Revolutionary War Soldier
Marriage: About 1790 Saratoga Co, New York
LEVI CARR-This pensioner was 59 when he made his statement in 1820, and was still a pensioner in 1840, but then aged 78. In 1820 his wife ,vas 55, a daughter was 14, and a son 16. Two grandchildren were also dependent on him. This was hard, for while his assets were $17 4.64, his debts amounted to $409.80. He served in Mass., in Capt. Zebulon King's Co., Col. Brooks' regiment. Two of this name ,vere in this regiment. The family ·history says he was born in 1762 and was in the battle of Saratoga with his father, who was made deaf for life by heavy cannonading. Levi married his wife Ruth Fordyce, in or near Saratoga, about 1790, and afterward settled in Manlius, where he died in 1849. After his wife's death he married Betsey--- at Fayetteville, who was 70 in Feb., 1853, and was then living in Woodstock, N. Y. The Mass. rolls place him in Capt. Day's Co., Lt. Col. Brooks' Regt., enlisting from Ipswich or Watertown, but born in Durham. The muster roll made him 21 in '82, of light complexion and 5 feet, 9 inches high, and placed him also under Capt. Coburn by a change of officers.
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Revolutionary War Soldier
Marriage: About 1790 Saratoga Co, New York
LEVI CARR-This pensioner was 59 when he made his statement in 1820, and was still a pensioner in 1840, but then aged 78. In 1820 his wife ,vas 55, a daughter was 14, and a son 16. Two grandchildren were also dependent on him. This was hard, for while his assets were $17 4.64, his debts amounted to $409.80. He served in Mass., in Capt. Zebulon King's Co., Col. Brooks' regiment. Two of this name ,vere in this regiment. The family ·history says he was born in 1762 and was in the battle of Saratoga with his father, who was made deaf for life by heavy cannonading. Levi married his wife Ruth Fordyce, in or near Saratoga, about 1790, and afterward settled in Manlius, where he died in 1849. After his wife's death he married Betsey--- at Fayetteville, who was 70 in Feb., 1853, and was then living in Woodstock, N. Y. The Mass. rolls place him in Capt. Day's Co., Lt. Col. Brooks' Regt., enlisting from Ipswich or Watertown, but born in Durham. The muster roll made him 21 in '82, of light complexion and 5 feet, 9 inches high, and placed him also under Capt. Coburn by a change of officers.
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Inscription
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"Carr, Levi, d. 1849 Sgt. King's Co 7 Mass. Regt. Revolutionary War"
Gravesite Details
Information obtained from Military Burial and Inscriptions, Town of Manlius Cemeteries
