Due to his deafness

Him and his son captured by at least 250 Indians

Discharged from the military

Bounty for the British but declined to take them

Was released to find their way home

Held prisoner by the British in 1776

Harsh conditions of being captured

Observed deafened soldiers in New York

"Some almost lose their voices, and some their hearing"

A deaf cooper married to Hannah Wassan

British captured him and died in British war camp 1779

Deaf civilian born in Connecticut