Reverend John Williams wrote an account of his ordeal, The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion, that was published in 1707. - AsNotedIn
Y/M/D | Description | Place |
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1704/02/29 | Williams Parsonage is plundered and burned. | Williams Parsonage site, Deerfield, MA |
1704/02/29 | John Williams, his wife and five children are kidnapped and marched off towards Canada. | Williams Parsonage site, Deerfield, MA |
1704/02/29 | Two Williams children and their nurse Parthena are killed on the doorstep of the Williams Parsonage. | Williams Parsonage site, Deerfield, MA |
1704/02/29 | Just before dawn, French forces led by Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville attack the English frontier settlement at Deerfield. French allies include about 300 Indian warriors, mostly Abenaki but including a number of Pocumtuc who had once lived in the area. | Deerfield, MA, Massachusetts |
1704/02/29 | Samuel Carter returns to find his wife, Hannah, and two youngest children killed and four older children carried captive to Canada. | Old Manse, Deerfield, MA, Deerfield, MA |
1704/03/01 | Unable to keep pace, Eunice Williams is tomahawked near the foot of Leyden Glen, Greenfield, MA. | Greenfield, MA, Massachusetts |
1706/10/25 | Reverend John Williams and two of his sons are redeemed and leave Quebec. | |
1707/03/00 | "The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion" is published. Boston: Printed by B Green, for Samuel Phillips, at the brick shop (lost, across from Town House). | Old State House, Boston |
1713/00/00 | Eunice Williams marries Amrusus, a St Francis Indian |