When Hezekiah Follett was born on 23 August 1719, in Windham, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Benjamin Follett Sr., was 31 and his mother, Patience Doughty, was 38. He married Hannah Read on 8 January 1743, in Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 31 August 1782, in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Windham Center Cemetery, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
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Windham County was created from Hartford and New London counties on May 12, 1726
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.
English (of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French fol(l)et ‘fool, jester’.
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