Sharon: Deerfield Mass is located in Franklin County just below Greenfield......The old name of Deerfield was Pocumtuck and it was settled by settlers from surrounding towns of Hatfield, Hadley,Northampton,etc and some were from Hartford County Connecticut ( the proprietors were men from Dedham,Mass. who sold their shares to the settlers or passed the shares to their heirs). I dont know much about Deerfield, New Hampshire .....you probably will find more on the Rockingham County (NH genweb ...go to the http://www.rootsweb.com and find NH listed and then find the Rockingham County page.....and take it from there......) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- Another thing you could do is contact the : (Massachusetts) Old Deerfield Memorial Library genealogy /research librarian Deerfield, Ma 01342 This site will take you to Franklin County Mass: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mafrankl/index.html click onto the Deerfield box and search through the site....there is information on early settlers, King Phillips War, look ups, etc.....and it may help you find what you are looking for.. The book I mentioned: FLINTLOCK AND TOMAHAWK: New England in King Phillips War covers Deerfield MASS and up and down the Connecticut River Valley area....... NOT Deerfield NH. [ the 2 Deerfields are at least 100 miles apart] There is another Indian story.....Deerfield (MASS) was attacked by Indians in 1704.....many settlers were carried off to Canada.....the Deerfield Mem. Library could send you info on this one. It's probably on the Franklin County website ( see URL above)....... I dont know if I helped or confused you more ! Cynthia Moderator of : Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com VTWindso-L@rootsweb.com CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Sharon Knight <sharonkn@uswest.net> To: 'Cynthia ' <cyndylou3@earthlink.net> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 1999 12:22 AM Subject: RE: [CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L] King Phillip War 1675-6----were your ancestors involved ? > Cynthia, > > Your description of the Inn is great and makes one want to come there for > nothing more than the experience. > > I have one question that I keep getting tangled up in; Deerfield - I have > an elusive relative who I can find being born in Deerfield NH in 1813. I > have found an old map of that area and it was a township on the western > edge of Rockingham County. I find Deerfield MA in Franklin Co. even > further west than Rockingham county in NH. I am trying to read all the > stories I can find about Indian uprising etc.; we have a family legend > that my gg-grandmother Ruhuma Chase who was born in Deerfield, NH in 1813 > was a half-blooded Indian. We can not as of yet find a way to prove or > disprove this. > > I keep finding Indian stories about Deerfield but many times they do not > clarify if it is NH or MA. Can you give me any help or suggestion in this? > > Thanks for your help. > > Sharon Knight (Lamphear, Andrus, Dodge, Chase) > > > > On Saturday, November 27, 1999 7:12 PM, Cynthia [SMTP:cyndylou3@earthli > nk.net] wrote: > > List: > > We went to the Salem Cross Inn located in Brookfield,( Mass) for > > Thanksgiving.....it's a lovely old tavern located on route 9.....built in > > 1705 by Peregrine White's grandson (she was born on the Mayflower) > > 1620.......the original fireplace was built in 1699 and still in use. > > > > When the present owners (forebears of White) took over the place > years > > ago, the "Salem Cross" was on the "front" door's latch to ward away the > > witches and other deviltry. The irony is that the family that descends > > from White..........the surname is Salem ! > > > > The inn in the early days was a tavern/stagecoach stop......many > cattle > > drives between Boston and Albany,NY.......the drovers stopped here at > this > > inn.......today the Inn's owners still carry on the old "Drover's Roast" > > during the summer months. > > > > Our Thanksgiving turkey was roasted on splits in a fireplace that can > > hold a whole oxen ! > > > > The woodwork in the original part of the house is just lovely deep > > brown.......32-38" (wide) boards ! > > the original part of the house is not spoiled by electric lights > > either.....they use candles--electric on the walls and real wax on the > > tables. The original part of the house is filled with old family > > heirlooms... > > (I love old houses and it took my breath away) > > > > You are probably saying that Brookfield is not in the Connecticut > River > > Valley.....that's true today but back in those days.....it was a big part > of > > the settlements of the Mass Bay Colony.......many of the settlers came > over > > the Bay Path and the Hadley Path and today it's called Boston Post Road > or > > better known as Route 20 and many of those settlers settled in the > Hampshire > > and Hampden counties of today.....so I consider Brookfield (and the > Boston > > Post Rd) a big part of the Conn.River Valley area even though it isnt > > located in the counties of CRV on today's maps. > > > > Behind the settlers (in 1700's) on the same path, there were cattle > > drives from Boston to Albany,NY > > and the drovers always stopped at the inn and today the inn still has the > > tradition of an old drover's roast which is held on weekends during the > > summer months. > > > > During the months of winter ( Jan -Apr)...there are "fireplace feast" > > and it's just what it states.....everything is cooked in fireplaces, > > including old receipes , and also pastry baked in a beehive > > oven(1699).......only held on weekends Fri-Sun and reservations are a > must. > > > > Brookfield was totally destroyed in the King Phillip's War (as well > as > > many other "western" Mass Bay Colony towns were that year....... > > > > Not too long ago someone on one of the list suggested a book: > FLINTLOCK > > AND TOMAHAWK > > New England in King Phillip's War; Douglas E.Leach, 1958. Library > cat.card > > # 58-5467; reprint 1995 > > > > If any of you have ancestors that lived in Massachusetts Bay area > during > > the year of 1675-6,,,,,you should read this book.....it's > > fantastic.......well documented......well written. > > It covers most of the eastern seaboard of Massachusetts (Rhode Island > as > > well) as well as up the Connecticut River valley .......the towns of: > > Connecticut: > > New Haven > > Haddam > > Guilford > > Killingworth > > Middletown > > Wethersfield > > Farmington > > Hartford > > Simsbury > > Windsor > > Suffield > > Massachusetts > > Springfield > > Westfield > > Northampton > > Hadley > > Hatfield > > Bloody Brook ( South Deerfield area today) > > Deerfield (Pocumtuck > > Northfield (Squakeag) > > Vermont > > not in 1675.....(but many of your ancestors started out in > the > > above areas) > > > > i ordered my book from Amazon > .......http://www.amazon.com.......believe > > it was for less than $15. > > > > If you are interested in checking out the Salem Cross Inn.... > > http://www.salemcrossinn.com > > > > Sorry I got carried away but I just finished that book on King Phillip's > War > > and being there where some of it happened....it was an ultimate > experience. > > > > Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving......... > > > > Cynthia > > Moderator of : > > Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com > > VTWindso-L@rootsweb.com > > CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com > > to research posted information on towns and counties in the mailing list > go > > to > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl (put name of > mailing > > list in the first box and in the 2nd box put what you are looking for) > > http;//archiver.rootsweb.com/Ct-River-Valley-L/ > > http:archiver.rootsweb.com/VTWindso-L/ > > http//archiver.rootsweb.com/CTHartfo-L/ > > > > > > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > > The Connecticut River Valley List covers the history and genealogy of > the Connecticut River Valley. > > http://searches.rootweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > put Ct-River-Valley in the box.....when query box shows, put in town and > state. > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > http://www.quadrangle.org (genealogy library for Conn River area) > > Listowner: Cyndylou3@earthlink.net > > > > ============================== > > Free Web space. 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