Three relatives to my ancestors were killed in the Fight at Fryeburg.
ROBBINS
Jonathan Robbins was the son of my 8th
great-grandfather, George Robbins and his 2nd wife, Alice Frye. He was a half-brother to my ancestor, John
Robbins, son of George Robbins and his first wife. Jonathan was born on November 19, 1686 in
Chelmsford, Massachusetts and moved to Dunstable about 1710 where he settled. He married Margaret Lund on January 16,
1711-2 in Concord, Massachusetts. He was
commissioned as a Lieutenant in 1724 and served on 3 expeditions with Capt.
John Lovewell. In 1725, he was 38 years
old and married for 14 years with five children. He set out as one of two Lieutenants under
Lovewell in April 1725. On May 9, 1725,
after finding their first Native and returning to get their packs, Lovewell’s
company was ambushed and both Jonathan and Lt. Farwell were wounded early in
the engagement. He eventually died from
his wounds. A manuscript of the fight
states that Jonathan asked to have pistol left with him. He said “the Indians will come in the morning
to scalp me and I will kill one more of em if I can.” His widow petitioned for administration of
his estate. She remarried to William
Shattuck in 1729.
JEFTS
John Jefts was born in 1696 in Billerica, Massachusetts,
son of John and Lydia Jefts and grandson of my 9th
great-grandparents Henry and Hannah (Births) Jefts. He was a nephew to my ancestor Hannah (Jefts)
Spaulding. In 1725, he was unmarried at
28 years old. He enlisted from Groton,
Massachusetts, but was probably a resident of Billerica. John was killed instantly early in the battle
and buried on the field.
BARRON
Elias Barron was born in 1695 in Groton, Massachusetts, the
youngest son of my 8th Great-grandparents, Ellis and Mary (Sherman)
Barron. He was a brother to my 7th
great-grandfather, Samuel Barron. He
married Priscilla Wilson in 1718 in Concord, Massachusetts. In 1725, Elias Barron was 32 years old and
had three children. He enlisted from
Groton, Massachusetts. During the fight,
he was wounded and said to have crawled away and died near the battlefield. His widow remarried to Jonathan Mead and died
in July 1740.
Dedication of the monument at Fryeburg, Maine in 1904 by the Massachusetts Society of Colonial Wars
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