Headstone Inscriptions
Revolutionary War Soldiers
Old Cemetery
Town of Colchester

BIGELOW, Jonathan, born Colchester, Aug. 10, 1740; died Jan. 13, 1823 s/o  Asa & Dorothy (Otis) Bigelow. Md:  May 24, 1759, Elizabeth Otis, d/o James & Sarah (Tudor) Otis. Children:  Delight 1759; Dorothy 1761; James 1764; Elsey 1766; Betsey 1768; Sarah Tudor 1771; Eunice 1773; Jonathan 1775. Mil:  Served with Lieut. Dudley Wright's Co.

BREED, John, born 1753; died May 2, 1803 Mil:  Served 12th Co., 3rd Rdgt.

CLARK, Ezra, born 1760; died Feb. 9, 1826 Mil:  Was a pensioner of 1818

DAY, Jacob, born 1754; died Mar. 28, 1777 Mil:  Served with 9th Co. 12th Regt.

DEMING, Johathan, b. No. Lyme, Feb. 29, 1743; died Colchester Mar. 1, 1788 s/o David & Mehitable (Champion) Deming.  Was Capt., 2nd Light Horse Regt. Children:  David 1768; Mary 1770; David 1773, Betsey 1775; Mary 1777, Alice 1778. Md:  Colchester, Dec. 30, 1767, Alice Skinner, d/o Rev. Thomas & Mary (Thompson) Skinner. Mil:  Retired as Major

FOOTE, Ambrose, born Jul. 15, 1751; died Apr. 3, 1836 s/o Jeremiah & Ruhamah (Northan) Foote. Md:  Dec. 13, 1781, Anna Foote, dau. Hosea Foote Children:  David 1782; Justin 1786; Ralph 1788; Eunice 1790; Olive 1803 Mil:  Received a Pension

FOOTE, Stephen, born April 29, 1734 at Colchester; died May 2, 1790 s/o  Samuel & Abigail (Kellogg) Gillett Md:  Mar. 27, 1760, Lydia Pinneo, d/o James Pinneo of Lebanon Children:  Mary 1761; Caleb 1762; Joyce 1764; Samuel 1766; Eliphalet 1768; Lydia 1770; Luna 1772; Alvin 1774; Betsey 1780 Mil:  Served with Capt. Seth Holmes 2nd Co., 25th Regt.

GILLETT, Eliphilet, born Apr. 29, 1734 at Colchester; died May 2, 1790 s/o Samuel & Abigail (Kellogg) Gillett Md:  Mar. 27, 1760, Lydia Pinneo, d/o James Pinneo of Lebanon Children:  Mary 1761; Caleb 1762; Joyce 1764; Samuel 1766; Eliphalet 1768; Lydia 1770; Luna 1772; Alvin 1774; Betsey 1780. Mil:  Served with Capt. Seth Holmes 2nd Co., 25th Regt.

GILLETT, Joseph, born Aug. 29, 1758; died Apr. 29, 1838 s/o of Joseph & Abigail (Kellogg) Gillett. Md:  Jun. 10, 1783, Sarah Root of Hebron Children:  Theodosia 1784; Patience 1786; Joseph 1789; Sarah 1792; Asa 1793; Mary 1796; Aaron 1800; Harvey 1802 Mil:  Served with 3rd Co. 12th Regt.

GUSTIN, Walter, born 1749; died May 17, 1824 Mil:  Served with Capt. Amos Jones Co., Col. Latimer's Regt.

ISHAM, Joseph, born Colchester, Oct. 15, 1735; died Colchester Nov. 1, 1810 s/o Joseph & Susannah (Swift) Isham. Md: (1) Colchester, Jan. 17, 1765, Sarah Bulkeley, d/o Gershom & Abigail (Robbins) Bulkeley Md: (2) May 18 1774, Ester Taintor, d/o John & Esther (Clark) Taintor Children:  Alfred 1765; Daniel 1767; Alfred 1769; Sarah 1771; Ralph 1776; Sally 1796; Roger 1797; Charles 1799. Mil:  Was Capt. in charge of Commissary under Q. M. General Champlin

ISHAM, Joseph, born Colchester, Mar. 28, 1762; died Hebron Aug. 22, 1837 s/o  Daniel & Catherine (Foote) Isham Md:  Sep. 28, 1790, Lois Blish, d/o John & Abigail Blish. Children:  Dan 1791; David 1793; Sarah 1795; Edward 1799; Mary 1801; Henry 1803; Joseph 1805; Lois 1806. Mil:  Served with Capt. Wells' Co., Conn. Line.

JOHNSON, Joseph, born Colchester, Jun. 17, 1750; died Nov. 17, 1808 Md:  Jerusha Foote Mil: Enl. in militia as Corp. in 1775 in Capt. wells' Co. from Canterbury.

JUDD, Daniel, Sr., born Oct. 10, 1724; died Oct. 25, 1807 Md:  (1) Lydia Jones Md:  (2) Hannah Hinkley Mil:  He joined the militia and was at siege of Boston in Capt. Trowbridge's Co.  In 1777 he enl. for  3 yrs.  In 1781 he was wounded at Fort Griswold when it was attacked.  He rolled down the embankment into the Thames river but was rescued by comrades who returned to bury the dead.

JUDD, Ephraim, born 1760; died Mar. 23, 1786 Mil:  Served in Capt. Champion's Co., Col. Wylly's Regt.

KELLOGG, Samuel, born 1738; died Nov. 24, 1825 Md:  Elizabeth Latrop Mil:  Served with the 7th Co., 12th Regt.

MUNN, BEnjamin, 1754; died Feb. 7, 1822 Mil:  Served with 3rd Co., 12th Regt.

MUNN, Isaih, born 1740; died Sep. 23, 1799. Mil:  Served with 4th Regt. under Capt. Andrew Pitch

OTIS, John T., born 1756; died Dec. 3, 1833 Mil:  Served with Capt. Amos Jones' Co., Col. Latimer's Regt.

PRATT, Daniel, born 1757; died May 9, 1806. Mil:  Served with Capt. Amos Jones' Co., Col. Latimer's Regt.

RANSOM, James, born Colchester, Mar. 3, 1713; died Feb. 8 1779 s/o Robert & Alice (Newton) Ransom Md:  Sarah Treadway Children:  Elias 1736; Jonas 1738; Amasa 1741; Alice 1743; Asahel 1746; Lois 1748 Mil:  Served with 8th Co., in Col. Joseph Spencer's Regt.

SKINNER, Thomas, born Colchester, May 31, 1741; died Aug. 7, 1796 Md: Apr. 2, 1788 - Jerusha Christopher, d/o John & Jerusha (gardiner) Christopher Mil: 8th Conn. Line Regt. - Surgeon; member of the Cincinnati

STRONG, Zebulon, born ca 1740; died Sep. 11, 1805 Mil: Capt. Z. Hungerford's Co., Col. McCallallan's Regt.

TAYLOR, Joseph, born Nov. 8, 1739; died Jan. 19, 1816 Mil: Served 1777 for 3 years in Capt. Wright's Co. for frontier duty & under Col. Sheldon for sea coast defense

WATROUS, John R., born Mar. 16, 1754; died Colchester, Dec. 13, 1842, Md: (1) Lydia Wright; (2) Louisa Woodbridge; (3) Lucretia Ransom Mil: 1775 Surgeons Mate in Col. Spencer's Regt. and was Surgeon from 1777 to close of war; was Pensioner.

WELLS, Amos, Jr., born ca 1759; died Nov. 18, 1782 Mil: 8th Connecticut Regt., in Capt. Hodges' Co.

WELLS, Amos, born Feb. 28, 1735; died Aug. 24, 1801 Md: (1) Lydia Treasdway; (2) Rebecca ____ Mil: 6th Regt.

WELLS, Martin, born ca 1743; died May 13, 1819 Mil: 7th Regt; 12th Regt.

WILLIAMS, Daniel, born ca. 1757 Colchester; died May 21, 1844 Colchester; s/o Wells & Joanna (Loomis) Williams Md: Dec. 4, 1780, Asenath Day, d/o Joseph & Susannah Day Children: Elu, 1781; Jonathan, 1783; Hannah, 1784; Daniel, 1789; Asenath, 1791; Susannah, 1793; Esther, 1795; Rhoda, 1797; Joseph Day, 1799; Justus Weeks, 1801. Mil: 5th Co., 25th Regt.

WILLIAMS, Frederick, born ca. 1760; died May 19, 1829 Mil:  Pensioner 1818

WILLIAMS, Peleg, born Mar. 26, 1753 at Groton; died Sep. 15, 1823 at Groton Md: Margery Morgan Mil: Capt. Ralph Stoddard's Co., 8th Militia Regt.

WORTHINGTON, Asa, born Oct. 1, 1755; died Nov. 13, 1822, s/o Elias & Rhoda (Chamberlain) Worthington Md: Lavinia Kellogg Mil: turned out from Colchester & was in siege of Boston & at battle of Bunker Hill; served as clerk under Capt. Amos Jones at Lexington alarm; was sergt, 1775 under Capt. Levi Wells of Colchester

WORTHINGTON, Elijah, born at Colchester, Jan. 1, 1736; died Colchester, Jul. 15, 1797, s/o Elijah & Mary (Wells) Worthington Md:  Apr. 29, 1756, Anna Lovet, d/o Rev. Joseph Lovet Children: Elizabeth, 1757; Molly, 1758; Erastus, 1761; Elijah, 1765; Joseph; Justin; Anna, 1775; Artemas, 1777 Mil:  Turned out for the Lexington Alarm

WRIGHT, Ariziah, born Colchester, Jun. 28, 1749; died Colchester Sep. 22, 1828, s/o Dudley & Dimmis Wright Mil: Sergt, 3rd Co., 12th Regt.

WRIGHT, Dudley, Born Colchester, Apr. 6, 1717; died Colchester Jun. 11, 1806, s/o Joseph Wright Md:  Sep. 9, 1744, Demise Loomis Children:  Abigail, 1746; Azariah, 1749; Dimmis, 1757; Dudley, 1753; Loomis, 1755; Lydia, 1761; Sophia, 1765. Mil:  Lt. Col. Wyllys' Regt.

WRIGHT, John, born Colchester, May 27, 1745; died Jun. 6, 1826, s/o Timothy & Mehitable Wright Md:  Ruth Robinson Mil:  Capt. Robert Warner's Co. & turned out from Granville at Lexington Alarm; served as Lieutenant under Capt. Israel Coton; commanded Co. in battle of White Plains, Trenton, Germantown & Monmouth;

WRIGHT, Joseph, born Colchester, Jun. 13, 1736; died Apr. 1819, s/o Timothy & Mehitable Wright (apparently twin to Miles) Mil:  Served in Capt. Durkee's Co., 1st Regt.

WRIGHT, Miles, born Colchester, Jun. 13, 1736; died Jul. 24, 1788, s/o Timothy & Mehitable Wright (apparently twin to Joseph) Mil:  Served with 8th Regt., 1780

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