Darien in the Revolution

Rev. Mather's congregation captured. Tier 2 - One sourced story.

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[Verified] In July 1781, Tory raiders captured Rev. Moses Mather and 26 of his parishioners from the Middlesex parish (now Darien). They spent five months in a British prison ship. - Mather Homestead

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