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had taken a Ship of ours; 197 lb the difcourfe was that they 

 would fend the Man of War, 198 with other Forces to take 

 the laid French Ship and retake ours. But in the mean 

 time Maj. Church and his Forces being read)', imbark'd, 

 and on the 15th day of Augujl fet Sail for Pifcataqua, 

 where more Men were to joyn them (but before they left 

 Bofton, Maj Church difcours'd with the Captain of the 

 Man of War, who promifed him, if he went to Mount- 

 Defart in purfuit of the faid French Ship, that he would 

 call for him and his Forces at Pifcataqua, expecting that 

 the French & Indians might not be far from the laid 

 French Ship, fo that he might have an opportunity to fight 

 them while he was ingag'd with the French Ship:) Soon 

 after the Forces arrived at Pifcataqua the Major lent his 

 Indian Souldiers to Col. Gidney 199 at York™ to be alhlt- 



fuggefts, named by Champlain in honor 

 of De Monts). 



11)7 The "Ihip of ours" was the New- 

 port, Capt. Paxton, which was cruifing 

 off the Bay of Fundy (to intercept 

 French ftores fuppofed to be on their 

 way from Quebec to Villebon) with the 

 Sorlings, Capt. Eames, and the Prov- 

 ince tender. The two latter efcaped in 

 a fog. Iberville refitted the Newport, 

 and took her with him to help reduce 

 Pemaquid. 



198 The Sorlings. 



199 Bartholomew Gedney {Gidney) 

 was fon of John, of Salem; was bap- 

 tized 14 June, 1640; became a practis- 

 ing phyfician ; freeman, 1669; 16S0-83, 

 Affiftant and Counsellor; joined Brad- 

 ftreet and others when they alfumed 



the government on Andros's overthrow ; 

 was named as Counfellor in the new 

 charter; 1690, commanded in the French 

 and Indian Expedition; 3 Oift., 1692, 

 was made Judge of Probate for Effex 

 County ; fame year was made Judge of 

 Court of Com. Pleas for the fame Coun- 

 ty. He was conftantly engaged in civil 

 and military life until his death, 28 

 Feb., 169I-. He married Hannah Clark, 

 and had Jonathan, Bartholomew, Han- 

 nah, Lydia, Bethia, Deborah, Samuel, 

 Deborah and Martha (twins), Prifcilla, 

 and Ann. He was one of the feven 

 "witch " judges. [Savage's Gen. Diet. 

 ii : 240; Walhburn's Judicial Hiji. 

 Mafs. 141, 147.] 



2«0 " 16 Aug., 1696, Col. Gedney 

 marches with 460 of his regiment for 



