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prefently Man'd their Boat, brought too, and fo came along 

 the fide of them; who gave the faid CJmrch an account, 

 That yefterday there was a very great Army of Indians, 

 & French with them upon the Ifland, 30 at the going out of 

 the Harbour, and that they were come on purpofe to take 

 Cafco Fort 31 and Town, likewife inform'd him that they 

 had got a Captive Woman aboard (Maj. Waldens daugh- 

 ter of Pifcataqua™} that could give him a full account of 



8) Jofeph Prout wrote from Falmouth 

 17 Sept., 1689, tllat 200 Indians were 

 then on "Palmer's Ifland." [Willis's 

 Hiji. Port. 277.] Palmer's was what 

 is now Peak's Ifland, perhaps 500 rods 

 E. of the mouth of Cafco River. 



31 Fort Loyall had been erected on 

 Cleeves's Neck, on the point, at the foot 

 of what was afterward King Street (now 

 India Street), in 16S0, and garrifoned by 

 13 men, part of whom were fupported 

 by Matfachufetts. 24 May, 16S2, an 

 agreement was made with Lieut. An- 

 thony Brackett to keep the fort for one 

 year, by 6 men in the fummer and 4 

 men in the winter, " by continual watch 

 and ward to keep it as a fort ought to 

 be kept." The next year, Walter Gen- 

 dall was authorized to take charge of 

 the fort if Brackett declined. [Willis's 

 Hiji. Port. 226, 249, 254.] 



82 Richard Waldron (more properly 

 Waldcrne) was born in Alcefter, War- 

 wicklbire, Eng., where he was baptized 

 6 Jan., 1615 ; came to America in 1635, 

 with Mr. Hilton or Mr. Wiggin, to fee 

 the country ; ftaid about two years, and 

 returned to England and married a 

 gentlewoman of good family; came 



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back, and fettled at Cocheco Lower 

 Falls. He was, at different periods, 

 Selectman, Deputy, Affiftant, Major, 

 Chief-Jufhce of New Hampfhire, and 

 acting Prefident. He was killed by the 

 Indians (fee note 12) 28 June, 1689. 

 He married (1) the Englilh lady above 

 referred to ; (2) Anne Scammon, filter 

 of Richard, fhe died 7 Feb., 16S5. By 

 thefe wives he had (1) Paul, d. 1669; 

 (2) Timothy; (3) Richard, b. 1650; (4) 

 Anna; (5) Elnathan, b. 6 July, 1659, 

 d. 10 Dec, 1659; ( 6 ) Either, b. 1 Dec, 

 1660; (7) Mary, b. 14 Sept. 1663, d. 

 young ; (8) Eleazer, b. 1 May, 1665 ; 

 (9) Elizabeth, b. 18 Oct., 1666; (10) 

 Marah, b. 17 July, 166S. Either mar- 

 ried (1) Henry, fon of Henry Elkins, 

 of Hampton; (2) Abram Lee, " Chy- 

 mift," who was killed with Major W. by 

 the Indians; (3) Richard, fon of Rich- 

 ard Jofe, of Portfmouth ; (4) ; 



and died in the Ifland of Jerfey. She, 

 of courfe, was the perfon here referred 

 to by Church, having been captured by 

 the Indians at the time of the murder 

 of her father and hutband, three months 

 before, and refcued by a Dutch priva- 

 teer. [iV. B. Hiji. & Gen. Reg. ix : 55 ; 



