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Capt in Colonel Gray's Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Wadsworth's Brigade, which served at the Brooklyn front just before and during the battle of Long Island, 27 Aug; and in the retreat to New York, 28-30 Aug; and in the retreat from New York City, 15 Sep; and was with the main army at White Plains
Taken prisoner 15 Sep 1776 during retreat from New York and confined there until June 1778 when he was exchanged
Also took part in repelling Tryon's invasion of CT in Jul 1779
Additional References:
DAR RC # 483379
Rec of Conn Men in Mil Svd during War of Rev, pg 548, 628, 396
SAR RC 570 cites
Trumbull's "History of Hartford County," pg 224
Chapin's "Glastonbury Centennial," pg 103
Adjutant General's Record of CT Men in the War of the Revolution, pg 11, 396, 548, 628
Captain /Deacon Samuel WELLES b. 1727, d. Dec. 29,1800,married August 1752 to Lucy Kilbourn in Glastonbury, Connecticut. After he was married to Lucy in Glastonbury, they were the parents of eight children. Samuel was a Captain in the Revolutionary War 1775-1783. Samuel was the grandfather of Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy under President Abraham Lincoln.
Samuel Welles was a Captain in Colonel Gay’s Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Wadsworth Brigade. While serving at the Brooklyn Front, just before and during the battle of Long Island, August 29th and in the retreat to New York, August 28-30, and in the retreat from New York City, September 18, with the main army at White Plains, he was taken prisoner September 15 in the retreat from New York and continued there until June of 1778 when he was exchanged . He also took part in the repelling of Tryson’s Invasion of Connecticut in July 1879. Capt. Samuel Welles died in Glastonbury, Connecticut December 29, 1800.
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