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| ~ Bio - Sgt. Samuel Bradley ~ | |||||||
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Samuel Cornel (Cornell) Bradley was born March 16, 1756 in East Guilford (now Madison), New Haven County, Connecticut. He was the son of Samuel and Ruth (Meigs) Bradley. During the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Samuel, then a yeoman (a person owning and cultivating a small estate - a freeholder), resided in Sunderland, Bennington County, Vermont. In June 1775, Samuel enlisted as a Private in Captain Gideon Brownson's Company, Lieutenant Colonel Seth Warner's Regiment raised as one of the four Regiments ordered by the Continental Congress to be raised by New York for the 1775 Campaign. He marched to Fort Ticonderoga from there he traveled to St. Johns, Province of Quebec, Canada. He participated in the siege of St. Johns and from there he marched to Lapararie, participated in a skirmish at Langale, and then proceeded to and took part in the possession of Montreal. Samuel was discharged after 5 months service in November 1775 and returned home.
On July 20, 1777, Samuel enlisted as a Sergeant in Captain John Warner's Company, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Herrick's Vermont Regiment of Green Mountain Rangers. He was mustered out of this service, December 3, 1777. It was while serving in Captain Warner's Company that Samuel was engaged in the Battle of Bennington, August 1777. In March or April 1778, Samuel enlisted as a Sergeant in Captain Ebenezer Allen's Company, Colonel Samuel Herrick's Regiment of Rangers then being raised for Major General De la Fayette's secret incursion into Canada. When this mission was aborted, Captain Allen's Company remained in service for about 3 months at Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont defending the Vermont frontiers and scouting on the shores of Otter Creek and Lake Champlain. On February 28, 1780, Samuel married Abigail Brownson in Sunderland. Later that year, in October 1780, Sergeant Samuel Bradley served for 20 days in Captain Daniel Comstock's (Sunderland) Company, 6th Regiment Vermont Militia, during the alarm caused by the raid led by British Major Christopher Carleton into the Lake Champlain Valley and beyond. In 1781, Samuel was appointed the 2nd Lieutenant/Ensign of the Sunderland Militia Company. He served in that capacity for 3 days beginning August 6, 1781 under the command of Captain Lemuel Bradley, for 4 days beginning December 6, 1781 under the command of Captain Eli Brownson while responding to an alarm to the westward, and again under the command of Captain Eli Brownson in May 1782 for the re-taking of Lieutenant William Blanchard of Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont from the Tories. By 1784, Samuel Bradley was Captain of the Sunderland, Bennington County, Vermont Militia Company. Samuel and his family moved to Essex, Chittenden County, Vermont in 1786. In 1787, he was elected Town Clerk. He served in that office 5 years. Later he served as Town Treasurer. Samuel was the first Captain of the Militia Company in the Town of Essex. He served in that capacity 5 years. He was one of the first members of the Congregational Church in Essex when that church was organized on October 3, 1787. Samuel was subsequently chosen a Deacon of the Church and served in that capacity until be died. He resided in Essex until his death on June 30, 1834. He is buried, next to his wife Abigail, in the Essex Center (Essex Common Burial Ground) Cemetery.
- Biographical information courtesy of Herman C. Brown
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In June/July 1776, Corporal Samuel Bradley served for 27 days in Captain Gideon Brownson's Militia Company called out for the defense of the frontiers of the New Hampshire Grants (now the State of Vermont).