True Stories of New England Captives Carried to Canada During the Old French and Indian Wars

In a day and age where selecting the perfect title for a book, a movie, or even a magazine article is often more a marketing question than a practical one, it is nice to find books whose titles declare exactly what the contents are. Of course, when I do find such a title it is often the reprint of a book originally published 100 plus years ago. So it is with True Stories of New England Captives Carried to Canada During the Old French and Indian Wars.

New England Captives was written by C. Alice Baker, and originally published in 1897. In her preface, Baker mentions reading the words “Carried captive to Canada whence they came not back.” These words peeked Baker’s curiosity. What happened to those captives? Curiosity turned to mission and this book is the result of C. Alice Baker’s efforts.

These pages provides detailed accounts of attacks on the following towns:

Well and York, Maine
Dover, New Hampshire
Hatfield, Haverhill, and Deerfield, Massachusetts

These stories focus on the points of view of just a few individuals, but offer extensive genealogical and biographical data. In particular, the following family names are treated:

Baker
Nims
Otis
Plaisted
Rishworth
Rising
Sayward
Sheldon
Silver
Stockwell
Stebbins
Wheelwright
Williams

Christine Otis (A romance of real life on the frontier as told in the records.)

Esther Wheelwright

Story of a York Family

Difficulties and Dangers in the Settlement of a Frontier Town 1670

Eunice Williams

Ensign John Sheldon

My Hunt for the Captives

Two Captives ( A romance of real life two hundred years ago)

A Day at Oka

Thankful Stebbins

A Scion of the Church in Deerfield,. Joseph-Octave Plessis (Written for the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of the church in Deerfield.)

Hertel De Rouville

Father Meriel – Mary Silver

Appendix