Sylvester Satterlee
- Born: 15 Jun 1752, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island (North America)
- Married (1): 8 Aug 1773, Hopkinton, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA
- Died: Aug 1825, Greenwich, Washington County, New York, USA
General Notes:
Sylvester Satterlee moved his wife & oldest child to Washington Co., N.Y., between 1774 & 1777. They had a homestead one & a half miles S.E., of Greenwich, (then called Union Village). The next 8 of their 9 children were born on the old homestead, near the old Cambridge road. A log cabin church was erected 1/2 mile west of the old Satterlee farm in 1783. There was also a store here said to be the first in town; a saw mill nearby, owned by Benjamin Prosser & a wheelwright shop kept by Andrew Ferguson. They being in line of march of Baums' Hessian Expedition to Bennington, Vermont. The Hessian officers often bought milk & eggs here as they did on 13-Aug-1777.
From Easton Township, Washington Co., N.Y., Sylvester Satterlee joined the 13th Regiment, Albany Co., Militia in the Revolution.
Sylvester married Bethany Coon, daughter of Elisha Coon and Judith Nichols, on 8 Aug 1773 in Hopkinton, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA. (Bethany Coon was born in May 1752 in Hopkinton, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA and died on 11 Feb 1831 in Greenwich, Washington County, New York, USA.)
Sylvester also married Judith Coon.
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