tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283225970813159623.post1451347462038099519..comments2024-02-20T08:30:06.488-08:00Comments on Old Blue Genes: Samuel Phelps, Revolutionary War PatriotScott Leonardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113825693501491926noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283225970813159623.post-10878497211281933182023-07-15T07:51:21.859-07:002023-07-15T07:51:21.859-07:00My great-grandfather’s SAR application completed i...My great-grandfather’s SAR application completed in 1925, has the following barely readable description of Samuel Phelps', his patriot ancestor, wartime service:<br />"Samuel enlisted in the Revolutionary War in Captain Coit's Company in April 1775. He fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill. <br />He re-enlisted in 1776 in a Soldiers Regiment, where he served one year from March 1778 as marine and carpenter on board privateer "Sampson" commanded by Captain David Brooks, which sailed from the Connecticut River. He was wounded in fight with a British Sloop-of-War named "Sparrow”.”<br /><br />Wow. How awesome was that?<br /><br />There are some peculiarities though:<br />The Samuel Phelps in my tree was a prosperous businessman in Harwinton, CT. He had a wife and 8 children and would have been 42 during this engagement.<br /><br />Seems like a stretch to think someone like that would take a multi-year leave of absence to become a hard-charging marine/carpenter on board a privateer.<br /><br />I’ve come to the conclusion that the marine aboard the Sampson was a much younger man of the same name from New York.<br /><br />Nonetheless, DAR records indicate my ancestor was a Patriot based on civil service and also loaned $700 dollars to the war effort, equivalent to about $20,000 now. Both were all in.<br /><br />It’s interesting that 250 years later these things are becoming easier to uncover because the information is so much more accessible. I’m sure my great-grandfather wasn’t lying on his application. It was just that having the same name then had to mean they were the same person because it was extraordinarily to prove otherwise.<br /><br />As a retired Marine it would have been cool to have a Patriot ancestor who was a marine on board a privateer. Who knows? Maybe I do.Fritz Barthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283225970813159623.post-87048052721131499072020-09-19T05:46:24.944-07:002020-09-19T05:46:24.944-07:00Dear Janice,
I have the same information that was...Dear Janice, <br />I have the same information that was given to me by my father. He was raised in WI. One of his relatives was passionate about genealogy. I am 55 and he gave this information to me in my teens. I was told there was a Mayflower connection. i also, of course, am having a tough time. Holly (Miller) HeintzHolly Heintzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07134085175922501267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283225970813159623.post-45561352507528750052013-04-10T14:00:28.749-07:002013-04-10T14:00:28.749-07:00Hi Janice. There were many Samuel Phelps' in ...Hi Janice. There were many Samuel Phelps' in Connecticut during the Revolution. How do you arrive at the idea that yours is the one above?Scott Leonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16113825693501491926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283225970813159623.post-89337600795675785042013-04-09T16:05:47.719-07:002013-04-09T16:05:47.719-07:00I'm really having a hard time finding my Samue...I'm really having a hard time finding my Samuel Phelps connection. With some certainty I have a Samuel, father of William, Maxon, Hiram and John. But only info on the William whose War of 1812 pension papers say his father was Samuel. It appears our Samuel was also in the revolutionary war but we have no way of knowing for sure. William moved to Chenango co, NY, married Lydia Baldwin and had a family there before moving west to Ohio. He was born in 1790. His father could have been born anywhere in the 1830's to the 1860's.<br /><br />Any info would be appreciated. JaniceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com