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Asael Johnson:  
Asael Johnson is listed as a private in Captain Clark's group. There are no further military records listed in the Connecticut Records of a man with this same spelling of the first name. However, there is a record of a man with a name so similar that it is possible they are one and the same. As the listing of Connecticut Revolutionary men was made from hand-written payroll copies, it is possible that the name was misspelled on one of the original rolls, or that it was misspelled when it was placed on the permanent records now in Hartford.
    The author had found a record of Asa Johnson, who was the son of Ebenezer Johnson. He is said to have died in captivity at New York, as a prisoner of the British on December 24, 1776. According to the military records, Asa Johnson was taken prisoner at Fort Washington on November 16, 1776. From the local records it would appear that the young man survived only five weeks of imprisonment.

Adam Vorce:
Adam Vorce marched from the old Town of Derby to Lexington, in Captain Clark's unit. His name appears on the rolls of the Third Company of the First Regiment of 1775, under General Wooster.
    He enlisted on May 16 and was discharged on December 20, 1775. His unit marched to New York in June, 1775 and encamped at Harlem. In the fall the unit took part in activities along Lakes George and Champlain. In October the unit fought at St. John's and later went on to Montreal. Although there was much sickness in the unit, Vorce was not one of those who had to be furloughed out early because of poor health.
    Vorce apparently spent the winter months of early 1776 in Derby and re-enlisted on June 25, 1776. He saw service in Captain Couch's Company in Fort Washington and was there when the Fort was captured on November 16, 1776. He was taken prisoner, and there is no record of his ever returning to the area alive.

Edward Bassett:

Edward Bassett was born in 1751, and was buried at the Riverside Cemetery on Zoar Bridge after his death on
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