The Raid on Groton happened during King William's War, on July 27, 1694, at Groton, Massachusetts. This was one of numerous attacks against the settlement...
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on March 13, 1676, Native Americans raided and burned all buildings except for four Groton garrisons. Among those killed was John Nutting, a Groton Selectman...
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The raid was a success, but the Connecticut militia stubbornly resisted British attempts to capture Fort Griswold across the Thames River in Groton, Connecticut...
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Lydia Longley (category People from Groton, Massachusetts)
historian and resident of Groton, wrote a book that included mention of the Raid on Groton and the Longley family: Groton During the Indian Wars (1883)...
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was killed by Indians during a raid against Groton, Massachusetts. The Indians severed John Nutting's head and put it on a pole to discourage others from...
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Fort Trumbull (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
British Army when he led a raid on Groton and New London, Connecticut, on September 6, 1781. Two bodies of troops were landed on either side of the mouth...
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the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. On March 13, 1676, Monoco raided Groton, Massachusetts. He took control of a garrison house in...
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Claude-Mathias Phaneuf (category People from Groton, Massachusetts)
before moving to Groton in 1660. He died in 1689 at "about 77 years of age". His son, Matthias Farnsworth, Jr. married Sarah Nutting in Groton and had 4 children...
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organised in October 1780 at New York. The Legion accompanied Arnold in his raid upon Virginia. It was with him in his expedition into Connecticut in September...
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Maliseet people Primary texts William L. Wolkovich - Valkavicius, "The Groton Indian Raid of 1694 and Lydia Longley", Historical Journal of Massachusetts Volume...
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