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State of Service: CT
Qualifying Service: Sergeant / Patriotic Service
Birth: 15 Oct 1758 Wethersfield / Hartford / CT Death: 07 Oct 1837 Buffalo / Erie / NY
Qualifying Service Description:
1777, served as a Sergeant in the company of Captain Charles Whiting, commanded by Colonel Samuel B Webb for a three-year tour with the 9th Connecticut Regiment of the Continental Army
He was taken prisoner of war by the British
Additional References:
Rev War Pension file S46822
Spouse: Barbara Green McCarty Children: Celia/Ceclia Marie; Jeannette; Abby; John; Caroline;
Find-a-Grave provides no evidence of a gravestone.
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
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Author: Robert John Barberie
John Burnham was born on 15 October 1758.
He lived in Connecticut on 15 May 1777, when he enlisted in the Ninth Connecticut Regiment of the Continental Army. He served as a Sergeant in the company of Captain Charles Whiting, commanded by Colonel Samuel B Webb for a three-year tour. Within a year, he was captured by the British and imprisoned in the infamous 'Sugar House' on Liberty Street in New York City. After surviving the hardships in prison, he was transferred to the prison ship Good Intent to be shipped to London. Before the ship departed, he was exchanged for British prisoners. After recuperating at home, he rejoined his regiment. He spent some time on a privateer commanded by Captain Buckley and left the service after five years.
He married Barbara McCarty in 1798. His Revolutionary War pension deposition lists the following children:
Caroline was born in about 1800.
John was born in about 1804.
Mary Catharine was born in about 1805.
Janet or Janette was born in about 1807.
Cecelia Maria was born in about 1811.
Abby was born in about 1815.
The Patriot died on 7 October 1837.
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