"LIST OF MEN"
As taken from Revolutionary Characters of
New Haven. Copyright 1911 by the General David Humphreys Branch, No. 1 of the
Connecticut Society, Sons of the American Revolution.
"From the territory embraced in the Town of New Haven, Connecticut, who are known to have Served in the Continental Army and Militia and Connecticut State and Continental Vessels and Privateers, and those who Rendered other Patriotic Service during the War of the Revolution 1775-1783, together with a Record of known Casualties."
Compiled by
William S. Wells, (late) 2nd Asst. Engineer, U. S. Navy.If any errors or omissions in the lists are discovered by anyone, a report to that effect together with the source of information will be welcomed by the officers of this branch, S. A. R.
At the annual meeting of General David Humphreys Branch, No. 1, Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, held at New Haven, Conn., on the evening of May 2nd, 1907, the following motion was passed unanimously:
Voted: -- That the president appoint a committee to take into consideration the suggestion of Compatriot Wm S. Wells in reference to placing the names, as near as they can be ascertained, of the soldiers and sailors from New Haven upon the panel which is provided for this purpose on the East Rock Monument of those who lost their lives in the War of the Revolution.
The president appointed the following committee: Wm. S. Wells, Gen. E. S. Greeley and Everett E. Lord. In pursuance of the above resolution, and in the progress of the work the committee concluded to include all the names as nearly as they could be ascertainedfrom reliable data of those who serves in the War of the Revolution as soldiers and those who served on cruisers and privateers, and those who rendered patriotic service during the war, together with a list of casualties. At the period of the Revolutionary War, North Haven, East Haven, West Haven, Orange, Hamden, Mt. Carmel, Woodbridge, Bethany and Westville were included in the district embraced in the jurisdiction of New Haven. The records of the men who served in the Revolutionary War are fragmentary, and from lack of such condensed records, some men from the district embraced in New Haven are possibly not included in the list that follows. From lack of records this is probable of those who served on ships-of-war, cruisers and privateers. It was also found that the same names frequently repeated in different organizations from re-enlistments, and to avoid repetition the following compilition gives the highest recorded rank attained by officers; and those whose names only are given were presumably in the ranks or rendered patriotic service.
Authorities consulted for the names given were:
Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution; Connecticut Historical Society, Vols. VIII and XII; Records of Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; Historical Collections of John W. Barbour; Town Committee of Safety, etc., published in Atwater's History of New Haven; Various Town Histories, and other sources; Compatriot George H. Ford and Mr. Sheldon B. Thorpe of North Haven rendered valuable assistance.
The number of names of soldiers, sailors and patriots given is 998, of which 41 served in the Navy, and on Cruisers and privateers, and names of the latter are in a separate list.
The number of casualties ascertained (killed, died of wounds or disease, and missing) is 61; wounded 23; prisoners 21.
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