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
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.
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.
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