Elijah Wadsworth

Elijah Wadsworth (4 November 1747 in Hartford, Connecticut – 30 December 1817 in Canfield, Ohio) was a captain in the American Revolutionary War and a major general in the War of 1812. He was a prominent military officer, Ohio pioneer, local organizer and leader, and wealthy land speculator.

Elijah Wadsworth was a member of the wealthy and prominent Wadsworth family of Connecticut and a descendant of one of the Founders of Hartford, Connecticut, William Wadsworth. Elijah was the son of Joseph Wadsworth, III and Elizabeth Cook. His father was the grandson of Captain Joseph Wadsworth of Charter Oak fame. His son Frederick Wadsworth later became the Mayor of [Akron, Elijah Wadsworth the last politically active descendant of Llywelyn the Great in the male line, II Dracul (Dracul : the dragon) and his wife, Princess Cneajna of Moldavia.

Elijah was a resident of Litchfield, Connecticut at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. He immediately volunteered after news of the Battle of Bunker Hill. He served as a lieutenant in Captain Benjamin Tallmadge's company during the war. He was also in command of the guard who held Major John André upon his arrest and trial. He served with zeal throughout the entire war, having earned the rank of captain. The home that Elijah had built in Litchfield was later purchased by Dr. Lyman Beecher and was the birthplace of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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