Samuel Price

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He was taken captive as a child by native Americans in the Deerfield Massacre of 29 Feb 1704, in which (among many others) his mother was killed. Neither the exact duration and circumstances of his captivity, nor the manner in which it ended, are known with any great certainty, but it seems clear that he was a still a child when he was taken, that he lived among natives for a number of years, and that some of the period of his captivity transpired in Quebec, where, in keeping with the usual practice toward English-speaking captives, he was baptized into the Catholic faith and given a new name, in his case Louis.

A narrative by J. Kelsey Jones, author of the self-published Account of Robert Price of Deerfield, Massachusetts and His Son, Samuel Price of Frankford, New Jersey and Some of Their Descendants, a work of which we have been unable to find a copy, can be read on Samuel Price's Find a Grave page. (Among other things, it usefully disambiguates this Samuel Price with another Samuel Price of 18th-century New Jersey.) A summary of narratives and speculations from various sources about Samuel Price and his captivity can be found on the well-made WeRelate page for Samuel Price.

Samuel married Sarah Perrin in 1729. Sarah was born about 1706; died on 30 Jun 1761; was buried in Frankford Plains Cemetery, Augusta, Sussex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jerusha Price was born on 25 May 1751; died in Oct 1841 in Morrow County, Ohio; was buried in Chester Baptist Cemetery, Morrow County, Ohio.

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He and his son John were the only members of their family to both survive the Deerfield Massacre of 29 Feb 1704 and also evade captivity.

Robert married Sarah Webb about 1677. Sarah (daughter of John Webb and Ann Bassett) was born about 1646; died on 29 Feb 1704 in near Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Deerfield Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was captured during the Deerfield Massacre of 29 Feb 1704, but died just afterward while being led away from the village.

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First of record in Roxbury on 6 Jan 1634, where he is seen being released from his master William Parks of that place.

John married Ann Bassett about 1640. Ann (daughter of John Bassett and Margery) died on 26 Aug 1667 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In New Haven by 1647.

John married Margery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]