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NAME RECORD (#5249)
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Name |
Last |
First |
Middle |
Marriage |
Hart |
Selah, Gen.,1732-1806 |
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Birth |
Date |
Town |
State |
Country |
1732/05/23 |
Kensington |
CT |
USA |
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Father | Hart, Nathaniel, 1695-1758 |
Mother | Hooker, Abigail,1697/8 - 1761 |
Baptism |
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Occupations | farmer - general |
Marriage (2) |
# |
click |
First Name |
Middle Name |
Last Name |
Marriage Name |
MarriageDate |
MarriageTown |
MarriageState |
MarriageCountry |
1 |
link |
Mary, 1731-1763 |
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Cole |
Hart |
1756/03/14 |
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2 |
link |
Ruth, 1742-1844 |
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Cole |
Hart |
1763/12/22 |
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Military Service (1) |
# |
War |
Begin Service Date |
End Service Date |
Branch |
Service Unit |
Rank |
1 |
Revolutionary War |
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Continental Army |
Col. Wolcott's Regt |
General |
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Death |
Date |
Town |
State |
Country |
Cemetery |
Cemetery Town |
Cemetery State |
Cemetery Country |
Obit File |
1806/06/10 |
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Ledge Cemetery |
Berlin |
CT |
USA |
0 |
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Notes (1) |
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Note |
1 |
Married 1st Mary Cole and 2nd Ruth Cole. He one child by his first wife that died young. Selah and Ruth married at Kensington Congregational Church. He was from Kensington and Ruth from "Blew Hills" (Blue Hills section of Kensington). He became a member of Kensington Congregational Church on 27 MAR 1763. General Selah was the only Revolutionary War General that Berlin produced. He was captured and kept prisoner for more than a year, while protecting Washington's rear-guard. Selah was Chairman of the Committee for building Kensington Congregational Church and also served as Treasurer and Moderator. In 1775, he was appointed to a Committee to provide such stores of lead as they judged necessary for use by the Colony. He served as Deacon of Kensington Congregational Church frombefore 1775 to 10 JUN 1806. He resided at 200 Four Rod Road. His homestead was a small house, built in1785. It burned down during the 1930's. He sold ground corn and feed in the Old Belcher Mill to William Risley. He died at age 74 years. His widow, Ruth, gave Kensington Congregational Church a bell in his memory.
Genealogical History of Deacon Stephen Hart & His Descendants, comp. Alfred Andrews - p.47, 57-61
Berlin Records - p.323, 34, 37, 104, 213, 427
Early CT Marriages - p.4
Hale -p.115
Brandegee - p.25,26
CT Magazine; 1900 - p.409 |
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Sources | BPLH Room Card Catalog Notes Berlin (Conn.) Town Records Early Connecticut Marriages Genealogical History of Deacon Stephen Hart … Cemetery records Brandegee History Connecticut Magazine |