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

Persoonlijke gegevens William I Allis 

• Hij is geboren in het jaar 1613 in Dagenham, Essex, England.
• Hij is overleden op 6 september 1678 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, hij was toen 65 jaar oud.

  Hill Cemetery, Hatfield

Gezin van William I Allis

Hij is getrouwd met Mary Graves.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1641 te Hatfield, Hampshire, Ma, hij was toen 28 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Samuel Allis  1646-1704 

Notities over 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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