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John Palsgrave WYLLYS

SAR Patriot #: P-345276

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State of Service: CT      Qualifying Service: Major

Birth: 10 Jul 1754 / Hartford / CT
Death: 22 Oct 1790 / Allen / IN

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Adjutant of Wolcott s Connecticut State Regiment, January, 1776;
  2. Brigade-Major to General Wadsworth, 7th August,1776; taken prisoner 15th September,1776, on the retreat from New York; exchanged 20th December, 1776;
  3. Captain of Webb s Additional Continental Regiment, 1st January, 1777;
  4. Major,10th October, 1778; transferred to 3d Connecticut, 1st January, 1781 ; transferred to 1st Connecticut, 1st January,1783; retained in Swift s Connecticut Regiment, June, 1783, and served to 25th December, 1783;
  5. Major United States Infantry Regiment, 9th June,1785;
  6. Major 1st Infantry United States Army, 29th September, 1789; killed 22d October, 1790, in action with Indians on the Miami, Ohio

Additional References:
  1. Heitman; Historical register of officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution, pg 608

Spouse: Jerusja Tolcot
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Fort Wayne / Allen / IN / USA
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