==================================== Name : Sylvanus Ames (0048) Born : 20 Jan 1744 At : Bridgewater, MA Died : 15 May 1778 At : Valley Forge, PA Age : 34 Buried : Father : Thomas Ames (0096) Mother : Keziah Howard ----------------------------------- Married Date : 20 Sept 1768 At : ----------------------------------- Name : Huldah Johnson Born : 23 May 1745 At : Died : 1821 At : Age : 76 Buried : Father : Isaac Johnson Mother : Mary Willis ----------------------------------- Children : 1. Bezer 1769- 2. Sylvanus 1771-1823 3. Cyrus 1773-1773 4. Hulda ------------------------------------ Comment : Graduated Harvard College, Anglican (Episcopal) Priest, Rector Trinity Church Taunton, MA 1773, Enlisted First Rhode Island Regiment 2-3-1777, Roll Call showed him deceased 5-15-1778, Valley Forge, PA. He was 34 years old. On 18 Sep 1784, she married John Willis. Their 3 children were John, b 1784, Polly, b 1787, and Martin, b 1789 Pedigree Member of Washington ’s army at Valley Forge . His stone is on the East wall of the bell tower there, about chest high. He died in a town nearby like all the others who took sick that winter. ----------------------------------- Source : 01,03196j,04,07040,07045 ----------------------------------- Links : Rhodes, Websites |