William married Eunice FORSYTH
15 September 1764
in Groton, Crown Colony of Connecticut
.
Eunice FORSYTH
was born
abt. 1743
in Groton, Crown Colony of Connecticut.
Eunice died
5 March 1799
in Groton, Connecticut, USA.
William married Eunice FORSYTH
15 September 1764
in Groton, Crown Colony of Connecticut
.
Eunice FORSYTH
was born
abt. 1743
in Groton, Crown Colony of Connecticut.
Eunice died
5 March 1799
in Groton, Connecticut, USA.
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Capt. William Latham
Second in command & commander of the matross company garrisoned at Fort Griswold.
Served with the Continental Army at Dorchester, Mass., 1776. Wounded & Paroled, Age 39.
William Latham, born 1741 at Groton, son of Jonathan Latham and Mary Avery. He married in Sept 1764 Eunice Forsythe, daughter of Timothy Forsythe and Eunice Perkins. In 1776 he was with Washington on Dorchester Heights as lieutenant of artillery; then second lieutenant in Capt. Mills company, Connecticut line. In 1781 he was captain of the Matross company, and had command of Fort Griswold. On the morning of Sept 6 the British attacked. Col. William Ledyard, commander of military district, assumed command. In this battle, Capt Latham was wounded in the thigh, taken prisoner on board a ship in New York, and afterwards exchanged. His children were Mary, married Samuel Walsworth; Eunice married Youngs Avery; Lucy, married Nathaniel Gallup; William, born 1771, was in Fort Griswold, and
1764 Marriage / Partner William LATHAM and Eunice FORSYTH 15 September 1764, Groton, Connecticut, USA
He was 22 years old.
Revolutionary War
LATHAM, WILLIAM Ancestor #: A066942 Service: CONNECTICUT Rank(s): CAPTAIN Birth: 1-27-1741 GROTON NEW LONDON CO CONNECTICUT Death: 1-27-1792 GROTON NEW LONDON CO CONNECTICUT Service Source: JOHNSTON, CT MEN IN THE REV, PP 78,558,578,617; *S13688, PENSION OF WILLIAM LATHAM (NO RELATIONSHIP STATED) Service Description: 1) ALSO ENS, 2ND LT, CAPT OF ARTILLERY; CAPT ABEL SPICER, COL SAMUEL HOLDEN PARSONS; 2) CAPT EDWARD MOTT; WOUNDED IN ARNOLD'S ATTACK ON NEW LONDON, 1781
RESIDENCE 1) City: GROTON - County: NEW LONDON CO - State: CONNECTICUT
The name Connecticut originates from the Algonquian word 'Quinnehtukqut' (beside the long tidal river). (statesymbolsusa.org)
Prior to 1638 - Connecticut, New England 1638 - 1662 - New Haven Colony 1662 - 1687 - Connecticut Colony 1688 - 1689 - Dominion of New England 1690 - 1787 - Crown Colony of Connecticut January 5, 1788 - Connecticut becomes 5th U.S. state
Birth — 1742
1764 Marriage / Partner
The name Connecticut originates from the Algonquian word 'Quinnehtukqut' (beside the long tidal river). (statesymbolsusa.org)
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