Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-06-24
THE NEW HAVEN SOCIETY.

Daughters of the American Revolu.
tion-It Is Named the Mary Clap
Wooster Chapter - Another New
Haven Chapter May be Formed.
At the last regular meeting of the Soci-
ETY. of the D. A. R., a number of new
daughters" presented themselves as can
didates for admission and their Revolt
tionary records were placed on dle.
By . ruling of the national society no
chapter can enroll more than 100 mem
bers, and as the quota Of the present Or
ganization will doubtless SOON be filed, 1t
il possible that second chapter may bs
formed in this city during the year. The
organization Is made up of representative
women from the literary and social circles
Of New Haven-women who are very
proud of their Revolutionary ancestry
and 1t is differed as follows: Regent, Miss
Emily Louise Gerry, the only living
daughter of a signer of the Declaration of
Independence; vice regent, Mrs. Morris F.
Tyler, whose great grandfather, Commo-
dore Audubon, served under Rechambeau
| and Lafayette; registrar, Mrs. George f.
Newcomb, whose great grandfather was q
| member of the Sixth Connecticut regi-
| ment; secretary, Mrs. Edward 81. Jenkins,
whose great grandfather was brigadier
| general of the Connecticut troops; treas
| tionary ancestor was colonel of the Second
Virginia regiment; historian, Mrs. Virginia
a. Curtiss, whose great grandfather was a
minute man at Lexington and also served
under General Gates. An important item
| of business at the last meeting WAS the
formal christening of the society.
1t was unanimously voted to name it
The Mary Clap Wooster Chapter of the
National Society of the Daughters of the
American Revolution. Mary was the
elder daughter of the Rev. Thomas Clap,
fifth president of Yale university. In 1745
she married David Wooster, afterward
neoticut troops. The social position, cul
ture and wealth of the Woosters gave them
many and rare opportunities for serving
society and their country, and among
these opportunities was one of special i'm
port which they did not dream of neglect
ing. Troops were officially called into the
field, and expenses assumed by the gov.
eminent, but unfortunately there was ne
adequate fund upon which to draw for tn.
necessary outlay. General and Mrs. Woos
ter, from their respective private
| A.
its extremity, by contributing large sum-
toward the payment of Connecticut troop
for their services. The receipts and vouch
ers for these expenditures were destroyed
by the British when they invaded New Ia
ven, and among other depredadons, pill
LACED the Wooster home, which was locate'
!. on George street near the foot of Colleg
street. General Wooster's death in 1T
left his wife in such reduced pecuniary cir
cumstances that shortly after her widow
: hood she was thrown into the poor debtor
prison because of her inability to meet cul
rent expenses. Captain Townsend, in hi
admirable history of the invasion of Ne,
. Haven, says: Madame Wooster was hel
' self a heroine of the Revolutionary type
! strong in mind and bold and earnest i
: character, and with q presence and name
so dignifed and imposing as to awe int
reverence the drunken British soldiers VIII
subsequently sacked her mansion" I
! honor of this high-hearted heroine of Re,
{ olutionary times. the patriotic women {
}. New Haven have named their chapter fc
J. Mary Clap Wooster.