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State of Service: CT
Qualifying Service: Lieutenant
Birth: 15 Jan 1711 Woodstock / Windham / CT Death: 12 Sep 1775 E. Woodstock / Windham / CT
Additional References:
Grave Registry form. National Society Sons of the American Revolution (SAR)
Windham Co CT History. CT Rev War Soldiers
Spouse: Mary Lyon Children: Members Who Share This Ancestor
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Author: Paul Child
Ephraim Child Jr. was born January 15, 1711 in East Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut. Ephraim helped his brothers and father build their mansion homes out of hardwood Maple in the 1730's. Ephraim cleared the land of 269 acres and then built his mansion home of Cape Cod style on Child Dome Road. Ephraim married Mary Lyon on June 20, 1734 who bore him four children. Their two sons also served in the American Revolutionary War- Captain Increase Child and Lt. Asa Child. Captain Increase Child's son Honorary Salmon Child also served in the war. Lt. Ephraim Child served as an Ensign in the Connecticut's 3rd Regiment of Woodstock's Company C. in 1755. Soon after he was promoted to Lieutenant in the French and Indian War. After the war he built the East Woodstock Congregational Church.
When the Revolutionary War broke out, the Connecticut Militia was called up. Thirty six of the Child family responded to the call to Lexington, 23 from Woodstock. There were 160 Child family members who fought in the war. Ephraim was in Boston at that time and was presumed wounded in battle.
Ephraim died 12 September, 1775, age 64. It appears that Ephraim Child Jr. was wounded and died from those wounds. He has no known tombstone unless the broken off one is his. Several Child members including Col. Jonathan and Ebenezer Child were killed at Bunker Hill. Ephraim is the first of three generations who served in the American Revolutionary War.
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