Patriot of the Revolution
Eliakim was one of 8 children (5 sons and 3 daughters)
born of Caleb Colver (1723-1788)
and his wife, Lois Hall (b. 1727).
Eliakim's siblings:
Ruth (1746-1748),
Josiah (b. 1748),
Samuel (1750-1776),
Ruth (1751-1812),
Caleb -twin- (b.1754),
Daniel (b. 1756),
Lois (1759-1761).
In 1771, the family went to live in Wells on the New Hampshire Grants (later Rutland County, Vermont) where Caleb and his 4 cousins, Samuel, Daniel, Titus and Joshua Colver, were all original proprietors.
Later Eliakim and his twin brother Caleb moved to Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
In May or June, 1775, Eliakim enlisted at Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut for 6 months as a Private in Captain William Douglas's 6th Company, Colonel David Wooster's First Connecticut Regiment.
Wooster's Regiment was raised on the first call for troops by the Connecticut legislature, April-May, 1775. The regiment was recruited in New Haven County. It marched by request of the New York Provincial authorities and the Continental Congress to New York in the later part of June and encamped at Harlem on June 28th.
Brigadier General Wooster (so appointed in the Continental Establishment by Congress June 22nd) and a small detachment guarded stock on Long Island during the summer.
About September 28th, the Regiment, under orders of Congress, marched to the Northern Department.
They proceeded by way of Albany to Ticonderoga.
Upon joining Major General Richard Montgomery, commanding the advanced forces in the department, they took part in the siege and capture of St. Johns, Québec in October, 1775, and subsequently took post at Montreal, while Montgomery proceeded to Québec City.
Much sickness prevailed in the command and many soldiers were furloughed or mustered out in October-November.
Eliakim served at Horse Neck, at New York, Ticonderoga, St. Johns in Canada, and elsewhere on Lake Champlain. He was discharged at Ticonderoga, November 28, 1775.
In June 1776, Eliakim enlisted at Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts as a Private for 6 months in Captain Aaron Rowley's Company, Colonel Jonathan Smith's Regiment, General John Fellow's Brigade and served out his enlistment in New York, Harlem Heights and elsewhere on the North (Hudson) River. He was dismissed at Croton Manor on the North River.
In August 1777, Eliakim went as a volunteer to oppose the common enemy under British Major General John Burgoyne. He was at the Battle of Bennington, August 16, 1777. This tour of service continued about 2 weeks.
Eliakim married, April 8, 1779, Theodosia (Thedee) Belden (1759-1818) by whom he had 9 children (5 sons and 4 daughters):
Alma (b. 1780),
, Theodosia (1782-1801),
Laura (1783-1845),
Caleb (b. 1786)
, Eliakim (1788-1849),
Oliver Belden (1791-1852), Zoroaster (1794-1878), Samuel (1796-1873),
Lemuel (1798-1879).
Eliakim returned to Vermont and settled in Shoreham, Addison County after his 4th child and before his 5th child, Eliakim, was born there, August 17, 1788.
References:
(1) "Colver-Culver Genealogy Descendants of Edward Cover of Boston, Dedham, and Roxbury, Massachusetts, and New London, and Mystic, Connecticut" by Frederic Lathrop Cover, 1910, pages 76, 93 and 94
(2) "Colver-Culver Family Genealogy as Descended from Edward Colver of Groton, Connecticut to the Thirteen Generations in America" by Valerie Dyer Giorgi, 1984, pages 71 and 72
(3) US Federal Military Pension File No. S.23,184
(4) "The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service during the War of the Revolution 1775-1783." by Henry P. Johnston, 1889, pages 37, 39, 41 and 42
Eliakim was one of 8 children (5 sons and 3 daughters)
born of Caleb Colver (1723-1788)
and his wife, Lois Hall (b. 1727).
Eliakim's siblings:
Ruth (1746-1748),
Josiah (b. 1748),
Samuel (1750-1776),
Ruth (1751-1812),
Caleb -twin- (b.1754),
Daniel (b. 1756),
Lois (1759-1761).
In 1771, the family went to live in Wells on the New Hampshire Grants (later Rutland County, Vermont) where Caleb and his 4 cousins, Samuel, Daniel, Titus and Joshua Colver, were all original proprietors.
Later Eliakim and his twin brother Caleb moved to Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
In May or June, 1775, Eliakim enlisted at Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut for 6 months as a Private in Captain William Douglas's 6th Company, Colonel David Wooster's First Connecticut Regiment.
Wooster's Regiment was raised on the first call for troops by the Connecticut legislature, April-May, 1775. The regiment was recruited in New Haven County. It marched by request of the New York Provincial authorities and the Continental Congress to New York in the later part of June and encamped at Harlem on June 28th.
Brigadier General Wooster (so appointed in the Continental Establishment by Congress June 22nd) and a small detachment guarded stock on Long Island during the summer.
About September 28th, the Regiment, under orders of Congress, marched to the Northern Department.
They proceeded by way of Albany to Ticonderoga.
Upon joining Major General Richard Montgomery, commanding the advanced forces in the department, they took part in the siege and capture of St. Johns, Québec in October, 1775, and subsequently took post at Montreal, while Montgomery proceeded to Québec City.
Much sickness prevailed in the command and many soldiers were furloughed or mustered out in October-November.
Eliakim served at Horse Neck, at New York, Ticonderoga, St. Johns in Canada, and elsewhere on Lake Champlain. He was discharged at Ticonderoga, November 28, 1775.
In June 1776, Eliakim enlisted at Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts as a Private for 6 months in Captain Aaron Rowley's Company, Colonel Jonathan Smith's Regiment, General John Fellow's Brigade and served out his enlistment in New York, Harlem Heights and elsewhere on the North (Hudson) River. He was dismissed at Croton Manor on the North River.
In August 1777, Eliakim went as a volunteer to oppose the common enemy under British Major General John Burgoyne. He was at the Battle of Bennington, August 16, 1777. This tour of service continued about 2 weeks.
Eliakim married, April 8, 1779, Theodosia (Thedee) Belden (1759-1818) by whom he had 9 children (5 sons and 4 daughters):
Alma (b. 1780),
, Theodosia (1782-1801),
Laura (1783-1845),
Caleb (b. 1786)
, Eliakim (1788-1849),
Oliver Belden (1791-1852), Zoroaster (1794-1878), Samuel (1796-1873),
Lemuel (1798-1879).
Eliakim returned to Vermont and settled in Shoreham, Addison County after his 4th child and before his 5th child, Eliakim, was born there, August 17, 1788.
References:
(1) "Colver-Culver Genealogy Descendants of Edward Cover of Boston, Dedham, and Roxbury, Massachusetts, and New London, and Mystic, Connecticut" by Frederic Lathrop Cover, 1910, pages 76, 93 and 94
(2) "Colver-Culver Family Genealogy as Descended from Edward Colver of Groton, Connecticut to the Thirteen Generations in America" by Valerie Dyer Giorgi, 1984, pages 71 and 72
(3) US Federal Military Pension File No. S.23,184
(4) "The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service during the War of the Revolution 1775-1783." by Henry P. Johnston, 1889, pages 37, 39, 41 and 42
Patriot of the Revolution
Eliakim was one of 8 children (5 sons and 3 daughters)
born of Caleb Colver (1723-1788)
and his wife, Lois Hall (b. 1727).
Eliakim's siblings:
Ruth (1746-1748),
Josiah (b. 1748),
Samuel (1750-1776),
Ruth (1751-1812),
Caleb -twin- (b.1754),
Daniel (b. 1756),
Lois (1759-1761).
In 1771, the family went to live in Wells on the New Hampshire Grants (later Rutland County, Vermont) where Caleb and his 4 cousins, Samuel, Daniel, Titus and Joshua Colver, were all original proprietors.
Later Eliakim and his twin brother Caleb moved to Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
In May or June, 1775, Eliakim enlisted at Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut for 6 months as a Private in Captain William Douglas's 6th Company, Colonel David Wooster's First Connecticut Regiment.
Wooster's Regiment was raised on the first call for troops by the Connecticut legislature, April-May, 1775. The regiment was recruited in New Haven County. It marched by request of the New York Provincial authorities and the Continental Congress to New York in the later part of June and encamped at Harlem on June 28th.
Brigadier General Wooster (so appointed in the Continental Establishment by Congress June 22nd) and a small detachment guarded stock on Long Island during the summer.
About September 28th, the Regiment, under orders of Congress, marched to the Northern Department.
They proceeded by way of Albany to Ticonderoga.
Upon joining Major General Richard Montgomery, commanding the advanced forces in the department, they took part in the siege and capture of St. Johns, Québec in October, 1775, and subsequently took post at Montreal, while Montgomery proceeded to Québec City.
Much sickness prevailed in the command and many soldiers were furloughed or mustered out in October-November.
Eliakim served at Horse Neck, at New York, Ticonderoga, St. Johns in Canada, and elsewhere on Lake Champlain. He was discharged at Ticonderoga, November 28, 1775.
In June 1776, Eliakim enlisted at Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts as a Private for 6 months in Captain Aaron Rowley's Company, Colonel Jonathan Smith's Regiment, General John Fellow's Brigade and served out his enlistment in New York, Harlem Heights and elsewhere on the North (Hudson) River. He was dismissed at Croton Manor on the North River.
In August 1777, Eliakim went as a volunteer to oppose the common enemy under British Major General John Burgoyne. He was at the Battle of Bennington, August 16, 1777. This tour of service continued about 2 weeks.
Eliakim married, April 8, 1779, Theodosia (Thedee) Belden (1759-1818) by whom he had 9 children (5 sons and 4 daughters):
Alma (b. 1780),
, Theodosia (1782-1801),
Laura (1783-1845),
Caleb (b. 1786)
, Eliakim (1788-1849),
Oliver Belden (1791-1852), Zoroaster (1794-1878), Samuel (1796-1873),
Lemuel (1798-1879).
Eliakim returned to Vermont and settled in Shoreham, Addison County after his 4th child and before his 5th child, Eliakim, was born there, August 17, 1788.
References:
(1) "Colver-Culver Genealogy Descendants of Edward Cover of Boston, Dedham, and Roxbury, Massachusetts, and New London, and Mystic, Connecticut" by Frederic Lathrop Cover, 1910, pages 76, 93 and 94
(2) "Colver-Culver Family Genealogy as Descended from Edward Colver of Groton, Connecticut to the Thirteen Generations in America" by Valerie Dyer Giorgi, 1984, pages 71 and 72
(3) US Federal Military Pension File No. S.23,184
(4) "The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service during the War of the Revolution 1775-1783." by Henry P. Johnston, 1889, pages 37, 39, 41 and 42
Eliakim was one of 8 children (5 sons and 3 daughters)
born of Caleb Colver (1723-1788)
and his wife, Lois Hall (b. 1727).
Eliakim's siblings:
Ruth (1746-1748),
Josiah (b. 1748),
Samuel (1750-1776),
Ruth (1751-1812),
Caleb -twin- (b.1754),
Daniel (b. 1756),
Lois (1759-1761).
In 1771, the family went to live in Wells on the New Hampshire Grants (later Rutland County, Vermont) where Caleb and his 4 cousins, Samuel, Daniel, Titus and Joshua Colver, were all original proprietors.
Later Eliakim and his twin brother Caleb moved to Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
In May or June, 1775, Eliakim enlisted at Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut for 6 months as a Private in Captain William Douglas's 6th Company, Colonel David Wooster's First Connecticut Regiment.
Wooster's Regiment was raised on the first call for troops by the Connecticut legislature, April-May, 1775. The regiment was recruited in New Haven County. It marched by request of the New York Provincial authorities and the Continental Congress to New York in the later part of June and encamped at Harlem on June 28th.
Brigadier General Wooster (so appointed in the Continental Establishment by Congress June 22nd) and a small detachment guarded stock on Long Island during the summer.
About September 28th, the Regiment, under orders of Congress, marched to the Northern Department.
They proceeded by way of Albany to Ticonderoga.
Upon joining Major General Richard Montgomery, commanding the advanced forces in the department, they took part in the siege and capture of St. Johns, Québec in October, 1775, and subsequently took post at Montreal, while Montgomery proceeded to Québec City.
Much sickness prevailed in the command and many soldiers were furloughed or mustered out in October-November.
Eliakim served at Horse Neck, at New York, Ticonderoga, St. Johns in Canada, and elsewhere on Lake Champlain. He was discharged at Ticonderoga, November 28, 1775.
In June 1776, Eliakim enlisted at Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts as a Private for 6 months in Captain Aaron Rowley's Company, Colonel Jonathan Smith's Regiment, General John Fellow's Brigade and served out his enlistment in New York, Harlem Heights and elsewhere on the North (Hudson) River. He was dismissed at Croton Manor on the North River.
In August 1777, Eliakim went as a volunteer to oppose the common enemy under British Major General John Burgoyne. He was at the Battle of Bennington, August 16, 1777. This tour of service continued about 2 weeks.
Eliakim married, April 8, 1779, Theodosia (Thedee) Belden (1759-1818) by whom he had 9 children (5 sons and 4 daughters):
Alma (b. 1780),
, Theodosia (1782-1801),
Laura (1783-1845),
Caleb (b. 1786)
, Eliakim (1788-1849),
Oliver Belden (1791-1852), Zoroaster (1794-1878), Samuel (1796-1873),
Lemuel (1798-1879).
Eliakim returned to Vermont and settled in Shoreham, Addison County after his 4th child and before his 5th child, Eliakim, was born there, August 17, 1788.
References:
(1) "Colver-Culver Genealogy Descendants of Edward Cover of Boston, Dedham, and Roxbury, Massachusetts, and New London, and Mystic, Connecticut" by Frederic Lathrop Cover, 1910, pages 76, 93 and 94
(2) "Colver-Culver Family Genealogy as Descended from Edward Colver of Groton, Connecticut to the Thirteen Generations in America" by Valerie Dyer Giorgi, 1984, pages 71 and 72
(3) US Federal Military Pension File No. S.23,184
(4) "The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service during the War of the Revolution 1775-1783." by Henry P. Johnston, 1889, pages 37, 39, 41 and 42
Inscription
ELIAKIM
CULVER
Died
Feb 28, 1841
AE 86.
Gravesite Details
He died during his 86th year.
An official Star for Revolutionary War Veterans is staked at his gravestone
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