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Roswell Green

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Roswell Green

Birth
Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
Death
30 May 1862 (aged 101)
Huron, Wayne County, New York, USA
Burial
Huron, Wayne County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Served in the Revolutionary War as a Private for CT. His grave has been officially reported, located or marked, by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

He served under
1) CAPTS ROBINSON, REED
2) COLS MCCLELLAN, WEBB

His gravestone inscription claims he was 106+ years old when he died.

In a letter to the Democratic Press, under date of October 32, 1860, George W. Paddock, having visited Boswell Green, then living in Huron, at the age of one hundred and four years and six months, wrote:

"When I' expressed my surprise at finding one so advanced in age, he said he was not so old as his grandmother was who lived to be one hundred and twenty, and he feared he would have to sit here as long. He lives with his grandchildren. I think that he is comfortably provided for." 94 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY
Served in the Revolutionary War as a Private for CT. His grave has been officially reported, located or marked, by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

He served under
1) CAPTS ROBINSON, REED
2) COLS MCCLELLAN, WEBB

His gravestone inscription claims he was 106+ years old when he died.

In a letter to the Democratic Press, under date of October 32, 1860, George W. Paddock, having visited Boswell Green, then living in Huron, at the age of one hundred and four years and six months, wrote:

"When I' expressed my surprise at finding one so advanced in age, he said he was not so old as his grandmother was who lived to be one hundred and twenty, and he feared he would have to sit here as long. He lives with his grandchildren. I think that he is comfortably provided for." 94 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY

Gravesite Details

http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/rev-ny-wayne-buried.htm



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  • Created by: SLR
  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80555616/roswell-green: accessed ), memorial page for Roswell Green (2 Apr 1761–30 May 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 80555616, citing Huron Evergreen Cemetery, Huron, Wayne County, New York, USA; Maintained by SLR (contributor 47639283).