John
Russell
Born in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of William Russell
and Sarah (Emery) Russell
Brother of
William Russell, Gideon Russell, Alpheus Russell, Sarah (Russell) King, Mary Russell, Elizabeth (Russell) Hall, Emery Russell, Hannah (Russell) Collins and Submit Russell
Husband of
Lovisa (Cooley) Russell
— married
28 May 1778 in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Descendants 
Father of
John Russell, Lovica (Russell) Chapin, Dolly Russell, Sarah Cooley (Russell) Pease, Sylvia (Russell) Olmstead, Lucinda (Russell) Pease, William Russell and Cyrus Russell
Died
at age 78
in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Aug 2017
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Biography
John Russell was born on January 25, 1748, in Central Somers, Connecticut. He is the son of William Russell and Sarah Emery.
He served in the Revolutionary War as an Ensign in the Connecticut militia under Captain Phineas Lovejoy and Colonel Rogers Enos.
He had six children with Lovisa Cooley between 1780 and 1795. He died on November 3, 1826, in his hometown, having lived a long life of 78 years, and was buried there.
Sources
- Russell, George Ely. Descendants of William Russell of Salem, Mass., 1674 (Catoctin Press, Middletown, MD, 1989) Page 24
- Find A Grave: Memorial #16330339
- North America Family Histories
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