Capt. Daniel Southmayd

Two flowers leftf on Findagrave indicate Daniel fought in the Revolutionary War

In honor of his service:SOUTHMAYD, DANIEL (Staff Officer) DAR Ancestor

Left by janicet on 25 Jun 2016

Male descendants eligible to join the Order of the Cincinnati; documented in "the Historical register of officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution, April, 1775, to December, 1783 by Heitman, Francis Bernard, 1838- Published 1893"

Left by janicet on 25 Jun 2016

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9181021/daniel-southmayd

More prolonged terms of service soon faced Middletown men.
Upon a special early call of the General Assembly in the same spring
a regiment was raised to go to the Continental Camp around Boston.
It had a heavy representation from the Middletown area. Serving
on the staff under Colonel Spencer of East Haddam were Major
Meigs, Adjutant Charles Whiting, and Surgeon’s Mate, Daniel
Southmayd. The Fourth Company of the Regiment was Middletown’s
own, under Meigs. Most of the five officers and ninety-five non¬
commissioned officers and privates served from early in May 1775
until discharge late in December.* 11 There was no fighting involved—
merely steady siege service—but it afforded the first experience with
Continental forces

The following link shpws a document about Middleton men during tjhe war Daniel is mentioned as a Surgeon's Mate on page 8.

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrFcPTkc_Jj4FY0dWJXNyoA;_ylu=Y29sb...