e Egberts , Asa Doug las and Rebecca Whee ler ,
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and Lydia Ransom , great-grandson of Samuel Ransom and
Mary Nesbitt , and great’-grandson of Sam uel Ransom and
E sthe r Lawrence . Samu el Ransom was born in Colchester (or
Canterbu ry) Conn . , and l ived in Norfolk , Conn . , and Wyom ing
Va l ley , Penn . I n October, 1 775 , he was commissioned
Capta in o f the Th i rd company , Twenty-fourth regimen t ,Connect icut m i l it ia ; Captain by commission from Con t inen
tal Congress August 26, 1 776 ; joined the Continental army
wi th his company at Morristown , N . J . , and engaged in the
batt le o f M i llstone , near Somerset Courthouse ; part ic ipated
in batt les o f Brandywine , Germantown , Bound Brook , and
Mud Fort ; i n J une , 1 778 , proceeded to Wyoming Valley to
de fend h is home against the Bri t ish and I ndians ; reached
Forty-Foot on the morn ing of the massacre and reported to
Col . Zebu lon But ler ; detai led to make a reconnoissance and
was k i l led at the front .
LEE , WILLIAM HENRY . 402 5 .
New York City .
Me rchant . Born in New Britain , Conn . , May 1 9 , 1 8 1 8 .
Son o f Thomas Lee and Electa R i ley , grandson of Isaac
L ee , 3d , and Abigai l Goodrich , great-grandson of Col . I saac
Lee and Tabitha Norton , great’-grandson of Dr . Isaac Lee ,
great'-grandson o f Stephen Lee nad El izabeth Royce , and
grcat‘-grandson of John Lee , who came to America from
Co lcheste r , England , in 1 634 . and Mary Hart . The name of
th is anc ient Engl ish fami ly was original ly spel led Lega . I n
the Doomsday Book Lega and Lee are frequently
u sed to indicate the same fami ly . The name sign ifies a
m eadow . Co l. I saac L ee was born in Farmington , Conn . ,
J anuary 1 7 . 1 7 1 6. and died December 1 3 , 1 802 . He was
Capta i n of the Thirteenth company of the tra i n band in the
Sixth regiment of the Colony in May , 1 767 ; made Lieutenan t
Co lone l of the F i fteenth r e
g iment , Octobe r , 1 767 , and was a
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member o f the Colon ial Assembly , with the excep t ion of four
years,from 1 76 1 to 1 775 . I n March , 1 775 , he was appointed
Colonel . He was a member of the General Assemb ly from
1 776 unti l 1 79 1 , except during 1 779- 1 782 , being a member of
the Assembly meet ing at Hartford when that body took the
oath of allegiance under Gov . Trumbul l to the new govern
ment of the United States in October , 1 776, and was chie f
magistrate of h is town unt i l incapacitated by age . His w i fe
was the heroine Of Mrs . Wil lard’
s Steal ing the Bride .
LINCOLN , JAMES MINOR .
New York City .
With Clyde Steamship Company . Born in Lewisburg , Pa , ,
September 1 , 1 854 . Son of Preston Shepard Lincoln and
Ann ie E liza Moore , grandson of M inor Sprague Lincoln and
Almira Shepard , and great-grandson of Rufus L incoln and
Lyd ia Sprague . The Lincolns were of Engl ish descent , com
ing to America and settl ing in H ingham , Mass . , in 1 636.
Capt . Ru fus Lincoln was born in Taunton , Mass . , November
1 0 , 1 75 1 , l ived there and in Wareham , Mass . , and d ied Feb
ru ary 1 1 , 1 83 8 . He joined the army at the outbreak of the
war ; was at Cambridge when Washington assumed command ;was at the batt le Of Dorchester H eights ; raised a company at
Taunton ; was i n Saratoga campaign ; thence went to Penn
sylvania ; was captured December 2 8 , 1 777 , whi le Scout ing
near Val ley Forge ; exchanged and rej o ined the army ; was
stat ioned at Newburgh , N . Y . , and was d ischarged near there
November 3 , 1 783 .
LOCKWOOD , HOMER N ICHOLS . 4342 .
New York City .
Retired . Born in Victory , N . Y June 2 3 , 1 83 3 . Son
of Homer Lockwood and Sally Benedict , grandson o f I saac
Lockwood, j r . , and Aner N ichols , great-grandson o f I saac
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Lockwood and R u th Wh i t ney , great’-grandson o f J oseph
Lockwood and Mary Wood , and great’-grandson o f Ephraim
Lockwood and Mercy St . J ohn . Eph raim Lockwood was
probably born in Watertown , Mass . , where the ancestor from
England settled in 1 630 . I saac Lockwood , Jr . , was born in
Norwalk , Conn . , December 2 2 . 1 76 1 , and d ied in Brookfi eld ,
Conn . , December 1 6, 1 83 8 . When he was about n ine yearso f age , h is mother , a larmed lest her sons be pressed into
the se rvice of Brit ish ves sels wh i ch were scou ring the coast
for that pu rpose , took her youngest three sons up into the
country and le ft them with fa rmers . I saac was le ft with a
tai lor named Bunnel , i n Brookfi eld , whe re he learned the tai lor’
s
t rade . A t the age o f 1 6 he en l i sted in the Continental army for
seven months , and then t e-enl isted for the war . On account
o f a lame kn ee , he served in the fie ld on ly in em ergencies ,emp loying most o f h is t ime mak i ng ofli ce rs
’
un i forms . H is
grandson , E li Hayes , o f Longmeadow , Mass . , has the Shears
with which he made Wash ington’
s clothes , and H . N . Lock
wood has h i s musket . H e was mustered out at West Point ,h is honorable d ischarge being signed byWash ington . H i s own
son ,I saac , 3d , i s l iv ing i n Brookfie ld , Conn . , i n h is 9oth year .
LOGAN , WALTER S .
New York City .
Lawyer. Born in Washington , Conn . , April 1 5 , 1 847 .
Son Of Seth S . Logan and Abigail Hol l ister , grandson o f
Sherman H ol l i ster and Polly Nettleton , great-grandson o f
Sherm an Preston H o l l i ster , great’-grandson o f Gideon H ol ister ,
great'-grandson o f John Hol ister and Rebecca Sherm an , and
grea t‘ -grandso n Of J ohn Hol ister who came from Scotland
and settled in Watert own , Mass . The Hol l isters , ( formerly
the McAllisters of Scot land) ancient ly spel led thei r name withone “ I .
" Gideon Ho l ister was a nat ive of We the rsfie ld ,
Conn . , and l ived in We thersfie ld , Strat ford and Woodbu ry .
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and Sarah , hi s wi fe . Char les Lowndes , Jr. , emigrated from
England in early l i fe to St . Ch ri stopher’
s , W . I . , and in 1 730
sa iled for Charleston , S . C . H i s son Raw l i ns was born in the
island o f St . Kitt’
s (St . Chri stopher) i n J anuary , 1 72 1 , andd ied in Charleston , 5 . C. , Augu st 24 , 1 800 . A lthough be fore
the Revolut ion he held Severa l ofli ces under the Crown , never
the less he gave the fi rst j ud ic ial dec ision in America against
the const i tu t ional ity o f the Stamp Act . I n 1 775 he was
member o f the Sou th Ca rol ina Provinc ial Congress : member
o f Committee o f Safety ; member o f legislat ive counc i l , 1 776
Presiden t o f South Caro lina in 1 778 . As “ war president
he powerful ly aided the American cause . He was subse
quently member o f the state government in various capacit i es .
LUSK , JAMES LORI NG . 43 1 2 .
West Point , N . Y .
Captain , U . S . A . Born in Pittsburgh , Pa , , February 1 9 ,
1 85 5 . Son o f Amos Lusk and Agnes Sterrett Clow , grandson
of Loring Lusk and Mary Smith , great-grandson o f Amos
Lusk and Mary Adams ; and great’-grandson o f j olz n Adam s
who settled in Alford , Berksh i re county , Mass . , between 1 7 5 1
and 1 760 . He was a private in Capt . Samuel Wo lcott ’s company
,Col . J ohn Brown
’
s regiment , from Berksh i re county ,
ordered to rein force the northern army in 1 777 ; re -en l isted
October 1 5 , 1 780 , as Lieutenant in Capt . Wi l lcock’
s company ,Col . J ohn Ash ley
’
s regiment , and served two days ;‘ and then
served on a committee in Al ford to raise troops . In 1 789 ,
with a large fam i ly and company from Shefli e ld , Mass . , he
sett led the town o f East Bloomfield,Ontario county , N . Y .
LUY STE R , CORNELIUS WESLEY . 4094 .
New York City .
Bui lder. Born in New.York , Augu st 6, 1 836. Son o f
Cornel ius L uy ste r and Hannah Totten , grandson o f E lbert
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L uy ste r and Catharine Lawrence , great-grandson of Da n iel
L aw rence and Eve Van Horn,great’-grandson of J ohn
Lawrence and Pat ience Sacket , great'-grandson of J ohn
Lawrence and Deborah Woodhu l l , and great ‘ -grandson of
Thomas Lawrence and Mary , his wi fe . Daniel Lawrence was
born in Newtown , L . I . , November 26, 1 739 , and died at
Lawrence Point , L . I . , November 7 , 1 807 . He was a zealous
Whig ; was Captain o f the Newtown troop o f Horse in 1 776 ;
was exiled from h is home from 1 776 to 1 783 ; and served as a
member of Assembly from Queens county by appointment o f
the Convention of 1 777 .
LYMAN , HART . 4024 .
New York City .
Editor . Born in Plymouth , Conn . , December 8 , 1 85 1 .
Son o f Ephraim Lyman and Hannah Dolbeare Richards ,grandson o f Erastus Lyman and Abigail Starr , and great
grandson of Moses Ly m an and Mary Buel l J udd . Major Gen .
Moses Lyman was born in Goshen , Conn . , March 20 , 1 743 and
d ied September 29 , 1 829 . I n the French war , the Con
nect icu t troops that were dest ined for Crown Point i n 1 7 5 5
were placed under his command . He was i n several important
exped it ions i n 1 776- 1 777 and was especial ly engaged at Long
Island , New York and Peekskil l . He was commander of a
body of troops stat ioned on the n ight of October 7 , 1 777 , to
watch the movements of Burgoyne’
s army and was the fi rst
to in form Gen . Gates that the Bri t ish had deserted their camp .
In consideration O f dist ingu ished services in the batt le o f
Saratoga , he was honored with the duty o f conveying to
Washington , personal ly , the first intel l igence of the surrender
of the Brit ish . He was also commander of the guard over
Major André , at , and previous to , his execution .
Also grandson of Peter Ri chards and Ann Hunt ington ,
and great-grandson of j ededia lt H unting ton . J edediah Hunt
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ington was bo rn in Norwi ch , Conn . , August 4 , 1 743 ; and d ied
in New London , September 2 5 , 1 8 1 8 ; He was a graduate
o f Harvard , and Captain o f mi l i tia prior to 1 775 . H e was
Colonel o f a regiment from Norwich at Cambridge , Apri l 26,
1 775 ; marched to New York , entertain ing Wash ington atNorwich en route ; helped repe l the enemy at various points
in Connect icut and New York ; was made Brigad ier General
i n 1 777 : and subsequent ly Brevet Major General : was on the
cou rt mart ial that t ri ed Genera l Lee ; and on the cou rt o f
i nqu i ry in André’
s case ; helped d ra ft the const itut ion Of the
Cincinnat i ; and was Sheriff , State Treasurer , and Col lector o f
Port o f New London , for many years . His m u n ificence was
celebrated .
MACAULEY , CARTER NELSON BERKELEY .
Un i ted States Army . 4 1 98 .
Lieutenant in Med i cal Department . Born in St . Pau l ,M inn . J u ly Son of Edward Yorke McCau ley , U .
S . N . , and J osephine McI lva ine Berkeley , grandson o f Dan ie l
S . McCau ley , U . S . N and Sarah Yorke , and great-grandson
of joli n McCa uley and De l ia Stewart , (sister of AdmiralCharles Stewart , U . S . N .) J ohn McCau ley (original ly and
subsequent ly spel led Macau ley) o f Ph i lade lph ia wa s of Pres
by te rian Scotch-I rish ancest ry . H e was member o f the Fi rst
t roop Of Phi ladelph ia City Cavalry , one o f the o ldest mi l i tary
organ i z a t ions in the Un ited States , formed November 1 7 ,
1 774 . H is son Danie l was a Lieutenant in the Un ited States
Navy in 1 8 1 2 ; and h is grandson Edward , Rear Admira l i n
the Un ited States Navy , 1 84 1 - 1 886.
A lso grandson o f Carter Nelson Berkeley and E l len Reed
McI lvain e ,great-grandson o f Carter Berkeley and Frances
Nelson Page . great’-grandson o f Nelson Berkeley and E l izabeth
Worm ley Carter , great’-grandson o f Edmund Berkeley and
Mary Nelson,and great’-grandson o f Edmund Berkeley
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MARTIN , JAMES GREEN .
Ashevi l le , N . C .
Lawyer . Born in Ba l t imore , Md . , May 7 , 1 854. Son o f
J . G . Mart in and Marianne Read , grandson o f George Read ,
3d , and Lou isa Dorsey , great-grandson o f George Read , 2d ,
and Mary Thompson , and great'-grandson o f Georg e Read ,
I st , and Gert rude Ross . George Read , 1 st , was bo rn in Mary
land , September 1 8 , 1 73 3 , and l ived in Newcastle , Del . He
was a signer o f the Declarat ion o f I ndependence , and , with
Cae sar Rodney , represented the state o f De laware in the
Continental Congress th roughout the struggle .
A lso great'o
grandson o f Wi ll iam T/zornpson and Catherine
Ross . W i l l iam Thompson of Car l isle , Penn . , was Captain o f a
troop o f Ligh t Horse in the French and I ndian war. On J une
2 5 , 1 775 , he was commis sioned Co lone l o f a battal ion o f Rifle
men raised for the army at Boston . The first Pennsylvan ia
so ldier to fa l l i n the war was in th i s battal ion . Co l . Thompson
was promoted to Brigad ier-General March 1 , 1 776, and com
m anded , for a short t ime , the American army in Canada .
H e was captured at Three Rivers and exchanged in 1 780 .
MAY , ALFRED H . 43 1 3 .
Sackett ’s Harbo r , N . Y .
Prin ter . Born in Sudbu ry , Mass . , January 1 1 , 1 870 . Son
o f W i l l iam A . May and Sarah O l ive Dudley , grandson o f
J oseph Dud ley and El izabeth Winch , great-grandson o f
D an ie l D udley , j r . and Lucy Pose , great'-grandson o f Dan ie l
Dud ley , Sr . , grea t g randson o f J ohn Dud ley , and Mary , his
wi fe , and great‘-grandson o f Francis Dudley and Sarah
Wheeler. Francis Dud ley came from England about 1 663and se tt l ed in Concord , Mas s. Daniel Dud ley , J r was born
in Concord , March 2 7 , 1 758 , and l ived in Way land . Mass .
He served thi rteen days on the Lexingt on alarm in Capt .
Timothy Underwood’
s company o f minute-men . Co l . Pres
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cott ’s regiment ; re-enl isted in Capt . Wright’
s company of the
Sixth Middlesex reg iment , and on September 1 7 , 1 777 . was d is
charged into Capt . Bal lard’s company in Col . Alden
’
s regiment
for three years .
MCELL IGOTT , HENRY RICHARD .
New York City .
Born in New York , January 1 6, 1 844 . Son of James N .
McE lligot t and Catherine Halstead Peckwe ll , grandson o f
Henry Wil l iam Peckwe ll and Sarah Nicholson Parker , and
great-grandson of j oltn P a rker and Abigai l Halstead . J ohn
Parker was a nat ive of Red Bank , N . J . , and was a matross
in Capt . Joshua Huddy’
s company Of art i l lery , New Jersey
mil i t ia . He was captu red in the Block House at Tom ’
s
River i n March , 1 782 .
MCELLIGOTT , NORMAN LANSING . 4099 .
Orange , N . J .
Broker . Born in New York , Apri l 1 3 , 1 868 . Son o f
Henry Richard McE ll igott (No . 86) and Harriet Griswold
Sprague , etc . [See Henry Richard MCE lligott . ]
MC INTOSH,THEOPH ILUS F . 4 1 32 .
Delhi , N . Y .
Publ isher . Born in Kortr ight,N . Y November 29 , 1 829 .
Son o f George McI n tosh and Sarah Jaqu ish , and grandson o f
S im on McI ntoslt and Sal ly Phelps . Simon McI n tosh l ived in
Dutchess county , N . Y . , and was a private in the First o f the
Northeast Prec inct companies of the First regiment o f
Du tchess county mi l it ia , I saac Smith , Captain , Petrus TenBroeck and Morris Graham , Colonels .
Also grandson o f j o/m j aqu islt , j r . , and Catharine , hiswi fe , and great-grandson o f J ohn Jaqu ish , a French sai lor .J ohn Jaqu ish , J r . , was born in New J ersey (or New York City)
1 72 SONS OF TH E AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
J une 1 7 , 1 7 53 , and d ied in Delhi , N . Y . , August
He en l isted in New York City , about J une 1 776 ; was made
Corporal , February 20 , 1 777 ; Sergeant , May 24 , 1 778 to
J anuary , 1 782 , in the Fou rth company . Second regiment , New
York Line ; part ic ipated in battles of Monmouth and Saratoga ,Sul l ivan
’
s CM pa ign against the Ind ians , and the battle o f
Yorktown .
1 co . MCKEE , JAMES COOPER . 4 1 oo .
Butler, Penn .
L i eutenant Co lone l , U . S . A . , retired . Born i n But ler ,Pa . , May 1 8, 1 830 . Son o f Hugh McKee and Margaret
Dunbar , and grandson o f Tliomas McKee and Margaret Hogue .
Thomas McKee (Magee) was born in county Down , I re la nd ,i n 1 749 , migrated to th i s country in 1 763 or 1 767 , and sett led
in Tuscarora Va lley , Pa . H e was one o f nine brothers , al l o f
whom were noted for thei r great statu re and hercu lean strength .
They were known as Scotch-I rishmen . Thomas was a private
in Capt . Cluggage’
s company . raised in the Tuscarora Val ley ,
belonging to the F i rs t Pennsy lvania regiment o f the L ine .
He d ied in Butler , Pa . , in 1 8 1 4 .
MCKEEVER , JAMES LAWRENCE . 4074 .
New York City .
Banker. Born in Ba l t imore , Md October 4 , 1 83 1 . Son
o f I saac McKeever and Mary Flower Gamble , grandson of
J oseph Gamble and Mary Thomson , and great-gran dson o f
Tliom as Thom son and Mary Jane Hale . Capt . Thom as
Thomson was a nat ive o f Scot land and died in Phi lade lph ia ,Penn . H e se rved with the Pennsy lvania troops
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at the batt le
o f Yorktown and was present at the su rrender o f Cornwal lis .
On h is ret u rn to Ph i ladelph ia he was presented by h is admirers
with a sword wh ich was in the possession o f the fami ly many
years t i l l destroyed by fi re with va luable papers and contents
1 74 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
MCLEAN , GEORGE HAMMOND . 4 1 4 1 .
New York City .
I nsu rance . Born in New York , November 24 , 1 849 . Son
o f James Monroe McL ean and Lou isa Wi l l iams , grandson o f
Corn e l ius McL ean and H annah Hammond , and great-grandson
o f jam s: Hamm ond . J ames Hammond was a nat i ve o f Westchester coun ty , N . Y . , and was Lieutenant-Colone l o f the
F irst regim ent o f that coun ty'
s mi l i tia .
MCMASTER , GEORGE HUNTER . 43 70 .
Fort H uachu ca , A . T .
L ieu tenant , U . S . A . Born in Columbia , S . C May 30 ,1 869 . Son o f F i t z W . McMas te r and Mary Jane Maefie ,
grandson o f J ohn McMaster and Rache l Buchanan , and grea t
grandson o f H ugh McMas ter and Margaret Kil loch . Hugh
McMaster was bo rn in county Antrim , I reland , i n 1 754 , and
settled with h i s two brothers , John and Patrick , i n the famous
N inety-six District of Sou th Caro l ina , where each was granted
[00 acres of land in 1 775 . Notwi thstan d ing the predom inati ng Brit ish sympathy of th is last interior Tory st ronghold o f
South Carol ina to yield to American arms , he en l isted with
h is brothers . J ohn was k i l led at Augusta , and Patrick d i ed a
prisoner at Camden . Hugh su rv ived the war and d ied on the
Atlantic ocean in 1 787 . Rache l Buchanan , above mentioned ,had two unc les— J ohn Buchanan , who was a Captain in the
Cont inenta l army , afterwards a member o f the Cinc innat i , and
who d ied at W insboro , S . C 1 826 ; and Lieut . Robert
Buchanan,who was captu red at the fa l l of Charleston , and
d ied on a Bri t ish prison sh ip i n Charleston harbor .
MCNAIR , EBEN ORLANDO . 4 1 24 .
Warsaw , N . Y .
Banker . Born in Ka lama z oo , Mich . , January I, 1 850 .
Son of David A . McNa ir and J u l iana Trumbu l l W i l lcox ,
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grandson o f Charles Wil lcox and Alm ira Rood , great-grandson
of Capt . j o/m Willcox and Margaret Kelsey , great’-grandson
o fWill iam W illcoxson and great'-grandson of J ohn W illcoxson .
Will iam W illcoxson came from London and became a freemanin Massachusetts Bay in 1 636. Most of his descendants
dropped the termination “son
” from their names . His son
J ohn , o f Kill ingworth , Conn . , was born in 1 760 ; served as
private in Capt . J ohn Wil l iams’
company , under Lieut . Col .
Gal lup , stat ioned at Fort Griswold , 1 779 ; was among the
short levies who served in the Seven th Connect icut reg i
ment in 1 780 and enl isted in the Provi sional regiment , (Capt .Prent ice ’s com pany
, ) 1 78 1 , raised“to march on the shortest
not ice in case H is Excel lency Gen . Washington shall ca l l for
them . Some sixty persons named Willcox and Rood , al l
more or less connected , part icipated in the war .
MERCER , WILLIAM ALLEN . 432 3 .
Ashland , Wis .
Lieutenant , U . S . A . Born in Bufl'
a lo , N . Y .
, March 1 9 ,
1 85 5 . Son o f Wil l iam M ercer and Eleanor Carol ine A l l en ,grandson o f Archibal Mercer and Harriet Wheat , great-grand
son of Samuel Wheat and Sarah Deshon , great’-grandson o f
join t D es/mu and Sarah Starr , and great’-grandson of Danie l
Deshon and Ruth Christopher . The D eshons are o f French
Huguenot extract ion . J ohn was born December 2 5 , 1 72 7 , in
New London , Conn . , and died in J une , 1 792 . Under the
t it le o f Captain he served as agent in erect ing fort ificat ions at
New London and as Commissary of various enl istments o f
troops . H e was also member o f the Nava l Board of the
Eastern Department . Two o f his brothers were also consp ic
nous in the Revolution .
A lso grandson of Lewis Al len and Mary Dennison Smi th ,grea t-grandson o f Dennison Smith and Waity Burrows , and
great’-grandson o f Oll iw r s
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t/z and Mary Denn ison . O l l ive r
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Smith was born at Poquonnoc. Conn . , Apri l 27 , 1 739 , being a
descendant o f Nehemiah Smith who came to America from
England about 1 639 and settled near New London , Conn .
On August 30 , 1 77 5 , he was Captain o f a company at
Ston ingt on , Conn . , when that town was bombarded ; and
rapid ly advanced through the grades o f Maj or and Lieu tenant
Colone l to Colonel i n May , 1 777 .
M ILLER , CARLTON SILAS .
Mi ller’s Corners , N . Y .
Born in M il ler’s Corners , N . Y August 1 0 , 1 83 3 . Son o f
Silas M i l ler and Almira Wilcox , grandson of Samuel M i l ler,
J r . , and Susannah Cleveland , and great-grandson o f S am uel
M iller and Z ilpha Hayes . Samuel M i l ler of Connect icut , who
died in M iller’
s Fal ls , N . Y . , in 1 80 1,enl isted from the town
of Simsbury , Conn . , in Capt . Amos Wil lcox’s company , on
the Lexington alarm and served three days . In the fol lowing
May he re -enl isted in Capt . Abel Pet t ibone’s company from
Simsbu ry i n Gen . Spencer’
s (Second Continental) regiment
and was discharged October 24 . This regiment was raised on
the first cal l for t roops , and participated in the siege of Boston .
Detachments took part in the battle of Bunker H i ll and
Quebec exped ition .
M ILLER , CRAIG CARLTON . 43 73 .
Canandaigua , N . Y .
Student . Born in M i l ler’
s Corners , N . Y September 6,
1 870 . Son of Carlton Silas M i ller (No . 3 79) and Harriot L .
Vary , etc . [See Carlton Silas M i l ler . )
M ILLER , FRANK .
Sacramento , Cal .
Banker . Born in M i lwaukee , W is . , J anuary 1 9 , 1 842 .
S on o f Henry M il ler and Nancy Robinson,grandson o f
1 78 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
Captain in Colonel Bradley'
s regiment of Wadsworth 's brigade,
i n J une , 1 776. He was in Fort Wash ington when it fel l ; and
in 1 780 was Captai n in Col . Beebe’s regiment .
z oo . MONTGOMERY , JOHN C . 4200 .
Denver, Col .
Capital ist . Born in Bentonsport , Iowa , February 1 9 ,
1 85 1 . Son o f J oseph Montgomery and Mary M ills , grandson
o f John Morton Montgomery and Mary Wilkins , great-grand
son of Joseph Montgomery and Mary Morton , and great’-grand
son of j o/z n Mor ton and Anne J ust is . J ohn Morton was born
in Ridley township , Chester county , now in Delaware , i n
1 724 , and died in April , 1 777 . He was member of the Stamp
Act Congress from Pennsylvania , J udge o f the Supreme Court ,delegate to the Fi rst Conti
nental Congress i n 1 774 ;
Speaker of the House of
Assembly ; and was re -elected to the Continental Congress ,1 776 . He was a signer of the Declarat ion of Independence .
A monument in the o ld Episcopal Church yard at Chester , Pa .
bears an eloquen t tribu te to h is services , clos ing as follows“ J ohn Morton being censured by some of h is friends for h is
boldness in giving the cast ing vote for the Declarat ion of I nde
pendence ,h is prophet ic spirit d ictated from his death-bed the
fol lowing message to them Tel l them that they wil l l ive to
see the hour when they shal l acknowledge i t to have been the
most glorious service that ever I rendered to my country .
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MOORE , THOMAS WHITES IDE . 4032 .
P la infie ld,N . J .
Broker . Born in Champlain , N . Y March 1 , 1 82 7 . Son
o f Am asa Corbin Moore and Charlotte El izabeth Mooers ,grandson of P r iny M oor e and Martha Corbin , great-grandson o f
Nodiah Moore and Ann ie Loomis , and great’-grandson of J oseph
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Moore and Owens . Pl iny Moore was born in Sheffield ,Mass . , Apri l 1 4 , 1 7 59 , and after the war , l ived at Champlain ,N . Y . He joined the exped i t ion to Canada under Armstrong
i n 1 775 . being obl iged on account of his youth , to en l ist as a
music ian . Later he was made Lieutenant of Capt . Wright’
s
com pany in Co l . Marinus Wil le tt’
s regimen t and became Adj u
tant of the regiment .
Also grandson of Benj am in Mooers and Hannah Platt ,great-grandson of Benjam in Mooers and Abigai l Hazen , great
’
grandson of Jonathan Mooers and Mary Poor,great'-grandson
of J onathan Mooers and Con stance Langhorn , great‘ -grandson
of Edmund Mooers and Anna h is wi fe , who came from
England in 1 63 8 and landed at Boston . Benjam in Mooers
was born in Haverh i l l , Mass . , Apri l 1 , 1 758 , and after the war
l ived in Plattsburgh , N . Y . He enl isted i n 1 776 in Capt .Eaton ’s Haverhi l l company , Col . Edward H iggleworth
’
s regi
m ent ; jo ined Gates’
army ; re -en listed in 1 777 in Capt . (Gen .)Brickett
’
s com pany ; was on guard over prisoners taken with
Bu rgoyne ; i n 1 778 , appointed Ensign in Co l . Hazen’
s regi
ment “ Congress’
Own ; in 1 779 , promoted to Adjutant of
the regiment , which posit ion he held unt i l the close of the
war ; crossed the ice to Staten Island with Sterl ing in 1 779 ;
was member of Washington’
s Li fe Guard 1 779-80 ; and was
present at Andre’
s execut ion . After the war he held m any
posit ions of publ ic tru st and honor . He served i n the mil it ia
30 years , being commissioned Major General i n 1 8 1 1 .
Also great-grandson of N a t/z a n iel P la tt and Phoebe Sm i th,
great2-grandson of Z epha n iah P la tt and Hannah Saxton,
great'-grandson of J onas Platt , great‘-grandson of E p ine tu s
Platt and Phoebe Wood . great ‘ -grandson of Richard Platt and
Mary , his wi fe , and great°-grandson of Joseph Platt . Nathan iel
Platt of Suffolk county , N . Y . , was commissioned in 1 776,
Captain of a company in Col . Josiah Smith’s regiment of
minu te-men , Second battal ion of Suffolk county,and was
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attached to Gen . Woodhu l l’s brigade in the battle of Long
I sland . He was later attached to the commissary depart
ment and rendered effic ien t service in gathering suppl ies for
Wash ington ’s army along the Hudson . Co l . Zephaniah Platt
of the Associated Exempts was taken prisoner by the Brit ish
and died on one of their prison sh ips at the age of 74 .
MOREHEAD , GEORGE ROBERT .
New York City .
Agent with U . S . Express Company . Born in L itchfie ld ,
Conn . , Septem ber 2 , 1 843 . S on of J am es C . Morehead and
Nancy Bissell , grandson of Hi ram Bissel l and Beatta Wetmore ,and great-grandson of Benj am in B issell and Mabel Griswold .
Benjam in Bissel l was a nat ive of L itchfie ld , Conn . , and enl isted
as Sergeant in Capt . Beebe’
s company formed in that town in
January , 1 776, fo r an exped i t ion to New York , in Co] .
Andrew Ward ’s regiment . He re -en l isted i n May , 1 776,
i n the same com pany .
MORR IS,CHARLES W .
New York City .
Grain business . Born in Cinc innati,O. ,
October 1 2 , 1 862 .
S on of J ohn W . Morris and Sarah Ford Poore , grandson of
Nathaniel Peabody Poore and Mary Ford , great-grandson of
E l ip/z a let Poore and Elizabeth Litt le,great°-grandson of
Sam u el , great’-grandson of Henry , and great ‘ -grandson of
J ohn Poore the fou nder , who was one of three brothers who
came from Wiltshire , England , i n 1 63 5 , and settled in New
bu ry , Mass . Eliphalet Poore was born in Rowley , Mass . ,
March 1 8 , 1 746 (or and d ied i n Hopkin ton , N . H . ,
October 1 9 , 1 82 7 . He en l isted September 2 5 , 1 777 , i n Capt .
Hezekiah Hutchins’
company , Col . Joseph Welch’
s regiment ,of New Hampshi re mil i t ia , and was d i scharged with the regi
ment November 6, 1 777 .
1 82 SONS OF THE AME RI CAN RE VOLUTION .
Also great-grandson o f Abner Gooda le and Mol ly Howe ,great’-grandson of Nathan Goodale and Persis Wh i tney , great
’
grandson o f J ohn Goodale and E l izabethWitt , grea t‘-grandson
o f Zachariah Goodale and E l i z abeth Beacham , great‘-grandson
of Robert Gooda le and Katherine who came from Ipswich ,England to Dorchester , Mass , , in 1 634 . Abner Goodale
was born in Marlborough , Mass . , August 22 , 1 75 5 ; and died
there May 1 6, 1 82 3 . On the day o f the batt le o f Lexin gton
he j oined Capt . Howe'
s company and marched to Cambridge .
On December 4 , 1 77 5 , he re-enl isted in Capt . Gates’ company
Co l . Ward ’s regiment . His brother Wi l l iam was a lso a so ld i er .A lso , grandson o f A lpheus R ice and Huldah Ca l l ; and
great-grandson o f S‘edu tli a n R ice and Lucinda Merchant .
Jedu than Rice of Montagu e , Mass . , was a private in Capt.Houghton
’
s company , Seventh Reg iment , Gen . Wam e r’
s
Brigade , in 1 778 . He descended from Edmund Rice o f
England . one of the settlers of Sudbu ry , Mass . in 1 639 .
NICHOLS , MAURY . 4034 .
Salt Lake City , U tah .
Lieutenant . U . S . A . Born i n Wash ington , D . C. , March
3 , 1 86 1 . Son of Charles Hen ry N ichols and E l len Grymes
Mau ry , grandson of Cabel N ichols and Eunice Hobby , great
grandson o f Samuel N icho ls and Dorcas Bu ffum and grea t’
grandson of David N ichols,and Phcr be Chase . David N ichols
was born in Salem , Mass . , November 1 6, 1 73 5 , and served
during the siege of Boston as a private i n Colonel Phinny'
s
regiment o f Massachnse t ts mil it ia .
NONES , CHARLES ALFRED .
New York C ity .
Student . Born in New York , September 2 7 , 1 872 . Son
o f Alexander Nones and Emi ly Adele Nones (maiden name),grandson o f Joseph B . Nones and Evel ine De Leon , and
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great-grandson of Benj am in Nones and Miriam Marks . Ma
j or Benjamin Nones was born in Bordeaux , France , and came
to America in 1 777 , settl ing in Ph iladelphia . Early in the
war he formed the acquaintance of Lafayette and Washington
and subsequently served on the staffs of both . He entered the
service under Count Pu laski , from whom he rece ived a letter
commending his bravery under fi re at Savannah , of which
Pu laski was an eye witness . He was also aide on De Kalb'
s
s taff and helped carry h im from the field when he fel l mortally
wounded at Camden , S . C . On h is ret i rement from the army
Major Nones became the sworn Interpreter for the Un ited
States Government at Phi ladelphia .
NORR IS , JOSEPH CARLTON . 429 3 .
Canandaigua , N . Y .
Teacher . Born in Palmyra , N . Y J une 1 4 , 1 849 . Son
of Jacob Norris and Lydia M . Griswold , grandson of Si las
Norris and Katherine H ines , great-grandson of Wa lter N or r is
and Ann Baldwin , and great’-grandson of Job Norris and
Lindsley . Walter Norris was born and l ived in Morri s
county , N . J . ,and served as a private in the Morris m i l it ia .
Also great-grandson of Robert H ines and Lindsley
and great’-grandson of E lea z er L indsley . Job Norris’
wi fe and
Robert H ines’ wi fe were both daughters of Lieu t . -Co l . Eleazer
Lindsley, who was second Major of the Eastern battal ion of
Morris county , New J ersey mil it ia , J anuary 1 3 , 1 776, and
was promoted to Lieu tenant-Colonel and Colonel of the
Continental Army .
NORTH , CHARLES J .
*43 3 3 .
Buffalo , N . Y .
Fire insurance . Born in Chazy , N . Y May 1 3 , 1 847 .
Son of Samuel Church i l l and J emima D . Jackson , grandson
o f Darius Church i l l and Try phen ia A . Newton , great-grandson
Born Churchi ll ; adapted nam e, Nort h , legal iz ed March 1 3 , 1 880.
1 84 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
o f Wil l iam Churchi l l and Eun ice Culver , great’-grandson o f
S am uel C/mre/z i ll , j r . , and Thankfu l Hewitt , great'-grandson o f
Samue l Chu rch i l l and Martha Boardman , great‘-grandson
o f J oseph Church i l l and Mary Foster , and great‘-grandson of
J osias Churchi l l (Wethersfie ld , Conn . , 1 636) and E l i z abeth
Foote . Samuel Churchi l l , Jr . , was born inWe the rsfie ld , Conn . ,
Apri l 27 , 1 72 1 ; led the pioneer settlement to Hubbardton ,V t . , 1 772 -3 , and d ied in 1 80 1 . He was taken prisoner at the
batt le of Hubbard ton , bound to a tree , with faggots at his
feet , by Tories and Ind ians , but spared and imprisoned at
T iconderoga ti l l h is escape after Bu rgoyne’s surrender . H e
then searched for the women of h is fami ly who had fled through
the wilderness to Sheffi eld , Mass . , the former home of his
wi fe . Two sons were also made prisoners .
Also great grandson of Liberty Newton and Cynth ia North
and great’-grandson of Abij a/z N or th and Tryphe n ia Grant .
Abijah North , of Farm ington , Conn . , en l isted J u ly 2, 1 778 ,
in Capt . Bray’
s company of three months’
men ; re-en l isted
in October in Capt . Barton’
s company of art ifice rs under Col .
Flower and served unt i l 1 78 1 , largely in Pennsylvania .
Also grandson of I srael J ackson and Esther Allen , great
grandson of D a n iel 7 ackson and Mary Greene , and great’
grandson of Ca leb Gr eene and Catherine , h is wife . Daniel
Jackson (born Apri l 2 2 , and Caleb Green (born March
2 2 , 1 734 ; d ied February 24 , were of the Quaker set
t lem ent at Quaker H i ll , Dutchess county , N . Y . They were
non -combatants , but gave thei r t ime to nursing the sick and
wou nded in the Meeti ng-House Hospi tal , and impoverished
themselves by giving of their substance to the cause .
1 1 1 . NORTON , PORTER . 4 1 1 1 .
Bu ffalo , N . Y .
Lawyer . Born in Bu ffalo , N . Y . , J uly 9 , 1 853 . Son o f
Chas . D . Norton and Jeanette Phelps , grandson of J oseph G .
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NOYES , CHARLES WILL IAM . 42 50.
New York City .
Merchant . Born in Cast ine,Me . , October 2 3 , 1 854 . Son
o f Samue l Thomas Noyes and Mary Jane R i chardson , grandson o f Samue l Noyes and Susanna C . Haskel l , great-grandson
o f H ump/trey Noy es , j r . , and J ud ith , h is wi fe , great’-grandson
o f H umphrey Noyes and E l i z abeth L i t t le , great‘-grandson o f
J oseph Noyes and Joanna Hale , great‘-grandson o f James
Noyes and Hannah Knigh t ; and great'-grandson of N icholas
N oyes who came to M assachu setts from England in 1 634 .
Humphrey , Jr . , was born in P la istow , N . H May 9 , 1 749
d ied there May 1 6, 1 8 1 4 . He was a mem ber o f Capt . E z ek ie l
G i les’ company tha t went from Plaistow and joined the army
a t Saratoga in 1 777 . H is son Samuel was Second Offi cer o f
the American privateer “ Lark " i n 1 8 1 3 , and assisted in
cutt ing out and capturing a brig cal led the Trave ller " from
the convoy o f the Engl ish brig-o i-war Boxer. "
Also grandson o f Alpheus Richardson and Su san Laurence ,great-grandson o f Alpheus R ichardson and Phoebe Merriam ;a nd great’-grandson o f Benj am in Richa rdson and Eunice Swan .
Benjamin Richardson was born in Leicester , Mass . , February
2 2 , 1 732 , and d ied in Sterl ing , Mass . , J une 8 , 1 82 1 . H e was
First L ieu tenant o f the Leicester company on the Lexingt on
a larm , Captai n o f the Fi rst company , F i rst reg iment o f
Worcester county , Apri l 4, 1 776 ; and a fterward served as
Captain in Col . Dyke’
s regiment . A fter the war he was
member of the Legislatu re and held other civi l offi ces .
OLNEY , JAMES BROWN .
Catsk i l l,N . Y .
Lawyer . Born in Hart ford , Conn . , J u ly 20 , 1 83 3 . Son
o f J esse O lney and Eli z abeth Barnes , grandson o f E z ekiel
Olney and Lydia Brown , grea t-grandson o f J erem iah O lney
a nd Susannah Brown , great'~grandson o f John O lney and
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Rachel Coggshall , great’-grandson of E pe ne tu s O l ney and
Mary Whipple , and great‘-grandson of Thomas O lney and
Maria Small who came from Hert fordshire , England , in 1 658 ,
and with Roger Wil l iam s founded Providence . Ezekiel was
born in Providence in 1 740 and d ied i n Eastford , Conn
October 2 1 , 1 826. He was Second Lieu tenant and Ensign in
the Rhode I sland mil i t ia . Many members of th is fami ly were
consp icuous in Colon ial and Revolu t ionary h istory .
ORD , EDWARD OTHO CRESAP , JR . 4203 .
Fort Keogh , Mont .
Lieu tenant , U . S . A . Born in Ben icia Barracks , Cal
November 9 , 1 858 . S on of E . O . C . Ord and Mary M ercer
Thompson , grandson of James Ord and Rebecca Cresap , great
grandson of D a n iel Cr esap and Van Swearingen,and
great" grandson of Thomas Cresap and Van Swearingen .
Every one of the male ancestors here ment ioned was a sold ier .Col . Thomas Cresap was one of the Lord Baltimore ’s surveyors .Daniel Cresap , born in Maryland , d ied in Pennsylvan ia in
1 794 ; was a m ember of h i s uncle M ichael Cresap’
s battal ion
o f Maryland volunteers ; was taken prisoner at the battle of
Long I sland and whi le in confinement nearly ki l led a Brit ish
offi cer who cal led h im and a fel low prisoner two of the
rebels . James Ord was a Lieu tenant,U . S . A 1 8 1 2 - I 4 .
E . O . C . Ord was Major General , U . S . A . , and his son is a
Lieutenant , U . S . A .
OTIS , JAMES . 402 1 .
New York City .
Born in New York , October 1 2 , 1 836. Son of J am es W .
O t is and Martha C . Church , grandson of Harrison Gray Ot isand Sal ly Foster , great-grandson of S am uel Alley ne Ot is and
El i z abeth G ray , great°-grandson of jam es Ot is and Mary
Alleyne , great’-grandson of John Ot is and Mercy Bacon , and
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great‘ -grandson of J ohn Otis and Mary Jacob . Samuel
Al leyne Ot is and his brother James O t is , known as the
Pat riot were bo th d istingu ished statesmen . Samue l was
born in Barn stable , Mass . , November 24 , 1 740. and died at
Wash ingt on , D . C. , Apri l 22 , 1 8 1 4 . He was represe ntative to
the General Court in 1 776 ; member o f the conven t ion wh ich
framed the State Const i tu tion ; m em be r of the Board o fWar ; i n
1 784 speaker of the H ouse ; i n 1 787 appo inted commissioner
t o negotiate wi th insurgents in Shay’
s Rebel l ion ; Member o f
Congress in 1 788 ; and after the adoption o f the Federa l Con
s t itu t ion , was chosen secretary o f the fi rst Un ited States
Senate .
Co l . James Ot is , father o f Samuel , a man of dist inction
a nd influence , was born in Barn stab le , Mass . , J un e 1 4 , 1 702 ,
a nd died in November , 1 778 . He was successively member o f
the provinc ial Legis lature in 1 758 ; speaker o f the House ,
J udge o f Probate for Barnstab le county , and Ch ief J ust ice o f
Court o f Common P leas from 1 764 t i l l 1 775 ; and President
o f the Counc i l Board du ri ng the fi rst years of the Revo lution .
He has frequent ly been spoken o f as the compee r o f Adams ,
Qu in cy and Hancock .
1 50 . OTTO , JOHN .
Buflalo , N . Y .
Broker. Bo rn in Ph iladelphia , Pa . , J une 27 , 1 82 1 . Son o f
J acob S . Otto and Phoebe Wh i tehead , grandson o f Bodo Otto,J r and Catharine S chwe ighau se r, great-grandson o f Bodo
Otto, S r . , and Cathari ne Dorotha Doehenke n , and great’
grandson o f Ch ristopher Otto and Maria Magdalena Menecken .
Bodo Otto , Sr . , was born in Laudenberg , Hanover. i n 1 709
and in 1 752 came to Ph i ladelph ia , Pa . H e d ied in Read ing ,Pa . , J une 1 3 , 1 787 . H e took charge gratu itously o f the
hospital at Val ley Forge in the memorable winter of 1 778 .
Bodo Otto , J r. , was.appointed by the New J ersey Pro.
1 90 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
Jeded iah Hun t ington'
s regimen t . Connecticu t m il it ia ; parfi ci e
pated in batt les of Ge rman town , Monmou th and Stony Poin t ,and wintered at Va lley Forge . Two brothers were ki l led and
on e desperately wounded at the massacre of Fort G riswo ld .
Thei r fathe r , the Rev. Park Avery , was pastor of a chu rch in
Groton , and eve ry ma le membe r of his congregation was
either k i l led or wounded in tha t bat tle .
PARKE , L E U RA I NE L . 4 1 54.
Sa l t Lake Ci ty , U tah .
Civ il Engi neer . Born in Parkesburg, Pa . , May 3 1 , 1 868 .
Son o f J ohn B . Parke and E llen F . Lumbe rt , grandson o f
David Parke and Mary A . Brandt , and great-grandson o f
j okn Parke and Jane Gardner. J ohn Parke’
s ancestors spe lle d
their name withou t the fina l e ,"
he having added i t a fte r the
Revo lut ionary war . He was born in Connect icut in May ,1 752 , and d ied in Parkesburg , Pa . , Septembe r , 1 836. H e
was appointed Second L ieu tenant i n the Second Pennsy lvania
regimen t and promoted to F i rst L ieu tenant , Apri l 1 5 , 1 779 .
PARKHURST , CHARLES DYER . 4204 .
Fort McH enry , Md .
L ieutenant , U . S . A . Born in Roxbury , Mass . , J une 29 ,1 849 . Son o f W i l l iam H enry Parkhu rst and Sarah Tanner,grandson o f Hen ry Parkhu rst and Susan Angel l . grea t-grand
son o f Timothy Parkhu rst and Hannah Walker , great’-grand
son of 1 0m m Pa rk/nen t and J ud ith Wi lson , grea t'-grand
son o f Timothy Parkhu rst and El i z abeth Cady , great‘
o
grand
son of J oseph Parkhurst , J r. , gre at‘o
grandson o f J oseph Park
hu rst , Sr . , and great‘-grandson o f George Parkhu rst . J onathan
Parkhu rst was born in Pla infie ld , Conn . , J u ly 2 5 , 1 72 5 , and
died August 2 2 , 1 787. H e se rved from Augu st 2 to Septem
ber 1 2 , 1 778 , in Captain Danie l Cady'
s company , Col . Cha p
m an’
s regiment , Connect icu t m i l i t ia , in Rhode Island .
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Also Grandson o f Ch ristopher Tanner and Sarah Wi l l iams ,.and great-grandson o f Sam uel Tanner and Mary Gorton .
Samue l Tanner o f Rhode Island was Corporal in the companyof Capt . Thomas Gorton , wh ich was part o f the regimentordered by the Rhode I sland Assembly to be raised January
1 9 , 1 776. I t j oined Wash ington at New York after ' the battle
of Long Island ; and was at the battle of Trenton under Co l .Danie l H itchcock . Corporal Tanner (afterwards ca l led Colonel)d ied between December 1 7 , 1 800 , and January 29 , 1 80 1 .
A lso great-grandson of N a tlz an iel Will iam s , j r . , and Sarah
Burgess , great’-grandson of Nathan iel Wi ll iams and Anna
Hawkins , great’-grandson of James Wil l iam s and El izabeth
B lackmar,great ‘ -grandson of J oseph Wil l iam s and Lydia
O l ney , and great°-grandson of Roger Wil l iams of Rhode Island .
Nathan iel Wil l iams , J r . was born in Rhode Island Jan .
and died Nov . 8, 1 809 . He served in the Rhode Island mi l it ia .
PAULDING , W ILLIAM .
Santa , F é , N . M .
Captain , U . S . A . Born in Hyde Park , N . Y . , Apri l 6,
1 852 . Son o f Peter Kemb le Pau lding and E l izabeth Parsons
Pearson , grandson of Jam es Kirke Pauld ing and Gertrude
Kemble , and great-grandson o f Will iam Pau lding and Katheri ne
Ogden . Wil l iam Pau lding was born in Westchester , N .Y . , in
February , 1 73 5 , and di ed in Tarrytown , N . Y . , February 20 ,
1 82 5 . At a meet ing of the freeholders of Westchester county
May 8 , 1 775 , he was appointed with Gouvem eu r Morris and
n ine others as de legates to the Provinc ial Congress . I n 1 776,
he supp l ied the American forces in the neu tra l ground ,”
under Gen . C l in ton , with rations , giving h is private obl iga t ion s
there for,and was arrested and cast in to jai l for debt , wh ich
he had contracted to save h is country . I n October , 1 784 , he
had to pet i ti on the leg i slatu re to l iqu idate h i s long audited ac
c ounts i n order to save h im from fu rther incarcerat ion .
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PECK , OZIAS WILLARD .
Oneonta , N . Y
Physic ian . Born in Thomaston , Conn ., May 8 , 1 83 5 .
Son of O z ias Peck and Harriet Ann Pond , and grandson of
Asahel P eck and Anna Marsh . Asahel Peck was born i n
L itchfie ld , Conn . , August 1 3 , 1 762 and d ied there Febru ary6 , 1 83 7 . H e fi rst entered the service at L itchfie ld i n J une ,1 777 , and rendered at d i fferent pe ri ods abou t eight months
’
se rvice as private in Capt . Miles Beach'
s company , Seventeenth
Connect icu t regiment . Th is company a lso tu rn ed ou t to
repel Tryon ’s invas ion , J u ly 5 , 1 779 .
Also grandson o f Ph i l ip Pond and Anna Adams , great
grandson o f L uke Adams and Lucy N i cho ls , great’-grandson
of Wil liam Adams and Susanna Bronson , great’-grandson o f
John Adams and Esther h is wi fe , grea t‘-grandson of John
Adams and great'-grandson o f J eremy Adam s , an i nn-keeper
i n Hart ford , Conn . , who d ied August 1 1 , 1 683 , and Rebecca ,h is wi fe . Luke Adams was born in Waterbu ry , Conn . , March
8 , 1 756 ; died in South i ngton , Conn . , Apri l 1 8 , 1 83 1 . I n
1 776 he en l isted in Capt . J ohn Lewis’
company , Col . W il l iamDouglas ’ regiment , and se rved seven months , during wh ich
t ime , he was in the batt le o fWh i te P lains . On May 1 4 , 1 777 ,
he t e-en l isted for three years in Capt . E li Leavenworth'
s Com
pany , Col . Retu rn J . Meigs’
Regiment ; was made Corpora l in
January , 1 779 , and discharged May 1 4 , 1 780 .
365 . PETTY , WILL IAM EZEKI EL ,
New York City .
Po l ice Offi cer . Born in New York , Apri l 20 , 1 856. Son
o f Wm . E . Petty and Mary J . Petty , (h is cousin) , grandson o f E z ek iel Petty and El i z abeth Pétty , (a re lat ive),great-grandson o f J eremiah Petty and Esther Downs , and
great’-grandson o f E z ekiel P etty and E l i zabeth Youngs .
E z ekie l Petty was born in Aquebogue , L . I . , i n 1 73 3 , and d ied
1 94 SONS OF TH E AMERI CAN REVOLUTION .
regiment . I n 1 78 1 he moved to Northampton , where he
deve loped an extensive law pract ice and he ld offi ces o f publ ic
trust . H e once purchased acres on the Genesee river ,embrac ing the si te o f the present ci ty o f Rochester, N . Y .
PI ERCE , CHARLES FRANKLIN . 43 3 2 .
New York Ci ty .
Boatswain , U . S . Navy . Born in Sa lem , Mass . , Jan . 1 8 ,
1 859 , Son of Charles Henry Pierce and Carol ine Augusta
F ranc is , grandson o f John Henry Franc is and Lucy Trask ,great-grandson of Jose ph Trask and Lucy Wiggings , and
g rea t'-grandson o f j osep lt Wigg ings and Jane L e favou r. J oseph
W iggings (Wiggins) was born in Sal em , Mass . , J an . 8 , 1 7 50.
He was a sh ip carpenter and b lockmaker , and enl isted Oct . 7 ,1 777 , on the b rig
“ Tyrann ic ide , J onathan H araden com
m ander , and was d ischarged May 8 , 1 778 .
PIERCE , FRANKLIN G ILMAN .
Marshal ltown , Iowa .
L i fe insu rance . Born in Earlvi l l e , Iowa , December 7 ,
1 868 . Son o f Wm . Pierce and Martha J . Moore , grandson o f
Wi l l iam Pearce and E l i z abeth Tanner, and great-grandson of
jal m Pea rce and Eun ice Briggs . John Pearce (latterly spe l led
Pierce) was born in North Kings ton , R . I . , February
1 5 , 1 749 , H e served as Ensign in the Fi rst reg imen t
o f the Rhode Island State brigade in 1 776, and in December
o f that year became First Lieutenant in Capt . Hawkins'
company , Col . Stanton’
s regiment , Rhode I sland mil i tia .
POOR , H ENRY WI LL IAM . 43 3 1 .
New York City .
Banker. Born in Bangor , Me . , J une Son o f
Henry V . Poor and Mary Wi ld Pierce , grandson o f Sy lvanus
Poor and Mary Merri l l , great-grandson o f E z ekiel Merr ill and
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Sarah Emery ; and great’-grandson of Roger Merri l l and
Mary Hale . Ezekiel Merri l l was born ' in Newbu ry , Mass . ,December 9 , 1 748 enlisted on the Lexington alarm as Cor
poral under Capt . Will iam Rogers and C0 1 . Gerrish : moved to
Pelham ,N . H . , where he re -en l isted as Corporal , J u ly , 1 776 ,
under Capt . David Qu inby and C0 1 . Bartlett , and again under
Capt . Amos Gage in Co] . Moore’
s regiment , September 29 ,1 777 ; marched to Saratoga ; witnessed Bu rgoyne
’
s su rrender ;re -enl isted August 5 , 1 778 , under Capt . Benjam in Wh i tt ier
and Co] . Gale , and marched to Rhode Island . He moved
from Pe lham to Bethe] , Me . , thence in 1 789 to Andover, Me
where he died March 6,1 830 .
PORTER , HORACE .
New York City .
Vice-President Pul lman Palace Car Company . Born in
H arrisbu rgh ,Penn . , Apri l 1 5 , 1 837 . Son of David R . Porter
and Josephine McD e rm e tt , grandson of Andrew Por ter and
El izabeth,h is wi fe ; and great-grandson o f Robert Porter.
Andrew Porter was born in Worcester , Penn . , Septem ber 24 ,
1 743 , and died in H a rrisbu rgh , Novem ber 1 6, 1 8 1 3 . I n J une ,1 776, he was appointed Captain of Marines ; was transferred
to art i l lery ; subsequen t ly Major , Lieutenant-Colonel and
Colonel of the Fourth Pennsylvan ia Art i l lery ; on the field of
Brandywine received Washington’
s personal commendat ion ;was boundary commissioner of Pennsylvania , 1 784-7 Brigad ier
Genera l o f Pennsylvania mi l i t ia , 1 80 1 ; subsequently Major
General ; and in 1 809 , Surveyor General , wh ich position he
held t i l l h is death . Owing to the infirm it ies of age he
decl ined the ofl'ices of Brigad ier-General , U . S . A and Secre
tary o f War under Monroe . H is son , David R . Porter , was
tw ice Governor of Pennsylvan ia . H is grandson , Gen . Horace
Porter , graduated from West Point in 1 860 , and during the
Civi l War rose through al l the grades in the regu lar army up
1 96 SONS OF THE AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
to Brevet Brigadier Genera l . H e served on Grant’s staff and
was h is pri vate secretary when Pres ident .
POTTER , EDWARD EELLS . 4205 .
Ph i ladelph ia , Pa .
Captain , U . S . Navy . Born in Med ina , N . Y May 9 ,
1 83 3 . Son o f E leaz er H ubbe ll Pot ter and Adel ine Ee l ls ,grandson o f Wi l l iam Cicero Potter and Nancy Hubbe l l , great
grandson o f jam es P otter and Abigai l , his wi fe ; great‘-grand
son o f J oseph Potter and Thankfu l Bud ley , gre at'-grandson of
J ohn Potter , 3d , and E l i zabeth Ho l t , great‘-grandson o f John
Potter , 2d , and Hannah Cooper, and great‘-grandson o f John
Potter (and Eli z abeth) who signed the P lan ta t ion Covenan t ,New Haven , Conn . , J une 4 , 1 639 . Dr . J ames Potter was
born in East Haven , Conn . , September 26, 1 736, and died in
S herman , Conn . , February 1 0 , 1 804 . He was a private in
Capt . Crosby ’s company , Third bat ta l ion , Connect icu t state
t roops raised in J une , 1 776 , to re in force Washington in New
York ; served in New York City and Long I sland ; and was
engaged at Wh i te Plains , O ctober 28 , 1 776.
PRATT , EUGENE W . 43 1 1 .
New York City .0
Manager o f the Equ itable Li fe Assu rance Soc iety o f the
U nited States . Born in R ipon , Wis . , August 22 , 1 857 . Son
o f Edward W. Pratt and F idel ia , h is wi fe ; grandson of
Wi ll iam Prat t and Abigai l , h is wi fe ; and great~grandson of
E dwa rd P ra tt of Malden , Mass . , who was born in 1 76 1 . At
the age o f fourt een he ran away from h i s Tory foster parent ,forded the river , we nt to Boston , and asked a so ldier where he
cou ld en l ist . Being told he was too young , he exp lained his
case , and was taken into the sold ier’
s service. I n 1 780 , he regu
arly en l ist ed with Major Joseph Hosmer’
s six months’
m en
from M idd lesex .
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PRYOR , ROGER ATKINSON .
New York City .
J udge o f Cou rt o f Common Pleas . Born in Dinwiddie
Co . , Va . , J u ly 1 9 , 1 828 . Son o f Theodorick Bland Pryor and
Lucy Atk inson , grandson o f Richard Pryor and Anne B land ,great grandson o f Rev . Will iam Bland and E l izabeth Yates ,great’-grandson of Richa rd B land , 7 73 , and Anne Poythress ,great'-grandson o f R ichard Bland and El izabeth Rando lph and
great‘ -grandson o f Theodorick Bland and Anne Bennett .
R ichard Bland , Jr . , was born at Jordan’
s Point , Va May 6,1 7 1 0 ; d ied Oct . 2 8 , 1 776 ; was mem ber of House o f Burgesses
th i rty years ; member o f Committees o f Correspondence and
Sa fety ; o f First Virgin ia Convent ion ; of Continental Congress ;o f the famous Convention o f 1 776with Patrick Henry , Thomas
Jefferson , et al . and of every important committee , inc luding
the one wh i ch reported the Declarat ion of Rights and Const i
tu t ion . He was stricken wi th his last i l lness wh i le en route to
sign the Declaration of Independence . He gave his sons and
grandsons to the final struggle , includ ing Light Horse Harry
Lee and Theodorick Bland— the latter a Colonel and member
o f the fi rst two Cont inental Congresses .
Also grandson o f Roger Atkinson , J r. , and Agnes Poy
thress . great grandson o f P eter Poy thress who was member o f
the Virg in ia Convention o f 1 776. Roger Atkinson Sr . , father
o f Roger Atk inson , J r. , was a member of the Virgin ia Conven
t ion o f 1 770 to oppose the im portat ion of Bri tish goods .
PRYOR , ROGER ATKINSON , J r .
New York City .
Attorney at law . Born in Charlottesvil le , Va . , September
1 3 , 1 853 . Son of Roger Atkinson Pryor (No . 43) and SaraAgnes Rice . [See Roger Atkinson Pryor . ]Also grandson of Rev . Sam
’
l Blai r Rice and Lucinda Le ft
wich,great grandson of Rev . Wil l iam Leftwich and Frances
200 SONS OF TH E AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
P um pel ly (his cou s i n), grandson of Hon . Jam es Pum pe llyand Mary Pixley , grea t o
grandson o f john P umpelly and
Hannah Bushne l l , and great’-grandson of J ean Pom pilie .
The nam e Pum pe lly , former ly spel led Pom p illy , Pom p'
ile
and in va rious other ways , i s be l ieved to date back to the
Roman fami ly of Pom pill ius . The Pumm lly fam ily came
original ly from Spoletto , I taly , and from there went to
Avignon , F rance . J ean Pom p ilie , a Fren ch H uguenot , was
the em igran t to America . J ohn Pum pe lly (or Pom pil ly ), ofPembroke , Mass . , a fterwards o f Sal isbury , Conn . , and Danby ,N . Y . , served in the French and I nd ian war and stood beside
Wo l fe when he fel l . H e belonged at one t ime to RogersRangers ,
” and was made a Sergeant for dist ingu ished brave ry .
I t is said that he was once instrumenta l in saving the li fe o f
General Putnam , under whom he served as Comm i ssary at the
time o f Burgoyne’
s su rren der .
Al so great-grand son o f David P ix ley and Lyd ia Patterson .
David Pixley was born at Stockbridge , Mass . , March 2 7 , 1 74 1 ,
and died in Owego , N . Y August 2 5 , 1 807 . H is tombs ton e
bears the insc ript ion : He was an offi cer o f the Revo lution at
the siege of Quebeck i n 1 775 , under Gen . Mon tgom ery .
”H is
Commissi on as Lieutenan t o f Foot is herewi th reprodum d in
facsim ile . At the close o f the war he bore the t itle o f Colonel.
H e was one o f the fi rs t settlers o f Owego in 1 790 ,
“and
cont inued i ts father and friend unt il his death .
”
Susan I sabe l la Pum pe lly , ment ioned above , was daugh ter
of Charles Pum pe l ly , (brother of James Pum pe lly) and Fran cesAve ry , daugh ter of Sam ue l Avery . The latte r was a de
scendan t o f James Avery , a descendan t of Egbert the F i rst ,King of England , and a famous Ind ian fighter whose four so ns
all held Captain’
s commiss ions. James was progen itor of,the
patriot ic Avery fam i ly of Connect icu t , n ine o f whom wereki l led at the Fort G riswo ld massacre [see p. Septembe r 8 ,
1 78 1 , three wou nded and fou r taken pri soners to New York .
SONS OF THE AME RI CAN REVOLUTl ON .
RAWDON , FREDER ICK W . 4320 .
Amsterdam , N . Y .
Rai lroad clerk . Born in New York , December 2 1 , 1 847 .
Son of Freem an Rawdon and Margaret F . Myers , grandson o f
Matthew Myers and Lucy Richards , and great-grandson of
M ichael My ers and Catherine Harter (or Herter). Michael
Myers was born at Annsvil le , now El i z a beth , N . J . , February
2 , 1 750 , and died in Herk imer, N . Y . ,February 1 7 , 1 8 1 4 . H e
en l i sted May 6, 1 777 , as Sergean t in the Seventh company ,Th i rd reg imen t New York Cont inenta l L ine , and served ten
m onths ; re enl isted in Co l . Fisher'
s regiment o f the L ine and
was d ischarged on account o f a wound received near Johnstown ,N . Y . , October 2 5 , 1 78 1 . H e was the most consp icuous and
i nfluent ial c i t izen in the upper val ley of the Mohawk , and was
fi rst representat ive from H erkimer county in the Senate . At
o ne t ime he owned a large port ion o f what is now the vi l lage
o f H erk imer . H is son Matthew was Lieutenant-Colone l o f
mil it ia in 1 8 1 2 , and h is great-grandson , F . W . Rawdon , was
a M idsh ipman in the U . S . Navy during the Civi l war .
RAWLINGS , CARROLL CRARY . 4349 .
New York Ci ty .
Wi th Un ion Trust Co . o f N . Y . Born in Dupont , I nd
Apri l 24 , 1 852 . Son o f Leroy Rawl ings and Ke z iah Duffy ,grandson o f E leaz ar Rawlings and Louisiana East in , great
grandson of P /z r'
l ip E arth: and Sarah Smith , great’-grandson o f
Charles Sm ith and Rebecca H ite . great'-grandson of J ohn
H ite and Sarah h is wi fe ; and great‘-grandson o f J ost H i te and
Mary h is wi fe . Phil ip East in , born in 1 7 married in 1 782 ,
l ived in V i rgin ia , Kentucky and I ndiana , and died in 1 8 1 7 .
He was a Lieutenant in the Fourth reg iment , V i rgin ia Cont i
neu ta l Line . Charles Smith was an officer with Wash ington
a t Great M eadows and Braddock'
s defeat , I 75 5 . Jost H i te
founded the first co lony in the Great Val ley of V i rg in ia , 1 732 .
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RAY , EDW IN CLEMENT , JR . 42 5 1 .
New York City .
Clerk . Born in New York , J une 1 9 , 1 8 58 . Son of Edwin
C lement Ray and Susan Carrington H ubbard , grandson of
Joseph Wickham Hubbard and Susan Mary Carrington , great
grandson of Henry Carrington and Susanna Starr , and great’
grandson of N a t/ra n S ta r r and Pol ly Pomeroy . Nathan Starr
was born in M iddletown , Conn . , Apri l 1 4 , 1 75 5 , and died J u ly
29 , 1 82 1 . He was a private under Capt . Churchi l l and C01 .
Com fort Sage , in Wadsworth’
s brigade , of Connect icu t , ra ised
in 1 776 to t e -in force Washington in New York . He was a
manu facturer of arms and was commissioned Armourer by
Gov. Trumbul l , J une 20 , 1 776. H is descendants for three
generations have manu factured arms for the Un ited States .
RAYMOND , JAMES LODER .
New York City .
Finance department , N . Y . City . Born in New York,March
Son of James Madison Raymond and Hannah Carol ine
Du Vall , grandson of Lewis Raymond and Anne Eells , great
grandson of Will iam Ray m ond and Pri sc i l la Hayden , great’
grandson of Com fort Raymond , great‘-grandson of Thomas
Raymond and Sarah Andrews,great ‘ -grandson of John Ray
mond and Mary Betts , and great°-grandson of Richard Ray
mond and J ud ith his wi fe , who came to America in 1 634 and
sett led at Salem . Mass . Wil l iam Raymond , of New Canaan ,Conn . (born in 1 746, died in was a private in Capt .
Mil ls' company , Second regiment , Connecticu t Line ; served
in 1 777 along the H udson and in Pennsylvan ia ; wintered at
Valley Forge ; and fought at Monmouth and Stony Point .
Also , grandson of Will iam Du Val l and Hannah Stuart ,and great-grandson of Thom as D u Va ll and Ann Enn is .
Thomas Du Vall of Second River , N . J ., born abou t 1 739 ,
d ied at Bellevi l le , N . J August 5 , 1 826, was a private in the
204 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN RE VOLUTION .
Essex county , New J ersey mi l i tia , and was a prisoner i n the
o ld Sugar House in Liberty street , New York .
A lso great-grandson o f jal m E ells and Anna Mead , and
great'-grandson o f j ol m M ead . J ohn Mead was appoin ted
L ieu tenan t -Colonel o f the N inth regiment , Connect icut
m i l it ia , at the beg i nn ing o f the war ; promoted to Colone l in
May , 1 777 ; and i n May , 1 78 1 , was made Brigad ier-Genera l
o f the Fourth Brigade . H is service cove red the who le period
o f the war . J ohn Ee l ls en l isted under Capt . Benedict and C01 .
Mead in 1 776 ; served in L ieu t . Carter'
s com pany in 1 777 , and
became a Corpora l in Capt . Scof ie ld’
s company in 1 779 .
REED , HENRY ALBERT .
Fort Trumbu l l , Conn .
Lieut . U . S . A . Born i n Plat tsbu rgh , N . Y J une 2 3 ,
1 844. Son o f Pau l Adam Reed and Char lotte He lena Luther ,
g randson of Pau l Reed and Mary Noyes , great-grandson of
E l ij ah Reed and Sarah Reed , great’-grandson of Jacob Reed
a nd Sarah H ersey , great'-grandson of Wi ll iam Reed and Es ther
Thompson , great‘-grandson o f Wil l iam Reed and Ivis
,his
wi fe , grea t‘-grandson of Wil l iam Reed and Lucy H enage , etc .
back to Brianu s de Rede , l i ving i n 1 1 39 in Mo rpe th , on Wens
back river , north o f England . E li jah Reed served fi fteen
d ays in Jonathan Ho l ton'
s company , Co l . Eben Wood'
s regi
men t , o f Verm ont m i l i t ia , in October , 1 780 , and from J u ly
2 7 to November 26, 1 78 1 , i n E l ij ah Gates'
company , Co l .
Benj . Wait'
s ba ttal ion . Esther Thompson , above ment ioned ,
was daugh ter o f Mary Cook Thompson and grand-daughter of
F ran c is Cook o f the Mayflower.
REYNOLDS , JAMES ADGER . 4077 .
Kinderhook , N . Y .
Banker . Born in Kinderhook , N . Y February 4 , 1 852 .
S on o f John H . Reyno lds and Margaret Anna Wh i ting ,
206 SONS OF TH E AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
u nder Capt . Noad iah Leonard and C01 . R . B . Woodbridge ;marched to Ticonderoga in 1 776 under Capt . Reuben D ick in
son and C01 . Woodbridge ; from May 1 0 , 1 777 , to J u ly 1 0 ,
under Capt . Moses Hervey and C01 . David Wel ls ; from
August 2 2 , 1 777 , to November 1 9 , under the same Captain
i n Col . Woodbridge’
s regiment to re-in force the Northern
army ; and from J u ly 1 0, 1 780 , to October 1 1 , 1 780 , under
Capt . Ephraim Stearns , Col . John Rand’
s regiment , from
Worcester county .
R ICHARDSON , CHARLES ALBERT . 43 83 .
Canandaigua , N . Y .
Lawyer . Born in Freetown , N . Y . , August 1 4 , 1 829 . Son
o f Curt is Richardson and Phoebe S lee z er, and grandson o f
Will iam R z'
clz a rdron and Nancy Montgomery . Will iam
R ichardson was born in England , May 24 , 1 754 , and died in
Providence , Saratoga county , N . Y . , Apri l 24 , 1 83 1 . H e
was a private in Capt . Gibbs’
company , Col . Richmond’
s
regiment , of the Rhode I sland Line ; also in Capt . Trufl‘in'
s
company , Col . Toppin'
s regiment , o f Rhode I sland . He was
also a sai lor on the U . S . sh ips Hampden and Providence .
ROBE , CHARLES F .
Fort Belknap , Mont .
Captain , U . S . A . Born in Canastota , N . Y November
2 3 , 1 84 1 . Son O f Harvey W . Robe and Parlyncia Stevens ,grandson O f Roswel l Robe and Mindwe ll Russell , and great
grandson of Andrew Robe and Jane H umphrey . Andrew
Robe o f Simsbury , Conn . , was a private in the Th ird companyof the Eighteenth regiment , Connect icut m il it ia , under Capt .
Job Case . Th is company was in service at New York in 1 776.
I t also turned ou t to repel Tryon’
s invasion at New Haven .
Also grandson of Lyman Stevens and Ch loe Perry,and
great-grandson o f Cypr ia n S tevens and Carol ine Merick .
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Cyprian Stevens of Worcester , Mass . , was a private under
Capt . Jonas Hubbard and C01 . Jonathan Ward , in the Massa
chu set ts mil it ia , 1 775 Corporal under Capt . Timothy Bigelow
a nd C01 . Ward , on the Lexington alarm ; and private in Capt .
Abel Mason ’s company , Col . Jacob Davis’
regiment , wh ich
marched to Tiverton in 1 780 .
ROB IE , REUBEN EDWARD . 4300 .
Bath , N . Y .
Lawyer. Born in Bath , N . Y . , September 24 , 1 843 . Son
O f Reuben Robie and Nancy Wh i ting , grandson of Jonathan
Robie and O l ive Fowle , great-grandson of Wa lter Robie andSusa Hall , great
’-grandson
.
of join t Robie , l i t , and Ann
Wil l iams , great'-grandson o f Ichabod Robie and Mary Case ,
great‘ -grandson Of John Robie , and great‘-grandson of Henry
Robie (or Roby) and El izabeth Philbrick . Henry Robie was
born in Leicestersh ire , England , February 1 2 , 1 6 1 8- 1 9 , came
to America abou t 1 636, and fi rst settled in Massachusetts .
John Robie , I st , was born in 1 7 1 2 , and l ived in Chester , N .
H . He and his sons Edward , Ichabod , and John , 2d, were
Associators . Walter Robie was born at Chester , N . H . , May
1 3 , 1 74 1 , and l ived at Candia , N . H . He was J ust ice o f the
Peace and Selectman o i the latter town , October 2 , 1 775 .
Also grandson o f John Wh i t ing and Nancy (Anna) Carter,great-grandson of Tim ot/iy Whit ing , j r . , and Abigai l Kidder ,great’-grandson of Tim othy Whit ing , S r . , and Sarah Osgood ,great'-grandson of Samuel Whit ing and Deborah H ill , great
‘
grandson o f O l iver Wh iting and Anna Dan forth , great ‘
grandson O f Samuel Wh it ing and Dorcas Chester , great'
grandson o f Samuel Wh i t ing (born in Boston , England , 1 605 ,d ied Lynn , Mass . , and E l izabeth St . John , and great'
grandson o f John Wh i t ing of Boston , England . Timothy
Whit ing , Sr . , was born in Bil lerica , Mass . , Febru ary 24 , 1 732 ,
l ived in Lancas ter , Mass . , and died in 1 799 . He served in the
208 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
French and I ndian war in 1 755 , and fought at Concord and
Lex ington in 1 77 5 . Capt . Timothy Wh i t ing , Jr . , was born
J une 1 7 , 1 758 . He marched side by side with h is father and
brother John at Concord and Lexington ; was a ide o f the
Quartermaster General in 1 777 , and was on the committee for
h i ring soldiers in 1 78 1 .
ROB INSON , EDWARD MOORE . 424 1 .
New York City .
Banker . Born in Ph i ladelph ia , Pa . , September 20 , 1 868 .
Son of J ohn Norri s Robinson and Mary A . Moore ; etc . [S eeWi l l iam Moore Robinson . ]
ROBINSON , FRANK T .
New York City .
Merchant . Born in Brooklyn , N . Y August 1 1 , 1 847 .
Son of Francis Robinson and Anne La Tou rette de Groot ,grandson of Henry de Groot and Mary Nesbitt , great-grandson
Of Wiil iam de Groot and Anne La Tourette , etc . [S ee
Will iam de Groot . ]
2 1 1 . ROBINSON , JOHN CLEVELAND . 42 1 1 .
Binghamton , N . Y .
Major-General U . S . A . , ret i red . Born in Bingham ton ,N . Y . , Apri l 1 0 ,
1 8 1 7 . S on o f Tracy Robinson and Sarah
C l eveland , and grandson of j o/z n Clevela nd , o f Canterbury ,Conn . , who was a private in Capt . Bett
’
s company , Second
regiment , Connect icut Line , en l ist ing January 1 , 1 777 , and
serving unt i l January 1 , 1 780 . Th is regiment served a long
the Hudson under Putnam during the summer ; j oined Wash
ington i n Pennsylvan ia in the fal l ; wintered at Val ley Forge ;fought at Monmouth
,J u ly 2 8 , 1 778 ; wintered at Redding
served along the H udson in 1 779 ; fought at Stony Point , .
J u ly 1 5 , 1 779 ; and wintered at Morristown .
2 1 0 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN RE VOLUTION .
ROCH ESTER , JOHN H . 4 1 1 4 .
Rochester , N . Y .
Banker . Born in Rochester , N . Y . , Apri l 20 , 1 828 . Son
ofThomas H . Rochester and Phoebe El izabeth Cum ing ,grand
son of N a tha n iel Rochester and Soph ia Beatty , great-grandson
o f John Rochester and Hester Thri ft , great’-grandson o f
Wi l l iam Rochester , I st , great‘-grandson of N icholas Rochester ,
who was born in Kent county , England , abou t 1 640 , and
sett led in Westmoreland county , V a . , in 1 689 . Nathan iel
was born in Westmoreland county , V a . , February 2 1 , 1 752 ,
a nd d ied in Rochester , N . Y . , May 1 7 , 1 83 1 . He was a
member o f the Committee of Safety of Orange county , N .
C . , in 1 775 in August of the same year member o f the First
Provinc ial Convention o f North Carol ina ; was appointed
Major and Paymaster of m il it ia in 1 776 ; was member o f the
Convent ion of Hali fax county in 1 776 ; and in the same year
was made Colonel and Commissary General o f the North
Carol ina Line . He was elected Member of Assembly in
1 777 , and held othe r offi ces of t rust and honor. Col .
Rochester was the founder of the city o f Rochester , N . Y
H e was President ial Elector in 1 808 from Maryland , when
Mad ison was e lected , and again in 1 8 1 6 from New York , when
Monroe was elected .
ROGERS , THOMAS L . 4303 .
Boston , Mass .
With Mexican Central R . R . Born in Pownal , Vt August
2 , 1 84 1 . Son of Thomas S . Rogers and Luc inda Gardner,grandson o f Samuel Rogers and Lydia Eggleston , and great
grandson of jam es Roger s and Mercy Tefl'
t . J ames Rogers
was born in Rhode Island in 1 744 , l ived in Greenwich , N . Y . ,
and died in 1 79 3 . He lived and died on the farm from wh ich
Burgoyne crossed the H udson . On August 1 4 , 1 777 , he
s tarted with his wi fe and children in an ox-team to join Stark
2 1 2 SONS OF TH E AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
ROOSA , DEWITT . 4 32 5 .
Kings t on , N . Y .
Lawyer . Born at Rondout , U lster county , N . Y . 8031
o f H i ram Roosa and Lam ira E ' Dewi tt , grandson o f J acobRu tse n Dewi tt and Rachae l Hardenburgh , grea t-grandson o fCapt . jacobRu tsen DeWitt and Jenneke Depuy , great
’-grandson
o f Egbert Dewi t t and Mary Nott ingham , great'-grandson o f
Andries Dewi tt and Janne tj e E gbertson , great‘ -grandson .of
T j e rck Claessen Dew it t van Grootholdt en Zunde rlandt andBarbara Andriesse n van Amsterdam . Captain Jacob Rut sen
Dewitt was born at Napan och , Ulster county , N . Y . ; was
bapt ised at K ingston , N . Y . , Apri l 1 3 , 1 729 ; .and l ived in
S u l l ivan (now town o f Deerpark , Orange county) . He was
commissioned Captain of a company of Range rs for guarding
t he front ier of U lster and Sul l ivan count i es , and was Captain
in Col . Clint on'
s and C 01 . Klock’
s regiments New York
mi l i t ia . He gave h is large stone house on the Navesink ri ver,s ubsequent ly called “ Fort Dew i tt ,
" as a re fuge for women
a nd ch i ldren , whose husbands and fathers we re in the arm ies .
ROOSEVELT , ROBERT BARNWEL L . 40 70 .
New York City .
Banker . Born in New York , August 7 , 1 829 . Son of
Corne l iu s W . Roosevel t and Margaret Barnh i l l , grandson of
jacobus (known as jam es) I . Roosevelt and Mary Van Scha ick ,
great-grandson o f Jacobu s Roosevelt and Annatj e Bogart ,great'-grandson of Johannes Roosevel t and H y lt ie Syve rt s
great'-grandson of N icholas Roos eve lt and H illotj e J ans , and
great‘ -grandson of Mart in sen Van Roosevelt and Janne tj e
Thomas . Mart insen Van Roosevelt was the fi rst represe n tative
o f the old Holland fami ly o f that name to set t le iin this coun
t ry ,having taken up h is res idence in New York in August ,
1 649 . W ith t rue Dutch economy o f t ime and space , the“ Van was dropped from the name in the next generation .
ROLL or MEMBE RS . 2 1 3
J acobus , known as James I . Roosevel t , was born in New York
City,October 2 5 , 1 7 59 , and died August 1 3 , 1 840 . He was
Com missary du ring the ent ire war , giving his services without
reward .
“ Gett ing supp l ies” for the Cont inental army had been
about as hard a task as lead ing it to vic to ry , and so impressed
was the phrase on his mind that to the day of h is death , when
going to market— and i t was the pract ice in those days for every
burgher to do h is market ing personal ly , accompanied by a
colored boy , usual ly a slave , with a basket on h is arm to carry
home the purchases Mr. Rooseve lt always said he was
going for supp l ies .
ROOSEVELT , W ILL IAM EMLEN .
New York C ity .
Banker. Born in New York , April 30 , 1 857 . Son of
James A . Rooseve lt and El izabeth Norris Em len , grandson
of Corne l i us V . S . Roosevel t and El izabeth Barnhi l l , great
grandson o f Robert Barnh il l and El izabeth Potts , great’-grand
son of Thom as P otts . Thomas Potts was born in Co lebrook
dale , New J ersey , May 29 , 1 73 5 : l ived in Phi ladelph ia and
the Mu scane tcon Val ley , N . J . , and died in Phi lade lph ia ,March 22 , 1 785 . He was sent from Chelsea , N . J . , to the
Continental Congress that passed the Dec laration of I nde
pendence .
2 1 o . RUNKLE , BENJAM IN P IATT . 42 1 0.
San Francisco , Cal .
Co lonel , U . S . A . Born in West Liberty , Oh io , Septem
ber 3 , 1 836. Son of Ralph Edward Runkle and Hannah
I sabe l la Piatt , grandson of Benjamin Marsha l l Piatt and E l i z a
beth Barnett , great-grandson o fjacob P ia tt , and great’-grandson
o f John Piatt , who was a H uguenot re fugee from France .
Jacob Piatt , o f New J ersey , was Ensign in Capt . McMire’
s
c ompany , First batta l ion , F i rst Estab l ishm ent , New J ersey
2 1 4 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
Cont inenta l Line ; Second Lieutenant in Capt . Longstreet'
s
company , F i rst battal ion , Second Establ ishment ; Adj utant
of F i rst battal ion ; Lieu tenant and Adj utant of F i rst reg i
ment ; and Captain-Lieutenant and Captain in the same . H e
was detai led as aide to Washington and was present at Brandy
wine when Wash ington rebuked Gen . Left . He died in Boone
county , Kentucky .
RUSSELL , FRANK . 4242 .
New York City .
Genera l Secretary of the Church Al l iance for the Un ited
States . Born in Marion , N . Y . , May 1 9 , 1 840 . Son of
Daniel Wright Ru ssel l and Mary Turner , grandson of D an iel
Russell and Lucy Wright . great-grandson of N a than iel Rus
sell and El izabeth Wil lard . great’-grandson o f Danie l Russel l
and Lydia Sti l lman , great'-grandson of Noadiah Russe l l and
Mary Haml in , and great‘-grandson of Wil l iam Russel l and
Sarah Davis . Nathan iel Russel l was born in Wethe rsfie ld ,
Conn . , May 5 , 1 74 1 , and l ived in Winchester , Conn . He was
i n Capt . Hale’
s company (Sixth) , of Col . Wolcott’s regiment ,
Connect icu t State troops , which was part of the army that
occupied Boston after its evacuat ion by the Brit ish . Danie l
Russel l was in Capt . Seymour’
s company , Maj . She ldon’
s
regiment o f Light Horse , which accompanied Washington on
h is retreat through New J ersey , I 776.
SALOMON , W ILLIAM JONES .
New York City .
Banker . Born in Mobi le , A la . , October 9 , 1 852 . Son o f
David Salomon and Rosal ie Al ice Levy , grandson o f Haym
M . Salomon and E l la Hart , and great-grandson o f H ay m
Sa lom on and Rachel Frank . Haym Salomon was born in
Lissa , Poland , abou t 1 740 , and l ived in New York and
Phi ladelph ia . When the Brit ish took New York he was
2 1 6 SONS or TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
SCHM I DT , OSCAR EGERTON .
New York City .
Treasurer o f Tit le Guarantee and Trust Cc . , and o f Bond
and Mortgage Guarantee Co . , and President o f N . Y . Ortho
ped ic Dispensary and Hospital . Born in New York , Septem
ber 24 , 1 838 . Son o f J . W . Schm id t and E l i z a A . Bache ,grandson o f Wil l iam Bache and Christ ina C . Cooper , great s
grandson o f Theophy laet Bache and Ann Dorothy Barc lay , and
great’-grandson o f Andrew Barclay and H e lena Roosevelt .
Theophy lact Bache was born in Settle , England , January 1 7 ,
1 734 , and d ied in New York , October 30 , 1 807 ; i n 1 770 was .
on Committee to En force Non-importat ion Agreement ; was
member o f Committee o f Correspondence , organ iz ed in May ,1 774 , on the news o f the Boston Port b i l l ; promo ted the
organ i z at ion o f the F i rst Con t inental Congress , and was
appointed , with Charles McE vers , to oversee the elect ion of
Deput ies to the same . His brother R ichard mar ri ed the only
daugh ter o f Be njam in Frank l in .
SCOTT , GEORGE S .
New York City .
Ret ired . Born in Ch i l l icothe , O. , January 2 5 , 1 83 7 . Son
o f John Cai le Scott , J r. , and E leanora S lism an , grandson of
J ohn Cai le Scott and Ann Love , grea t-grandson o f Gustavus
Scott and Margaret H . Cai le , great’-grandson of James Scott
and Sarah Brown . and great’-grandson o f J ohn Scott and
Helen Grant . Gustavus Scott was born in “ Westwood ,
Prince W i l l iam county , Va . , i n 1 75 3 , and l ived in Somerset
county , Md . H e was member o f the Associat ion o f Free
men ; member o f Mary land convention ; Delegate from
Somerset county ; member o f Committee of Safety ; and
de legate to the Con t inental Congress i n 1 784-85 .
A lso great-grandson of Love and J ones
and great’-grandson o f Sam uel Love , who was a membe r of
ROLL OF MEMBE RS . 2 1 7
the Committee of Safety , member of the Associat ion of Free
man , and delegate to the Maryland Convent ion .
Also great°-grandson of Cha r les jones of Frederick county ,Md . , who was a member of the committee appointed to pro
cure ammunit ion and equ ipments for the Maryland troops .
SCOTT , JOHN W INFI ELD .
East Orange , N . J .
New York agen t of the Youth’
s Companion . Born in
Bridgeport , Conn . , December 2 2 , 1 856. Son of John Scott
and Angel ine Raymond , grandson of Gershom Raymond , 3d ,
and Del ia Raymond , great-grandson of Gershom Raymond ,2d , and Mary Whit ing , great
’-grandson of Gershom Ray m ond ,
1 st , and Abigai l Taylor , great3-grandson of J ohn Raymond
and Katherine Han ford , and great‘-grandson of John Ray
mond and El izabeth Sension, (or St . J ohn . ) Gershom Ray
mond , l s t , was born in Norwalk , Conn . , January 1 8 , 1 72 5 .
On December 5 , 1 774 , he was appointed member of the
Committee of Safety ; February 6 , 1 77 5 , was member of
F a irfie ld county congress from Norwalk ; and was one of the
Householders with in the bounds of his (Capt . J onathan
Bell ’s) company in Lieut . -Col . John Mead'
s regimen t who
kept watch and ward— accord ing to orders from Major-Gen .
Wooster . He was honorab ly discharged December 24 , 1 776.
SEARS , WALTER J ESSE . 42 1 3 .
New York City .
Lieutenan t , U . S . Navy . Born in We llsboro , Pa . Son
o f Loran A . Sears and Fanny M . Locke , grandson of Larned
B . Sears and Hannah F . Rockwood , great-grandson o f
Larned Sears and Kezia Baker , great°-grandson o f S tephen
S ears and E l i zabeth Sears , great'-grandson of Joseph Sears
and Ruth Sears , and great‘-grandson of Joseph Sears and
Hannah Hal l . This fam i ly traces its genealogy back to
2 1 8 sons or TH E AM E RICAN REVOLUTION .
R ichard Sares , who was a d irect descendant o f King Edward
I I I . , o f England . H e was a membe r o f Robinson'
s Leyden
Congregat ion , and came to P lymouth , Mass . , in 1 630 , where
he died in 1 676. Stephen Sears was born in Yarmouth ,September 5 , 1 736, and l ived in West Brewster . On alarm
at Bedford and Falmouth . September 7 , 1 778 , he tu rned
ou t in Capt . Samuel Berry'
s company .
A lso grandson of J esse Locke and Lury Rexford , great
grandson o f Nathan Locke , great’-grandson o f j osepls Loch:
and Mary Ayers , great'-grandson of Wil l iam Locke and
J emima Russell , and great ‘-grandson o f Wil l iam Locke and
Sarah Wh itt emore . J ose ph Locke was born in Wobu rn ,Mass . , Apri l 2 3 , 1 729 ; was Captain o f a company of minute
men that marched to Cambridge after the batt le o f Lex i ngton ;subsequently became Maj or , se rved through the war , and d ied
o f camp fever , on h is retu rn , when with i n forty m i les o f home .
A lso great-grandson o f m am Rexford and Anna B lanch
ard , and great'-grandson o f E l ia s B la ncha rd and Mary , his
wi fe . W i l l iam Rexford was born i n New Hartford , Conn . ,
and d ied in Chenango cou nty , N . Y May 22 , 1 8 1 9 . He was
a member o f Capt . Seth Smith'
s company from New Hart ford
on the Lexington alarm , Apri l 1 9 , 1 775 .
E l ias Blanchard was born in Hart ford , Conn . , March 28 ,
1 756, and d ied there November 8 , 1 822 . H e was an Ensign
in the Connect icut L ine and was a pensioner .
SEN IA , BENJAM IN BARTON . 4 1 39 .
New York City .
Engraving . Born in Westchester , N . Y May 3 1 , 1 862 .
Son of J ohn N . Sen ia and Ade laide B . Barton , grandson o f
Benjam in Asa Barton and Pame la Brewer , great-grandson o f
James Barton and Abigai l Drake , and great’-grandson o f
joseph D rake who was born in England in 1 7 1 9 , and died in
Westchester county , N . Y . , i n 1 785 . He was one o f the
2 20 SONS OF TH E AME R ICAN REVOLUTION .
was present at Burgoyne’
s su rrender . Bedlow’
s Island in New
York harbor , on which stands the Bartho ld i Statue of Liberty ,a nd E l l is I sland
,in New York Harbor , now used by the gov
e rnm ent instead o f Cast le Garden for imm igrat ion purposes,
were named from the Bedlow and El l is fami l ies mentioned
a bove .
SHERMAN , GARDINER .
New York Ci ty .
Reti red . Born in New York , December 29 , 1 840 . Son
o f J ohn Sherman , 3d , and Mary A . Evans , grandson of J ohn
S herm an , 2d , and Ab igai l Perkins , great-grandson of Col .john
S herm an and Rebecca Austen , and great’-grandson of Roger
S herm an and El izabeth Hartwe l l . Roger Sherm an was born
in Newtown , Mass . , Apri l 1 9 , 1 72 1 ; removed to New Haven
1 76 1 ; was member of Cont inental Congress , 1 774 ; with
J efferson , Frankl in , Livingston and Adams ass isted in drawing
up the Declarat ion of I ndependence ; was the on ly man who
s igned al l of the four great State papers , namely , the Bil l of
R ights , Art ic les of Federat ion , Declarat ion o f Independence
a nd Con st itu t ion of United States ; and was Un ited States
Senator from Connect icu t from 1 79 1 t i l l his death , J u ly
[For services of h is brother Rev . J osiah Sherman , see Chaun
cey M . Depew . ] Col . J ohn Sherman , who was born J u ly
1 9 , 1 7 50 , and d ied in Canton , Mass . , August 8 , 1 830 , was Pay
master of Fourth regiment , Connect icut Cont inenta l Line ,from 1 777 t i l l 1 78 1 , and i n the next form ation t i l l the end o f
the war .
SMITH , SAMUEL R .
Freeport , N . Y .
Banker . Born in Merrick , N . Y June 28 , 1 862 . Son of
Carman Smith and Ru the lla Smith , grandson ofjoseph Sm ith ,
j r . and Harriet Raynor , and great-grandson o f joseph Sm ith ,
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S r . and E l i zabeth his wi fe . J oseph Smith , Sr . was grandson of
J onathan Smith , who came to America prior to 1 645 , settled
in Merrick . N . Y and was an offi cer in the King’
s army .
Joseph Smith , Sr . was born in Merrick , N . Y . , Apri l 2 5 ,1 7 54 , and d ied Apri l 2 1 , 1 844 . He was private in Capt .
Hewlet t ’s company of Hempstead , Queen’s county , N . Y . ,
mili t ia , which assisted in capturing Brit ish soldiers plundering
o n the south side o f Long I sland .
Joseph Smith, J r. was drafted into the service at Fort
Greene , Long I sland , and was Captain of a company o f mil it ia .
His wife received a pension for h is services .
SPAULDING , ELBR IDGE GERRY . 4073 .
Buffa lo , N . Y .
Banker . Born in Summer H il l , N . Y Feb . 24 , 1 809 .
Son of E dwa rd Spa u lding and Mehitabel Goodrich , and grand
son of L evi Spa u lding and Anna Burns . Levi Spau ld ing was
descended in the fi fth generat ion from Edward Spau lding who
settled in Massachusetts about 1 630 . He was born i n Nott ing
ham , West New Hampshire , October 2 3 , 1 7 37 , and died in
P la infie ld , N . Y . , March 1 , 1 82 5 . He was Captain o f the
N inth company , Third regimen t , New Hampshire troops ;served at Bunker H il l and Trenton ; wintered at Va l ley Forge ;served throughout the war and was present at the surrender o f
Cornwa l l is . After the war he drew a Captain ’s pension .
H is son Edward was one of the pioneers of Central New
York . He served four years as a private in the Revo lutionary
war, and was gran ted a pension May 9 . 1 8 1 8 , the cert ificate
o f wh i ch is in the fam i ly’
s possess ion . He d ied September
1 4 , 1 845
I n memory of these ancestors , Mayor E . G . Spau lding has
erected a beauti fu l monument in Forest Lawn cemetery dedi
cated to the New England fathers who fought for c ivi l and
re l igious l iberty and American independence .
222 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN RE VOLUTION .
SPRAGUE , JOHN T I TCOMB. 43 30 .
Harrisburg , Penn .
Physician . Born in Albany , N . Y . , J une 1 9 , 1 865 . Son
of J ohn Titcomb Sprague and Mary Worth , grandson of
W i l l iam Jenkins Worth and Margaret Stafford , great-grandsonJohn Stafford and Margaret Denn iston , great
’-grandson of
yoab S taf ord and Susannah Spencer . [See Wm . S . Worth .)Also , grandson o f Lawrence Sprague and Sarah Titcomb ,
and great-grandson of jona tha n Titeom b, who was born in
Newbury , Mass . , i n 1 728 , and d ied in 1 8 1 7 . He was a mem
ber of the Committee of Safety and the Provincial Congress
in 1 774-
75 ; Colone l of a regiment in the Rhode Island expe
d it ion in 1 778 ; member of the State Convent ion in 1 780 ; and
subsequent ly appointed Brigad ier General of mil i t ia . He was
Naval Offi cer of the port of Newbu ryport for twenty-three
years , from 1 789 to 1 8 1 2 .
SQU IER , GEORGE OWEN . 42 57 .
United States Army .
First Lieutenant of Art i l lery , U . S . A . Born in Dryden ,Mich March 2 1 , 1 865 . Son of Almon J ust ice Squ ier and
Emily Gardner , grandson of Ethan Squ ier and L ovin ia Hunt
ley , and great-grandson of N a than iel Squ ier and M ina De lano .
Nathan ie l Squ ire (Squ ier) o f Danbury , Conn . , was amongthose “ taken prisoners by the enemy during the raid and car
ried to New York , Apri l 2 5—28 , 1 777 . This was the occa
sion of Tryon’
s expedit ion against Danbu ry .
STANHOPE , PH IL IP W . 42 1 5 .
Waldron , I l l .
Lieut . -Colonel U . S . A . Born in Newport , R . I J une
4 , 1 829 . S on of John Ryder Stanhope and Harriet Corne l l ,grandson of Benj am in Cor nell and Martha Wilbur , great
grandson of George Cornel l and Patty Til l inghast,and great’
224 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
Caughnauaga , N . Y . (now Glen) , August 3 1 , 1 754 , and died in
Glen , N , Y February 1 9 , 1 83 2 . He was an I ndian interpret
er and fough t throughout the war . H e was one of twe lve of
the Starin family who served in the Cont inenta l army directly
under Washington . After the war he kept an inn in the pres
ent vi l lage o f Fu ltonvi l le , wh i ch was a halt ing place for the
I ndians. The latter frequented it in such numbers that at
t imes the host cou ld hardly pick h is way among them . The
Duke de la Roche foucau lt L ioncou rt , who stopped there en
route to N iagara in 1 79 5 , refers to the inn in his“ Travels .
Mynde rt Starin was a veteran of the war of 1 8 1 2 .
STEVENS , MORR IS PUTNAM .
New York City .
Lawyer . Born in Cl i fton , Md . , J une 1 4 , 1 867 . Son of
Francis Putnam Stevens and Alexina Bou ldin , grandson o f
Samuel Small Steven s and Martha Osgood , great-grandson
of Abel Steven s and Betsey Putnam , great’-grandson ofSam uel
S tevens , and Ruth , his wi fe . Samuel Stevens was born in the
blockhouse at Chelmsford , Mass . , Dec . 2 1 , 1 698 . He was
therefore in h is 77th year when the batt le of Lexington took
place , and , a s Lieu tenant in Capt . O l iver Barron'
s company
from Che lmsford , Col . David Green’
s regiment , he marched
fi fty mi les and served sixteen days , fight ing at Lexington and
Concord Bridge . He died in Chelmsford on the ann iversaryof his birth , 1 782 . Betsey Putnam , wi fe o f Abel , was a
cousin o f Genera l Israel Putnam .
STEWART , I RA BL ISS . 42 72 .
New York C ity .
Lawyer . Born in Batavia , New York , October 28 , 1 85 5 .
Son of Reuben Nelson Stewart and Harriet Dewey , grandson
o f I ra Stewart and Sally Rogers,and great-grandson of P au l
’
S tewa r t and O l ive Munger . Paul Stewart was born in Brain
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t ree (or New Braintree), Mass . , i n 1 765 , and l ived there and
in South Brim fie ld , Mass . , where he d ied in 1 852 . In March
1 78 1 , when but 1 6 years of age , he en listed'
as a private in
Capt . Sewal l’
s company , so cal led , under the command successive ly of Lieut . Whitney and Capt . Smith , in the Second
Massachusetts reg iment , (Col . Sprout’s), in Gen . Patterson
’
s
brigade . H is command part ic ipated in the investment of
New York in 1 78 1 , in the center of the left wing o f the
army ; after which he went south with the army under Wash
ington , and was present at the su rrender of Cornwal l is at
at Yorktown . H is command reti red to West Point where he
was d ischarged in December , 1 783 .
ST ICKNEY , J . DW IGHT . 4327 .
New York City .
Paris Gu ide and Interpreter . Born in New York , Nov . 2 ,
1 849 . Son of J . Dwight Stickney and Ju l i et A . Warren ,
grandson of Jotham Stickney and Sarah H . Skinner , greatgrandson of L evi S t ickney and Mol ly Leach , great
’-grandson o f
Wade St ickney and Hannah Jackson , great’-grandson o f
Moses St ickney and Sarah Wardwell , great‘-grandson o f Amos
St ickney and Sarah Morse , and great°-grandson of Wil l iam
Stickney who was born in England i n 1 592 and was one of the
original sett lers of Rowley , Mass . Levi Stickney was born in
Hampton Fa l ls , N . H . , J u ly 26, 1 758 (or 1 759) and died inSeabrook , N . H . , September 30 . 1 82 3 . He enl isted for the
war in Apri l , 1 777 , i n Capt Richard Weare’s company , Co l .
Alexander Scam m e l’
s battal ion of New Hampshi re mi l it ia ,
which was at the battle o f St i l lwater.
Also . grandson of Rev . Edmond Warren and Mary Good
win,and great-grandson o f josiah PVa r ren and Sarah Tarbel l .
Josiah Warren was a descendant o f Richard Warren , who cameto P lymou th in the Mayflower ” in 1 620 . He was born in
Scituate Mass . , Apri l 8 , 1 748 , and moved to Canaan , (Nor
2 26 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
ridgewock) Me . , in 1 78 1 , where he died August 4 , 1 79 5 . Heserved twenty months in the Revolu tionary war , during twom onths o f wh ich he was Captain in Col . John Robinson
'sregiment at Cambridge . He was Town Clerk o f Canaan , Me . ,
in 1 79 1 , and Moderator in 1 794 .
SUMNER , EDWARD A . 43 74 .
New York City .
Lawyer . Born in Rome , N . Y . , November 3 , 1 857 . Son
o f J ohn A . Sumner and He len Brooks , grandson of John H .
Sumner and El i z abeth H . Conkl in , and great-grandson o fWi ll iam S um ner and Eli z abeth Arnold . Wi ll iam Sumner was
born in M iddletown,Conn Ju ly 9 , 1 7 57 , and d ied November
1 9 , 1 846. He en l isted May 5 , 1 775 , under Capt . J onathanMe igs , Second regiment , Connect icut Line , at the siege o f
Boston ; fought at Bunker H i l l , and part ic ipated in Arnold's
Quebec exped i t ion . April 1 7 , 1 777 , he re -enl isted under
Capt . Ee l ls and C01 . Samue l Wy lly s ; assisted in repel l ing the
enemy at Danbu ry in April , 1 777 ; served in Parsons’ brigade
u nder Gen . I srae l Putnam along the H udson , and was
d ischarged January 1 , 1 778 . H is brother John was a Major
from 1 775 to 1 78 1 .
Also grandson of Merri tt Brooks and Mary Mou l ton , great
grandson o f Ebenezer Mou lton and Mary Lil l ibridge , and
great’-grandson o f S tephen Mou lton , who was born in Stafford ,Conn . , in 1 734 ,
and d ied in Floyd , N . Y . , i n 1 8 1 9 . He was
Lieu tenant-Colonel of a regiment of minute-men from Stafford ,on the Lexington alarm , and took part in the operations
around Boston and at Bunker H il l ; raised , equ ipped and
commanded the Twenty-second regiment o f mi l i t ia ; was taken
prisoner,with h is two sons , at the battle of Long Is land ; was
confined in the old Sugar House in New York , and was
exchanged in 1 777 . He was made a pensioner under the
act of 1 8 1 8 .
228 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
TERRETT , COLV ILLE PENROSE .
Fort McKinney , Wyo .
L ieu tenant U . S . A . Born in Wash ington , D . C
June 1 , 1 852 . Son o f Colvi lle Terrett and Martha AnnaFre eman Mathews
,grandson of W i l l iam Penrose Ma thews
and Sarah Tilghman Ringgold . great-grandson of Dr . Wi l l iam
Penrose Mathews and E l iza Sterett , great’-grandson of john
S ter ett and Deborah Ridgely and great'-grandson o f jam esS terett and Mary h i s wi fe . James Sterett moved from Lan
caster , Penn , to Bal t imore , Md i n 1 76 1 . He was a prom inen t
and weal thy cit i zen of Bal timore Town , and aided the American
cause by h i s active espousa l and l iberal mean s . John Sterett
was born in Lancaster , Penn . , i t is bel ieved , Febru ary 1 , 1 7 5 1 ,
and d ied in Ba lt imore , Md . , January 1 , 1 787 . He was
Captain of the Ba lt imore Independent company at Brandy
win e , September 1 1 , 1 777 , when the Mary land Line shared
the day ’s d isasters ; and fought at the battle o f Monmouth .
I n 1 777 , he and his father James , assisted by near relatives ,bu i l t at their own expense the fourteen-gun privateer
Antelope , wh ich preyed upon the enemy’
s commerce . I n
1 78 1 , when cit izens of Balt imore raised over for cloth ing
Lafayette'
s a lmost naked so ldiers , Captain Sterett gave $2 50 .
THOMAS , SETH E . 4 1 43 .
New York City .
Merchan t . Born in Thomas ton , Conn . , October 9 , 1 84 1 .
Son of Seth Thomas and Charlotte D . Parker , grandson of
Seth Thomas and Laura Andrews , and great-grandson of
Will iam Andrews and Submit , his wife . Wil l iam Andrews
was a native o f Wolcott , Conn . He was Corporal in the
Fou rth company,Eighth regiment , Connect icut Continental
Line,1 775 ; Ensign in Capt . Smith
’
s company , Col . Elmore'
s
regiment , 1 776 ; and Lieu tenant in the Eighth regiment from
August , 1 777 t i l l March , 1 778 .
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THOMPSON , EBENEZER . 4345 .
Bi loxi , M iss .
C lergyman . Born in Pomfret , Conn . , November 2 1 , 1 847 .
Son of Charles Stockbridge Thompson and C lara Grosvenor ,grandson o f Ebenez er Thompson and Ruth Ot i s Stockbridge ,
great-grandson of Capt . E benez er Thompson and El i z abeth
K inn icu tt , great’-grandson of Rev . Ebenezer Thompson and
Esther Stevens , great'-grandson of Joseph Thompson and
El izabeth Smith , great‘-grandson of John Thompson , and
great°-grandson of Anthony Thompson , the emigrant , who
settled in New Haven in 1 638 . Capt . Ebenezer Thompson
was born in New Haven , Conn . , January 1 5 , 1 73 5 ; moved to
Providence , R . I i n 1 754 ; and d ied there December 1 0 ,
1 805 . On October 26 , 1 77 5 , he was appointed with others to
construct the fort ificat ions at Field ’s Point , in Providence .
A lso great-grandson o f Cha r les S tockbr idg e and E leanor
Stetson , and great’-grandson of Benj am in S toehbr idge . Both
Benjamin and Charles Stockbridge of Massachusetts aecom
pan ied the Plymouth county troops as surgeons .
A lso grandson of Samuel Putnam Grosvenor and C lara
Downes , great grandson of L em uel Grosvenor and Eunice Put
nam , great’
grandson o f Ebene z er Grosvenor and Lucy Cheney ,great'-grandson o f Ebene z er Grosvenor and Anne Marcey ;and great ‘ -grandson of J ohn Grosvenor and Esther C lark who
came from Chesh ire in 1 668 and sett led in Roxbury , Mass .
Lemuel Grosvenor was born in Pomfret , Conn . , Augu st 1 1 ,1 752 , and d ied Jan . 1 8
,1 83 3 . He was Ensign in Co l . Mott
’
s
batta l ion of Connect icu t , and First L ieu tenant in Co l . Mc
Clel lan ’s regiment .
A lso great’-grandson of I srael P utnam and Hannah Pope ,great'-grandson of J oseph Putnam and E l i z abeth Porter ,great‘ -grandson of Lieut . Thomas Putnam and Ann Stockton
Ho lyoke , great'-grandson of J ohn Putnam and Prisc i l la Gou ld ,
of Chesh ire , England . Israe l Putnam was born in Sal em ,
2 30 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN RE VOLUTION .
Mass . , Jan . 1 7 , 1 7 1 8 ; l ived in Pom fret , Conn . , the scen e o f,h is h istori c Wo l f-Den feat ; Captain in the French and Indian
War when he was captured and tortured ; helped captu re
Havana in 1 762 a Son of Liberty as the Revol u t ion approach
ed ; ranking Genera l at Bunker H il l ; appointed Major-General
by Congress ; he ld command at New York in 1 776 ; defeated
at Long Island , August 2 7 , 1 776 ; appointed to de fend the
H igh lands i n 1 777 ; made his famous escape from Tryon in
1 778 by riding down the steps at Horseneck , Conn . ; per
formed other important serv ices ; was stricken with paralysis
in 1 779 , and d ied May 1 9 , 1 790 .
THOMPSON , JOHN M ILTON .
Fort Huachuca , A . T .
Captain , U . S . A . Born in Lebanon , N . H August 1 ,1 842 . S on of I ra Whitcher Thompson and Cynth ia Wheeler
Spald ing , grandson of Richard Ha z el tine Thompson and I rene
Whitcher , great-grandson of Benj am in Thompson , 3 d , and
Ab igai l Hazel t ine , great’-grandson of Benjam in Thompson , 2d ,
and great'-grandson of Benjamin Thompson of Scot land , who
sett led in Durham , N . H . Benjamin Thompson , 3d , was
born in Chester , N . H . , 1 76 1 , and d ied in Boscawen , N . H . ,
March 6, 1 842 . He enl isted at Concord i n March , 1 775 ,
u nder Capt . Joshua Abbott and C01 . Scam m e ll ; marched to
Winter H il l for seige of Boston ; thence to West Point ; re
en l isted May I , 1 776, in Capt . Aaron Kinsman’s company and
trans ferred to Capt . Dan iel L ivermore’s company in Col .
D earborn'
s New Hampsh ire regiment ; marched to White
Plains , N . Y . and wintered at Sold ier’s Fortune .
THOMSON , WILLIAM HOLMES .
St . Louis , Mo .
Cash ier . Born near Frederick City , Md . , April 1 6, 1 83 7 .
S on ofWil l iam James Thomson and Margaretta Ann Davis ,
2 32 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
Sheriff o f y e c i ty o f Bristol , England . Andrew Newell , a
m e rchant from Bristol , England , and his wi fe , Mary Pitt ,se tt led in Charlestown , Mass . , abou t 1 630 . Andrew Newell ,the Revolut ionary patriot , l ived in Charlestown . H e se rved
as Depu ty Commissa ry in the Massachuse tts mil it ia , and wasordered , by General Ward , to proceed to Wate rton to lodge
the 1 0 swive l gu n he had under his care . He part icipated in
the batt les of Concord and Bunker H il l . David Newe l l , Jr . ,
L ieutenan t and afterwards Captain , was a brother of Andrew
N ewe l l , and served during the war .
TOWNSEND , EDWIN FRANKLIN .
Fort Leavenworth , Kan .
Colonel , U . S . A . Born in New York , J uly 1 4 , 1 83 3 ;
Son o f Edwin Townsend and Ann Eliza Graff, grandson o f
John Townsend and Martha Fowler , great grandson of Da n iel
Townsend and Rebecca Ward . great’-grandson of J ohn Town
se nd and Anne Gedney , great'-grandson of Dan ie l Town send
and Freelove Dickenson , great‘-grandson of James Townsend
and Jane Ruddock , and great‘ -grandson of J ohn Townsend ,
who came to America from England prior to 1 645 . Danie l ,the pat riot , was born in Westchester , N . Y in 1 756, and d ied
in 1 799 . He enl isted in Col . Josiah Starr’
s regiment , Con
nect icu t mi l it ia , in 1 777 ; and was t ransferred to the Corp s o f
I nval ids in 1 780 , on account of loss o f right eye . I n an
engagement in Westchester county he was made prisone r , bu t
escaped before reaching the old Sugar House .
TOWNSEND , JAMES BL ISS .
New York City .
Journa list . Born in in New York , September 30 , 1 85 5 .
Son of Dwigh t Townsend and Emi ly Hodges , grandson of
Walter Wilmot Townsend , 2d , and Anne Helme , great
grandson of Wal ter Wi lm ot Town send and Charlot te Co les ,
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great’-grandson of j am es Townsend and Freelove Wi lmot , and
great’-grandson of Will iam Townsend and El izabeth Cock .
Wil l iam Townsend was born in Oyster Bay , L . I . , February
1 3 , 1 7 1 5 , l ived in New York , and d ied at Dutch Pond , L . I . ,
May 5 , 1 777 . He harbored troops and refugees , and gave of
h is private means to promote the cause . James was born in
Oyster Bay , L . I .
,April 26, 1 742 , and d ied September 1 2 ,
1 798 . I nherit ing h is father’
s Whig principles , he was , l ike
h im , an enthusias t ic and generous supporter of the American
cause . Both impoverished themselves for their country .
Also , great-grandson of Phineas Helme and Mary Wisner ,and great’-grandson of H en ry Wisner , 2d , and Sarah Waters .
Henry Wisner , 2d , was born in Goshen , Orange county , N . Y . ,
about 1 72 5 . He was the grandson o f J ohannes Weasner , a
Swiss sold i er who came to America after the war of the Span ish
Succession and settled in Orange county . On February 28 ,
1 776 , he was commissioned Captain of the Pond company ,F lorida and Warwick reg iment , Orange county m il it ia ; was
a member o f the Provincial Congress and delegate to the Ph i l
adelph ia Convention and gave his pr ivate fortune to the cause .
TOWNSEND , RUFUS M . 4 1 77 .
Troy , New York .
Lawyer and U . S . Commissioner . Born in Troy,N . Y
October 2 7 , 1 858 . Son of Ru fus Marsh Townsend and Cor
nel ia Roessle , grandson of Nathan iel Town send and Cynth ia
Marsh , great grandson of Rufus Ma rsh and Mary Adams ,great’-grandson of E liashib Adam s and Chloe H unt ington
,
great’-grandson of E l iash ib Adams and great‘ -grandson o f
Edward Adams , etc . El iashib Adams was descended from
Henry Adams of Braintree and Mi les Stand ish of Plymouth .
He was born at Preston , Conn . , i n 1 727 ; moved to Canter
bu ry in 1 74 1 was Member of the Connect icut General Assembly
in 1 775 , and was one o f the most act ive supporters of the reso
2 34 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
lu t ion to resist the unj ust demands of the Brit ish government .
Ru fu s Marsh was born in Windham , Conn . , about 1 758 ,
l ived in Worth ingt on , Mass . , and died in Ferr isburg , Vt . , in
1 8 1 4 . H e was a private unde r Captain Chris topher Ba ineste r
and C01 . Weeks o f Massachuse t ts , in the Ticonderoga expedi
tion : and afterwards under Capt . El ie z er Webbe r and C01 .
Ezra May , in the Sti llwater expedit ion .
TRASK , CHARLES HOOPER .
New York City .
Me rchant . Born in Manchester , Mass . , Sept . 4 , 1 824 .
Son o f R ichard Trask and Abigai l Hooper,grandson o f J oseph
Hooper and Nabby Crafts , great-grandson of E lea z er Craf ts
and Elizabeth Al len , great’-grandson o f Benjam in Crafts , 2d ,
and Mary Choate , great'-grandson of Benjam in Crafts , I st and
great ‘ -grandson o f Samuel Crafts . Eleazer Crafts was born in
Chebacco (now Essex), Mass . , (bapt ised) J u ly 3 1 , 1 743 ; and
d ied in Manchester Sept . 20 , 1 79 3 . He served at Bunker
Hil l as Lieutenant ; in 1 777 was Major of the Cape Ann and
Man chester brigade ; August 1 2 , 1 778 , was appointed L ieu ten
an t Colonel ; served throughout the war and was present at the
su rrender o f Burgoyne . His brother Benjamin , 3d , was a Revo
lu t ionary sold ier and h is father Benjamin , 2d , was a voluntee r
in the expedi t ion against Lou isburg , Cape Breton , i n 1 745 .
TURNER,THEODORE CAMPBELL , 4 1 40 .
Cooperstown , N . Y .
Banker . Born in Cleveland , O. , J une 24 , 1 845 . Son of
Levi C . Turner and J ul ia Cam pbell , grandson of Robert
Campbel l and Rache l Pomeroy , and great-grandson of Sam uel
Ca mpbell and Jane Cannon . Samuel Campbell was born in
Londonderry , N . H . , i n J une , 1 73 8 , and d ied i n Cherry Val
ley,N . Y . , September 1 2 , 1 824 . He was one of the Sons of
Liberty ; was member of the Committee of Safety ; enl isted
2 36 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTI ON .
Van der Bu rgh and Martha St rong , and great -grandson ofjohnS trong and Martha Know les . John Strong , of P ittsfie ld ,
Mass . , was m em ber of the Comm itt ee of Corresponden ce in1 774 and 1 77 5 , and de legate to the Coun ty Congress ; com
m issioned Cap ta in of a com pany in Col . John Brown’
s regi
m en t Ju ne 30 , 1 777 ; re -en list ed u nder Capt . I saac Dickinsonand Major Israel Stodda rd and m arched to Benn ington , and
was d ischarged Octobe r 2 , 1 777 . H e m oved to Albany , N . Y
where he died abou t the year 1 82 5 .
VAN HORNE , HENRY . 42 1 7 .
Sche nectady , N . Y .
E ngin ee r . Bo rn i n Schenectady , N . Y Sep tem be r 1 7 ,
1 8 58 . Son of Wil l iam James Van Hom e and Mary M . Bar
hydt , grandson of James E . V an Hom e and Mary Conan t ,
gre at -grandson of J ames Van Hom e and Marga re t John son ,
grm t’-grandson of Abram Va n H or ne and Han nah H ofl ,
gra t’-grandson of Corn el i us V an Hom e and Han nah S ebrook ,
gre a t ‘ -grandson of Abram Van Hom e and Maria Provost ,grea t'-grandso n of Cornel ius J . Van H om e and Anna Mari a
J ans .and great ‘ -grandso n of Jan Corne liessen Van Horne ,
who came to Ameri ca in 1 634 . Abram Van Hom e , the
pa t riot , was bo rn in Read ingt own (now \Vhitehou se ), N . J . ,
Au gu st 28 , 1 7 3 8 ,and d ied in Van H om esville , N . Y .
, March
5 , 1 8 1 0 . He was member of the Tryon county Commit tee of
S afety , 1 77 5 ; member of the New York Assembly , 1 777—8 1 ,
and High Sheri ff of Tryon county , 1 78 1 . A Tory plot to
assass inate him and family nearly succeeded .
V INCENT , FRANK .
New York City .
Travel ler and author . Born in Brooklyn , Apri l 2 , 1 848 .
Son of Frank Vincen t and Harriet Barnes , grandson of VVil
l iam Vincent and J oanna Frink , and great-grandson of
ROLL OF MEMBE RS . 2 3 7
Will iam Vincent and Zeruah Rudd .
‘ Wi l l iam Vincent was born
i n Westerly , R . I . , March 3 1 , 1 729 , and died J uly 1 9 ,1 807 .
He was 3 L i eu tenant of a mi l i t ia company organ ized in West
erly in 1 777 , and was Surgeon in Co l . Joseph Noyes’
reg iment
organi z ed in Providence in 1 778 .
VIRGIN , SAMUEL H . 4344 .
New York City .
Clergyman . Born in North Carver , Mass . , August 2 5 ,1 842 . Son o f Samue l Virgin and Mel issa C . Hammond ,grandson o f Thomas Hammond and Persis Cobb , and great
grandson of Georg e H am m ond and Lucy Sturtevant . George
Hammond was born in Plympton (now Carver) Mass . , i n J une ,1 734 , and l ived there . On October 2 8 , 1 778 , he was com
missioned Captain of the Thirteenth company , First regiment ,o f Plymouth county mil i t ia , of which Theophi lus Cotton was
Colonel . H is commission is preserved in the family .
A lso , great-grandson of N ehem iah Cobb and Meh itab l e
R i ckard . Nehemiah Cobb of Massachuset ts was born in 1 752 ,
and died in 1 84 1 . In Apri l , 1 775 , he en l isted under Capt .John Bridgham and C01 . Cotton , for the seige of Boston : was
promoted to Ens ign ; re -en l isted i n August,1 780 , as First
L ieu tenant under Capt . Jesse Sturtevant , and C01 . Jacobs ;m arched to re-in force the H ighlands on the H udson , and
served in Rhode Island , where he was discharged . His com
mission is also preserved .
V IVEN , JOHN LUDLOW . 42 2 7 .
Fort Su l ly , S . D .
Captain , U . S . A . Born in A lbany , N . Y . , March 5 ,
1 83 3 . Son of Peter Viven and Mary E l izabeth Hale , grand
son oi Danie l Hale , J r . , and Pol ly Palmer , great-grandson o f
E l ias P a lm er , great’-grandson of Georg e P a lm er , jr . , great'
grandson of George Palmer , great‘-grandson o f Gershom
2 3 8 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
Palmer and Anna Dennison , and great‘-grandson of Wa l ter
Pa lmer , who cam e from England in 1 629 , landed in Massa
chu sett s , and sett led in Ston ington , Conn . , in 1 653 . George ,
Jr . , and El ias, moved from Ston ington to St il lwater , N . Y . ,
1 764 . E l ias en l isted in 1 775 under Capt . Marvin and C01 .
Van Scha ick , New York mil it ia ; was Ensign ; served n ine
months and engaged in several battles and sk i rmishes . George
Pa lmer was chairman of the Committee on Suppl ies , and was
engaged , with h is son , at the batt le o f Bemis Heigh ts.
VON SCHRADER , FREDERICK .
St . Lou is , Mo .
Captain , U . S . A . Born in Bellevi l le , I l l . , February 1 2 ,
1 85 1 . Son of Frederick Von Schrader and O l iv ia Gi l l Morri
son , grandson ofWi l l iam Morrison and Eliza S . Bissel l , great
grandson of Da n iel Bissell and Deborah Seba , and great’-grand
son of Oz ia s Bissell and Mabe l Roberts . Oz ias Bisse l l was
born in Manchester , Conn . , May 1 3 , 1 729 . He served fou r
or five years in the French War ; was a Lieutenant in Capt .
Timothy Cheney’
s company of minutemen , at the Lexington
Alarm ; in Col . Hinman’
s reg iment of State Vo lunteers , as
Captain of the Second Company , when he took part in the
capture of Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point ; on January I ,
1 776,commissioned Captain i n Col . J eded iah Huntington
’
s
reg iment ; was wounded i n the batt le of Long I s land , and
taken prisoner ; agai n taken prisoner in a skirmish on the
Hudson river in 1 780 ; exchanged and made Capta in in Co l .
Levi Wells’ regiment , and honorably discharged in 1 78 1 . H e
was wounded three t imes . I n a memorandum dictated a short
t ime before his death he stated that he , h is chi ldren and
grand-chi ldren , had given thei r country 1 20 years in the
mil itary service .
Daniel Bissel l was on e of the five Sons of Oz ias who part ic
ipated in the war . He was born in Bolton , Conn . , about
240 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
WADSWORTH , WILLIAM P .
New York City .
Born in New York , November 1 5 , 1 840 . Son of John
Wadsworth and Carol ine Masi , grandson of Horace Wadsworth
and Abigai l Adams, great-grandson of jona than Wadswor thand Abigai l Flagg , great
’-grandson of Sam uel Wadswor th and
M i l l icent Marsh , great’-grandson of Jonathan Wadsworth and
Hepzibah Marsh , and great ‘ -grandson of H on . Will iam Wads
worth and Abigai l Lewis . Samuel Wadsworth was born in
Hartford , Conn . , October 2 5 , 1 7 1 6, and died December
1 798 . He was Ensign , Jan uary 1 , 1 777 , and Lieu tenant ,May 1 6, 1 778 , in Col . Samuel B . Webb ’s regiment , and
resigned J u ly 6, 1 779 .
J onathan Wadsworth was Captain in Col . Thaddeus Cook’s
regiment , which marched August 26, 1 777 . He was morta l ly
wounded at Sti l lwater , September 1 9 , 1 777 .
Others of th is fami ly were consp icuous in Connect icut
h istory . Capt . J oseph , son ofWill iam,seized the Connect icut
Charter from the Brit ish Governor in 1 687 . Capt . John , son
of Jonathan , was kil led i n battle , 1 776. Elijah was a Captain ,and James , grandson of Will iam , was Major-General , 1 777 .
WARD , FRANCIS GRANT . 4324 .
Bufla lo , N . Y .
Engineer and manufacturer . Born i n Jordan , N . Y . ,
March 8 , 1 856. Son of Heman George Ward and Jane E .
Frost , grandson of Thomas Ward and Christ ine Curt is , great
grandson of john lVa rd , and great’-grandson of jona tha n
Wa rd , who was born in Shrewsbury , Mass in 1 72 5 , and l ived
there and in Worcester . He was Lieutenant-Colonel of his
brother Gen . Artemas Ward’
s Worcester regiment , at Bunker
H i l l , and upon h is brother’
s promotion , became Colonel of the
regiment . He served in Spencer’
s brigade in New York in
1 776. and in Parson’
s brigade of Spencer’s division at the
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battle o f Long I sland . John Ward served in h is father’
s
regiment , in h is brother Nahum’s company , and was a Colonel
in the war of 1 8 1 2 .
WARNER , EDWARD C .
Buffalo , N . Y .
Manu facturer . Born in E nfla lo , N . Y . , November 1 3 ,
1 848 . Son of Samuel C . Warner and Frances S . Phelps ,grandson of Samuel Warner and Ab igai l Chamberlain , and
great-grandson of E lea z er Wa r ner , who was born in Massa
chu se tts in 1 7 and died i n 1 776. He was Captain of a
company of mil i t ia from H ardew ick , Mass . , assigned to the
Canad ian frontier . He was brother of Co l . Seth Warner , who
raised a regiment in New Ham psh ire and Vermont , and whose
history is well known .
Also great-grandson of Moses Cham ber la in and Abigai l
Stevens . Moses Chamberlain was born i n Decem ber , 1 750 ;
married at Newbury,V t . , May 1 7 , 1 779 ; moved to Gibson ,
Pa . , about 1 8 1 2 ; and d ied February 1 2 , 1 83 2 . He enl isted
in May , 1 775 , as a private under Capt . Benjamin Mann , and
CO1 . James Reed , New Hampshire mi l it ia ; served continuously
in various commands unt i l 1 782 , becoming a Captain , and
part icipated i n the seige of Boston , the batt les of Bunker H i l l ,Trenton and Princeton , and the capture of Burgoyne .
WARNICK , JOHN K .
Amsterdam , N . Y .
Manu facturer . Born in Amsterdam , N . Y . , February 1 9 ,
1 840 . Son of George Warnick and Eliza Catherine Keyes ,grandson of Zachariah Keyes and Lyd ia Stanton , and great
grandson of john Key es and Mary Wales . John Keyes was
born in Ashford , Conn . , in 1 744 ; was commissioned L ieu ten
ant in the Fi fth Company , Third regiment (Gen . Putnam’s),
Connect icu t Line , May I , 1 77 5 ; fought at Bunker H il l ; was
242 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
Captain in Col . Durkee’
s reg iment ( formerly Putnam’
s)stat ioned at Bergen Heights , N . J t i l l September 1 5 , 1 776 ;
then at Fort Lee ; accompanied Wash ington in h is retreat
through J ersey ; fought at Trenton and Princeton ; promoted
to Brigade Major in 1 78 1 , and in 1 782 appo inted the first
Adjutant General in the Connect icu t mi l i t ia .
WARREN , CHARLES ELLIOTT .
New York City .
Bank ing . Born in Brooklyn , N . Y . , Apri l 9 , 1 864 . Son
of George Wil l iam Warren and Mary Eli z a Pease , grandson
o f George Warren and Sarah Phe lps and great-grandson o f
Will iam Wa r ren and Roby Hathaway . Will iam Warren was
born September 1 7 , 1 7 5 1 , i n Watertown , Mass . He helped
raise a company of mi l i t ia and served as First Lieutenant in
i t in Co] . J ohn Nixon ’s regiment . He was desperately
wounded in the battle of Bunker H il l , and le ft for dead , bu the su rvived , although disabled for l i fe . He was a cousin
o f Gen . Joseph Warren , who was kil led at Bunker H i l l .
Also grandson o f Richard Henry Pease and Mary Ell iott
Dows , great-grandson o f Earl Percey Pease and Mary Ives ,great’-grandson of Joseph I ves and Mary Sherman , great
'
grandson of jos iah Sherm an and Martha M inot . [See
Chauncey M . Depew . ]A lso , great -grandson of Az or Phelps and Mary Tenney .
Azor Phelps was born in Worcester , Mass . , October 1 3 , I 76 1 ,
and l ived in Watertown , Mass . He was a private in the
Massachusetts mi l i t ia .
WARREN , WM . WATTS JONES . 439 1 .
New York City .
Manu facturing Stat ioner . Born in Lyme Conn . , Apri l 1 3 ,1 844 . Son ofWil l iam W . J . Warren , M .D . , and Maria E .
Peck , grandson of Joshua Raymond Warren and Harriet Way ,
244 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
Samu e l Blachley Webb was born in We thersfield , Conn . , Dec .
1 5 , 1 753 , and died in Clavarack , N . Y Dec . 3 , 1 806. H e
was Captain of a company at Bunker H il l , where he was
wounded ; was aide to Gens . Putnam and Washington ; wrote
the order for promulgat ing the Dec laration o f I ndependence
in New York City ; associated with C01 . J oseph Reed in refus
ing to receive a letter from Lord Howe addressed to George
Wash ington , Esqui re ;” present at battle of Long I sland ;
wounded at White Plains and Tren ton ; raised the Th i rd Con
nect icu t regiment , of which he was Co lonel ; part icipated with
Gen . Parsons in the Long Island exped it ion ; was captured
with his command by the British fleet Dec . 1 0 , 1 777 , exchanged
in 1 780 ; commanded Light I n fantry with brevet rank o f
Brigad ier General ; was one of the 1 3 founders o f the Cinc in
nat i ; and , i t is said , held the Bible on wh i ch Wash ington took
the oath as first President .
WEBB , ALEXANDER STEWART , JR. 4 1 3 7 .
New York City .
Banker. Born in New York , February 5 , 1 870 . Son of
A lexander S . Webb , Sr. (No . and Anna El i z abeth Rem
sen . [See Alexander Stewart Webb . ]
WEBB , D E WITT .
East Wil l iston,L . I .
Physician . Born in Cl inton , N . Y .,December 1 9 , 1 839 .
Son of J ohn Webb and E l i z a A . Tie llieness , grandson of Sam uel
Webb and Abigai l Maltby , and great-grandson of David Webb .
Samuel Webb was born in Stamford , Conn . On the Lexing
ton alarm he served eight days as C lerk in Capt . Joseph H oit’
s
company from Stamford ; re-enl isted May 6, 1 775 , as C lerk in
the First company,Fi fth regiment , Connect icut Line ; Apri l
1 5 , 1 776, First Lieu tenant under Capt . Robert Walker
and C01 . Elmore , in garrison at Fort Schuyler Fort Stan
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wicks re-entered Co l . Lamb’
s Cont inental art i llery in 1 777
resigned in J une , 1 778 ; and on Apri l 1 , 1 78 1 , j oined Gen .
Waterbury ’s State brigade as Brigade Major . He was a
Brit ish prisoner at one t ime . Among the batt les i n wh ich he
took part was that at St . J ohn’
s , Canada .
WEBB , FRANCIS EGERTON . 4042 .
New York City .
Banker and broker . Born in Tarrytown , N . Y August
1 , 1 858 . Son of James Watson Webb and Laura Virgin ia
Cram , grandson of Sam uel B lachley Webb and Katherine
H ogoboom ; etc . (See Alexander Stewart Webb . )
WEBB , GEORGE CREIGHTON .
New York City .
Secretary of U . S . Legat ion , St . Petersburgh , Ru ssia .
Born in New York , December 4 , 1 8 53 . Son of James
Watson Webb and Laura Virgin ia Cram , grandson of S am uel
Blachley Webb and Katharine H ogoboom , etc . [See Alex
ander Stewart Webb] .
WEBB , H . WALTER .
New York C ity .
V ice-President N . Y . C . 81 H . R . RR . Son of J ames
Watson Webb and Laura Virgin ia Cram , grandson of Sam uel
Blachley Webb and Katharine H ogoboom , etc . [See Alex
ander Stewart Webb . ]
WEEKS , EDSON J . 4375 .
Buffalo , N . Y .
General Agent N . Y . C . 81 H . R . RR . Born in Scho
dack , N . Y . , January 22 , 1 857 . Son of Jared A . Weeks and
Hannah C . Hare , grandson of Liscomb Weeks and Margaret
Van Buren,great-grandson of El ij ah Weeks and Sarah Batch
246 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
e lder , great’-grandson o f Thom as Weeks , j r . and Me rcy
H inckley , great’-grandson of Thomas Weeks and Hannah
Ho l land , great‘-grandson of Supp ly Weeks and Susanna Ba rnes ,
great'-grandson of Ammiel Weeks and E l i z abe th Aspinwal l ,great ‘ -grandson of George Weeks and Jane C lap . Thomas
Weeks was born in Marlboro Mass . , Apri l 2 1 , 1 73 5 , and died
Apri l 20 , 1 8 1 7 . On Apri l 20 , 1 775 , he marched from Gree n
wich , where he was then l iving , as Captain o f a company in
defense of the Libert ies of America ,” as i t was phrased in h is
pay-rol l . He was at Camp Roxbu ry later in the year, at Ti
conderoga in 1 777 , and served as Paymas ter and in other posi
t ions of importance .
WELLS , CHARLES ASHLEY . 4347 .
Pompton , N . J .
Real estate broker . Born in Springvi l le , Pa . , December 7 ,1 84 1 . Son of Foster P . Wells and Sara McCrea Hart , grand
son of Seth Hart and A lma Lummus , great-grandson of
jos iah H a r t and Susanna Putnam , and great’-grandson of
Thom as P u tnam and Rache l We the rbe . Thomas Putnam of
N ew Hampsh i re , born 1 728 , and Josiah Hart , born August 1 8 ,1 748 , were both privates under Capt . Abe l Walker in Co l .
Benj . Be l lows regiment from Charlestown , N . H . They
served at Ticonderoga and the batt le of Benningt on .
A lso great-grandson of Porter Lummus and Susanna Ash
ley,great ‘ -grandson ofCol . Sam uel Ashley and Eunice Dool i tt le ,
great’-grandson of Daniel Ashley and Thank fu l Hawks , and
great‘ -grandson of Samue l Ashley (born 1 664) and Sarah Ke l
logg . Co l . Samuel Ashley was born in We stfie ld , Mass . ,
March 20 , 1 720 , moved to Claremont , N . H . of wh ich he was
one of the grantees , and d ied Febru ary 1 8 , 1 792 . H e was
delegate to the Provinc ial Convent ions , in I 774 5 member of
F i rst Provincia l Congress , Committee of Safety , and Counci l
Of Eight ; Colonel of Th i rteenth New Hampshire regiment ;
248 SONS OF THE AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
WH I PPLE , WALTER S . 4299 .
Oneonta , N . Y.
Coa l dea le r. Born in Brooklyn , N . Y March 1 7 , 1 86 1 ,
Son of David Wh ipp le and Abigai l Steere , grandson of Ru fusSteere and Ann E l i z a Brown , great-grandson o f Robert Steere
and Esther Whee ler , and great’-grandson o f H enry Wheeler
and Esther W i l l iams . Henry Whee ler, o f Rhode Island , was
born in January. 1 745 , and died in Hartwick , Otsego county ,N . Y . , September 2 3 , 1 832 . H e was Ensign in the First
Gloucester company o f Rhode Island , in May , 1 78 1 , Lieu
tenant ln May , 1 784 , and was promoted to Captain . Among
other services he part ic ipated in the batt le o f Newport , R . I . ,
and h is uni form and sword are preserved as heirlooms . Esther
Wil l iams , h is wife ,was a great-granddaughter of Roger Wi l l iams .
WHITNEY , ELMAR HALE . 4 1 42 ,
Buffalo , N . Y .
I nsurance . Born in Dub l i n , N . H December 29 , 1 858 .
Son of Nathan Wh i tney and Nancy Augusta Hay , grandson o f
Joseph Fitch Hay and Nancy Saunders , great-grandson o f
Thom as H ay , j r . ,and Rebeccah Poo le , great -grandson of
Thomas Hay , Sr . , and Mary Gale , and great ‘ -grandson of
W i l l iam Hay and Abigai l Boutwel l . Thomas Hay , Jr. , was
born in Reading , Mass December 29 , 1 759 , and died in
Dubl in , N . H . , March 2 , 1 839 . He was among the men from
Reading who served in the Massachusetts mi l i t ia .
WILDE , GEORGE COBB .
New York City .
Born in Brookl i ne , Mass . , January 3 1 , 1 859 . Died
August 29 , 1 892 . Son of George Frederick Wilde and Ju lia
Cabot , grandson o f George Cobb Wi lde and Ann Jeanette
Brown , great-grandson of Samuel Sumner Wi lde and Eun ice
Cobb , and great’-grandson of David Cobb and E leanor Brad ish .
ROLL OF MEMBE RS . 249
David Cobb was born in Att leboro , Mass . , Septem ber 1 4 ,
1 748 , and l ived in Taunton , Mass . , February 1 , 1 877 . He
was appoin ted Lieutenant-Colonel in Co l . Henry Jackson’
s
regiment,Massachusetts mi l it ia . and served continuously unt i l
December 30 , 1 780 . most Of the t ime as aide to Washington .
A fterward he was Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts and
Major-Genera l of the Tenth Division of mi l it ia of the state
of Maine . He was a Vice-President of the Cinc innat i ofMassa
chu se t ts .
WILLIAMS , ROBERT STANTON .
U t ica , N . Y .
Banker . Born in U t ica , N . Y . , September 1 0 , 1 828 . Son
of Wil l iam Will iams and Sophia Wells , grandson Of Thom as
IVill iam s and Susanna Dana , great-grandson ofjohn lVill iam s
and Ann Bird , great’-grandson of John Will iams and Dorothy
Brewer,great’grandson of Stephen Wi ll iams and Sarah Wise
,
and great‘ -grandson of Robert Wi l l iams of Roxbury
and Eli z abeth Stalham . J ohn Will iams was born in Rox
bury . Mass . , December 2 5 , 1 7 1 9 , and d ied February 8 , 1 794 .
H e was a tanner by trade , and an ardent revolu tionary Wh ig .
At his house h is son Thomas (born in Roxbury , January 1 4 ,
1 7 54 : d ied in Ut ica , N . Y . , J u ly 3 1 , 1 8 1 7) and other m em
bers of the Boston Tea Party assemb led to complete thei r
d isgu ises . Thomas was a private in Capt . Moses Wh i t ing’
s
company (said to be the first one formed for the war of the
Revolut ion). As such he was engaged i n one act ive skirmish,
and after Lexington assisted in d riv ing the Brit ish into Boston .
Thomas inherited h is father’
s patriot ism in a large degree and
gave evidences of i t before he was enl isted . Before he fired
lead , he and h is youth fu l compan ions u sed to h ide behind
hedges and Shoot green cu rrants from an o ld gun barrel at
the si lk-stockinged legs of Brit ish Offi cers , who , t hough stung ,were too proud to chase a pack a boys .
2 50 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
326. WI LLIAMS , WILLIAM DICKSON , JR. 4326 .
Ashevi l le , N . C .
With Richmond 8: Danvi l le R . R . Born in Greenevi l le .Tenn . , November 1 6, 1 862 . Son of Wi l l iam Dickson Wi l
l iams and Sarah Ann Bray les , grandson o f Alexander Wi l l iams
and Catherine Douglas D ickson , great-grandson of joseph
Lan ier, great’-grandson of Danie l
Wi l l iams and U rsu la , h is wi fe , and great’-grandson o f John
Will iams and Mary , h is wi fe . J oseph W i l l iams was born inVirgin ia , September 6, 1 742 , and l ived in Surry county , N . C
where he sett led before the Revo lution . H e was appoin ted
Lieutenant-Co lone l of Surry troops in 1 776. H i s brother
J ames , and James’ two Sons , were k i l led at King
’s Mountain .
October 7 , 1 780 .
A lso great-grandson of W i l l iam Dickson and E l i zabeth
Douglas , great’-grandson of Col . William Douglas and E l iza
beth Ofi’
u t t , great’-grandson of Hugh Douglas , of Garva llan ,
Scotland , who was the l ineal descendant in the sixth genera
t ion from the Earl of Douglas . Col . Will iam Douglas was a
prominent cit i z en of Loudon county , Va . , of which he was a
presid i ng j ust ice for many years . During the Revo lu t ion he
was on Wash ington’
s staff.
WILSON , THOMAS . 42 3 3 .
New York City .
Brevet-Brigadier General , U . S . A . Born in Wash ington ,D . C J une 1 0 , 1 832 . Son of J oseph Shie lds Wi lson and
El i z a Uh ler Mou lder,grandson of John N icho lson Moulder
and Mary Uh ler , great-grandson of Wi l l iam Moulder , J r . andMartha Duncan , great
’-grandson of Wi ll iam Mou lder . S r . and
Mary Mi l ler , great’-grandson of Benjam in Mou lder (born
1 688) and Prudence Reynolds , and great‘-grandson of Robert
Mou lder. Will iam Moulder , Sr. , of Pennsy lvan ia , was born
December Besides being Second Lieu tenant under
2 52 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
who took the freeman ’
s oath in 1 644 . J onathan D . Sergeant ,born 1 746, died 1 79 3 ; was de legate to the First Provinc ia l
Congress of New Jersey , 1 774 ; Secretary o f the Second ,1 775 ; member o f Provinc ial and Cont inenta l Congresses , 1 776 ;
and Attorney-Genera l of Pennsy lvan ia , 1 777 .
A lso great‘ -grandson of E l ihu Spencer and Joanna Eatton ,great’-grandson of I saac Spencer and Mary Selden , and great
‘
grandson of Samue l , son of Gerard (or Jared) Spencer, of
Lynn , Mass . , born 1 6 1 0 , one of the earl i est sett lers of New
England . The Rev . El ihu Spencer , born 1 72 1 , died 1 784 ,
l ived in Trenton , N . J . , and was an act ive preacher of Revo
lu t ion . He went as a missionary of independence to Virgin ia ,the Caro l inas and Georgia , and incu rred such hat red from the
Bri t ish that they ofi’
e red 1 00 gu ineas for h is head .
I n the d i rect paternal l ine , J ohn S . Wise is great-grandson
of Col . John Wise , who was King’
s Lieutenant in Accomac
County , Va unt i l he becam e an ardent rebe l . ” H e d ied
i n 1 770 , but was an ante-bel lum advocate of revo lut ion . Co l .
Wise was son of John Wise and S carbu rgh Rob inson , grand
son of John Wise and Mathilda West , and great-grandsono f John Wise , of Devon , and Hannah Scarbu rgh , who came
to America in 1 63 5 and settled in Virgin ia .
220 . WOOD , BENJAMIN . 4220 .
N ew York City .
Editor. Born in Shelby , Ky . , October 1 3 , 1 820 . Son o f
Benjamin Wood and Rebecca Lehman , grandson of H enry
Wood , 3 d, and Hannah Edridge , great-grandson of Henry
Wood , 2d , and Mary Kay , and great’-grandson of Henry
Wood , I st , who was born in Wales in 1 6 1 6, came to Massa
chuse tts in 1 650 , and eventua l ly settled in New Jersey . Henry
Wood , the patriot , was born in Peashore , N . J .,September 1 8 ,
1 7 57 , and d ied in New J ersey in 1 8 1 4 . Although o f Quaker
parentage , he and h is seven brothers (Benjamin , Ezekie l , Isaac ,
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John , J oseph , Josiah and Wi l l iam ) prompt ly joined the N ew
J ersey mi l i t ia and were called the fight ing Quakers . H enry
was Maj or in Co l . Maxwel l’
s (Second) regiment .
WOOD , BENJAM I N . 4504 .
New York City .
With Campbel l Print ing Press 81 Manu factu ring Co . Born
in New York , J une 1 0 , 1 87 1 . Son o f Fernando Wood and
A l ice M il ls , grandson o f Benjamin Wood and Rebecca Lehman ,great-grandson o f H enry Wood , 3 d , and Hannah Edridge , etc .
[See Benjamin Wood , No .
WOOD , FRANK SCOTT .
Batavia , N . Y .
Lawyer . Born in Detroit , Mich igan , September 1 4 , 1 856.
Son of Edward F . Wood and Mary J . H umphrey,grandson
Of El ijah Wood and Elizabeth Farmer , great-grandson o fDan iel Wood and Hannah Barrett , great’-grandson of James
Barrett and Mil l icent Esterbrook , great’-grandson of Col . jam es
Ba r rett and Rebecca Hubbard . [See Charles Sumner Dakin . ]
WOOD , HENRY ALEXANDER WISE . 4503 .
New York City .
Vice-President o f the Campbel l Print ing Press 81 Man u factu r
ing CO . Born in New York , March 1 , 1 866. Son of Fernando
Wood and Al ice M i l ls , grandson o f Benjamin Wood and
Rebecca Lehman , great-grandson of H enry Wood , 3d ,and
Hannah Edridge , etc . [See Benjamin Wood , No .
WOOD , WASHINGTON FERNANDO . 4392 .
New York City .
Born in Wash ington , D . C. , January 6, 1 870 . Son of
Fernando Wood and A l ice M i lls , grandson o f Benjamin Wood
2 54 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
and Rebecca Lehman , great-grandson of H enry Wood, 3d ,
and Hannah Edridge , etc. [S ee Benjam in Wood , No .
WORTH , WILLIAM S .
Fort Omaha , Neb .
Major, U . S . A . Born in A lbany , N . Y . , January 6,
1 840 . Son ofWi l l iam Jenk ins Worth and Margare t S tafl'
ord ,
grandson of John Stafford and Margaret Denniston , great
grandson ofjoab S taf ord and Susannah Spencer. great’-grand
son of Thomas Stafford and Andrey Greene , great'-grandson
o f Samue l Stafford and Mercy Westcott,and great‘ -grandson
of Thomas Stafford (and E l i z abeth h is wi fe), who came fromWarwicksh i re , England , to Plymouth , Mass . , abou t 1 626, and
sett led in Rhode I sland . Joab Stafford was born in Warwick ,R . I . , Novem ber 1 4 , 1 729 , and died in Chesh i re , Mass . , Nov .
2 3 , 1 80 1 . On Burgoyne’
s advance , he led a company of
Berksh i re m i l i t ia and was wounded . On October 1 3 , 1 780 ,
he was in Capt . Samue l Low’
s company , Col . Benj . Symonds’
regim ent of Berkshire . I n a conveyance of property dated
May 2 2 , 1 779 , he was ent it led Co lonel , prior to which date
he was spoken of as Esqu ire . Wm . J enkins Worth men
t ion ed above was a Major-General , U . S . A . The City of
New York has erected a monument to h is memory in Madison
Square .
WREN,WILLIAM CULLEN . 43 1 0 .
Wash ingt on , D . C .
Lieutenant U . S . A . Born in Crow Wing , Minn . , Dec .
1 9 , 1 860 . Son of J ohn Vincent Wren and Harriet Eaton ,grandson of Brigham Eaton and Rebecca Denker , great-grand
son of Benjam in Eaton and Betsey McL ean , great’-grandson
of B r igham E a ton and Anna Eaton , great’-grandson of Joshua
Eaton and Phoebe , h is wi fe , great‘-grandson of Jonas Eaton
and Mehitab le Gou ld , great‘-grandson of John Eaton , and
2 56 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN RE VOLUTION .
Conn . , January 1 4 , 1 742 ; served as private under Capt . Elijah
Wright and C01 . Enos , Connect icu t mil it ia ; was Corpora l i n
the Second company , Fourth reg iment ; and Sergeant in
Capt . Bisse ll ’s company , Seventeenth Continenta l regim ent .I n 1 789 he moved with h is wi fe to Rome , Oneida county ,N . Y . (Wright
’s Sett lement), where he d ied September 2 ,
1 808 .
WRIGHT , JOSEPH PAYSON . 4244 .
U nited States Army .
Deputy Surgeon General , U . S . Army , with rank o f
Lieutenant-Colonel . Born in Wilkesbarre , Pa . , December 2 5 ,1 836. Son of Joseph J . B . Wright and El iza Jones , grandson
of Amasa J ones and El izabeth Huntington , and great-grandson
of joel jones , who was born at Saybrook , Conn . , Apri l 1 6,
1 73 3 , and d ied at Hebron , Conn . , J une 1 7 , 1 792 . He was
Lieu tenant-Colonel in the Connecticu t mil itia , having been
promoted from the grade of Major in 1 776. I n 1 777 he was
Lieutenant-Colonel in L a t im e r’
s regiment . sent to reinforce
Gen . Gates at Saratoga . I n the first battle the losses sustained
by this regiment were more severe than those o f any two
regiments in the field . Through El izabeth H unt ington , the
fam ily are col lateral ly related to Samuel H unt ington of Con
n ect icu t , who was a signer of the Declarat ion of Independence
and President of Congress , 1 779- 1 78 1 . Through the mother
Of El izabeth Huntington , Elizabeth Hale of Coventry , Conn . ,
the fam i ly are col laterally re lated to Nathan Ha le , the Martyr .
WRIGHT , STEPHEN MOTT .
New York City .
Ret ired merchant . Born in J ericho , N . Y August 1 6,
1 842 . Son of Danie l Dodge Wright and Mary F . Mott ,grandson of Stephen Wright and Martha Dodge , and great
grandson of Thom as Wr ight and El izabeth Grosbeck . Thom as
ROLL OF MEMBE RS . 2 57
Wrigh t was a physician in New York City prior to the war ,and du ring it served as a Surgeon to the vo lunteer t roops in
and about the c i ty . When the Brit ish took possession he fled
to Westchester county , cont inu ing h is services u nt i l he was
captu red and imprisoned in the Liberty St reet Sugar H ouse .
The inhuman treatment wh ich he received led to his death .
WR IGHT , WALTER KING .
Salt Lake City , U tah .
L ieu tentant , U . S . A . Born in Warsaw , N . Y Septem
ber 1 9 , 1 8 58 . Son of Norman F . Wright and Mary A .
Forbush,grandson Of J onathan E . Forbush and Sarah Mc
Clel lan,great-grandson of J onathan Forbush and Betsey
Hayden,and great’-grandson of David Forbush and Annah
Whitney . David Forbush was born in Westboro , Mass . ,October 20 , 1 72 1 , and l ived in Grafton , Mass . I n 1 7 57 he
was among the train ing and alarm sold iers”of Grafton . On
Apri l 2 1,1 77 5 , he enl isted under Capt . Aaron Kimbal l , i n
Col . Artemus Ward’
s regiment , wh ich marched to Lexington .
He was discharged April 26.
Also great-grandson of J ames McCle llan and Beulah
Bacon , and great’-grandson of ja m es M cClellan and Sarah
Axtel l . James McCle llan was born in Worcester , Mass . , J une
2 2 , 1 72 7 , and l ived in Sutton , Mass . He was a private in
Capt . John Worthley’
s company , Thirty-first regiment o f
Massachusetts Foot , encamped at Cambridge , beginn ing Apri l
24 , 1 77 5 ; went to Providence on the alarm , 1 776,under
Capt . Abraham Batchelor and C01 . J onathan Ho lman , and
was private under Capt . Reuben Sib ley and Col . Davis i n 1 780 .
22 1 . WR IGHT , WILLIAM MASON . 42 2 1 .
Fort Omaha , Neb .
Lieutenant,U . S . A . Born in Newark , N . J . , September
24 , 1 863 . Son of Edward H . Wrigh t and Dorothea Mason ,
2 58 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
grandson o f Stevens Thomson Mason and J u l ia E . Phelps ,great-grandson of J ohn Thomson Mason and El iza Baker
Moir , great’-grandson o f S tevens Thom son Mason and Mary E .
Arm istead , and great’-grandson o f Thom son M ason and Mary
Barn es . Thomson Mason was descended from Col . Geo . Mason
of Charles I ’s Army , who after Charles’ de feat by Cromwe l l
,
1 65 1 , escaped to America in disgu ise . He was born in Vir
g in ia , in 1 73 3 ; d ied there February 26, 1 785 . Be fore the
war he was for many years a member o f the House o f Bur
gesses . I n 1 774 he publ ished a series of papers advocat ing
resistance to the Crown ; in 1 778 was Supreme Cou rt J udge .and in 1 779 and 1 783 was member of the V i rgin ia Legislature .
Stevens Thomson Mason was a volunteer aide of Wash ing
ton in the Yorktown campaign , 1 78 1 .
WYETH , FRANK HOUSTON . 4297 .
Phi ladelph ia , Pa .
Manu facturing chemist . Born in H arrisbu rgh , Pa . , J u ly
1 4 , 1 836. Son of Franc is Wyeth and Susan Houston Max
well , grandson of J ohn Wyeth and Lou isa Weiss , great-grand
son of E benez er Wy eth , yr . and Mary Winsh ip , great’-grandson of Ebenezer Wyeth , and Susannah Hancock , great
’-grand
son of J ohn Wy eth and Deborah Ward , and great‘-grandson
o f Nicholas Wyeth and Rebecca Andrew . The name Wyeth
is variously spel led , With , Withe , Wythe and Wyeth . N ich
olas Wyeth emigrated from England in 1 640-44 and settled
in Cambridge , Mass . in 1 645 . Ebenezer Wyeth , J r . was born
in Cambridge , Apri l 8 , 1 72 7 , and died August 4 , 1 799 . He
was a private in Capt . Samuel Thatcher’
s company , Co l . Gard
ner’
s regiment , of Cambridge mil it ia , and , with h is two brothers ,a son and nephew , part i cipated in the batt les o f Concord
and Lexington . J onas Wyeth was one of the Boston Tea
Party . [For service of his , Ebenezer’
s , brother Noah , see
J u l i us W . Tiemann] .
260 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
mentioned , was brother o f Carter Braxton , signer of the Declarat ion o f I ndependence .
[For Wyeth l ine , see Frank Houston Wyeth . ]
YOUNGLOVE , JAMES I . 4302 .
Johnstown , N . Y .
Lumber merchant . Born in J ohnstown , N . Y . , October1 3 , 1 850 . Son o f James Younglove and Mary Ann Davies.grandson o f I saiah Younglove and Susannah Y anney ,
great
grandson o f David Young love and Nancy Fai l ing , great’-grand
son of I saiah Younglove and Mary Lucas , great’-grandson o f
Joseph Younglove and Terry , great‘-grandson o f J ohn
Younglove,and great ‘ -grandson of Samuel Younglove , who
came from England (or Scotland) about 1 63 5 and sett led in
Ipswich , Mass . David Younglove , M .D . , was born in Raritan ,N . J . , April 8 , 1 754 , and died in German F lats, N . Y . , J u ly 2 ,1 797 . He was Surgeon ’
s Mate to h is brother, Dr . Moses
Younglove , in Col . Elmore’s regiment , of Tryon county , N . Y
mi l i t ia , and Surgeon of F i rst regiment , Tryon mil itia , 1 780 , and
part i cipated in the batt les of Oriskany , Saratoga , Bennington ,etc . In the latter he was shot through the body , but in a
few months faced the enemy again , being Captain of a company
to capture Tory marauders t il l the c lose of the war . He had
five brothers in the Revolut ion , one of whom was Co l . J ohn
Younglove .
Also great’-grandson of N icholas F a il ing (or Feel ing) who
was a private in Capt . Ruf’f’
s company , Co l . Samuel Clyde’
s
regiment , F i rst battal ion of Tryon county mil it ia .
Also great-grandson o f H enry Ya nney and E l i zabeth Mar
garet Kl ine , and great’-grandson o f Chr ist ia n Ya nney and
Susannah Boshou t . Henry Y anney , born September 1 8 , 1 749 ,
was a private in Capt . John F i sher’
s company , Col . Fred .
F i sher’s regiment , Tryon county , N . Y . , mil i t ia . H is father ,Christ ian , was in the same company .
Additional M em be rs
Adm itted too recent ly for a lphabet ica l arrangem ent
398 . BUCK,JAMES GARLAND HARDWICK . 4398 .
H illsboro , Texas .
State and Cou nty Tax Assessor . Born i n Lowndes
county , M i ss , February 5 , 1 83 7 . S on of Wiley Buck and
Mi ldred Weathe rred , grandson of James Weatherred and
Pol ly Bledsoe , and great-grandson of Anthony B ledsoe and
Mary Ramsey . Anthony Bledsoe was a nat ive of Virgin ia , 3
J ust ice of the Peace , ski l led su rveyor and noted Ind ian
fighter . In 1 776—7 he was commissioned Lieu tenant-Colone l
of mi l it ia for Kentucky county . I n 1 777 , as Major , he was
stationed with troops on the southwestern front ier ; i n 1 779
moved to Tennessee in 1 784 was appointed“ First Colone l
by the Court of Dav idson county , Tenn . , of wh i ch he had been
a member ; fought at Long I sland F lats and Kings Mountain ;and on J uly 20 , 1 788 , was ki l led by Ind ians at Bledsoe
’s Lick,
Sumner county , Tenn . The Bledsoe fami ly has given many
celebrated men to the country .
FOYE, ANDREW ERNEST .
New York Ci ty .
Civi l eng i neer . Born in J ersey City , N . J . May 1 3 , 1 870 .
Son o f Andrew J . C . Foye (No . 1 1 2 ) and Katherine S . House ,etc . S ee Andrew J . C . Foye. ]
262 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
HASKELL , HARRY LELAND . 4505 .
Fort Yates , N . D .
Captain , U . S . A . Born in Cl i nton , Me . , September 24 ,
1 840 . Son of Hiram Haskel l and Mary El iza Reed , grandson
of Wi l l iam Maxwel l Reed and Martha Rust , great-grandson ofP au l Reed and Marjory Beath , great
’-grandson o f Andrew
Reed and Jane Murray . Co l . Andrew Reed o f the Engl ish
army and o f Engl ish descent , came to Boothbay , Me . , from
county Antrim , I re land , about 1 730 , and died in I 763 . His
youngest son , Paul , was a sea captain and commanded a letter
o i-marque during the Revolu t ion which m ade many captures .Wil l iam Maxwel l Reed commanded the forces at Boothbay
during the war of 1 8 1 2 .
Also great-grandson o f yoseph Rust and Mary Reed ,great’-grandson of J oseph Rust and Mary Eveleth , great’
grandson of J oseph Rust and Rachel Choate , and great‘-grand
son of Lieut . Nathan iel Rust and Joanna , h is wi fe . Joseph
Rust was born in Ipswich , Mass . , September 24 , 1 749 , and
d ied in Wiscasset , Me October 24 , 1 844 . He was a
private in Capt . Benjam in Plummer’
s company , Massachusetts
mi l it ia , stationed at St . George’
s , in 1 776 ; and in Capt . Moses
Adams’
company , Major Seth Bu llard’s regiment , which
marched on alarm to Tiverton , R . I . , in 1 780 .
MORRIS , ALBERT . 4507 .
Oneonta , N . Y .
F lour and grain dealer . Born in M i l ford , N . Y January
2,1 840 . Son of Richard Morris and Z ilpha Westcott , grand
son o i Charles Morris and Catherine El lerson , and great-grand
son o i j os iah Mor r is and Johanna Bol les . J osiah Morris was
born in Card igan , Wales , i n January , 1 746, and d ied in M il
ford,N . Y . , March 9 , 1 82 5 . While l iving in New London
county , Conn . , he en l isted , May 1 0 ,1 77 5 , as a private in
Capt . Abel Spicer’s company , in the Sixth regiment (Col . S .
I ndex of R evolu tionary Ancestors .
Page in black figures ; m em ber’s num ber in l ight face figures .
Adam s,Andrew
, 5 2 , 49 .
Eliash ib,2 3 3 , 1 77.
John,1 66, 3 1 2 .
Luke,1 92 , 3 58.
Alexander,Hugh , 1 3 1 , 254.
Allen , Sam uel , 5 4, 36, 1 5 .
All ing, Marshall , 1 26, 1 8.
Am es, David, 5 5 , 1 9 .
Anderson,Patnck
,20 1 , 402 .
Andrews, W i ll iam 2 28 , 1 43 .
Arm strong, John, 81 279 .
Ash ley,Sam uel , 24 347
Avery,Gardner 5 7 , 343 .
S im eon,1 9 , 1 06.
Babcock Harry,2 2 3 , 20.
Bache,TheOphylact , 2 1 6, 78.
Bacon,Rufus
, 5 8 , 2 39 .
Ban ister,John
, 5 9 , 275 , 224.
Barnard,Benjam in
,1 06, 1 07 ; 1 07 , 1 85 .
Barrett, Jam es, 96, 360 ; 2 5 3 , 38 1 .
John,1 3 2 , 1 75 .
Battle,El isha
,60 , 282 .
Baylies , Hod ijah , 60, 1 4.
Beach,Enoch
,1 46 , 67 .
Beebe,Roderick
,6 1 , 296.
Beers,John
,6 1 , 382 .
Zachariah,1 5 0 , 1 82 .
Bened ict. Joseph , 62 , 1 29 ; 7 1 , 290.
Peter,62 ,
25.
Solomon,
2 , 1 29 .
Benham ,Jared
,63 , 1 78.
Berkele Ne lson,1 68 , 1 98 .
B eter,68 , 276.
Clem ent,65 , 144.
Birge , Jonathan , 1 49 , 274.Bisse l l
,Benjam in
,1 80 , 59 .
Dan iel,2 3 8 , 308 ; 2 3 9 , 305 .
Oz ias,2 3 8 , 308 ; 2 3 9 , 305 .
Blair,John , 2 5 9 , 222 , 277.
Blanchard,El ias
,2 1 8 , 2 1 3 .
Bland,Richard
,Ar.,1 9 8 , 43 , 62 ; 1 99 ,
Blauvelt,Isaac 5 . 2 56. [61 , 207.
Johannes 65 , 256.
Bledsoe,Anthony
,26 1 , 398 .
Bonesteel . Nicholas, 67 , 1 79 .
Borden,Joseph
,68 , 3 1 8 .
R1chard,1 65 , 84.
Boud inot El isha , 5 7 , 4 1 .
Bouton (Boughton), Tim othy,69 ,
Boyd Adam,1 3 0, 254.
Bradfb rd,Sam uel
,1 45 , 346.
Brewer,Charles
, 7 1 , 252Brush Jesse
, 7 3 , 1 56.
Nehem 1ah, 7 2 , 1 6.
Thom as, 7 3 , 1 52.
Bryan,Jeh iel
,Sr.
,1 04 , 278 ; 1 05 , 339 .
Jeh ie l Jr.,1 04 , 278 ; 1 05 , 339 .
Bryant,John
, 74 , 378 .
Buford,W i ll iam ,
1 1 7 , 1 45 .
Burt is, John , I st, 76 , 334, 286; 7 7 , 2 8.
John , 2d, 76, 3 34, 286; 7 7 , 293.Caldwel l
,Jam es
,1 5 2 , 1 95 .
Calhoun Patrick, 7 7 , 28 .
Cam pbell,Sam uel
,2 3 4, 1 40.
Carey Absalom, 78 , 1 3 1 .
El ihu, 78 , 1 3 1 .
Carle,Sam uel
,1 44 , 3 52 .
Carpenter,Benjam in , 79 , 1 3 1 .
W il l iam 7 9 , 1 58 .
Carrington , Pau l , 1 1 6, 1 1 0.
Chaffee,Asa
,80 , 306.
Cyri l,80 , 306.
Chalfi in,Solom on
, 92 , 3 53 .
Cham berlain,Moses
,2 4 1 , 364.
Chandler,John
,8 1 , 1 60.
Chatfield,Isaac
,82 , 367 .
Chenoweth,John
,82 , 294.
Ch ittenden Thom as,83 , 1 70.
Church il l,Sam uel
,1 84 , 33 3 .
Clark,Peter
,84, 26 1 .
Clarke,W il l iam
,86, 35 1 .
Cleveland,John
,208 , 2 1 1 .
Cobb,David
,2 48 , 289 .
Nehem iah,2 3 7 , 344 .
Colem an Robert,1 05 , 23
Com stock, Jason , 87 , 259 .
Cone,Dan iel H .
,87 , 5 3 , 37 1 ; 88 , 386.
Cooley,Nathan iel , 7 9 , 1 3 1 .
Cooper,Sam uel
, 9 9 , 56.
Cornel l,Benjam in
,2 2 2 , 2 1 5 .
Com in Bl iss, 90 , 287 .
C0 lnathan, 9 1 , 307 .
Cot eal, Isaac , 9 1 , 40 .
Crafts,Eleazer
,2 3 4, 80 .
INDE X OF ANCE STORS .
Crane Dan iel, 9
2 , 7 1 ; 93 , 1 1 8.
Craw f’ord , W i l l iam,82 , 294.
Cresap , Dan iel , 1 87 , 20 3 .
Crapggr,John
,2 5 1 , 65 .
bastian,2 5 1 , 65 .
Crosm an,Robert
, 9 3 , 5 5 .
Curt is, Obadiah , 9 5 , 3 14.
Cutler,Nathan
, 96, 336, 1 63 ; 9 5 , 1 62 .
Dana, Anderson . 9 7 ,Dearborn
,Henry S .
, 5 8 , 223 .
De Forest,El ihu , 9 9 , 1 52 .
De Groot,W ill iam , 9 9 , 70; 208, 1 64.
Dem ing, Pownal . 1 3 9 , 260 , 399De Saussure Dan ie l , 1 1 6, 1 45 .
HenryW.,1 1 6 , 145 .
Deshon, John , 1 75 , 3 2 3 .
De W itt,Jacob R.
,2 1 2
, 3 25 .
Dickem i an,John
,1 5 0, 148.
Dillenback,Baltus
,1 02 , 1 34, 1 33 .
D im on,Abraham
,1 43 , 23 5 .
D iven John , 1 03 , 1 84.
D ix,Tim othy
,66
, 248 .
Dodge , Richard , 1 03 , 1 7 1 .
D s Asa,1 60 , 1 5 7 .
lil iam,2 5 0 , 320.
Downes,Ebenezer, 1 04 , 278 ; 1 05 , 3 39 .
Drake,Joseph
,2 1 8 , 1 39 .
Drayton,W ill iam
,1 05 , 23 .
Du 801 5,Lew is
,1 1 9 , 380 .
Dudley,Dan iel
, Jr 1 70 , 3 1 3 .
Stephen,1 06, 1 07 ; 1 07 , 1 85 .
Dunnell,Henry
,1 07 , 5 7 .
Durfee , Richard , 1 65 , 84.
Du Vall,Thom as, 203 , 208 .
Baker,George , Jr.
,1 6 1 , 1 57 .
Jacob 1 60 , 1 5 7.
Earl,Ral ii
,1 9 7 , 39 3 .
Eastin , P ilip, 2 02 , 349 .
Eaton,Bridgham ,
2 5 4 , 3 1 0 .
Edm ond,Robert
, 94 , 283 .
W il l iam, 9 4 , 28 3
Edwards,Sam uel
,1 1 9 , 387 .
Ee l ls,John
,2 04 , 208 .
El l iott,W i ll iam
,1 09 , 1 72 .
Em erson,W i ll iam
,1 3 3 , 48.
Everett,Eleazer
,1 1 0 , 1 36.
Fail ing, Nicholas , 2 60 , 302 .
Farnam El iab,1 2 9 , 368 ; 1 2 8 , 8 ; 1 3 0 ,
Fa
r,John
,1 40 , 260 ; 1 3 9 , 399 . L3B5 .
Fe lows,John 1 46 , 39 .
Ferguson , W ill iam , 5 3 , 50.
Ferris,Jam es
,1 1 1 , 1 00 .
lv)0
265
Fi ler Thom as,1 4 23 5 .
Finck,Andrew
,1 1 , 1 57.
Finle, J. E . B.
,
Sam uel,1 1 3 , 3 1 9 .
Fish,Nicholas
,1 3 7 , 236; 1 3 8, 3 5 .
Flagg,John
,1 1 3 , 5 1 .
Fletc er,Jonathan
, 73 , 2 38 .
Folsom,Jonathan
,1 1 4 , 28 1 .
Forbush David,2 5 7 , 1 83 .
Foster,Rev. W i ll iam
, 9 3 , 5Lieut . Wm .
,1 2 9 , 3 1 2 8, 8 ;
Fox,W i ll iam
,1 60 , 1 57 . [1 3 0, 385 .
Frankl in,John
,1 1 2 , 1 00 .
Gaines,Jam es
,1 3 8 , 1 92
Gale,Isaac
,1 3 4 , 3 29 , 93 .
Peter,1 3 4 , 329 , 9 3 .
Gazzam,W i ll iam
,1 1 8 , 387 .
Geer,Rez in
,1 5 7 , 3 76.
G ibbes,Robert
,1 1 7 , 1 45 .
G ilbert,Thaddeus
,1 1 8 , 387.
G ilp in,George , 2 09 , 384.
Goodale,Abner
,1 82 , 20 1 .
Grant,Donald, 1 2 2 , 1 73 .
John,1 2 2 , 1 7 3 .
Graves,Russel l
,1 2 3 , 1 30.
Green,Asa
,1 2 3 , 2 34
Jam es,1 2 5 , 1 88
W ill iam, 78 , 28 .
Greene Caleb,1 84, 333 .
John,1 26 , 3 1 7.
Greenough , Thom as,1 2 7 , 1 0 1 .
Gregg, Sam uel , 1 2 7 , 1 70.
Grosvenor,Lem uel
,22 9 , 345 .
Hagan , Ra hael , 1 2 8 , 245 .
Hale,Jonathan
,1 85 , 1 i 1 .
Hall,W il l iam
,1 2 9 , 368 ; 1 2 8 , 8 ; 1 3 0,
Ham ilton,Alexander
, 70, 4, 52 . [385 .
Hosea,1 3 1 , 1 9 1 .
John,1 3 0 , 254.
Hamm ett,Major
,1 2 1 , 2 58.
Ham m ond,Benjam in
, 72 , 149 .
George, 2 3 7 , 344.
Jam es,1 74 , 1 4 1 .
Hart, Josmh, 246 , 347.
Hask ins,John
,1 3 3 , 48 .
Hay , Thom as, Jr.
,2 48 , 1 42 .
Hazzard,W i ll iam Wig, 83 , 89 .
Henry, Hugh,1 3 5 , 3 7.
Herk im er,
eorge , 1 2 5 , 92.
Heron,Jam es C. , 94 , 5 5 .
Hicks Zachariah,1 43 ,
23 5 .
Hi ll,Sam uel
,1 3 5 , 266 .
Hinckley, Sam uel,1 9 3 , 1 80.
266 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN RE VOLUTION .
Hol ister,G ideon 1 64 1 38 . Lincoln , Rufus, 1 63 , 88.
Hooker,Jam es
,1 . 169 , 3 56, 3 57. Lindsley
,Eleazer
,1 83 , 293 .
Jam es , Sr.
,1 69 , 3 56 , 3 57 . Locke
,Joseph
,2 1 8 , 2 1 3 .
Hom er, Gustavus B.
,2 5 9 , 222 , 277 . Lockwood
,Isaac
,1 62 , 342 .
Hoxie , G ideon , 1 3 8 , 226. W i ll iam,2 5 5 , 1 2
Peleg, 1 3 8 , 226. Lord,Solom on
,1 43 , 7 .
Hoyt,Joseph
,1 3 9 , 260 , 399 . Love
,Sam uel
,2 1 6, 29 1 .
Nathan iel,1 40 , 1 93 . Love oy , Nathan , 1 3 4, 3 1 5 .
Hubbe l l,Ab ijah , 1 4 1 , 372 . Love I
,Jam es
,1 28
, 3 .
Gershom,1 4 1 , 3 72 . Lowndes, Rawl ins, 1 65 , 1 97.
John,1 42 , 240 . Loxley
,Benjam in
,1 45 , 2 3 1 .
Hull , Titus, 1 42 , 87 . Lym an,Moses
,1 67 , 24 ; 86, 72 .
Huntington Jedediah , 1 67 , 24.
Huntting, Nathan ie l , 1 43 ,23 5 . M arsh
,Rufus
,2 3 3 , 1 7g
.
Hutch ings, John B.
,67 , 109 . Mason Steven s T. 2 5 22 1 .
Hyatt,Sam ue l
,2 1 9 , 32 1 . Thom son
,2 58, 22 1 .
Hyde,El ijah , 1 44 , 1 08. Maxon
,Zaccheus
,1 2 6, 3 1 7 .
Zabd ie l,1 44 , 108 . Maxson
,David
,1 2 4 , 1 65 , 1 89 .
May , Theodore , 2 1 9 , 1 1 .
J ackson,Am asa
,1 5 9 , 27 1 ; 1 2 1 , 1 1 9 , McCauley , John , 1 68 , 1 98.
263 , 264 ; 1 2 2 , 262 . Mcclel lan,Jam es
,2 5 7 , 1 83 .
Dan iel,1 84, 3 3 3 .
McIntosh,S im on
,1 7 1 , 1 3 2 .
G iles,1 20 , 400 . McKee
,Thom as
,1 72 , 100 .
Michael,1 5 9 , 27 1 ; 1 2 1 , 1 1 9, 263 , McMaster
,Hugh , 1 74 , 3 70 .
264 ; 1 2 2 , 262 .Mead
,John 2 04, 208 .
Stephen , 1 46, 67. Merrill,Ezekiel
,1 9 4 , 3 3 1 .
Jacquish , John , 1 7 1 , 1 32 . Messer,Ebenezer
,1 3 6, 266.
Jefferson . Thom as,1 5 1 , 1 74. Mi ller
,Asa
,1 7 7 , 1 99 .
Jesup,Ebenezer
,1 47 , 1 1 3 . Robert
,1 1 5 , 1 1 2
,270 ; 26 1 , 406.
Jewett , Joseph , 1 47 , 3 3 5 . Sam ue l,1 76 , 379 , 373 .
Johnson , Christopher, 1 48 , 274. Mil ls,Benjam in
,1 7 7 , 304.
Hezek iah,1 49 , 229 . Mooers
,Benjam in
,1 79 , 32 .
Sam ue l,i st
,1 48 , 1 94. Moore
,John
,2 1 1 , 2 1 2 .
Sam uel, 2d, 1 48 . 1 94. Nathan iel,2 09 , 265 ; 208, 24 1 .
Jones,Charles
,2 1 7 , 29 1 . Pl iny
,1 78 , 32 .
Joel,2 5 6, 244. Morris
,Jam es
,1 8 1 , 309 ; 9 9 , 390 .
Josiah,262 , 407 ; 263 , 408.
Keefer,Frederick
,1 5 2 , 1 26. Lewis
,1 5 1 , 38 .
Keese , John , 1 5 3 , 1 20. Morton,John
,1 78 , 200.
Kendrick,Sam uel
,1 5 4 , 1 8 1 . W i ll iam
,1 1 6 , 1 1 0.
Keyes,John
,24 1 , 328. Mosm an
,S i las
,1 8 1 , 20 1 .
K ilbourn,John
,1 5 5 , 285 . Mou lder
,W il l iam
,2 5 0 ,
233 .
K irkland Dan iel,1 5 6 , 362 . Mou lton
,Stephen
,2 26, 3 74.
K issam,Benjam in 2 3 5 , 64. Mu ll ick , Jesse , 78 , 1 3 1 .
Knap . Deacon Joshua, 1 5 8 , 58 . Munson,Joseph K 1 2 6, 1 88.
Knapp,Joshua
,1 5 8 , 58 . Myers
,Garret
,89 , 54.
Michael,202 , 3 20 .
LaBree,Jam es
,1 60 , 3 3 .
Lackland,Jam es
,2 3 1 , 388 . ewel l
,Andrew
,2 3 1 , 34 1 .
Lansing, Gerrit Jacob , 1 60 , 1 57. ichols,David , 1 82 , 34.
Jacob,1 60 , 1 57. Thaddeus
,1 07 , 1 27.
Lawrence,Dan iel
,1 67 , 94. Nones
,Benjam in , 1 83 , 395 ; 5 5 , 3 1 6;
Lee . Isaac, 1 62 , 2 5 . Norris,Walter
,1 83 , 293 . [5 6, 30 1 .
Leet,Isaac
, 98 , 284, 397 North,Abijah , 1 84 , 3 33 .
Leftw ich,W il l iam
,1 9 9 , 62 , 207. Norton
,Ebenezer
, 7 5 , 3 59 .
268 SONS OF TH E AME RICAN REVOLUTION .
Stevens,Cyprian
,206 , 268 .
Ebenez er, 85 , 350.
Sam uel,2 2 1 1 6.
Stewart , John , 1 0 , 1 57.
Paul,2 24, 272 .
Stickney Levi,22 5 , 327 .
Sti les, Jo n , 64 , 30 1 .
Stockbridge,Benjam in , 2 29 , 345 .
Char es , 2 2 9 , 345 .
Stoner,John
,1 0 1 , 255 .
Strong, John , 2 3 6, 3 77 .
Sum ner, Hezek iah 22 7 , 2 1 6.
W i ll iam 2 3 6, 374 .
Swartwout,Sam uel
,1 06, 1 07 ; 1 07 , 1 85 .
Tanner,Sam ue l
,1 9 1 , 204.
Taylor, Eleaz er, 2 2 7 , 1 47 .
Za lm on,2 2 7 , 1 47 .
Ten Eyck,Abraham Jacob
,1 60 , 1 57 .
Jacob,1 60 , 1 57 .
Thom pson Benjam in,2 3 0 , 1 69 .
Dan iel,66, 1 09 .
Ebenez er,2 2 9 , 345 .
W ill iam,1 70 , 207 .
Thom son,Thom as
,1 72 , 74 ; 1 7 3 , 75 .
Tiffany,Isaiah
,1 9 3 , 228 .
Titcom b,Jonathan
,2 2 2 , 330 .
Townsend,Dan iel
,2 3 2 , 247 .
Jam es,2 3 3 , 280 .
Peter,1 7 3 , 75 .
W il l iam,2 3 3 . 280 .
Tracy,Frederick
, 70 , 2 37.
Trum bu ll,Jonathan , 7 5 , 1 6.
Truxton,Thom as
,1 3 6,
Vail,W i l l iam
,1 5 6, 1 96.
Van Deusen,Jacob
,1 1 8 , 3 87 .
Van Horne,Abram
,2 3 6, 2 1 7 ; 1 60, 1 57.
V incent,Wil liam
,2 3 7 , 1 67.
Vose,Wil l iam
,2 3 9 , 2 1 8 .
W adsworth , Jonathan , 240, 1 59 ; 3 3 9»Sam uel
,2 40 , 1 59 ; [40 1 .
Walden,Nathan , 1 1 0 , 1 36.
Walker Benjam in, 5 6, 249 .
Ward, John ,-240 , 324.
Jonathan,240, 324.
Warner,Eleaz er
,2 4 1 , 364.
Warren,Josiah
,2 2 5 , 3 27.
Moses,243 , 39 1 .
W i ll iam,2 42 , 66.
Watk ins Joel , 1 1 5 , 1 1 0.
Webb,Ebenezer
,1 26, 1 88 .
Nathan iel, 7 1 , 389 .
Sam ue l,2 44 , 3 5 5 .
Sam uel B.,2 43 . 1 7 ; 244. 1 3 7 ;
3 45 , '1'8
1 42
W ill iam,1 26 , 1 88 .
Weeks,Thom as
,2 46 , 3 75 .
Wheeler,Henr 2 48 , 299 .
Wheelwri ht,erem iah
,2 47 , 1 1 7 .
Wh ite,
“Mm,1 09 , 1 5 1 .
Wh iting , Ebene z er. 205 , 77Tim othy
, Jr. , 207 , 300 .
Tim othy,Sr.
,2 07 , 300.
W i l l iam B.
,1 9 3 ,
228.
Wh ittem ore,Sam uel
,1 7 3 , 75 .
W iggings , Joseph , 1 9 4 , 332 .
Wi lcox, John , 1 75 , 1 24.
Wil l iam s,John
,2 49 , 98.
Joseph,2 5 0 , 326
Nathan iel,1 9 1 , 204.
Thom as,2 49 , 98 .
Thom as O.
, 7 4, 108 .
Veach,1 3 2 , 1 05 .
Wisner,Henry
,2d, 2 3 3 , 280 .
Wood,Dan iel , 9 1 , 3 37 .
Henry,2 5 2 , 220 ; 2 5 3 , 403 , 404 ,
Wright , Ebenezer, 2 5 5 , 1 1 5 . [392 .
Thom as,2 5 6 , 82 .
Wyeth,Ebenezer
,2 5 8 , 297 ; 2 5 9 , 277
Noah , 2 3 1 , 34 1 . [222
Yanney , Christian , 260 , 302 .
Henry,260 , 302 .
Younglove, David , 260 , 302 .
INDEX OF I LLUSTRATIONS AND DECORATIONS .
Medall ion from Insign ia of the Soc iety,
Front Cover*Portrait and Autograph ofWash ington , Frontisp iece .
Headp iece,designed after Trum bull ’s Paint ing ,
The Surrender ofCornwall is ,” 7
Statue of Washington , s tand ing where he took the oath .i s First Presulent,
1 4
Headp iece , sym bol iz ing En l ightened Const itut ional Governm ent,
Seal and Insig nia of the Soc iety,
He.,
1dpiece m odeled after a pa int ing in Oxford , Eng . representing the Baronsswearing on the Altar of St . Edm undsbury to obtain the ir Libert ies fromK ing John , A D.
,1 2 1 4, W il li Coats -o i-Arm s of som e of the Twenty-five
Barons ,Fac-s ini ile Of orig inal text of Magna Charta .
Seal of K ing John attached to Magna Charta ,
Headpiece,drawn from Trum bul l ’s painting .
“The S ign ing of the Declaration of
Independence ,
Fac-siin ile ofJefferson ’s orig inal draft of the Declaration of Independence
,
Headpiece,represent ing the fl ag of the Un ited Coln l l lt's
,the flag of the Un ited
States , and the French and Germ an flags ,Headpiece
,sy inbolical of Revolut ionary Rem in iscence .
Autograph ofJohn Bouton ,Portrait ofAlexander Ham ilton
,
Autograph of Dan iel H . Cone,
Desig ns on Garret Myers’ pew ter tankard
,
Chestnut tree from wh ich Joris Mye rs saw his fam ily tortured,
Portrait and Autograph of Jam es E . B. Fin ley,
Portra it of Henry W ill iam De Saussure ,
The Edwards fam ily coat-of-arm s ,
Portrait and Autograph ofThom as Greenough ,
Autograph of Hezek iah Johnson ,
Wyom ing Monum ent ,Autograph ofAm asa Jackson ,
Mem orial Tablet to and Autograph OfJohn Morton .
Portrait of John Pum pelly ,Fac-s im ile of Lieutenant David Pixley 's com m issm n ,
Groton Monum ent and Interior ofold Fort Griswold,
Portrait and Autograph ofNathan ie l Rochester,Portrait and Autograph of Dan ie l Bissell ,Battle of Bunker Hil l and death ofGeneral WarrenPortrait and Autograph of Sam ue l Blachley Webb
,
‘ The Society i s indebted to Mr. Pa u l L I"
.o rd o f Bro ok ly n . N Y . , for the pr i vi lege of re pro
duCi ng t h is in terest i ng por tra it of Was h ington . The ori g i na l m in ia ture was pa i n ted i n 1 79 5 . and
g i ven by Washingt on“to Mrs . Cust is. The la te Gordon I h ad had it copied in co lon . S ince
wh ich , the orig ina l has en t ire ly d isa ppea red .