John Tarbell (1695)

Born 6 Jul 1695 in Groton, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Died [date unknown] in St-Regis, Canada, Nouvelle France

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Biography

John Tarbell, son of Thomas Tarbell and Elizabeth Woods, was born in Groton, Massachusetts on 29 Sep 1693.^[1][2]

John was taken captive by the Indians, 20th June, 1707, carried into Canada; m. there and left Indian descendants.

"The boys remained with their captors at Caughnawaga an Indian Village near Montreal and sub. married squaws and became chiefs of their tribes." The case was brought before Council and H of R 1739 in Boston by Gov. Belcher.

Sources

1. ↑ Charles Henry Wight. "Thomas Tarbell and Some of His Descendants" in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 61, Jan 1907, pages 71-75. Google Books.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCL8-H5R : 15 January 2020), Thomas Tarbell in entry for John Tarbell, 1695.

• "Epitaphs of the Old Burial Ground, Groton, MA" by Dr. Samuel A. Green, p. 255
• Groton Historical Series: A Collection of Papers Relating to the History of the Town of Groton, Massachusetts, Volume 3; Samuel Abbott Green, 1893, Princeton University, p. 127 - 134 (https://books.google.com/books?id=3Ik-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA127#v=onepage&q&f=false)
• Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 5 ISSUE V.
• For more, see KinsmenandKinswomen.com (https://kinsmenandkinswomen.com/), The Abduction of the Tarbell Children: Part 1 (https://kinsmenandkinswomen.com/2016/06/29/the-abduction-of-the-tarbell-children-part-1/) Part 2 (https://kinsmenandkinswomen.com/2016/06/29/the-abduction-of-the-tarbell-children-part-2/) Part 3 (https://kinsmenandkinswomen.com/2016/06/29/the-abduction-of-the-tarbell-children-part-3/)