Son of Samuel Clift and Lydia Doggett. Married Sarah Hall. Veteran of multiple CT regiments, DAR# A023171.
Lemuel Clift served as a Sergeant under his brother Waterman Clift in the Continental Army. He was at Long Island, Germantown, Valley Forge and Monmouth. In 1781, Lemuel Clift commanded a company in which his brother Willis was a Major. (Families Allied with Long Island, National Society Daughter of the American Revolution, Volume 8, p.287) On September 2, 1790, Captain Lemuel Clift was given 300 acres of land under the Army Land Warrant of 1788. During the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress promised bounty land as inducement for military service for officers and soldiers. He was an original member of the Cincinnati.*
*The Society of the Cincinnati was founded in 1783 to preserve the ideals and fellowship of the American Revolutionary War officers. Membership was open to those who had served at least three years in the Continental Army or Navy and included French officers.
From: A RECORD OF DREWSCLIFT CEMETERY printed by Southeast Historic Sites Commission May 2012 from catalogue of
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record OCTOBER, 1918 --- from Colleen S.
Lemuel Clift served as a Sergeant under his brother Waterman Clift in the Continental Army. He was at Long Island, Germantown, Valley Forge and Monmouth. In 1781, Lemuel Clift commanded a company in which his brother Willis was a Major. (Families Allied with Long Island, National Society Daughter of the American Revolution, Volume 8, p.287) On September 2, 1790, Captain Lemuel Clift was given 300 acres of land under the Army Land Warrant of 1788. During the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress promised bounty land as inducement for military service for officers and soldiers. He was an original member of the Cincinnati.*
*The Society of the Cincinnati was founded in 1783 to preserve the ideals and fellowship of the American Revolutionary War officers. Membership was open to those who had served at least three years in the Continental Army or Navy and included French officers.
From: A RECORD OF DREWSCLIFT CEMETERY printed by Southeast Historic Sites Commission May 2012 from catalogue of
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record OCTOBER, 1918 --- from Colleen S.
Son of Samuel Clift and Lydia Doggett. Married Sarah Hall. Veteran of multiple CT regiments, DAR# A023171.
Lemuel Clift served as a Sergeant under his brother Waterman Clift in the Continental Army. He was at Long Island, Germantown, Valley Forge and Monmouth. In 1781, Lemuel Clift commanded a company in which his brother Willis was a Major. (Families Allied with Long Island, National Society Daughter of the American Revolution, Volume 8, p.287) On September 2, 1790, Captain Lemuel Clift was given 300 acres of land under the Army Land Warrant of 1788. During the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress promised bounty land as inducement for military service for officers and soldiers. He was an original member of the Cincinnati.*
*The Society of the Cincinnati was founded in 1783 to preserve the ideals and fellowship of the American Revolutionary War officers. Membership was open to those who had served at least three years in the Continental Army or Navy and included French officers.
From: A RECORD OF DREWSCLIFT CEMETERY printed by Southeast Historic Sites Commission May 2012 from catalogue of
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record OCTOBER, 1918 --- from Colleen S.
Lemuel Clift served as a Sergeant under his brother Waterman Clift in the Continental Army. He was at Long Island, Germantown, Valley Forge and Monmouth. In 1781, Lemuel Clift commanded a company in which his brother Willis was a Major. (Families Allied with Long Island, National Society Daughter of the American Revolution, Volume 8, p.287) On September 2, 1790, Captain Lemuel Clift was given 300 acres of land under the Army Land Warrant of 1788. During the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress promised bounty land as inducement for military service for officers and soldiers. He was an original member of the Cincinnati.*
*The Society of the Cincinnati was founded in 1783 to preserve the ideals and fellowship of the American Revolutionary War officers. Membership was open to those who had served at least three years in the Continental Army or Navy and included French officers.
From: A RECORD OF DREWSCLIFT CEMETERY printed by Southeast Historic Sites Commission May 2012 from catalogue of
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record OCTOBER, 1918 --- from Colleen S.
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