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Headstone Inscriptions
Revolutionary War Soldiers
Linwood Cemetery
Town of Colchester
 BIGELOW,
Asa, b. Colchester, May 12, 1755; died Colchester, Jul. 28,
1830.
Md. Feb. 5, 1783, Lydia Newton
Children: Lydia 1783, Guy 1785, Sally 1787, Lydia 1789,
Louisa 1792, Asa 1794, Clarissa 1797, George N. 1799, Ann Eliza
1802, Abby 1708, Mary Louisa 1806.
Mil: At ca. age 21 he was drafted, went on a short
campaign & received appointment as Sergt. Afterward, as
an ass't commissary under Chaplin, the Commissary General, he
went several times into N.J., Pa., & Va. He turned out at
the Lexington Alarm. |
BROWN,
Oliver, born 1749; died May 23, 1823
Mil: Served with 7th Co., 12th Regt. |
FOOTE,
Stephen, Born Colchester, Jan. 10, 1758; died Mar. 26, 1843.
s/o Daniel & Margaret Foote
Md. Colchester Nov. 16, 1786, Hannah Waterman, d/o Nehemiah
Waterman of Bozrah.
Children: Alfred 1787, Daniel 1789, Sarah Isham 1791, Eli
1793, William Henry 1794, Susannah 1796.
Mil: Was on pension roll of 1812. |
NEWTON,
Israel, born Feb. 27, 1725; died Jun. 19, 1808
s/o James & Susannah (Wyat) Newton
Mil: Served with the 5th Co., 25th Regt. |
SMITH,
Frederick, born 1762, died at Kerkimer, NY Jul. 20, 1850.
Mil: Served several short enlistments in Tryon Co., N.Y.
Militia. His widow received Pension |
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