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French and Indian  War/Seven

The French and Indian War (1755–1764) was the North American theatre of the worldwide Seven Years’ War. The war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France, with both sides supported by military units from their parent countries of Great Britain and France, as well as Native American allies.

The war was fought primarily along the frontiers between New France and the British colonies, from Virginia in the South to Nova Scotia in the North. It began with a dispute over control of the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, called the Forks of the Ohio, and the site of the French Fort Duquesne and present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The dispute erupted into violence in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in May 1754, during which Virginia militiamen under the command of 22-year-old George Washington ambushed a French patrol.

The outcome was one of the most significant developments in a century of Anglo-French conflict. France ceded its territory east of the Mississippi to Great Britain. It ceded French Louisiana west of the Mississippi River (including New Orleans) to its ally Spain, in compensation for Spain’s loss to Britain of Florida (Spain had ceded this to Britain in exchange for the return of Havana, Cuba). France’s colonial presence north of the Caribbean was reduced to the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, confirming Britain’s position as the dominant colonial power in eastern North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Daniel’s French and Indian War

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Service

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Anthony Aylesworth
(? - bef. 1 Aug 1757)

 

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     Anthony is the son of John and Dorcas (Jones) Aylesworth, making him the grandson of Arthur and Mary (Brown) Aylesworth. He served in the campaign of 1756, enlisting in the Expedition against Crown Point in the regiment of soldiers raised by the Colony, under the command of Col. Christopher Harris, dying during the expedition, intestate.

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Capt. Thomas Aylesworth
(1726 - 1814)

 

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     Thomas is the son of Chad and Elizabeth (Major) Aylesworth, making him the grandson of Arthur and Mary (Brown) Aylesworth. He was made Ensign of the 9th Company (Potter’s, later Hacker’s Company) in May 1756, then 2nd Lietenant in March 1758. by July 1761 he was Captain of 2nd Company of Scituate.

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Daniel Howard
(1724 - 1815)

 

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     Daniel Howard is the son of Edward Jr. and Eleanor (Tarbox) Howard. Two of his brothers, Edward and Zebedee, also served in the French and Indian War.
Daniel served in the Connecticut Militia Campagain of 1759 under Captain Azel Fitche, unknown enlistment or discharge dates. He then enlisted 22 March 1762 in the Connecticut Militia, Tenth Company of the Second Regiment, under Col. Nathan Whiting, in the Campaign of 1762. He was discharged on 2 December 1762.

5th Great
Grandfather

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Edward Howard

 

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     Edward Howard is the son of Edward Jr. and Eleanor (Tarbox) Howard. Two of his brothers, Daniel and Zebedee, also served in the French and Indian War.
Edward enlisted 3 April 1758 in the Connecticut Militia, Fifth Company of the Second Regiment, under Col. Nathan Whiting, in the Campaign of 1758. He was discharged on 20 October 1758.

5th Great
Granduncle

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Zebedee Howard
(abt. 1734 - 1800)

 

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     Zebedee Howard is the son of Edward Jr. and Eleanor (Tarbox) Howard. Two of his brothers, Daniel and Edward, also served in the French and Indian War.
Zebedee served in the Connecticut Militia, Ninth Company of the Second Regiment, under Capt. Azel Fitch, in the Campaign of 1759. His enlistment and discharge dates are unknown.

5th Great
Granduncle

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William Norris, Sr.
(1730 - ?)

 

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     William is the son of William and Susannah (_____) Norris. He was a resident of Fauquier County, British Colony of Virginia when he served as an Ensign in the French and Indian War, under Capt. William Edmunds Company, in 1761.

6th Great
Granduncle

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Lemuel Peterson
(1747 - ?)

 

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     Lemuel served in the Campaign of 1762 from the British Colony of Rhode Island Providence Plantations.

5th Great
Grandfather

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Debbie’s French and Indian War

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Ebenezer Dow
(1737 - 1817)

 

Retha M. (Bonner) Webb

     Ebenezer served from Province of Massachusetts Bay, under Captain James Smith, and was at Ticonderoga, Crown Point and Fort William Henry, also participating in the capture of Louisburg in 1758, and Quebec in the following year.

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Grandfather

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