SOLDIERS 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR 
 
 A CRITICAL ACCOUNT OF THAT WAR 
 
 A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE INDIAN WARS OF 
 NEW ENGLAND FROM 1620-1677 
 
 OFFICIAL LISTS OF THE SOLDIERS OF MASSACHUSETTS COLONY 
 
 SERVING IN PHILIP S WAR, AND SKETCHES OF THE PRINCIPAL 
 
 OFFICERS, COPIES OF ANCIENT DOCUMENTS AND 
 
 RECORDS RELATING TO THE WAR 
 
 LISTS OF THE NARRAGANSET GRANTEES OF THE UNITED 
 
 COLONIES 
 
 MASSACHUSETTS, PLYMOUTH, AND CONNECTICUT 
 WITH AN APPENDIX 
 
 BY 
 
 GEORGE MADISON BODGE, A.B. 
 
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 MEMBER OF THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, AND CHAPLAIN 
 OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 
 
 LEOMINSTER, MASS. 
 
 PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR 
 1896 
 
Copyright, 1896 
 
 GEORGE MADISON BODGE 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 THE principal purpose of the author, in preparing this volume, 
 has been the presentation of a concise and accurate account of 
 the events of the Indian wars in New England, with lists of offi 
 cers, soldiers, military committees, scouts, and others engaged 
 therein, as full and correct as possible. Material has been drawn 
 from all available sources, viz. : The official records of the 
 three colonies, Massachusetts, Plymouth, and Connecticut; 
 Rhode Island, as a non-combatant community, not being counted 
 into the league. In addition r to these sources, the Colonial Ar 
 chives have been diligently searched for unpublished documents, as 
 well as the Registry, Probate, and Court Records, and documents 
 of the several counties. I have consulted all known published 
 histories and accounts of the early times : Bradford, the Mortons, 
 Prince, and Winthrop ; with diaries and " personal accounts," 
 like those published by Capt. John Mason, Capt. John Under 
 bill, Lieut. Lion Gardener, P. Vincent, and others, together with 
 later historians, Hubbard, the Mathers, father and son, and 
 later yet, and of less authority, those like Benjamin Church. 
 Then again Town and Church Records, family bibles, and local 
 traditions have all been noted, and brought to give evidence. 
 
 The basis, however, of the main body of the work, the services 
 of the soldiers in Philip s War, is drawn from the ancient account- 
 books of Mr. John Hull, Treasurer-at-war of Massachusetts 
 Colony, from 1675-1678. 
 
 A word of explanation concerning these precious old books may 
 be in order here. In former times the books and papers kept by 
 public officers were retained by them, at the close of their official 
 terms, as their private property. It is not known just how these 
 books were handed down, but the Journal, the most important, 
 was discovered in the possession of Dr. John Gilbert, of Boston, 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 by Mr. Isaac Child, and at his suggestion, kindly transferred 
 to the New England Historic Genealogical Society, about fifty 
 years ago. Two Ledgers, belonging to the same set of accounts, 
 were acquired by the same society later, and have since been pre 
 served in their safe, with many other precious documents. The 
 old Journal was in a dilapidated condition when found by Mr. 
 Child, and the society employed him to repair and index the 
 volume, which he did with great patience and skill. Many parts 
 of the book are now almost illegible, and few except experts can 
 reconstruct the names ; while other parts are as plain as on the 
 day of writing. This Journal contains accounts of debt and 
 credit with everybody who had any dealing with the Colony of 
 Massachusetts in relation to the war of 1675-78. The pages of 
 the Journal, after the first and up to the fourteenth, are missing, 
 but the first Ledger, fortunately, covers these pages so that it 
 is possible to restore them entire. The first accounts show the 
 names of those who furnished money, means, and material for 
 the war. Then follow the individual accounts of the officers, 
 soldiers, and others of every class, who served the Colony in this 
 war, under the general account, " Military Service." These 
 credits show that every soldier, on presenting himself to the pay 
 master, must produce a certificate of service, or "debenture," 
 signed by his commanding officer. Mr. Hull s system of book 
 keeping was a quaint sort of " double-entry," or " mixed-method." 
 It was very exhaustive, giving to every species of transaction a 
 separate ledger account, as well as to every individual mentioned 
 in the Journal. Some of these accounts are very curious and 
 suggestive, for instance : " Bisket," " Liquors," " Ammunission," 
 "Wast-Coats and Drawers," "Tobaco & Pipes," "Wounded 
 Men," "Contingencies," "Woolves," "Quakers," "Captives," 
 " Distressed-Dutchmen," " Scalpes," " Perquisites," " Queries." 
 Many pages are lost from the last part of this book, while the 
 time covered by the part left is much the most important of the 
 war. The Journal accounts extend from June 25, 1675, to Sep 
 tember 23, 1676. The first Ledger, beginning with the above 
 Journal, contains now two-hundred and twenty double pages, on 
 which is posted about half the matter in the Journal accounts. 
 Both these books must have been originally much larger than at 
 present. There is a later mixed Journal-Ledger, covering the 
 years 1677 and 1678, in part, and indicating a closing-up of the 
 
PREFACE. Vll 
 
 war accounts. Further explanation is given on page 446 of this 
 volume. 
 
 In searching these books for the name of one who served in the 
 Indian war, the present writer discovered the importance of the 
 accounts in the matter of the Indian war of 1675. Every soldier 
 who served in that war is credited with military service, and the 
 name of the officer under whom or the garrison at which he 
 served is given in the credit. The date at which payment is 
 made is given in the " Cash " account, but the time and place of 
 service is not designated, nor is the residence or any further 
 information about the soldier given. Some of the soldiers served 
 at different times and under different officers. The best method 
 therefore of arranging the men in companies was found to be that 
 of following the names of the officers as they occur in the credits. 
 The names were thus gathered from the Journal, and placed in 
 companies with their officers. Then the fortunes of each com 
 pany were followed as carefully as possible throughout the sev 
 eral campaigns of the war. But it was found that a great 
 amount of unpublished material is still preserved in our State 
 Archives, County and Town Records, and elsewhere ; and this, 
 in the light of the great number of names identified in these 
 credits as soldiers, becomes available and interesting as history. 
 Additional material has been gathered and incorporated here 
 from all sources, whenever it would add to the sum of knowledge 
 concerning the war. 
 
 The officers and soldiers, many of them, served in several, 
 some in all, the different campaigns ; and thus, in following their 
 fortunes, it was necessary to go over the same events many times, 
 so as to marshal the various companies in order in the military 
 operations. 
 
 It will be seen that by this method of arrangement a great 
 amount of important material has been massed together con 
 veniently for the study of history, while the story of the war has 
 not been followed by consecutive events, but according to the 
 experience of individual officers and companies. This incon 
 venience has been obviated by the preparation of the Introductory 
 Chapter, which presents the course of events in consecutive 
 order. 
 
 The first edition of the work was published in 1892, and soon 
 exhausted. By numerous applications for the book, and by the 
 
viii PREFACE. 
 
 advice of many who knew the value of the work, I decided to 
 issue a second edition, though this involved the expense of 
 reprinting the volume entire. Contemplating at first only the 
 reissue of the former work, I expected that two months would 
 be sufficient time to complete the matter. I soon saw, however, 
 the opportunity to immensely increase the value of the book by 
 including, in the Introductory Chapter, an account of the Indian 
 wars of New England from the beginning. The time and labor 
 involved in this addition are not seen in the result, but my 
 readers will be saved much time and perplexity by the matter 
 here gathered. 
 
 In revising and recasting the former work, I corrected all proof 
 by original documents, and was delighted to find that very few 
 corrections were needed. Having in mind the new demand for 
 critical accuracy imposed by the growing interest in American 
 genealogy and biography, and especially in the patriotic societies, 
 like the " Society of Colonial Wars," I have spared no pains to 
 make my book absolute!} 7 " correct. I have tested the lists of 
 names, the dates, and other matter, from Hull s accounts, and am 
 confident that they are entirely accurate. I have realized the 
 importance of absolute accuracy here, since any one who can 
 trace descent from one of these who are credited with military 
 service, has an indisputable claim to membership in the above- 
 named society. 
 
 Much new material has been added in the body of the work, 
 besides the new chapters at the end. The footnotes from the 
 former edition have been mostly embodied in the text. The lists 
 of the Narraganset Grantees have been collected by me after a 
 diligent research extending over many years. The old Proprietors 
 Records are widely scattered, and several are in private hands, 
 but, with one exception, my lists are copied directly from the 
 original, and that list, " Narraganset No. 1," was copied and 
 published by such a careful hand, and is so fully confirmed by 
 Hull s credits, that I consider it of the highest authority. These 
 lists form an entirely new department, while logically following 
 the previous story of the great war of 1675-7. 
 
 There is no doubt that Plymouth and Connecticut Colonies 
 had treasurers accounts, like these of Massachusetts, and it is an 
 irreparable loss to history that none are found preserved. In 
 order to remedy this defect in a slight degree I have tried to 
 
PREFACE. IX 
 
 gather items relating to the wars in those colonies from every 
 available source. The " Voluntown lists " of Connecticut, and 
 those of Numbers 4 and 7 of Massachusetts, relating to Plymouth 
 Colony, will be found important additions. 
 
 Into the Appendix, as well as the " list of later credits," I 
 have tried to crowd all items bearing directly upon the Indian 
 wars of New England, in order to make my volume complete in 
 itself. I have given the lists of governors and deputy-governors 
 of the three colonies from 1620 to 1687. The " triple alliance " 
 for war with the Indians shut out the Rhode Island Colony, 
 " on doctrinal grounds," so that she won no glory in the war 
 save that which crowns the " Good Samaritan." 
 
 The Indexes have been prepared with utmost care for the 
 convenience and help of the readers, but no extended analysis 
 of the relations of names has been attempted. Cross-references 
 have been made in cases where the relation might not be readily 
 noted. 
 
 My new volume has grown to nearly one hundred pages 
 beyond the first promise to my subscribers, with an added 
 expense of several hundred dollars and a delay of some six 
 months. I am consoled by the thought that my present loss is 
 to be a permanent gain to my readers. 
 
 In the course of my labors I have received encouragement and 
 kindly assistance from many, some of whose names are mentioned 
 in connection with special favors : To Mr. John Ward Dean and 
 Mr. W. P. Greenlaw, of the New England Historic Genealogical 
 Society ; Dr. Samuel A. Green, Mr. Charles J. Hoadly, Mr. J. C. J. 
 Brown, Hon. George Sheldon, Mr. H. E. Waite, Mr. Walter K. 
 Watkins, Capt. Philip Reade, Mr. Seymour Morris, Mr. Rowland 
 Pell, and many others, I wish here to renew the assurance of my 
 appreciation of their courtesy and kindness. To the members 
 of my own family, too, for their continued patient help, my word 
 of appreciation may properly be spoken here ; and especially 
 along these pages I shall always find familiar traces of the faith 
 ful " vanished hand " of my beloved daughter, May Alice Bodge, 
 whose loving earthly service closed just before this volume was 
 completed. And to the advance subscribers, who have responded 
 with such ready interest to my prospectus, I wish to say that my 
 own satisfaction with the volume will be measured largely by 
 the satisfaction and help which they receive from it. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 One other element of satisfaction will enter into my enjoyment 
 of the completed work : I have been able, in the course of it, to 
 settle some disputed questions by the discovery of new testi 
 mony, to assign to their proper places of honor some of the old- 
 time leaders, and to do some measure of tardy justice to many a 
 brave and true but long-forgotten name, by summoning again, 
 from their two centuries of oblivion, these dusky battalions of 
 the "First American Army," and marshalling them, "roster, 
 rank, and file," upon the permanent page of American history. 
 
 GEORGE M. BODGE. 
 
 LEOMINSTER, MASS., August 10, 1896. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 GIVING A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE INDIAN WARS IN 
 
 NEW ENGLAND, 1620-1677 1 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 BEGINNING OF HOSTILITIES, CAPT. HENCHMAN S COMPANY, 45 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 CAPT. SAMUEL MOSELY AND HIS COMPANY .... 59 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 CAVALRY COMPANIES, OR "TROOPS," OF CAPT. PRENTICE, 
 
 LIEUT. OAKES, AND CAPT. NICHOLAS PAIGE . . 79 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 MAJOR THOMAS SAVAGE, HIS FORCES AND OPERATIONS . 87 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 CAPTS. THOMAS WHEELER AND EDWARD HUTCHINSON, AT 
 
 BROOKFIELD ". . 102 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 MAJOR SIMON WILLARD, HIS MILITARY OPERATIONS AND 
 
 MEN . . ... . . . . . .119 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 CAPTS. RICHARD BEERS, THOMAS LATHROP, AND THEIR 
 
 COMPANIES . . 127 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 MAJOR SAMUEL APPLETON, HIS OPERATIONS AND MEN . 142 
 
Xll CONTENTS. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. PAGE 
 
 CAPT. ISAAC JOHNSON AND HIS COMPANY . , . . 159 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 CAPT. JOSEPH GARDINER AND HIS COMPANY . . . 164 
 
 CHAPTER XL 
 
 CAPT. NATHANIEL DAVENPORT AND HIS COMPANY . . 168 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 CAPT. JAMES OLIVER AND HIS COMPANY .... 173 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 NARRAGANSET CAMPAIGN ; THE " SWAMP FORT " BATTLE, 179 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 CLOSE OF THE NARRAGANSET CAMPAIGN ; THE " HUNGRY 
 
 MARCH " 199 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 CAPT. BROCKLEBANK S COMPANY; MARLBOROUGH GARRISON, 206 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 CAPT. SAMUEL WADSWORTH ; THE SUDBURY FIGHT . . 218 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 CAPT. WILLIAM TURNER; THE FALLS FIGHT . ... 232 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 CAPTS. JONATHAN POOLE, THOMAS BRATTLE, AND COM 
 PANIES . . . . . . . . . 258 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 CAPT. JOSEPH SILL AND HIS COMPANY .... 266 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 VARIOUS OFFICERS AND COMPANIES ..... 276 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 MAJOR RICHARD WALDERNE S OPERATIONS AND MEN . 293 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 CAPT. WILLIAM HATHORNE AND HIS MEN . 318 
 
CONTENTS. Xiii 
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. PAGE 
 
 CAPT. JOSHUA SCOTTOW AND HIS BLACK POINT GARRISON, 325 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 CAPTS. BENJAMIN SWETT AND MICHAEL PEIRSE . . 342 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 
 LANCASTER AND OTHER GARRISONS ; " ASSIGNMENT OP 
 
 WAGES " 351 
 
 CHAPTER XXVI. 
 PHILIP, CANONCHET, AND OTHER HOSTILE INDIANS . . 377 
 
 CHAPTER XXVII. 
 
 THE " CHRISTIAN INDIANS " OF NEW ENGLAND . . . 389 
 
 CHAPTER XXVIII. 
 
 NARRAGANSET TOWNSHIPS, ADDITIONAL CREDITS, ETC. . 406 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 ADDITIONAL MATTER RELATING TO THE THREE COLONIES : 
 
 PLYMOUTH COLONY ........ 455 
 
 Governors, 1620-1692. Capt. Myles Standish. List of Cap 
 tains and Lieutenants of Militia. Organization of Militia, etc. 
 Active Military Service in 1637 and 1645. Military Supplies, 1645. 
 Additional Items concerning Philip s War, in Plymouth Colony. 
 
 CONNECTICUT COLONY . . . . . . . 464 
 
 Governors and Lieutenant-Governors, 1639-1689. Military 
 Affairs in Connecticut Colony. Lists of Soldiers. First Con 
 necticut Cavalry. Military Officers previous to and during 
 Philip s War. Windsor Troopers, 1676. Roster of Officers of 
 Connecticut Militia. 
 
 MASSACHUSETTS COLONY 469 
 
 Governors and Deputy-Governors. Earliest Military Affairs. 
 Captains Underbill and Patrick. Arms and Ammunition. Official 
 Roster of Militia, 1630-1637. Ancient Manual of Arms. Major- 
 Generals of Massachusetts, 1644-1686. Organization of the 
 Colonial Mil;tia, some Years previous to and during Philip s War. 
 Capt. Mosely s " Volunteers." Sale of Indian Captives by Massa 
 chusetts Colony. 
 
 LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS 481 
 
 INDEX OF NAMES ......... 487 
 
 INDEX OF PLACES 500 
 
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. 
 
 CONTAINING A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE INDIAN 
 WARS OF NEW ENGLAND FROM 1620 TO 1677. 
 
 first event in the Indian wars of New England, as related 
 A to its settlement by our forefathers, occurred on the 8th of ^ 
 
 December, 1620, while a company of the Pilgrims were 
 coasting along the shores towards Plymouth Bay, in their shal 
 lop. The story is briefly, but graphically, told by Nathaniel 
 Morton, for many years clerk of the Colony, and the author of 
 what he called " New England s Memorial." 
 
 After relating their experiences in Cape Cod Harbor, during the 
 month of November, he says : 
 
 " On the 6th of December they concluded to send out their 
 shallop again on a third discovery. The names of those who 
 went upon this discovery were 
 
 " Mr. John Carver, Mr. William Bradford, Mr. Edward Wins- 
 low, Capt. Miles Standish, Mr. John Howland, Mr. Richard 
 Warren, Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Mr. Edward Tilly, Mr. John 
 Tilly, Mr. Clark, Mr. Coppin, John Allerton, Thomas English, 
 and Edward Doten, with the master gunner of the ship, and three 
 of the common seamen. These set sail on Wednesday, the sixth 
 day of December, 1620, intending to circulate the deep bay of 
 Cape Cod, the weather being very cold, so as the spray of the sea 
 lighting on the coats they were as if they had been glazed ; not 
 withstanding, that night they got down into the bottom of the 
 bay, and as they drew near the shore, they saw some ten or 
 twelve Indians, and landed about a league off them (but with 
 some difficulty, by reason of the shoals in that place) where they 
 tarried that night. Next morning they divided their company to 
 coast along, some on shore and some in the boat, where they saw 
 the Indians had been the day before, cutting up a fish like a 
 grampus ; and so they ranged up and down all that day, but 
 found no people, nor any place they liked, as fit for their settle 
 ment; and that night, they on shore met their boat at a certain 
 creek where they made them a barricado of boughs and logs, for 
 their lodging that night, and, being weary, betook themselves to 
 rest. 
 
1 _ THE PILGRIMS WARS. 
 
 " The next morning about five o clock (seeking guidance and 
 protection from God by prayer,) and refreshing themselves in 
 way of preparation, to persist on their intended expedition, some 
 of them carried their arms down to the boat, having laid them 
 up in their coats from the moisture of the weather ; but others 
 said they would not carry theirs until they went themselves. 
 But presently, all on a sudden, about the dawning of the day, 
 they heard a great and strange cry, and one of their company 
 being on board, came hastily in and cried, Indians ! Indians ! 
 and withal, their arrows came flying amongst them ; on which 
 all their men ran with speed to recover their arms ; as by God s 
 good providence they did. In the meantime some of those that 
 were ready, discharged two muskets at them, and two more 
 stood ready at the entrance of their rendezvous, but were com 
 manded not to shoot until they could take full aim at them ; and 
 the other two charged again with all speed, for there were only 
 four that had arms there, and defended the barricado which was 
 first assaulted. The cry of the Indians was dreadful, especially 
 when they saw the men run out of their rendezvous towards the 
 shallop, to recover their arms, the Indians wheeling about upon 
 them ; but some running out with coats of mail and cuttle-axes 
 in their hands, they soon recovered their arms, and discharged 
 amongst them, and stayed their violence. Notwithstanding there 
 was a lusty man, and no less valiant, stood behind a tree within 
 half a musket shot, and let his arrows fly amongst them ; he was 
 seen to shoot three arrows, which were all avoided, and stood 
 three shot of musket, until one taking full aim at him, made the 
 bark or splinters of the tree fly about his ears, after which he gave 
 an extraordinary shriek, and away they went all of them ; and so 
 leaving some to keep the shallop, they followed them about a 
 quarter of a mile, that they might conceive that they were not 
 afraid of them, or any way discouraged. 
 
 " Thus it pleased God to vanquish their enemies, and to give 
 them deliverance, and by his special providence so to dispose, that 
 not any of them was either hurt or hit though their arrows came 
 close by them ; and sundry of their coats, which hung up in the 
 barricado, were shot through and through. For which salvation 
 and deliverance they rendered solemn thanksgiving unto the 
 Lord." 
 
 ,/ This was the first battle with the Indians, and the scene of it 
 was called by them at that time " First Encounter." This 
 spot is in the present town of Eastham. They picked up eigh 
 teen of the Indian arrows and sent them home to England by 
 " Master Jones." Some of the arrows were headed with brass, 
 some with hart s horn, and some with eagle s claws. It was 
 late at night, and in a heavy storm, that they with much 
 difficulty made what is now Plymouth Harbor, and lay-to 
 under the lee of the Island, which they named " Clark s Island," 
 
THE PILGRIMS AND MASSASOIT. 3 
 
 because Mr. Clark of their company was the first to step ashore 
 next morning. Here they remained the next day, and here, on 
 the next, kept the memorable Sabbath. 
 
 The following Monday they explored Plymouth Bay and re 
 solved on this locality for their settlement, and so returned to 
 their ship at Provincetown Harbor. 
 
 The Landing of the Pilgrims was made on Dec. 21, 1620, at 
 the place known to the Indians as Patuxit, now Plymouth. 
 
 During the terrible scenes of the following Winter, the Indians, 
 from time to time, showed themselves at a long distance watch 
 ing their movements, but not troubling. In March, however, the 
 famous Samoset came boldly into their midst and addressed them 
 in broken English. He made them understand that he was from 
 the Eastern part of the coast, and had known certain English 
 fishermen, from whom he had learned the language. He was 
 very friendly and helpful to the Pilgrims ever afterwards, in 
 many ways. He told them of another Indian, Squanto or Tis- 
 quanto, of the tribes near this place, who had been in England, 
 and could speak English better than himself. Kindly entertained 
 by the English, he came to them again shortly afterwards, bring 
 ing some other Indians with him, and announced a visit to be 
 made in a few days by the great Sachem, Massasoit, who came 
 five days later, with the above-mentioned Squanto, and the chief 
 of his friends arid attendants. Massasoit was Sachem of what ^/ 
 had been a large and powerful people, but now greatly weakened 
 by the fearful devastations of a plague, which had swept away a 
 large part of his tribes along the coast, a few years only before 
 the English landed at Plymouth. His residence, at this time, 
 was at Sowams, or Sowamset (now a part of Barrington, R.I.). 
 His dominion extended over the Massachusetts tribes as far as 
 the Charles River, and it is supposed that the Pawtucket was 
 the boundary between his people, known as the Wampanoags, 
 and the Narragansets. The Cape Indians gave him allegiance, 
 and all that part of Rhode Island east of Narraganset Bay. One 
 residence of his was at Mount Hope, not far from the present 
 city of Fall River, which became afterwards the permanent resi 
 dence of his son Philip, or Metacom. On the occasion of Massa- 
 soit s visit, a treaty of peace was arranged between him and the 
 English. This treaty was for help against other tribes and out-Lx / 
 side enemies : a league, indeed, for natural protection. It was 
 the first treaty ever made in New England, and was the most 
 important. The Wampanoags, in their present weakened condi 
 tion, feared the power of the strong and warlike Narragansets, so 
 that this league of defence was as necessary to them as to the 
 English ; and to the small band of Pilgrims it meant nothing less 
 than their salvation, since it threw their frontier fifty miles away 
 instead of one, and united their interests with a great tribe, who 
 were made strong by this league itself. After this treaty, 
 
4 THE PILGRIMS WARS. 
 
 Squanto remained at Plymouth as the interpreter and counsellor 
 of the English. The treaty was faithfully kept by Massasoit 
 while he lived. The dominion properly belonging to the Wam- 
 
 /anoags was known as Pokanoket. 
 The next trouble had with the Indians, after this treaty, was 
 caused by an Indian chief named Corbitant, who lived near 
 Nemasket, now Middleborough. Squanto had been joined at 
 Plymouth by another friendly and influential Indian named 
 Hobomak, and the two were sent out as agents of the English, 
 among the tribes, to manage their trade in fur and other com 
 modities. Corbitant provoked a quarrel, and attempted to stab 
 Hobomak, who escaped to Plymouth and reported the assault, 
 and his fears that Squanto had been slain. Immediately Capt. 
 Miles Standish and fourteen men inarched to the Indian town 
 and beset the wigwam of Corbitant, but found him gone. But 
 they found Squanto had not been killed. In the attack upon 
 Corbitant s wigwam, two or three of the natives were unin 
 tentionally wounded, and these were brought to Plymouth, and 
 kindly cared for by the English. After this, several of the sur- 
 ounding chiefs came in and declared their friendship, and 
 Corbitant himself, through Massasoit, sought to make peace with 
 them. In September of this year (1621) a shallop was fitted 
 out with ten men, and Squanto as guide and interpreter, and 
 explored Massachusetts Bay along the shores of Dorchester, 
 Boston, and the peninsula between the Mystic and the Charles 
 Rivers. They were welcomed to this vicinity by Obbatinewat, 
 the Sagamore of Shawmut. He accompanied them across the 
 Charles River, and they tried to find the Squaw-Sachem of the 
 remnants of the Massachusetts tribes, widow of the great Sachem, 
 Nanepashemet, but were unsuccessful. 
 
 During November, 1621, a messenger came from the Narra- 
 gansets, bearing a challenge to war, as Squanto explained it, 
 a snake-skin filled with arrows. For answer, Gov. Bradford 
 filled the snake-skin with powder and bullets and sent it back to 
 the Sachem, Canonicus, with the word that he was ready for 
 either war or peace. Then the Pilgrims fortified their houses 
 with palisades and set a guard at night, and arranged their 
 fighting force in order for defence. During the Summer of 1622 
 they built a timber fort, " strong and comely, with flat roof and 
 battlements ; " upon this, ordnance was mounted, and a watch 
 kept. The fort also served as a place of worship. The 
 " unruly " company, which came in Robert Cushman s ship, in 
 1621, and had lived upon the hospitality of the Pilgrims through 
 the Winter and Spring, reducing their Colony to the verge of a 
 famine, went away in August, to form a new plantation at a place 
 since called Weymouth, under the grant to Mr. Thomas Weston. 
 These colonists proved to be an indolent and wayward set, 
 abused the confidence of the Indians, and finally caused a 
 
CAPT. STANDISH AT WEYMOUTU. 5 
 
 threatened outbreak, which rumor having come to the ears of 
 the Governor, by a message from Massasoit, by Hobomak, Capt. 
 Miles Standish, with a company of eight men, with Hobomak as 
 guide, for he would not excite the suspicions of the Indians 
 with a larger company, marched to Wessaguscus r ( Wey mouth), 
 whence a certain Phineas Prat had fled, half famished, and disclosed 
 a pitiful story of the destitution of Mr. Weston s colony. Capt. 
 Standish found these men in great suffering, but not suspecting 
 any plot of the Indians. Hobomak had discovered that the gen 
 eral assault upon the settlers was to be begun here upon the 
 weakened and helpless men of Wessaguscus, and then this should 
 be the signal for a general attack of all the tribes in the league, 
 no less than seven distinct tribes being in the plot. 
 
 Soon after the arrival of the Captain and his men, an Indian 
 came into the settlement as if for trade, and soon went away 
 without molestation ; but the Captain suspected that he knew 
 the purpose of their coming. Soon after, Peksuot, a chief of 
 bold spirit, came in and told Hobomak that he understood that 
 Capt. Standish had come to kill him and the rest of the 
 Indians there, and dared him to begin. Then Wittuwamet and 
 other Indians, in increasing numbers, began to come amongst 
 them, growing more and more insulting, flourishing their knives 
 and boasting of their strength. Finally, after bearing with their 
 insults a long time, the Captain and his men managed to get 
 Peksuot and Wittuwamet into a room together, with a few 
 others, and then made a sudden attack upon them, disarmed and 
 killed them, Peksuot being slain with his own knife, in the hands 
 of the Captain, and Wittuwamet by the others. They then 
 gave orders to Weston s men to kill the Indians with them, of 
 whom they killed two. Then the Captain and his men began a 
 general hunt for all Indians about, intending to make a sweep 
 of all; but the Indians, getting news of the intention, fled. 
 Winslow and Standish have been blamed for this sanguinary 
 performance, but it was probably a question of killing or being 
 killed, with them. 
 
 The English believed that for their own safety they must try- 
 to strike terror to the tribes, so they set the head of Wittuwamet 
 upon the battlements of their block-house. The terror inspired 
 by the English guns was so great, that many of the Indians fled 
 into the swamps and woods, and many perished from cold and 
 hunger, in their wanderings. 
 
 However harsh these measures may appear to us now, we have 
 to remember the precarious situation in which the Pilgrims were 
 placed, a small hamlet on the shore of a vast unknown wilder 
 ness, with countless hosts of savages swarming about, and only 
 restrained by a wholesome fear of the English firearms and the 
 sturdy courage of Standish and his "men-at-arms." The Pil 
 grims themselves had hitherto treated all Indians who came in 
 
6 THE PEQUOD WAR. 
 
 a friendly manner, with kindness and justice. The roystering 
 sailors, who had spent a Winter in the Colony, and the unruly 
 elements of Weston s men, had cajoled, cheated, quarrelled with, 
 and abused the Indians who came to trade, and those Indians, 
 who were jealous of Hobomak and Squanto and Massasoit, took 
 these occasions to organize a revolt, by which there was good 
 evidence to show that they meant the total destruction of the 
 V English settlements. Wary and prompt action was a necessity 
 at that time. The event proved the strategic wisdom of the 
 action, however unchristian it seems; for such dread of the 
 English, and respect for their prowess, was inspired, that for 
 many years there were no notable revolts of the neighboring 
 /Indians. 
 
 K The Pequod Indians caused the next trouble for the Colonies, 
 and at one time seemed so formidable as to threaten their de 
 struction. The Massachusetts Colony had been founded in 
 1630, and other flourishing plantations had been established at 
 Salem and in the vicinity of Boston. The Dutch had settled 
 at Manhattan, and made some attempts on the lower Connecticut 
 River. In a few years Massachusetts had grown to be recog- 
 
 ^/nized as the leading Colony. In 1634 the Pequod Indians first 
 began to be troublesome. They were a strong and warlike tribe, 
 who had come down the Connecticut River, years before, and 
 seized upon the best lands at its lower parts. They had, with 
 great cruelty, driven out the original tribes, and planted their 
 principal town on the river, " twelve miles to the Eastward of the 
 Connecticut River," which from them took the name of the 
 "Pequod River." They had committed depredations upon 
 the Dutch, and were at war with the great Narraganset nation. 
 The Sachems of the Pequods were Tatobam, and afterwards 
 Sassacus ; and of the Narragansets, Canonicus and Miantonomo. 
 
 / The first overt act against the English was the killing of Capt. 
 John Stone, whose vessel was coasting near the mouth of the 
 Connecticut River, in 1634. Capt. Stone was formerly of the 
 West Indies, but was known, rather unfavorably, both at Plym 
 outh and Boston. He had committed some outrage against the 
 Dutch, and was accused of piracy. He started on a trading 
 voyage from Boston to the Eastward as far as York, where he 
 took on Capt. John Norton as an associate in trade, or as pas 
 senger, and sailed towards Virginia; but went into the Con 
 necticut, and there, upon some trouble with the Pequods, was 
 overcome and slain with all his crew. 
 
 The Pequods, soon afterwards, sent messengers to the Massa? 
 chusetts Colony to engage in a treaty of peace and friendship. 
 When the above crime was laid to their charge, they claimed 
 that it was done in self-defence. The magistrates demanded that 
 those who had part in the murder should be surrendered, but 
 were not very strenuous in pressing the claim, as the Indians told 
 
OLDHAM KILLED AT BLOCK ISLAND. T 
 
 them that only two of those who had part in the act were left. 
 The Indians made presents of "much wampum and beaver." 
 The treaty was concluded, and it was promised that the English t^ 
 would send a ship to trade with them, and would negotiate a 
 treaty for them with the Narragansets, which they much desired, 
 but were too proud to propose, but were willing the English 
 should offer their foes a part of the wampum and beaver which 
 they brought. The Pequods had, at first, and up to about 
 1633-4, held the Narragansets in subjection, but the latter were 
 now at war and asserting their independence. The Pequods 
 had, some time before, cut off a party of Indians who were on 
 their way to trade with the Dutch, at their trading-house upon 
 the Connecticut River, and in retaliation the Dutch had captured 
 their old Sachem, Tatobam, and a small party of Indians with 
 him, whom they killed. Tatobam was killed after Capt. Stone s 
 death, and was succeeded by Sassacus. The promised vessel was 
 sent out to the Pequods to trade. There is reason to think that ^/ 
 this vessel was in charge of Mr. John Oldham, a man who had 
 formerly caused trouble at Plymouth, being concerned in the 
 revolt of Rev. John Lyford, and afterwards exiled from that 
 Colony, and located at Watertown. He was of turbulent temper, 
 but good ability. From some cause he did not succeed in making 
 any advantageous trade with the Pequods, but secured a load of 
 corn from the Indians nearer home, and excited the jealousy of 
 certain of the Narragansets, so that when, next year, he was 
 cruising about with but two Indians and two English lads in his 
 crew, and ran in at Block Island to trade, a large body of the 
 Island Indians came on board and killed him. They overpowered 
 his crew and took his vessel, which they were robbing, when dis 
 covered by John Gallop, of Boston Harbor, a skipper and pilot, 
 who with his vessel, coasting along, discovered Oldham s vessel 
 near the shore, and hailed, but received no answer, and then 
 observed that the craft was in possession of the Indians, who 
 were trying to get her under sail. Gallop, perceiving that they 
 had stolen Oldham s vessel, immediately sailed up towards them, 
 though having only his two boys and a servant for a crew, and 
 but two guns and two pistols, with buckshot for bullets. Sail 
 ing close alongside, he opened fire and drove the Indians below 
 deck ; and making fast, went on board and discovered the body 
 of Oldham, wrapped in fishing-nets. There are two different 
 stories of this affair by contemporary writers ; one is that told by 
 Gov. John Winthrop, and the other by Rev. Thomas Cobbet, 
 of Ipswich, who had it directly from John Gallop, Jr., who was 
 with his father in the affair ; and afterwards, as Captain of a 
 Connecticut company, on Dec. 19, 1675, was killed at the 
 
 freat Swamp Fight with the Narragansets. Capt. Gallop 
 illed, or drove overboard, most of the Indians, captured four, 
 one of whom he killed, and carried one away. By stress of 
 
8 THE PEQUOD WAR. 
 
 weather he was obliged to cut adrift the craft, which he stripped 
 of her rigging, leaving the other two Indians in the hold alive. 
 He sailed to Saybrook Fort, just built, at the mouth of the Con 
 necticut, and there delivered his prisoner. The two Narragan- 
 sets, who had been with Oldham, had already escaped and 
 reported to Canonicus, who was Sachem of the Block Island 
 Indians, and he dispatched these two with the prisoner, and a 
 letter of explanation, written by Roger Williams, of Providence, 
 his friend, to Gov. Winthrop, of Massachusetts, saying that 
 he had already sent Miantonomo, with a strong force, to punish 
 the Block Islanders, and bring the murderers to justice. The Massa 
 chusetts magistrates demanded of Canonicus the restoration of the 
 goods taken from Oldham, the return of the two lads taken with 
 him, and vengeance upon the murderers. They suspected one 
 of the messengers, who had been with Mr. Oldham, but respect 
 ing the rights of a messenger, sent him back safely. It was 
 found, by those who came with the boys from Miantonomo, that 
 seven of the Indians who had been killed by Capt. Gallop 
 were chiefs, and that the others, except the prisoner sent to them, 
 had escaped to the Pequods, who now sheltered them. 
 
 An embassy, consisting of Lieut. Edward Gibbons and John 
 Higginson, of Boston, with the Sachem of Massachusetts, Cut- 
 
 shamakin, was sent to treat directly with Canonicus, about John 
 Oldham s murder. They reported favorably of the honesty and 
 kindness of the old Sachem, on their return, but the magistrates 
 determined to send out an expedition, and themselves wreak 
 vengeance upon the people of Block Island. This expedition 
 was raised from Massachusetts, by order of the new governor, 
 Henry Vane. The Colonial records do not contain the account 
 of its raising and outfit. But Gov. Winthrop tells the story. 
 The force to be raised was ninety men, to be divided into four 
 companies, under command of Capt. John Underbill, Nathaniel 
 Turner, Ensign William Jennison, and Ensign Richard Daven 
 port, and over all John Endecott, Esq., was appointed gen 
 eral, to command the expedition. This force sailed in " three 
 pinnaces " and " two shallops." They took two Indians as guides. 
 They had commission to land at Block Island, and put all the 
 men they could find to death, but to spare the women and chil 
 dren and bring them away captive, and take possession of the 
 Island, and thence go to the Pequods and require satisfaction of 
 them, and demand the surrender of the murderers of Capt. Stone 
 and other English victims, and a thousand fathom of wampum, 
 for damages, with some of their children as hostages, and if they 
 should refuse, to take these things by force. All who went in 
 this expedition were volunteers. They executed their commis 
 sion in part. Setting sail on Aug. 24, 1636, they arrived at Block 
 Island on the 31st, where they landed with much difficulty, find 
 ing about forty Indians on the shore waiting to receive them, 
 
EXPEDITION AGAINST THE PEQUODS. 9 
 
 with their bows and arrows, which were harmless, our men 
 having corselets. Two only were wounded, one in the neck 
 and another in the foot. As soon as the English made a landing, 
 the Indians all fled. The Island is described as about ten miles 
 long, four broad, " full of small hills and all overgrown with 
 brushwood of oak." They could only march single file, and it 
 was impossible to get at the savages. They found two large 
 plantations, some three miles apart, and about sixty wigwams, 
 some well-built and large. There were about two hundred acres 
 of corn, some gathered in heaps, some left standing. They 
 spent two days in a vain search for the inhabitants, and then 
 burnt their wigwams and all their " matts," destroyed what corn 
 they could, spoiled seven canoes, and killed one Indian, as was 
 afterwards reported. Then they sailed to the Connecticut, and 
 being reinforced at Saybrook Fort with Lieut. Gardener, with 
 twenty men and two shallops, they sailed to Pequod Harbor, 
 where an Indian came, in a canoe, to ask " who they were, 
 and what they wanted." The General told him that they came 
 from the Governor of Massachusetts to speak with their Sachems. 
 He said that their Sachem, Sassacus, had gone to Long Island, 
 and was told to go and summon the other Sachems. Then the 
 English landed upon a rough and rocky shore, and soon the mes 
 senger returned, and great numbers of the savages began to gather 
 about them until there seemed to be some three hundred, and 
 still the Sachems did not appear. At last, after several hours, 
 the General saw that they were but dallying, and announced his 
 demands, and said if they were not complied with at once, he 
 would fight them, and bade them begone and take care of them 
 selves, for he had come now to fight. But he would not allow any 
 shot to be fired until they had time to withdraw from the par 
 ley. Then our forces followed them, but they did not make any 
 stand ; only they would turn and shoot their arrows from behind 
 rocks and trees, but did no harm, while some of the English 
 killed two of theirs. So the English marched up to their town, 
 and burnt all their wigwams and matts ; but the corn was still 
 standing in the field, and could not be readily destroyed. 
 Returning at night to their vessels, on the next day they went 
 ashore on the west side of the river, and having destroyed some 
 wigwams and canoes, but finding no Indians, sailed away home 
 ward. They arrived at Boston in September, without the loss of 
 a single man in the whole expedition. Cutshamakin, a chief of 
 the Massachusetts tribe, early residing in that part of Dorchester 
 which became Milton, went in this expedition as an interpreter; 
 and while scouting with the English, waylaid, killed, and scalped 
 a Pequod. He carried the scalp to Canonicus, who sent it about 
 to his chiefs, thus signifying his approval of the deed and his 
 loyalty to the English. To the Pequods this meant a declaration 
 of war, and threw them at once into active hostilities against the 
 
10 THE TEQUOD WAR. 
 
 English and their allies. Not more than a dozen of their men 
 had been killed in the raid into their country, which they under 
 stood to be a search for " Block Island fugitives ; " but this exploit 
 of Cutshamakin s meant war. This whole expedition cost Mas 
 sachusetts only two hundred pounds, as the officers and soldiers 
 served without pay. 
 
 The Pequods now tried to make peace with the Narragansets, 
 but in vain. They sought to break up the new English settle 
 ments, now being established on the Connecticut by settlers from 
 Plymouth and Massachusetts, at Windsor, Wethersfield, and 
 Hartford, and had shown their hostility to the garrison at Say- 
 brook ; and now, when the Massachusetts troops retired, these 
 new towns and the garrison were left in a very critical situation; 
 and Lieut. Gardener complained of the affair to the Colonies. 
 When the English had reembarked at Pequod Harbor, two of 
 his soldiers had, somehow, been left behind, and were severely 
 wounded. The Saybrook garrison were in a state of siege for 
 many months ; and whenever they ventured from the fort, were 
 followed by the savages, with intent to lure them into ambush. 
 The only safety of the English, here, lay in their possession of 
 firearms, which struck terror to their enemies, and even with 
 these the Saybrook men came near being cut off on several oc 
 casions. The authorities at Plymouth did not approve of the 
 action of Massachusetts, and wrote them, stating that they had 
 not accomplished any advantage by this expedition, but rather 
 stirred up strife to no good end ; which letter was answered by 
 Massachusetts justifying their course. Lieut. Gardener wrote 
 a full and straightforward account of this expedition, which was 
 published. One young man, of Saybrook, Samuel Butterfield, 
 was captured at a short distance above the fort, and the place was 
 long known as Butterfield s Meadow. Another small party, a 
 few days later, was beset by a great company, and two were cut 
 off. John Tilly, master of a ship, a very strong man, was capt 
 ured and tortured to death by the savages. In April, 1637, the 
 Indians waylaid some of the people of Wethersfield, near the fort, 
 as they were going to the fields, and killed six men and three 
 women, and at the same time made captive two girls. Some of 
 their victims were killed with tortures, which roused the Colonies 
 to plans of retaliation, as well as measures for their safety. The 
 two girls were redeemed and returned by the Dutch, through 
 Lieut. Gardener. 
 
 April 10, 1637, Capt. Underbill with a company of twenty 
 men was sent to strengthen the garrison at Saybrook Fort, then 
 in command of Lieut. Lion Gardener. This was done at the 
 charge of the " gentlemen of Saybrook," and for the protection of 
 their plantations, by a vote of the Massachusetts Colony. Nego 
 tiations were begun between Massachusetts and Plymouth about 
 joining in war against the Pequods, while plantations upon the 
 
MASON MARCHES AGAINST THE PEQTJODS. 11 
 
 Connecticut were constantly increasing, by additions from Bos 
 ton and surrounding towns. Capt. John Mason, who in 1632, 
 as a lieutenant, had been sent to the Eastward in search of the 
 noted pirate, Dixy Bull, was made captain of the militia, in No 
 vember, of the same year; removed to Windsor, Conn., with 
 Mr. Warham, in 1635, and there became the captain of their 
 military company, and the hero of the "Pequod War." 
 
 The three Colonies, having agreed to unite in a war against the 
 Pequods, and having engaged the Narragansets and other minor 
 tribes to serve with them, took measures to carry out their plans. 
 Massachusetts agreed to raise one hundred and sixty men, under 
 the command of Capt. Daniel Patrick, of Watertown, and Capt. 
 William Trask, of Salem ; while Capt. Israel Stoughton, of Dor 
 chester, was chosen commander-in-chief of the expedition, and 
 Rev. John Wilson, pastor of the church in Boston, went as chap 
 lain. Plymouth agreed to send fifty men, under Lieut. William 
 Holmes, as commander, and Rev. Thomas Prince, as chaplain and 
 counsellor. Thirty of these men were to be sent for land service, 
 and as many others as should be required to manage the barques. 
 The list of names, and further particulars about the preparations, 
 will be found in the Appendix. It may be said here that before 
 these were ready, the war was nearly finished, so they were not 
 sent. 
 
 The towns on the Connecticut River, Windsor, Hartford, and 
 Wethersfield, being most concerned in this war, were most for 
 ward in its prosecution. May 1, 1637, the General Court at 
 Hartford voted "an offensive war against the Pequods." On 
 May 10, 1637, ninety men had been raised in these three towns, 
 forty-two from Hartford, thirty from Windsor, and eighteen from 
 Wethersfield, equipped for war, and under the command of 
 Capt. John Mason, of Windsor, and Lieut. Robert Seely (Sealy), of 
 Wethersfield, embarked on board " one Pink, one Pinnace, and 
 one Shallop," with the Sachem Uncas and seventy of his Mohegan 
 Indians along as allies. The water of the river being low, the 
 vessels often ran aground, which made the progress so slow that 
 the Indians grew impatient and asked to be set ashore to go 
 on foot to Saybrook Fort, which was done. When the Indians 
 reported at the fort, Lieut. Gardener distrusted their hon 
 esty, and demanded some proof of their good faith. So 
 Uncas sent out a war-party, who found six of the Pequods, four 
 of whom they killed, one escaped, and another they brought 
 captive to the fort, where he was put to death. This victim s 
 name was Kiswas. On Wednesday Capt. Mason with the Con 
 necticut force arrived at the fort, and on Friday set sail for Nar- 
 raganset. At Saybrook Fort Lieut. Gardener had reinforced 
 their company with Lieut. Underbill and twenty of his best 
 men, with such supplies as they needed, and sent Mr. Thomas 
 Pell with them as surgeon. Twenty of the least serviceable of 
 
12 THE PEQUOD WAR. 
 
 Capt. Mason s men were sent back to the plantations to 
 strengthen them. The Mohegans sailed with them. They ar 
 rived at Narraganset on Saturday evening and there " kept the 
 Sabbath." They lay wind-bound off shore until Tuesday even 
 ing, when they landed and marched about five miles inland to 
 the residence of the Narraganset Sachem, Canonicus, to whom 
 Capt. Mason apologized for marching into his country with an 
 armed force without giving him previous notice. He requested 
 permission of the Sachem to pass with his troops through his 
 dominions, and declared his purpose of making war on the 
 Pequods, on account of the outrages against the English. Canon 
 icus received them kindly, but warned them that the Pequods 
 were strong and crafty warriors, many hundred in number, 
 and now securely entrenched in two great forts. Having gained 
 the permission desired, they marched, on Wednesday morning, 
 to a place called Niantick, on the Pequod frontier, where the 
 Narragansets had a fort. The Indians here appearing somewhat 
 inhospitable, Capt. Mason placed guards about their fort, so 
 that they might not be able to carry news of his design to the 
 enemy. Here they passed the night. In the meantime a mes 
 senger had come from Capt. Patrick, who was at Providence, 
 with a company of forty men from Massachusetts, a part of the 
 force to be sent from that Colony upon the present expedition. 
 He requested Capt. Mason to wait for him to join his force, 
 but did not tell when he would come. 
 
 Capt. Mason and his officers in council decided that secrecy 
 and haste were more valuable than the additional numbers, and 
 so determined to push forward with their present force. In the 
 morning there came a party of the Narragansets from Mianto- 
 nomo, nephew and associate Sachem of Canonicus, who offered to 
 join and assist in their design. Then the Indians in the fort 
 came out and engaged with them for the same end. About eight 
 o clock on Tuesday morning, with seventy-seven English and a 
 company of near five hundred Indians, they inarched twelve 
 miles to a ford of the Pawcatuck River, where they halted for a 
 rest. Here many of the Narragansets turned back. The heat 
 being extreme, another halt was made about three miles farther 
 on, and a council was called to decide the method of attack. 
 Uncas, and the renegade Pequod " Wequash," their guide, were 
 consulted; who told them of two strong forts of the Pequods, 
 several miles apart, and they decided, at first, to attack both at 
 the same time ; but finding the farthest so distant, and the troops 
 so weary with the heat and the long march, that they could 
 hardly reach it before midnight, they were forced to choose the 
 nearest. This was a disappointment, as they heard that Sassa- 
 cus, the chief Sachem of the Pequods, was at the distant fort. 
 Marching silently towards the nearest fort, they halted, about 
 one hour after dark, in a small valley and there made their camp. 
 
CAPTURE OF THE PEQUOD FORT. 13 
 
 Posting their guards around the camp, and at some distance in 
 front, they rested upon their arms until dawn. Their outposts 
 reported that they could hear the Pequods, in their fort, shout 
 ing and rejoicing after their manner, till past midnight ; the 
 cause being the supposed flight of the English, whose vessels 
 they had seen, sailing to the Eastward. At break of day the 
 soldiers were mustered quickly and silently for the battle, the 
 Indians keeping far in the rear. After marching about two 
 miles, and not yet seeing signs of the fort, Capt. Mason called 
 Uncas and Wequash to him, and they pointed out the fort at the 
 top of a high hill close at hand. He told them to ask the 
 Indians not to fly and leave them until they had seen whether 
 Englishmen would fight. Then forming their line of battle, they 
 marched in two divisions, Capt. Mason intending with the first 
 to gain the entrance at the North-east, and Capt. Underhill that 
 at the South side. Capt. Mason s company approached within 
 one rod of the palisade, before any alarm was sounded from the 
 fort. Then, as he relates, they " heard a dog bark, and an Indian 
 crying Owanux ! Owanux ! which is, Englishmen ! English 
 men ! " And now I will quote from Capt. Mason s own words : 
 
 We called up our Forces with all expedition, gave Fire through the 
 Pallizado upon them ; the Indians being in a dead, indeed in their last 
 Sleep. Then we wheeling off fell upon the main Entrance, which was 
 blocked up with Bushes about Breast high, over which the Captain 
 passed, intending to make good the Entrance, encouraging the rest to 
 follow. Lieutenant Seeley endeavoured to enter ; but being somewhat 
 cumbred stepped back and pulled out the Bushes and so entered, and 
 with him about sixteen Men. We had formerly concluded to destroy 
 them by the Sword and save the Plunder. 
 
 Whereupon Captain Mason seeing no Indians entred a Wigwam ; where 
 he was beset with many Indians, waiting all opportunities to lay Hands 
 on him, but could not prevail. At length William Heydon espying 
 the Breach in the Wigwam, supposing some English might be there, 
 entred ; but in his Entrance fell over a dead Indian ; but speedily 
 recovering himself, the Indians some fled, others crept under their 
 Beds : The Captain going out of the Wigwam saw many Indians in the 
 Lane or Street ; he making towards them, they fled, were pursued to the 
 End of the Lane, where they were met by Edward Pattison, Thomas 
 Barber, with some others ; where seven of them were Slain, as they 
 said. The Captain facing about, Marched at slow Pace up the Lane he 
 came down, perceiving himself very much out of Breath ; and coming 
 to the other End near the Place he first entred, saw two Soldiers stand 
 ing close to the Pallizado with their Swords pointed to the Ground : The 
 Captain told them that We should never kill them after that manner : 
 The Captain also said, We must Burn them ; and immediately stepping 
 into the Wigwam where he had been before, brought out a Firebrand, 
 and putting it into the Matts with which they were covered, set the 
 Wigwams on Fire. Lieutenant Thomas Bull and Nicholas Omsted 
 
14 THE PEQUOD WAR. 
 
 beholding, came up ; and when it was thoroughly kindled, the Indians 
 ran about as most dreadfully Amazed. 
 
 And indeed such a dreadful Terror did the Almighty let fall upon 
 their Spirits, that they would fly from us and run into the very Flames, 
 where many of them perished. And when the Fort was thoroughly 
 Fired, Command was given, that all should fall off and surround the 
 Fort ; which was readily attended by all ; only one Arthur Smith being 
 so wounded that he could not move out of the Place, who was happily 
 espied by Lieutenant Bull, and by him rescued. 
 
 The Fire was kindled on the North East Side to windward ; which 
 did swiftly overrun the Fort, to the extream Amazement of the Enemy, 
 and great Rejoycing of our selves. Some of them climbing to the Top 
 of the Pallizado ; others of them running into the very Flames ; many 
 of them gathering to windward, lay pelting at us with their Arrows ; 
 and we repayed them with our small Shot : Others of the Stoutest 
 issued forth, as we did guess, to the Number of Forty, who perished 
 by the Sword. 
 
 What I have formerly said, is according to my own Knowledge, there 
 being sufficient living Testimony to every Particular. 
 
 But in reference to Captain Underbill and his Parties acting in this 
 Assault, I can only intimate as we were informed by some of them 
 selves immediately after the Fight, Thus, They Marching up to the 
 Entrance on the South West Side, there made some Pause ; a valiant, 
 resolute Gentleman, one Mr. Hedge, stepping towards the Gate, say 
 ing, If we may not Enter, wherefore came we here ; and immediately 
 endeavoured to Enter ; but was opposed by a sturdy Indian which did 
 impede his Entrance ; but the Indian being slain by himself and Ser 
 geant Davis, Mr. Hedge Entred the Fort with some others ; but the 
 Fort being on Fire, the Smoak and Flames were so violent that they 
 were constrained to desert the Fort. 
 
 Capt. Underbill also wrote a full account of the battle, 
 which differs but little from that of Capt. Mason. He says 
 that they found the South entrance stopped up with " arms of 
 trees." It seems that the Indians had made a rude " abattis " 
 with the tops of trees turned outward, the trunks buried with 
 rocks and earth. This made a very effectual barrier to an attack 
 from without, when defended from within. Capt. Underhill 
 advanced to these and tried to pull them away, and then com 
 manded his men to lay hold of them, which they did, and 
 removed them and entered the fort, without his command. 
 Among those first entering was " one Master Hedge," who was 
 attacked by a powerful savage, and was shot through both arms. 
 Capt. Mason speaks of this young man as having performed a 
 very brave act, and a contemporary writer, in London, gives 
 account of the battle, in which he rather slurs Capt. Underhill, 
 and makes this Hedge the leader of the attack at the South 
 entrance. Capt. Underhill resented this story bitterly, and 
 denied that he asked the question " Shall we enter ? " as this last 
 writer reported. He says that with his soldiers he entered the 
 
BURNING OF THE PEQUOD FORT. 15 
 
 fort, and with Capt. Mason entered the wigwam, and received 
 a wound from an arrow, in his left hip, though having on "a 
 sufficient buff coat." He describes the fight as very desperate 
 and brave on the part of the Indians. " Most courageously these 
 Pequeats behaved themselves," he says. And he declares that 
 their bows and arrows were by no means to be despised, as they 
 used them there. " But seeing the fort was too hot for us," he 
 says, " we devised a way by which we might save ourselves, and 
 prejudice them." Capt. Mason set fire to the wigwams with 
 a firebrand, and he " with a train of powder," the two columns 
 of fire meeting in the centre of the fort. The fire was so hot 
 that it burnt the bowstrings of the Indians and left them defence 
 less. If any escaped the English, they fell into the hands of the 
 Mohegans or Narragansets, to be cut down without mercy. He 
 says, " Many courageous fellows fought most desperately through 
 the palisadoes, while scorched and burnt by the flames ; mercy 
 did they deserve for their valor, could we have had opportunity 
 to bestow it." " It may be demanded, Should not Christians 
 have more mercy and compassion ? But I would refer you to 
 David s war. Sometimes the Scripture declareth women and 
 children must perish with their parents. We had sufficient light 
 from the word of God for our proceedings." 
 
 The number of the Pequods slain in this terrible fight has 
 been variously estimated. Capt. Mason thought six or seven 
 hundred. The Mohegans reported that there were four hundred 
 killed. Only seven escaped and seven taken captive. The whole 
 dreadful deed was completed in one hour from the beginning of 
 the attack. 
 
 Only two of the English were killed and about twenty 
 wounded. But after the fight, though victorious, the English 
 found themselves in trying conditions ; they were severely 
 oppressed with the heat, and thirsty, with no supply of water 
 and with scant supply of food. They were told that Sassacus, 
 with a large force of Pequods, was hastening from the other fort, 
 arid the Narragansets were in great trepidation to be gone. 
 They were uncertain about what time their vessels would appear, 
 or where. Just as the Pequods began to appear, and, maddened 
 by the awful calamity which had befallen their people, to attack 
 them with fury, they saw their vessels coming toward them with 
 a fair wind. The rear-guard, under Capt. Underbill, met the 
 enemy s attack so warmly, that they became more wary, and, 
 manoeuvring to outflank the English, came upon the Mohegans 
 and Narragansets, driving them to the shelter of the English 
 muskets. They kept up a fierce fight until within two miles of 
 the vessels in Pequod River, then withdrew. 
 
 Arriving at the shore, Capt. Mason and his little army, well- 
 nigh spent with their marching and fighting, were refreshed with 
 supplies from their vessels. Here they found Capt. Patrick, with 
 
16 THE PEQUOD WAR. 
 
 his company of forty men, who had joined our vessels with his 
 own, a little before. He was evidently offended that he was not 
 waited for at Narraganset, and chagrined at the great success of 
 Capt. Mason. From Pequod Harbor the Narragansets were sent 
 home by sea, while Capt. Mason, with the few able-bodied men 
 of his company, marched overland to Saybrook Fort, with Capt. 
 Patrick and his company along. Capt. Underbill and his men, 
 and the wounded, went by water. At the fort all were enter 
 tained by Lieut. Gardener. Thence they returned to their homes 
 on the Connecticut, where they were received with great rejoicing. 
 Capt. Underbill, with his company of twenty men, whose term 
 at Saybrook had expired, sailed homeward to Massachusetts, and 
 on the voyage met the company of one hundred men, under Capt. 
 Israel Stoughton, sailing out to fight the Pequods. Capt. Patrick 
 awaited this force at Saybrook. 
 
 The Indian fort which was destroyed was at a place called 
 " Mistick," on a hill in the present town of Groton, Conn., known 
 since as " Pequot Hill." The battle was fought on Friday, 
 May 26, 163T. 
 
 It is said that the evening before the battle, a hundred and 
 fifty warriors from the other fort had come to this, in order 
 to start in force upon the war-path the next day ; either to follow 
 the English troops toward Narraganset, or to fall upon their set 
 tlements on the Connecticut River. By this chance these had been 
 included in the general massacre. Capt. Mason relates that after 
 leaving their pursuit of the English near Pequod Harbor, the 
 Pequods returned in a body to the fort in which Sassacus re 
 mained, where many of them began to upbraid him as the cause of 
 all their troubles, and demanded the destruction of himself and his 
 family. Wiser counsels prevailed, however, and they resolved to 
 leave their country, now encompassed by merciless, and, they con 
 ceived, resistless, enemies. Burning their villages and everything 
 that could not be taken along with them, they retreated with 
 their main body to the Westward across the Connecticut River, 
 where they killed three Englishmen, after a stubborn fight, and 
 hung their bodies upon trees on the shore. 
 
 The main body under the Sachem, Sassacus, moved slowly 
 along the shore of the Sound, depending largely upon shell-fish 
 for food. Another division of the tribe, probably following the 
 other Sachem, Mononotto, pushed farther into the country. 
 Mohegan and Narraganset scouts, at a safe distance, kept track of 
 them. 
 
 About one month after the battle, Capt. Stoughton, with 
 several vessels and one hundred and twenty men from Massachu 
 setts Colony, arrived at Pequod Harbor. Here they were joined 
 by Capt. Patrick s company. While here, the Mohegans told 
 them of a large party of fugitives gathered at a place some twelve 
 miles up the river. The English marched up in force, surrounded 
 
STOUGHTON S FORCES ARRIVE. 17 
 
 these, and captured them without an attempt at resistance. The 
 number taken was about one hundred and four. Twenty-four of 
 these were men ; and twenty-two of these were taken on board the 
 vessel of the skipper, John Gallop, and " executed " just out 
 side the harbor. Two were spared on condition of guiding the 
 English to the hiding-place of Sassacus. Proving unable or 
 unwilling to perform this service, they too, it is said, were put to 
 death. Of the eighty women and children, thirty-three were 
 allotted to their Indian allies, and the rest were sent home to 
 Boston, to be sold as slaves. In a written report of his progress, 
 made to Gov. Winthrop, Capt. Stoughton says : 
 
 By this Pinnace you shall receive forty-eight or fifty women and 
 children, unless there stay any here to be helpful, etc., concerning which 
 there is one, that is the fairest and largest that I saw amongst them, to 
 whom I have given a coat to cloatheher. It is my desire to have her for 
 a servant, if it may stand with your good liking, otherwise not. There 
 is a little squaw that steward Culacut desireth, to whom he hath given 
 a coate. Lieut. Davenport desireth one, to wit, a small one. He de 
 sireth her if it will stand with your good liking. Sosomon, the 
 Indian, desireth, a young little squaw, which I know not. 
 
 In closing his report Capt. Stoughton says : 
 
 At the present Mr. Haynes, Mr. Ludlow, Capt. Mason, and thirty 
 men are with us in Pequot River ; and we shall next week join in seeing 
 what we can do against Sassacus, and another great sagamore, 
 Monowattuck. Here is yet good work to be done and how dear it will 
 cost is unknown. Sassacus is resolved to sell his life, and so the other 
 with his company as dear as they can. 
 
 Capt. Mason writes that the Connecticut towns sent him in 
 command of forty men to cooperate with Capt. Stoughton, in the 
 further pursuit of the Pequods. From Pequod Harbor the Eng 
 lish forces moved along the Sound, landing from time to time. 
 At " Quinnipiack " (New Haven) they saw a great smoke at 
 some distance in the woods, and lauded, thinking that they had 
 discovered the enemy ; but their Indian scouts soon found that it 
 was only some friendly Indians burning brush. A Mohegan, 
 called Jack Eatow, going ashore, captured two Pequods, and 
 brought them on board. 
 
 There is a story that Uncas, on the way thither, captured a 
 small party of the enemy, one of whom, a sachem, he beheaded, 
 and lodged his head in a tree, where it hung for years. This 
 was upon a high bluff on the shore, a few miles below Guilford, 
 which has been known since as "Sachem s Head." Moving 
 westward, one of their Pequod spies proved faithful to them, and 
 faithless to his people. In token of his treachery, they named 
 this traitor " Luz " with grim humor ; and he guided them to a 
 
18 THE PEQUOD WAR. 
 
 great company of the Indians, at a place called " Unquowa," now 
 within the town of Fairfield, Conn. 
 
 A large party of the fugitive Pequods had imposed themselves 
 by force upon the local tribe, and were now with them at their 
 village, which was situated close to a great swamp. This swamp 
 is described as about one mile in circumference, and divided, by a 
 narrow strip of solid land, into two unequal parts. When the 
 advance-guard of the English approached, all the Indians with 
 one accord fled in dismay into the dense recesses of the swamp. 
 Sergt. Palmer, with a squad of the advance-guard, hastened 
 around by the smaller division of the swamp, to cut off escape by 
 that side. Lieut. Richard Davenport, of Salem, Capt. Trask s 
 company, with a few men rushed into the bushes, thinking to 
 push through to the wigwams which were on the other side, sud 
 denly found themselves sinking in the miry ground, entangled in 
 the dense underbrush, and fiercely attacked by the savages. 
 Lieut. Davenport, Sergts. John Wedgewood and Thomas Sher 
 man and others, were severely wounded, and only with the great 
 est difficulty rescued from their perilous plight by the bravery of 
 Sergts. Edward Riggs, of Roxbury, and Thomas Jeffrey, of Dor 
 chester. The main body of the troops then advancing, the whole 
 swamp was surrounded. 
 
 The line surrounding the swamp was, according to Capt. 
 Mason, a very long one, being formed at a wide distance from 
 the edge of the bushes ; but was soon lessened by cutting through 
 the narrow strip, thus shortening the "leaguer," and shutting the 
 Indians into the smaller swamp. 
 
 The brief skirmish at the beginning admonished the English 
 that they were now facing a brave and desperate foe, no longer 
 entirely at their mercy. There was a rumor also, brought back 
 by the two captive girls to Wethersfield, that the Pequods had 
 some sixteen muskets, which they might craftily discharge upon 
 their assailants unexpectedly. So they decided to hold a parley 
 with the foe. Thomas Stanton was sent to speak with them, 
 readily understanding their language, and offering to go upon 
 this service. He soon returned with about two hundred old men, 
 women, and children, including the local tribe. Then the war 
 riors sent the challenge from the swamp, that they would fight it 
 out with the English to the end. And Stanton, going once more 
 to them, to urge terms of their surrender, was met with a fierce 
 volley of arrows so as scarcely to escape with his life. Then the 
 guards were set, and close watch kept all night with frequent 
 shooting on both sides. In the deepest darkness, about an hour 
 before the dawn, the savages massed their numbers, and, after 
 some desperate fighting, broke through Capt. Patrick s lines, and 
 escaped. 
 
 Capt. Mason speaks of Capts. Trask and Patrick, and also 
 Sergt. Stares, as having taken part in this fight, besides those 
 
CLOSK OF THE PEQUOD WAR. 19 
 
 above named. On searching the swamp, they found but few 
 slain. One hundred and eighty women and children were divided 
 between Massachusetts and Connecticut to be used as servants. 
 Two women and fifteen boys were sent to Bermuda, by Mr. 
 William Peirce, to be sold as slaves, but were carried by mistake 
 to u Providence Isle." Among the women taken was the wife of 
 the Sachem Mononotto, with her two children, whose demeanor and 
 behavior were such as to win the respect of even the most violent 
 Indian-haters. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, I 
 would suggest that Mononotto was in command of the Indians in 
 the swamp at Fairfield, and led the party, estimated by Capt. 
 Mason at seventy, which escaped. Sassacus and a party of his 
 warriors escaped to the Mohawks, but were set upon and killed 
 by them, and their scalps were brought to the authorities at Con 
 necticut, from whom pieces were taken to Boston, by Mr. Pinchon 
 and Mr. Ludlow, who went hither to consult about the disposal 
 of the conquered remnants of the fallen tribe. They reported 
 the Pequods entirely dispersed and subdued, so as to be easily 
 managed by the people of Connecticut with the aid of the Mohe- 
 gans and Narragansets. Capt. Stoughton remained in the 
 Pequod country till near the last of August, and continued to 
 send his reports of proceedings, by which we see that they were 
 scouting, and destroying the enemy s crops and keeping the 
 wretched fugitives from returning to their former homes. Soon 
 after August 20th they sailed for home, landing at Block Island on 
 the way, and burning and destroying the poor homes and grow 
 ing crops of the helpless Indians with useless cruelty. Then 
 they sailed homeward from their rather inglorious campaign, and 
 arrived in Boston on August 26. 
 
 This, in brief, is the story of the "Pequod War," gathered 
 from all available authorities known. JTo the comparatively 
 weak colonies of that day it threatened destruction. The prompt 
 and daring, though sanguinary work, of Capt. Mason and his 
 men, with the superiority of their arms, together with the hos 
 tility of the other tribes for the Pequods, enabled them to strike 
 the crushing blow, which, practically, finished the war. 
 
 The result of this war was that the Indians of New England 
 were so dismayed at the resistless force of the English soldiers, that 
 for nearly forty years there was no further formidable outbreak, 
 though they knew that they were wronged, cheated, and oppressed 
 in many ways by the colonists. Some time after the war was 
 over, the actual number of the Pequods still surviving was found 
 to be about two hundred. In 1638, a treaty was concluded 
 between the Colonies, Narragansets, and Mohegans, by which 
 the surviving Pequods were equally distributed between the two 
 larger tribes, forced to adopt their names, and drop their own 
 forever. ) 
 
 The Feouod lands became the property of Connecticut Colony. 
 
20 THE PEQUOD WAB. 
 
 These were hard conditions for a proud arid warlike race to sub 
 mit to. Especially hard was the case of those who were obliged 
 to submit to the rule of Uncas, whom they regarded as the real 
 cause of their downfall. They were a constant source of disturb 
 ance between the two ruling tribes. At one time a party of them 
 withdrew from Uncas, and joining with a few Niantics, returned 
 to their old home and settled. Capt. Mason was sent out, and 
 with the aid of Uncas and his hundred Mohegans, and forty of 
 his own men, he despoiled them of their corn, newly harvested, 
 and drove them from their wigwams, which were burned. 
 
 The Pequods, about equally distributed between the Mohegans 
 and Narragansets, were a constant source of jealousy and trouble. 
 Canonicus and Miantonomo, as well as their ally, Ninigret, the 
 Niantic Sachem, distrusted Uncas as the pliant tool of the English, 
 and a constant spy upon themselves, reporting all their acts sus 
 piciously and falsely. At last, in 1643, upon some special provo 
 cation from Uncas, Miantonomo resolved to punish his enemy. He 
 led a large company of his warriors secretly into the Mohegan 
 country; but the crafty Uncas was on his guard, having his spies 
 set as usual upon every move of the Narragansets. Selecting an 
 advantageous place, with his accustomed cunning, he concealed 
 a large number of his warriors behind rocks and bushes, and then 
 showed himself with a few, and signalled for Miantonomo to meet 
 him for a parley between the lines, pretending to propose a per 
 sonal duel to settle the trouble. When he had lured his enemy 
 into the desired place, he gave his men the signal, by falling flat 
 upon the ground, and they at once leaped out from their coverts 
 and shot a furious volley of arrows at Miantonomo and rushed 
 forward to surround him. He, hoAvever, having on an English 
 corselet, was not harmed by their arrows, and turning fled towards 
 his own lines. His warriors did not withstand the furious charge 
 of the Mohegans, and in the flight he became separated from 
 them, and, cumbered by the heavy corselet, was overtaken and 
 overpowered by his foes. 
 
 Uncas would have administered punishment straightway, prob 
 ably, had not a swift messenger come to him from Mr. Samuel 
 Gorton, of Warwick, threatening dire vengeance from the English 
 should he harm the captive Sachem in the least. While it is 
 probable that Mr. Gorton s threat saved the Narraganset Sachem 
 from immediate death, his friendship was harmful to the captive s 
 interests with the colonial authorities, who looked upon Gorton 
 as a heretic and outlaw. Uncas turned his captive over to the 
 custody of the court officers at Hartford, to await the session of 
 the United Commissioners in September, he being in the mean 
 time committed to prison. Then this " Star Chamber " of the 
 Puritans took up the case, and by the most infamous decree which 
 blots the pages of New England histor} T , condemned the brave 
 Sachem of the noblest of the native tribes to a cruel and shameful 
 
ENGLISH PROTECT UXCAS. 21 
 
 death. Nothing can excuse the heartless prejudice and cold 
 blooded injustice of the decision. He had been the faithful ally of 
 the English from the beginning. He had not truckled to them, like 
 the crafty and treacherous Uncas, but his course had been always 
 honorable and self-respecting. By the Court s decree Miantonomo 
 was given over, with cold brutality, to his mortal enemy to be 
 executed according to his will. And so he was led back into the 
 Mohegan limits, and near the scene of his capture, was killed with 
 a blow of the tomahawk, in the hands of a brother of Uncas. The 
 place of his execution is in the eastern part of the present town 
 of Norwich, Connecticut. The Narragansets never sought to 
 retaliate upon the English for this act of injustice. They under 
 stood Uncas to be the author of their chief s overthrow, and bided 
 their time to mete out vengeance to him. There was always, 
 however, a feeling that the Narragansets had not forgotten nor 
 forgiven the death of their chief, and this suspicion was diligently 
 encouraged by the Mohegans. After the death of Miantonomo, 
 his young brother, Pessacus, succeeded him, and Ninigret, his 
 kinsman, and chief of the Niantics, became an influential leader 
 among the Narragansets ; and many of the Pequods assigned to 
 them had joined his tribe and added much to its warlike qualities. 
 While Miantonomo was in prison at Hartford, the Narragansets 
 had been encouraged by Uncas that he would liberate him upon 
 the payment of certain sums of wampum. These sums had been 
 gladly raised and paid to the crafty Uncas, who, in the end, repu 
 diated the agreement, in which course he was afterwards supported 
 by the English, as in all other matters. In the spring of 1644, 
 Ninigret, having secured a number of guns and drilled some of 
 his men in their use, fell upon a large company of Mohegans and 
 slew a number, wounded many more, and so frightened Uncas that 
 he was obliged to call on his English friends to protect him. 
 
 He was shut up in his fort for a long time, fearing capture or 
 death from his foes. The English, nothing loath to find a pretext 
 for war against the Narragansets at any time, immediately began 
 to raise an armament to vindicate the cause of their favorite. 
 But Ninigret and Pessacus, the chief Sachems, now, of the Nar 
 ragansets, appeared by their deputies at Hartford, and arranged to 
 cease hostilities until after planting next year. They promptly 
 renewed the war next year, or at least some slight acts were so 
 construed by Uncas in his report to the Colonies. Again the 
 Colonies advanced to his assistance, and promised to put forty 
 soldiers in the field at once for the defence of Uncas. These were 
 sent at once under the command of Lieut. Humphrey Atherton 
 and Sergt. John Davis. The commission of Atherton was simply 
 to protect Uncas in his fort, against his enemies. This company 
 was sent from Boston, and companies from Hartford and New 
 Haven were to join them in the Mohegan country. These were 
 only the advance of a much larger force which the Commissioners 
 
22 THE PEQUOD WAK. 
 
 decided to raise. Great preparations were made, and officers com 
 missioned for an invasion in force of the Narraganset country. 
 
 Major Edward Gibbons, of Charlestown, was appointed Com 
 mander-in-chief, John Leverett, Captain of the Massachusetts 
 company ; Francis Loyal, Surgeon, and a levy of men was ordered 
 and companies were organizing and drilling in Boston, when a 
 delegation of Narraganset chiefs appeared before the Court to 
 explain matters and assert their friendship for the English, but 
 declaring their hostility to Uncas. Another partial treaty was 
 concluded by the Indians agreeing to pay a large indemnity for 
 the expenses of the preparation for war. 
 
 After the partial treaty of 1645, Pessacus withheld the Nar- 
 ragansets for several years, though Ninigret was constantly on the 
 alert to find cause and opportunity to strike the hated Mohegans. 
 Uncas, on his part, was constant in his complaints and rumors 
 of his enemy s evil designs. The smaller Colonies, Connecticut and 
 New Haven, were urgent in demanding the action of the United 
 Commissioners against the Niantics, and this, of course, involved 
 the other Narragansets. The payment of wampum to settle the 
 expense of the preparations of the Colonies against the Niantics 
 in 1645, to which Ninigret had agreed, was held over him as a 
 constant demand, severe, if not actually dishonest. Some of the 
 Pequods had escaped from servitude and taken refuge with him, 
 as a kinsman. The Long Island Indians, too, made complaints of 
 certain depredations against them ; and at last, in 1653, the Com 
 missioners decided to declare war, and evidently meant to crush 
 the whole Narraganset people and reduce them to servitude as 
 they had the Pequods formerly. The Commissioners of Massa 
 chusetts were in the minority, and were overborne by those of 
 the other three Colonies, who were strenuous for war. The Gen 
 eral Court of Massachusetts supported their own Commissioners 
 in their decision that there was not a sufficient cause, as yet, for 
 war. As this Colony, on account of wealth and population, was 
 to furnish two-thirds of all means and men, her decision for the 
 time prevailed. Next year, however, September, 1654, the Massa 
 chusetts Commissioners so far retracted as to join in sending for 
 Ninigret to attend them at Hartford and answer the complaints 
 against him. He refused to attend and declared his war against 
 the Long Island Indians to be just, as they had killed a Sachem s 
 son and sixty of his men. He demanded that the English " let 
 him alone." It was, thereupon, voted to send a force of twenty 
 troopers and forty-foot soldiers to enforce the Commissioners 
 demands. It was also voted to levy two hundred and seventy 
 foot and forty horsemen out of the several colonies to prosecute 
 the war. Major Simon Willard, of Groton, was appointed to the 
 chief command of this force. The Massachusetts troops mustered 
 at Dedham October 9th and marched to Providence, and thence 
 along the westerly shore of Narraganset Bay to the Niantic 
 
TROUBLE WITH NINIGRET. 23 
 
 country. The officers of the Troopers were Capt. Wm. Davis, of 
 Boston ; Lieut. Peter Oliver and Cornet John Stedman, while 
 Richard Waite was Commissary. The following officers were 
 appointed over such companies as were " to go out if neede should 
 require : " 1st. James Oliver, captain ; Roger Clap, lieutenant ; 
 John Hull, ensign; and 2d, Sam l Appleton, captain; Rich. 
 Sprague, lieutenant ; Benjamin Sweet, ensign. Sergt. John 
 Barrell was commissary to the Foot Companies. 
 
 The New Haven and Connecticut contingent of forty men did 
 not reach them until the 16th, when Ninigret had had ample time 
 to retreat into his fastnesses, whence he could not be dislodged. 
 
 It seems by Major Willard s letter from " Paucatuck 19* of 
 8 th Mo., 1654," that he was hampered by his lack of commission, 
 as it was taken for granted that Ninigret would be found at his 
 usual place ; he lacked information as to the charges against the 
 Sachem, the Connecticut men by Thomas Stanton being depended 
 upon to furnish details, who was unable. The Major, however, 
 acting with prudence and candor through friendly Pequods, suc 
 ceeded in getting Ninigret to surrender all the Pequod subjects 
 who would leave him, and to permit them to set up an inde 
 pendent tribal estate under the direction of the Commissioners. 
 
 Additional details of this affair, and the men engaged, will be 
 given in the Appendix. Major Willard secured a fairly satisfac 
 tory covenant with Ninigret, and also an advantageous arrange 
 ment with the subject Pequods, and returned to Boston and dis 
 banded his forces on October 24th, being upon the service sixteen 
 days. 
 
 The Pequods were settled in separate communities, and rulers 
 appointed of their own, under the Colonial authorities. Cusha- 
 washett, alias Harmon Garrett, was appointed over the villages 
 at Paquatucke and Weguapeuge, and Robin, alias Casasinamon, 
 at Nemeacke and Naweacke. Later these were settled, the first 
 in Stonington, and the latter in what is now the town of Led- 
 yard. In 1850 the Ledyard settlement still retained 989 acres 
 of land, and twenty-eight persons of the greatly degenerated 
 Pequod stock ; in the Stonington, 240 acres and fifteen persons. 
 
THE WAR WITH PHILIP OF MOUNT HOPE. 
 
 The next Indian war of New England, which claims attention, 
 is that of 1675-77, known as " King Philip s War ; " so called 
 from the name of the recognized leader of that war, whose 
 Indian name was Metacom or Pometacom, or Metacomet, but 
 whom the English called Philip. He was the second son of 
 Massasoit, who at the settlement of the English at Plymouth 
 and Boston seems to have been chief sachem of all the various 
 tribes and fragments of tribes living between the Charles 
 River and Narraganset Bay, and including that part of 
 Rhode Island east of the Bay, and also the Cape Cod tribes. 
 The rule of Massasoit was probably rather indefinite both as to 
 limits of territory and extent of authority over the subordinate 
 chiefs. While Massasoit seems to have been the acknowledged 
 head of the tribes within the limits above named, the league 
 between the chiefs of the tribes was evidently very loose, and held 
 mostly for convenience in defence, and perhaps for the settlement 
 of difficulties between individual tribes. The territory of this 
 Sachem was bounded upon the west by the Nipmucks and Narra- 
 gansets. But a very great proportion of this had been sold by 
 the Sachems before the opening of the war. Massasoit had sev 
 eral children, three of whom are known to us by name : Wam- 
 sutta and Metacom, who came to Plymouth about 1656, and at 
 their own request received English names from the Governor, 
 who " christened " them " Alexander " and " Philip." A sister of 
 these was the wife of Tuspaquin, chief of the Namaskets ; she 
 was called by the English " Amie." Mention is made of another 
 son and also a daughter, but I have not proper authority for their 
 names. Alexander married a Sachem s daughter, or widow, of 
 the Pocasset tribe, and after his death, soon following Massasoit s, 
 1661 or 62, she returned to her own people, and ruled there with 
 influence and ability until the war ; when her second husband, 
 Petananuet, Petonowowett, or " Peter Nunnuit " (as he is some 
 times called), took sides with the English, she, possibly reluc 
 tantly, joined the fortunes of Philip, who had married her sister 
 Wootonekanuske, and had great influence with her. 
 
 Massasoit had always maintained a cordial and firm friendship 
 with the English ; and it would seem that Alexander also was 
 somewhat of his father s nature and disposition. The moment, 
 however, which saw Philip raised to the place of power, gave sig 
 nal of a far different course of conduct on the part of the Wam- 
 panoag Sachem. The limits of his father s olden territory had 
 been greatly reduced before he came to power. The English had 
 
SOME CAUSES OF PHILIP S WAR. 25 
 
 purchased and otherwise absorbed a large proportion of their 
 lands. Philip kept on selling and surrendering, till at last, as 
 early as 1670-1, he began to feel the pressure of civilization upon 
 their hunting and fishing grounds as well as cornfields. The 
 Court at Plymouth itself had interfered and forbidden the trans 
 fer of certain parts of the Wampanoag territories, and thus 
 doubtless saved the Indians in various tribes a home. Pokano- 
 ket, the hereditary home, was thus saved to Philip s people ; and 
 here he lived at the time of the opening of the war. This place 
 was called by the English " Mount Hope," and it is now 
 embraced in the town of Bristol, R.I. 
 
 It will not be necessary to discuss the causes leading up to the 
 war. It is enough to say here, that the English had assumed the 
 government of the country, and followed their course of settle 
 ment with small regard to the rights of the natives. In some of 
 the plantations, the settlers purchased their lands of the Indians, 
 as a matter of precaution ; partly that they might have that show 
 of title in case any other claim should be set up in opposition to 
 theirs, and partly to conciliate the savages, whose hostility they 
 feared, and whose friendship was profitable in the way of trade, 
 in furs and other products of the hunt. The Indians were always 
 at disadvantage with the English, in all the arts of civilized life. 
 The English paid no heed to Indian laws or customs or tradi 
 tions ; and ruthlessly imposed their own laws, customs, and re 
 ligious ideas, with no apparent thought of their intolerance and 
 injustice. They made treaties with the savages in the same 
 terms which they would have used had they been dealing with a 
 civilized nation. They made out deeds, in language which only 
 the learned framers themselves could understand. In brief, the 
 Pilgrims and Puritans mostly looked upon the Indians as heathen, 
 whose " inheritance " God meant to give to his people, as of old he 
 had dealt with Israel and their heathen. There were some, how 
 ever, who, with Rev. John Eliot, believed that the Indians had 
 immortal souls, and that they were given to God s people to edu 
 cate and save. But there was nothing which the rulers of the 
 Indians resented more persistently, nor complained of more fre 
 quently, than the attempts of the Christians to convert their 
 people. Indirectly one of these converted Indians was the im 
 mediate cause of the opening of hostilities. There wero many 
 grievances of which the Indians complained ; but they had not 
 the foresight to see the inevitable result of the constantly increas 
 ing power of the English, in their acquisition of land, and multi 
 plying of settlements. It was only when they felt the pressure 
 of actual privation or persecution, that they began to think of 
 opposition or revenge. Their chiefs had been summoned fre 
 quently before the English courts to answer for some breach of 
 law by their subjects ; several times the English had demanded 
 that whole tribes should give up their arms because of the fault 
 
26 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 of one or a few. The Indians lived mostly by hunting and fish 
 ing, and at the time of the war used fire-arms almost wholly. 
 They had learned their use and bought the arms of the English, 
 nearly always at exorbitant prices. They were expert in the 
 use of their guns, and held them as the most precious of their 
 possessions. The order to give these over to the English, with 
 their stock of ammunition, was regarded by them as robbery, as 
 indeed in most cases it was, as they seldom regained their arms 
 when once given up. We can now see that from their standpoint 
 there were grievances enough to drive them to rebellion. But 
 our forefathers seem to have been unable to see any but their own 
 side. But now to the story. 
 
 John Sassamon (Mr. Hubbard says Sausaman) was the son of 
 a Wampanoag Indian who, with his wife and family, lived in Dor 
 chester. They had been taught by Mr. Eliot, and professed the 
 Christian faith. The son John was the pupil of Mr. Eliot from 
 his early youth, and was made a teacher among the Christian 
 Indians at Natick. Mr. Hubbard says that " upon some misde 
 meanor " there, he went to the Wampanoags, where he became 
 the secretary and interpreter of the chief, to whom he was a most 
 valuable assistant and trusted adviser. He was soon prevailed 
 upon by Mr. Eliot to return to Natick, where he became a 
 preacher, while still preserving friendly relations with Philip and 
 his tribe. In 1672-3 he was at Namasket as preacher among 
 the Indians, whose chief was Tuspaquin, whose daughter Sassa 
 mon had married. While here he discovered that a plot was in 
 process, extending among many tribes, to exterminate or drive 
 away the English settlers from the country. This plot Sassamon 
 disclosed to the authorities at Plymouth, and afterwards the 
 story was told to the Massachusetts authorities ; and Philip was 
 summoned to answer to the charge. At the examination, where 
 nothing positive could be proved against Philip, he found by the 
 evidence that Sassamon had betrayed him, and he immediately 
 condemned him to death in his council. The sentence was car 
 ried out January 29, 1674-5, while Sassamon was fishing through 
 the ice upon Assawomset Pond. His executioners were brought 
 to punishment, and it was discovered that the deed was done by 
 Philip s order. The trial was in March, 1675, and the principal 
 actor, Tobias, and his accomplice, Mattashunannamoo, were exe 
 cuted as murderers, June 8, 1675 ; while Tobias s son, who was 
 present but took no part in the crime, was reprieved for one 
 month and then shot. After the execution of the two in June, 
 Philip threw off all disguise as to his plan, and pushed his 
 preparations as diligently as possible. The plan had been to com 
 plete preparations and include all the tribes in New England, so 
 that a simultaneous assault could be made upon all the settle 
 ments at once. This plan was spoiled, and probably the settle 
 ments saved from destruction, by the impatience of the leader s 
 
TROOPS MARCH TO MOUNT HOPE. 27 
 
 vengeance. While Philip s preparations went forward, the 
 authorities thought best not to make any immediate military 
 demonstration further than the placing of a guard by the various 
 settlements to prevent a surprise. They thought Philip would 
 soon tire of holding his men in arms and training, so that they 
 could get him in their power. But his company increased, and 
 the younger warriors began to demand some open act of hostility. 
 At last they began not only to insult the English settlers in the 
 nearest settlements, by their words of insolence and threats, but 
 to shoot their cattle and plunder their houses. The Indians in 
 creased greatly in numbers, from the neighboring tribes, many 
 "strange Indians" appearing among them, and most of their 
 women and children being sent away to the Narraganset country. 
 At Swansy they appeared in considerable numbers, and used all 
 their ways of provocation to induce some act of resistance from 
 the settlers ; and at last, upon June 24th, one man was so en 
 raged at the shooting of his cattle and the attempt to rifle his 
 house, that he shot at an Indian, wounding him. Upon this the 
 Indians began open and indiscriminate hostility, and on that day 
 eight or nine of the English at Swansy were killed and others 
 wounded. Two men were sent for a surgeon, but were waylaid 
 and slain, their bodies left upon the road. Messengers sent from 
 the English authorities to treat with Philip and prevent an out 
 break, came upon the bodies of the men slain in the highway, 
 and speedily turned back. The Colonies awoke to the fact that 
 an Indian war was upon them, but supposed that a few companies 
 sent down to Swansy would at once overawe the savages and 
 reduce them to submission. A speedy muster was made, both at 
 Plymouth and Boston, and on the afternoon of June 26th, five 
 companies were mustering or on the march from the two colonies. 
 The details of the account of the war will be found in the body 
 of the following chapters. Here only a brief outline of current 
 events can be given. The first company of infantry from Boston 
 was made up from the regular military companies of the town. 
 A company of cavalry, or "troopers," was gathered from the 
 regular organization in three counties. A third company, of 
 " volunteers," was raised about the town and vicinity, from all 
 sorts of adventurers, seafaring men and strangers, with a number 
 of prisoners who had been convicted of piracy and condemned 
 to death, but were now released to engage in fighting the In 
 dians. Capt. Daniel Henchman commanded the first company, 
 Capt. Thomas Prentice the troopers, and Capt. Samuel Mosely 
 the "volunteers." These three companies marched out of 
 Boston on the 26th and 27th and arrived at Swansy on the 28th, 
 having formed a junction with the Plymouth forces under Major 
 James Cudworth and Capt. Fuller, these having been in the 
 field several days already. The forces quartered about the 
 house of Rev. John Miles, the minister at Swansy, whose 
 
28 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 place was nearest the bridge leading over the river into Philip s 
 dominions. Some of the troopers that evening rode across the 
 bridge and had a slight skirmish with the enemy. On the 29th, 
 Major Thomas Savage arrived with another company of foot with 
 Capt. Nicholas Paige s troop. Major Savage took command of 
 the Massachusetts forces ; while, according to the custom in the 
 United Colonies, the senior officer of the colony in which the 
 forces were engaged at the time became commander-in-chief. 
 The present seat of war being in Plymouth Colony, Major Cud- 
 worth was thus the commander of the whole army. On June 
 80th, the troopers, supported by Mosely s company, charged 
 across the bridge for a mile into the woods, driving the enemy 
 before them into swamps, with a loss of five or six, Ensign Perez 
 Savage being severely wounded on the English side. This 
 charge so frightened the Indians that they fled, in the night, out 
 of their peninsula of Mount Hope, across the channel to Pocas- 
 set, now Tiverton, R.L, so that on the next day when the whole 
 force marched over into Mount Hope, and marched back and 
 forth sweeping the country with their lines, they found no 
 enemy. The forces were engaged several days in scouting the 
 neighboring country in search of the Indians, not yet knowing 
 that the main body were in Pocasset. 
 
 Then orders came from Boston for Major Savage s forces to 
 march into Narraganset, to enforce a treaty with that powerful 
 tribe, and prevent their junction with Philip. The}^ found the 
 country apparently deserted, few except the very aged being left 
 in any of the villages. Neither Canonchet nor any of his leading 
 Sachems could be found. The officers, however, spent several 
 days completing a very ceremonious treaty with some of the old 
 men whom they were able to bring together. Canonchet after 
 wards treated the whole matter with scorn as being a farce. 
 
 In the meantime the Ptymouth forces passed over to Pocasset 
 and found a body of Indians, and had a skirmish with them. 
 Capt. Fuller was in command, and Benjamin Church conducted 
 a part of the force, which became engaged with a much larger 
 force, and after hard fighting were drawn off with difficulty by 
 the tact and courage of Mr. Church, after inflicting serious 
 injury upon the enemy, and suffering little loss themselves. 
 After this the Indians retired into the swamps about Pocasset, 
 and were held at bay until the return of the Massachusetts 
 forces ; when all marched together for concerted action against 
 their enemies. 
 
 On July 18th the combined forces arrived at the Pocasset 
 swamp, and made a resolute attack upon the enemy concealed in 
 the thick underbrush, from whence at the first volley they killed 
 five and wounded seven of our men. After this volley the 
 enemy retreated deeper into the swamp, where it was impossible, 
 night coming on, to follow them. The commanders in council 
 
PHILIP RETREATS TO POCASSET SWAMP. 29 
 
 concluded that they had the enemy now enclosed securely within 
 the swamp, whence it was impossible to escape, if a suitable 
 guard were left to watch. Major Savage and the Massachusetts 
 men returned to Boston, except Capt. Henchman s company of 
 one hundred men, who, with the Plymouth forces, remained at 
 Pocasset. Capt. Henchman began to build a fort there, which 
 might serve as a stronghold for the English and might guard 
 the entrance to the great swamp. 
 
 The English were deceived by the apparent easy conquest of 
 both the Wampanoags and Narragansets, and believed they had 
 overawed them and set their hostility at rest, and now might 
 take their own time in crushing Philip and thus finishing the 
 war. 
 
 Plymouth Colony had been engaged from the first in seeking 
 to conciliate the tribes, in their bounds, which were related to 
 Philip. Through the efforts of Mr. Benjamin Church, a resident 
 of Seconet, who was acquainted on pleasant terms with nearly 
 all the tribes in the colony, negotiations were held with Awa- 
 shonks the squaw-sachem of the Seconet Indians, and Weetamoo 
 the squaw-sachem or " queen " of the Pocasset tribe. Awashonks 
 and most of her people passed over into the Narraganset country 
 at the opening of active hostilities, and thus avoided joining 
 Philip ; but Weetamoo and her people were swept along with 
 him in his retreat towards the Nipmuck country. Plymouth 
 companies were abroad, too, scouting the country in the effort 
 to protect their settlements, exposed, like Dartmouth, Middle- 
 boro , etc. They also established a garrison at Mount Hope 
 after Philip retreated to Pocasset, to prevent his return. The 
 entrance of Philip into the Pocasset swamps compelled the 
 cooperation of the hesitating Weetamoo, and afforded him a safe 
 hiding-place to recruit and prepare for his flight northward. 
 
 In the meantime the Massachusetts authorities had begun 
 negotiations with the various Western tribes. Seven of the 
 principal towns had been visited and treaties made with each. 
 On July 16th Ephraim Curtis returned to Boston and reported 
 the Quabaugs gathered at a great island in a swamp beyond 
 Brookfield, and showing a defiant and hostile spirit. The 
 Council immediately sent Capt. Edward Hutchinson, escorted 
 by Capt. Thomas Wheeler and his mounted company, with 
 Curtis as guide, to find the Indians and bring them to terms. 
 The company, accompanied by some friendly Naticks, arrived at 
 Brookfield on August 1st, and immediately sent Curtis with the 
 guides to arrange for a meeting next day. The Quabaugs, whose 
 leader was the famous Muttaump, agreed to come next day to 
 a plain some three miles from Brookfield to meet the English. 
 The next morning, the company, with three of the chief men of 
 Brookfield, rode out to the appointed place, but found no 
 Indians. Urged by the Brooktield men, but against the earnest 
 
30 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 remonstrance of the Naticks, they rode forward towards the 
 place where Curtis met them the day before. But coming to a 
 narrow defile between a high rocky hill and an impenetrable 
 swamp, and riding single file, they found themselves caught in 
 a great ambuscade of the Indians, who let them pass along until 
 they were able to surround them, and then rose altogether and 
 fired into their column at close range. They killed eight men 
 outright and wounded five, including Capts. Htitchinson and 
 Wheeler, the former mortally. The English were forced to 
 retreat, fighting, up the hill ; and, under the skilful conduct of 
 their Indian guides, were able to make a safe retreat to Brook- 
 field, where they gathered the people and fortified a house just 
 before the Indians came sweeping furiously down upon the 
 village. Here they defended themselves against great numbers 
 for several days, till Major Willard and Capt. Parker came with 
 a company and reinforced the garrison, when the enemy retired. 
 
 At Pocasset, Capt. Henchman continued building his fort, and 
 Philip was making ready for his flight. The English seem not to 
 have contemplated the possibility of a general war, nor to have at 
 all appreciated the gravity of the present situation in the col 
 onies. Philip with all his fighting-men and the greater part of 
 his own and Weetamoo s people, escaped across the river and 
 passed through the open plain in Rehoboth, where they were dis 
 covered by some of the settlers. A scouting party from Taunton 
 made the discovery that it was Philip s Indians who were thus 
 escaping. The situation of affairs may be briefly stated. Capt. 
 Henchman was guarding the swamp wherein Philip and his 
 people were supposed to be securely trapped. Major Cudworth 
 and Capt. Fuller were at Dartmouth with a company of one hun 
 dred and twelve men. Lieut. Nathaniel Thomas, of Marshfield, 
 was at the Mount Hope garrison with twenty men. At Rehoboth 
 a company of Mohegan Indians under Oneko, under convoy of 
 Corporal Thomas Swift, arrived from Boston on the 30th on their 
 way to Capt. Henchman at Pocasset. Upon the alarm, Rev. Mr. 
 Newman, of Rehoboth, began to organize a company of volunteers 
 for the pursuit of the Indians. Lieut. Thomas, with a small de 
 tachment, happened to come to Rohoboth on the 30th, and hear 
 ing of the escape, hastened back to carry the news to Capt. 
 Henchman, and urge his cooperation. Lieut. Thomas then, on 
 the 31st, took eleven men of his Mount Hope garrison, and being 
 joined by Lieut. James Brown, of Swansy, with twelve men, 
 marched in the pursuit. The Rehoboth men, with some volun 
 teers from Providence and Taunton, led by the Mohegans, had 
 started earlier upon the trail of the enemy. Lieut. Thomas and 
 his party overtook the others at sunset, and after a brief council- 
 of-war, sent out their scouts, Indian and English, to discover the 
 movements of the fugitives. Having found that they had en 
 camped for the night, and apparently not suspecting pursuit, the 
 
PHILIP ESCAPES TO THE STIPMUCKS. 31 
 
 English left their horses with a guard, and, with the Mohegans in 
 the van, marched silently forward to a field, at a place called 
 " Nipsachick " (said to be within the present town of Burrillville, 
 R.I.). The night being very dark, they were forced to wait for 
 light. At dawn they made their attack upon what proved to be 
 Weetamoo s camp. The Indians were taken by surprise and fled, 
 leaving everything behind them. But the Mohegans and English 
 rushing forward found themselves confronted with Philip s fight 
 ing-men entrenched behind trees and rocks ready for battle. 
 Adopting the tactics of the enemy, the English and their allies 
 engaged them fiercely until 9 o clock, when still fighting desper 
 ately, but with powder nearly spent, the hostiles sullenly retired, 
 leaving many of their dead upon the field. Some twenty-three 
 of the enemy were killed, it is said, including a prominent chief, 
 Woonashum, called by the English, Nimrod. Of the English, 
 two were killed and one wounded. 
 
 Near the close of the fight, Rev. Mr. Newman and a party came 
 up, bringing supplies. Capt. Henchman arrived after the fight, 
 having sailed to Providence and marched up thence, with sixty- 
 eight soldiers and sixteen friendly Indians. He immediately took 
 command, but concluded not to push the pursuit until next day. 
 The Rehoboth. and Providence men returned home, to bring up 
 supplies for the further pursuit. They hastened back next day 
 with all speed, but found to their great disappointment that Capt. 
 Henchman had not moved until that same day, giving the enemy 
 a full day s start ; and Lieut. Thomas and his party overtook him 
 on the evening of August 3d, at a place called by them in the 
 report, " Wapososhequash." The enemy were beyond pursuit, a 
 part (Weetamoo s people, except the fighting-men) having turned 
 off into the Narraganset country, while Philip and the rest passed 
 into the great forests beyond Quabaug. The Mohegans went to 
 their own country on August 4th, accompanied by Lieut. Brown 
 and a small party, to Norwich, to secure provisions and news of 
 the enemy. After awaiting the return of this party three days, 
 Capt. Henchman, on August 7th, marched back to Mendon, meet 
 ing Capt. Mosely with a company of dragoons coming up from 
 Providence with supplies. Next day Capt. Henchman went up 
 to Boston, and the Rehoboth men returned home. Capt. Mosely 
 was left in command at Mendon. Capt. Henchman was relieved 
 of command in the field and was sent to bring off his men re 
 maining at Pocasset. Mendon had been attacked July 14th, by a 
 party of Nipmucks, led by Matoonas, and six or more of the 
 settlers were killed while at work in their fields. 
 
 When the Indians returned from their siege of Brookfield, they 
 met Philip and his people in the woods and told him of their 
 exploit. He was greatly pleased, and gave some of the chiefs 
 presents of wampum, and promised them fresh supplies of ammu 
 nition and arms. The Brookfield affair had the effect of bringing 
 
32 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 in the faltering tribes, and Philip s coming confirmed the plan to 
 clear the Connecticut Valley of English settlers. Massachusetts 
 Colony raised several companies to protect the frontiers. Capt. 
 Mosely with his own and Capt. Henchman s men marched from 
 Mendon, and Capts. Thomas Lathrop of Essex County with a fine 
 company, and Richard Beers of Watertown with another, marched 
 to Brookfield, where their forces were joined by Capt. Watts of 
 Connecticut with two companies of English and Indians. Major 
 Willard took command of this force, and broke it into several 
 parties in order to better protect the several settlements. These 
 companies were engaged in scouting the frontiers and guarding 
 supplies sent up to the various garrisons. The Springfield 
 Indians, hitherto pretending friendship, fled and joined the hostiles 
 on the night of August 24 ; and the English, pursuing, had a 
 sharp fight with them at a swamp near Mt. Wequomps, losing 
 nine of their own men. The English troops were concentrated 
 at Iladley under the general command of Major Pynchon. On 
 September 1st the Indians attacked Deerfield, burning most of 
 the houses and killing one of the garrison soldiers, and withdrew. 
 On the 2d they fell upon Northfield, where many of the people 
 were abroad at work in the fields, and the women and children 
 at the houses in the town. The assault was from all quarters at 
 once, and many were killed in the fields and as they escaped from 
 their houses to the garrison. The Indians burned most of their 
 houses and drove away their cattle. On the 3d, Capt. Beers, 
 with thirty mounted men and an ox-team, was sent to bring off 
 the garrison of Northfield, not knowing of this attack. This force 
 on the next day was ambushed at Saw-Mill Brook, near North- 
 field, and Capt. Beers and some twenty of his men were killed. 
 Next day Major Treat with a hundred men marched up to North- 
 field, finding and burying the dead of Capt. Beers company, and 
 then bringing off the garrison. It was now decided to strengthen 
 the garrisons and act upon the defensive. Upon September 18th 
 Capt. Lathrop with his company was sent to convoy teams bring 
 ing loads of grain from Deerfield to Hadley. A strong ambuscade 
 was made at a place known since as " Bloody Brook," and there 
 the Indians encompassed and massacred nearly the whole company, 
 some eighty, including the teamsters. Only eight or ten escaped. 
 The number killed was between sixtj and seventy. Capt. Mosely 
 came hastily from Deerfield upon hearing the shots, and engaged 
 the great company of several hundreds of Indians, charging in 
 amongst them with intrepid fury which drove them headlong 
 before him into the woods and swamps ; but, finding them gather 
 ing in immense numbers and seeking to surround him, he threw 
 out his lines to prevent being flanked, and began a cautious 
 retreat ; when Major Treat coming upon the field, the Indians, 
 seeing the reinforcements, fled. 
 
 These terrible reverses threw a gloomy, superstitious fear over 
 
THE NARRAGAXSET CAMPAIGN. 33 
 
 the Colonies. The English troops, hitherto despising the Indians 
 in war, now seemed helpless before them. On September 26th 
 the Indians assaulted Springfield, west of the river, burning the 
 houses and barns. On October 5th the enemy made some dem 
 onstrations at Hadley; the soldiers were drawn from Spring 
 field to strengthen the garrison ; the Indians fell upon the latter 
 village and destroyed it, before the companies could return to 
 save it. After this blow, Major Pynchon begged the Court to 
 appoint a commander of the forces on the river in his place, and 
 Major Samuel Appleton was appointed, and by advice of the 
 Council garrisoned the various towns not abandoned, and then 
 withdrew the other troops to Boston. The Connecticut troops 
 helped to garrison Northampton and Westfield, and the Indians 
 withdrew to their winter camps. Philip had long since gone into 
 winter quarters above Albany. 
 
 But now the Colonies determined to strike the Narragausets in 
 their own country before they should be able to join the hostiles. 
 A great muster was made in three colonies, and an army of one 
 thousand men was raised and equipped, half of which was sent 
 from Massachusetts. The Narragansets were entrenched in a 
 very strong position in a great swamp in what is now South 
 Kingston, R.I. It was claimed that great numbers of Wampan- 
 oags and other hostiles were among them finding refuge, and they 
 were defiant and threatening. The English forces under com 
 mand of Gen. Winslow, of Plymouth, gathered at Wickford, and 
 on December 19th, 1675, marched some twenty miles through 
 intense cold and a heavy snow-storm, to the swamp ; the waters 
 had been frozen by the severe cold, and this fact made it possible 
 for the English to reach the rude fortifications. Without waiting 
 for any organized attack, the Massachusetts troops, being at the 
 front in the march, rushed forward across the ice in an impetuous 
 charge, and into the entrance, where the Indians had constructed 
 rude flankers, and placed a strong block-house in front, so that 
 the first to enter were met with a terrible enfilading fire from 
 front and flanks, and were forced back for a time ; but others 
 coming on pressed into the breach, and, though suffering severe 
 losses, at last stormed all the fortifications, drove the enemy from 
 every line of entrenchments within the fort, and out into the 
 woods and swamps beyond. They set fire to the wigwams and 
 store-houses of the savages, in which were burned many of the 
 aged, women, and children. Then taking their wounded, the 
 English took up their march back through the deep snow to 
 Wickford, where they arrived the next morning. 
 
 The details of this fight, as well as the subsequent movements 
 of this campaign, are given at length in the chapters of which this 
 chapter is the compendium, and are briefly passed here. The 
 Narragansets kept well out of the way of the English army, and 
 made many pretences of negotiating peace; but at last, about 
 
34 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 January 26th, having made several raids into the settlements, and 
 captured numbers of cattle and horses, Canonchet with his strong 
 rear-guard took up his line of retreat for the north, and two days 
 afterwards the army, some twelve hundred strong, marched in 
 pursuit. The Mohegans and Pequots, among the Connecticut 
 forces, led the pursuit, and had several sharp skirmishes with the 
 enemy, always retreating northward. This running fight was 
 kept up for several days, until provisions having failed and no 
 base of supplies possible, the General abandoned the pursuit and 
 marched his troops to Marlborough and thence to Boston. The 
 men suffered severely in this march, from hunger, and it was 
 known for several generations as the " hungry march." 
 
 The Connecticut forces separated from the others on February 
 3d, and the main body of the army arrived in Boston on the 8th 
 and were dismissed. A company under Capt. Wadsworth was 
 left at Marlborough to guard the frontiers and neighboring 
 towns. Canonchet and his great and warlike Narraganset tribe, 
 maddened by what they believed their wrongs, and thirsting for 
 vengeance, were now joined with Philip and the other hostile 
 tribes, and all within an easy day s call, except Philip and his 
 band, who still remained in their retreat beyond Albany. The 
 time was critical for the settlements ; prompt action was 
 necessary on the part of the Indian leaders, to keep their young 
 men in courage and training. Upon February 10th the Indians 
 in great force fell upon Lancaster, and nearly destroyed the town. 
 They killed or took captive fifty of the people. Among the 
 captives was Mrs. Rowlandson, wife of the minister. One 
 garrison-house was saved by the arrival of Capt. Wadsworth and 
 his company from Marlborough. On February 21st a strong 
 body of the enemy surprised Medfield, although a large force of 
 soldiers was then in the town. There were no guards set, nor 
 other precautions taken. The soldiers were scattered about in 
 the houses, and the Indians placed ambuscades in front of each 
 house, and shot them down as they rushed out upon the alarm. 
 The enemy were frightened away by the firing of a cannon, and 
 crossed the river, burning the bridge behind them. Another 
 army was now raised and sent to the Connecticut River towns, 
 to protect them, and try to bring the enemy to battle. There 
 were said to be two great fortified camps : one near the 
 u Wachusett Hill," and the other at Menameset, beyond Brook- 
 field. The army was under command of Major Thomas Savage, 
 and consisted of three foot companies and a troop of horse from 
 Massachusetts. Connecticut sent several companies of English 
 and friendly Indians. A number of Christian Indians from the 
 Naticks went with Major Savage. The army marched to Mena 
 meset, March 2d-4th, to find the enemy gone. They pursued 
 them to Miller s River, across which they escaped. It was 
 thought that this great body of the enemy would now fall upon 
 
WAR IN THE RIVER TOWNS, WEST. 35 
 
 the western towns, so that the army marched thither, abandoning 
 the design upon " Wachusett Hill " encampment. Major Savage 
 disposed his forces to guard the towns. On March 14th an 
 attack was made upon Northampton, but was repulsed with 
 severe loss to the enemy. On the 24th they appeared at Hatfield, 
 but finding it well garrisoned made no attack, though driving off 
 some horses and cattle. The Indians began to prepare for plant 
 ing fields along the river ; and Canonchet with a body of his men 
 went back to their country to bring up seed-corn, of which large 
 quantities were there stored. It is probable that a large company 
 went towards Plymouth Colony, a small party of whom destroyed 
 the house and family of Mr. Clarke at Plymouth village. March 
 17th they burned Warwick. Plymouth Colony sent out a com 
 pany of fifty men under Capt. Michael Peirse, of Marshfield, to 
 protect its frontiers. A party of twenty friendly Indians under 
 " Capt. Amos " was joined with Capt. Peirse. This company 
 marched to Seekonk, and there had a sharp skirmish with the 
 Indians on the evening of March 25th. Next day, supposing 
 they had beaten the Indians, they pursued them and were drawn 
 into an ambush and surrounded, near Patuxit River, with great 
 numbers, so that they were obliged to fight to the death. The 
 whole company, including the officers, were killed, together with 
 eight out of the twenty Indians. The enemy, too, lost very 
 heavily. March 28th and 29th the Indians burned seventy 
 houses and thirty barns at Providence. 
 
 In the meantime, in Massachusetts the enemy were not idle. 
 Lurking parties hovered about Groton, plundering the vacated 
 houses, and driving away any stray cattle within safe reach. On 
 March 13th they fell upon the town in force. The people were 
 gathered in five garrison-houses. One of the garrison-houses 
 was captured, but the people mostly escaped to another. The 
 other garrison-houses were stoutly defended. The Indians 
 burned the unfortified houses and withdrew. On March 26th, 
 the fatal day of Capt. Peirse s destruction, they burned sixteen 
 houses and thirteen barns at Marlborough. Capt. Brocklebank, 
 then in command at Marlborough, sent out a party in pursuit, 
 who overtook and surprised the enemy at night sleeping about 
 their fires, fired into their midst and put them to flight. On the 
 same day, at Longmeadow, a party going to Springfield to church 
 was ambushed by a small company of Indians, and several were 
 captured and killed. 
 
 Finding the campaign to have failed in its main object, the 
 Council ordered Major Savage to withdraw his troops, leaving 
 Capt. Wm. Turner, with a hundred and fifty men, to garrison 
 the towns. April 7th the army marched homeward. 
 
 But now the Connecticut authorities, fearing a return of the 
 Narragansets to their vicinity, in numbers such as overwhelmed 
 Capt. Peirse, mustered a mixed company of English and Indians, 
 
36 KIXG PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 and sent them into the Narraganset country under command of 
 Capts. Denison and A very. These, guided by a captive whom 
 they had taken, surprised and captured Canonchet not far from 
 the Patuxit river, where he was encamped with a few of his 
 men, while the great body were scattered, scouting and foraging. 
 He was soon after executed by Oneko, by the judgment of the 
 English authorities. The death of Canonchet was really the 
 death-blow of the war, for he was the real leader of all active 
 operations at this time. Philip was still the chief instigator, 
 however, and now more than before, became, for the time, the 
 controlling mind of a larger number than ever before. There 
 were dissensions, however, and many of the chiefs began to mur 
 mur and some to threaten against him as the cause of all their 
 troubles. Some of the river tribes began to show signs of 
 weakening, and proposed negotiations with the English. Philip 
 withdrew to the stronghold near Wachuset with such as adhered 
 to him, and with Quinnapin, and such of the Narragansets 
 as followed him. The Indians were still active, and watched 
 every chance to strike a blow. They came to Marlborough on 
 April 18th and burned the abandoned houses of the settlers. 
 Capt. Brocklebank commanded the garrison there and refused to 
 be drawn out into the ambuscades, which, before the burning, 
 the Indians had set. On April 20th they crept down and encom 
 passed the town of Sudbury. On that day Capt. Wadsworth 
 marched up from Boston with a company of fifty men, passed 
 through Sudbury, and doubtless the lines of the enemy, without 
 any knowledge of their vicinity. He forced his march to the 
 garrison at Marlborough, where they arrived about midnight on 
 the 20th, and without delay, leaving their recruits, took those 
 relieved to come home, including Capt. Brocklebank, and came 
 back towards Sudbury. The great numbers of Indians had en 
 compassed the town, and in the morning of the 21st began to 
 burn outlying houses, to draw out the inhabitants from the garri 
 son. They soon made a furious and persistent attack on Haines 
 garrison from morning till mid-day, but were beaten off, until 
 rumors of reinforcements from various quarters caused them to 
 withdraw to meet these. Edward Cowell and eighteen troopers 
 coming to the relief of Sudbury were attacked, but escaped with 
 only four killed ; they turned back, suspecting the ambush laid 
 for them. Capt. Wadsworth soon after arrived by another road, 
 and meeting with an outpost of the enemy, rushed forward to 
 engage them, and, as usual, they soon found themselves sur 
 rounded by great numbers, and were forced to a position on a 
 hill, where most of the company fell fighting, including Capts. 
 Wadsworth, Brocklebank, and Lieut. Sharpe. Some sixteen of 
 the company managed to escape to a mill, and there defended 
 themselves until relieved. A company from Watertown arrived 
 soon after Captain Wadsworth, and crossing the river, made a 
 
WAR IN THE RIVER TOWNS, WEST. 37 
 
 brave attempt to get to the hill to join him in his desperate fight, 
 but were nearly surrounded themselves and forced to retire. 
 Capt. Hunting with a company of Christian Indians and a squad 
 of troopers arrived from Chaiiestown late in the afternoon, in 
 time to rescue the men at the mill. After this fight, in which 
 they struck such a terrible blow, and so close to Boston, too, 
 they seem to have retired to their several camps, and soon to 
 have gathered to their great fishing-places in order to take the 
 run of fish. Capt. Turner was still in command of the garrisons 
 at the west. From captives who had escaped, and scouts here 
 and there, came rumors of a great company of Indians fishing at 
 the " Upper Falls " of the Connecticut. Capt. Turner and his 
 officers were anxious to strike a blow against the enemy, and 
 Connecticut authorities were applied to, and promised speedy 
 reinforcements. On May 12th the Indians made a raid into 
 Deerfield meadows and stampeded some seventy head of cattle 
 belonging to the English. Roused by this fresh outrage, the 
 people urged retaliation, and Capt. Turner and his officers deter 
 mined to attack the Indians at their great fishing-place at once. 
 On May 18th the whole company of soldiers and volunteers, 
 about one hundred and fifty, mustered at Hatfield, and marched 
 out at evening towards the " Falls." They eluded the outposts 
 of the enemy, and at daylight arrived undiscovered at the camp 
 of the Indians at the fishing-place. The savages were asleep in 
 their wigwams, and the English rushed down upon them and 
 shot them by scores, pointing their muskets in through the wig 
 wam doors. No resistance was possible, and those who escaped 
 the first fire fled in terror to the river, pursued by the soldiers, 
 and were cut down or driven into the water without mercy; 
 many were drowned attempting to cross the river. 
 
 But it was soon found that there were several other great 
 bodies of the Indians, above and below the Falls on both sides of 
 the river, and these began to swarm towards the fight. Capt. 
 Turner now prudently began a retreat, having struck his blow. 
 As the soldiers retired the enemy gathered in great numbers upon 
 rear and flanks, seeking to force the English into narrow defiles 
 Capt. Holyoke commanded the rear-guard, and checked the 
 enemy by stout fighting, but for which, it is likely, the whole 
 command would have been lost. Capt. Turner led the advance, 
 and while crossing Green River was shot down by Indians lying 
 in wait. Capt. Holyoke then led the company back to Hatfield, 
 fighting nearly the whole way. There the killed and missing 
 numbered forty-five. A few came in afterwards, reducing the 
 number of the lost to about forty. It is estimated that some two 
 hundred Indians must have been destroyed. 
 
 The blow struck by Capt. Turner greatly intimidated the 
 enemy, though the retreat was so disastrous to the English. 
 The tribes became divided and demoralized. They seem to have 
 
38 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 broken up into small wandering parties. Philip, with large num 
 bers of his adherents, went down towards Plymouth. Massachu 
 setts sent troops to the western frontiers again, and also to aid 
 Plymouth. The operations in the field were mostly the pursuit 
 of non-combatants, the aged, and women and children. Large 
 numbers of the Wampanoags and Narragansets had now returned 
 with Philip to their own country. Small parties from time to 
 time plundered and killed as opportunity offered. The colonists 
 were roused to new activity at the evident weakening of the 
 Indians. Aid was sent to Plymouth, under Capts. Brattle and 
 Mosely ; and Capt. Henchman did good service in the parts 
 about Brookfield. Major Talcott, with a mixed force of English 
 and Indians, about five hundred in all, came up the river and 
 marched into Hadley about the llth of June, and was quartered 
 there on the 12th, when the Western Indians, some seven hundred 
 strong, made their last great assault in force in these parts. The 
 town was quite strongly garrisoned besides this reinforcement, of 
 which probably the enemy knew nothing. - The attack was alto 
 gether unexpected and was furious and determined, but the 
 repulse was decided and sanguinary. Major Talcott then led his 
 force down into the Narraganset country, where, about the 2d 
 of July, he encountered a great body of Indians, and driving 
 them into the woods and swamps slew great numbers, and took 
 many captives. The plight of the savages was pitiful ; without 
 ammunition, without leadership, without countiy or hope of any 
 sort, they found no mercy now at the hands of their olden foes, 
 the Mohegans and Pequods, nor yet the English. 
 
 The remaining operations of the war in these parts were simply 
 the hunting down of almost defenceless enemies. The colonial 
 authorities issued a proclamation, calling all those Indians who 
 had been engaged in the war to come in and surrender, submitting 
 themselves to the judgment of the English courts. Many parties 
 sought to take advantage of this, but were captured upon their 
 approach by scouting parties, and treated as captives. Some of 
 those who had been prominent in the war and could not hope for 
 mercy, escaped to the eastward and put themselves under the 
 protection of Wannalancet and his Pennacooks, who had remained 
 neutral. Some fled farther to the east, and there incited war. 
 
 The constant success which the Connecticut troops had always 
 had after their use of the Mohegans and Pequods, was a plain 
 rebuke to the Massachusetts colonists for the numerous disasters 
 from which the Christian Indians might have saved them, if they 
 had trusted and employed them. As soon as Capt. Hunting and 
 his Indian company were put in the field, this appeared. The 
 Indians in small parties skulking in woods and swamps might 
 have eluded English soldiers for years, but as soon as other 
 Indians were employed, escape was impossible. 
 
 At the close of July, many of Philip s followers had been 
 
DEATH OF PHILIP, AUGUST 12, 1676. 39 
 
 taken, and his wife and several of his chief men were captives or 
 had been killed. With a small band of his followers he was 
 hiding in the swamps at Mount Hope and Pocasset. English 
 scouting parties were active in all parts of the colonies hunting 
 down the trembling and unresisting fugitives, and especially 
 Philip. Benjamin Church was among the most active in hunting 
 and bringing in the Indians, and when one of Philip s men came 
 to betray his chief, he found Mr. Church at Major Sanford s in 
 Rhode Island, with his scouting party of English and Indians a 
 short distance away. Upon the news of Philip s hiding-place 
 and the offer of the Indian to lead thither, Mr. Church gathered 
 as many as he could enlist in addition to his party, and, under 
 the lead of the Indian deserter (who acted, it is said, from 
 motives of revenge for his brother s death, by Philip s hand, 
 because he advised him to make peace with the English), the 
 party marched with great secrecy to Mount Hope. Mr. Church 
 arranged his attack with skill, and came upon Philip s party 
 unguarded and asleep, and Philip springing up and attempting 
 to escape to the swamp near by, was confronted with two of Mr. 
 Church s guards, an Englishman and an Indian. The English 
 man s gun missed fire, but the Indian, named " Alderman," imme 
 diately fired and shot the great chief through the breast, so that 
 he fell forward into the water of the swamp, upon his face, dead. 
 Philip was killed August 12th, 1676. Weetamoo s party, the sad 
 remnant of her tribe, had been captured on the 7th, and she, 
 trying to escape across a river, was drowned, and, her body being 
 found, her head was cut off and paraded in the public streets. 
 
 After Philip s death, his chief counsellor, Annawon, led the 
 rest of the party out of the swamp and escaped. With his party 
 he soon after surrendered to Mr. Church. The death of Philip 
 was practically the close of the war, though hostilities continued 
 for some time after, and at the eastward for a year or more longer. 
 At Dover, Major Richard Walderne had held command of the 
 military interests and operations in those parts. He was a trusted 
 friend of Wannalancet and the neighboring Indians. Under the 
 proclamation the old chief and his people came in without fear, 
 as they had taken no part whatever in the war. There were 
 many Indians with them, however, it was suspected, who had 
 been among the hostiles, and now wished to come in with the 
 Pennacooks and secure the advantages of their influence in giving 
 themselves up. They began to come in at Dover about the first 
 of September, and when, on the 6th, the companies, sent to the 
 eastward under Capt. Hathorn, arrived at Dover, there were 
 some four hundred there, including the Pennacooks. In some 
 way the immediate surrender of all these was received, probably 
 by Major Walderne s great influence with them. They were 
 then disarmed, and as the Massachusetts officers insisted upon 
 treating them all as prisoners of war, Major Walderne was 
 
40 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 obliged to send all, save Wannalancet and his " relations," down 
 to Boston to be tried there by the Court. The number sent was 
 about two hundred. 
 
 Some of the Southern Indians, having lost all except their own 
 lives, passed to the Eastern tribes and were active in exciting to 
 hostility. The local Indians had been hostile the previous year, 
 committing depredations from the Kennebec to Portsmouth. In 
 the summer of 1676, it is thought that many who had been 
 among the Indians in the war, came to these tribes and caused 
 much of the trouble which ensued. The day before Philip s 
 death the Indians fell upon the settlers at Falmouth, and killed 
 or carried away some thirty-four persons and burned their houses. 
 Further eastward also the settlements were attacked. It was 
 upon these occasions that Capt. Hathorn s force was sent to these 
 parts. They marched on from Dover on September 8th, as far 
 as Falmouth, Capt. Hunting s Indians scouting the woods. This 
 expedition was not of much avail, as the Indians easily eluded 
 the troops, being only war parties without the encumbrance of 
 women and children. 
 
 In November, 1676, a company was sent up into the mountain 
 regions of New Hampshire to break up a winter encampment of 
 the Ammoscoggin and Pigwacket Indians, who had been active 
 in the hostile movements at the eastward settlements during 
 the summer and fall, and were now said to be gathering into 
 winter quarters in a great fort, near " Ossapy Lake." 
 
 After a severe march, the fort was discovered, but no signs of 
 Indians, and after scouting in small parties some twelve miles 
 beyond this fort, they burned the same, and marched back to 
 Berwick, having been gone nine days. In the meantime the 
 Peuobscot sagamore, Mugg, or, as he was afterwards called, " Mogg 
 Hegone " (and in Whittier s poem Mogg Megone), came to the 
 English in behalf of Madockawando, the sachem of Penobscot, 
 to treat for peace, and the return of the English captives. A 
 treaty was concluded at Boston, November 6th, 1676, by which 
 Mugg agreed to return all the captives and goods taken from the 
 English, and offered to remain with the English until the same 
 was done. Two vessels were fitted out, and sailed to Penobscot, 
 where they arrived the first week in December, and found the 
 great chief, Madockawando, who received and treated them 
 kindly. He delivered to them two captives, who were then with 
 him, and Mugg was allowed to go up into the country, to try to 
 bring down some others, who were said to be at another camp. 
 He did not return; and the vessels, after a few days waiting, 
 sailed to Pemaquid, where they received some more English 
 captives, and returned home. Among the captives received at 
 Pemaquid was Thomas Cobbet, son of Rev. Thomas, of Ipswich. 
 He had been among the savages for several months, and his 
 interesting story of his captivity gave much and correct informa- 
 
WAR AT THE EASTWARD. 41 
 
 tion in regard to the strength, habits, temper, and intentions of 
 the Indians and their other captives. 
 
 Soon after that, another captive, Francis Card, escaped and 
 brought later news, and one item of great importance was that 
 Mugg had returned to the Indians on the Kennebec, who were 
 the real leaders in the war in those parts. He said that Mugg 
 boasted greatly of the trick he had played upon the English, 
 and threatened great things to be done against them in the 
 spring. He gave a minute description of the country, the con 
 dition of the Indians, and the easiest approaches to their places 
 of encampment. 
 
 He said that the numbers of the Indians were not so large as 
 reported, their war-party, in full force, being not over a hundred 
 men. The captives with them were well, and not abused, except 
 they were made to work for their captors. Stirred up and 
 encouraged by this report, the Council at Boston raised a force 
 of two hundred men, of whom sixty were Natick Indians, and 
 sent them away by water, to the eastward, the first week in 
 February ; Major Waldron, of Dover, being Commander-in-chief 
 of the expedition. The forces were at Blackpoint on February 
 17th, and sailed eastward along the shore, landing in Maquoit 
 Bay, where Capt. Frost with his company had a skirmish with a 
 body of the savages, without much loss on either side, and fol 
 lowed next day with an attempt at a treaty. Thence they sailed 
 around to the Kennebec, and landing at Arrowsick Island, left a 
 part of their force there, to build a fort and establish a garrison. 
 Major Waldron, with a part of the company under Capt. Frost, 
 went to Pemaquid and ransomed some captives there ; but, dis 
 covering a plot to destroy himself and a small party who went 
 on shore to treat with the Indians, he called his soldiers ashore, 
 and attacking the enemy furiously, drove them to their canoes 
 which they had near by, killing some, among whom was the 
 sagamore Mattahando, leader in this affair. Sailing back to 
 Arrowsick, Major Waldron gathered his forces together, leaving 
 a small garrison at Kennebec, and went home to Boston, where 
 they arrived safely, without the loss of a man, on March llth, 
 1677. 
 
 In April following an attempt was made by the Massachusetts 
 authorities to enlist the Mohawk Indians against the hostile 
 savages upon the North and Eastern borders. Major Pynchon, 
 of Springfield, with Mr. James Richards of Hartford, and twelve 
 men as a guard, made a journey to the Mohawk country to arrange 
 for their cooperation. 
 
 This action was taken with the advice of Gov. Andros, of New 
 York, and some of the Indians did really come into the borders 
 of New Hampshire and Maine ; but the distance was so great 
 from their country that little was achieved except by the terror 
 inspired among the Eastern tribes, by the rumor of their coming. 
 
42 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 This measure was questioned by many as to its lawfulness, in 
 employing heathen to light the battles of the Lord ; but the Gen 
 eral Court fell back upon the scriptural precedent of Abraham 
 employing the Amorites, and so justified its somewhat ques 
 tionable proceeding. The Indians on the Kennebec were not 
 deterred from hostilities, which were renewed by the killing of 
 nine of the garrison left the year before, at that place. So the 
 Massachusetts Court at once called upon the other colonies to 
 assist them in raising a new force to send into those parts. Up 
 to the present time, Massachusetts had borne the whole expense 
 of the Eastern wars, but now call them to raise their proportional 
 part of one hundred English, and two hundred Indian soldiers, to 
 rendezvous at Blackpoint. But in the meantime Massachusetts 
 had acted with promptness in sending Capt. Hunting to bring 
 the remaining garrison at Kennebec, and strengthening the gar 
 risons at Wells with a company under Capt. Benjamin Swett, and 
 at Blackpoint with another company under Lieut. Tippin. In 
 May, the Eastern tribes, elated by their success in driving the 
 English out of their country, gathered all their forces against 
 the above garrisons. The Indian leaders in this campaign were 
 Symon, a renegade Christian Indian, and Mugg, above mentioned, 
 both wary and skilful, and well acquainted with the country 
 around, and with the English people and their habits. The 
 Indian forces under these leaders at this time were well-tried 
 men from the Penobscot, Kennebec, and Ammoscoggin tribes of 
 the Tarratines, ranking as fighters next to the Pequods and 
 Mohawks. They were well equipped and supplied, probably by 
 the French in Canada. 
 
 It does not appear that either of the other colonies sent men to 
 assist in this campaign, and the force that was raised by Massa 
 chusetts was too small, and the English part of it/ was mostly of 
 young and untried men and boys who had seen no service except 
 in garrisons. They seem also to have entirely underrated the 
 numbers and temper of the enemy. On the 13th of May, the 
 Blackpoint garrison had beaten off a large body of the Indians 
 after a fierce assault of three days, on the last of which Lieut. 
 Tippin had shot and killed the leader, Mugg ; when the Indians 
 had gone away towards Wells and York, as told above. On July 
 28th, Capt. Swett, with forty young English recruits, and a com 
 pany of thirty-six Natick Indians, landed at Blackpoint garrison- 
 house, the Indians being under the command of Lieut. James 
 Richardson. Next morning the enemy with quite a large party 
 appeared not far from the fort, when Capt. Swett drew out his 
 whole force, with a number from the garrison, and pursued them 
 with headlong haste about two miles, when, at the edge of a hill, 
 with a dark swamp on each side, they found themselves am 
 bushed, after the old fashion at Brookfield, Deerfield, Sudbury, 
 etc., whose lessons, after two centuries, the American soldiers 
 
AVAR AT THE EASTWARD. 43 
 
 have not fully learned. Half the English were shot down at the 
 first volley, and the raw young lads were completely panic- 
 stricken, and unable to make any defence. The Captain with a 
 few tried men rallied and attempted to bring off their wounded 
 and make good a retreat to the fort. The odds were too heavy 
 against him, and having received many wounds, he was at last 
 surrounded and overpowered by the foe, and fell not far from 
 the garrison, still fighting. 
 
 Lieut. Richardson fell near the first onset. Forty of the Eng 
 lish and twelve of the Natick Indians were killed at the time. 
 It is not known how many the enemy lost ; but they made no 
 further attempt upon the garrison and soon retired. The next 
 hostile move of these Indians was in a new direction. They cap 
 tured no less than thirteen fishing-vessels with their crews and 
 loads along the Eastern shores. 
 
 In August of this year (1677), Gov. Andros, of New York, 
 sent a ship with a force of men to Pemaquid, which, when the 
 Indians understood, they soon, for some reason, came to proper 
 terms of peace, returned the English captives and the captured 
 vessels into the hands of the New York soldiers, by whom they 
 were soon returned home. 
 
 Yet another act in this long tragedy was to come. The scene 
 changes to Hatfield, where, September 19th, the people of that 
 village were engaged in raising a house, having no thought of any 
 Indian hostility in the colony. Suddenly they were set upon by 
 a party of River Indians, forty or fifty in number, who had crept 
 about them so secretly that they were unarmed and utterly help 
 less. Some were shot down from the frame of the building. 
 Twelve were killed outright, and some twenty more were made 
 captive and carried to Canada. The story of the captivity and 
 redemption of these last, by the two brave Hatfield men, Ben 
 jamin Wait and Stephen Jennings, is one of the most heroic and 
 interesting of the whole war. The Indians killed one man and 
 captured three more at Deerfield that same day. This was the 
 last act of any considerable importance in the war known as 
 " King Philip s War," the particulars of which are to be related 
 in the following chapters. 
 
THE BEGINNING OF HOSTILITIES IN KING 
 PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 I. 
 
 CAPTAIN DANIEL HENCHMAN S COMPANY. 
 
 AT the opening of the war, the colonial militia was quite 
 efficiently organized. Each county had its regiment of 
 " trained soldiers." The regiments of Suffolk and Middlesex 
 counties consisted of fifteen companies of Foot and one of Cavalry 
 each. The Essex regiment was of thirteen Foot and one Cavalry ; 
 the other counties smaller. There were seventy-three" organized 
 companies in the Massachusetts Colony, besides an independent 
 cavalry company called the " Three County Troop," made up in 
 Suffolk, Middlesex and Essex. The highest military officer of the 
 colony was Major General Daniel Denison, of Ipswich. The 
 highest regimental officer at this time was Major, or Sergeant 
 Major. These local companies were not sent on active service out 
 of their towns, but men were impressed from the number and 
 placed under officers appointed for special service by the Council. 
 Each company of Foot had a Captain, Lieutenant, Ensign, Clerk, 
 Sergeants, Corporals, and a Drummer. Cavalry had Cornett 
 instead of Ensign and a Trumpeter and Quartermaster. The\ 
 regular number of privates in foot companies was seventy, in ) 
 the cavalry fifty. On special service it was more. The pay 
 of soldiers was 6s. per week, and 5s. was paid for their " dyet." 
 There is no way of determining the rate of pay from Hull s 
 Journal, as all payments are "on acct" and do not specify time 
 of service. Plymouth Colony paid the private soldiers 2s. per 
 day, Drummers 2s. 6d., Sergeant 3s., Ensign 4s., " Lieftenant " 
 5s., Captain 6s. A "Chyrurgion" or doctor was attached to each 
 expedition. A chaplain also generally served with each expedi 
 tion. The price paid for horses was 18d. per week. Prices of 
 Clothing, "Wastcoats," 6s., Drawers 5s. 6d., "Stockins" 2s., 
 Shirts 6s., Shoes 4s. 
 
 On the Mount Hope expedition the soldiers used the Old 
 Matchlock musket, the " Regulation " weapon of that time ; but 
 it was afterwards discarded as not so serviceable as the Flintlock 
 
 A 7? 
 
46 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 or " Snaphance." There were no bayonets in use, but each com 
 pany at first had a number of Pikemen, soon found to be useless 
 in an Indian fight. The " Matchlock " was an exceedingly 
 cumbrous affair, and was too long and heavy to fire at arm s 
 length, so that each soldier was obliged to carry a " rest " (a 
 crotched staff pointed at the foot with iron, and attached to his 
 wrist by a string). No. 7 of the orders in musket drill, " Elton s 
 Tactics," was, " Put the string of your rest about your left wrist." 
 The Indians always used the Flintlock, and used slugs, or heavy 
 shot instead of bullets. The other equipments of a foot soldier 
 were a " Snapsack," six feet of match or fuse, a Bandoleer, which 
 was a leathern belt passing over the right shoulder and under the 
 left arm and containing a dozen or more round boxes each hold 
 ing one charge of powder ; a bag of bullets and a horn of prim 
 ing-powder was also attached to this belt. These matters will be 
 more fully treated in the Appendix. 
 
 BEGINNING OF HOSTILITIES. 
 
 A brief survey of the state of affairs in Boston on June 24th, 
 1675, when news of the attack of the Indians on Swansea, and 
 Plymouth Colony s appeal for aid, arrived, may be in place here, 
 especially as in Massachusetts Records there is nothing relating 
 to the matter from the adjournment of the Court on May 12 
 until it was called together on July 19th. It is to be regretted 
 that the records are lost, as we know many important meetings 
 were held in this time. I insert the following fragments, pre 
 served in Mass. Archives, vol. b 7, as testimony of the energy which 
 the Court displayed in answering the appeal of the sister colony. 
 
 The following is a portion of a letter from the General Court 
 of Massachusetts Colony to Plymouth Colony, in answer to her 
 appeal for assistance: 
 
 June 24. 1675. 
 
 Hon rd S r According to what I writ you yesterday we are now con 
 vened in Council to Consider of your desire of a supply .of some men 
 from hence and we have resolved to rayse one hundred foot and 50 
 horse that shall be speedily upon their march towards Swansey .... 
 and for the furtherance and better management &c we have commis- 
 sionated our faithful friend Major Thomas Savage &c. 
 
 [June 24, 1675.] Att a meeting of the General Court on the 24. 
 June 1675. Ordered that the Secretary issue out a warrant to the Con 
 stable of Boston to Impress forthwith five Able and Special horses for 
 the service of the country, and that Capt Savage and Capt Oliver have 
 charge of them, and their men each of them one. 
 
 Capt Richard is voted to goe forth in this Expedition (who shame 
 fully refused the Employment). 1 
 
 This parenthesis is added by another hand. This captain was John Richard, of the 
 6th Company, and as he was afterwards a trusted officer in the colony, probably the Court 
 did not agree with the remark of the anonymous writer. 
 
BEGINNING OF HOSTILITIES. 47 
 
 Capt Daniel Henchman was chosen and voted to goe forth as Capt 
 of 100 men for the service of this Colony on y e designe to go to Plym 
 outh CoF. 
 
 Capt Thomas Prentice is appointed to be Capt of the Horse. 
 
 To the Militia of the town of Boston, Cha. Camb. Watertown, 
 Roxbury, Dorchester, Dedham, Brantrey, Weymouth, Hingham, 
 Maulden You are hereby required in his Majesty s name to take 
 notice that the Gov r & Council have ordered 100 able souldjers forth 
 with impressed out of the severall Towns according to the proportions 
 hereunder written for the aid and assistance of our confederate Plym 
 outh in the designe afoote ag 8t the Indians, and accordingly you are 
 to warne af sd proportions to be ready at an hours warning from Capt 
 Daniel Henchman who is appointed Captain and Commander of the 
 Foote Company that each souldjer shal have his armes compleat and 
 Snapsack ready to march and not faile to be at the randevous. 
 
 To the Committee of 
 
 The Council is adjourned till tomorrow at 8 of the clock at Rox 
 bury. 
 
 E. R. Sec y. (i.e. Edward Rawson, Secretary.) 
 
 The special commission of Capt. Henchman for this service is 
 also in the Archives, vol. 67. 
 
 To D. H. Capt. with the Consent of the Councill for the Colony of 
 Mass, in New England. 
 
 Whereas you are apoynted Capt of a foote Company to Serve in 
 this Expedition for the assistance of our neighbors of Plimouth against 
 the insolences and outrages of the natives, these are to wil and require 
 you to take charge of the said Company of foote, mounted as dragoons, 
 & you are to command and instruct your inferior officers and souldjers 
 according to military rules for the service and saftey of the Country, 
 and you to attend such orders from tyme to tyme as you shal receyve 
 from your superior Commanders or the Council of this Colony. 
 Past 25 June 1675 
 
 E. R. Secy 
 Signed by y e Gov nr 
 
 Daniel Henchman appears in Boston as early as March, 1666, 
 when he was employed at a salary of .40 per annum " to assist 
 Mr Woodmancy in the Grammar Schoole and teach the childere 
 to wright ; " was on a committee with Capts. Gookin, Prentice 
 and Beers, to lay out "the new Plantation at Quansigamond 
 Ponds" (now Worcester), and settle its affairs, in 1667. He 
 was thereafter the chief manager in that settlement, and received 
 the largest number of acres in the first division. He was 
 admitted freeman in 1672 ; was appointed captain of 5th Boston 
 Company, Colonial Militia, May 12, 1675, and commissioned for 
 the special expedition, as above noted. He is seen to have been 
 one of the most trusted officers of the Court. 
 
48 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Capt. Daniel Henchman m. (probably in England) Sarah, dau. 
 of Hezekiah Woodward, Gentleman, of Uxbridge, Middlesex, 
 England, who, in his will of the 22 : Feb y 1674, gives " to the 
 five children of my daughter, Sarah Henchman deceased, by 
 Daniel Henchman of Boston in New England," the sum of 
 "twenty pounds apiece, to be paid at their respective ages of 
 twenty-one years." Then he gives all his lands and tenements 
 in Ireland, to the said Daniel Henchman, in trust for the said 
 children. Their five children whose names are known to us 
 were Richard, Hezekiah, Nathaniel, Susanna b. 7 : June : 1667, 
 and William, b. 28 : July : 1669, and died sometime before March 
 29 : 1673. Sarah, the wife, died ; and Capt. Henchman married, 
 26 : April, 1162, Mary, dau. of William Poole of Dorchester, by 
 whom he had William (2), b. 29; March, 1673; Jane, b. 25: 
 May : 1674 ; Daniel, b. 16 : June, 1677 ; and Mary, b. 1 : June, 
 1682. He died at Worcester, 15 : Oct. 1685. His Widow Mary, 
 and his sons Richard and Hezekiah administered upon his estate, 
 which by inventory of 29: Apr. 1686, was rated 1381 : 13 : 09. 
 The surname appears in various forms, as Hinchman, Hincksman, 
 Hinksman, etc. Two of his descendants, through his son 
 Nathaniel, have graduated at Harvard. 
 
 CAPT. HENCHMAN MARCHES FROM BOSTON TO MOUNT HOPE. 
 
 Pursuant to his commission, Capt. Henchman marshalled his 
 company, and, on the afternoon of June 26 : 1675, marched out 
 from Boston in company with the " troop of horse," under the com 
 mand of Capt. Thomas Prentice, of Cambridge. At Dedham they 
 halted for an hour, during an eclipse of the moon, which occurred 
 on that evening. Then they marched on as far as " Woodcock s 
 Garrison " (Attleboro ), where they arrived in the morning, 
 and waited until the afternoon, when Capt. Mosely with his 
 company of " Volunteers " overtook them, and the three com 
 panies then marched on together to Swansey. They arrived at 
 the house of Rev. John Miles, the minister of Swansey, where 
 they quartered for the night. This was on June 28. On the 
 29th, Major Thomas Savage, commander-in-chief of the Massa 
 chusetts forces, arrived with his company and the Troop* of Capt. 
 Nicholas Paige. Capt. Plenchman s men were engaged in the 
 movements through Mount Hope, and scouting about the country 
 until July 4th, when they marched back to headquarters at 
 Swansey. At a council of war, July 5th, in consequence of 
 orders received from Boston by hand of Capt. Hutchinson, it 
 was determined to march all the Massachusetts forces into the 
 Narraganset country. Accordingly the next ten days were spent 
 in the march thither, and the treaty with the Sachems. During 
 this time the Plymouth forces under Major James Cudworth, Capt. 
 Matthew Fuller, and Benjamin Church were pursuing Philip 
 into Pocasset ; and Mr. Church " hasted over and borrowed 
 
HENCHMAN AT MOUNT HOPE. 49 
 
 three files of Henchman s men and his lieutenant," to assist in 
 the enterprise. On July 15th, all the Massachusetts forces 
 marched to Rehoboth, on the 16th to Mattapoisett, on the 17th 
 to Taunton, and on the 18th to Pocasset Swamp, where they 
 immediately attacked the Indians, and five English were killed 
 and seven wounded. Owing to the darkness the forces withdrew. 
 It was decided to withdraw all the Massachusetts troops except 
 Capt. Henchman s company, which remained with the Plymouth 
 forces at Pocasset. Maj. Savage, Capts. Paige and Mosely 
 marched back to Boston, and Capt. Prentice with his troop 
 scouted towards Mendon. It was determined to build a fort 
 at Pocasset and " starve Philip out." But near the end of July 
 Philip escaped by water, either wading at low tide, or " wafting " 
 on rafts, and passed into the Nipmuck country, abandoning 
 about one hundred of their women and children in the swamp. 
 Capt. Henchman appears not to have known of Philip s escape 
 until news was brought him from the mainland on July 29th, 
 30th, etc. Letters to him from Rev. Noah Newman and Peter 
 Hunt, of Rehoboth, were enclosed by him in one of his own to 
 the Governor (which I have copied here), and are preserved in 
 the Mass. Archives, vol. 67. In itself it is the best explana 
 tion of this time at hand. Fort Leverett was at Pocasset, 
 built by Capt. Henchman s company and named for the 
 governor. 
 
 Letter of Capt. Daniel Henchman to the Governor. 
 Hon a Sr. Fort Leverett, July 31, 1675. 
 
 Since my last (of the 28 th ) the Generall the 29 th day landed here one 
 hundred men, his designe to releeve Dartmouth being as reported in 
 some distress ; Past nine of the clock last night Lt Thomas brought 
 me the two first enclosed letters from Rehoboth and Mr James Brown 
 with him to press my going thither, which with what strength I could 
 was yeelded to, (I having just finished the South East flanker of the 
 fort so farr as to be a good defence for my men) drew my company 
 together by a false alarm in the night, some being at a distance get 
 ting stockadoes ; and provided for our March before day taking six 
 files with me and the 17 Indians (all now left) and leaving five files 
 behind to be going on with the work, and the Brigandine ; About 
 11 of the clock a second post came to acquaint me with the third 
 enclosed letter. Mr Brown and the L* being gon to endeavour the 
 giving of notice to the Gen 11 to Warwick and the Narragansett Indians 
 to head Philip, At break I shipped my men in a sloope for Seaconk 
 and while under sail Mr Almie brought word that one Dan. Stanton 
 of the Island at his returne yesterday from Dartmouth affirmes that 
 severall parties of Indians with their armes to the number of about 
 80 surrendered themselves to that garrison for mercie, who have 
 secured them in an Island by them. After my Company was landed 
 within two miles of Seacouk before all were on shore an other letter 
 came to me from L Thomas A.dvising to land at Providence being 
 
50 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 nearer to the enemy, I strait remanded my men on bord, gave each 
 one 3 biscakes, a fish and a few raisons with ammunission which 
 may last two or three days, I make bould to encloss to coppies of 
 the letters sent least anything in my whurry might be omitted ; The 
 Lord preserve and spirite you still for this his worke ; my humble 
 service to all those worthies with you ; I would gladly know of y r 
 Hon rs welfare ; and begg the prayers of all to God to qualifie me for 
 my present imploy ; being the unfittest of many yet pardon my con 
 fused lines being begun at my Quarters and patched vp in several 
 places 
 
 Hon rd S r 
 Y r Hon rs Humble Servant D. HENCHMAN. 
 
 The above letter was written evidently on the passage to Sea- 
 konk and Providence. He landed at Providence next morning, 
 and marched twenty miles in pursuit of the Indians before he 
 came up with the Plymouth forces and the Mohegans, who had 
 been sent to him from Boston, but had been met by the Rehoboth 
 men and persuaded to join them in the pursuit of Philip ; these 
 had come up with Philip s rear, and had a sharp fight before Capt. 
 Henchman arrived. The Mohegans were now passed to his com 
 mand, and the troops being wearied with the long march bivou 
 acked till morning, and the Plymouth forces returned to 
 Rehoboth, leaving to Capt. Henchman the further pursuit of 
 Philip, which was renewed next morning. With his six files 
 (consisting of sixty-eight men), the fifty Mohegans and the 
 seventeen Naticks, Capt. Henchman marched into the Nip- 
 muck country as far as the "second fort," to a place called 
 Wapososhequish, August 3, but without finding Philip ; and hav 
 ing continued the pursuit until provisions were exhausted and 
 all were tired out to no purpose, the Mohegans returned to their 
 home, and Capt. Henchman marched his force to Mendon, 
 meeting Capt. Mosely with sixty dragoons on the way with 
 supplies. August 8, Capt. Henchman went down to Boston 
 to get orders from the Governor and Council, and left most if not 
 all his men at Mendon. (August 16, a part of them were in 
 charge of Capt. Mosely, twelve of whom were detailed to Chelms- 
 ford garrison by him.) Capt. Henchman received his instruc 
 tions for future proceedings in a letter from Gen. Daniel Denison, 
 commander-in-chief of Massachusetts Forces, given August 9th, 
 1675. This letter commanded him in brief to return to his men 
 left at Pocasset, to fetch them and the " provisions and ammuni- 
 sion " off. He was to advertise the Plymouth commander of this 
 design, arid if said commander wished him to remain there, to 
 await further orders from the Council ; otherwise to turn over 
 the fort to the care of the Plymouth forces, and march his men 
 to Boston and disband them until again called out by the Coun 
 cil. In his march to Pocasset he was given authority to press 
 horses and guides, or require them of the various constables of 
 
HENCHMAN RETURNS TO BOSTON. 
 
 51 
 
 the towns passed, and on his return likewise. On his return he 
 was to draw off the Massachusetts " souldjers " at Woodcock s 
 garrison, and also at Mr. Hudson s house, unless he should deem 
 it unsafe, Hudson being of our colony whom we are to take care 
 of." Plymouth Colony preferred to take charge of the fort, and 
 Capt. Henchman brought his soldiers home to Boston as com 
 manded. 
 
 " It will be understood that the Soldiers of Plymouth Colony 
 played an important part in this campaign, reaching the seat of 
 war before those of Massachusetts ; arid the account of this will 
 be given in separate chapters, after Massachusetts is finished. 
 The letters of Rev. Noah Newman, Lieut. Nathaniel Thomas, 
 Peter Hunt, and Mr. James Brown s part are all of interest and 
 importance." 
 
 The following list, gathered from John Hull s Account-book, 
 from date to date, and here arranged together, doubtless shows 
 the Company which served under Capt. Henchman, in this 
 campaign. 
 
 As to the spelling of the names, I have not departed in the 
 least from the original. It must be remembered that the names 
 were entered in the Journal from " Debentures " made by the 
 clerks of companies, and the names at the first were entered on 
 the company rolls as each man was understood to pronounce his 
 own name, and unless the clerk was acquainted with the name, 
 he spelled it by the easiest method ; hence many strange varia 
 tions appear. The Ledger account often has two forms for the 
 same name. 
 
 The list of Soldiers credited with Military Service under Capt. Daniel 
 
 Henchman. 
 
 Thomas Burges. 
 John Hills. 
 John Lewis. 
 John Angel 
 Benjamin Negus 
 John Chapman. 
 Robert Smith. 
 William Manly. 
 Thomas Irons. 
 Samuel Perkins. 
 Hugh Taylor. 
 David Jones, 
 lames Whippo. 
 Theophilus Thornton 
 Nathaniel Osborne. 
 Samuel Davis. 
 Henry Kerby. 
 Ephraim Hall. 
 
 August 20, 167.3. 
 
 
 02 06 02 
 
 Richard Gibson. 
 
 02 07 00 
 
 00 06 00 
 
 Thomas Williams. 02 07 00 
 
 01 14 03 
 01 15 02 
 
 Joseph Ford. 
 Samuel Walles. 
 
 00 06 10 
 01 06 06 
 
 01 15 02 
 02 02 00 
 02 02 00 
 
 William Bently. 
 Peter Edgerton. 
 John Bull. 
 
 02 07 00 
 01 15 00 
 00 16 02 
 
 02 08 00 
 
 Richard Brooks. 
 
 02 00 00 
 
 02 07 00 
 
 John Barrett. 
 
 01 10 00 
 
 02 07 00 
 02 07 00 
 02 07 00 
 
 Joseph Fiske. 
 Joseph Tucker. 
 Israel Smith. 
 
 01 10 00 
 02 05 00 
 00 12 00 
 
 02 07 00 
 
 Samuel Ireson. 
 
 01 10 00 
 
 02 07 00 
 02 07 00 
 
 August 
 James Dichetto. 
 
 21 1675 
 00 15 00 
 
 02 07 00 
 02 07 00 
 
 Jacob Gully. 
 Isaac Ratt. 
 
 01 14 06 
 02 04 06 
 
 01 07 00 
 
 Samuel Veze (als 
 
 . Very) 02 07 00 
 
PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 07 00 
 07 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 06 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 
 Samuel Daniel. 02 
 
 John Kemble. 02 
 
 John Russell. 02 
 
 Simon Groveling. 02 
 
 John Thorn. 02 
 
 Charles Damport. 01 
 
 Benjamin Bishop. 02 
 
 John Throp. 02 
 
 Solomon Watts. 02 
 
 Philip Coker. 02 
 
 John Jeffries. 02 
 
 Robert Wills. 02 07 00 
 
 Isaac Morris. 02 07 00 
 
 Nicholas Weymouth. 02 07 00 
 
 Nathaniel Jewell. 02 07 00 
 
 Samuel Mirick. 01 04 00 
 
 William Parham. 02 08 00 
 
 Thomas Roberts. 02 04 06 
 
 August 27 th or Ledger date 23 d 
 
 John Hubbard. 02 07 00 
 
 JohnTebb. 02 07 00 
 Henry Timberlake. Ser^ 02 00 00 
 ThomasHitchboruZ/rwm r 01 11 00 
 
 John Taylor, Sergt. 02 
 
 Thomas Bishop. 00 
 Peter Bennett, Marshall. 01 
 
 Simeon Messenger. 01 
 
 John Polly. 01 
 
 John Essery. 02 
 
 Henry Harwood. Sergt. 03 
 
 Samuel Barber. 00 
 
 Phillip Jessop. 01 
 
 Charles Blincott. Sergt. 02 
 
 Isaac Amsdeu. 02 
 
 Henry Prentice. 02 
 
 John Streeter. 02 
 
 Abraham Hathaway. 02 
 
 James Johnson. Sergt 03 03 
 
 Isaac How. 01 11 
 
 Thomas Parker. 01 04 00 
 
 Joseph Peirce. 01 04 00 
 
 John Gates. 02 00 00 
 
 William Hopkins. 01 10 00 
 
 Ralph Hall, Clark 03 10 00 
 
 Thomas Wi<rfzl\,Ensigne 03 02 04 
 
 00 
 11 
 01 
 18 
 16 
 04 
 04 
 07 
 01 
 16 
 
 10 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 
 06 06 
 14 00 
 
 07 00 
 07 00 
 07 00 
 07 00 
 
 00 
 08 
 
 Richard Bennet. 02 
 
 Jobn Scopelin. 00 
 
 September 3 d 1675 
 
 Josiah Arnold. 01 
 
 W m Smallidge. 01. 
 
 John Bucknam. 01 
 Enoch Greeuleaf , Lieut. 04 
 
 Samuel Johnson. 03 
 
 William Drew. 02 
 
 William Hardin. 01 
 
 John Cray. 01 
 
 Nathaniel Fiske. 01 
 
 John Miller. 00 
 
 John King. 01 
 
 James Ogleby. 00 
 
 Rowland Soley. 01 
 
 Thomas Region. 01 
 
 Thomas Hiucher. 01 
 
 Joseph Smith 01 
 
 Thomas Aliston 02 
 
 George Burkback 01 
 
 Daniel Magenis. 01 
 
 Henry Eliott. 01 
 
 Thomas Okerby 01 
 
 John Hastings 01 
 
 Edward Weeden 01 
 
 John Wiseman 03 
 
 Sept 14 th 
 
 Joseph Priest. 01 
 
 Nathaniel King. 02 
 
 John Pemberton. 01 
 
 Osbel Morrison. 02 
 
 John Cross 01 
 
 Perez Savage. Ensigne 02 
 
 Roger Procer. 01 
 
 Robert Orchard. Sergt 02 
 September 21, 1675 
 
 David Church. 01 
 Samuel Johnson, Butcher 01 
 
 Thomas Traine. 
 Ebenezer Owen. 
 Matthew Stone. 
 Nathaniel Kean. 
 Benjamin Tower 
 Jonathan Dunning. 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 01 
 00 
 01 
 
 07 00 
 07 00 
 
 15 02 
 19 04 
 19 04 
 
 10 00 
 07 00 
 07 00 
 04 06 
 19 04 
 13 06 
 
 06 00 
 
 11 00 
 
 07 08 
 19 04 
 19 04 
 04 00 
 19 04 
 
 07 00 
 19 04 
 19 04 
 04 10 
 19 04 
 
 04 10 
 19 04 
 
 03 06 
 
 05 08 
 02 10 
 01 00 
 19 00 
 
 06 06 
 
 08 00 
 
 04 10 
 01 00 
 
 17 08 
 
 05 08 
 10 04 
 05 00 
 
 07 00 
 04 10 
 10 04 
 17 06 
 
 FURTHER SERVICE OF CAPT. HENCHMAN. 
 
 There was intensely bitter feeling about this time in Boston 
 as to the way captive Indians should be treated. The interces 
 sion of the venerable John Eliot and the strenuous advocacy of 
 Capt. Gookin in their behalf, had created great animosity not 
 
HENCHMAN S FURTHER SERVICE. 53 
 
 only against themselves but all who advised moderate measures. 
 Capt. Henchman seems to have been of the moderate party, and 
 was therefore somewhat unpopular with most of the soldiers, and 
 doubtless his apparent lack of success in the pursuit of Philip at 
 Rehoboth added to this feeling with the people. But the court 
 sustained and trusted him, and immediately reappointed him 
 to service over one hundred men who met at Roxbury meeting 
 house, but refused to march forth under his command, and 
 demanded Capt. Oliver. The council compromised the matter 
 and sent them Capt. Lake, but they are not credited with any 
 service under him. Capt. Henchman seems to have been em 
 ployed in August and September in regulating affairs in some of 
 the outlying towns, and these men perhaps sei ved as his patrol 
 or guard. 
 
 Oct 5 1675 
 
 Richard Wood. 00 10 04 
 
 Ephraim Wilier, Corp 1 02 05 00 
 
 Thomas May. 01 19 04 
 
 Michael Bearstow. 00 10 04 
 
 Thomas Webb. 01 19 04 
 
 Edward Dickinson. 02 07 00 
 
 Jacob Bullard. 01 18 06 
 
 Samuel Whitney. 01 18 06 
 
 John Shattock 01 02 00 
 
 Daniel Keniday. 01 17 08 
 
 September 27th we find him at Chelmsford garrison in com 
 mand, as we see by the following letter of that date. 
 
 Capt. Henchman s Letter to the Governor. 
 
 Chelmsford Sept 27, 75. [This was Monday.! 
 Hon d S r 
 
 In pursuance of my instructions ; I and my Lieut, met at Major Wil- 
 lard s the last day of the week, with the Captaines of the severall 
 townes directed to ; as well for the drawing of the Souldiers, as to ad 
 vise with them ; for the first they promise they shall be sent to chelms- 
 ford at an hours warning and so will be ready here by that time I have 
 provission for them ; and that of absolute necessity for them will be 
 powder shott biscake cheese and raisons, large and warme Wast-coats 
 and drawers tobaco, some hatchets and a Chirurgion ; for the later the 
 Major and rest of the officers will advise to no other motion than about 
 this and other towns ; but I understanding the intent of the Ho d Coun 
 cil to be that I should march to Pennycooke although not named in my 
 instructions ; I think it need full to acquaint your Hon there with, and 
 desire your express there unto. I have not farther at present but to 
 subscribe 
 
 S r your Hon" humble Servant 
 
 (Mass. Archives, vol. 67, 269.) D. HENCHMAN. 
 
 Major Willard was of Lancaster, but his house was in Groton, 
 at what is now Ayer Junction; and the date was Saturday, 
 September 25th. 
 
 November 1st Capt. Henchman marched out of Boston towards 
 Hassanameset (Graf ton) with a small body of men (20), and 
 arrived at Medfield at 3 P.M. on the same day. The next morn 
 ing he writes the Governor from that place. 
 
54 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Medfield Nov. 2 d 1675 
 Ho nd S r 
 
 My orders directing me to the several places and times that my 
 souldiers were to be ready at, Speded my march accordingly; and 
 reached this place yesterday by three of the clock afternoon ; and had 
 with me only 20 men that marched from Boston with me Since 
 divers are come up, and all that at present I am like to have by nine 
 of the clock last night. Several hear as well as myself have great 
 thoughts how it fareth with Mendam, having not heard since they sent 
 to Boston, I am hasting to march this morning but hoped if the men s 
 refreshments had not given check to have been gon by moon rising, I 
 cannot see by acct taken before I draw out that my number will amount 
 to above 75, some sending short of what ordered and 37 discharged by 
 order, I have not any officer but a Sergeant from Roxbury ; some men 
 and the armes of others not fit for service, notwithstanding the strikt 
 orders giveu by the Major. Our greatest danger (as I judged) if the 
 enemy designs upon us this day, will be at a pass six miles from 
 hence; the which I hope we shall look unto the Lord in the use of 
 means to avoid ; some being to returne home this morning I thought it 
 meet to give this acct. Begging your prayers for us I desire that all 
 our supplications may be accepted for the Country and the interest of 
 our Lord Jesus Christ therein ; and rest Hon d S r 
 
 Your humble Servant I). HENCHMAN. 
 
 [This is in a P. S.] 
 
 When the Lord shall have brought us safe to Meiidam I shall attend 
 the Major s orders there and wait for the recruits intended me. 
 
 As will be seen by the above letter, the captain expected 
 recruits to be ready and meet him at certain towns on the way, 
 and was disappointed in receiving none, and also with the unfit- 
 ness of those that came up afterwards, and in answer to this 
 letter, the Court, on November 3d, ordered the " Major of Suffolk 
 to send out of his regiment eighteen able men armed and 
 furnished with ammunition and provision for ten days under the 
 conduct of a fitt person to make Lieftenaiit," to recruit Capt. 
 Henchman s company and search out the enemy at Hassanameset. 
 The lieutenant chosen was probably Philip Curtis, of Roxbury, 
 who was killed before he received his formal commission, I pre 
 sume, as no order for his commission is found. 
 
 Capt. Henchman marches to Mendon, arrives on the 2d at 4 
 P.M., and writes immediately that they " arrived all safe and 
 found the t-owne in like condition," and " pressed four horses for 
 Scouts to send to Hassanemeset." He found the inhabitants 
 " drawn into two houses," and " in a pestered condition," and 
 holds frequent meetings with them in order to prevail upon them 
 to remain at Mendon contented. This and frequent scouting 
 and reports took up his time until the arrival of the men from 
 Boston. 
 
 It seems also from this letter that he had not yet heard from 
 Capt. Sill, as it was proposed, and was preparing to send his 
 
AT HASSAXAMESET. 
 
 55 
 
 soldiers home to Boston ; was intending that morning sending all 
 his troopers, eight in number and three files of men ; but he gets 
 orders from the Council by messengers from Capt. Sill. In order 
 to meet Capt. Sill, fourteen miles away, he is forced to change a 
 file of men with the garrison on account of their destitution of 
 "clothes and shoes/ 
 
 On the 9th, with his lieutenant and twenty-two mounted men, 
 he rides to Hassanameset, and has a fight there, of which he 
 writes the details on the 10th. In his letter he relates that his 
 lieutenant, Philip Curtis, is killed, and Thomas Andrews also 
 (one of the Mendon garrison) ; and mentions that his corporal, 
 Abiell Lamb, outran himself in the attack, and that all his own 
 and the lieutenant s men ran away from him in the fight except 
 (one of his " old souldiers," as he thinks) Jonathan Dunning. 
 
 The following list embraces those wlio served under Capt. 
 Henchman from November 2d, and were credited November 30, 
 as will be seen by the credits. The service was brief. Amongst 
 these were eight troopers, which may explain in part the differ 
 ence in credits. 
 
 November 
 Edward Barton. 
 Isaac Heath. 
 Henry Kirby. 
 Jeremiah Wise. 
 Benjamin Negus. 
 John Leech. 
 James White. 
 John Good. 
 Joseph Baternan. 
 Edward E/veret. 
 Richard Francis. 
 John Kemble. 
 Experience Orris. 
 Samuel Ryall. 
 Joseph Gridley. 
 William Bodkin. 
 William Hooper. 
 John Tuckermau. 
 John Canu. 
 
 30 th 
 
 00 
 01 
 
 1675 
 
 01 05 08 
 00 16 02 
 
 00 17 02 
 
 01 00 06 
 17 02 
 19 04 
 
 00 17 02 
 00 17 02 
 00 17 02 
 00 07 02 
 
 02 00 00 
 00 17 02 
 00 17 02 
 
 00 10 04 
 
 01 05 06 
 00 17 02 
 00 17 02 
 
 00 17 02 
 
 01 00 00 
 
 William Price. 
 William Davenport. 
 Thomas Smith. 
 Joseph Bugby. 
 Samuel Gardner. 
 Simon Rogers 
 Abiel Lamb. 
 Richard Woods. 
 Degory Sargent. 
 Josiah Mann. 
 John Malony. 
 Francis Siddall. 
 Hugh Price. 
 James Harrington. 
 Benjamin Gamlin. 
 Isaac Morris. 
 Josiah Holland. 
 Joseph Wilson. 
 Samuel Ruggles. 
 Philip Curtis, Lieut. 
 
 00 14 06 
 00 17 02 
 00 17 02 
 00 11 02 
 00 17 02 
 00 17 02 
 00 19 02 
 00 17 02 
 00 17 02 
 
 00 17 02 
 
 01 19 04 
 01 19 04 
 00 17 02 
 
 00 17 02 
 
 01 00 00 
 00 17 02 
 00 17 02 
 00 17 02 
 00 17 02 
 00 17 03 
 
 On November the 12th the Council ordered Major Willard to 
 send forthwith twelve troopers to Capt. Henchman. 
 
 Many of the soldiers were now withdrawn and placed in garri 
 son, and all available were pressed and mustered for the Narra- 
 ganset campaign. Capt. Henchman s men were many returned 
 home with him. 
 
 Among the soldiers impressed in Boston for the Narragansett 
 campaign, Dec. 3d, 1675, were the following from Capt. Hench 
 man s local company : James Whipple, Samuel Jenkins, Walter 
 
56 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAK. 
 
 December 20 th 
 
 1675 
 
 Joshua Silverwood. 
 
 01 18 06 
 
 John Sherman. 
 
 01 18 06 
 
 John Corbin. 
 
 00 16 02 
 
 Henry Tite. 
 Simon Yates. 
 
 01 16 02 
 00 10 00 
 
 Thomas Birch. 
 
 00 06 10 
 
 John Pierpont. 
 John Necks. 
 
 00 16 02 
 01 14 02 
 
 John Griggs. 
 Thomas Lawrence. 
 
 00 11 02 
 00 07 06 
 
 Joshua Atherton. 
 
 00 07 06 
 
 William Briggs. 
 Nicholas Gray. 
 Isaac Hubbard. 
 
 00 06 10 
 00 16 02 
 00 16 02 
 
 James Draper. 
 January 25 1675. (N 
 William Goswell. 
 
 00 16 02 
 .S. 1676.) 
 00 16 02 
 
 Cohone, James White, Thomas Jones, Thomas Stains, John 
 Dereing, Robert Emory, Ralph Powel for Mr. James Lloyd, 
 Francis Cooke for Mr. William Larrison. (Mass. Archives, vol. 
 68, 86.) 
 
 Onesiphorus Tilston. 00 06 10 
 Thomas Jones. 00 16 02 
 
 Samuel Burnall. 00 16 02 
 
 John Spurr. 00 16 10 
 
 Lawrence White. 00 16 02 
 
 Thomas Cheyuey. 00 16 02 
 
 Thomas Bridentine. 00 16 02 
 Robert Woodward. 01 02 03 
 
 February 29, 1675-6 
 Joseph Bodman. 00 08 09 
 
 William Lyon. 00 10 04 
 
 John Parker. 00 16 02 
 
 March 24, 1676 
 
 William Elliot. 00 16 02 
 
 Joseph Clark. 00 09 04 
 
 April 24, 1676 
 
 Hugh Clark. 00 07 00 
 
 Thomas North. 01 13 04 
 
 Among the soldiers in the above lists were probably the twelve 
 troopers sent out by order of the Council on November 12, 1675, 
 and those who did not return to Boston until the later dates. 
 It was the custom, I find, to punish the men by fines, and some 
 times their pay would be withheld for several months, until on 
 petition to the Council it would be paid, if the officer who com 
 plained of their misconduct would recommend leniency and sign 
 their " debenture " or bill for service rendered. On the minutes 
 of the Council, of which a few fragments are preserved in the 
 Mass. Archives, I find several instances of this kind ; one in the 
 case of Magnus White, whose name occurs later, and one in a 
 quaint letter from one Jonathan Adderton (Atherton), which 
 declares that Capt. Henchman wrongfully accused him of " profa 
 nation of y e Sabbath," when his only offence was the cutting up 
 of an old hat and putting the pieces in his shoes to relieve his 
 galled foot, &c. Many of the above will be recognized as of 
 Roxbury and Dorchester. 
 
 On December 12, the Commissioners of the United Colonies 
 voted to strengthen the garrisons with such of the soldiers as 
 were able and willing to remain for that service during the 
 winter, and to dismiss others to their homes. 
 
 Jan. 11. " It was ordered by the Council that the Garrison 
 Souldjers at Chelmsford, Billerica, Groaten, Lancaster, Marl- 
 borough, and Sudbury, under Major Willard, be discharged 
 forthwith, and sent home ; " and at the same time it was voted to 
 
AT WASHAKOM PONDS. 57 
 
 pay them "two months pay on their returne." This may have 
 been done at the request of the people in the above-named towns, 
 because we know that in many cases these garrison soldiers be 
 came very obnoxious to the citizens, as will be seen when we 
 come to the lists at the garrisons, hereafter. I presume this ser 
 vice of withdrawal and settlement of soldiers was under the 
 special charge of Capt. Henchman, who then, I think, retired 
 from active service until the 27th of the next April. 
 
 In the latter part of May, 1676, the forces under Capt. Hench 
 man were called together again. These had been impressed by 
 order of the Council, April 27, and released to do their planting 
 until such time as wanted. They were mustered at Concord, at 
 this time, an important military post, whence he writes on June 
 2d, that " Tom Doublet went away soon after Mr. Clark, and 
 with him Jon a . Prescott, Daniel Champney & Josiah White, 
 carrying the pay for Goodman Moss, and 3 gallons of Rum." 
 They marched out towards Brookfield to join the Connecticut 
 forces on the 27th, but on information received from this same 
 Tom Doublet (an Indian), turned aside and had a fight with the 
 Indians at Washakom Ponds ; and this affair detained them so 
 that they did not reach Hadley until the 14th, when they joined 
 the Connecticut forces in the campaign on the Connecticut 
 River. 
 
 Capt. Henchman marched down towards Boston from Hadley 
 the last of June, and his letter, written on the way, describes the 
 homeward march. 
 
 Capt. Henchman s Letter of June 30th, 1676. 
 
 Our scouts brought intelligence that all the Indians were in a con 
 tinual motion, some toward Narhaganset, others towards Watchuset. 
 shifting gradually, and taking up each others quarters, and lay not 
 above a night in a place. They brought in two Squaws, a Boy and a 
 Girl, giving account of five slain. Yesterday, they brought in an old 
 Fellow, Brother to a Sachem, six Squaws and Children, having killed 
 five men, and wounded others, if not killed them, as they supposed by 
 the Blood found in the Way, and a Hat shot through. These and the 
 other inform, that Philip and the Narhagansets were gone several Days 
 before to their own Places. Philip s purpose being to do what Mischief 
 he could to the English. By advice I drew a commanded party under 
 the conduct of Capt. Sill. viz. Sixteen files of English, all my Troop, 
 and the Indians, excepting one File, being all we could make provision 
 for ; for what with the falling short of the Bread promised us, and a 
 great deal of what we had proving mouldy, the Rest of the Forces had 
 but one Bisket a Man, to bring them to this Place. This Party were 
 ordered towards Watchuset. and so to Nashaway and Washnkom 
 Ponds, where we have notice Indians were and so to return to this 
 Place. Where by your Honour s Letter that came to me Yesterday 
 Morning, I understood that Provision was ordered for us ; and which 
 we found to our great Relief last Night, coming hither, Weary and 
 Hungry. The commanded Party we left at Quonsigumon, where 
 they intended to stay a while for the last Scouts we sent out : eleven 
 
58 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Prisoners we had in all ; two of the oldest, by Counsel we put to Death, 
 the other Nine the Commissary is ordered to convey to Boston, with 
 Baggage, Horses and some of their Attendants for the Service. 
 
 DANIEL HENCHMAN. 
 
 On June 24 there seems to have been a general settlement 
 with all soldiers for service up to this summer campaign. Some 
 were paid in cash by the treasurer, but mostly they were paid 
 in part by the towns where they lived. The following lists 
 probably contain most of the names of those who marched out 
 and served in this campaign, with Capt. Henchman : 
 
 June 24, 1676. 
 Magnus White. 01 
 
 Joseph Lyon. 04 
 
 July 24, 1676. 
 John Chub. " 02 
 
 Daniel Hawes. 01 
 
 Hugh Taylor. 05 
 
 Joseph Procter. 00 
 
 John Moore. 01 
 
 Thomas Wheeler. 00 
 Richard Scott. Cornett 08 
 
 George Stedman. 01 
 
 Jonathan Atherton. 04 
 
 Jacob Hill. 04 
 
 James Cheevers. 02 
 
 John Oyne. 02 
 
 William Keene. 04 
 
 James Franklin. 04 
 
 Joseph Richeson. 03 
 
 Justinian Holding. 02 
 
 Denis Sihy. 02 
 
 Thomas North. 04 
 
 Thomas Robinson. 05 
 
 Robert Ernes. 05 
 
 Richard Browne. 03 
 
 Francis Woolfe. 01 
 
 Joseph Garfield. 01 
 
 Jonn Floyd, Lieut. 12 
 
 Jonathan Sprague. 04 
 
 Benjamin Muzzye. 02 
 
 Thomas Adams 04 
 Francis Cooke. 2 items 04 
 
 John Stone. 01 
 
 Patrick Morren. 06 
 
 09 00 
 11 08 
 
 00 00 
 
 06 06 
 
 00 00 
 
 17 00 
 
 14 00 
 08 04 
 17 00 
 
 16 08 
 
 00 00 
 
 17 00 
 11 00 
 11 00 
 
 18 06 
 18 06 
 
 01 08 
 
 11 00 
 18 09 
 
 02 10 
 
 12 00 
 01 05 
 
 03 04 
 
 15 08 
 
 10 00 
 17 02 
 01 05 
 
 11 05 
 17 00 
 
 04 02 
 10 10 
 08 06 
 
 William Healy. 02 11 06 
 SimonGroves(als.G-row)03 12 10 
 
 John Polly. 01 11 08 
 
 John Kendall. 00 17 00 
 
 Ephraim Regimant. 03 17 11 
 
 Benjamin Rice. 03 17 11 
 
 September 23 d 1676. 
 
 Joshuah Sawyer. 03 07 00 
 
 James Sawyer. 03 01 05 
 
 Jacob Willar. 12 05 08 
 
 John Winter. 01 02 10 
 
 John Tolman. 00 07 00 
 
 James Cutler. 01 04 03 
 
 Nathaniel Adams. 01 02 06 
 
 James White. 00 15 08 
 
 Joseph Browne. 01 10 00 
 
 John Browne. 03 05 08 
 
 Samuel Edmons. 02 11 05 
 
 John Greenland. 02 02 08 
 
 John Pinder. 05 00 00 
 
 John Redman. 02 14 00 
 Abraham Wilkinson. 01 10 10 
 
 James Bayly. 02 11 03 
 
 Daniel Ruff. 04 17 00 
 
 John Gibson. 03 11 00 
 
 Richard Wood. 02 17 00 
 
 Josiah White. 02 04 03 
 
 John Adams. 03 15 06 
 
 Joseph Bucknam. 00 14 03 
 
 John Stedman. 03 17 02 
 
 James Miller. 05 02 06 
 
 Jonathan Hill. 02 11 05 
 
 James Patterson. 02 11 05 
 
 Thomas How. 02 11 05 
 
 Richard Scott. 00 08 06 
 
 The Indians who served our side were not regularly credited, 
 and so, with few exceptions, their " debentures " are not found. 
 Their names and service will form a separate article. 
 
 Pocasset Swamp, where Fort Leverett was built, lies in the 
 present town of Tiverton, R.I. 
 
II. 
 
 CAPT. SAMUEL MOSELY AND HIS COMPANY. 
 
 MANY will be interested to know something in the beginning, 
 of the remarkable character whose name stands at the head 
 of this company. 
 
 The family name was Maudesley, of Lancashire, England. In 
 the fall of 1635 Henry Maudesley came from England to Massa 
 chusetts in the ship Hopewell, Capt. Babb, master. 
 
 Henry Maudesley was granted "about a quarter-acre of land " 
 in Dorchester " neere Goodman Munninge s," but lived at Brain- 
 tree, and had children born there Mary, Sept. 29, 1638, and 
 Samuel, June 14, 1641. He had 12 acres of land at Mt. Wollas- 
 ton granted him "for three heads," February 24, 1639-40, was 
 of Artillery Co. 1643, and freeman in 1646. In 1652 he lived in 
 Boston, and had the lot on the corner of the present Union and 
 Hanover Streets. 
 
 The name Maudesley appears in some of the earliest records as 
 Modsley, Mosley, Mozley, Mosseley ; finally settling down to * 
 Mosely. Samuel s signature, in every case known to me, is 
 Mosley, while Addington, Rawson, and other colonial officials 
 give it Mosely. I have adopted this last form. 
 
 Samuel Mosely married Ann Addington (born March 10, 1647, 
 daughter of the first Isaac and sister of the Hon. Isaac). They 
 were married previous to May 30, 1665, for on that date Samuel 
 Mosely and his wife Ann sign a deed to John Conney, conveying 
 a piece of land in " Windmill Field," which land Ann inherited 
 from her father, who had died in 1653. Samuel is designated 
 cooper, Conney also was a cooper ; and I judge from an old receipt 
 for a bill of cooperage, signed by Conney and Mosely together, 
 that they were in company in that business in 1673. 
 
 In 1668 he was one of the commissioners sent by the Court to 
 treat with the sachems of the Narragansets, in company with 
 Richard Wayt and Capt. Wright, and in the record is called 
 " Captain." 
 
 The author of " The Present State of New England," etc., says : 
 " This Capt. Mosely hath been an old Privateer at Jamaica, an 
 excellent soldier, and an undaunted spirit, one whose memory 
 will be honorable in New England for his many eminent services 
 
60 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 he hath done the Public/ This may have been the authority 
 upon which Mr. Savage bases his statement that Mosely " visited 
 Jamaica in the way of trade, and the adventurous spirit was 
 excited and schooled, perhaps by Sir Henry Morgan and his 
 associate Buccaneers ; the result of which was his bringing home 
 to Boston two prizes taken from some unmentioned enemy." 
 From these hints and various other circumstances I am satisfied 
 that he was in command of some ship previous to 1668. I notice 
 that Isaac Addington, father of Mosely s wife, was commander 
 of the ship "Ann and Joane " in 1652. 
 
 I have found, after a long search, the following old account of 
 Treasurer Russell s estate, presented by James Russell, Executor, 
 October 20, 1676. 
 
 The Country is Debtor to 
 
 the huire of y e Katch Salsbury, Samuel Mosely Commd r from 
 
 March 16, 1673 to Aprill 27, 1674 at 24 pr moneth . 33 12s. 
 
 Pd for wages to the Salsbury s M r & 47 men . 76 01 
 
 Pd Capt Mosely for disbursem 8 on the Salsbury . 23 10 
 
 Pd Capt Mosely for Water bucketts for y e Katch Swallow 00 19 
 
 These two " Katches," with the ship " Anthony," were fitted 
 out and sent forth by the colony to protect our commerce, and in 
 this time were engaged in cruising about Nantucket and vicinity. 
 
 He must have had notable experience from the facts of the 
 affair of the " two prizes," mentioned above, which from various 
 materials collected from the court files and archives, I am now 
 able to explain. This matter was fully set forth in an excellent 
 article published by the late C. W. Tuttle, Esq. For several 
 years previous to 1675, Boston merchants had been greatly 
 troubled by " Dutch Pirates," as they were called. The mer 
 chants had several times petitioned the Court for a " commission 
 of Order and Reprisal," which that cautious body had steadily 
 refused. Several times the merchants had armed their vessels 
 and taken the matter of " Reprisal" into their own hands, as in 
 the matter of the Dutch ship " Expectation ; " and upon complaint 
 made by the Dutch authorities, these merchants were called to 
 account by the Boston Court. At last, in December, 1674, 
 several small English vessels were captured at the Eastward by 
 the Dutch, joined with some English renegades from the Massa 
 chusetts Colony. The place of the capture was " near Mt. Desart 
 Islles." One of these vessels belonged to John Freake of Boston, 
 the others to Waldron of Dover and Shapley of Kittery. Upon 
 the report of these depredations and the petition of the mer 
 chants, a Commission of Reprisal was granted by the Court, 
 February 15, 1674-5, an expedition was immediately fitted out, 
 and by the request of the merchants Capt. Samuel Mosely was 
 put in command. Sailing out, his ship fell in with a French 
 
THE DUTCH PIKATES. 61 
 
 vessel which he impressed into his service, and soon met the 
 Dutchmen. They had three vessels, the " Edward & Thomas," 
 principal ship, of which the commander of the pirates, Peter 
 Roderigo, was captain. The second was called, in the appraisal, 
 the " Penobscot Shallopp that Roads went out in," and was com 
 manded by Cornelius Anderson. The third was the vessel 
 captured from Mr. Freake, " The Shallopp called Philipp," and 
 now in charge of Peter Grant and its proper skipper, George 
 Manning, who had been wounded in its capture, and was about 
 to be turned adrift in his boat by the pirates, when in considera 
 tion of his promise of good behavior he was reinstated and 
 allowed to sail his own craft in convoy of the others under 
 Dutch colors ; and now, when Capt. Mosely came to the attack, 
 Manning at once turns his arms upon his captors and assists in 
 their capture ; and in their defence before the Court the pirates 
 complain bitterly of the usage of Capt. Mosely in fighting them 
 under the three colors, English, French and Dutch all at once, 
 and the treachery of Maiming. The pirates were captured, and 
 were brought into Boston April 2, 1675, Mr. Freake s vessel 
 restored to him, and the others confiscated by the Court for 
 expenses, etc. The pirates were imprisoned to await trial in 
 May, 1675. The prisoners were Peter Roderigo, commander ; 
 Cornelius Anderson, consort; John Rhodes, Thomas Mitchell, 
 Randall Judson, Edward Yourings, Richard Fowler, Peter Grant, 
 John Williams, John Thomas (Tomas or Tombs). A few words 
 more will explain who these men were. 
 
 In October, 1674, Capt. Jurian Aronson (Arnouson), com 
 mander of the Dutch Privateer " Flying-Post-Horse,of Currassow," 
 returning from the destruction of two French forts and settle 
 ments at the Eastward, viz., " Penabskop " (Penobscott) and St. 
 John, came to Boston and asked of the Governor permission to 
 enter the harbor to " repaire," etc. When he sailed away he left 
 a part of his crew, viz. : " Peter Rodrigo, Flanderkin : Corne 
 lius Anderson, Dutchman," three Englishmen who had belonged at 
 Boston, John Rhoades, Randall Judson, Peter Grant ; Richard 
 Fowler, who belonged at Muscongus; and a "Cornishman" 
 named John Williams, who had been taken prisoner by the 
 Dutch and carried to " Currisaw," and came hither with Capt. 
 Arnouson. Rhodes, " principal," Fowler, Grant and Judson, 
 hired Thomas Mitchell of Maiden, and a vessel of which he was 
 part owner, for a " trading voyage to the Eastward ; " and also 
 another, the Shallop. It would seem that the vessels went in at 
 Casco, and the crew captured some sheep at " Mountjoys Island " 
 (now Peak s), belonging to Mr. Mountjoy. (Fowler testified 
 that Mitchell approved this action, but he denied it, though con 
 fessing that he " ate of the mutton." 
 
 Rodrigo commanded the " Edward and Thomas," and Anderson 
 the " Penobscott Shallopp." Rodrigo had some sort of commis- 
 
62 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 sion from Arnouson (which one of them testified was " written at 
 the * Beare and had three seals on it "). Anderson had a copy of 
 this without seals. Mitchell testified that he opposed their acts of 
 piracy. Edward Youring testified that he went out with Mitchell 
 and had no part in piracy, and both these were discharged under 
 bonds for appearance. John Toinas was a boatswain who had come 
 to Boston formerly in the ship " William and Jane," and was with 
 Anderson, and was accused of shooting a Frenchman, but 
 denied, though admitting that he "shot at him." Tomas and 
 Williams were taken in Anderson s vessel. Manning s crew con 
 sisted of James De Beck (who was a principal witness against 
 the pirates, and tells a pitiful story of their abuse), a Frenchman 
 and a boy. 
 
 Roderigo (often written Odrigoe), as will appear hereafter, 
 served a long time under Capt. Scottow at Black Point and at 
 the eastward. Anderson was the famous " Cornelius the Dutch 
 man." 
 
 Great excitement prevailed in the colony during this trial. 
 The Dutchmen made an able defence, producing their commission 
 under William, Prince of Orange (but which was found to be 
 from their former skipper Arnouson), and alleging the infringe 
 ment of the law of nations by our vessels in trading with the 
 French at the eastward, with whom the Dutch were at war. 
 
 There is evidence in the trial, as in the subsequent action of 
 the Court, of much popular sympathy for the Dutch prisoners, 
 while the most bitter hostility was expressed against the English 
 renegades. Five were convicted of piracy and condemned to 
 death ; but under the stress of the opening war execution was 
 deferred. Anderson was acquitted. Upon his petition, Rodrigo 
 was soon pardoned and released, and served faithfully against the 
 Indians. Fowler was pardoned in October. The sentence of 
 the others, Rhodes, Grant and Judson, after several months im 
 prisonment, was commuted to banishment out of the country on 
 condition of giving security for prison charges and transportation. 
 / It will be easy to see that Capt. Mosely, the hero of the suc- 
 
 ** cessful enterprise, would naturally become at once the most 
 notable man in the colony, and when in the midst of his success 
 the Indian war broke out, he would be looked to at once as a 
 popular leader. But he held no military office, and not even his 
 success and popularity, and close family relation to Gov. Lev- 
 erett, could prevail to break the strict rule of official succession 
 in the colonial militia ; so that the only course left him was, per 
 haps, that which suited him best, the organization of an indepen- 
 
 \/ dent company of Volunteers. " Within three hours," says the 
 old historian, "there were enlisted 110 volunteers." Among 
 these were many of his old "privateers," i.e. those who had 
 served with him in his expedition, and several of the released 
 pirates. 
 
CAPT. MOSELY S VOLUNTEERS. 63 
 
 From a close comparison of these following lists with the Bos 
 ton tax-lists for 1674, and from other sources, I find that many 
 of his soldiers were apprentices or servants, and probably many 
 boys not yet enrolled in the militia, and therefore not subject to 
 impressment. Several of the names would seem to indicate a 
 sprinkling of Frenchmen, and a contemporary writer relates that 
 the ten or twelve privateers had several dogs with them which 
 rendered valuable service in "finding out the enemy in their 
 swamps." By reason of the loss of the first thirteen pages of the 
 Journal, the names previous to August 21 have to be gathered 
 from the Ledger, and therefore I had to make a close study of 
 many of the names, but have no doubt of any set down below, 
 with the possible exception of Eph" 1 Regeman and Moses Knap, 
 and with these I deem the evidence sufficient to justify me in 
 putting them in under Mosely. 
 
 It will be noticed that only seventy-five men are credited 
 below for services in this campaign. There is no doubt that 
 more went with him, and we can readily see that many of the 
 transient adventurers, especially if sailors, would be gone before 
 the Court got ready to pay them off regularly. On August 4th 
 Capt. Mosely was paid .50 by the Court " for his souldiers," and 
 November 20th 50 more ; while up to December 10 he had only 
 accounted to the treasurer by receipts from his men for .27, but 
 in the meantime had made no charge for his own military service, 
 and I judge that he may have paid off many who followed him in 
 this brief service at Mount Hope, as their occasion demanded or 
 his convenience suited, without any formal " Debenter " or bill. 
 Thus Cornelius Anderson is not mentioned at all, and doubtless 
 many others were settled with by Capt. Mosely, and no account 
 rendered. There is no indication that he misappropriated the 
 colony s funds, but was probably free-handed with his soldiers 
 and careless in his accounts, and when Capt. Gookin and others 
 complained of his high-handed cruelty towards the Indians, there 
 was no hint of any indirection in regard to his conduct in money 
 matters. I doubt that he had one hundred and ten men, as 
 stated in the " Old Indian Chronicle," but think there may have 
 been many more than are here set down. From some indications 
 I am led to think that many of his men did not return with him 
 to Boston, but joined the Plymouth forces and remained in the 
 service there. 
 
 Names of those who were credited with military Service under Capt 
 Mosely in June & July 1675 at M* Hope. 
 
 August 9. 1675 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Robert Webb. 01 07 06 
 
 John Bordecot. 01 07 06 
 
 William Perry. 01 07 06 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Robert Miles. 01 07 06 
 
 Thomas Austin. 01 07 06 
 
 Moses Knap. 02 00 00 
 
64 
 
 KING PHILIPS WAK. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 01 07 06 
 01 07 06 
 01 07 06 
 
 September 3 d . 
 Joshua Winslow, Lieut. 
 Cusbe Ebitt. 
 
 03 06 06 
 01 01 00 
 
 
 Edward Reade. 
 
 01 07 06 
 
 01 03 00 
 
 Thomas Woodmott. 
 
 01 07 06 
 
 01 07 06 
 01 07 06 
 01 07 06 
 01 02 06 
 01 07 06 
 01 02 06 
 
 Roger Kenicott. 01 12 00 
 September 14 th 
 Roger Jones. 01 07 06 
 Rowland Soley. 01 04 00 
 William Smallidg. 01 04 00 
 John Pemberton. 01 01 00 
 
 01 01 06 
 
 Robert Kenicott. 
 
 02 05 00 
 
 01 01 06 
 
 Josiah Hilman. 
 
 04 08 08 
 
 
 John Tombs. 
 
 03 06 00 
 
 02 07 00 
 
 John Steevens. 
 
 03 00 00 
 
 02 04 06 
 
 John Size. 
 
 01 12 00 
 
 01 07 06 
 01 19 06 
 02 02 00 
 01 07 06 
 
 September 21 st 
 Depon Frenchman. 
 George Burbeck 
 William Brookes 
 
 01 00 06 
 01 00 06 
 02 05 00 
 
 01 07 06 
 
 William Smith 
 
 02 15 06 
 
 01 07 06 
 
 William Pasmore. 
 
 01 07 04 
 
 01 07 06 
 01 07 06 
 
 September 28 th . 
 John Cross. 
 
 01 04 00 
 
 01 07 06 
 01 16 00 
 
 George Cray. 
 Sept 30 th 
 Jacob Bullard. 
 
 01 01 06 
 02 03 09 
 
 01 08 00 
 
 Oct 19 th 
 
 
 02 04 06 
 00 18 06 
 
 Timothy Horton 
 John Cross. 
 
 02 00 00 
 01 10 00 
 
 00 18 00 
 00 10 06 
 
 Rich d Barnam, Corp 1 05 12 00 
 October 26 th 1675 
 
 02 07 00 
 
 Richard Eyres 
 Robert Woodward 
 
 01 04 00 
 01 00 00 
 
 02 04 06 
 
 Derrnan Morris. 
 
 02 17 04 
 
 01 11 00 
 
 Robert Dawes 
 
 04 18 06 
 
 00 12 00 
 
 Isaac Sheffeild. 
 
 03 03 04 
 
 01 07 06 
 
 Daniel Matthewes. 
 
 02 00 00 
 
 01 07 06 
 
 John Baker 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 01 07 06 
 
 Samuel Browne 
 
 04 18 06 
 
 01 07 06 
 
 Samuel Messey 
 
 01 07 06 
 
 John Wilson. 
 Robert Street. 
 Thomas Tidy. 
 
 August 14 
 William Pollard. 
 Joseph Pollard. 
 John Hands. 
 William Harvey. 
 Samuel Gold. 
 Joseph Souther. 
 Alexander Forbs. 
 William Green. 
 Joseph Plaisted. 
 
 August 20 th 
 Ephraim Regiman. 
 John Coke. 
 Jonathan Nichols. 
 Richard Nevill. 
 Benjamin Phillips. 
 John Brandon. 
 Joseph Sexton. 
 Timothy Horton. 
 James Lendall. 
 Samuel Lane. 
 
 August 21. 
 Plandian Decro. 
 Jacob Allin, Ensigne. 
 Thomas James, Seryt. 
 Aaron Stephens. 
 John Holman. 
 Samuel Peacock. 
 John Drury. 
 Thomas Gross. 
 
 August 27 th 
 Robert Foster. 
 William Dean. 
 Manoah Bodman. 
 Francis Burges. 
 William Jones. 
 Thomas Clark. 
 Phillip Sandy. 
 
 In old Boston Tax-lists, 1674, the names Austin, Hands, 
 Horton, Decro and Woodmott appear as Alliston, Hams, Hort- 
 man, Splandy decro, Woodnet. A petition of John Stevens 
 (Archives, vol. 67) states that he was " shot in the arm " in this 
 service. 
 
 In the Archives, vol. 68, page 198, there is a petition from 
 Samuel Holman saying that his servant Edward Sampson went 
 out to Mt. Hope under Captain Mosely, and complains that 
 
MOSELY MARCHES TO MOUNT HOPE. 65 
 
 "instruments of chirurgery of his have been prest for the use 
 of Moseley s chirurgeori, and afterwards a whole box of the same 
 for Doctor Wells when he went to Narragansett, which are now 
 delivered to Dr. Gerrish." Then himself prest to go out under 
 Capt. Wadsworth, had to send his said servant, costing him X14, 
 and then his servant was put under Capt. Turner. 
 
 I find that several of the names are credited with service 
 under other captains. Thus, John Cross has credit under 
 Henchman, September 14, George Burkback (Burbeck, Berbeck), 
 September 3 and October 19, under Lieut. Brattle. William 
 Brooks under Prentice, August 27. Several are credited as 
 " guards," and may have been in service as scouts and guides, and 
 so credited under the captains with whom each service was ren 
 dered. With these exceptions I think the above, together with 
 some others whose names are now lost, undoubtedly made up 
 the motley company of " Volunteers " with which Capt. Mosely 
 marched out of Boston, probably early in the morning of June 
 27th, and overtook the troops of Henchman and Prentice, wait 
 ing for them at " Woodcock s," in the afternoon ; and then all 
 marched on and arrived at Swanzy, and quartered at Mr. Miles s 
 Garrison-House close to the bridge leading to Mount Hope. 
 Gen. Cudworth of the Plymouth forces was commander-in-chief. 
 The reports of the events immediately following their arrival are 
 somewhat conflicting. Some account of the general movement 
 of the troops has been given in the former chapter. If any one , 
 reads only the " Old Indian Chronicle " aforesaid, it will seem as " v 
 if Capt. Mosely was the only officer engaged, and that his men 
 did all the fighting ; but the accounts therein were the first un 
 digested rumors that came back from the army, and are not con 
 firmed by Hubbard, or Church, or Mather. The action of the 
 troopers on the afternoon of the 28th belongs to the next chapter, 
 on Capt. Prentice. The repulse they received greatly elated the 
 Indians, who appeared next morning shouting their defiant chal 
 lenge to ours to come across the bridge and fight them. Taking 
 the several accounts, the following is probably near the truth : 
 Capt. Mosely with his volunteers charged across the bridge and 
 pursued the Indians to the woods. The regular troops followed 
 and formed in line to sweep the neck by marching with both 
 wings of the line extended. This, Church says, was so clumsily 
 performed that the two wings encountered and fired upon each 
 other, and Perez Savage, Capt. Henchman s ensign, was wounded. 
 Philip fled before our troops, and with his people escaped across 
 the Mattapoisett River to Pocasset. The volunteers took a prom 
 inent part in the scouting movements of the next few days, then 
 marched, July 5th, with the Massachusetts forces, to the Narra- 
 
 finsett country, and returned back with them on July 15th to 
 ehoboth, and when on the 18th it was decided to withdraw 
 all the Massachusetts troops except Capt. Henchman s, they 
 
66 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 returned to Boston and were disbanded, probably about July 
 20th. 
 
 No further credits appear under Capt. Mosely until December 
 10, yet during all the time from his return from Mt. Hope he had 
 been in almost constant service, which it may be well for us to 
 follow, as it is probable that most of his men credited on that 
 date had served with him to the time. On August 7, with 60 
 dragoons he met Capt. Henchman s tired troops marching 
 towards Mendon, having been sent to them with supplies. 
 (Capt. Thomas s letter in Mather s Brief History says, " We met 
 Capt. Mosely marching from Providence up after us.") When 
 Capt. Henchman went next day to Boston for orders, Mosely 
 was left in command at Mendon, and most of Henchman s men 
 were left with him. Within a few days he was ordered to march to 
 Quaboag (Brookfield), where he continued awhile scouting, etc. 
 In a note endorsing a bill of William Locke, chirurgeon of the 
 Massachusetts forces in the Mount Hope campaign, Mosely says 
 that after Capt. Henchman went to Boston, " he took s d Locke 
 into his company, and from Mendon marched to Malbury and 
 thence to Quaboag." Capt. Lathrop being senior officer, with 
 drew Locke to his forces ; and I find a Court Order (vol. 67, 
 Archives) to Dr. William Hawkins, August 17, 1675, "to join 
 Mosely at Malbrow." 
 
 On August 16th he wrote a letter to the Governor, which 
 explains his movements, situation, etc. 
 
 ffrom Nashowah Allies Lankestor 16 th August 1675. 
 Honored Sir 
 
 Yesterday I spayred Capt. Beeres 26 our men to march with 
 him to Sprinkefeild & it was with Major Willard ordder and I have 
 also Accordinge to my orders from Major General Denison Sentt to 
 Dunstable fort to Inlearge there gard 18 men & to Groatton 12 men 
 & to Chelmsford 12 men out of those y* ware under Capt Hinksmans 
 & of those y 1 Caime with me : Also last nightt about Seaven A clocke 
 we martched into Nashowah wheare we are Att present butt shall as 
 soon as the Constable haith prest us a dozen Horses proseed for 
 Groatton & so to Chensford : according to the order Major Willard 
 gave me yesterday Att Quoah-bawge ; The day before I came from 
 Quoahbaugh I martched I(n) company with Capt Beeres & Capt 
 Laytrop to the Swap where they left mee & tooke theire martch to 
 Sprinkfilld and a soone as they ware gon I tooke my martch Into the 
 woods about 8 mills beyond the Swftpe where Capt Huttcheinson and 
 the rest ware y 4 ware wounded & killed & so returned to follow the 
 enemy as above saide ; also we did find A prsell of wigwoms beyond 
 the Swaimp about 20 which we burnt &c. our Maj r having a Seartayne 
 Intelligence of a considerable party of Indians y l have gathered too- 
 gather a littell above Chensford which I hope wee shalbe up with this 
 night or toMorrough at furthest & if it pleese God I come up with them 
 God assisting me I will cloosely ingadge with them & God spearing my 
 
MENDON TO "BLOODY BKOOK." 67 
 
 life I shall as opportunity gives leave Acquaint your hofmor of my 
 Actions; I have with me butt 60 men at present; so desiring your 
 prosperity & y l it may please God to preserve your Honour in good 
 health and humbly beseach your prayers to God for my Good Suckses 
 in this my undertaking with My Humbell Searvis &c in all deuttyfull- 
 ness I subscribe myself your Respective kinsman & Humble Searvantt 
 
 SAMUELL MOSLEY 
 my Cosson Leverett ppresents his 
 Deuty to yo r Honour & my Antt. 
 
 Between Aug. 9th and 16th he had inarched from Mendon to 
 Brookfield, where he distributed his men as above. On the 17th 
 he probably marched towards Chelmsford as proposed, but on the 
 22d some of the Nipmuck Indians fell upon Lancaster and killed 
 seven or nine inhabitants, and the next day the people sent for 
 Capt. Mosely and told him of their suspicions of the Hassanemesit 
 Indians (friendly or Praying Indians) then living under super 
 vision in a sort of fort at Marlborough. Capt. Mosely hastily 
 marched to the fort and seized eleven (or according to Major 
 Gookin s account fifteen) of the Indians, " pinioned " them and 
 bound them neck to neck and sent them down to Boston for trial. 
 Of the fifteen only eleven were accused ; all were finally found s 
 innocent & acquitted, and Capt. Mosely s proceeding severely " 
 criticised by the Court and his superior officers. Maj r Gookin 
 believed that the people instigated suspicions " in order to secure 
 the land of the Indians." After sending these prisoners down 
 on August 30th, Capt. Mosely marched up the Merrimac as far 
 as Pennacook (Concord, N.H.) to the home of the peaceful 
 Wannalancet, where he was prepared to repeat the late trans 
 action ; but the Pennacooks had quietly withdrawn and eluded 
 him. He burnt their village and stores of food, and marched 
 back. Capt. Mosely s course was not approved, and the Court 
 immediately sent messengers to win back the friendship of 
 Wannalancet. 
 
 The next we hear of Capt. Mosely is on September 14, when 
 he marched into Hadley with sixty Bay soldiers, and thence to 
 Deerfield, where he was quartered and scouting on the 18th, 
 when hearing the guns of the attack on Capt. Lathrop at 
 Bloody Brook, he hurried with seventy men to join the fight, 
 and though too late to prevent the terrible disaster, he and his 
 men attacked the great body and " charged them through and 
 through" several times, chasing them seven miles or more. 
 Lieutenants Savage and Pickering especially distinguished 
 themselves for their daring. Finally, after long and severe 
 fighting, but strangely enough, with a loss of only two killed 
 and eight or nine wounded, they were being forced slowly back 
 ward by great numbers, when Major Treat with a force of 
 Connecticut troops and Indians came up and joined them, and 
 before these united forces Philip retreated in haste. 
 
68 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 In regard to the killed and wounded I have the names. John 
 Gates, and Peter Barren. The will of the latter shows that he 
 was the servant of Elias Hendly of Marblehead, and was pressed 
 to go against the Indians. Will was probated Nov. 26, 1675. 
 A petition of Richard Russ, in the Mass. Archives, declares, " I 
 was just out in the Country s Service under Capt. Mosely, when 
 Capt n Lawtrop was slayne, and in that fight received a shott in 
 y e bottom of my belly, the bullet carryin in with it y e ring of mv 
 Bandoleer." 
 
 The English retired to Deerfield for the night, and next 
 morning returned to the battlefield and buried their dead. 
 
 It was thought best to abandon the garrison at Deerfield, and 
 so all removed to Hatfield, and Capt. Mosely was garrisoning that 
 town on October 5th, when he writes the Governor. Major 
 Pynchon, with Capts. Appleton and Sill, were on the opposite 
 side of the river at Hadley. 
 
 This letter is in another hand, but dictated and signed by 
 Mosely. 
 
 Hadfield y e 5. of 8 ber 1675 
 Honoured Sir. 
 
 Your kind letter I have received bearing date y e 30 th of y c last months 
 for which I render you many thanks and takes it very kindly, I confes, 
 y l I have written some things to that purpose as Concerning the hange- 
 ing of those Indians of Malbery, I desire to be Excuse if my tongue or 
 pen has out run my witt being in a passion and seeing what mischief 
 had beene done by the Indians which I have beene eye witness to, would 
 make a wiser person than I am, willing to have revenge of aney of 
 them, but notwithstanding what I have written there as to that purpose 
 it is fare from my heart to Doe, for I am willing to undertake aney 
 commands Imposed upon me to serve the country as farr as my life, 
 wee discover severall Indians about all these tounes, which causes 
 Allarm, and wee have mett ne er of theire myne body as yett Butt wee 
 Doe Dayly Expect them wee never sended aney skoutes but weould 
 mett them onely last night they could not discover them although they 
 have been about Hadly mill which is the other side of a great River 
 Contrary to my quartes, Springfield Indians is thought of Certain to 
 bee ready att any times when the enemy comes to appose y e toune to 
 fall upon the English along with Enemye, my service pray presented 
 to your Lady and not forgetting yourselfe and all the familye wishing 
 you and all of them much prosperity, health & happiness being all 
 att present from S r your Most Humble & Ready Servant 
 
 and loving Cousin SAMUEL MOSLEY. 
 
 [P. S.] 
 
 Last night we received some news from Springfield which gives us an 
 acct. y Phillip with 500 men Laid in Springfield forte & resolved to fall 
 upon the toune this day, and to prevent his desigue Major Pinchou is 
 gone with Capt Apleton and Capt Sill, with a company of 190 Soulders, 
 two Quiniticate compaueys leaft att Hadly to gard that toune I and my 
 company heare wheare I doe expect them every houre and att nightt as 
 well as in day for they have faired upon y e Sentinell at night. 
 
MOSELY S HATFIELD LETTER. 69 
 
 The blow fell as threatened, and Major Pynchon and troops 
 came only to find the town in flames, and the Indians fled. 
 Major Pynchon, stricken sorely by this heavy loss of his beloved 
 town, begged earnestly to be relieved from the chief command, 
 and the Court reluctantly and very tenderly granted his 
 request, appointing Capt. Appleton major in his stead. The In 
 dians retired to Coasset, about fifty miles above Hadley, and on 
 the 12th Major A. marched from Springfield and quartered his 
 troops at that place. The next few days we spent in scouting 
 and searching out the enemy, and on the 16th Capt. Mosely 
 writes the following letter to the Governor. The postscript is 
 written in his hand on the margin of the letter. It seems to us 
 too horrible to be conceived of as the act of Christians. The cap 
 tive was the squaw taken at Springfield. Nothing further is 
 known of the affair. Some special act of outrage or treachery on 
 her part may have drawn upon her this fearful sentence. 
 
 Hatfield, 16 th October 1675 
 
 I have skarse aney strang news to acquaint y r Honn r withall at pres 
 ent yesterday wee thought to go in pursuit of y e Enemies at Hadly side 
 of the river and as wee marched out from Hadly Some Theinge better 
 than a mile, the Skoutes y was send from this towne Did Speye some 
 Indians and thereupon we came this side of the river and did march out 
 last night y e whole body or strenght of men that we have heare ; but 
 at Last we took it to Consideration that it was very Dangerous to leave 
 the townes impteye without any Souldiers. This day being a very 
 blusterous and very high winds, I have sent out some skoutes and they 
 discover some Indians, some three miles off. And last night I have 
 send of my men 4 to Deerfield and some two miles from the towne 
 wheare thare was some railes ye enemy have weaged them up and 
 made them very fast. I know not whether it be to trapann the skoutes 
 or else to faight there if we go in pursueth of them ; but I intend to 
 bourn all their rails up, please God to grant me life and health. 
 
 Wee are told by an Indian that was taken at Springfeeld y they in 
 tended to set upon these 3 townes in one Day. The body of them y* 
 waites this exploite to do is about 600 Indians, as wee are informed 
 by the aforesaid Indian ; and farther wee are informed that they are 
 making a fort some 60 miles from this Place up in the woods, Pray sir 
 be pleased to present my humble service to your lady and all the rest 
 of the family. 
 
 I make no question but the enemys will make an tempt within a short 
 space of Time upon those Tounes, having nothing else skarse worth 
 your reading I remaine Sir y r most Humble & 
 
 Ready Servant, whilst [?] 
 
 SAMUEL MOSLEY. 
 
 " This aforesaid Indian was ordered to be torn in peeces by Doggs 
 and she was soe dealt with all." 
 
70 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 On the 19th, the Indians in great force fell upon the town, but 
 were soon " beaten off without doing much harm." Just before 
 the fight seven of Mosely s men and three others were sent out 
 to scout, and seven of the number were cut off and killed. The 
 Indians made no further general attack after this repulse, and 
 withdrew to winter quarters. Capt. Mosely s forces, however, 
 still remained in the western towns with other troops, under 
 Major Appleton, until as late as November 20th ; for, on the 
 16th, the Court authorized a letter to Appleton directing the 
 withdrawal of the main force, and urging especially the dismissal 
 of the troops of Capt. Mosely. The United Colonies were now 
 in full preparation for the grand movement against the Narragan- 
 sets ; and the " Privateers " with their dashing leaders were 
 needed. The western and outlying towns were garrisoned as 
 securely as might be, and all available " veterans " hurried in to 
 swell the army of the three colonies to 1000 men, for this special 
 service to Narraganset. Much of great interest in the organiza 
 tion of this army must be passed over here. 
 
 The quota of Massachusetts was to be 527 men, Plymouth 158, 
 and Connecticut 325. Rhode Island was not " counted in," for 
 reasons best known to our dear old Puritan fathers. Josiah Wins- 
 low, Esq., Governor of Plymouth Colony, was made Commander- 
 in-chief of the army, and under him Major Samuel Appleton 
 commanded the Massachusetts forces, consisting of six compa 
 nies, viz. : Maj. Appleton s own, Capt. Mosely s, Capt. Joseph 
 Gardner s, Capt. Nathaniel Davenport s, Capt. James Oliver s, 
 and a troop under Capt. Thomas Prentice. Major Robert Treat 
 commanded the Connecticut forces, five companies under Capts. 
 Siely, Gallop, Mason, Wats ; and Major William Bradford two 
 Plymouth companies, his own and Capt. John Gorham s. The 
 Massachusetts forces mustered on Dedliam Plain, where, on Dec. 
 9, Gen. Winslow assumed command. There were then " 465 
 fighting men," besides Capt. Prentice s troop. It seems, from the 
 Journal, that no settlement had been made with Mosely s and 
 Appleton s troops for the campaign in the west, and on December 
 10th, twenty-seven pages of the book are entirely devoted to their 
 accounts, and few, if any, other items are given under that date 
 save such as relate to them. The captains had paid out small 
 sums at different times, and the towns of " Hadly," " Malbrow," 
 " Mendarn," "Lining" (Lynn), and many constables, merchants 
 and others, are credited by cash, clothing, etc., to these troops ; 
 and on that date Treasurer Hull pays them the balance of their 
 accounts. Among the few precious lists of names preserved in 
 the Massachusetts Archives is the " Muster Roll of Capt. Mosely s 
 company, taken at Dedham the 9 of Xber, 1675." I have 
 arranged this list and the credits of December 10-20 and Jan 
 uary, alphabetically, and tested them carefully otherwise, and 
 find that the greater part of his company were his " veterans." 
 The following account may be of interest. 
 
MOSELY S COMPANY AT DEDHAM PLAIN. 
 
 71 
 
 The town of Dunstable, per Constable Jona. Tyng, brings in a 
 bill of about 100 for billeting Mosely s men, ammunition, etc. 
 
 Billeting 18 men from 13th August to 10th Sept. 1675 . 16 16 00 
 " 29 " " llth Sept. " 17th January 1675-6 47 18 00 
 
 25 may 1676 . 
 14 July " . 
 
 " 6 " " 18 Jau y 
 
 " 3 " " 3 may 
 
 25 Ibs Powder and 250 bullets, &c 
 2 horses 3 days to Pennacook . 
 
 25 03 00 
 08 08 00 
 01 15 00 
 00 01 06 
 
 An Auditing Committee questioned the bill, but he was paid 
 on account, October 11, 1676. (Archives, vol. 68.) 
 
 Credited with Military Service under Capt Mosely. 
 December 10 th 1675 
 
 John Rice. 04 16 00 
 
 William Blake. 1 04 16 00 
 
 Jonathan Freeman. 04 16 00 
 
 Samuel Guild. 04 16 00 
 
 John Buckman. 04 19 02 
 
 Richard Brine. 04 19 02 
 
 John Cooper. 04 19 04 
 
 Thomas Bull. 04 19 04 
 
 John Roberts. 04 19 04 
 
 Edward Weston. 05 16 00 
 
 Perez Savage, Lieut. 12 00 00 
 
 John Ireson. 04 16 00 
 
 John Brandon. 02 14 00 
 
 John Fuller, Corp 1 . 05 12 00 
 
 Benjamin Dyer. 04 19 04 
 James Johnson, Sergt. 04 11 00 
 
 Zachariah Crisp. 04 00 00 
 
 Peter Lane 04 19 04 
 
 John Turner. 04 16 00 
 
 Richard Rust. 04 16 00 
 
 John Leech. 04 19 04 
 
 Jonathan Nichols. 03 10 02 
 
 John Plympton. 04 16 00 
 
 Tho 8 Region. 04 12 06 
 
 John Cross. 02 02 00 
 
 Thomas Green. 04 19 04 
 
 Thomas Harris. 05 02 00 
 
 James Dickenden. 04 04 00 
 
 Richard Scott. 06 10 00 
 
 William Bateman. 01 07 06 
 
 Richard Adams. 04 16 00 
 
 Thomas Warren. 
 John Ramsey. 
 John Stebins. 
 Jonathan Wales. 
 Timothy Wales. 
 Jeremiah Stokes. 
 Joseph Twichell. 
 Samuel \ r eale. 
 Andrew Johnson. 
 Mathew Thomas. 
 Francis Siddall. 
 John Dunbar. 
 Edward Weeden. 
 Samuel Kemble. 
 Timothy Hortman. 
 John Corser. 
 Daniel Magenis, Corpl. 
 James Updike, Serg t . 
 Daniel Matthews. 
 Mathias Smith. 
 John Williston. 
 John Sherman. 
 William Phillips. 
 James Frankling. 
 Bartholomew Flegge. 
 Benjamin Allen. 
 John Cantelberry. 
 Hugh Collohue* " 
 Jacob Willar 
 Valentine Harris. 
 James Mathews. 
 
 06 11 02 
 04 19 04 
 02 10 06 
 04 19 04 
 04 19 04 
 02 14 00 
 04 19 04 
 04 19 04 
 
 04 19 04 
 
 05 02 00 
 04 19 04 
 04 16 00 
 04 19 04 
 04 19 00 
 02 16 04 
 
 04 19 02 
 
 05 10 00 
 04 09 04 
 
 07 09 00 
 04 16 00 
 04 16 00 
 04 13 60 
 
 04 19 02 
 
 05 04 06 
 04 19 04 
 02 08 00 
 04 16 00 
 04 19 04 
 13 11 00 
 02 14 00 
 01 18 06 
 
 1 Variations not noted above are, Blacke ( W m Blake, jr. for whose release his father, W m 
 Sen , petitions the Court) , Brien, Wesson, Ayrson (for Ireson) , Dayer, Leane, Russ, Leigh, 
 Plimton, Dichetto, Stebence, Weals, Stokes, Cousier, McKennyes, Willingston, Canter- 
 berry, and other minor changes. 
 
 1 August, 1676. George Nowell petitions for the release of his servant " Hugh Gallo 
 way that went as a Volunteer under Mosely neere the beginning of ye warre, and is now 
 in y garrison at Hatfield under Capt. Swe ane." 
 
72 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Daniel Johnson Trumpeter 09 12 00 
 
 Dennis Sihy. 
 
 Dec. 20th 
 
 Thomas Bull. 
 
 John Mayo. 04 17 00 
 
 Richard Randall. 
 
 Thomas Okleby 04 10 00 
 
 Richard Brian. 
 
 John Casey 01 15 06 
 
 John Day. 
 
 John Langbury 01 10 00 
 
 Edward Weston. 
 
 Richard Jinkes 07 04 00 
 
 Richard Gibson. 
 
 Joshua Silver-wood 04 12 06 
 
 Thomas Welch. 
 
 John Morse Commissary 02 15 06 
 
 John Ramsey. 
 
 1675-6 Jan y 25. 
 
 Thomas Furbush. 
 
 Benjamin Norden 04 16 00 
 
 John Rosse. 
 
 Jonathan Gay. 02 03 08 
 
 William Philips. 
 
 George Manning. 01 00 06 
 
 John Rice. 
 
 Joseph Porter. 01 00 06 
 
 James Chadwick. 
 
 Josias Hillman. 01 00 06 
 
 Edward Weeden. 
 
 Thomas Jones. 01 14 02 
 
 June 24 th 
 
 Edward Read. 00 10 04 
 
 Thomas Forbes. 
 
 Robert Parris. 01 10 00 
 
 John Pemerton. 
 
 John Langbury. 01 10 00 
 
 John Leech. 
 
 February 29, 1675-6 
 
 William Maderill. 
 
 Daniel Canada. 02 14 00 
 
 Peter Leane. 
 
 James Franklin. 02 14 00 
 
 William Smallage. 
 
 Jonathan Wales. 02 14 00 
 
 Richard Gibson. 
 
 George Grimes. 02 14 00 
 
 Thomas Ockerby. 
 
 John Provender. 02 14 00 
 
 Jonathan Wales. 
 
 John Leech. 02 14 00 
 
 Richard Randall. 
 
 Hugh Gollihu (Collohue) 02 14 00 
 
 Joseph Wakefield. 
 
 William Bateman. 04 01 00 
 
 William Blake jr. 
 
 Joshuah Silverwood. 03 00 00 
 
 John Essery. 
 
 John Bucknum. 02 14 00 
 
 Thomas Warren 
 
 Edward Weston. 03 03 00 
 
 Philip Keane. 
 
 Benjamin Dyer. 02 14 00 
 
 Edward Weason. 
 
 March 24 th 1675-6 
 
 Joseph Douse. 
 
 Daniel Mathews. 01 16 00 
 
 Stephen Fielder. 
 
 Samuel Colebourne. 02 14 00 
 
 Joseph Pratt. 
 
 John Stebbins. 03 00 00 
 
 Thomas Bishop. 
 
 John Brandon. 03 00 00 
 
 Joseph Deers. 
 
 Jonathan Freeman. 02 14 00 
 
 Richard Addams. 
 
 John Williston. 02 14 00 
 
 James Couch. 
 
 Daniel Matthews. 02 05 00 
 
 John Ramsey. 
 
 James Johnson. 05 10 00 
 
 Thomas Webb. 
 
 Richard Gibson. 03 17 00 
 
 Daniel Clow. 
 
 John Farmer. 08 12 03 
 
 John Wilkins. 
 
 John Canterbery. 03 03 00 
 
 Matthew Thomas. 
 
 John Cooper. 02 14 00 
 
 Samuel Leman. 
 
 James Updike. 02 14 00 
 
 Richard Cowell. 
 
 April 24 th 1676 
 
 Daniel East. 
 
 John Munge. 02 14 00 
 
 Thomas Hitchborn. 
 
 John Shepard. 03 12 00 
 
 Samuel Fosdike. 
 
 Thomas Davis. 02 14 00 
 
 John Hawkins. 
 
 Sam 1 Guile. 04 01 00 
 
 David Landon 
 
 James Mollard. 01 17 06 
 
 Seabread Taylor. 
 
 1676 
 
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 03 
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 02 
 02 
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 02 09 
 
 03 00 
 15 04 
 14 00 
 14 00 
 
 11 00 
 14 00 
 08 02 
 14 00 
 18 00 
 14 00 
 14 00 
 14 00 
 
 04 00 
 14 00 
 
 12 00 
 
 03 00 
 14 00 
 14 10 
 
 14 10 
 
 15 06 
 14 10 
 14 10 
 14 10 
 02 00 
 14 10 
 14 00 
 10 10 
 14 10 
 02 00 
 02 00 
 14 10 
 14 10 
 14 00 
 18 06 
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 14 10 
 14 10 
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 08 00 
 14 10 
 14 10 
 14 10 
 02 00 
 14 10 
 14 10 
 14 00 
 14 00 
 14 10 
 02 00 
 
MOSELY AT NARRAGANSET. 
 
 73 
 
 John Long. 02 14 10 
 
 Peter Bennett, Lieut. 06 15 00 
 
 John Wensteed. 02 14 00 
 
 Edmund Chamberlain. 00 12 00 
 
 Jacob Cole. 03 00 00 
 
 Edward Walker. 02 14 00 
 
 Joseph Low. 04 10 10 
 
 Joseph Graves. 
 Roger Brown. 
 Thomas Bull. 
 Joseph Douse. 
 James Smith. 
 Dennis Sihy. 
 
 01 04 00 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 03 03 00 
 02 14 00 
 05 08 00 
 
 04 00 00 
 
 It will be remembered that the credits for service were given 
 at the close of such service, or at regular monthly or bi-monthly 
 settlements. It often happened that the men would be separated 
 from their officers, at garrisons on special duties, and so waiting 
 the official signature the bill would be delayed sometimes for a 
 year. Many who were in the Narraganset campaign were not 
 paid off till the general settlement, June 24th, 1676. And though 
 many of the credits represent later service, yet I judge the oft- 
 repeated amount, X02 14 00, represents the "Fort" campaign. 
 This will hold in nearly every case, though not all. Thomas 
 May was in that campaign and received no credit until Septem 
 ber 23, 1676. The credits in other companies confirm this 
 theory. 
 
 The forces under Gen. Winslow marched on the afternoon of 
 December 9th to Woodcock s Garrison, and December 10th to 
 Seaconk. From thence Capt. Mosely and his men sailed with 
 Mr. Richard Smith across the bay, and then marched to his 
 Garrison-House at Wickford in Narraganset, arriving in the even 
 ing, having taken a party of thirty-six Indians on the way. 
 
 Mr. Church relates that he went across to Wickford with Mr. 
 Smith, but omits any mention of Capt. Mosely and his company, 
 and their capture of 36 Indians in the march to Wickford, but tells 
 of 18 that himself took with the " Eldridges and some other brisk 
 hands." Church never omits to tell of his own exploits at full 
 length. Mosely was the most popular officer of the army, and un 
 doubtedly excited Church s anger and perhaps jealousy by ignoring 
 and opposing him. Mosely, the successful captain at the head of 
 a strong company of veterans, would not readily accept commands 
 from one without title or company, whose best service hitherto 
 had been only in scouting and skirmishing with small irregular 
 parties. Church writes his own adventures. Mosely s can never 
 be known fully, but what we have shows him to be brave, popu 
 lar with both the army and at home, and wonderfully successful. 
 
 Gen. Winslow with the other forces ferried over to Providence, 
 and marched through " Pomham s " territory, in hopes to capture 
 that sachem, to the rendezvous at Smith s Garrison, on the even 
 ing of Dec. 12th. Mosely had captured one Peter, an Indian who 
 betrayed Philip, and became invaluable to the army as a faithful 
 guide, actuated probably by desire of revenge. On December 
 14th the General marched out with his forces to explore the 
 
74 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 surrounding country, and Sergt. (John) Bennet, with thirty men 
 of Capt. Oliver s company, went out scouting, and killed two 
 Indians and captured eight more. 
 
 On the 15th occurred a skirmish at a certain stone-wall, where 
 twenty or thirty Indians discharged their guns at Capt. Mosely 
 at once without effect. On the same evening the Garrison-House 
 of Jireh (Jerry) Bull at Petasquamscot was destroyed, and seven 
 teen persons killed, of which news was brought next day by 
 Capt. Prentice s troop, and on the 17th the Connecticut forces, 
 three hundred English and one hundred and fifty Mohegans, 
 arrived at the same place, and on the 18th the whole force of 
 Massachusetts and Plymouth met them there about 5 P.M. 
 
 Bull s Garrison had been intended for the general rendezvous, 
 and its loss was severely felt, as the army was forced to spend 
 the entire night without shelter. At 5 A.M. the next morning, 
 December 19th, they took up the march towards the Fort. 
 
 The story of the march, and the great battle at the " Swamp 
 fort," is to be told in full in a subsequent chapter and so is 
 omitted here. 
 
 The following list of " Wounded and Slayne " in Capt. 
 Mosely s company, is in the Archives, vol. 68 : 
 
 I John Farmer, Boston 
 Richard Barnam, " 
 Jerre Stockes, " 
 
 W m Bourle, Charlestown (probably Burt) 
 Edmund Chamberlain, Maulden 
 Richard Updick, Narragansett 
 9 Wounded / Lieut. Perez Savage Boston 
 
 men are 
 
 on 6 Jan ry, 
 
 at Rhode Island 
 
 with 5 Souldg 
 
 to attend 
 
 the 
 
 wounded men 
 there 
 
 John Brandon 
 John Sherman, Watertown. 
 James Updick, Boston. 
 James Chadwick, Maiden. 
 John Fuller, Dedham. 
 John Shepheard, Charlestown. 
 Rich d Addams of Sudbury. 
 Jacob Coole, Charlestown. 
 
 Samuel Fosdick. 
 
 Thomas Weales. 
 
 James Dighenton. (Dichetto) J> To attend 
 
 Joseph Low. 
 
 Joshua Silverwood. 
 
 Daniel Weld, chirurgeon, is credited 10 ; is probably the Dr. 
 Wells referred to in petition of Holman above. He was " Chir 
 urgeon General," and was of Salem. There is a credit to George 
 Thomas, Dec. 10, for " Chyrurgion Instruments for Dr. Weld 
 and Dr. Knott" (Richard Knott of Marblehead). These were 
 with the wounded probably, and also Dr. Philip Read, of Lynn, 
 and Dr. William Hawkins, Boston. 
 
MOSELY AT NARRAGANSET. 
 
 75 
 
 Mr. Hubbard states the number of Mosely s men killed to be 
 nine, wounded ten. Whole number of English killed, above 
 eighty, and one hundred and fifty wounded that recovered. He 
 puts the number of Indians killed at one thousand warriors, and 
 many of the aged and women and children. The troops returned 
 to Smith s Garrison that night, and cared for their wounded ; and 
 Church relates that Mr. Andrew Belcher arrived that evening at 
 Wickford with a vessel laden with supplies, without which there 
 must have been great suffering. 
 
 In a bill presented by Capt. Benjamin Gillain, dated Jan. 19, 
 1675, is the item, " To charges on men to cut out Andrew 
 Belcher s Sloop to goe to Narragansett, 14s." 
 
 The troops remained mostly inactive during the ensuing 
 month, seeking to bring the Indians to terms of a permanent 
 peace. There was some scouting and frequent captures, but no 
 general action. Jan. 10, new forces were sent down from Boston, 
 and the army was recruited to 1600 men, and on Jan. 27th began 
 to move in pursuit of the Indians, who had now -renewed their 
 depredations. At last, in the early part of February, having 
 pursued them around as far as Marl borough and Brookfield, they 
 were forced to leave the pursuit for want of provisions and rest, 
 and marched into Boston. On the 5th of February the Major 
 was ordered to dismiss his soldiers to their several homes to await 
 further summons. On February 15th, Capt. Mosely was ordered 
 to march with his company to Sudbury, and there to abide till 
 further orders. 
 
 These credits cover various services from Dec. 10, 1675. 
 
 July 24th 1676 
 Henry Swaine. 02 13 00 
 Richard Bennett. 08 08 00 
 
 Samuel Clark. 
 James Couch. 
 John Hands. 
 
 03 03 04 
 00 19 03 
 00 15 00 
 
 Gilbert Endecott. 
 
 05 08 09 
 
 John Dunbarr. 
 
 02 12 02 
 
 John Day. 
 Sam 1 Colborne. 
 
 02 14 09 
 02 14 10 
 
 Benjamin Lathrop. 
 John Salter. 
 
 02 08 00 
 01 14 02 
 
 Samuel Guild. 
 
 04 02 00 
 
 Ezekiel Hamblin. 
 
 00 12 10 
 
 Gilbert Forsith. 
 Perez Savage, Lieut. 
 Samuel Measie. 
 John Oates. 
 
 04 02 00 
 07 16 00 
 02 13 00 
 03 12 00 
 
 Roger Prosser. 
 Andrew Johnson. 
 Jonathan Sprague. 
 John Pitcher. 
 
 00 19 03 
 02 14 10 
 00 18 10 
 00 12 10 
 
 William Wainright. 
 Jeffrey Jeffers. 
 Richard Silvester. 
 Armstrong Homer. 
 John Mousall. 
 
 02 14 10 
 02 09 06 
 00 18 00 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 
 John Harrison. 
 John Auger. 
 David Langdon. 
 John Sibly. 
 Francis Earle. 
 
 00 12 10 
 00 12 10 
 00 12 11 
 00 12 00 
 00 10 02 
 
 August 24. 
 Roger Prosser. 
 Peter Mellardy. 
 John Gilbert. 
 
 1676 
 02 02 00 
 00 10 02 
 00 12 10 
 
 Nathaniel Badcock. 
 John Goff. 
 Joseph Wakefield. 
 Perez Savage. 
 
 00 10 02 
 00 15 00 
 00 12 10 
 01 12 02 
 
 Joseph Saxton. 
 Jacob Allin. 
 
 00 12 10 
 01 05 08 
 
 John Minds. 
 Israel Howeu (Howell) 
 
 00 18 10 
 00 10 02 
 
76 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Joseph Butler. 00 10 02 
 
 Mark Round. 02 14 10 
 
 September 23 d , 1676. 
 John Prescott. .00 10 02 
 
 John Mudg. 02 14 10 
 
 James Marshall. 00 12 10 
 
 Samuel Davis. 00 15 00 
 
 William Bassly. 01 16 10 
 
 Thomas May. 02 14 00 
 
 Archibell Forrest. 02 14 10 
 
 John Gilbert, Senior. 00 12 10 
 
 James Wamsly 02 14 00 
 
 From Sudbury he soon after marched to Marlboro , where he 
 /seems to have remained several weeks, taking a large part in the 
 negotiations concerning the redemption of captives, regulating (?) 
 the affairs of the friendly Indians, etc. It is evident that he 
 was always impatient of commands from his superior officers. 
 The " seniority " rule of precedence was strictly adhered to in 
 the colonial army, and in active service we find him constantly 
 either disregarding or avoiding it. It is evident, even from 
 Church s own account, that at the Fort fight, Gen. Winslow was 
 only nominally in command ; for when by Church s advice he 
 had resolved to hold the fort and remain, " a certain Captain" 
 threatened to shoot his horse under him if he attempted to enter 
 with his troops, and " in a great heat " declared that Church had 
 " lied " to him about the situation, and then a certain Doctor 
 " brusled up " and supported the said captain. There is little 
 doubt that this captain was Mosely. The exploits of Mr. 
 Church in this campaign seem not to have been known to any of 
 the early historians except himself. It is plain that the Massa 
 chusetts officers, especially Mosely, at the head of his veterans, 
 popular, and flushed with the fresh victory in which Church had 
 no part, would regard his interference as that of an insolent up 
 start. This popularity with the army, and the violent party of 
 ^/Indian-haters, together with his eminent success in the field, and 
 probably his near relationship to the Governor s family, supported 
 him in many notorious acts of insubordination and insolence 
 
 \J towards his superiors, and even the Council. The hanging of 
 Indians, referred to in his letter, was probably his " tying up " of 
 the two Indian captives and extorting their evidence against the 
 
 J eleven seized at Marlboro . The affair of Job Kattenanit, a tried 
 and faithful " praying " Indian, whom, for his faithful service, Gen. 
 Denison, by the advice of Major Savage, had given liberty to seek 
 
 J out his family held as captives by Philip s allies, shows Mosely s 
 influence; for he came to the General s head-quarters and de 
 nounced both officers, and raised such a storm of indignation that 
 i/ they were obliged to send forthwith to bring Job back. And 
 although members of the Council were very indignant at his in 
 solent conduct, he was not even reprimanded, either for this act, 
 
 v or his high-handed proceeding at Concord ; where he entered the 
 congregation on the Sabbath, and harangued the people against 
 the peaceful Nashobah Indians, whom the Council had placed in 
 the charge of Mr. Hoare; and then seized the Indians, allowing 
 
LAST SERVICES OF CAPT. MOSELY. 77 
 
 his soldiers to plunder all their possessions in spite of Mr. Hoare s 
 remonstrances, and marched them down to Boston, whence the 
 Court was constrained to send them to Deer Island, where with 
 many other friendly Indians they were subjected to fearful priva 
 tions. A full account of all these transactions may be found in 
 the History of the Praying Indians by that upright and noble 
 man, Gen. Daniel Gookin ; a summary of which will be given in a 
 subsequent chapter. 
 
 Capt. Mosely marched with Major Savage from Marlborough 
 to Quaboag, March 1, 1676. They were there joined by the Con 
 necticut troops, and all moved on towards Northampton, and he 
 was engaged in the succeeding campaign in the west. On May 
 5th he received an independent commission, and the wages 
 of his soldiers were to be raised by popular subscription, and 
 besides they were to have all the profits accruing from the 
 plunder or sale of captives, and if these resources failed, the Court 
 was to make up the balance ; arid this irregular way of settling 
 may be the reason that no larger credits appear in the later 
 months. In June, Mosely and his men were sent in company 
 with Capt. Brattle and his troop to assist the people of Plymouth 
 Colony, and were still there after July 22d ; and they there took 
 part in the capture of one hundred and fifty captives, and prob 
 ably soon after returned to Boston. The faithful services of the 
 friendly Indians in the later campaigns had caused a reaction of 
 popular feeling towards them. The fame of Church, who suc 
 ceeded in destroying Philip at Mount Hope, August 12th, some 
 what eclipsed that of Capt. Mosely, and we hear no more of his 
 military service thereafter, if he performed any. On August 
 24th, at a great sale of Indian captives, he is charged with " 1 boy 
 and girle 6 ; & 13 squawes & papooses 20c " ; and this is the 
 last notice I find of him throwing light upon his subsequent 
 career. 
 
 The date and circumstances of Capt. Mosely s death are not, as 
 yet, definitely known. Savage says he died January, 1680. The 
 " Inventory of the Estate of Cap tn Sam 1 Mosely deceased," was 
 taken Jan. 26, 1679 (N. S. 1680), and may have been Mr. 
 Savage s authority. In Judge Sewall s Interleaved Almanac 
 Diary, this item appears : " 1677, Oct. 20, 7, Capt. S. Mosely." 
 But we are left in doubt as to its meaning. His final account is 
 found in Hull s 3d Ledger, under date of July, 1678, and 
 credits him with military service, 67 05 06, which I presume 
 was in full for his whole service. Sometime after, September 
 1678, XI credit is given "per Isaac Addington," to balance 
 Mosely s account with the government. He died intestate. The 
 careful inventory, rendered by Sewall, of the worldly possessions 
 as produced by Ann Mosely the widow, who was admitted ad 
 ministratrix January 30, 1679-80, makes no mention of any arms 
 or clothing except an old musket and sword in the " Garret." 
 
78 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 This circumstance, with some others, and a lack of any official 
 reference to his death, would seem to indicate that it happened 
 away from home. 
 
 Ann Mosely, thrown upon her own resources for maintenance, 
 was granted a license by the town authorities, in 1681 and 1682, 
 "To sell wine and stronge liquors out of dores." That she 
 prospered is proved by the deed of trust to her brothers, Isaac 
 Addington and Penn Townsend, 1684, in favor of her daughters, 
 "her only living children," just before she married Nehemiah 
 Pierce, " set-work-cooper." He died in 1691, leaving her again a 
 widow. 
 
 The son Samuel died young, doubtless. The daughter Rebecca 
 married January 22, 1694, James Townsend; and Mary mar 
 ried William Webster, November 25, 1696. Rebecca married 
 again in 1708, Jonathan Williams, who in 1733 appears as the 
 Narraganset claimant in the "right of his wife s Father Capt 
 Maudesley." 
 
 Capt. Mosely s descendants were quite numerous in the 
 second and third generation, through Rebecca s children by 
 Townsend and Williams. Her daughter, Rebecca Williams, 
 married Thaddeus Mason, and their daughter, Rebecca Mason, 
 married, in 1767, William Harris, and their oldest son was Rev. 
 Thaddeus Mason Harris, D.D., b. July 7, 1768; grad. H. C., 
 1787, who was for forty-three years the Pastor of the First 
 Church in Dorchester, and died April 3, 1842. 
 
ni. 
 
 CAPT. THOMAS PRENTICE AND HIS TROOP, WITH 
 TROOPS OF LIEUT. OAKES AND CAPT. PAIGE. 
 
 IT may be in order here to recall attention to the very efficient 
 organization of the colonial militia, noted in Chapter I. We 
 have seen that Capt. Henchman s foot company was made up of 
 quotas of men from all the surrounding towns ; Capt. Mosely s 
 was of hastily collected volunteers, and we now come to the third 
 branch of the service, the " Troopers," in some respects the most 
 important. It seems to have been a matter of solicitude in the 
 colony for many years to increase the number of horses, and as 
 early as 1648 laws were passed encouraging the formation of 
 cavalry companies. Those who would enlist as troopers in local 
 companies and keep horses, were allowed five shillings per year, 
 and their head and horse-tax abated. It naturally followed that 
 the most thrifty and well-to-do in the colony would become 
 troopers, and the men of greatest ability and influence would be 
 made their officers. At the beginning of the war there were 
 five regular cavalry companies or " troops " in the colony. The 
 Suffolk County Troop was commanded by Capt. William Davis, 
 who died October, 1676, and was succeeded by Lieut. Thomas 
 Brattle. The Middlesex Troop was commanded by Capt. Thomas 
 Prentice. Essex County had two troops, one raised in Salem 
 and Lynn, of which George Corwin was captain; and another, 
 raised in Ipswich, Newbury and Rowley, of which John Appleton 
 was captain. In Hampshire and Norfolk the horsemen were 
 attached to the various companies in the regiment, eight or ten 
 to each company of foot. Besides these regulars, there was an 
 independent company raised at large in the counties of Suffolk, 
 Middlesex and Essex, called the " Three County Troop." Edward 
 Hutchinson had command of this up to October, 1674, but then 
 resigned, and the court had not found a suitable successor who 
 was willing to accept the appointment, and Lieut. William Haisy 
 was in command in June, 1675. Out of these "troops" quotas 
 were drawn to make up the company required for special service, 
 and officers were chosen at the option of the court. In this first 
 campaign the troopers were mostly from the towns immediately 
 around Boston; and, in addition to these, were a few Indians 
 
80 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 from Natick and Punckapoag. The Captain and Lieutenant 
 were from Cambridge, and the Cornet from Woburn. 
 
 The commander, Capt. Thomas Prentice, was born in England 
 about 1620. He came with wife Grace, and daughter Grace to 
 Cambridge, and settled on the south side of the river ; freeman 
 1652. He was a very active and influential man, and a trusted 
 officer both in civil and military service. He died July 7, 1709, 
 aged 89 years. 
 
 Capt. Prentice was appointed captain of the special Troop, 
 June 24, 1675, and sent out with Capt. Henchman, as has been 
 related. On arriving at Swansey, at Miles s garrison, the Indians 
 began firing from the bushes across the river at our guards, and 
 twelve of the troopers volunteered to go over the bridge and drive 
 them off. These were commanded by Quartermaster Joseph 
 Belcher and Corporal John Gill. Mr. Church went along with 
 them, and also a stranger, and William Hammond acted as pilot. 
 As they advanced across the bridge the Indians fired upon them 
 and wounded Mr. Belcher in the knee, killed his horse, and shot 
 Gill in the breast, but his buff coat and several thicknesses of 
 paper saved him from injury. They killed the pilot outright, 
 and the troopers were forced to retreat, bringing off Hammond 
 and his horse. On the renewal of the attack by the Indians next 
 morning, the troop, supported by Mosely s volunteers, charged 
 across the bridge and drove the Indians from the "Neck" and 
 across to Pocasset. June 30th was spent by the army traversing 
 Mount Hope neck, and at evening Capt. Prentice with his troop 
 rode to Rehoboth and quartered over night. On the morning of 
 July 1st he divided the troop, sending one division back under 
 command of Lieut. Edward Oakes. It is not certain whether 
 both divisions rode back by the same route, but it would seem 
 thus from the result. The captain s division came upon the 
 Indians burning a house, but could not get at them on account 
 of several fences which had to be torn down, giving the Indians 
 time to retreat to a swamp. Lieut. Oakes s force, however, dis 
 covered them from a more advantageous quarter, and chasing 
 them over a plain killed two of Philip s chief men, but in the 
 fight lost one of their own men, John Druse of Roxbury, mortally 
 wounded. The next few days Capt. Prentice and his troop spent 
 in searching the swamps, and then went with the army to Narra- 
 ganset, as has been related heretofore. Capt. Prentice s name 
 stands second of the signers to the treaty with the Indians, July 
 15, 1675. 
 
 After the return to Swansey and the news that Philip was shut 
 up in Pocasset Swamp, when the main body of Massachusetts 
 troops were sent away to Boston, Capt. Prentice and his troop 
 were ordered to scout towards Mendon, where the Indians had 
 lately made an assault upon the people, killing several. The 
 troopers met Capt. Johnson s company at Mendon, as will appear 
 from the following minutes of the Council : 
 
CAPT. PRENTICE IN THE MT. HOPE CAMPAIGN. 
 
 81 
 
 (Mass. Archives, vol. 67, p. 22G.) 
 July 26 th 1675 Council Mett. 
 
 The Council on perusing of y e letter of Capt Prentice & capt 
 
 Johnson, Dated July 23 d 1675, judged it meet to order that Capt 
 
 Prentice & his Troopers be presently called home & y l Capt. Johnson 
 
 with his Souldiers be also sent to Returne leaving ... of his 
 
 foot Souldiers the Scouts(?) to remayne as a Guard to Mendon and 
 
 . of his foote at "Wrentham as their Guard Referring it to 
 
 the sayd Captaine to consult with the Sarjant or other chiefe Officers 
 
 of each Towne how many to leave at each Towne with their Armes 
 
 ? Remayne till further order. 
 
 The letter referred to is now lost from the files. 
 The following are the soldiers who served in the first, or Mt. 
 Hope campaign, under Capt. Prentice : 
 
 August 27 th 1675 
 John Needham. 
 Jonathan Fairbank. 
 Samuel Pollard. 
 Fathergon Diiiely. 
 William Brooks. 
 William Agur. 
 Jabes Jackson. 
 Francis Wayman. 
 Samuel Gulliver. 
 Thomas Woolson. 
 John Livermore. 
 John Gibson. 
 William Read. 
 Benjamin Moore. 
 William Brown. 
 Joseph Parmiter. 
 Joseph Curtice. 
 Daniel Dean. 
 Thomas Goble. 
 Ebenezer Prout. 
 James Miller. 
 Robert Evans. 1 
 John Baxter. 
 Solomon Phips, Corp r 
 Benjamin Scott. 
 Christopher Grant. 
 Nathaniel Howard. 
 Stephen Pain. 
 Henry Summers. 
 Jonathan Bunker. 
 James Lowden. 
 John Fowle. 
 John Gill, Corp 1 . 
 Joseph Belcher, Qar tr M 1 02 
 
 1 In the Cash Account the name is Eames. 
 
 5 
 
 02 00 00 
 
 Nehemiah Hayden. 01 07 00 
 James Whitehead. 02 00 00 
 
 01 18 06 
 01 18 06 
 02 03 00 
 
 John Wayman, Cornet 04 17 00 
 September 3 d 1675 
 John Bisco. 02 08 06 
 
 02 03 00 
 02 08 06 
 
 Oliver Willington. 02 08 06 
 John Mason. 02 03 00 
 
 02 08 06 
 
 William Bond. 02 00 00 
 
 02 01 06 
 02 03 00 
 
 02 08 06 
 
 Thomas Boylston. 02 17 06 
 September 16 th 
 James Indian. 02 04 08 
 
 02 08 06 
 
 Thomas Indian. 02 04 08 
 
 01 01 06 
 02 03 00 
 02 03 00 
 02 03 00 
 
 September 21 st 
 Matthew Bridge, QfJfrOS 13 00 
 Anthony Cooke. 01 00 00 
 John Druse. 00 11 06 
 
 02 04 03 
 02 03 00 
 
 Edward Oakes, Lieut. 05 00 00 
 Thomas Oliver. 01 01 06 
 
 02 08 06 
 
 John Clark. 02 03 00 
 
 02 08 06 
 
 Thomas Hunter. 01 11 04 
 
 02 08 06 
 
 Felix Indian. 01 00 06 
 
 02 08 06 
 02 08 06 
 02 08 06 
 
 Benjamin Ahaton. 00 10 00 
 Harry Indian. 01 00 06 
 John Adams. 01 00 00 
 
 02 18 04 
 
 Jeremie Indian. 01 00 06 
 
 02 02 06 
 01 00 00 
 01 13 00 
 
 Zachary Phillips. 02 10 00 
 Joseph Allin. 04 00 00 
 Jonathan Orris. 01 18 06 
 
 02 08 06 
 
 David Thomas. 01 10 00 
 
 02 18 04 
 
 Caleb Carter. 01 12 00 
 
 02 03 00 
 
 Abraham Skinner. 01 08 06 
 
 02 08 06 
 
 November 30 th 1675 
 
 01 13 00 
 
 Nathaniel Richards. 02 03 00 
 
 02 11 00 
 02 01 00 
 
 Samuel Payson. 02 03 00 
 
82 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAK. 
 
 Dec. 3d, 1675, Capt. Prentice was appointed to command a troop 
 of horse in the Narraganset campaign, joined the army at Ded- 
 ham plain, and marched with it, as related heretofore, to Wick- 
 ford, whence on the 16th he rode with his troop to Petasquamscot, 
 and brought back the news of the destruction of Bull s garrison. 
 On the 19th took part in the battle at the fort. 
 
 In the Massachusetts Archives, vol. 68, page 104, I find that 
 John Wyman, of his troop, was killed, and Nathan Richardson 
 and Nathan Belins (Billings) of Woburn, and Samuel Stone of 
 Cambridge, were wounded. 
 
 After this battle Capt. Prentice was active in the subsequent 
 scouting raids into the adjoining country. On December 27 he 
 rode into Pomham s country (now Warwick, R.I.) and destroyed 
 many wigwams of an Indian village, but found no Indians. On 
 January 21 he was again scouting, and met with a party of 
 Indians, of whom two were captured and nine killed. On the 
 27th the army started in pursuit of the enemy, and after several 
 days marching returned to Boston, and the Massachusetts men 
 were dismissed, for the time, to their homes. 
 
 The following is the list of credits for this campaign. Appended 
 is a list of the same, as returned from the various local companies 
 for this service, copied from Mass. Archives, vol. 68, showing the 
 localities from which they came. 
 
 February 29, 1675-6 
 
 Joseph Peniman. 04 
 
 Joseph Weeden. 04 
 
 Samuel Weeden. 04 
 
 Henry Kenney. 01 
 
 John Spaford. 04 
 
 Joseph Moore. 04 
 
 Thomas Brown. 04 
 
 James Burnam. 04 
 
 Nathaniel Ballard. 04 
 
 Thomas Putman. 04 
 
 Edmond Potter. 04 
 
 Daniel Champnes. 06 
 
 William Delaway. 04 
 
 John Adams. 04 
 
 Joseph Plummer. 04 
 
 Charles Blinko. 04 
 
 William Miriam. 04 
 
 John Edmonds. 04 
 
 Thomas Johnson. 04 
 
 John Welcott. 04 
 March 24 th 1675-6 
 
 Richard Mather. 04 
 
 Nathaniel Billinge. 04 
 
 John Andrews. 04 
 
 Joseph Marshall. 04 
 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 12 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 00 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 
 William Kent. 04 10 00 
 
 John Windham. 04 10 00 
 
 Jacob Nash. 04 10 00 
 
 John Eames. 04 10 00 
 
 James Lowden. 04 10 00 
 
 Samuel Pay son. 04 10 00 
 
 William Shattock. 04 10 00 
 
 John Bush. 04 10 00 
 
 Thomas Goble. 05 08 00 
 
 John Pason. 04 10 00 
 
 Joseph Wright. 04 10 00 
 
 June 24 th 1676. 
 
 John Willington. 02 08 06 
 
 John Guppy. 01 10 00 
 
 Samuel Chapman. 04 10 00 
 
 Joseph Grout. 04 10 00 
 
 Daniel Thurston. 04 10 00 
 
 William Dodg. 04 16 00 
 
 JohnAcy. 04 02 00 
 
 Joseph Parmiter. 04 10 00 
 
 Henry Ellitt. 04 10 00 
 
 John Wyman, Lieut. 11 05 00 
 
 Thomas Prentice, Capt. 18 00 00 
 
 William Mingo. 04 10 00 
 
 John Stern. 04 10 00 
 
 Joseph Hutchinson. 05 08 00 
 
CAPT. PRENTICE IN THE NARRAGANSET CAMPAIGN. 83 
 
 John Richards. 04 10 00 
 
 Thomas Geery. 04 10 00 
 
 Francis Wayman. 04 10 00 
 
 John Barrett. 04 10 00 
 
 Nath. Richardson. 04 10 00 
 
 Hugh Taylor. 04 10 00 
 
 Caleb Grant. 04 10 00 
 
 Thomas Peirce. 04 10 00 
 
 Thomas Hodgman 04 10 00 
 
 Benjamin Davis. 04 10 00 
 
 JohnAcy. 05 08 00 
 
 Stephen Cooke. 02 05 08 
 
 Isaac Brookes. 06 15 00 
 
 Increas Wing. 04 10 00 
 
 Henry Summers. 02 18 03 
 
 John Kendall. 04 10 00 
 
 Samuel Stone. 04 10 00 
 
 Samuel Whiting. 04 10 00 
 
 Nathaniel Cann. 04 10 00 
 
 John Wyman. 00 15 08 
 
 List ofCapt. Prentice s Troopers. (Mass. Arch., vol. 68, p. 73.) 
 On the back of this list is written, " Capt. Prentise s 73 Troopers." 
 
 Troopers belonging to Capt. Appleton s Troope. 
 
 James Burnum, John Andrews, Edmond Potter, Samuel Chapman, 
 John Asee (Acy), 1 John Spaford, Daniel Thurston, Joseph Plumer, 
 John Woollcock, Thomas Johnson. 10. 
 
 Troopers belonging to Capt. Curwin. 
 
 Steeven Hascull (Hasket), Charles Blincko (for Jon* Corwins) v 
 Thomas Howard (for Benj. Browne), William Dodge (Jr,) Thomas 
 Putman Juniour, John Richards, Nathaniel Ballard junr, John Ed 
 monds, William Merriam, Thomas Flint (Sen r ). 
 
 Troopers belonging to Capt. Hutchinson. 
 
 Mr. Eliakim Hutchason, Benjamin Muzzey, Sam 1 Weeden, Joseph 
 Weeden, John Guppie (Goopy), Daniel Greenland, John Barret, 
 Thomas Hodgman, Benj a Daveis, John Gooll (Gould), Joseph Mar 
 shall, Thomas Geery (Grary), Thomas Hart, Isack Brooks, Joseph 
 Right (Wright), John Kiudall, Nath 1 Richardson, Thomas Pearce, 
 Increas Wing, Nath 1 Cann. 
 
 Troopers belonging to Captin Davis. 
 
 William Kent, John Ruggles, Sampson Chester, William Towers, 
 [John Miner erased], Henry Eliot, John Person (Pason), Richard 
 Mather Juniour, Martin Sanders, Crosby of Braintree (Joseph), Joseph 
 Penniman, Samuel Haidne (Haiden), Ebenezer Haidne (Haiden), 
 John Riplee, Samuel Whitney. 14. 
 
 Troopers belonging to Middlesex. 
 
 Mr. John Long, Mr. Joseph Line, James Lowdne (Lowden), 
 Thomas Browne, John Adams, Samuel Stone Juniour, Daniel Champ- 
 ney, John Earns, William Shattock, John Stearns, Caleb Grant, Joseph 
 Groute, Joseph Moore, Joseph Parmiter, David Stone, Nathaniel 
 Billing, Thomas Goble Juniour, Ebenezer Proute, John Wyman 
 Juniour, Francis Wyman Juniour. 19. 
 
 " 73 besides Peter Woodward & Joseph Proute." 
 
 1 The names in brackets are added from another list on page 100 of the same volume. 
 
84 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 In an anonymous contemporary account published in England 
 July, 1676, it is related that Capt. Prentice with six troopers 
 went to the rescue of a portion of Capt. Wadsworth s ill-fated 
 company at Sudbury, and these three names may be of those 
 troopers. 
 
 Aug 24 1676 
 Samuel Church. 00 11 05 
 
 John Cuttiu. 00 18 06 
 
 Samuel -Goff. 01 00 00 
 
 Capt. Prentice had charge of the impressment and equipment 
 of Middlesex men in the winter and spring of 1675-6, as shown 
 by various orders of the court to furnish troopers, guards and 
 scouts. He had much to do later in settling the affairs of the 
 friendly Indians, by whom he was greatly respected. After the 
 death of Philip, the Nipnet sachem John, accepting the court s 
 amnesty, came in with some of his men, and were kept in Capt. 
 Prentice s charge at his house. A credit of <6 " for fetching y e 
 Natick Indians " refers to his conducting their removal in 1676, 
 to Deer Island. July, 1689, Capt. Prentice, with Mr. Noah 
 Wiswall, was sent to arrange matters with the uneasy Puncka- 
 poags and Naticks. When Sir Edmund Andros, on July 2, 
 escaped from prison in Boston and fled to Rhode Island, Capt. 
 Prentice was ordered to ride down with his troop and receive 
 him after he was arrested by the people at Rhode Island. This 
 order he obeys, and writes the Court from Bristol, July 8th, an 
 account of his reception of the prisoner, and his purpose to return 
 by way of Dorchester to the Castle, to avoid disturbance. (Mass. 
 Archives, vol. 107, page 256.) In the Archives, vol. 106, page 
 436, is a certificate from Capt. Prentice that he was billeted with 
 his troop on the journey to and return from Rhode Island, two 
 nights at Woodcock s tavern. On the death of Major Gookin, 
 the various tribes of " Praying " Indians petitioned the court in 
 1691 to appoint Capt. Prentice superintendent of their affairs in 
 the beloved Gookin s place. 
 
 LIEUT. EDWARD OAKES AND HIS TROOPERS. 
 
 Edward Oakes came from England before 1640 ; freeman at 
 Cambridge, May 18, 1642 ; brought from England wife Jane and 
 sons Urian and Edward ; had baptized at Cambridge Mary and 
 Thomas ; was selectman twenty-six years, from 1643 to 1678 ; 
 deputy to General Court from Cambridge fifteen years, between 
 1659 and 1681, and from Concord 1683, 4 and 6 ; Lieutenant of 
 Capt. Prentice s troop, June, 1675, and served in the summer 
 campaign at Mount Hope, of which account is given above. The 
 service for which the following credits are given was probably 
 rendered in the winter of 1675-6. From the letter of Rev. John 
 Wilson, of Medfield, February 14, 1675-6 (Archives, vol. 68, 
 page 134), it appears that Lieut. Oakes was at Lancaster after its 
 
CAPT. PAIGE AT MT. HOPE. 
 
 85 
 
 destruction February 10th, and was afterwards scouting between 
 Marlborough and Medfield, and at the attack on February 21, 
 was quartered there with his troopers. Simon Crosby puts in a 
 small bill for billeting his troop at Billerica, but date of service 
 does not appear. He died at Concord, October 13, 1689, aged, 
 probably, 85 years. 
 
 Credits under Lieut. Edward Oakes. 
 
 1676 
 
 March 24 th 1675-6 
 James Miller. 01 12 
 
 John Gibson. 01 12 
 
 Solomon Phips, QatrMr. 02 09 
 Thomas Creswell (Croswell) 
 
 01 12 
 April 24 th 
 John Hastings. 
 Luke Perkins. 
 Stephen Cooledg. 
 Samuel Whiting. 
 
 June 24 th 
 Thomas Peirce. 
 Thomas Edmons. 
 William Reade. 
 Jonathan Bunker. 
 Stephen Paine. 
 Thomas Henshaw. 
 Stephen Richardson 
 Christopher Grant. 
 Thomas Strait. 
 
 1676 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 01 
 01 
 01 
 01 
 01 
 01 
 
 19 
 1<J 
 19 
 19 
 
 19 
 19 
 19 
 12 
 12 
 11 
 12 
 12 
 08 
 
 10 
 10 
 04 
 
 10 
 
 08 
 08 
 08 
 08 
 
 08 
 08 
 08 
 10 
 10 
 04 
 10 
 10 
 00 
 
 00 00 
 09 06 
 08 
 06 
 
 John Seers. 01 
 
 Timothy Simmes. 01 
 
 Matthew Griffin. 00 19 
 
 John Teed. 02 16 
 
 W m Auger (Agur,Alger) 01 12 10 
 Timothy Hawkins. 01 
 
 John Mousall. 01 
 
 Capt Oakes. July 24 th 
 
 12 10 
 12 10 
 1676 
 
 Jacob Hill. 00 19 08 
 
 Samuel Hayward. 01 10 00 
 
 Henry Spring. 01 12 10 
 
 Thomas Mitchenson. 00 19 08 
 
 Joseph Cooke. 04 02 00 
 
 Thomas Frost. 01 00 06 
 
 Edward Oakes. 06 11 00 
 
 August 24 th 1676. 
 
 John Streeter. 00 19 08 
 
 James. Prentice. 00 18 00 
 
 Sept 23 d , 1676 
 
 John Green. 01 12 10 
 
 John Fowle. 01 19 04 
 
 CAPT. NICHOLAS PAIGE AND HIS TROOP. 
 
 Capt. Nicholas Paige came from Plymouth, England. He was 
 in Boston as early as 1665. In 1675, June 27th, was appointed 
 captain of a troop to accompany Maj. Thomas Savage in the ex 
 pedition to Mt. Hope ; took part in the movements there ; accom 
 panied the army to Narraganset and back, and then returned to 
 Boston with Major Savage and disbanded his men, and there is 
 no farther account of any service in this war. 
 
 Capt. Paige was active in business, and in civil affairs later on ; 
 was of the Artillery Company, 1693 ; later its commander and a 
 colonel. He died in 1717. He left no children, 1 and in the joint 
 will of Nicholas and wife Anna, made in 1703, after many small 
 legacies, gave the bulk of property, including the farm at Rum- 
 ney-Marsh, where they lived, to their kinswoman Martha Hobbs, 
 also made her executrix and gave her some good advice about 
 marrying into a godly family. (She married Capt. Nathaniel 
 Oliver, 1709, and had children, Paige and Martha.) Should she 
 
 i See N. E. Hist, and Gen. Register, Vol. 23, p. 267. 
 
86 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 fail of issue, the property goes to his cousin William Paige, of 
 London, England. His wife Anna was a granddaughter of Capt. 
 Robert Keayne and a niece of Gov. Joseph Dudley. Her first 
 husband was Edward Lane. 
 
 The following are the credits for his men in this campaign : 
 
 August 23 d 1675 
 
 John Ballard. 02 00 00 
 
 John Breid. 02 00 00 
 
 Samuel Moore. 02 02 00 
 
 Sept. 3 d 
 
 Samuel Giddings. 02 00 00 
 
 Joseph Proctor. 02 00 00 
 
 Nathaniel Engersell. 02 00 00 
 
 William Osborn. 02 00 00 
 
 Lawrence Hart. 02 00 00 
 
 Joseph Needham. 02 00 00 
 
 Nicholas Paige, Capt. 08 00 00 
 
 Francis Coard. 02 00 00 
 
 Enoch Lawrence. 02 00 00 
 
 Benjamin Wilkins. 02 00 00 
 
 Thomas Noyce, Cornef. 04 00 00 
 
 James Ford. 02 00 00 
 
 Ezekiel Mighill. 02 00 00 
 
 Thomas Tharly. 02 00 00 
 
 John Picard. 
 Daniel Wycom. 
 William Reeves. 
 Nicholas Manning. 
 John Whipple, Lieut. 
 Francis Young. 
 Ephraim Fellows. 
 James Hoult. 
 Joseph Safford. 
 Thomas Newman. 
 Uzall Wardall. 
 Daniel Wilkins. 
 Samuel Sillesbie. 
 William Due. 
 William Curtis. 
 Daniel Welcom. 
 Thomas Albey. 
 Mark Hescall. 
 
 02 00 00 
 02 00 00 
 02 00 00 
 02 08 00 
 05 00 00 
 02 00 00 
 02 00 00 
 02 00 00 
 02 00 00 
 02 00 00 
 02 00 00 
 02 00 00 
 02 00 00 
 02 00 00 
 02 00 00 
 02 00 00 
 02 00 00 
 02 00 00 
 
 Thomas Noyce, of Newbury, was chosen, 1683, Capt. of the 
 second Newbury company. 
 
 John Whipple, appointed Cornet of Ipswich Troop in 1663, 
 and then said to be "son of Elder Whiple." He was captain 
 of a special Troop, Feb. 1675-6. 
 
IV. 
 
 MAJOR THOMAS SAVAGE AND THE FORCES 
 UNDER HIM. 
 
 MAJOR THOMAS SAVAGE was born in Taunton, Somer 
 set Co., England, son of William Savage. Came in the 
 " Planter " to Boston, April, 1635, aged 27. Admitted freeman 
 in May following ; was an original member of the Artillery Com 
 pany, and was chosen its captain in 1651, and several times 
 afterwards. He married Faith, daughter of William and Ann 
 Hutchinson, in 1637, and for sharing the views of Ann and her 
 brother-in-law, Rev. John Wheelwright, he was disarmed by the 
 Court, and joined with Coddington and others in the purchase of 
 Rhode Island, whither he removed in 1638, but returned the 
 same year. By his wife Faith he had seven children between 
 1638 and 1652. Faith died February 20, 1652, and the following 
 September he married Mary Symmes, daughter of Rev. Zechariah, 
 of Charlestown, by whom he had eleven more children. He was 
 almost constantly in public office, and was especially prominent 
 in all the military affairs of the town from 1651 onward. He 
 was captain of 2d Boston militia company from 1652 to his death 
 in 1682. 
 
 It is the purpose, in this chapter, to give as fully as possible 
 the operations under Major Savage, and facts connected with this 
 Mt. Hope campaign, and the names of men serving with him not 
 previously mentioned, so that our account of the campaign may 
 be considered complete. Some details of the opening prepara 
 tions are here given, as being rather connected with the move 
 ments of the general force than separate companies. 
 
 It will be remembered that the first actual attack of Philip was 
 upon those people of Swansey who lived nearest to him. An 
 account of this attack was sent to the Massachusetts Council 
 by Gov. Josiah Winslow of Marshfield. His letter is in Mass. 
 Archives, vol. 67, page 202, dated June 21st, and says the attack 
 was made on the day before, and asks the Massachusetts Colony 
 for aid only in protecting them from the alliance of Philip with 
 the Narraganset and Nipmuck l Indians, which tribes are within 
 
 1 The term Nipmuck or Nipnet, is used here and elsewhere often, as if including the Quabaugs, 
 Nashaways, Wabbaquassets, Pocomptucks, and others. 
 
88 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 the jurisdiction of Massachusetts ; says that if Plymouth can have 
 " fair play " with their own Indians he trusts they can take care 
 of themselves. On the same paper is a copy of the answer of the 
 Council, assuring him of immediate assistance, and that they will 
 send messengers with all speed to both Narragansets and Nip- 
 mucks. This answer is dated June 21, "at 5 o clock." 
 
 On the same day an order was passed in the Council to Capt. 
 Edward Hutchinson, Seth Perry and William Towers, giving 
 commission and instruction for taking a warning message to the 
 Narragansets, and to leave a letter for Roger Williams at Provi 
 dence. This message is in Mass. Archives, vol. 67, page 201, 
 in a paper directed to " Moosucke [Mootucke], Ninigret & Squa 
 Sachem, of the Narraganset & Nyantic Indians." A paper con 
 taining the agreements of the Nipmuck chiefs is in vol. 30, page 
 169, of the Mass. Archives. Upon June 24th came news of the 
 general outbreak, and further appeal from Plymouth. The 
 Council hastily despatched two messengers to Philip, who, arriv 
 ing at Swansey, discovered the two men who were slain that day 
 lying in the road, and thus warned of the futility of their peace 
 ful mission, they returned to Boston without speaking with 
 Philip. I find by a letter from the Council to Gov. Winthrop of 
 Connecticut, that these two messengers were Capt. Savage and 
 Mr. Brattle. 
 
 This letter is of great importance in several respects in the 
 light it throws upon those few busy days. It is in the Mass. 
 Archives, vol. 67, page 209, and is the original draft, containing 
 many erasures and corrections. It is judged to be in the hand 
 writing of Thomas Danforth, who was then First Commissioner 
 of the United Colonies. It is endorsed by Edw. Rawson, as 
 follows : " Rough draft of Council s letter to Connecticot Gov r . 
 Ent. June 28, 1675." The figure 8 in the date is somewhat 
 obscure, but the reference in the letter to the Fast appointed for 
 " to-morrow " (which fast we know to have been on the 29th) 
 proves the date of writing to have been on the 28th. 
 
 Extract of the Massachusetts Council s letter of June 28, 1675, 
 to the governor of Connecticut : 
 
 and dayly wee heare of the Increase of trouble the Gov r 
 of y l Colony [Plymouth] hath frequently solicited us for Ayde w h as 
 soone as wee could possibly Raise wee have sent to y cm . It s certified 
 from Plymouth and Swansey that both the Narragansets and Monhe- 
 gins have sent ayd to Phillip. We sent messengers to the Narragan 
 sets & Nipmucks to warn & caution them not to Assist Phillip or if 
 any were Gon to command their returne, our messengers are returned 
 from both those places, the Nipmucks speake faire and say that they 
 are faithful to the English and will not Assist Phillip, the Narragansets 
 say they will not medle but there is more reason to suspect the latter 
 and wee believe Uncas is not unconcerned in this matter, all our intelli- 
 
COUNCIL S LETTERS TO CONNECTICUT. 89 
 
 gence gives us ground to believe that the poore people in those parts 
 are in a very distressed condition in many respects, their houses 
 burned, their people kild & wounded they not able to make any 
 Attempt upon the Indians wanting both victuall ammunition and arms 
 w ch hath occasioned us to send greatt forces for their reliefe, we have 
 sent above three hundred foot and about eighty horse besides several 
 carts laden with munition and with goods and provisions and armes, 
 moreover we are sending two vessels with provision and munition to 
 supply y e forces, y e vessells to serve as there shall be cause, We sent 
 Capt. Savage and Mr. Brattle 4 days since to speake with Philip who 
 are returned but could not obtaine speech with him, The Council have 
 appointed a fast to-morrow to seek God in this matter and a blessing 
 upon our forces, How far his tribes may spread is with the Lord our 
 God to order, There is reason to concieve y if Phillip be not soone 
 [suppressed?] he and his confederates may skulke into the woods and 
 greatly anoy the English & y l the confederacy of the Indians is larger 
 than yet we see. Maj. Gen" Denison was chosen for to goe General 
 of these forces, but he being taken ill Capt. Savage is sent Commander- 
 in-chief, Capt Prentis commanding y e horse, Capt. Henchman and 
 Capt Mosley, Capts of y e foot, Our eyes are unto y e Lord for his 
 presence w th y em , & hope you will not be wanting in y r prares and 
 watchfulness over the Indians, and particularly we request you to use 
 y r utmost authority to restrain the Monhegins & Pequods. 
 
 E. R. Sec y. 
 
 By inquiry I found that this letter, dated June 28th, is pre 
 served in the Connecticut Archives, and also two others which 
 are not in our own. By the kind offices of Mr. Charles J. Hoadly, 
 State Librarian of Connecticut, I have been furnished complete 
 copies of both. One is of July 5th and the other July 10th. 
 Extracts of these letters are given below, from Conn. Arch., War 
 Docs., Vol. I. Doc. 5 : 
 
 Boston July 5 th 1675 
 
 Hon d Gent n By our former dat. the 3 d of this instant wee gave you 
 a briefe account of the late outbreaking of the Indians in the Plimouth 
 Colony at Swanzie and p to adjac 4 and since y wee received the enclosed 
 declaring the deplorable condition of those at Taunton in the same 
 Colony wee have at their request accomodated them with ammunition 
 and men, ie. ab 4 80 troopers furnished with carbines & small musketts 
 ab 1 100 dragoones & ab 4 100 foote soldjers so that with their attendance 
 for waggons &c. y e whole may be neere 400 men also two vessells well 
 fitted with men provisions & ammunition we have sent ab 1 the Cape to 
 accomodate all their necessityes so far as wee could judge necessary, 
 &c. 
 
 The remainder of the letter discusses the affairs of the United 
 Colonies relating to the arming and management of the Indians 
 not yet engaged with Philip, and is signed by Edward Rawson, 
 Sec y, on behalf of the Court, and is superscribed, 
 
 These to the Right Worshipf 11 John Winthrop Esq r Gov e n r of his 
 
90 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Maj tys Colony at Connecticot p r sent, To be communicated to the Coun 
 cil there. 
 
 Extract of the letter of July 10 th 1675. Conn. Arch., Wai- 
 Docs., Vol. I. Doc. 7 : 
 
 . . . Capt Hutchinson w" 1 ab 100. of our forces went from 
 o r headquarters upon Tuesday last to y e Narrogansets to demand an 
 ace 4 of their actings wee expect hourely intelligence w they have done 
 there which will be a great guide to us in our further motions. . . . 
 Yesterday came six men sent from Uncas to assure his friendship & 
 offer his service ag l Phillip or other enemyes of y e English with a 1 re 
 from Mr. Fitch to whome wee have returned o r answer declaring to 
 Uncas y if he will send hostages to y e English for the assurance of his 
 faithfulness wee shall accept his offer &c. &c. 
 
 Signed EDWARD RAWSON, Sec y 
 By order of the Council. 
 
 In Mass. Archives, vol. 67, page 207, is the Court s instruction 
 to Thomas Savage as major of the Massachusetts forces in this 
 expedition under Major Gen. Denison as commander-in-chief of 
 the colony, closing thus : " And in case the Lord should disenable 
 y r General so as to take him of the service you shall take charge 
 and command of all according to the commission given unto him," 
 etc. 
 
 Major Savage had been commissioned for this expedition on or 
 before June 24th, and the Court had then voted to raise one hun 
 dred horse and fifty foot. These constituted the companies of 
 Henchman and Prentice, and together with Capt. Mosely s men, 
 made up the number to two hundred and sixty men, besides 
 officers and teamsters, etc., which force, estimated in round num 
 bers at three hundred, marched out of Boston on June 26th. As 
 to the exact time of Major Savage s marching, or the force with 
 him, the accounts are somewhat vague and conflicting. I give 
 briefly the various references bearing upon this point ; and first, 
 it is certain that Capt. Paige s troop numbered, according to the 
 treasurer s credits, thirty-six men including officers. The state 
 ment in the above letter claims over three hundred and eighty 
 men to have been sent, up to June 28th. 
 
 In Mather s " Indian War," strangely enough, no mention is 
 made of Major Savage in relation to this first campaign. And 
 Mr. Hubbard, the most reliable of all, relates in reference to this 
 particular, that Major Savage came up " with other supplies " on 
 the evening of June 29th. On the next day they moved forward 
 into Mount Hope neck, " with a troop of horse in each wing; " 
 encamping that night (June 30th) " in the open field " in a heavy 
 rain. Next day (July 1st) they marched back to Swansey. 
 That night Capt. Prentice s troop rode to Seekonk, and Major 
 Savage appears to have remained at Swansey, July 2d, awaiting 
 
MAJOR SAVAGE S STAFF, SUPPLIES, ETC. 91 
 
 their return. On July 3d Henchman and Prentice searched the 
 swamps between Swansey and Rehoboth, and Capt. Mosely " and 
 Capt. Paige with his dragoons attending on Major Savage," 
 marched back into Mount Hope. Mr. Church s account is ex 
 tremely vague in reference to this campaign, especially in regard 
 to the Massachusetts forces, making no mention of Maj. Savage 
 by name. After a diligent search among published accounts and 
 unpublished sources of information, I am unable to find any fur 
 ther reference giving light upon this point, except that the 
 Journal has no credits under Major Savage for this campaign, 
 save the following, viz. : 
 
 Sept 3 d 1675 
 
 Thomas Savage for service as Major and other charges, 22 00 00 
 
 Sept. 28th. 
 
 John Paine. 02 00 00 
 
 John Williams. 01 04 00 
 
 Theophilus Frary, Commissary. 03 04 00 
 
 .... Toten, Chirurgeon. 16 00 00 
 
 Jacob Eliott, Commissary. 00 15 00 
 
 Feby 29 th 1675-6 
 
 Peter Geniiings. 01 10 00 
 
 William Locke was the regular surgeon who went out with the 
 army on June 26th (Mass. Archives, vol. 69, pages 58 and 60). 
 This " Toten " was Dr. John Touton, a Huguenot, who at this 
 time lived at Rehoboth, and his service may be inferred in part 
 by the following order in Mass. Archives, vol. 67, page 221 : 
 
 Order to Mr. John Toton to take " Peter Sympkins, Robert 
 Smith and Isaac Ratt, to attend " him and " go for the reliefe of 
 the wounded " . . . " and in case of their refusal you are 
 reqired by the Constables to send them forthwith to Capt. Hud 
 son who is required to send them to Boston." Dated July 22, 
 1675. 
 
 Mr. Joseph Dudley also went out with Major Savage, and 
 received on Sept. 14th credit of 08 11 04, for salary as chaplain. 
 
 In regard to the two vessels, I find in Mass. Archives, vol. 67, 
 page 211, the following papers : 
 
 Committee imployed for this present Expedition against the 
 Indians, ordered to send the following provisions aboard the Sloope 
 Swanne, whereof Samuel Woodbery is master to be sent for the 
 supply of our forces, Viz 2000 weight of Bisket, 40 barrells of pease 
 in casks, 10 Barrells of Pork, 10 Kintalls of drye fish, 1 hogshead of 
 Rumme, six jarrs of oyle, 4 barrells Raisins, 1 Barrell of sugar, 1 
 hogshead of salt, f cask of wine. Moreover you are to load aboard 
 
 the Brigaudine called the [Joseph] whereof Edward Winslow is 
 
 Master the like quantity of provisions as above expressed abating two 
 barrells of Raisings & with two barrels of powder one in each vessell. 
 
 . . You are also to take bills of lading of these goods and to bee 
 
92 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 delivered to the Commissaries of the Army Theopholus Frary and John 
 Moss or either of them. 
 
 Dated in Boston 28 June 1675 
 
 By the Council E. R. Sec y. 
 
 And on page 211, same date : 
 
 Instructions to Edward Winslow, Master of the Joseph. 
 
 You are hereby ordered forthwith as wind and weather will permit 
 with your vessell to sail to Swansey or as near thereunto as you may 
 and there deliver to Left Theophilus Frary and John Morse, Commis 
 saries for this Colony and the forces (now) under the conduct of Major 
 Thomas Savage all such provisions Armes &c now on board you for 
 the use of the army. 
 
 Signed JOHN LEVERET, Gov r . 
 
 It will be seen by this supply, that Massachuseetts then, as 
 always since, showed a generous appreciation of the appetites of 
 her soldiers. To the uninitiated the above bill of fare may not 
 seem particularly inviting ; but to any one who has been a soldier 
 and knows the meaning of " pea-porridge-hot," the item " 40 bar 
 rels of pease" will carry its own convictions. "Bisket, stripped 
 fish and raisins," as marching rations, compare favorably, accord 
 ing to my experience, with the " hard-tack " and " salt-horse " 
 furnished us by the U.S. Commissaries in 1861-5. I cannot 
 testify to the "Rumme," as I belonged to a Maine regiment; but 
 many times I have sat down by the camp-fire to a dipper of "pea- 
 porridge-hot " and a sop of bread, as to a royal feast. 
 
 In the line of the above information is this curious old paper 
 in vol. 68, page 135. A " Committee s estimate of what Provi 
 sions &c will serve 500 souldiers one month." " Biskett 15 m , Porke 
 20 barrills, Beefe 30 barrills (or some think only Pork and send 
 salt), Bacon 10wt. Cheese 10 : Stockins & Shooes 200 p r each, 
 Shirts & Draws 100 of each, Wastcoats 50, Walletts 100, 300 
 small baggs for each man to carry nokake, 300 bush oates, 100 
 bush barley, 50 bush Indian corne parched and beaten to nokake, 
 6 bar. powder, 12 cwt shott, Flints 20 ct ." 
 
 It appears from the letter above of July 5th, that these two 
 vessels had sailed before that date. From Hull s Journal, pages 
 10 and 11, which I have restored from the Ledger, the following 
 credits are obtained : 
 
 August 20, 1675 
 Maritime Disbursements Dr to Viz. 
 
 Samuel Woodbury. 1 
 Robert Breck. 
 Joshua Matson. 
 
 03 00 01 
 01 05 00 
 01 10 00 
 
 Nath 1 Phillips. 01 10 00 
 
 Henry Rock als. Cock 01 10 00 
 William Cantrell. 01 10 00 
 
 1 In Vol. II. Colonial History of New York, Holland Documents, I find by report of a council 
 held at Fort William Hendrick, May 26, 1674, that " Capt. Cornells Ewoutse arrived here this day 
 with his Snow the Zehont, reports having captured three small New England prizes." One of 
 these was the Sloop Swan, of which Samuel Woodbury was master, who appeared and declared 
 that he lived at Swansey and was part owner of the Sloop, and that John Dixy s widow of Swan- 
 Bey owned the other part, and that he was captured " near Prudence Island." The vessel and 
 cargo were confiscated by the New York Colony, but on June 29 following were released. 
 
NAVAL CONTINGENT. 
 
 93 
 
 Nathaniel Gallop. 02 00 00 
 
 Thomas Alson. 01 10 00 
 
 William Hascall. 01 10 00 
 
 Samuel Cross. 02 16 00 
 John Kennedye Als. 
 
 Cannede. 02 09 00 
 
 John Ball. 02 09 00 
 William Aldridg. 
 
 William Christian. 
 Nathaniel. Huett. 
 Redeemed. Scott. 
 Simon Daniel. 
 Thomas Norton. 
 John Mane. 
 Edward Perkins. 
 03 10 00 
 
 02 09 00 
 02 09 00 
 02 09 00 
 02 09 00 
 02 09 00 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 03 19 00 
 
 The first nine in the above list I presume to have been the 
 master and crew of the " Sloope Swanne ; " the rest were probably 
 on the " Brigandine " Joseph. Edward Winslow was master we 
 know, and Samuel Winslow was of the crew of this vessel, as I 
 find by this order of the Council, July 24th (Archives, vol. 67, 
 page 226) : " Ordered that Edward & Samuel Winslow, now on 
 board the Brigandine be released to come home." By the letter 
 of Capt. Henchman, published heretofore, it appears that he left 
 this vessel at Pocasset on July 31st, when he went in pursuit of 
 Philip, leaving five files of his men at Fort Leverett. And I 
 infer that the vessel had left that place before August 9, when 
 he was ordered by Gen. Denison to return and draw off the men, 
 since he was to leave there such provisions and ammunition as 
 " for want of carriage " he could not bring with him. 
 
 In regard to other matters referred to in the above letters, it 
 will be seen that the statement, in the letter of July 5th, of 
 forces sent, is simply a restatement of that in the former letter, 
 and not, as might appear at first, additional forces sent to Taun- 
 ton. No such additional forces and no other vessels were sent 
 at that time. 
 
 Capt. Edward Hutchinson was despatched to the forces at 
 Mount Hope on July 3d, and paid 5.00. 00 on that day by the 
 Court s order. There went with him, as appears by the Journal 
 credits, the following men : 
 
 Edward Hutchinson jun r 00 12 00 
 
 John Bennet. 00 19 00 
 
 Sam 1 Williams. 00 10 00 
 
 Hugh Clark. 00 10 00 
 
 John Pason. 00 10 00 
 
 John Minott. 
 Nathaniel Holmes. 
 John Ruggles. 
 Dec r 
 James Barrett 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 12 00 
 
 20. 1675 
 
 00 12 00 
 
 The explanation of the passage in the letter of July 10th, 
 relating that Capt. Hutchinson with about one hundred men 
 went from our headquarters to the Narragansets, etc., is probably 
 this : In their orders to Major Savage by Hutchinson, the Court 
 doubtless left the details of the embassy to the discretion of the 
 officers at Mount Hope, and they determined to march in full 
 force. Hubbard relates that Capt. Mosely crossed over by water 
 to attend Capt. Hutchinson in his despatch, the others going 
 around. It is likely that Capt. Hutchinson sent back some of 
 
94 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 his own men with the message of his departure, and from this 
 the Court made their report to Connecticut Colony. 
 
 The negotiations with the Mohegans, of whom Uncas was 
 chief sachem, are of peculiar interest, but must be deferred to a 
 separate chapter, with only brief allusion here. On the return 
 of the six Indians referred to in the letter, Ephraim Curtis was 
 sent to conduct them, taking along three Natick Indians, who 
 volunteered to accompany him. They went by way of Marlbo- 
 rough, where, at the Indian fort, they were warned of the danger 
 of the journey by the friendly Indians gathered there, and Curtis 
 heard of the plundering of his own house at " Quansigamug " 
 (Worcester) and was shown some of the plunder which the 
 marauders, the Nipmucks, had brought thither, and thereupon 
 the Naticks declined to go on unless more men were added to 
 their force. Upon his application to the constables of Marlbo- 
 rough, two men with horses and arms were pressed for this ser 
 vice. These were John and James Barnard, who receive credit 
 in the Journal under date of Sept. 14th, 1675. With this party 
 he conducted the Mohegans safely home, and on his return 
 sought out the Quabang sachems and had a romantic interview 
 with them. A full account of this journey may be found in his 
 long and interesting letter, of July 16th, to the Court, preserved 
 in Mass. Archives, vol. 67, page 215. The result of the negotia 
 tions with Uncas was that he sent two of his sons to Boston as 
 hostages, and his eldest son and successor, Oneko, with fifty 
 men, to assist the English against Philip. These were sent to 
 Plymouth Colony under the conduct of " Quartermaster Swift 
 and a ply of horse," as Major Gookin relates. Their subsequent 
 proceedings, joining with the Rehoboth men in the pursuit and 
 battle with Philip, their brief service with Capt. Henchman and 
 return home, have been related in a former article. The Mohe 
 gans got as wages the plunder they seized from Philip. Swift 
 and his " ply of horse " were credited as follows, Sept. 16th, 
 1675: 
 
 Joseph Crosbey. 00 07 06 
 
 Thomas Smith. 00 07 06 
 
 Thomas Blighe. 00 07 06 
 
 Samuel Blighe. 00 07 06 
 
 Sept 28 th 1675 
 
 William Harris. 00 07 06 
 
 Asaph Elliott. 00 07 06 
 
 James Barrett. 00 07 06 
 
 March 25th 1675-6 
 
 Moses Pain. 00 07 06 
 
 Thomas Swift was the son of Thomas the Emigrant, from 
 Yorkshire, Eng., who settled in that part of Dorchester which is 
 now Milton. Married Elizabeth Vose, daughter of Robert, 9th 
 
 Thomas Swift, Corporal. 
 Martin Sanders. 
 
 00 13 06 
 00 07 06 
 
 Samuel Hayden. 
 Ebenezer Hayden. 
 
 00 07 06 
 00 07 06 
 
 Benjamin Badcocke. 
 Samuel Whiting. 
 Nathaniel Bullard. 
 
 00 07 06 
 00 07 06 
 00 07 06 
 
 William Hawkins. 
 
 00 07 06 
 
 Thomas Toleman. 
 
 00 07 06 
 
 Joseph Penneman. 
 
 00 07 06 
 
ESTIMATE OF FORCES EMPLOYED. 95 
 
 Dec. 1657, and had Thomas, Elizabeth, William, John, and 
 Samuel. He died 31st Jan., 1718. 
 
 The other company of Indians that went out in this campaign 
 was enlisted by Major Gookin from the various friendly tribes 
 about Boston, agreeably to an order of the Court of July 2d, and 
 to the number of fifty-two marched out of Boston on July 6th, 
 under the conduct of Capt. Isaac Johnson, who delivered them 
 to Major Savage at Mt. Hope, and then " returned back." 
 Seventeen of these were with Capt. Henchman when he crossed 
 from Pocasset to Providence, July 31st, in pursuit of Philip. 
 Others were credited, as we have seen, under Capt. Prentice, 
 the rest returned to their homes " after 25 days," according to 
 Major Gookin. The popular prejudice against these Praying 
 Indians seems to have extended to our early historians, who, 
 except Gookin, seldom mention them or their service ; and since 
 they were not generally credited on the treasurer s book, it is 
 extremely difficult to give a correct account of them. According 
 to the testimony of Major Savage, Capts. Henchman and Pren 
 tice, " most of them acquitted themselves courageously and 
 faithfully," and we know that the Mohegans, in company with 
 the Rehoboth men, did the most effective fighting of the whole 
 campaign. 
 
 We have noted the various elements that made up this expe 
 dition under Major Savage, and now, counting the regular forces 
 that went out at first under Henchman, Prentice and Mosely as 
 250 men, and under Paige 35, we have but 285 men, 95 less than 
 the number stated in the letter of June 28th. This seems a large 
 number to allow as guards and attendants, but I think that some 
 twenty-five or thirty men besides Paige s troop went out with 
 Major Savage and joined the companies already there. It will be 
 remembered that 121 men were credited under Capt. Henchman, 
 nearly all of whom, after a diligent comparison of their credits 
 and subsequent service, I conclude must have joined him as early 
 as July 1st. And this reckoning still leaves a large margin for 
 attendants and guards. The round number of " about 400 " in 
 the letter of July 5th may have included the men of Capt. John 
 son, who conducted the 52 " Gookin " Indians, but not, I think, 
 the Indians themselves. It is barely possible that the crews of 
 the two vessels were counted, making about twenty men addi 
 tional. The reference to " dragoons " is explained by the fact 
 that Capt. Henchman s company was furnished with horses. 
 
 The " Guards and Carriage " account does not show an amount 
 of expense corresponding to the large number apparently em 
 ployed for that service, the total amount for the several cam 
 paigns up to January 25, 1675-6, being but X16.10.00. Some 
 of the guards in his first expedition were charged directly to 
 Plymouth Colony, those evidently who guarded the carts sent 
 with ammunition, etc., to supply their wants. The following 
 
96 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 were thus charged at ,00. 03s. OOd. apiece for guarding their 
 ammunition : Richard Smith, Thomas Lawrence, James Hoxly, 
 James Montt, Ebenezer Hill. 
 
 And these are all that I can find credited as guards for this expe 
 dition, so that I must leave the discrepancy between the numbers 
 that plainly appear from the Journal credits and other various 
 sources, and the statement of the letter of June 28th, to be filled 
 in by the number of officers, doctors, quartermasters and their 
 attendants, and also allow for some who returned home sick or 
 disabled, or else deserted and received no credit on the books, 
 though reckoned in the statement of the Court. This campaign 
 closed, as concerned Major Savage, when he returned to Boston 
 about July 20th. 
 
 Major Savage appears not to have been actively engaged in the 
 war after this campaign until the following February, but in the 
 mean time as an enterprising merchant, a town commissioner, 
 captain of an important company of Boston militia, with charge 
 of its training and the impressment of quotas for active service, 
 the latter a difficult and trying matter, we can see that he was 
 not idle. The situation of affairs in the colonies at the beginning 
 of February, 1675-6, was somewhat as follows : The summer and 
 autumn campaigns in the west had not made any material gain 
 for the English except in experience ; the Narraganset campaign 
 had resulted in driving that tribe and the Mount Hope Indians 
 to the north and west ; their women, children and old people, that 
 survived the Fort fight, were scattered about amongst the various 
 tribes nearest them ; Philip and his fighting men were thus left 
 free to range up and down, overawing the smaller tribes, inciting 
 the stronger to hostility against the colonies ; his agents and 
 friends were active in all the tribes ; himself with a body of his 
 men had retired as far as the woods above Albany, where they 
 were supplied with abundance of arms and ammunition by the 
 Dutch ; as a wanderer and outlaw he had nothing further to lose 
 and everything to gain by the war ; the young men of the tribes 
 looked upon him as a great leader, and were eager to follow him ; 
 large bodies of Indians were drawn together in various places ; 
 most of the Nipmucks, with some Narragansets, were encamped 
 at Wenimesset (now New Braintree) ; many others from different 
 tribes had gathered about Mount Wachuset ; another large 
 encampment was at Squakeag (Northfield) and beyond, whither 
 many of the tribes about Springfield and Hadley had withdrawn. 
 And all these made common cause with Philip, and were in an 
 attitude of warfare. Thus Philip, at bay, and with nearly the 
 whole force of the New England tribes in active sympathy with 
 him, was far more dangerous than at Mount Hope. The Eng 
 lish, on the other hand, were weary of the war which they had 
 carried on for seven months, at immense expense of means and 
 men, without apparent gain. The people in the frontier towns 
 
STATE OF AFFAIRS, MIDWINTER, 1675-6. 97 
 
 were mostly withdrawn into garrisons, their homes broken up, 
 farms laid waste, and they living in constant dread of the lurk 
 ing enemy. /Military skill and bravery could avail but little 
 against the tactics of a skulking foe, who came when and where 
 least expected, nearly always striking those least prepared, apply 
 ing the torch, shooting from the safe covert of the woods, and, 
 before effective resistance could be offered, vanishing again to 
 the forests. The Indians were intimately acquainted with the 
 habits and plans of the colonists and knew just when to strike 
 and where, while the English knew nothing of their movements 
 except from the friendly Indians, whom they mostly distrusted. 
 
 The English had many of these friendly Indians acting as 
 spies and scouts, who circulated quite freely among Philip s 
 allies, and brought intelligence of their plans ; but their reports 
 were often received with distrust, and the Council was slow to 
 act upon them, and in many cases their neglect was followed by 
 disaster. One of these spies, James Quannapohit, alias Rumney- 
 marsh, after visiting the Nipmucks at Wenimesset, near Brook- 
 field, brought word to Boston on January 24th, of the intended 
 attack upon Lancaster and other towns, but too little heed was 
 paid to his warning, and so these places were one by one attacked, 
 and several destroyed. 
 
 Such was the posture of affairs in February, 1675-6, when 
 Philip was preparing to strike an effectual blow against the 
 colonies. On February 6th, the army returning from the Nar- 
 raganset country to Boston, was disbanded. On the 8th the 
 Commissioners of the United Colonies voted to raise another 
 army of six hundred men for a campaign in the west. No quota 
 was required from Plymouth. On the 10th Lancaster was 
 attacked by the Nipmucks. On the 15th Mosely and his com 
 pany were ordered to Sudbury, and about that time Capt. Oakes 
 with his troop was scouting from Lancaster to Medfield, and was 
 at the latter place when it was assaulted on the 21st. On that 
 day the Council voted to raise one hundred foot and seventy-two 
 troopers to fill the Massachusetts quota of the proposed arnry. 
 Major Savage was captain of this foot company, but when he was 
 commissioned as commander of the Massachusetts troops ori the 
 25th, his lieutenant, Benjamin Gillam, succeeded to that com 
 pany s command. Capt. John Whipple was appointed to com 
 mand the troopers, and Capt. William Turner marched out with 
 another company of foot. 
 
 John Curtice and six friendly Indians from the Island were 
 to serve as guides. The Massachusetts forces were ordered to 
 march immediately to Brookfield, to join the Connecticut men 
 under Major Treat, and Major General Denison was appointed 
 commander-in-chief of the combined forces, and ordered to Marl- 
 borough to direct the movements of the army. 
 
 The Massachusetts forces joined those of Connecticut under 
 
98 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Major Treat on the 2d or 3d of March at Brookfield, and advanced 
 to attack the Indians at Wenimesset, but the enemy, having 
 intelligence of the design, fled before our troops arrived. Our 
 dragoons, it is said, followed a part of these as far as Paquayag 
 (Athol), where they crossed the river and escaped towards 
 Northfield. Mrs. Rowlandson was with them a captive, in this 
 retreat, and gives an account of the affair. They arrived at 
 Northfield on March the 7th, went up the river and crossed to 
 the west bank, where on the 9th they joined Philip and a large 
 body of Indians encamped there. By this pursuit, and against 
 the earnest advice of the Natick scouts, our army was diverted 
 from the intention of attacking the Indians gathered near Mount 
 Wachuset, and instead marched into Hadley on March 8th. 
 Their coming, however, seems to have been opportune, as the 
 evident design of the large force of Indians gathered near was 
 upon the towns on the river. On the 9th they attacked West- 
 field with a small force, and on the 14th assaulted Northampton 
 in full force, but were repulsed, Major Treat and the Connecticut 
 forces having entered the town the evening before, and Capt. 
 Turner s company being already stationed there. The further 
 details of this expedition must be deferred to the future accounts 
 of garrisons and the several captains and their companies. 
 
 In a letter of March 28th Major Savage gives the Council some 
 account of his movements, of the attack upon the people at Long- 
 meadow, of the withdrawal of the Connecticut forces, of the 
 gathering of large numbers of Indians about Deerfield and North- 
 field, and the danger threatening those towns. This letter is in 
 the Mass. Archives, vol. 68, page 189. 
 
 The following letter of the Council to Major Savage shows 
 something of the closing movements of this campaign, and is 
 copied in full from the original in Mass. Archives, vol. 68, page 
 191. It is dated 1st April, 76. 
 
 Maj r Savage, 
 
 Wee receved your letters by the post dated 28 th of march and perceve 
 both by yo rs and Mr. Newel s letters that Coneticut forces are drawne 
 of & that by reason of the numerousnes of the enimy (according to 
 yo r information) you are not in a capacity to pursue y m , also you 
 mtimate y e feai-es of the people of these townes y in case you bee 
 drawne of w th y or forces y l they wilbe in danger to be destroyed by the 
 enimy allso wee understand that the townes are unwilling to attend our 
 advise to draw into a narrow compass whereby wee conceved they would 
 have been able to deffend themselves better, but Northampton desires 
 more soldiers to be added to y er former number, they offer to mayn- 
 tayne all soldiers both for wages and victuall the result of the Council 
 touching this matter is y l wee are willing for present that you leave 
 soldiers to assist those townes not exceeding 150 men choosing such 
 as are fittest for that service and as neare as you can All single men 
 Leaving Capt. Turner in Capt Poole place ; with the Rest of the Army 
 we exp slv comand you to draiv homeward & endeav r in y r returne to visit 
 
COUNCIL S LETTER TO MAJOR SAVAGE. 99 
 
 y" enimy about Backquake & bee careful not to bee Deseved by y er lap 
 wing stratagems: by drawing you of from if nest to follow some men; 
 Butt if Maj r Treat and the Conetecut forces should returne & y 1 it be 
 advisable to march after y c enimy to Dearfeld &c. wee leave you to y or 
 liberty to act as you shall judge Best; but if y c 
 *and you are thereby Conetect men returue not or after a returne draw 
 
 Incapacitated to fur- . i i 
 
 ther ace" by reason of of again,* then o r exp esse order is to bee upon y or 
 
 flight U of"y9 enimy or march homewards & in y or returne to endevor to visit 
 
 the enimy as in o r past was exp rssed ; If you should 
 
 not meet with the enimy then we order you to retreat to Marlborow 
 
 and wait their for further orders** .... 
 
 **from them sent in another letter \y ee nave } at j e sen t Capt. GraVS of CharleS- 
 to hire as news by order & both r 
 
 signed i* April 76. town with about 50 men and oO horses laden 
 
 B R by C ord* w ^ n provisions & Ammunition to Qua- 
 bauge ordering him to take y e charge of y 
 
 Garrison for p r sent and to returne y e horses & men w th S rt Ingram, so 
 y 1 wee wilbe sufficiently recruited w th ammunition at y e fort at Qua- 
 bauge, touching that Rebuke of God upon Cap 1 Whiple and y e poore 
 people at Springfield it is matter of great shame and humbling to us. 
 The inteligence by the woonded woman of what y e enimy said to her ; 
 wee have reason to aprehend much of it is false & y they have not 
 such numbers at Dearefield neither are the Narragansetts or Nipmucks 
 there ; o r Reasons are because at this p r sent time & before y or letter 
 were dated a great Boddy of Indians and wee conceive they are Nar 
 ragansetts have done great mischeif at Secuucke and Providence neare 
 Secuucke upon last Lorday Capt Peirce with about 100 English & 
 indians Ingaged with a great body of them about 5 miles from Secunke 
 neare Mr Blackston the consequent of w ch fight was y 4 Peirce was 
 slaine and 51 English more with him & 11 Indians y 1 Assisted him their 
 escaped of y e whole company not above 7 or 8 English & y e rest the 
 enimy tooke all y r arms and two horse loads with provisions ; there was 
 a great body of indians as y e escaped report & environed y m Round 
 Capt. Peirce with a smaler p ty had a skirmish with about 50 of them y e 
 day before and did y m mischeif e & came of without loss w th [sic]. On 
 the same Lord day another party of indiaus assalted Malborow in y e 
 time of afternone execise they burnt 13 deserted houses & 11 barns at 
 y time & 3 men were wounded. The towne of Lancaster is wholly 
 deserted Groton can abide no longer y" untill carts bee sent to bring y m 
 w ch will bee next weeke, Chelmsford wee feare will bee soone nessecated 
 to do y e like & what Meadfeld and other f renters towns may shortly 
 bee put upon y e Lord know, these things considered you may see the 
 Nessecity of having o r Army nearer to us this day wee had intelligence 
 of y e enimies assaulting and burning Providence and Rehobath : They 
 earnestly sent for succor but we have y m not we have now about 700 
 men out in those westward parts at Marlboroh and o r other fronters 
 and wee are at a plunge where to raise more & kepe the heart in any 
 competent safty. Thus committing you to God desiring his presence 
 with & protection over you wee Remaine 
 
 Wee have sent out a single Indian from ye Island to carry A letter 
 to y e enimy aboute redemption of Captives, hee [is] ordered to carry a 
 flag of truce if hee come into your Army let him bee returned in safty. 
 
100 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 The following are the credits given under Major Savage, whose 
 company in this campaign, from February, 1675-6, to May, was 
 under the immediate command of Lieut. Gillam : 
 
 April 24 th 1676 
 
 
 Thomas Simkins. 
 
 01 10 00 
 
 Phillip Bullis. 
 
 00 18 00 
 
 Theophilus Thornton. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 "William Pasmore. 
 
 00 18 00 
 
 Thomas Savage jr. 
 
 04 02 04 
 
 James Hughes. 
 
 00 18 00 
 
 Joseph Bodman. 
 
 01 12 06 
 
 June 24 th 1676. 
 
 
 Thomas Williams. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Joseph Pollard. 
 
 02 01 00 
 
 Thomas Bridges. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Jonathan Fairbanks. 
 
 03 07 00 
 
 Thomas Savage, Major. 
 
 28 00 00 
 
 Maurice Truelove. 
 
 01 16 00 
 
 John Williams. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Richard Keates. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 James Chevers. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Phillip Bullis. 
 
 01 09 00 
 
 Daniel Landou , 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Zibeon Letherland. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Richard Beffer. 
 
 01 16 00 
 
 Joseph Shaw. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Joshuah Hughes. 
 
 03 03 00 
 
 Joseph Gannett. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Francis Shepheard. 
 
 02 08 00 
 
 Thomas Clark. 
 
 01 12 06 
 
 Thomas Dure. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Samuel Douse. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 William Pollard. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Zekery Fowle. 
 
 02 10 00 
 
 John Marsh. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 James Boone. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Robert Smith. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 John Mulbery. 
 
 03 07 00 
 
 John Wiswall. 
 
 04 11 00 
 
 Gilbert Cole. 
 
 02 04 00 
 
 James Lowdeu. 
 
 03 07 00 
 
 David Rainsford. 
 
 02 06 00 
 
 John Sage. 
 
 01 13 04 
 
 Joseph Andrews. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Thomas Chapman. 
 
 01 19 04 
 
 Richard Scott. 
 
 03 07 00 
 
 July 24 th 1676 
 
 
 Henry Phillips. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Samuel Rigbey. 
 
 03 14 00 
 
 Richard Woody. 
 
 02 09 06 
 
 Richard Woods. 
 
 02 01 00 
 
 Benjamin Gillam, Lieut. 
 
 05 15 00 
 
 Joseph Pecke. 
 
 02 13 00 
 
 Samuel Rust. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Benjamin Badcock. 
 
 03 07 00 
 
 John Hand. 
 
 01 16 10 
 
 John Alger. 
 
 01 03 04 
 
 Samuel Meares. 
 
 02 09 00 
 
 William Gerrish. 
 
 06 11 00 
 
 John Hull. 
 
 09 06 00 
 
 George Abbott. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 James Hughes. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Christopher Cole. 
 
 01 16 00 
 
 Nathaniel Richards. 
 
 03 07 00 
 
 Charles Blinco 
 
 01 16 00 
 
 Henry Cooke. 
 
 01 18 06 
 
 John Mansell. 
 
 01 17 08 
 
 John Goff. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Thomas Wright. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Thomas Read. 
 
 01 13 04 
 
 John Sargent. 
 
 01 17 08 
 
 Moses Pain. 
 
 02 11 04 
 
 August 24 th 1676 
 
 Benjamin Burges. 
 
 02 12 02 
 
 John Wells, jr. (Weld) 
 
 01 16 00 
 
 John Chapman. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Jonathan Barker. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Samuel Bill. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 James Brayley. 
 
 03 03 00 
 
 Edmund Gage. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 William Stratton. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Ezekiel Levitt. 
 
 02 01 00 
 
 Thomas Howard. 
 
 03 10 00 
 
 Manasses Beck. 
 
 02 09 00 
 
 Thomas Emes,als.Eames.01 08 04 
 
 John Figg. 
 
 02 01 00 
 
 Joseph Knight. 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Benjamin Thurston. 
 
 03 03 00 
 
 Sept. 23 d 
 
 
 Joseph Newell. 
 
 01 18 06 
 
 Henry Willis. 
 
 01 16 10 
 
 Richard Rogers. 
 
 06 17 00 
 
 John Ruggles. 
 
 02 07 00 
 
 Simon Rogers. 
 
 02 00 02 
 
 Richard Suowden. 
 
 01 16 00 
 
 In accordance with his instructions Major Savage withdrew 
 
CLOSE OF WESTERN CAMPAIGN. 1C1 
 
 his troops about April 7th, leaving one hundred and fifty-one 
 men with Capt. Turner to garrison the towns, and with four 
 companies under Capts. Mosely and Whipple, and Lieutenants 
 Gillam and Edward Drinker, marched homeward. On arriving 
 at Brookfield a council of war was held to consider the later 
 orders from the Council, advising an attack upon the Indians at 
 Mt. Wachuset, but it was decided not advisable. (The officers 
 had learned by experience the futility of pursuing the enemy 
 with an army.) The expedition of Major Savage thus closed. 
 The troops were either returned to Boston or engaged in other 
 service, and there appear no further credits under his name. 
 Accounts of Capts. Whipple and Turner are to be given here 
 after, also of other officers mentioned in the letters. In Mass. 
 Archives, vol. 68, page 203, there is an order of the Council to 
 Gen. Denison to inspect the army returned under Major Savage, 
 and discharging those unfitted for service to dispose of the rest 
 as he shall judge best. The order was dated April 10, 1676. 
 
 It seems that Mr. Samuel Nowell, chaplain, was a member of 
 the council-of-war, and voted to march to Wachuset, but the 
 officers Mosely, Whipple, Gillam and Drinker voted against it 
 on the ground of insufficient supplies and sickness among the 
 troops. See Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p, 235, 
 
V. 
 
 CAPT. THOMAS WHEELER AND HIS MEN; WITH 
 CAPT. EDWARD HUTCHINSON AT BROOKFIELD. 
 
 HHHE genealogy of the Wheelers of Concord is a difficult 
 JL problem, from the fact that as early as 1640-1 no less than 
 seven heads of families of that name were in town, viz., 
 George, Joseph and Obadiah among the first settlers. Ephraim, 
 Thomas and Timothy settled in 1639, and a second Thomas who 
 appears in 1640-1. All published accounts are defective, but 
 the long and careful research of Mr. George Tolman, of Con 
 cord, has done much to clear up the mystery. By a diligent 
 comparison of Mr. Tolman s papers, kindly loaned me, with all 
 I am able to glean from other sources, I derive the following 
 account. 
 
 Thomas Wheeler, first mentioned, removed to Fairfield, Con 
 necticut, in 1644; his son Thomas settled on the farm he left 
 in Concord, and married a wife Sarah before 1649. Mr. Savage 
 erroneously identifies this latter with the Captain. But of Capt. 
 Thomas, we know that he was the brother of Timothy, who 
 mentions in his will, probated Sept. 7th, 1687, "Joseph, Ephraim 
 and Deliverance my brother Thomas his sons." He married 
 Ruth, daughter of William Wood, and from the record of deaths 
 in Concord we find some account of their children. Alice died 
 March 17, 1641 ; Nathaniel died January 9, 1676-7 ; Thomas 
 died Jan. 17, 1676-7; Ephraim February 9, 1689. Joseph and 
 Deliverance, mentioned in Timothy s will, were probably the 
 sole survivors of the parents. It is possible that James Wheeler, 
 who married Sarah Randall in 1682 and settled in Stow, was a 
 son of Capt. Thomas and Ruth. " Capt. Thomas Wheeler, hus 
 band of Ruth, died Dec. 10, 1676." Ruth the widow adminis 
 tered upon his estate next year. Their son Joseph, in 1677, 
 administered upon the estates of his brothers Thomas and 
 Nathaniel. The estate of Thomas consisted of " a horse, pistols, 
 cutlash and gun," and was prized at 6 12s. This was the Cap 
 tain s son who saved his father s life at the fight in Brookfield. 
 The son Joseph married Mary Powers and settled in Stow, Mass. 
 Deliverance married Mary Davis, and also settled in Stow. 
 Capt. Thomas was admitted freeman in 1642, was sergeant 
 of the foot company of Concord in 1662, was appointed, at its 
 organization in 1669, captain of the horse company, made up of 
 troopers from several adjoining towns. He was in command of 
 
"CAPT. WHEELER S NARRATIVE." 103 
 
 this company in July, 1675, when it was called into the service 
 of which some account is to be given. Of this the main facts 
 are gathered from the very interesting " narrative " which he 
 published in 1675, within a few months after the service was 
 rendered. The title of this pamphlet has been transcribed by 
 the kindness of A. C. Goodell, Jr., Esq., from a copy of the 
 original edition belonging to the Essex Institute, which copy is 
 bound up with the Rev. Peter Bulkeley s Sermon, and was per 
 haps published with it. It is as follows : 
 
 A True Narrative Of the Lord s Providences in various dispensations 
 towards Captain Edward Hulchinson of Boston and my self, and those 
 that went with us into the Nipmuck Country, and also to Q^labaug, alias 
 Brookfield. The said Captain Hutchinson having a Commission from 
 the Honoured Council of this Colony to Treat with several Sachems in 
 those parts, in order to thepublick peace and my self being also ordered 
 by the said Council to accompany him with part of my Troop for Security 
 from any danger that might be from the Indians : and to Assist him in 
 the Transaction of matters committed to him. 
 
 Of this valuable publication contemporary historians availed 
 themselves. Mr. Hubbard evidently used it freely and followed 
 it fully in his account. Major Gookin refers to and quotes from 
 it in his " History of the Praying Indians." But Rev. Nathan 
 Fiske, pastor of the Third Church in Brookfield, who preached a 
 centennial historical sermon in 1775 (which was published in 
 1776), seems not to have known of it, but follows Gov. Hutchin- 
 son s history, who himself evidently had never seen it, at least 
 does not notice it. And Rev. Joseph I. Foot delivered a His 
 torical Discourse on Thanksgiving Day, November 7, 1828 (pub 
 lished first in the same year), which discourse (says the Editor 
 of the enlarged edition of 1843) was compiled by the author 
 "after much inquiry and laborious research," and yet Mr. Foot 
 seems to have been entirely ignorant of the existence of the " nar 
 rative," and makes no mention of Capt. Wheeler, leaving the 
 natural inference that he could hardly have read either Hub- 
 bard s, Mather s or Gookin s History. The edition of 1843 con 
 tains " Wheeler s narrative " in full ; and by the Editor s 
 statement and a letter from Lemuel Shattuck, of Concord, it 
 seems that Mr. Foot became aware of the existence of the pam 
 phlet but did not receive it from Mr. Shattuck, who possessed 
 two copies, until July, 1829, some time after his discourse was 
 published, and even then Mr. Shattuck appears not to have 
 known that the N. H. Historical Society had published the 
 " Narrative " in their Collections two years before, with valuable 
 annotations. In the edition of 1843, however, the Editor plainly 
 used the publication of the N. H. Society, word for word 
 title, introduction, notes and all, without addition or omission, 
 though omitting to make acknowledgment of the same. On July 
 
104 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 4th, 1860, in his oration at the Bi-Centenmal Anniversary of the 
 Settlement of Brookfield, Rev. Lyman Whiting gives a complete 
 and eloquent account of the fight and subsequent defence of the 
 garrison by Wheeler s troopers. And later Mr. H. E. Waite has 
 made valuable investigations and has kindly furnished assistance, 
 advice and material to the present writer, while the late Rev. J. 
 H. Temple has made exhaustive researches, going over the whole 
 ground and making a complete and detailed history of the whole 
 affair in his " History of North Brookfield ; " publishing this 
 account by Capt. Wheeler in full. 
 
 It may be in order here to recall the situation of affairs and 
 some of the circumstances that led up to this expedition to 
 Brookfield. 
 
 Having been twice warned of the designs of Philip, and his 
 efforts to stir up the various chiefs of the Nipmucks, by Waban, 
 the ruler of the Christian Indians at Natick, the Council at last 
 began to realize that something ought to be done. And so, on 
 June 13, 1675, an embassy was sent to the Quabaugs and the 
 Nipmuck tribes to discover their intentions. 
 
 The messengers visited the various Indian towns of Paka- 
 choog, Maanexit, Wabaquasset, Quantisset, Chabonokongkomun, 
 Manchaug and Hassanamesit, and received satisfactory promises 
 from all the rulers of these towns that they would remain faith 
 ful to the interests of the English. From the Quabaugs they 
 received the following document, still preserved in the Archives. 
 
 The Ruler of Quabage being examined by us where his men were : 
 he said they were at home. Then we asked him whether there were 
 none of them gone to help King Philip to fight against the English of 
 Plymouth ; he said No ; and neither would he help him : for he has been 
 false to him already, and, therefore, I will not help him : but I will still 
 continue our subjection unto the English of the Massachusetts Colony ; 
 neither will I suffer any of my men to go and help him ; and in con 
 firmation of the same I do set my hand, 25 : 4 : 75. 
 
 Conkcascogau, alias Conkganasco. 
 
 The sachems who signed these agreements, for all were of the 
 same purport, meant doubtless, to keep them. They were not 
 aware that war had already begun at Mount Hope. And when 
 Philip with his war-party came amongst them, they were at 
 first inclined to stand aloof. But the war fever soon spread 
 among the young braves, and Philip s agents went about sowing 
 the seeds of disaffection, and making promises of great things to 
 be done by the general uprising of all the tribes. Philip made 
 presents of wampum to several of these chiefs ; and by the middle 
 of July, four at least of them were in the great general war 
 camp at Meminimisset, where Ephraim Curtis found them, on 
 his first visit. This Ephraim Curtis was an important personage 
 in the negotiations at this time and in the subsequent events. 
 
REVOLT OF THE STIPMUCKS. 105 
 
 He was the son of Henry, of Sudbury, about thirty-three years 
 old at this time, a notable scout and hunter, well versed in Indian 
 ways, and intimately acquainted with many of these tribes. He 
 was also a trader, and had a house at Quansigarnug (Worcester). 
 
 He gives a detailed and interesting account of this visit, to the 
 Council. This account was published in full, in the " History of 
 North Brookfield," by Rev. J. H. Temple. By this account it 
 appears that Curtis was employed by the Council to go into the 
 Indian country about Quabaug, and find out all he could about 
 their present condition and probable designs. 
 
 Three Christian Indians, from Natick, volunteered to go with 
 him, and when he arrived at Marlboro , the constable there fur 
 nished him with two men, mounted and equipped, and there also 
 another Indian volunteered with him. 
 
 At Marlboro he heard that his house at Quansigamug had been 
 plundered, and that Mattoonas, the Nipmuck chief, with a large 
 war-party, and some of Philip s men, was raiding the country to 
 the southward. Holding their course through Brookfield, they 
 came after several days to a place where the great body of the 
 Indians were gathered. He says " These Indians have newly 
 begun to settle themselves upon an Island containing about four 
 acres of ground, being compassed around with a broad mirey 
 swamp on the one side, and a muddy river with meadow on both 
 sides of it on the other side, but only one place that a horse could 
 possibly pass, and there with a great deal of difficulty by reason 
 of the mire and dirt." 
 
 The savages were in an ugly temper, and it was with much 
 trouble that he finally prevailed upon them to listen to his mes 
 sage, the Indians in his company pleading earnestly for him. At 
 last he gained speech with the Sachems and found them to be 
 Muttaump, Konkganasco, Willymachen, Upchattuck, Keehood, 
 and Noncatonsoo. Of these Muttaump, the Sachem of Quabaug, 
 was leader. Curtis judged that there were about two hundred 
 warriors at the place. His conference with these Indians was on 
 July 14th, and on that same day Mattoonas had attacked Mendon, 
 and killed five men at work in the fields. This report of Curtis 
 was made to the Council on July 16th, and greatly disturbed 
 them, so that Curtis was at once despatched back to the Indians, 
 with a message and with letters to Major Pynchon at Springfield. 
 He returned from this second trip on July 24th, and reported 
 that he was well received by the Indians who were at the same 
 place, and that they had promised to send Keehood and another 
 of the Sachems to Boston within four or five days to speak with 
 the Governor. The Council, however, did not wait for this time 
 to elapse, but determined to send a larger force to confer with 
 the Indians, so as to enforce their demands if necessary. But 
 they entirely misjudged the strength arid temper of the savages, 
 and were deluded by their supposed knowledge that Philip was 
 securely shut up in the swamp at Pocasset. 
 
106 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 At a meeting of the Council on July 26th, Capt. Thomas 
 Wheeler, of Concord, was summoned to appear at Boston next 
 day at ten o clock, with twenty of his troop, to receive further 
 orders. 
 
 Capt. Edward Hutchinson was also called into service again, 
 and on the 26th the following commission was issued to him. 
 
 (Mass. Arch., vol. 67, p. 228). 
 
 Boston 27. July 1675 
 
 The Council beeing informed y 1 the narraganset indians are come 
 downe with about one hundred Armed men into the Nipmuck country, 
 Do order you Capt Edward Hutcheson, to take with you Capt Thomas 
 Wheler & his party of horse with Ephraim Curtis for a guide & a suffi 
 cient interpreter, & forthwith to repaire into those parts & ther Laubour 
 to get a right understanding of the motions of the Narraganset Indians 
 & of y e indians of Nipmuck : and for that end to demand of the leaders 
 of y e narragauset Indians an acc ot of y e grouns of y er marching in y 
 country & require to understand the orders of their Sachems, And also 
 to demand an Account of the Nipmuck Indians why they have not sent 
 downe their Sagamore according to their promise unto o r messenger 
 
 Ephraim Curtis, And further let y m know y wee are informed that 
 
 there are some among them y have actually joyned with our enemies 
 in the murder & spoyle made upon the English by Philip, And that 
 Matoones & his Complices who have Robed & Murdered our people 
 about Mendon are now among y" 1 And y 4 wee require them to deliver 
 up to you or forthwith bring in to us those our enemies, otherwise wee 
 must Looke at them to bee no friends to us, but ayders and abettors 
 [st c] and unto all these things you shall require y er expr sse answer ; 
 & as soon as you have dispatched the affayre, you are to returne home 
 & give us an acct, so desiring the Lords pr r sence with you & in prose 
 cution of this affayre if you should meet with any Indians that stand in 
 opposition to you or declare y m selves to bee yo r enemies then you are 
 ordered to ingage with them if you see reson for it & endeav r to reduce 
 y m by force of Arms. 
 
 " Capt. Edward Hutchinson was the eldest son of William and 
 Ann, and came to this country from England with his uncle 
 Edward Hutchinson, probably in September, 1633, a year before 
 his parents came. His family were much interested in the civili 
 zation of the Indians, and were widely known amongst them. 
 Capt. Edward owned a large farm in the Nipmuck country, and 
 had employed several of the sachems in tilling it. He was 
 popular with the Indians, experienced in military matters, 
 trusted by the colony, and had several times been sent to treat 
 with different tribes, and was but lately returned from the treaty 
 with the Narragansets." 
 
 Such was the situation when, as we learn from Capt. Wheeler s 
 narrative above mentioned, he, with about twenty of his troop, 
 reported to the Council as commanded, and with Capt. Hutchin 
 son marched, on July 28th, from Cambridge to Sudbury, and 
 thence the next three days into the Nipmuck Country, They 
 
EXTRACT FROM WHEELER S STORY. 107 
 
 marched to within two miles of New Norwich, and finding all 
 the Indians had fled from their towns, and meeting with but a 
 few stragglers here and there, who fled from them, they marched 
 back to Brookfield, arriving there Sunday, August 1st, and hear 
 ing of Indians in great force about ten miles away, they sent out 
 four men to treat with them. One of these was Ephraim Curtis 
 (as I find by his testimony in the trial of the Wabaquassa Indian, 
 Poquahow, for being engaged in the assault upon Capt. Hutchin- 
 son and the rest), two I think were Brookfield men, and the 
 fourth was probably one of the Indian guides. They met the 
 Indians about eight miles from Brookfield in a swamp, and after 
 the young warriors had blustered and threatened a long time, 
 their sachems agreed to meet Capt. Hutchinson and his party 
 next day at 8 o clock at a plain three miles from Brookfield. 
 Capt. Hutchinson, accompanied by the troopers, scouts and three 
 of the " chief men " of Brookfield went to the place appointed ; 
 but no Indians appeared. Whereupon the officers suspected 
 treachery, and were earnestly warned by the Indian guides not to 
 go on; but the Brookfield men were so confident of the good 
 faith of the Nipmucks, and urged so hard, that at last they 
 prevailed, and the party marched on. 
 
 As Capt. Wheeler relates the story : 
 
 " The said Capt. Hutchinson, who was principally entrusted 
 with the matter of Treaty with them, was thereby encouraged to 
 proceed and march forward towards a swamp where the Indians 
 then were. When we came near the said swamp, the way was 
 so very bad that we could march only in a single file, there being 
 a very rocky hill on the right hand, and a thick swamp on the 
 left, in which there were many of those cruel blood-thirsty 
 heathen, who there waylaid us, waiting an opportunity to cut us 
 off ; there being also much brush on the side of the said hill, 
 where they lay in ambush to surprise us. When we had marched 
 there about sixty or seventy rods, the said perfidious Indians 
 sent out their shot upon us as a shower of hail, they being (as 
 was supposed) about two hundred men or more. We seeing 
 ourselves so beset, and not having room to fight, endeavored to 
 fly for the safety of our lives. In which flight we were in no 
 small danger to be all cut off, there being a very miry swamp, 
 into which we could not enter with our horses to go forwards, 
 and there being no safety the way we came, because many of their 
 company, who lay behind the bushes, and had let us pass by 
 them quietly ; when others had shot, they came out and stopt our 
 way back, so that we were forced as we could to get up the steep 
 and rocky hill ; but the greater our danger was, the greater was 
 God s mercy in the preservation of so many of us from sudden 
 destruction. Myself being gone up part of the hill without any 
 hurt, and perceiving some of my men to be fallen by the enemies 
 shot, I wheeled about upon the Indians not calling on my men 
 
108 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 who were left to accompany me, which they in all probability 
 would have done had they known of my return upon the enemy. 
 They fired violently from the swamp, and from behind the 
 bushes on the hillside and wounded me sorely, and shot my 
 horse under me, so that he faultering and falling, I was forced 
 to leave him, divers of the Indians being then but a few rods 
 distant from me. My son Thomas Wheeler flying with the rest 
 of the company missed me amongst them, and fearing that I was 
 either slain or much endangered, returned towards the swamp 
 again, though he had then received a dangerous wound in the 
 reins, where he saw me in the danger aforesaid. Whereupon he 
 endeavoured to rescue me showing himself therein a loving and 
 dutiful son, he adventuring himself into great peril of his life to 
 help me in that distress, there being many of the enemies about 
 me, my son set me on his own horse and so escaped awhile on 
 foot himself, until he caught a horse whose rider was slain, on 
 which he mounted, and so through God s great mercy we both 
 escaped. But in this attempt at my deliverance he received 
 another dangerous wound by their shot in his left arm. There 
 were then slain to our great grief eight men, viz. : Zechariah 
 Phillips, of Boston, Timothy Farlow, of Billericay, Edward 
 Colborn, of Chelmsford, Samuel Smedly, of Concord, Sydrach 
 Hapgood, of Sudbury, Serjeant Eyres, Serjeant Prichard, and 
 Corporal Coy, the inhabitants of Brookfield, aforesaid. . . . 
 There were also five persons wounded, viz. : Captain Hutchinson, 
 myself and my son Thomas, as aforesaid ; Corporal French, who 
 having killed an Indian, was (as he was taking up his gun) shot, 
 and part of his thumb taken off, and also dangerously wounded 
 through the body near the shoulder ; the fifth was John Waldoe, 
 of Chelmsford, who was not so dangerously wounded as the rest. 
 They also then killed five of our horses, and wounded some 
 more, which soon died after they came to Brookfield." 
 
 Thus far Capt. Wheeler s account is quoted directly. He 
 then tells of their retreat back to the town, " as fast as the bad 
 ness of the way and the weakness of our wounded would permit, 
 we being then ten miles from it." There is little doubt that in 
 this retreat the surviving members of the company were saved 
 by the sagacity and fidelity of the two Indian guides, Sampson 
 and Joseph Robin, sons of old Robin Petuhanit, a faithful 
 Christian Indian. These two led them around by a way they 
 knew, but unknown to any of the English, all the Brookfield 
 men being killed. 
 
 The popular prejudice against the Christian Indians is here 
 illustrated, in the fact, that Capt. Wheeler was fully aware of 
 the good service of these guides, and yet here gives them no 
 credit for this nor for the urgent warning against entering the 
 swamp. He afterwards gave them a certificate, testifying to this 
 service. These two were afterwards so unjustly used by some of 
 
SIEGE OF BROOKFIELD. 109 
 
 the people that they were driven to join the fortunes of the hos 
 tile Indians, to save their lives./ Sampson was killed by some 
 English scouts near Wachuset, and Joseph was captured and sold 
 into slavery in the West Indies. George Memecho was the third 
 Indian guide with Capts. Wheeler and Hutchinson at Brookfield, 
 and he was captured and kept prisoner for some time but finally 
 returned and gave intelligent information of the condition of 
 affairs among the hostile Indians. From Capt. Wheeler s further 
 narration and from other authentic sources, we learn that after a 
 circuitous and difficult march of ten miles the company came into 
 Brookfield town, spreading the alarm among the inhabitants. 
 There they at once seized and hastily fortified one of the larg 
 est and strongest houses, said to have been the Inn of Sergt. 
 John Ayres, just slain in the fight. 
 
 The alarm spread through the town, and the inhabitants im 
 mediately left their own houses and fled to the house held by the 
 troopers ; in their fear, bringing very little with them, either of 
 food or clothing. Capt. Wheeler, finding himself, by reason of 
 his wound, unable to conduct the defence of the garrison, 
 appointed to that office Simon Davis, of Concord, James Richard 
 son and John Fiske, of Chelmsford. Within two hours after they 
 returned to the town, the Captains sent out Ephraim Curtis, and 
 Henry Young of Concord, to carry news of the disaster to the 
 Council at Boston, but in this time the Indians had crept warily 
 about the town, and were found by the messengers pillaging the 
 outlying houses. Finding the way encompassed and the whole 
 force of the enemy closing in upon them, the messengers returned 
 to warn the garrison. Immediately the Indians came swarming 
 upon them with fierce volleys and loud shoutings, " sending in 
 their shots amongst us like hail through the walls." But one 
 man, Henry Young, above mentioned, was killed, and that in the 
 evening while looking out from the garret window ; and a son of 
 William Pritchard (slain at the fight in the morning), who had 
 ventured out of the garrison to fetch some things from his father s 
 house still standing near by, was killed just as he was leaving 
 the house to return, and his head was cut off and tossed about in 
 view of the English, and then set upon a pole against the door 
 of his father s house. All night they besieged the house fiercely, 
 till about three o clock in the morning August 3d, when they 
 collected hay and other combustibles, and attempted to set the 
 house on fire at the corner. Under cover of their comrades 
 muskets, a party promptly rushed out in the face of the enemies 
 bullets, and put it out. Only two of these were wounded. At 
 this time, at Capt. Wheeler s request, Ephraim Curtis made an 
 attempt to get away through the lines to carry a message, but 
 failed ; but near morning he tried again and succeeded by creep 
 ing a long distance on his hands and knees to elude the Indians, 
 and after a day and night, fainting with hunger and fatigue. 
 
110 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 reached Marlborough on August 4th. But the news of the 
 destruction of Brookfield had preceded him, carried by some 
 people who were travelling towards Connecticut, and coming to 
 Brookfield and seeing the burning houses and the killing of some 
 cattle, turned back and spread the alarm at Marlborough, and a 
 post was immediately sent after Major Willard who was to march 
 that day from Lancaster to Groton. The messengers overtook 
 him already upon the march, and upon receipt of the message he 
 promptly turned his force of forty-six soldiers and five Indians 
 under Capt. James Parker of Groton, towards Brookfield. 
 
 In the mean time the Indians kept up their furious assault upon 
 the garrison, trying by every art to fire the house through all the 
 day and night, August 3d, which the English succeeded in pre 
 venting, without injury, except to one Thomas Wilson, who was 
 wounded while venturing into the yard outside to draw water. 
 On August 4th, the enemy having received large reinforcements, 
 proceeded to fortify the meeting-house near by, and also the barn 
 belonging to the besieged house, to protect themselves from the 
 watchful aim of the English muskets. They filled a cart " with 
 flax, hay and candlewood, and set up planks fastened to the cart 
 against our shot." This they designed to wheel against the 
 house, under cover for the night. And later, they invented a 
 machine-of-war, of a style unheard of before or since in war 
 fare. It was a sort of trundling wheel-barrow fourteen rods long, 
 a pole thrust through the heads of a barrel for a front wheel, and 
 for a body long poles spliced together at the ends and laid upon 
 short cross-poles, and lashed to the fore axle and truckle wheels 
 placed under at intervals. They constructed two of these centi 
 pede-like carriages and loaded the fronts with quantities of com 
 bustibles, such as hay, flax and " candle wood." These were 
 scarcely completed, however, when a heavy shower fell and wet 
 down their combustibles, so that they would not readily burn, 
 and in the mean time Major Willard and his force arrived, and so 
 intent were the Indians about the machines, that his company, 
 coming about an hour after dark, gained the yard of the gar 
 risoned house before the enemy perceived them. There was a 
 large body of Indians posted about two miles away, on the road 
 by which the Major s company had come, and another party of 
 over one hundred in a house nearer the garrison. The outpost 
 had let the company pass unharmed, depending upon those 
 nearer to strike the blow ; and these latter depending upon the 
 others for an alarm, which either was not given, or else, in the 
 excitement of building the machines, they did not hear, both 
 missed the opportunity of attack. As soon as they saw their 
 mistake they attacked the Major s party with fury, but without 
 much avail, and all were soon safely within the house. The 
 Indians seeing their devices defeated and the garrison reinforced, 
 set fire to the barn and meeting-house, and in the early morning 
 of August 5th, withdrew. 
 
SIEGE OF BROOKFIELD. Ill 
 
 Such is Capt. Wheeler s account, in brief, of the famous 
 encounter at the Quabaug Swamp, and the subsequent defence 
 of Brookfield. And I have followed his account thus fully and 
 at some length, because most of the published accounts that I 
 have seen have either conflicted with his or have been otherwise 
 misleading. 
 
 As to the locality where the above surprise, and almost 
 massacre, took place, there has been much interesting discussion 
 within the last ten years. Two places seem to answer very 
 closely the conditions of the account of Capt. Wheeler and the 
 others, whose testimony has been used in the matter. One of 
 these places is situated in the north-westerly part of New Brain- 
 tree, where was an ancient Indian town called Meminimisset, 
 afterwards Wenimisset. Dr. L. R. Paige, D.D., of Cambridge, 
 advocates this location, and by an able and convincing array of 
 facts and arguments, in the " New England Historical and Gene 
 alogical Register " of October, 1884, leads to the conclusion that 
 the scene of the tragic affair was just east of Wenimisset Meadows, 
 near what is now known as Brookside Farm." The other 
 location mentioned, is the ravine near the New Braintree and 
 Brookfield line, some two and a half miles from Wickabaug Pond. 
 
 This location is advocated by the Rev. J. H. Temple, late of 
 Framingham, author of the History of North Brookfield, above 
 mentioned. In his volume he brings forward equally strong and 
 convincing proofs and arguments in favor of his location. Both 
 these gentlemen are eminent authorities in antiquarian research ; 
 both are equally earnest in their convictions ; both reason from 
 the same evidences in general, viz. " Wheeler s Narrative," the 
 testimony of the various reports of Ephraim Curtis, Mrs. Row- 
 landson, the Indian guide, George Memicho, and others, but each 
 interprets these witnesses as proving his own theory. I am free 
 to say that reading the arguments of both again and again, I am 
 unable to decide which is the most probable site of the encounter. 
 
 But fortunately there has been new light shed upon the affair 
 from an unexpected quarter. In 1893, an ancient map of a tract 
 of country, covering this very territory, was brought to light from 
 the unpublished manuscript treasures of the Massachusetts His 
 torical Society, by Dr. Samuel A. Green, and published in fac 
 simile in the " Proceedings " of the Society for that year. 
 
 This map is entitled " A New Plan of Several Towns in the 
 County of Worcester," and bears date of March 30, 1785. It 
 was the work of General Rufus Putnam, at that time of Rutland, 
 but formerly of New Braintree, a distinguished surveyor, a skil 
 ful and painstaking artist, as this plan proves. The feature about 
 this map of special interest to us here is the fact that it locates 
 " Meminimisset," and the swamp to the east, and here is found 
 the inscription, " Hutchinson & Troop Ambushed between Swamp 
 & Hill." 
 
112 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 This evidence would seem to confirm definitely the conclusions 
 of Dr. Paige, and settle the location positively at Memininiisset, 
 (Wenimisset). It certainly shows that in 1785, that spot was 
 known as the scene of the struggle. By the courtesy of the 
 Mass. Historical Society I am able to present this ancient plan in 
 part to my readers. 
 
 The Nipmuck tribes were alone concerned in this attack upon 
 Brookfield; the Quabaugs, Wabbaquassets and Nashaways, 
 being the chief. Philip left Pocasset Swamp July 31st, and with 
 a small number of his warriors arrived at " Quabaug Old Fort " on 
 Thursday, August 5th. By a letter from Major John Pynchon, 
 of Springfield, to Gov. Winthrop of Connecticut, we learn that 
 Philip was settled with his band on August 7th, not far from 
 Meminimisset ; and that Philip s brother was there, and Mattaloos 
 (Mattoonas) also with some two hundred men. George Memicho, 
 the Indian captive taken at Brookfield, relates that Philip brought 
 about forty men with him, and "many more women and chil 
 dren." About thirty of his men had guns, the rest bows and 
 arrows. On their return from Brookfield, the victorious Nip- 
 mucks told Philip of their exploit, and he gave three of the 
 Sagamores, Apequinash, Quanansit and Mattaump, about a peck 
 of unstrung wampum apiece. Philip told the Indians that when 
 he came from Pocasset he had about two hundred and fifty men 
 in his company, besides women and children, including Weetamoo 
 and her company ; but now they had gone by themselves, and 
 some were killed. He also said that if Capt. Henchman had 
 pursued him closely, he must have been taken with his whole 
 company. After this Philip and his company seem to have dis 
 appeared from this vicinity. But the affair at Brookfield had 
 stirred up the Pocumptucks and other River Indians so that they 
 were ripe for the scenes which ensued along those river towns, 
 in which Philip apparently had small part. 
 
 On August 7th fresh forces arrived from Boston, and all 
 remained at the garrison till the 10th day, when Capts. Hutchin- 
 son and Wheeier, with all of their company that were able to 
 travel, came away and arrived at Marlborough on August 14th. 
 Capt. Hutchinson died there of his wounds on the 19th, and was 
 buried the next day. Capt. Wheeler and the remnants of his 
 company remained there until the 21st, when they returned 
 home to Concord. 
 
 Of those who were engaged in this affair, the following re 
 ceived credit for military service under Capt. Thomas Wheeler : 
 
 Sept. 15, 1675. 
 
 Samson Robin. 00 13 08 
 
 Joseph Robin. 00 13 08 
 
 Sept. 28 th 
 Benjamin Graves. 02 16 04 
 
 Simon Davis. 03 08 16 
 
 John Buttrick. 03 01 06 
 
 Oct. 19 th 
 
 George Howard. 01 08 06 
 
 John Hartwell. 01 11 06 
 
WHEELER S FURTHER SERVICE. 
 
 113 
 
 John French, Corp. 07 04 00 
 JohnKittery(Kitteridg).03 08 06 
 George Farly. 00 14 00 
 
 James Paddisou. 01 14 08 
 
 John Bates. 01 14 03 
 
 Simon Howard. 01 10 00 
 
 Samuel Smedly. 
 
 00 14 00 
 
 Sidrach Hopgood. 00 10 00 
 
 November 30 th 
 
 John Waldoe. 04 00 00 
 
 John Fisk. 01 14 09 
 
 Jan y 25, 1675-6. 
 
 James Richardson. 02 02 00 
 
 Besides these credited above, there are several mentioned in 
 the " Narrative " and elsewhere, who doubtless belonged to Cap 
 tain Wheeler s troop Zechariah Phillips, Timothy Farlow and 
 Edward Coleburn, killed at the ambuscade, and Henry Young 
 killed at the garrison. These with young Thomas Wheeler, 
 make up the number to twenty-one, besides the guides. In Rev. 
 John Russell s list of men killed in Hampshire County, I find the 
 name of James Hovey, killed at Brookfield, August 2. There is 
 no other authority for the statement. The name occurs after 
 that of Capt. Hutchinson, and it may be that he, like Capt. H., 
 died of injuries received at the fight or garrison. Ephraim Cur 
 tis was credited as directly in the service of the Council, <2 
 for his service. It will be noticed that neither Capt. Wheeler 
 nor his son receive credit in the treasurer s account, but it is seen 
 by two items in the Court Records first, October 13th, 1675, in 
 answer to his petition setting forth his necessities, that he receives 
 ten pounds, and again in October, 1676, for his own and his son s 
 service, he is credited full wages for both from the time they left 
 their own homes till they returned to them again, which was 28 
 in addition to the X10 granted him the year before, which in the 
 Treasurer s Ledger, is put under the head of " Contingencies," 
 and is in part remuneration for his losses and recognition of his 
 eminent services. The twenty-eight pounds must have included 
 subsequent service. He remained at home for some time, and 
 probably in that time wrote out his " Narrative." Together with 
 others of his troop, he celebrated the 21st of October, 1675, as a 
 day of thanksgiving for their safe return from Brookfield. Before 
 February 29th, as is evident from the credits following, he had 
 been out again in service. What or where that service was I 
 have not been able to find from any published reference. 
 
 There was, however, much quiet, though efficient, service per 
 formed in those times, that the chronicler passed over in giving 
 account of the more stirring events ; and such service is often only 
 revealed by these dim old pages of Hull s Journal, or the brief 
 business or official letters preserved in our precious Archives. 
 Such data may be helpful here. And first, the similarity of the 
 amounts of credit would indicate that nearly all in this list were 
 on the same service, and it would follow that the service was 
 rendered before February 29th, 1676. The reference to " Groton 
 Garrison " in the credit of a part of the men, seems to point to 
 Groton and the neighboring towns as the place of service. And 
 
114 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 again the letter to the Court from Groton, dated February 6th, 
 1675-6, and signed by James Parker, Thomas Wheeler and Henry 
 Woodhouse (Woodis), respectfully suggests that the mainten 
 ance of a scout of " forty men, troopers and dragoons," to scout 
 between Groton, Lancaster and Marlboro , is unnecessary, the 
 garrison at Lancaster being sufficient for such purpose. More 
 over, that such method, considering the distance, renders the 
 force unavailable in case of sudden surprise, and that such towns 
 as Billerica and Chelmsford are weakened by the withdrawal of 
 their troopers for this service, and that now in view of the sud 
 den disappearance of the Weymesit Indians, the troopers from 
 those towns " demand a release," etc. I find that many of those 
 in the list were from Billerica and Chelmsford. The letter shows 
 this scouting service to have been going on, and I think it is safe 
 to conclude that most of these thirty-seven men were engaged in 
 it under Capt. Wheeler and Lieut. Woodhouse. 
 
 Feb y29 th 1675-6. 
 Simon Davis (two credits ) 1 
 Nath. Hill. 
 Jonathan Hill. 
 Joseph Foster. 
 John Waldo. 
 Francis Dudly. 
 Samuel Fletcher Sen r 
 Samuel Fletcher Jun r 
 Eleazer Brown. 
 Cyprian Stevens. 
 Benjamin Graves. 
 John Bates. 
 ^Stephen Goble. 
 
 March 24 th 
 Simon Willard. 
 Thomas Tarball. 
 Joseph Blood. 
 
 June 24 th 1676 
 Henry Woodis, Lieut. 
 Joses Buckman. 
 
 Of the operations of the troops about Brookfield after the 
 retreat of the Indians, some explanation will be given in the 
 accounts of the various captains and their companies. In esti 
 mating the number of inhabitants who were in the house and 
 took part in the defence, we may consider the following data. 
 The whole troop, including Capt. Wheeler and son, numbered 
 twenty-two; Capt. Hutchinson, Ephraim Curtis and three 
 Indians made it twenty-seven. At the fight five were killed and 
 five wounded, one Indian guide captured, Henry Young killed 
 
 1 Under Wheeler at Groton garrison. 
 
 ted under Capt. Wheeler : 
 
 
 -6. 
 
 David Batchelor. 
 
 01 12 10 
 
 )01 11 10 
 
 Simon Crosbe. 
 
 01 12 10 
 
 01 12 10 
 01 12 10 
 01 12 10 
 
 Daniel Maginnis. 
 John Kitteridg. 
 James Pattison. 
 
 00 06 00 
 01 12 10 
 01 12 10 
 
 01 12 10 
 
 Jonathan Hide. 
 
 01 12 10 
 
 01 12 10 
 
 Samuel Davis. 
 
 01 02 10 
 
 .01 04 05 
 
 John Brown. 
 
 01 12 10 
 
 .01 12 10 
 01 19 04 
 00 14 03 
 00 19 04 
 
 Joseph Hay ward. 
 John Hay ward. 
 Stephen Hosmer. 
 John Gould. 
 
 01 12 10 
 01 12 10 
 01 12 10 
 01 12 10 
 
 01 12 10 
 01 12 10 
 
 01 12 10 
 01 12 10 
 01 12 10 
 
 Phinias Sprague. 
 Henry Green. 
 Joseph Winn. 
 Sept. 23 d 1676. 
 Abraham Jaque. 
 Joseph Fitch. 
 Samuel Dunton. 
 
 01 19 04 
 01 12 10 
 01 12 10 
 
 00 11 00 
 01 09 00 
 01 09 00 
 
 04 02 02 
 
 Jonathan Prescott. 
 
 00 14 03 
 
 01 12 10 
 
 
 
BROOKFIELD ABANDONED. 115 
 
 at the house, and Curtis sent to Maryborough, leaving fourteen, 
 presumably, fit for duty. There were some sixteen families 
 gathered in the house, including fifty women and children. On 
 August 3d Capt. Wheeler reports that only twenty-six, counting 
 the men of the town and his soldiers, were capable of service. 
 Hence we may infer that twelve of the inhabitants were actively 
 engaged in the defence. Recurring now to the list of petitioners 
 of October, 1673, published by Mr. Waite (New England Hist, 
 and Genealogical Register, vol. xxxv. 336), and counting out 
 Ayres, Pritchard, and Coy, killed, and Wilson wounded, we shall 
 not be far out of the way in concluding that the others were 
 joined with the troopers in making up the twenty-six, allowing 
 for some changes by accessions to and removals from town 
 between 1673 and 75. The reported numbers of four or five 
 hundred Indians present, and eighty killed, will bear liberal 
 reduction, though the English carbines were bravely effective. 
 
 The following fragment may be of interest here as showing 
 the presence of the celebrated pirate here just after the assault 
 was over. It is taken from the Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 7. 
 
 Boston, October y e 13, 1675. 
 
 To the honored Governor & Councell of the Massathusets Colony in 
 New England. 
 
 These are to signyfie that Cornellius [s/c] Consort the 
 
 Dutchman was uppon the Contryes Servis Att quabauge and by the 
 Councle of Warre there was sent out Capt. of the for lorne And 
 Afterward marched to Grotton & Chemsfort According to my best 
 Advice continued in the Countryes Servis six weekes Cornellius being 
 Reddy to depart the Country & myself being here att boston the 
 Major Willard being Absent I granted this ticket. 
 
 THOMAS WHELLER, Capt. 
 
 This was the famous Cornelius Anderson. In the great trial 
 of the pirates he was constantly referred to as Cornelius Consort, 
 i. e. Consort of Capt. Roderigo, the chief of the pirates. The 
 name " Consort " thus became his familiar cognomen among the 
 people and soldiers with whom he was very popular. I cannot 
 tell on what occasion he led the "forlorne," but it was after 
 Capt. Mosely came, Aug. llth or 12th, and before the 15th when 
 he left. The Council of War was held after Capt. Wheeler had 
 gone, but now, Oct. 13th, being in Boston, Major Willard absent 
 at Groton, Mosely at Hatfield, Lathrop and Beers both slain, it 
 devolved upon him to " grant the ticket." 
 
 BROOKFIELD AFTEK THE ATTACK. 
 
 Capt. Wheeler relates that soon after his own return from 
 Brookfield, " the inhabitants of the town also, men, women, and 
 children, removed safely with what they had left, to several 
 
116 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 places, either where they had lived before their planting or 
 settling down there, or where they had relations to receive and 
 entertain them," and " the Honored Major Willard stayed 
 several weeks after our coming away." 
 
 A small garrison was undoubtedly maintained at the fortified 
 house some time after the withdrawal of the inhabitants, prob 
 ably up to the 12th of October, and it is likely that widow 
 Susannah Ayres remained during that time, as is indicated by 
 her petition and account presented the Court in October, 1677, 
 which charges supples to soldiers under Ephraim Curtis, Major 
 Willard and Capt. Poole ; but some time before November 16th 
 the place was vacant, for the Council on that date instructs Capt. 
 Appleton in his march homeward from Connecticut River, if he 
 comes by way of Quaboag, to drive down some of the cattle and 
 swine which they have heard have gathered about the house, as 
 a relief to the " poore people that are concerned therein." There 
 is much material preserved in the Mass. Archives bearing upon 
 this point of the withdrawal of the garrison from Brookfield, in 
 numerous letters and orders of the Council to various officers, 
 all giving evidence of the complete desertion of the town about 
 Oct. 12th. See especially, correspondence with Capt., -Apple ton 
 and Lieut. John Ruddock, etc. ; also petition of John Ayres s 
 sons, Mass. Arch. vol. 10. 
 
 The town was doubtless wholly vacated before the middle of 
 October, and remained so, except for the frequent passage of the 
 troops to and from the west, up to the last of February following. 
 On the 21st of that month the Council ordered " Carpenters 
 tooles for six men, nayles of all sorts with hooks and hinges for 
 doors and locks and of such sort as the chief carpenter shall 
 appoint, to build a quarter at Quabaog ; " and on the 25th the 
 committee was ordered to procure either John Brewer of Sud- 
 bury, or John Coolidge of Watertown to go up with the army 
 and build a house or houses for lodging and shelter of provisions, 
 etc. A small garrison was established there under Serg t William 
 Ingraham, who writes the Council on March 21st for relief, 
 " men few and discouraged, need ammunition," etc. In answer 
 the Council sent up Capt. Nathaniel Graves of Charlestown with 
 men and horses laden with supplies, as will be seen by the fol 
 lowing order from Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 173 : 
 
 Att a Council held at Boston, 22. March 1675-6 
 
 It is ordered that Capt. Nathaniel Graves of Charlestown shall be 
 the Comander of the Garrison at Brookfield & all Inferiour officers 
 arid Souldjers are requested to be obedjent to him : 
 
 As the said Capt. Graves is ordered to take ye Comand of twenty 
 troopers and thirty horses & fiveteen men besides w th the Carriage 
 horses to be Loaden w th provision & Ammunition to be conveyed to 
 the Garrison at Brookfield and after the carriages are Lodged there he 
 then send backe the Troopers & Carriage horses, dismissing them to 
 
BROOKFIELD REGARRISONED. 
 
 117 
 
 theire several homes, And that W m Ingram now Comander of the 
 Garrison at Brookfield is dismissed after Capt Graves comes there who 
 is to returne with the Troopers & Carriages. It is further ordered 
 that Major Savage order ten Souldiers more to strengthen the Garrison 
 at Brookfield as soon as he Can Conveniently. And the said Capt. 
 Graves is ordered with all Convenient dispatch to march up to Brook- 
 field w th the sayd Carriages : dated in Boston as above. 
 
 pr. EDW D RAWSON, Secret y. 
 
 "Warrants issued forth to the Constables. 
 
 To Charlestowne for Carriage 
 
 horses, 4 and 2 men 
 besides a horse for Capt Graves. 
 " Cambridge, Car. nor. 4 and 2 men 
 "Watertown, " " 6 " 3 " 
 " Sudbury, " " 6 " 3 " 
 "Wooburne " " 6 " 3 " 
 
 To Roxbury , Car. hor. 4 and 2 men 
 
 30 15 
 
 To Capt. Prentice for 7 Troopers. 
 To the Constable of Marlborough 
 
 for 6 Troopers. 
 To Capt. Davis for 6 Troopers. 
 
 The following letter is of interest both for the matter in hand 
 and to show that garrison life in idleness is much the same in 
 every age. From Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 237. 
 
 Honoured Governer & 
 
 Sir we are all In Indifferent helth we dayly are goeing forth but 
 cannot see any Indians : our provissions dus spend apace And if you 
 Intend to Continue y 8 place we must have more prouissions y l wee have 
 may Last about 8 or 10 days : for my owne partt I Can be Content w th 
 Less y n many of y r men heare : I have eatten but Littell of your pro 
 vissions : I expect A release by y e next y l Cum up : for I am not fit 
 for y 9 Employ being out of my way & know there are many men more 
 fit than I for y 8 Busines I do not Apprehend any danger to Ly heare 
 for I Beleave the Indians will nott Cum to our Garreson all my feare 
 is of our men y* go Abroad & are not so Carefull as they shud be we 
 have had no damage yet y 1 makes us Secure if you doe Continue y e 
 men heare they will wantt showes & Shurtts And Linin drawers and 
 Tobacco & A glace to Keap watch w th all our discontent Arises from 
 y now afore it was want of meate now we have enough heare are 
 many would not care if they did stay there time out. they ow there 
 masters here is noething to doe but up to play And down to sleepe if 
 y c Country Can Afoard to maynteyn them so : I am Content rather to 
 bare my partt of y e Charge then to play heare where I Can do no good 
 w ht showes and other things we had was sent to hadly & I have a 
 Resayte for them from y c Commissarys w ch I hoap w 11 discharge mee 
 w ch is all y offers att present from 
 
 Sir, your Seruant In what I am abell & understand. 
 28 th Aparell 1676 NATHANIEL GRAVES. 
 
 On May 5th Serg t Ephraim Savage was chosen to go up to re 
 lieve Capt. Graves with new supplies, and to send home those 
 that were sick or greatly needed at home, and to take command 
 
118 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 of the garrison, thirty of the men at least to remain. Serg t 
 Savage was excused from the service on account of sickness, and 
 Thomas Walker, " the brickmaker," was chosen in his stead. It 
 would seem, however, that his health improved, for he went with 
 a lieutenant s commission and wages, and the credit below shows 
 him to have served, and not Walker. Of the subsequent history 
 of the garrison there is no definite account, but frequent refer 
 ences to it as a base of supplies, etc., show it to have been main 
 tained for some time. 
 
 The following names are credited with military service at the 
 garrison at Brookfield and "Quabaug." 
 
 June 24, 1676. 
 John Ray man. 
 James Kelling. 
 Ezekiel Levitt. 
 John Norton. 
 John Mansell. 
 
 July 24, 1676. 
 Joseph Hide. 
 Isaac Perkins. 
 Nicholas Rawlins. 
 George Norton. 
 Benjamin Dunnage. 
 John Artsell. 
 Thomas Scott. 
 Thomas Cooper. 
 Thomas Philips. 
 Joseph Garfell. 
 Benjamin Pickerin. 
 John Glide. 
 Benjamin Bucknall. 
 Ephraim Savage, Lt. 
 Christopher Cole. 
 Charles Blinco. 
 John Mansell. 
 
 01 00 00 
 05 01 00 
 01 04 00 
 01 09 00 
 01 18 00 
 
 01 00 06 
 01 01 04 
 00 07 00 
 
 00 06 04 
 
 01 08 03 
 01 08 00 
 01 04 00 
 05 00 00 
 05 03 06 
 
 00 17 00 
 
 04 10 00 
 
 05 08 00 
 04 15 00 
 04 07 09 
 03 02 06 
 03 13 00 
 
 01 10 00 
 
 Nathaniel Partridg. 05 08 00 
 
 John Sargent. 03 02 06 
 
 Charles Duckworth. 03 15 00 
 
 John Cromwell. 03 15 03 
 
 John Norton. 01 12 06 
 
 William Bodkin. 04 12 06 
 
 John Jeffery. 04 19 04 
 
 Joseph Swady. 04 12 06 
 
 Ebenezer Engellsbee. 04 12 06 
 
 Henry Pellington. 05 07 00 
 
 John Algar. 03 02 06 
 
 Thomas Stacie. 01 12 06 
 
 Sylvester Haies. 04 10 00 
 
 John Simple. 03 02 06 
 
 August 24 th 1676 
 
 John Cromwell. 02 09 06 
 
 Charles Duckworth. 02 09 06 
 
 Edward Blaucher. 05 10 00 
 
 David Crouch. 02 06 02 
 
 David Jones. 07 06 06 
 
 Philip Sandy. 05 08 00 
 
 Thomas Phillips. 00 18 00 
 
 John Cutler. 05 09 08 
 
 There is no reliable evidence that the town of Brookfield was 
 resettled before 1686 or 7. Many families were there before 
 1693, and a garrison house had been built, when, on July 27th of 
 that year, a band of twenty-six Canadian Indians attacked the 
 town and killed and captured several of its inhabitants. 
 
VI. 
 
 MAJOR SIMON WILLARD AND HIS MEN. 
 
 OF all the names that stand upon the pages of New England 
 history, none are more honored than that of Major Simon 
 Willard. His biography has been written in the " Willard 
 Memoir," and therefore only a brief outline will be necessary 
 here. He was born at Horsmonden, County of Kent, England, 
 baptized April 7, 1605. He was the son of Richard and his 
 second wife Margery. Simon married in England Mary Sharpe, 
 of Horsmonden, who bore him before leaving England (probably) 
 three children, and six in New England. He married for a 
 second wife Elizabeth Dunster, who died six months after her 
 marriage ; and a third wife, Mary Dunster, who bore him eight 
 children, between the years 1649 and 1669. Simon Willard ar 
 rived in Boston in May, 1634, and settled soon after at Cam 
 bridge. He was an enterprising merchant, and dealt extensively 
 in furs with the various Indian tribes, and was the " chief e in 
 strument in settling the towne " of Concord, whither he removed 
 at its first settlement in 1635-6, and remained for many years a 
 principal inhabitant of that town. On the organization of the 
 town he was chosen to the office of clerk, which he held by annual 
 election for nineteen years. It is said upon respectable authority 
 that he had held the rank of captain before leaving England, and 
 in Johnson s " Wonder Working Providences " he is referred to 
 as "Captain Simon Willard being a Kentish Soldier." In 1637 
 he was commissioned as the Lieutenant-Commandant of the first 
 military company in Concord. At the first election, December, 
 1636, he was chosen the town s representative to the General 
 Court, and was reflected and served constantly in that office till 
 1654, except three years. In that year he was reflected, but was 
 called to other more pressing duties ; and afterwards to his death 
 was Assistant of the Colony. In 1641 he was appointed super 
 intendent of the company formed in the colony for promoting 
 trade in furs with the Indians, and held thereafter many other 
 positions of trust, either by the election of freemen or the appoint 
 ment of: the Court, too many to admit of separate mention here. 
 In 1646 he was chosen Captain of the military company which, 
 as Sergeant and Lieutenant, he had commanded from its organiza- 
 
120 KING PHILIP S WAK. 
 
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 tion. For many years he was a celebrated surveyor, and in 1652 
 was appointed on the commission sent to establish the northern 
 bound of Massachusetts, at the head of Merrimac River, and the 
 letters S W upon the famous Bound-Rock (discovered many 
 years ago near Lake Winnepesaukee) were doubtless his initials, 
 cut at that time. In 1653 he was chosen Serjeant-Major, the 
 highest military officer of Middlesex County. 
 
 In October, 1654, Major Willard was appointed commander-in- 
 chief of the military expedition against Ninigret, Sachem of the 
 Nyanticks, as told heretofore, in the Introductory Chapter, p. 22. 
 In the settlement of the town of Lancaster Major Willard had 
 been of great service to the inhabitants, and their appreciation 
 was shown when, in 1658, the selectmen wrote him an earnest 
 invitation to come and settle among them, offering a generous 
 share in their lands as inducement. This invitation he accepted, 
 sold his large estate in Concord, and removed to Lancaster, prob 
 ably in 1659, and thence to a large farm he had acquired in 
 Groton, about 1671, at a place called Nonacoicus. 
 
 At the opening of " Philip s War," Major Willard, as chief 
 military officer of Middlesex County, was in a station of great 
 responsibility, and was very active in the organization of the 
 colonial forces. His first actual participation in that war was in 
 the defence of Brookfield, the particulars of which have been 
 noted. We must admire this grand old man of seventy, mount 
 ing to the saddle at the call of the Court, and riding forth at the 
 head of a frontier force for the protection of their towns. On 
 August 4th he marched out from Lancaster with Capt. Parker 
 and his company of forty-six men, "to look after some Indians 
 to the westward of Lancaster and Groton," having five friendly 
 Indians along as scouts, and, receiving the message of the dis 
 tressed garrison at Brookfield, promptly hastened thither to their 
 relief, which he accomplished, as we have seen in a former chapter. , 
 Upon the alarm of the disaster at Brookfield, a considerable force 
 soon gathered there from various quarters. Two companies 
 were sent up by the Council at Boston, under Captains Thomas 
 Lathrop of Beverly and Richard Beers of Watertown, and 
 arrived at Brookfield on the 7th. Capt. Mosely, also, who was 
 at Mendon with sixty dragoons, marched with that force, and 
 most of Capt. Henchman s company, and arrived at Brookfield 
 probably about August. From Springfield came a Connecticut 
 company of forty dragoons under Capt. Thomas Watts, of Hart 
 ford, with twenty-seven dragoons and ten Springfield Indians 
 under Lieut. Thomas Cooper, of Springfield. These forces for 
 several weeks scouted the surrounding country under Major 
 Willard; the details of which service belong properly to the 
 accounts of the several Captains. In addition to these were 
 forty " River Indians " from the vicinity of Hartford, arid thirty 
 of Uncas s Indians under his son Joshua, who scouted with the 
 
SOLDIERS CREDITED UNDER MAJOR WILLARD. 
 
 121 
 
 other forces. The Nipmucks could not be found, and it was 
 afterward learned from the Indian guide, George Memecho, cap 
 tured by the Nipmucks in Wheeler s fight, that on their retreat 
 from Brookfield on August 5th, Philip, with about forty warriors 
 and many more women and children, had met them in a swamp 
 six miles beyond the battle ground, and by presents to their 
 Sachems and otherwise had engaged them further in his interest ; 
 and all, probably, hastened away towards Northfield and joined 
 the Pocomptucks, and thence began to threaten the plantations 
 on the Connecticut River. After several days diligent search 
 ing, on August 16th, Captain Lathrop s and Beers s companies, 
 the latter reinforced by twenty-six men from Capt. Mosely, 
 together with most of the Connecticut, Springfield and Indian 
 forces, inarched towards Hadley and the neighboring towns, 
 while Mosely went towards Lancaster and Chelmsford. Major 
 Willard remained for several weeks at the garrison. Mr. Hub- 
 bard and Capt. Wheeler make this statement, and further relate 
 that he soon after went up to Hadley on the service of the 
 county. I think the visit to Hadley was after August 24th, as 
 on that date I find a letter from Secretary Rawson to him, en 
 closing one to Major Pynchon, and advising him to ride up to 
 Springfield and visit Major Pynchon " for the encouragement of 
 him and his people." The writer of the "Willard Memoir" 
 states that he was in command of the forces about Hadley for 
 some time in the absence of Major Pynchon, but I have been 
 unable to find any confirmation of this, unless it may be the 
 inference drawn from Hubbard, who states that when Major 
 Willard " returned back to his own place to order the affairs of 
 his own regiment, much needing his Presence," he left "the 
 Forces about Hadley under the Command of the Major of that 
 Regiment." The letter above contained directions about the 
 disposal of his forces, etc., which would naturally take several 
 weeks to accomplish, and although the precise date of Major 
 Willard s return from Brookfield is not given, some inference 
 may be drawn from circumstances noted further on. Following 
 is the list of those credited with service under Major Willard, 
 from August 7th to January 25th, 1675: 
 
 August 7 th , 1675 
 Richard Keatts. 01 02 00 
 
 Sept 17 
 Thomas Hincher. 
 
 04 00 00 
 
 Sept 21 st 
 Jonathan Prescott. 
 
 00 14 00 
 
 John Divall. 
 
 00 11 00 
 
 Sept 28 th 
 James Parker, Capt. 
 James Knap, Serg*. 
 James Fisk. 
 
 01 02 00 
 
 03 00 00 
 00 16 09 
 
 Matthias Farnsworth. 
 John Tarball. 
 Lot Johnson. 
 Onesiphorus Stanley. 
 Josiah Parker. 
 Samuel Davis. 
 James Nutting. 
 
 October 5 th 
 Paul Fletcher. 
 Edward Foster. 
 John Barrett. 
 
 00 12 
 02 03 
 
 06 
 00 
 
 02 04 06 
 02 04 06 
 11 
 11 
 
 00 
 00 
 
 00 
 00 
 
 00 11 00 
 
 02 
 02 
 02 
 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 
122 
 
 KIKG PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Gershom Procter. 02 10 00 
 
 Ephraim Hildred. 02 07 00 
 
 Jonathan Chrisp. 01 04 06 
 
 John Heale. 04 15 06 
 
 John Hawes. 04 00 00 
 
 James Smedly. 04 00 00 
 
 Thomas Tally. 04 00 00 
 
 Josiah Wheeler. 02 17 00 
 
 October 19 th 1675 
 
 Thomas Rogers. 02 07 04 
 
 John Shead. 02 02 04 
 
 Benjamin Simmons. 03 06 08 
 
 Simon Willard, Major. 30 00 00 
 Humphrey Jones alias 
 
 Johnson. 01 18 06 
 
 Josiah White. 00 12 00 
 
 Daniel Gaines. 00 12 00 
 
 Ephraim Sawyer. 00 12 00 
 
 Daniel Adams. 00 08 00 
 
 Thomas Beamon. 00 08 00 
 
 Simon Willard. 1 03 00 00 
 
 Samuel Cleaveland. 03 06 04 
 
 John Batemau. 03 15 00 
 
 John Jefts (or Jeffers). 02 03 04 
 
 Anthony Hancock. 01 01 06 
 
 Nov. 20 th . 
 
 John Brookes. 02 04 06 
 
 Simon Willard, Major. 10 00 00 
 
 John Bateman. 03 00 00 
 
 Paul Fletcher. 02 01 00 
 
 John Coddington. 03 00 00 
 
 John Gleason. 02 03 00 
 
 Daniel Liucolne. 01 05 08 
 
 William Wade. 02 03 00 
 
 William Kerby. 00 12 00 
 
 Consider Atherton. 00 15 00 
 
 Nov. 30 th 
 
 John Brookes. 00 11 04 
 
 Edward Wright. 00 10 00 
 
 Abraham Cousens. 01 05 02 
 
 Dec. 20 
 
 JohnSevery. 00 10 02 
 
 January 25. 1675-6 
 
 Philip Read, Doctor. 09 07 04 
 
 John Smith. 02 06 04 
 
 The foregoing list of credits I presume to embrace the company 
 of Capt. Parker, who marched with Major Willard to the relief of 
 Brookfield on August 4th. I judge that Capt. Parker, with some 
 sixteen or more of these men, returned to Groton before August 
 16th, as on that date Capt. Mosely had sent twelve men to Groton 
 to help secure the town ; and Capt. Parker writes the Council on 
 August 25th about their affairs, asking for arms and ammuni 
 tion, as they are expecting an attack upon the town. Those that 
 went back with him were very likely Groton men, and it is prob 
 able are representedby the smaller credits. Capt. Parker acknowl 
 edges the receipt of twenty men from Capt. Mosely and Major 
 Willard, and these were, doubtless, in addition to the number of 
 his own men that returned with him. The rest of his company 
 remained with Major Willard, as may be shown by their larger 
 credits. 
 
 From a paper which was presented to the Court after Major 
 Willard s death, in statement of his unpaid services and expenses 
 for the government, it appears that 
 
 From the 20 th of September (1675) till the 18 th of April (1676), the 
 Major was employed about the country business, Settling of Garrisons 
 in towns, and settling of Indians at Concord and Chelmsford, and other 
 business, etc. 
 
 The paper is given in full in the " Willard Memoir," and shows 
 
 1 The Major s son. His horse was killed at Brookfield, for which the Court allowed 3 in 
 October, 1676. 
 
MAJOR WILLARD STRENGTHENS MIDDLESEX TOWNS. 123 
 
 that this was a time of constant anxiety and activity in those 
 towns, and that the Major s house at Nonacoicus (in the town of 
 Groton, now within the town of Ayer) was a place of frequent 
 rendezvous for the troops passing hither and thither, and of en 
 tertainment to those who come to the Major on the country s 
 business. 
 
 On September 8th the Council issued an order to Cornet 
 Thomas Brattle and Lieut. Thomas Henchman to march to 
 Chelmsford with fifty men, collected, thirty from Norfolk and 
 twenty from Middlesex Counties, and distribute them in the gar 
 risons in the frontier towns of Groton, Lancaster and Dunstable. 
 This order was probably in answer to Capt. Parker s appeal of 
 August 25th. The men were to be left under the command of 
 the chief officers in each town ; and as Major Willard is not 
 referred to at all, it would seem probable that he had not yet 
 returned from Brookfield ; but some time before September 20th 
 he was at home ; and when Capt. Henchman was sent, about that 
 date, to organize an expedition to Pennacook with orders to with 
 draw eighty men from the several garrisons before mentioned, he 
 was instructed to meet Major Willard at his home, and consult 
 with him and the chief officers of the several garrisons as to the 
 expedition. This meeting took place on September 25th, and on 
 the same day Major Willard, together with officers Adams, Parker 
 and Kidder, addressed a remonstrance to the Council against the 
 withdrawal of so many of their soldiers. Capt. Henchman re 
 ports the same meeting in his letter of Sept. 27th. The Council, 
 for various reasons, concurred with the Major, and the expedi 
 tion was abandoned. 
 
 For the succeeding months Major Willard was busily engaged 
 in ordering the defences of the Middlesex frontier towns and 
 settling the various bodies of friendly Indians. Garrisons were 
 maintained at Lancaster, Chelmsford, Groton and Dunstable, and 
 the entire available force of the county was kept in a "posture of 
 war." During the time that the army of the colony was absent 
 at Narraganset, there is evidence from frequent letters, petitions, 
 etc., from these frontier towns, that the people felt comparatively 
 secure ; but when Canonchet, after the Narraganset fight, fleeing 
 with his surviving warriors, came into the vicinity, their fears 
 were newly aroused, especially when, about February 6th, the 
 army abandoned the pursuit, leaving the Indians in the woods 
 about Brookfield, and, returning to Boston, were disbanded. The 
 Council, not insensible to the danger which thus threatened 
 these towns, immediately issued orders to Major Willard to raise 
 a large force of dragoons to scout in front of the towns of Groton, 
 Lancaster, etc., to Marlborough. This plan met with immediate 
 remonstrance from the towns, and appeals were at once made to 
 the Council against the measure, as it withdrew many from the 
 garrisons to a great distance for days together, leaving them 
 
124 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 exposed to sudden incursions from the prowling and watchful 
 enemy. 
 
 At this time Major Willard was so busy ordering the defences 
 of the towns that he was unable to take his seat in the Council, 
 and sent them a letter of explanation. This letter is not found 
 in the archives, but the answer of the Council is as follows, giv 
 ing some idea of the contents : 
 
 Sir. The Council received your letter and are sorry for your 
 excuse for not coming to the Council by reason of the State of Lancas 
 ter, which we desire you to endeavor to the utmost of your power to 
 relieve and succour. We are useing our best endeavours to prepare 
 more forces to send to distress the enemy. You shall hear more from 
 us speedily, and in the interim we desire you to be in readiness if you 
 should have a full command over the forces to be sent forth from the 
 Colony. E R Secy 
 
 11 Feb. 1675. 
 
 The Council s letter was written the day after the attack upon 
 Lancaster, of which evidently they had not heard. Major Willard 
 was probably at this time at Groton or Chelmsford, where an 
 attack was daily expected, doing all in his power with the small 
 force at his command to protect these towns from surprisal. 
 After the attack upon Lancaster, a large party of the Indians 
 swept down towards Plymouth Colony, taking Medfield on the 
 way, February 21st, and for the time distracting attention from 
 the main body, which, as soon became evident, were still in 
 the vicinity of "Wachusett Hills." On February 19th Major 
 Willard and Capt. Parker, in behalf of the people of Groton, sent 
 an earnest appeal to the Council for help and advice. On the 
 21st the Major was present at the sitting of the Court at Boston, 
 and remained during the session. He was at Cambridge on 
 March 4th, and certainly did not return to Groton till after 
 March 7th, as on that day he was at the Court of Assistants. It 
 was probably by his endeavors that a levy was ordered to be 
 made on Norfolk and Essex Counties (forty-eight from Essex 
 and forty from Norfolk). These forces were hastily collected, 
 and under the stress of the news of the attack upon Groton were 
 placed under the command of Capt. Joseph Cook, of Cambridge, 
 and ordered to report to Major Willard at Groton at once. This 
 action was taken by Major Gookin and Thomas Danforth, two 
 members of the Council living at Cambridge, and was approved 
 by the Council at their next meeting, March 16th. 
 
 On March 9th the Indians again appeared at Groton, doing 
 some mischief, and again on the 13th in full force, and destroyed 
 all the houses in town except the garrison houses, and one even 
 of these, from which, however, the people had escaped. I think 
 that Major Willard marched up from Watertown with Capt. 
 Cook s force on the 12th or 13th, and arrived at Groton on the 
 14th, as the Indians retired on that day, apparently aware of the 
 
INDIANS ASSAULT GROTON. 125 
 
 approaching force. The people got safely within their garrisons 
 before the attack, and but one man, probably John Nutting, was 
 killed. The town was abandoned within a few days, and the 
 inhabitants removed to the towns nearer the coast. Major Wil- 
 lard, with his family, removed to Charlestown. It is likely that he 
 had removed his family some time before the destruction of his 
 house, on the 13th, as that stood in an exposed position, and 
 his son Samuel Willard, the minister of Groton, had another of 
 the garrisoned houses. 
 
 The Indians were greatly elated at their success at Groton, and 
 threatened to attack and destroy all the towns, including even 
 Boston, and Major Willard s orders were, after relieving Groton, 
 to scout back and forth to protect the neighboring towns, espe 
 cially Chelmsford and Marlborough. The business of the removal 
 of the people of Groton was committed to Capt. Joseph Sill, of 
 Cambridge, who went up with troops and some sixty carts for 
 that purpose. This design was successfully carried out, although 
 the force guarding the long line of carts was so small, and an 
 ambush was laid and an attack made upon the advance from a 
 very advantageous position. Two of the " vaunt Carriers " were 
 mortally wounded, but the English were promptly drawn up for 
 battle, and after a few shots the enemy retired before their well- 
 aimed volleys. In the mean time Major Willard, and his Essex 
 and Norfolk men, were not idle, as will be seen by the following 
 account, prepared by him, of his movements from March 21st to 
 the 29th. Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 186. 
 
 A short narrative of what I have attended unto by the Councill of 
 late, since I went to relieve Groatton. The 21:1: 75-76, I went to 
 Concord, and divided the troope committed unto me from Essex & 
 Norfolke into three pts one to garde the carte, pressed from Sudbury, 
 one pt for y c carte pressed from concord, both to Lancaster, one pt for 
 y e carte that went from Charlestowne & Wattertowne that went vol- 
 intiers or wear hiered when I had sent them to their severall places I 
 came downe being the 22 : 1 : 75-6 : & went to concord the 25 : 1 : 75, 
 when I came there & inquired how it was with Lancaster the answer 
 was they weare in distresse, I p r sently sent 40 horse thither to fetch 
 awaye corne, and I went that night to Chellmsfoord to sc how it was 
 with them, they complayned, Billerikye Bridge, stood in great need of 
 beinge fortified, I ordered that to be don, allso they told me, that the 
 Indians made two great rafte of board & rayles, that they had gott, 
 that laye at the other syd of the river, I ordered 20 souldiers to go 
 over & take them, & towe them downe the River, or p r serve them as 
 they se cause, the 27 of this instant I went from Chellmsford to con 
 cord agayne when I came there, the troopers that I sent to Lancaster 
 last had brought away all the people there, but had left about 80 
 bushells of wheat & Indian corne, yesterday I sent : 40 : horses or 
 more to fetch it away, & came down from concord, this day I ex 
 pect they will be at concord, Some of the troope I relesed when this 
 last worke was don, the other I left order to scout abroad uutill they 
 heare from nie agayne, I thought it not meet to relese men, when we 
 
126 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAK. 
 
 stand in need of men, my desire is to know what I shall do herin in, 
 concord & chelmsford look every day to be fired, and wold have more 
 men but know not how to keepe them, nor paye them, your humble 
 servant. .SIMON WILLAKD 29:1:76. 
 
 The troops that went up from Norfolk and Essex were credited 
 under their special officers, and will there appear. The following 
 are those who receive credit under Major Willard, and are those 
 probably who were employed in scouting with him in the early 
 part of the winter. 
 
 CREDITED UNDER MAJOR WILLARD. 
 
 February 29 th 
 
 Thomas Wheeler 02 16 08 
 
 June 24 th 
 
 Edward Young. 01 04 00 
 
 July 24 th 
 
 John Bush 01 04 00 
 
 Isaac Fellows. 01 05 06 
 
 Samuel Ingolls. 01 10 10 
 
 Samuel Bishop. 01 10 00 
 
 August 24 th 
 
 William Green. 00 08 06 
 
 Phinias Sprague 00 07 00 
 
 John Green 00 07 00 
 
 John Dexter. 
 Samuel Green. 
 Joseph Wilson. 
 John Lind. 
 Thomas Newell. 
 John Sprague. 
 Thomas Munge. 
 Peter Towne. 
 Thomas Wheeler, jr. 
 William Price, jr. 
 
 September 23 d 
 Francis Whitmore. 
 Daniel Gowen. 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 01 
 01 
 
 00 
 01 
 
 07 00 
 07 00 
 07 00 
 07 00 
 07 00 
 07 00 
 07 00 
 07 06 
 00 00 
 07 04 
 
 10 00 
 17 04 
 
 On March 29th Major Willard was in his seat at the Court of 
 Assistants, and his family was then living at Charlestown. He 
 was also at the session of the County Court at Cambridge at its 
 session beginning April 4th. On the llth he was reflected as 
 Assistant, having the highest number of votes cast for any magis 
 trate except the governor and deputy governor. He was con 
 stantly engaged in his public duties until April 18th, when he 
 retired to his home and was struck down it is thought by an 
 "epidemical cold" which was then raging, and on April 24th 
 " died in his bed in peace, though God had honoured him with 
 several signal victories over our enemies in war," says a con 
 temporary historian. No man was ever more fully or more de 
 servedly honored in life and death than Major Willard. His 
 funeral at Charlestown on April 27th was an occasion of great 
 pomp for that time, six military companies parading under com 
 mand of Capt. Henchman ; and his death created profound sorrow 
 far and wide. There are numerous references to his death and 
 funeral in the literature, records and MS. journals of that day. His 
 family was reimbursed for his great expense and services, in 1677 ; 
 and again in 1681 a grant of land of one thousand acres was set 
 aside for his six youngest children when they should come of age. 
 
 He left a numerous posterity, many of whom have held honor 
 able positions in succeeding generations. His widow married 
 Deacon Joseph Noyes of Sudbury, July 14, 1680, and died in 
 that town, December, 1715. 
 
VII. 
 
 CAPT. RICHARD BEERS, CAPT. THOMAS LATHROP, 
 AND THEIR COMPANIES. 
 
 RICHARD BEERS was admitted freeman at Watertown, 
 March 9, 1637, was granted a license to "keep an ordinary" 
 in Watertown in 1654, and continued that business during 
 his life. He was representative to the General Court thirteen years, 
 and selectman of Watertown thirty-one years, holding both offices 
 at the time of his marching to Brookfield, August 6th, 1675. 
 Before leaving home on that day he made a nuncupatory will, 
 proved Oct. 5, 1675. He left a widow Elizabeth, and their chil 
 dren were Sarah, 1st, died before Oct. 10, 1639 ; Sarah, 2d 
 (born probably about 1641) ; Mar}% born March 10, 1643 ; Eliezur 
 administered jointly with Capt. Richard s widow Elizabeth upon 
 his estate in 1682, married, April 21, 1690, widow Susanna (Har 
 rington) Cutting, and died without issue, Dec. 5, 1701 ; Judith, 
 born March 26, 1646 ; Jabez, born August 4, 1651 ; Elnathan, 
 married about 1681 Sarah Tainter ; Elizabeth ; Richard, born Oct. 
 22, 1659 ; and Abigail, born April, 1662. From Hull s Journal I 
 find that Eliezur served under Capt. Cutler in 1676. Elnathan 
 was sergeant in his father s company in the west, and afterwards 
 served under Capt. Sill. Capt. Beers s age was probably about 63. 
 A little light may be thrown upon the history of Capt. Beers 
 by the following petition in Mass. Archives, vol. 67, page 163 : 
 
 To the Governour, etc., etc. Humble Petition of Rich d Beeres of 
 
 Watertown. 
 
 Whereas your petitioner hath bin an Inhabitant of this jurisdiction 
 ever since the first beginning thereof & according to his weake abillities 
 served the same not only in times of peace But allsoe w th his person in 
 pequod warr in two severall designes when the Lord delivered them into 
 our hands as allsoe uppon his returne such a weaknesse fell uppon his 
 boddy that for Eaight years Space lie was disinabled to labor for his 
 ffamyly Spending a (grat) ? part of that little hee had uppon Phesitions 
 & having hitherto had not any land of the Country & of the Towne 
 but one Acre and a halfe besides that he hath purchased, Humbly desires 
 this Honoured Court to Grant him Such a parcell of land (where he 
 
128 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 can find it in this wilderness) as shall seem meet to this Honoured 
 Courte, and the rather Seeing he hath many children to share in the 
 Same which shall further ingage him for the future. As in duty hee is 
 bound to Serve & Honor Y r in the Lord. 
 October 24, 1665. 
 
 It will be noted that in the first campaign to Mount Hope the 
 troops were drawn almost wholly from the vicinity of Boston, Suf 
 folk and Middlesex counties. In the latter part of July a levy had 
 been made in Essex, and when on August 4th or 5th the news of 
 the disaster at Brookfield came to the Council, the company from 
 Salem and vicinity was summoned and sent up to the relief of the 
 distressed garrison, under the command of Capt. Lathrop, and 
 another company from Watertown under Capt. Beers. Accord 
 ing to Capt. Wheeler, these troops arrived at Brookfield on Satur 
 day afternoon, August 7th, and it is probable that the troops sent 
 up from Hartford and Springfield arrived later, perhaps the same 
 evening. It is possible that it was on Monday, 9th, or Tuesday, 
 that the troops in force marched out to " Meminimisset, where 
 Capt. Hutchinson and Capt. Wheeler were assaulted," and having 
 found no signs of Indians in the vicinity, the company from Spring 
 field left the others and marched northward and around to 
 Springfield again, while the rest returned to Brookfield. The 
 English were sorely puzzled as to the whereabouts of the Indians, 
 and continued scouting for several days in the vicinity of Brook- 
 field, probably as far as Hadley, knowing that Philip had now 
 joined the Nipmucks, and fearing that the main body of the Indians 
 were at no great distance. Gardiner s bill, given below, indicates 
 Lathrop s presence at Hadley, August 12, but within two days 
 he was again at Brookfield. There, being recruited by the large 
 force that came up with Capt. Mosely from Mendon, an advance 
 in force was resolved upon, and on Aug. 15th, Capts. Lathrop 
 and Beers with their companies marched by way of Meminimisset 
 to Springfield. Capt. Mosely with his troops accompanied them 
 as far as the swamp, the scene of Wheeler s fight, where he sep 
 arated from them and marched away towards Chelmsford and 
 Lancaster, leaving twenty-six of his men to recruit the company 
 of Capt. Beers. The troops under Capts. Lathrop and Beers, 
 joined at Springfield by the forces under Capt. Watts, together 
 with the Connecticut Indians, spent several days exploring the 
 country up along Swift River and the Connecticut, without find 
 ing the Indians, and on Aug. 22d, as we learn from Major Pyn- 
 chon s letter to the Connecticut Council, the Massachusetts troops 
 had returned to Brookfield again, and Capt. Watts with his forces 
 was at Hadley. 
 
 On August 23d Lathrop and Beers had again joined Watts at 
 Hadley, and at a council of war held on that day it was resolved 
 to disarm the Hadley Indians who had gathered at their fort on 
 
LATHEOP AND BEERS AT WEQUAMPS. 129 
 
 the west side of the river, about half-way between Hatfield and 
 Northampton. Preparations were. made for carrying out this 
 design on the 24th. Messengers were despatched to Northamp 
 ton to secure the cooperation of the force there, which was to 
 move as near to the Indian fort as possible, unperceived, while 
 Capts. Lathrop and Beers crossed the river to Hatfield, to 
 approach the fort from that side. In the meantime peaceful 
 demands had been made upon the Indians to deliver up their 
 arms, and one of their sachems had come before the council to 
 present their objections ; and it is probable that many of their old 
 men and others of their tribe were in favor of submission, but 
 were overruled, and before the English had completed their prep 
 arations it was found that the Indians had all escaped, having 
 killed one old sachem, who, it is said, opposed the flight and 
 refused to join it. 
 
 The Indians fled on the night of the 24th, and on the morning 
 of the 25th, Capts. Lathrop and Beers, with one hundred men, 
 pursued them, coining upon them unexpectedly " at a place called 
 Sugar-Loaf Hill," "about ten miles above Hatfield," according to 
 Mr. Hubbard ; " at a swamp beyond Hatfield," says Mr. Russell of 
 Hadley, writing soon after. " The place is now unknown," says 
 the late eminent historian of Hadley, Mr. Judd ; while Messrs. 
 Temple and Sheldon, the careful historians of Northfield, locate 
 the scene " in a swamp just south of Mt. Wequamps, in the 
 present town of Whately." Here an engagement ensued, which 
 is most reliably described perhaps by the following extract from 
 a letter written by Rev. Solomon Stoddard of Northampton, on 
 Sept. 15th, 1675, to Rev. Increase Mather of Boston : 
 
 They (the English) intended to parley with the Indians, but on a 
 sudden the Indians let fly about forty guns at them, and were soon 
 answered with a volley from our men ; about forty ran down into the 
 swamp after them, poured in shot among them, made them throw down 
 much of their baggage, and after a while our men, after the Indian 
 manner, got behind trees and watched their opportunities to make shots 
 at them. The fight continued about three hours ; we lost six men upon 
 the ground, though one was shot in the back by our own men ; a 
 seventh died of his wound coming home, and two died the next night, 
 nine in all, of nine several towns, every one of these towns lost a man. 
 Of the Indians, as we hear since by a squaw that was taken, and by 
 three children that came to our town from them the day after, there 
 were slain twenty-six. . . . 
 
 From Mr. Russell s " List of the men slain in the County of 
 Hampshire," Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 33, from another list in 
 vol. 67, p. 254, and from various other sources, it is judged that 
 the following is a correct account of the killed at this fight 
 of August 25th: 
 
130 KIXG PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Samuel Mason of Northampton. 
 
 James Levins of Roxbury? 
 Azariah Dickinson of Hadley. 
 Richard Fellows of Hatfield. 
 *John Plumer of Newbury. 
 
 *Mark Pitman of Marblehead. 
 * Joseph Person of Lynn. 
 *Matthew Scales of Rowley. 
 William Cluffe of Charlestown. 
 Edward Jackson of Cambridge 
 
 (perhaps). 
 [* Were of Capt. Lathrop s company.] 
 
 After this skirmish the Indians made good their escape and 
 probably joined the Pocomtuck tribe then living near Deerfield 
 river. The English marched back to Hatfield, and thence 
 crossed to "Hadley, where other troops from Connecticut and 
 from the East were gathering, expecting a general attack from 
 the main body of the Indians, now believed to be concentrated 
 at Paquoag (Athol). Nothing, however, was done by the Indians 
 until Sept. 1st, when the Pocomtucks, now joined by the Nor- 
 wottucks (or Hadley Indians), fell upon Deerfield, where but a 
 small garrison was stationed, burned most of the houses, and 
 killed one of the garrison, James Eggleston, of Windsor, Conn., 
 of Capt. Watts s Company. In Mr. Russell s list the name of 
 Nathaniel Cornberry is given also as slain at Deerfield, but it was 
 probably later, perhaps on the 12th, when Mr. Stoddard relates 
 another assault upon some of the people going to meeting, of 
 whom one was taken alive by the Indians. 
 
 Hadley was at this time the headquarters of the English, and 
 probably Capts. Lathrop and Beers, with their companies, were 
 there on September 1st. It is certain that they were there on 
 the 2d, and were organizing a force to bring off the garrison at 
 Northfield. But on that day (Thursday, Sept. 2d), while this 
 expedition was in preparation, and the Northfield people and 
 the garrison soldiers were abroad in the fields at work, a large 
 body of Indians suddenly fell upon that town, killed many of 
 the people as they fled from their homes and fields towards the 
 garrison, burned all their exposed houses and destroyed cattle 
 and crops. There were sixteen families in the town. The 
 English killed at this time, according to Russell s list, were eight : 
 
 Sergt. Samuel Write. (Wright) 
 Jonathan Jeans. (Janes) 
 Ebenezer Parsons. 
 Benjamin Dinwick. (Dunwich) 
 
 Ebenezer Jeans. (Janes) 
 Nathaniel Curtis. 
 Thomas Scott. 
 John Peck. 
 
 In the history of Northfield (by Temple and Sheldon) is 
 additional information. Sergt. Wright, aged 45, the Janeses, 
 sons of Elder William Janes, aged respectively 16 and 14, were 
 all of Northfield ; Parsons, aged 20, and Curtis, were of North 
 ampton ; Peck was of Hadley ; Scott, Ipswich ? and Dunwich, 
 residence unknown, perhaps identical with Benjamin Dunnage, 
 
CAPT. BEEK S COMPANY AMBUSHED. 131 
 
 credited at Brookfield. But one Indian was known to have been 
 killed. 
 
 Hadley was thirty miles from Northfield, and, unaware of this 
 assault, Capt. Beers, on the next morning, Friday, Sept. 3d, set 
 forthwith thirty-six mounted men and one ox team, on his march 
 to bring off the garrison and people. The march was slow and 
 toilsome, and darkness came upon them when still three or four 
 miles from Northfield, and they were obliged to encamp for the 
 night. It is supposed that the camping was near the small stream 
 called " Four-mile brook." Early on the morning of Saturday 
 the 4th, Capt. Beers with most of his force started on foot, and 
 leaving the horses at the camp with a small guard, and taking 
 the team with stores and ammunition, advanced towards the 
 town, still ignorant of the previous day s assault, and, it seems, 
 entirely unsuspicious of an enemy in the vicinity. The best au 
 thority for the scene and circumstances of the engagement is 
 probably the history of Northfield above mentioned, which I fol 
 low. " He appears to have kept up on the high plain till he came 
 in sight of the little brook, now known as Saw-mill brook. The 
 ravine was now covered with a rank growth of grass and ferns, 
 and the leaves were thick on the young trees." It was at this 
 place that the Indians had placed their ambuscade. He advanced 
 across the brook by the accustomed fording place, and just at the 
 passage, and when his company was most exposed, was furiously 
 attacked in front and flank, and all were thrown into great con 
 fusion, but soon rallied and fought bravely for their lives, but 
 were forced back by superior numbers some three-quarters of a 
 mile to a narrow ravine on the south of a hill now known as 
 " Beers s Hill." Here a stand was made, and here the little band 
 fought about their leader, with the courage of desperation, till 
 their ammunition was exhausted and the captain with nearly 
 every man had fallen ; only a few escaped, joined the guard left 
 behind with the horses, and made their way back to Hadley, thir 
 teen in all. An undoubted tradition points out the grave of Capt. 
 Beers in the ravine where he fell. Hoyt, in his history, published 
 in 1824, says that the bones of the slain were still occasionally 
 found protruding from the sandy knoll where the battle began. 
 Mr. Hubbard relates that twenty men were killed with their 
 leader. Mr. Russell, in his list, says sixteen, and gives the names 
 of eleven. His list is as follows : 
 
 At Squakheage y e 4 of Sept 16 men were Slayn. 
 
 Capt. Kick d Beers. 
 John Chenary. 
 Ephraim Child. 
 Benjamin Crackbone. 
 Robert Pepper. 
 Joseph Dickinson. 
 
 William Markham. 
 George Lycuss. 
 John Gatchell. 
 James Miller. 
 John Wilson. 
 
132 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Another list in the Mass. Archives, vol. 67, p. 254, adds several 
 names and varies the spelling of several, thus : 
 
 List of Capt. Beeres and those slayn soldiers, 1675. 
 Capt. Beers. John Genery. 
 
 John Getchell. 
 Benjamin Crackbon. 
 Ephra Child. 
 George Lickens. 
 John Willson. 
 Thomas Cornish. 
 Robert Pepper. 
 
 Jeremiah Morrell. 
 
 Elisha Woodward. 
 
 William Marcum. ) Hadley 
 
 Joseph Dickerson. ) men. 
 
 James Mullard. 
 
 James Egleston. 
 
 killed with Capt. Beeres. 
 
 8 killed at Squakheage with Capt. Beeres of whom there is no acco . 
 
 It will be noticed that James Egleston, who was killed at Deer- 
 field, is set down here. Robert Pepper of Roxbury was not killed, 
 but taken captive and returned home afterwards. Besides the 
 thirteen that escaped to Hadley that same night, three more 
 came in next day. It is said that several others counted as killed 
 were taken prisoners and afterwards tortured to death. One, 
 whose name is unknown, was reserved for torture, but was freed 
 by a friendly Natick Indian and made his escape. John Parke, 
 son of Thomas of Cambridge Village, was wounded in the fight 
 " in the elbow joint and the bone broken," etc. His petition says 
 it was "in the fight in which Capt. Beers was killed." He re 
 mained at Hadley till Major Appleton s march home, Nov. 24. 
 (See Mass. Archives, vol. 69, p. 198.) Probably the Indians 
 engaged in the assault were less than one hundred and fifty in 
 number, composed of the Squakeags, and parties of Nashaways, 
 and Quaboags, led by Monoco, alias " One-eyed John," and Saga 
 more Sam. The number of Indians slain was said to be twenty- 
 five, which is probably too large an estimate. 
 
 On the next day, Sept. 5th, Major Treat, who had come from 
 Hartford to Hadley on the 3d with a company of Connecticut 
 men, one hundred strong, marched up to Northfield. At night 
 (Sunday, 5th) he camped, probably near the camp of Beers, and 
 on the 6th went forward to the scene of the battle, finding a 
 ghastly sight, for many of the heads of the slain had been cut off 
 and set upon poles by the wayside. Pausing only long enough 
 to perform hasty funeral rites, he passed on to the garrison and 
 found all safe. Hurriedly collecting the people and all their 
 effects possible, but obliged to leave the cattle, he marched for 
 Hadley the same evening. Mr. Stoddard, in his letter, says " they 
 left the bodies unburied," which probably has reference to the 
 eight killed at Northfield in the attack on the 2d. Small bodies 
 of the enemy were still lurking in the vicinity of the village, and 
 a party of the English that ventured into the fields were attacked ; 
 they were probably engaged in burying the dead, and Major Treat 
 
CREDITS UNDER CAPT. BEERS. 
 
 133 
 
 was slightly wounded in the thigh. It is said that many of the 
 cattle followed in the retreat of the English, and afterwards came 
 into Hadley. The following are the names in Hull s Journal : 
 
 Credited with Military Service under Capt: Richard Beeres. 
 
 October, 5 1675. 
 
 John Shattuck, Sergt. 02 07 06 
 Edward Jackson. 00 18 00 
 
 Ephraim Beares. 00 12 10 
 
 November 9 th 1675. 
 Joseph Sill, Leiut. 08 
 
 Nathaniel Bright. 03 
 
 11 
 
 08 
 
 06 
 06 
 
 Elnathan Beeres, Sergt. 05 02 09 
 Nathaniel Sanger. 04 02 06 
 
 Samuel Prentis. 01 04 00 
 
 November 20 th 1675. 
 Jacob Hurd. 03 14 06 
 
 Richard Beeres, Capt. 06 08 06 
 Joseph Fuller. 03 07 08 
 
 John Parkes. 03 07 08 
 
 Benjamin Crackbone. 02 18 00 
 
 William Russell. 04 16 00 
 
 George Licas. 01 05 08 
 
 December 20 th 1675. 
 Richard Wood. 04 16 00 
 
 John Cooke. 02 14 00 
 
 John Harrington. 04 16 00 
 
 Nathaniel Peirce. 03 05 02 
 
 GustinJohn. 05 04 06 
 
 January 25 th 1675-6. 
 John Wilson. 01 05 08 
 
 John Bowditch. 01 16 00 
 
 Ephraim Child. 01 05 08 
 
 Benjamin Taynter. 04 16 00 
 
 February 29 th 1675-6. 
 Thomas Hastings. 02 05 00 
 
 Nathaniel King. 00 12 00 
 
 The probable reason that so few are credited under Capt. Beers 
 is the fact of his brief command, and also that the twenty-six 
 men delivered to him at Brookfield by Capt. Mosely would prob 
 ably be returned to Mosely and be credited under him; and I am 
 inclined to think that those who survived and continued in the 
 service would look to Capt. Joseph Sill, Beers s lieutenant, to sign 
 their vouchers, and would receive credit under him or the officer 
 that appeared afterwards in command. Shattuck escaped only 
 to be drowned shortly after, crossing Charlestown Ferry. 
 
 John Harrington of Watertown was badly wounded, but 
 escaped and lived to old age. 
 
 CAPT. THOMAS LATHROP AND HIS MEN. 
 
 Thomas Lathrop, or Lothrop, emigrated from England to 
 Salem. He was admitted freeman in 1634, and settled on the 
 " Bass River " side of the town, where he received a grant of 
 land near Mackerel Cove in 1636. He was lieutenant of the 
 Salem Train-Band in 1644 under Capt. Hathorn, and succeeded 
 him as captain of the Artillery Company in 1645. Mr. Felt 
 relates that he was a captain under Major Sedgwick in the expe 
 dition of 1654-5 against Acadia, when St. Johns and Port Royal 
 were reduced. He was an active and influential citizen, repre 
 sented Salem in the General Court in 1647, 53 and 64, and when 
 Beverly was set off in 1668 was chosen first selectman of the new 
 town, and thereafter, till his death, remained a leading actor 
 in all its affairs, civil, ecclesiastical and military. He married 
 
134 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Bethia, daughter of Daniel Rea and sister of Joshua, who after 
 his death and before June, 1680, married Joseph Grafton, of 
 Salem, and again for her third husband, June 26, 1683, Dea. 
 William Goodhue, of Ipswich. She died Dec. 6, 1686. Capt. 
 Lathrop left no children, and his sister Ellen, who came with 
 him from England, and became the second wife of Ezekiel 
 Cheever, with her children, inherited his estate. The age of 
 Capt. Lathrop is put at 65 years by Mr. Stone in his history of 
 Beverly. 
 
 In the Mass. Archives, vol. xlv, p. Ill, there is a petition of 
 Capt. Lathrop, showing that he was in the expeditions against 
 the Pequods in 1636-7. This petition has the signature 
 " Thomas Lawthrop," and is dated 8 : 3mo. 62 ; and while I have 
 some doubt whether here the writing is his own, there can be no 
 doubt of his signature in vol. Ixvii, p. 50, where it appears in a 
 faltering hand as " Tho : Lawthropp." 
 
 In August, 1675, when the news of the disaster at Brookfield 
 came to the Council, Capt. Lathrop was placed in command of 
 the company raised in Essex County, with some men from Boston 
 and vicinity, and marched up to Brookfield, where he joined the 
 forces of Capt. Beers. Their companies acted mostly together 
 thereafter up to the time of the latter s march from Hadley on 
 September 3d. 
 
 Elated by recent successes, the Indians pressed more closely 
 about those western towns, watching warily that no opportunity 
 might pass to strike a safe and telling blow. Their leaders 
 constantly outgeneralled our officers, and in every engagement 
 took care to have the odds, in numbers, position, and method of 
 attack, on their side ; and while we are horrified at their atroci 
 ties, we can but admire their adroitness and persistence. In the 
 meantime additional forces of the English were gathering at 
 Hadley and vicinity, and all were under the general direction of 
 Major John Pynchon, of Springfield, commander-in-chief in the 
 county of Hampshire. On the return of Major Treat from 
 Northfield with the garrison and people of that place, a council 
 of war was held, at which it was decided to strengthen the 
 various garrisons and hold the army for the present on the defen 
 sive. The Commissioners of the United Colonies had agreed to 
 raise an army of five hundred men for this campaign on the Con 
 necticut River. Besides the forces of Lathrop and Beers, Capt. 
 Appleton had arrived from the East early in September, and 
 Capt. Mosely with a company of sixty on Tuesday, Sept. 14th, at 
 evening, and probably on the 15th crossed the river and marched 
 up to Deerfield. There, on the Sunday before, the Indians had 
 made an assault on twenty-two men passing from one garrison to 
 another to meeting ; none of ours were killed, but one was taken 
 alive and probably afterwards killed, and Mr. Judd suggests that 
 this was Nathaniel Cornberry, noted by Mr. Russell as among 
 
MASSACRE AT " BLOODY BROOK." 135 
 
 the slain. The Indians then burned two houses, secured several 
 horse-loads of beef and pork, killed many horses, and with their 
 plunder betook themselves to a hill in Deerfield meadow. On 
 the reception of this news at Northampton, the officers there 
 raised a body of volunteers, who with others from Hadley and a 
 part of Capt. Lathrop s company, marched up on Monday, 13th, 
 to Deerfield garrison, and on the next day went out with the 
 soldiers of the garrison to attack the Indians at the hill, but they 
 were all fled. Major Treat, on Sept. 9th, had returned to Hart 
 ford, leaving a part of his force distributed in the various towns 
 in garrison. On the 15th or 16th he came to Northampton with 
 additional Connecticut troops, and Capt. John Mason, of Nor 
 wich, came there soon after with a body of Mohegan and Pequod 
 Indians. I think it probable that the remainder of Capt. 
 Lathrop s company, except the sick and wounded, passed over 
 with Capt. Mosely. 
 
 Such was the position of affairs on Sept. 18th. At Deerfield 
 a large quantity of corn had been gathered from the fields and 
 loaded upon carts, teams and drivers provided, and Capt. Lathrop 
 with his company were appointed as a guard to Hadley, where it 
 was to be stored. The English evidently had no thought that 
 any considerable force of the enemy were in the vicinity, and 
 Capt. Mosely and his company remained behind and were scout 
 ing in search of them through the woods about. But a large 
 body had crossed the river secretly, and, undiscovered, were 
 watching every motion of the English ; and now with their usual 
 tactics they placed a large ambuscade in a place which offered 
 unusual advantage, across the line of march. This place was 
 some five miles from the place of starting, at what is now South 
 Deerfield village, where a small stream, then known as " Muddy 
 Brook " (but ever since as " Bloody Brook "), crossed the road. 
 The English seem to have taken no precaution whatever against 
 surprise, and many of the soldiers, it is said, had placed their arms 
 upon the carts to be carried, and were gathering wild grapes by 
 the roadside. 
 
 We can never know with certainty much of the details of the 
 battle, or rather massacre, that ensued. The survivors on this 
 occasion were few, and doubtless if questioned could give but 
 incoherent and exaggerated accounts. Moreover, contemporary 
 historians seem to have been indifferent to particulars, and to have 
 inclined rather to moralizing upon general events, and succeeding 
 historians have mainly repeated the stories of the first, and it is 
 only within the last few decades that our devoted historical 
 societies, with their increasing facilities, have made the methods 
 of intelligent criticism possible. Gen. Epaphras Hoyt, of Deer- 
 field, wrote a history of the Indian wars more than fifty years 
 ago, which seems to be the first effort at analysis. In that work 
 are many important questions raised and valuable suggestions 
 
136 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 presented. In regard to this affair he suggests that the main 
 part of the troops had passed over the brook and were waiting 
 the slow movements of the lumbering teams over the rough roads. 
 The Indians crept stealthily about and encompassed the whole 
 company and fell upon them with sudden and terrible fury, so 
 that many were shot down or disabled at the first volley, includ 
 ing probably Capt. Lathrop. Doubtless a brave resistance was 
 made, but with little avail. The coming of Capt. Mosely upon 
 the scene after the disaster, his subsequent fight and opportune 
 reinforcement by Major Treat, have been previously related. 
 
 It may be noted that here again Major Treat and the Connecti 
 cut soldiers opportunely, and as at Northfield, brought rescue, 
 it is likely, from destruction. Connecticut was wise in trusting 
 and employing the friendly Indians, who never allowed their 
 troops to be ambushed ; while the prejudice of Massachusetts 
 brought upon their companies the dreadful massacres and unavail 
 ing pursuits which excite our wonder and shame even to-day. 
 
 As to the number of the English killed in this encounter, early 
 accounts vary. In the postscript to a letter from the Massachu 
 setts Council to Richard Smith, of Narraganset, dated Sept. 22, 
 1675, and still preserved in the Archives, vol. 67, p. 262, the 
 statement is made that " above forty of Capt. Lathrop s men with 
 himself were slain ; " and then it is further stated that Capt. 
 Mosely lost eleven men in the subsequent fight, which together 
 with many lost that were with the teams made up sixty-four in 
 all, who were buried the next day. Mr. Mather relates that 
 above threescore were slain. Mr. Hubbard reckons eighty as 
 the number in the company of the English, including, doubtless, 
 the teamsters, and says that not above seven or eight escaped. 
 In Rev. Mr. Russell s list, noticed above, the number of slain is 
 put at seventy-one. This last is probably nearly correct, as Mr. 
 Hull s credits, now for the first time published, after a lapse of 
 more than two hundred years, go far to prove. The list pertain 
 ing to " Bloody Brook " is given below entire. It has been copied 
 from the original with the utmost care, and proved and tested 
 letter by letter till I feel sure of its accuracy. This list was 
 first copied by Mr. Coffin some fifteen years before he published 
 his " Newbury," and is the most nearly correct of any list that 
 has been published hitherto that I know of ; but a comparison of 
 his text with the original will show many mistakes. The follow 
 ing is the list : 
 
 At Muddy-Brook bridge y e 18 Sept. 71 men slane. 
 
 Capt. Thomas Laythrop Caleb Kemball George Ropes 
 
 Sergt. Thomas Smith Thomas Hobs Joseph Kinge 
 
 Samuel Stevens Robert Home8 Thomas Alexander 
 
 John Hobs Edward Traske ffraricis ffriende 
 
 Daniel Button Richard Lambert Abel Osyer 
 
 John Harriman Josiah Dodge John Litleale 
 
THE SLAIN AT " BLOODY BROOK." 137 
 
 Thomas Bayley Peter Woodberry Samuel Hudson 
 
 Ezekiel Sawier Joseph Bolch Adam Clarke 
 
 Jacob Kilborne Samuel Whitteridge Ephraim ffarah 
 
 Thomas Manninge William Buy Robert Wilson 
 
 Jacob Waynwritt Serg* Samuel Stevens Steven Welman 
 
 Benjamin Roper Samuel Crumpton Benjamin ffarnell 
 
 John Bennett John Plum Solomon Alley 
 
 Thomas Mentor Thomas Buckley John Merrit 
 
 The forty-two above were evidently soldiers of Capt. Lathrop, 
 and the following were set down by Mr. Russell as including the 
 teamsters : 
 
 Robert Hinsdall Joshua Carter William Smeade 
 
 Samuel Hinsdall John Barnard Zebadiah Williams 
 
 Barnabas Hinsdall James Tufts Eliakim Marshall 
 
 John Hinsdall Jonathan Plimpton James Mudge 
 
 Joseph Gillett Philip Barsham George Cole 
 
 John Allin Thomas Weller 
 
 The Hinsdalls were the father and three sons. Most of the 
 others were Deerfield men. George Cole is credited under Capt. 
 L., and was probably of his company, perhaps of Lynn. The 
 following men are set down as of Deerfield, and credited by Hull 
 in the " Beefe " account : Richard Weller, William Pixly, Daniel 
 Weld, James Tufts, William Smeade, Joseph Gillett, Experience 
 Hinsdall, John Stebbin, John Hawkes. Nathaniel Sutlive is 
 credited for cattle. Others credited for cattle, billeting, etc., at 
 the same time, June 24, 1676, but of course for the year before : 
 Sarah Field, Ephraim Hinsdall, Solomon Stoddard, Thomas Mek- 
 ins, Barnabas Hinsdall, Joshuah Carter, John Plimpton, Thomas 
 Hastings, Samson Frary, Quentin Stockwell, John Allen, Moses 
 Crafts, Samuel Hinsdall, Peter and Jonathan Plimpton. Thomas 
 Weller was probably son of Richard, and Barnard was of Hadley, 
 son of Francis. Barsham and Williams were of Deerfield, Mar 
 shall and Mudge were probably of Lathrop s company. Marshall, 
 sometime of Stratford, Conn., now perhaps of Boston, and Mudge, 
 of Maiden, son of Thomas and Sarah. 
 
 From sundry petitions preserved in the Archives, and from 
 casual references here and there, we find a few additional names. 
 Joseph Prince, of Salem, was pressed under Capt. Lathrop and 
 went as far as Quaboag, but was there given leave to go home to 
 his dying father, and did not return to the army. Mrs. Ruth 
 Bates had two sons, Clement and Solomon, who went out with 
 Lathrop and survived the fight, if they were in it, and spent the 
 winter in the garrison at Westfield ; Clement was killed there in 
 the spring, and the mother petitions in April, 1676, for the 
 release of Solomon. John Smith s petition, Archives, vol. 69, p. 
 23, shows that two servants of his had been pressed, and one of 
 
138 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 them having been out some three months, was killed with Capt. 
 Lathrop ; his name is not given, but the other, Mungo Craford, 
 having been out near ten months, was left through the winter 
 as a garrison soldier at Hadley or near, and is still there. Smith 
 petitions for his release or pay for his service. Smith was of 
 Boston, and Craford returned and settled there ; Mrs. Bates was 
 the widow of Clement of Hingham. 
 
 In a note in the Appendix to Edward Everett s Bloody Brook 
 oration, Rev. Joseph B. Felt gives the above list, and adds the 
 place of residence of many. The following in Hull s Journal are 
 
 Credited under Capt. Thomas Lathrop. 
 
 October 19, 1675 
 John Palmer, CorpL 04 11 00 
 
 Nov r 9, 1675 
 
 John Langbury. 02 08 00 
 
 Edmond Bridges. 01 00 00 
 
 Joseph Einons. 01 17 00 
 
 Samuel Rust. 02 08 00 
 
 John Plum. 01 17 08 
 
 November 30 th 1675 
 Richard Lambard. 01 18 06 
 
 Samuel Stevens. 02 13 10 
 
 Robert Holmes. 02 08 00 
 
 Joseph Balch. 01 18 06 
 
 Thomas Lathrop, Capt. 09 13 00 
 Peter Woodbury. 01 18 06 
 
 Paul Thorndike. 03 04 04 
 
 John Plummer. 00 18 00 
 
 Edward Trask. 02 03 00 
 
 Thomas Buckly. 01 17 08 
 
 Dec. 20 th 1675 
 
 Samuel Steevens. 01 17 08 
 
 Samuel Chapman. 00 18 10 
 
 Thomas Kemball. 00 12 00 
 
 Caleb Kemball. 01 16 00 
 
 Thomas Hobbs. 01 16 00 
 
 Jan y 25, 1675-6. 
 William Dew. (Due) 01 18 06 
 Josiah Dodge. 01 18 06 
 
 John Harriman. 01 18 06 
 
 Matthew Scales. 00 18 00 
 
 Joseph Pearson. 00 18 00 
 
 Jacob Kilborn. 01 18 06 
 
 Thomas Baily. 01 18 06 
 
 Ezekiel Sawyer. 01 18 06 
 
 Blaze Vinton. 01 05 08 
 
 Andrew Stickney. 
 George Ropps. 
 Benjamin Roper. 
 Ephraim Farrar. 
 Solomon Ally. 
 Benjamin Furnell. 
 John Merrett. 
 
 February 29 th 
 Edmoud Moore. 
 Eleazer Keyser. 
 Thomas Manning. 
 Thomas Rose. 
 Stephen Warman. 
 John Littlehall. 
 John Andrews. 
 Samuel Crumpton. 
 Jacob Wainwright, 
 June 24 th 
 Thomas Mentor. 
 Zekeriah Davis. 
 Thomas Rose. 
 Thomas Smith. 
 George Cole. 
 Timothy Bray. 
 John Denison. 
 
 July 24 th 
 John Bullock. 
 Joseph King. 
 
 August 24 th 
 Mark Pitman. 
 Thomas Bayly. 
 Abel Ozzier. 
 John Bennett. 
 Moses Pengry. 
 
 01 
 
 01 
 01 
 01 
 01 
 01 
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 1675-6 
 03 
 00 
 02 
 03 
 01 
 01 
 01 
 01 
 02 
 
 1676 
 01 
 07 
 04 
 01 
 03 
 01 
 00 
 
 1676 
 
 15 
 01 
 
 1676 
 01 
 01 
 01 
 01 
 01 
 
 16 00 
 
 17 08 
 17 08 
 16 00 
 16 00 
 
 16 00 
 
 17 08 
 
 12 00 
 
 12 00 
 
 10 06 
 
 00 00 
 17 08 
 
 17 08 
 
 01 09 
 
 18 06 
 14 06 
 
 18 06 
 04 00 
 
 04 00 
 18 06 
 
 11 06 
 
 05 08 
 16 02 
 
 08 00 
 16 00 
 
 16 10 
 16 10 
 
 16 00 
 
 17 08 
 19 04 
 
 John Bullock was " crippled " in the war, and his large credit 
 may be due to that. He was of Salem, and was afterwards favored 
 
WOUNDED OF LATHKOP S COMPANY. 139 
 
 by the Court and granted a license to keep a " victualling shop," 
 January 9, 1680. 
 
 In addition to the above names and facts, we glean the follow 
 ing from various sources. From Coffin s History of Newbury we 
 learn that on August 5th, 1675, were impressed at Newbury, 
 
 Steven Greenleaf Caleb Richardson Daniel Button 
 
 Thomas Smith Daniel Rolf Johu Wheeler 
 
 John Toppan John Hobbs Henry Bodwell 
 
 and fourteen days provision supplied them by the town. John 
 Toppan at Bloody Brook was wounded in the shoulder, but con 
 cealed himself in the bed of a brook nearly dry by pulling grass and 
 weeds over his body, and thus escaped, though several times the 
 Indians stepped over him. A similar story is told of a soldier who 
 escaped at Beers s fight. Henry Bodwell had his left arm broken, 
 but being of great strength and courage seized his gun in his right 
 hand and swinging it about his head charged furiously through the 
 Indians and got away. Greenleaf, Toppan, Richardson, Wheeler 
 and Bodwell were credited Dec. 10th, under Major Appleton, with 
 such large amounts that I think the service must have included 
 time under Capt. Lathrop. Rolf was credited at Marlborough 
 garrison. Thos. Vary (Very), under Capt. L., was wounded. 
 See his petition, Mass. Archives, vol. 69, p. 260. In Felt s Ipswich 
 it is stated that Thomas Scott (killed at Northfield) had been 
 of Ipswich, as also Thomas Manning, Jacob Wainwright, Caleb 
 Kimball, Samuel Whittridge. Robert Dutch, of whom Mr. Hub- 
 bard relates the wonderful recovery from apparent death, was also 
 of: Ipswich. Mention is made also of James Bennet slain, and John 
 Fisher wounded. 
 
 The following bill of Jacob Gardiner, from Mass. Archives, vol. 
 69, p. 44, contains further names and suggestions. 
 
 An Amount of worke Done for Souldiers under y e Commands of Capt : 
 Latherup by Jacob Gardner & by y e order John Coalman Comesary & 
 Daniel White Counstable of Hattfield 12 th of August 75 
 
 Tho: Hobbes. a paire of shewes . . . . . 0. 6. 
 
 Sam: Hudson ; A paire of Sbewes & Leather . . 0. 9. 2 
 
 Tho: Bayleff ffor mending shewes . . . . 0. 1. 2 
 
 Josiah Bridges Scabert . . . . . . 0. 1. 3 
 
 Robert Leach a Scabert and mending His Shewes . 0. 2. 9 
 
 Tho: Tenne a pouch & Belt and Mending His Shewes . 0. 1. 3 
 
 Thomas Peckes a pouch 0. 1. 
 
 Capt. Latherup 3 belts . -."-" . . . . 0. 3. 
 
 Daniel Ring a pouch & belt . . . . . 0. 1. 6 
 
 Abiell Sadler a pouch & belt ... . 0. 2. 
 
 ff ranees Young a pouch & belt . . . . 0. 1. 9 
 
 Gershoin Browne a pouch & belt . . . 0. 1. 9 
 
140 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 JohnTapin; a pouch and belt 0. 1. 9 
 
 Steven Butler a pouch & belt . . . . . 0. 1. 9 
 
 John Presson a pouch & belt . . . . . 0. 1. 9 
 
 John Dauis a pouch & belt . . . . . 0. 1. 9 
 
 Samuel Hibbert a pouch & belt 0. 1. 9 
 
 Tho: Hayson a pouch & belt 0. 1. 9 
 
 Tho: Hobbs a pouch & belt 0. 1.9 
 
 Walter Hickson a powder bage & belt . . . 0. 2. 9 
 
 John Boynton for mending Shewes . . . . 0. 2. 
 
 John Wicher a belt 0. 1. 3 
 
 Tho: Hayson a belt ... 0. 1. 3 
 
 TheTotall 2. 12. 1 
 
 To the Honnoured Comety This is to Certifie you that these goods 
 have been delivered to y e persons above written by y e order of : 
 
 I think it may be fairly inferred from the above bill that nearly 
 all, if not all, those mentioned were in Capt. Lathrop s company. 
 Fourteen of these were credited afterwards under Major Appleton, 
 and will there appear with names a little differently spelled ; for 
 instance, Whicher, Hazen, Toppan, Tenney, etc. Hobbs and Bay- 
 ley are in Russell s death-list, Hickson was credited under Capt. 
 Poole. Presson served under Gardner at Narraganset, and next 
 year under Capt. Turner. Hudson and Peckes appear in a later 
 Ledger, proving that they were not among the unknown slain. 
 
 Gen. Hoyt, before mentioned, writing in 1824, relates that, 
 " The place where this tragic affair happened is near the centre 
 of the village of Muddy-Brook, and about thirty rods southerly of 
 the meeting-house in that place. The stage road passes over the 
 ground and crosses the brook on a small bridge, precisely where 
 Lathrop passed. A rude monument was erected near the place 
 of attack sometime after the catastrophy. It stood in what is 
 now the front yard of the house of Stephen Whitney, Esq., on 
 the east side of the public way, but is now gone to decay, and two 
 plain stone flags, lying near the front of the house, are its only 
 remains. Several gentlemen have it in contemplation to repair 
 the old or erect a new monument, near the same spot, with ap 
 propriate inscription." The " stone slab " spoken of below may 
 have been placed by the gentlemen referred to. See N. E. H. G. 
 Reg., vol. xxvi, p. 435. 
 
 On September 30, 1835, the Anniversary of Lathrop s defeat 
 was celebrated at Deerfield, and a monument was afterwards 
 erected there, bearing this inscription : 
 
 Erected August, 1838. 
 
 On this ground Capt. Thomas Lathrop and eighty men under his 
 command including eighteen teamsters from Deerfield, conveying 
 stores from that town to Hadley, were ambushed by about 700 Indians, 
 and the Captain and seventy-six men slain Sept. 18th, 1675. 
 
SCENE OF THE MASSACRE. 141 
 
 Some twenty rods south of this monument the grave of the slain 
 is marked by a stone slab bearing the simple inscription, " Grave 
 of Capt. Lathrop and men slain by the Indians, 1675." 
 
 On the occasion of the celebration in 1835, Edward Everett 
 delivered the oration, and Miss Harriet Martineau was present, 
 and afterwards wrote a sharp criticism of it. Both address and 
 criticism were fine as literary productions, but equally faulty as 
 history. 
 
 I am indebted to the Hon. George Sheldon, of Deerfield, for 
 many valuable suggestions in preparing the above chapter. 
 
YIII. 
 
 MAJOR SAMUEL APPLETON AND THE FORCES 
 UNDER HIM. 
 
 A FULL account of the Appleton family has been published 
 in the " Appleton Memorial " and various other works, and 
 renders a brief sketch sufficient for our purpose here. 
 Samuel Appleton, the ancestor of nearly all of the name in this 
 country, and the first to appear here, was descended from the 
 ancient family of Appulton of Waldingfield, Suffolk, England. He 
 was the son of Thomas, and was born at Little Waldingfield in 
 1586 ; married Judith Everard, by whom he had six children born 
 in England. John, born 1622; Samuel, born 1624; Sarah, born 
 1629 ; Mary, Judith and Martha. With his family he came to 
 New England in 1635 and settled at Ipswich, where he was ad 
 mitted freeman, May 25, 1636. He was chosen deputy to the 
 General Court, May 17th, 1637, and was prominent in the affairs 
 of his town thereafter, and died at Rowley in June, 1670. The 
 eldest son John became an influential man in the colony. Was 
 successively lieutenant, captain and major, and deputy to the 
 General Court for fifteen years between 1656 and 1678, and was 
 honorably prominent in opposition to the Andros government. 
 He married Priscilla Glover, by whom he had a large family, and 
 died in 1699. Of the daughters above mentioned, Sarah married 
 Rev. Samuel Phillips, of Rowley, 1651. Judith married Samuel 
 Rogers, son of Rev. Nathaniel, of Ipswich. Martha married 
 Richard Jacob, of Ipswich. 
 
 Major Samuel Appleton, second son of Samuel first, and the 
 subject of this article, was born as noted above, at Waldingfield, 
 and came with his father to Ipswich at the age of eleven years. 
 His first wife was Hannah Paine, of Ipswich, by whom he had 
 Hannah, Judith and Samuel. By his second wife, Mary Oliver 
 (at marriage, Dec. 8, 1656, aged sixteen), he had John, Major 
 Isaac, Oliver and Joanna. He was chosen deputy to the General 
 Court in 1668, under the title Lieut. ; also in 1669 to 1671, in 
 company with his brother Capt. John, and again by himself in 
 1673 and 1675. 
 
 I have not been able to find the exact date on which Capt. 
 Appleton marched from the Bay up towards Hadley, but infer 
 
APPLETON MARCHES TO HADLEY. 143 
 
 that it was about the first of September, and Mr. Hubbard relates 
 that when Major Treat (on Sept. 6th) marched down from the 
 rescue of Northfield, bringing the garrison, he met Capt. Apple- 
 ton going up, who strongly urged him to turn back and pursue 
 the Indians ; but the Major overruled his wishes, and all marched 
 back to the headquarters at Hadley. The course of events from 
 this time to September 18th has been previously related. In the 
 assignment of troops for the defence of the various towns, Capt. 
 Appleton seems to have remained at Hadley, and to have been 
 in close relation with Major Pynchon in the conduct of affairs. 
 His Lieutenant, John Pickering, and doubtless a part of his com 
 pany, were with Capt. Mosely in the fight succeeding Lathrop s 
 defeat, and when a few days after it was decided to abandon 
 Deerfield, and the garrison and inhabitants were removed to Hat- 
 field, Capt. Mosely was stationed there with his force, Major 
 Treat and his men quartered at Northampton and Northfield, and 
 Capt. Appleton remained at Hadley busily employed in reorgan 
 izing the Massachusetts forces, caring for the wounded, and pre 
 paring for the next attack of the enemy. 
 
 Although Capt. Appleton had been in this service several weeks, 
 his commission as " Capt. of a company of 100 men " was not 
 issued by the Council until September 24th. (He already held 
 the rank of Captain of the local company in Ipswich ; this was a 
 special commission for active service.) By the heavy losses 
 under Capts. Lathrop and Beers, the Massachusetts forces were 
 greatly reduced, and the survivors of their companies were much 
 demoralized by the loss of the captains, and gloom and discour 
 agement prevailed throughout the colony. It was therefore with 
 great difficulty that the Council filled the quota of three hundred 
 assigned by the commissioners. Secretary Rawson wrote to 
 Major Pynchon, September 30th, " The slaughter in your parts has 
 much damped many spirits for the war. Some men escape away 
 from the press, and others hide away after they are impressed." 
 
 It will be seen by the following orders that the Council was 
 using every endeavor to push forward troops to repair their 
 losses. Mass. Archives, vol. 67, p. 265. 
 
 The Council do order & appoint Capt. John Wayte to conduct the 
 120 men appointed to rendevooze at Marlborough the 28 th day of this 
 instant September & to deliver them unto the order of Maio r John Pin- 
 cheon Commander in Cheefe in the County of Hampshire & it is fur 
 ther ordered y l in case Capt. Samuel Appleton should be com away 
 from those parts then the said Capt. Wait is ordered to take the con 
 duct and chardge of a Company of 100 men under Maio r John Pincheon 
 but in case Capt Apleton do abide there then Capt. Wait is forthwith 
 to returne Backe unles Maio r Pincheon see cause to detyne him upon 
 y e service of the country 
 
 past. E. R. S. 24 Sept. 1675 
 
144 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 On the same paper is the following : 
 
 It is ordered that there be a comission issued forth to Capt. Sam 
 uel Appletou to Command a foot Company of 100 men In the service 
 of y e country. But in case hee should be com away from those parts 
 then that Capt. Waite is to have (a) like comission. past 24 Sept. 
 1675 
 
 By y e Council E R S 
 
 Ordered y l y e Commissary Ju Morse deliver Mr Thomas Welden 
 snaphant musket. 
 
 The Indians were gathered in great numbers on the west side 
 of the river. Small parties were constantly lurking near the 
 frontier towns, Hatfield, Northampton, and as far as Springfield, 
 where, on September 26th, they burned the farm-house and barns 
 of Major Pynchon on the west side of the river. Major Pynchon 
 says, in a letter to the Council, Sept. 30th : 
 
 "We are endeavouring to discover the enemy and daily send out 
 scouts, but little is effected. Our English are somewhat awk and fear 
 ful in scouting and spying, though we do the best we can. We have 
 no Indian friends here to help us. We find the Indians have their 
 scouts out. Two days ago two Englishmen at Northampton being 
 gone out in the morning to cut wood, and but a short distance from 
 the house, were both shot down dead, having two bullets apiece shot 
 into each of their breasts. The Indians cut off their scalps, took their 
 arms and were off in a trice. 
 
 According to Russell s list of killed, these men were Praisever 
 Turner and Uzacaby Shakspeer. Up to this time the Springfield 
 Indians had been friendly and remained quietly in their large 
 fort on the east side of the river towards Longmeadow. Some 
 uneasiness had been felt of late in regard to them, and Major 
 Pynchon had consulted the commissioners about disarming them. 
 The Connecticut Council advised against the measure, and rec 
 ommended rather to receive hostages from them, to be sent to 
 Hartford for security. This plan was adopted and the hostages 
 sent; but the Indians, excited by the successes of the hostiles, 
 and probably urged by secret agents of Philip, resolved to join 
 the war against the English. They managed the escape of their 
 hostages, and waited the opportunity to strike their blow. On 
 Monday, Oct. 4th, a large body of the enemy had been reported 
 some five or six miles from Hadley, and immediately all the 
 soldiers were withdrawn from Springfield to Hadley, and were 
 preparing to go out against the Indians the next morning ; but 
 during the night a messenger arrived from Hartford or Windsor, 
 reporting that Toto, a friendly Windsor Indian, had disclosed a 
 plot of the Springfield Indians to destroy that town next day, 
 and that five hundred of Philip s Indians were in the Springfield 
 fort, ready to fall upon the town. Thereupon, early on the 
 
DEFENCE OF THE RIVER TOWNS. 145 
 
 morning of Tuesday, October 5th, Major Pynchon, with Capts. 
 Apple ton and Sill, and a force of one hundred and ninety men, 
 marched for Springfield, arriving there to find the town in flames 
 and the Indians just fled. Major Treat had also received news of 
 the intended attack, and hastened from Westfield with his com 
 pany, arriving on the west side of the river some hours before the 
 Massachusetts forces came, but was unable to cross, though five 
 Springfield men escaped through the enemy s lines, hotly pur 
 sued, and carried over a boat in which a party attempted to cross, 
 but the Indians gathered upon the east shore and fired upon 
 them so fiercely that the attempt was abandoned until Major 
 Pynchon came. The Indians burned some thirty dwelling-houses 
 and twenty-five barns with their contents, Major Pynchon s mills, 
 and several of his houses and barns, occupied by tenants. Fif 
 teen houses in the "town-plat," and some sixty more in the out 
 skirts and on the west side were left unharmed. The people 
 had taken refuge in the garrison-houses, which were not attacked. 
 Two men and women were killed, viz., Lieut. Thomas Cooper, 
 who before the assault rode out towards the fort to treat with 
 the Indians, having two or three men with him, and was shot by 
 an enemy concealed in the bushes a short distance from the town, 
 but managed to ride to the nearest garrison-house, where he 
 died. His companion, Thomas Miller, was killed on the spot. 
 During the assault, Pentecost, wife of John Matthews, was 
 killed, and Nathaniel Browne and Edmund Pringridays were 
 mortally wounded. 
 
 The above account is the substance of letters written by Major 
 Pynchon and Rev. John Russell, October 5th and 6th. The 
 number of Indians engaged has probably been much over-esti 
 mated. The Springfield squaw captured at the time reported 
 the whole number at two hundred and seventy. Mr. Russell 
 said the Springfield people thought there were not " above 100 
 Indians, of whom their own were the chief." Rev. Pelatiah 
 Glover, the minister of Springfield, lost his house, goods and pro 
 visions, together with a valuable library which he had lately 
 removed to his house from the garrison-house where it had been 
 stored for some time. 
 
 On October 8th Major Pynchon writes to the Council an 
 official account of the situation, telling of the great discourage 
 ment of the people and their sad state ; the loss of their mills 
 makes a scarcity of bread, and the many houseless families 
 throng the houses that remain. The Major advises to garrison 
 all the towns, and abandon the useless and hazardous method 
 of hunting the Indians in their swamps and thickets. The com 
 missioners were opposed to this course, especially those of Con 
 necticut, who insisted that the purpose of the army in the field 
 was to pursue and destroy the enemy instead of simply protect 
 ing the towns. In this letter of the 8th, Major Pynchon says 
 
146 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 they are scouting to find which way the Indians have gone, and 
 also that on that day Major Treat is summoned away to Connecti 
 cut by the news of a large body of the enemy near Wethersfield. 
 He then earnestly reiterates his unfitness for the chief command, 
 and declares that he must devolve the authority upon Capt. 
 Appleton, with the permission of the Council, unless Major 
 Treat return, when he will await their orders. The Council had, 
 however, already granted his former request, and on Oct. 4th 
 had appointed Capt. Appleton to the chief command in his place. 
 His commission, together with letters and orders to Major 
 Pynchon, were sent up by Lieut. Phinehas Uphain and his com 
 pany of recruits, and did not reach them until October 12th, 
 when he immediately took command. The commission is as 
 follows : 
 
 Capt. Appleton. 
 
 The Councill have seriously considered the earnest desires of major 
 Pynchon & the great affliction upon him & his family, & have at last 
 consented to his request to dismiss him from the cheefe command over 
 the Army in those parts, and have thought meet upon mature thoughts to 
 comitt the cheefe comand unto yourself e, being pers waded that God 
 hath endeowed you with a spirit and ability to mannage that affayre ; and 
 for the Better inabling you to yo r imploy, we have sent the Councills 
 order Inclosed to major Pynchon to bee given you ; and wee reffer you 
 to the Instructions given him for yo r direction, ordering you from time 
 to time to give us advise of all occurences, & if you need any further 
 orders & instructions, they shall be given you as y e matter shall require. 
 So comitting you to the Lord, desireing his presence with you and bless 
 ing upon you, wee remaine : Your friends and Servants 
 
 Boston 4 th of October 
 
 Capt. Samuel Appleton, 
 
 Commander in cheefe at the head quarters at Hadley. 
 
 The letter of October 4th, from the Massachusetts Council to 
 Major Pynchon, in which the orders above referred to were in 
 closed, is in the Massachusetts Archives, vol. 67, p. 280, as 
 follows : 
 
 Mass. Council to Major Pynchon 
 Honoured S r 
 
 Your letter dat Sept. 29. wee received and although wee could have 
 desired your continuance in that trust committed to you as coiSander 
 over o r forces in y r p ts , yet considering your great importunity y e reasons 
 alledged wee cann but greatly simpathize with you in y e present dispen 
 sation of Divine Providence towards your f arnily in your absence and 
 have ordered Capt. Apelton to take the charge as Comander in Cheife 
 over the united forces whiles in o r Colony, and uppou a removall of the 
 seat of Warr the Comanders to take place according to (the) appoynt- 
 ment of y e Commissioners. We have considered (that) you will not 
 be wanting to afford the best advice & assistance you may, although 
 dismist from y e perticular charge. It is the Lord s holy will yet to 
 
LETTERS FROM THE COUNCIL. 147 
 
 keep his poore people at a p r adventnre and y f in this case wherein our 
 all is concerned and there is none to tell us how long, yet is it o r duty 
 to wayte on him who hideth his face from the house of Israel, and to 
 say w th y Ch: I will brave y 6 indignation of God untill he pie (ad) e our 
 
 case, &c. Commending you & yours, & y low estate of his 
 
 people to y e shepardly Care of him who hath made it one p 4 of his great 
 name, Mighty to Save ; wee take leave and rernayne, 
 
 Y or assured ffreinds, E R S 
 
 Past y e Council. 
 
 Boston 4 th of Sept. (should be Oct.) 1675 
 S r 
 
 Wee have ordered L l Upham to lead up to you 30 men and do fur 
 ther order that L l Scill be dismissed home to his family, and his sould- 
 jers to make up some of y c companies as y c chiefe Coniander shall 
 order & y e above named L l Upham to be L 4 under Capt Wayte. These 
 for Major John Pynchon. 
 
 S r It is desired when the companies with you are filled up, such as 
 are fitted to be dismist be sent back with Lef Sill & Corporal Poole & 
 to send downe what horses you canii, and as may be conveniently 
 spayred. 
 
 On assuming command on October 12th, Capt. Appleton writes 
 a long letter, expressing his sense of the honor conferred and the 
 great responsibility imposed by the appointment, and declaring 
 that he is led to accept by the urgency of the occasion and his 
 regard for the earnest wishes of Major Pynchon ; and while dep 
 recating his own incapacity, promises to do his best until they 
 may find some abler officer for the position. He agrees with 
 Major Pynchon in regard to present methods, and asks that the 
 commissioners revise that part of their instructions which strictly 
 prohibits fixing soldiers in garrisons. He adds his account of the 
 condition of Springfield, and asks the Council to support him in 
 the step he has taken in stationing Capt. Sill and his company 
 there for the town s security. He complains of the prolonged 
 absence of Major Treat and his company at Hartford. He sa} r s 
 that " There being now come in sixty men under Capt. Poole and 
 Lieft. Upham, and we needing commanders, especially part of our 
 men being now at Springfield, & we not daring to send all 
 thither, we have retained Capt. Poole to comand these sixty men 
 untill further orders be given." 
 
 October 17th he writes an account of their movements up to 
 that date : 
 
 On Tuesday Octo: 12. we left Springfield & came y 1 night to Hadley 
 neer 30 mile. On y e 13 th & 14 th we used all diligence to make discovery 
 of y e enemy by Scouts, but by reason of y e distance of the way from 
 hence to Squakeage & y e timorous nesse of y e Scouts it turned to little 
 account ; thereupon I found it very difficult to know what to doe. 
 Major Treat was gone from us, and when like to return we knew not. 
 Our orders were to leave 110 men in garrison, but keepe all for a field 
 
148 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 armye, w ch was to expose the Towns tomanefest hazzard. To sitt still 
 and do nothinge is to tire o r s [ourselves] and spoyle o r souldiers, and 
 to ruin y e country by y e insupportable burden and charge. All things 
 layed together, I thought it best to goe forth after the enemy w" 1 o r 
 p r sent forces. This once resolved, I sent forth warrants, on y e 14 th in 
 stant, early in the morning to Capt. Mosely & Capt.* (as he is called) 
 Seely at Hatfeild and Northampton, to repair fourthw" 1 to y e head 
 quarters, y l we might be ready for service, etc. 
 
 Capt. Mosely came promptly, but Seely tardily and then with 
 out his company, pleading his want of commission from Connecti 
 cut authorities, but finally agreeing to return and bring his men. 
 Before he started from Northampton, however, he received orders 
 from Major Treat not to leave that town, and sends that word 
 to Capt. Appleton. The Captain much exercised by this seem 
 ing insubordination, posts away letters of complaint to the Con 
 necticut Council, and urges the return of Major Treat, whom 
 he highly commends as " a worthy Gentleman and discreete and 
 incouraging Comander." After this he drew out his own men 
 and marched towards Northfield, but before proceeding two miles 
 intelligence came that the Indians were discovered in great num 
 bers on the west side of the river. Thereupon he crossed to 
 Hatfield with the purpose of marching to Deerfield. Night came 
 on as they left Hatfield, and after marching some miles his officers 
 urged the exposed condition of the towns left without garrisons 
 and the uncertainty of the enemy s movements, and the night prom 
 ising to be tempestuous, he yielded his purpose and returned, 
 against his inclination, to headquarters. On the evening of the 16th 
 an urgent request for reinforcement comes from Northampton, 
 which is threatened, and later, word from Capt. Mosely that the Ind 
 ians are discovered within a mile of Hatfield ; and so at midnight 
 he crosses the river to Hatfield, leaving only about twenty men to 
 guard Hadley and their wounded men. In a postscript to this 
 letter, added on the afternoon of the 17th, he says that after " a 
 tedious night and morning s march " they had not succeeded in 
 finding the enemy. 
 
 It is supposed that Philip had an active part in the planning 
 of the various operations of this time, though there is no evidence 
 that he was personally present at any of the attacks. 
 
 Several letters in this time passed between Capt. Appleton and 
 the Council of Connecticut, which are full of interest as showing 
 the varying aspects of affairs at the time. Connecticut urges that 
 their own towns are threatened, and further that Plymouth Colony 
 has not sent its quota, and that there is no certain movement on 
 foot that demands the presence of their troops at Hadley, etc. 
 These letters are preserved in the Mass. Archives, vols. 67 and 68. 
 and have been published in the " Appleton Memorial." and certain 
 of them elsewhere. 
 
 It is unfortunate that no letters of Capt. Appleton relating to 
 
APPLETON AT HADLEY AND HATFIELD. 149 
 
 the attack upon Hatfield on October 19th are preserved. There 
 can be no doubt that he wrote an official account of it ; but the 
 Massachusetts Council had not received the news on October 23d, 
 for on that day they wrote Capt. Appleton in answer to his of 
 the 17th, and make no reference to any attack. The next letter 
 to him from the Council, so far as known, is dated November 1st, 
 and refers to one from him of the 29th October, which would 
 seem to have been mainly taken up with a relation of the insub 
 ordination of the Connecticut officers. Doubtless several letters 
 passed that are lost. The letters from a merchant of Boston to 
 his friend in London, published in Drake s " Old Indian Chron 
 icle," give information of the beginning of the attack. The Ind 
 ians built large fires north of Hatfield, and then lay in ambush 
 by the way leading thither. Ten horsemen were sent out as scouts 
 about noon, of whom nine were shot down or captured by the 
 Indians in ambush, and one escaped back to Hatfield, and im 
 mediately the enemy came with fury about the town. But, 
 says Mr. Hubbard 
 
 According to the Good Providence of Almighty God, Major Treat 
 was newly returned to North-Hampton, Capt. Mosely and Capt. 
 Poole were then garrisoning the said Hatfield, and Capt. Appleton for 
 the like end quartering at Hadley, when on a sudden 7 or 800 of the 
 enemy came upon the town in all quarters, having first taken or killed 
 two or three of the scouts belonging to the town and seven more 
 belonging to Capt. Mosely s company, but they were so well enter 
 tained on all hands where they attempted to break in upon the town 
 that they found it too hot for them, Major Appleton with great courage 
 defending one end of the town, and Capt. Mosely as stoutly main 
 taining the middle, and Capt. Poole the other end ; that they were by 
 the resolution of the English instantly beaten off without doing much 
 harm. Capt. Appleton s serjeant was mortally wounded just by his 
 side, another bullet passing through his own hair, by that whisper tell 
 ing him that death was very near but doing him no other harm. 
 
 Night came on, and in the darkness it was impossible to tell 
 the losses of the enemy ; numbers were seen to fall, some ran 
 through a small river, others cast away their guns, and as usual 
 they carried away their dead. Of the English slain at Hatfield, 
 Mr. Russell s list has the names of ten, viz. : Freegrace Norton 
 (Appleton s sergeant), of Ipswich, mortally wounded, and died 
 at Hadley soon after ; and of the scouts, Thomas Meekins, Jr., 
 of Hatfield ; Nathaniel Collins, his servant, Richard Stone, Samuel 
 Clarke of Mosely s company, John Pocock of Captain Poole s, 
 Thomas Warner, Abram Quiddington, perhaps of Boston, 
 William Olverton (possibly Overton^), John Petts. Three of 
 these are said to have been taken alive, of whom two were 
 redeemed by some gentlemen at Albany, and arrived at New 
 York the next February ; one of these belonged in Boston. The 
 third man was barbarously killed by the Indians. The Indians 
 
150 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 evinced a stubborn determination to destroy these river towns, 
 and a few days after the attack upon Hatfield prepared to 
 asault Northampton ; Major Treat s opportune arrival foiled 
 them again. They waylaid every road between the towns. On 
 the 27th a party with Major Pynchon were thus ambushed, and 
 John Dumbleton and John and William Brooks were killed. 
 About this time also a Mr. Granger was wounded. 
 
 In their letter of November 1st the Massachusetts Council 
 assure Capt. Appleton of speedy action in regard to his affairs at 
 the seat of war. They sustain him in his authority and position 
 towards Connecticut troops, and advise him that in case Major 
 Treat again withdraws, to improve his own troops as best he may, 
 and await their further advice. They rebuke him for assuming 
 to appoint Cornet Poole captain without their authority, and 
 instruct him that it is his place to recommend any officer for pro 
 motion to the Council to receive his commission at their behest. 
 
 On November 10th Capt. Appleton had not received any further 
 advices from the Council and writes them for orders, and gives ex 
 planation of his action in regard to appointing Poole, that he acted 
 from necessity, and as is evident very wisely. He then details his 
 motions since October 29th, when two men and a boy at Northamp 
 ton were attacked. (These were Joseph Baker, Joseph Baker, Jr., 
 and Thomas Salmon, and Mr. Russell puts with them John Rob 
 erts, a wounded soldier, who died there soon after.) On the 30th, 
 at night, upon an alarm from Hatfield, Capt. Appleton was called 
 out of his bed and pushed his troops across the river, where he re 
 mained over the next day, Sunday. On Monday he marched ten 
 or twelve miles out through the " Chestnutt Mountains," scouting, 
 without avail. Tuesday he consulted with Major Treat, and agreed 
 to march on Wednesday night with their whole force towards 
 Deerfield, which they did without finding the enemy, and returned 
 late at night. On the 5th an alarm at Northampton, and another 
 fruitless search. Upon a request of Major Treat on the 6th for 
 permission to withdraw his soldiers from Westfield to seek the 
 enemy down the river, a council-of-war was appointed for Monday 
 the 8th, at which meeting Capt. Appleton took the ground that he 
 had no authority from the commissioners to grant them leave to 
 withdraw. Major Treat took a very frank and manly position, 
 by no means hostile to Capt. Appleton. The trouble seems to 
 have been the unwillingness of the Connecticut soldiers to remain 
 in garrison at Westfield. The report of the council-of-war is sub 
 mitted to the Massachusetts Council for the orders of the commis 
 sioners. He says they are at loss to find out the present location 
 or intention of the enemy, but fear they may be upon them in 
 force at any moment. He suggests that if the army be drawn off 
 for the winter and the towns garrisoned, Connecticut troops 
 might more conveniently be placed and supplied at Westfield and 
 Northampton, and the other three towns garrisoned with Massa- 
 
OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ? 151 
 
 chusetts men. He reports a council-at-war, at which David 
 Bennet, chirurgion, was expelled from the arrny for " quarrel 
 some and rebellious Carriage," and submits the action for ratifi 
 cation to the Council. He sends down as posts, Serg. James 
 Johnson, Serg. John Throp, and Nathaniel Warner of Hadley, 
 and with them Capt. Poole, to whom he refers them for a more 
 detailed account of matters. 
 
 While awaiting the long delayed instructions of the Council, 
 Capt. Appleton stood in a very difficult position, the Connecticut 
 officers and soldiers in great impatience and almost open mutiny 
 at being kept in garrison ; and the people, crowded into the gar 
 rison-houses in fear that Philip s whole force might at any hour 
 fall upon them, were threatening to abandon their towns. The 
 Council of Connecticut, too, were apparently interfering with his 
 command of their troops. On the other hand were the authority 
 and orders of the United Commissioners, to which he adhered 
 with inflexible energy. On November 12th he issued a proclama 
 tion (Archives, vol. 68, p. 54) to the inhabitants and soldiers of 
 all those towns under his charge, forbidding any one to with 
 draw from his appointed place without special permission "given 
 under his hand ; " giving his reasons for the step, and asserting 
 the authority of the commissioners. The Connecticut people 
 were very loud in their complaints against this measure, but he 
 rigidly held to it, daily expecting the further directions promised 
 by the Council of Massachusetts, till finally despairing of such 
 relief he reluctantly yielded to the importunities of Connecticut, 
 and on November 19th dismissed Major Treat and his forces at 
 Westfield to march downward to the Connecticut towns, accom 
 panying the order of permission with an urgent request to the 
 Council there that Westfield and Springfield may be regarrisoned 
 by their forces. On the same day he writes to Governor Leverett, 
 complaining of the long neglect of the Council at home, and say 
 ing that it has kept him in constant and tedious expectation until 
 obliged to yield to Connecticut s demands, and now necessity 
 forces him to dispose of his forces as best he may. He complains 
 of the condition of the horses ; many will soon be unfit for ser 
 vice, and if put upon " dry meate " (i.e. hay), the cattle of the 
 people must perish during the winter, as hay is very scarce. 
 They have no certain intelligence of the enemy, but have received 
 word from Owenequo, son of Uncas, that Philip boasts himself 
 to be a thousand strong. He speaks of his proclamation and its 
 results, and encloses a copy of the same and his correspondence 
 with Connecticut Council also, and urges the Governor to send 
 him further directions speedily. He then proceeds to garrison the 
 several towns with the forces at his disposal, the details of which 
 will be given in a special chapter. The following orders of dis 
 posal are dated November 19 and 20, and are preserved in full 
 in the Mass. Archives, vol. 58, pp. 65 and 66. 
 
152 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Twenty-nine soldiers taken out of the companies of Capts. 
 Mosely and Poole and Lieut. Upham are left at Westfield in 
 charge of Sergt. Lamb, and all under the command of Capt. Aaron 
 Cooke. John Roote is appointed commissary of this garrison, 
 and orders are drawn upon James Richards, of Hartford, or Mr. 
 Blackleach, for whatever of clothing is necessary. Thirty-nine 
 men from Capt. Sill s company are left at Springfield with Lieut. 
 Niles, all to be under command of Major Pynchon. Twenty-six 
 men are left with Sergt. at Northampton, to be under com 
 mand of Lieut. Clark; and thirty men under command of Capt. 
 Poole are stationed at Hadley. Thirty-six are left at Hatfield 
 with Sergt. Graves, under command of Lieut. Allice. 
 
 Capt. Appleton appointed a council-of-war for the ordering of 
 military matters in the towns, consisting of the commissioned offi 
 cers of the various garrisons, together with Dea. Peter Tilton, of 
 Hadley, and Sergt. Isaac Graves, of Hatfield, and Capt. Poole was 
 made president. These arrangements seem to have been made in 
 anticipation of the order of withdrawal of the army, which was 
 authorized by the Council on November 16th. Mass. Archives, 
 vol. 68, p. 58. Their letter had not reached him on November 19th. 
 This letter gives a long account of the operations of Capts. Hench 
 man and Syll now in theNipmuck country. Then " touching the 
 disposal of the Army," the direction is left at his discretion, and as 
 to the wounded men, those fit for garrison duty are to be left as part 
 of the garrison soldiery and the rest to be comfortably provided for. 
 The special instructions seem to have been in accordance with the 
 Major s own suggestions in his last letter to the Council. On the 
 march home it is suggested that he come by way of " Wabquisit " 
 (now in Woodstock, Conn.), and, if convenient, to form a 
 junction with Henchman and Syll and "distress the enemy" 
 gathered near there. This little plan, so easy to conceive in 
 the Council Chamber, for excellent reasons was never realized. 
 Capt. Appleton, with his forces, marched homeward probably 
 about November 24th. Very little is known of the march home 
 ward. This campaign cost the colony very dearly in men and 
 means, but had saved from destruction five of the seven western 
 towns. For the first time since the war began, a competent com 
 mander is at the head of the Massachusetts troops. 
 
 Upon the organization of the army for the expedition against 
 the Narraganset Fort, Major Appleton was appointed to the com 
 mand of the Massachusetts forces. A partial account of that 
 expedition and its results has been given in a previous chapter 
 relating to Capt. Mosely. On December 9th the Massachusetts 
 force, consisting of six companies of foot under Capts. Mosely, 
 Gardiner, Davenport, Oliver and Johnson, and a troop of horse 
 under Capt. Prentice, mustered on Dedham Plain under com 
 mand of Major Appleton, who himself led the first company. 
 They were joined by the Plymouth forces, two companies under 
 
APPLETON S COMMAND AT NARRAGANSET. 153 
 
 Major William Bradford and Capt. John Gorharn. The quota of 
 Plymouth Colony was one hundred and fifty-eight men. That 
 of Massachusetts five hundred and twenty-seven. 
 
 In the Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 91, I find this fragment rela 
 tive to Major Appleton s division : 
 
 The full complement of the Massachusetts is 527, 13 under the im 
 pressed men, so that if there should want 13 troopers and be but 62 
 troopers besides their officers there would be but 465 foote & if less 
 than 62 troopers they must be suplyed with so many foote soldjers. 
 
 These seem to be fragments of memoranda, the latter list being 
 on the back of the paper. This refers to the number in the six 
 companies, and gives an excess of 99 over the estimated quota of 
 465 foot. I doubt that this excess includes Capt. Prentice s 
 troopers as might at first appear, his company not being set down ; 
 but his lists and credits published hereinbefore give few if any 
 of the names included in Appleton s, Mosely s or Johnson s 
 lists, which were taken at Dedham, December 9th, and contain 
 exactly the numbers above. It is probable that the excess con 
 sisted of volunteers, the regular quota being impressed men. In 
 this expedition Capt. Mosely took Capt. Hubbard s place, and 
 then his company was not made up wholly of volunteers. 
 
 Troopers Boston 15 foote Major Appleton 136 
 
 Prentice 20 Capt. Johnson 75 
 
 Hasey 20 Capt. Ollivers 83 
 
 Corwine 10 Capt. Davenport 75 
 
 Appleton 1 Capt. Gardiner 95 
 
 Capt. Mosely 92 
 
 75 465 
 
 540 556 465 
 
 099 
 
 Mr. Hubbard says that the force from the latter colony mus 
 tered there four hundred and sixty-five " fighting men besides a 
 Troop of Horse " under Capt. Prentice. Gov. Josiah Winslow, 
 of Plymouth, was commander-in-chief of the army in this expe 
 dition, and with this force marched to Woodcock s Garrison 
 (Attleboro ), that day, thence to Seaconck, where they arrived 
 on the night of the llth, arid on the 12th passed over Patuxet 
 River, and by way of Providence arrived at Wickford, at Smith s 
 Garrison, at night. After several days spent in scouting and 
 skirmishing, as previously related, on the 18th they all marched 
 out to Pettisquamscott and met the Connecticut forces, consist 
 ing of five companies, three hundred and twenty-five men, under 
 Major Treat, and the whole army were forced to bivouac in the 
 open air in a driving snow-storm during the night, Bull s Garrison- 
 house at that place having been burned by the Indians but a few 
 days before. At daybreak next morning they took up their 
 
154 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 march over the rough country through the deepening snow, each 
 man carrying his own arms, rations, etc. In this march the Massa 
 chusetts division led ; Plymouth held the centre and Connecticut 
 the rear. This army, the largest and best organized that had 
 ever been in the field in the American colonies, arrived about 
 1 o clock, P.M., at the borders of the great swamp where the 
 Indians had gathered in great numbers and had built a strong 
 fortification and now awaited the attack. The full account of 
 the battle must be completed in several chapters, wherein the 
 names of those in the remaining companies of Major Appleton s 
 division are given. The conduct of the Major and his men here, 
 as elsewhere, was creditable. In May, 1676, the Court voted to 
 repay the losses of divers persons who were " damnified " by the 
 burning of Major Appleton s tent at Narraganset. 
 
 December 10. 1675. 
 Thomas Davis 
 John Ford 
 Israel Thorn 
 Thomas Waite 
 Francis Young, Corp 1 
 Ezekiel Woodward 
 Samuel Rust 
 Sylvester Hayes 
 Stephen Gullifer 
 Thomas Hastings 
 Roger Vicar 
 Stephen Butler 
 Robert Sibly 
 William Knowlton 
 Thomas Brown 
 Thomas Ferman 
 Isaac Ilsley 
 Samuel Brabrook 
 Arthur Neale 
 John Boyntou 
 Israel Henerick 
 Robert Simson 
 Samuel Very 
 Philip Matoone 
 Philemon Dean 
 Gershom Browne 
 Andrew Heding 
 Robert Downes 
 Robert Pease 
 Thomas Tenny 
 Thomas Hazen 
 William Webb 
 Solomon Watts 
 Nathaniel Masters 
 
 under Capt. Samuel Appleton. 
 
 75. 
 04 18 06 
 03 10 00 
 03 18 00 
 03 18 00 
 
 Isaac Ellery 
 Daniel Ringe, Corp 1 
 John Pengilly, Corp 1 
 Stephen Greenleaf 
 Richard Hancock 
 
 04 11 00 
 05 17 00 
 
 John Whicher, Serg* 
 William Williams 
 
 04 00 00 
 05 03 00 
 02 10 06 
 02 14 00 
 02 10 06 
 
 Joseph Blancher 
 George Stedman 
 Thomas Sparke 
 John Raymond 
 Samuel Foster 
 
 03 18 00 
 02 10 06 
 
 Henry Cooke 
 Samuel Hebard 
 
 04 16 10 
 
 John Davis 
 
 02 10 06 
 
 Samuel lerson 
 
 04 16 10 
 02 10 06 
 02 10 06 
 
 Joseph Eaton 
 James Brearly 
 Abial Sadler 
 
 02 10 06 
 04 16 10 
 03 18 00 
 
 William Wainwright 
 Benjamin Webster 
 John Warner 
 
 03 18 00 
 03 18 00 
 02 10 06 
 
 Ephraim Cutter 
 Thomas Abbey 
 John Dennis 
 
 05 17 00 
 03 18 00 
 02 10 06 
 03 18 00 
 
 Josiah Bridg 
 Roger Markes 
 Timothy Breed 
 Thomas Chase 
 
 03 18 00 
 
 John Parker 
 
 03 18 00 
 
 John Wheeler 
 
 03 18 00 
 
 John Conant 
 
 02 10 06 
 
 Edmond Sheffeild 
 
 02 10 06 
 
 John Robins 
 
 04 16 10 
 
 Anthony Williams 
 
 02 
 04 
 
 02 19 
 08 16 
 03 
 05 
 03 
 02 
 
 10 06 
 11 
 
 03 
 03 
 03 
 
 03 
 02 
 
 00 
 00 
 
 10 
 18 00 
 
 17 00 
 
 18 00 
 14 10 
 
 02 10 06 
 18 00 
 18 00 
 18 00 
 
 03 18 00 
 03 18 00 
 
 03 18 00 
 18 00 
 10 06 
 
 04 16 00 
 03 18 00 
 
 03 18 00 
 
 04 16 10 
 
 02 10 06 
 
 03 04 06 
 
 03 18 00 
 
 04 18 06 
 07 16 00 
 
 02 10 06 
 18 00 
 18 00 
 10 00 
 
 09 12 00 
 04 16 10 
 04 16 00 
 
 03 18 00 
 03 18 00 
 
 03 
 03 
 01 
 
CREDITED UNDER MAJOR APPLETON. 
 
 155 
 
 John Gainidg 
 Elias Tatingham 
 Eleazer Flagg 
 Samuel Pepar 
 Seth Story 
 Nathaniel Wood 
 Joseph Mansfield 
 Benjamin Chadwell 
 John Pikering, D 
 John Newell 
 Richard Sutton, Corp 1 
 John Rily 
 Michael DeReeke 
 Jeremiah Swaine, L l 
 Benjamin Langdon 
 Richard Bryar 
 William Stanly 
 Joseph Richardson 
 Henry Bedwell 
 John Tappin 
 Caleb Richardson 
 Edward Ardway 
 Thomas Parlor 
 Daniel Hawes 
 Robert Dutch 
 Samuel Ingolls 
 Jonathan Copp 
 William Bateman 
 Stephen Greenleaf 
 
 January 25, 1675-6 
 William Hawkins, Dr. 
 John Warner 
 Ralph Powell 
 Jonathan Copp 
 
 March 24, 1675-6 
 Thomas Kylam 
 Samuel Peirce 
 Edward Ardway 
 John Thomas 
 Samuel Foster 
 John Harvy 
 Edmund Brown 
 Samuel Tiler 
 Lewis Zacharius 
 Philemon Dane 
 William Hodgkin 
 John Perkins 
 Thomas Palmer 
 Joseph Bigsby 
 Robert Downes 
 John Layton 
 John Stickney 
 
 04 
 
 16 
 
 10 
 
 Thomas Hazon 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 03 
 
 18 
 
 00 
 
 Simon Gawin 
 
 02 
 
 02 
 
 00 
 
 02 
 
 10 
 
 06 
 
 Ephraim Cutter 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 02 
 
 10 
 
 06 
 
 William Brown 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 04 
 
 16 
 
 00 
 
 Thomas Waite 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 02 
 
 10 
 
 06 
 
 William Russell 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 03 
 
 18 
 
 00 
 
 William Sawyer 
 
 02 
 
 15 
 
 08 
 
 02 
 
 10 
 
 06 
 
 April 24, 1676 
 
 04 
 
 05 
 
 10 
 
 Francis Young 
 
 04 
 
 05 
 
 02 
 
 03 
 05 
 
 18 
 12 
 
 00 
 00 
 
 Samuel Browne ) 
 Gershom Browne } 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 02 
 
 10 
 
 06 
 
 Solomon Watts 
 
 02 
 
 02 
 
 00 
 
 04 
 
 16 
 
 10 
 
 Stephen Gullipher 
 
 03 
 
 03 
 
 00 
 
 09 
 
 15 
 
 00 
 
 Mauasseh Kempthorne 
 
 03 
 
 08 
 
 06 
 
 02 
 
 10 
 
 06 
 
 Thomas Abby 
 
 05 
 
 02 
 
 00 
 
 03 
 
 18 
 
 00 
 
 June 24 th , 1676 
 
 03 
 
 16 
 
 02 
 
 John Thorp 
 
 08 
 
 18 
 
 00 
 
 03 
 
 18 
 
 00 
 
 Joseph Eaton 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 04 
 
 16 
 
 10 
 
 John Mors. Commisary 
 
 07 
 
 10 
 
 00 
 
 04 
 
 16 
 
 10 
 
 John Dodge 
 
 01 
 
 10 
 
 00 
 
 04 
 
 16 
 
 10 
 
 Edward Neland 
 
 02 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 04 
 
 16 
 
 10 
 
 Edward Marston 
 
 01 
 
 04 
 
 00 
 
 03 
 
 18 
 
 00 
 
 Ambros Dawes 
 
 03 
 
 06 
 
 06 
 
 02 
 
 10 
 
 06 
 
 Jonathan Emery 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 04 
 
 16 
 
 10 
 
 Jonathan Copp 
 
 04 
 
 19 
 
 06 
 
 03 
 
 18 
 
 00 
 
 Thomas Davis 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 02 
 
 10 
 
 06 
 
 Simon Adams 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 04 
 
 16 
 
 00 
 
 William Kuowlton 
 
 02 
 
 16 
 
 06 
 
 00 
 
 16 
 
 00 
 
 Thomas Rogers 
 
 02 
 
 15 
 
 08 
 
 >-6 
 
 
 
 Jonathan Emery 
 
 01 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 04 
 
 08 
 
 06 
 
 Christopher Keniston 
 
 04 
 
 10 
 
 00 
 
 01 
 
 16 
 
 00 
 
 Thomas Dow 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 01 
 
 12 
 
 06 
 
 Eleazer Flagg 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 01 
 
 04 
 
 00 
 
 John Davis 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 -6 
 
 
 
 George Stedman 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 02 
 
 15 
 
 06 
 
 Thomas French 
 
 02 
 
 15 
 
 08 
 
 02 
 
 15 
 
 08 
 
 James Butterick 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 02 
 
 15 
 
 08 
 
 Seth Story 
 
 03 
 
 06 
 
 00 
 
 02 
 
 15 
 
 08 
 
 Eliah Tottingham 
 
 01 
 
 15 
 
 02 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 John Pengilly 
 
 04 
 
 04 
 
 09 
 
 03 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 Henry Poore 
 
 02 
 
 15 
 
 08 
 
 03 
 
 05 
 
 08 
 
 John Raymant 
 
 02 
 
 16 
 
 06 
 
 03 
 
 07 
 
 08 
 
 Isaac Ashby 
 
 02 
 
 16 
 
 06 
 
 02 
 
 15 
 
 08 
 
 James Spike 
 
 00 
 
 18 
 
 00 
 
 05 
 
 11 
 
 04 
 
 Samuel Poore 
 
 02 
 
 16 
 
 06 
 
 02 
 
 15 
 
 08 
 
 John Cutler Ghirurgion 
 
 10 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 03 
 
 05 
 
 00 
 
 Robert Simsou 
 
 04 
 
 04 
 
 00 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Robert Leech 
 
 03 
 
 18 
 
 00 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 John Lovell 
 
 02 
 
 15 
 
 08 
 
 02 
 
 15 
 
 08 
 
 Abiell Sadler 
 
 02 
 
 15 
 
 08 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Philip Matoou 
 
 02 
 
 15 
 
 08 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Thomas Sparkes 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
156 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Jacob Wilier, Chirurgionlb 00 00 
 Samuel Apple ton, Jf a/or 30 00 00 
 
 July 24 th 1676 
 
 Richard Godfrey 04 16 00 
 
 Morgon Jones 02 14 00 
 
 Joshuah Boynton 02 14 00 
 
 Nicholas Rawlins 02 15 08 
 
 02 14 00 
 06 15 00 
 02 08 10 
 02 14 00 
 02 15 08 
 
 Zacheus Newmarch 
 Richard Way 
 Benjamin Newman 
 Abraham Fitch 
 Samuel Perkins 
 
 Richard Prior 
 David Bennett 
 John Lovitt 
 Israel Blake 
 Abraham Drake 
 Morris Hobbs 
 Francis Gennings 
 John Sleeper 
 Israel Clifford 
 Micael Towsely 
 William Samborn 
 Thomas Roby 
 John Browne 
 
 02 15 08 
 13 00 00 
 01 04 00 
 01 04 00 
 01 04 00 
 01 04 00 
 01 04 00 
 01 04 00 
 01 04 00 
 01 04 00 
 01 04 00 
 01 04 00 
 01 04 00 
 
 4 men Slayne 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 104. 
 
 A List of Major Sam 1 Apletons Souldjers y l were slayne & wounded 
 The 19 th Decemb 75 at the Indian s fort at Narraganset 
 
 Samuell Taylor of Ipswich 
 
 Isaac Illery of Glocester 
 
 Daniel Rolfe of Newbery 
 
 Samuel Taylor of Rowley l 
 
 Leift. Jerrimyah Swayne of Redding 
 
 Roger Markes of Andiver 
 
 Isaac Ilsley of Newbery 
 
 W m Standley of Newbery 
 
 Dani. Somersby of Newbery 
 
 Jonathan Emery of Newbery 
 
 Jn Dennison of Ipswich 
 
 Jn Harvey of Newbery 
 
 George Timson of Ipswich 
 
 Tho: Dowe of Ipswich 
 
 Symon Gowen of Rowley 
 
 Benj. Webster of Salem 
 
 Ellja Thathan of Oborne 
 
 Tho: Abey of Wenham 
 
 Benj. Langdon of Boston 
 
 Solomon Watts of Roxbury 
 
 Jn Warner of Charlestowne 
 
 Samuell Boutericke of Cambridge 
 
 eighteen men wounded who 
 are at Road Island except y e 
 Left. & Roger Marks 
 
 January 6 75 
 
 
 The following paper, preserved in the Mass. Archives, vol. 68, 
 p. 97, is the roll of Major Appleton s company in the Narraganset 
 campaign. Jeremiah Swain of Reading was Lieutenant. 
 
 Serg t Ezek Woodward 
 Serg t John Whicher 
 
 Steven Buttler 
 Samuell Verry 
 
 Steven Gullever 
 Daniell Hall 
 
 1 In the list of killed appear two Samuel Taylors. In the credits is found Samuel Tiler. In a 
 list of men impressed at Rowley, Nov. 29, 1675, 1 find Samuel Tiller. Among the wounded, Timson 
 undoubtedly meant Stimpson, and " lllja Thathan of Oborne," was what the clerk made out of 
 Elijah Tattingham of Woburn. The name appears elsewhere as Totenham and Totman. The 
 other changes are simple. 
 
OTHER LISTS OF APPLETON 5 S MEN. 
 
 157 
 
 Serg t ffrancis Young 
 Serg t Daniel Ringe 
 Corp John Pengillie 
 Corp James Brarly 
 Clarke Phillemon Dean 
 Trump r John Wheeler 
 Trump Josiah Bridges 
 Thomas Wayte 
 Thomas Sparkes 
 Abiell Saddler 
 Gershom Browne 
 Israel Henricks 
 Thomas Tennie 
 Thomas Hazon 
 Robert Downes 
 Richard Briar 
 Joseph Richardson 
 Thomas Chase 
 William Williams 
 Thomas Abbey 
 John Rayment 
 Robert Leach 
 Samuell Hebbert 
 Anthonie Williams 
 
 William Waynright 
 Samuell Foster 
 Henry Cooke 1 
 Robert Simson 
 Israel Thorue 
 Samuell lerson 
 John Newhalle 
 Timothie Breed 
 Samuel Pipin 
 Phillip Mattoone 
 Nath Wood 
 Robert Sibbly 
 Will. Webb 
 Joseph Eaton 
 Roger Vicar 
 Arthur Neale 
 Isaac Ellirie 
 Ben Chadwell 
 John Davis 
 Samuel Brabrooke 
 Isack Ilsley 
 Roger Markes 
 Ben Leingdou 
 John Reylie 
 
 Solomon Watts 
 Eliezer Flagg 
 John Warner 
 Thomas Firman 
 Will Knowlton 
 Nath Masters 
 Michale Derrick 
 Thomas Davis 
 Calleb Richardson 
 John Boyentou 
 Seth Story 
 Ben Webbster 
 Edward Ardaway 
 Samuel Ruste 
 Silvester Haz 
 Will Russel 
 Sam. Peirce 
 Sam. Buttrick 
 Ephraim Cutter 
 George Stedman 
 Edmund Sheffeild 
 Roger Joans, 75 
 
 Those yt are wanting 
 
 John Ford John Davis 
 
 Thomas Parlor Robert Peas 
 
 The men yt are now listed 
 
 Mosses Pengrie 
 John Denison 
 John Perkins 
 Abraham Kuowlton 
 Thomas ffossey * 
 Lewis Zachriah 
 John Lovwell 
 Sam. Peirce 
 George Stimson 
 Thomas Dow 
 Thomas ffrensh 
 Sam. Hunt 
 John Thomas 
 Abraham Fitts 
 Richard Bedford 
 Thomas Killam 
 Isack Cummins 
 Richard Partsmore 
 
 Samuel Perkins 
 Peter Emmous 
 Nath Emerson 
 Symond Adams 
 Zacheus Newmarsh 
 John Hobkins 
 John Sticknie 
 Joseph Jewett 
 Joshua Boyenton 
 John Leyton 
 John Jackson 
 Will Brown 
 Caleb Jackson 
 Sam. Tyler 
 Thomas Palmor 
 Joseph Bigsby 
 Simond Gowiii 
 Daniell Somersby 
 
 Christopher Bartlet 
 Edmond Browne 
 Jonathan Emerie 
 Christopher Kenniston 
 Christopher Cole 
 John Straton 
 John Harvey 
 George Maier 
 Nicolaz Rollings 
 Thomas Roggers 
 Cornelius Davis 
 Jonathan Clarke 
 Will m Sayward 
 William Warrin 
 John Shepard 
 John Guylie 
 Morsain Joanes 
 
 1 Are scratched out in the MS. ffossey appears elsewhere as Fausee, Pipin as Pepar, Guylie 
 as Guild. Some twenty-five on this list do not appear in Hull s credits under Major Appleton, 
 but I have found nearly all mentioned elsewhere. 
 
158 KING PHILIP S WAK. 
 
 Richard Priar Samuell Love well 61 new men 
 
 Ben Newman Steven Swet 75 old souldjers 
 
 Will Hodskins Izrah Roff 136 
 
 Sam Taylor Sam. Poore 
 
 Amos Goddin Henry Poore 
 
 Soon after the battle of Narraganset Major Appleton retired 
 from his protracted and arduous service in the field. On the 
 19th of October, 1676, the Court appointed him to command an 
 expedition to Pascataqua ; but he probably declined, as the order 
 was rescinded on October 23d. He was reflected deputy in 
 1676, and subsequently, except 1678, until 1681, when he was 
 chosen Assistant, and remained in that office till the coming in of 
 the Andros government in 1686. He was proscribed by Sir 
 Edmund s officer, Randolph, as one of the " factious." He was 
 arrested on the general complaint of being " evil disposed and 
 seditious," October 19th, 1687, and refusing to submit and give 
 bonds for his good behavior, was committed to Boston jail, where 
 he was kept many months till his age and increasing infirmities 
 forced a reluctant submission, and he was set at liberty, March 7, 
 1688. In the new charter of William and Mary, in 1691, he was 
 made one of the Council. He died May 15, 1696, leaving an 
 honored name which his posterity have continued in honor to the 
 present day. " Of all the military commanders of this war I must 
 consider Major Appleton the ablest ; and the tide of warfare in 
 the western towns turned towards safe and successful methods 
 from the time of his appointment to the command. I should 
 place Major Treat, of Connecticut, next to him, and perhaps in 
 the same position he would have been equal." 
 
IX. 
 CAPT. ISAAC JOHNSON AND HIS MEN. 
 
 ISAAC JOHNSON was the son of John, of Roxbury. He was 
 born in England and came to Massachusetts with his father s 
 family, probably in the company with Gov. Winthrop. He 
 was admitted freeman March 4, 1635. 
 
 He was of the Artillery Company in 1645, and was its captain 
 in 1667. He was ensign of the " Rocksberry " military company 
 previous to 1653, and on June 13th of that year was elected cap 
 tain. He was representative 1671. 
 
 He married Elizabeth Porter, of Roxbury, January 20, 1637, 
 and had Elizabeth, born Dec. 24, 1637 ; John, bom Nov. 3, 1639, 
 died 1661 ; Mary, born 24 April, 1642 ; Isaac, baptized 7 Jan y, 
 1644 ; Joseph, baptized 9 Nov., 1645, died soon ; Nathaniel, born 
 1 May, 1647. The daughter Elizabeth married Henry Bowen, 
 who became lieutenant of his company and was in the Swamp 
 Fight. The Bowens, with many other Roxbury people, removed 
 sometime after 1686 to the township of New Roxbury, granted 
 them by Massachusetts Colony, but was afterwards found to 
 be within the Connecticut bounds and was renamed Woodstock. 
 The eldest son Isaac married Mary Harris and removed to Middle- 
 town, Conn. Isaac s son Joseph inherited his grandfather s 
 Narraganset claim, being then of Woodstock. The captain s 
 daughter Mary married, in 1663, William Bartholomew, and re 
 moved to Branford, Conn. The youngest son, Nathl. Johnson, 
 married Mary Smith in 1667, and sometime after 1683 removed, 
 probably to Marlborough. Through these four surviving children 
 Capt. Johnson s descendants were quite numerous. His widow 
 died 13 Aug., 1683. 
 
 On the 6th of July, 1675, while the forces under Major Savage 
 were at Mount Hope, Capt. Johnson was sent with a small escort 
 to conduct the fifty-two friendly Indians, raised by Major Gookin, 
 to the army. From the fragment of a letter from Capt. Johnson 
 to the Court, dated at Boston, July 10, 1675, we learn that a 
 company of these Indians was sent back from Mount Hope with 
 him, and that some trouble occurred with one of the oldest, called 
 Tom, at Woodcock s Garrison, where they were resting on the 
 march. This is the letter as it remains. I am not sure that this 
 is not the whole of the letter or statement: 
 
160 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Upon the 4 th day of this week being at Woodcockes house and the 
 Inglish and the Indians geting some refreshment and fixing their arms 
 there was one from the oldest of them indians that was sent backe with 
 us from the Army and withdrew himselfe from our Company under 
 the pretence of geting a helve for his hachet but staying long we sent 
 out 6 men to see if they could find him in their search they found his 
 hachet and a new knife : of his and returned without him we being de 
 sirous if it might be to find what had becom of him sent againe 6 men 
 the} could not yet find him, we went to super (that is we seaven Inglish) 
 before it was quite darke and while we were at super the said Tom did 
 make aproach towards the other indians and was deserned by them and 
 som of them called to him (sum say it was one or more of the indian 
 Sentinells called to him) and bid him stand but he would not but fled 
 away upon the which there being sum stire or commosion amongst the 
 indiaus we rose from super and went out they telling us what was the 
 caus of the tumult amongst them ; there was an indian seen as before and 
 now was run away telling of us which way he went I bad them follow 
 and see if they could each him and Woodcock sent out his doggs also 
 they did soone take him and one of the Indians laying hold of him this 
 indiau did strike him on the side of the necke with a hatchet which he 
 had borrowed to get a helve for his owne ; but the indian that was 
 strooke by sum iudians preventing the force of the blow the hurt was 
 small which otherwise might have beene mortall for any thing we know ; 
 we Inglish making all the hast to them we could did rescue the man that 
 is that torn out of the rest of the indians hands as wee did apprehend 
 caus lest he should have beene pulled in peeces or killed by them ; we 
 had him in to Woodcocks hous ; I asked him the reson of his doing 
 after that maner as he did doing as though he intended mischeefe where 
 as he had promised the govenor of the bay he would doe faithful 
 service against phillip and his men ; he answered he was counseled to 
 doe as he did by Samson and another long Island iudian they two 
 indians were called and I asking of them if they did give Tom counsell 
 to doe us hurt or to make trouble amongst us Samson first spake 
 deniug to have given Tom any such counsell ; then the long Island 
 indiau spook denieiug any such thing : upon which said Tom laid two 
 peeces of mony in my hand and told me they each of them gave him 
 one of them peeces to hire hime to do what he did : they bothe denied 
 the giving of him any mony ; woodcoke being by desired he might se 
 the mouy I gave it him ; he says Tom had that mony of him he having 
 soe much lickors of him as cam to 3 d he changed a shilling for the said 
 Tom & gave him a 6 d & a 3 d and that was the 6 d & 3 d which Tom did 
 not denie. I told Tom he pretending soe as he had done to the gover 
 nor as before and marching with us now part of two dayes and serve 
 us thus he did acknowledg he had rebelld & deserved to dye only de 
 sired he might die a quick . . . death by which I doe supose his 
 meaning was that he might not be delivered into the hands of the 
 Indians 
 
 boston 18 th July 1675 youer honuor 9 Servant 
 
 ISAAC 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 67, p. 219. JOHNSON 
 
 Here we see the prejudice against the Indian blinding the 
 
JOHNSON AT NARRAGANSET. 
 
 161 
 
 captain to the real culprit, Woodcock, whose "lickors" had 
 made the poor savage "crazy drunk." 
 
 On July 15th, on the news of the attack upon Mendon, Capt. 
 Johnson was sent out with a company to relieve that town, and 
 was joined there by Capt. Prentice and his troop about July 21st. 
 The two captains address letters to the Court July 23d, explain 
 ing the situation of affairs at Mendon ; these letters are lost, but 
 notice of them occurs (Mass. Arch. vol. 67, p. 226) in a Court 
 Order of July 26th, commanding the return of both companies, 
 except a guard to be left at Mendon by Capt. Johnson. 
 
 Upon the mustering of forces for the Narraganset campaign, 
 Capt. Johnson was placed in command of a company made up of 
 men from Roxbury, Dorchester, Milton, Braintree, Weymouth, 
 Hingham and Hull, seventy-five all told. Eight more were im 
 pressed, but did not appear. The company took part in the 
 memorable march and attack on the fort, as before related, and 
 the brave captain was among the first to fall while gallantly lead 
 ing his men across the fallen tree-trunks at the entrance to the 
 fort. 
 
 Credited under Capt. Isaac Johnson. 
 
 August 27 1675 
 
 Benjamin Wilson 00 12 00 
 
 John Gates 00 12 00 
 
 John Barnes 00 12 00 
 William Gemmison (alias 
 
 Jamison) 00 12 00 
 
 Thomas Hunt 00 12 00 
 
 Experience Orris 01 12 00 
 
 Richard Cowell 00 12 00 
 
 Isaac Johnson Capt. 05 17 03 
 
 James Couch 00 12 00 
 
 David Landon 00 11 02 
 
 John Rugles 00 12 00 
 
 Sept. 3 d 
 
 Ephraim Child 00 12 00 
 
 George Walden 00 12 00 
 
 Nath Toy 00 12 00 
 
 02 
 00 
 
 00 
 00 
 
 Sept. 14 th 
 John Whaley 
 Thomas Wadduck 
 
 Nov. 30 th 
 John Ireson 
 William Jaques 
 
 Jan y 25 th 1675-6 
 Nathaniel Beale 00 
 
 February 29 
 
 John Langley 01 
 
 William Hasey 02 
 
 Samuel Lincolne 
 Joshua Lazell 
 
 March 24 th 1675 
 Joseph Richards 02 
 
 Allin Dugland 00 
 
 Thomas Thaxter 02 
 
 John Burrell 02 
 
 09 
 11 
 
 11 
 11 
 
 00 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 17 00 
 
 00 
 14 
 
 04 01 
 02 14 
 
 16 
 11 
 16 
 14 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 
 00 
 02 
 00 
 00 
 
 Under Capt Johnson and Capt Jacob 
 
 March 24 th 1675 
 
 Francis Gardnett 
 Ephraim Lane 
 James Read 
 William Mellowes 
 John Whitmarsh 
 John Read 
 James Humphreys 
 John Lovell 
 Isaac Cole 
 
 5 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 03 00 00 
 02 14 00 
 
 Isaac Prince 02 14 00 
 George Vicary 02 09 00 
 John Bosworth 02 14 00 
 Christopher Wheaton 02 08 00 
 Joseph Benson 02 16 00 
 Isaac Morris 02 14 00 
 April 24, 1676 
 John Fenner 00 15 04 
 William Davenport 02 14 00 
 
162 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Under Capt Johnson, June 24 th 
 
 John Scott 
 Benjamin Bates 
 Samuel Gardner 
 Joseph Goard 
 Nathaniel Wilson 
 Samuel Basse 
 Joseph Tucker 
 Ebenezer Owen 
 William Savell 
 Francis Nash 
 Thomas Copelane 
 Martin Sakins 
 Jonathan Pitcher 
 James Atkins 
 Isaac Johnson Capt. 
 William Lincolne 
 John Watson 
 John Langley 
 
 02 14 00 
 05 02 00 
 02 16 00 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 
 04 01 00 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 03 12 00 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 
 00 12 00 
 02 14 10 
 
 05 11 00 
 02 09 00 
 
 01 16 00 
 
 04 00 00 
 
 Hezekiah King 
 Henry Bowen Lieut. 
 Ebenezer Hill 
 
 July 24 
 John Plum 
 Zachariah Gurny 
 Charles Cahan 
 Onesiphorus Stanly 
 John Spurr 
 
 August 24 
 Henry Bartlett 
 Hopestill Humphries 
 Thomas Grant 
 John Watson 
 
 Sept 23 d 
 John Bull 
 Thomas Davenport 
 
 02 19 00 
 06 03 00 
 02 14 00 
 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 14 00 
 14 00 
 
 02 
 02 
 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 00 18 00 
 
 00 18 00 
 
 00 10 02 
 
 The following list of Capt. Johnson s company, made at Ded- 
 ham December 10th, 1675, is preserved in Massachusetts 
 Archives, vol. 67, p. 293. 
 
 Roxbury, 
 Henry Bowen 
 John Watson 
 W m Lincolne 
 Abiel Lamb 
 John Scot 
 Onesiphorus Stanly 
 Isaack Morrice 
 W m Danforth 
 Joseph Goad 
 Sam 11 Gardiner 
 Nath: Wilson 
 John Hubbard 
 Tho: Baker 
 
 wanting 
 Thorn: Cheney 
 John Corbin 
 John Newel 
 
 Dorchester 
 Hen y Mare his man 
 Hopestill Humphrey 
 John Spurre 
 Ebenezer Hill 
 Nicholas Weymouth 
 John Plummer 
 Charles Cahan 
 
 List of Capt Johnson s 
 Tho: Grant 
 Tho: Davenport 
 Robert Stanton 
 
 wanting 
 
 Henry Withington 
 George Minot 
 Isaac Ryall 
 
 Milton 
 
 John Fennow 
 Obadiah Wheaten 
 Joseph Tucker 
 Benj. Crane 
 
 Braintry 
 Ebenezer Owen 
 Sam. Basse 
 W m Sable 
 Tho: Holbrook 
 Rich Thayer 
 Martin Saunders 
 Francis Nash 
 Increase Niles 
 Henry Bartlet 
 Tho: Copeland 
 James Atkins 
 Jonathan Pitcher 
 
 Company 
 
 Weymouth 
 Hezek: King 
 Jonas Humphrey 
 Joseph Richards 
 Allin Dugland 
 John Whitmarsh 
 Peeter Gurnay 
 Edward Kingman 
 John Read 
 James Read 
 John Lovet 
 Will Mellis 
 John Hollis 
 John Burril 
 
 Hinghom 
 Benj. Bates 
 John Jacob 
 John Langley 
 Edward Wilder 
 Tho: Thaxter 
 Ebenezer Lane 
 Sam: Lincolne 
 Ephraim Lane 
 Joshua Lazel 
 John Bull 
 W" Hearsey 
 
THE WOUNDED AND SLAIN. 
 
 163 
 
 Francis Gardiner 
 Nath Beales 
 Nath Nichols 
 Humphrey Johnson 
 wanting 
 
 W m Woodcock 
 
 Hull 
 
 George Vicar 
 John Bosworth 
 Joseph Benson 
 
 W m Chamberlin 
 Christo: Wheaton 
 Isaack Prince 
 Isaack Cole 
 Henry Chamberlain 
 75 appeared 
 8 appeared not 
 
 The following is preserved in the Mass. Archives, vol. 68, page 
 104: 
 
 The names of those soldiers y l 
 Johnson s Comp a December 1675 
 Capt Isa: Johnson of Roxbury 
 Jonathan Pitcher, Bran ; (Brain- 
 tree) 
 
 Tho: Davenport Dr (Dorchester) 
 Allin Dugland of Weymouth, 
 
 4 slain 
 
 Jos Watson of Roxbury 
 W m Linckorn of Roxbury 
 
 were slayne & wounded of Capt 
 
 John Spur of Dorchester 
 Benj. Crane of Milton 
 Jn Langley of Hingham 
 Jn faxton of Hingham 
 Isaack King of Weymouth 
 Left. Phineas Upham of Maiden 
 wounded eight, and were at 
 Road Island Jan. 6 th 1675-6 
 
 Upon the death of Capt. Johnson and the mortal wound of 
 Lieut. Upham, the command of that company devolved upon 
 Ensign, afterwards Lieut., Henry Bowen. After the battle, it 
 would appear that Capt. John Jacob of Hingham was appointed 
 to the command of the company, as many of the credits show his 
 vouchers in the account. 
 
X. 
 
 CAPT. JOSEPH GARDINER AND HIS MEN. 
 
 TOSEPH GARDINER (or Gardner) was the son of Thomas and 
 *J Margaret Gardner of Salem. He married, before August, 
 1656, Anne Downing, daughter of Emanuel Downing and 
 niece of the first Gov. Winthrop. 
 
 He was a man of energy and ability, and held many positions 
 of honor and importance in Salem. In May, 1672, he was 
 appointed by the General Court of Massachusetts lieutenant of 
 the foot company under Capt. William Price of Salem. 
 
 On May 12, 1675, the militia of Salem was divided into two 
 companies by order of the Court, and by the same order the elec 
 tion of Joseph Gardiner as captain of the First Company in Salem 
 was confirmed. When the expedition against Narraganset was 
 organized, Capt. Gardiner was appointed, November 3, 1675, to 
 command the company raised at Salem and the adjoining towns, 
 and mustered his men, ninety-five strong, at Dedham Plain De 
 cember 10th, and marched with the army towards the rendezvous 
 at Wickford. During the march several skirmishes took place, 
 and Mr. Hubbard relates that some of Stone-wall-John s crew 
 "met with some of Capt. Gardiner s men that were stragling 
 about their own business contrary to order, and slew his Sergeant 
 with one or two more." In " Capt. Oliver s Narrative " it is re 
 lated that on this occasion the Indians " killed two Salem men 
 within a mile of our quarters and wounded a third so that he is 
 dead." The names of these are given in the list below. The 
 fall of Capt. Gardner is thus related in Church s " Entertaining- 
 History:" 
 
 Mr. Church spying Capt. Gardner of Salem amidst the Wigwams 
 in the East end of the Fort, made towards him ; but on a sudden while 
 they were looking each other in the face, Capt. Gardner settled down, 
 Mr. Church stepped to him, and seeing the blood run down his cheek 
 lifted up his cap and calling him by name, he looked up in his face but 
 spake not a word, being mortally Shot through the head. 
 
 After the death of Capt. Gardiner, the command of his com 
 pany fell upon his lieutenant, William Hathorn, under whom 
 
CAPT. GARDINER S COMPANY. 
 
 165 
 
 the men served during the campaign, until disbanded in Febru 
 ary. It is thus that the men were credited sometimes under Gar 
 diner, sometimes Hathorn, occasionally both ; the latter s name, 
 signed to the voucher or " debenter " which each soldier presented 
 to the paymaster, doubtless confused the clerk and caused this 
 appearance of double command. Capt. Hathorn s subsequent 
 career at the eastward will be given in its proper place. 
 
 Capt. Gardiner s widow, then aged about thirty-four, married 
 June 6, 1676, Gov. Simon Bradstreet, whose age was about 
 seventy-three. She died April 19, 1713, aged 79. Leaving no 
 children, Capt. Gardiner s Narraganset claim fell to the oldest 
 male heir of his eldest brother Thomas. This heir was Habakkuk 
 Gardiner, son of the Captain s nephew Thomas, who in the list 
 of claimants claims in the " right of his uncle, Capt. Joseph 
 Gardiner." 
 
 Capt. Joseph Gardiner and his men. 
 
 February 29 th 1675 & 6 
 
 
 
 "William Hathorne, Capt. 1 1 
 Samuel Gray 
 Peter Gary 
 Jeremiah Neall 
 Peter Cole 
 Joseph Price 
 Samuel Tarbox 
 Sam. Beadle 
 Benjamin Hooper 
 Rice Husband 
 Marke Stacy 
 William Hollis 
 John Clark 
 Thomas Weyinouth 
 William Hutchins 
 Christopher Read 
 William Bassett 
 Samuel Graves 
 John Farrington 
 William Driver 
 Andrew Townsend 
 Jonathan Looke 
 Charles Knight 
 John Prince 
 Andrew Sargeant 
 Edward Haradine 
 John Trask 
 Joseph Houlton 
 Isaac Welman 
 William Pritchett 
 John Maston 
 Benjamin Chadwell 
 Stephen Greenleaf 
 
 & 6 
 
 Amos Gurdon 
 
 02 14 10 
 
 s. d, 
 
 Peter Emons 
 
 02 14 10 
 
 11 09 08 
 
 William Webb 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 03 06 07 
 
 Robert Sibly 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 Andrew Ringe 
 
 05 08 00 
 
 04 18 00 
 
 Benjamin Langdon 
 
 03 00 00 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 James Briarly 
 
 04 01 00 
 
 01 13 00 
 
 Benjamin Webster 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 03 09 03 
 
 Freegrace Norton 
 
 03 12 00 
 
 04 01 00 
 
 Israel Thome 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 Ezekiel Woodward 
 
 02 04 00 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 John Wheeler 
 
 05 08 00 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 William Wainwright 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 02 18 00 
 
 John Boutell 
 
 00 18 00 
 
 01 14 00 
 
 Jonathan Clark 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 William Williams 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 02 07 00 
 
 Samuel Rust 
 
 04 01 00 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 Benjamin Sweet, Lieut. 
 
 03 00 00 
 
 05 04 04 
 
 Henry Dow 
 
 01 16 00 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 Silvester Hayes 
 
 03 03 00 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Thomas Tenney 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 Joseph Jewett 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 John Boynton 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 Peter Coomes 
 
 03 08 00 
 
 03 03 00 
 
 Jonathan Copp 
 
 01 04 00 
 
 03 15 08 
 
 John Mann 
 
 02 04 00 
 
 02 19 02 
 
 March 24 th 1675-6 
 
 02 19 02 
 
 John Vowden 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 02 17 08 
 
 Lawrence Majore 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 Thomas Flynt 
 
 02 16 00 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 Thomas Greene 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 John Read 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 Adam Gold 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 Zacheus Perkins 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 01 10 00 
 
 William Pabody 
 
 02 14 00 
 
166 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Joseph Gardiner, Capt. 
 
 05 
 
 03 
 
 00 
 
 Amos Gourdin 
 
 01 
 
 04 
 
 00 
 
 James Fry 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Daniel Johnson 
 
 03 
 
 10 
 
 00 
 
 Leonard Toser 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Jeremiah Neale, Lieut. 
 
 03 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 April 24 th 1676 
 
 
 
 
 August 24 th 1676 
 
 
 
 
 Thomas Keuny 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Edward Counter 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 John Stacy 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Ebenezer Barker 
 
 02 
 
 02 
 
 00 
 
 June 24 th 1676. 
 
 
 
 
 Thomas Rpssell 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Francis Jefford 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Joseph Jeffords 
 
 01 
 
 09 
 
 00 
 
 Samuel Phelpes 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Thomas Vely 
 
 02 
 
 05 
 
 00 
 
 John Presson 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Eleazer Linsey 
 
 01 
 
 16 
 
 00 
 
 Joseph Abbott 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Thomas Bell 
 
 04 
 
 05 
 
 08 
 
 Samuel Pickworth 
 
 00 
 
 11 
 
 06 
 
 Sept 23 d 1676 
 
 Abraham Snitchell 
 
 01 
 
 01 
 
 00 
 
 Mark Bachelor 
 
 00 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Michael Towsley 
 
 02 
 
 15 
 
 08 
 
 Robert Cocks 
 
 02 
 
 02 
 
 00 
 
 Thomas Kemball 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Moses Morgaine 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Thomas Blashfield 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 
 
 
 
 William Allen 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Credited under Capt. 
 
 Hathorne. 
 
 Edward Whittington 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Samuel Story 
 
 04 
 
 05 
 
 08 
 
 John Parker 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Peter Ashamaway 
 
 04 
 
 05 
 
 08 
 
 Philip Butler 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Jacob Knight 
 
 01 
 
 10 
 
 00 
 
 James Wall 
 
 04 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 William Wainwright 
 
 04 
 
 16 
 
 06 
 
 John Ballard 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Samuel Moulton 
 
 01 
 
 04 
 
 00 
 
 July 24, 1676 
 
 
 
 
 James Creeke 
 
 04 
 
 04 
 
 00 
 
 William Hathorne, Capt . 
 
 07 
 
 03 
 
 09 
 
 James Cox 
 
 04 
 
 05 
 
 00 
 
 A list of y e names of Capt. Gardiner s Souldiers for this p sent Expedition 
 
 Salem. 
 
 Serjeant Jeremiah Neall 
 Serjeant William bassett 
 Ser Samuel bradell 
 Corp. Samuell Pikworth 
 Chaiis Knight 
 John boden 
 William holess 
 Marck Stace 
 Samuell Gray 
 Larance Magery 
 John Polott 
 Philip butteler 
 Benimen Lemon 
 Edward Counter 
 Lenard Tossier 
 William Hind 
 Joseph Price 
 Th Flint 
 Pelter Prescote 
 Isack Read 
 Tho. Bufflngtog 
 John Stacey 
 Henery Rich 
 Tho. Greene 
 
 James Wall 
 
 Joseph Holton jun r 
 
 Tho. Reny 
 
 Joseph Dees wounded 
 
 Abraham Switchell 
 
 Samuell ffrail not apearing 
 
 ffrances Jefford 
 
 Clem. Rumeall 
 
 Adam Gold 
 
 Samuell Tarbox 
 
 Marblehead. 
 Petter Coll 
 Henry Codner 
 Auguster fferker 
 David Shapligh 
 Petter Gary 
 Robertt Cooks 
 Edward Severy 
 Ephraim Jones 
 Lenerd Belinger 
 Philip Brock 
 
 Thomas Weymouth ) These men 
 Thomas Weymouth > wanting of 
 Thomas Russell ) their Comp y 
 
CAPT. GARDINER S COMPANY. 
 
 167 
 
 Topsfield. 
 William Peabody 
 Zacheus Curtis 
 Zacheus Perkins 
 Robertt Andrews 
 Isek burton 
 
 Andover. 
 Nathan Stevens 
 James Fry 
 Eben barker 
 John Parker 
 Joseph Abett 
 John balard 
 John Lovejoy 
 Edward Whittingtou 
 Samuell Philips 
 John P r ston 
 
 Gloster. 
 John Prince 
 Andrew Serjant 
 Joseph Somes 
 Vinesont Davis 
 Moses duday 
 
 Beverly. 
 
 Christopher Brown 
 John Trask 
 Thomas Blashfield 
 
 Lott Cunant 
 Christopher Read 
 William fferyman 
 Moses Morgine 
 John Clark 
 William Allen 
 William bath 
 Richard Hussband 
 
 Lyn. 
 
 Nicholas Huchin 
 John Linsey 
 Robert driver 
 Daniell Huchin 
 John Davis 
 Samuell Graves 
 Andrew townsend 
 Thomas baker 
 Johnathan Looke 
 Iseck Welman 
 Isaack Hartt 
 John Farington 
 Samul Rods 
 Mark Bacheler 
 Richard Hutten 
 Thomas Kemball 
 Philip Welsh 
 John Hunkens 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 93. 
 
 4 men Slayne more 
 
 A Lyst of Capt Joseph Gardiner Company y were wounded and 
 Slayne of his Company, some y e 16 Dec r & Other 19 th dec 75 
 
 Joseph Rice of Salem 1 
 
 a ^ , TVI f o i f wch. 3 were slayne .... 
 
 Samuel Pikeworth of Salem > , -, ,. J 
 
 -n/rri T> * KM f -HIT- C abroad from y e garrison 
 
 M r ke Batchiler of Wenham ) J 
 
 Capt Joseph Gardiner of Salem 
 Abra. Switchell of Marblehead 
 Joseph Soames of Cape Anne 
 Robert Andrews of Topsfield 
 Charles Knight of Salem 
 Nicholas Huchins of Lynn 
 Thomas flint of Salem 
 Jn Harrington of Lynne 
 Robert Cocks of Marblehead 
 Eben Baker (Barker) of Andiver 
 Edw d Mardin of Cape Ann 
 Joseph Read of Beverly 
 Joseph Abett of Andiver 
 Joseph Holeton of Salem 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 104. 
 
 10 men wounded 
 
XL 
 CAPT. NATHANIEL DAVENPORT AND HIS MEN. 
 
 CAPT. NATHANIEL DAVENPORT was born in Salem, 
 Mass., and was the son of Richard Davenport and his wife 
 Elizabeth Hathorn. Richard came to Salem with Endicott 
 in 1628, from Weymouth in Dorsetshire, was admitted freeman 
 September 3, 1634, was ensign in the local militia same year, and 
 in 1637 served as lieutenant in the Pequod expedition, where he 
 was wounded. He was representative in 1637, and joined the 
 Artillery Company in 1639. Removed to Boston in 1642 and 
 was appointed captain of the Castle, which post he filled for 
 many years, and was there killed by lightning on July 15, 1665. 
 His children were Nathaniel ; Truecross, born 1634-5 ; Experi 
 ence, baptized August 27, 1637 ; John, baptized September 19, 
 1641, at Salem ; and at Boston he had Samuel, baptized June 
 28, 1656 ; Sarah, September 30, 1649 ; Elizabeth, September 13, 
 1652; William, born May 11, 1656. The widow died June 28, 
 1678. 
 
 Nathaniel spent his boyhood and youth at Salem and at the 
 Castle. He was evidently a man of enterprise and ability, and 
 for some time was concerned with several Boston men in an ex 
 tensive business between Boston and New York. He married 
 Elizabeth Thacher, daughter of Thomas. 
 
 From his early surroundings at the Castle he naturally ac 
 quired experience of military matters, and his business pursuits 
 gave him wide acquaintance with the affairs of the colonies in 
 their commercial relations. In the difficulties with the Dutch 
 at New York he was evidently a trusted agent of Massachusetts, 
 his residence for some time in New York giving him great 
 advantage. In volume II. " New York Colonial History " are 
 found letters passing between Edward Rawson, Secretary of 
 Massachusetts, and N. Bayard, Secretary of " New Netherlands," 
 showing that in 1673 Mr. Nathaniel Davenport and Mr. Arthur 
 Mason were sent by the Massachusetts Colony to demand the 
 restoration of some vessels which had been seized by the N. N. 
 government, and they threatened reprisal, etc., if the vessels 
 were not given up. In a later letter of Bayard to Rawson in 
 
DAVENPORT AT NABBAGANSET. 169 
 
 regard to this demand, he refers to Mr. Davenport as a " spy." 
 His experience and prominence would thus seem to mark him as 
 a leader in the war, but it is evident that his residence abroad 
 had precluded his holding military office in the colony, where 
 the choice was made by the people of each town, and was made 
 a matter of confirmation by the Court. Capt. Davenport had 
 returned to Boston in 1673, and at the time of the fitting out of 
 the Narraganset Expedition in December, 1675, was serving on 
 the jury at the Court of Assistants, whence he was summoned to 
 take command of the 5th Company in the Massachusetts Regi 
 ment. This company was made up chiefly of men from Cam 
 bridge and Watertown, to most of whom Captain Davenport was 
 a stranger ; but it is said that he, on the occasion of " taking pos 
 session of his company, made a very civil speech to them, and 
 also gave them free Liberty to choose their own Serjeants them 
 selves, which pleased them very well, and accordingly did so." 
 The company joined the rest of the forces at Dedham plain, and 
 marched to Narraganset with the army. In " Oliver s Narra 
 tive," one item concerning Capt. Davenport appears, mentioned 
 with characteristic brevity. " Dec. 17 th That Day we sold Capt. 
 Davenport forty-seven Indians young and old, for Eighty Pounds 
 in money." I have found nothing to solve the doubt as to 
 whether it was the enterprise of the merchant or the humanity 
 of the man that prompted the purchase. I find no mention of 
 such sale on the treasurer s books. On December 19th, at the 
 great Fort fight, Mr. Hubbard relates that " Capt. Mosely and 
 Capt. Davenport led the van." 
 
 The death of Capt. Davenport is thus related in the " Old 
 Indian Chronicle" above mentioned, p. 181: 
 
 Before our men came up to take possession of the Fort, the Indians 
 had shot three Bullets through Capt. Davenport, whereupon he bled ex- 
 treamly, and immediately called for his Lieutenant, Mr. Edward Ting, 
 and committed the charge of the Company to him, and desired him to 
 take care of his Gun, and deliver it according to Order and immediately 
 died in his Place. . . . And it is very probable the Indians 
 might think Capt Davenport was the General because he had a very 
 good Buff Suit on at that Time and therefore might shoot at him. 
 
 Capt. Davenport left no children, and his nephew, Addington 
 Davenport, inherited his Narraganset claim. 
 
 Lieutenant Edward Ting (or Tyng) commanded the company 
 during the rest of this campaign, and many of the credits are 
 given under him as Captain. He was the son of Capt. Edward 
 Tyng of Boston, and was born March 26th, 1649. He removed to 
 Falmouth in 1680, and soon after married Elizabeth, daughter of 
 Thaddeus Clark and great-granddaughter of George Cleeves. He 
 was in command of Fort Loyal 1680 and 1681 ; was a counsellor 
 and magistrate for Maine under President Danforth, and in 1686 
 
170 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 was appointed by the King one of the council of his brother-in- 
 law Joseph Dudley, and afterward under Andros, who made him 
 lieutenant-colonel and placed him in command in the province of 
 Sagadahoc in 1688 and 1689, and after the reduction of Nova 
 Scotia was appointed governor of Annapolis, but on his way to 
 that place his vessel was captured by the French, and he was 
 taken to France, where he died. He was a man of great energy 
 and ability, and was a large land-owner in Maine ; but as he 
 favored and served the Andros party, became very unpopular with 
 the people. 
 
 Credited under Capt. Nath 1 Davenport & Capt. Ting, February 29 th 
 1675-6 
 
 Nathaniel Sanger 02 14 00 
 
 Timothy Rice 02 14 00 
 
 Thomas Hall 02 14 00 
 
 James Smith 02 14 00 
 
 John Cutler 02 14 00 
 
 Jacob Bullard 02 14 00 
 
 Caleb Simons 02 02 00 
 
 Matthew Gibbs 02 14 00 
 
 William Peirce 02 14 00 
 
 June 24 th 1676 
 
 John Baldwin 00 10 03 
 
 Joshuah Woods 02 14 00 
 
 Nathaniel Damport Capt.05 07 00 
 
 Daniel Woodward 02 14 00 
 
 Theoder Atkins 00 15 00 
 
 James Haughton 00 19 08 
 
 Edward Ting Capt. 11 13 06 
 
 Abraham Temple 02 02 00 
 
 Gershom Cutler (Cutter) 02 14 00 
 
 David Batchelor 01 18 06 
 
 Thomas [Nicho]ls 02 14 00 
 
 Ambros Mackfassett 02 14 00 
 
 Stephen Farr 02 14 00 
 
 Jonathan Remington 10 18 08 
 
 Samuel Lamson 03 07 00 
 
 Peter Bateman 02 08 00 
 
 John Shelden 04 13 00 
 
 Samuel Dvmon 02 14 00 
 
 Moses Whitny 02 14 00 
 
 John Taylor 02 14 00 
 
 Jonathan Smith 02 14 00 
 
 John Wood 02 14 00 
 
 Joseph Smith 02 14 00 
 
 Zachariah Snow 02 02 00 
 
 Daniel Wan-in 03 03 00 
 
 Isaac Emsden " als Alms- 
 
 Isaac Lerned 01 15 02 
 
 den " 03 06 06 
 
 Thomas Parker 00 18 00 
 
 William Gleson 02 14 00 
 
 John Polly 02 14 00 
 
 Samuel How 02 12 02 
 
 William Roberts 02 14 00 
 
 Thomas Brown 02 02 00 
 
 John Baker 00 10 03 
 
 John Salter 02 14 00 
 
 Joshua Bigalo 02 14 00 
 
 Jacob Amsden 02 14 00 
 
 March 24 th 1675-6 
 
 Jeremiah Toy 02 14 00 
 
 Joseph Buss 03 03 00 
 
 George Hay ward 00 12 00 
 
 John Wheeler 02 14 00 
 
 Dennis Hedly 02 14 00 
 
 Nathaniel Healy 02 02 00 
 
 July 24 th 1676 
 
 George Herington 02 14 00 
 
 Joseph Wheeler 02 09 00 
 
 William Wade 02 14 00 
 
 John Baker 05 05 00 
 
 Thomas Rutter 02 14 00 
 
 John Parker 02 14 00 
 
 John Haws 00 18 00 
 
 James Mathewes 01 09 00 
 
 Samuel Swan 03 00 00 
 
 August 24 th 1676 
 
 John Drury D 04 05 10 
 
 John Priest 03 10 00 
 
 William Price 02 14 00 
 
 Nicholas Lunn 02 12 00 
 
 April 24th 1676 
 
 Jonathan Lawrence 02 14 00 
 
 John White 02 14 00 
 
 
CAPT. DAVENPORT S SOLDIERS. 
 
 171 
 
 The following is preserved in the Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 
 104: 
 
 4 men Slayne 
 
 11 men wounded 
 
 The List of those y* were slayne & wounded of Cap Nath 1 Daven 
 port 
 
 Capt. Nath: Davenport 
 Sarg Theod r Atkinson 
 1 George Howard of Concord 
 Jn Hagar of Watertown 
 1 Sam. Swayn of Cambridge 
 Sam. Read of Cambridge 
 Sam. Stocker of Meadford 
 Nath Healy of Watertowne 
 Isaac Learned of Watertowne 
 Tho. Browne of Concord 
 Abra: Temple of Concord 
 David Batchelor of Redding 
 Caleb Symon 8 of Ooburne 
 John Backer of Wooborne 
 Zachary Snow of Wooborn 
 
 The following lists of men impressed in several towns where 
 Capt. Davenport s company was raised will serve to identify 
 many of the names. Of course, many of those impressed were 
 either excused for disability or escaped from the service in some 
 other manner. See Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 100, and for 
 separate lists, pp. 67-100. The returns were dated from Nov. 25 
 to Dec. 3, 1675. 
 
 From Cambridge. 
 Corp 11 Jonathan Remington 
 James Hubbart 
 Edward Win ship juni or 
 Isaack Emsden 
 Nathaniel Patten 
 William Glesson 
 John Withe 
 Jacob Emsden 
 Jonathan Laurenc 
 John Emsden 
 John Salter 
 Samuel Swan 
 Daniel Woodward 
 Samuel Read 
 Gershom Cutter 15 
 
 From Watertown. 
 Daniell Warrin, S r 
 John Bigulah, S r 
 Nathaniell Hely 
 Joseph Tayntor J r 
 John Whettney S r 
 
 George Herrington 
 James Cutting. 
 William Hagar Jr 
 John Parkhurst 
 Michaell Flegg 
 Jacob Bullard 
 Isaack Learned 
 Joseph Waight 
 George Dill 
 Jonathan Smith 
 Willyam Price Jr 
 Nathaniell Sangar 
 Moses Whettny 
 Enoch Sawtell 
 John Bright 
 John Hastings 
 John Bacon 
 John Chadwick 
 John Wiudam 
 Ben Douse 
 Nath Barsham 
 John Barnard 
 
 1 la the credits these appear as Hay ward and Swan. 
 
172 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Ephraim Gearffield 
 Joseph Smith 29 
 
 From W oburri. 
 John Carter 
 William Johnson 
 James Convars 
 John Cutler 
 William Peirce 
 John Baker 
 Zachariah Snow 
 John Polly 
 John Preist 
 John Berbeane 
 John Shilden 
 Thomas Hale 
 John Bolen 
 Caleb Simons 
 Peter Bateman 
 Jerimiah Hood 16 
 
 From Sudbury. 
 William Wade. 
 Samuell Bush 
 John White Jun r 
 Tho. Rutter 
 Peter Hopes Jr 
 James Smith 
 Dennis Hedley 
 Matthew Gibbs Ju r 
 Daniel Herrington 9 
 
 From Cambridge Village. 
 Samuell Hides Jr 
 Peter Henchet 
 Joshua Woods 
 Jonathan Bush 4 
 
 From Reading. 
 Samuel Lamson 
 David Bachelder 
 James Carr 
 Samuel Daman 
 Seabred Taylor 
 Thomas Nichols 
 William Robards 
 Nicholas Lunn 8 
 
 From Meadford. 
 James Stokes 
 Jeremiah Toy 2 
 
 From Concord. 
 Joseph Busse 
 Abraham Temple 
 Samuel How 
 John Wood 
 Joseph Wheeler 
 Thomas Browne 
 John Wheeler 
 Timothy Rice 
 George Hayward 
 Stephen Farre 
 John Taylor 11 
 
 Capt. Davenport s company numbered seventy-five men. Sub 
 stitutes often appear instead of those impressed. Fifty-seven 
 in the above list, and three besides among the wounded and 
 killed, are thus accounted for. Some of the rest received credit 
 in a later Ledger. 
 
XII. 
 CAPT. JAMES OLIVER AND HIS MEN. 
 
 JAMES OLIVER was the son of Thomas and Ann, who came 
 from England in the ship " William and Francis " (by another 
 account the Lion) 9 March, 1632, with their family of six 
 sons and two daughters. Bristol, Somersetshire, is said to have 
 been the old home of the family. They settled in Boston, where 
 the father became ruling elder and of wide influence in the affairs 
 of the new town. He died June 1, 1658, aged ninety years, 
 according to John Hull s Diary, leaving sons who held places of 
 honor and trust in the colony, and whose posterity, in successive 
 generations to the present, have held the name honorably. 
 
 James was admitted freeman 12 October, 1640. Was of the 
 Artillery Company, and chosen Ensign 1651, Lieutenant 1653, 
 Captain 1656 and again 1666. Was chosen selectman of the 
 town in 1653 and served several years ; was also an inspector of 
 the port and a merchant of eminence. He was of the First Mili 
 tary Company of Boston, and was elected Captain probably in 
 1673. He was appointed to command a Boston company in the 
 Narraganset campaign. His appointment was dated November 
 17, 1675, and men to fill this company were impressed from the 
 several town companies, including his own, as is seen by the 
 second list below. Taking command of his company, he joined 
 the army at Dedham Plain and took part in the subsequent 
 movements of the campaign, being one of the few fortunate 
 officers who passed through the great Swamp Fight unscathed, 
 and remained in command of his company until the return and 
 dismissal at Boston February 5th, 1675-6. 
 
 While the army was at Narraganset, at the Garrison House of 
 Mr. Richard Smith (their rendezvous after the great fight, now 
 embraced in the town of Wickford, R.I.), Capt. Oliver wrote 
 the following account 1 of the campaign, the original of which 
 
 1 The letter, as here given, is taken from the foot-notes of Gov. Hutchinson s History of Massa 
 chusetts, vol. i. p. 300, of first and second editions, and 272 of the third edition. Mr. Hutchinson 
 said there was no signature, and attributes it to Major Bradford, but a simple comparison with 
 Hubbard s Munt shows the author to have been Capt. Oliver, and this conclusion is rendered 
 certain by M?; Drake (" Book of the Indians," p. 219, foot-note), who had seen the original, 
 signed James Oliver, and found this, which appears in Mr. Hutchinson s notes "correct in the 
 main particulars," when compared with the original. He thought Mr. Hutchinson used a copy 
 without signature, as must have been the case; and I would suggest that copy was made by Mr. 
 Hubbard for his own use in compiling his history, and was found among his papers which Mr. 
 Hutchinsou used extensively in his work. It is to be regretted that Mr. Drake did not speak 
 more definitely about the original, or better still, publish It in some one of his many works. Mr. 
 Drake refers to it as " Capt. Oliver s Narrative." Is the original now in existence? 
 
174 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 I have failed to find trace of, after diligent search and in 
 quiry. 
 
 The letter, as published by Gov. Hutchinson, is as follows : 
 
 Narraganset 26 th 11 th month 1675 
 
 After a tedious march in a bitter cold night that followed Dec. 1 2 th , 
 we hoped our pilot would have led us to Pomham by break of day, but 
 so it came to pass we were misled and so missed a good opportunity. 
 Dec. 13 th , we came to Mr. Smith s, and that day took 35 prisoners. 
 Dec. 14 th , our General went out with horse and foot, I with my com 
 pany was left to keep garrison. I sent out 30 of my men to scout 
 abroad, who killed two Indians and brought in 4 prisoners, one of 
 which was beheaded. Our Army came home at night, killed 7 and 
 brought in 9 more, young and old. Dec. 15 th , came in John, a rogue, 
 with pretence of peace, and was dismissed with this errand, that we 
 might speak with Sachems. That evening, he not being gone a quarter 
 of an hour, his company that lay hid behind a hill killed two Salem 
 men within a mile of our quarters, and wounded a third that he is dead. 
 And at a house three miles off where I had 10 men, they killed 2 of 
 them. Instantly, Capt Mosely, myself and Capt Gardner were sent to 
 letch in Major Appleton s company that kept 3 miles and an half off, 
 and coming, they lay behind a stone wall and fired on us in sight of 
 the garrison. We killed the captain that killed one of the Salem men, 
 and had his cap on. That night they burned Jerry Bull s house, and 
 killed 17. Dec. 16 th came that news. Dec. 17 th came news that Con 
 necticut forces were at Petaquamscot, and had killed 4 Indians and 
 took 6 prisoners. That day we sold Capt. Davenport 47 Indians, young 
 and old for 801. in money. Dec. 18 th we marched to Petaquamscot with 
 all our forces, only a garrison left ; that night was very stormy ; we 
 lay, one thousand, in the open field that long night. In the morning, 
 Dec. 19 th , Lord s day, at 5 o clock we marched. Between 12 and 1 
 we came up with the enemy, and had a sore fight three hours. We 
 lost, that are now dead, about 68, and had 150 wounded, many of 
 which are recovered. That long snowy cold night we had about 18 
 miles to our quarters, with about 210 dead and wounded. We left 8 dead 
 in the fort. We had but 12 dead when we came from the swamp, besides 
 the 8 we left. Many died by the way, and as soon as they were 
 brought in, so that Dec. 20 th we buried in a grave 34, next day 4, next day 
 2, and none since here. Eight died at Rhode Island, 1 at Petaquam 
 scot, 2 lost in the woods and killed, Dec. 20, as we heard since ; some 
 say two more died. By the best intelligence, we killed 300 fighting 
 men ; prisoners we took, say 350, and above 300 women and children. 
 We burnt above 500 houses, left but 9, burnt all their corn, that was 
 in baskets, great store. One signal mercy that night, not to be for 
 gotten, viz. that when we drew off, with so many dead and wounded, 
 they did not pursue us, which the young men would have done, but the 
 sachems would not consent; they had but 10 pounds of powder left. 
 Our General, with about 40, lost our way, and wandered till 7 o clock 
 in the morning, before we came to our quarters. We thought we were 
 within 2 miles of the enemy again, but God kept us ; to him be the 
 glory. We have killed now and then 1 since, and burnt 200 wigwams 
 
CAPT. OLIVER S LETTER. 175 
 
 more ; we killed 9 last Tuesday. We fetch in their corn daily and that 
 undoes them. This is, as nearly as I can, a true relation. I read the 
 narrative to my officers in my tent, who all assent to the truth of it. 
 Monhegins and Pequods proved very false, fired into the air, and sent 
 word before they came they would so, but got much plunder, guns and 
 kettles. A great part of what is written was attested by Joshua Teffe, 
 who married an Indian woman, a Wampanoag. He shot 20 times at 
 us in the swamp, was taken at Providence Jan y 14, brought to us the 
 16 th , executed the 18 th . A sad wretch, he never heard a sermon but 
 once these 14 years. His father, going to recall him lost his head and 
 lies unburied. 
 
 This letter shows something of the well-known sympathy of 
 Capt. Oliver with the popular party which at that time so bitterly 
 opposed all concessions towards the Indians, and denounced even 
 their most trusted magistrates and ministers, like Major Gookin 
 and Rev. John Eliot, who sought to protect the friendly or 
 " Christian " Indians from persecution. On one occasion many 
 of these had been seized and imprisoned (by Capt. Mosely, as 
 has been related) at Boston, awaiting trial. On Sept. 10th, at 
 9 o clock at night, a mob collected, and presuming upon Capt. 
 Oliver s sympathy, went to his house and proposed that he should 
 lead them and take one of the Indians out of the prison and hang 
 him; but the Captain, boiling with rage at this insult to him 
 self, "cudgelled them stoutly" with his cane from his house. 
 Capt. Oliver married, between 1641 and 1655, Mary, widow of 
 John Frend and daughter of Thomas Dexter, who died before 
 he did, and left no issue to him ; at his death in 1682, two of 
 his nephews, John and Nathaniel Oliver, administered upon 
 his estate, and his nephew, Daniel Oliver, Esq., inherited his 
 Narraganset claim. 
 
 In a petition to the Court, May 19, 1680, he states that he has 
 served town and country many years, at home and abroad, and 
 hath spent therein the prime of his strength and estate, 
 and later much of what was left to him was consumed by fire, 
 and now being aged and infirm in body, prays to be dismissed from 
 further service as captain of the town company, and also that 
 the Court, in view of his decay, grant to him " the Island whereon 
 the Indian Wianenset lately dwelt lying neer Dunstable," etc. 
 
 In answer to this the Deputies passed a vote : " Considering 
 the petitioner s present Incapacity of getting a livelyhud by Reson 
 of his Lameness," etc., and " y he dweling with his kinsman 
 Nathaniel Barns, Doe for the Relife of y petitioner, give 
 and grant unto s d Barns, his heires and Assignes forever, a 
 small Island of upland Containing about twenty acres (more or 
 less) w ch lyeth in Merimak River near to Mr Jonathan Tings 
 farme, w ch Island hath been Commonly Caled & knowne by y 
 name of Tinker s Island," etc. Mass Archives, vol. 45, p. 174. 
 See also vol. 70, p. 47. 
 
176 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 The magistrates did not concur in the grant while consenting 
 to the dismissal, but appointed a committee, Capt. Samuel Adams 
 of Chelmsford and Lieut. William Johnson of Woburn, to see if 
 the Island was included in any former grant. I have not found 
 their report, but Barnes was granted, " Oct. 1681 two hundred 
 acres of land where it is to be found not prejudiciall to any new 
 plantation." See Colonial Records, vol. v, pp. 278-9 and 331. 
 
 The following are in Hull s Journal : 
 
 Credited under Capt. James Oliver : 
 
 February 29 th 
 
 1675 
 
 
 Richard Baruam 
 
 00 
 
 12 
 
 04 
 
 Ezekiel Gilman 
 
 03 
 
 03 
 
 00 
 
 Joseph Bemish 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Alexander Boyle 
 
 03 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 John Harwood 
 
 00 
 
 18 
 
 00 
 
 Richard Cowell 
 
 03 
 
 03 
 
 00 
 
 Aaron Steevens 
 
 02 
 
 15 
 
 06 
 
 Daniel East 
 
 03 
 
 03 
 
 00 
 
 Thomas Stanes 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Thomas Hunt 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 April 24, 
 
 1676. 
 
 
 
 David Landon 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 William Backaway 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 James Couch 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 James Harrington 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 John Cann 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 William Dinsdell 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Samuel Measy 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Gamaliel Rogers 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Richard Read 
 
 02 
 
 19 
 
 00 
 
 James Harris 
 
 02 
 
 10 
 
 06 
 
 Jeffery Jefferies 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Henry Critchett 
 
 04 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 Patrick Moroone 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Roger Brown 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Thomas Warren 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 William Madrill 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 William Baker 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Mark Round 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Rowland Boulter 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 John Crooke 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 John Kendall 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 June 24, 
 
 1676. 
 
 
 
 Josiah Belcher 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Daniel Clough 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Robert Emans 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 John Verin 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Alexander McKenney 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Ephraim Turner Lieut. 07 
 
 01 
 
 06 
 
 Samuel Jenkins 
 
 00 
 
 18 
 
 00 
 
 Benjamin Pickering 
 
 \ 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Thomas Hansett 
 
 03 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 Henry Kerby 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 John Casey 
 
 03 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 Gilbert Foresight 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 John King 
 
 03 
 
 03 
 
 00 
 
 James Knott 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 James Lindall 
 
 03 
 
 03 
 
 00 
 
 Joseph Barber 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Samuel Lane 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 John Wilkins 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 March 24 th 1675-6 
 
 July 24 th 
 
 1676 
 
 
 
 Thomas Bingly 
 
 04 
 
 01 
 
 00 
 
 William Kemball 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Thomas Brown 
 
 00 
 
 06 
 
 10 
 
 Roger Prosser 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Thomas Burch 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 August 24 
 
 , 1676 
 
 
 
 Richard Drue 
 
 03 
 
 13 
 
 
 
 Richard House 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Joseph Knight 
 
 04 
 
 01 
 
 00 
 
 Sept. 23 d 
 
 1676 
 
 
 
 Alexander Forbs 
 
 00 
 
 12 
 
 00 
 
 Ralph Powell 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Henry Timber-lake 
 
 03 
 
 12 
 
 00 
 
 Archabald Forrest 
 
 02 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 The following list, which contains the names of those impressed 
 out of the various Boston companies for this service, under Cap 
 tain Oliver, will be found different in several respects from the 
 credit list above. In the credits but sixty-one names appear, 
 while among the slain and wounded are four more, making, with 
 
CAPT. OLIVER S SOLDIERS. 
 
 177 
 
 the Captain, sixty-six. In the second list there are seventy-nine 
 in all and thirty-one not credited in Hull. Many of these latter 
 are doubtless boys and substitutes, as appears in the list of slain 
 and wounded, where so many are "Servants" (i.e.) apprentices 
 probably. 
 
 There are fourteen names in Hull s list not found in the 
 second. In the official muster at Dedham Plain Capt. Oliver s 
 company numbers eighty-three. The discrepancy would doubt 
 less be explained had we the later journal of Mr. Hull s 
 accounts. 
 
 The Boston companies are designated by the names of their 
 captains, and the numbers accompanying each denote the number 
 of men from each. 
 
 A List of the Souldiers und r Command of Capt. James Olliver. 
 
 Imprimis 
 
 Capt. Ollivers, 17 
 Capt. James Olliver 
 Lieut. Turner 
 Tho. Bingley 
 Serg Benuitt 
 Serg Ingram 
 Serg 1 Timberleys 
 Serg Meares 
 Charles Lidgett 
 James Butler 
 James Coutch 
 Mr Symon Lynds 
 W m Midleton 
 Rich: Crispe 
 Will: Douglis 
 Natt: Ellkin 
 Rich: Burford 
 James Lendall 
 
 Major Savidge, 7 
 Will" 1 Elliott 
 Jn Brigs 
 Jo: Knight 
 Sam 11 Laine 
 Patraick Moraine 
 Gilbert fforesyth 
 Jn Kendall 
 
 Major Clark, 12 
 Will: Blackwell 
 Splande Decroe 
 
 Mass. Archives, 
 
 Tho: Burch 
 Henry Timberley 
 Henry Kerbee 
 Joseph Wakfeild 
 Will" 1 Kemble 
 Will" 1 Backua 
 Rich: Travis 
 Peter Ingsbee 
 Will: Drue 
 Jn Allen 
 
 Cap 1 Hudson, 9 
 Gamaliell Rodgers 
 Tho: Brown 
 Dan 11 East 
 Roger Procer 
 Jn ffeilder 
 James Thomas 
 David Landon 
 Will" 1 Dinsdell 
 Jn Wilkins 
 
 Cpt. Richards, 10 
 Ezekiell Gillman 
 Jn Cann 
 Dan 11 Cluff 
 Eliezar Gilbert 
 Hugh Prize 
 Will: Madareell 
 Henry Crittchitt 
 Marke Rounds 
 Jo n Bevis 
 vol. 68, p. 95. 
 
 Will" 1 Dolliver 
 
 C. Hinchman, 6 
 James Whippo 
 Sam" Jenkins 
 Tho: Staiues 
 Jn Verin 
 Rob Emins 
 Ralph Powell 
 
 Cp l Clark, 8 
 Rowland Bowlter 
 Tho. Hunt 
 Jefery Jeffers 
 Aron Stevens 
 Houell Davis 
 James Harrington 
 Rich: Drue 
 Rich: Cowell 
 
 Cp f Hull, 10 
 James Harris 
 Allexander Bogell 
 W m Baker 
 Archibell fforest 
 Josiah Bellcher 
 Dan" Harris 
 Henry Lizonby 
 J n Hudson 
 Jn" Case 
 Jn Cleares 
 
178 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 A List of y e Slayne & wounded in Capt Olliver s. 19 th of December, 1675 
 
 Thomas Broune for Paul Bat of Boston 
 Alexander fforbes 
 
 Splende Decree Serv 1 to Dani, ^ 5 men Slayne. 
 
 James Thomas 
 
 Hen: Hall, for Mr Ligett, lost 
 
 Sarg 1 Peter Bennet 
 Sarg Timberley 
 
 James Lendall 7 men 
 
 W m Kemble Serv 1 to Jn Cleere wounded and 
 
 Ezekiel Oilman are at 
 
 Marke Rounds Serv 1 to Hen: Kemble Road Hand. 
 
 Alexander Bogell 
 
 John Casey Servant to Tho: Gardiner, Muddy River. 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 68, pp. 103-4 
 
 Besides these, many more were disabled from active service, 
 from the cold and exposure. 
 
 EPHRAIM TURNER, Capt. Oliver s lieutenant in this ex 
 pedition, was the son of Robert Turner, who came to Boston, 
 September 4, 1633, in the ship Griffin, with Rev. John Cotton. 
 Robert is styled "Vintner" in the deed of April 1, 1652, from 
 Richard Fairbanks, conveying the estate upon which, he rebuilt 
 or enlarged the house where he established the famous hostlery 
 known as the " Blue Anchor Tavern " for more than fifty years. 
 The " Boston Daily Globe," April 2, 1885, whose building now 
 occupies the site of the ancient hostlery, published a very interest 
 ing account, by William R. Bagnell, of the successive buildings 
 and residents that have occupied the premises. Among the 
 occupants was Gen. Henry Knox. Of this Robert, the vintner and 
 innholder, and his wife Penelope, Ephraim, the eldest son, was 
 born December 13, 1639; of the Artillery Company 1663, freeman 
 1666, Ensign in Capt. Oliver s company at home from 1675 to 
 1680, when he was relieved of the office at his request. He 
 married Sarah Phillips, daughter of Major William, of Charles- 
 town, Boston and Saco, and through her came into possession of 
 large tracts of land in what is now Saridford, Alfred and Water- 
 boro . The children of Ephraim and Sarah, born in Boston, were 
 Derlow, born Dec. 3, 1663 ; Robert, born June 17, 1665 ; Sarah, 
 born March 24, 1666-7 ; Abigail, born June 8, 1669 ; Ephraim, 
 born Nov. 23, 1670 ; Elizabeth, born August 19, 1672 ; Deliver 
 ance, born August 1, 1673. 
 
 Mr. T. Larkin Turner, of North Weymouth, who has 
 thoroughly investigated the various branches of the Turner 
 family, and has kindly assisted in the above sketch, informs me 
 that he has found nothing relative to Ephraim Turner subsequent 
 to 1680-1, and thinks he must have removed from town. 
 
XIII. 
 
 THE NARRAGANSET CAMPAIGN TO THE CLOSE OF 
 THE "SWAMP FORT" BATTLE. 
 
 PREPARATIONS AND MARCH AGAINST THE NARRAGANSETS. 
 
 AFTER their somewhat disastrous campaign of the autumn 
 of 1675 in the western parts of the colony of Massachusetts, 
 the United Colonies, upon information that the hostile 
 Indians with Philip were retiring towards the south and to winter 
 quarters amongst the Narragansets, determined to carry the war 
 against this powerful tribe, who for some time had shown them 
 selves actively hostile. The veteran troops were recalled and 
 reorganized; small towns in various parts of the colonies were 
 garrisoned, and an army of one thousand men was equipped 
 for a winter campaign. General Josiah Winslow, Governor of 
 Plymouth Colony, was appointed commander-in-chief of this 
 Army ; Major Samuel Appleton to command the Massachusetts 
 Regiment, Major William Bradford that of Plymouth, and Major 
 Robert Treat that of Connecticut. War was formally declared 
 against the Narragansets on November 2d, 1675, in the meeting 
 of the Commissioners of the United Colonies held at Boston. 
 
 General Winslow, upon his appointment to the command of 
 the army in this expedition, went to Boston for consultation with 
 Gov. Leverett and the Council. Thence on Thursday, December 
 the 9th, he rode to Dedham, having Benjamin Church as aid, and 
 probably the gentlemen who constituted the Massachusetts part 
 of his staff or " guard," consisting of the ministers, among whom 
 was Mr. Joseph Dudley, and the surgeons, of whom the chief 
 was Daniel Weld, of Salem. I presume other general officers and 
 aids went along with him, of whom we find no mention. Com 
 missary John Morse was probably of this number. The General 
 assumed command of the Massachusetts forces drawn up on 
 Dedham Plain, and formally delivered to him by Major General 
 Denison of Massachusetts, on Thursday, December 9th. This 
 force consisted of six companies of foot, numbering four hundred 
 and sixty-five, besides Captain Prentice s troop of seventy-five. 
 The full quota of Massachusetts was five hundred and twenty-seven 
 soldiers, but there were doubtless many others along as servants 
 
180 KING PHILIP S WAK. 
 
 to the officers, scouts, and teamsters. To the soldiers a proclama 
 tion was made at this time, on the part of the Massachusetts 
 Council, " that if they played the man, took the Fort, & Drove 
 the Enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their 
 great Seat, that they should have a gratuity in land besides their 
 wages." On the same afternoon they marched twenty-seven 
 miles to Woodcock s Garrison, now Attleboro . In the evening 
 of Friday, December 10th, they arrived at Seekonk, where vessels 
 with supplies were in waiting. And here also Major Richard 
 Smith was waiting their arrival with his vessel, and took on 
 board Capt. Mosely and his company, to sail direct to his garrison- 
 house at Wickford. Some others, it is likely, went with them to 
 arrange for quartering the troops, and Benjamin Church was sent 
 to make ready for the General s coming. The rest of the forces 
 " ferried over the water to Providence," and probably formed a 
 junction with the main part of the Plymouth regiment at 
 Providence, on Saturday, December llth. From Mr. Dudley s 
 letter of the 15th, it will be seen that an account had been sent 
 the Council of their movements to the time of arriving at Pau- 
 tuxet. This letter is now lost from the files. In the evening 
 of Sunday, December 12th, the whole body advanced " from 
 Mr. Carpenter s," crossed the Pautuxet River and marched a 
 long way into " Pomham s Country," now Warwick, R.I. ; but 
 from the unskilfulness of their Warwick scouts (probably Eng 
 lishmen, for if they had been Indians their failure would have 
 been deemed treachery), their purpose of capturing Pomham 
 and his people was defeated, and after a whole night spent 
 in weary marching about, they arrived at Mr. Smith s garrison- 
 house at Wickford on the 13th, and found their vessels from 
 Seekonk already arrived. Capt. Mosely s company that day 
 captured thirty-six Indians, including Indian Peter, who proved 
 afterwards such an indispensable guide. 
 
 There were many doubtless at Smith s garrison, employed by 
 him and gathered thither for security. Church speaks of finding 
 " the Eldridges and some other brisk hands," and going out and 
 taking eighteen Indians, and finding the General arrived on his 
 return to the garrison next morning before sunrise. This would 
 seem from his story to have been on the morning of the 12th ; 
 but the other accounts and his own reference to the General s 
 arrival settle the day as the 13th and the time as before daybreak. 
 This exploit of Mr. Church seems to have been unknown to 
 Messrs. Dudley, Oliver and other contemporary writers. On 
 Monday, 13th, no movement was made, but on the 14th the Gen 
 eral moved his whole force, except Capt. Oliver s company, which 
 kept garrison, out through the country to the westward, and 
 burned the town of the Sachem " Ahmus," of whom I can find 
 no mention except this of Mr. Dudley s, and the " Quarters " of 
 Quaiapen, Magnus, or Matantuck, as her Indian name was under- 
 
THE ARMY AT NARKAGANSET. 181 
 
 stood by the English, " Old Queen " or " Sunke Squaw," as she 
 was called by them. She was the widow of Mriksah, or Makanno, 
 son of Canonicus. Her dominions were in the present towns of 
 South and North Kingston and Exeter, and near the line between 
 the latter, upon a high rocky hill, is still to be found the remains of 
 an old Indian fort, known from earliest times as the " Queen s 
 Fort," and probably near the place where her deserted " Quarters " 
 were raided. The army that day destroyed one hundred and fifty 
 wigwams, killed seven and captured nine Indians. In the mean 
 time Capt. Oliver had sent out " five files," i.e. thirty of his men, 
 under Sergeant (Peter) Bennet, who, scouting abroad, killed two 
 Indians, a man and woman, and captured four more. 
 
 Mr. Dudley, writing on the next day, Wednesday, December 
 15th, states that up to that time they had captured or killed, in all, 
 fifty persons, and their prisoners in hand were forty. Capt. Oliver s 
 account makes the number fifty-seven " young and old." Adding 
 Mr. Church s eighteen, and we swell the number to seventy-five. 
 From a careful survey of the matter in all its relations, I am 
 inclined to think that Church was acting in conjunction with, 
 and under the command of Capt. Mosely, to whom the official re 
 turns accredit the capture of the whole body, eighteen of whom 
 Church claims to have been his own captives. 
 
 Wednesday, December 15th, the army seems to have been held 
 in parley most of the day by the pretended negotiations of 
 " Stone-wall," or " Stone-layer," John, an Indian who had lived 
 much with the English, and had learned the trade of stone-mason, 
 but was now hostile, and very serviceable to the Indians in many 
 ways. Whether he was treacherous or not, the Indians were 
 gathering and skulking about the English quarters while he was 
 negotiating, and when he was safely away they began to pick off 
 our men wherever they found opportunity, and later lay in ambush 
 behind a stone wall and fired upon several companies of the 
 English sent out to bring in Major Appleton s company, quartered 
 some miles away. They were quickly repulsed with the loss of 
 one of their leaders, and seem to have gone towards the general 
 rendezvous at the great fort, and on the way they assaulted and 
 burned the garrison of Jireh, or " Jerry " Bull at Pettisquamscot 
 (Tower Hill, S. Kingston, R.IO, killing fifteen of those at the 
 garrison, two only escaping. 
 
 Thursday, December 16th, Capt. Prentice with his troop rode 
 out, probably following the trail to Pettisquamscot, where he 
 found the garrison-house in ruins. This is said to have been a 
 very strong stone house, easily defended by a small number, and 
 its destruction, of which there is no detailed account, must have 
 been accomplished by either surprise or treachery. The news 
 had a very depressing effect upon the army, who had hoped that 
 the Connecticut forces had already arrived there. 
 
 Friday, December 17th, came the news of the arrival of the 
 
182 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Connecticut regiment at Pettisquamscot. Our army seems to 
 have been disposing of the captives and preparing for the march. 
 Forty-seven of the captives were sold to Capt. Davenport on 
 this day, Saturday, Dec. 18th. The General, leaving a small 
 garrison at Wickford, pushed his army forward to Pettisquamscot, 
 and about 5 P.M. joined the Connecticut troops consisting of 
 about three hundred English and one hundred and fifty Mohegan 
 Indians. In a severe snow-storm, the whole force, about one 
 thousand men, encamped in the open field through that bitter cold 
 night. Sunday, Dec. 19th, before daybreak (Capt. Oliver says, 
 " at five o clock "), the whole force inarched away towards the 
 enemy s great rendezvous. 
 
 The following, gleaned from all available sources, may be of 
 interest at this point : 
 
 EOSTER OF THE OFFICERS OF THE ARMY OF THE 
 UNITED COLONIES, 
 
 AS ORGANIZED FOR THE NARRAGANSET CAMPAIGN, AND MUSTERED AT 
 PETTISQUAMSCOT, DECEMBER 19, 1675. 
 
 General Josiah "Winslow, Governor of Plymouth Colony, 
 Commander-in-chief. 
 
 General Staff. 
 
 Daniel Weld, of Salem, Chief Surgeon. 
 Joseph Dudley, of Boston, Chaplain. 
 Benjamin Church, of Little Compton, R.I., Aid. 
 
 MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT. 
 
 Samuel Appleton, of Ipswich, Major and Captain of First Company. 
 
 Regimental Staff. 
 
 Richard Knott, of Marblehead, Surgeon. 
 Samuel Nowell, of Boston, Chaplain. 
 John Morse, of Ipswich, Commissary. 
 
 Officers of the Line. 
 First Company : Jeremiah Swain, Lieutenant. 
 
 Ezekiel "Woodward, Sergeant (Acting Ensign). 
 
 Second Company : Samuel Mosely, Captain. 
 Perez Savage, Lieutenant. 
 
 Third Company : James Oliver, Captain. 
 
 Ephraim Turner, Lieutenant. 
 
 Peter Bennett, Sergeant (Acting Ensign) . 
 
KOSTER OF ARMY AT NARRAGANSET. 183 
 
 Fourth Company : Isaac Johnson, Captain. 
 
 Phineas Upham, Lieutenant. 
 Henry Bowen, Ensign. 
 
 Fifth Company : Nathaniel Davenport, Captain. 
 Edward Tyng, Lieutenant. 
 John Drury, Ensign. 
 
 Sixth Company : Joseph Gardiner, Captain. 
 
 "William Hathorne, Lieutenant. 
 
 Benjamin Sweet, Ensign (promoted Lieutenant). 
 
 Jeremiah Neal, Sergeant (promoted Ensign) . 
 
 Cavalry Company ( " Troop " ) : Thomas Prentice, Captain. 
 John Wyman, Cornet (promoted Lieutenant). 
 
 PLYMOUTH REGIMENT. 
 
 William Bradford, of Marshfield, Major and Captain of First Company. 
 
 Regimental Staff. 
 
 Mathew Fuller, of Barnstable, Surgeon. 
 Thomas Huckins, of Barnstable, Commissary. 
 
 Officers of the Line. 
 First Company : Robert Barker, of Duxbury, Lieutenant. 
 
 Second Company : John Gorham, of Barnstable, Captain. 
 
 Jonathan Sparrow, of Eastham, Lieutenant. 
 William Wetherell, Sergeant. 
 
 CONNECTICUT REGIMENT. 
 
 Robert Treat, of Milford, Major. 
 
 Regimental Staff. 
 Gershom Bulkely, Surgeon. 
 Rev. Nicholas Noyes, Chaplain. 
 Stephen Barrett, Commissary. 
 
 Officers of the Line. 
 
 First Company : John Gallop, of Stonington, Captain. 
 Second Company : Samuel Marshall, of Windsor, Captain. 
 Third Company : Nathaniel Seely, of Stratford, Captain. 
 Fourth Company : Thomas Watts, of Hartford, Captain. 
 Fifth Company : John Mason, of Norwich, Captain. 
 To the First and Fifth Connecticut Companies were attached Indian 
 Scouting Companies, numbering seventy-five to each. 
 
 AFTER THE BATTLE. 
 
 The following officers were sent out from Massachusetts, with 
 recruits, to reorganize their Regiment, and fill the vacancies caused by 
 
184 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 the losses at the " Fort Fight." I do not attempt to assign the special 
 commands. 
 
 Surgeons : Dr. Jacob Willard, of Newton. 
 
 Dr. John Cutler, of Hingham. 
 
 Dr. John Clark, of Boston. 
 
 Captains : 
 
 Samuel Wadsworth. Joseph Sill. 
 
 Samuel Brocklebank. Thomas Brattle. 
 
 Jonathan Remington (promoted) . John Jacob. 
 Nicholas Manning. 
 
 Lieutenants : Stephen Greenleaf (promoted) . 
 Daniel Ring (promoted) . 
 
 Several of the above officers were in the "Fort Fight" as subor 
 dinate officers, and afterwards promoted. 
 
 FROM CONNECTICUT. 
 
 There were several new companies and the following officers sent : 
 
 Rev. James Fitch, of Say brook. 
 
 Rev. John "Wise, of Branford. 
 Capt. John Standley, ^i 
 
 Lieut. Joseph Wadsworth, I Hartfofd CQ ^ 
 Lieut. Samuel Martin, Senr., 
 Zachary Sanford, Serg 1 ., 
 
 Capt. John Beard, ) XT TT /-, 
 
 , T ,, } New Haven Company. 
 
 Lieut. Moses Mansfield, j J 
 
 Capt. John Sillick, 1 -r, . ,, , -, /-, 
 
 c,,,,, } Fan-field Company. 
 
 Lieut. Stephen Barrett, j 
 
 Of the forces of Massachusetts, the quota was 527 ; the number 
 actually impressed was 540, including troopers, 75. The returns 
 made at Dedham Plain give 465 foot, troopers, 73. The Connecti 
 cut quota was 315, and there were also two companies of Indians, 
 150. Plymouth s quota was 158. 
 
 The scene of the battle is well identified. It is situated in 
 West Kingston, R.I., and belongs to the estate of the late Hon. 
 J. G. Clark, whose residence was about one mile north-easterly 
 from the old battlefield. Many relics of the battle are in posses 
 sion of Mr. Clarke s family. Saving the changes incident upon the 
 clearing and cultivation of contiguous land, the place could be 
 easily identified as the battlefield, even if its location were not put 
 beyond question by traditions and also by relics found from time 
 to time upon the place. It is now, as then, an " island of four or 
 five acres," surrounded by swampy land, overflowed except in 
 the dryest part of the year. The island was cleared and plowed 
 about 1775, and at that time many bullets were found deeply 
 
THE SWAMP FORT BATTLE. 185 
 
 bedded in the large trees ; quantities of charred corn were plowed 
 up in different places, and it is said that Dutch spoons and Indian 
 arrow-heads, etc., have been found here at different times. 
 
 The accompanying map is a section slightly reduced of the 
 large map of Rhode Island, made from surveys under the direction 
 of H. F. Walling, Esq., and published by him in 1862. It takes 
 in the line of march from Pettisquamscot (Tower-Hill) to the 
 Fort. There is no " scale of miles " upon the large map, but by a 
 careful comparison of known distances it appears that it is about 
 seven miles in a bee line, nearly west, from Tower-Hill to the 
 battlefield ; by way of McSparran Hill in direct courses, about 
 ten miles. The army, following the higher land, with frequent 
 halts and probably much uncertain wandering and careful scout 
 ing, consumed the time from five o clock in the morning to about 
 one o clock P.M. ; and it is likely that in this roundabout march 
 they made about fifteen or sixteen miles, the distance reported. 
 
 In the retreat, the army probably followed back upon their 
 morning track as far as McSparran Hill, and thence to Wickford 
 to their quarters at Mr. Richard Smith s garrison-house, arriving 
 there about two o clock in the morning, after a march of about 
 eighteen miles, as was reported at the time. Mr. Smith, called 
 Captain and Major by contemporary writers, was a person of wide 
 influence in this part of the country, and held in high esteem in 
 all the colonies. He was the son of Richard Smith, Senior, who 
 came from " Gloster Shire," in England, and in 1641 bought a 
 large tract of [land, including the present town of Wickford, and 
 there built the first English house in Narraganset, and set up a 
 trading station and offered free entertainment to all travellers. 
 
 THE BATTLE AT THE GREAT SWAMP FORT. 
 
 About one o clock, P.M., the army came upon the enemy at the 
 edge of the swamp, in the midst of which the Indian fortress was 
 built, the Massachusetts regiment leading in the march, Plymouth 
 next, and Connecticut bringing up the rear. Of the Massachusetts 
 troops Capts. Mosely and Davenport led the van and came first 
 upon the Indians, and immediately opened fire upon them, thus 
 at the beginning gaining the important advantage of the first fire, 
 which the Indians had almost always gained and made so deadly 
 by deliberate volleys from ambush, as they doubtless purposed now. 
 The Indians returned the fire with an ineffectual volley, and then 
 fled into the swamp closely pursued by the foremost companies, 
 who did not wait for the word of command, or stand much upon 
 the " order of their going," until they reached the fortifications 
 within which the Indians hastily betook themselves. This fort 
 was situated upon an island of some five or six acres in the midst 
 of a cedar swamp, which was impassable except to the Indians by 
 their accustomed paths, and now made passable only by the severe 
 cold of the previous day and night. It is probable that the Indians 
 
186 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 depended chiefly upon the swamp to protect them, though their 
 defences are described as having been of considerable strength. 
 A portion of the high ground had been enclosed, and from a careful 
 comparison of the most reliable accounts, it seems that the forti 
 fications were well planned, probably by the Englishman Joshua 
 Teffe, or lift, as Mr. Dudley calls him. Mr. Hubbard says : " The 
 Fort was raised upon a Kind of Island of five or six acres of 
 rising Land in the midst of a swamp ; the sides of it were made 
 of Palisadoes set upright, the which was compassed about with a 
 Hedg of almost a rod Thickness." A contemporary writer (whose 
 account was published at the time in London, and is reprinted in 
 Mr. Drake s publication called the " Old Indian Chronicle " ) says : 
 " In the midst of the Swamp was a Piece of firm Land, of about 
 three or four Acres, whereon the Indians had built a kind of Fort, 
 being palisadoed round, and within that a clay Wall, as also felled 
 down abundance of Trees to lay quite round the said Fort, but they 
 had not quite finished the said Work." It is evident from these, 
 the only detailed accounts, and from some casual references, that 
 the works were rude and incomplete, but would have been almost 
 impregnable to our troops had not the swamp been frozen. 
 At the corners and exposed portions, rude block-houses and 
 flankers had been built, from which a raking fire could be poured 
 upon any attacking force. Either by chance, or the skill of Peter, 
 their Indian guide, the English seem to have come upon a point 
 of the fort where the Indians did not expect them. Mr. Church, 
 in relating the circumstances of Capt. Gardiner s death, says that 
 he was shot from that side " next the upland where the English 
 entered the swamp." The place where he fell was at the "east 
 end of the fort." The tradition that the English approached the 
 swamp by the rising land in front of the " Judge Marchant " 
 house, thus seems confirmed. This " upland " lies about north 
 of the battlefield. 
 
 Our van pursued those of the enemy who first met them so 
 closely that they were led straight to the entrance used by the 
 Indians themselves, perhaps by their design then to attract atten 
 tion from an exposed part of their works a short distance away. 
 The passage left by the Indians for their own use, as before men 
 tioned, was by a long tree over a " place of water," across which 
 but one might pass at a time, " and which was so waylaid that they 
 would have been cut off that had ventured." Mr. Hubbard counts 
 among the fortunate circumstances of that day that the troops 
 did not attempt to carry this point, and that they discovered the 
 only assailable point a little farther on. This was at a corner of 
 the fort where was a large unfinished gap, where neither palisades 
 nor the abattis, or " hedge," had been placed, but only a long 
 tree had been laid across about five feet from the ground, to fill 
 the gap, and might be easily passed ; only that the block-house 
 right opposite this gap and the flankers at the sides were finished, 
 
FORT TAKEN AND BURNED. 187 
 
 from which a galling fire might sweep and enfilade the passage. 
 Mr. Hubbard s account is very clear about this, yet several writers 
 have sadly confused matters and described the first as the point 
 of assault. 
 
 The companies of Capts. Davenport and Johnson came first 1 to 
 this place, and those officers at once charged through the gap and 
 over the log at the head of their companies, but Johnson fell 
 dead at the log, and Davenport a little within the fort, and their 
 men were met with so fierce a fire that they were forced to retire 
 again and fall upon their faces to avoid the fury of the musketry 
 till it should somewhat abate. Mosely and Gardiner, pressing to 
 their assistance, met a similar reception, losing heavily, till they 
 too fell back with the others, until Major Appleton coming up 
 with his own and Capt. Oliver s men, massed his entire force as a 
 storming column, and it is said that the shout of one of the com 
 manders that the Indians were running, so inspired the soldiers 
 that they made an impetuous assault, carried the entrance amain, 
 beat the enemy from one of his flankers at the left, which afforded 
 them a temporary shelter from the Indians still holding the block 
 house opposite the entrance. In the mean time, the General, 
 holding the Plymouth forces in reserve, pushed forward the Con 
 necticut troops, who not being aware of the extent of the danger 
 from the block-house, suffered fearfully at their first entrance, but 
 charged forward gallantly, though some of their brave officers and 
 many of their comrades lay dead behind them, and unknown 
 numbers and dangers before. The forces now joining, beat the 
 enemy step by step, and with the fierce fighting, out of their 
 block-houses and various fortifications. Many of the Indians, 
 driven from their works, fled outside, some doubtless to the wig 
 wams inside, of which there were said to be upward of five hun 
 dred, many of them large and rendered bullet-proof by large 
 quantities of grain in tubs and bags, placed along the sides. In 
 these many of their old people and their women and children had 
 gathered for safety, and behind and within these as defences the 
 Indians still kept up a skulking fight, picking off our men. 
 After three hours hard fighting, with many of the officers and 
 men wounded or dead, a treacherous enemy of unknown numbers 
 and resources lurking in the surrounding forests, and the night 
 coming on, word comes to fire the wigwams, and the battle be 
 comes a fearful holocaust, great numbers of those who had taken 
 refuge therein being burned. 
 
 The fight had now raged for nearly three hours, with dreadful 
 carnage in proportion to the numbers engaged. It is not certain 
 at just what point the Plymouth forces were pushed forward, but 
 most likely after the works were carried, and the foremost, ex 
 hausted, retired for a time, bearing their dead and wounded to the 
 rear ; but we are assured that all took part in the engagement, 
 
 1 John Raymond (Rayment) claimed to have been the first soldier to enter the fort. 
 
188 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 coming on in turn as needed. It is doubtful if the cavalry 
 crossed the swamp, but were rather held in reserve and as scouts 
 to cover the rear and prevent surprises from any outside parties. 
 
 When now the fortress and all its contents were burning, and 
 destruction assured, our soldiers hastily gathered their wounded 
 and as many as possible of their dead, and formed their shattered 
 column for the long and weary march back to Wickford. 
 
 Reliable details of this battle are few, and only gleaned from 
 casual references here and there, and thus many, who have sought 
 to write upon the matter, have quoted in full the story of Ben 
 jamin Church, who relates his own experience, and draws out his 
 personal reminiscences with all an old man s fondness for his 
 deeds of " long ago." The very small part he took in this battle 
 is evident even from his own story, and from the utter silence of 
 other writers, especially Mr. Hubbard, who knew Church and 
 commends him highly for his exploits in the Mount Hope cam 
 paign. No one can doubt the ability or courage of Mr. Church, 
 but his part in this battle was simply that when the fort was 
 carried and the fighting nearly over, he went, with some thirty 
 others, into and through the fort and out into the swamp upon 
 the trail of the retreating foe, discovered, ambushed and scattered 
 a skulking party of them returning to the attack, chased a few of 
 them into the fort amongst the huts, and was himself severely 
 wounded by them thus brought to bay. 
 
 I wish here to record my protest against the unjust, often 
 weak, and always inconsiderate, criticism bestowed upon our 
 leaders in this campaign, and especially in this battle, for their 
 lack of foresight in abandoning the shelter and provisions of the 
 fort, their sacrifice of the lives of our wounded men through their 
 removal and the dangers and fatigues of the long march, and 
 their inhumanity in burning the helpless and innocent in their 
 huts and wigwams. 
 
 It is well to remember at the start that many of the wisest, 
 ablest and bravest men of the three colonies were the leaders in 
 this affair. A noble commander, wise and brave ; reverend 
 ministers, by no means backward with their opinions ; the most 
 prominent and skilful surgeons the country afforded; veteran 
 majors and captains of Massachusetts and Connecticut, with 
 their veteran soldiers fresh from the severe experiences in the 
 western campaign, inured to danger and experienced in Indian 
 wiles and deceits : against all these we have recorded only the 
 remonstrance of Mr. Church, who up to that time, at least, had 
 experience in Indian warfare only as a scout, and the only record 
 we have of any protest by him was made many years after the 
 affair. And again, from the standpoint of their conditions as 
 nearly as we can now judge, it seems that their hasty retreat 
 was wise. They were some sixteen miles from their base of 
 supplies (it is doubtful if they had noted the Indian supplies 
 until the burning began). There was no way of reaching their 
 
MARCH BACK TO WICKFORD. 189 
 
 provisions and ammunition at Wickford except by detaching a 
 portion of their force now reduced greatly by death, wounds and 
 exposure. The numbers of Indians that had escaped, and were 
 still in the woods close at hand, were unknown, but supposed to 
 be several thousand, with report of a thousand in reserve about 
 a mile distant. These were now scattered and demoralized, but 
 in a few hours might rally and fall upon the fort, put our troops, 
 in their weakened condition, upon the defensive, and make their 
 retreat from the swamp extremely difficult if not utterly impos 
 sible, encumbered as they would be by the wounded, whose 
 swollen and stiffened wounds in a few hours would render 
 removal doubly painful and dangerous. Added to this was the 
 chance of an attack upon the garrison at Wickford, and the 
 dread of the midnight ambuscade, which every hour s delay made 
 more likely and would render more dangerous. Thus it seems 
 to me that from the standpoint of military strategy, the immediate 
 retreat to Wickford was best. As to humanity, we must remem 
 ber the harsh times in which they were living, the contempt in 
 which the Indians were held first, as heathen, against whom 
 war was righteous ; second, as idle and treacherous vagabonds, 
 with no rights which honest industry was bound to respect; 
 third, as deadly enemies lying in wait to plunder, burn and 
 destroy. Moreover, the very life of the colonies was threatened 
 by this war ; many thriving hamlets were already in ashes ; 
 hundreds of families were broken up and scattered up and down, 
 with loss of all ; fathers, husbands and brothers slain or in cap 
 tivity, farms and homes laid waste, whole communities huddled 
 in wretched block-houses, while the "reign of terror" swept 
 about them. Brookfield, "Beers s Plain," and "Bloody-Brook," 
 with their outrage and carnage, were fresh in mind, and, a few 
 days before, the destruction and massacre at Pettisquamscot ; 
 while even here at their feet were their dead and dying comrades 
 and beloved officers. Is it strange that they were cruel, when 
 now for the first time they came face to face with the authors of 
 all their troubles in a fair fight? By any candid student of 
 history I believe this must be classed as one of the most glorious 
 victories ever achieved in our history, and considering conditions, 
 as displaying heroism, both in stubborn patience and dashing 
 intrepidity, never excelled in American warfare. 
 
 Of the details of the march to Wickford very little is known ; 
 through a bitter cold winter s night, in a blinding snow-storm, 
 carrying two hundred and ten of their wounded and dead, these 
 soldiers, who had marched from dawn till high noon, had engaged 
 in a desperate life-and-death struggle from noon till sunset, now 
 plodded sturdily back to their quarters of the day before, through 
 deepening snows and over unbroken roads. 1 By the letters below, 
 it will be seen that the General and staff, with their escort, got 
 
 1 There is a tradition (mentioned in a note in Hon. Elisha R. Potter, Jr. a " Early History of 
 Narragansett ") that the English feared an ambuscade in force on the line of march by which they 
 had come, and so marched by way of SIcSparran Hill on their return. 
 
190 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 separated from the main column, lost their way and wandered 
 about till 7 o clock next morning, while the main body reached 
 their quarters at 2 o clock. 
 
 DEAD AND WOUNDED. 
 
 The names of those officers and soldiers of Massachusetts killed 
 and wounded in this battle have been given heretofore in the 
 sketches of the companies to which they belonged. 
 
 By Capt. Oliver s letter, written a little more than a month 
 afterwards from the seat of war, and considered official, we learn 
 that up to that time the dead numbered about sixty-eight, and 
 the wounded one hundred and fifty, in the whole army. Eight of 
 the dead were left in the fort, and twelve more were dead when 
 they started back to Wickford. Twenty-two died on the march, 
 and before the next day, Monday, Dec. 20th, when they buried 
 thirty-four in one grave, and six more within two days, eight 
 died at Rhode Island, and three others, making in all but fifty- 
 nine, if we reckon the twelve carried from the fort as a part of 
 the thirty-four buried Dec. 20th; otherwise, seventy-one. But 
 the first estimate of sixty-eight is satisfied if we add the twenty 
 killed at the fort to those buried at Wickford and Rhode Island, 
 and conclude that the twelve taken from the fort were buried 
 somewhere on the march. 
 
 Niriigret, sachem of the Nianticks, sent to General Winslow 
 word that his people had buried the dead of the English left at 
 the Fort, and that the number was twenty-four, and he asked for 
 a charge of powder for each. This information was given in a 
 letter from Major Bradford to Rev. Mr. Cotton of Plymouth. 
 
 Of the losses of Massachusetts we are not left in doubt, since 
 there is still preserved in our archives a full and official return, 
 which Mr. Hubbard gives substantially, adding to the wounded 
 probably those whose wounds were slight and not reported at the 
 time, and with some modifications of the list of dead, though with 
 the same total. 
 
 The official list of those killed and wounded in the battle, 
 including three of Capt. Gardiner s men killed previous to the 
 battle, is dated January 6, 1675, and entitled, 
 
 A list of Major Sam 1 Apleton souldjers y were slayne & wounded 
 the 19 th Decemb. 75, at the Indians fort at Narraganset. 
 
 Killed. Wounded. 
 
 Major Appleton, 4 18 
 
 Capt, Mosely, 6 9 
 
 Capt. Oliver, 5 8 
 
 In the Company of Capt. Davenport, 4 11 
 
 Capt. Johnson, 4 8 
 
 Capt. Gardiner, 7 10 
 
 Capt. Prentice, 1 3 
 [Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 104.] 
 
 31 67 
 
LOSSES IN THE BATTLE. 191 
 
 Of the officers, Capts. Davenport, Johnson and Gardiner were 
 killed, and Lieutenants Upham, Savage, Swain, and Ting were 
 wounded. 
 
 Of the Connecticut troops, seventy-one were killed and 
 wounded according to Hubbard ; and according to the eminent 
 historian of Connecticut, Dr. Benjamin Trumbull, seventy. 
 
 Capt. Gallop, 10 Mr. Hubbard s Account. 
 
 Capt. Marshall, 14 Of New Haven Company, 20 
 
 Capt. Seely, 20 Of Capt. Siely his Company, 20 
 
 Capt. Mason, 9 Of Capt. Watt his Company, 17 
 
 Capt. Watts, 17 70 Of Capt. Marshall his Company, 1471 
 
 Major Treat, by tradition, is said to have been the last man to 
 have left the fort, commanding the rear guard of the army ; and 
 of his captains, Gallop, Marshall and Seely were killed, and Capt. 
 Mason mortally wounded. 
 
 Of the Plymouth forces, Major Bradford, commander, and 
 Benjamin Church of the General s staff were severely wounded, 
 and of the soldiers the killed and wounded in both companies 
 were twenty, by best accounts. 
 
 The grave of the forty buried at Wickford was marked by a 
 tree called the " grave appletree," which was blown down in the 
 gale of September, 1815. The wounded were sent in vessels to 
 Rhode Island, and well cared for. 
 
 Of the losses of the enemy there can be no reliable account. 
 Capt. Oliver says, " By the best intelligence we killed 300 fight 
 ing men, and took say 350 and above 300 women and children." 
 Mr. Dudley, two days after the fight, reckons about two hundred ; 
 Capt. Mosely counted sixty-four in one corner of the fort ; and 
 Capt. Gorham made an estimate of at least one hundred and fifty. 
 The desperate strait of the Indians is shown by their leaving the 
 dead in their flight. Indian prisoners afterward reported seven 
 hundred killed. 
 
 The conduct of the Mohegan and Pequod allies is represented 
 by Capt. Oliver as false, they firing in the air, but securing much 
 plunder. I have found no other notice of their part in the battle. 
 
 CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 The following letters, written by Joseph Dudley, who was with 
 Gen. Winslow as one of his staff or " Guard," and also served as 
 chaplain to the army, are perhaps the most reliable official reports 
 of the campaign that remain. The letter of the fifteenth is still 
 preserved, as noted below. That of the twenty-first was pub 
 lished by Governor Hutchinson in his " History of the Colony of 
 Massachusetts Bay," London edition (1765), page 302. I have 
 not been able to find the original of this last. The letter of the 
 Council to Gen. Winslow, in answer to Dudley s first, is pre- 
 
192 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 served, as below noted, and in two copies the first a rough 
 draft, the second a carefully written copy in Secretary Rawson s 
 own hand. 
 
 Letter of Joseph Dudley. 
 
 May it please your Honn r Mr Smiths 15, 10, 75 
 
 I am commanded by the Generall to give your Honn r account of our 
 proceeding since our last fr m Pautuxet in the Sabath evening we 
 advanced the whole body from Mr Carpenters with Intent to surprise 
 Pomham & his Party at about 10 or 12 Miles Distance having infor 
 mation by our Warwick Scouts of his seat but the darkness of y e Night 
 Difficulty of our passage & unskilf ulness of Pilots we passed the whole 
 Night & found ourselves at such Distance yet from y m y we Diverted 
 & Marched to Mr. Smiths, found our Sloops from Seaconk arrived 
 since which by y e help of Indian Peter by whom your Honnor had the 
 Information formerly of v 6 Number & resolution of y e Naragansets, we 
 have burned two of their Towns viz : Ahmus who is this summer come 
 down amongst them & y 6 old Queens quarters consisting of about 150 
 Many of them large wigwams & seized & slayn 50 Persons in all our 
 prisoners being about 40 Concerning whom the generall prayes your 
 advice concerning their transportation or Disposall all which was per 
 formed without any loss save a slight wound by an Arrow in Lieut. 
 Wayman s face, the whole body of them we find removed into then- 
 great swamp at Canonicus his quarters where we hope with the addition 
 of Connecticut, when arrived we hope to Coop them up, this day we 
 Intend the removall or spoyle of y r Corn & hope to Morrow a March 
 toward them, our soldiers being very chearful are forward notwithstand 
 ing great Difficulty by weather & otherwise, abovs d Peter whom we 
 have found very faithfull will Make us believe y y r are 3000 fighting 
 Men though Many unarmed Many well fitted with lances we hope by 
 cutting off their forage to force them to a fayr battle In y e Mean 
 time I have only to present the Generalls humble service to your [sic] 
 & to beg your Intense prayers for this so great Concern and remayn 
 your 
 
 Honnors Humble Servant Jos: DUDLEY. 
 
 Goodale nor Moor arrived we fear want of shot. 
 My humble service to Madam Leveret Brother and Sister Hubbard & 
 Dudley. 
 
 Amongst our Prison" & Slayn we find 10 or 12 Wampanoags. 
 [Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 101.] 
 
 Answer of the Council to Gen. Winslow. 
 
 S r y r Intelligences and Advices subjected by Mr. Dudley the 15 & 16 
 Ins wee received this Morning being the 18 th at eight of the clock. Wee 
 desire to blesse God y hee hath smiled upon you in y r first Attempts & 
 hath delivered some of o r enemys into yo r hands & also to Acknowledge 
 Gods favou r in the supporting y e hearts of yo r souldiers in such a severe 
 season & keeping up their spirits w th courage and that you have received 
 no more losse of men : But yet also according to God s wonted manner 
 
CORRESPONDENCE AFTER THE BATTLE. 193 
 
 of dealing hee hath mixed the Cup w th some bitternes ; in the losse 
 susteyned in yo r soldiers especially Mr Bulls, house & y e people y re also 
 y the forces of Conecticut are not joyiied w th you nor the vessell w th 
 supplys of Ammunition & provision then arrived ; Wee hope by this 
 time both the vessell may be arrived & the Conecticut men conjoined 
 w th you but least that should faile wee have sent a cart w tli Ammunition ; 
 and an order from Gou nr Winthrop for their forces to March speedily ; 
 Concerning the disposall of y e Indian prisoners ; Our Advice is if any 
 present to buy them, they may be sould there & delivered by your Orders 
 or if that cannot bee then to secure them at the Island or els-where at 
 yo r best discretion ; Wee have no more to add at present but our hearty 
 prayers unto the Lord of Hoasts to appear w th & for you & all w th you, 
 in all yo r enterprises, for the Lord & his people and cover all yo r heads 
 in the day of Battle, So w th our particular respects & love to y r self & 
 all y e Command" & Ministers ; wee remajne 
 
 Yo r respective friends & servants 
 Boston 18: December 1675 EDWARD RAWSON Secret 7 in the name 
 
 at one of the clock. & by y e order of the Council. 
 
 [Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 102.] 
 
 Second Letter of Joseph Dudley. 1 
 
 Mr Smith s, 21, 10, 1675 (Dec. 21, 1675). 
 May it please your honour, 
 
 The coming in of Connecticut force to Petaquamscot, and surprisal 
 of six and slaughter of 5 on Friday night, Saturday we marched towards 
 Petaquamscot, though in the snow, and in conjunction about midnight 
 or later, we advanced ; Capt. Mosely led the van, after him Massachu- 
 sets, and Plimouth and Connecticut in the rear; a tedious march in the 
 snow, without intermission, brought us about two of the clock after 
 noon, to the entrance of the swamp, by the help of Indian Peter, who 
 dealt faithfully with us ; our men, with great courage, entered the swamp 
 about twenty rods ; within the cedar swamp we found some hundreds of 
 wigwams, forted in with a breastwork and flankered, and many small 
 blockhouses up and down, round about; they entertained us with a 
 fierce fight, and many thousand shot, for about an hour, when our men 
 valiantly scaled the fort, beat them thence, and from the blockhouses. 
 In which action we lost Capt. Johnson, Capt Danforth, and Capt Gar 
 diner, and their lieutenants disabled, Capt. Marshall also slain ; Capt. 
 Seely, Capt. Mason, disabled, and many other of our officers, insomuch 
 that, by a fresh assault and recruit of powder from their store, the 
 Indians fell on again, recarried and beat us out of, the fort, but by the 
 great resolution and courage of the General and Major, we reinforced, 
 and very hardly entered the fort again, and fired the wigwams, with 
 many living and dead persons in them, great piles of meat and heaps 
 of corn, the ground not admitting burial of their store, were consumed ; 
 the number of their dead, we generally suppose the enemy lost at least 
 two hundred men ; Capt. Mosely counted in one corner of the fort sixty 
 four men ; Capt. Goram reckoned 150 at least ; But, O ! Sir, mine heart 
 bleeds to give your honor an account of our lost men, but especially 
 our resolute Captains, as by account inclosed, and yet not so many, 
 
 1 This letter is copied from the note in Ilutchiuson n History of Massachusetts, vol. i. page 273. 
 
194 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 but we admire there remained any to return, a captive woman, well 
 known to Mr Smith, informing that there were three thousand five hun 
 dred men engaging us and about a mile distant a thousand in reserve, 
 to whom if God had so pleased, we had been but a morsel, after so 
 much disablement : she informeth, that one of their sagamores was slain 
 and their powder spent, causing their retreat, and that they are in a 
 distressed condition for food and houses, that one Joshua Tift, an 
 Englishman, is their encourager and conductor. Philip was seen by 
 one, credibly informing us, under a strong guard. 
 
 After our wounds were dressed, we drew up for a march, not able to 
 abide the field in the storm, and weary, about two of the clock, obtained 
 our quarters, with our dead and wounded, only the General, Ministers, 
 and some other persons of the guard, going to head a small swamp, 
 lost our way, and returned again to the evening s quarters, a wonder 
 we were not a prey to them, and, after at least thirty miles marching 
 up and down, in the morning recovered our quarters, and had it not 
 been for the arrival of Goodale next morning, the whole camp had 
 perished ; The whole army, especially Connecticut, is much disabled 
 and unwilling to march, with tedious storms, and no lodgings, and 
 frozen and swollen limbs, Major Treat importunate to return at least 
 to Stonington ; Our dead and wounded are about two hundred, disabled 
 as many ; the want of officers, the consideration whereof the General 
 commends to your honor, forbids any action at present, and we fear 
 whether Connecticut will comply, at last, to any action. We are en 
 deavoring, by good keeping and billetting our men at several quarters, 
 and, if possible removal of our wounded to Rhode-Island, to recover 
 the spirit of our soldiers, and shall be diligent to find and understand 
 the removals on other action of the enemy, if God please to give us 
 advantage against them. 
 
 As we compleat the account of our dead, now in doing, the Council 
 is of the mind, without recruit of men we shall not be able to engage 
 the main body. 
 
 I give your honour hearty thanks I am Sir, your honor s 
 
 for your kind lines, of which humble servant, 
 
 I am not worthy JOSEPH DUDLEY. 
 
 Since the writing of these lines, the General and Council have jointly 
 concluded to abide on the place, notwithstanding the desire of Con 
 necticut, only entreat that a supply of 200 may be sent us, with supply 
 of commanders ; and, whereas we are forced to garrison our quarters 
 with at least one hundred, three hundred men, upon joint account of 
 the colonies, will serve, and no less, to effect the design. This is by 
 order of the council. 
 
 Blunderbusses, and hand grenadoes, and armour, if it may, and at 
 least two armourers to mend arms. 
 
 COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT. 
 
 The following accounts are inserted in this place as showing 
 somewhat the method and material of the commissary de 
 partment at that time. The accounts, as will be noticed, relate 
 largely to the early part of the war, and the Mount Hope 
 campaign under General Cudworth. The preliminary accounts 
 
SUPPLIES TO PLYMOUTH. 
 
 195 
 
 having been squared by Mr. Southward (Southworth), all the rest 
 
 were gathered in the general settlement in January, 1675-6. 
 
 In Hull s Journal. 
 
 27 August 1675 
 
 Plymouth Colony Dr. to Cash for severalls as followeth. 
 To Phillip Curtis for five men to guard 
 
 powder and shott 00, 17, 00 
 
 To the Guard for expence at Roxbury 00, 08, 06 } 02, 05, 09 
 for i bb 1 of biskett 00, 05, 09 
 
 for l lb of powder besides what they brought 00, 01, 90 
 Expense of s d Guard at Dedham 00, 13, 00 
 
 September 14 th 1675 
 
 Richard Smith for guarding Ammunition 00, 03, 00 
 John Lawrence ditto. 00, 03, 00 
 
 James Hosly ditto. 00, 03, 00 
 
 James Montt ditto. 00, 03, 00 
 
 Ebenezer Hill ditto. 00, 03, 00 
 
 00, 15, 00 
 
 November 23 d . Cr. By Received of Mr. Southward 
 
 for disbursements ....... 03, 00, 09 
 
 January 25 th 1675 
 
 Plimouth Colony Dr. to Sundry acc ts as hear stated in p per 
 p cells, for severlls dd . by sundry persons for the use of s Colony at 
 divers times from the 29 th June last to this inoneth inclusive as per 
 the acc ts , receipts, & orders relating thereunto filed as p No. 1269 
 & 1270 285, 14, 10 
 
 2, 
 3, 
 
 0, 
 
 Armes for a muskett to Gen 1 Cudworth , 
 Liqors for Rum to viz. 
 
 Mr. James Brown 9 Gall 
 Their forces at Naragansett 12 gall 
 Apparel for severalls viz. .... 
 
 To Nathaniel Gunny 1 pr shoes . . 0, 
 Ditto Benjamin Peirce . . . 0, _, 
 
 To CaptCornelius,Wastcoat, Shoes & Stokins 0, 14, 
 To Josiah Joslin, shoes and stockins . 0, 7, 
 To Gen 1 Cudworth 6 pr.shoes and 13 p.stockinsS, 
 Delivered by the Commissioners to their forces at 
 
 Narragansett viz. 
 26 shirts at 
 6 Wastcoats 
 9 pr drawers 
 1 pr breeches 
 2 lined coats 
 10 pr shoes ) 
 5 pr stockins ) 
 6 y ds of canvas for neckcloaths 
 
 shott pouch and calicoe 
 180 y ds sale cloth at y e 
 
 . 00, 18, 00 
 
 fj J 05, 05, 00 
 32, 11, 00 
 
 7, 16, 
 
 2, 14, 
 1, 4,0 
 
 0, 18, 
 
 3, 0, 
 
 4, 15, 
 
 1, 0,0 
 6, 15, 
 
 28, 2, 
 
 (32, 11, 0) 
 
196 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Ammunition Id viz 103, 08, 10 
 
 To the officers a bagg with 35 lb9 powder 2, 14, 
 
 Ditto to Benjamin Church with 18 lbs and 50 bullets 2, 13, 6 
 To the Gen 11 1 cask bullets qr l lb or better 2, 16, 
 
 To Mr. James Brown 5 bbl powder at 7 lb pr bbl. 38, 10, 
 Ditto 9 cask & 1 chest bullets qr. ll lb 25, 13, 4 
 
 More dd . by the Commissaries 480 flints 0, 10, 
 
 124 bullets 2, 12, 
 
 8 half barren s of powder of the Mattachusetts ~) 
 
 detained by the Governor of Rhoad Island > 28, 0, 
 
 for 4 barrells lent to Plimouth _) 
 
 (103,08,10) 
 
 Tobacco, for 15 lb to Nathaniel Gunny . . . . 0, 07, 06 
 Tooles, dd to the officers viz 3 spades 0, 10, 
 
 2 Mattucks 1, 14, }- 02, 08, 00 
 
 4 Axes 1, 04, 
 
 Biskett dd viz. To the Officers 150 cakes 0, 14, 
 
 To Mr. James Brown 9 hhds. 31, 10, [> 44, 04, 00 
 
 To Gen a11 Cudworth 3 hhds. 12, 00, ) 
 
 Grocery for 26 lb Raisons solis to ditto Brown . . .01, 06, 00 
 
 Fish for 1 hhd. ditto 04, 00, 00 
 
 Porke ditto for 5 bb 1 at 4 Ib pr bb 1 . . 20, 00, 00 ) q 
 
 2 bb 1 ditt ... 8, 00, 00 j 2y UU 
 
 Miscellanies, for severalls viz ..... 24, 19, 06 
 
 To Beniamin Church 1 hh d biscake ) , 
 
 <n i VU l f Hi I", 00 
 
 2 bb 1 porke j 
 2 bsh. pease & 1 sack } A1 no An 
 
 ^/\lh A 1 I U 1- S UZ \)\) 
 
 20 lb tobacoe } 
 
 To Capt. Goram l hhd biskett & pease ^ 
 
 wanting 200 cakes nQ 1 n A /. 
 
 -, ] h fOo, 17, 06 
 
 lb raisons sons 
 
 4 large peeces of porke 
 To Gen a11 Cudworth 1 kittle . .01, 10, 00 
 
 To ditto Church 1 jarr oyle ~) 
 
 2 galls wine [-01, 03, 00 
 
 10 lb raisons solis ) 
 
 To L Tanner l bbl pease 1 
 
 (4 ?) bbl biscake [-04,00,00 
 
 | bbl porke ) 
 
 To John Cobleigh for ditt. Ch(urch) ? I 1 ic nn 
 
 l bbl salt } lj ib U< 
 At Narragansett 2 qire p(aper) 0, 01, 00 
 
 (24, 19, 06) 
 
 Billetings, for quartering 12 souldiers at M r Miles hous ") 
 Alsoe Gen a11 Cudworth s and Capt Bradfords Companies i i n 00 00 
 the 17 th 18 th & 19 th dayes of July with bread, pease, | 
 pork tobaco and liq" 
 Pease viz 
 
 To dit. Browne 3 hhd with Cask 9,00,00) 1ft , r nn 
 
 To dit. Cudworth hhd 1, 15, 00 j 
 
 Cask for 9 hhd to ditto Browne . . . . . 2,01,00 
 
" DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY." 
 
 197 
 
 Maritim disbursements viz . . . . 
 for the f rait of 4 hhd bisket and 2 bbl of tobaco 1 j 00 
 
 at guess j 
 
 Ditto to p l of the hire of Vessells 10, 00, 00 
 
 Salt dd . viz 
 
 To Ditto Browne I"" 1 qr. 12 bsh & Cash 2, 00, 00 ) 
 
 By Ditto Commissaries l bsh 0, 06, 00 ) 
 
 Thomas Terry for l firkins of sope 
 
 l bsh meale, 10 wooden boules and 1 cann 
 
 (285, 14, 10) 
 
 11, 00, 00 
 
 02, 06, 00 
 02, 05, 00 
 
 June 24 th 1676. 
 Plymouth Colony Cr By Viz . 
 
 Ammunission for powder & ball returned 
 
 as p No 3185 
 
 Biskett dit. **, ww, w j 
 
 Graine for pease dit. 03, 00, 00 J 
 
 By Disbursements for Ballance as p bond 11535 fo 544 215, 16, 06 
 
 [44, 18, 00 1 
 22, 00, 00 f 
 
 69, 18, 04 
 
 The account is thus carried to a later Ledger, which is lost. 
 
 MARITIME DEPARTMENT. 
 
 The following may show somewhat of the " naval " power of 
 that day, and the methods and means of transporting supplies. 
 
 1675 Maritime Disbursements Dr. 
 
 Nov 20 To Peter Treby for frait of the Sloope Primrose 09, 06, 00 
 
 Dec 10 To Israel Nichols for wood for Goodall s Vessel 00, 05, 00 
 
 " " To Stephen Hascott for damrnage of the Sloope Swan 03, 10, 00 
 
 Feby 29 To Anthony Low for frait . . . .05, 00, 00 
 
 1676 
 
 June 24 " Richard Goodall for frait . . . .22, 00 ? 00 
 Nehemiah Goodall for Sen ice . . . 05, 10 00 
 Pilgrim Simpkin " ... 02, 08 00 
 
 James Twisdell . . . 02, 08? 00 
 
 Richard Earle . . . 02, 08, 00 
 
 Ezekiel Gardner . . .02, 02, 00 
 
 William Woodbery . . . 05, 10, 00 
 
 Anthony Haywood . . .04, 00, 00 
 
 Thomas Moore . . . 10, 00, 00 
 
 " John Baker ... 02, 08, 00 
 
 Andrew Belcher, of Cambridge, a prominent merchant, with 
 vessels operating between Boston and Connecticut ports, was 
 active in these affairs, but his accounts doubtless fall into a 
 later Ledger. 
 
 In the State Archives, in some Bills of Benjamin Gillam against 
 the colony, I find the item, Jan y 10, 1675 : 
 
 To charges on men to cut out Andrew Belcher s Sloop to go to Nar- 
 ragansett, 14s. 
 
198 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Mr. Church speaks of the arrival of Andrew Belcher as oppor 
 tune in saving the army ; Mr. Dudley says Goodale. Mr. Hub- 
 bard s reference to the vessels "frozen in at Cape Cod," causing 
 distress, was, I think, to a later time. 
 
 After the return of the army to Mr. Smith s Garrison, the 
 burial of the dead and removal of their wounded to Rhode 
 Island, they spent several weeks parleying with the enemy, watch 
 ing and recruiting. Major Treat withdrew with his Connecticut 
 forces, against the wishes, it appears, of the General and the 
 other officers, and was later called to account for insubordination. 
 Additional troops were sent down from Boston, and Massachu 
 setts and Plymouth held the field for a month longer ; but their 
 operations and the closing part of this winter campaign, and the 
 new forces engaged, must fall into the next chapter. 
 
 Massachusetts afterwards redeemed the promise made to the 
 soldiers at Dedham Plain, and granted to eight hundred and 
 forty claimants, including those of Plymouth, the seven Nar- 
 raganset townships. Connecticut to her volunteers in the Narra- 
 ganset wars granted the township of Voluntown. 
 
XIV. 
 
 CLOSE OF THE NARRAGANSET CAMPAIGN; THE 
 " HUNGRY MARCH." 
 
 AFTER the battle at the Narraganset Fort, several weeks of 
 partial inactivity ensued, while both the English and the 
 Indians were seeking to recover somewhat from the severe 
 blow each had received. The forces of Massachusetts and Ply 
 mouth remained at Smith s garrison at Narraganset, while Major 
 Treat with the Connecticut regiment returned to Stonington about 
 December 28th. In the treasurer s account with Connecticut 
 colony there is a charge " For billiting 40 wounded men 7 days," 
 and as there is no other occasion on which so many were wounded, 
 it is fair to assume that the Connecticut forces did not retire 
 before the 28th. 
 
 On January 14 th the Council of Connecticut issued orders to 
 Mr. John Brackett of Wallingford, and Serg*. William Ward, 
 "to go to New London, to care for the wounded there, while Mr. 
 Buckley goeth forth with the army." So it would seem that 
 many of their wounded had been carried as far as New London. 
 
 From various sources, the accounts of the most reliable histo 
 rians of the time, from contemporary letters and notices, we are 
 able to glean some few items indicating the situation of affairs 
 at the seat of war. 
 
 The Indians were greatly demoralized and evidently very solic 
 itous as to the immediate future action of our army, as they sent 
 in a delegation to the General on Thursday, December 23d, four 
 days after the fight, ostensibly to negotiate in regard to peace, but 
 in reality, doubtless, to ascertain the strength and intentions of 
 the English. Some of the Indians had returned to their fort 
 upon the retreat of the troops, and it is likely were able to rescue 
 a part of their provisions from the flames, but the main body was 
 gathered into a swamp some three miles distant, while those who 
 had joined the Narragansets from neighboring tribes returned 
 home. Mr. Dudley wrote that Philip was seen by one of ours 
 with a strong body guard during or after the battle. If so he 
 must have made a rapid march between that and January 6th, 
 
200 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 upon which date Governor Andros, of the New York Colony, 
 writes to the Connecticut Governor : 
 
 This is to acquaint you that late last night I had intelligence that 
 Philip & 4 oroOO North Indians fighting men, were come within 40 or 
 50 miles of Albany northerly, where they talk of continuing this winter ; 
 that Phi: is sick, and one Sahamoshuha the Comander in chief. Where 
 upon I have despatched orders theither. 
 
 I have found no reliable proof that Philip or his Wampanoag 
 warriors, as a body, had any part in the Narraganset fight, while 
 there is some direct testimony that they did not. Indian captives 
 refer the command of the Indians to other chiefs, and a contem 
 porary writer in the series of letters published in London under 
 the title, " Present State of New England, with respect to the 
 Indian War," says positively, " King Philip hath not yet been at 
 Narraganset, as we feared, but is retired with his Men near 
 Albany where he hath kept his Winter Quarters." This place is 
 since known as Scattacook, and is situated in Rensselaer County, 
 about twenty miles north of Albany. 
 
 The great snow-storm that began at the time of the battle and 
 lasted for several days rendered any movement of the infantry 
 impossible, even if they had been in condition ; and then suddenly 
 there came a great mid-winter thaw, which further prevented their 
 motion. Capt. Prentice s troop kept scouting and watching to 
 guard against surprise, and to gather in whatever was possible of 
 their enemy s supplies of corn, of which they obtained quantities, 
 but the provisioning of this large body of men had to be done 
 chiefly by vessels sent from Boston, and by some, at this time, 
 gathering corn along the port towns of Connecticut, as we learn 
 from their archives and from other sources. 
 
 On the 27th of December Capt. Prentice with his troop made a 
 march into Pomham s country (now Warwick) and destroyed near 
 a hundred wigwams. December 28th, a squaw captured at the 
 fort was sent to the Indians with an offer of peace, if they would 
 agree to the terms of the former treaty, and such other conditions 
 as the English might impose, and give up all " Philip s Indians." 
 The squaw did not return, but on December 30th a message came 
 from the sachems proffering their thanks for the offer, but com 
 plained that the English made war upon them without notice. 
 This Indian owned, as did the squaw, that the Indians lost three 
 hundred of their best fighting men. January 4th, two prisoners 
 were taken, of whom one, being a Wampanoag, was put to death. 
 January 5th, the Indians sent in a captive child, three or four years 
 of age, belonging at Warwick. On the 7th, messengers came 
 from them laying the blame upon Canonchet, who when he had 
 visited Boston and made his treaty with the English, had returned 
 and deceived his people as to the terms ; but all these overtures 
 
RECRUITING AFTER THE BATTLE. 201 
 
 were evidently practised to gain time and take the attention of the 
 English from the real movements of the Indians while they were 
 making ready for their flight to the north-west. On the 8th these 
 were sent back with positive instructions as to terms of peace. 
 On the same day Ninigret, sachem of the Niantics, sent in decla 
 ration and evidence of the reality of his friendship and of the 
 dire straits to which the hostile Indians were reduced. In the 
 meantime the Commissioners of the United Colonies were making 
 every exertion to put a fresh army into the field. As early as 
 December 25th it had been voted to raise one thousand men to 
 recruit the army in the field, and the first of these were sent out 
 about Jan. 6th 1 under Capt. Samuel Brocklebank of Rowley (I 
 think). The weather was extremely cold, and they suffered 
 severely on the march, part of the way through a fierce snow 
 storm " that bit some of them by the heels with the frost," accord 
 ing to Mr. Hubbard. The writer of " The Present State of New 
 England," the letters above mentioned, says that eleven of the 
 men were " frozen to death, and many others were sick and dis 
 heartened." January 10th, these recruits arrived at headquarters 
 and were joyfully received. 
 
 An order of the Council of Massachusetts, given January 14th, 
 directs Major Gookin " to order the Eastern Souldiers with Horse 
 and Foot, as soon as they come to Cambridge, to march to the 
 army and to put them under such conduct as he sees right, until 
 they get to Narraganset to Major Appleton, sending away with 
 them the Armorer that is there already." On Jan. 17th the 
 Council ordered the Committee of the Army to " forthwith fur 
 nish James Foord of Ipswich, a Souldjer under Capt. Brockle 
 bank, now going up under Lieut. Swett to Narraganset, with one 
 pr. of good shoos and on good Coate and place it to his accoV 
 Ephraim Sawyer and Walter Davis, also, " now going forth to y e 
 Narraganset," were furnished with apparel. These referred to in 
 the above orders were a second body of recruits that were sent 
 by the Massachusetts Council ; the Commissioners having voted, 
 on January 6th, that the colonies should have recruits at head 
 quarters at Smith s Garrison on or before January 20th. 
 
 January 12th, a proposition came from the sachems for a cessa 
 tion of hostilities for a month, which so stirred General Winslow s 
 indignation and convinced him of their treachery, that he deter 
 mined on a forward move at once, but still he felt his force to be 
 too weak in the absence of the promised troops of Connecticut. 
 He fears the foe is escaping, and sends frequent messages to the 
 Commissioners and to Major Treat and the Connecticut Council, 
 to hurry up their preparations. 
 
 The Connecticut Colony meanwhile was making every 
 
 1 Capt. Brocklebank and the main part of his company probably entered the service January 1st, 
 but did not march to the seat of war until other recruits were ready. January 18th, Capt. Daniel 
 Fisher, of Dedham, has an order from the Council to send all " Horse and foote " that come into 
 Dedham under Lieut. Benja. Swett, " away to yc Enemy ; " and the order shows Dedham to be the 
 common rendezvous of the four counties. 
 
202 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 endeavor, the while however being somewhat impatient of the 
 urgency of the General, feeling that their own borders were threat 
 ened by the Indians quite as much as the other colonies. Their 
 archives afford ample proof of the thorough and energetic man 
 ner of their preparation. Major Treat s reorganized army ren 
 dezvoused at New London. From all the settlements recruits and 
 arms and supplies were gathered as speedily as possible, and yet 
 it was not until the 26th of January that their troops started for 
 the field. The following extract relating to the occasion is from 
 a " Letter of Major Palmer of New London to the Governor and 
 Council of Connecticut." 
 
 New London y e 26th Janua : 1675-6 
 
 I having this opportunity by Mr. Plom. could not omitt acquainting 
 you of Maj r Treat s departure this day, with all his forces, who is 
 accompanied with Mr Fitch, Mr Buckley & Mr. Wise. They expected 
 to reach Badcock s this night and so get to Mr. Smith s tomorrow : 
 For Major Treate hath had two late ord rs from the Generall one rece d 
 on Lord s day, the other this morning, to hasten his coming; the 
 Indyans being seated 8 or 10 miles northwest of Providence, and 
 about 25 miles from Mr. Smith s. The information was gayned by 
 two Indyans taken by a party of Capt Prentis troope, which killed 
 nyne more one escaped there being 12 in that party. 
 
 The Barke with the Provitions went out last night and hath had a 
 fayre wind to carry her in today. They have added tenu barrels of 
 meate to the twenty you ordered from Milford : weich doth afflict our 
 people more than the trouble of quartering both well and wounded 
 men, which have so impoverished them that sundry will much suffer, 
 without y e speedy supply of corne for their releife. . . 
 
 In the margin of this letter is added the item, 
 Unkas has gone forth in person. 
 
 It will be seen by the letter that the march from headquarters 
 was begun on the 26th of January. James Babcock s place was 
 in what is now Westerly, R.I. By good marching they could 
 have reached Smith s Garrison and joined the main army on the 
 evening of the 27th ; and thus January 28th must be the earliest 
 date at which we can place the general forward movement of the 
 whole army. The Council orders and references and letters in 
 the Connecticut Colonial Records serve to confirm the account of 
 Mr. Hubbard, although derived from independent sources, and as 
 they give very few items besides, it seems evident that we have 
 all of importance that happened. On January 23d Major Treat 
 wrote to the Connecticut Council, quoting a letter from General 
 Winslow, which he says he has lost, but which contained nothing 
 of importance except to hasten their coming and " grateing on 
 our disorderly retreat," and the good news of the taking of 
 Joshua Tift by Capt. Fenner, of Providence. From some Indian 
 
JOSHUA TIFT S TESTIMONY. 203 
 
 prisoners which the Connecticut scouts had taken, it was found 
 that the Narragansets were lying in small parties along the way 
 leading into the Nipmuck country, and with scouting parties so 
 posted that our army could not surprise their main body. 
 
 From a letter of Roger Williams to Governor Leverett, dated 
 Providence, 14 January, 1675, and published in the " Winthrop 
 Papers," vol. 36, p. 307, Coll. Mass. Hist. Society, we learn much 
 about this Joshua Tift, different from the accounts of contempo 
 rary historians. Mr. Williams was called upon to take down the 
 examination of Joshua Tift, and afterwards reports the answers 
 to the Governor. 
 
 Being questioned by Capt. Fenner, who had captured him, 
 Tift answered that he had been with the Narragansets about 
 twenty-seven days; that he was captured by Canonchet and 
 his property destroyed, but his life saved on condition that he 
 would become the slave of Canonchet ; he accepted the con 
 ditions, and was taken to their fort and there compelled to 
 work for the Indians. He testifies that the Mohegans and 
 Pequots with our troops made terms with the Narragansets at the 
 beginning, and shot over their heads. After the English entered 
 the fort, Canonchet and other sachems fled and halted beside a 
 spruce swamp after crossing a plain. When night came the word 
 was brought to the chiefs of the English retreat, and they sent 
 back to the fort to ascertain their losses, and found ninety-seven 
 dead and forty-eight wounded, and five or six bodies of the 
 English. He said that the Narragansets powder was mostly 
 gone, but that Philip had sent word that he will furnish them 
 enough from the French, who have sent Philip a present, "a 
 brass gun and bandaliers sutable." The sachems are now about 
 ten miles northwest from Mr. Smith s ; speaks of the squaw that 
 was sent by the English, but that the sachems believed that the 
 proposals of the English were merely a trap to catch them. Ca- 
 nonicus was for peace, and would not consent to lie to the English ; 
 but his nephew, the young sachem Canonchet (or Nariunteno) 
 was fierce for war, and the young warriors were with him, so that 
 it was impossible to curb them. He speaks of Quaquackis as 
 Canonchet s chief captain, " a midling thick-set man of a very stout 
 fierce countenance." " He saith that Philip is about Quawpaug, 
 amongst a great many rocks by a Swampeside ; that the Nahi- 
 gonsiks have bene these 3 days on their march & flight to Philip, 
 that he knows not what number Philip hath with him, & that 
 this day the last and rear of the company departed, that they 
 heard that the Gen: was pursueing after them, & therefore several 
 parties, to the number of 400 were ordered to lie in ambuscadoes, 
 that several parties were left behind to get and drive cattell." 
 He also testified that Ninigret s men fought the English in the 
 fort, and that some of the Mohegans have joined the Narra 
 gansets. 
 
204 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 At last, the army, being in readiness, began the pursuit of the 
 Indians towards the Nipmuck country, in the somewhat famous 
 march known to the succeeding generations as the " Long 
 March," or the " Hungry March," but of the details of which we 
 have very meagre accounts. 
 
 Mr. Hubbard relates that on January 21st Capt. Prentice sur 
 prised a party of the Indians, killed nine and captured two, and 
 within two or three days, the weather changing, our forces were 
 very anxious to take the field, hearing, as they did, that the 
 Indians were in full flight. " But so many difficulties were cast 
 in the way that they could not be ready in time to prevent the 
 mischief the Indians did at Warwick. For, January 27, they 
 despoiled Mr. Carpenter of two hundred sheep, fifty head of neat 
 cattle and fifteen horses, drove them all away safely and escaped 
 before our forces set out." They wounded two of Mr. Car 
 penter s people, and one of theirs was slain. 
 
 They also drove away cattle from a Mr. Harris, and killed a 
 negro servant of his. Mr. Church was at Rhode Island, wounded, 
 and his son made the mistake, in publishing his story, of making 
 his stay there three months instead of three weeks. When he 
 was partly recovered from his wound, he went over to take leave 
 of General Winslow, but was induced by him to go with the army, 
 then about to march in pursuit of the enemy. He relates a battle 
 at an " Indian town of many wigwams," which was surrounded 
 by an " icy swamp," and when the English succeeded in passing 
 over this, " after much firing," the enemy made good their retreat. 
 It is evident that the Mohegans did most of the effective fighting 
 here ; and very little execution was done besides in the pursuit, 
 except that by Capt. Fenner s party from Providence. 
 
 It seems to have been the popular idea that the army of the 
 united colonies, after the junction of the Connecticut troops, 
 numbered about sixteen hundred, horse and foot. I have not 
 been able to find any definite official statement, but as nearly as 
 can be determined from available data, Massachusetts sent out 
 about three hundred fresh troops in January ; Connecticut, includ 
 ing her veterans and Indian allies, about five hundred ; and 
 Plymouth probably about one huridred. With allowance for the 
 dead, wounded and disabled of Massachusetts and Plymouth, 
 about two hundred ; sixty left in garrison at Wickford, and there 
 would be, at a rough estimate, fourteen hundred serviceable men 
 at Narraganset on January 28. 
 
 It will be noticed that Tift s evidence is that Philip is " about 
 Quawpaug amongst a great many rocks by a Swampeside," and 
 this may be taken as the supposed objective point or rendezvous 
 of the Indians. The rear guard of the Indians were, at the date 
 of his trial, or when he was captured, prowling about the settle 
 ments at Patuxit and Providence for an opportunity to drive off 
 cattle, which purpose they succeeded in carrying out, some days 
 
" THE HUNGRY MARCH." 205 
 
 later, when the witness, who in this matter at least had given 
 true testimony, had been " hung and quartered." The route of 
 the main body of the Indians was in a northwest direction towards 
 Quaboag, probably though the Wabbequasset country (now Wood 
 stock) to the old Quaboag fort. Capt. Henchman, in the Mount 
 Hope campaign, August, 1675, had marched into the Nipmuck 
 country as far as the "second fort," at a place called" Waposo- 
 shequish " (probably Wabbaquasset), and then turned aside and 
 marched to Mendon. In a direct line Woodstock is about forty 
 miles from Wickford ; by the regular trail it was doubtless 
 much farther. In midwinter, with their scant knowledge of the 
 country, with swollen streams to cross, an alert foe forever van 
 ishing into the great wilderness, and eluding attack or luring to 
 ambuscade, with provisions which the long waiting for Connecti 
 cut had served to reduce, their march was a hazardous undertak 
 ing, and probably was inspired by the hope of striking a final blow 
 against their enemies, already reduced to great straits for pro 
 visions, arms and ammunition. They found " more than sixty 
 horses heads " at one place, probably at the late rendezvous of 
 the Indians, " 25 miles north of Mr. Smith s and 10 miles north 
 of Providence." 
 
 Finding his provisions growing short, and his men worn with 
 their long march and severe exposure, and seeing no prospect of 
 bringing the enemy to a battle, General Winslow determined to 
 abandon the pursuit, when the Indians betook themselves to the 
 wilderness beyond Quaboag. I think the march commenced from 
 Wickford on January 28, and it was probably on February 2d or 
 3d that the skirmish took place. It seems that the Connecticut 
 and Indian forces were dismissed as early as February 3d, as they 
 arrived home on the 5th, while the cavalry of Massachusetts and 
 Plymouth reached Boston on the same day, the infantry remaining 
 over at Marlborough, but a part of them marching down to Bos 
 ton the next day. They were reduced to such straits that they 
 killed and ate many of their horses, and the march was thence 
 called by the people " the Hungry March." 
 
XV. 
 
 CAPT. SAMUEL BROCKLEBANK S COMPANY AND 
 MARLBOROUGH GARRISON. 
 
 SAMUEL BROCKLEBANK, of Rowley, is said to have been 
 born in England about 1630, and to have come to this 
 country with his mother Jane, a widow, and his brother 
 John. Samuel Brocklebank and his wife Hannah had children 
 Samuel, born 1653 ; Francis, born 1655 ; Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth, 
 Sarah, and Joseph who was born in 1674. He was appointed 
 deacon of the first church in Rowley in 1665. Elected captain 
 of the Foot Company of Rowley in 1673. Was active in recruit 
 ing for the Narraganset campaign, and after the fort fight, on 
 the second call for recruits, went out with a company about Jan 
 uary 1st, as I judge from his credits, and those corresponding credits 
 of his men, which according to my best estimates were for five 
 weeks, up to February 5th, when they returned to Boston, and 
 reckoned from the time they left Rowley. These are only infer 
 ences, however, drawn from the Journal and various casual ref 
 erences, and I have yet found no direct statement as to the officers 
 and men who went out to Narraganset at the second call, and 
 I have not found any mention of Capt. Brocklebank or other 
 officers whom I shall credit with such service. After the return 
 to Boston, Capt. Brocklebank, with his company, within one week 
 was called to Marlborough, where he was placed in command of 
 the garrisons and military operations, and remained until April 
 21st, when he marched to Sudbury, with Capt. Wadsworth and 
 his company, where they were ambushed by the Indians, and 
 both captains, with most of their men, were slain. The account 
 of this battle is in the Capt. Wadsworth chapter, as he was in 
 command. 
 
 After the death of Capt. Brocklebank, his widow married 
 Richard Dole, of Newbury. His descendants of the name are 
 quite numerous by his son Samuel and Elizabeth Platts his wife ; 
 by his daughters Mary and Sarah, who married William and 
 Henry, sons of Richard Dole ; and by his daughter Hannah, who 
 married John Stickney. 
 
 Soldiers credited under Capt. Samuel Brocklebank : 
 
 February 29 th 1675-6 
 Samuel Mower 01 08 04 
 
 Joseph Parker 01 10 00 
 
 Rowland Ravensbee 01 07 04 
 John Abbott 01 10 00 
 
OAPT. BROCKLEBANK/S COMPANY. 
 
 207 
 
 March 24 th 1675-6 
 
 Thomas Stamford 01 
 
 John Wilson 01 
 
 Philip Butler 02 
 
 John Linsy 01 
 
 John Humkins 02 
 SamuelBrocklebankCapt.07 
 
 John Hobson 01 
 
 John Woodin 01 
 
 Benjamin Peirson 01 
 
 Daniel Tenny 01 
 
 John Jackson 01 
 
 John Wood 01 
 
 April 24 th 1676 
 
 James Ford 01 
 
 John Giddings 03 
 
 Peter Jennings 01 
 
 John Pollard 01 
 
 June 24, 1676 
 
 Richard Potter 02 
 
 Peter Jennings 04 
 
 John Lovejoy 01 
 
 Jonathan Emery 03 
 
 Josiah Clark 06 
 
 Henry Cooke 00 
 
 Samuel Ireson 04 
 
 Simon Adams 04 
 
 Moses Bennett 03 
 
 John Burrell 03 
 
 Thomas Brown 04 
 
 John Wood 03 
 
 Francis Gefford 03 
 
 Nath. Pease 05 
 
 Samuel Hills 02 
 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 
 01 00 
 10 00 
 
 02 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 16 00 
 10 08 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 
 15 00 
 00 00 
 
 15 00 
 10 10 
 
 02 00 
 
 16 00 
 10 00 
 12 00 
 06 00 
 
 10 00 
 04 00 
 
 11 08 
 
 18 10 
 06 00 
 
 03 00 
 
 19 08 
 18 00 
 08 00 
 16 00 
 
 Simon Groe 03 09 04 
 
 Nicholas Richardson 03 09 04 
 
 Robert Rand 01 10 00 
 
 Richard Haven 01 10 00 
 
 James Day 01 17 08 
 
 Daniel Hutchins 03 10 00 
 SamuelBrocklebankCapt.14 11 00 
 
 July 24 th 1676 
 
 John Brown 02 08 00 
 
 Nathaniel Stephens 02 09 06 
 
 Zechariah Ayres 01 10 00 
 
 Richard Bryan 08 11 00 
 
 Thomas Kemball 02 08 00 
 
 Philip Kertland 01 12 06 
 
 John Stanwood 01 02 00 
 
 Philip Stanwood 03 08 06 
 
 Robert Pease 03 12 00 
 
 Thomas Baker 05 09 06 
 
 Benjamin Jones 01 16 00 
 
 Joseph Fellows 01 17 00 
 
 John Lynd 05 09 06 
 
 Joshuah Boynton 05 10 04 
 
 August 24 th 1676. 
 
 Jonathan Fantom 05 10 12 
 
 Peter Chever 03 04 00 
 
 Samuel Perkins 03 18 00 
 
 Richard Jacob 14 15 10 
 
 Sept 23 d 1676 
 
 Richard Prince 02 11 04 
 
 Samuel Peirce 00 18 00 
 
 James Chafe 01 12 06 
 
 Edward Sewery 02 02 00 
 
 Michael Derick 10 00 00 
 
 Capt. Brocklebank wrote from Marlborough to Gen. Denison, 
 March 27, 1676, asking that he and his company may be relieved 
 to go home, giving his reason that they had been in the country s 
 service " since the first of January at Narraganset, and within one 
 week after their returne were sent out again, having neither time 
 nor money (save a fortnight s pay upon the march) to recruite 
 themselves." 
 
 THE GARRISON AT MARLBOROUGH. 
 
 Okkokonimesit was what Major Daniel Gookin called, and 
 Ognonikongquamesit was the name by which Mr. Eliot knew, 
 the " Praying Indian Village," situated within the limits of what 
 became the town of Marlborough. The first English settlers 
 went from the parent plantation of Sudbury. The Court s grant 
 to the Indians through Mr. Eliot, in 1654, being prior to that 
 
208 KINO PHILIP S WAK. 
 
 made to the English, the latter found to their disappointment 
 that this Indian reserve, right in the midst of their own grant, 
 must be respected by them if they wished to retain their own rights ; 
 for it is to the credit of the Massachusetts Council, that its mem 
 bers were, almost without exception, in favor of upright and 
 humane dealing with the friendly Indians. These Indians above, 
 were a branch of the Wamesit tribe, it is said, and had submitted 
 to the Massachusetts Colony as early as 1643, and had received 
 assurance of its protection of their rights. In 1674 this Indian 
 town contained ten families, and about fifty souls. They were 
 self-supporting, peaceable, and were becoming industrious and 
 thrifty, but were evidently regarded with contempt and distrust 
 by many of the neighboring English, who grudged them the posses 
 sion of their grant of six thousand acres, including some of the 
 best land in the township. 
 
 The Indian name of the locality was something like Whipsup- 
 penick, but this became corrupted with the English settlers to 
 " Whipsufferage." 
 
 The town was incorporated as Marlborough in 1660. The 
 first actual English settler was John Howe, who settled in 1657- 
 8 ; and at the division of land, in 1660, there were thirty-eight 
 who were then, or soon after, residents. 
 
 Rev. Wm. Brimsmead was settled as their minister, and the 
 new plantation flourished fairly until the breaking out of Philip s 
 War. At this time, being a frontier town, it was exposed to 
 attacks from all directions, and being situated upon the road 
 to Connecticut, it had been regarded by the General Court as a 
 point of military advantage, and a fort had been built, and a small 
 garrison was kept there. Upon the outbreak of Philip s War, 
 the retreat of Philip and his followers to the Nipmucks, and the 
 consequent disturbance of the neighboring tribes, the people of 
 Marlborough, under the lead of their minister, met early in Octo 
 ber, and adopted measures of defence in addition to that afforded 
 by the garrison which was under the command of Lieut. John 
 Ruddock, of whose conduct of their military affairs, his towns 
 men, it seems, were jealous ; and the people, as was the case gener 
 ally, were averse to the presence of the soldiers in their houses. 
 After hostilities began, the Praying Indians, who had lived so 
 long beside the settlers, became objects of suspicion and, in many 
 instances, of unreasoning persecutions, in spite of the constant 
 remonstrances of their friends, Rev. John Eliot, Major Gookin and 
 the magistrates and leading men generally. Philip used all his 
 powers of persuasion and intimidation to draw these Praying or 
 Christian Indians to his side ; but in spite of his arts, and the 
 bitter popular prejudices of the English, and although forced 
 to suffer great injustice and hardships, they were nearly all 
 faithful to their engagements with the Colonists. The " new 
 praying villages," which under Mr. Eliot s efforts were established, 
 
FRIENDLY INDIANS PERSECUTED. 209 
 
 in the way of missionary stations, in the vicinity of several neigh 
 boring tribes, were broken up by the " rumors of war," and the 
 real converts came with their families into the older villages 
 under the protection of the Colony. The Indian village at 
 Marlborough was increased to about forty men, besides women 
 and children, and under the direction of the English, they built a 
 fort of considerable strength for themselves, and were furnished 
 with ammunition and some with arms by the government, and 
 others had suitable arms of their own. There is no doubt that 
 these Indians were well disposed and faithful with very few excep 
 tions, and might have been of very great help in all the subsequent 
 movements of the war, if the headstrong prejudices of the people 
 had not frightened and antagonized them in manifold ways. 
 The hostile Indians sought to fix the stigma of their own depre 
 dations, often committed for that very purpose, upon the Christian 
 Indians ; and the attack upon Lancaster, Aug. 22, 1675, in which 
 seven persons were killed, was attributed to them by " Indian 
 David," who was tied up to a tree and forced to implicate somebody, 
 himself having fallen under suspicion of shooting the Irish shep 
 herd boy at Marlborough just before this. Those whom David 
 particularly accused were the Hassanemesit Indians, now gathered 
 into the Indian fort at Marlborough ; and the popular clamor was 
 so loud against them that Lieut. John Ruddock, in command of the 
 garrison at Marlborough, demanded the arms and ammunition of 
 the whole body of Indians to be given up. This demand was 
 quietly acceded to, although there was no evidence against the 
 Indians, and the act was entirely without the sanction of the 
 Court ; but the prejudices of the people were so strong, and their 
 clamors so persistent, that Capt. Mosely, then in the vicinity with 
 his company of sixty men, was appealed to, and nothing loth, 
 under cover of his authority, gave the Indian fort up to the 
 plunder and abuse of his soldiery. Fifteen of the Indians were 
 arrested and sent down to Boston, tied neck to neck like galley- 
 slaves, and the integrity of the Council was sorely taxed to keep 
 the rage of the populace from executing these poor creatures 
 without trial ; but the law did prevail, and after a long trial and 
 imprisonment at Boston of the eleven(out of the fifteen) who were 
 accused, all were fully acquitted except their first accuser, David, 
 who was condemned for the suspicion as to the shepherd boy, and 
 also for his false accusations, and also the Indian Joseph Spoonant, 
 tried by another jury ; these two were condemned to be sold 
 out of the country as slaves. This persecution seems to have 
 broken up the Indian settlement at Marlborough. 
 
 In the meantime the garrison at Marlborough became a ren 
 dezvous for the troops going and coming to and from the 
 western towns, and while it was occupied by soldiers the people 
 felt some degree of security in their homes ; but when the com 
 panies were drawn off they felt the danger of their exposed con- 
 
210 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 dition, and after the disasters of Captains Beers and Lothrop, 
 and the experiences of Springfield, Deerfield, etc., they resolved 
 upon measures for better security. Upon October 1st they were 
 called together, and took action as shown in the following paper 
 preserved in the Massachusetts Archives, vol. 67, p. 277. 
 
 Maryborough the : 1 : of October : 1675. 
 
 At a meeting of the inhabetants in order to take care for the safty 
 of our town these following proposals were Agreed upon And volen- 
 taryly chosen unto that in case of asalt these places heare After men 
 tioned should be defended by the persons that are expressed by name 
 that is in 
 
 William Kerly s hous. of the town soulders : 2 : or soulders allowed 
 to the town 
 
 John How senior John ffay Thomas Marten 
 
 Thomas How Joseph "Wait Thomas King 
 
 John Wetherbe John Mainard John Brigham 
 
 In Serjant Woods his hous of the town Souldeers-2 6 of the New- 
 tons, or solders Allowed to the town 
 
 John Woods Junior Isack How 
 
 James Woods John Bellows 
 
 Isack Woods Samuel Bellows 
 
 At Joseph Rices 
 
 Samuel Stow John Barret Samuel Rice 
 
 In John Johnson s hous : 9 : and of the town Souldears 3 : 
 In Deacon Wards hous of the town soulders-3 or soulders allowed 
 the towne his own family 3 
 
 Abraham How Gershom Yearns 
 
 William Taylor Samuel Ward 
 
 In Abraham Williams his house of the town soulders-3 or soulders 
 allowed the towne 
 
 Richard Barnes John Rediat Junior 
 
 John Rideat Senior Samuel Brigham 
 
 John Rooks 
 
 In Thomas Rices hous of the town soulders 2 or soulders allowed 
 to the town 
 
 John Brown John Bowser Peter Rice 
 
 Increas Ward Thomas Rice Junior And three men of Peter Bents 
 To the Lef tenant him self and the magazeen : 13 : of the soulders 
 that weare allowed to the town 
 
 to John Johnson : 3 : to Deacon Ward 3 
 
 to Serjant Woods ) . to Abraham Williams 3 
 
 And William Kerly ) to Thomas Rice 3 
 
 All these men to be maintained in their respective percels by the fam- 
 ilyes In the several fortifications where they are placed. 
 
 Also that the ammunition of the town hould be proportioned to the 
 soulders of the town in these fortifications ; this Above written is that 
 which Acted and Assented unto by the persons whos names are sub 
 scribed. 
 
 Mr Brensmead Thomas Rice Josias How 
 
 Deacon Ward John Johnson John Mainard 
 
LIEUT. RUDDUCK S LETTERS. 211 
 
 Thomas King Samuel Rice John Rediat 
 
 Solomon Johnson John Bellows John ffay 
 
 Abraham How Nathaniel Johnson Moses Newton 
 
 John How senior John Woods Junior Richard Barnes 
 
 John Woods senior Joseph Newton James Taylor 
 
 Richard Newton Thomas Barnes William Kerly 
 
 Abraham Williams 
 
 This Above writen was the Act of the town Agreeing with the Act 
 of the Comettee of melecti as Attest William Kerly clarke 
 
 That this action was somewhat in opposition to the wishes of 
 the military officer of the garrison, Lieut. John Rudduck, is 
 proved by his letter below, from the Archives, vol. 68, p. 4 : 
 
 Letter of Lieut. John Rudduck to the Council. 
 For the honored Councell 
 
 Honored Sirs. After my humble Duty p r esented these are to in- 
 forme the honored Councill that Capt. Pool have sent to me four times 
 for things spesefied in the note inclosed which I had none of but bread 
 and liquors w ch he have had but the other things I have none of and 
 now the Rum is all gon he have had several gallons of Rum all Redy 
 and the souldirs and posts passinge to and agen and the army have 
 had the Rest alsoe our men at the garison want shoos and stockins and 
 shurts very much they complaine to me dayly to goe home and suply 
 themselves but I dare not let them goe becaus sum have gon on that 
 acount and Com not againe namly John Boudage of Roxbury and 
 John Orres a smeth of Boston and on Samuell Castin is Run away I 
 sent to M r Davison to aquaint athority with it but I heare noe more 
 of it heare is but littell of anythinge Left in the Magaseen and if it 
 please the hono r d Councell to give me order to remove what is left to 
 my hous it would be less trouble to me and if anything be sent I may 
 have it heare at my own hous I have set the garison soulders to fortify 
 about my hous now they have fortified the Magaseen all Ready by my 
 order and soe I intend to imply them for the defense of the Town I 
 humbly pray this honored Councell to send a suply for the soulders 
 heare and at quoboag or derection how they shall be suplyed. Capt. 
 Wayt commanded me to returne James Cheavers for absenting himself 
 after he had prest him whom I have sent to make his own defence. 
 
 Your humble servant, 
 
 Marlborough Octob : y e 1 st , 1675. JOHN RUDDUCK 
 
 Sum of the gareson souldirs Informed me when I was geting to scale 
 my letter that the Constable had been this morning and warned the soul 
 ders to com to me for theire vectls for the Town would diet them no 
 longer I desire derection in this case and allsoe that he had warned them 
 that did quarter them to quarter them no more JOHN RUDDUCK. 
 
 I am of Nesessity constrained to provid victles for them till I heare 
 from the Councell how they will order it. 
 
 Capt. Poolers requisition, enclosed in the above letter. 
 To the Comisary at Malbery Sur we want drawers and wastcots and 
 I am forsed to let men goe home to fetch clothing becas they want and 
 
212 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 have no supply Sur I pray send sum soft tobacow and bred by thos 
 persons I pray send me the runlit of lickours for the army will drene us 
 doutles not els but rest yours 
 
 date 30 : 7 th : 75 JONATHAN POOLE Capt. 
 
 Another letter from him is in Mass. Archives, vol. 67, p. 279: 
 
 Second Letter of Lieut. John Rudduck to the Council. 
 For the honoured Governor & Council. 
 
 Honored Sir After my humble Duty p r sented these are to signify to 
 this honored Councel that upon hearinge the Councell was Informed the 
 Constable had f orbed the men that were quarteered in the town and sent 
 them to me for quarter sum cam to me this morninge and threatened me 
 if the men were taken away I should Answer it and many threateninge 
 words and many were gathered together about it I understand great 
 Complaints are like to be made against me to the Couucell but I hope 
 the honoured Councell will have Charity for me till I can com to Answer 
 for myself : in Regard to the charge of the town and of the Country. 
 I cannot with convenience come down the charge of the mageseen 
 beinge committed to me troubles me very much they are offended that I 
 bringe the souldiers to meetinge with me and say 1 must have soe many 
 men to gard me it well known to many that it have bene my practise 
 ever since I have had a family I use to have them to meetiuge with me 
 I thiuke it my duty having a garison of Souldiers to have them to meet 
 ing with mee allsoe I sect sum of them the on half to gard the Town 
 in the forenoon and the other in the Afternoon and them that do not 
 ward I have to meeting with me : when we met together to apoynt 
 houses to be ffortified I would have had houses apoynted and men 
 apoynted to these houses but the Insign would not yeald to that but 
 would have the town caled together to see what houses they were will- 
 inge to goe to and to fortify soe the designe was that my house should 
 not be ffortified nor have any gard if danger be they themselves will 
 have the Inhabitants to gard theire houses but if I have any I must 
 have of the soulders and be at Charges to maintaine them myself I have 
 propounded to them that the Inhabitants be equally devided to the 
 houses that are to be garded and the garison soulders divided like 
 wise but they would not yeld to that soe unless the honoured Councell 
 be plesed to determiu this thinge it will not be determined sum have 
 manedged theire maters soe that I have Leetle or noe comand of the 
 Inhabitants of the town the sum of all is there are that cannot swolow 
 that pill that I should have so much trust aud pour commeted to me soe 
 I desire to leve myself with God and this honored Councell The pore 
 leve themselves with God Your humble Seruaut 
 
 Marlborough this 4 Octo 1675 JOHN RDDDUCK. 
 
 When the army returned from the Narraganset campaign, and 
 most of the troops were discharged at Boston, Feb. 5, 1675-6, we 
 learn from Gen. Gookin s " History of the Christian Indians " that 
 Capt. Wadsworth with his company was left at Marlborough " to 
 strengthen that frontier." He remained there until early in 
 March, when the newly levied army was gathered there under the 
 
GEN. DENISON AND CAPT. BROCKLEBANK. 213 
 
 command of Major Thomas Savage, and was organized under the 
 immediate personal inspection of Maj. Gen. Daniel Denison. It 
 was at this time that Capt. Mosely s haughty and unrebuked 
 insubordination, backed up by the lawless, Indian-hating element 
 of the army, occurred, and gave the commanders so much diffi 
 culty ; for when Job Kattenanit, a friendly Indian, whose fidelity 
 had been proved by successful and faithful report of the condition 
 of the hostile Indians, to whom he with James Quannapohit had 
 been sent as a spy, and, in order to keep faith with the English, 
 had left his wife and children in the hands of the hostiles and 
 returned to our army, bringing information which, if it had been 
 heeded, would have saved great destruction and suffering, when 
 this man had been given a permit to go and bring in his family, 
 who were to meet him on a certain day, Capt. Mosely raised such 
 a hue and cry that the commanders were obliged to submit, and 
 sent after him at once. 
 
 The course of events in the town, including the attack, is shown 
 in the following letters : 
 
 Capt. BrocJclebank s Letter to the Council. 
 Much Honnored sirs. Malborough 28 of : 1 : 1676 
 
 After the duty I owe unto your Honnor this may let you understand 
 that the assault the enemy made upon the towne of Malborough upon 
 sabbath day did much dammage as the inhabbitants say, to the burning 
 of 16 dwelling houses besides about 13 barnes and seemingly did 
 indeaver to draw out the men out of the garisons but we not knowing 
 ther numbers and our charge of the Countries ammunition and provis- 
 sion durst not goe out then on Sabbath day night there came about 20 
 men from Sudbury and we out of the severall garrison drew out about 
 twenty more and in the night they went out to see if they could discover 
 the enemy and give theme some checke in ther proceeding who found 
 them laid by ther fires and fired on them and they run away at present 
 but the number being few and not knowing the number of the enemie 
 but aprehending by ther noyse and fireing at them they indeavored to 
 compass them in the returne home without any losse of any man or 
 wound from the enemie only one of my men by the breaking of his gun 
 his hand is sorely shattered which for want of helpe here I have sent to 
 Charlestowne or elsewhere in the bay where your honnors may thinke 
 best for his helpe : we have great cause to acknowledge the goodnesse 
 of God toward us for his gracious preservation of us the enemye is gone 
 at the p r sent as we aprehend by the scouts that went out yesterday the 
 which we may expect eare long will fall on us with greater strength and 
 rage by reason of the breakfast that they had on Monday morning the 
 scouts found only one indian dead thus in briefe your honnors will under 
 stand how it is with us : from him who is your honnors servant 
 
 SAMUELL BROCKLEBANKE Capt 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 180. 
 
214 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 General Daniel Denison s Letter, 
 S r . 
 
 Yesterday I received a letter from Capt. Brocklebanck at Marl- 
 borough signifying his desire of being dismissed with his company the 
 reasons he alleadges are 1. their necessities & wants having beene in 
 the countryes service ever since the first of January at Narriganset & 
 within one weeke after their return were sent out againe having neither 
 time nor money (save a fortnights paye upon their march) to recruite 
 themselves 2. he saith they doe little where they are: & he under 
 stands they are called off by the Council. I shall make bould to request 
 the like favor in the behalf e of those (at least) some of those troopers 
 & dragoons of Essex that went out last, intended for Hadley but by 
 reason of the disaster at Groton diverted to Concord &c. to beate of 
 & prosecute the enemy in those parts and I directed orders to Major 
 Willard, that with those he first tooke up w th him & then sent, together 
 with the garrisons at Marlborough Lancaster & Chelmsford (if need 
 more) in all above 200 men he might not only defend the townes but 
 might prosecute the enemy there, being within 2 dayes march, but I 
 heare of no such attempt nor indeed of any considerable improvement of 
 them that hath beene, or is like to be. I am therefore sollicitous for 
 many of them that out of a respect to myself went willingly, hoping of 
 a speedy returne to their families and occasions some of them more 
 than ordinary great and urgent I intreate therefore they may be 
 p r sently considered & eased to attend the seed time &c. and if there be 
 necessity that others may be sent in their roomes, who may with far less 
 detriment be spared. The stockade from Watertowne to Wamesit, 
 might better be from Watertowne to Sudbury river 9 miles taking in 
 more country, & that river being as good a stop as the stockade the 
 greatest objection is Merrimack river though broad yet I understand is 
 fordable in 20 places betweene Wamesit & Haveril, & cannot be safe 
 without guards w ch must be kept upon it, for hast I Jumble many 
 things, w ch be pleased to pardon The Lord Look in mercy upon his 
 poore distressed people upon your selves in particular so prayes 
 
 your humble Servant 
 
 Ips March 27: 1676 DANIEL DENISON. 
 
 The inclosed are certificates of delinquents on the last press in 
 Norfolk & of the troopers that should have gone with Capt. Whipple 
 to Hadley 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 179. 
 
 First Letter of the Council to Lieut. Jacob. 
 
 Left Jacob. The Council having lately receaved Information of 
 Gods further frowne upon us in taking and depriving the Country both 
 of y r Captaine and Capt Wadsworth w" 1 severall others by permitting 
 the enemy to destroy them yesterday so y l y r Capt. Brocklebauke s 
 chardge is devolved on y r self The Councel judge meet to leave the 
 souldiers under his charge to yo r care and chardge, and doe order you 
 to take the care and chardge of the sayd Company that you be vigilant 
 & diligent in that place & as seasonably and speedily as you cann to 
 give Information to y e Councel of the state, numbers & condition of 
 
LIEUT. JACOB AT MARLBOKOUGH. 215 
 
 y r souldiers in that Garrison under y r command desiring God s Grace 
 & blessing to be w th you. Remayne 
 
 yo r loving freinds 
 
 EDW. RAWSON, Secretary. 
 
 Boston 22 Aprill 1676 by Order of the Council 
 
 Postscript, you are alike ordered to take care & command of the 
 place (ie) Marlborrow to preserve it what in you lyes. 
 
 EDW. RAWSON, Secretary 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 222. like order 
 
 Lieut. Richard Jacob s First Letter. 
 
 from Malbary y e 22 April 1676. 
 
 Hono r d Sirs This morning aboute Sun two hours high y e Enimie 
 Alarmed us by firing & Shooting towards y e Lowermost Garason Next 
 Sudbury, which made us feare y l Garason to be in Danger which shoot 
 ing we afterward understood was y e Enimie killing off Cattle. Some 
 after they gave a shout & Came in sight upon y c Indian hill great 
 Numbers of them & one as their accustomed maner is after a fight, 
 began to signifie to us how many were slaine. They Cohoop d seventy- 
 four times, which we hoped was only to affright us seing we have had 
 no intelegence of any such thing, yet we have Reason to feare the 
 worst Considering Theire Numbers which we aprehended to be five 
 hundred at y e least others Thinke a thousand y e most of y em hasted 
 toward y e Northwest side of y e towne firing y e Remainder of y e Garason 
 houses & others y l were deserted as they went : they have been hunt 
 ing in al quarters of y e towne to kill & take what Cattle were without 
 Comand of y e four Garasons That yet Remain. Severall of y e further 
 most houses of this town next Sudbury have bin fired now toward 
 Night which gives Reason to Thinke that y e Enimie is not yet De 
 parted from us : Thus I thought it my Duty to give a briefe account 
 of y e present proceedings of y e Euimie : to your Honuours Leaving itt 
 with your wisdoms Consideration. 
 
 Beging pardon for This my Boulduess I Remaine your Honoures 
 
 Humble Servant RICHARD JACOB. 
 
 Attached to the above letter is Secretary Rawson s Copy of 
 an Order of the Council, as follows : 
 
 Lef tenant Jacob, yesterday upon the Councils having the sad intel 
 egence of y or Capt. & Capt. Wadsworth death ordered your taking 
 the charge of the souldgers at Malborough since w ch I received your 
 of 22 Apr. giving intelegence of the enemyes infesting y or quarters & 
 apearance in a boddy of at least 500 & these wasting by fyers what 
 they can come at so driving cattle, yesterday was ordered eighty 
 troopers to advance to observe the motions of the enemy y or twoe 
 souldgers returne w th a p ty of horse to Sudbery & so with these to you 
 I desyer your vigilance & care for the preserving your men & what is 
 under your charge & you shal have ffurther orders so soone as the 
 Councell meete, desyring Gods presence with and assistance of you, 
 
 23, 2, 76. 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 223. 
 
216 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Lieutenant Richard Jacob s Second Letter. 
 
 Maryborough 24. Aprill 1676. 
 
 Honoured Sirs, Having now Received Information of God s ffurther 
 frowns on y e Country In Suffering two Such worthy Captaines to fall 
 before y e Enimie whome we might have hop to have bin Instruments 
 of more good in these troublous times : But In this God s will is Done. 
 
 Receiving an Order from your Honours wherein your Honours are 
 pleased to Devolve y c charge and betrustment of our late Capt. Brockle- 
 banke upon me, for which I am sensible of my Inefficiency & Incapacity, 
 yet Since tis your Honours pleasure, to Require me to Certifie your 
 Honours of y e state of y e soldeirs & of y e place. That I shall Readyly, 
 here is Remaining of our Company about fourty-six, Several whereofe 
 are young soldiers left here by Capt Wadsworth being unable to march. 
 The Towne is wholy consumed Excepting four Garasons that were 
 man d when the Enimie was last with us, all y e cattle without Reach of 
 The garasons are Lost : one of y e Garason Houses which was Judg d 
 to be most fitt by our Captaine : who your Honours did apoynt to order 
 according to his Discretion for a stated garason now burnt by Reason 
 off y e Inhabitants not attending thereunto Every one being Carful to 
 Secure his private Interest, here is only Remaining These two houses 
 where the Magazine Lyes That are in a Capacity to assist each other. 
 y c other two Lying att a greater Distance with other Inconveniences. 
 May it please your Honours further to Order of y e state of our Com 
 pany being Generally such as live upon Husbandry & seed time being 
 now far spent which may be prejudiciall to ourselves & others if y e 
 season so slipt. But I shall leave that to your Honours Consideration 
 only begging pardon for my bouldnes I Rest your Honours Servant 
 to my utmost ability RICHARD JACOB 
 
 Postscript : Some of y e principle of y e Towns men In the behalf e of 
 y c Rest y l are yet Remaining which are but few Would Desire your Hon 
 ours to Consider their present Condition being altogether incapable for 
 Remaining without assistance both with Carts & a Guard They are 
 destitute of Carts Their Teames being at Sudburie & not Daring to 
 Returne. Removing of theire goods if your Honours see meete to 
 Grant it or otherwise willing to refer their loss to your Honours further 
 Consideration. 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 227. 
 
 Most of the inhabitants deserted their farms after the destruc 
 tion of the town on March 26, 1676, and with the exception of 
 a few families who remained for a time in the garrisoned houses, 
 the families came to the towns nearer Boston, and returned only 
 after the war was over. The garrison was maintained until the 
 close of the war, and was an important rendezvous for the forces. 
 
 Soldiers Credited with Military Service at the Garrison at Marlborough 
 
 September 21 st 1675 
 Darby Morris 01 13 04 
 
 John Dunster 02 00 00 
 
 William Turner 01 19 04 
 
 Thomas Owen 04 13 04 
 
 Joseph Barber 02 14 00 
 
LIEUT. JACOB AT MARLBOROUGH. 
 
 217 
 
 October 19 th 
 
 1675 
 
 James Cheevers 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 Thomas Turner 
 
 02 12 00 
 
 William Blackwell 
 
 03 02 06 
 
 Henry Gibbs 
 Richard Roberts 
 
 03 07 00 
 04 04 00 
 
 November 20 
 
 1675 
 
 Timothy Laskin 
 William Ferman 
 
 04 13 04 
 02 08 00 
 
 Samuel French 
 
 03 00 00 
 
 Richard Young 
 Daniel Roff 
 
 03 12 00 
 03 02 00 
 
 Jacob Adams 
 
 04 13 04 
 
 Jonathan Jackson 
 
 04 13 04 
 
 Daniel Weight 04 13 04 
 John Figg 01 10 00 
 John Broughton 02 12 02 
 January 25 th 1675-6 
 John Baker 03 08 06 
 
 Richard Young 
 Henry Gibbs 
 John Nash 
 
 03 06 00 
 02 19-00 
 00 18 00 
 
 Jonathan Jackson 
 
 01 05 08 
 
 Obadiah Searle 
 
 06 08 00 
 
 Daniel Davison, 
 
 Commissary, 05 14 00 
 Jonathan Orris 03 12 00 
 
 Richard Roberts 02 16 06 
 
 William Turner 04 16 00 
 
 February 29, 1675-6 
 Robert Rownden 07 04 00 
 
 Thomas Owen 02 18 02 
 
 William Farman 03 17 00 
 
 Gustin John 01 19 04 
 
 March 24 th 1675-6 
 Richard Young 00 13 00 
 
 April 24 th 1676 
 
 Thomas Hopkins 00 09 00 
 
 Benjamin Parmater 02 03 08 
 
 June 24 th 1676 
 
 Daniel Weight 02 09 08 
 
 Thomas Dennis 01 05 06 
 
 July 24 th 1676 
 
 Timothy Laskin 02 09 08 
 
 John Burges 03 00 10 
 
 September 23 d 1676 
 Morgan Jones 08 02 00 
 
 Joseph Davis 06 00 00 
 
XVI. 
 
 CAPT. SAMUEL WADSWORTH AND THE SUDBURY 
 
 FIGHT, 
 
 THE last chapter closed the account of affairs at the garrison 
 at Marlborough during and immediately after the fight at 
 Sudbury, with the letters of Lieut. Richard Jacob, upon 
 whom the command of the garrison devolved after Captain 
 Brocklebank s death. And it is well to bear in mind that, be 
 tween the time of the requests of Gen. Denison and Capt. Brockle- 
 bank, that the garrison might be relieved to go home, etc., and 
 these letters of Lieut. Jacob, the new army under Major Savage 
 had marched out from Marlborough to the Connecticut River, 
 driving the main body of the hostile Indians beyond that river, 
 as was supposed, but, as was found afterwards, leaving a great 
 number gathered near Mount Wachuset. After operating till 
 about March 28th in defence of the western towns, he was 
 ordered to leave one hundred and fifty men under command of 
 Capt. Turner, and return home as far as Marlborough, and await 
 further orders. By an order of the Council, passed April 10, 
 1676, Major-Gen. Denison was to meet and dispose the returning 
 troops at Marlborough. 
 
 In the meantime the Indians, closely watching the movements 
 of our forces, and alert to strike at every exposed point, on Sun 
 day, March 26th, attacked Marlborough, as we see by Capt. 
 Brocklebank s letter, and burned a large part of the town. The 
 garrisons were unable, or feared, to attack them in force ; but 
 that night, Lieut. Jacob of Captain Brocklebank s company, with 
 twenty of his men and twenty volunteers, coming up from 
 Sudbury, followed and surprised the Indians sleeping by their 
 fires, and killed some of them, though it is not known how many. 
 Mr. Hubbard says they wounded thirty, fourteen of whom died 
 the same day or soon after, and popular rumor, as usual, exag 
 gerated the number, and in this case made it seventy. It is nec 
 essary now to go back and bring the personal account of Capt. 
 Wadsworth up even with the general matters related above. 
 
 Capt. Samuel Wadsworth was the son of Christopher, who 
 came from England in the ship Lion, it is said ; was settled in 
 Duxbury in 1632 with wife Grace (Cole), and had four children, 
 
CAPT. WADSWORTH S FAMILY. 219 
 
 who, in their mother s will, 1688, are named in order, viz., Joseph, 
 Samuel, Mary and John, and the last was born 1638. 
 
 Capt. Samuel moved to Milton about 1656 and selected a large 
 tract of land in the centre of that town, and settled there with 
 his wife Abigail, daughter of James Lindall, of Duxbury. Their 
 children, born between 1659 and 1674, were Ebenezer, Chris 
 topher, Timothy, Joseph, Benjamin, Abigail, and John, whose 
 descendants have honored the name in their generations. 
 
 Of these, Ebenezer and Christopher settled in Milton, where 
 the latter died in 1687, aged about 24 years. Benjamin, born 1670, 
 graduated, Harvard College, 1690 ; ordained minister of First 
 Church in Boston, September 8, 1696 ; elected president of 
 Harvard College in 1725, and died 1737. 
 
 John Wadsworth, youngest son of Capt. Samuel, was born in 
 1674 ; became a prominent citizen of Milton ; had a family of 
 twelve children, of whom his second son, Benjamin, built a house 
 now standing in Milton. Capt. E. D. Wadsworth, a lineal de 
 scendant, now lives on a part of the original estate of Capt. 
 Samuel. 
 
 Agreeably to the order of the Commissioners of the United 
 Colonies to raise one thousand men to continue the war against 
 the Indians, passed at Boston, December 25th, Massachusetts, on 
 the 28th, issued orders for impressing three hundred men forth 
 with; Essex 105, Middlesex 83, Suffolk 112; the time and 
 place of rendezvous being January 5th, at Dedham. 
 
 Of the recruits that were sent out at this time, Capt. Samuel 
 Wadsworth, the subject of the present chapter, commanded one 
 company. There is no published reference to such service, and 
 only the casual mention in Gen. Gookin s account of the " Pray 
 ing Indians," and by the writer of the pamphlet " News from New 
 England," to the effect that, when the army returned to Marl- 
 borough, and the rest of the forces were dismissed, " Capt. 
 Wadsworth with his company was left at Marlborough." 
 The garrisons from all the frontier towns, save such as the 
 inhabitants furnished, had been withdrawn by an order of the 
 Council, January 14th. There is no mention of Capt. Wads- 
 worth until the return to Marlborough, and therefore our 
 account of him and his company must begin there ; they, having 
 taken part in the " Hungry March " from Narraganset, were now 
 left to bear the brunt of any attack the Indians nu ght make upon 
 the frontiers. 
 
 On February 6th the Council issued an order to Major Appleton, 
 then at Marlborough with the returned army, to dismiss the 
 soldiers to their several homes, " as soone as the Sabbath is past. 
 But it will be remembered that Gen. Winslow, now in command 
 of the army, and under the pressure of the lack of provisions, 
 would scarcely wait for this order, and probably marched to Bos 
 ton on February 5th, with at least a large proportion of his army. 
 
220 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Rev. Increase Mather, living in Boston at the time, and deeply 
 interested in all these affairs, writes in his history : " Feb. 5th, 
 the Army returned to Boston not having obtained the end of 
 their going forth ; " while the anonymous contemporary writer of 
 the pamphlet above mentioned, states that " Major Gen. Wins- 
 low only with his Troops (marched) to Boston, leaving the Foot 
 at Malbury and South-bury, who came home on Munday follow 
 ing and were all dismist to their several Habitations except Capt. 
 Wads worth, who was left at Malbury in pursuit of the Enemy of 
 whom he destroyed about 70 Old Men Women and Children, who 
 wanted strength to follow the fugitive Army." l Hull s treasury 
 accounts agree with this date of the disbanding of the army, so 
 that Capt. Wadsworth s operations on the frontiers, with his head 
 quarters at Marlborough, began doubtless on the same day. 
 
 On February 10th a large body of Indians fell upon Lancaster 
 and burned near half the town, consisting of about fifty families, 
 but succeeded in capturing only one of the garrison houses, of 
 which there were several. The one captured was that of Rev. 
 Joseph Rowlandson, who was himself absent at the time in 
 Boston, seeking assistance from the Council for the threatened 
 town. The house was sufficiently garrisoned, but the enemy 
 succeeded in setting fire to the rear portion, and forced all within 
 to surrender or die, as the house was quickly burned to the 
 ground. Forty-two persons were thus made prisoners, most of 
 whom were women and children. As soon as the news of this 
 attack upon Lancaster reached Marlborough, Capt. Wads worth 
 mustered a company of about forty men of his garrison and 
 hastened to the rescue of the remaining part of the town. On 
 one side the Indians had cut off the approach of assistance, as 
 they supposed, by tearing off the planks from the bridge ; but the 
 English readily repaired this and passed over, and by a secret 
 way were led into the town, where they succeeded in driving off 
 the enemy. 
 
 During the rest of this month Capt. Wads worth and his men 
 were employed scouting along the frontier, with headquarters 
 chiefly at Marlborough, I think, where Capt. Brocklebank was in 
 command, whose company, dismissed on February 5th, had been 
 called again into service upon the news of the assault upon Lan 
 caster. An order of the Council, dated February llth, appoints 
 Capt. Samuel Wadsworth ; Robert Badcocke, Sergeant ; and 
 " those that are at present selectmen " a council of militia for 
 
 1 This -writer is unreliable in his account of the war, and in attributing this last exploit to Capt. 
 Wadsworth undoubtedly confuses things in mixing the rescue of Lancaster by him with the mid 
 night surprise of Indians March 27th, by Lieut. Jacob. But while his direct statements are to be 
 received with caution, his casual references are valuable as hints of existing facts which others do 
 not mention, and many of which, confirmed by evidence gleaned from the Archives, throw light 
 upon things which have hitherto been entirely unknown in history ; for instance, this reference to 
 Capt. Wadsworth, together with Major Gookin s mention, is the only hint, in published accounts, 
 that connects him with the Narraganset campaign, and in these references there is only inferential 
 evidence, and in regard to Capt. Brocklebank there is absolutely no reference until the present 
 investigations based upon Treasurer Hull s accounts; but following up the clues, there is plenty 
 of evidence in the Archives of, these officers and others having had part in this campaign, that have 
 never been mentioned in connection with it. 
 
CAPT. WADSWORTH AND SOLDIERS. 
 
 221 
 
 Milton ; and this would seem to indicate the design of the Coun 
 cil to keep Capt. Wadsworth upon the home frontiers, as will 
 further appear. 
 
 When, on the first of March, the newly levied army was being 
 organized at Marlborough for operations in the west, Capt. Wads- 
 worth was there with his company, and was sent out by the Gen 
 eral to recall Job Kattenanit upon the occasion detailed in the 
 last chapter. 
 
 In making up the army the General made a selection of the best 
 soldiers out of all at his disposal, and among other changes, trans 
 ferred a part of Capt. Wadsworth s company to Capt. William 
 Turner, who led out a company in this expedition to the west. 
 
 A letter from William Torrey to the Council, dated March 7th, 
 expresses gratitude for the assistance rendered by the Council in 
 defence of the towns of Milton, Braintree, Weymouth and Hing- 
 ham, and says that the Major General has " ordered the remaynder 
 of Capt. Wadsworth and Capt. Jacobs forces to be a guard to our 
 townes," etc. ; and that Capt. Wadsworth and his men shall be a 
 guard to Milton, Braintree, etc. 
 
 The credits in Hull s account indicate the discharge of the 
 remainder of the company about the 7th or 8th of March, and 
 thereafter they were employed as home-guards, and supported by 
 their respective towns, and there is no further mention of service 
 by Capt. Wadsworth during the next month, the operations in the 
 western towns engrossing all the energies of the colonies and all 
 the attention of the people. The soldiers are credited with service 
 up to this time, and thus properly the names and credits are 
 given in this place. 
 
 Credited under Capt. Samuel Wadsworth. 
 
 February 29, 1675-6. 
 
 Henry Pellirigton 00 12 00 
 
 Robert Miller 01 01 04 
 
 John Rowlston 01 01 04 
 
 Stephen Fielder 01 01 04 
 
 March 24 th 1675-6. 
 
 John Starr 02 08 00 
 
 Nathaniel Jewett 02 02 02 
 
 John Hunt 04 02 03 
 
 James Hadlock 03 04 00 
 
 Thomas Vos, Lieut 07 10 00 
 
 Ebenezer Williams 02 11 00 
 
 Richard Evans 02 14 10 
 
 William Scant 02 14 10 
 
 John Horsington 02 14 10 
 
 John Trescott 00 18 10 
 
 Timothy Wales 02 04 06 
 
 William Deaue 03 12 00 
 
 Mortho Hurley 02 07 02 
 
 James Stuart 03 
 
 Thomas Woods 02 
 
 April 24 th 1676. 
 James Dalvine 02 
 
 Jacob Leonard 02 
 
 Robert Braine 02 
 
 Samuel Wadsworth, Cop* 15 
 James Ford 02 
 
 Peter Roberts 01 
 
 Robert Corbett 02 
 
 Henry Ledebetter 02 
 
 Robert Parker 02 
 
 Timothy Tilston 02 
 
 John Sharp 03 
 
 June 24 th 1676. 
 George Ripley 02 
 
 Robert Munson 03 
 
 Robert Judd 01 
 
 John Hands 02 
 
 15 09 
 
 10 06 
 
 07 02 
 09 08 
 
 14 00 
 00 00 
 
 15 08 
 18 06 
 06 02 
 
 11 00 
 
 14 10 
 
 05 00 
 
 15 00 
 
 06 02 
 
 06 00 
 11 06 
 
 07 00 
 
222 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 John Adis 
 Ephraim Pond 
 Jonathan Gray 
 Abraham Hathaway 
 Richard Evans 
 John Redman 
 James Badcock 
 Thomas Beetle 
 Thomas Mory 
 Thomas Laurence 
 John Baker 
 Thomas "Williams 
 John Poole 
 Joseph Bosworth 
 Robert Milton 
 Isaac Lobdell 
 William Hooper 
 William Lyon 
 
 02 08 00 
 02 08 00 
 02 08 00 
 02 08 00 
 
 01 14 02 
 
 02 14 10 
 
 03 03 00 
 02 04 10 
 
 02 08 00 
 
 03 13 08 
 03 18 08 
 02 08 10 
 02 09 08 
 02 15 08 
 02 15 08 
 
 02 15 08 
 
 03 13 08 
 01 10 00 
 
 James Badcock 00 09 00 
 
 John Thare 02 14 10 
 
 July 24 th 1676. 
 
 Paul Gilford 02 09 06 
 
 Joshuah Lane 05 14 00 
 
 John Alger 02 08 00 
 
 Jeremiah Hood 02 08 00 
 
 Robert Mutson 02 08 00 
 
 Samuel Gill 02 09 06 
 
 August 24 th 1676. 
 John Angell 03 12 00 
 
 Jonathan Dunning 08 19 00 
 
 Edward Mortmore 02 08 00 
 
 Samuel Nicholson 01 07 04 
 
 Edward Samson 02 08 00 
 
 Sept. 23 d 1676. 
 John Tuckerman 00 12 00 
 
 THE SUDBURY FIGHT. 
 
 Upon the disbanding of the army under Gen. Winslow, as noted 
 in the first of this chapter, the Indians began to gather in towards 
 the frontier towns in large numbers, evidently elated at the 
 apparent inability and supposed discouragement of the English. 
 Upon April 18th they came upon Marlborough again, and burned 
 the houses they had left in the former attack. They hovered 
 about the town for two days, evidently seeking to draw out the 
 soldiers from the garrisons and away into an ambush, according 
 to their usual mode of warfare. They did not dare to engage the 
 garrisons, however, or to come within range of the guns, but 
 having invested the town with small parties set in ambush to 
 guard the roads and prevent messengers or relief passing to and 
 fro, they began to creep slowly in about Sudbury upon Thursday, 
 April 20th. In the meantime, according to the best evidence of 
 the best accounts from contemporary sources, Capt. Wadsworth, 
 with a company of some fifty or more men, marched out of Boston 
 towards Marlborough upon the same day, expecting to make up 
 the company to one hundred with the quotas of the Middlesex 
 towns, but did not have over seventy probably on his arrival at 
 Marlborough, which it was the design that he should relieve with 
 the company of one hundred men impressed l for the purpose, of 
 whom not more than seventy appeared, and these, many of them, 
 mere boys. They marched through Sudbury in the evening of 
 the 20th, and without any sign of attack from the great body of 
 Indians lying about the town and its approaches, arrived in Marl- 
 
 1 All kinds of pretexts were used to avoid the drafts at this time. For instance, an impressment 
 of men in the militia company of Capt. Clarke of Boston, on the 18th and 19th, for this service, 
 resulted as follows : 
 
 Aaron Stephens, Philip Cain, James Burges, Thomas Wate, John Pittam and Robert Miller, hid 
 away and could not be found except the two last, who declared they would rather " be hanged, 
 drawne and quartered thangoe;" and only one, Thomas Smith, obeyed. Attest the Officers, 
 Francis Hudson, Jacob Ferniside. 
 
THE FIGHT AT SUDBURY. 223 
 
 borough near midnight, where, learning that the enemy had gone 
 towards Sudbury, Capt. Wadsworth, after a brief stop and slight 
 reorganization of his company, leaving some of the boys that were 
 unable to march, at the garrison, and doubtless taking some fitter 
 men in their places, and being joined by Capt. Brocklebank, who 
 apparently started for Boston, being relieved of his charge at the 
 garrison by the coming of Capt. Wadsworth, with this company 
 he marched hastily back towards Sudbury. 
 
 While this company were thus marching to and from Marlbor- 
 ough, the enemy were gathering more closely about Sudbury, as 
 the following account, contained in the petition of the inhabitants 
 who suffered loss in the attack, shows. The paper has been 
 buried in the old court files for more than two hundred years, and 
 was discovered by the writer opportunely for insertion in this 
 chapter. This paper gives much new material in regard to the 
 fight, and incontrovertible contemporary testimony that the fight 
 occurred on the 21st of April. 
 
 To y e Hon ble Governou r Dept Govern 1 Magistrates and Deputies of y e 
 Gen 11 Court assembled at Boston y e 11 th October 1676 
 
 The hum ble Petition of y e poore distressed Inhabitants of Sudbury 
 Humbly Sheweth. That Whereas yo r impoverished Petition" of Sud 
 bury have received intelligence of a large contribution sent out of 
 Ireland by some pious & well affected p sons for y e releife of their 
 brethren in New England distressed by y e hostile intrusion of y e Indian 
 Enemy, and that upon this divers distressed townes have presented a 
 list of theire losses sustained by fireing and plundering of their Estates. 
 Let it not seeme presumption in yo r poore petitioners to p r sent a list of 
 what damages we sustained by y e Enemyes attempts hopeing that o r 
 lott will be to be considered among our brethren of the tribe of Joseph 
 being encouraged by an act of our Hon blc Gen 11 Court that those who 
 have sustained considerable damage should make address to this p r sent 
 Session. And is there not a reason for our releife ? Not only by reason 
 of Our great losses but alsoe for Our Service ptormed in repelling y e 
 Enemy ! Let y e Most High have y e high praise due unto him ; but let 
 not y e unworthy Instruments be forgotten. "Was there with us any 
 towne so beset since y e warre began, with twelve or fourteen hundred 
 fighting men various Sagamores from all Parts with their men of Armes 
 & they resolved by our ruin to revenge y 6 releife which Our Sudbury 
 volunteers afforded to distressed Marlborough in slaying many of y e 
 Enemy and repelling y 6 rest. The strength of our towne upon y 6 Ene 
 my s Approaching it consisted of Eighty fighting men. True many 
 houses were fortified & Garrison d, & tymously after y e Enemy s inva 
 sion, and fireing some Volunteers from Watertowne, & Concord & 
 deserving Capt : Wadsworth with his force came to Our releife, which 
 speedy & noble service is not to be forgotten. The Enemy well know 
 ing our Grounds, passes, avenues, and Scituations had neare sur 
 rounded Our towne in y c Morning early (wee not knowing of it) till 
 discovered by fireing severall disserted houses : the Enemy with greate 
 force & fury assaulted Deacon Haines House well fortified yet badly 
 
224 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 scituated, as advantageous to y e Enemys approach & dangerous to y e 
 Repellant, yet (by y e help of God) y e garrison not onely defended y e 
 place from betweene five or six of y e clock in y* Morning till about One 
 in y e Afternoon but forced y e Enemy with Considerable slaughter to 
 draw-off. 
 
 Many Observables worthy of Record hapned in this assault, Viz 
 That noe man or woman seemed to be possessed with feare ; Our Gar 
 rison men kept not within their garrisons, but issued forth to fight y e 
 Enemy in theire sculking approaches : Wee had but two of our townes- 
 men slaine, & y l by indiscretion, none wounded ; The Enemy was by 
 few beaten out of houses which they had entered and were plun 
 dering ; And by a few hands were forced to a running flight which way 
 they would ; The spoyle taken by them on y e East side of y e river was 
 in greate p te recovered. 
 
 Furthermore p mitte yo r humble Petition" to present a second Motion, 
 And let it be acceptable in y e eyes of this our Grand Court Vizt. 
 
 That whereas by an Act of Our late Gen 11 Court Tax rates are leavied 
 upon Our towne amounting to 200 (as appeareth p r Warrant from Our 
 Treasurer, which said sum was leavied by Our Invoice taken in y e 
 yeare before Our greate damage susteyned. It is y e humble & earnest 
 request of yo r Petition" to commiserate Our Condition in granting to us 
 some abatement of y e said sum, for y e ensueing considerations, Viz 
 ffirst Our towne to pay full for their Rates then taken, which in greate 
 p te they have now lost by the Enemys invasion may seeme not to 
 savour of pitty no not of equity. Secondly if y e Service p formed at 
 Sudbury (by y e help of y e Almighty) whereby y e Enemy lost some say 
 100, some 105, some 120, and by that service much damage prevented 
 from hap ning to other places whereby y e Country in generall was 
 advantaged, reason requires some favorable consideration to yo r Ser 
 vants of Sudbury. For if it be considered what it hath cost Our 
 Country in sending out some forces some of which p tie8 have not 
 returned with y e certaine newes of such a number slaine as with us, is 
 it not reasonable that this service soe beneficiall should not be con 
 sidered with some reward which may most easily be effected by issue- 
 ing forth an Act of your grace in a sutable abatem 4 of y e said Sum 
 leavied, with y e conferring of a Barril of Powder & sutable shott in 
 regaurd that yo r Petitioners have spent not onely theire owne stock of 
 either, but much of y e Towne stock. To which humble and Equitable 
 Motions if Our hon ble Court shall benignely condescend, You will 
 deeply oblidge yo r humble petitioners not onely to pray for y e p r sence 
 of y e Lord to be with yo u in all yo r arduous affaires with the blessing of 
 The Almighty upon all yo r Undertakings but shall for Ever remaine 
 
 Yo r humble servants 
 
 Edm: Browne Benjamin Crane John Blanford 
 
 Edm: Goodnow Zacriah Maynord John Allen 
 
 John Groutt Joseph Moore Henry Curtis 
 
 John Haines John Parminter John Brewer 
 
 Josiah Haynes Joseph Parmenter James Ross 
 
 Thomas Veal Peter Noyes Richard Burk 
 
 Peter King Jonathan Stanhope John Smith 
 
 John Loker Sen r Edward Wright Thomas Brewes ? 
 
ACCOUNT OF SUDBURY S LOSSES. 
 
 225 
 
 Joseph Noyes 
 John Goodenow 
 Mathew Gibs 
 Thomas Wedge 
 
 Jabez Browne 
 John Grout jun r 
 Joseph Graves 
 Tho: Walker 
 
 Samuell How 
 Henry Loker 
 
 In Ans r to the Petion for Abatement in their last Ten Country 
 Rates by reason of their losses in Estates by the Common Enemy ; 
 Wee uppon examination finde y in their last Assm* their estates falls 
 short 4 1 . 9 s . in then: single County Rate, doe therefore judge meet, 
 s d Towne of Sudbury be Allowed 44, 10, out of their whole sum to 
 them pr Rates & Referring to their request for a Barrell of Powder 
 &c wee refer it to y e Courts determination. WILLIAM PARKER? 
 
 HUGH MASON 
 JOHN WATTE 
 
 The deputyes approve of the ret. of this Committee in answer to this p te 
 O r Hono rd Magis" 8 Consenting thereto WILLIAM TORREY, Cleric 
 
 25 October 1676 Consented to by y e Magis* Eow d RAWSON, Sect y. 
 
 An Accompt of Losse sustained by several Inhabitants of y e towne of 
 Sudbury by y e Indian Enemy y 6 21 9t Aprill 1676. 
 
 Mary Bacon formerly y e Relict 
 of Ensigne Noyes 140 00 00 
 Thomas Plympton 130 00 00 
 Deacon John Haines 130 00 00 
 
 Serj: Josiah Haines 
 Capt: James Pendleton 
 John Goodenow 
 
 190 00 00 
 060 00 00 
 150 00 00 
 
 William Moores 
 
 180 00 00 
 
 Edward Wright 
 Elias Keyes 
 John Smith 
 
 100 00 00 
 060 00 00 
 080 00 00 
 
 Samuell How 
 
 140 00 00 
 
 Mr Pelham 
 
 050 00 00 
 
 Mr Thomas Steevens 
 
 015 00 00 
 
 Corporall Henry Rice 
 John Allen 
 
 180 00 00 
 060 00 00 
 
 James Rosse 
 
 070 00 00 
 
 John Grout Jun r 
 
 060 00 00 
 
 Thomas Rice 
 Widd. Whale 
 Henry Curtice 
 John Brewer 
 Jacob Moores 
 Henry Loker 
 Joseph ffreeman 
 Joseph Graves 
 Peter King 
 Widd. Habgood 
 Benjamin Crane 
 Thomas Wedge 
 John Blanford 
 Thomas Brewes 
 Richard Burt 
 Thomas Reade 
 
 100 00 00 
 024 00 00 
 200 00 00 
 120 00 00 
 050 00 00 
 100 00 00 
 080 00 00 
 060 00 00 
 040 00 00 
 020 00 00 
 020 00 00 
 015 00 00 
 010 00 00 
 010 00 00 
 010 00 00 
 003 00 00 
 
 Totall Sum 2707 00 00 
 
 Besides y e uncovering of many houses & Barnes & some hundreds of 
 Acres of land which lay unimproved for feare of y e Enemy to our 
 greate loss and Damage. 
 
 (Endorsed) 
 Sudbury s Accompt of Losses (and also) Sudbury s Losses 76 
 
 This paper, never before published, gives a new phase of the 
 fight. (Mass. Arch., vol. 30, p. 205.) 
 
 The deposition of Edward Cowell Aged About years 
 
 This deponautt upon oath testifieth that I being upon the Counteries 
 
226 KING PHILIP S WAB. 
 
 Searvis in Aprill last and haveing under my Conduct Eighteen men ; 
 Upon our Returning from Mallberough to Boston ; and About three 
 Milles From Sudbeury Wee ware surprised with divers Hundred of In 
 dians ; Wheere of this Indian Tom was one ( ) by a grombling signe 
 or Noyse thatt hee Mayde ; as in My Judgement was the Cause of our 
 being ffiored upon ; at which tyme f ower of my Company was killed and 
 one Wounded ; beside fflve horses ware disenabled they Being Shott 
 upon Capt. Wadsworths Ingadgine with the Indian I wentt Backe and 
 Beuryed the fower men which were killed whereof (Lt. ?) Thomas Haw- 
 [le]y, and Hopkinsies son both of Roxbeury ; [Edmund Rice 1 ] Good 
 man [Baker s?] son and Robert Wayle[s] of Dorchister. 
 Sworn to before the Council 19 June 1676. 
 
 EDWARD RAWSON, Secretary. 
 
 OTHER CORRESPONDENCE, ETC., ABOUT THE SUDBURY FIGHT. 
 
 Letter of the Massachusetts Council to the Governor of Plymouth. 
 
 Hon d S r Since o r last to you It pleaseth the holy God to give still 
 further successe to the Enemye in this Colony by killing two men the 
 one in Hiugham, & the other in Weymouth aboute the same tyme At 
 Marlborough also upon Tuesday and Wednesday last they burned the 
 remainder of the Houses, so that now but three are standing that we 
 know of but two or three garrisons ; This day we have intelligence in 
 the general that Sudbury was this morning assaulted and many houses 
 burnt down, particulars and the more full certainty of things is not yet 
 come to hand whilest we are consulting what to doe, earnestly we are 
 moved to settle some of o r faithful Indians at Meadfield or Puuqua- 
 poag, & others at Woodcocks & we desire that yo r Colony would send 
 such a number of yo r Indians as may be convenient to be joyned 
 in the same service whose work shall be constantly to scout abroad 
 between Seaconck and Meadfield & Dedham w ch is thought to be a 
 very probable way Either to prevent the enemies coming in upon yo r 
 Colony and ours that way, or at least to give speedy notice of their 
 motions and dissapoynt theire mischievous designes. This motion pro 
 ceeds from some of the cheef of our Indians William Ahaton & Capt. 
 John who are very willing to be imployed and much persuaded, that 
 there may be good therein. o r present thoughts are to indeavor and 
 incourage this matter with all speed and in order hereto we have sent 
 our Corporall Swift the bearer hereof to yo r selfe from whome you may 
 understand things more fully & by him acquaint us with yo r view of 
 the matter and further advise for the better perfecting of the designe 
 & that we may also know whether you can furnish out any sufficient 
 number of Indians from yo r parts & how soone. 
 
 O r General Court of Elections is to sit upon Wednesday come seven- 
 night, & then full order may be taken. 
 
 Commending you to the God of Councell & Protection 
 
 we remain E. R. S : 
 past & signed 21 Ap r 76 
 
 Directed to the Hon ble Josia Winslow Gov r 
 
 of his maj sty Colony at New Plymouth. (Mass. Arch., Vol. 68, p. 
 220.) 
 
 1 The name Edmund Rice is in the margin. He was probably one of those of Sudbury killed, and 
 his name was inserted by some one in the margin of Cowell s note. Only the letter a in Baker is 
 present. The paper is badly torn. 
 
CONCERNING SUDBURY FIGHT. 227 
 
 Petition of Daniel Warren and Joseph Peirce. 
 
 To Inform the Honoured Counsel of the Service don at Sudbury by 
 severall of the Inhabatance of Watertown as our honoured Captain 
 Mason hath Allready informed a part thereof in the petion : but we 
 who wear thear can rnoer largely inform this honoured Councel : that 
 as it is said in the petion that we drove two hundred Indians- over the 
 River ; wee followed the enimie over the river and joyned with som 
 others and went to see if wee could relieve Captain Wadsworth upon 
 the hill and thear we had a fight with the Indians but they beinge soe 
 many of them and we stayed soe long that we wear allmost incornpassed 
 by them which cased us to retreat to Captain Goodanous Garrison ; 
 and their we stayed it being ner night till it was dark and then we went 
 to Mr Noices Mill to see if we could find any that were escaped to that 
 place all though they wear uoe persons dwelling there ; but thear we 
 found : 13: or :14: of Captain Wadsworths men who wear escaped some 
 of them wounded and brought them to Sudbury towne ; 
 
 On the next day in the morning soe soon as it was light we went to 
 looke for Concord men who wear slain in the River middow and thear 
 we went in the colld water up to the knees where we found five and we 
 brought them in Conus to the Bridge fut and buried them thear ; and 
 then we joyned ourselves to Captain Hunton with as many others as 
 we could procuer and went over the River to look for Captain Wads- 
 worth and Captain Brattlebank and the soldiers that wear slain ; and 
 we gathered them up and Buried them ; and then it was agreed that we 
 should goe up to Nobscot to bring the Carts from thence into Sudbury- 
 Towne and soe returned Horn againe ; to what is above written we whos 
 uams are subscribed can testifi: 
 
 dated the :6: of march :78: DANIEL WARRIN 
 
 JOSEP PEIRCE 
 
 Our request is to the much Honoured Counsel that they would be 
 pleased to consider us in reference to our Request; their being 2 
 troops of hors appointed to bury the dead as we wear informed whos 
 charg was spared and we as yet not allowed for what we did ; 
 
 Your most Humb lc Servants to Command to the utmost of our poor 
 S for our selves and in the behalf of the rest DANIEL WARRIN 
 
 Mass. Arch., vol. 68, p. 224. JOSEP PEIRCE 
 
 Of other contemporary accounts of the fight and its conse 
 quences there are several from eminently reliable authorities. 
 Treasurer John Hull wrote a letter on April 29, 1676, concern 
 ing the sad state of affairs in the colony, giving details of suc 
 cessive casualties, and says : " On y e 21 st valiant Captains Wads- 
 worth and Brocklebank w th about 50 valiant souldiers were slain 
 by y c Indians." 
 
 The letters of the " Anonymous writer," published in London, 
 which have been several times referred to above, give a very con 
 cise account, as follows : " April 20 th Capt. Wadsworth of Dor 
 chester, being designed with an 100 men to repair to Marlborough 
 to strengthen the garrison, and remove the goods &c. there ; did 
 
228 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 accordingly this evening march with about 70 men from Sudbury, 
 the rest of his men not appearing. Tke Enemy who were about 
 1000 strong lay near his Passage, but kept themselves undiscov 
 ered and permitted him to passe them in the night but in the 
 morning assaulted and burned most of the Houses in Sudbury 
 (save those that were ingarrisoned)." The writer goes on to tell 
 that twelve volunteers from Concord came down to lend assist 
 ance, and eleven of the number were slain, and that Capt. Wads- 
 worth, with his tired troops that had marched all the day and 
 night before, marched promptly back from Maryborough, being 
 joined by Capt. Brocklebank and a few of the garrison soldiers, 
 making a company of not more than eighty men miserably tired 
 for want of rest and sleep. This company was drawn into am 
 bush and encompassed by many hundred Indians, our authori 
 ties say a thousand or more, fought them from a hill for four 
 hours with the loss of only five men, till the Indians set fire to 
 the woods at the windward of them, and thus forced them from 
 their strong position, and in their retreat waylaid and destroyed 
 all but a few of the men, who escaped to a mill, where they 
 defended themselves till night, when rescued by Capt. Prentice s 
 troopers, who themselves had just been rescued by Capt. Cowell 
 and his dragoons. 
 
 Rev. Increase Mather, of Boston, who published a history of 
 this Indian war at about the same time with Mr. Hubbard, writes 
 " April 20th, a day of humiliation was observed at Boston. 
 The next day sad tidings came to us. For the enemy set upon 
 Sudbury and burnt a great part of the town; and whereas Capt. 
 Wads worth and his Lieutenant Sharp, also Capt. Brocklebank (a 
 godly and choice spirited man) was killed at the time." 
 
 Major Daniel Gookin, the commanding officer of Middlesex 
 forces and superintendent of the " Praying Indians " in the 
 colony, writes : 
 
 Upon April 21, about midday tidings came by many messengers 
 that a great body of the enemy not less as was judged than fifteen 
 hundred . . . had assaulted a town called Sudbury that morn 
 ing. . . . Indeed (thro God s favor) some small assistance had 
 already been sent from Watertown by Capt. Hugh Mason, which was 
 the next town to Sudbury. These with some of the inhabitants joined 
 and with some others that came in to their help, there was vigorous 
 resistance made and a check given to the enemy. . . . But these 
 particulars were not known when the tidings came to Charlestown. 
 
 Major Gookin gives a very full account in his history of the 
 " Praying Indians," his object being to vindicate the Indians from 
 the charges of treachery and inefficiency made against them by 
 popular clamor. His account was necessarily accurate, and it 
 agrees closely with the records. From him, and also from the 
 Archives, we learn that a company of Indians was being organ- 
 
CONCERNING SUDBUBY FIGHT. 229 
 
 ized at this time, and the letters of the Council show that the 
 design of this company was to fortify the fishing places upon the 
 Merrimac, in conjunction with a company of English, and under 
 command of Capt. Samuel Hunting, of Charlestown. This Indian 
 company, it seems, was at Charlestown when the news of the 
 attack upon Sudbury came, and without waiting for particulars, 
 Major Gookin immediately despatched " a ply of horse " from 
 Capt. Prentice s troop under Corporal Phipps, and forty Indians 
 under Capt. Hunting, which force arrived at Sudbury that even 
 ing, the troopers in time to rescue the remnants of Capt. Wads- 
 worth s company from the mill, where they had taken refuge and 
 had defended themselves against the enemy. 
 
 All the above accounts are of contemporaries, and all agree in 
 the main particulars and confirm each other in the matter of the 
 date. Rev. Mr. Hubbard, of Ipswich, whose history of this war 
 is most complete, and, in the main, the most reliable, agrees 
 mostly with the others, but seems to have known less of this fight 
 than usual, and less of the details than the others, and in the 
 matter of the date was unquestionably wrong. 
 
 From all the above authorities, the true account in brief, seems 
 to be, that the English had no suspicion of the great numbers of 
 the Indians that were gathering about Marlboro ugh and Sudbury, 
 or of the vicinity of any until early in the morning of the 21st, 
 when several deserted houses were burnt with the evident pur 
 pose of drawing out the garrisons into an ambuscade. Then 
 Deacon Haines s garrison-house was attacked with fury by large 
 numbers, but was successfully defended from six o clock in the 
 morning until one o clock, P.M., when the assault was abandoned. 
 Twelve volunteers coming from Concord upon the alarm, to aid 
 the garrison, were lured into the river meadow, and all slain save 
 one. Mr. Edward Cowell, with a body of eighteen mounted 
 men, coming from Brookfield by way of Marlborough, and by a 
 different way from that taken by Capt. Wadsworth, became 
 sharply engaged with an outlying party of the enemy, and lost 
 four men killed, one wounded, and had five of his horses 
 disabled. 
 
 While the attack upon Cowell s party was still going on, Cap 
 tain Wadsworth and his company came upon the scene, and 
 seeing a small party of Indians, rushed forward with the usual 
 impetuous haste, arid were caught in the usual ambuscade, for 
 when within about a mile of Sudbury they were induced to pur 
 sue a body of not more than one hundred, and soon found them 
 selves drawn away about one mile into the woods, where on a 
 sudden they were encompassed by more than five hundred, and 
 forced to a retreating fight towards a hill where they made a 
 brave stand for a while (one authority says four hours), and did 
 heavy execution upon the enemy, until (Mr. Hubbard says) the 
 night coming on and some of the company beginning to scatter 
 
230 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 from the rest, their fellows were forced to follow them, and thus 
 being encompassed in the chase by numbers, the Captains and 
 most of the company were slain. The anonymous writer above 
 referred to, says the Indians set fire to the woods and thus 
 forced the disastrous retreat. Thirteen only out of the company 
 escaped to " Noyes s mill," and there held the enemy in check. 
 In the meantime Cowell withdrew his party from their danger 
 ous situation, went back and buried their dead comrades, and 
 then rode around into the town by another way in time to rescue 
 Capt. Prentice s troopers, and afterwards, with others in com 
 pany, the men at the mill. It was probably about noon when 
 Capt. Wadsworth became actively engaged with the Indians, and 
 thus withdrew their attention from both Cowell and Haines s 
 garrison. The Watertown company arrived at about the same 
 time, followed the Indians over the river, and made a brave fight 
 to get to the hill, where Capt. Wadsworth was engaged in his des 
 perate struggle, but such fearful odds were against them that 
 they were forced to fall back to Goodnow s garrison, " it being 
 ner night." After dark they went to the " mill," probably with 
 the troopers and Cowell s men, and brought off the soldiers there. 
 The troopers sent from Charlestown, with the Indian company 
 under Capt. Hunting, must have arrived quite late in the after 
 noon. These are the main facts, in brief, of the Sudbury fight. 
 The next day the Watertown company, with Capt. Hunting s 
 Indians, buried the dead. The site of the battle-field, where Capt. 
 Wadsworth so long held the Indians at bay, is upon what is now 
 called " Green Hill." Here, in 1730, fifty-four years after the 
 battle, Rev. Benjamin Wadsworth, fifth son of Capt. Samuel, and 
 at that time president of Harvard College, erected a monument 
 to the memory of his father, and those that fell with him. It is 
 to be regretted that President Wadsworth accepted the erroneous 
 date given by Mr. Hubbard, which has been perpetuated upon 
 the new monument erected in 1852. 
 
 It is a regret that we are unable to know positively the numbers 
 of English engaged. The number with Capt. Wadsworth upon 
 the " Hill " was probably near fifty. The most definite statement 
 
 1 The investigations of Mr. Drake first exposed the error which Mr. Hubbard made in his his- 
 tory (see NEW ENG. HIST. AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, vol. vii. p. 221). Gov. George S. 
 Boutwell, who delivered the historical discourse at the dedication of the new monument, Nov. 23, 
 1852, and at that time assigned the date April 18, replied in 1806 (see REGISTER, vol. xx. p. 135) to 
 Mr. Drake s article, and contended that the date given in his discourse was the true one. The 
 Historic Genealogical Society then took the matter in hand, and appointed a committee, Gen. A. 
 B. Underwood and Frederic Kidder, who made a thorough and exhaustive report at the society s 
 meeting, October, 1866, which was published in the REGISTER, vol. xx. p. 341, proving beyond ques 
 tion that the date April 21st is the true date of the fight. Contemporary Official Records, the 
 highest evidence of all, testify in every case to this date, while the evidence for the 18th is only 
 found in Mr. Hubbard s history and in several books of remarkable events, kept by some promi 
 nent men of the colony, who, it is evident, not unfrequently made their entries some time after 
 the occurrence of the events, and who, in this case, probably adopted the date from Hubbard. 
 John Hull, for instance, whose letter-extract above, written within a few days, gives the date the 
 21st, in his diary of notable events puts it down as on the 18th. Major Daniel Gookin, Rev. 
 Increase Mather, the writer of the "Present State of New England," and other authorities, 
 agree with the Official Records in giving the 21st. Subsequent historians, until Mr. Drake, simply 
 quote Hubbard s date. 
 
 It is a great satisfaction to the present writer to add the new testimony of the petition of the 
 inhabitants of Sudbury. 
 
SOME OF THOSE SLAIN AT SUDBURY. 231 
 
 is that of Major Gookin, who puts the number of those slain, 
 besides the two Captains, as " about thirty-two private soldiers." 
 Cowell had eighteen, and the Concord men were twelve. The 
 Watertown company was not probably over forty, while the 
 garrisons of Sudbury amounted to but eighty. Thus about two 
 hundred men were actively engaged with, and holding in play, 
 probably more than a thousand Indians one whole day, and 
 finally defeated their intention of capturing the town, sending 
 them away with fearful loss. 
 
 Unfortunately we are not as yet able to find any list of the 
 names of those killed on that day, and Mr. Hull s accounts do 
 not show any credits referable to that service ; only here and 
 there are we able to glean from probate and town and church 
 records, a few names of those killed. 
 
 From the Roxbury Records we find that 
 
 Samuel Gardner, son of Peter 
 Thomas Baker 
 John Roberts 
 Nathaniel Sever 
 Thomas Hawley S r 
 
 William Cleaves 
 Joseph Pepper 
 John Sharpe 
 Thomas Hopkins 
 Lieut Samuel Gardner 
 
 were all slain att Sudbury under command of Capt. Sam 11 Wads- 
 worth upon 21 Aprill 1676. 
 
 Of the Concord men killed in the meadow near " Haynes s 
 Garrison," but five bodies were recovered, and but seven names 
 of the killed are preserved in the records : 
 
 James Hosmer Samuel Potter John Barnes 
 
 Daniel Corny Joseph Buttrick Josiah Wheeler 
 
 William Heywood 
 
 Three of Cowell s men, that were killed, are in the Roxbury 
 list above. The fourth was Robert Wayles, of Dorchester. The 
 Suffolk Probate Records give an additional name, Eliazer Hawes, 
 of Dorchester. These, with Capts. Wadsworth and Brocklebank, 
 make in all but twenty-one. 
 
XVII. 
 
 CAPT. WILLIAM TURNER AND HIS MEN, AND THE 
 "FALLS FIGHT." 
 
 WILLIAM TURNER came from Dartmouth in South Devon 
 shire to Dorchester, Massachusetts; admitted to the 
 church in 1642 ; freeman May 10th, 1643. Is in list of 
 owners of certain pasture lands there in 1646. Was chosen bailiff 
 of the town in 1661 ; signed a petition of the inhabitants of Dor 
 chester in 1664. He probably moved to Boston in the latter 
 part of 1664, as he was one of the original members of the First 
 Baptist Church gathered in Boston May 28th, 1665. 
 
 The earlier members of this church, with Capt. Turner, were, 
 Thomas Gould, elder and preacher, Thomas Osborne and his wife 
 Mary, Edward Drinker, John George, Robert Lambert, Richard 
 Goodall and Mary his wife, Mary Newell, John Farnham, Isaac 
 Hull, Jacob Barney, John Russell, Jr., John Johnson, George 
 Farlow, Seth Sweetsir, Benjamin Sweetsir and his wife. 
 
 During the next few years the pressure of religious intolerance 
 began to be exercised against the Baptists, and the General 
 Court took action against the leaders, as " turbulent Anabaptists," 
 disfranchised such as were freemen, and expelled Gould, Turner 
 and Farnham from the colony, on pain of imprisonment, charging 
 that they had " combined themselves with others in a pretended 
 church estate, without the knowledge or approbation of the 
 authority here established, to the great grief and offence of the 
 godly orthodox," etc. The men, failing to leave the colony, 
 were duly imprisoned. A petition for release, from these three, 
 to the Court, dated Oct. 14, 1668, states that it is the twelfth 
 week of their imprisonment. Popular feeling, the majority of 
 the deputies, and influential friends of the colonies in England, 
 favored the Baptists, but the magistrates were inflexible, and 
 when a great number of influential citizens signed a popular 
 petition in their behalf, the Council summoned many to appear 
 and answer for " contempt of authority," in signing the petition. 
 I think the prisoners were liberated during the winter, probably 
 on condition of " good behavior." Capt. Turner was imprisoned 
 again, evidently under the old sentence, and it is likely for 
 breaking the conditions of his release. Several complaints were 
 
ANABAPTIST PERSECUTION. 233 
 
 brought up against him, the chief of which seems to have been, 
 in this last case, that he would not present his child at church 
 for baptism. The following letter gives some idea of the man 
 and his condition : 
 
 Letter of William Turner to the General Court. 
 
 To the honored General Court now sitting at boston the humble 
 address of Will: Turner now prisoner at boston humbly sheweth 
 
 That whereas it hath pleased some of the honored maistrates to 
 issue out A warrant for the apprehending of my body and Committing 
 mee to prison, and there to remayne according to A sentence of A 
 general Court the 29 th of April 1668 your poore prisoner doth therefore 
 humbly beseech you to consider that by vertue of that sentence I have 
 already suffered Above thirty weekes imprisonment and that A whole 
 winter season which was a greate prejudice to my health and distraction 
 to my poore family & which I hope this honored [Court] will consider 
 with the weaknes of my body and the extremity of lying in prison in 
 A cold winter whitch may be to the utter ruine of my headles family : 
 And withal to consider my readines to serve this Country to the utter 
 most of my ability in all civil things : The maine difference being only 
 in faith and order of which God only can satisfie A poore soul : Thus 
 hoping this honored Court will take it unto their serious Consideration 
 and extend their mercy as becomes the servants of Christ I shal leave 
 both my state and condition and honored Court to the wise disposing 
 of the Almighty, remaining yours to serve you in all faithfulness to my 
 power. WILL : TURNER. 
 
 boston prison this 27 of 8 th mo: 1670 
 Mass. Archives, vol. x. p. 228. 
 
 The deputies submitted this to the magistrates, who were 
 unyielding. 
 
 It is not known whether any action resulted from this letter, 
 but at a Court held at Boston, March 2d, 1669, a petition was 
 presented from Gould and Turner, then in prison, for release, and 
 they were allowed " three days " to visit their families, and then 
 to be returned to prison. Soon after this many and very earnest 
 letters were received from prominent orthodox ministers in Eng 
 land, deprecating these rigorous measures of the magistrates, as 
 against the scriptures and directly prejudicial to the interests of 
 the church in America, and to dissenting churches everywhere. 
 The prisoners were probably released some time in the summer 
 of 1669, and soon after Mr. Gould took up his residence perma 
 nently at " Noddle s Island," and there the Baptists thereafter 
 held their meetings. On November 30th, 1670, Mr. Edward 
 Drinker, in a letter to Mr. Clarke and his church at Newport, 
 says : " At this present our dear brother William Turner, 
 prisoner for the Lord s cause in Boston has some good experience ; 
 both he and brother Gould were to be taken up but only brother 
 Turner is yet taken and has been about a month in prison." 
 
234 KING PHILIP S WAK. 
 
 Gould was not yet taken because the magistrates waited to take 
 him in Boston, "and he came not over." He speaks bitterly 
 of Gov. Bellingham and the magistrates, but in terms of grati 
 tude of Messrs. Oxenbridge and Allen of the First Church in 
 Boston, for their earnest endeavors to help the Baptists in their 
 troubles, and says that all the deputies voted to release the pris 
 oners, but that the magistrates " carry all before them." He says 
 in the closing part of his letter, " Brother Turner s family is very 
 weakly and himself too. I fear he will not trouble them long ; 
 only this is our comfort, we hear if he dies in prison, they say they 
 will bury him," etc. The reply to this letter was addressed 
 " Unto the Church of Jesus Christ, meeting on Noddle s Island 
 in New England." In December, 1671, Benjamin Sweetser, of 
 Charlestown, writes to Newport that " brother Turner has been 
 near to death but through mercy is revived, and so is our pastor 
 Gould." The letter indicates that they are now at liberty, but 
 that the persecution is being stirred up again, etc. 
 
 Upon the death of Gov. Bellingham, December 7, 1672, active 
 hostilities ceased, and the election of John Leverett as governor 
 in May, 1673, secured them from public persecution so long as 
 he remained in office. 
 
 This digression may be justified by Capt. Turner s connection 
 with it, and by its evidence of the relations of magistrates, 
 deputies and people in the times just preceding the Indian war. 
 Capt. Turner was a tailor by trade, and he plied that vocation 
 in Boston during these years, 1664- 75. 
 
 Mr. Backus, in the first volume of his history of the Baptists, 
 page 335, has a note, of which he says : " The copy of Mr. Rus 
 sell s Narrative that I am favored with came out of his (i.e. Mr. 
 Callender s) family, and in it is a manuscript note in the margin, 
 against Mr. Russell s account of Mr. Turner, which says : " 
 
 In the beginning of the war, William Turner gathered a company of 
 volunteers, but was denied a commission and discouraged, because the 
 chief of the company were Anabaptists. Afterwards, when the war 
 grew more general and destructive, and the country in very great dis 
 tress, having divers towns burnt, and many men slain, then he was 
 desired to accept a commission. He complained it was too late, his 
 men on whom he could confide being scattered ; however, was moved 
 to accept. 
 
 I have found no official record or notice of the organization of 
 Capt. Turner s company, but below are his own official lists, the 
 first taken at Medfield on February 22d (the next day after the 
 partial destruction of that town), and he reports this list of the 
 company, " as they came out of Boston," showing February 21st 
 as the most probable date of his marching. It is evident that his 
 men were not all volunteers, as many were "cleared" upon their 
 
CAPT. TURNER AT NORTHAMPTON. 235 
 
 arrival at Marlborough, and some were on the list of " impressed " 
 men. 
 
 From Medfield his company marched to Marlborough, whither 
 all the English troops were now ordered for the organization of 
 the army about to take the field. The lists of the company are 
 below and explain themselves, and also show that the army 
 marched from Marlborough, February 29th, to Quabaog (Brook- 
 field), and thence, on March 4th. The movements of the army 
 under Major Savage are related above. Capt. Turner received 
 at Marlborough, from the companies of Capts. Wadsworth and 
 Reynolds, thirty-five men, giving him about eighty in his com 
 pany. March 4th, Capt. Turner marched from Quabaog with a 
 company of seventy men, as he left ten men at that garrison on 
 that day. 
 
 It will be remembered that on the retreat of the Narragansets 
 in January, many of them were scattered among the Nipmucks 
 in various places, and two large bodies of these, mingled with 
 local tribes, were gathered, one at Meminimisset (the chief town 
 and stronghold of the Nipmucks) and another near "Wachuset 
 Hill." At Quabaog the army was reinforced by the Connecticut 
 companies under Major Treat, and, after several days spent in 
 vain search for the Indians, at last struck the trail of a large body 
 of the enemy, but too late to prevent their escape beyond the 
 Paquayag River, to which our cavalry pursued them. Thus the 
 army was led to pass by undisturbed, and leave behind it a great 
 body of the enemy at Wachuset. This was contrary to their 
 purpose and against the urgent advice of their friendly Indian 
 scouts, but it seemed best to their commanders (after they had 
 been led so far from Quabaog, and with such large numbers of 
 the Indians driven before them, who might form a junction with 
 the western Indians and fall upon the valley plantations at once) 
 to march forward to the towns upon the River, where they arrived 
 on March 8th. Major Savage found that there were indications 
 of large numbers of Indians in the vicinity, and immediately dis 
 posed his forces for the defence of the several towns. Capt. 
 Turner was sent across the river to Northampton for the defence 
 of that town. The inhabitants had placed " palisadoes " about 
 their village " for their better security," and two companies of 
 Connecticut men under Major Treat joined Capt. Turner s com 
 pany probably on the 13th, as the Indians were amazed to find 
 the town full of English soldiers, when, early in the morning 
 of March 14th, they made a vigorous and combined assault. 
 Gathering about the town in the darkness undiscovered, and 
 breaking through the palisades in three places, they crept in and 
 close about the houses ; and there seem to have been no guards or 
 night-watch, and the first intimation of the enemies presence was 
 their furious attack upon several houses. They succeeded in 
 setting fire to ten before the sleeping garrison could be roused ; 
 
236 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 but when the Indians realized their situation, and found them 
 selves confronted with three strong companies instead of a 
 defenceless hamlet, they turned and rushed headlong to the 
 breaches they had made in the palisades, panic-stricken to find 
 themselves in a trap, and in their frantic crowding to get out 
 were confronted with the troops, and many were shot down by 
 ours, at the gaps, inside. Eleven of their dead were left. Five 
 of the English known to have been killed were Robert Bartlett, 
 Thomas Holton, and Mary Earle of Northampton, James 
 McRenell (or Macranell) and Increas Whetstone of Capt. 
 Turner s company. The following extract from a letter of Rev. 
 John Russell, of Hadley, is of interest here. It is dated at 
 Hadley, March 16th, 1675-6: 
 
 Although the Lord hath granted us an intervall of quiet this winter 
 yet since y e coming on of y* Spring the warr here is renewed with more 
 strength and violence here than in any other part while we remaine for 
 as we had intellegence by the captain who is returned (commonly called 
 " Speckled Tom "), Philip intended with his whole power to come upon 
 these Towns and taking them to make his planting place a fort this 
 year at Deerfield so on y e 14 th instant the enemy to the number of a 
 1000 d as judged made a sudden and violent iruption upon Northampton 
 brake through their works in three places & had in reason taken the 
 whole Town had not Providence so ordered it y l Maj r Treate was come 
 in with his men within y e night y e same evening yet they burned five 
 houses and five barns, one within the fortification, slew five persons 
 wounded five. There are s d to be found about a dozen of the enemy 
 slain. Here allso above Deerfield a few miles is the great place of 
 their fishing w ch must be expected to afford them their provisions for 
 the yere, So that the swarme of them being here and like to continue 
 here we must look to f eele their utmost rage except the Lord be pleased 
 to breake their power. My desire is we may be willing to do or suffer 
 live or dy ; remaine in or be driven out from o r habitations as the Lord 
 o r God would have us and as may be Conducible to y e glory of his 
 name and y e publike weale of his people, etc. etc. 
 
 The Indians, meeting this unexpected repulse at Northampton, 
 hastened away for an assault upon Hatfield, but finding it also 
 defended by Capt. Mosely and his men, they hastily withdrew 
 and again attempted to surprise Northampton, hoping, it is 
 likely, that the vigilance of the English was relaxed, or a part of 
 the troops were drawn off, but finding a ready reception awaiting, 
 they retired completely foiled of what was expected to be an easy 
 prey. With the exception of an attack upon Westfield a short 
 time after, the killing of Moses Cook and Clement Bates, and the 
 assault of a small party upon the people of Longmeadow going to 
 Springfield to attend church, there was no further demonstration 
 in force while the army remained. In the mean time these dis 
 asters and their extreme want of food began to cause disaffection 
 
MARY TURNER S PETITION. 237 
 
 among the local tribes who had no immediate quarrel against the 
 English, and to this was added the discouraging fact of the capt 
 ure and death of Canonchet, chief of the Narragansets, and the 
 real leader, now, of the confederated tribes. The English took 
 advantage of this discouragement and opened negotiations look 
 ing to a peace, while a price was offered for the head of Philip, 
 who promptly retired out of harm s way. 
 
 Capt. Turner and his company were engaged at Northampton 
 and the neighboring towns in guarding and fortifying against the 
 expected attack of the great body of Indians gathered in the 
 vicinity, our troops as well as those of Connecticut being under 
 the general command of Major Savage, for an account of whose 
 operations and the condition of affairs at this time, see Chap. IV. 
 of this volume, a very interesting letter of the Council to Mr. 
 Savage, dated April 1st. In accordance with these instructions 
 Major Savage marched home with most of the soldiers that came 
 with him, leaving Capt. Turner in charge of the defence of these 
 towns in Captain Poole s place, and leaving him one hundred 
 and fifty-one men in regular service. These were mostly single 
 men, and very largely boys and servants, or apprentices. 
 
 These troops were designed for the defence of the towns, and 
 were for garrison duty only. Hadley was made headquarters, 
 and a garrison of fifty-one men was detailed there. Forty-five 
 were stationed at Hatfield, nine were sent to Springfield, and 
 forty-six at Northampton. The following petition and letter 
 explain themselves : 
 
 Petition of Mrs. Mary Turner. 
 
 To the Honoured Gouvernour and Councill Now Assembled in Boston. 
 
 The Humble petition of Mary Turner wife to W m Turner now in the 
 Service of the Country Under Comand of your Honours, Humbly 
 Sheweth, 
 
 That whereas your poor petitioners husband Voluntarily & frely 
 offered him selfe unto & now Is In your Service far from home 
 together with his sou & servants leaving onely one servant with me 
 which God by his Providence hath bereaved me off soe that I Am at 
 present wholy Almost left destitute of maintenance for myselfe which 
 calls uppon me to crave of your honours Consideration of my present 
 Condition And order the payment to me of the whole or whatt part 
 your honours think fitt of wages due for the time my husband son & 
 servants have bene In the Service of the Country which shall further 
 Ingage your poor petitioner to pray for As In duty Am Bound : the 
 future peace & prosperity of your honours & All the people of God In 
 this poor Country. MARY TURNER. 
 
 In Ans r to the petion, It is ordered that the Committee of the Army 
 forthwith order the petitioner be payd Seven pounds on y e Account 
 exprest therein. 
 
 Dated at Boston the 24 th of Aprill 1676 
 
 By y e Council Eow 1 RAWSON, Sec ty . 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 225. 
 
238 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Letter of Capt. William Turner. 
 Honored Sirs. 
 
 Since the army marcht hence under the Command of major general 
 Savage and left mee here by order from your honours : I have not had 
 any thing worth sending downe A post : And now having an opportu 
 nity I thought meete to acquaint your honours that the souldiers here 
 are in greate distresse for want of clothing both Linen and Woollen : 
 So I desired the Commissaries here to send down to quabouge to see if 
 there any supplies : So they brought from thence A few Shirts Stock 
 ings Shoes and drawers : but not an eighth of what wee want : So that 
 I shall beseech your honours to take some speedy Course for a supply 
 to be sent to the Commissaries here for thei[r] [rele]eafe: here will 
 
 want much as the enclosed note will show you : , forasmuch as 
 
 it hath pleased your honours to commit the care of [these] townes to 
 my charge : So I shall beseech your honours that my [wi] f e may have 
 my wages due to mee for .to supply the wants of my family : for 
 whome I am bound by the lawes of god and nature to make provision : 
 And I should be glad if there might be some fitter person found for 
 this imployment : for I much doubt my weaknes of body and my often 
 infirmities will hardly Sufer mee to doe my duty as I ought in this 
 imployment : And it would grieve me to be negligent in anything that 
 might be for the good of this yeare country in this day of their dis 
 tress : Therefore shal leave it to your honours Consideration : whether 
 some other man may not be fitter to be imployed in this place by 
 reason of rny weaknes of body : I have here sent you those Lists of 
 my Company as they came from boston and afterwards from marlbo- 
 rough as they Continued to the seventh instant : also an account from 
 the Commissary of northamton to that day : I have also sent A List of 
 those Left the 7 th instant under my Command in these 3 townes : most 
 of them having beene here long before my time : Thus hoping your 
 honours will Consider so as to send some speedy supply for the soul 
 diers here and also order something for the supply of my family in my 
 absence : I shall beg the Lord to be your Counsellour and guide in this 
 time of distracktion and sore trouble : And remaine yours to serve 
 your honours to the uttmost of my power wherein I may. 
 
 WILL: TURNER. 
 
 I beseech your honours deliver these lists to whome they may con- 
 cerne : And command the souldiers to make hast backe to their quar 
 ters : 
 
 Your honours since y e close of this there is come in a young man 
 taken from Springfield at the beginning of last month who informes 
 that the enemy is drawing up all their forces towards these townes : 
 and their head quarters to be at (Deere) field alias pegunkugg. 
 
 Dated 25 April, 1676. 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 228. 
 
 Following are the lists referred to in the letter. The first 
 shows the organization of his company until April 7th; the 
 second list shows the disposal of his force for the defence of the 
 towns up to April 25th. 
 
CAPT. TURNER S LISTS. 239 
 
 A List of Capt. William Turner s men as they came from Boston and 
 taken at Medfield 1675-6. 
 
 William Turner, Capt. 
 Edward Drinker, Lieut. 
 William Parsons, j 
 Ezekiel Gilman, j 
 Phellip Squire, 
 Thomas Elliot, 
 Thomas Barnard, 
 James Knott, 
 
 Jonathan Orris James Verin Matthias Smith 
 
 W m Turner jr. Thomas Chard Samuel Gallop 
 
 Ephraim Roper Henry Dawson Barthol. Whittwell 
 
 Jo n Sawdy Samuel Davies Samuel Judkins 
 
 Richard Cheevers Mark Wood Richard Knight 
 
 Josiah Man Robert Miller Joseph Preist 
 
 Elias Tyffe Jo n Cunneball Peaceful Clarke 
 
 Robert Seares Richard Staines Henery Kerby 
 
 Sam 11 Rawlins Joseph Gallop Edward Wright 
 
 Samuel Brisantine Jo n Roberts Phellip Jessop 
 
 Isaiah Toy Hoo: Steward Thomas Skinner, Clerk 
 
 Roger Jones James Burges 
 
 John Newton, cleared by the Councill at Medfield. 
 Nathan Addams, sick at Medfield. 
 Robert Briant, wounded at Dedham. 
 
 A List of them Cleared at Marlborough. 
 
 Henry Timberleggs, Jo n Carthew Samuell Holmes 
 
 Ensigne Thomas Bendy James Parker 
 
 William Wade Jo n Smith ffearnott Shaw 
 
 Clement Hamblinge Joseph Dindy Will" 1 Robbins 
 
 Jacob Hanson Amos .... James Travis 
 
 Jo" Brackenbery Henerie Wright Jo n Jay 
 Nathaniel Badcock 
 
 This is a true List of such as came out of Boston w th me as witnesse 
 my hand ffeb. the 22 d 1675-6. WILL: TURNER. 
 
 Another list follows upon the same paper and is headed, " A 
 List of men as they came from Marlborough ffeb: 29, 75-6." 
 This list is identical with the one above except that Edward 
 Crick (Creek) is Ensign in place of Henry Timberleggs (Tim- 
 berlake) cleared as above. 
 
 In the same paper also the following : 
 
 Rec d these men whose names follow, from Captaine Wadsworth & fro . 
 
 Capt. Reynolds. 
 
 Phillip Mattoone, for whome I tooke in exchange John Thropp at 
 Hampton. 
 
 Jo n Newman made Corporall 17 March 75-6. 
 
240 KING PHILIP S WAK. 
 
 John Sympole Solomon Lowd Jo n Broughton 
 
 Jo n Chappie William Bosway Jo n Rolestone 
 
 Henery Beresford John Glide William Jemmison 
 
 James Burnell Josiah Lane Edward Samson 
 
 Jo n Walker James Hewes John Avis 
 
 Joseph Lamson Jonath: Dunninge Joseph Griffin 
 
 Joseph Bickner William Jaques Henery Smith 
 
 William Clow William Manley Sam 11 Phesy (Vesey) 
 
 William Twing George Ripley Joseph Bateman 
 
 Joseph Lyon Phill: Sandy James Machrenell kild 
 
 Richard Francis Diggory Sargent at Hampton March 14 th 
 William Hartford 
 
 These were left at Quabaug the 4 th of March 1675-6. 
 
 Henery Pellington Tho: Brisantou Thomas Chapman 
 
 David Crouter Thomas Stacy Augustine John 
 
 John Gromwell Charles Duckworth James Callen 
 Richard Sutton 
 
 The Rest continued under my Command till y e 7 th of Aprill att 
 
 which time 4 were left in Hadly by order of y e Councell and part of 
 the Companie marched under the conduct off Lieut. Drinker with Maj. 
 
 Savage, some by order staying with me. WILL: TURNER. 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 158. 
 
 A Liste off Souldjers und r the Command off Capt. Will m Turner ffro. 
 
 the 7 th of Aprill 1676 
 
 Hadley Souldjers : Jo" Chamberlin William Torner 
 Capt. William Turner Jo Luddon 
 
 Serg John Throppe John Presson Souldjers sent to the 
 
 Serg John Newman Jo n Bill Mill. 
 
 Corp 1 Joseph Hartshorne Will" 1 Chubb Robert Scares 
 
 Corp 1 Robert Sympson Moses Morgan Sam 11 Rawlins 
 
 W m Armes Roger Jones John Sawdy 
 
 John Strowbridge Jo n Wiseman Jonathan Dunninge 
 
 Sam 11 Sybly Phillip Jessop Samuell Davies 
 
 Thomas Jones Joseph Griffin John ffisher 
 
 Robert Coates Josiah Man Thomas Cobbett 
 
 David Hartshorne Thomas Chard Thomas Sympkins 
 
 Benj. Poole John Sheapheard Richard Lever 
 John Uppum Ephraim Roper 
 
 Simon G rover Nicholas Duerell Hampton Souldjers 
 
 Stephen Grover Phellep Cattlin Serg 1 Esaiah Toy 
 
 John Pratt Joseph Chamblin Corp 11 John Wilde 
 
 Thomas Briant Richard Snodin John Smith 
 
 Triall Newbury Joseph Smith John Babson 
 
 Josuah Phillips Joseph Bodman John Whiterage 
 Benjamin Chamblin JohnChapple,Z)mraraer John Ashdowne 
 
 John Rolestone William Hunt John Cooke 
 
 John Longbury Samu 11 Tyly John Hix 
 
 John ffoster James Barrell John Salter 
 
 John Wattson William Hartforde Jeremiah Cloather 
 
FIGHT AT " TURNER S FALLS." 
 
 241 
 
 John Chaplin 
 John Belcher 
 John Stukely 
 John Boyde 
 John Walker 
 John Roberts 
 Martin Smith 
 Abraham Shaw 
 Thomas Roberts 
 Richard Hudson 
 Samuel Ransford 
 Joseph fifowler 
 Solomon Lowde 
 William Jaques 
 Jacob Burton 
 William Smith 
 Nicholas Mason 
 Phellip Mattoon 
 Samuel Soutch 
 Thomas Lyon 
 Robert Price 
 Thomas Poore 
 Peter Bushrodd 
 Samuel Phesy 
 William Willis 
 Thomas Harris 
 George Bewly 
 William Howard 
 Phellip Lewes 
 Will" 1 Hopkins 
 Mass. Archives, 
 
 Ephraim Beeres John Arnold 
 
 Richard Bever Simon Williams 
 
 John ffiske, left wounded Daniel Clow 
 
 by Capt. Lathroppe Edward Bishoppe 
 Henry Raynor 
 
 Hattfielde Souldjers Samuell Neale 
 Serg Robert Bardwell Jeffery Jeffers 
 Corp 11 Samuell Laiue Hugh Price 
 Benjamin Barrett 
 Hugh G-oliko 
 Anthony Baker 
 Jo n Largin 
 Richard Staines 
 Nicholas Gray 
 Jo n Allen 
 Richard Smith 
 William Elliott 
 Jo n Wilkins 
 John Jones 
 Thomas Staines 
 Gilbert fforsith 
 Benjamin Lathroppe 
 Robert Dawes 
 
 Archebold fforest 
 Jabesh Duncan 
 John Hughes 
 William Batt 
 Wallter Hixon 
 Jabesh Musgrove 
 Matthew Groves 
 Anthony Ravenscraft 
 James Molt 
 
 Vol 
 
 Hugh Pike 
 Daniel Stearlin 
 John Verin 
 Jonathan Nichols 
 James Verin 
 John Downinge 
 Joseph Moring 
 , 68, p. 212. 
 
 Sent to Springfield 
 Serg Roger Prosser 
 Ely Crow 
 Will m Briggs 
 Jeremiah Norcrosse 
 Will m Mitchell 
 Timothy ffroglie 
 Onesephorus Stanly 
 William Crane 
 Henery Willis 
 
 Richard ffrancis, Clerk. 
 
 The last list shows the organization of Capt. Turner s force 
 until 
 
 THE "FALLS FIGHT," MAY 19, 1676. 
 
 The disposal of Capt. Turner s forces, from April 7th up to the 
 25th, is indicated in the above letter. In the closing clause it 
 will be noticed that he speaks of the news which a young man 
 brings in just before he sends the letter away. This was prob 
 ably John Gilbert, who with Edward Stebbins had been taken 
 captive at Springfield about a month before and carried up the 
 river by the Indians, where Mrs. Rowlandson, in her narrative, 
 speaks of meeting him. Capt. Turner makes note of his infor 
 mation to the effect that the Indians are gathering in great 
 numbers about these towns. Mr. Hubbard, on the other hand, 
 speaks of two " English lads," who give information of the 
 unguarded state of the Indians, referring doubtless to Gilbert 
 and Stebbins above mentioned, but confusing with theirs the 
 testimony of another captive named Thomas Reed, who escaped 
 and came in some weeks later. Some idea of the state of feeling 
 
242 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 among the English inhabitants and soldiers may be gained from 
 this letter of some of the chief actors at the front. 
 
 Letter of Rev. John Russell, Capt. Turner and others to the 
 General Court: 
 
 Hadly Ap r 29, 1676 
 Right Worp f 11 
 
 This morning we received from Hartford these inclosed w ch we 
 were desired to post away; and have accordingly effected with all 
 speed. Its matter of thankfulnesse and incouragement to hear that 
 the Lord is in any place going forth w th o r armies ; and delivering o r 
 enemies into o r hands. 
 
 We hope if o r sins hinder not it is a pledge of future & greater m rcy . 
 
 It is strange to see how much spirit (more than formerly) appears in 
 our men to be out against the enemy. A great part of the inhabitants 
 here would our committees of militia but permitt ; would be going 
 forth : They are daily moving for it and would fain have liberty to be 
 going forth this night. The enemy is now come so near us, that we 
 count we might go forth in the evening, and come upon them in the 
 darkness of the same night. We understand from Hartford some 
 inclination to allow some volunteers to come from them up hither, 
 should that be I doubt not but many of o would joyne w th them. It 
 is the generall voyce of the people here y* now is the time to distresse 
 the enemy ; and that could we drive them from their fishing and keep 
 out though but lesser parties against them famine would subdue them. 
 All intelligence give us cause to hope that the Mohawks do still retain 
 their old friendship for us and enmity against our enemies. Some 
 proofe of it they have of late in those they slew higher up this River. 
 Two of whom as the Indian messengers relate were of o r known 
 Indians ; and one a Quabaog Indian. And further proof its thought 
 they would soon give ; were the obstructions (y 1 some English have or 
 may putt in their way) removed and the remembrance of the ancient 
 amity and good terms between them and these colonies renewed by 
 some letters & if it might be by some English messengers. We would 
 not tho. out so good an end as love and zeale for the weal publique, 
 that we should be transported beyond o r line. We crave pardon for 
 o r reaching so farr, and with many prayers do desire to beseech the 
 father of mercies and God of all counsell to direct you in the right 
 way; & so praying we remaine 
 
 S r Your Worships most Humble & devoted Serv ts 
 
 JOHN RUSSELL JOHN LYMAN 
 
 WILL: TURNER ISACK GRAVES 
 
 DAVID WILTON JOHN KING 
 
 SAMUEL SMITH DANIEL WARNER 
 
 From a diligent study of all available authorities, from all 
 accessible sources, supplemented by many new hints and evi 
 dences afforded by documents preserved in the State Archives 
 and elsewhere, I think the following is a fairly accurate account 
 
CONDITION OF THE INDIANS, MAY, 1676. 243 
 
 of the campaign of Capt. Turner in May, 1676, closing with the 
 Falls Fight on the 18th. 
 
 After the withdrawal of the army under Major Savage, the 
 Indians seem to have relaxed much of their vigilance, watching 
 mainly for opportunities for plunder wherever the English became 
 careless and exposed themselves or cattle to the chance of capt 
 ure. In the mean time the situation of the Indians was becom 
 ing desperate. The Narragansets with their allies and many of 
 the Wampanoags had been forced in an almost destitute condi 
 tion upon the Nipmuck and Pocomtuck tribes for support. 
 These unwonted numbers soon exhausted the never abundant 
 resources of the local tribes, and when Philip s promises of a 
 speedy victory over all the river towns with plunder of their 
 goods were not realized, when the great chieftain Canonchet was 
 taken and slain, and having met the repulses at Northampton and 
 Hatfield, they were reduced almost to starvation, these river and 
 northern Indians began to realize the folly of their too ready 
 alliance with Philip, and put themselves into communication 
 with the authorities at Connecticut, either with a view to real 
 peace, or for the purpose of gaining time by a pretence of peace 
 ful negotiations ; at any rate the English entered into the nego 
 tiations with great zeal, and sought to turn the home tribes 
 against Philip and the Narragansets. A price was set upon 
 Philip s head, whereupon that chieftain betook himself with his 
 faithful followers to safer solitudes up the river ; and now, pend 
 ing these negotiations, the Indians gathered to the fishing places 
 upon the river in large numbers, hoping here to supply their 
 wants and secure a stock of provisions till they could accomplish 
 the destruction of the towns and secure the corn and cattle of 
 the English. Knowing that the garrisons were small, and feeling 
 secure from attack both by numbers and distance, they grew 
 careless in sending scouts or placing guards. They had no sus 
 picion of the growing resolution of the English to take the offen 
 sive, nor any information of their preparations. A large body of 
 the Indians were gathered near the " Upper Falls " of the Con 
 necticut, divided into several parties, one of which was located 
 on the high ground on the right bank at the head of the Fall, 
 another on the opposite bank, and a third at what is known now 
 as " Smead s Island," about a mile below, and all were intent 
 upon their fishing. Hearing, however, that the English had 
 turned some of their cattle out into Hatfield meadows, a detach 
 ment was sent out upon May 12th, and succeeded in " stamped 
 ing " about seventy head of these cattle, and driving them safely 
 into the woods. This fresh outrage was carried out with impu 
 nity, and so enraged the English that they urged to be led out 
 against their enemies at once, and when Reed, above mentioned, 
 came in on May 15th, and disclosed the carelessness of the 
 Indians, it was resolved to wait no longer, but to gather the 
 
244 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 forces and strike a blow, and on that day Rev. John Russell 
 writes a letter to the Council at Connecticut, informing them of 
 their situation and giving general news. He speaks of their 
 " visitation " by the epidemic distemper or malignant cold which 
 had prevailed at Connecticut (and of which Mr. Mather wrote 
 that he could not hear of a family in New England that wholly 
 escaped) ; of the peaceful election at Boston on May 3d, and the 
 return of Mrs. Rowlandsoh from captivity on that day, and letters 
 from Philip, the " Old Queen " and other sachems, proposing 
 terms of peace. He gives the news from Europe, the sufferings 
 of non-conformists, and of a great naval battle between the 
 French and Dutch. Only an extract is here given, being the 
 closing part which relates to the Indian war. The letter is dated 
 Hadley, May 15th. The postscript is by the military officers. 
 
 . This morning about sunrise came into Hatfield one 
 Thomas Reede a soldier who was taken captive when Deacon Good 
 man was slain. He relates that they are now planting atDeerfield and 
 have been so these three or four days or more, saith further that they 
 dwell at the Falls on both sides the river, are a considerable number, 
 yet most of them old men and women. He cannot judge that there 
 are on both sides of the river above 60 or 70 fighting-men. They are 
 secure and scornful, boasting of great things they have done and will 
 do. There is Thomas Eames his daughter and child hardly used ; one 
 or two belonging to Medfield and I think two children belonging to 
 Lancaster. The night before last they came down to Hatfield upper 
 meadow, and have driven away many horses and cattle to the number 
 of fourscore and upwards as they judge. Many of these this man saw 
 in Deerfield meadow, and found the bars put up to keep them in. This 
 being the state of things, we think the Lord calls us to make some 
 trial what may be done against them suddenly without further delay ; 
 and therefore the concurring resolution of men here seems to be to go 
 out against them tomorrow night, so as to be with them, the Lord 
 assisting, before break of day. We need guidance and help from 
 heaven. We humbly beg your prayers, advice and help if it may be. 
 And therewith committing you to the guidance and blessing of the 
 most High, Remain Your Worship s in all humble service. 
 
 JOHN RUSSELL. 
 
 Although this man speaks of their number as he judgeth yet they 
 may be many more, for we perceive their number varies, and they are 
 going and coming, so that there is no trust to his guess. 
 
 WILLIAM TURNER, 
 JOHN LYMAN, 
 ISAAC GRAVES. 
 
 Preparations had been completed for several days, and the men, 
 gathered from the inhabitants and soldiers of the several towns 
 and garrisons, were appointed to meet at Hatfield at the summons 
 of the commander. Day after day passed, while they waited 
 impatiently the company which Connecticut authorities had 
 
THE MARCH AGAINST THE INDIANS. 245 
 
 ordered to march to their assistance. These, delayed in turn by 
 the failure of the Sachems to appear at a promised meeting, and 
 fearing to make any hostile movement while English captives 
 were held by the Indians, did not move, and so on May 18th Capt. 
 Turner gathered all his available force at Hatfield, numbering up 
 wards of one hundred and fifty rank and file. Of the garrison 
 soldiers I think only volunteers were taken in this expedition, as 
 it would not be safe to weaken the garrison by withdrawing a 
 large number of the men away from the defence of the towns, 
 which was their proper service. A comparison of the lists below 
 will show that a very small number of eastern soldiers are among 
 the claimants, though the list of killed has many names not rep 
 resented there. A very large part of Capt. Turner s original com 
 pany had marched home to Boston on April 7th, leaving him with 
 a company of single men, boys and servants, selected from Major 
 Savage s forces, for garrison duty. Of this expedition the offi 
 cers were William Turner, Captain ; Samuel Holyoke, Lieut. ; 
 Isaiah Toy (or Tay) and John Lyman, Ensigns ; Rev. Hope Ath- 
 erton, Chaplain ; John Dickinson and Joseph Kellogg, Sergeants ; 
 Experience Hinsdell and Benjamin Wait were guides. 
 
 This company of volunteers, thus officered, and more than one 
 half inhabitants of the several river towns, mounted upon their 
 own horses, and armed as each might be able, or from the gar 
 risons, took up the line of march in the evening of May 18th, 
 from Hatfield towards the Falls, twenty miles away, through the 
 woods. Taking their way northward through Hatfield meadows 
 and on by the road where both Lathrop and Beers had met dis 
 aster and death, past the ruins of Deerfield, they crossed the river 
 at the northerly part of the meadow (a late high authority says 
 "at the mouth of Sheldon s brook"), and thus eluded the 
 Indian outpost stationed at a place "now called Cheapside," to 
 guard the usual place of crossing. These Indians, it is said, over 
 heard the crossing of the troops and turned out with torches, and 
 examined the usual ford, but finding no traces there and hearing 
 no further disturbance, concluded that the noise was made by 
 moose, crossing, and so went back to their sleep. A heavy 
 thunder shower during the night greatly aided the secrecy of the 
 march, while it drove the Indians to their wigwams and pre 
 vented any suspicion of an attack. This danger safely passed, 
 the troops rode forward through Greenfield meadow, and, crossing 
 Green river " at the mouth of Ash-swamp brook to the eastward, 
 skirting the great swamp " (says Mr. Sheldon), they at length, 
 about daybreak, reached the high land just south of Mount 
 Adams, where the men dismounted, and leaving the horses under 
 a small guard, pushed on through Fall river and up a steep hill, 
 and halted and silently awaited daylight upon the slope (now on 
 the farm of Mr. Stoughton, it is said), above the sleeping Indian 
 camp. Here all was wrapped in profound sleep. It is said a 
 
246 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 great feast had been celebrated the night before by the Indians, 
 at which they had gorged themselves with fresh salmon from the 
 river, and beef and new milk from the Hatfield cattle. Not a 
 guard had been set, and no precaution had been made, so secure 
 were they and unsuspicious of an English raid. And now with 
 advancing daylight the sturdy settlers gather silently down and 
 about their unconscious foes, to whom the first warning of danger 
 was the crashing of a hundred muskets, dealing death in at their 
 wigwam doors. Many were killed at the first fire, and scarcely a 
 show of resistance was made. The savages who escaped the first 
 fire were terrified at the thought that their old enemy was upon 
 them, and fled towards the river, yelling " Mohawks ! Mohawks ! " 
 and wildly threw themselves into the canoes along the banks, 
 but many of these, overcrowding the canoes, were thrown into 
 the river and carried over the falls to certain death ; others were 
 shot in attempting to reach the other side ; others were chased to 
 the shelving rocks along the banks and there shot down. It is 
 said that Capt. Holyoke there despatched five with his own hand. 
 Very few of the Indians escaped, and their loss was computed by 
 contemporary writers at three hundred. One only of the English 
 was killed, and he by mistake, by one of his comrades, and an 
 other was wounded in this attack. The soldiers burned all the 
 wigwams and their contents, captured the tools of the Indian 
 blacksmiths who had set up two forges for mending arms, and 
 threw " two great Piggs of lead (intended for making bullets) 
 into the river." But while this was being accomplished, the 
 several larger bodies of Indians upon the river above and below 
 rallied, and from various quarters gathered in and about the 
 English. A small party as decoys showed themselves crossing 
 the river above, and succeeded in drawing a portion of our force 
 away from the main body only to meet a large force and to re 
 gain the command with difficulty. Capt. Turner, enfeebled as he 
 was by his disease, collected and drew off his troops towards the 
 horses, where the guards were about this time attacked by the 
 enemy, who hastily withdrew at the coming of the main body. 
 Mounting their horses, the English began the march for Hatfield. 
 The Indians in increasing numbers gathered upon flank and rear. 
 Capt. Turner led the van, though so weak from long sickness as 
 scarcely able to manage his horse. The intrepid Capt. Holyoke 
 commanded the rear guard, but in effect conducted the retreat. 
 The Indians advanced upon the left and rear, and several sharp 
 skirmishes ensued while they tried to separate the rear guard 
 from the main. Once Capt. Holyoke s horse was shot down, and 
 he narrowly escaped capture by the Indians, who rushed forward 
 to seize him, by shooting down the foremost with his pistols, till 
 his men came to his aid. On the left of the line of march, nearly 
 all the way to Green river, was a swamp in which the Indians 
 found safe cover. A rumor was started (by an escaped captive, 
 
SLAIN AT THE " FALLS FIGHT." 
 
 247 
 
 it is said) that Philip with a thousand warriors was at hand, and 
 a panic ensued. The guides differed as to the course, and some 
 following one and some another, disorder prevailed, and the com 
 mand was broken up. Two parties leaving the main body were 
 cut off and lost. Capt. Turner pushed forward with the advance 
 as far as Green river, and was shot by the Indians while crossing 
 the stream, near the mouth of the brook upon which afterwards 
 stood " Nash s " Mill. His body was found near the place by a 
 scouting party a short time afterwards. 
 
 The whole command now devolved upon Capt. Holyoke, who 
 led his shattered force, fighting every rod of the way, to the south 
 side of Deerfield meadow to the place known as the " Bars." 
 That the retreat did not end in a general massacre is doubtless 
 due to the skill and bravery of Capt. Holyoke in keeping the 
 main body together, and in protecting flank and rear while push 
 ing forward to avoid the chance of ambuscades. As it was, they 
 found, on arriving at Hatfield, that some forty-five or more of 
 their men were missing. Rev. Mr. Russell s letter of May 22d 
 gives some account of the losses, and says that six of the missing 
 have come in, reducing the number of the lost to thirty-eight or 
 thirty-nine. Of the Indian losses he gives the report of Sergt. 
 Bardwell that he counted upwards of one hundred in and about 
 the wigwams and along the river banks, and the testimony of 
 William Drew and others that they counted some " six-score and 
 ten." " Hence we cannot but judge that there were above 200 
 of them slain." 
 
 Of the slain of our soldiers the following list is taken from the 
 best available authorities. The battle and the leader are perpetu 
 ated in the name " Turner s Falls," applied to the scene of the 
 fight. 
 
 Capt. William Turner, Boston. 
 Serg John Dickinson, Hatfield. 
 William Allis, " 
 
 John Coif ax, " 
 
 Samuel Gillet, " 
 
 Experience Hiusdell, Hadley. 
 John Church, " 
 
 Samuel Crow, " 
 
 Thomas Elgar, " 
 
 Isaac Harrison, " 
 
 John Taylor, Hadley. 
 Edward Hodgman, Springfield. 
 George Hewes, " 
 
 Joseph Pike, " 
 
 James Bennet, Northampton. 
 John Miller, " 
 
 John Walker, " 
 
 Jabez Duncan, Worcester. 
 John Ashdowne, Weymouth. 
 
 The residence of the last thirteen 
 
 Nathaniel Sutliff, Deerfield. 
 John Hadlock, Roxbury. 
 Samuel Veze, Braintree. 
 Josiah Mann, Boston. 
 John Whitteridge, Salem. 
 George Buckley. 
 Jacob Burton. 
 John Foster. 
 Joseph Fowler. 
 Peter Germ. 
 John Langbury. 
 Thomas Lyoii. 
 Samuel Rainsford. 
 Thomas Roberts. 
 George Ruggles. 
 John Symms. 
 John Watson. 
 William Howard. 
 
 not known. 
 
248 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 The two servants mentioned in the following petition were 
 doubtless apprentices whose service was needed by widow Turner 
 about the Captain s business, now left to her management. 
 Buckman (or Bucknam) may have been of Charlestown, son of 
 William. His name appears in a later ledger of John Hull, and 
 John Sawdy was probably son of John of Boston. 
 
 To the Honourable Gouvener And Councill Now Assembled In Boston. 
 The Humble petition of Mary Turner 
 
 Humbly showeth that whereas your poor petitioner hath lost her 
 husband in the Services of the Country Ingaging Against the Barbarious 
 & Cruell Heathen the Enemy thereof And having now still two servants 
 named John Sawdy And Samuell Buckman who went out with him in 
 the Country s service att haclley my widowhood estate & Condition for 
 want of Convenient supply of maintenances makes me Bold to supli- 
 cate your honours for An order for theire Releas & discharge from the 
 place to which att present they do belong & that your honours will so 
 far Consider my Condition as to order me pay for whatt Is In your 
 honours Judgment my Just : & Consider me In Respect of the Loss of 
 my Husband as your honours shall see mette which shall further 
 Ingage your poor petitioner to pray for your hon" & this Countries 
 peace & prosperity. 
 
 [Endorsed] Mrs. Turners petition, 26 June 1676. 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 69, p. 21. 
 
 April 24 th 1676 
 John Cunneball 
 
 June 24 th 1676 
 John Coniball 
 John Broughton 
 Samuel Judkins 
 Isaiah Toy 
 William Parsons ) 
 Joseph Gallop } 
 William Jameson 
 James Knott 
 Matthias Smith 
 William Clough 
 Edward Wright 
 Joseph Lamson 
 Joseph Bicknell 
 William Turner 
 Joseph Priest 
 Henry Dason 
 Thomas Barnard 
 Philip Squire 
 Ephraim Roper 
 Joseph Bateman 
 
 der Capt. William Turner : 
 
 
 
 Edward Drinker 
 
 05 11 06 
 
 01 04 00 
 
 Samuel Holmes 
 
 00 08 06 
 
 
 Samuel Davis 
 
 01 17 08 
 
 02 04 06 
 
 Richard Cheever 
 
 03 12 10 
 
 02 10 06 
 
 Robert Seares 
 
 03 06 00 
 
 02 04 06 
 02 04 06 
 
 William Turner, Capt. 
 Ezekiel Gilman 
 
 07 00 00 
 03 08 00 
 
 05 11 00 
 02 10 06 
 
 Hoo Steward 
 Robert Bryan 
 Elias Stiff 
 
 02 04 06 
 02 04 06 
 02 04 06 
 
 02 12 00 
 02 02 10 
 
 Henry Beresford 
 Jonathan Orris 
 
 02 10 06 
 02 04 06 
 
 02 08 10 
 
 Edward Creek ~\ 
 
 
 02 14 00 
 01 16 00 
 
 Henry Finch > 
 John Avis ) 
 
 10 02 00 
 
 01 16 00 
 03 18 00 
 
 Henry Kerby 
 Thomas Elliott 
 
 02 04 06 
 02 12 00 
 
 02 04 06 
 02 04 06 
 
 Henry Wright 
 Bartholomew Whitwell 
 
 00 06 00 
 02 04 06 
 
 02 12 00 
 
 Thomas Skinner 
 
 03 04 09 
 
 01 08 00 
 04 10 10 
 
 Richard Knight 
 Percivall Clark 
 
 02 04 06 
 02 04 06 
 
 01 16 10 
 
 Mark Wood 
 
 02 04 06 
 
SOLDIERS IN THE " FALLS FIGHT." 
 
 249 
 
 July 24 1676. 
 
 Thomas Brissenden 04 16 00 
 John Newman 05 03 09 
 
 John Simple 02 04 06 
 
 August 24 th 1676. 
 William Turner, Capt. 06 06 06 
 Samuel Gallop 02 03 08 
 
 Philip Jessop 03 13 08 
 
 William Turner 05 08 06 
 
 John Sherly 05 14 00 
 
 Edward Samson 01 17 08 
 
 Josiah Mann 03 13 08 
 
 John Smith 00 10 02 
 
 Sept. 23 d 1676. 
 
 Thomas Bond 00 06 00 
 
 Thomas Lyon 10 04 00 
 
 Roger Jones 08 08 00 
 
 The credits above mostly represent those soldiers who served 
 under Capt. Turner from February 20th until April 7th, and the 
 sum X02 04s. 06d. covers the time until their arrival home, 
 about seven weeks and five days from their marching away. 
 After April 7th, those of his soldiers who remained in the West 
 received credit at the several garrisons at which they were 
 located, and their names will appear in that connection ; and this 
 is the reason that so few who were in the "Falls Fight" are 
 credited as serving under Capt. Turner. After his death the 
 officers of the garrison signed their vouchers. 
 
 The following list is the most important of all these that are 
 preserved pertaining to the soldiers of Capt. Turner, as it con 
 tains the names of all the soldiers of whom the committee could 
 find any trace. The grant was made of a township of land, as 
 near as might be to the scene of the " Falls Fight," to all officers 
 and soldiers who were engaged therein. This alphabetical list 
 was evidently kept in the hands of the committee, and new 
 names are added in different hands through several years. A 
 few fragmentary papers are preserved in the archives in connec 
 tion with this list, that show the methods of proving and identi 
 fying claims. A certificate from John Bradshaw, still alive in 
 February, 1735, declares that himself, Mr. Isaiah Tay, late of 
 Boston, deceased, who was a lieutenant under Capt. Turner, 
 and Nathaniel Pierce, of Woburn, were in the fight. John 
 Dunkin, of Worcester, certifies, April 1st, 1735, that his uncle 
 Jabez Dunkin was killed in the fight, and applies as his proper 
 heir. John Chase, of Newbury, certifies that he was in the 
 expedition with Capt. Turner, and helped to bury him, and that 
 Samuel Coleby, late of Almsbury, deceased, was with him. 
 Some other papers of like tenor are preserved, and several frag 
 ments of evidence from town and church records, showing that 
 the committee demanded proofs before granting the claims. The 
 residences of the soldiers were given according to the best knowl 
 edge of the committee, very often at loss for any information 
 after the lapse of sixty years. Many of the soldiers, after the 
 war, had removed to interior towns, and their descendants to dif 
 ferent States, and sometimes the present residence of the claimant 
 would be given as the supposed home of the soldier ancestor. 
 Very many of the soldiers from the East were single men, boys 
 
250 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAK. 
 
 and apprentices, and when these were killed their names were 
 soon lost, unless some record was made. At Northampton a 
 record of the death of thirteen of the soldiers, who had been in 
 garrison there, together with that of Capt. Turner, is found upon 
 the town books under date of May 19, 1676, with the comment, 
 "all slain by Indians." The committee finding this record, and 
 not knowing otherwise, assigned Northampton, or " North," as 
 their residence. It will be seen that one hundred and thirty-five 
 names appear, while up to 1741 only ninety-nine claimants had 
 been admitted. This may be explained by the fact that so many 
 of those engaged in the affair were strangers in the colony, or 
 mere boys, who left no legal claimants in this country. In other 
 cases it would be difficult to prove relationship such as would 
 entitle to a claim, especially when the soldier ancestor had 
 removed to a distant part of the country. 
 
 A List of y e Soldiers y 4 were in y e Fall Fight under Capt. W m Turner, 
 approved off by y e Committee of y e Gen. Court. (Dated June, 1736.) 
 
 Allexander, Nath 11 , N. Hamp 1 . 
 Alvard, Thorn 9 , Hadfield. 
 Atherton, Hope, Hatfield. 
 Ashdown, John. 
 Arms, William, Hadley. 
 Baker, Timothy, North Hampt. 
 Bedortha, Sam 11 , Springfield. 
 Bennett, James, South Hampt. 
 Barber, John, Springfield. 
 Burnap, John. 
 Bradshaw, John, Medford. 
 Burnitt, John, Windham. 
 Bushrod, Peter, Northampton. 
 Boultwood, Sam 11 , Hadley. 
 Bardwell, Robt , Hatfield. 
 Ball, Sam 11 , Springfield. 
 Burton, Jacob, North. 
 Beers, Richard, of Watertown, eld 
 est son of Elnathan Beers. 
 Belding, Sam 11 . 
 
 Clap, Preserved, Northampton. 
 Fowler, Joseph, North. 
 Flanders, John. 
 Foot, Nath 11 , Hatfield. 
 Gleason, Isaac, Spring. 
 Grover, Simon, Boston. 
 Gerrin, 1 Peter, North. 
 Griffin, Joseph, Roxbury. 
 Hitchcock, John, Springfield. 
 Hitchcock, Luke, Springfield. 
 
 Hadlock, John. 
 Ho it, David, Hadley. 
 Hawks, John, Hadley. 
 Hawks, Eleaz r , Hadley. 
 Howard, William, North. 
 Harrison, Isaac, Hadley. 
 Hughs, George, Spring. 
 Hinsdell, Experience, Hadley. 
 Hodgman, Edward, Spring. 
 Hunt, Sam 11 , Billerica. 
 Harwood, James. 
 Ingram, John, Hadley. 
 Jones, Sam 1 . 
 Jones, Robertt. 
 Jilett, Sam 11 , Hatfield. 
 James, Abell, North. 
 King, John, North. 
 Keett, Franc. Northamton. 
 Kellogg, Joseph, Hadley. 
 Lee, John, Westfield. 
 Lyman, John, North. 
 Leeds, Joseph, Dorchester. 
 Leonard, Josiah, Spring. 
 Langbury, John, North. 
 Lyon, Thomas, North. 
 Miller, John, North. 
 Merry, Cornelius, North. 
 Morgan, Isaac, Springfield. 
 Morgan, Jonathan, Spring. 
 Miller, Thomas, Spring. 
 
 1 In the Northampton records Peter Jerrin. In Hull s accounts two persons appear in different 
 places, Peter Jennings and Peter Gennings. This may be one of the two. 
 
LIST OF TURNER S MEN. 
 
 251 
 
 Mun, James, Alive : Colchester. 
 Mun, John, Deerfield. 
 Monteague, Peter, Hadley. 
 Mattoon, Phillip, Hadley. 
 Man, Josiah. 
 Nims, Godfrey, North. 
 Newbury, Tryall, Boston. 
 Old, Robert, Spring. 
 Chapin, Japhett, Springfield. 
 Crow, Sam 11 , Hadley. 
 Crowfott, Joseph, Springfield. 
 Clark, William, Northampton. 
 Church, John, Hadley. 
 Coleman, Noah, Hadley. 
 Chamberlain, Benja., Hadley. 
 Chamberlain, Joseph. 
 Colfax, John, Hatfield. 
 Cunuaball, John, Boston. 
 Chase, John, Almsbury. 
 Coleby, John, Almsbury. 
 Dickenson, John, Hadley. 
 Drew, W m , Hadley. 
 Dickenson, Nehemiah, Hadley. 
 Dunkin, Jabez, Worcester. 
 Edwards, Benj a , North. 
 Elgar, Thomas, Hadley. 
 Fuller, Joseph, Newtown. 
 Feild, Samuel, Hatfield. 
 Forster, John, North. 
 Pumroy, Medad, North. 
 Price, Robert, North. 
 Pike, Joseph, Spring. 
 Pumroy, Caleb, North. 
 Preston, John, Hadley. 
 Pratt, John, Maiden. 
 Pressey, John, Almsbury. 
 Pearse, Nath 1 , Woburn. 
 Rogers, Henery, Spring. 
 
 Endorsement of the committee : 
 
 By y e best Acco" we can come at y c foregoing is a true list of y e Sol 
 diers y* were in y e falls fight w th y e Indians under Capt. Turner & for 
 ought appears to us at present y er Descendants according to y e acts of 
 y e General Court are to be admitted to share in y c Grant of y e town 
 ship above Deerfield granted them. 
 
 The following list of claimants was admitted June 23d, 1736, 
 and the name of John Scott, of Elbows, was added, doubtless 
 before the report was accepted, and the figures also were changed. 
 Thos. Wells, of Deerfield, was then appointed agent for the pro 
 
 1 This name is in the margin, and was added after the list waa made out. 
 
 Roberts, Thomas, North. 
 
 Ransford, Sam 11 , North. 
 
 Ruggles, George, North. 
 
 Read, Thomas, Westford. 
 
 Roper, Ephr 11 . 
 
 Siky, Nath 11 . 
 
 Suttleife, Nath 11 , Hadley. 
 
 Stebins, Sam 11 , Springfield. 
 
 Stebins, Benoni, North. 
 
 Stebins, Thomas, Springfield. 
 
 Smeade, W m , Northampton. 
 
 Smith, John, Hadley. 
 
 Stephenson, James, Springf. 
 
 Seldin, Joseph, Hadley. 
 
 Scott, W m , Hatfield. 
 
 Salter, John, Charlestown. 
 
 Simonds, John. 
 
 (Smith, Rich*.) 1 
 
 Turner, Capt. W m , now Swan y. 
 
 Tay, Isaiah, IA, Boston. 
 
 Thomas, Benj a , Spring. 
 
 Taylor, John. 
 
 Taylor, Jonathan, Spriug d . 
 
 Tyley, Sam 11 . 
 
 Veazy, Sam 11 , Brantrey. 
 
 Wright, James, North. 
 
 Webb, John, North. 
 
 Webb, Richard, North. 
 
 Waite, Benjamin, Hatfield. 
 
 Witteridge, John, North. 
 
 Walker, John, North. 
 
 Webber, Eleaz r . 
 
 Wattson, John. 
 
 Wells, Thomas, Hadley. 
 
 White, Henry, Hadley. 
 
 Warriner, Joseph, Hadley. 
 
 Wells, Jonathan, Hadley. 
 
 Worthington, W m . 
 
252 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 prietors. Lots were drawn to the claimants according to the 
 above list, and the settlement progressed. A previous grant to 
 Mr. Fairweather of five hundred acres, together with much moun 
 tainous and waste land, reduced the original grant of six miles 
 square to a tract of far less value, so that in 1741, when new 
 claimants began to appear, the proprietors petitioned for and 
 obtained another tract lying contiguous, a " gore " not yet covered 
 by any previous grant. Two new claimants, Samuel Coleby, 
 eldest son of Samuel Coleby, of Almsbury, and Tryall Newbury, 
 of Maiden, were admitted to first choice of lots on the new tract, 
 by act of the Court August 1, 1741. Perhaps later claimants 
 were admitted. The grant embraced the present town of Ber- 
 nardston (at first called " Falltown " ), Colraine, Leyden, etc. 
 The names of descendants stand first in the list. 
 
 A list of Soldiers and Descndts of such as are Deceased that were in 
 the fight called the falls fight above Dearfield who are intituled to 
 the township granted by the Generall Court, as follows : 
 
 Joseph Atherton, Deerfield, only son of Hope Atherton. 
 
 Nath 1 Allexander, Northampton, Nath Alexander. 
 
 Thomas Alward, Middleton, eldest son of Thorn: Alvard. 
 
 John Arms, Dearfield, son William Arms. 
 
 John Baker, Northampton, son of Timothy Baker. 
 
 Samuel Bedortha, Springfield, son of Sam: Bedortha. 
 
 John Field, Dearfield, Dsc nd James Bennett. 
 
 John Barbur, Springfield, son John Barbur. 
 
 John Bradshaw, Medford, John Bradshaw. 
 
 Isaac Burnap, Windham, son John Burnap. 
 
 Sam 1 Clesson, Northampton, Desc 1 Peter Bushrod. 
 
 Sam 1 Boltwood, Hadley, son Sam: Boltwood. 
 
 Sam 1 Bardwell, Dearf d , son Rob Bardwell. 
 
 John Hitchcock, Springfield, Descend. Samll: Ball. 
 
 Stephen Beldin, No th ampton, son Stephen Beldin. 
 
 Richard Beers, Watertown, son Elnathan Beers. 
 
 Samuell Beldin, Hatf d , Sam 11 Beldin. 
 
 Preserved Clap, N th ampton, son Preserved Clap. 
 
 Thomas Chapin, Springfield, son Japheth Chapin. 
 
 Samuell Crow, Hadley, son Samuell Crow. 
 
 Joseph Crowfoot, Wethersfield, Descend Joseph Crowfoot. 
 
 William Clark, Lebanon, son William Clark. 
 
 Noah Cook, Hadley, Descend 1 Noah Coleman. 
 
 Benj a Chamberlain, Colchester, Benj a Chamberlain. 
 
 Nath 11 Chamberlain, Descend 4 Joseph Chamberlain. 
 
 Sam 11 Cunniball, Boston, son John Cunniball. 
 
 John Chase, Newbury, John Chase. 
 
 William Dickeson, Hadley, son Nehemiah Dickeson. 
 
 Samuell Jellet, Hatfield, Descen 1 John Dickeson. 
 
 Benj a Edwards, N. Hampton, son Benj a Edwards. 
 
 Joseph Fuller, Newtown, Joseph Fuller. 
 
 Sam u Feild, Dearfeild, son Sam 11 Feild. 
 
GRANTEES AND DESCENDANTS. 253 
 
 Nath 11 Foot, Colchester, son Nath: Foot. 
 
 John Flanders, Kingston, son John Flanders. 
 
 Isaac G-leeson, endfield, son Isaac Gleasou. 
 
 Richard Church, Hadley, Desc Isaac Harrison. 
 
 Simon Grover, Maiden, son of Simon Grover. 
 
 Samuell Griffen, Roxbury, son Joseph Griffen. 
 
 John Hitchcock, Spriugf d , son John Hitchcock. 
 
 Luke Hitchcock, Springf d , son Luke Hitchcock. 
 
 Jonathan Hoit, Dearf d , son David Hoit. 
 
 Jonathan Scott, Waterbury, Descend John Hawks. 
 
 Eleaser Hawks, Dearf d , son Eleaser Hawks. 
 
 James Harwood, Concord, son James Harwood. 
 
 John Doud, Middleton, Descend 4 Experience Hinsdell. 
 
 Samuell Hunt, Tewsbury, Samuell Hunt. 
 
 William James, Lebanon, son Abell James. 
 
 John ingram, Hadley, son John ingram. 
 
 Sam 11 Jellet, Hatfield, son Sam 11 Jellett. 
 
 William Jones, Almsbury, sou Robert Jones. 
 
 Medad King, N hampton, son John King. 
 
 Francis Keet, N hampton, son Francis Keet. 
 
 Martin Kellog, Suffleld, son Joseph Kellog. 
 
 John Lee, Westfield, sou John Lee. 
 
 John Lyman, N hampton, son John Lyman. 
 
 Joseph Leeds, Dorchester, son Joseph Leeds. 
 
 Josiah Leonard, Springf d , son Josiah Leonard. 
 
 John Merry, Long Island, son Cornelius Merry. 
 
 Stephen Noble, formerly of eudfield, Des nt Isaac Morgan. 
 
 Jonathan Morgan, Springf d , son Jonathan Morgan. 
 
 Thomas Miller, Springf d , son Thomas Miller. 
 
 James Mun, Colchester, James Mun. 
 
 Benj a Mun, Dearfield, son John Mun. 
 
 John Mattoon, Wallingford, son Phillip Mattoon. 
 
 John Nims, Dearf d , son Godfrey Nims. 
 
 Ebenezer Pumroy, N hamptou, son Medad Pumroy. 
 
 Sam 11 Pumroy, N. H., son Caleb Pumroy. 
 
 Samuell Price, Glassenbury, son Robert Price. 
 
 Sam 11 Preston, Hadley, Des 1 John Preston. 
 
 Thomas Pratt, Maiden, son John Pratt. 
 
 John Pressey, Alrnsbury, son John Pressey. 
 
 Henry Rogers, Spriugf d , son Henry Rogers. 
 
 John Reed, Westford, son Thomas Reed. 
 
 Nath 11 Sikes, Springf d , son Nath 11 Sikes. 
 
 Nath 11 Sutliff, Durham, son Nath: Sutliff, 
 
 Sam 11 Stebbins, Springf d , son of Samuel Stebbins. 
 
 Luke Noble, Westfield, Des of Thomas Stebbins. 
 
 Ebenezer Smeed, Dearfield, son of William Smeed. 
 
 Joseph Smith, Hatfield, son of John Smith. 
 
 James Stephenson, Springf d , son of James Stephenson. 
 
 Thomas Selden, Haddam, son of Joseph Selden. 
 
 Josiah Scott, Hatfield, son of William Scott. 
 
 John Salter, Charlestown, son of John Salter. 
 
 William Turner, Swansey, Grandson of Capt. Turner. 
 
254 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Benjamen Thomas, Stafford, son of Benjamen Thomas. 
 
 Joseph Winchall, jr. Suffleld, Descend 1 Jonathan Taller. 
 
 Samuell Tyley, Boston, son of Samuell Tyley. 
 
 Preserved Wright, N. H. son of James Wright. 
 
 Cornelius Webb, Springf d , son of John Webb. 
 
 Jonathan Webb, Stamford, son of Richard Webb. 
 
 John Wait, Hatfield, son of Benjamen Wait. 
 
 Eleaser Webber, Westfield, son of Eleaser Webber. 
 
 Thomas Wells, Dearfield, son of Thomas Wells. 
 
 Ebenezer Wariner, Endfield, son of Joseph Warmer. 
 
 Jonathan Wells, Dearfield, Jonathan Wells. 
 
 William Worthington, Colchester, son of Nicho Worthington. 
 
 John Scott, elbows, Grandson John Scott. 
 
 1 The Committee appointed to inlist the officers and Souldiers 
 
 96 in in the fight called the falls fight under the Command of 
 number Capt. William Turner then Slain and the Descend" of such as 
 
 97 in are Deceased and that are intituled to the grant of this great 
 all and generall Court made them of a towneship, have attended 
 
 many times that service & returne the list above & afore 
 said which contains the persons names claiming & from 
 whome and which the Committee have accordingly allowed 
 all which is Submitted. 
 
 W M DUDLEY 
 Boston June 1736. EZE. LEWIS 
 
 JOHN STODDARD 
 
 In Council June 23, 1736 JOSEPH DWIGHT 
 
 Read and ordered that this Report be accepted. JOHN WAINWRIGHT. 
 Sent down for concurrence. 
 
 SIMON FROST, Dep y Secretary. 
 Archives, vol. 114, p. 610. 
 
 Quite a number of the soldiers, as will be noticed, were alive, 
 and presented their claims in their own persons ; for instance, 
 Nathaniel Alexander, John Bradshaw, Samuel Beldin, John 
 Chase, Joseph Fuller, Samuel Hunt, James Mun, Jonathan 
 Wells, and very likely many others. 
 
 CAPT. WILLIAM TURNER S FAMILY. 
 
 Notwithstanding the notable career of Capt. Turner, all the 
 results of efforts to trace his posterity so far amount to a few 
 accidental clues and inferences, and the following attempt to 
 arrange these is little more than a summary of probabilities. 
 William Turner was of Dorchester from 1642-1664, but no record 
 of marriage or birth of children is yet found. On Boston Town 
 Records, under date of July 31st, 1665, " Sargt Will: Turner was 
 ordered to p vide for himselfe and family in some other place, 
 having carried it ofencively here." He was again admonished 
 August 28th, and, not complying, was, on Sept. 25th, ordered 
 to be presented to the next county court. Of his further perse- 
 
CAPT. TURNER S FAMILY. 255 
 
 cution, account is given above. On Boston Town Records is 
 found, " Prudence, dau. of William and Frances Turner born 
 October 12th 1665." In Suffolk Registry of Deeds, vol. x. p. 
 318, William Turner and Mary his wife, relict and executrix to 
 the Will of John Pratt, her former husband, dec d ( Vide His 
 torical and Genealogical Register, vol. vii. p. 36), convey to Jacob 
 Hewins a dwelling-house and three-and-a-half acres of land, etc. 
 This lot was bounded on the south very nearly by what is now 
 Howard Avenue, and lay not very far to the west from the corner 
 of what are now Dudley Street and Howard Avenue in Ward 20. 
 The deed was made April 1st, 1671, and shows that the wife 
 Frances was dead and the second wife Mary, widow of John 
 Pratt, had been married. Their home was doubtless in Boston 
 after 1665. No record is found of the death of this second wife, 
 but in his will above mentioned, dated February 16th, 1675-6, he 
 mentions Mary his wife, formerly wife of Key Alsop. Now Key 
 Alsop died April 30th, 1672, and she married Capt. Turner prob 
 ably in 1673-4 as his third wife. Frances, the first, was probably 
 the mother of all his children, but of the place and date of 
 their births no record is found save of Prudence, above men 
 tioned, and William, of his company, who is identified as his son, 
 by reference to him in the petition of Mary Turner above given. 
 His will, however, proves that he had sons and daughters living 
 iu 1676, and it would seem that the son William was under 
 twenty-one years, as his mother-in-law petitions for his wages as 
 appears above. Thomas and William Turner were serving in the 
 garrison at Marlborough in the summer and fall of 1675, and in 
 the trouble which Lieut. John Ruddock had with the Marlborough 
 townspeople, Thomas was first on the list of soldiers, who gave 
 evidence in favor of the Lieutenant, and then disappears from 
 view, but reappears in 1678 at Bridgewater, where, with Joseph 
 Howard, he is appointed surveyor. In 1680 he is at Scituate, 
 where he settles and has children, of whom the second son, 
 William, born Jan. 13th, 1683-4, furnishes the clue which con 
 nects this family with Capt. William of the Falls Fight ; for this 
 William, son of Thomas, was the same who in 1736 drew Capt. 
 Turner s right in the grant above mentioned, and is styled his 
 " grandson ; " he died in Newport, R.L, " Oct. 4th, 1759, in the 
 77th year of his age," and the correspondence of birth, grant and 
 death, affords the clue. Dr. T. Larkin Turner, of Boston, has 
 worked out this theory, and following it up I find many other 
 points. From Bristol County Registry I find that in 1710 Josiah 
 Turner, of Swansey, sold to his "brother Thomas Turner, of 
 Scituate, shipwright," a farm in Swansey. Both were inhabitants 
 of Swansey in 1711. The Province law enacted that the eldest 
 male heir of a soldier-grantee should have the choice of taking 
 the grant and paying off the other heirs their proportional part 
 of X10, which was the established valuation of a share. 
 
256 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 The various clues and inferences above seem to point to the 
 following as a fair approximation to the family of 
 
 Capt. WILLIAM TURNER and wife FRANCES. 
 
 PATIENCE, 2 bapt. in Dorchester, Nov. 10, 1644. THOMAS, 2 soldier at 
 Marlborough, 1675 ; at Bridgewater, Scituate and Swansey, a 
 shipwright, 1678-1715; at latter date he purchased land in Free 
 town of Constant Church. WILLIAM, 2 the soldier in the army 
 with his father as noted above, settled in Boston. JOSHUA, 2 joined 
 1st Baptist Church in Boston, 1669. JosiAH, 2 of Swansey, in 
 1706, with wife Hannah and children. ELIZABETH, 2 joined Bap 
 tist Church 1676; perhaps m. Alexander Duiikan, July 6, 1698, 
 " married by Mr. Miles." PRUDENCE 2 b. in Boston, Oct. 12, 1665. 
 JOSEPH, 2 who (perhaps) married Sarah Wyman, dau. of Thomas, 
 a " Tailor," 1704. 
 
 Second Generation. Line of THOMAS, 2 of Scituate, etc. 
 
 THOMAS, 3 b. Sept. 18, 1682. Probably settled in Rochester, Mass., 
 and had family there ; perhaps died before 1736, or waived his 
 right or sold it to William his brother, of Swansey. 
 
 WILLIAM, 3 m. Patience Hale, of Swansey, in 1711. Settled in 
 Swansey, and was quite a large land-owner and a ship-builder. He 
 succeeded to the Indian- War claim of his grandfather, as above- 
 said. He was one of the non-resident proprietors who agreed to 
 pay 23 each to carry forward the settlement of the Township. 
 He was of Swansey as late as 1748, but later removed to New 
 port, R.I., where he died Oct. 4, 1759, in his 77th year. His chil 
 dren, born in Swansey, were: William, b. April 27, 1713, became 
 a physician in New Jersey ; and his other children, born between 
 1714 and 1734, were : Lillis, Nathaniel, Patience, Caleb, and Hale. 
 
 ii. REBECCA. 3 iv. JOSHUA. 3 v. CALEB. 3 vi. DAVID. 3 vii. JOSEPH. 3 
 viii. BENJAMIN. 3 The descendants of these six are scattered 
 through various parts of New England; and Dr. T. L. Turner, 
 of Boston, has in preparation a genealogy of this whole branch 
 of the Turner family, and has furnished much of the material 
 above, for my use in this article. 
 
 Second Generation. Line of WILLIAM. Z 
 
 WILLIAM 2 Turner, son of Capt. William, a soldier at Marlborough Gar 
 rison in the summer and fall of 1675, in the Army with his father 
 from February 21, 1675-6, until the Captain s death, but was not 
 in the " Falls Fight." He served sometime after that, as the 
 accounts of service indicate. Married before 1679, and settled in 
 Boston. Is in a list of handy-craftsmen later. In 1691 was 
 among those who returned from the West Indies, bringing an 
 account of the great earthquake there; 1695, chosen constable in 
 Boston; 1698, tythiugmau; 1699, clerk of the market; 1701, 
 licensed to sell wine, etc. ; 1708, his wife Hannah is licensed to 
 sell wine. His first wife was Ruth, by whom he had Joshua, b. 
 Sept. 28, 1679, and again Joshua, b. Aug. 20, 1687. He married 
 
CAPT. TURNER S FAMILY. 257 
 
 Hannah Jacklin, Aug. 28, 1689, and had Mercy, b. Feb. 19, 1691 ; 
 Hannah, b. Feb. 25, 1693; William, b. Dec. 12, 1699. Mary, b. 
 March 29, 1696, and Mary, b. Feb. 28, 1697, are assigned to 
 parents " William and Mary," but probably is a mistake and 
 should be William and Hannah. 
 
 JOSIAH 2 Turner, son of Capt. William, settled in Swansey with wife 
 Hannah, and had there John, 3 b. Nov. 11, 1706; Nathaniel, 3 b. 
 March 19, 1709-10. 
 
 Thanks are due to Dr. T. Larkin Turner and Messrs. W. B. 
 Trask, J. W. D. Hall, H. O. Wood, and G. H. Tilton, for help 
 ful assistance in the above account of Capt. Turner s family, the 
 results of which do not at all represent the amount of work 
 done. 
 
XVIII. 
 
 CAPT. JONATHAN POOLE, CAPT. THOMAS 
 BRATTLE, AND THEIR COMPANIES. 
 
 JONATHAN POOLE, of Reading, was the son of John and 
 Margaret, and was born (probably at Cambridge) in 1634. 
 His father was one of the first settlers of Reading, a large 
 land-owner, and doubtless was the wealthiest of the settlers. The 
 family homestead was on the present site of the " Wakefield 
 Rattan Works," and to this and other large tracts of land Jona 
 than succeeded upon the death of his father in 1667. 
 
 His wife s name was Judith, and their children, born in Read 
 ing, were Sarah, born 1656, married, 1673, Thomas Bancroft ; 
 Judith, born 1658 ; Mary, born 1660, died 1661 ; Mary, 2d, born 
 1662, married, 1682, James Nichols; John, born 1665 ; Jonathan, 
 born 1667, married Bridget Fitch, 1691-2 ; Thomas, born 1673 ; 
 William, bom 1677 ; Elizabeth, born 1678. 
 
 Capt. Poole died in 1678 ; aged 44 years. His widow, Judith, 
 married, 1681, Capt. Wm. Hasey, and third, Lieut. Robt. Gould, of 
 Hull, and died, in Hull, 1704. 
 
 In October, 1671, he was appointed Quartermaster, and in 
 May, 1674, Cornet of the " Three County Troop," and still held 
 that office when the war broke out in 1675. In the summer he 
 was in service under Lieut Hasey, serving as Cornet, and will 
 appear in Hasey s list. In the campaign under Major Appleton, 
 in the fall of 1675, we find him in important positions. Sept. 
 30th he was in command of the garrison at Quabaog. He proba 
 bly marched his troops, about October 10th, to Hadley, whence 
 he was assigned by Major Appleton to the defence of Hatfield. 
 On October 19th, when that town was attacked, Capt. Poole was 
 in command of a company, and gallantly and successfully de 
 fended the north side of the town, account of which is given 
 above. In this defence, John Pocock, of Capt. Poole s company, 
 was killed. When Major Appleton had the command of this army 
 of the west suddenly thrust upon him by the Council, he ap 
 pointed Cornet Poole to a captaincy, and sent word to the Coun 
 cil of his action, but the Council in reply rebuked this assumption 
 of authority on his part, instructing him that it is his place to 
 recommend a deserving officer, but the Council s place to pro- 
 
CAPT. POOLE S SOLDIERS. 
 
 259 
 
 mote. Upon the necessity to consult the Council more fully 
 than by letters, he sends Capt. Poole personally in charge of his 
 messengers, who evidently made so good an impression upon the 
 worthy magistrates that they recognized the wisdom of Major 
 Appleton, and upon his withdrawal of the main army for the 
 campaign at Narraganset, Captain Poole was placed in command 
 of the garrison forces in the Connecticut towns, and remained at 
 his post until, at the earnest solicitation of his friends and family, 
 he was relieved by the appointment of Capt. Turner, April 7th, 
 1676. Of his service during the winter some idea may be gained 
 from the following extract from a letter of Rev. John Russell to 
 the Council : 
 
 Capt. Poole who hath been last here for y c governm of y e souldiers & 
 as president of y c Council of warr here doth earnestly intreate for a 
 liberty to repaire to his own very much suffering family at least for 
 a while, We may not be so selvish as to be unsensible to kindnesse to 
 us in his stay here or losse to him thereby so as to hinder y e promoting 
 of any rationall request consisting w th o r publike safety : We are 
 thankfull for what blessing God hath made him to us ; desirous to 
 retaine him while not to much to his p r judice. He signifies to us y 
 there is now here in the army a man of y c same Town viz. Redding by 
 Name Mr. John Brown whom he judgeth very fitt to oversee the 
 souldiers, etc., etc. 
 
 Hadley March 16 th 1675-6. Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 163. 
 
 October 19 th 1675 
 Benjamin Hurd 
 Thomas Lasel 
 
 November 20 th 1675 
 Simon Burr 
 Joseph Hartshorne 
 Jacob Hurd 
 William Arnold 
 James Pike 
 
 Phineas Upham, Lieut. 
 Abraham Staples 
 Samuel Read 
 
 December 20 th 1675 
 Benjamin Chamberlain 
 Walter Hickson 
 John Pemberton 
 
 January 25 th 1675 
 John Pocock 
 Joshuah Fuller 
 Joseph Chamberlaine 
 
 February 29, 1675 
 George Eborne 
 
 March 24, 1675. 
 John Laine 
 
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 Richard Silvester 
 
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 Richard Silvester 
 
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 Benjamin Norden 
 
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 John Wild 
 
 09 
 
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 John Knight 
 
 11 
 
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 John Hall 
 
 11 
 
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 George Ebern 
 
 01 
 
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 Edward Bishop 
 
 07 
 
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 Jonathan Poole, Capt. 
 
 Of> 
 
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 Joseph Hartshorn 
 
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 06 
 
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 Samuel Neal 
 
 08 
 
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 John French 
 
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 Increas Whetston 
 
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 Thomas Burges 
 
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 Jonathan Poole, Capt. 
 
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 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 William Rayment 
 
 04 02 07 
 
 Thomas Eaton 
 
 02 14 10 
 
 Thomas Sparks 
 
 03 08 06 
 
 Samuel Gatchell 
 
 02 14 10 
 
 Zechariah Herrick 
 
 03 08 07 
 
 Isaac Foster 
 
 04 05 08 
 
 John Clark 
 
 03 08 06 
 
 Benony Mactonell 
 
 00 10 02 
 
 William Elliot 
 
 02 01 00 
 
 James Carr 
 
 02 18 01 
 
 Benjamin Collins 
 
 03 10 00 
 
 John Dunton 
 
 05 09 08 
 
 Uzall Wardall 
 
 03 08 07 
 
 John Dethsidy 
 
 04 05 08 
 
 July 24 th 
 
 1676 
 
 Joseph Norman 
 
 02 15 08 
 
 Thomas Cooke 
 
 09 18 00 
 
 Francis Cooke 
 
 01 01 03 
 
 Joshuah Boynton 
 
 02 07 00 
 
 John Prescott 
 
 00 12 00 
 
 William Bond 
 
 01 00 00 
 
 Nehemiah Tottingham 
 
 00 10 02 
 
 Daniel Smith 
 
 01 05 06 
 
 Joseph Peirce 
 
 00 17 00 
 
 August 
 
 24 th 
 
 William Duty 
 
 00 15 08 
 
 Robert Simpson 
 
 03 12 00 
 
 Joshuah Sawyer 
 
 01 00 00 
 
 Samuel Nicholson 
 
 01 04 00 
 
 Jonathan Poole 
 
 13 14 00 
 
 Thomas Smith 
 
 01 13 04 
 
 Humphrey Willard als. 
 
 
 John Pengilly 
 
 04 07 03 
 
 Millard 
 
 00 10 02 
 
 Joseph Jacobs 
 
 02 14 10 
 
 Benjamin Merifield 
 
 00 10 02 
 
 George Crosse 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 Thomas Hoppin 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 Elisha Fuller 
 
 02 14 10 
 
 Joseph Hartshorn 
 
 02 16 00 
 
 John Randall 
 
 00 19 08 
 
 Timothy Hewitt 
 
 08 19 08 
 
 James Miller 
 
 00 18 06 
 
 Israel Howing 
 
 00 10 02 
 
 Samuel Graves 
 
 02 01 03 
 
 William Pashly 
 
 00 18 00 
 
 John Hascall 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 Josiah White 
 
 05 18 09 
 
 John Day 
 
 04 10 00 
 
 William Deane 
 
 01 01 09 
 
 William Day 
 
 00 10 02 
 
 John Parker 
 
 00 10 02 
 
 Joseph Burrell 
 
 01 04 00 
 
 Henry Duen 
 
 01 00 06 
 
 John Smith 
 
 01 10 10 
 
 Nathaniel Bray 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 John Fitch 
 
 03 00 10 
 
 Richard Wood 
 
 00 17 00 
 
 John Ellitt 
 
 03 06 03 
 
 James Chute 
 
 01 10 10 
 
 Jonathan Moss 
 
 01 10 10 
 
 Thomas Woolson 
 
 00 08 06 
 
 Moses Chadwell 
 
 01 08 00 
 
 Sebius Jackson 
 
 01 11 05 
 
 Samuel Fisk 
 
 01 04 00 
 
 Thomas Browne 
 
 00 04 03 
 
 Samuel Stainwood 
 
 04 10 00 
 
 Henry Spring 
 
 00 07 00 
 
 John Long 
 
 00 17 00 
 
 Joseph Sherman 
 
 01 07 00 
 
 Jacob Pudenter 
 
 01 04 00 
 
 John Stone 
 
 01 11 00 
 
 James Atkeson 
 
 00 11 00 
 
 John Graves 
 
 05 06 04 
 
 Richard Hall 
 
 07 19 04 
 
 Stephen Pain 
 
 00 08 06 
 
 John Elsmore 
 
 01 02 06 
 
 Josiah Jones 
 
 00 15 08 
 
 Caleb Ray 
 
 00 10 04 
 
 Robert Mann 
 
 01 18 06 
 
 Thomas Vely 
 
 01 10 10 
 
 John Sterns 
 
 00 08 06 
 
 William Stacey 
 
 00 12 00 
 
 John Oyne 
 
 00 15 06 
 
 September 23 d 1676 
 
 Nathaniel Robins 
 
 00 12 10 
 
 John Flanders 
 
 02 14 10 
 
 Thomas Chamberlaine 
 
 03 18 10 
 
 Henry Bragg 
 
 04 05 08 
 
 
 
 Worke done ffor y 6 Soulders byy e order of Capt: Poole & Commesary 
 Coaleman of Hattfeild December y e 10 th 1675 by Jacob Gardener 
 
 William Arnall Imprimis. 1 paire of Shewes & } o- 17- 00 
 
 Vamping a paire of bootes } 
 
 John Watson 2 paire of Shewes . . . ~. 0: 16: 00 
 
 Anthouey Ravenscraft 1 pair of Bootes . . . 1: 00: 00 
 
CAPT. BRATTLE S FAMILY. 261 
 
 John Downing 1 paire of Shewes . . . . 0: 08: 00 
 
 Javish Musgrove 1 paire of Shewes . . . ,-. 0: 08: 00 
 
 Hue Pike 1 paire of Shewes 0: 06: 00 
 
 Robert Symson 2 paire of Shewes . . . . 0: 16: 00 
 
 Epheram Rigman 1 paire of Shewes . . . . 0: 08: 00 
 
 John Arnall 1 paire of Shewes & Stockins . . 0: 14: 00 
 
 Thomas Burges 1 paire of Shewes . . . . 0: 08: 00 
 
 William Briggs 1 paire of Shewes . . . . 0: 05: 00 
 
 Jeremy Clothier 1 paire of Bootes . . . . 1: 00: 00 
 
 Richard Silvester 1 pair of Shewes . . . . 0: 08: 00 
 
 John Hall 1 paire of Shewes 0: 08: 00 
 
 Mosses Knapp 1 paire of Shewes .... 0: 08: 00 
 
 Richard Smith 1 paire of Shewes .... 0: 08: 00 
 
 Robert Coates 1 paire of Shewes .... 0: 08: 00 
 
 Joseph Harts home 1 paire of Shewes . . . 0: 08: 00 
 
 Tho: Brian 1 paire of Shewes and pouch ... 0: 09: 00 
 
 Will: Chub 1 paire of Shewes 0: 08: 00 
 
 John Hues 1 paire of Shewes ..... 0: 08: 00 
 
 Benjamine Barret 1 paire of Shewes .... 0: 08: 00 
 
 These is to Sertiffie y e Honoured Commetty ; that these two bills was 
 delivered by y e order of Capt. Poole & my Self ffor y e use of the soul- 
 ders and Rec d by the solgers, 
 
 by me John Coaleman comisarey of Hatfield. 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 69, p. 83. 
 
 CAPT. THOMAS BRATTLE AND HIS MEN. 
 
 Thomas Brattle was born about 1624. Was a merchant of 
 good standing in Boston in 1656 ; was of the Artillery Company 
 in 1675. He was an enterprising land-purchaser, and bought 
 large tracts on the Kennebec and the Merrimac, the latter of the 
 Indians. He owned valuable iron works at Concord, and was 
 deputy from that town from 1678-1681 ; also from Lancaster, 1671- 
 2. Was one of the founders of the Old South Church, and in 1671 
 one of the commissioners sent to treat with Philip at Taunton ; 
 and in nearly all the relations of public life he appears as one of 
 the most active and influential men of the colony. He married, 
 probably in 1656, Elizabeth Tyng, daughter of Capt. William and 
 Elizabeth (Coytemore) Tyng, whose tragic death, Nov. 9th, 
 1682, is recorded in Judge SewalPs Diary. Their children, born 
 in Boston, were Thomas, born Sept. 5, 1657, died same day; 
 Thomas, born June 20, 1658 ; Elizabeth, born Nov. 30th, 1660 ; 
 William, born Nov. 22, 1662 ; Katharine, born Sept. 26, 1664 ; 
 Bethiah, born Aug. 13, 1666 ; Mary, born Aug. 10, 1668 ; Edward, 
 born Dec. 18, 1670. Thomas Brattle was appointed Cornet of 
 the Suffolk troop, May 30th, 1670 ; Lieutenant, Oct. 13, 1675 ; 
 Captain, May 5, 1676. When the war broke out, Capt. Brattle 
 was an immediate and important friend of the colony. He loaned 
 the colony two hundred pounds, and in the first few months of 
 
262 KINO PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 the war he is personally credited with cash, supplies and service 
 to the amount of fifteen hundred pounds upon the treasurer s 
 accounts. 
 
 Sept. 8, 1675, the Council orders Cornet Thomas Brattle, with 
 a party of horsemen under his command, to take fifty soldiers 
 who are appointed to meet him at Leftenant Thomas Hench 
 man s, in Groton, and distribute them according to his discretion 
 in the towns of Dunstable, Groton and Lancaster ; and to 
 arrange with the inhabitants for the support and aid of their 
 garrisons ; also to settle affairs, so far as possible, with the 
 friendly Indians at Wamesit, Nashoba and Marlborough, to 
 induce the chief Wannalancet to return and live quietly at 
 Wamesit, giving his son as a hostage into the hands of the 
 English, etc. The issue of this affair will appear in the account 
 of the Pennacooks. Capt. Brattle was engaged in the organization 
 and supply of the several expeditions west and south. He was 
 personally with the forces at Narraganset, in the reorganization 
 of the army after the Swamp Fight. On May 15th, 1676, in the 
 expedition to Hassanamesit under Capt. Henchman, Capt. 
 Brattle, with a party of horse, fell upon the Indians between 
 Mendon and Hassanamesit and killed about twenty, of whom 
 four were squaws. The enemy dispersed into the swamps, and 
 the main body escaped. 
 
 On May 24th, Capt. Brattle " with a troope of horse," about 
 fifty, went in pursuit of the Indians "that had newly done 
 spoyle at Seaconcke." With a small party of foot, he arrived at 
 the Falls of "Pocatuck River," being on the Seaconck side. 
 The Indians appeared on the opposite side in force. Leaving 
 the foot behind, Capt. Brattle led the troopers up the river, 
 where they crossed with great difficulty, and soon came down 
 upon the Indians and put them to a disastrous flight, capturing 
 large store of their fish and other supplies, killing several. 
 One of the English was killed, and Cornet Elliot was wounded 
 in the hand. The dead soldier was carried to Seaconck and 
 buried. An Indian boy was captured who testified that these 
 Indians were three or four hundred, and belonged to "Nep- 
 sachuit." See Col. Records, vol. v. p. 96, the full letter of the 
 General Court. 
 
 June 30th, 1676, Capt. Brattle is sent on an expedition towards 
 Mount Hope with instructions as follows : 
 
 Instructions for Capt. Thomas Brattle. 
 
 You are to take twenty of your Troope with such officers as you 
 shall see meete, together with an officer & ten Troop of Left. 
 Hassey s Troope and with them to march with all expedition to Ded- 
 ham where are ordered to be an officer with eighteen foote souldiers 
 mounted from Dorchester, sixe from Roxbury and twenty from 
 Dedham with an officer. All appointed to be at Dedhaui the Rende- 
 
CAPT. SEATTLE S INSTRUCTIONS. 263 
 
 vous this day at fewer of the clock this afternoone, whom you are to 
 take under your Conduct and the officers and souldiers are Required to 
 obey you as theire Commander for this Service of the Country. You 
 are to march with your Troopers & Dragoons to be at John Wood 
 cocks by midnight where you shall meete with an Indian Pylot 
 and two files of musketeers which Pylot hath engaged to bring 
 you upon Phillip and his Company who are not above thirty men as he 
 saith & not ten miles from Woodcocks ; be sure to secure your Pylot 
 to prevent falsehood and escape. You are to endeavour with your 
 utmost diligence to Come up with the enemy and Coming up with 
 him, or any other of them, you are to subdue kill and destroy, in your 
 marches take heed of Ambushments and see you keepe your souldiers 
 in Comand and that they moove with as much sylence as may be, that 
 you be not prevented. In case the ennimy should be past to Mount 
 Hope and that you Can meete with Plymouth forces you are to Joyne 
 with them. If upon Intelligence you may probably Come up with 
 ennemy to fight subdue & destroy them. 
 
 ffor that you are victualled onely for sixe days, you are to order 
 that your march out may be proportionably thereto for your Returne 
 unless by the longer stay you shall see you have very probable ad 
 vantage against the enemy & you may have Recruite of proper 
 officers from our Confederates or cann give timely notice to us to send 
 you supply. 
 
 In case you meete not with a Pylot at Woodcoks you are to send 
 to Mr. Newman at Rehoboth and lett him know of your being there, 
 and wayting to endeavour to surprise Phillip ; And In case that faile, 
 if upon Intelligence you have opportunity to fall upon any other of the 
 enuemy you are to attend that ; Upon all occasions & opportunity you 
 are to Advise us of your motions and of Gods dealings with you ; for 
 your so doing these are your order and warrant. Given at Boston the 
 thirtieth day of June 1676. 
 
 By the Gouvemour & Council of the Massachusetts. 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 69, pp. 24, 25. J. L. G. 
 
 In this expedition Capt. Mosely was joined, as related by Mr. 
 Hubbard. The plan was carried out, but when they arrived at 
 the swamp they found the wily chief and his body guard " newly 
 gone." They, however, joined with the Plymouth forces under 
 command of Major Bradford, and succeeded, before their return 
 home in the latter part of July, in securing the Plymouth and 
 southern towns, and in killing or capturing one hundred and 
 fifty of the enemy. 
 
 Capt. Thomas Brattle died April 5th, 1683. He left, it is 
 said, the largest estate l in New England at that time. His son 
 
 *In the old Court files, Book 8, is preserved the following, which may be of interest as describ 
 ing Capt. Brattle s Keunebec grant : 
 
 " Thomas Brattle in behalf of himself & other the Heirs of Capt. Thomas Brattle, Mr. Antipas 
 Boyes, Mr. Edward Tyng & John Winslow claims a certain Tract of Land in America in or 
 between & extending from the utmost Bounds of Cobbeseconte which adjoineth to the River of 
 Kennebeck towards the Western Ocean, and a Place called the Falls at Nequamkeek & a Place 
 of fifteen English Miles on both Sides the River called Keiinebeck River & all the said River that 
 lyeth within the said limits & bounds Eastward, Westward, Northward & Southward as per 
 Deed from the Govern mt of Plimouth Colony dated 27 Octo r 1661 & Orderly recorded. 
 
 " A true copy Examined pr THO" CLAKKE Dep^ Sec ty." 
 
264 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Thomas administered upon the estate. This son Thomas gradu 
 ated at Harvard, 1676, and was eminent for his scholarship, 
 especially in mathematics. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal 
 Society of London, which was a mark of great distinction to an 
 American. He was celebrated for his opulence, talents and 
 benevolence ; was treasurer of Harvard College from 1693 to his 
 death, May 18, 1713. He was never married. William Brattle, 
 second son of Capt. Thomas, graduated at Harvard College in 
 17&Q, and received degree of B.D. in 1692, and in 1696 was 
 ordained pastor of the church in Cambridge. He was a celebrated 
 scholar and preacher, being especially liberal for his time. He 
 married Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel Hayman, of Charles- 
 town, Nov. 3, 1697, and by her had two sons, of whom William, 
 the eldest, inherited his grandfather s Narraganset claim. 
 
 Soldiers Credited under Capt. Thomas Brattle. 
 
 October 19, 1675 
 George Berbeck 
 
 Dec. 20 th 
 John Paison 
 Caleb Graunt 
 Samuel Thacher 
 Thomas Brattle, Lieut. 
 John Bennet 
 John Willington 
 Solomon Phips 
 Samuel Williams 
 Samuel Minott 
 William Kent 
 Samuel Payson 
 
 March 24 th 1676 
 John Needham 
 John Bennitt 
 
 August 24 1676 
 Ebenezer Williams 
 Joshuah Henshaw 
 William Kent 
 John Newell 
 Richard Scott 
 John Pinder 
 James Chevers 
 James Francklin 
 John Oynes 
 John Barrett 
 Justinian Holden 
 Joseph Birch 
 Thomas Leonard 
 Moses Paine 
 John Waiard als. Ware 
 Obediah Wood 
 
 5 
 00 10 00 
 
 Hugh Taylor 
 Jonathan Atherton 
 
 00 15 08 
 01 10 00 
 
 
 Ebenezer Heiden 
 
 01 11 05 
 
 00 10 00 
 
 John Bennett 
 
 02 02 09 
 
 00 10 00 
 
 Richard Francis 
 
 01 00 00 
 
 00 10 00 
 01 05 00 
 
 Denis Syhy 
 Moses Paine 
 
 02 17 09 
 01 08 07 
 
 00 10 00 
 
 John Smith 
 
 00 12 09 
 
 00 10 00 
 
 Richard Hall 
 
 01 18 10 
 
 00 10 00 
 
 Paltiel Grover 
 
 01 12 10 
 
 00 10 00 
 
 Thomas Adams 
 
 00 15 08 
 
 00 10 00 
 
 Francis Cooke 
 
 01 00 00 
 
 00 10 00 
 
 Samuel Williams 
 
 01 17 06 
 
 00 17 00 
 
 John Wells 
 
 02 17 00 
 
 6 
 
 John Needham 
 
 01 12 10 
 
 00 14 02 
 01 14 02 
 
 John Long 
 Elisha Foster 
 
 01 05 06 
 01 04 08 
 
 
 Samuel Maxfield 
 
 01 04 08 
 
 01 12 10 
 
 Evan Jones 
 
 01 04 08 
 
 01 07 06 
 02 11 00 
 
 Wm. Harsey als. Hasye 
 John Needham 
 
 01 12 10 
 
 00 07 00 
 
 00 19 08 
 
 David Freeman 
 
 01 03 06 
 
 02 02 00 
 00 15 08 
 
 Benjamin Mills 
 John Pason 
 
 01 03 06 
 00 10 00 
 
 00 18 09 
 
 Samuel Church 
 
 01 07 00 
 
 00 15 08 
 
 John Stearnes 
 
 01 07 00 
 
 00 15 08 
 
 Josiah Jones 
 
 01 02 00 
 
 01 12 10 
 00 15 08 
 
 IncreasTwingals.WinneOl 12 10 
 Patrick Morrene 01 00 00 
 
 01 12 10 
 00 15 08 
 01 11 05 
 
 Timothy Dwight 
 Henry Spring 
 John Kendall 
 
 00 15 04 
 01 07 00 
 01 12 10 
 
 01 14 03 
 
 00 15 08 
 
 Ephraim Regimant 
 Thomas Holman 
 
 01 00 00 
 02 02 10 
 
CAPT. BRATTLE S COMPANY. 
 
 265 
 
 Timothy Dwight 
 Joshuah Lambe 
 
 00 08 08 
 02 02 10 
 
 Francis Coard 
 
 01 00 00 
 
 Thomas Robinson 
 
 00 18 08 
 
 September 23 d 
 Thomas Browne 
 
 1676 
 01 02 10 
 
 Samuel Gary 
 John Winter 
 
 00 19 08 
 01 02 10 
 
 James Bird 
 
 00 12 09 
 
 Timothy Hawkins 
 Daniel Smith 
 
 01 00 00 
 01 02 10 
 
 John Tolman 
 
 02 01 05 
 
 Edward Couch 
 
 01 04 06 
 
 John Turtle 
 
 01 12 10 
 
 Samuel Stone 
 
 01 02 10 
 
 Thomas Peirce 
 
 01 12 10 
 
 Zechariah Fowle 
 
 00 08 06 
 
 John Blackman 
 
 00 10 02 
 
 James White 
 
 01 02 08 
 
 Samuel Parker 
 
 01 03 06 
 
 James Pemerton 00 14 03 
 
 Daniel Greenland 01 12 10 
 
 Anthony Howard 01 08 06 
 
 Daniel Champney 01 02 10 
 
 Joseph Sherman 01 07 00 
 
 William Bond 01 02 10 
 
 James Baker 01 04 06 
 
 Daniel Ruff 01 04 00 
 
 William Ager 01 05 08 
 
 John Allice 01 02 02 
 
 Richard Wood 01 17 00 
 
 Joshuah Sayer 01 14 03 
 
 Thomas Pemberton 03 05 08 
 
 John Mason 01 12 10 
 
 Nathaniel Rowleston 01 02 10 
 
 James Miller 01 00 00 
 
 Charles Davenport 00 13 00 
 
 Jonathan Gilbert 02 00 00 
 
 Samuel Sumner 00 19 08 
 
XIX. 
 CAPT. JOSEPH SILL AND HIS MEN. 
 
 TOSEPH SILL (or as it is variously spelled, Syll, Scill and 
 tl Scyll) was the son of John and his wife Joanna, of Cam 
 bridge, 1637-8, and was born there about 1639. He 
 married, December 5, 1660, Jemima, daughter of Andrew and 
 Elizabeth (Danf orth) Belcher, of Cambridge, and had children 
 Andrew, born February 5, 1665-6, died June 12, 1666 ; Joseph, 
 bpt. 11 Mar. 1666, d. young ; Jemima, born September 21, 1667, 
 who married, December 21, 1687, John Hall, of Medford, and 
 inherited for him her father s Narraganset claim ; Elizabeth, born 
 September 12, married, November 12, 1685, Samuel Green, Jr. ; 
 Andrew and Thomas, of whose births no record is found. Mr. 
 Savage says that he removed to Lyme, Conn., at the close of 
 Philip s war, and there married, February 12, 1678, his second 
 wife, Sarah Marvin, widow of Reynold, and daughter of George 
 Clark, by whom he had Joseph, born January 6, 1679 ; Zachariah, 
 born January 1, 1682 ; perhaps others. 
 
 Capt. Sill was called into military life early in the war, and 
 served almost continually, in important times and places, till its 
 close. When Capt. Richard Beers marched with his company up 
 to relieve the garrison at Brookfield, Aug. 5th, 1675, Sill was his 
 lieutenant, and shared the fortunes of the company in that cam 
 paign ; was probably in the fight at " Sugar-Loaf Hill " on 
 August 25th ; but was probably left at Hadley in command of 
 the rest of the company when Capt. Beers, and his twenty-six 
 men, marched to the relief of Northfield on September 3d, and 
 were ambushed and nearly all slain on the 4th, on what is since 
 known as " Beers s Plain." After that disaster he remained in 
 command of the remnant of the company for the rest of the cam 
 paign, and up to October 5th, when he is mentioned in Capt. 
 Mosely s letter as having gone with Captain Appleton and a com 
 pany of one hundred and ninety men to protect Springfield. On 
 October 4th a letter from the Council to Major Pynchon directs 
 that " Lieut. Scill be dismissed home to his family," and his 
 soldiers to make up some of the other companies as the Major 
 thinks best. 
 
 In a letter from Capt. Appleton at Hadley, October 17th, Capt. 
 
CAPT. SILL S INSTRUCTIONS. 267 
 
 Sill is mentioned as being still in command of a company of sixty 
 men ; but he had evidently returned home before November 1st, 
 as upon the 2d he was called out again and given commission 
 with the following instructions ; 
 
 Orders and Instructions for Capt. Joseph Syll. 
 
 By virtue of An order pr. Council impowring mee to give you Instruc 
 tions &c. 
 
 1] You are to Take charge of the soldiers raised from Charlestown, 
 Wattertown & Cambridge ; which are about sixty men ; & being fitted & 
 furnished with Arms, Ammunition & provision for a weeke ; you are to 
 march away; forthwith to Naticke & there take such trusty indian 
 guides with you (as Corporall watson hath p r pared for that purpose) 
 & then march away w th all conv nt speed to Hassanamesitt (an indian 
 plantation neare nipmuck River) from whence you are to send intelli 
 gence unto Captain Daniel Henchman who with his company is marched 
 to Mendon ; informing him y you are ordered to joyne with him to pursue 
 the enimy, whom we heare is come down to a place called Packachooge 
 about 7 miles from Hassanamesit Norwest, & hath killed and surprised 
 some of o r neighbour Indians that were gathering corne there ; and as 
 wee have ground to feare hath lately Attacked marlborow. 
 
 2] Being joyned with Capt. Henchman you are to be under his 
 order and joyntly to seeke out for the enimy at y e said place or any 
 other place where you can understand hee is ; and if you meet the 
 enimy you are to use your best skill & force to surprise, sease kill and 
 destroy the enimy ; and to receive and release any of our friends either 
 English or Indians y are taken or injured by him ; 
 
 3] You are to be very careful to send forth scouts ; before you to 
 discou r the enunies quarters & if it may bee to com upon him in the 
 night. 
 
 4] You are carefully so to march y r men in the woods so y* if it be 
 possible to avoide or shuune or well serch before you com to neare all 
 thick places as swamps or thicketts wher the enimy uses with subtility 
 to lurk in Ambushments. 
 
 5] You are in all yo r Attempts & enterprises to have yo r harts lifted 
 up to God in Ch* Jesus ; who is the Lord of hosts & God of armies that 
 hee will give his p r sence with you & assistance unto you & yo r Company 
 in all yo r undertakings not trusting or relying upon the Ai me of flesh 
 but upon the Lord alone from whose greatness Blessing & p r sence all 
 good comes. 
 
 6] And you are carefully so to demeane yo r selfe in yo r conv r sation 
 y l you may give yo r soldiers a good example in piety & vertue & so 
 govern the soldiers under yo r command y l yo r campe may bee holynes 
 to y c Lord & to this end you have y e military laws printed and pub 
 lished, which are for yo r rule & direction in that matter. 
 
 7] If you finde a considerable quantity of corue at Packachooge if 
 yu can save it wee give it you and yo r soldiers together w th Capt. 
 Henchman and his soldiers for plunder. 
 
 So desiring the ever living Lord God to accompany you & yo r com 
 pany with his gratious conduct and presence, And that he will for 
 Chts sake approve in all the mounts of difficulty ; & cover all yo r heads 
 
268 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 in the day of Battle & deliver; the blood-thirsty & cruel enimy of 
 God & his people into yo r hands, & make you executioners of his just 
 Indignation upon them and returne you victorious unto us We comitt 
 you & yo r company unto God & remaine Yo r very Loving freind 
 
 DANIEL GOOKIN, Sen . 1 
 November the 2 d 1675. 
 These orders & Instructions past by the Councill November 2, 1675. 
 
 E. R. S. 
 [Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 40.] 
 
 The account of this expedition has been given in part in 
 connection with Capt. Henchman s company, but many addi 
 tional particulars, and, indeed, the most reliable account attain 
 able now is given in Gen. Daniel Gookin s account of the 
 "Praying Indians." It would seem by his account that 
 the chief cause of this expedition of Henchman and Sill was 
 the capture by the hostile Indians of three of the villages of the 
 "Praying "or "Christian" Indians, viz.: Magunkog (Hopkin- 
 ton), Hassanamesit (Graf ton) and Chobonokonomum (Dudley). 
 Capt. Sill was at Hassanamesit on November 6th, having with 
 him as guides six of the Natick " Praying Indians," of whom 
 the .principal were James Quannapohit and Eleazer Pegin. 
 These two, with about a dozen of the company, went out to 
 scout, and discovered seven hostile Indians leading away a white 
 boy captive. The hostiles fled, but were so closely pursued by 
 the Natick scouts that they were forced to abandon the boy, who 
 was taken by our Indians and brought back to Capt. Sill. This 
 boy s name was Christopher Muchin, a servant or apprentice of 
 Peter Bent, a miller at Marlborough ; and he told the Captain 
 that he was seized the day before at Bent s mill, and that Bent s 
 son, a lad of about nine years, was taken at the same time, 
 scalped and left for dead who, however, recovered. After 
 this Capt. Sill s company joined with Capt. Henchman s, and 
 under the latter s command all marched to a place called Packa- 
 chooge (southerly part of Worcester), and there encamped for 
 one night in two large wigwams recently left by the Indians. 
 In this place, as well as in others on the way, quantities of corn 
 were discovered, and much of it burned, but no Indians were 
 found except by the small scouting parties led by the Naticks. 
 The companies marched back to Hassanamesit and there sepa 
 rated before November 10th, and Capt. Sill marched with his 
 company to Marlborough and Sudbury, where he was located on 
 November 16th, but marched to Springfield immediately, and on 
 the 20th, in the disposal of the troops by Major Appleton into 
 the garrisons for the winter, thirty-nine of his men were left at 
 Springfield under command of Lieut. Niles. Capt. Sill was 
 thereafter employed in guarding the supplies and conducting 
 
 1 Thus signed, and then scratched out and the Council s authority substituted by the Secretary, 
 as shown on next page. 
 
AT GROTON AND VICINITY. 269 
 
 affairs, under Major Willard s orders, at the various garrisons as 
 there was need, and was with the army at Narraganset after the 
 Swamp Fight. He was sent with a company of dragoons, with 
 some sixty carts, to bring off the inhabitants of Groton. The 
 line of carts was said to be over two miles long, and the convoy 
 of some fifty men very inadequate when stretched out to that 
 length. This line was ambushed and attacked, but either the 
 Indians were too few in number, or the long line of carts, with 
 their guard, was too formidable or awkward to handle, so that 
 having killed two of the advance guard at their first fire, and the 
 guards not being thrown into confusion by the attack, but 
 quickly rallying under their captain and preparing for defence, 
 the Indians, after a few desultory shots from their safe covert, 
 retired. 
 
 The following paper will show something of the kind of service 
 in which Capt. Sill was engaged during this time. 
 
 At a Councill held at Boston the 21 st of 1 : Month, 1675-6 
 It is ordered that Capt. Syll give forth his orders to the several 
 Constables of Charlestowne, Cambridge, Watterton, Sudbury & Marl 
 boro forthwith to send in to him the horses & men y* were under his 
 command formerly for the carriage of Ammunition and provision from 
 Northbrow to Brookfield (or in default y r of to impresse so many) & 
 Maj r Willard is ordered forthwith to appoynt said Cupt. Syll : twenty 
 troopers & Dragoones of Essex & Norfolke men to guard the said to 
 the place appointed ; and after the delivery of the said provisions & 
 Ammunition at the Garrison there the said Syll is ordered to returne 
 home and dismiss the said Horses & men & Returne the troopers & 
 dragooues to Maj r Willard & attend his further orders. 
 
 It is further ordered y l Capt. Syll cause the Coopers at Cambridge & 
 Charlestowne to make so many 4 gallon runletts to put powder in as 
 may suffice to carry 200 lb powder from Marlborow to Brookfeild for 
 the Country service. Past E. R. S. 
 
 It is ordered by the Council, That the Commissary of Marlborow 
 deliver to Capt. Syll such Ammunition and Provisions as his horses 
 and Company cau carry to Brookfield & after y e delivery of y e same 
 to him, the said Commissary is to returne home, comittmg what is 
 remaining of the magazine at Maryborough unto Decon William Ward s 
 care. E. R. S. 
 
 [Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 170.] 
 
 Mr. Hubbard, in his History, says : 
 
 After this April 17. Capt. Sill being appointed to keep Garrison at 
 Groton, some Indians coming to hunt for Swine, three Indians drew 
 near the Garrison-house supposing it to have been deserted; two of 
 them were slain by one single shot made by the Captain s own Hands, 
 and the third by another Shot made from the Garrison. 
 
270 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 On April 27th six companies were raised, three of foot under 
 Capts. Sill, Cutler and Holbrook, the horse under Capts. Brattle, 
 Prentice and Henchman, and sent to repress certain " Insolen- 
 cies " of the enemy, and to range the woods towards Hassana- 
 mesit. There, guided by the Natick scouts, our horsemen fell 
 upon quite a large party of the enemy and captured or killed 
 sixteen, account of which has heretofore been given in the 
 chapter devoted to Capt. Henchman. 
 
 These forces were released on May 10th, owing to the trouble 
 some distempers resulting from an " epidemical cold " at that 
 time prevalent throughout the country ; but the release was only 
 till such time as the troops had generally recovered and were 
 needed. The occasion came, and on May 30th the same forces 
 were called out again and marched to Brookfield, where they 
 were to meet the forces of Connecticut ; but they came upon a 
 body of Indians, " fishing in Weshacom Ponds towards Lancaster," 
 of whom they killed seven, and captured twenty-nine, the latter 
 mostly women and children. This affair occurred on May 7th, 
 and necessitated delay and a return to Marl borough for supplies, 
 so that when they arrived at Brookfield the Connecticut forces 
 had marched to Hadley, where ours joined them on the 14th, 
 two days after that place had been attacked by a large body of 
 the enemy, who, busily watching the advance of our forces from 
 Marlborough, seemed to have missed the Connecticut companies 
 coming into the town, and were surprised at their presence, and 
 fled precipitately when a shot from a small cannon struck an out 
 lying house which some of them were plundering. The Con 
 necticut soldiers pursued them for some miles up the river, and 
 killed several, but could not overtake or flank them. The Massa 
 chusetts troops arrived on May 14th, and the united forces, with 
 the Mohegans, amounted to about one thousand men. Major 
 Talcott, with the Connecticut troops, on the 16th, marched up on 
 the west side of the river, and Capt. Henchman with those of 
 Massachusetts on the east side. A heavy rain-storm prevailed 
 during several days, drenching them, and spoiling most of their 
 ammunition and provision. They returned to Hadley on the 
 18th, and Major Talcott two days later marched homeward with 
 his force, while Capt. Henchman with his troops remained several 
 days diligently searching for the enemy ; but not finding them, 
 and fearing they were gathering towards the eastern towns, he 
 marched homeward about June 24th. Capt. Henchman s letter 
 (ante, page 57) gives an account of the experiences on this 
 march home. Capt. Sill was selected to command a force con 
 sisting of about one hundred foot, a troop of horse and the com 
 pany of friendly Natick Indians, and to scout from Quonsigamon 
 pond towards Wachuset and thence to " Nashaway and the 
 Weshakem Ponds," and join the main force, awaiting probably at 
 Brookfield or Marlborough. The result of this scouting expedi- 
 
CAPT. SILL AT THE EASTWARD. 271 
 
 tion under Capt. Sill is not found recorded. The enemy were 
 now scattered towards Plymouth Colony and into the eastern parts, 
 about Dover, Wells, and as far as Casco Bay. 
 
 The main part of the troops in this campaign was dismissed 
 early in July, but about the first of September we find Capt. Sill 
 again in command of a company and marching to the eastward 
 to protect the frontier settlements now threatened by the many 
 hostile Indians who had taken refuge with the tribes in those 
 parts. At Dover, on September 6th, his company, together with 
 that of Capt. Hathorne, found four hundred Indians who were 
 gathered at Dover at Major Waldron s, with whom the neighbor 
 ing tribes had made peace. The Captains Hathorne and Sill were 
 commissioned to seize and kill all Indians who had been con 
 cerned in the war, and there were many of these mixed in with 
 the peaceful tribes and had come hither under their protection 
 and pledge. The Captains urged their commission, and Major 
 Waldron urged his duty and pledge of hospitality ; but find 
 ing them determined he compromised the matter by planning a 
 stratagem by which some two hundred of the hostile Indians were 
 made prisoners, while Wannalancet and his Pennacooks, Ossipees 
 and Pequakets were allowed to depart unharmed. The account 
 of this transaction will properly fall under the chapter concerning 
 Major Waldron. 
 
 Two days after this affair these companies, together with some 
 of Major Waldron s and Capt. Frost s men, marched on to the 
 eastward as far probably as Falmouth, but, finding no enemy 
 and all the settlements deserted or destroyed, they returned 
 to Piscataqua, and were in these parts on October 3d, as men 
 tioned in a letter of Gen. Denison to the Council. Capts. 
 Sill, Hunting and Frost are said to be there under com 
 mand of Capt. Hathorne. It was there, about this time, that 
 some insubordination or other objectionable conduct occurred, 
 which occasioned the following action of the Court on October 
 17th, 1676 : 
 
 Whereas Capt. Joseph Scyll hath therefore binn imployed in the 
 countrys service, as commander of a company, & that information is 
 given that of late he hath carried himself offencively in that place, this 
 Court doth thefore order, that the said Scyll be forthwith dischardged 
 from that imploy, & some other meet person appointed in his room. 
 
 [Colony Records, vol. vi. p. 126.] 
 
 I find no explanation of this in any other place, and no subse 
 quent action by the Court concerning Capt. Sill, save that 
 indicated in the answer to the petition below, which appears also 
 in Colony Records, vol. v. p. 506. Mr. Hubbard s account indi 
 cates that Capt. Sill still held his command, and went with Capt. 
 Hathorne on the march in November, 1676, to Ossipee and 
 
272 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Pequaket. Sometime before November 7, 1681, Capt. Sill 
 removed to Lyme, Conn., where he was living at that date. He 
 died at Lyme, August 6, 1696. His son Thomas was a ship 
 master, lived in Boston in 1699, and was probably the Capt. Sill 
 who died there in May, 1709. 
 
 Credited under Capt. Joseph Syll. 
 
 November 30 th 1675 
 
 Benjamin Dowse 
 Joshua Begalow 
 John Bond 
 James Kellon 
 Samuel Cutler 
 George Dell 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 03 
 00 
 04 
 04 
 04 
 03 
 
 Jonathan Smith 
 Isaac Larned 
 Paul Wilson 
 Nathaniel Hely 
 John Chadwick 
 Gershom Swan 
 Nath 1 Sanger 
 Samuel Peirce 
 Samuel Butterick 
 Roger Jones 
 Joseph Syll 
 
 December 20 th 1675 
 
 Daniel Warrin 00 
 
 Joseph Waite 00 
 
 William Sheaf 01 
 Nathaniel Frothingham 00 
 
 William Bodman 00 
 
 Peter Frothingham 00 
 
 Amos Marrett 00 
 
 Zachariah Brigden 00 
 
 Samuel Cooke 00 
 
 William Brown 00 
 
 John Bicknell 00 
 
 Thomas Moussell 01 
 
 Timothy Cutler 00 
 
 James Smith 00 
 
 Elnathan Beeres 00 
 
 Nathaniel Bersham 00 
 
 John Oyne 00 
 
 Thomas Hamond 00 
 
 John Barnard 00 
 William Richardson 00 
 
 Thomas Rand 00 
 
 Joseph Dana 00 
 
 Thomas White 01 
 
 January 25 th 1675-6 
 
 14 
 14 
 14 
 14 
 14 
 14 
 14 
 14 
 14 
 14 
 14 
 00 
 14 
 16 
 16 
 16 
 
 06 
 06 
 06 
 06 
 06 
 06 
 06 
 02 
 06 
 06 
 06 
 00 
 06 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 
 06 09 
 
 10 04 
 14 06 
 03 08 
 
 17 
 14 
 14 
 14 
 14 
 14 
 14 
 14 
 04 
 02 
 02 
 14 
 14 
 14 
 14 
 14 
 17 
 14 
 14 
 
 00 
 06 
 06 
 06 
 06 
 06 
 06 
 06 
 03 
 06 
 06 
 06 
 06 
 06 
 06 
 06 
 06 
 06 
 06 
 
 04 09 
 
 Andrew Stimson 
 
 00 14 06 
 
 Samuel Gibson 00 
 
 William Barret, Lt. 01 
 
 John Craig 00 
 
 John Hastings 00 
 
 Jason Russell 00 
 
 John Squire 00 
 
 Samuel Buck 00 
 
 Samuel Robins 00 
 
 Abraham Spencer 01 
 
 Solomon Prentis 00 
 
 John Simpull 00 
 
 John Melven 00 
 
 John Crumwell 00 
 
 John Bradshaw 01 
 
 James Holland 00 
 
 Benjamin Rice 00 
 
 William Crouch 01 
 
 Thomas Foster 01 
 
 Josuah Eaton 00 
 February 29 th 1675-6 
 
 Joseph Syll, Capt. 07 
 
 Thomas Hovey 02 
 
 Benjamin Russell 01 
 
 Robert Burdall 01 
 
 John Foskett 00 
 
 Obadiah Searl 01 
 March 24 th 1675-6 
 
 Zachariah Sawtell 02 
 
 John Barrett 01 
 
 Abraham Cosens 01 
 
 James Wheeler 01 
 
 John Gleeson 01 
 
 April 24 th 1676 
 
 Daniel Magennis 02 
 
 Thomas Adams 01 
 
 Thomas Talley 01 
 
 William Pashly 01 
 
 Thomas Polly 00 
 
 Samuel Cleavelaud 02 
 
 William Vines 01 
 
 Daniel Hudson 02 
 
 Richard Taylor 00 
 
 Jonathan Crisp 01 
 
 Thomas Whitney 03 
 
 17 00 
 03 08 
 16 02 
 
 17 00 
 14 06 
 14 06 
 14 06 
 14 06 
 19 00 
 09 06 
 14 06 
 14 06 
 14 06 
 05 08 
 
 09 04 
 12 00 
 19 04 
 
 04 05 
 
 14 06 
 
 10 00 
 00 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 
 18 00 
 10 00 
 
 05 04 
 
 10 00 
 08 02 
 08 02 
 08 02 
 
 08 00 
 
 08 02 
 
 06 06 
 
 12 06 
 
 15 04 
 04 06 
 
 09 02 
 02 00 
 14 10 
 
 13 00 
 
 11 00 
 
CREDITS UNDER CAPT. SILL. 
 
 273 
 
 Philip Jones 
 
 03 01 00 
 
 July 24 th 1676 
 
 
 June 24 th 1676 
 
 
 Joseph Clark 
 
 11 05 03 
 
 George Adams 
 
 01 08 02 
 
 Moses Whitney 
 
 03 05 00 
 
 Samuel Lampson 
 
 02 19 06 
 
 John Goodwin 
 
 02 18 00 
 
 Thomas Adams 
 
 01 08 02 
 
 Samuel Damman 
 
 00 17 00 
 
 Joseph Peirce 
 
 01 06 00 
 
 John Fisk 
 
 03 12 00 
 
 James Bernard 
 
 03 05 00 
 
 Hopewell Davis 
 
 01 09 00 
 
 Francis Shepheard 
 
 01 05 08 
 
 Nathaniel Kettle 
 
 00 18 00 
 
 Ephraim Bemish 
 
 03 05 00 
 
 Jonathan Gary 
 
 01 05 00 
 
 Josiah Hobbs 
 
 03 06 00 
 
 Thomas Mitchinson 
 
 02 13 00 
 
 Josiah Clarson 
 
 02 07 10 
 
 Richard Woods 
 
 01 06 06 
 
 Joseph Simons 
 
 02 07 10 
 
 Henry Salter 
 
 01 10 10 
 
 Sebread Taylor 
 
 02 07 00 
 
 August 24 th 1676 
 
 Henry Harris 
 
 02 06 02 
 
 John Chapman 
 
 02 08 10 
 
 Jonathan Laurence 
 
 01 14 06 
 
 Jonathan Barker 
 
 01 06 06 
 
 Joseph Lambson 
 
 01 05 08 
 
 Jonathan Remmington 
 
 09 08 08 
 
 Zachariah Brigden 
 
 02 08 00 
 
 William Stephens 
 
 03 13 08 
 
 Joseph Bickner 
 
 01 05 08 
 
 Ambros Mackfassett 
 
 02 18 00 
 
 Jacob Amsdeii 
 
 03 00 00 
 
 John Tarball 
 
 03 13 10 
 
 Paul Wilson 
 
 01 02 02 
 
 Mathew Griffin 
 
 04 08 09 
 
 William Twing 
 
 01 05 08 
 
 Thomas Hall 
 
 01 10 00 
 
 John Chapman 
 
 03 19 06 
 
 Edward Smith 
 
 03 13 00 
 
 John Figg 
 
 01 05 08 
 
 Samuel Scripture 
 
 02 04 06 
 
 William GUI 
 
 03 03 00 
 
 Ambros Mackfassett 
 
 00 04 02 
 
 Simon Rogers 
 
 01 05 08 
 
 William Tarball 
 
 02 04 06 
 
 Joseph Smith 
 
 01 09 00 
 
 Joseph Harris 
 
 01 10 00 
 
 Theophilus Thornton 
 
 01 05 08 
 
 John Salter 
 
 00 16 02 
 
 Nicholas Bullis 
 
 01 05 08 
 
 Thomas Whitney 
 
 00 04 02 
 
 Joseph Baternan 
 
 01 05 08 
 
 Thomas Chadwick 
 
 01 10 10 
 
 Ambros Mackfassett 
 
 00 14 06 
 
 Samuel Lord 
 
 01 15 10 
 
 Moses Wheat 
 
 01 10 10 
 
 Cornelius Church 
 
 03 13 00 
 
 Jeremiah Mosse 
 
 03 10 00 
 
 John Walker 
 
 01 10 10 
 
 Samuel Lewis 
 
 01 10 00 
 
 Theophilus Philips 
 
 03 12 06 
 
 John Barnard 
 
 05 15 10 
 
 Jacob Waters 
 
 00 07 08 
 
 Humphrey Miller 
 
 02 07 02 
 
 Thomas Parker 
 
 04 19 09 
 
 Thomas Region 
 
 01 16 00 
 
 Ephraim Philips 
 
 02 04 06 
 
 Timothy Cutler 
 
 01 09 00 
 
 Thomas Farmer 
 
 02 04 06 
 
 Richard Griffin . 
 
 01 07 04 
 
 John Barbeene 
 
 02 15 00 
 
 Zechariah Brigdeu 
 
 01 09 02 
 
 Jonathan Whitney 
 
 03 13 08 
 
 Joseph Needham 
 
 04 01 00 
 
 John Eliott 
 
 02 07 00 
 
 Samuel Taylor 
 
 03 06 00 
 
 Joseph Symons 
 
 01 18 06 
 
 Samuel Parry 
 
 01 09 02 
 
 Jonathan Smith 
 
 02 04 06 
 
 James Barnard 
 
 04 01 00 
 
 Ellis Barron 
 
 03 18 00 
 
 John Gale 
 
 01 08 02 
 
 John Cutler 
 
 01 11 08 
 
 Simon Stone 
 
 03 11 00 
 
 Samuel Perry 
 
 01 18 06 
 
 John Clary 
 
 02 08 00 
 
 Benony Macktonnell 
 
 03 06 00 
 
 Joseph Blanchard 
 
 01 08 02 
 
 Benjamin Symons 
 
 03 00 00 
 
 Isaac Emsden 
 
 03 12 00 
 
 Samuel Gallup 
 
 01 06 06 
 
 Jonathan Kettle 
 
 02 03 08 
 
 Jonathan Parker 
 
 01 09 00 
 
 Samuel Bickuer 
 
 01 15 02 
 
 Zechariah Cuttin 
 
 02 14 10 
 
 Hopewell Davis 
 
 01 16 00 
 
 Henry Prentice 
 
 03 10 00 
 
 John Mirick 
 
 02 03 08 
 
 John Streeter 
 
 03 06 09 
 
274 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Jonathan Parker 
 
 01 01 04 
 
 Nathaniel Greene 
 
 02 04 06 
 
 John Weld jn r 
 Benjamin Burges 
 Zechariah Padlefoot 
 
 01 06 06 
 01 06 06 
 01 06 06 
 
 James Atkesson 
 
 00 07 08 
 
 John Sanders 
 
 02 19 00 
 
 Joseph Lowe 
 Zacharius Brigden 
 John Bateman 
 
 02 09 08 
 01 00 06 
 02 07 00 
 
 Joseph Waight 
 Thomas Frost 
 
 00 15 04 
 00 14 06 
 
 William Ball 
 
 00 04 02 
 
 Caleb Ray als. Rey 
 William Butter 
 
 00 06 10 
 02 19 02 
 
 Zechariah Hicks 
 
 01 00 06 
 
 Peter Edgerton 
 Joseph Mayo 
 September 23 d 
 John Dunton 
 
 03 03 00 
 02 09 00 
 1676 
 01 02 02 
 
 Nehemiah Tatingham 
 Thomas Chamberlain 
 
 03 05 00 
 01 09 02 
 
 Stephen Francis 
 Justinian Houlding 
 Joseph Holland 
 
 01 18 03 
 00 16 03 
 02 08 10 
 
 John Barnard 
 Humphrey Millard 
 Benjamin Merifield 
 George Dill 
 John Mudg 
 James Miller 
 John S alter 
 Daniel Woodward 
 Hopewell Davis 
 Isaac Laurence 
 James Wallis 
 John Robey 
 Alexander Steward 
 John Parker 
 John Knight 
 Abraham Whitaker 
 Mathew Clark 
 Nicholas Browne 
 John Hartshorn 
 Joseph Syll, Capt. 
 Jacob Bullard 
 Philip Gleson 
 Daniel Maginis 
 Thomas Dawby 
 
 00 18 00 
 03 01 08 
 
 00 11 00 
 
 01 16 10 
 03 12 10 
 00 04 02 
 00 09 04 
 00 15 04 
 
 02 08 00 
 14 00 
 14 06 
 16 00 
 
 02 
 00 
 01 
 
 00 04 02 
 00 14 06 
 02 14 00 
 02 15 08 
 02 15 08 
 02 15 08 
 02 15 08 
 06 00 00 
 02 04 06 
 00 17 00 
 04 13 00 
 00 14 10 
 
 The names of those who served under Capt. Sill after Septem 
 ber 23d, 1676, were credited in a later Journal, now lost. The 
 following interesting document explains itself : 
 
 To the honored Generall Court assembled at Boston the Petition of 
 
 Joseph Sill, 
 humbly sheweth 
 
 That your petitioner accounts it a great priviledge that from his child 
 hood he hath bin trained up, and hath spent so many of his dayes 
 under your government, and cannot without singular content and com 
 placency call to minde, that he hath bin honoured to be called forth 
 under your commission, to appear in the field against your enemies, in 
 pursuance of which he did according to his mean ability serve you 
 faithfully, and for length of time and number of expeditions, may 
 (without ostentation be it spoken) compare with most if not any who 
 were listed in your service ; and accounts noe part of his dayes, next 
 to those which have bin improved in the immediate service of God, so 
 well spent as those which have bin imployed in the service of his 
 country and the government, remaining still devoted, in all that he 
 hath and is, unto your service, without any selfish aimes. Yet being 
 well assured that your noble and generous inclinations are not inferior, 
 to his who accounted that day lost in which some or other were not 
 benefited by him, nor to his, who was displeased with such as asked 
 no kindness from him, he must confess that he hath some ambition that 
 it may be manifested that he is not forgotten amongst those that have 
 
PETITION OF CAPT. SILL IN 1685. 275 
 
 tasted of your beneficence, and humbly craves of the honoured court 
 that you would please to grant to him a small number of acres of that 
 land which hath bin recovered from the enimy, that so a little part of 
 what he hath seen with his eyes and trod with his feet, in your service, 
 may be committed into his hands, and that so he may the more com 
 fortably share in the blessings of these peaceful days wherein men may 
 beat theyr swords into plow shares, and your petitioner shall pray, &c. 
 
 JOSEPH SILL. 
 
 The magis trs judg meet to grant the petitioner 
 two hundred acres of Land where he can find 
 it free ; their brethren the Deputys hereto consenting. 
 EDWARD RAWSON, Sec y. 
 
 The deputyes consent not upon the consideration that this Court hath 
 already granted a plantation of eight miles square in the nepmug coun- 
 trey for the Accommodating such as were souldiers in the Late Warr 
 with whom the petitioner may have his liberty to come in for a settle 
 ment if hee thinke good. 
 
 RICHARD SPRAGUE, pr order. 
 
 November y e 19th 1685. 
 
 [Mass. Archives, vol. 70, p. 148.] 
 
XX. 
 
 VARIOUS OFFICERS AND COMPANIES. 
 
 LIEUT. WILLIAM HASEY AND HIS COMPANY. 
 
 WILLIAM HASEY, Boston, as early as 1652, lived at " Pull* 
 ing Point ; " afterwards a large land-owner at Rurnney- 
 Marsh; Artillery Company, 1652; freeman (Hazzey), 
 1665. By wife Sarah had Esther, born about 1650, married 
 Lieut. Henry Green of Maiden, January 11, 1671, and died Feb 
 ruary 26, 1747 ; William, born Sept. 15, 1652 ; Asa, born Janu 
 ary 1, 1655; Joseph, May 29, 1657; Susanna, May 30, 1660; 
 Martha, baptized April 24, 1665. Lieut. Hasey married, second, 
 May 16, 1681, Mrs. Judith, widow of Capt. Jonathan Poole. He 
 died at Reading, May 30, 1689, aged about 70 years. 
 
 Cornet William Hasey (or Haisy), May 27, 1674, was ap 
 pointed Lieutenant of the " Three County Troop," of which 
 Edward Hutchinson was Captain and Jonathan Poole was made 
 at same time Cornet; in Philip s war commanded a company in 
 the summer of 1675. I find no connection between this family 
 and William Hearsy of Hingham. 
 
 William, the son, married Judith, and had William, born De 
 cember 21, 1679 ; Jacob, born August 26, 1684 ; Judith, Abi 
 gail, Martha ; Nathaniel, March 13, 1693 ; and died June 7th, 
 1695, aged 43, leaving widow Judith, who died November 17, 
 1718, aged 68 years. 
 
 Credited under Lieut. William Hasey. 
 
 Phineas Sprague 00 18 06 
 
 October 5 th 1675 
 
 Benjamin Barrett 00 18 00 
 
 James Barrett 00 18 06 
 
 Samuel Weeden 00 18 06 
 
 Daniel Greenland 00 18 06 
 
 Edward Tuttle 00 18 06 
 
 Joseph Weeden 00 08 06 
 
 Thomas Wheeler 01 02 03 
 
 Thomas Wilson 00 18 06 
 
 John Greenland 00 13 00 
 
 Thomas Brinkuoll 00 18 06 
 
 John Green 00 18 06 
 William Green, Corpr. 00 15 06 
 
 John Green, Corpr. 01 02 03 
 
 John Brown, Corpr. 01 02 03 
 
 John Eaton 00 18 06 
 
 Henry Greene 00 18 06 
 
 Samuel Richarson 00 18 06 
 
 Thomas Peirce 00 18 06 
 
 John Gould 00 18 06 
 
 Joseph Wright 00 18 06 
 
 John Batchelor 00 18 06 
 
 John Kendall 00 18 06 
 
 Thomas Hodgman 00 18 06 
 
 Josias Brown 00 18 06 
 
CAPT. MANNING AND HIS MEN. 
 
 277 
 
 Joseph Wing 
 
 00 
 
 18 
 
 06 
 
 August 24 th 1676 
 
 Increas Wing 
 
 00 
 
 18 
 
 06 
 
 Thomas Wheeler 
 
 00 
 
 17 
 
 00 
 
 John Brown 
 
 00 
 
 18 
 
 06 
 
 John Barrett 
 
 00 
 
 14 
 
 03 
 
 Richard Middleton 
 
 00 
 
 18 
 
 06 
 
 Increas Wing 
 
 00 
 
 14 
 
 03 
 
 Joseph Richardson 
 
 00 
 
 18 
 
 06 
 
 John Richeson 
 
 00 
 
 17 
 
 00 
 
 William Hasey, Lieut. 
 
 02 
 
 06 
 
 06 
 
 Thomas Hodgman 
 
 00 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Jonathan Poole, Cornt. 
 
 01 
 
 17 
 
 02 
 
 William Greene 
 
 00 
 
 17 
 
 00 
 
 Isaac Brookes 
 
 00 
 
 18 
 
 06 
 
 Phineas Sprague 
 
 00 
 
 17 
 
 00 
 
 July 24 th 1676 
 
 
 
 
 Joseph Winn 
 
 00 
 
 14 
 
 03 
 
 Nathaniel Richesson 
 
 00 
 
 14 
 
 03 
 
 Thomas Brintnall 
 
 00 
 
 14 
 
 03 
 
 Samuel Richeson 
 
 00 
 
 05 
 
 09 
 
 William Hasey, Lieut. 
 
 01 
 
 15 
 
 09 
 
 Stephen Richeson 
 
 00 
 
 04 
 
 03 
 
 John Kendall 
 
 00 
 
 07 
 
 00 
 
 Isaac Brooks 
 
 00 
 
 01 
 
 06 
 
 September 23 d 
 
 1676 
 
 
 
 John Eaton 
 
 00 
 
 14 
 
 03 
 
 John Waite 
 
 00 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Thomas Peirce 
 
 00 
 
 14 
 
 03 
 
 John Greene 
 
 00 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 
 
 
 
 Thomas Gery 
 
 00 
 
 14 
 
 03 
 
 CAPT. NICHOLAS MANNING, OF IPSWICH, AND HIS MEN. 
 
 Capt. Nicholas Manning was the son of Richard Manning, of 
 Dartmouth, co. Devon, England, and Anstiss (Galley), and was 
 born there June 23d, 1644. He came to Salem (perhaps as 
 mariner) and married Elizabeth, widow of Robert Gray, June 
 23d, 1663, and had children Thomas, Nicholas, Margaret, 
 John, born between 1664 and 1668, and all died young. His 
 mother Anstiss, then a widow, came to Salem in 1679, with six 
 children, of whom Thomas, born February 11, 1664 (the young 
 est brother of Nicholas), was the ancestor (gr. grandfather) of 
 Elizabeth Clarke Manning, mother of Nathaniel Hawthorne, the 
 eminent author. Nicholas served in the Mount Hope campaign, 
 June, 1675, in Capt. Paige s Troop, was also in command of a 
 company that marched out to Narraganset to recruit the army 
 after the Great Swamp Fight. His nephew Samuel inherited his 
 Narraganset claim. 
 
 He was an adherent of the Andros government, and under that 
 was appointed to a judgeship on the Kennebec River, and upon 
 Andros s overthrow he was arrested and imprisoned as one of his 
 followers. 
 
 Credited under Capt. 
 
 February 29 th 1675-6 
 
 Richard Scott 04 10 00 
 
 JohnBallard 01 16 00 
 
 AnthonyNeedham,Zrt e?^.10 10 00 
 
 Stephen Henrick 01 10 00 
 
 Thomas Raymond 01 10 00 
 
 Richard George 04 10 00 
 
 March 24 th 1675 
 
 Abiel Lamb 04 10 00 
 
 John Pickard 01 10 00 
 
 Nicholas Manning. 
 
 Samuel Smith 01 
 Ezekiel Mihill 01 
 Daniel Gobeley 01 
 Beckett 01 
 
 April 24 th 1676 
 Samuel Varnam 02 
 
 John Rugles 05 
 
 June 24 th 1676 
 John Wheeler 01 
 
 Resolved White 02 
 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 
 00 00 
 16 00 
 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 
278 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 John Chapman 
 Edward Colcord 
 Richard Norman 
 Thomas Fuller 
 Ebenezer Prout 
 John Spauldin 
 William Rayment 
 Christopher Palmer 
 Jonathan Moore 
 John Lewis 
 Samuel Johnson 
 Nathaniel Kirkland 
 Joseph Collins 
 Samuel Hartwell 
 
 01 
 01 
 
 04 10 00 
 02 00 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 04 10 00 
 02 00 00 
 01 16 00 
 01 08 07 
 01 12 10 
 01 16 00 
 01 10 00 
 01 16 00 
 01 10 00 
 01 10 00 
 
 Robert Kinsman 01 10 00 
 
 Nicholas Manning, Capt.lS 00 00 
 Jonathan Fairbanks 04 10 00 
 Alwin Breed 01 10 00 
 
 Caleb Kemball 01 10 00 
 
 Elihu Wardall 01 10 00 
 
 July 24 th 1676 
 
 James Kidd 01 14 00 
 
 Henry Farrar 02 10 00 
 
 August 24 th 1676 
 Benjamin White 04 10 00 
 
 Palmer 02 08 00 
 
 Joseph Smith 02 00 00 
 
 CAPT. JONATHAN REMINGTON AND HIS MEN. 
 
 Jonathan Remington was the son of John of Newbury, 1637, 
 and was born February 12, 1639; settled in Cambridge and 
 married Martha Belcher, daughter of Andrew, July 13th, 1664, 
 and had Martha, born February 18, 1666-7, died April 23, 1669 ; 
 Jonathan, born March 17, 1668-9, died April 16, 1669 ; Martha, 
 born October 28, 1674, married Capt. Nicholas Bowes of Boston, 
 January 19, 1718-19 ; Jonathan, born September 25, 1677 ; Sam 
 uel, born July 11, 1679, died June 3d, 1680 ; Anna, born January 
 30, 1680-81, married John Hill, June 24th, 1708; John and 
 Mary, who died 1689 and 1690 ; Elizabeth, had a share in the 
 estate ; Sarah, born May 10, 1688, married John Biscoe of Water- 
 town, February 1, 1710-11. Was prominent in public and 
 especially in military affairs, and from 1682 till his death kept 
 the original " Blue Anchor Tavern," Cambridge. He held the 
 position of corporal in the local military company at Cambridge, 
 and was in command of a company during the winter and spring 
 of 1675-6. He was active in the later Indian war, in 1689 at 
 Groton, and in 1691 at Wells and in the eastward parts. He 
 died April 21, 1700, leaving his widow Martha, who died July 
 16, 1711, and through his son Jonathan left a notable and numer 
 ous posterity. He served with the Cambridge men under Capt. 
 Davenport in the Narraganset campaign, and was in the Swamp 
 fight. In the winter following he was active in the command 
 and supply of some of the garrisons in the interior towns, and 
 was ordered, March 11, 1675-6, to leave " the garrison " and 
 march his soldiers home. His son Jonathan inherited his Narra 
 ganset claim. 
 
 Credited under Captain Jonathan Remington 
 
 April 24 th 1676 
 
 John King 03 15 00 
 
 Aaron Jaques 03 06 00 
 
 Joseph G-ridley 03 17 00 
 
 William Bishop 
 Peter Hanchett 
 William Haywood 
 Caleb Jackson 
 
 03 06 00 
 
 04 10 10 
 04 10 10 
 04 10 00 
 
CAPT. REYNOLDS MEN. 
 
 279 
 
 Tobiah Redman 
 William Brown 
 Robert Wills 
 John Burrows 
 Jeremiah Hood 
 Francis Cooke 
 William Smith 
 John Parrum 
 
 02 07 02 
 
 01 16 00 
 04 17 06 
 
 02 07 02 
 04 10 10 
 04 09 10 
 
 02 07 02 
 
 03 06 00 
 
 Richard Higinbottom 03 
 Richard Sawtell 03 
 
 Thomas Thorp 03 
 
 June 24 th 1676 
 John Hollis 04 
 
 Samuel Williams \ 
 and his man j 
 
 06 00 
 06 00 
 06 00 
 
 10 10 
 05 01 00 
 
 LIEUT. NATHANIEL REYNOLDS AND HIS MEN. 
 
 Nathaniel Reynolds, born in England, was the son of Robert 
 and Mary, of Boston as early as 1632. He married Sarah Dwight 
 of Dedham, November 30, 1657. She died July 8, 1663, and he 
 married Priscilla Brackett, of Boston, before February 21, 1666. 
 Children of Sarah, first wife, Sarah, born July 26, 1659, married 
 John Fosdick ; Mary, born November 20, 1660, died aged 2 years, 
 2 months ; Nathaniel, born March 3, 1662-3. By second wife 
 John, born August 4, 1668, died 1757, aged 88 years ; Peter, 
 born January 26, 1670 ; Philip, born September 15, 1672, died 
 young; Joseph, born January 9, 1677, died January 16, 1759, 
 aged 82 years 7 days ; Hannah, born January 15, 1682, married 
 Samuel Royall; Mary, born 1684? married Nathaniel Woodbury ; 
 Benjamin, born May 10, 1686 (in Bristol) ; Ruth, born Dec. 9, 
 1688, married Josiah Gary. 
 
 He was of the Artillery Company 1658, and admitted freeman 
 1665. He was in command of the garrison at Chelmsford in the 
 fall and winter of 1675-6, and on February 25th the inhabitants 
 petition the Court that he be allowed to remain, with his soldiers, 
 for their protection. He removed to Bristol, R.I., after the war, 
 and was prominent in the organization and development of that 
 town. 
 
 Credited under Lieut. Nath 1 Reynolds. 
 
 April 24 th 1676 
 Thomas Wiborn 00 18 00 
 
 June 24 th 1676 
 
 Michael Bastow 00 18 00 
 
 Humphrey Miller 02 18 00 
 
 John Sergeant 00 12 00 
 
 Zibeon Leatherland 00 12 00 
 Digory Sergeant 02 10 06 
 
 Joseph Saxton 00 12 00 
 
 Azbin Morris 00 12 00 
 
 James Mecranell 01 04 00 
 
 Joseph Lamson 00 12 00 
 
 Thomas Stacy 
 David Couch 
 Joseph Bicknell 
 Joseph Bateman 
 William Twing 
 James Burrell 
 Robert Mason 
 Ephraini Mosse 
 
 July 24 th 1676 
 Samuel Peacock 00 
 
 August 24 th 1676 
 Nath l Reynolds, Lieut. 04 
 
 03 
 03 
 00 
 00 
 02 
 02 
 00 
 01 
 
 15 04 
 15 04 
 12 00 
 12 00 
 08 00 
 
 03 08 
 12 04 
 
 04 00 
 
 14 00 
 
 05 00 
 
280 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 CAPT. JOHN HOLBROOKE, OF WEYMOUTH, AND HIS MEN. 
 
 Capt. John Holbrooke was the son of Thomas, and the follow 
 ing list from the N. ENGLAND HIST. AND GEN. REGISTER, Vol. 
 xxv. p. 14, serves to fix the date of the family s arrival at Wey- 
 mouth, Mass. 
 
 Waymouth [England] y e 20 th of March 1635 [-6] 
 
 Bound for New England 
 [No] 66 Thomas Holbrooke of Broadway aged 34: yeare 
 
 67 Jane Holbrooke his wife aged 34 Yeare 
 
 68 John Holbrooke his sonne aged 11 yeare 
 
 69 Thomas Holbrooke his sonne aged 10 yeare 
 
 70 Anne Holbrooke his daughf aged 5 yeare 
 
 71 Elizabeth Holbrooke his daughf aged 1 yeare. 
 
 All the data we have concerning Capt. John show the above 
 age to have been some six years less than that given upon his 
 gravestone, and to have been incompatible with many points in 
 his history. He married Elizabeth Stream, who died June 25th, 
 1688, aged 64 years ; and second, widow Mary Loring, who sur 
 vived him. His children were John, married Abigail Pierce, 
 daughter of Capt. Michael ; a daughter, married Simon Whit- 
 marsh; Abiezer ; Hannah, married Ephraim Pierce, son of Capt. 
 Michael ; Grace, married Joseph Nash of Boston ; Samuel ; Lois 
 and Eunice, twins ; Eunice, married Benjamin Ludden ; Ex 
 perience, married Joseph Edson ; Ichabod, married Sarah Turner. 
 
 Capt. Holbrooke was a very enterprising man of business, and 
 his real estate operations were quite extensive for his day. He 
 was also prominent in military affairs, was Lieutenant of the 
 local company, and, August 8th, 1664, was chosen to go upon 
 some service as Lieutenant in the company of Capt. Hudson, 
 but his wife and family being sick at the time, Ensign John 
 Thurston, of Hingham, was appointed in his stead. In the time 
 of Philip s war he was in command of the local company, and in 
 the spring of 1676 was appointed to command one of the com 
 panies raised and sent out to suppress the " Insolencies " of the 
 Indians and to "range the woods towards Hassanamesit." The 
 following papers pertain to that service. Capt. Holbrooke died 
 November 23, 1699, leaving a large estate to his numerous heirs. 
 
 Concord y e 29 th of Aprill 1676 
 Hon rd Sirs, 
 
 According to orders I have obtained here to Concord & this Day 
 have mustered my Company, And have here send the list of those that 
 not appear according to order likewise the names of them y l are here 
 now of my Companey, which are but very Small which is a great Dis 
 couragement to me, therefore my humble request is that I may have 
 my Company made up accordinge to my order of 80 men or else y I 
 
CAPT. HOLBROOKE S MEN. 
 
 281 
 
 may be Dismissed which I have mention to yo r Honno alreadye Iff I 
 should not have a full Company. Some nessarys, I want for the 
 Company I have neither Drume nor Collors, which I Desire that If you 
 thinke it fitt to send me Either houe-boye or a Drumpiter which is very 
 requisitt, having nothing Else att present & remaine 
 
 Your Honn or8 Most humble Servant 
 
 JOHN HOLBROOK. 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 239. 
 
 The following paper is doubtless the list referred to : 
 
 These are to Certifie y e Hon d Major Generall Denison or whome it 
 may Conserne Being ordered to take 82 men under my Command to 
 gether with 28 horses & 14 men to tend them, viz. being order by 
 Major Clarke 
 
 39 men from Boston 4 horses 2 men 
 9 men from Roxbury 4 horses 2 men 
 9 men from Dorchester 4 horses 2 men 
 
 6 men from Dedham 4 horses 2 men 
 
 7 men from Brantry 4 horses 2 men 
 
 6 men from Weymouth 4 horses 2 men 
 6 men from Hingham 4 horses 2 men 
 
 Defects from Boston for non-appearance Jn Pemerton, Jn Porter & 
 Richard Knight From Dorchester non-appearance, Consider Atherton, 
 Henry Wedarton [Withington] , Ebezar Clape. From Waymouth, 
 Zachary Gorney. From Hingham, Jn Feres & Arthur Sherman. 
 
 p me JOHN HOLBROOKE Cap n 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 69, p. 12. 
 
 Credited under Capt. John Holbrooke. 
 
 June 24 th 1676 
 Daniel Adams 01 
 
 Samuel Adams 01 
 
 Denis Sihy 02 
 
 August 24 th 1676 
 
 Samuel Davis 
 Joseph Lyon 
 Moses Knapp 
 Roger Prosser 
 Paul Gilford 
 Daniel Adams 
 Joseph Walters 
 John Scott 
 John Plum 
 John Harker 
 John Randall 
 Samuel Wales 
 James Sinkler 
 
 02 
 01 
 03 
 00 
 02 
 04 
 04 
 00 
 01 
 03 
 01 
 01 
 03 
 
 16 00 
 04 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 00 00 
 
 11 08 
 10 00 
 
 13 08 
 19 00 
 
 12 01 
 10 00 
 
 14 06 
 
 10 00 
 12 00 
 
 11 08 
 
 12 06 
 02 06 
 
 Jeremiah Conah 
 Benjamin Molton 
 Benjamin Bates 
 James Atkins 
 Samuel Blake 
 Thomas William 
 Isaac How 
 Samuel Spencer 
 Caleb Rey 
 John Whitney 
 John Ellenworth 
 
 Sept 23 d 1676 
 Joseph Tucker 
 Thomas Hoppen 
 James Hadlock 
 Thomas Bull 
 John Craft 
 Benjamin Merifield 
 
 03 02 06 
 03 02 06 
 05 15 10 
 01 15 00 
 03 10 08 
 01 10 00 
 01 01 04 
 01 01 04 
 01 14 02 
 
 00 18 00 
 
 01 11 08 
 
 03 05 00 
 
 01 12 06 
 
 02 08 00 
 
 04 07 06 
 
 02 14 10 
 
 03 01 08 
 
282 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Joshuah Child 01 10 00 
 
 Richard Puffer 02 01 00 
 
 John Parker 03 01 08 
 
 Benjamin Phillips 01 10 10 
 
 William Deane 01 15 08 
 
 Daniel Harris 01 11 08 
 
 William Field 03 00 00 
 
 Thomas Betell 04 02 00 
 
 John Holbrooke, Capt. 16 01 03 
 
 CAPT. JOHN WHIPPLE, OF IPSWICH, AND HIS MEN. 
 
 The Whipple family in this country undoubtedly descended 
 from Matthew Whipple of Booking, co. Essex, England, a 
 clothier. Will of December 19th, 1616, probated January 28th, 
 1618, mentions son Matthew, son John, daughters Jane, Eliza 
 beth, Mary, Anne, Johane, Amye ; " my sister, wife of Richard 
 Rathbone ; Hercules Stephens, grandchildren Hercules and 
 Margaret Arthur and Henry and Anne Coldham." 
 
 The two brothers Matthew and John, who were settled at 
 Ipswich some time before 1638, were probably the sons men 
 tioned above. They settled at the " Hamlet," now the town of 
 Hamilton. John was a deacon or ruling elder of the First 
 Church. He was freeman 1640, and representative for eight 
 years between that and 1653. By first wife he had children 
 Mary, JOHN, Susanna, Sarah, and probably others. 
 
 Capt. John, son of "Elder" John, as above, born in Essex, 
 England, about 1626, married, first, Martha Reyner, daughter 
 of Humphrey, who died February 24, 1679 ; married, second, Eliza 
 beth Paine, June 28th, 1680. By first wife had children John, 
 born July 15, 1657 ; Matthew, born 1658 ; Joseph, born June 8, 
 1666 ; Susan, Sarah and Anna. He was appointed Cornet of 
 the Ipswich troop before 1675, and Captain in 1683 in place of 
 Capt. John Appleton. He was Lieutenant in Capt. Paige s 
 Troop at Mount Hope, June, 1675, and was appointed Captain 
 of a troop raised for service under Major Savage in March, 1676 ; 
 was with the army in the unsuccessful manoeuvring of that 
 campaign. In the letter of the Council to Mayor Savage, dated 
 April 1st, 1676, is found the passage, "Touching that Rebuke 
 of God upon Cap* Whiple and y c poore people at Springfield it 
 is a matter of great shame and humbling to us." This was in 
 answer to one from Major Savage of March 28th, dated at 
 Hadley, in which he says that they have had advice from Spring 
 field that eight Indians assaulted sixteen or eighteen men, 
 besides women and children, as they were going to meeting from 
 a place called Long Meadow, " and killed a man and a maid, 
 wounded two men, and carried away captive two women and 
 two children." One of the men killed was John Keep. Mrs. 
 Sarah Keep, his wife, was one of those captured with her child, and 
 died soon from her wounds. Major Savage says, further, that 
 being apprised of that affair and the way the Indians went, he 
 sent out sixteen men in pursuit, who came up with the Indians, 
 who, as soon as they found the English in close pursuit, killed 
 
CAPT. JOHN WHIPPLE, OF IPSWICH, AND HIS MEN. 
 
 283 
 
 the two children, and striking the women with their hatchets upon 
 the head, left them for dead and fled. The horsemen brought 
 back the four bodies, the women being yet alive ; one recovered ; 
 and this disaster was a severe reproach to the guard, who in a 
 popular rhyme of the day are remembered thus : 
 
 " Seven Indians, and one without a gun, 
 Caused Capt. Nixon and forty men to run." 
 
 I am inclined to think that by the Council, Capt. Whipple, as 
 commander of the troop, and perhaps at that time with them, was 
 held responsible for the disaster. I know nothing of Capt. " Nixon." 
 
 Credited under Capt. John Whipple of Ipswich. 
 
 June 24 th 1676 
 
 John Dodge 03 08 06 
 
 Marke Hascall 03 08 06 
 
 William Smith 03 07 00 
 
 Richard Child 03 08 06 
 
 Thomas Leaver 03 08 06 
 
 Samuel Smith 03 08 06 
 Daniel Wycome, Qr.Mr.Q5 02 09 
 
 Joseph Cask 03 08 06 
 
 John Rayment 03 00 00 
 
 Thadeus Berry 03 08 06 
 
 Moses Cleaveland 03 08 06 
 
 John Sawin 03 08 06 
 
 John Stone 03 08 06 
 
 Samuel Stearnes 03 08 06 
 
 John Wait 03 10 00 
 
 Samuel Cooper 02 01 00 
 
 James Tenney 02 01 00 
 
 Samuel Ladd 04 02 00 
 Christopher Palmer 04 02 04 
 
 Samuel Chapman 03 
 
 July 24 th 1676 
 
 Joseph Taylor 03 
 
 James Hobbs 03 
 
 Timothy Bread 03 
 
 William Dellow 03 
 
 Henry Kenny 03 
 
 James Lowden 00 
 
 Joseph Eaton 03 
 
 August 24 th 1676 
 
 Thomas Brintnall 03 
 
 Thomas Hodgman 00 
 
 John Whipple, Capt. 13 
 
 Edward Neland 03 
 
 Samuel G-iddings 09 
 
 Thomas Andrews 03 
 
 Ephraim Fellows 03 
 
 07 02 
 
 08 06 
 10 00 
 08 06 
 08 06 
 08 06 
 10 00 
 08 06 
 
 08 06 
 17 00 
 14 03 
 08 06 
 16 05 
 06 08 
 19 00 
 
 September 23 d 1676 
 John Browne 04 02 00 
 
 CAPT. JOHN JACOB, OF HINGHAM, AND HIS MEN. 
 
 Capt. John Jacob was the son of Nicholas, who came from Old 
 Hingham, England, to Hingham, Mass., in 1633, with wife Mary 
 and children John and Elizabeth ; and there had Josiah, Joseph, 
 born May 10, 1646, and four daughters. Nicholas was representa 
 tive in 1648 and 1649, and died June 5th, 1657. 
 
 Capt. John, born in England, married Margery Eames, Octo 
 ber 20, 1653, and had children John, born October 20, 1654, 
 who, April 19, 1676, was killed by the Indians near his father s 
 house, in what is now South Hingham ; Mary, born March 21, 
 1656; Sarah, born Sept. 29, 1657; Benjamin, April 2, 1659. 
 First wife died April 7, 1659, and he married, second, October 3, 
 1661, Mary Russell, daughter of George, and had Jael, born 
 September 7, 1662 ; David, born June 20, 1664 ; Elizabeth, born 
 April 11, 1666; Peter, born February 12, 1668; Hannah, born 
 
284 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 December 26, 1669 ; Samuel, born November 30, 1671 ; Deborah, 
 born May 15, 1674, died soon ; Deborah, 2d, born August 8, 1677 ; 
 John, 2d, born July 31, 1679; Lydia, born April 18, 1681; 
 Abigail, born Nov. 13, 1683. His will, probated Dec. 31, 1693, 
 names his twelve living children, four sons and eight daughters. 
 He was very active and influential. His house was fortified as a 
 garrison by order of the General Court, Feb. 25, 1676. He was 
 in command of a foot-company of about eighty men at Medfield, 
 when, on Feb. 21, 1676-7, the town was attacked by a large 
 body of Indians and partially destroyed. There were, besides 
 this company of Capt. Jacob, a detachment of twenty troopers 
 under command of Lieut. Edward Oakes, and the " train-band " 
 of the town, about one hundred in number. These were 
 quartered about the town in the various houses, and there were 
 no scouts about the town to keep watch and ward, and the enemy 
 crept in and about the houses, and just before daylight, at a 
 given signal, fired the detached houses, near which they had 
 placed ambuscades, and when the people and the soldiers 
 quartered there, rushed out, they were shot down. The main 
 guard, stationed near the meeting-house, had a cannon which 
 they fired several times, which alarmed the inhabitants and prob 
 ably frightened the enemy, who fled across the river towards 
 Sherburne, burning the bridge behind them, thus cutting off the 
 slow and clumsy pursuit of the scattered troops. The fullest 
 account of this affair is given by Major Daniel Gookin in his 
 " History of the Christian Indians." He says the Indians burnt 
 about forty houses, near half the town, and killed and wounded 
 about twenty people. Among the killed was Lieut. Henry 
 Adams, the military officer of the town. After the lieutenant s 
 death, his widow Elizabeth had been taken to the house of the 
 minister, the Rev. Mr. Wilson, near the meeting-house, and here 
 a very sad and strange accident occurred ; for Mrs. Adams, who 
 had retired to the chamber, and was lying upon a bed just over 
 the room below, in which Capt. Jacob and some of the officers 
 and guards were gathered, was killed by the accidental discharge 
 of a gun in the hand of Capt. Jacob, just as he was passing out 
 of the house to his quarters, and having his gun "half-bent," i.e. 
 at half-cock, the muzzle pointing upward, the bullet piercing 
 through " the floor and mat through and through the body of the 
 lieutenant s widow." He was with Capt. Johnson in the Narra- 
 ganset campaign, and, on the Captain s death, was appointed to 
 the command of the company. 1 He was afterwards engaged 
 during the winter, with Capt. Wadsworth, in guarding the fron 
 tiers from Milton to the Plymouth Colony bounds, Weymouth, 
 Hingham and Hull being assigned in particular to Capt. Jacob. 
 John, 2d, inherited his Narraganset claim. 
 
 1 It is probable that in the " Fort Fight " Lieut. Henry Bowen, if present, took the command 
 after the Captain fell, as was proper, but Capt. Jacob was appointed to fill the place afterward, 
 as were other senior officers, in the other companies. 
 
CREDITS UNDER CAPT. JOHN JACOB, OF HINGHAM. 
 
 285 
 
 Credited under Capt. John Jacob, of Hiiigham. 1 
 
 March 24 th 1675-6 
 
 Nathaniel Beales 01 09 06 
 
 April 24 th 1675 
 
 William Williams 00 05 00 
 
 James Taylor 01 04 00 
 
 June 24 th 1676 
 
 Thomas Davis 00 09 05 
 
 William Field 00 12 00 
 
 Benjamin Bignall 00 09 02 
 
 John Battle 00 12 00 
 
 Jeremiah Fisher 00 12 00 
 
 Benjamin Wight 00 12 00 
 
 Ephraim Wilson 00 12 00 
 
 John Thurston 00 12 00 
 
 Nathaniel Farringtou 00 12 00 
 
 Edward Segwell 00 12 00 
 
 John Gray 00 12 00 
 
 John Cuckow 00 04 02 
 
 John Herring 00 05 00 
 
 John Richardson 03 07 08 
 
 Alexander Mecanny 04 16 00 
 
 John Nowell 00 09 02 
 
 Humphrey Richards 00 12 00 
 
 John Sibly 02 17 04 
 
 July 24 th 1676 
 
 John Taylor 00 16 09 
 
 Ebenezer Inglesby 00 10 02 
 
 William Bodkin 00 10 02 
 
 August 24 th 1676 
 
 Elisha Foster 00 10 02 
 
 Anthony Hancock 00 10 02 
 
 Edward Blaucher 00 10 02 
 
 John Howen 00 10 03 
 
 John Plumb 00 10 02 
 
 Samuel Paule 00 15 02 
 
 David Fawkner 00 10 02 
 
 John Wells, Jr. 00 10 02 
 
 Henry Bowen 00 15 00 
 
 John Jacobs 09 17 00 
 
 William Paine 00 10 02 
 
 Thomas Hoppin 02 18 02 
 
 Gilbert Endicott 00 10 02 
 
 Joseph Swady 00 10 02 
 
 September 23 d 1676 
 
 Isaac Jones 00 10 02 
 
 CAPT. JOHN CUTLER AND HIS MEN. 
 
 Capt. John Cutler was the son of Robert (of Charlestown in 
 1637, freeman 1638) and Rebecca his wife. John was probably 
 born in England about 1628. He married, first, Anna Wood- 
 mansey, daughter of Robert and Anna. She died August 20, 
 1683, in her 57th year, and he married, second, Mehitable Hilton, 
 October 29, 1684. She died September 29, 1711, having survived 
 the captain, who died September 12th, 1694, in his 66th year. 
 His children, all by his first wife, were John ; Timothy ; Sarah, 
 born October 20, 1655, married Eleazer Phillips, 1695-6 ; Samuel, 
 born March 6, 1658 ; Hannah, married Daniel Willard, 1683 ; 
 Robert, born November 15, 1663, died in Barbadoes August 30, 
 1683 ; Rebecca, born November 5, 1666, married Josiah Bennett ; 
 Mary, born November 20, 1669, died 1703. 
 
 Capt. Cutler was engaged during the war, on various occasions, 
 in conducting supply trains to the garrisons, and at the time of 
 Capf. Wadsworth s destruction at Sudbury, April 21, 1676, nar 
 rowly escaped being cut off with his company returning from 
 Marlborough. He was in command of a company under Capt. 
 Henchman the next month at Hassanamesit. 
 
 1 See also credits of March and April, 1676, under Capt. Johnson. 
 
286 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAK. 
 
 Credited under Capt. John Cutler. 
 
 June 24 1676 
 
 
 Thomas Micheson 
 
 01 04 10 
 
 Zachariah Feres 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 Henry Philips 
 
 01 04 00 
 
 William Green 
 
 00 12 00 
 
 Thomas White 
 
 00 14 00 
 
 John Wilson 
 
 00 14 00 
 
 William Browne 
 
 00 15 04 
 
 Joseph Pratt 
 
 00 15 04 
 
 Christopher Goodwin 
 
 00 16 02 
 
 Daniel Edmunds 
 
 02 06 08 
 
 Zeckeriah Johnson 
 
 00 18 10 
 
 John Watson 
 
 00 14 00 
 
 Isaac Johnson 
 
 00 05 02 
 
 Josiah Wood 
 
 01 07 04 
 
 Joseph Frost 
 
 00 10 00 
 
 John Dows 
 
 00 14 00 
 
 Samuel Hayward 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 William Whiting 
 
 01 07 04 
 
 John Martin 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 Samuel Blancher 
 
 00 12 10 
 
 Robert Carter 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 Timothy Philips 
 
 01 14 10 
 
 James Nichols 
 
 00 08 06 
 
 Giles Fifield 
 
 00 04 00 
 
 John Winslade 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 John Fosdicke 
 
 00 12 10 
 
 William Laroby 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 Samuel Peirce 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 Jonathan Stimpson 
 
 00 02 06 
 
 Samuel Cutler 
 
 01 04 10 
 
 George Woodward 
 
 00 07 08 
 
 Joshuah als. Josiah Ben 
 
 Thomas Whitney 
 
 00 02 06 
 
 jamin 
 
 00 12 00 
 
 William Goddard 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 Daniel Baldwin 
 
 00 03 04 
 
 Samuel Prentice 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 John Cutler, Leiut. 
 
 03 15 00 
 
 Joshuah Edmands 
 
 00 06 10 
 
 Nathaniel Rand 
 
 01 03 04 
 
 August 24 th 
 
 1676 
 
 Matthew Griffin 
 
 00 15 04 
 
 Edward Smith 
 
 00 06 10 
 
 Samuel Frothingham 
 
 00 16 02 
 
 John Lee 
 
 00 02 06 
 
 Nathaniel Douse 
 
 01 07 04 
 
 Edward Goff 
 
 01 13 04 
 
 Thomas Rand 
 
 01 04 10 
 
 Hugh Taylor 
 
 00 18 00 
 
 George Polly 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 Isaac Beech 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 Edward Wilson 
 
 00 09 00 
 
 David Mead 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 Josiah Smith 
 
 00 12 10 
 
 John Dowgin 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 James Smith 
 
 00 18 08 
 
 John Whitney 
 
 00 02 06 
 
 John Smith 
 
 00 03 04 
 
 Nathaniel Fisk 
 
 00 02 06 
 
 William Clough 
 
 00 14 00 
 
 Ephraim Phillips 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 Nathaniel Frothingham 
 
 00 02 06 
 
 William Rider 
 
 00 10 02 
 
 John Call (2 credits) 
 
 00 19 00 
 
 Daniel Willard 
 
 00 14 06 
 
 Munning Sawin 
 
 00 12 00 
 
 Christopher Muschin 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 Eleazer Beares 
 
 00 12 00 
 
 Samuel Cooper 
 
 00 12 00 
 
 Joseph Parker 
 
 00 08 00 
 
 William Price 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 John Barrett 
 
 00 06 06 
 
 September 23 d 
 
 1676 
 
 July 24 1676 
 
 
 Aaron Cleaveland 
 
 00 02 06 
 
 John Begello 
 
 00 09 00 
 
 Thomas Hammond 
 
 00 10 02 
 
 Isaac Fowl 
 
 00 12 00 
 
 John Kemball 
 
 00 02 06 
 
 John Dickson 
 
 01 01 04 
 
 John Stedman 
 
 00 03 09 
 
 Robert Robin 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 David Alexander 
 
 00 10 02 
 
 Stephen Coolidg 
 
 00 02 06 
 
 Alexander Wait 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 John Edes 
 
 00 09 08 
 
 John Melvin 
 
 00 10 02 
 
 Phillip Russell 
 
 02 06 00 
 
 Thomas Fiske 
 
 00 10 02 
 
 Daniel Warren 
 
 00 09 08 
 
 Samuel Peirce 
 
 00 12 00 
 
 John Jones 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 John Brookes 
 
 00 15 06 
 
 Nathaniel Kittle 
 
 00 11 00 
 
 John Walker 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 Samuel Gibson 
 
 00 03 04 
 
 Jonathan Smith 
 
 00 09 04 
 
FEOM LIEUT. UPHAM TO THE COUNCIL. 287 
 
 UEUT. PHINEAS TJPHAM AND HIS COMMAND. 
 
 Lieut. Phineas Upham was the son of John Upham, who, 
 about the year 1635, settled in Weymouth, having wife Elizabeth 
 and several children. Phineas was born in 1635 or 1636. About 
 1648 his father removed to Maiden, and there the son grew up ; 
 and there he married, April 14, 1658, Ruth Wood ; and they had 
 children : Phineas, Nathaniel, Ruth, John, Elizabeth and prob 
 ably Richard and Thomas. Lieut. Upham was a man of more 
 than ordinary ability and influence, as the records, and references 
 to his public services in places of trust, prove. At the breaking 
 out of the war he held the rank of Lieutenant in the local com 
 pany. 
 
 He was in command of men, and in service during the latter 
 part of the summer; and in September, 1675, led a company of 
 thirty-eight men out to Mendon to meet Capt. John Gorham of 
 Plymouth Colony, and the account of their service on that 
 occasion is explained in the following letters : 
 
 Letter of Lt. Phineas Upham to the Governer and Council. 
 
 From Mendum, y e 1 st : Octob r : 1675. 
 Honer d Gou r ne r & Counsill. 
 
 These are to certify your worships that Cap 1 . Gorum with myselfe 
 & our Souldiers of both Company 8 are in good health at pres" through 
 mercy ; 
 
 And to give your honer an account of our seaverell marches ; first we 
 Came to Mendum one the 25 th day of the weeke at nightt being the 
 24 th day of September and one the 25 th day we marched from Mendum 
 unto Hassanemisett hoping there to have had an Indian for our guide ; 
 butt the Indians were all gone from thence ; and were thereby dis- 
 apoynted of our expecttation & one the next day we marched unto 
 Packachoug where we found a f eild of good corn and well fenced : 
 which we did think convenient not to destroy : Concluding that for 
 ought we Knew Sum of the neeriest of our Inhabitance would be will 
 ing to save itt ; butt we could not finde any Indians neither the signe 
 of any being there of late and we marched from thence unto Manchoag 
 and Chobanamagungamung where we found sum cornfeilds and sum 
 wigwams, which Corn and wigwams we burnt and destroyed butt (we 
 did not) finde any of our enimies which was a greate discouragement 
 to us, having taken soe much paynes to finde them ; then we Returned 
 and marched to an Indian Plantation called Shockebogue where we 
 Could not finde any Indians butt found a Considerable quantity of 
 Good Corne which we did not destroy butt Reserved itt at the Request 
 of Sum of Mendum who thinke to fetch itt home for there use ; and 
 from thence we Came to Mendum one the 30 th of Sept br : now seeing 
 in all our marches we finde noe Indians verily thinke thatt thay are 
 drawne together into greate bodyes far Remote from those partes : 
 
 If your honers please to send us one any further Service I hope we 
 shall nott be unwilling butt forwarde to doe our uttermost Indeavours 
 with all desiring that you would be pleased to add unto our number 
 
288 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 seeing that besides the Garrison men which must be left heere in 
 garrison we have butt 30 men besides my Selfe, Capt. Gorum being 
 now in his march to Mounthope and If we goe further we desir thatt 
 we may have a Surgeon and some other thatt may be acquainted with 
 the woodes where you Sende us the want of w ch hath beene a dis 
 couragement to our men : And as for the town of Mendum I am 
 desired to Commend the desolate condition of y m unto you r honers : 
 Severall of there Inhabitance being removed from them : and those in 
 garrison being butt poore helps in divers respects and in number but 
 12 men, with theire armes very defecttive. 
 
 The plantation is very Remotte & therefore soe much the more 
 stands in neede of helpe ; itt is very Likely to be a prosperous place if 
 itt please God to putt an Ishue to thes troubles and therefore it is the 
 more pitty to have itt deserted by there people : who think it must be 
 If they have nott sum assistance they hope : 20 : men well fitted with 
 this one Returned might be sufishent If your honers se Gauss ; and 
 further they desired to acquainte your honers that y e Indians of 
 Hassanamisett which your honers apoynted to set down with them 
 have desertted there one town and come nott to that at Mendum And 
 soe nott havening any more to troublee your honers with 
 
 I Rest your Hon" 
 
 To Command 
 
 PHINEHAS UPHAM, 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 67, p. 275. Liftenantt. 
 
 Letter of Capt John Gorum to Gfov 01 " & Councill. 
 
 Mendum Octob : th : 1 : 1675. 
 
 Much Hon rd my servis with all due Respeckts humbly presented to 
 yourselfe and the rest of the Counsill hoping of your helths I have 
 made bold to troble you with these few lines to give your honnors an 
 account of our progress in your Jurisdiction : According unto your 
 honers order and detirminatiou I arived at Mendum with fifty men and 
 the next day Lef tennant Upham arived with thirty-eight men and the 
 day following wee joyned our forces together and marched in pesuite 
 to ffind our Ennimy ; but God hath bin pleased to denigh us any op- 
 pertunity tharein ; though with much Labor and travill we have indeav- 
 ored to find them out which Left. Upham hath given you a more 
 particular acount : our Solders being much worne out having bin in the 
 ffeeld this foretene weeks and little hoops of finding the Enimy, we 
 are this day Returning towards our Genrall : but as for my one part I 
 shall be Redy to sarve God and the Country in this just warr soe long 
 as I have life and helth. Not Else to troble you I Rest yours to Sarve 
 in what I am able. 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 67. JOHN GORUM. 
 
 From Mendon Lieut. Upham marched his company to Brook- 
 field, towards Springfield, where he was ordered by the Court to 
 report to Capt. Wayte, who was expected to command a com 
 pany in the service under Major John Pynchon, and that arrange 
 ment failing, he was assigned to the command of Capt, Jonathan 
 
FATALLY WOUNDED. 289 
 
 Poole, with whom he joined forces and marched to Hadley be 
 fore October 12th. He was formally placed under command of 
 Capt. Poole in the organization of the army under Major Apple- 
 ton, arid served thus, in the stirring events of the weeks following. 
 November 20th, he was credited as Lieutenant under Capt. 
 Poole, X06. 19. 04. He returned home when the army withdrew 
 from the west ; but joined the forces at Narraganset, probably 
 after the muster at Dedham, December 10th. He was assigned 
 to Capt. Johnson s company, and after that gallant officer s fall, 
 was himself fatally wounded, at the head of the company, inside 
 the fort. He was among the wounded at Rhode Island, January 
 6, 1675-6. He died at Boston, October, 1676, and October 12, 
 1676, the court issued the following order: 
 
 Order of the General Court. 
 
 October 12, 1676. In answer to the peticon of Ruth Upham, wid- 
 dow & relict of the late Left. Phineas Upham, the Court Judgeth it 
 meet to order, that the bills of charges to chirurgeous, doct & diet, 
 mentioned in sajd peticon, be p d by the Treasurer of the country ; and 
 in consideration of the long and good service hir husband did for the 
 country, & the greate losse the widdow susteynes in his death, being 
 left with seven small children, & not able to carry on their affaires for 
 the support of hirself & family, doe further order the Treasurer to pay 
 unto the sajd widdow tenn pounds in or as money. 
 
 Items, Treasurer to pay, s d 
 
 Mr. Chickering bill 2 14 08 
 
 Edward Ellis, Chir 2 10 00 
 
 Mr. Addington 1 03 05 
 
 Dr. Cooke 1 05 00 
 
 Mrs. Peirc for diet 4 18 00 
 
 To y e Widdow 10 00 00 
 
 Secretary Allowance 40 00 00 
 Col. Records, Vol. V. p. 122. 
 
 Credited under Lieut. Upham. 
 
 December 20 th 1675 
 Robert Skelton 01 01 04 
 
 Robert Bardall 02 02 00 
 
 John Shaw 00 10 02 
 
 June 24 th 1676 
 John Hall 01 00 00 
 
 August 24 th 1676 
 Thomas Hoppin 00 07 08 
 
 I have found that the men who served under him were mostly 
 paid aff under the vouchers of Capt Poole ; and after the fight at 
 Narraganset he was never again able to take command. 
 
 CAPT. SAMUEL HUNTING. 
 
 He was the son of John Hunting of Dedham, and was born 
 July 22, 1640. He settled first at Chelmsford and later at 
 Charlestown. Married Hannah Hackburne of Roxbury Dec. 24, 
 1662. They had ten children born at Charlestown between 1662 
 
290 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAK. 
 
 and 1687, of whom all but three died in childhood. Those who 
 lived were Samuel, born July 15, 1666, married, and settled in 
 Charlestown and had a family ; Mercy, baptized March 13, 
 1681-2, married Benjamin Frothingham, 1704 ; Hannah, baptized 
 Dec. 3, 1682, married Samuel Frothingham, 1704. Captain 
 Hunting was killed by the accidental discharge of his gun August 
 19, 1701, aged sixty years. 
 
 We have seen that there was in the Massachusetts Colony great 
 opposition to the employment of friendly Indians in the war, 
 while Connecticut, constantly making use of them, had been 
 spared the terrible losses which had befallen the others. 
 
 At last, grown wise by bitter experience, the Massachusetts 
 Council determined to stem the tide of popular opposition, and 
 equip and send forth a company of Christian Indians, to try if 
 the devastations of the enemy along the frontiers could be 
 checked. In pursuance of this order, April 21, 1676, Capt. 
 Samuel Hunting and Lieut. James Richardson drew up and fur 
 nished their company of forty Indians at Charlestown. They 
 were ordered first to march up the Merrimac to near Chelms- 
 ford, and there to build a fort and settle a garrison at the great 
 falls, which was a famous fishing-place ; they were to scout and 
 guard, etc. ; but before they marched, and about mid-day, came 
 the news of the attack of the great body of Indians upon Sud- 
 bury. Captain Hunting with his company marched away to 
 Sudbury and rendered service, as has been related in the chapter 
 relating to the Sudbury fight. The service here rendered did 
 much to abate the hostility against the Christian Indians, and 
 they were thenceforward in constant service in all the expeditions 
 while the war lasted, and Captain Hunting s company was soon 
 made up to eighty men, who were furnished with arms sent over 
 from England. 
 
 From the time that Captain Hunting s company took the field, 
 the enemy lost heart, evidently fearing them more than the whole 
 armies of English, which they could easily elude, or ambush 
 or mislead. In the summer of 1676 this company took captive or 
 killed about four hundred of the enemy, and did nearly all the 
 effective work against the enemy in the closing operations of 
 the war. The services of Captain Hunting and his company at 
 the eastward and elsewhere have been incidentally related. 
 
 Credited under Capt. Hunting. 
 
 Samuel Hunting, Capt. 21 00 00 
 
 James Richeson, Lieut. 10 10 00 
 
 Nathaniel Dunklin 05 05 00 
 
 Sept. 23, 1676 
 
 Benjamin Collins 01 08 06 
 
 John Devericks 01 08 06 
 
 William Browne 
 Andrew Robinson 
 Thomas Frost 
 Jacob Farar 
 Thomas Peach 
 
 01 
 02 
 03 
 02 
 02 
 
 08 
 06 
 08 
 00 
 00 
 
 In general, accounts were not kept with the Indians. 
 
CAPT. GEORGE CORWIN. 
 
 291 
 
 LIEUT. EDWARD CREEKE. 
 
 Lieut. Creeke was of Boston, of the Artillery Co., 1674. 
 Served with Capt. Turner in the west, and led home the remnant 
 of his company after that officer s death. 
 
 In October, 1676, he was in command of a force of thirty-four 
 men at a garrison in Wells. No credit is found for these, but 
 one of the soldiers in the western campaign secured his credit 
 under Lieut. Creeke, viz. : 
 
 August 24, 1676 
 John Gilbert 05 09 
 
 08 
 
 CAPT. GEORGE CORWIN, OR CTJRWEN. 
 
 Capt. Corwin came from England with wife Elizabeth (White, 
 widow of John), and settled at Salem in 1638. Their children 
 were : Abigail, b. Aug. 1, 1637 ; John, b. July 25, 1638 ; Jonathan, 
 b. Nov. 14, 1640; Abigail 2d, b. Nov. 30, 1643; Hannah, 
 bapt. Jan. 4, 1646; and Elizabeth, July 2, 1648. This wife 
 Elizabeth died July 15, 1668, and he married, 2d, July 22, 1669, 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Brooks, widow of Robert, of Plymouth, and 
 daughter of Gov. Edward Winslow, and by her had : Penelope, 
 b. Aug. 7, 1670 ; Susannah, b. Oct. 10, 1672 ; George, b. 1674. 
 Capt. Corwin was a deputy from Salem many times, was a man 
 of ability and influence, and was very popular. He was chosen 
 to the command of the troop raised at Salem and Lynn, and 
 was commissioned October 8, 1662. 
 
 In Philip s war, the only active service which I have found 
 referred to him appears in the Colonial Records, Vol. V. p. 90. 
 At the session of the Court May 5, 1676, Capt. Corwin was 
 presented for the " evil example of his demeanor and carriage " 
 towards Capt. Henchman, under whose command he was serving, 
 with his troop, in the spring of 1677. He was reduced from his 
 command with a severe reprimand, and fined one hundred 
 pounds. The following September he was, upon the petition 
 of his troopers, reinstated in his command ; and in 1679-80 the 
 court remitted his fine. He died in Salem, January 3, 1684-5. 
 
 Credited under Capt. George Corwin. 
 
 July 24, 1676 
 
 John Dodge 00 10 00 
 
 William Dodge 00 10 00 
 
 Zechariah Henrick 00 10 00 
 
 Sept. 23, 1676. 
 
 Benjamin Collins 00 11 05 
 
 John Putnam 01 08 07 
 
 Henry Kenney 00 11 05 
 
 Geo. Corwin, Capt. 02 05 00 
 
 Capt. EZEKIEL GILMAN of Boston, 1675, served under Capt. 
 Oliver as Sergt. in the Narraganset campaign ; was wounded at 
 the fight; was at Rhode Island January 6th, 1675-6. He was 
 
292 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 out again under Capt. Turner in the spring, serving as Sergt. 
 In the Settlement he is styled " Capt." 
 
 Credits under Capt. Giiman. 
 
 June 24, 1676 
 
 Amos Singleterry 00 05 00 
 
 Nathaniel Lad 00 05 00 
 
 George Brown 00 13 00 
 
 John Johnson 00 02 06 
 
 Robert Swami 00 11 10 
 
 Daniel Lad, Jr. 06 05 00 
 
 Capt. Aaron Cooke, of Hadley, was left in command of some 
 of the men taken out of Mosely s, Poole s and Upham s com 
 panies, at Westfield, November, 1675. He married, May 30, 
 1661, Sarah Westwood, and had a large family. A man of in 
 fluence; Capt. of the militia for thirty-five years. Died in 1716. 
 
 Credited under Capt. Aaron Cooke. 
 
 August 24, 1676 
 
 John Stedman 01 17 00 
 
 John Parneer 01 00 06 
 
 Sept. 23, 1676 
 Thomas Hart 01 02 02 
 
 Edward Co well, of Boston, was employed in the war in various 
 ways ; was in command of a small body of horsemen on the day 
 of the Sudbury fight, as we have seen. He furnished supplies 
 of various kinds to the Colony in the war ; but one credit is 
 given under him, viz. : 
 
 August 24, 1676 
 John Scant 00 16 00 
 
 Some miscellaneous credits follow : 
 
 August 24, 1676 
 
 Benjamin Switzer, under Lieut. (John) Floyd 00 04 02 
 Ephraim Fowlsham Capt. (Benj.) Gillam 00 19 08 
 
 The two following were credited without officer or place 
 assigned : 
 
 March 24, 1675-6 
 Elias Peckworth 04 02 00 I Thomas North 02 12 00 
 
XXI. 
 MAJOR RICHARD WALDERNE AND HIS MEN. 
 
 THE Walderne * family, to which the subject of this chapter, 
 Richard Wald.erne, belonged, is of ancient lineage, as seen 
 in the Pedigree, found by H. G. Soraerby in England, and 
 published by him in the New England Historical and Genealogi 
 cal Register, vol. viii. p. 78. This shows descent from Edward 
 Walderne and Joan his wife, of Alcester, in Warwickshire, 
 through George Walderne and Joan Shallarde, married July 8, 
 1576, who had William, baptized July 25, 1577, married Catherine 
 Raven at Alcester, November 26, 1600, and had nine sons and two 
 daughters. The seventh son was Richard, baptized January 6, 
 1615. 
 
 This Richard f Walderne came to America, it is said, in 1635, 
 " to See the Country. He stayed about two Years and returned 
 to England and there Marryed a Gentlewoman of a very good 
 family (whose parents were very unwilling She Should come 
 away) her names are not remembered nor of w l place." 
 
 The matter above quoted is from the fragment of a letter from 
 James Jeffrey to Councillor Richard 3 Waldron, the Major s 
 grandson. 
 
 Major Walderne came to America with his young wife about 
 1637. After her death he married Anne Scammon, sister of 
 Richard. His children were Paul, 2 who died in Algiers about 
 1669 (probably on board one of his father s vessels). Timothy, 2 
 who died while a student in Harvard College. Richard, 2 born 
 1650. Anna, 2 married Rev. Joseph Gerrish. Elnathan, 2 born 
 July 6, 1659, in Boston, died Dec. 10, 1659. Esther, 2 born Dec. 
 1, 1660, in Boston ; married (1) Henry Elkins, (2) Abraham 
 
 Lee, June 21, 1686, (3) Richard Jose, and (4) . She 
 
 died in the Isle of Jersey. Mary, 2 born Sept. 14, 1663, in Boston, 
 died young. Eleazer, 2 born May 1, 1665. Elizabeth, 2 born Oct. 
 
 * I have thought beet, in this present chapter, to adopt the spelling of the Major s own signature, 
 which agrees with his English ancestors and was used by his contemporaries. His son Richard 
 changed it in his own signature, and wrote of his father as Waldron, and all historians since have 
 referred to the family by that name. 
 
 f Rev. A. H. Quint, D.D., the eminent antiquarian, has furnished an account of the Waldron 
 (Walderne) family in America, and that account is here followed. See N. E. Hist, and Gen. 
 Register, vol. ix. p. 55, and Historical Memoranda in " Dover Enquirer," NOB. 104 to 111, April 19 
 to June 7, 1853; and NOB. 175 to 178, Aug. 6 to Aug. 22, 1857. 
 
294 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 8, 1666 ; married John Gerrish, of Dover. Maria, 2 born July 17, 
 1668 ; died about the age of fourteen. 
 
 Richard, 2 the son of Major Walderne, changed the surname to 
 Waldron, and the family has since been known as Waldron. He 
 married (1) Hannah Cutt, Feb. 16, 1681, who died Feb. 14, 1682, 
 at the birth of her first child ; (2) Eleanor Vaughan, who died 
 September, 1727. He died Nov. 3, 1730. His children (by his 
 first wife) were Richard, 3 born 1682, who died aged about 
 eleven months ; Richard 3 (2d), born Feb. 21, 1693-4 ; Margaret, 3 
 born Nov. 16,1695; William, 3 born 1697; Annie, 3 born 1699; 
 Abigail, 3 born 1702; Eleanor, 3 born 1704. 
 
 It is supposed that Major Walderne was a man of some property 
 when he came to this country, as he purchased a large tract of 
 land at Cocheco (Dover, N.H.), where he settled about 1640, 
 erected saw-mills, established his business, and made his home. 
 He was a man of remarkable enterprise and ability, and by wise 
 investment and diligent use of his opportunities acquired a large 
 property for his time. He established a truck-house for the ac 
 commodation of the Indians and his own gain at Pennacook, in 
 1668 ; and it was there that an Englishman, Thomas Dickinson, 
 was killed by an Indian who was drunk, and whom the Indians 
 immediately punished with death. An investigation ensued, and 
 Major Walderne was accused of selling or furnishing liquors at 
 his truck-house, which made the Indian drunk, contrary to the 
 laws and the special terms of the treaty. The papers in this case 
 are preserved in the Mass. Archives, vol. 30, pp. 154-161. The 
 liquors were said to be sold by the hand of Paul Walderne, son 
 of the Major, and Peter Coffin. During the investigation, the 
 Major was suspended from his office by his brother magistrates, 
 but upon his own oath as to his entire innocence of complicity, 
 either direct or indirect, in the affair, and upon the evidence, he 
 was acquitted as well as his son, and was restored to his office 
 and power, while Peter Coffin was convicted and fined fifty 
 pounds. He was much in public life, and exerted a wide influence 
 in various ways. He was representative to the General Court for 
 thirteen years, and was Speaker of the House for seven years ; 
 was appointed to be a magistrate for the North Circuit of old 
 Norfolk County, consisting of Portsmouth and Dover, and also 
 of the County of York. 
 
 Major Walderne seems to have been in full sympathy with the 
 strictest Puritans of Massachusetts Colony, and a sturdy champion 
 of colonial rights and ecclesiastical authority, if we regard his 
 severe treatment of the Quakers within his jurisdiction, as zeal for 
 the church. His wide influence among the people is seen to have 
 been due to general popularity, by his large vote at elections in 
 the times when people dared to put their will, and meant to put 
 their conscience, into their votes. In his extensive trade with the 
 Indians and in constant communication with them, he seemed to 
 
MAJOR WALDERNE S COMMISSION. 295 
 
 have kept their confidence, and to have had very little trouble 
 with them in the thirty-five years that he had lived near them. 
 There had been provocations doubtless on the part of the English 
 as well as the Indians, and the Major, in common with other 
 magistrates, was obstinate and stupidly severe in the administra 
 tion of English law upon a wild, heathen people, who had no 
 more idea of its meaning than of Sanskrit. The Indians knew 
 the meaning of gratitude as well as vengeance ; they could bide 
 their time and dissemble submission, but they did not forget. 
 Dover was a frontier town, and, several years before the war, 
 houses had been fortified and a stockade set up about the meet 
 ing-house to prevent a surprise. Large numbers of Indians were 
 coming and going among the settlers, were received and enter 
 tained in their houses, were well acquainted with the habits and 
 peculiarities of their home-life and ways of business and worship, 
 and it is probable that there was no other place in the Colony 
 where the relations of settlers and Indians were more free and 
 kindly than in this settlement at Dover. At the same time, here 
 as elsewhere, the English regarded the Indians with ill-concealed 
 contempt as inferior beings, and not really worth conciliating in 
 permanent friendship, but to be tolerated till such time as they 
 could be conveniently driven away. 
 
 It is probable that in military matters, as in all others, the 
 direction had been in the hands of Major Walderne. The first 
 record I have found relating to this is the following commission 
 from the General Court, Oct. 7, 1674 : 
 
 Capt. Richard Walderne having had the command of the militia in 
 Yorkshire, by authority from this Court, for the last two yeares past, & 
 hath this summer draune forth the regiment of foote & troope of horse 
 there, exercised them in military discipline, this Court doth heereby 
 appoint him, the said Richard Walderne, to be the sarjant majo r of 
 the forces in Yorkshire, and doe order, that he have commission as 
 other majo r s have for authorizing him to that service. 
 
 Col. Rec., vol. v. p. 22. 
 
 When the alarm of the attack upon Swansea reached the people, 
 measures were at once taken to secure these frontier towns, and 
 the colonial authorities took steps to assist the more exposed and 
 weaker settlements. The following letter will show the Council 
 alert also to secure active cooperation of forces all along the lines : 
 
 ffor Maj r Rich d Waldern. 
 
 Having Acquainted the Council what I advised you the fifteenth 
 Inst. I am commanded by them to order you forthwith w th 50 or 60 
 souldiers under your owne or Mr. Plaisteds or some other sufficient 
 conduct you march to Pennicooke supposed to be y 6 great Randevous 
 of y e enemy, where you may expect to meet Capt. Mosely, who is 
 ordered thither and hath sufficient commission, to pursue kill & destroy 
 
296 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 them w ch also you must attend as y r work unless such as shall willingly 
 deliver up their armes & themselves or sufficient hostages to secure 
 their peaceable behaviour you had need to take along with you a Chi- 
 rurgeon & make all possible expedition. A great part of our forces are 
 at present at Hadley. 
 
 DANIEL DENISON, Maj r Gen 1 . 
 Boston, August 17, 1675. 
 
 By order of y e Council. 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 67, p. 241. 
 
 An account of the expedition referred to in the letter, has been 
 given in a former chapter relating to Capt. Mosely. The Penna- 
 cooks and their allied families took no part in the war, but they 
 did not, and perhaps could not, prevent the hostile or " strange " 
 Indians from passing from tribe to tribe ; and occasionally small 
 war parties, going back and forth from the East to the West, 
 found entertainment in these tribes, but were not joined by them 
 in their hostile movements, though some of their young men may 
 have been enticed to join the hostiles on occasions. 
 
 In the beginning, the Indians, bent mostly upon plunder, seem 
 to have broken up into small parties, which could easily find out 
 and strike exposed points here and there, and, when necessary 
 for some large enterprise, could swiftly concentrate their forces 
 at any given time and place. 
 
 The first depredations of these Indians upon these Northeastern 
 frontiers, began in September, 1675, at Oyster River (now Dur 
 ham, N.H.) ; they burnt two houses of " the Cheslies," killed 
 two men in a canoe upon the river, captured an old Irishman and 
 a 3 7 oung man, both of whom escaped in a few weeks by the help 
 of a friendly Indian. Three Indians, viz., John Sampson, Crom- 
 wel and John Linde, waylaid Goodman Robinson and his son, of 
 Exeter, on their way to Hampton, and killed the father, the 
 young man escaping to Hampton. These same Indians captured 
 Charles Randlet, of Exeter, who soon after escaped. The house 
 of Richard Tozer at Salmon Falls, wherein were fifteen women 
 and children, was attacked by two Indians, " Andrew " and 
 " Hope-Hood," but was valiantly defended by a young woman, 
 who held fast the door till all the others escaped, and till it was 
 hewn in pieces by the Indians, who then entering, struck her 
 down, leaving her for dead, while they followed the others to the 
 next house, which, being better fortified, the Indians did not 
 attack. Two children were captured who were of this company, 
 and could not keep up with the others ; one of three years 
 was killed, the other of seven was carried into captivity, but 
 afterwards was returned. The brave girl who defended the 
 house revived after the Indians left her, and escaped to her 
 friends and was restored to perfect health ; and it is to be 
 regretted that Mr. Hubbard, who relates this, did not record the 
 name of the heroine, as he doubtless could have easily done. 
 
WAR AT THE EASTWARD. 297 
 
 Small parties prowled in the woods in every direction, burning 
 and shooting. Six more houses were burned at Oyster River, 
 and William Roberts and his son-in-law were killed. Under 
 these provocations the English were goaded almost to despera 
 tion, and yet, if they drew out in force to pursue, the Indians 
 easily escaped to the woods and could not be overtaken. Several 
 parties of volunteers went out from the garrisons in pursuit, but 
 without avail, except that one party discovered five Indians, 
 three gathering corn in a field, while two were building a fire to 
 roast it. Two of the English crept up to these latter, and sud 
 denly rushing to close quarters killed them both, knocking them 
 on the head with the butts of their muskets. The rest escaped. 
 
 Capt. John Wincoll, who lived at Berwick, seems to have been 
 in active service under Major Walderne, and was absent upon 
 some service when his house and barn, with several of his 
 neighbors buildings, were burned by the Indians. It is possible 
 that he was with Major Walderne at the Eastward when this took 
 place. The following letter takes us further to the Eastward, 
 and gives a glimpse of what was going on there, while towns 
 upon the Connecticut were battling for life with the allies of 
 Philip. 
 
 Douer 25 th September 1675 
 Much Hon rd 
 
 My Absence from home (being this Week at Eastw rd ) hath Ocation d 
 yo r hearing nothing from mee Soe long but being Just now returned 
 this evening thought it my Duty w th all expedition to giue Ace" of the 
 state of y c Place Since I sent away Cap Dauis w th about 50 men at 
 y c enemies ffirst Assault of those places (haueing ffurther Information 
 of their killing & Burning) According to yo r direction raised a p ty of 
 Souldiers out of Douer and Portsmo th & w 01 an Addition of Some from 
 Kittery I did my selfe Aduance eastw d for y e ffurther Succour of those 
 places but before I came Soe ffarr as Sawco Capt Dauis being gone to 
 Falm th where the first damage was done by the enemy I had Aduice of 
 y e enemies Marching Westward ffalling upon Scarbrough & Sawco 
 killing and burning on Saturday and Sabbath day last at Scarbrough 
 they killed an old man and Woman & burnt their house & at M r Fox- 
 wells two young men were killed being att y c barn about y r Cattle The 
 enemy y n Aduanced tow d9 Sawco riuer w ch is nott aboue 4 miles distant 
 from y Part of Scarbrough & there fell to burning of houses y e People 
 before haueing Intelligence ffrom an Indian called Scossaway of y e time 
 w n they Would come deserted their houses most of y m repairing to 
 Maj r Pendletons but M r Bonighten & some other ffamilies to Maj r 
 Phillips on Saturday Morning y e Indians rifled and burnt Seuerall houses 
 ou y e north Side y e riuer & among w ch M r Bonightens was one he being 
 the night before fled to Maj r Phillips while said houses were burning a 
 pty of y m Judged about 36 Ind 08 came ouer y e riuer in english canooes 
 & w n come Ashore cutt holes in y m and turned y" 1 Adrift but all this 
 time finding noe men they went to Maj r Phillips Saw mill & 1" Set it 
 goeing then on fire & burnt it & afterwards did y e like to his corn mill 
 it being Judged to be their design thereby to draw y m out of y e house, 
 
298 KING PHILIP S WAK. 
 
 and soe to Surprise both y m & itt but Maj r Phillips being fforwarned 
 of their coming made Some Small defense about his house haueing w th 
 him of his own ffamilies & neighbors to y e number of 15 men besides 
 women & Children in all about 50 the bushes being thick within shott 
 of his house could not att ffirst See an Ind n but one of y e men Per- 
 ceiueing a Stirring Among y e ffearnes Maj r Phillips looked out of his 
 Chamber Window y l Way and ffrom y nce was Imediately shott att 
 and slightly Wounded in y e should 1 " (2 more were alsoe Wounded 
 Afterwar d y* being all the harm done there) Afterw ds y e Shott came 
 thick w ch was Accordingly Answered ffrom within Butt noe Indians as 
 yet apeared but onely Creeping deckt with ffearns and boughs till 
 some time after they gott a p r of old truck wheels and ffitted y m up w th 
 boards and Slabs ffor a barricadoe to Safe guard y e Driuers thereby 
 Endeavouring to burn y e house haueing prepared combustible matter 
 as birch rinds pitchwood Turpentine and powd r ffor y l end but they in 
 y e house pceiueing their Intention Plyed their shott against itt and 
 ffound Afterw d8 their shott went through A little before they Came at 
 y e house there was a little wett ground into w ch y e Wheels Sunk and y 
 obstructed their driueing it fforw d they Endeauouring to gett it out of 
 y e dirt again by turning a little on one Side thereby layeing y m selues 
 open to y m in y e house w ch oportunity they improued & made y m quitt 
 their work and ffly but Continued fireing at y e house all night till Sabbath 
 day morning about 9 a clock and then they saw y e Indians at a distance 
 March away they Judged between 20 & 30 & some of y m w th 2 guns 
 but before they went they set fire on a little out house & in itt burnt 
 seuerall hogs Since w** Maj r Phillips is remoued down to Winter harbour 
 to Maj r Pendletons where I found him After this y e Same or another 
 Party of Indians went to Scarbrough to a Place called Dunstan where 
 L Alger being abroad w th 6 men more well arm d being about their 
 Ocations mett 14 Ind ns compleat in Armes in 2 ranks He retreating a 
 little towar d8 his house y e Ind n " Aduanced and ffollowed whereupon he 
 faced y m y e 1 st rank of y e Ind n " fired & orderly fell in y e rear of y e 
 others Lt Alger w th his 6 men fired & Primed they Struck some of y m 
 whereupon they Imediately ffled they being at a Considerable Distance 
 none of y m Rec d any harm but notw th standing all this neither my Selfe 
 nor Cap Dauis nor any pty I sent out tho I had y" in those pts 120 
 souldiers could euer see an Ind an Therefore Considering y e Weaknesse 
 I left our pts in nearer homew d by takeing soe many thence & the little 
 hopes wee had of meeting w tu y e enemy who As soon as euer they dis- 
 couered a pty of Souldiers in one place fled to another & by Reason of 
 y e Vast Inconueniences Attending a March in y 1 Country ocationed by 
 many riuers Marshes &c. I thought it most prudente to Contract y e 
 people into as small a Compasse as may be in those towns & there 
 make some fortifications to defend y m selves haueing left about 60 
 Souldiers in garrison at Sawco Scarbrough and Falm th ffor y e defence 
 of those places & ffor their help in gathering their corn & Secureing 
 their prouitions bringing y e Remaining forces back w th mee to their 
 seuerall towns again haueing likewise ordered Wells York & Kittery to 
 garrison y m selues for y r own defence y e Distractions of those places by 
 Reason of psons being fforced to fforsake y r Plantations & leaue their 
 Corn & Cattle to y e enemy doth portend Ineuitable want &c to ensue 
 unlesse god by his extraordinary prouidence doe preuent their case 
 
PENXACOOKS AND PEQUAKETS. 299 
 
 being Considered beg yo r Thoughts & direction aboutt it w ch w n Rec d 
 shall be readily Attended by 
 
 Hon rd s r yo r Humble Seru" RICHARD WALDERNE 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 67, p. 26-7. 
 
 The above letter of Major Walderne sufficiently explains the 
 situation of affairs at the Eastward. The entire population with 
 drew into their fortified houses, which were garrisoned as well as 
 possible with the inhabitants of the towns, Major Walderne hold 
 ing a small reserve force at Portsmouth and Dover to assist 
 whenever one settlement was more threatened than another. 
 The great tribes which confronted the Eastward settlements and 
 had the controlling influence in -the war in these parts were the 
 Ammoscoggins, who lived upon what is now called the Andros- 
 coggin River ; the Pequakets, whose chief rendezvous was at the 
 head waters of the Saco in the present town of Fryeburg ; the 
 Ossipees, near the lake of that name ; the Pennacooks, who held 
 a large tract of country in the vicinity of Concord, N.H. These 
 larger tribes had gathered the remnants of several once powerful 
 tribes which had held the lands along the coast from Kennebec to 
 the Piscataqua, but which had been almost annihilated by the inter 
 nal wars which raged after the overthrow of the great " Bashaba," 
 who had lived on the Penobscot, and had held all these eastern 
 tribes in subjection. In the struggle for supremacy which suc 
 ceeded, a great part of the fighting men in all the tribes were 
 destroyed. This was at its height when Sir Richard Hawkins 
 visited the coast in 1615. A great plague followed this war, 
 which nearly depopulated the whole region along the shores 
 before the Pilgrims came to Plymouth in 1620. The Ammos 
 coggins and Pequakets were hostile to the English, and it was 
 their depredations, assisted by the restless tribes on the Kennebec 
 and beyond, that so troubled this eastern frontier in the war of 
 1675-7. 
 
 The Pennacooks had always been peaceful towards the English 
 since the first settlement. Passaconoway was their chief at the 
 earliest mention we have of them, and was still alive and active 
 for the welfare of his tribe in 1663, though at great age, for it 
 was probably about this time that Major Gookin saw him (as he 
 writes in 1677) " alive at Pawtucket when he was about a hun 
 dred and twenty years old." He seems to have been a chief of 
 remarkable ability and wisdom, and had some sort of dominion 
 over many tribes, and there is some evidence that he bore the 
 sway of a " Bashaba," or Great Sagamore. He was reputed by 
 the Indians to be a great " Powow " and to possess supernatural 
 powers, and was held to be a " sorcerer " by the English, and 
 doubtless had some arts of the juggler by which he gained this 
 renown. 
 
 He had several sons and daughters, one of whom married Win- 
 
300 KING PHILIP S 
 
 nepurkitt, sachem of Saugus, whom the English called George 
 Rumneymarsh, upon the story of whose marriage, found in Mor 
 ton s " New Canaan," the poet Whittier based the legend of his 
 poem, "The Bridal of Pennacook." There is evidence that 
 another of his daughters married "Numphow," ruler of the 
 Wamesits and father of " Sam 11 Numphow." 
 
 A petition to the General Court, October 10, 1665, shows the 
 names of those who petitioned several years before for permission 
 " to redeeme our pore brother and cuntryman" "out of prison 
 and bondage, whose Name is Nanamocomuck the eldest son of 
 Passaconewa." He is said to have gone to the Ammoscoggins 
 soon after, and it is probable that he died there. The celebrated 
 Kankamagus was, it is supposed, his son, and was sachem of the 
 Pennacooks after Wannalancet retired ; he will be mentioned 
 later on. The English called him John Hogkins. 
 
 It is said that near the close of his life Passaconaway called 
 his people together and gave them his farewell charge, recount 
 ing his own early struggles against the English, which had proved 
 in vain, and, showing the steady increase of the white people 
 everywhere in spite of all opposition, he urged upon them their 
 only safe policy, peaceful submission to and friendship with the 
 English. 
 
 Upon Wannalancet s succession to his father s title and station, 
 he kept faith with the English as his father had done and advised, 
 and notwithstanding the many wrongs and provocations received 
 by his people, and the urgent appeals of hostile tribes, he 
 remained true, and was held in high esteem by the authorities of 
 the colony. It is probable, however, that most of the power 
 of his father over other tribes fell away from him, for he seems to 
 have had little influence with the Ammoscoggins or Pequakets 
 when war was once begun. 
 
 When he saw that it was to become a general war, and foresaw 
 that, remaining in the vicinity of the English settlements, his 
 people could hardly fail to be drawn into some active participa 
 tion in it, either for or against the English, he prudently with 
 drew to safe retreats whenever the hostile forces approached his 
 country ; and he displayed not only prudence, but, in the case 
 when Capt. Mosely marched to Pennacook and burnt his village 
 and destroyed the property and stored food of his people, great 
 patience and power ; for he restrained his warriors, who pressed 
 him earnestly for permission to ambush and cut off Mosely s 
 company, which they were in capacity, both of numbers and 
 opportunity, to do. 
 
 To the friendly intercourse which Dover kept up with Wan 
 nalancet was due, probably in some measure, its immunity from 
 repeated assults. The Wamesits, living at what is now Lowell, 
 formerly Chelmsford, were under the supervision of Lieut. Rich 
 ardson of that town, and were a quiet, reputable " praying 
 
SQUANDO OF SACO. 301 
 
 village " under the immediate rule of " Numphow," who, as has 
 been intimated, was probably the brother-in-law of Wannalancet. 
 These Indians suffered a great outrage at the hands of some 
 English Indian-haters, who upon the burning of a barn of Lieut. 
 Richardson at Chelmsford by some skulking hostile Indians, im 
 mediately and without authority assaulted these helpless Wame- 
 sits, wounding five women and children, and killing outright a 
 lad, wounding his mother, daughter of Sagamore John and widow 
 of another sagamore, " Tohatoonee," a tried friend of the English. 
 Numphow, with his praying village, fled to Pennacook to Wanna 
 lancet, and wrote to Lieut. Henchman, commanding at Chelmsford 
 garrison, a letter explaining their flight. 
 
 It was by such outrages as these that those Indians who 
 inclined to peace were alienated, and those already inclined to 
 war embittered, and many of the young men of the Wamesits 
 undoubtedly joined the hostile Indians, and passed to the East 
 ward to swell the ranks and increase the efficiency of those bands 
 of Ammoscoggins and Pequakets, who, with the "strange 
 Indians " from the Nipmucks and western tribes, were carrying 
 destruction to the Eastward settlements. The Indians were said 
 to be led in general by " Squando," sagamore of Saco, formerly 
 a great friend of the English, but, outraged by the treatment of 
 his wife and child by some English sailors, became filled with 
 vengeful hatred towards all the English. These sailors, it is said, 
 seeking to test the common report that Indian children could 
 swim naturally, like the young of beasts, maliciously upset the 
 canoe containing the woman and child; the child sank in the 
 river, but the mother diving to the bottom saved it, which, how 
 ever, soon after dying, its death was imputed to this treatment. 
 Squando was said to be a great powow or wizard, and was 
 probably the most influential chief from the Penobscot to the 
 Piscataqua. It was not Philip s, but his own war that he was 
 fighting against these eastern settlements. Major Walderne s 
 letter and Gen. Denison s appeals seem to have moved the United 
 Commissioners to the following action : 
 
 Boston Octob: 1 st 1675 
 
 The Commissioners understanding that the Inhabitants of Pasca- 
 taque, and so Eastward, are under great Distress, by Reason of the 
 Rage of the Common Enemy, Doe commend it to the honourable Gov 
 ernor and Councill of the Mattachusets, that some present Releife may 
 be sent unto them according to the present Exigent ; the charges 
 whereof shall be allowed in the general Account of the Colouyes. 
 
 THOMAS DANFORTH, Presid . 
 In the name and by the order of the Commissioners. 
 
 As the people gathered more and more into the garrisons, the 
 Indians gathered into larger bodies, with the evident design to 
 reduce these garrisons one by one, while they warily watched to 
 
302 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 cut off all stragglers who attempted to pass from one to another. 
 October 7th was observed as a day of public humiliation, and on 
 that day three men were killed near Newichewannock, and soon 
 after a garrison was assaulted and an old man named Beard was 
 killed just outside the house, and other houses were burnt. On 
 October 16th a large body of Indians, said to be a hundred, 
 gathered towards the settlement of Salmon Falls, and surprising 
 Richard Tozer at his house half a mile from the garrison, killed 
 him and captured his son. Lieut. Roger Plaisted, who was in 
 command at the garrison, hearing the guns of this attack, imme 
 diately sent seven men to find out the cause, when they were 
 ambushed, and two or three were killed, and the others barely 
 escaped back to their garrison. Lieut. Plaisted at once despatched 
 a messenger with the following letter to Major Walderne, which 
 Mr. Hubbard, believing it to have been " the last Time that ever 
 that good and useful Man set Pen to Paper," inserted in his 
 history, and probably obtained the letter for that purpose from 
 Major Walderne. 
 
 Salmon Falls October 16, 1675. 
 
 Mr. Richard Waldern and Lieut. Coffin, These are to inform you, 
 that just now the Indians are engaging us with at least one hundred 
 Men, and have slain four of our men already, Richard Tozer, James 
 Barney, Isaack Bottes, and Tozer s son and burnt Benoni Hodsden s 
 House ; Sir, if ever you have any love for us, and the Country, now 
 shew yourself with Men to help us, or else we are all in great Danger 
 to be slain, unless our God wonderfully appear for our Deliverance. 
 They that cannot fight, let them pray ; Nought else, but I rest, 
 Yours to serve you 
 
 Signed by ROGER PLAISTED, 
 
 GEOKGE BROUGHTON. 
 
 Major Walderne was in no condition now to weaken his own 
 garrisons, and had not the valor of Lieut. Plaisted outrun his 
 discretion, his garrison as well as himself and family would have 
 been safe in their defence ; but venturing out with an ox-team 
 guarded by twenty men, to bring in their dead for burial, they 
 fell into an ambush after they had recovered the body of Tozer, 
 and had returned to the swamp near the garrison where the others 
 lay dead. It was the old story, a total surprise, a brave but vain 
 defence, a sullen retreat, and Lieut. Plaisted with his sons, bravely 
 covering the retreat, was surrounded and overwhelmed, but with 
 proud defiance choosing death rather than capture, was at last 
 overpowered by numbers and slain. His eldest son was also 
 killed in this retreat, and another younger son wounded so that 
 he died within a few weeks. The desperate fighting of the Plais- 
 teds probably cost the Indians quite dearly, as they did not appear 
 the next day when Capt. Charles Frost came up from his garri 
 son at Sturgeon Creek (now Eliot, Me.) and buried the dead. 
 Within a few weeks, however, they returned and began depreda- 
 
OPERATIONS IN YORK COUNTY. 303 
 
 tions in the same places, and ventured as far as Sturgeon Creek, 
 where Capt. Frost had relaxed his vigilance and was working on 
 his farm near his house, in which it is probable his boys were set 
 to watch. The Indians crept up and fired a volley at him before 
 he was aware of their presence ; but he escaped unharmed to his 
 own house, where he began to issue orders in a loud voice as 
 though he had a large company of soldiers, which so frightened 
 the Indians that they passed on and left him unmolested, though 
 his entire force was but three boys, possibly his sons. The Indians 
 then passed down on the Kittery side of the river, killed one man 
 and burnt his house, " just over against Portsmouth ; " but when 
 a small cannon was fired thence and the shot fell not far from 
 them, they were so frightened thereat that they fled, leaving 
 much of their plunder. They were pursued by the English at 
 this time and tracked far into the woods by means of a light snow, 
 but finally escaped into a swamp. This latter service was prob 
 ably under the direction of Major Walderne, although we have 
 no record of its details. For some time after this they continued 
 to harass the settlements, but near the end of November, when it 
 is said that they had killed or captured one hundred and fifty 
 people from the Kennebec to the Piscataqua, they withdrew to 
 their winter quarters, mostly at Ossipee and Pequaket. Gen. 
 Denison designed, and had given orders to the officers in those 
 parts to draw out all available men in their command to pursue 
 the enemy to their homes and there attack and destroy them. 
 This design fell through on account of the early and severe set 
 ting in of winter and the lack of proper snow-shoes in sufficient 
 numbers. But the fierceness of the season, and the unusual num 
 bers huddled together, with the probable neglect to secure their 
 usual supply of food from harvests, hunting and fishing, so pinched 
 them by famine, that they were forced to attempt a reconciliation, 
 and came to Major Walderne and expressed sorrow for all the evil 
 that had been done, and with him concluded a treaty 1 of peace, 
 early in January, which remained unbroken until August, 1676. 
 Before June, 1676, the southern Indians, scattered and pursued 
 from their tribes and homes, and fearing extermination, had 
 hidden themselves amongst these Eastern Indians, and hoped to 
 escape thus the vengeance of the English. In the mean time the 
 Eastern tribes themselves, through the mediation of Wannalancet 
 and Major Walderne, were trying in various ways to atone for 
 past crimes. June 3, 1676, Wannalancet came in with several 
 others of his sachems and brought some English captives, and 
 also the Indians who had been engaged in the killing of Thomas 
 Kembal of Bradford, a month before, and the capture of his 
 family. This Indian was called " Symon " in the petition of 
 Kembal s widow for redress, August 1, 1676. Two others were 
 taken and delivered up at this time, " Andrew " who was implicated 
 
 1 See Council Minutes. Maes. Archives, vol. 68, p. 122. 
 
304 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 with Symon, and Peter, engaged in another crime ; these were 
 delivered by Wannalancet and his chiefs, and the captives, among 
 them Kembal s family, were offered as a token of their repentance 
 and as an atonement for their crime. But our magistrates, a 
 little doubtful that the price was sufficient, threw these three 
 Indians into prison at Dover for the time, from which they soon 
 escaped, and going to the Eastward joined the Kennebec and 
 Ammoscoggins in the renewed hostilities later on. 
 The following is the treaty of July 3d, 1676 : 
 
 Pascataqua River, Cochecho 3: July [1676]- 
 
 At a meeting of y e Committee appointed by y e Hono rd Gen 1 Court for 
 to treat y e Indians of the Eastern Parts in order for y e procuring an 
 Hon ble Peace with them, Wee w th y e mutuall consent of y e Sagamores 
 Underwritten in behalfe of themselves & the Men Indians belonging 
 to them being about 300 in Number, have agreed as followeth : 
 
 l ly That hence forwards none of y e said Indians shall offer any 
 Violence to y e persons of any English, nor doe any Damage to theyr 
 Estates in any kind whatsoever. And if any Indian or Indians shall 
 offend herein they shall bring or cause to bee brought y e offender to 
 some English authority, there to be prosecuted by y e English Lawes 
 according to y e Nature of y e Offence. 
 
 2 ly That none of said Indians shall entertain at any Time any of 
 our Enemies, but shall give psent notice to y e Comittee when any come 
 among them, Ingaging to goe forth w th y e English against them (if 
 desired) in order to y e seizing of them. And if any of s d Indians 
 shall themselves at any time bring such o r Enemies unto us, they shall 
 for their Reward have 3, for each they shall so bring in. 
 
 3 Iy The Indians performing on theyr part, as is before expressed, 
 wee y e Committee doe ingage in y e behalfe of y e English not to offer 
 any Violence to any of their persons or estates, and if any injury be 
 offered to said Indians by any English, they complaini ng to Authority, 
 y e offender shall be prosecuted by English Lawes according to y e nature 
 of y e offence. In witnes to each & all y e pmises we have mutually 
 shaken hands and subscribed o r Names. 
 
 The mark -j- WANNALANSET l Sagam r 
 ( Richard Walderu The mark -f- SAMPSON ABOQUACEMOKA 
 Committee < Nic: Shapleigh The mark -(- Mr. W M Sagamore 
 
 ( Tho: Daniel The mark 
 
 SQUANDO, Sagamore 
 
 The mark -f- DONY 
 
 The mark -f- SEROGUMBA 
 
 SAM LL NUMPHOW 
 The mark -{- WAROCKOMEE 
 Mass. Arch., vol. 30, p. 206. 
 
 It is not known how much influence the captive Indians, who 
 
 1 Each of these made his own mark before his name, which waa written by a clerk. The orig 
 inal paper is preserved in Mass. Archives, vol. 30. Of the Indians here signing, except Wanna- 
 lanset and Squando, not much is known. Sampson is supposed to have been from the East as far 
 as Kennebec. Mr. W m Sagamore was probably a teacher of the " Praying Indians." Dony was 
 of the Ammoscoggins ; Seroguniba perhaps of the Ossipees, and Warockomee of the Pequakets, 
 though the assignment of these two last is scarcely more than a guess. Sam 11 Numphow was a 
 ruler of the Watnesits, a Christian Indian. 
 
THE " CONTRIVEMENT " AT DOVER. 305 
 
 escaped from Dover, exercised on the Kennebec Indians in the 
 renewal of hostilities, but it is certain that " Simon " was at the 
 head of those who struck the first blow at Casco (now Portland, 
 Me.), in which attack the Brackets and others to the number of 
 thirty-four were killed or captured. And this party immediately 
 after joined those who had surprised Arrowsick and the settle 
 ments adjoining ; and subsequent events showed that both parties 
 were acting in conjunction. 
 
 These hostilities were renewed August llth, 1676, a little more 
 than a month after the treaty at Cocheco, which had included all 
 the tribes as far as the Kennebec. None of the tribes whose 
 representatives signed that treaty were implicated in these attacks 
 upon Casco and Arrowsick, and therefore considered themselves 
 upon a peace footing ; so that, when at the beginning of Septem 
 ber some four hundred of these, the men of the tribes, came in to 
 Major Walderne s at Dover, under the leadership of Wannalancet, 
 it was, perhaps, to prove themselves not engaged in the hostilities 
 at the eastward, since they were present now with the Penna- 
 cooks and the others who had kept the peace since the winter 
 before. It was known, however, to the General Court that many 
 of the Indians of the south and west who had been engaged with 
 Philip formerly had now found a retreat with these peaceful 
 tribes. It is not probable that Wannalancet and his chiefs under 
 stood the treaty to impose upon them the duty of investigating 
 the previous career of those Indians who might wish to join them 
 selves to his tribe, nor to have considered themselves responsible 
 for hostile acts done at Narraganset or on the Connecticut River. 
 But the authorities determined upon the immediate suppression 
 of these Eastern Indians, and sent Capts. Sill and Hathorne, as 
 related in a previous chapter, with two companies and full com 
 mission to " kill and destroy " all hostile Indians wherever found. 
 These companies, as above related, came to Dover in September, 
 and there found the great gathering of Indians at Major Wal 
 derne s house. I have not found anywhere any attempt at an 
 explanation of the presence of so many Indians at Dover, other 
 than that which has been intimated above. It was known to all 
 the Indians that the English had made overtures to the Mohawks 
 to make war upon the Eastern and other hostile Indians. The 
 Mohawks were regarded by all the Indians of the New England 
 colonies with a dread which was almost insane ; there seems to 
 have been no thought of resistance to these dreaded foes. Many 
 tribes and remnants of tribes began to sue for terms of peace ; and 
 a general proclamation was issued about this time in answer : 
 
 That treacherous Persons who began the War and those that have 
 been barbourously bloody must not expect to have their lives spared ; 
 but others that have been drawn into the War, and acting only as 
 Souldiers, submitting to be without Arms, and to live quietly and 
 peaceably for the Future, shall have their Lives spared. 
 
306 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 A contemporary writer of a pamphlet (written in Boston and 
 published in London, 1676), who signs himself " R. H. " (perhaps 
 Richard Hutchinson), and gives a " True Account of the most con 
 siderable occurrences " in the war, from May 5th to August 4th, 
 1676, publishes the above decree of the Council, and evidently 
 confounds the treaty of July 3d with the affair of September 7th ; 
 as he says, that " upon the 10th day of July there were about 300 
 Indians at the Eastward, that surrendered themselves to the Eng 
 lish and their sachems with them." He mentions Wannalancet 
 and Squando, and says the dread of the Mohawks drove them in. 
 He says nothing of a "sham-fight," or of a capture. Mr. Hub- 
 bard is silent as to the "sham-fight; " but says that the Indians, 
 " hoping to shrowd themselves under the Wings of some honester 
 Indians about Quechecho, under Pretence of a Declaration sent 
 out by the Governour and Council of the Massachusetts in July 
 last ; " and in this mention relates that our forces under Capts. 
 Hathorne and Sill, with the help of Major Walderne and Capt. 
 Frost, and others residing in those parts " being then in Readi 
 ness," separated the vile and wicked from the rest and sent them 
 down to the Governour at Boston. And in the other mention, 
 in the account of the war with these Eastern Indians, he says 
 that these officers mentioned above mutually agree to seize upon 
 all those Indians that were gathered " about Major Waldern s 
 Dwelling in Quechecho," and that " the contrivement suc 
 ceeded." 
 
 Lacking proof contrary, it would seem that the Indians were 
 gathered, through the influence of Major Walderne and Wanna 
 lancet, to accept the terms of the General Court s proclamation 
 of amnesty. The forcible capture of four hundred Indians even 
 by the stratagem of a sham-fight seems highly improbable ; and 
 it is far likelier that the surrender was full and entirely peaceful, 
 while the separation of the bad from the good was made after all 
 were quietly surrounded by the English, possibly under the pre 
 tence of a " training." Mr. Belknap, the eminent historian of 
 New Hampshire, many years minister at Dover, gives some detail 
 of the sham-fight, and says that Major Walderne planned tin s 
 method to secure the " bad " Indians without bloodshed. The 
 Indians were set on one side the field and the English on the 
 other, and after considerable manoeuvring, the Indians were in 
 duced to fire the first volley, after which the four companies of 
 Walderne, Sill, Hathorne, Frost, and probably Capt. Hunting s 
 company of friendly Indians, surrounded and disarmed them. 
 Whatever the method, it is certain that the Indians captured on 
 September 6th, to the number of some two hundred, were sent 
 down to Boston in vessels. September 10th a letter was sent 
 by Major Walderne, Nicholas Shapleigh and Thomas Daniel, 
 containing some explanations in regard to the prisoners and the 
 charges against certain of them. The following is the letter: 
 
THE CAPTIVE INDIANS. 307 
 
 Dover, 10 th Septemb r 1676 
 Much Hon d 
 
 The Ind ns being now on board & Comeing towards you Wee y 
 have been Soe far Improv d about y m Thought it Convenient to Inform 
 how ffar they have kept the Pease made with us & who of those are 
 Concerned therein viz 1 Penicooks Wouolausets Waymesits & Piscataq 
 Ind us there being not any belonging further Eastw d come in nor any 
 other of those belonging to y e South Side of Mirimack ever Included 
 in our Pease ; those of y m y had made y e Pease comeing in to Comply 
 w 01 y the others to get Shelter under y m but y 1 they should be all 
 treated alike as here they were wee humbly Conceived no Reason wee 
 not being able to Charge those that had made y e Pease w tu any breach 
 of Articles Save only y 1 of entertaining our Southern Enemies but by 
 y meanes wee came to Surprise Soe many of y m There are Several of 
 Piscataq Ind ns here who before y e Pease had been very Active Against 
 us but since have lived quietly & Attended Order but yo r Pleasures 
 being to have all sent down to determine their Case at Boston, hath 
 been Attended keeping here about 10 young men of y m to Serve in y e 
 Army with their families & Some old men and theirs with Wonolansets 
 Relations. Yesterday came in 2 Squawes informing y 1 one eyed Jn & 
 Jethro were designing y e Surprizing of Canonicus & bringing in desire- 
 ing Some of our old Men to come to Advise with him about it. I 
 forthwith sent out there to further y e design. Wee have information 
 from Jewels Island y the former newes is not Soe bad being not above 
 10 in all killed and wounded being unexpectedly surprised If y r be 
 Any obstruction in y e ffurther Prosecution of y e enemy now by y e 
 Army, our People will quickly desert their Country, Shall Add no more 
 at P r sent but Remain in much Hon r Yo r Humble Serv nts 
 
 RICHARD WALDERN 
 NIC: SHAPLEIGH 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 30, p. 218. THO: DANIEL 
 
 This letter shows that orders had come from the Council for 
 all the Indians taken to be sent to Boston. There is no doubt 
 that very many of those sent down considered themselves, 
 and were considered by the above committee, as having accepted 
 and fulfilled the terms of peace agreed upon in the treaty with 
 Major Walderne the winter before. The Pennacooks and 
 the Wamesits were the only tribes mentioned as included in 
 the treaty, south of the Merrimac. It is evident that some 
 of the " Praying " Indians were sent down also, as we find Mr. 
 Eliot and Major Gookin at once advocating their cause and the 
 claims of those who had accepted the terms of the treaty and 
 supposed it covered and condoned past offences. 
 
 A good view of the condition of affairs at this Eastern part, 
 where the war was now being waged, is gained from this 
 letter from the chief citizens of " Northfolk and Yorkshire " 
 Counties. 
 
308 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Portsm : 19: 8 br : 1676 
 Much Hon rd 
 
 Being upon occasion of y e Alarms lately rec d fro y e Enemy mett 
 togeth r at Portsm thought meet to give yo r Hon rs our sense of Matt in 
 y 8 p of y e Country in y e best Mann r y upon y e place in y e p r sent Hurry 
 we are able to get. How things are now at Wells & York wee know 
 not, but p r sume yo r selves will be informed ere y 8 comes to yo r hand p 
 ye Post sent fro: y e Comand r in cheefe w ch (as wee understand) went 
 thro, y 9 Towne y 8 Morning. Only thus m 011 we have learnt y y e Enemy 
 is Numerous & about those p t3 , having carried all clear before him so 
 far as Wells. That hee is pceeding towards us & so on toward yo r 
 Selves y e Enemy intimates & y 6 thing itself speaks. What is meet to 
 be now don is w th yo r selves to say rather than for us to suggest, how 
 ever being so deeply and nextly concerned humbly crave leave to offer 
 to Consider whether y e securing of what is left bee not o r next Work 
 rather than -y e Attempting to regain what is lost unless there were 
 strength enough to doe both. It seemes little available to endeavor 
 ought in y e More Eastern places y are already conquered unless there 
 bee several Garrisons made & kept with provision & Amunition & what 
 may be suitable for a Recruit upon all Occasions, w ch to do (at least y s 
 Winter) cannot say y y e profit will make amends for y e charge. Sure 
 wee are y o r selves (y 1 is y e County of Northfolk with Dover & Portsm ) 
 are so far from being capeable of Spareing any fforces for y 1 Expedi 
 tion y 1 we find o r selves so thinned and weakened by those y are out 
 already y there is nothing but y e singular Providence of God hath pre 
 vented our being utterly run down. The Enemy observes o r motions 
 & knows o r strength (weaknes rather) bett y n wee are willing hee 
 should & pbably had been with us ere this had not y e Highest Power 
 overruled him. And that Haver-hill, Extt r , &c. are in like P r dicam 
 w th Dover, &c. seems apparent, & hence as uucapeable of spareing 
 Men. In true [sic] there is an Army out in Yorkshire w ch will doubtle 8 
 doe what may be done, yet there is room enough for y e Enemy to slipp 
 by them unobserved & if so what a Condition we are in is evident. 
 Our own men are not enough to maintain o r own places if any Assault 
 be made & yet many of o" are now on the other side of the Pascataq r 
 River. Wee expect an Onsett in one place or other every day, & can 
 expect no Reliefe fro those that are so far fro home. If it should bee 
 thought meet y 1 all y e Men y are come to us & other parts of y s Juris 
 diction from y e deserted & conquered Eastern Country should be 
 ordered to y e Places y are left on theyr own side of y e River, y so o" 
 may be recalled to theyr severall towns, it might possibly bee not una 
 vailable to ye Ends ; Especially if w th all some Indians might be ordered 
 to these parts to bee upon a perpetuall scout fro place to place. 
 We design not a lessening or discotiragm of y c Army who rather need 
 strengthening & Incouragm , for we verily think y if by y c Good Hand 
 of Providence y e Army had not been there all y e Parts on y e other side 
 of y e River had been possest by the Enemy & perhaps o r selves too ere 
 y s Time. But what we aim at is that o r selves also may be put into 
 Capacity to defend o r selves. Wee are apt to fear we have been too 
 bold with your Honors, but wee are sure our Intentions are good, & 
 o r Condition very bud except y e Lord of Hosts appear for us speedily, 
 & wee would be found in y e Use of Meanes, commending o r case to him 
 
REPORT FROM THE EASTWARD TOWNS. 309 
 
 y is able to protect us and direct yo r selves in order thereunto, & 
 remain 
 
 M ch Hon d Yo r Humble Serv* 
 
 ROB T PIKE, RICHARD WALDERNE, 
 
 RICHARD MARTYN, JOHN CDTT, 
 
 W M VAUGHAN, THO: DANIEL. 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 69, p. 71. 
 
 A reference in Major Gookin s history of the "Praying 
 Indians " proves the intimation in the following letter that a sec 
 ond company of Indians was sent down, including those who 
 came in after the army had passed to the Eastward, and also that 
 Major Walderne himself went to Boston to assist in the " dis 
 posal," and sold some of them ; and probably Wannalancet and 
 his men, and the Wamesits, went with the Major, by the require 
 ment of the General Court. Major Gookin complains that some 
 of his most trusted praying Indians, and especially Sam Num- 
 phow, with difficulty cleared themselves from the accusations of 
 English who had been captives and swore against them, when, he 
 says, it is not easy to identify Indians under even the most favor 
 able conditions. 
 
 Cochecha, 2. 9 b8r 1676 
 Maj r Gookin, 
 
 Hon rd Sr. 
 
 I rec d yo of 25 th 8 ber concerning Some Ind ns w ch you Say it is 
 Alledged I promised life & liberty to ; time pmits mee not at p r sent to 
 inlarge but for Answer in Short yo u may Please to know I Promised 
 neither Peter Jethro nor any other of y comp a life or liberty it not 
 being in my Power to doe it ; all y I promised was to Peter Jethro 
 viz that if he would use his Endeavo r & be Instrumental ffor y e bring 
 ing in one eyed Jn &c. I would acquaint y e Gov r n r w th w service 
 he had done & Improve my Interest in his behalfe this I Acquainted 
 y e Hon rd Council w th if it had been their Pleasures to have Saved more 
 of y m it would not have troubled mee, as to y e Squaw 1 you Mention 
 belonging to one of Capt. Hunting s Souldiers, there was Such a one 
 left of y c first Great Cornp* of Ind n8 l Bt [sent] down w ch Capt. Hunting 
 desired might Stay here til himselfe & her husband Came back from 
 Eastw d w ch I consented to & how she came among y comp a I know not 
 I requiring none to goe ,y n to Boston but those that came in after y c 
 Armies departure neither Knew I a word of it at Boston w n I disposed 
 of y m soe twas her own fanlt in not Acquainting mee with it but if Said 
 Squaw be not sent of I shall be freely willing to reimburse those Gen 4 
 w they gave mee for her y she may be sett at liberty being wholy ino- 
 cent as to w 1 I me charged w" 1 1 intend ere long to be at Boston w n I 
 doubt not but shall give you full satisfaction thereabout. 
 
 I am S r yo r Humble Serv" RICHARD WALDERN. 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 30, p. 226. 
 
 1 The Indian woman referred to in Major Walderne sjletter was Mary Nemasit, wife of John, 
 who had been in the army with the English under Capt. Hunting during the summer, and now 
 comes armed with a letter from Major Gookin and demands his wife and child, who were in 
 Boston Prison, and had been bought by Messrs. Tho: Deane and James Whetcomb. Nov. 23d, 
 1676, the Council gives order to the prison-keeper to deliver the woman and child to her husband. 
 See Mass. Archives, vol. 30, p. 228. 
 
310 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAPv. 
 
 There is no doubt that the general voice of the colony highly 
 applauded the action of Major Walderne, and gave him the credit 
 of the capture, while Major Gookin questioned the method 
 sharply. 
 
 The following list of credits is all that appears in Hull s Treas 
 ury accounts ; and these men were those who served under him 
 personally, the others being credited under their respective 
 captains, and those after August 24th placed in a later journal 
 now lost. 
 
 Credited under Major Walderue. 
 
 January 25 1675 
 Lawrence Clinton 02 15 08 
 
 Joseph Pillsbery 01 12 06 
 Richard Jones 02 02 00 
 
 James Ford 
 
 02 15 00 
 
 Thomas Baker 02 02 00 
 
 William Delamore 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 John Smith 02 02 90 
 
 February 29, 
 Thomas Rowlinson 
 
 1675 
 02 02 00 
 
 Edward Fuller 02 02 00 
 March 24 th 1675-6 
 
 Joseph Fowler 
 Henry Ducker 
 Jeremiah Neale 
 
 03 12 00 
 03 12 00 
 01 13 09 
 
 Daniel Tenney 01 19 04 
 April 24 th 1676 
 Richard Freind 01 12 06 
 
 John Line 
 
 03 06 00 
 
 June 24 th 1676 
 
 Samuel Stanwood 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 Mark Hascall 02 14 00 
 
 Nathaniel Bray 
 George Cross 
 
 02 02 00 
 02 02 00 
 
 August 24 th 1676 
 Edmund Henfield 01 12 00 
 
 THE WINTER EXPEDITION OF MAJOR WALDERNE TO THE 
 
 EASTWARD. 
 
 In following the career of Major Walderne, it will be necessary 
 to pass over a detailed account of affairs at the Eastward, in 
 which, however, he bore no small part, being magistrate as well 
 as military commander of this quarter of the colony. All the 
 Eastern settlements were broken up, and the people who were 
 neither killed nor made captive fled to the Westward towns for 
 safety. Desolation lay over all, from Pemaquid as far as Wells. 
 Capt. Hathorne s forces availed but little except to keep the 
 Indians from any general gathering and organized attack. Small 
 parties of the enemy were scattered along the frontiers, ready to 
 fall upon any exposed settlement. The alarms, attacks and use 
 less pursuits were many ; till at last, about the middle of October, 
 the celebrated " Mog," or " Mugg," came in to Major Walderne 
 and announced himself as empowered to negotiate peace with the 
 English on behalf of " Madockawando and Cheberrina, Sachems 
 of Penobscot." Mog came to Boston under safe conduct from 
 the governor, and between Nov. 6th and 13th a treaty was con 
 cluded between the colony and the Eastward Indians, not includ 
 ing the " Ammoscoggins " and " Pequakets." During this time 
 Capt. Hathorne, upon information received of Mog, marched his 
 troops up to Ossipee, expecting to find there a large body of 
 
MAJOR WALDERNE VISITS MADOCKAWANDO. 311 
 
 Indians and English captives, but found nothing but the empty 
 fort, which they burnt, and returned to Berwick on November 
 9th. Upon the issue of the treaty the Council sent vessels to the 
 Penobscot with Mog, held as voluntary hostage, to act as agent 
 and interpreter. Madockawando was found and confirmed the 
 treaty made with Mog, and delivered the few prisoners which he 
 held. Mog himself was permitted to go up into the woods to 
 another plantation to persuade other Indians to join in the treaty, 
 and to bring in some captives which they held ; but not returning, 
 they supposed he was either killed or detained as prisoner by the 
 Indians, as he told them when he left them might be the result. 
 They waited more than a week, and then came home, arriving at 
 Boston December 25th, 1676. Nothing more was heard of the 
 captives at the Eastward or of Mog until January 5th, when one 
 Francis Card, a captive, escaped, and made his way to Blackpoint 
 and thence to Boston, where he made an interesting statement of 
 the condition of things at the Eastward ; told the story of his 
 escape, stated the location and strength of the enemy, putting 
 their entire fighting force at not above one hundred and fifty 
 fighting men ; he described the country and explained the best 
 places to land a force, and urged that an expedition be sent at 
 once before they removed higher up the river. The details of 
 all the matters referred to above are to be given in another 
 chapter. The statement made by Card, and especially his im 
 plication of Mog as a " Rogue " who came back among the 
 Indians, and laughed at the English and their " kinde Entertain 
 ment," and saying he had found a way to burn Boston, seems to 
 have renewed the determination of the Council to send an expe 
 dition immediately to attempt the recovery of their forts and the 
 captive English. Other things also moved them, such as the dis 
 covery that the Narraganset Indians were abroad in these East 
 ward parts, three being captured by Major Walderne s Indians 
 in the woods near Dover ; and when several of the chief men 
 about Portsmouth, etc., came to Boston advising the expedition, 
 it was determined, and Major Walderne was made commander-in- 
 chief. 
 
 The expedition consisted of two companies of sixty men from 
 Boston and Salem ; the first, sixty Natick Indians under Capt. 
 Samuel Hunting ; the second, sixty men under Lieut. Thomas 
 Fiske of Wenham, whose commission for this service is preserved 
 in the Massachusetts Archives, vol. 69, p. 106, and is dated Feb 
 ruary 5th, 1676. These sailed from Salem the first week in Feb 
 ruary, directly to Blackpoint, where Major Walderne met them 
 with the forces raised by him and Capt. Frost in their parts. The 
 Council gave Major Walderne instruction and commission as 
 follows : 
 
312 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Instructions for Major Rich. Walderne. 
 
 You shal repaire to Blacke point w th the 60 souldiers under capt. 
 frost that you are authorized by y e Council to raise in Dover Ports 
 mouth & yorkshire by y e 8 of feb r where you are to take under your 
 command the other forces from Boston & Salem under the command 
 of Capt. Hunting & Leiftenant Fiske & other sea officers, from whence 
 w th all expedition w th the advice of your commanders you shall advance 
 towards the enemy at Kinnebeck or elsewhere, & according to the pro 
 posed designe, endeavour w th all silence & secresy to surprize them in 
 their quarters wherein if it please God to succeed you, you shall do 
 your utmost endeavour to save and secure the English prisoners. If 
 you fail in this designe you shall assay by alle means in your power to 
 disturb & destroy the enemy unless you have such overtures from them 
 as may give some competent assurance that an honorable and safe 
 peace may be concluded with them wherein you must avoyd all trifling 
 & delayes & w" 1 all possible speed make despatch of the affaire not 
 trusting them without first delivery of all the Captives & vessels in 
 their hands. If you should in conclusion find it necessary to leave a 
 garrison in Kinnebeck, wee must leave it to your discretion. You 
 shall use utmost expedition as winds & other advantages will permit 
 lest y e season be lost and charges seem without profitt. 
 
 Praying God to be with you E. R. S. 
 
 24 Janu ry 1676 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 69, p. 101. 
 
 The commission of Major Walderne : 
 
 J. L. G. W" 1 the Consent of the Council. 
 To Major Richard Walden. 
 
 whereas you are apoynted Cor-in-chief of the forces Now to be 
 raised ag the enemy the pagans in the East for the assaulting them at 
 Kinnebeck, we have ordered the rendevous of the S d forces at Black 
 point the 8 r feb next doe hereby order & authorize you to take under 
 your command and conduct the S d forces w ch you are to require to 
 obey & attend your orders & Commands as their Commander-in-chief e 
 & you to leade conduct & order the S d forces for the best service of 
 the country against the Common enemy whom you are to endeavour to 
 surprize kill & destroy by all means in your power & al Com d", 
 Officers & soulders under you are required to yeild obedience to 
 endeavour to recover the English prisoners from out of their possession, 
 you are also to govern the forces under your Command according to 
 the laws enacted by the Gener a11 C to attend to all such orders & com 
 mands as you shall receive from time to time from the general Court 
 Councill or other Superior authority. 
 
 Given in Boston 29 jan, 1676. Past E. R. S. 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 69, p. 101. 
 
 A journal account of this expedition was kept by Major Wal 
 derne, which Mr. Hubbard published in his History, from the 
 original copy. Only an abstract can find place here. 
 
ON THE KENNEBEC. 313 
 
 On February 17th Major Walderne, with his whole command, 
 sailed from Blackpoint for " Portland." l On the east side of 
 Cape Elizabeth one of their scouts, John Pain (former keeper of 
 the Major s Pennacook truck-house, probably), appeared and re 
 ported the way clear of ice and Indians. They sailed across to 
 " Mary Point " (Mare-point), arriving late at night. On the 18th 
 the scouts found a birch canoe and the tracks of three Indians at 
 " Muckquet " (Maquoit). Just as the companies were drawn up 
 for the march, five canoes of Indians landed on an island opposite 
 (probably Birch Island) and signalled for a parley ; John Pain 
 was sent, and they promised to bring the captives in the morning. 
 Pain returned to the Indians, and " Simon," one of their leaders, 
 came as a hostage in his place, who being questioned by the 
 Major, declared that " Blind Will " stirred up late trouble ; that 
 they desired peace ; that Squando was over at the island and 
 would return the captives to Major Walderne. Squando was 
 summoned, and replied that he would meet the Major if he would 
 come half way alone in a canoe. Major Walderne refused, and 
 the Indian promised to come in the morning. On the 19th they 
 appeared in fourteen canoes. They landed upon a point where 
 there was a house which was set on fire, and their scouts seemed 
 to challenge our men to fight, upon which our troops marched 
 against them as secretly as possible, when they fled, but Capt. 
 Frost came upon their main body and had a sharp skirmish, kill 
 ing and wounding several without any loss to his own. But 
 anxious for the captives, the Major immediately hung out a flag 
 of truce, which was immediately answered with one by them. 
 John Pain and " Simon " therefore met and had an explanation 
 half way between the lines. The house was fired accidentally, 
 and their scouts did not mean to challenge ours, but hailed them 
 according to their custom ; said the captives were a great way off 
 and had not yet arrived, but promised them next day. On the 
 20th they were weather-bound. On the 21st they sailed for 
 Arrowsick. On the 22d they sailed up the river till stopped by 
 the ice, and then landed their forces about twelve miles from 
 Abbigadassit Fort, at which they arrived after a six-hours march, 
 and found the fort empty. On the 23d, at a council-of-war, it was 
 decided that Major Walderne should sail with some part of his 
 forces for the Penobscot, while the rest should remain and build 
 a garrison. On the 24th the Major located a site opposite the 
 lower end of Arrowsick Island, " at John Baker s house." Sun 
 day, February 25th, they rested at this place. On the 26th Major 
 Walderne with sixty men in two vessels sailed for Penobscot 
 River. On the way two Indians signalled them from a canoe off 
 " Gyobscot Point," and John Pain and Walt. Gendal were sent 
 to speak with them, and were told that many Indians and some 
 English captives were at Pemaquid. The whole force immediately 
 
 1 Falmouth, this probably the first mention as " Portland." 
 
314 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 set sail and came to that place about four o clock that same day, 
 and were immediately hailed by Indians from " Mr. Gardner s 
 Fort." John Pain was sent ashore to them and found the chief 
 sagamore Mattahando with other sachems and " sundry sorts of 
 Indians." The chief wished to speak with Capt. Davis, and was 
 very desirous of peace, promising to deliver the captives then at 
 Penobscot next morning. Capt. Davis with John Pain went 
 ashore and stayed, while three sagamores went aboard to talk 
 with Major Walderne, who soon after went ashore with six men 
 unarmed, and was promised that the captives should be delivered 
 next morning. On the 27th, after a long negotiation and a ran 
 som of twelve skins to each captive, they delivered William Chad- 
 burne, John Whinnick (Winnock) and John Wormwood, these 
 being all they would own that they had, or that it could be proved 
 that they had. Some of the old sagamores seemed to be sincere, 
 and declared that they were against the war, but could not rule 
 their young men. Our officers, however, had little confidence in 
 them, and in council decided to get all the captives and then to 
 try to surprise their whole company. In pursuance of this design 
 the Major with five others went ashore bearing a part of the 
 ransom and carefully providing against surprise. While looking 
 about to discover if the Indians were as wisely provided against 
 Christian treachery as they against heathen treachery, he found 
 a lance-head partly concealed under a board, seizing which he 
 immediately advanced upon the Indians, charging them with 
 treachery, swung his cap above his head as a signal to his men to 
 come ashore, as was agreed, while those who were with the Major 
 immediately rallied about to defend him from the Indians who 
 advanced to seize him, and also to secure the goods which he had 
 brought ashore. Some squaws seized a bundle of muskets that 
 were hidden close by, and fled with them. Capt. Frost and Lieut. 
 Nutter captured Megunnaway, " a notorious rogue," and carried 
 him on board their vessel. As soon as the English got on shore 
 they pursued the Indians to their canoes so closely that they were 
 able to kill seven before they reached their boats, and as many 
 more probably afterwards. Four were taken prisoners, of whom 
 one was the sister of Madockawando. The old chief Mattahando 
 was among the killed. Not more than twenty-five warriors were 
 present in this engagement. The English secured a large amount 
 of plunder, about a thousand pounds of dried beef with the rest. 
 Megunnaway was next day executed by shooting, it being de 
 clared by witnesses that he was concerned in the killing of Thomas 
 Bracket at Falmouth. On February 28th they sailed back to 
 Kennebec, where Lieut. Fiske with a party of forty men secured 
 some forty bushels of wheat, several cannon, some anchors, and a 
 great quantity of boards from Arrowsick, a part of which they 
 loaded upon their vessels. They killed two Indians upon Arrow- 
 sick Island, where they discovered the body of the lamented 
 
AFTER THE WAR. 315 
 
 Capt. Lake, which was wonderfully preserved. This was brought 
 home to Boston, where they arrived March llth, 1676-7. 
 
 This expedition was the closing active military service of Major 
 Walderne, although he still retained his office as Major, and was 
 constantly concerned as such, and held his place as magistrate 
 and leading citizen during his life. In the spring of 1678 this 
 war with the Indians closed. Major Walderne, however, became 
 involved in the strife of the factions that claimed the government 
 of New Hampshire, and his life thus continued in turbulence, 
 even to its tragic close, the manner of which requires here some 
 notice, even though many years had passed after Philip s War. 
 
 For about eleven years there had been peace with the Indians. 
 The Pennacooks had long ago returned, and Kankamagus above 
 mentioned had by his energy and wisdom restored them to some 
 thing of their former prosperity. But this chief was somewhat 
 impatient under the constant unjust encroachments and wrongs 
 of the English, and their constant threats that they would bring 
 the Mohawks upon them, and at last, involved in some new 
 occasion of complaint, he fled to his relatives among the Andros- 
 coggins some time in the year 1686, where, finding some others 
 with like wrongs and resentments, he became a nucleus of dis 
 content. There were many also scattered among the Eastern 
 tribes who had been captured at Dover in 1676 and sold into 
 slavery, and had made their way back to find their tribes scat 
 tered, their families broken up and lost. To many of these 
 nothing was left but hate and vengeance upon the English, and 
 especially against the one man whom they believed responsible 
 for the transaction ; the man was Major Walderne. Other causes 
 were doubtless at work at the Eastward by the designs of the 
 French and the Jesuit missionaries in the zeal for their religion ; 
 but the resentment seems to have centred upon Cocheco and Major 
 Walderne. In June, 1689, the people began to be aware of large 
 numbers of strange Indians among those who came in to trade, 
 and many did not seem to come for that purpose, but were ob 
 served carefully scrutinizing the defences and approaches. The 
 people became alarmed, and one after another many came and 
 urged Major Walderne to take some precautions of defence. He, 
 however, would not hearken, laughed at their fears, and told them 
 to " go and plant their pumpkins," and he would tell them when 
 the Indians should attack them. There were many old friends 
 of the Major and of the English of Dover among the neighboring 
 Indians, and some of these tried to warn them of their danger. 
 A squaw came through the town, and here and there significantly 
 recited the words which have been handed down in the rhyme, 
 
 " O Major Waldron, you great sagamore, 
 What will you do, Indians at your door." 
 
 Capt. Thomas Henchman of Chelmsford also was apprized of 
 
316 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 the plot against Dover, and sent down a letter of warning to 
 the Council at Boston, as follows : 
 
 Hon d Sir 
 
 This day 2 Indians came from Pennacook, viz. Job Maramasquand 
 and Peter Muckamug, who report y l damage will undoubtedly be done 
 within a few days at Piscataqua, and y l Major Waldrons, in particular, 
 is threatened ; and Intimates fears y mischief quickly will be done at 
 Dunstable. The Indians can give a more particular account to your 
 honor. They say iff damage be done, the blame shall not be on them, 
 having given a faithful account of what they hear ; and are upon that 
 report moved to leave y r habitation and corn at Pennacook. S r , I was 
 verry loth to trouble you and to expose myself to the Censure and de 
 rision of some of the confident people, that ware pleased to make sport 
 of what I sent down by Capt. Tom. I am constrained from a sense of 
 my duty and from love of my countrymen to give the acct. as above. 
 So with my humble service to your Honor, and prayers for the safety 
 of an Indangered people, 
 
 I am, S r , your humble servant THO: HIKCHMAN. 
 
 June 22 [1689] 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 107, p. 139. 
 
 This letter was received by Mr. Danforth, and on the 27th laid 
 before Gov. Bradstreet and the Council, and a messenger was 
 sent to Dover the same day with this warning to Major Wal- 
 derne : 
 
 Boston: 27. : June: 1689 
 Honor d Sir 
 
 The Governor and Councill haveing this day received a Letter 
 from Major Henchman of Chelmsford, that some Indians are come 
 unto them, who report that there is a gathering of some Indians in or 
 about Penecooke with designe of mischiefe to the English, amongst 
 the said Indians is one Hawkins [Hogkins or Kankamagus] is said to 
 be a principle designer, and that they have a particular designe against 
 yourselfe and Mr. Peter Coffin which the Councill thought it necessary 
 presently to dispatch Advice thereof to give you notice that you take 
 care of yo r own Safeguard, they intending endeavour to to betray you 
 on a pretention of Trade. Please forthwith to Signify import hereof 
 to Mr. Coffin and others as you shall think necessary, and Advise of 
 what Information you may receive at any time of the Indians motions. 
 
 By Order in Councill, 
 
 ISA: ADDINGTON, Sec y. 
 
 For Major Rich d Walden and Mr. Peter Coffin 
 or either of them at Cocheca with all 
 possible [haste] 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 107, p. 144. 
 
 The messengers made all possible speed for Dover, but were 
 detained at the Ferry at Newbury, and did not arrive until June 
 28th, the day after the blow had fallen. On the evening of the 
 27th two squaws applied at each of the garrison houses for per 
 mission to sleep inside, as was often done, and two were admitted 
 into each of the garrisons, Walderne s, Heard s and Otis s, and 
 
DEATH OF MAJOR WALDERNE. 317 
 
 were shown how to unfasten the gates if they wished to go away 
 during the night. There was a report of a great number of 
 Indians coming to trade next day, and the sachem Wesandowit, 
 who had taken supper at the Major s, asked him pointedly, 
 " Brother Waldron, what would you do if the strange Indians 
 should come ? " "I could assemble a hundred men by lifting up 
 my finger," replied the Major, in careless indifference. And thus 
 all retired to rest ; no watch was placed and no precautions taken. 
 
 After midnight the gates were opened by the squaws. The 
 Indians waiting outside rushed in and took possession without 
 any alarm and rushed into the Major s rooms. Aroused from 
 sleep, the old man sprang up, seized his sword, and despite his 
 eighty years, drove them before him through several rooms, but 
 turning to secure other arms, they sprang upon him from behind 
 and struck him down with a hatchet ; they bound him into his 
 arm-chair and placed him upon a long table ; they mocked him, 
 and asked, " Who shall judge Indians now ? " They compelled 
 the family of the Major to prepare them supper, after which they 
 drew their knives, and slashed the helpless old man across the 
 breast, saying " I cross out my account." They then cut off his 
 ears and nose and forced them into his mouth, till at last, when 
 fainting with the loss of blood he was about to fall, one of them 
 held his sword beneath him, upon which falling he expired. 
 
 The following letter was written by his son, who was then at 
 Portsmouth, as is seen : 
 
 Portsm : 28 th : June 1689 ab* 8 a clock morning 
 Just now came ashore here From Cocheca Jn Ham & his wife who 
 went hence last night home wo d (they living w th in a mile of Maj r Waldron) 
 & ab break of the day goeing up the river in a cannoo they heard guns 
 fired but notw th standing proceeded to Land at Maj r Waldrons landing 
 place by w ch time it began to be light & then they Saw ab 1 twenty 
 Ind n " near Mr. Coffins Garrison Shooting & Shouting as many more 
 about Richard Otis s & Tlio: Pains but Saw their way clear to Maj r 
 Waldrons where they Intended Imediately to secure themselves but 
 comeing to the gate & calling & knocking could receive noe answer yet 
 saw a light in one of y e Chambers & one of y m say (looking through a 
 crack of the gate) that he saw Sundry Ind ns w th in y e Garrison w ch sup 
 pose had murther d Maj r Waldron & his Familie & thereupon they 
 betook y m selves to make an escape w ch they did & mett w th one of Otis 
 sons who alsoe escaped from his Fathers garrison Informing y his 
 Father and y rest of the Family were killed. Quickly after [they] 
 set sundry houses afire this is all the Ace" wee have at p r seut w ch being 
 given in a Surprize may admitt of some alteration but Doubtlesse the 
 most of those Families at or ab Cochecha are destroyed. 
 
 The above Ace" was related to mee. RICHARD WALDRON, jun r . 
 Mass. Archives, Hutchinsou Papers, vol. 3, p. 376. 
 
 Thus tragically closed the eventful life of Major Richard Wal- 
 derne, in the opinion of many the most notable of the early 
 settlers of New Hampshire. 
 
XXII . 
 CAPTAIN WILLIAM HATHORNE. 
 
 WILLIAM HATHORNE, the father of Captain William 
 Hathorne, was the son of William and Sara, of Binfield, 
 Berkshire Co., England, born about 1607, and came to 
 this country with Winthrop, in the Arbella, in 1630, and settled 
 first at Dorchester, where he was a land holder, and appears 
 prominently in affairs in the earliest days of the settlement, and 
 until 1636, when he removed to Salem. He was admitted free 
 man in 1634, and was chosen deputy in 1635 and 1637, and from 
 Salem many times afterwards ; and when, in 1644, the " House 
 of Deputies " elected a Speaker for the first time, he was elected, 
 and served in that position for several years afterwards. He was 
 elected Assistant in 1662, which office he retained until 1679, and 
 the history of the times in which he lived shows him to have been 
 one of the most able, energetic, and widely influential men in 
 New England, in his day. He was mentioned as present at the 
 great " training " at Boston, 1639 ; was commissioned Captain of 
 the company at Salem, May 1, 1646, and Major before 1656. 
 See also " Wonder-working Providence," p. 109. While he was 
 evidently narrow and bigoted in his religious theories, and arbi 
 trary and intolerant in the administration of affairs, both of 
 church and state, he was the zealous and fearless advocate of the 
 personal rights of freemen as against royal emissaries and agents. 
 
 The investigations of our Mr. Waters, in the English Archives, 
 have revealed the Hathorne ancestry in England as given above, 
 and from additional data gathered by him and others, we have 
 room for the following brief statement, tracing the descent of the 
 distinguished Nathaniel Hawthorne of our own day from this 
 eminent ancestor. 
 
 William 2 Hathorne brought with him to this country his wife 
 Anne, by whom he had children : 
 
 i. A daughter. 2 
 
 ii. Sarah,- b. March 11, 1634-5; m. Joseph Coker, of Newbury. 
 
 iii. Eleazer, 2 b. Aug. 1, 1637 ; m. Abigail, dau. of George Curwen. 
 
 iv. Nathaniel, 2 b. Aug. 11, 1639. 
 
 v. JOHN, 2 b. Aug. 5, 1641 ; m. RUTH GARDNER, dau. of George. 
 
THE HATHOKNE FAMILY. 319 
 
 vi. Anna, 2 b. Dec. 12, 1643; m. Joseph Porter. 
 
 vii. WILLIAM, 2 b. April 1, 1645; m. Sarah . 
 
 viii. Elizabeth, 2 b. 1649 ; m. Israel Porter. 
 
 Major William Hatliorne died in 1681, in his 74th year. Will 
 probated June 28, 1681 ; mentions son William lately deceased, 
 and Sarah the widow of the same, and her heirs ; appoints wife 
 Anne sole executrix. 
 
 JOHN 2 Hathorne, distinguished both in civil and military af 
 fairs, serving as Captain in the war with the Eastern Indians, 
 the Colonel of a regiment, and in the expedition of 1696 chief 
 commander ; admitted freeman 1677 ; Deputy, 1683 ; Assistant, 
 1684-1711 (except in Andres s brief rule), and is remembered 
 unhappily as the most intolerant and cruel of the judges in the 
 witchcraft delusion. He had, by his wife Ruth (Gardner) : 
 
 i. John. 3 ii. Nathaniel. 3 iii. Ebenezer. 3 
 
 iv. JOSEPH, 3 bapt. June, 1691 ; m. Sarah, dau. of William Bowditch. 
 v. Ruth. 3 vi. Benjamin. 3 
 
 JOSEPH 3 and Sarah (Bowditch) had children: 1. William. 4 
 2. Joseph. 4 3. John. 4 4. Sarah. 4 5. Ebeuezer. 4 6. DANIEL. 4 
 7. Ruth. 4 
 
 DANIEL, 4 m. Rachel Phelps, and had children: 1. Daniel, 5 
 died soon. 2. Sarah. 5 3. Eunice. 5 4. Daniel, 5 2d. 5. Judith. 5 
 6. NATHANIEL, 5 b. May 19, 1775; he was a sea captain and 
 died in Surinam in 1808 ; married Elizabeth Clark Man 
 ning and had two children: 1. Elizabeth Manning, b. 
 Mar. 7, 1802. 2. NATHANIEL," b. July 4, 1804 ; m. Sophia 
 Peabody, at Salem, July, 1842, and died at Plymouth, N. 
 H., May 19, 1864. He changed the old surname to Haw 
 thorne, and by his genius placed it in the front rank of the 
 world s great authors. The apology for this digression is 
 the eminence of this Nathaniel Hawthorne. 
 
 Other descendants of Major William, 1 through other lines of 
 descent than John and William, Jr., are scattered over the whole 
 country, and bear both forms of the surname, 
 
 Capt. WILLIAM 2 HATHORNE, son of Major William, and the 
 subject of this sketch, has, in all published accounts known to me, 
 been very strangely overlooked by being identified as one with 
 his father. My attention was first called to the error of that sup 
 position by the mention of his " father " in his letter from Casco, 
 Sept. 22, 1676. I found that he was engaged at the Eastward 
 from September 6th up to November 10th, and that his father, 
 Major William, Assistant, was present in his place in the General 
 Court at Boston most of that time ; that administration upon the 
 estate of Capt. William was granted to his widow Sarah, February 
 4, 1678-9, Daniel Gookin and William Hathorne (Major) being 
 the Magistrates, Major William died 1681, and in his will men- 
 
320 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 tions having given his son William land at Groton which he 
 confirms to his widow Sarah and her heirs. 
 
 In the expedition of December, 1675, against the Narragansets, 
 as has been previously noted, Capt. Hathorne was appointed lieu 
 tenant of the company under Capt. Joseph Gardiner, and when 
 that brave officer fell, at the great " Fort Fight," he succeeded to 
 the command of the company, which he held during the remainder 
 of that campaign, and, as we have seen in that chapter, most of 
 that company were paid off as having served under him. 
 
 In August, 1676, Capt. Hathorne was again called into service 
 (as has been noted in several previous chapters), to take com 
 mand of the forces sent to the Eastward. 
 
 After the surrender of the great body of Indians at Cochecho 
 was accomplished in September, Capt. Hathorne immediately 
 pushed forward with his forces towards the East. He had a 
 force of four companies besides his own, numbering, probably, in 
 all, nearly four hundred men ; his own and Capt. Sill s men 
 numbered one hundred and thirty, and, together with Capt. 
 Hunting s company of forty Indians, made up the Massachusetts 
 quota, to which Major Walderne was expected to add about as 
 many more of his own men and recruits in Yorkshire, these last 
 two companies to be under Capt. Charles Frost of Kittery, and 
 the whole force under Capt. Hathorne as Major. This " army " 
 marched from Berwick to Wells on Sept. 8th, where they prob 
 ably were delayed for a day or two, organizing for the march and 
 deliberating as to the marching to Ossipee, where it was rumored 
 that a large force of Indians with their women and children were 
 gathered in an old fort which some traders had built them as 
 against the Mohawks, and where were a good many English 
 captives taken just before from the plantations, from Kennebec to 
 Casco. This expedition was the plan of General Denison, but 
 discretionary power had been given Capt. Hathorne, and as 
 rumors of large bodies of Indians still threatened the people that 
 remained shut up in their garrisons in some of the seaside towns, 
 who would perhaps fall upon these nearer places if they should 
 withdraw, it was finally decided to go to the relief of the threat 
 ened towns. They accordingly marched from Wells to Winter 
 Harbor, and thence by water passed to Blackpoint, and thence to 
 Casco, where they arrived on the 19th, and on the 22d the Cap 
 tain sends the following letter : 
 
 CASCHO 22 d Sept. 1676. 
 Hon d Sir Att 9 a clock at night. 
 
 I have not had anything to writte nor anythinge woorth Informa 
 tion, wee came Into these parts y e 19 th Instant when we catched an 
 Indian ; Sagamore of Peggwakick (and took y e gun of another) who 
 informed us that Kennebec Indians were to come Into these parts that 
 night or the next day he told us that y e Indians In these parts are not 
 above 30 or 40 fighting men & that these keep upp at Orsybee or Peg- 
 gwackick, which is :60: myles from us, he saith he knows of no 
 
CAPT. HATHORNE AT CASCO BAY. 321 
 
 French men among them as y e Inhabitants Informed us, wee found 
 him in many lyes, & so ordered him to be put to death, & y e Cochecho 
 Indians to be his executioners ; which was redily done by them, this 
 day, going over a River wee were Ambuscaded, but soon gott over 
 and putt them to flight, killed dead In y e Place but one Named Jn 
 Sampson, who was well acquainted with Maj. Waldens Indians, they 
 say he was a Captaine, but such are all y e Eunemyes they kill (he was 
 double Armed which wee took) wee find itt very difficult to come neire 
 them there is soe many Rivers & soe much broken land, that they soon 
 Escape by canoes ; y e country being full of them, I would Intreat your 
 Hon rs to Order something Concerning y e State of affaires here, Many 
 Inhabitants of y e place being come to take off, these Come and kill 
 there Cattle only they want some helpe from us, I know not whether it 
 may be for y e Interest of y e Country for all to stay ; & If wee goe into 
 y e Country to Peggwackick we can leave none, I desire your Hon" 
 Advise and commands concerning this Also, Wee have had noe bread 
 these three dayes I suppose y e reason is y e contrary Winds, because I 
 have sent to Mr. Martin twice ; have had one returne but noe bread, 
 wee can do well without unless we goe up into y e country while our 
 people are in health as they are generally praysed be y e Lord for itt, I 
 Humbly Request your Honour to Remmember my duty to my father 
 & Love to Rest of Friends, If you have an opportunity & soe I Rest 
 
 your Hon" Humble Servant 
 
 WILLIAM HATHORNE. 
 
 The Indian that was taken told us that there be 20 English Captives 
 at Peggwackick 2 of them men, & that Capt. Lake was killed, they 
 say that Kennebeck Indians kill all. 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 69, p. 61. 
 
 I have found no reference to the place which Capt. Hathorne s 
 troops occupied during their stay at Falmouth, but as it appears 
 that the Neck had been deserted, and the outlying residents 
 driven away and their homes destroyed, it seems probable that 
 those who had fled to Blackpoint and vicinity for safety, mostly 
 returned with the troops to Munjoy s Garrison, and among these 
 were probably George Felt and those others who, on Sept. 23d, 
 ventured in boats upon " Munjoy s Island " (to secure some sheep 
 left there in their flight), and were all cut off by the Indians who 
 were concealed there, lying in wait. Felt and his companions 
 made a desperate resistance, having fled to the ruins of an old 
 " Stone House," but were overpowered and destroyed. This was 
 in plain sight of our forces, who lacking boats sufficient, were 
 entirely unable to prevent the sad issue of this attempt, against 
 which Capt. Hathorne had earnestly protested, there being no 
 sufficient vessel to carry over an adequate guard, and a large body 
 of the enemy known to be in the vicinity. Our Indian scouts 
 were out after the enemy constantly, and captured those referred 
 to in the letter, and evidently did nearly all the really effective 
 work, for which, however, but little credit was given them by 
 the English, except suspicion of carelessness or treachery and 
 
322 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 cowardice ; and yet Capt. Hathorne s next letter protests against 
 the withdrawal of these same Indians. It was very hard for the 
 English to learn that their unwieldy troops and clumsy methods 
 were no match for the quick-moving and wary enemy, who fled 
 before the advance of the troops, and then dodging around them, 
 struck a blow in the rear. Two days after the tragedy at Mun- 
 joy s Island, another party struck a sudden blow at Wells, and 
 anon at Cape Neddick, which occasioned the immediate return 
 of the forces to that place, as will appear by the following letter : 
 
 WELLS: 2: 8: 1676 
 Hon rd Senat" Att 9 clock morning 
 
 I received your Ord r of y e 16 th of Sept r on y e 25 th of y e same. In 
 Answare to w ch , I have sent Capt. Hunting from here to Maj r Walden; 
 y e occation of our Returne was y e sad news of y e Enimy, burning Cape 
 nettick & destroying y e people to y e number of 6 or 7 persons besids 
 those of this towne which are : 3 : two of them y e 24 th y e other :27 th : 
 of the month ; In our Returne wee mett with divers things of concern 
 ment w ch I Ingadged to Aquaint your Hon rs with ; Imp 9 , att black- 
 point, the people there are in great distraction and disorder ; I know 
 not of former Neglects but now they are a people uugoverned, & 
 Attend little to y e Government there established soe that y e most of y e 
 towne desert y e place, though we told them of a law they were Ignorant 
 of w ch we think we doe perfectly remember of 20 Ib penalty for any that 
 desert y e frontiers, w ch we thinke is most Rationall, y e Inhabittants 
 there having little to doe ; we are ready to thinke they might better be 
 Imployed there than many of ours, who have famillys att home and a 
 considerable charge, to be brief e Capt. Josliu & Capt. Scottow desire 
 an Expresse from your Hon" they having had noe knowledge of y e law. 
 
 2 dly Major Pembleton att Winter Harbour w th Whome I would have 
 left some men ; as Also w th Mr. Warrin they made these objections ; 
 The Maj rs were these : That he could not subsist long, & he had as 
 good remove while he had something as to stay while all was spent, 
 Therefore unlesse Country sends a supply or Maintaine y e Garrison 
 there ; he cannot hold out, Mr. Warrin is otherwise minded but I can 
 not Enlarge, supposing Maj r Clarke can Inform your Hon", Since our 
 Comming Heither we have consulted y e Millitia, who Informe us that 
 the mind of this towne In Gen 11 is to leave the place, & though y e Hon rd 
 Court or Councell have formerly given an Ord r concerning them ; In 
 paticul r yett yy now begg that itt might be renewed & that your Hon 
 would Ord r as to these Numb" of Garrison Souldiers, Soe to maintain- 
 ance, they being poore yet many of them willing According to Abillity, 
 The next thing I shall trouble your Hoii" w th is y e disatisfaction that is 
 among 8 our selves, about y e drawing y e Indians off, & Maj r Waldens 
 libberty to Command off Capt. Frost, w ch he pretends to have, the w ch 
 are two thirds and more of y 6 Army, Capt. Sells Company & myne 
 being not above .9. or .10. fyles now who are judged here not more 
 then is necessary to Garrison this towne & York, we would be bold to 
 speak our minds further, & Crave that your Hon" may not be offended 
 at us, or Receive from others false Information, The Indians thus 
 drawne off by themselves as long as they have only Ind n Speritts, will 
 
CLOSING SERVICE OF CAPT. HATHORNE. 323 
 
 doe little or noe service for y c Country who In tyme of Ingadgment 
 ever took y e English for there bullwark, & will not Charge to Any pur 
 pose until y c Emmy ffly, I think some of us have had tyme to be 
 Aquainted w th there manners As to my selfe I would Humbly Request 
 your Hon to call me home ; though I have An Earnest desire to doe 
 god & y e Country service, yett there is a Straing Antypathy in me 
 Against lying in Garrison, Here is many of our Company sick of 
 violent distemp one of myne is dead & two others I much feare, The 
 Lord derect your Hon" & give us your servants prudence to Act by 
 your Ord rs According to his good will and pleasure. 
 
 I remaine 
 Your Hon" Humble Servant 
 
 WILLIAM HATHORNE. 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 69, p. 65. 
 
 After the return to Wells there was delay and uncertainty 
 about preparations for the march to Ossipee, until the news of the 
 capture of Black point and the threatened approach of the vic 
 torious Indians put the troops upon the guard of the towns near 
 at hand. Capt. Hathorne and his forces remained in these parts 
 in service until November 1st, when in company with Capt. Sill 
 he set forth upon the long delayed march to Ossipee, where they 
 arrived after a very hard march of four days, finding never an 
 Indian on the way or at the Great Fort. The Captain sent a 
 party of his men up some twenty miles farther, but without 
 result, and having burnt the fort, the companies returned to Ber 
 wick, where they arrived on November 9th. In the meantime, 
 the treaty with Sachem Mugg had been concluded, and the troops 
 under Capt. Hathorne were soon dismissed. 
 
 It will be remembered that the latest credits contained in Hull s 
 accounts are September 23, 1676, so that the men serving under 
 the Captain in this expedition had credit in a later Journal, which 
 is now lost. For earlier credits see ante, p. 166. 
 
 The following petition explains itself : 
 
 To the Hon d Generall Court now Assembled in Boston ; 1679 ; 
 The humble peticon of Sarah Hathorne widdow to Capt. William 
 Hathorne deceased 
 Humbly Showeth 
 
 That your peticoners late husband, being employed in the 
 Countreyes service against the Indians, was not satisfyed the arrears 
 due to him for his said service ; the bill not being delivered to the 
 Treasurer in time, through the negligence of the constable; which 
 caused the Treasurer to refuse payment ; and your peticoners husband, 
 being deceased, hath left your peticoner in a meane condition, as to 
 her outward estate, being indebted to severall persons and not in a 
 capacitye to make payment, without receiving her late husbands arrears 
 from the country. 
 
 The p r misses considered your peticoner humbly craves, this hon d 
 
324 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Court would be pleased to order speedy payment of the arrears due to 
 her late husband, in such proportion as yo r hon" in wisdom shall judge 
 convenient. 
 
 And yo r peticoner (as in duty bound) shall pray 
 for you r Hono" prosperity. 
 
 SARAH HATHOBNE. 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 69, p. 237. 
 
 This was granted. See also Coll. Records, Vol. V., p. 282. 
 
XXIII. 
 CAPT. JOSHUA SCOTTOW AND HIS MEN. 
 
 JOSHUA SCOTTOW came to Boston with his mother Thoma- 
 sine, who joined the church September 21, 1634. He with 
 his brother Thomas joined the church May 19, 1639. He 
 
 married Lydia , and had Joshua, b. Sept. 30, 1641, and 
 
 died soon ; Joshua, b. Aug. 12, 1643 ; Lydia, bapt. June 29, 1645 ; 
 Elizabeth, b. July 29, 1647 ; Rebecca, b. October 10, 1652 ; Mary, 
 b. May 11, 1656 ; Thomas, June 30, 1659, grad. H. C. 1677. 
 Capt. Scottow was of the Artillery Company in 1645, Ensign in 
 1656, and Captain afterwards. Elizabeth Scottow m. Thomas, son 
 of Major Thomas Savage, and had a large family. Rebecca m. 
 Benjamin Blackman, April 1, 1675, and Mary m. Samuel Checkley. 
 
 Capt. Scottow was a very energetic man, an enterprising and 
 eminently prosperous merchant. He was largely engaged in 
 foreign commercial transactions, and from 1654-7 was the con 
 fidential agent of La Tour in his business with our colony. 
 
 In 1660 Mr. Scottow bought of Abraham Jocelyn, of Black- 
 point, two hundred acres of land, including the hill since known 
 as " Scottoway s Hill ; " and in 1666 he purchased of Henry 
 Jocelyii the " Cammock Patent," which at the granting to 
 Thomas Cammock in 1631 consisted of fifteen hundred acres of 
 land lying between the Blackpoint and Spurwink rivers. Cam- 
 mock left his entire estate to his friend Henry Jocelyn, with the 
 care of his widow during her life. Jocelyn married the widow 
 Margaret, and some twenty years afterwards conveyed the 
 property as above, together with seven hundred and fifty acres 
 outside the Patent, remaining upon it, however, as agent for Mr. 
 Scottow. Capt. Scottow removed to Blackpoint settlement about 
 1670, and engaged with great energy in improving his property 
 there, and in his fishing and commercial transactions. 
 
 The first mention I have found connecting Capt. Scottow with 
 the Indian war is in the Colonial Records, vol. V., p. 57, at the 
 session of the Court convened October 13, 1675, as follows : 
 
 Upon the sad intelligence from Saco & the great danger of all those 
 parts, it is ordered, that there be 50 soldiers immediately from Boston 
 and Charls Toune sent away in some vessel or vessells for the releife 
 
326 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 of those parts, and that they be under the command of Leiftenn Scot- 
 toway, and that Major Clarke take care that this order be effected as 
 to the dispatch of the men, & furnishing ammunition and prouission 
 for the voyage. 
 
 The "sad intelligence" was connected with the attack upon 
 Saco, the details of which are in Major Walderne s letter of Sep 
 tember 25, 1675, given heretofore ; Robert Nichols and his wife 
 were killed just before this by the Indians who had made an 
 unsuccessful assault upon Major Phillips s garrison at Saco. 
 
 But previous to these occurrences, Capt. Scottow had fortified 
 and provisioned his house and gathered into it as many of the 
 people as would come. His garrison was the Jocelyn House on 
 the " Neck," distant from the farms of many of the inhabitants, 
 who reluctantly abandoned their homes, cattle and crops to the 
 ruin which was daily threatened. It seems evident that Capt. 
 Scottow, with the small number of undisciplined men under his 
 command, mostly inhabitants, and those employed by him, was 
 in no capacity to send out a relief party to other parts of the 
 town ; and when the Indians attacked some of these still remain 
 ing on their farms, it was plainly imprudent to risk any small 
 party such only as he could have sent, to the almost certain 
 ambushment and destruction, to which the burning, and firing of 
 guns seemed to invite them. His enemies sometime afterwards 
 sought to injure him by bringing charges of neglect to help his 
 neighbors, among other charges preferred against him. The 
 Alger brothers, Andrew and Arthur, had a large estate at that 
 part of Scarborough known as Dunstan, and so named by them 
 for their old English home, and they had there a fortified house, 
 but upon the opening of hostilities evidently withdrew their 
 families into Sheldon s garrison at Blackpoint. When Major 
 Walderne had returned home he left sixty of his soldiers to gar 
 rison the different settlements, Saco, Falmouth and Scarborough, 
 and these were distributed according to the need, at Scottow s, 
 Sheldon s and Foxwell s garrison-houses. Capt. John Wincoll 
 was posted at Foxwell s with a company of soldiers, and in Octo 
 ber was assisting the settlers to harvest their corn. One of Capt. 
 Wincoll s soldiers, Peter Witham, was detailed to help the Algers 
 get their grain, and said that a few days after, as they with some 
 of their relations were getting their goods from their houses, they 
 were attacked by the Indians, when Andrew w r as killed and 
 Arthur mortally wounded ; and the said Witham, fifty-three years 
 afterwards, being then seventy-two years old, testified that he 
 helped to bury both the Algers. Mr. Hubbard gives the date 
 of the attack upon the Algers October 9th, 1675. 
 
 The events of the war in Scarborough immediately following 
 the above, are shown in the following letter from Capt. Scottow : 
 
CAPT. SCOTTOW AT BLACKPOINT. 327 
 
 Honoured S r . 
 
 After all due submission to y r self w" 1 the Honoured Councill, these 
 are to declare y e state of y e affaires at p r sent, since y sent by Jo: Short 
 o r men being sent up y e riv r to secure those barnes of corne left w ch 
 accordingly they applyed y m selves to doe and to repaire o r water-mill 
 (being o r onely relief for grinding) they met w th no opposition nor 
 could have sight for 3 daies of above one Indian upon the 3 d of this 
 curr they having finished one mans corne & upon landing of it in 
 canoes 19 of o r p r tie being there were assaulted and surrounded by at 
 least 60 or 80 Indians & had bin all cut of had not S rt Tippet come in 
 with his p r tie to their timous relief who was on y e other side river to 
 help wheat &c. out of another barne whereupon the enimy retreated 
 into the bushes it being a foggy day could not soe well discerne w ex 
 ecution they did upon y m disinabling one Indian soe as to leave his 
 speare behind him, much firing on both sides, one of us wounded one 
 drowned by hasting into a cano, next day a country souldier of his own 
 accord went downe y e marsh & hollowed & an Indian came up to him 
 being of Piscataquay & his acquaintance they plied and smok a pipe 
 of tobacco together y c Indian having laid down his gun & he seemingly 
 did y e same, a small riv r p r ting y m . 
 
 (y e larger narrative C. Winkall & myself have sent to Maj r Walden 
 to be conveyed unto y c Maj r Gen 11 I refer y r Honours unto) y e sub 
 stance of y e discourse was they willingly would have peace, & kept 2 
 women two casco children, foure men prisoners to dd lr up if it might be 
 &c. if not let time and place be appointed & they would fight y e english 
 & as it was misreported to C. Winkoll & myself they would stay 48 
 hours for an answer but it seeme it was y e next day the Indian put his 
 signall next day but none having an order to treat him, o r men there 
 fore secure the wheat threshed out & a shallop being there to fetch it 
 of they sent none to discourse him, upon w ch they y e enemy as they had 
 done y e day before & y during the parlee fired stacks of hay and some 
 houses ; o r men y afternoon being pinched for want of bread and of 
 victualls, could not be prevailed with by their officers to continue in y e 
 f arme house which they had fortified until further order w ch was designed 
 a retreating place upon fighting y m though a small rev r pted y m & y c 
 Indians rendezvouze, in order to fighting y m I had visited y e next gar 
 rison and drawn of w I durst to assist o r soldiers up y e riv r , but 
 towards y e evening understanding o r mens resolves, sent y m up bread 
 &c. with an express charge not to desert y c place w th out further order, 
 but it could not come to y m soe as to hinder their moving downe w chl was 
 upon the 5 th day curr 1 in the night next morning we designed y e sending 
 y ra all up as soone as y e tide would p mit, & had ordered all to y end 
 but upon y e sight of theire enemies burning of y 1 house w ch they had 
 fortified & of my barne of corne which was left unburnt there w th ad 
 vice of Cap ne Winkoll & the rest of y e officers, we altered o r designe & 
 this day purpose w th all o r strength to fetch in the inhabitants corne left 
 in their deserted houses, the enemy firing all before y m in w ch doing an 
 opportunity of fighting y m may also psent w ch o r souldiers long for but 
 we want fixed armes divers of these sent, not servicable & two or three 
 disenabled in o r last ingagement, please to dispatch o r supply of flints 
 &c. sent for in my last to Maj r Clark we are in distress for want of 
 y m , especially bread not having but two dayes bread left at a cake a 
 
328 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 day w th y e allowance I reduced o r souldiers unto at first coming, w ch 
 bread is borrowed from fishermen and myself we have no grinding 
 nearer than Piscataquay, not else but begging prayers and y 4 y e deluge 
 of sin w ch I grieve is among o r souldiers as well as inhabitants may be 
 stopped by reason whereof this overflowing scourge pursueth us (this 
 place being now y e seat & center of y e Eastward war) Casco & Kenebec 
 being all quiet & peace as by yesterdies intelligence I understand, 
 
 I humbly subscribe myself 
 
 ffrom y e Head quarters at Blackpoiut y r> & y e Countries 
 
 at 3 : o :clock in y c morning this 6 th most humble serv* 
 
 9 br 1675 JOSH: SCOTTOW. 
 
 (Postscript.) 
 
 May it please you to take notice that instead of the 50 designed here 
 are but 38 sent div ree of y m insufficient for service & some soe mutinous 
 that we cant with safety inflict y e punishment they deserve, for the 
 pursueing of my comition here is need of 100 men completely armed 
 and bread sent, for flesh I hope we have enough. 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 68, pp. 44-5. 
 
 The following letter is evidently in answer to the above from 
 Capt. Scottow : 
 
 COUNCIL S LETTER TO CAPT. SCOTTOW. 
 
 Capt. Scottow. We received yo 1 lett er & saw another sent by you to 
 Maj r Walderne ; we gceive y e Indians do sometimes allarum you and 
 obstruct y e getting in of provisions & corne if such another overture as 
 that Indian made y l met y c soldier in y e marsh for a treaty of peace to 
 deliver y e english prisoners should be made againe wee advise order & 
 som of you there to treat w th y m & see what termes you can come to & 
 Apoint a cessation of armes untill their offers may be considered by us 
 & endeavour to procure y e delivery of prisoners & wee will deliver as 
 many of theirs y are at Boston, peace is better if it can be obtained 
 upon good termes & som pledges or hostages given ; for security ; as 
 for a supply of more men we cannot comply w th you therein ; wee have 
 so many places to strengthen y 1 wee cannot doe alle ; wee are sure you 
 have as great a proportion as most places of y e like concernement, we 
 here you want neither corne, flesh nor fish & so long you be in straits & 
 though yo r mills ly at a distance yet a samp morter or two will make a 
 supply to pvent any great sufferings as for sending of Bisket we dare 
 not give y e p sedent, for all other places garrisoned by the country 
 soldiers are p vided for with victualls by y e people they secure ; it is 
 enough for y e Country to pay wages & find ammunition ; our armies y* 
 are in motion require more y n the Country is well able to beare especilly 
 yo r easterne parts are concerned to ease the publicke purse what they 
 may because they know of nothing y* was ever put into it from thense. 
 Therefore wee desire you to make the best Improvement you can w 01 
 the strength you have fo r your owne deffense & offense of the enimy 
 until God send beter times ; wee have inclosed the printed laws to 
 restrayne mutinous soldiers let y m be read to y e soldiers. And notice 
 taken of y m y 1 transgresse ; & if you find yourself too weeke to deale 
 w th them let y c ringleaders bee sent to prison w th evidense of y e fact ; 
 
CAPT. SCOTTOW S JOURNAL. 329 
 
 wee have not more at psent but desire the Lords psence blessing & 
 protection to be w to & over you 
 
 alle remaine your loving friends 
 
 postscript if you find our soldiers any Burden or inconvenience to 
 you you are Authorized hereby to dismise y m or any of y m either thither 
 or to Maj r Walderne Past this letter by the councill the 15 th 
 
 of 
 
 Endorsed " Councills letter to Capt. Scottow 16: 9 mo. 1675." 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 59. 
 
 Details of the service from October 25, 1675, to May 1676, are 
 given in the following Journal which is preserved in manuscript 
 in the Library of the Massachusetts Historical Society. The 
 manuscript is evidently a copy, made probably in 1676, when his 
 use of the troops was called in question. This shows that much 
 of the damage done in Scarborough was effected either before he 
 had men or means to prevent it, and afterwards in spite of his 
 best endeavors. These extracts contain the substance of the 
 journal. 
 
 EXTRACTS FROM A MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF CAPT. SCOTTOW. 
 
 Narrative of a Journall of the diverse marches & improvement of 
 Boston souldiers sent to Black Point. 
 
 1676. 1 (8) 25. Siev r . Serg landed 15 men. I disposed 6 of y m to 
 ffoxwell s garrison at Bluepoint, 6 to Shelden s garrison, and retayned 
 3 of y m , received a l tre from Major Pendleton and answered it. 
 
 26 and 27, no disturbance. I went and viewed the fortifications at 
 the several garrisons, and discharged Mr. ffoxwell from his charge at 
 Bluepoint, being a quarreling, discontented p son . 
 
 29, Tho: Michel] arrived with 23 soldiers who landed two houres 
 before day. 
 
 30, sent y e 6 scouts up y e river to discover y e enemy and view a 
 house w ch y e enemy ordinarily possessed, returned seeing 3 Indians. 
 
 31, that night two hours before day sent up 60 men under the con 
 duct of Capt. Winkall who landed before day to save w l corne they 
 could of our Inhabit 8 & fight y e enemy if found, they having appeared 
 not long before at ffoxwell s Garrison and shot a scout as appe th pr C. 
 Winkolls l trg No. 2. Answered Maj. Pendleton s l tre No. 3. 
 
 (9) 1 ,"dispatched a shallop to Boston w th l tcri to Hon: Gou r and coun 
 cil for flints, bread &c. 
 
 2, .... In the afternoon about 29 inhabitants were set upon by 
 70 or 80 Indians and had almost surrounded y m had they not been 
 timously relieved by Serg 4 Tipping who came to their relief, beat y m 
 into y* swampes and gagned an Indian Speare. 
 
 3, Serg* Tipping sent down for recruit of powder &c. w eh I sent up by 
 
 y e two carpenters and others who were come down I sent up 
 
 28 Ibs of powder in a box and 90 Ibs shot &c. that day there fell out 
 a parlee betweene a country soldier & an Indian 
 
 1 This date is plainly a mistake made at the time of copying, in the summer of 1676. The Jour 
 nal iteelf was kept in 1675. 
 
330 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Cap ne Winkoll came down y night, we gave advice of the whole to 
 Maj. Walden and y 4 we intended to fight y e Indians. 
 
 4, they fell firing barnes of neer houses, haystacks and all 
 
 before y m . Y e souldiers having got about 100 bush : wheat and other 
 graiue, and a shallop sent to bring it downe they could not be prevailed 
 upon w th all by their Serg (as I was informed) to continue any longer 
 being pinched for want of bread by an unworthy planter, though they 
 wanted no flesh. 
 
 5, As soon as I heard of their intention I sent up of all the biskit 
 I had with tobacco and rum for their incouragem , and an expresse 
 charge to fight y e enemy as appe nh by the witues of John Libby, Boudeu 
 and Howell No. 1 and the order delivered ffoxwell to carry up ; but no 
 Cano could be got though I used my utmost indeav r , they came down 
 about 10 o clock in the night 
 
 6, o r men went up headed by Cap" 6 Winkoll to secure what corne of 
 o r inhabitants was left in the N. East side in the deserted houses, and 
 of barnes, hoping to meet y e enemy in y e march, w ch accordingly fell 
 out, dividing themselves into 2 parties one of them was first ingaged 
 by a party of Indians, not above 12 shewing themselves, and the other 
 by about 16, they were engaged also and had 2 skulking skirmishes, 
 beat y m into y e swampes. One of the Boston souldiers was mortally 
 wounded in y e breast. O r men retreated carrying off their wounded 
 man 
 
 November 7, Being Lord s day, the enemy, early in the morning burnt 
 those houses and barnes our Cap" 6 saved the day before they burnt 
 also 8 or 9 deserted houses belonging to Jo : Libby and children. As 
 soon as these fires were discovered all the souldiers and Inhabitants 
 hasted to next garrison which was little above musket shot of them : 
 the tyde being up and spryng tyde the bridge was overflowed which 
 obstructed their passage witness Willet and Tydy &c. As soon as 
 they could pass being headed by Cap ne Wiukoll and Topping they scour 
 the round of the towne on the N. East supposing y e enemy was gone 
 that way to fire those houses they being only left unburnt, they 
 met with no Indians in the march the whole day ; met Lieut. Ingersoll 
 and 12 Casco men who came to joyn with our men to search out and 
 fight the Indians that night there fell a small flight of snow. 
 
 8, We staid in our quarter till midnight got 2 shallops. 
 
 9, Landed 70 men 3 hours before day at Blue Point to find out y e 
 enemy, they had a tedious march the whole day through swampes 
 marshes and creeks sometimes to the knees, others to the waist in snow 
 and salt-water saw some Indian tracts but could find no Indians ; 
 Lieut. Ingersoll and all his men returned discouraged home. 
 
 10, Our men returned to their quarters. 
 
 1 1 , A mysty wet day, no handling arms nor marching. 
 
 12, Much wind at N. West, no gitting over rivers, y e canos ony 
 other side imployed to git in Cummins corne of Sacho to Bluepoint. 
 
 13, Cap ne Wiukoll, Sg l Tipping and our company got over y e river 
 and marched to find Indians and drive cattell; the enemy fired two 
 deserted houses at Sacho while o r men were on this side and bro home 
 between 20 and 30 head of Sacho cattell. 
 
 14, Sabbath day no disturbance bury d Sam: Ryall wounded a 
 week before. 15, no mocion. 16, marched to drive in cattell, were 
 
THE GARRISON AT BLACKPOINT. 331 
 
 disappointed by a Quaker who drove them into the woods from us. 
 17, Indians came from across y e water. 18, Cap ne Winkoll and the 
 country souldiers w ch was attending drove cattell for Cummins and 
 Rogers inhabitants of Sacho. 19, drove cattell for Macshawin, inhab 
 itant of Sachc. 20, I received orders from Maj r Walden to fit out 
 Lieut. Ingersol to Maj r Pendleton w ch I wrote to him I was upon 
 doing. 21, No disturbance being Sabbath day. 22, Serg Topping 
 and o r men went to Dunsten to drive in cattell. 23, Lieut. Ingersoll 
 came to y e head quarters with 12 men and w th orders from o r Major 
 to make them up to 60 or 70. 
 
 24, I made up his number to 60 men, supplying them with 8 biskit 
 cake a man of mine own store . . . . L Ingersoll went up in the 
 night to Bluepoint, landed before day with 2 shallopes, marched up the 
 country to the head of Sacho Falls. 
 
 25-27, Continued out one night, returned to y e headquarters and he 
 dismissed our souldiers ; L l Ingersoll returning to Casco ; sent me a 
 l tre , to send him up 45 souldiers &c. towards his towne of Casco it 
 being alarumed in his absence by one house burning and a man 
 wounded. L Ingersoll came himself to our headquarters to demand 
 the p rty .... he was satisfied with 20 men, and I made up Maj. 
 Pendletons relief 20 w ch were dispatched with all speed great wind 
 at N. West. 28, Mr. Neales house burnt at Casco. 30, Serg and 
 his comp y returned from Casco. 
 
 (10) 5, Tho: Michell arrived from Boston with a license to myself 
 to come to Boston, and order to send y e Boston souldiers home if care 
 was not taken to provide for y m . 
 
 The rest of the Journal gives account of his arrangement to 
 leave home for Boston, taking one half the Boston soldiers with 
 him, and disposing the remainder, numbering nineteen, at various 
 fortified houses where needed : seven at William Sheldon s ; six 
 at Mr. Foxwell s ; four at Scottow s, being " the Serg , Steward, 
 drum and a cooke to provide for them when they should all draw 
 up to their head-quarters." Capt. Scottow sailed with the 
 soldiers, from Blackpoint, on January 8th, and arrived in Boston 
 on the llth. 
 
 He returned to his charge at Blackpoint April 9th, 1676, and a 
 treaty being in progress by Major Walderne, with the Indians, 
 he arranged with his soldiers to go into his woods and cut 
 " palisado pines," for fortifying his garrison house. 
 
 There can be no doubt that Capt. Scottow was of great help in 
 promoting the interests and assuring the safety of the people at 
 Blackpoint ; and yet he experienced the most bitter hostility and 
 opposition from many of the inhabitants, among whom were some 
 of the most reliable and respectable. Richard Foxwell was 
 doubtless jealous of the large interest and influence which his 
 extensive property gave him, as well as his loyal adhesion to the 
 Massachusetts Court. In common with many others of the early 
 settlers, Foxwell looked upon Scottow as a new comer, who with 
 his Boston ideas and manners came to usurp the rightful position 
 
332 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 of those who had held the settlement from the beginning; and it 
 is probable that jealousy and envy largely induced the bitter 
 hostility and the very serious charges that were preferred against 
 Capt. Scottow. 
 
 No further trouble with the Indians seems to have disturbed 
 Blackpoint until August, 1676. Capt. Scottow busied himself 
 settling his accounts and strengthening his garrison ; but upon 
 presenting his accounts for settlement by the court, he found 
 that several of his enemies had presented complaints against 
 his management, and a remonstrance against the payment of his 
 accounts, as follows : 
 
 PETITION AGAINST CAPT. SCOTTOW. 
 
 Wee whose names wee have underwritten, doe declare thai we were 
 never in y e least privie to y e sending for y e souldiers which came from 
 Boston to Blackpoint, neither during y e time of their stay did we in any 
 sort receive advantage by them ; but y l they were maintained upon y e 
 acct. of Mr. Scottow : for all the while his fishermen were thereby capa 
 citated to keep at sea for the whole season ; and much worke was done 
 by them which was greatlie turned to his profit ; as removing of a great 
 barn, paving before his house and cutting of Palisado stuff for a pre 
 tended fortification where there is no occasion nor need. And many 
 more such courtesies Mr. Scottow (got) by the soldiers. And that 
 other men should pay for his work, done under pretence of defending 
 y e country, wee hope in behalf of the rest of y e sufferers in these sad 
 times, you will please to take it into your serious consideration, and 
 heape no more upon us than wee are able to beare, but where the 
 benefit has been received, there order y e charge to be levied. 
 
 Richard Foxwell, Giles Barge, 
 
 Rol: Allanson, Joseph Oliver, 
 
 William Sheldon, John Cocke, 
 
 John Tinney. 
 
 Upon the above representations, several of the prominent men 
 of York County carried the matter to the General Court ; among 
 these Major Pendleton, Mr. Munjoy and Mr. Foxwell were the 
 chief complainants, and their complaints were submitted, by the 
 auditors of York County, to the General Court August 9th, 1676 
 (see Colonial Records, Vol. V. p. 102). The auditing committee 
 were Nicholas Shapleigh, Edward Rishworth, Samuel Wheel 
 wright. 
 
 The complaints were : 
 
 1st, That Mr. Scottow got the soldiers from Boston upon his own 
 responsibility. 
 
 2nd, That he refused to use or have others use the soldiers to pre 
 serve the lives and estates of others. 
 
 3d, That he used the soldiers mostly for his own particular security 
 and advantage ; attending and strengthening his garrison, paving his 
 yard, moving his barn, " cleaving" his wood, &c. 
 
CAPT. SCOTTOW ACCUSED. 333 
 
 A note of Mr. Drake s in his edition (1865) of Mr. Hubbard s 
 history, cites original papers, then in his possession, as testimony 
 against Capt. Scottow. The deposition of Michael Edgecombe, 
 aged about 25 years, declares that he was at Blackpoint when the 
 " nine Winter-harbour men were fighting the Indians upon the 
 Sands opposite said Place, and saw sundrie men come to Mr. Scot- 
 tow importuning that he would send some Ayde over to those poore 
 distressed men," etc., and that Capt. Scottow, though seeing the 
 English were far outnumbered by the Indians, and must be over 
 come soon without releif, yet would not suffer a man to go to 
 help them ; and one John Lux came and reproached the Captain 
 and offered to take men in his shallop across the river and land 
 them "on shoare in Little River," near where the men were 
 fighting, and where all were found slain next day. This was 
 sworn to before Brian Pendleton, July 20th, 1676. Lux declared 
 that nothing would move Capt. Scottow, although he could see 
 the men being overpowered by greatly outnumbering savages. 
 
 Mr. Foxwell also deposed against Capt. Scottow s inhumanity 
 in the affair of the burning of Dunstan, etc. Walter Gendall, 
 who served as Sergeant under Capt. Scottow, and had charge of a 
 body of soldiers at Spurwink in 1675, made a similar deposition. 
 
 The Court referred this case to the October session, and 
 then gave judgment, that, 
 
 This Court, having heard the complaint of M r . Rishworth exhibbeted 
 against Captaine Scottow, &c. . . . uppon a full hearing of both par 
 ties, see no reason for the aforesaid complaint, and doe judge that the 
 said Capt. Scottow ( for aught do thappeare) hath faithfully dischardged 
 his trust, and is therefore acquitted from the chardge endeavo r d to be 
 put on him, but that the same be borne by the county and that Mr. 
 Rushworth do pay Capt. Scottow his costs and damage. The Court 
 granted and determined the costs to be nine pounds, thirteen shillings 
 & eight pence. 
 
 In the evidence favorable to this decision, the following paper, 
 found in the old files of Suffolk County Court, was probably 
 offered : 
 
 PETITION OF INHABITANTS OF SCARBOROUGH. 
 
 The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of Scarborough. Whereas 
 Mr. Scottow of Boston Stood by us in all our streights and distresses 
 during the late Warr with the Indians and not only encouraged us with 
 his presence from April until January last, but alsoe releived us with a 
 barrell of powder and all sorts of ammunition as it cost him in Boston 
 near to twenty pounds for which he is not yet paid, yea, then when as 
 there was no town Stock nor a pound of powder in the Town that we 
 know of without which supply we and our familyes must either have 
 been destroyed or our town deserted as Casco and Saco were, we being 
 then for divers months the seat of war and having more houses than 
 one of the Townes and above double the other burnt and consumed : 
 
334 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 and to keep us together since he hath this Spring helped us more with 
 nere two hundred bushells of Indian and other Grain without which 
 some of us could neither have planted nor sowne, some had ben pincht 
 and others might have starved, in all things to our weak understanding 
 he hath carryed it faithfully and carefully to the publicke interest, he 
 being now unjustly and as far as we can deserne maliciously perse 
 cuted by some especially one Mr. Foxwell a man noted for contention 
 and whereas there be diverse oaths taken against s d Scottow some of 
 them to the knowledge of some of us false, and others covered with 
 fraude and fallacy we being much troubled that for his good he should 
 receive a bill humbly crave that he may have all right and due encour 
 agement and vindication, and your petitioners shall further humblie 
 pray for your honors peace and prosperity. 
 
 Henry Jocelyn Richard X Willing Thomas X Wasgate 
 
 Ambrose Bouden Francis X White John X Makenny 
 
 John X Libby, senior, John X Ficket Edward X Hounsell 
 
 Sam X Oakman Richard X Bassen Richard X Barret 
 
 John X Libby jun r Richard Moore Christopher X Picket 
 
 Anthony Row Peter X Hinxen Thomas Cleverly 
 
 Thomas X Bigford Henry X Elkins John X Vicars 
 
 John Howell Henry X Brookins Dunken X Teshmond 
 
 William X Champlin William X Burrage John X Simson 
 
 ADDITIONAL FAVOURABLE TESTIMONY. 
 
 These are to testifie before whom it may concern, that M r . Scottow 
 
 of Boston, being w th us when y e men were killed upon Sacho Sands 
 
 at the first heering of the guns fired there w th consent of M r . Josselin 
 gave y e Alarum all over garrison to y e whole town, drew up such of us 
 on our armes as were at home, dispatcht our Corporall to call in such 
 as were abroad, as also the said Scottow was very Angry with Mack- 
 shawine for saying that Captaine Wincoll and his Company were all 
 cut off, telling him though some might be killed and the rest ffled yett 
 it might be to gain y e advantage of ground as it proved, as also at the 
 same time Scottow seartcht the armes and ammunition of us which 
 were drawne up exchanging y e armes which were insufficient for his 
 owne fflxed armes, and that hee supplied every man of all those that 
 were sent forth, and wanted, both with powder, buletts, swan shott, 
 biskett, and a dram of y e bottle out of his owne store, there not being 
 at the same time one pound of powder in y e town, that wee know of 
 but what they rec ved from Scottow & that the said Scottow, upon the 
 first alarum enquire whether some of us might not bee sent in a shallop 
 or in Canows to goe to y e releif of those men, it was answered that 
 they could not be sent with safety neither for the men nor for their 
 armes because of the gulf of y e sea, the wind blowing ffresh upon the 
 shore. The said Scottow with the consent of Mr. Henery Josselin, did 
 with as much possible speed as they could, dispatch away about twenty 
 men over our fferry to march by land to the relief of that pty under y e 
 charge of Serjeant Olliver, yea so many men did they send away that 
 some of us complained against them saying they did not doe well to 
 send out so many of their husbands and children, supposeing that if 
 they should have been cutt off wee had not strength left at the garrison 
 
CAPT. SCOTTOW VINDICATED. 335 
 
 sufficient to defend o ur selves if assaulted, Yea, wee doe farther testifie 
 that the said Scottow Acted therein to the utmost of his power soe that 
 when some of the company manifested a backwardness to the relief 
 above in vexation hee through his Kane upon the ground saying he 
 would through up his Commission and never meddle more with it, and 
 alsoe that wee could not answer to god, men, nor our owne consciences 
 unless wee used the utmost of our endeavour to relieve those men, in 
 testimony of the truth of what is above written we have hereunto signed 
 and shall to the substance of the whole depose if called thereunto by 
 lawfull Authority. 
 
 Blackpoint, July y e 15 th 1676. The pmises above written, I 
 
 John X Libby Sen r Rich. Willing attest to be truth given under 
 Tomas X Bigford Andrew Browne my hand this 18 July 1676 
 
 Anthony row ffrancis X White HENRY JOCELYN. 
 
 Thomas Cleverly Peter X Hinxen 
 
 Hen: X Elkins Henry X Nookins 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 69, p. 28. 
 
 During August of 1676, Capt. Scottow was evidently at Boston, 
 leaving the conduct of affairs to Jocelyn and Tippen with Walter 
 Gendal as a third on the " committee of the militia." Sergeant 
 Tippen, who appears to have been a very efficient officer, being 
 called away also, the others found themselves unable to control 
 the inhabitants who were acting as garrison soldiers, and they 
 wrote this letter to Capt. Scottow : 
 
 Capt. Joshua Scottow. 
 
 We underwritten being of y e committee with Serjeant Tippen, and 
 both of you now being absent, shall desire you to acquaint y e Governor 
 & Councill of y e averseness of the generality of y e Inhabitants to obey 
 Military orders ; y l they would be pleased to direct some especial order 
 to such in this town as may bring y e Inhabitants to y e obedience of y e 
 Military Laws of the Government y* we may be in some capacity to 
 defend ourselves against y e common enemy ; and we shall remain, 
 
 Y r friends to serve you 
 Black Point, Aug. 9 th , 1676. HENRY JOCELYN, 
 
 WALTER GENDALL. 
 
 The Blackpoint garrison was recognized by the Indians as the 
 strongest fortification in the Eastern Towns, and it had therefore 
 escaped any assault in the general destruction which fell upon 
 Casco and the Kennebec towns. In the letter of Capt. Hathorne 
 in the last chapter, we find some account of the discontent of 
 the people at Blackpoint and their determination to abandon the 
 garrison and betake themselves to the safer towns to the West. 
 The letter indicates also that Capt. Scottow was there when 
 Capt. Hathorne visited the place, but evidently withdrew soon 
 after ; as upon October 12th the Indians appeared at the garri 
 son, a hundred strong, with the chief " Mugg " (or Mog Hegon, 
 Whittier s Mog Megone) at their head ; they found the inhabi 
 tants all within the fort and Mr. Jocelyn in command. The 
 
336 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Indians did not attack, knowing that even a small number could 
 hold it against any assault they could make. Mugg was well 
 acquainted with all the affairs of the English, and immediately 
 sought a parley with Mr. Jocelyn, which lasted a long time. In 
 the meantime all the inhabitants had taken the opportunity to 
 get out of the house and to their boats and away to the West 
 ward towns, Wells, Portsmouth, etc. How they could have 
 thus effected their escape in the presence of so large a body of 
 the enemy must be explained by the advantageous position of 
 the garrison, and the overconfidence of the Indians. Mr. Jocelyn 
 and his family were taken with the house and its contents, which 
 was at once surrendered, when Mr. Jocelyn found only his own 
 family left within. Mugg was highly elated with this great and 
 easy success, and Jocelyn was treated kindly, and with his family 
 soon restored to their friends. It is said that he afterwards 
 removed to Plymouth, where he spent the rest of his days. Black- 
 point garrison was not destroyed, perhaps because Mugg, in the 
 flush of his success, believed the English would soon be driven from 
 the country, and this would serve the Indians as a stronghold. 
 The following paper, the original of which is preserved among 
 the papers of the late Mr. Lemuel Shattuck, gives the list of those 
 who were at Blackpoint just before the surrender : 
 
 A list of y* names of y e Inhabitants at Blackpoint Garison 
 Octo: 12 th 1676. 
 
 Daniell Moore 
 John Tenney 
 in y Garison. Henry Brookin 
 
 Nathaniell Willett 
 Charles Browne 
 Edward Hounsell 
 
 Hampton and Sals- 
 
 bery Soldiers 
 ffrancis Sholet 
 inyhuttew* Anthony Roe 
 8 onb y u t?oyt Thomas Bickford 
 iDgtoit. Robert Tydey 
 Richard Moore 
 James Lybbey 
 John Lybbey 
 Samuell Lybbey 
 Anthony Lybbey 
 George Taylor 
 James Ogleby 
 Dunken Chessom 
 William Sheildin 
 John Vickers 
 R^ Basson 
 
 Living mu 
 fr e .*y * 
 
 Ro rt Eliott 
 ffrancis White 
 Richard Honywell 
 John Howell 
 Ralphe Heison 
 Matthew Heyson 
 Joseph Oliver 
 Christopher Edgecome 
 John Edgecome 
 Micael Edgecome 
 Robert Edgecome 
 Living three Henry Elldns 
 John Ashden 
 Johne Warrick 
 Goodman Luscome 
 Tymothy Collins 
 Andrew Browne, Senior 
 Andrew Browne 
 John Browne 
 Joseph Browne 
 William Burrage 
 Ambrose Bouden, Con 
 
 stable 
 Tho: Gumming 
 
BLACKPOINT REGARRISONED. 337 
 
 John Herman 
 
 Samuell Okeman, Senior 
 
 Samuell Okeman 
 
 ffrancis Shealett 
 John Elson Edward Hounalow 
 
 Peter Hmcson James Qglebey 
 
 Symond Hincson 
 
 RiCdWilUn Daniell Moore 
 
 John Symson 
 Tho: Cleauerly 
 John Cocke 
 
 A list of y names of those y ware prest by 
 Vertue of Capt. Harthornes order to be for 
 y service of y Oarison of y Inhabitants 
 afforesaid. 
 
 John Cocke 
 
 Dunken Chesson 
 Richard Burrough 
 
 "William Burraare 
 R rd Burrough 
 
 It is probable that the surrender of the fort at Blackpoint was 
 a great surprise to Capt. Scottow, as it was considered by all 
 absolutely secure, and was at the time well supplied and amply 
 garrisoned ; doubtless the cause of the desertion was the long- 
 suppressed discontent of the people, and their panic at the 
 approach of the large body of Indians which their fears magnified 
 to an army. Capt. Scottow did not rest content with his defeat, 
 however, as we see by the following item at the session of the 
 General Court, October 25, 1676, some twelve days after the 
 disaster. 
 
 Whereas Joshua Scottow is now sending forth a smale vessell or two 
 w th company for the discovery of the state of the fort at Black Point, 
 and transport of what may be there recoverable either of his or any 
 of the inhabitants, it is ordered, that the said vessells and persons by 
 him sent shall be & hereby are exempted from impresse upon any of 
 the country 8 imploy ; and Bartholomew Tipping being commended as a 
 fitt person to take the charge of such as are to land, in case he shall 
 judge the place tenable, he shallbe & hereby is impowerad to impresse 
 the company now sent, and any other of the inhabitants, or any other 
 persons which maybe there found, to looke after plunder or their owne 
 estates, and to defend & keepe the place from the enemy untill further 
 order ; and the said Scottow hath liberty to impresse some inhabitants 
 of Black Point who lye latent, he, the said Scottow, carrying it on at 
 his oune charge. 
 
 Sometime in November, Mugg having surrendered himself and 
 the Indians having withdrawn, Capt. Scottow regained his fort, 
 and Sergt. Bartholomew Tippen and soldiers, and many of the 
 inhabitants, remained there, and more returned in the Spring. 
 While our eastern towns from Portsmouth to Saco were kept in 
 constant fear by frequent attacks by skulking bands, Blackpoint 
 was not troubled until May 13th, 1677, when a great body of the 
 enemy appeared before the garrison, and at once made a resolute 
 onset upon it, apparently feeling assured of victory. But they 
 had now to deal with a different man than before ; Sergt. Barthol- 
 
338 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 omew Tippen was now in command, and conducted a gallant de 
 fence during three days, in which time but three of his soldiers 
 were killed ; on the 16th the Sergeant himself made a fine shot, by 
 which one of the leaders (supposed, at the time, to be " Simon, " 
 but afterwards found to be the celebrated " Mugg ") fell, by 
 which loss of their chief they were so disheartened that they 
 withdrew, part towards the Kennebec, the rest toward Piscataqua 
 and York, where they did some injury, of which and their next 
 attack upon Blackpoint, the next chapter, taking up the opera 
 tions of Capt. Benjamin Swett, will give some account. 
 
 Credited under Capt. Scottow. 
 
 January 25 1675-6 
 
 Samuel Ryall 01 01 04 
 Daniel Lancton, Corp l 04 04 00 
 
 Eben Ingolsby 03 12 00 
 
 George Gregory 03 12 00 
 
 Moses Richardson 03 12 00 
 
 John Newman 03 12 00 
 
 Henry Berrisford 03 12 00 
 
 Roger Jones 03 12 00 
 
 Charles Duckworth 03 12 00 
 
 Andrew Cload 03 12 00 
 
 Owen Jones 03 12 00 
 
 Thomas Hobson 03 12 00 
 
 William Howard 03 12 00 
 
 John Slead 03 12 00 
 
 Benjamin Wardall 03 12 00 
 
 Thomas Skellito 03 12 00 
 
 Thomas Hawes 03 12 00 
 
 John Newton 03 12 00 
 
 Samuel Walker 03 12 00 
 
 Alexander Johnson 03 12 00 
 
 February 19, 1675-6 
 
 Bartholomew Tippin 03 12 00 
 
 Thomas Barber 02 08 00 
 
 Nathaniel Willett 02 08 00 
 
 Edward Milton 02 08 00 
 
 Robert Tydye 02 08 00 
 
 Ebenezer Winter 02 08 00 
 
 Peter Odrigoe 02 08 00 
 
 Samuel Johnson 02 08 00 
 
 John Baker 02 08 00 
 
 02 
 02 
 
 02 
 02 
 02 
 02 
 02 
 02 
 02 
 02 
 
 Timothy Cunnell 
 John Lowell 
 Ezekiel Hamlin 
 Peter Mallandy 
 Thomas Maddis 
 James Ogleby 
 James Barber 
 Richard Huneywell 
 William Darby 
 Samuel Baker 
 
 March 24 th 1675-6 
 Samuel Johnson 02 
 
 April 24, 1676 
 Thomas Barber 03 
 
 Peter Malardino 03 
 
 June 24, 1676 
 John Baker 04 
 
 Bartholomew Tippin 09 
 Thomas Barber 02 
 
 Peter Odrego 01 
 
 Francis Sholett 06 
 
 Timothy Conhill 06 
 
 Nathaniel Willet 06 
 
 Edward Milton 02 
 
 James Barber 06 
 
 Peter Odrego 05 
 
 James Ogleby 06 
 
 Thomas Maddis 06 
 
 William Darby 06 
 
 Robert Tidy 06 
 
 Ebenezer Winter 06 
 
 08 00 
 08 00 
 08 00 
 08 00 
 08 00 
 08 00 
 08 00 
 08 00 
 08 00 
 
 08 00 
 
 14 00 
 
 18 00 
 
 09 04 
 
 16 00 
 09 00 
 
 02 00 
 04 00 
 00 00 
 00 00 
 00 00 
 
 03 08 
 00 00 
 12 00 
 00 00 
 06 00 
 00 00 
 00 00 
 06 00 
 
 There were doubtless many names credited during the autumn 
 and winter of 1676-7, but the accounts covering that period are 
 now lost. It will be noted, however, that many of the same 
 names appear in this following list from a later book that are in 
 the former. The accounts between these dates are lost. 
 
CAPT. SCOTTOW S SOLDIERS. 
 
 339 
 
 July 24, 1677. 
 Edward Cowle 
 Sam. Libby 
 John Starts 
 
 August 1 st 1677 
 Henry Libby 
 
 September 
 John Gibson 
 Will: Burridg 
 Nath 1 Willet 
 John Robin 
 John Starts 
 James Ogleby 
 Richard Barrett 
 Christopher Edgecomb 
 Robert Edgecomb 
 Sam 1 Jordan 
 John Markany 
 John Churchill 
 
 Michael Edgecomb 
 Thos: Cummings 
 Thos: Irons 
 Anthony Libby 
 
 October. 
 John Courser 
 Lewis Price 
 Andrew Brown 
 John Brown 
 John Augur 
 John Lewis 
 Thos: Rogers 
 John Bezoon 
 
 November. 
 Edward Hounsel 
 
 December. 
 Job Tooky 
 Joseph Hide 
 
 January 1677-8 
 David Middleton 
 Andrew Johnson 
 
 February 1677-8 
 William Milles 
 Henery Libby 
 
 March 1677-8 
 Thos: Bull 
 Sam 1 Jordan 
 Richard Honywell 
 Nathaniell Willitt 
 John Browne 
 Stephen Wolfe 
 Ambross Bowden 
 Michael Edgecomb 
 John Tinuey 
 Rich d Honywell 
 Will: Smith 
 
 In October, 1677, upon the petition of Capt. Scottow and 
 others of his townsmen, all the arms and ammunition then in the 
 fort at Blackpoint were granted them for their proper defence, 
 the same or like amount to be returned upon the order of the 
 Court, and the inhabitants, while engaged in the defence of the 
 garrison, were freed from all country rates. 
 
 After the close of the war Capt. Scottow returned and engaged 
 in the development of his estate, and in building up the interests 
 of the settlement. In 1679 he was chosen an Associate for York 
 County. In 1681 the inhabitants at Blackpoint accepted his 
 offer to give the town a hundred acres of land " upon the Plains 
 between Moors Brook and the South East end of the Great Pond," 
 as a site for the building of a fortification for the defence of the 
 town. The land about this fort was to be laid out in lots con 
 venient for the most compact settlement of the people, all of 
 whom were to build upon these and pay to Capt. Scottow one 
 shilling yearly for ever as being their " demesne Lord." The 
 people took hold with a will, and all working together soon 
 erected a very large and strong fortification. Here the people lived, 
 apparently in harmony, until 1686, when for some reason they 
 declared their agreement with Capt. Scottow " null and void," 
 but at the same time were ready enough to use the protection of 
 his garrison in times of danger ; and their opposition to him, on 
 this as well as former occasions, is strange from our standpoint, 
 and must probably remain unaccounted for, except for the reasons 
 above noted, and perhaps arbitrary and eccentric manners, of 
 which some intimations may be gathered from the petitions of his 
 friends noted above, as well as from his writings. The people 
 never forgot the old charge of his being the indirect cause of the 
 
340 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 death of the Nicholses in 1675 ; and in 1681 he was accused of 
 the murder of one Nathan Bedford, who was shown at the inquest 
 to have been drowned, and the charge was probably due to the 
 hostility of his enemies. He still held his leading position at 
 Blackpoint until the evacuation in May, 1690, when he retired 
 to Boston where he probably spent the rest of his days. He died 
 January 20th, 1698, aged 83 years. His gravestone was found, 
 October, 1850, in the tower of " The Old South Church," by 
 workmen making repairs upon the wall under the north dial, 
 some fifty feet from the ground. How it came there is not, I be 
 lieve, yet explained. Another stone, that of William Middleton, 
 died 1699, was found at the same time and place. Mr. Sewall, in 
 his Journal, Jan. 21 st and 22 d , 1697-8, writes : 
 
 It seems Capt Scottow died last night. Thus the New England 
 men drop away." Jan. 22 ; " Capt Joshua Scottow is buried in the 
 old burying place : Bearers Maj or Gen 1 Winthrop, Mr. Cook, Col. 
 Hutchinson, Sewall, Sergeant, Walley : Extream Cold. No Minister at 
 Capt. Scottow s Funeral nor wife nor daughter." 
 
 Capt. Scottow was the author of two very curious tracts, one 
 in 1691, entitled, " Old Men s Tears for their own Declensions 
 mixed with Fears of their and posterities further falling off from 
 New England s Primitive Constitution. Published by some of Bos 
 ton s Old Planters and some others. " Another tract, published in 
 1694, has a title similar in character, but too long for insertion 
 here except the first part, " A Narrative of the Planting of the 
 Massachusetts Colony Anno 1628," etc. Besides these tracts there 
 are many intimations of eccentricity in the character of Mr. 
 Scottow. See " Memoir of Joshua Scottow," by Hon. Hamilton 
 A. Hill, A.M. Also Sibley s " Harvard Graduates." 
 
 The accounts of Capt. Scottow for disbursements during the 
 war were still unsettled in 1685, when the amount claimed was 
 over two hundred pounds ; the Court that year voted him a grant 
 of five hundred acres of land in the " Province of Mayne in any 
 free place ; " and in 1686, some delay and trouble about this 
 former grant having arisen, he was granted five hundred acres in 
 addition in same place and under the same conditions. 
 
 Capt. Scottow left numerous descendants, by his daughters ; in 
 his will, probated March 3d, 1698, he mentions sixteen grand 
 children. Thomas Scottow, only surviving son of the Captain, 
 after graduating at Harvard in 1677, seems to have associated 
 himself with his father ; he was Recorder of York County in 
 1686, and signs as Deputy Register, after that until 1688. In his 
 father s will he is bequeathed a double portion, which, if he dies 
 without issue, shall go to his sister Elizabeth Savage. In Mr. 
 Waters s " Genealogical Gleanings," Part I., page 210, is found 
 Thomas Scottow s will, which declares him to be " of Boston, 
 
THOMAS SCOTTOW. 341 
 
 Chirurgeon, now bound forth to sea in the Ship Gerrard of Lon 
 don, Capt. William Dennis, commander, 14 November 1698," 
 proved 4 September, 1699. Gives his sister, Elizabeth Savage, 
 of New England, all his real and personal estate in New Eng 
 land. To his " loving friend Margaret Softley of the Parish of 
 St. Paul, Shadwell, in the County of Middlesex, widow," all his 
 goods and chattels and estate in the said ship, and all wages that 
 may be due him for service on the said ship at the time of his 
 death, in satisfaction of what he shall owe her, at his death. He 
 appoints her executrix. 
 
XXIV. 
 
 CAPT. BENJAMIN SWETT AND HIS MEN, AND CAPT. 
 MICHAEL PEIRSE OF PLYMOUTH COLONY. 
 
 JOHN ! SWETT, admitted freeman of Massachusetts Colony 
 May 18, 1642, was one of the ninety-one freeholders who 
 were declared to be the proprietors of all commons, waste 
 lands and rivers undisposed of in the town of Newbury. 
 
 CAPT. BENJAMIN 2 SWETT, son of John, 1 was born in England 
 about 1626 ; came to Newbury with his father ; married there, 
 November, 1647, Hester, daughter of Peter Weare. They settled 
 first in Newbury, and from 1655 to 1662, in company with 
 his brother-in-law, Nathaniel Weare, he carried on the farm of 
 Mr. John Woodbridge of Newbury. His children, born in New 
 bury, were Hester, 3 7 June, 1648, m. Abin Greene, 1668 ; Sarah, 3 
 7 November, 1650, m. Morris Hobbs, 1678 ; Mary, 3 7 January, 
 1652, died soon ; Mary, 3 2 May, 1654 ; Benjamin, 3 5 August, 1656 ; 
 Joseph, 3 21 January, 1659 ; Moses, 3 16 September, 1661. And in 
 Hampton, whither he removed about 1663, were born, Hannah, 3 
 16 May, 1664 ; Elizabeth, 3 2 July, 1667 ; John, 3 17 May, 1670 ; 
 Stephen, 3 13 September, 1672 ; and perhaps another. 
 
 Capt. Swett was active and energetic. He was early chosen 
 to fill places of trust in town and county. But he was inclined 
 to military exercises, and was chosen Ensign of the military com 
 pany in Newbury as early as 1651. 
 
 After removing to Hampton, he became prominent and influ 
 ential in both civil and military affairs in Old Norfolk County ; 
 and in the well preserved and finely written document (Mass. 
 Archives, vol. 67, p. 57) presented to the General Court, May 
 31, 1671, remonstrating against the Court s appointment of 
 Robert Pike, as Sergeant-Major of Norfolk County, instead of 
 leaving the choice to the people, we doubtless see Capt. Swett s 
 elegant handwriting ; and he seems to be the recognized leader 
 among the prominent men of the various towns of Norfolk. 
 
 In 1675 he held the rank of Lieutenant, and is mentioned thus 
 by Mr. Hubbard, as marching up with a small company into the 
 woods to recover the body of Goodman Robinson of Exeter, 
 killed by the Indians. And the first official notice I have found 
 is the order of Council, January 17, 1675-6, mentioned hereto- 
 
CAPT. SWETT S COMMISSION. 343 
 
 fore, showing that he was in charge of recruits then being sent 
 out to Narraganset. February 1, 1675-6, the Council by special 
 order granted him three pounds for the time he had been in the 
 service ; this was probably for his services in recruiting. Feb 
 ruary 29, 1675-6, he was credited under Capt. Gardiner with 
 X3. OOs. OOd. on the treasurer s book, possibly the same item. 
 
 More than half the men credited under him assigned their 
 credits to the town of Haverhill, and I find were nearly all in 
 habitants of that town. The service for which these credits are 
 given was probably rendered in the spring of 1676, upon the 
 frontier towns of Essex County. Captain Swett was then en 
 gaged at home, and was in command of the military at Hampton 
 and vicinity until the next year, when he was called into the 
 public service at the Eastward, which the following Order and 
 Commission of the Council will explain : 
 
 Ordered that Leiftenant Benjamin Swett have a Commission for a 
 Captains place & that he be the Conduct & chiefe of Commanders of 
 the English & Indian forces now raysed & to Goe forth on the Service 
 of the Country ag l the Eastern Indian Ennemy as also to order and 
 dispose of the masters & marines & vessels now Going to said service 
 for the better management of that affayre. 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 69, p. 132. 
 
 CAPT. SWETT S COMMISSION. 
 
 Capt. Swett, You are ordered with the forces now raysed & by your 
 Commission put under your Command to repayr to Blackpoynt & there 
 use all possible diligence by searching & otherwise to understand the 
 state & motions of the enemy & with your force to assayle & annoy 
 them as much as in you lyeth. If y e Headquarters of the Enemy by 
 advice of Major Clark & those upon the place be possible to be 
 assaulted you are ordered to mai ch thither with all your force ; if any 
 other small quarter of the enemy lye near & your force be in any 
 Measure Capable in a short time to visit and fall upon them you are 
 accordingly with all y e force Indians & English to make your march 
 thither & assalt them ; if otherwise no service against the enemy offer 
 advising with Major Clark to whom the Councill doth refer you for 
 advice, you shall with your whole force march down towards Pascataq, 
 on the Backside of winter Harbor, Wels, york &c, if possible to dis 
 cover the lurking places of y e enemy & fall upon them after which you 
 shall supply, out of your company y c places of y old garrison soldiers 
 which went out under C. Swayne or other dismissing them home & 
 lodge y c remayners in most convenient and necessary places for the 
 Countryes Service & in such Companyes that upon prime exigent or 
 order you may call y m again forth on further excursion or expedition 
 keeping good correspondence giving account to ye Governor & Council 
 of all occurrences. 
 
 Dated at Charlestown y 6 22 d of June, 1677 
 pr. Council. E. R. S ty . 
 
 To be released, Sam". Clark, Isaak How, W m . Hopkins, W ra . 
 Stanley, Moses Whitney. 
 
344 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 This final service of Capt. Swett is best told by Mr. Hubbard, 
 the historian of the war, who, after telling of the late depreda 
 tions which had been made at York, Wells and Hampton, where 
 Edward Colcord, Jr., and three others (probably Abraham Per 
 kins, Jr., Benjamin Hillard and Caleb Towle) were killed, con 
 tinues : 
 
 The Indians thus making daily Inroads upon these weak, unfenced 
 places, the Governor and Council resolved to raise new Forces, and 
 having had good Experience of the Faithfulness and Valor of the 
 Christian Indians about Natick, armed two hundred of them and sent 
 them together with forty English, to prosecute the Quarrel against 
 those Eastward Indians to the full; but not judging aright of the 
 Number of the Enemy, they much underdid then* Business, for besides 
 that the Number they sent of the English was a great deal too small, 
 those that were chosen this Bout to take their Turns in the Service 
 Abroad, were many of them young, raw, and unexperienced Soldiers, 
 who were not able to look Danger, much less Death, in the Face, in 
 cool Blood, by which means it came to pass that the Enterprise suc 
 ceeded so ill ; for Captain Swett with Lieutenant Richardson, that was 
 sent with him to command the friendly Indians, coming to Black Point, 
 June 28th, he began to try the Valor and Courage of his Company 
 before he had disciplined them, or had any Experience of their Ability 
 to fight. The very next morning after he had landed his men, under 
 standing by his Scouts that many of the Enemies were up and down 
 upon the Place, he made too much Haste to fall upon them, and not 
 mistrusting their Number, while he was marching up the Edge of an 
 Hill with one Party, and his Lieutenant with another, the Indians, 
 that had hid themselves in the Swamp on each Side of the Hill, suddenly 
 fired upon the English on both Sides, which not a little discouraged 
 his young and undisciplined Company, so as they could not, or did not 
 keep their Ranks, but while some were ready to run and shift for them 
 selves, the Captain strived to keep them together, to bring off the 
 dead and wounded men, so long that he brought himself and all the 
 Company in Danger of an utter Overthrow, which soon after took 
 place ; for the poor unskilful Soldiers, being scattered, were shifting 
 for themselves, while a few resolute Men of Courage bore the Brunt 
 of the Service till they were in a Manner all knocked down. The 
 Lieutenant was killed soon after the first Onset ; the Captain having 
 received near twenty Wounds, yet still held out defending and encourag 
 ing his Men, till he was surrounded with more of his enemies than he 
 was able to grapple with, and so was at the last barbarously murdered 
 by them within a little of the Garrison-house. There were slain at 
 this Time somewhat above forty of the English, and twelve of the 
 friendly Indians that assisted, very few escaping but were either killed 
 right out or dangerously wounded. 
 
 It is to be regretted that the names of very few of all who fell 
 in this disastrous encounter have been preserved. Besides Capt. 
 Swett and Lieut. Richardson, the records of Andover give the 
 names of four who went from that town who were killed, John 
 
CAPT. SWETT AT BLACKPOINT. 345 
 
 Parker, James Parker, John Phelps and Daniel Blanchard; and 
 I have not been able to find any further names elsewhere. Mr. 
 G. A. Churchill, in his researches, has found that Benjamin Rock- 
 wood was of this company, and still living in 1742. The journal 
 of the treasurer covering this period is lost. It seems from all 
 available references that about ninety English and Indians, under 
 Capt. Swett and Lieut. James Richardson, were engaged in the 
 fight at Blackpoint; but the number of Indians given by Mr. 
 Hubbard as in the expedition is not confirmed by other evidence. 
 In Major Daniel Gookin s " History of the Christian Indians," 
 he says : 
 
 In Jane, 1677, another expedition into the Eastern parts, among 
 whom were about 36 of our Christian Indians, who were in a fight near 
 Black point ; the English lost about forty men whereof were eight of 
 our friendly Indians, the greatest loss our [Christian] Indians sus 
 tained all the war. 
 
 This seems to imply that the eight Indians are a part of the 
 forty that were slain, and also that but thirty-six Indians were in 
 the command. 
 
 The instructions given in making up the force of his Lieutenant 
 also give additional light. 
 
 Order of the Council, June 15th, 1677. 
 
 It is reffered to Major Gookin forthwith to Suply Leift. Richardson 
 & his p ty at Chelmsford with provision Ammunition & app 1 necessary 
 & to order him to scout & range y e woods between Merrimack & Pas- 
 catawq River & endeavour to kill and sease y e Lurking enemy in those 
 parts for w ch the Major is ordered to encourage y m w 01 a reward of 
 twenty shillings for every scalpe & forty shillings for every prisoner or 
 y c prisoner. And also to make up in number 25 men, & to order y m 
 after some time spent there, to m r ch to Blackpoint garison & Their to 
 bee at y e ordering of Liftenant Tipping until further order from the 
 Council the time of Randevous at Blackpoint is to bee the 26 of this 
 Instant June if possible. 
 
 Past. EDWD RAWSON, Secretary. 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 69, p. 129. 
 
 If these instructions were carried out, Lieut. Richardson and 
 his Indians from Chelmsford marched overland to Blackpoint, 
 and evidently arrived there before the hostile Indians had come 
 from the Kermebec and Androscoggin. The vessels were a day 
 behind the appointed time in arriving. In making up his force 
 for scouting the woods from Blackpoint to Saco, and in the 
 vicinity, Capt. Swett had no thought of the large numbers 
 of the enemy that were actually near them ; so that when he 
 had drawn out his English to the number of forty, and his Lieu 
 tenant s force of thirty-six, and some of the Blackpoint men of 
 Sergt. Tippen s command joined, he mustered in all a com- 
 
346 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 pany of ninety. It is said that a large decoy body of the enemy 
 showed themselves and succeeded in drawing both the commands 
 into an ambush contrived with their usual cunning, and blindly 
 walked into, in the usual manner of the English from the first ; 
 and the story of " Bloody-Brook," " Beers Plain," " Brookfield " 
 and "Sudbury," is again repeated, and the simple old Indian de 
 vice of decoy and ambush again overwhelms our forces and sends 
 dismay through all the colonies. But the Indians never risked a 
 battle on any other chance ; and if their device had not succeeded 
 here, would doubtless have disappeared, and the report would have 
 been that our forces "could not come up with them." As it was, 
 the Indians made no further attempt at that time, and probably 
 suffered severely in the running fight, of which no details have 
 been handed down. The Indians withdrew at the time, but in 
 July following began the depredations upon the fishermen along 
 the Eastern coast, and by midsummer had captured no less than 
 thirteen vessels from Salem alone. They soon abandoned this 
 enterprise, however, as they could not manage any craft that 
 could not be worked with paddles. About this time, Governor 
 Andros, of New York, interfered, and sent a vessel with a force 
 to Pemaquid and vicinity and effected a cessation of hostilities. 
 LIEUT. JAMES RICHARDSON was first of Woburn, but in 1659 
 removed to Chelmsford, and there married, November 28, 1660, 
 Bridget Henchman, daughter of Thomas, and by her had eight 
 children or more. He was with Capt. Wheeler in the defence of 
 Brookfield, and with Simon Davis, of Concord, and John Fiske, 
 was appointed by the Captain, who was disabled by his wounds, 
 to manage the defence. He was afterwards active in the war; 
 removed to Charlestown, May 1, 1676, and served as Lieutenant 
 with Capt. Samuel Hunting in his mixed English and Indian 
 company in the summer and fall of that year at Pawtucket Falls 
 (now Lowell), where they built a fortification and maintained a 
 garrison, of which Lieut. Richardson was left in charge as well as 
 of the Christian Indians at Chelmsford. He was well acquainted 
 with Indian ways, and had great influence with them. 
 
 Credited under Lieut. Benjamin Swett. 
 
 June 24 th , 1676. 
 
 Thomas Hartshorn 00 12 00 
 
 Samuel Hutckins 02 04 06 
 
 Nathaniel Hazeltine 01 00 06 
 
 Samuel Aires 00 08 06 
 
 John Keizer 00 08 06 
 
 John Clement 00 08 06 
 
 Philip Esman 00 15 04 
 
 Benjamin Singleterry 00 15 04 
 
 Thomas Durston 00 17 10 
 
 Thomas Eastman 01 04 00 
 
 Thomas Allin 01 17 06 
 
 Henry Kemball 01 09 04 
 
 Benjamin Greely 01 00 06 
 
 Jonathan Henrick 00 15 04 
 
 John Corly 00 15 04 
 
 John Roby 00 08 06 
 
 Thomas Kingsby 02 04 04 
 
 Robert Swan 01 04 00 
 
 John Hazletine 01 04 00 
 
 Samuel Watts 00 13 06 
 
 Joseph Bond 00 13 06 
 
CAPT. MICHAEL PEIRSE, OF SCITUATE. 347 
 
 James Smith 05 08 00 
 
 Denis Sihy 04 01 00 
 
 John Cann 02 14 00 
 
 Benjamin Allin 02 00 10 
 
 JohnWinslow 02 14 10 
 
 Benjamin Dyer 02 14 00 
 
 John Coarser 02 14 00 
 
 John Hicks 01 00 06 
 
 John Plimpton 02 14 00 
 
 John Ross 02 14 00 
 
 William Burt 00 09 04 
 
 John Norton 02 07 00 
 
 Rich. Hawkins 02 14 10 
 
 John Veales 02 01 00 
 
 William Philips 02 14 00 
 
 James Franklin 02 14 00 
 
 Thomas Davis 02 14 00 
 
 Samuel Davis 03 03 00 
 
 James Wamsly 02 14 00 
 
 Frances Burges 02 14 00 
 
 It will be noticed that the above credits are given a year 
 before this final service, for which I have not as yet found any 
 credit anywhere recorded. 
 
 CAPT. MICHAEL PEIRSE AND HIS COMPANY, OF PLYMOUTH 
 
 COLONY. 
 
 Michael Peirse, or Peirce, was of Hingham from 1646 to 1663, 
 but removed to Scituate soon after. His children, named in his 
 will of 1675, just before going to the war, were Persis, Benjamin, 
 John, Ephraim, Elizabeth, Deborah, Ann, Abia and Ruth. His 
 first wife died in 1662, and he married a second wife, Ann, at 
 Scituate. Hon. Henry B. Peirce, late Secretary of State of Mas 
 sachusetts, is a lineal descendant of Capt. Michael Peirse. 
 Michael Peirse was appointed ensign of a company raised in 
 Plymouth Colony to go against the Dutch, in December, 1673, 
 and captain of the company raised in the spring of 1675-6 as 
 hereinafter told. It may be said here that as this was a Plymouth 
 Colony Company, the lists of credits of the Treasurer, which are 
 nearly complete for Massachusetts Colony, are not found as yet 
 in Plymouth or Connecticut, so that we have to depend upon 
 chance lists found here and there, and the lists of " Narraganset 
 Grantees," published in full for the first time in this volume - 
 We have learned above of the general situation of affairs in Mas 
 sachusetts Colony, in March, 1676. 
 
 The intention of the Indians was evidently to distract the at 
 tention of the English by striking heavy blows in distant parts of 
 the colonies. Connecticut was protected by the presence of the 
 Mohegins and Pequods, whom the hostile Indians dreaded far 
 more than the English, as they were their equals in woodcraft 
 and Indian tactics. After the attack upon Medfield, the attack 
 ing party advanced into Plymouth Colony, and probably formed 
 a junction with another body, doubtless with the purpose of con 
 centrating a great force upon some of the larger towns, while 
 smaller bodies kept making demonstrations here and there upon 
 some smaller places. On February 25th, they assaulted Wey- 
 mouth, and burned seven or eight houses and barns. On March 
 12th they pushed even into Plymouth town, and destroyed 
 
348 KING PHILIP S WAB. 
 
 Clark s Garrison House, about two miles from Plymouth village, 
 with eleven persons within it, plundered the provisions, a quan 
 tity of ammunition, and quite a sum of money, without a single 
 man lost or wounded. Another party suddenly assaulted War 
 wick on March 16th or 17th, and destroyed nearly all the houses, 
 though the people escaped. Nearly all the detached houses in 
 the Narraganset country were attacked and destroyed within a 
 few weeks, and many of the large towns were threatened. 
 
 Plymouth Colony, on February 8, 1675-6, had ordered a com 
 pany of men to be impressed from the southern towns of the 
 colony, and on the 29th the Council ordered " that the Souldiers 
 now under Presse, from the Southern Towns, be at Plymouth on 
 Wednesday the 8th of this Instant (March) in order unto a 
 further March, and with them 20 or 30 of the Southern Indians, 
 whoe together with the other whoe are under Presse to goe forth 
 under the Command of Captain Michael Peirse and Lieftenant 
 Samuell Fuller." The force probably got ready sometime in the 
 middle of March. " Capt. Amos," a Wampanoag Indian who 
 refused to follow with Philip and joined the friendly Indians, 
 was in command of the Cape Indians in Capt. Peirse s company, 
 and also acted as guide to the whole force. The command 
 marched to Seekonk, where they arrived March 25th, and that 
 day had a skirmish with a party of Indians in the vicinity, whom 
 they pursued until night and supposed they had seriously dam 
 aged. Retiring to the Garrison House at Seekonk that night, 
 early on the next day, Sunday, March 26th, the forces, increased 
 by several from Seekonk as guides, started again in pursuit of 
 the enemy ; and soon came across a few Indians who showed 
 themselves in the distance and seemed to be trying to get away, 
 but to be impeded by lameness. The English as usual were lured 
 to rush forward, and in spite of former experiences and the 
 warnings of the Indian allies, they soon found themselves in an 
 ambuscade. Though not taken entirely by surprise by the old 
 trick, which he believed his company was strong enough to fight 
 through, Capt. Peirse was entirely deceived by the numbers of 
 the Indians. He was a brave officer, and supposing he had a 
 large body, perhaps twice his own number, at bay, he fearlessly 
 attacked them even at great disadvantage. The Indians did not 
 discover their full numbers until they had drawn the English 
 across a small river, to some distance, when the attempt was 
 evidently made to surround him. This forced him back upon 
 the bank of the river, where he found himself attacked in the 
 rear by a large party sent to cut him off. There is no doubt 
 that Capt. Peirse was out-generalled, as well as vastly out 
 numbered, and, like the brave man that he was, he fought it out 
 till he fell, with his brave men around him. Before leaving the 
 garrison in the morning Capt. Peirse had sent a messenger to 
 Capt. Edmunds of Providence, asking him to cooperate in an 
 
CAPT. PEIRSE S COMPANY DESTROYED. 349 
 
 attack upon a large body of Indians then at Pawtucket Falls ; 
 the messenger, however, did not deliver his message until after 
 the morning service (it being Sunday), when Capt. Edmunds 
 indignantly berated him, declaring that it was then too late, as it 
 proved. It is doubtful if a company from Providence could have 
 saved Capt. Peirse and his men after they crossed the river, as 
 with their great numbers the Indians were able to beset every 
 approach to the battle-field, and choose their ground. 
 
 It is doubtful if during the war the English had come face to 
 face in the open field with so large and so well-organized a force 
 of the Indians. Canonchet doubtless directed the operations in 
 this campaign in person, and was assisted by the ablest chiefs 
 and the best warriors, picked from all the tribes. It was a signal 
 victory for the Indians, and it confirmed Canonchet as the mili 
 tary leader before all others. Great stores of corn had been 
 opened up and sent northward, with the plunder from the 
 assaulted towns ; heavy blows had been struck against the towns ; 
 the non-combatants, the infirm and helpless were safe in the vast 
 forests stretching from beyond Quabaog to Canada, and were 
 guarded by a strong reserve. He with his stout chiefs and their 
 bands of loyal warriors were therefore free to carry the war into 
 all parts of the colonies ; the great expedition under Major Savage 
 against Menameset, etc., had been completely frustrated, and 
 now this brilliant victory, as they counted it, had carried terror 
 and dismay to the southern towns. Canonchet may well have 
 dreamed of reconquering his native dominions, and doubtless 
 believed that he could now reestablish his people there. Fearless 
 by nature, and feeling secure from invasion, he was waiting, at 
 his headquarters not far from Pawtucket, with but few guards, 
 having out large scouting parties scouring the country ; and a 
 very large part of his force had doubtless gone to the northward, 
 with forage, plunder, and the dead and wounded from the battle 
 with Capt. Peirse, of whom the number was probably more 
 than one hundred. The loss on the part of the English was fifty- 
 two of the English and eleven of the friendly Indians. From 
 the letter of Rev. Noah Newman, of Rehoboth, written the day 
 after the battle, we get the names of those killed of Capt. 
 Peirse s company. 
 
 From Scituate, 15 Slain. 
 
 Capt. Pierce, Samuel Russell, Benjamin Chittenden, 
 John Lothrope, Gershom Dodson, Samuel Pratt, 
 Thomas Savery, Joseph Wade, William Wilcome, 
 Jeremiah Barstow, John Ensign, Joseph Cowen, 
 Joseph Perry, John Rowse, ? 
 
 Marshfield, 9 Slain. 
 
 Thomas Little, John Earns, Joseph White, 
 
 John Burrows, Joseph Phillips, Samuel Bump, 
 
 John Low, More ? John Brance. 
 
350 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Duxbury, 4 Slain. 
 
 John Sprague, Benjamin Soal, Thomas Hunt, 
 
 Joshua Fobes. 
 
 Sandwich, 5 Slain. 
 
 Benjamin Nye, Daniel Bessey, Caleb Blake, 
 
 John Gibbs, Stephen Wing. 
 
 Barnstable, 6 Slain. 
 
 Lieut. Fuller, John Lewis, Eleazer Clapp, 
 
 Samuel Linnet, Samuel Childs, Samuel Bereman. 
 
 Yarmouth, 5 Slain. 
 
 John Mathews, John Gage, William Gage, 
 
 Henry Gage, Henry Gold. 
 
 Eastham, 3 Slain. 
 Joseph Nessefield, John Walker, John M . 
 
 [Rehoboth?], 2 Slain. 
 John Fitz, Jr., John Miller, Jr. 
 
 The paper is much worn and mutilated, so that the names of 
 several are lost. It is said that Miller and Fitz were of Reho 
 both, and probably others. Seven or eight names are needed, in 
 addition, to make up the fifty-five. 
 
 In a chart of the descendants of John Read of Rehoboth, pub 
 lished by Orin Read of Providence in 1859, it is stated that John 
 Read s second son, John Read, Jr., was one of the Rehoboth sol 
 diers killed in this fight. 
 
XXV. 
 
 BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE DESTRUCTION OF LAN 
 CASTER, AND NAMES CREDITED WITH MILITARY 
 SERVICE AT THE VARIOUS OTHER GARRISONS. 
 
 OF the many garrisons occupied by the English during the 
 war, the importance varied according to the movements of 
 the army. Marlborough, for instance, was, during the 
 most of the war, a rendezvous and general headquarters, and 
 thus it was necessary to devote an entire chapter to that, and the 
 operations thereabout. Mendon, Brookfield, Hadley, Northamp 
 ton and several others later, like Scarborough and Wells, became 
 prominent by their position as frontiers, or as supply and recruit 
 ing stations. It will be understood that these items of credit 
 occur in the Treasurer s book mixed with other credits under the 
 various officers, etc., and not consecutively, as presented here. 
 These garrisons are arranged alphabetically by names of places, 
 for the convenience of the reader ; and for the same reason, two 
 lists already given in previous chapters are reprinted here. The 
 Lancaster garrison is an exception to the above rule, as it seems 
 to demand a, fuller notice. 
 
 The Nashaway Indians were the native inhabitants of the 
 country bordering upon the Nashua river. The name of the 
 sachem of this tribe, at the first settlement by the English, was 
 Nashacowam, alias Nashoonan, alias Sholan. The bounds of his 
 dominion are not exactly defined. His death is recorded in 1654. 
 The first settlement by the English was begun with the estab 
 lishment of a trucking-house, in 1643, by Henry Symonds and 
 Thomas King. In 1675 it was one of the most prosperous of the 
 inland plantations. Up to the opening of Philip s war, there 
 had never been any serious trouble with the Nashaway Indians. 
 In common with other tribes they were stirred up by the agents 
 of Philip, and during the fall and winter of 1675 and 76 were 
 doubtless actively engaged with the hostiles. Shoshanim, whom 
 the English called " Sam Sachem," was sagamore of the tribe at 
 this time. The story of the attacks upon Lancaster has been told 
 elsewhere, except the first, which occurred on Sunday, August 
 20, 1675. This was five days after Capt. Mosely had marched 
 his company into the town. This attack was a sudden raid of a 
 
352 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 large party of Indians, led by a Nipmuck chief named Monoco, 
 or "One-eyed John." The point of attack was the house of a 
 Scotch settler, Mordecai Macloud, at the North end of the town, 
 near what is now the North Cemetery. Seven persons were 
 killed at this time, viz., Mordecai Macloud and his wife Lydia, 
 a daughter Hannah, aged four years, and an infant child ; also 
 George Bennet, who left a widow and five small children ; Jacob 
 Farrar, Jr., who left a widow and four children ; and two men, 
 Joseph Wheeler and William Flagg, probably detailed as guards 
 to the house. After this bloody affair, the people were gathered 
 into garrison-houses, and strong guards placed about for a time. 
 Several friendly Indians, in the employ of the Council at Boston, 
 went among the hostile Indians about Brookfield and Wachuset 
 as spies, and one of these, James Quanapohit, January 24, 1675- 
 6, brought home to the Council a full and detailed report of the 
 plan of the hostiles for the destruction of Lancaster, and even 
 the day appointed. But the authorities paid little heed to his 
 story. The Lancaster people, however, became alarmed, and 
 appealed to the Council for assistance, which was being tardily 
 attended to when the blow fell, just as predicted by James, and 
 told by Job Kattenanit, another Christian Indian spy, who suc 
 ceeded in escaping from the hostiles at Meminimisset, and, 
 travelling upon snow-shoes eighty miles, came to Major Gookin s 
 house, on January 9th, in a nearly famished condition, and re 
 ported that a party of four hundred Indians were already on the 
 way to destroy Lancaster. Major Gookin immediately arose upon 
 this alarm, and consulting with Mr. Danforth, a member of the 
 council, messengers were at once despatched to Marlborough, 
 Concord and Lancaster, to fortify the town with all speed. The 
 messenger reached Marlborough at daybreak, and Capt. Wads- 
 worth marched away with a company of forty men. Before they 
 arrived at Lancaster, the enemy had burned the bridge, by the 
 regular road ; but the guides conducted them by another way so 
 that they were able to escape the ambush laid for them by the 
 enemy, and hastily repairing a partially burned bridge, they suc 
 ceeded in driving off a party already attacking the garrison- 
 house of Mr. Cyprian Stevens, and in saving that, and a part of 
 the town from destruction, as heretofore mentioned. Another 
 garrison-house, that of Rev. Joseph Rowlandson, the minister, 
 was assaulted and burned, and of all the thirty-seven persons with 
 in it, only one escaped death or captivity ; some authorities at the 
 time gave the number as forty-two, but the most reliable says 
 thirty-seven. Rev. Mr. Rowlandson was at Boston, trying to 
 secure a force sufficient to protect the town from the threatened 
 attack. 
 
 From Mr. H. S. Nourse s " Early Records of Lancaster " I take 
 the following list, which is probably the most complete and cor 
 rect now obtainable : 
 
CAPTIVES AND SLAIN AT LANCASTER. 353 
 
 A List of those killed and made captive at the Rowlandson garrison- 
 house in Lancaster, Feb y 10, 1675-6. 
 
 KILLED IN THE ASSAULT. 
 
 Ensign John Divoll, Josiah Divoll, John s son, aged 7. Daniel Gains. 
 Abraham Joslin, aged 26. John MacLoud. Thomas Rowlandson, 
 
 aged 19. 
 John Kettle, aged 36. John Kettle jr. Joseph Kettle, son of John, 
 
 aged 10. 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Kerley, wife of Lieut. Henry. William Kerley, son of 
 
 Lieut. Henry, aged 17. Joseph Kerley, son of Lieut. Henry, aged 7. 
 Mrs. Priscilla Roper, wife of Ephriam. Priscilla, child of Ephriam, 
 
 aged 3. 
 
 CARRIED AWAY CAPTIVE. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, wife of the minister, ransomed. 
 
 Mary Rowlandson, daughter of the minister, aged 10, ransomed. 
 
 Sarah Rowlandson, " " " " " 6, wounded & died 
 
 Feb. 18. 
 
 Joseph Rowlandson, son " " " " 13, ransomed. 
 
 Mrs. Hannah Divoll, wife of Ensign John, ransomed. 
 John Divoll, son of Ensign John, aged 12, died in captivity? 
 William Divoll, son of " " " 4, ransomed. 
 Hannah Divoll, daughter of" " " 9, died in captivity? 
 Mrs. Ann Joslin, wife of Abraham, killed in captivity. 
 Beatrice Joslin, dau. " " " " " 
 
 Joseph Joslin, brother of " aged 18. 
 
 Henry Kerley, son of Lieut. Henry, aged 18. 
 Hannah Kerley, dau. " u " " 13. 
 
 Mary Kerley, " " " " " 10. 
 
 Martha Kerley, " " " " " 4. 
 
 A Kerley child, " " " name and age unknown. 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Kettle, wife of John, ransomed. 
 Sarah Kettle, daughter " " aged 14, escaped. 
 Jonathan Kettle, son " " aged 5. 
 
 A Kettle child, a daughter " " 
 Ephraim Roper escaped during the assault. 
 
 OTHERS KILLED OR TAKEN OUTSIDE THE GARRISON, IN THE SOUTH PART 
 
 OF THE TOWN. 
 
 John Ball, Elizabeth his wife, and their infant child. 
 Jonas Fairbank, and Joshua his son, aged 15. 
 Henry Farrar, Ephraim Sawyer, aged 26, and Richard Wheeler. 
 A man mentioned by Mrs. Rowlandson, but no name given. 
 
 TAKEN CAPTIVE. 
 
 Two of the family of John Ball, names unknown. 
 
 Mrs. Rowlandson says that " of thirty-seven persons who were 
 
354 KING PHILIP S WAK. 
 
 in this one house, none escaped either present death or a bitter 
 captivity, save only one." This one was Ephraim Roper, above- 
 mentioned. 
 
 Mrs. Rowlandson must be considered the very highest au 
 thority, as she was a part of the story, which she afterwards 
 published, and which affords almost the only reliable information 
 we have of the condition, plans and movements of the hostile 
 Indians, during that dreadful winter of 1675-6. Her story is 
 simply, yet graphically, told, and we learn many things about 
 the habits and customs of the Indians, their ways of subsisting, 
 treatment of captives, manners, dress, diversions, etc., which is 
 nowhere else given. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Rowlandson sought the aid of the Council in his 
 efforts to redeem the captives, many of whom were his own 
 kindred. At first it was impossible to find any one of the friendly 
 Indians willing to venture as messengers among the hostiles, 
 mainly because they had been so cruelly and shamefully abused 
 by the English and were now confined at Deer Island^ where 
 they could not be accused or placed under suspicion. At last, 
 however, one Tom Dublet, or Nepanet, consented to go, and was 
 fitted and instructed by Major Gookin, and upon April 3d started 
 from Cambridge, and returned with the answer of the Sachems 
 on April 12th. The correspondence between the Council and 
 the Sachems is still preserved, in part, though the original 
 letters are lost. The messenger brought back word from Sam 
 Sachem, Kutquen and Quanohit, Samuel Uskatuhgun and Gun- 
 rashit, Sagamores, and owners of the captives, that all the cap 
 tives taken at Lancaster were well except the youngest of Mr. 
 Rowlandson, who was dead. At last, after many negotiations by 
 the faithful Nepanet, Mr. John Hoar, of Concord, who, more 
 than any man in the colony, had the confidence of the Indians, 
 accompanied by Nepanet, and another friendly Indian, " Peter 
 Conway," and bearing the ransom, twenty pounds in money and 
 goods, raised by several gentlemen for the redemption of Mrs. 
 Rowlandson, met the Sachems near Wachusett Hill, and on May 
 2d received and conducted that lady to Lancaster, and the next 
 day to Boston. The other captives were redeemed at various 
 times and places afterwards. 
 
 The place where Mr. Hoar met the Sachems is well identified, 
 being marked by a large rock called " Redemption Rock," a noble 
 landmark near the ancient Indian trail, between Lancaster and 
 Mount Wachusett, and in the present town of Princeton, on 
 the easterly side of a beautiful valley, across which, in the dis 
 tance, towers Mount Wachusett. The locality is known as 
 " Everettville," from the name of an ancient family who have 
 lived here for generations. In 1880, Hon. Geo. F. Hoar, of 
 Worcester, a lineal descendant of the chief actor in this transac 
 tion, for the English, purchased the land containing this site, and 
 
" REDEMPTION ROCK." 
 
 355 
 
 set it apart for memorial purposes, and caused the following 
 inscription to be placed upon the face of the rock : 
 
 UPON THIS ROCK MAY 2c 1676 
 WAS MADE THE AGREEMENT FOR THE RANSOM 
 
 OF MRS. MARY ROWLANDSON OF LANCASTER 
 
 BETWEEN THE INDIANS AND JOHN HOAR OF CONCORD. 
 
 KING PHILIP WAS WITH THE INDIANS BUT 
 
 REFUSED HIS CONSENT. 
 
 The writer visited this rock and copied this inscription, May 
 13, 1896, in company with Mr. Edward G. Davis of Leominster, 
 who secured several fine photographs of the rock and sur 
 roundings. The inhabitants of Lancaster fled from their town 
 after its destruction, and were scattered among their friends in 
 various towns nearer to Boston, but within a few years many had 
 returned and begun the resettlement. 
 
 CREDITED AT LANCASTER GARRISON. 
 
 October 19, 1675. 
 
 Peter Jennings 00 18 00 
 
 Joseph French 01 03 03 
 
 Walter Davis 00 18 00 
 
 John Nash 01 04 00 
 
 George Wiatt 01 04 00 
 
 Edward Young 01 04 00 
 
 Thomas Wemnon 
 Richard Grotis 
 Thomas Whitney 
 Henry Elliott 
 Joseph Birch 
 
 November 30, 1675. 
 
 Michael Berstow 01 16 00 
 
 Stephen Parker 01 14 02 
 
 Palsgrave Wellington 01 16 00 
 
 Henry Salter 01 16 00 
 
 John Beare 
 Munnings Sawyer 
 George Wyatt 
 
 December 20, 1675. 
 
 Thomas Wenmon 01 16 00 
 
 Walter Davis 01 16 00 
 
 Peter Jennings 
 Thomas Whitney 
 
 January 25, 1675-6. 
 
 John Roberts 03 01 08 
 
 Stephen Fish 03 00 00 
 Nathaniel Hadlock 03 01 08 
 
 John Fitch 03 01 08 
 
 John Stanwood 03 01 08 
 
 Zacharia Eyres 03 01 08 
 
 Stephen Parker 03 01 08 
 
 Francis Nichols 
 Thomas Woods 
 Walter Davis 
 Henry Salter 
 Munning Sawen 
 Palsgrave Willington 
 Michael Bairstow 
 
 February 29, 1675-6. 
 
 Francis Nichols 00 18 00 
 
 Thomas Marble 01 18 06 
 
 Edward Young 
 John Nash 
 
 01 04 00 
 01 04 00 
 01 10 00 
 03 00 00 
 00 06 00 
 
 01 16 00 
 01 16 00 
 01 04 00 
 
 03 07 08 
 00 12 00 
 
 01 10 00 
 
 00 18 00 
 
 01 03 02 
 01 08 02 
 
 15 02 
 15 02 
 
 01 
 01 
 
 00 19 08 
 
 01 18 06 
 01 18 06 
 
356 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 April 24, 1676. 
 William Pashle 04 16 00 
 
 June 24, 1676. 
 Henry Sparkes 01 16 10 
 
 AT THE GARRISON AT BILLERICA. 
 
 November 30, 1675. 
 
 John Boyd 
 James Poply 
 Thomas Welch 
 
 03 00 00 
 03 00 00 
 02 14 00 
 
 Joseph Dowse 
 William Chapman 
 David Jones 
 
 02 14 00 
 03 06 00 
 03 00 00 
 
 
 December 20, 1675. 
 
 
 John Gale 
 
 03 01 08 
 
 James Smith 
 
 00 07 08 
 
 John Essery 
 Joseph Dowse 
 Joseph Low 
 James Poply 
 John Boyde 
 James Barnard 
 
 03 06 00 
 00 07 08 
 03 01 08 
 00 06 00 
 00 06 00 
 03 01 08 
 
 Daniel Baldwin 
 John Fisk 
 Richard Satell 
 Stephen Coolidg 
 Nathaniel Liverrnore 
 
 03 00 00 
 03 06 00 
 03 12 00 
 03 06 00 
 02 14 00 
 
 
 January 25, 1675-6. 
 
 
 Humphry Millard 
 Daniel Baldwin 
 
 03 18 00 
 01 19 04 
 
 Stephen Coolidg 
 
 02 01 00 
 
 Francis Wainwright 
 
 Howell Davis 
 
 Richard Sautill 
 Francis Nichols 
 William Chapman 
 
 Francis Bond 
 
 Francis Wainwright 
 
 John Lowell 
 
 April 24, 1676. 
 
 01 04 00 
 
 June 24, 1676. 
 
 02 11 04 
 
 July 24, 1676. 
 
 00 19 08 
 04 16 00 
 
 01 10 00 
 
 John Fisk 
 Edward Bishop 
 Ephraim Jones 
 
 August 24, 1676. 
 06 11 00 | George Wyatt 
 
 September 23, 1676. 
 06 12 00 
 
 "AT BLACKPOTNT." 
 
 July 24, 1676. 
 06 02 06 I Ezekiell Hamlin 
 
 01 06 06 
 00 16 00 
 05 14 00 
 
 05 14 00 
 
 06 00 00 
 
GARRISONS AT BROOKFIELD AND CHELMSFORD. 
 
 357 
 
 Edward Milton 
 
 August 24, 1676. 
 03 05 02 
 
 AT THE GARRISON AT BROOKFIELD, OR 
 
 February 29, 1675-6. 
 
 QUABAUG. 
 
 John Weld 
 
 John Rayman 
 James Kelling 
 Ezekiel Levitt 
 
 Joseph Hide 
 Isaac Perkins 
 George Norton 
 Nicholas Rawlins 
 Benjamin Dunnage 
 John Artsell 
 Benjamin Dunnage 
 Thomas Scott 
 Thomas Cooper 
 Thomas Philips 
 Joseph Garfell 
 Benjamin Pickerin 
 Charles Duckworth 
 John Cromwell 
 John Norton 
 William Bodkin 
 
 John Cromwell 
 Charles Duckworth 
 Edward Blancher 
 David Crouch 
 
 00 08 06 
 
 June 24, 1676. 
 
 01 00 00 
 
 John Norton 
 
 05 01 00 
 
 John Mansell 
 
 01 04 00 
 
 
 July 24, 1676. 
 
 01 00 06 
 01 01 04 
 00 06 04 
 00 07 00 
 00 04 03 
 01 08 00 
 
 John Jeffery 
 Joseph Swady 
 Ebenezer Engellsbee 
 Henry Pellington 
 John Algar 
 Thomas Stacie 
 
 01 04 00 
 
 Silvester Haies 
 
 01 04 00 
 05 00 00 
 
 John Simple 
 John Glide 
 
 05 03 06 
 00 17 00 
 04 10 00 
 03 15 00 
 
 Benjamin Bucknall 
 Ephraime Savage Lt. 
 Christopher Cole 
 Charles Blinco 
 
 03 15 03 
 
 John Mansell 
 
 01 12 06 
 04 12 06 
 
 Nathaniel Partridge 
 John Sargent 
 
 August 24, 1676. 
 
 02 09 09 
 
 David Jones 
 
 02 09 06 
 05 10 00 
 02 06 02 
 
 Philip Sandy 
 Thomas Phillips 
 John Cutler 
 
 01 09 00 
 01 18 00 
 
 04 19 04 
 04 12 06 
 
 04 12 06 
 
 05 07 00 
 
 03 02 06 
 01 12 06 
 
 04 10 00 
 
 03 02 06 
 
 05 08 00 
 
 04 15 00 
 04 07 09 
 03 02 06 
 03 13 
 
 01 10 
 
 00 
 00 
 
 05 08 00 
 03 02 06 
 
 07 06 06 
 05 08 00 
 00 18 00 
 05 09 08 
 
 AT THE GARRISON AT CHELMSFORD. 
 
 November 20, 1675. 
 Moses Cleaveland 02 12 08 I Samuel Parris 
 
 02 12 08 
 
 November 30, 1675. 
 
 Zachariah Shedd 
 John Ellis 
 Richard Nevers 
 Joseph Samson 
 Thomas Sawin 
 Thomas Train 
 
 03 00 00 
 
 04 10 00 
 
 03 00 00 
 
 04 10 00 
 03 00 00 
 03 00 00 
 
 Joseph Simons 
 John Roby 
 John George 
 Hopewell Davis 
 William Fisher 
 Henry Harris 
 
 03 00 00 
 01 04 00 
 
 04 16 00 
 04 16 00 
 04 16 00 
 04 16 00 
 
358 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Francis Nichols 
 Hezekiah Pilsbury 
 Joseph Estman 
 John Martin 
 Benjamin Allin 
 Amos Singlater 
 Nathaniel Ladd 
 
 John Bear 
 John Darling 
 George Wyatt 
 Samuel Parry 
 Robert Shelston 
 Walter Davis 
 Thomas Wenmore 
 Benjamin Lernett 
 Moses Cleaveland 
 
 John Welch 
 
 Thomas Henchman 
 Joseph Parker Sen r 
 
 Daniel Woodward 
 Josiah Clarson 
 Henry Harris 
 Samuel Cleveland 
 John Clark 
 Henry Sparkes 
 John Mirecke 
 
 John Solinden 
 William Fisher 
 Arthure Crouch 
 John George 
 Thomas Traine 
 Samuel French 
 John Elliot 
 
 Nicholas Lunn 
 John Mirick 
 John Barbene 
 Joseph Simons 
 
 December 
 02 11 04 
 01 04 00 
 01 04 00 
 01 04 00 
 01 04 00 
 01 04 00 
 01 04 00 
 
 20, 1675. 
 Thomas Estman 
 Richard Beach 
 William Foster 
 Henry Hams 
 Joseph Lamson 
 Hopewell Davis 
 
 January 
 00 09 04 
 00 09 04 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 01 00 06 
 
 02 09 08 
 00 09 04 
 00 09 04 
 04 16 00 
 02 08 10 
 
 25, 1675-6. 
 John Eliot 
 Joseph Simons 
 John Salendine 
 Arthure Crouch 
 William Ballard 
 Moses Cleaveland 
 Richard Nevers 
 John George 
 Thomas Train 
 
 February 29, 1675-6. 
 
 00 07 08 | Ephraim Matsou 
 
 March 24, 1675-6. 
 
 01 04 00 
 03 08 06 
 00 06 00 
 00 06 00 
 00 12 00 
 00 10 00 
 
 01 17 08 
 
 01 15 02 
 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 02 08 00 
 00 06 00 
 02 08 00 
 02 04 06 
 02 08 00 
 
 01 04 00 
 
 01 10 00 
 00 12 00 
 
 Joseph Parker Juu r . 
 
 00 12 00 
 
 June 24, 1676. 
 
 
 03 08 06 
 
 Robert Parker 
 
 00 10 00 
 
 03 16 02 
 03 12 10 
 03 07 08 
 03 12 00 
 03 12 00 
 03 13 08 
 
 Nathaniel Graves, Capt. 
 Timothy Day 
 George Stedman 
 John Polly 
 George Parson 
 
 12 01 00 
 04 16 00 
 02 12 02 
 02 18 00 
 01 16 00 
 
 July 24, 1676. 
 
 
 06 12 00 
 
 John Priest 
 
 05 02 00 
 
 06 12 00 
 06 12 00 
 
 George Sowder 
 Samuel Damrnan 
 
 04 03 00 
 03 10 00 
 
 06 12 00 
 
 Suball Stearnes 
 
 03 05 00 
 
 06 12 00 
 
 Samuel Heberd 
 
 04 00 06 
 
 03 08 06 
 03 18 00 
 
 George Person 
 Alexander Alhort 
 
 04 00 06 
 02 10 06 
 
 August 24, 1676. 
 
 
 03 10 00 
 06 00 00 
 06 13 08 
 03 18 00 
 
 Henry Harris 
 Samuel Perry 
 John Polly 
 John Barbene 
 
 03 00 10 
 03 18 00 
 00 18 10 
 05 04 06 
 
GARRISONS AT DTJNSTABLE AND GROTON. 
 
 359 
 
 John Priest 
 William Peirce 
 
 September 23, 1676. 
 
 02 08 00 
 07 12 06 
 
 John Bateman 
 
 07 11 00 
 
 David Falkner Sen r . 
 
 Andrew Lewis 
 
 "AT DEDHAM. 
 July 24, 1676. 
 04 09 06 | David Falkner Jun r 
 
 September 23, 1675. 
 02 14 00 
 
 03 03 06 
 
 AT THE GARRISON AT DUNSTABLE. 
 
 December 20, 1675. 
 
 Richard Hawkins 
 John Gary 
 Thomas Webb 
 
 Anthony Baker 
 John Carv 
 
 Samuel Selsby 
 John Gary 
 John Maloone 
 
 Robert Parris 
 
 John Maloone 
 Robert Parris 
 Abraham Parker 
 
 Samuel Read 
 John Bush 
 Samuell Bull 
 
 Thomas Chamberlain 
 Jeremiah Morse 
 Thomas Bancroft 
 
 03 06 00 
 03 06 00 
 05 02 00 
 
 James Matthews 
 John Maloone 
 Richard Hawkins 
 
 January 25, 1675-6. 
 06 15 04 
 
 February 29, 1675-6. 
 03 03 04 
 
 June 24, 1676. 
 
 01 04 00 
 05 12 02 
 08 15 08 
 
 Jonathan Crisp 
 James Mathews 
 Thomas Webb 
 
 August 24, 1676. 
 04 10 10 | Abraham Parker 
 
 September 23, 1676. 
 
 03 18 00 James Car 
 
 04 12 06 John Barnard 
 04 12 06 Ephraim Sawyer 
 
 AT THE GARRISON AT GROTON. 
 
 November 9, 1675. 
 
 01 16 00 
 03 07 08 
 
 02 04 06 
 
 John Largin 
 Timothy Forgley 
 Samuel Whitney 
 
 November 30, 1675. 
 
 02 09 08 
 02 02 00 
 00 10 00 
 
 John Wood 
 Josiah Wheeler 
 Hugh Taylor 
 
 04 13 04 
 04 08 04 
 02 00 00 
 
 02 07 00 
 
 03 18 00 
 05 10 00 
 
 04 10 10 
 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 
 02 04 06 
 02 02 00 
 00 04 04 
 
 01 13 04 
 
 02 12 02 
 
 03 01 08 
 
360 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Jacob Dane 
 
 03 00 00 
 
 John Dammon 
 
 03 01 08 
 
 David Church 
 Shuball Sternes 
 Thomas Wood 
 
 04 10 00 
 03 00 00 
 03 01 08 
 
 Daniel Starling 
 Jonathan Sprague 
 Thomas Dunnell 
 
 03 03 04 
 03 00 00 
 03 00 00 
 
 William Gill 
 
 03 07 08 
 
 Jacob Winslow 
 
 03 06 00 
 
 John Hawes 
 
 01 10 00 
 
 Pelatiah Smith 
 
 03 00 00 
 
 Onesiphorus Stanly 
 
 03 05 02 Thomas Micheson 
 
 03 05 02 
 
 
 December 20, 1675. 
 
 
 John Codington 
 Jonathan Parker 
 
 01 15 02 
 
 03 08 00 
 
 Daniel Canada 
 Nathaniel Domton 
 
 04 10 00 
 03 00 00 
 
 Ephraim Bemish 
 Timothy Frogly 
 John Tedd 
 
 03 08 04 
 01 16 00 
 03 06 00 
 
 Sebread Taylor 
 Thomas Frost 
 Samuel Allin 
 
 03 00 00 
 03 12 00 
 03 09 04 
 
 Samuel Hagar 
 Israel Hill 
 
 03 06 00 
 02 06 02 
 
 William Doule 
 William Halford 
 
 03 00 00 
 03 18 00 
 
 
 January 25, 1675-6. 
 
 
 Benjamin Simons 
 Lot Johnson 
 Samuel Bull 
 Samuel Cleaveland 
 
 02 08 00 
 03 00 00 
 02 02 00 
 02 08 00 
 
 Simon Stone 
 Samuel Hager 
 Ephraim Bemis 
 Subaell Stearnes 
 
 03 18 00 
 00 18 00 
 00 12 00 
 01 10 00 
 
 Daniel Canada 
 
 00 18 00 
 
 Thomas Frost 
 
 00 07 08 
 
 Jacob Dane 
 Jeremiah Moss 
 
 00 18 00 
 00 06 00 
 
 Timothy Frogly 
 David Church 
 
 00 07 08 
 01 06 06 
 
 
 February 29, 1675-6. 
 
 
 "UNDER CAPT. 
 
 WHEELER AND AT GROTON GARRISON 
 
 
 
 Nath Hill 
 
 01 12 10 
 
 Samuel Fletcher Jun r 
 
 01 12 10 
 
 Jonathan Hill 
 
 01 12 10 
 
 Eleazer Brown 
 
 01 19 04 
 
 Joseph Foster 
 John Waldo 
 Francis Dudly 
 Samuel Fletcher Sen r 
 
 01 12 10 
 01 12 10 
 01 12 10 
 
 01 04 05 
 
 Cyprian Stevens 
 Benjamin Graves 
 John Bates 
 Stephen Goble 
 
 00 14 03 
 01 19 04 
 01 12 10 
 01 12 10 
 
 
 April 24, 1676. 
 
 
 Thomas Foster 
 Eleazer Ball 
 
 03 00 00 Jonath Crisp 
 00 06 00 Daniel Adams 
 
 02 10 06 
 00 06 10 
 
 
 June 24, 1676. 
 
 
 Zachary Crisp 
 Mathias Smith 
 
 02 15 08 
 01 06 06 
 
 John Hands 
 Morris Truelove 
 
 01 06 06 
 01 06 06 
 
 Nathaniel Green 
 William Clough 
 John Goff 
 James Chever 
 Edmund Gage 
 William Bordman 
 
 01 12 06 
 01 06 06 
 01 11 00 
 01 11 00 
 01 06 06 
 01 02 03 
 
 Joseph Pollard 
 Moses Wheat 
 Humphry Millard 
 Thomas Region 
 Timothy Cutler 
 Richard Griffeth 
 
 01 11 00 
 02 08 00 
 00 06 10 
 02 14 00 
 02 08 08 
 01 16 10 
 
 Benjamin Graves 
 
 00 10 00 
 
 
 
HADLEY AND MAKLBOROUGH GARRISONS. 
 
 361 
 
 July 24, 1676. 
 
 Richard Pasmore 
 John Bush 
 
 John Potter 
 Symon Willard 
 
 01 04 00 
 00 19 03 
 
 AT THE GARRISON AT HADLEY. 
 
 June 24, 1676. 
 Benjamin Chamberlain 06 12 00 
 
 July 24, 1676. 
 
 Jacob Hewens 
 Thomas North 
 Benjamin Poole 
 Robert Coates 
 Nicholas Dourell 
 
 Thomas Bryant 
 Richard Snowden 
 John Strabridg 
 Joseph Griffin 
 Robert Bardell 
 James Moult 
 Thomas Pore 
 John Whitteridge 
 Stephen Grover 
 Moses Morgan 
 John Prat 
 James Verin 
 
 William Batt 
 
 Robert Dawes 
 Edward Bishop 
 
 Darby Morris 
 John Dunster 
 William Turner 
 
 08 12 02 
 09 00 00 
 13 04 00 
 
 Joseph Smith 
 Philip Kertland 
 Thomas Chard 
 
 12 03 04 
 03 17 00 
 05 17 00 
 
 05 11 00 
 14 08 00 
 
 John Upham 
 John Chamberlain 
 
 12 06 00 
 13 06 00 
 
 August 24, 1676 
 
 
 07 05 04 
 10 16 00 
 
 Ephraim Regiman 
 John Hadlock 
 
 07 09 02 
 11 04 00 
 
 09 18 00 
 
 Thomas Staines 
 
 04 01 04 
 
 09 14 06 
 08 02 00 
 
 John Largin 
 
 04 00 00 
 
 September 23, 1676. 
 
 
 13 10 00 
 
 Jeremiah Clothar 
 
 12 06 00 
 
 10 16 00 
 02 00 00 
 07 16 00 
 
 Benjamin Lathropp 
 Hugh Pike 
 John Tucker 
 
 03 18 00 
 14 11 00 
 06 00 00 
 
 16 07 00 
 
 John Fisher 
 
 08 06 00 
 
 11 07 00 
 
 William Chub 
 
 06 04 00 
 
 13 16 00 
 11 08 00 
 
 Joseph Hovey 
 Moses Dudee 
 
 00 08 06 
 04 04 00 
 
 14 07 00 
 05 13 00 
 
 Henry White 
 Thomas Jones 
 
 14 14 00 
 14 12 00 
 
 16 16 00 
 
 John Bill 
 
 11 15 00 
 
 08 08 00 
 
 Archebell Forest 
 
 05 18 00 
 
 AT HATFIELD. 
 
 
 July 24, 1676. 
 
 
 03 00 00 
 
 
 September 23, 1676. 
 
 
 08 18 00 
 06 17 00 
 
 Jabez Musgrove 
 Richard Smith 
 
 14 12 00 
 14 15 00 
 
 AT THE GARRISON OF MARLBROW. 
 
 
 September 21, 1675. 
 
 
 01 13 04 
 
 Thomas Owen 
 
 04 13 04 
 
 02 00 00 
 01 19 04 
 
 Joseph Barber 
 
 02 14 00 
 
362 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 October 19, 1675. 
 
 James Cheevers 
 Thomas Turner 
 William Blockwell 
 
 Timothy Laskin 
 William Ferman 
 Samuel French 
 Richard Young 
 David Roff 
 
 John Baker 
 Richard Young 
 Henry Gibbs 
 John Nash 
 Jonathan Jackson 
 Obadiah Searle 
 
 Robert Rowuden 
 Thomas Owen 
 
 Richard Young 
 
 Thomas Hopkins 
 
 Daniel Wriht 
 
 Timothy Laskin 
 
 Morgan Jones 
 
 02 14 00 
 02 12 02 
 
 Henry Gibbs 
 Richard Roberts 
 
 03 07 00 
 04 04 00 
 
 03 02 06 
 
 
 November 30, 1675. 
 
 
 04 13 04 
 
 Jacob Adams 
 
 04 13 04 
 
 02 08 00 
 
 Jonathan Jackson 
 
 04 13 04 
 
 03 00 00 
 03 12 00 
 03 02 00 
 
 Daniel Wright 
 John Figg 
 John Broughton 
 
 04 13 04 
 01 10 00 
 02 12 02 
 
 January 25, 1675-6. 
 
 
 03 08 06 
 
 Daniel Davison 
 
 
 03 06 00 
 
 " Cornmiss." 
 
 05 06 00 
 
 02 19 00 
 
 Jonathan Orris 
 
 03 12 00 
 
 00 18 00 
 
 Richard Roberts 
 
 02 16 06 
 
 01 05 08 
 
 William Turner 
 
 04 16 00 
 
 06 08 00 
 
 
 
 February 29, 1675-6. 
 
 
 07 04 00 
 
 William Farman 
 
 03 17 00 
 
 02 18 02 
 
 Gustin John 
 
 01 19 04 
 
 AT 
 
 March 24, 1675-6. 
 00 13 00 
 
 April 24, 1676. 
 00 09 00 | Benjamin Parmater 
 
 June 24, 1676. 
 02 09 08 | Thomas Dennis 
 
 July 24, 1676. 
 02 09 08 | John Burges 
 
 September 23, 1676. 
 08 02 00 | Joseph Davis 
 
 THE GARRISON AT MEDFIELD. 
 
 April 24, 1676. 
 
 Thomas Davis 
 Humphrey Richards 
 
 Clement Maxfield 
 James Parker 
 Thomas Davis 
 Vincent Shuttleworth 
 
 02 02 00 
 01 16 00 
 
 John Ho well 
 
 June 24, 1676. 
 
 00 18 00 
 02 08 00 
 
 01 15 00 
 
 02 11 04 
 
 Thomas Sherman 
 Elisha Hollaway 
 Charles Cohon 
 Thomas Jones 
 
 02 03 08 
 
 01 05 06 
 
 03 00 10 
 06 00 00 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 02 11 04 
 05 04 06 
 
 03 18 10 
 03 04 02 
 
MEDFIELD AND MENDON GARRISONS. 
 
 363 
 
 July 24, 1676. 
 
 James Harrington 
 Charles Cahan 
 James Parker 
 Moses Hubbard 
 
 02 
 01 
 01 
 00 
 
 04 
 00 
 10 
 00 
 
 Edward Goose 
 John Belcher 
 Darby Morris 
 Samuel Smith 
 
 August 24, 1676. 
 
 Samuel Procter 
 Alexander Mackenny 
 
 01 08 00 
 02 02 00 
 
 Anthony Hancock 
 Samuel Smith 
 
 
 September 23, 1676. 
 
 Daniel Meginny 
 Thomas Sherrard 
 
 00 18 00 
 00 12 00 
 
 John Richardson 
 Israel Hill 
 
 Edward Goose 
 
 01 16 10 
 
 James Marshall 
 
 Darby Morris 
 James Harrington 
 
 01 17 08 
 02 12 02 
 
 Vincent Shuttleworth 
 
 AT THE 
 
 GARRISON AT MENDAM (MENDON). 
 
 
 September 14, 1675. 
 
 John Harrison, Serg 1 
 Henry Tite 
 
 02 06 06 
 01 10 10 
 
 David Landon 
 Thomas Hansett 
 
 
 October 19, 1675. 
 
 Jonathan Dunning 
 John Tuckerman 
 Samuel Moore 
 Joseph Griffin 
 John Gosse 
 
 01 00 06 
 02 12 03 
 03 02 06 
 02 04 06 
 00 11 00 
 
 Thomas Pinly 
 Henry Pettington 
 (Pellington) 
 John Starr 
 Edward Barton 
 
 
 December 20, 1675. 
 
 William Bosway 
 Jonathan Dunning 
 John Roulstone 
 
 04 14 02 
 04 04 00 
 04 04 00 
 
 John Andrews 
 John Sawen 
 Simon Stone 
 
 William Jaques 
 Richard House 
 Richard Godfrey 
 Jonathan Torry 
 Thomas Beedle 
 
 04 16 00 
 05 06 10 
 02 02 10 
 01 14 02 
 02 02 10 
 
 John Stearnes 
 John Willington 
 Samuel Goff 
 John Gepson 
 Samuel Thacher 
 
 John Weld 
 Thomas Hanchat 
 
 01 10 00 
 01 13 04 
 
 Stephen Cooke 
 Thomas Browne 
 
 Israel Leavitt 
 Brian Morphy 
 Joseph Griffin 
 Gilbert Foresight 
 
 02 08 00 
 02 08 00 
 04 07 00 
 04 01 00 
 
 James Waumesly 
 John Long 
 Thomas Crassell 
 John Ellis 
 
 
 January 25, 1675-6. 
 
 Thomas Andrews 
 
 04 04 00 
 
 John Low 
 
 Henry Pellington 
 Thomas Jones 
 
 04 04 00 
 00 13 04 
 
 Theophilus Gushing 
 William Cole 
 
 Thomas Brideltine 
 
 00 18 00 
 
 
 02 16 06 
 00 10 02 
 
 03 03 00 
 03 06 00 
 
 06 13 08 
 01 17 08 
 
 04 04 00 
 02 14 10 
 02 05 04 
 02 01 00 
 
 00 18 00 
 
 01 03 00 
 
 00 11 00 
 
 01 12 06 
 00 11 00 
 05 02 06 
 
 04 11 06 
 00 10 00 
 00 10 00 
 00 10 00 
 00 10 00 
 00 12 00 
 00 10 00 
 00 10 00 
 00 10 00 
 
 00 10 00 
 
 01 07 04 
 10 00 
 
 00 
 
 00 10 00 
 
 05 06 03 
 
 02 02 10 
 02 02 10 
 01 16 00 
 
364 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 February 29, 1675-6. 
 William Cole 01 10 00 | John Tuckerman 
 
 June 24, 1676. 
 John Rowlstone 01 10 00 | Benjamin Dyer 
 
 AT THE GARRISON AT NORTHAMPTON. 
 
 September 23, 1676. 
 
 Samuel Souch 
 Philip Matoon 
 William Halford 
 
 14 11 00 
 08 02 00 
 10 16 00 
 
 John Rowlston 
 Samuel Tiley 
 John Roberts 
 
 00 06 00 
 00 12 00 
 
 John Paison 
 
 James Pemerton 
 John Clark 
 Samuel Trescott 
 Joseph Adams 
 John Basse 
 Joseph Long 
 John Spurr 
 Joseph Holmes 
 Thomas Swift 
 Robert Braine 
 Thomas Holman 
 John Winchester 
 Stephen Gulliver 
 Samuel Wadsworth 
 
 John Riply 
 Martin Sanders 
 John Thare 
 Thomas Drake 
 Jacob Nash 
 Joseph Penniman 
 Isaac Griffin 
 Moses Pain 
 Samuel Pain 
 
 David Walsbery 
 Isaac Umpphre als 
 
 Humphrey 
 Hopestill Clapp 
 John Wells 
 
 AT PUNCKAPAUGE. 
 
 March 24, 1675-6. 
 00 13 00 
 
 April 24, 1676. 
 
 00 09 03 
 00 09 03 
 
 Benjamin Badcock 
 Robert Parker 
 
 00 09 00 
 00 09 00 
 
 George Witty 
 Samuel Maxfield 
 
 00 09 00 
 
 Clement Maxfield 
 
 00 09 00 
 
 Samuel Gulliver 
 
 00 09 00 
 
 Jeremiah Hall 
 
 00 09 00 
 
 John Daniel 
 
 00 15 00 
 00 09 00 
 00 13 00 
 00 09 03 
 
 Henry Roberts 
 Samuel Clap 
 George Lyon 
 Samuel Picher 
 
 00 09 00 
 
 Thomas Lawrence 
 
 01 16 00 
 
 Jonathan Picher 
 
 June 24, 1676. 
 
 00 13 00 
 00 13 00 
 
 Joseph Crosby 
 Samuel Hall 
 
 00 09 00 
 00 13 00 
 
 Christopher Webb 
 John Mills 
 
 00 13 00 
 
 John Belcher 
 
 00 13 00 
 
 Ebenezer Williams 
 
 00 09 00 
 00 09 00 
 00 09 00 
 
 Thomas Modsly 
 John Ripley 
 Martin Sanders 
 
 August 24, 1676. 
 
 00 09 00 
 
 John Minott 
 
 00 09 00 
 
 Ephraim Newton 
 Israel Meade 
 
 00 09 00 
 
 John Herse 
 
 00 09 03 
 
 Roger Bulling 
 
 00 09 00 
 00 09 00 
 00 09 00 
 00 09 00 
 00 09 00 
 00 13 00 
 00 09 00 
 00 09 00 
 00 09 00 
 00 12 00 
 00 09 00 
 00 09 00 
 00 09 00 
 00 09 00 
 
 00 13 00 
 00 09 00 
 00 09 00 
 00 13 00 
 00 06 04 
 00 09 00 
 00 09 00 
 04 10 00 
 04 10 00 
 
 00 13 00 
 00 09 00 
 00 09 00 
 00 13 00 
 00 13 00 
 
SPRINGFIELD GARRISON. 
 
 365 
 
 Edward Brinkford als 
 
 Linsford 00 06 04 
 
 Thomas Berd 00 07 06 
 
 Hopestill Humphry 
 Joshuah Hinsher 
 Robert Willts 
 
 September 23, 1676. 
 
 James White 00 13 00 
 
 Joseph Tucker 00 09 00 
 
 Charles Davenport 
 Thomas Davinport 
 
 00 09 00 
 00 09 00 
 00 09 00 
 
 00 09 00 
 00 09 00 
 
 AT THE GARRISON AT 8PRINGFIELD. 
 
 February 29, 1675-6. 
 John Lowden 01 10 00 
 
 March 24, 1675-6. 
 01 04 00 
 
 Jonathan Tainter 
 
 Samuel Irons 
 John Pitcher 
 Joseph Holmes 
 Josiah Rockwood 
 Joseph Willingtou 
 John Pinchon Maj r 
 William Pilsbery 
 John White 
 
 John Bradshaw 
 Samuel Jewell 
 
 Daniel G-alusha 
 Jeremiah Norcross 
 
 Nathaniel Lyon 
 Thomas Elliott 
 Isaac Cakebread 
 Thomas Friend 
 
 June 24, 1676. 
 
 09 01 16 
 10 15 00 
 10 07 04 
 
 John Cragge 
 George Seddon 
 Isaac Gleson 
 
 10 16 00 
 13 17 00 
 
 Joseph Pike 
 John Smith 
 
 21 14 03 
 
 Gershom Swan 
 
 10 07 00 
 
 John Lowden 
 
 11 18 00 
 
 July 24, 1676. 
 
 10 14 04 
 13 05 00 
 
 Matthew Abdee 
 
 August 24, 1676. 
 
 14 05 00 
 12 03 00 
 
 Roger Prosser 
 
 September 23, 1676. 
 13 16 00 i Benjamin Knowlton 
 
 16 16 00 
 16 16 00 
 
 08 08 00 
 
 Thomas Bond 
 John Mirick 
 
 08 13 00 
 11 09 08 
 17 04 09 
 
 10 01 04 
 
 09 01 06 
 
 11 06 00 
 
 12 09 00 
 
 12 02 00 
 
 03 02 06 
 
 16 12 00 
 
 13 10 00 
 
 14 12 00 
 
 AT THE GARRISON AT WESTFIELD. 
 
 John Langworthy 
 Samuel Alcock, Doct r . 
 
 Solomon Bates 
 Abraham Kingston 
 Joseph Chamberlain 
 
 July 24, 1676. 
 
 13 01 00 
 04 05 00 
 
 Joseph Dudly, Chap 1 . 17 02 08 
 
 August 24, 1676. 
 
 12 06 00 
 12 06 00 
 14 08 00 
 
 John Lamb 
 Nathaniel Osborn 
 
 12 13 09 
 
 16 05 08 
 
366 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 September 23, 1676. 
 
 AT 
 
 George Manning 
 James Hadlock 
 William Rogers 
 Thomas Norton 
 
 Daniel East 
 
 Jonathan Freeman 
 
 Daniel Wight 
 William Arnold 
 Daniel Hawes 
 
 Samuel Colbron 
 
 Nathaniel Weare 
 
 Ellis Barren 
 
 Richard Benner 
 
 13 05 08 
 02 07 00 
 13 02 00 
 13 18 00 
 
 Robert Hastings 
 Thomas Watts 
 William Peacock 
 Fearnot King 
 
 THE GARRISON AT WOODCOCK S. 
 
 August 23, 1675. 
 00 11 02 
 
 September 3, 1675. 
 00 10 04 
 
 September 14, 1675. 
 
 00 10 04 
 00 12 08 
 00 10 04 
 
 Samuel Guild 
 John Fuller 
 
 June 24, 1676. 
 
 00 10 02 
 
 July 24, 1676. 
 00 19 04 | Henry Chamberlain 
 
 August 24, 1676. 
 00 16 02 
 
 September 23, 1676. 
 00 10 00 
 
 06 09 00 
 
 07 10 00 
 
 14 14 00 
 
 15 16 00 
 
 00 10 04 
 00 10 04 
 
 03 18 00 
 
 Thomas Mudg 
 Simon Grover 
 
 James Kidder 
 
 AT THE GARRISON AT WADING RIVER. 
 
 September 14, 1675. 
 
 02 10 06 
 02 10 06 
 
 John Leroby 
 Benjamin Bridgham 
 
 AT WAMESICK. 
 
 January 25, 1675. 
 00 12 00 
 
 02 10 06 
 00 18 00 
 
 John Starr 
 John Mason 
 John Allin 
 Thomas Phinly 
 John Goff 
 
 GARRISON AT WRENTHAM. 
 
 November 20, 1675. 
 
 04 16 00 
 
 05 06 03 
 05 06 03 
 04 16 00 
 04 16 00 
 
 John Hammon 
 Thomas Wadduck 
 John Ellis 
 Edward Gross 
 
 05 06 03 
 
 04 19 04 
 
 05 06 03 
 01 11 08 
 
ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES. 
 
 367 
 
 January 25, 1675-6. 
 
 Anthony Hancock 
 John Ellis 
 John Mason 
 
 John Parker 
 Isaac Heath 
 
 John Starr 
 John Hammon 
 Clement Hamlin 
 
 John Bacon 
 
 John Allin 
 Robert Ware 
 Mark Baker 
 
 01 18 06 
 
 02 02 00 
 01 16 10 
 
 Thomas Hoppin 
 Israel Hill 
 John Hammon 
 
 February 29, 1675-6. 
 02 08 00 
 
 April 24, 1676. 
 00 07 08 | John Ellice 
 
 June 24, 1676. 
 
 02 01 00 
 02 08 00 
 04 04 00 
 
 David Faukner 
 John Parker 
 
 July 24, 1676. 
 00 12 00 
 
 September 23, 1676. 
 
 05 02 00 
 04 16 10 
 00 12 00 
 
 Peter Buckly, of the 
 Traine 
 
 02 14 00 
 02 01 00 
 02 02 00 
 
 02 19 00 
 
 01 04 00 
 
 02 07 00 
 
 00 18 00 
 
 ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES. 
 
 The following lists show the custom of the times. The towns 
 assumed the payment of the wages of their own soldiers, to their 
 families left at home, the families thus receiving sure and im 
 mediate aid, and the towns being credited to that amount upon 
 their colonial " rates," or taxes. It was doubtless a means of 
 great help to the families, and of saving to the towns, as it 
 secured at once the support of the families without public 
 charge, and at the same time the prompt payment of taxes. 
 
 The value of these lists to the historical and genealogical 
 student will appear in the evidence they afford as to each man s 
 residence at that time. The proof might not be positive in 
 every case, yet in general it may be concluded that where a man 
 assigns his wages to a town, it is because he considers that his 
 place of residence. 
 
 August 24, 1676. 
 
 s. d. 
 Braintree-Towne Cr. By Sundry accp u Viz. 42 17 06 
 
 Edward Bishop p d him as per 
 
 Assignment 06 09 02 
 
 Richard Evens " 01 14 02 
 
 George Witty 00 09 00 
 
 Joseph Adams 
 John Bass 
 Jonathan Pitcher 
 John Belcher 
 
 00 09 00 
 00 09 00 
 00 09 00 
 00 10 02 
 
368 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Samuel Irons 01 09 01 
 
 James Atkins 
 
 01 03 06 
 
 Robert Parker 03 09 10 
 James Franklin 03 18 06 
 John Lamb 10 18 10 
 
 Caleb Raye 
 Samuel Spencer 
 Martin Sanders 
 
 00 16 04 
 01 01 04 
 00 06 10 
 
 Abraham Kingston 09 03 09 
 
 
 
 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Dorchester-Towne Cr. By Sundry accp 8 Viz. 37 
 
 00 05 
 
 James Haughton p d as per 
 Assignment 00 19 08 
 Samuel Maxfield 00 09 00 
 Clement Maxfield 01 07 00 
 
 John Pason 
 Samuel Triscot 
 Timothy Tilston 
 Jonathan Atherton 
 
 05 03 00 
 00 09 00 
 02 05 00 
 02 15 00 
 
 Benjamin Allin 01 16 10 
 Jeremiah Hall 00 09 00 
 
 Samuel Blake 
 Thomas North 
 
 02 05 00 
 09 00 04 
 
 Henry Leadbetter 02 11 00 
 Samuel Rigby 03 06 08 
 John Spurr " 01 18 00 
 
 John Smith 
 John Minot 
 
 00 12 09 
 00 13 00 
 
 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Dedham-Towne Cr. By Sundry accp t8 Viz. 70 
 
 07 02 
 
 Timothy Dwite p d him as 
 per Assignment 17 00 00 
 Samuel Guile 06 08 04 
 Daniel Wight 02 09 08 
 David Falkner 03 17 06 
 David Falkner Jr. 02 15 06 
 
 Jeremiah Fisher 
 Benjamin Wight 
 Ephraim Wilson 
 John Thurston 
 Nathaniel Farington 
 Edward Sewell 
 
 00 12 00 
 00 12 00 
 00 12 00 
 00 12 00 
 00 12 00 
 00 12 00 
 
 John Day 01 13 06 
 John Day 02 14 09 
 John Bacon 00 12 00 
 Ephraim Pond 02 08 00 
 Daniel Hawes 01 06 06 
 
 John Groce 
 John Coockow 
 James Hening 
 Peter Woodward 
 Richard Bennett 
 
 00 12 00 
 00 04 02 
 00 05 00 
 00 17 02 
 03 11 00 
 
 Jonathan Gay 02 08 00 
 Samuel Colborn 02 04 09 
 
 John Ware 
 John Aldis 
 
 01 14 03 
 02 08 00 
 
 Thomas Bishop 07 06 09 
 Nathaniel Weare 00 19 04 
 
 Benjamin Mills 
 David Freeman 
 
 01 03 06 
 01 03 06 
 
 John Batle 00 12 00 
 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 
 Hingham-Towne Cr. By Sundry accp" Viz. 56 
 
 18 02 
 
 Paul Gilford pd. him as 
 per Assignment 01 03 10 
 John Chamberlaine 10 09 11 
 
 John Dunbarr 
 Paul Gilford 
 Richard Francis 
 
 02 03 11 
 02 19 00 
 01 00 00 
 
 Samuel Gill 02 09 06 
 John Cutler 15 00 00 
 
 Benjamin Bates 
 John Jacob 
 
 05 15 02 
 07 17 00 
 
 Thomas Thaxter 02 16 00 
 
 John Bull 
 
 02 12 06 
 
 Samuel Nicholson 02 11 04 
 
 
 
 August 24, 1676. 
 
 
 Hull-To wne Cr. by Sundry accp ts Viz. 12 
 
 13 09 
 
 James Chever pd. him as 
 per Assignment 00 18 09 
 Henry Chamberlaine 03 18 00 
 James Chever 02 05 00 
 
 John Angell 
 John Jacob pr. Nath 1 
 Boswortb. 
 
 03 12 00 
 
 02 00 00 
 
ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES. 
 
 369 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Milton-Towne Cr. by Sundry 
 George Lyon pd. him by 
 
 Assignment 00 09 00 
 
 John Redman 00 18 00 
 Samuel Wadsworth 
 
 per Abigail 16 15 06 
 
 Henry Roberts 00 09 00 
 
 John Jourdan 00 07 00 
 
 Walter Mory 00 07 00 
 
 Richard Silvester 04 12 08 
 
 Benjamin Badcock 03 09 06 
 
 Samuel Gullifer 00 13 00 
 
 Accp t3 Viz. 
 
 ! John Daniel 
 John Pitcher 
 John Fenno 
 Richard Silvester 
 John Pitcher 
 Thomas Voss 
 Samuel Pitcher 
 Thomas Holman 
 Ephraim Newton 
 Thomas Swift 
 Benjamin Badcock 
 
 47 11 09 
 
 00 09 00 
 00 12 10 
 00 15 04 
 00 18 00 
 03 17 07 
 07 10 00 
 00 09 00 
 02 18 10 
 
 00 09 00 
 
 01 02 06 
 00 09 00 
 
 August 24, 1676. 
 Medfield-Towne Cr. by Sundry Accp 9 viz. 
 
 John Plimpton pd. as per 
 
 Assignment 02 14 
 
 John Hammon 02 08 
 
 00 
 00 
 
 14 
 
 Josiah Rockwood 
 Vincent Shuttleworth 
 Edward Grose 
 
 04 06 
 03 14 
 02 11 
 02 16 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Roxbury-Towne Cr. by Sundry 
 
 William Davenport pd. as 
 
 per Assignment 02 10 00 
 
 Samuel Williams 05 01 00 
 
 Joseph Smith 09 13 02 
 Isaac Johnson per his 
 
 widow 01 05 00 
 
 John Curtis 02 08 01 
 
 Onesiphorus Stanly 01 11 03 
 
 Jonathan Fairbanks 03 01 00 
 
 John Clark 00 09 03 
 
 Hugh Clark 01 05 00 
 
 Joseph Lyon 01 06 05 
 
 John Whitney 00 18 00 
 
 Accp 18 Viz. 
 John Scott 
 John Weld 
 Henry Bowen 
 Samuel Williams 
 John Weld 
 John Watson 
 Richard Hall 
 John Newell 
 John Pason 
 John Weld 
 Joshuah Lamb 
 Andrew Levins 
 Robert Seaver 
 
 51 17 01 
 
 August 24, 1676. 
 Weighmouth-Towne Cr. by Sundry Accp t9 viz. 
 
 52 
 
 Benjamin Poole pd. as per 
 
 Assignment 09 18 00 
 
 Thomas Bay ley 01 16 10 
 
 John Pinchon Esq r pr. 
 
 Samuel White 12 10 01 
 
 Joshua Philips 
 John Record 
 John Pinchon Esq r 
 Richard Adams 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Bradford-Towne Cr. by Sundry Accp 8 viz. 
 John Griffin pd. him as per William Smith 
 
 assignment 00 19 03 
 
 04 
 
 08 
 04 
 06 
 
 00 10 09 
 10 16 08 
 
 00 15 00 
 
 01 17 06 
 03 06 06 
 00 18 00 
 05 10 06 
 00 17 08 
 
 00 10 00 
 
 01 11 00 
 
 02 02 10 
 01 10 00 
 01 02 06 
 
 01 10 
 
 09 19 05 
 04 00 00 
 
 10 00 00 
 03 17 06 
 
 01 03 
 03 02 
 
 00 
 
370 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAB. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Beverly-Towne Cr. By Sundry Accp ts viz. 31 
 
 01 06 
 
 John Dodge pd. as per 
 Assignment 01 10 00 
 William Dodge 01 00 00 
 Joseph Eaton 05 18 06 
 Jonathan Mosse 01 05 10 
 
 John Rayment 
 John Hull 
 John Clark 
 Samuel Hebert 
 Mark Hascall 
 
 03 11 00 
 04 14 02 
 03 08 00 
 04 00 06 
 05 13 06 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 
 Glocester-Town Cr. By Sundry Accp ts viz. 17 
 
 05 10 
 
 Benjamin Jones pd. as per 
 Assignment 01 04 00 
 John Fitch 02 15 10 
 John Stanwood 01 02 00 
 
 Philip Stanwood 
 Samuel Stanwood 
 John Day 
 John Hascall 
 
 03 08 06 
 02 11 06 
 03 15 00 
 02 09 00 
 
 August 24, 1676. 
 
 
 Hampton- To wne Cr. By Sundry Accp 8 viz. 50 
 
 14 03 
 
 Edward Colcord pd. as per 
 Assignment 02 00 00 
 Joseph Cask 03 08 06 
 Benjamin Molton 03 01 02 
 Ephraim Matson 01 03 00 
 John Lovitt 00 14 00 
 
 "William Sanborn 
 Thomas Roby 
 John Browne 
 Palmer 
 Joseph Smith 
 James Hobbs 
 
 01 04 00 
 01 04 00 
 01 04 00 
 01 08 06 
 01 17 06 
 03 05 00 
 
 Israel Blake 01 00 00 
 
 John Palmer 
 
 04 19 04 
 
 Abraham Drake 00 13 08 
 
 Ebenezer Perkins 
 
 01 15 00 
 
 Moms Hobbs 01 04 00 
 
 John Browne 
 
 06 12 05 
 
 Francis Jennings 00 19 06 
 John Sleeper 00 18 00 
 Isrel Clifford 00 00 00 
 Micael Towsly 00 17 00 
 
 Benjamin Sweett 
 Samuel Colcord 
 Michael Towsly 
 Thomas Browne 
 
 05 01 00 
 01 01 04 
 01 15 00 
 03 08 04 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 
 Ipswich-Towne Cr. By Sundry accp ts viz. 67 
 
 15 09 
 
 John Chub pd. as per 
 Assignment 06 04 06 
 Alexander Alhor 02 10 06 
 
 Joseph Proctor 
 John Browne 
 John Potter 
 
 00 17 00 
 02 08 00 
 01 04 00 
 
 Samuel Bishop 01 10 00 
 Joseph Fellows 01 15 00 
 Isaac Fellows 01 05 06 
 
 Richard Pasmore 
 Jonathan Wade 
 Thomas Smith 
 
 02 12 05 
 06 00 10 
 01 13 04 
 
 Simon Grow 02 07 05 
 
 Thomas Dennis 
 
 01 05 06 
 
 Joseph Marshall 04 00 00 
 Samuel Ingols 01 10 10 
 Amos Gourdine 01 00 00 
 Edward Neland 02 00 00 
 
 John Line 
 John Pengilly 
 Joseph Jacob 
 Isaac Perkins 
 
 04 02 06 
 03 18 03 
 02 09 10 
 00 15 04 
 
 Josiah Clark 02 16 06 
 Simon Adams 06 03 00 
 
 Thomas Philips 
 Jacob Wainwright 
 
 04 11 06 
 02 14 00 
 
ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES. 
 
 371 
 
 August 24, 1676. 
 
 Linn-Towne Cr. By Sundry Accp 8 viz. 59 19 11 
 
 Samuel Ireson pd. as per 
 
 Isaac Lewis 03 02 00 
 
 Assignment 03 03 03 
 
 Thomas Barker 04 16 09 
 
 John Linsly 00 18 00 
 
 Robert Coates 07 08 00 
 
 Philip Cartland 04 17 08 
 
 William Bellow 03 03 06 
 
 John Man 02 08 00 
 
 Joseph Burrell 01 04 00 
 
 John Burrell 03 06 00 
 
 Samuel Fisk 00 16 06 
 
 John Moore 01 10 00 
 
 Elisha Fuller 02 02 04 
 
 Thadeus Berry 03 03 06 
 
 Thomas Leonard 00 15 08 
 
 Thomas Browne 03 11 00 
 
 Moses Chadwell 01 01 00 
 
 Isaac Wellman 02 05 00 
 
 Daniel Johnson 03 04 00 
 
 Samuel Graves 01 13 00 
 
 Timothy Bread . 03 03 06 
 
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 02 03 00 
 
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 00 11 06 
 
 01 10 00 
 16 00 
 16 06 
 
 01 
 03 
 
 04 16 
 06 11 
 
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 00 
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 00 05 00 
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 00 17 10 
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 02 09 00 
 02 14 00 
 01 10 00 
 02 09 06 
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 01 10 00 
 02 14 00 
 
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 02 14 00 
 
ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES. 
 
 373 
 
 August 24, 1676. 
 
 . By Sundry accp ts viz. 05 
 
 06 04 
 
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 John Saunders 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 00 12 10 
 
 Thomas Farmer 
 
 01 19 00 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 
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 01 12 10 
 
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 06 18 10 
 
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 03 08 06 
 00 14 00 
 
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 03 15 00 
 
 01 16 08 
 
 Samuel Green 
 
 01 17 06 
 
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 02 10 00 
 
 02 13 02 
 
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 03 15 00 
 
 02 17 00 
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 03 07 06 
 
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 Chelmsford-Towne Cr. By Sundry accp ts viz. 
 
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 Concord-Towne Cr. By Sundry accp" viz. 
 
 45 
 
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 06 
 
 12 
 
 00 00 
 15 00 
 12 00 
 
 11 
 
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374 
 
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 Ditto. 
 
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 By Sundry 
 
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 per Assignment 
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 00 16 10 
 
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 00 03 04 
 
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 04 07 02 
 
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 00 15 06 
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 03 09 10 
 
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 01 12 10 
 
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 06 00 00 
 
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 00 16 10 
 
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 Edward Wilson 
 Ephraim Roper 
 Silvester Haies 
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 15 06 
 
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ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES. 
 
 375 
 
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 Samuel Champine 00 11 06 
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 James Richardson 
 
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 01 05 08 
 03 15 04 
 00 16 03 
 01 03 04 
 00 12 00 
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 John Eliot 03 18 00 
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 Henry Harris 
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 03 12 10 
 02 06 08 
 
 William Clough 00 14 00 
 John Smith 00 03 04 
 
 Joseph Pike 
 
 02 07 05 
 
 August 24, 1676. 
 
 
 Medford-Towne Cr. By Sundry accp 8 viz. 04 
 
 02 05 
 
 Evan Jones pd. as per 
 Assignment 01 04 08 
 
 James Parker 
 
 02 17 09 
 
 August 24, 1676. 
 
 
 Maulden-Towne Cr. By Sundry accp t8 viz. 49 
 
 11 03 
 
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 Deborah 02 12 00 
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 William Greene 
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 Ellis Barron 
 
 00 17 00 
 00 17 00 
 00 16 02 
 04 02 04 
 02 02 04 
 
 Samuel Hay ward 01 19 04 
 John Martine 00 09 04 
 Robert Carter 00 09 04 
 
 William Green 
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 John Green 
 
 00 08 06 
 00 07 00 
 00 07 00 
 
 James Nichols 00 08 06 
 
 John Dexter 
 
 00 07 00 
 
 James Winslade 00 09 04 
 
 Samuel Green 
 
 00 07 00 
 
 William Laraby 00 09 04 
 John Wait 03 05 00 
 
 Joseph Wilson 
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 00 07 00 
 00 07 00 
 
 Jonathan Sprague 00 18 10 
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 Thomas Newell 
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 00 07 00 
 00 07 00 
 00 07 00 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 
 Redding-Towne Cr. By Sundry accp 8 viz. 12 
 
 17 10 
 
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 Thomas Hodgmau 
 Samuel Damman 
 
 01 08 00 
 04 02 00 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 
 Water-Towne Cr. By Sundry accp ts viz. 146 
 
 10 00 
 
 Abraham Williams pd. as 
 per Assignment 03 05 06 
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 00 07 08 
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 00 09 04 
 
 Enos Lawrence 00 08 09 
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 Joseph Willington 
 Samuel Whitney 
 
 04 18 03 
 00 19 08 
 
376 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Zecheriah Cutting 
 John Sawin 
 Joseph Peirce 
 Theophilus Philips 
 John Prescott 
 Moses Whitney 
 Isaac Leonard 
 Joseph Bemish 
 John Sterns 
 Jonathan Smith 
 William Bond 
 Josiah Jones 
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 John Bigello 
 Daniel Peirce 
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 02 12 06 
 
 03 03 06 
 
 02 07 00 
 00 18 06 
 
 00 09 08 
 
 03 05 00 
 
 01 00 00 
 03 03 06 
 06 12 00 
 01 18 05 
 
 Michel Bastow 
 Thomas Whitney 
 John Willington 
 John Oynes 
 Henry Spring 
 Jonathan Whitney 
 William Shattucke 
 Samuel Thacher 
 Jeremiah Norcrass 
 Daniel Smith 
 William Price 
 John Stone 
 Thomas Chadwick 
 Samuel Perry 
 William Bull 
 William Price Jun r 
 Samuel Perry 
 Munning Sawin 
 Eliazer Beeres 
 John Coolidge 
 Seubael Sternes 
 John Hastings 
 Stephen Coolidge 
 John Oyne 
 Thomas Swann 
 John Bright 
 Daniel Gookin Esq r . 
 Samuel Wood 
 
 01 
 01 
 
 02 16 06 
 00 04 02 
 02 08 06 
 
 00 15 08 
 
 02 19 10 
 
 03 08 02 
 
 04 10 00 
 
 01 04 03 
 09 05 08 
 
 01 05 06 
 
 02 13 00 
 10 10 
 10 10 
 
 03 18 00 
 
 00 04 02 
 
 01 07 03 
 
 01 05 06 
 00 12 00 
 00 12 00 
 
 02 10 00 
 
 03 01 00 
 
 00 19 08 
 
 01 02 02 
 
 02 00 00 
 01 08 10 
 
 04 10 00 
 02 11 02J 
 00 13 01} 
 
 August 24, 1676. 
 Wooborn-Towne Cr. By Sundry accp ts viz. 
 
 John Barbene pd as 
 Assignment 
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 per 
 03 19 02 
 08 02 08 
 
 John Baker 
 
 03 00 00 
 
 Robert Simson 
 
 03 12 00 
 
 Joseph Simons 
 John Cutler 
 
 04 17 00 
 04 15 02 
 
 Benjamin Simons 
 Joseph Winne 
 John Priest 
 
 02 12 00 
 00 14 00 
 03 05 00 
 
 John Kendall 
 
 02 16 10 
 
 John Polly 
 John Bateman 
 
 01 06 00 
 02 02 00 
 
 John Polly 
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 Abraham Parker 
 
 00 18 10 
 02 13 09 
 04 10 10 
 
 Isaac Brookes 
 
 01 01 06 
 
 Joseph Wright 
 John Baker 
 
 04 10 00 
 05 15 03 
 
 John Barben 
 
 05 94 06 
 
 Josiah Clarson 
 
 02 07 10 
 
 107 12 08 
 
 Joseph Simons 02 07 
 
 Josiah Clarson 03 11 
 
 William Butler 02 19 
 
 Increase Wiun 01 12 
 
 Benony Macktonell 02 09 
 
 Thomas Parker 03 1 1 
 
 Joseph Richardson 03 01 
 
 Thomas Hall 01 06 
 
 Thomas Pierce 00 14 
 
 John Richardson 00 17 
 
 Increase Wing 00 14 
 Richard Francis per 
 
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 Samuel Richardson 00 10 
 
 John Priest 05 02 
 
 Moses Cleaveland 03 03 
 
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XXVI. 
 PHILIP, CANONCHET AND THEIR INDIANS. 
 
 A BRIEF statement, from the side of the Indians, of their 
 movements and plans so far as can be judged by the evi 
 dence we have, may help us to a better knowledge of the 
 war, than any of the histories afford. All know that Metacom, 
 or Pometacom, second son of the great chief Massasoit, whom 
 the English named Philip, and who is known in history as King 
 Philip, was the recognized instigator and leader in the great 
 Indian war which has always been designated by his name. 
 
 Massasoit s eldest son Wamsutta, called by the English Alexan 
 der, succeeded to the dignity and possessions of his father in 
 1661, but lived only about a year in the enjoyment of his inheri 
 tance. His wife was Weetamoo (her name best known), who 
 seems to have been not only an hereditary princess, but a very 
 able and energetic woman. She was called the "- Squaw Sachem 
 of Pocasset," and derived that title either from her father or an 
 earlier husband. She claimed to own all the country around 
 Pocasset in her own right, and also the disposal and rule of her 
 tribe. Weetamoo was a personage of importance and influence 
 in the war, as, after the death of Wamsutta, she returned to her 
 people, and retained her title and power amongst them ; and it 
 would appear that just before the breaking out of the war, she 
 had some three hundred fighting men under her authority. 
 There is good evidence that Queen Weetamoo and Petonowowett, 
 whom the queen married after the death of Wamsutta, were 
 both opposed to the war, but could not control the young war 
 riors who were attracted to Philip s war-dances, and were there 
 inflamed with the war-passion of the chief. Weetamoo was 
 the sister of Wootonekanuske, it is said, and as she was doubly 
 sister-in-law of Philip, it is not strange that she followed the 
 inclination of her warriors, and yielded to the craft and power 
 of Philip, thus greatly strengthening his hands. Petonowowett 
 would not join Philip, but withdrew to the English side and fol 
 lowed their fortunes throughout the struggle. Weetamoo further 
 assisted the cause of Philip by renouncing her recreant husband, 
 and marrying Quinnapin, a Narraganset chief, a near relative of 
 Canonchet, and second in command at the great " fort-fight." 
 
378 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 He was prominent in the attack upon Lancaster, becoming the 
 master of Mrs. Rowlandson by purchasing her from her captor. 
 
 There are many proofs of the ability of Philip as a diplomat, in 
 planning and preparing for the war. He succeeded his brother 
 as the chief Sachem of the Wampanoags, about 1662. Judged by 
 all that can be gleaned from history, Philip seems to us, not the 
 terrible monster which our first historians painted him, but a 
 leader of consummate skill, in bringing together the unwieldy 
 and most unwilling forces, and pushing forward other bands of 
 other tribes to bear the brunt and dangers which his own plotting 
 had brought upon them. He was doubtless hurried into open 
 hostilities by the ill-advised action of his young warriors, long 
 before even his own tribe were prepared for the consequences 
 of such rash action. Thousands of acres of corn were hastily 
 abandoned by his people in their precipitate flight. The Wam 
 panoags, with all related and dependent bands, were overwhelmed 
 by the unexpected forces sent against them, and were only saved 
 from utter destruction, partly by the slow motion of the English 
 troops under Capt. Henchman, but mainly by the adroit and 
 secret management of Philip in " wafting " his whole active force 
 over the water, leaving only one hundred of their women and 
 children, and escaping into the Nipmuck country. All the fear 
 ful consequences which hung upon the issue of that escape, are 
 known to us now, and it is clear that if the colonies had at all 
 appreciated the gravity of the situation, the whole war might 
 have been prevejnted, by holding Philip, by the retention of a few 
 hundred men for a few days more at Rehoboth, or near by, with 
 their Mohegan scouts. As it was, Philip succeeded in eluding his 
 pursuers, disposing his non-fighting people in various tribes, and, 
 while holding a sufficient body-guard with himself, to inspire re 
 spect and insure a hearing, he had some of his ablest men visiting 
 the more distant tribes, and everywhere persuading, bribing and 
 threatening the chiefs into cooperation ; so that before the end of 
 September, he had practically all the Nipmucks, with the tribes 
 of Massachusetts from the Merrimac to the Connecticut, pledged 
 and already active in his service. But the impression from all 
 known testimony is, that loyalty to Philip was inspired by fear, 
 rather than love or admiration. There is no proof known to me 
 of any act of personal daring on his part, and I have not found 
 any real evidence that he was personally engaged in any of the 
 battles of the whole war, or that he led, in person, any attack, or 
 raid, or ambuscade. The rumors of that day, and the statements 
 of later historians, that he was present at certain fights, are not 
 verified by evidence ; and while there is little doubt that he 
 directed and planned many of the most bloody and destructive 
 attacks upon the settlements, he seems always to have kept at a 
 safe distance from personal danger. 
 
 The successes of the Indians at Brookfield, Northfield and 
 
THE HOSTILE INDIANS. 379 
 
 Deerfield, were won by the Nipmuck chiefs, who were by no 
 means ready to accept Philip as a general, while they received 
 him as an ally. 
 
 In December, 1675, Philip retired beyond the Connecticut, and 
 before the first of January was encamped some forty miles above 
 Albany. It is probable that he was there negotiating with the 
 Mohawks, by his agents, for their cooperation in the spring, and 
 it is believed that he had assurance from the French, of ammu 
 nition and arms, together with a body of Canadian Indians to 
 reinforce him. But there were many things which might well 
 discourage the chief at this time, notwithstanding all these 
 promises of help, and the fact that the most of the tribes were 
 committed to the war. 
 
 Canonchet, and his Narragansets, had not yet committed them 
 selves, nor seemed inclined to do so, which was very depressing, 
 not only to the leaders, but to those other chiefs and tribes who in 
 one way or another had committed themselves to his cause. And 
 again there was disaffection among the tribes and the chiefs who 
 had been involved in the war by Philip s arts. But soon a new 
 and tremendous impulse was given to the Indian side, when the 
 scouts and advanced parties of the Narragansets began to come 
 among the tribes in their hasty retreat, bringing news of their 
 defeat and the disastrous destruction of their great fortress. At 
 first they were not believed, and were not received by the Nip- 
 mucks and their allies, because they had been looked upon as 
 pledged by the English to remain neutral ; and, as the denunci 
 ation of the great leader and his tribe for their indifference, had 
 been rife in all the great war councils of the adherents of Philip, 
 so now these advance parties of their retreat were not believed, 
 and when they came to the camp at Meminimisset, they were re 
 pulsed, and their messenger shot at, being accused of treachery 
 and of being friends of the English, although they brought Eng 
 lish scalps and heads in proof of their story. But when larger 
 parties came, bringing more proofs of the same kind, and 
 furnished confirmation from various sources, there was great 
 rejoicing by the Indians that they had been thus struck down 
 by the English, whom they had been so slow to fight. Their 
 rejoicing was equally great, because of the immense acquisition of 
 the strong tribe and valiant chief, the prestige of whose name 
 and numbers turned all faltering and hesitation into willing and 
 eager adherence. And as they had been last to break into hos 
 tility against the settlers, so their causes of hatred and desire for 
 revenge were deeper. 
 
 At the beginning of " Philip s War," the Sachem of the Narra 
 gansets was Canonchet, son of Miantoninioh, whose tragic story 
 has been told in the first chapter. He was an able, prudent and 
 brave chief, who, though subjected to the tyranny of the colonies, 
 and followed by the constant enmity and falsehood of old Uiicas, 
 
380 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 had been able to maintain peace with the English and their allies, 
 and to lead his people to prosperity and power ; so that in 1675, 
 he was by far the most powerful chief in New England, his 
 fighting force being reckoned by some authorities, as high as four 
 thousand warriors. This estimate is probably double his actual 
 force. It is said that he had encouraged Philip in the design to 
 make a general revolution against the colonies, and had promised 
 to be ready in 1676 to enter such war with his whole available 
 force. When, however, Philip s men precipitated hostilities by 
 the murder of Sausamon, first, and then by open and active 
 preparation, when justice was dealt to the murderers, Canonchet 
 restrained his people, and would not join Philip, but on the other 
 hand would not assist in fighting him. When the troops had 
 driven Philip and his people out from Mount Hope, and held 
 them, as they thought, securely, in the Pocasset swamps, command 
 came from Boston to march the army into the Narraganset 
 country and demand a treaty at the point of the sword. That 
 action seems to us now, as strategy, the height of stupidity ; 
 in spirit, the extreme of intolerance ; and in result, entirely 
 disastrous. 
 
 The only pretext for the invasion, was the rumor that the Narra- 
 gansets were harboring some of the women and children of those 
 who were in arms. They did not find Canonchet, or any of his 
 Sachems, but only a few old men, whom they forced to act in 
 behalf of the tribe. With these irresponsible persons, they for 
 mally enacted a treaty, remarkable only for its intolerance, and 
 utter disregard of the rights of the Indians. Canonchet seems to 
 have ignored this treaty entirely, and probably looked upon it as 
 one more instance of the crafty influence of Uncas, who had 
 hastened forward to assist the English at his earliest opportunity. 
 And yet the Narraganset chief held aloof from Philip s active 
 operations, evidently strengthening his own people with arms, 
 ammunition and provisions, besides training his warriors and forti 
 fying his country in several parts, as if determined to withstand 
 any attack which might be made upon him. 
 
 Canonchet, thus standing aloof from participation in the war, 
 and fearing nothing from the English, who were constantly exer 
 cised against him by the wily arts of the Mohegans, was summoned 
 to Boston, where he appeared before the Council and bore himself 
 with manly dignity, but was constrained by his situation and by 
 the threats of the Council, to sign a treaty binding him to fight 
 against the hostile Indians, and to seize and deliver up all those 
 Indians who had taken part in the war, and were now fled to his 
 territories for shelter. This demand, so impossible for him to 
 fulfil, he was induced to promise, under the pressure of present 
 danger, knowing well that a refusal to accede to their demands 
 would be taken as confirmation of the charges against him, and 
 would result in his detention and perhaps death. He had no idea 
 
THE HOSTILE INDIANS. 381 
 
 of the sacredness of his promise in this treaty, and his experience 
 with the English in former treaties, had not tended to give him 
 exalted ideas of treaty promises. He was allowed to depart, hav 
 ing received the present of a coat, gaudily laced. We do not 
 know how much effort he made to carry out his promise ; we do 
 know that he gathered his own people into the great fortress in 
 the swamps, where, in December, he was overwhelmed by the 
 Colonial army ; in which battle great numbers of his people were 
 destroyed. 
 
 The story of that fearful battle and its result to the English, 
 and from their side, has been told. We know but little from the 
 Indian side, and that only by accidental testimony. The English 
 troops recruited at Wickford until the last of January, when, 
 having been reinforced with fresh troops, they began the " Long 
 March " through the Nipmuck Country, around to Marlborough, 
 and then to Boston. 
 
 Canon chet and his Narragansets had profited by the time of the 
 army s inactivity ; they returned to their ruined forts and buried 
 their dead, cared for their wounded, and quietly sent their women 
 and children with their sick and wounded out of harm s way. 
 Then with a strong band of his fighting men as a rear-guard, 
 Canonchet hung about the army, and closely observed all its 
 motions, keeping out his scouts in every direction, with a line of 
 posts and temporary camps along the whole line of the great " trail," 
 even to the vicinity of Quabaog, where he soon established rela 
 tions of alliance with the hostile tribes gathered at headquarters 
 at Meminimisset. But just upon the eve of the advance of the 
 troops, the Narragansets made a swift descent upon Warwick, 
 where they burnt the buildings and corn and hay of Mr. Car 
 penter, as we have seen. It is probable that the Indian leaders 
 were somewhat disconcerted by the advance of the army, both as 
 to time and direction. The attack upon Mr. Carpenter was partly, 
 perhaps, to turn the attention of the English in that direction. 
 They succeeded in eluding the English, however, and were re 
 ceived into the great gathering of the tribes at their chief head 
 quarters beyond Quabaog, as told above. There is evidence that 
 old Canonicus, uncle of Canonchet, and many of the older chiefs 
 of the Narragansets and their subject tribes, like Ninigret, chief 
 of the Niantics, tried hard to restrain the warriors from open 
 war. But the proud spirit of the younger Canonchet could not 
 bow to the terrible blow they had received, and while the old 
 chiefs were allowed to negotiate with the English about a treaty, 
 Canonchet and the younger men, with Quinnapin as an able 
 second, were training and preparing for war. After the junction 
 was made with the Northern tribes, Philip having been apprised 
 of it, and having promised plenty of ammunition from the 
 French, the Narragansets were added as a part of the great hostile 
 force of Indians gathered in the western parts. Canonchet 
 
382 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 became the real leader of the great unorganized army of the 
 Indians. His warriors far outnumbered the other tribes, besides 
 being better trained and equipped, despite the severe losses they 
 had met at the great fort. 
 
 There is little doubt that the confederated tribes determined 
 to drive the English out from the Connecticut valley, and to 
 hold it. After locating his people in safe retreats, Canonchet, 
 with a large party of his warriors, returned towards his own 
 country, in order to recover some of the large quantities of corn 
 secreted there, and especially for seed-corn to plant the English 
 fields, from which they had driven the owners. A large raiding 
 party from the various tribes came southward also. It is prob 
 able that the two companies were not far from each other, when 
 Capt. Peirse arrived at Rehoboth, and they probably united in 
 his destruction, as related above. 
 
 After the battle with Capt. Peirse (March 26, 1676) the Ind 
 ians made a furious attack upon Rehoboth upon the 28th day, 
 burning some forty houses and nearly as many barns. Upon the 
 29th they appeared at Providence, and though the aged Roger 
 Williams, the life-long friend of the southern tribes, went forth 
 to meet them, unarmed, and leaning upon his staff, he was met 
 by their old men, and warned by them that it would not be safe, 
 even for him, to venture amongst them ; and they said also, that 
 there were many " stranger Indians " mixed with their tribes. 
 He was thus forced to retire to the garrison-house with the rest 
 of the inhabitants, while the Indians advanced and burned some 
 thirty houses of the town. Robert Beers was slain, it is said, at 
 this time. The Indians seem, after that, to have broken up into 
 small prowling bands, which scouted upon the borders of the out 
 lying towns, making an assault here and there, as opportunity 
 seemed to offer, April 9th at Billerica ; April 19th at Andover, 
 where they killed Joseph Abbot and captured his younger 
 brother Timothy, burned the house of Mr. Faulkner and wounded 
 Roger Marks; while another band, the same day, burned the 
 deserted houses at Marlborough ; and still another party appeared 
 at Hingham and Weymouth, where they killed two men, one at 
 each place. 
 
 On April 20th they renewed the attack upon Hingham, where 
 they burned the houses of Israel Hobart, Anthony Sprague, 
 Joseph Jones and Nathaniel Chubbuck. On April 21st the main 
 body of the Indians in Massachusetts swept in around Sudbury, 
 of which attack detailed account has been given heretofore. 
 Account has been given also of other attacks and operations in 
 the Northern parts. 
 
 In the meantime the Connecticut people were bestirring them 
 selves, and had quietly enlisted some eighty of the friendly 
 Indians of the Mohegans and Pequods, and a band of the Niantics, 
 whose Sachem, Ninigret, although a Narraganset, had remained 
 
THE HOSTILE INDIANS. 383 
 
 neutral, in appearance, at least. Forty-seven English soldiers 
 were joined with these, under command of Capt. George Denison 
 of Stonington, and Capt. James Avery of New London, Connect 
 icut. The Niantics were led by the chief Catapazat ; the Pe- 
 quods by Casassinamon ; the Mohegans by Oneco, son of Uncas. 
 This force, apparently unknown to the scouts of Canonchet, 
 approached Pawtucket, and captured one of his guards in the 
 vicinity, with two women, one of whom confessed that Canonchet 
 was near at hand with but a small guard. With this news, con 
 firmed by their scouts soon afterwards, the force pushed on and 
 soon came in sight of the wigwam of the Sachem whom they 
 sought. When the quick ear of the chief caught the sound of 
 an approaching body of men, he sent two of his attendants to the 
 top of a hill near by to ascertain the cause, and these not return 
 ing, but fleeing for their lives, two more were sent, one of whom 
 returned with the word that the enemy was close upon him. He 
 seized his gun and sought to escape, but in his flight he came 
 near a party of the scouts, who gave chase so closely that he was 
 unable to elude them, and finally was forced to cross a small 
 stream, where, entering hastily, his foot slipped on a small stone 
 and he fell, wetting his gun, which was thus rendered useless, 
 and he was left defenceless ; and at the mishap, he confessed 
 afterwards, " his heart turned within him, and he became as a 
 rotten stick, void of strength." Monopoide, a Pequod Indian, 
 was nearest him, and overtook him within thirty rods of the river, 
 and captured him without any attempt at resistance. The pur 
 suit was thus strenuous, because the chief had been obliged in 
 his flight to cast off his blanket, and then his lace-coat, which he 
 had of late received from the English, and then his belt of wam 
 pum, and was thus recognized. 
 
 But though helpless and captive, he was still the proud and un- 
 conquered chief ; and when young Robert Stanton, an interpreter, 
 and among the first of the English to come up, began to question 
 him, he turned away haughtily, saying, " You much child, no 
 understand matters of war; let your brother or your chief 
 come, him I will answer." Even Mr. Hubbard was struck by his 
 noble bearing and heroism, and in his " Postscript," written after 
 the first part of his history was printed, compares him to one of 
 the old Romans, Attilius Regulus, since he would not accept of 
 his own life upon compliance with the English. The condition 
 seems to have been that he would send one of his Counsellors 
 commanding his people to yield to the English, and thus save his 
 life. His resolution was not to be shaken by any threats or bribes ; 
 and when he was told of his sentence of death, he replied that he 
 " liked it well, that he should die before his heart was soft, or he 
 had spoken anything unworthy of himself." He was taken to 
 Stonington and there shot by Oneco, son of Uncas, his life-long 
 enemy, and two Sachems of the Pequods, of equal rank. 
 
384 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 There is no nobler figure in all the annals of the American 
 Indians, than Canonchet, son of Miantonimoh, Sachem of the 
 Narragansets. As he had become the real head and life of the 
 Indians at war, so his capture was the death-blow to their hopes. 
 
 Had Canonchet lived to carry out the plans already entered 
 upon, it is probable that the result of the campaign of the spring 
 and summer, would have been far different. As it was, the great 
 body of Indians still for some time held together, congregated 
 upon the Connecticut about and above the " Falls," where Capt. 
 Turner and his company found them and attacked them, on May 
 18th and 19th, 1676, as has already been related. 
 
 Of all the hostile tribes in this war, historians have assumed 
 that Philip was the leader ; and there is little doubt that he was 
 the manager as well as the instigator of the war. But there 
 were many powerful chiefs now engaged, and they were coming 
 to realize that the destruction and plundering of a few villages 
 of the settlers, here and there, resulted in provoking their ven 
 geance, and in forcing the Indians themselves to withdraw from 
 their old homes, into swamps and mountains and remote places. 
 There was disaffection among the chiefs, as they found the 
 situation of their tribes growing more and more precarious, and 
 felt the same pressure, which had already driven the Wampauoags, 
 Narragansets and many of the Nipmucks, from their homes, back 
 upon the territory of the Northern tribes, where they were now 
 apparently preparing to settle for the present, and were already 
 utilizing the fishing-places, hunting-grounds and cornfields. The 
 war party, however, was greatly in the majority, being composed 
 of those who were actuated by desire for revenge, having lost all ; 
 those young and impetuous, who believed that it was possible to 
 destroy the English, utterly, in the way of gaining glory in war, 
 according to their ambition ; and those who saw no other way left 
 than to fight the war through for their lives. Philip was enabled 
 to maintain some show of control over these chiefs, as it was he 
 who had negotiated with each tribe, and managed in securing 
 for them supplies of ammunition and arms ; while he was also the 
 authority to whom the French were promising supplies and men, 
 for the reduction of the plantations in the coming summer. No 
 one of those now left, dared to lead a revolt against Philip, and 
 his personal adherents were in every camp and close to every 
 chief, so that plots against him were sure to bring immediate 
 vengeance upon the plotters. 
 
 The Narragansets, after the death of Canonchet, were drawn 
 more under the authority of Philip, as several of the most notable 
 warriors among the Narraganset chiefs, had been his adherents 
 from the start. 
 
 Pomham, or Pumham, whose territory lay next to Philip s do 
 mains, was a Narraganset chief of that part of Narraganset, called 
 Shawomet, embracing what is now Warwick. He was considered 
 
THE HOSTILE INDIANS. 385 
 
 by the English the ablest soldier of the Narragansets, in his day. 
 Although an old man, he was active in all the operations of 
 Philip s war. His sons, also, were brave leaders. He was killed, 
 desperately righting for his life, in Dedham woods, July 25, 1676, 
 by a party of English and friendly Indians, under Capt. Samuel 
 Hunting. At the same time his son was captured, whom Mr. 
 Hubbard describes as "a very likely Youth, and one whose 
 Countenance would have bespoke Favour for him, had he not 
 belonged to so bloody and barbarous an Indian as his Father 
 was." The party of Indians consisted of some thirty-five, all of 
 whom are said to have been "his relations and subjects." 
 
 Quinnapin, a near relative of Canonicus, early espoused the 
 cause of Philip ; he married Weetamoo, as explained above ; was 
 said to have been Canonchet s Lieutenant in the " Fort Fight," and 
 a leader in the attack upon Lancaster in February, 1675-6. He 
 purchased Mrs. Rowlandson from the Indians who captured her, 
 and from her account we learn something of his character, habits 
 and family. He had two wives beside Weetamoo. When the 
 league of the tribes in the West was broken up, Quinnapin 
 remained with Philip, and returned with him to the southern 
 parts. In August, 1676, he was captured, and upon the 24th of 
 that month was tried at Newport, R.I., by a Court-Martial, held 
 by the Governor and Assistants, and, with other captives, was 
 condemned to death ; on the 25th he was shot. 
 
 Pessacus or Mossup, a Narraganset, a nephew of Canonicus, and 
 a very influential counsellor of Canonchet, remained with a part 
 of the tribe in the northern parts, and was finally killed, beyond the 
 Pascataqua river in 1677, by the Mohawks, it is said. There 
 were other notable chiefs of the Narragansets who took part in 
 the war, Poto~k, Quaqualh, " Stone- Wall-John," and others, but 
 the first three were the principal. 
 
 Of the Wampanoags, Philip s chief men were, Tuspaquin, 
 Sachem of Assowomset, who married Amie, as she was called by 
 the English, sister of Philip and daughter of Massasoit. Tuspa- 
 quin was called also " The Black Sachem," and he was at the 
 head of the large party of Indians who, in the Spring of 1676, 
 hung about the towns of Plymouth Colony and made successful 
 raids against Scituate, Bridgewater and Plymouth. He was one 
 of the last to hold out after Philip s death ; and when the wan 
 dering bands were reduced to a few handfuls here and there, he 
 was induced to come in and surrender by the promise of Mr. 
 Church, and by the capture of his family, who were well treated 
 and taken to Plymouth. Mr. Church promised him that his life 
 and the lives of his family should be spared ; but when he came 
 in and surrendered, Mr. Church was not at Plymouth, and Tus- 
 paquin was immediately tried and executed. 
 
 Annawon. This old chief appears to have been the most inti 
 mate and trusted counsellor of Philip. He was close to his 
 
386 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 chief at the time of his death, and led the band safely out of the 
 swamp. He was captured soon after, with the remnants of the 
 Wampanoags, at a place within the present limits of Rehoboth, 
 and surrendered under promise of " good quarter." He gave up 
 the treasure, and " royalties " of Philip, which he had in charge, 
 to Mr. Church. He was executed at Plymouth, at the same time 
 with Tuspaquin. 
 
 Totoson, son of the celebrated chief " Sam Barrow," was 
 another of the " great captains " of Philip who survived him 
 awhile, only to be destroyed by Mr. Church, and his mixed com 
 pany of English and Indians. 
 
 Of other chiefs, who were important actors in the war, were the 
 various sachems of the local tribes, some of whom have received 
 mention in the course of this history. In the time of Philip s war, 
 the interior tribes of Massachusetts were known under the gen 
 eral term of Nipmucks, or Nipnets, while it is probable that the 
 Indians themselves understood that name to include the tribe 
 which lived in the territory included in Worcester county, south 
 of Worcester city, and probably beyond the State line, and upon 
 the ponds, in the present towns of " Dudley, Webster, Douglas, 
 Sutton, Oxford, Auburn, &c." The name Nipnet, means " fresh 
 water," and is supposed to have distinguished these tribes from 
 the " Coast Indians." The tribes, living along the Connecticut 
 and its branches, were called " River Indians," and included the 
 Agawams, Waranokes, Nonotucks, Pacomptucks and Squakheags. 
 The Quabaug Indians lived in the territory about the old town 
 of Brookfield. The Nashaways had their chief village at Lancas 
 ter, and included the large villages at " Washakum Ponds," and 
 about " Mount Wachusett." 
 
 Of these tribes the most prominent leaders in the war were, 
 Mattoonus, a Nipnet ; Monoco and " Sagamore-Sam," of the Nash 
 aways ; Mawtamp of Quabaug, and Pakashokag, called " John of 
 Pakachoog." 
 
 Upon Philip s realizing the growing disaffection of the River 
 Indians, and becoming aware also of their negotiations with the 
 English, to betray him, he left the Connecticut, with his own tribe, 
 and such of the Narragansets as still followed with him, and came 
 to the parts about Wachusett, where his force was increased by 
 many of the Quabaugs and Nashaways, under Sagamore Sam and 
 Mawtamp. But this force was by no means manageable, for any 
 length of time, and only when being organized for active service. 
 Dissensions and jealousies began to arise, while the English were 
 preparing for vigorous measures of pursuit ; and about the first of 
 June, 1676, Philip, with his Wampanoags and Narragansets, went 
 away towards their old home. Philip and his tribe went to Poka- 
 noket, or Mount Hope ; while the Narragansets passed into their 
 own country. 
 
 The English became aware of his presence in his old place, early 
 
THE HOSTILE INDIANS. 387 
 
 in July, and thereafter he was constantly pursued by parties sent 
 out from Boston and Plymouth, but he could not be found. The 
 Narragansets, in the meantime, were being pursued and captured 
 and destroyed by the Connecticut forces, with their Mohegan and 
 Pequod allies. The principal exploit of these forces was the 
 massacre of the people of the " Old Queen," Magnus (known 
 also as the " Sunk Squaw," and also as " Quiapen " ), on July 2d. 
 Within a few days more than two hundred of the enemy came in 
 and surrendered to the Plymouth authorities ; and between that 
 and the close of July, there was a constant series of captures and 
 surrenders of the Indians, so that Philip was left almost alone ; 
 even his wife and young son having been captured by the Eng 
 lish, mostly the mixed company under Mr. Church. About the 
 7th of August, a small company went out from Taunton, and capt 
 ured a party of the Indians of Weetamo, who, herself, trying to 
 escape across the river upon a small raft, was drowned ; and her 
 body being found a few days after, her head was severed, and 
 being placed upon a pole, was paraded in the street at Taunton. 
 Philip, at last, being hunted down by the English and Indians 
 on every side, retired, with a few of his staunchest friends, to his 
 old retreat in a swamp at Mount Hope. Mr. Church was then 
 in command of a scouting company of English and Indians from 
 Plymouth, and having passed over from Pocasset, where he left 
 most of his company, to Rhode Island, to Major Sanford s, he 
 there heard from the Major and Capt. Golding, of Philip s con 
 dition, as reported by a deserter, whose brother Philip had killed, 
 for advising surrender. This Indian offered to pilot the English 
 to Philip s hiding-place. Major Sanford and Capt. Golding both 
 offered to go with his company to assist in Philip s capture. 
 They were soon back at "Trip s Ferry," with the rest of his 
 company under Capt. John Williams of Scituate. Having arrived 
 at the swamp, piloted by the deserter, Mr. Church requested 
 Capt. Golding to lead the skirmishing party, led by the pilot, 
 into the swamp, to " beat up the quarters " of Philip. This the 
 Captain accepted, and drew out his allotted men. Church 
 instructed him to creep forward as silently as possible, in order 
 to encompass and surprise the Indians, but when discovered 
 to shout and make all possible noise, as the orders to the various 
 ambuscades were to fire upon all, who came towards them silently. 
 Mr. Church then placed the rest of the men, with most of the 
 Indians under Capt. Williams, so as to encompass all ways of 
 escape from the swamp, placing an Englishman and an Indian 
 together. Hardly had these arrangements been completed when 
 a musket-shot, followed by a whole volley, rang through the 
 swamp, and then the general onset began. The Indians were 
 taken completely by surprise, and Philip, springing hastily from 
 his sleep, under the rude open wigwam, seized his powder-horn 
 and gun, and started from the hillside, where he had made his 
 
388 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 camp, for the deeper security of the swamp. But in his flight, 
 he came face to face with two of Mr. Church s men, and, the 
 Englishman s musket missing fire, the Indian immediately shot 
 the great chieftain through the breast, so that he fell forward 
 upon his face, with his gun beneath him, in the water of the 
 swamp. The Indian who killed Philip was named Alderman, 
 and is said to have been the same who betrayed his hiding-place. 
 When this Indian ran to Mr. Church with the news of his 
 achievement, he was told to keep it secret until after the rest of 
 the enemy had been beaten out of the swamp, or captured or 
 killed. Their retreat and escape from the English was ably con 
 ducted by old Annawon, Philip s chief Sachem. When all the 
 company had gathered about the place, where Philip s party had 
 bivouacked, Mr. Church told them the great news of Philip s 
 death, and presently ordered some of the Indians to drag him 
 out of the swamp, to the solid land. There he was chopped in 
 quarters and beheaded, and left unburied; his head and one 
 hand were given to Alderman as a reward, and in Mr. Church s 
 account it is said that he got " many a penny " by showing the 
 hand. 
 
 Such was the end of Philip of Mount Hope, one of the most 
 remarkable characters in all American history, whose biography 
 has never yet been adequately written, and who, although by no 
 means a hero, or a character to be admired, was, without doubt, a 
 wise and skilful leader, and more dreaded by the colonists than 
 any other man, before or after him. 
 
 His death was heard of with universal rejoicing, in the colo 
 nies, and was considered as the practical close of the war. 
 
XXVII. 
 CHRISTIAN INDIANS OF NEW ENGLAND. 
 
 IN this history, reference has constantly been made to the 
 Christian or Friendly Indians, and in some cases, comments 
 have been made as to their relation to the war, their per 
 sonal services, etc. It seems fitting that some more general and 
 definite reference should be made to their services, and their rela 
 tion to the Colony, as well as to their place in public opinion. 
 
 In preceding chapters, many incidents concerning the Chris 
 tian Indians have been related in connection with the operations 
 of the English soldiers, while the same matters, somewhat more 
 at length, are here related again. It will be readily understood, 
 that these repetitions are made for the sake of preserving the 
 continuity of the story, in this chapter devoted to these Indians. 
 
 In order to a clear understanding, it may be well to refer / 
 briefly to the origin of the movement, which resulted in " chris- K 
 tianizing " a part of the Indians in the New England Colonies. 
 The experiment was inaugurated by the zealous efforts of Rev. 
 John Eliot, who came to New England in the ship "Lyon, 
 William Peirce Master," which arrived in Boston, November 3, 
 1631. He was born in Nasing, Essex, England, in 1604, " of 
 godly parents." He was a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, 
 where he received his B.A. degree, in 1622. 
 
 Upon his arrival in Boston, Mr. Eliot was engaged to officiate 
 in the church in the absence of Mr. Wilson, the pastor, then in 
 England; and next year, his friends, to whom he was partly 
 engaged before leaving England, having arrived and settled at 
 Roxbury, he was called to their new church, and there ordained 
 as their teacher, in 1632. His affianced wife arrived in the 
 summer of that year, and they were married in October. Mr. 
 Eliot soon evinced deep interest in the welfare of the Indians, 
 and studied their language and habits, and especially their 
 habits of thought in the direction of religion. 1 He went much 
 amongst them, and, in order to a closer study of their language, 
 hired one of good intelligence and spirit, to live at his house and 
 
 1 A very interesting little book has just now (May, 1896) been written by Mr. William Wallace 
 Tooker, giving the biography of a Long Island Indian named Cheekunoe or Cockenoe, and pre 
 senting a claim, with strong circumstantial evidence, that he was identical with the young Pequot 
 captive of whom Mr. Eliot speaks, as living at Mr. Richard Calicott s in Dorchester, and who was 
 the first to teach Mr. Eliot the Indian language, and his first interpreter. 
 
390 KING PHILIP S WAK. 
 
 assist in his studies. This Indian was Job Nesutan, and he was 
 Mr. Eliot s chief assistant, but was killed at the beginning of 
 Philip s War, while serving with the English against Philip, 
 though he was then eighty-six years old. Mr. Eliot was 
 eminent for his learning, especially in Hebrew, but was more 
 eminent for his deep piety and self-consecration to his chosen 
 work. He was particularly impressed with the great oppor 
 tunity presented by the Indian tribes, for the spread of the 
 /gospel of Christ. He marked with great concern the general 
 indifference of the English to this opportunity for Christian 
 work, but doubled his own endeavors to achieve the great 
 purpose. There is no more glorious achievement in our annals, 
 both for its heroic spirit and its vast labor, than his mastering of 
 the Indian language and his translation of the Bible into the 
 Indian tongue. In the meantime, the Indians in the neighbor 
 hood of the settlements, had lived mostly at peace with the 
 English, who had bought their lands, peltry, and labor, and paid 
 in " truck," cheap clothes, fire-arms, " fire-water," etc. ; for the 
 ,most part carrying on with them a system of deception and 
 /extortion which we, in our reverence .for the Puritans and 
 
 * Pilgrims, can hardly realize as possible. But we remember the 
 confidence of their religious purpose, and their strong faith that 
 God meant this country for them, and to " give the lands of the 
 heathen for their inheritance ; " and they looked upon the 
 Indians, as the Jews upon the Gentiles of old, as necessary 
 
 ^/impediments to their onward course, to be used for their own 
 advantage, when possible, or to be pushed aside at will. But all 
 did not hold this opinion; and there were many among the 
 leaders, in all the colonies, who from the first, regarded the rights 
 of the Indians, and sought to help them; and many believed 
 that they should be treated with justice under the laws, their 
 rights maintained, and their spiritual welfare secured by the 
 efforts of the Courts and the Churches. 
 
 Many letters had been written by the settlers, to their friends 
 in England, about the Indians arid their habits, and also of the 
 remarkable success of the French Jesuits in converting them to 
 / their religion; all which had the effect of stirring up a strong 
 sentiment in England towards the evangelization of the Indians 
 in New England, by the settlers. But greatest of all influences 
 tending to this purpose, were the letters and tracts of Mr. Eliot. 
 Several of the tracts are still preserved, and No. 1 was reprinted 
 in 1865, for Joseph Sabin, New York. This " Tract I." was first 
 printed in 1643, with the following title : 
 
 New England s First Fruits in respect 
 
 Conversion of Some 
 
 First of the -I Conviction of divers \- of the Indians. 
 Preparation of Sundry 
 
THE CHRISTIAN INDIANS. 391 
 
 The remainder of the title referred to the " Colledge at Cam 
 bridge," etc. 
 
 Later, three other tracts appeared, viz. : 
 
 TRACT II. 1 The Day breaking if not the Sun rising of the Gospel 
 with the Indians in New England. London, 1647. 
 
 TRACT III. The clear sunshine of the Gospel breaking forth upon 
 the Indians of New England. Thomas Shepard, London, 1648. 
 
 TRACT IV. The glorious progress of the Gospel amongst the 
 Indians of New England. Edward Winslow, London, 1649. 
 
 There were eleven tracts in all, the last issued in 1671. 
 
 In 1646, the General Court of Massachusetts passed an Act for >x" 
 the Propagation of the Gospel amongst the Indians, and recom 
 mending elders of the churches to take measures for carrying this 
 into effect. 
 
 In England, great interest was shown in the work, and Mr. 
 Eliot received pecuniary assistance for establishing schools among 
 the natives. Oliver Cromwell and other high dignitaries were 
 greatly interested, and July 27, 1649, an Ordinance was passed 
 by the " Long Parliament," forming " A Corporation for the 
 Promoting and Propagating the Gospel of Jesus Christ in New , 
 England." Nearly <12,000 in money was collected and in 
 vested by this corporation, for the purposes set forth ; and Com 
 missioners, and a Treasurer were appointed in New England to 
 receive and expend the income, chiefly in Massachusetts, near 
 Boston, but a portion in somewhat distant parts, and in New 
 York. Upon the Restoration of Charles II. in 1660, this corpora 
 tion was annulled, but by the extreme exertions of Hon. Robert 
 Boyle, the company was reestablished with a royal charter, and j^-" 
 kept up its work. The work was chiefly done by itinerant 
 teachers, preachers and missionaries, and was kept up in various 
 stations until the Revolution, after which, by the charter, it had 
 to be transferred to the Provinces. 2 
 
 On October 28th, 1646, Mr. Eliot, by appointment, met a small 
 congregation of Indians at Nonantum, now within the city of 
 Newton, and preached to them in their own tongue. The meet 
 ing was held in the wigwam of one named Waban, who was 
 converted afterwards and became ruler of the " Praying Village " 
 at Natick. Mr. Eliot labored thereafter unceasingly in behalf of 
 the Indians, and chiefly through his wisdom, fidelity and devotion, 
 the Christian Indian communities attained the size and efficiency, 
 
 Reprinted in Mass. Hist. Coll., vol. xxiv. 1-23. 
 
 2 Interesting details concerning .this society will be found in the NEW ENGLAND HISTOBICAL 
 
392 KING PHILIP S WAR, 
 
 with which they were found at the beginning of Philip s war, 
 their relations to which, we started mainly to consider. 
 / From Major-General Gookin s " History of the Christian Ind 
 ians " we learn nearly all that is known of their numbers, progress, 
 conditions, sufferings and services during Philip s war. In the 
 beginning he says : 
 
 The Christian Indians in New England have their dwellings in sundry 
 jurisdictions of the English Colonies, and that at a considerable dis 
 tance from each other ; more particularly, 
 
 1st. Upon the Islands of Nantucket and Martha s Vineyard, in 
 which two islands there inhabit many hundreds of them that visibly 
 profess the Gospel. These Indians have felt very little of this war 
 comparatively; for the English that dwell upon those Islands have 
 held a good correspondence with these Indians all the time of the war, 
 as they did before the war began, etc. 
 
 Gen. Gookin says these " Island Indians " were accustomed to 
 come up into the colonies to work in the summer for the settlers, 
 and thus to supply themselves with clothing and other things 
 which were very scarce upon the islands. When the war broke 
 out these were all sent back to their homes with great loss, " be 
 cause the English were so jealous, and filled with animosity 
 against all Indians without exception." These, therefore, had no 
 part in the war. 
 
 2nd. Another considerable number of Christian Indians live within 
 the jurisdiction of New Plymouth, called the Cape Indians. 
 
 He speaks of the assistance which these rendered the English 
 in the war, but says that the English in the Plymouth colony 
 were slow to employ them, being suspicious of them, as they were 
 related to the Wampanoags, but there was no evidence of bad 
 faith on their part in any instance. These, like the Island 
 Indians, were outside active participation, except those who served 
 with the English. 
 
 He mentions next, the small number of those belonging to the 
 Mohegans, and living at New Warwick, Connecticut, who had 
 been taught by Rev. James Fitch, pastor of the church at Nor 
 wich. There were about forty of these Indians who had become 
 Christians in profession, through the efforts of Mr. Fitch ; while 
 Uncas their chief, and his son Oneko, were bitterly opposed to 
 the teaching and preaching among the Mohegans. But all were 
 on friendly terms with the colonies, and served very gladly when 
 ever the service would lead them against the Narragansets, their 
 ancient implacable enemies. In their character as " Christian " 
 Indians, they did not, therefore, attain much prominence. 
 
 The chief body of the Christian Indians were lastly, those 
 within the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Colony, " who were 
 
THE CHRISTIAN INDIANS. 393 
 
 taught and instructed in the Christian faith, by that indefatigable 
 servant of God and minister of Christ, Mr. John Eliot ; " who, 
 Gen. Gookin declares (in 1676-7), has labored among all the 
 praying Indians in New England, more or less for thirty years. 
 Of the Massachusetts Christian Indians he speaks in full, these 
 having been under his special superintendence, and having been 
 more concerned in the war, than any or all the rest. 
 
 There were seven villages of these Christian Indians, all to the 
 south of the Merrimac River, viz. : 
 
 Wamesit, included in old Chelmsford, but now the city of 
 Lowell. 
 
 Nashobah, within the present town of Littleton. 
 
 Okkokonimesit, or Marlborough. 
 
 Hassannamesit, or Grafton. 
 
 Makunkokoag, now Hopkinton. 
 
 Natick, which has preserved its name to the present. 
 
 Punkapog or Pakomit, which is now partly in Canton, Mass. 
 
 These were the " Old Praying " villages, so-called, in distinc 
 tion from some half dozen villages among the Nipmucks, called 
 the " New Praying Towns," which latter, however, were just 
 beginning, and soon fell off from the English, when their tribes 
 joined in the war. 
 
 A few of these only, came to Marlborough and joined the 
 Christian Indians there, and remained until forced away by their 
 tribes in hostility. These " Praying towns " were so located 
 that they might have formed a line of defence, for the greater 
 part of the Massachusetts towns upon the frontier; and it was 
 proposed and urged by those who knew most about these Chris 
 tian Indians that the forts, which in most cases they had built 
 for themselves, under the direction of the English, should now 
 be garrisoned by them, with English officers arid about one 
 third of the garrison English soldiers ; and that these should 
 be improved in scouting and guarding the frontiers. There is 
 little doubt that this course would have saved most of the 
 destruction and bloodshed, which took place in Massachusetts 
 during the war ; but there was a furious popular prejudice 
 against all Indians, and the majority of the population had no 
 confidence in any attempt to employ Indians in military move 
 ments. 
 
 The Mohegans and Pequods, under Uncas, were in alliance 
 with the English, and were bound to them by their hostility to 
 the Narragansets, and though not Christian Indians, serve to 
 illustrate the wisdom of the plan proposed in Massachusetts by 
 Gen. Gookin. For the hostile Indians never dared to invade the 
 Connecticut Colony to any notable extent, and burned only one 
 small (and already deserted) village, during the whole war. 
 
 In the beginning of the war, in the campaign at Mount Hope, 
 we have seen that the Mohegans, with a few of the Christian 
 
394 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Indians from Natick, did all the execution which was wrought 
 upon Philip in his retreat. 
 
 A Christian Indian, John Sassamon, whom Gen. Gookin calls 
 the x first Martyr of the Christian Indians," and whose story is 
 told in the first chapter, ante page 25, was, we have seen, mur 
 dered for his discovery of Philip s plans to the English. He was 
 killed by Philip s order, and his murderers were afterwards arrested 
 and executed by the English. It was this conviction and execu 
 tion of the murderers of Sassamon, undoubtedly, which precipitated 
 the war at least a year before Philip had planned its beginning. 
 In the meantime, several of the Christian Indians had expressed 
 their belief, that a plan was on foot for the general destruction of 
 the English in the colonies ; and among these was Waban, a Nip- 
 muck, at whose tent, amongst that people, Mr. Eliot had first 
 preached to them in their own tongue. Waban himself, having 
 been the first of his tribe to be converted, became afterwards the 
 principal ruler of the Christian Indians at Natick. In April, 1675, 
 Waban came to Gen. Gookin and warned him of Philip s intention, 
 shortly to attack the English ; and again in May, he came and 
 urged the same, and said that "just as soon as the trees were 
 leaved out," the Indians would fall upon the towns. Very little 
 attention was paid to these reports by the Governor and Council 
 at Boston, and within a month the despatch came from Plymouth 
 that the war had begun, account of which has been given. 
 
 When the forces first marched out to Mount Hope, June 24th, 
 1675, Capt. Prentice took with him as guides three Christian 
 Indians, viz., James Quanapohit ; Thomas Quanapohit, alias 
 " Rumney marsh," his brother ; and Zachary Abram, all of whom, 
 in that campaign, acquitted themselves bravely and well, despite 
 the bitter hostility of many of the officers and soldiers, and their 
 threats and open insults. If our soldiers had not been blinded by 
 the popular clamor against all Indians, they would have seen in 
 their experience with these scouts, and in the success of Uncas 
 and his Indians a few days later, the utter uselessness of the 
 noisy and clumsy infantry tactics of the English, in Indian war 
 fare, whenever it was a march of invasion or pursuit. The enemy 
 were always apprised of the coming of the troops for miles ahead. 
 V The Connecticut officers and soldiers were readier to learn of 
 their Indian allies, and were thus saved from many disasters, and 
 secured many substantial victories. It is related, that in one of 
 their marches into the enemy s country, one of the English soldiers 
 wore squeaking shoes, and the Indian leader insisted upon his 
 changing them for his own moccasins, while he carried the shoes, 
 slung at his back, and himself went barefoot. Another of the sol 
 diers wore a pair of leather breeches which being dry made a rust 
 ling noise, which the Indian objected to, and refused to proceed, 
 until the breeches were either removed or soaked in water, to 
 prevent the rustling. The chief element of success in Indian 
 
THE CHRISTIAN INDIANS. 395 
 
 warfare was the secrecy and silence of their movements. We 
 can appreciate, therefore, the immense advantage the early and 
 general use of the friendly Indians, would have brought to 
 the forces of the colony. It is probable that nearly all the 
 fearful disasters which came to our troops, and the many 
 defeats and disappointments which came to their plans, might 
 have been prevented, but for that stupid prejudice and dis 
 trust which shut out, and contemptuously ignored, the willing 
 services of the Christian Indians. The Governor and Council, 
 and most of the men in authority, and many of the chief officers 
 like Gen. Denison, Major Willard, Major Savage, Capts. Prentice 
 and Henchman, favored the use of friendly Indians ; indeed the 
 Governor, July 2, 1675, gave orders to Gen, Gookin to raise a 
 company of the Christian Indians, for service at Mount Hope. In 
 pursuance of this, one-third of the able-bodied men in all the 
 villages were mustered, and amounted to a company of fifty-two. 
 This company was conducted to Mount Hope by Capt. Johnson 
 and a small escort, and there delivered to the commander of the 
 forces. All served twenty-five days, when one-half their number 
 were dismissed, the rest remaining until the close of the campaign, 
 as seen under the chapter devoted to Capt. Henchman s opera 
 tions. All acquitted themselves satisfactorily to their officers. 
 Some of them proved their sincerity in the barbarous way of that 
 day ; for it is told that John Hunter, Thomas Quanapohit, and 
 Felix, brought home to Gov. Leverett four of the scalps of ene 
 mies slain by their hands in this campaign ; and Job Nesutan, the 
 principal assistant of Mr. Eliot in his translation of the Bible, was 
 killed. There can be little doubt that if in the pursuit of Philip 
 into the Nipmuck country, the counsel of the Natick Indians had 
 been heeded by Capt. Henchman, Philip and most of his company 
 would have been destroyed, the Mohegans having on the previous 
 day sorely pressed them and driven them into swamps. 
 
 In the negotiations attempted by Capt. Hutchinson with 
 Quabaug Indians, three of the Christian Indians were sent as 
 guides and interpreters, viz. : George Memecho, and the brothers 
 Joseph and Sampson, sons of old Robin Petuhanit, deceased. 
 These all strongly advised against the advance, and warned the 
 English, but were in the fight with Capt. Wheeler s men. George 
 was captured and afterwards escaped, bringing back an intelligent 
 account of the situation of the hostile tribes ; and it is probable 
 that the entire force under Capt. Wheeler would have been 
 destroyed but for the fidelity and skill of Joseph and Sampson, 
 in conducting the retreat and avoiding the ambush set by the 
 enemy. But, although this was known and vouched for by the 
 officers, the popular feeling was so bitter, that these two were 
 threatened and insulted by the soldiers, so that in utter discourage 
 ment they fell away to the enemy at Hassanamesit, and Sampson 
 was slain in fight by some friendly Indian scouts at Wachusett ; 
 
396 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 while Joseph, having been captured, was sold into slavery at 
 Jamaica, by some Boston merchants, but afterwards, by Mr. 
 Eliot s importunity, was brought back again, though never re 
 leased. 
 
 Finally, Aug. 30, 1675, the Governor and Council, yielding to 
 popular prejudice, against their own better judgment, decreed 
 the disbandment of all Christian Indian companies in service ; 
 and that they be restrained from all usual commerce with the 
 English, and confined to their five villages ; and no one of them 
 to travel more than one mile from the centre of such village 
 except in the company of English, or on service. The five villages 
 designated were Natick, Punquapog, Nashobah, Wamesit, and 
 Hassanamesit. All Christian Indians were to repair to these 
 villages. If any shall be found breaking these rules, the English 
 are at liberty to shoot them down as enemies, or arrest them. It 
 was recommended by the Court that several of the English should 
 reside in each village, and this was earnestly desired by the 
 Indians themselves, for their own protection ; but few could be 
 found who were willing to withstand popular prejudice, as all 
 who expressed sympathy or confidence towards these Indians 
 were at once denounced as fools or traitors. Maj. Gen. Gookin, 
 and even the saintly Eliot, were loaded with reproaches and 
 threats, and insulted in the streets, because of their advocacy of 
 the rights of the Christian Indians. John Watson, senior, and 
 Henry Prentiss, of Cambridge, were with the Naticks for twelve 
 weeks and gave certificate of their orderly, discreet and religious 
 conduct. Although Watson had gone among them bitterly 
 opposed to them, and sharing the common opinion against them, 
 he was entirely converted by his experience, and declared it, 
 though incurring much popular indignation by that course. 
 Chief among the officers who led the hostile fury was Capt. 
 Mosely in Boston, whose acts of persecution are set down in the 
 chapter heretofore devoted to him, among which the breaking up 
 of the village at Marlborough, and the imprisonment of the help 
 less and harmless Indians, was perhaps the most open outrage 
 sustained by any ; and it is to the credit of the magistrates that 
 i/ they did not yield to the tremendous pressure of the people s 
 rage, which by every device possible kept these poor creatures on 
 trial for their lives, and imprisoned through many weeks. Early 
 in October, the fever rose to its height, and the Court was impor 
 tuned with many petitions to remove all the Christian Indians 
 to one place, and put them under military guard. In spite of all 
 proof and testimony, and all the favor of the Court, and the best 
 conscience of the community, together with the advocacy of 
 Gen. Gookin, Mr. Eliot, Corporal Thomas Swift, inspector at 
 Punquapog, John Watson above mentioned, Mr. John Hoar of 
 Concord, and others, the popular frenzy prevailed, and there 
 is no doubt that, in several cases, fires were set and damage was 
 
THE CHRISTIAN INDIANS. 397 
 
 done, by inhabitants living near the " Praying Villages," who 
 hated these Indians and desired their removal ; or often by hostile 
 Indians who were skulking about in the neighborhood, and knew 
 they had more to fear from the scouts of these Christian Indians 
 than from all the troops of the English. October 18th, a party of 
 the hostile Indians set fire to a haystack of Lieut. Richardson at 
 Chelmsford, and managed so that the deed should appear to be 
 done by the Wamesit Praying Indians, that so the English should 
 remove them from their village, or so persecute them as to drive 
 them to the enemy. This crime was afterward confessed by 
 Nathaniel, a hostile Indian, who was taken at Dover by the 
 strategy of Major Waldron, and executed at Boston. Although 
 Lieut. Richardson declared that the " Praying Indians " were his 
 warm friends, and would never injure him, their best friend in 
 those parts, all availed nothing, the vulgar clamor prevailed, and 
 the Court next day, passed an order for the troopers to bring down 
 the Wamesits, and also the Punkapogs, upon some like occasion 
 of complaint. 
 
 This order of the Council was carried out by a strong guard 
 of troopers and infantry. The whole number of the Wamesits, 
 in their village, was one hundred and forty-five, of whom only 
 thirty-three were able-bodied men. The original order was for 
 all to be brought down ; but after the village had been broken up 
 and all had been started on the way, it occurred to the Council 
 that there were no sufficient accommodations for so large a body 
 of people, especially Indians, and they prudently ordered all, 
 save the able-bodied, back to their village. The thirty-three men 
 were brought down to Charlestown, and lodged in the town- 
 house, under guard, for a few days, and then all except a few, 
 against whom some suspicions existed, were returned to their 
 homes. The Punkapogs were brought as far as Dorchester, but 
 after an interview with their ruler, William Ahaton, the Council 
 sent all the tribe, save a few "suspects," home. About the first 
 of October a great clamor was raised against the Naticks, accusing 
 them of burning an old empty building in Dedham. It was a 
 false device of their enemies to ruin them ; but in spite of all the 
 better influence of the magistrates and ministers, the design 
 practically succeeded. The popular fury so raged that the 
 authorities and the friends of these Indians believed that it would 
 be best to get them down to Deer Island. This was accom 
 plished, and although Capt. Prentice, their good friend, conducted 
 them down, and did all he could to protect them, their neighbors, 
 the English, as soon as they had left their homes, immediately 
 fell upon their villages and robbed them of everything which they 
 had left behind ; and they had been obliged to leave their homes 
 at an hour s notice. Their guns, hunting-gear, ammunition, 
 stores, etc., all which was their own private property, were 
 plundered by their English neighbors and never returned to 
 
398 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 them. Rev. Mr. Eliot, Major Gookin and others of their friends, 
 met them at the " Falls of the Charles River " and they were 
 taken down to Deer Island in boats, with such of their poor 
 belongings as they were able to bring along. Some two hundred 
 in all were landed upon the bleak island, with scant clothing and 
 food, and no shelter save such as they might construct. They 
 suffered incredibly in many ways, being obliged to subsist largely 
 upon clams, and such fish as might be taken from the shore. 
 
 In November, the Hassanamesit Praying Village was attacked 
 by the hostile Indians, and about fifty men and one hundred and 
 fifty women and children captured. They had been disarmed 
 by the English, and so abused and threatened by their English 
 neighbors that many went willingly, as they were persuaded that 
 the English were mostly hostile to them, and meant to destroy 
 them. James Speen and Job Kattenanit escaped and brought 
 the news to the English. Their ruler " Capt. Tom," alias 
 " Wuttasacomponom," had been a tried and trusted friend of 
 the English, but had been so insulted and threatened by some 
 of them that he yielded to the enemy, and many others followed 
 with him. The pastor of their church, Joseph Tuckapawillin, 
 and his aged father Naoas, went unwillingly and sorrowfully. 
 
 By this stroke the cause of christianizing the Indians met with 
 a very severe check, there being three villages, viz., Hassanamesit, 
 Magunkog and Chobonokonomum, broken up. Properly armed 
 and garrisoned with a few English, along with the Indians, these 
 villages would have been a strong defence in the war. It was 
 upon this disaster that Capts. Henchman and Syll came to 
 Hassanamesit, and the record of their expedition shows that all 
 the success they had was achieved by the five Natick scouts, of 
 whom three were Thomas and James Quanapohit and Eleazar 
 Pegin, who were highly commended for their services, their 
 courage and fidelity, by their officers. But the hate and prejudice 
 was so bitter among the soldiers, that Capt. Syll was forced to 
 send three of the Indians back home. For lack of these, Lieut. 
 Philip Curtis lost his life uselessly, his company being left with 
 out any scouts. James and Thomas Quanapohit remained in 
 Capt. Syll s company. 
 
 When Job Kattenanit escaped from Hassanamesit he left his 
 three children with the hostile Indians, and was granted a pass 
 to go into the woods to try to recover them ; but meeting with 
 some of Capt. Henchman s soldiers, he was seized and stripped 
 of most of his clothing and his arms, and then by the Captain, to 
 still the rage of the soldiers and populace, he was sent down to 
 Boston, and there thrown into prison, no note being taken of his 
 pass from Major Gookin. He suffered here from the foulness of 
 the prison and the crowded situation, and the insults and perse 
 cutions to which they were subjected. 
 
 In the meantime the Wamesits were meeting with another 
 
THE CHRISTIAN INDIANS. 399 
 
 disaster, in the burning of a barn of hay, by some hostile Indian 
 or Englishman, for the purpose of casting reproach upon them. 
 Lieut. Thomas Henchman, and Lieut. James Richardson, whose 
 barn was burnt, were friends of these Indians and in charge of 
 them, and believed them innocent ; but some of the English at 
 Chelmsford secretly organized a party who went to the wigwams 
 and shot down five women, seriously wounding them and killing 
 a boy outright. The assault was unqualified, brutal murder. 
 The lad was a son of a Sagamore, and grandson of a worthy old 
 Sachem, Tahatawarre. The mother, who was among the danger 
 ously wounded, was the daughter of that staunch friend of 
 the English, "Sagamore John." This horrible outrage greatly 
 exercised the Council; and the murderers, two fellows named 
 Largin and Robins, who were shown to be the ones who had fired 
 their guns, loaded with shot, into the crowd, were arrested. But 
 notwithstanding the efforts of the magistrates and ministers, with 
 all the best men of the colony, no jury could be found to convict 
 them ; and after an extended imprisonment they were set free. _ 
 By this act the rest of the Indians were so disheartened and 
 frightened that they all forsook their villages and went away 
 towards Pennacook to join Wannalancet. Sam Numphow and 
 John Lyne, their rulers, sent back a written answer, by the mes 
 sengers of the Council (sent to induce them to return, and prom 
 ising protection), that they had confidence in the Council s good 
 will, but feared the people, and so were going away " to the French." 
 This last was the sharpest point of reproach, as it compared the 
 success of the Catholics with the notable failure of the Protestants 
 to convert the Indians. But being in straitened circumstances, 
 and earnestly reassured by the Council, they were induced to 
 return after a few weeks ; and Lieut. Thomas Henchman was 
 placed in charge as their guardian, and Major Willard, Mr. Eliot 
 and Major Gookin went up and visited them. Symon Betokom, 
 one of their teachers, told Mr. Eliot that while in the woods they 
 held their worship three Sabbaths, in their rude way. He said, 
 " The first Sabbath I read and taught the people from Psalm 35 ; 
 the second, from Psalm 46 ; and the third, from Psalm 118 ; " a 
 pathetic picture, showing somewhat the opportunity which the 
 prejudice and greed of the Puritan masses lost to the cause of 
 Protestant Christianity. Sometime after the Naticks were taken 
 to Deer Island, the Punkapogs were also brought down, making 
 the number there, all told, five hundred. Although the magis 
 trates, and their faithful friends Eliot and Gookin, did all in their 
 power to help them, these poor souls suffered terribly from cold 
 and hunger during the winter. 
 
 After the great fight at Narraganset, it was greatly desired to 
 learn the position and movements of the Indians to the westward, 
 towards the Connecticut River. Major Gookin was requested to 
 enlist two of the Indians at Deer Island to go as spies amongst 
 
400 KING PHILIP S WAK. 
 
 the enemies. He selected Job Kattenanit and James Quanapo- 
 hit. These two were sent away into the woods and got among 
 the Indians at Brookfield about January 3d, and by a plausible 
 story of escape from Deer Island and of their sufferings there and 
 their wish to release their friends from that place, were received, 
 and remained for a month amongst the enemies, and the story of 
 their sojourn contains nearly all that is known of the events dur 
 ing that important time, when the Narragansets were coming 
 northward and all the tribes were gathering for the struggle of 
 the coming Spring. Upon January 24th James returned, fearing 
 mischief from Philip, who had sent for Mautamp to bring James 
 up to him. James escaped with the assistance of Job, who wished 
 to remain until able to bring off his children. James came into 
 the house of Isaac Williams, at the Falls of the Charles River, and 
 came with him, the next day, to Major Gookin, and to the Council, 
 to whom he made report of his sojourn, and the position and 
 numbers, disposition and purpose of the Indians, allied with 
 Philip. His report was communicated to Connecticut Colony 
 and is preserved in their archives. James told of the plan of the 
 Indians to assault the frontier towns, beginning with Lancaster, 
 in about three weeks time. Job Kattenanit escaped and came in 
 on February 9th, confirming James s account and reporting the 
 war-party already marching upon Lancaster. Acting upon his 
 report, messengers were despatched to Marlborough, Concord and 
 Lancaster, and Capt. Wadsworth with forty men marched from 
 Marlborough, in time to find the bridge burned, as James had 
 said the Indians planned, but escaping the ambush laid by the 
 regular road, the English were guided around by another bridge 
 and were able to beat the enemy off from the garrison-house 
 owned by Mr. Cyprian Stevens, and thus to secure the town from 
 entire destruction. If the warning of James had been heeded, the 
 destruction of the Rowlandson garrison-house, and the death and 
 captivity of its occupants, might easily have been averted. But 
 for all the hardships and fidelity of these two, the vulgar prej 
 udice was so great that the Governor and Council were again 
 forced to yield, and these faithful men returning from their 
 service were sent down again to Deer Island, to share the priva 
 tions of their brethren. And not only against these, but against 
 their friends, Eliot, Gookin and Danforth, the blind fury raged, 
 and the lives of these true men were attempted in a cowardly 
 manner on several occasions. In February, the Wamesits, fearing 
 the hostile Indians on the one hand, and their English neighbors 
 on the other, petitioned to be removed to some safer place within 
 the Colony. The Court promised, but neglected to take care of 
 them, and the great body of them fled to Pennacook, to Wanna- 
 lancet, being forced to leave behind for the time some half a 
 dozen of their aged and blind, whom they considered safe, being 
 helpless and harmless, After they were gone, these poor creatures 
 
THE CHRISTIAN INDIANS. 401 
 
 were found and brutally murdered (being burned to death, as 
 appeared, within their wigwam) by two brutes of the English, 
 against whom nothing direct could be proved, but who were 
 quite well known by the public, as they rather enjoyed such 
 notoriety than feared it among their fellows. 
 
 In this retreat of the Wamesits, Sam Numphow, their ruler, and 
 Mystic George, died from exposure and famine. Upon the 
 partial destruction of Medfield, February 21st, as James and Job 
 had foretold in their account of the enemies programme, the / 
 popular shame and spleen raged not against the stupidity and * 
 inefficiency of the two companies of soldiers mostly asleep in the 
 houses of the town, without outposts or scouts, but against the 
 inoffensive Indians at Deer Island; and a plot was laid by a large 
 number of the most violent and dissolute of the lower classes 
 gathered in and about Boston. The plot was to go over to Deer 
 Island from " Pulling Point " in large boats, and fall upon the 
 defenceless Indians with indiscriminate slaughter. The horrible 
 plot was discovered, and a few of the ringleaders summoned 
 before the Court, which frustrated the cowardly design. 
 
 The Nashobah Christian Indians were at Concord in charge of 
 Mr. John Hoare, and were quiet, peaceful and industrious. The 
 popular discontent could not bide their peace, and the more 
 hostile took advantage of the presence of Capt. Mosely, and 
 enlisted his interference with them. He, with his rough soldiers, 
 came into the church on the Sabbath, and after the services, spoke 
 to the congregation in his haughty and insolent way, declaring 
 his intention to break up the Indian village and carry all the 
 "heathen " down to Boston. He carried out his threat the next 
 day without any authority, and against the remonstrance of that 
 honorable Christian gentleman, Mr John Hoare, who held com 
 mission from the Court for their care. He broke into their great 
 house, which belonged to Mr. Hoare, plundered the poor helpless 
 creatures of all they had, insulted and abused Mr. Hoare, and 
 sent the Indians, to the number of fifty-eight, of whom twelve 
 only were able-bodied men, down/ to Boston under a guard of 
 some twenty of his rough and brutal soldiers ; and sent down an 
 insolent letter to the Council in account of his action. This 
 high-handed breach of authority on the part of a mere captain 
 stirred the indignation of the whole Court, but though they ^ 
 denounced his act in the assembly freely, so great was his i 
 popularity among the lower classes that it was not deemed expe 
 dient to reprimand him, or interfere with his command. The 
 Indians were sent down to their countrymen at the Island, robbed 
 and abused ; and the captain went on his way unrebuked. 
 
 But the Corporation in London came to the aid of the friends 
 of the Christian Indians, and their support greatly encouraged 
 the better sentiment of the colony ; for they not only sent sup 
 plies and money for the Indians, but letters came inquiring into 
 
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 402 KING PHILIP S WAK. 
 
 the treatment of the Christian Indians. When the popular cry 
 was raised that the Indians at Deer Island should be transported 
 out of the country or destroyed, the General Court presented a 
 bold front, and by public proclamation declared these Christian 
 Indians to be the allies and friends of the English by the olden 
 treaty of 1643, made with their fathers, and never to this day 
 broken by them or their children. This firmness did much to 
 enlighten and allay popular prejudice. 
 
 When Major Savage took command of the army to march to 
 the West in March, 1675-6, he made one condition, that he 
 should have a number of the Indians at Deer Island for guides. 
 In pursuance of this arrangement, Major Gookin procured for 
 him James Quanapohit, Job Kattenanit, James Speen, Andrew 
 Pitimee, and William Ahaton. All these were men of tried 
 courage and fidelity, and were greatly elated that they would now 
 have a chance under Major Savage to prove their truth and 
 worth. But when the troops were at Marlborough, Job was per 
 mitted to go forward towards Hassanamesit to meet his children 
 in the place appointed by them, when he escaped; and it was 
 hoped that those of his tribe who had come lately from the enemy 
 could give later information ; but when Capt. Mosely knew of 
 this he made a great tumult, and so stirred up the violent spirits 
 among the soldiers that a revolt was threatened, and it became 
 necessary to send away after Job to bring him back, and Capts. 
 Wadsworth and Syll rode after him with all speed with James 
 Quanapohit as guide; but Job returned to the forces without 
 meeting his friends, though they had been at the place appointed. 
 These poor wanderers were taken, coming to the English camps, 
 by some of Capt. Benj. Gibs s men shortly afterwards, and 
 brought into camp with great ado as being a grand prize, but 
 Major Savage found them to be Job s friends and received them 
 civilly and sent them back to Marlborough, where they had to 
 stop a night, and there they were beset by a mob of frantic 
 English women, and so threatened and abused that four of them 
 escaped in the night. 
 
 It will be remembered that many soldiers, and especially 
 
 rhose of Capt. Mosely s " volunteer " company, were of the most 
 eckless and disreputable class in the colony, and many of them 
 used the occasion of public service as a cloak for any sort of 
 crime. They robbed the defenceless Indians, and to hide their 
 rime raised a storm of fear against them by their falsehoods. 
 At the same time they stirred up all the worst passions of the 
 people, and through these sought to intimidate the Indians to 
 escape, or provoke them to some act of resistance which would 
 prevent their demanding back their stolen property. On this occa 
 sion at Marlborough, the soldiers had stripped the poor creatures 
 of everything, and had even robbed the faithful Indian minister 
 of the pewter communion cup given him by Mr. Eliot. The four 
 
THE CHRISTIAN INDIANS. 403 
 
 who had made their escape were Joseph Tuckapawillin s wife, 
 who left an infant behind, in her panic ; their son, a lad of twelve 
 years, following with his mother; also another woman, a widow, 
 who had cared for Job s children in their captivity, and her 
 daughter. All these fugitives were brought in by Tom Dublet a 
 week later, when he went into the woods to negotiate with the 
 enemy for the return of prisoners. The lad died in the woods 
 from hunger and exposure. These were sent down to Deer Island, 
 where their companions had already been sent. Capt. Nicholas 
 Paige entertained these poor Indians at his house in Boston, as 
 they passed through the town on their way to the Island. He 
 was a firm friend to the Christian Indians and a very independent 
 man. Job afterwards married the woman who had so faithfully 
 cared for his children in their captivity. 
 
 The six Indians who went as guides to the army acted their 
 part with courage and fidelity, and were commended by Major 
 Savage ; while Mr. No well, the chaplain of the army in this 
 expedition, wrote of them : 
 
 I look at it as a great rebuke of God that we should miss our enemy 
 as we did when we were at Menumesse. If we had barkened to those 
 six Indians whom we took from Deer Island, we might have prevented 
 that error. They have behaved themselves like sober honest men since 
 they abode with us, which hath made me look after them more carefully. 
 
 The whole testimony of the better-minded tends to show that 
 the chief cause of the great disappointment and disaster of this 
 expedition was the fanatical prejudice and violent insubordination 
 of Mosely and his adherents ; and there is little doubt that if a 
 company of the Indians at Deer Island had been raised (as Capt. 
 Henchman, who was in charge of them, had often proposed, as he 
 had found them ready and willing to serve), the campaign would 
 have been far different in its event. 
 
 The six Indians were so insulted and abused by their enemies 
 in the army, who taunted them with having been the cause of 
 the defeat, etc., that they returned to the Island utterly discour 
 aged ; so that when a messenger was needed to go out to the 
 enemy to treat for the return of Mrs. Rowlandson, not one could 
 be found for a long time, until finally Tom Dublet, mentioned 
 above, consented, and upon April 3d, 1676, went into the woods 
 and returned on the 12th, bringing a letter of agreement from 
 the enemy. 
 
 We have read, in chapter XX. above, that the " Council de 
 cided to raise and equip a company from these Christian Indians, 
 placing them in command, of Capt. Hunting, to the number of 
 forty." 
 
 But when this number of able-bodied men were drawn forth 
 from the Christian Indians, there were left upon Long Island, 
 
404 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 whither they were now removed, some four hundred old men, 
 women and children. After great suffering, and many efforts of 
 their friends, these poor souls were brought up to Cambridge by 
 the authority of the Court, and through the influence of the 
 " Right Honorable Corporation " in London, which furnished the 
 means through Major Gookin. Mr. Thomas Oliver, a good friend 
 of these Indians, offered a commodious place upon his farm, not 
 far from the Charles River, where they might find convenience 
 of fishing, fuel and planting; and near by there was his large 
 garrison-house to which they might easily retreat in any time of 
 , / danger. The Punkapog Indians upon their removal from the 
 Islands were settled at " Brush Hill " in Milton, under the care 
 of Quarter-master Thomas Swift. The Indians at Mr. Oliver s 
 remained through the Summer, but broke up into smaller com- 
 / panics after harvest for greater convenience, settling at Nonan- 
 V turn, Punkapog, Cowate (the fall of Charles River), Natick, 
 Medfield, Concord, and Namkeake (near Chelmsford). 
 
 According to the official report of Major Daniel Gookin, pre 
 sented to the Council, November 10, 1676, the Punkapog Indians, 
 " residing about Milton, Dorchester and Brantree," were mostly 
 employed among the English to cut cord-wood, etc. Their num 
 ber was one hundred and seventy-five thirty-five men and one 
 hundred and forty women and children. 
 
 The Naticks were divided into four companies. The first lived 
 at Medfield, with James Rumneymarsh and his kindred, and num 
 bered twenty-five, including five men. The second company were 
 \J near Natick garrison-house, under the inspection of Andrew Dewin 
 and his sons, who desired to live near them ; their number was 
 about fifty ten men and forty others. The third company, with 
 Waban, lived near the falls of the Charles River, near the house 
 of Joseph Miller and not far from the home of Capt. Prentice, 
 their number about sixty, of whom twelve were men. The fourth 
 company dwelt at Nonantum Hill, near Lieut. Trowbridge and 
 John Coones. A portion of this company were living at Muddy 
 River, near John White s ; and separate families near the houses 
 of Mr. Thomas Oliver, Mr. Sparhawk, and Daniel Champney, and 
 were employed by these gentlemen to cut wood and build stone 
 walls, while the women were taught and then employed as spin 
 ners. This fourtli company numbered about fifteen men and 
 sixty women and children, in all seventy-five. 
 
 The Naticks, numbering thus some two hundred and ten, in 
 cluded the most of those who had not been scattered, by flight, 
 to the hostile Indians, by being sold into service to individual 
 families of the English, or by death, who had formerly belonged 
 in the villages of Hassanamesit, Magunkog, Maryborough, and 
 Wamesit. At the time the report was made, nearly all the 
 able-bodied men of the Naticks were with Capt. Hunting at the 
 Eastward. 
 
THE CHRISTIAN INDIANS. 405 
 
 The Nashobah or Concord Indians lived at Concord, and were 
 under the direction of the military officers and Selectmen of the 
 town ; their number about fifty. The Pennacooks, and those who 
 adhered to Wannalancet, lived at Dunstable, under the direction 
 of Mr. Jonathan Tyng, and in his absence the care devolved 
 upon Robert Parris. The number of these last was about sixty. 
 A small company dwelt at Ipswich, under the town authorities, 
 their number was about twenty-five. Besides these there were 
 separate families, living with the English, as servants. Mention 
 is made of the families of a Mr. Gates of Watertown, Justinian 
 Holden, Corporal Humand (Hammond?), and Wilson at Shaw- 
 shin ; and these numbered about forty souls. 
 
 Major Gookin estimated the whole number of Christian Indians / 
 at this time to be five hundred and ninety-seven, of whom one ^ 
 hundred and seventeen were men. 
 
 Subsequently the scattered and ever dwindling companies were / 
 gathered at Natick, where an Indian church had been established, 
 and an Indian town was regularly incorporated. The town was 
 first laid out in 1651, and was governed by Indian officers under 
 a committee chosen by the General Court. The descendants of 
 Waban, the principal ruler at Natick at the first establishment, 
 continued to be the chief officers of the town for two generations. 
 The town remained nominally an Indian town until 1762, when 
 it passed into the government of the English. The last of the 
 Natick Indians died before the close of 1826. 
 
XXVIII. 
 
 THE NARRAGANSET TOWNSHIPS, GRANTEES AND 
 
 CLAIMANTS. 
 
 IT will be remembered that when, on December 10th, 1675, the 
 forces of Massachusetts Colony were mustered on Dedham 
 Plain, to march against the Narraganset fort, a proclamation 
 was made to the soldiers, in the name of the Governor, that, " if 
 they played the man, took the fort, and drove the enemy out of the 
 Narraganset country, which is their great seat, they should have 
 a gratuity of land, besides their wages." We find that after they 
 had so valiantly performed the service, and the war was long past, 
 the soldiers were not forgetful of their claim, nor the colony 
 unmindful of its obligations. 
 
 On June 4th, 1685, the following petition was presented to 
 the General Court, then in session at Boston. The body of the 
 petition, which was for the grant of land which had been prom 
 ised, is not given here, but only the names contained upon the 
 document: 
 
 Petition of those who were soldiers in Lynn, in the Nipmugg 
 Country, and at the Narragausett Fort. 
 
 Wm. Basset, 
 Timothy Brade, 
 Robert Drivar, 
 Phillip Kertland, 
 Jno. Davis, 
 Robert Pottar, Sr. 
 John Edmunds, 
 John Hawcks, 
 Widdow Hathorn, 
 
 Jeremiah Swaine, 
 Samuell Lambson, 
 
 Wm. Raymond, 
 
 LYNN. 
 
 John Lynzey, 
 Andrew Townsend, 
 Samuel Mowers, 
 Samuel Graves, 
 Daniel Goff, 
 Nathl. Ballard, 
 Daniel Johnson, 
 Joseph Mansfield, 
 Samuel Tarbox, 
 
 READING. 
 
 James Pike Junr. 
 Samuell Damon, 
 
 BEVERLY. 
 
 John Raymond jr. 
 Wm. Dodds jr. 
 
 Samuel Johnson, 
 Jno. Farrington, 
 Jonathan Look, 
 John Richards, 
 Joseph Brade, 
 Joseph Collins, 
 Henry Rhoades, 
 
 James Nicolls, 
 William Robbins, 
 
 John Dodds jr. 
 
NARRAGANSET TOWNSHIPS. 407 
 
 SALEM VILLAGE. 
 
 Joseph Herrick, Thomas Raymond, 
 
 HINGHAM. 
 
 Samuel Linckhorne jr. Joshua Lazell, 
 John Langor, John Bull, 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 112, p. 398. 
 
 To this petition the Court made the following answer : 
 
 In ans r to the petition of W m Basset, Jn Lynsey, Robert Porter, 
 Sen r , & twenty-two more inhabitants of Lyn, Jeremiah Swayne, Sam 11 
 Damon, Sam Lambson, W m Robbins, James Pyke Jun., James 
 Nicholls of Reading, W m Raymond & 5 more of Beverly, & Samuel 
 Lyncolne & three more, of Hingham, as on y c peticon on file, the 
 Court Judgeth it meet to grant the peticoners a tract of Land, in the 
 Nipmug country, of eight miles square, for their encouragement & 
 others that were serviceable to the country in the late Indian warr, to 
 a competent number, who shall see meet to joyue themselves to them 
 in order to the making of a plantation or township, provided it be laid 
 out so as not to interfere with any former grants, & that an orthodox 
 minister, on their settlement of thirty families, be settled within the 
 space of fower yeares next coming. 
 
 Mass. Colonial Records, vol. V. p. 487. 
 
 There seems to have been little further action in regard to 
 the settlement of this grant, and few of those entitled to land 
 ever settled. The place was remote from the Massachusetts 
 settlements, and the conditions demanded actual settlers in such 
 numbers and with such limitations, as to prevent, rather than en 
 courage, settlement. In the following years there were many 
 interests nearer home ; and it was not until nearly forty years had 
 elapsed, that the interest in this old matter was revived. The 
 colony of Massachusetts had then absorbed that of Plymouth, and 
 together these constituted the " Province of Massachusetts Bay." 
 
 July 1, 1727, a petition of Samuel Chandler and Jacob Wright 
 was presented to the General Court of the Province, in behalf of 
 themselves and a great number of other persons, recalling the 
 action of the General Court of the Colony, in 1685, " which grant 
 was not pursued to effect," and now " for as much as the Petition 
 ers were either personally present at the Fort and Fight at Narra- 
 ganset, or descendants from those that were, or in the strictest 
 alliance with them ; " " therefore, praying that a Grant may be 
 made them of such vacant Lands as may serve the Petitioners for 
 Settlement, under such Restrictions & Limitations as this Court 
 shall Judge fit." 
 
 In the House of Representatives, in answer, it was resolved, 
 " that Major Thomas Tileston, Capt. John Alden, Mr. Edward 
 
408 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Shove, Mr. Samuel Healey, of Newton, and Mr. Samuel Chandler 
 of Concord, be a Committee, fully authorized & impowered to sur 
 vey and lay out the Contents of eight Miles square in some of the 
 unappropriated lands of this Province, and that the said lands be 
 granted and disposed of to the Persons (whether officers or sol 
 diers) belonging to this Province, who were in the service of 
 their Country in the said Narragauset War, or to their legal Rep 
 resentatives, as a Reward for their publick Services, and is in full 
 satisfaction for the Grant formerly made them by the Great and 
 General Court." 
 
 It was also voted that the Committee " give public notice in 
 the News Letter or otherwise, six months, at least, before their 
 meeting, when and where they intend to meet, so that every 
 Officer and soldier, who served in the said War or the lawful 
 Representatives of such as served and since deceased, may have 
 an opportunity to enlist their Names with the said Committee," 
 etc. 
 
 When the Committee have completed the lists, the Grantees 
 are to meet " as soon as may be and select a committee to regulate 
 the affairs of the Propriety." 
 
 The Grantees are to be obliged " to settle sixty families thereon, 
 with a learned Orthodox Minister within the space of seven years." 
 Failing to fulfil these conditions the grantees forfeit all their 
 rights under this grant. 
 
 When the enlisting had proceeded some time, it was found 
 that the number of claimants was much larger than at first sup 
 posed, so that the committee was instructed to lay out " two Tracts 
 of lands for Townships of the contents of six miles square," etc. 
 The same conditions were imposed as in the first order. 
 
 The next year, May 29th, 1728, an order was passed that public 
 notices be posted in every town in the province, as well as given 
 in the News Letter. The following is the notice posted in the 
 towns : 
 
 These may certify to whom it may concern. 
 
 That the General Assembly of this Province, at their Session begun 
 and held the 29th. of May 1728, passed a Resolve for granting two 
 Tracts for Townships of the contents of Six Miles square each, to the 
 persons, whether Officers or soldiers, belonging to this Province, who 
 were in the service of their country in the Narraganset War ; And all 
 such Officers and Soldiers now surviving, and the legal representatives 
 of those that are deceased, are desired to give or send into the Secreta 
 ries office Lists of their Names and Descents, to be laid before the 
 General Court at their next Fall Session. 
 
 J. WILLARD, Seer. 
 
 Mass. Archives, vol. 72, p. 367. 
 
 The committee appointed by the General Court, viz. : John 
 Chandler, jr., Edward Shove, and John Hobson, assisted by Mr. 
 
NARRAGANSET TOWNSHIPS. 409 
 
 Jonas Houghton, surveyor ; with John Bennett, Joseph Wheelock, 
 John Goss, and Stephen Mighill, chainmen, all sworn by Mr. 
 Justice Wilder, laid out and presented a plan of the two Town 
 ships. The first was laid out " adjoining the towns of Rutland 
 and Lunenburgh additional grants, and elsewhere adjoining the 
 Province Land," and containing about 23,286 acres. This was 
 Narraganset No. 2, or Wachuset; incorporated as Westminster, 
 April 26, 1770. The second township was laid out on the south 
 side of Souhegan River, the east boundary being about four or 
 five miles from the Merrimac River, westward, containing 24,457, 
 which is 1,417 acres more than the contents of six miles square, 
 but which the committee think ought to be allowed to make up 
 for ponds, etc. 
 
 This township became Narraganset No. 3, or " Souhegan West," 
 and was under Massachusetts Government until 1741, when, by 
 the adjustment of the line between Massachusetts and New 
 Hampshire, it was found to fall within the limits of the latter 
 province. It became the town of Amherst, N.H. 
 
 April 11, 1729. A committee was appointed by the Court to 
 examine and decide upon the lists of grantees or claimants ; and 
 reported the following December 20th. And the Court then 
 accepted the report, and ordered "that the said Claimers or 
 Grantees meet at Boston, if the small Pox be not there ; If it be, 
 then at Cambridge, on the first Wednesday of June next ensuing." 
 The small-pox was in Boston at the time set. It was found that 
 the lists were growing larger, but that the claimants were so 
 widely scattered, that much confusion would result without further 
 time and more accurate investigation. The time of meeting 
 was extended to the "next Fall Session." 
 
 At that session of the Court, December 30, 1730, a petition 
 was presented by Thomas Tileston and others as a committee on 
 behalf of the grantees and claimants, showing that the lists of the 
 grantees was now so large, that the land already granted would 
 give to each, such small portion, that there would be no object 
 in settling the lots; and praying that the grant be enlarged, 
 and a longer time allowed in which to investigate and adjust 
 claims. 
 
 In answer to this petition, the House of Representatives voted 
 to grant an extension of time, and to grant " to each one hun 
 dred and twenty claimants, a township of the contents of six 
 miles square," under the above mentioned limitations and con 
 ditions. 
 
 The Council did not concur with this vote, nor in a similar vote 
 passed in the House upon a petition, the following February, but 
 insisted that the lands already granted in the two townships, was 
 sufficient. 
 
 The matter continued thus in disagreement between the two 
 branches, until January 19, 1731, when the House sent up to the 
 
410 KING PHILIP S WAK. 
 
 Council a very outspoken, earnest and eloquent message, in behalf 
 of the grantees, which, even at its full length, deserves a place 
 here. 
 
 A Message, from the House of Representatives of the General Court of 
 the Province of Massachusetts Bay, advocating a liberal answer to 
 the petition of the Narraganset Soldiers and their descendants. 
 
 In the House of Representatives Ordered, that the following 
 message be sent up to the Honorable Board. Viz. Whereas, There 
 have been several Endeavours, to accommodate the Narrhaganset 
 Soldiers and their Descendants with a sutable quantity of Land for 
 then Settlement as an acknowledgment & Reward of their great Service 
 to this Country which have hitherto failed of the desired Success ; This 
 House have thought it might tend to promote a good understanding & 
 Harmony in this Court to lay before the Honorable Board, Wherefore 
 it is resolved that the Representatives have come into the Grant of a tract 
 of Six miles square to Each number of One hundred & Twenty persons 
 which they have made this Session in answer to the Petition of Thomas 
 Tilestone & others a Committee in behalf of themselves & the rest of 
 the Soldiers & their Descendants, who were in the Narraganset War. 
 And one great Reason is that there was a Proclamation made to the 
 Army in the name of the Government (as living Evidences very fully 
 testify) when they were mustered on Dedham Plain where they began 
 their March, that if they played the man, took the Fort & Drove the 
 Enemy out of the Narraganset Country, which was their great Seat, 
 that they should have a gratuity in Land besides their Wages ; and it 
 is well known, & our Sitting to hear this petition is an Evidence that 
 this was done ; and as the Conditions have been performed, certainly 
 the promise in all Equity & Justice ought to be fulfilled ; and if We 
 Consider the Difficulties these brave men went through in Storming the 
 Fort in the Depth of Winter, & the pinching wants they afterwards 
 underwent in pursuing the Indians that escaped through a hideous 
 Wilderness famously known throughout New England to this day by 
 the Name of the hungry March ; and if we further Consider that until 
 this brave though small army thus played the Man, the whole Country 
 was filled with Distress & fear, & We trembled in this Capital Boston 
 itself & that to the Goodness of God to this army We owe our Fathers 
 & our own Safety & Estates, We cannot but think that those Instru 
 ments of Our Deliverance & Safety ought to be not only justly but also 
 gratefully & generously rewarded & even with much more than they 
 prayed for, If we measure what they receive from us, by what we 
 enjoy and have received from them. 
 
 We need not mention to the Honorable Board the Wisdom Justice 
 and Generosity of Our Mother Country & of the ancient Romans, 
 on such Occasions, Triumph, Orations, Hereditary Honors & privileges 
 all the Riches, Lands & Spoils of War and conquered Countrys have 
 not been thought to great for those to whom they have not owed more 
 if so much as We do to those our Deliverers : & We ought further 
 to observe what greatly adds to their merit that they were not Vaga 
 bonds & Beggars & Outcasts, of which Armies are sometimes con 
 siderably made up, who run the Hasards of War to Avoid the Danger 
 
AMERICAN PATRIOTISM IN 1731. 411 
 
 of Starving : so far from this that these were some of the best of Our 
 men, the Fathers & Sons of some of the greatest & best of Our 
 families and could have no other View but to Serve the Country & 
 whom God was pleased accordingly in every remarkable manner to 
 Honour & Succeed. Of these things the Honorable the General Court 
 of the Late Colony of the Massachusetts in those days was not insen 
 sible & accordingly gave to the Soldiers being upward of Five Hundred, 
 about Two Thirds of the Army that went from the Massachusetts, & 
 the late Colony of Plimouth a Tract of about forty thousand acres in 
 the Nipmug Country, this or the value of it these Soldiers would be 
 contented with & take in their Brethren of Plimouth too, tho that 
 should take away two thirds of what was granted them & would after 
 that have more in value than what they now ask for in all, for every 
 one own that 40000 acres in the Heart of the Country as the Nipmug 
 Country is, is of more Value than five times that quantity remote in the 
 Borders & in Danger if there should be a french War, as is and would 
 be the Case with all the unappropriated Lands of the province, which 
 they now ask for. 
 
 It is hoped that the neglect of these petitioners so long or the pro 
 vinces having disposed of the Nipmug Country to others and so defeated 
 their ancient Grants will not be thought to wear out any more than it 
 rewards their merit. The Grant seems to be made in acknowledgment 
 both of their promise & of their fulfilling the Condition and being well 
 entitled to it, & there is great Reason to fear that publick Guilt would 
 ly upon the Country if we should neglect and continue in the Breach 
 of the promise after it has been made & omitted for above fifty years. 
 As to the late Grant of two Townships to Seven or Eight hundred of 
 these Soldiers ; It is so far below the Value of the Land they Con 
 quered, & the Price the province had for it when it was sold, & the 
 money divided to Colonies that carried on the War: It is such a 
 Pittance of what they obtain for us, so exceedingly beneath what the 
 province has defeated them of which was granted to about Two thirds 
 of them in the Nipmug Country, that it is rather mocking and deriding 
 them to offer it. Beyond what has been offered it should be Considered 
 to Grant the present, and give such a quantity of Land as may be 
 worth Settling, & upon Conditions of bringing forward Townships, is 
 much more agreeable to Charter & for the Public Good than to 
 Give away Tracts of Land & suffer & even tempt men to let them ly 
 waste & unimproved, for in the way that has been proposed & in which 
 some Progress has been made, the Lands will be divided into such 
 scraps that they will not be worth receiving. 
 
 Mass. Court Records, January 19th, 1731. 
 
 This message accompanied the renewed petition of Thomas 
 Tileston and others, for the soldiers, upon which action had 
 already been taken by the House, and it was now sent up again to 
 the Council for concurrence, and there finally received favorable 
 action June 9, 1732. Definite action was taken, and it was voted 
 by both branches that every hundred and twenty of those 
 grantees enrolled whose claims have been allowed shall have a 
 
412 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 township of six miles square under the conditions formerly 
 stated. 
 
 The work of gathering the lists of names, and adjusting the claims 
 was no light task, as appears from the references in the Court 
 Records. There was much confusion in the minds of the peo 
 ple as to the proper method of application, and many of the 
 heirs made application in their own names while the soldier was 
 still alive. 
 
 Finally, April 26, 1733, a list of eight hundred and forty gran 
 tees was presented and accepted, and it was voted to grant the 
 seven townships necessary to satisfy the demands of this number 
 of grantees. 
 
 The grantees were divided into " Proprieties " or companies, 
 according to their present residences, if alive, or their heirs, law 
 fully claiming. The eldest male heir had the first right, and 
 after him the eldest female heir. 
 
 The grantees were ordered to meet as they should be classified, 
 and choose committees to regulate each Township. 
 
 On February 11, 1733-4, plans were presented by the Com 
 mittee of the General Court of two Townships, lying between 
 the Saco and Pesumpscot Rivers, contiguous to each other ; each 
 of the contents of six miles square, with allowances for ponds and 
 previous grants to Hill and Tyng. The township next to the Saco 
 was assigned to the " Ipswich Society," so called, which was made 
 up of the grantee residents of Ipswich, Newbury, Rowley, Haver- 
 hill, Salisbury, Amesbury, Methuen, Hampton, Greenland, and 
 Berwick. In June, 1732, at a meeting in Boston, they had chosen 
 Philemon Dane and John Gains of Ipswich, and Col. Joseph 
 Gerrish of Newbury, as a committee to regulate the business of 
 this township, which became No. 1. 
 
 The following list is alphabetically arranged (initials only) 
 from the lists in the Proprietor s Record Book, as published in 
 the excellent volume of Capt. Win. F. Goodwin, entitled " Nar- 
 raganset Township, No. 1." 
 
 Different committees had different methods of keeping their 
 records, and since the original list, returned by the Committee to 
 the General Court, was partially lost, the greater part of it, in 
 deed, it has been necessary to gather the lists mostly from the 
 old Township Record-Books. In this Record-Book of No. 1, 
 there are two lists, but the grantees are identical in both, while 
 the two lists represent the first and second divisions of lots, the 
 claimant being different, in some cases, in the two. In such cases 
 I have arranged both claimants, and sometimes three, under the 
 one grantee. Where any relationship is mentioned, I have car 
 ried the fact into the space after claimant s name. I have 
 indicated the fact that a new name occurs in the second list, 
 by the mark (2). 
 
NARRAGANSET NO. 1. 
 
 413 
 
 GRANTEES AND CLAIMANTS OF NARRAGANSET TOWNSHIP 
 NO. 1, NOW THE TOWN OF BUXTON, ME. 1 
 
 Soldier Grantees. Claimants. 
 
 AIT T>- i, ^ Samuel Allin. 
 
 Allm, Richard Joseph Titcomb (2). 
 
 Jon a . Fellows. 
 Andrews, John Eben Hidden (2). 
 
 Adams, Simon Capt. John Fowl (2). 
 
 Daniel Adams. 
 
 ( Nicholas Cheany. 
 Asa (Acy) , John -j Joseph Hale. 
 
 ^ Moses Hale. 
 
 Appleton, Sam 1 ., Major . . . Isaac Appleton, jr. 
 AIT -nr-iT f Benjamin Merrill. 
 
 Allm, William { Elisha Allin (2). 
 
 Brocklebanck, Sam 1 ., Capt. . . Stephen Mighill. 
 
 r f John Hobson. 
 
 Brown, Thomas SAUI c- t,/->\ 
 
 (Abraham Somerby (2). 
 
 Brown, John ("of Haverhill"), Rev d . Jedediah Jewett. 
 
 Brown, Joseph John Fowle, jr. 
 
 Brown, William Richard Dole. 
 
 Boynton, John Israel Read. 
 
 r> /-i u ( James Chute. 
 
 Brown, Gershom < ^ ,,. , 
 
 ( George Thirlo. 
 
 Brown, John John Brown, son. 
 
 Brown, Edmund Enoch Titcomb. 
 
 f Aaron Potter (2). 
 
 Baker John I John Baker, grandson. 
 
 Burnom, James Thomas Burnom, son. 
 
 Brier, Richard 
 
 Bodwell, Henry 
 
 Boynton, Joshua W m . Boyuton, son. 
 
 Bartlet, Christopher .... j Christopher son 
 
 ( Joseph Peasley (2). 
 
 f Nath 1 . Clark 
 Clark, Jonathan -] Caleb Moody, jr. (2) . 
 
 ( Edmund Greenleaf (2) . 
 
 Chase, Moses Sam 1 . Chase, son. 
 
 Cross, George William Cross, son. 
 
 Curriour, Richard j Timothy Curriour, son. 
 
 ( Daniel Currier (2). 
 Cogswell, Edward ..... Emerson Cogswell. 
 
 Colcut, Edward ? r\u ,v u T u /o\ 
 
 ( Obadiah Johnson (2) . 
 
 1 This list is confirmed by an original list, found among the papers of Rev. Paul Coffin. 
 
414 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Soldier Grantees. Claimants. 
 
 T^ , T>~V, f Solomon Lakeman. 
 
 Down, Robert { ^ , T , ^ ,_. 
 
 ( Capt. John Fowle (2). 
 
 Dane, Philemon Philemon Dane, son. 
 
 Durell Moses I Natn Durell son - 
 
 ( Capt. John Greenleaf, jr. 
 
 Davis, Zechariah John Bartlet, jr. 
 
 r^ r ( Ephraim Dow, son. 
 
 Dow, Ihomas < *,*.,, . /0 . 
 
 ( Nathan Simons (2). 
 
 Denison, John John Denison, son. 
 
 Davis, John Jonathan Davis, son. 
 
 Elsley. William ...... Capt. W m . Elsley. 
 
 Elsley (Ilsley), Isaac .... Capt. W m . Elsley, son. 
 
 Easmon, Thomas ..... f Jonathan Easmon son. 
 
 ( Nathan Simons (2) . 
 
 Emerson, Nath 1 ...... | Stephen Emerson son. 
 
 ( John Thurston (2). 
 
 Emery, Jonathan ..... j Jf n Emery, son 
 
 ( Stephen Emery (2). 
 
 -c^ -D , \ Gershom Frazer. 
 
 Emons, Peter ...... { a . , ... 
 
 ( Stephen Smith. 
 
 Fuller, James ...... James Fuller, son. 
 
 Fellows, Isaac ...... Jonathan Fellows, son. 
 
 Fellows, Joseph ..... Joseph Fellows, son. 
 
 George, James j Francis George 
 
 ( James George (2). 
 
 Greenleaf, Stephen, Capt. . . Capt. John Greenleaf, jr. 
 Gody (Goddin), Amos . . . Stephen Emerson. 
 
 rt- , -,- ^ -T , f Solomon Giddins, son. 
 
 Giddms, John ...... < T , , , ,, 
 
 ( John Fowl (2). 
 
 rL.-TTi. ( Gershom Fraizer. 
 
 Gallaway, Hugh ..... | Moses Titcomb (2) . 
 
 Herin, John ....... Jon a . Fellows. 
 
 Harvey, John ...... John Harvey, son. 
 
 Hobson, John ...... John Hobson, son. 
 
 Hutchinson, Sam 1 ...... Sam 1 . Mugrige. 
 
 Hadley, Sam 1 . ...... . 
 
 ( Joseph Bailey (2). 
 
 mn c^^i f John Corser. 
 
 Hill, oanr ........ ^AVU \j /\ 
 
 ( Abraham Adams (2). 
 
 Ingals, Sam 1 ....... Samuel Ingals, grandson. 
 
 fW m . Foster. 
 Jackson, John ...... -j John Foster (2) . 
 
 (Asa Foster (2). 
 Jackson, Caleb ...... Joshua Jackson, son. 
 
 Jacobs, Richard ...... Philip Fowler. 
 
 Jewett, Joseph ...... Mr. Jon a . Jewett, son. 
 
NARRAGANSET NO. 1. 415 
 
 Soldier Grantees. Claimants. 
 
 Kimbal, Henry James Godfrey. 
 
 Kimbal, Caleb Samuel Hovey. 
 
 Kinsmon, Robert Joseph Kinsmon, son. 
 
 j Joseph Coffin. 
 Keene, Nath 1 . ...... ( Francis Pickard. 
 
 I Mr. Aquila Jewett. 
 
 ,^ T , , < Francis Pickard. 
 
 Kneeland, Sam 1 (John Pemberton (2). 
 
 -ir n. rm ( Moses Mitchel. 
 
 Knowlton, W j Israel Read (2). 
 
 Kingsbury, Thomas .... Deacon Joseph Kingsbury. 
 ,^ . , rv, : . , ( Ebenezer Smith. 
 
 Kenmstone, Christopher . . . j Ezekie l Mig hill (2). 
 
 Laighton, John John Laighton, son. 
 
 Low, Thomas Jon a . Low. 
 
 Little, Moses Col. Joseph Gerish. 
 
 Lad, Daniel Nathan Simons. 
 
 Lovel, John Alexander Lovel. 
 
 f Joseph Gerish, Esq. 
 
 Musgro,Jabez | Daniel Hale (2) . 
 
 Moors, Jon% Lieut Sam 1 . Walker. 
 
 Mitchell, John j Mary Mitchell, dau. 
 
 ( Ambros Berrey (2). 
 
 f John Martin, son. 
 Martin, John J. Joseph Bailey (2) . 
 
 ( Timothy Davis (2) . 
 
 TVT f John Brown. 
 
 Newman, Benjamin .... { Mr . Daniel Ha le (2) . 
 
 Newmarch, Zaccheus .... John, son. 
 
 f Stephen Emery 3d . 
 Poore, Sam 1 -< Richard Dole. 
 
 ( Joseph Peasley (2). 
 
 Parson, Benjamin Bartholomew Pearson. 
 
 Plummer, Joseph John Plummer, gr. grandson. 
 
 Poore, Henry Samuel Poore, son. 
 
 Pickard, John Jon a . Pickard, grandson. 
 
 Palmer, Thomas Timothy Palmer, son. 
 
 Parse (Peirce), Sam 1 \ fP hrai A m *. 
 
 | Isaac Appleton (2). 
 
 Potter, Edmund Nath 1 . Potter. 
 
 Ring, Daniel, Capt Capt. Tho s . Standford. 
 
 Richardson, Caleb Thomas Gellins (Jillings). 
 
 Rogers Thomas I Thomas Bartlet, Jr. 
 
 * * | Thomas Rogers (2). 
 
 ( Benj a . Rollins. 
 Rollins, Nicholas ..... -j Ebenezer Watson. 
 
 (John Brooks (2). 
 Richardson, Nicholas .... Isaac Appleton. 
 
416 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Soldier Grantees. Claimants. 
 
 f Mr. Joseph Parker. 
 Ruff, Daniel j Capt. John Fowl (2). 
 
 ( John Hobson. 
 Rose, Joseph { Capt. Samuel Walker (2). 
 
 Rolf, Daniel Israel Read. 
 
 ( Nath 1 . Clark. 
 Sumersby, Daniel { Mr. Nathaniel Dummer (2). 
 
 Sheapard, Solomon .... Solomon Sheapard, son. 
 
 ( Richard Stimson, sou. 
 Stimson, George { George Stimson. 
 
 f Sam 1 . Herimon. 
 Spofford,John { Rich- 1 . Thurston. 
 
 Sawyer, William Mr. Francis Sawyer, son. 
 
 f Joseph Pike. 
 Smith, Thomas { Daniel Woodman (2). 
 
 Sadler, Abiel John Sadler. 
 
 ( Rich d . Swan, son. 
 Swan, Robert { Obadiah Johnson (2) . 
 
 ( Seth Storer, son. 
 Storer, Seth { Zechariah Storer (2) . 
 
 Swan, Rich d Crisp Bradbury. 
 
 ( John Brown. 
 Sparks, Thomas -] John Gains. 
 
 ( Joseph Woodman (2) . 
 
 f Sam 1 . Stickney, son. 
 Stickney, John j Moses Prime (2) . 
 
 f Timothy Sheapard, grandson. 
 Sheapard, John j Benjamin Moody (2). 
 
 Tenny, Daniel Daniel Tenney, son. 
 
 ( Capt. Thos. Walinford. 
 Tarbot, Nicholas { Rev. James Pike. 
 
 ( Sam 1 . Tenney. 
 Tenney, Thomas { Thomas Gage (2). 
 
 ( Daniel Thurston, son. 
 Thurston, Daniel { John Thurston, grandson (2). 
 
 f John Gains. 
 Taylor, Sam 1 . i Nathaniel Cross (2). 
 
 Verey, Sam 1 Benjamin Pearson (2) . 
 
 Verey, Benjamin Deacon Sam 1 . Moody. 
 
 Verey, Jonathan Benjamin Pearson. 
 
 Williams, John Nathan Simonds. 
 
 Woodin, John John Hobson. 
 
 Woodward, Ezekiel .... John Fowle. 
 
 Wait, Thomas Thos. Bartlet, jr. 
 
 ( Beniamin Woodman. 
 Young, Francis | Joseph Woodman (2). 
 
NARRAGANSET NO. 2. 417 
 
 NARRAGANSET NO. 2, NOW WESTMINSTER, MASS. 
 
 At a meeting of the several committees of the seven com 
 panies, held, October 17, 1733, at the house of Mr. Luke Verdey, 
 in Boston, before the drawing of lots, for choice of townships, 
 it was voted that whatever company should happen to draw 
 the Township No. 2, at Wachuset, should lay out and assign to 
 his Excellency, Jonathan Belcher, Esqr., five hundred acres of 
 land in said town for his honored father s right. 
 
 No. 2 was evidently considered the most desirable of the town 
 ships, as it was nearest to Boston and had already been somewhat 
 improved, being one of the two assigned in 1728. Hence the 
 concession above. The township was drawn by Mr. James 
 Lowden and Company, representing the grantees from the towns 
 of Cambridge, Charlestown, Watertown, Weston, Sudbury, New 
 ton, Medford, Maiden and Reading. 
 
 The committee for this company was John Cutting, of Water- 
 town, James Lowden, of Charlestown, and Joseph Bowman, of 
 Watertown. In the original records of this company the 
 names are arranged in the lists under different towns. I have 
 varied the original arrangement a little, in order to save repeti 
 tions, and so as to put the " Soldier Grantee s " name first. For 
 instance, instead of " Downing Champney for his father Sam 11 ," 
 I have placed the grantee first, the claimant second, and the 
 relationship last. The following is the list: 
 
 A LIST OF THE GRANTEES OF THE NARRAGANSET TOWN 
 SHIP NO. 2. 
 
 CAMBRIDGE. 
 
 Soldier Grantees. Claimants. 
 
 William Russell, alive. 
 Gershom Cutter, alive. 
 
 Joseph Beames Joseph Beames, son. 
 
 Capt. (Jona) Remington . . . Jonathan, son. 
 
 Saml. Champney Downing Champney, son. 
 
 Thomas Bathrick Jonathan, son. 
 
 John Barrel Peter Hay, Bro.-in-law. 
 
 William Gleason William, son. 
 
 John Smith Heirs. 
 
 Saml. Smith Saml. Smith, nephew. 
 
 Joseph Smith Heirs. 
 
 Nathaniel Smith Heirs. 
 
 Thomas Brown Heirs. 
 
 Simon Gates Jonathan, son. 
 
 John Willington Thomas, nephew. 
 
 Thomas Brattle Wm. Brattle, gr. son. 
 
 James Cheaver Daniel Cheaver, nephew. 
 
418 KING PHILIP S WAB. 
 
 CHARLESTOWN. 
 
 Soldier Grantees. Claimants. 
 
 James Lowden, alive. 
 Samuel Read, alive. 
 Henry Burners alive. 
 
 John Fosket Robert, son. 
 
 Isaac Lewis Thomas Skinner, nephew. 
 
 Samuel Fosket Samuel, son. 
 
 Saml. Newell Saml. Long, nephew. 
 
 Joseph Dowse Margery, daughter. 
 
 Benjamin Lathrop Nathl. Goodwin, nephew. 
 
 James Smith s heir Jonathan Call. 
 
 Joseph Pratt Heirs. 
 
 Samuel Lemmon Heirs. 
 
 William Burt Heirs. 
 
 Jacob Cole Heirs. 
 
 John Mousley (Mousall) . . . Heirs. 
 
 Humphrey Miller Heirs. 
 
 John Hawkins Heirs. 
 
 John Trumbul Heirs. 
 
 Alexander Philips Heirs. 
 
 George Mudge . . . . . . Heirs. 
 
 John Shepherd Heirs. 
 
 Thomas Welch Heirs. 
 
 George Grind Heirs. 
 
 Joseph Lind Heirs. 
 
 Timothy Cuttler Heirs. 
 
 (Jonathan) Kittle James, son. 
 
 Thomas Genner (Jeiiner) . . Heirs. 
 
 Matthew Griffin John, heir. 
 
 John Breed Ebenezer, son. 
 
 Hopestill Davis Zechariah, nephew. 
 
 Jonathan Sprague John, son. 
 
 Edward Johnson Elezer, son. 
 
 John Senter John, son. 
 
 WATERTOWN. 
 
 Thomas Sawen John, son. 
 
 Ephraim Cutler, alive. 
 
 James Cutting Jonas, son. 
 
 John Barnard, alive. 
 Joshua Biglow, alive. 
 William Shattuck, alive. 
 
 Joseph Grout Joseph, son. 
 
 Jonathan Smith Zechariah, son. 
 
 John Hager Samuel, nephew. 
 
 George Herrington Heirs. 
 
 John Herrington, alive. 
 
 Dr. (Palgrave) Wellington . . Heirs. 
 
 Zachariah Cutting, alive. 
 
 John Bright John, nephew. 
 
NARBAGANSET NO. 2. 419 
 
 Soldier Grantees. Claimants. 
 
 William Parmeter George, son. 
 
 Jacob Bullard Joseph Ball, nephew. 
 
 Timothy Rice Tho. Herrington, son-in-law. 
 
 John Sherman John, nephew. 
 
 James Barnard Joseph Bowman, niece s husband. 
 
 Joseph Smith Joseph, son. 
 
 Elnathan Beirs Richard, son. 
 
 Michael Flag Heirs. 
 
 John Barnard Joseph Bowman, son-in-law. 
 
 John Cutting John, son. 
 
 Joseph Preist Joseph, son. 
 
 Benjamin Wellington .... Heirs. 
 
 WESTON. 
 
 Caleb Grant Ebenezer Boynton, son-in-law. 
 
 Thomas Cory Thomas, son. 
 
 Daniel Warren, alive. 
 
 James Pike Onesiphorus, son. 
 
 Jeremiah Norcross Nathaniel Norcross. 
 
 SUDBURY. 
 
 Matthew Gibbs, alive. 
 
 Thomas Taylor Richard, son. 
 
 Sebred Taylor Thomas, son. 
 
 John Mars ton, alive. 
 
 John Parkhurst John, son. 
 
 Dennis Hedley, alive. 
 John Adams, alive. 
 
 Joseph Parmeter Benjamin, brother. 
 
 Thomas Rutter Joseph, son. 
 
 Joseph Graves Ebenezer, son. 
 
 Joseph More John, son. , 
 
 > 
 
 NEWTON. 
 
 Seborn Jackson Edward, son. 
 
 Nathaniel Haly, alive. 
 
 Richard Beach Isaac, brother. 
 
 Stephen Cook, alive. 
 
 John Park John, son. 
 
 Jacob Willard Jonathan, son. 
 
 Capt. Thomas Prentice, Heirs. 
 
 MEDFORD. 
 
 Capt. (Joseph) Scill .... John Hall, son-in-law. 
 
 John Whitmore John, son. 
 
 Thomas Willis William, son. 
 
420 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 MALDEN. 
 
 Soldier Grantees. Claimants. 
 
 John Mudge, alive. 
 
 Phineas Upham Sam l Kneeland, " asine." 
 
 Abraham Skinner Abraham, son. 
 
 James Cheak Heirs. 
 
 John Winslow John, son. 
 
 John Bacheler Wm. Willis, " for the heirs." 
 
 REDING. 
 
 Jonathan Parker Nathl., nephew. 
 
 Edmon Brown Richard, nephew. 
 
 Thomas Nichols, alive. 
 
 Major (Jeremiah) Swain . . . Heirs. 
 
 Isaac Welman Heirs. 
 
 Benjamin Davis Heirs. 
 
 Samuel Lamson Samuel, son. 
 
 Thomas Hodgman Heirs. 
 
 Phinehas Upham Richard, son. 
 
 William Jones Samuel Chandler. 
 
 The original list from which I copied the above is signed by 
 " Andrew Darby, Proprietor s Clark." The Company held their 
 first meeting in Cambridge, December 20, 1633, and increased the 
 committee to five persons by the addition of Ebenezer Breed and 
 Samuel Trumbull, to those already named. There are, in the 
 above list, 118 names. Phineas Upham appears twice. I think 
 John Barnard, then alive, was the son of John, for whom Capt. 
 Bowman drew in the right of his wife. Much more matter of 
 interest may be found in the excellent " History of Westminster," 
 by Rev. Wm. S. Heywood. 
 
 NARRAGANSET TOWNSHIP NO. 3, AMHERST, N.H. 
 
 The second of the two townships granted in 1728 became No. 
 3, " Souhegan West," in the later division ; and was drawn to 
 the grantees represented in the towns of Salem, Lynn, Marble- 
 head, Gloucester, Andover, Topsfield, Beverly, Wenham, Box- 
 ford, Bradford, Scarborough, York, Falmouth, Chatham. 
 
 The committee chosen to manage the propriety were : Richard 
 Mower, of Lynn ; John Trask, Salem ; and Ebenezer Rayment. 
 This township was incorporated as Amherst, N.H., and origi 
 nally embraced parts of the present towns of Merrimack, Mt. 
 Vernon, and Milford, N.H. An excellent history of this town, 
 by D. F. Secomb, was published in 1883. 
 
NARRAGANSET NO. 3. 
 
 421 
 
 LIST OF GRANTEES, HEIRS, AND LATER PROPRIETORS OF 
 NARRAGANSET NO. 3, SOUHEGAN WEST; NOW AMHERST, 
 N.H. 
 
 Soldier Grantee. 
 
 Edward Harradaway, 
 John Elwell . . . 
 Thomas Babson . . 
 Joseph Soams 
 Thomas Putnam,. 
 Joseph Hutchinson . 
 Andrew Gold . . 
 
 SALEM. 
 
 Claimant. 
 
 Heirs. 
 John, son . 
 John, brother . 
 Nathaniel, nephew. 
 Thomas, son. 
 Robert, son. 
 Ezekiel Marsh, son- 
 in-law. 
 
 By whom drawn. 
 
 John Stevens. 
 Joseph Williams. 
 
 Thomas Fuller . . 
 John Ross .... 
 
 Samuel Verry . 
 Joseph Holton 
 
 William, son. 
 Jonathan Marsh, son- 
 in-law .... 
 
 Jonathan, son 
 
 By Jonathan Marsh s 
 order. 
 John Felton. 
 Ebenezer Fowl. 
 
 Thomas Flynt . . 
 Samuel Pickworth 
 
 John, son .... 
 
 George Deland. 
 Benjamin Ives. 
 
 William Curtice . 
 William Trask . . 
 Thomas Bell . . 
 
 William, son . 
 John, son .... 
 
 William Curtice. 
 John Trask. 
 Samuel Bell. 
 
 Jonathan Lambert 
 
 
 Ephraim In^alls. 
 
 William Osborn . 
 John Bullock . 
 Jeremiah Neal 
 John Gloyd . 
 Capt. (Joseph) Gard 
 ner 
 
 William, son . . . 
 John, son. 
 Jeremiah, son . 
 John, son .... 
 
 Habakkuk, nephew . 
 
 William Osborn. 
 
 Jeremiah Neal. 
 John Trask. 
 
 Belongs to Joshua Hicks. 
 
 John Abbott . 
 
 Alive 
 
 Ephraim Ingalls. 
 
 Thomas Kenney . 
 
 Heirs 
 
 Daniel Kenney 
 
 Edward Hollice 
 
 Heirs 
 
 Benjamin Ives 
 
 Richard Prince 
 John Tarble . . . 
 
 Joseph, nephew . 
 
 Richard Prince. 
 Cornelius Tarbel. 
 
 Joseph Herrick . . 
 
 Joseph, son. 
 
 
 William Hinds . . 
 David Shaply . 
 John Walcot . 
 
 Joseph Majory . . 
 Dr. (Richard) Knott, 
 Stephen Sweat 
 John Gatchell 
 
 MARBLEHEAD. 
 
 Alive. 
 
 Richard, son . 
 Jonathan, son 
 
 Joseph, son 
 Thomas Martin. 
 Joseph, brother . 
 Jeremiah, nephew 
 
 Sold to Obid Abot. 
 Jacob Symonds 
 Jabez Crocker. 
 Joseph Majory. 
 
 Joseph Sweat. 
 Jeremiah Gatchell. 
 
 for 
 
422 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Soldier Grantee. 
 
 Henry Collins . . 
 John Newhall . 
 
 Thomas Baker 
 William Bassett . 
 
 Samuel Johnson . 
 Joseph Collins 
 John Burrill . . 
 Robert Potter . . 
 John Lindsey . 
 
 Aquilla Ramsdell 
 
 Robert Driver 
 Ephraim Farrow . 
 
 John Ballard . . 
 John Mower . 
 Samuel Graves 
 Samuel Edmonds . 
 John Farrington . 
 John Davis 
 
 LYNN. 
 
 Claimant. 
 
 Alive 
 Alive 
 
 Rand 
 
 Joseph Farr . 
 John Lewis . . 
 Samuel Tarbox . 
 
 Johnson . 
 
 Joseph Barrell 
 
 Timothy Breed 
 Andrew Townsend 
 Richard Haven 
 
 Alive 
 
 William Bassett, gr. 
 son. 
 
 Richard Johnson, son, 
 
 William, son . 
 
 Ebenezer, brother . 
 
 Benjamin, son 
 
 Joseph Farr, son-in- 
 law 
 
 Benjamin, son . . 
 
 Ruth Driver, daugh 
 ter 
 
 Samuel Newhall, 
 nephew .... 
 
 John, son .... 
 
 Richard, son . 
 
 Samuel, son . 
 
 John, son. 
 Michael Bo wden, son- 
 in-law .... 
 Robert Rand, son. 
 Joseph Farr, son 
 Edmund, gr. son 
 
 Heirs 
 
 Jonathan Johnson . 
 Ebenezer Barrell, 
 
 gr. son . . 
 Timothy, son 
 
 Heirs 
 
 Joseph, son. 
 
 By -whom drawn. 
 
 By Henry Collins order. 
 By Jacob Newhall, now 
 
 Henr. Adams. 
 By Thomas Baker. 
 
 Richard Johnson. 
 William (Dec. 11, 1739). 
 Ebenezer Burrill, Esq. 
 Benjamin Potter. 
 
 By said Farr s order. 
 
 Due to proprietors 2- 
 10-0, besides the vote 
 for 6s., towards the 
 Meeting house. 
 
 Capt. Potter. 
 
 Benjamin Newhall. 
 John Ballard. 
 Richard Mower. 
 Samuel Graves. 
 John Jenks. 
 
 Michael Bowden. 
 
 By his order. 
 By Edmund Lewis. 
 Thomas Tarbox. 
 By Jonathan Johnson. 
 By same (E. Marsh- 
 field) . 
 
 Same, Timothy Breed. 
 Nathaniel Evins. 
 
 Henry Row 
 Samuel Ingersoll . 
 Edward Harringdon 
 John Day . . . 
 Isaac Ellery . 
 
 Samuel Tyler . 
 James Fry . . . 
 Nathaniel Ballard 
 
 GLOUCESTER. 
 
 Jacob Row, son 
 
 Alive Josiah Ingersoll. 
 
 Alive Joseph Harringdon. 
 
 Alive Joshua Hicks. 
 
 Samuel Stevens. 
 
 ANDOVER. 
 
 Ebenezer, son 
 Alive . . 
 William, son . 
 
 James Parker. 
 
 Joseph Parker. 
 
 Same, William Ballard. 
 
NARRAGANSET NO. 3. 
 
 423 
 
 Soldier Grantee. Claimant. By whom drawn. 
 
 John Presson . . . Alive. 
 
 John Ballard . . . John, son .... Sherebiah Ballard. 
 
 Ebenezer Barker . . Alive Edward Phelps. 
 
 Andrew Peters . . Andrew, son . . . Andrew Peters. 
 
 John Parker . . . Alive John Parker. 
 
 Samuel Phelps . . Alive John Phelps. 
 
 TOPSFIELD. 
 
 Zaccheus Perkins . . Alive By T. Perkins. 
 
 Nathaniel Wood . . Alive John Wilds. 
 
 Abraham Fitts . . Heirs Abraham Fitts. 
 
 Thomas Davis . . Heirs (Bought at vendue, 
 
 by Capt. Stephen 
 Peabody.) 
 
 Elihu Wardwell . . Heirs. 
 
 John Huchins . . . Heirs Nathan Armes. 
 
 Josiah Clark . . . Heirs John Wilds. 
 
 James Ford . . . Heirs Deacon Fellows. 
 
 Samuel Perkins . . Heirs Elezer Porter. 
 
 Joseph Wells . . . Heirs. 
 
 Jonathan Wild . . Heirs John Wild. 
 
 Robert Brown . . . Samuel Kneeland. 
 
 BEVERLY. 
 
 Thomas Rayment . Alive. 
 
 Ralph Elinwood . . (Alive) (By himself.) 
 
 Henry Bayley . . . Alive. 
 
 Christopher Reid . . Alive. 
 
 Lott Conant . . . Alive Joshua Conant. 
 
 Thomas Blachfield . Thomas, son . . . Robert Hale. 
 
 John Elinwood . . Andrew Dodge . . Now Thomas Clark s, 
 
 July 17, 1739. 
 
 Joseph Morgan . . Joseph, son . . . Daniel Herrick. 
 
 William Dodge . . Heirs. 
 
 John Dodge . . . Heirs Jona. and John Dodge. 
 
 Jonathan Byels . . Alive. 
 
 William Rayment . Heirs Ebenezer Rayment. 
 
 Elias Picket . . . Joseph, son. 
 
 Samuel Harris . . Heirs Ebenezer Elingwood. 
 
 Thomas Abbet 
 Richard Hutton 
 
 Joseph Bachelor 
 Joseph Perkins 
 
 WENHAM. 
 
 Thomas, son. 
 
 Elizabeth Fowler, 
 
 daughter . . . By Capt. Kembal. 
 
 John Bacheler, nephew. 
 
 William Rogers and Jo 
 seph Perkins. 
 
424 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Soldier Grantee. 
 
 William Peabody 
 Francis Jefferys . 
 Robert Andrews . 
 Joseph Bixbe . . 
 
 BOXFORD. 
 
 Claimant. 
 
 Stephen, son. 
 James Curtice. 
 John, son . 
 John, son . 
 
 By whom drawn. 
 
 Stephen Peabody. 
 
 Thomas Andrews. 
 By same, John Bixbe. 
 
 John Boynton 
 
 BRADFORD. 
 
 Ichabod, son . 
 
 By John Bixbe. Sold 
 Hobbs for 60. at 
 vendue, October 18 : 
 1743. 
 
 SCARBOROUGH. 
 
 . Alive Thomas Stocker, junr. 
 
 READING. 
 
 John Bowtel . . . John, son . . . 
 Nicholas Lum (Lunn) , Thomas Bancroft. 
 
 Samuel Lampson. 
 
 Andrew Sargent 
 
 YORK. 
 Dennison, son 
 
 Capt. Joshua Hicks. 
 
 Joseph Hatch . 
 Philip Dexter . 
 
 FALMOUTH. 
 
 Alive. 
 Alive. 
 
 CHATHAM. 
 
 Robert Nicholson . Robert, son. 
 
 Nicholas Manning 
 Timothy Lufkin . 
 
 SALEM. 
 
 Samuel Manning, 
 
 nephew . 
 Thomas, son . 
 
 By said S. M. 
 Samuel Manning. 
 
 A Committee for Adjusting Claims, gives the Rights drawn to and 
 entered in the name of 
 
 Robert Hucherson to Joseph Hucherson. 
 John Dodges Heirs belongs to Jonathan Dodge. 
 Thomas Blachfield s " " Henry Blachfield. 
 Jonathan Wilds " " John Wild. 
 
 1 It may be of interest to note here that it was in u search after this John Harmon, a maternal 
 ancestor, that the writer of this volume discovered the Treasury Books of John Hall, the con 
 tents of which became the basis of the " Soldiers in King Philip s War." 
 
NARRAGANSET NO. 4. 425 
 
 NARRAGANSET TOWNSHIP NO. 4, NOW GREENWICH, 
 
 MASS. 
 
 The last " plat," or plan of the townships to be laid out and 
 presented to the Court for confirmation, was No. 4. This was 
 located at Amoskeag Falls, and embraced what is now Goffstown, 
 N.H. With allowances for poor land, ponds, and fifty acres for a 
 fishing-place, at the Falls, it contained 26,160 acres. Mr. Edward 
 Shove, Mr. Josiah Keith, and Col. John Chandler were chosen a 
 committee to manage the affairs of this township. 
 
 December 16, 1735, a petition of John Foster and Edward 
 Shove, in behalf of the grantees of No. 4, declares that, upon 
 viewing the grant in order to lay out their lots, " they found it so 
 poor and barren, as to be altogether uncapable of making settle 
 ments ; and therefore pray that they may have liberty to quit it 
 and take up the Said Grant in some other province land." 
 
 This petition was granted, and the petitioners were ordered to 
 locate another tract in some unoccupied section, and return a 
 plot of the same to the Court within twelve months. 
 
 The report of location and survey was made December 5, 1737, 
 Nathaniel Kellogg being the surveyor, who reported the plot to 
 contain 23,040 acres, exclusive of 600 acres previously laid out 
 to one Colman. This grant, thus located and surveyed, was con 
 firmed by the Court January 13, 1738. Next year the committee 
 return again, petitioning for 3,500 acres more (to make up for 
 ponds, and a tract belonging to Mr. Starr), which land lies on 
 their North line, between Hatfield and a place called Huntstown. 
 June 17, 1740, this propriety was granted an extension of two 
 years to their time of settlement. Again, June 12, 1753, Samuel 
 Robinson, of Hardwick, for " himself and the rest of the proprie 
 tors of Narraganset No. 4, Lying part at a place called Quabbin, 
 and part west of and adjoining Hatfield," etc., petitioned the 
 Court to reestablish and confirm the grant of the 3,500 acres, 
 made in 1740, as the Acts of the Court, including this grant, 
 were destroyed when the Court-house was burned, (December 9, 
 1747). 
 
 The old Proprietors Record-Book in the town clerk s office 
 at Greenwich is in a fair state of preservation, but the writing, 
 in this list of grantees, is very hard to decipher. I spent some 
 hours over it with the assistance of the gentlemanly town clerk, 
 Mr. H. B. Hodgkin, and I think the following is as accurate as 
 it can now be made. The names and places noted with a star (*) 
 are in doubt. 
 
426 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 NARRAOANSET NO. 4, NOW GREENWICH, MASS. 
 
 NORTHAMPTON. 
 
 Soldier Grantee. Claimant. 
 
 Daniel Alexander John, brother. 
 
 Samuel Judd Samuel, brother. 
 
 HADLEY. 
 
 Thomas Hovey, alive. 
 
 SUFFIELD. 
 
 John Pengally, alive. 
 
 Samuel Lain Samuel, son. 
 
 ENFIELD. 
 
 William Ramsdell, alive. 
 
 DEERFIELD. 
 
 Elch d . Childs Sam 1 , and Timothy, sons. 
 
 WORCESTER. 
 
 Bartholomew Flagg .... Benjamin, brother. 
 
 WOODSTOCK. 
 
 James Hudson Sarah Mercy, daughter. 
 
 Nathaniel Sanger, alive. 
 
 Joseph Lyon Joseph, son. 
 
 Capt. Isaac Johnson .... Joseph, grandson. 
 
 Joseph Carpenter . . . . . Eliphalet, son. 
 
 Henry Boweu Henry, grandson. 
 
 OXFORD. 
 
 Joseph Chamberlain .... Joseph, son. 
 Abiell Lamb Abiell, son. 
 
 BROOKFIELD. 
 
 Edward Walker, alive. 
 
 MANSFIELD. 
 
 John Dunham Isaac, son. 
 
 Benjamin Hall, alive. 
 Shuball Dimmock, alive. 
 
 NORWICH. 
 Thomas Hazen, alive. 
 
 Daniel Wicomb Daniel, son. 
 
 Israeli Hendrick Israeli, son. 
 
 David Hartshorn, alive. 
 John Hartshorn, alive. 
 
NARRAGANSET NO. 4. 427 
 
 POMFRET. 
 Soldier Grantee. Claimant. 
 
 Samuel Taylor, alive. 
 
 Jeremiah Sabin Jeremiah, nephew. 
 
 Fenwick Sawyer Fenwick, son. 
 
 John Corbin Nath 1 . Sessions, son-in-law. 
 
 WINDHAM. 
 
 Jeremiah Ripley Joshua, son. 
 
 Ephraim Beamass, alive. 
 
 BRISTOL. 
 
 John Bozorth John, son. 
 
 TAUNTON. 
 
 John Spurr, alive. 
 John Thresher, alive. 
 Malachi Holloway, alive. 
 William Hopkins, alive. 
 
 John Maccomber Thomas, son. 
 
 Ebenezer Owen John Woodward, son-in-law. 1 
 
 Joseph White Joseph, son. 
 
 Samuel Mirick Samuel, son. 
 
 Jacob Hathaway Heirs. 
 
 James Bell Heirs. 
 
 SWANZY. 
 
 John Wheeton, alive. 
 
 Thomas Buffington, alive. 
 
 John Brown John, son. 
 
 REHOBOTH. 
 
 Jonathan Willmarth, alive. 
 Sampson Mason, alive. 
 
 Joseph Baker John, son. 
 
 John Hull Edward, son. 
 
 John Ridaway James, son. 
 
 Josiah Perry Josiah, son. 
 
 John Ide Timothy, brother. 
 
 Thomas Kindrick Heirs. 
 
 Joseph Daggett John, son. 
 
 John Martin John, son. 
 
 LITTLE COMPTON. 
 
 Benjamin Church Thomas, son. 
 
 1 Ebenezer Owen had a son who has left a son called Thomas Owen who claims, and to whom 
 the right belongs. 
 
428 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 DIGHTON. 
 Soldier Grantee. Claimant. 
 
 Theophilus Mitchell .... Edw d . Shove, son-in-law. 
 Abraham Hathaway .... Abraham, son. 
 Benjamin Crane Heirs. 
 
 ATTLEBOROUGH. 
 
 Jonathan Freeman Jonathan, son. 
 
 John Fitch Joseph Brown, heir. 
 
 NORTON. 
 
 Sam 1 . Skillings Mehitable Tucker, daughter. 
 
 William Wetherell John, son. 
 
 Thomas Barnam John, son. 
 
 FREETOWN. 
 
 Joshua Tisdale Samuel, son. 
 
 Moses Cleveland John, son. 
 
 HARRINGTON. 
 
 Benjamin Allen Joseph, son. 
 
 Richard Allen Joseph, nephew. 
 
 John Reed John, son. 
 
 BRIDGEWATER. 1 
 
 Richard Burnham Abigail Hubbard, daughter. 
 
 Samuel Pecher Samuel, son. 
 
 Daniell Hudson, alive. 
 Richard Jennings, alive. 
 
 Isaac Leonard Isaac, son. 
 
 Joseph Richards Benjamin Richards. 
 
 John Howard Edward, son. 
 
 James Gary . . .... James, son. 
 
 Elisha Hayward Thomas 3 d , nephew. 
 
 Jonathan Washburn .... Benjamin, son. 
 
 Joseph Bailey Eben r . Hill, nephew. 
 
 Solomon Cheever (Checker) . . Josiah Edson. 
 
 Ebenezer Hill Ebenezer, son. 
 
 John Handmore John, son. 
 
 KILLINGLY. 
 
 David Church, alive. 
 
 Isaac Morriss Samuel, brother. 
 
 LEABANON. 
 
 Benjamin Woodworth. 
 
 1 Bridgewater names confirmed by the partial list of Grantees in Mass. Archives, vol. 114, pp. 
 103-11C. 
 
NARRAGANSET NO. 4. 429 
 
 MIDDLEBOROUGH. 
 
 Soldier Grantee. Claimant. 
 
 Daniell Ramsdell Thomas, son. 
 
 Isaac Peirce, alive. 
 
 *Ellexander Reynolds (Rynge) , ( ?) alive. 
 
 MIDDLETON. 
 
 Ebenezer Prout, alive. 
 
 PLIMPTON. 
 John Barret, alive. 
 John Briant, alive. 
 George Sampson, alive. 
 Caleb Cook Heirs. 
 
 KINGSTON. 
 William Bradford John, son. 
 
 ROCHESTER. 
 
 Nehemiah Bessey Robert, son. 
 
 Moses Barlow, alive. 
 
 Isaac Holmes Ebenezer, son. 
 
 PEMBROOK. 
 
 Elisha Busbee (Besbedge) . . Elisha, son. 
 
 Nathaniel Nicolls, alive. 
 
 Hopestill Busby (Besbedge) . . Elisha, nephew. 
 
 MARSHFIELD. 
 
 * Walter Noice (Voice), alive. 
 Jonathan Crocker, alive. 
 Joseph Ross, alive. 
 
 Josiah Winslow Isaac, son. 
 
 James Snow * ? Winslow. 
 
 ASHFIELD. 
 
 Andrew Watkins Andrew, son. 
 
 William Preist William, son. 
 
 COLCHESTER. 
 
 Benjamin Chamberlain, alive. 
 
 HADDAM. 
 
 James Ray, alive. 
 Thomas Lewis, alive. 
 
 HEBRON. 
 
 Richard Man, alive. 
 
430 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 WRENTHAM. 
 Soldier Grantee. Claimant. 
 
 Thomas Man Thomas, son. 
 
 John Day John, son. 
 
 BELLINGHAM. 
 
 Thomas Brick Thomas, son. 
 
 HORSENECK. 
 
 Thomas Bullen Thomas, son. 
 
 WALPOLE. 
 
 Samuel Foster John, son. 
 
 William Robins William, son. 
 
 NORTH KINGSTON. 
 
 James Updike, alive. 
 
 NARRAGANSET TOWNSHIP NO. 5, SOUHEGAN EAST, NOW 
 BEDFORD, PART OF MERRIMAC, AND PART OF MAN 
 CHESTER, N.H. 
 
 This township was drawn to the grantees, or their claimants, 
 then (1733), residing in the several towns of Boston, Roxbury, 
 Dorchester, Milton, Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Dedham, 
 Stoughton, Brookline, Needham, Hull, Medfield, Scituate, New 
 port, New London and Providence. The grantees met, and chose 
 for their committee, Col. Thomas Tileston, Mr. Jonathan Williams 
 and Capt. Joseph Ruggles. A different mode of management 
 and settlement was proposed by this company, and allowed by 
 the General Court. They proposed to settle sixty families, and 
 the other sixty grantees, or those who became proprietors, to pay 
 five pounds on their rights, into the general propriety. Those 
 who drew odd-numbered lots were to pay five pounds, and those 
 who drew even numbers were to settle families. All were to 
 bear a proportional part in meeting the conditions of the settle 
 ment of the township. From a report made to the General 
 Court, March 25th, 1751 (Mass. Archives, vol. 115, p. 844), it 
 is seen that the rights throughout the township were then all 
 drawn and surveyed, and the names of the proprietors of the 
 settled and unsettled lots given. Sixty families were then settled 
 in town, but no minister, and no meeting-house built. One hun 
 dred and twenty acres had been voted to Deacon Jonathan 
 Williams for his services as proprietor s treasurer, and one hun 
 dred and twenty more to Capt. Joseph Blanchard if he erect a 
 
NARBAGANSET NO. 5. 431 
 
 good saw-mill and corn-mill. There had been "much discour 
 agement from the late Indian wars ;" and seventeen gentlemen 
 of New Hampshire, calling themselves " Lord Proprietors " of the 
 said Province, claim to own the land, but have granted them 
 their rights as laid out, on condition that seventeen rights be 
 reserved for themselves. 
 
 LIST OF GRANTEES AND CLAIMANTS OF NARRAGANSET 
 NO. 5, NOW BEDFORD, ETC. 
 
 BOSTON. 
 Soldier Grantee. Claimant. 
 
 Andrew Belcher, Esq His Excellency Jona. Belcher, son. 
 
 Dr. John Clark Heirs, by William Clark. 
 
 Richard Way Heirs. 
 
 William Dinsdell William, son. 
 
 (Thomas?) Warren . ... Sarah Warren, wife. 
 
 Henry Swain Benjamin, son. 
 
 Isaac Prince Heirs. 
 
 Dr. John Cutler Heirs. 
 
 Benjamin Williams Heirs. 
 
 Nicholas Allin Daniel, son. 
 
 Henry Timberlake Heirs. 
 
 Jeremiah Fay Heirs. 
 
 Thomas Weymouth Heirs. 
 
 John Arnold Heirs. 
 
 Samuel Polard Sam 1 . Kneeland, gr. son. 
 
 Samuel Bicknerd Benjamin, son. 
 
 Jacob Grig Heirs. 
 
 Joseph Gridley John, son. 
 
 John Nelson, alive. 
 
 Perez Savage Heirs. 
 
 James Lendal Heirs. 
 
 Thomas Plimbly Heirs. 
 
 John Mors John Gridley, gr. son. 
 
 (John?) Ruggles John Ruggles, son. 
 
 John Triscot Samuel Kneeland. 
 
 Daniel Matthews Rebecca Hannan, daughter. 
 
 Benjamin Dyer Benjamin, son. 
 
 Edward Ting Edward, son. 
 
 John Leach John, son. 
 
 Henry Chamberlain John, son. 
 
 David Landon Benjamin, son. 
 
 Joshua Lain John, son. 
 
 Edward Wedan Rebecca Foster, daughter. 
 
 Joshua Hewes Sarah Perkins. 
 
 Ambros Dawes Thomas, son. 
 
 Zachariah Gurney, alive. 
 
 Capt. (Nath 1 .) Davenport . . Addington Davenport, nephew. 
 
 Thomas Hunt, alive. 
 
 1 Probably Thomas, of Boston, M. Sarah Fitch. See Moseley 8 Co. 
 
432 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Soldier Grantee. Claimant. 
 
 Capt. (Sam 1 .) Wadsworth . . Joseph, Esq., son. 
 
 Peter Bennet Owen Harris, son-in-law. 
 
 Gamaliel Rogers Simon, son. 
 
 John Tuckerman, alive. 
 
 Richard Bill Richard, son. 
 
 William Hacy William, gr. son. 
 
 John Richards John, son. 
 
 Capt. (Sam 1 .) Maudesley . . . Jonathan Williams, son-in-law. 
 William Manley, alive. 
 John Means, alive. 
 
 Caleb Moor Ephraim, son. 
 
 Capt. James Oliver Daniel, nephew. 
 
 John Hands Hugh Calder, son-in-law. 
 
 Pilgrim Simpkins Thomas and John, sons. 
 
 John Goodwin Nathaniel, son. 
 
 Thomas Beedle Thomas, son. 
 
 George Ripley Moses Ayers, son.(?) 
 
 Thomas Moors John, son. 
 
 Thomas Barnard Thomas, son. 
 
 ROXBURY. 
 
 Joseph Goad John Wilson, son-in-law. 
 
 Joseph Dudley, Esqr Paul, son. 
 
 Paul Wilson Henry, son. 
 
 John Watson Caleb Stedman, nephew. 
 
 William Lyon Samuel, son. 
 
 Thomas Hawley Edward Dorr, son-in-law. 
 
 John Payson John, son. 
 
 John Scot Joseph, son. 
 
 Thomas Bishop Zachariah Chandler, son-in-law. 
 
 Thomas Weld Edmond, son. 
 
 John Baker, alive. 
 
 Thomas Morey John, son. 
 
 Thomas Hencher Zechariah Smith, niece s husband. 
 
 Samuel Williams, alive. 
 
 Thomas Baker John, brother. 
 
 DORCHESTER. 
 
 Timothy Tileston Thomas, son. 
 
 Hopestill Humphrey, alive. 
 
 Thomas Davenport Heirs. 
 
 Ebenezer Williams, alive. 
 
 Henry Ledbetter Heirs. 
 
 Samuel Jones Ebenezer, son. 
 
 William Davenport Richard, nephew. 
 
 MILTON. 
 
 John Miller Samuel, brother. 
 
 Thomas Vose Heirs. 
 
NARRAGANSET NO. 5. 433 
 
 BRAINTREE. 
 
 Soldier Grantee. Claimant. 
 
 Samuel Bass, alive. 
 
 Samuel Bingley Sam 1 . Whitt, son-in-law. 
 
 Thomas Coplin Thomas, son. 
 
 Thomas Holbrook, alive. 
 
 Thomas Bingley Heirs. 
 
 WEYMOUTH. 
 
 John Hollis Samuel, son. 
 
 William Sewell Nicholas Phillips, son-in-law. 
 
 John Burrill, alive. 
 
 John Whitmarsh Gideon Terrel. 
 
 HINGHAM. 
 
 Joseph Thorn, alive. 
 
 Thomas Thaxter Samuel, brother. 
 
 John Jacobs John, son. 
 
 Francis Gurnet Samuel, son. 
 
 Samuel Gill, alive. 
 
 John Langley John, son. 
 
 Samuel Lincoln Samuel, son. 
 
 Ephraim Lain Ephraim, son. 
 
 Nathaniel Beal Heirs. 
 
 Benjamin Bates Heirs. 
 
 Cornelius Canterbury .... Heirs. 
 
 (George) Vickrey Israel, son. 
 
 John Arnold Heirs. 
 
 DEDHAM. 
 
 Samuel Gill, alive. 
 
 Samuel Colburn Ephraim Colburn. 
 
 Jonathan Gay Jeremiah, son. 
 
 William Dean Heirs. (" W m . Dean died at Leb 
 anon.") 
 
 STOUGHTON. 
 
 Peter Talbot George, son. 
 
 BROOKLYN. 
 
 Benjamin White Heirs. 
 
 Samuel Gardner Joseph, brother. 
 
 NEEDHAM. 
 
 John Rice, alive. 
 
 HULL. 
 
 Joseph Benson Joseph, son. 
 
 John Bull Thomas Vickars. 
 
434 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 MEDFIELD. 
 
 Soldier Grantee. Claimant. 
 
 John Plympton John, son. 
 
 SCTTUATE. 
 
 Samuel Hatch, alive. 
 
 Richard Proute John, son. 
 
 Israel Hobart, alive. 
 
 William Hawkins Benjamin Turner. 
 
 Joseph Brigs Heirs. 
 
 NEWPORT. 
 Jethro Jeffreys Heirs. 
 
 NEW LONDON. 
 
 Samuel Knight Mad m . Livingstone, niece. 
 
 PROVIDENCE. 
 
 David Evans David, son. 
 
 John Jacts (Jaques), alive. 
 
 A true copy, 
 
 Attest SAM". KNEELAND. 
 
 Cle : to the grantees. 
 
 NARRAGANSET TOWNSHIP NO. 6, NOW TEMPLETON, 
 
 MASS. 
 
 This township was confirmed by the General Court February 
 12th, 1733, to one hundred and twenty grantees, or their represent 
 atives, then residing in the towns of Concord, Groton, Marlboro , 
 Chelmsford, Billerica, Lancaster, Lexington, Stow, Framingham, 
 Littleton, Sherborn, Stoneham, Southboro , Woburn. The com 
 mittee chosen to manage the affairs of this township were Mr. 
 Samuel Chandler of Concord, Mr. Jacob Wright of Woburn, and 
 Capt. Benjamin Prescott of Groton. This committee seems to 
 have managed so well as not to have troubled the General Court 
 further, except in 1736, when it was found that their grant fell 
 about one thousand acres short of the amount granted, partly by 
 rectifying the line of Narraganset No. 2. In answer to this the 
 Court granted a tract of four hundred acres on the northerly 
 side, from the Province lands. The list of names for this town 
 ship is the least satisfactory of all. After a search extending, at 
 various times, over many years, I have not been able to find any 
 list of grantees, and after long study and research present this 
 list of original claimants with such additional facts and hints as 
 I can glean from various sources. From the old Proprietors 
 
NARRAGANSET NO. 6. 
 
 435 
 
 Record-Book, in Templeton, I copied the earliest list of those 
 who drew lots on June 24th, 1735. No residence is mentioned in 
 connection with the names, and only in a few instances is any 
 reference made to the grantees. From the partial list in the 
 State Archives I gather the grantees living in Concord and 
 Billerica. Those items which follow the star, (*) are references 
 to this volume. It is to be plainly understood that these are only 
 hints, and by no means identifications of grantees. Many of the 
 company of Captain Davenport were from the towns represented 
 in this grant. These references may help the student in over 
 coming some of the defects of this list. 
 
 LIST OF PROPRIETORS OF NARRAGANSET TOWNSHIP NO. 6. 
 
 June 24 1735. Those that drawed their lots in the Narraganset 
 Township No. 6. 
 
 No. of Lot. Claimant. 
 
 49. Samuel Chandler 
 
 52. Samuel Chandler 
 
 19. Benjamin Temple 
 
 88. Zechariah Symmes. 
 
 9 and 96. Simon Davis. 
 
 39. Jonathan Buttrick 
 
 8. Ephraim Brown . 
 
 104. Elnathan Jones . 
 
 14. Samuel Miles. 
 
 26. Johu Wood. 
 
 17. Jonathan Whitcom. 
 80. Joseph Buckley . 
 
 18. George Farrar (Farrow 
 38. Deacon Sam 1 . Stone 
 
 118. Daniel Adams . , 
 
 82. David Whitney. 
 
 111. Daniel Billing . 
 
 94. E. - Joseph Wheat . . 
 
 117. Abraham Taylor. 
 
 7. Samuel Hartwell 
 
 120. David Wheeler . , 
 
 79. Thomas Ball. 
 
 84. Moses Whitney . 
 
 69. Ebenezer Wheeler . 
 
 62. Henry Baldwin . . 
 
 94. W. Eleazer Flagg . . 
 
 77. Nathaniel Kendall . 
 
 35. Zechariah Flagg . , 
 
 96. W. Samuel Wilson . . 
 
 30. John Wyman . . 
 
 Grantees and references. 
 
 For his father Joseph Buss [sic] . 
 
 Assine to John Taley. 
 
 In the right of his father Abraham. 
 
 For heirs of Samuel Buttrick. 
 For his father Thomas Brown. 
 Assine to Jonathan Looker. 
 
 95. W. Eben Parker . 
 
 For his father Peter Buckley. 
 ) Heir to Samuel How. 
 *Capt. Prentice s Co. 
 For his father-in-law, Daniel 
 Dean. 
 
 For his father Nathaniel. 
 For Moses Wheat. 
 
 For his father Samuel. 
 Assine to Samuel Greeland. 
 
 *Capt. Davenport s Co. 
 
 For his father John. 
 *Capt. Davenport s Co. (John). 
 
 For his father Eleazer. 
 *Capt. Oliver s Co. (John) . 
 *Capt. Davenport s Co. (Michael). 
 *Capt. Johnson s Co. (Nath 1 .). 
 *Capt. Prentice s Co. (son of John, 
 
 killed at Narraganset). 
 *Capt. Davenport s Co. (Thomas 
 and John). 
 
436 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 No. of Lot. Claimant. 
 
 103. 
 112. 
 85. Jacob Wright 
 
 Grantees and references. 
 
 John Guttler .... *Capt. Davenport s Co. 
 Sam 1 .Hincher(Henshaw)*Lieut. Oakes Co. (Thomas). 
 
 23. Nathan Brooks . 
 
 28. Joshua Richardson 
 
 100. David Roberts . 
 
 113. Ed ward Win. . 
 
 89. Jonathan Wyman 
 
 42. 
 116. 
 121. 
 
 123. 
 68. 
 74. 
 15. 
 29. 
 3. 
 
 25. 
 32. 
 63. 
 86. 
 54. 
 34. 
 
 95. E. 
 33. 37 
 67. 101 
 
 70. 
 
 114. 
 
 53. 
 
 10. 
 73. 
 98. 
 75. 
 87. 
 122. 
 
 109. 108. 
 
 11. 41. 
 
 110. 
 
 6. 
 
 50. 
 
 66. 
 
 44. 
 
 48. 
 
 13. 4. 
 
 Eleazer Bateman 
 James Simonds . . 
 Benjamin Wyman . . 
 
 Elisha Tattingham . . 
 Jonas Houghton. 
 Benjamin Shedd . 
 Simon Stone. 
 William Shattuck . 
 Jonathan Farnsworth . 
 
 John Wheeler . 
 Joseph Wood. 
 Thomas Tarble. 
 Samuel Hunt, .alive. 
 Jonathan Lawrence 
 Zechariah Lawrence. 
 John Muzzey. 
 
 Col. Benjamin Prescott 
 
 Daniel Woodward . 
 Gershom Flagg . . . 
 Joseph Fasset 
 
 William Wheeler. 
 Dr. John Longley. 
 Benjamin Whitney. 
 Thomas Amsden 
 Thomas Amsden . . 
 Daniel White . . 
 Thomas Hapgood . . 
 Daniel Gates .... 
 Henry Bartlett . . 
 Nathaniel Trask 
 John Earns 
 Henry Earns. 
 James Pattison . . . 
 Moses Burdue. 
 Thomas Baldwin . . 
 
 "For Earns," *Capt. Prentice s 
 
 Co. (John Earns) . 
 " For Snow," *Capt. Davenport, 
 
 (Zach. Snow). 
 
 *Capt. Prentice s Co. (Nath 1 ). 
 *Capt. Davenport s Co. (William). 
 *Capt. Brattle s Co. (Increase 
 
 Winne) . 
 *Capt. Prentice s Co. (Lieut. 
 
 John) son. 
 
 *Capt. Davenport s Co. (Peter). 
 *Capt. Davenport s Co. (Caleb). 
 *Capt. Prentice s Co. (Francis) 
 
 son? 
 *Major Appletou s Co. (Elias) . 
 
 For his father John, alive. 
 
 *Capt. Prentice s Co. 
 
 *Maj. Willard s Co. (Matthias of 
 
 Groton) . 
 For his brother Joseph. 
 
 *Capt. Davenport s Co. 
 
 *Capt. Mosely s Co. (John Pres 
 cott) . 
 
 *Capt. Davenport s Co. (Daniel) . 
 Probably of Woburn. 
 Probably son of Patrick of Biller- 
 ica. 
 
 For Isaac. 
 
 For Jacob. 
 *Capt. Davenport s Co. (John), 
 
 For Waight. 
 
 For Wheeler. 
 
 *Capt. Johnson s Co. (Henry) . 
 *Capt. Gardiner s Co. (John). 
 *Capt. Prentice s Co. (John) . 
 
 For his father James. 
 *Capt. Davenport s Co. (John). 
 
NARRAGANSET NO. 
 
 437 
 
 No. of Lot. Claimant. 
 
 106. John Needham . 
 
 47. Jonathan Simonds . 
 
 119. John Pro vinder . 
 
 24. Samuel Sheldon . . 
 
 91. Josiah Hobbs 
 
 99. Capt. James Jones 
 
 60. Capt. Jonathan Bowers. 
 43. John Adams . 
 
 12. Capt. Benjamin Thom 
 son 
 
 58. Benjamin Gery . 
 115. EbenezerFisk . 
 
 55. John Whitcomb, Esq. 
 51. Thankful Reed . . . 
 90. Caleb Sawyer . . . 
 
 1. Hezekiah Hapgood. 
 78. Robert Cummings. 
 40. Samuel Warren . 
 
 2. Benjamin Atherton. 
 
 20. John Priest . . . . 
 97. Edward Phelps . . . 
 
 45. Jacob Houghton. 
 
 61. Benjamin Smith . 
 
 96. Joseph Wheelock. 
 
 65. John Tyler . . . . 
 
 56. Timothy Spalding. 
 
 2 1 . Ephraim Temple . 
 16. Timothy Townsend 
 
 57. John Swan .... 
 27. Joseph Hosly. 
 
 31. Edward Wilson . . . 
 
 5. 93. John Overing, p]sq. 
 
 22. Robert Robbins . . . 
 105. Isaac Larned 
 
 59. John Cummings. 
 
 102. John Barrett .... 
 
 46. First Ministry, 92, Min 
 
 istry, 36 School Lot. 
 
 Grantees and references. 
 
 For his father John. 
 *Capt. Davenport s Co. (Caleb). 
 Drawn by Benj a . Muzzey, *Capt. 
 
 Mosely s Co. 
 For his father John. 
 *Capt. Syll s Co. 
 
 *Major Appleton s Co. (Morgan 
 Jones) . 
 
 *Capt. Prentice s Co. (John) . 
 
 For his father Joseph. 
 *Capt. Prentice s Co. (Thomas). 
 For James Houghton. 
 
 By Nehemiah Abbot. 
 Probably for brother Ephraim. 
 
 *Capt. Davenport s Co. (Daniel). 
 
 *Capt. Davenport s Co. (John). 
 *Capt. Gardiner s Co. (Samuel). 
 
 *Capt. Davenport s Co. (James, 
 Joseph, Jon a .). 
 
 For Jacob Wright, *Capt. Pren 
 tice s Co. (Joseph) . 
 
 For Paddleford, *Capt. Syll s Co. 
 
 (Zechariah) . 
 *Capt. Davenport s Co. (Samuel). 
 
 *Capt. Bocklebank s Co. (John). 
 For John Bush & John Wood. 
 *Major Appleton s Co. (John). 
 *Capt. Davenport s Co. (Isaac). 
 
 *Capt. Prentice s Co. 
 
 Additional names from the partial list in the Mass. Archives, 
 vol. 114, pp. 103-110. A part of the names of Concord men I 
 have incorporated in the references above. The towns of Biller- 
 ica and Concord only, of the " No. 6 Towns," appear in this 
 fragmentary list. I add the names not already given above. 
 
438 KING PHILIP S WAK. 
 
 CONCORD. 
 
 Claimant. Grantee. 
 
 Samuel Chandler Assign to John G-riggs. 
 
 Samuel Chandler, Jr Assign to John Kene. 
 
 Jonathan Whitney, alive. 
 
 Jane Cane For her father John Cane. 
 
 William Clark Heir to John Taylor. 
 
 James Russel For his grandfather Benjamin. 
 
 BILLERICA. 
 
 John Stern Heirs * Capt. Prentice s Co. p. 82. 
 
 Nathaniel Rogers, alive. 
 Samuel Hunt, alive. 
 
 NARRAGANSET TOWNSHIP NO. 7, NOW GORHAM, ME. 
 
 This township was assigned by lot, at the memorable meeting 
 at Luke Verdey s, October 17, 1733, to grantees resident in the 
 towns of Barnstable, Yarmouth, Eastham, Sandwich, Plymouth, 
 Tisbury, Abington, Duxbury, and " one of Scituate." The com 
 mittee chosen to manage the affairs of this township were Col. 
 Shubael Gorham, Mr. Timothy White, and Mr. Robert Standford. 
 The township was located to the eastward of No. 1, and adjoining 
 Falmouth and Presumpscot River. 
 
 The list below is copied directly from the old Proprietors 
 Record Book. There are two lists, almost identical, with the 
 exception that one contains the residences and number of lots 
 drawn to each name ; the other contains a few additional facts 
 serving to identify some of the claimants. The lists purport to 
 be lists of grantees, but for a long time I have questioned this, and 
 feared it was simply the claimants or proprietors, and find still 
 some perplexing questions. For instance, " Mary Douener " or 
 (Dovenour). How could she be a grantee? But, on the other 
 hand, all the tests from other sources, which I have been able to 
 apply, support the theory that these were the names of the " sol 
 dier grantees." The "partial list," in the Archives, often referred 
 to above, contains the names of the grantees resident in Yarmouth, 
 and simply gives the names of the soldier-grantees, followed by 
 the word " Heirs ; " and in every case these names agree with the 
 list I copy here. I have included here the additional facts from 
 the second list ; for instance, " Thomas Standish, for his uncle, 
 Henry Clark," which may be of help to students of genealogy. 
 The starred items are the additions from the second list. 
 
NARRAGANSET NO. 7. 
 
 A list of the Narragansitt Grantees for the Township, No. 7 
 ton, June 6, 1733. 
 
 BARNSTABLE. 
 
 Mary Douener . 
 Jacob Hinkley . 
 John Cannon 
 George Lewis . . . 
 John Hathway . . . 
 Joseph Higgin . . . 
 Samuel Bryant . . . 
 Richard Ellingham . . 
 Samuel Childs . . . 
 Samuel Barnam . . 
 Sam u Linnell . . . 
 D r Math w . Fuller . . 
 Samuel Fuller . . . 
 Tho 9 . Fuller .... 
 Increase Clap 
 Joseph Taylor . . . 
 John Doncan . . 
 Bartho w . Hamblin . . 
 Eleaz r . Hamblin 
 Tho 8 . Huckins . . . 
 John Phinney 
 Joseph Bearse 
 Sam 11 Hinkley 
 Sam 11 Allyn .... 
 Sam 11 Davis .... 
 John Lewis heirs 
 Caleb Lumbert . 
 Joseph Gorham . 
 Josiah Davis 
 Eben r Goodspeed 
 Eben r Clap .... 
 Lot Conant .... 
 Jedediah Lumbert . 
 Samuel Cops . . 
 Joseph Blish . . 
 John Howland . . 
 John Clarke .... 
 *Shubal Gorham, Jr., ) 
 for his father John } 
 Joseph Crocker 
 John Goodspeed . . 
 
 YARMOUTH. 
 
 *Samuel Barker ) 
 
 for his father Samuel } 
 
 Richard Tayler . . . 
 
 "William Gray ) 
 
 for his father William ) 
 
 38 
 
 122 
 
 22 
 
 14 
 40 
 86 
 54 
 21 
 
 118 
 13 
 89 
 69 
 20 
 25 
 16 
 72 
 15 
 88 
 42 
 
 141 
 87 
 81 
 80 
 70 
 98 
 1 
 
 19 
 64 
 23 
 85 
 
 100 
 33 
 47 
 97 
 27 
 
 111 
 
 115 
 
 63 
 
 114 
 112 
 
 74 
 
 120 
 
 71 
 
 William Chase . 
 Capt. Jn. Gorham 
 Tho 8 . Baxter . . 
 John Thatcher . 
 John Hallitt . . 
 John Matthews . 
 Tho 8 . Thornton . 
 Edward Gray 
 Sam 11 . Hall . . 
 James Maker 
 Ja 8 . Claghorn 
 Joseph Hall . . 
 Lammy Hedge . 
 Nathaniel Hall . 
 Joseph Welden . 
 Samuel Thomas . 
 Jon. Smith 
 Samuel Jones 
 John Taylor . 
 Tho 8 . Felton . . 
 John Gage . . 
 William Follen . 
 William Gage 
 Annanias Wing . 
 John Crowell . 
 John Chase . 
 Henry Gold . . 
 Richard Lake 
 Jabez Gorham . 
 Henry Gage . 
 Yelverton Crowell 
 John Pugsley 
 Daniel Baker . . 
 Jon a . White . . 
 Sam u . Baker . . 
 W m . Baker 
 
 EASTHAM. 
 
 *Timothy Cole 
 
 for his father Timothy 
 *Jeremiah Smith 
 
 for his father Jeremiah 
 *Jon ft . Grew 
 
 for his father-in-law, 
 
 Daniel Cole. 
 * Joseph & Sam 11 . Doan 
 
 for their father Samuel 
 
 Berry 
 
 439 
 Bos- 
 
 113 
 
 96 
 
 84 
 
 31 
 
 93 
 
 55 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 119 
 
 83 
 
 8 
 
 30 
 
 34 
 
 17 
 
 9 
 
 18 
 10 
 52 
 12 
 49 
 
 110 
 75 
 
 108 
 60 
 
 102 
 
 109 
 50 
 62 
 
 106 
 
 107 
 78 
 79 
 43 
 
 41 
 
 91 
 
 59 
 36 
 
440 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Tho 8 . Paine .... 
 Jedediah Higgins 
 Eliakim Higgins . . . 
 Joseph Downings 
 Benj. Downings . . . 
 John Freeman 
 Jon a . Sparrow . . . 
 John Knowles 
 Samuel Atkins . 
 John Doan .... 
 Tho 8 . Mulford . . . 
 Daniel Doan .... 
 Jn. Walker .... 
 Jn. Nyrick .... 
 Nath 11 . Williams . . . 
 Josiah Cook .... 
 Joseph Harding . 
 *George Brown 1 
 
 for his father George } 
 
 SANDWICH. 
 *Jon a . Morrey 
 
 for his wife s brother 
 Foster 
 *Sam 1 . Toby 
 
 for his uncle Sam 11 . Knott 
 *Nath 1 . Wing ) 
 
 for his father Nath 1 j 
 
 Sam 11 . Gibbs 
 
 Jn. Lewis ) 
 
 for his brother Benj . j 
 
 94 
 65 
 11 
 104 
 103 
 34 
 92 
 73 
 67 
 51 
 90 
 29 
 53 
 82 
 58 
 76 
 39 
 
 44 
 
 68 
 
 48 
 
 45 
 37 
 56 
 
 Jas. Atkins ... 
 Jehosophat Eldridge 
 
 PLIMOUTH. 
 W". Ring 
 
 Peter Tinkham 1 
 
 for his father Peter j 
 *Tho 8 . Savery 
 
 for his father Samuel 
 
 TISBURY. 
 Jon a . Lumbert .... 
 
 ABBINGTON. 
 
 William Harrage 
 
 DUXBURY. 
 
 Robert Barker .... 
 * Robert Sandfort ) 
 
 for his father Robert j 
 Tho 8 . Bonney .... 
 Stephen Sampson . . . 
 *Tho 8 . Hunt 
 
 for his uncle Thomas Hunt 
 *Tho 8 . Standish 
 
 for his uncle Henry Clark 
 
 SCITUATE. 
 
 *Timothy White 1 
 
 for his father Timothy j 
 
 61 
 35 
 
 46 
 28 
 
 26 
 
 117 
 
 66 
 
 101 
 
 95 
 
 32 
 
 97 
 
 77 
 
 105 
 
 116 
 
 There were many disagreements among the claimants, and 
 some of the evidence furnished here and there in fragments of 
 depositions relating to the evidence, found in the Archives, is 
 of great interest. A memorial of Shubael Goreham to the Gen 
 eral Court, presented April 17, 1741, states that several mistakes 
 have been made in the list of No. 7, and petitions for authority 
 to rectify such mistakes. He says that " Richard Taylor " and 
 " Richard Taylor s heirs " appear ; whereas, the latter item should 
 have been " John Taylor s heirs." And again, two entries appear 
 in the list William Gray is entered " for his father William ; " 
 and then "William Gray s heirs." Now, there were not two 
 William Grays, but there was an Edward Gray. And another 
 entered Joseph Crocker, where it should have been Josiah 
 Crocker, etc., and so it is moved that the mistakes be rectified 
 and that John Taylor, Edward Gray, and Josiah Crocker be 
 placed in the list. But in November, 1742, another turn is given 
 to the Crocker story by the following interesting deposition, 
 which I give in full: 
 
VOLUNTOWN, CONNECTICUT. 441 
 
 Ebenezer Goodspeed of Barnstable, being in the eighty-seventh year 
 of his age, testifieth and saith that he being a soldier in the Narragan- 
 sett wars so-called, under Capt. Thomas Howes, and he well remembers 
 that Mr. Joseph Crocker, Dec d . of said Barnstable was one of said 
 Howe s soldiers, and I think it was the year of the Philip s war so- 
 called begun, and I also remember said Crocker was out that year 
 Sam 1 Linnell was out in Pearces Fight, so called and he and the said 
 Sam 1 Linnell was the only English man of Barnstable that returned 
 home from that fight, and he showed me his hat where it was shot 
 through after his return from said Pearces Fight, and further I gave 
 Col. Goreham, Joseph Crocker s name to return to the General Court 
 some time ago, and I never heard or understood that Josiah Crocker 
 of Barnstable was ever out in the said wars, and he was my neighbor 
 and I should have known, if he had been out. 
 
 EBENEZER GOODSPEED. 
 
 Eben r Goodspeed made oath etc. Nov. 13, 1742. 
 
 Jonathan Crocker testifieth to the same above as to Joseph Crocker 
 and Sam 1 Linnel, and also as to Josiah Crocker, Dec. 4, 1742. (York 
 Registry of Deeds, v. 23, p. 105.) 
 
 It will be noted that Joseph Crocker s name stands in the list, 
 as well as Gray s and Taylor s, but in the old partial list, in the 
 Archives, the correction is made, and opposite " William Gray s," 
 is written " Edward," while opposite " Richard Taylour s," is 
 written the name " John." In the above lists I have made the 
 corrections in regard to Taylour and Gray. 
 
 NARRAGANSET TOWNSHIP GRANTED TO CONNECTICUT 
 VOLUNTEERS IN THE NARRAGANSET WAR, NOW 
 VOLUNTOWN, CONNECTICUT. 
 
 Connecticut rewarded her Narraganset soldiers many years 
 before the final action of Massachusetts Colony. 
 
 In October, 1696, Lieut. Thomas Leffingwell of Norwich, and 
 Sergt. John Frink of Stonington, moved the Court of Connecticut, 
 " that they, with the rest of the English volunteers in the former 
 wars, might have a plantation granted unto them." 
 
 The Court, in answer, then granted them a tract six miles 
 square, to be taken up out of some of the conquered land, where 
 it might be had without prejudice to any former grant. A com 
 mittee of the grantees made choice of a tract. 
 
 October 14, 1697, Capt. Samuel Mason, Mr. John Gallop and 
 Lieut. James Avery were appointed a committee to view the 
 said tract. 
 
 Upon the report of the above committee, the Court, in October, 
 1700, confirmed their former grant to a committee of seven, viz. : 
 Lieut. Thomas Leffingwell, Lieut. Richard Bushnell, Isaac 
 
442 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Wheeler, Caleb Fobes, Samuel Bliss, Joseph Morgan and Manasseh 
 Miner, and the rest of the volunteers in the Narraganset War. 
 
 At a meeting of the volunteers, July 1, 1701, Capt. Richard 
 Bushnell was chosen clerk, to make a list of the names of those 
 who were volunteers in the Narraganset wars. Lieut. Thomas 
 Leffingwell, Lieut. James Avery, Sergt. John Fririk, Richard 
 Bushnell, and Deacon Caleb Fobes, were chosen a committee to 
 receive and decide the correctness of the claims presented. On 
 the next day the volunteers voted to grant to Capt. Samuel 
 Mason an equal share with the others. 
 
 From the old Proprietors Record Book at Voluntown I have se 
 cured two lists of the grantees or " Volunteers." The first list was 
 made in the order of the enrolment of the names, and was copied 
 for Hon. Richard A. Wheeler, of Stonington, in 1860, by Elisha 
 Potter, then Town Clerk of Voluntown, and published by him 
 some years ago, in the Narragansett Historical Register. The other 
 list is that of the " Cedar Swamp Lots," so called. This list 
 was copied for me by the Town Clerk, Mr. Charles E. Maine, of 
 Voluntown, and I am assured that it is correct. I have compared 
 these lists, and while there are some few discrepancies in the 
 spelling, and some names in each list not in the other, the lists 
 are otherwise identical. For the convenience of readers I have 
 arranged the second list here according to the numbers drawn for 
 Cedar Swamp Lots. Mr. Wheeler s list marks the names of those 
 deceased. The restrictions of the Connecticut grant to " Eng 
 lish " volunteers shut out the Indians, who formed a large con 
 tingent of their forces, and also the white men, who were pressed 
 into the service. In Massachusetts, thirty years later, all who 
 had any hand in the Narraganset campaign, both from Massa 
 chusetts and Plymouth, whether volunteers or " impressed," 
 were made grantees. Connecticut s volunteers, in 1701, were 
 found to be about one hundred and eighty. 
 
 ENROLLMENT LIST. 
 
 A list of the Names of the English Volunteers in the late Narragan 
 set War, as folio we th : 
 
 1 Major Edward Palmes. 
 
 2 Capt George Denison. 
 
 3 Lieut. Thomas Leffingwell. 
 
 4 Major "Wait Winthrop. 
 
 5 Rev. Mr. James Fitch. 
 
 6 Sargt. John Frink. 
 
 7 Capt. James Avery. 
 
 8 James Avery. 
 
 9 John Avery. 
 
 10 Thomas Avery. 
 
 11 Joshua Baker. 
 
 12 John Wickwier. 
 
 13 Ephraim Colver. 
 
 14 William Potts. 
 
 15 Edward Colver. 
 
 16 Samuel Yeouians. 
 
 17 John Lewis. 
 
 18 John Fish. 
 
 19 Samuel Fish. 
 
 20 William Williams. 
 
 21 George Denison. 
 
 22 William Denison. 
 
VOLUNTOWN, CONNECTICUT. 
 
 443 
 
 23 Nathaniel Beebe. 
 
 24 Henry Stephens. 
 
 25 Edmond Fanning. 
 
 26 Thomas Fanning. 
 
 27 John Bennett (dec d). 
 
 28 William Bennett. 
 
 29 Thomas Rose. 
 
 30 Philip Bill (dec d). 
 
 31 Philip Bill. 
 
 32 Deny Springer. 
 
 33 Ezekiel Mayn. 
 
 34 William Wheeller. 
 
 35 Thomas Wooster. 
 
 36 Gershom Palmer. 
 
 37 Jonathan Armstrong. 
 
 38 Samuel Stanton. 
 
 39 Robert Stanton. 
 
 40 Daniel Stanton. 
 
 41 James Morgan. 
 
 42 John Keene. 
 
 43 John Latham. 
 
 44 John Waterhouse. 
 
 45 Joseph Morgan. 
 
 46 Nathaniel Park. 
 
 47 William Douglace. 
 
 48 Manasseth Miner. 
 
 49 James Willit. 
 
 50 Rev. James Noyes. 
 
 51 Capt. John Stanton. 
 
 52 Joseph Stanton. 
 
 53 Aaron Stark (dec d). 
 
 54 John Stark (dec d) . 
 
 55 James York (dec d). 
 
 56 Thomas Bell (dec d) . 
 
 57 Lieut. Thomas Miner. 
 
 58 Richard Bushnell. 
 
 59 Samuel Lathrop. 
 
 60 Solomon Tracy. 
 
 61 John Willey (dec d). 
 
 62 Samuel Tubbs (dec d) . 
 
 63 Robert Park. 
 
 64 Peter Spiser (dec d) . 
 
 65 Jonathan Rudd. 
 
 66 Richard Cook (dec d). 
 
 67 Thomas Park (dec d). 
 
 68 Henry Elliott (dec d) . 
 
 69 Thomas Bliss (dec d) . 
 
 70 Isaac Wheeler. 
 
 71 Peter Cross. 
 
 72 Jonathan Gennings. 
 
 73 Caleb Fobes. 
 
 74 John Gallop. 
 
 75 Adam Gallop. 
 
 76 William Gallop. 
 
 77 Nathaniel Cheesebro. 
 
 78 Ephraim Miner. 
 
 79 Joseph Miner. 
 
 80 Samuel Miner (dec d) . 
 
 81 John Ashcraft (dec d). 
 
 82 Joshua Holmes (dec d). 
 
 83 Capt. Ebenezer Johnson. 
 
 84 Joseph Wheeler. 
 
 85 Sergt. Moses Johnson. 
 
 86 Daniel Tracy. 
 
 87 Edmond Fanning. 
 
 88 William Roberts. 
 
 89 John Denison. 
 
 90 Mathew Griswold. 
 
 91 Richard Lord. 
 
 92 Stephen Dewolf. 
 
 93 Richard Smith. 
 
 94 John Smith. 
 
 95 Francis Smith. 
 
 96 Moses Huntly. 
 
 97 Henry Bennett. 
 
 98 Henry Peterson. 
 
 99 Samuel Stephens. 
 
 100 Henry Hall. 
 
 101 William Champlin. 
 
 102 Capt. Pembleton. 
 
 103 Daniel Crumb. 
 
 104 Nicholas Cottrell. 
 
 105 John Pameter. 
 
 106 Samuel Roger. 
 
 107 John Hull. 
 
 108 Daniel Kelsie. 
 
 109 John Miutor. 
 
 110 John Stephens. 
 
 111 Ebenezer French. 
 
 112 John Griswold. 
 
 113 Nehemiah Smith. 
 
 114 John Wheeler. 
 
 115 Nathaniel Haiden (dec d), 
 
 116 Joseph Hull (dec d). 
 
 117 Samuel Sheather (dec d). 
 
 118 John Charles (dec d). 
 
 119 Samuel Frisbie (dec d). 
 
 120 John Plant (dec d) . 
 
 121 Samuel Fox. 
 
 122 Jacob Joy. 
 
 123 Clement Minor. 
 
 124 William Pendall. 
 
 125 Daniel Stubbins. 
 
 126 John Hough. 
 
444 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 127 Samuel Roberts. 
 
 128 Joshua Abell. 
 
 129 Thomas Rood. 
 
 130 William Knights. 
 
 131 Mathew Jones. 
 
 132 Thomas Williams. 
 
 133 Joseph Waterhouse. 
 
 134 Richard Dart. 
 
 135 Samuel Hough. 
 
 136 William Hough. 
 
 137 Abel More. 
 
 138 Jeremiah Blake. 
 
 139 John Plumb. 
 
 140 Thomas Hungerford. 
 
 141 John Packer. 
 
 142 Samuel Packer. 
 
 143 Nathaniel Holt. 
 
 144 Robert Lord. 
 
 145 John Woller. 
 
 146 Richard Smith. 
 
 147 Edward Dewolf. 
 
 148 Aaron Huntly. 
 
 149 James Murffey. 
 
 150 Robert Holmes. 
 
 151 Daniel Comstock. 
 
 152 George Chappell. 
 
 153 Thurston Reinerd. 
 
 154 Hugh Rowland. 
 
 155 John Lathrop. 
 
 156 James Welch. 
 
 157 Daniel Clark. 
 
 158 Edward Shipman. 
 
 159 Joseph Ingarum. 
 
 160 Joseph Colver. 
 
 161 William Billings. 
 
 162 John Shaw. 
 
 163 Stephen Richeson. 
 164 
 
 165 
 
 166 Roger Orris. 
 
 167 James Danielson. 
 168 
 
 169 Ebenezer Billings. 
 
 170 Jonathan Burtch. 
 
 171 William Johnson. 
 
 172 Samuel Richarson. 
 
 173 Thomas Brand. 
 
 174 William Champlin. 
 
 175 John Babcock. 
 
 176 Edward Larkin. 
 
 177 Daniel Shaw. 
 
 178 Thomas Renols. 
 
 179 William Lees. 
 
 180 Rev. Moses Noise. 
 
 181 John Larabe. 
 
 182 Joseph Northrop. 
 
 183 Robert Old. 
 
 184 Nathan Gillet. 
 
 185 John Somes. 
 
 TOWN CLERK S OFFICE, VOLUNTOWN, December 23, 1860. 
 I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct extract from the 
 Records of Voluntown, except some of the spelling. 
 
 Attest ELISHA POTTER, 
 
 Town Clerk. 
 
 LIST OF VOLUNTEERS WHO DREW " CEDAR SWAMP" LOTS. 
 
 1 Edward DeWolf. 
 
 2 Ephraim Culver. 
 
 3 John Ashcroft. 
 
 4 Caleb Fobes. 
 
 5 Robert Stanton. 
 
 6 Samuel Frisbee. 
 
 7 John Gallup. 
 
 8 William Potts. 
 
 9 Ebenezer Billings. 
 
 10 Richard Bushnell. 
 
 11 Philip Bill. 
 
 12 Sargt. JohnFrink. 
 
 13 Capt. Pendleton. 
 
 14 Peter Cross. 
 
 15 Joshua Abell. 
 
 16 John Parker. 
 
 17 Clement Miner. 
 
 18 James Welch. 
 
 19 Manassah Miner. 
 20 
 
 21 Daniel Stanton. 
 
 22 Thomas Wooster. 
 
VOLUNTOWN, CONNECTICUT. 
 
 445 
 
 23 Richard Lord. 
 
 24 Samuel Miner. 
 
 25 Gersham Palmer. 
 
 26 Samuel Rogers. 
 
 27 Henry Hall. 
 
 28 Thomas Rood. 
 
 29 Joshua Baker. 
 
 30 George Denison. 
 
 31 Richard Cook. 
 
 32 Rev. Moses Noyes. 
 
 33 Edmond Fanning. 
 
 34 John Waller. 
 
 35 Jonathan Jennings. 
 
 36 John Stark. 
 
 37 Joseph Hull. 
 
 38 Edmond Fanning. 
 
 39 Robert Old. 
 
 40 Benaiah Bushnel. 
 
 41 Samuel Lathrop. 
 
 42 Joseph Wheeler. 
 
 43 John Shaw. 
 
 44 John Kinne. 
 
 45 Samuel Roberts. 
 
 46 Nicholas Cotteral. 
 
 47 Ezekiel Maine. 
 
 48 Edward Colver. 
 
 49 John Lathrop. 
 
 50 Aaron Huntley. 
 
 51 Samuel Richards. 
 
 52 John Hough. 
 
 53 John Fanning. 
 
 54 Samuel Stephens. 
 
 55 Samuel Parker. 
 
 56 William Knight. 
 
 57 William Potts. 
 
 58 John Palmetor. 
 
 59 John Plant. 
 
 60 Rev. James Fitch. 
 
 61 John Griswold. 
 
 62 Capt. Geo. Denison. 
 63 
 
 64 Thomas Williams. 
 
 65 Robert Holmes. 
 
 66 John Minton. 
 
 67 Samuel Fox. 
 
 68 Maj. Wait Winthrop. 
 
 69 Nathaniel Holt. 
 
 70 Mathew Jones. 
 
 71 Jacob Joy. 
 
 72 Aaron Stark. 
 
 73 John Lewis. 
 
 74 Thomas Ross. 
 
 75 John Stephens. 
 
 76 John Avery. 
 
 77 Samuel Shother. 
 
 78 Samuel Yeomans. 
 
 79 Ephraim Miner. 
 
 80 George Chappie. 
 
 81 Daniel Tracy. 
 
 82 William Roberts. 
 
 83 Solomon Tracy. 
 
 84 Thomas Bliss. 
 
 85 Samuel Tubs. 
 
 86 Nathaniel Cheesebro. 
 
 87 Richard Smith. 
 
 88 
 
 ( Capt. Ebenezer Johnson. 
 ( Sargt. Moses Johnson. 
 
 89 Thomas Reynolds. 
 
 90 Rev. James Noyes. 
 
 91 Thomas Park. 
 
 92 Matthew Griswold. 
 
 93 Francis Smith. 
 
 94 Henry Paterson. 
 
 95 Nathan Gillit. 
 
 96 John Wickwire. 
 
 97 Joseph Ingraham. 
 
 98 Jeremiah Blage (Black). 
 
 99 Nehemiah Smith. 
 
 100 Robert Park. 
 
 101 Daniel Clark. 
 
 102 Richard Smith, Sen. 
 
 103 Henry Elliot. 
 
 104 John Waterhouse. 
 
 105 Roger Orris. 
 
 106 William Billings. 
 
 107 Daniel Kelsey. 
 
 108 Peter Spicer. 
 
 109 John Latham. 
 
 110 Jonathan Armstrong. 
 
 111 Daniel Crumb. 
 112 
 
 113 William Bennett. 
 
 114 William Douglass. 
 
 115 William Wheeler. 
 
 116 Demsy Springer. 
 
 117 Henry Stephens. 
 
 118 Nathaniel Haiden. 
 
 119 Moses Huntley. 
 
 120 Philip Bill. 
 
 121 James Danielson. 
 
 122 Richard Dart. 
 
 123 Ebenezer French. 
 
 124 William Lee (Lees). 
 
 125 Daniel Shaw. 
 
446 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 126 Joshua Holmes. 
 
 127 John Wheeler. 
 
 128 Samuel Stanton. 
 
 129 James Murphy. 
 
 130 Joseph Morgan. 
 131 
 
 132 William Williams. 
 
 133 
 
 134 
 
 135 Stephen Dewolf. 
 
 136 Joseph Northrop. 
 
 137 Hugh Rowland. 
 
 138 Daniel Comstock. 
 
 139 Thomas Fanning. 
 
 140 Joseph Stanton. 
 
 141 Jonathan Rudd. 
 
 142 JohnWilley. 
 
 143 William Gallup. 
 
 144 Robert Lord. 
 
 145 Lieut. Thomas Lefflngwell. 
 
 146 Maj. Edward Palmer. 
 
 147 Edward Shipman. 
 
 148 Isaac Wheeler. 
 
 149 John Charles. 
 
 150 Abel Moir. 
 
 151 William Johnson. 
 
 152 John Plumb. 
 
 153 John Hull. 
 
 154 Thomas A very. 
 
 155 Edward Larkin. 
 
 156 Nathaniel Park. 
 
 157 Thurston Rainard. 
 
 158 Capt. James Avery. 
 
 159 John Fish. 
 
 160 Samuel Fish. 
 
 161 Adam Gallup. 
 
 162 John Lummis. 
 
 163 Thomas Hungerford. 
 
 164 Daniel Stubbins. 
 
 165 Lieut. Thomas Miner 
 
 166 Nathaniel Beebe. 
 
 167 Capt. John Stantou. 
 
 168 James Morgan. 
 
 169 James York. 
 
 170 Joseph Miner. 
 
 171 William Denison. 
 
 172 Stephen Richardson. 
 
 173 John Denison. 
 
 174 Joseph Culver. 
 
 175 Samuel Hough. 
 
 176 Moses Bennett. 
 
 177 John Smith. 
 
 178 James Avery. 
 
 179 Joseph Waterhouse. 
 
 180 James Willet. 
 
 181 John Bennett. 
 
 182 Thomas Bill. 
 
 The names in Mr. Wheeler s List, not found in the Cedar Swamp 
 List : 
 
 William Hough. 
 Jonathan Burtch. 
 John Somes. 
 
 John Babcock. 
 Thomas Brand. 
 John Larabe. 
 
 These last names were enrolled after the Cedar Swamp lots 
 were drawn, and probably were assigned to the blank numbers. 
 
LATER CREDITS FOR MILITARY SERVICE. 
 
 447 
 
 LATER CREDITS FOR MILITARY SERVICE. 
 
 FBOM JOHN HULL S LEDGER. 
 
 The following names are gleaned from later Ledger Accounts 
 of Treasurer John Hull. It will be seen that the credits of the 
 Journal, heretofore given, close with the date September 23, 
 1676. The war continued for some time longer, and many 
 whose names are already given did not there receive credit for 
 their later service in the Journal accounts. Now the old Ledger 
 helps out in these accounts, but also shows the new men engaged 
 in the service ; and I here add only the new names in general. 
 This fortunate "overlapping" of the Ledger accounts occurs in 
 the following way: In posting his Journal accounts, at first, 
 Mr. Hull divided the Ledger pages for four accounts on each 
 page. When he had filled the Ledger through the first time, he 
 turned back, and used the spaces unused or unlikely to be used ; 
 and on most pages this gave four or five new accounts. It was 
 in the last of these new accounts (and I judge that the process 
 was repeated twice) that the items below are found. Of course 
 the names are not assigned to any particular officer or service, 
 but in many cases certain towns are mentioned through whose 
 officers the soldiers received payment. This mention does not 
 prove residence, but may serve in some cases to identify the 
 names when taken with other facts. The list shows the names 
 of those who served in the later months of 1676, and probably 
 some who had not received credit for earlier services. The 
 arrangement under towns, etc., is of course, my own. 
 
 AMESBURY. 
 
 December 24, 1676. 
 John Weed 01 04 00 
 
 ANDOVER. 
 
 February 24, 1676-7. 
 John Osgood 01 04 00 
 
 BEVERLY. 
 
 November 24, 1676. 
 Lott Conant 01 13 04 
 
 William Ferryman 02 14 00 
 
 January 24, 1676-7. 
 Ralph Ellinwood OJ 10 00 
 
 BILLERICA. 
 
 November 24, 1676. 
 Thomas Richardson 01 01 04 
 
 February 24, 1676-7. 
 William Chamberlain 01 01 04 
 
 BRAINTREE. 
 
 October 24, 1676. 
 
 Michael Smith 
 Solomon Veysey 
 Thomas Bass 
 Thomas Holbrook 
 George Bagley 
 
 00 09 00 
 00 09 00 
 00 06 04 
 02 08 00 
 05 04 06 
 
448 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 CAMBRIDGE. 
 
 CHELMSFORD. 
 
 November 24, 1676. 
 
 November 24, 1676. 
 
 John Spring 01 00 06 
 
 James Harwood 04 11 00 
 
 Jonathan Dunster 01 01 05 
 
 
 Daniel Sterling 02 07 00 
 
 January 24, 1676. 
 
 AllinMego 02 03 06 
 
 Cornelius Waldoe 00 19 00 
 
 
 Joseph Hildrick 01 01 04 
 
 December 24. 
 
 
 Joseph Beach 00 17 00 
 
 CONCORD. 
 
 Ephraim Frost 00 12 00 
 
 November 24, 1676. 
 
 John Adams 00 04 00 
 James Steabridg 00 07 00 
 
 William Jones 02 02 00 
 
 Ebenezer Wiswell 00 04 06 
 
 
 John Ward 00 03 03 
 
 December 24, 1676. 
 
 Abraham Jackson 00 03 03 
 
 Samuel Cowdry 01 04 00 
 
 Noale Wiswell 00 03 03 
 
 
 (Irron 00 OS OS 
 
 January 24, 1676-7. 
 
 
 William Willis 00 03 03 
 Thomas Hydes 02 14 00 
 
 Humphry Barrett 07 12 10 
 William Hartwell 01 05 02 
 
 Joseph Bush 02 10 08 
 
 
 
 DEDHAM. 
 
 January 24, 1676-7. 
 
 
 Jacob Amsden 01 01 04 
 
 November 24, 1676. 
 
 Daniel Stone 01 01 04 
 
 Andrew Dewen 00 15 00 
 
 
 John Coleborne 00 15 00 
 
 February 24, 1676-7. 
 
 James Heering 00 15 00 
 
 John Amsden 02 02 10 
 Jeremiah Fuller 01 01 04 
 John Coller 03 09 00 
 
 Samuel Fuller 00 04 04 
 John Fairbank 00 04 04 
 Thomas Herring 00 04 04 
 James Macanab 00 04 04 
 
 CHARLESTOWN. 
 
 William Mekeynis 00 04 04 
 Samuel Sheers 00 04 04 
 
 November 24, 1676. 
 
 Thomas Aldridg 00 04 04 
 
 Stephen Brown 04 10 00 
 
 Samuel Rice 01 11 08 
 
 James Miller 03 09 08 
 
 
 Thomas Bather wick 01 01 00 
 
 January 24, 1676-7. 
 
 Lawrence Waters 05 16 06 
 
 Joseph Skelteane 00 15 04 
 
 James Lowden 00 10 00 
 
 
 
 DORCHESTER. 
 
 January 24, 1676-7. 
 
 October 24, 1676. 
 
 John Codman 00 05 00 
 John Simson 00 02 06 
 JohnEllett 06 18 06 
 Moses Parker 02 07 00 
 
 Ebenezer Clapp 00 09 00 
 James Tucker 00 09 00 
 Benjamin Leeds 01 02 06 
 
 Timothy Brookes 06 04 04 
 Samuel Boswell 07 06 00 
 
 December 24, 1676. 
 
 Elnathan Dunklin 03 13 06 
 
 Elhanan Lyon 00 10 02 
 
 February 24, 1676-7. 
 Sftmiifil Carfp.r 00 Ofi 1 
 
 January 24, 1676-7. 
 
 Philir* "naTn/-vJl AO 1 A AA 
 
LATER CREDITS FOR MILITARY SERVICE. 
 
 449 
 
 EXETER. 
 
 February 24, 1676-7. 
 
 October 24, 1676. 
 
 Joseph Merry 02 14 00 
 
 Philip Cartey 01 04 00 
 John Bean 09 04 00 
 
 Nehemiah Hobbs 00 12 00 
 Jacob Brown 01 04 00 
 
 Nicholas Norriss 00 12 10 
 
 Samuel Fogg 01 04 00 
 
 Jonathan Robinson 00 03 04 
 Jonathan Thwing 00 09 04 
 Nathaniel Right 00 05 00 
 
 James Marston 01 10 00 
 Nathaniel Boulter 01 10 00 
 William Marston 01 14 06 
 
 Eliezer Elkins 00 11 00 
 
 Henry Moulton 02 14 04 
 
 Robert Wadly 00 07 00 
 Christian Dolhof 00 03 04 
 
 John Huckins 02 10 06 
 John Brown 03 13 13 
 
 John Young 00 08 06 
 
 
 Kinsley Hall 00 08 06 
 
 HINGHAM. 
 
 Mathew Mitchell 00 06 10 
 
 December 24, 1676-7. 
 
 James Perkins 01 07 04 
 
 William Woodcock 00 13 00 
 
 Moses Levett 01 06 06 
 
 
 BilyDudly 01 00 06 
 Robert Smart 00 06 03 
 John Wedgewood 00 03 04 
 
 January 24, 1676-7. 
 Simon Gross 01 12 06 
 
 John Foalsam 00 03 04 
 
 
 John Oilman, Jr. 00 12 09 
 
 IPSWICH. 
 
 William Houldrige 00 02 06 
 
 November 24, 1676. 
 
 Daniel Gilman 01 09 00 
 
 John Edwards 01 10 06 
 
 Henry Magoon 00 01 08 
 
 Josiah Briggs 01 16 00 
 
 Samuel Foulsam 00 01 08 
 
 Jonathan Lummas 01 10 00 
 
 William Moor 01 12 06 
 
 
 Henry Sparkes 00 05 00 
 
 December 24, 1676. 
 
 Thomas Rawlins 00 03 04 
 Samuel Levett 00 06 10 
 John Barber 00 14 06 
 John Gilman 05 15 06 
 Moses Gilman 01 01 04 
 Peter Folsam 00 18 10 
 
 Richard Lewis 10 11 06 
 Thomas Bray 04 04 00 
 William Quarles 01 00 00 
 Jeremiah Jewett 01 05 08 
 Samuel Hunt 08 04 00 
 
 David Robertson 00 01 08 
 
 
 George Stimson 03 18 00 
 
 January 24, 1676-7. 
 
 Jacob Wheeler 15 00 00 
 
 William Story 02 10 00 
 
 
 John Gilbert 03 17 10 
 
 GLOUCESTER. 
 
 Abraham Knowlton 02 14 00 
 
 
 Andrew Peters 02 14 00 
 
 December 24, 1676. 
 
 Christopher Bolls 01 05 08 
 
 Joseph Clark 04 04 00 
 
 Nathaniel Emerson 02 14 00 
 
 
 Nathaniel Larnpson 00 18 00 
 
 January 24, 1676-7. 
 
 Thomas Jaques 01 12 10 
 
 Vincent Davis 02 14 00 
 
 Andrew Burley 01 05 08 
 
 HAMPTON. 
 
 February 24, 1676-7. 
 
 December 24, 1676. 
 
 John Lambert 02 11 00 
 John Pingry 01 04 00 
 
 John Philbrick 02 14 00 
 
 Aaron Pingry 03 06 06 
 
 John Huggin 02 14 00 
 
 Nathaniel Lord 03 06 06 
 
 John Bray 00 18 10 
 
 Job Bishop 02 03 06 
 
450 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 LYNN. 
 
 November 24, 1676. 
 Aquilla Ramsdell 01 10 00 
 
 December 24, 1676. 
 
 John Edmonds 
 Samuel Johnson 
 Nathaniel Cartland 
 Thomas Farrar 
 John Witt 
 
 00 11 05 
 00 11 05 
 00 13 08 
 00 11 05 
 00 17 00 
 
 January 24, 1676-7. 
 George Bagwell 01 10 00 
 
 February 24, 1676-7. 
 Daniel Gott 02 01 00 
 
 William Barber 02 08 00 
 
 John Haven 03 07 06 
 
 Robert Potter 02 01 00 
 
 MALDEN. 
 
 January 24, 1676-7. 
 Thomas May 02 02 00 
 
 February 24, 1676-7. 
 Thomas Dickerman 01 01 04 
 Edward Despaw 02 04 06 
 
 MARBLEHEAD. 
 
 November 24, 1676. 
 Griffin Harris 02 16 00 
 
 Thomas Beaues 04 04 00 
 
 December 24, 1676. 
 Edward Creeke 11 09 00 
 
 February 24, 1676-7. 
 
 Richard Pearse 03 08 00 
 
 John Cleves 05 09 06 
 
 MARLBOROUGH. 
 
 December 24, 1676. 
 James Vales 01 11 00 
 
 MEDFIELD. 
 
 December 24, 1676. 
 Nathaniel Allen 00 11 08 
 
 MED FORD. 
 
 November 24, 1676. 
 James Stoakes 02 14 00 
 
 February 24, 1676-7. 
 Thomas Philybrown 01 01 04 
 
 MILTON. 
 
 October 24, 1676. 
 Blaze Sleth 00 04 00 
 
 William Dennison 00 09 00 
 
 February 24, 1676-7. 
 Daniel Dike 07 00 06 
 
 NEWBCRY. 
 
 November 24, 1676. 
 
 Samuel Lowell 03 00 00 
 
 George Moyer 02 14 00 
 
 Moses Little 01 10 10 
 
 John Mitchell 01 10 10 
 
 Thomas Silver 01 10 10 
 
 Joshua Richardson 01 00 00 
 
 Timothy Noyce 01 04 00 
 
 Peter Uter 01 04 00 
 
 Jeremiah Davis 01 04 00 
 
 Joseph Little 01 18 00 
 
 Joseph Poore 01 04 00 
 
 Robert Cham 04 04 00 
 
 Henry Lucus 04 04 00 
 
 December 24, 1676. 
 John Wheeler 04 04 00 
 
 February 24, 1676-7. 
 Matthew LaGreve 08 07 00 
 
 QUABAUG. 
 
 February 24, 1676-7. 
 Thomas Carter 03 18 00 
 
 READING. 
 
 November 24, 1676. 
 James Nickards 
 
 04 00 
 
 January 24, 1676-7. 
 John Dix 01 02 02 
 
LATER CREDITS FOR MILITARY SERVICE. 
 
 451 
 
 ROWLEY. 
 
 October 24, 1676. 
 Zechariah Curtis 00 06 00 
 
 February 24, 1676-7. 
 Thomas Lambert 01 05 06 
 
 ROXBURY. 
 
 November 24, 1676. 
 James Leavens 00 12 00 
 
 December 24, 1676. 
 Abraham Newell 00 00 06 
 
 January 24, 1676-7. 
 Samuel Peirson 02 14 03 
 
 RUMNEYMARSH. 
 
 January 24, 1676-7. 
 Paul Grover 00 14 03 
 
 SALEM. 
 
 December 24, 
 Samuel Sibly 
 Lawrence Dennis 
 John Beckett 
 Isaac Williams 
 Jonathan Prince 
 Benjamin Home 
 Jacob Burton 
 Peter Hamon 
 Thomas Alexander 
 Samuel Ingerson 
 
 1676. 
 
 14 05 00 
 
 01 02 00 
 00 11 05 
 
 00 11 05 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 01 18 06 
 10 02 02 
 
 02 00 00 
 
 01 16 00 
 
 02 14 00 
 
 January 24, 1676-7. 
 Peter Rogers 01 10 10 
 
 February 24, 1676-7. 
 Josiah Brown 01 03 00 
 
 Jonathan Very 05 02 00 
 
 Nathaniel Putman 02 00 00 
 
 James Waitstill 02 03 00 
 
 SALISBURY. 
 
 December 24, 1676. 
 John Diggerson 01 15 06 
 
 SUDBURY. 
 
 December 24, 1676. 
 Jonathan Griffin 01 16 06 
 
 Joseph Russell 00 04 00 
 
 December 24, 1676. 
 Henry Rice 01 15 00 
 
 January 24, 1676-7. 
 Marke Perkins 00 17 00 
 
 TOPSFIELD. 
 
 January 24, 1676-7. 
 James Stanlee 01 11 08 
 
 Joseph Estey 01 11 08 
 
 February 24, 1676-7. 
 Isaac Easty 03 07 06 
 
 WATERTOWN. 
 
 November 24, 1676. 
 Joseph Grant 01 01 00 
 
 December 24, 1676. 
 Benony Lamed 03 13 06 
 
 James Cutting 02 14 00 
 
 January 24, 1676-7. 
 William Lamed 00 05 00 
 
 Joseph Child 03 09 00 
 
 Thomas Sawin 01 07 04 
 
 February 24, 1676-7. 
 Thomas Underwood 01 10 00 
 Obadiah Sautell 00 12 00 
 
 WENHAM. 
 
 February 24, 1676-7. 
 Richard Button 00 06 00 
 
 Richard Kemball 00 14 00 
 
 WEYMOUTH. 
 
 January 24, 1676-7. 
 William Mills 03 12 10 
 
 Edward Skinner 03 08 00 
 
452 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 WOBDRN. 
 
 John Avis 
 
 01 13 04 
 
 November 24, 1676. 
 
 Robert Butcher 
 Fear-Not Shaw 
 
 00 14 00 
 00 10 02 
 
 Joseph Right 00 14 03 
 
 
 
 David Roberts 01 10 00 
 
 
 
 
 January 24, 
 
 1676. 
 
 December 24, 1676. 
 
 Richard Stains 
 
 05 14 00 
 
 George Wilkinson 02 14 00 
 
 John Stuckley 
 
 02 06 02 
 
 
 Ralph King 
 
 00 17 02 
 
 February 24, 1676-7. 
 
 Thomas Clark, Jr. 
 
 00 07 00 
 
 7 
 
 James Simons 03 09 00 
 
 William Killcup 
 Daniel Travis 
 
 00 02 06 
 01 10 00 
 
 
 Samuel Andrews 
 
 03 08 00 
 
 TOWNS NOT MENTIONED. 
 
 Thomas Wadduck 
 
 03 08 00 
 
 October 24, 1676. 
 
 George Munjoy 
 
 03 00 00 
 
 Samuel Harrington 00 15 10 
 John Chappell 02 05 00 
 John Whitmarsh 02 14 00 
 Nathaniel Clapp 00 09 00 
 Nehemiah Clapp 00 09 00 
 Humphrey 00 09 00 
 John Kenney 00 09 00 
 Eleazer Hawes 00 09 00 
 Bernard Capen 00 09 00 
 Jonathan Blackman 00 09 00 
 Samuel Sheffield 00 09 00 
 William Sables 00 09 00 
 William Sheffield 00 09 00 
 John Blake 00 09 00 
 Benjamin Smith 03 00 00 
 David Hartshorn 08 05 00 
 Henry Raynor 15 00 00 
 John Tebb 02 07 00 
 Philip Mosarvy 01 10 00 
 Thomas Lock 04 03 00 
 Solomon Loud 08 02 00 
 John Hudson 02 14 00 
 Oliver Missatt 00 09 04 
 David Middleton 03 05 00 
 Solomon Woodis 04 12 06 
 Walter Cohone 01 14 02 
 Thomas Clark 06 00 00 
 
 George Welch 
 Thomas Mitchell 
 John Drake 
 John Luce 
 Aaron Beard 
 William Lee 
 Hozea Mallett 
 John Jent 
 John Torry 
 Joseph Read 
 John Atkins 
 Edward Cowles 
 Mathew Williams 
 Peter Indian 
 Samuel Holman 
 Thomas Cloies 
 John Bucke 
 Cromwell Indian 
 Michel Read 
 Brattles Man 
 Silvanus Davis 
 Edward Brooks 
 Josiah Baker 
 Samuel Woodee 
 Thomas Rucke 
 William Downes 
 Joseph Hasee 
 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 03 08 00 
 03 08 00 
 03 02 00 
 03 08 00 
 00 10 02 
 02 14 00 
 02 14 00 
 01 11 00 
 01 01 04 
 02 14 00 
 01 05 00 
 03 08 00 
 00 12 10 
 02 14 00 
 05 09 06 
 01 09 00 
 06 04 00 
 00 04 02 
 00 04 02 
 00 04 02 
 00 04 02 
 00 04 02 
 00 04 02 
 
 Samuel Winch 01 10 00 
 
 
 
 
 February 24, 
 
 1676-7. 
 
 December 24, 1676. 
 
 Thomas Groce 
 
 02 09 00 
 
 Mongo Craford 10 07 00 
 
 Abraham Quiddington 02 03 08 
 
 William Crane 11 01 00 
 
 William Nicholson 
 
 02 08 10 
 
 JohnWindoome 01 10 10 
 
 Nicholas Lash 
 
 00 04 02 
 
 John Woolly 01 13 04 
 
 John Davis 
 
 04 01 00 
 
 Richard Priest 18 00 00 
 
 Richard Willin 
 
 03 05 00 
 
 William Griggs 01 04 00 James Sawyer 
 
 00 08 06 
 
LATER CREDITS FOR MILITARY SERVICE. 453 
 
 There was a later Ledger, mentioned before, into which Mr. 
 Hull carried the closing accounts of the war. These accounts, 
 however, have little except names and wages, with very few 
 additional facts. We remember that while these accounts of 
 Mr. Hull are, by far, the most complete of any existing roll of 
 early colonial soldiers, they give little besides the facts of ser 
 vices and wages. In the dingy old documents contained in the 
 Mass. Archives, are many petitions, and other references, which 
 speak of almost incredible hardships, of manly fortitude and 
 devotion, which lift many a name here, out of the dull lists of 
 " Military Service," and up into the ranks of heroes and patriots. 
 Many such references appear in the foregoing pages, like that 
 of Widow Mary Turner after Capt. Turner s death; that of 
 Lieut. John Wyrnan and others. Many others whose names are 
 not here, appear in the old documents referred to ; like that of 
 Benjamin Rockwood (Rocket), who, in a later Ledger, has credit 
 for Military Service, in 1677. In Mass. Archives, vol. 72, pp. 622- 
 624, several original documents are found showing that he was 
 a soldier in Philip s war, was in service at the Westward, and 
 then was sent, under Capt. Swett, to the Eastward; and at 
 Blackpoynt, was twice severely wounded, and was confined in 
 Salem Hospital for " a quarter of a year." A memorial of his 
 townsmen testifies to the facts, and other evidence shows that 
 he had " two bullets in his thigh." Much more is found about 
 this last case, which, being typical of the times and men, doubt 
 less had many parallels, if we knew all. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 PLYMOUTH COLONY. 
 
 GOVERNORS, 1620-1692. 
 
 JOHN CARVER, November, 1620, to April, 1621. 
 
 WILLIAM BRADFORD, 1621-1633, 1635-1637, 1639-1644, 1645-1657 
 
 EDWARD WINSLOW, 1633, 1636, 1644. 
 
 THOMAS PRENCE, 1634, 1638, 1657-1673. 
 
 JOSIAH WINSLOW, 1673-1680. 
 
 THOMAS HINKLEY, 1681-1692. (Except the Andros administration.) 
 
 CAPT. MYLES STANDISH was the first military officer of New 
 England, and, as long as he lived, the chief military leader of 
 Plymouth colony. Came in the "Mayflower" to Plymouth 
 with wife Rose, who died January 29, following the landing. 
 By his second wife, Barbara, he had the five children mentioned 
 in his will of March 7, 1656. Four sons, Alexander, Myles, 
 Josiah, and Charles survived him, his daughter Lora already 
 deceased. Through these sons a numerous posterity followed. 
 He was one of the chief of the Pilgrims, and besides being 
 always commander-in-chief of the military, was treasurer for 
 twelve years, and assistant for some eighteen years. He died 
 Oct. 3, 1656, and is buried in Duxbury, according to the request 
 in his will. Upon the hill which formed a part of his Duxbury 
 estate, known as " The Captain s Hill," stands the noble 
 " Standish Monument," of granite, surmounted by a fine statue 
 of Capt. Standish. He was regularly chosen as captain, Febru 
 ary, 1621, though he was understood to be captain from the 
 compact, Nov. 11, 1620. 
 
 Other prominent officers of the militia of Plymouth colony, 
 from 1620 to 1678, with year of appointment : 
 
 CAPTAINS. 
 
 Thomas Willett, Plymouth, 1648 
 Thomas Southworth, Plym 
 outh, 1659 
 James Cudworth, Scituate, 1652 
 Nath 1 Thomas, Marshfield, 1644 
 
 Josiah Winslow, Marshfield, 1655 
 William Poole, Taunton, 1638 
 William Hedge, Yarmouth, 1659 
 Thomas Howes, Yarmouth, 1674 
 Matthew Fuller, Barnstable, 1668 
 
456 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 LIEUTENANTS. 
 
 William Holmes, Plymouth, 1635 
 John Vassell, Scituate, 1652 
 
 James Torrey, Scituate, 1655 
 Peregrine White, Marshfield, 1655 
 Ephraim Morton, Plymouth, 1664 
 Samuel Nash, Duxbury, 1645 
 Josias Standish, Bridgewater,1660 
 George Macy, Taunton, 1665 
 Peter Hunt, Rehoboth, 1654 
 
 Isaac Bucke, Scituate, 1670 
 
 John Smith, Dartmouth, 1674 
 
 William Palmer, Yarmouth, 1643 
 Samuel Ryder, Yarmouth, 1653 
 John Marchant, Yarmouth, 1670 
 John Blackmore, Sandwich, 1638 
 William Newland, Sandwich, 1647 
 John Ellis, Sandwich, 1653 
 
 Joseph Rogers, Eastham, 1647 
 Thomas Dimmock, Barn- 
 stable, 1643 
 Thomas Hay ward, jr. , Bridge- 
 water, 1664 
 
 James Wyatt, Taunton, 1651. 
 
 In the year 1643 an official canvass of every town in Plymouth 
 Colony was made, to find the men, between the ages of sixteen 
 and sixty years, who were able to bear arms. These lists are 
 preserved in the Plymouth Records, but I have not thought 
 best to insert them here, as the men were not properly soldiers. 
 
 In 1643, a more compact and responsible military organization was 
 established in the three towns, Plymouth, Duxbury, and Marshfield. 
 While a careful canvass of the colony was made that year, and account 
 taken of every man "able to bear arms," this company was made up 
 of chosen men, and was independent. None were received unless they 
 were freemen, honest, and of good repute, and by the election of the 
 members of the company. Training exercises were begun and ended 
 with prayer. Strict order was enjoined, and any infringement of 
 rules was punished with dismission from the company. Each man, 
 upon election, must provide himself with a musket or sword, rest, 
 bandoleers, etc. Only one third of whole company were allowed to 
 carry pikes. The following rules were in force : 
 
 "All who are elected chief officers in this military company shall 
 be so titled and forever afterwards so reputed, except he obtain a 
 higher place. That every man enlisted in this company shall pay 
 sixpence a quarter for the use of the company. That when any one 
 of this company dies, the company shall come together with their 
 armes, upon warning, and interr his corps as a soldier, and ac 
 cording to his place and quality. All must take the oath of fidelity 
 before admission to the company. All postures of pike and muskett, 
 motions rankes and files, &c., messengers, skirmishes, sieges, bat 
 teries, watches, sentinells, &c., must be always performed according 
 to true military discipline." 
 
 The officers appointed over this company were, 
 
 Capt. Myles Standish, 
 Lieut. Nath 1 Thomas, 
 
 Nath 1 . Souther, Clark, 
 Matthew Fuller, ) 
 Samuel Nash, j 
 
 The entire militia of Plymouth Colony, in 1658, was organized 
 into a regiment, of which Josiah Winslow, of Marshfield, was 
 
APPENDIX. 457 
 
 chosen Major-Commandant, and he held that office until his 
 election as governor of the colony, in 1673, when Mr. William 
 Bradford was chosen to that place. A cavalry company was 
 organized in the colony in 1659, with William Bradford, of 
 Plymouth, Captain, John Freeman, of Eastham, Lieutenant, and 
 Robert Stetson, of Scituate, Cornet; but for neglecting the re 
 quirements of the Court in procuring carbines, was disbanded 
 by a general order June 1, 1675. 
 
 ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE. 
 
 Upon active military operations, officers and men were selected 
 from the various towns by military committees for the special 
 service. The first actual Indian war, after the earlier skirmishes, 
 was the war with the Pequods, the story of which has been told 
 above. The following document shows the action taken by the 
 Court of Plymouth : 
 
 At the General Court held in Plymouth June 7, 1637, 
 
 It was enacted that the colony send forth a company to aid Mas 
 sachusetts and Connecticut in their war against the Pequod Indians, 
 in revenge of the innocent blood of the English which the Pequods 
 have shed. 
 
 Thirty persons shall be sent for land service, and as many others 
 as shall be sufficient to manage the barque. 
 
 Leiftenant William Holmes is elected as leader of the company. 
 
 Mr. Thomas Prence is elected to go with the company and to be 
 for the " Counsell of War." 
 
 Names of the soldiers who volunteered to go upon the service, but were 
 not called into active service. 
 
 Thomas Clarke, Francis Billington, 
 
 Richard Church, Henry Willis, 
 
 George Soule, Peregrine White, 
 
 Samuell Jenney, Caleb Hopkins, 
 
 Constance Southerne, Samuell Nash, 
 
 John Barnes, Robert Mendall, 
 Mr. Nathaniell Thomas, and his Henry Sampson, 
 
 man, Thomas Redding, 
 
 Mr. Goarton, Love Brewster, 
 John Cooke (if his family can be Joseph Robinson, his man, 
 
 provided) , Edward Holman, 
 
 Mr. Stephen Hopkins, William Paddy, 
 
 John Heyward, John Hearker, 
 
 Thomas Williams, Richard Clough, 
 
 Nicholas Presland, Henry Ewell, 
 
 Thomas Pope, Joseph Biddle, 
 
 Philip Delanoy, William Tubbs, 
 
 George Kennerick, Thomas Halloway, 
 
 John Irish, John Jenkins, 
 
 Jacob Cooke, Giles Hopkins, 
 
 John Philips, Thomas Goarton. 
 
458 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 And those who will go if they be prest. 
 Mr. Thomas Hill, Thomas Boardman, 
 
 James Coale. 
 
 THE EXPEDITION AGAINST THE NARRAGANSETS IN 1645. 
 
 The proportion and names of the souldiers in each Town sent forth 
 in the late Expedition against the Narrohigansets and their Confeder 
 ates. 
 
 The first Company, viz., sixteen, went forth Aug. 15, 1645. 
 
 Plymouth, six men, 17 days, 5:02:00. 
 
 John Tompson, Richard Foster, John Bundy, 
 
 Nicholas Hodges, John Shawe, Samuell Cutbert. 
 
 Duxborough, six men, 17 days, 5:02:00. 
 
 Serj 1 . Samuell Nash, William Brewster, William Clark, 
 John Washborne, Nathaniell Chaundler, Edward Hall. 
 
 Marshfield, four men, 17 days, 3:08:00. 
 
 Luke Lillye, Twyford West, William Hale, 
 
 Roger Cooke. 
 
 The second Company went forth 23 d . August, 1645. 
 
 Plymouth, two men, 13 days, 1:06:00. 
 John Jenkins, John Harman. 
 
 Sandwich, jive men, 13 days, 3:05:00. 
 
 Thomas Burges, Thomas Greenfield, Laurence Willis, 
 
 Thomas Johnson, Rob te Allen. 
 
 Scittuate, eight men, 13 days, 5:04:00. 
 
 John Turner, George Russell, Jeremiah Burrowes, 
 
 Hercules Hill, Edward Saunders, Nathaneill Moate, 
 
 John Robinson, Richard Toute. 
 
 BarnstaUe, four men, 14 days, 2:16:00. 
 
 John Foxwell, John Russell, Jonathan Hatch, 
 
 Francis Crocker. 
 
 Yarmouth, five men, 14 days, 3:10:00, drumer extra, 0:5:00. 
 
 William Northcoate, William Twyning, Teague Jonaes, 
 
 Henry Wheildon, William Chase, drummer. 
 
 Both companies returned Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1645, and were 
 disbanded the following day. 
 
APPENDIX. 459 
 
 Each soldier on going forth was supplied with 1 Ib. of powder, 
 and 3 Ibs. of bullets, and 1 Ib. of tobacco. 
 
 Taunton, Rehoboth, alias Seacunck, were not required to 
 furnish men, as they were frontier towns and "billetted" the 
 "souldiers" while out. 
 
 The items charged in the accounts of this expedition are of 
 interest as showing the kind of supplies used and the prices. 
 
 It : for a line to Mr. Hanbury 00 :02 :00. 
 It : Dussen knives given to messengers 00 :02s :06d. 
 " For Casting of Shott, 5s. It: Drumheads, 7s. 
 " Spent of the Money and beads the Captain had, 02 :05 :05. 
 " Work done by Gorame, 00:04:00. It: James Coles bill 
 
 14 :02 :00. 
 
 " A horsehire 11 days 00 :11 :00 
 " 25 Ibs of powder taken at the barke by the Captain to bring the 
 
 men home again 02:10:00. 
 
 " 75 Ibs of biskett the Capt. had at the barke to "vittaile his men 
 
 homewards " for which is allowed one hundred weight 
 
 00:16s:00d. 
 " Allowed towards the carriage of provisions to Seacunck, which came 
 
 by sea out of the Bay 02 :00 :00. Tobacco allowed 00 :27s :04d. 
 The sum total was 66 :03 :03. 
 
 The provisions were carried in canvas bags. 
 
 While the organization of the militia was efficiently kept up 
 in Plymouth Colony from 1643 onward, and large preparations 
 were made in 1653 and 1654 for war with the Dutch at Man 
 hattan, no actual hostilities occurred until June, 1675. 
 
 In 1653 a " Council of War " was appointed to take charge of 
 all preparations for the expedition against the Dutch. This 
 council consisted of Mr. William Bradford, President, Mr. 
 Thomas Prence, Mr. John Alden, Mr. Timothy Hatherly, Capt. 
 Myles Standish, Capt. Thomas Willett, Capt. James Cud worth, 
 Mr. John Browne and Lieut. Thomas Southworth. 
 
 These appointed an expedition to be sent out to join the other 
 colonies, consisting of sixty men from Plymouth, with Capt. 
 Myles Standish as Commander, Matthew Fuller as Lieutenant, 
 and Hezekiah Hoare as Ensign. 
 
 Two barks were also to be impressed for the expedition, 
 viz. : " The barque which George Watson sayleth, with himself 
 as master, and John Green and John Smith of same barque." 
 The expedition was still in preparation, June 20, 1654, when a 
 full commission was granted to Capt. Standish to prosecute the 
 war. Peace was settled between the two nations before the 
 colonies became actively engaged. 
 
 The account of Philip s War in the preceding pages neces 
 sarily followed the fortunes of the officers and companies of 
 Massachusetts, as the Treasurer s credits to these were the 
 
460 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 basis of my work. No such lists have been found pertaining 
 to Plymouth or Connecticut Colonies, and the particulars 
 of the services of the soldiers of these colonies have not had 
 contemporary chroniclers, like Hubbard, Mather, and the 
 authors of the "Letters to London," so often quoted in this 
 volume. 
 
 In Philip s War, Plymouth Colony took the initiative, and had 
 men in the field several days before the arrival of the Massa 
 chusetts companies at Swansey. 
 
 In the Records of the United Commissioners, vol. II. p. 362, 
 is a letter from Josiah Winslow and Thomas Hinckley, recount 
 ing the events, in the Plymouth Jurisdiction, leading up to 
 the outbreak of the war, the first overt act being the rifling of 
 the house of Job Winslow at Swansey, on June 18th or 19th, 1675. 
 On the next day, Sunday, June 20th, the Indians burned several 
 houses at Swansey while the people were at church, upon the 
 alarm of which, and a threatened general assault, Plymouth 
 Colony sent a force of soldiers to protect the town. On the 
 24th of June Thomas Layton (Mr. Hubbard says Layton 
 Archer) was killed at Fallriver, and on the 25th, several at 
 Swansey. 
 
 The Plymouth forces, hastily collected, rendezvoused at 
 Taunton, June 21st, under command of Major Bradford, and next 
 day marched, under Capt. James Cudworth, to Swansey, where 
 they were garrisoned at the houses of Mr. John Brown and Rev. 
 John Miles. There the Massachusetts forces soon joined them, 
 and, the war being in the Plymouth Jurisdiction, Capt. Cudworth 
 became Commander-in-Chief, with the title of Major. 
 
 Mr. Hubbard relates that a company of seventeen men from 
 Bridgewater were the first to arrive at Swansey, and were im 
 mediately ordered to Matapoiset to strengthen Bourne s garrison, 
 wherein were seventy persons, of whom but sixteen were men. 
 At this time there were many " strange Indians " mixed in with 
 Philip s own, and these were reckless tramps and adventurers, 
 mostly. One of the requests of the Plymouth authorities was 
 that these should be sent away by Philip. Philip himself had 
 many good friends among the people living near him, with whom 
 he had had dealings, and found them kind and honest. He is 
 said to have given strict orders not to disturb them or their fami 
 lies. Among these were Mr. John Brown, Capt. Thomas Willett, 
 and Mr. James Leonard of Taunton ; and when James Brown, son 
 of the above, was sent to Philip to persuade peace, while many of 
 his warriors urged that he be retained as captive, or be put to 
 death, Philip sent him home safely guarded. The house of Capt. 
 Willett seems to have been undisturbed, and when, a year later, 
 his son Hezekiah Willett was killed by some strange Indians, it 
 was without the knowledge of Philip or the Wampanoags. 
 Jethro, a negro slave of Capt. Willett s, was taken at the same 
 
APPENDIX. 461 
 
 time as a captive, but escaped afterwards, in good time to warn 
 the English of a raid planned by the Indians. His story was that 
 the Indians, who killed his young master and made him captive, 
 carried the head of Willett to Philip, who, with his people, was 
 greatly grieved, and, taking the head, mourned over it, and showed 
 it great honor, as for a good friend, combing the hair and orna 
 menting it with beads of wampum. 
 
 Mr. Hubbard relates that the first persons killed in the war 
 were the six men who ventured from Bourne s garrison with 
 carts to take some corn from a barn, " one Jones " being the only 
 name I have found of those slain. The people at this place were 
 soon after taken over to Rhode Island. 
 
 In June, 1675, Taunton was attacked by a prowling band of 
 the savages, and the houses of James Walker and John Tisdell 
 were burned, and Tisdell was killed. At the same time two 
 soldiers from Eastham, serving there, were killed ; their names 
 were John Knowles and Samuel Atkins. In May, 1676, in that 
 part of Taunton which became Raynham, six men were killed 
 while at work in the field planting, viz., Henry Andrews, James 
 Bell, Sergt. James Phillips, and in another part of the town 
 Edward Bobit, or Babbitt ; while two youths were taken captive. 
 At Eel River, near Plymouth, March 12, 1675-6, the house of 
 William Clark was assaulted by a small party of Indians led by 
 Tatoson, and Mrs. Clark and an infant, with eight other per 
 sons from other families, were killed. At the trial of divers In 
 dians captured by Major Bradford, were several who had a 
 hand with Tatoson, from whose confessions the names of all were 
 learned. Although these Indians, most of them, surrendered 
 under the proclamation of the Governor, those who had had any 
 part in the war were mostly sold into servitude out of the country, 
 often with their wives and children, while those who had killed 
 any of the English were at once put to death. Among those 
 who surrendered was one called " John Num," who was accused 
 of having part in the Clark murders, and also confessed that he 
 was with the company which killed Jacob Mitchell and his wife, 
 and John Pope, at Dartmouth. Of the whole number of the per 
 petrators of the Clark s House outrage, eleven in all, the names 
 were proved and stand upon record. Those captured, tried, and 
 beheaded were the said " John Num," " Woodcocke," " Quana- 
 pawhan ; " while Keweenam was proved an accessory and also 
 executed. Tatoson was hunted down, but died in the woods, 
 uncaptured. 
 
 The " Entertaining History " of Philip s War, written by Ben 
 jamin Church, of Little Compton, Rhode Island, gives many in 
 teresting details, in his own personal experience, and casual 
 references and items, which would otherwise be lost. Being 
 joined with the Plymouth forces his stories relate mostly to 
 their operations, or those in which he, personally, played the 
 
462 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 leading part. The invasion of Pocasset by Capt. Mathew Fuller 
 and himself, with thirty-six men, his fight, with his small party, 
 at Punketees Neck with several hundred savages, until rescued 
 by Captain Roger Golding s vessel, is a story of intense interest ; 
 and by his graphic descriptions of events, and oftentimes garru 
 lous narration of personal adventures, he has preserved the very 
 details concerning men and things, which the historians have 
 missed. Many have taken him as a historian of the war, and 
 neglected the real authorities, like Hubbard, Mather, and Gookin. 
 His narrative is simply a compilation of an old man s remin 
 iscences, written out some forty years after their actual occur 
 rence, and we can readily understand that the long years and 
 the frequent relation of his experiences would tend to make his 
 memory fertile in graphic details and personal achievements 
 which contemporaries knew nothing about. 
 
 Capt. Nathaniel Thomas wrote a letter from Mounthope gar 
 rison on August 10th, with details of the course of events upon 
 Philip s escape, July 29th, and does not mention Mr. Church. 
 The story, nearly as Capt. Thomas tells it, is followed in the 
 introductory chapter. He mentions that "thirty Stonington 
 men " joined in the pursuit at Rehoboth, and says that in the 
 fight with Philip s and Weetamoo s warriors at " Nipsachick," 
 the Mohegans " stripped " the enemies whom they had slain, 
 and " skinned their heads." The captive whom they wounded 
 and took told them that Philip, Tokomona (brother of Awa- 
 shonks), and the " Black Sachem," were with the enemy ; that 
 Awashouks had gone over among the Narragansets at the 
 beginning of the war; that Nimrod was slain in the fight. 
 Capt. Thomas relates that Sergt. John Parker and William 
 Porey were wounded, also, in this skirmish, while twenty-three 
 of the enemy were killed. He severely criticises Capt. Hench 
 man for neglecting to pursue Philip immediately, as they would 
 have done had not Henchman come up and taken command. 
 
 October 4th, 1675, the Plymouth Court reflected Major James 
 Cudworth as General, or Commander-in-Chief, of the forces of 
 that colony in active service, Sergeant Robert Barker to be 
 Lieutenant of his particular company, Captain John Gorum 
 to be Captain of the other company, and Ensign Jonathan Spar 
 row to be his Lieutenant. Lieut. John Brown is appointed to 
 be Capt. of the guard at Mounthope, with a new company of 
 twenty-five men to be impressed in the various towns, and the 
 guard now there to be released. Capt. Mathew Fuller was 
 appointed to be surgeon-general of all the forces of the colony. 
 The address of the Plymouth Court to the "Gentleman Souldiers," 
 of the Colony, upon the mustering of the United Colonies forces 
 in December, 1675, for the Narraganset campaign, is at once a 
 gracious summons to duty and a fervent appeal to loyalty, with 
 promises that the wages of all the soldiers shall be secured, and 
 
APPENDIX. 463 
 
 their wants and interests provided for, and that volunteers shall 
 be regarded with special favor. 
 
 Govr. Josias Winslow was, as we know, appointed Commander- 
 in-Chief over the whole expedition, while Major Bradford was 
 superior officer of the Plymouth forces and Capt. John Gorum 
 captain of the second company. 
 
 From the " History of Rehoboth," by Leonard Bliss, we gather 
 the following list of the names of those soldiers belonging to 
 Rehoboth who served in the Narraganset campaign : 
 
 John Fitch, Jonathan Wilmarth, Jasiel Perry, 
 
 Thomas Kendrick, Jonathan Sabin, John Carpenter, 
 
 John Redeway, John Martin, John Miller, jun., 
 
 John Ide, Joseph Doggett. Sampson Mason, jun. 
 
 Under Major Bradford. 
 
 Preserved Abell, Samuel Perry, Stephen Paine, jun., 
 
 Samuel Miller, Silas Allin, Samuel Palmer, 
 
 James Redeway, Enoch Hunt, Samuel Walker, 
 
 Nicholas Ide, Noah Mason, Samuel Sabin, 
 
 Thomas Read, Israel Read, George Robinson, 
 
 Nathaniel Wilmarth. 
 
 The above list is confirmed by comparison with Narraganset 
 No. 4, above, except some variations in the spelling, as readily 
 seen. Gen. E. W. Pierce, in his valuable historical researches, 
 has found two other names, both ancestors of his, who were 
 Narraganset soldiers, viz., Isaac Peirce and William Hoskins. 
 These are both found in the list of No. 4, Peirce at Middle- 
 borough and Hoskins, given as Hopkins, of Taunton, both alive, 
 1734. 
 
 In March, 1675-6, we find Plymouth Colony promptly trying 
 to redeem her promises to the soldiers who were in the expedi 
 tion, by the granting of several tracts of land to the value of one 
 thousand pounds ; said tracts being located at Showamett, 
 Assonett Neck, Assowamsett, and Agawam and Sepecan, while 
 one thousand pounds was assessed upon the towns of the colony 
 for the present help of those whose condition calls for immediate 
 help instead of payment in lands. 
 
 There is a tradition that one of the first men slain by the 
 Indians, at Swansey, June 24th, 1675, was Joseph Lewis, a resi 
 dent of that town, who was buried there on that day. There is 
 a story that, on the same day with Peirse s fight nine men became 
 detached from a company, or, possibly, were hastening to the 
 relief of Capt. Peirse, when they were ambushed by a great body 
 of Indians, and all slain and left unburied at a place known as 
 "Camp Swamp," and, sometimes, from this disaster, as "Nine 
 Men s Misery." On the records of Rehoboth are the names of 
 four men who were slain on March 26th, 1676. Two of these 
 
464 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 were John Fitch (Fitz), jr., and John Miller, jr. The other two 
 were Benj. Buckland and John Reed, jr. These last were not 
 mentioned in the letter of Rev. Noah Newman, above noted, as 
 being in Capt. Peirse s company. It may be that these were of 
 the nine slain at " Camp Swamp," and that the account of the 
 latter disaster had not reached him when, March 27th, he wrote 
 his letter. 
 
 In the spring of 1676 there was an effort made by the Council 
 of War in Plymouth Colony to raise a force of three hundred men 
 for the defence of their towns, then threatened by the wandering 
 tribes, straggling, in parties, back towards their former homes. 
 This attempt failed, but in June, following, a force of one hundred 
 and fifty English and fifty Indians was put into the field under 
 Major Bradford, and did active service in protecting the south 
 ern towns and capturing the wandering parties of savages, being 
 joined, in July, by Capt. Mosely s company and Capt. Brattle s 
 " Troop." 
 
 The story of Philip s capture, and the closing events of the 
 war, have been told. The list of those soldiers who had part in 
 the Narraganset Fort Fight are found in the roll of Township 
 No. 7. We find that some of the Plymouth soldiers preferred to 
 be paid in land, according to the oner of the Court. Those of 
 Scituate made application, and their names are preserved and are 
 as follows : 
 
 Lieut. Isaac Bucke, Zachariah Daman, John Daman, 
 Richard Prowtey, Corp. John Bucke, Jonathan Jackson, 
 
 Thomas Clarke, William Hatch, Walther Bridges, 
 
 Joseph Garrett, Richard Dwelley, Benjamin Woodworth. 
 
 (The last named, "per" Charles Stockbridge.) 
 
 CONNECTICUT COLONY. 
 
 GOVERNORS AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS, 1639-1689. 
 
 JOHN HAYNES 
 
 First Chosen. 
 . . . 1639 
 
 Last Chosen, 
 
 1653 
 
 , Served. 
 
 8 yrs. 
 
 
 . . . 1640 
 
 1654 
 
 7 vrs. 
 
 GEORGE WILLYS .... 
 
 1642 
 
 
 1 vr 
 
 THOMAS WELLES 
 
 . . . 1655 
 
 1658 
 
 A j 1 * 
 2 vrs. 
 
 JOHN W^EBSTER . . . . . 
 
 . . . 1656 
 
 
 1 vr 
 
 
 . . . 1657 
 
 1676 
 
 J 4< 
 
 18 vrs. 
 
 
 . . . 1676 
 
 1683 
 
 7 vrs. 
 
 
 . . . 1683 
 
 1687 
 
 4 vrs. 
 
 PSiR EDMUND ANDROSS! . 
 
 1687 
 
 1689 
 
 2 vrs. 
 
APPENDIX. 465 
 
 DEPUTY OR LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS. 
 
 First Chosen. Last Chosen. Served. 
 
 ROGER LUDLOW 1639 1648 3 yrs. 
 
 JOHN HAYNES 1640 1652 5 yrs. 
 
 GEORGE WTLLYS 1641 1 yr. 
 
 EDWARD HOPKINS 1643 1653 6 yrs. 
 
 THOMAS WELLES 1654 1659 4 yrs. 
 
 JOHN WEBSTER 1656 1 yr. 
 
 JOHN WINTHROP 1658 1 yr. 
 
 JOHN MASON 1660 1669 9 yrs. 
 
 WILLIAM LEETE 1669 1676 7 yrs. 
 
 ROBERT TREAT 1676 1808 17 yrs. 
 
 MILITARY AFFAIRS IN CONNECTICUT COLONY. 
 
 CAPT. JOHN MASON was the first, and, during his life, the 
 chief military officer of Connecticut. He was trained as a sol 
 dier in the Netherlands, under Sir Thomas Fairfax. He was 
 born in England in 1600, and came to Dorchester as early as 
 1632, at which time he is first mentioned on the records as in 
 command of an expedition for the capture of the pirate, Bull. 
 He is called Lieutenant, his rank under Fairfax, doubtless. He 
 removed, in 1635, to Windsor, Connecticut, with Mr. Warham s 
 company, and after that was identified with all the leading 
 events in the history of the Connecticut towns. He was the 
 commander, and the hero, in the Pequod war, as we have noted 
 above. From 1637-1641, he was representative to the General 
 Court, Assistant from 1641-1659, then Deputy Governor to 
 1669. He was appointed Major of the militia of Connecticut 
 Colony, holding that office until his death, Jan. 30, 1672, in his 
 72d year. He removed from Windsor to Saybrook, 1647, and 
 from thence to Norwich upon its settlement in 1659. His first 
 
 wife died at Windsor. He married second wife 
 
 Peck, at Windsor, July, 1639, and had, perhaps, Isabel, certainly 
 Priscilla, b. October, 1641 ; Samuel, July, 1644 ; John, August, 
 1646 ; Rachel, October, 1648 ; Amy, June, 1650 ; Daniel, April, 
 1652 ; Elizabeth, August, 1654. Isabel, m. June 17, 1658, John 
 Bissell, of Windsor ; Priscilla, m. Oct. 8, 1664, Rev. James 
 Fitch ; Elizabeth, m. May 8, 1671, Thomas Norton ; Rachel, m. 
 June 12, 1678, Charles Hill. John was the captain of the Nor 
 wich Company, at the Narraganset Fort Fight, and was there 
 so severely wounded that he died next year. Samuel settled at 
 Stonington, and, in 1673, was Lieutenant of the militia there, 
 and, in 1683, Assistant. Capt. Mason left a numerous posterity 
 through sons and daughters. Hon. Jeremiah Mason, the eminent 
 jurist of Massachusetts, was doubly descended from the Major, 
 through Daniel, the son, and Priscilla (Mason) Fitch, the 
 daughter. 
 
466 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 The following is a list of names of those soldiers of Windsor 
 who were in the Pequod Fort Fight in 1637 : 
 
 Cap 4 . John Mason, John Dyer, 
 Serg . Benedict Alvord, James Eggleston, 
 Thomas Barber, Nath 1 . Gillet, 
 
 Thomas Buckland, Thomas Gridley, 
 
 George Chappel, Thomas Stiles. 
 
 Serg*. Tho 8 . Stares, 
 Richard Osborn, 
 Tho 8 . Parsons, 
 William Thrall, 
 
 A Mr. Hedge and Sergt. Nicholas Palmer are also mentioned, 
 and Edward Pattison, of Saybrook. 
 
 The following soldiers of Hartford received grants of land for 
 services in the Pequod war. Their names are preserved in the 
 ancient Town Record of Hartford : 
 
 John Branson, 
 William Blumfield, 
 Thomas Bull, 
 Thomas Bunce, 
 Thomas Barnes, 
 Peter Blachford, 
 Benjamin Burr, 
 John Clarke, 
 Thomas Root, 
 Rev. Samuel Stone, 
 John Warner, 
 
 Nicholas Clarke, 
 Capt. John Cullick, 
 Serg . Philip Davis, 
 Nicholas Disborough, 
 William Heyden, 
 Thomas Hales, 
 Samuel Hales, 
 John Hills, 
 Thomas Hollybut, 
 Thomas Spencer, 
 George Steele. 
 
 John Halloway, 
 Jonathan Ince, 
 Benjamin Munn, 
 Nicholas Olmstead, 
 Richard Olmstead, 
 John Purchas, 
 William Pratt, 
 William Philips, 
 Thomas Stanton, 
 Samuel Whitehead, 
 
 The above list is copied from " Hartford in the Olden Time," 
 by " Scaeva." The author adds the names of Thomas Munson, 
 Stephen Hart, Zachary Field, and William Cornwell as probable 
 names to be added to the list. 
 
 FIRST CONNECTICUT CAVALRY. 
 
 In 1658, Major John Mason, Commander-in-Chief of the mil 
 itary forces of Connecticut Colony, organized a troop of horse 
 of thirty-seven members : 
 
 Capt. Richard Lord, of Hartford. 
 Lieut. Daniel Clark, of Windsor. 
 Cornet John Allyn, Hartford. 
 
 ( Nicholas Olmstead, of Hartford. 
 Corporals -j Richard Treat, of Wethersfield. 
 
 (^ Samuel Marshall, of Windsor. 
 Quartermaster Thomas Welles, of Hartford. 
 
APPENDIX. 467 
 
 Of Hartford. Of Windsor. David Milton, 
 
 Saml. Wyllis, Thomas Allyn, Simon Wolcott, 
 
 Jacob Mygatt, John Bissell, Thomas Strong, 
 
 Jonathan Gilbert, George Phelps, John Moses, 
 
 John Stedman, Stephen Terry, John Porter, 
 
 James Steele, William Hayden, Of Wethersfield. 
 
 Daniel Pratt, John Hosford, John Latimer, 
 
 Andrew Warner, John Williams, John Belden, 
 
 William Edwards, Nath 1 . Loomis, John Chester, 
 
 Richard Fellows, Thomas Loomis, Anthony Wright, 
 
 Robert Reeve, Aaron Cooke, John Palmer. 
 
 In 1672, this troop contained sixty members. The successive 
 Captains of this troop were : 
 
 Richard Lord commissioned 1658, Hartford. 
 Daniel Clarke commissioned 1664, Windsor. 
 Samuel Talcott commissioned 1681, Wethersfield. 
 James Richards, Lieut., 1664. 
 
 The office of Sergeant-Major was created in 1672, and Major 
 John Talcott was the first to hold that office and title in Con 
 necticut. But Major Edward Palmes seems to have succeeded 
 to the authority of Major John Mason, by vote of June 2d, 1672. 
 In 1673, the year after Major Mason s death, the Court appointed 
 a Major and second officer over the militia of each county, viz. : 
 for Hartford, Major Talcott, and Capt. Benj. Newbery, 2d ; New 
 Haven, Major John Nash, and Capt. Treat, 2d; for Fairfield 
 County, Major Nathan Gold, and Capt. Wm. Curtice, 2d; New 
 London, Major John Winthrop, and Lieut. James Avery, 2d. 
 
 In each county the company of the shire town was considered 
 the first company, and under the immediate command of the Major. 
 The Colonial Records show that the several counties raised cav 
 alry companies or " troops," just before Philip s War. Of the 
 New London troop, Benjamin Brewster was the Lieutenant, and 
 Daniel Mason (son of Major John) was Quartermaster. They 
 were commissioned in October, 1673. 
 
 August 14th, 1673, with the prospect of a war with the Dutch, 
 the Court ordered that the respective Troops in the colony, with 
 " 500 Dragoones, be prepared and fitted for service forthwith." 
 In case of sending a force out of the country, the following offi 
 cers were appointed : HARTFORD County, Benj. Newbery, Capt. ; 
 Nich. Olmstead, Lieut.; John Wadsworth, Ensign. NEW LON 
 DON, James Avery, Capt. ; Thos. Tracy, Lieut. ; John Deuison, 
 Ensign. NEW HAVEN, Robert Treat, Capt. ; Thos. Munson, Lieut. ; 
 Saml. Newton, Ensign. FAIRFIELD, Mr. Thos. Fitch, Capt. ; 
 Jehu Burr, Lieut. ; Matthew Sherwood, Ensign. The following 
 November Major Talcott was appointed Commander-in-chief of 
 all the forces ; Major Robert Treat, second in command ; Thos. 
 
468 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Bull superseded Capt. Newbury; Wm. Curtice was appointed 
 instead of Mr. Fitch ; Capt. Nash succeeded Major Treat ; and 
 Thos. Trowbridge was made Commissary. 
 
 In 1675, the Captain of the New Haven Company was Wil 
 liam Roswell, and the Lieutenant, Thomas Trowbridge. In the 
 militia, the quota of a full company was sixty-four men, and en 
 titled the company to a captain. Thirty-two members gave right 
 to a lieutenant, and twenty-four to sergeant. A similar rule, 
 perhaps, applied to a troop, with different numbers. 
 
 WINDSOR TROOPERS (1676). 
 
 In an old " Book of Rates," at Windsor, is found the follow 
 ing list of troopers : 
 
 Capt. John Bissell. John Horsford. Capt. Saml. Marshall. 
 
 John Bissell jr. Anthony Hoskins. John Moses. 
 
 Nathl. Bissell. Daniel Hayden. Thomas Moore. 
 
 Capt. Daniel Clark. Joseph Loomis. Mr. John Porter. 
 
 Edward Chapman. Nathl. Loomis. Mr. Henry Sanders. 
 
 Thomas Strong. John Terry. Mr. Henry Wolcott. 
 
 The militia officers in Connecticut, just previous to Philip s 
 War, were as follows, so far as records show : 
 
 FARMINGTON. William Lewis, Capt.; John Standly, Lieut., 1674. 
 GUILFORD. George Bartlet, Lieut. ; Sam 1 . Kitchel, Ensign, 1665 ; 
 
 John Graves, Ensign, 1667. 
 HARTFOKD. John Allyn, Capt. ; Thomas Watts, Lieut. ; Nathl. 
 
 Standley, Ensign, 1673-5. 
 
 MILFORD. Robert Treat, Capt. ; William Fowler, Lieut., 1665-6. 
 NEW HAVEN. John Nash, Capt.; Thomas Munson, Lieut., 1665; 
 
 and John Miles, Ensign, 1673. Nath 1 . Merriman, Sam 1 . Whitehead, 
 
 Roger Allyn, and James Bishop, Serg ts . 
 LYME. William Waller, Lieut., 1671. 
 NORWICH. Francis Griswold, Lieut.; Thos. Tracy, Ensign, 1665; 
 
 John Mason, Lieut. ; Thomas Lefflngwell, Ensign, 1672. 
 NORWALK. John Olmsted, Ensign, 1674. 
 NEW LONDON. Waitstill Winthrop, Capt. ; James Avery, Lieut. ; 
 
 Gabriel Harris, Ensign, 1665. 
 RYE. Joseph Horton, Lieut., 1666. 
 SAYBROOK. Rob 1 . Chapman, Capt., 1675 ; Wm. Pratt, Lieut. ; William 
 
 Waller, Ensign, 1661. 
 STAMFORD. Jona. Sellick, Capt., 1675. 
 STONINGTON. Thomas Minor, Capt., 1665; Samuel Mason, Lieut., 
 
 1672. 
 STRATFORD. William Curtis, Capt. ; Joseph Judson, Lieut. ; Stephen 
 
 Barrett, Ensign, 1672. 
 WALLINGFORD. Nathaniel Merriam, Lieut., 1672; Sam 1 Munson, 
 
 Ensign, 1675. 
 WETHERSFIELD. Samuel Wells, Capt., 1670; John Chester, Lieut., 
 
 1672; William Goodrich, Ensign, 1665. 
 
APPENDIX. 469 
 
 MASSACHUSETTS COLONY. 
 
 GOVERNORS AND DEPUTY GOVERNORS. 
 
 JOHN ENDICOTT, 1629, 1644, 1649, 1655-1665. 
 
 JOHN WINTHROP, 1630-1634, 1637-1640, 1642-1644, 1646-1649. 
 
 THOMAS DUDLEY, 1634, 1640, 1645, 1650. 
 
 JOHN HAYNES, 1635. 
 
 HENRY VANE, 1636. 
 
 RICHARD BELLINGHAM, 1641, 1654, 1665-1672. 
 
 JOHN LEVERETT (acting), 1672. 
 
 JOHN LEVERETT, 1673-1679. 
 
 SIMON BRADSTREET, 1679-1686. 
 
 DEPUTY GOVERNORS. 
 
 THOMAS DUDLEY, 1629- 34, 37- 40, 46- 50, 51- 53. 
 
 ROGER LUDLOW, 1634. 
 
 RICHARD BELLINGHAM, 1635, 40, 53, 55- 65. 
 
 JOHN WINTHROP, 1636, 44- 46. 
 
 JOHN ENDICOTT, 1641- 44, 50, 54. 
 
 FRANCIS WILLOUGHBY, 1665- 71. 
 
 JOHN LEVERETT, 1671 - 73. 
 
 SAMUEL SYMONDS, 1673-78. 
 
 SIMON BRADSTREET, 1678-1686. 
 
 EARLIEST MILITARY AFFAIRS. 
 
 Two soldiers came to America, in the company with Win- 
 throp, who were employed to instruct the men of the new colony 
 in military tactics, and direct any warlike operations which might 
 become necessary in defence of their settlement. The first was 
 John Underbill, who had been an officer in the army in the Neth 
 erlands, and had seen service in Ireland and at Cadiz. We have 
 had some notice of him in the account of the Pequod war, in 
 which he bore an honorable part. He joined the church in Bos 
 ton soon after his arrival, and, until after the Pequod war, was in 
 authority and good standing in the colony. Was chosen deputy 
 in 1634. He was evidently impatient of civil and ecclesiastical 
 authority, and did not easily endure command. He became an 
 adherent of Mrs. Hutchinson, and for taking sides with Mr. 
 Wheelwright, was disfranchised, with many other notables. 
 Governor Winthrop devotes much space to the details of Captain 
 Underbill s trial by both court and church. He is shown to have 
 been not only unsound in doctrine and disobedient to the 
 authority of the magistrates, but dissolute in character. He 
 evidently was a handsome and somewhat dashing officer, making 
 much of his soldierly appearance and abilities. He was popular, 
 too, and of winning address, for when he was banished from 
 Massachusetts and went to join Wheelwright at Exeter he was 
 
470 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 chosen governor by the people at Dover in place of Burdet. 
 After a turbulent rule of some two years he was removed from his 
 office, and returned to Boston, and having made humble confession 
 in church and court, obtained pardon for past offence, and soon 
 after removed to the Dutch settlements on Hudson River, where 
 the governor gave him command of a company against their 
 Indian enemies. After the decisive battle at Stricklands Plain, 
 which settled the Dutch supremacy over the Indians, Captain 
 Underhill settled at Flushing, L.I. He was afterwards in public 
 service, and received a large grant of land from the Indians, 
 which has remained down to a late day in the possession of his 
 descendants. Through his sons John and Nathaniel (perhaps 
 others), he has had many and honorable descendants of his name, 
 and through his daughters, of other names, equally respectable. 
 In his will, of Sept. 16, 1671, he calls himself of Killingworth, 
 Oyster Bay. His story of the Pequod war is valuable. Of the 
 other soldier, Daniel Patrick, who came over with the Winthrop 
 fleet, Governor Winthrop writes : " He was entertained by us out 
 of Holland, where he was a common soldier of the Prince s guard, 
 to exercise our men. We made him a captain and maintained 
 him. Afterwards he was admitted to the church at Watertown 
 and made a freeman. But he grew very proud and vicious, for 
 though he had a wife of his own, a good Dutch woman, and 
 comely, yet he despised her and followed after other women." 
 It seems that he was haughty and insolent in manner, dissolute 
 in character, and when threatened with the process of law fled to 
 the Dutch at Manhattan, He served in the Pequod war, though 
 with small credit, and seems to have been mixed up with some 
 conflict between the Dutch and Indians in 1643, in which he 
 had dealt treacherously with a company of the Dutch and had 
 to flee. He came, it is said, to the house of his old comrade, 
 Underhill, then living near Stamford, Conn. The Dutch pur 
 sued him there, and when their leader, in a personal interview, 
 was grossly insulted by Patrick, he shot him through the head. 
 
 Some intimation of the warlike preparations made by the 
 Massachusetts company, before embarking, may be seen by the 
 following item, preserved in the records : 
 
 26 : February, 1628. 
 
 Necessaries conceaved meete for our intended voiadge for Newe Eng 
 land to bee prepared forewith. 
 
 For our 5 peeces of ordnance, long seuce bowght and paid ffor, John 
 Humphry is intreated & doth promise forewith to cause to bee de- 
 lyvered to Samuel Sharpe, who is to take care having fytt cariadges 
 made for them. Armes for 100 men : 
 
 3 drums, to ech 2 pere of hedds ; 2 ensignes ; 2 partizans, for capten 
 & lieftenant ; 3 halberts, for 3 sarjants ; 80 bastard musketts, w th snap- 
 hances, four ffoote in the barrill, without rests ; 6 long ffowlinge peeces 
 wth muskett boare, 6 ffoote longe, ; 4 longe ffowlinge peeces, wth 
 
APPENDIX. 471 
 
 bastard muskett boare, 5 ffoote longe; 10 ffull musketts, 4 ffoote bar- 
 rill, wth matchcocks and rests ; 90 bandeleeres, for the musketts, ech 
 wth a bullett bag ; 10 home fflaskes, for the longe fowling peeces, to 
 hould a Ib. a peece ; & 100 swoordes, and belts ; 60 corsletts, & 60 
 
 pikes; 12 bblls powder, 8 barrills for the forte, 4 for small 
 
 shott ; shott 1 Ib. to a bandeleere ; 8 peeces of land ordnance for the 
 forte, whereof 5 alreddy prouided ; nameley : 2 demie culverings, 
 30 C. weight a peece, 3 sackers, ech weinge 25 C. wt ; to prouide ; 
 1 whole culvering, as longe as may bee, 2 small peeces iron drakes ; 
 For great shott, a ffitt proporcion to the ordnance ; A sayne, being a 
 nett to fish with. 
 
 For the first years after the settlement of the towns of the 
 Massachusetts Colony, the military operations were confined to 
 keeping "guards and watches," and the organization of the 
 militia was incomplete. Casual mention, here and there in the 
 Colonial Records, show that many of the towns had officers 
 with the titles of Captain, etc., but of whose election no record 
 is found. 
 
 For instance we find, July 26, 1631 : 
 
 Mr. Francis Aleworth is chosen Lief tenant with Capt. Southcoate. 
 
 We find no record of his choice to that office. It was Richard 
 Southcoate of Dorchester. At the first Captains Underhill and 
 Patrick were in command of the military in all the towns, with 
 weekly training-days in charge of sergeants under their direction. 
 Sept. 28, 1630, a tax of 50 was levied upon the towns, from 
 Watertown to Weymouth, to support these officers. In 1631, 
 Capt. Underhill held, each month, two general trainings of his 
 company at Boston and Roxbury, and of those at " Charlton, 
 Misticke and the newe-towne " at another date. A better organ 
 ization of the militia was effected in 1636, and a better idea may 
 be given by arranging names according to that appointment, 
 though some of the officers were chosen earlier. Three regi 
 ments were organized, one for each County, Suffolk, Middlesex 
 and Essex. 
 
 OFFICIAL ROSTER OF MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA. 
 
 FIRST REGIMENT. 
 
 Col. John Winthrop, Sr., 1636. 
 Lieut. Col. Thomas Dudley, Sr., 1636. 
 
 Companies. 
 BOSTON. Capt. John Underhill, 1630; Lieut. Richard Morris, 1633; 
 
 Lieut. Edward Gibbons, Ensign Robert Harding, 1636. 
 ROXBURY. Lieut. Richard Morris, 1634, and at the Castle. 
 DORCHESTER. Capt. Israel Stoughton, Lieut. Nathaniel Duncan, 
 
 Ensign John Holman, 1636-7. 
 
472 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 In the other towns, Hingham, Weymouth, etc., officers were not at 
 this time chosen. 
 
 SECOND REGIMENT. 
 
 Col. John Haynes, Cambridge. 
 Lieut. Col. Roger Harlakenden, 1636. 
 
 CHARLESTOWN. Capt. Robert Sedgwick, 1636-7. 
 
 NEWTOWNE. Capt. George Cooke, Lieut. William Spencer, Ensign 
 
 Samuel Shepard, 1636. 
 
 WATERTOWNE. Capt. William Jennison, 1636-7. 
 CONCORD. Lieut. Simon Willard, 1636-7. 
 DEDHAM. No officers mentioned. 
 
 THIRD REGIMENT. 
 
 Col. John Endecot, of Salem. 
 
 Lieut. Col. John Winthrop, Jr., 1636. 
 
 SAUGUS. Capt. Nathl. Turner, 1634; Lieut. Daniel Howe, Ensign 
 
 Richard Walker, 1636-7. 
 SALEM. Capt. Wm. Traske, Lieut. Richard Davenport, Ensign 
 
 Thomas Reade, 1636-7. 
 IPSWICH. Capt. Daniel Denison, 1636-7 ; John Whittingham, Lieut. ; 
 
 Thomas Howlett, Ensign. 
 NEWBURY. Capt. John Spencer, 1636-7; Lieut. Edward Woodman, 
 
 May, 1637. 
 
 In 1638 " The Military Company of the Massachusetts " was 
 organized, and granted special encouragement by the Court. 
 Robert Keayne was chosen Captain. This was the first indepen 
 dent military company in Boston, and became an element of great 
 influence. From the first it has been made up of picked men. 
 It was a training school and authority in military art ; and 
 membership in its ranks became a badge of honorable military 
 service. This company became the celebrated " Ancient and 
 Honorable Artillery Company," the oldest and most notable 
 military organization now existing in America. A complete 
 history of this company has been lately prepared with great care 
 by Rev. Oliver A. Roberts. 
 
 In the year 1644 the title " Colonel " was dropped, and " Major " 
 became the title of the chief regimental officers. Serjeant Major 
 General was the title of the chief military officer in the colony. 
 Thomas Dudley, Esq., was the first chosen to that office, May 29, 
 1644. The officer was chosen from the assistants, and was a 
 member of the General Court. In June, 1645, the choice of 
 Majors of Regiments was left to the popular votes of each Regi 
 ment. The title Major General soon took the place of the 
 former, Serjeant being dropped. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 473 
 
 MAJOR GENERALS OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 Thomas Dudley, 1644- 45. 
 John Endecott, 1645- 49. 
 Edward Gibbons, 1649-52, 
 
 and 1654- 55. 
 Robert Sedgwick, 1652- 53. 
 
 Daniel Denison, 1653- 54, 1655- 
 
 61, 1662- 63, and 1674-1681. 
 Humphrey Atherton, 1661- 62. 
 John Leverett, 1663-1673. 
 Daniel Gookin, 1681-1686. 
 
 The Colonial records are somewhat meagre and uncertain 
 in relation to the organization of the local military companies 
 through many years. 
 
 About the time of the opening of Philip s War, there were regi 
 ments, or parts of regiments, in each of the six counties. 
 
 A roster of the officers of these regiments, as far as can be 
 learned from the records, may be of inferest : 
 
 Capt. 
 
 1st. James Oliver. 
 2d. Thomas Savage. 
 3d. Thomas Clarke. 
 4th. William Hudson. 
 5th. Daniel Henchman 
 6th. John Richards. 
 7th. Thomas Clarke, jr 
 8th. John Hull. 
 
 Isaac Johnson. 
 Hopestill Foster. 
 Richard Brackett. 
 Daniel Fisher. 
 
 SUFFOLK REGIMENT. 
 
 Major, Thomas Clarke. 
 
 BOSTON COMPANIES. 
 Lieut. 
 
 Elisha Hutchinson. 
 
 Benjamin Gillam. 
 
 Thomas Lake. 
 
 Nathaniel Reynolds. 
 . Hugh Drury. 
 
 Matthew Barnard. 
 . Enoch Greenleaf . 
 
 Theophilus Frary. 
 
 ROXBURY. 
 
 Samuel Ruggles. 
 
 DORCHESTER. 
 
 John Capen. 
 
 BRAINTREE. 
 
 Edmund Quincy. 
 
 DEDHAM. 
 
 William A very. 
 
 Ensign. 
 
 Ephraim Turner. 
 
 Daniel Turell. 
 Richard Woody. 
 John Wing. 
 Anthony Checkley. 
 Penn Townsend. 
 Benjamin Thirston. 
 
 John Boles (?). 
 Richard Hall. 
 Robert Twelves. 
 Nathaniel Stearns. 
 
 MEDFIELD. George Barber, Capt. ; Henry Adams, Lieut. 
 WEYMOUTH. John Holbrook, Lieut. 
 HINGHAM. Joshua Hubbard, Lieut. 
 
 SUFFOLK TROOP. 
 
 William Davis, Captain. Jacob Elliot, Cornet. 
 
 Thomas Brattle, Lieutenant. Timothy Dwight, Corporal. 
 
 Thomas Swift, Quartermaster. 
 
474 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 MIDDLESEX REGIMENT. 
 Major Daniel Gookin. 
 
 CAMBRIDGE. 
 
 Capt. Lieut. Ensign. 
 
 Daniel Gookin. James Trowbridge. Joseph Cooke ( ?) . 
 
 CHARLESTOWN. 
 
 Lawrence Hammond. Joshua Tidd. John Cutler. 
 
 CONCORD. 
 Simon Willard. Timothy Wheeler. William Busse. 
 
 GROTON. 
 
 James Parker. William Lakin. Nathaniel Lawrence. 
 
 WOBURN. 
 John Carter. William Johnson. James Converse. 
 
 CHELMSFORD. Thomas Hinchman, Lieut. ; William Fletcher, Ensign. 
 
 BILLERICA. Jonathan Danforth, Lieut. ; James Kidder, Ensign. 
 
 MALDEN. John Wayte, Capt. 
 
 LANCASTER. Henry Kerly, Lieut. 
 
 READING. Jonathan Poole, Capt.; John Damon, Lieut. 
 
 SUDBLTRY. Edmund Goodnow, Capt. ; Josiah Haynes, Lieut. 
 
 WATERTOWN. Hugh Mason, Capt. ; Richard Beers, Lieut. 
 
 MIDDLESEX TROOP. 
 
 Thomas Prentice, Capt. John Wyman, Cornet. 
 
 Edward Oakes, Lieut. Matthew Bridge, Quartermaster. 
 
 ESSEX REGIMENT. 
 
 Major Daniel Denisou. 
 
 IPSWICH. 
 
 Capt. Lieut. Ensign. 
 
 Daniel Denisou. Samuel Appleton. Thomas Burnham. 
 
 SALEM. 
 
 1st. Joseph Gardiner. John Price. John Higginson. 
 
 2d. John Corwin. Richard Leach. John Pickering. 
 
 NEWBDRY. 
 
 William Gerrish. John Pike. Benjamin Swett. 
 
 ROWLEY. 
 Samuel Brocklebank. Philip Nelson. John Johnson. 
 
APPENDIX. 475 
 
 MARBLEHEAD. Francis Johnson, Lieut. ; Richard Norman, Ensign. 
 ANDOVER. Dudley Bradstreet, Capt. 
 LYNN. John Fuller, Ensign. 
 BEVERLY. Thomas Lathrop, Capt. 
 
 FIRST ESSEX TROOP, SALEM AND LYNN. 
 
 George Corwin, Capt. Thomas Putnam, Lieut. Walter Price, Cornet. 
 
 SECOND ESSEX TROOP, IPSWICH AND NEWBERY. 
 
 John Appleton, Capt. John Whipple, Cornet. 
 
 An independent Cavalry Company called the " Three County Troop," 
 raised at large in Suffolk, Middlesex, and Essex, was organized 1658/9. 
 
 Edward Hutchinson, Capt., 1659, John Tuttle, Lieut., William 
 Haisy, Cornet, 1665. 
 
 HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 
 Major, John Pynchon. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD. 
 
 Capt. Lieut. Ensign. 
 
 Elizur Holyoke. Thomas Cooper. Benjamin Cooley. 
 
 NORTHAMPTON. William Clarke, Lieut. ; David Wilton, Ensign. 
 HADLEY. Samuel Smith, Lieut. ; and, in 1678, were commissioned, 
 
 Aaron Cooke, Capt. ; Philip Smith, Lieut. ; and Joseph Kellog, 
 
 Ensign. 
 
 WESTFIELD. Samuel Loomis, Ensign. 
 HATFIELD. Daniel Warner, Ensign. 
 
 HAMPSHIRE TROOP. 
 
 John Pynchon, Capt. William Allis, Lieut. 
 
 Joseph Whiting, Cornet. George Colton, Quartermaster. 
 
 (OLD) NORFOLK REGIMENT. 
 Major, Robert Pike. 
 
 PORTSMOUTH. 
 
 Capt. Lieut. Ensign. 
 
 Thomas Daniel. Walter Neale. Samuel Keys. 
 
 HAVERHILL. 
 
 Nathaniel Saltonstall. George Brown. James Pecker. 
 
 GREAT ISLAND. 
 
 Richard Cutts. Elias Stileman. Joachim Harvey. 
 
476 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 HAMPTON. John Sanborn, Ensign. 
 SALISBURY. Thomas Bradbury, Captain. 
 
 NORFOLK TROOP. 
 
 Robert Pike, Capt. William Vaughan, Lieut. 
 
 YORK REGIMENT. 
 
 Sergeant Major, Richard Walderne. 
 Major, Brian Pendleton. 
 
 KITTERY. 
 
 Capt. Lieut. Ensign. 
 
 Charles Frost. Roger Plaisted. John Gattinsley. 
 
 SCARBOROUGH. 
 
 Joshua Scottow. Andrew Alger. Richard Hunnewell, 1681. 
 
 YORK. Job Alcocke, Lieut. ; Arthur Bragdon, Ensign. 
 
 SACO. William Phillips, Capt. 
 
 NEWICHEWANNOCK. John Wincoll, Capt. 
 
 WELLS. John Littlefield, Lieut. ; Francis Littlefield, jr., Ensign. 
 
 FALMOUTH (CASCO) . George Ingersol, Lieut. 
 
 DEVONSHIRE MILITIA. 
 
 Lieut. Thomas Gardiner, of Pemaquid, Commanding. 
 
 SAGADAHOC. Thomas Humphreys, Sergt. ; James Middleton, Corp. 
 
 DAMERILL COVE & HIPPOCRAS. John Bessell, Sergt. 
 
 MONHEGIN. John Dolling, Sergt. 
 
 CAPE NAWAGGEN. Robert Gamon, Sergt. 
 
 The militia of the towns not mentioned in the above lists, 
 were placed under local sergeants, as training-officers, and are 
 not found upon the records of the Colony, from which I have 
 gathered this roster, page by page, as did another gleaner from 
 the same field, some twenty years ago, Gen. E. W. Peirce, of 
 Freetown, Mass. I can testify to the fidelity of his labors. I 
 find that the results of my own, made independently, agree 
 generally with his. I have not attempted to record all the 
 officers appointed in the colonies, but only such as were serving 
 near the time of the two great wars. 
 
 CAPT. MOSELY S VOLUNTEERS. 
 
 The following list may be of interest, as showing the discrep 
 ancy in spelling, when compared with the lists in chapter second 
 of this volume. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 477 
 
 A List of Captain Samuell Mosselys Company taken at Dedham the 
 9th. Day of Xber 1675 : 
 
 Samuel Mossely, Capt. 
 Lieut. Peris Sauige 
 Daniel Mathews ) c ^ 
 James Johnson j * 
 
 Dennis Siky, Clerke 
 Edward Wesson 
 Jno. Fuller 
 Richard Barnam 
 Samuel Fosdick 
 
 Corporalls 
 
 James Smith 
 John Farmer 
 Richard Brien 
 Frauncis Earle 
 Jno. Canterbery 
 Samuel Kemble 
 James Updeicke 
 Richard Adams 
 Jno. Bouckman 
 Joseph Touchwill 
 Thomas Region 
 Jno. Yeates 
 Jonathan Nicholls 
 Jonathan Weals 
 Peter Leane 
 John Ramsye 
 Edward Weaden 
 Andrew Johnson 
 Jno. Crosse 
 Tymothye Arnane 
 Benjemin Dayer 
 Jno. Ayrson 
 Jno. Dunbare 
 Samuel Guild 
 Samuel Veile 
 Jonathan Freeman 
 Jno. Plimpton 
 William Blacke 
 Jno. Willingstone 
 Jno. Turner 
 Tymothy Weals 
 Bolthomy Flag 
 Richard Gibson 
 Thomas Warren 
 
 William Blacke, 
 Anthony Backer 
 Jno. Rise 
 Frauncis Siddall 
 Jno. Sherman 
 Jno. Cooper 
 Jno. Leigh 
 James Franklin 
 William Phillips 
 Mathew Thomas 
 James Morgan 
 Hugh Collohane 
 Jeremias Stockes 
 James Digenton 
 Joshua Silverwood 
 Thomas Bull 
 William Beateman 
 1 Daniel McKennys and 
 1 Jno. Aruell 
 Thomas Hackerbery 
 Benjeman Allen 
 Frauncis Bourgis 
 Nicholas Greene 
 William Good 
 Jno. Cook 
 Jno. Brandon 
 Jno. Cousier 
 Richard Hopkins 
 Jno. Stebence 
 
 From Maiden 
 
 Thomas May 
 James Chadwicke 
 
 Jno. Winsleed 
 Jno. Mudge 
 Edmond Chamberline 
 Jno. Rosse 
 Jno. Puinder 
 
 2 James Wealsh 
 
 Charlestowne men 
 
 Hen: Swaine 
 Thomas Dauis 
 Samuell Leman 
 William Burt 
 Jno. Monsall 
 Joseph Dawse 
 Nathaniell Keane 
 George Grimes 
 Edward Walker 
 Joseph Low 
 Jno. Essery 
 Jno. Shepard 
 Jacob Cole 
 Dauid Jones 
 3 Benj. Latrope jr. 
 3 Thos. Weals jr. 
 
 3 Jno. Trumball jr. 
 
 Dedham 
 
 Saml. Colborne 
 John Day 
 Robt. Weare 
 Abra. Hartway 
 Henry Ellitroop 
 
 (Mass. Archives, vol. 67, p. 293.) 
 
 THE ANCIENT MANUAL OF ARMS. 
 
 I have not found any authority showing the manual of arms 
 or military tactics in use at the time of the Pequod War ; but 
 perhaps in that quaint old library of Myles Standish, in his vol 
 ume of " Banff s Artillery," or that " parcell of old bookes of 
 
 1 both ran away with their arms 
 
 1 not apeare 
 
 9 not appears 
 
478 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 divers subjects in quarto," mentioned in his inventory (1655), 
 might have been found the manual from which were drawn the 
 "regulations " of the early New England militia. 
 
 From an old English treatise, quoted in " Grose s Antiquities," 
 I find the following extracts : 
 
 There-fore the souldier must accustom himself to bear a peece or a 
 pike. If he bear a peece, he must first learn to hold the same : to 
 accommodate his match between his two foremost fingers and his thumb, 
 and to plant the great end on his breast with a gallant souldier-like 
 grace ; and being ignorant, to the intent he may be more encouraged, 
 let him acquaint himself first with the firing of the touch-powder in 
 his panne, and so by degrees both to shoote of, to bow and bear up his 
 body, and so consequently to attaine to the levell and practise of an 
 assured and serviceable shot ; readily charge and with comely couch 
 discharge, making choise at the same instant of his marke, with a quick 
 and vigilant eye ; his flaske and touch-box must keep his powder, his 
 purse and mouth his bullets. In skirmish, his left hand must hold his 
 match and peece and the right-hand use the office of charging and 
 discharging ... let him ever first load his peece with powder out 
 of his flaske, then with her bullet, and last with annuring and touch- 
 powder, foreseeing ever that the panne be cleare, the cover close, the 
 touchhole wide, or else well-pro ined, etc. 
 
 From the same work above quoted, in tables illustrated with 
 quaint pictures, I find the following manual : 
 
 1. March with your rest in your hand. 2. March, with your Musket 
 carry your rest. 3. Unshoulder your Musket. 4. Poise your Musket. 
 5. Join your rest to your Musket. 6. Take forth your Match. 7. 
 Blow off your Coal. 8. Cock your Match. 9. Try your Match. 10. 
 Guard blow and open your pan. 11. Present. 12. Give fire. 13. 
 Dismount your Musket. 14. Uncock your Match. 15. Return your 
 match. 16. Clear your pan. 17. Prime your pan. 18. Shut your 
 pan. 19. Cast of your loose powder. 20. Blow of your loose 
 powder. 21. Cast about your Musket. 22. Trail your rest. 23. Open 
 your charge. 24. Charge your Musket. 25. Draw forth your scour 
 ing stick. 26. Shorten your scouring stick. 27. Put in your Bullet & 
 Ram home. 28. Withdraw your scouring stick. 29. Shorten your 
 scouring stick. 30. Return your scouring stick. 31. Recover your 
 Musket. 32. Poise your Musket and recover your rest. 33. Rest 
 your Musket. 34. Draw out your Match. 35. Blow your Match. 
 36. Cock your Match. 37. Try your Match. 38. Guard your pan. 
 39. Present. 40. Give fire. 41. Come up to your Musket. 42. 
 Return your Match. 43. Take up your rest. 44. Blow off your loose 
 powder and cast about your Musket. 45. Trail your rest & open 
 your charge. 46. Bring up your Musket. 47. Poise your Musket 
 & recover your Rest. 48. Shoulder your Musket. 
 
 Halberds and pikes had their proper manuals in this work, but 
 were of little use in Indian warfare, and we hear nothing of them 
 
APPENDIX. 479 
 
 in active service. The above manual, if ever in use in the col 
 onies, was superseded, some time before Philip s War, by Elton s 
 " Compleat Body of the Art Military." Elton s formula differs 
 slightly in language from the preceding, and has eight more 
 commands, which relate to the putting on and taking off of 
 accoutrements. 
 
 Troopers were armed with a sword, and either two pistols or a 
 carbine, to each man. After pikemen were discarded in active 
 service, the soldiers were furnished with long knives, with 
 handles to fit into the muzzles of their muskets, for close-quarter 
 fighting ; and these were replaced by bayonets, named from the 
 place of their first manufacture, Bayonne, in France ; these were 
 at the first fitted into the muzzles of the guns. The regulation 
 musket had a barrel four feet in length. In 1673 the Court 
 ordered from England " five hundred new Snaphances or fire-lock 
 Musketts, for the country s use." At the same time they ordered 
 from Bilboa sixty cannon, or " great gunns," of the dimensions 
 viz. : " twelve whole culverin, twelve demy culverin cutts, sixteen 
 sakers, and twenty or thirty shott, proportionable for each gun." 
 The cannon were mostly for coast defence, being useless in Indian 
 warfare. 
 
 CAPTIVES. 
 
 The following accounts show the harsh custom of the times, 
 and reveal a source of Colonial revenue not open to our country 
 since that day. 
 
 ACCOUNT OP CAPTIVES SOLD BY MASS. COLONY. 
 
 August 24th, 1676. 
 John Hull s Journal page 398. 
 Captives Cr. By Sundry Acc p 8 Viz. 
 
 . e. d. . e. d. 
 
 Isaac Waldron for a Boy 3 00 00 
 
 Ephraim Savage for 2 girles . . . . . . 04 10 00 
 
 Samuel Shrimp ton, 
 
 4 Squawes, 3 girls, 2 infants . . . 30 00 00 ) 
 
 1 old man, 3 squawes & 2 for one returned by ( /n 1 o nn 
 
 order 09 00 00 ( 4 
 
 1 man . ... 02 12 00 ) 
 
 Samuel Lynd for 1 maid . . . . . . . 03 10 00 
 
 Thomas Smith, 
 
 1 girl and 2 men . . . . . . 09 10 00 
 
 10 Squawes, 8 papooses, & 1 man . . . 25 00 00 f , _ M nn 
 
 2 Lads, Viz. Pomham & Matoonas . . 07 00 00 > 
 1 Woman, 4 little children . . . . 05 1 2 00 
 
480 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Samuel Symons, Esq. 
 For 1 Boy and Girl . . 
 
 . 05 00 00 
 
 George Perkes 
 
 06 00 00 
 
 John Mors 
 
 
 For 1 Girle 
 
 . 02 00 00") 
 
 For 2 Girles 
 
 . 07 00 00 f- 12 00 00 
 
 For 1 Boy 
 
 . 03 00 00 ) 
 
 John Mann, for 1 Girle .... 
 
 . 03 00 00 
 
 Thomas Davis, for 1 Boy 
 
 . 03 00 00 
 
 Daniel Henchman, for 1 squawe & infant . 
 
 . 02 10 00 
 
 Samuel Mosely, 
 
 
 1 Boy & Girle 
 13 Squawes & papooses wounded 1 sick 
 
 . 06 00 00 ) 
 . 20 00 00 ( 2b 
 
 Timothy Batt, for 1 squawe 
 
 . 02 15 00 
 
 Rawlings, 1 squawe 
 
 03 00 00 
 
 September 23, 1676. 
 
 
 Thomas Smith for 41 (captives) 
 
 . 82 00 00 
 
 Isaac Waldron for 1 .... 
 
 . 02 00 00 
 
 Richard Middlecott for 6 
 
 . 10 00 00 
 
 James Meares "2 
 
 . 03 10 00 
 
 Samuel Apleton "3 
 
 . 04 00 00 
 
 John Buttolph " 1 
 
 . 01 15 00 
 
 William Gilbert " 1 
 
 . 02 00 00 
 
 George Sphere "1 
 
 . 02 00 00 
 
 "William Needham "1 
 
 . 00 05 00 
 
 Thomas Grant "5 
 
 . 08 01 00 
 
 David Waterhous "1 
 
 . - . . 02 00 00 
 
 James Whitcomb "13 
 
 . 14 15 00 
 
 John Turner "1 
 
 . 02 00 00 
 
 Ann Shepcutt "1 
 
 . 01 15 00 
 
 Richard Wharton "8 
 
 . 08 00 00 
 
 Rawlins "3 
 
 . 04 10 00 
 
 John Wait "4 
 
 . 04 10 00 
 
 Josiah Flynt "2 . 
 
 . 03 15 00 
 
 Samuel Leach "2 
 
 .. . 02 00 00 
 
 Jarvis Ballard "2 . . 
 
 . 02 00 00 
 
 James Meares "2 . 
 
 . 02 08 00 
 
 John Mason "1 
 
 . 02 00 00 
 
 Benjamin Gibbs "8 . 
 
 . 05 00 00 
 
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 242. WILLIAM L. KINGMAN Yonkers, N.Y. 
 
 243. HENRY A. OSBORN Chicago, 111. 
 
 244. JAMES N. ARNOLD Providence, R.I. 
 
 245. ALEXANDER B. CRANE New York City. 
 
 246. MRS. EMMELINE JOSLIN COLONY . . . Keene, N.H. 
 
 247. CHARLES A. DUCHARME Detroit, Mich. 
 
 248. JAMES A. JACKSON Dansville, N.Y. 
 
 249. LEICESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY Leicester, Mass. 
 
 250. MARIA ELIZABETH BARDWELL .... Springfield, Mass. 
 
 251. ELLIS B. USHER LaCrosse, Wis. 
 
 252. D. S. KELLOGG Plattsburg, N.Y. 
 
 253. ANDOVER MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY . . Audover, Mass. 
 
 254. ERNEST R. BORDWELL Penn Yan, N.Y. 
 
 255. JEREMIAH RICHARDS New York City. 
 
 256. IDA BIGELOW PETERSON Waltham, Mass. 
 
 257. EDWARD E. SILL New Haven, Conn. 
 
 258. CHARLES S. RICHARDS New York City. 
 
 259. GILBERT RAY HAWES New York City. 
 
 260. MRS. VIRGINIUS NEWTON Richmond, Va. 
 
 261. CHARLES L. WOODWARD New York City. 
 
 262. WILLIAM STIGER RICHARDS New York City. 
 
 263. D. F. APPLETON Ipswich, Mass. 
 
 264. IPSWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY .... Ipswich, Mass. 
 
 265. LIBRARY OF WAR DEPARTMENT .... Washington, D.C. 
 
 266. SIMON DAVIS Boston, Mass. 
 
 267. JAMES PRENDERGAST FREE LIBRARY . . Jamestown, N.Y. 
 
 268. WILLIAM MESERVE JORDAN Boston, Mass. 
 
 269. F. APTHORP FOSTER Cambridge, Mass. 
 
 270. NEWBURGH FREE LIBRARY Newburgh, N.Y. 
 
 271. SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS .... Denver, Col. 
 
 272. CHARLES T. WITT East Boston. 
 
 273. JAMES M. DALY, D.D.S Dorchester, Mass. 
 
 274. FRANK ALLEN HUTCHINSON Lowell, Mass. 
 
 275. ALFRED S. MANSON Boston, Mass. 
 
 276. OLIVER B. STEBBINS Boston, Mass. 
 
 277. CHARLES F. HALL Boston, Mass. 
 
 278. GEORGE ERNEST BOWMAN Boston, Mass. 
 
 279. F. W. WHITCHER Boston, Mass. 
 
 280. DAVID B. FLETCHER Dorchester, Mass. 
 
 281. J. T. HOFFMASTER Galveston, Texas. 
 
 282. C. A. DORR, M.D So. Hingham, Mass. 
 
 283. EDWARD R. MILLER, M.D. . ... Leominster, Mass. 
 
 284. HENRY R. BROWN, M.D Leominster, Mass. 
 
 285. SAMUEL T. DOLE, ESQ So. Windham, Me. 
 
 286. ISAAC BASSETT CHOATE. A.B Boston, Mass. 
 
INDEX OF NAMES. 
 
 [No extended analysis of the relations of names has been attempted in this Index. The 
 dash, connecting two numbers, indicates that all pages, between the two, also contain the name.] 
 
 A. 
 
 Abbey, 154-157. 
 
 Abbot, 100, 166, 167, 
 206, 372, 382, 421, 423, 
 437. 
 
 Abde e, 365, 373. 
 
 Abell, 444, 463. 
 
 Abett (Abbot). 
 
 Aboquacemoka, 304. 
 
 Abram, 394. 
 
 Acy, 82, 83, 413. 
 
 Adams. 58, 71, 72, 74, 
 
 r-a3, l A-123, 155, 
 157, 176, 207, 217, 239, 
 264,272, 273,281,284, 
 360, 362, 364, 367, 369, 
 370, 413, 414, 419, 422, 
 435, 437, 448, 473, 477. 
 
 Adderton (Atherton) . 
 
 Addington, 59, 60, 77, 
 78, 289, 316. 
 
 Adis, 222. 
 
 Ager (Alger). 
 
 Ahaton.81,226,397,402. 
 
 Ahmus, 180, 192. 
 
 Albey, 86. 
 
 Alcock, 365, 476. 
 
 Alden, 407, 459. 
 
 "Alderman," 39, 388. 
 
 Aldis, 368. 
 
 Aldrig, 93, 448. 
 
 Aleworth, 471. 
 
 Alexander, 24, 136, 250, 
 252, 254, 286, 377, 426, 
 451. 
 
 Alger, ) 75, 81, 85, 100, 
 
 Algar, i 118, 222, 265, 
 298, 326, 339, 357, 
 476. 
 
 Alhort, 358, 370. 
 
 Aliston, 52, 64. 
 
 Allanson, 332. 
 
 Allen, ) 64, 71, 75, 81, 
 
 Allin, | 137, 166, 167, 
 177, 224, 225, 234, 241, 
 259,346,347,358,360, 
 366-368, 372, 413, 428, 
 431,439,450,458,463, 
 466-468, 477. 
 
 Allerton, 1. 
 
 Alley, 137, 138. 
 
 Allice, ) 152, 247, 265, 
 
 Allis, \ 475. 
 
 Almie, 49. 
 
 Alson, 93. 
 
 Alsop, 255. 
 
 Alvord (Alvard). 
 Amie, 24. 
 "Amos," 35, 348. 
 Amsden, 52, 170, 171, 
 272,273,375,436,448. 
 Anderson, 61-63, 115. 
 Andrew, 296, 303. 
 
 Andrews, 55, 82, 83, 100, 
 138, 167, 283, 363, 413, 
 424, 452, 461. 
 
 Andros, 41, 43, 84, 158, 
 170, 200, 277, 319, 346, 
 455, 464. 
 
 Angel, 51, 222, 368. 
 
 Annawon, 39, 385, 388. 
 
 Apequinash, 112. 
 
 Appleton, j 23, 33, 68- 
 
 Appelton, j 70, 79, 83, 
 116, 132, 134, 139, 140, 
 142-158, 174, 179, 181, 
 182,187,190,201,219, 
 258, 259, 266, 268, 282, 
 289, 413, 415, 436, 437, 
 474, 475, 480. 
 
 Archer, 460. 
 
 Ardway, 155, 157. 
 
 Armes, 240, 250, 252, 
 423. 
 
 Armstrong, 443, 445. 
 
 Arnane, 477. 
 
 Arnell, ) 52, 241, 259, 
 
 Arnold, i 260, 261, 
 366, 431, 433, 477. 
 
 Arnold (Arnell). 
 
 Arnouson, ) C1 ,, 
 
 Aronson, f 61 62 
 
 Artsell, 118, 357. 
 
 Aruell (Arnell). 
 
 Asee (Acy). 
 
 Ashamaway, 166. 
 
 Ashby, 155. 
 
 Aehcraft,443, 444. 
 
 Ashden, 336. 
 
 Ashdowne, 240, 247, 
 250. 
 
 Atherton, 21, 56, 58, 
 122, 245, 250, 252, 264, 
 281,368,437, 473. 
 
 Atkeson, 260, 274. 
 
 Atkins, 162, 170, 281, 
 368, 440, 452, 461. 
 
 Atkinson, 171. 
 
 Auger (Alger). 
 
 Augustine, 133, 362. 
 
 Austin, 63. 
 
 Avery, 36, 383, 441, 442, 
 445, 446, 467, 468, 473. 
 
 Avis, 240, 248, 452. 
 
 Awashonks, 29, 462. 
 
 Ayres, 109, 115, 116, 
 207, 346, 372, 432. 
 
 Ayreson (Ireson). 
 
 B. 
 
 Babb, 59. 
 Babbitt, 461. 
 Babcock, ) 75, 94, 100, 
 Badcock, i 202, 220, 
 
 222, 239, 364, 369, 444, 
 
 446. 
 Babson, 240, 421. 
 
 Bachelder, 114, 166, 167, 
 170-172, 276, 420, 423. 
 
 Bacheler (Bachelder). 
 
 Backaway, 176, 177. 
 
 Backua (Backaway). 
 
 Backus, 234. 
 
 Bacon, 171, 225, 367, 
 368. 
 
 Bagley, 447. 
 
 Bagnell, 178. 
 
 Bagwell, 450. 
 
 Bailey, ) 58, 137, 138, 
 
 Bayly, j 140,369,414, 
 415, 423, 428. 
 
 Baker, | 64, 150, 162, 
 
 Backer, ( 167, 170-172, 
 176,177, 197, 207,217, 
 222, 226, 231, 241, 250, 
 252, 265, 310, 313, 338, 
 359, 362, 367, 376, 413, 
 
 422, 427, 432, 439, 442, 
 445, 452, 477. 
 
 Balch, 137, 138. 
 Baldwin, 170, 286, 356, 
 
 374, 435, 436. 
 Ball, 93, 250, 252, 274, 
 
 353, 360, 419, 435. 
 Ballard, 82, 83, 86, 166, 
 
 167, 277, 358, 406, 422, 
 
 423, 480. 
 
 Bancroft, 258, 359, 424. 
 Barbeane, 172, 273, 358, 
 
 376. 
 Barber, 13, 52, 176, 216, 
 
 250, 252, 338, 361, 450, 
 
 466, 473. 
 
 Bardell, ) 241,247,250, 
 Bardwell, |252,289,361. 
 Barge, 332. 
 Barker, 100, 166, 167, 
 
 183, 273, 289, 371, 372, 
 
 423, 439, 440, 462. 
 Barlow, 429. 
 Barnam, 64, 74, 83, 176, 
 
 428, 439, 477. 
 Barnard, 94, 137, 171, 
 
 239, 248, 272-274, 356, 
 359, 418-420,432,473. 
 
 Barnes, 161, 175, 176, 
 210, 211, 231, 457, 466. 
 
 Barney, 232, 302. 
 
 Barrell, 23, 240, 417, 422. 
 
 Barrett, 51, 83, 93, 94, 
 121, 183, 184, 210, 241, 
 261, 264, 272, 276, 277, 
 286, 334, 339, 373, 374, 
 
 429, 437, 448, 468. 
 Barren, 68, 273, 366, 375. 
 Barrow, 386. 
 Barsham, 137, 171. 
 Barstow, 53, 279, 349, 
 
 355, 376. 
 
 Bartholomew, 159. 
 Bartlett, 157, 162, 236, 
 
 413, 414, 416, 468. 
 
 Barton, 55, 363. 
 
 Bashaba, 299. 
 
 Basse, 162, 364, 367, 
 
 433, 447. 
 Bassen, 334, 336. 
 Bassett, 165, 166, 406, 
 
 407, 422. 
 Bassly, 76. 
 
 Batchelor (Bachelder). 
 Bateman, 55, 71,72,122, 
 
 155, 170, 172, 240, 248, 
 
 273, 274, 279, 359, 376, 
 
 436, 477. 
 Bates, 113, 114, 137, 138, 
 
 162, 236, 281, 360, 365, 
 
 368, 433. 
 Bath, 167. 
 Bathrick, 417, 448. 
 Batt, 178, 241, 361, 480. 
 Battle, 285, 368. 
 Baxter, 81, 439. 
 Bayard, 168. 
 Bayleff, 139. 
 Beach, ) 286, 358, 373, 
 Beech, \ 419, 448. 
 Beadle, 165, 222, 282, 
 
 363, 432. 
 Beale, 161, 163, 285, 
 
 433. 
 
 Beames (Bemish). 
 Beamon, 122. 
 Bean, 449. 
 Beanes, 450. 
 Bear, 355, 358. 
 Beard, 184, 302, 452. 
 Bearse, 439. 
 Bearstow (Barstow). 
 Beck, 100. 
 Beckett, 277, 451. 
 Bedford, 157, 340. 
 Bedortha, 250, 252. 
 Bedwell, 155. 
 Beebe, 443, 446. 
 Beers, 32, 47, 66, 115, 
 
 120, 121, 127-134, 139, 
 
 143, 210, 241, 245, 250, 
 
 252,266,272,286,376, 
 
 382, 419, 450, 474. 
 Beetle (Beadle). 
 Beffer, 100. 
 
 Begalow,)170,171,272, 
 Bigalo, | 286, 376, 
 Bigelow, ) 418. 
 Belcher, 75, 80, 81, 176, 
 
 177, 197, 198, 241, 266, 
 
 278,363,364, 367,417, 
 
 431. 
 
 Belden (Belding). 
 Belding, 250, 252, 254, 
 
 467, 468. 
 Belinger, 166. 
 Belins (Billings). 
 Belknap, 306. 
 Bell, 166, 372, 421, 427, 
 
 443, 461. 
 
488 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Bellingham,234,469. 
 
 Bellows, 210, 211. 
 
 Bemish, 176, 273, 360, 
 376,417,427. 
 
 Bendy, 239. 
 
 Benjamin, 2S6. 
 
 Benner, 366. 
 
 Bennett, 52, 73-75, 93, 
 137-139, 151, 156, 177, 
 178,181,182,207,247, 
 250, 252, 264, 285, 352, 
 368,409,432,443, 445, 
 446. 
 
 Benson, 161, 163, 433. 
 
 Bent, 210, 268. 
 
 Bently, 51. 
 
 Berbeane (Barbeane). 
 
 Berbeck (Burbeck). 
 
 Berd, 365. 
 
 Bereman, 350. 
 
 Beresford, 1 240, 248, 
 
 Berrisford, j 338, 375. 
 
 Bernard, 273. 
 
 Berry, 283, 371, 415, 
 439, 451. 
 
 Bersham, 272. 
 
 Berstow (Barstow). 
 
 Besbedge, 429. 
 
 Bessell (Blssell). 
 
 Bessey, 350, 429. 
 
 Betell (Beetle). 
 
 Betokom, 399. 
 
 Bever, 241. 
 
 Bevis, 177. 
 
 Bewly, 241. 
 
 Bezoon, 339. 
 
 Bickford, 334, 335, 336. 
 
 Bicknell, 248, 272, 279. 
 
 Bickner, 240, 273, 431. 
 
 Biddle, 457. 
 
 Bigelow (Begalow). 
 
 Bigford (Bickford). 
 
 Bignall, 285. 
 
 Bigsby, 155, 157, 424. 
 
 Bigulah (Begalow). 
 
 Bill, 100, 240, 361, 432, 
 
 443, 445, 446. 
 Billings, 82, 83, 373, 435, 
 
 444, 445. 
 Billington, 457. 
 Bingly, 176, 177, 433. 
 Birch, 56, 176, 177, 264, 
 
 355, 444, 446. 
 Bird, 265. 
 Bisco, 81, 278. 
 Bishop, 52, 72, 126, 241, 
 
 259, 278,356,361,367, 
 
 368, 370, 371, 432, 449, 
 
 468. 
 
 Bissell, 465, 467,468,476. 
 Bixbe (Bigaby). 
 Blachford, 466. 
 Blacke, 71, 445, 477. 
 Blackleach, 152. 
 Blackman , 265, 325, 452. 
 Blackmore, 456. 
 " Black Sachem," 462. 
 Blackston, 99. 
 Blackwell.177,217,362. 
 Blake, 71, 72, 156, 281, 
 
 350, 368, 370, 444,452. 
 Blanchard, j 118, 154, 
 Blanchcr, \ 2T3, 285, 
 
 286, 345, 357, 374, 430. 
 Blanford, 224, 225. 
 Blashaeld,166,167,423, 
 
 424. 
 
 Blighe, 94. 
 Blinco, 52, 82, 83, 100, 
 
 118, 357. 
 
 Blincott (Blinco). 
 Blish, 439. 
 
 Bliss, 441, 443, 445, 463. 
 Blockwell (Blackwell). 
 
 Blood, 114, 373. 
 
 Breck, 92. 
 
 Bullie, 100, 273. 
 
 Blumfleld, 466. 
 
 Breed, j 86, 154, 157, 
 
 Bullock, 138, 371, 421. 
 
 Bobit (Babbitt). 
 
 Breid, j 278, 283, 371, 
 
 Bump, 349. 
 
 Boden, 166, 339, 422. 
 
 406, 418, 420, 422. 
 
 Bunce, 466. 
 
 Bodkin, 55, 118, 285, 
 
 Brensmead ( Brims- 
 
 Bundy, 458. 
 
 357. 
 
 mead). 
 
 Bunker, 81, 85. 
 
 Bodman, 56, 64, 100, 240, 
 
 Brewer, 116, 224, 225. 
 
 Burbeck, 52, 64, 65, 
 
 272, 373. 
 
 Brewes, 224, 225. 
 
 264. 
 
 Bodwell, 139, 413. 
 
 Brewster, 457, 458, 467. 
 
 Burch (Birch). 
 
 Bogell, 177, 178. 
 
 Brian, 71, 72, 477. 
 
 Burdall, 272. 
 
 Bolch (Balch). 
 
 Briar, 155, 157, 413. 
 
 Burdet, 470. 
 
 Bolen, 172. 
 
 Briarly, ) 154 , 57 16 - 
 
 Burdue, 436. 
 
 Boles (Bolls). 
 
 Brearly, I 104 107 lt>0 
 
 Burford, 177. 
 
 Bolls, 449, 473. 
 
 Brick, 430. 
 
 Burges, 51, 64, 100, 217, 
 
 Boltwood, 250, 252. 
 
 Bridge, 81,154,474. 
 
 222, 239, 259, 261, 274, 
 
 Bond, 81, 249, 260, 265, 
 
 Bridges, 100, 138, 139, 
 
 347, 362, 458, 477. 
 
 272, 346, 356, 365, 372, 
 
 157, 464. 
 
 Burk, 224, 376. 
 
 376. 
 
 Bridgham, 366. 
 
 Burkback (Burbeck). 
 
 Bonighten, 297. 
 
 Brigden, 272, 273, 274, 
 
 Burley, 449. 
 
 Bonney, 440. 
 
 374, 375. 
 
 Burnall, j , fi 040 
 
 Boone, 100. 
 
 Briggs, 56, 177,241, 261, 
 
 Burnell, [ 56> 240- 
 
 Bordecot, 63. 
 
 434, 449. 
 
 Burnam, 82, 83, 413, 
 
 Bordman, 360, 458. 
 
 Brigham, 210. 
 
 428, 474. 
 
 Bosell, 414. 
 
 Bright, 133, 171, 376, 
 
 Burnap, 250, 252. 
 
 Bosway, 240, 363. 
 
 418. 
 
 Burnitt, 250. 
 
 Boswell, 448. 
 
 Brimsmead, 208, 210. 
 
 Burr, 259, 466, 467. 
 
 Bosworth, 161, 163, 222, 
 
 Brine (Brian). 
 
 Burrage, 334, 336, 337, 
 
 368, 427. 
 
 Brinkford, 365. 
 
 339. 
 
 Bottes, 302. 
 
 Brinknoll (Brintnall). 
 
 Burrell, 161, 162, 207, 
 
 Boudage (Bowditch). 
 
 Brintnall, 276, 277, 283. 
 
 260, 279, 371, 422, 433. 
 
 Boudeu, 330, 334, 336. 
 
 Brisantine (Brissen- 
 
 Burridge (Burrage). 
 
 Boulter, 176, 177, 449. 
 
 den). 
 
 Burroughs, ) 279, 337, 
 
 Bourle, 74. 
 
 Brissenden, J 56, 239, 
 
 Burrows, i 349, 458. 
 
 Bourne, 460, 461. 
 
 Bridentine, ) 240,249, 
 
 Burt, 74, 225, 347, 418, 
 
 Boutell, 165, 424. 
 
 363. 
 
 477. 
 
 Boutwell, 230. 
 
 Brock, 166. 
 
 Burton, 167, 241, 247, 
 
 Bowden (Boden). 
 
 Brocklebank, 35, 36, 
 
 250, 451. 
 
 Bowditch, 133,211,319. 
 
 184, 201, 206, 207, 213, 
 
 Busbee (Besbedge). 
 
 Bowen, 159, 162, 163, 
 
 214, 216, 218, 220, 223, 
 
 Bush, 82, 126, 172, 359, 
 
 183, 284, 285, 369, 426. 
 
 227, 228, 231, 413, 437, 
 
 361, 437, 448. 
 
 Bowers, 373, 437. 
 
 474. 
 
 Bushnell, 441-445. 
 
 Bowes, 278. 
 
 Brookin, 334, 336. 
 
 Bushrodd, 241, 250, 
 
 Bowman, 417, 419, 420. 
 
 Brooks, 51, 64, 65, 81, 
 
 252. 
 
 Bowser, 210. 
 
 83, 122, 150, 215, 277, 
 
 Buss, 170, 172, 435, 474. 
 
 i Boyd, 241, 356. 
 
 286, 290, 291, 376, 415, 
 
 Butcher, 452. 
 
 Boyes, 263. 
 
 436, 448, 452. 
 
 Butler, 76, 140, 154, 
 
 Boyle, 176, 391. 
 
 Broughton, 217, 240, 
 
 156,166,177,207,376. 
 
 Boylston, 81. 
 
 248, 302, 362. 
 
 Butter, 274. 
 
 Boynton, 140, 154, 156, 
 
 Brown, 30, 31, 49, 51, 
 
 Butterfield, 10. 
 
 157, 165, 207, 260, 297, 
 
 58, 64, 73, 81-83, 114, 
 
 Buttolph, 480. 
 
 371, 413. 419, 424. 
 
 139, 145, 154-157, 167, 
 
 Button, 136, 139. 
 
 Bozorth (Bosworth). 
 
 170-172, 176-178, 195- 
 
 Buttrick, 112, 155-157, 
 
 Brabrook, 154, 157. 
 
 197, 207, 210, 224, 225, 
 
 231, 272, 435. 
 
 Brackenbury, 239. 
 
 259, 260, 265, 272, 274, 
 
 Byels, 423. 
 
 Brackett, 199, 279, 314, 
 
 276, 277, 279, 283, 286, 
 
 
 473. 
 
 290, 292, 335, 336, 339, 
 
 C. 
 
 Bradbury, 416, 476. 
 
 360, 363, 370-372, 413, 
 
 Cahan, 162, 362, 363. 
 
 Bradell, 166. 
 
 415-417, 420, 423, 427, 
 
 Cain, 222, 438. 
 
 Bradford, 1, 4, 70, 153, 
 
 428, 435, 440, 448, 449, 
 
 Cakebread, 365. 
 
 173, 179, 183, 190, 191, 
 
 451,459, 460,462,475. 
 
 Oalder, 432. 
 
 196, 263,429,455,457, 
 
 Branson, 466. 
 
 Call, 286, 418. 
 
 459, 460, 461, 463, 464. 
 
 Bryan, 207, 248, 261. 
 
 Callen, 240. 
 
 Bradshaw, 249, 250, 252, 
 
 Bryant, 239, 240, 361, 
 
 Callender, 234. 
 
 254, 272, 365, 373. 
 
 429, 439. 
 
 Galley, 277. 
 
 Bradstreet, ) 165, 316, 
 
 Buck, 272, 452, 456, 
 
 Callicott, 389. 
 
 Broadstreet, J 371,469, 
 
 464. 
 
 Cammock, 325. 
 
 475. 
 
 Buckland, 464, 466. 
 
 Canada, 1 53, 72, 93, 
 
 Bragdon, 476. 
 
 Buckley, 137, 138, 199, 
 
 Cannede, \ 360. 
 
 Bragg, 260. 
 
 202, 247, 367, 435. 
 
 Cann, 55, 83, 176, 177, 
 
 Braine, 221, 364. 
 
 Bucknall, 118, 357. 
 
 347. 
 
 Brance, 349. 
 
 Bucknam, > 52, 58, 71, 
 
 Canonchet, 28, 34-36, 
 
 Brand, 444, 446. 
 
 Buckman, \ 72, 114, 
 
 112, 123, 200, 203, 237, 
 
 Brandon, 64, 71, 72, 74, 
 
 248, 477. 
 
 243, 349, 377, 379-384. 
 
 477. 
 
 Buffingtog, 166, 427. 
 
 Canonicus, 4,6,8,9,12, 
 
 Brattle, 38, 65, 77, 79, 
 
 Bugby, 55. 
 
 20, 181, 192, 203, 307, 
 
 88, 89, 123, 184, 261- 
 
 Bulkeley, 103, 183. 
 
 381, 385. 
 
 264, 270, 417, 436, 464, 
 
 Bull, 11, 13, 14, 51, 71- 
 
 Cantelbury, 71, 72, 433, 
 
 473. 
 
 74, 82, 153, 162, 174, 
 
 477. 
 
 Brattlebank (Brockle- 
 
 181, 193, 281, 339, 359, 
 
 Canterberry (Cantel- 
 
 bank). 
 
 360, 368, 376,407,433, 
 
 berry). 
 
 Bray, 138, 260, 310, 449. 
 
 465, 466, 468, 477. 
 
 Cantrell, 92. 
 
 Brayley, 100. 
 
 Bullard, 53, 64, 82, 94, 
 
 Capen, 452, 473. 
 
 Bread (Breed). 
 
 170, 171, 274, 419. 
 
 Card, 41, 311. 
 
 Brearly (Briarly). 
 
 Bulling, 364, 430. 
 
 Carmon, 439. 
 
INDEX OF NAMES. 
 
 489 
 
 Carpenter, 180, 192, 
 
 376, 385-388, 427, 428, 
 
 Colton,475. 
 
 204, 381, 426, 463. 
 
 457, 461, 462. 
 
 Colver, 442, 444-446. 
 
 Carr, 172, 260, 359. 
 
 Churchill, 339, 345. 
 
 Comstock, 444, 446. 
 
 Carter, 81,137,172,286, 
 
 Chute, 260, 413. 
 
 Corny, 231. 
 
 375, 448, 450, 474. 
 
 Claghorn,439. 
 
 Conah, 281. 
 
 Cartey, 449. 
 
 Clap, 23, 250, 252, 281, 
 
 Conant, ) 154, 167, 423, 
 
 Carthew, 239. 
 
 350, 364, 439, 448, 452, 
 
 Cunant, j 439, 447. 
 
 Cartland, 371, 450. 
 
 Clark, ) 1-3, 35, 56, 57, 
 
 Conhill (Cunnell). 
 
 Carver, 1, 455. 
 
 Clarke, \ 64, 75, 81, 
 
 Conkcascogau, ) -., 
 
 Gary, 165, 166, 273, 279, 
 
 93, 100, 137, 149, 152, 
 
 Conkganosco, \ 
 
 359, 374, 428. 
 
 157, 165, 167, 169, 177, 
 
 Conney, 59. 
 
 Casasinamon, 23, 383. 
 
 184, 207, 222, 233, 239, 
 
 Convars, 172, 474. 
 
 Case, / 79 T7fti7Q 
 
 248, 251, 252, 260, 263, 
 
 Converse (Convars). 
 
 Casey, | 72> 176 ~ 178 - 
 
 266, 273, 274, 281, 322, 
 
 "Conway," 354. 
 
 Cask, 283, 370. 
 
 326, 327, 343, 348, 358, 
 
 Coockow (Cuckow). 
 
 Castin, 211. 
 
 364, 369, 370, 413, 416, 
 
 Cook, j 56, 58, 64, 81, 
 
 Catapazat, 383. 
 
 423, 431, 438-440, 444, 
 
 Coke, i 83, 85, 100, 
 
 Cattlin, 240. 
 
 445, 449, 452, 457, 458, 
 
 124, 133, 152, 154, 157, 
 
 Chadburne, 314. 
 
 461, 464, 466-468, 473, 
 
 207, 236, 240, 252, 260, 
 
 Chadwell, 155, 157, 165, 
 
 475, 477. 
 
 264,272,279,289,292, 
 
 260, 371. 
 
 Clarson,273, 358, 376. 
 
 340, 363, 372, 373, 419, 
 
 Chadwick, 72, 74, 171, 
 
 Clary, 273. 
 
 429, 440, 443, 445, 457, 
 
 272, 273, 376, 477. 
 
 Cleares, 1 m m 
 
 458,467,472, 474,475, 
 
 Chafe, 207. 
 
 Cleere, j 177 > 178 
 
 477. 
 
 Cham, 450. 
 
 Cleaveland, 122, 272, 
 
 Cooka (Cocks). 
 
 Chamberlaine, 73, 74, 
 163,240, 251,252,259, 
 
 283, 286, 357, 358, 360, 
 376, 428. 
 
 Cooley, 475. 
 Coolidge, 85, 116, 286, 
 
 260,274,359, 361,365, 
 
 Cleaves, ; , fiq , d * n 
 
 356, 376. 
 
 366, 368, 426, 429, 431, 
 
 Cleeves, j 169> 231 450> 
 
 Coomes, 165. 
 
 447, 477. 
 
 Clement, 346, 372. 
 
 Coones, 404. 
 
 Charapine, 375. 
 
 Clesson, 252. 
 
 Cooper, 71, 72, 78, 118, 
 
 Champlin, 334, 443, 444. 
 
 Cleverly, 334, 335, 337. 
 
 120, 145, 283, 286, 357, 
 
 Champnes, (Champ- 
 
 Clifford, 156, 370. 
 
 371, 373, 475, 477. 
 
 ney). 
 
 Clinton, 310. 
 
 Coplane, j 162 . 
 
 Champney, 57, 83, 265, 
 
 Cload, 338. 
 
 Copeland, 1 10J > * M - 
 
 404, 417. 
 
 Cloather, 240. 
 
 Copp, 155, 165, 439. 
 
 Chandler, 407, 408, 420, 
 
 Cloies, 452. 
 
 Coppin, 1. 
 
 425, 432, 434, 435, 438, 
 
 Clothier, 261, 361, 
 
 Corbett, 221, 240. 
 
 458. 
 
 Clouch, 374. 
 
 Corbin, 56, 162, 427. 
 
 Chapin, 251, 252. 
 
 Clough, 130, 176, 177, 
 
 Corbitant, 4. 
 
 Chaplin, 241. 
 
 248, 286, 360, 375, 457. 
 
 Corly, 346, 372. 
 
 Chapman, 51, 82, 83,100, 
 
 Clow, 72, 240, 241. 
 
 Cornberry, 130, 134. 
 
 138, 240, 273, 278, 283, 
 
 Cluff (Clough). 
 
 Cornelius, 195. 
 
 356, 368, 374, 468. 
 
 Coalman, 139, 251, 252, 
 
 Cornish, 132. 
 
 Chappie, 240, 444, 445, 
 
 260, 261, 425. 
 
 Cornwell, 466. 
 
 452, 466. 
 
 Coard, 86, 265. 
 
 Corser, 71,339,347,414, 
 
 Chard, 239, 240, 361. 
 
 Coarser (Corser). 
 
 477. 
 
 Charles, 443, 446. 
 
 Coates, 240, 261, 361, 
 
 Corwin, 79, 83,153,291, 
 
 Charles II., 391. 
 
 371. 
 
 318, 372, 474, 475. 
 
 Chase, 154, 157, 249, 
 
 Cobbet, 7, 40, 240. 
 
 Cory, 419. 
 
 251, 252, 254, 413, 439, 
 
 Cobleigh, 196. 
 
 Cotton, 178, 190. 
 
 458. 
 
 Cock, 92, 166, 332, 337. 
 
 Cottrell, 443, 445. 
 
 Cheberrina, 310. 
 
 CockB, 166, 167. 
 
 Couch, 72, 75, 161, 176, 
 
 Checkley, 325, 473. 
 
 Coddington, 87, 122, 
 
 177, 265, 279. 
 
 Cheek, 420. 
 
 360. 
 
 Counter, 166, 372. 
 
 Cheekanoe, 389. 
 
 Codman, 448. 
 
 Cousens, 122, 272. 
 
 Cheesebro, 443, 445. 
 
 Codner, 166. 
 
 Cousier (Corser). 
 
 Cheevers, ( 58, 100, 134, 
 
 Coffin, 136,139,294,302, 
 
 Cowdrey, 448. 
 
 Chevers, | 207, 211, 
 
 316, 317, 413, 415. 
 
 Cowell, (36, 72, 161, 
 
 217, 239, 248, 264, 360, 
 
 Cogswell, 413. 
 
 Cowle, ( 176,177,225, 
 
 362, 368, 373, 417, 428. 
 
 Cohon (Cahan). 
 
 226, 228-231, 292, 339, 
 
 Chenary, 131, 132. 
 
 Cohone, 56, 452. 
 
 452. 
 
 Cheney, ) 56 162 ,, 
 
 Coker, 52, 318. 
 
 Cowen, 349. 
 
 Cheyney, \ 5b 1( "> 41d 
 
 Colbourne, | 72, 75, 108, 
 
 Coy, 108, 115. 
 
 Chesly, 296. 
 
 Coleburn, j 113, 368, 
 
 Coytmore, 261. 
 
 Chessom, 336, 337. 
 
 433, 448, 477. 
 
 Crackbone, 131-133,373. 
 
 Chester, 83, 467, 468. 
 
 Colbron, 366. 
 
 Craford, 138, 452. 
 
 Chickering, 289. 
 
 Colcord, 278, 344, 370. 
 
 Crafts, > ,. 2S , 
 
 Child, 131-133, 161, 282, 
 
 Colcut, 413. 
 
 Craft, J 137 > 281 - 
 
 283, 376, 451. 
 
 Cole, ) 73, 74, 100, 118, 
 
 Craece ) 
 
 Childs, 350, 426, 439. 
 
 Coole, J 137, 138, 157, 
 
 CrailY } 272 365 373 - 
 
 Chittenden, 349. 
 
 161, 165, 166, 218, 357, 
 
 Craig (Cragge). 
 
 Chrisp, 71,122, 177,272, 
 
 363, 364, 418, 439, 458, 
 
 Crane, 162, 163, 224, 
 
 359, 360. 
 
 459, 477. 
 
 225, 241, 428, 452. 
 
 Christian, 93. 
 
 Coleby, 249, 251, 252. 
 
 Crassell (Croswell). 
 
 Chub, 58, 240, 259, 261, 
 
 Coleman (Coalman). 
 
 Cray, 52, 64. 
 
 361, 370. 
 
 Coldham, 282. 
 
 Creeke, 166, 239, 248, 
 
 Chubbuck, 382. 
 
 Colfax, 247, 251. 
 
 291, 450. 
 
 Church, 28, 29, 39, 48, 
 
 Coll (Cole). 
 
 Crescey, 414. 
 
 52, 65, 73, 75-77, 80, 
 
 Coller, 448. 
 
 Creswell (Croswell). 
 
 84, 91, 164, 179, 180- 
 
 Collins, 149, 260, 278, 
 
 Crispe (Chrispe). 
 
 182, 186, 188, 191, 196, 
 
 290, 291, 336, 406, 422. 
 
 Critchett, 176, 177. 
 
 198, 204, 247, 251, 253, 
 
 Collohane (Galloway). 
 
 Crocker, 421, 429, 439- 
 
 256, 264, 273, 360, 374, 
 
 Collohue (Galloway). 
 
 441, 458. 
 
 Cromwel, \ 118, 240, 
 Crumwell, \ 272, 296, 
 
 357, 374, 391. 
 Crooke, 176. 
 Crosby, 83, 85, 94, 114, 
 
 364. 
 Cross , 52, 64, 65, 71, 93, 
 
 260, 310, 371, 413, 416, 
 
 443, 444, 477. 
 Croswell, 85, 374. 
 Crouch, 118, 272, 357, 
 
 358, 374. 
 Crouter, 240. 
 Crow, 247, 251, 252. 
 Crowell, 439. 
 Crowfoot, 251, 252. 
 Crumb, 443, 445. 
 Crumpton,137, 138. 
 Cuckow, 285, 368. 
 Cudworth, 27, 28, 30, 
 
 48, 65, 194, 195, 196, 
 455, 459, 460, 462. 
 
 Culacut, 17. 
 
 Cullick.466. 
 
 Gulliver (Gulliver). 
 
 Cummings, 157, 330, 
 331, 336, 339, 437. 
 
 Cummins, 157. 
 
 Cunant (Conant). 
 
 Cunnaball, > 239, 248, 
 
 Cunneball, i 251, 252. 
 
 Cunnell, 338. 
 
 Currier, 413. 
 
 Curtis, 29, 30, 54, 55, 
 81, 86, 94, 97, 104- 
 107, 109, 111, 113-116, 
 130, 167, 195, 224, 225, 
 369, 398, 421, 424, 451, 
 467, 468. 
 
 Curwin (Corwin). 
 
 Cushawashett, 23. 
 
 Gushing, 363. 
 
 Cushman, 4. 
 
 Cuthbert, 458. 
 
 Cutler, 58, 118, 127, 
 155, 170, 172,184,270, 
 272, 273, 285, 286, 357, 
 360, 368, 374, 376, 418, 
 
 431, 436, 474. 
 Cutshamakin, 8, 9, 10. 
 
 Outts (294,309,475. 
 
 OUllo, ) 
 
 Cutter, 154, 155, 157, 
 
 171, 417. 
 Cuttin, 84, 127,171,273, 
 
 376, 417-419, 451. 
 
 D. 
 
 Daggett, 427, 463. 
 
 Dalton, 374. 
 
 Dalvine, 221. 
 
 Daman, ) 172, 273, 
 
 Dammon, ] 358, 360, 
 375, 406, 407, 464, 474. 
 
 Damport (Davenport). 
 
 Dana, 272. 
 
 Dane, 155, 360, 412, 414. 
 
 Dauforth, 88, 124, 162, 
 169, 193, 266, 301, 316, 
 352, 400, 474. 
 
 Daniel, 52, 93, 304, 306, 
 307, 309, 364, 369, 475. 
 
 Danielson, 444, 445. 
 
 Darby, 338, 420. 
 
 Darling, 358. 
 
 Dart, 444, 445. 
 
 Davenport, 8, 17, 18, 52, 
 55, 70, 152, 153, 161- 
 163, 168-172, 174, 182, 
 183, 185, 187. 190, 191, 
 265, 278, 365, 369, 431, 
 
 432, 435-437, 472. 
 Dason, 248. 
 David, 209. 
 
490 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAK. 
 
 Davidson, 211, 217, 362. 
 
 Davis, > 14, 21, 23, 51, 
 
 Daveis, j 72, 76, 79, 
 83, 102, 109, 112, 114, 
 117, 121, 138, 140, 154, 
 155,157, 167,177,201, 
 217, 239, 240, 248, 273, 
 274, 281, 285, 297, 298, 
 314, 346, 347, 355-358, 
 362, 374, 406, 414, 415, 
 418, 420, 422, 423, 435, 
 439, 449, 450, 452, 466, 
 473, 477, 480. 
 
 Dawby, 274. 
 
 Dawes, 64, 155, 241, 
 
 361, 431, 477. 
 Dawson, 239. 
 
 Day, 72, 75, 207, 260, 
 
 358, 368, 370, 422, 430, 
 
 477. 
 
 Dayer (Dyer). 
 Dean, 64, 81, 154, 157, 
 
 221, 260, 282, 309, 433, 
 
 435. 
 
 Deares, 72, 371. 
 DeBeck, 62. 
 Decro, 64, 177, 178. 
 Deers (Deares). 
 Dees, 166. 
 Delamore, 310. 
 Deland, 421. 
 Delanoy, 457. 
 Delaway, 82. 
 Dell, 272. 
 Dellow, 283, 371. 
 Demorell, 448. 
 Dennis, 154, 217, 341, 
 
 362, 370, 451. 
 Dennison, j 36, 45, 50, 
 Denison, \ 66,76,89, 
 
 90, 93, 97, 101, 138, 
 156, 157, 179, 207, 213, 
 214, 218, 271, 281, 296, 
 301, 303, 320, 383, 395, 
 424,442, 443,445,446, 
 450, 467, 472-474. 
 
 Dereing, 56. 
 
 Derrick, ) 155, 157, 
 
 DeReeke, \ 207. 
 
 Despaw, 450. 
 
 Dethsidg, 260. 
 
 Deverick, 290. 
 
 Dew (Due). 
 
 Dewin, 404, 448. 
 
 Dewolf , 443, 444, 446. 
 
 Dexter.126,175,375,424. 
 
 Dichetto, 51,71, 74,477. 
 
 Dickenden (Dichetto). 
 
 Dickerman, 450. 
 
 Dickerson (Dickinson). 
 
 Diekeson, 252, 286, 373. 
 
 Dickinson, 53, 130, 131, 
 132,245, 247,251,252, 
 294, 451. 
 
 Digenton (Dichetto). 
 
 Digerson (Dickinson). 
 
 Dike, 450. 
 
 Dill, 171, 274. 
 
 Dimmock, 426, 456. 
 
 Dindy, 239. 
 
 Dinely, 81. 
 
 Dinsdell, 176, 177, 431. 
 
 Dinwick, 130. 
 
 Disborough, 466. 
 
 Divall, 121, 353. 
 
 Dix, 450. 
 
 Dixy, 92. 
 
 Doan, 439, 440. 
 
 Dodds, 406. 
 
 Dodge, 82, 83, 136, 138, 
 155, 283, 291, 370, 371, 
 423, 424. 
 
 Dodson, 349. 
 
 Doggett (Daggett). 
 
 Dole, 206, 360, 413, 415. 
 Dolhof, 449. 
 Dolling, 476. 
 Dolliver, 177. 
 Domton, 360. 
 Dony, 304. 
 Dorr, 432. 
 Doten, 1. 
 
 Doublet, 57, 354, 403. 
 Doud, 253. 
 Douener (Dovener). 
 Douglace (Douglis). 
 Douglis, 177,443,445. 
 Dourell, 361, 372, 414. 
 Douse, { 72, 73, 100, 
 Dowse,? 171,272,286, 
 
 356, 374, 375, 418. 
 Dovener, 438, 439. 
 Dow, 155-157, 165, 414. 
 Dowgin, 286, 373. 
 Downing, 164,241,261, 
 
 440. 
 Downes, 154, 155, 157, 
 
 414, 452. 
 Drake, 149, 156, 173, 
 
 186, 230, 333, 364, 370, 
 
 452. 
 
 Draper, 56. 
 
 Drew, ) 52, 176, 177, 
 Drue, 1 247, 251. 
 Drinker, 101, 232, 233, 
 
 239, 240, 248. 
 Driver, 165,167,406,422. 
 Drury, 64,170,183,473. 
 Druse, 80, 81. 
 Dublet (Doublet). 
 Ducker, 310. 
 Duckworth, 118, 240, 
 
 338, 357, 374. 
 
 Dudley, 86, 91,114, 170, 
 179-182, 186, 191-194, 
 198, 199, 254, 360, 365, 
 432, 449, 469, 471-473. 
 
 Due, 86, 137, 138. 
 
 Duen, 260. 
 
 Duerell, 240. 
 
 Dugland, 161, 162, 163. 
 
 Dumbleton, 150. 
 
 Dummer, 416. 
 
 Dunbar, 71,75,368,477. 
 
 Duncan, ) 241, 247, 249, 
 
 Dunkin, j 251, 256, 
 439, 471. 
 
 Dunham, 426. 
 
 Dunklins, 290, 374, 448. 
 
 Dunnage, 118, 130, 357. 
 
 Dunnell, 360. 
 
 Dunning, 52, 55, 222, 
 240, 363. 
 
 Dunster, 119, 216, 259, 
 361, 447. 
 
 Dunton, 114, 260, 274. 
 
 Dunwich (Dunnage). 
 
 Dure, 100. 
 
 Durston, 346, 371. 
 
 Dutch, 139, 155. 
 
 Duty, 260. 
 
 Duy (Due). 
 
 Dwelley, 464. 
 
 Dwight, 254, 264, 265, 
 279, 368, 473. 
 
 Dyer, 71, 72, 347, 364, 
 431, 466, 477. 
 
 Dymon, 170. 
 
 E. 
 
 Eames, j 58, 81, 82, 83, 
 
 Ernes, j 100,244,283, 
 
 349, 371, 373, 376, 436. 
 
 Earle, 75, 197, 236, 374, 
 
 477. 
 
 East, 72, 176, 177, 366. 
 Eastman, 346, 358, 372, 
 
 414. 
 Eaton, 154, 155, 157, 
 
 260, 272, 276, 277, 283, 
 
 370. 
 
 Eatow, 17. 
 Ebitt, 64. 
 Eborne, 259. 
 Edes, 286, 374. 
 Edgecombe, 333, 336, 
 
 339. 
 
 Edgerton, 51, 274. 
 Edmands, i 58, 82, 83, 
 Edmonds, J 85, 286, 
 Edmunds, ) 348, 349, 
 
 375,406,422,450. 
 Edson, 280, 428. 
 Edwards, 251, 252, 449, 
 
 467. 
 
 Eggleston, 130, 132, 466. 
 Eldridge, 73, 180, 440. 
 Elgar, 247, 251. 
 Eliot, | 25, 52, 56, 82, 
 Ellitt, i 83, 91, 94, 
 
 175, 177, 207, 208, 239, 
 
 241, 248, 260, 262, 273, 
 
 307,336, 355, 358,365, 
 
 374,376,1389-391, 393- 
 
 396, 398-400, 402, 443, 
 
 445, 448, 473. 
 Elkin, 177, 293, 334- 
 
 336, 448. 
 
 Ellenwood, 423,447. 
 Ellenworth, 281. 
 Ellery, 154, 156, 157, 
 
 422. 
 
 Ellingham, 439. 
 Ellis, 289, 357, 363, 366, 
 
 367, 456. 
 Ellitroop, 477. 
 Ellitt (Eliot). 
 Elsley, 414. 
 Eisruore, 260. 
 Elson, 337. 
 Elton, 46, 479. 
 Elwell, 421, 457. 
 Emerson, 157, 414, 449. 
 Emery, t 56, 155, 156, 
 Emory, \ 157, 207, 
 
 371, 414, 415. 
 Emmett,371. 
 Eraons, 138, 157, 165, 
 
 176, 177, 414. 
 Emsden (Amsden). 
 Endecott, ) 8, 75, 168, 
 Endicot, J 285,469,472, 
 
 473. 
 
 Engersell (Ingersoll). 
 English, 1. 
 Engollsbee, 118, 285, 
 
 338, 357. 
 Ensign, 349. 
 Essery, 52, 72, 356, 374, 
 
 477. 
 
 Estey, 451. 
 Estman (Eastman). 
 Evans, 81,221,222,367, 
 
 422, 434. 
 Everard, 142. 
 Everett, 55, 138, 141. 
 Ewoutse, 92. 
 Eyres, 64, 108, 355. 
 
 F. 
 
 Fairbanks, 81, 100, 118, 
 178, 278, 353, 369, 448. 
 
 Fairfax, 465. 
 
 Fairweather, 252. 
 
 Falkner, 285, 359, 367, 
 368, 382. 
 
 Fanning, 443, 445, 446 
 
 Fantom, 207. 
 
 Farah (Farrar). 
 Farlow, 108, 113, 232. 
 Farly, 113. 
 Farmer, 72, 74,273,373, 
 
 477. 
 
 Farnell (Furnell). 
 Farnham, 232. 
 Farnsworth, 121, 436. 
 Farr, 170, 172, 422. 
 Farrar, 137, 138, 278, 
 
 290, 352, 353, 435, 
 
 450. 
 Farrington, 165, 167, 
 
 285, 368, 406, 422. 
 Farrow, 422. 
 Fassett, 436. 
 Fausee, 157. 
 Fawkner (Falkner) . 
 Faxton, 163. 
 Fay, 210, 211, 431. 
 Felix, 81, 395. 
 Fellows, 85, 126, 130, 
 
 207, 283, 370, 413, 414, 
 
 423, 467. 
 
 Felt, 133, 138, 139, 321. 
 Felton, 421, 439. 
 Fenner, j 161, 162, 202, 
 Fenno, \ 203,204,369. 
 Feres, 281, 286. 
 Ferker, 166, 371. 
 Fertnan, 154, 217, 362. 
 Ferniside, 222. 
 Ferryman, 167, 447. 
 Ficket, 334. 
 Field, 137,251,252,282, 
 
 285, 466. 
 
 Fielder, 72,177,221. 
 Fifield, 286, 374. 
 Figg, 100, 217, 273, 362. 
 Finch, 248. 
 Firman, 157. 
 Fish, 355, 442, 446. 
 Fisher, 139, 201, 240, 
 
 285, 357, 358, 361, 368, 
 375, 473. 
 
 Fiske, 51, 52, 103, 109, 
 113, 121, 241, 260, 273, 
 
 286, 311, 312, 314, 346, 
 356, 371, 376, 437. 
 
 Fitch, 90, 114, 156, 184, 
 202, 258, 260, 355, 370, 
 392, 428, 431, 442, 445, 
 463-465, 467, 468. 
 
 Fitts, 157, 415, 423. 
 
 Fitz, 350. 
 
 Flagg, | 71, 155, 157, 
 
 Flegge, i 171,352,419, 
 426, 435, 436, 477. 
 
 Flanders, 250, 253, 260. 
 
 Fletcher, 114, 121, 122, 
 360, 474. 
 
 Flint, ( 83, 165, 166, 167, 
 
 Flynt, i 421, 480. 
 
 Floyd, 58, 292, 375. 
 
 Foalsom, t ,, q 
 
 Folsom, I 449 
 
 Fobes (Forbs). 
 
 Fogg, 449. 
 
 Follen, 439. 
 
 Foot, 103, 250, 253. 
 
 Forbs, 64, 72, 176, 178, 
 350, 441-444. 
 
 Ford, 51, 86, 154, 157, 
 201, 207, 221, 310, 423. 
 
 Foresight (Forsith). 
 
 Forest, 76, 176, 177, 241, 
 361. 
 
 Forgley (Frogly). 
 
 Forsith, 75, 176, 177, 
 241, 363. 
 
 Fosdick, (72, 74, 279, 
 
 Fosdike, J 286, 477. 
 
 Foskett, 272, 418. 
 
 Fossey (Faussee). 
 
INDEX OF NAMES. 
 
 491 
 
 Foster, ) 64, 114, 121, 
 
 Gattlnsley, 476. 
 
 Gorham, 70, 153, 183, 
 
 Hagar, 171, 360, 418. 
 
 Forster, ] 154, 155, 
 
 Gawen, 155. 
 
 191, 193, 196, 287, 288, 
 
 Haiden (Hayden) . 
 
 157, 240, 247, 251, 260, 
 
 Gay, 72, 368, 433. 
 
 438-441, 459, 462, 463. 
 
 Haies (Hayes). 
 
 264, 272, 285, 358, 360, 
 
 Geartield (Garfield). 
 
 Gorney, 281. 
 
 Haines, 17, 36, 223-225, 
 
 414, 425, 430, 431, 440, 
 
 Gefford (Jefford). 
 
 Gorton, 20. 
 
 229-231,464,465,469, 
 
 458, 473. 
 
 Gellins, 415. 
 
 Gorum (Gorham). 
 
 472, 474. 
 
 Fowle, 81, 85, 100, 265, 
 
 Gemmison (Jameson). 
 
 Gosse, 363, 409. 
 
 Hale, 172, 256, 413, 415, 
 
 286, 374, 413, 414, 416, 
 
 Gendal, 313, 333, 335. 
 
 Goswell, 56. 
 
 423,458 466. 
 
 421. 
 
 Genery (Chenery). 
 
 Gott, 450. 
 
 Hales, 466. 
 
 Fowler, 61, 62, 241, 247, 
 
 Gennings (Jennings). 
 
 Gould, 83, 114, 232-234, 
 
 Halford, 360, 364. 
 
 250,310,414,423,468. 
 
 George, 232, 277, 357, 
 
 258, 276. 
 
 Hall, 51, 52, 156, 170, 
 
 Fowlsham, 292. 
 
 358, 375, 401, 414. 
 
 Gourdin, 158, 165, 166, 
 
 178, 257, 259-261, 264, 
 
 Fox, 443, 445. 
 
 Gepson, 363. 
 
 414. 
 
 266, 273, 289, 364, 368, 
 
 Foxwell, 297, 326, 329- 
 
 Gerrin, 247, 250. 
 
 Gowen, 126, 156, 157. 
 
 369, 376, 419, 426, 439, 
 
 334, 458. 
 
 Gerrish, 65, 100, 293, 
 
 Grafton, 134. 
 
 443, 445, 448, 458, 473. 
 
 Frail, 166. 
 
 294, 412, 415, 474. 
 
 Granger, 150. 
 
 Hallitt, 439. 
 
 Francis, 55, 240, 241, 
 
 Gery, ( 83, 265, 277, 
 
 Grant, 61, 62, 81, 83, 85, 
 
 Halloway (Holloway). 
 
 264, 274, 368. 
 
 Geery, j 437. 
 
 162, 264, 419, 451, 480. 
 
 Ham, 317. 
 
 Franklin, 58, 71, 72, 264, 
 
 Getchell (Gatchell). 
 
 Grary (Gery) 
 
 Hamblin, > 75, 239, 338, 
 
 347, 368, 477. 
 
 Gibbons, 8,22,471,473. 
 
 Graves, 73, 99, 112, 114, 
 
 Hamlin, \ 356, 367, 
 
 Frary, 91, 92, 137, 473. 
 
 Gibbs, 170, 172, 217, 225, 
 
 116, 117, 152, 165, 167, 
 
 439. 
 
 Frazer, 414. 
 
 350, 362, 402, 419, 440, 
 
 225, 242, 244, 260, 358, 
 
 Hammon, 366, 367, 369, 
 
 Freake, 60, 61. 
 
 480. 
 
 360, 371, 373, 406, 419, 
 
 451. 
 
 Freeman, 71, 72, 225, 
 
 Gibson, 51, 58, 72, 81, 
 
 422, 468. 
 
 Hammond, 80,272, 286, 
 
 264, 366, 368, 428, 440, 
 
 85, 272, 286, 339, 373, 
 
 Gray, 56, 165, 166, 222, 
 
 374, 405, 474. 
 
 457, 477. 
 
 477. 
 
 241, 277, 285, 439, 440, 
 
 Hams (Hands). 
 
 French, 108, 113, 155, 
 
 Giddings, 86, 207, 283, 
 
 441. 
 
 Hanbury, 459. 
 
 157,217,259,355,358, 
 
 414. 
 
 Greeland (Greenland). 
 
 Hanchat, 172, 278, 363. 
 
 362, 443, 445. 
 
 Gidney, 371. 
 
 Greely, 346, 372. 
 
 Hancock, 122, 154, 285, 
 
 Frenchman, 64. 
 
 Gilbert, 75, 76, 177,241, 
 
 Green, 64, 71, 85, 111, 
 
 363, 367. 
 
 Friend, 136, 175, 310, 
 
 265, 291, 449, 467, 480. 
 
 114, 126, 165, 166, 266, 
 
 Handmore, 428. 
 
 365. 
 
 Gilford, 222, 281, 368. 
 
 274, 276, 277, 286, 342, 
 
 Hands, 64, 75, 100, 221, 
 
 Frink, 441, 442, 444. 
 
 Gill, 80, 81, 222, 273, 
 
 360, 373-376, 448, 459, 
 
 360, 432. 
 
 Frisbie, 443, 444. 
 
 360, 368, 433. 
 
 477. 
 
 Hannan, 431. 
 
 Frogly, 241, 359, 360. 
 
 Gillam, 75, 97, 100, 101, 
 
 Greenfield, 458. 
 
 Hansett, ) 17R ,00 
 
 Frost, 41, 85, 254, 271, 
 
 197, 292, 473. 
 
 Greenland, 58, 83, 265, 
 
 Hanshett, \ 176 363 
 
 274, 286, 290, 302, 303, 
 
 Gillett, 1 137, 247, 250, 
 
 276, 435. 
 
 Hanson, 239. 
 
 306, 311, 313, 314, 320, 
 
 Jellet, i 252,253,444, 
 
 Greenleaf, 52, 139, 154, 
 
 Hapgood, 108, 113, 225, 
 
 322, 360, 373, 447, 476. 
 
 445, 466. 
 
 155, 165, 184, 413, 414, 
 
 436, 437. 
 
 Frothingham, 272, 286, 
 
 Oilman, 176-178, 239, 
 
 473. 
 
 Haradine, 165. 
 
 290. 
 
 248, 291, 292, 449. 
 
 Gregory, 338. 
 
 Hardin, 52, 440, 471. 
 
 Fry, 166, 167, 372, 422. 
 
 Gleason, 122, 170, 171, 
 
 Grew, 439. 
 
 Barker, 281, 457. 
 
 Fuller, 27, 28,30,48, 71, 
 
 250, 252, 253, 272, 274, 
 
 Gridley, 55,278,431,466. 
 
 Harlakenden, 472. 
 
 74, 133, 183, 251, 252, 
 
 365, 373, 417. 
 
 Griffeth, 360. 
 
 Harmon, 337, 424, 458. 
 
 254, 259, 260, 278, 310, 
 
 Glide, 118, 240, 357. 
 
 Griffin, 85, 240, 250, 
 
 Harradaway, 421. 
 
 347, 348, 350, 366, 371, 
 
 Glover, 142, 145. 
 
 253, 273, 286, 360, 361, 
 
 Harrage, 440. 
 
 414, 421, 439, 448, 455, 
 
 Gloyd, 421. 
 
 363, 364, 369, 374, 418, 
 
 Harriman, 136, 138, 416. 
 
 456, 459, 462, 475, 477. 
 
 Goad, ) 1fi n inn 
 
 451. 
 
 Harrington, 55, 127, 
 
 Furbush, 72. 
 
 Goard, j 162 > 432 
 
 Griggs, 56, 431, 438, 452. 
 
 133, 167, 176, 177, 363, 
 
 Furnell, 137, 138. 
 
 Goarton, 457. 
 
 Grimes, 72, 477. 
 
 422, 452. 
 
 
 Gobely, ( 81-83,114,277, 
 
 Grind, 418. 
 
 Harris, 71, 78, 94, 159, 
 
 
 Goble, \ 360, 373. 
 
 Griswold, 443, 445, 468. 
 
 176,177,204,241,273, 
 
 G. 
 
 Goddard, 286, 375. 
 
 Gromwell (Cromwell). 
 
 282, 357, 358, 374, 375, 
 
 Gage, 100, 350, 360, 416, 
 
 Goddin (Gourdin). 
 
 Gross, 64, 366, 368, 369, 
 
 423, 432, 450, 468. 
 
 439. 
 
 Godfrey, 156, 363, 415. 
 
 449, 452, 478. 
 
 Harrison, 75, 247, 250, 
 
 Gaines, 122, 353, 412, 
 
 Goff, 75, 84, 100, 286, 
 
 Grotis, 355. 
 
 253, 363. 
 
 416. 
 
 360, 363, 366, 373, 406. 
 
 Grout, 82, 83, 224, 225, 
 
 Hart, 83, 85, 167, 292, 
 
 Gale, 273, 356. 
 
 Gold, 64, 165, 166, 350, 
 
 418. 
 
 466. 
 
 Gallop, 7, 8, 17, 70, 93, 
 
 421, 439, 467. 
 
 Groveling, 52. 
 
 Hartford, 240. 
 
 183, 191, 239, 248, 249, 
 
 Golding, 387, 462. 
 
 Grover, 240, 250, 253, 
 
 Hartshorne, 240, 259, 
 
 273,441,443,444,446. 
 
 Gollihu (Galloway). 
 
 264, 361, 366, 451. 
 
 260, 261, 274, 346, 372, 
 
 Galloway, 71, 72, 241, 
 
 Good, 55, 477. 
 
 Groves, 58, 241. 
 
 426, 452. 
 
 414, 477. 
 
 Goodale, 192, 194, 197, 
 
 Grow, 207, 370. 
 
 Hartway, 477. 
 
 Galusha, 365, 375. 
 
 198, 232. 
 
 Guild, I 71, 72, 75, 157, 
 
 Hartwell, 112, 278, 435, 
 
 Gamidg, 155. 
 
 Goodell, 103. 
 
 Guile, \ 366, 368, 477. 
 
 448. 
 
 Gamlin, 55. 
 
 Goodhue, 134. 
 
 Gullifer, ) 81, 154-156, 
 
 Harvey, 64, 155, 156, 
 
 Gamon, 476. 
 
 Goodman, 244. 
 
 Gullever, \ 364, 369. 
 
 157, 414, 475. 
 
 Gannett, 100. 
 
 Goodnow, 224, 225,227, 
 
 Gully, 51. 
 
 Harwood, 52, 176, 250, 
 
 Gardener, 9-11, 16, 314. 
 
 230, 474. 
 
 Gunny, 195, 196. 
 
 253, 448. 
 
 Gardiner, ) 55, 70, 128, 
 
 Goodrich, 468. 
 
 Gunrashit, 354. 
 
 Hascall, 83, 86, 93, 260, 
 
 Gardner, \ 139, 140, 
 
 Goodspeed, 439, 441. 
 
 Guppy, 82, 83. 
 
 283, 310, 370. 
 
 152, 153, 162-167, 174, 
 
 Goodwin, 273, 286, 375, 
 
 Gurdon (Gourdin). 
 
 Hascott, ( fi o 1QT 
 
 178, 183, 186, 187, 190, 
 
 412, 418, 432. 
 
 Gurnet, 433. 
 
 Basket, \ 8<}> la 
 
 191,193,197,231,260, 
 
 Gookin, 47, 52, 63, 67, 
 
 Gurney, 162, 431. 
 
 Basey, ( 79, 153, 161, 
 
 318-320, 343, 421, 433, 
 
 77, 84, 94, 95, 103, 124, 
 
 Gustin (Augustine). 
 
 Basic, | 258, 262, 264, 
 
 436, 437, 474, 476. 
 
 159, 175, 201, 207, 208, 
 
 Guylie (Guild). 
 
 276, 277, 432, 452, 475. 
 
 Gardnett, 161. 
 
 212, 219, 220, 228-231, 
 
 
 Hastings, 52, 85, 133, 
 
 Garfield, ) 58, 118, 172, 
 
 268, 284, 299, 307, 309, 
 
 H. 
 
 137, 154, 171, 272, 366, 
 
 Garfell, j 357,376. 
 
 310, 319, 345, 352, 354, 
 
 Hackburn, 289. 
 
 376. 
 
 Garrett, 23, 464. 
 
 373, 376, 392-396, 398- 
 
 Hackerberry ^Ock- 
 
 Hatch, 424, 434, 45S, 
 
 Gary (Gery). 
 
 400, 402, 404, 405, 462, 
 
 erby). 
 
 464. 
 
 Gatchell, 131, 132, 260, 
 
 473, 474. 
 
 Hadley, 414. 
 
 Hathaway, 52, 222, 427, 
 
 421. 
 
 Gool (Gould). 
 
 Hadlock, 221, 247, 250, 
 
 428, 439. 
 
 Gates, 161, 405, 417, 436. 
 
 Goose, 363. 
 
 281, 355, 361, 366, 373. 
 
 Hatherly, 459. 
 
492 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Hathorne, ) 39, 40, 
 
 Hickson, 140, 241, 259. 
 
 Horsington, 221. 
 
 Hurley, 221. 
 
 Hawthorne, ) 133, 164- 
 
 Hidden, 413. 
 
 Hortman, 71. 
 
 Husband, 165, 167. 
 
 166. 168, 183, 271, 277, 
 
 Hide, 114, 118, 339, 357, 
 
 Horton, 64, 468. 
 
 Hutchins, 165, 207, 346, 
 
 305, 306, 310, 318-324, 
 
 373. 
 
 Hosford, 467, 468. 
 
 372, 423. 
 
 335,337, 371,406. 
 
 Hides, 172, 448. 
 
 Hoskins, 463, 468. 
 
 Hutchinson, 29, 30, 48, 
 
 Haughton, 170, 368. 
 
 Higgins, 439, 440. 
 
 Hosley, 195, 437. 
 
 66, 79, 82, 83, 87, 88, 
 
 Haven, 207, 422, 450. 
 
 Higginson, 8, 371, 474. 
 
 Hosmer, 114, 231. 
 
 90, 93, 103, 106-109, 
 
 Hawes, 58, 122, 155, 
 
 Higinbottom, 279. 
 
 Hough, 444-446. 
 
 111-114, 123, 173, 174, 
 
 170, 231, 338, 360, 
 
 Hildred, 122. 
 
 Houghton, 409, 436, 
 
 191, 193, 276,306, 340, 
 
 366, 368, 452. 
 
 Hildrick, 448. 
 
 437, 438. 
 
 395, 414, 421, 424, 469, 
 
 Hawkes, 137, 250, 253, 
 
 Hill, 58, 85,96,114,162, 
 
 Houldrige, 449. 
 
 473, 475. 
 
 406. 
 
 195, 207, 278, 340, 360, 
 
 Hoult, 86, 444, 445. 
 
 Hutten, 167, 423, 451. 
 
 Hawkins, 1 66, 72, 74, 
 
 363, 367, 373, 412, 414, 
 
 Houlton (Holton). 
 
 
 Hogkins, > 85,94,155, 
 
 428, 458, 465. 
 
 Hounsell, 3o4, 336, 339. 
 
 
 265, 299, 300,316,347, 
 
 Hillard, 344. 
 
 Hounslow, 337. 
 
 . 
 
 359, 418, 434. 
 
 Hills, 51, 466. 
 
 House, 176, 363. 
 
 Ide, 427, 463. 
 
 Hawley, 226, 231, 432. 
 Hay, 417. 
 
 Hilman, 64, 72. 
 Hilton, 285. 
 
 Hovey, 113, 272, 361, 
 415, 426. 
 
 Illery (Ellery). 
 Ilsley, 154, 156, 157. 
 
 Hayden, 81, 83, 94, 264, 
 443, 445, 466-468. 
 
 Hincher, 52, 121, 365, 
 432. 
 
 How, 52, 58, 170, 172, 
 208, 210, 211, 225, 281, 
 
 Ince, 466. 
 Indian, 71, 81, 452. 
 
 Hayes, 118, 152, 154, 
 155, 157, 165, 357, 374. 
 
 Hinchman ( Hench 
 man). 
 
 343, 373, 374, 435, 472. 
 Howard, 81, 83, 100, 
 
 Ingarum (Ingraham). 
 Ingersoll, 86, 330, 331, 
 
 Hay man, 264. 
 
 Hind, 166, 421. 
 
 112, 113, 171, 241, 247, 
 
 422, 451, 476. 
 
 Haynes (Haines). 
 
 Hinkley, 439, 455, 460. 
 
 250, 255, 265, 338, 372, 
 
 Ingolls, 126, 155, 370, 
 /M,i ,101 
 
 Hayson, 140, 154, 157, 
 336, 426. 
 
 Hinksman ( Hench 
 man). 
 
 428. 
 Howell, 7, 75, 285, 330, 
 
 414, -i-l . 
 
 Ingollsby (En go lls- 
 
 Hayward, 85, 114, 170- 
 172, 286, 375, 428, 
 
 Hinsdall, 137, 245, 247, 
 250, 253. 
 
 334, 336, 362. 
 Ho wen (Howell). 
 
 bee). 
 Ingraham, ) 99,116,117, 
 
 456, 457. 
 
 Hinxen, 334, 335, 337. 
 
 Howes, 441, 455. 
 
 Ingram, j 177, 250, 
 
 Haywood, 197, 278. 
 Hazeltine, 346, 372. 
 
 Hitchborn, 52, 72. 
 Hitchcock, 250, 252, 253. 
 
 Howing, 260, 285. 
 Howland.l, 439. 
 
 253, 444, 445. 
 Ingsbee, 177. 
 
 Hazen (Hayson). 
 Heale, 122. 
 
 Hix (Hicks). 
 Hoadly, 89. 
 
 Hewlett, 472. 
 Hoxly, 96. 
 
 Ireson, 51, 71, 154, 157, 
 161, 207, 371, 477. 
 
 Healy, ( 58, 170, 171, 
 Hely, J 272, 373, 408, 
 
 Hoar, 76, 77, 354, 355, 
 396, 401, 459. 
 
 Hoyt, 131, 135, 140, 250, 
 253. 
 
 Irish, 457. 
 Irons, 51, 339, 365, 368. 
 
 419. 
 
 Hobart, 382, 434. 
 
 Hubbard, 26, 52, 56, 65, 
 
 Ives, 421. 
 
 Heard, 316. 
 
 Hobbs, 85,136,138-140, 
 
 75, 90, 93, 103, 121, 
 
 
 Hearsey, 162, 276. 
 
 156, 273, 283, 342, 370, 
 
 129, 131, 136, 139, 143, 
 
 J. 
 
 Heath, 55, 367. 
 
 374, 424, 437, 449. 
 
 149, 153, 162, 164, 169, 
 
 Jacklin, 257. 
 
 Hebbert (Heberd). 
 
 Hobkins, 157. 
 
 171, 173, 186-188, 190- 
 
 Jackson, 81, 130, 133, 
 
 Heberd, 140, 154, 157, 
 
 Hobomak, 4, 5, 6. 
 
 192,198, 201, 202,204, 
 
 157, 164, 207, 217, 260, 
 
 358, 370. 
 
 Hobson, 207, 338, 408, 
 
 218, 227-230, 241, 263, 
 
 278, 362, 414, 419, 448, 
 
 Hedding, 154. 
 
 413, 414, 416. 
 
 269, 271, 296, 302, 306, 
 
 464. 
 
 Hedge, 14,439,455,466. 
 
 Hodges, 458. 
 
 312, 326, 333, 342, 344, 
 
 Jacob, ) 142, 161-163, 
 
 Hedley, 170, 172, 419. 
 
 Hodgkin, 155, 158, 425. 
 
 345, 363, 383, 385, 428, 
 
 Jacobs, \ 184, 207, 214- 
 
 Hegon (Megone). 
 
 Hodgman, 83, 247, 250, 
 
 460-462, 473. 
 
 216, 218, 220, 221, 260, 
 
 Heiden (Hayden). 
 
 276, 277, 283, 375, 420. 
 
 Huchin, 167. 
 
 283-285, 368, 370, 414, 
 
 Heison, 336. 
 
 Hodaden, 302. 
 
 Huckins, 167, 183, 439, 
 
 433. 
 
 Hencher (Hincher). 
 
 Holbrook, 162, 270, 280, 
 
 449. 
 
 James, 64, 71, 250, 253. 
 
 Henchet (Hanchat). 
 
 281,282,433,447,473. 
 
 Hudson, 51, 91, 137, 
 
 Jameson, 161, 240, 248. 
 
 Henchman, 27-32, 38, 
 
 Holden, 58, 264, 274, 
 
 139,140,177,222,241, 
 
 Jaque, 114, 240. 
 
 45, 47-58, 65, 66, 79, 
 
 Holding, i 373, 405. 
 
 272, 280, 426, 428, 452, 
 
 Jaques, 161, 240, 241, 
 
 80, 89-91, 93-95, 112, 
 
 Holess (Hollis). 
 
 473. 
 
 278, 363, 434, 449. 
 
 120, 123, 126, 152, 
 
 Holland, 55, 272, 274. 
 
 Hughes, 100, 240, 241, 
 
 Jay, 239. 
 
 177, 205, 262, 267, 
 
 Hollis, 162, 165, 166, 279, 
 
 247, 250, 261, 431. 
 
 Jeans (Janes), 130. 
 
 268, 270, 285, 291, 
 
 421, 433. 
 
 Huggin, 449. 
 
 Jeffers, 75, 122, 177, 241. 
 
 301, 315, 316, 346, 
 
 Holloway, 362, 427,457, 
 
 Hull, 23, 45, 51, 70,77, 92, 
 
 Jefford, 166, 207, 372. 
 
 358, 374, 378, 395, 
 
 466. 
 
 100, 113, 127, 133, 136, 
 
 Jeffries, ( 18, 52, 118, 
 
 398, 399, 403, 462, 
 
 Hollybut, 466. 
 
 138, 157, 173, 176, 177, 
 
 Jeffery, 1 176,293,357, 
 
 473, 474, 480. 
 
 Holman, 64, 74, 264, 364, 
 
 195, 220, 221, 230-232, 
 
 424, 434. 
 
 Hendly, 68. 
 
 369, 452, 457, 471. 
 
 248, 250, 310, 323, 370, 
 
 Jefts, 122. 
 
 Henfield, 310. 
 
 Holmes, 11, 93, 136, 138, 
 
 424, 427, 443, 445-447, 
 
 Jellet(Gillett). 
 
 Hening, 368. 
 
 239, 248, 364, 365, 373, 
 
 453, 473, 479. 
 
 Jemmison (Jameson). 
 
 Henrick, 92, 154, 157, 
 
 429, 443-446, 451, 456, 
 
 Humkins (Hunkins). 
 
 Jenkins, 55, 176, 177, 
 
 277, 291, 346, 372, 
 
 457. 
 
 Humphreys, 161, 162, 
 
 457, 458. 
 
 426. 
 
 Holt (Hoult). 
 
 364, 365,432, 452,470, 
 
 Jenks, 422. 
 
 Henshaw, 85, 264, 436. 
 
 Holton, ) 165-167, 236, 
 
 476. 
 
 Jenner, 418. 
 
 Herimon (Harriman). 
 
 Houlton, } 421. 
 
 Hungerford, 444, 446. 
 
 Jenney, 457. 
 
 Herman (Harmon). 
 
 Holyoke, 37, 245-247, 
 
 Hunkens, 167, 207. 
 
 Jennings, 43, 91, 156, 
 
 Herring, 285, 414, 448. 
 
 475. 
 
 Hunnewell (Honey 
 
 207, 250, 355, 370, 372, 
 
 Herrington, 170-172, 
 
 Homes (Holmes). 
 
 well). 
 
 428, 443, 445. 
 
 418, 419. 
 
 Honeywell, 336, 338, 
 
 Hunt, 49, 51, 157, 161, 
 
 Jennison, 8, 472. 
 
 Herrick, 260, 407, 421, 
 
 339, 476. 
 
 176, 177, 221, 240, 250, 
 
 Jent, 452. 
 
 423. 
 
 Hood, 172, 222, 279. 
 
 253, 254, 350, 431, 436, 
 
 " Jeremie" (Indian). 
 
 Herse, 364. 
 
 Hooper, 55, 165, 222. 
 
 438, 440, 449, 456, 463. 
 
 Jerrin (Gerrin). 
 
 Hesey (Hasey). 
 
 " Hope-Hood," 296. 
 
 Hunter, 81, 395. 
 
 Jessop, 52, 239, 240, 249. 
 
 Hewes (Hughes) 
 
 Hopes, 172. 
 
 Hunting, 37, 38, 40, 42, 
 
 Jethro, 307, 309, 460. 
 
 Hewins, 255, 361. 
 
 Hopgood.(Hapgood). 
 
 229, 230, 271, 289, 290, 
 
 Jewell, 52, 365, 374. 
 
 Hewit, 93, 260. 
 
 Hopkins, 1,52,217,226, 
 
 306, 309, 311, 312, 320, 
 
 Jewett, 157, 165, 221, 
 
 Heydon, 13. 
 
 231, 241, 343, 362, 427, 
 
 322, 346, 374, 385, 403, 
 
 413, 414, 415, 449. 
 
 Ueywood, 231, 420. 
 
 457, 463-465, 477. 
 
 404. 
 
 Jinks, 72. 
 
 Hibbert (Heberd). 
 
 Hoppin, 260, 281, 285, 
 
 Huntly, 443, 444, 445. 
 
 Jocelyn, ) 195, 322, 325, 
 
 Hicks, 240, 274, 347, 
 
 289, 367. 
 
 Hunton, 227. 
 
 Joslin, { 326,334,335, 
 
 421, 422, 424. 
 
 Homer, 75. 
 
 Hurd, 133, 259. 
 
 336,353. 
 
INDEX OF NAMES. 
 
 493 
 
 John, 84, 133, 174, 217, 
 
 Rillcup, 452. 
 
 Latimer, 467. 
 
 226,240,307,362,386. 
 
 Kindrick, 427. 
 
 LaTour, 325. 
 
 Johnson, 52, 71, 72, 75, 
 
 King, 52, 133, 136, 138, 
 
 Laurence, ) 56, 86, 96, 
 
 80-83, 95, 119, 121, 
 
 162, 163, 176, 210, 211, 
 
 Lawrence, j 170, 171, 
 
 122, 151-153, 159-163, 
 
 224, 225, 242, 250, 253, 
 
 195, 222, 273, 274, 364, 
 
 166, 172, 176, 183, 187, 
 
 278,351, 366,372,452. 
 
 371, 373, 375, 436, 474. 
 
 190,191,193, 210, 211, 
 
 Kingman, 162. 
 
 Layton, 155, 157, 415, 
 
 232, 278, 284-286, 289, 
 
 Kingsby (Kinsbury). 
 
 460. 
 
 292, 338, 339, 360, 369, 
 
 Kingston, 365, 368. 
 
 Lazell, 161, 162, 407. 
 
 371, 372, 374, 395, 406, 
 
 Kinne (Keene). 
 
 Leach (Leech). 
 
 413, 416, 418, 422, 426, 
 
 Kinsbury, 346,372,415. 
 
 Leane (Lane). 
 
 435,436,443-445, 446, 
 
 Kinsman, 278, 415. 
 
 Learned, ) 170, 171, 272, 
 
 450, 458, 473-475, 477. 
 
 Kirkland, 278. 
 
 Lerned, j 358. 
 
 John ( " Stonewall " ), 
 
 Kiswas, 11. 
 
 Leatherland, 100, 279. 
 
 181, 385. 
 
 Kitchell, 468. 
 
 Leaver (Lever). 
 
 Jones, ( 2, 51, 56, 64, 
 
 Kitteridg, 113, 114. 
 
 Leavitt, 363. 
 
 Joanes, \ 72, 118, 122, 
 
 Kittery (Kitteridge). 
 
 Ledebetter, 221, 368, 
 
 156, 157, 166, 207, 217, 
 
 Kittle, I 273, 286, 353, 
 
 432. 
 
 239, 240, 241, 249, 250, 
 
 Kettle, i 418. 
 
 Lee, 250, 253, 286, 293, 
 
 253, 259, 260, 264, 272, 
 
 Knap, 63, 121, 261, 281. 
 
 452. 
 
 273, 285, 286, 310, 338, 
 
 Kneeland (Neland). 
 
 Leech, 55, 71, 72, 139, 
 
 356, 357, 361-363, 370, 
 
 Knight, 100, 165-167, 
 
 155, 157, 431, 474, 480. 
 
 371, 373-376, 382, 420, 
 
 176,177,239,248,259, 
 
 Leeds, 250, 253, 448. 
 
 432, 435, 437, 439, 444, 
 
 274,281,434,444,445. 
 
 Leese, 444, 445. 
 
 445, 448, 458, 461, 477. 
 
 Knott, 74, 176, 182, 239, 
 
 Leete, 464, 465. 
 
 Jordan, 339, 369, 370. 
 
 248, 421, 440. 
 
 Lefflngwell, 441, 442, 
 
 Jose, 293. 
 
 Knowles, 440, 461. 
 
 446, 468. 
 
 " Joshua," 120. 
 
 Knowlton , 154, 155, 157, 
 
 Leigh, 71, 477. 
 
 Joy, 443, 445. 
 
 365, 415, 449. 
 
 Lemon, 1 72, 166, 418, 
 
 Judd, 129, 134, 221, 426. 
 
 Knox, 178. 
 
 Leman, \ 477. 
 
 Judkins, 239, 248. 
 
 Konkga nasco (Conk- 
 
 Lendall, J 64, 176-178, 
 
 Judson, 61, 62, 468. 
 
 ganasco). 
 
 Lindall, ( 219, 431. 
 
 
 Kutquen, 354. 
 
 Leonard, 221, 250, 253, 
 
 K. 
 
 Kylam (Killam). 
 
 264,371,376, 428,460. 
 
 Kankamagus, 300, 315 , 
 
 
 Lernett (Learned). 
 
 316. 
 
 L. 
 
 Lever, 240, 283, 371. 
 
 Kattenanlt, 76, 213, 221, 
 
 Ladd, 283, 292,358, 372, 
 
 Leverett, 22, 49, 62, 66, 
 
 352, 398, 400, 402. 
 
 415. 
 
 92, 151, 179, 192, 202, 
 
 Keates, ) lnft 
 
 Lagreve, 450, 
 
 234, 395, 469, 473. 
 
 Keatts ( 
 
 Lake, 53, 315, 321, 439, 
 
 Levins, 130, 369, 451. 
 
 Keayne, 86, 472. 
 
 473. 
 
 Levitt, 100, 118,357,449. 
 
 Keehood, 105. 
 
 Lakeman, 414. 
 
 Lewes (Lewis). 
 
 Keene, ) 52, 58, 72, 373, 
 
 Lakin, 373, 474. 
 
 Lewis, 51, 241,254, 273, 
 
 Kean, i 415,438,443, 
 
 Lamb, 55, 152, 162, 265, 
 
 278, 339, 350,359, 371, 
 
 445, 477. 
 
 277, 365, 368, 369, 426, 
 
 418, 422, 429, 439, 440, 
 
 Keep, 282. 
 
 466. 
 
 442, 445, 449, 463, 468. 
 
 Keett, 250, 253. 
 
 Lambard (Lambert) . 
 
 Libby, 330, 334-336, 339. 
 
 Keith, 425. 
 
 Lambert, 13, 136, 138, 
 
 Lickens, 131, 132, 133. 
 
 Keizer, 346, 372. 
 
 232, 421, 449, 451. 
 
 Lidgett, 177, 178. 
 
 Kelling, 118, 357, 374. 
 
 Lamson, ( 170, 172, 
 
 Lillye, 458. 
 
 Kellog, 245, 250, 253, 
 
 Lampson, j 240, 248, 
 
 Linckhorn (Lincoln). 
 
 425, 475. 
 
 273, 279, 358, 375, 406, 
 
 Lincoln, 122, 161, 162, 
 
 Kellon, 272. 
 
 407, 420, 424, 449. 
 
 163, 407, 433. 
 
 Kelsie, 443, 445. 
 
 Lancton, 338. 
 
 Lind (Lynd). 
 
 Kemble, j 52, 55, 71, 
 
 Landon, 72, 100, 161, 
 
 Lindall (Lendall). 
 
 Kemball, i 136, 138, 
 
 176, 177, 363, 431. 
 
 Line (Lind). 
 
 139, 166, 167, 176-178, 
 
 Lane, 64, 71, 72,86,161, 
 
 Linnell, 439, 441. 
 
 207, 278, 286, 303, 304, 
 
 162, 176, 177, 222, 240, 
 
 Linnet, 350. 
 
 346, 372, 415, 423, 451, 
 
 241, 259, 426, 431, 433, 
 
 Linsey, 166, 167, 207, 
 
 477. 
 
 477. 
 
 371, 406, 407, 422. 
 
 Kempthorne, 155. 
 Kendall, 58, 83, 176, 177, 
 
 Langbury, 71, 72, 138, 
 240, 247, 250. 
 
 Linsford (Brinkford). 
 Linsley, 371. 
 
 264, 276, 277, 376, 435. 
 
 Langdon, 75, 155, 156, 
 
 Little, 349, 415, 450. 
 
 Keniday (Canada). 
 
 157, 165. 
 
 Littleale, ) , ,30 
 
 Keniston, ) 155, 157, 
 
 Langley, 161-163, 433, 
 
 Littlehall, ( ldB> 1>S8< 
 
 Kenniston, \ 415. 
 
 436. 
 
 Littlefield,476. 
 
 Kennedy (Canada). 
 
 Langor, 407. 
 
 Livermore, 81, 356. 
 
 Kennicott, 64. 
 
 Langworthy, 365. 
 
 Livingstone, 434. 
 
 Kenny, 82, 166, 283, 291, 
 
 Larabe, 444, 446. 
 
 Lizonby, 177. 
 
 371, 421, 452. 
 
 Largin, 241,359,361,399. 
 
 Lloyd, 56. 
 
 Kenrick, 457, 463. 
 
 Larkin, 444, 446. 
 
 Lobdell, 222. 
 
 Kent, 82, 83, 264. 
 
 Lamed, 272, 437, 451. 
 
 Locke, 66, 91, 452. 
 
 Kerby, / 51, 55, 122, 176, 
 
 Laroby, j 9 oa o fifi 07- 
 
 Loker, 224, 225. 
 
 Kirby, i 177,239,248. 
 
 Leroby, \ ^ 8 ">"""i" a 
 
 Long, 73, 83, 260, 264, 
 
 Kerly.210,211,353,474. 
 
 Larrison, 56. 
 
 363, 364, 374, 418. 
 
 Kertland, 207, 361, 406. 
 
 Lasel, 259. 
 
 Longberry (Langbury) . 
 
 Kettle (Kittle). 
 
 Lash, 452. 
 
 Looke, 165, 167, 406. 
 
 Keweenam, 461. 
 
 Laskin, 217, 362. 
 
 Looker, 435. 
 
 Keyes, 225, 475. 
 
 Latham, 443, 445. 
 
 Loomis, 446, 449, 467, 
 
 Keyser, 138. 
 
 Lathrop, ) 32, 66-68, 75, 
 
 468,475. 
 
 Kidd, 278. 
 
 Lothrop, \ 115,120,121, 
 
 Lord, 273, 374, 443-146, 
 
 Kidder,123, 230, 366,474. 
 
 127-130, 133-141, 143, 
 
 449, 466, 467. 
 
 Kilborne, 137, 138. 
 
 210,241,245,349,361, 
 
 Loring, 280. 
 
 Killam, 155, 157. 
 
 374, 418, 443-445, 475, 
 
 Lothrop (Lathrop). 
 
 Kimball (Kemball). 
 
 476. 
 
 Lovejoy, 167, 207, 372. 
 
 Lovell, 1 155, 157,158, 
 Lovewell, ( 161, 415. 
 Lovett, 156, 162, 370. 
 Low, I 73, 74, 197, 274, 
 Lowe, i 349, 356, 363, 
 
 374, 415, 477. 
 Lowd, 240, 241, 452. 
 Lowden, 81-83, 100, 283, 
 
 365,374,417,418,448. 
 Lowell, 338, 356, 450. 
 Loyal, 22. 
 Lucas, 450. 
 Luce, 452. 
 Ludden, 240, 280. 
 Ludlow, 17, 19, 465, 469. 
 Lufkin, 424. 
 Lumbert, 439, 440. 
 Lummis (Loomis). 
 Lunn, 170, 172, 358, 424. 
 Luscome, 336. 
 Lux, 333. 
 Luz, 17. 
 
 Lycuss (Lickens). 
 Lyford, 7. 
 Lyrnan, 242, 244, 250, 
 
 253. 
 Lynd, 83, 126, 177, 207, 
 
 296, 310, 375, 399, 418, 
 
 479. 
 Lyon, 56, 58, 222, 240, 
 
 241, 247, 249, 250, 281, 
 
 364, 365, 369, 426, 432, 
 
 448. 
 
 M. 
 
 Macanab, 448. 
 Maccomber, 427. 
 Macloud, 352, 353. 
 Macranell, 236, 240, 279. 
 Mackfassett, 170, 273, 
 
 373 
 
 Macshawin, 331, 334. 
 Mactonell, 260, 273, 376. 
 Macy, 456. 
 Maddis, 338. 
 Maderill, 72, 176, 177. 
 Madockawando, 40,310, 
 
 311, 314. 
 Magenis, 52, 71, 114, 
 
 176, 272, 274, 363, 448, 
 
 477. 
 
 Magery (Majore). 
 Magoon, 449. 
 Magnus (Quaiapen). 
 Maier, 157. 
 Mainard, 210. 
 Maine, 442,443, 445. 
 Majore, 165, 166, 421. 
 Makanno (Mriksah). 
 Makenny, 285, 334, 339, 
 
 363. 
 
 Maker, 439. 
 Malardino, 75, 338. 
 Mallett, 452. 
 Malony, I ,, , o 7fi 
 Malloone, r 5 359 3 6 
 McKenny (Makenny). 
 McKennyes (Magenis). 
 McSparran, 185. 
 Mane, 93. 
 
 Manly, 51, 240, 432. 
 Mann, 55, 165, 239, 240, 
 
 247, 249, 251, 260, 371, 
 
 429, 430, 452, 480. 
 Manning, 61, 62, 72, 86, 
 
 137-139, 184, 277, 278, 
 
 319, 366, 424. 
 Mansell, 100, 118, 357. 
 Mansfield, 155, 184, 406. 
 Maramasquand, 316. 
 Marble, 355. 
 Marchant, 186, 456. 
 Mardon, 167. 
 Mare, 162. 
 
494 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Markes, 154, 156, 157, 
 
 Middleton.177,277,339, 
 
 236, 263, 266, 292, 295, 
 
 Newmarch, 156, 157, 
 
 372, 382. 
 
 340, 452, 476. 
 
 296, 300, 350, 351, 364, 
 
 415. 
 
 Markham, 131, 132. 
 
 Mighill, 86, 277, 409, 
 
 396, 401-403,431,432, 
 
 Newton, 210, 211,239, 
 
 Marrett, 272. 
 
 413, 415. 
 
 436, 437, 464, 477, 480. 
 
 338, 364, 369, 467. 
 
 Marsh, 100, 421. 
 
 Miles, 27, 48, 63, 65, 80, 
 
 Moses, 467, 468. 
 
 Nichols, 64, 71, 163, 
 
 Marshall, 76, 82, 83, 
 
 196, 256, 435, 460, 468. 
 
 Moss, 57, 92, 260, 273, 
 
 170, 172, 197, 241, 258, 
 
 137, 183, 191, 193, 363, 
 
 Millard,274, 356, 360. 
 
 279, 360, 370. 
 
 286, 326, 340, 355, 356, 
 
 370, 466, 468. 
 
 Miller, 52, 53, 58,81,85, 
 
 Mossup, 385. 
 
 358,368,372,375,406. 
 
 Marston, 155, 419, 449. 
 
 131, 145, 221, 222, 239, 
 
 Moulton, 166, 281, 370, 
 
 407,420,424,429,477, 
 
 Martin, 184, 210, 286, 
 
 247, 250, 253, 260, 265, 
 
 449. 
 
 Nicholson, 222, 260, 
 
 309, 321,358, 375,415, 
 
 273, 274, 279, 350, 374, 
 
 Mountjoy (Munjoy) . 
 
 424, 452. 
 
 421, 427, 463. 
 
 404, 418, 432, 448, 463, 
 
 Mousall, 75, 85, 272, 
 
 Nickards, 450. 
 
 Martineau, 141. 
 
 464. 
 
 374, 418, 477. 
 
 Nilea, 152, 162, 268. 
 
 Marvin, 266. 
 
 Mills, 264, 339, 364, 368, 
 
 Moussell (Mousall). 
 
 Nimrod, 31, 462. 
 
 Mason, 11-20, 70, 78, 
 
 451. 
 
 Mower, 206, 406, 420, 
 
 Nims, 251, 253. 
 
 81, 130, 135, 168, 183, 
 
 Milton, 222, 338, 357, 
 
 422. 
 
 Ninigret, ) 20-23, 88, 
 
 191, 193, 225, 227, 228, 
 
 467. 
 
 Moyer, 446, 450. 
 
 Ninicraft, ) 120, 190, 
 
 241, 265, 279, 366, 367, 
 
 Minds, 75. 
 
 Mriksah, 181. 
 
 201, 203, 381, 382. 
 
 427, 441, 442, 465-168, 
 
 Miner, 83, 442-446, 468. 
 
 Muchin, 268. 
 
 Nixon, 283. 
 
 474, 480. 
 
 Mingo, 82. 
 
 Muckamug, 316. 
 
 Noble, 253. 
 
 Massaeoit, 3-6, 24, 377, 
 
 Minott, 93, 162, 264, 364, 
 
 Mudg, 72, 76, 137, 274, 
 
 Noncatonsoo, 105. 
 
 385. 
 
 368. 
 
 366, 375, 418, 420, 477. 
 
 Nookins, 335. 
 
 Masters, 154, 157. 
 
 Minton (Mintor). 
 
 "Mugg" (Mog). 
 
 Norcross, 241, 365, 376, 
 
 Maston, 165. 
 
 Mintor, 443, 445. 
 
 Mugrige, 414. 
 
 419. 
 
 Matantuck (Quaiapen). 
 Mather, 65, 66, 82, 83, 
 
 Miriam, 82. 
 Mirick, 52,273,358,365, 
 
 Mulbery, 100. 
 Mulford, 440. 
 
 Norden, 72, 259. 
 Norman, 260, 278, 372, 
 
 90, 103, 129, 136, 220, 
 
 374, 427, 440. 
 
 Mullard (Mollard). 
 
 475. 
 
 228, 230. 244, 460, 462. 
 
 Missatt, 452. 
 
 Mun, 251, 253, 254, 466. 
 
 Norris, 449. 
 
 Matoon, 154, 155, 157, 
 
 Mitchell, 61, 62, 241, 329, 
 
 Munge, 72, 126. 
 
 North, 56, 58, 292, 361, 
 
 239, 241, 251, 253, 364. 
 
 331, 415, 428, 449, 450, 
 
 Munjoy, 61, 321, 332, 
 
 368. 
 
 Matson, 92, 358, 370, 
 
 452, 461. 
 
 452. 
 
 Northcoate, 458. 
 
 372. 
 
 Mitchenson, 85, 273, 
 
 Munninge, 59. 
 
 Northrop, 444, 446. 
 
 Mattahando, 41, 314. 
 
 286, 360, 373. 
 
 Munson, 221, 466-468. 
 
 Norton, 6, 93, 118, 149, 
 
 Mattaloos (Mattoonas) . 
 
 Moate, 458. 
 
 Murphy, 363, 444, 446. 
 
 165, 347, 357, 366, 465. 
 
 Mattashunannamoo, 26. 
 
 Modsley, 364. 
 
 Muschin (Muskins). 
 
 Nourse, 352. 
 
 Matthews, 64, 71, 72, 
 
 Mog (Mugg), 40,41,42, 
 
 Musgrove, 241, 261,361, 
 
 Nowell, 71, 98, 101, 182, 
 
 145, 170, 350, 359, 431, 
 
 310, 311, 323, 335-338. 
 
 415. 
 
 285, 403. 
 
 439, 477. 
 
 "Mogg Megone" 
 
 Muskins, 286, 373. 
 
 Noyes, 85, 86, 126, 183, 
 
 Mattoonas, 31, 105, 106, 
 
 (Mog). 
 
 Mutson, 222. 
 
 224, 225, 227, 230, 429, 
 
 112, 386, 479. 
 
 Mollard, 72, 132. 
 
 Muttaump (Mautamp). 
 
 443, 444, 445, 450. 
 
 Maudesley (Mosely). 
 
 Molt, 241, 361. 
 
 Muzzey, 58, 83, 436, 
 
 Num, 461. 
 
 Mautampe, ( 29, 105, 
 
 Molton (Moulton). 
 
 437. 
 
 Numphow, 300, 301, 
 
 Muttaump, j 112, 386, 
 
 Monoco, 132, 352, 386. 
 
 Mygatt, 467. 
 
 304, 309, 399, 401. 
 
 400. 
 
 Mononotto, 16, 19. 
 
 
 Nutter, 314. 
 
 Maxfield, 264, 362, 364, 
 
 Monopoide, 383. 
 
 V. 
 
 Nutting, 121, 125. 
 
 368. 
 
 Monowattuck, 17. 
 
 Nanamocomuck, 300. 
 
 Nye, 350. 
 
 May, 53, 73,76,450,477. 
 
 Monsall (Mousall). 
 
 Nanepashemet, 4. 
 
 Nyrick (Mirick.) 
 
 Mayn (Maine). 
 
 Monteague, 251. 
 
 Nanunteno (Canon- 
 
 
 Maynord, 224. 
 
 Montt, 96, 195. 
 
 chet). 
 
 0. 
 
 Mayo, 72, 274. 
 
 Moody, 413, 416. 
 
 Naoas, 398. 
 
 Oakes, 79,80,81,84,85, 
 
 Mead, 286, 364, 373. 
 
 Moore, 58, 81, 82, 83, 86, 
 
 Nash, 82, 162, 217, 247, 
 
 97, 284, 436, 474. 
 
 Means, 432. 
 
 138, 192, 197, 224, 225, 
 
 280, 355, 362, 364, 456- 
 
 Oakman, 334, 337. 
 
 Meares, 100, 177, 480. 
 
 278, 334, 336, 337, 339, 
 
 458, 467, 468. 
 
 Gates, 52, 68, 75. 
 
 Measie, 75, 176. 
 
 363, 371, 415, 419, 432, 
 
 Naghacowam ) (Sho- 
 
 Oazier, | ,,, ,o 8 o 72 
 
 Mecanny (Makenny). 
 
 444, 449, 468. 
 
 Nashoonan \ Ian). 
 
 Osyer, ( 1M > ld <* * 
 
 Meekins, 137, 149. 
 
 Moosucke, ) sa 
 
 Nathaniel, 397. 
 
 Obbatinewat, 4. 
 
 Meginny (Magenis). 
 
 Mootucke, | 88 
 
 Neale, 154, 157, 165, 
 
 Odrigo (Rodrigo). 
 
 Mego, 448. 
 
 Moraine, 58,176,177,264. 
 
 166, 183, 241, 259, 310, 
 
 Ogleby, 52, 336-339. 
 
 Megone (Hegone). 
 
 Morell, 132, 413. 
 
 331, 371, 421, 475. 
 
 Okerby, ) 52 72 4n 
 
 Megunnaway, 314. 
 
 Morgan, 60, 166, 167, 
 
 Necks, 56. 
 
 Okleby, 1 "* 2 > 477> 
 
 Mellardy (Malardino). 
 
 240, 250, 253, 361, 423, 
 
 Needham, 81, 86, 264, 
 
 Old, 251, 444, 445. 
 
 Mellis (Mellows). 
 
 441, 443, 446, 477. 
 
 273, 277, 437, 480. 
 
 Oldham,7, 8. 
 
 Mellows, 161, 162. 
 
 Moring, 241. 
 
 Negus, 51, 55. 
 
 "Old Queen " (Quaia 
 
 Melvin, 272, 286. 
 
 Morren (Moraine). 
 
 Neland, 155, 283, 370, 
 
 pen). 
 
 Memecho, 109, 111, 112, 
 
 Morrill (Morell). 
 
 415, 420, 423, 431, 
 
 Oliver, 23, 46, 53, 70, 74, 
 
 121, 395. 
 
 Morris, 52, 55, 64, 161, 
 
 434. , 
 
 81, 85, 142, 152, 153, 
 
 Mendall, 457. 
 
 162, 216, 279, 361, 363, 
 
 Nelson, 309. f J I 
 
 164, 169, 173-178, 180- 
 
 Menter, 137, 138. 
 
 428, 471. 
 
 Nemasit, 431, 474. 
 
 182, 187, 190, 191, 291, 
 
 Merriam, 83. 
 
 Morrison, 52. 
 
 Nepanet, 354. 
 
 332, 334, 336, 404, 432, 
 
 Merrifleld, 260,274, 281. 
 
 Morrone (Moraine). 
 
 Nessefteld, 350. 
 
 435, 473. 
 
 Merritnan, 468. 
 
 Morse, 72, 92, 144, 155, 
 
 Nesutan, 390, 395. 
 
 Olmsted, j , 466 _4 6 o 
 
 Merrit, 1 ,07 -100 
 
 179, 182, 359, 431, 480. 
 
 Nevell, 64. 
 
 Omsted, J13, 466-4b8. 
 
 Merrett, } 137> 138 
 
 Mortmore, 222. 
 
 Nevers, 357, 358. 
 
 Olverton, 149. 
 
 Merry, 250, 253, 449. 
 
 Morton, 1, 300, 456. 
 
 Newbury, 240, 251, 252, 
 
 Oneko,30, 36, 94, 383, 
 
 Meservey, 452. 
 
 Mory, 222, 369, 432, 440. 
 
 361, 375, 467, 468. 
 
 392. 
 
 Messenger, 52. 
 
 Mosarvy (Meservey). 
 
 Newell, 100, 126, 155, 
 
 Orchard, 52. 
 
 Messey, 64. 
 
 Mosely, 27, 28, 31, 32, 38, 
 
 162, 232, 264, 369, 375, 
 
 Ordway, 371. 
 
 Melacom(Pometacom) , 
 
 48, 49, 50, 59-71, 73- 
 
 418, 422, 451. 
 
 Orris, 55, 81, 161, 211, 
 
 (Philip). 
 
 80, 89-91, 93, 95, 97, 
 
 Newhall, 157. 
 
 217, 239, 248, 362, 444, 
 
 Miantonomo, 6, 8, 12, 
 
 101, 115, 120, 121, 122, 
 
 Newland, 456. 
 
 445. 
 
 20, 21, 379, 384. 
 
 128, 133-136, 143, 148, 
 
 Newman, 30, 31, 49, 
 
 Osborne, 51, 86, 232, 
 
 Micheson ( Mitchen- 
 
 149, 152, 153, 109, 174, 
 
 51, 86, 156, 158, 239, 
 
 365, 421, 466. 
 
 son). 
 
 175, 180-182,185, 187, 
 
 240, 249, 338, 349, 374, 
 
 Osgood, 447. 
 
 Middlecott, 480. 
 
 190, 191, 193, 209, 213, | 415, 464. 
 
 Osyer (Oazier). 
 
INDEX OF NAMES. 
 
 495 
 
 Otis, 316. 
 
 Peek-worth, 292. 
 
 Pickering, 67, 118, 143, 
 
 Preston, 140, 166, 167, 
 
 Overing, 437. 
 
 Pegin, 268, 398. 
 
 155, 176, 357, 474. 
 
 240, 251, 253, 372, 423. 
 
 Overton (Olverton). 
 
 Peirce, ) 19, 35, 52, 78, 
 
 Picket, 334, 423. 
 
 Price, 55, 126, 164-166, 
 
 Owen, 52, 162, 216, 217, 
 
 Peirse, { 83, 85, 99, 
 
 Pickworth, 166, 167, 372, 
 
 170, 171, 177, 241, 251, 
 
 361, 362, 427. 
 
 Pearce, ) 133, 155,157, 
 
 421. 
 
 253, 286, 339, 376, 474, 
 
 Owenequo, 151. 
 
 170, 172, 195, 207, 227, 
 
 Pierpont, 56. 
 
 475. 
 
 Oxenbridse, 234. 
 
 249, 251, 260, 265, 272, 
 
 Pike, 241, 247, 251, 259, 
 
 Prichard, 108, 109, 115, 
 
 Oyne, 58, 260, 264, 272, 
 
 273, 276, 277, 280, 286- 
 
 261, 309, 342, 361, 365, 
 
 165. 
 
 376. 
 
 289, 342, 347-349, 359, 
 
 374, 375, 406, 407, 416, 
 
 Priest, 52, 170, 172, 239, 
 
 Ozzier (Oazier). 
 
 376, 382, 389, 415, 429, 
 
 419, 474-476. 
 
 248, 358, 359, 376, 419, 
 
 
 441,450,463,464,476. 
 
 Pilsbery, 310, 358, 365, 
 
 429, 437, 452. 
 
 P. 
 
 Peksuot, 5. 
 
 371. 
 
 Prime, 416. 
 
 Packer, 444. 
 
 Pelham, 225. 
 
 Pinchon, 1 12,18,19,32, 
 
 Prince, 11,137,161, 163, 
 
 Paddy, 457. 
 
 Pell, 11. 
 
 Pynchon, ( 33, 41, 68, 
 
 165, 167, 207, 421, 431, 
 
 Padlefoot, 274, 373, 437. 
 
 Pellington, 118, 221, 
 
 69, 105, 112, 121, 128, 
 
 451, 455, 457, 459. 
 
 Paige, 28, 48, 49, 79, 85, 
 
 240, 357, 363. 
 
 134, 143-147, 150, 152, 
 
 Pringridays, 145. 
 
 86,90,91,95,111,112, 
 
 Pemberton, 52, 64, 72, 
 
 266, 288, 365, 369, 475. 
 
 Prior, 156, 158. 
 
 277, 282, 403. 
 
 259, 265, 281, 364, 375, 
 
 Finder, 58, 264. 
 
 Pritchett (Prichard). 
 
 Pain, ) 81, 85, 91, 94, 
 
 415. 
 
 Pingry, 449. 
 
 Prize (Price). 
 
 Paine, 1 100, 142, 260, 
 
 Pembleton(Pendleton). 
 
 Pinly (Plinly). 
 
 Procer, 52, 75, 176, 177, 
 
 264,285,313,314,317, 
 
 Pemerton ( Pemberto n ) . 
 
 Pipin, 157. 
 
 241, 281, 365. 
 
 364, 440, 463. 
 
 Pendall, 444. 
 
 Pitcher, 75, 162, 163, 
 
 Proctor, 58, 86, 122, 363, 
 
 Pakashokag, 386. 
 
 Pendleton, 225, 297, 
 
 364, 3d5, 367, 369. 
 
 370. 
 
 Palmer, 18, 138, 155, 
 
 298, 322, 329, 331-333, 
 
 Pitman, 130, 138, 371. 
 
 Prosser (Procer). 
 
 157, 202, 278, 283, 370, 
 
 443, 444, 476. 
 
 Pittam, 222. 
 
 Prout, 81, 83, 278, 429. 
 
 371,415, 443,446,456, 
 
 Pengilly, 154, 155, 157, 
 
 Pittimee, 402. 
 
 Proute, 434, 464. 
 
 463, 466, 467. 
 
 260, 370, 426. 
 
 Pixly, 137. 
 
 Provender, 72, 437, 477. 
 
 Palmes, 442, 446, 467. 
 
 Pengry, 138, 157. 
 
 Plaisted, 64, 295,302,476. 
 
 Pudenter, 260, 372. 
 
 Parham, 52. 
 
 Penniman, 82, 83, 94, 
 
 Plant, 445. 
 
 Puffer, 282. 
 
 Parke, 1 132, 133, 376, 
 
 364. 
 
 Platts, 206. 
 
 Pugsley, 439. 
 
 Parks, j 419, 443, 445, 
 
 Pepar (Pepper). 
 
 Plimpton, 71, 137, 225, 
 
 Puinder (Provender). 
 
 446. 
 
 Pepper, 131, 132, 155, 
 
 347, 369, 434, 477. 
 
 Purnroy, 251, 253. 
 
 Parker, 30, 52, 56, 110, 
 
 231. 
 
 Plinly, 363, 366, 431. 
 
 Purchase, 466. 
 
 114, 120-124, 154, 166, 
 
 Perkes, 480. 
 
 Plom, 202. 
 
 Putman, 1 82, 83, 111, 
 
 167, 170, 206, 221, 225, 
 
 Perkins, 51, 85/93, 118, 
 
 Plum, 137, 138, 162, 281, 
 
 Putnam, j 291,421,451, 
 
 239, 260, 265, 273, 274, 
 
 155-157, 165, 167, 207, 
 
 285, 444, 446. 
 
 475. 
 
 281, 282, 286, 345, 355, 
 
 344, 357, 370, 423, 431, 
 
 Plummer, 82, 83, 130, 
 
 Pynchon (Pinchon). 
 
 358-360, 362-364, 367, 
 
 449, 451. 
 
 138, 162, 415. 
 
 
 368, 375, 376, 416, 420, 
 
 Perry, 63, 88, 273, 349, 
 
 Pocock, 149, 258, 259. 
 
 Q. 
 
 422,423,435,444,445, 
 
 358, 376, 427, 463. 
 
 Pollard, 64, 81,100,207, 
 
 Quaddington, 452. 
 
 448, 462, 474. 
 
 Person, 83, 130, 358. 
 
 360, 431. 
 
 Quaiapen, 180,181, 192, 
 
 Parkhurst, 171, 419. 
 
 Pessacus, 21, 22, 385. 
 
 Polly, 52, 58, 170, 172, 
 
 244, 387. 
 
 Parlor, 155, 157. 
 
 Petananuit, 24, 377. 
 
 272, 286, 358, 376. 
 
 Quanapawhan, 461. 
 
 Parmater (Parmenter) . 
 
 Peter, 73, 180, 186, 192, 
 
 Polott, 166. 
 
 Quanansit(Canonchet) . 
 
 Parmenter, j 81, 82, 83, 
 
 193, 304. 
 
 Pomham, 73, 82, 174, 
 
 Quannapohit, 97, 213, 
 
 Parmiter, j 217, 224, 
 
 Peter-Nunnuit (Peta 
 
 180, 192, 200, 384, 479. 
 
 268, 352, 394, 395, 398, 
 
 362, 419, 443, 445. 
 
 nanuit). 
 
 Pond, 222, 368. 
 
 400, 402. 
 
 Farmer (Palmer). 
 
 Peters, 423, 449. 
 
 Poole, 48, 98, 116, 140, 
 
 Quanohit, 354. 
 
 Parneer, 292. 
 
 Peterson, 443, 445. 
 
 147, 149-153, 211, 212, 
 
 Quaquackis, 203. 
 
 Parris, 72, 357-359, 405. 
 
 Petonowowett (Petana 
 
 222, 237, 240, 258-261, 
 
 Quaqualh, 385. 
 
 Parrum, 279. 
 
 nuit). 
 
 276, 277, 289, 292, 361, 
 
 Quarles, 449. 
 
 Parry, 273, 358. 
 
 Petts , 149. 
 
 369, 455, 474. 
 
 Quiddington, 149, 452. 
 
 Parsons, 130, 239, 248, 
 
 Petuhanit, 108, 395. 
 
 Poore, 155, 158, 241, 361, 
 
 Quincy, 473. 
 
 358, 415, 466. 
 
 Phelps, 166, 319, 345, 
 
 415, 450. 
 
 Quinnapin, 36, 377, 381, 
 
 Partridg, 118, 357. 
 
 372, 423, 437, 467. 
 
 Pope, 457, 461. 
 
 385. 
 
 Partsmore, 157. 
 
 Phesy (Veze). 
 
 Poply, 356. 
 
 Quint, 293. 
 
 Pashly, 260, 272, 356. 
 
 Philbrick, 449. 
 
 Poquahow, 107. 
 
 
 Pasmore, 64, 100, 361, 
 
 Philip, 3, 24-31, 34, 36, 
 
 Porey, 462, 
 
 R. 
 
 370. 
 
 38-40, 48-50, 53, 57, 
 
 Porter, 72, 159, 281, 319, 
 
 Rainsford, 100, 241, 
 
 Passaconaway,299, 300. 
 
 65, 67, 68, 73, 76. 80, 
 
 407, 423, 467, 468. 
 
 247, 251. 
 
 Patrick, 11, 12, 15, 16, 
 
 83, 87-90, 93-98, 104- 
 
 Potok, 385. 
 
 Ramsdell, 422, 426, 429, 
 
 18, 470, 471. 
 
 106, 112, 121, 128, 144, 
 
 Potter, 82, 83, 189, 207, 
 
 450. 
 
 Pa ten, 171. 
 
 148, 151, 194, 199, 200, 
 
 231, 361, 370, 406, 413, 
 
 Ramsey, 71, 72, 477. 
 
 Patterson, 13, 58, 113, 
 
 203, 204, 208, 236, 237, 
 
 415, 422, 442, 444, 450. 
 
 Rand, 207,272, 286,374, 
 
 114, 436, 445, 466. 
 
 243, 244, 247, 261, 263, 
 
 Potts, 442, 444, 445. 
 
 422. 
 
 Pattison / , p 
 
 266, 276, 280, 285, 291, 
 
 Powell, 56, 155,il76, 177. 
 
 Randall, 72, 102,260,281. 
 
 Paddison 1 (itterson.) 
 
 297, 301, 305, 348, 351, 
 
 Powers, 102. 
 
 Randlett, 296. 
 
 Paule, 285. 
 
 355, 377-381, 384, 388, 
 
 Pratt, 5, 72, 240, 251, 
 
 Randolph, 158. 
 
 Pay-son, (81, 82,93, 264, 
 
 390, 394, 395, 400, 453, 
 
 253, 255, 286, 349, 361, 
 
 Ransford (Rainsford). 
 
 Pason, i 364,368,432. 
 
 460-462,464. 
 
 373, 418, 466, 467, 468. 
 
 Rathbone, 282. 
 
 Peabody, (165,167,319, 
 
 Phillips, 64, 71, 72, 81, 
 
 Prentice, (27,47-49,52, 
 
 Ratt, 51, 91. 
 
 Pabody, j 423, 424. 
 
 92, 100, 108, 113, 118, 
 
 Premise, j 65, 70,74,79, 
 
 Raven, 293. 
 
 Peach, 290. 
 
 142, 167, 240, 273, 282, 
 
 80-85, 89-91, 95, 117, 
 
 Ravensbee, 206, 371. 
 
 Peacock, 64, 279, 3(56. 
 
 286,297,298,326,347, 
 
 133, 152, 153, 161, 179, 
 
 Bavenscraft, 241, 259, 
 
 Pearch, 375. 
 
 349, 357, 361, 369, 370, 
 
 181, 183, 190, 200,202, 
 
 260. 
 
 Pearson, ) 138, 207, 415, 
 
 373, 376, 418, 433, 457, 
 
 204, 228-230, 270, 272, 
 
 Rawlins, 118, 156, 157, 
 
 Peirson, $ 416, 451. 
 
 461, 466, 476, 477. 
 
 273, 286, 373, 394-397, 
 
 239, 240, 357, 415, 449, 
 
 Pease, 154, 157, 207, 
 
 Philvbrown, 450. 
 
 404,419, 435-438,474. 
 
 478, 480. 
 
 371, 372. 
 
 Phinly (Plinly). 
 
 Prescott, 57, 76, 114, 
 
 Rawson, 47, 59, 88-90, 
 
 Peasley, 413, 415. 
 
 Phinney, 439. 
 
 121, 166, 260, 374, 376, 
 
 117, 121, 143, 168, 192, 
 
 Teener, 428. 
 
 Phip*, 81, 85, 229, 264, 
 
 434, 436. 
 
 193,215,225,226,237, 
 
 Pecke, 100, 130, 139, 
 
 374. 
 
 Pressey, 251, 253. 
 
 275, 345, 374. 
 
 140, 465. 
 
 Pickard, ( aR 977 ,,, 
 
 Pressland, 457. 
 
 Ray, (134,260,274,281, 
 
 Pecker, 475. 
 
 Picard, j 90 .-" .* 10 - 
 
 Pressou (Preston). 
 
 Rea, i 368, 429. 
 
496 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Rayman (Rayment). 
 
 Rayment, ) 118, 154, 
 
 Raymond, { 155, 157, 
 187, 260, 277, 278, 283, 
 357, 370,406,407, 420, 
 423. 
 
 Ray nor, 241, 452. 
 
 Rea (Ray). 
 
 Read, ( 64, 72, 74, 81, 
 
 Reed, ) 85, 100, 122, 
 161, 162, 165-167, 171, 
 176, 225, 241, 243, 244, 
 251, 253, 259, 350, 359, 
 413, 415,416,418,423, 
 
 428, 437, 452, 463, 464, 
 472. 
 
 Records, 361, 369. 
 Redding, 457. 
 Redman, 58, 222, 279, 
 
 369. 
 
 Reeves, 86, 467. 
 Regimant, ( 58, 63, 64, 
 Regeman, j 264, 361. 
 Region, 52, 71, 273, 360, 
 
 477. 
 
 Regulus, 383. 
 Reinerd, 444, 446. 
 Remington, 170, 171, 
 
 184, 273, 278, 373, 
 
 417. 
 
 Reny, 166. 
 Reylie, 157. 
 Reyner, 282. 
 Reynolds, 235, 239, 279, 
 
 429, 444, 445,473. 
 Rhoades, / 61, 62, 167, 
 Roades, { 406. 
 Rice, 58, 71, 72, 167, 
 
 170, 172, 210, 211, 225, 
 226, 272, 419, 433, 448, 
 451, 477. 
 
 Rich, 166. 
 
 Richard, 46. 
 
 Richards, 41, 81, 83, 100, 
 152, 161, 162, 177, 362, 
 371, 406, 428, 432, 445, 
 467, 473. 
 
 Richardson, ( 42,43, 58, 
 
 Richeson, i 82, 83, 
 85, 109, 113, 139, 155, 
 157, 207, 272, 276, 277, 
 285, 290, 300, 301, 338, 
 344-346, 363, 374-376, 
 397, 399, 415, 436, 444, 
 446, 447, 450. 
 
 Ridaway, 427, 463. 
 
 Rideat, 210, 211. 
 
 Rider, 286, 373, 456. 
 
 Rigby, 100, 368. 
 
 Riggs, 18. 
 
 Rigman, 261. 
 
 Rily, 155. 
 
 Ringe, ( 139, 154, 157, 
 
 Ring, j 165, 184, 415, 
 440. 
 
 Riply, 83, 221, 240, 364, 
 427, 432. 
 
 Rishworth, 332, 333. 
 
 Roberts, 52,71,150,170, 
 172, 217, 221, 231, 239, 
 241,247, 251,297,355, 
 362,364,369,436,443- 
 445, 451, 472. 
 
 Robertson, 449. 
 
 Robin, 23, 108, 112, 286, 
 339 
 
 Robins, 154, 239, 260, 
 272, 373, 399, 406, 407, 
 
 430, 437. 
 Robinson, 58, 264, 265, 
 
 290, 296, 342, 371, 372, 
 425, 449, 457, 458, 463. 
 Roby, 156, 274, 346, 357, 
 370, 372. 
 
 Rocket (Rockwood). 
 
 Sam (Sagamore Sam). 
 
 Sexton (Saxton). 
 
 Rockwood, 345, 365, 
 369, 453. 
 
 Samborn, ( 1t . R OT n \ie. 
 Sanborn, | 156,370,476. 
 
 Shakspeer, 144. 
 Shallarde, 293. 
 
 Roderigo, 61, 62, 115, 
 
 Samoset, 3. 
 
 Shapley, (60,166,304, 
 
 338. 
 
 Sampson, ( 64, 109, 160, 
 
 Shapleigh, \ 306, 307, 
 
 Rods (Rhoades). 
 
 Samson, j 222, 240, 
 
 332, 421. 
 
 Roff, ( 58, 158, 217, 265, 
 
 249, 296, 304, 321, 357, 
 
 Sharpe, 36, 119, 221, 
 
 Ruff, 1 362, 416. 
 
 429, 440, 457. 
 
 228, 231, 470. 
 
 Rogers, 55, 100, 122, 
 
 Sanders, ( 83, 94, 162, 
 
 Shattock, 53, 82, 83, 
 
 142, 155, 157, 176,177, 
 
 Saunders, j 274, 364. 
 
 103, 133, 336, 376, 418, 
 
 251, 253, 273, 331, 339, 
 
 368, 373, 458, 468. 
 
 436. 
 
 366, 415, 423, 432, 438, 
 
 Sandy, 64, 118, 240,357. 
 
 Shaw, 100,239,241,289, 
 
 443, 445, 451, 456. 
 
 Sanford, 39, 184, 387, 
 
 444, 445, 452. 458. 
 
 Rolestone, ( 221, 240, 
 
 440. 
 
 Shead, 122, 357, 436. 
 
 Rowlstone, j 265, 363, 
 
 Sanger, 133, 170, 171, 
 
 Sheafe, 272. 
 
 364. 
 
 272, 426. 
 
 Shealett, 337. 
 
 Rolf, 139, 156, 416. 
 
 Sargent, 55, 100, 118, 
 
 Sheather, 443, 445. 
 
 Rollings, 415. 
 
 165, 167, 240, 279, 340, 
 
 Shedd (Shead). 
 
 Rollins (Rawlins). 
 
 357, 424. 
 
 Sheers, 448. 
 
 Rood, 444. 
 
 Sassacus, 6, 7, 9, 12, 15- 
 
 Sheffield, 64, 154, 157, 
 
 Rooks, 210. 
 
 17, 19. 
 
 452. 
 
 Roote, 152, 466. 
 Roper, 137, 138. 239, 240, 
 
 Sassamon, 1 26 380 394 
 Sausaman, j i "> tjo " 
 
 Sheldon, 129, 130, 141, 
 170, 172, 245, 326, 329, 
 
 248, 251,353, 354, 374. 
 
 Satell(Sawtell). 
 
 331, 332, 336, 437. 
 
 Ropes, > ,gg ,,g 
 
 Savage, 28, 29, 34, 35, 
 
 Shelston, 358. 
 
 Ropps, ) 
 
 46, 48, 49, 52, 60, 65, 
 
 Shepcutt, 480. 
 
 Rose, 138, 416. 
 
 67, 71, 74-77, 85, 87- 
 
 Shepheard, ( 72,74,100, 
 
 Ross, 72, 224, 225, 347, 
 
 93,95-98,100-102,117, 
 
 Shepard, j 157, 240, 
 
 374, 375,421,429,445, 
 
 118,159,177,182,191, 
 
 273, 374, 391, 416, 418, 
 
 477. 
 
 213,218,235, 237,240, 
 
 472, 477. 
 
 Ros well, 468. 
 
 243, 245, 266, 282, 325, 
 
 Sherly, 249. 
 
 Round, 76, 176-178. 
 
 340, 341, 349, 357, 395, 
 
 Sherman, 18, 56, 71, 74, 
 
 Row, 334, 335, 336, 422. 
 
 402, 403, 431, 473, 477, 
 
 260, 265, 281, 362, 419, 
 
 Rowland, 444, 446. 
 
 479. 
 
 477. 
 
 Rowlandson, 34, 98, 111, 
 
 Savell, 162. 
 
 Sherrard, 363. 
 
 220,241,244,310,352- 
 
 Savery, 349, 440. 
 
 Sherwood, 467. 
 
 355, 378, 385, 400, 403. 
 
 Sawdy, 239, 240, 248. 
 
 Shipman, 444, 446. 
 
 Rowlston (Rolestone). 
 
 Sawin, 283, 286, 355, 
 
 Sholan, 351. 
 
 Rownden, 217,362. 
 
 357,363,376,418,451. 
 
 Sholet, 336, 338. 
 
 Rowse, 349. 
 
 Sawtell, ( 171, 272, 279, 
 
 Short, 327. 
 
 Royal, 279, 374. 
 
 Satell, \ 356,375,451. 
 
 Shoshanim, 351, 354. 
 
 Rucke, 452. 
 
 Sawyer, j 58, 122, 137, 
 
 Shother (Sheather). 
 
 Rudd, 443,446. 
 
 Sayer, j 138,155,201, 
 
 Shove, 408, 425, 428. 
 
 Ruddock, ( 116,208, 209, 
 
 260, 265,353,355,359, 
 
 Shrimpton, 479. 
 
 Rudduck, i 211,212, 255. 
 
 373,416,427, 437, 452. 
 
 Shuttleworth, 362, 363, 
 
 Ruff (Roff). 
 
 Saxton,64, 75,279. 
 
 369. 
 
 Ruggles, 55, 83, 93, 100, 
 
 Sayward, 157. 
 
 Sibly, (75, 154, 157, 
 
 161,247, 251,277, 430, 
 
 " Scaeva," 466. 
 
 Sybly, | 165, 240, 285, 
 
 431, 473. 
 
 Scales, 130, 138. 
 
 340, 451. 
 
 Rumeall, 166. 
 
 Scammon, 293. 
 
 Siddall, 55, 71, 477. 
 
 Rumneymarsh, 97, 300, 
 
 Scant, 221, 292. 
 
 Siever (Sever). 
 
 394, 404. 
 
 Scill (Sill). 
 
 Sihy, j 58, 72, 73, 264, 
 
 Russ, 68, 71. 
 
 Scopelin, 52. 
 
 Syhy, j 281, 347. 
 
 Russell, 52,60,113,129- 
 
 Scossoway, 297, 326. 
 
 Sikes, 253. 
 
 131, 133, 134, 136, 137, 
 
 Scott, 58,71, 81,93,100, 
 
 Siky, 251, 477. 
 
 140, 144, 145, 149, 150, 
 
 118, 130, 139, 162, 251, 
 
 Sill, (54,55,57,68,125, 
 
 155, 157, 166, 232, 234, 
 
 253, 254, 264, 277, 281, 
 
 Syll, i 127, 133, 145, 
 
 236, 242, 244, 247, 259, 
 
 357, 369, 374, 432. 
 
 147, 152, 184, 266-275, 
 
 272, 283, 286, 349, 371, 
 
 Scottow, 62, 322, 325- 
 
 305,306,320,322,323, 
 
 373,417,438,451,458. 
 
 329, 331-335, 337-340, 
 
 398, 402, 419, 437. 
 
 Rust, 71, 100, 138, 154, 
 
 476. 
 
 Sillesbie, ( Rfi ,, 
 
 157, 165. 
 
 Scripture, 273, 374. 
 
 Selsby, j 86) 359 
 
 Rutter, 170, 172, 419. 
 
 Searle, 217, 272, 362. 
 
 Sillick, 184, 468. 
 
 Ryall, 55, 162, 330, 338. 
 
 bears, ( Q- OQ OAO 9is 
 
 Silver, 450. 
 
 
 Seers, i 80 ^ 39 240 248 - 
 
 Silverwood, 56, 72, 74, 
 
 S. 
 
 Seaver (Sever). 
 
 477. 
 
 Sabin, 390, 427, 463. 
 
 Secomb, 420. 
 
 Silvester, 75, 259, 261, 
 
 Sable, 162, 452. 
 
 Seddon, 365. 
 
 369. 
 
 Sadler, 139, 154, 155, 
 
 Sedgwick, 133, 472, 473. 
 
 Simkins, (91,100,197, 
 
 157, 416. 
 Safford, 86. 
 
 Seely (Sealy), 11, 13, 
 70, 148, 183, 191, 193. 
 
 Sympkins, ( 240, 432. 
 Simmes, i 85, 87, 247, 
 
 Sagamore John, 301, 
 
 Segwell, 285. 
 
 Symmes, j 435. 
 
 304, 399. 
 
 Selden,251, 253. 
 
 Simmons, 122. 
 
 Sagamore Sam, 132, 
 
 Selenden (Salendine). 
 
 " Simon," ( 42,171,303, 
 
 354, 386. 
 
 Selsby (Sillesbe). 
 
 " Symon," \ 304, 305, 
 
 Sage, 100. 
 
 Senter, 418. 
 
 313, 338. 
 
 Sahamoshuha, 200. 
 
 Serjant (Sargent). 
 
 Simons, ) 170,172,251, 
 
 Sakins, 162. 
 
 Serogumba, 304. 
 
 Simonds, } 273, 351, 
 
 Salendine, 358, 374. 
 
 Sessions, 427. 
 
 Symons, ) 357, 358, 
 
 Salmon, 150. 
 
 Sever, ( ,., n o fiQ 
 
 360, 376, 414-416, 421, 
 
 Salter, 75, 170, 171, 240, 
 
 Seaver, i 231 329 369 
 
 436, 437, 452, 469, 480. 
 
 251, 253, 273, 274, 355, 
 
 Severy, 122, 166. 
 
 Simple, (118,240,249, 
 
 373, 374. 
 
 Sewall, 261, 340,368,433. 
 
 Sympole, \ 272, 357, 
 
 Saltonstall, 475. 
 
 Sewery, 207. 
 
 374. 
 
INDEX OF NAMES. 
 
 497 
 
 Simson, ) 154, 155,157, 
 
 Simpson, j 240, 260, 
 261, 334, 337, 376, 448. 
 
 Singlater, (292, 346, 
 
 Singleterry, i 358, 372. 
 
 Singleterry (Singlater) . 
 
 Singletons, 372. 
 
 Sinkler, 281. 
 
 Size, 64. 
 
 Skellito, 338. 
 
 Skelteane (Skelton). 
 
 Skelton, 289, 448. 
 
 Skillings, 428. 
 
 Skinner, 81, 239, 248, 
 418, 420, 451. 
 
 Slead, 338. 
 
 Sleeper, 156, 370. 
 
 Sleth, 450. 
 
 Smallidge, > 52 -, 79 
 
 Smallage, \ Z > M > 7 ^ 
 
 Smart, 449. 
 
 Smeade, I 137, 243, 251, 
 
 Smeed, < 253. 
 
 Smedly, 108, 113, 122. 
 
 Smith, 14, 51,52, 55,64, 
 71, 73, 75, 91, 94, 96, 
 100, 122, 136-139, 153, 
 159, 170-174, 180, 185, 
 192-195, 198, 201-203, 
 205, 222, 224, 225, 239- 
 241, 248,249,251,253, 
 260, 261, 264, 265, 272, 
 273, 277-279, 283, 286, 
 310, 339, 347, 360, 361, 
 363, 365, 368, 371, 372, 
 374-376, 414-419, 432, 
 437, 439, 443-447, 452, 
 456, 459, 475, 477, 480. 
 
 Snitchell, 166, 371. 
 
 Snow, 170, 171, 172, 429, 
 436. 
 
 Snowden, I , nn 9 , n ,,-, 
 
 Snowdin, ( 10 . 240 > 361 - 
 
 Soal, 350. 
 
 Somes (Soames). 
 
 Soames, ) 167, 421, 444, 
 
 Somes, i 446. 
 
 Softley, 341. 
 
 Solenden (Salendine). 
 
 Soley, 52, 64. 
 
 Somerby, 156, 157, 293, 
 413, 416. 
 
 Somersby (Somerby). 
 
 Sosomon, 17. 
 
 Soule, 457. 
 
 Soutch, 241, 364. 
 
 Southcoate, 471. 
 
 Souther, 64, 456, 457. 
 
 Southerne (Souther). 
 
 Southward (South- 
 worth). 
 
 Southworth, 195, 455, 
 459. 
 
 Sowder, 358, 371. 
 
 Spaford, 82, 83. 
 
 Sparhawk, 404. 
 
 Sparke, j 154, 155, 157, 
 
 Sparks, ( 260,356,358, 
 371, 416, 449. 
 
 Sparrow, 183, 440, 462. 
 
 Spaulding,278,374,437. 
 
 Speen, 398, 402. 
 
 Spencer, 272, 281, 368, 
 468, 472. 
 
 Sphere, 480. 
 
 Spike, 155. 
 
 Spiser, 443, 445. 
 
 Spofford, 416. 
 
 Spoonant, 209. 
 
 Sprague, 23, 58, 75, 114, 
 126,275,276, 277,350, 
 360, 375, 382, 418. 
 
 Spring, 85, 260, 264, 376, 
 448. 
 
 Springer, 443, 445. 
 Spurr, 56, 162, 163, 364, 
 
 368, 427. 
 Squatido, 301, 304, 306, 
 
 313. 
 
 Squanto, 3, 4, 6. 
 Squaw Sachem, 4, 88, 
 
 377. 
 
 Squire, 239, 248, 272. 
 Stacie, ( 11 J , 165, 166, 
 Stacy, \ 240, 260, 279, 
 
 357, 372, 375. 
 Stains, 56, 176, 177, 239, 
 
 241, 361, 452. 
 Stain wood (Stanwood). 
 Stamford, i 207,371,415, 
 Stanford, \ 438. 
 Standish, 1, 4, 5, 438, 
 
 440, 455, 456, 459, 477. 
 Stanhope, 224. 
 Stanley, 121, 155, 156, 
 
 162, 184, 241, 343, 360, 
 
 369, 451, 463. 
 Stanton.lS, 23, 49, 162, 
 
 383, 443, 444, 446, 466. 
 Stanwood, 207, 260, 310, 
 
 355, 370. 
 Staples, 259. 
 Stares, 18, 466. 
 Stark, 443, 445. 
 Starling, 241, 360, 448. 
 Starr, 221, 363, 366, 367, 
 
 425. 
 
 Starts, 339. 
 Stearlin (Starling). 
 Stebins, j 71, 72, 137, 
 Stebbins, ( 241, 251, 
 
 253, 477. 
 Stedman, 23, 58, 154, 
 
 155, 157, 286,292,358, 
 
 373, 432, 467. 
 Steele, 466, 467. 
 Stephens, ( 64, 114, 136- 
 Stevens, \ 138, 167, 
 
 176, 177,207,222,225, 
 273, 282, 352, 360, 372, 
 
 374, 400, 421, 422, 443, 
 445. 
 
 Stephenson, 251, 253. 
 Sterns, ( 82, 83, 260, 
 Stearns, i 264, 283, 
 
 358, 360, 363, 376, 438, 
 473. 
 
 Stetson, 457. 
 Steward, 239, 248, 274, 
 
 331. 
 Stickney, 138, 155, 157, 
 
 206, 416. 
 Stiff, 248. 
 Stileman, 475. 
 Stiles, 466. 
 Stimaon, 156, 157, 272, 
 
 286, 375, 416, 449. 
 Stockbridge, 464. 
 Stocker, 171, 424. 
 Stockes.71, 74, 172,450, 
 
 477. 
 
 Stock well, 137. 
 Stoddard, 129, 130, 132, 
 
 137, 254. 
 
 Stokes (Stockes). 
 Stone, 6-8, 52, 58, 82, 
 
 83, 134, 149, 260, 265, 
 
 273, 283, 360,363, 376, 
 
 435, 436, 448, 466. 
 Storer, 416. 
 
 Story, 155, 157,166,449. 
 Stoughton, 11, 16, 17, 
 
 19, 245, 471. 
 Stow, 210. 
 
 Strabridg, 240, 361,447. 
 Strait, 85. 
 Straton, 100, 157. 
 Stream, 280. 
 
 Street, 64. 
 Streeter, 52, 85, 273, 
 
 T^aye r.i 162 222 364 
 
 373. 
 
 Tharly, 86. 
 
 Strong, 467, 468. 
 
 Thathan (Tatingham). 
 
 Stro wbridge (8 1 r a 
 
 Thaxter, 161, 162, 368, 
 
 bridg). 
 
 433. 
 
 Stuart, 221. 
 
 Thaycr (Thare). 
 
 Stubbing, 443, 446. 
 
 Thirlo, 413. 
 
 Stuckley (Stukely). 
 
 Thomas, ( 30, 31,49, 51, 
 
 Stukely, 241, 452. 
 
 Tomas, ( 61, 62, 66, 
 
 Summers, 81, 83, 418. 
 
 71, 72, 74, 81, 155, 157, 
 
 Sumner, 265. 
 
 177, 178,251,254,439, 
 
 " Sunke Squaw "(Quai- 
 
 455-457,462,477. 
 
 apen). 
 Sutliff,137,247,251,253. 
 
 Thomson, 437, 458. 
 Thorn, 52, 154,157,165, 
 
 Sutlive (Sutliff). 
 
 433. 
 
 Sutton, 155, 240. 
 
 Thorndike, 138. 
 
 Swady, 118, 285, 357. 
 
 Thornton, 51, 100, 273, 
 
 Swaine, ) 71, 75, 155, 
 
 439. 
 
 Sweane, \ 156, 171, 
 
 Thorp, 52, 155, 279. 
 
 182, 191,343,406,407, 
 
 Thrall, 466. 
 
 420, 431, 477. 
 
 Thresher, 427. 
 
 Swan, 170,171,272,292, 
 
 Throp, ; 52, 151, 239, 
 
 346, 365, 372, 376, 416, 
 
 Throope, { 240. 
 
 437. 
 
 Thurston, 82, 83, 100, 
 
 Sweet (Swett). 
 
 280, 285, 368, 414, 416, 
 
 Sweetsir, 232, 234, 292, 
 
 473. 
 
 374. 
 
 Thwing, 449. 
 
 Swett, 23, 42, 158, 165, 
 
 Tidd, 474. 
 
 183, 201, 338, 342-346, 
 
 Tidy, )64, 330, 336, 
 
 370, 421, 453, 474. 
 
 Tydey, \ 338. 
 
 Swift, 30, 94, 226, 364, 
 
 Tift (Teffe). 
 
 369, 396, 404, 473. 
 
 Tiler, 1 155-157, 422, 
 
 Switchell, 166, 167. 
 Symma (Simmes). 
 
 Tyler, ( 437. 
 Tilly, 1,10. 
 
 Symonds (Simons). 
 
 Tilston, 56, 221, 368, 
 
 Sympole (Simple). 
 
 407, 409-411, 430, 432. 
 
 
 Tilton,152, 257. 
 
 T. 
 
 Tily (Tyley). 
 
 Tahatawarre, 399. 
 
 Timberlake, 52, 176- 
 
 Tailer (Taylor). 
 
 178, 239, 431. 
 
 Tainter, ) 127, 133,171, 
 
 Timberleys (Timber. 
 
 Tayntor, \ 365. 
 
 lake). 
 
 Talbot, 433. 
 
 Timson (Stimson). 
 
 Talcott, 38, 270, 467. 
 
 Ting(Tyng). 
 
 Tally, 122, 272, 435. 
 
 Tinkham, 440. 
 
 Tanner, 196. 
 
 Tinney (Tenney). 
 
 Tappin, 139, 140, 155, 
 
 Tippen, / 42, 329-331, 
 
 330. 
 
 Tipping, ) 335, 337, 
 
 Tarball, 114, 121, 273, 
 
 338, 345. 
 
 374, 421, 436. 
 
 Tippet, 327. 
 
 Tarbot, 416. 
 
 Tisdale, 428, 461. 
 
 Tarbox, 165, 166, 406, 
 
 Tisquanto (Squanto). 
 
 422. 
 
 Titcomb, 413,414. 
 
 Tatingham, 155, 156, 
 
 Tite, 56, 363 
 
 260, 274, 436. 
 
 Tobias, 26. 
 
 Tatobam, 6, 7. 
 
 Toby, 440. 
 
 Tatoson, 461. 
 
 Tohatoonee, 301. 
 
 Tay, > 161, 170, 172, 239, 
 
 Tokomona, 462. 
 
 Toy, | 240, 245, 248, 
 
 Tolman, 58, 94, 102, 
 
 249, 251, 361. 
 
 265. 
 
 Taylor, j 51, 52, 58, 72, 
 
 " Tom," 159, 160, 226, 
 
 Tailor, \ 83, 156, 158, 
 
 236, 316, 398. 
 
 170, 172, 210, 211, 247, 
 
 Tombs, 64. 
 
 251,254,264,272,273, 
 
 Tooker, 389. 
 
 283, 285, 286, 336, 359, 
 
 Tooky, 339. 
 
 360, 374, 416, 419, 427, 
 
 Toppan (Tappin). 
 
 435, 438^41. 
 
 Topping (Tippen). 
 
 Tebb , 52, 452. 
 
 Torrey, 221, 225, 363, 
 
 Teed, j ,, 8 - , fifl 
 
 452, 456. 
 
 Tedd, I 5 85 360 
 Teffe, 175,186, 194,202, 
 
 ?ozer;! 166 296 302 - 
 
 203, 239. 
 
 Tossier (Toser). 
 
 Temple, 104, 105, 111, 
 
 Toten, 91. 
 
 129, 130, 170-172, 373, 
 
 Totenham ) (Tating 
 
 435, 437. 
 
 Totman j ham) . 
 
 Tenney, 139, 140, 154, 
 
 Toto, 144. 
 
 157, 165, 207, 283, 310, 
 
 Totoson, 386. 
 
 332, 336, 339, 416. 
 
 Touchwill (Twichell). 
 
 Terrel, 433. 
 
 Toute, 458. 
 
 Terry, 197, 467, 468. 
 Teshmond, 334. 
 
 Tower, 52. 
 Towers, 83, 88. 
 
 Thacher, 168, 264, 363, 
 
 Towle, 344. 
 
 376, 439. 
 
 Towne, 126, 373. 
 
498 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Townsend, 78, 165, 167, 
 
 Veasie (Veze). 
 
 406, 422, 437, 473. 
 
 Veile, 477. 
 
 Towsely, 156, 166, 370. 
 
 Verdey, 417, 438. 
 
 Toy (Tay). 
 
 Verin, 176, 177, 239, 
 
 Tracy, 443, 445, 467, 468. 
 
 241, 361. 
 
 Traine.52,357,358,376. 
 
 Very, ) 51, 139, 154, 
 
 Trask, 11, 18, 136, 138, 
 
 Verry, j 156, 416, 421, 
 
 165, 167, 257, 420, 421, 
 
 451. 
 
 436, 472. 
 
 Veze, >51, 240, 241, 
 
 Travis, 177, 239, 452. 
 
 Vesey, 247, 251, 372, 
 
 Treat, 32, 67, 70, 97-99, 
 
 447. 
 
 132, 134-136, 143, 145- 
 
 Vicar, ) 154, 157, 161, 
 
 151, 153, 158, 179, 183, 
 
 Vicary, } 163, 334, 433. 
 
 191, 194, 198, 199,201, 
 
 Vickers, 336, 433. 
 
 202, 235, 236, 464-468. 
 
 Vines, 272, 374. 
 
 Treby, 197. 
 
 Vinton, 138. 
 
 Trescott, 221, 364, 368, 
 
 Vose, 94, 221, 369, 432. 
 
 431. 
 
 Vowden, 165. 
 
 Trowbridge, 404, 468, 
 
 
 474. 
 
 
 Truelove, 100, 360. 
 
 W. 
 
 Trumbull, 191, 418, 
 
 Waban, 104, 391, 394, 
 
 420, 477. 
 
 405. 
 
 Tubbs, 443, 445, 457. 
 
 Wadduck, 161, 366, 
 
 Tuckapawillin, 398, 
 
 452. 
 
 403. 
 
 Wade, 122, 170, 172, 239, 
 
 Tucker, 51, 162, 281, 
 
 349, 370. 
 
 361, 365, 428, 448. 
 
 Wadly, 449. 
 
 Tuckerman, 55, 222, 
 
 Wadsworth, 34, 36, 65, 
 
 363, 364, 432. 
 
 84, 184, 206, 212, 214- 
 
 Tufts, 137. 
 
 216,218-223, 226-231, 
 
 Turell, 473. 
 
 235,239 284,285,352, 
 
 Turner, 8, 35,37,65,71, 
 
 364, 369, 400, 402, 432, 
 
 97, 98, 101, 140, 144, 
 
 467. 
 
 176-178, 182, 216-218, 
 
 Waiard (Ware). 
 
 221, 232-251, 253-257, 
 
 Wainwright, > 75, 137- 
 
 259, 280, 291,292,361, 
 
 Waynwritt, J 139, 154, 
 
 362, 384, 434, 453, 458, 
 
 157, 165, 166, 254, 356, 
 
 472, 473, 477, 480. 
 
 370, 371. 
 
 Turtle, 265. 
 
 Waite, ) 23, 43, 59, 
 
 Tuspaquin, 24, 26, 385, 
 
 Waight, [ 104, 115, 143, 
 
 386. 
 
 Wayt, ) 144, 147, 154, 
 
 Tuttle, 60, 276, 475. 
 
 155, 157, 171, 210, 211, 
 
 Twelves, 473. 
 
 225, 245,251,254,272, 
 
 Twichell, 71, 477. 
 
 274, 277, 283, 286, 288, 
 
 Twing, 240, 264, 273, 
 
 375, 376, 416, 436, 474, 
 
 279, 405, 458. 
 
 480. 
 
 Twisdell, 197. 
 
 Waitstill, 451. 
 
 Twvning, 458. 
 
 Wakefleld, 72, 75, 177. 
 
 Tyffe (Teffe). 
 
 Walcott, 421, 467, 468. 
 
 Tyley, 240 251, 254, 
 
 Walden (Walderne). 
 
 364. 
 
 Walderne, / 39, 41, 60, 
 
 Tyng, (71,169,170,175, 
 
 Waldron, i 161, 270, 
 
 Ting, i 183, 191, 261, 
 
 293-295, 297, 299, 301- 
 
 263, 405, 412, 431. 
 
 307, 309-317, 320-322, 
 
 
 326-331, 397, 476, 480. 
 
 U. 
 
 Waldo, 108, 113, 114, 
 
 Umphree (Humphrey) . 
 
 360, 448. 
 
 Uncas, 11-13, 17, 20-22, 
 
 Wales, 71, 72, 74, 221, 
 
 88, 90, 94, 120, 151, 
 
 226, 232, 281, 477. 
 
 379, 380, 383, 392-394. 
 
 Walker, 73, 118, 225, 
 
 Underbill, 8, 10, 11, 13- 
 
 240, 241, 247,251,273, 
 
 16, 469-471. 
 
 286, 338, 350, 374, 415, 
 
 Underwood, 230, 451. 
 
 416, 426, 440, 461, 463, 
 
 Upchattuck, 105. 
 
 472, 477. 
 
 Updick (Updike). 
 
 Wall, 166. 
 
 Updike, 71, 72, 74, 430, 
 
 Waller, 444, 445, 468. 
 
 477. 
 
 Walles, 51. 
 
 Upham, ) 146, 147, 152, 
 
 Walley, 340. 
 
 Uppum, i 163, 183, 191, 
 
 Walling, 185. 
 
 240, 259, 287-289, 292, 
 
 Wallingford, 416. 
 
 361, 374, 420. 
 
 Wallis, 274. 
 
 Uskatuhgun, 354. 
 
 Walsbery, 364. 
 
 Uter, 450. 
 
 Walters, 281. 
 
 
 Wamsley, 76, 347. 363. 
 
 V. 
 
 Wamsutta, 24, 377. 
 
 Vales, 450. 
 
 Wanualaucet, J 38, 40, 
 
 Vane, 8, 469. 
 
 Wannal.tnset, j 67, 262, 
 
 Varnam, 277. 
 
 270,300,301,303-307, 
 
 Vary (Very). 
 
 309, 399, 400, 405. 
 
 Vassell, 456. 
 
 Ward, 199, 210, 269, 
 
 Vaughan, 294, 309, 476. 
 
 374, 448. 
 
 Veale (Vely), 71, 166, 
 
 Wavdall, 86, 260, 278, 
 
 224, 260, 346, 347. 
 
 338, 423. 
 
 Ward well (Wardall). 
 Ware, ( 264, 342, 366- 
 Weare, \ 368, 477. 
 Warham, 11, 465. 
 Warman, 138. 
 Warner, 149, 151, 154- 
 
 157,242,466,467,475. 
 Warockomee, 304. 
 Warren, 1, 71, 72, 157, 
 
 170, 171-176, 227, 272, 
 
 286, 322, 376, 419, 431, 
 
 437, 477. 
 Warrick, 336. 
 Warriner, 251, 254. 
 Wasgate, 334. 
 Washburn, 428, 458. 
 Waterhouse, 443-446, 
 
 480. 
 Waters, 273, 318. 340, 
 
 376, 448. 
 Watkins, 429. 
 Watson, 162, 163, 240, 
 
 247, 251, 260,286,369, 
 
 373, 396, 415, 432, 459. 
 Watts, 32, 52, 70, 120, 
 
 128, 130, 154-157, 183, 
 
 191, 222, 346, 366, 372, 
 
 468. 
 
 Way, 156, 431. 
 Wayman (Wyman). 
 Weals (Wales). 
 Webb, 53, 63, 72, 154, 
 
 157, 165, 251, 254, 359, 
 
 364. 
 
 Webber, 251, 254. 
 Webster, 78, 154, 156, 
 
 157, 165, 464, 465. 
 Wedarton (Withing- 
 
 ton). 
 
 Wedge, 225. 
 Wedgewood, 18, 449. 
 Weed, 447. 
 Weedeu, 52, 71, 72, 82, 
 
 83, 276, 431, 477. 
 Weetamoo, 29-31, 39, 
 
 112, 377, 385, 387, 462. 
 Weight (Wight). 
 Welch, / 71, 72,167, 356, 
 Welsh, i 358, 418, 444, 
 
 452, 477. 
 
 Welcom, 86, 349. 
 Welcott, 82, 83. 
 Weld, 74, 137, 179, 182, 
 
 274, 357,363,369,432. 
 Welden, 144, 439. 
 Weller, 137. 
 Wellington (Willing- 
 ton). 
 Wellman, 137, 165, 167, 
 
 371, 420. 
 Wells, 65, 74, 100, 251, 
 
 254, 264, 285, 364, 423, 
 
 464-466, 468. 
 Wenmon, ; . r q , R 
 Wenmore, ( 355) 358 
 Wensteed, 73. 
 Wequash, 12, 13. 
 Wesandowit, 317. 
 Wesson (Weston). 
 West, 458. 
 Weston, 4-6, 71, 72, 
 
 477. 
 
 West wood, 292. 
 Wetherbe, 210. 
 Wetherell, 183, 428. 
 Weymouth, 52, 162, 
 
 165, 166, 431. 
 Whale, 225. 
 Whaley, 161. 
 Wharton, 480. 
 Wheat, 273, 360, 435. 
 Wheaton, 161-163, 427. 
 Wheeler, 29, 30, 58, 102- 
 
 104, 106-109, 111-115, 
 
 121,122,126,128,139, 
 154, 157, 165, 170, 172, 
 231, 272, 276,277,346, 
 352 353, 359, 360, 373, 
 
 374, 395, 435, 436, 441- 
 443, 445, 446, 449, 450, 
 474. 
 
 Wheelock, 409, 437. 
 
 Wheelwright, 87, 332, 
 469. 
 
 Wheildon, 458. 
 
 Whetcomb (Whit- 
 comb). 
 
 Whetstone, 236, 259. 
 
 Whicher, I , ln ,,, ,-- 
 
 Wiener, ! 140 154 > l06 
 
 Whipple, 55, 86, 97, 99, 
 101, 214, 282, 283, 475. 
 
 Whippo, 51, 177. 
 
 Whitaker, 274. 
 
 Whitcomb, 309, 435, 
 437, 480. 
 
 White, 55-58, 122, 139, 
 170, 172, 251,260,265, 
 272, 277, 278, 286, 291, 
 334-336, 349, 361, 365, 
 369, 374, 404, 427, 433, 
 436, 438-440, 456, 457. 
 
 Whitehead, 81,466, 468. 
 
 Whitiug, 83, 85, 94,104, 
 286, 375, 475. 
 
 Whitmarsh, 161, 162, 
 280, 433, 452. 
 
 Whitmore, 126, 419. 
 
 Whitney, 53, 83, 140, 
 170, 171, 272,273,281, 
 286, 343, 355, 359, 369, 
 
 375, 376, 435, 436, 438. 
 Whitt (White). 
 Whitteridge, 137, 139, 
 
 240, 247, 251, 361. 
 
 Whittier, 40, 300, 335. 
 
 Whittingham, 472. 
 
 Whittington, 166, 167. 
 
 Whitwell, 239, 248. 
 
 Wianenset, 175. 
 
 Wiborn, 279. 
 
 Wiener (Whicher). 
 
 Wickwier,442, 445. 
 
 Wicomb, ) 86, 283, 371, 
 
 Wycome, \ 426. 
 
 Wigfall, 52. 
 
 Wight, 217, 285,366,368. 
 
 Wilcott, 371. 
 
 Wilde, 240, 259, 372, 
 423, 424. 
 
 Wilder, 162, 409. 
 
 Wilkins, 72, 86, 176,177, 
 241. 
 
 Wilkinson, 58, 451. 
 
 " Will," 313. 
 
 Willard, 22, 23, 30, 32, 
 53, 55, 56, 66, 110, 114- 
 116, 119-126, 184, 214, 
 260, 269, 285, 286, 361, 
 395, 399, 408, 419, 436, 
 472, 474. 
 
 Wilier, 53, 58, 71, 156, 
 373. 
 
 Willet, 330, 336, 338,339, 
 443, 446, 455, 459-461. 
 
 Willey, 443, 446. 
 
 William, 281. 
 
 Wm. Sagamore," 304 
 
 Williams, 8, 51, 61, 78, 
 88, 91, 93, 100, 137, 
 154, 157, 165, 203, 210, 
 211, 221, 222, 241, 264, 
 279, 285, 364, 369, 375, 
 382, 387, 400, 416, 421, 
 430-432, 440, 442, 444- 
 446, 451, 452, 457, 467. 
 
 Willing, 334, 335, 337, 
 452. 
 
INDEX OF NAMES. 
 
 499 
 
 Willington, 81, 82, 264, 
 355, 363, 365, 417-419, 
 477. 
 
 Willis, 100, 241, 419, 
 420, 448, 457, 458, 464, 
 465, 467. 
 
 Williston, 71, 72. 
 
 Willmarth, 427, 463. 
 
 Willoughby, 469. 
 
 "Wills, 52, 279, 365. 
 
 Willymachen, 105. 
 
 Willts (Wills). 
 
 Wilson, 11, 55, 64, 84, 
 110, 115, 126, 131-133, 
 137, 161, 162,207, 272, 
 273, 276, 284-286, 368, 
 374-376, 389, 405, 432, 
 435, 437. 
 
 Wilton, 242, 475. 
 
 Winch, 452. 
 
 Winchall, 254, 331,334. 
 
 Winchester, 364. 
 
 Wincoll, (297,326,327, 
 
 Winkoll, \ 329, 330, 
 331, 334, 476. 
 
 Windam (Windham). 
 
 Windham, 82, 171, 452. 
 
 Windoome (Wind- 
 ham). 
 
 Wing, 83, 114, 277, 350, 
 376, 436, 439, 440, 473. 
 
 Winn (Wing). 
 
 Winnepurkitt, 300. 
 
 Winnock, 314. 
 
 Winahip, 171. 
 
 Winslade, 286. 375, 477. 
 
 Winslow.1,5,33,64,70, 
 73, 76, 87, 91-93, 153, 
 179, 182, 190-192, 201, 
 202, 204, 205, 219, 220, 
 222, 226, 263, 291, 347, 
 360, 375, 391, 420,429, 
 455, 456, 460, 463. 
 
 Winter, 58, 265, 338. 
 
 Winthrop, 7, 8, 17, 88, 
 89, 112, 159, 164, 193, 
 203, 318, 340, 442, 445, 
 464, 465, 467-472. 
 
 Wise, 55, 184, 202. 
 
 Wiseman, 52, 240. 
 
 Wiswall, 84, 100, 448. 
 
 Witham, 326. 
 
 Withe, 171. 
 
 Withington, 162, 281. 
 
 Witt, 450. 
 
 Wittuwamet, 5. 
 
 Witty, 364, 367. 
 
 Wolfe, 58, 339. 
 
 Wood, 53, 58, 102, 133, 
 155, 157,170, 172, 207, 
 210, 211, 239, 248, 257, 
 260, 264, 265, 286, 287, 
 
 359, 360, 371, 374, 376, 
 
 423, 435-437. 
 Woodbridge, 342. 
 Woodbury, j 91,92,137, 
 Woodbery, \ 138, 197, 
 
 279, 371. 
 Woodcock, 48, 51, 65,83, 
 
 84, 153, 159, 160, 161, 
 
 163, 180, 226, 263, 449, 
 
 461. 
 
 Woodhouse, 114, 452. 
 Woodin, 207, 416. 
 Woodis (Woodhouse). 
 Woodman, 416, 472. 
 Woodmaucy, 47, 285. 
 Woodmott, / R , 
 Woodnet, \ ** 
 Woods, 55, 100, 170, 
 
 172, 210, 211, 221, 273, 
 
 355. 
 Woodward, 48, 56, 64, 
 
 83, 132, 154, 156, 165, 
 
 170, 171, 182, 2 /4,286, 
 
 358, 368, 373, 375, 416, 
 
 427, 436. 
 
 Woodworth, 428, 464. 
 Woody, 100, 452, 473. 
 Woolcock (Welcott). 
 Woolly, 452. 
 Woolson, 81, 260. 
 Woonashum, 31. 
 
 Wooater, 443, 444. 
 Wootonekanuske, 24, 
 
 377. 
 
 Wormwood, 314. 
 Worthington, 251, 254. 
 Wright, I 59, 82, 83, 100, 
 Write, ( 122,130,224, 
 
 225, 239, 248, 251, 254, 
 
 276, 362, 376, 407, 434, 
 
 436, 437, 448, 452, 467. 
 Wuttasacom p o n u m , 
 
 398. 
 Wyatt, 355, 356, 358, 
 
 372, 456. 
 
 Wyman, ( 81-83, 183, 
 Wiman, ( 192, 256, 
 
 435, 436, 453, 474. 
 
 Y. 
 
 Yates, 56, 477. 
 
 Yeames, 210. 
 
 Yeomans, 442, 445. 
 
 York, 446. 
 
 Young, 86, 109, 118, 114, 
 126, 139, 154, 155, 157, 
 217, 355, 3(32, 416, 449. 
 
 Youring, 61, 62. 
 
 Z. 
 
 Zachariah, 157. 
 Zacharius, 155. 
 
INDEX OF PLACES. 
 
 A. 
 
 Abbigadassit Fort, 313. 
 Abbington, 438, 440. 
 Acadia, 133. 
 Agawam, 463. 
 Albany, 33, 34, 96, 149, 
 
 200, 379. 
 Alfred, 178. 
 Algiers, 293. 
 Amesbury, 249, 251- 
 
 253, 412, 447. 
 Amherst, 409, 420, 421. 
 Ammoscoggin,40, 299, 
 
 345. 
 
 Amoskeag Falls, 425. 
 Andover, 156, 167, 344, 
 
 372. 382, 420, 422, 447, 
 
 475. 
 
 Annapolis, 170. 
 Arrowsiok,41,305, 313, 
 
 314. 
 
 Ashfleld, 429. 
 Assawomset Pond, 26, 
 
 385, 463. 
 
 Assonett Neck, 463. 
 Athol, 98, 130. 
 Attleboro , 48, 153,428. 
 Auburn, 386. 
 Ayer, 53, 123. 
 
 B. 
 Backquake (Paquoig), 
 
 99. 
 
 Barbadoes, 285. 
 Barnstable, 350, 438, 
 
 439,441,455,456,458. 
 Barrington, 3, 428. 
 Bass River, 133. 
 Bayonne, 479. 
 Bedford, 430, 431. 
 Beer s Hill, 131. 
 Beer s Plain, 189, 266, 
 
 346. 
 
 Bellingham, 430. 
 Bermuda, 19. 
 Bernardston, 252. 
 Berwick, 297, 311, 320, 
 
 323, 412. 
 Beverly, 120, 133, 134, 
 
 167, 370, 406, 407, 420, 
 
 423, 447, 475. 
 Bilboa, 479. 
 Billerica, 56, 85, 108, 
 
 114, 250, 356, 373, 382, 
 
 434-438, 447, 474. 
 " Billerikye Bridge," 
 
 125. 
 
 Birch Island, 313. 
 Black Point, 41, 42, 62, 
 
 311-313, 320-323, 325, 
 
 326, 328,329, 331-333, 
 
 335-339, 345, 356, 453. 
 Block Island, 7, 8, 10, 
 
 19. 
 " Bloody Brook," 32, 
 
 67, 135, 136, 139, 189, 
 
 346 
 Blue Point, 329-331. 
 
 Boston, 4, 6, 9, 11, 21- 
 24, 27, 29, 33, 34, 37, 
 40, 41, 47, 48, 50-52, 
 54, 55, 58-66, 74, 75, 
 77, 79, 82, 84, 87-92, 
 94-97, 101, 103, 105, 
 106,108,109, 115,117, 
 123-125, 128, 129,134, 
 138, 146, 147, 149, 153, 
 156, 158-160, 169, 173, 
 175, 193, 197, 198, 200, 
 205, 206,209,211, 212, 
 215, 216, 219, 220, 223, 
 226, 228, 232-234, 237, 
 239, 244, 245, 247-251, 
 254-256, 261, 263, 269, 
 272, 274, 278-281, 289, 
 291-293, 296, 301, 306, 
 307, 309-312, 315, 316, 
 318, 319, 323, 325, 328- 
 335,340,352,355,370, 
 380, 381, 387, 389, 391, 
 394, 396-398,401,403, 
 405, 409, 410, 417, 430, 
 431,439,469-472. 
 
 Boxford, 420, 424. 
 
 Bradford, 303, 369, 420, 
 424. 
 
 Braintree, 47, 161-163, 
 221,247,251,281,367, 
 404, 430, 433, 447, 473. 
 
 Brant ord, 159. 
 
 Bridge-water, 255, 256, 
 385,428,456, 460. 
 
 Bristol, 25, 84,173,279, 
 427. 
 
 Brookfleld, 29-31, 34, 
 38, 42, 57, 66, 67, 75, 
 97, 98, 101-107, 109- 
 123, 127, 128, 131, 133, 
 134, 189, 229, 235, 266, 
 2C9, 270, 288, 346, 351, 
 352, 357, 378, 386, 400, 
 426. 
 
 Brookline, 430, 433, 472. 
 
 Bull s Garrison, 74,153. 
 
 Burrillville, 37. 
 
 Butterfield s Meadow, 
 10. 
 
 Buxton, 413. 
 
 C. 
 
 Cadiz, 469. 
 
 Cambridge, 47, 80, 84, 
 106, 117, 124-126, 130, 
 132, 156, 169, m, 172, 
 197, 201,258,264,266, 
 267,269, 278,373,391, 
 396, 409, 417, 420, 447, 
 472, 474. 
 
 " Camp Swamp," 463. 
 
 Canonicus, 192. 
 
 Canton, 393. 
 
 Cape Ann, 167. 
 
 Cape Cod, 1, 198. 
 
 Cape Elizabeth, 313. 
 
 Cape Neddick, 322. 
 
 Cape Newaggen, 476. 
 
 Casco, 61, 271, 305, 319, 
 320,327,328, 330,331, 
 333, 335, 476. 
 
 Chabonokong k o m u n 
 (Dudley). 
 
 Charles River, 3, 4, 24, 
 398, 400, 404. 
 
 Charlestown, 22, 37, 47, 
 74, 87, 99, 116, 117, 
 125, 130, 132, 156, 213, 
 228-230, 234, 248, 251, 
 264,267,269,285,289, 
 290, 325, 346, 374, 397, 
 417, 418, 448, 472, 474. 
 
 Charlton (Charles- 
 town). 
 
 Chatham, 420, 424. 
 
 Chelmsford, 53, 56, 66, 
 67, 99, 108, 114, 115, 
 121-126, 128, 214, 279, 
 289,290,300, 301,315, 
 316, 345,346, 357,373, 
 393, 397, 399, 404, 434, 
 448, 474. 
 
 Chestnut Mountains, 
 150. 
 
 Clark s Island, 2. 
 
 Coasset, 69. 
 
 Cobbesconte, 263. 
 
 Cocheco (Dover). 
 
 Colchester, 251-254, 
 429. 
 
 Colraine, 252. 
 
 Concord, 57, 67, 76, 84, 
 85, 102, 103, 105, 108, 
 109, 119, 120, 122, 125, 
 171, 214, 223, 227-229, 
 231,253,261,280,299, 
 346, 352, 354, 355, 373, 
 396,400,401, 404,405, 
 434, 435, 437, 438, 448, 
 472, 474. 
 
 Connecticut River,6-ll, 
 16, 37, 57, 121, 128, 
 134,218,243,305,378, 
 386, 399. 
 
 Cura$oa, 61. 
 
 D. 
 
 Damerill Cove, 476. 
 
 Dartmouth, 29, 30, 49, 
 232, 277, 456, 461. 
 
 Dedham, 22, 47, 48, 70, 
 74, 82, 152, 153, 162, 
 164, 169, 173, 195, 198, 
 201, 219, 226, 239, 262, 
 279, 281, 289, 359, 368, 
 385, 397, 406, 410, 430, 
 433, 448, 472, 473,477. 
 
 Deerfield, 32, 37, 42, 43, 
 67-69, 98, 99, 130, 132, 
 134, 135, 137, 140, 141, 
 143, 148, 150, 210, 236, 
 238, 244, 245, 247, 251- 
 254, 379, 426. 
 
 Deer Island, 77,84,354, 
 397-403. 
 
 Desert (Mount), 60. 
 
 Dighton, 428. 
 
 Dorchester, 4, 9, 11, 18, 
 26, 47, 48, 56, 09, 78, 
 84, 94, 161-163, 227, 
 231, 232, 250, 253, 254, 
 256, 262, 281,318, 368, 
 389, 397, 404, 430, 432, 
 448, 465, 471, 473. 
 
 Douglas, 386. 
 
 Dover, 39-41, 271, 293- 
 295, 297, 299,300, 304- 
 309, 311, 312, 315-317, 
 320, 321,397,470. 
 
 Dudley, 104, 268, 287, 
 386, 398. 
 
 Dunstable, 175, 262, 316. 
 359, 405. 
 
 Dunstan, 298, 326, 331, 
 333. 
 
 Durham, 253, 296. 
 
 Duxbury, 183, 218, 219, 
 350, 438, 440, 455, 456, 
 458. 
 
 Eastham, 2, 350, 438, 
 439, 456, 457, 461. 
 
 Elbows, 251, 254. 
 
 Eliot, 302. 
 
 Enfield, 253, 254, 426. 
 
 Exeter, 181, 296, 308, 
 342, 448, 469. 
 
 F. 
 
 Fairfield, 18, 19, 102, 
 467. 
 
 Fall River, 3, 460. 
 
 "Falltown," 252. 
 
 Falmouth, 40, 169, 271, 
 297, 298, 313, 314, 321, 
 326,420,424.438,476. 
 
 Farmington, 468. 
 
 " First Encounter," 2. 
 
 Flushing, 470. 
 
 Fort Leverett, 93. 
 
 Fort Loyal, 169. 
 
 Four Mile Brook, 131. 
 
 Framingham, 111, 434. 
 
 Freetown, 256, 428,476. 
 
 Fryeburg, 299. 
 
 G. 
 
 Glastonbury, 253. 
 Gloucester, 156, 167, 
 
 370, 420, 422, 449. 
 Goffstown, 425. 
 Gorham, 438. 
 Grafton, 262, 266, 268, 
 
 270, 280, 285, 287, 393, 
 
 395,396,398,402,404. 
 Great Island, 475. 
 Greenfield, 245. 
 Green Hill, 230. 
 Greenland, 412. 
 Green River, 37, 245- 
 
 247. 
 Greenwich, 425, 426. 
 
INDEX OF PLACES. 
 
 501 
 
 Groton, 16, 22, 35, 53, 
 66, 99 110, 113-115, 
 122-125, 214, 262, 269, 
 278, 320, 359, 360, 434, 
 474. 
 
 Guilford, 17, 468. 
 
 Gyobscot Point, 313. 
 
 H- 
 
 Haddam, 253, 429. 
 
 Hadley, 32, 33, 57, 67- 
 70,96,98,121,128-132, 
 134, 135, 137, 138, 140, 
 142-144, 146, 148, 149, 
 151, 152, 214, 236,237, 
 240, 242, 244, 247, 250, 
 251-253, 258, 259, 266, 
 270, 282, 289, 292, 296, 
 351, 361, 426, 475. 
 
 Hamilton, 282. 
 
 Hampton, 239, 240,296, 
 336, 342-344, 370, 412, 
 449, 476. 
 
 Hard wick, 425. 
 
 Hartford, 10, 11, 20-22, 
 41, 120, 128, 132, 135, 
 144, 147, 152, 242, 252, 
 466-468. 
 
 Hassanamesit (Graf- 
 ton). 
 
 Hatfield, 35, 37, 43, 68, 
 69, 71, 115, 129, 130, 
 139, 143, 144, 148-150, 
 152,236, 237,241, 243- 
 247, 250-254, 258, 260, 
 261, 361, 425, 475. 
 
 Haverhill, 214, 308, 343, 
 372,412,413,475. 
 
 Hebron, 429. 
 
 Hingham, 47, 138, 161- 
 163, 221, 226, 276, 280, 
 281, 283-285, 347, 368, 
 382, 407, 433, 449, 472, 
 473. 
 
 Hiugham (South), 283, 
 430. 
 
 Hippocras, 476. 
 
 Hopkinton, 268, 393, 
 398, 404. 
 
 Horseneck, 430. 
 
 Horsmonden, 119. 
 
 Hudson River, 470. 
 
 Hull, 161,163, 258,284, 
 368, 430, 433. 
 
 Huntstown, 425. 
 
 I. 
 
 Indian Hill, 215. 
 
 Ipswich, 7, 45, 79, 86, 
 130, 134, 139, 142, 143, 
 149, 156, 201, 214, 229, 
 282,283,370,405,412, 
 449, 472, 474, 475. 
 
 J. 
 
 Jamaica, 59, 396. 
 Jewels Island, 307. 
 
 K. 
 
 Kennebec, 40-42, 261, 
 263, 277, 299, 303-305 
 312, 320, 328, 335, 338, 
 345. 
 
 Killingly, 428. 
 
 Killingworth, 470. 
 
 Kingston, 253, 429. 
 
 Kingston (North), 181 
 
 Kingston (South), 33 
 181, 430. 
 
 Kingston (West), 184. 
 
 Kittery, 298, 303, 320 
 476. 
 
 L. 
 
 Lancaster, 34, 53, 56, 66, 
 
 67, 84, 97, 99, 110, 114, 
 
 120, 121, 123-125, 128, 
 
 209,214,220,244,261, 
 
 262, 270, 351-355, 378, 
 
 385,386, 400,434,474. 
 
 ebanon, 253, 428, 433. 
 
 eominster, 355. 
 
 exington, 434. 
 
 ieyden, 252. 
 
 ittle Compton, 182, 
 
 427, 461. 
 
 .ittlo-IJfver, 333. 
 l,ittleton, 393, 396, 434. 
 Condon, 341. 
 
 ,ong Island, 9, 160, 253, 
 
 403, 470. 
 Jongmeadow, 35, 99, 
 
 144, 236, 282. 
 Lowell, 300, 346, 393. 
 
 lUnenberg, 409. 
 Lyme, 266, 272, 468. 
 Lynn, 70, 74, 79, 130, 
 
 167,291,371,406,420, 
 
 422, 449, 475. 
 
 M. 
 
 Maanexit, 104. 
 tfackerel Cove, 133. 
 Siagunkog (Hopkin 
 ton). 
 
 Maiden, 47, 61, 74, 163, 
 251-253,276,287, 375, 
 417, 420, 449, 474, 477. 
 Manchaug, 104. 
 Manchester, 430. 
 Manhattan, 6, 459, 470. 
 Mansfield, 426. 
 Maquoit Bay, 41,313. 
 Marblehead, 68, 74, 130, 
 166, 167,371,420,421, 
 450, 475. 
 
 Marlborough, 34-36, 
 66-70, 75-77, 85, 94, 
 97, 99, 105, 110, 114, 
 115, 117, 123, 125, 139, 
 143, 159, 205-216, 218- 
 223, 226-229, 234, 238, 
 239,254,256,262,268- 
 270, 285, 351, 352, 361, 
 381, 382, 393, 396, 400, 
 402, 404, 434, 450. 
 Marshfield, 30, 35, 87, 
 349, 429, 455, 456, 
 458. 
 
 Marshfield (East), 422. 
 Martha s Vineyard,392. 
 Massachusetts Bay, 4. 
 Mattapoisett, 49, 65, 
 
 460. 
 McSparran Hill, 185, 
 
 189. 
 
 Medfield, 34, 53, 54, 84, 
 85, 97, 99, 124, 226, 
 234, 235, 239, 244, 284, 
 347, 362, 369, 401. 404, 
 430, 434, 450, 473. 
 Medford, 171, 172, 250, 
 252, 266,375,417,419, 
 450. 
 
 Menameset, ) 34,104 
 Meminimisset, \ 111 
 112, 128, 235, 349, 352 
 379, 381, 403. 
 Mendon, 31, 32, 49, 50 
 54, 55, 66, 67, 70, " 
 81, 105, 106, 120, 128 
 161, 205, 262, 267, 287 
 288, 351, 363. 
 Merrimac, 430. 
 Merrimac Kiver, 120 
 214, 229, 261, 290, 307 
 345, 378, 393, 409, 420 
 
 Methuen, 412. 
 
 New Haven, 21, 22,191, 
 
 Middleborough, 4, 29, 
 
 467, 468. 
 
 56, 429. 
 
 tfewichewannock, 302, 
 
 Middletown, 159, 252, 
 
 476. 
 
 253, 429. 
 
 tfew London, 199, 202, 
 
 Milford, 183, 202, 420, 
 
 383,430,434,467,468. 
 
 468. 
 
 ^ew Netherlands, 168. 
 
 Miller s River, 34. 
 
 New Plymouth, 226, 
 
 Milton, 9, 94, 161-163, 
 
 392. 
 
 219,221,284, 369,404, 
 
 Newport, 233, 234, 255, 
 
 430, 432, 450. 
 
 256, 385, 430, 434. 
 
 "Mistick," 16,471. 
 
 New Roxbury, 159. 
 
 ilonhegan, 476. 
 
 Newton, 184, 251,252, 
 
 Mount Hope, 3, 25, 28- 
 
 391, 408, 417,419,472. 
 
 30, 39, 45, 48, 63-66, 
 
 New Warwick, 392. 
 
 77, 80, 84, 85, 87, 90, 
 
 Now York, 41, 43, 149, 
 
 91,93, 95,96, 104,128, 
 
 168, 200, 346, 390, 391. 
 
 159,188, 194, 205,262, 
 
 tfiantick, 31. 
 
 263, 277, 282, 288, 380, 
 
 Nipsachick, 31, 462. 
 
 386-388, 393-395, 462. 
 
 Nobscot," 227. 
 
 ilount Vernon, 420. 
 
 Noddle s Island, 233, 
 
 Mt. Adams, 245. 
 
 234. 
 
 " Muddy-Brook," 135, 
 
 Nonacoicus, 120, 123. 
 
 136, 140. 
 
 Nonantum, 391, 404. 
 
 Huddy River, 404. 
 
 Northampton, 33, 35, 
 
 Munjoy s Island, 61, 
 
 98, 129, 130, 135, 143, 
 
 321, 322. 
 
 144,148-150, 152,235- 
 
 tfuscongus, 61. 
 
 238, 243, 247, 250-253, 
 
 Cystic River, 4. 
 
 350, 364, 426, 475. 
 
 
 Northboro, 269. 
 
 N. 
 
 Northfield, 32, 96, 98, 
 
 Namkeake, 404. 
 
 121, 129-132, 134-136, 
 
 Nantucket, 60, 392. 
 
 139,143, 148,266, 378. 
 
 Narraganset, 11, 12,16, 
 
 Norwalk, 468. 
 
 27, 28, 57, 65, 70, 73- 
 
 Norwich, 21, 31, 107, 
 
 75, 85, 123, 136, 140, 
 
 392, 426, 441, 465, 468. 
 
 152, 154, 156, 158, 159, 
 
 
 161,164,165,173,185, 
 
 0. 
 
 189, 190, 195, 196, 199, 
 
 Dborne (Woburn). 
 
 200,201,204,206,207, 
 
 Ognonikongqua- ) 004 
 
 219,259, 262,264,269, 
 
 mesit, 
 
 277,289,291,305,343, 
 
 Okkokonimesit, ) *** 
 
 384,399,407,409,421, 
 
 Ossipee, 40, 271, 299, 
 
 425. 
 
 303, 310, 320, 323. 
 
 Narraganset Bay, 3, 22, 
 
 Oxford, 386, 426. 
 
 24. 
 
 Oyster Bay, 470, 
 
 Narraganset, No. 1 
 
 Oyster River, 296, 297. 
 
 (Buxton, Me.), 412, 
 
 
 413-416. 
 
 P. 
 
 Narraganset, No. 2 
 
 Pakachoog, 104, 267, 
 
 (Westminster, Mass.), 
 
 268, 287, 386. 
 
 409, 417-420. 
 
 Paquatucke, 23. 
 
 Narraganset, No. 3 
 
 Paquayag, 98, 130, 235. 
 
 (Amherst,N.H.),409, 
 
 Patuxit, 3, 192, 204. 
 
 420-424. 
 
 Patuxit River, 35, 36, 
 
 Narraganset, No. 4 
 
 153. 
 
 (Greenwich, Mass.), 
 
 Pawcatuck River, 12, 
 
 425-430, 463. 
 
 23, 262. 
 
 Narraganset, No. 5 
 
 Pawtucket, 3, 299, 346, 
 
 (Bedford, etc., N.H.), 
 
 349, 383. 
 
 430-434. 
 
 Pegunkugg (Deer- 
 
 Narraganset, No. 6 
 
 field). 
 
 (Templeton, Mass.), 
 
 Peggwakick, 320, 321 
 
 435-438. 
 
 Pemaquid, 40, 41, 43, 
 
 Narraganset, No. 7 
 
 310, 313, 476. 
 
 (Gorham.Me.), 438- 
 
 Pembroke, 429. 
 
 441, 464. 
 
 Pennacook, 53, 67, 71, 
 
 Nashaway, ) 57, 66,262, 
 
 123, 2U4, 295, 300, 301, 
 
 Nashua, ( 270. 
 
 313, 316, 399, 400. 
 
 Nashoba (Littleton). 
 
 Penobscot, 40, 299, 301, 
 
 Natick, 26, 80, 104, 105, 
 
 310, 311, 313,314. 
 
 267, 268, 270, 311,344, 
 
 Pequaket, 272, 303. 
 
 391, 393, 394,396,398 
 
 Pequod Harbor, 9, 10, 
 
 404, 405. 
 
 16, 17. 
 
 Needhara, 430, 433. 
 
 Pequod River, 6, 15, 17. 
 
 Nemasket, 4, 26. 
 
 Pequot Hill, 16. 
 
 Nemeacke, ) no 
 
 Pesurapscot River, 412, 
 
 Naweacke, ( 
 
 438. 
 
 Nequamkeek, 263. 
 
 Petasquamscot, ( 74, 82, 
 
 New Braintree, 96, 111 
 
 "Tower Hill," \ 153, 
 
 Newbury, 79, 86, 130 
 
 185, 189, 193. 
 
 136, 139, 156, 206, 249 
 
 Piscataqua, 158, 271, 
 
 278,316,318,342,371 
 
 299, 303, 304, 308, 316, 
 
 412, 450, 472, 475. 
 
 327, 328, 338, 345, 385. 
 
502 
 
 KING PHILIP S WAR. 
 
 Plimpton, 429. 
 
 Plymouth, 3, 4, 7, 10, 
 11, 24-27, 35, 38, 77, 
 87-89, 97, 104, 152- 
 154, 187,190,191,193, 
 195-199, 204, 205, 226, 
 291,299, 319,336,3*7, 
 348,386,387,394,407, 
 411,438,440,442,455- 
 459, 461. 
 
 Plymouth Bay, 1-3, 85. 
 
 Pocasset, 28-31, 39, 48- 
 50, 58, 65, 80, 93, 95, 
 105,112,377,380,387, 
 462. 
 
 Pokanoket, 4, 25, 386. 
 
 Pore fret, 427. 
 
 Portland, 313. 
 
 Port Royal, 133. 
 
 Portsmouth, 40, 294, 
 297, 299,303,308,311, 
 312, 317, 336, 337, 
 475. 
 
 Princeton, 354. 
 
 Providence, 12, 22, 30, 
 31, 35, 49, 50, 73, 88, 
 99, 153, 202-205, 236, 
 348-350, 382, 434. 
 
 " Providence Isle," 19, 
 95, 430. 
 
 Provincetown Harbor, 
 3. 
 
 Pulling Point, 276, 401. 
 
 Punckapog, 80, 226, 
 364,393,396, 404. 
 
 Punketecs Neck, 462. 
 
 Q- 
 
 Quabaug, 31, 66, 77, 99, 
 104, 105, 111,116,118, 
 137,205,211,235,240, 
 258,349,357,381,450. 
 
 Quabbin, 425. 
 
 "Quansigamond 
 Poud," 47, 57, 94, 
 104, 270. 
 
 Quantisset, 104. 
 
 Quawpaug, 203, 204. 
 
 Queen s Fort, 181. 
 
 Quiunipiack (New 
 Haven) . 
 
 R. 
 
 Raynham, 461. 
 Reading, 156, 171, 172, 
 
 258,259, 276,375,406, 
 
 407,417,420,424,450, 
 
 474. 
 " Redemption Rock," 
 
 354. 
 Rehoboth, 30, 49, 60, 
 
 53, 65, 80, 91, 94, 95, 
 
 99, 263, 349, 350, 378, 
 
 382, 386,427,456,459, 
 
 462, 463. 
 Rhode Island, 3, 24, 74, 
 
 84, 87, 163, 185, 190, 
 
 191, 194, 196, 198, 204, 
 
 289, 291, 461. 
 Rochester, 256, 429. 
 Rowley, 79, 130, 142, 
 
 156, 201, 206, 371,412, 
 
 450, 474. 
 
 Roxbury, IS, 47, 53, 54, 
 56, 80, 117, 130, 159, 
 161-163, 195,211,226, 
 231, 247, 250,253,262, 
 281,289,369,389,430, 
 432, 450, 471, 473. 
 
 Rumney Marsh, 85, 
 276, 450. 
 
 Rutland, 111, 409. 
 
 Rye, 468. 
 
 Sachem s Head, 17. 
 
 Saco, 178, 297-299, 301, 
 325, 326, 330, 331, 333, 
 334, 337, 345, 412, 476. 
 
 Sagadahoc, 170,200,476. 
 
 Salem, 6, 18, 74,79,128, 
 133, 134, 137, 138, 164, 
 166-168, 247, 277, 291, 
 311, 312, 318, 319, 346, 
 371,407,420,421,424, 
 451,453,472,475. 
 
 Salisbury, 336, 412,451, 
 476. 
 
 Salmon Falls, 296, 302. 
 
 Sandwich, 350, 438, 440, 
 456, 458. 
 
 Sauford, 178. 
 
 Saugus, 472. 
 
 " Saw-Mill Brook," 32, 
 131. 
 
 Saybrook, 10, 184, 465, 
 466, 468. 
 
 Saybrook Fort, 8,9,11, 
 16. 
 
 Scarboro, 297, 298, 326, 
 329,333,351,420,424, 
 476. 
 
 Scattercook, 200. 
 
 Scituate, 255, 256, 347, 
 349, 385,387,430,434, 
 438, 440, 455-458, 464. 
 
 Scottoway s Hill, 325. 
 
 Seconet, 29. 
 
 Seekonk, I 35, 49, 50, 
 
 Secuucke, \ 73,90,99, 
 153, 192, 226, 262, 348, 
 459. 
 
 Sepecan, 463. 
 
 Shawmut, 4. 
 
 Shawomet, 384, 463. 
 
 Shawshin, 405. 
 
 Smead s Island, 243. 
 
 Sherborn, 434. 
 
 Smith s Garrison, 73, 
 75,153,199,201. 
 
 Souhegan (East), 430. 
 
 Souhegan River, 409, 
 420, 421. 
 
 Southboro, 220, 434. 
 
 Southampton, 250. 
 
 Sowamset, ) 
 
 Sowams, j 
 
 Springfield, 32, 33, 35, 
 41, 66, 68, 69, 99, 112, 
 120, 121, 128,134,144, 
 145, 148, 151, 152, 210, 
 236-238, 243,247,250- 
 254, 266, 268, 282, 288, 
 365, 475. 
 
 Squakheage, ) 96, 131, 
 
 Squakeag, \ 132,147. 
 
 Spurwink River, 325, 
 333. 
 
 Stafford, 254. 
 
 Waterboro, 178. 
 
 Stamford, 254, 468, 470. 
 
 Waterbury, 253. 
 
 St. John, 61, 133. 
 
 Watertown, 7, 11, 32, 
 
 Stoneham, 434. 
 
 36, 47, 74, 117, 120, 
 
 Stonington, 23, 194, 199, 
 
 124, 127, 128, 132, 169, 
 
 383, 441, 442,462,465, 
 
 171,214, 223,227,228, 
 
 468. 
 
 230,231, 250,252,267, 
 
 Stoughton, 430, 433. 
 
 269, 278, 375,405,417, 
 
 Stow, 102, 434. 
 
 418,451,470,472,474. 
 
 Stratford, 183, 468. 
 
 Webster, 386. 
 
 Strickland s Plain, 470. 
 
 Wells, 42, 271, 278, 291, 
 
 Sturgeon Creek, 302, 
 
 298, 308, 310, 320, 322, 
 
 303. 
 
 323, 336,343,344,351, 
 
 Sudbury, 36, 42, 56, 74- 
 
 476. 
 
 76, 84, 97, 106, 108, 
 
 Wenham, 156, 167, 311, 
 
 116, 117, 125, 126, 172, 
 
 372, 420, 423, 451. 
 
 206, 207,213-216,218, 
 
 Wenimesset, j QA _ Qa 
 
 222-231, 268, 269, 285, 
 
 Wenameset, j yfr 
 
 290, 292, 346, 382, 417, 
 
 Wequapeuge, 23. 
 
 419,451,474. 
 
 Wequomps (Mt.), 32, 
 
 Suffleld, 253, 254, 426. 
 
 129. 
 
 Sugar-Loaf Hill, 129, 
 
 Wessaguscus (Wey- 
 
 266. 
 
 mouth). 
 
 Surinam, 319. 
 
 Westerly, 202. 
 
 Button, 386. 
 
 Westfield, 98, 137, 145, 
 
 Swamp-Fort, 74. 
 
 150-152, 236, 250, 253, 
 
 Swansey, 27, 30, 46, 48, 
 
 254, 292, 475. 
 
 65, 80, 87-92, 251, 253, 
 
 Westford, 251, 253. 
 
 255-257, 295, 427, 460, 
 
 Westminster, 409, 417, 
 
 463. 
 
 420. 
 
 Swift River, 128. 
 
 Weston, 417,419. 
 
 
 Wethersfield.10,11,13, 
 
 T. 
 
 146, 252, 466-468. 
 
 Taunton, 30, 49, 87, 89, 
 
 Weymouth, 4, 5, 47, 
 
 93, 261, 387,455, 456, 
 
 161-163, 168, 221 , 226, 
 
 459-461, 463. 
 
 247, 280, 281, 284, 287, 
 
 Templeton, 434, 435. 
 
 347, 369, 382, 430, 433, 
 
 Tewsbury, 253. 
 
 451, 471-473. 
 
 Tinker s Island, 175. 
 
 Weymouth (North), 
 
 Tisbury,438. 
 
 178. 
 
 Tlverton, 28, 58. 
 
 Whately, 129. 
 
 Topsfield, 167, 372, 420, 
 
 Whipsuppenick, 208. 
 
 423, 451. 
 
 Wickabaug Pond, 111. 
 
 Tripp s Ferry, 387. 
 
 Wickford, 33, 73, 75, 
 
 Turner s Falls, 247. 
 
 82, 153, 164, 173, 185, 
 
 
 188-191, 204, 205, 381. 
 
 U. 
 
 Windham, 250, 252, 
 
 " Unqnowa," 18. 
 
 427. 
 
 Uxbtidge, 48. 
 
 Windsor, 10, 11, 130, 
 
 
 144, 465-468. 
 
 V. 
 
 Winnepesaukee, 120. 
 
 Voluntown, 198, 441, 
 
 Winter Harbor, 320, 
 
 442, 444. 
 
 322, 333, 343. 
 
 
 Woburn, 80, 82, 117, 
 
 W. 
 
 156, 171, 172, 249, 251, 
 
 Wabaquasset, 104, 152, 
 
 346, 376, 434, 436, 451, 
 
 205. 
 
 474. 
 
 " Wachusett Hill," 34- 
 
 Wollaston, 59. 
 
 36,57,96,98,101,109, 
 
 " Woodcock s Garri 
 
 124,218,235,270,325, 
 
 son," 48, 51, 65, 73, 
 
 354,386, 395,409,417. 
 
 153, 159, 160, 226, 263, 
 
 Wading River, 366. 
 
 366. 
 
 Wakefield, 258. 
 
 Woodstock, 159, 205, 
 
 Waldingfteld, 142. 
 
 426. 
 
 Walliugford, 199, 253, 
 
 Worcester, 47, 48, 104, 
 
 468. 
 
 247,249,251, 268,354, 
 
 Walpole, 430. 
 
 386, 426. 
 
 Wamesit, 214, 262, 393, 
 
 Wrentham, 81,366, 430. 
 
 396, 404. 
 
 
 Wapososhequash, 31, 
 
 Y. 
 
 50. 
 
 Yarmouth, 350, 438, 
 
 Warwick, 20, 35, 82, 
 
 439, 455, 456. 
 
 192, 200, 204, 348, 381, 
 
 York, 294, 298, 308, 
 
 384. 
 
 322, 338, 343, 344, 420, 
 
 Washakom, 57,270,386. 
 
 424, 476. 
 
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