In 1805, Ebenezer Fish married Hannah (FamilySearch GV8F-4HW) in Lebanon, NY, where their first 5 children were born: Sylvia Maria; SAMUEL; William; Anna May (b.30May1812) and Lucinda (b.9JAN1814). They moved 35 miles west to Cayuga County, NY, where, on Ebenezer enlisted in the New York Militia and served 9 months under Captain Benjamin Horton in the 1st Infantry Regiment. That regimen successfully defended Fort Erie against the British from 1AUG to 23SEP1814. After moving to Brutus, Cayuga County, NY, Ebenezer and Hannah had three more children: Elijah; Phebe; and Betsey Ann (b.25May1821). Sylvia was married there in 1826, then about 1827 she and the Fish family settled for a short time in Shelby Township, Macomb County, Michigan. Samuel and William moved to LaGrange County, Indiana before the 1830 census. Phebe married Henry B. Forker in Michigan in Oct. 1841 and then they moved with other family members to LaGrange. Ebenezer and Hannah purchased eighty acres on Pretty Prairie in Greenfield Township, IN, where they lived until about 1845. On 4AUG1858 Ebenezer signed a form asking for 160 acres of land in payment for his military service (prior to U.S military payrolls, state militias would promise soldiers "bounty land"). Census taken of Bloomfield, IN in 1850 and 1860 show that Ebenezer and Hannah were living with daughter Phebe Forker and her family (it's believed Hannah and Ebenezer were buried on the Forker farm). Both census list Ebenezer as born in Connecticut and Hannah as born in Massachusetts. The 1860 census (attached) lists Ebenezer as age 77 and Hannah as age 80. This census info is the only documentation of their births yet to be found.
NOTE: On 6SEP1781, Benedict Arnold's British soldiers, with help from Loyalists in New London County, Connecticut, attacked and quickly overwhelmed 24 soldiers guarding a large stash of Continental Army supplies. Arnold's soldiers looted, then set fire to every building in the area, destroying all records kept by the local governments and churches. Less than ten years after this raid, many people left the town of Lebanon, New London County, CT. and started the settlement of Lebanon in upstate New York. The county of Madison was established 1806 and the town of Lebanon was established there in 1807.
NOTE: On 6SEP1781, Benedict Arnold's British soldiers, with help from Loyalists in New London County, Connecticut, attacked and quickly overwhelmed 24 soldiers guarding a large stash of Continental Army supplies. Arnold's soldiers looted, then set fire to every building in the area, destroying all records kept by the local governments and churches. Less than ten years after this raid, many people left the town of Lebanon, New London County, CT. and started the settlement of Lebanon in upstate New York. The county of Madison was established 1806 and the town of Lebanon was established there in 1807.
In 1805, Ebenezer Fish married Hannah (FamilySearch GV8F-4HW) in Lebanon, NY, where their first 5 children were born: Sylvia Maria; SAMUEL; William; Anna May (b.30May1812) and Lucinda (b.9JAN1814). They moved 35 miles west to Cayuga County, NY, where, on Ebenezer enlisted in the New York Militia and served 9 months under Captain Benjamin Horton in the 1st Infantry Regiment. That regimen successfully defended Fort Erie against the British from 1AUG to 23SEP1814. After moving to Brutus, Cayuga County, NY, Ebenezer and Hannah had three more children: Elijah; Phebe; and Betsey Ann (b.25May1821). Sylvia was married there in 1826, then about 1827 she and the Fish family settled for a short time in Shelby Township, Macomb County, Michigan. Samuel and William moved to LaGrange County, Indiana before the 1830 census. Phebe married Henry B. Forker in Michigan in Oct. 1841 and then they moved with other family members to LaGrange. Ebenezer and Hannah purchased eighty acres on Pretty Prairie in Greenfield Township, IN, where they lived until about 1845. On 4AUG1858 Ebenezer signed a form asking for 160 acres of land in payment for his military service (prior to U.S military payrolls, state militias would promise soldiers "bounty land"). Census taken of Bloomfield, IN in 1850 and 1860 show that Ebenezer and Hannah were living with daughter Phebe Forker and her family (it's believed Hannah and Ebenezer were buried on the Forker farm). Both census list Ebenezer as born in Connecticut and Hannah as born in Massachusetts. The 1860 census (attached) lists Ebenezer as age 77 and Hannah as age 80. This census info is the only documentation of their births yet to be found.
NOTE: On 6SEP1781, Benedict Arnold's British soldiers, with help from Loyalists in New London County, Connecticut, attacked and quickly overwhelmed 24 soldiers guarding a large stash of Continental Army supplies. Arnold's soldiers looted, then set fire to every building in the area, destroying all records kept by the local governments and churches. Less than ten years after this raid, many people left the town of Lebanon, New London County, CT. and started the settlement of Lebanon in upstate New York. The county of Madison was established 1806 and the town of Lebanon was established there in 1807.
NOTE: On 6SEP1781, Benedict Arnold's British soldiers, with help from Loyalists in New London County, Connecticut, attacked and quickly overwhelmed 24 soldiers guarding a large stash of Continental Army supplies. Arnold's soldiers looted, then set fire to every building in the area, destroying all records kept by the local governments and churches. Less than ten years after this raid, many people left the town of Lebanon, New London County, CT. and started the settlement of Lebanon in upstate New York. The county of Madison was established 1806 and the town of Lebanon was established there in 1807.
Inscription
PVT, 1 REGT, NY MIL, WAR OF 1812, DEC 1863
Gravesite Details
While Ebenezer was not buried in Greenwood Cemetery, his headstone there was among 10 set in May, 2012 by Jean Litke's "VETERAN'S HEADSTONE PROJECT".
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