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Maj Jonathan Latimer III

Birth
New London, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Death
4 Apr 1841 (aged 87)
Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Son of Col. Jonathan Latimer and Lucretia Griswold Latimer
Married to Elizabeth Chapel, 1775
Children: Jonathan C. Latimer; Clarissa Latimer Way; Lynde Lyons Latimer; Sarah Elizabeth Latimer Nye; Jacob Latimer; John Latimer; William Brunt Latimer; and Samuel Jackson Latimer

Militia Captain and later, Major in the American Revolutionary War

"Major Jonathan Latimer III was in Webb's regiment and had for his first lieutenant Nathan Hale. Nathan Hale, took part in the battle of Bunker Hill, and was later an American spy, and who upon capture by the British and ultimate hanging said "I regret that I only have one life to give for my country"...." - Latimers of New London, Connecticut
Son of Col. Jonathan Latimer and Lucretia Griswold Latimer
Married to Elizabeth Chapel, 1775
Children: Jonathan C. Latimer; Clarissa Latimer Way; Lynde Lyons Latimer; Sarah Elizabeth Latimer Nye; Jacob Latimer; John Latimer; William Brunt Latimer; and Samuel Jackson Latimer

Militia Captain and later, Major in the American Revolutionary War

"Major Jonathan Latimer III was in Webb's regiment and had for his first lieutenant Nathan Hale. Nathan Hale, took part in the battle of Bunker Hill, and was later an American spy, and who upon capture by the British and ultimate hanging said "I regret that I only have one life to give for my country"...." - Latimers of New London, Connecticut


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