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1.1 Connecticut. 1.2 Delaware. 1.3 Georgia. 1.4 Maryland. 1.5 Massachusetts. ... This is a list of the founding members of the Society of the Cincinnati. George ...
The Society of the Cincinnati is a fraternal, hereditary society founded in 1783 to commemorate the American Revolutionary War that saw the creation of the United States. Membership is largely restricted to descendants of military officers who served in the Continental Army .
He was the rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Weston, Connecticut, by 1893; St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Woodbury, Connecticut, by 1915; and Christ Church in Westport, Connecticut, until he retired in 1920. Hamilton was the chaplain for the Society of the Cincinnati and the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the Revolution.
Bushnell served in the Army until he was discharged on June 3, 1783. He then became an original member of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati, an organization formed by officers who were veterans of the Continental Army and Navy. At some point after the Revolution, Bushnell was presented a medal by George Washington.
At the close of the American Revolution in 1783, Richard became one of the founding officers of the Society of the Cincinnati [2] and it is noted in Bryce Metcalf's Original Members and Other Officers Eligible to the Society of the Cincinnati (1938) that he served until November 3, 1783. Richard Douglass was a member of the Connecticut Society.
Champion resigned his commission in the 1st Connecticut Regiment on May 1, 1781 when he was appointed commissary general of the Eastern Department. He served until the close of the Revolutionary War, and is today represented in The Society of the Cincinnati in the state of Connecticut, established in 1783. [4] [5]
[3] [4] He was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Massachusetts (and Connecticut). [5] [6] He was a Mason [7] and he became a good friend to Thomas Paine. In 1809, Barlow was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. [8] In 1783, Barlow moved to Hartford, Connecticut.
He served as Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives, among other public offices, and was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. [1] He was a judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors from 1788 to 1792 and from 1803 to 1807. [2] His grandson Samuel Chester Reid served in the United States Navy during the War of ...