Note: The records at the cemetery for Levi Dart and his wife Elizabeth have the wrong years of death. It seems plausible that this happened when the tombstone was commissioned in 1932, long after the fact, and there was a mistake in reading the handwritten numbers.
Levi Dart was born 25 July 1764 in Bolton, Tolland County, Connecticut, the son of Jonathan Dart and Lucy Whitney. (Records of the Church in Bolton Connecticut)
He died 24 May 1842 in Springfield, according to his Revolutionary War Pension file and also according to a report in the Springfield Republican of 28 May 1842 (which however said he died on the 25th).
On 27th August 1832, when he was 68 years old as stated, he applied for a pension for his service in the Revolutionary War.
His account of his war service is essentially that given in Connecticut Men in the Revolutionary Wars below.
Connecticut Men in the Revolutionary Wars; ancestry.com
"Aug. 15, 1781, Levi Dart, of Bolton, enlisted in the artillery company of Capt. Adam Shapley in Bridgeport, Conn. On appearance of the enemy, Corporal Josiah Smith was ordered to select seven men to remain and spike the guns. Dart was one of these. When they attempted to follow their companions across the river, they were captured, and sent on board the frigate Amphion; afterward taken to New York and confined in the Sugar House, where they remained until some time in October, when they were exchanged and landed at Elizabethtown. From there they marched under command of Lieutenant Jabez Stow, to New London, by the way of Morristown, King's Ferry, and Bolton, returning to duty under Lieutenant Durkee.
On expiration of his term of service he went to Coventry, Conn. and in 1800 to Springfield, Mass.It was reported and believed in Bolton that said Levi and Elias Dart were both captured by the enemy in the attack on New London and Groton, and carried prisoners to New York City."
Burial in Cherry Lane Cemetery per U.S. Headstones Applications for Military Veterans-1925-1963.
Levi Dart and Elizabeth Utley were married in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut on 5 October 1790, in the house of her brother in law, Benjamin Carpenter. (Sworn to in the Pension file by the son of the Justice of the Peace who performed the marriage)
In his pension request he declared he was born in Bolton, Connecticut. That he has since resided in Coventry, Connecticut, South Hadley, Massachusetts and has been in Springfield for 32 years, in the employment of the U.S. National Armory
Their first two children were probably born in Connecticut or South Hadley and the rest in Springfield, Massachusetts:
Julius Dart born abt 1791 (died 20 May 1838 age 47)
Wait Dart - married about 1816, and from his age in the two censuses where he appears by name, was likely born in the second half of the 1790s. He died some time between May, 1836 when he signed a deed and 12 Mar 1840, when his father wrote his will. His death record hasn’t been found.
Lewis Dart - born January 23d 1799 and died 23 March 1845
Edward Dart - born June 23d 1801 and died 11 July 1845
Emily Dart - born November 11, 1804 and died Dec 8, 1884 in Alexandria, Virginia
Levi Dart and his sons all worked at the Springfield Armory and can be found on the payroll lists kept at NARA in Waltham, Massachusetts near Boston.
Julius started work in Sept 1808
Wait started work in Oct 1811
Lewis started work in Dec 1814
Edward joins them in October 1818
Levi’s last month of work was in March 1835. He would have been 70 years old.
Sadly, all of Levi’s sons died relatively young, probably from tuberculosis (“consumption” is explicitly stated as the cause of death of both Lewis and Edward who died within a few months of each other in 1845.) Julius and Wait died before their father and Lewis and Edward just a few years later, before the death of their mother. Only Emily survived both parents.
In addition to his wife, Levi’s will (signed on 12 March 1840, Hampden County Probate Court Case No 3326, 1842) makes reference to:
My son Edward Dart
The Widow of my son Wait Dart
The Widow of my son Julius Dart
My son Lewis Dart
My daughter Emily, the wife of Elihu Collins & her children.
Levi Dart was born 25 July 1764 in Bolton, Tolland County, Connecticut, the son of Jonathan Dart and Lucy Whitney. (Records of the Church in Bolton Connecticut)
He died 24 May 1842 in Springfield, according to his Revolutionary War Pension file and also according to a report in the Springfield Republican of 28 May 1842 (which however said he died on the 25th).
On 27th August 1832, when he was 68 years old as stated, he applied for a pension for his service in the Revolutionary War.
His account of his war service is essentially that given in Connecticut Men in the Revolutionary Wars below.
Connecticut Men in the Revolutionary Wars; ancestry.com
"Aug. 15, 1781, Levi Dart, of Bolton, enlisted in the artillery company of Capt. Adam Shapley in Bridgeport, Conn. On appearance of the enemy, Corporal Josiah Smith was ordered to select seven men to remain and spike the guns. Dart was one of these. When they attempted to follow their companions across the river, they were captured, and sent on board the frigate Amphion; afterward taken to New York and confined in the Sugar House, where they remained until some time in October, when they were exchanged and landed at Elizabethtown. From there they marched under command of Lieutenant Jabez Stow, to New London, by the way of Morristown, King's Ferry, and Bolton, returning to duty under Lieutenant Durkee.
On expiration of his term of service he went to Coventry, Conn. and in 1800 to Springfield, Mass.It was reported and believed in Bolton that said Levi and Elias Dart were both captured by the enemy in the attack on New London and Groton, and carried prisoners to New York City."
Burial in Cherry Lane Cemetery per U.S. Headstones Applications for Military Veterans-1925-1963.
Levi Dart and Elizabeth Utley were married in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut on 5 October 1790, in the house of her brother in law, Benjamin Carpenter. (Sworn to in the Pension file by the son of the Justice of the Peace who performed the marriage)
In his pension request he declared he was born in Bolton, Connecticut. That he has since resided in Coventry, Connecticut, South Hadley, Massachusetts and has been in Springfield for 32 years, in the employment of the U.S. National Armory
Their first two children were probably born in Connecticut or South Hadley and the rest in Springfield, Massachusetts:
Julius Dart born abt 1791 (died 20 May 1838 age 47)
Wait Dart - married about 1816, and from his age in the two censuses where he appears by name, was likely born in the second half of the 1790s. He died some time between May, 1836 when he signed a deed and 12 Mar 1840, when his father wrote his will. His death record hasn’t been found.
Lewis Dart - born January 23d 1799 and died 23 March 1845
Edward Dart - born June 23d 1801 and died 11 July 1845
Emily Dart - born November 11, 1804 and died Dec 8, 1884 in Alexandria, Virginia
Levi Dart and his sons all worked at the Springfield Armory and can be found on the payroll lists kept at NARA in Waltham, Massachusetts near Boston.
Julius started work in Sept 1808
Wait started work in Oct 1811
Lewis started work in Dec 1814
Edward joins them in October 1818
Levi’s last month of work was in March 1835. He would have been 70 years old.
Sadly, all of Levi’s sons died relatively young, probably from tuberculosis (“consumption” is explicitly stated as the cause of death of both Lewis and Edward who died within a few months of each other in 1845.) Julius and Wait died before their father and Lewis and Edward just a few years later, before the death of their mother. Only Emily survived both parents.
In addition to his wife, Levi’s will (signed on 12 March 1840, Hampden County Probate Court Case No 3326, 1842) makes reference to:
My son Edward Dart
The Widow of my son Wait Dart
The Widow of my son Julius Dart
My son Lewis Dart
My daughter Emily, the wife of Elihu Collins & her children.
Note: The records at the cemetery for Levi Dart and his wife Elizabeth have the wrong years of death. It seems plausible that this happened when the tombstone was commissioned in 1932, long after the fact, and there was a mistake in reading the handwritten numbers.
Levi Dart was born 25 July 1764 in Bolton, Tolland County, Connecticut, the son of Jonathan Dart and Lucy Whitney. (Records of the Church in Bolton Connecticut)
He died 24 May 1842 in Springfield, according to his Revolutionary War Pension file and also according to a report in the Springfield Republican of 28 May 1842 (which however said he died on the 25th).
On 27th August 1832, when he was 68 years old as stated, he applied for a pension for his service in the Revolutionary War.
His account of his war service is essentially that given in Connecticut Men in the Revolutionary Wars below.
Connecticut Men in the Revolutionary Wars; ancestry.com
"Aug. 15, 1781, Levi Dart, of Bolton, enlisted in the artillery company of Capt. Adam Shapley in Bridgeport, Conn. On appearance of the enemy, Corporal Josiah Smith was ordered to select seven men to remain and spike the guns. Dart was one of these. When they attempted to follow their companions across the river, they were captured, and sent on board the frigate Amphion; afterward taken to New York and confined in the Sugar House, where they remained until some time in October, when they were exchanged and landed at Elizabethtown. From there they marched under command of Lieutenant Jabez Stow, to New London, by the way of Morristown, King's Ferry, and Bolton, returning to duty under Lieutenant Durkee.
On expiration of his term of service he went to Coventry, Conn. and in 1800 to Springfield, Mass.It was reported and believed in Bolton that said Levi and Elias Dart were both captured by the enemy in the attack on New London and Groton, and carried prisoners to New York City."
Burial in Cherry Lane Cemetery per U.S. Headstones Applications for Military Veterans-1925-1963.
Levi Dart and Elizabeth Utley were married in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut on 5 October 1790, in the house of her brother in law, Benjamin Carpenter. (Sworn to in the Pension file by the son of the Justice of the Peace who performed the marriage)
In his pension request he declared he was born in Bolton, Connecticut. That he has since resided in Coventry, Connecticut, South Hadley, Massachusetts and has been in Springfield for 32 years, in the employment of the U.S. National Armory
Their first two children were probably born in Connecticut or South Hadley and the rest in Springfield, Massachusetts:
Julius Dart born abt 1791 (died 20 May 1838 age 47)
Wait Dart - married about 1816, and from his age in the two censuses where he appears by name, was likely born in the second half of the 1790s. He died some time between May, 1836 when he signed a deed and 12 Mar 1840, when his father wrote his will. His death record hasn’t been found.
Lewis Dart - born January 23d 1799 and died 23 March 1845
Edward Dart - born June 23d 1801 and died 11 July 1845
Emily Dart - born November 11, 1804 and died Dec 8, 1884 in Alexandria, Virginia
Levi Dart and his sons all worked at the Springfield Armory and can be found on the payroll lists kept at NARA in Waltham, Massachusetts near Boston.
Julius started work in Sept 1808
Wait started work in Oct 1811
Lewis started work in Dec 1814
Edward joins them in October 1818
Levi’s last month of work was in March 1835. He would have been 70 years old.
Sadly, all of Levi’s sons died relatively young, probably from tuberculosis (“consumption” is explicitly stated as the cause of death of both Lewis and Edward who died within a few months of each other in 1845.) Julius and Wait died before their father and Lewis and Edward just a few years later, before the death of their mother. Only Emily survived both parents.
In addition to his wife, Levi’s will (signed on 12 March 1840, Hampden County Probate Court Case No 3326, 1842) makes reference to:
My son Edward Dart
The Widow of my son Wait Dart
The Widow of my son Julius Dart
My son Lewis Dart
My daughter Emily, the wife of Elihu Collins & her children.
Levi Dart was born 25 July 1764 in Bolton, Tolland County, Connecticut, the son of Jonathan Dart and Lucy Whitney. (Records of the Church in Bolton Connecticut)
He died 24 May 1842 in Springfield, according to his Revolutionary War Pension file and also according to a report in the Springfield Republican of 28 May 1842 (which however said he died on the 25th).
On 27th August 1832, when he was 68 years old as stated, he applied for a pension for his service in the Revolutionary War.
His account of his war service is essentially that given in Connecticut Men in the Revolutionary Wars below.
Connecticut Men in the Revolutionary Wars; ancestry.com
"Aug. 15, 1781, Levi Dart, of Bolton, enlisted in the artillery company of Capt. Adam Shapley in Bridgeport, Conn. On appearance of the enemy, Corporal Josiah Smith was ordered to select seven men to remain and spike the guns. Dart was one of these. When they attempted to follow their companions across the river, they were captured, and sent on board the frigate Amphion; afterward taken to New York and confined in the Sugar House, where they remained until some time in October, when they were exchanged and landed at Elizabethtown. From there they marched under command of Lieutenant Jabez Stow, to New London, by the way of Morristown, King's Ferry, and Bolton, returning to duty under Lieutenant Durkee.
On expiration of his term of service he went to Coventry, Conn. and in 1800 to Springfield, Mass.It was reported and believed in Bolton that said Levi and Elias Dart were both captured by the enemy in the attack on New London and Groton, and carried prisoners to New York City."
Burial in Cherry Lane Cemetery per U.S. Headstones Applications for Military Veterans-1925-1963.
Levi Dart and Elizabeth Utley were married in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut on 5 October 1790, in the house of her brother in law, Benjamin Carpenter. (Sworn to in the Pension file by the son of the Justice of the Peace who performed the marriage)
In his pension request he declared he was born in Bolton, Connecticut. That he has since resided in Coventry, Connecticut, South Hadley, Massachusetts and has been in Springfield for 32 years, in the employment of the U.S. National Armory
Their first two children were probably born in Connecticut or South Hadley and the rest in Springfield, Massachusetts:
Julius Dart born abt 1791 (died 20 May 1838 age 47)
Wait Dart - married about 1816, and from his age in the two censuses where he appears by name, was likely born in the second half of the 1790s. He died some time between May, 1836 when he signed a deed and 12 Mar 1840, when his father wrote his will. His death record hasn’t been found.
Lewis Dart - born January 23d 1799 and died 23 March 1845
Edward Dart - born June 23d 1801 and died 11 July 1845
Emily Dart - born November 11, 1804 and died Dec 8, 1884 in Alexandria, Virginia
Levi Dart and his sons all worked at the Springfield Armory and can be found on the payroll lists kept at NARA in Waltham, Massachusetts near Boston.
Julius started work in Sept 1808
Wait started work in Oct 1811
Lewis started work in Dec 1814
Edward joins them in October 1818
Levi’s last month of work was in March 1835. He would have been 70 years old.
Sadly, all of Levi’s sons died relatively young, probably from tuberculosis (“consumption” is explicitly stated as the cause of death of both Lewis and Edward who died within a few months of each other in 1845.) Julius and Wait died before their father and Lewis and Edward just a few years later, before the death of their mother. Only Emily survived both parents.
In addition to his wife, Levi’s will (signed on 12 March 1840, Hampden County Probate Court Case No 3326, 1842) makes reference to:
My son Edward Dart
The Widow of my son Wait Dart
The Widow of my son Julius Dart
My son Lewis Dart
My daughter Emily, the wife of Elihu Collins & her children.
Inscription
Levi Dart-Pvt. Co. I-9 Conn. Reg. T. Inf.-Rev. War-May 23, 1813/Elizabeth, his wife-May 11, 1839
Gravesite Details
Levi Dart was first buried in Connecticut, then moved to Cherry Lane Cemetery to be buried with his family
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