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EUNICE MATHER
WILLIAMS
•After being captured in the Deerfield raid, she was murdered enroute to Canada by her captor for not being able to keep up due to the fact that she had recently gave birth and was weighed down by petticoats.
REVEREND WILLIAMS
•After arriving in Canada, he was imprisoned.
•Two years later he was release in exchange for Pierre Maisonnat.
•He retrned to Deerfield and lived the rest of his life there.
EUNICE WILLIAMS
•Adopted by a Christian Mohawk family in Kahnawake.
•She became fully assimilated into the tribe, speaking the Mohawk language and learning their customs.
•Married Francois-Xavier Arosen and had three children.
•Never returned to Deerfield
WILLIAMS FAMILY
DEERFIELD MASSACRE
February 29, 1704
French and Native American forces attack English
settlement.
56 villagers dead
109 captured
40% of the village houses burned down
Successful negotiations reached
in 1706 for the release of the
Deerfield captives