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East Haddam Revolutionary Heroes
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Duroy
Birth Date
Whittlesy
Death Date
1776/11/06
Burial Place
First Service
Enlistment Date
1775/05/11
Discharge Date
1775/12/17
Rank
Private
Brigade
Roxbury
Regiment
2nd
Company
1st
Regiment Officer
Colonel Joseph Spencer
Company Officer
Captain John Willey
Other Officer
Second Service
Enlistment Date
1776
Discharge Date
Missing 1776/08/27
Rank
Private
Brigade
Regiment
17th Continental
Company
Regiment Officer
Colonel Jedediah Huntington
Company Officer
Captain Joseph Jewett
Other Officer
Third Service
Enlistment Date
Discharge Date
Rank
Brigade
Regiment
Company
Regiment Officer
Company Officer
Other Officer
Notes
Name possibly Duren.
According to page 66 of the diary of Lieut. Jabez Fitch of NY, Duren Whittlesby died in the hospital on the night of Nov 6, 1776. He had been taken prisoner at the Battle of Long Island. The exact location of the hospital is unknown, but it was in New York City, or perhaps near it on Long Island.