Ebenezer Nims^[1]

1686 - 1762  (76 years)

• Name	Ebenezer Nims
  Birth	14 Mar 1686	Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  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
  Death	29 Dec 1762	Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 5]
  Burial	Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I81	Master
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Godfrey Nims,   b. 1650, , , , England d. 14 Mar 1704, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Mary Miller,   b. 24 Dec 1653, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA d. 27 Apr 1688, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	26 Nov 1677	Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F225	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Hoyt,   b. 6 May 1686, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA d. 11 Jan 1761, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1710	Lorette, Quebec, Canada
  Children	+ 1. Ebenezer Nims,   b. 14 Feb 1712, Lorette, Quebec, Canada d. 1777, Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA (Age 64 years) + 2. David Nims,   b. 30 Mar 1716, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA d. 21 Jul 1803, Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA (Age 87 years) + 3. Moses Nims,   b. 9 May 1718, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA d. 27 Aug 1772, Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (Age 54 years)   4. Elisha Nims,   b. 20 Jul 1720, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA d. 10 Jun 1746, Fort Massachusetts, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA (Age 25 years) + 5. Amasa Nims,   b. 31 Jan 1724, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA d. 1767, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (Age 42 years)
  Family ID	F40	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Mar 1686 - Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Fact 1 - Ebenezer & stepmother captured and taken to Canada by indians. - 29 Feb 1704 - Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Fact 2 - Stepmother was killed on march to Canada & he was adopted by a squaw. - Mar 1704 - Lorette, Quebec, Canada Fact 3 - Ebenezer was married and had first child while in captivity - 1710 - Lorette, Quebec, Canada Marriage - 1710 - Lorette, Quebec, Canada Fact 4 - Released from captivity - 1714 - Lorette, Quebec, Canada Death - 29 Dec 1762 - Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Burial - - Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=117125034&pid=23 [S751] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S242] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.). [S338] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.). [S229] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Deaths, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.).