83. Reuben Bostwick5 , son of Nathaniel and Esther (Hitchcock) Bostwick, was born in New Milford, Ct., Sept. 2, 1734, and died in Newton Falls, Ohio, July 16, 1813.
He married in New Milford, Ct., May 27, 1761, Mabel, daughter of Captain Joseph and Rachel (Tolls) Ruggles.
She was born in New Milford, Ct., Apr. 29, 1736, (bapt. July 11, 1736.) and died in Freehold, N. Y., June 15, 1804. (New Milford town records say that she died in Canton, N. Y.)
In the French and Colonial War he served as Ensign in the 11th Co., Captain Archibald McNeale, Colonel Nathan Whiting's 2d Conn. Reg't, being commissioned Mar. 26, 1761, and took part in the expedition against Montreal.
In the War of the Revolution, he served as Captain of the 7th Co.. 1st Battalion, (Wadsworth's Brigade), Colonel Gold S. Silliman, being commissioned in June, 1776.
This Battalion was raised under an Act of Legislature, June, 1776, to re-enforce Washington's Army at New York.
It served on the Brooklyn front a few days before and during the battle of Long Island, Aug. 27, 1776, and in the retreat to New York, Aug. 29-30, 1776.
It was stationed in New York, under General Putnam, and narrowly escaped capture on the retreat from the city.
It was posted on Harlem Heights, until the battle of White Plains, Oct. 28, 1776, in which it was engaged and suffered loss. Its term expired Dec. 25, 1776.
He also served as Captain in Col. John Ely's regiment of Conn. State troops in 1777, at the "Danbury Alarm" ; and also as Captain in Lieut.-Col. Samuel Canfield's regiment of Conn. militia at the "New Haven Alarm."
He married in New Milford, Ct., May 27, 1761, Mabel, daughter of Captain Joseph and Rachel (Tolls) Ruggles.
She was born in New Milford, Ct., Apr. 29, 1736, (bapt. July 11, 1736.) and died in Freehold, N. Y., June 15, 1804. (New Milford town records say that she died in Canton, N. Y.)
In the French and Colonial War he served as Ensign in the 11th Co., Captain Archibald McNeale, Colonel Nathan Whiting's 2d Conn. Reg't, being commissioned Mar. 26, 1761, and took part in the expedition against Montreal.
In the War of the Revolution, he served as Captain of the 7th Co.. 1st Battalion, (Wadsworth's Brigade), Colonel Gold S. Silliman, being commissioned in June, 1776.
This Battalion was raised under an Act of Legislature, June, 1776, to re-enforce Washington's Army at New York.
It served on the Brooklyn front a few days before and during the battle of Long Island, Aug. 27, 1776, and in the retreat to New York, Aug. 29-30, 1776.
It was stationed in New York, under General Putnam, and narrowly escaped capture on the retreat from the city.
It was posted on Harlem Heights, until the battle of White Plains, Oct. 28, 1776, in which it was engaged and suffered loss. Its term expired Dec. 25, 1776.
He also served as Captain in Col. John Ely's regiment of Conn. State troops in 1777, at the "Danbury Alarm" ; and also as Captain in Lieut.-Col. Samuel Canfield's regiment of Conn. militia at the "New Haven Alarm."
83. Reuben Bostwick5 , son of Nathaniel and Esther (Hitchcock) Bostwick, was born in New Milford, Ct., Sept. 2, 1734, and died in Newton Falls, Ohio, July 16, 1813.
He married in New Milford, Ct., May 27, 1761, Mabel, daughter of Captain Joseph and Rachel (Tolls) Ruggles.
She was born in New Milford, Ct., Apr. 29, 1736, (bapt. July 11, 1736.) and died in Freehold, N. Y., June 15, 1804. (New Milford town records say that she died in Canton, N. Y.)
In the French and Colonial War he served as Ensign in the 11th Co., Captain Archibald McNeale, Colonel Nathan Whiting's 2d Conn. Reg't, being commissioned Mar. 26, 1761, and took part in the expedition against Montreal.
In the War of the Revolution, he served as Captain of the 7th Co.. 1st Battalion, (Wadsworth's Brigade), Colonel Gold S. Silliman, being commissioned in June, 1776.
This Battalion was raised under an Act of Legislature, June, 1776, to re-enforce Washington's Army at New York.
It served on the Brooklyn front a few days before and during the battle of Long Island, Aug. 27, 1776, and in the retreat to New York, Aug. 29-30, 1776.
It was stationed in New York, under General Putnam, and narrowly escaped capture on the retreat from the city.
It was posted on Harlem Heights, until the battle of White Plains, Oct. 28, 1776, in which it was engaged and suffered loss. Its term expired Dec. 25, 1776.
He also served as Captain in Col. John Ely's regiment of Conn. State troops in 1777, at the "Danbury Alarm" ; and also as Captain in Lieut.-Col. Samuel Canfield's regiment of Conn. militia at the "New Haven Alarm."
He married in New Milford, Ct., May 27, 1761, Mabel, daughter of Captain Joseph and Rachel (Tolls) Ruggles.
She was born in New Milford, Ct., Apr. 29, 1736, (bapt. July 11, 1736.) and died in Freehold, N. Y., June 15, 1804. (New Milford town records say that she died in Canton, N. Y.)
In the French and Colonial War he served as Ensign in the 11th Co., Captain Archibald McNeale, Colonel Nathan Whiting's 2d Conn. Reg't, being commissioned Mar. 26, 1761, and took part in the expedition against Montreal.
In the War of the Revolution, he served as Captain of the 7th Co.. 1st Battalion, (Wadsworth's Brigade), Colonel Gold S. Silliman, being commissioned in June, 1776.
This Battalion was raised under an Act of Legislature, June, 1776, to re-enforce Washington's Army at New York.
It served on the Brooklyn front a few days before and during the battle of Long Island, Aug. 27, 1776, and in the retreat to New York, Aug. 29-30, 1776.
It was stationed in New York, under General Putnam, and narrowly escaped capture on the retreat from the city.
It was posted on Harlem Heights, until the battle of White Plains, Oct. 28, 1776, in which it was engaged and suffered loss. Its term expired Dec. 25, 1776.
He also served as Captain in Col. John Ely's regiment of Conn. State troops in 1777, at the "Danbury Alarm" ; and also as Captain in Lieut.-Col. Samuel Canfield's regiment of Conn. militia at the "New Haven Alarm."
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