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State of Service: CT/VT
Qualifying Service: Lieutenant / Patriotic Service
Birth: abt 1761 Litchfield / / CT Death: 08 Apr 1813 Whitehall / Washington / NY
Qualifying Service Description:
1776-1777, he was a Private and Drummer in the company of Captain Isaac Bostwick, commanded by Colonel Charles Webb
1777, he served in the ranger company of Captain Parmalee Allen, commanded by Colonel Samuel Herrick, Vermont
1777, he took the Oath of Fidelity in Vermont
1782, he served as a Lieutenant in the company of Captain Parmalee Allen, commanded by Colonel Samuel Herrick
Additional References:
Walton, E.P., Records of the Council of Safety and Governor and Council of the State of Vermont... July 1775 to December 1777, Volume 1, Vermont. Montpelier: Steam Press of J & J Poland, 1873, pg 188
Richards, Josephine Ellis, Honor Roll of Litchfield County Revolutionary Soldiers,Connecticut. Litchfield: Daughters of the American Revolution. Mary Floyd Tallmadge Chapter, 1912, pg 13
Johnston, Henry Phelps, Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Services During the War of the Revolution 1775-1783, Connecticut. Harford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1889, pg 105
Goodrich, John E, Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783, Vermont. Rutland: The Tuttle Co., 1904, pg 784
Revolutionary War Pension fileW17142 - brother-in-law Nathaniel Miller [PatriotP-249580]
Burial location not identified in Find-a-Grave in Oct 2021
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Author: David A. Peters
Jepthai Bartholomew was born in 1755 in Litchfield County, Connecticut, the son of Lemuel [Patriot P-109969] and Mary (Squire) Bartholomew.
He married Sarah Earl in Litchfield County, Connecticut. They had a number of children, including:
Lemuel was born on 19 April 1791 and married 1) Anne Wilson and 2) Anna Barrett.
Sarah was born on 25 January 1804 and married Alvah Juckett.
He enlisted as a Private and Drummer in the company of Captain Isaac Bostwick of the 19th Regiment of the Continental Army commanded by Colonel Charles Webb, which was attached to McDougal’s Brigade. His cousin, Luther [Patriot P-109975], was also a drummer with the regiment. Some sources placed them in Brooklyn at the battle, and others in Manhattan. They then fought at White Plains in October. The 19th retreated from New York in November of 1776 to New Jersey and Pennsylvania with the main body of the Continental Army. He is found on a roll of men in the company of Captain Isaac Bostwick, who crossed the Delaware River to Trenton, New Jersey, on the evening of 25 December 1776 with General Washington.2 During his tour with the 19th, they fought in the Battle of Trenton, Sullivan’s Division, and the following battles of Assunpink Creek and Princeton. Jepthai was still part of that company on 12 February 1777,2 and was discharged about six weeks after Princeton, mid to late February 1777.
After his discharge, Jepthai returned home to Charlotte County. He enlisted in October 17771 in Colonel Samuel Herrick’s Regiment of Vermont Militia, Captain Parmalee Allen’s (a cousin of Ethan Allen) Company of Rangers. Many of these Vermont militias were formerly attached to Colonel Ethan Allen’s “Green Mountain Boys” but were now under the overall Continental command of Colonel Seth Warner, who succeeded Allen. He then served in the Charlotte County, New York Militia with his kinsmen.
In 1782, his brother-in-law Nathaniel Miller [Patriot P-249580] stated that he was serving in the same company as Jepthai, who was serving as a Lieutenant.
The Patriot died on 7 April 1813 in Whitehall, Washington County, New York. His place of burial is unknown.
Sources:
Goodrich, John E, Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783, Vermont. Rutland: The Tuttle Co., 1904, page 784
Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War. Micropublication M881, rolls 55, 770. Washington: National Archives.
Jeptha Bartholomew, CT. Men in the Rev. War, Vermont Men in the Rev. NY in the Rev.
Rev. War Pension and Bounty-Land Appl.
US Compiled Rev. Military Service Records
US Rev. War Rolls
SAR Membership Applications 1889-1970
Soldiers and Sailors in the Amer. Rev., publ. 1929
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