New Brunswick Presbyterian Church
Hij is getrouwd met Eleanor Catlin.
Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1813 te Albany, Albany County, New York, hij was toen 21 jaar oud.
Kind(eren):
John was enlisted 12/21/1813. He was arrested at his home 9/29/1815. The war began 6/18/1812 and ended with the Treaty of Ghent on 12/24/1814. Fighting continued until news of the peace treaty reached the U.S. on 2/18/15. His 2nd son, John William Guest, was born 9/15/1815.
It sure seems coincidental that John was listed as deserter on 8/26/1815, the baby was born 9/15/1815, John was apprehended at home on 9/29/1815 by Captain Dalliby. And then, John dies in 1817.
According to documentation from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), (Records of Men Enlisted in the U.S. Army Prior To The Peace Establishment, May 17, 1815): John Guest enlisted in the U.S. Army at the age of 22 (approx. January 1813) in Albany, NY (see U.S. Army Register of Enlistments). D.R. U.S. Arsenal Gibbonsville, Nov. 30, 1815, Absent.
Deserted August 26, 1815. Apprehended at home, Sept. 29 by Captain Dalliby and sent to Governor’s Island for _____.
Entry No. 2146
His company commander: Capt. Thomas L. Campbell
Rank: Artfr. Det. Of U.S.
Regiment: Ordnce Arsenal Dept.
Height: 5 ft. 7 in.
Eyes: Dark
Hair: Brown
Complexion: Fair
Age: 22
Occupation: Turner
Where Born: Town or County: New Brunswick,
State: NJ
Enlisted: When: Dec. 21/1813
Where: Albany, NY
By Whom: Maj. Bomford
Period: 5 years
Remarks: D.R. U.S. Arsenal Gibbonsville, Nov. 30, 1815, Absent.
Deserted August 26, 1815. Apprehended at home, Sept. 29 by Captain Dalliby and sent to Governor’s Island for _____.
**Gibbonsville was built for the purpose of establishing an arsenal. The arsenal was built to produce cannons and ordnance because of the fear of a British attack from the north during the War of 1812. It was originally called the Arsenal at Gibbonsville; later, in 1817, in was officially named the Waterliet Arsenal.
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Eleanor Catlin |
Ebenezer Catlin Guest was the son of John I. Guest and Eleanor Catlin Guest, who had married in Albany, NY, where Ebenezer Catlin Guest was born Jan. 6, 1815. His ancestors were of English and French extraction. Ebenezer was 2 years old when his father died. In 1837 he married Esther, daughter of Major Joseph Evans of Barren Co. Kentucky.