Aldrick didn't always play by the rules. He joined the Continental Army in January 1778 at age 16 as an artificer (definition: a craftsman in the armed forces). He was assigned to a post at New Windsor, NY, where he worked as a harness maker, and later he worked on building the fort at West Point.
In 1779, at West Point, he came down with a fever (about 18% of the army was constantly ill) and was furloughed from the army to relieve the burden on the army hospital staff, and sent home.
While at home, he was busy romancing both Lucy Taylor and Asenath Tarbox. Lucy decided to give birth to her son even though Aldrick had already married Asenath in September 1782. Lucy's son, David Carver, married Aldrick's niece, Shirley Tarbox.
Aldrick was placed on the pension roll on 14 Jul 1819, listed as a Private, Massachusetts line. He died in 1822 and is buried at the Old Cemetery in Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut. A Revolutionary marker is on his grave.
ALDRICK CARVER
BORN: 04 Jul 1761 in Hebron Twp., Tolland, CT
MARRIED: 12 Sep 1782 in Hebron, Tolland, CT
DIED: 08 Dec 1822 in Hebron, Tolland, CT
SOURCES: Connecticut births and christenings 1649-1906, microfilm at FamilySearch.org; Second Book of Marriages, Hebron, Tolland, CT; on Fiche #0896863=12 Sep 1782 Corver, Alarick and Arjenath Tarbox on page 13; Connecticut Pensioners, 1835
