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Killed by Indians at the fight at Bloody Brook. Three of his four sons were also killed in that fight. The Battle of Bloody Brook was fought on September 18, 1675 between English colonial militia from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a band of Indians led by the Nipmuc sachem Muttawmp. The Indians ambushed colonists escorting a train of wagons carrying the harvest from Deerfield to Hadley during King Philip's War. They killed at least 40 militia men and 17 teamsters out of a company that included 79 militia. https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aztextor&id=I42099 ID: I42099 Name: Robert HINSDALE Given Name: Robert Surname: HINSDALE Sex: M Birth: 1617 in Dedham, Essex, England Death: 18 SEP 1675 in Deerfield, Franklin, MA Note: One of the founders of the church in Dedham, Massachusettes - Nov 8th, 1638 Freeman March 13th, 1639. He lived at the present site of the Willard House in Deerfield, Massachusettes. Daughter married in Medfield, MA in 1657 Note: killed by Indians Note: Robert Hinsdale All -- or nearly all --the Hinsdales in the United States descend from Deacon Robert Hinsdale. New evidence suggests that he was from the parish of Pulham St. Mary the Virgin, in southeastern Norfolk county, England.[2] Robert Hinsdale was a proprietor of the town of Dedham, Mass., in 1637. He was a member of the board of selectmen there and was also one of eight founders of the Dedham First Church in November 1638. Robert's first wife was named Annor Hannah. Her maiden name may have been Woodward, but there is no proof for that assertion.[3] They were married in England, but the marriage record has not been found. A sensitive and timid woman, she fainted on making a profession of her faith before the Dedham church on June 2, 1639.[4] In November 1649 Robert was on a committee of Dedham citizens formed to organize a new town, later called Medfield. In 1651 the town was incorporated, and Robert went to live there on what is now North Street. Soon after 1659 he was granted 46 acres of land near what is now Collin's Mill. In about 1667 Robert and his family moved westward to Hadley, Mass. His first wife had apparently died, and Robert married Elizabeth Hawkes about 1668. In 1672 Robert was an original proprietor of Deerfield, Mass., then known as Pocumtuck. He lived at the present site of the Willard House. He was a deacon of the first church there and was one of the principal and most active citizens.[5] Robert and his second wife separated, and on March 30, 1674, he and his wife were taken to court for "living asunder contrary to law" and also charged with "lascivious and wanton carrage." When examined, Ann Hinsdale refused to answer; she appears to have gotten off without punishment. However, the court held that Robert had "broken the Perfect rule of divine law: Mal.2:16; Matt. 19:6; and Peter 3:7, & the law of the Colony." He was ordered "whipped then striped on the naked body" and a fine was imposed.[6] Robert and three of his sons, Samuel, John, and Barnabas, were slain in the Bloody Brook massacre at Deerfield on September 18,1675. Some 700 Indians under the command of King Philip attacked and killed nearly every one of the little band of settlers led by Captain Thomas Lathrop. According to Cotton Mather, many of Lathrop's men had "been so foolish as to put their arms. . .aside to gather grapes."[7] In all, 77 men were killed.[8] A marble monument commemorating the massacre was erected in1838. It lies on the main road in South Deerfield. A common grave is nearby. Children, by his first wife, Ann or Hannah:[9]1. Elizabeth, bapt. Feb. 21, 1635/36, Pulham St. Mary the Virgin, England; d. Aug. 11, 1669; m. James Rising 2. Samuel, bapt. Jan. 28, 1636/37, Pulham St. Mary the Virgin, England;[10] d. Sept. 18, 1675, Bloody Brook; m. Mehitabel Johnson; he was the first settler of Deerfield,Mass.; ancestor of President Franklin D. Roosevelt [11] 3. Barnabas, b. Nov. 13, 1639; d. Sept. 18, 1675, Bloody Brook; m. Sarah (White) Taylor4. Gamaliel, b. Mar. 5, 1642/43; d. 1689; m. Rachel Martin 5. Mary, b. Feb. 14, 1644; m. Daniel Weld 6. Experience, b. Jan. 23, 1646; d. May 19, 1676; m. Mary Hawkes; he was killed by Indians in the attack on Peskeomskut; his son Mehuman is buried in the Old Burying Ground in Deerfield, with the following inscription on his tombstone:"Mahuman Hinsdale, died May ye 9 1736, in the 63rd year of his age - who was the first male child born in this place, and was twice captivated by the Indian Savages."[12]7. John, b. Jan. 27, 1647/48; d. Sept. 18, 1675, Bloody Brook 8. Ephraim, b. Sept. 26, 1650; d. Aug. 20, 1681; m. Mehitabel Plympton REFERENCES [1] Myrtle Lewis, "The Hinsdale Family," Americana Illustrated, Vol. 35, (1941), pp. 602-603. [2] Robert C. Anderson, "The English Origin of Robert Hinsdale of Dedham, Medfield, Hadley and Deerfield, Mass.", The American Genealogist, vol. 68 (July 1993), p. 159. [3] Donald Lines Jacobus, The Waterman Family, Vol. 1 (1939), p.734. Jacobus points out that "No evidence has been found for the statement made in Hinsdale Genealogy (1906). . . that Robert married Ann Woodward, daughter of Peter, and that she died as Mrs. Hinsdale on 4 June 1666. If her name had been Hinsdale, it is almost inconceivable that her death would have been entered under hermaiden name in Dedham records; furthermore, the Hinsdales had been removed from Dedham to Medfield several years before 1666. In a deed, Robert Hinsdale's wife appears as Hannah; she may have been the daughter of Peter Woodward, but no proof has been found."[4]Lewis, Americana Illustrated, pp. 604, 606.[5] Ibid., p. 605. [6] Herbert C. Andrews, Hinsdale Genealogy: Descendants of RobertHinsdale (1906), p. 62. The fine was not remitted even after his tragic death, his heirs being responsible for its payment. [7] Cotton Mather quoted in Bart McDowell, "Deerfield Keeps a Truce With Time," National Geographic, Vol. 135 (June 1969), p.792. This article does not mention Robert by name, but does mention his son Samuel, who was Deerfield's first settler. [8] According to Americana Illustrated. However, the National Geographic article (above) says the number was 64. [9] Lewis, Americana Illustrated, pp. 606-607. [10] Anderson, The American Genealogist, vol. 68, p. 159. [11] For the descent of Franklin D. Roosevelt from Samuel Hinsdale, see: Gary B. Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents (1989), pp. 63-68. [12] Andrews, Hinsdale Genealogy, p. 74.=================================The Battle of Bloody Brook Some Seventy Men killed in Lathrop's MassacreSeptember 18, 1675: A bloody battle today has claimed the lives of between sixty and seventy men, leaving widows and fatherless children throughout the county of Essex. Captain Thomas Lathrop, leader of the company of young men was also killed. He had long been active in Salem affairs. Originally intended to be a uneventful delivery of wheat by oxcarts to Hadley, the men apparently took few precautions and were confident that their numbers belied attack. It would have disastrous consequences. It has become apparent that Phillip with his Wampanoags and the Nipmuck bands under Sagamore Same, Mantaup, One-eyed John, Matoonas, Panquahow, and other minor sanchems had crossed Connecticut to lay in wait for the Hadley delivery. Halting by a nameless stream, Lathrop and his men were suddenly attacked and a virtual slaughter ensued. It is said the water turned red with blood, hence, "Bloody Brook." Captain Mosely, who had remained in Deerfield with the inhabitants, rushed to Lathrop's aid, only to find the "savages" stripping the slain and plundering the carts. Out numbered about ten to one, Mosely fought the "swarming legions" for some four to five hours, gaining little ground. Exhausted and encumbered by his wounded, Mosely was preparing to make his retreat when Major Treat with one hundred Connecticut men and 50 Mohicans arrived. The combat was soon ended, and the united force marched back to Pocomptuck (Deerfield) for night, carrying their wounded and leaving the dead where they lay. The next day, Sunday, Mosely and Treat returned to the grisly scene of carnage and bury the dead "in one dreadful grave."Mather said, " In this black and fatal day. . . six and twenty children made orphans, all in one little plantation." =============================================QUINNI-TUKQ-UT (concluded) 4. Perilous Days In July of 1675, Philip of Poconoket and his Wampanoag warriors were defeated in the Swamp Fight at Tiverton, Rhode Island. From that time on, the theater of King Philip's War moved westward. Danger came to the valley again. The Indians of this conflict were a formidable foe. Their weapons were no longer the tomahawk, arrow and knife. Now they had the white man's weapons, firearms, powder and ball; which they used most effectively. Under the guidance of the sagacious Philip, they had organization and a plan. Tragedy came to the river settlements. Northfield, Deerfield, and Hadley were attacked. Settlers were cut down in their housesand meadows, their cattle slaughtered, their grain for the winter burned. Each day of early September brought tidings more ominous. The force of Captain Beers was ambushed south of Northfield and more than half of his soldiers slain. Three survivors were captured and burned at the stake. Northampton and Hatfield were in peril. Finally came "the saddest day that ever befel New England," the massacre of one hundred picked soldiers and a score of ox cart drivers at the site of Bloody Brook, several miles south of Deerfield. Bands of Indian marauders began to work their way southward. In Northampton houses and barns were burned. Later a group of farmers gathering crops on Northampton meadows south of the town were fired upon and three of their number killed. Men returning from Westfield were ambushed in the northern part of West Springfield and half their number killed. Finally at Northampton the Indians broke through the pallisades and infiltrated into the town. Only the presence of the troops of Major Treat andCaptain Turner saved the inhabitants from massacre. In the meantime, Springfield was burned. The Agawam Indians, who had long been the staunchest friends of the settlers, succumbedto the persuasion of Philip and allowed some three hundred of his warriors into their Long Hill fort. The inhabitants, warned by a friendly Indian, managed to get to the cover of fortified houses from which they could see their unguarded houses and barns set afire. The river settlers were learning a terrifying lesson; one which it would take them almost a century to forget and one which delayed settlement from Northampton and West Springfield, the area that would become Holyoke. Philip was finally brought to bay through his own duplicity. In order to embroil the Mohawks in his crusade, he caused a number of their braves to be killed and accused the English of their murder. The plan miscarried. One of the victims supposed to be dead revived and returned to his people. Thereafter, all the pent-up enmity of the Mohawks concentrated on Philip alone. Even his own braves began to desert. Report has it that at this time the Indians of the falls vicinity left this region for all time. "On Friday, August 11,1676, the last remnant of the Hadley Indians, numbering fifty or sixty warriors and a hundred women, besides children, crossed the Connecticut River on rafts at the foot of the great falls in Hadley." (Probably a little above the present Holyoke dam.) "They fled by the ponds to the southwest and circling Westfield, pushed on toward the ford of the Housatonic River." From that day the Norwottucks or Nonotucks were seen no more as permanent dwellers in the valley where their forbears had lived for centuries. The Agawams lingered on but with the defeat o f Philip their spirit was broken. The day of peril was over. ==================Moved from Dedham, MA to Medfield MA, then to Hadley, andfinally to South Deerfield. Robert and his sons Barnabas, Samuel and John were all killed while working in their own cornfield during the Bloody Brook Massacre at South Deerfield, MA September 18, 1675. 65 settlers were killed altogether. He was a founder of the Dedham, Massachusettes church; made freeman 13 March1639. Marriage 1 Ann WOODWARD b: 1616 in Dedham, Essex, England Married: 1636 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA Children Has Children Samuel HINSDALE b: 5 MAR 1641 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA Has No Children Elizabeth HINSDALE b: ABT 1637 Has No Children Barnabas HINSDALE b: 13 NOV 1639 Has No Children Gamaliel HINSDALE b: 5 MAR 1643 Has No Children Mary HINSDALE b: 14 FEB 1644 Has No Children Experience HINSDALE b: 23 JAN 1646 Has No Children John HINSDALE b: 27 JAN 1648 Has No Children Ephraim HINSDALE b: 26 SEP 1650 From Find A Grave: Deacon Robert Hinsdall BIRTH 1617 Essex, England DEATH 18 Sep 1675 (aged 57-58) South Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL Bloody Brook Mass Grave Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA MEMORIAL ID 50216069 Deacon Robert Hinsdall and three of his sons, Samuel, Barnabas, and John, were of Deerfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Deerfield is now in Franklin County). Among the teamsters killed at Bloody Brook. The teamsters were hauling grain to storage, under the protection of Captain Thomas Lothrop and his soldiers. Most who died at Bloody Brook were second-generation New Englanders. Robert, however, was born in England. In November of 1674, on the eve of King Philip's war, the Deerfield settlement was expanding. Three men were appointed to measure land for proprietors: "Robert Hinsdell," Joshua Carter, and "Jno Allen." All three perished together less than a year later. The deaths at Bloody Brook caused enormous public and private suffering, but the Hinsdales lost perhaps the most: their home, their village, and four men. 1. HINSDALE, HENSDELL, HINDSDALE, Robert, b. about 1617; one of the first settlers of Dedham [Massachusetts] and one of the eight men who founded the church there in 1638; he was also one of the founders of the church in Medfield, 1650; member of the artillery company; was of Hadley 1672, when he was released from military duty "on account of age and a sore leg;" he was an original Proprietor in the 8000 acre grant, and Nov. 13, 1673, he and his four sons were inhabitants of "Pacumtuck;" for the third time he was a pioneer in a new settlement; he and three of his sons were drivers in that train which Capt. Lothrop attempted to convoy to Hadley, Sept. 18, 1675. but which he allowed to fall into the fatal ambush at Bloody Brook, when all were slain. He m. Ann, prob. dau. Peter Woodward [see Sources for a later challenge to this claim], who d. in 1666; she was a timid, sensitive woman, who fainted away on going before the church to make profession of her faith, not being able to speak in public; (2) abt. 1668, Elizabeth, wid. of John Hawks; she was a woman of a different mold; the union did not prove a happy one and they soon parted; at the court held Mar. 30, 1674, they were "presented for living assunder contrary to law," also charged "with lacivious and wanton carrage;" on the examination she refused to answer and appears to have got off clear; he said he "did it as being her head and having the Rule of her in the Pointe, and that he did it for her correction of her disorder towards him." The court held he had "broken the Perfect rule of divine law, *Malachi ii, 16, **Matthew xix, 6 & ***1 Peter iii, 7, and the law of the Colony in the intent if not in letter in the first living assunder, "and ordered him "whipped 10 stripes on the naked body," and imposed a fine for which his sons became responsible, and which the court refused to remit after his tragic death; she m. (3) June 25, 1683, Thomas Dibble of Windham; she d. Sept. 20, 1689. Ch.: -Elizabeth, __; m. July 7, 1657, James Rising of Boston and Windham -Barnabas, Nov. 13, 1639 (2). -Samuel (3). -Gamaliel, Mar. 5, 1642; m. Nov. 7, 1672, Rachel Martin. -Mary, Feb. 14, 1643-4; m. June 6, 1664, Daniel Weld at Dedham. -Experience, Jan. 23, 1645-6 (4). -John, Jan. 27, 1647-8 (5). -Ephraim, Sept. 26, 1650 (6). *Malachi 2:16 "The man who hates and divorces his wife," says the LORD, the God of Israel, "does violence to the one he should protect," says the LORD Almighty. **Matthew 19:6 So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." ***1 Peter 3:7 7Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers. Probate: Here followeth a Coppy of ye Inventory of the Estate of Robt Hinsdale, Deceased taken by Richard Goodman, Peter Tilton, October 22 (1676). to one greate Bible 8sh; to Books for accts 3sh 0 11 0 to 3 Queshens at 6sh; One frying pann at 3sh 0 9 0 to a Pott and andirons 11sh; two paire of old sheets 14sh 1 5 0 to a warming pan 4sh; to one posnet 2 pieces Pewter all 0 9 6 to 1 feather Bed Bolsters and Pillows Blankets pillow Case 5 0 0 to 1 Blanchet and Inkforn 8/6d; Pewter platers, Books 10sh 0 18 6 The Totall Sum of the Inventory is £8 3 0 Sources: History of Deerfield, Sheldon, 1895, v II, pp 201-201 History of Deerfield, Sheldon, 1895, v I, p 40 Hampshire Probate Records, v I, p 189 "It is unlikely that Woodward, born about 1604, had a marriageable daughter when he was scarcely over thirty years old." Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd, Donald Lines Jacobus, 1948, p 161
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