On Sept. 24, 1653, Jn ffarrer and Jacob ffarrer signed the "covenant of laws and orders" and by doing this, they were accepted as citizens of the town of Lancaster. Lancaster has often been called a Watertown colony because John WINTHORP so styled it in 1643. But of the 55 who signed the covenent, 12 were from Dorchester, 6 were from Sudbury, 6 of Hingham and 5 each from Roxbury and Watertown. The others came from 8 or 10 different localities. August 1675, George BENNETT and Jacob FARRAR became mangled victims of a barbarous act of the Nashaway Indians. They were heads of their families, the others were: William FLAGG and Joseph WHEELER who were probably soldiers detailed for service. The assault ofthe savages was made at sunrise and simultaneously in 5 places. The people were nearly all in shelter of the feebly fortified garrison houses. John BALL, who had for some reason remained in his own dwelling, was butchered together with his wife and a infant and two older children were carried away captive. Though the position of BALL's house is not exactly known, it was probably on the George Hill range. At John PRESCOTT's, his grandson, Ephraim SAWYER was killed. Of the garrison of Richard WHEELER, which was in the South Lancaster, 5 were slain; Richard WHEELER, Jonas FAIRBANKS, Joshua FAIRBANKS, Henry FARRAR and another unknown. The first three were shot by Indians. The other 2 were waylaid while out of the garrison upon some errand. In 1707, Jonathan WHITE, a youth of 15 years, was killed by Indians, and August 16th a band killed a woman and captured 2 men near Marlborough, one of whom escaped. The other, Jonathan WILDER, whose father, Lt. Nathaniel WILDER, had fallen 3 years before--was murdered when his captors were overtaken by a force which hastily pursued them. In the fight that ensued, Ephraim WILDER, brother of the captive, was severely wounded, Ensign John FARRAR, a native of Lancaster but resident of Marlborough, was killed Two others of Marlborough suffeed, Richard SINGLETARY losing his life and Samuel STEVENS being badly wounded. The fight took place in the northwest corner of the "additional Grant" of Lancaster.