Raid on Groton

Raid on Groton
Part of King William's War
DateJuly 27, 1694
Location
Result French and Indian victory
Belligerents

Kingdom of England England

Kingdom of France France

Wabanaki Confederacy

Commanders and leaders
Claude-Sébastien de Villieu; Louis-Pierre Thury
Strength
unknown 250 Abenaki Indians
Casualties and losses
killed 20 people and took 13 captive unknown

The Raid on Groton happened during King William's War, on July 27, 1694, at Groton, Massachusetts. This was one of numerous attacks against the settlement in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The village had been raided during King Philip's War and temporarily abandoned by numerous families. It was also raided in June 1707 during Queen Anne's War.

During this extended period of repeated conflicts, both the French and English, and their respective First Nations allies, did a brisk trade in captives. They sometimes conducted high-level prisoner exchanges. Some captives were ransomed by families or communities; others were adopted by Mohawk families in the mission village of Kahnawake, or, similarly, by Huron (Wyandot) or Abenaki in other villages.