Deerfield Massachusetts

"As a frontier settlement, Deerfield regularly suffered from attack. The village was abandoned during King Philip's War after the 1675 attack at Bloody Brook (South Deerfield). Deerfield was resettled in 1682, only to face several more raids in the 1690s, and the devastating raid of February 29, 1704, when 50 were killed and 112 marched off to captivity in Canada." (Historic Deerfield)

SEE: Raid on Deerfield, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Raid on Deerfield (Deerfield Massacre) was a French and Indian attack that took place in Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1704 during Queen Anne's War.


Family victims of the Raid:
9th Great Grandmother - Sarah Dickinson [Lane Kellogg] (of Hadley), age 48, captured. During the raid, Sarah Dickinson Kellogg hid in the cellar with her youngest son Jonathan (1698 - 1704). The Indians heard the youngest child crying, found and killed him, then set fire to the house. 

Daughter of Sarah Dickinson and Martin Kellogg Sr. - Joanna Kellogg, age 11, captured and remained in Canada where she married an Indian.

Son of Sarah Dickinson and Martin Kellogg Sr. - Jonathan Kellogg, age 5, killed in the village.

Son of Sarah Dickinson and Martin Kellogg Sr. - Joseph Kellogg, age 13, captured and released in 1714.
Second Husband of Sarah Dickinson -Martin Kellogg, age 46, captured and ransomed in 1706.

Step son of Sarah Dickinson - Martin Kellogg, age 18, captured and escaped in 1705. He was taken prisoner by the Indians at Deerfield, Mass. Suffered greatly at two subsequent captures, and was afterwards eminently useful as Indian agent and interpreter to the six nations.

Daughter of Sarah Dickinson and Martin Kellogg Sr. - Rebecca Kellogg, age 9, captured and remained in Canada with the Indians until 1728.

1st Cousin 9 times removed-  Samuel Foote (of Hatfield), age 27, killed in the meadow fight.

wife of husband of 9th great-aunt - Hepzibah (Buell) Wells Belding, age 55, captured and killed en route to Canada [Earlier 1693: Hepzibah and three of her daughters were on June 1693 knocked on the head and scalped by Indians, but she and one daughter recovered from their injuries.]

Ancestrial Chain: Sarah  DICKINSON [LANE KELLOGG], Samuel LANE Jr., Abigail LANE, Elijah REMINGTON, Esther REMINGTON, Mary BRONSON, Martin Luther Sr. ENSIGN, Harriet Camilla ENSIGN, George Ensign SMITH, Camilla SMITH, Lark, JR.

Monuments and Markers "Bloody Brook"

 South Deerfield, Massachusetts

"Erected in 1838 to commemorate the September 18, 1675 "Bloody Brook" attack, this marble obelisk remembers the soldiers and Deerfield, Massachusetts, townsmen who were killed near what is now South Deerfield during King Philip's War (1675-1676). The town had been burned on September 12 by Metacom's (King Philip's) forces. On September 18, the men had returned to remove their grain to safety. The ambush occurred as they crossed over Muddy (Bloody) Brook with their wagons en route to the mill in Hadley." (Memorial Hall Mass edu)

"On 18 Sep 1675, Captain Thomas Lathrop's company of soldiers were bringing loaded carts toward Northampton when they were ambushed at a spot known as Bloody Brook, about 5 or 6 miles due south of Deerfield. The men were take totally by surprise and 64 men were killed." [About half the village's adult males.] (Hawkes Family Genealogy Page.)

 resulted in the death of about half the village's adult males. 

Our Grandfathers Killed at Bloody Brook:

9th gr grandfather Samuel WRIGHT Jr. born 3 Oct 1632 at Northhampton, MA, married Elizabeth BURT 24 Nov 1653 at Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, died 13 Sep 1675 at Bloody Brook, Northfield , MA.

10th gr grandfather Joseph GILLETT Sr. baptized 25 July 1641 in Windsor. CT, married ELIZABETH HAWKES 24 Nov. 1663 in Hadley, Massachusetts, Killed in an Indian massacre 18 Sept. 1675 at Bloody Brook, Deerfield, MA.

Ancestry Chain: 
9th great grandfather (JR; Lark; Camilla SMITH; George Ensign SMITH; Harriett Camilla ENSIGN; Martin Luther ENSIGN; Horace Datus ENSIGN; Lydia NOBLE; Samuel NOBLE; Ruth WRIGHT; Joseph WRIGHT; Samuel WRIGHT Jr.)

10th great grandfather (JR; Lark; Camilla SMITH; George Ensign SMITH; Harriett Camilla ENSIGN; Martin Luther ENSIGN; Mary BRONSON; Ester REMINGTON; Esther SAWYER; Esther MARSH; Elizabeth GILLETT; Joseph Gillett; Joseph Sr. Gillett)

NOTE: I will explore ancestors who were attacked  during the 1704 Raid on Deerfield (also known as the Deerfield Massacre. 

Will make a new post. I find our 9th great grandmother Sarah Dickinson [Lane Kellogg] and her family members were killed and captured