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Jonathan Bement

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Jonathan Bement

Birth
Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Death
20 Mar 1807 (aged 67–68)
East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
South Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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JONATHAN BEMENT, born 8 Mar 1731 at Enfield, died 20 Mar 1807 at East Windsor (later South Windsor), Connecticut; married Laura/Lurana Wolcott at East Windsor, born 15 Jun 1739, died 10 Apr 1824, buried by the side of her husband, daughter of John Wolcott by his wife Mary Hawley of South Windsor.

Jonathan was a soldier in the 5th Company, Third Regiment of Connecticut Troops in the Expedition against Fort Edward, 2 April to 1 December 1756. He served in the Revolution from East Windsor in the Second Connecticut Regiment, Continental Line in 1780 and 178?. He was a land holder at East Windsor and a member of its Church, where various of his children were baptized. He also owned land in Cuba. Seven children. Died suddenly of epilepsy.

Note: John Wolcott was a sixth generation descendant of the Honorable Henry Wolcott, one of the founders of Windsor, and Governor's Assistant or Councillor of the Colony of Connecticut from 1643 until his death 30 May 1655. (Source: Chronicles of the Bement Family in America; 1928, pp. 90-91)
JONATHAN BEMENT, born 8 Mar 1731 at Enfield, died 20 Mar 1807 at East Windsor (later South Windsor), Connecticut; married Laura/Lurana Wolcott at East Windsor, born 15 Jun 1739, died 10 Apr 1824, buried by the side of her husband, daughter of John Wolcott by his wife Mary Hawley of South Windsor.

Jonathan was a soldier in the 5th Company, Third Regiment of Connecticut Troops in the Expedition against Fort Edward, 2 April to 1 December 1756. He served in the Revolution from East Windsor in the Second Connecticut Regiment, Continental Line in 1780 and 178?. He was a land holder at East Windsor and a member of its Church, where various of his children were baptized. He also owned land in Cuba. Seven children. Died suddenly of epilepsy.

Note: John Wolcott was a sixth generation descendant of the Honorable Henry Wolcott, one of the founders of Windsor, and Governor's Assistant or Councillor of the Colony of Connecticut from 1643 until his death 30 May 1655. (Source: Chronicles of the Bement Family in America; 1928, pp. 90-91)

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age 68 - Revolutionary War, 2nd CT Line



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