Forward from: Canada The Unknown Country
Second Esopus War, New Holland, 1663
•Catherine Blanchan Du Bois
—taken captive with her three children. She began singing Christian hymns to keep up morale. Rescued just in time by her husband Louis Du Bois. They were French Huguenots.
King Philip’s War 1675-1678
•Lt. John Thomson, his wife Mary and family
—their house was attacked while Mary was cooking in the kitchen. Stole the food and tried to steal John’s 7 foot long rifle. They abandoned their house and it was burned to the ground. They survived the war.
•Capt. John Gallup
—killed at the Great Swamp Fight against the Narragansetts, Dec. 19, 1675
•John Gorham
—killed at the Great Swamp Fight
•John Avery
—fought at the Great Swamp Fight, survived
•George Denison
—fought at the Great Swamp Fight, survived
King William’s War 1688-1697
~Cocheco Massacre/Raid on Dover, June 28, 1689, 52 people killed or captured
•Mary Paul Hanson
—killed while staying in the house of Richard Waldron. Waldron was tied to a chair and tortured before he died. She is the Grandmother of John Hanson (mentioned later).
•Richard Otis and family:
—Richard was killed in his own house during the Cocheco Massacre, June 28, 1689. They had let a Native woman in who asked for shelter and while they were sleeping, she unlocked their doors and let the warriors in to kill them.
—Griselle, his wife, was taken captive to Quebec, with Margaret, their 3 month old daughter. Griselle was assimilated into Quebec society but Margaret eventually returned in 1735.
—Hannah, daughter, 3 years old, started crying and was smashed against the fireplace.
—Stephen, an older son, was killed in the house along with his wife Mary. The house was later burnt down with the bodies in it.
—sons Richard Jr. and Nicholas escaped and survived
— Daughters Judith, Rose, Experience, and Richard Sr’s grandchildren Stephen, Mary and Nathaniel were taken captive. Judith, Rose, Experience and Mary were rescued but the boys were assimilated in Quebec, where they died.
—The Quebec surname Hotesse is derived from this family.
•James Nute
—killed by Natives in his garden in 1691, at Dover, NH, when he was 78. He had left his gun in the house, but put up a good fight with his hoe, killing one of his assailants. His daughter Martha married William Damn. Their Garrison House is still standing.
~Brackett Massacre, Rye, NH, Sept. 29, 1691, 20 people killed or kidnapped.
•Francis Rand and family:
—Francis Rand was killed along with others while they were gathering rushes in the marsh. All they had were sickles. They were buried where they fell. He was in his 70s.
—his wife Christina was blind and elderly. On the day of the massacre she got a bad feeling that “Indians were approaching.” Francis went away to the flour mill and when he came back, he found her murdered and scalped by the Indians. Perhaps he ran to alert the others.
—the children too small to be taken to Canada were smashed on a big rock nearby. Legend holds that you can still see blood stains on it.
•John Locke survived the massacre and was able to sabotage some of the Native’s canoes. This marked him out for revenge that would come later.
•Catherine Blanchan Du Bois
—taken captive with her three children. She began singing Christian hymns to keep up morale. Rescued just in time by her husband Louis Du Bois. They were French Huguenots.
King Philip’s War 1675-1678
•Lt. John Thomson, his wife Mary and family
—their house was attacked while Mary was cooking in the kitchen. Stole the food and tried to steal John’s 7 foot long rifle. They abandoned their house and it was burned to the ground. They survived the war.
•Capt. John Gallup
—killed at the Great Swamp Fight against the Narragansetts, Dec. 19, 1675
•John Gorham
—killed at the Great Swamp Fight
•John Avery
—fought at the Great Swamp Fight, survived
•George Denison
—fought at the Great Swamp Fight, survived
King William’s War 1688-1697
~Cocheco Massacre/Raid on Dover, June 28, 1689, 52 people killed or captured
•Mary Paul Hanson
—killed while staying in the house of Richard Waldron. Waldron was tied to a chair and tortured before he died. She is the Grandmother of John Hanson (mentioned later).
•Richard Otis and family:
—Richard was killed in his own house during the Cocheco Massacre, June 28, 1689. They had let a Native woman in who asked for shelter and while they were sleeping, she unlocked their doors and let the warriors in to kill them.
—Griselle, his wife, was taken captive to Quebec, with Margaret, their 3 month old daughter. Griselle was assimilated into Quebec society but Margaret eventually returned in 1735.
—Hannah, daughter, 3 years old, started crying and was smashed against the fireplace.
—Stephen, an older son, was killed in the house along with his wife Mary. The house was later burnt down with the bodies in it.
—sons Richard Jr. and Nicholas escaped and survived
— Daughters Judith, Rose, Experience, and Richard Sr’s grandchildren Stephen, Mary and Nathaniel were taken captive. Judith, Rose, Experience and Mary were rescued but the boys were assimilated in Quebec, where they died.
—The Quebec surname Hotesse is derived from this family.
•James Nute
—killed by Natives in his garden in 1691, at Dover, NH, when he was 78. He had left his gun in the house, but put up a good fight with his hoe, killing one of his assailants. His daughter Martha married William Damn. Their Garrison House is still standing.
~Brackett Massacre, Rye, NH, Sept. 29, 1691, 20 people killed or kidnapped.
•Francis Rand and family:
—Francis Rand was killed along with others while they were gathering rushes in the marsh. All they had were sickles. They were buried where they fell. He was in his 70s.
—his wife Christina was blind and elderly. On the day of the massacre she got a bad feeling that “Indians were approaching.” Francis went away to the flour mill and when he came back, he found her murdered and scalped by the Indians. Perhaps he ran to alert the others.
—the children too small to be taken to Canada were smashed on a big rock nearby. Legend holds that you can still see blood stains on it.
•John Locke survived the massacre and was able to sabotage some of the Native’s canoes. This marked him out for revenge that would come later.