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Trumbull was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the son of Joseph Trumble (1678–1755) and his wife, Hannah Trumble (née Higley), the daughter of John Higley and Hannah Drake. The patriarch of the Trumble family was the immigrant John Trumble (1612–1687), from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, who was Joseph's grandfather. The original ...
Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, KP, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG, PC (28 September 1852 – 22 May 1925), known as Sir John French from 1901 to 1916, and as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a senior British Army officer.
A troop of French Army cavalry was stationed on the Lebanon Green during the winter of 1780–1781, and these troops joined those of the Comte de Rochambeau when he marched through in 1781 on their way to join George Washington and the Continental Army prior to the Siege of Yorktown. [3] John Trumbull was born in the house June 6, 1756. He ...
John French (physician) (1616–1657), English doctor and chemist; John French (Dean of Elphin) (1770–1848), Anglican priest in Ireland; John French (academic), Oxford college head; John W. French (1808–1871), American Episcopal clergyman; John R. French (1819–1890), American publisher, editor, and politician
The 10th Connecticut Infantry Regiment was one of Connecticut's most successful civil war regiments, compiling an exemplary record of service in the Union Army. [1] The 10th Regiment saw action in the coastal campaign during the early years of the war, which culminated with the siege of Charleston.
The 4th Connecticut Regiment was raised on April 27, 1775, at Hartford, Connecticut.The regiment saw action in the Invasion of Canada following its adoption into the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, during which it was led by Colonel Benjamin Hinman.
Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecœur (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl ɡijom ʒɑ̃ də kʁɛvkœʁ]; December 31, 1735 – November 12, 1813), naturalized in New York as John Hector St. John, was a French-American author, diplomat, and farmer.
The French Farm is a historic summer estate at the junction of Lake and Round Hill Roads in Greenwich, Connecticut.Developed in the early 1900s, it is a rare surviving estate from the period in which its size and major landscaping elements are preserved.