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Revolutionary War Veterans

(War of 1812, and NYState Militia Lists,  below)

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NAME: ALLEN, STEPHEN

 

BIRTH: Oct. 24, 1759 in Rhode Island

 

DEATH:  Unknown

 

BURIED:  Unknown

 

INFO:  Drafted on Oct. 20, 1776 in Rhode Island to serve with the Rhode Island State Militia.   Later joined and served with Connecticut State Militia.  While in the service he helped build Fort Banton and Fort Independence.  Later he helped bury the dead at Fort Griswald.  He was discharged on Mar. 16, 1778.  Total active time was 11 months and 8 days.  Information taken from pension papers.

 

 

 

NAME: BAKER, SETH

 

BIRTH: July 14, 1735 in Woodbury, Conn.

 

DEATH:  1822 in Andover, New York

 

BURIED:  Hillside Cemetery Andover, New York

 

INFO:  Enlisted, 1775, in the 7th Connecticut Regiment, 14th Company. Mustered out in winter of 1777. Served 1 year and 9 months. Enlisted as a Pvt. and got out as a Sgt. Taken from family notes, DAR records and pension papers.

 

 

 

NAME:  DIKE, NATHANIAL

 

BIRTH: 

 

DEATH:  1813

 

BURIED:  Dike Cemetery, Elm Valley

 

INFO:  Was a Revolutionary War vet and was under the staff of General Joseph Warren at Boston, Mass. and later on the staff of General George Washington. (History of Allegany Co. 1806-1879  pg. 343

 

 

 

 

NAME:  MEAD, ENOS

 

BIRTH:  June 3, 1761

 

DEATH:  Sept. 5,1838

 

BURIED:  Mead Cemetery, Greenwood Hill

 

INFO: Fought with the state of Conn. He was a corporal. Served 23mo. & 14days. All info came from Alfred State College Library in the Daphne Brownell genealogy papers of Andover and his wife’s pension papers dated May 23, 1846. 

 

 

 

NAME:  THORPE, AUGUSTUS (CAPT.)

 

BIRTH:  1756

 

DEATH: Oct. 14, 1835

 

BURIED:  Hillside Cemetery, Andover

 

INFO:  Fought with Conn., Mass., and N.Y. troops from 1778 to 1783.  Taken from pension files.

 

 

 

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WAR OF 1812 VETS

NAME:   BAKER, JOSEPH  

BIRTH:   Abt. 1772 in Woodbury, Conn.

DEATH:   

BURIED:  

INFO:  Joseph was a Sgt. in the War of 1812 according to Seth Baker's notes page 8.  

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NAME:  BESS, JAMES  

BIRTH:  

DEATH:  

BURIED:  Slocum Cemetery, Davis Hill

INFO:

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NAME: FARRAND, NATHENIEL

BIRTH: 

DEATH:

BURIED:  Slocum Cemetery, Davis Hill  

INFO:  Was a Captain with Co. F, 29th Conn. Militia.  Info taken taken from payroll records.

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NAME:  HENDERSON, WILLIAM Y.

BIRTH:  Sept. 13, 1789

DEATH:  After 1870

BURIED: Somewhere in Andover

INFO:  Played fife in the War of  1812, from the notes of Seth Baker, page 8.

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NAME:  HINCHER, WILLIAM

BIRTH:  April 17, 1780

DEATH:    After 1870

BURIED:  Leonard Cemetery, Elm Valley Road

INFO:    Was an Ensign in "D" Company, in the Battalion of Militia in the County of Genesee, Order of David Davis Esq.  Is a Major Commandant April 1805.  Unknown his length of stay in the Militia.

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NAME:  WESTCOTT, ESICK

BIRTH:

DEATH:  Jan. 19, 1857

BURIED: Hillside Cemetery, Andover

INFO:  Fought with Madison Co. New York.  Info from "Joseph Bledsoe" A Genealogy Researched and Compiled by Daphne Brownell

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NAME:  WOODRUFF, JOSEPH

BIRTH:

DEATH: 

BURIED:

INFO:  Fought in the War of 1812, from the notes of Seth Baker, page 8

New York State Militia

NAME:  HINCHER, HARVEY

BIRTH:  May 4, 1809

DEATH:  Nov. 16, 1880

BURIED:  Leonard Cemetery, Elm Valley Road

INFO:  Was a Pvt. in the 18^th Regiment, 3^rd Brigade, 2^nd Division of Riflemen.  He served under Capt. H. Stevens and Capt. George K. Kirk.  Unknown  his length of stay in the militia. 

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