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• Questions: Parents and spouse?
• Military Note: Regiment raised for “Continental Line” of 1777 to continue through the War.  Recruited mainly in New Haven Co.; rendezvous at New Haven.  Went into camp at New Haven.  Went into camp at Peekskill in the summer of 1777, but frequently detached on expeditions or outpost duty on the lines above Kings Bridge. Served in August – October on the Hudson, in Parsons’ Brigade, under Putnam, and engaged in all movements made in consequence of enemy’s move against Fort Montgomery, etc.  Wintered in 1777-1778 at West Point, and assisted in constructing permanent fortifications, “Meigs Redoubt,” etc.; also redoubts opposite on the east side. In summer of 1778 encamped with the main army, under Washington at White Plains.  Wintered in 1778-1779 at Redding, In operations of 1779 served with the Conn. Division on the east side of the Hudson in Heath’s wing; it’s Light Co., under Capt. Champion, detached to Meigs Light Regt. and engaged in the storming of Stony Point July 15, 1779.  Wintered in 1779-1780 at Morristown huts (Jockey Hollow), New Jersey, and in movements of 1780 served with the Divison on both sides of the Hudson. On discovery of Arnold's treason, Meigs Regiment was ordered, with other troops, to repair forthwith to West Point, in anticipation of the advance of the enemy. Wintered 1780-1781 at camp “Connecticut Village,” near the Robinson House, opposite West Point. https://www.6thconnecticut.org/page2 —— The 6th Connecticut Regiment was raised on May 1, 1775, at New Haven, Connecticut, as a provincial regiment for the Continental Army. It then became a regiment of the Continental Line on January 1, 1776, designated the 10th Continental Regiment, and a regiment of the Connecticut Line on January 1, 1777, again designated the 6th Connecticut. The regiment saw action at the siege of Boston, the Battle of Long Island, the New York Campaign, and its colonel and company of light infantry served in the Corps of Light Infantry at the Battle of Stony Point.  The Raid on Sag Harbor was launched on May 21, 1777, but due to a storm and rough seas the raiding party put back to shore at Guilford, Connecticut to wait out the storm. Then on May 23, 1777, three weeks after the Battle of Ridgefield, Col. Meigs and 170 men from New Haven left Guilford, Connecticut, in 13 whale boats and two armed sloops, bringing with them an extra sloop in which to bring back prisoners. This raid was planned as a reprisal for the British Brig. Gen. William Tryon's raid on Danbury, Connecticut, whose action had cost the life of General David Wooster of New Haven. Landing on Long Island they marched across to Sag Harbor, surprised the garrison, burned a dozen vessels, destroyed a large quantity of military stores, killed several of the enemy and took 90 prisoners, without losing a man. For this action, Col. Meigs was voted a Sword by Congress, which now hangs in the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. After the Sag Harbor raid, the 6th Connecticut went to Peekskill, New York, to join the other regiments of the Connecticut Line. The Connecticut Line wintered at West Point during the winter of 1777-1778. While there, they constructed the "Meigs Redoubt" and other fortifications in the area. On July 15, 1779, this force successfully stormed the British fort at Stony Point on the Hudson River.
• Military Event: American Revolution - CT 6th Reg; Pvt. Drum & Fife; 1777--1780
• Served American Revolution?: Y
• Married?: Y
• Military Flag: Y
• Military Service: 5 Sep 1777, Connecticut
• Military Service: 18 Nov 1777, Connecticut
• Military Service: 18 Dec 1777, Connecticut
• Military Service: 9 Apr 1778, Connecticut
• Military Service: 9 May 1778, Connecticut
• Military Service: 21 Jun 1778, Connecticut
• Military Service: 21 Jul 1778, Connecticut
• Military Service: Aug 1778, Connecticut
• Military Service: Oct 1778, Connecticut
• Military Service: Nov 1778, Connecticut
• Military Service: Jan 1779, Connecticut
• Military Service: May 1779, Connecticut
• Military Service: Jun 1779, Connecticut
• Military Service: Jul 1779, Connecticut
• Military Service: 2 Jul 1779, Connecticut
• Military Service: 3 Aug 1779, Connecticut
• Military Service: 3 Sep 1779, Connecticut
• Military Service: 11 Oct 1779, Connecticut
• Military Service: 7 Jan 1780, Connecticut
• Military Service: 1 Feb 1780, Connecticut
• Military Service: 12 Mar 1780, Connecticut
• Military Service: 11 Apr 1780, Connecticut
• Census: 1790, New London County, Connecticut
• Census: 1800, Lyme, New London, Connecticut

Notes:

Not in the DAR database, but records are the Natl Archives in the US Revolutionary War Rolls.

Don’t confuse with William BRAMBLE, m Elizabeth BUELL

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William BRAMBLE was born on 23 Dec 1773 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut; died in 1826 in Johnstown, Fulton, New York; was buried in unknown.