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About William Eldridge
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73208547/william-eldridge
He was one of the commissioners who laid out the "fire lands" for the "Connecticut sufferers" in the western part of the Western Reserve, Ohio.
THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. p. 385
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"William Eldridge was the last surviving one of the fire land commissioners, who surveyed and laid out in "New Connecticut" the land alloted to the sufferers by (Benedict) Arnold's wanton destruction of their property"
source: The Battle of Groton Heights: A Collection of Narratives, Official Reports ...By William Wallace Harris, p. 243
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William Eldridge's Timeline
| 1769 |
December 14, 1769
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Groton, New London, Connecticut Colony
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| 1806 |
December 10, 1806
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New London County, Connecticut, United States
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| 1852 |
November 2, 1852
Age 82
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Illinois, United States
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East Cemetery, Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut, United States
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