"(1157) Elisha Cone, son of Stephen and Abigail Barnes, b. East Haddam, Dec. 1, 1726, m. Abigail Olmstead, dau. of John Olmstead, June 2, 1751. They were admitted to the ch. in East Haddam Aug. 22, 1756. He served long and faithfully during the Revolutionary War. Enlisted in the company commanded by Capt. Cornelius Higgins, in the 5th Connecticut Battalion, under Col. William Douglas, June 17, and was discharged Dec. 25, 1776. The regiment was reorganized in 1777 as the 6th Conn. Line, and he again enlisted, this time for three years, and served from Mar. 20, 1777, to April 1, 1780, in Capt. Charles Pond's company, under Col. Return Jonathan Meigs. He participated in the battle of White Plains Oct. 27, 1776, and was with the regiment in May, 1777, when Col. Meigs made a sudden descent on Long Island from New Haven and destroyed twelve British vessels and many stores at Sag Harbor. He d. at East Haddam Nov. 10, 1783, a few weeks after the treaty of peace was signed."