Display Patriot - P-278323 - Elisha RICHARDS/ROBERTS

Elisha RICHARDS/ROBERTS

SAR Patriot #: P-278323

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: Private
DAR #: A095843

Birth: 17 Jul 1735 Tolland / / CT
Death: 03 Jul 1778 Westmoreland / Westmoreland / PA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Pvt - Capt Asaph Whittlesey, 24th CT Militia
  2. Died in Battle of Wyoming, 3 Jul 1778

Additional References:
  1. Harvey, A Hist. of Wilkes-Barre, Vol 3, pg 1330-1331
  2. Charles Miner, History of Wyoming, 1845, Philadelphia, pg 242 - 244
  3. A History of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co, PA, Vol 2, 1909, pg 1330, 1331

Spouse: Sarah Cornwell/Cornwall
Children: Rebecca; Solomon; Rhoda;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1989-10-19 FL 224650 Frank T Kocher Jr (129938) Rebecca   
1995-07-19 AR 227950 Walter Eugene Smith (127252) Rebecca   
1997-06-11 MD 201586 William Alan Walker (148404) Rebecca   
2002-06-28 PA 13745 Sean David Billings (158687) Stephen   
2006-06-09 PA 25672 David Glen Billings (167208) Stephen   
2018-06-08 DE 80392 Lawrence Edwin Josefowski USA (198231) Rebecca   
2020-01-31 PA 89510 Stephen Bruce Killian (140514) Rebecca   
Burial:
Battle of Wyoming Burial Ground (aka Wyoming Massacre Monument) (C-0372609)
Location:
Wyoming / Luzerne / PA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
330752
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
41.305456 / -75.844754
Find A Grave Memorial #:
74151342
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Photos used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Raymond Nathan Zimmerman Jr

Bradsby's History of Luzerne County. p.1293.  The Michael Shoemaker Book, pp. 452, 453.  His name is on the monument erected on Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming, PA to honor the brave men who died defending the Wyoming Fort.


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