Valentine Hitchcock served as an enlisted soldier in Col. David Woosters Second Regiment, and Capt. Israel Woodward's Sixth Company.

List of enlisted men:
#278 Hitchcock, Valentine (1741 - 1809), of Cheshire, Ct.
Received Soldiers Bounty 4 March 1782
Buried Congressional Cem, Cheshire, New Haven Co., Ct.

Son of Peter & Hannah (Smith) Hitchcock.

Married Sarah Hotchkiss, dau of Henry Hotchkiss

Children:

1. Reuben
2. Roger
3. Cynthia
4. Sarah
5. Patience
6. Henry
7. Peter
8. Melissa