05/25/2026
A remembrance for Memorial Day: New stories about Westport Revolutionary Soldiers are surfacing and will be shared at our exhibition opening this June 27 at Handy House. This collective history of 75 individuals associated with Westport includes stories of privateers, minutemen, Bunker Hill veterans, freed slaves, and fighting Quakers, as well as a surprising age range for soldiers, from a young 15-year-old Richard Gifford to a senior 63-year-old Benjamin Brownell. Here are their names:
Humphrey Allen (1754-1842)
Joseph Allen (1758-1838)
Israel Brightman (b. 1750)
Thomas Brightman III (1756-1832)
Capt. William Brightman (1763-1831)
Abner Brownell 1756-1851
Benjamin Brownell
George Brownell Jr. (1711-1800)
George Brownell III (b. 1744)
Lt. Jonathan Brownell (1719-1776)
Joseph Brownell (1744-1824)
Nathaniel Brownell (1751-1825)
Lt. Pardon Brownell (1744-1799)
Prince Brownell (b. ca1750)
Samuel Brownell (1738-1817)
Abraham Cornell (1744-1825)
Ezekial Cornell
Jerathmeel Cornell
Lt. Joseph Cornell (1755-1829)
Sgt. Thomas Cornell (1742-after 1800)
Augustus Cory
Benjamin Cory (1750-1834)
William Cory (1758-1842)
Robert Cottle 1758-1845
Stephen Davis (ca1734-1826)
Stephen Davis (1738-1817)
Joseph Devol III (1740-1805)
Christopher Earl (b. 1750)
John Earl (
Capt. Robert Earl (b. 1757)
Stephen Earl (b. 1754)
William Earl (1710-1798)
Abraham Gifford (1752-1822)
Benjamin Gifford (1727-1817)
George Gifford (1759-1826)
Ichabod Gifford (ca 1761-ca 1782)
Sgt. John Gifford (1754-1831)
John Gifford (1754-ca 1830)
Jonathan Gifford (1759-1853)
Recompense Gifford (1732-1826)
Richard Gifford (1758-after 1822)
William Gifford Sr
William Gifford (1754-after 1832)
Jeremiah Greenman 1758 - 1828
David Hammond (b. 1746)
Job Hart
Barney Hicks (1754-1832)
Joseph Hicks (1722-1798)
John Hicks (d. after 1790)
Capt. William Hicks (b. 1729)
Thomas Hicks (1766-1838)
David Kirby (ca 1740-1842)
John Kirby (1734-1809)
Silas Kirby Jr. (b. ca 1742)
Constant Macomber (b. 1752)
Humphrey Macomber (1756-1831)
William Macomber
James Manchester
Jacob Mott (1721-1803)
Joshua Petty 1757-1845
Elijah Potter (b. ca 1745)
Esek Potter (b. 1748)
Ichabod Potter III (1758-1831)
Dr. Benjamin Richmond (1747-1814)
London Richmond (d. 1815)
Nathaniel Richmond (1739-1808)
Lt. Col. Sylvester Richmond III (b. 1729)
Jacob Sowle (ca 1750-1825)
Job Taber (1741-1791)
Capt. Jonathan Taber Jr. (ca 1735-1791)
Peleg Taber (b. 1741)
Ishmael Tripp (1739-1832)
Samuel Tripp (b. 1736)
Capt. Benjamin Wilcox (1747-1816)
Sgt. Tile Wilcox (1741-1797)
Lt. William Wilcox (1741-1794)
Arnold Wood (1757-1841)
