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| [October 1739] An Act for the better regulating the Militia of this Colony, and putting it in a more ready posture for the Defence of the Same. Be it enacted by the Governour, Council and Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the Governour of this Colony, for the time being, shall be Captain General, and the Deputy Governour, for the time being, shall be Lieutenant General, over all the military forces within this Colony. And be it further enacted by the authority of aforesaid, That all the military companies in this Colony shall be formed into regiments, as followeth, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The military companies in the towns of Plainfield, Canterbury, Pomfrett, Killingsly, and Voluntown, shall be one entire regiment, and shall be called the Eleventh Regiment. . . . And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That where, by the division aforesaid, it hath, or, by any division that hereafter may be made, it shall so happen, that any of the said companies of foot-souldiers have or shall be divided and left part in one regiment and part in another, in such case the minor part of such company so divided shall be added to that regiment to which the major part of said company doth belong. Be it also further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be in each of said regiments appointed by the General Assembly, a Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, and Major, who shall be commissioned by the Governour for the time being; which colonel or chief officer of each regiment shall be invested with the same power and authority in his regiment, and shall be obliged to the same duties, and liable to the same penalties, as by the laws of this Colony the majors in the several counties have heretofore been in their respective counties. And said chief officers are impowered and directed to dignify the companies belonging to their respective regiments. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each regiment, where there is no troop of horse already formed, shall have liberty, with the advice and direction of the chief officers of said regiment, to form a Troop, consisting of a suitable number not exceeding sixty-four men including officers, and the chief officers shall lead, or cause such troop to be led, to the choice of officers necessary for said troop, and make return thereof to the General Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This Assembly do appoint Timothy Pierce, Esq., to be Colonel of the Eleventh Regiment in this Colony, and order that he be commissioned accordingly. This Assembly do appoint John Dyer, Esq., to be Lieutenant Colonel of the Eleventh Regiment in this Colony, and order that he be commissioned accordingly. This Assembly do appoint Hezekiah Sabin, Esq., to be Major of the Eleventh Regiment in this Colony, and order that he be commissioned accordingly. (Colony of Connecticut) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [May 1752] This Assembly do establish and confirm Mr. Samuel Addams to be Lieutenant of the 2d company or trainband in the 11th Regiment in this Colony. And order that he be commissioned accordingly. [May 1752] This Assembly do establish and confirm Mr. Josiah Butts to be Ensign of the 2d company or trainband in the 11th Regiment in this Colony. And order that he be commissioned accordingly. Deacon William Skinner, who was at the Siege of Louisburg and Ensign in the 15th Company, 11th Regiment, in 1757, responded to the Lexington Alarm as a member of Capt. Ephraim Manning’s Company In October 1760, Lieut. Nehemiah Lyon became Captain of the 17th Company, 11th Regiment; Nathaniel Child, Lieutenant; and Stephen May, Ensign (Colonial Records, Vol. X: 379) (Bowen, pg. 121) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pomfret, Woodstock and the north and central companies of Killingly were included in the eleventh regiment – Ebenezer Williams, Colonel; William Danielson, Major (Larned, History of Windham County, Connecticut; pg 139-140) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {October 1772} This Assembly do establish James Fuller to be Captain of the 18th company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish Samuel Chandler to be Lieutenant of the 18th company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish Mark Elwell to be Ensign of the 18th company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pgs. 7-8) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {October 1772} This Assembly do establish Benjamin Lyon to be Captain of the seventeenth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish Stephen Lyon to be Lieutenant of the seventeenth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish Peter Child to be Ensign of the seventeenth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pg. 9) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {October 1772} This Assembly do establish Joshua Dunlap to be Ensign of the eighth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pg. 11) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {May 1773} This Assembly do establish Daniel Larned to be Ensign of the twelfth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pg. ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {May 1773} This Assembly do establish Richard Kagwin to be Captain of the sixth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish James Campbell to be Lieutenant of the sixth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish Moses Campbell to be Ensign of the sixth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pgs. ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {May 1773} This Assembly do establish Joseph Abbott to be Captain of the fifth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish Nathan Witter to be Lieutenant of the fifth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish Abner Adams to be Ensign of the fifth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pgs. ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [October 1773] This Assembly do appoint Captain Douglas to be Major of the Eleventh Regiment of Militia in this Colony, in the room of Major Ezekiel Pierce removed out of said Regiment. (Hoadley, Charles J.; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Vol. 14, pg. 163) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This Assembly do appoint Caleb Clark to be Captain of the Third Company or Trainband in the 11th Regiment in this Colony. (Hoadley, Charles J ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {October 1773} This Assembly do establish Obadiah Johnson to be Captain of the second company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish Sherebiah Butt to be Lieutenant of the second company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish Abner Bacon to be Ensign of the second company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pg. 166) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {January 1774} This Assembly do establish William Hibbard to be Lieutenant of the nineteenth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pg. 221) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {January 1774} This Assembly do establish John Gallop to be Captain of the first company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish Waterman Clift to be Lieutenant of the first company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pg. 221) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {May 1774} This Assembly do establish Ezekiel Little to be Captain of the 12th company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish John Eaton Jr. to be Lieutenant of the 12th company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish David Cady Jr. to be Ensign of the 12th company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pg. 268) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {May 1774} This Assembly do establish Joseph Cady Jr. to be Captain of the fourth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish Jonathan Cady to be Lieutenant of the fourth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pg. 270) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {May 1774} This Assembly do establish Nathaniel Marcy to be Captain of the 16th company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pg. 270) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {May 1774} This Assembly do establish John Weld to be Lieutenant of the third company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pg. 270) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {May 1774} This Assembly do establish Samuel Chandler Jr. to be Captain of the 18th company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish Mark Elwell to be Lieutenant of the 18th company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish John Holbrook Jr. to be Ensign of the 18th company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pgs. 270-271) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {May 1774} This Assembly do establish Joseph Woodward to be Captain of the ninth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish Benjamin Bacon to be Lieutenant of the ninth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish Abijah Cady to be Ensign of the ninth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pg. 271) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {May 1774} This Assembly do establish Payne Convers Jr. to be Ensign of the 12th company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pg. 271) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {October 1774} This Assembly do appoint Israel Putnam, Esq, to be Lieutenant-Colonel of the eleventh regiment of militia in this Colony. This Assembly do appoint William Danielson, Esq, to be Major of the eleventh regiment of militia in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pg. 331) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {October 1774} This Assembly do establish Stephen Griggs to be Ensign of the third company in the 11th regiment. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pg. 333) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {October 1774} This Assembly to establish Stephen Utley to be Lieutenant of the tenth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish William Osgood to be Ensign of the tenth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pg. 333) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {October 1774} This Assembly do establish Daniel Clark to be Ensign of the first company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pg. 336) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {October 1774} This Assembly do establish Andrew Backus to be Captain of the eighth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish Joshua Dunlap to be Lieutenant of the eighth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish Abraham Shepard to be Ensign of the eighth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pg. 336) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {October 1774} This Assembly do establish Elihu Lawrence to be Ensign of the fourth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pg. 336) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {October 1774} This Assembly do establish Jonathan Morriss to be Lieutenant of the 16th company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish Richard Peabody to be Ensign of the 16th company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pg. 337) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {March 1775} This Assembly do establish Abner Adams to be Lieutenant of the fourth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish John Kimball to be Ensign of the fourth company or trainband in the 11th regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pg. 395) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {March 1775} This Assembly do establish Benjamin Bacon to be Captain of the ninth company (so called) in the 11th regiment and by the late division now belonging to the 21st regiment in this Colony. This Assembly do establish John Adams to be Lieutenant of the ninth company (so called) in the 11th regiment and by the late division now belonging to the 21st regiment in this Colony. (Hoadly, Charles J. ; Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Volume 14, pg. 401) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ELEVENTH REGIMENT Composed of Companies from Woodstock, Pomfret, and Killingly. Colonel . . . Ebenezer Williams . . . . Pomfret . . . . Appt. before the war. Resigned Dec. 12, 1776. Succeeded by " " . . . . .William Danielson. . . . Killingly . . . Prom. From Lt. Col. Dec. 1776; resigned about Jan. 1779. Succeeded by " " . . . Samuel McClellan . . . . Woodstock . . Maj. Oct. 1775; prom. Lt. Col. Dec. 1776; prom. Col. Jan. 1779 Lieutenant-Colonel . . Israel Putnam . . . . . . . Pomfret . . . Prom. Maj. Gen. Cont. Army and succeeded by Danielson above. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {April 20, 1775} Colonel Williams of the 11th Regiment, sends out word on the 20th, “that it will be expedient for every man to go who is fit and willing” (Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, Adj. Gen., 1889, Hartford) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Joseph Elliot, son of Thomas, born in 1729, lived through the stirring times preceding the Revolutionary struggle, for which he gave his life. . . . . . . For many years he belonged to the Seventh Company, Eleventh Connecticut Regiment, was made its ensign in 1761, and in 1775, when it came to actual war, its captain. After the Lexington alarm, he with his company was placed at the head of the regiment on its march to Cambridge; and as this place by courtesy and custom belonged to a man of the town of Thompson instead of the parish, Capt. Elliott in receiving it was especially honored. Soon after an eleven days service, he was mustered in Captain of the Killingly Company, of the Connecticut Third, Putnam’s famous body guard in the Cambridge engagement. With many of his regiment, Capt. Elliott served in the battle of Bunker Hill, where, for his valor, he was asked to perform the hazardous task of covering the retreat after the ammunition was exhausted. The excessive exertion, however, required in the performance of this deed, threw him into a fever, from which he never recovered. He died Aug. 12, 1775." (Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties, CT., 1903) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [1776] Eleventh Regiment of Militia [at New York in 1776] Captain Clark's Company (A list of men that belong to the First Company 11th Regiment in the State of Connecticut upon their march to Westechester). Capt. Caleb Clark Lieut. John Wild Ens. Stephen Griggs Serjt. Moses Grosvenor Serjt. Joseph Chandler Serjt. Asa Grosvenor Serjt. Ebenezer Ross Clerk Daniel White Corpl. Joseph Sabin Corpl. John Lamb Corpl. Elijah Carpenter Drum. Willard Perin Fifer Joseph Grosvenor Fifer Samuel Griffin ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- {1776} The militia in Eastern Connecticut, including the fifth, Eleventh, Twelfth and Twenty-first regiments, together with the regiment of horse, were ordered to march at once to New York, “to be ready to co-operate with the Continental army, and defeat the designs of the enemy.” Already preparing to march for the defence of New London, these regiments were soon under way, led by their respective officers. The troops of horse under Major Ebenezer Backus speeded on in advance and were soon reported at Westchester. They found affairs in the greatest confusion, the enemy threatening on every side, and distrust and disaffection pervading the American rankks. Disheartened by sickness and defeat, hundreds of men were stealing off to their homes, but the Windham County militia not unused to war, and having full confidence in their leaders and in the justice of their cause, gladly took the places assigned them in Putnam’s division, and bravely stood their ground with the older regiments. Scarcely, however, had they reached the field when they were called to leave it. (Larned, pg. 165) "Thomas Dike of Thompson, writes to his parents, that his brother Samuel is missing:-" “The last account I had of him he was sick and in the hospital . . . and came that day up to the regiment, but being weak could not travel any farther, and several of the company told me that there were carriages provided to carry the sick that could not travel over to the Jersey side, among which was Sergeant Jesse Larned, who is since dead, Samuel Dike, Amos Green and many others . . . . . . Colonel Williams’ regiment [Eleventh militia] is ordered off to the Jersey side, and we expect to go from here to-day. It is very sickly among the militia. William Smith and Ebenezer Nichols we left behind. Solomon Smith and John Barret must stop here or return back. The Lord be merciful to us all for we have got where the inhabitants show no pity. I beg your prayers for me that I may be preserved from sin, sickness and sword, and be soon returned to my family and friends . . . . . Remember me to Mr. Howard and his wife. Tell them that I have not heard from their brothers. Tell my little children I long to see them, but when I shall I cannot tell. It is all confusion here. Westchester, September 20, 1776.” (Larned; History of Windham County, Connecticut, pg. 168) "Simon Larned writes of the death of his brother Jesse –" “I saw him at Saturday noon, September 14, and he said he thought he could stand it to be moved, as he did, but being so very weak it must worry him much. He died Sabbath-day night and had his senses perfectly well till he died, and seemed to leave the world very well composed. While he was in York, I never failed of going to see him once and twice a day, and spared no pains to get him everything in my power to make him comfortable . . . . . . I am something poorly myself but not so but I keep about, and I hope it is nothing more than a bad cold. I saw Killingly company and they seemed to be in good spirits.” (Larned; History of Windham County, Connecticut, pg. 168) [1776] "The troops who crossed the river between November 9 and 10 came primarily from the middle and southern states, but the force that they joined in New Jersey included a Continental regiment, a regiment of new levies, and a militia regiment from Connecticut". (Eleventh Regt.) - "Dear Liberty, Connecticut's Mobilization for the Revolutionary War; Richard Buel, Jr.; page 90-91. The following are three letters written by Oliver Grosvenor, Commissary of the Eleventh Regiment Connecticut Militia. These letters were written to his wife while the Eleventh Regiment was in New Jersey following the evacuation of New York in the Fall of 1776. The Eleventh Regiment was the only Connecticut Militia Regiment ordered across the Hudson into New Jersey. "Bergen, Monday, 2 P.M., September 23. This minute the men-of-war landed on Paulus' Hook where I was yesterday at this time, which was immediately after our arrival here, which was within ten minutes after I got off my horse. |
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