Display Patriot - P-136813 - Christopher COLSON

Christopher COLSON

SAR Patriot #: P-136813

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State of Service: MA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A024601

Birth: 10 May 1765 Weymouth / Norfolk / MA
Death: 23 Aug 1828 Willoughby / Lake / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

Fifer, Private 3rd Calss, in the Company of Captains Clay and Smith in the Regiment of Colonel Calvin Smith of the 6th Massachusetts Regiment Militia


Additional References:
  1. Rev War Pension: S*W25437
  2. Secretary of the Commonwealth, MA Soldiers and Sailors of the Rev War, MA. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1901, Vol 2, pg 837

Spouse: (1) Hannah Robinson; (2) Patty Brown
Children: Lovina; Simira; Emily; Christopher; Patty; Brackley;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1965-02-05 PA Unassigned Henry Channing Marshall (92043)   
1985-07-24 AZ 229496 Phillip Dean Colson (126110) Brackley   
1995-02-13 MD 206690 Mark Hayward Marshall (144005) Lovina   
Burial:
Willoughby Village Cemetery (aka Chagrin Burying Ground) (C-0373287)
Location:
Willoughby / Lake / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
230393
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
105081515
Marker Type:
SAR
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Image provided with permission from Anna Marie Smoley, posted on Find-a-Grave for Christopher Colson, #105081515.
  • Photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR
  • upright, newer, legible stone


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

From downtown Willoughby, go south on Euclid Avenue and turn right (west) onto Sharpe Avenue. Cemetery is on the right



Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn

Born May 10, 1765 at Weymouth, Massachusetts, a son of Christopher Colson and Experience White. Grandson of John Colson and Deborah Sprague (b.1715); Great-grandson of John Colson (1681-1752) and Susanna Lincoln (1688-1715); great-great grandson of Thomas Lincoln (1652-1698) and Sarah Lewis (1661-1732), who were also ancestors of President Anraham Lincoln. He enlisted July 9, 1781 at the age of 16 years and served as a fifer throughout the Revolutionary War. He served under the command of Captains Clay and Smith; Lt Col Calvin Smith, 6th Massachusetts Regiment. He married Patty Brown (1779-1855); children: Lovina b. 1797, Simira, Emily, Christopher and Patty b. 1818. He removed to Ohio in 1810 and was Willoughby's first Post Master, having walked to Washington to secure his appointment. He died at Willoughby, OH in 1824 and was buried on Daniel's farm just east at Willoughby Village Cemetery, Willoughby, Lake County, OH. GM by New Connecticut Chap. Ref: No 26245, Vol 27, p 89. D. A. R. Lin. Fur infor New Connecticut Chap. 1st-11th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC. SAR Ancestor # P-136813. Has a marble tombstone and SAR marker. Cemetery number # -230393. Find-a-Grave Memorial # -105081515.


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