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John

Birth Date

1732/10/11

Willey

Death Date

1805/12/26

Burial Place

Foxtown Cemetery

First Service

Enlistment Date

1775/04

Discharge Date

14 days

Rank

Captain

Brigade

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Regiment

East Haddam

Company

Lexington Alarm

Regiment Officer

Colonel Joseph Spencer

Company Officer

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Other Officer

Lieut. Eliphalet Holmes

Second Service

Enlistment Date

1775

Discharge Date

​

Rank

Captain

Brigade

General Joseph Spencer

Regiment

2nd

Company

1st

Regiment Officer

Colonel Joseph Spencer

Company Officer

​

Other Officer

2nd Lieut. Daniel Cone

Third Service

Enlistment Date

1776*

Discharge Date

​

Rank

Captain

Brigade

Wadsworth - N.Y. and Long Island

Regiment

4th Battalion

Company

1st

Regiment Officer

Colonel Samuel Selden

Company Officer

​

Other Officer

​

Notes

Commander of the Millington1st (or North) Company of Militia.
He was the first burial in Foxtown Cemetery.

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