Henry Champion (American revolutionary)
Henry Champion (1723-July 23, 1797) was a wealthy farmer and merchant[1] who served as an commissary leader during the American Revolution.[2] His children included Henry Champion (1751-1836) and Epaphroditus Champion (1756-1834).
He was born in East Haddam, Connecticut, the grandson of Henry Champion, an original settler of Saybrook.
He joined the colonial militia and served in the French and Indian War.[3]
During the Revolutionary War in the winter of 1777-1778, he and his son Epaphroditus drove cattle 300 miles to General George Washington's starving soldiers at Valley Forge.[4] He wrote to George Washington about commissary issues.[5]
He had the Henry Champion House built in the Westchester section of Colchester, Connecticut in 1799.[6] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
See also
[edit]- Henry C. Deming, grandson
References
[edit]- ↑ "National Register of Historic Places, Inventory Nomination Form - East Haddam Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. 2009. pp. 36–37.
- ↑ Sheehan, Michael J. F. (March 28, 2019). "Henry Champion: An Officer Resigns".
- ↑ "Colonel Henry Champion - Feeding Starving Troops at Valley Forge" (PDF). Colchester History. 2004.
- ↑ "The Story of the Champion Family of Colchester, CT". www.colchesterhistory.org.
- ↑ "Founders Online: Henry Champion, Sr., to George Washington, 25 May 1780". founders.archives.gov.
- ↑ "W3R: Colchester". www.ctmq.org.
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