Henry Champion (American revolutionary)
American farmer and merchant
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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
- Henry C. Deming, grandson
