Robert Latimer
Birth: 2 Nov 1760 New London County, Connecticut, USA
Death: 26 Jan 1812 (aged 51)
Burial: Beech Cemetery, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: CENTOTAPH
Memorial #: 136441161
Bio: Robert Latimer b 2 November 1760 New London Co Connecticut d 26 January 1812. Parents Col Jonathan Latimer and Lucretia Griswold. Spouse Lucinda Atwell. Children: Nancy Louise, Ann Fanny, Betsy Ann, Hugh, Benjamin A, Erastus, Robert, Lucinda.
Latimers of the Revolutionary War Era
Jonathan Latimer who was married to Lucretia Griswold served under his distant cousin George Washington and became Colonial Jonathan Latimer after serving through the battle of Bunker Hill and other battles of the Revolutionary War. Another cousin of Colonial Jonathan Latimer was Captain Pickett Latimer who served in the Navy in the Revolutionary War.
During the Revolutionary War, several of the Latimer family of New London, Lyme and Montville, in Connecticut, served beside Benedict Arnold and Isreal Putnam. It was the home of Captain Pickett Latimer that was the first house in New London burned by the traitor Benedict Arnold and his British soldiers. Then the village of Gorton was destroyed, across the river, and Fort Griswold was burned and the people massacred. At Fort Griswold, members of the family of Lucretia Griswold lived and were murdered by the traitor, Benedict Arnold, who likely knew and greatly loved Nathan Hale, friend of the Latimer family of New London where Nathan taught school and spent much of his time in the home of Jonathan Latimer and Lucretia Griswold. One of the younger of these ten sons wrote to Nathan Hale that he was sorry that he was too young to serve in the Revolutionary War. This was Robert Latimer who was killed by indians in Kentucky after the Revolutionary War.
Family Members
Parents
Jonathan Latimer 1724-1802
Lucretia Griswold Latimer 1731-1820
Siblings
Hannah Latimer 1748-1826
George Latimer 1749-1837
Jonathan Latimer 1753-1841
Wetherel Latimer 1757-1838
Joseph Franklin Latimer 1766-1846
Nicholas Latimer 1768-1785
Nathaniel Latimer 1768-1793
Daniel Latimer 1771-1781
Children
Ann Fanny Latimer Hamilton 1786-1873
Lucinda Latimer Meador 1805-1871
Created by: Noma Kelton Henderson (47011402)
Added: 26 Sep 2014
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136441161/robert-latimer
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136441161/robert-latimer : accessed 25 January 2022), memorial page for Robert Latimer (2 Nov 1760–26 Jan 1812), Find a Grave Memorial ID 136441161, citing Beech Cemetery, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Noma Kelton Henderson (contributor 47011402) .
