Category Archives: Revolutionary War

PRIVATE JOHN STREET

DOB/DOD: July 21, 1728 (Fairfield, CT) – October 28, 1776; 38 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Hannah Jarvis (1727-1804).CHILDREN: Two sons, John (1759-1833) and Nathaniel J. (1758-1831).UNIT: Served as a private in Captain Ichobod Doolittle’s Company in Colonel David Waterbury’s Fifth Connecticut Continental Regiment. CIRCUMSTANCES: Killed in Action at the Battle of White Plains on OctoberContinue reading “PRIVATE JOHN STREET”

CAPTAIN SETH SEYMOUR

DOB/DOD: unknown date in 1740 (Norwalk, CT) – unknown date in 1777; about 37 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Anna Benedict (1739-1794)CHILDREN: Four sons, Seth (1764-1849), Nathaniel (1767-1863), Levi (1770-1860), and John (1773-1855). Two daughters, Almira (1771-1863) and Anna (1772-1848).UNIT: Assigned to Colonel Meade’s 9th Regiment CIRCUMSTANCES: Captain Seymour died as a prisoner of warContinue reading “CAPTAIN SETH SEYMOUR”

PRIVATE JAMES QUINTARD

October 16, 1758 (Norwalk, CT) – September 23, 1825 (Norwalk, CT); 66 years oldMarried to Sarah Raymond (1763-1806) in 1780 in Norwalk, ConnecticutMarried Sarah Hillard (1776-1825) in 1810 in Norwalk, ConnecticutChildren with Sarah Raymond: James Quintard Jr. (1786-1849) and Rebecca Quintard (1802-1846)Children with Sarah Hillard: Charles Morris Quintard (1810-1818), Eliza Jane Quintard (1811-1890), Henry HarrisonContinue reading “PRIVATE JAMES QUINTARD”

SERGEANT WILLIAM C. BOUTON

With thanks to George Howard (pappageorge2003@yahoo.com) who pointed me in the right direction through Sons of the American Revolution records. January 16, 1749 (Norwalk, CT) – May 31, 1828 (Norwalk, CT); 79 years oldMarried to Sarah Benedict Bouton (1752-1844). Sons Isaac (1769-1770), Isaac II (1771-1854), Benjamin R. (1772-1828), William (1774-1845), Seth (1785-1818), Joseph (1887-1874), JohnContinue reading “SERGEANT WILLIAM C. BOUTON”

CAPTAIN MOSES ST. JOHN SR.

Contributed by George Howard (pappageorge2003@yahoo.com) DOB/DOD: Month #, 1705 (Norwalk, CT) – March 29, 1785 (Norwalk, CT); 79 or 80 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Mercy Olmstead St. John (1711-1748). Remarried to Mary Couch in 1749. CHILDREN: Three daughters, Susannah St. John Raymond (1735-1774), Lydia St. John Seymour (1737-1829), and Mercy St. John Gregory (?-1839).Continue reading “CAPTAIN MOSES ST. JOHN SR.”

PRIVATE STEPHEN WOOD

1759 – September 13, 1830 (Norwalk, CT); 71 years oldMarried to Hannah Benedict on April 3, 1782, in Norwalk, CTChildren: Hannah, Stephen, William, Nancy, Esther, Harriet, Benning, Charles, Alfred, Edwin Captain Jabez Gregory’s Company, 9th Connecticut Regiment; October 1776 – January 1777 Buried in Pine Island Cemetery, Crescent Street, Norwalk, Connecticut. Photo from findagrave.com. END

LIEUTENANT WILLIAM SEYMOUR

October 10, 1734 (Norwalk, CT) – May 1, 1821 (Norwalk, CT); 86 years oldMarried to Lydia St. John on January 6, 1757 in Norwalk, CTChildren: Mary, William, Lydia, Josiah, Marcia, Belden, Benjamin Capt Zacheus Cases’s Company; 9th Connecticut Regiment; April – May 1776 Wounded in the attack on Fort Griswold in Groton Heights, CT, inContinue reading “LIEUTENANT WILLIAM SEYMOUR”

PRIVATE JOHN SEYMOUR III

October 10, 1734 (Norwalk, CT) – November 22, 1786 (Norwalk, CT); 52 years oldMarried to Rebecca Keeler in 1753 in Norwalk, CTChildren: Jonathan, Samuel, Ruth, Rebecca, Sarah, John IV, Betty, Martha Lt John Carter’s Company, 9th Connecticut Regiment; October – December 1776; 16 days in June 1779; also 16 days in June 1882 Buried inContinue reading “PRIVATE JOHN SEYMOUR III”

QUARTERMASTER JAMES SEYMOUR

May 26, 1752 (Norwalk, CT) – December 11, 1834 (Norwalk, CT); 82 years oldMarried to Rebecca Keeler on February 13, 1774 in Norwalk, CTChildren: James, Hannah, Rebecca, Lucretia, Ruth, Samuel, Polly, John Connecticut Continental line Quartermaster; dates unknown Buried in Pine Island Cemetery, Crescent Street, Norwalk, CT. Photo from findagrave.com. END