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State of Service: RI/MA/VT
Qualifying Service: Private
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Author: Barry Frederick Schwoerer
Eliphalet Hodges was born about 1761 in Connecticut.
At about age 24, he married the widow Sibyl (Fuller) Howe on 11 September 1785 in Wales, Massachusetts. They had at least three children, as listed in his Last Will and Testament:
Sybil was born about 1788 and married David Beckwith Jr.
Oliver was born on 29 January 1798 and married Abigail Chamberlain.
Abigail "Nabby" was born about 1792 and married Roswell Gardner.
In April 1777, he enlisted as a Private for a three-year commitment with service in Gloucester, Rhode Island. He was a member of the company of Captain Boudish, commanded by Colonel Archibald Crary. From Gloucester, they marched to Providence, Rhode Island. His duty was as a waiter to Major Barton until the winter of 1778.
He then returned to the company of Captain Boudish, under the command of Major Barton. With one hundred volunteers, they went to Prudence Island, where they captured over thirty enemies, three barges, and three chests of arms, then returned again to Greenwich. Major Barton took a corp of men and captured British General Prescott. Eliphalet continued his service with this company until he was discharged after two years of service.
In the summer of 1779, he enlisted in Massachusetts for a three-month tour in the company of Captain King and marched to Albany, New York. There, they were commanded by General Schuyler, and the company marched on to Saratoga and to Fort Edwards in scouting parties.
In November 1780, he volunteered for service at Pomfret, Vermont, in the company of Captain Edmund Hodges, commanded by Colonel House. The company marched to Bethel, Vermont, where he was stationed during the winter and the next summer at the garrison. While stationed there, the attack and burning of the village of Royalton was conducted by Native American warriors loyal to the British. His company chased the warriors for two days until they recaptured some of the horses and other items taken. He remained at the garrison until he was discharged after a year of service. In 1781, he was listed in the company of Lieutenant Bartholomew Durkee on the Alarm of Royalton.
After the Revolution, he and Sybil moved to Western New York, where he was a farmer. The Patriot died in 1849 in Attica, Wyoming County, New York.
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