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Webb, Samuel Blatchley 1753- Military officer; born at Weathersfield, Conn., Dec. 15, 1753; father of the preceding and step-son of Silas Deane; was thanked for his gallantry in the battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill, where he was wounded, and in June, 1776, was appointed aide-decamp to Washington. In the battle of White Plains he was again wounded; also at Trenton. He was in the battle of Brandywine, and in 1778 raised and took command of the 3d Connecticut Regiment. In 1779 he, with most of his men, were captured by the British fleet while crossing to Long Island with General Parsons, and was not released until 1780, when he took command of the light infantry, with the brevet rank of brigadier-general. He lived in New York City after the war, until 1789, when he removed to Claverack, N. Y., where he died, Dec. 3, 1807.