Darien Downtown in Western Region, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)
Rev. Dr. Moses Mather
On Sunday, July 22, 1781,
while engaged in public worship
in the building then occupying this site
Rev. Dr. Moses Mather
and fifty men of this congregation were captured
by British troops and taken to New York
There several of them
perished in prison.
A people that jeoparded their lives unto the death
To commemorate the sufferings of
these patriots
this tablet has been erected.
Erected 1894 by Emma H. Delafield, of the Society of Colonial Dames of America; A. Floyd Delafield, Wm. Freeman French, Thaddeus Bell, of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the State of Connecticut.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Law Enforcement • Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), and the The Colonial Dames of America series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is July 22, 1781.
Location. 41° 4.886′ N, 73° 27.9′ W. Memorial is in Darien in Western Region, Connecticut. It is in Darien Downtown. It is on Brookside Road just north of Old Kings Highway North, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map
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Regionally, this memorial is on the Connecticut Shoreline and in Greater Bridgeport. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Fairfield County and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Middlesex Graveyard (a few steps from this marker); The First Congregational Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Museum of Darien (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Spring Grove Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Oscar E. Peck (approx. 1.2 miles away); Rowayton Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); Darien Civil War and World War I Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); Darien World War II Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Darien.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 6, 2023
2. First Congregational Church of Darien, Connecticut
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