14 Facts About David Wooster

David Wooster died of wounds sustained during the Battle of Ridgefield, Connecticut.

David Wooster was born in Stratford, in the British colony of Connecticut.

David Wooster entered Yale College in 1735, and graduated in 1738.

Shortly after his marriage, David Wooster was named captain of a company in the provincial regiment of Andrew Burr, and saw service at that year's Siege of Louisbourg.

David Wooster was sent to France as part of the prisoner escort following that action, and then to England, where he was given an audience with King George and a position as captain in the regiment of William Pepperrell in the British Army.

Arnold's threats were persuasive, and David Wooster opened the magazine to him.

David Wooster was eventually charged with incompetence over his tenure at Montreal; the court martial cleared him.

David Wooster returned to Connecticut, where he assumed command of the entire provincial militia responsible for the state's defense as the state's first major general.

When David Wooster was alerted to this movement, he notified General Arnold, who was visiting his family in New Haven, and set about calling out the militia to oppose the action.

Arnold took several hundred men to set up a position at Ridgefield, while David Wooster took a smaller detachment to harass the rear of Tryon's column as they returned to the coast.

David Wooster was mortally wounded when the Redcoats unlimbered six artillery pieces and opened fire.

David Wooster's grave was not identified until 1854, when Connecticut legislature laid the cornerstone of a monument.

General David Wooster is buried in David Wooster Cemetery on Mount Moriah in Danbury, which dates from the middle of the nineteenth century.

David Wooster's monument is surrounded by a stone and iron railing.