Hi Alice and all -- Just to let you know.... our WARREN & HEARD lines connect. Looks like we're cousins again-- but on my paternal side. How about that! Joan On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 20:54:36 -0400 "Alice Palladini;" <[email protected]> writes: > Hi Again, > OTIS is one of my non Mendon lines.. Although there were > Otis's in > Mendon much later. > My Otis line are ancestors through my Gaskill Line > Samuel Gaskill m. Sarah Varney and her father Ebenezer VARNEY > m. Mary > OTIS. > This family has an interesting but sad history, (see notes > below) > ================================================ > Husband: Richard OTIS > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Birth: 1626 Glastonbury, Somerset, England > Death: 28 Jun 1689 Dover, Stafford, N.H. > Marriage: > Father: Stephen OTIS or Richard?? > Mother: > Other spouse: Shuah HEARD (m aft 1676) > Other spouse: Grizet WARREN (m 1685) (see below) > ============================================ > Wife: ROSE STOUGHTON (my ancestor) > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Birth: Nov 1629 , England > Father: Anthony STOUGHTON > Mother: Agnes PIERCE > ========================================================== > 1 M Stephen OTIS (my ancestor) > Birth: abt 1652 Boston, Suffolk, Ma. > Death: 28 Jun 1689 Dover, N.H. > Spouse: Mary PITTMAN (m 16 Apr 1674) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > 2 M Richard OTIS > Birth: Death: 1701 Dover, N.H. > Spouse: Susanna ? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > 3 M Solomon OTIS > Birth: 1663 > Death: 1664 > -------------------------------------------------------------- > 4 M Nicholas OTIS > Birth: > Death: 28 Jun 1689 > Marriage: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > 5 F Experience OTIS > Birth: 1666 Dover, N.H. > Death: > Spouse: Samuel HEARD > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > 6 F Judith OTIS > Birth: > Spouse: John TUTTLE Ens. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > 7 F ROSE OTIS > Birth: : > Spouse: John PINKHAM > ========================================================================= === > FAMILY NOTES > HUSBAND NOTES: Richard OTIS > General: Occ.. Blacksmith: Arrived when he was 30 yrs. old. Was in > Boston > admitted Hab. in 1655: > Rem. to Dover, N.H. where he settled for life. > Grant of Land: 1655: South side of Hill St. bet. Central & Park Av. > His > house > was where the present large. two story house stands, a short dis. > from > Central Ave. > Aft. 1655, Town grant of 100 acres: So. side of Garrison Hill (Great > Hill)The present old house is known as the "HAM HOUSE" and the > Garrison > green > housesare on that grant. > Later: grant: 50 acres, on west side of Central Av. then known as > Cart Way. > His 2nd house south of the church , Mt Vernon St. > When the Indian War began he made it a garrison, sur, by a high > stockade which enclosed the yard, in which he had a Blacksmith shop. > He resided there several years preceding the massacre of June 1689; > His son Stephen lived in the house he built bet. Central & Park St. > which he > gave him: He was Killed by the Indians while still in bed; , his > 3rd wife > taken captive with dau. Marguerite (Christine) He was married 3 > times: > See Inf. chn for more on Indian raid: > SRC: Otis Familly in Dover in Vol.V NEHGS Reg. -1851; by Hon. > Horatio N. > Otis,of N.Y.; OFCA; Cpt. 14; pgs 135-143; > > WIFE NOTES: ROSE STOUGHTON > CHILD NOTES: *Stephen OTIS > General: Stephen was killed by the Indians, at the garrison: > Lived in the home place bet. Cental Av.& Park St. > > CHILD NOTES: Richard OTIS > General: .Date of birth not known: mar. Susanna___? > Wounded by the Indians, 28 Jun 1689, > as he & other walked home from public worship. > His bro. Nicolas was killed and > Nick. Jr. taken Captive.. > Occ, Blacksmith: Member of Friends (Quaker) > Joined after birth of 2nd child. > > CHILD NOTES: Nicholas OTIS > General: Killed by the Indians: Coming home from worship at the > Junction of Milk St. & > Central Av, The Indians were in ambush. Shot upon them, killed > him . Brother Richard was wounded this same day > by the Ind. > =========== > Other spouse: Shuah HEARD (m aft 1676) 2nd wife of Richard > > ================================================= > Grizet WARREN (3rd wife) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Birth: > Death: Canada > > Father: James WARREN > Mother: > ============================================== > Children > ============================================= > 1 F Hannah OTIS > Birth: 1687 Dover, N.H. > Death: 28 Jun 1689 Dover, N.H., , by Indians > Burial: > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > 2 F Christine (Marguerite) OTIS > Birth: Mar 1688/89 Dover, N.H. > > Spouse: LEBEAU > Spouse: Thomas BAKER Capt. > > FAMILY NOTES > WIFE NOTES: Grizet WARREN > General: Richard was 60 yrs old when he mar. Grizet: > She was taken prisoner with her 3 mo, old dau. Christine > (Marguerite) > and baby was carried to Canada in her Mother's arms. > Grizet later mar. a french man in Montreal. named RUBETOY or > ROBETAIL and > remained in Canada: > > CHILD NOTES: Hannah OTIS > General: Killed by the Indians: and her mother and 3 mo. old sister > were > taken prisinors > to Canada. by the Indians: > > CHILD NOTES: Christine (Marguerite) OTIS > General: She was 3 mos. old when her father was shot by the Ind. She > was > born in the Garrison, on Mt Vernon St.; She was carried prisinor in > her > mother's arms > to Canada ; Later her mother mar. a french man : RUBETOY-ROBITAIL > > A french priest took Christine and educated her to become a nun. She > declined to > take the veil , and at age 16 mar. a frenchman named > ----------Lebeau: and > had 2 > > or 3 chn. After he died; > She married Capt, Thomas Baker who was on business in Can. getting > prisinors > released and he met Christine: Secured her release and they mar. and > returned > to North Hampton, Ma. > SRC:An Extended Bio sketch on Mrs. Baker in Colonial era His. of > Dover, > N.H.: Cor. and Chts. with Barb Petty: (email) > **OFCA; (see file OTIS) > **OFCA; Is OUR FRENCH CANADIAN ANCESTORS: > by Thomas Laforest. > (have excerpts from) > > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the > #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.