Person:Joseph Trumbull (6)

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Joseph Trumbull
b.11 Mar 1737 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States
d.23 Jul 1778 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States
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m. 9 Dec 1735
  1. Joseph Trumbull1737 - 1778
  2. Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.1740 - 1809
  3. Mary Trumbull1745 - 1831
  4. Col. John Trumbull1756 - 1843
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Name Joseph Trumbull
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 11 Mar 1737 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States
Death[1][2] 23 Jul 1778 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States
Alt Burial[1] East Cemetery
Reference Number? Q6287501?
Burial[2] Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States

TRUMBULL, Joseph, (brother of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.), a Delegate from Connecticut; born in Lebanon, Conn., March 11, 1737; was graduated from Harvard College in 1756; elected to the Continental Congress in 1774, but did not attend; served in the Continental Army as commissary general with the rank of colonel from July 19, 1775, to August 2, 1777; was commissioner of the board of war from 1777 until his resignation in April 1778 on account of ill health; died in Lebanon, Conn., July 23, 1778; interment in the East Cemetery. [1]

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Joseph Trumbull, in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Joseph Trumbull, in Find A Grave.
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