This last section will be a little bit of everything.... -- 1782: Feb.25: the following persons were engaged to serve one year at Horseneck [NY]and each received £20 bounty: William Barnard John Haskell Noah Johnson Walter Holmes Abner Squier Edy Hatch Abel Stimson James Covil Solomon Eaton Ichabod West Ichabod Case Samuel Parks Allen Carpenter Joshua Simons Moses Coy Samuel Dimock Oliver Scott Eliphalet Kilbourne Eleazar Hatch Jonathan Creasy John Dimick Caleb Thomas Sylvanus Gage Reuben Robinson Joel Barnard William Elderedge ********************************************************** The following,Hartford 1780 " received of Colonel Samuel Chapman,39 able-bodied men" signed by John P.Wyllis,Capt of Continental Army: Eliab Allen Thomas Buck,jr Lot Burgess Zadock Benton William Barnard Samuel Billings Jediah Cady Abner Cady Samuel Chase Samuel Davis Job Hatch Walter Holmes Timothy Herington Philemon Holt Wm Johnson Hezekiah Huntington Joseph Lamb Jasper Marsh Henry McNeil Clement Miner Jeremiah Phillips Benjamin J.Orcutt Solomon Parsons Samuel Phillips Edy Pratt Charles Pease Samuel Reed Sanford Richardson Ezra Rawdon Joshua Simons Samuel Taylor Brodwell Watkins John West Asa Wood --------------------------------------- **********************************************************8 On the back of the paper signed by Capt Wyllis,has the following: TOLLAND SOMERS [Conn] Edy Hatch Samuel Davis Samuel Reed Edy Pratt Wm Barnard Job Davis Joshua Simons Thomas Buck,jr William Johnson Solomon Parsons Luther Delano Jeremiah Phillips Samuel Chase Israel Inman Ezra Rawdon Asa Wood Hez.Huntington Charles Pease Abner Johnson Ben,J.Orcutt Lot Burgess Sanford Richardson Walter Holmes John Archer Clement Miner Samuel Billings Samuel Park -------- Zadock Benton -------- Moses Delano ------- ----------------------------- listed as from Strafford [Conn] Charles Wood William Washburn Asa Allen *********************************************************************** The following served wars before the Rev.War from Tolland: **Chapman,Samuel,sr was captain in the war of 1745 **Chapman,Samuel,jr was capt in war of 1755 **Huntington,Samuel, was an ensign in the war of 1755 **Wills,Solomon was an ensign in the war of 1755 and a lieut. commanding a company in the expedition to Cuba. ****************************************************** the following served in the Revolutionary War from Tolland: **Chapman,Samuel,colonel of the 22d regiment of militia from May 1775 to May 1792; his regiment was at NY in 1776. **Wills,Solomon was colonel during several tours of duty in either state or continental troops. **Hinckley,Ichabod was a captain in the continental line **Chapman,Elijah[later sheriff]was capt. in the continental line and part of the time in Lafayette's light infantry. **Chamberlain,James was capt of cavalry in 2 campaigns **Fellows,Amos commanded one of Tolland's troops at NY **Lathrop,Lieut.of the militia,active service **Griggs,Ichabod ensign of the Tolland militia,campaign at NY **Griggs,Joshua, adjutant; services mainly at Roxbury[Mass], New York, and Saratoga,NY. ***************************************************************** the following are names of Tolland citizens who died in various wars prior to the close of the Rev.War in 1783: **Chapman,Samuel,sr: died at Louisburg,Jan.1746 **Baker,Samuel: died in captivity among the French and Indians **Wills,Azariah: died during his return from capivity,Nov 1758 age 25 **Benton,William: died at Oswego in 1760; aged 35 **Huntington,Samuel,ensign: died at Lake Oneida,Aug 18,1760; age 32. **Crandall,Constant: died at Havana,Cuba,Aug 27,1762; **Stimson,Noah:died in __,Cuba, Sept 13,1762, age 20 **Burroughs,Jonathan: ___,Cuba; died Sept 7,1762 **Eaton,Wm.____,Cuba; died Oct 18,1762,aged 30 **Barnard,John: died in 1762 [no date listed] **Burrows,John; died in 1762 [no date] **Eaton,Aaron: died in 1762 [no date] **Hatch,Judah: died in 1762,age 42 **Yeomans,Oliver: died 1762 [no date] **Waldo,Ezra: """ "" "" **Grover,Leonard: "" " "" **Heath,Reuben: died at Roxbury,Mass,Sept.1775;age 20 **Scott,___: died in NY 1776,before city evacuated **Griggs,Ichabod: ensign; died at New Rochelle,NY,Sept.30,1776 **Barnard,Moses: died at New Rochelle,NY,Oct 15,1776 **Benton,Azariah: died in prison ship near NY,Dec.29,1776;age 22 **Fellows,Amos: Capt.died in capivity in NY,Feb.17,1777 **Hatch,William: died at Chatham,NJ,Mar 26,1777,age 30 **Lathrop,John: killed by sabre cut at Horseneck,Dec 10,1780,age 18 **Baker,Heman: died of small pox,at East Hartford[Conn]on way home from capivity. **Steel,Samuel: died in 1780 **Delano,Luther: died in 1780 **Steel,Aaron: died in New Jersey [his father was James] **Cobb,Amos: killed at White Plains [NY] "There were many more in 1776 but names cannot be ascertained" **************************************************************88 END of History of Tolland [Conn]. 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