Eliphalet Steward

1763 - 1848  (85 years)

• Name	Eliphalet Steward
  Birth	1 Jan 1763	Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, USA
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	1776
  	American Revolution (US) Soldier, age 13, at Fort Griswold,CT 1776 Scout at Fort Edward , Sandy Hill, Fort Ann. Battle of Turlock 1782. Discharged 1783 at Fort Hunter
  	He served one month as a soldier at Fort Griswold near New London, CT, when only 13 years of age. The family then moved to Hoosick, now called Petersborough, when he was called upon to do military duty in the year of Burgoyne's surrender, 1778, and went as a scout with a company of 20 or 30 men to Fort Edward, Sandy Hill, Fort Ann and other posts. He enrolled in Capt. Austin Odell's company, in which his brother Lemuel was one of the sergeants. He marched in 1780 from Albany to the middle fort of Schoharie, and the next year he served nine months in the levies under Col. Willet, being mustered in May at Albany, in Capt. Elihu Marshall's company, and again he enlisted in April 1782, in the same company and was in the Battle of Turlock, 10 July 1782. His father was with him. He was discharged 1 Jan 1783 at Fort Hunter. The later enlistments were under the name Robert (for which Budd was a nickname), a name he had been given in childhood by his sister, although his father sometimes called him Robert and at other times Eliphalet. He always lived in Petersburgh and married twice. (Gwen Stuart)
  Death	27 Jul 1848	Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., New York, USA
  Person ID	I18550	OurNorthernRoots
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2014

  
  

  Father	Eliphalet Steward,   b. 10 Nov 1729, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, USA
  Mother	Elizabeth Church,   b. Abt 1730
  Marriage	1 Mar 1755
  Family ID	F4942	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Joshua Steward   2. Statira Steward   3. Anna Smith Steward,   b. 1795, Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., New York, USA   4. Philemon Steward,   b. 1797, Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., New York, USA
  Family ID	F10767	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Rebecca Weaver
  Children	1. Weaver Steward,   b. 1799, Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., New York, USA   2. Chloe Steward,   b. 1801   3. Clarissa Steward,   b. Abt 1803   4. Schuyler Steward,   b. 1804, Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., New York, USA   5. Hiram Steward,   b. 1812, Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., New York, USA   6. Columbus Steward,   b. 1815, Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., New York, USA
  Family ID	F4983	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 1 Jan 1763 - Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, USA Death - 27 Jul 1848 - Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth