Elijah Warren (1758-1843)

American Revolutionary Soldier fought at the Battle of White Plains 

Vital Statistics:

 * Warenne Family Ancestry
 * Son of Ebenezer Warren (1719-1800) and Lydia Harrington
 * 1758-Aug-27 : Birth - Leicester, Middlesex Co, Massachussetts Colony
 * 1776-Oct-28 : Battle of White Plains
 * 1781-Mar-19 : First Marriage - Elizabeth Wheeler (1763-1800) - daughter of Amos Wheeler and Mary Belcher Henshaw - b. May 4, 1763 - d Mar 30, 1800.
 * 1801-Jun-23 : Second Marriage - Mary Belcher Wheeler (1774-1851) - Younger sister of his first wife. - b. Dec 19, 1774 - d. Aug 15, 1851.
 * 1842-Jul-18 : Death

The Battle of White Plains
Elijah was a volunteer in the American Revolutionary Army and fought in the The Battle of White Plains, on October 28, 1776, in the area surrounding White Plains, New York.

At the end of September 1776, 's army held only a small position on the northern tip of Manhattan Island. Britain's General William Howe was determined to outflank the American positions with a landing at Throgs Neck.

In order to prevent himself from being surrounded, Washington withdrew his main army to White Plains when the British landing began. A garrison of 1,200 men was left to defend Fort Washington.Howe's army followed Washington via New Rochelle and up the Bronx River.

Washington halted his army and chose a position near White Plains that he fortified with two lines of entrenchments. The trenches were situated on raised terrain, protected on the right by the swampy ground near the Bronx River. The American defenses were 3 miles (4.8 km) long. Beyond that, on the right, was Chatterton's Hill, which commanded the plain over which the British would have to advance. The hill was occupied by John Haslet's 1st Delaware Regiment, with two cannon, and supported by another brigade, in total about 1,600 men.


 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_White_Plains

References:

 * Source-Google Books: Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memors relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Vol III, pg 1049-50.


 * Genealogies of the Early Settlers of Watertown,Mass. ;Henry Bond: 1855. Pg 620.
 * Source-Google Books: Historic Homes, Institutions, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachussetts, Vol II - Pg 251-253.