Display Patriot - P-304738 - Samuel THRALL Jr

Samuel THRALL Jr

SAR Patriot #: P-304738

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State of Service: MA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A114998

Birth: 31 Aug 1760 Windsor / Hartford / CT
Death: 08 May 1815 Granville / Licking / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

1777, he served as a Private in the company of Captain William Cannon, commanded by Colonel David Leonard
1780, served in the company of Captain Couley, commanded by Colonel Moseley
1780, served in the company of Captain Job Alvord, commanded by Colonel S. Murray

Additional References:

MA Soldiers, and Sailors of the Rev War, Vol XV, MA. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1901, pg 700

Spouse: Triphosia Cooley
Children: Samuel; William Cooley; James; Cotton Mather; Alexander; Timothy; Abbie;

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Burial:

Old Colony (aka Old) Burying Ground_(C-0371266)

Location:

Granville / Licking / OH / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

1964655

Grave Plot #:

Plot 867

Grave GPS Coordinates:

40.065430 / -82.519120

Find A Grave Memorial #:

19659545

Marker Type:

SAR Granite; GAR Stake; Other Stake;

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

04 May 2024

Comments:

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

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Mr. Lowell Martens Hoffman

Samuel Thrall Jr. was born August 31, 1760, at Windsor, Connecticut. He married Tryphosa Cooley at Granville, Massachusetts. They were the parents of 16 children: nine sons and seven daughters.

Samuel Thrall Jr. enlisted May 6, 1777, as a private in Captain Cannon’s Company of Colonel David Leonard’s Regiment. This unit marched to Ticonderoga, May 6, 1777, to augment the Patriots’ garrison. This placed Private Thrall as a participant in the British Siege of Fort Ticonderoga from July 2 through July 6. Ticonderoga had been captured in 1775 by the combined forces of Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold. The fort’s cannon had been transported by General Knox to facilitate the withdrawal of British forces from Boston. The fort itself remained in the hands of a small occupying Patriot force under the command of Arthur Saint Clair.

As the fort’s location on the Hudson River controlled access to both Canada and the Hudson Valley, a British force under the command of General John Burgoyne resolved to take it from the Patriots’ control. His army established positions on strategic heights overlooking the fort and laid siege to force the surrender or withdrawal by the Patriot garrison. On the morning of July 6, the Americans withdrew. This enabled Thrall’s unit to return home to Massachusetts, July 14.

Private Samuel Thrall Jr. was again enlisted in 1780 in Captain Alvord’s Company at Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

In 1805, Samuel and his family joined the migration west to the new town of Granville, Ohio. Samuel Thrall, Jr. and his family were among this group as documented in Henry Stiles’ The History of Ancient Windsor, Vol. 2, Pg. 763.

Thrall was a farmer. He raised his large family and was a respected citizen in the community. He was killed by a falling tree, May 9, 1815 at the age of 54 years.

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