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: Captain / Patriotic Service / Civil Service
Captain - Commissioned Captain 7th Co, 5th Regiment Connecticut Militia or Trainband, May 1783
Committee to Mend Highway - Coventry, CT, 1775
Surveyor of Highways - Coventry, CT, 1775
Collector - Coventry, CT, 1777
Constable - Coventry, CT, 1777, 1778
Lister, Inspector - Coventry, CT, 1780
School Committee - Coventry, CT, 1781
Committee to Enlist Men - Coventry, CT, 1781
Additional References:
John Wilson, CT -- Rev War Pension File #S16.296
Connecticut, U.S, Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) for Eliphas Hunt
Town records, 1692-1853, Coventry, Connecticut
Labaree, Henry Woods. The Public Records of the State of Connecticut: For the Years 1783 and 1784. Hartford: Connecticut State, 1943, pg 140
Spouse: Hannah Stiles Children: Eliphaz; Ruth;
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