Samuel Allen - Deerfield, MA
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N 42° 32.715 W 072° 36.601
18T E 696238 N 4713085
Samuel Allen was killed by Indians in a surprise attack. He is buried in the Old Deerfield Burying Ground in Deerfield, MA.
Waymark Code: WMPG25
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 08/26/2015
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On August 25, 1746, Samuel Allen and his family, along with several neighbors, were in the meadows south of the town of Deerfield, preparing to gather hay they had cut the day before when they were surprised by an Indian attack.
The members of the haymaking group were:
Samuel Allen - age 44
Eunice Allen - age 13
Caleb Allen - age 9
Samuel Allen - age 8
Oliver Amsden - age 18
Simeon Amsden - age 9
Eleazer Hawks - age 29
And 2 soldiers, Gillett and Saddler, to protect them.
Eleazer Hawks was hunting nearby and was first attacked by a group of Indians and killed. Samuel Allen was killed while holding off the attack to give some of the children time to escape. His son Samuel Allen Jr. was captured and taken to Canada and ransomed nine months later. Eunice, the only girl in the group was severely wounded by a tomahawk and left for dead. She was found barely alive, taken into the town, treated, and managed to recover from her wounds. Both Oliver Amsden and Simeon Amsden were killed in the fight.
His slate gravestone has a cherub in the lunette and the following inscription.
In memory of
Mr Samuel Allen who
Fell by the Indian Savages
August ye 25th 1746
Valiantly Defending his
Own Life & Childrens in
ye 45th Year of his age.
Listen to me ye Mortal men Beware,
That you engage no more in direfull
War, By means of War my Soul from
Earth is fled, My Body Log'd in
Mansions of the Dead.
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