Both parents were born in Eng. Census 1900
In the book "After 100 Years", the author states her marriage date as april 1835.
Colonel Zadock G. lived on a farm with his father Robert, upon the bank of the Conn. River opposite the island. He was a farmer, interested in mills, mines, and fisheries. At one time he was the owner of the Island and the water power belonging to it . About 1780 he built the house now standing which he sold to Thaddeus Granger when he removed to the Genesse Country. He was a Lt. in the 2nd company of the Suffield Train Band in mar 1775, and Capt. the following May. He was a private in Capt. Elihu Kents Co. of minute men at the Lexington alarm and undoubtedly saw other service, thought the record cannot be found. His son Eli removed in 1796 to Halfords Landing now within the present limits of Rochester, NY. The Colonel followed him in 1798 and became interested as a merchant and ship owner at that point. He died of the fever prevalent there in 1799.
Joseph belonged ot the same military society as his father, as Lieutenant and a captain, which were high military positions at that time. He became a wealthy merchant in Norwich, MA. Five of his sons were in the Revolutionary War. Two of them Fredrick and Benjamin lost their lives.
Joseph belonged to the same military society as his father, as Lieutenant and a captain, which were high military positions at that time. He became a wealthy merchant in Norwich, MA. Five of his sons were in the Revolutionary War. Two of them Fredrick and Benjamin lost their lives.
at two years of age
An officer in the Continental Army...unmarried
A Sergeant in the Continental Army, in the Regiment of Col. Jedediah Huntington, in the company of his brother-in-law Jonathan Brewster. He saw service in Boston during the Bunker Hill campaign. The Regiment was transferred to New York, via New London, taking boats through the Sound and was soon drawn into the battle of Long Island, 27 Aug. 1776. Here he was wounded and died 10 Sept. only a few days before the evacuation of NY by our forces. He is buried in a soldier's grave in St. Paul's Church yard. which then extended from Broadway to the river, but now through that part of the cemetery the busy streets of New York City have been built....unmarried
Died in the Revoluntionary War on board the Jersey prisonship in 1781..unmarried
Isaac had a leg shot off in the Revolutionary War for which he received a pension in his last days. He was for many years a ship master and died single in 1842 aged 87...His life was exceedingly interesting as he was in the U.S and French naval service.