Ephraim Porter (1756 - 1838)

Born 9 Apr 1756 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Died 27 Oct 1838 at age 82 in Liberty, Sullivan, New York, USA

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Biography

Lived in Stratford, CT until 1810, then moved to Sullivan Co, NY. Rev. War Pension File lists children Gershom & Thomas, of Liberty, NY, Polly Adgate & Patience Russell, of Ohio, and Abijah, of Bridgeport, CT, all living on 31 Dec 1844. Statement in file adds youngest surviving son, Alanson, living in Ohio in 1845.

Ephraim Porter served with 4th Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

During the American Revolution, he served as a Private in Captain Jabez Wheeler's Company, Colonel Samuel Whiting's 4th Regiment of Connecticut Militia.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C36L-J?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM3%3A1588792203 : 24 January 2018), Connecticut > image 537 of 977; citing various published state rosters, United States.

See also:

• White, Virgil D, Genealogical Abstracts Of Revolutionary War Pension Files (Waynesboro, TN. [Tacoma Public Library 973.34 W586G]).
• Cemetery Records or Gravestone Transcriptions.
• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKV-F4W : accessed 13 May 2021), Ephraim Porter, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 222, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 568,141.
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR9-CYB : accessed 15 May 2021), Ephraim Porter, Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 180, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 205,618.
• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH25-87H : accessed 13 May 2021), Ephraim Porter, Thompson, Sullivan, New York, United States; citing p. 334, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 30; FHL microfilm 181,384.
• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLV-3R8 : accessed 13 May 2021), Ephraim Porter, Liberty, Sullivan, New York, United States; citing p. 173, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 71; FHL microfilm 193,726.