| Raid on Chester | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the American Revolution | |||||||
 Captain Jonathan Prescott | |||||||
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of Great Britain |
 United States of America | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
|
Jonathan Prescott Captain Jacob Millett |
Noah Stoddard George Wait Babcock Herbert Woodbury [1] | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown |
5 vessels 170 crew members | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| No casualties | 1 dead | ||||||
The Raid on Chester occurred during the American Revolution when the US privateer, Captain Noah Stoddard of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and four other privateer vessels attacked the British settlement at Chester, Nova Scotia on 30 June 1782.[2][3][4] The town was defended by Captain Jonathan Prescott and Captain Jacob Millett.[5][6]
- ^ Capt. John Tibbets (1748–1786)[usurped]
- ^ Eastman, pp. 61–63
- ^ Captain Noah Stoddard died in New Bedford, January 29, 1850, aged 95; a soldier of the Revolution.
- ^ "p.7" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
- ^ History and genealogy of the Houghton family [microform]. 1896. ISBN 9780665084522.
- ^ Note: DesBrisay references Jacob; however, he would have only been age 3. The person in question is more likely to have been Jacob's father, George Millett.