8 CONN RECT REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Elijah Foote was the fifth child of John and Amy (Seeley) Foote. He married Eunice Peck on Mar. 23, 1761. Eunice died Feb. 23, 1776 a week after giving birth. Elijah re-married to Mary (Taylor). He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. After the war he moved from Newtown County and settled in Ohio County and where he died in 1813.
ELIJAH FOOTE served and saw military action in the Eighth Regiment of the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army. He enlisted September 3, 1777 for three years and was in Captain Comstock's Company. Elijah fought under General McDougall at Germantown October 4, 1777. They wintered at Valley Forge, 1777-1778, and on June 28th following were present at the battle of Monmouth. He was discharged September 3, 1780. His Militia group was called up by General George Washington in the late summer of 1776. Foote served in this capacity as part of the Sixteenth Regiment of Connecticut Militia (Captain John Botsford's Company), which comprised trainbands (local militia groups) from Danbury, Ridgefield, New Fairfield, and Newtown. Elijah enlisted in the Continental Line from service in the 16th. The regiments that served that brief time under Washington were heavily recruited for extended Continental service.
Elijah Foote and his family moved into the West Liberty area where he died Oct 15. 1813. His will is on record at the Ohio County Court house.
Elijah Foote was the fifth child of John and Amy (Seeley) Foote. He married Eunice Peck on Mar. 23, 1761. Eunice died Feb. 23, 1776 a week after giving birth. Elijah re-married to Mary (Taylor). He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. After the war he moved from Newtown County and settled in Ohio County and where he died in 1813.
ELIJAH FOOTE served and saw military action in the Eighth Regiment of the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army. He enlisted September 3, 1777 for three years and was in Captain Comstock's Company. Elijah fought under General McDougall at Germantown October 4, 1777. They wintered at Valley Forge, 1777-1778, and on June 28th following were present at the battle of Monmouth. He was discharged September 3, 1780. His Militia group was called up by General George Washington in the late summer of 1776. Foote served in this capacity as part of the Sixteenth Regiment of Connecticut Militia (Captain John Botsford's Company), which comprised trainbands (local militia groups) from Danbury, Ridgefield, New Fairfield, and Newtown. Elijah enlisted in the Continental Line from service in the 16th. The regiments that served that brief time under Washington were heavily recruited for extended Continental service.
Elijah Foote and his family moved into the West Liberty area where he died Oct 15. 1813. His will is on record at the Ohio County Court house.
8 CONN RECT REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Elijah Foote was the fifth child of John and Amy (Seeley) Foote. He married Eunice Peck on Mar. 23, 1761. Eunice died Feb. 23, 1776 a week after giving birth. Elijah re-married to Mary (Taylor). He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. After the war he moved from Newtown County and settled in Ohio County and where he died in 1813.
ELIJAH FOOTE served and saw military action in the Eighth Regiment of the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army. He enlisted September 3, 1777 for three years and was in Captain Comstock's Company. Elijah fought under General McDougall at Germantown October 4, 1777. They wintered at Valley Forge, 1777-1778, and on June 28th following were present at the battle of Monmouth. He was discharged September 3, 1780. His Militia group was called up by General George Washington in the late summer of 1776. Foote served in this capacity as part of the Sixteenth Regiment of Connecticut Militia (Captain John Botsford's Company), which comprised trainbands (local militia groups) from Danbury, Ridgefield, New Fairfield, and Newtown. Elijah enlisted in the Continental Line from service in the 16th. The regiments that served that brief time under Washington were heavily recruited for extended Continental service.
Elijah Foote and his family moved into the West Liberty area where he died Oct 15. 1813. His will is on record at the Ohio County Court house.
Elijah Foote was the fifth child of John and Amy (Seeley) Foote. He married Eunice Peck on Mar. 23, 1761. Eunice died Feb. 23, 1776 a week after giving birth. Elijah re-married to Mary (Taylor). He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. After the war he moved from Newtown County and settled in Ohio County and where he died in 1813.
ELIJAH FOOTE served and saw military action in the Eighth Regiment of the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army. He enlisted September 3, 1777 for three years and was in Captain Comstock's Company. Elijah fought under General McDougall at Germantown October 4, 1777. They wintered at Valley Forge, 1777-1778, and on June 28th following were present at the battle of Monmouth. He was discharged September 3, 1780. His Militia group was called up by General George Washington in the late summer of 1776. Foote served in this capacity as part of the Sixteenth Regiment of Connecticut Militia (Captain John Botsford's Company), which comprised trainbands (local militia groups) from Danbury, Ridgefield, New Fairfield, and Newtown. Elijah enlisted in the Continental Line from service in the 16th. The regiments that served that brief time under Washington were heavily recruited for extended Continental service.
Elijah Foote and his family moved into the West Liberty area where he died Oct 15. 1813. His will is on record at the Ohio County Court house.
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