Edy Burch was the son of Benjamin Burch, Sr. and Anna Udall. He married to Elizabeth ____ (maiden name unknown) about 1781. The Burch family was living in Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont, at the time, and unfortunately, the marriage records for years 1778-1802 are missing.
Elizabeth's maiden name was not Benham. That is an internet myth copied over and over into a genealogical echo chamber. There were no Benhams living in that part of Vermont and New Hampshire and certainly not the Benham family of Connecticut who have been falsely connected to Elizabeth, Edy's wife. Elizabeth died 19 Jul 1848 in the 85th year of her age, according to a reading of the original old slab sandstone grave marker in 1934.
Edy Burch (born 1760) was NOT married to a second wife, Lucinda Roach, in 1842.That person named Edy Burch, who was born 6 Dec 1818 in Ohio, was the son of Oliver Burch who was the son of Edy Burch (born 1760). Grandson Edy and Lucinda had a child named Chester on 27 Mar 1844, with Edy dying in Washington County, Ohio, two months before the child was born on 12 Jan 1844.
Because there was confusion regarding the two persons named Edy Burch, who lived near each other in the Washington County/Morgan County area of Ohio, people have erroneously assumed Edy (born 1760) was the husband of Lucinda Roach and that his first wife, Elizabeth, died in 1842, not 1848. When her new gravestone was made to replace the old deteriorating sandstone marker, the incorrect death year of 1842 was engraved on it instead of 1848. Elizabeth died on 19 Jul 1848, and Edy followed her three months later on 15 Oct 1848.
Military Career of Edy Burch:
In June 1776, Edy, then residing in Harford on the New Hampshire Grants (now Windsor County, Vermont), mustered, as a Private and as a substitute for his father, into a Company of Miltia raised from the Towns of Hartford, Hertford (now Hartland), Pomfret, and Windsor. The Company was placed under the command of Captain Abel Marsh of Hertford. The Company rendezvoused at Windsor and marched immediately across the Green Mountains to Mount Independence on the east shore of Lake Champlain opposite Fort Ticonderoga. While stationed at Mount Independence, members of the Company were employed in small groups to scout up and down Lake Champlain. After serving 3 months, the Company was discharged. Edy then went back home to Hartford reaching there September 27, 1776.
In the later part of June 1777, as Major General John Burgoyne and his British Army moved up Lake Champlain from Canada, Edy was drafted out of Captain Joshua Hazen's Hartford Militia Company for service as a Private in a composite Militia Company placed under the command of Captain Seth Hodges of Pomfret in Colonel Joseph Marsh's Vermont Militia Regiment. The Company rendezvoused at Windsor on July 2nd and then marched to Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont where they remained until the Company was discharged on October 4th. Edy was discharged from Captain Hodges Company on September 10th and within days rejoined Captain Joshua Hazen's Hartford Militia Company. Captain Hazen's Company entered the service on September 23, 1777 under the immediate command of Colonel Peter Olcott.
Edy marched with Captain Hazen's Company to Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont where they taried a few days. The Company then marched on to Saratoga, New York where it was engaged in the Battle of Saratoga (Bemis Heights) on October 7th. After General Burgoyne and his Army surrendered on October 17th, Edy was taken from Captain Hazen's Company and put in a Company under the command of Captain Steel Smith of Windsor. Captain Smith's Company guarded General Burgoyne's troops as they were marched to Springfield, Connecticut. Soon after arriving at Springfield, Edy was discharged. He immediately returned home to Hartford arriving there on October 29, 1777 after 4 months service.
After the close of the Revolutionary War, Edy (Eddy) moved to Canada, where he lived about 4 years. He then returned to Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont and lived there 2 or 3 years before moving to Cayuga County, New York. In 1817, he moved with his family to Washington County, Ohio.
References:
(1) US Federal Military Pension File No. S.17303
(2) "The State of Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775 to 1783" by John E. Goodrich, 1904, pages 32-33 & 55-56
Documentation verified in the DAR:
BURCH, EDY (Pvt) DAR Ancestor
Service: VERMONT Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 1760 STONINGTON NEW LONDON CO CONNECTICUT
Death: 10-15-1848 AURELIUS TWP WASHINGTON CO OHIO
Pension Number: *S17303
Service Source: *S17303
Service Description: 1) CAPTS ABEL MARSH, JOSHUA HAZEN, STEEL SMITH
RESIDENCE 1) City: HARTFORD - County: WINDSOR CO - State: VERMONT
SPOUSE 1) ELIZABETH X
Children also documented in the DAR:
DIANTHA [1] JUSTUS HALL
OLIVER [1] ANNA HALL
GRATIA [1] AMOS MORRIS
Elizabeth's maiden name was not Benham. That is an internet myth copied over and over into a genealogical echo chamber. There were no Benhams living in that part of Vermont and New Hampshire and certainly not the Benham family of Connecticut who have been falsely connected to Elizabeth, Edy's wife. Elizabeth died 19 Jul 1848 in the 85th year of her age, according to a reading of the original old slab sandstone grave marker in 1934.
Edy Burch (born 1760) was NOT married to a second wife, Lucinda Roach, in 1842.That person named Edy Burch, who was born 6 Dec 1818 in Ohio, was the son of Oliver Burch who was the son of Edy Burch (born 1760). Grandson Edy and Lucinda had a child named Chester on 27 Mar 1844, with Edy dying in Washington County, Ohio, two months before the child was born on 12 Jan 1844.
Because there was confusion regarding the two persons named Edy Burch, who lived near each other in the Washington County/Morgan County area of Ohio, people have erroneously assumed Edy (born 1760) was the husband of Lucinda Roach and that his first wife, Elizabeth, died in 1842, not 1848. When her new gravestone was made to replace the old deteriorating sandstone marker, the incorrect death year of 1842 was engraved on it instead of 1848. Elizabeth died on 19 Jul 1848, and Edy followed her three months later on 15 Oct 1848.
Military Career of Edy Burch:
In June 1776, Edy, then residing in Harford on the New Hampshire Grants (now Windsor County, Vermont), mustered, as a Private and as a substitute for his father, into a Company of Miltia raised from the Towns of Hartford, Hertford (now Hartland), Pomfret, and Windsor. The Company was placed under the command of Captain Abel Marsh of Hertford. The Company rendezvoused at Windsor and marched immediately across the Green Mountains to Mount Independence on the east shore of Lake Champlain opposite Fort Ticonderoga. While stationed at Mount Independence, members of the Company were employed in small groups to scout up and down Lake Champlain. After serving 3 months, the Company was discharged. Edy then went back home to Hartford reaching there September 27, 1776.
In the later part of June 1777, as Major General John Burgoyne and his British Army moved up Lake Champlain from Canada, Edy was drafted out of Captain Joshua Hazen's Hartford Militia Company for service as a Private in a composite Militia Company placed under the command of Captain Seth Hodges of Pomfret in Colonel Joseph Marsh's Vermont Militia Regiment. The Company rendezvoused at Windsor on July 2nd and then marched to Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont where they remained until the Company was discharged on October 4th. Edy was discharged from Captain Hodges Company on September 10th and within days rejoined Captain Joshua Hazen's Hartford Militia Company. Captain Hazen's Company entered the service on September 23, 1777 under the immediate command of Colonel Peter Olcott.
Edy marched with Captain Hazen's Company to Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont where they taried a few days. The Company then marched on to Saratoga, New York where it was engaged in the Battle of Saratoga (Bemis Heights) on October 7th. After General Burgoyne and his Army surrendered on October 17th, Edy was taken from Captain Hazen's Company and put in a Company under the command of Captain Steel Smith of Windsor. Captain Smith's Company guarded General Burgoyne's troops as they were marched to Springfield, Connecticut. Soon after arriving at Springfield, Edy was discharged. He immediately returned home to Hartford arriving there on October 29, 1777 after 4 months service.
After the close of the Revolutionary War, Edy (Eddy) moved to Canada, where he lived about 4 years. He then returned to Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont and lived there 2 or 3 years before moving to Cayuga County, New York. In 1817, he moved with his family to Washington County, Ohio.
References:
(1) US Federal Military Pension File No. S.17303
(2) "The State of Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775 to 1783" by John E. Goodrich, 1904, pages 32-33 & 55-56
Documentation verified in the DAR:
BURCH, EDY (Pvt) DAR Ancestor
Service: VERMONT Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 1760 STONINGTON NEW LONDON CO CONNECTICUT
Death: 10-15-1848 AURELIUS TWP WASHINGTON CO OHIO
Pension Number: *S17303
Service Source: *S17303
Service Description: 1) CAPTS ABEL MARSH, JOSHUA HAZEN, STEEL SMITH
RESIDENCE 1) City: HARTFORD - County: WINDSOR CO - State: VERMONT
SPOUSE 1) ELIZABETH X
Children also documented in the DAR:
DIANTHA [1] JUSTUS HALL
OLIVER [1] ANNA HALL
GRATIA [1] AMOS MORRIS
Edy Burch was the son of Benjamin Burch, Sr. and Anna Udall. He married to Elizabeth ____ (maiden name unknown) about 1781. The Burch family was living in Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont, at the time, and unfortunately, the marriage records for years 1778-1802 are missing.
Elizabeth's maiden name was not Benham. That is an internet myth copied over and over into a genealogical echo chamber. There were no Benhams living in that part of Vermont and New Hampshire and certainly not the Benham family of Connecticut who have been falsely connected to Elizabeth, Edy's wife. Elizabeth died 19 Jul 1848 in the 85th year of her age, according to a reading of the original old slab sandstone grave marker in 1934.
Edy Burch (born 1760) was NOT married to a second wife, Lucinda Roach, in 1842.That person named Edy Burch, who was born 6 Dec 1818 in Ohio, was the son of Oliver Burch who was the son of Edy Burch (born 1760). Grandson Edy and Lucinda had a child named Chester on 27 Mar 1844, with Edy dying in Washington County, Ohio, two months before the child was born on 12 Jan 1844.
Because there was confusion regarding the two persons named Edy Burch, who lived near each other in the Washington County/Morgan County area of Ohio, people have erroneously assumed Edy (born 1760) was the husband of Lucinda Roach and that his first wife, Elizabeth, died in 1842, not 1848. When her new gravestone was made to replace the old deteriorating sandstone marker, the incorrect death year of 1842 was engraved on it instead of 1848. Elizabeth died on 19 Jul 1848, and Edy followed her three months later on 15 Oct 1848.
Military Career of Edy Burch:
In June 1776, Edy, then residing in Harford on the New Hampshire Grants (now Windsor County, Vermont), mustered, as a Private and as a substitute for his father, into a Company of Miltia raised from the Towns of Hartford, Hertford (now Hartland), Pomfret, and Windsor. The Company was placed under the command of Captain Abel Marsh of Hertford. The Company rendezvoused at Windsor and marched immediately across the Green Mountains to Mount Independence on the east shore of Lake Champlain opposite Fort Ticonderoga. While stationed at Mount Independence, members of the Company were employed in small groups to scout up and down Lake Champlain. After serving 3 months, the Company was discharged. Edy then went back home to Hartford reaching there September 27, 1776.
In the later part of June 1777, as Major General John Burgoyne and his British Army moved up Lake Champlain from Canada, Edy was drafted out of Captain Joshua Hazen's Hartford Militia Company for service as a Private in a composite Militia Company placed under the command of Captain Seth Hodges of Pomfret in Colonel Joseph Marsh's Vermont Militia Regiment. The Company rendezvoused at Windsor on July 2nd and then marched to Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont where they remained until the Company was discharged on October 4th. Edy was discharged from Captain Hodges Company on September 10th and within days rejoined Captain Joshua Hazen's Hartford Militia Company. Captain Hazen's Company entered the service on September 23, 1777 under the immediate command of Colonel Peter Olcott.
Edy marched with Captain Hazen's Company to Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont where they taried a few days. The Company then marched on to Saratoga, New York where it was engaged in the Battle of Saratoga (Bemis Heights) on October 7th. After General Burgoyne and his Army surrendered on October 17th, Edy was taken from Captain Hazen's Company and put in a Company under the command of Captain Steel Smith of Windsor. Captain Smith's Company guarded General Burgoyne's troops as they were marched to Springfield, Connecticut. Soon after arriving at Springfield, Edy was discharged. He immediately returned home to Hartford arriving there on October 29, 1777 after 4 months service.
After the close of the Revolutionary War, Edy (Eddy) moved to Canada, where he lived about 4 years. He then returned to Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont and lived there 2 or 3 years before moving to Cayuga County, New York. In 1817, he moved with his family to Washington County, Ohio.
References:
(1) US Federal Military Pension File No. S.17303
(2) "The State of Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775 to 1783" by John E. Goodrich, 1904, pages 32-33 & 55-56
Documentation verified in the DAR:
BURCH, EDY (Pvt) DAR Ancestor
Service: VERMONT Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 1760 STONINGTON NEW LONDON CO CONNECTICUT
Death: 10-15-1848 AURELIUS TWP WASHINGTON CO OHIO
Pension Number: *S17303
Service Source: *S17303
Service Description: 1) CAPTS ABEL MARSH, JOSHUA HAZEN, STEEL SMITH
RESIDENCE 1) City: HARTFORD - County: WINDSOR CO - State: VERMONT
SPOUSE 1) ELIZABETH X
Children also documented in the DAR:
DIANTHA [1] JUSTUS HALL
OLIVER [1] ANNA HALL
GRATIA [1] AMOS MORRIS
Elizabeth's maiden name was not Benham. That is an internet myth copied over and over into a genealogical echo chamber. There were no Benhams living in that part of Vermont and New Hampshire and certainly not the Benham family of Connecticut who have been falsely connected to Elizabeth, Edy's wife. Elizabeth died 19 Jul 1848 in the 85th year of her age, according to a reading of the original old slab sandstone grave marker in 1934.
Edy Burch (born 1760) was NOT married to a second wife, Lucinda Roach, in 1842.That person named Edy Burch, who was born 6 Dec 1818 in Ohio, was the son of Oliver Burch who was the son of Edy Burch (born 1760). Grandson Edy and Lucinda had a child named Chester on 27 Mar 1844, with Edy dying in Washington County, Ohio, two months before the child was born on 12 Jan 1844.
Because there was confusion regarding the two persons named Edy Burch, who lived near each other in the Washington County/Morgan County area of Ohio, people have erroneously assumed Edy (born 1760) was the husband of Lucinda Roach and that his first wife, Elizabeth, died in 1842, not 1848. When her new gravestone was made to replace the old deteriorating sandstone marker, the incorrect death year of 1842 was engraved on it instead of 1848. Elizabeth died on 19 Jul 1848, and Edy followed her three months later on 15 Oct 1848.
Military Career of Edy Burch:
In June 1776, Edy, then residing in Harford on the New Hampshire Grants (now Windsor County, Vermont), mustered, as a Private and as a substitute for his father, into a Company of Miltia raised from the Towns of Hartford, Hertford (now Hartland), Pomfret, and Windsor. The Company was placed under the command of Captain Abel Marsh of Hertford. The Company rendezvoused at Windsor and marched immediately across the Green Mountains to Mount Independence on the east shore of Lake Champlain opposite Fort Ticonderoga. While stationed at Mount Independence, members of the Company were employed in small groups to scout up and down Lake Champlain. After serving 3 months, the Company was discharged. Edy then went back home to Hartford reaching there September 27, 1776.
In the later part of June 1777, as Major General John Burgoyne and his British Army moved up Lake Champlain from Canada, Edy was drafted out of Captain Joshua Hazen's Hartford Militia Company for service as a Private in a composite Militia Company placed under the command of Captain Seth Hodges of Pomfret in Colonel Joseph Marsh's Vermont Militia Regiment. The Company rendezvoused at Windsor on July 2nd and then marched to Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont where they remained until the Company was discharged on October 4th. Edy was discharged from Captain Hodges Company on September 10th and within days rejoined Captain Joshua Hazen's Hartford Militia Company. Captain Hazen's Company entered the service on September 23, 1777 under the immediate command of Colonel Peter Olcott.
Edy marched with Captain Hazen's Company to Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont where they taried a few days. The Company then marched on to Saratoga, New York where it was engaged in the Battle of Saratoga (Bemis Heights) on October 7th. After General Burgoyne and his Army surrendered on October 17th, Edy was taken from Captain Hazen's Company and put in a Company under the command of Captain Steel Smith of Windsor. Captain Smith's Company guarded General Burgoyne's troops as they were marched to Springfield, Connecticut. Soon after arriving at Springfield, Edy was discharged. He immediately returned home to Hartford arriving there on October 29, 1777 after 4 months service.
After the close of the Revolutionary War, Edy (Eddy) moved to Canada, where he lived about 4 years. He then returned to Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont and lived there 2 or 3 years before moving to Cayuga County, New York. In 1817, he moved with his family to Washington County, Ohio.
References:
(1) US Federal Military Pension File No. S.17303
(2) "The State of Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775 to 1783" by John E. Goodrich, 1904, pages 32-33 & 55-56
Documentation verified in the DAR:
BURCH, EDY (Pvt) DAR Ancestor
Service: VERMONT Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 1760 STONINGTON NEW LONDON CO CONNECTICUT
Death: 10-15-1848 AURELIUS TWP WASHINGTON CO OHIO
Pension Number: *S17303
Service Source: *S17303
Service Description: 1) CAPTS ABEL MARSH, JOSHUA HAZEN, STEEL SMITH
RESIDENCE 1) City: HARTFORD - County: WINDSOR CO - State: VERMONT
SPOUSE 1) ELIZABETH X
Children also documented in the DAR:
DIANTHA [1] JUSTUS HALL
OLIVER [1] ANNA HALL
GRATIA [1] AMOS MORRIS
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR
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