THE INDIAN WARS
Although our ancestors undoubtedly were
involved in some of these conflicts, I have not found
much evidence. This page will be updated when warranted.
Those who died in the wars appear in red:
Pequot War
1636-1637
No record of family members involved.
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King Philip's War
1675-1676
Philip was the name given to Metacomet,
the sachem or chief of the Wampanoag tribe of Indians. As
the Colonists made continual encroachments on Indian
lands, he formed a confederation of tribes and led an
uprising that burned several towns and killed many
English settlers. Philip's death and the Indians' defeat
opened New England to European colonization.
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- Nathaniel 1645-1676
Lieutenant in the Killingworth, Conn., train band
[05-00008] (John, John)
Although Nathaniel died during this period, it's
not certain if he was one of the hundreds of
settlers who was killed in an Indian raid, died
in a military operation or of disease. There is
no record of Guilford or Killingworth coming
under attack by Indians during this conflict.
Early genealogies that report he "died after
a two-month stay in an Albany, N.Y.,
hospital" during the war but I've yet to
find any evidence that this conflict spread to
Upstate New York. More likely this is his grandson and
namesake who died a century later in the French & Indian
War, which was fought in this area.
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Pontiac's
War
1763-1765
No record of family members involved.
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Creek Wars
1780s and 1790s
No record of family members involved.
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Florida's
Seminole Wars
1817-1819, 1835-1842, 1855-1858
No record of family members involved.
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Black Hawk
War
1830-1831
No record of family members involved.
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Sioux Wars
1860s and 1870s
No record of family members involved.
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Washita War
1868-1869
No record of family members involved.
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Red River
War
1874
No record of family members involved.
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