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Notes for NATHANIEL TERRY:
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Name Prefix: Col.
Nathaniel Terry was a member of the local Committee of Correspondence in the days leading up to the
Revolutionary War. When the news of the battle of Lexington was brought by a post rider to Enfield in April, 17
75, Major Nathaniel Terry led a company of about seventy-five men to the relief of Boston. He served as an
officer in the Nineteenth Regiment of Connecticut Militia and was promoted to Colonel in May, 1777, to succeed
Col. Erastus Wolco tt in command of the Regiment. Nathaniel Terry was a man of wealth, and sacrif iced almost
all his property in the patriot cause.[2836643.FTW]
Name Prefix: Col.
Nathaniel Terry was a member of the local Committee of Correspondence in the days leading up to the
Revolutionary War. When the news of the battle of Lexington was brought by a post rider to Enfield in April, 17
75, Major Nathaniel Terry led a company of about seventy-five men to the relief of Boston. He served as an
officer in the Nineteenth Regiment of Connecticut Militia and was promoted to Colonel in May, 1777, to succeed
Col. Erastus Wolco tt in command of the Regiment. Nathaniel Terry was a man of wealth, and sacrif iced almost
all his property in the patriot cause.
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Burial: Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, Conn. 125,126
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Children of ABIAH DWIGHT and NATHANIEL TERRY are:
i. JABEZ 7 TERRY 129,130 , b. March 02, 1765, Enfield, Connecticut Colony 131,132 .
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7. ii. ELIZABETH TERRY, b. September 10, 1766, Enfield, CT; d. September 17, 1843, Bruce, MI.
iii. NATHANIEL TERRY 135,136 , b. January 30, 1768, Enfield, Connecticut Colony 137,138 .
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iv. HENRY TERRY 141,142 , b. January 12, 1771, Enfield, Connecticut Colony 143,144 .
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Generation No. 7
7. ELIZABETH 7 TERRY (ABIAH 6 DWIGHT, SAMUEL 5 , NATHANIEL 4 , TIMOTHY 3 , JOHN 2 , FNU 1 ) 147,148 was born
September 10, 1766 in Enfield, CT 149,150 , and died September 17, 1843 in Bruce, MI 151,152 . She married REV.
JOHN TAYLOR 153,154 June 24, 1788 in Enfield, CT 155 , son of ELDAD TAYLOR and THANKFUL DAY. He was born
December 23, 1762 in Enfield, CT 155,156 , and died December 20, 1840 157,158 .
Notes for ELIZABETH TERRY:
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Bruce Township in Macomb County, Michigan, is 36 square miles in area and its o nly center of population is
half the village of Romeo, inasmuch as Romeo stradd les the border of Bruce Township and the township to the
south, Washington Town ship.
Elizabeth Terry Taylor is buried in a family plot in Bruce-Armada Ceme tery in Bruce Township, next to her
husband, Rev. John Taylor; their son John; Phebe Leach Taylor, the wife of John; and three of John and Phebe's
children: M ary E., (1828-1897); Adrian Dwight (1831-1894); and Martha (1838-1853).[2836643.FTW]
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