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Descendants of Stephen Hart who Fought
in the Revolutionary War

There were many descendants of Stephen Hart who fought in the Revolutionary War. Here are some of them. There are certainly many yet to be added. If you know of more who should be added to this list, let me know. Also, if you have copies of document that would be of interest to other researching these Revolutionary War soldiers, please send me a copy.

  • General Selah Hart: He served the country in the capacity of general during the war of the Revolution, with the exception of two years he was held a prisoner in New York.
  • Elias Hart: Captain Elias Hart was a brave youth, and when the war for independance came, although scarcely sixteen years of age, he gave his services heartily to his country, and through seven campaigns unflinchingly faced the foe.
  • Velina Hart: He may have enrolled as a private in the Revoltionary War.
  • Captain Reuben Hart: He had a captain's commission, signed by Jonathan Trunbull, Governor, and countersigned hy George Wyllys, Secretary of State, dated at Hartford, May 23d, 1778.
  • Gilbert Hart: Gilbert Hart served in the Revolutionary War with various Connecticut regiments. He was present at the siege of Yorktown. He later drew a pension of $80 per year from 1833 until his death.
  • Joseph Hart, Jr.: He entered the army of the revolution, was wounded by the British at King's Bridge, and died in the hospital at Stamford, Conn., February 10th, 1777, in his 18th year.
  • Joel Hart: He entered the army of the revolution, and died at Hackensack, N. J., September 22d, 1776, aged 23 years. He was never married.
  • Thomas Hart: He entered the army of the revolution, and died in the service, September, 1777, of starvation, in the prison of the British in New York, in his 23d year.
  • Jason Hart: He entered the army of the revolution, and died in the service, December 27th, 1777, in his 21st year.
  • Ambrose Hart: Andrews says he served his country in the war of the revolution.
  • Abel Hart: He entered the army of the revolution, and died of starvation. He was a prisoner of the British in New York, but, was released, and lived to reach Milford, Conn. His name is inscribed on a monument erected in the old cemetery at Milford to perpetuate the memory of revolutionary soldiers.
  • Lieutenant Samuel Hart: He held the military rank of lieutenant in the army of the revolution, and was wounded at the battle of Saratoga, after which he drew a pension. When asked if he was one that Arnold drove up, with the flat of his sword, to action, he replied, "No! I was so near the enemy that Arnold dare not come."
  • Timothy Hart: Timothy Hart fought in the Revolutionary War. He went out of Wallingford with Isaac Cook in 1775. He was in the Connecticut Line 1777-1781 from Wallingford and was listed as Timothy Hart Serj.
  • Lieutenant Hawkins Hart: In 1776 the General Assembly ordered six battalions to be raised, to march immediately to New York and join the continental army. Hawkins Hart was appointed first lieutenant in the seventh company, Fifth Battalion, under William M. Douglas, colonel; Nathaniel Bunnel, captain; Thomas Lyman, second lieutenant; Miles Hull, ensign.
  • Major Jonathan Hart: He joined the army, was in the public service from 1775 to 1791, and was slain by the Indians at St. Clair’s defeat, in the autumn of 1791, at which time he held the military rank of major.
  • Elihu Hart: A letter from the Connecticut Adjutant Genera to Hildred Hart verifies that Elihu Hart was a private in Captain Selah Hart's third Company of the Connecticut Line.
  • Joseph Hart: He joined the army, was in the public service from 1775 to 1791, and was slain by the Indians at St. Clair’s defeat, in the autumn of 1791, at which time he held the military rank of major.
  • Doctor John Hart: He graduated at Yale College in 1776, and soon after entered the army of the revolution as surgeon. Dr. Hart was an ensign at the surrender of Cornwallis.
  • Doctor Josiah Hart: He studied medicine with Dr. Potter, of Wallingford, became a physician, and was a surgeon in the army of the revolution.
  • Major-General William Hart: He was in the war of the revolution, became a major-general, and was for several years a candidate for governor of the state.
  • Ebenezer Hart: He was killed by the British in a skirmish at Leete's Island, Guilford, Conn., June 18th, 1781, aged 23 years.
  • Benjamin Hart: He was one of the non-commissioned officers who wintered at Valley Forge, and was present at the delivery of Washington's farewell address to the army.
  • Titus Hart: He entered the army of the revolution when he was sixteen years old, and remained to its close.
  • Selah Hart: He entered the army of the revolution at sixteen years of age, and served one year, when the war closed.
  • Deacon Elijah Hart: He enlisted into the army of the revolution, March 18th, 1778, for three years, and was at the taking of Burgoyne.
  • Ebenezer Lee: He was a doctor of medicine and served in the Revolutionary War. He was a sergeant at Bunker Hill and in Capt. Noadiah Hooker's Company of Farmington, Conn. He was the son of Thomas Lee, who was the son of John Lee and Mary Hart.
  • Nathan Hale: He was a Revolutionary War spy and hero. He was a descendant of John Lee and Mary Hart.