History of Newbury, Mass., 1635-1902, Part 43

Author: Currier, John J. (John James), 1834-1912. cn
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Boston : Damrell & Upham
Number of Pages: 1518


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Corpll Chess Daniel pilsbury


Henry Halle


Samuel Sawyer


Caleb pilsbury


Thomas Moody


Enoch · Litle John Sewell


Edward Sergant


Corpll Brown Abraham Toppan


William no [ ]


Nathan Merrill [


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Early in the month of December, 1706, Gov. Dudley, con- sidering it advisable to send another expedition to Norridge- wock, wrote " To the Hon. L' Col Hilton " as follows : -


BOSTON, December 9th 1706


Dear Sir,


I have determined to visit Noridgwock the roth of January next, and accordingly am raising in this Province two hundred men to be Com- manded by Col. Martch, if his health will permit, whom alone I have


* New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 1., p. 340. t Ibid., p. 339.


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acquainted besides yourself of my intention - therefore desire it to be secret,- and must expect forty men to be commanded by some very good officer ; and if Col Martch fail me, I must expect your service to command the whole party.


The men must be well fixed, Cloathed and Shod with snow shoes in good order. Communicate this order to the gentlemen of her majesty's council as soon as may be. Attend them yourself to concert the matter, that they may provide victuals and blankets if need be. Our last de- parture will be from Casco Bay. Desire the Gentlemen of the Council to keep it secret, lest the noise of it get into the woods.


I am yr. affectionate uncle, J. DUDLEY .*


January 15, 1706-7, Lieut. Col. John March having declined to serve as commander of the expedition, Lieut. Col. Win- throp Hilton was placed in charge of the forces assembled at Casco, and soon after began his march to Norridgewock ; but, owing to the mildness of the season, the ice on the river was not of sufficient thickness to allow him to proceed with safety, and, after marching several days, he was obliged to turn back. At an interview with Gov. Dudley in Boston on the thirteenth day of February, he offered to go to the Ken- nebec river with the men under his command, and make an attempt to capture or disperse the Indians gathered there.


FEBRUARY 19, 1706-7


His Excellency acquainted the Council, that upon further information of the state of the Enemy at Kennebeck River &c he had ordered an addition to the forces under Colo Hilton intended on an expedition thither, and another sloop & more Whaleboats to attend them, the Briganteen Hope, three open Sloops and fourteen Whaleboats being taken up & equipped on that service.t


"To Lieut. Col. John March, in conjunction with Lieu- tenant-Colonel Hilton," the command of this expedition was intrusted. A company of seventy or eighty men under Col. March sailed from Newbury, probably, while the rest of the troops, under Col. Hilton, sailed from Piscataqua, now Ports- mouth, N.H.


The expedition proceeded as far east as the Kennebec river, where they fell upon a party of Indians, and killed or


* Province Laws, vol. viii., p. 673 ; Farmer and Moore's Collection, vol. i., p. 243.


t Province Laws, vol. viii., p. 675 ; Executive Records of the Council, vol. iv., p. 379.


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seriously wounded eighteen of them. After searching the woods in that neighborhood, and finding no traces of Indians concealed there, they decided to return to Piscataqua, where they arrived on the twenty-eighth day of March. May 6, 1 707, the governor and council ordered


. . . that the Souldiers that served under Colo March in the Months of February and March past, on an Expedition to the Eastward other than such as are enlisted in the present Expedition to Nova Scotia be dis- charged on the day of their return back to Newbury .*


Meanwhile, the General Court had passed a resolve (March 21, 1706-7) providing for the raising of a naval and land force for an expedition against the French at Nova Scotia and for an attack on the fort at Port Royal. On the twenty- ninth day of March, Gov. Dudley appointed Lieut. Col. John March commander-in-chief of the expedition. The land force was divided into two regiments, one under the command of Col. Winthrop Hilton and the other under Col. Francis Wain- wright. The fleet, in addition to the "Deptford" of the royal navy, carrying fifty guns, and the sloop "Dove," her tender, the "Province Galley," carrying twenty-four guns, and the brigantine " Hope," which was to be put in commis- sion as a cruiser along the coast, " consisted of ten transports, comprising two ships, four brigantines and four sloops, besides forty whale-boats, twenty eight of which were to be impressed at Barnstable and twelve at Plymouth." +


Two of the companies in the first regiment organized for this expedition were commanded by Capt. James March and Capt. Richard Kent, of Newbury. Other officers in the same regiment were James March, jr., lieutenant, Hugh Pike, en- sign, John March, jr., lieutenant, and Benjamin Smith, ensign. -all from Newbury. Among the vessels that comprised the fleet was the sloop "Richard and Sarah," Richard Carr, of Salisbury, master ; the sloop "Success," Stephen Poor, of Newbury, master ; the sloop " Endeavor," Gideon Lowell, of Newbury, master.


A grand parade of the land forces at Hull, on the nineteenth


* Province Laws, vol. viii., note, p. 675. " + Ibid., vol. viii., p. 687.


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of April, was ordered by the governor and council; and the vessels engaged for service in the expedition were directed to assemble at Nantasket. The final preparations for the trans- portation of troops and the shipment of arms, ammunition, and commissary stores, were made as speedily as possible ; and, everything being ready, the fleet sailed at sunrise, on the thirteenth day of May, for the harbor of Port Royal .*


They arrived on the twenty-sixth ; and, late in the afternoon, Col. Samuel Appleton, with about three hundred and twenty men, was landed on the north side of the harbor, and Col. March, with the rest of the forces numbering about seven hundred and fifty men, was landed on the south side. Early the next day both sections of the army moved forward. Col. March and the men under his command were attacked by the French troops under Subercase, the military governor of Acadia, and were thrown into confusion, but soon rallied, and, " with trumpets sounding, drums beating and colors fly- ing," made a successful charge upon the enemy, and drove them over a high, steep hill into the fort that had been re-en- forced and strengthened for the protection of the village of Port Royal, now Annapolis, N.S. After marching and skir- mishing for five days over rough roads and through dense forests, the rank and file of the army became discouraged and demoralized. A council of war was held on the thirty-first day of May, and a majority of the officers, whose authority was final, agreed " that the enemy's well disciplined garrison in a strong fort, was more than a match for our raw, undisci- plined army "; f and further attempts to capture or demol- ish the fort were abandoned. Col. Appleton went to Boston for orders ; and Col. March, with the land and naval forces under his command, sailed for Casco bay.


The unsatisfactory result of this expedition was exceedingly annoying to the inhabitants of Boston and other towns in the province, and the conduct of the officers in command was se- verely criticised and condemned. For the mistakes and mis- management of others, Col. March was held responsible; and


* For roster of the army and fleet, see Province Laws, vol. viii., pp. 690-692.


t History of Massachusetts (Hutchinson, edition, 1795), p. 152.


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strong efforts were made to induce Gov. Dudley to recall him and appoint another commander in his place. These efforts, however, were unsuccessful ; and on the twentieth day of June the governor and council appointed Col. Elisha Hutch- inson, Col. Penn Townsend, and John Leverett, esq., com- missioners to supervise and direct the movements of the land and naval forces in Nova Scotia.


Col. March was at Casco bay, with the fleet under his com- mand, at that date; and, when the news of his subjection to the commissioners was communicated to him, he wrote the following letter to Gov. Dudley, regretting that he had not been released from service, but expressing his willingness to serve in a subordinate capacity : -


CASCO BAY, June 28th, 1707


May it plese yore Excelency yesterday I Receued .: yore Commands : of the 21 Curant : by Mr Lowle: and god willing will indevor to follow Them: and doe what saruis I can : Sir I Immediately : Informed ; Capt Sovthack : and the other maters what yore Commands : ware : who said the coold not goe to see before that they Had more provistion : and Capt Stoolly soore * his provistion was quite dun : whare : upon I: Im- mediately ordered the Commisarys : to goe one bord Euery uessell in the fleet and see : sartingly : what prouistion and stor : theare wass: which account I Have now sent Mr Commisary generall.


Sir I am Hartyly sorry that I have offended yor Excelency in any thing : and am sure it was no way designed in me: and have not bine Justly delt with by : those that Have informed yore Excelency : but sinc it is yore Excelencys pleasure to dismis mee from those Commands you were formerly plesed to put me in : I will patiently bare it : and doe you what saruis lys in my power : and sinc it is so: woold haue bine glad if you would haue bine plesed to haue Relesed me : for I sartingly know : that if theare be any thing well : and Honnorably dun : I shall haue no share in that : but if any thing fall out other wise : that will fall to my share : Sir our men are generall : cherly and brisk : and are most of them willing to goe Againe : I shall Induor To keep them clene and In good temper : According to yore Commands : Sir the Indians that Ran from us : I have taken them all Againe: and they doe so hartyly bagg pardon : for theair offenc that I haue Respited theair punishment tell yore Ex- celency's plesure is known what I shall doe to them : may it plese yore Excelency Mr Jefferise haue bine uery Industerous : in doeing of mis- chef : As hee hath here Confesed : As yore Excelency and honnors will see under his owne hand : here Inclosed : with my most Humble duty : I Am Yore Excelencys most Humble and obedient sarvnt


JOHN MARCH t


* Sic, swore. t Province Laws, vol. viii., p. 732.


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The fleet sailed from Casco bay on or about the twenty- seventh of July, and arrived at Passamaquoddy on the thir- tieth, where the troops were engaged for a week or more in a hostile encounter with the inhabitants of that place, some of whom they made prisoners. On Sunday, the tenth of August, the ship, loaded with men, warlike stores, and provisions, came to anchor in the harbor of Port Royal, early in the afternoon ; and the next day the soldiers were landed more than two miles below the fort on the opposite side of the river, and marched to a point less than a mile above, where they took possession of some unoccupied houses.


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Hutchinson, in his history of Massachusetts, says that Col. March at this time was broken in spirit " and his health af- fected, so that, when the disposition was making for landing the army, he declared himself incapable of acting and the command was given to Wainwright the next officer." *


On the thirteenth day of August, the troops, under the command of Col. Francis Wainwright, had a fierce battle with the French and Indian forces, and were driven back into camp. On the fifteenth, the commissioners ordered Col. Wain- wright to burn or tear down the houses in the neighborhood of the fort, cut the dykes protecting the marshes, and destroy the dams that supplied two or three small mills with water power. The French commander, Subercase, however, kept up such a severe and continuous cannonading with heavy guns and mortars that it was found impossible to execute the order with any prospect of success. On the twentieth, Col. Wainwright, protected by the guns of the fleet, landed a por- tion of his troops on the opposite shore for the purpose of making an attack upon the fort. A desperate conflict ensued ; and they were driven back in confusion, leaving a number of killed and wounded on the field. The next day, the officers and men embarked on the vessels at anchor in the harbor ; and · on the twenty-fourth day of August they sailed for home.


Although Col. March was received with insults and de- rision on his arrival in Boston, he seems to have retained the confidence and esteem of Gov. Dudley, who announced, Sep-


* History of Massachusetts (edition, 1795), vol. ii., p. 153.


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tember 24, 1707, that he had ordered him " with his company on board the Briganteen Hope with a further enforcemt of men to sayle to Winter harbour & likewise Her Majtys ship the Province Galley to cruise along the North Shoar and to visit all the harbours from Saco to Casco Bay, and further East, to intercept the Enemy," who had made an attack on the towns of York and Wells .* How long he was absent on this expedition is uncertain, but probably until the middle of October. From the muster-roll of the brigantine " Hope," it appears that the wages of her officers and crew were paid from April 3 to October 18, 1707.f


Another expedition, under the command of Col. Francis Nicholson sailed, from Nantasket, September 18, 1710, to renew the attack upon Port Royal. The troops landed in good order, and immediately began to throw up intrench- ments and lay siege to the fortress that protected the town. After a few days' delay, Subercase, the commander of the French forces, through timidity or collusion, surrendered to Col. Nicholson "all the effects belonging to the King : as guns, mortars, bombs, ball, powder, and all other small arms."# Thursday, the sixteenth day of November, 1710, was appointed a day of general thanksgiving throughout the prov- inces of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire, for the impor- tant victory gained by Her Majesty's forces in Nova Scotia.


Meanwhile, the French troops, with their Indian allies, had burned and destroyed much valuable property between the Penobscot and Merrimack rivers. The inhabitants of many of the frontier towns were compelled to flee to block-houses for shelter and protection. Scouting parties were organized and ordered to search the woods on the northerly side of the Merrimack river. Several Newbury men were impressed for that service by order of the governor and council.


These are in Her majesties Name to requier you to impress theses men under specified to apperr compleat in arms and Amunition and all


* Province Laws, vol. viii., p. 759.


t Col. March was evidently obliged, on account of ill-health, to retire to private life soon after the close of the year 1707. In the Boston News Letter for the week beginning July 23 and ending August 4, 1712, is the following notice : " New York July IS, Last week dyed Col. John March of Newbury at Woodbridge in New Jersey." (New Jersey Archives, First Series, vol. xi., p. 35.)


# History of Massachusetts (Hutchinson, edition, 1795), vol. ii., p. 166.


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furniture as the law directs fit for a march, at my House on wensday next at eight of the clock in the fore noone which will be ye 14th of this Instant Aprill 1708: of this faile not and make return to me of your doings herein, given under my hand this 8th day of Aprill 1708 :


To Ser William Titcomb. THOMAS NOYES, Capt


Stephen greenleafe tirsius James Ordway the Son of Jams ordway John Haskins


[Endorsed]


Aprill ye 12th, 1708


prSuant to the within warrant I have imprest Stephen Greenleaf Sent, John Haskins & James Ordway the third according to the tenner of the within warrant pr WILLIAM TITCOMB .*


In the month of August following, a company of Newbury men, under the command of Lieut. Caleb Moody, was equipped for service in the woods between Amesbury and " Jamaco," now Merrimac.


A MUSTER ROLL OF THE COMPANY IN HER MAJESTIES SERVICE UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN VIZ.


MENS NAMES


Quality


Time of En- trance on the Service


Tell what Time in the Service


Whole Term of Service


The whole of Wages Due to Each man.


Months Days


Months


Days


Weeks Days



5


d


Caleb Moodey


Lent


Augst


Augst


31


3


O


2


5


Joseph Pike


Sarjt


Augst


II


Ditto


31


3


O


I


7


O


Jacob Tappin


Sarit


Angst


II


Ditto


31


3


O


I


7


O


James Carr


Corpll


Ditto


11


Ditto


31


3


O


I


7


James Brown


Corpll


Ditto


II


Ditto


31


2


6


I


7


7


Abram Annis


Ditto


II


Ditto


3I


3


0


O


18


John Emery


Ditto


11


Ditto


31


3


0


O


18


18


Tho. Chase


Ditto


II


Ditto


31


3


3


0


18


0


Josep!i Richardson


Serjt


Ditto


October


2


7


4


3


5


Samll Bartlett


Ditto


II


Augst


26


2


2


O


13


Jofeph Lowll


Ditto


II


Ditto


26


2


2


13


5


Joieph Morfs


Ditto


II


Ditto


26


2


2


13


S


Joseph Kelly


Ditto


Novemb


16


1.4


O


4


O


Benj Hills


Ditto


Ditto


16


1.4


0


4


+


John Chase


Ditto


Ditto


16


14


0


4


4


Jonathan Hoag


Ditto


Ditto


16


14


O


4


4


Daniell Gale


Ditto


II


Ditto


16


14


O


4


4


Ambros Berrie


Ditto


II


Ditto


16


14


O


4


4


Danll Morison


Ditto


Ditto


16


14


0


4


4


Mofes Chase


Ditto


II


Ditto


16


14


4


4


O


Joleph Pilsberry


Clark


Ditto


Augst


31


3


I


7


C


To subsistance 184 weeks & 6 days att 3/6 p. week


Substracted pd. in Majr Turner acco subsistance 14 men 3 days a


Lt Whites at Haveill at 3/6 p


I IO


31. b. Q


The whole wages


59. 17. 7


91. 3. 7


* New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 1., p. 341.


0


Abram Merrill


Corpll


Ditto


Ditto


31


3


Richard Bartlett


Corpil


Ditto


II


Ditto


31


3


3


0


0


IS


Danll Cheny


Ditto


Ditto


31


3


O


0


18


0


Joseph Hills


Ditto


II


Ditto


31


Solomon Holman


Ditto


Ditto


31


3


Henry March


Ditto


II


Ditto


7


4


2


13


Isaac Annis


Ditto


11


Ditto


John Swett


Ditto


Ditto


31


Jothua Baily


Ditto


Ditto


31


3


3


O


0


IS


0


O


18


0


2


5


S


0


32. 7. 0


week


0


I


7


O


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AUGUST ye 11th 1708


I and my company marcht over to Amsbery. And from thence to Jemaco. And so wee marcht daily from Jemaco to Amsbury And from Amsbury to Jemaco & schouted in ye woods Agust ye 26th by order from Capt Turner I released all my men but ten but were comanded to return again on ye first allarm on August ye 29 wee were allarmed & marcht to Haverill and so marcht into ye woods after ye enemy. on Sept ye 2d a little before night wee were dismis


CALEB MOODY, Lieut


AGUST ye 11th 1708


wee marcht over to Amsbery town and from thence to Jemaco. And so wee marcht from Jemaco to Amsbery And from Amsbery to Jemaco and schouted in ye woods Agust 17th by Cololl Noyces order I posted six men Att Garison two, att Hadley's two, att Kimbals & two at Quimbes Agust ye 27th by order from Capt Turner I dismis all my men but ten but wer comanded to return to their post again on ye first Allarm. on Agust ye 29th wee were Allarmed & went to Haverill & Marcht after ye Enemy into ye woods, on Sept ye 2d a little before night we were dismis


[The following letter is addressed: "To Capt Thomas Harvy or Commander of the forces now in Pay at Amesbury For Her Majesty's Service."]


Sir


HAVRILL August 16th 1708


I received a Letter from His Excelency Where in he orders me to take the Cheife comand of the forces at Haverill, Amesbury & Kings atowne & uppon Notice of ny towne opprefsed I am to march wth the forces to Releive them & Expect you be in Readynefs to March at a minutes Notice - I hope you keep out a Good Scout and give me acc of any Occurrent that Shall Happen His Excelency is fearfull they will fall on Portsmouth If so hasten away & I will joyne you at grenne Land wth the Troops, give me an acct of the Number of your men & How you are fitted for a march If there be occation I am


Your Humble Servt


JNO TURNER


[The following letter is addressed : " To Leut Moody Comander of the forces at Amesbery For Her Majestys Service "]


HAVRILL, Aug. 17, 1708. Sir


I sent down to Amsbery yesterday to the Comander of the forces there to send me word how he was fitted for a march If occation be & a List of his men I received an answer from Capt Harvy that you were there Comander. Send me an acct how you are provvided & with the List wch I Expect from you forth with I am


Your friend & Servt


JNO TURNER.


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An Account of Billating ye Souldiers att Amsbery under Comand of Caleb Moody Lieut Beginning Agust ye 11th 1708.


12th Capt Harvies 15 Meals Att foots 5


13th Att Capt Harvies from Agust I Ith to Agust ye 19th 74 meals Att Leut foots 41 meals Att Tho Coalbees 6 meals


Att Valintine Rowls 6 meals


Att Deac Tho Stephenses 18 meals


Att Roger Stephenses 6 meals Att Wido Rachel Serjant 4 meals Att Tho fergant 8 meals Att Bennoni Tuckers 6 meals


Att Joseph Brown's 90 meals


Att Samll Colebees 120 meals Att Ens Baglies 8 meals


Att Lieut Barnets 65 meals


Att Sergt Richd Currier 65 meals


August 19th 1708. To Capt Harvis 6 meals to Leiut ffoots 2 meals


to valintine Rouil 2 meals to Tho. Colebe 2 meals to Deac Stephens 6 meals to Rodger Stephens 4 meals


to Wido Rachel Serjant 6 meals


to Benoni Tucker 4 meals to Tho. Serjant 4 meals to Samll Colebe 20 meals


to Ens Bagli 8 meals


to Lieut Barnet 10 meals


to serjt Rich Curier 10 meals


Agust ye 17 1708


Accompt of what powder and bullets Those Souldiers Listed under the command of Lieutenant Calib Moodey Received of the Country Stock - four pound of Powder & Ten pound Bullets Divided among Twenty four soldiers.


Agust ye 26, 1708.


Serjt Joseph Pike Serjt Joseph Richardson


Corpll James Carr.


Henry March


Corpll James Brown


Moses Chafs


Joshua Baily


Daniell Morrison were lef at Ames-


Joseph Lowl


bery.


Samll Bartlet


The governor and council of the province of Massachusetts Bay, at a meeting held February 26, 1708-9, advised and consented to the payment of the wages due Lieut. Moody and the men under his command.


A muster Roll of the Foot Company in Her Majesty's pay under the command of Caleb Moodey as Lieutenant containing an accot of wages for their service and subsistance from the 11th of August to the 16th of Novr 1708 amounting in the whole to the sum of ninety one pounds three shillgs and seven pence; examin'd by Mr. Commissary General was presented,- And


Advised and Consented That a Warrant be made out thereupon to the


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Treasurer to pay the above sum of ninety one pounds three shillings and seven pence to the s'd Lieut Moodey for and on behalfe of himself and Company Accordingly *


MAR ye 15th 1708-9


Wee ye subscibers do hereby own & acknowledg ye receipt of what money was alowed to us for subsistance of Souldiers under comand of Lt Moody from Agust ye 11th 1708 til Octo ye 2d folowing as wittnefs our hands : Samuel Collby, Orlando Bagly j, Joseph Brown, Thomas Stevens, Roger Stevens, Richard Currier, John ffoote, s10 Thomas Sargent, Thomas Colbey, John Larnard, Ephraim Wood, Bennoni Tucker, Jonathan hill, Tho harvay, volintan Rouels money payed to philip Rouil and Philip Rouils is paid


MARCH ye 14th 1708-9


We ye subscribers do hereby own & acknowledge the receipt of what mony is alowed to us in ye within written Muster Roll as witness our hands. Joshua Bailey, Josaph Kelly, Joseph Richardson, Daniel Gale, Joseph Lowel, James Browne, John Swett, Jacob Tappin, Daniel Mori- son, Henry March, beniamen hills, Joseph hills, Abraham Merril, Richard Bartlett, Joseph Pike, Joseph Morfs, Joseph Pilsberry, Jonathan hoeg, Abraham Annis, Joseph Chase to Hill fowler, Samuel Bartlet, Stephen Emery, Thomas Chase jr, James Carr, Jonathan Emery, Isaac Annis, Daniel Cheny, Soloman Holmans money paid to Woodman, Moses Chasses money paid to Ens Chase.t


In an attack made by a party of Indians on Haverhill, Au- gust 29, 1708, Joseph Bartlett, of Newbury, was taken prisoner and carried to Canada, where he was held in captivity until October 5, 1712. After his release, the General Court passed the following resolution, November 8, 1712 : -


Resolved that the sum of twenty pounds and fifteen shillings be al- lowed and paid to Joseph Bartlett in full of his petition of charges and expences to obtain his liberty from the Indians being taken Prisoner by the Indians at Haverhill when in her Majesties service in the year 1708 & for his support during four years captivity & the loss of his arms.#


In the month of November, in 1709, the provincial authori- ties determined to commence a vigorous campaign against the Indians on the northerly side of the Merrimack river, and


* Massachusetts Archives (Council Records), vol. v., p. 31.


t The muster-roll, letters and other documents relating to the company under the command of Lieut. Caleb Moody were copied by Rev. Rufus Emery from the original papers now in the possession of descendants of the late Moses Moody Ridgeway, of West Newbury.


# Massachusetts Archives (Court Records), vol. ix., p. 246. The prominent incidents con- nected with the long captivity of Mr. Bartlett were published in pamphlet form in 1807, and re- printed in 1845 in the Appendix to Coffin's History of Newbury, PP. 331-334-


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