Martha French1

#2795, (12 May 1695 - )
Relationship1st cousin 7 times removed of William David Lewis
Father*Thomas French1 (1657 - 1733)
Mother*Mary Catlin1 (c 1664 - 1703/4)
Birth*12 May 1695She was born on 12 May 1695 at Deerfield, Massachusetts.1 
29 February 1703/4She was captured in the Deerfield Raid on 29 February 1703/4 at Massachusetts, and remained in Canada; Deerfield French and Indian raid.2,3,4,5 
29 February 1703/4She was captured in the Deerfield raid and brought to Montreal; never came back on 29 February 1703/4 at Massachusetts.1 
Baptism23 January 1707/8She was baptized on 23 January 1707/8 at Montréal, Québec; after she had been given to the sisters of the congregation of Notre Dame by her captors, the Abenakis.1 

Citations

  1. [S289] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, Volume 2 (Deerfield: E.A. Hall and Co., 1896), p. 167-8.
  2. [S1512] John Williams, The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion (Boston: Samuel Hall, 1795). Reprinted Springfield, Mass.: H. R. Huntting Co., 1908, pp. 171-172. Hereinafter cited as Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion.
  3. [S741] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, Volume 1 (Greenfield, Mass.: E.A. Hall and Co., 1895), 308, 309. Has Henry Nims as age 12. He was 22.
  4. [S741] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield I, p. 304-05.
  5. [S1230] Emma Lewis Coleman, New England Captives Carried to Canada between 1677 and 1760. Two volumes (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1925).