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East Haddam Revolutionary Heroes
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Joseph
Birth Date
1714/10/03
Spencer
Death Date
1789/01/15
Burial Place
Nathan Hale Park
First Service
Enlistment Date
1775/04
Discharge Date
13 days
Rank
Colonel
Brigade
Regiment
East Haddam
Company
Lexington Alarm
Regiment Officer
Colonel Joseph Spencer
Company Officer
Captain John Willey
Other Officer
Lieut. Eliphalet Holmes
Second Service
Enlistment Date
1775/05/01
Discharge Date
1775/12/10
Rank
General/Colonel
Brigade
General Joseph Spencer
Regiment
2nd
Company
Regiment Officer
Colonel Joseph Spencer
Company Officer
Other Officer
Third Service
Enlistment Date
1776/08/09
Discharge Date
Rank
Major General
Brigade
Regiment
Company
Regiment Officer
Company Officer
Other Officer
Notes
Resigned from army in 1778. Judge of Probate of the East Haddam and Colchester District for 35 years. He was elected councilor of the State of Connecticut in may of 1776 and died in office.