Morning journal and courier., 1890-05-21
NORTH HAVEN ANNALS.

NORTH HAVEN ANNALS. Further Jostings of lnteress From she | Diary Of Townsman of Long By- gone Days-Days of the Revolutaon- ary Wsr-Chaplain BeDjamin Trump bulI-Thc Building or shc Fort as Beacon HILL, East Haven . Oshor Notes.
 NUMBER 40. obtained pass from my officer for two days to go home sixteen miles to Walling- ford and consult my parents about re'eniiss- Ing, They concluded, since soldiers must be had. 1t was likely should be called away in the militia, and that might as well make business of 1t first as last and be receiving pay.
 Out of my five months' wages, which was thirty dollars, for the Lake George campaign I saved about tventy, and about all, also, which drew for my ten weeks' service at White Plains, N. Y. The next morning after my arrival home my father took me to Lieutenant Chamberlain, the same officer in the northern expedition, and I enlisted to him for three years' service in the standing army. There was paid my father then a bounty of twenty dollars by the United States, and forty dollars from the town of WallinRford, for my enlistment. At this time, too, there was an act passed by the legislature that any two men who would hire one man for the army should be exhonorated from being called upon during his service. My father and Charles Ives had already hired Benajah Hall for three years | for forty dollars.
 enlisted then May 6, 1777 and, my father sold me to Robert Rice and another man whom have forgotten for l96sS dollars. | This sale saved him eighty-six and two-thirds dollars besides sixty dollars bounties. | I left home about the first of June. My father went with myself and others as far as Danbury where he gave me his farewell and returned home. | We continued on and joined the army at Peekskill, N. Y. On one occa- sion while here was standing guard over | one John Murray under sentence of death. l was not relieved and stood on duty sixteen | consecutive hours; saw him hanged in the l morning; later that day broke out with the measles but was on duty again in few days.
 There was now a call for troops to the eoushward and eix Connecticut and two Rhode Island regiments were ordered for | ward. The battle of Brandywine was over | before our arrival but we joined Washing toms grand army.
 | After Lord Howe took possession of Phila- | delphia our army took their winter quarters | at the Valley Forge. Here I was taken in care of Drum Major William Chandler and taught his art, and served as a drummer during my term of service which was about two years.
 went into winter quarters here and there The Connecticut troops returned to ths state and built huts at Danbury. During thi! winter, clothing, provisions and pay became scarce and the troops grew uneasy. Th' snow was deep and the weather cold. Abou 600 of the forces bolted and took up thei march for Hartford, but were met by Gen eral Putnam, and after few minutes con versation all returned to camp.
 From February to May was stationed a Groton fort as recruiting agency and wa then sent to the main army at Peekskill. II July following picked brigade was mad, from this army and on the 18th we stormet and captured Stony Point. We lay here al summer, and in December were dismissed tt our respective regiments. Mine was at Nor ristown, N. J. This was very cold and dis tressing winter, both for the severity of th' weather and the want of provisions ant clothing.
 Here my term of enlistment expired and returned home to my fathers house in Con necticut, being in the year of l7S0 and il the twenty. first year of my age But it wal not long before was drafted into the militi' for short time again. My father was a non commissioned officer in the "Householt Band" thought 1t was my duty to go il his stead and accordingly went for hin about two weeks.
 Here ends MT. Blakeslse's experiences as soldier in the Revolutionary army. He mar | ried and settled in Colebrook, Conn. Whil
 living there trouble broke out on our westsr
 frontier with the Indians. Captain Blakesle = (for he had been made such of local militi . body) raised company of men and volun ] | teered to march to the seat of the disturb
 ance. Fortunately the matter was settle | without his aid.
 Two years later (date missing) Oaptai
 Blakeslee received an appointment in tt
 Thirteenth United States Regulars and wer
 with his regiment to New Jersey, where
 remained eighteen months and was mustere
 out.
 From Colsbrook he removed to Avon, Or
 tario county, N. Y., and was there when th | war of 1812 broke out He immsdiatel
 raised military company and started fc Buffalo. On the march thither he increase his command 90 greatly he was chosen colt | nel of tue regiment on reaching Batavia | From hero he made forced march to Buffal | and was put in command, by order of Majc | General Hall, of all the troops east of th | Genesee river. He attacked the Englis ! forces at Black Rock, but was outnumbere l and compelled to retreat in disorder. Buffal I was then burned and pillaged. Colon fl Blakeslee rendered the government sffieier g aid during this campaign, and It's termin !: tion returned to his home in Avon, where n died. He was great grandson of Ebensz' 7 | Blakeslee of this parish, 80 prominent
 Church of England matters. See paper N
 29.]
 Reference has been made in the fors0oin
 account to the Household Band" Forty nately the rolls of two such organizations | North Haven have been discovered, and v
 hasten to lay tho membership of one (
 them, ('the fourth division,'9 before ot
 readers:
 HerReAnt--Titus Futile
 Corporal-David Thorp.
 | Daniel Bassett, David Bradley,
 | John Bakeslee, Joel Cooper,
 | Jonathan Blakeslee, Daniel Doolittle,