Genealogy of Patty Rose
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Notes for Lt. John FURBUSH | ||||||||||
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John, Lt. b. 1699, m. Hannah Littlefield (Dependence). Officer in Dummer's War. He bot in his uncle John's est. Adm. to wid. 5 Jan. 1756. Ch. [ref 22] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JOHN b. 19 April 1699; m. Hannah Littlefield. [ref 33:438] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John Furbish married Hannah, dau. of Dependence Littlefield of Wells. He was bapt. and received into the church at South Berwick 9 Sept. 1716. Lieutenant in military service in 1722. Widow Hannah was made administratrix of his estate 5 January 1756. She was on the tax list of 1760. Lived south of Third Hill, near York line. [ref 33:439] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 Sep 1716 baptism, South Berwick, York, Maine 1722 Lieutenant - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The following story is fiction mixed with a little fact, but is interesting to read: "The following story may be found in the Dennett manuscripts, and it has been published severall times with many embellishments. A certain Joseph Furbish is said to have married a Miss Hobbs. Twin sisters were born, Dorothy and Phebe. One morning, while the babies were in the cradle, the mother went out to milk the cows. She was seized by Indians, gagged with her handkerchief, and her hands were tied. Then a loud whoop attracted her husband, who seized his gun and ran to the rescue. He was struck down by a tomahawk and left for dead. The Indians set fire to the house after having plundered it but overlooked the babies in the cradle. The neighbors hurried to the burning house, rescued the babies and restored the wounded man to consciousness. One of the babes, Dorothy, afterward married John Dennet. The other, Phebe, married Elisha Littlefield. After twenty-five years of absence the wife and mother managed to escape from the Indians. "Her extreme beauty had saved her." An Indian chief wished to marry her but she refused. She, however, nursed his infant son, who grew to manhood and revered her as his mother, the old chief having died. The Indian women looked upon her as something more than human. She taught them how to cook, nursed them when they were sick, and was considered by them as a sort of magician or medicine woman. Well, she stole away from them at last and wandered to the Atlantic coast. One account says she had been to the great lakes; another says she had been carried into the south. After arriving at the coast by selling trinkets she was enabled to get home. She found her husband "on the verge of the grave, both daughters married, each holding in arms her first born, named for the grandfather. Dolly's child was Joseph Dennet; Phebe's child was Joseph Littlefield." All this is about as near the truth as most historical novels, though a lot of improbabilities have been very clumsily woven into the account. There was no Joseph Furbish at that time, as one can see by referring to the account of the Furbish family in this book. John Furbish married Hannah Littlefield and lived in what is now the northwest part of Eliot on the York road. The baptisms of his children indicate that his wife could not have been long away from home. He had daughters, Dorothy and Phebe, but they were baptized eight years apart. Hannah (Littlefield) Furbush may have been captured by Indians about 1725. If so, she returned after a short time." [ref 33:178] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
Notes for Hannah LITTLEFIELD | ||||||||||
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LITTLEFIELD, Hannah, daughter of Dependance and Hannah (Snell); m. Lt. John Furbush. [ref 22] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 Aug 1710 christend in Wells, York, Maine 5 Jan 1756 Widow Hannah Furbush administratix 1760 on tax list lived south of Third Hill near York line - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
Last Modified 30 Dec 2003 | Created 4 Jan 2005 |