A Visit to Fort Ticonderoga

 

Last month we drove over to Fort Ticonderoga, taking the ferry from Vermont.  I had contacted the museum archives about an ancestor who had served there during the French and Indian War, and I received a prompt reply only a few hours later.  We decided to go see this fort, which had seen action in both the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War, as well as several other conflicts.  

Fort Ticonderoga was built by the French between 1755 and 1757.  It looks very similar to fortifications seen in Quebec City and Louisburg, Nova Scotia.  It was an important military location for conflicts between England and France, and later between England the the American colonies. It is located between Lake Champlain and Lake George, on a trade route in the Hudson Valley.  During the Revolutionary War it was a strategic location in the British attempt to cut off New England from the southern colonies during their Northern Campaign. 

If you had ancestors who fought here during any conflict, the museum at Fort Ticonderoga has an extensive archive. This year they launched a searchable data base online for researchers. There is also an extensive data base of Ticonderoga material online at the American Ancestors (New England Historic Genealogical Society) website.  See below for more information and links. 

In honor of the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War and the birthday of the United States, Fort Ticonderoga is hosting many events for the public.  See their website for more information (the link is listed below).  

The ferry from Larrabee's Point, Vermont to Ticonderoga, New York

For the truly curious:

Fort Ticonderoga:   https://fortticonderoga.org/  

The Fort Ticonderoga Soldiers Project (genealogy):   https://fortticonderoga.org/learn-and-explore/collections/genealogy/   

For inquiries to the archives:   archives@fort-ticonderoga.org   

New England Historic Genealogical Society (American Ancestors) has a searchable data base for men who were engaged in military events at For Ticonderoga.  A membership is required.    https://dbnews.americanancestors.org/2026/06/17/new-database-new-york-fort-ticonderoga/   

A previous 2011 blog post about Fort Ticonderoga:    https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/12/fort-ticonderoga.html  

A blog post on the tombstone of Hannah Choate Burnham, buried in Dunbarton, New Hampshire, the widow of my great uncle many generations removed, who was killed at Ticonderoga in 1758.   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/07/hannah-choate-burnham-died-1805.html  

A blog post about a father and son killed at Ticonderoga, buried at Goffstown, New Hampshire:  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/04/tombstone-tuesday-scots-irish-settler.html  

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To cite/link to this blog post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "A Visit to Fort Ticonderoga", Nutfield Genealogy, posted September 8, 2026, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-visit-to-fort-ticonderoga.html: accessed [access date]).