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: Lieutenant / Patriotic Service
Birth: 23 Dec 1738 Boxford / Essex / MA Death: 31 May 1825 Ashford / Windham / CT
Qualifying Service Description:
Lieutenant, also Ensign:MAJ Andrew Colburn; LTC Thomas Knowlton
Taken prisoner
1780, Lieutenant in the company of Captain Joshua Bottom, under the command of Colonel Levi Wells
1782-1783, served as a 1st Lieutenant in the company of Captain Benjamin Durkee
Additional References:
Johnston, Henry Phelps, Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Services During the War of the Revolution 1775-1783, Connecticut. Harford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co, 1889, pg 122, 411, 588, 615, 629
Inscription: REVOLUTIONARY WAR - ENS. DANIEL KNOWLTON - COL KNOWLTON'S REGT - DIED MAY 31 1825 - AE 86
An older upright stone that does appear with the death of the Patriot
Unidentified bronze stakemarker
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
The cemetery is between Lipps and Westford Hill Roads, south of Chatey / Oakes Rd
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