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• Birth	1754/1755	Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Sep 1830	East Hartford, Washington, New York
  Person ID	I296	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Amos BURROWS, b. 6 Aug 1714, Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Mother	Elizabeth RATHBONE, b. 1720
  Family ID	F37647	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Sarah FISH, b. 1763, Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Children	1. Susannah BURROWS, b. 4 Aug 1783, Groton, New London, Connecticut   2. Eunice BURROWS, b. 28 Apr 1785, Groton, New London, Connecticut   3. Elizabeth "Betsey" BURROWS, b. 1787, Groton, New London, Connecticut   4. Mary "Polly" BURROWS, b. 1789, Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F215	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Susan FISH, b. 1753, Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Married	13 Jan 1779
  Children	1. Sarah BURROWS, b. 1779, Groton, New London, Connecticut   2. Nancy Anne BURROWS, b. 1781, Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F214	Group Sheet

• Notes

  MILITARY: During the Revolutionary War Elisha served in the same military unit with his brother Paul. Records of the Daughters of the American Revolution indicate that Elisha Burrows was wounded in the battle of Whith Plains, Oct. 1776.ing earlier enlistments, volunteered in the defence of Fort Griswold at Groton, Sept. 6, 1781. In that engagement both were taken prisoner by the British and interned on a prison ship in New York harbor. Histort records their brother, Rev. Silas Burrows, had opened his home to townspeple suffering from smallpox, including these two younger brothers who had been released from horrible conditions in the enemy prison ship.