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died of fever in the service of his coun-
try and was buried at Mt. Independence,
Orwell, Vermont. Statement of George
w. Kennedy. Burlington, VT. and of
Sarah Kennedy Lord Burlington, VT
John Kennedy, Jr., son of the proceed
ing is said to have acted as Aliens aid
and to have entered the fort with Allen.
He was accustomed to tell his children
how the commander of the fortress came
to the door with his breeches in his
hand" and how he never forgot the look
of his pale face and naked legs"
Statement of Sarah Kennedy Lord,
Burlington. VIZ
Samuel Keep of Salisbury. Conn. was
one OF the original grantees of Salisbury,
Vermont. He settled at Crown Point
about 1173 and it is said that he was one
of Aliens advisors in taking the fort.
Whether he was presen: at the capture
does not appear. He died in Brandon,
1902, aged II. (Smith's history of Addi-
son county.)
Elijah Kellogg was one of the early
settlers Of Shoreham, Vermont, 1866. Is
said to have been the first man to enter
the fort after Allen and Arnold. He was
taken prisoner in Iii in an engagement
near Castleton and subsequently made
b's u cllIth = hsNbI OF aullSDn
county'p 6l2. History of Shoreham. p. 12.)
f'Samuel Laughton of Dummerston is
said to have been present at the capture.
vermont Historical society proceedings
1904. page S.)
f'Matthew Lyon said he was present
at the capture. l am indebted to a gem
tleman in New York city ror the follow
ing Information: The biography of
Matthew Lyon quotes from Annals of the
10th Congress. second session, page 1916.
a speech made by Lyon. February :. 1863.
In which he says: II was n private SOL
der in one of those companies called
minute men who first rook up arms in
defence Of the cause of American liberty
and with my gun on my shoulder marched
to take Ticonderoga under the
of Ethan Allen" pages l3 & 1l5.) Again
at page l9s, in n letter written in 1917
Lyon says; Immediately after the Lex
ington battle | Joined Ethan Allen.
Eighty-fve of us took from $40 British
veterans the Fort Ticonderoga," etc.
This statement OF Matthew Lyon that
there were eighty-nve present differs
from the commonly accepted lumber OF
eighty-three as stated by Allen himself,
but perhaps Allen did Rot include him.
self or Arnold in the statement that he
took the fort with eighty-three men.
The subsequent statement of Lyon that
there were 40 British veterans would
indicate that he was not very accurate
in his statement Of numbers, however;
this may be. the declaration seems to be
clear and unequivocal that he was pves-
ent at the capture.
f'Josiah Lewis OF Pouitney. VI. came
from Connecticut to that place In Ill. He
was present at the capture of ~Ticonder-
oga and was in the battle of Hubbardton.
He married Mollie Cole In Connecticut
1t is said that she rendered important
service for the patriots in carrying news,
etc. and was paid the same as the sol
diers were and that she also received n
grant of lane Of 100 acres In recogni y 4
of her services to the continental army.
History of Poultney. page a99)
'Capt. I.usk. George Trumbull wrote
Schuyler March l.t, 1866, that Captain
Lusk was lat the first taking of Ticon-
deroRa."
Ensign Lewis was one Of the men who
was paid for his services on this expcdi-
tion by the State OF Connecticut. Conn.
Men In the Revolution.)
Captain Noah Lee was with Aliens
party at castlcton. From there he was
sent with the command hat captured
Skenesborough. He enyered the service
when he was but fifteen years OF age
md saw the surrender OF CORVALLIS, af-
ter which he returned to Castleton, where
he died. A monument has been erected
in his honor at ,Castleton by his Erard-
son. Granville, N. Y, Sentinel, 1908. Chit
tenden. page l2.)
Capt. Edward Mott OF Preston, Conn,
was chairman of the war committee that
had charge Of the expedition for the
Of Ticonderosa. He did not en-
ter the fort. (Chittenden, n 1867
'Major Amos Morrill,. The authority
for placing his name In the roll is de-
rived from the Statement in the family |
Bible, formerly in the possession OF the
jeremiah s. Morrill, OF st. Adams.
VT, who was a grandson OF Major Amos
This statement reads as fol-
"Old Major Amos Morrill,. who
rame from New Hampshire, enlisted for
The Revolution and served all through the
war of eight years. One or the first com
raised was brought together at
Epson, ~. II, He then enlisted as lieu
tenant. At Bunker Hill the captain was
killed and then he was made captain. He
was with Ethan Allen at the taking OF
Ticonderoga and was one OF the eight