Son of Ebenezer Fletcher and Hannah Morton.
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Husband of Thankful (maiden name unknown) Bartlett, whom he married on Sep 09, 1756 in Salisbury,Litchfield, CT, and with whom he had eleven children: Mollie, Samuel, Cotton, Grace, Silas, Hannah, Eunice, Issi, Lovicy, Amos and Calvin Fletcher.
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Revolutionary War Patriot. He served in the Battle of Hubbardton (06 July 1777) with his older sons, and in the Battle of Bennington (on 17 Aug 1777).
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On July 8, 1777, as Gen. Burgoyne's army advanced south, Thankful Fletcher (Cotton's wife) fled with their children from Poultney, VT, to Salisbury, CT. After the Battle of Bennington, a month later, it is possible that Cotton Fletcher was going to meet his family when he died in Sheffield. By 1779, widow Thankful and her children had returned to Poultney; and Cotton's estate was probated in Rutland County, Vermont.
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Husband of Thankful (maiden name unknown) Bartlett, whom he married on Sep 09, 1756 in Salisbury,Litchfield, CT, and with whom he had eleven children: Mollie, Samuel, Cotton, Grace, Silas, Hannah, Eunice, Issi, Lovicy, Amos and Calvin Fletcher.
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Revolutionary War Patriot. He served in the Battle of Hubbardton (06 July 1777) with his older sons, and in the Battle of Bennington (on 17 Aug 1777).
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On July 8, 1777, as Gen. Burgoyne's army advanced south, Thankful Fletcher (Cotton's wife) fled with their children from Poultney, VT, to Salisbury, CT. After the Battle of Bennington, a month later, it is possible that Cotton Fletcher was going to meet his family when he died in Sheffield. By 1779, widow Thankful and her children had returned to Poultney; and Cotton's estate was probated in Rutland County, Vermont.
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Son of Ebenezer Fletcher and Hannah Morton.
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Husband of Thankful (maiden name unknown) Bartlett, whom he married on Sep 09, 1756 in Salisbury,Litchfield, CT, and with whom he had eleven children: Mollie, Samuel, Cotton, Grace, Silas, Hannah, Eunice, Issi, Lovicy, Amos and Calvin Fletcher.
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Revolutionary War Patriot. He served in the Battle of Hubbardton (06 July 1777) with his older sons, and in the Battle of Bennington (on 17 Aug 1777).
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On July 8, 1777, as Gen. Burgoyne's army advanced south, Thankful Fletcher (Cotton's wife) fled with their children from Poultney, VT, to Salisbury, CT. After the Battle of Bennington, a month later, it is possible that Cotton Fletcher was going to meet his family when he died in Sheffield. By 1779, widow Thankful and her children had returned to Poultney; and Cotton's estate was probated in Rutland County, Vermont.
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Husband of Thankful (maiden name unknown) Bartlett, whom he married on Sep 09, 1756 in Salisbury,Litchfield, CT, and with whom he had eleven children: Mollie, Samuel, Cotton, Grace, Silas, Hannah, Eunice, Issi, Lovicy, Amos and Calvin Fletcher.
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Revolutionary War Patriot. He served in the Battle of Hubbardton (06 July 1777) with his older sons, and in the Battle of Bennington (on 17 Aug 1777).
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On July 8, 1777, as Gen. Burgoyne's army advanced south, Thankful Fletcher (Cotton's wife) fled with their children from Poultney, VT, to Salisbury, CT. After the Battle of Bennington, a month later, it is possible that Cotton Fletcher was going to meet his family when he died in Sheffield. By 1779, widow Thankful and her children had returned to Poultney; and Cotton's estate was probated in Rutland County, Vermont.
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In memory of Mr.
Cotton Fletcher,
died Nov. 28, 1777
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