Display Patriot - P-115218 - Benjamin BISSELL

Benjamin BISSELL

SAR Patriot #: P-115218

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State of Service: CT      Qualifying Service: Sergeant
DAR #: A010512

Birth: 15 Jan 1754 Litchfield / Litchfield / CT
Death: 28 Feb 1825 Litchfield / Litchfield / CT

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. 1775, he served in the company of Captain David Welch, commanded by Colonel David Wooster.
  2. 1776, he served as a Sergeant in the company of Captain Bezaleel Beebe, commanded by Colonel Andrew Ward.

Additional References:
  1. Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War. Micropublication M881, roll 0375. Washington: National Archives.
  2. 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 39-41

Spouse: Esther Benton
Children: Amos; Nathaniel; Herman; Rebecca; Benjamin;
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Burial:
West Cemetery (aka West Burying Ground) (C-0064510)
Location:
Litchfield / Litchfield / CT / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
103806
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
127929807
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Patriot contemporary stone, upright, legible, refurbished
  • Image 1, provided with permission from J. Fenn-Lawson, Find-A-Grave contributor # 48515955


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

GPS Coordinates: 41.7383003, -73.1980972



Author: Paul Howard Burright

Benjamin Bissell was born in 1754 in Litchfield, Connecticut, the son of Zebulon and Abigail (Smith) Bissell.1

Early in 1775, he was a Sergeant in Captain David Welch's 4th Company, Colonel David Wooster's 1st Connecticut Regiment, enlisting at Litchfield, Connecticut.2

In January 1776, he was listed as a Sergeant on a return for a militia regiment formed by Colonel Andrew Ward, Jr., for a term of eight weeks, along with his father, Zebulon. The listing states, "Sgt. Benjamin Bissell's gun and bayonet carried by himself."3

He married Esther Benton on 21 February 1779, in Litchfield, Connecticut.4 They had the following known children:5,6

  • Rebecca was born on 9 February 1782 and married William B Smith.
  • Anna was born on 14 December 1784 and married Levi Hoyt.
  • Nathaniel was born in 1786 and married Anna Smith.
  • Benjamin was born on 26 December 1788 and married Melissa Post.
  • Eunice was born on 10 February 1790
  • Abigail was born on 19 February 1792 and married John Griswald.
  • Rachel was born on 18 September 1793 and married Jonathan North
  • Dotha was born on 18 October 1795 and married John Landers.
  • Herman was born on 16 January 1797 and married Anna Peck
  • Amos was born on 15 July 1799 and married Lydia Hall. 
  • Julia was born on 12 May 1801 and married Lyman Jones Smith

Benjamin spent his life in Litchfield. 

The Patriot died on 28 February 1825 and was buried in West Cemetery, Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut.5

Sources:

  1. Sons of the American Revolution membership applications, Harry L. Swan (#21407, NE #182), Jun 8, 1910.
  2. The Record of CT Men in the Military and Naval Service during the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783, 1889, pages 39-41
  3. Sketches and Chronicles of the Town of Litchfield, Connecticut, historical, biographical, and statistical, Chapter VI, The Revolutionary Era, pages 94-96
  4. Connecticut, U.S. Town Marriage Records, pre-1870, page 29
  5. Find-a-Grave, Memorial #127929807, Benjamin Bissell.
  6. Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906

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