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East Haddam Revolutionary Heroes
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Ezra
Birth Date
1738/05/10
Beckwith
Death Date
1821/04/21
Burial Place
Drowned off Cornfield Point
First Service
Enlistment Date
1775/05/08
Discharge Date
1775/10/09
Rank
Private
Brigade
Gen. Joseph Spencer
Regiment
2nd
Company
1st
Regiment Officer
Colonel Joseph Spencer
Company Officer
Captain John Willey
Other Officer
2nd Lieut. Daniel Cone
Second Service
Enlistment Date
1776/10/23
Discharge Date
1776/12/04
Rank
Private
Brigade
Regiment
Light Horse
Company
Regiment Officer
Colonel Elisha Sheldon
Company Officer
Captain John Skinner
Other Officer
Third Service
Enlistment Date
1777/04/01
Discharge Date
1780/03/25
Rank
Sergeant
Brigade
Maj. Gen. Joseph Spencer
Regiment
3rd
Company
Regiment Officer
Colonel Samuel Wyllys
Company Officer
Captain Daniel Allen
Other Officer
Notes
1st service 1775/04 served 18 days in Lexington Alarm under Capt. John Willey, Col. Joseph Spencer. Ezra Beckwith drowns in Long Island Sound off Cornfield Point 21 April 1821 while trying to save a man knocked overboard from his schooner sailing from Niantic to NY.