Captain David Catlin

Ref.: Album photo is part of David Catlin’s application for federal pension for service in the Revolutionary War. Ref. < https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116638029/david-catlin >, Lieut David Catlin, Old Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, Ulster County, New York. Memorial ID: 116638029.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN:

David Catlin, (1747-1839), enlisted 1775 in the Connecticut Militia to defend New York, with the 5th Connecticut Light Horse Regiment under Captain Moses Seymour, called out to the defense of New York City. While in New York, David wrote that the company performed the following duties: “We were engaged as guards or in patroling of the roads in the vicinity of the city and while we lay at New York two of the British ships succeeded in passing the battery and sailed up the River Hudson and in the same day returned and sailed down to the narrows.” David was in the city when the Declaration of Independence was read in July. Sometime in July of 1776, the company was given the duty of guarding and transporting to Litchfield, David Matthews, the Mayor of New York who in June of 1776 was arrested as part of a plot to kidnap General Washington. In August, David left New York and ended his first period of service prior to the invasion and battle of Long Island. ... On October 25, 1776, after David “had been dismissed [for] a month or two,” Captain Moses Seymour’s Company of Light Horse was again called out. David related that the company “went to West Chester County and crossed the North River [Hudson]” and arrived at White Plains on October 29. When he arrived, his brother, Lieutenant Eli Catlin, who had already been a part of the previous day’s battle, was present. David wrote, “We arrived there . . . and helped to bury the dead. We remained at White Plains a few days . . . .” During this time, General Washington decided to retreat the bulk of his army across the Hudson River and into New Jersey. David wrote, “Our army was gradually transported across the North [Hudson] River.” The time from the Battle of White Plains in October 1776 to December 1776 was one of the most pivotal times in our nation’s history. Washington would be driven out of New York and would begin a long, humiliating but well-executed retreat through New Jersey. ... David wrote, “We retreated with the army of Gen Washington to the Jerseys, and through Morristown among other towns, we remained but a short time in Passaic, New Jersey. We were at Trenton in the first part of December.” By the first week in December, the remainder of General Washington’s depleted command crossed the Delaware River from New Jersey into Pennsylvania. That month, enlistments were up again for many of the soldiers called to service. David Catlin was among those men. David described his travel back to Litchfield in December: “We were dismissed and returned by the way of Newtown, I think, New Jersey. Then we came to the North [Hudson] river passed by [illegible] and back to Litchfield when we arrived about the 25th of December.” Ref.: "The Catlins Remembered", by Gary R. Catlin, Chapter II 1768-1800, pages 5-6.

He served in the Burgoyne campaign and in the Battle of Danbury [27 April 1777]. He was afterwards commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant.

In 1832, he applied for a pension in Litchfield, Connecticut, and it was allowed for nearly twelve months' actual service as private, Connecticut line.

According to genealogical papers, David "resided in Litchfield, Conn. until 1839 when he removed to Kingston, Ulster County, New York to live with his son Pierce and a daughter (Nancy) both in good circumstances, the remainder of his life." David Catlin died on October 13, 1839.

He was born in Litchfield, Connecticut 6 Apr 1847 and died in Kingston, New York on Sunday, 13 Oct 1839. Revolutionary War Veteran∼Bio for David Catlin:

David Catlin, (1747-1839), enlisted 1775 in the Connecticut Militia to defend New York, under Captain Moses Seymour.

He served in the Burgoyne campaign and in the Battle of Danbury [27 April 1777]. He was afterwards commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant.

In 1832, he applied for a pension in Litchfield, Connecticut, and it was allowed for nearly twelve months' actual service as private, Connecticut line.

In 1839, he moved to Ulster County, New York to live with his children.

He was born in Litchfield, Connecticut 6 Apr 1747 and died in Kingston, New York on Sunday, 13 Oct 1839.

One of his descendants who obtained membership in the Sons of the American Revolution was the Honorable Amos Parmalee Catlin, Judge of the Sacramento County Superior Court of California.

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Additional children of David Catlin and Rhoda Peck and then later Ann Parmalee are:

…. Erastus (2/15/1778 - 7/1/1854)
…. David E., Jr. (5/6/1780 – 9/12/1856 – died in Stamford, CT) …. Diantha (1/15/1782 – 10/24/1854) married to Orange Webster …. Luther (10/24/1784 – 2/5/1885) married to Ora Simmons …. Pierce Catlin (9/5/1789 – 1872) married Anna Winegar and went west …. Anna (7/29/1787) married Joseph Grannis …. Mary (Polly) (6/10/1792) married Isaac Smith …. Emily Catlin (2/14/1803 – 1887) married Birdsey Gibbs ∼Soldier of the Revolution, born in CT, died at son's residence in Kgn, ae 92 yrs 6 mos 7dys* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jul 31 2021, 1:55:28 UTC