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James Minott

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James Minott (son of James Minott and Mary Brown).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Minott was born on 18 Feb 1788 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA (son of Samuel Minott and Martha White); died on 18 Sep 1842 in Fredonia, Chautauqua, New York, USA; was buried in Fredonia, Chautauqua, New York, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1840, Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York, USA

    James married Mary Brown on 19 Apr 1812 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA. Mary (daughter of Silas Brown and Mary Nims) was born on 13 Jul 1785 in Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died on 25 Aug 1857 in Kendallville, Noble, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Brown was born on 13 Jul 1785 in Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA (daughter of Silas Brown and Mary Nims); died on 25 Aug 1857 in Kendallville, Noble, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1850, Wayne, Noble, Indiana, USA

    Children:
    1. 1. James Minott
    2. Samuel Minot was born on 11 Mar 1814 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA; died on 31 Aug 1857 in Kendallville, Noble, Indiana, USA.
    3. Martha Minott was born in 1816.
    4. Mary Minott was born on 2 Nov 1817 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA; died on 11 Jan 1895 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA; was buried in Westfield, Chautauqua, New York, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Samuel Minott was born on 7 Oct 1748 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (son of Samuel (deacon) Minott and Elizabeth Haywood); died on 4 Dec 1818 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1800, Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA
    • Residence: 1810, Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA

    Samuel married Martha White on 3 Feb 1774 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA. Martha (daughter of Thomas White and Sarah Broughton) was born on 9 Jun 1756 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA; died on 12 Mar 1813 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Martha White was born on 9 Jun 1756 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA (daughter of Thomas White and Sarah Broughton); died on 12 Mar 1813 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.
    Children:
    1. Samuel Minott was born on 7 Nov 1776 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.
    2. Sarah Minot was born on 3 Sep 1778 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA; died on 27 Aug 1833 in Leighton, Lawrence, Alabama, USA.
    3. John Minott was born on 7 Feb 1780 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.
    4. Martha Minott was born on 27 Mar 1786 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.
    5. 2. James Minott was born on 18 Feb 1788 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA; died on 18 Sep 1842 in Fredonia, Chautauqua, New York, USA; was buried in Fredonia, Chautauqua, New York, USA.
    6. Melinda Minott was born on 28 Apr 1792 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.
    7. Mary Minott was born on 3 Dec 1794 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA; died on 12 Jan 1837 in Franklin Mills, Portage, Ohio, USA.

  3. 6.  Silas Brown was born on 17 Oct 1754 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (son of Captain Aaron Brown and Rachel Reed); died on 9 Jan 1813 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 27 Oct 1754
    • Residence: 1780, Temple, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
    • Residence: 1786, Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA
    • Residence: 1790, Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA
    • Residence: 1794, Sullivan, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA
    • Residence: 26 Sep 1796, Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA
    • Residence: 1800, Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont, USA
    • Residence: 1810, Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA

    Notes:

    I have come to the conclusion that the Revolutionary War service of Silas Brown, as claimed by his descendants, is non-existent.

    The service in question is that detailed in "The Brown-Schutt Genealogy, 1948", and further represented in "Brown-Schutt Ancestral Lines, 1979". The data on Silas Brown's service was compiled by Maude Levering Lawrence and Geraldine Lawrence Hurd. The work of these 2 women shows up in several family genealogies.

    Our Silas died in 1813. The Silas who is cited in the above mentioned books was alive in 1834, and living in Essex county New York, when he was awarded a pension on the cited revolutionary service.

    Another Silas Brown was found on the Revolutionary Pension Rolls. This Silas was living in Townsend, Wyndham County, Vermont, which is close to Putney. This is also not our Silas since this pension was awarded to a living Silas Brown in 1818. He died in 1826 and is buried in Townsend. Following data from findagrave.com.
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    Birth: 1755, USA
    Death: Nov. 12, 1826, Townshend, Windham County, Vermont, USA
    Burial: Maple Grove Cemetery, Townshend, Windham County, Vermont, USA
    Created by: Judith6355
    Record added: Nov 12, 2012
    Find A Grave Memorial# 100614501
    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100614501
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    It is still possible our Silas served in the Revolutionary War, but evidence has not been found. Silas Brown was a very common name at the time, making the identification of relevant records more difficult. Since there are no pension documents for Silas, which usually contain enlistment and service data at a minimum, it makes it nearly impossible to say which Silas Brown in the muster rolls is actually him.

    The evidence does affirm, however, that our Silas is the one who married Mary Nims Larabee, and settled in Putney Vermont. Though his children were born prior to the family moving to Putney, a number of their marriage records are contained in the Putney Vital Records.

    Silas married Mary Nims about 1776. Mary (daughter of Ebenezer Nims and Mercy Smead) was born on 23 May 1756 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died on 13 Nov 1819 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Mary Nims was born on 23 May 1756 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA (daughter of Ebenezer Nims and Mercy Smead); died on 13 Nov 1819 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    23 May 1756 is date from town records.
    4 Sep 1756 is date from family bible.

    Children:
    1. Silas Brown was born on 8 Nov 1780 in Temple, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA; died on 10 Nov 1817 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
    2. Stephen Brown was born on 23 Sep 1781 in Temple, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA; died on 13 Apr 1805 in Sullivan, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA.
    3. Aaron Brown was born on 29 May 1783 in Temple, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA; died in Sep 1818 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. 3. Mary Brown was born on 13 Jul 1785 in Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died on 25 Aug 1857 in Kendallville, Noble, Indiana, USA.
    5. Ephraim Brown was born on 19 Nov 1790 in Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died on 22 Sep 1871 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA; was buried in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.
    6. Asa Brown was born on 13 Jul 1793 in Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1876 in Lansing, Mower, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Lansing Cemetery, Lansing, Mower, Minnesota, USA.
    7. William Brown was born on 13 Jul 1793 in Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died on 21 Aug 1874 in Browns Lock, Greencastle, Warren, Kentucky, USA.
    8. Jonas Bond Brown was born on 18 Oct 1795 in Sullivan, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; was christened on 5 Jun 1796 in Sullivan, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died on 26 Oct 1838 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Samuel (deacon) Minott was born on 10 Sep 1714 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (son of Jonathan Lieut Minott and Elizabeth Stratton); died on 25 Feb 1786 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.

    Samuel married Elizabeth Haywood in 1736 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Benjamin Heywood and Hannah Kidder) was born on 23 Jan 1719 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Oct 1752 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Haywood was born on 23 Jan 1719 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Benjamin Heywood and Hannah Kidder); died on 22 Oct 1752 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Minot was born on 27 Jun 1737 in , Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. Hannah Minot was born on 20 Dec 1739 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. Mary Minot was born on 28 Feb 1741 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1781 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.
    4. Benjamin Minot was born on 11 Jun 1744 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in Nov 1781 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.
    5. Sarah Minot was born on 1 May 1745 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 13 Sep 1804 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.
    6. 4. Samuel Minott was born on 7 Oct 1748 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Dec 1818 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.

  3. 10.  Thomas White was born in 1719 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (son of John White and Eunice Wilder); died in Sep 1806 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.

    Thomas married Sarah Broughton on 31 Oct 1739 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah (daughter of Edward Broughton and Martha Wheeler) was born on 13 Jan 1723 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1784 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Sarah Broughton was born on 13 Jan 1723 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Edward Broughton and Martha Wheeler); died in 1784 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.
    Children:
    1. Thomas White was born on 4 Sep 1740 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 Feb 1814 in South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. Sarah White was born on 3 Jun 1742 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA; died in 1774.
    3. Sophia Copia White was born on 9 Sep 1744 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 2 Jan 1820 in Hancock, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. Joseph White was born on 7 Jun 1746 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Apr 1835 in Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA.
    5. Patience White was born on 31 Oct 1747 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1763 in , , New Hampshire, USA.
    6. Lois White was born on 24 Mar 1750 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 1 Apr 1845 in Northboro, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    7. Eunice White was born on 2 May 1752 in New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 26 Jul 1843.
    8. Abel White was born on 24 Feb 1754 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1803 in , Rensselaer, New York, USA.
    9. John White was born in Jan 1755 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1790.
    10. 5. Martha White was born on 9 Jun 1756 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA; died on 12 Mar 1813 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.
    11. Josiah White was born in 1761 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Nov 1844 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.

  5. 12.  Captain Aaron Brown was born on 10 Aug 1725 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (son of Ephraim Brown and Mary Fairbanks); died in 1816 in Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA.

    Notes:

    Name:
    aka: Oron Brown

    Aaron married Rachel Reed on 3 Oct 1746 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Rachel (daughter of Daniel Reed (Read) and Elizabeth Ide) was born on 10 Jun 1728 in Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1758 in , , New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Rachel Reed was born on 10 Jun 1728 in Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA (daughter of Daniel Reed (Read) and Elizabeth Ide); died in 1758 in , , New Hampshire, USA.
    Children:
    1. Sarah Brown was born on 13 Aug 1747 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; and died.
    2. Ephraim Brown was born on 14 Jan 1750 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 28 Mar 1813 in Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA.
    3. Aaron Brown was born on 20 Mar 1752 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; was christened on 29 Mar 1752 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1797.
    4. Elizabeth Brown was born on 17 Oct 1754 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; was christened on 27 Oct 1754 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 7 Dec 1822 in Sullivan, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA.
    5. 6. Silas Brown was born on 17 Oct 1754 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 9 Jan 1813 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.
    6. Mollie Brown was born in May 1758 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; was christened on 11 Jun 1758 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; and died.

  7. 14.  Ebenezer Nims was born on 14 Feb 1712 in Lorette, Quebec, Canada (son of Ebenezer Nims and Sarah Hoyt); died in 1777 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA.

    Ebenezer married Mercy Smead on 12 Dec 1735 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. Mercy (daughter of Samuel Smead and Mary Weld) was born on 6 Aug 1714 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Jul 1807 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Mercy Smead was born on 6 Aug 1714 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Samuel Smead and Mary Weld); died on 24 Jul 1807 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA.
    Children:
    1. 7. Mary Nims was born on 23 May 1756 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died on 13 Nov 1819 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.


Generation: 5

  1. 16.  Jonathan Lieut Minott was born in 1689 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (son of James Minot and Rebecca Jones); died on 23 Jul 1770 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

    Jonathan married Elizabeth Stratton on 26 Jan 1713 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth was born on 16 Feb 1692 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 7 May 1772 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 17.  Elizabeth Stratton was born on 16 Feb 1692 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 7 May 1772 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. 8. Samuel (deacon) Minott was born on 10 Sep 1714 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Feb 1786 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.
    2. Elizabeth Minott was born on 30 Jan 1716 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. Rebecca Minott was born on 2 Apr 1719 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. Jonathan (major) Minott was born on 19 Jan 1723 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 7 Feb 1806 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. Hannah Minott was born on 13 Sep 1725 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. John (captain) Minott was born on 16 Dec 1730 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 16 Sep 1809 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

  3. 18.  Benjamin Heywood was born on 4 Jan 1683 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (son of John Heywood and Sarah Simonds); died on 4 Jan 1763 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

    Benjamin married Hannah Kidder in 1706 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah (daughter of James Kidder and Elizabeth Brown) was born on 27 Apr 1689 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 6 Apr 1759 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 19.  Hannah Kidder was born on 27 Apr 1689 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of James Kidder and Elizabeth Brown); died on 6 Apr 1759 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. Benjamin Heywood was born on 16 Sep 1712 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Mar 1728 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. James Heywood was born on 23 Jul 1714 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 Nov 1716 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. John Heywood was born on 18 Jan 1716 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 6 May 1728 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. Hannah Heywood was born on 5 Dec 1717 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. 9. Elizabeth Haywood was born on 23 Jan 1719 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Oct 1752 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. Sarah Heywood was born on 2 Apr 1722 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    7. Joseph Heywood was born on 13 Dec 1724 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

  5. 20.  John White was born on 20 Sep 1684 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (son of Josiah White and Mary Rice); died on 12 Sep 1725 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

    Notes:

    Capt John White, b in Lancaster Sept 20, 1684; m. Eunice, dau. of Lieut. Nathaniel and Mary (Sawyer) Wilder, b. , 1690. The date of their marriage has not been found, but the following (found in Worcester Deeds, Vol. 4, page 162), dated May 1, 1724, proves her parentage :

    "To all people to whom these present shall come Greeting. Know ye we the Subscribers namely Samuel Carter and John White, both of the town of l.ancaster in the County of Worcester in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman, together with each of our wives namely Dorothy the wife of me the said Samuel Carter and Eunice the wife of me the said John White both our sd wives being daughters of Lieut. Nathaniel Wilder, some time of sd Lancaster Deceased, for and in consideration of the Sum, of Forty pounds. Hereby acquit exonerate & forever discharge our loving brother vis. Cornet Nathaniel Wilder of I-ancaster."

    Capt. John White was a cooper and blacksmith by trade. He was with Capt. Lovell at the killing of the ten Indians. "Instructions to Captains Willard, White and Blanchard.

    S'. Having Commissionated you to Command a Company of Voluntiers against the Indian Enemy, you are hereby Directed to Exercise and maintain good Discipline and Government among your Officers and Soldiers and to Suppress and punish all Disorders, Vice, and Immorality and to Keep up the Worship of (rod in your said Company. You must march to Pigwacket, unless you shall upon mature Consideration Judge any other tour more effectual for the service, withall Convenient Dispatch Joining such Companys of Voluntiers in the County of Middlesex as shall be ready to proceed with you and from thence march to such places where by your Intelligence may Judge it probable to meet with the Indian Enemy. If you Judge it necessary to keep the whole Body together in order to attack any Tribe or Settlement of Indians I shall approve of your so doing, othwise that Two Companys or hälfe your Body proceed Eastw & the other hälfe to proceed from Pigwacket to Strike over to Amrescoggin & Kennebeck River, endeavouring to get higher up the said Rivers then the places of the Indians Settlements one party of which to Come down Amrescoggin River to Fort George & the other down Kennebeck River to Richmond, and if your provision should fall short so as that the whole cannot be sufficiently furnishd for the march to Amrescoggin & Kennebeck Rivers, some of your Feeblest men must Come into Berwick. The remaining part of the Body to go off to the North Westward in Quest of the Indian Enemy said to be there taking with them the Mohawks for their Guides. Let your Marches be with all the Secrecy & Silence as well as Dispatch, you are Capable of. You must Kill, Take & Destroy to the utmost of your power all the Enemy Indians you can meet with in your March, & Search for their Corn, destroying all you can find. And give Intelligence from time to time of every thing of Importance that may happen."

    (Massachusetts Archives, LXXII, 250.)

    "Lancaster, May 9th, 1725. May it please your Honour.
    Being returned home I thought myself oblidged to Inform your Honour that on the 5lh of April last, I went from Lancaster to Dunstable and the 8lh Day of April from thence up Merrimack with 30 men, two of which came back in A short time, one of them being taken sick, and yc other having scalt himself very badly. 1 marcht up Merrimack about 130 mile, and there discovered some signs of Indians, some old, which we Judged were made sometime this winter and one new track on the Bank of the River, wch we Judged had gone but a few days before I sent out scouts but could discover nothing further. We then turned off to y* Westward towards Coos, marched 10 miles the 24th of April. Alt evening one of our men viz Sam" Mossman of Sodbury being about Encamping, took hold of his Gun that stood among some Bushes drew it towards him with the muzzle towards him some twigg caught hold of the cock, the dun went off, and shott him throgh, he died ¡mediately. We went across to Connecticut River came down that to Northfield and from thence across the woods to I^ncaster, we gott in yesterday. I have endeavoured faithfully to attend your Honours orders already recieved, and if your Honour has any further service for me I desire your Honour would let me know it. I have not as yet compleated my Journal, but hope to finish it in a short time that it may be Laid before your Honour. I am your Honours most obedient humble Servant On his Majesties Service John White.

    For the Honourable William Dummer Esq.
    Lieut Governour &c. In Boston. These"
    (Massachusetts Archives, LXXII, 230.)
    "Sir, I have the Account of y ' March & Return by your Letter of the 9lh Instant & Approve of your Proceedings, tho I am heartily grieved for the Death of the poor Man, & wonder that so many unhappy Accidents of this Kind have not been sufficient to warn our People of the Effects of such Indiscretion. The Season being now advanced for the Appearance of the Enemy, and it being more likely to meet with them now than before, I desire you would go out with the Same Number of Men & upon the same Establishm ' which will be allowd you : I should be glad you could immediately proceed, & make up a Muster Roll for your two Marches upon your Return. For mcl) Time will otherwise be lost at this critical Juncture. However if you must first come to Town let there be no Delay ; If any of your men are backward to go out again you must enlist others to make up your number. I shall not prescribe any Rout to you, you being-best able to judge where the Enemy may be mett with : Carry out as much Provision as you can, That so you maynt be obliged to return very soon : Be very silent & watchful on your March & Ambushments. I heartily wish you Success, and am your Serv1. Wm Dummer.

    Boston 11 May 1725.
    Capt White
    Capt Welds"

    (Massachusetts Archives, LXXII, 233).

    "In an appendix to an Address delivered in Bolton at the Centennial Celebration, July 4, 1876, by Reverend Richard S. Edes, is printed part of a diary 'found among the papers of the first clerks of the town.' The copyist acids, ' How old the book is, no one can tell.' It is a journal of the scout of Captains Lovell and White 'when the 10 Indians were killed,' February, 1724; probably written by one of the Lancaster soldiers there present. The minutes of the first eight days have been torn off."

    "9. We traveled 14 miles and camped at the norwest corner of winipisocket pond.
    10. We traveled 16 miles, and camped at the north side of Cusumpe pond.
    11. We traveled 6 miles N by E from Cusumpe and there camped — and sent out scouts, and some of our scouts thought they discovered smoke.
    12. We sent out scouts, and they discovered nothing.
    13. We lay still and sent out scouts, and to strengthen us to go farther we sent home 29 men.
    14. We traveled 10 miles toward Pigwackett, and then came upon a branch of the Saco river, and sent out scouts.
    15. We lay still and sent out scouts and discovered nothing.
    16. We traveled 6 miles and came upon an Indian wigwam—the Indians being gone we left 16 men with our packs and the rest pursued them till dark and stayed there all night.
    17. We followed their track till eight o'clock next day and then we came back to fetch our packs, traveled the remaining part of that day and the night ensuing six miles.
    18. We traveled 20 miles and camped at the great pond upon Sawco river.
    19. We traveled 22 miles and camped at a great pond.
    20. We traveled 5 miles and came to a wigwam where the Indians had been lately gone from, and then we pursued their track about 2 miles further, and discovered their smoke and then tarried till about two o'clock at night and then came upon them and killed 10 Indians which was all there was.
    21. We traveled 6 miles.
    22. Wre lay still and kept scouts upon our back tracks to see if there would any pursue.
    23. We traveled 30 miles and Camped at Cocheco.
    A tru journall of my travells began the 5th of April, 1725 We trauel •* to Groten 12 milds and thear stayed by reson of foul wether
    6 day we traueld to dunstabel 12 milds and thear Lay the night
    7 day we Lay stil by reson of foull wether
    8 day we mustered and went oner the riuer to the hous of John Taylors about 3 milds
    9 day we march t up the riuer about 8 milds and then campt one of our men being taken uerey sik for he kold trauel no ferther, his name was Thomas Simson, Our Doctor Joseph Whetcomb that night set his fut into a Ketel of biling broth that he cold trauel no ferther
    10 day was foul wether and we sent 2 men in to dunstabel with the bik and Lam men and (they) returned that night to us again
    11 day we traueled about 13 milds and then campt about 3 mild aboue amoskeeg falls.
    12 day we traueled 11 milds and then campt at the mouth of penekoock riuer.
    13 day we traueled 7 milds and then campt at the iarish fort in penekook Enteruals that day it rayend uery hard all day.
    14 day we traueld 10 milds and then Crost meremack riuer aboue the mouth of Contookock riuer and then Campt.
    15 day we traueld 8 milds north west from Contockock to a litel stream that runs into meremack Riuer about 3 milds weittard from meremack and then campt and sent out skouts
    16 day we traueld 12 milds and Cam to a pond which was uery Long and we turned to the east sid of it and then campt, and then sent out skouts that day we lay about 3 milds westard of the mouth of \Vinepiseocket
    17 day it raynd uere hard the fore part of the day and a litel before night it cleared up & we sent skouts but found northen
    18 day we traueled 14 milds and that day we Crost 2 great streames that runs in to meremack, one of them comes out of a great pond which sum indens says it is 3 days jurney round it the Land is uerey full of great hils and mountains and uerey rockey abundance of sprus and hemlock and fur and sum bech and maple and we campt
    19 day we traueld 11 milds and then campt at the Louar End of pemichewashet Lour Enteruals and sent out skouts.
    20 day we lay stil by reson of foull wether and towards nit it Cleard up and we sent out skouts and found whear Cornol Tyng crost meremack.
    21 day we traueld 12 milds up pemichewashet Riuer and found old sines of indens and we sent out skouts that night and found one new track and we lay that night by the riuer and mad new camps. The I-and that lys by this riuer is uere rich and good the upland uere full of hils and mountains, uery bad traueling
    22 day we traueld 2 milds and then sent out skouts ouer the riuer and up a stream that runs into the riuer but found northen
    23 day we traueld up the riuer about 14 milds and that day we Crost 3 streames that runs into the riuer this riuer corns sheally from the north west & then we campt
    24 day we traueld 10 milds westward and that day we found old signs of indens whear they had bin this spring and in the winter, and sent out skouts but cold find now indens This day Samil Moosman actidently kild himself with his own gun
    25 day it rained uery hard and we lay stil that day til amost night it clearcl up and we sent out skouts but found northen
    26 day we traueld 18 milds and came upon Conetecut riuer and one of our men was taken uere sik that night we campt by the riuer
    27 day we traueld down the riuer and found a bark cannow which was of great saruis to our sik man & to us ; that day we traueld about 18 milds and then campt.
    28 day we traueld I1) milds and then campt This Riuer runs cheafly upon a south westerly pint this day we crost seural litel streams that runs into Conetecut riuer.
    29 day we traueld 20 milds and then campt.
    30 day we traueld 17 milds and crost one litel riuer below the great falls and then campt
    May the first we traueld 24 milds and came to the fort above north field and thare lay all night
    2 day we traueld 10 milds and came to northfield and there stayed that night
    3 day we lay still it Ix>okt uery lykly ferr foul wether and we lay thare that night
    4 day we set out for Lancaster a cros the woods and traueld about 12 milds and then campt.
    5 day we traueld 15 milds and then campt
    6 day we traueld 14 milds and comm to Lancaster about 4 a clock this day it raind uery hard all day.
    (Endorsed) Capt Whites Journal May 1725"

    (Massachusetts Archives XXXVIII, A, 97-98.)
    "Dunstable July the 10 : 1725. May it Please your Hon r :
    Old Christian Being this morning Being Taken with a violent Bleeding Caused our Companyes to stop and within a few hours he died & the other mohaucks are not willing to Leave him before he is Buried & our desine is to march oner Merimack River and There to Take a True List of our mens Names, & shall march as Quick as Possible. Who Remain Still your Honours at Comand John White Seth Wyman"
    (Massachusetts Archives, LIT, 222.)

    (From The Early Records of Lancaster, Mass., by Hon. Henry S. Nourse.)
    Capt. White cl. Sept. 12, 1725. In 1728 Rev. John Prentice records baptizing the "Widow White's children."
    Administration on his estate, was granted to widow Eunice, Jan. 28, 1725-6, who gave bonds with Eben ' r Wilder and Josiah White.—
    Inventory appraised at ,£1,270 :0 :4. by Jos. Wilder Jonas & Joña. Houghton.
    Commission to Samuel Willard, Capt. James Wilder, James Keys, Samuel Carter & Jona Houghton, all of Lancaster, Worcester Co. "(lately Middlesex)." to divide estate of John White, late of Lancaster, dec'd. Feb. 25, 1735-6.

    To Eunice wid. of Capt. John — her 3lls—23 acres —
    West part of the house, & E. part of the barn . . . ,£410 : 07 :06.
    5 acres on W. side of highway 55 :03 : 06.
    20 acres intervale 120:00:00.
    133 acres at the Neck 53:14:08.
    1 acre at the Home place 22 :00 :00.
    ,£661 :05:08.
    To eldest son John.— 73 acres at Ciunbery on W. side of Penacook river, over against Harvard ;£230 : OÜ : 00.
    3 acres intervale 40:10:00.
    5 acres in common land 21:07:06.
    pounds Town right originally John White's . . . . 2:00:06.
    To Thomas, 2d son,— 67 acres on both sides of brook, that runneth out of Unkoochawatoounk meadow . . ,£134 : 00 :00.

    Of which sum he is to pay dau. Dorothy £9 :01. 3 acres meadow in sd additional grant 18:08:08.

    ,£140:19 :00.

    Note :—the ,£40 Town Right of sd Thomas is £19 to the right of John White & £21, to the right of John Whitcomb.

    To Nathaniel, the 3d & youngest son, 180 acres in the additional Grant to Lancaster, lying on each side of N'orth river, & 145 acres, on E. side of the river . . £108 : 00 : 00.

    A the after rights & divisions in sd Grant 3 : 00 : 00.

    22 acres in Lancaster Old Township 14:lb:00.

    The White pond, containing 50 acres 20 :12 : 06.

    £21. Town right 00:10:06.

    £140:19:00.

    To Eunice, wife of Aaron Osgood, & eldest daughter of dec'd, i the 20 acres Intervale, cont'g 220 acres. (the other half being set off to Bettey, 2d dau. of dec'd & now wife of David Whitcomb) : the sd Osgood & Whitcomb, have agreed to divide it themselves . £77:00:00.

    & of 16 acres 20 rods & part of 6.J acres adjoining . . 30 :08 :03.

    £12 in and of the house 12:00:00.

    59 acres yet to be laid out in l,ancaster Old Township 14 :15 :00.

    13 " at White pond 12:12:00.

    £7 :10 of Town right 00 : 03 : 09.

    £146:19:00. To Bettey, 2d dau., now wife of David Whitcomb, ^ the

    intervale, called "the 20 acres" cont'g 220 acres . £77 :00 :00. ¿ of 16 acres, 20 Rod lying part in the stated common

    & part in the 6.] acres adjoining 30 : 08 : 03.

    ,£12 in & of the house 12:00:00.

    59 acres in Lancaster Old Township 14 : 15 :00.

    13 " at White pond 12:12:00.

    £7 :10 * of Town right 00:03:09.

    £146:19:00.

    To Dorothy 3 d dau. wife of Benj. Whitcomb, 9 acres of

    N. part of the homestead, on W. of highway . . . ,£90:00:00.

    Ц acres meadow, on E. side of Still river 15 : 00 : 00.

    3 acres 100 rods, in stated common 14:10:00.

    25 " to be laid out 6 : 05 :00.

    Thomas White is to pay sd Dorothy 9:01:00.

    £b. Town right, formerly that of Edw'd Breck & £\ to

    right of Jeremiah Rogers 0 : 03 : 00.

    /12 in & of the house 12:00:00.

    ,£146:19:00.

    To Mary, 5th dau. the other half of the above 21J acres
    & £12 in the house & 9A acres to lay out .... .£146 : 19 :00.

    Signed
    John White
    Aaron Osgood
    David Whetcomb
    Benjamin Whetcomb
    Eunice White for herself,
    & guardian for Nath'e & Mary
    josiah White, gdn. for
    Thomas & I.x>is.

    "To the Hon ь
    с. William Dummer Esqr. Lieut. Governour and Comander in Chief the honblc. the councill and Representatives for the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England in General Court Assembled at Boston the 23d day of December Anno Dom 1727.

    The Petition of Eunice White Relict widow of Capt. John White late of Lancaster deced. Humbly Sheweth. That Whereas your Petrs. sd husband in his life time in the years 1724 & 1725 as well as at other times performed sundry marches ag '. the Indian Enemy and did other services for the good of his Country & was active and vigorous in the Defence thereof against those barbarous Salvages, not only hazarding his life but Expending good part of his substance therein, as is well known to many. Some few Instances whereof your Petr. would humbly ripresent to this Honblc Court. Vor. Petrs. sd. husband altho he had divers times had the honour to bear command yet voluntarily Enlisted himself under the late Capt. hovewell, and choose rather to go as an Under Officer at that time because he would do what in him lay to Encourage others to Enlist and marched with him at the time when they killed the 'J'en Indians, in which march they were out near Forty days. Then he performed a march to a place called Cohosse on Connecticut River thinking to meet with the Enemy there and came in at Fort Dummer, being out thirty four days, tho they missed of their desired Success ; Then in about Eight days time he had a Company raised and went to Pigwacket to bury Capt. Lovewell which he performed in'a very difficult season of the year. Then he went to Connecticut at his own cost and charge to get a Company of Mohege Indians in order to go down to St. Francois to take an Indian fort there, but failing of his aim, he returned home and then enlisted a Company of Voluntiers and marched designing for a Fort beyond Pigwacket, but was taken sick before he got there, returned home and dyed leaving your Petr. his bereaved widow with seven Children the Eldest about Fifteen years old and Four of them very young, & one she then went with who is now living; In all which Services your Petitrs. said husband cheerfully underwent many hardships and difficulties for the good of his country, and was at considerable Cost and Charge, by Supplying those that Enlisted under him with necessaries which could not be readily obtained elsewhere, purely to make dispatch.

    Now Forasmuch as the Sickness of which your Petrs. husband dyed was in all probability Occasioned by means of yc difficulties he underwent in the Publick Service, & that he never in his life time had an Opportunity of asking your Honrs. Favour for his past Services but was taken away in the Strength and vigour of his life, without receiving anything from the Publick more than 2s 6(1 p day for the three marches he performed as afores1' and in regard your Petr. is left a disconsolate widow with several Fatherless Children to bring up who stand in daily need of relief and Support, your Petr. finding it very difficult to provide for them. She therefore most humbly Implores your Honrs. pity and Compassion to herself & Children, and that as you have been pleased in like cases to reward those that have served the Province, and the Representatives of those that have lost their lives in the Publick Service. So that she may Experience of the Bounty & Goodness of this Honoble Court to her in her difficult Circumstances, and that you will be pleased to Grant her Two hundred and Fifty acres of the unappropriated Lands of the Province that she may dispose of the same for the Education and bringing up her aforesd. Children or that your Honrs. would otherwise relieve her as in your Great Goodness & Compassion you shall see meet. And as in duty bound your Petitr. shall ever pray &c.

    Eunice White."

    In the House of Representatives December 28th. 1727. Read and in answer to this Petition, Resolved That the sum of One Hundred pounds be allowed and paid out of the publick Treasury to the petitioner the widow Eunice White in Consideration of the good Services done this province by her late husband Capt. John White, and great expences for which he has had no Consideration, as particularly set forth in the petition and the better to enable the petitioner to support her Family and bring up her Children. Sent up for Concurrence

    Wm Dudley Spr

    In Council Dec. 28, 1727. Read & Concurd. J. Willard Secry

    Consented to Wm. Dummer.

    (Massachusetts Archives, LXXII, 325, et. seq.)

    (From the Early Records of Lancaster, Mass., by Hon. Henry S. Nourse.)

    John married Eunice Wilder in 1710 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Eunice was born in 1690 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 May 1778 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 21.  Eunice Wilder was born in 1690 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 May 1778 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. Eunice White was born in 1712 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 21 Aug 1751 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. John White was born on 16 Aug 1714 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 23 Feb 1797 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. Nathaniel White was born in 1715.
    4. Elizabeth White was born in 1716 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. Dorothy White was born on 26 Nov 1717 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1763 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. 10. Thomas White was born in 1719 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died in Sep 1806 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.
    7. Lois White was born in 1721 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1770.
    8. Mary White was born in 1723 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 19 Oct 1788 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    9. Nathaniel White was born in 1725 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 21 Mar 1813 in Buckland, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.

  7. 22.  Edward Broughton was born on 12 Oct 1673 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Dec 1734 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

    Edward + Martha Wheeler. Martha was born in 1702 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 19 Mar 1774 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 23.  Martha Wheeler was born in 1702 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 19 Mar 1774 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. 11. Sarah Broughton was born on 13 Jan 1723 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1784 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA.

  9. 24.  Ephraim Brown was born in 1697 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (son of Boaz Brown and Mary Richards); died on 4 Jan 1756 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 24 Feb 1742, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
    • Residence: 2 Nov 1750, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

    Ephraim married Mary Fairbanks on 9 Feb 1719 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Jonathan Fairbanks and Mary Hayward) was born on 12 Sep 1693 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Jun 1745 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 25.  Mary Fairbanks was born on 12 Sep 1693 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Jonathan Fairbanks and Mary Hayward); died on 12 Jun 1745 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. Dorothy Brown was born on 26 Nov 1719 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Aug 1799 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. Silas Brown was born on 28 Mar 1721 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; and died.
    3. 12. Captain Aaron Brown was born on 10 Aug 1725 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1816 in Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA.
    4. Betty Brown was born on 19 Nov 1727 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; and died.
    5. Timothy Brown was born on 13 Sep 1730 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; and died.
    6. Mercy Brown was born on 30 Sep 1732 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 16 Jan 1737 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    7. Ephraim Brown was born on 31 Mar 1734 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; and died.

  11. 26.  Daniel Reed (Read) was born on 20 Jan 1681 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (son of Daniel Read and Hannah Peck); died on 13 Sep 1740 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

    Notes:

    Capt. Daniel Read
    Birth: Jan 20 1678 - Rehoboth, (Present Bristol County), Plymouth Colony (Present Massachusetts)
    Death: Sep 13 1740 - Attleboro, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts
    Parents: Daniel Read, Sr. and Hannah Read (born Peck)
    Siblings: Hannah Crafts, Bethiah, John, Sarah (Sarah), Noah and Abigail
    Partners: Elizabeth Read (born Bosworth) and Elizabeth Whittaker (born Ide)
    Children: Beriah, Ichabod, Hannah, Abigail, Esther, Daniel, Daniel, Noah Dacen, Elizabeth, Samuel, Abigail.

    Daniel married Elizabeth Ide on 8 Dec 1715 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Capt Timothy Ide and Elizabeth Cooper) was born on 16 Mar 1690 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Aug 1755 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  12. 27.  Elizabeth Ide was born on 16 Mar 1690 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Capt Timothy Ide and Elizabeth Cooper); died on 25 Aug 1755 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Elizabeth Whitaker

    Children:
    1. Daniel Reed (Read) was born on 3 Dec 1716 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 23 Feb 1801 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. Noah Reed (Read) was born on 17 Feb 1718 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 2 Dec 1778 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. Elizabeth Reed was born on 2 Apr 1721 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 2 Dec 1778 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. Samuel Reed was born on 18 May 1723 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 26 Dec 1818 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. Abigail Reed was born on 4 Apr 1725 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 28 Apr 1785 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. 13. Rachel Reed was born on 10 Jun 1728 in Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1758 in , , New Hampshire, USA.
    7. Benjamin Reed was born on 21 Aug 1730 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 7 Sep 1798 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
    8. Ebenezer Read was born in 1733 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
    9. Thankful Reed was born on 12 May 1734 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Aug 1816 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

  13. 28.  Ebenezer Nims was born on 14 Mar 1686 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (son of Godfrey Nims and Mary Miller); died on 29 Dec 1762 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact 1: 29 Feb 1704, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; Ebenezer & stepmother captured and taken to Canada by indians.
    • Fact 2: Mar 1704, Lorette, Quebec, Canada; Stepmother was killed on march to Canada & he was adopted by a squaw.
    • Fact 3: 1710, Lorette, Quebec, Canada; Ebenezer was married and had first child while in captivity
    • Fact 4: 1714, Lorette, Quebec, Canada; Released from captivity

    Notes:

    Source: Nims Family Association:

    Ebenezer Nims, captured in 1704, was then 17 years old and made the march to Canada, was adopted by a squaw and lived at Lorette. Of his romantic marriage to Sarah Hoyt (born May 6th 1686, to David & Sarah Wilson Hoyt). Mr. Sheldon says:

    "The priest urged her to marry. They pertinaciously, insisted upon it as a duty, and had a French officer selected as her mate, thus assuring themselves of permanent resident and popish converts. Professing to be convinced of her duty in ther, Sara declared one day in public that she would be married, if any of her fellow-captives would have her. Ebenezer Nims, a life-long companion, at once stepped forward and claimed her for his bride. The twain was made one upon the spot. The wily priests had met their match, for it is easy to believe that this was a prearranged issue on the part of the lovers."

    Gazeteer of Cheshire County N.H.
    1704-1737

    Part First, Gazeteer of Towns , Page 378

    John and Ebenezer Nims were the sons of Godfrey Nims of Deerfield, Mass. Godfrey had eleven children, all of whom, with the exception of the two sons mentioned and one daughter, were destroyed while captives after the raid on Deerfield, in 1704. Ebenezer married Sarah Hoyt while both were captives in Canada, and their eldest son, Ebenezer, was born there Feb 14, 1713. They returned to Deerfield to help his brother John rebuild the house Godrey had built and that had been destroyed by the natives. David, second son of Ebenezer, was born in Deerfield, Mass. March 30, 1716, came to Deerfield 1737 and was probably the first one of the family there. He married Abagail Hawks and was the first town clerk.

    Ebenezer and Sarah had 5 children; Ebenezer Jr. (1712), David, Moses, Elisha and Amasa.

    He is believed to be buried in the Old Deerfield burial ground near his family.

    Ebenezer married Sarah Hoyt in 1710 in Lorette, Quebec, Canada. Sarah (daughter of David Hoyt and Mary Wilson) was born on 6 May 1686 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Jan 1761 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  14. 29.  Sarah Hoyt was born on 6 May 1686 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of David Hoyt and Mary Wilson); died on 11 Jan 1761 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. 14. Ebenezer Nims was born on 14 Feb 1712 in Lorette, Quebec, Canada; died in 1777 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA.
    2. David Nims was born on 30 Mar 1716 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 21 Jul 1803 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA.
    3. Moses Nims was born on 9 May 1718 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 27 Aug 1772 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. Elisha Nims was born on 20 Jul 1720 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 10 Jun 1746 in Fort Massachusetts, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. Amasa Nims was born on 31 Jan 1724 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1767 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.

  15. 30.  Samuel Smead was born on 27 May 1669 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA (son of William Smead, Jr and Elizabeth Lawrence); died on 1 Jan 1731 in Wapping, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.

    Samuel married Mary Weld on 18 Apr 1707 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Daniel Weld and Mary Hinsdale) was born on 30 Mar 1667 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 3 Jul 1751 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  16. 31.  Mary Weld was born on 30 Mar 1667 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Daniel Weld and Mary Hinsdale); died on 3 Jul 1751 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. Mary Smead was born on 16 Apr 1708 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died in Jul 1708 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. Sarah Smead was born on 22 Jan 1710 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Jul 1807 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA.
    3. William Smead was born on 5 Jun 1712 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Jun 1712 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. 15. Mercy Smead was born on 6 Aug 1714 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Jul 1807 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA.
    5. Samuel Smead, Jr was born on 28 Feb 1719 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 May 1809 in Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.


Generation: 6

  1. 32.  James Minot was born on 2 Feb 1659 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (son of James Minot and Hannah Stoughton); died on 9 Mar 1696 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

    James married Rebecca Jones on 9 Feb 1688 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Rebecca was born on 8 Mar 1663 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 Jul 1712 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 33.  Rebecca Jones was born on 8 Mar 1663 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 Jul 1712 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. 16. Jonathan Lieut Minott was born in 1689 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 23 Jul 1770 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

  3. 36.  John Heywood was born in 1612 in London, London, England; died on 11 Jan 1707 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Arrival: 1634, , , Massachusetts, USA

    Notes:

    John kept an ordinary (inn) for which he had a license. According to the book, "Concord in Colonial Times" by C.H. Walcott published in 1884, Page 139, John Heywood "was allowed to keep a house of entertainment for strangers, for lodging and to sell beer and cider." The year was 1670. In 1672, John renewed his license and had liberty to retail strong waters to the travelers and sick people.

    John + Sarah Simonds. Sarah was born on 28 Jul 1644 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 19 Sep 1692 in , , Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 37.  Sarah Simonds was born on 28 Jul 1644 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 19 Sep 1692 in , , Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. 18. Benjamin Heywood was born on 4 Jan 1683 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Jan 1763 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

  5. 38.  James Kidder was born on 3 Jan 1654 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Dec 1732 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

    James married Elizabeth Brown on 23 Sep 1678 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of William Brown and Elizabeth Ruggles) was born on 5 May 1659 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 10 Aug 1691 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 39.  Elizabeth Brown was born on 5 May 1659 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of William Brown and Elizabeth Ruggles); died on 10 Aug 1691 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. John Kidder was born on 27 Jan 1680 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 27 Mar 1707 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. Joseph Kidder was born on 21 Apr 1683 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 30 Jul 1683 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. Elizabeth Kidder was born on 30 Mar 1686 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 14 Apr 1703 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. 19. Hannah Kidder was born on 27 Apr 1689 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 6 Apr 1759 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. Samuel Kidder was born on 22 May 1691 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1692 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

  7. 40.  Josiah White was born on 4 Jun 1643 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (son of John White and Joane West); died on 11 Nov 1714 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

    Josiah married Mary Rice on 28 Nov 1678 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Thomas Rice and Mary King) was born on 4 Sep 1656 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Aug 1733 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 41.  Mary Rice was born on 4 Sep 1656 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Thomas Rice and Mary King); died on 22 Aug 1733 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. Sarah White was born on 21 Oct 1680 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1695.
    2. Joseph White was born on 16 Sep 1682 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. Josiah White was born on 16 Sep 1682 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 5 May 1772 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. 20. John White was born on 20 Sep 1684 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Sep 1725 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. Thankful White was born on 27 Mar 1689 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 Apr 1737 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. Jonathan White was born in 1692 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 16 Jul 1707 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    7. Mary White was born on 11 Dec 1693; died on 17 Oct 1716.
    8. Judith White was born in 1694 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Mar 1774 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    9. Keziah White was born in 1696 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1739 in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

  9. 48.  Boaz Brown was born on 31 Jul 1665 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (son of Boaz Brown and Mary Winship); died on 26 Jan 1711 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1688, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
    • Probate: 1711, , Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

    Boaz married Mary Richards on 30 Sep 1695 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of John Richards and Mary Colburn) was born on 23 Jun 1675 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Mar 1732 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 49.  Mary Richards was born on 23 Jun 1675 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of John Richards and Mary Colburn); died on 25 Mar 1732 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. 24. Ephraim Brown was born in 1697 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Jan 1756 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

  11. 50.  Jonathan Fairbanks was born on 7 Oct 1666 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (son of Jonas Fairbanks and Lydia Prescott); died on 11 Sep 1697 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

    Notes:

    An Old Family Burial Site...
    "A Tombstone, surrounded by wild strawberry plants, embedded in the soil of the country town of Lancaster, Massachusetts bears mute testimony of facts. The rough slate is boldly cut with the following inscription:
    JONATHAN-FAIR BANKS-AND-HIS DAUGHTER-GRACE FAIRBANKS For two hundred and ninety-nine years this stone has weathered the elements to maintain the memory of a tragic event that cut short the lives of Jonathan and Grace. Two nearby stones, carved by the same hand, record the fateful September of 1697 when twenty-seven towns folk were massacred by Indians. Killed in that raid was the town's minister, the Rev. John Whiting. The Jonathan buried in Lancaster surely was not that earlier Jonathan (deceased 1668) whose Dedham home is preserved by the family Association. No, the identity of Jonathan of Lancaster is documented in the monumental book by Lorenzo Sales Fairbanks, Genealogy pp. 49-50. Lorenzo Sales explains that the Jonathan who met his untimely death in Lancaster was the son of Jonas, the third son of the original Jonathan of Dedham. Jonas had moved to western Massachusetts as one of the original settlers of Lancaster in 1657. He was a founding father of that town. Although a carpenter and a farmer, he had a sense of style and self-worth that exceeded his monetary position in society. Even before moving to the frontier of the seventeenth century he was, in 1652, fined a few shillings for violating the sumptuary laws (passed the year before) by wearing great boots before his estate amounted to more than 200 pounds. Jonas married Lydia Prescott of Watertown who bore him seven children. The fourth was Jonathan (b. 7/8/1666). Within ten years, Jonas was dead - having perished in an Indian attack on Lancaster on Feb. 10, 1676. That raid also took away the life of Jonathan's older brother Joshua, who was at the time fifteen years of age. It is not surprising therefore that when Jonathan matured he became a soldier, and was one of the first to venture on long expeditions into the wilderness. He shared in the ill-fated expedition against Quebec in 1690 with Sir William Phips. On Aug 24 1688 he married Mary Hayward of Concord. She gave him three children: Hannah, (d 1704), Grace (d 1697), and Mary (d 1745) Grace was about seven when she perished in the Indian raid of 1697 that killed so many inhabitants of Lancaster, including her father and his younger brother Jonas (b. 1673). Jonathan's wife was carried away with six other Lancastrians as captives, like Mary Rowlandson who had been taken in the l676 raid and wrote a famous account of her captivity and return. All captives from Lancaster but one were redeemed by government intervention and returned to their remaining family members a year later. During the raid of 1697, another brother of Jonathan s, Jabez, saved many Lancastrians in a garrison, or fortified house. He later became a notable soldier commissioned by Governor Dummer, employed as a Captain for long distance travel and scouting throughout the 1720's. "

    Died:
    Massacred with two children by indians.

    Jonathan married Mary Hayward on 24 Aug 1688 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Joseph Hayward and Hannah Hosmer) was born on 21 Sep 1667 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 5 Jan 1734 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  12. 51.  Mary Hayward was born on 21 Sep 1667 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Joseph Hayward and Hannah Hosmer); died on 5 Jan 1734 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact 1: 11 Sep 1697; Taken captive by indians and later ransomed.

    Children:
    1. Hannah Fairbanks was born in 1689 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Dec 1704 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. Grace Fairbanks was born in 1691 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Sep 1697 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. 25. Mary Fairbanks was born on 12 Sep 1693 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Jun 1745 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. Jonas Fairbanks was born in 1695 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Sep 1697 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

  13. 52.  Daniel Read was born on 1 Mar 1655 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (son of John Read and Sarah Lessie); died on 17 Oct 1710 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

    Daniel married Hannah Peck on 20 Aug 1677 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah (daughter of Joseph Peck and Hannah Hudson) was born on 23 Mar 1653 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 Aug 1710 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  14. 53.  Hannah Peck was born on 23 Mar 1653 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Joseph Peck and Hannah Hudson); died on 20 Aug 1710 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. Hannah Read was born on 30 Jun 1678 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 Aug 1704 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. Bethia Read was born on 2 Nov 1679 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 10 Oct 1708 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. 26. Daniel Reed (Read) was born on 20 Jan 1681 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 13 Sep 1740 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. John Read was born on 25 Feb 1682 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 26 Feb 1682 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. Sarah Read was born on 1 Apr 1684 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 30 Apr 1742 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. Noah Read was born on 17 May 1687 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 Oct 1710 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
    7. Abigail Read was born on 5 Jun 1690 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 Sep 1710 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

  15. 54.  Capt Timothy Ide was born on 10 Oct 1660 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (son of Nicholas Ide and Martha Bliss); died on 5 Apr 1735 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

    Capt married Elizabeth Cooper on 20 Oct 1687 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth was born on 8 Aug 1662 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 Feb 1745 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  16. 55.  Elizabeth Cooper was born on 8 Aug 1662 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 Feb 1745 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
    Children:
    1. Lieut Timothy Ide was born on 1 Oct 1688 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 26 Dec 1768 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
    2. 27. Elizabeth Ide was born on 16 Mar 1690 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Aug 1755 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
    3. Mary Ide was born on 2 Apr 1692 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 Jan 1754 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
    4. Experience Lindley was born on 28 May 1696 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Sep 1751 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
    5. Rachel Ide was born on 28 May 1696 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 26 Dec 1780 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
    6. Josiah Ide was born on 20 Oct 1698 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 30 Nov 1731 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
    7. Daniel Ide was born on 4 Jun 1701 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 Oct 1753 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
    8. Thomas Ide was born in 1703 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 30 Nov 1731 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

  17. 56.  Godfrey Nims was born in 1650 in , , , England; died on 14 Mar 1704 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact 1: Godefrois Nismes
    • Fact 2: Huguenot?
    • Fact 4: Soldier in King Phillip's War.
    • Fact 3: 1667; Northampton, Massachusetts
    • Fact 5: 18 May 1676; Engaged in the "Falls Fight".
    • Residence: 1679, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

    Notes:

    The background of Godfrey Nims of Deerfield, Massachusetts is a mystery. One family tradition has it that he was a Huguenot, came to America as a lad, at first spelled his name Godefroi de Nismes, but changed the spelling to suit the colonial pronunciation. Others suggest he was of English birth with French ancestry. No documentary evidence has been found to verify any country of origin despite the efforts made over the years by The Nims Family Association.

    The first official record of Godfrey Nims appears on September 24, 1667, in a Springfield, Massachusetts, court record. The transcript follows:

    James Bennet, Godfrey Nims & Benoni Stebbins, young lads of Northampton being by Northampton Commissionrs bound over to the Corte to answer for diverse crimes & misdemeanors committed by them, were brought to this Corte by ye Constable of yt Towne wch 3 lads are accused by Robert Bartlett for that they gott into his house two Sabbath dayes when all the family were at the Publike Meeting: On ye first of wch tymes, the vizt. 24 shillings in silver & 7s in Wampum with the intention to run away to the French: Al which is by them confessed, wch wickedness of theirs hath also been accompanyd with frequent lying to excuse & justify themselves especially on Nims his pt, who seemes hath been a ringleader in their vilainys: ffor all wch their crimes and misdemeanors this Corte doth Judge yt the said 3 lads shalbe well whipt on their naked bodys vist, Nims & Bennet with 15 lashes apiece & Bononi Stebbins with 11 lashes. And the said Nims & Stebbins are to pay Robert Bartlett the summe of 4L being counted treble according to law for what goods he hath lost by their meanes.?

    History tells us Godfrey Nims was off to a rough start in America, as all of us have had occasions in our life that we had to rise above, and better ourselves. This is exactly what Godfrey Nims did over 300 years ago. The records of Massachusetts list Godfrey Nims as one of many from Northampton who signed a petition in 1668 requesting relief from taxation on goods brought into the colony?s ports. He also appears with others when taking the Oath of Fidelity to the government on March 25, 1672/3, at the County Court at Northampton.

    Family folklore tells us that Godfrey soon came to Deerfield, Massachusetts around 1670, possibly being one of the third to settle here. A deed dated 1679 gives the first written confirmation that Godfrey settled at Deerfield. He later shared in the holding of public offices, including constable, tax collector, selectman and a member of the school committee.

    In 1677 he married Mary Miller Williams a widow. Her husband Zebediah had been killed by Indians. After Mary?s death in 1688, Godfrey married Mehitable Smead Hull in 1692, another widow. Godfrey had six children with Mary and five with Mehitable, in addition to caring for two stepchildren each that the widows brought to the marriages.

    The records reveal, Godfrey Nims joined the Puritan society in the Connecticut Valley. He learned to make his living as a cordwainer, (shoemaker) as well as a farmer. The present day White Church, town office, town hall and Memorial Hall all stand on land formerly owned by Godfrey. J.R. Trumbull?s History of Northampton, Massachusetts describes Godfrey as ?the owner of considerable property and an honored and respected citizen.?

    Godfrey Nims grew up from being a young lad in trouble with the law to having a good life in Massachusetts, with a family of 15 children. Godfrey Nims bought land in Deerfield in 1674. He was among the first earlier permanent settlers here. In 1692 he bought lot No. 27 and November 21, 1694 he bought lot No. 28. These two lots united became the Nims home lot, and has never been out of the family. The present house standing is more than two hundred years old.

    He endured grave hardships in his life. May 19,1676 he served in the Falls Fight against the Pocumtuck Indians. Approximately 140 settlers marched into the dead of night into the wilderness to surprise the Indians at the salmon fishing falls near the mouth of Fall River. Some 400 Indians were killed, and 40 settlers were lost in this fight. Of them was James Bennett, friend of Godfrey's and Captain Turner. January 4, 1694 his home was destroyed in a fire, and four year old Jeremiah Hull died in the fire. Godfrey's son Henry, about 10 years old, accidently caused the fire, and was able to save one child from the room where Jeremiah slept. Henry tired to get Jeremiah from the room but the flames would not allow it.

    He worked and faced tragedies and dangers common of that time. March 3, 1701 Godfrey Nims, Sergant Allyn, and Corporal Wells were chosen to lay a road to the land on the west side of the river. This led through to the present Main street of Greenfield, and northerly through Greenfield Meadows. In 1702 Godfrey and Benoni Stebins were on the school committee.

    The worst tragedy was on February 29, 1704, the French & Indian 1704 massacre of Deerfield, Massachusetts. The French and Indians attacked about two hours before day break. The attackers burned most buildings and killed or took captive most of the settlers. It left him with no wife, and at the time with only a daughter, 20 year old Thankful Nims, Munn. Her home was dug into the side of a mountain, and the opening was concealed by the deep snow drifts. Godfrey?s family members were killed or taken captive in the 1704 raid on Deerfield, his second wife captured, dying on the forced march to Canada. One son killed, and one captured to be released ten years later; four daughters killed that day; one daughter captured and taken to Canada, never to return. A step-daughter, Mary Williams Brooks and a son-in-law, Phillip Mattoon, captured and killed on the march; a grandchild, infant Mattoon killed in the attack.

    Prior to the 1704 attack, on October 8, 1703 a son, John 24 years old and Godfrey?s stepson Zebediah Williams, age 28, were captured by Indians and taken to Canada. John escaped May 14, 1705 after his father had passed away and Zebediah died a captive in 1706. Godfrey died without knowing the fate of his these surviving children.

    According to the Nims Family Association, it is from the four surviving children, of Godfrey Nims, John, Ebenezer, Thankful and Abigail that members of the Nims family are descended.

    Godfrey married Mary Miller on 26 Nov 1677 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of William Miller and Patience Bacon) was born on 24 Dec 1653 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died on 27 Apr 1688 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  18. 57.  Mary Miller was born on 24 Dec 1653 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of William Miller and Patience Bacon); died on 27 Apr 1688 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. Rebecca Nims was born on 12 Aug 1678 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 30 Aug 1678 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. John Nims was born on 14 Aug 1679 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 Dec 1762 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. Rebecca Nims was born on 14 Aug 1679 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 Feb 1704 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. Henry Nims was born on 20 Apr 1682 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 Feb 1704 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. Thankful Nims was born on 29 Aug 1684 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Jul 1746 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. 28. Ebenezer Nims was born on 14 Mar 1686 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 Dec 1762 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.

  19. 58.  David Hoyt was born on 22 Apr 1651 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (son of Nicholas Hoyt and Susanna Joyse); died on 29 Feb 1704 in Newbury, Orange, Vermont, USA.

    David married Mary Wilson in 1676 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. Mary was born on 21 Nov 1652 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1689 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  20. 59.  Mary Wilson was born on 21 Nov 1652 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1689 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. Mary Hoyt was born on 1 Jan 1684 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 23 Jul 1769 in Wapping, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. 29. Sarah Hoyt was born on 6 May 1686 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Jan 1761 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. Jonathan Hoyt was born on 6 Apr 1688 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 23 May 1779 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. Benjamin Hoyt was born on 15 Sep 1692 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 16 Feb 1759 in Lewisboro, Westchester, New York, USA.

  21. 60.  William Smead, Jr was born in 1624 in Coggeshall, Essex, England (son of William Smead and Judith Stoughton); died on 1 Jan 1703 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Arrival: 1630, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
    • Baptism: 13 Nov 1635, Rye, Sussex, England
    • Residence: 1680, , , Massachusetts, USA

    Notes:

    He served in King Philip's War and participated in the Falls Fight under Capt.Turner. His son William was killed at Bloody Brook with Capt.Lothrop.

    William Smead was the son of William Smead (d.c1634) and Judith (Stoughton) Denman Smead (1599-1639). Judith was the widow of John Denman, with whom she had two children. William was only three or so when his father died. Judith sailed from Gravesend with her three children on September 3,1635 on the ship “Dorset”. They stopped in the Barbadoes, then continued to New England. She settled with her children in Dorchester. She signed the Dorchester Church covenant in 1636 and was granted 20 acres of land there in 1638.

    About the time his mother died, William was apprenticed at age seven or so, to John Pope of Dorchester. Pope died in 1646 and made provision in his will for William, calling him “my Littell boy.” He left to William his looms and tacking if William was willing to live with Pope’s widow, learn the trade, and become a weaver.

    He married Elizabeth Lawrence at Dorchester,MA on Dec 31,1658.

    Children: William Smead III, Elizabeth Smead Janes, Judith Smead Hawks, Mehitable Hull Smead Nims, Samuel Smead, John Smead, John Smead, Ebenezer Smead, Thankful Smead Hawks, and Waitstill Smead Warner.

    It has been suggested that he must be buried at Old Deerfield Cemetery since that was the only cemetery at the time. However, that is not always the case as many ancestors were buried on their homesteads at the time.


    https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smead-2

    William married Elizabeth Lawrence on 31 Dec 1658 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Lawrence and Elizabeth Bates) was born on 15 Sep 1635 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; was christened on 6 Mar 1642; died in 29 Feb 1704 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  22. 61.  Elizabeth Lawrence was born on 15 Sep 1635 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; was christened on 6 Mar 1642 (daughter of Thomas Lawrence and Elizabeth Bates); died in 29 Feb 1704 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. William Smead was born on 18 Jul 1660 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died on 18 Sep 1675 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. Elizabeth Smead was born on 20 May 1662 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died on 26 Aug 1682 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. Judith Smead was born on 18 Feb 1665 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died on 27 Jan 1719 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. Mehitable Smead was born on 2 Jan 1668 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Mar 1704 in , , Massachusetts, USA.
    5. 30. Samuel Smead was born on 27 May 1669 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died on 1 Jan 1731 in Wapping, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. John Smead was born on 27 Aug 1670 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died in Dec 1670 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    7. John Smead was born on 27 Aug 1673 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 30 Apr 1720 in Wapping, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    8. Ebenezer Smead was born on 9 May 1675 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 19 Jul 1753 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    9. Thankful Smead was born on 13 May 1677 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 Feb 1704 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    10. Elizabeth Smead was born on 23 Feb 1679; died on 13 May 1704 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    11. Waitstill Smead was born on 5 May 1680 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1704 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.

  23. 62.  Daniel Weld was born on 25 Sep 1642 in , , , England (son of Joseph Weld and Barbara Clapp); died on 16 Dec 1699 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.

    Daniel married Mary Hinsdale on 8 Jun 1664. Mary (daughter of Robert Hinsdale and Ann Woodward) was born on 14 Feb 1644 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Mar 1682 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  24. 63.  Mary Hinsdale was born on 14 Feb 1644 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Robert Hinsdale and Ann Woodward); died on 15 Mar 1682 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. John Weld was born on 29 Nov 1665; and died.
    2. 31. Mary Weld was born on 30 Mar 1667 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 3 Jul 1751 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. Mehitable Weld was born on 19 May 1669; and died.
    4. Anna Weld was born on 17 May 1672 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 31 Oct 1712 in Wapping, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. Daniel Weld was born in 1680; and died.