Search the Bounty Rewards Archive

Upstander Project created the bounty rewards archive as a public learning and teaching resource to accompany the Bounty film project. The database includes 2,438 entries and represents several years of extensive archival and documentary research into scalp bounty acts and claims made by colonial governments and settlers in the northeastern Dawnland (later called New England), between 1675-1765.

In this online archive we present evidence about land and cash bounties granted to thousands of soldiers, militias and settler colonists (and/or their heirs), who participated in, and/or profited from, wars and bounty expeditions, resulting in scalping, killing, capturing and/or enslaving thousands of Indigenous children, women, and men.

More than £9,000 (millions of dollars in today’s U.S. currency) was paid from public treasuries of the colonial governments of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Nova Scotia, and hundreds of thousands of acres of land were granted to thousands of individuals and groups who hunted Indigenous peoples and then petitioned to found settler towns. Use the search box below to find the names of townships, killers, captors, claimants, heirs, militias and soldiers. You can also search by the year of the attack.

Due to the limitations of archival records from this time period, we cannot say with certainty in all cases which individuals actually scalped/captured Indigenous peoples and which participated without scalping or capturing yet still profited from the violence. Wherever possible, specific information, citations and sources are included in the Award Note and Source fields. This archive also excludes any bounty claims made in colonies or states outside the Dawnland (see above for regions included), as well as bounties claimed after the 6th Anglo-Abenaki aka French and Indian War (1754-1763).

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1738

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Benjamin Washburn
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
117
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
1
day of bounty claim
18
year of bounty claim
1738
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Bridgewater
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
26, 540 acres
township name
granted
Greenwich
township state
MA
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Hadley, History of the Town of Goffstown, 1733-1920, Vol. 2, 1924, 53-54; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 425-30.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #4 initially included 26,160 acres near Amoskeag Falls on the Merrimack River, granted to 120 soldiers of King Philip’s War, and heirs, from Northampton Mass. and vicinity, including proprietor Edward Shove. It was named Shove’s Town, later Goffstown, part of Manchester, New Hampshire. In 1735, the grantees "found it so poor and barren as to be altogether incapable of making settlements," and were instead granted 23,040 acres (plus 3,500) of land in Greenwich, Mass., settled in 1738.
known group members
Daniel Alexander, Samuel Judd, Thomas Hovey, John Pengally, Richard Childs, Bartholemew Flagg, James Hudson, Nathaniel Sanger, Joseph Lyon, Captain Isaac Johnson, Joseph Carpenter, Henry Bowen, Joseph Chamberlain, Abiell Lamb, Edward Walker, John Dunham, Benjamin Hall, Shuball Dimmock, Thomas Hazen, Daniel Wicomb, Israell Hendrick, David Hartshorn, John Hartshorn, Samuel Taylor, Jeremiah Sabin, Fenwich Sawyer, John Corbin, Jeremiah Ripley, Ephraim Beamass, John Bozorth, John Spurr, John Thresher, Malachi Holloway, William Hopkins, John Maccomber, Ebenezer Owen, Joseph White, Samuel Mirick, Jacob Hathaway, James Bell, John Wheeton, Thomas Buffington, John Brown, Jonathan Willmarth, Sampson Mason, Joseph Baker, John Hull, John Ridaway, Josiah Perry, John Ide, Thomas Kindrick, Joseph Daggett, John Martin, Benjamin Church, Theophilus Mitchell, Abraham Hathaway, Benjamin Crane, Jonathan Freeman, John Fitch, Samuel Skillings, William Wetherall, Thomas Barnam, Joshua Tisdale, Moses Cleveland, Benjamin Allen, Richard Allen, John Reed, Richard Burnham, Samuel Pecher, Daniell Hudson, Richard Jennings, Isaac Leonard, Joseph Richards, John Howard, James Cary, Elisha Hayward, Jonathan Washburn, Joseph Bailey, Solomon Cheever (Cheeker), Ebenezer Hill, John Handmore, David Church, Isaac Morriss, Benjamin Woodworth, Daniel Ramsdell, Isaac Peirce, Ellexander Reynolds (Rynge), Ebenezer Prout, John Barrett, John Briant, George Sampson, Caleb Cook, William Bradford, Nehemiah Bessey, Moses Barlow, Isaac Holmes, Elisha Busbee (Besbedge), Nathaniel Nicolls, Hopestill Busby (Besbedge), Walter Noice (Voice), Jonathan Crocker, Joseph Ross, Josiah Winslow, James Snow, Andrew Watkins, William Preist, Benjamin Chamberlain, James Ray, Thomas Lewis, Richard Man, Thomas Man, John Day, Thomas Brick, Thomas Bullen, Samuel Foster, William Robins, James Updike

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Samuel Warren
commander
Nathaniel Davenport
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
80
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
2
day of bounty claim
12
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Watertown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
(Concord, Groton, Marlboro, Chelmsford, Billerica, Lancaster, Lexington, Stow, Framingham, Littleton, Sherborn, Stoneham, Southboro, Woburn)
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Gardner
township state
MA
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Hurd, History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, 1889, 1055; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 435-38; Carole Doreski, Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the Seventeenth-Century Conflicts (Boston, MA: Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts), 1982.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. On February 12, 1733, the General Court confirmed Narragansett Town #6, which became Templeton, a part of Gardner Mass., granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs, from the towns Concord, Groton, Marlboro, Chelmsford, Billerica, Lancaster, Lexington, Stow, Framingham, Littleton, Sherborn, Stoneham, Southboro, Woburn, Mass. Proprietors included Samuel Chandler, Jacob Wright, and Captain Benjamin Prescott. On June 24, 1735, lots were drawn.
known group members
Joseph Buss (Busse), Nathaniel Wilson, Henry Bartlett, John Kendall, Moses Wheat, Jacob Amsden, Josiah Hobbs, Samuel Buttrick (Butterick) (Boutericke), Zechariah Paddleford (Paddlefoot), Jonathan Whitney, John Baldwin, Isaac Amsden (Emsden) (Almsden), Daniel Woodward, Jonathan Lawrence, Samuel Swan, John Parker, Joseph Wheeler, Abraham Temple, Thomas Brown, Samuel How, John Wheeler, John Wood, John Taylor, Thomas Parker, John Cutler (Cuttler), Zachariah Snow, Peter Bateman, Caleb Simons (Simonds), John Priest, John Sheldon (Shelden) (Shilden), William Roberts, (Robards), John White Jr., James Smith, Michael Flagg (Flegg), Moses Whitney (Whettny), Joseph Waight, Daniel Warren (Warrin), Isaac Larned (Learned), Joseph Smith, Jonathan Smith, John Wilson, Increase Winne (Win), John Needham, Lieutenant John Wyman, John Adams, Thomas Gery (Geery), Daniel Dean, Francis Wyman Jr., John Wyman Jr., Deacon Samuel Stone, Nathaniel Richardson, Joseph Wright, William Shattuck (Shattock), John Eams (Eames), John Barrett, Nathaniel Billing, James Pattison, John Trask, Samuel Phelps (Phelpes), John Prescott, Benjamin Muzzey, John Griggs, Thomas Hincher (Henshaw), Eleazar Flagg, Elias Tattingham, Morgan Jones, John Robins (Robbins), Matthias Farnsworth, John Bush, Ephraim Sawyer, John Shedd (Shead), Samuel Hartwell, Peter Buckley (Buckly), Patrick Fasset, Nathaniel Rogers, Samuel Hunt, James Haughton (Houghton), John Kene, Joseph Thomson, John Cane

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Sarah Warren
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
123
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Boston
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Manchester
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Coolidge, A History and Description of New England, Vol. 1., 1859, 419; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 431-34.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #5 was first settled as Souhegan-East, later named Bedford, part of Manchester, and Merrick New Hampshire, is granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs, residing in the towns Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Milton, Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Dedham, Stoughton, Brookline, Needham, Hull, Medford, Scituate, Newport, CT, New London, CT and Providence, RI. Committee members- Col. Thomas Tileston, Jonathan Williams and Captain Joseph Ruggles.
known group members
Andrew Belcher, Esquire, Dr. John Clark, Richard Way, William Dinsdell, Thomas Warren, Henry Swain, Isaac Prince, Dr. John Cutler, Benjamin Williams, Nicholas Allin, Henry Timberlake, Jeremiah Fay, Thomas Weymouth, John Arnold, Samuel Polard, Samuel Bicknerd, Jacob Grig, Joseph Gridley, John Nelson, Perez Savage, James Lendal, Thomas Plimbly, John Mors, John Ruggles, John Triscot, Daniel Matthews, Benjamin Dyer, Edward Ting, John Leach, Henry Chamberlain, David Landon, Joshua Lain, Edward Wedan, Joshua Hewes, Ambros Dawes, Zachariah Gurney, Captain Nathaniel Davenport, Thomas Hunt, Captain Samuel Wadsworth, Peter Bennet, Gamaliel Rogers, John Tuckerman, Richard Bill, William Hacy, John Richards, Captain Samuel Maudesley, William Manley, John Means, Caleb Moor, Captain James Oliver, John Hands, Pilgrim Simpkins, John Goodwin, Thomas Beedle, George Ripley, Thomas Moors, Thomas Barnard, Joseph Goad, Joseph Dudley, Esquire, Paul Wilson, John Watson, William Lyon, Thomas Hawley, John Payson, John Scot, Thomas Bishop, Thomas Weld, John Baker, Thomas Morey, Thomas Hencher, Samuel Williams, Thomas Baker, Timothy Tileston, Hopestill Humphrey, Thomas Davenport, Ebenezer Williams, Henry Ledbetter, Samuel Jones, William Davenport, John Miller, Thomas Vose, Samuel Bass, Samuel Bingley, Thomas Coplin, Thomas Holbrook, Thomas Bingley, John Hollis, William Sewell, John Burrill, John Whitmarsh, Joseph Thorn, Thomas Thaxter, John Jacobs, Francis Gurnet, Samuel Gill, John Langley, Samuel Lincoln, Ephraim Lain, Nathaniel Beal, Benjamin Bates, Cornelius Canterbury, George Vickery, John Arnold, Samuel Gill, Samuel Colburn, Jonathan Gay, William Dean, Peter Talbot, Benjamin White, Samuel Gardner, John Rice, Joseph Benson, John Bull, John Plympton, Samuel Hatch, Richard Proute, Israel Hobart, William Hawkins, Joseph Brigs, Jethro Jeffreys, Samuel Knight, David Evans, John Jacts (Jaques)

1735

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Stephen Warman
commander
Thomas Lothrop (Lathrop)
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
84
day of killing/
captivity
18
month of killing/
captivity
9
year of killing/
captivity
1675
month of bounty claim
1
day of bounty claim
10
year of bounty claim
1735
native/colonial
locale/town
betwen Deerfield and Hatfield
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
near Deerfield
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
100
victim type
killed
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
MA House Journal, 13: 197, 23, 229; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 136-37; Bachellor, State of New Hampshire, Town Charters, Vol. XXIV, 1894, 818-20.
award note
In 1735, Robert Hale Esquire, on behalf of soldiers who fought under Captn. Thomas Lothrop (Lathrop) and their heirs, request equal bounty reward in land, as that of English soldiers who fought in the "Narragansett War" (Pometacomet’s Resistance) during "Lothrop's Fight," between Deerfield and Hatfield, MA, September 18, 1675, where they killed at least 100 Native people. The Mass. House votes to allocate 2 townships, in addition to the 7 "Narragansett townships" already granted, for those who fought in "Lothrop's Fight," the "Falls Fight" and/or "Long March." In January 1736 the Mass. House committee appointed to consider claims of "Narragansett soldiers" voted to admit 232 soldiers and heirs who served in the "Fort Fight" or "Long March" during Pometacomet's Resistance to two new townships.
known group members
Captain Thomas Lothrop (Lathrop), Sergt. Thomas Smith, Samuel Stevens, John Hobbs, Daniel Button, John Harriman, Caleb Kemball, Thomas Hobbs, Robert Homes, Edward Traske, Richard Lambard (Lambert), Josiah Dodge, George Ropes, Joseph Kinge, Thomas Alexander, Francis Friende, Abel Osyer (Ozzier), John Litleale, Thomas Bayley, Ezekiel Sawyer, Jacob Kilborne, Thomas Manninge, Jacob Waynwritt (Wainwright), Benjamin Roper, John Bennett, Thomas Mentor, Peter Woodberry, Joseph Bolch, Samuel Witteridge, William Duy (Dew), Sergt. Samuel Stevens, Samuel Crumpton, John Plum, Thomas Buckley, Samuel Hudson, Adam Clarke, Ephraim Farah (Farrar), Robert Wilson, Steven Welman, Benjamin Farnell, Solomon Alley, John Merrit, Robert Hinsdall, Samuel Hinsdall, Barnabas Hinsdall, John Hinsdall, Experience Hinsdall, Ephriam Hinsdall, Joseph Gillet, John Allin, Joshua Carter, John Barnard, James Tufts, Jonathan Plimpton, Peter Plimpton, Philip Barsham, Thomas Weller, William Smeade, Zebediah Williams, Eliskim Marshall, James Mudge, George Cole, Richard Weller, William Pixly, Daniel Weld, John Stebbin, John Hawkes, Nathaniel Sutlive, Sarah Field, Solomon Stoddard, Thomas Mekins, Thomas Hastings, Samson Frary, Quentin Stockwell, Moses Crafts, Joseph Prince, John Palmer, John Langbury, Edmond Bridges, Joseph Emons, Samuel Rust, Paul Thorndike, John Plummer, Edward Trask, Thomas Buckly, Samuel Chapman, Thomas Kemball, Caleb Kemball, John Harriman, Mathew Scales, Joseph Pearson, Blaze Vinton, Andrew Stickney, Benjamin Roper, Benjamin Furnell, John Merrett, Edmond Moore, Eleazer Keyser, Thomas Rose, Stephen Warman, John Littlehall, John Andrews, Samuel Crumpton, Thomas Mentor, Zekeriah Davis, Timothy Bray, John Denison, John Bullock, Mark Pitman, Moses Pengry, Stephen Greenleaf, John Toppan (Tapin), Caleb Richardson, Daniel Rolf, Daniel Button, John Wheeler, Henry Bodwell, Thomas Hayson, John Wicher, John Boynton, Walter Hickson, Thomas Hayson, Samuel Hibbert, John Davis, John Presson, Steven Butler, Samuel Hudson, Thomas Bayleff, Josiah Bridges, Robert Leach, Thomas Tenney, Thomas Peckes, Daniel Ring, Abiel Sadler, Francis Young, Gershom Browne

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Daniel Warren (Warrin)
commander
Nathaniel Davenport
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
80
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
2
day of bounty claim
12
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Watertown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Gardner
township state
MA
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Hurd, History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, 1889, 1055; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 435-38; Carole Doreski, Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the Seventeenth-Century Conflicts (Boston, MA: Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts), 1982.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. On February 12, 1733, the General Court confirmed Narragansett Town #6, which became Templeton, a part of Gardner Mass., granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs, from the towns Concord, Groton, Marlboro, Chelmsford, Billerica, Lancaster, Lexington, Stow, Framingham, Littleton, Sherborn, Stoneham, Southboro, Woburn, Mass. Proprietors included Samuel Chandler, Jacob Wright, and Captain Benjamin Prescott. On June 24, 1735, lots were drawn.
known group members
Joseph Buss (Busse), Nathaniel Wilson, Henry Bartlett, John Kendall, Moses Wheat, Jacob Amsden, Josiah Hobbs, Samuel Buttrick (Butterick) (Boutericke), Zechariah Paddleford (Paddlefoot), Jonathan Whitney, John Baldwin, Isaac Amsden (Emsden) (Almsden), Daniel Woodward, Jonathan Lawrence, Samuel Swan, John Parker, Joseph Wheeler, Abraham Temple, Thomas Brown, Samuel How, John Wheeler, John Wood, John Taylor, Thomas Parker, John Cutler (Cuttler), Zachariah Snow, Peter Bateman, Caleb Simons (Simonds), John Priest, John Sheldon (Shelden) (Shilden), William Roberts, (Robards), John White Jr., James Smith, Michael Flagg (Flegg), Moses Whitney (Whettny), Joseph Waight, Daniel Warren (Warrin), Isaac Larned (Learned), Joseph Smith, Jonathan Smith, John Wilson, Increase Winne (Win), John Needham, Lieutenant John Wyman, John Adams, Thomas Gery (Geery), Daniel Dean, Francis Wyman Jr., John Wyman Jr., Deacon Samuel Stone, Nathaniel Richardson, Joseph Wright, William Shattuck (Shattock), John Eams (Eames), John Barrett, Nathaniel Billing, James Pattison, John Trask, Samuel Phelps (Phelpes), John Prescott, Benjamin Muzzey, John Griggs, Thomas Hincher (Henshaw), Eleazar Flagg, Elias Tattingham, Morgan Jones, John Robins (Robbins), Matthias Farnsworth, John Bush, Ephraim Sawyer, John Shedd (Shead), Samuel Hartwell, Peter Buckley (Buckly), Patrick Fasset, Nathaniel Rogers, Samuel Hunt, James Haughton (Houghton), John Kene, Joseph Thomson, John Cane

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Daniel Warren
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
119
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Weston
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
23, 040 acres
township name
granted
Westminster
township state
MA
source name
MA A&R, 11: 325; MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 417-20; Hurd, History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, 1889, 1143-44.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. In 1728, 2 townships of 6 miles square were granted in "Nipmuc Country" near Rutland, Lunenburg and Great Wachusett Hill to Samuel Chandler, Jacob Wright and heirs of 60 soldiers from Hingham, Lynn, Beverly, Reading for service in the Narragansett War (Pometacomet's Resistance). The soldiers were promised 8 square miles of land in 1685, which was never allocated. These grants were unsettled until 1733, when Narragansett township # 2, (later named Westminster, Mass.), was allotted to 100 heirs and 20 soldiers, including James Lowden, John Cutting, James Lowden, Jonathan Belcher Esquire and others from Cambridge, Watertown, Charlestown, Weston, Sudbury, Newton, Medford, Malden and Reading.
known group members
William Russell, Gershom Cutter, Joseph Beames, Captain Jonathan Remington, Samuel Champney, Thomas Bathrick, John Barrell, William Gleason, John Smith, Samuel Smith, Joseph Smith, Nathaniel Smith, Thomas Brown, Simon Gates, John Willington, Thomas Brattle, James Cheaver, James Lowden, Samuel Read, Henry Sumers, John Fosket, Isaac Lewis, Samuel Fosket, Samuel Newell, Joseph Dowse, Benjamin Lathrop, James Smith, Samuel Lemmon, William Burtt, Jacob Cole, John Mousley (Mousall), Humphrey Miller, John Hawkins, John Trumbul, Alexander Philips, George Mudge, John Shepherd, Thomas Welch, George Grind, Joseph Lind, Timothy Cuttler, (Jonathan) Kittle, Thomas Genner (Jenner), Matthew Griffin, John Breed, Hopestill Davis, Johnathan Sprague, Edward Johnson, John Senter, Thomas Sawen, Ephraim Cutler, James Cutting, John Barnard, Joshua Biglow, William Shattuck, Joseph Grout, Jonathan Smith, John Hager, George Herrington, John Herrington, Dr. (Palgrave) Willington, Zachariah Cutting, John Bright, William Parmeter, Jacob Bullard, Timothy Rice, John Sherman, James Barnard, Joseph Smith, Elnathan Beirs, Michael Flag, John Barnard, John Cutting, Joseph Priest, Benjamin Willington, Caleb Grant, Thomas Cory, Daniel Warren, James Pike, Jeremiah Norcross, Matthew Gibbs, Thomas Taylor, Sebred Taylor, John Marston, John Parkhurst, Dennis Hedley, John Adams, Joseph Parmeter, Thomas Rutter, Joseph Graves, Joseph More, Seborn Jackson, Nathaniel Haly, Richard Beach, Stephen Cook, John Park, Jacob Willard, Captain Thomas Prentice, Captain (Joseph) Scill, John Whitmore, Thomas Willis, John Mudge, Phineas Upham, Abraham Skinner, James Cheak, John Winslow, John Bacheler, Johnathan Parker, Edmon Brown, Thomas Nichols, Major Jeremiah Swain, Isaac Welman, Benjamin Davis, Samuel Lamson, Thomas Hodgman, Phinehas Upham, William Jones, Ebenezer Breed, Samuel Trumbull, Joseph Pratt

1704

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Samuel Warner
commander
Jonathan Wells, Ebenezer Wright
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
unknown
day of killing/
captivity
29
month of killing/
captivity
2
year of killing/
captivity
1704
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
9
year of bounty claim
1704
native/colonial
locale/town
Deerfield
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
Deerfield
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Deerfield
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
1
victim type
scalp
victim note
male
monetary reward
£100
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
MA A&R, 8: 66-67; Donahue, Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers, 1702-1722.
award note
Captain Jonathan Wells, Captain Ebenezer Wright and company are paid £60 for 1 scalp taken in the Deerfield raid, February, 1704. £5 paid to widows of 4 men who died. £34 .17s paid for losses sustained in the fight.
known group members
Captain Ebenezer Wright, Captain Jonathan Wells, John Armes, Robard Boltwood, Samuel Boltwood, John Bridgman, James Bridgman, Joseph Church, Samuel Church, Nathaniel Colman, Samuel Crafoot, Ebenezer Dickeson, Nathaniel Dickeson, Samuel Dickeson, John Ellice, Samuel Ellice, Benjamin Field, Samuel Field, Richard Billing, Zachary Field, Samuel Foot, David Holt, Thomas Howe, Thomas Huard, Samuel Larnod, Thomas Larnod, John Matoone, John Monteau, John Mun, Primus Negro, Thomas Rusell, Ebenezer Selden, Joseph Siuorance, John Smeld, Joseph Smith, Preservid Strong, Nathaniel Waener, Benjamin Wait, John Wait, John Warner, Ebenezer Warner, Samuel Warner, John Wells, Thomas Wells, Nathaniel White, Joseph Wright, Samuel Wright

1735

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Richard Warner
commander
William Tyng
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
47
day of killing/
captivity
28
month of killing/
captivity
12
year of killing/
captivity
1703
month of bounty claim
4
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1735
native/colonial
locale/town
Lake Winnepesauke
present day state/
province
NH
present day town/
proximity
near Ossipee
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Groton
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
Old Harry
victim number
6
victim type
scalps
victim note
males
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
near Manchester
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 12: 348; Potter, The History of Manchester, 201; MA House Journal 12: 135; Bachellor, Town charters, including grants of territory within the present limits of New Hampshire, made by the government of Massachusetts, 1894, 178.; Spalding, Worcester, and Bancroft, Bi-Centennial of Old Dunstable, 78-79; Manchester Historic Association, 1908, Vol. 4: 14-16.
award note
In 1735, Ephraim Hildreth, John Shipley and 46 militiamen and their heirs are granted 6 square miles in "Old Harry Town" to settle"Tyngs Town," (later New Sharon, Derryfield and Manchester) east of the Merrimack River, between Litchfield and Suncook, New Hampshire (aka "Lovewell's town,") for 30 days service under William Tyng's snowshoe expedition to Lake Winnepesauke in 1703, killing 6 Native people, including "Old Harry." Additionally, 6 militiamen who fought under Captain Lovewell in 1725, and others who were in the Fort Fight and Long March during Pometacomet's resistance, and were omitted in prior grants, were allocated lots. When New Hampshire separated from Mass. in 1741, this grant was made invalid. After the American Revolution a new town was granted to heirs, which became Wilton, Maine.
known group members
Captain William Tyng, Ephraim Hildreth, John Shipley, Joe English, Peter Tailberd, Joshua Richardson, Samuel Chamberlain, Ebenezer Spaulding, Jonathan Butterfield, Stephen Keyes, Timothy Spaulding, John Spaulding Jr., Benony Perham, John Richardson, Paul Fletcher, Nathaniel Butterfield, Stephen Pierce, Henry Spaulding, Jonathan Parker, Nathaniel Woods, William Longley, Jonathan Page, Joseph Parker, Nathaniel Blood, Thomas Tarble, Richard Warner, Samuel Davis, Joseph Guilson, Joseph Perham, Joseph Lakin, James Blanchard, William Whitney, Eleazer Parker, Samuel Woods, John Longley, John Holden, Thomas Lund, Joseph Butterfield, Thomas Cumings, Joseph Blanchard, John Cumings, Joseph English

1704

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Ebenezer Warner
commander
Jonathan Wells, Ebenezer Wright
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
unknown
day of killing/
captivity
29
month of killing/
captivity
2
year of killing/
captivity
1704
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
9
year of bounty claim
1704
native/colonial
locale/town
Deerfield
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
Deerfield
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Deerfield
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
1
victim type
scalp
victim note
male
monetary reward
£100
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
MA A&R, 8: 66-67; Donahue, Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers, 1702-1722.
award note
Captain Jonathan Wells, Captain Ebenezer Wright and company are paid £60 for 1 scalp taken in the Deerfield raid, February, 1704. £5 paid to widows of 4 men who died. £34 .17s paid for losses sustained in the fight.
known group members
Captain Ebenezer Wright, Captain Jonathan Wells, John Armes, Robard Boltwood, Samuel Boltwood, John Bridgman, James Bridgman, Joseph Church, Samuel Church, Nathaniel Colman, Samuel Crafoot, Ebenezer Dickeson, Nathaniel Dickeson, Samuel Dickeson, John Ellice, Samuel Ellice, Benjamin Field, Samuel Field, Richard Billing, Zachary Field, Samuel Foot, David Holt, Thomas Howe, Thomas Huard, Samuel Larnod, Thomas Larnod, John Matoone, John Monteau, John Mun, Primus Negro, Thomas Rusell, Ebenezer Selden, Joseph Siuorance, John Smeld, Joseph Smith, Preservid Strong, Nathaniel Waener, Benjamin Wait, John Wait, John Warner, Ebenezer Warner, Samuel Warner, John Wells, Thomas Wells, Nathaniel White, Joseph Wright, Samuel Wright

1704

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
John Warner
commander
Jonathan Wells, Ebenezer Wright
commander rank
Captain s
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
unknown
day of killing/
captivity
29
month of killing/
captivity
2
year of killing/
captivity
1704
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
9
year of bounty claim
1704
native/colonial
locale/town
Deerfield
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
Deerfield
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Deerfield
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
1
victim type
scalp
victim note
male
monetary reward
£100
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
MA A&R, 8: 66-67; Donahue, Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers, 1702-1722.
award note
Captain Jonathan Wells, Captain Ebenezer Wright and company are paid £60 for 1 scalp taken in the Deerfield raid, February, 1704. £5 paid to widows of 4 men who died. £34 .17s paid for losses sustained in the fight.
known group members
Captain Ebenezer Wright, Captain Jonathan Wells, John Armes, Robard Boltwood, Samuel Boltwood, John Bridgman, James Bridgman, Joseph Church, Samuel Church, Nathaniel Colman, Samuel Crafoot, Ebenezer Dickeson, Nathaniel Dickeson, Samuel Dickeson, John Ellice, Samuel Ellice, Benjamin Field, Samuel Field, Richard Billing, Zachary Field, Samuel Foot, David Holt, Thomas Howe, Thomas Huard, Samuel Larnod, Thomas Larnod, John Matoone, John Monteau, John Mun, Primus Negro, Thomas Rusell, Ebenezer Selden, Joseph Siuorance, John Smeld, Joseph Smith, Preservid Strong, Nathaniel Waener, Benjamin Wait, John Wait, John Warner, Ebenezer Warner, Samuel Warner, John Wells, Thomas Wells, Nathaniel White, Joseph Wright, Samuel Wright

1736

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Ebenezer Wariner
commander
William Turner
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
98
day of killing/
captivity
18
month of killing/
captivity
5
year of killing/
captivity
1676
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
23
year of bounty claim
1736
native/colonial
locale/town
Connecticut River, Turner Falls
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
near Gill
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Hadley
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Endfield
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 square miles
township name
granted
Bernardston
township state
MA
source name
MA House Journal, 11: 292; MA House Journal, 12: 91; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 240-41, 247-55.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. In 1734, Samuel Hunt on behalf of soldiers and heirs petitioned for land. In 1736 the court granted a 6 square mile area north of Deerfield, Mass. first called "Falltown" (including the towns of Bernardston, Colraine, Leyden and others) for soldiers under Captain William Turner in the May 18, 1676 "Falls Fight," Peskeompscut massacre, on the Connecticut River, in which about 200 Native men, women and children were killed.
known group members
Captain William Turner, Samuel Hunt, Reverend Hope Atherton, Nathaniel Alexander, Thomas Alvard, William Arms, Timothy Baker, Samuel Bedortha, James Bennett, John Barbur, John Bradshaw, John Burnap, Peter Bushrod, Samuel Boltwood, Robert Bardwell, Samuell Ball, Elnathan Beers, Samuel Beldin, Preserved Clap, Japheth Chapin, Samuell Crow, Joseph Crowfoot, William Clark, Noah Coleman, Benjamin Chamberlain, Joseph Chamberlain, John Cunniball, John Chase, Nehemiah Dickeson, Sergeant John Dickinson (Dickeson), Benjamin Edwards, Joseph Fuller, Samuel Feild, Nathaniel Foot, John Flanders, Isaac Gleason, Isaac Harrison, Simon Grover, Joseph Griffen, John Hitchcock, Luke Hitchcock, David Holt, John Hawks, Eleaser Hawks, James Harwood, Experience Hinsdall, Abell James, John Ingram, Samuel Jellett, Robert Jones, John King, Francis Keet, Sergeant Joseph Kellog, John Lee, John Lyman, Joseph Leeds, Josiah Leonard, Cornelius Merry, Isaac Morgan, Jonathan Morgan, Thomas Miller, James Mun, John Mun, Phillip Mattoon, Godfrey Nims, Medad Pumroy, Caleb Pumroy, Robert Price, John Preston, John Pratt, John Pressey, Henry Rogers, Thomas Reed, Nathaniel Sikes, Nathaniel Sutliff, Samuel Stubbins, Thomas Stubbins, William Smeed, John Smith, James Stephenson, Joseph Selden, William Scott, John Salter, Benjamen Thomas, Jonathan Tailer, Samuell Tyley, James Wright, John Webb, Richard Webb, Benjamin Wait, Eleaser Webber, Thomas Wells, Joseph Wariner, Jonathan Wells, Nicholas Worthington, John Scott, Samuel Colby, Tryall Newbury

1736

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Joseph Wariner
commander
William Turner
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
98
day of killing/
captivity
18
month of killing/
captivity
5
year of killing/
captivity
1676
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
23
year of bounty claim
1736
native/colonial
locale/town
Connecticut River, Turner Falls
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
near Gill
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Hadley
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 square miles
township name
granted
Bernardston
township state
MA
source name
MA House Journal, 11: 292; MA House Journal, 12: 91; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 240-41, 247-55.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. In 1734, Samuel Hunt on behalf of soldiers and heirs petitioned for land. In 1736 the court granted a 6 square mile area north of Deerfield, Mass. first called "Falltown" (including the towns of Bernardston, Colraine, Leyden and others) for soldiers under Captain William Turner in the May 18, 1676 "Falls Fight," Peskeompscut massacre, on the Connecticut River, in which about 200 Native men, women and children were killed.
known group members
Captain William Turner, Samuel Hunt, Reverend Hope Atherton, Nathaniel Alexander, Thomas Alvard, William Arms, Timothy Baker, Samuel Bedortha, James Bennett, John Barbur, John Bradshaw, John Burnap, Peter Bushrod, Samuel Boltwood, Robert Bardwell, Samuell Ball, Elnathan Beers, Samuel Beldin, Preserved Clap, Japheth Chapin, Samuell Crow, Joseph Crowfoot, William Clark, Noah Coleman, Benjamin Chamberlain, Joseph Chamberlain, John Cunniball, John Chase, Nehemiah Dickeson, Sergeant John Dickinson (Dickeson), Benjamin Edwards, Joseph Fuller, Samuel Feild, Nathaniel Foot, John Flanders, Isaac Gleason, Isaac Harrison, Simon Grover, Joseph Griffen, John Hitchcock, Luke Hitchcock, David Holt, John Hawks, Eleaser Hawks, James Harwood, Experience Hinsdall, Abell James, John Ingram, Samuel Jellett, Robert Jones, John King, Francis Keet, Sergeant Joseph Kellog, John Lee, John Lyman, Joseph Leeds, Josiah Leonard, Cornelius Merry, Isaac Morgan, Jonathan Morgan, Thomas Miller, James Mun, John Mun, Phillip Mattoon, Godfrey Nims, Medad Pumroy, Caleb Pumroy, Robert Price, John Preston, John Pratt, John Pressey, Henry Rogers, Thomas Reed, Nathaniel Sikes, Nathaniel Sutliff, Samuel Stubbins, Thomas Stubbins, William Smeed, John Smith, James Stephenson, Joseph Selden, William Scott, John Salter, Benjamen Thomas, Jonathan Tailer, Samuell Tyley, James Wright, John Webb, Richard Webb, Benjamin Wait, Eleaser Webber, Thomas Wells, Joseph Wariner, Jonathan Wells, Nicholas Worthington, John Scott, Samuel Colby, Tryall Newbury

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Elihu Wardwell
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
120
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Topsfield
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Amherst
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 421-24; Hayward, The New England Gazetteer, 1839, 28; Daniel F. Secomb, History of the town of Amherst, 1883; Coolidge, A History and Description of New England, General and Local, Vol. 1., 1859, 409.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #3 was granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs from (Salem, Lynn, Marblehead, Gloucester, Andover, Topsfield, Beverly, Wenham, Boxford, Bradford, Chatham, MA) and (Scarborough, York, Falmouth, ME), including a committee of proprietors led by Richard Moore, John Trask and Ebenezer Rayment. Only 19 living veteran soldiers of King Philip’s War were grantees. This was settled as Souhegan West, later named Amherst, New Hampshire (for General Jeffrey Amherst who warred against Native people in the 6th Anglo-Abenaki and "Pontiac’s War.")
known group members
Edward Harradaway, John Elwell, Thomas Babson, Joseph Soams, Thomas Putnam, Joseph Hutchinson, Andrew Gold, Thomas Fuller, John Ross, Samuel Verry, Joseph Holton, Thomas Flynt, Samuel Pickworth, William Curtice, William Trask, Thomas Bell, Jonathan Lambert, William Osborn, John Bullock, Jeremiah Neal, John Gloyd, Captain Joseph Gardner, John Abbott, Thomas Kenney, Edward Hollice, Richard Prince, John Tarble, Joseph Herrick, William Hinds, David Shaply, John Walcot, Joseph Majory, Dr. Richard Knott, Stephen Sweat, John Gatchell, Henry Collins, John Newhall, Thomas Baker, William Bassett, Samuel Johnson, Joseph Collins, John Burrill, Robert Potter, John Lindsey, Aquilla Ramsdell, Robert Driver, Ephraim Farrow, John Ballard, John Mower, Samuel Graves, Samuel Edmonds, John Farrington, John Davis, -- Rand, Joseph Farr, John Lewis, Samuel Tarbox, -- Johnson, Joseph Barrell, Timothy Breed, Andrew Townsend, Richard Haven, Henry Row, Samuel Ingersoll, Edward Harrington, John Day, Isaac Ellery, Samuel Tyler, James Fry, Nathaniel Ballard, John Presson, John Ballard, Ebenezer Barker, Andrew Peters, John Parker, Samuel Phelps, Zaccheus Perkins, Nathaniel Wood, Abraham Fitts, Thomas Davis, Elihu Wardwell, John Huchins, Josiah Clark, James Ford, Samuel Perkins, Joseph Wells, Jonathan Wild, Robert Brown, Thomas Rayment, Ralph Elinwood, Henry Bayley, Christopher Reid, Lott Conant, Thomas Blachfield, John Elinwood, Joseph Morgan, William Dodge, John Dodge, Jonathan Byels, William Rayment, Elias Picket, Samuel Harris, Thomas Abbet, Richard Hutton, Joseph Bacheler, Joseph Perkins, William Peabody, Francis Jeffrys, Robert Andrews, Joseph Bixbe, John Boynton, John Harmon, John Bowtel, Nicholas Lum (Lunn), Andrew Sargent, Joseph Hatch, Philip Dexter, Robert Nicholson, Nicholas Manning, Timothy Lufkin

1764-75

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Andrew Wansant
commander
Robert Rogers
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
166
day of killing/
captivity
4
month of killing/
captivity
10
year of killing/
captivity
1759
month of bounty claim
unknown
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1764-75
native/colonial
locale/town
Odanak, St. Francis
present day state/
province
Quebec
present day town/
proximity
Odanak, St. Francis
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Concord
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
NH
victim name
Nanamaghemet (Marie-Jeanne Gill), Simon Obomsawin
victim number
40
victim type
killed, captives
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
thousands of acres
township name
granted
unknown
township state
VT
source name
Rogers, Journals of Major Robert Rogers, 1883, 142-43; Stark, Memoir and Official Correspondence of Gen. John Stark, 1860, 448-49; Kayworth, and Potvin, The Scalp Hunters, 2002, 254-55; Margaret Bruchac, "Reading Abenaki Traditions and European Records of Rogers’ Raid," Vermont Folklife.
award note
October 4, 1759, Robert Rogers Rangers attack the Abenaki village of Odanak, St. Francis Mission in Quebec. During this infamous expedition, ordered by General Jeffrey Amherst, 132 soldiers(including Stockbridge Native rangers) under Rogers command mounted a night raid on unarmed villagers engaged in a community celebration, massacring and capturing dozens of children, women and men. When Rogers left Odanak, he took with him at least 6 Abenaki people as captives, including Nanamaghemet (Marie-Jeanne Gill), wife of Chief Joseph Louis Gill, and 5 children. Rogers kept one boy captive as his household slave in Concord, New Hampshire. He and his company were celebrated for their raid and rewarded thousands of acres of land throughout New England.
known group members
Captain Robert Rogers, Captain John Stark, Lieutenant Dunbar, Ensign Avery, Captain Ogden, Lieutenant Grant, Lieutenant Cargill, Lieutenant Farrington, Robert Kirkwood, Sergeant Evans, Lieutenant Turner, Lieutenant Jenkins, Captain Johnson, Captain Tute, Lieutenant George Campbell, Lieutenant William Hendrick Phillips, Captain Jacob Cheeksaunkaun, Captain Jacob the younger, Sergeant Abraham Wnaumpos, Sergeant Philip, John Maunaummaug, Jacob Miscoukukk, Jeremiah Maukhquampoo, John Jacob, Wonk Napkin, Andrew Wansant, Daniel Nepash, Samadagwis. Jacob, Wonk Napkin, Andrew Wansant, Daniel Nepash, Samadagwis.

1711

Title
Colonel
killer/captor/
claimant
Shaddrack Walton
commander
Shaddrack Walton
commander rank
Colonel
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
unknown
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1711
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
Quebec
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
4
victim type
captives
victim note
4 captives, an Abenaki woman and 3 children.
monetary reward
£40
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
CER Vol. 5, 470
award note
Colonel Shadrack Walton and company are paid £40 (not including "reimbursement" for clothing and feeding the woman and children) for the capture of a Native woman and 3 children during the past winter, who were exchanged for English Prisoners.
known group members
unknown

1758

Title
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant
John Walker
commander
John Walker, Benoni Danks, Joseph Gorham
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
unknown
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
7
year of killing/
captivity
1758
month of bounty claim
7
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1758
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
Quebec
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Portsmouth
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
NH
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
scalps, captives
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
acres
township name
granted
unknown
township state
Nova Scotia
source name
Bachellor, The New Hampshire Grants, 1895, 522; Clarke, Siege of Fort Cumberland, 1776, 1995, 264; Knox, an Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North America, 1914, Vol. 1: 197.
award note
In 1764, Lieutenant Captain John Walker of Portsmouth New Hampshire was granted 3,000 acres of land in Wardsboro Vermont, for service under Captain Joseph Gorham's rangers during the 2nd siege of Louisborgh. He also served in a ranger company with Benoni Danks, who scalped 3 Acadians in July, 1758. During the Revolution, while living in Worcester, Mass., he joined the British and was appointed first Lieutenant in the Royal Fencible Americans in 1775. Walker was stationed at Fort Cumberland and granted land in Nova Scotia for his service, but may not have lived there. He was captured by American forces in 1776 and left for England in 1781.
known group members
Captain John Walker, Captain Benoni Danks, Captain Joseph Gorham

1700

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
John Waller
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
191
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1700
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
CT
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Voluntown
township state
CT
source name
Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 441-45.
award note
In October, 1700, Connecticut volunteer militia who fought in King Philip’s War were granted a township of 6 miles square, from some of the “conquered land,” which was incorporated as Voluntown, CT. Captain Samuel Mason, John Gallop, and Lieutenant James Avery were appointed to view the said tract. Committee members Lieutenant Thomas Leffingwell, Lieutenant Richard Bushnell, Isaac Wheeler, Caleb Fobes, Samuel Bliss, Joseph Morgan, and Manasseh Miner were charged with allotting the bounty land. Captain Richard Bushnell made a list of the names of 180 “Narragansett soldiers.” The bounty to “English volunteers” excluded Indigenous soldiers, who formed a large part of Connecticut companies, as well as whites pressed into service (in contrast to Massachusetts which granted “impressed” soldiers and their heirs land bounties 30 years later).
known group members
Major Edward Palmes, Captain George Denison, Lieutenant Thomas Leffingwell, Major Wait Winthrop, Reverend James Fitch, Sargent John Frink, Captain James Avery, James Avery, John Avery, Thomas Avery, Joshua Baker, John Wickweier, Ephraim Colver, William Potts, Edward Colver, Samuel Yeomans, John Lewis, John Fish, Samuel Fish, William Williams, George Denison, William Denison, Nathaniel Beebe, Henry Stephens, Edmond Fanning, Thomas Fanning, John Bennett, William Bennett, Thomas Rose, Phillip Bill, Phillip Bill Jr., Deny Springer, Ezekiel Mayn, William Wheeller, Thomas Wooster, Gershom Palmer, Jonathan Armstrong, Samuel Stanton, Robert Stanton, Daniel Stanton, James Morgan, John Keene, John Latham, John Waterhouse, Joseph Morgan, Nathaniel Park, William Douglace, Manasseth Miner, James Willit, Reverend James Noyes, Captain John Stanton, Joseph Stanton, Aaron Stark, John Stark, James York, Thomas Bell, Lieutenant Thomas Miner, Richard Bushnell, Samuel Lathrop, Solomon Tracy, John Wiley, Samuel Tubbs, Robert Park, Peter Spiser, Jonathan Rudd, Richard Cook, Thomas Park, Henry Elliott, Thomas Bliss, Isaac Wheeler, Peter Cross, Jonathan Gennings, Caleb Fobes, John Gallop, Adam Gallop, William Gallop, Nathaniel Cheesbro, Ephraim Miner, Joseph Miner, Samuel Miner, John Ashcroft, Joshua Holmes, Captain Ebenezer Johnson, Joseph Wheeler, Sergeant Moses Johnson, Daniel Tracy, Edmond Fanning, William Roberts, John Denison, Matthew Griswold, Richard Lord, Stephen Dewolf, Richard Smith, John Smith, Francis Smith, Moses Huntly, Henry Bennett, Henry Peterson, Samuel Stephens, Henry Hall, William Champlin, Captain Pembleton, Daniel Crumb, Nicholas Cottrell, John Pameter, Samuel Roger, John Hull, Daniel Kelsie, John Mintor, John Stephens, Ebenezer French, John Griswold, Nehemiah Smith, John Wheeler, Nathaniel Haiden, Joseph Hull, Samuel Sheather, John Charles, Samuel Frisbie, John Plant, Samuel Fox, Jacob Joy, Clement Minor, William Pendall, Daniel Stubbins, John Hough, Samuel Roberts, Joshua Abell, Thomas Rood, William Knights, Matthew Jones, Thomas Williams, Joseph Waterhouse, Richard Dart, Samuel Hough, William Hough, Abel More, Jeremiah Blake, John Plumb, Thomas Hungerford, John Packer, Samuel Packer, Nathaniel Holt, Robert Lord, John Woller, Richard Smith, Edward Dewolf, Aaron Huntly, James Murffey, Robert Holmes, Daniel Comstock, George Chappell, Thurston Reinerd, Hugh Rowland, John Lathrop, James Welch, Daniel Clark, Edward Shipman, Joseph Ingarum, Joseph Colver, William Billings, John Shaw, Stephen Richeson, Roger Orris, James Danielson, Ebenezer Billings, Jonathan Burtch, William Johnson, Samuel Richarson, Thomas Brand, William Champlin, John Babcock, Edward Larkin, Daniel Shaw, Thomas Renols, William Lees, Reverend Moises Noise, John Larabe, Joseph Northrop, Robert Old, Nathan Gillet, John Somes

1758

Title
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant
John Walker
commander
John Walker, Benoni Danks, Joseph Gorham
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
unknown
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
7
year of killing/
captivity
1758
month of bounty claim
7
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1758
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
Quebec
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Portsmouth
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
NH
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
scalps, captives
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
3,000 acres
township name
granted
Wardsboro
township state
VT
source name
Bachellor, The New Hampshire Grants, 1895, 522; Clarke, Siege of Fort Cumberland, 1776, 1995, 264; Knox, an Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North America, 1914, Vol. 1: 197.
award note
In 1764, Lieutenant Captain John Walker of Portsmouth New Hampshire was granted 3,000 acres of land in Wardsboro Vermont, for service under Captain Joseph Gorham's rangers during the 2nd siege of Louisborgh. He also served in a ranger company with Benoni Danks, who scalped 3 Acadians in July, 1758. During the Revolution, while living in Worcester, Mass., he joined the British and was appointed first Lieutenant in the Royal Fencible Americans in 1775. Walker was stationed at Fort Cumberland and granted land in Nova Scotia for his service, but may not have lived there. He was captured by American forces in 1776 and left for England in 1781.
known group members
Captain John Walker, Captain Benoni Danks, Captain Joseph Gorham

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Samuel Walker
commander
Daniel Denison, Samuel Appleton
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
121
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
(Ipswich, Newbury, Rowley, Haverhill, Salisbury, Amesbury, Methuen, MA); (Hampton, Greenland, NH); (Berwick, ME)
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
scalps, killed, captives
victim note
men, women, children
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Buxton
township state
ME
source name
MA House Journal, 10: 13; MA A&R, 11: 325; MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; McLellan, History of Gorham, Me, 1903, 26-27; Ridlon, Saco Valley Settlements and Families, Vol. 1., 1895, 104-05. Bachellor, Town charters, 793; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 413-16; Doreski, Carole, ed. Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the Seventeenth-century Conflicts. Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1982.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #1 consisted of 16,224 acres, which became Buxton, Maine (near Falmouth/Portland) was granted to heirs of 121 soldiers (named in "known group members") from "the Ipswich Society," to proprietors John Hobson, Col. Joseph Gerrish of Newbury, Philemon Dane and John Gains from Ipswich.
known group members
Captains Daniel Denison, Samuel Appleton, Richard Allin, John Andrews, Simon Adams, John (Asy) Asa, William Allin, Captain Samuel Brocklebanck, Thomas Brown, John Brown, Joseph Brown, William Brown, John Boynton, Gershom Brown, John Brown, Edmond Brown, John Baker, James Burnom, Richard Brier, Henry Bodwell, Joshua Boynton, Christopher Bartlett, Jonathan Clark, Moses Chase, George Cross, Richard Curriour, Edward Cogswell, Edward Colcut, Robert Down, Philemon Dane, Moses Durell, Zechariah Davis, Thomas Dow, John Denison, John David, Cornelius Davis, William Elsley, Isaac Ilsley, Thomas Easmon, Nathaniel Emerson, Jonathan Emery, Peter Emons, James Fuller, Isaac Fellows, Joseph Fellows, James George, Captain Stephen Greenleaf, Amos (Goddin) Gody, John Giddins, Hugh Gallaway, John Herrin, John Harvey, John Hobson, Samuel Hutchinson, Samuel Hadley, Samuel Hill, Samuel Ingals, John Jackson, Caleb Jackson, Richard Jacobs, Joseph Jewett, Henry Kimbal, Caleb Kimbal, Robert Kinsmon, Nathaniel Keene, Samuel Kneeland, William Knowlton, Thomas Kingsbury, Christopher Kennistone, John Laighton, Thomas Low, Moses Little, Daniel Lad, John Lovel, Jabez Musgro, Lieutenant Jonathan Moors, John Mitchell, John Martin, John Martin, Benjamin Newman, Zaccheus Newmarch, Samuel Poore, Benjamin Parson, Jospeh Plummer, Henry Poore, John Pickard, Thomas Palmer, Samuel (Parse) Peirce, Edmond Potter, Captain Daniel Ring, Caleb Richardson, Thomas Rogers, Nicholas Rollins, Nicholas Richardson, Daniel Ruff, Joseph Rose, Daniel Rolf, Daniel Sumersby, Solomon Sheapard, George Stimson, John Spofford, William Sawyer, Thomas Smith, Abiel Sadler, Robert Swan, Seth Storer, Richard Swan, Thomas Sparks, John Stickney, John Sheapard, Daniel Tenny, Nicholas Tarbot, Thomas Tenney, Daniel Thurston, Samuel Taylor, Samuel Verey, Benjamin Verey, Jonathan Verey, John Williams, John Woodin, Ezekiel Woodward, Thomas Wait, Francis Young,

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
John Walker
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
116
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Eastham
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Gorham
township state
ME
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; McLellan, History of Gorham, Me., 27-30; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 439-40; Carole Doreski, Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the Seventeenth-Century Conflicts (Boston, MA: Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts), 1982.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #7, later Gorham Maine was granted to 120 soldiers and heirs, of Barnstable, Yarmouth, Eastham, Sandwich, Plymouth, Tisbury, Abbington, Duxbury and Scituate, Massachusetts, including proprietors Shubael Gorham, Timothy White and Robert Sandford.
known group members
Jacob Hinkley, John Carmon, George Lewis, John Hathaway, Joseph Higgin, Samuel Bryant, Richard Ellingham, Samuel Childs, Samuel Barnam, Samuel Linnell, Dr. Matthew Fuller, Samuel Fuller, Thomas Fuller, Increase Clap, Joseph Taylor, John Doncan, Bartholemew Hamblin, Eleazar Hamblin, Thomas Huckins, John Phinney, Joseph Bearse, Samuel Hinkley, Samuel Allyn, Samuel Davis, Caleb Lumbert, Joseph Gorham, Josiah Davis, Ebenezer Godspeed, Ebeneezer Clap, Lot Conant, Jebediah Lumbert, Samuel Cops, Joseph Blish, John Howland, John Clarke, John Gorham, Joseph Crocker, John Godspeed, Samuel Barker, Richard Tayler, William Gray, William Chase, Capt. John Gorham, Thomas Baxter, John Thatcher, John Hallitt, John Matthews, Thomas Thornton, Edward Gray, Samuel Hall, James Maker, James Claghorn, Joseph Hall, Lammy Hedge, Nathaniel Hall, Joseph Welden, Samuel Thomas, Jonathan Smith, Samuel Jones, John Taylor, Thomas Felton, John Gage, William Follen, William Gage, Annanias Wing, John Crowell, John Chase, Henry Gold, Richard Lake, Jabez Gorham, Henry Gage, Yelverton Crowell, John Puglsey, Jonathan White, Samuel Baker, William Baker, Timothy Cole, Jeremiah Smith, Daniel Cole, Samuel Berry, Thomas Paine, Jedediah Higgins, Eliakim Higgins, Joseph Downings, Benjamin Downings, John Freeman, Jonathan Sparrow, John Knowles, Samuel Atkins, John Doan, Thomas Mulford, Daniel Doan, John Walker, John Nyrick, Nathaniel Williams, Josiah Cook, Joseph Harding, George Brown, Samuel Knott, Nathaniel Wing, Samuel Gibbs, Benjamin Lewis, Jason Atkins, Jehosophat Eldridge, William Ring, Peter Tinkham, Samuel Savery, Jonathan Lumbert, William Harrage, Robert Barker, Robert Sandfort, Thomas Bonney, Stephen Sampson, Thomas Hunt, Henry Clark, Timothy White, John Lewis, Mr. Foster

1738

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Edward Walker
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
117
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
1
day of bounty claim
18
year of bounty claim
1738
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Brookfield
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
26, 540 acres
township name
granted
Greenwich
township state
MA
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Hadley, History of the Town of Goffstown, 1733-1920, Vol. 2, 1924, 53-54; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 425-30.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #4 initially included 26,160 acres near Amoskeag Falls on the Merrimack River, granted to 120 soldiers of King Philip’s War, and heirs, from Northampton Mass. and vicinity, including proprietor Edward Shove. It was named Shove’s Town, later Goffstown, part of Manchester, New Hampshire. In 1735, the grantees "found it so poor and barren as to be altogether incapable of making settlements," and were instead granted 23,040 acres (plus 3,500) of land in Greenwich, Mass., settled in 1738.
known group members
Daniel Alexander, Samuel Judd, Thomas Hovey, John Pengally, Richard Childs, Bartholemew Flagg, James Hudson, Nathaniel Sanger, Joseph Lyon, Captain Isaac Johnson, Joseph Carpenter, Henry Bowen, Joseph Chamberlain, Abiell Lamb, Edward Walker, John Dunham, Benjamin Hall, Shuball Dimmock, Thomas Hazen, Daniel Wicomb, Israell Hendrick, David Hartshorn, John Hartshorn, Samuel Taylor, Jeremiah Sabin, Fenwich Sawyer, John Corbin, Jeremiah Ripley, Ephraim Beamass, John Bozorth, John Spurr, John Thresher, Malachi Holloway, William Hopkins, John Maccomber, Ebenezer Owen, Joseph White, Samuel Mirick, Jacob Hathaway, James Bell, John Wheeton, Thomas Buffington, John Brown, Jonathan Willmarth, Sampson Mason, Joseph Baker, John Hull, John Ridaway, Josiah Perry, John Ide, Thomas Kindrick, Joseph Daggett, John Martin, Benjamin Church, Theophilus Mitchell, Abraham Hathaway, Benjamin Crane, Jonathan Freeman, John Fitch, Samuel Skillings, William Wetherall, Thomas Barnam, Joshua Tisdale, Moses Cleveland, Benjamin Allen, Richard Allen, John Reed, Richard Burnham, Samuel Pecher, Daniell Hudson, Richard Jennings, Isaac Leonard, Joseph Richards, John Howard, James Cary, Elisha Hayward, Jonathan Washburn, Joseph Bailey, Solomon Cheever (Cheeker), Ebenezer Hill, John Handmore, David Church, Isaac Morriss, Benjamin Woodworth, Daniel Ramsdell, Isaac Peirce, Ellexander Reynolds (Rynge), Ebenezer Prout, John Barrett, John Briant, George Sampson, Caleb Cook, William Bradford, Nehemiah Bessey, Moses Barlow, Isaac Holmes, Elisha Busbee (Besbedge), Nathaniel Nicolls, Hopestill Busby (Besbedge), Walter Noice (Voice), Jonathan Crocker, Joseph Ross, Josiah Winslow, James Snow, Andrew Watkins, William Preist, Benjamin Chamberlain, James Ray, Thomas Lewis, Richard Man, Thomas Man, John Day, Thomas Brick, Thomas Bullen, Samuel Foster, William Robins, James Updike

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Ben Walker
commander
John Lovewell, John White
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
72
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1725
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
20
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
Lake Lovell
present day state/
province
NH
present day town/
proximity
Sanbornville
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
near Rutland/Petersham
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
10
victim type
scalps
victim note
males
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Petersham
township state
MA
source name
MA A&R: 11, 726; MA House Journal, 11: 252; Kidder, The Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell, and His Encounters with the Indians, 1865, 27-28; Mabel Cook Coolidge, The history of Petersham, Massachusetts, incorporated April 20, 1754 : Volunteerstown or Voluntown, 1730-1733, Nichewaug, 1733-1754, 1873, 28-30.
award note
Jeremiah Pearley, John Bennet, Thomas Farmer on behalf of company of 72 are granted a township of 6 square miles, northwest of Rutland, MA, which became Petersham, for service under John Lovewell and Captain John White, in 1724-25
known group members
Robert Ford, Joseph Whitcomb, Joseph Wright, Eben Wright, Joseph Wilson, Henry Willard, Josiah Wheelock, Joshua Webster, Ben Walker, John Varnum, Samuel Trull, Samuel Tarbel (Tarbol), Samuel Stickney, John Stephens, William Spalden, Samuel Shaddock (Shattock), Samuel Sawyer, John Sawyer, Ezra Sawyer, Nicholas Robinson, Joshua Read, Oliver Pollard, John Pollard, Robert Phelps, Jeremiah Pearley (Pearly), Jacob Pearley, (Pearly), Jonathan Parks, Benjamin Parker, Stephen Murrill, Sam Mor, John Levingston, Samuel Learned, Samuel Johnson, William Hutchins, Joshua Hutchins, Jeremiah Hunt, Jonathan Houghton, James Houghton, S. Hilton, Moses Hazzen, John Hazzen, Richard Hall, Moses Graves, Jacob Gates, Phineas Foster, Samuel Fletcher, Ephraim Farnsworth, Ruben Farnsworth, Thomas Farmer, Jonathan Farren (Ferren), John Duncom, Caleb Dolton, Fr. Dogen, Jacob Corey, Moses Chandler, Eb. Brown, Benony Boynton, John Bennett, Jethro Ames, Jacob Ames, John Lovewell, John White

1725

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Ben Walker
commander
John Lovewell, John White
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
62
day of killing/
captivity
20
month of killing/
captivity
2
year of killing/
captivity
1725
month of bounty claim
3
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1725
native/colonial
locale/town
Lake Lovell
present day state/
province
NH
present day town/
proximity
Sanbornville
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
10
victim type
scalps
victim note
males
monetary reward
£1,000
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
CER Vol. 8, 154-5; Grenier, The First Way of War, 2005, 49-52; Kidder, The Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell, and His Encounters with the Indians, 1865, 16-19; MA A&R, 10: 484-85; Boston News-Letter, January 7, 1725.
award note
In March, 1725, Captains John Lovewell and John White lead a 2nd scalping expedition near the New Hampshire/Maine border on a lake, later named Lake Lovell in his honor. On February 20, near present day Sanbornville, New Hampshire, he and his company kill and scalp ten Wabanaki and sell their guns for £7 each. They also collect £1,000 from the public treasury. "Lovewell came into Council with ten Scalps, & made Oath that they were from Male Enemy or Rebel Indians, all above the age of twelve years." He is reported to have walked around Boston with the scalps, by some accounts even making a wig from them. Lovewell soon embarked on his 3rd and final expedition of the war on April 1725, in which he was killed, and his company forced to retreat. In March, 1725, Captains John Lovewell and John White lead a 2nd scalping expedition near the New Hampshire/Maine border on a lake, later named Lake Lovell in his honor. On February 20, near present day Sanbornville, New Hampshire, he and his company kill and scalp ten Wabanaki and sell their guns for £7 each. They also collect £1,000 from the public treasury. "Lovewell came into Council with ten Scalps, & made Oath that they were from Male Enemy or Rebel Indians, all above the age of twelve years." He is reported to have walked around Boston with the scalps, by some accounts even making a wig from them. Lovewell soon embarked on his 3rd and final expedition of the war on April 1725, in which he was killed, and his company forced to retreat. In January, 1725, Captains John Lovewell and John White lead a 2nd scalping expedition near the New Hampshire/Maine border on a lake, later named Lake Lovell in his honor. On February 20, near present day Sanbornville, New Hampshire, he and his company kill and scalp ten Wabanaki and sell their guns for £7 each. They also collect £1,000 from the public treasury. "Lovewell came into Council with ten Scalps, & made Oath that they were from Male Enemy or Rebel Indians, all above the age of twelve years." He is reported to have walked around Boston with the scalps, by some accounts even making a wig from them. Lovewell soon embarked on his 3rd and final expedition of the war on April 1725, in which he was killed, and his company forced to retreat. Bounty shared by 62 soldiers who participated in Lovewell's 2nd expedition, taking 10 scalps.
known group members
Robert Ford, Joseph Whitcomb, Joseph Wright, Eben Wright, Joseph Wilson, Henry Willard, Josiah Wheelock, Joshua Webster, Ben Walker, John Varnum, Samuel Trull, Samuel Tarbel (Tarbol), Samuel Stickney, John Stephens, William Spalden, Samuel Shaddock (Shattock), Samuel Sawyer, John Sawyer, Ezra Sawyer, Nicholas Robinson, Joshua Read, Oliver Pollard, John Pollard, Robert Phelps, Jeremiah Pearley (Pearly), Jacob Pearley, (Pearly), Jonathan Parks, Benjamin Parker, Stephen Murrill, Sam Mor, John Levingston, Samuel Learned, Samuel Johnson, William Hutchins, Joshua Hutchins, Jeremiah Hunt, Jonathan Houghton, James Houghton, S. Hilton, Moses Hazzen, John Hazzen, Richard Hall, Moses Graves, Jacob Gates, Phineas Foster, Samuel Fletcher, Ephraim Farnsworth, Ruben Farnsworth, Thomas Farmer, Jonathan Farren (Ferren), John Duncom, Caleb Dolton, Fr. Dogen, Jacob Corey, Moses Chandler, Eb. Brown, Benony Boynton, John Bennett, Jethro Ames, Jacob Ames, John Lovewell, John White

1733

Title
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant
Thomas Walinford
commander
Daniel Denison, Samuel Appleton
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
121
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
(Ipswich, Newbury, Rowley, Haverhill, Salisbury, Amesbury, Methuen, MA); (Hampton, Greenland, NH); (Berwick, ME)
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
scalps, killed, captives
victim note
men, women, children
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Buxton
township state
ME
source name
MA House Journal, 10: 13; MA A&R, 11: 325; MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; McLellan, History of Gorham, Me, 1903, 26-27; Ridlon, Saco Valley Settlements and Families, Vol. 1., 1895, 104-05. Bachellor, Town charters, 793; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 413-16; Doreski, Carole, ed. Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the Seventeenth-century Conflicts. Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1982.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #1 consisted of 16,224 acres, which became Buxton, Maine (near Falmouth/Portland) was granted to heirs of 121 soldiers (named in "known group members") from "the Ipswich Society," to proprietors John Hobson, Col. Joseph Gerrish of Newbury, Philemon Dane and John Gains from Ipswich.
known group members
Captains Daniel Denison, Samuel Appleton, Richard Allin, John Andrews, Simon Adams, John (Asy) Asa, William Allin, Captain Samuel Brocklebanck, Thomas Brown, John Brown, Joseph Brown, William Brown, John Boynton, Gershom Brown, John Brown, Edmond Brown, John Baker, James Burnom, Richard Brier, Henry Bodwell, Joshua Boynton, Christopher Bartlett, Jonathan Clark, Moses Chase, George Cross, Richard Curriour, Edward Cogswell, Edward Colcut, Robert Down, Philemon Dane, Moses Durell, Zechariah Davis, Thomas Dow, John Denison, John David, Cornelius Davis, William Elsley, Isaac Ilsley, Thomas Easmon, Nathaniel Emerson, Jonathan Emery, Peter Emons, James Fuller, Isaac Fellows, Joseph Fellows, James George, Captain Stephen Greenleaf, Amos (Goddin) Gody, John Giddins, Hugh Gallaway, John Herrin, John Harvey, John Hobson, Samuel Hutchinson, Samuel Hadley, Samuel Hill, Samuel Ingals, John Jackson, Caleb Jackson, Richard Jacobs, Joseph Jewett, Henry Kimbal, Caleb Kimbal, Robert Kinsmon, Nathaniel Keene, Samuel Kneeland, William Knowlton, Thomas Kingsbury, Christopher Kennistone, John Laighton, Thomas Low, Moses Little, Daniel Lad, John Lovel, Jabez Musgro, Lieutenant Jonathan Moors, John Mitchell, John Martin, John Martin, Benjamin Newman, Zaccheus Newmarch, Samuel Poore, Benjamin Parson, Jospeh Plummer, Henry Poore, John Pickard, Thomas Palmer, Samuel (Parse) Peirce, Edmond Potter, Captain Daniel Ring, Caleb Richardson, Thomas Rogers, Nicholas Rollins, Nicholas Richardson, Daniel Ruff, Joseph Rose, Daniel Rolf, Daniel Sumersby, Solomon Sheapard, George Stimson, John Spofford, William Sawyer, Thomas Smith, Abiel Sadler, Robert Swan, Seth Storer, Richard Swan, Thomas Sparks, John Stickney, John Sheapard, Daniel Tenny, Nicholas Tarbot, Thomas Tenney, Daniel Thurston, Samuel Taylor, Samuel Verey, Benjamin Verey, Jonathan Verey, John Williams, John Woodin, Ezekiel Woodward, Thomas Wait, Francis Young,

1738

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Andrew Watkins
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
117
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
1
day of bounty claim
18
year of bounty claim
1738
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Ashfield
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
26, 540 acres
township name
granted
Greenwich
township state
MA
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Hadley, History of the Town of Goffstown, 1733-1920, Vol. 2, 1924, 53-54; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 425-30.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #4 initially included 26,160 acres near Amoskeag Falls on the Merrimack River, granted to 120 soldiers of King Philip’s War, and heirs, from Northampton Mass. and vicinity, including proprietor Edward Shove. It was named Shove’s Town, later Goffstown, part of Manchester, New Hampshire. In 1735, the grantees "found it so poor and barren as to be altogether incapable of making settlements," and were instead granted 23,040 acres (plus 3,500) of land in Greenwich, Mass., settled in 1738.
known group members
Daniel Alexander, Samuel Judd, Thomas Hovey, John Pengally, Richard Childs, Bartholemew Flagg, James Hudson, Nathaniel Sanger, Joseph Lyon, Captain Isaac Johnson, Joseph Carpenter, Henry Bowen, Joseph Chamberlain, Abiell Lamb, Edward Walker, John Dunham, Benjamin Hall, Shuball Dimmock, Thomas Hazen, Daniel Wicomb, Israell Hendrick, David Hartshorn, John Hartshorn, Samuel Taylor, Jeremiah Sabin, Fenwich Sawyer, John Corbin, Jeremiah Ripley, Ephraim Beamass, John Bozorth, John Spurr, John Thresher, Malachi Holloway, William Hopkins, John Maccomber, Ebenezer Owen, Joseph White, Samuel Mirick, Jacob Hathaway, James Bell, John Wheeton, Thomas Buffington, John Brown, Jonathan Willmarth, Sampson Mason, Joseph Baker, John Hull, John Ridaway, Josiah Perry, John Ide, Thomas Kindrick, Joseph Daggett, John Martin, Benjamin Church, Theophilus Mitchell, Abraham Hathaway, Benjamin Crane, Jonathan Freeman, John Fitch, Samuel Skillings, William Wetherall, Thomas Barnam, Joshua Tisdale, Moses Cleveland, Benjamin Allen, Richard Allen, John Reed, Richard Burnham, Samuel Pecher, Daniell Hudson, Richard Jennings, Isaac Leonard, Joseph Richards, John Howard, James Cary, Elisha Hayward, Jonathan Washburn, Joseph Bailey, Solomon Cheever (Cheeker), Ebenezer Hill, John Handmore, David Church, Isaac Morriss, Benjamin Woodworth, Daniel Ramsdell, Isaac Peirce, Ellexander Reynolds (Rynge), Ebenezer Prout, John Barrett, John Briant, George Sampson, Caleb Cook, William Bradford, Nehemiah Bessey, Moses Barlow, Isaac Holmes, Elisha Busbee (Besbedge), Nathaniel Nicolls, Hopestill Busby (Besbedge), Walter Noice (Voice), Jonathan Crocker, Joseph Ross, Josiah Winslow, James Snow, Andrew Watkins, William Preist, Benjamin Chamberlain, James Ray, Thomas Lewis, Richard Man, Thomas Man, John Day, Thomas Brick, Thomas Bullen, Samuel Foster, William Robins, James Updike

1758

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Samuel Waldo Jr.
commander
Joseph Cox, Joseph Bayley Jr.
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
unknown
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
6
year of killing/
captivity
1758
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1758
native/colonial
locale/town
near Falmouth
present day state/
province
ME
present day town/
proximity
Portland
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Portland
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
ME
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
2
victim type
scalps
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
MA Treasury, v. 124, 1735-1757; v. 125, 1759-1770, 66; CER Vol. 13, 263; Willis, Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith, and the Rev. Samuel Deane, Pastors of the First Church in Portland, 1849, 173; First Parish, Portland; Maine Memory Network, Agreement to hunt Indians, Portland, 1757; Ghere, Morrison and Alvin, "Sanctions for slaughter," 1996, 112.
award note
September 12, 1757, “The forefathers of Portland (previously Falmouth) hired mercenary scouts and paid bounties for “killing and captivating the Indian Enemy.” This bounty contract promised a bounty “for every Captive or Scalp and of every Thing else they shall or may recover.” Those signing the agreement promised to furnish ammunition and provisions for the scouts and cruisers for 60 days.” According to accounts by Maine ministers Thomas Smith, and Samuel Deane, of the First Church in Portland: "People seem wonderfully spirited to go out after the Indians. Four companies in this town and many more in other towns are fitting for it; the government offer four hundred pounds for the scalp of a man to those who out at their own expense, and three hundred and ten pounds to those who have provision from the Province." Joseph Cox, Bayley and company were paid £600 from the Massachusetts Treasury for 2 Penobscot scalps. Rev. Smith was also a financial investor in scalp bounty expeditions. He earned £165 and £33 from Cox's claim, June 18, 1758.
known group members
Joseph Cochs (Cox), Joseph Bayley Jr., Benjamin Trot, Benjamin Cochs, Nathaniel Ingersell, William Bayley, Joseph Barber, William Cotton Jr., Houchin Moody, Harrison Brazier, Andrew Simenton, Thomas Bradbury, Joshua Bracket, Joseph Thames Jr.

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Jonathan Walcot
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
120
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Marblehead
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Amherst
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 421-24; Hayward, The New England Gazetteer, 1839, 28; Daniel F. Secomb, History of the town of Amherst, 1883; Coolidge, A History and Description of New England, General and Local, Vol. 1., 1859, 409.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #3 was granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs from (Salem, Lynn, Marblehead, Gloucester, Andover, Topsfield, Beverly, Wenham, Boxford, Bradford, Chatham, MA) and (Scarborough, York, Falmouth, ME), including a committee of proprietors led by Richard Moore, John Trask and Ebenezer Rayment. Only 19 living veteran soldiers of King Philip’s War were grantees. This was settled as Souhegan West, later named Amherst, New Hampshire (for General Jeffrey Amherst who warred against Native people in the 6th Anglo-Abenaki and "Pontiac’s War.")
known group members
Edward Harradaway, John Elwell, Thomas Babson, Joseph Soams, Thomas Putnam, Joseph Hutchinson, Andrew Gold, Thomas Fuller, John Ross, Samuel Verry, Joseph Holton, Thomas Flynt, Samuel Pickworth, William Curtice, William Trask, Thomas Bell, Jonathan Lambert, William Osborn, John Bullock, Jeremiah Neal, John Gloyd, Captain Joseph Gardner, John Abbott, Thomas Kenney, Edward Hollice, Richard Prince, John Tarble, Joseph Herrick, William Hinds, David Shaply, John Walcot, Joseph Majory, Dr. Richard Knott, Stephen Sweat, John Gatchell, Henry Collins, John Newhall, Thomas Baker, William Bassett, Samuel Johnson, Joseph Collins, John Burrill, Robert Potter, John Lindsey, Aquilla Ramsdell, Robert Driver, Ephraim Farrow, John Ballard, John Mower, Samuel Graves, Samuel Edmonds, John Farrington, John Davis, -- Rand, Joseph Farr, John Lewis, Samuel Tarbox, -- Johnson, Joseph Barrell, Timothy Breed, Andrew Townsend, Richard Haven, Henry Row, Samuel Ingersoll, Edward Harrington, John Day, Isaac Ellery, Samuel Tyler, James Fry, Nathaniel Ballard, John Presson, John Ballard, Ebenezer Barker, Andrew Peters, John Parker, Samuel Phelps, Zaccheus Perkins, Nathaniel Wood, Abraham Fitts, Thomas Davis, Elihu Wardwell, John Huchins, Josiah Clark, James Ford, Samuel Perkins, Joseph Wells, Jonathan Wild, Robert Brown, Thomas Rayment, Ralph Elinwood, Henry Bayley, Christopher Reid, Lott Conant, Thomas Blachfield, John Elinwood, Joseph Morgan, William Dodge, John Dodge, Jonathan Byels, William Rayment, Elias Picket, Samuel Harris, Thomas Abbet, Richard Hutton, Joseph Bacheler, Joseph Perkins, William Peabody, Francis Jeffrys, Robert Andrews, Joseph Bixbe, John Boynton, John Harmon, John Bowtel, Nicholas Lum (Lunn), Andrew Sargent, Joseph Hatch, Philip Dexter, Robert Nicholson, Nicholas Manning, Timothy Lufkin

1724

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Nathaniel Wakefield
commander
Johnson Harmon, Jeremiah Moulton, Richard Bourne
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
208
day of killing/
captivity
22
month of killing/
captivity
8
year of killing/
captivity
1724
month of bounty claim
8
day of bounty claim
30
year of bounty claim
1724
native/colonial
locale/town
Norridgewock
present day state/
province
ME
present day town/
proximity
near Madison
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Wells
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
ME
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Wells
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
ME
victim name
French Missionary Father Rasles, Native leader Bombazeen and his daughter (his wife was taken prisoner). Also killed- Welákwansit (Mog), Welákwansit's wife and children, Wissememet, Job Carabassett
victim number
80
victim type
scalps & captives
victim note
27 Scalps and 4 Captives. French Missionary Father Rasles, the only white scalp bounty claimed in the war, accused by the English of backing the Wabanaki. Also killed was Native leader Bombazeen and his daughter (his wife was taken prisoner), Welákwansit (Mog), Welákwansit's wife and children, Wissememet, Job Carabassett
monetary reward
£525
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
CER Vol. 8, 71-3; MA House Journal, 6: viii; Eames, Rustic Warriors, 2011, 86; Saxine, Properties of Empire, 93-95; New England Courant, August, 24, 1724; Penhallow, Indian Wars, 1859, 104-06; Williamson, The History of the State of Maine, 1832, 131; Trask and Westbrook, Letters of Colonel Thomas Westbrook, 1901, 156; Harmon, The Harmon Genealogy, Comprising All Branches in New England, 1920, 142-43.
award note
Johnson Harmon, had a reputation for being especially bloodthirsty, known for raiding Wabanaki villages and killing victims in their sleep. Under Colonel Thomas Westbrook's orders, Harmon, along with Captains Jeremiah Moulton, Richard Bourne and Bean (Bane) lead one of the most deadly raids of the 4th Anglo-Abenaki War, the Norridgewock Massacre, in Kennebec Territory, Maine, August 22, 1724, attacking and torching the village, from which hundreds of Natives flee. It is estimated that over 80 Wabanaki are killed. He and his men are paid £525 for 27 scalps and 4 captives as well as £60/each for pay. Among the victims is French Missionary Father Rasles, accused by the English of instigating Wabanaki raids, for which Harmon is paid an additional £100 (the only white scalp bounty claimed in the war). Also killed are Norridgewock leaders Welákwansit (Mog), his wife and children; Wissememet; Bombazeen and his daughter (his wife was captured). The massacre is considered the biggest colonial victory in half a century over the Wabanaki, and a terrible display of vengence. Judge Samuel Sewall witnessed "a great shouting and trembling," as Harmon's men returned to Boston, brandishing Wabanaki scalps. A popular ballad, "The Rebels Reward," published by Ben Franklin's brother commemorates what is considered a great victory. Harmon is given a silver handled sword by Colonel Westbrook, made Lieutenant Colonel by the Governor and elected to the Massachusetts House. Speaking at the General Court in November, Lieutenant Governor Dummer proclaimed that Norridgewock resulted in "such a destruction of the enemy as has not been known in any of the late wars, and (as I hope) in the entire dissipation of that tribe." In 1726-27 Harmon, Moulton, Bourne and others are granted land for their service.
known group members
Captain Johnson Harmon, Captain Jeremiah Moulton, Captain Richard Bourne, Captain Bane (Bean), Christian, Joseph Demmick, Joseph Heath, Richard Jacques, Jeremiah Moulton, Tippen (Tappan), John Elwell, Benjamin Sayer, John Wakefield, Nathaniel Wakefield, Gibbens Wakefield, Stephen Larrabee, John Jellison, Samuel Waterhouse, John Butland, Anthony Littlefield, Jeremy Queach, Banks, Wright

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
John Walcot
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
120
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Marblehead
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Amherst
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 421-24; Hayward, The New England Gazetteer, 1839, 28; Daniel F. Secomb, History of the town of Amherst, 1883; Coolidge, A History and Description of New England, General and Local, Vol. 1., 1859, 409.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #3 was granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs from (Salem, Lynn, Marblehead, Gloucester, Andover, Topsfield, Beverly, Wenham, Boxford, Bradford, Chatham, MA) and (Scarborough, York, Falmouth, ME), including a committee of proprietors led by Richard Moore, John Trask and Ebenezer Rayment. Only 19 living veteran soldiers of King Philip’s War were grantees. This was settled as Souhegan West, later named Amherst, New Hampshire (for General Jeffrey Amherst who warred against Native people in the 6th Anglo-Abenaki and "Pontiac’s War.")
known group members
Edward Harradaway, John Elwell, Thomas Babson, Joseph Soams, Thomas Putnam, Joseph Hutchinson, Andrew Gold, Thomas Fuller, John Ross, Samuel Verry, Joseph Holton, Thomas Flynt, Samuel Pickworth, William Curtice, William Trask, Thomas Bell, Jonathan Lambert, William Osborn, John Bullock, Jeremiah Neal, John Gloyd, Captain Joseph Gardner, John Abbott, Thomas Kenney, Edward Hollice, Richard Prince, John Tarble, Joseph Herrick, William Hinds, David Shaply, John Walcot, Joseph Majory, Dr. Richard Knott, Stephen Sweat, John Gatchell, Henry Collins, John Newhall, Thomas Baker, William Bassett, Samuel Johnson, Joseph Collins, John Burrill, Robert Potter, John Lindsey, Aquilla Ramsdell, Robert Driver, Ephraim Farrow, John Ballard, John Mower, Samuel Graves, Samuel Edmonds, John Farrington, John Davis, -- Rand, Joseph Farr, John Lewis, Samuel Tarbox, -- Johnson, Joseph Barrell, Timothy Breed, Andrew Townsend, Richard Haven, Henry Row, Samuel Ingersoll, Edward Harrington, John Day, Isaac Ellery, Samuel Tyler, James Fry, Nathaniel Ballard, John Presson, John Ballard, Ebenezer Barker, Andrew Peters, John Parker, Samuel Phelps, Zaccheus Perkins, Nathaniel Wood, Abraham Fitts, Thomas Davis, Elihu Wardwell, John Huchins, Josiah Clark, James Ford, Samuel Perkins, Joseph Wells, Jonathan Wild, Robert Brown, Thomas Rayment, Ralph Elinwood, Henry Bayley, Christopher Reid, Lott Conant, Thomas Blachfield, John Elinwood, Joseph Morgan, William Dodge, John Dodge, Jonathan Byels, William Rayment, Elias Picket, Samuel Harris, Thomas Abbet, Richard Hutton, Joseph Bacheler, Joseph Perkins, William Peabody, Francis Jeffrys, Robert Andrews, Joseph Bixbe, John Boynton, John Harmon, John Bowtel, Nicholas Lum (Lunn), Andrew Sargent, Joseph Hatch, Philip Dexter, Robert Nicholson, Nicholas Manning, Timothy Lufkin

1724

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
John Wakefield
commander
Johnson Harmon, Jeremiah Moulton, Richard Bourne
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
208
day of killing/
captivity
22
month of killing/
captivity
8
year of killing/
captivity
1724
month of bounty claim
8
day of bounty claim
30
year of bounty claim
1724
native/colonial
locale/town
Norridgewock
present day state/
province
ME
present day town/
proximity
near Madison
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Wells
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
ME
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Wells
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
ME
victim name
French Missionary Father Rasles, Native leader Bombazeen and his daughter (his wife was taken prisoner). Also killed- Welákwansit (Mog), Welákwansit's wife and children, Wissememet, Job Carabassett
victim number
80
victim type
scalps & captives
victim note
27 Scalps and 4 Captives. French Missionary Father Rasles, the only white scalp bounty claimed in the war, accused by the English of backing the Wabanaki. Also killed was Native leader Bombazeen and his daughter (his wife was taken prisoner), Welákwansit (Mog), Welákwansit's wife and children, Wissememet, Job Carabassett
monetary reward
£525
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
CER Vol. 8, 71-3; MA House Journal, 6: viii; Eames, Rustic Warriors, 2011, 86; Saxine, Properties of Empire, 93-95; New England Courant, August, 24, 1724; Penhallow, Indian Wars, 1859, 104-06; Williamson, The History of the State of Maine, 1832, 131; Trask and Westbrook, Letters of Colonel Thomas Westbrook, 1901, 156; Harmon, The Harmon Genealogy, Comprising All Branches in New England, 1920, 142-43.
award note
Johnson Harmon, had a reputation for being especially bloodthirsty, known for raiding Wabanaki villages and killing victims in their sleep. Under Colonel Thomas Westbrook's orders, Harmon, along with Captains Jeremiah Moulton, Richard Bourne and Bean (Bane) lead one of the most deadly raids of the 4th Anglo-Abenaki War, the Norridgewock Massacre, in Kennebec Territory, Maine, August 22, 1724, attacking and torching the village, from which hundreds of Natives flee. It is estimated that over 80 Wabanaki are killed. He and his men are paid £525 for 27 scalps and 4 captives as well as £60/each for pay. Among the victims is French Missionary Father Rasles, accused by the English of instigating Wabanaki raids, for which Harmon is paid an additional £100 (the only white scalp bounty claimed in the war). Also killed are Norridgewock leaders Welákwansit (Mog), his wife and children; Wissememet; Bombazeen and his daughter (his wife was captured). The massacre is considered the biggest colonial victory in half a century over the Wabanaki, and a terrible display of vengence. Judge Samuel Sewall witnessed "a great shouting and trembling," as Harmon's men returned to Boston, brandishing Wabanaki scalps. A popular ballad, "The Rebels Reward," published by Ben Franklin's brother commemorates what is considered a great victory. Harmon is given a silver handled sword by Colonel Westbrook, made Lieutenant Colonel by the Governor and elected to the Massachusetts House. Speaking at the General Court in November, Lieutenant Governor Dummer proclaimed that Norridgewock resulted in "such a destruction of the enemy as has not been known in any of the late wars, and (as I hope) in the entire dissipation of that tribe." In 1726-27 Harmon, Moulton, Bourne and others are granted land for their service.
known group members
Captain Johnson Harmon, Captain Jeremiah Moulton, Captain Richard Bourne, Captain Bane (Bean), Christian, Joseph Demmick, Joseph Heath, Richard Jacques, Jeremiah Moulton, Tippen (Tappan), John Elwell, Benjamin Sayer, John Wakefield, Nathaniel Wakefield, Gibbens Wakefield, Stephen Larrabee, John Jellison, Samuel Waterhouse, John Butland, Anthony Littlefield, Jeremy Queach, Banks, Wright

1724

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Gibbens Wakefield
commander
Johnson Harmon, Jeremiah Moulton, Richard Bourne
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
208
day of killing/
captivity
22
month of killing/
captivity
8
year of killing/
captivity
1724
month of bounty claim
8
day of bounty claim
30
year of bounty claim
1724
native/colonial
locale/town
Norridgewock
present day state/
province
ME
present day town/
proximity
near Madison
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Wells
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
ME
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Wells
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
ME
victim name
French Missionary Father Rasles, Native leader Bombazeen and his daughter (his wife was taken prisoner). Also killed- Welákwansit (Mog), Welákwansit's wife and children, Wissememet, Job Carabassett
victim number
80
victim type
scalps & captives
victim note
27 Scalps and 4 Captives. French Missionary Father Rasles, the only white scalp bounty claimed in the war, accused by the English of backing the Wabanaki. Also killed was Native leader Bombazeen and his daughter (his wife was taken prisoner), Welákwansit (Mog), Welákwansit's wife and children, Wissememet, Job Carabassett
monetary reward
£525
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
CER Vol. 8, 71-3; MA House Journal, 6: viii; Eames, Rustic Warriors, 2011, 86; Saxine, Properties of Empire, 93-95; New England Courant, August, 24, 1724; Penhallow, Indian Wars, 1859, 104-06; Williamson, The History of the State of Maine, 1832, 131; Trask and Westbrook, Letters of Colonel Thomas Westbrook, 1901, 156; Harmon, The Harmon Genealogy, Comprising All Branches in New England, 1920, 142-43.
award note
Johnson Harmon, had a reputation for being especially bloodthirsty, known for raiding Wabanaki villages and killing victims in their sleep. Under Colonel Thomas Westbrook's orders, Harmon, along with Captains Jeremiah Moulton, Richard Bourne and Bean (Bane) lead one of the most deadly raids of the 4th Anglo-Abenaki War, the Norridgewock Massacre, in Kennebec Territory, Maine, August 22, 1724, attacking and torching the village, from which hundreds of Natives flee. It is estimated that over 80 Wabanaki are killed. He and his men are paid £525 for 27 scalps and 4 captives as well as £60/each for pay. Among the victims is French Missionary Father Rasles, accused by the English of instigating Wabanaki raids, for which Harmon is paid an additional £100 (the only white scalp bounty claimed in the war). Also killed are Norridgewock leaders Welákwansit (Mog), his wife and children; Wissememet; Bombazeen and his daughter (his wife was captured). The massacre is considered the biggest colonial victory in half a century over the Wabanaki, and a terrible display of vengence. Judge Samuel Sewall witnessed "a great shouting and trembling," as Harmon's men returned to Boston, brandishing Wabanaki scalps. A popular ballad, "The Rebels Reward," published by Ben Franklin's brother commemorates what is considered a great victory. Harmon is given a silver handled sword by Colonel Westbrook, made Lieutenant Colonel by the Governor and elected to the Massachusetts House. Speaking at the General Court in November, Lieutenant Governor Dummer proclaimed that Norridgewock resulted in "such a destruction of the enemy as has not been known in any of the late wars, and (as I hope) in the entire dissipation of that tribe." In 1726-27 Harmon, Moulton, Bourne and others are granted land for their service.
known group members
Captain Johnson Harmon, Captain Jeremiah Moulton, Captain Richard Bourne, Captain Bane (Bean), Christian, Joseph Demmick, Joseph Heath, Richard Jacques, Jeremiah Moulton, Tippen (Tappan), John Elwell, Benjamin Sayer, John Wakefield, Nathaniel Wakefield, Gibbens Wakefield, Stephen Larrabee, John Jellison, Samuel Waterhouse, John Butland, Anthony Littlefield, Jeremy Queach, Banks, Wright

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Thomas Wait
commander
Daniel Denison, Samuel Appleton
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
121
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
(Ipswich, Newbury, Rowley, Haverhill, Salisbury, Amesbury, Methuen, MA); (Hampton, Greenland, NH); (Berwick, ME)
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
scalps, killed, captives
victim note
men, women, children
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Buxton
township state
ME
source name
MA House Journal, 10: 13; MA A&R, 11: 325; MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; McLellan, History of Gorham, Me, 1903, 26-27; Ridlon, Saco Valley Settlements and Families, Vol. 1., 1895, 104-05. Bachellor, Town charters, 793; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 413-16; Doreski, Carole, ed. Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the Seventeenth-century Conflicts. Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1982.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #1 consisted of 16,224 acres, which became Buxton, Maine (near Falmouth/Portland) was granted to heirs of 121 soldiers (named in "known group members") from "the Ipswich Society," to proprietors John Hobson, Col. Joseph Gerrish of Newbury, Philemon Dane and John Gains from Ipswich.
known group members
Captains Daniel Denison, Samuel Appleton, Richard Allin, John Andrews, Simon Adams, John (Asy) Asa, William Allin, Captain Samuel Brocklebanck, Thomas Brown, John Brown, Joseph Brown, William Brown, John Boynton, Gershom Brown, John Brown, Edmond Brown, John Baker, James Burnom, Richard Brier, Henry Bodwell, Joshua Boynton, Christopher Bartlett, Jonathan Clark, Moses Chase, George Cross, Richard Curriour, Edward Cogswell, Edward Colcut, Robert Down, Philemon Dane, Moses Durell, Zechariah Davis, Thomas Dow, John Denison, John David, Cornelius Davis, William Elsley, Isaac Ilsley, Thomas Easmon, Nathaniel Emerson, Jonathan Emery, Peter Emons, James Fuller, Isaac Fellows, Joseph Fellows, James George, Captain Stephen Greenleaf, Amos (Goddin) Gody, John Giddins, Hugh Gallaway, John Herrin, John Harvey, John Hobson, Samuel Hutchinson, Samuel Hadley, Samuel Hill, Samuel Ingals, John Jackson, Caleb Jackson, Richard Jacobs, Joseph Jewett, Henry Kimbal, Caleb Kimbal, Robert Kinsmon, Nathaniel Keene, Samuel Kneeland, William Knowlton, Thomas Kingsbury, Christopher Kennistone, John Laighton, Thomas Low, Moses Little, Daniel Lad, John Lovel, Jabez Musgro, Lieutenant Jonathan Moors, John Mitchell, John Martin, John Martin, Benjamin Newman, Zaccheus Newmarch, Samuel Poore, Benjamin Parson, Jospeh Plummer, Henry Poore, John Pickard, Thomas Palmer, Samuel (Parse) Peirce, Edmond Potter, Captain Daniel Ring, Caleb Richardson, Thomas Rogers, Nicholas Rollins, Nicholas Richardson, Daniel Ruff, Joseph Rose, Daniel Rolf, Daniel Sumersby, Solomon Sheapard, George Stimson, John Spofford, William Sawyer, Thomas Smith, Abiel Sadler, Robert Swan, Seth Storer, Richard Swan, Thomas Sparks, John Stickney, John Sheapard, Daniel Tenny, Nicholas Tarbot, Thomas Tenney, Daniel Thurston, Samuel Taylor, Samuel Verey, Benjamin Verey, Jonathan Verey, John Williams, John Woodin, Ezekiel Woodward, Thomas Wait, Francis Young,

1738

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Andrew Watkins Jr.
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
117
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
1
day of bounty claim
18
year of bounty claim
1738
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Ashfield
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
26, 540 acres
township name
granted
Greenwich
township state
MA
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Hadley, History of the Town of Goffstown, 1733-1920, Vol. 2, 1924, 53-54; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 425-30.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #4 initially included 26,160 acres near Amoskeag Falls on the Merrimack River, granted to 120 soldiers of King Philip’s War, and heirs, from Northampton Mass. and vicinity, including proprietor Edward Shove. It was named Shove’s Town, later Goffstown, part of Manchester, New Hampshire. In 1735, the grantees "found it so poor and barren as to be altogether incapable of making settlements," and were instead granted 23,040 acres (plus 3,500) of land in Greenwich, Mass., settled in 1738.
known group members
Daniel Alexander, Samuel Judd, Thomas Hovey, John Pengally, Richard Childs, Bartholemew Flagg, James Hudson, Nathaniel Sanger, Joseph Lyon, Captain Isaac Johnson, Joseph Carpenter, Henry Bowen, Joseph Chamberlain, Abiell Lamb, Edward Walker, John Dunham, Benjamin Hall, Shuball Dimmock, Thomas Hazen, Daniel Wicomb, Israell Hendrick, David Hartshorn, John Hartshorn, Samuel Taylor, Jeremiah Sabin, Fenwich Sawyer, John Corbin, Jeremiah Ripley, Ephraim Beamass, John Bozorth, John Spurr, John Thresher, Malachi Holloway, William Hopkins, John Maccomber, Ebenezer Owen, Joseph White, Samuel Mirick, Jacob Hathaway, James Bell, John Wheeton, Thomas Buffington, John Brown, Jonathan Willmarth, Sampson Mason, Joseph Baker, John Hull, John Ridaway, Josiah Perry, John Ide, Thomas Kindrick, Joseph Daggett, John Martin, Benjamin Church, Theophilus Mitchell, Abraham Hathaway, Benjamin Crane, Jonathan Freeman, John Fitch, Samuel Skillings, William Wetherall, Thomas Barnam, Joshua Tisdale, Moses Cleveland, Benjamin Allen, Richard Allen, John Reed, Richard Burnham, Samuel Pecher, Daniell Hudson, Richard Jennings, Isaac Leonard, Joseph Richards, John Howard, James Cary, Elisha Hayward, Jonathan Washburn, Joseph Bailey, Solomon Cheever (Cheeker), Ebenezer Hill, John Handmore, David Church, Isaac Morriss, Benjamin Woodworth, Daniel Ramsdell, Isaac Peirce, Ellexander Reynolds (Rynge), Ebenezer Prout, John Barrett, John Briant, George Sampson, Caleb Cook, William Bradford, Nehemiah Bessey, Moses Barlow, Isaac Holmes, Elisha Busbee (Besbedge), Nathaniel Nicolls, Hopestill Busby (Besbedge), Walter Noice (Voice), Jonathan Crocker, Joseph Ross, Josiah Winslow, James Snow, Andrew Watkins, William Preist, Benjamin Chamberlain, James Ray, Thomas Lewis, Richard Man, Thomas Man, John Day, Thomas Brick, Thomas Bullen, Samuel Foster, William Robins, James Updike

1700

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
John Waterhouse
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
182
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1700
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
CT
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Voluntown
township state
CT
source name
Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 441-45.
award note
In October, 1700, Connecticut volunteer militia who fought in King Philip’s War were granted a township of 6 miles square, from some of the “conquered land,” which was incorporated as Voluntown, CT. Captain Samuel Mason, John Gallop, and Lieutenant James Avery were appointed to view the said tract. Committee members Lieutenant Thomas Leffingwell, Lieutenant Richard Bushnell, Isaac Wheeler, Caleb Fobes, Samuel Bliss, Joseph Morgan, and Manasseh Miner were charged with allotting the bounty land. Captain Richard Bushnell made a list of the names of 180 “Narragansett soldiers.” The bounty to “English volunteers” excluded Indigenous soldiers, who formed a large part of Connecticut companies, as well as whites pressed into service (in contrast to Massachusetts which granted “impressed” soldiers and their heirs land bounties 30 years later).
known group members
Major Edward Palmes, Captain George Denison, Lieutenant Thomas Leffingwell, Major Wait Winthrop, Reverend James Fitch, Sargent John Frink, Captain James Avery, James Avery, John Avery, Thomas Avery, Joshua Baker, John Wickweier (Wickwire), Ephraim Colver (Culver), William Potts, Edward Colver, Samuel Yeomans, John Lewis, John Fish, Samuel Fish, William Williams, George Denison, William Denison, Nathaniel Beebe, Henry Stephens, Edmond Fanning, Thomas Fanning, John Bennett, William Bennett, Thomas Rose (Ross), Phillip Bill, Phillip Bill Jr., Deny Springer, Ezekiel Mayn (Maine), William Wheeller (Wheeler), Thomas Wooster, Gershom Palmer, Jonathan Armstrong, Samuel Stanton, Robert Stanton, Daniel Stanton, James Morgan, John Keene (Kinne), John Latham, John Waterhouse, Joseph Morgan, Nathaniel Park, William Douglace (Douglass), Manasseth Miner, James Willit (Willet), Reverend James Noyes, Captain John Stanton, Joseph Stanton, Aaron Stark, John Stark, James York, Thomas Bell (Bill), Lieutenant Thomas Miner, Richard Bushnell, Samuel Lathrop, Solomon Tracy, John Wiley, Samuel Tubbs, Robert Park, Peter Spiser (Spicer), Jonathan Rudd, Richard Cook, Thomas Park, Henry Elliott, Thomas Bliss, Isaac Wheeler, Peter Cross, Jonathan Gennings, Caleb Fobes, John Gallop (Gallup), Adam Gallop (Gallup), William Gallop (Gallup), Nathaniel Cheesbro, Ephraim Miner, Joseph Miner, Samuel Miner, John Ashcroft, Joshua Holmes, Captain Ebenezer Johnson, Joseph Wheeler, Sergeant Moses Johnson, Daniel Tracy, Edmond Fanning, William Roberts, John Denison, Matthew Griswold, Richard Lord, Stephen Dewolf, Richard Smith, John Smith, Francis Smith, Moses Huntly (Huntley), Henry Bennett, Henry Peterson, Samuel Stephens, Henry Hall, William Champlin, Captain Pembleton (Pendleton), Daniel Crumb, Nicholas Cottrell (Cotterall), John Pameter (Palmetor), Samuel Roger (Rogers), John Hull, Daniel Kelsie (Kelsey), John Mintor (Minton), John Stephens, Ebenezer French, John Griswold, Nehemiah Smith, John Wheeler, Nathaniel Haiden, Joseph Hull, Samuel Sheather (Shother), John Charles, Samuel Frisbie, John Plant, Samuel Fox, Jacob Joy, Clement Minor, William Pendall, Daniel Stubbins, John Hough, Samuel Roberts, Joshua Abell, Thomas Rood, William Knights, Matthew Jones, Thomas Williams, Joseph Waterhouse, Richard Dart, Samuel Hough, William Hough, Abel More (Moir), Jeremiah Blake (Black, Blage), John Plumb, Thomas Hungerford, John Packer (Parker), Samuel Packer (Parker), Nathaniel Holt, Robert Lord, John Woller, Richard Smith, Edward Dewolf, Aaron Huntly (Huntley), James Murphy (Murffey), Robert Holmes, Daniel Comstock, George Chappell (Chapple), Thurston Reinerd (Rainard), Hugh Rowland, John Lathrop, James Welch, Daniel Clark, Edward Shipman, Joseph Ingarum (Ingraham), Joseph Colver (Culver), William Billings, John Shaw, Stephen Richeson, Roger Orris, James Danielson, Ebenezer Billings, Jonathan Burtch, William Johnson, Samuel Richarson, Thomas Brand, William Champlin, John Babcock, Edward Larkin, Daniel Shaw, Thomas Reynolds (Renols), William Lees (Lee), Reverend Moises Noise, John Larabe, Joseph Northrop, Robert Old, Nathan Gillet (Gillit), John Somes, Clement Miner, John Waller, Benaiah Bushnel, Samuel Richards, John Fanning, Henry Paterson, John Lummis, Moses Bennett.

1758

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Benjamin Waite
commander
Joseph Cox, Joseph Bayley Jr.
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
unknown
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
6
year of killing/
captivity
1758
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1758
native/colonial
locale/town
near Falmouth
present day state/
province
ME
present day town/
proximity
Portland
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Portland
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
ME
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
2
victim type
scalps
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
MA Treasury, v. 124, 1735-1757; v. 125, 1759-1770, 66; CER Vol. 13, 263; Willis, Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith, and the Rev. Samuel Deane, Pastors of the First Church in Portland, 1849, 173; First Parish, Portland; Maine Memory Network, Agreement to hunt Indians, Portland, 1757; Ghere, Morrison and Alvin, "Sanctions for slaughter," 1996, 112.
award note
September 12, 1757, “The forefathers of Portland (previously Falmouth) hired mercenary scouts and paid bounties for “killing and captivating the Indian Enemy.” This bounty contract promised a bounty “for every Captive or Scalp and of every Thing else they shall or may recover.” Those signing the agreement promised to furnish ammunition and provisions for the scouts and cruisers for 60 days.” According to accounts by Maine ministers Thomas Smith, and Samuel Deane, of the First Church in Portland: "People seem wonderfully spirited to go out after the Indians. Four companies in this town and many more in other towns are fitting for it; the government offer four hundred pounds for the scalp of a man to those who out at their own expense, and three hundred and ten pounds to those who have provision from the Province." Joseph Cox, Bayley and company were paid £600 from the Massachusetts Treasury for 2 Penobscot scalps. Rev. Smith was also a financial investor in scalp bounty expeditions. He earned £165 and £33 from Cox's claim, June 18, 1758.
known group members
Joseph Cochs (Cox), Joseph Bayley Jr., Benjamin Trot, Benjamin Cochs, Nathaniel Ingersell, William Bayley, Joseph Barber, William Cotton Jr., Houchin Moody, Harrison Brazier, Andrew Simenton, Thomas Bradbury, Joshua Bracket, Joseph Thames Jr.

1704

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
John Wait
commander
Jonathan Wells, Ebenezer Wright
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
unknown
day of killing/
captivity
29
month of killing/
captivity
2
year of killing/
captivity
1704
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
9
year of bounty claim
1704
native/colonial
locale/town
Deerfield
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
Deerfield
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Deerfield
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
1
victim type
scalp
victim note
male
monetary reward
£100
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
MA A&R, 8: 66-67; Donahue, Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers, 1702-1722.
award note
Captain Jonathan Wells, Captain Ebenezer Wright and company are paid £60 for 1 scalp taken in the Deerfield raid, February, 1704. £5 paid to widows of 4 men who died. £34 .17s paid for losses sustained in the fight.
known group members
Captain Ebenezer Wright, Captain Jonathan Wells, John Armes, Robard Boltwood, Samuel Boltwood, John Bridgman, James Bridgman, Joseph Church, Samuel Church, Nathaniel Colman, Samuel Crafoot, Ebenezer Dickeson, Nathaniel Dickeson, Samuel Dickeson, John Ellice, Samuel Ellice, Benjamin Field, Samuel Field, Richard Billing, Zachary Field, Samuel Foot, David Holt, Thomas Howe, Thomas Huard, Samuel Larnod, Thomas Larnod, John Matoone, John Monteau, John Mun, Primus Negro, Thomas Rusell, Ebenezer Selden, Joseph Siuorance, John Smeld, Joseph Smith, Preservid Strong, Nathaniel Waener, Benjamin Wait, John Wait, John Warner, Ebenezer Warner, Samuel Warner, John Wells, Thomas Wells, Nathaniel White, Joseph Wright, Samuel Wright

1736

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
John Wait
commander
William Turner
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
98
day of killing/
captivity
18
month of killing/
captivity
5
year of killing/
captivity
1676
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
23
year of bounty claim
1736
native/colonial
locale/town
Connecticut River, Turner Falls
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
near Gill
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Hatfield
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Hatfield
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 square miles
township name
granted
Bernardston
township state
MA
source name
MA House Journal, 11: 292; MA House Journal, 12: 91; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 240-41, 247-55.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. In 1734, Samuel Hunt on behalf of soldiers and heirs petitioned for land. In 1736 the court granted a 6 square mile area north of Deerfield, Mass. first called "Falltown" (including the towns of Bernardston, Colraine, Leyden and others) for soldiers under Captain William Turner in the May 18, 1676 "Falls Fight," Peskeompscut massacre, on the Connecticut River, in which about 200 Native men, women and children were killed.
known group members
Captain William Turner, Samuel Hunt, Reverend Hope Atherton, Nathaniel Alexander, Thomas Alvard, William Arms, Timothy Baker, Samuel Bedortha, James Bennett, John Barbur, John Bradshaw, John Burnap, Peter Bushrod, Samuel Boltwood, Robert Bardwell, Samuell Ball, Elnathan Beers, Samuel Beldin, Preserved Clap, Japheth Chapin, Samuell Crow, Joseph Crowfoot, William Clark, Noah Coleman, Benjamin Chamberlain, Joseph Chamberlain, John Cunniball, John Chase, Nehemiah Dickeson, Sergeant John Dickinson (Dickeson), Benjamin Edwards, Joseph Fuller, Samuel Feild, Nathaniel Foot, John Flanders, Isaac Gleason, Isaac Harrison, Simon Grover, Joseph Griffen, John Hitchcock, Luke Hitchcock, David Holt, John Hawks, Eleaser Hawks, James Harwood, Experience Hinsdall, Abell James, John Ingram, Samuel Jellett, Robert Jones, John King, Francis Keet, Sergeant Joseph Kellog, John Lee, John Lyman, Joseph Leeds, Josiah Leonard, Cornelius Merry, Isaac Morgan, Jonathan Morgan, Thomas Miller, James Mun, John Mun, Phillip Mattoon, Godfrey Nims, Medad Pumroy, Caleb Pumroy, Robert Price, John Preston, John Pratt, John Pressey, Henry Rogers, Thomas Reed, Nathaniel Sikes, Nathaniel Sutliff, Samuel Stubbins, Thomas Stubbins, William Smeed, John Smith, James Stephenson, Joseph Selden, William Scott, John Salter, Benjamen Thomas, Jonathan Tailer, Samuell Tyley, James Wright, John Webb, Richard Webb, Benjamin Wait, Eleaser Webber, Thomas Wells, Joseph Wariner, Jonathan Wells, Nicholas Worthington, John Scott, Samuel Colby, Tryall Newbury

1704

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Benjamin Wait
commander
Jonathan Wells, Ebenezer Wright
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
unknown
day of killing/
captivity
29
month of killing/
captivity
2
year of killing/
captivity
1704
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
9
year of bounty claim
1704
native/colonial
locale/town
Deerfield
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
Deerfield
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Deerfield
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
1
victim type
scalp
victim note
male
monetary reward
£100
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
MA A&R, 8: 66-67; Donahue, Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers, 1702-1722.
award note
Captain Jonathan Wells, Captain Ebenezer Wright and company are paid £60 for 1 scalp taken in the Deerfield raid, February, 1704. £5 paid to widows of 4 men who died. £34 .17s paid for losses sustained in the fight.
known group members
Captain Ebenezer Wright, Captain Jonathan Wells, John Armes, Robard Boltwood, Samuel Boltwood, John Bridgman, James Bridgman, Joseph Church, Samuel Church, Nathaniel Colman, Samuel Crafoot, Ebenezer Dickeson, Nathaniel Dickeson, Samuel Dickeson, John Ellice, Samuel Ellice, Benjamin Field, Samuel Field, Richard Billing, Zachary Field, Samuel Foot, David Holt, Thomas Howe, Thomas Huard, Samuel Larnod, Thomas Larnod, John Matoone, John Monteau, John Mun, Primus Negro, Thomas Rusell, Ebenezer Selden, Joseph Siuorance, John Smeld, Joseph Smith, Preservid Strong, Nathaniel Waener, Benjamin Wait, John Wait, John Warner, Ebenezer Warner, Samuel Warner, John Wells, Thomas Wells, Nathaniel White, Joseph Wright, Samuel Wright

1736

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Benjamin Wait
commander
William Turner
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
98
day of killing/
captivity
18
month of killing/
captivity
5
year of killing/
captivity
1676
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
23
year of bounty claim
1736
native/colonial
locale/town
Connecticut River, Turner Falls
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
near Gill
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Hatfield
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 square miles
township name
granted
Bernardston
township state
MA
source name
MA House Journal, 11: 292; MA House Journal, 12: 91; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 240-41, 247-55.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. In 1734, Samuel Hunt on behalf of soldiers and heirs petitioned for land. In 1736 the court granted a 6 square mile area north of Deerfield, Mass. first called "Falltown" (including the towns of Bernardston, Colraine, Leyden and others) for soldiers under Captain William Turner in the May 18, 1676 "Falls Fight," Peskeompscut massacre, on the Connecticut River, in which about 200 Native men, women and children were killed.
known group members
Captain William Turner, Samuel Hunt, Reverend Hope Atherton, Nathaniel Alexander, Thomas Alvard, William Arms, Timothy Baker, Samuel Bedortha, James Bennett, John Barbur, John Bradshaw, John Burnap, Peter Bushrod, Samuel Boltwood, Robert Bardwell, Samuell Ball, Elnathan Beers, Samuel Beldin, Preserved Clap, Japheth Chapin, Samuell Crow, Joseph Crowfoot, William Clark, Noah Coleman, Benjamin Chamberlain, Joseph Chamberlain, John Cunniball, John Chase, Nehemiah Dickeson, Sergeant John Dickinson (Dickeson), Benjamin Edwards, Joseph Fuller, Samuel Feild, Nathaniel Foot, John Flanders, Isaac Gleason, Isaac Harrison, Simon Grover, Joseph Griffen, John Hitchcock, Luke Hitchcock, David Holt, John Hawks, Eleaser Hawks, James Harwood, Experience Hinsdall, Abell James, John Ingram, Samuel Jellett, Robert Jones, John King, Francis Keet, Sergeant Joseph Kellog, John Lee, John Lyman, Joseph Leeds, Josiah Leonard, Cornelius Merry, Isaac Morgan, Jonathan Morgan, Thomas Miller, James Mun, John Mun, Phillip Mattoon, Godfrey Nims, Medad Pumroy, Caleb Pumroy, Robert Price, John Preston, John Pratt, John Pressey, Henry Rogers, Thomas Reed, Nathaniel Sikes, Nathaniel Sutliff, Samuel Stubbins, Thomas Stubbins, William Smeed, John Smith, James Stephenson, Joseph Selden, William Scott, John Salter, Benjamen Thomas, Jonathan Tailer, Samuell Tyley, James Wright, John Webb, Richard Webb, Benjamin Wait, Eleaser Webber, Thomas Wells, Joseph Wariner, Jonathan Wells, Nicholas Worthington, John Scott, Samuel Colby, Tryall Newbury

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Joseph Waight
commander
Nathaniel Davenport
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
80
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
2
day of bounty claim
12
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Watertown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Gardner
township state
MA
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Hurd, History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, 1889, 1055; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 435-38; Carole Doreski, Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the Seventeenth-Century Conflicts (Boston, MA: Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts), 1982.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. On February 12, 1733, the General Court confirmed Narragansett Town #6, which became Templeton, a part of Gardner Mass., granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs, from the towns Concord, Groton, Marlboro, Chelmsford, Billerica, Lancaster, Lexington, Stow, Framingham, Littleton, Sherborn, Stoneham, Southboro, Woburn, Mass. Proprietors included Samuel Chandler, Jacob Wright, and Captain Benjamin Prescott. On June 24, 1735, lots were drawn.
known group members
Joseph Buss (Busse), Nathaniel Wilson, Henry Bartlett, John Kendall, Moses Wheat, Jacob Amsden, Josiah Hobbs, Samuel Buttrick (Butterick) (Boutericke), Zechariah Paddleford (Paddlefoot), Jonathan Whitney, John Baldwin, Isaac Amsden (Emsden) (Almsden), Daniel Woodward, Jonathan Lawrence, Samuel Swan, John Parker, Joseph Wheeler, Abraham Temple, Thomas Brown, Samuel How, John Wheeler, John Wood, John Taylor, Thomas Parker, John Cutler (Cuttler), Zachariah Snow, Peter Bateman, Caleb Simons (Simonds), John Priest, John Sheldon (Shelden) (Shilden), William Roberts, (Robards), John White Jr., James Smith, Michael Flagg (Flegg), Moses Whitney (Whettny), Joseph Waight, Daniel Warren (Warrin), Isaac Larned (Learned), Joseph Smith, Jonathan Smith, John Wilson, Increase Winne (Win), John Needham, Lieutenant John Wyman, John Adams, Thomas Gery (Geery), Daniel Dean, Francis Wyman Jr., John Wyman Jr., Deacon Samuel Stone, Nathaniel Richardson, Joseph Wright, William Shattuck (Shattock), John Eams (Eames), John Barrett, Nathaniel Billing, James Pattison, John Trask, Samuel Phelps (Phelpes), John Prescott, Benjamin Muzzey, John Griggs, Thomas Hincher (Henshaw), Eleazar Flagg, Elias Tattingham, Morgan Jones, John Robins (Robbins), Matthias Farnsworth, John Bush, Ephraim Sawyer, John Shedd (Shead), Samuel Hartwell, Peter Buckley (Buckly), Patrick Fasset, Nathaniel Rogers, Samuel Hunt, James Haughton (Houghton), John Kene, Joseph Thomson, John Cane

1733

Title
Esquire
killer/captor/
claimant
Joseph Wadsworth
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
123
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Boston
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Manchester
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Coolidge, A History and Description of New England, Vol. 1., 1859, 419; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 431-34.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #5 was first settled as Souhegan-East, later named Bedford, part of Manchester, and Merrick New Hampshire, is granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs, residing in the towns Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Milton, Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Dedham, Stoughton, Brookline, Needham, Hull, Medford, Scituate, Newport, CT, New London, CT and Providence, RI. Committee members- Col. Thomas Tileston, Jonathan Williams and Captain Joseph Ruggles.
known group members
Andrew Belcher, Esquire, Dr. John Clark, Richard Way, William Dinsdell, Thomas Warren, Henry Swain, Isaac Prince, Dr. John Cutler, Benjamin Williams, Nicholas Allin, Henry Timberlake, Jeremiah Fay, Thomas Weymouth, John Arnold, Samuel Polard, Samuel Bicknerd, Jacob Grig, Joseph Gridley, John Nelson, Perez Savage, James Lendal, Thomas Plimbly, John Mors, John Ruggles, John Triscot, Daniel Matthews, Benjamin Dyer, Edward Ting, John Leach, Henry Chamberlain, David Landon, Joshua Lain, Edward Wedan, Joshua Hewes, Ambros Dawes, Zachariah Gurney, Captain Nathaniel Davenport, Thomas Hunt, Captain Samuel Wadsworth, Peter Bennet, Gamaliel Rogers, John Tuckerman, Richard Bill, William Hacy, John Richards, Captain Samuel Maudesley, William Manley, John Means, Caleb Moor, Captain James Oliver, John Hands, Pilgrim Simpkins, John Goodwin, Thomas Beedle, George Ripley, Thomas Moors, Thomas Barnard, Joseph Goad, Joseph Dudley, Esquire, Paul Wilson, John Watson, William Lyon, Thomas Hawley, John Payson, John Scot, Thomas Bishop, Thomas Weld, John Baker, Thomas Morey, Thomas Hencher, Samuel Williams, Thomas Baker, Timothy Tileston, Hopestill Humphrey, Thomas Davenport, Ebenezer Williams, Henry Ledbetter, Samuel Jones, William Davenport, John Miller, Thomas Vose, Samuel Bass, Samuel Bingley, Thomas Coplin, Thomas Holbrook, Thomas Bingley, John Hollis, William Sewell, John Burrill, John Whitmarsh, Joseph Thorn, Thomas Thaxter, John Jacobs, Francis Gurnet, Samuel Gill, John Langley, Samuel Lincoln, Ephraim Lain, Nathaniel Beal, Benjamin Bates, Cornelius Canterbury, George Vickery, John Arnold, Samuel Gill, Samuel Colburn, Jonathan Gay, William Dean, Peter Talbot, Benjamin White, Samuel Gardner, John Rice, Joseph Benson, John Bull, John Plympton, Samuel Hatch, Richard Proute, Israel Hobart, William Hawkins, Joseph Brigs, Jethro Jeffreys, Samuel Knight, David Evans, John Jacts (Jaques)

1733

Title
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant
Samuel Wadsworth
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
123
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Boston
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Manchester
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Coolidge, A History and Description of New England, Vol. 1., 1859, 419; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 431-34.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #5 was first settled as Souhegan-East, later named Bedford, part of Manchester, and Merrick New Hampshire, is granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs, residing in the towns Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Milton, Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Dedham, Stoughton, Brookline, Needham, Hull, Medford, Scituate, Newport, CT, New London, CT and Providence, RI. Committee members- Col. Thomas Tileston, Jonathan Williams and Captain Joseph Ruggles.
known group members
Andrew Belcher, Esquire, Dr. John Clark, Richard Way, William Dinsdell, Thomas Warren, Henry Swain, Isaac Prince, Dr. John Cutler, Benjamin Williams, Nicholas Allin, Henry Timberlake, Jeremiah Fay, Thomas Weymouth, John Arnold, Samuel Polard, Samuel Bicknerd, Jacob Grig, Joseph Gridley, John Nelson, Perez Savage, James Lendal, Thomas Plimbly, John Mors, John Ruggles, John Triscot, Daniel Matthews, Benjamin Dyer, Edward Ting, John Leach, Henry Chamberlain, David Landon, Joshua Lain, Edward Wedan, Joshua Hewes, Ambros Dawes, Zachariah Gurney, Captain Nathaniel Davenport, Thomas Hunt, Captain Samuel Wadsworth, Peter Bennet, Gamaliel Rogers, John Tuckerman, Richard Bill, William Hacy, John Richards, Captain Samuel Maudesley, William Manley, John Means, Caleb Moor, Captain James Oliver, John Hands, Pilgrim Simpkins, John Goodwin, Thomas Beedle, George Ripley, Thomas Moors, Thomas Barnard, Joseph Goad, Joseph Dudley, Esquire, Paul Wilson, John Watson, William Lyon, Thomas Hawley, John Payson, John Scot, Thomas Bishop, Thomas Weld, John Baker, Thomas Morey, Thomas Hencher, Samuel Williams, Thomas Baker, Timothy Tileston, Hopestill Humphrey, Thomas Davenport, Ebenezer Williams, Henry Ledbetter, Samuel Jones, William Davenport, John Miller, Thomas Vose, Samuel Bass, Samuel Bingley, Thomas Coplin, Thomas Holbrook, Thomas Bingley, John Hollis, William Sewell, John Burrill, John Whitmarsh, Joseph Thorn, Thomas Thaxter, John Jacobs, Francis Gurnet, Samuel Gill, John Langley, Samuel Lincoln, Ephraim Lain, Nathaniel Beal, Benjamin Bates, Cornelius Canterbury, George Vickery, John Arnold, Samuel Gill, Samuel Colburn, Jonathan Gay, William Dean, Peter Talbot, Benjamin White, Samuel Gardner, John Rice, Joseph Benson, John Bull, John Plympton, Samuel Hatch, Richard Proute, Israel Hobart, William Hawkins, Joseph Brigs, Jethro Jeffreys, Samuel Knight, David Evans, John Jacts (Jaques)

1704

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Nathaniel Waener
commander
Jonathan Wells, Ebenezer Wright
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
unknown
day of killing/
captivity
29
month of killing/
captivity
2
year of killing/
captivity
1704
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
9
year of bounty claim
1704
native/colonial
locale/town
Deerfield
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
Deerfield
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Deerfield
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
killed in action
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
1
victim type
scalp
victim note
male
monetary reward
£100
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
MA A&R, 8: 66-67; Donahue, Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers, 1702-1722.
award note
Captain Jonathan Wells, Captain Ebenezer Wright and company are paid £60 for 1 scalp taken in the Deerfield raid, February, 1704. £5 paid to widows of 4 men who died. £34 .17s paid for losses sustained in the fight.
known group members
Captain Ebenezer Wright, Captain Jonathan Wells, John Armes, Robard Boltwood, Samuel Boltwood, John Bridgman, James Bridgman, Joseph Church, Samuel Church, Nathaniel Colman, Samuel Crafoot, Ebenezer Dickeson, Nathaniel Dickeson, Samuel Dickeson, John Ellice, Samuel Ellice, Benjamin Field, Samuel Field, Richard Billing, Zachary Field, Samuel Foot, David Holt, Thomas Howe, Thomas Huard, Samuel Larnod, Thomas Larnod, John Matoone, John Monteau, John Mun, Primus Negro, Thomas Rusell, Ebenezer Selden, Joseph Siuorance, John Smeld, Joseph Smith, Preservid Strong, Nathaniel Waener, Benjamin Wait, John Wait, John Warner, Ebenezer Warner, Samuel Warner, John Wells, Thomas Wells, Nathaniel White, Joseph Wright, Samuel Wright

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Thomas Vose
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
123
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Milton
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Manchester
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Coolidge, A History and Description of New England, Vol. 1., 1859, 419; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 431-34.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #5 was first settled as Souhegan-East, later named Bedford, part of Manchester, and Merrick New Hampshire, is granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs, residing in the towns Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Milton, Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Dedham, Stoughton, Brookline, Needham, Hull, Medford, Scituate, Newport, CT, New London, CT and Providence, RI. Committee members- Col. Thomas Tileston, Jonathan Williams and Captain Joseph Ruggles.
known group members
Andrew Belcher, Esquire, Dr. John Clark, Richard Way, William Dinsdell, Thomas Warren, Henry Swain, Isaac Prince, Dr. John Cutler, Benjamin Williams, Nicholas Allin, Henry Timberlake, Jeremiah Fay, Thomas Weymouth, John Arnold, Samuel Polard, Samuel Bicknerd, Jacob Grig, Joseph Gridley, John Nelson, Perez Savage, James Lendal, Thomas Plimbly, John Mors, John Ruggles, John Triscot, Daniel Matthews, Benjamin Dyer, Edward Ting, John Leach, Henry Chamberlain, David Landon, Joshua Lain, Edward Wedan, Joshua Hewes, Ambros Dawes, Zachariah Gurney, Captain Nathaniel Davenport, Thomas Hunt, Captain Samuel Wadsworth, Peter Bennet, Gamaliel Rogers, John Tuckerman, Richard Bill, William Hacy, John Richards, Captain Samuel Maudesley, William Manley, John Means, Caleb Moor, Captain James Oliver, John Hands, Pilgrim Simpkins, John Goodwin, Thomas Beedle, George Ripley, Thomas Moors, Thomas Barnard, Joseph Goad, Joseph Dudley, Esquire, Paul Wilson, John Watson, William Lyon, Thomas Hawley, John Payson, John Scot, Thomas Bishop, Thomas Weld, John Baker, Thomas Morey, Thomas Hencher, Samuel Williams, Thomas Baker, Timothy Tileston, Hopestill Humphrey, Thomas Davenport, Ebenezer Williams, Henry Ledbetter, Samuel Jones, William Davenport, John Miller, Thomas Vose, Samuel Bass, Samuel Bingley, Thomas Coplin, Thomas Holbrook, Thomas Bingley, John Hollis, William Sewell, John Burrill, John Whitmarsh, Joseph Thorn, Thomas Thaxter, John Jacobs, Francis Gurnet, Samuel Gill, John Langley, Samuel Lincoln, Ephraim Lain, Nathaniel Beal, Benjamin Bates, Cornelius Canterbury, George Vickery, John Arnold, Samuel Gill, Samuel Colburn, Jonathan Gay, William Dean, Peter Talbot, Benjamin White, Samuel Gardner, John Rice, Joseph Benson, John Bull, John Plympton, Samuel Hatch, Richard Proute, Israel Hobart, William Hawkins, Joseph Brigs, Jethro Jeffreys, Samuel Knight, David Evans, John Jacts (Jaques)

1735

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Blaze Vinton
commander
Thomas Lothrop (Lathrop)
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
84
day of killing/
captivity
18
month of killing/
captivity
9
year of killing/
captivity
1675
month of bounty claim
1
day of bounty claim
10
year of bounty claim
1735
native/colonial
locale/town
betwen Deerfield and Hatfield
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
near Deerfield
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
100
victim type
killed
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
MA House Journal, 13: 197, 23, 229; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 136-37; Bachellor, State of New Hampshire, Town Charters, Vol. XXIV, 1894, 818-20.
award note
In 1735, Robert Hale Esquire, on behalf of soldiers who fought under Captn. Thomas Lothrop (Lathrop) and their heirs, request equal bounty reward in land, as that of English soldiers who fought in the "Narragansett War" (Pometacomet’s Resistance) during "Lothrop's Fight," between Deerfield and Hatfield, MA, September 18, 1675, where they killed at least 100 Native people. The Mass. House votes to allocate 2 townships, in addition to the 7 "Narragansett townships" already granted, for those who fought in "Lothrop's Fight," the "Falls Fight" and/or "Long March." In January 1736 the Mass. House committee appointed to consider claims of "Narragansett soldiers" voted to admit 232 soldiers and heirs who served in the "Fort Fight" or "Long March" during Pometacomet's Resistance to two new townships.
known group members
Captain Thomas Lothrop (Lathrop), Sergt. Thomas Smith, Samuel Stevens, John Hobbs, Daniel Button, John Harriman, Caleb Kemball, Thomas Hobbs, Robert Homes, Edward Traske, Richard Lambard (Lambert), Josiah Dodge, George Ropes, Joseph Kinge, Thomas Alexander, Francis Friende, Abel Osyer (Ozzier), John Litleale, Thomas Bayley, Ezekiel Sawyer, Jacob Kilborne, Thomas Manninge, Jacob Waynwritt (Wainwright), Benjamin Roper, John Bennett, Thomas Mentor, Peter Woodberry, Joseph Bolch, Samuel Witteridge, William Duy (Dew), Sergt. Samuel Stevens, Samuel Crumpton, John Plum, Thomas Buckley, Samuel Hudson, Adam Clarke, Ephraim Farah (Farrar), Robert Wilson, Steven Welman, Benjamin Farnell, Solomon Alley, John Merrit, Robert Hinsdall, Samuel Hinsdall, Barnabas Hinsdall, John Hinsdall, Experience Hinsdall, Ephriam Hinsdall, Joseph Gillet, John Allin, Joshua Carter, John Barnard, James Tufts, Jonathan Plimpton, Peter Plimpton, Philip Barsham, Thomas Weller, William Smeade, Zebediah Williams, Eliskim Marshall, James Mudge, George Cole, Richard Weller, William Pixly, Daniel Weld, John Stebbin, John Hawkes, Nathaniel Sutlive, Sarah Field, Solomon Stoddard, Thomas Mekins, Thomas Hastings, Samson Frary, Quentin Stockwell, Moses Crafts, Joseph Prince, John Palmer, John Langbury, Edmond Bridges, Joseph Emons, Samuel Rust, Paul Thorndike, John Plummer, Edward Trask, Thomas Buckly, Samuel Chapman, Thomas Kemball, Caleb Kemball, John Harriman, Mathew Scales, Joseph Pearson, Blaze Vinton, Andrew Stickney, Benjamin Roper, Benjamin Furnell, John Merrett, Edmond Moore, Eleazer Keyser, Thomas Rose, Stephen Warman, John Littlehall, John Andrews, Samuel Crumpton, Thomas Mentor, Zekeriah Davis, Timothy Bray, John Denison, John Bullock, Mark Pitman, Moses Pengry, Stephen Greenleaf, John Toppan (Tapin), Caleb Richardson, Daniel Rolf, Daniel Button, John Wheeler, Henry Bodwell, Thomas Hayson, John Wicher, John Boynton, Walter Hickson, Thomas Hayson, Samuel Hibbert, John Davis, John Presson, Steven Butler, Samuel Hudson, Thomas Bayleff, Josiah Bridges, Robert Leach, Thomas Tenney, Thomas Peckes, Daniel Ring, Abiel Sadler, Francis Young, Gershom Browne

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Israel Vickery
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
123
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Hingham
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Manchester
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Coolidge, A History and Description of New England, Vol. 1., 1859, 419; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 431-34.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #5 was first settled as Souhegan-East, later named Bedford, part of Manchester, and Merrick New Hampshire, is granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs, residing in the towns Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Milton, Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Dedham, Stoughton, Brookline, Needham, Hull, Medford, Scituate, Newport, CT, New London, CT and Providence, RI. Committee members- Col. Thomas Tileston, Jonathan Williams and Captain Joseph Ruggles.
known group members
Andrew Belcher, Esquire, Dr. John Clark, Richard Way, William Dinsdell, Thomas Warren, Henry Swain, Isaac Prince, Dr. John Cutler, Benjamin Williams, Nicholas Allin, Henry Timberlake, Jeremiah Fay, Thomas Weymouth, John Arnold, Samuel Polard, Samuel Bicknerd, Jacob Grig, Joseph Gridley, John Nelson, Perez Savage, James Lendal, Thomas Plimbly, John Mors, John Ruggles, John Triscot, Daniel Matthews, Benjamin Dyer, Edward Ting, John Leach, Henry Chamberlain, David Landon, Joshua Lain, Edward Wedan, Joshua Hewes, Ambros Dawes, Zachariah Gurney, Captain Nathaniel Davenport, Thomas Hunt, Captain Samuel Wadsworth, Peter Bennet, Gamaliel Rogers, John Tuckerman, Richard Bill, William Hacy, John Richards, Captain Samuel Maudesley, William Manley, John Means, Caleb Moor, Captain James Oliver, John Hands, Pilgrim Simpkins, John Goodwin, Thomas Beedle, George Ripley, Thomas Moors, Thomas Barnard, Joseph Goad, Joseph Dudley, Esquire, Paul Wilson, John Watson, William Lyon, Thomas Hawley, John Payson, John Scot, Thomas Bishop, Thomas Weld, John Baker, Thomas Morey, Thomas Hencher, Samuel Williams, Thomas Baker, Timothy Tileston, Hopestill Humphrey, Thomas Davenport, Ebenezer Williams, Henry Ledbetter, Samuel Jones, William Davenport, John Miller, Thomas Vose, Samuel Bass, Samuel Bingley, Thomas Coplin, Thomas Holbrook, Thomas Bingley, John Hollis, William Sewell, John Burrill, John Whitmarsh, Joseph Thorn, Thomas Thaxter, John Jacobs, Francis Gurnet, Samuel Gill, John Langley, Samuel Lincoln, Ephraim Lain, Nathaniel Beal, Benjamin Bates, Cornelius Canterbury, George Vickery, John Arnold, Samuel Gill, Samuel Colburn, Jonathan Gay, William Dean, Peter Talbot, Benjamin White, Samuel Gardner, John Rice, Joseph Benson, John Bull, John Plympton, Samuel Hatch, Richard Proute, Israel Hobart, William Hawkins, Joseph Brigs, Jethro Jeffreys, Samuel Knight, David Evans, John Jacts (Jaques)

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Jonathan Verey
commander
Daniel Denison, Samuel Appleton
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
121
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
(Ipswich, Newbury, Rowley, Haverhill, Salisbury, Amesbury, Methuen, MA); (Hampton, Greenland, NH); (Berwick, ME)
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
scalps, killed, captives
victim note
men, women, children
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Buxton
township state
ME
source name
MA House Journal, 10: 13; MA A&R, 11: 325; MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; McLellan, History of Gorham, Me, 1903, 26-27; Ridlon, Saco Valley Settlements and Families, Vol. 1., 1895, 104-05. Bachellor, Town charters, 793; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 413-16; Doreski, Carole, ed. Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the Seventeenth-century Conflicts. Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1982.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #1 consisted of 16,224 acres, which became Buxton, Maine (near Falmouth/Portland) was granted to heirs of 121 soldiers (named in "known group members") from "the Ipswich Society," to proprietors John Hobson, Col. Joseph Gerrish of Newbury, Philemon Dane and John Gains from Ipswich.
known group members
Captains Daniel Denison, Samuel Appleton, Richard Allin, John Andrews, Simon Adams, John (Asy) Asa, William Allin, Captain Samuel Brocklebanck, Thomas Brown, John Brown, Joseph Brown, William Brown, John Boynton, Gershom Brown, John Brown, Edmond Brown, John Baker, James Burnom, Richard Brier, Henry Bodwell, Joshua Boynton, Christopher Bartlett, Jonathan Clark, Moses Chase, George Cross, Richard Curriour, Edward Cogswell, Edward Colcut, Robert Down, Philemon Dane, Moses Durell, Zechariah Davis, Thomas Dow, John Denison, John David, Cornelius Davis, William Elsley, Isaac Ilsley, Thomas Easmon, Nathaniel Emerson, Jonathan Emery, Peter Emons, James Fuller, Isaac Fellows, Joseph Fellows, James George, Captain Stephen Greenleaf, Amos (Goddin) Gody, John Giddins, Hugh Gallaway, John Herrin, John Harvey, John Hobson, Samuel Hutchinson, Samuel Hadley, Samuel Hill, Samuel Ingals, John Jackson, Caleb Jackson, Richard Jacobs, Joseph Jewett, Henry Kimbal, Caleb Kimbal, Robert Kinsmon, Nathaniel Keene, Samuel Kneeland, William Knowlton, Thomas Kingsbury, Christopher Kennistone, John Laighton, Thomas Low, Moses Little, Daniel Lad, John Lovel, Jabez Musgro, Lieutenant Jonathan Moors, John Mitchell, John Martin, John Martin, Benjamin Newman, Zaccheus Newmarch, Samuel Poore, Benjamin Parson, Jospeh Plummer, Henry Poore, John Pickard, Thomas Palmer, Samuel (Parse) Peirce, Edmond Potter, Captain Daniel Ring, Caleb Richardson, Thomas Rogers, Nicholas Rollins, Nicholas Richardson, Daniel Ruff, Joseph Rose, Daniel Rolf, Daniel Sumersby, Solomon Sheapard, George Stimson, John Spofford, William Sawyer, Thomas Smith, Abiel Sadler, Robert Swan, Seth Storer, Richard Swan, Thomas Sparks, John Stickney, John Sheapard, Daniel Tenny, Nicholas Tarbot, Thomas Tenney, Daniel Thurston, Samuel Taylor, Samuel Verey, Benjamin Verey, Jonathan Verey, John Williams, John Woodin, Ezekiel Woodward, Thomas Wait, Francis Young,

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
George Vickery
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
123
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Hingham
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Manchester
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Coolidge, A History and Description of New England, Vol. 1., 1859, 419; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 431-34.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #5 was first settled as Souhegan-East, later named Bedford, part of Manchester, and Merrick New Hampshire, is granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs, residing in the towns Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Milton, Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Dedham, Stoughton, Brookline, Needham, Hull, Medford, Scituate, Newport, CT, New London, CT and Providence, RI. Committee members- Col. Thomas Tileston, Jonathan Williams and Captain Joseph Ruggles.
known group members
Andrew Belcher, Esquire, Dr. John Clark, Richard Way, William Dinsdell, Thomas Warren, Henry Swain, Isaac Prince, Dr. John Cutler, Benjamin Williams, Nicholas Allin, Henry Timberlake, Jeremiah Fay, Thomas Weymouth, John Arnold, Samuel Polard, Samuel Bicknerd, Jacob Grig, Joseph Gridley, John Nelson, Perez Savage, James Lendal, Thomas Plimbly, John Mors, John Ruggles, John Triscot, Daniel Matthews, Benjamin Dyer, Edward Ting, John Leach, Henry Chamberlain, David Landon, Joshua Lain, Edward Wedan, Joshua Hewes, Ambros Dawes, Zachariah Gurney, Captain Nathaniel Davenport, Thomas Hunt, Captain Samuel Wadsworth, Peter Bennet, Gamaliel Rogers, John Tuckerman, Richard Bill, William Hacy, John Richards, Captain Samuel Maudesley, William Manley, John Means, Caleb Moor, Captain James Oliver, John Hands, Pilgrim Simpkins, John Goodwin, Thomas Beedle, George Ripley, Thomas Moors, Thomas Barnard, Joseph Goad, Joseph Dudley, Esquire, Paul Wilson, John Watson, William Lyon, Thomas Hawley, John Payson, John Scot, Thomas Bishop, Thomas Weld, John Baker, Thomas Morey, Thomas Hencher, Samuel Williams, Thomas Baker, Timothy Tileston, Hopestill Humphrey, Thomas Davenport, Ebenezer Williams, Henry Ledbetter, Samuel Jones, William Davenport, John Miller, Thomas Vose, Samuel Bass, Samuel Bingley, Thomas Coplin, Thomas Holbrook, Thomas Bingley, John Hollis, William Sewell, John Burrill, John Whitmarsh, Joseph Thorn, Thomas Thaxter, John Jacobs, Francis Gurnet, Samuel Gill, John Langley, Samuel Lincoln, Ephraim Lain, Nathaniel Beal, Benjamin Bates, Cornelius Canterbury, George Vickery, John Arnold, Samuel Gill, Samuel Colburn, Jonathan Gay, William Dean, Peter Talbot, Benjamin White, Samuel Gardner, John Rice, Joseph Benson, John Bull, John Plympton, Samuel Hatch, Richard Proute, Israel Hobart, William Hawkins, Joseph Brigs, Jethro Jeffreys, Samuel Knight, David Evans, John Jacts (Jaques)

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Thomas Vickars
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
123
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Hull
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Manchester
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Coolidge, A History and Description of New England, Vol. 1., 1859, 419; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 431-34.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #5 was first settled as Souhegan-East, later named Bedford, part of Manchester, and Merrick New Hampshire, is granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs, residing in the towns Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Milton, Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Dedham, Stoughton, Brookline, Needham, Hull, Medford, Scituate, Newport, CT, New London, CT and Providence, RI. Committee members- Col. Thomas Tileston, Jonathan Williams and Captain Joseph Ruggles.
known group members
Andrew Belcher, Esquire, Dr. John Clark, Richard Way, William Dinsdell, Thomas Warren, Henry Swain, Isaac Prince, Dr. John Cutler, Benjamin Williams, Nicholas Allin, Henry Timberlake, Jeremiah Fay, Thomas Weymouth, John Arnold, Samuel Polard, Samuel Bicknerd, Jacob Grig, Joseph Gridley, John Nelson, Perez Savage, James Lendal, Thomas Plimbly, John Mors, John Ruggles, John Triscot, Daniel Matthews, Benjamin Dyer, Edward Ting, John Leach, Henry Chamberlain, David Landon, Joshua Lain, Edward Wedan, Joshua Hewes, Ambros Dawes, Zachariah Gurney, Captain Nathaniel Davenport, Thomas Hunt, Captain Samuel Wadsworth, Peter Bennet, Gamaliel Rogers, John Tuckerman, Richard Bill, William Hacy, John Richards, Captain Samuel Maudesley, William Manley, John Means, Caleb Moor, Captain James Oliver, John Hands, Pilgrim Simpkins, John Goodwin, Thomas Beedle, George Ripley, Thomas Moors, Thomas Barnard, Joseph Goad, Joseph Dudley, Esquire, Paul Wilson, John Watson, William Lyon, Thomas Hawley, John Payson, John Scot, Thomas Bishop, Thomas Weld, John Baker, Thomas Morey, Thomas Hencher, Samuel Williams, Thomas Baker, Timothy Tileston, Hopestill Humphrey, Thomas Davenport, Ebenezer Williams, Henry Ledbetter, Samuel Jones, William Davenport, John Miller, Thomas Vose, Samuel Bass, Samuel Bingley, Thomas Coplin, Thomas Holbrook, Thomas Bingley, John Hollis, William Sewell, John Burrill, John Whitmarsh, Joseph Thorn, Thomas Thaxter, John Jacobs, Francis Gurnet, Samuel Gill, John Langley, Samuel Lincoln, Ephraim Lain, Nathaniel Beal, Benjamin Bates, Cornelius Canterbury, George Vickery, John Arnold, Samuel Gill, Samuel Colburn, Jonathan Gay, William Dean, Peter Talbot, Benjamin White, Samuel Gardner, John Rice, Joseph Benson, John Bull, John Plympton, Samuel Hatch, Richard Proute, Israel Hobart, William Hawkins, Joseph Brigs, Jethro Jeffreys, Samuel Knight, David Evans, John Jacts (Jaques)

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Samuel Verry
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
120
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Salem
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Amherst
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 421-24; Hayward, The New England Gazetteer, 1839, 28; Daniel F. Secomb, History of the town of Amherst, 1883; Coolidge, A History and Description of New England, General and Local, Vol. 1., 1859, 409.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #3 was granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs from (Salem, Lynn, Marblehead, Gloucester, Andover, Topsfield, Beverly, Wenham, Boxford, Bradford, Chatham, MA) and (Scarborough, York, Falmouth, ME), including a committee of proprietors led by Richard Moore, John Trask and Ebenezer Rayment. Only 19 living veteran soldiers of King Philip’s War were grantees. This was settled as Souhegan West, later named Amherst, New Hampshire (for General Jeffrey Amherst who warred against Native people in the 6th Anglo-Abenaki and "Pontiac’s War.")
known group members
Edward Harradaway, John Elwell, Thomas Babson, Joseph Soams, Thomas Putnam, Joseph Hutchinson, Andrew Gold, Thomas Fuller, John Ross, Samuel Verry, Joseph Holton, Thomas Flynt, Samuel Pickworth, William Curtice, William Trask, Thomas Bell, Jonathan Lambert, William Osborn, John Bullock, Jeremiah Neal, John Gloyd, Captain Joseph Gardner, John Abbott, Thomas Kenney, Edward Hollice, Richard Prince, John Tarble, Joseph Herrick, William Hinds, David Shaply, John Walcot, Joseph Majory, Dr. Richard Knott, Stephen Sweat, John Gatchell, Henry Collins, John Newhall, Thomas Baker, William Bassett, Samuel Johnson, Joseph Collins, John Burrill, Robert Potter, John Lindsey, Aquilla Ramsdell, Robert Driver, Ephraim Farrow, John Ballard, John Mower, Samuel Graves, Samuel Edmonds, John Farrington, John Davis, -- Rand, Joseph Farr, John Lewis, Samuel Tarbox, -- Johnson, Joseph Barrell, Timothy Breed, Andrew Townsend, Richard Haven, Henry Row, Samuel Ingersoll, Edward Harrington, John Day, Isaac Ellery, Samuel Tyler, James Fry, Nathaniel Ballard, John Presson, John Ballard, Ebenezer Barker, Andrew Peters, John Parker, Samuel Phelps, Zaccheus Perkins, Nathaniel Wood, Abraham Fitts, Thomas Davis, Elihu Wardwell, John Huchins, Josiah Clark, James Ford, Samuel Perkins, Joseph Wells, Jonathan Wild, Robert Brown, Thomas Rayment, Ralph Elinwood, Henry Bayley, Christopher Reid, Lott Conant, Thomas Blachfield, John Elinwood, Joseph Morgan, William Dodge, John Dodge, Jonathan Byels, William Rayment, Elias Picket, Samuel Harris, Thomas Abbet, Richard Hutton, Joseph Bacheler, Joseph Perkins, William Peabody, Francis Jeffrys, Robert Andrews, Joseph Bixbe, John Boynton, John Harmon, John Bowtel, Nicholas Lum (Lunn), Andrew Sargent, Joseph Hatch, Philip Dexter, Robert Nicholson, Nicholas Manning, Timothy Lufkin

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Samuel Verey
commander
Daniel Denison, Samuel Appleton
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
121
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
(Ipswich, Newbury, Rowley, Haverhill, Salisbury, Amesbury, Methuen, MA); (Hampton, Greenland, NH); (Berwick, ME)
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
scalps, killed, captives
victim note
men, women, children
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Buxton
township state
ME
source name
MA House Journal, 10: 13; MA A&R, 11: 325; MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; McLellan, History of Gorham, Me, 1903, 26-27; Ridlon, Saco Valley Settlements and Families, Vol. 1., 1895, 104-05. Bachellor, Town charters, 793; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 413-16; Doreski, Carole, ed. Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the Seventeenth-century Conflicts. Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1982.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #1 consisted of 16,224 acres, which became Buxton, Maine (near Falmouth/Portland) was granted to heirs of 121 soldiers (named in "known group members") from "the Ipswich Society," to proprietors John Hobson, Col. Joseph Gerrish of Newbury, Philemon Dane and John Gains from Ipswich.
known group members
Captains Daniel Denison, Samuel Appleton, Richard Allin, John Andrews, Simon Adams, John (Asy) Asa, William Allin, Captain Samuel Brocklebanck, Thomas Brown, John Brown, Joseph Brown, William Brown, John Boynton, Gershom Brown, John Brown, Edmond Brown, John Baker, James Burnom, Richard Brier, Henry Bodwell, Joshua Boynton, Christopher Bartlett, Jonathan Clark, Moses Chase, George Cross, Richard Curriour, Edward Cogswell, Edward Colcut, Robert Down, Philemon Dane, Moses Durell, Zechariah Davis, Thomas Dow, John Denison, John David, Cornelius Davis, William Elsley, Isaac Ilsley, Thomas Easmon, Nathaniel Emerson, Jonathan Emery, Peter Emons, James Fuller, Isaac Fellows, Joseph Fellows, James George, Captain Stephen Greenleaf, Amos (Goddin) Gody, John Giddins, Hugh Gallaway, John Herrin, John Harvey, John Hobson, Samuel Hutchinson, Samuel Hadley, Samuel Hill, Samuel Ingals, John Jackson, Caleb Jackson, Richard Jacobs, Joseph Jewett, Henry Kimbal, Caleb Kimbal, Robert Kinsmon, Nathaniel Keene, Samuel Kneeland, William Knowlton, Thomas Kingsbury, Christopher Kennistone, John Laighton, Thomas Low, Moses Little, Daniel Lad, John Lovel, Jabez Musgro, Lieutenant Jonathan Moors, John Mitchell, John Martin, John Martin, Benjamin Newman, Zaccheus Newmarch, Samuel Poore, Benjamin Parson, Jospeh Plummer, Henry Poore, John Pickard, Thomas Palmer, Samuel (Parse) Peirce, Edmond Potter, Captain Daniel Ring, Caleb Richardson, Thomas Rogers, Nicholas Rollins, Nicholas Richardson, Daniel Ruff, Joseph Rose, Daniel Rolf, Daniel Sumersby, Solomon Sheapard, George Stimson, John Spofford, William Sawyer, Thomas Smith, Abiel Sadler, Robert Swan, Seth Storer, Richard Swan, Thomas Sparks, John Stickney, John Sheapard, Daniel Tenny, Nicholas Tarbot, Thomas Tenney, Daniel Thurston, Samuel Taylor, Samuel Verey, Benjamin Verey, Jonathan Verey, John Williams, John Woodin, Ezekiel Woodward, Thomas Wait, Francis Young,

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Jonathan Verry
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
120
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Salem
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Amherst
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 421-24; Hayward, The New England Gazetteer, 1839, 28; Daniel F. Secomb, History of the town of Amherst, 1883; Coolidge, A History and Description of New England, General and Local, Vol. 1., 1859, 409.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #3 was granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs from (Salem, Lynn, Marblehead, Gloucester, Andover, Topsfield, Beverly, Wenham, Boxford, Bradford, Chatham, MA) and (Scarborough, York, Falmouth, ME), including a committee of proprietors led by Richard Moore, John Trask and Ebenezer Rayment. Only 19 living veteran soldiers of King Philip’s War were grantees. This was settled as Souhegan West, later named Amherst, New Hampshire (for General Jeffrey Amherst who warred against Native people in the 6th Anglo-Abenaki and "Pontiac’s War.")
known group members
Edward Harradaway, John Elwell, Thomas Babson, Joseph Soams, Thomas Putnam, Joseph Hutchinson, Andrew Gold, Thomas Fuller, John Ross, Samuel Verry, Joseph Holton, Thomas Flynt, Samuel Pickworth, William Curtice, William Trask, Thomas Bell, Jonathan Lambert, William Osborn, John Bullock, Jeremiah Neal, John Gloyd, Captain Joseph Gardner, John Abbott, Thomas Kenney, Edward Hollice, Richard Prince, John Tarble, Joseph Herrick, William Hinds, David Shaply, John Walcot, Joseph Majory, Dr. Richard Knott, Stephen Sweat, John Gatchell, Henry Collins, John Newhall, Thomas Baker, William Bassett, Samuel Johnson, Joseph Collins, John Burrill, Robert Potter, John Lindsey, Aquilla Ramsdell, Robert Driver, Ephraim Farrow, John Ballard, John Mower, Samuel Graves, Samuel Edmonds, John Farrington, John Davis, -- Rand, Joseph Farr, John Lewis, Samuel Tarbox, -- Johnson, Joseph Barrell, Timothy Breed, Andrew Townsend, Richard Haven, Henry Row, Samuel Ingersoll, Edward Harrington, John Day, Isaac Ellery, Samuel Tyler, James Fry, Nathaniel Ballard, John Presson, John Ballard, Ebenezer Barker, Andrew Peters, John Parker, Samuel Phelps, Zaccheus Perkins, Nathaniel Wood, Abraham Fitts, Thomas Davis, Elihu Wardwell, John Huchins, Josiah Clark, James Ford, Samuel Perkins, Joseph Wells, Jonathan Wild, Robert Brown, Thomas Rayment, Ralph Elinwood, Henry Bayley, Christopher Reid, Lott Conant, Thomas Blachfield, John Elinwood, Joseph Morgan, William Dodge, John Dodge, Jonathan Byels, William Rayment, Elias Picket, Samuel Harris, Thomas Abbet, Richard Hutton, Joseph Bacheler, Joseph Perkins, William Peabody, Francis Jeffrys, Robert Andrews, Joseph Bixbe, John Boynton, John Harmon, John Bowtel, Nicholas Lum (Lunn), Andrew Sargent, Joseph Hatch, Philip Dexter, Robert Nicholson, Nicholas Manning, Timothy Lufkin

1736

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Joseph Varnam (Varnham)
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
unknown
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of bounty claim
12
day of bounty claim
13
year of bounty claim
1736
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Methuen
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
40 acres
township name
granted
Methuen
township state
MA
source name
MA A&R, 12: 302; MA A&R, 13: 406.
award note
Jospeh Varnum Esquire is awarded 40 acres of land in Methuen, MA for his service fighting the enemy Indian in 1736.
known group members
unknown

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
John Varnum
commander
John Lovewell, John White
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
72
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1725
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
20
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
Lake Lovell
present day state/
province
NH
present day town/
proximity
Sanbornville
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
near Rutland/Petersham
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
10
victim type
scalps
victim note
males
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Petersham
township state
MA
source name
MA A&R: 11, 726; MA House Journal, 11: 252; Kidder, The Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell, and His Encounters with the Indians, 1865, 27-28; Mabel Cook Coolidge, The history of Petersham, Massachusetts, incorporated April 20, 1754 : Volunteerstown or Voluntown, 1730-1733, Nichewaug, 1733-1754, 1873, 28-30.
award note
Jeremiah Pearley, John Bennet, Thomas Farmer on behalf of company of 72 are granted a township of 6 square miles, northwest of Rutland, MA, which became Petersham, for service under John Lovewell and Captain John White, in 1724-25
known group members
Robert Ford, Joseph Whitcomb, Joseph Wright, Eben Wright, Joseph Wilson, Henry Willard, Josiah Wheelock, Joshua Webster, Ben Walker, John Varnum, Samuel Trull, Samuel Tarbel (Tarbol), Samuel Stickney, John Stephens, William Spalden, Samuel Shaddock (Shattock), Samuel Sawyer, John Sawyer, Ezra Sawyer, Nicholas Robinson, Joshua Read, Oliver Pollard, John Pollard, Robert Phelps, Jeremiah Pearley (Pearly), Jacob Pearley, (Pearly), Jonathan Parks, Benjamin Parker, Stephen Murrill, Sam Mor, John Levingston, Samuel Learned, Samuel Johnson, William Hutchins, Joshua Hutchins, Jeremiah Hunt, Jonathan Houghton, James Houghton, S. Hilton, Moses Hazzen, John Hazzen, Richard Hall, Moses Graves, Jacob Gates, Phineas Foster, Samuel Fletcher, Ephraim Farnsworth, Ruben Farnsworth, Thomas Farmer, Jonathan Farren (Ferren), John Duncom, Caleb Dolton, Fr. Dogen, Jacob Corey, Moses Chandler, Eb. Brown, Benony Boynton, John Bennett, Jethro Ames, Jacob Ames, John Lovewell, John White

1725

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
John Varnum
commander
John Lovewell, John White
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
62
day of killing/
captivity
20
month of killing/
captivity
2
year of killing/
captivity
1725
month of bounty claim
3
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1725
native/colonial
locale/town
Lake Lovell
present day state/
province
NH
present day town/
proximity
Sanbornville
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
10
victim type
scalps
victim note
males
monetary reward
£1,000
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
CER Vol. 8, 154-5; Grenier, The First Way of War, 2005, 49-52; Kidder, The Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell, and His Encounters with the Indians, 1865, 16-19; MA A&R, 10: 484-85; Boston News-Letter, January 7, 1725.
award note
In March, 1725, Captains John Lovewell and John White lead a 2nd scalping expedition near the New Hampshire/Maine border on a lake, later named Lake Lovell in his honor. On February 20, near present day Sanbornville, New Hampshire, he and his company kill and scalp ten Wabanaki and sell their guns for £7 each. They also collect £1,000 from the public treasury. "Lovewell came into Council with ten Scalps, & made Oath that they were from Male Enemy or Rebel Indians, all above the age of twelve years." He is reported to have walked around Boston with the scalps, by some accounts even making a wig from them. Lovewell soon embarked on his 3rd and final expedition of the war on April 1725, in which he was killed, and his company forced to retreat. In March, 1725, Captains John Lovewell and John White lead a 2nd scalping expedition near the New Hampshire/Maine border on a lake, later named Lake Lovell in his honor. On February 20, near present day Sanbornville, New Hampshire, he and his company kill and scalp ten Wabanaki and sell their guns for £7 each. They also collect £1,000 from the public treasury. "Lovewell came into Council with ten Scalps, & made Oath that they were from Male Enemy or Rebel Indians, all above the age of twelve years." He is reported to have walked around Boston with the scalps, by some accounts even making a wig from them. Lovewell soon embarked on his 3rd and final expedition of the war on April 1725, in which he was killed, and his company forced to retreat. In January, 1725, Captains John Lovewell and John White lead a 2nd scalping expedition near the New Hampshire/Maine border on a lake, later named Lake Lovell in his honor. On February 20, near present day Sanbornville, New Hampshire, he and his company kill and scalp ten Wabanaki and sell their guns for £7 each. They also collect £1,000 from the public treasury. "Lovewell came into Council with ten Scalps, & made Oath that they were from Male Enemy or Rebel Indians, all above the age of twelve years." He is reported to have walked around Boston with the scalps, by some accounts even making a wig from them. Lovewell soon embarked on his 3rd and final expedition of the war on April 1725, in which he was killed, and his company forced to retreat. Bounty shared by 62 soldiers who participated in Lovewell's 2nd expedition, taking 10 scalps.
known group members
Robert Ford, Joseph Whitcomb, Joseph Wright, Eben Wright, Joseph Wilson, Henry Willard, Josiah Wheelock, Joshua Webster, Ben Walker, John Varnum, Samuel Trull, Samuel Tarbel (Tarbol), Samuel Stickney, John Stephens, William Spalden, Samuel Shaddock (Shattock), Samuel Sawyer, John Sawyer, Ezra Sawyer, Nicholas Robinson, Joshua Read, Oliver Pollard, John Pollard, Robert Phelps, Jeremiah Pearley (Pearly), Jacob Pearley, (Pearly), Jonathan Parks, Benjamin Parker, Stephen Murrill, Sam Mor, John Levingston, Samuel Learned, Samuel Johnson, William Hutchins, Joshua Hutchins, Jeremiah Hunt, Jonathan Houghton, James Houghton, S. Hilton, Moses Hazzen, John Hazzen, Richard Hall, Moses Graves, Jacob Gates, Phineas Foster, Samuel Fletcher, Ephraim Farnsworth, Ruben Farnsworth, Thomas Farmer, Jonathan Farren (Ferren), John Duncom, Caleb Dolton, Fr. Dogen, Jacob Corey, Moses Chandler, Eb. Brown, Benony Boynton, John Bennett, Jethro Ames, Jacob Ames, John Lovewell, John White

1728

Title
Sergeant
killer/captor/
claimant
Robert Usher
commander
John Lovewell
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
60
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1725
month of bounty claim
8
day of bounty claim
6
year of bounty claim
1728
native/colonial
locale/town
Pequawket
present day state/
province
ME
present day town/
proximity
near Fryeburg
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Dunstable
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
killed at Pequawket
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
Sagamore Paugus
victim number
13
victim type
scalps & killed
victim note
males killed and scalped in 2 expeditions
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Pembroke
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 355; MA House Journal, 8: 266; MA House Journal, 9: 32; Kidder, The Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell, and His Encounters with the Indians, 1865, 27-28.
award note
David Melvin, William Ayer and Thomas Richardson are granted a township of 6 square miles "Lovewell's Town," near the Merrimack River, below Pennicook, which became Suncook, then Pembroke NH, for 60 soldiers and their heirs, 47 who served Lovewell at Pigwacket, plus 13 who joined Lovewell's other bounty expeditions, in 1724-1725.
known group members
Captain John Lovewell, Josiah Farewell, Jonathan Robbins, John Harwood, Noah Johnson, Robert Usher, Samuel Whiting, Seth Wyman, Thomas Richardson, Timothy Richardson, Ichabod Johson, Josiah Johnson, Eleazar Davis, Josiah Davis, Josiah Jones, David Melvin, Eleazar Melvin, Jacob Farrah, Joseph Farrah, Jonathan Frie, Jacob Fullam, Edward Lingfield, Jonathan Kittridge, Solomon Kies, John Jefts, Daniel Woods, Thomas Woods, John Chamberlain, Elias Barron, Isaac Lakin, Joseph Gilson, Ebenezer Ayer, Abiel Astin, Benjamin Hassell, Nathaniel Woods, William Cummings, Edward Spooney, Ebenezer Hulbert, Benjamin Hassell, Toby, Isaac Whitney, Zachariah Whitney, Benjamin Kidder, John Goffe, John Gilson, Zebediah Asten, William Ayer

1756

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Jehoiakim Va Valkenburg
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
unknown
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1756
month of bounty claim
4
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1756
native/colonial
locale/town
Stockbridge
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
Stockbridge
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Stockbridge
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
1
victim type
scalp
victim note
male
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
MAC, 75: 476
award note
John Henry Lydins petitions the General Court to award a bounty to Jehoiakim Van Valkenburg, who killed and scalped a Native man who attacked his Stockbridge home and took his wife captive. Lydins attested that he "presented the said Scalp to General Shirley and he gave the same to some of the Six Nations then present in order to animate them to War."
known group members
unknown

1725

Title
Sergeant
killer/captor/
claimant
Robert
commander
John Lovewell
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
33
day of killing/
captivity
8
month of killing/
captivity
5
year of killing/
captivity
1725
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1725
native/colonial
locale/town
Pequawket
present day state/
province
ME
present day town/
proximity
near Fryeburg
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Dunstable
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
killed at Pequawket
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
Sagamore Paugus
victim number
3
victim type
killed
victim note
males
monetary reward
£1,500
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
CER Vol. 8, 202. MA A&R, 10: 579, 612; Kidder, The Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell, and His Encounters with the Indians, 1865, 27-28; Calloway, Dawnland Encounters, 1991, 167; Grenier, The First Way of War, 2005, 50.
award note
Lovewell embarks on his 3rd and final expedition of the war, attacking the village of Pequawket (near Fryeburg, Maine) on April 1725. Sachem Paugus is scalped and several other Natives killed. Lovewell and many in his company are also killed and forced to retreat. Lovewell embarks on his 3rd and final expedition of the war, attacking the village of Pequawket (near Fryeburg, Maine) on May 8, 1725. Sachem Paugus is scalped and several other Natives killed. Lovewell and many in his company are also killed and forced to retreat. 33 soldiers who fought in Lovewell's company at the battle of Pequawket are awarded £300 plus £990 for killing at least 3 Native men, although no scalps are produced. However, Chaplain Jonathan Frye is said to have scalped one victim. Heirs of Captain Lovewell and soldiers killed in action, including Josiah Farewells, Jonathan Roblins, Jacob Fulhams, Jacob Farrahs, Elias Barrons are awarded an additional £210.
known group members
Captain John Lovewell, Josiah Farewell, Jonathan Robbins, John Harwood, Noah Johnson, Robert Usher, Samuel Whiting, Seth Wyman, Thomas Richardson, Timothy Richardson, Ichabod Johson, Josiah Johnson, Eleazar Davis, Josiah Davis, Josiah Jones, David Melvin, Eleazar Melvin, Jacob Farrah, Joseph Farrah, Jonathan Frie, Jacob Fullam, Edward Lingfield, Jonathan Kittridge, Solomon Kies, John Jefts, Daniel Woods, Thomas Woods, John Chamberlain, Elias Barron, Isaac Lakin, Joseph Gilson, Ebenezer Ayer, Abiel Astin, Benjamin Hassell

1738

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
James Updike
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
117
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
1
day of bounty claim
18
year of bounty claim
1738
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
North Kingston
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
26, 540 acres
township name
granted
Greenwich
township state
MA
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Hadley, History of the Town of Goffstown, 1733-1920, Vol. 2, 1924, 53-54; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 425-30.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #4 initially included 26,160 acres near Amoskeag Falls on the Merrimack River, granted to 120 soldiers of King Philip’s War, and heirs, from Northampton Mass. and vicinity, including proprietor Edward Shove. It was named Shove’s Town, later Goffstown, part of Manchester, New Hampshire. In 1735, the grantees "found it so poor and barren as to be altogether incapable of making settlements," and were instead granted 23,040 acres (plus 3,500) of land in Greenwich, Mass., settled in 1738.
known group members
Daniel Alexander, Samuel Judd, Thomas Hovey, John Pengally, Richard Childs, Bartholemew Flagg, James Hudson, Nathaniel Sanger, Joseph Lyon, Captain Isaac Johnson, Joseph Carpenter, Henry Bowen, Joseph Chamberlain, Abiell Lamb, Edward Walker, John Dunham, Benjamin Hall, Shuball Dimmock, Thomas Hazen, Daniel Wicomb, Israell Hendrick, David Hartshorn, John Hartshorn, Samuel Taylor, Jeremiah Sabin, Fenwich Sawyer, John Corbin, Jeremiah Ripley, Ephraim Beamass, John Bozorth, John Spurr, John Thresher, Malachi Holloway, William Hopkins, John Maccomber, Ebenezer Owen, Joseph White, Samuel Mirick, Jacob Hathaway, James Bell, John Wheeton, Thomas Buffington, John Brown, Jonathan Willmarth, Sampson Mason, Joseph Baker, John Hull, John Ridaway, Josiah Perry, John Ide, Thomas Kindrick, Joseph Daggett, John Martin, Benjamin Church, Theophilus Mitchell, Abraham Hathaway, Benjamin Crane, Jonathan Freeman, John Fitch, Samuel Skillings, William Wetherall, Thomas Barnam, Joshua Tisdale, Moses Cleveland, Benjamin Allen, Richard Allen, John Reed, Richard Burnham, Samuel Pecher, Daniell Hudson, Richard Jennings, Isaac Leonard, Joseph Richards, John Howard, James Cary, Elisha Hayward, Jonathan Washburn, Joseph Bailey, Solomon Cheever (Cheeker), Ebenezer Hill, John Handmore, David Church, Isaac Morriss, Benjamin Woodworth, Daniel Ramsdell, Isaac Peirce, Ellexander Reynolds (Rynge), Ebenezer Prout, John Barrett, John Briant, George Sampson, Caleb Cook, William Bradford, Nehemiah Bessey, Moses Barlow, Isaac Holmes, Elisha Busbee (Besbedge), Nathaniel Nicolls, Hopestill Busby (Besbedge), Walter Noice (Voice), Jonathan Crocker, Joseph Ross, Josiah Winslow, James Snow, Andrew Watkins, William Preist, Benjamin Chamberlain, James Ray, Thomas Lewis, Richard Man, Thomas Man, John Day, Thomas Brick, Thomas Bullen, Samuel Foster, William Robins, James Updike

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Richard Upham
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
119
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Reading
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
23, 040 acres
township name
granted
Westminster
township state
MA
source name
MA A&R, 11: 325; MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 417-20; Hurd, History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, 1889, 1143-44.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. In 1728, 2 townships of 6 miles square were granted in "Nipmuc Country" near Rutland, Lunenburg and Great Wachusett Hill to Samuel Chandler, Jacob Wright and heirs of 60 soldiers from Hingham, Lynn, Beverly, Reading for service in the Narragansett War (Pometacomet's Resistance). The soldiers were promised 8 square miles of land in 1685, which was never allocated. These grants were unsettled until 1733, when Narragansett township # 2, (later named Westminster, Mass.), was allotted to 100 heirs and 20 soldiers, including James Lowden, John Cutting, James Lowden, Jonathan Belcher Esquire and others from Cambridge, Watertown, Charlestown, Weston, Sudbury, Newton, Medford, Malden and Reading.
known group members
William Russell, Gershom Cutter, Joseph Beames, Captain Jonathan Remington, Samuel Champney, Thomas Bathrick, John Barrell, William Gleason, John Smith, Samuel Smith, Joseph Smith, Nathaniel Smith, Thomas Brown, Simon Gates, John Willington, Thomas Brattle, James Cheaver, James Lowden, Samuel Read, Henry Sumers, John Fosket, Isaac Lewis, Samuel Fosket, Samuel Newell, Joseph Dowse, Benjamin Lathrop, James Smith, Samuel Lemmon, William Burtt, Jacob Cole, John Mousley (Mousall), Humphrey Miller, John Hawkins, John Trumbul, Alexander Philips, George Mudge, John Shepherd, Thomas Welch, George Grind, Joseph Lind, Timothy Cuttler, (Jonathan) Kittle, Thomas Genner (Jenner), Matthew Griffin, John Breed, Hopestill Davis, Johnathan Sprague, Edward Johnson, John Senter, Thomas Sawen, Ephraim Cutler, James Cutting, John Barnard, Joshua Biglow, William Shattuck, Joseph Grout, Jonathan Smith, John Hager, George Herrington, John Herrington, Dr. (Palgrave) Willington, Zachariah Cutting, John Bright, William Parmeter, Jacob Bullard, Timothy Rice, John Sherman, James Barnard, Joseph Smith, Elnathan Beirs, Michael Flag, John Barnard, John Cutting, Joseph Priest, Benjamin Willington, Caleb Grant, Thomas Cory, Daniel Warren, James Pike, Jeremiah Norcross, Matthew Gibbs, Thomas Taylor, Sebred Taylor, John Marston, John Parkhurst, Dennis Hedley, John Adams, Joseph Parmeter, Thomas Rutter, Joseph Graves, Joseph More, Seborn Jackson, Nathaniel Haly, Richard Beach, Stephen Cook, John Park, Jacob Willard, Captain Thomas Prentice, Captain (Joseph) Scill, John Whitmore, Thomas Willis, John Mudge, Phineas Upham, Abraham Skinner, James Cheak, John Winslow, John Bacheler, Johnathan Parker, Edmon Brown, Thomas Nichols, Major Jeremiah Swain, Isaac Welman, Benjamin Davis, Samuel Lamson, Thomas Hodgman, Phinehas Upham, William Jones, Ebenezer Breed, Samuel Trumbull, Joseph Pratt

1736

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Samuel Tyley Jr.
commander
William Turner
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
98
day of killing/
captivity
18
month of killing/
captivity
5
year of killing/
captivity
1676
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
23
year of bounty claim
1736
native/colonial
locale/town
Connecticut River, Turner Falls
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
near Gill
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Boston
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 square miles
township name
granted
Bernardston
township state
MA
source name
MA House Journal, 11: 292; MA House Journal, 12: 91; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 240-41, 247-55.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. In 1734, Samuel Hunt on behalf of soldiers and heirs petitioned for land. In 1736 the court granted a 6 square mile area north of Deerfield, Mass. first called "Falltown" (including the towns of Bernardston, Colraine, Leyden and others) for soldiers under Captain William Turner in the May 18, 1676 "Falls Fight," Peskeompscut massacre, on the Connecticut River, in which about 200 Native men, women and children were killed.
known group members
Captain William Turner, Samuel Hunt, Reverend Hope Atherton, Nathaniel Alexander, Thomas Alvard, William Arms, Timothy Baker, Samuel Bedortha, James Bennett, John Barbur, John Bradshaw, John Burnap, Peter Bushrod, Samuel Boltwood, Robert Bardwell, Samuell Ball, Elnathan Beers, Samuel Beldin, Preserved Clap, Japheth Chapin, Samuell Crow, Joseph Crowfoot, William Clark, Noah Coleman, Benjamin Chamberlain, Joseph Chamberlain, John Cunniball, John Chase, Nehemiah Dickeson, Sergeant John Dickinson (Dickeson), Benjamin Edwards, Joseph Fuller, Samuel Feild, Nathaniel Foot, John Flanders, Isaac Gleason, Isaac Harrison, Simon Grover, Joseph Griffen, John Hitchcock, Luke Hitchcock, David Holt, John Hawks, Eleaser Hawks, James Harwood, Experience Hinsdall, Abell James, John Ingram, Samuel Jellett, Robert Jones, John King, Francis Keet, Sergeant Joseph Kellog, John Lee, John Lyman, Joseph Leeds, Josiah Leonard, Cornelius Merry, Isaac Morgan, Jonathan Morgan, Thomas Miller, James Mun, John Mun, Phillip Mattoon, Godfrey Nims, Medad Pumroy, Caleb Pumroy, Robert Price, John Preston, John Pratt, John Pressey, Henry Rogers, Thomas Reed, Nathaniel Sikes, Nathaniel Sutliff, Samuel Stubbins, Thomas Stubbins, William Smeed, John Smith, James Stephenson, Joseph Selden, William Scott, John Salter, Benjamen Thomas, Jonathan Tailer, Samuell Tyley, James Wright, John Webb, Richard Webb, Benjamin Wait, Eleaser Webber, Thomas Wells, Joseph Wariner, Jonathan Wells, Nicholas Worthington, John Scott, Samuel Colby, Tryall Newbury

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
John Tyler
commander
Thomas Prentice
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
80
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
2
day of bounty claim
12
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Woburn
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
(Concord, Groton, Marlboro, Chelmsford, Billerica, Lancaster, Lexington, Stow, Framingham, Littleton, Sherborn, Stoneham, Southboro, Woburn)
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Gardner
township state
MA
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Hurd, History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, 1889, 1055; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 435-38; Carole Doreski, Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the Seventeenth-Century Conflicts (Boston, MA: Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts), 1982.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. On February 12, 1733, the General Court confirmed Narragansett Town #6, which became Templeton, a part of Gardner Mass., granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs, from the towns Concord, Groton, Marlboro, Chelmsford, Billerica, Lancaster, Lexington, Stow, Framingham, Littleton, Sherborn, Stoneham, Southboro, Woburn, Mass. Proprietors included Samuel Chandler, Jacob Wright, and Captain Benjamin Prescott. On June 24, 1735, lots were drawn.
known group members
Joseph Buss (Busse), Nathaniel Wilson, Henry Bartlett, John Kendall, Moses Wheat, Jacob Amsden, Josiah Hobbs, Samuel Buttrick (Butterick) (Boutericke), Zechariah Paddleford (Paddlefoot), Jonathan Whitney, John Baldwin, Isaac Amsden (Emsden) (Almsden), Daniel Woodward, Jonathan Lawrence, Samuel Swan, John Parker, Joseph Wheeler, Abraham Temple, Thomas Brown, Samuel How, John Wheeler, John Wood, John Taylor, Thomas Parker, John Cutler (Cuttler), Zachariah Snow, Peter Bateman, Caleb Simons (Simonds), John Priest, John Sheldon (Shelden) (Shilden), William Roberts, (Robards), John White Jr., James Smith, Michael Flagg (Flegg), Moses Whitney (Whettny), Joseph Waight, Daniel Warren (Warrin), Isaac Larned (Learned), Joseph Smith, Jonathan Smith, John Wilson, Increase Winne (Win), John Needham, Lieutenant John Wyman, John Adams, Thomas Gery (Geery), Daniel Dean, Francis Wyman Jr., John Wyman Jr., Deacon Samuel Stone, Nathaniel Richardson, Joseph Wright, William Shattuck (Shattock), John Eams (Eames), John Barrett, Nathaniel Billing, James Pattison, John Trask, Samuel Phelps (Phelpes), John Prescott, Benjamin Muzzey, John Griggs, Thomas Hincher (Henshaw), Eleazar Flagg, Elias Tattingham, Morgan Jones, John Robins (Robbins), Matthias Farnsworth, John Bush, Ephraim Sawyer, John Shedd (Shead), Samuel Hartwell, Peter Buckley (Buckly), Patrick Fasset, Nathaniel Rogers, Samuel Hunt, James Haughton (Houghton), John Kene, Joseph Thomson, John Cane

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Phineas (Phinehas) Upham
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
119
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
23, 040 acres
township name
granted
Westminster
township state
MA
source name
MA A&R, 11: 325; MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 417-20; Hurd, History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, 1889, 1143-44.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. In 1728, 2 townships of 6 miles square were granted in "Nipmuc Country" near Rutland, Lunenburg and Great Wachusett Hill to Samuel Chandler, Jacob Wright and heirs of 60 soldiers from Hingham, Lynn, Beverly, Reading for service in the Narragansett War (Pometacomet's Resistance). The soldiers were promised 8 square miles of land in 1685, which was never allocated. These grants were unsettled until 1733, when Narragansett township # 2, (later named Westminster, Mass.), was allotted to 100 heirs and 20 soldiers, including James Lowden, John Cutting, James Lowden, Jonathan Belcher Esquire and others from Cambridge, Watertown, Charlestown, Weston, Sudbury, Newton, Medford, Malden and Reading.
known group members
William Russell, Gershom Cutter, Joseph Beames, Captain Jonathan Remington, Samuel Champney, Thomas Bathrick, John Barrell, William Gleason, John Smith, Samuel Smith, Joseph Smith, Nathaniel Smith, Thomas Brown, Simon Gates, John Willington, Thomas Brattle, James Cheaver, James Lowden, Samuel Read, Henry Sumers, John Fosket, Isaac Lewis, Samuel Fosket, Samuel Newell, Joseph Dowse, Benjamin Lathrop, James Smith, Samuel Lemmon, William Burtt, Jacob Cole, John Mousley (Mousall), Humphrey Miller, John Hawkins, John Trumbul, Alexander Philips, George Mudge, John Shepherd, Thomas Welch, George Grind, Joseph Lind, Timothy Cuttler, (Jonathan) Kittle, Thomas Genner (Jenner), Matthew Griffin, John Breed, Hopestill Davis, Johnathan Sprague, Edward Johnson, John Senter, Thomas Sawen, Ephraim Cutler, James Cutting, John Barnard, Joshua Biglow, William Shattuck, Joseph Grout, Jonathan Smith, John Hager, George Herrington, John Herrington, Dr. (Palgrave) Willington, Zachariah Cutting, John Bright, William Parmeter, Jacob Bullard, Timothy Rice, John Sherman, James Barnard, Joseph Smith, Elnathan Beirs, Michael Flag, John Barnard, John Cutting, Joseph Priest, Benjamin Willington, Caleb Grant, Thomas Cory, Daniel Warren, James Pike, Jeremiah Norcross, Matthew Gibbs, Thomas Taylor, Sebred Taylor, John Marston, John Parkhurst, Dennis Hedley, John Adams, Joseph Parmeter, Thomas Rutter, Joseph Graves, Joseph More, Seborn Jackson, Nathaniel Haly, Richard Beach, Stephen Cook, John Park, Jacob Willard, Captain Thomas Prentice, Captain (Joseph) Scill, John Whitmore, Thomas Willis, John Mudge, Phineas Upham, Abraham Skinner, James Cheak, John Winslow, John Bacheler, Johnathan Parker, Edmon Brown, Thomas Nichols, Major Jeremiah Swain, Isaac Welman, Benjamin Davis, Samuel Lamson, Thomas Hodgman, Phinehas Upham, William Jones, Ebenezer Breed, Samuel Trumbull, Joseph Pratt

1704

Title
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant
John Tyng
commander
John Tyng
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
unknown
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1704
month of bounty claim
unknown
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1704
native/colonial
locale/town
Pequawket
present day state/
province
ME
present day town/
proximity
near Fryeburg
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Dunstable
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Dunstable
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
Wattanummon's wife & sister
victim number
5
victim type
scalps
victim note
5 Abenaki male and female scalps
monetary reward
£200
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
MA A&R, 8: 319; Penhallow, Indian Wars, 1859, 22; Potter, The History of Manchester, 1859, 201; Spalding, Worcester, and Bancroft, Bi-Centennial of Old Dunstable, 78-79.
award note
In retaliation for over 130 English people killed or captured between Wells and Casco, Captain John Tyng and his “Snow Shoe Scouts” attack Pequawket, Maine in the winter of 1704. 5 scalps are claimed, as the 1st bounty of the war: £200. Among the dead are several women, likely including Sagamore Wattanummon's sister and wife. Wattanummon later raided Deerfield, Massachusetts, in February, 1704.
known group members
Captain John Tyng, Blanchard

1735

Title
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant
William Tyng
commander
William Tyng
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
47
day of killing/
captivity
28
month of killing/
captivity
12
year of killing/
captivity
1703
month of bounty claim
4
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1735
native/colonial
locale/town
Lake Winnepesauke
present day state/
province
NH
present day town/
proximity
near Ossipee
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Dunstable
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
killed in action
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
Old Harry
victim number
6
victim type
scalps
victim note
males
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
near Manchester
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 12: 348; Potter, The History of Manchester, 201; MA House Journal 12: 135; Bachellor, Town charters, including grants of territory within the present limits of New Hampshire, made by the government of Massachusetts, 1894, 178.; Spalding, Worcester, and Bancroft, Bi-Centennial of Old Dunstable, 78-79; Manchester Historic Association, 1908, Vol. 4: 14-16.
award note
In 1735, Ephraim Hildreth, John Shipley and 46 militiamen and their heirs are granted 6 square miles in "Old Harry Town" to settle"Tyngs Town," (later New Sharon, Derryfield and Manchester) east of the Merrimack River, between Litchfield and Suncook, New Hampshire (aka "Lovewell's town,") for 30 days service under William Tyng's snowshoe expedition to Lake Winnepesauke in 1703, killing 6 Native people, including "Old Harry." Additionally, 6 militiamen who fought under Captain Lovewell in 1725, and others who were in the Fort Fight and Long March during Pometacomet's resistance, and were omitted in prior grants, were allocated lots. When New Hampshire separated from Mass. in 1741, this grant was made invalid. After the American Revolution a new town was granted to heirs, which became Wilton, Maine.
known group members
Captain William Tyng, Ephraim Hildreth, John Shipley, Joe English, Peter Tailberd, Joshua Richardson, Samuel Chamberlain, Ebenezer Spaulding, Jonathan Butterfield, Stephen Keyes, Timothy Spaulding, John Spaulding Jr., Benony Perham, John Richardson, Paul Fletcher, Nathaniel Butterfield, Stephen Pierce, Henry Spaulding, Jonathan Parker, Nathaniel Woods, William Longley, Jonathan Page, Joseph Parker, Nathaniel Blood, Thomas Tarble, Richard Warner, Samuel Davis, Joseph Guilson, Joseph Perham, Joseph Lakin, James Blanchard, William Whitney, Eleazer Parker, Samuel Woods, John Longley, John Holden, Thomas Lund, Joseph Butterfield, Thomas Cumings, Joseph Blanchard, John Cumings, Joseph English

1736

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Samuel Tyley
commander
William Turner
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
98
day of killing/
captivity
18
month of killing/
captivity
5
year of killing/
captivity
1676
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
23
year of bounty claim
1736
native/colonial
locale/town
Connecticut River, Turner Falls
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
near Gill
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 square miles
township name
granted
Bernardston
township state
MA
source name
MA House Journal, 11: 292; MA House Journal, 12: 91; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 240-41, 247-55.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. In 1734, Samuel Hunt on behalf of soldiers and heirs petitioned for land. In 1736 the court granted a 6 square mile area north of Deerfield, Mass. first called "Falltown" (including the towns of Bernardston, Colraine, Leyden and others) for soldiers under Captain William Turner in the May 18, 1676 "Falls Fight," Peskeompscut massacre, on the Connecticut River, in which about 200 Native men, women and children were killed.
known group members
Captain William Turner, Samuel Hunt, Reverend Hope Atherton, Nathaniel Alexander, Thomas Alvard, William Arms, Timothy Baker, Samuel Bedortha, James Bennett, John Barbur, John Bradshaw, John Burnap, Peter Bushrod, Samuel Boltwood, Robert Bardwell, Samuell Ball, Elnathan Beers, Samuel Beldin, Preserved Clap, Japheth Chapin, Samuell Crow, Joseph Crowfoot, William Clark, Noah Coleman, Benjamin Chamberlain, Joseph Chamberlain, John Cunniball, John Chase, Nehemiah Dickeson, Sergeant John Dickinson (Dickeson), Benjamin Edwards, Joseph Fuller, Samuel Feild, Nathaniel Foot, John Flanders, Isaac Gleason, Isaac Harrison, Simon Grover, Joseph Griffen, John Hitchcock, Luke Hitchcock, David Holt, John Hawks, Eleaser Hawks, James Harwood, Experience Hinsdall, Abell James, John Ingram, Samuel Jellett, Robert Jones, John King, Francis Keet, Sergeant Joseph Kellog, John Lee, John Lyman, Joseph Leeds, Josiah Leonard, Cornelius Merry, Isaac Morgan, Jonathan Morgan, Thomas Miller, James Mun, John Mun, Phillip Mattoon, Godfrey Nims, Medad Pumroy, Caleb Pumroy, Robert Price, John Preston, John Pratt, John Pressey, Henry Rogers, Thomas Reed, Nathaniel Sikes, Nathaniel Sutliff, Samuel Stubbins, Thomas Stubbins, William Smeed, John Smith, James Stephenson, Joseph Selden, William Scott, John Salter, Benjamen Thomas, Jonathan Tailer, Samuell Tyley, James Wright, John Webb, Richard Webb, Benjamin Wait, Eleaser Webber, Thomas Wells, Joseph Wariner, Jonathan Wells, Nicholas Worthington, John Scott, Samuel Colby, Tryall Newbury

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Samuel Tyler
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
120
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Andover
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Amherst
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 421-24; Hayward, The New England Gazetteer, 1839, 28; Daniel F. Secomb, History of the town of Amherst, 1883; Coolidge, A History and Description of New England, General and Local, Vol. 1., 1859, 409.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #3 was granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs from (Salem, Lynn, Marblehead, Gloucester, Andover, Topsfield, Beverly, Wenham, Boxford, Bradford, Chatham, MA) and (Scarborough, York, Falmouth, ME), including a committee of proprietors led by Richard Moore, John Trask and Ebenezer Rayment. Only 19 living veteran soldiers of King Philip’s War were grantees. This was settled as Souhegan West, later named Amherst, New Hampshire (for General Jeffrey Amherst who warred against Native people in the 6th Anglo-Abenaki and "Pontiac’s War.")
known group members
Edward Harradaway, John Elwell, Thomas Babson, Joseph Soams, Thomas Putnam, Joseph Hutchinson, Andrew Gold, Thomas Fuller, John Ross, Samuel Verry, Joseph Holton, Thomas Flynt, Samuel Pickworth, William Curtice, William Trask, Thomas Bell, Jonathan Lambert, William Osborn, John Bullock, Jeremiah Neal, John Gloyd, Captain Joseph Gardner, John Abbott, Thomas Kenney, Edward Hollice, Richard Prince, John Tarble, Joseph Herrick, William Hinds, David Shaply, John Walcot, Joseph Majory, Dr. Richard Knott, Stephen Sweat, John Gatchell, Henry Collins, John Newhall, Thomas Baker, William Bassett, Samuel Johnson, Joseph Collins, John Burrill, Robert Potter, John Lindsey, Aquilla Ramsdell, Robert Driver, Ephraim Farrow, John Ballard, John Mower, Samuel Graves, Samuel Edmonds, John Farrington, John Davis, -- Rand, Joseph Farr, John Lewis, Samuel Tarbox, -- Johnson, Joseph Barrell, Timothy Breed, Andrew Townsend, Richard Haven, Henry Row, Samuel Ingersoll, Edward Harrington, John Day, Isaac Ellery, Samuel Tyler, James Fry, Nathaniel Ballard, John Presson, John Ballard, Ebenezer Barker, Andrew Peters, John Parker, Samuel Phelps, Zaccheus Perkins, Nathaniel Wood, Abraham Fitts, Thomas Davis, Elihu Wardwell, John Huchins, Josiah Clark, James Ford, Samuel Perkins, Joseph Wells, Jonathan Wild, Robert Brown, Thomas Rayment, Ralph Elinwood, Henry Bayley, Christopher Reid, Lott Conant, Thomas Blachfield, John Elinwood, Joseph Morgan, William Dodge, John Dodge, Jonathan Byels, William Rayment, Elias Picket, Samuel Harris, Thomas Abbet, Richard Hutton, Joseph Bacheler, Joseph Perkins, William Peabody, Francis Jeffrys, Robert Andrews, Joseph Bixbe, John Boynton, John Harmon, John Bowtel, Nicholas Lum (Lunn), Andrew Sargent, Joseph Hatch, Philip Dexter, Robert Nicholson, Nicholas Manning, Timothy Lufkin

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Ebenezer Tyler
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
120
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Andover
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Amherst
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 421-24; Hayward, The New England Gazetteer, 1839, 28; Daniel F. Secomb, History of the town of Amherst, 1883; Coolidge, A History and Description of New England, General and Local, Vol. 1., 1859, 409.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #3 was granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs from (Salem, Lynn, Marblehead, Gloucester, Andover, Topsfield, Beverly, Wenham, Boxford, Bradford, Chatham, MA) and (Scarborough, York, Falmouth, ME), including a committee of proprietors led by Richard Moore, John Trask and Ebenezer Rayment. Only 19 living veteran soldiers of King Philip’s War were grantees. This was settled as Souhegan West, later named Amherst, New Hampshire (for General Jeffrey Amherst who warred against Native people in the 6th Anglo-Abenaki and "Pontiac’s War.")
known group members
Edward Harradaway, John Elwell, Thomas Babson, Joseph Soams, Thomas Putnam, Joseph Hutchinson, Andrew Gold, Thomas Fuller, John Ross, Samuel Verry, Joseph Holton, Thomas Flynt, Samuel Pickworth, William Curtice, William Trask, Thomas Bell, Jonathan Lambert, William Osborn, John Bullock, Jeremiah Neal, John Gloyd, Captain Joseph Gardner, John Abbott, Thomas Kenney, Edward Hollice, Richard Prince, John Tarble, Joseph Herrick, William Hinds, David Shaply, John Walcot, Joseph Majory, Dr. Richard Knott, Stephen Sweat, John Gatchell, Henry Collins, John Newhall, Thomas Baker, William Bassett, Samuel Johnson, Joseph Collins, John Burrill, Robert Potter, John Lindsey, Aquilla Ramsdell, Robert Driver, Ephraim Farrow, John Ballard, John Mower, Samuel Graves, Samuel Edmonds, John Farrington, John Davis, -- Rand, Joseph Farr, John Lewis, Samuel Tarbox, -- Johnson, Joseph Barrell, Timothy Breed, Andrew Townsend, Richard Haven, Henry Row, Samuel Ingersoll, Edward Harrington, John Day, Isaac Ellery, Samuel Tyler, James Fry, Nathaniel Ballard, John Presson, John Ballard, Ebenezer Barker, Andrew Peters, John Parker, Samuel Phelps, Zaccheus Perkins, Nathaniel Wood, Abraham Fitts, Thomas Davis, Elihu Wardwell, John Huchins, Josiah Clark, James Ford, Samuel Perkins, Joseph Wells, Jonathan Wild, Robert Brown, Thomas Rayment, Ralph Elinwood, Henry Bayley, Christopher Reid, Lott Conant, Thomas Blachfield, John Elinwood, Joseph Morgan, William Dodge, John Dodge, Jonathan Byels, William Rayment, Elias Picket, Samuel Harris, Thomas Abbet, Richard Hutton, Joseph Bacheler, Joseph Perkins, William Peabody, Francis Jeffrys, Robert Andrews, Joseph Bixbe, John Boynton, John Harmon, John Bowtel, Nicholas Lum (Lunn), Andrew Sargent, Joseph Hatch, Philip Dexter, Robert Nicholson, Nicholas Manning, Timothy Lufkin

1736

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
John Tyler
commander
John March, Stephen Greenleaf, Philip Nelson
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
unknown
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1690 to 1736
month of bounty claim
2
day of bounty claim
3
year of bounty claim
1736
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
12 miles square
township name
granted
near Concord
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 12: 348; MA House Journal, 13: 81; Watkins, Soldiers in the Expedition to Canada in 1690, 54.
award note
John Tyler, Joseph Pike and others who fought under late John March, Stephen Greenleaf, Philip Nelson on the 1690 Canada expedition and "Indian Wars" are granted 2 townships of 6 miles square on the Merrimack River near Rumford/Contoocook (later Concord) New Hampshire.
known group members
Captain John March, John Tyler, Joseph Pike, Stephen Greenleaf, Philip Nelson

1764-75

Title
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant
Tute
commander
Robert Rogers
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
166
day of killing/
captivity
4
month of killing/
captivity
10
year of killing/
captivity
1759
month of bounty claim
unknown
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1764-75
native/colonial
locale/town
Odanak, St. Francis
present day state/
province
Quebec
present day town/
proximity
Odanak, St. Francis
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Concord
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
NH
victim name
Nanamaghemet (Marie-Jeanne Gill), Simon Obomsawin
victim number
40
victim type
killed, captives
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
thousands of acres
township name
granted
unknown
township state
VT
source name
Rogers, Journals of Major Robert Rogers, 1883, 142-43; Stark, Memoir and Official Correspondence of Gen. John Stark, 1860, 448-49; Kayworth, and Potvin, The Scalp Hunters, 2002, 254-55; Margaret Bruchac, "Reading Abenaki Traditions and European Records of Rogers’ Raid," Vermont Folklife.
award note
October 4, 1759, Robert Rogers Rangers attack the Abenaki village of Odanak, St. Francis Mission in Quebec. During this infamous expedition, ordered by General Jeffrey Amherst, 132 soldiers(including Stockbridge Native rangers) under Rogers command mounted a night raid on unarmed villagers engaged in a community celebration, massacring and capturing dozens of children, women and men. When Rogers left Odanak, he took with him at least 6 Abenaki people as captives, including Nanamaghemet (Marie-Jeanne Gill), wife of Chief Joseph Louis Gill, and 5 children. Rogers kept one boy captive as his household slave in Concord, New Hampshire. He and his company were celebrated for their raid and rewarded thousands of acres of land throughout New England.
known group members
Captain Robert Rogers, Captain John Stark, Lieutenant Dunbar, Ensign Avery, Captain Ogden, Lieutenant Grant, Lieutenant Cargill, Lieutenant Farrington, Robert Kirkwood, Sergeant Evans, Lieutenant Turner, Lieutenant Jenkins, Captain Johnson, Captain Tute, Lieutenant George Campbell, Lieutenant William Hendrick Phillips, Captain Jacob Cheeksaunkaun, Captain Jacob the younger, Sergeant Abraham Wnaumpos, Sergeant Philip, John Maunaummaug, Jacob Miscoukukk, Jeremiah Maukhquampoo, John Jacob, Wonk Napkin, Andrew Wansant, Daniel Nepash, Samadagwis. Jacob, Wonk Napkin, Andrew Wansant, Daniel Nepash, Samadagwis.

1736

Title
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant
William Turner
commander
William Turner
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
98
day of killing/
captivity
18
month of killing/
captivity
5
year of killing/
captivity
1676
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
23
year of bounty claim
1736
native/colonial
locale/town
Connecticut River, Turner Falls
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
near Gill
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Boston
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Scituate
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 square miles
township name
granted
Bernardston
township state
MA
source name
MA House Journal, 11: 292; MA House Journal, 12: 91; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 240-41, 247-55.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. In 1734, Samuel Hunt on behalf of soldiers and heirs petitioned for land. In 1736 the court granted a 6 square mile area north of Deerfield, Mass. first called "Falltown" (including the towns of Bernardston, Colraine, Leyden and others) for soldiers under Captain William Turner in the May 18, 1676 "Falls Fight," Peskeompscut massacre, on the Connecticut River, in which about 200 Native men, women and children were killed.
known group members
Captain William Turner, Samuel Hunt, Reverend Hope Atherton, Nathaniel Alexander, Thomas Alvard, William Arms, Timothy Baker, Samuel Bedortha, James Bennett, John Barbur, John Bradshaw, John Burnap, Peter Bushrod, Samuel Boltwood, Robert Bardwell, Samuell Ball, Elnathan Beers, Samuel Beldin, Preserved Clap, Japheth Chapin, Samuell Crow, Joseph Crowfoot, William Clark, Noah Coleman, Benjamin Chamberlain, Joseph Chamberlain, John Cunniball, John Chase, Nehemiah Dickeson, Sergeant John Dickinson (Dickeson), Benjamin Edwards, Joseph Fuller, Samuel Feild, Nathaniel Foot, John Flanders, Isaac Gleason, Isaac Harrison, Simon Grover, Joseph Griffen, John Hitchcock, Luke Hitchcock, David Holt, John Hawks, Eleaser Hawks, James Harwood, Experience Hinsdall, Abell James, John Ingram, Samuel Jellett, Robert Jones, John King, Francis Keet, Sergeant Joseph Kellog, John Lee, John Lyman, Joseph Leeds, Josiah Leonard, Cornelius Merry, Isaac Morgan, Jonathan Morgan, Thomas Miller, James Mun, John Mun, Phillip Mattoon, Godfrey Nims, Medad Pumroy, Caleb Pumroy, Robert Price, John Preston, John Pratt, John Pressey, Henry Rogers, Thomas Reed, Nathaniel Sikes, Nathaniel Sutliff, Samuel Stubbins, Thomas Stubbins, William Smeed, John Smith, James Stephenson, Joseph Selden, William Scott, John Salter, Benjamen Thomas, Jonathan Tailer, Samuell Tyley, James Wright, John Webb, Richard Webb, Benjamin Wait, Eleaser Webber, Thomas Wells, Joseph Wariner, Jonathan Wells, Nicholas Worthington, John Scott, Samuel Colby, Tryall Newbury

1736

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
William Turner Jr.
commander
William Turner
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
98
day of killing/
captivity
18
month of killing/
captivity
5
year of killing/
captivity
1676
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
23
year of bounty claim
1736
native/colonial
locale/town
Connecticut River, Turner Falls
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
near Gill
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Boston
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Swanzy
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 square miles
township name
granted
Bernardston
township state
MA
source name
MA House Journal, 11: 292; MA House Journal, 12: 91; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 240-41, 247-55.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. In 1734, Samuel Hunt on behalf of soldiers and heirs petitioned for land. In 1736 the court granted a 6 square mile area north of Deerfield, Mass. first called "Falltown" (including the towns of Bernardston, Colraine, Leyden and others) for soldiers under Captain William Turner in the May 18, 1676 "Falls Fight," Peskeompscut massacre, on the Connecticut River, in which about 200 Native men, women and children were killed.
known group members
Captain William Turner, Samuel Hunt, Reverend Hope Atherton, Nathaniel Alexander, Thomas Alvard, William Arms, Timothy Baker, Samuel Bedortha, James Bennett, John Barbur, John Bradshaw, John Burnap, Peter Bushrod, Samuel Boltwood, Robert Bardwell, Samuell Ball, Elnathan Beers, Samuel Beldin, Preserved Clap, Japheth Chapin, Samuell Crow, Joseph Crowfoot, William Clark, Noah Coleman, Benjamin Chamberlain, Joseph Chamberlain, John Cunniball, John Chase, Nehemiah Dickeson, Sergeant John Dickinson (Dickeson), Benjamin Edwards, Joseph Fuller, Samuel Feild, Nathaniel Foot, John Flanders, Isaac Gleason, Isaac Harrison, Simon Grover, Joseph Griffen, John Hitchcock, Luke Hitchcock, David Holt, John Hawks, Eleaser Hawks, James Harwood, Experience Hinsdall, Abell James, John Ingram, Samuel Jellett, Robert Jones, John King, Francis Keet, Sergeant Joseph Kellog, John Lee, John Lyman, Joseph Leeds, Josiah Leonard, Cornelius Merry, Isaac Morgan, Jonathan Morgan, Thomas Miller, James Mun, John Mun, Phillip Mattoon, Godfrey Nims, Medad Pumroy, Caleb Pumroy, Robert Price, John Preston, John Pratt, John Pressey, Henry Rogers, Thomas Reed, Nathaniel Sikes, Nathaniel Sutliff, Samuel Stubbins, Thomas Stubbins, William Smeed, John Smith, James Stephenson, Joseph Selden, William Scott, John Salter, Benjamen Thomas, Jonathan Tailer, Samuell Tyley, James Wright, John Webb, Richard Webb, Benjamin Wait, Eleaser Webber, Thomas Wells, Joseph Wariner, Jonathan Wells, Nicholas Worthington, John Scott, Samuel Colby, Tryall Newbury

1708

Title
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant
John Turner
commander
John Turner
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
unknown
day of killing/
captivity
29
month of killing/
captivity
8
year of killing/
captivity
1708
month of bounty claim
unknown
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1708
native/colonial
locale/town
Haverhill
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
Haverhill
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
1
victim type
scalp
victim note
male
monetary reward
£10
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
CER Vol. 5, 26
award note
Captains John Turner is paid £10 for a scalp taken August 29, at the Battle of Haverhill, Mass. "By reason of the hot weather the scalp was so fettid, that it could not be kept, as appears by Witnesses sworne before John Higginson Esquire of the Council."
known group members
unknown

1738

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Mehitable Tucker
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
117
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
1
day of bounty claim
18
year of bounty claim
1738
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Norton
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
26, 540 acres
township name
granted
Greenwich
township state
MA
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Hadley, History of the Town of Goffstown, 1733-1920, Vol. 2, 1924, 53-54; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 425-30.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #4 initially included 26,160 acres near Amoskeag Falls on the Merrimack River, granted to 120 soldiers of King Philip’s War, and heirs, from Northampton Mass. and vicinity, including proprietor Edward Shove. It was named Shove’s Town, later Goffstown, part of Manchester, New Hampshire. In 1735, the grantees "found it so poor and barren as to be altogether incapable of making settlements," and were instead granted 23,040 acres (plus 3,500) of land in Greenwich, Mass., settled in 1738.
known group members
Daniel Alexander, Samuel Judd, Thomas Hovey, John Pengally, Richard Childs, Bartholemew Flagg, James Hudson, Nathaniel Sanger, Joseph Lyon, Captain Isaac Johnson, Joseph Carpenter, Henry Bowen, Joseph Chamberlain, Abiell Lamb, Edward Walker, John Dunham, Benjamin Hall, Shuball Dimmock, Thomas Hazen, Daniel Wicomb, Israell Hendrick, David Hartshorn, John Hartshorn, Samuel Taylor, Jeremiah Sabin, Fenwich Sawyer, John Corbin, Jeremiah Ripley, Ephraim Beamass, John Bozorth, John Spurr, John Thresher, Malachi Holloway, William Hopkins, John Maccomber, Ebenezer Owen, Joseph White, Samuel Mirick, Jacob Hathaway, James Bell, John Wheeton, Thomas Buffington, John Brown, Jonathan Willmarth, Sampson Mason, Joseph Baker, John Hull, John Ridaway, Josiah Perry, John Ide, Thomas Kindrick, Joseph Daggett, John Martin, Benjamin Church, Theophilus Mitchell, Abraham Hathaway, Benjamin Crane, Jonathan Freeman, John Fitch, Samuel Skillings, William Wetherall, Thomas Barnam, Joshua Tisdale, Moses Cleveland, Benjamin Allen, Richard Allen, John Reed, Richard Burnham, Samuel Pecher, Daniell Hudson, Richard Jennings, Isaac Leonard, Joseph Richards, John Howard, James Cary, Elisha Hayward, Jonathan Washburn, Joseph Bailey, Solomon Cheever (Cheeker), Ebenezer Hill, John Handmore, David Church, Isaac Morriss, Benjamin Woodworth, Daniel Ramsdell, Isaac Peirce, Ellexander Reynolds (Rynge), Ebenezer Prout, John Barrett, John Briant, George Sampson, Caleb Cook, William Bradford, Nehemiah Bessey, Moses Barlow, Isaac Holmes, Elisha Busbee (Besbedge), Nathaniel Nicolls, Hopestill Busby (Besbedge), Walter Noice (Voice), Jonathan Crocker, Joseph Ross, Josiah Winslow, James Snow, Andrew Watkins, William Preist, Benjamin Chamberlain, James Ray, Thomas Lewis, Richard Man, Thomas Man, John Day, Thomas Brick, Thomas Bullen, Samuel Foster, William Robins, James Updike

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Benjamin Turner
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
123
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Scituate
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Manchester
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Coolidge, A History and Description of New England, Vol. 1., 1859, 419; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 431-34.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #5 was first settled as Souhegan-East, later named Bedford, part of Manchester, and Merrick New Hampshire, is granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs, residing in the towns Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Milton, Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Dedham, Stoughton, Brookline, Needham, Hull, Medford, Scituate, Newport, CT, New London, CT and Providence, RI. Committee members- Col. Thomas Tileston, Jonathan Williams and Captain Joseph Ruggles.
known group members
Andrew Belcher, Esquire, Dr. John Clark, Richard Way, William Dinsdell, Thomas Warren, Henry Swain, Isaac Prince, Dr. John Cutler, Benjamin Williams, Nicholas Allin, Henry Timberlake, Jeremiah Fay, Thomas Weymouth, John Arnold, Samuel Polard, Samuel Bicknerd, Jacob Grig, Joseph Gridley, John Nelson, Perez Savage, James Lendal, Thomas Plimbly, John Mors, John Ruggles, John Triscot, Daniel Matthews, Benjamin Dyer, Edward Ting, John Leach, Henry Chamberlain, David Landon, Joshua Lain, Edward Wedan, Joshua Hewes, Ambros Dawes, Zachariah Gurney, Captain Nathaniel Davenport, Thomas Hunt, Captain Samuel Wadsworth, Peter Bennet, Gamaliel Rogers, John Tuckerman, Richard Bill, William Hacy, John Richards, Captain Samuel Maudesley, William Manley, John Means, Caleb Moor, Captain James Oliver, John Hands, Pilgrim Simpkins, John Goodwin, Thomas Beedle, George Ripley, Thomas Moors, Thomas Barnard, Joseph Goad, Joseph Dudley, Esquire, Paul Wilson, John Watson, William Lyon, Thomas Hawley, John Payson, John Scot, Thomas Bishop, Thomas Weld, John Baker, Thomas Morey, Thomas Hencher, Samuel Williams, Thomas Baker, Timothy Tileston, Hopestill Humphrey, Thomas Davenport, Ebenezer Williams, Henry Ledbetter, Samuel Jones, William Davenport, John Miller, Thomas Vose, Samuel Bass, Samuel Bingley, Thomas Coplin, Thomas Holbrook, Thomas Bingley, John Hollis, William Sewell, John Burrill, John Whitmarsh, Joseph Thorn, Thomas Thaxter, John Jacobs, Francis Gurnet, Samuel Gill, John Langley, Samuel Lincoln, Ephraim Lain, Nathaniel Beal, Benjamin Bates, Cornelius Canterbury, George Vickery, John Arnold, Samuel Gill, Samuel Colburn, Jonathan Gay, William Dean, Peter Talbot, Benjamin White, Samuel Gardner, John Rice, Joseph Benson, John Bull, John Plympton, Samuel Hatch, Richard Proute, Israel Hobart, William Hawkins, Joseph Brigs, Jethro Jeffreys, Samuel Knight, David Evans, John Jacts (Jaques)

1735

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
James Tufts
commander
Thomas Lothrop (Lathrop)
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
84
day of killing/
captivity
18
month of killing/
captivity
9
year of killing/
captivity
1675
month of bounty claim
1
day of bounty claim
10
year of bounty claim
1735
native/colonial
locale/town
betwen Deerfield and Hatfield
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
near Deerfield
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Deerfield
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
100
victim type
killed
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
MA House Journal, 13: 197, 23, 229; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 136-37; Bachellor, State of New Hampshire, Town Charters, Vol. XXIV, 1894, 818-20.
award note
In 1735, Robert Hale Esquire, on behalf of soldiers who fought under Captn. Thomas Lothrop (Lathrop) and their heirs, request equal bounty reward in land, as that of English soldiers who fought in the "Narragansett War" (Pometacomet’s Resistance) during "Lothrop's Fight," between Deerfield and Hatfield, MA, September 18, 1675, where they killed at least 100 Native people. The Mass. House votes to allocate 2 townships, in addition to the 7 "Narragansett townships" already granted, for those who fought in "Lothrop's Fight," the "Falls Fight" and/or "Long March." In January 1736 the Mass. House committee appointed to consider claims of "Narragansett soldiers" voted to admit 232 soldiers and heirs who served in the "Fort Fight" or "Long March" during Pometacomet's Resistance to two new townships.
known group members
Captain Thomas Lothrop (Lathrop), Sergt. Thomas Smith, Samuel Stevens, John Hobbs, Daniel Button, John Harriman, Caleb Kemball, Thomas Hobbs, Robert Homes, Edward Traske, Richard Lambard (Lambert), Josiah Dodge, George Ropes, Joseph Kinge, Thomas Alexander, Francis Friende, Abel Osyer (Ozzier), John Litleale, Thomas Bayley, Ezekiel Sawyer, Jacob Kilborne, Thomas Manninge, Jacob Waynwritt (Wainwright), Benjamin Roper, John Bennett, Thomas Mentor, Peter Woodberry, Joseph Bolch, Samuel Witteridge, William Duy (Dew), Sergt. Samuel Stevens, Samuel Crumpton, John Plum, Thomas Buckley, Samuel Hudson, Adam Clarke, Ephraim Farah (Farrar), Robert Wilson, Steven Welman, Benjamin Farnell, Solomon Alley, John Merrit, Robert Hinsdall, Samuel Hinsdall, Barnabas Hinsdall, John Hinsdall, Experience Hinsdall, Ephriam Hinsdall, Joseph Gillet, John Allin, Joshua Carter, John Barnard, James Tufts, Jonathan Plimpton, Peter Plimpton, Philip Barsham, Thomas Weller, William Smeade, Zebediah Williams, Eliskim Marshall, James Mudge, George Cole, Richard Weller, William Pixly, Daniel Weld, John Stebbin, John Hawkes, Nathaniel Sutlive, Sarah Field, Solomon Stoddard, Thomas Mekins, Thomas Hastings, Samson Frary, Quentin Stockwell, Moses Crafts, Joseph Prince, John Palmer, John Langbury, Edmond Bridges, Joseph Emons, Samuel Rust, Paul Thorndike, John Plummer, Edward Trask, Thomas Buckly, Samuel Chapman, Thomas Kemball, Caleb Kemball, John Harriman, Mathew Scales, Joseph Pearson, Blaze Vinton, Andrew Stickney, Benjamin Roper, Benjamin Furnell, John Merrett, Edmond Moore, Eleazer Keyser, Thomas Rose, Stephen Warman, John Littlehall, John Andrews, Samuel Crumpton, Thomas Mentor, Zekeriah Davis, Timothy Bray, John Denison, John Bullock, Mark Pitman, Moses Pengry, Stephen Greenleaf, John Toppan (Tapin), Caleb Richardson, Daniel Rolf, Daniel Button, John Wheeler, Henry Bodwell, Thomas Hayson, John Wicher, John Boynton, Walter Hickson, Thomas Hayson, Samuel Hibbert, John Davis, John Presson, Steven Butler, Samuel Hudson, Thomas Bayleff, Josiah Bridges, Robert Leach, Thomas Tenney, Thomas Peckes, Daniel Ring, Abiel Sadler, Francis Young, Gershom Browne

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
John Tuckerman
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
123
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Boston
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Manchester
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Coolidge, A History and Description of New England, Vol. 1., 1859, 419; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 431-34.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #5 was first settled as Souhegan-East, later named Bedford, part of Manchester, and Merrick New Hampshire, is granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs, residing in the towns Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Milton, Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Dedham, Stoughton, Brookline, Needham, Hull, Medford, Scituate, Newport, CT, New London, CT and Providence, RI. Committee members- Col. Thomas Tileston, Jonathan Williams and Captain Joseph Ruggles.
known group members
Andrew Belcher, Esquire, Dr. John Clark, Richard Way, William Dinsdell, Thomas Warren, Henry Swain, Isaac Prince, Dr. John Cutler, Benjamin Williams, Nicholas Allin, Henry Timberlake, Jeremiah Fay, Thomas Weymouth, John Arnold, Samuel Polard, Samuel Bicknerd, Jacob Grig, Joseph Gridley, John Nelson, Perez Savage, James Lendal, Thomas Plimbly, John Mors, John Ruggles, John Triscot, Daniel Matthews, Benjamin Dyer, Edward Ting, John Leach, Henry Chamberlain, David Landon, Joshua Lain, Edward Wedan, Joshua Hewes, Ambros Dawes, Zachariah Gurney, Captain Nathaniel Davenport, Thomas Hunt, Captain Samuel Wadsworth, Peter Bennet, Gamaliel Rogers, John Tuckerman, Richard Bill, William Hacy, John Richards, Captain Samuel Maudesley, William Manley, John Means, Caleb Moor, Captain James Oliver, John Hands, Pilgrim Simpkins, John Goodwin, Thomas Beedle, George Ripley, Thomas Moors, Thomas Barnard, Joseph Goad, Joseph Dudley, Esquire, Paul Wilson, John Watson, William Lyon, Thomas Hawley, John Payson, John Scot, Thomas Bishop, Thomas Weld, John Baker, Thomas Morey, Thomas Hencher, Samuel Williams, Thomas Baker, Timothy Tileston, Hopestill Humphrey, Thomas Davenport, Ebenezer Williams, Henry Ledbetter, Samuel Jones, William Davenport, John Miller, Thomas Vose, Samuel Bass, Samuel Bingley, Thomas Coplin, Thomas Holbrook, Thomas Bingley, John Hollis, William Sewell, John Burrill, John Whitmarsh, Joseph Thorn, Thomas Thaxter, John Jacobs, Francis Gurnet, Samuel Gill, John Langley, Samuel Lincoln, Ephraim Lain, Nathaniel Beal, Benjamin Bates, Cornelius Canterbury, George Vickery, John Arnold, Samuel Gill, Samuel Colburn, Jonathan Gay, William Dean, Peter Talbot, Benjamin White, Samuel Gardner, John Rice, Joseph Benson, John Bull, John Plympton, Samuel Hatch, Richard Proute, Israel Hobart, William Hawkins, Joseph Brigs, Jethro Jeffreys, Samuel Knight, David Evans, John Jacts (Jaques)

1700

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Samuel Tubbs
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
182
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1700
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
CT
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
deceased
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Voluntown
township state
CT
source name
Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 441-45.
award note
In October, 1700, Connecticut volunteer militia who fought in King Philip’s War were granted a township of 6 miles square, from some of the “conquered land,” which was incorporated as Voluntown, CT. Captain Samuel Mason, John Gallop, and Lieutenant James Avery were appointed to view the said tract. Committee members Lieutenant Thomas Leffingwell, Lieutenant Richard Bushnell, Isaac Wheeler, Caleb Fobes, Samuel Bliss, Joseph Morgan, and Manasseh Miner were charged with allotting the bounty land. Captain Richard Bushnell made a list of the names of 180 “Narragansett soldiers.” The bounty to “English volunteers” excluded Indigenous soldiers, who formed a large part of Connecticut companies, as well as whites pressed into service (in contrast to Massachusetts which granted “impressed” soldiers and their heirs land bounties 30 years later).
known group members
Major Edward Palmes, Captain George Denison, Lieutenant Thomas Leffingwell, Major Wait Winthrop, Reverend James Fitch, Sargent John Frink, Captain James Avery, James Avery, John Avery, Thomas Avery, Joshua Baker, John Wickweier (Wickwire), Ephraim Colver (Culver), William Potts, Edward Colver, Samuel Yeomans, John Lewis, John Fish, Samuel Fish, William Williams, George Denison, William Denison, Nathaniel Beebe, Henry Stephens, Edmond Fanning, Thomas Fanning, John Bennett, William Bennett, Thomas Rose (Ross), Phillip Bill, Phillip Bill Jr., Deny Springer, Ezekiel Mayn (Maine), William Wheeller (Wheeler), Thomas Wooster, Gershom Palmer, Jonathan Armstrong, Samuel Stanton, Robert Stanton, Daniel Stanton, James Morgan, John Keene (Kinne), John Latham, John Waterhouse, Joseph Morgan, Nathaniel Park, William Douglace (Douglass), Manasseth Miner, James Willit (Willet), Reverend James Noyes, Captain John Stanton, Joseph Stanton, Aaron Stark, John Stark, James York, Thomas Bell (Bill), Lieutenant Thomas Miner, Richard Bushnell, Samuel Lathrop, Solomon Tracy, John Wiley, Samuel Tubbs, Robert Park, Peter Spiser (Spicer), Jonathan Rudd, Richard Cook, Thomas Park, Henry Elliott, Thomas Bliss, Isaac Wheeler, Peter Cross, Jonathan Gennings, Caleb Fobes, John Gallop (Gallup), Adam Gallop (Gallup), William Gallop (Gallup), Nathaniel Cheesbro, Ephraim Miner, Joseph Miner, Samuel Miner, John Ashcroft, Joshua Holmes, Captain Ebenezer Johnson, Joseph Wheeler, Sergeant Moses Johnson, Daniel Tracy, Edmond Fanning, William Roberts, John Denison, Matthew Griswold, Richard Lord, Stephen Dewolf, Richard Smith, John Smith, Francis Smith, Moses Huntly (Huntley), Henry Bennett, Henry Peterson, Samuel Stephens, Henry Hall, William Champlin, Captain Pembleton (Pendleton), Daniel Crumb, Nicholas Cottrell (Cotterall), John Pameter (Palmetor), Samuel Roger (Rogers), John Hull, Daniel Kelsie (Kelsey), John Mintor (Minton), John Stephens, Ebenezer French, John Griswold, Nehemiah Smith, John Wheeler, Nathaniel Haiden, Joseph Hull, Samuel Sheather (Shother), John Charles, Samuel Frisbie, John Plant, Samuel Fox, Jacob Joy, Clement Minor, William Pendall, Daniel Stubbins, John Hough, Samuel Roberts, Joshua Abell, Thomas Rood, William Knights, Matthew Jones, Thomas Williams, Joseph Waterhouse, Richard Dart, Samuel Hough, William Hough, Abel More (Moir), Jeremiah Blake (Black, Blage), John Plumb, Thomas Hungerford, John Packer (Parker), Samuel Packer (Parker), Nathaniel Holt, Robert Lord, John Woller, Richard Smith, Edward Dewolf, Aaron Huntly (Huntley), James Murphy (Murffey), Robert Holmes, Daniel Comstock, George Chappell (Chapple), Thurston Reinerd (Rainard), Hugh Rowland, John Lathrop, James Welch, Daniel Clark, Edward Shipman, Joseph Ingarum (Ingraham), Joseph Colver (Culver), William Billings, John Shaw, Stephen Richeson, Roger Orris, James Danielson, Ebenezer Billings, Jonathan Burtch, William Johnson, Samuel Richarson, Thomas Brand, William Champlin, John Babcock, Edward Larkin, Daniel Shaw, Thomas Reynolds (Renols), William Lees (Lee), Reverend Moises Noise, John Larabe, Joseph Northrop, Robert Old, Nathan Gillet (Gillit), John Somes, Clement Miner, John Waller, Benaiah Bushnel, Samuel Richards, John Fanning, Henry Paterson, John Lummis, Moses Bennett.

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
John Trumbul
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
119
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Charlestown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
23, 040 acres
township name
granted
Westminster
township state
MA
source name
MA A&R, 11: 325; MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 417-20; Hurd, History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, 1889, 1143-44.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. In 1728, 2 townships of 6 miles square were granted in "Nipmuc Country" near Rutland, Lunenburg and Great Wachusett Hill to Samuel Chandler, Jacob Wright and heirs of 60 soldiers from Hingham, Lynn, Beverly, Reading for service in the Narragansett War (Pometacomet's Resistance). The soldiers were promised 8 square miles of land in 1685, which was never allocated. These grants were unsettled until 1733, when Narragansett township # 2, (later named Westminster, Mass.), was allotted to 100 heirs and 20 soldiers, including James Lowden, John Cutting, James Lowden, Jonathan Belcher Esquire and others from Cambridge, Watertown, Charlestown, Weston, Sudbury, Newton, Medford, Malden and Reading.
known group members
William Russell, Gershom Cutter, Joseph Beames, Captain Jonathan Remington, Samuel Champney, Thomas Bathrick, John Barrell, William Gleason, John Smith, Samuel Smith, Joseph Smith, Nathaniel Smith, Thomas Brown, Simon Gates, John Willington, Thomas Brattle, James Cheaver, James Lowden, Samuel Read, Henry Sumers, John Fosket, Isaac Lewis, Samuel Fosket, Samuel Newell, Joseph Dowse, Benjamin Lathrop, James Smith, Samuel Lemmon, William Burtt, Jacob Cole, John Mousley (Mousall), Humphrey Miller, John Hawkins, John Trumbul, Alexander Philips, George Mudge, John Shepherd, Thomas Welch, George Grind, Joseph Lind, Timothy Cuttler, (Jonathan) Kittle, Thomas Genner (Jenner), Matthew Griffin, John Breed, Hopestill Davis, Johnathan Sprague, Edward Johnson, John Senter, Thomas Sawen, Ephraim Cutler, James Cutting, John Barnard, Joshua Biglow, William Shattuck, Joseph Grout, Jonathan Smith, John Hager, George Herrington, John Herrington, Dr. (Palgrave) Willington, Zachariah Cutting, John Bright, William Parmeter, Jacob Bullard, Timothy Rice, John Sherman, James Barnard, Joseph Smith, Elnathan Beirs, Michael Flag, John Barnard, John Cutting, Joseph Priest, Benjamin Willington, Caleb Grant, Thomas Cory, Daniel Warren, James Pike, Jeremiah Norcross, Matthew Gibbs, Thomas Taylor, Sebred Taylor, John Marston, John Parkhurst, Dennis Hedley, John Adams, Joseph Parmeter, Thomas Rutter, Joseph Graves, Joseph More, Seborn Jackson, Nathaniel Haly, Richard Beach, Stephen Cook, John Park, Jacob Willard, Captain Thomas Prentice, Captain (Joseph) Scill, John Whitmore, Thomas Willis, John Mudge, Phineas Upham, Abraham Skinner, James Cheak, John Winslow, John Bacheler, Johnathan Parker, Edmon Brown, Thomas Nichols, Major Jeremiah Swain, Isaac Welman, Benjamin Davis, Samuel Lamson, Thomas Hodgman, Phinehas Upham, William Jones, Ebenezer Breed, Samuel Trumbull, Joseph Pratt

1736

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Tryall Newbury
commander
William Turner
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
98
day of killing/
captivity
18
month of killing/
captivity
5
year of killing/
captivity
1676
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
23
year of bounty claim
1736
native/colonial
locale/town
Connecticut River, Turner Falls
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
near Gill
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Malden
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 square miles
township name
granted
Bernardston
township state
MA
source name
MA House Journal, 11: 292; MA House Journal, 12: 91; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 240-41, 247-55.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. In 1734, Samuel Hunt on behalf of soldiers and heirs petitioned for land. In 1736 the court granted a 6 square mile area north of Deerfield, Mass. first called "Falltown" (including the towns of Bernardston, Colraine, Leyden and others) for soldiers under Captain William Turner in the May 18, 1676 "Falls Fight," Peskeompscut massacre, on the Connecticut River, in which about 200 Native men, women and children were killed.
known group members
Captain William Turner, Samuel Hunt, Reverend Hope Atherton, Nathaniel Alexander, Thomas Alvard, William Arms, Timothy Baker, Samuel Bedortha, James Bennett, John Barbur, John Bradshaw, John Burnap, Peter Bushrod, Samuel Boltwood, Robert Bardwell, Samuell Ball, Elnathan Beers, Samuel Beldin, Preserved Clap, Japheth Chapin, Samuell Crow, Joseph Crowfoot, William Clark, Noah Coleman, Benjamin Chamberlain, Joseph Chamberlain, John Cunniball, John Chase, Nehemiah Dickeson, Sergeant John Dickinson (Dickeson), Benjamin Edwards, Joseph Fuller, Samuel Feild, Nathaniel Foot, John Flanders, Isaac Gleason, Isaac Harrison, Simon Grover, Joseph Griffen, John Hitchcock, Luke Hitchcock, David Holt, John Hawks, Eleaser Hawks, James Harwood, Experience Hinsdall, Abell James, John Ingram, Samuel Jellett, Robert Jones, John King, Francis Keet, Sergeant Joseph Kellog, John Lee, John Lyman, Joseph Leeds, Josiah Leonard, Cornelius Merry, Isaac Morgan, Jonathan Morgan, Thomas Miller, James Mun, John Mun, Phillip Mattoon, Godfrey Nims, Medad Pumroy, Caleb Pumroy, Robert Price, John Preston, John Pratt, John Pressey, Henry Rogers, Thomas Reed, Nathaniel Sikes, Nathaniel Sutliff, Samuel Stubbins, Thomas Stubbins, William Smeed, John Smith, James Stephenson, Joseph Selden, William Scott, John Salter, Benjamen Thomas, Jonathan Tailer, Samuell Tyley, James Wright, John Webb, Richard Webb, Benjamin Wait, Eleaser Webber, Thomas Wells, Joseph Wariner, Jonathan Wells, Nicholas Worthington, John Scott, Samuel Colby, Tryall Newbury

1764-75

Title
Lieutenant
killer/captor/
claimant
Turner
commander
Robert Rogers
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
166
day of killing/
captivity
4
month of killing/
captivity
10
year of killing/
captivity
1759
month of bounty claim
unknown
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1764-75
native/colonial
locale/town
Odanak, St. Francis
present day state/
province
Quebec
present day town/
proximity
Odanak, St. Francis
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Concord
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
NH
victim name
Nanamaghemet (Marie-Jeanne Gill), Simon Obomsawin
victim number
40
victim type
killed, captives
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
thousands of acres
township name
granted
unknown
township state
VT
source name
Rogers, Journals of Major Robert Rogers, 1883, 142-43; Stark, Memoir and Official Correspondence of Gen. John Stark, 1860, 448-49; Kayworth, and Potvin, The Scalp Hunters, 2002, 254-55; Margaret Bruchac, "Reading Abenaki Traditions and European Records of Rogers’ Raid," Vermont Folklife.
award note
October 4, 1759, Robert Rogers Rangers attack the Abenaki village of Odanak, St. Francis Mission in Quebec. During this infamous expedition, ordered by General Jeffrey Amherst, 132 soldiers(including Stockbridge Native rangers) under Rogers command mounted a night raid on unarmed villagers engaged in a community celebration, massacring and capturing dozens of children, women and men. When Rogers left Odanak, he took with him at least 6 Abenaki people as captives, including Nanamaghemet (Marie-Jeanne Gill), wife of Chief Joseph Louis Gill, and 5 children. Rogers kept one boy captive as his household slave in Concord, New Hampshire. He and his company were celebrated for their raid and rewarded thousands of acres of land throughout New England.
known group members
Captain Robert Rogers, Captain John Stark, Lieutenant Dunbar, Ensign Avery, Captain Ogden, Lieutenant Grant, Lieutenant Cargill, Lieutenant Farrington, Robert Kirkwood, Sergeant Evans, Lieutenant Turner, Lieutenant Jenkins, Captain Johnson, Captain Tute, Lieutenant George Campbell, Lieutenant William Hendrick Phillips, Captain Jacob Cheeksaunkaun, Captain Jacob the younger, Sergeant Abraham Wnaumpos, Sergeant Philip, John Maunaummaug, Jacob Miscoukukk, Jeremiah Maukhquampoo, John Jacob, Wonk Napkin, Andrew Wansant, Daniel Nepash, Samadagwis. Jacob, Wonk Napkin, Andrew Wansant, Daniel Nepash, Samadagwis.

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Samuel Trull (Trail)
commander
John Lovewell, John White
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
9
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1725
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
20
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
Lake Lovell
present day state/
province
NH
present day town/
proximity
Sanbornville
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
near Suncook
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
NH
victim name
unknown
victim number
10
victim type
scalps
victim note
males
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
1,200 acres
township name
granted
near Pembroke
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 724; MA House Journal, 11: 247.
award note
A company of 9 are granted 1200 acres northwest of Suncook (near Pembroke), NH for serving under John Lovewell and John White in 1724-1725.
known group members
John Farmer, Henry Colburn, Jonathan Farren, Samuel Shaddock, Samuel Trull, Jacob Corey, Joshua Webster, Abiel Forster, Samuel Tarbel

1725

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Samuel Trull (Trail)
commander
John Lovewell, John White
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
62
day of killing/
captivity
20
month of killing/
captivity
2
year of killing/
captivity
1725
month of bounty claim
3
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1725
native/colonial
locale/town
Lake Lovell
present day state/
province
NH
present day town/
proximity
Sanbornville
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
10
victim type
scalps
victim note
males
monetary reward
£1,000
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
CER Vol. 8, 154-5; Grenier, The First Way of War, 2005, 49-52; Kidder, The Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell, and His Encounters with the Indians, 1865, 16-19; MA A&R, 10: 484-85; Boston News-Letter, January 7, 1725.
award note
In March, 1725, Captains John Lovewell and John White lead a 2nd scalping expedition near the New Hampshire/Maine border on a lake, later named Lake Lovell in his honor. On February 20, near present day Sanbornville, New Hampshire, he and his company kill and scalp ten Wabanaki and sell their guns for £7 each. They also collect £1,000 from the public treasury. "Lovewell came into Council with ten Scalps, & made Oath that they were from Male Enemy or Rebel Indians, all above the age of twelve years." He is reported to have walked around Boston with the scalps, by some accounts even making a wig from them. Lovewell soon embarked on his 3rd and final expedition of the war on April 1725, in which he was killed, and his company forced to retreat. In March, 1725, Captains John Lovewell and John White lead a 2nd scalping expedition near the New Hampshire/Maine border on a lake, later named Lake Lovell in his honor. On February 20, near present day Sanbornville, New Hampshire, he and his company kill and scalp ten Wabanaki and sell their guns for £7 each. They also collect £1,000 from the public treasury. "Lovewell came into Council with ten Scalps, & made Oath that they were from Male Enemy or Rebel Indians, all above the age of twelve years." He is reported to have walked around Boston with the scalps, by some accounts even making a wig from them. Lovewell soon embarked on his 3rd and final expedition of the war on April 1725, in which he was killed, and his company forced to retreat. In January, 1725, Captains John Lovewell and John White lead a 2nd scalping expedition near the New Hampshire/Maine border on a lake, later named Lake Lovell in his honor. On February 20, near present day Sanbornville, New Hampshire, he and his company kill and scalp ten Wabanaki and sell their guns for £7 each. They also collect £1,000 from the public treasury. "Lovewell came into Council with ten Scalps, & made Oath that they were from Male Enemy or Rebel Indians, all above the age of twelve years." He is reported to have walked around Boston with the scalps, by some accounts even making a wig from them. Lovewell soon embarked on his 3rd and final expedition of the war on April 1725, in which he was killed, and his company forced to retreat. Bounty shared by 62 soldiers who participated in Lovewell's 2nd expedition, taking 10 scalps.
known group members
Robert Ford, Joseph Whitcomb, Joseph Wright, Eben Wright, Joseph Wilson, Henry Willard, Josiah Wheelock, Joshua Webster, Ben Walker, John Varnum, Samuel Trull, Samuel Tarbel (Tarbol), Samuel Stickney, John Stephens, William Spalden, Samuel Shaddock (Shattock), Samuel Sawyer, John Sawyer, Ezra Sawyer, Nicholas Robinson, Joshua Read, Oliver Pollard, John Pollard, Robert Phelps, Jeremiah Pearley (Pearly), Jacob Pearley, (Pearly), Jonathan Parks, Benjamin Parker, Stephen Murrill, Sam Mor, John Levingston, Samuel Learned, Samuel Johnson, William Hutchins, Joshua Hutchins, Jeremiah Hunt, Jonathan Houghton, James Houghton, S. Hilton, Moses Hazzen, John Hazzen, Richard Hall, Moses Graves, Jacob Gates, Phineas Foster, Samuel Fletcher, Ephraim Farnsworth, Ruben Farnsworth, Thomas Farmer, Jonathan Farren (Ferren), John Duncom, Caleb Dolton, Fr. Dogen, Jacob Corey, Moses Chandler, Eb. Brown, Benony Boynton, John Bennett, Jethro Ames, Jacob Ames, John Lovewell, John White

1758

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Benjamin Trot
commander
Joseph Cox (Cochs), Joseph Bayley Jr.
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
unknown
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
6
year of killing/
captivity
1758
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1758
native/colonial
locale/town
near Falmouth
present day state/
province
ME
present day town/
proximity
Portland
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Portland
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
ME
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Portland
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
ME
victim name
unknown
victim number
2
victim type
scalps
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
MA Treasury, v. 124, 1735-1757; v. 125, 1759-1770, 66; CER Vol. 13, 263; Willis, Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith, and the Rev. Samuel Deane, Pastors of the First Church in Portland, 1849, 173; First Parish, Portland; Maine Memory Network, Agreement to hunt Indians, Portland, 1757; Ghere, Morrison and Alvin, "Sanctions for slaughter," 1996, 112.
award note
September 12, 1757, “The forefathers of Portland (previously Falmouth) hired mercenary scouts and paid bounties for “killing and captivating the Indian Enemy.” This bounty contract promised a bounty “for every Captive or Scalp and of every Thing else they shall or may recover.” Those signing the agreement promised to furnish ammunition and provisions for the scouts and cruisers for 60 days.” According to accounts by Maine ministers Thomas Smith, and Samuel Deane, of the First Church in Portland: "People seem wonderfully spirited to go out after the Indians. Four companies in this town and many more in other towns are fitting for it; the government offer four hundred pounds for the scalp of a man to those who out at their own expense, and three hundred and ten pounds to those who have provision from the Province." Joseph Cox, Bayley and company were paid £600 from the Massachusetts Treasury for 2 Penobscot scalps. Rev. Smith was also a financial investor in scalp bounty expeditions. He earned £165 and £33 from Cox's claim, June 18, 1758.
known group members
Joseph Cochs (Cox), Joseph Bayley Jr., Benjamin Trot, Benjamin Cochs, Nathaniel Ingersell, William Bayley, Joseph Barber, William Cotton Jr., Houchin Moody, Harrison Brazier, Andrew Simenton, Thomas Bradbury, Joshua Bracket, Joseph Thames Jr.

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
John Triscot
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
123
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Boston
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Manchester
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Coolidge, A History and Description of New England, Vol. 1., 1859, 419; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 431-34.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #5 was first settled as Souhegan-East, later named Bedford, part of Manchester, and Merrick New Hampshire, is granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs, residing in the towns Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Milton, Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Dedham, Stoughton, Brookline, Needham, Hull, Medford, Scituate, Newport, CT, New London, CT and Providence, RI. Committee members- Col. Thomas Tileston, Jonathan Williams and Captain Joseph Ruggles.
known group members
Andrew Belcher, Esquire, Dr. John Clark, Richard Way, William Dinsdell, Thomas Warren, Henry Swain, Isaac Prince, Dr. John Cutler, Benjamin Williams, Nicholas Allin, Henry Timberlake, Jeremiah Fay, Thomas Weymouth, John Arnold, Samuel Polard, Samuel Bicknerd, Jacob Grig, Joseph Gridley, John Nelson, Perez Savage, James Lendal, Thomas Plimbly, John Mors, John Ruggles, John Triscot, Daniel Matthews, Benjamin Dyer, Edward Ting, John Leach, Henry Chamberlain, David Landon, Joshua Lain, Edward Wedan, Joshua Hewes, Ambros Dawes, Zachariah Gurney, Captain Nathaniel Davenport, Thomas Hunt, Captain Samuel Wadsworth, Peter Bennet, Gamaliel Rogers, John Tuckerman, Richard Bill, William Hacy, John Richards, Captain Samuel Maudesley, William Manley, John Means, Caleb Moor, Captain James Oliver, John Hands, Pilgrim Simpkins, John Goodwin, Thomas Beedle, George Ripley, Thomas Moors, Thomas Barnard, Joseph Goad, Joseph Dudley, Esquire, Paul Wilson, John Watson, William Lyon, Thomas Hawley, John Payson, John Scot, Thomas Bishop, Thomas Weld, John Baker, Thomas Morey, Thomas Hencher, Samuel Williams, Thomas Baker, Timothy Tileston, Hopestill Humphrey, Thomas Davenport, Ebenezer Williams, Henry Ledbetter, Samuel Jones, William Davenport, John Miller, Thomas Vose, Samuel Bass, Samuel Bingley, Thomas Coplin, Thomas Holbrook, Thomas Bingley, John Hollis, William Sewell, John Burrill, John Whitmarsh, Joseph Thorn, Thomas Thaxter, John Jacobs, Francis Gurnet, Samuel Gill, John Langley, Samuel Lincoln, Ephraim Lain, Nathaniel Beal, Benjamin Bates, Cornelius Canterbury, George Vickery, John Arnold, Samuel Gill, Samuel Colburn, Jonathan Gay, William Dean, Peter Talbot, Benjamin White, Samuel Gardner, John Rice, Joseph Benson, John Bull, John Plympton, Samuel Hatch, Richard Proute, Israel Hobart, William Hawkins, Joseph Brigs, Jethro Jeffreys, Samuel Knight, David Evans, John Jacts (Jaques)

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
William Trask
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
120
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Salem
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Amherst
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 421-24; Hayward, The New England Gazetteer, 1839, 28; Daniel F. Secomb, History of the town of Amherst, 1883; Coolidge, A History and Description of New England, General and Local, Vol. 1., 1859, 409.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #3 was granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs from (Salem, Lynn, Marblehead, Gloucester, Andover, Topsfield, Beverly, Wenham, Boxford, Bradford, Chatham, MA) and (Scarborough, York, Falmouth, ME), including a committee of proprietors led by Richard Moore, John Trask and Ebenezer Rayment. Only 19 living veteran soldiers of King Philip’s War were grantees. This was settled as Souhegan West, later named Amherst, New Hampshire (for General Jeffrey Amherst who warred against Native people in the 6th Anglo-Abenaki and "Pontiac’s War.")
known group members
Edward Harradaway, John Elwell, Thomas Babson, Joseph Soams, Thomas Putnam, Joseph Hutchinson, Andrew Gold, Thomas Fuller, John Ross, Samuel Verry, Joseph Holton, Thomas Flynt, Samuel Pickworth, William Curtice, William Trask, Thomas Bell, Jonathan Lambert, William Osborn, John Bullock, Jeremiah Neal, John Gloyd, Captain Joseph Gardner, John Abbott, Thomas Kenney, Edward Hollice, Richard Prince, John Tarble, Joseph Herrick, William Hinds, David Shaply, John Walcot, Joseph Majory, Dr. Richard Knott, Stephen Sweat, John Gatchell, Henry Collins, John Newhall, Thomas Baker, William Bassett, Samuel Johnson, Joseph Collins, John Burrill, Robert Potter, John Lindsey, Aquilla Ramsdell, Robert Driver, Ephraim Farrow, John Ballard, John Mower, Samuel Graves, Samuel Edmonds, John Farrington, John Davis, -- Rand, Joseph Farr, John Lewis, Samuel Tarbox, -- Johnson, Joseph Barrell, Timothy Breed, Andrew Townsend, Richard Haven, Henry Row, Samuel Ingersoll, Edward Harrington, John Day, Isaac Ellery, Samuel Tyler, James Fry, Nathaniel Ballard, John Presson, John Ballard, Ebenezer Barker, Andrew Peters, John Parker, Samuel Phelps, Zaccheus Perkins, Nathaniel Wood, Abraham Fitts, Thomas Davis, Elihu Wardwell, John Huchins, Josiah Clark, James Ford, Samuel Perkins, Joseph Wells, Jonathan Wild, Robert Brown, Thomas Rayment, Ralph Elinwood, Henry Bayley, Christopher Reid, Lott Conant, Thomas Blachfield, John Elinwood, Joseph Morgan, William Dodge, John Dodge, Jonathan Byels, William Rayment, Elias Picket, Samuel Harris, Thomas Abbet, Richard Hutton, Joseph Bacheler, Joseph Perkins, William Peabody, Francis Jeffrys, Robert Andrews, Joseph Bixbe, John Boynton, John Harmon, John Bowtel, Nicholas Lum (Lunn), Andrew Sargent, Joseph Hatch, Philip Dexter, Robert Nicholson, Nicholas Manning, Timothy Lufkin

1735

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Edward Traske
commander
Thomas Lothrop (Lathrop)
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
84
day of killing/
captivity
18
month of killing/
captivity
9
year of killing/
captivity
1675
month of bounty claim
1
day of bounty claim
10
year of bounty claim
1735
native/colonial
locale/town
betwen Deerfield and Hatfield
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
near Deerfield
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Killed in action
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
100
victim type
killed
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
MA House Journal, 13: 197, 23, 229; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 136-37; Bachellor, State of New Hampshire, Town Charters, Vol. XXIV, 1894, 818-20.
award note
In 1735, Robert Hale Esquire, on behalf of soldiers who fought under Captn. Thomas Lothrop (Lathrop) and their heirs, request equal bounty reward in land, as that of English soldiers who fought in the "Narragansett War" (Pometacomet’s Resistance) during "Lothrop's Fight," between Deerfield and Hatfield, MA, September 18, 1675, where they killed at least 100 Native people. The Mass. House votes to allocate 2 townships, in addition to the 7 "Narragansett townships" already granted, for those who fought in "Lothrop's Fight," the "Falls Fight" and/or "Long March." In January 1736 the Mass. House committee appointed to consider claims of "Narragansett soldiers" voted to admit 232 soldiers and heirs who served in the "Fort Fight" or "Long March" during Pometacomet's Resistance to two new townships.
known group members
Captain Thomas Lothrop (Lathrop), Sergt. Thomas Smith, Samuel Stevens, John Hobbs, Daniel Button, John Harriman, Caleb Kemball, Thomas Hobbs, Robert Homes, Edward Traske, Richard Lambard (Lambert), Josiah Dodge, George Ropes, Joseph Kinge, Thomas Alexander, Francis Friende, Abel Osyer (Ozzier), John Litleale, Thomas Bayley, Ezekiel Sawyer, Jacob Kilborne, Thomas Manninge, Jacob Waynwritt (Wainwright), Benjamin Roper, John Bennett, Thomas Mentor, Peter Woodberry, Joseph Bolch, Samuel Witteridge, William Duy (Dew), Sergt. Samuel Stevens, Samuel Crumpton, John Plum, Thomas Buckley, Samuel Hudson, Adam Clarke, Ephraim Farah (Farrar), Robert Wilson, Steven Welman, Benjamin Farnell, Solomon Alley, John Merrit, Robert Hinsdall, Samuel Hinsdall, Barnabas Hinsdall, John Hinsdall, Experience Hinsdall, Ephriam Hinsdall, Joseph Gillet, John Allin, Joshua Carter, John Barnard, James Tufts, Jonathan Plimpton, Peter Plimpton, Philip Barsham, Thomas Weller, William Smeade, Zebediah Williams, Eliskim Marshall, James Mudge, George Cole, Richard Weller, William Pixly, Daniel Weld, John Stebbin, John Hawkes, Nathaniel Sutlive, Sarah Field, Solomon Stoddard, Thomas Mekins, Thomas Hastings, Samson Frary, Quentin Stockwell, Moses Crafts, Joseph Prince, John Palmer, John Langbury, Edmond Bridges, Joseph Emons, Samuel Rust, Paul Thorndike, John Plummer, Edward Trask, Thomas Buckly, Samuel Chapman, Thomas Kemball, Caleb Kemball, John Harriman, Mathew Scales, Joseph Pearson, Blaze Vinton, Andrew Stickney, Benjamin Roper, Benjamin Furnell, John Merrett, Edmond Moore, Eleazer Keyser, Thomas Rose, Stephen Warman, John Littlehall, John Andrews, Samuel Crumpton, Thomas Mentor, Zekeriah Davis, Timothy Bray, John Denison, John Bullock, Mark Pitman, Moses Pengry, Stephen Greenleaf, John Toppan (Tapin), Caleb Richardson, Daniel Rolf, Daniel Button, John Wheeler, Henry Bodwell, Thomas Hayson, John Wicher, John Boynton, Walter Hickson, Thomas Hayson, Samuel Hibbert, John Davis, John Presson, Steven Butler, Samuel Hudson, Thomas Bayleff, Josiah Bridges, Robert Leach, Thomas Tenney, Thomas Peckes, Daniel Ring, Abiel Sadler, Francis Young, Gershom Browne

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Nathaniel Trask
commander
Joseph Gardiner
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
80
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
2
day of bounty claim
12
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
(Concord, Groton, Marlboro, Chelmsford, Billerica, Lancaster, Lexington, Stow, Framingham, Littleton, Sherborn, Stoneham, Southboro, Woburn)
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Gardner
township state
MA
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Hurd, History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, 1889, 1055; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 435-38; Carole Doreski, Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the Seventeenth-Century Conflicts (Boston, MA: Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts), 1982.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. On February 12, 1733, the General Court confirmed Narragansett Town #6, which became Templeton, a part of Gardner Mass., granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs, from the towns Concord, Groton, Marlboro, Chelmsford, Billerica, Lancaster, Lexington, Stow, Framingham, Littleton, Sherborn, Stoneham, Southboro, Woburn, Mass. Proprietors included Samuel Chandler, Jacob Wright, and Captain Benjamin Prescott. On June 24, 1735, lots were drawn.
known group members
Joseph Buss (Busse), Nathaniel Wilson, Henry Bartlett, John Kendall, Moses Wheat, Jacob Amsden, Josiah Hobbs, Samuel Buttrick (Butterick) (Boutericke), Zechariah Paddleford (Paddlefoot), Jonathan Whitney, John Baldwin, Isaac Amsden (Emsden) (Almsden), Daniel Woodward, Jonathan Lawrence, Samuel Swan, John Parker, Joseph Wheeler, Abraham Temple, Thomas Brown, Samuel How, John Wheeler, John Wood, John Taylor, Thomas Parker, John Cutler (Cuttler), Zachariah Snow, Peter Bateman, Caleb Simons (Simonds), John Priest, John Sheldon (Shelden) (Shilden), William Roberts, (Robards), John White Jr., James Smith, Michael Flagg (Flegg), Moses Whitney (Whettny), Joseph Waight, Daniel Warren (Warrin), Isaac Larned (Learned), Joseph Smith, Jonathan Smith, John Wilson, Increase Winne (Win), John Needham, Lieutenant John Wyman, John Adams, Thomas Gery (Geery), Daniel Dean, Francis Wyman Jr., John Wyman Jr., Deacon Samuel Stone, Nathaniel Richardson, Joseph Wright, William Shattuck (Shattock), John Eams (Eames), John Barrett, Nathaniel Billing, James Pattison, John Trask, Samuel Phelps (Phelpes), John Prescott, Benjamin Muzzey, John Griggs, Thomas Hincher (Henshaw), Eleazar Flagg, Elias Tattingham, Morgan Jones, John Robins (Robbins), Matthias Farnsworth, John Bush, Ephraim Sawyer, John Shedd (Shead), Samuel Hartwell, Peter Buckley (Buckly), Patrick Fasset, Nathaniel Rogers, Samuel Hunt, James Haughton (Houghton), John Kene, Joseph Thomson, John Cane

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
John Trask
commander
Joseph Gardiner
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
80
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
2
day of bounty claim
12
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Gardner
township state
MA
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Hurd, History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, 1889, 1055; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 435-38; Carole Doreski, Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the Seventeenth-Century Conflicts (Boston, MA: Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts), 1982.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. On February 12, 1733, the General Court confirmed Narragansett Town #6, which became Templeton, a part of Gardner Mass., granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs, from the towns Concord, Groton, Marlboro, Chelmsford, Billerica, Lancaster, Lexington, Stow, Framingham, Littleton, Sherborn, Stoneham, Southboro, Woburn, Mass. Proprietors included Samuel Chandler, Jacob Wright, and Captain Benjamin Prescott. On June 24, 1735, lots were drawn.
known group members
Joseph Buss (Busse), Nathaniel Wilson, Henry Bartlett, John Kendall, Moses Wheat, Jacob Amsden, Josiah Hobbs, Samuel Buttrick (Butterick) (Boutericke), Zechariah Paddleford (Paddlefoot), Jonathan Whitney, John Baldwin, Isaac Amsden (Emsden) (Almsden), Daniel Woodward, Jonathan Lawrence, Samuel Swan, John Parker, Joseph Wheeler, Abraham Temple, Thomas Brown, Samuel How, John Wheeler, John Wood, John Taylor, Thomas Parker, John Cutler (Cuttler), Zachariah Snow, Peter Bateman, Caleb Simons (Simonds), John Priest, John Sheldon (Shelden) (Shilden), William Roberts, (Robards), John White Jr., James Smith, Michael Flagg (Flegg), Moses Whitney (Whettny), Joseph Waight, Daniel Warren (Warrin), Isaac Larned (Learned), Joseph Smith, Jonathan Smith, John Wilson, Increase Winne (Win), John Needham, Lieutenant John Wyman, John Adams, Thomas Gery (Geery), Daniel Dean, Francis Wyman Jr., John Wyman Jr., Deacon Samuel Stone, Nathaniel Richardson, Joseph Wright, William Shattuck (Shattock), John Eams (Eames), John Barrett, Nathaniel Billing, James Pattison, John Trask, Samuel Phelps (Phelpes), John Prescott, Benjamin Muzzey, John Griggs, Thomas Hincher (Henshaw), Eleazar Flagg, Elias Tattingham, Morgan Jones, John Robins (Robbins), Matthias Farnsworth, John Bush, Ephraim Sawyer, John Shedd (Shead), Samuel Hartwell, Peter Buckley (Buckly), Patrick Fasset, Nathaniel Rogers, Samuel Hunt, James Haughton (Houghton), John Kene, Joseph Thomson, John Cane

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
John Trask
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
120
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Salem
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Amherst
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 421-24; Hayward, The New England Gazetteer, 1839, 28; Daniel F. Secomb, History of the town of Amherst, 1883; Coolidge, A History and Description of New England, General and Local, Vol. 1., 1859, 409.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #3 was granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs from (Salem, Lynn, Marblehead, Gloucester, Andover, Topsfield, Beverly, Wenham, Boxford, Bradford, Chatham, MA) and (Scarborough, York, Falmouth, ME), including a committee of proprietors led by Richard Moore, John Trask and Ebenezer Rayment. Only 19 living veteran soldiers of King Philip’s War were grantees. This was settled as Souhegan West, later named Amherst, New Hampshire (for General Jeffrey Amherst who warred against Native people in the 6th Anglo-Abenaki and "Pontiac’s War.")
known group members
Edward Harradaway, John Elwell, Thomas Babson, Joseph Soams, Thomas Putnam, Joseph Hutchinson, Andrew Gold, Thomas Fuller, John Ross, Samuel Verry, Joseph Holton, Thomas Flynt, Samuel Pickworth, William Curtice, William Trask, Thomas Bell, Jonathan Lambert, William Osborn, John Bullock, Jeremiah Neal, John Gloyd, Captain Joseph Gardner, John Abbott, Thomas Kenney, Edward Hollice, Richard Prince, John Tarble, Joseph Herrick, William Hinds, David Shaply, John Walcot, Joseph Majory, Dr. Richard Knott, Stephen Sweat, John Gatchell, Henry Collins, John Newhall, Thomas Baker, William Bassett, Samuel Johnson, Joseph Collins, John Burrill, Robert Potter, John Lindsey, Aquilla Ramsdell, Robert Driver, Ephraim Farrow, John Ballard, John Mower, Samuel Graves, Samuel Edmonds, John Farrington, John Davis, -- Rand, Joseph Farr, John Lewis, Samuel Tarbox, -- Johnson, Joseph Barrell, Timothy Breed, Andrew Townsend, Richard Haven, Henry Row, Samuel Ingersoll, Edward Harrington, John Day, Isaac Ellery, Samuel Tyler, James Fry, Nathaniel Ballard, John Presson, John Ballard, Ebenezer Barker, Andrew Peters, John Parker, Samuel Phelps, Zaccheus Perkins, Nathaniel Wood, Abraham Fitts, Thomas Davis, Elihu Wardwell, John Huchins, Josiah Clark, James Ford, Samuel Perkins, Joseph Wells, Jonathan Wild, Robert Brown, Thomas Rayment, Ralph Elinwood, Henry Bayley, Christopher Reid, Lott Conant, Thomas Blachfield, John Elinwood, Joseph Morgan, William Dodge, John Dodge, Jonathan Byels, William Rayment, Elias Picket, Samuel Harris, Thomas Abbet, Richard Hutton, Joseph Bacheler, Joseph Perkins, William Peabody, Francis Jeffrys, Robert Andrews, Joseph Bixbe, John Boynton, John Harmon, John Bowtel, Nicholas Lum (Lunn), Andrew Sargent, Joseph Hatch, Philip Dexter, Robert Nicholson, Nicholas Manning, Timothy Lufkin

1735

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Edward Trask
commander
Thomas Lothrop (Lathrop)
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
84
day of killing/
captivity
18
month of killing/
captivity
9
year of killing/
captivity
1675
month of bounty claim
1
day of bounty claim
10
year of bounty claim
1735
native/colonial
locale/town
betwen Deerfield and Hatfield
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
near Deerfield
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
100
victim type
killed
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
MA House Journal, 13: 197, 23, 229; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 136-37; Bachellor, State of New Hampshire, Town Charters, Vol. XXIV, 1894, 818-20.
award note
In 1735, Robert Hale Esquire, on behalf of soldiers who fought under Captn. Thomas Lothrop (Lathrop) and their heirs, request equal bounty reward in land, as that of English soldiers who fought in the "Narragansett War" (Pometacomet’s Resistance) during "Lothrop's Fight," between Deerfield and Hatfield, MA, September 18, 1675, where they killed at least 100 Native people. The Mass. House votes to allocate 2 townships, in addition to the 7 "Narragansett townships" already granted, for those who fought in "Lothrop's Fight," the "Falls Fight" and/or "Long March." In January 1736 the Mass. House committee appointed to consider claims of "Narragansett soldiers" voted to admit 232 soldiers and heirs who served in the "Fort Fight" or "Long March" during Pometacomet's Resistance to two new townships.
known group members
Captain Thomas Lothrop (Lathrop), Sergt. Thomas Smith, Samuel Stevens, John Hobbs, Daniel Button, John Harriman, Caleb Kemball, Thomas Hobbs, Robert Homes, Edward Traske, Richard Lambard (Lambert), Josiah Dodge, George Ropes, Joseph Kinge, Thomas Alexander, Francis Friende, Abel Osyer (Ozzier), John Litleale, Thomas Bayley, Ezekiel Sawyer, Jacob Kilborne, Thomas Manninge, Jacob Waynwritt (Wainwright), Benjamin Roper, John Bennett, Thomas Mentor, Peter Woodberry, Joseph Bolch, Samuel Witteridge, William Duy (Dew), Sergt. Samuel Stevens, Samuel Crumpton, John Plum, Thomas Buckley, Samuel Hudson, Adam Clarke, Ephraim Farah (Farrar), Robert Wilson, Steven Welman, Benjamin Farnell, Solomon Alley, John Merrit, Robert Hinsdall, Samuel Hinsdall, Barnabas Hinsdall, John Hinsdall, Experience Hinsdall, Ephriam Hinsdall, Joseph Gillet, John Allin, Joshua Carter, John Barnard, James Tufts, Jonathan Plimpton, Peter Plimpton, Philip Barsham, Thomas Weller, William Smeade, Zebediah Williams, Eliskim Marshall, James Mudge, George Cole, Richard Weller, William Pixly, Daniel Weld, John Stebbin, John Hawkes, Nathaniel Sutlive, Sarah Field, Solomon Stoddard, Thomas Mekins, Thomas Hastings, Samson Frary, Quentin Stockwell, Moses Crafts, Joseph Prince, John Palmer, John Langbury, Edmond Bridges, Joseph Emons, Samuel Rust, Paul Thorndike, John Plummer, Edward Trask, Thomas Buckly, Samuel Chapman, Thomas Kemball, Caleb Kemball, John Harriman, Mathew Scales, Joseph Pearson, Blaze Vinton, Andrew Stickney, Benjamin Roper, Benjamin Furnell, John Merrett, Edmond Moore, Eleazer Keyser, Thomas Rose, Stephen Warman, John Littlehall, John Andrews, Samuel Crumpton, Thomas Mentor, Zekeriah Davis, Timothy Bray, John Denison, John Bullock, Mark Pitman, Moses Pengry, Stephen Greenleaf, John Toppan (Tapin), Caleb Richardson, Daniel Rolf, Daniel Button, John Wheeler, Henry Bodwell, Thomas Hayson, John Wicher, John Boynton, Walter Hickson, Thomas Hayson, Samuel Hibbert, John Davis, John Presson, Steven Butler, Samuel Hudson, Thomas Bayleff, Josiah Bridges, Robert Leach, Thomas Tenney, Thomas Peckes, Daniel Ring, Abiel Sadler, Francis Young, Gershom Browne

1700

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Solomon Tracy
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
182
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1700
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
CT
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Voluntown
township state
CT
source name
Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 441-45.
award note
In October, 1700, Connecticut volunteer militia who fought in King Philip’s War were granted a township of 6 miles square, from some of the “conquered land,” which was incorporated as Voluntown, CT. Captain Samuel Mason, John Gallop, and Lieutenant James Avery were appointed to view the said tract. Committee members Lieutenant Thomas Leffingwell, Lieutenant Richard Bushnell, Isaac Wheeler, Caleb Fobes, Samuel Bliss, Joseph Morgan, and Manasseh Miner were charged with allotting the bounty land. Captain Richard Bushnell made a list of the names of 180 “Narragansett soldiers.” The bounty to “English volunteers” excluded Indigenous soldiers, who formed a large part of Connecticut companies, as well as whites pressed into service (in contrast to Massachusetts which granted “impressed” soldiers and their heirs land bounties 30 years later).
known group members
Major Edward Palmes, Captain George Denison, Lieutenant Thomas Leffingwell, Major Wait Winthrop, Reverend James Fitch, Sargent John Frink, Captain James Avery, James Avery, John Avery, Thomas Avery, Joshua Baker, John Wickweier (Wickwire), Ephraim Colver (Culver), William Potts, Edward Colver, Samuel Yeomans, John Lewis, John Fish, Samuel Fish, William Williams, George Denison, William Denison, Nathaniel Beebe, Henry Stephens, Edmond Fanning, Thomas Fanning, John Bennett, William Bennett, Thomas Rose (Ross), Phillip Bill, Phillip Bill Jr., Deny Springer, Ezekiel Mayn (Maine), William Wheeller (Wheeler), Thomas Wooster, Gershom Palmer, Jonathan Armstrong, Samuel Stanton, Robert Stanton, Daniel Stanton, James Morgan, John Keene (Kinne), John Latham, John Waterhouse, Joseph Morgan, Nathaniel Park, William Douglace (Douglass), Manasseth Miner, James Willit (Willet), Reverend James Noyes, Captain John Stanton, Joseph Stanton, Aaron Stark, John Stark, James York, Thomas Bell (Bill), Lieutenant Thomas Miner, Richard Bushnell, Samuel Lathrop, Solomon Tracy, John Wiley, Samuel Tubbs, Robert Park, Peter Spiser (Spicer), Jonathan Rudd, Richard Cook, Thomas Park, Henry Elliott, Thomas Bliss, Isaac Wheeler, Peter Cross, Jonathan Gennings, Caleb Fobes, John Gallop (Gallup), Adam Gallop (Gallup), William Gallop (Gallup), Nathaniel Cheesbro, Ephraim Miner, Joseph Miner, Samuel Miner, John Ashcroft, Joshua Holmes, Captain Ebenezer Johnson, Joseph Wheeler, Sergeant Moses Johnson, Daniel Tracy, Edmond Fanning, William Roberts, John Denison, Matthew Griswold, Richard Lord, Stephen Dewolf, Richard Smith, John Smith, Francis Smith, Moses Huntly (Huntley), Henry Bennett, Henry Peterson, Samuel Stephens, Henry Hall, William Champlin, Captain Pembleton (Pendleton), Daniel Crumb, Nicholas Cottrell (Cotterall), John Pameter (Palmetor), Samuel Roger (Rogers), John Hull, Daniel Kelsie (Kelsey), John Mintor (Minton), John Stephens, Ebenezer French, John Griswold, Nehemiah Smith, John Wheeler, Nathaniel Haiden, Joseph Hull, Samuel Sheather (Shother), John Charles, Samuel Frisbie, John Plant, Samuel Fox, Jacob Joy, Clement Minor, William Pendall, Daniel Stubbins, John Hough, Samuel Roberts, Joshua Abell, Thomas Rood, William Knights, Matthew Jones, Thomas Williams, Joseph Waterhouse, Richard Dart, Samuel Hough, William Hough, Abel More (Moir), Jeremiah Blake (Black, Blage), John Plumb, Thomas Hungerford, John Packer (Parker), Samuel Packer (Parker), Nathaniel Holt, Robert Lord, John Woller, Richard Smith, Edward Dewolf, Aaron Huntly (Huntley), James Murphy (Murffey), Robert Holmes, Daniel Comstock, George Chappell (Chapple), Thurston Reinerd (Rainard), Hugh Rowland, John Lathrop, James Welch, Daniel Clark, Edward Shipman, Joseph Ingarum (Ingraham), Joseph Colver (Culver), William Billings, John Shaw, Stephen Richeson, Roger Orris, James Danielson, Ebenezer Billings, Jonathan Burtch, William Johnson, Samuel Richarson, Thomas Brand, William Champlin, John Babcock, Edward Larkin, Daniel Shaw, Thomas Reynolds (Renols), William Lees (Lee), Reverend Moises Noise, John Larabe, Joseph Northrop, Robert Old, Nathan Gillet (Gillit), John Somes, Clement Miner, John Waller, Benaiah Bushnel, Samuel Richards, John Fanning, Henry Paterson, John Lummis, Moses Bennett.

1700

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Daniel Tracy
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
182
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1700
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
CT
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Voluntown
township state
CT
source name
Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 441-45.
award note
In October, 1700, Connecticut volunteer militia who fought in King Philip’s War were granted a township of 6 miles square, from some of the “conquered land,” which was incorporated as Voluntown, CT. Captain Samuel Mason, John Gallop, and Lieutenant James Avery were appointed to view the said tract. Committee members Lieutenant Thomas Leffingwell, Lieutenant Richard Bushnell, Isaac Wheeler, Caleb Fobes, Samuel Bliss, Joseph Morgan, and Manasseh Miner were charged with allotting the bounty land. Captain Richard Bushnell made a list of the names of 180 “Narragansett soldiers.” The bounty to “English volunteers” excluded Indigenous soldiers, who formed a large part of Connecticut companies, as well as whites pressed into service (in contrast to Massachusetts which granted “impressed” soldiers and their heirs land bounties 30 years later).
known group members
Major Edward Palmes, Captain George Denison, Lieutenant Thomas Leffingwell, Major Wait Winthrop, Reverend James Fitch, Sargent John Frink, Captain James Avery, James Avery, John Avery, Thomas Avery, Joshua Baker, John Wickweier (Wickwire), Ephraim Colver (Culver), William Potts, Edward Colver, Samuel Yeomans, John Lewis, John Fish, Samuel Fish, William Williams, George Denison, William Denison, Nathaniel Beebe, Henry Stephens, Edmond Fanning, Thomas Fanning, John Bennett, William Bennett, Thomas Rose (Ross), Phillip Bill, Phillip Bill Jr., Deny Springer, Ezekiel Mayn (Maine), William Wheeller (Wheeler), Thomas Wooster, Gershom Palmer, Jonathan Armstrong, Samuel Stanton, Robert Stanton, Daniel Stanton, James Morgan, John Keene (Kinne), John Latham, John Waterhouse, Joseph Morgan, Nathaniel Park, William Douglace (Douglass), Manasseth Miner, James Willit (Willet), Reverend James Noyes, Captain John Stanton, Joseph Stanton, Aaron Stark, John Stark, James York, Thomas Bell (Bill), Lieutenant Thomas Miner, Richard Bushnell, Samuel Lathrop, Solomon Tracy, John Wiley, Samuel Tubbs, Robert Park, Peter Spiser (Spicer), Jonathan Rudd, Richard Cook, Thomas Park, Henry Elliott, Thomas Bliss, Isaac Wheeler, Peter Cross, Jonathan Gennings, Caleb Fobes, John Gallop (Gallup), Adam Gallop (Gallup), William Gallop (Gallup), Nathaniel Cheesbro, Ephraim Miner, Joseph Miner, Samuel Miner, John Ashcroft, Joshua Holmes, Captain Ebenezer Johnson, Joseph Wheeler, Sergeant Moses Johnson, Daniel Tracy, Edmond Fanning, William Roberts, John Denison, Matthew Griswold, Richard Lord, Stephen Dewolf, Richard Smith, John Smith, Francis Smith, Moses Huntly (Huntley), Henry Bennett, Henry Peterson, Samuel Stephens, Henry Hall, William Champlin, Captain Pembleton (Pendleton), Daniel Crumb, Nicholas Cottrell (Cotterall), John Pameter (Palmetor), Samuel Roger (Rogers), John Hull, Daniel Kelsie (Kelsey), John Mintor (Minton), John Stephens, Ebenezer French, John Griswold, Nehemiah Smith, John Wheeler, Nathaniel Haiden, Joseph Hull, Samuel Sheather (Shother), John Charles, Samuel Frisbie, John Plant, Samuel Fox, Jacob Joy, Clement Minor, William Pendall, Daniel Stubbins, John Hough, Samuel Roberts, Joshua Abell, Thomas Rood, William Knights, Matthew Jones, Thomas Williams, Joseph Waterhouse, Richard Dart, Samuel Hough, William Hough, Abel More (Moir), Jeremiah Blake (Black, Blage), John Plumb, Thomas Hungerford, John Packer (Parker), Samuel Packer (Parker), Nathaniel Holt, Robert Lord, John Woller, Richard Smith, Edward Dewolf, Aaron Huntly (Huntley), James Murphy (Murffey), Robert Holmes, Daniel Comstock, George Chappell (Chapple), Thurston Reinerd (Rainard), Hugh Rowland, John Lathrop, James Welch, Daniel Clark, Edward Shipman, Joseph Ingarum (Ingraham), Joseph Colver (Culver), William Billings, John Shaw, Stephen Richeson, Roger Orris, James Danielson, Ebenezer Billings, Jonathan Burtch, William Johnson, Samuel Richarson, Thomas Brand, William Champlin, John Babcock, Edward Larkin, Daniel Shaw, Thomas Reynolds (Renols), William Lees (Lee), Reverend Moises Noise, John Larabe, Joseph Northrop, Robert Old, Nathan Gillet (Gillit), John Somes, Clement Miner, John Waller, Benaiah Bushnel, Samuel Richards, John Fanning, Henry Paterson, John Lummis, Moses Bennett.

1735

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
John Toppan (Tapin)
commander
Thomas Lothrop (Lathrop)
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
84
day of killing/
captivity
18
month of killing/
captivity
9
year of killing/
captivity
1675
month of bounty claim
1
day of bounty claim
10
year of bounty claim
1735
native/colonial
locale/town
betwen Deerfield and Hatfield
present day state/
province
MA
present day town/
proximity
near Deerfield
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Newbury
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
100
victim type
killed
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
unknown
township name
granted
unknown
township state
unknown
source name
MA House Journal, 13: 197, 23, 229; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 136-37; Bachellor, State of New Hampshire, Town Charters, Vol. XXIV, 1894, 818-20.
award note
In 1735, Robert Hale Esquire, on behalf of soldiers who fought under Captn. Thomas Lothrop (Lathrop) and their heirs, request equal bounty reward in land, as that of English soldiers who fought in the "Narragansett War" (Pometacomet’s Resistance) during "Lothrop's Fight," between Deerfield and Hatfield, MA, September 18, 1675, where they killed at least 100 Native people. The Mass. House votes to allocate 2 townships, in addition to the 7 "Narragansett townships" already granted, for those who fought in "Lothrop's Fight," the "Falls Fight" and/or "Long March." In January 1736 the Mass. House committee appointed to consider claims of "Narragansett soldiers" voted to admit 232 soldiers and heirs who served in the "Fort Fight" or "Long March" during Pometacomet's Resistance to two new townships.
known group members
Captain Thomas Lothrop (Lathrop), Sergt. Thomas Smith, Samuel Stevens, John Hobbs, Daniel Button, John Harriman, Caleb Kemball, Thomas Hobbs, Robert Homes, Edward Traske, Richard Lambard (Lambert), Josiah Dodge, George Ropes, Joseph Kinge, Thomas Alexander, Francis Friende, Abel Osyer (Ozzier), John Litleale, Thomas Bayley, Ezekiel Sawyer, Jacob Kilborne, Thomas Manninge, Jacob Waynwritt (Wainwright), Benjamin Roper, John Bennett, Thomas Mentor, Peter Woodberry, Joseph Bolch, Samuel Witteridge, William Duy (Dew), Sergt. Samuel Stevens, Samuel Crumpton, John Plum, Thomas Buckley, Samuel Hudson, Adam Clarke, Ephraim Farah (Farrar), Robert Wilson, Steven Welman, Benjamin Farnell, Solomon Alley, John Merrit, Robert Hinsdall, Samuel Hinsdall, Barnabas Hinsdall, John Hinsdall, Experience Hinsdall, Ephriam Hinsdall, Joseph Gillet, John Allin, Joshua Carter, John Barnard, James Tufts, Jonathan Plimpton, Peter Plimpton, Philip Barsham, Thomas Weller, William Smeade, Zebediah Williams, Eliskim Marshall, James Mudge, George Cole, Richard Weller, William Pixly, Daniel Weld, John Stebbin, John Hawkes, Nathaniel Sutlive, Sarah Field, Solomon Stoddard, Thomas Mekins, Thomas Hastings, Samson Frary, Quentin Stockwell, Moses Crafts, Joseph Prince, John Palmer, John Langbury, Edmond Bridges, Joseph Emons, Samuel Rust, Paul Thorndike, John Plummer, Edward Trask, Thomas Buckly, Samuel Chapman, Thomas Kemball, Caleb Kemball, John Harriman, Mathew Scales, Joseph Pearson, Blaze Vinton, Andrew Stickney, Benjamin Roper, Benjamin Furnell, John Merrett, Edmond Moore, Eleazer Keyser, Thomas Rose, Stephen Warman, John Littlehall, John Andrews, Samuel Crumpton, Thomas Mentor, Zekeriah Davis, Timothy Bray, John Denison, John Bullock, Mark Pitman, Moses Pengry, Stephen Greenleaf, John Toppan (Tapin), Caleb Richardson, Daniel Rolf, Daniel Button, John Wheeler, Henry Bodwell, Thomas Hayson, John Wicher, John Boynton, Walter Hickson, Thomas Hayson, Samuel Hibbert, John Davis, John Presson, Steven Butler, Samuel Hudson, Thomas Bayleff, Josiah Bridges, Robert Leach, Thomas Tenney, Thomas Peckes, Daniel Ring, Abiel Sadler, Francis Young, Gershom Browne

1728

Title
Native Soldier
killer/captor/
claimant
Toby
commander
John Lovewell
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
60
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1725
month of bounty claim
8
day of bounty claim
6
year of bounty claim
1728
native/colonial
locale/town
Pequawket
present day state/
province
ME
present day town/
proximity
near Fryeburg
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Dunstable
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
Sagamore Paugus
victim number
13
victim type
scalps & killed
victim note
males killed and scalped in 2 expeditions
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Pembroke
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 355; MA House Journal, 8: 266; MA House Journal, 9: 32; Kidder, The Expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell, and His Encounters with the Indians, 1865, 27-28.
award note
David Melvin, William Ayer and Thomas Richardson are granted a township of 6 square miles "Lovewell's Town," near the Merrimack River, below Pennicook, which became Suncook, then Pembroke NH, for 60 soldiers and their heirs, 47 who served Lovewell at Pigwacket, plus 13 who joined Lovewell's other bounty expeditions, in 1724-1725.
known group members
Captain John Lovewell, Josiah Farewell, Jonathan Robbins, John Harwood, Noah Johnson, Robert Usher, Samuel Whiting, Seth Wyman, Thomas Richardson, Timothy Richardson, Ichabod Johson, Josiah Johnson, Eleazar Davis, Josiah Davis, Josiah Jones, David Melvin, Eleazar Melvin, Jacob Farrah, Joseph Farrah, Jonathan Frie, Jacob Fullam, Edward Lingfield, Jonathan Kittridge, Solomon Kies, John Jefts, Daniel Woods, Thomas Woods, John Chamberlain, Elias Barron, Isaac Lakin, Joseph Gilson, Ebenezer Ayer, Abiel Astin, Benjamin Hassell, Nathaniel Woods, William Cummings, Edward Spooney, Ebenezer Hulbert, Benjamin Hassell, Toby, Isaac Whitney, Zachariah Whitney, Benjamin Kidder, John Goffe, John Gilson, Zebediah Asten, William Ayer

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Timothy Townsend
commander
Joseph Syll
commander rank
Captain
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
80
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
2
day of bounty claim
12
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
Cambridge
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
(Concord, Groton, Marlboro, Chelmsford, Billerica, Lancaster, Lexington, Stow, Framingham, Littleton, Sherborn, Stoneham, Southboro, Woburn)
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Gardner
township state
MA
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Hurd, History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, 1889, 1055; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 435-38; Carole Doreski, Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the Seventeenth-Century Conflicts (Boston, MA: Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts), 1982.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. On February 12, 1733, the General Court confirmed Narragansett Town #6, which became Templeton, a part of Gardner Mass., granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs, from the towns Concord, Groton, Marlboro, Chelmsford, Billerica, Lancaster, Lexington, Stow, Framingham, Littleton, Sherborn, Stoneham, Southboro, Woburn, Mass. Proprietors included Samuel Chandler, Jacob Wright, and Captain Benjamin Prescott. On June 24, 1735, lots were drawn.
known group members
Joseph Buss (Busse), Nathaniel Wilson, Henry Bartlett, John Kendall, Moses Wheat, Jacob Amsden, Josiah Hobbs, Samuel Buttrick (Butterick) (Boutericke), Zechariah Paddleford (Paddlefoot), Jonathan Whitney, John Baldwin, Isaac Amsden (Emsden) (Almsden), Daniel Woodward, Jonathan Lawrence, Samuel Swan, John Parker, Joseph Wheeler, Abraham Temple, Thomas Brown, Samuel How, John Wheeler, John Wood, John Taylor, Thomas Parker, John Cutler (Cuttler), Zachariah Snow, Peter Bateman, Caleb Simons (Simonds), John Priest, John Sheldon (Shelden) (Shilden), William Roberts, (Robards), John White Jr., James Smith, Michael Flagg (Flegg), Moses Whitney (Whettny), Joseph Waight, Daniel Warren (Warrin), Isaac Larned (Learned), Joseph Smith, Jonathan Smith, John Wilson, Increase Winne (Win), John Needham, Lieutenant John Wyman, John Adams, Thomas Gery (Geery), Daniel Dean, Francis Wyman Jr., John Wyman Jr., Deacon Samuel Stone, Nathaniel Richardson, Joseph Wright, William Shattuck (Shattock), John Eams (Eames), John Barrett, Nathaniel Billing, James Pattison, John Trask, Samuel Phelps (Phelpes), John Prescott, Benjamin Muzzey, John Griggs, Thomas Hincher (Henshaw), Eleazar Flagg, Elias Tattingham, Morgan Jones, John Robins (Robbins), Matthias Farnsworth, John Bush, Ephraim Sawyer, John Shedd (Shead), Samuel Hartwell, Peter Buckley (Buckly), Patrick Fasset, Nathaniel Rogers, Samuel Hunt, James Haughton (Houghton), John Kene, Joseph Thomson, John Cane

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Andrew Townsend
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
120
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Lynn
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Amherst
township state
NH
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 421-24; Hayward, The New England Gazetteer, 1839, 28; Daniel F. Secomb, History of the town of Amherst, 1883; Coolidge, A History and Description of New England, General and Local, Vol. 1., 1859, 409.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #3 was granted to 120 soldiers and their heirs from (Salem, Lynn, Marblehead, Gloucester, Andover, Topsfield, Beverly, Wenham, Boxford, Bradford, Chatham, MA) and (Scarborough, York, Falmouth, ME), including a committee of proprietors led by Richard Moore, John Trask and Ebenezer Rayment. Only 19 living veteran soldiers of King Philip’s War were grantees. This was settled as Souhegan West, later named Amherst, New Hampshire (for General Jeffrey Amherst who warred against Native people in the 6th Anglo-Abenaki and "Pontiac’s War.")
known group members
Edward Harradaway, John Elwell, Thomas Babson, Joseph Soams, Thomas Putnam, Joseph Hutchinson, Andrew Gold, Thomas Fuller, John Ross, Samuel Verry, Joseph Holton, Thomas Flynt, Samuel Pickworth, William Curtice, William Trask, Thomas Bell, Jonathan Lambert, William Osborn, John Bullock, Jeremiah Neal, John Gloyd, Captain Joseph Gardner, John Abbott, Thomas Kenney, Edward Hollice, Richard Prince, John Tarble, Joseph Herrick, William Hinds, David Shaply, John Walcot, Joseph Majory, Dr. Richard Knott, Stephen Sweat, John Gatchell, Henry Collins, John Newhall, Thomas Baker, William Bassett, Samuel Johnson, Joseph Collins, John Burrill, Robert Potter, John Lindsey, Aquilla Ramsdell, Robert Driver, Ephraim Farrow, John Ballard, John Mower, Samuel Graves, Samuel Edmonds, John Farrington, John Davis, -- Rand, Joseph Farr, John Lewis, Samuel Tarbox, -- Johnson, Joseph Barrell, Timothy Breed, Andrew Townsend, Richard Haven, Henry Row, Samuel Ingersoll, Edward Harrington, John Day, Isaac Ellery, Samuel Tyler, James Fry, Nathaniel Ballard, John Presson, John Ballard, Ebenezer Barker, Andrew Peters, John Parker, Samuel Phelps, Zaccheus Perkins, Nathaniel Wood, Abraham Fitts, Thomas Davis, Elihu Wardwell, John Huchins, Josiah Clark, James Ford, Samuel Perkins, Joseph Wells, Jonathan Wild, Robert Brown, Thomas Rayment, Ralph Elinwood, Henry Bayley, Christopher Reid, Lott Conant, Thomas Blachfield, John Elinwood, Joseph Morgan, William Dodge, John Dodge, Jonathan Byels, William Rayment, Elias Picket, Samuel Harris, Thomas Abbet, Richard Hutton, Joseph Bacheler, Joseph Perkins, William Peabody, Francis Jeffrys, Robert Andrews, Joseph Bixbe, John Boynton, John Harmon, John Bowtel, Nicholas Lum (Lunn), Andrew Sargent, Joseph Hatch, Philip Dexter, Robert Nicholson, Nicholas Manning, Timothy Lufkin

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Enoch Titcomb
commander
Daniel Denison, Samuel Appleton
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
121
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
(Ipswich, Newbury, Rowley, Haverhill, Salisbury, Amesbury, Methuen, MA); (Hampton, Greenland, NH); (Berwick, ME)
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
scalps, killed, captives
victim note
men, women, children
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Buxton
township state
ME
source name
MA House Journal, 10: 13; MA A&R, 11: 325; MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; McLellan, History of Gorham, Me, 1903, 26-27; Ridlon, Saco Valley Settlements and Families, Vol. 1., 1895, 104-05. Bachellor, Town charters, 793; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 413-16; Doreski, Carole, ed. Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the Seventeenth-century Conflicts. Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1982.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #1 consisted of 16,224 acres, which became Buxton, Maine (near Falmouth/Portland) was granted to heirs of 121 soldiers (named in "known group members") from "the Ipswich Society," to proprietors John Hobson, Col. Joseph Gerrish of Newbury, Philemon Dane and John Gains from Ipswich.
known group members
Captains Daniel Denison, Samuel Appleton, Richard Allin, John Andrews, Simon Adams, John (Asy) Asa, William Allin, Captain Samuel Brocklebanck, Thomas Brown, John Brown, Joseph Brown, William Brown, John Boynton, Gershom Brown, John Brown, Edmond Brown, John Baker, James Burnom, Richard Brier, Henry Bodwell, Joshua Boynton, Christopher Bartlett, Jonathan Clark, Moses Chase, George Cross, Richard Curriour, Edward Cogswell, Edward Colcut, Robert Down, Philemon Dane, Moses Durell, Zechariah Davis, Thomas Dow, John Denison, John David, Cornelius Davis, William Elsley, Isaac Ilsley, Thomas Easmon, Nathaniel Emerson, Jonathan Emery, Peter Emons, James Fuller, Isaac Fellows, Joseph Fellows, James George, Captain Stephen Greenleaf, Amos (Goddin) Gody, John Giddins, Hugh Gallaway, John Herrin, John Harvey, John Hobson, Samuel Hutchinson, Samuel Hadley, Samuel Hill, Samuel Ingals, John Jackson, Caleb Jackson, Richard Jacobs, Joseph Jewett, Henry Kimbal, Caleb Kimbal, Robert Kinsmon, Nathaniel Keene, Samuel Kneeland, William Knowlton, Thomas Kingsbury, Christopher Kennistone, John Laighton, Thomas Low, Moses Little, Daniel Lad, John Lovel, Jabez Musgro, Lieutenant Jonathan Moors, John Mitchell, John Martin, John Martin, Benjamin Newman, Zaccheus Newmarch, Samuel Poore, Benjamin Parson, Jospeh Plummer, Henry Poore, John Pickard, Thomas Palmer, Samuel (Parse) Peirce, Edmond Potter, Captain Daniel Ring, Caleb Richardson, Thomas Rogers, Nicholas Rollins, Nicholas Richardson, Daniel Ruff, Joseph Rose, Daniel Rolf, Daniel Sumersby, Solomon Sheapard, George Stimson, John Spofford, William Sawyer, Thomas Smith, Abiel Sadler, Robert Swan, Seth Storer, Richard Swan, Thomas Sparks, John Stickney, John Sheapard, Daniel Tenny, Nicholas Tarbot, Thomas Tenney, Daniel Thurston, Samuel Taylor, Samuel Verey, Benjamin Verey, Jonathan Verey, John Williams, John Woodin, Ezekiel Woodward, Thomas Wait, Francis Young,

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Moses Titcomb
commander
Daniel Denison, Samuel Appleton
commander rank
Captains
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
121
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
6
day of bounty claim
unknown
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
(Ipswich, Newbury, Rowley, Haverhill, Salisbury, Amesbury, Methuen, MA); (Hampton, Greenland, NH); (Berwick, ME)
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
unknown
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
scalps, killed, captives
victim note
men, women, children
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Buxton
township state
ME
source name
MA House Journal, 10: 13; MA A&R, 11: 325; MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; McLellan, History of Gorham, Me, 1903, 26-27; Ridlon, Saco Valley Settlements and Families, Vol. 1., 1895, 104-05. Bachellor, Town charters, 793; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 413-16; Doreski, Carole, ed. Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the Seventeenth-century Conflicts. Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1982.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #1 consisted of 16,224 acres, which became Buxton, Maine (near Falmouth/Portland) was granted to heirs of 121 soldiers (named in "known group members") from "the Ipswich Society," to proprietors John Hobson, Col. Joseph Gerrish of Newbury, Philemon Dane and John Gains from Ipswich.
known group members
Captains Daniel Denison, Samuel Appleton, Richard Allin, John Andrews, Simon Adams, John (Asy) Asa, William Allin, Captain Samuel Brocklebanck, Thomas Brown, John Brown, Joseph Brown, William Brown, John Boynton, Gershom Brown, John Brown, Edmond Brown, John Baker, James Burnom, Richard Brier, Henry Bodwell, Joshua Boynton, Christopher Bartlett, Jonathan Clark, Moses Chase, George Cross, Richard Curriour, Edward Cogswell, Edward Colcut, Robert Down, Philemon Dane, Moses Durell, Zechariah Davis, Thomas Dow, John Denison, John David, Cornelius Davis, William Elsley, Isaac Ilsley, Thomas Easmon, Nathaniel Emerson, Jonathan Emery, Peter Emons, James Fuller, Isaac Fellows, Joseph Fellows, James George, Captain Stephen Greenleaf, Amos (Goddin) Gody, John Giddins, Hugh Gallaway, John Herrin, John Harvey, John Hobson, Samuel Hutchinson, Samuel Hadley, Samuel Hill, Samuel Ingals, John Jackson, Caleb Jackson, Richard Jacobs, Joseph Jewett, Henry Kimbal, Caleb Kimbal, Robert Kinsmon, Nathaniel Keene, Samuel Kneeland, William Knowlton, Thomas Kingsbury, Christopher Kennistone, John Laighton, Thomas Low, Moses Little, Daniel Lad, John Lovel, Jabez Musgro, Lieutenant Jonathan Moors, John Mitchell, John Martin, John Martin, Benjamin Newman, Zaccheus Newmarch, Samuel Poore, Benjamin Parson, Jospeh Plummer, Henry Poore, John Pickard, Thomas Palmer, Samuel (Parse) Peirce, Edmond Potter, Captain Daniel Ring, Caleb Richardson, Thomas Rogers, Nicholas Rollins, Nicholas Richardson, Daniel Ruff, Joseph Rose, Daniel Rolf, Daniel Sumersby, Solomon Sheapard, George Stimson, John Spofford, William Sawyer, Thomas Smith, Abiel Sadler, Robert Swan, Seth Storer, Richard Swan, Thomas Sparks, John Stickney, John Sheapard, Daniel Tenny, Nicholas Tarbot, Thomas Tenney, Daniel Thurston, Samuel Taylor, Samuel Verey, Benjamin Verey, Jonathan Verey, John Williams, John Woodin, Ezekiel Woodward, Thomas Wait, Francis Young,

1733

Title
none
killer/captor/
claimant
Samuel Toby
commander
unknown
commander rank
none
killer/captor/
claimant group
size
116
day of killing/
captivity
unknown
month of killing/
captivity
unknown
year of killing/
captivity
1675 to 76
month of bounty claim
10
day of bounty claim
17
year of bounty claim
1733
native/colonial
locale/town
unknown
present day state/
province
unknown
present day town/
proximity
unknown
town residence of
killer/captor at
time
unknown
state residence of
killer/captor at
time
MA
town of killer/
captor/claimant
after
Sandwich
state of killer/
captor/claimant
after
MA
victim name
unknown
victim number
unknown
victim type
unknown
victim note
unknown
monetary reward
unknown
land reward
6 miles square
township name
granted
Gorham
township state
ME
source name
MA A&R, 11: 460; MA A&R, 11: 673; McLellan, History of Gorham, Me., 27-30; Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, 439-40; Carole Doreski, Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the Seventeenth-Century Conflicts (Boston, MA: Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts), 1982.
award note
In 1728, the General Court first attempted to redeem a promise made to soldiers who fought in King Philip's War in 1675, that if they “played the man, took the Fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in Land besides their wages.” The army was known as the "Narragansett Army." In 1730, the legislature of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, appointed a committee to grant a 6 square mile township for every 120 claimants. It was not until 1733 that 7 towns were allotted, primarily to 840 heirs of "Narragansett soldiers," who gathered on the Boston Common. Several Proprietors from each town served on a joint committee of 21. Narragansett Town #7, later Gorham Maine was granted to 120 soldiers and heirs, of Barnstable, Yarmouth, Eastham, Sandwich, Plymouth, Tisbury, Abbington, Duxbury and Scituate, Massachusetts, including proprietors Shubael Gorham, Timothy White and Robert Sandford.
known group members
Jacob Hinkley, John Carmon, George Lewis, John Hathaway, Joseph Higgin, Samuel Bryant, Richard Ellingham, Samuel Childs, Samuel Barnam, Samuel Linnell, Dr. Matthew Fuller, Samuel Fuller, Thomas Fuller, Increase Clap, Joseph Taylor, John Doncan, Bartholemew Hamblin, Eleazar Hamblin, Thomas Huckins, John Phinney, Joseph Bearse, Samuel Hinkley, Samuel Allyn, Samuel Davis, Caleb Lumbert, Joseph Gorham, Josiah Davis, Ebenezer Godspeed, Ebeneezer Clap, Lot Conant, Jebediah Lumbert, Samuel Cops, Joseph Blish, John Howland, John Clarke, John Gorham, Joseph Crocker, John Godspeed, Samuel Barker, Richard Tayler, William Gray, William Chase, Capt. John Gorham, Thomas Baxter, John Thatcher, John Hallitt, John Matthews, Thomas Thornton, Edward Gray, Samuel Hall, James Maker, James Claghorn, Joseph Hall, Lammy Hedge, Nathaniel Hall, Joseph Welden, Samuel Thomas, Jonathan Smith, Samuel Jones, John Taylor, Thomas Felton, John Gage, William Follen, William Gage, Annanias Wing, John Crowell, John Chase, Henry Gold, Richard Lake, Jabez Gorham, Henry Gage, Yelverton Crowell, John Puglsey, Jonathan White, Samuel Baker, William Baker, Timothy Cole, Jeremiah Smith, Daniel Cole, Samuel Berry, Thomas Paine, Jedediah Higgins, Eliakim Higgins, Joseph Downings, Benjamin Downings, John Freeman, Jonathan Sparrow, John Knowles, Samuel Atkins, John Doan, Thomas Mulford, Daniel Doan, John Walker, John Nyrick, Nathaniel Williams, Josiah Cook, Joseph Harding, George Brown, Samuel Knott, Nathaniel Wing, Samuel Gibbs, Benjamin Lewis, Jason Atkins, Jehosophat Eldridge, William Ring, Peter Tinkham, Samuel Savery, Jonathan Lumbert, William Harrage, Robert Barker, Robert Sandfort, Thomas Bonney, Stephen Sampson, Thomas Hunt, Henry Clark, Timothy White, John Lewis, Mr. Foster