Sorry, I misunderstood. I thought you were mistaking one for the other. My bad. There is one item of note. The daughters of John and Elizabeth (Burnham) Davis, my however many times gr. grandparents were taken as hostages to Canada. Sarah was held there until sometime in 1699 when she was "redeemed", but the other daughter, Mary, was taken in by a catholic father (I think) and actually chose to stay in Canada and became a nun.
Sarah returned to New Hampshire and in 1702, her father's estate was finally probated. She chose her uncle, Jeremiah Burnham, as her guardian. This is also about the time she married Peter Mason. They were both only 15 according to depositions they gave, quite young to marry at the time.
Sarah actually lived until sometime after 1771, as she is documented selling property to the man who would become a General in the upcoming Revolution, he being John Sullivan.
This raid/massacre was very hard on the settlers of Oyster River, I believe a full third of the population at the time were either killed or captured. Several of the garrisons and a number of personal dwellings were burned to the ground. John Davis actually surrendered on condition of safe passage, which was granted but not honored. He, his wife, a number of their children (the estimate varies from document to document), John's sister, who had married a Smith and two of her sons were killed as well. Only the 2 daughters survived.
The family of Charles Adams was completely wiped out, 14 in all. Several of the garrisons did hold though. Thomas Bickford fooled the attackers into thinking he had a full defended garrison by setting up armaments at different places on the walls and changing his clothes at each to make it appear there were numerous people when in actuality, he was the only one inside.
Anyway, a not so short bit of background on just a few of the stories related to that day.
Debbie
