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ly fort ticonderoga stood between the british and the hudson river the strategy of the british became obvious if the two british armies now threatening ticonderoga and new york city could meet they would cut the american colonies in two there was good news too about the time the men arrived at bergen they learned that they were no longer fighting for the united colonies but for a new nation on july 6 news arrived from philadelphia that a declaration of independence of the united states of america had been signed by the continental congress on july 4 10 new jersey upon arrival in bergen the company went to work building a fort to defend against a possible british attack from staten island the urgency of the situation became apparent on july 12 when they heard cannon fire coming from downstream then the british ships phoenix and rose sailed past them up the hudson unscathed that evening they learned that the ships had anchored off tarrytown new york blocking supplies from crossing the river at that point the company continued to labor erecting fortifications through the rest of july and into august while british ships loaded with soldiers continued to arrive in new york harbor on august 12 benedict resumed recruiting and by the end of the month had added another 34 men bringing his company roster to four officers and eighty three enlisted men seven of these men were veterans of benedict s 1775 company bringing the total to eleven this included noble s brother sergeant jonah benedict this does not mean that the others who were on the canada expedition were no longer patriots and willing to serve as described above five were still in canada most of the others had already joined or soon would join other militia or continental units such as the 13 th regiment of light horse or colonel cooke s 16 th militia regiment based in danbury 11 all summer the company waited for an attack that never came when the british did move it would not be up the hudson but in long island patriots and loyalists in the second year of war patriotic sentiment still ran high in danbury enough so that one hundred soldiers volunteered to defend of connecticut and the united colonies but not everyone shared this sentiment many residents of the town were loyalists and they did not want to serve when the british arrived off new york city in july of 1776 they saw a way to escape and join the cause they believed in one of those men was young stephen jarvis jr enjoyed this post click the like button below and enter your email in the right hand column to follow the blog and receive notifications of new posts you can find other installments in this series under the suffering towns of connecticut tab comments and corrections are always welcome notes and sources 1 henry b dawson battles of the revolution vol 1 new york johnson fry company 1858 109 112 2 for links to the posts that tell the story of captain noble benedict and his company in the invasion of canada visit danbury at war 1775 summary on this website information about the soldiers of captain benedict s company that reenlisted in 1775 and about the provisional regiment formed by major general wooster is at henry p johnston ed the record of connecticut men in the military and naval service during the war of the revolution 1775 1783 hartford ct case lockwood brainard company 1889 39 44 68 96 113 120 3 james montgomery bailey and susan benedict hill history of danbury conn 1684 1896 new york burr printing house 1896 18 4 royal hinman ed historical collection from official records files c of the part sustained by connecticut during the war of the revolution hartford e gleason 1842 200 208 5 g l rockwell g l history of ridgefield connecticut ridgefield privately printed 1927 94 95 147 6 johnston record of connecticut men 387 392 rockwell history of ridgefield connecticut 147 7 johnston record of connecticut men 68 414 421 422 daniel m mead a history of the town of greenwich fairfield county conn with many important statistics new york baker and godwin 1857 125 126 146 jarvis an american s experience in the british army 194 8 w w clayton history of bergen and passaic counties new jersey with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men philadelphia everts and peck 1882 51 9 dawson battles of the revolution 112 willard sterne randall benedict arnold patriot and traitor new york william morrow and company inc 1999 229 237 10 united states declaration of independence wikipedia 11 clayton history of bergen and passaic counties new jersey 51 bayonne new jersey revolutionary war sites bayonne new jersey historic sites new jersey forts johnston ed the record of connecticut men in the military and naval service during the war of the revolution 1775 1783 414 421 422 hinman ed historical collection from official records files c of the part sustained by connecticut during the war of the revolution 101 103 207 234 236 jarvis an american s experience in the british army 194 bailey and hill history of danbury 57 illustrations and maps a american invasion of canada 1775 map showing the routes taken by the benedict arnold and richard montgomery expeditions into quebec as part of the american invasion of canada 1775 this image is derived from a work of the u s government and as such is in the public domain b southeastern view of danbury image copied from image in john barber historical collections of connecticut new haven b l hamlin 1836 368 this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author s life plus 100 years or fewer c map of new york harbor 1777 cropped from map of the theater of war between the british and the americans carte du théatre de la guerre entre les angais et les américans created by brion de la tour louis in 1777 citation lionel pincus and princess firyal map division the new york public library carte du theatre de la guerre entre les anglais et les américains dressée d aprés les cartes anglaises les plus modernes new york public library digital collections accessed july 27 2026 https digitalcollections nypl org items 99c44430 c52b 012f c8ce 3c075448cc4b the author died in 1803 so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author s life plus 100 years or fewer enjoyed this post click the like button below and enter your email in the right hand column to follow the blog and receive notifications of new posts you can find other installments in this series under the suffering towns of connecticut tab comments and corrections are always welcome share this share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin like loading filed under american revolution suffering towns of connecticut tagged american loyalist american patriot american revolution benedict arnold bergen new jersey captain noble benedict colonel philip bradley connecticut in american revolution danbury connecticut general richard montgomery invasion of canada 1775 staten island leave a comment danbury at war 1776 a loyalist joins the patriot militia posted on july 25 2026 by firelands introduction stephen jarvis jr grew up among his mother s kin the starr family in danbury connecticut but he also spent time with his father s family who lived 25 miles away on the connecticut coast in the lead up to the american revolution the two families were on different sides his mother and her family were patriots his father and the rest of the jarvis family were loyalists stephen naturally followed his father s sentiments but after lexington and concord his loyalties would be tested garrisoning new york with the evacuation of boston in march 1776 some americans thought hostilities were over and the army at cambridge could be disbanded but general george washington knew better the british would be back but where he had placed his bet months before correctly as it turned out on new york city already his soldiers were on their way to the city washington had recognized the importance of new york at the beginning of 1776 and in january he ordered general charles lee to raise troops and garrison the city to speed up preparations to defend the city washington requested that the governors of colonies around the city to send militia to garrison the city and throw up fortifications until the continental regiments arrived governor trumbell of connecticut sent twelve hundred men under colonel s david waterbury jr and andrew ward for a few weeks in february they were relieved in march by another two regiments under general s gold silliman and matthew talcott 1 a tory boy in the patriot army a company of militia from danbury were included in the second call up probably under the command of caleb starr who was a patriot as were the rest of the starr family among the soldiers in his company was his nephew stephen jarvis son of his sister rachel 2 when stephen was drafted his father offered to pay for a substitute but still upset at being forbidden to see amelia stephen refused and vowed that he would go in response his father took him by the arm and threw him out the door after dark stephen returned unobserved and went to his room and bed he remained out of sight the next day which was sunday and on monday he left for the assembly point which was his uncle s house as he passed his father stephen said goodbye but received no reply before the company departed stephen s father appeared he once again berated stephen but when the young man would not relent he ordered horse for him to ride and gave him some money the company arrived at pecks slip near the present day brookline bridge in new york on tuesday and stephen s uncle had him stay in his quarters with him stephen wrote in his memoirs that his uncle had a son with him a little younger than me with whom i spent my time most agreeable during his short stay in new york before the continental army arrived to relieve the militia stephen stayed with his uncle who was overseeing work on fortifications governor s island and then staten island in the harbor off staten island the british frigate asia was anchored close by the stern of the asia lay another british ship the duchess of gordon where the royal governor of new york had sought refuge when forced to leave his mansion in the city his name was william tryon stephen considered finding a way to get aboard and join the british but the opportunity to escape did not present itself to stephen and after a day and a half he and his uncle returned to peek s slip the next morning his cousin woke him up early and told him to look out the window the streets were full of american soldiers from the army in boston relief had arrived and the mission of his uncle s company was done they were dismissed and returned home to danbury return to danbury when he arrived stephen apologized to his father and vowed that he would never serve in the militia again for good measure he also promised that he would abandon his affections for his sweetheart amelia glover of newtown the former promise he had every intention of keeping as for the latter within a few days as soon as i had replenished my wardrobe he set off to see her and they declared their vows of love and constancy his father s reception when he returned home the following day was everything but pleasant because he had joined the militia and gone to new york stephen may have allayed doubts about his patriotism with his patriot neighbors soon he would be tested again but his response would be very different enjoyed this post click the like button below and enter your email in the right hand column to follow the blog and receive notifications of new posts you can find other installments in this series under the suffering towns of connecticut tab comments and corrections are always welcome notes and sources 1 henry p johnston ed the record of connecticut men in the military and naval service during the war of the revolution 1775 1783 hartford ct case lockwood brainard company 1889 387 2 jarvis stephen an american s experience in the british army the connecticut magazine 1907 by francis trevelvan miller vol 11 number 2 193 burgis pratt starr a history of the starr family of new england from the ancestor dr comfort starr of ashford county of kent england who emigrated to boston mass in 1635 containing the names of 6 766 of his descendants and the record of 1 794 families hartford case lockwood brainard co 1879 427 i could not confirm that caleb starr commanded the danbury company but in the cited article stephen jarvis wrote that a brother of my mother was the officer commanding according to the starr history the oldest living brother of his mother rachell starr nee jarvis was cabel starr his memorial in findagrave states caleb starr served as a soldier during the american revolution in the 4th regiment connecticut militia under brigadier general silliman he married beulah gregory find a grave index familysearch https www familysearch org ark 61903 1 1 qvks g5vc tue apr 01 03 02 51 utc 2025 entry for caleb starr caleb starr 1739 1800 find a grave memorial jarvis an american s experience in the british army 193 george a jarvis et al the jarvis family or the descendants of the first settlers of the name in massachusetts and long island and those who have more recently settled in other parts of the united states and british america hartford ct case lockwood and brainard 1879 36 40 275 288 289 3 paul david nelson william tryon and the course of empire a life in british imperial service chapel hill university of north carolina press n d 140 jarvis et al the jarvis family 36 37 jarvis an american s experience in the british army 193 enjoyed this post click the like button below and enter your email in the right hand column to follow the blog and receive notifications of new posts you can find other installments in this series under the suffering towns of connecticut tab comments and corrections are always welcome share this share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin like loading filed under suffering towns of connecticut tagged american loyalist american patriot american revolution general charles lee jarvis family history new york 1776 starr family history stephen jarvis leave a comment danbury at war 1776 the love of his life posted on june 26 2026 by firelands introduction after the american revolution began at lexington and concord the town of danbury connecticut raised a company of patriotic men under the command of captain noble benedict to go to the aid of the militia around boston but instead of going there these men were dispatched to invade canada under the command of brigadier general richard montgomery they did their duty and after the fall of montreal in late november 1775 they were discharged and returned home by the end of the year worn by the campaign but still patriots not all citizens of danbury shared their sentiments some were 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