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The Fort Griswold Massacre

The Fort Griswold Massacre

The fort Griswold Battle was one of the last of the American Revolution. It occurred September 6, 1781 in a fort by the town of Groton, Connecticut. Eighty-eight brave men lost their lives. Most of them were slaughtered after the fort was surrendered. It was particularly costly to the Avery family which took a huge blow.



Killed:
Captain Elijah Avery
Captain Elisha Avery
Captain Samuel Allyn (Son of Hannah Avery)
Captain Hubbard Burrows (Husband of Sarah Avery)
Captain Youngs Ledyard (Son of Mary Avery)
Lieutenant Ebenezer Avery
Ensign Daniel Avery
Sergeant Christopher Avery
Sergeant Jasper Avery
Sergeant Solomon Avery
David Avery
Thomas Avery
Simeon Morgan (Son of Dorothy Avery)
Elisha Perkins (Husband of Sarah Avery)
Christopher Woodbridge (Son of Susannah Avery)
Henry Woodbridge (Son of Susannah Avey)

Wounded:
Ensign Ebenezer Avery
Lieutenant Park Avery
Amos Avery

Taken Prisoner:
Sergeant Rufus Avery
Caleb Avery
Captain Peter Avery



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Benedict Arnold engraving by H. B. Hall. Fort Griswold. Ensign Ebanezer Avery's House. Groton Monument. Groton Monument Postcard. View from the South Window of the Monument. The Battle of Groton Heights. Amos Avery Service 1. Amos Avery Service 2. Amos Avery Service 3.
Amos Avery Service 4. Caleb Avery Service 2. Caleb Avery Service. Corporal Ebenezer Avery Service. Park Avery Jr Service. Park Avery Jr Service 2. Captain Peter Avery Service.


Linked to Samuel Allyn (8705), Amos Avery (11159), Caleb Avery (8695), Christopher Avery (8689), Daniel Avery (8688), David Avery (8691), Ebenezer Avery (8642), Ebenezer Avery, jr (8692), Ebenezer Punderson Avery (12149), Elijah Avery (8683), Elisha Avery (8684), Jasper Avery (8641), Parke Avery, Jr (8640), Parke Avery (8702), Peter Avery (8694), Rufus Avery (8660), Solomon Avery (8690), Thomas Avery (8685), Hubbard Burrows (8703), Avery Downer (21842), Joshua Downer (8711), Charles Eldridge (11179), Youngs Ledyard, Jr (8697), Simeon Morgan (8701), Elisha Perkins (8710), Christopher Woodbridge (8707), Henry Woodbridge (8708)