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: 12 May 1753 East Haddam / / CT Death: 30 Jul 1833 Middlefield / / MA
Qualifying Service Description:
Answered Lexington Alarm from East Haddam, CT
Served at Roxbury during siege of Boston.
Enlisted May 8, 1775, Private, 1st Co, 2nd CT Regiment
The regiment was adopted as Continentals, Jul 1775
DAR states: LEXINGTON ALARM, CAPTs JOHN WILLEY, DANIEL CONE, COLs SAMUEL WYLLYS, DYAR THROOP, JOSEPH SPENCER
Additional References:
“The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783,”Copyright date: 1889; Editor: Henry Phelps Johnston, pg 8-9; Abstract of Rev War Pension Files pg 3211
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
DAR cites: Pension Number *S31379; Johnston, CT Men in the Rev, pg 8-9
Sophia Smith Martin, Smith Genealogy, pg 11, 55-56, 70
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