. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . ld, was graduated at Yale in1752, and, after being educated as a lawyer, becameattorney for the crown in Fairfield county duringcolonial times. He had interested himself in mili-tary affairs, and at the beginning of the Revolu-tionary war was colonel of cavalry in the localmilitia. During the greater part of the war heheld the rank of brigadier-general, and was chargedwith the defence of the southwestern frontier ofConnecticut, which, owing to the long occupationul Xew York city by the British, was a duty thatrequired much vigilance. He served a
. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . ld, was graduated at Yale in1752, and, after being educated as a lawyer, becameattorney for the crown in Fairfield county duringcolonial times. He had interested himself in mili-tary affairs, and at the beginning of the Revolu-tionary war was colonel of cavalry in the localmilitia. During the greater part of the war heheld the rank of brigadier-general, and was chargedwith the defence of the southwestern frontier ofConnecticut, which, owing to the long occupationul Xew York city by the British, was a duty thatrequired much vigilance. He served at the headof his regiment in the battle of Long Island, andalso in that of White Plains, where he was portedin the rear-guard. In 1777 he was active in re-pelling the raid on Danbury. In May. 1779, aparty that was sent from Lloyds neck by SirHenry Clinton surprised him in his own house,and for a year he remained a prisoner on paroleat Flatbush and Gravesend, Long Island. Sub-sequently he was exchanged.—His son. Gold Sel- 528 SILLIMAN SILLIMAN. leek, lawyer, b. in Fail-field, Conn., 26 Oct., 1777;d. in Brooklyn. X. •> June. 1MI8. was graduated;it Yale in 1796,and then studied law. He enteredupon the practice of his profession in Newport,K. I., where he had a large and successful businessuntil IS].), when he came to New York city, wherelie engaged in commercial pursuits. On retiringfrom this occupation, he settled in Brooklyn, whereIm- -everal yeais he held the office of postmaster.—Another son, Benjamin, scientist, b. in NorthStratford (now Trumbull), Conn., 8 Aug., 1779;d. in New Haven. 24 Nov., 1864, was gradu-ated at Yale in 1796, and, after spending a year athome, taught at Wethersfield, Conn. In 179s In-returned to New Ha-ven, where he beganthe study of law withSimeon Baldwin, andin 1799 was appoint-ed tutor at Yale,which place he helduntil he was admit-ted to the bar in science wasat that time begin-ning to attract theattention of educa-tor
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