Congressman; Revolutionary War General; Author
Served in the third Massachusetts provincial congress and was appointed to the committee of supplies on 22 June 1775. In January 1776 he became colonel of a Massachusetts regiment and subsequently participated in the Canadian campaign. Porter left the Continental army in August 1776 on account of illness, but the following year he commanded a regiment of Hampshire County militia at Saratoga.
Colonel Porter graduated from Harvard College in 1761. His wife was Sarah Jewett. They were married in 1762 and had at least one daughter, Sarah and one son Samuel, who married Lucy Hubbard. In 1775, Elisha was commissioned Sheriff of Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
As Colonel of a Hampshire Co. regt., he marched on the alarm of 19 Apr 1775, appointed field officer of the guard, and field officer of fatigue for May 16, 1775 and was discharged 1 Jun 1775. A ballot by the House of Representatives, 19 Jan 1776, chose him Colonel of a regiment to be raised in Hampshire and Berkshire counties to reinforce the Continental Army in Canada. The House of Representatives, dated 30 Jun 1777, next appointed him Colonel, 4th Hampshire Co. Regt. of Mass. militia, commissioned 1 Jul 1777. At the Battle of Saratoga, October 1777, he was Colonel, commanding 4th Hampshire Co., MA Reg., Gen. Fellows Brigade; from 24 Sep to 17 Oct 1777, marching to reinforce army at request of Gen. Gates.
He was appointed Colonel, 4th Hampshire Co. Regt., Brig. Gen. Timothy Danielson's brigade, from 19 Jul to 27 Aug 1779, at New London CT.
During Shays's Rebellion, Col. Porter commanded a regiment of the Massachusetts's militia's 4th Division under General William Shepard. He died in Springfield, MA, 1796.
Courtesy: Saratoga NHP, US NPS
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Served in the third Massachusetts provincial congress and was appointed to the committee of supplies on 22 June 1775. In January 1776 he became colonel of a Massachusetts regiment and subsequently participated in the Canadian campaign. Porter left the Continental army in August 1776 on account of illness, but the following year he commanded a regiment of Hampshire County militia at Saratoga.
Colonel Porter graduated from Harvard College in 1761. His wife was Sarah Jewett. They were married in 1762 and had at least one daughter, Sarah and one son Samuel, who married Lucy Hubbard. In 1775, Elisha was commissioned Sheriff of Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
As Colonel of a Hampshire Co. regt., he marched on the alarm of 19 Apr 1775, appointed field officer of the guard, and field officer of fatigue for May 16, 1775 and was discharged 1 Jun 1775. A ballot by the House of Representatives, 19 Jan 1776, chose him Colonel of a regiment to be raised in Hampshire and Berkshire counties to reinforce the Continental Army in Canada. The House of Representatives, dated 30 Jun 1777, next appointed him Colonel, 4th Hampshire Co. Regt. of Mass. militia, commissioned 1 Jul 1777. At the Battle of Saratoga, October 1777, he was Colonel, commanding 4th Hampshire Co., MA Reg., Gen. Fellows Brigade; from 24 Sep to 17 Oct 1777, marching to reinforce army at request of Gen. Gates.
He was appointed Colonel, 4th Hampshire Co. Regt., Brig. Gen. Timothy Danielson's brigade, from 19 Jul to 27 Aug 1779, at New London CT.
During Shays's Rebellion, Col. Porter commanded a regiment of the Massachusetts's militia's 4th Division under General William Shepard. He died in Springfield, MA, 1796.
Courtesy: Saratoga NHP, US NPS
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Congressman; Revolutionary War General; Author
Served in the third Massachusetts provincial congress and was appointed to the committee of supplies on 22 June 1775. In January 1776 he became colonel of a Massachusetts regiment and subsequently participated in the Canadian campaign. Porter left the Continental army in August 1776 on account of illness, but the following year he commanded a regiment of Hampshire County militia at Saratoga.
Colonel Porter graduated from Harvard College in 1761. His wife was Sarah Jewett. They were married in 1762 and had at least one daughter, Sarah and one son Samuel, who married Lucy Hubbard. In 1775, Elisha was commissioned Sheriff of Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
As Colonel of a Hampshire Co. regt., he marched on the alarm of 19 Apr 1775, appointed field officer of the guard, and field officer of fatigue for May 16, 1775 and was discharged 1 Jun 1775. A ballot by the House of Representatives, 19 Jan 1776, chose him Colonel of a regiment to be raised in Hampshire and Berkshire counties to reinforce the Continental Army in Canada. The House of Representatives, dated 30 Jun 1777, next appointed him Colonel, 4th Hampshire Co. Regt. of Mass. militia, commissioned 1 Jul 1777. At the Battle of Saratoga, October 1777, he was Colonel, commanding 4th Hampshire Co., MA Reg., Gen. Fellows Brigade; from 24 Sep to 17 Oct 1777, marching to reinforce army at request of Gen. Gates.
He was appointed Colonel, 4th Hampshire Co. Regt., Brig. Gen. Timothy Danielson's brigade, from 19 Jul to 27 Aug 1779, at New London CT.
During Shays's Rebellion, Col. Porter commanded a regiment of the Massachusetts's militia's 4th Division under General William Shepard. He died in Springfield, MA, 1796.
Courtesy: Saratoga NHP, US NPS
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Served in the third Massachusetts provincial congress and was appointed to the committee of supplies on 22 June 1775. In January 1776 he became colonel of a Massachusetts regiment and subsequently participated in the Canadian campaign. Porter left the Continental army in August 1776 on account of illness, but the following year he commanded a regiment of Hampshire County militia at Saratoga.
Colonel Porter graduated from Harvard College in 1761. His wife was Sarah Jewett. They were married in 1762 and had at least one daughter, Sarah and one son Samuel, who married Lucy Hubbard. In 1775, Elisha was commissioned Sheriff of Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
As Colonel of a Hampshire Co. regt., he marched on the alarm of 19 Apr 1775, appointed field officer of the guard, and field officer of fatigue for May 16, 1775 and was discharged 1 Jun 1775. A ballot by the House of Representatives, 19 Jan 1776, chose him Colonel of a regiment to be raised in Hampshire and Berkshire counties to reinforce the Continental Army in Canada. The House of Representatives, dated 30 Jun 1777, next appointed him Colonel, 4th Hampshire Co. Regt. of Mass. militia, commissioned 1 Jul 1777. At the Battle of Saratoga, October 1777, he was Colonel, commanding 4th Hampshire Co., MA Reg., Gen. Fellows Brigade; from 24 Sep to 17 Oct 1777, marching to reinforce army at request of Gen. Gates.
He was appointed Colonel, 4th Hampshire Co. Regt., Brig. Gen. Timothy Danielson's brigade, from 19 Jul to 27 Aug 1779, at New London CT.
During Shays's Rebellion, Col. Porter commanded a regiment of the Massachusetts's militia's 4th Division under General William Shepard. He died in Springfield, MA, 1796.
Courtesy: Saratoga NHP, US NPS
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Inscription
Sacred to the memory of Gen. Elisha Porter
for 21 years Sheriff of the County of
Hampshire, he died May 29 1796 in the
55 year of his age.
A man of inviolable entegrity, an able
and faithful Officer, as a citizen humane
and benevolent, a friend of the rights
of man but a firm supporter of Good
Government.
"Above temptation in a low estate,
An uncorrupted ev’n among the great
A safe companion and an easy friend
Faithful in life, lamented in his end."
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