Display Patriot - P-185836

William HOVEY

SAR Patriot #: P-185836

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.

State of Service: CT Qualifying Service: Sergeant

DAR #: A057879

Birth: 06 Jul 1749 Mansfield / Tolland / CT
Death: 20 Oct 1834 Lower Salem / Washington / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

ALSO PVT, CPL; CAPTs JAMES DANCE, ISAAC SARGEANT; Colonel JOHN DOUGLASS

Additional References:

Pension S*W.4995

Spouse: Lucinda Downer
Children: Anna; Harvey Clark; Lucinda; James; Roxalana; Louvina; Martha;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1981-04-29	CA	Unassigned	Craig W Loy (117661)	Harvey
2008-08-05	TN	32326	Charles Newton Dammann (159218)	Anna
2014-12-12	TN	61851	Philip Thomas Dammann (193193)	Anna
2014-12-19	TN	62030	Alfred Louis Dammann (193286)	Anna
2016-06-10	UT	69732	John Edwin Janeway (198919)	Harvey

Burial:

Mount Ephraim Cemetery_(C-0371221)

Location:

/ Washington / OH / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

1793902

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

35481412

Marker Type:

vertical stone with SAR marker

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR
Arden and Ginger Wince posted the headstone picture with SAR Bronze Patriot marker with flag. They have granted permission to use the photo from Find-A-Grave at the attachment

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

The cemetery is located on the east side of Hedrick Road (Township Road 602.1) at its intersection with Township Road 314.

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Charles Newton Dammann

William Hovey was born on 6 July, 1749 in Mansfield, Connecticut.
He married Lucinda Downer on 7 December, 1780 in Norwich, Vermont.
He served as a Private and Sergeant with the Connecticut Troops and was engaged in the Battle of the Siege of Boston and Bunker Hill

William Hovey died 20 Oct, 1834 in Lower Salem, OH and is buried in the Mt Ephraim Cemetery, Washington County, Ohio.
Upon application he was granted a pension of $57.50 per annum.

Author: Michael B. Gunn

Born on July 6, 1749 in Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut to parents Edmund (1699-1788) & Anne (Huntington) (1714-1797) Hovey, William Hovey served as a Sergeant in the 2nd Company, 3rd Regiment of the Connecticut Line commanded by Colonel Israel Putnam. He married Lucinda Downer (1760-1853) on December 7, 1780 in Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont; children: William b. 1781, Lucinda, James, Elizabeth, Roxelena, Lavina, Hannah, Philomena, Polly, Harvey C., Patty, Priscilla & Anna. William applied for a pension on October 25, 1832 in Washington County, Ohio, and received an annual allowance of $57.50. His widow also received a pension for his service; she applied June 15, 1839 in Muskingum County, Ohio: Ref. # W4995.

William lived in Mansfield, Connecticut at enlistment. After the Revolution he moved to Norwich, Windham County, Vermont for 16 years, then moved to Ballston, New York for 4 years, then to Ontario County, New York for 10 years. Next, he moved to Cayahoga County, Ohio for 4 years, and finally to Washington County, Ohio. He died on October 20, 1834 and is buried Mt. Ephraim Cemetery, 3 miles beyond Lower Salem, Washington County, Ohio. His tombstone states, "A Revolutionary Soldier." His grave also has a bronze SAR marker placed by the Marietta Chapter, 1923.

References:

Further information: Marietta Chapter SAR

Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672 pp. SAR. 1993.

SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998.

DAR, Patriot Index Centennial Edition, Part 2, p.1501.

Virgil White, Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Volume 2, (Waynesboro, TN: National Historical Publishing, Co., 1900), p. 1723.

Johnston, Henry P., edit. The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution 1775-1783. Volume I, Chapter II, p. 53. Hartford, CT: 1889.

Pension Roll of 1835, Volume IV, Mid-Western States, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1994, p. 292.

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