William SYLVESTER
- BIRTH: 25 Apr 1737; Hanover, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, (now part of USA)
- DEATH: 1778; White Plains, Westchester Co., New York, USA
Father: William SILVESTER
Mother: Mary BARSTOW
Family 1: Mary SPRINGER
- MARRIAGE: 3 Nov 1761; Georgetown, Sagadahoc Co., Maine (now part of USA)
- CHILDREN:
- Mary SYLVESTER
- William SYLVESTER
- Isaac SYLVESTER
- Charles SYLVESTER
- Elizabeth SYLVESTER
- Abigail SYLVESTER
- Abijah SYLVESTER
_Joseph SILVESTER _
_Amos SILVESTER _____|
| |_Mary BARSTOW _____
_William SILVESTER _|
| | _Joseph HENCHMAN___
| |_Elizabeth HENCHMAN _|
| |___________________
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|--William SYLVESTER
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| _Joseph BARSTOW____
| _Joseph BARSTOW______|
| | |_Susanna LINCOLN___
|_Mary BARSTOW ______|
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|_Mary //_____________|
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Notes
Updated January 1, 2023. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):(1) The New England Historical & Genealogical Register via Ancestry.com
- Name: William SILVESTER
- Event Type: Birth
- Birth Date: 23 Apr 1737
- Birth Place: USA
- Father's name: William SILVESTER
- Mother's name: Mary BARSTOW
- Page Number: 122
- Volume Number: 086
- Name: William SILVESTER
- Event Type: Marriage
- Father Name: William SILVESTER
- Marriage Date: 3 Nov 1761
- Marriage Place: USA
- Spouse Name: Mary SPRINGER LOW
- Spouse Father's Name: James SPRINGER
- Spouse Mother's Name: Rachel SPRINGER
- Page number: 122
- Volume Number: 086
(2) Georgetown Historical Society; Georgetown, Maine
William SYLVESTER married Mary SPRINGER, 3 Nov 1761 in Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine (citing Georgetown Marriages Vol 2, Mary Pelham Hill, (Maine Historical Society 1943), 171: "SYLVESTER, William and Mary LOW, both of Gtown, 3 Nov 1761 (Widow of John LOW)")
(3) Wheeler, George Augustus, M.D., and Wheeler, Henry Warren, "History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine: including the ancient territory known as Pejepscot (Google eBook)" (A. Mudge & Sons, printers: Boston, MA, 1878).
(4) Family History, Volume S(4), Sylvester, Daughters of the American Revolution library, Washington, DC., p.2.
"William SYLVESTER, Jr., (soldier) born at Hanover, Mass., April 1737, was living at Georgetown, near Bath, Maine, then a province of Massachusetts. He is also given with residence as above and of Newbury Massachusetts. He is also engaged for the town of Wilmington, Mass., for the term of three years. Muster Roll of Nathaniel PARKER, for the town of Suffolk, Mass., May 25, 1777. In Captain LAMONT's Co., of Col. BRADFORD's Regiment. He was also in Capt. HASKILL's Co. of Vols., BRADFORD's Regiment (probably "after Capt. LAMONT became deranged"). SEE ALSO - Continental Pay Rolls for Army Service January 1, 1780 to April 1780. He is said to have died of disease in "Huts near West Point." Sickness from heavy marching during the New Jersey Campaigns. His effects were sent home by soldier friends who escorted the deranged Captain LAMONT back to his home in Maine. It was with a company of Volunteers from Kennebec, Maine, raised by Capt. LAMONT who went with them to Mass., 1777 joined Regt. of Col. Gamaliel BRADFORD, 14th Mass."
(5) U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 via Ancestry.com for Loren Ballou SYLVESTER, #31447 (May 22, 1920)
"William SYLVESTER Jr., born Hanover Mass. April 25, 1737 resided at Georgetown (Bath) Maine, also mentioned from Newbery Mass. -- and was enlisted from Lincoln Province of Maine -- and from Wilmington, Mass. for the term of three years -- Was on the Muster Role of Nathaniel BARBER of the town of Suffolk Co. Mass. in May 25th, 1777, for Captain Lamont's company -- Colonal BRADFORD's Regiment. See also Continental Pay Rolls for Army Service January 1st, 1780 to April 1780 -- he is said to have died while in service. "In Huts, not tents," near West Point, from sickness contracted on long marches after the Battle of Monmouth. His effects were sent home by soldier friends -- when his 'deranged Captain' was conducted back home."
(6) U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 via Ancestry.com for James Richard BELLATTI, #92309 (April 29, 1965)
"Private soldier at Battle of Monmouth and Morristown, New Jersey, White Plains, N.Y. William SYLVESTER enlisted April 8, 1777, to serve three years. He was taken to Mass. and went into colonial service, the 14th Mass. Regiment under Colonel Gamaliel BRADFORD. His name last appears on the payrolls Sept. 10, 1778. At Huts, a place near West Point, he was taken sick while on a forced march and died, it is said from drinking from a cold spring, when too warm. His Captain LAMONT, was furloughed for partial insanity and reported his death to his family Jan. 1779, and turned over his personal belongings."
(7) North America, Family Histories via Ancestry.com: Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book.
- Member 157305 (Daisy SYLVESTER HAYCRAFT): "William SYLVESTER, Jr., m. 1761 Mary SPRINGER LOW... William SYLVESTER, Jr. (1737-78) enlisted, 1775, as a private in Captain LAMONT's company, Col. Gamaliel BRADFORD's 14th Massachusetts regiment. He was born in Hanover, Mass.; died New York"
- Member 55577 (Velma SYLVESTER BARBER)
- Member 57756 (Carrie Preble SYLVESTER)
- Member 73659 (Clara Velma BARBER PALMER)
- Member 82485 (Edna Chenoweth SYLVESTER)
- Member 89493 (Lottie Echadel SYLVESTER CARTWRIGHT)
- Member 92266 (Emma M. WOODMAN)
- Member 100012 (Anabel CLARK MILLER)
- Member 103561 (Nettie SYLVESTER WRIGHT)
- Member 112038 (Emma SYLVESTER CLARK)
- Member 114606 (Marjorie STATTON GILBREATH)
- Member 144160 (Velma M. SYLVESTER)
- Member 150957 (Gertrude MILLS HOOVER)
- Member 151598 (Dorothy E. SYLVESTER)
(8) Genealogical History of Deer Isle Families [ME], Series 2, Volume 34, Este-Sy. Compiled by Benjamin Lake Noyes. Donated to Daughters of the American Revolution library, Washington, DC, June 1950.