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MAJ Amos Witter

Birth
Preston, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Death
28 Sep 1808 (aged 43)
New York, USA
Burial
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Amos Witter, son of Ebenezer Jr and Abigail Gier Witter, was born October 8, 1764. He married Lucy Crary of Preston on November 16, 1786. Their children include:
Amos, born April 25, 1786
Lucy Crary, born July 23, 1787
Robert, born March 8, 1789; died December 30, 1789
Polly, born November 15, 1790
Nabby, born February 20, 1793
Amos, born April 25, 1795 [married Abigail Delevan; died in 1856]
(Preston Vital Records, Connecticut Town Birth Records, Barbour Collection, online.)
Albert, born April 28, 1799, in Washington, Massachusetts
Sally Almeda, born May 23, 1800
(Vital Records of Washington, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, New-England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904.)

Amos Witter of Connecticut was convicted of forgery at Washington, New York, and given a life sentence on June 13, 1807. He was sent to New York State Prison. (New York, Prisoners Received at Newgate State Prison, online.)

"DIED.—At New-York state prison, on the 28th Sept. last, Maj. Amos Witter, formerly from Preston, (Con.)"
—The Connecticut Courant (Hartford, Connecticut), Wednesday, October 12, 1808, p. 3, col. 3.

Lucy Crary Witter died in New York in 1845.
Amos Witter, son of Ebenezer Jr and Abigail Gier Witter, was born October 8, 1764. He married Lucy Crary of Preston on November 16, 1786. Their children include:
Amos, born April 25, 1786
Lucy Crary, born July 23, 1787
Robert, born March 8, 1789; died December 30, 1789
Polly, born November 15, 1790
Nabby, born February 20, 1793
Amos, born April 25, 1795 [married Abigail Delevan; died in 1856]
(Preston Vital Records, Connecticut Town Birth Records, Barbour Collection, online.)
Albert, born April 28, 1799, in Washington, Massachusetts
Sally Almeda, born May 23, 1800
(Vital Records of Washington, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, New-England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904.)

Amos Witter of Connecticut was convicted of forgery at Washington, New York, and given a life sentence on June 13, 1807. He was sent to New York State Prison. (New York, Prisoners Received at Newgate State Prison, online.)

"DIED.—At New-York state prison, on the 28th Sept. last, Maj. Amos Witter, formerly from Preston, (Con.)"
—The Connecticut Courant (Hartford, Connecticut), Wednesday, October 12, 1808, p. 3, col. 3.

Lucy Crary Witter died in New York in 1845.


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