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Sylvester WALWORTH [1, 2] |
- Sylvester is believed to have inherited the homestead of his father. Ally, in his book entitled "Battle of Groton Heights and its Centennial," states that Sylvester Walworth was a volunteer living at that time on the north side of Fort Hill. This seems to fix Sylvester as the inheritor of the old Walworth farm house on or behind Fort Hill, and for many years we find his children grouped together on these lands of their father and grandfather. Some of this land even now (1962) remains in the possession of Sylvester's descendant, Mrs. George Middleton, of Quoketaug, Old Mystic, Conn.
Sylvester was killed at the storming of Fort Griswold by the British under Arnold. He was one of the garrison fatally wounded in the fight and with other prisoners thrown into an ammunition wagon and rolled down the hill. The wagon was saved from running into the River Thames by jarring against a tree. The prisoners, thirty-five in number, including Sylvester Walworth, were taken into the house of Ebenezer Avery nearby. There, Sylvester's wife came to see him, only to find him dead. The grave of the martyred soldier is in the Ledyard Cemetery, but like those of others, who perished with him, unmarked by a tombstone. However, his name appears, with the others, on a monument erected near the site of the Fort. [1]
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Birth |
Groton, New London Co., Connecticut [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
6 Sep 1781 |
Battle of Fort Griswold, Connecticut [1] |
Person ID |
I72934 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
5 Feb 2018 |
Father |
Capt. John WALWORTH, b. Jun 1696, Fisher's Island, New London Co., Connecticut d. 17 May 1748, Groton, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 51 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Sarah B. DUNN, b. 1700, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island d. 05 Nov 1778, Groton, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 78 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Marriage |
Nov 1718 |
New London, New London, Connecticut, USA [1, 3] |
Family ID |
F08037 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Birth - - Groton, New London Co., Connecticut |
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Sources |
- [S5682] Reginald Wellington Walworth, "Walworth-Walsworth Genealogy" 1689-1962 Descendants Male & Female of William Walworth & Mary Abigail Seaton.
- [S9214] Richard Anson Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut.
- [S01665] Ahnentafel of Susannah Starks by Rod Schroeder.
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