Jonathan Latimer Jr (1724 - 1806)

Born 27 May 1724 in New London, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lucretia (Griswold) Latimer — married 28 Jan 1748 in New London, New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 13 Oct 1806 at age 82 in Hendersonville, Sumner, Tennessee, United States

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Descendant of William Brewster, a Mayflower passenger.

Biography

Colonel Jonathan Latimer Jr served with 3rd Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

Jonathan Latimer Jr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A066960.

Jonathan Latimer Jr is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-233565
Rank: Colonel

From Anecdotes out of the Midwest ^[1]

During the Revolutionary War, Captain Latimer was practically in service all the time. He was Captain of the Third Company, Seventh Connecticut Regiment, when Nathan Hale enlisted as his First Lieutenant. He was Major July 6, 1775, when the Seventh Regiment was under the command of Washington during the siege of Boston.

After the British evacuation of Boston, the Seventh Regiment was ordered to New York for service under Washington.

To reinforce Washington in New York, the Wadsworth Brigade was raised in June 1776 and Jonathan was made Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fourth Battalion. This battalion served in New York and on Long Island and was caught in the retreat and panic of September 8, 1776, when the city of New York was abandoned, in the masterly retreat accomplished by Washington by which he saved his army.

In October 1776, he was promoted to Colonel of the Third Connecticut Militia Regiment.

Name

Name: Lt. Col. Jonathan /Latimer/^[2][3][4]

Jonathan Latimer Jr.^[5]

Born

May 27 1724 in New London, New London, Connecticut. ^[5][6][7] His parents were Jonathan Lattimore and Barradell. ^[8][9][10]

Marriage

"Jonathan, Jr., s. Capt Jona[than], of New London, m. Lucretia GRISWOLD, d. Rev. George, of Lyme, Jan. 28,1747/8."^[11]

Husband Militia Colonel Jonathan Latimer. Child: Ensign George Griswold Latimer. Child: Boradill Latimer. Child: Militia Captain Jonathan Latimer. Child: Boradill Latimer. Child: Robert Latimer. Child: Nicholas Latimer. Child: Griswold Latimer. Child: Lucretia Latimer.

Marriage: 7 Jan 1747 Montville, New London, Connecticut, USA. ^[12]

Children

Children recorded in New London, CT ^[11]

• "Hannah, d. Jonathan, Jr. & Lucretia, b. Sept. 19,1748."
• "George, s. Jona[than], Jr. & Lucretia, b. July 22,1749."
• "Boradill, d. Jona[than], Jr. & Lucretia, b. Dec. 13, 1750; d. Sept. 17,1752."
• "Jonathan, s. Jona[than], Jr. & Lucretia, b. Apr. 12, 1753."
• "Boradill, d. Jona[than], Jr. & Lucretia, b. Apr. 12, 1755."
• "Wetherell, s. Jona[than], Jr. & Lucretia, b. Mar. 18, 1757."
• "Cha[rle]s, s. Jona[than], Jr. & Lucretia, b. Jan. 30, 1759."
• "Robert, s. Jona[than], Jr. & Lucretia, b. Nov. 2, 1760"
• "Nicholas, s. Jona[than], Jr. & Lucretia, b. Jan. 8,1763."
• "Griswold, s. Jona[than], Jr. & Lucretia, b. Sept 8, 1764."
• "Joseph, s. Jona[than], Jr. & Lucretia, b. June 8 1766."
• "Nathaniel, s. Jona[than], Jr. & Lucretia, b. Feb. 25, 1768."
• "Daniel, s. Jona[than], Jr. & Lucretia, b. May 4, 1771.

Military Service

Colonel Jonathan Latimer Jr. ^{[5][13][14][15][16][17]}

USA^[17] Service: 1758 Connecticut, USA.^[5][15] Service: Col Latimer and his men were encamped outside the town of New London, under orders when Benedict Arnold ordered the town to be burned down He and his men helped the fleeing people to safety.

Connecticut Soldiers, French and Indian War, 1755-62. French And Indian War (1754-1763). Bet. 1754–1763.^[5]

Service: Acquired the rank of Captain in the early Colonial wars with French and Indians which were from 1754-1763.

Bet. 1754–1763. ^[5] Service: Commissioned Major, his command a part of the Third Regiment Connecticut Militia Infantry. Was ordered to march to Boston,, forming a part of the Continental forces besieging the British Army there.

He has a distinguished Revolutionary War record. American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Bet. 1775–1783.^[5]

Jul 1775. Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. ^[5] Service: Major Latimer was promoted to Colonel and was assigned to command the Third Regiment.

Oct 1776. ^[5] Service: Served in the Battle of Saratoga, September 7-17, 1777, and General Horatio Gates, in his report, especially commended Colonel Jonathan Latimer.

Sep 1777. Saratoga County, New York, USA. ^[5]

06 Sep 1781. Groton, New London, Connecticut, USA. ^[5][5]

Residence

1776 New York, USA. ^[5][16]

1786 Montville, New London, Connecticut, USA. ^[5] New London, Connecticut, USA. ^[5] Connecticut, USA.^[5] Connecticut, USA. ^[5]

1790 New London, Connecticut, United States. ^[18]

In 1790 Jonathan Latimer and most of his family emigrated to what was then western North Carolina, now the State of Tennessee.

1795 Sumner, Tennessee, United States. ^[13] Portions of New London that had been known as the North Parish and Chesterfield dist. were incorporated into a separate town called Montville. Much of the Latimer property was in the Chesterfield district.

Property

Bought, for 200 pounds, 640 acres on Station Camp Creek in Sumner County, North Carolina, now Tennessee, near where it flows into the Cumberland River. Later bought more land until he owned a total of 840 acres.
20 Oct 1790.
Sumner County, Tennessee, USA. ^[5]

Died

13 Oct 1806. Hendersonville, Sumner, Tennessee, USA. ^[5] 04 Mar 1807. New London, New London Cty, Connecticut, USA. ^[5]

Buried

Old Beech Cemetery at Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Long Hollow Pike. 1802 Sumner County, Tennessee, USA. ^{[5][19] [20]}

"In the name of God, Amen. I JONATHAN LATIMER of Sumner County, being of sound and perfect mind and memory, blessed be God, do this 13th day of November in the year of our Lord 1802, make and publish this, my last will and testament, in the manner following, that is to say,.

I do give and bequeath to my loving wife, Lucretia, the use of all my personal property, not hereafter otherwise disposed of, during the continuance of her natuaral life, then to be disposed amongst my children, HANNAH, CHARLES, ROBERT, GRISWOLD and JOSEPH, and my grandsons, WILLIAM and NATHANIEL.

I do give and bequeath to my grandson William Latimer and my grandson Nathaniel Latimer, one hundred acres of land on the waters of Red River, aforesaid, on the east boundary of my son Joseph's land and south by William Wilson, and north by DANIEL LATIMER.

I do give and bequeath to my son Charles my blacksmith's tools, crowbars, pot rack, one cow, a can and bottles and my silver spoons to be divided between Charles and Robert and Griswold.

I do give and bequeath to my son Griswold my wagon, cross-cut saw and sword, large brass kettle and my great chair, half a gallon bottle.

I do give and bequeath to my son Joseph my silver tankard and my carving knife and steel.

I do give and bequeath to my son Robert my small brass kettle.

I do hereby make and ordain my sons Charles and Griswold, executors of this, my last will and testament.

In witness whereof I, the said Jonathan Latimer, have to this, my last will and testament, set my hand and seal this day and year before written.

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Jonathan Latimer, the testator as his last will and testament in the presence of us who were present and at the signing and sealing thereof.

Jonathan Latimer.

Witness:

William Rice.

Thomas Anderson.

Sources

1. ↑ Anecdotes Out of the Midwest, Appendix D by Arthur B Wells 1929 dbs
2. ↑ Title: U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 Publication: Ancestry.com: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; N; Residence date: Residence place: CT, United States Note: Ancestry Record revwarmuster #227884
3. ↑ Title: New York Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 Publication: Ancestry.com: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - For individual sources please see the source information listed with each record. Many of the source documents are available in the Genealogical Research Library collect; Ancestry Record nygenrec_ga #404246
4. ↑ Ancestry Profile
5. ↑ ^{5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20} Ancestry Profile http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=321
6. ↑ Source: #S451536271
7. ↑ American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
8. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74P-X4C : 11 February 2018), Jonathan Lattimore, 27 May 1724; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
9. ↑ Connecticut Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928., New London VR's. Page 183, citing Vol. 1, Page 63
10. ↑ Some family trees on ancestry.com say born in Montville; one says born there in 1743.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Connecticut Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928., New London VR's. Page 183, citing Vol. 2, Page 61-62
12. ↑ Ancestry Profile Record for Militia Colonel Jonathan Latimer Jr + https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/101398617/family
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
14. ↑ Source: #S451536271
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} Connecticut Soldiers, French and Indian War, 1755-62 Guertin, Iris, Rose, comp Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc American Archives (Series), 1774-1777 - Excerpts; Author: Force, Peter; Publication Place: Washington, D.C.; Publisher: Peter Force; Page Number: 879
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
18. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKV-DMB : accessed 5 October 2019), Jonathan Latimer, New London, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 126, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 568,141.
19. ↑ Record in the Sumner County Will Book No.1. The clerk's record had many errors in spelling, names were misspelled and there was no punctuation. For the sake of clarity, spelling has been changed and punctuatuion has been added. Sumner County, TN Will Book 1, p. 99.
20. ↑ Find a Grave: Memorial #6544998.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Jonathan Latimer, Sr.", Ancestor # A066960.

• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc