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Category Archives: History
Maine Volunteers
This page is dedicated to our Maine ancestors, sons and grandsons; fathers, uncles and cousins who served in the Civil War. While all were born in Maine, some served in regiments of other states. Of the 32 Maine sons and … Continue reading
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Raid on Deerfield – 1704
John FRENCH’s son Thomas settled in Deerfield, MA. and was Deacon of the Deerfield Church. He was blacksmith, town clerk and deacon. He and all his family were taken in the Deerfield raid of 1704. The raiders destroyed 17 of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Storied
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Battle of Quebec 1690 & Quebec Expedition 1711
At the turn of the 18th Century, our ancestors took part in two unsuccessful naval expeditions to Canada. Battle of Quebec – 1690 The Battle of Québec was fought in October 1690 between the colonies of New France and Massachusetts. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Sea Captain, Veteran
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Minutemen – April 19, 1775
Today is Patriots’ Day. Wesley Korir wins Boston Marathon in heat-slowed time of 2:12.40 Shields Goes 8 1-3 Innings, Rays Top Red Sox 1-0 . . I was surprised to find the phrase “marched on the alarm April 19, 1775” in so many … Continue reading
Siege of Brookfield – Aug 1675
The Siege of Brookfield was a battle between Nipmuc Indians under Muttawmp, and the English of the Massachusetts Bay Colony under the command of Thomas Wheeler and Cpt. Edward Hutchinson, in August 1675 during King Phillip’s War The battle consisted of an initial ambush, called Wheeler’s Surprise by the Nipmucs on Wheeler’s unsuspecting … Continue reading
Posted in History, Veteran, Violent Death
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Hannah Dustin – Heroine or Cold Blooded Killer
On 15 Mar 1697, George CORLISS (1617 – 1686)’s daughter Mary Neff was nursing Hannah Dustin who had given birth the week before. They taken prisoner by the Indians in an attack on Haverhill and carried towards Canada. Hannah Duston (1657 – 1736) was a colonial … Continue reading
Turner’s Falls Fight
The Battle of Turner’s Falls, also known as the Peskeompscut massacre, was fought on May 19, 1676, during King Philip’s War, in present-day Gill, Massachusetts near a falls on the Connecticut River. The site is across the river from the village of Turners Falls. A band … Continue reading
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Battle of Bloody Brook
The Battle of Bloody Brook was fought on Sep 12, 1675 between English colonial militia from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a band of Indians led by the Nipmuc sachem Muttawmp. The Indians ambushed colonists escorting a train of wagons carrying the harvest from Deerfield to Hadley during King Philip’s War. They … Continue reading
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Invasion of Canada – 1775
The Invasion of Canada in 1775 was the first major military initiative by the newly-formed Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The objective of the campaign was to gain military control of the British Province of Quebec, and convince the French-speaking Canadiens to join the … Continue reading
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First Comers
Under the original agreement with the “merchant adventurers”, those who came and worked as partners in the Plymouth venture would all benefit from the 1627 Division of the colony assets. While we tend to give the Mayflower passengers special consideration as … Continue reading
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Miner Descent 