Major John Wait Garrett

DAR Ancestor #: A044203

The Battle of Wyoming was an encounter during the Revolutionary War between Patriots and Loyalists accompanied by Iroquois raiders that took place in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania on July 3, 1778. 340 Patriots were killed in the battle out of a total force of about 400 with the Iroquois raiders hunting down fleeing Patriots. On the British and Iroquois side, 3 killed, 8 wounded.

Exaggerated and fabricated reports of the massacres of prisoners and atrocities at Wyoming infuriated the American public leading to tragic consequences for the Iroquois.

http://minerdescent.com/2012/12/03/battle-of-wyoming/

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Lt 1st Company {Westmoreland} Regiment Connecticut Milita Col Zebulon Butler Cot 1775 Captain-October 1776 Major- October 1777

Major John Garrett, born in West Simsbury, Connecticut, in 1727, was the oldest son and third child of Francis Garrett and his wife, Sarah (Mills) Tuller, born 1696, died 1797, in her 101st year. She was the daughter of John Mills, of West Simsbury, and the widow of Samuel Tuller, whom she married in 1715. She married 2d, Francis Garrett in 1722, and after his death in 173 1 she married 3d, 1745, Captain Joseph Woodford, who was born 1676 and died January 1760. The record of her children will appear later. Nothing is known of the early life of John Garrett, beyond the fact of his marriage and the names of his children. He first appears in the annals of Connecticut as an officer in the militia in the town of Westmoreland.

http://www.hinmanfamily.com/hfag08.htm

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According to my grandmother's notes, he served in Colonel Zebulon Butler's regiment at the battle of Wyoming Valley where he was mortally wounded. She references D.A.R. Lineage Book 81. p.147
Hartford, Conn. Probate Records Vol. 3 p. 47
Farmington V.R. Vol. L.R. 8 p 5
History of Ancient Woodbury (Cothern) p. 474