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About Lt. Aaron Gaylord
- Daughters of American Revolution Ancestor #: A043762
- Service: CONNECTICUT Rank: LIEUTENANT
- Birth: 1745 FARMINGTON HARTFORD CO CONNECTICUT
- Death: 7-3-1778 WESTMORELAND WESTMORELAND CO CONNECTICUT
- Service Source: JOHNSTON, CT MEN IN THE REV, PP 48-49; HOADLY, PUB RECS OF THE STATE OF CT, 1776-1781, VOL 1, P 270
- Service Description: 1) ALSO PVT, COL JOSEPH SPENCER, 1ST CO, 2ND REGT 1775; LT, CAPT ASAPH WHITTLESEY, 3RD CO, 24TH REGT 1777
- Aaron's birth, military, and death information are available at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49466565/aaron-gaylord
- During the Revolutionary War, Aaron served as a lieutenant in the Third ("Plymouth") Company of the 24th Regiment. He was killed at the Battle of Wyoming (aka the Wyoming Valley Massacre), Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wyoming). About 340 American patriots were killed during the battle or were brutally tortured & massacred after the battle by the Iroquois (who were allies of the British and Loyalist forces).
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Lt. Aaron Gaylord's Timeline
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1745
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Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
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| 1765 |
February 14, 1765
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| 1767 |
November 19, 1767
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Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
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October 6, 1771
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Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
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July 3, 1778
Age 33
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Wyoming, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania/Connecticut, United States
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Wyoming Massacre Memorial, Wyoming, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States
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