Priscilla Rebecca (Dane) Hovey (1652 - abt. 1675)

Born 1652 in Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Descendants

Died about 2 Aug 1675 at about age 23 in Brookfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Note

I am continuing to research these families, but I have a lengthy set of notes and sources posted on the FreeSpace page: Wives of James and Daniel Hovey.

I post the most relevant sources here, supporting my current conclusion that the wife of James Hovey was Priscilla Warner who was a member of the family of John Warner of the town then called Quaboag (now Brookfield).

The most credible biographical information I have found regarding James Hovey comes from the histories of Quaboag (now Brookfield), on the webpage of the Historical Commission of West Brookfield^[1] The Hoveys, led by James' father Daniel, arrived in Quaboag in September 1668. James Hovey married Priscilla Warner on November 2, 1670. The Warners were the first family in Quaboag, led by patriarch John Warner Sr. ^[2] Chris Hoyt found a record of the marriage in the NEHGS ^[3]

James and Priscilla had three children born at Quaboag. Priscilla, Daniel, and James. All of whom were orphaned when their father was killed by the Indians on August 2, 1675.^[4]

Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700 also indicates that James Hovey married Priscilla Warner. ^[5]

The Hovey Book goes on to say that James Hovey married Priscilla Dane of Ipswich, daughter of John Dane, ^[6] but I believe this to be a conflation of information from different sources and that in fact James' brother Daniel is the one that married a daughter of John Dane and her name was Rebecca.

Name

Name: Priscilla Rebecca /Dane/^[7]

Born : 1652

Died : After 1676 (Some sources have death listed as Aug. 2,1675)

King Phillip's War

Philip was a sachem, or chief, of the Wampanoag tribe of Native North Americans and the second son of the Wampanoag chief Massasoit, who for nearly 40 years had been the first and staunchest ally of the Pilgrim settlers of Plymouth, in what is now Massachusetts. Originally named Metacomet, he was called Philip by the English settlers. In 1662 Philip succeeded his brother and formally renewed the treaties of his father, which he honored for some years. The colonists, however, made continual encroachments on native lands. In retaliation Philip formed a confederation of tribes and in 1675 led an uprising now known as King Philip's War. They burned towns and killed many of the inhabitants. In return the colonists captured Native American women and children, destroyed crops, and promised impunity to Native American deserters. In December 1675 the colonists won a major victory. During the spring of 1676 the Native Americans held out, but their numbers steadily diminished, and in August, Philip was killed. The war then ended, and resistance to further colonial settlements in southern New England ceased.

Their return to Brookfield Startled the inhabitants into the realization that their Indian "friends" must now be considered dangerous and determined enemies. The town's people quickly gathered into Ayers' Tavern, the only place large enough to house them all. Apparently James Hovey either delayed too long or received the warning too late, for he was killed in or near his home before the attack began on Ayres Tavern.

Contributed by Joseph Grafton Hovey

Priscilla Hovey returns to Ipswich

The children of James Hovey, Priscilla, Daniel and James, were orphaned when their father was killed by the Indians 2 August 1675.

After the death of her husband, James Hovey, during the Indian attack on Brookfield in 1675, Priscilla returned to live at Ipswich with her daughter Priscilla and son James. Her son Daniel was raised and educated by her father-in-law, Daniel Hovey in Hadley.^[8]

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DANIEL HOVEY AND HIS DESCENDANTS

James Hovey, born in Ipswich, Mass., in 1650. He was one of the first settlers of Quabog, in Hampshire county, Mass., in 1668, and received a grant of a home lot, upon which lie built a house and lived.

He married Priscilla, daughter of John Dane of Ipswich in 1670.

Mr. Hovey was one of the signers of the petition to the general court dated Oct. 10, 1673, praying for the incorporation of the settlement, and that it might receive the name of Brookfield. The request was granted, and Quabog became a town, its name being changed to Brookfield.

After the death of her husband, James Hovey, during the Indian attack on Brookfield in 1675, Priscilla returned to live at Ipswich with her daughter Priscilla and son James. Her son Daniel was raised and educated by her father-in-law, Daniel Hovey in Hadley.

Mr. Hovey was killed by the Indians, when a considerable number of his townsmen were massacred. The children of James Hovey, Priscilla, Daniel and James, were orphaned when their father was killed by the Indians 2 August 1675. Mr. Hovey's wife Priscilla survived him; and she returned to the court an inventory which was taken Sept. 25, 1676.

James and Priscilla's children, born in Brookfield:

• Priscilla, married Samuel Smith Nov. 23, 1699, at Maiden; and lived in Reading. until after 1707, when they removed to Charlestown, and from there to Mansfield. Conn. July 7, 1703, when they were called of Charlestown, they joined with her brothers Daniel and James in conveying to Benoni Morse of Dedham, farmer, for eight pounds, thirty of upland and meadow in Brookfield.* Mr. Smith bought land in Mansfield in 1716-7, and they united with the church there in 1718. Priscilla died in Mansfield Aug. 9, 1720, and Samual died there July I5, 1730. Children, born in Reading: I. Samuel, born in 1701. 2. John (twin), born in 1707. 3. Priscilla (twin), born in 1707. 4. Mehitable, baptized Oct. 11, 1713^[10]

• Daniel born in 1672.

• James, born in 1674

Sources

1. ↑ Meet the Planters – Hovey; webpage of the Historical Commission of West Brookfield
2. ↑ Meet the Planters – John Warner, Sr.; webpage of the Historical Commission of West Brookfield
3. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register; 1969
4. ↑ Meet the Planters – Hovey; webpage of the Historical Commission of West Brookfield
5. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700; Clarence Almon Torrey, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, editor; 1985
6. ↑ The Hovey Book; The Daniel Hovey Association; 1913; Lewis R. Hovey
7. ↑ Source: #S73 Page: Ancestry Family Trees
8. ↑ nmarrone1 originally shared this story
9. ↑ J Hovey I (1650-1675) from Hovey Book (1913) Author: Daniel Hovey Association Publisher: Haverhill, Mass. : Press of L.R. Hovey Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT Language: English Call number: 31833013326753 Digitizing sponsor: MSN Book contributor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Collection: allen_county ; americana Full catalog record: MARCXML
10. ↑ tcwtcw33 originally shared this story

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Darrell Abbey for creating WikiTree profile Dane-167 through the import of Generations of Abbe_Abbey 2013-07-28.ged on Jul 28, 2013.