Person:Joshua Porter (4)

Name	Col. Joshua Porter
Gender	Male
Birth^[3]	26 Jun 1730	Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States
Marriage	14 May 1759	Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United Statesto Abigail Buell (add)
Military^[2]		Revolutionary War
Death^[1]	18 May 1825	Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

References

↑ Connecticut, United States. Connecticut Marriages and Deaths, 1792-1837. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005)
2527.

In Salisbury, Conn., Col. Joshua Porter, ae. 95 years. Last survivor of Class of 1754, Yale College. (18 May 1825).
↑ Village of Saratoga Springs, in Sylvester, Nathaniel Bartlett. History of Saratoga County, New York: with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. (Philadelphia: Everts & Ensign, 1878)
part 6.

He [Joshua Porter Jr.] was the eldest son of Colonel Joshua Porter, a prominent man in his day, for more than fifty sessions judge of probate, and representative in both the Colonial and State Councils. During the Revolution he commanded the Fourteenth Connecticut Regiment, which formed part of the brigade of General John Fellows, and was present with his regiment at the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga. Colonel Joshua Porter died at Salisbury, Conn., in 1826, aged ninety-five years.
↑ Lebanon Vital Records, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
1:241.

PORTER, Joshua, [s. Nathaniel & Eunice], b. June 26, 1730