Simon Kinsmon Fobes

Patriot of the American Revolution DAR # A040692

Service: MASSACHUSETTS - CONNECTICUT Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, LIEUTENANT
Birth: 4-5-1756 CANTERBURY WINDHAM CO CONNECTICUT
Death: 1-30-1840 ASHTABULA CO OHIO
Pension Number: *S16119
Service Source: *S16119
Service Description: 1) ALSO PVT, CPL, CAPTS ELIAKIM SMITH, JONAS HUBBARD, NOAH SMITH; COLS JONATHAN WARD, BENEDICT ARNOLD, POMEROY; MA;
2) ALSO SGT, ENS, LT; CAPTS ELIJAH ROBINSON, DANIEL ALLEN, ADAM SHEPLEY; COLS ROGER ENOS, LEVI WELLS, LEDYARD; CT; PRISONER OF WAR

LT Simon Fores Esq
Minuteman bunker hill , Canada expedition, New York and New Jersey campaigns. Captured at Quebec. He escaped and led a small group through Maine to safety

Selectman of Somers CT, Justice of the Peace, Three term CT Legislator, Purchased 1500 acres in Wayne Township in 1803

A founder of Wayne Congregational Church.

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