While working on another project I noticed in the Journal of Captain Phineas Stevens' Journey to Canada, 1752, the following entry dated July 15, 1752: "We set out from Montreal to New England. Brought with us eight prisoners, viz: two taken from Jebucto, Thomas Stanard and Honor Hancock; two men from New Hampshire, Amos Estmon and John Stark, taken from a hunting; Joseph Fortner, taken west of Pennsylvania; from the Massachusetts Edmund Hinckley, Samuel Lambart, and Seth Webb. We came this day to Laperary. It rained a smart shower and we crossed the river, and some in the night." Phineas Stevens was one of the first settlers of Fort #4 on the Connecticut River between New Hampshire and what would become Vermont. He was born in Sudbury Ma.. He was himself captured by Abenakis during one of Grey Lock 's raids in 1723 along with his younger brother Isaac, whose life was spared when Phineas convinced the Indians he would carry his brother on his back for the journey. Phineas Stevens became a well known trader, interpreter, scout along the Connecticut River , and was trusted by the Abenaki. He died in 1756 in Chenecto, Nova Scotia. From this passage, I was especially interested in the names from "the Massachusetts" . These are the names of men who were taken into Indian captivity while haying one day with our Samuel Whitney from New Meadows, near Lisbon Falls, Maine in 1751. Remember, Maine did not become a state until the 1820's and was until then considered part of Massachusetts. I have seen Samuel Lambart's name spelled a number of ways including Lumber, Lumbar and Lombard. Of course the story of the captivity of these men is fascinating especially when combined with the theory held by some WRGers that they later went to Nova Scotia. I have been interested in Samuel Lambart and have written in my notes that he lived the remainder of his life in Bath, Maine but unfortunately did not note where I got that idea ! I haven't had a chance to visit Bath's historical society or library. My ancestor Samuel Lumbar Whitney b. 1774 was the son of Benjamin (b. 1725 John, Benjamin, John) and Mercy Hinckley Whitney. Samuel the captive would have been Benjamin's brother and Edmund Hinckley must have been some relation to Mercy. Did Samuel Lambart(Lumber, Lumbar, Lombard) do something to help the captives survive, something significant enough to cause Benjamin and Mercy to name their child (my ancestor) after him? Any thoughts on the relationship between these captives, Phineas Stevens and our Samuel Whitney (John, Benjamin, John) ? from, Carolyn Whitney Branagan