Person:George Foote (1)

Name	George Foote
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	30 Oct 1749	Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Marriage	1776	Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United Statesto Wealthy Ann Woodward
Death^[1]	12 May 1830	Canton (village), St. Lawrence, New York, United States

I had the honor of re-enacting his role at the bicenennial celebration of the capture of Ticonderoga in 1976.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Foote, Abram William. Foote Family: Comprising the Genealogy and History of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his Descendants; Also a Partial Record of Descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford County, Va., and John Foote of New York City. (Rutland, Vermont: Marble City Press, 1907-1932)
p. 121-122, 1907.

He was one of the pioneer settlers of Vermont, first of Castleton, afterwards at Bennington. He was of the party of Green Mountain Boys who applied the beach seal to the settlement of Yorkers at Vergennes, and stood by the side of Col. Ethan Allen when, on the 10th of May 1775, he demanded the surrender of Ticonderoga in the name of the Continental Congress. A humble but devoted Christian from his youth up, he was permitted to close a life of endeavored obedience to his Divine Master in the enjoyment of the precious consolations of the faith he professed.