Christened May 1748 in Stratford, Connecticut.
William married Beulah Blackeman in 1773 at Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
William enlisted into the Prince of Wales' American Regiment, 20th January 1780. Transferred from Browne's Company sometime after March 1780. Promoted to Corporal sometime after March 1780. Shown as Corporal in Carden's Company on April 1781 Muster Roll. Deserted 14th June 1783.
To make up for the constant losses to the regiment, either by detachments or by attrition, new recruits were desperately sought. The happy days of sending recruiting officers into the countryside were long since over. The new recruits would consist primarily of deserters from the Continental Army. Men such as William Bundy, formerly of the 8th Connecticut Regiment, Matthew Sampson of the 1st Pennsylvania and James McGraugh of the 10th Pennsylvania would make the PWAR their new home in fighting on the side of the Crown Forces.(74) This was one of the sad realities of the war, that its later stages would be fought as much by the deserters of the two sides as by the true patriots or professional soldiers. During the winter of 1779/1780, the regiment would enlist twenty-one such men, their last augmentation in the North before they too changed theaters.
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