This one says Part 52 -----Original Message----- From: CynJohn-4@att.net <CynJohn-4@att.net> To: CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, July 23, 2000 8:37 PM Subject: [CRV] Soldiers in King Philip's War: Part 52: Voluntown,Connecticut soldier grantees > We now go to the Connecticut soldiers of King >Phillip's War.... > Voluntown is located in New London County. > No spelling has been changed >--------------------------------------------------------- > "Narragansett Township Granted to Connecticut Volunteers >in the Narraganset War, now Voluntown,Connecticut" >[page 441-442 in "Soldiers in King Phillip's War" by >George M.Bodge,Boston 1906] > > Connecticut rewarded her Narraganset soldiers many >years before Massachusetts Bay Colony. In October 1696, >Lieut.Thomas Leffingwell of Norwich, and Sergt.John >Frink of Stonington,moved the court of Connecticut, >"that they,with the rest of the English volunteers in >the former wars,might have a plantation granted to them" > The court granted them a tract 6 miles square to be >taken up out of some conquered land,where it might be >had without any without prejudice to any former grant. > October 14,1697, Capt Samuel Mason, Mr.John Gallop, >and Lieut.James Avery were appointed committee to view >the said tract. In October 1700,court picked a committee >of 7: Lieut.thomas Leffingwell, Lieut.Richard Bushnell, >Isaac Wheeler,Caleb Fobes,Samuel Bliss,Joseph Morgan, >and Manasseh Miner, to run the affairs of the new >plantation [Voluntown]. >------------------------------------------------------- > There are 2 lists; one was made by Elisha Potter then >town clerk of Voluntown [1860]and was published in the >Narragansett Historical Register. The 2d list was >"Cedar Swamp lots", Mr.Charles Maine, town clerk of >Voluntown[1934/5]. The 2 lists are identical with the >differences of spelling. [Here is some interesting >information. The Indians were not given grants even >though they formed a large contingent of the forces !] >------------------------------------------------------ >List #1: > ENROLLMENT LIST of English Volunteers in the late >Narragansett War: > >Major Edward Palmes Capt.George Dennison >Lieut Thomas Leffingwell Maj.Wait Winthrop >Rev.James Fitch Sergt John Frink >Capt.James Avery James Avery >John Avery Thomas Avery >Joshua Baker John Wickwier >Ephriam Colver William Potts >Edward Colver Samuel Yeomans >John Lewis John Fish >Samuel Fish William Williams >George Denison William Denison >Nathaniel Beebe Henry Stephens >Edmond Fanning John Bennett >William Bennett Thomas Rose >Philip Bill Deny Springer >Ezekiel Mayn William Wheeller >Thomas Wooster Gershom Palmer >Jonathan Armstrong Samuel Stanton >Robert Stanton Daniel Stanton >James Morgan John Keene >John Latham John Waterhouse >Joseph Morgan Nathaniel Park >William Douglace Manasseth Miner >James Willit Rev.James Noyes >Capt John Stanton Joseph Stanton >Aaron Stark John Stark >James York Thomas Bell >Lieut Thomas Miner Richard Bushnell >Samuel Lathrop Solomon Tracy >John Willey Samuel Tubbs >Robert Park Peter Spiser >Jonathan Rudd Richard Cook >Thomas Park Henry Elliott >Thomas Bliss Isaac Wheeler >Peter Cross Jonathan Gennings >Caleb Fobes John Gallop >Adam Gallop William Gallop >Nathaniel Cheesebro. Ephriam Miner >Samuel Miner John Ashcraft >Joshua Holmes Capt Ebenzer Johnson >Joseph Wheeler Daniel Tracy >Edmond Fanning William Roberts >John Denison Mathrew Griswold >Richard Lord Stephen DeWolf >Richard Smith John Smith >Francis Smith Moses Huntly >Henry Bennett Henry Peterson >Samuel Stephens Henry Hall >William Champlin Capt.Pembleton >Daniel Cottrell John Pameter >Samuel Roger John Hull >Daniel Kelsie John Mintor >John Stephens Ebenezer French >John Griswold Nehemiah Smith >John Wheeler Nathaniel Haiden >Joseph Hull Samuel Sheather >John Charles Samuel Frisbe >John Plant Samuel Fox >Jacob Joy Clement Minor >William Pendall Daniel Stubbins >John Hough Samuel Roberts >Joshua Abell Thomas Rood >William Knights Mathew Jones >Thomas Williams Joseph Waterhouse >Richard Dart Samuel Hough >William Hough Abel More >Jeremiah Blake John Plumb >Thomas Hungerford John Packer >Samuel Packer Nathaniel Holt >Robert Lord John Woller >Richard Smith Edward DeWolf >Aaron Huntly James Murffey [Murphy] >Robert Holmes Daniel COmstock >George Chappell Thurston Reinard >Hugh Rowland John Lathrop >James Welch Daniel Clark >Edward Shipman Joseph Ingarum >Joseph Colver William Billings >John shaw Stephen Richeson >Roger Orris James Danielson >Ebenezer Billings Jonathan Burtch >William Johnson Samuel Richarson >Thomas Brand WIlliam Champlin >John Babcock Edward Larkin >Daniel Shaw Thomas Renols [Reynolds?] >William Lees Rev.Moses Noise >John Larabe Joseph Northrop >Robert Old Nathan Gillet >John Somes. > "town clerk's office,Voluntown, December 23,1860" >I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct extract >from the Records of Voluntown,except some of the >spelling". 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