When Gershom Blinn was born on 18 September 1726, in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, William Blinn, was 51 and his mother, Thankfull Nott, was 32. He married Chloe Butler on 29 December 1756, in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 2 November 1810, in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Hollister Cemetery, Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
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