Display Patriot - P-257572

Ebenezer NYE

SAR Patriot #: P-257572

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State of Service: CT Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A085323

Birth: 21 Oct 1750 Tolland / Tolland / CT
Death: 27 Feb 1823 Rainbow / Washington / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

Private, Captain Edward Bulkeley, 3rd CT Line Regiment, 1781-1783

Additional References:

Patriot Index pg 502. Rev Soldiers Whose Graves have been Marked by Marietta DAR. DAR Magazine 1970
CT Men in the Revolutionary War 1775-1783, Henry Johnsotn, AM, Hartford, CT, 1889, pg 331 & 332

Spouse: Desire Sawyer
Children: Melzar; Sarah; Nial;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1966-03-23	CA	Unassigned	Robert Daniel Swenson (93868)	Nial
1967-07-28	OH	Unassigned	Douglas Vaughan Moor (95832)	Melzar
1967-07-28	OH	Unassigned	Frederick George Morr (95833)	Melzar
1989-11-13	KY	219330	Edward Lewis Wolfgang Scofield MD (133842)	Sarah
1989-12-20	KY	219559	Edward Ade Scofield (133993)	Sarah
1992-02-10	FL	213980	Daniel Arthur Pagenta Jr (138317)	Nial
2001-05-22	LA	9265	Wallace Gates Pursell (154609)	Melzar
2012-03-28	NY	46874	Ethan Mark Lusted (180549)	Sarah
2013-02-25	NY	51507	Kevin Andrew Lusted (182370)	Sarah

Burial:

Rainbow Cemetery_(C-0371513)

Location:

Rainbow / Washington / OH / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2184102

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

28899323

Marker Type:

Bronze (Government Issue)

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

bef 01 Mar 2011

Comments:

photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Located on the West side of the Muskingum River in Muskingum Twp. between Marietta and Lowell.

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Michael B. Gunn

Born on October 21, 1750 in Tolland, Connecticut to parents George and Thankful (Hatch) Nye, Ebenezer Nye served as a Private in Capt. Bulkley's Company of the 3rd Regiment of the Connecticut Line; he was paid from Jan 1, 1781, to Dec 31, 1783 (Connecticut Men in the Revolution, p 331). An alphabetical list of the Connecticut Army returned for the year 1781 to 1782 finds Ebenezer Nye in the 3rd Regiment (Conn Archives, series 1. Vol 30, p 71).

He married 1) Desire Sawyer (1747-1800) March 1776, 2) Silence Grant Gardiner (1758-1825); Children: Nathan b. 1788, George, Sarah, Lewis, Melzar, Neal, Mathew, and Theodorus.

He died on February 27, 1823, at Rainbow, Washington County, Ohio and is buried in Rainbow Cemetery, Washington County, Ohio, a pioneer burial ground donated by Ebenezer Nye. His monument inscription states, "B Oct 21, 1750. He Died on Feb 28, 1823. My Saviour shall my life restore. And raise me from my dark abode, My flesh and soul shall part no more. But dwell forever near my God." His sandstone-tombstone remains intact. He also has a new Bronze VA marker and an SAR marker.

He migrated from Connecticut to Marietta, Ohio in 1790, and to Rainbow in 1795. He preached the Gospel and also held civil offices. He was a member of the Baptist Church.

References:

Nye Genealogy, by G. H. Nye & F. E. Best, 1907, p 211.

Natl No 215405.

Further information: Elizabeth Zane Dew Chapter.

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

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

Mrs. Orville Dailey, The Official Roster of Soldiers of The American Revolution Buried in The State of Ohio, Roster #1, p. 274.

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. 332, Hartford, CT: 1889.

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