Litchfield County Patriots 1775-1783

06/15/2026

A new field has been added to Find a Grave — it will designate the deceased as a Revolutionary War Patriot.

06/15/2026

June 18 at 6:30 pm for a guided reading of the Declaration of Independence with facilitated conversation that explores the historical context while asking questions and engaging in respectful dialogue.

06/14/2026

Lakeside Cemetery, Morris, Litchfield County.
Bethia Tyler Watson (1708-1792) — Spouse of John Watson, mother to four Revolutionary War patriots — Captain John Watson, Captain Titus Watson, Captain William Watson and Lieutenant James Watson. Her one daughter, Rosannah Watson Waugh, was married to Thomas Waugh who served on a committee appointed to provide food to the Army and to families of soldiers back home. A most patriotic family!

Beth, John and two of their children are buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Morris.

06/11/2026

Revolutionary War cannons dredged from the Savannah River.

The centuries-old artifacts emerged from the riverbed between 2021 and 2022. Experts spent several years carefully restoring 17 of them, which will make their public debut in a new exhibition

06/11/2026

East Cemetery, Litchfield.
Stephen Webster (1738-1823) served in 1777, as corporal in Lieutenant Charles Seymour's Company, Brigadier General Erastus Wolcott's Connecticut Regiment. He was born and died in Litchfield, Connecticut. — DAR Lineage Book, Vol. 118, 1915.

06/11/2026

June 17th — Register to attend virtually.

Join us next Wednesday, June 17 at 6:30 p.m. for a lecture featuring historian Friederike Baer focusing our attention on the varied experiences of the German auxiliaries in the American Revolution.
Between 1776 and 1783, Great Britain hired more than 30,000 German soldiers to fight in its war against the American rebels. Collectively known as Hessians and accompanied by many civilians, including hundreds of women and children, they spent extended periods in locations as far-flung and varied as Canada and West Florida.

Drawing on extensive research in German-authored private papers and official records, this talk examines the Hessians not merely as a fighting force but as a military community sustained through domestic labor, familial ties, and collective identity far from home. This program accompanies our current exhibition, Voices of Revolution, on view through January 10, 2027.

Learn more and register for the program: https://bit.ly/441lfI4

06/09/2026

Old Watertown Cemetery, Watertown, Litchfield County.
During the American Revolution, Amasa Mattoon was in Colonel Hooker’s Regiment, Captain Jesse Curtis’ Company, stationed at Peekskill Barracks No. 3. He served from April 5, 1777 t o May 27, 1777. “A genealogy of the descendants of Philip Mattoon of Deerfield, Massachusetts” Page 13

06/08/2026

Burning of Danbury: Woodbury Public Library on Thursday evening, June 25, at 6:30 p.m. The talk is free and open to the public.

06/08/2026

Revolutionary War Soldiers Cemetery Tours

Don't miss this great event on Sunday, June 14! The Cemetery Tours are happening in both Falls Village & North Canaan and are made possible with a grant from The Canaan Foundation.

06/05/2026