The
GOFA tells how Deacon Timothy BROWN, the husband of Capt. .Jabez’s oldest
daughter, Thankful, was made captive by the Indians. Here is another accounting
of the tale, from “A Particular History
of the Five Year French & Indian Wars”, by Samuel Drake, Boston, 1870., p.
96. Some sources report BROWN remained
in captivity for one and a half years, but note his next child, Silance, was
born October 19, 1737 (Brookfield VR).
May 6, 1746, at Lower Ashuelet, since Swanzey, Dea. Timothy BROWN and Robert MOFFIT were fired upon as they were leaving the garrison. They returned the fire, breaking the arm of the Indian Leader, but both are made prisoner and taken to Canada, arriving in Quebec June 22nd. They were both exchanged or ransomed later.