Edmund Kittel

Ancestor Number

A065291 »

Date of Birth

November 4, 1758

Place of Birth

West Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island

Date of Death

July 5, 1833

Place of Death

Colesville, Broome County, New York

Spouse(s)

Patience Fiske

Children

Ephriam, Cardner, William Fiske, Gardner

American Revolution Service

Capts Reuben Whitman, Benjamin West, Hopkins; Cols Cook & Stanton; Gen Sullivan

State of Service

Rhode Island

Donor

Mary Vann: This is a straight descendant line. My maiden name is Kittell

Edmund Kittel was born in West Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, on November 4, 1758, to Ephraim Kittle and Mary King. He enlisted in 1776 in the Rhode Island Militia at the age of 17.

Kittel began his Revolutionary War Service as a Private under Captain Rueben Witham in Colonel Clark’s Regiment. He served from September 1, 1776 to December 1, 1776. He then reenlisted serving in the militia until June 15, 1777. Reenlisting yet again, Kittel served for nine more months under Captain Benjamin West’s Company and Colonel Stanton’s Regiment. He was discharged March 16, 1778. For the next two and a half months he floated under different officers.

In August 1778, he entered Captain Hopkins Company as a Volunteer under the Command of General Sullivan and he was with the American troops at the time they engaged the British on Newport Island, called Sullivan’s Expedition.

He was also in a skirmish with the enemy on the east side of Newport Island. In this same place, there was another battle involving Kittel that lasted an entire day.He remained in the army for about one more month under Captain Hopkins and was discharged in September 1778.

Edmund Kittel married Patience Fiske September 14, 1783, in Hancock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. They settled in Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York. The couple had nine children and moved to Colesville, Broome County, New York, prior to 1823, where Edmund passed away on July 5, 1833.