I am providing the following information copied from the James GYLES journal which is published in the "Giles Memorial Genealogical Memoirs" to help explain the movement of people from Maine & Mass into the NY and NJ areas during the 1675 - 1700 timeframe. It is possible some of our East Jersey FRENCH lines were part of this exodus. James Gyles, according to his journal moved east from Boston/Braintree, Mass. area to Maine, where he had settled and bought land. The following is a quote from his journal describing the flight of his family and other residence of that area during the Indian attacks associated with 'Phillips War.' "We and the rest of Kennebec neighbours, whom God had preserved from the cruelty of the Indians, got to Damoras Cove, a fishing island about two miles from the main land, where we met the people of Shipscut, Pemaquid, and all other places thereabout, who fled thither to save their lives. We staid there a week, in which time we made several attempts into the river to see if we could get off any thing that was left behind; but all in vain, for the Indians lay in ambush and beat us off, so as we could get nothing from the main land but blows, and saw all our houses burnt and our cattle killed, and every thing ruined and destroyed, and no help like to come to us from the Bay; and we being about three hundred souls on a little island, and no meat, drink, or any thing else to relieve us, and being in a poor condition, we thought good to call a council to consult what course to take for relief; and first to consider what vessels and boats there were in the harbour, and finding there was enough to carry all the people away, the 16th day of August [1676] at night we set sail and left not one man, woman, or child behind; some for Piscataway, Salem, Boston, and other towns in the Bay, according as they had friends and relations."