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State of Service: CT
Qualifying Service: Private
Birth: 01 Apr 1760 Ashford / Windham / CT Death: 17 Jun 1835 Massena / St Lawrence / NY
Qualifying Service Description:
Private in Capt Stedman's Company in Colonel Douglas' Regiment from Connecticut in 1776 for over 3 months starting Jan 1,. He re-enlisted for service
in Connecticut in April 1776, August 1777 and April 1780.
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Author: David J. Perkins
Samuel Ward, son of Jabez Ward, born 1-Apr-1760 in Ashford, CT. Following the war, moved to VT after 1784 and married Anna Mack in 1787 at her father’s (Robert Mack) house in Leicester, VT. They moved to Springfield, VT after the marriage and lived there until about 1820 when they moved to Cavendish, VT. In 1825, Samuel Ward along with his wife Anna, and 2 sons, William and Lyman moved to Massena, NY. They lived there until Samuel died in 1835. Daughter Eliza Ward was born in 1806 in VT.
Revolution war service from his pension record: January 1776, enlisted in Capt. Stedman’s company. Regiment commanded by Col. Douglas, and marched to Cambridge and was stationed in the college in Cambridge, regiment was engaged until about the first of March. Marched to Roxbury and a detachment from this regiment and some others were ordered on to fortify Dorchester point.
April 1776 enlisted in Capt. Marcy’s company, Col. Chester’s regiment. Marched to Norwich, sailed to New York, quartered in Queen Street, about the first of August removed to Long Island, present in the battle, returned to New York City, thence to Harlem, thence to Westchester, thence joined Col. Ward’s And Col. Sargeant’s regiments, soon marched to White Plains present in that engagement, afterward marched to North Castle, from thence crossed the North river, marched through New Jersey into Pennsylvania and stationed at Bucks Savoy on Delaware river about 18 miles above Philadelphia, and time expired on the first of January, but the army being greatly reduced we were not dismissed until 14 February 1777.
August 1777 enlisted in Capt. Lyon’s Company, Regiment commanded by Col. McClellan marched to Providence, thence to Tivertown and at Tiverton was joined by Col. Ely’s, Col. Smith’s and Col. Shepherd’s regiments remained there five or six weeks, report said we were to go on and attack the British troops stationed at Newport, we were marched to Providence and there dismissed about the last of October.
August 1778 enlisted into regiment commanded by Col. Smith, in Gen. Glover’s Brigade march to Tivertown, were present at the attack and taking the fort on Butt’s Hill, retreated with the army under Gen. Sullivan to Tivertown marched to Providence and dismissed about the middle of October.
April 1780 enlisted in Capt. Allen’s company, Col. Wells commanded the regiment, marched to Norwich, in about two weeks marched to New London, remained there until November our chief employment was repairing and strengthing Fort Trumbull situated about half a mile South of the city of New London, and the West side of the New London harbor, marched to New Haven part of the regiment, while we remained at New London were stationed in the town of Groton, on the East side of New London harbor and were employed in repairing Fort Griswold, after we marched to New Haven and were dismissed in the winter of 1781.
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