This was part of a larger European war fought by
the Grand Alliance -- Britain, the Netherlands, the Holy Roman
Empire, Spain, Savoy, Sweden and a number of German states --
against France over the succession to the throne of England.
On one side were Austria, Britain, Denmark, the
Netherlands, the Holy Roman Empire and later Portugal; on the
other were France, Spain and a number of Italian and German
principalities.
On one side were Austria, Britain and Holland; on
the other, Bavaria, France, Spain, Sardinia, Prussia and Saxony.
This British-French conflict was the first true
world war. It began with a clash between a party led by George
Washington to warn French settlers out of the Ohio River Valley,
expanded into Europe and then into India and the Philippines.
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- Aaron
1733-1780
corporal; of Guilford, Conn.
[05-0177] (Abraham, Isaac, John, John)
Spent 15 days' service in Capt. Nathaniel
Johnson's company, one of 61 men who "rode
horses from Guilford." The unit saw action
at New York's Ft. William Henry at the south end
of Lake George in August, 1757.
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- Adin
1746- ?
private; of Killingworth, Conn.
[01-0117] (Nehemiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John)
Enlisted March 22, discharged Dec. 3, 1762.
Served in the 11th Company of Capt. Thomas
Pierce/Pearce. Saw action in the Northern
Campaign of 1762.
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- Amos
1734-1779
lieutenant; of Litchfield, Conn.,
[03-0074] (David, Joshua, John, John)
Served from April 2 to Nov. 13, 1757, in the 13th
Company of Capt. Ephraim Preston. Amos also was
commended for his efforts during the Revolutionary War.
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- Benjamin
1738/39-1760
private; of Guilford, Conn.
[08-0050] (Hezekiah, Job, John, John)
Enlisted March 28, 1757, in the 2nd Company of
Lt. Col. Nathan Whiting and was dismissed Nov.
13. The following day he enlisted under Lt. Col.
William Haviland and served until May 14, 1758,
spending the winter in New York at Ft. Edward,
where the Hudson River bends to begin its journey
south. He signed up for a third campaign, that of
1760, enlisting April 1 in Col. David Wooster's
1st Company in the 3rd Regiment. He died Oct. 25
or 26, 1760, of battle wounds.
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- Cornelius
1734-1820
private; of Killingworth, Conn.
[01-0078] (Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John)
Served from Sept. 8 to Dec. 8, 1755, in the 2nd
Company of Lt. Col. Andrew Ward Jr. Four years
later he served from May 2 to Dec. 12 in the 10th
Company of Capt. Peleg Redfield. He also may have
served in the Revolutionary
War.
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- Daniel
1739-1800
captain; of Killingworth, Conn.
[01-0126] (Ezra, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John)
Served in Capt. --- Turner's company in 1758 and
was listed as being in an Albany, N.Y., hospital
between June 23 and Aug. 24. In the campaign of
1759, he served from May 25 to Dec. 12 in the
10th Company of Capt. Peleg Redfield.
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- Hezekiah
Private
This may be [10-0038] Hezekiah 1710/11- ? ; of
Durham, Conn. (Joel, John, John)
[08-0049] Hezekiah 1737-1794; of Guilford, Conn.
(Hezekiah, Job, John, John) or
[10-0064] Hezekiah 1745-c1808; of Durham, Conn.,
and Essex, Vt. (Hezekiah, Joel, John, John)
Served March 24 to Dec 3, 1762, in the Northern
Campaign under Capt. Thomas Pearce/Pierce.
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- John
1743-1783
Private; of Durham and Chester, Conn.
[10-0225] (John, Joel, John, John)
Served in the 1759 campaign in the 2nd Company of
Lt. Col. Joseph Spencer from April 16 to Nov. 30.
In the campaign of 1760, he served from April 7
to Nov. 21 in the 12th Company of Capt. Thomas
Pierce/Pearce. In the campaign of 1761 he is
listed on a May muster roll under Pierce and, in
1762, again under him from March 23 to Dec. 3.
Also in that unit was Samuel,
his brother. He is buried at Old Town Hill
Cemetery, Chester.
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- Nathaniel 1697-1759
Private; of Killingworth, Conn.
[01-0039] (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John)
A member of Capt. Peleg Redfield's 10th Company,
he was killed in action Sept. 29, 1759.
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- Noah
1740-1803
Private; of Newtown, Conn.
[07-0061] (Noah, Stephen, John, John)
Served 18 days in the campaign of 1757 in the
company of Capt. --- Barnum for the relief of New
York's Ft. William Henry, at the south end of
Lake George. From April 14 to Dec. 8, 1759, he
was a member of Capt. Gideon Tomlinson's company.
Served from March 16 to Dec. 6, 1762, in the 2nd
Company of Col. David Wooster's regiment.
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- Roswell
1739-1811
Private; of Killingworth, Conn., and LeRoy, N.Y.
[01-0114] (Nehemiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John)
Served in the campaign of 1759, from May 25 to
Dec. 12. Served from March 22 to Dec. 3, 1762,
under Capt. Thomas Pierce/Pearce. The town of
LeRoy has erected a marker
in his honor at Ft. Hill Cemetery. He served
again in the Revolutionary
War.
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- Samuel
1743-1808
Private; of Killingworth, Conn.
[01-0128] (Ezra, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John)
Served in Capt. Peleg Redfield's company in the
campaign of 1759. He was buried at Killingworth's
Chestnut Hill Cemetery.
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- Samuel
1740-c1774
Private; of Durham and Saybrook, Conn.
[10-0058] (John, Joel, John, John)
Served from March 24 to Nov. 21, 1760, in the
12th Company of Capt. Thomas Pierce/Pearce. Also
in that unit was John, his
brother. He also was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
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- Simeon
1740-1820
Private; of Durham, Conn., West Stockbridge,
Conn., and Westford, Vt.
[10-0062] (Hezekiah, Joel, John, John)
Served from April 10 to Nov. 17, 1758. Saw action
in central and western New York, at Ft. Stanwix
[Rome], Oswego, and at the capture of Fort
Niagara. He also fought in the Revolutionary War.
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