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Rev War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993
SAR Rev War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998
Spouse: Sarah Newcomb Children: David; Martha; Elias;
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When Samuel Carter was born on April 9, 1760, in Warren, Connecticut, his father, Lieutenant Samuel Carter, was 25 and his mother, Martha (Buell), was 23. Samuel was their first child and he was born in the stone farmhouse his father had built in 1757 on Cornwall road just North of Warren. When Samuel was 2-years old, his father enlisted in Captain Samuel Elmor’s Eight Company of Colonel Nathaniel Whiting’s Second Connecticut Militia Regiment to serve in the 1762 and 1763 Northern Campaigns of the French and Indian War. Samuel’s father returned to his family and the farm in December 1763. He was a prominent citizen in the Warren and Kent community, serving as a selectman of the town starting in 1776 and later representing the town of Warren at the State Assembly. In 1780, he was appointed to the position of Lieutenant of the 9th Company, 13 Regt. Alarm List, comprised of companies from Woodbury, New Milford and Kent, Connecticut.
Meanwhile, Samuel Jr. was working the farm and looking over his ten brothers and sisters. On April 21st 1777, just 12 days after his 17th birthday, he enlisted in Captain Albert Chapman's company of Col. Heman Swift's 7th Connecticut Line Regiment. The company went into the field Went into the field at Camp Peekskill, N. Y., and in Sept. was ordered, under Gen. McDougall, to join Washington's
Washington engaged the British with four columns converging on the British position at Germantown. The two flanking columns were composed of 3,000 militia, while the center-left, under Nathanael Greene, the center-right under John Sullivan, and the reserve under Lord Stirling were made up of regular troops. To the North, Samuel’s 2nd Connecticut brigade led by McDougall came under attack by the Loyalist troops of the Queen's Rangers, and the Guards of the British reserve. After a brutal contest, McDougall's brigade was forced to retreat, having suffered heavy losses.
Of the 11,000 men Washington led into battle, 30 officers and 122 men were killed, 117 officers and 404 men were wounded and 438 were taken prisoner. The battle was a victory for the British, but a strategic victory for the Americans. Howe had, once again, allowed Washington to escape with his army, leading to their encampment at Valley Forge where they wintered until 1778.
Samuel was discharged on January 2, 1778, and returned to Warren, where he resumed farming with his father. He married Sarah Newcomb on November 29, 1781. They had 13 children in 23 years. He died on March 22, 1813, at the age of 52, and was buried in Warren.
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