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Headstone Inscriptions
Revolutionary War Soldiers
Old Columbia Cemetery
Town of Columbia
 BREWSTER, Samuel,
born Columbia, 1747; died May 8, 1837
Mil: Served in First Regt. under Col. Durkee |
BROCKWAY, Thomas,
Rev., Born Lyme, Jan. 20, 1745; died Lyme, July 5, 1807
s/o William & Hannah (Clark);
Education: Yale 1768
Md: Dec. 18, 1772, Eunice Lathrop, born Norwich,
Sept. 13, 1753, d/o Elijah & Susanna (Lord) Lathrop of Norwich
Mil: Chaplin Col. Sheldon's Regt.; served 4th
Brigade in New York campaign. |
BROWN, Nathaniel, born Madison; died Madison
Md: Polly
Mil: Ensign with Capt. Lyon's Co.; placed on
pension roll in 1818, aged 62 for 1 years actual service in
Conn. Line. |
CHAPMAN, Zachariah,
born East Haddam, Aug. 2, 1740; died Columbia July 16, 1829
s/o Caleb & Elizabeth (Church) Chapman
Education: Yale 1763
Md: July 19, 1768, Isabella Stanton, from Barbadoes
Children: Sarah 1768; James 1773; Clarissa 1774;
Daniel 1775; Charles 1776; Phebe Ann 1778; Elizabeth 1781;
Isabella 1787
Mil: was militiaman Co. Canfield's Regt. Conn.
troops. |
CLARK, Gideon,
Born Lebanon, Apr. 16, 1759; died Lebanon, Jan. 2, 1835
Md: April 10, 1788, Jemima Newcomb, b. Oct. 24,
1756, d. Colchester Oct. 31, 1844, d/o Peter & Hannah (English)
Newcomb
Children: Dorothy 1788; Chester 1790; Orren 1792;
Hannah 1793; Lucy 1795; Charles 1797.
Mil: Drafted 1776, Capt. Daniel Dewey's Co., Col.
Obadiah Horsfield Regt.; employed 1777 for 6 mos. as pvt. Conn.
Line |
CLARK, Samuel,
born Columbia 1752; died May 28, 1785
Mil: Ensign Capt. Horton's Co. |
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GUILD, Samuel,
born ca 1750; died July 29, 1831; served with Capt. Pinneo's Co. |
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HOLBROOK, John,
born ca 1736; died May 6, 1815; served with Capt. Hill's Co.;
1/2 days training. |
HUNT, Elijah,
born ca. 1750; died May 6, 1815
Mil: Served with Capt. Hill's Co.; 1/2 days
training |
LOOMIS, Asa, Born
Lebanon, Apr. 2, 1750; died Columbia, Jan. 30, 1805;
s/o Ezekiel & Elizabeth (Colton) Loomis
Md: Mary Stanton
Children: 2
Mil: Lexington Alarm 1775, Capt. James Clark's 6th
Co. |
LOOMIS, Asahel,
born Lebanon, Nov. 23, 1738; died Jun. 25, 1798
s/o Benoni & Hannah (Woodward) Loomis
Md: Jun. 23, 1763, Mary Sims who died Mar. 19, 1786
Children: 1
Mil: Col. Welles Regt. |
LOOMIS, Joel,
born Lebanon, Jan. 4, 1744; died Columbia Feb. 2, 1825
s/o Benoni & Hannah (Woodward) Loomis
Md: Hadlyme, Jemima Seldon, born Sep. 3, 1757; died
Mar. 28, 1828, d/o Col. Samuel & Elizabeth (Ely) Selden
Children: 5
Mil: Drummer; 1/2 days training 1775 |
LOOMIS, Benoni,
born Labanon, Jan. 3, 1749; died Jan. 11, 1811
s/o Benoni & Hannah (Woodward) Loomis
Md: (1) Grace Parsons, died Feb. 2, 1801
Md: (2) Esther Crocker, died Aug. 27, 1817
Mil: Served Capt. James Clark's Co.; Corp. in Capt.
Pinneo's Co. |
LOOMIS, Benoni,
born Mar. 30, 1715; died Lebanon, Jun. 28, 1789
s/o Joseph & Sarah (Bissell) Loomis;
Md: Nov. 5, 1735, Hannah Woodward, died May 15,
1786
Children: 8
Mil: Lexington Alarm |
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LYMAN, Benjamin,
born ca 1744; died Nov. 16, 1804 |
NEWCOMB, Joseph,
Born Lebanon, May 3, 1762; died there Apr. 26, 1814
s/o Peter & Hannah (English) Newcomb
Md: 1786 Elizabeth MArtin, born ca. 1762, died May
5, 1814
Children: 8
Mil: served 3 years in Rev. |
PINEO, James,
Born ca. 1734; died Jun. 24, 1824
s/o Capt. James & Jerusha (Strong) Pineo
Mil: Was appointed to enlist troops & to show no
favors he drafted his own son, Joseph, 16 years old,;
Public office: served as deputy in 1778, and until
his death, as moderator at town meetings at Lebanon |
PORTER, John,
born ca 1734; died Apr. 9, 1813
Md. June 19, 1805, Esther Fuller
Mil: Served with Capt. Water's Co., also at the
Lexington Alarm |
RICHARDSON, Eleazer,
born ca. 1736; died Aug. 31, 1787;
Mil: Served with Capt. William Moulton's Co. |
RICHARDSON, Eleaner,
born ca. 1765; died Feb. 28, 1798
Mil: with Capt. Moulton's Co. (C. R. 573) |
STRONG, David,
born ca. 1759; died Jul. 15, 1855;
Mil: Served with Capt. James Dana's Co. |
WEST, Samuel,
born Lebanon, 1743; died Columbia Jan. 10, 1835
Md: Sarah Hunt
Mil: Seved with Capt. David Dewey's Co.; Minute man
from Lebanon at Lexington Alarm; At age 90 yrs, placed on
pension roll of 1832 of Tolland county for services as Sgt. in
Conn. Line; |
WHITE, Nathaniel,
Born ca 1716; died May 8, 1802
Mil: Served with Capt. James Clark's 6th Co., Col.
Israel Putnam's 3rd Regt. |
WILLIAMS, John,
Born ca. 1752; died Oct. 20, 1826
Mil: Served with Capt. James Clark's Co. (C.
R. 15) |
WOODWARD, James,
Born ca. 1733; died Aug. 15, 1812
Mil: Served with Capt. James Pineo's Co., Col.
Hosford's Regt. |
WRIGHT, Frederick,
born ca. 1758; died Feb. 18, 1802
Mil: Served with Capt. Edgerton's Co. (C. R. 556) |
WRIGHT, Charles,
Born Columbia 1761; died Columbia, Jan. 28, 1821
Mil: #nl. 1777 in Continental Troops under Capt.
William Richards & Col. Jedediah Huntington; engaged in battles
of Germantown & Monmouth; applied & received pension 1819;
Stationed at West Point, where he was discharged 1780. |
YEOMANS, Edward,
Born ca. 1760; died Aug. 5, 1840
Md: Columbia, Oct. 10, 1827, Gratia Newell
Mil: Pension rolls, Tolland Co., 1832. |
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