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PIONEER REDWAY FAMILY


 

1.  PRESERVED REDWAY, son of James and Mehitable (Bliss) Redway, was
born July 14, 1764 in Rehoboth, Mass.  He moved with his parents to Killingly,
Conn.  He served in the Revolutionary War, enlisting first in the 4th Co., 19th
MA Regiment, then in New York, and last at Killingley CT in July 1780.  He
served to 1 Jan 1781 as a private in Capt. Robert Warner's Co., Col. Willy's 3rd
CT Regiment.  He again elisted in 1781 as a Corporal in the same company and
regiment.  He was discharged on 31 Dec 1783.  After the war he lived in Somers,
Tolland Co., CT, then Galway, Saratoga Co. NY.  He moved to Adams,
Jefferson Co. between 1810 and 1812.  Preserved died 25 Apr 1837 in Adams
and is buried at Rural Cemetery, Adams.

Note:  Additional information about Preserved Redway is available in the 
Fonda list of Jefferson County Revolutionary Veterans.  
                         and 
Veterans taken from South Jeff's booklet, "Revolutionary War Veterans who
settled in the Sixtown Area of Southern Jefferson County."
For access to those files, click on the underlined words in this note.

He married on 30 Jun 1788 in Somers, Conn. 

AZUBAH JONES who was born in 1771 and died 1 Jan 1853 in Adams, NY.

Children: 1st born in Somers, Conn., rest born in Galway, NY, REDWAY:

     2     i   CHAUNCEY HAMILTON REDWAY married LODEMA COOPER 

     3    ii   POLLY REDWAY 

     4   iii   AZUBA REDWAY married Dr. PELETIAH DWIGHT 

     5    iv   DANIEL REDWAY 

     6     v   ALBERT GALLATIN REDWAY married ANN MARIA SESSIONS

     7    vi   DAVID JAMES REDWAY married HANNAH DOANE 

     8   vii   ABEL REDWAY married SALLY CHARLOTTE GRENELL  

     9  viii   HARVEY NATHAN REDWAY married married ELMIRA          
               PARTRIDGE 

    10    ix   MARY MARIA REDWAY 
 

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