Uriah Case (1743 - 1826)

Born 16 Jan 1743 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Lawrence) Case — married 21 Mar 1765 (to 17 Jan 1776) in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Husband of Eunice (Dill) Case — married 1778 (to 18 May 1815) in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Husband of Mary Case — married about Dec 1815 (to 23 Dec 1826) in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Dec 1826 at age 83 in Canton, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Uriah Case was born in Connecticut.

Quartermaster Uriah Case served with 5th Connecticut Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Uriah Case is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A020376.

Captain Uriah Case served in the American Revolution with the Connecticut Militia.^[1]

Uriah, the sixth son and sixth of eleven children of Richard Case Jr. and Mercy Holcombe was born on 16 January 1743 at Simsbury, Connecticut.^[2]

Uriah married married as his first wife Susannah Lawrence (1739-1776), the daughter of Samuel and Patience (Bigelow) Lawrence on 21 May 1765 at Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut.^[3]He and Susannah had five children:

1. Zilpah Case (b. 17 Mar 1766),^[4] m. say 1786 at Hartford, CT, Isaiah Taylor (1768-1811)
2. Sylvia Case (b. 13 Jun 1768; d. 1842),^[5] m. 1786 at Hartford, CT, Amasa Tuller (1765-1792)
3. Uriah Case (b. 2 Jul 1771; d. 1819),^[6] m. 1795 at Hartford, CT, Sarah Noble (1776-1807)
4. Susannah Case (b. 1773; d. 1808), m. 27 May 1793 at Simsbury, CT, Jared Mills (1772-1821)
5. Eunice Case (b. 1780; d. 1858), m. 15 Jan 1798 at Hartford, CT, Roswell Reed (1776-1852)

Susannah (Lawrence) Case died on 17 January 1776. Uriah married 2) Eunice Dill (1753-1815) in 1778 at Simsbury, Connecticut. He and Eunice had at least six children:

1. Watson Case (b. 1781; d. 1853),
2. Elizabeth Case (b. 1783; d. 1808),
3. Holcomb Case (b. 1784; d. 1854),
4. Clara Case (b. 1788; d. 1862),
5. Lydia Case (b. 1791; d. 1822),
6. Cynthia Case (b. 1793; d. 1896).

Eunice (Dill) Case died on 18 May 1815 in her 61st year. She is buried in the Canton Street Cemetery at Canton, Connecticut. Uriah married 3) Mary Case (1755-1833), the widow of Silas Case (1749-1809) say 1816 at Simsbury, Connecticut. There were no known children from this third union.

Captain Uriah Case died on 23 December 1826 in his 83rd year at Connecticut.^[7]He is buried in the Canton Street Cemetery at Canton, Hartford, Connecticut.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Name: Captain Uriah Case; Birth Date: 16 Jan 1744; Birth Place: Simsbury, Connecticut; Death Date: 23 Dec 1826; Death Place: Simsbury, Connecticut; SAR Membership: 85142
2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7HM-WR9 : 7 January 2020), Uriah Case, 1743.
3. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSC-6VFJ : 21 September 2019), Uriah Case, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272226.
4. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WR-BH6 : 7 January 2020), Uriah Case in entry for Zilpah Case, 1766.
5. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WR-18C : 7 January 2020), Uriah Case in entry for Silva Case, 1768.
6. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7HM-WRQ : 7 January 2020), Uriah Case in entry for Uriah Case, 1771.
7. ↑ "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F726-KY5 : 16 September 2020), Capt. Uriah Case, 1826.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/37545119/uriah-case : accessed 29 April 2021), memorial page for Uriah Case (16 Jan 1743–23 Dec 1826), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37545119, citing Canton Street Cemetery, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Kelly in CT (contributor 47077034)[1].