John Hands was born on 29 Jan 1750/1 in Middletown, Connecticut.[1]
Sergeant John Hands served with 6th Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.
He was a Sergeant in Belding's Regiment of the Connecticut Militia during the Revolutionary War.[2][3]
He married first Sarah Rockwell on 25 Mar 1784 in Middletown.[4]
After his wife's passing, he married her elder sister, Elizabeth Rockwell, on 12 Aug 1793 in Middletown.
John Hands passed away on 4 Feb 1840 in Cromwell, Connecticut.[5]
Sources
↑Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection). White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
↑ National Archives: Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War, compiled 1894 - ca. 1912, documenting the period 1775 - 1784. Record Group:
93. Roll: 0362
↑Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920. Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.
↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records. FHL Film Number: 3328
Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) White, Lorraine Cook, ed. ‘’The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997
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