Fowler, Benjamin

Knox during the Revolutionary War

Birth

Benjamin Fowler was born about 1754.

Military

Benjamin Fowler fought in the Revolutionary War.

Marriage & Children

Benjamin Fowler married ABT 1775 at North Kingston, Washington, RI, Freelove Fowler. He married second Lucy Douglas (1754 - ) ABT 1777 at South Kingston, Washington, RI. Lucy was the daughter of John David Douglass (1728 – 1790) and Lydia Tripp (1733 – 1772). Benjamin and Lucy's daughter was:

• Lucy Ann Fowler (11 MAY 1798 - 26 JAN 1863) who married 12 MAY 1816 at Town of Knox, Albany, NY Joseph Gallup (9 DEC 1791 - 20 MAY 1870)

Death

Benjamin Fowler died October 12, 1808 and was buried in the Knox Cemetery

Additional Information

A little south of his (Whipple's) old home all the early Whipples lie buried in what is known as High Point or the Whipple cemetery. Here the settlers from Connecticut established a community burying ground as early as 1785. Here we find the Whipples, Chesebroughs, Gallups, Seaburys, Crarys, and Williamses. Here are such Revolutionary heroes as Captain Benjamin Fowler, Lieutenant Henry Dennison, Sergeant Elisha Williams, and George Washington's own orderly, James Dyer, neighbors in Old Mystic and Stonington, neighbors in the wilderness and neighbors in their last resting place.

Altamont Enterprise - March 23, 1956

1800 United States Federal Census about Benjamin Fowler
Name: Benjamin Fowler
Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Berne, Albany, New York

Benjamin Fowler lived at Hampton, Washington Co., N. Y. He married Lucy Douglas. Samuel Wait lived at Hampton, Washington Co., N. Y. He married Mary Douglas, a sister of the above Lucy and Peleg Douglas.

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  Knox Cemetery - A SOLDIER OF THE REVOLUTION BENJAMIN FOWLER PLACED BY MOHAWK CHAPTER D.A.R.
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  Knox Cemetery - Benjamin Fowler - Inscription impossible to read

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