| Birth: | Oct. 23, 1762
Preston
New London County
Connecticut, USA | | Death: | Aug. 8, 1851 | 
Samuel was the 6th of 10 children (3rd son) born of Samuel Coit (1733-1896) and his wife Mercy Clark (1727-1800). His siblings were: Sarah (1755-1826), Mercy (1756-1790), Jeremiah (1757-1757), Solomon (1759-1776), Bethany (b. 1760), Joseph (b. 1764), James (b. 1768), Mary (b. 1770), and Clark (1772-1844).
Samuel, at the age of 19 years, entered Captain James Averil's (3rd) Company of the Town of Preston, New London County, Connecticut, Colonel Nathan Gallup's 27th Regiment, of Connecticut Militia, as a Private, June 6, 1781 and served 3 days. Captain Averil's Company marched to Fort Griswault on Groton Heiths. This alarm occurred at the time of the burning of New London, New London County, Connecticut and the massacre of the garrison of Fort Griswold on Groton Heights, on the opposite bank of the river, by the British forces led by Benedict Arnold.
Samuel married, June 25, 1785, in Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont, Mary Burton by whom he had 9 children: James b. 1789), Daniel (b. 1792), Blily (1795-1800), Mary (b. 1797), Bethany (b. 1799), Daniel (b. 1801), William (b. 1803), Zebina (1805-1886), and Daphne (1808-1849).
Reference:
(1) "The Coit Family; or the Descendants of John Coit," by F. W. Chapman, 1874, Pgs. 62 and 122
(2) "The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service during the War of the Revolution 1775-1783." by Henry P. Johnston, 1889, Pgs. 441, 587 and 627
(3) "A History of Norwich Vermont" by M. E. Goddard, 1905, Pgs. 89-90 and 187-188
Inscription:
Capt.
Samuel Coit,
Died
Aug. 8, 1851.
in the 89 year of
his age.
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Capt. Coit was at the
bloody massacre of
Groton, CT. 1781.
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Fairview Cemetery
Norwich
Windsor County
Vermont, USA |
Created by: Chazmanbsr
Record added: Sep 24, 2008
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