wife of William Bradway
D.A.R. marker
She was the daughter of Revolutionary War Patriot Allen Bosworth of CT
From Daughter of the American Revolution Magazine, Vol 52, no. 1, January 1918, page 149-150
'The Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter, D.A.R., is very proud to have upon its roll of one of the three Real Daughters in the Connecticut Chapters.
Mrs. Sarah Bradway was born April 30, 1818, in the town of Eastford, Connecticut. Her father, Allen Bosworth, enlisted in the Revolutionary War in Ashford, Connecticut, and the records of his service follows:
June 20, 1776 -- Private in Captain Stephen Lyon's company, Colonel John Chester's Connecticut Regiment; in battles at Long Island, White Plains, Fort Washington, and Frog's Point. Six Months.
May to October 1778 -- Captain John Summer's company, in the battle of Rhode Island.
May 1780 -- Captain Benjamin Summer's company.
Mr. Bosworth had eleven children, of whom Mrs. Bradway is the only survivor. She was the child of a second marriage. Her mother, Sarah Harwood, who was married to Mr. Bosworth in 1802, came of a well-known Sutton (Mass.) family, being the youngest child of Ezra Harwood and Lydia Hiscock. She was born in September 1776.
Mr. Bosworth died on March 18, 1831, and was buried in the old Eastford Cemetery, where on his daughter's 98th birthday, his grave was marked by the Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter. In 1856 Mrs. Sarah Harwood Bosworth, then 80 years old received 160 acres of land on account of her husband's services. Mrs. Bradway, nearing her hundredth birthday, retains her faculties to a remarkable degree, for though her eyesight is impaired, she can hear well, has a clear memory of long past and recent events, and is most interesting talker.
Since she became a member of the Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter, it has become fixed custom for members of the Chapter, usually a large number, to visit her upon her birthday, making it a real gala day. Indeed, it is they who are indebted to her, for many are the stories she tells of the olden days.
She remembers how at the age of three years she commenced going to school, being carried on horseback with an older sister by her father a distance of 1 1/4 miles. Wagons were not in common use in those times. In the winter, the six brothers would draw little Sarah and her older sister on a sled which they made themselves, and great fun they had even when the snow was deep, for dressed in their warm
homespun clothes they cared little for the cold.
The brothers were very proud of their raccoon fur caps, which they tanned and fashioned for themselves. Her mother spun and wove the flax into linen which was made into sheets, pillow cases, and underwear for the whole family.
Wool from the sheep's back she also carded and wove into cloth which furnished their heavier clothing for the father and the children. But notwithstanding all the necessary work, she often found time to take the two younger children with her on horseback to visit her old home twenty miles away.
The following is related by Mrs. Bradway:
"Well do I remember as regularly as Sunday came all the family attended church, my father entering the church by the door reserved for men, followed by my brothers, all sitting on the side with the men, while my mother entered in the door reserved for women and girls, followed by my sister and myself, sitting on the opposite side with the women and the girls. The 'Moderator' sat on a high seat and called the people to order in loud tones if any dared to smile or whisper. The 'Tithing' man, too, was on the alert, and if any person presumed to walk past the church he was called to account and had to pay tithes for traveling on Sunday. When my father became too feeble to attend church the church people would often hold meetings in my home for his benefit."
Truly, the Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter is looking forward with rare pleasure to celebrating this year the 200th anniversary of the birth of Israel Putnam and the 100th birthday of its honored Real Daughter.'
D.A.R. marker
She was the daughter of Revolutionary War Patriot Allen Bosworth of CT
From Daughter of the American Revolution Magazine, Vol 52, no. 1, January 1918, page 149-150
'The Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter, D.A.R., is very proud to have upon its roll of one of the three Real Daughters in the Connecticut Chapters.
Mrs. Sarah Bradway was born April 30, 1818, in the town of Eastford, Connecticut. Her father, Allen Bosworth, enlisted in the Revolutionary War in Ashford, Connecticut, and the records of his service follows:
June 20, 1776 -- Private in Captain Stephen Lyon's company, Colonel John Chester's Connecticut Regiment; in battles at Long Island, White Plains, Fort Washington, and Frog's Point. Six Months.
May to October 1778 -- Captain John Summer's company, in the battle of Rhode Island.
May 1780 -- Captain Benjamin Summer's company.
Mr. Bosworth had eleven children, of whom Mrs. Bradway is the only survivor. She was the child of a second marriage. Her mother, Sarah Harwood, who was married to Mr. Bosworth in 1802, came of a well-known Sutton (Mass.) family, being the youngest child of Ezra Harwood and Lydia Hiscock. She was born in September 1776.
Mr. Bosworth died on March 18, 1831, and was buried in the old Eastford Cemetery, where on his daughter's 98th birthday, his grave was marked by the Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter. In 1856 Mrs. Sarah Harwood Bosworth, then 80 years old received 160 acres of land on account of her husband's services. Mrs. Bradway, nearing her hundredth birthday, retains her faculties to a remarkable degree, for though her eyesight is impaired, she can hear well, has a clear memory of long past and recent events, and is most interesting talker.
Since she became a member of the Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter, it has become fixed custom for members of the Chapter, usually a large number, to visit her upon her birthday, making it a real gala day. Indeed, it is they who are indebted to her, for many are the stories she tells of the olden days.
She remembers how at the age of three years she commenced going to school, being carried on horseback with an older sister by her father a distance of 1 1/4 miles. Wagons were not in common use in those times. In the winter, the six brothers would draw little Sarah and her older sister on a sled which they made themselves, and great fun they had even when the snow was deep, for dressed in their warm
homespun clothes they cared little for the cold.
The brothers were very proud of their raccoon fur caps, which they tanned and fashioned for themselves. Her mother spun and wove the flax into linen which was made into sheets, pillow cases, and underwear for the whole family.
Wool from the sheep's back she also carded and wove into cloth which furnished their heavier clothing for the father and the children. But notwithstanding all the necessary work, she often found time to take the two younger children with her on horseback to visit her old home twenty miles away.
The following is related by Mrs. Bradway:
"Well do I remember as regularly as Sunday came all the family attended church, my father entering the church by the door reserved for men, followed by my brothers, all sitting on the side with the men, while my mother entered in the door reserved for women and girls, followed by my sister and myself, sitting on the opposite side with the women and the girls. The 'Moderator' sat on a high seat and called the people to order in loud tones if any dared to smile or whisper. The 'Tithing' man, too, was on the alert, and if any person presumed to walk past the church he was called to account and had to pay tithes for traveling on Sunday. When my father became too feeble to attend church the church people would often hold meetings in my home for his benefit."
Truly, the Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter is looking forward with rare pleasure to celebrating this year the 200th anniversary of the birth of Israel Putnam and the 100th birthday of its honored Real Daughter.'
wife of William Bradway
D.A.R. marker
She was the daughter of Revolutionary War Patriot Allen Bosworth of CT
From Daughter of the American Revolution Magazine, Vol 52, no. 1, January 1918, page 149-150
'The Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter, D.A.R., is very proud to have upon its roll of one of the three Real Daughters in the Connecticut Chapters.
Mrs. Sarah Bradway was born April 30, 1818, in the town of Eastford, Connecticut. Her father, Allen Bosworth, enlisted in the Revolutionary War in Ashford, Connecticut, and the records of his service follows:
June 20, 1776 -- Private in Captain Stephen Lyon's company, Colonel John Chester's Connecticut Regiment; in battles at Long Island, White Plains, Fort Washington, and Frog's Point. Six Months.
May to October 1778 -- Captain John Summer's company, in the battle of Rhode Island.
May 1780 -- Captain Benjamin Summer's company.
Mr. Bosworth had eleven children, of whom Mrs. Bradway is the only survivor. She was the child of a second marriage. Her mother, Sarah Harwood, who was married to Mr. Bosworth in 1802, came of a well-known Sutton (Mass.) family, being the youngest child of Ezra Harwood and Lydia Hiscock. She was born in September 1776.
Mr. Bosworth died on March 18, 1831, and was buried in the old Eastford Cemetery, where on his daughter's 98th birthday, his grave was marked by the Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter. In 1856 Mrs. Sarah Harwood Bosworth, then 80 years old received 160 acres of land on account of her husband's services. Mrs. Bradway, nearing her hundredth birthday, retains her faculties to a remarkable degree, for though her eyesight is impaired, she can hear well, has a clear memory of long past and recent events, and is most interesting talker.
Since she became a member of the Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter, it has become fixed custom for members of the Chapter, usually a large number, to visit her upon her birthday, making it a real gala day. Indeed, it is they who are indebted to her, for many are the stories she tells of the olden days.
She remembers how at the age of three years she commenced going to school, being carried on horseback with an older sister by her father a distance of 1 1/4 miles. Wagons were not in common use in those times. In the winter, the six brothers would draw little Sarah and her older sister on a sled which they made themselves, and great fun they had even when the snow was deep, for dressed in their warm
homespun clothes they cared little for the cold.
The brothers were very proud of their raccoon fur caps, which they tanned and fashioned for themselves. Her mother spun and wove the flax into linen which was made into sheets, pillow cases, and underwear for the whole family.
Wool from the sheep's back she also carded and wove into cloth which furnished their heavier clothing for the father and the children. But notwithstanding all the necessary work, she often found time to take the two younger children with her on horseback to visit her old home twenty miles away.
The following is related by Mrs. Bradway:
"Well do I remember as regularly as Sunday came all the family attended church, my father entering the church by the door reserved for men, followed by my brothers, all sitting on the side with the men, while my mother entered in the door reserved for women and girls, followed by my sister and myself, sitting on the opposite side with the women and the girls. The 'Moderator' sat on a high seat and called the people to order in loud tones if any dared to smile or whisper. The 'Tithing' man, too, was on the alert, and if any person presumed to walk past the church he was called to account and had to pay tithes for traveling on Sunday. When my father became too feeble to attend church the church people would often hold meetings in my home for his benefit."
Truly, the Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter is looking forward with rare pleasure to celebrating this year the 200th anniversary of the birth of Israel Putnam and the 100th birthday of its honored Real Daughter.'
D.A.R. marker
She was the daughter of Revolutionary War Patriot Allen Bosworth of CT
From Daughter of the American Revolution Magazine, Vol 52, no. 1, January 1918, page 149-150
'The Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter, D.A.R., is very proud to have upon its roll of one of the three Real Daughters in the Connecticut Chapters.
Mrs. Sarah Bradway was born April 30, 1818, in the town of Eastford, Connecticut. Her father, Allen Bosworth, enlisted in the Revolutionary War in Ashford, Connecticut, and the records of his service follows:
June 20, 1776 -- Private in Captain Stephen Lyon's company, Colonel John Chester's Connecticut Regiment; in battles at Long Island, White Plains, Fort Washington, and Frog's Point. Six Months.
May to October 1778 -- Captain John Summer's company, in the battle of Rhode Island.
May 1780 -- Captain Benjamin Summer's company.
Mr. Bosworth had eleven children, of whom Mrs. Bradway is the only survivor. She was the child of a second marriage. Her mother, Sarah Harwood, who was married to Mr. Bosworth in 1802, came of a well-known Sutton (Mass.) family, being the youngest child of Ezra Harwood and Lydia Hiscock. She was born in September 1776.
Mr. Bosworth died on March 18, 1831, and was buried in the old Eastford Cemetery, where on his daughter's 98th birthday, his grave was marked by the Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter. In 1856 Mrs. Sarah Harwood Bosworth, then 80 years old received 160 acres of land on account of her husband's services. Mrs. Bradway, nearing her hundredth birthday, retains her faculties to a remarkable degree, for though her eyesight is impaired, she can hear well, has a clear memory of long past and recent events, and is most interesting talker.
Since she became a member of the Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter, it has become fixed custom for members of the Chapter, usually a large number, to visit her upon her birthday, making it a real gala day. Indeed, it is they who are indebted to her, for many are the stories she tells of the olden days.
She remembers how at the age of three years she commenced going to school, being carried on horseback with an older sister by her father a distance of 1 1/4 miles. Wagons were not in common use in those times. In the winter, the six brothers would draw little Sarah and her older sister on a sled which they made themselves, and great fun they had even when the snow was deep, for dressed in their warm
homespun clothes they cared little for the cold.
The brothers were very proud of their raccoon fur caps, which they tanned and fashioned for themselves. Her mother spun and wove the flax into linen which was made into sheets, pillow cases, and underwear for the whole family.
Wool from the sheep's back she also carded and wove into cloth which furnished their heavier clothing for the father and the children. But notwithstanding all the necessary work, she often found time to take the two younger children with her on horseback to visit her old home twenty miles away.
The following is related by Mrs. Bradway:
"Well do I remember as regularly as Sunday came all the family attended church, my father entering the church by the door reserved for men, followed by my brothers, all sitting on the side with the men, while my mother entered in the door reserved for women and girls, followed by my sister and myself, sitting on the opposite side with the women and the girls. The 'Moderator' sat on a high seat and called the people to order in loud tones if any dared to smile or whisper. The 'Tithing' man, too, was on the alert, and if any person presumed to walk past the church he was called to account and had to pay tithes for traveling on Sunday. When my father became too feeble to attend church the church people would often hold meetings in my home for his benefit."
Truly, the Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter is looking forward with rare pleasure to celebrating this year the 200th anniversary of the birth of Israel Putnam and the 100th birthday of its honored Real Daughter.'
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