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of Montana at time of sister Pamela's death 4/1918, per obit.
“...Mary Hommel Warner, who came to Greenwood before Greenwood was, in 1867, could tell -many an absorbing tale of the early days and early ways. She was well acquainted with the river and its floods, both spring freshets and the floods when the dams were opened to float logs. When she was about eighteen years old (b. 1859 = c1877), she, with Frank Peterson, Denver Green (b. c1871, then age 6) and Addie Armstrong, was enjoying a few hours on the river bank below the present bridge, when the river raised and logs began coming down. The two boys and Addie ventured on logs in an eddy, but the rapidly rising water moved the logs quickly and the three young folks fell, into the river. Mary took a long pole and reached it to Denver Green, thus helping him to shore, then Addie had her turn to hang onto the pole and as she was towed to shore Frank came with her, he hanging onto her foot. They all felt they owed their lives to Mary. When the bridge went out in the flood of 1887 she often rowed passengers across the river, even in the nighttime, as she lived near the river....” The Hub of Clark Co 1853-1934 Chapter IV
According to the source by Frederic Beech Pierce, "Pierce Genealogy...", 1882
Daniel and his two brothers, Josepn (b. 1749), and Thomas (b.1756) all migrated to St Johnsbury, vermont. Not sure abt St Johnsbury and St Johnsbury Center.
Daniel married in 1766 in Leominster, MA, Mercy Gates, b.1747, Bolton MA,
Josepn
h married in ______ , Margaret Gates, b.1755Mercy (b.1747 Bolton, MA) and Margaret (b.. 1755) were sisters, children of Paul Gates, a twin, (b.1718) and Submit Howe (b. 1722) (Don't you love those names!) Mercy and Margaret were Granddaughters of cousins margaret Gates (1689) and Daniel Gates (1685). Their ancestry goes back to brothers Simon Gates(1645) and Stephen Gates(1634). Simon and Stephen has a third brother, Thomas Gates (1646) who is related to us on the Stevens side of the family. These three brothers are sons of immigrant ancestors Stephen Gates (1599) and Ann Veare Hill (1602) from Hingham, England.
From "The Gustin and Carlisle Genealogy", by Lester C. Gustin, 1954, Modern Press, Newton, MA:
"(Thos and Ann Gates) came in the ship "Diligent:, of which Capt John Martin was master, and settled in Hingham, MA in 1638. Stephen (1599) brought with him his wife, Ann Veare, born abt 1603, whom he married in Hingham England, together with their daughters Elizabeth and Mary and son Stephen Jr." So Simon and Thomas must have been born here.
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Abagail Gilson
"17. Daniel, m. Alpphia ______. He removed from Groton to Dunstable previous to May 22, 1778. At that time the church in Groton made up a contribution to Daniel Gilson, of Dunstable, on account of having lost his house by fire, of 32 pounds, 15 shillings, 10d., one pair of shoes, one bushel of rye, and one bushel of Indian corn.
CHILDREN, (born in Groton).
Daniel (5) b. Sept. 9, 1761
Joseph (5) b. March 7, 1763
Abagail (5) b. June 11, 1766
Samuel (5) b. July 7, 1768
Abner Kent (5) b. Feb. 4, 1771"
JOSEPH GILSON, son of Joseph and Hepsibah Gilson, and grandson of Joseph and Mary (Cooper) Gilson, was born at Groton about 1694. He enlisted from Groton, and was one of the five who escaped wounds in the fight of May 8, 1725. His wife was Sarah, but a record of his marriage is not found. Nine children were born at Groton. - see citation 3
This battle known as Lovewell's Fight or the Battle of Pequawket is describia in Wikipedia: The date is given as May 8 or 9: 1725
"Lovewell's Fight"The Battle of Pequawket (also known as Lovewell's Fight) occurred on May 9, 1725 (O.S.),[1] during Father Rale's War in northern New England. Captain John Lovewell led a privately organized company of scalp hunters, organized into a makeshift ranger company, and Chief Paugus led the Abenaki at Pequawket,[2] the site of present-day Fryeburg, Maine. The battle was related to the expansion of New England settlements along the Kennebec River (in present-day Maine).
The battle was the last major engagement between the English and the Wabanaki Confederacy in Governor Dummer's War. The Fight was celebrated in song and story for at least several generations and became an important part of regional lore—even influencing the stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne in the early 19th century as well as other writers. Its importance is often exaggerated in local histories, as arguably the August 1724 English raid on Norridgewock was probably more significant for the direction of the conflict and in bringing the Abenaki to the treaty table. But the Norridgewock raid, also celebrated in song and poetry, has been less well remembered, probably because it was essentially a massacre of Indian civilians by New England forces.[3][4]
Contents [hide]
1 Historical context of Dummer's War
2 Lovewell's expeditions
3 The battle
4 An Abenaki account of the battle
5 Aftermath
6 Legacy
7 References
8 Notes and citations
9 External links
Historical context of Dummer's War[edit]
The Treaty of Utrecht (1713), which ended Queen Anne's War, had facilitated the expansion of New England settlement. The treaty, however, had been signed in Europe and had not involved any tribes of the native's Wabanaki Confederacy. Since they had not been consulted, they protested this incursion into their lands by conducting raids on British fishermen and settlements.[5] For the first and only time, Wabanaki would fight New Englanders and the British on their own terms and for their own reasons and not principally to defend French imperial interests.[6] In response to Wabanaki hostilities toward the expansion, the Governor of Nova Scotia, Richard Philipps, built a fort in traditional Mi'kmaq territory at Canso, Nova Scotia in 1720, and Massachusetts Governor Samuel Shute built forts on traditional Abenaki territory at the mouth of the Kennebec River. The French claimed the same territory on the Kennebec River by building churches in the Abenaki villages of Norridgewock and Medoctec further upriver.[7] These fortifications escalated the conflict.Lovewell's expeditions[edit]
In early September 1724 some Indians came to Dunstable and captured two men. When they did not return from work a party of ten or more men started in pursuit. One man, Josiah Farwell, warned the leader of the possibility of running into an ambush. Despite this the posse rushed ahead with Farwell following behind. They were ambushed and eight of the men were killed and the others, excepting Farwell who barely escaped, were captured.Because of these attacks it was thought best to carry on the war more vigorously. Bounties for scalps were once again offered by the provincial government in order to encourage volunteer companies to form (and save the colony the time and expense of raising troops). John Lovewell quickly organized a company of amateur scalp-hunters from the Dunstable area. While they were favored by a grant from the provincial assembly, these troops were not part of the Massachusetts military establishment—but rather a privately organized group of raiders. Lovewell was not a commissioned officer in the provincial forces. Lovewell, whose maternal grandparents had been killed and scalped by Indians, raised the company of thirty men and was appointed by them as captain. In part because of Farwell's commonsense Lovewell selected him as his second-in-command and he was made Lieutenant. Lovewell and Farwell went on three scalp hunting expeditions from December to May.
The battle[edit]
Lovewell's third expedition consisted of only 47 men, many of whom were unfamiliar with ranging.[8] With men who were more inexperienced and far fewer in number than in the earlier expeditions, they left from Dunstable (present day Nashua, New Hampshire) on April 16, 1725. The Indian guide and another were unable to continue and returned to Dunstable along with a relative of the injured colonial. When another fell ill they built a fort at Ossipee and left 10 men, including the ill man, the doctor and John Goffe, to garrison the fort while the rest left to raid the Abenaki village of Pequawket, located near the Saco River. On May 9, as the 34 militiamen were being led in morning prayer by chaplain Jonathan Frye, a lone Abenaki warrior was spotted hunting at the lakeshore.[9][10] Suspecting that this man was a decoy and that there was an Indian force in front of them, nonetheless the rangers decided to hide their packs and proceed cautiously.[9][10] Lovewell's men waited until the warrior was close and, although accounts differ in who fired first, the Abenaki did have a chance to fire his fowling piece loaded with beavershot at close range, wounding Lovewell and another.[9][10] Further fire from the rangers killed the Indian.[9][10] Chaplain Frye is reported to have scalped the dead Indian.[9]Meanwhile, the rangers' packs had been discovered by an Abenaki war party (some accounts say two) who, seeing that they out-numbered the rangers, hid in ambush. When the rangers returned to their packs (in single file) the Abenakis fired at the front and rear and charged. Lovewell was killed in the first volley along with eight others. Lovewell's lieutenants, Josiah Farwell and Jonathan Robbins, were among the wounded at this point (they critically). Ensign Seth Wyman organized the defence and was in command of the rangers during the rest of the fight.
After the initial volleys the battle turned into a firefight with individuals on both sides hiding behind trees in the pine plain. Being outnumbered the rangers had to take care not to be surrounded. Since a tree did not provide any cover from the sides and rear the colonials slowly pulled back to the lake to protect their rear. They then withdrew eastward to a location passed twice earlier that day where, in addition to the lake protecting them from the south, they had a swollen stream on the east (now named Fight Brook,) flooded land to the north and fallen trees to the west.[11] Although surrounded they were able to keep the more numerous enemy further away from accurate fire.
During the battle, the Indian war chief Paugus was shot dead. There is debate over who shot him. Some posit that he was shot by John Chamberlaine [12] (John Chamberlain, the Indian fighter at Pigwacket) while others report that it was Seth Wyman who killed the warrior with the next shot. With the death of Paugus, the rest of the Indians soon vanished into the forest.
An Abenaki account of the battle[edit]
The story of the Battle of Pequawket recounted below was originally told by a daughter of Powack, a chief of the Penobscots, another Indian nation allied with the Abenaki in the Wabanaki Confederacy. It was retold through generations until written down. It appears, as written, in Kayworth and Potvin's book.[13]Powack wanted peace with the English. He called a council which then sent him as an envoy to the Pequawkets. Powack took his daughter and Little Elk, her betrothed.
While they are staying with the Pigwacketts, Paugus, a non-Pequawket, comes to the village to recruit for a raiding party against the English. He leads all the warriors down the Saco River to English settlements in Maine. The remaining villagers fish at the south end of Saco (Lovewell) Pond until the raiding party finally returns to be the vanguard back to the village. On the way back to the village the Penobscots hear gunfire from the battle.
"Paugus tell Powak he come on packs of white men. He count packs and know he has many more braves than whites so he attacks"
Powack and Little Elk remain at the battle while all the non-combatant Abenaki skirt the battle to return to the village.
""Long after moon is up, braves come to village only few. Say Paugus is killed, Powak is killed, Little Elk is killed."
The remaining Pequawkets move to Canada and Powack's daughter goes with them until she finds someone to take her back home.
Aftermath[edit]
Only 20 of the militiamen survived the battle; three died on the retreat home. The Abenaki losses except for Paugus are unknown. The Abenaki deserted the town of Pequawket after the battle and fled to Canada.Legacy[edit]
More than one hundred years later, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (poem, "The Battle of Lovells Pond"), Nathaniel Hawthorne (story, "Roger Malvin's Burial") and Henry David Thoreau (passage in the book A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers) all wrote about Lovewell's Fight.[14]