Windham County VT Archives Military Records.....Cole, Benjamin May 1780
Revwar - Pension Capt. Elijah Wadsorth and 2 Regt. CT Capt. Hebb's troops
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M805 NARA Series Http://www.revwar.patriotpublishers.com
CONT,CT/ NY BENJAMIN COLE m RACHEL [maiden name not stated] in Conway, Franklin
Cnty, MA, 10 May 1787. Sol was private in Col SHELDON's Regiment of Dragoon's. Sol
res Halifax, Windham Cnty, VT, when he enlisted in May, 1780, previous to the Dark
Day, at East Windsor, CT, into Capt HEBB's troops of the 2nd Regiment, CT line,
dismounted Dragoons, commanded by Col ELISHA SHELDON. Transferred to Capt ELIJAH
WADSWORTH's mounted Dragoons, 1782. Sol, age 62, states, 21 Apr 1818, he has no real
estate or personal property except his horse and household furniture; he res with
his wife and 5 children, under age and under his care. Sol, age 65, 20 May 1820,
states occupation was schoolmaster, but "lately [has] been a preacher in the Baptist
denomination though I never was ordained by any order of Christians," his wife is
"upwards of 52 years of age… at times afflicted with rheumatism," and he has 3
children: BETSEY, age 14 , ELIJAH, age 12, and SALLY, age 10. Sol d 2 Jan 1834 of
"old age together with a general debility or weakness which commenced first in his
limbs for some time previous to his death and a fever for some of the last days of
his life…" Wid m2 JAMES MCMURPHY, 10 May 1838; RACHEL still res with JAMES MCMURPHY
in Humphrey, Cattaraugus Cnty, NY, 17 Jun 1843. R-6797 


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