Veteran of the American Revolution:
11 June 1776 - 25 December 1776, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut: musician, Capt. Cornelius Higgins Co., Col. William Douglas Reg.; battles of Harlem and White Plains.
12 June 1777 - January 1778, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut: musician, Capt. James Smith Co., Col. Ely Reg.
June 1778 - Nov 1778: sailor & privateer aboard the brig "New Broom", Capt. Israel Bishop; captured off Nantucket Shoals, imprisoned in New York, NY abt. one month then permitted to return home. Capture cited (06 February 1779, The London Gazette), "LIST of Captures and Recaptures made by the American Squadron, of which Accounts have been received by Rear-Admiral Gambier, between the 23d of May, 1778, and the 20/h of December following . . . . . . October 22, By HMS Ariel and HMS Savage. Brig New Broom, 16 Guns, from New London, on a Cruize, stopped off Nantucket Shoals, armed for War, sent to New York, consigned to Mr. Kemble. . . . . "
May 1779 - July 1779, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut: Capt. John Venture Co., Capt. Dart Co.
Oct 1780 - Jan 1781, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut: Capt. John Buckley Co.
Oct. 1781 - November 1781, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut: Capt. Chapman Co.
He also served for four weeks on alarms at Danbury and New Haven.
03 October 1832, Jefferson, Schoharie Co., New York: pension granted on his application executed this date.
Frederick Smith died in the home of his son, Benjamin.
Ancestral File Numbers:
1) DAR Ancestor A105390
11 June 1776 - 25 December 1776, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut: musician, Capt. Cornelius Higgins Co., Col. William Douglas Reg.; battles of Harlem and White Plains.
12 June 1777 - January 1778, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut: musician, Capt. James Smith Co., Col. Ely Reg.
June 1778 - Nov 1778: sailor & privateer aboard the brig "New Broom", Capt. Israel Bishop; captured off Nantucket Shoals, imprisoned in New York, NY abt. one month then permitted to return home. Capture cited (06 February 1779, The London Gazette), "LIST of Captures and Recaptures made by the American Squadron, of which Accounts have been received by Rear-Admiral Gambier, between the 23d of May, 1778, and the 20/h of December following . . . . . . October 22, By HMS Ariel and HMS Savage. Brig New Broom, 16 Guns, from New London, on a Cruize, stopped off Nantucket Shoals, armed for War, sent to New York, consigned to Mr. Kemble. . . . . "
May 1779 - July 1779, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut: Capt. John Venture Co., Capt. Dart Co.
Oct 1780 - Jan 1781, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut: Capt. John Buckley Co.
Oct. 1781 - November 1781, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut: Capt. Chapman Co.
He also served for four weeks on alarms at Danbury and New Haven.
03 October 1832, Jefferson, Schoharie Co., New York: pension granted on his application executed this date.
Frederick Smith died in the home of his son, Benjamin.
Ancestral File Numbers:
1) DAR Ancestor A105390
Veteran of the American Revolution:
11 June 1776 - 25 December 1776, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut: musician, Capt. Cornelius Higgins Co., Col. William Douglas Reg.; battles of Harlem and White Plains.
12 June 1777 - January 1778, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut: musician, Capt. James Smith Co., Col. Ely Reg.
June 1778 - Nov 1778: sailor & privateer aboard the brig "New Broom", Capt. Israel Bishop; captured off Nantucket Shoals, imprisoned in New York, NY abt. one month then permitted to return home. Capture cited (06 February 1779, The London Gazette), "LIST of Captures and Recaptures made by the American Squadron, of which Accounts have been received by Rear-Admiral Gambier, between the 23d of May, 1778, and the 20/h of December following . . . . . . October 22, By HMS Ariel and HMS Savage. Brig New Broom, 16 Guns, from New London, on a Cruize, stopped off Nantucket Shoals, armed for War, sent to New York, consigned to Mr. Kemble. . . . . "
May 1779 - July 1779, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut: Capt. John Venture Co., Capt. Dart Co.
Oct 1780 - Jan 1781, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut: Capt. John Buckley Co.
Oct. 1781 - November 1781, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut: Capt. Chapman Co.
He also served for four weeks on alarms at Danbury and New Haven.
03 October 1832, Jefferson, Schoharie Co., New York: pension granted on his application executed this date.
Frederick Smith died in the home of his son, Benjamin.
Ancestral File Numbers:
1) DAR Ancestor A105390
11 June 1776 - 25 December 1776, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut: musician, Capt. Cornelius Higgins Co., Col. William Douglas Reg.; battles of Harlem and White Plains.
12 June 1777 - January 1778, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut: musician, Capt. James Smith Co., Col. Ely Reg.
June 1778 - Nov 1778: sailor & privateer aboard the brig "New Broom", Capt. Israel Bishop; captured off Nantucket Shoals, imprisoned in New York, NY abt. one month then permitted to return home. Capture cited (06 February 1779, The London Gazette), "LIST of Captures and Recaptures made by the American Squadron, of which Accounts have been received by Rear-Admiral Gambier, between the 23d of May, 1778, and the 20/h of December following . . . . . . October 22, By HMS Ariel and HMS Savage. Brig New Broom, 16 Guns, from New London, on a Cruize, stopped off Nantucket Shoals, armed for War, sent to New York, consigned to Mr. Kemble. . . . . "
May 1779 - July 1779, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut: Capt. John Venture Co., Capt. Dart Co.
Oct 1780 - Jan 1781, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut: Capt. John Buckley Co.
Oct. 1781 - November 1781, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut: Capt. Chapman Co.
He also served for four weeks on alarms at Danbury and New Haven.
03 October 1832, Jefferson, Schoharie Co., New York: pension granted on his application executed this date.
Frederick Smith died in the home of his son, Benjamin.
Ancestral File Numbers:
1) DAR Ancestor A105390
Inscription
FREDRICK SMITH
DIED
July 17, 1852.
Aged 92 years,
4 m. & 17 d.
Gravesite Details
Age on gravestone is in error by one day, according to his birth recorded in Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut
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