Sylvanus BRIMHALL
Pedigree Resource File
Internet IGI , Apr 2008
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NOTES: Stood at the Battles of Lexington and Concorde in the Revelutionary War at age 16.
NOTES: Served as a Marine in the war of 1812. While sailing on the ship "Philadelphia" in the Mediteranean Sea, his gang was captured by the Algerians and freed by Commodore Decator of the U.S. Navy
NOTE: Several places list her birth date as 29 Sep 1800, but because her mother died in September of 1798, it must be that she was born in 1798, or perhaps her mother died in Sep 1800, rather than Sep 1798.
He married Tryphena Johnson 14 Sep 1783 at Massachusetts . Tryphena Johnson was born at Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts 15 Sep 1765 daughter of Nathanial Johnson and Sarah Forbush .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Sylvanus Brimhall
born 3 Apr 1786.
Joseph Brimhall
born 23 Dec 1787.
Silas Brimhall
born 1790.
Caleb Brimhall
born 1792.
Nathaniel Brimhall
born 9 Mar 1793.
Joel Brimhall
born 9 Oct 1795.
Aaron Brimhall
born 9 Oct 1795.
Tryphena Brimhall
born 29 Sep 1798.
Sylvanus Brimhall died 18 Sep 1839 at Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts .
Tryphena Johnson died Sep 1798 at Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts .