Display Patriot - P-127596 - Samuel CALWELL/COLWELL
Samuel CALWELL/COLWELL
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P-127596
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State of Service: MD
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service / Major
Author: John Andrew Calwell
Samuel Calwell was born 1739 in Donegal, Ireland. He was the son of James Calwell.
He married Ann Richardson on 13 Nov 1764 in Baltimore Co., MD.
He had 6 children: Ann Calwell (d. 1820) m. Thomas Bowyer on 4 Jan 1803 in Harford Co., MD; Thomas Calwell (1765-1828) m. 1st Sarah Gallion (1762-1808) on 14 Feb 1793 in Harford Co., MD and m. 2nd Nancy Kelso (1786-1842) on 18 Mar 1813 in Baltimore Co., MD; Sarah Calwell (1770-1834) m. William Aisquith on 10 Dec 1794 in Harford Co., MD; James Calwell (1774-1851) m. Mary Bowyer (d. 1842) on 12 Dec 1797 in Rockbridge, VA; Henry Dorsey Calwell (1775-1824); William Calwell (1778-1822) m. 1st Eleanor Grindall after 20 Nov 1800 in Harford Co., MD and m. 2nd Mary Amoss (d. 1862) after 1 Dec 1813 in Harford Co., MD.
He died 15 Jun 1800 in Harford Co., MD.
His patriotic service included Patriotic and Civil Service as a Signer of the Bush Declaration on March 22, 1775 in Harford Co., MD; War Committee, Harford County in 1775; Signer, Association of Freemen in 1775 in Gunpowder Hundred, Harford County; Solicitor, 1776 in Gunpowder Upper Hundred, Harford County; 1st Lt, Capt. Taylor's Co., No. 7, September 9, 1775; Captain of the 8th Battalion in 1778, appointed April 25, 1776; Major, 8th Battalion, 1778; Signer, ath of Fidelity and Allegiance to Maryland, 1778.
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