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State of Service: CT
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
He took the Oath of Fidelity to the State and Country in 1779
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
Chapin, Alona Bowen, Glastonbury for the Two Hundred Years: a Centennial Discourse, May 18th 1853, Connecticut: Hartford: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company, 1853, pg 99-100
Upright stone that is contemporary with the death of the Patriot
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Cemetery is located on Main Street, just north of Foote Road
Author: Mark Andrew Davis
Jonathan Bidwell was born in 1739 in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, the son of Nathaniel and Mary (Keeney) Bidwell.
He was married on 3 January 1770 in Glastonbury, Connecticut, to Hannah Matson. In his Last Will and Testament, Jonathan names the following heirs: his wife, Hannah, sons: Jonathan, Russell, and daughters: Freedom Goodrich, Rachel Goodrich, Hannah Morley, Ruth Wickham, Lydia Bidwell, Nancy Bidwell, Polly Hunt, and two grandsons Roswell and Hiram Chappell. A search to identify the daughter who was the mother of Roswell and Hiram Chappell was unsuccessful. The following are the known children of Jonathan and Hannah:
Freedom was born on 20 June 1770 and married Luther Goodrich.
Rachel was born on 18 April 1772 and married David Goodrich.
Hannah was born on 11 April 1774 and married to William Morley.
Ruth was born on 16 March 1776 and married Isaac Wickham.
Jonathan was born on 22 January 1778.
Lydia was born on 12 December 1779.
Russell was born on 22 June 1783.
Mary “Polly” was born on 4 April 1785 and married William Harris Jr.
Nancy was born on 24 February 1787 and married Seth Blossom.
During the American Revolution, he took the Oath of Fidelity to the State and Country in 1779.
The Patriot died on 25 November 1810 at Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, and was buried at the Old South Cemetery.
Sources:
Chapin, Alona Bowen, Glastonbury for the Two Hundred Years: a Centennial Discourse, May 18th, 1853, Connecticut: Hartford: Press of Case, Tiffany, and Company, 1853, pages 99-100.
Hartford County, Connecticut, Register of Probate Records Vol. 29, 1809-1811, pages 287-288.
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