Samuel Chesebrough, Sr.

This Samuel might be the same as that Samuel.

Military Service: Revolutionary War Patriot, member of the Committee of One Hundred that acted in conjunction with the Committee of Safety of Stonington

   In May, 1776, Reverend Nathaniel Eells of Long Point, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut was appointed Chaplain of the regiment stationed at New London. There was much delay in providing the means of defense, and the dissatisfaction caused a "memorial" to be presented to the Connecticut General Assembly.

On October 14, 1776 Samuel was one of the signers of this memorial recorded in the Capitol Building, Hartford. (See "Revolutionary War, IV", Document 400 and Hurd's "History of New London County"*, page 629.) :
"Your Honors may remember that this town is the only one in this State that has received any damages from those sons of
tyranny and despotism, sent by that more savage tyrant, George the Third, to deprive us of those unalienable rights that the
Supreme Governor of Heaven and Earth has invested us with. Your memorialists therefore pray that the number of men
ordered here may remain; and that the two eighteen-pounders and four twelve-pounders, and shot, &c., that were previously
ordered here may be delivered as soon as possible, as the harbor is perhaps more used by coasters, and vessels bound to
sea than any other harbor in the state; and is a place of great consequence, not only to this, but to other states.
We therefore beg leave to inform your Honors that several vessels have been chased into this harbor by the King's Ships,
and have been protected.
Your memorialists further pray that the three large cannon (now at New London) belonging to this town be likewise ordered
to this place; and the two field pieces lent to the town of New London, by this town, be ordered back to Stonington.
And your memorialists will ever pray, &c.
Signed -
Nathaniel Minor, Paul Wheeler, John Brown, Jr., John Denison, Henry Babcock, Simeon Rhodes, Committee;
Joseph Denison, Alexander Bradford, Robert Stanton, Nathan Palmer, Nathaniel Palmer, Nathan Palmer, Jr., John Davis,
Andrew Palmer, Michael Ash, Lemuel Dewey, John Rathbun, John Rathbun, Jr., Peleg Brown, Elisha Denison, Asa Palmer,
Edward Hancox, Jr., Oliver Hilliard, John Dodge, Peter Crary, Clement Minor, Naboth Chesebrough, John Minor 2d, John
Newman, Andrew Brown, Elkanah Cobb, Samuel Satterlee, Sands Niles, Thomas Robinson, John Denison 5th, Elijah Utley,
James Tripp, Edward Eells, Zebulon Chesebrough, John Hancox, SAMUEL CHESEBROUGH, Moses Bromley, Jonathan
Gray, William Slack, Henry Burtch, William Chesebrough, James Palmer, Nathaniel Crandall, Jared Crandall, Rufus Palmer,
Elijah Palmer, Thomas Stanton 4th, Asa Lewis, Nathan Hinckley, Elijah Hinckley, John Rock, James Noyes Jr., Edward Crosby,
Wyatt Hinckley, Elihu Babcock, George Batolph, Abel Hinckley, James Noyes, Peleg Noyes, John Randall, Eliphalet Buddington,
James Cornish, John Breed Jr., Isaac Brown, Fish Brown, Hempsted Minor, Thomas Randall, John Denison, Joseph Champlin,
Walter Palmer, Jed. Thompson, Thomas Palmer, David Thompson, Charlie Thompson, William Thompson, Joseph Vincent,
Joseph Page, Gilbert Fanning, Daniel Hobart, John Cotton Rossiter, Eliphalet Hobart, James Hancox, John Haley, Peleg
Chesebrough, Nathaniel Fellows, Nathaniel Fellows Jr., Simeon Hiscox, Thomas Hiscox, Israel Lewis, Sylvester Pendleton,
Achors Sheffield, William Palmer, Eliphalet Buddington Jr., Charles Welch, Job Taylor, William Scovill.
Dated, October 14, 1776."
All descendants of this memorial are eligible for societies of the Revolution.
* Library of Congress Control Number: 05013594
Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
Brief Description: Hurd, D[uane] Hamilton, [from old catalog] ed.
History of New London County,
Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & co., 1882.
768 p. illus., plates (partly double) ports., double map. 29 cm.
CALL NUMBER: Microfilm 18540 F
Copy 1
Request in: Microform Reading Room (Jefferson, LJ139B)
This group of Patriots was referred to as the Committee of One Hundred that acted in conjunction with the Committee of Safety of Stonington.
2. From the DAR Patriot Index:
CHESEBROUGH, Samuel
Birth: CT 25 Mar 1743
Service: CT
Rank: PS
Death: CT 9 Sep 1811
Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No
Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No
Spouse: (1) Submit Palmer

Ancestor #: A021420

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78392120/submit-chesebrough

in his 69th year

Samuel birth date is listed 24 March 1742.
He was married to a Submit (Palmer) Chesebrough
They had 13 children:

Jesse (b 1765)
Thankful (b 1766)
Elias (b 1768)
Ezra (b 1769)
Simeon (b 1771)
Reuben (b 1773)
Lois (b 1775)
Sabra (b 1777)
Submit (b 1780)
Joseph (b 1782)
Rhoda (b 1783)
Mercy (b 1785)
Samuel (b 1788)
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