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Israel Converse

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Israel Converse Veteran

Birth
Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
Death
28 Mar 1806 (aged 62)
Randolph, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Burial
Randolph Center, Orange County, Vermont, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.9366441, Longitude: -72.605588
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One of the founding fathers of the Town of Randolph, Orange, VT. The son of Josiah Converse and Eleanor Richardson of Stafford, CT. First married Sarah Lewis in Stafford 29 Aug 1765. She died 16 June 1769 in Stafford. Second marriage to Hannah Walbridge b. 13 Oct 1751 and died 17 Oct 1830 in Parkman, Ohio. They were married 27 June 1771.

Marched to the relief of Boston in the Lexington Alarm of April 19, 1775; later commissioned a captain and served in Colonel Well's regiment; a chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is known as the Colonel Israel Converse Chapter of Randolph, Vermont.
One of the founding fathers of the Town of Randolph, Orange, VT. The son of Josiah Converse and Eleanor Richardson of Stafford, CT. First married Sarah Lewis in Stafford 29 Aug 1765. She died 16 June 1769 in Stafford. Second marriage to Hannah Walbridge b. 13 Oct 1751 and died 17 Oct 1830 in Parkman, Ohio. They were married 27 June 1771.

Marched to the relief of Boston in the Lexington Alarm of April 19, 1775; later commissioned a captain and served in Colonel Well's regiment; a chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is known as the Colonel Israel Converse Chapter of Randolph, Vermont.


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