Category: Colonel Samuel Elmore's Regiment (1776), Continental Army, American Revolution

Categories: Connecticut Line, American Revolution

Colonel Samuel Elmore's Regiment was raised under authority of the Continental Congress, to serve for one year from April, 1776, and credited to Connecticut. The Colonel, Samuel Elmore, had served as Major of Hinman's Regt. in the Northern Dept. in 1775, and again as Lieut.-Col. of Wooster's provisional Regt. in the winter of '75-'76. Elmore and most of his company officers recruited their men in Connecticut and to some extent from the regiments that served in the North. Some of the officers belonged in New York and a few in Massachusetts, and men were recruited from both of those states. The regiment took the field in July, '76, under Schuyler, and on August 25th marched from Albany "into Tryon County." During the remainder of its term, it was posted at Ft. Stanwix and vincity. It Conn., Mass., and N. Y. Lines. The following are the muster rolls of the companies as they stood on Jan. 13-15, 1777, "in Colonel Samuel Elmore's Battalion of Forces, raised in the state of Connecticut and now in the service of the United States of America." -- Rev. Rolls, Pension Bureau.

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John Beardsley 1735 Stratford, Connecticut - 29 Dec 1815

Samuel Benjamin 03 Feb 1757 Granville Center, Granville, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 07 Oct 1843

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David Crane 01 Oct 1748 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut - 08 Jan 1840

Jabez Crippen 17 May 1741 Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut - 1805

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Squire Dann 08 May 1755 Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony - 25 Mar 1839

Joel Dickinson abt 1749 Hartford, Connecticut - 18 Jan 1813

Samuel Doty 04 Jun 1756 Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut - Aug 1843

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Samuel (Elmer) Elmore abt 1720 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony - 23 Aug 1805

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Benjamin Godfrey abt 1756 Fairfield, Connecticut - 04 Sep 1776

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David Henderson 14 Nov 1748 Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony - Jan 1822

John Hitchcock 28 Sep 1716 New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut - 27 Jun 1796

James Holcomb 28 Sep 1746 Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut

David Howe 11 Aug 1757 Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut - 27 Jan 1814

Joshua Howe 01 Sep 1731 Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut - 25 Jan 1800

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John Marks abt 1750 Massachusetts - bef 22 Jun 1843

Joseph Marks abt 1750 Massachusetts - 1826

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Edward Ogden abt 12 Feb 1755 Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut - 16 Sep 1799

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Jeremiah Parmele abt 1744 Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony - abt 21 Mar 1778

Amos Parmelee 04 Sep 1750 Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut - 22 May 1824

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Zephaniah Rogers abt 18 Mar 1746 Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay - 07 Oct 1823

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Silvanus Seeley 17 Nov 1738 Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony - 04 Nov 1797

Samuel Stewart abt 1719 At sea - 17 Nov 1784

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Noah Upson 26 Sep 1758 Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut Colony - 21 Mar 1806

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Robert Walker 27 Feb 1746 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony - 07 Nov 1810

Daniel Webster 10 Jan 1758 Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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