Jonas Abel Birdseye (1750 - 1797)

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Biography

Jones, son of Abel and Phebe, was born Stratford, Connecticut, 8 Sep 1750^[1]

In 1774, he received a distribution from his sister Marcy's estate.^[2][3]

Capt. Jonas Birdseye, son of Abel, was a soldier in the Revolution. His son Abel settled in New York and died 13 Oct 1866 at Junius. Another son was Julius Hiram Birdseye^[4]

Soldier Jonas Birdseye served with 5th Connecticut Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Jonas Birdseye is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A010369.

Jonas Birdseye is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-114987
Rank: Soldier

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Sources

1. ↑ Stratford. Connecticut Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.
2. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 15-16, 1764-1775”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y93S-H : 21 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627304, image 429, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 16, 1767-1775, Page 342.
3. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 17-18, 1767-1776”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-Y59P  : 25 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627294, image 291, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 17, 1767-1776, Page 544.
4. ↑ Hart, Samuel, 1845-1917, and American Historical Society. Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography: Genealogical-memorial; Representative Citizens. Boston: The American historical society, incorporated, 191723. Vol 4 (not vol. 4 as stated.)p. 121. at HathiTrust
5. ↑ Order of the Founders and Patriots of America By Order of the Founders and Patriots of America https://books.google.ca/books?id=U1pKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA242&lpg=PA242&dq=Patriot+John+Charles+of+WILBRAHAM,+MA&source=bl&ots=1Oeo45FTZL&sig=ACfU3U1UXTPiSR1_L6a6lpXeA7HLdOBwJw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjY8vyj5aD2AhXtJDQIHVYSBpcQ6AF6BAgQEAM#v=onepage&q=Patriot%20John%20Charles%20of%20WILBRAHAM%2C%20MA&f=false

"United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C3NN-R?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM3%3A1588792203 : 24 January 2018), Connecticut > image 82 of 977; citing various published state rosters, United States.

Acknowledgments

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