I've been watching the new TV show, Turn, on AMC that tells the story of the Culver Spy Ring. This was a group of spies based out of Fairfield, Connecticut and run by Benjamin Tallmadge that worked with others, Abraham Woodhull (played by Jamie Bell on the show) that were based in Long Island and passed information about troop movements, etc. The show is beautifully filmed (though in Virginia, not New England) and I've found it really interesting.

My family has tenuous links to the Culver Spy Ring through my mother's grandfather, Frank Garfield Beers, who was descended  from Andrew Eliot, D.D. through his daughter Sarah, who married Joseph Squires of Fairfield. The Squire descendents eventually married into the Beers family.
Andrew Eliot D.D. was the pastor of the New North Church in Boston and was one of the few ministers who remained in the city during the Revolutionary War (the letters shown were sent to his son describing the seige).

His son and Sarah's brother, also named Andrew, was minister of the Congregational Church in Fairfield, Connecticut. There are a series of letters written from the younger Andrew to his father that refer to the spy activities going on in Fairfield at the time. A book called Missing Links to the Culper Spy Ring by Bernadette Fawcett details the letters and shows how involved the Eliots were in the spy ring.

As I said, the TV show is excellent and I heartily recommend it to lovers of American history.

Frank Garfield Beers

Frank Garfield Beers was the father of Martha Post, my grandmother.
Frank Garfield Beers was a member of the Hollis Grange at Hollis,
Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States of America. He was a
farmer and the picture is his home in Hollis, New Hampshire. He managed Ross Farm in West Medway, Mass, a farm in Middlefield,
CT, Seven Gates Farm in Tisbury (Martha's Vineyard), Mass, and farms in
Proctersville, VT, Gardner and Littleton, Mass, before purchasing a dairy
farm of his own in Hollis, NH which he called Maple Way Farm. He was He
was a member of the Congregational Church. He was born on 3 Oct 1886 at
Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States of America, son of James Benjamin
Beers and Anna Louise Betts. He appeared on
the census of 1900 in the household of James Benjamin Beers and Anna
Louise Beers at Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States of
America. His daughter by Jennie Post, Martha Post, was born on 29 Jul
1904 at New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States of America. He was probably
working at the nearby Beers farm in this time period, but before the birth moved with his family
to Medway, Massachusetts. Apparently, there was some talk of marriage (per Martha's birth record),
but he married Ida Holbrook Adams, daughter of Charles M Adams
and Mamie Holbrook, on 1 Jan 1907 at West Medway, Norfolk,
Massachusetts, United States of America. He and Ida Holbrook Adams
appeared on the census of 1910 at Middlefield, Middlesex, Connecticut,
United States of America. He began military service at Gardner, Worcester,
Massachusetts, United States of America, 1. Name: Frank Garfield Beers
2. Address: Gardner Mass
3. Born: Oct 3, 1886
4. Natural born citizen
5. Place of birth: Redding Connecticut USA
6. --
7. Occupation: Herdsman
8. Place of Work: Heyward Farm, Gardner, Mass
9. Dependents: wife and four children
10. Military Service: No
11. Reason not to serve: Dependency wife & children.
He and Ida Holbrook Adams appeared on the census of 1920 at Twenty-mile Stream Road,
Cavendish, Windsor, Vermont, United States of America. He and Ida Holbrook
Adams appeared on the census of 1930 at Newtown Rd, Littleton,
Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America. He died on 25 Apr 1949 at Hollis,
Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States of America, at age 62. Obituary reads:
Frank G. Beers
Hollis, April 26 - Frank G. Beers, 62, well-known dairy farmer and a Hollis
resident for many years, died at his home on North Pepperell rd early this
morning. He was born in Reading, Conn. Oct 3, 1886, son of the late James
B. Beers and Anna (Bates) Beers.
He came to this town from Littleton, Mass.
Mr. Beers was a member of the Hollis Congregational church and was active
in the Hollis grange.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs Ida (Adams) Beers of Hollis, two sons,
Charles Beers of Townsend, Mass and Lee P. Beers of this town, two
daughters, Mrs. Ida Winslow of Littleton and Mrs Ruth Pineo of Hollis, five
grandchildren, two brothers, Andrew Beers of Wareham, Mass and James Beers
of West Medway, Mass; one sister, Mrs Anna Gibbs of Sagamore, Mass; several
nieces, nephews, and cousins on 26 Apr 1949 at Hollis, Hillsborough, New
Hampshire, United States of America. He Funeral Notice
Beers - Died in Hollis, NH, Tuesday April 26th, Frank G Beers. Funeral
services will be held in the Hollis Congregational church, Thursday April
28th at 2 PM. Friends are invited on 26 Apr 1949 at Hollis, Hillsborough,
New Hampshire, United States of America.