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Heli HITCHCOCK

SAR Patriot #: P-182285

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State of Service: MA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A055574

Birth: 08 Mar 1756 Brimfield / Worcester / MA
Death: 26 May 1818 bur Westminster / Windham / VT

Qualifying Service Description:

Captain WALKER, ALSO Captain THOMAS MINUTE MEN, CAPTs TOOGOOD, HAYWOOD, Colonel NIXON

Additional References:

SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
"Soldiers of the Rev War Buried in VT," Pub 1904, Walter H. Crockett
DAR #A055574
"The Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family, Family of Joh, pg 255, Pub 1894, Rev Dwight W. Marsh, D.D
Rev war recs, fold3

Spouse: Tryphena Goodell
Children: Polly; Dan;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child	View Application Detail
2015-09-11	WA	64925	Eugene Lawrence Tenney Jr. (193508)	Polly

Burial:

Westminster West (aka West Parish) Cemetery_(C-0081313)

Location:

Westminster West / Windham / VT / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2204801

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

71585325

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

photo used with permission of Eugene L. Tenney, Jr, John Paul Jones Chapter, WASSAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Eugene Lawrence Tenney Jr.

Heli Hitchcock was the seventh child of Joseph and Mary (Burt) Hitchcock. He was fifth generation in America. He was born in Brimfield, Massachusetts on 8 March 1756, his name Heli is biblical in nature. Heli is mentioned in the Gospel according to Luke, chapter 3 verse 23. Heli in Greek/Latin means to rise up or ascend. He married Tryphena Goodell (daughter of Jabez Goodell and Abigail Lyon). She was born 24 November, 1766 and died 27 March, 1838. They had six children. Their daughter Polly is my second great grandmother.

He served in Captain Thompson’s and Walker’s company, Colonel Danielson’s Regiment in 1775 for eight months. He served as a Minuteman under Captain Thompson for sixteen days dating from 19 April, 1777. After that he served in the regular army in Captain William Toogood’s Company, Colonel Nixon’s Regiment, and Captain Smith’s Company, Colonel Marshall’s Regiment for three years. He later served under Captain Haywood in 1780.

He was at the surrender of General John Burgoyne and 6200 British soldiers near Saratoga in what was one of the turning points of the Revolutionary War. He died in Westminster, Vermont on 26 May, 1818 and is buried in the Westminster West Cemetery.

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