Headstone Inscriptions
Revolutionary War Soldiers
Cedar Lake Cemetery
BROOKS, Simon, born Saybrook,
1740; died Chester May 9, 1815
Md. (2) Louis Church
Mil: Enl. as Pvt. May 8, 1775, Capt. Ely's Co. 6th Conn.
Regt.; disch. Oct. 11, 1775; enl. July 1776, Capt. Steven's Co.,
Col. Samuel Parsons' Bn.; served under Gen. Gates at
Ticonderoga; ret. Nov. 1776; enl. Oct. 6, 1777, Capt. Bristol's
Co., Col. Whiting's 4th Conn. Regt. Militia; served at
Peekskill, Oct. 1777; disch. Dec. 6, 1777. |
BUSNELL, Francis, born 1753;
died Apr. 5, 1816
Mil: Member of Capt. DanPlatt's Co., 7th Regt. |
FARGO, Samuel, born May 11,
1761; died Feb. 27, 1846
Md. Hannah Caulkins,
Mil: Enl. Aug. 9, 1762; mustered in Sept. 8, 1762 as pvt.;
promoted to Sergt. Feb. 27, 1763; Capt. May 3, 1763,
Chancellorsville, Va., par. May 14, 1763; mustered out Jun. 13,
1765. |
LEWIS, Andrew, born 1762;
died Mar. 10, 1836
Mil: Member Capt. Ely's Co. |
PARKER, John, born Jun. 17,
1758; d. Aug. 4, 1839;
Mil: Pvt. with Capt. Martin Kirtland Co., Col. Erastus
Wolcott's New London Regt. Feb. 28, 1777; Pvt. Capt. Kirtland's
Co., Col. R. J. Meigs' Regt. May 22, 1777 to May 20, 1780. |
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