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Oliver Turrell (1755 - 1823)

Oliver Turrell aka Turrel
Born in Monroe, Fairfield, Connecticutmap
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Husband of — married 14 Mar 1782 [location unknown]
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Died at age 67 in New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United Statesmap
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Biography

Name

Oliver Turrel/Turrell/Terrill

Birth

02 JUN 1755 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut[1]
ABT 1748 Monroe, Fairfield, Connecticut (Ricord)

Marriage

14 MAR 1782

Death

17 JAN 1823 New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut (Find A Grave)

Event

Living 1814 New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut (Andersen)

Notes

  • Born at Monroe, Connecticut, about the year 1748.
  • He subsequently removed to New Milford, Connecticut, and was among the first to enlist for service in the War of the Revolution
  • Went with the Connecticut troops to "the relief of Boston in the Lexington alarm," in April, 1775, being afterward regularly enlisted in the "Connecticut Line." He participated in the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill and, a few months later, in the desperate conflicts of Long Island and White Plains, New York.
  • On the 26th of May 1777 he re-enlisted in the regular service, and was honorably discharged January 9, 1778, and as probably after this identified with the Connecticut militia, as it is practically well authenticated that he served during the entire period of the war.
  • Oliver Turrell enlisted as private at the Lexington Alarm and went with the Connecticut troops to the relief of Boston. He was in the battles of Lexington, Bunker Hill, Long Island, and White Plains. He reenlisted 1777 in the 6th brigade, Connecticut militia.

Burial

Mountain View Cemetery, New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Sources

Volume: 233; SAR Membership Number: 46593. SAR Membership: 46593 Name: Lucy Taylor Birth: 1790 Death: 1863 Spouse: Jonathan Turrell Children: Stephen H. Turrell.
SAR Membership Number: 72446 Name: Lucy Taylor Birth: 1790 Death: 1863 Spouse: Jonathan Turrell Children: Stephen H Turrell.
Mrs. Kate Alma Salmon Hance. 147550
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Wife of Earl Whitaker Hance
Descendant of Oliver Turrell, as follows;
  1. Stephen T. Salmon (1828-90) m. 1850 Sarah E. Clowes (1833-1906)
  2. Orrin Salmon (1801-89) m. 1826 Lucy Alma Turrell (1807-93).
  3. Jonathan Turrell (1783-1868) m. 1807 Lucy Ann Taylor (1796-1863)
  4. Oliver Turrell m. 1782 Huldah Barnum (1757-1829)
Oliver Turrell (1755-1823) enlisted as a private, and went with the Connecticut troops to the relief of Boston on the Lexington Alarm. He was in the battles of Bunker Hill, Long Island and White Plains. He was born in Monroe; died in New fairfield, Conn.
Also No. 99647.

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