Eleazer Hawks

Notes:

Killed at the Bars Fight
From "History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts".,Vol. II, Louis H. Everts, Press of J.B. Lippincott & Co.,Philadelphia, 1879. page 595: "To answer frequent inquiry as to the origin of these names, some information may be given...."Bars," where the common field-fence crossed the road to Hatfield; in this fence was a set of slip-bars, for the accomodation of travelers. In the early days of our history cattle were fenced out instead of in."

"The Bars" was the section of Deerfield, Mass where these bars were located.
The Bars fight was the last attack upon the town of Deerfield on August 25th,1746, after the fall of Fort Massachusetts, at Hoosac on August 20th. Eleazer Hawks was killed by a party of Indians who came to Deerfield after the seige of Fort Massachusetts looking for captives and/or scalps.
Two good narratives of the fight are given in:
1."Lucy Terry Prince,Singer of History,"by David R. Proper, A publication of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association & Historic Deerfield, Inc.1997.pages 16 - 20.
2."John Hawks, A Founder of Hadley, Massachusetts, by Imogene Hawks Lane, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1998. page 79

Eleazer married Margaret Allen on 9 May 1743 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. Margaret (daughter of Benjamin Allen and Mercy Towsley) was born on 2 Sep 1716 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 27 Aug 1772 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Judith Hawks was born in 1745 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 May 1819 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
2. Zilpah Hawks was born in 1747 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1783 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.