Samuel Cowles
1735 - 1815 (80 years)
Person ID: I808
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Name Samuel Cowles Name Cowles Born 30 Jul 1735 Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States 
[1, 2] Gender Male Died 29 Oct 1815 Colebrook, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States [1, 2] Siblings + 1. Samuel Cowles (current person), b. 30 Jul 1735, Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States , d. 29 Oct 1815, Colebrook, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 80 years)+ 2. Amasa Cowles, b. 13 Feb 1744, Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States , d. 12 May 1832, Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 88 years) -
Parents
Father Samuel Cowles, b. 14 Mar 1712, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States , d. 5 Oct 1798, Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 86 years) Mother Martha Brooks, b. 21 Feb 1714, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States , d. 27 Sep 1778, Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 64 years) Married 25 Sep 1734 Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States -
Family
Wife Sybil North, b. 24 Sep 1736, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States , d. 21 Sep 1807, Colebrook, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 70 years) Married 14 Apr 1756 Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States [1, 2] Children + 1. Samuel Cowles, Jr., b. 12 Mar 1771, Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States , d. 11 Dec 1845, Colebrook, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 74 years)2. Josiah Cowles, b. 1774, d. 1871 (Age 97 years) -
Other Personal Events
DAR ID A026941 Family Search ID LZ8B-43Z Military Service From 1775 to 1783 [3, 4, 5] American Revolution, patriotic service - While not a member of the armed services during the Revolutionary War, he provided substantial patriotic service in caring for soldier's wives and protecting the home front. He was a member of the Committee of Safety, and served as sergeant on the Lexington Alarm.
History of Norfolk:
The since famous skirmishes of Lexington and Concord were fought, which precipitated the Revolutionary war. An alarm was immediately spread in every direction.
The news quickly reached this distant town, and a most creditable response was made, twenty-four men being found ready to march at scarcely more than a moment's notice, for the assistance of the Massachusetts colonists. The names
of the men found in the official ''List of the men who marched from the Connecticut towns for the relief of Boston in the Lexington alarm, April, 1775, from the town of Norfolk," are as follows: Timothy Gaylord, captain; Serggeants, Samuel Cowles, Titus Watson, Brotherton Seward; Clerk, William Hewett.
Deacon Samuel Cowles, ensign, was in skirmish at White Plains, and perhaps also in Canada campaign. He marched after Lexington, also.
Noah Cowles, son of Samuel, entered service very young as musician, probably a drummer. Was at Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga.
DAR listing:
Service: CONNECTICUT
Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, ENSIGN
Service Description: 1) ALSO SGT; CAPT STANLEY'S CO, LEX ALARM,COMMITTEE TO CARE FOR SOLDIER'S FAMILIES
_UID 318CCE5DFCBA462992E9465EC0F75D307074 - While not a member of the armed services during the Revolutionary War, he provided substantial patriotic service in caring for soldier's wives and protecting the home front. He was a member of the Committee of Safety, and served as sergeant on the Lexington Alarm.
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Event Map
Born - 30 Jul 1735 - Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States 
Married - 14 Apr 1756 - Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States 
Died - 29 Oct 1815 - Colebrook, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States = Link to Google Earth -
Source Citations
- [S1407] National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogy Research, "Descendants Search: Member #93302 Alice Cowles Little to Ancestor #A026941 Samuel Cowles", (Washington, D.C.: Daughters of the American Revolution, 2022), Daughters of the American Revolution (https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search/?Tab_ID=5: accessed 2 September 2022)..
- [S1408] National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogy Research, "Descendants Search: Member #488318 Mary E Chamberlain Waite to Ancestor #A026941 Samuel Cowles", (Washington, D.C.: Daughters of the American Revolution, 2022), Daughters of the American Revolution (https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search/?Tab_ID=5: accessed 2 September 2022)..
- [S1389] Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogy Research Center, "Ancestor Database - Revolutionary Era Ancestors", (Washington, D.C.: Daughters of the American Revolution, 2022), Daughters of the American Revolution (https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search/?Tab_ID=1)., Samuel Cowles #A026941.
- [S1500] Henry P. Johnston, Record of Service of Connecticut Men Volume I: War of the Revolution 1775-1783, (Hartford, CT: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1889), Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/recordofserviceo00john: accessed 13 May 2023)., p.18.
- [S1506] Theron Wilmot Crissey, compiler, History of Norfolk Litchfield County, Connecticut: 1744-1900, (Everett, MA: Massachusetts Publishing Company, 1900), Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyofnorfolk00cris: accessed 13 May 2023)., pp. 81, 86.
- [S1407] National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogy Research, "Descendants Search: Member #93302 Alice Cowles Little to Ancestor #A026941 Samuel Cowles", (Washington, D.C.: Daughters of the American Revolution, 2022), Daughters of the American Revolution (https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search/?Tab_ID=5: accessed 2 September 2022)..