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Nero Hawley

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Nero Hawley

Birth
Death
30 Jan 1817 (aged 74–75)
Connecticut, USA
Burial
Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.247531, Longitude: -73.1954115
Memorial ID
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Revolutionary War
Granger Co., 2d Conn Regt
age 75

a former slave whose story is told in the book "From Valley Forge to Freedom"

[Nero and Peg had seven children together. Their grandsons, Grant and Peter Hawley, were trustees of the Zion Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in 1835 when the church bought land to build a church.
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Revolutionary War
Granger Co., 2d Conn Regt
age 75

a former slave whose story is told in the book "From Valley Forge to Freedom"

[Nero and Peg had seven children together. Their grandsons, Grant and Peter Hawley, were trustees of the Zion Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in 1835 when the church bought land to build a church.
Contributor: DAR EW America 250! (50827790)]

Inscription

"Revolutionary War Nero Hawley Granger Co. 2d Conn Regt. Died Jan. 30, 1817 Age 75"

"Nero Hawley made bricks at the kiln where these bricks were made about 1/2 mile north of here at the clay pits. Circa 1776-1800"



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  • Created by: Jan Franco
  • Added: Feb 21, 2005
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10506763/nero-hawley: accessed ), memorial page for Nero Hawley (1742–30 Jan 1817), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10506763, citing Riverside Cemetery, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834).