Samuel Hunting

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Captain Samuel Hunting (July 22, 1640-August 19, 1701) was a military officer from Massachusetts who served in King Phillip's War. [1]

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Personal life

Hunting was born July 22, 1640 to John Hunting and his wife, Esther. [2] [3] [4] He married Hannah [lower-alpha 1] on December 24, 1662. [2] [3] The couple had ten children, but only three survived childhood. [3] The couple moved to Chelmsford and then Charlestown. [2] [3] [4] Hunting served as a selectman in Charlestown in 1690. [2] He accidentally shot and killed himself on August 19, 1701 in Charlestown. [2] [3] [4]

King Phillips War

During King Phillip's War, Hunting raised a company of Christian Indians to fight alongside the English settlers. [5] [4] They mustered in Charlestown, but that town was never attacked and they marched to Chelmsford instead. [5] When word came that Sudbury had been attacked on April 21, 1676, they responded, arriving at night and "performed efficient service." [5] [4] In that same month, following orders from Governor John Leverett, Hunting and Lt. James Richardson erected a garrison at Pawtucket Falls to protect the residents there. [6] [4]

Pomham, one of Phillip's chief advisors, was captured in Dedham on July 25, 1676. [7] [8] Several Christian Indians had seen his band in the woods, nearly starved to death. [8] Hunting led 36 men from Dedham and Medfield and joined 90 Indians armed with guns from England on a hunt to find them. [8] [2] [3] Hunting praised the native warriors, who came from Natick, saying "the said Indians behaved themselves courageously and faithfully to the English interest." [9] A total of 15 of the enemy were killed and 35 were captured. [8] Pomham, though he was so wounded he could not stand, grabbed hold of an English soldier and would have killed him had one of the settler's compatriots not come to his rescue. [8]

Hunting and his men played a large role in bringing the war to an end. [2] [3] In the summer of 1676, his men captured or killed 400 enemy soldiers. [2] [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ The daughter of Samuel and Catharine Hackborne. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Breen, Louise A. (October 21, 2019). Daniel Gookin, the Praying Indians, and King Philip's War: A Short History in Documents. Routledge. pp. 23, 109–111, 114, 174, 180–182.
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  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ellis & Morris 1906, p. 212.
  5. 1 2 3 Frothingham, Richard (1845). The History of Charlestown, Massachusetts. Charlestown (Boston, Mass.): C.C. Little and J. Brown. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  6. ↑ Cowley, Charles (1868). History OF Lowell (second ed.). Lee and Shepard. p. 20-21. ISBN   9783849676704 . Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  7. ↑ Bedini, Silvio A. (2003). "The History Corner: Joshua Fisher (1621-1672) Colonial Inn-keeper and Surveyor, Part 1". Professional Surveyor Magazine (September). Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Hanson 1976, p. 96.
  9. ↑ Puglisi, Michael J. (1987). "The legacies of King Philip's War in the Massachusetts Bay Colony". The College of William and Mary Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects: 54. doi:10.21220/s2-f5eh-p644. Paper 1539623769. Retrieved August 27, 2021.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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