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.
Birth: 16 Jul 1729 Groton / New London / CT Death: 04 Nov 1809 Groton / New London / CT
Qualifying Service Description:
COL WILLIAM LEDYARD
Battle of Groton Heights
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, pg 75
The Battle of Groton Heights: A Collection of Narratives, Official Reports, Records, Etc, of the Storming of Fort Griswold, the Massacre of Its Garrison, and the Burning of New London by British Troops Under the Command of Brig.-Gen. Benedict Arnold, on the Sixth of September, 1781, By William Wallace Harris, Charles Allyn, Edition: revised, Published by C. Allyn, 1882, Original from Harvard University, Digitized Sep 5, 2006
Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
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