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PVT Elisha Brown Veteran

Birth
Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Death
28 Sep 1813 (aged 82)
Leyden, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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The Daughters of American have his service as follows:
Source: JOHNSON, CT MEN IN THE REV, PP45, 50
Service: CAPT LEVI WELLS, COL JOSEPH SPENCER, 2ND RGET, CT LINE

Paula E Robinson-DeGraff
DAR member in NYS and NH
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Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots --Name: Elisha Brown -- Cemetery: Cem. on Old Warren Rd -- Location: Swansea MA
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Elisha was the son of Nathaniel Brown and Anna Haynes. He married Content Leeds on 28 Nov 1754 in Groton. In his will he says, "it is my wish that the burying yard where my wife is buried be well --- and kept for a burying place for all my family and my children and their families and all our friends."
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Elisha served his country during the Revolutionary War.
Connecticut Revolutionary War Military Lists, 1775-83 about Elisha Brown
Name: Elisha Brown
Location: Colchester
Page #: 58
Regiment: Third
Regiment Command: Wyllys, Samuel Col.
Company: Champion's
Company Command: Champion, Henry Capt.
Remarks: The Conn.Historical Society contains a collection of some two hundred interesting documents relating to this regiment; including lists of clothes issues to each soldier. The men signed receipts for each article of clothing received, therefore, the autograph of almost every man in the regiment appears on record.
The Daughters of American have his service as follows:
Source: JOHNSON, CT MEN IN THE REV, PP45, 50
Service: CAPT LEVI WELLS, COL JOSEPH SPENCER, 2ND RGET, CT LINE

Paula E Robinson-DeGraff
DAR member in NYS and NH
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots --Name: Elisha Brown -- Cemetery: Cem. on Old Warren Rd -- Location: Swansea MA
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Elisha was the son of Nathaniel Brown and Anna Haynes. He married Content Leeds on 28 Nov 1754 in Groton. In his will he says, "it is my wish that the burying yard where my wife is buried be well --- and kept for a burying place for all my family and my children and their families and all our friends."
~~
Elisha served his country during the Revolutionary War.
Connecticut Revolutionary War Military Lists, 1775-83 about Elisha Brown
Name: Elisha Brown
Location: Colchester
Page #: 58
Regiment: Third
Regiment Command: Wyllys, Samuel Col.
Company: Champion's
Company Command: Champion, Henry Capt.
Remarks: The Conn.Historical Society contains a collection of some two hundred interesting documents relating to this regiment; including lists of clothes issues to each soldier. The men signed receipts for each article of clothing received, therefore, the autograph of almost every man in the regiment appears on record.

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No stone was found in 2021