Military officer; born in
Lyme, Conn., in 1731; served in the
French and Indian War and in the expedition to
Havana in 1762, when he became a captain.
He settled in the
Wyoming Valley, Pa., in 1769, and was there when the valley was invaded bv Tories and Indians under
Col. John Butler, in 1778.
In defence of the inhabitants, he commanded the feeble force there, but was unable to prevent the massacre that took place.
The next year he accompanied
Sullivan in his expedition into the
Indian country in central New York, and served during the remainder of the war. He died in
Wilkesbarre, Pa., July 28, 1795.
