Samuel Barlow, a prosperous farmer, was the father of 9 children, including the celebrated American poet and statesman Joel Barlow, and a son and namesake killed during the American Revolution. Born in colonial Fairfield, Connecticut, Mr. Barlow wed Eunice Bradley in 1731, and the couple had four children prior to her death in the early 1740's. In 1744 he re-married, taking Esther Hull as his second wife, with whom he eventually had five more children. By the end of the decade the Barlows had moved to nearby Redding, Connecticut, where he resided for the rest of his life, dying a month before his 64th birthday. The greater part of his brown sandstone stele memorializes his 23-year-old son, Samuel Barlow, who
"resigned his breath in the service of his _____* country and was buried at Rynbeck on return from the victory at St. John and Montreal, January 26, A.D. 1776."
A single epitaph for father and son reads:
"Thus age and youth without distinction fall, Death is the common lot prepared for all."
*The inscription seems to have been deliberately altered at some point, as a carefully excised rectangle separates the words "his" and "country". At a time when feelings were bitterly divided even among the American-born, the alteration may have been politically motivated.
"resigned his breath in the service of his _____* country and was buried at Rynbeck on return from the victory at St. John and Montreal, January 26, A.D. 1776."
A single epitaph for father and son reads:
"Thus age and youth without distinction fall, Death is the common lot prepared for all."
*The inscription seems to have been deliberately altered at some point, as a carefully excised rectangle separates the words "his" and "country". At a time when feelings were bitterly divided even among the American-born, the alteration may have been politically motivated.
Samuel Barlow, a prosperous farmer, was the father of 9 children, including the celebrated American poet and statesman Joel Barlow, and a son and namesake killed during the American Revolution. Born in colonial Fairfield, Connecticut, Mr. Barlow wed Eunice Bradley in 1731, and the couple had four children prior to her death in the early 1740's. In 1744 he re-married, taking Esther Hull as his second wife, with whom he eventually had five more children. By the end of the decade the Barlows had moved to nearby Redding, Connecticut, where he resided for the rest of his life, dying a month before his 64th birthday. The greater part of his brown sandstone stele memorializes his 23-year-old son, Samuel Barlow, who
"resigned his breath in the service of his _____* country and was buried at Rynbeck on return from the victory at St. John and Montreal, January 26, A.D. 1776."
A single epitaph for father and son reads:
"Thus age and youth without distinction fall, Death is the common lot prepared for all."
*The inscription seems to have been deliberately altered at some point, as a carefully excised rectangle separates the words "his" and "country". At a time when feelings were bitterly divided even among the American-born, the alteration may have been politically motivated.
"resigned his breath in the service of his _____* country and was buried at Rynbeck on return from the victory at St. John and Montreal, January 26, A.D. 1776."
A single epitaph for father and son reads:
"Thus age and youth without distinction fall, Death is the common lot prepared for all."
*The inscription seems to have been deliberately altered at some point, as a carefully excised rectangle separates the words "his" and "country". At a time when feelings were bitterly divided even among the American-born, the alteration may have been politically motivated.
Gravesite Details
Source of parental links: Findagrave member Jim Bradley
Family Members
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