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“Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others the most improper to defend us. Conquest may be effected under the pretense of friendship; and ourselves, after a long and brave resistance, be at last cheated into slavery.” Thomas Paine, Common Sense

William Floyd was born on December 17, 1735, at Mastic, Long Island, New York, to Nicoll and Tabitha (Smith) Floyd. He was the second of nine children and the eldest son. His family ancestry can be traced to Wales, where his great-grandfather, Richard Floyd, immigrated from in the 1600’s. His father was a prosperous farmer who kept his children busy with chores. As a result, Floyd lacked a classical education, but he was trained in managing a large estate. Depending on the s

In 1754, in the first engagement of the French and Indian War, a Virginia militia under 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Washington defeated a French reconnaissance party in southwestern Pennsylvania. In a surprise attack, the Virginians killed 10 French soldiers from Fort Duquesne, including the French commander, Coulon de Jumonville, and took 21 prisoners. Only one of Washington’s men was killed. In 1776, Washington writes to Major General Israel Putnam in New York. He

Oliver Wolcott was born on November 20, 1726, in Windsor, Connecticut, to Roger and Sarah (Drake) Wolcott. He was the 14th of fifteen children, with eight surviving to adulthood. His father had been Governor of Connecticut, a militia member, selectman, justice of the peace, and a representative in the lower house of the Connecticut Assembly. Roger Wolcott was also a writer who wrote the history of the Connecticut colony, poetry, and contributed to the church pamphlet. Wolcott

In 1775, approximately 500 rebels, led by Colonel John Nixon of Sudbury and Colonel John Stark and his New Hampshire regiment, waded across the Chelsea-Hog Island channel, which at low tide became an easily fordable, knee-high creek with wide mudflat banks. In 1776, Washington reconvened with the Continental Congress, focused on defending New York and assisting the army in Canada. Virginia delegates, acting under instructions from the Virginia Convention, present directions c

William Williams was born on April 23, 1731, in Lebanon, Connecticut, to Pastor Solomon and Mary (Porter) Williams. He was one of 8 children. His father was the Pastor of the Congregationalist Church in Lebanon and had attended Harvard. He would serve in this position for 50 years. His paternal ancestry can be traced to his Great-Great Grandfather Robert Williams, who was born in Great Yarmouth, England. He came to America in 1637 and eventually settled in Roxbury, Massachuse