Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Joseph GORDON | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Joseph, Biddef., adm. 10 Nov. 1784 to s. Amos. His w. Mercy (m. by 1731) dep. 1766 she had kn. cert. Biddef. land ab. 50 yrs. 10 ch. [ref 22] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Joseph Gordon (John2, Alexander1), born Salisbury, Mass. 1705, d. at Biddeford, Me. Married at Salisbury (?) Mercy ___. Joseph Gordon removed with his father to Biddeford, Me. about 1722 where he married, lived and died. His estate was administered by his son, Amos 10 Nov 1784. His wife remarried. She stated in 1766 that she had known about certain Biddeford land, that she was about 50 years old and had ten children. Children 1723-46: Joseph, Pike, John, Andrew, Jeremiah, Mercy, Zebulon, Sarah, Amos, Miriam. [ref 80:11] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In the summer of 1746 a scout of the enemy prowled around the settlements in the neighborhood of Falmouth and of this town. On the morning of Sept 6 two young men, sons of Mr. Joseph Gordon, named Pike and Joseph, were surprised by them while on the way from their father's house to the Falls. They were employed in the Cole mill, and left home between daylight and sunrise to go to their work. As they were passing a blacksmith's shop, which stood a few rods below the house of Capt. James Murch, the Indians rushed from behind it into the road; the young men turned and ran. Joseph, who was very swift of foot, was likely to escape, and called out to his brother to quicken his pace, when the savages fearing they should lose him, fired and killed him on the spot. Pike was taken by a part of the scout who lay concealed further down the road, and was carried to Canada. [source: "History of Saco & Biddeford" by G. Folsom p 243] [Pike died 6 Dec 1746 Quebec] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Notes for Mercy, wife of Joseph Gordon | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - is her name PIKE, or did she name her child after Joseph's grandmother? +50 in 1766 [she is probably older] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Last Modified 9 May 2004 | Created 4 Jan 2005 |