The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: CT
Qualifying Service: Drummer
Birth: abt 1760 / Hartford / CT Death: 26 Mar 1778 Valley Forge / Chester / PA
Qualifying Service Description:
Drummer - Capt Theodore Woodbridge's Co., Col Heman Swift's 7th Regiment of Foot, Connecticut Line, 1777 - 1778
Enlisted on July 23, 1777 for a term of 3 years or duration of the war
Died of illness in service at Valley Forge
Additional References:
Collectiones of the Connecticut Historical Society, Vol XII, pg 81. Hartford: By the Society, 1909
Johnston, Henry P, ed.. The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution 1775-1783. Vol I-III, pg 219. Hartford: 1889
U.S, Rev War Rolls, 1775-1783 for Benj Brewer, Connecticut, 7th Regiment, 1777-1780 (Folders 125-127)
The Valley Forge Muster Roll, Valley Forge Park Alliance
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Additional Information:
No entry found in DAR GRS in Feb 2025
He received a town bounty from Simsbury, Connecticut
Henry Johnston notes the death date as March 28th; the Valley Forge Park Alliance lists it as March 26th; the actual muster roll has it as March 26th