Married Martha Gridley 12 Mar 1780 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut.
Reuben Wright served as a Sergeant, 7th Connecticut Militia during the Revolutionary War.
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His period of service in the Seventh Connecticut Regiment meant that he was one of those who endured the winter at Valley Forge. Joseph Lee Boyle provides the details in his "Fire Cake and Water": The Connecticut Infantry at the Valley Forge Encampment, which is an index of the Connecticut troops taken from the muster rolls and payrolls:
Wright/Write, Reuben Private [Enlisted] Jan. 12, 1777 [Period] 3 years [Regiment & Company] Seventh, Steevens [Remarks] Dec 1777 on duty; Jan 1778 on command; Feb 1778; March 1778 on duty; April 1778; May 1778 on guard;
June 1778.
An explanation of the terms used at the beginning of the book tells us that "On Duty" means "In camp on some undifferentiated military assignment"; "On Guard/Guard," "The men detailed to protect the camp"; and "Command," "On assignment outside the camp for periods of a day up to months at a time for a military assignment. Most of the time where or what the assignment was
does not appear in the records."
The title of the book refers to a period in Dec 1777 when the troops were reduced to starvation: "Surgeon Albigence Waldo of Connecticut recorded in his diary on December 22 that the cry of ‘No Meat! No Meat!' echoed through the camp and that dinner and supper were ‘Fire Cake and Water.'" On the other hand "General Huntington remarked ‘the Connecticut Troops are the best clothed of any.'"
According to Answers.Yahoo.com, "Firecake is a mixture of flour & water (with salt if the soldiers happened to have it). You mix the ingredients together, form it into a cake & bake it on a rock in the fire or over the fire, usually in the ashes until blackened."
Information provided by my cousin:
Barry E. Hinman
Librarian Emeritus
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305
who is also the fourth great grandson of Sgt. Reuben Wright.
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Reuben Wright served as a Sergeant, 7th Connecticut Militia during the Revolutionary War.
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His period of service in the Seventh Connecticut Regiment meant that he was one of those who endured the winter at Valley Forge. Joseph Lee Boyle provides the details in his "Fire Cake and Water": The Connecticut Infantry at the Valley Forge Encampment, which is an index of the Connecticut troops taken from the muster rolls and payrolls:
Wright/Write, Reuben Private [Enlisted] Jan. 12, 1777 [Period] 3 years [Regiment & Company] Seventh, Steevens [Remarks] Dec 1777 on duty; Jan 1778 on command; Feb 1778; March 1778 on duty; April 1778; May 1778 on guard;
June 1778.
An explanation of the terms used at the beginning of the book tells us that "On Duty" means "In camp on some undifferentiated military assignment"; "On Guard/Guard," "The men detailed to protect the camp"; and "Command," "On assignment outside the camp for periods of a day up to months at a time for a military assignment. Most of the time where or what the assignment was
does not appear in the records."
The title of the book refers to a period in Dec 1777 when the troops were reduced to starvation: "Surgeon Albigence Waldo of Connecticut recorded in his diary on December 22 that the cry of ‘No Meat! No Meat!' echoed through the camp and that dinner and supper were ‘Fire Cake and Water.'" On the other hand "General Huntington remarked ‘the Connecticut Troops are the best clothed of any.'"
According to Answers.Yahoo.com, "Firecake is a mixture of flour & water (with salt if the soldiers happened to have it). You mix the ingredients together, form it into a cake & bake it on a rock in the fire or over the fire, usually in the ashes until blackened."
Information provided by my cousin:
Barry E. Hinman
Librarian Emeritus
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305
who is also the fourth great grandson of Sgt. Reuben Wright.
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Married Martha Gridley 12 Mar 1780 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut.
Reuben Wright served as a Sergeant, 7th Connecticut Militia during the Revolutionary War.
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His period of service in the Seventh Connecticut Regiment meant that he was one of those who endured the winter at Valley Forge. Joseph Lee Boyle provides the details in his "Fire Cake and Water": The Connecticut Infantry at the Valley Forge Encampment, which is an index of the Connecticut troops taken from the muster rolls and payrolls:
Wright/Write, Reuben Private [Enlisted] Jan. 12, 1777 [Period] 3 years [Regiment & Company] Seventh, Steevens [Remarks] Dec 1777 on duty; Jan 1778 on command; Feb 1778; March 1778 on duty; April 1778; May 1778 on guard;
June 1778.
An explanation of the terms used at the beginning of the book tells us that "On Duty" means "In camp on some undifferentiated military assignment"; "On Guard/Guard," "The men detailed to protect the camp"; and "Command," "On assignment outside the camp for periods of a day up to months at a time for a military assignment. Most of the time where or what the assignment was
does not appear in the records."
The title of the book refers to a period in Dec 1777 when the troops were reduced to starvation: "Surgeon Albigence Waldo of Connecticut recorded in his diary on December 22 that the cry of ‘No Meat! No Meat!' echoed through the camp and that dinner and supper were ‘Fire Cake and Water.'" On the other hand "General Huntington remarked ‘the Connecticut Troops are the best clothed of any.'"
According to Answers.Yahoo.com, "Firecake is a mixture of flour & water (with salt if the soldiers happened to have it). You mix the ingredients together, form it into a cake & bake it on a rock in the fire or over the fire, usually in the ashes until blackened."
Information provided by my cousin:
Barry E. Hinman
Librarian Emeritus
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305
who is also the fourth great grandson of Sgt. Reuben Wright.
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Reuben Wright served as a Sergeant, 7th Connecticut Militia during the Revolutionary War.
***********************************************************
His period of service in the Seventh Connecticut Regiment meant that he was one of those who endured the winter at Valley Forge. Joseph Lee Boyle provides the details in his "Fire Cake and Water": The Connecticut Infantry at the Valley Forge Encampment, which is an index of the Connecticut troops taken from the muster rolls and payrolls:
Wright/Write, Reuben Private [Enlisted] Jan. 12, 1777 [Period] 3 years [Regiment & Company] Seventh, Steevens [Remarks] Dec 1777 on duty; Jan 1778 on command; Feb 1778; March 1778 on duty; April 1778; May 1778 on guard;
June 1778.
An explanation of the terms used at the beginning of the book tells us that "On Duty" means "In camp on some undifferentiated military assignment"; "On Guard/Guard," "The men detailed to protect the camp"; and "Command," "On assignment outside the camp for periods of a day up to months at a time for a military assignment. Most of the time where or what the assignment was
does not appear in the records."
The title of the book refers to a period in Dec 1777 when the troops were reduced to starvation: "Surgeon Albigence Waldo of Connecticut recorded in his diary on December 22 that the cry of ‘No Meat! No Meat!' echoed through the camp and that dinner and supper were ‘Fire Cake and Water.'" On the other hand "General Huntington remarked ‘the Connecticut Troops are the best clothed of any.'"
According to Answers.Yahoo.com, "Firecake is a mixture of flour & water (with salt if the soldiers happened to have it). You mix the ingredients together, form it into a cake & bake it on a rock in the fire or over the fire, usually in the ashes until blackened."
Information provided by my cousin:
Barry E. Hinman
Librarian Emeritus
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305
who is also the fourth great grandson of Sgt. Reuben Wright.
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