![]() ![]() Son Ebenezer was ransomed in 1707 and returned to Massachusetts. Thomas (age 4) died on the day of the raid. ![]() ![]() Daughter Hannah (Mary?)(aged 7 months) died near Lake Champlain. Hannah died on the trek near Lake Champlain, Canada. Tragically, his 2nd wife, Hannah and the children were taken captives on the 40 day trek to Quebec in the freezing winter. The brutal trek combined with harsh treatment and exposure to the cold weather killed many of the captives. Of the survivors, 109 were taken captive and marched to Quebec some 300 miles. Fifty-six colonists were killed including 9 women, and 25 children. At dawn on February 29, 1704, a group of 247 Frenchmen, Abenaki, Kanienkehaka, Wyandot, and Pocumtuck attacked Deerfield. Not surprisingly, great hostilies between the Indians of the area and the Colonists were frequent. Mercifully, she died on Janubefore the terror that would beset her family in a few short years.ĭeerfield was the northernmost outpost of Colonial settlement. They were the parents of Samuel, Mercy, John, Ebenezer, Thomas, and Marah. She married Samuel Carter on December 4, 1690. Mercy (Brooks) Carter was born on Augto William and Mary (Burt) Brooks in Deerfield, Massachusetts. ![]()
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