Timothy Brewster enlisted as a private at Williamstown, Mass. August 1776 in Capt. Peter Porter's Co. of Col. Samuel Brewer's Regiment. He marched through to Bennington and then to Whitehall N.Y. He went by water to Ticonderoga and three miles away at Mt. Hope he helped build a fort. Timothy remained there until Nov. 28, 1776 and then he returned to Williamstown, Mass. He served three months at Norwich, Conn. in Dec. 1776. In 1779 he served as a substitute for Jacob Norton and went to New london, Conn. where he was stationed for two months at the fort. Veterans Administration, Washington D. C. Remarks Timothy Brewster and his wife are buried in the Brewster cemetery in the town of Ellisburg. Jefferson Co., N.Y. with others of his family. It is stated on the headstone of Temperance that she had "been his wife 50 yrs. 5 mos. and 12 das." Timothy Brewster states he lived in Williamstown, Mass. after the war at Paulet. Vt. for 30 years and then came to Ellisburg N.Y. - bio furnished by Bruce Coyne.
Timothy Brewster enlisted as a private at Williamstown, Mass. August 1776 in Capt. Peter Porter's Co. of Col. Samuel Brewer's Regiment. He marched through to Bennington and then to Whitehall N.Y. He went by water to Ticonderoga and three miles away at Mt. Hope he helped build a fort. Timothy remained there until Nov. 28, 1776 and then he returned to Williamstown, Mass. He served three months at Norwich, Conn. in Dec. 1776. In 1779 he served as a substitute for Jacob Norton and went to New london, Conn. where he was stationed for two months at the fort. Veterans Administration, Washington D. C. Remarks Timothy Brewster and his wife are buried in the Brewster cemetery in the town of Ellisburg. Jefferson Co., N.Y. with others of his family. It is stated on the headstone of Temperance that she had "been his wife 50 yrs. 5 mos. and 12 das." Timothy Brewster states he lived in Williamstown, Mass. after the war at Paulet. Vt. for 30 years and then came to Ellisburg N.Y. - bio furnished by Bruce Coyne.
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