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 Pascommuck Raid - Easthampton, MA, USA Posted by:  neoc1
N 42° 16.933 W 072° 37.810
18T E 695399 N 4683830
A DAR monument describes the settlers of the Pascommuck settlement and the results of the raid by native Americans of May 24, 1704. The monument is located at start of the Florence Smith Memorial Nature Trail off East Street in Easthampton, MA.
Waymark Code: WM188J7
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 06/19/2023
Views: 7
A boulder with a bronze plaque placed by the Submit Clark Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution describes the events of May 24, 1704, at a time when the Connecticut River Valley has frontier settlements of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Many of these settlements were subjected to raids by members if the native tribes. The plaque tells the of the fate to the early settles of the Pascommuck settlement. The nineteen settlers who were killed are: ( visit link) Moses Hutchinson Jr. Moses Hutchinson Sr. Benjamin Janes Ebenezer Janes Hannah Janes Mariam Janes Nathaniel “Nenmiah” Janes Obadiah Janes II F Samuel Janes Sr. Sarah Hinsdale Janes Sarah Janes Benoni Jones Ebenezer Jones Jonathan Jones Abigail Searle Caleb Searle John Searle Capt. John Taylor Jr. Patience Webb
DAR Chapter: Submit Clark Chapter of the D.A.R.
Date Placed: 01/01/1910
Inscription:
THIS BOULDER
STANDS ON PART OF THE
ORIGINAL HOME LOT OF MOSES
HUTCHINSON, ONE OF THE
FIVE FIRST SETLERS OF
OLD PASCOMMUCK
THE OTHERS SETTLERS WERE
BENONI JONES, JOHN SEARLE JR.,
SAMUEL JANES, AND HIS
BROTHER BENJAMIN JANES.
MAY 24 - 1704
PASCOMMUCK SETTLEMENT
WAS ATTACKED BY INDIANS
OF THE 33 PEOPLE THEN LIVING
IN THIS REGION, 19 WERE KILLED,
8 ESCAPED, 3 WERE RESCUED,
AND 3 WERE CARRIED CAPTIVE
TO CANADA
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ERECTED BY SUBMIT CLARK
CHAPTER, DAUGHTERS OF
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
- 1910 -
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