Person:David Wooster (5)

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Brigadier General David Wooster
b.2 Mar 1710/11 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
d.2 May 1777 Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
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m. 22 Nov 1699
  1. Sarah Wooster1705 - Aft 1746
  2. Mary Wooster1707 - 1791
  3. Hannah Wooster1708/09 - 1770
  4. Brigadier General David Wooster1710/11 - 1777
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Name[1] Brigadier General David Wooster
Gender Male
Birth[1] 2 Mar 1710/11 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Degree[1] 1738 Yale College.
Death[1] 2 May 1777 Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States


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David Wooster ( – May 2, 1777) was an American general who served in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolutionary War. He died of wounds sustained during the Battle of Ridgefield, Connecticut. Several cities, schools, and public places were named after him thereafter. He has been called "a largely forgotten hero of the Revolution."

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Wooster, Abraham, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
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    "David (Wooster), b. (Stratford) 2 Mar. 1710/1, d. at Danbury, 2 May 1777 ae. 66 (g. s.); grad. Yale Coll. 1738; Capt. in Cape Breton Expedition, 1745; Col. in Crown Point Expedition, 1757; Brig.-Gen., Revolutionary War; res. New Haven, …"

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