Fort Griswold Defenders - Surviving homes and last resting places.

Information on these pages are copyrighted from: Vergason, Helen & Town of Ledyard. 1984. September 6, 1781: North Groton's Story. New London, Connecticut: A Printing Co.

www.revwar.com has been granted permission by the Ledyard Historical Society in Ledyard, CT. to post this information on our Fort Griswold website for non-commercial purposes. Other use will require additional permission.

September 6, 1781: North Groton's Story is available at the

Ledyard Town Hall and at Ledyard libraries.  The Ledyard Historical Society hopes to have the book available at the Monument Museum in the near future.

Please contact them for more information at:

Ledyard Historical Society
PO Box 411
   Ledyard, CT  06339.  

Surviving Defenders homes -

Here is a map (size: 88 KB) of known defenders homes in Ledyard (back then North Groton). The map came from September 6, 1781: North Groton's Story.

Note: The rank of the men is of the time of the battle. Men without a rank in front of their name are privates.

• Belton Allyn House

• Lieut. Ebenezer Avery House (located in Groton, CT)
  House was located on present Thames Street. It is now located at Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park. Open to the public. Not located on the mentioned map
• Andrew Baker House
  Andrew lived on his father's (Samuel Baker) property.
• Benjamin Bill Jr House
  Benjamin was in the 8th Connecticut Militia Regiment. He was wounded but managed to escape at age 18. He later had a wife and 2 children. He was lost at sea (no burial marker).
• Joshua Bill House
• Charles Eldredge Jr. House
• Daniel Eldredge House
• Benadam Gallup House
  Robert Gallup's home. Robert was in the Militia State Troops (Capt. William Latham's Matross Company, 8th Connecticut Militia Regiment, stationed at Fort Griswold). Robert was wounded in the battle at Age 21, He later had wife & 4 children. Robert Gallup was buried in Plymouth, N.Y.

• Henry Gallup House
  Andrew Gallup was here when the alarm was sounded.
• Sgt. Rufus Hulburt House
• Amos Lester House
  (#43 Vinegar Hill)

• Jonas Lester House
  Jonas was a volunteer at the Battle of Fort Griswold who was killed. No further information
• Lieut. Joseph Lewis' House
• Thomas Malleson (Mallison) House
  Thomas was a volunteer at the battle (age 20) who managed to escape. He has been a Sgt. in the Continental Line, 1777-1779.
• Thomas Minard (Miner) House
• Corp. Simeon Morgan House
• Asa Perkins House
• Thomas Roach House
• Lieut. Henry Williams House

Known defender's last resting places - This list is so big I have a separate page for it.

http://www.revwar.com/ftgriswold/graves2.html

Miscellaneous -

Information is from September 6, 1781: North Groton's Story.

Jordan Freeman (colored) - Had been a slave to Lieut. Col. William Ledyard until summer 1781.
Militia, (Killed British second in command Major Montgomery). Killed, Age ?

Samuel Hill - Volunteer (was in Lexington Alarm 1775), Wounded, Age ?, wife & 5 children. No known grave marker

Lambo Latham (colored) - Slave Servant to Capt. William Latham's father. Volunteer, Killed, Age ?

William (Billy) Latham Jr. - Escaped, Age 12 (Died at sea, 1792)

Luke Perkins - Volunteer, Killed, Age ?, wife, No known grave marker.

Nathan Sholes - Militia (Capt. William Latham's Matross Company, 8th Connecticut Militia Regiment, stationed at Fort Griswold, was a Corp. in the Continental Line, 1778-1780), Killed, Age ?, wife & 2 children.

Sgt. Major John K. Stedman Jr. - Volunteer (had been a Sgt., New York Campaign 1776), Killed, Age ?, wife & 7 children

Tom Wansuc (Pequot Indian) - Volunteer, Wounded & Paroled, Age ?

Josiah Widger - Volunteer, Killed, Age ?

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