WITTER, Ebenezer, Sr. (Captain ) ^1522,1610

  Noted events in his life were:

• Born: 11 Sep 1732. ¹⁶¹⁰

• History: page 34, 1776, Preston, New London County, Connecticut. ¹⁶⁰⁴ "When the war actually began, Preston was ready to contribute not only money, but men. On hearing of skirmishes at Lexington and Concord, three companies of militia were enrolled, commanded by Captains Ebenezer Witter, William Belcher, and Roger Billings. (Capt. Witter, by the way, was one of the members of this church who were faithful to it in all the years of decline.) These companies were held in readiness for the relief of Boston, should their service be neeed; and after the battle of Bunker Hill, in June of the next year, were placed in active service."

• He served in the military Witter genealogy page 39 & 40 in 1929. ^1610,1611 a Captain of a Preston Company in the Revolution
"In the "Record of Connecticut Men in the Revolution," compiled under the auspices of the General Assembly of Connecticut, is mention of Captain Ebenezer Witter as among those who marched from Connecticut towns on the Alarm of Lexington, in April, 1775, to the relief of the patriot forces near Boston. The statement that "at '75", he marched at the Lexington Alarm as been misunderstood, and thought to indicate that at the age of seventy-five, a Captain Ebenezer Witter went to the defence of his country, -- and hence that there were two Captain Ebenezer Witters in the Revolution (the Ebenezer of the present biography being about forty-three at the Battle of Lexington in 1775.) The phrase, "at '75", indicates the year 1775. In 1775 he was Captain of the fourth Preston Company, formed June 20, and discharged December 11. "Captain Ebenezer Whitter and Ebenezer Whitter, Jr.," were among the soldiers sent to re-enforce Washington on Long Island and in other parts of New York, as part of the Fourth Battalion, Wadsworth's Brigade, under Colonel Selden, appearing under the heading: "A Return of the Eighth Regiment of Foot Militia of the State of Conn. in 1780."

Ebenezer married Amy MEECH, daughter of Daniel MEECH and Amy WILCOX, on 2 Jun 1757 in Connecticut ¹⁵²².^,1610 (Amy MEECH died on 24 Jan 1762 ^1522,1610.)

Ebenezer next married Abigail GEER, daughter of Captain Robert GEER and Unknown, on 22 Sep 1763.¹⁶¹⁰ (Abigail GEER was born on 2 Mar 1741 ¹⁶¹⁰.)