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East Haddam Revolutionary Heroes
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Elias
Birth Date
1743
Lay
Death Date
Burial Place
First Service
Enlistment Date
1775/07/09
Discharge Date
1775/12/17
Rank
Sergeant
Brigade
General Joseph Spencer
Regiment
8th
Company
9th
Regiment Officer
Colonel Jedediah Huntington
Company Officer
Captain Abraham Tyler
Other Officer
Second Service
Enlistment Date
Discharge Date
Rank
Brigade
Regiment
Company
Regiment Officer
Company Officer
Other Officer
Third Service
Enlistment Date
Discharge Date
Rank
Brigade
Regiment
Company
Regiment Officer
Company Officer
Other Officer
Notes
2nd Lieutenant on the Galley "Crane" commanded by Captain Jehiel Tinker in 1776. The "Crane" was captured in the North River in the Fall of 1776. Elias Lay lived in East Haddam in 1816 and 1817 according to land records although he was born in Lyme.
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