David Wooster

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American Revolutionary War general American military officer Continental Army general human

David Wooster was an American Revolutionary War general from Connecticut who played a significant role in the early struggle for independence.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
David Wooster canonical	7
General David Wooster	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Revolutionary War general ⓘ American military officer ⓘ Continental Army general ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	Connecticut Colony ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
birthDate	1710-03-02 ⓘ
birthPlace	Stratford, Connecticut ⓘ surface form: Stratford, Connecticut Colony
causeOfDeath	wounds received in battle ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ French and Indian War (as part of British America) ⓘ surface form: French and Indian War King George's War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Connecticut Colony ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
deathDate	1777-05-02 ⓘ
deathPlace	Danbury, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt	Yale College ⓘ
familyName	Wooster ⓘ
givenName	David ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle	David Wooster self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: General David Wooster
honor	Wooster, Ohio ⓘ surface form: City of Wooster, Ohio named in his honor Fort Wooster in New Haven named in his honor ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Connecticut militia ⓘ Continental Army ⓘ
militaryBranch	Connecticut militia ⓘ Continental Army ⓘ
militaryRank	brigadier general ⓘ major general of Connecticut militia ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Ridgefield ⓘ commanded defenses of New Haven and surrounding areas early in the Revolutionary War ⓘ mortally wounded while opposing British raid on Danbury, Connecticut ⓘ
notableWork	Defense of Connecticut in early American Revolutionary War ⓘ
occupation	merchant ⓘ soldier ⓘ
participatedIn	capture of Fort Saint-Jean (St. Johns) in Canada ⓘ expedition against Quebec during American Revolutionary War ⓘ
placeOfBurial	Wooster Cemetery, Danbury, Connecticut ⓘ
positionHeld	commander of Connecticut troops in Canada (1775–1776) ⓘ first captain of the Connecticut militia (pre-Revolutionary period) ⓘ
religion	Congregationalism ⓘ
residence	New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Mary Clap Wooster ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wooster Square neighborhood → namedAfter → David Wooster ⓘ

Battle of Ridgefield → commander → David Wooster ⓘ

Battle of Ridgefield → notableParticipant → David Wooster ⓘ

Wooster, Ohio, United States → namedAfter → David Wooster ⓘ

subject surface form: Wooster, Ohio

American Revolutionary War raid on Danbury in 1777 → commander → David Wooster ⓘ

David Wooster → hasHonorificTitle → David Wooster self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: General David Wooster

David Wooster was mortally wounded in the battle → fullName → David Wooster ⓘ

subject surface form: David Wooster

Danbury Raid → commander → David Wooster ⓘ