Wheeler/Ethridge/Zeller/Dunkin Family Tree » William I Allis (1613-1678)

Persönliche Daten William I Allis 

• Er wurde geboren im Jahr 1613 in Dagenham, Essex, England.
• Er ist verstorben am 6. September 1678 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, er war 65 Jahre alt.

  Hill Cemetery, Hatfield

Familie von William I Allis

Er ist verheiratet mit Mary Graves.

Sie haben geheiratet im Jahr 1641 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Ma, er war 28 Jahre alt.

Kind(er):

1. Samuel Allis  1646-1704 

Notizen bei William I Allis

Early Allis Settlers & The Indian Wars
William Allis came from England to America in 1630 as a young man and established himself as a surveyor near Braintree, MA. In 1658 he emigrated to Wethersfield and 3 years later moved to Hadley, MA over a dispute with the church. His oldest son John, from whom Bolton's Allis family descends, was born in Braintree in 1642.

Indian attack during King Philip's War (Wikipedia)
Hadley and Deerfield were the frontier in 1675 and William and his sons, including John, were officers during King Phillip's War when Hadley was attacked in 1675 and 1676. The war was the greatest calamity to occur in 17th Century New England and is considered by many to be the deadliest war in the history of American colonization.
William was a Captain at the Battle of Great Falls where his son William, Jr was killed. In 1677 Indians from Canada again raided when the men were away and burned the village, killed 12 and captured 17 taking them to Canada. William's wife Mary was killed and John's daughter Abigail taken captive. The prisoners were turned over to the French and later returned.
The family suffered additional tragedy in 1704 when the French and Indians attacked Deerfield and John's sister-in-law was killed and 2 nieces captured.
John's youngest son Nathaniel was born in Hatfield in 1685. As his father and grandfather were leading citizens he must have grown up with the stories of recent Indian raids and the possibility of future threats.

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