Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Thomas GOODWIN | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thomas, with br. James had land from fa. 14 July 1683. Living in Mr. Love's ho. when Salmon Falls sacked Mar. 1689-90, he was capt. with w. Mehitable, dau. of Lt. Roger Plaisted, and inf. son. Her br. James, ano captive, wrote that Thos. had k. one French man and wounded ano. in the attack and was to be tried for his life by a council of war, yet he was free bef. his w. was redeemed in Oct. 1695. Gr.j. 1693, 94, 95, 1702. Ensign Thos. G's est. taxed 20 Nov. 1713; adm. to wid. 26 Mar. 1714, whose acct. incl. charge for bring up two ch., one 5 yrs. old, one 3 yrs. old. She was liv. in 1740. Ch: Son, Thomas, Ichabod, Olive, Mary, James, Mehitable. [ref 22] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thomas, son of Daniel and Margaret (Spencer) Goodwin, married, about 1685, Mehitable, dau. of Lieut. Roger and Olive (Colman) Plaisted. She was carried as a captive to Canada. Her husband ransomed her from captivity and they had children after her return. She administered his estate in 1714 and was living in 1740. Children: son, Thomas, Ichabod, Olive, Mary, James, Bial. [ref 33:453] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THOMAS 4 GOODWIN SR (Margaret 3 Spencer, Patience 2 William 1), born Berwick circa 1657; died before administration of his estate was granted to widow Mehitable 26 Mar 1714 (MPA 2/141,188, 3/64); married 1685 MEHITABLE PLAISTED, born 1670, died after 2 June 1740 (YD), daughter of Roger and Olive (Coleman) Plaisted. He and his wife and infant son were captured by Indians at William Love's Inn at Salmon Falls ME. Thomas and Mehitable settled at Old Fields, S Berwick. In Feb 1726, widow Mehitable sold land in Berwick which had been sold to Daniel Goodwin in 1674 from Moses Spencer (YD). Her handmade gravestone is in the Old Fields burying ground in Berwick. Children, surname GOODWIN: son, Thomas, Ichabod, Mehitable, Olive, Mary, James. [ref 74:39] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Notes for Mehitable PLAISTED | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - daughter of Lt. Roger PLAISTED and Olive COLEMAN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MEHITABLE m. Thomas Goodwin. [ref 33:666] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Noyes includes child: Mehitable m Thomas BUTLER [ref 22] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thomas and Mehitable were separated after capture and each believed the other dead; indeed a local tradition says that "Hetty" took to herself a new husband in Canada and left him when she learned that Thomas was living. This seems doubtful, as no record of the marriage has been found. Mehitable's story has been printed in the Magnalia and elsewhere. She had a cruel captor who was disturbed by the wailing of her young baby. To quiet the child she would sit for hours in the snow far from the fire, but the Indian, impatient of her slow progress, snatched it from her arms and killed it. Three years later, at Montreal, on Monday, 11 May, 1693, there was solemnly baptized an English woman, called in her own country, Mehetabel and by the French, who captured her in war 18 March 1690, Esther, who, born at Barwic, in New England 30 April (old style or 19 May new style) 1670, of the marriage of Roger Pleisted, Protestant, and of Olive Colman, of the same religion, and married to Thomas Gouden, also Protestant, living since nearly three years in the service of Mademoiselle de Nauguiere. She was named Marie Esther... "Hitobl Goodin" was one of those redeemed in Oct 1695 by Mathew Cary. (Coleman, New England Captives Carried to Canada I:185-186). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - from "Magnalia" by Cotton Mather: Mehitabel Goodwin, being a captive among the Indians, had with her a child about five months old; which, through hunger and hardship, (she being unable to nourish it,) often made most grievous ejaculations. Her Indian master told her, that if the child were not quiet he would soon dispose of it; which caused her to use all possible means that his Netop-ship might not be offended; and sometimes carry it from the fire out of his hearing, where she sat up to the waste in snow and frost for several hours until it was lull�d asleep. She thus for several days preserved the life of her babe, until he saw cause to travel with his own cubs farther afield; and then, lest he should be retarded in his travel, he violently snatch�d the babe out of its mother�s arms, and before her face knock�d out its brains, and stript it of the few rags it had hitherto enjoy�d, and order�d her the task to go wash the bloody cloaths. Returning from this melancholy task, she found the infant hanging by the neck in a forked bough of a tree. She desired leave to lay it in the earth; but he said, �it was better as it was, for now the wild beasts would not come at it, [ I am sure they had been at it!] and she might have the comfort of seeing it again if ever they came that way.� The journey now before them was live to be very long, even as far as Canada, where his purpose was to make merchandise of his captive and glad was the captive of such happy tidings. But the desperate length of the way, and want of food, and grief of mind wherewith she now encountred, caused her within a few days to faint under her difficulties. When at length she sat down for some repose, with many prayers and tears unto God for the salvation of her soul, she found herself unable to rise, until she espied her furious executioner coming towards her with fire in his eyes, the devil in his heart, and his hatchet in his hand, ready to bestow a mercy-stroak of death upon her. But then this miserable creature got on her knees, arid with weeping, and wailing, and all expressions of agony and entreaty, prevailed on him to spare her life a little, and she did not question but God would enable her to �walk a little faster.� The merciless tyrant was prevail�d withal to spare her this time; nevertheless her former weakness quickly returning upon her, he was just going to murder her; but a couple of Indians just at that instant coming in, suddenly called upon him to �hold his hand;� whereat such an horror surprized his guilty soul, that he ran away. But hearing them call his name, he returned, and then permitted these his friends to ransom his prisoner from him. After this, being seated by a river side, they heard several guns go off on the other side, which they concluded was from a party of Albany Indians, who were enemies unto these; whereupon this bold blade would needs go in a canoo to discover what they were. They fired upon him, and shot through him and several of his friends before the discovery could be made unto satisfaction. But some days after this, divers of his friends gathered a party to revenge his death on their supposed enemies; with whom they joyned battel, and fought several hours, until their supposed enemies did really put �em to the rout. Among the cap�tives which they left in their flight, one was this poor Goodwin, who was overjoyed in seeing her self thus at liberty; but the joy did not last long, for these Indians were of the same sort with the other, and had been by their own friends thus through a strange mistake set upon. However, this crew proved more favourable to her than the former, and went away silently with their booty, being loth to have any noise made of their foul mistake, and yet, a few days after, such another mistake happened; for meeting with another party of Indians, which they imagined in the English interests, they furiously engaged each other, and many were killed and wounded on either side; but they proved a party of the French Indians, who took this poor Goodwin, and presented her to the French captain, by whom she was carried unto Can�ada, where she continued five years, and then was brought safe back into New-England. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
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