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East Haddam Revolutionary Heroes
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Ephraim
Birth Date
1748
Watkins
Death Date
1821
Burial Place
First Service
Enlistment Date
1777/04/23
Discharge Date
1780/03/29
Rank
Private
Brigade
Conn. Line
Regiment
1st
Company
Regiment Officer
Colonel Jedediah Huntington
Company Officer
Captain Eliphalet Holmes
Other Officer
Second Service
Enlistment Date
1781/01
Discharge Date
1781/12/31
Rank
Private
Brigade
Conn. Line
Regiment
2nd
Company
Regiment Officer
Colonel Heman Swift
Company Officer
Captain Ephraim Chamberlain
Other Officer
Third Service
Enlistment Date
1783/01/01
Discharge Date
1783/02/01
Rank
Private
Brigade
Conn. Line
Regiment
2nd
Company
Regiment Officer
Colonel Heman Swift
Company Officer
Captain Samuel Comstock
Other Officer
Notes
In August, '81, shortly before marching to Virginia, Washington formed a battalion of four Light Companies and assigned Lieut. Col. Alexander Hamilton to their command. At the Siege they were attached to Lafayette's Light Division. Two of his four companies were detached from the New York and two from the Connecticut "Line". Ephraim Watkins temporarily served in Captain Weed's Company of this Battalion.
He also served in the final formation of Col. Heman Swift's Regiment from Jun to Dec 1783.