Henry Nims

Killed by Indians in the 1702 Deerfield massacre and kidnapping. His brother Ebenezer survived and returned in 1714

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ID: I109232

Name: Henry Nims

Given Name: Henry

Surname: Nims

Sex: M

_UID: 8F22A084CE8F51429CDB03639F28AFC7DFA2

Change Date: 5 Feb 2003

Birth: 20 APR 1682 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts 1

Death: 29 FEB 1704 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts

Note:

Vital Records of Deerfield, Mass. to the Year 1850, Compiled by Thomas W. Baldwin, Published by The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1926. p. 303.

Slain by the enemy.

1 2 3

Burial: Old Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts

Note:

Epitaphs in the Old Burying-Ground at Deerfield, Mass. Copied by C. Alice Baker and Emma L. Coleman, published by The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1924. p. 48.

Buried in a common grave in the south-eastern corner of the ground were the victims of the massacre. On one side of the stone which crowns the mound is:

THE DEAD OF

1704

On the reverse:

THE GRAVE OF

48 MEN WOMEN AND

CHILDREN, VICTIMS

OF THE FRENCH AND

INDIAN RAID ON

DEERFIELD,

FEBRUARY 29, 1704

4

Father: Godfrey Nims b: 1657 in Deerfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Mother: Mary Miller

Sources:

Abbrev: History of Deerfield, Massachusetts

Title: History of Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896.all & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896.all & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896.

Page: p. 250 - Date & location

Abbrev: Epitaphs in the Old Burying-Ground at Deerfield

Title: Epitaphs in the Old Burying-Ground at Deerfield, Mass. Copied by C. Alice Baker and Emma L. Coleman, published by The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1924.ce Baker and Emma L. Coleman, published by The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1924.ce Baker and Emma L. Coleman, published by The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1924.

Page: p. 48 - Date & location

Abbrev: Vital Records of Deerfield, Mass.

Title: Vital Records of Deerfield, Mass. to the Year 1850, Compiled by Thomas W. Baldwin, Published by The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1926.. Baldwin, Published by The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1926.. Baldwin, Published by The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1926.

Page: p. 303 - Date & location

Abbrev: Epitaphs in the Old Burying-Ground at Deerfield

Title: Epitaphs in the Old Burying-Ground at Deerfield, Mass. Copied by C. Alice Baker and Emma L. Coleman, published by The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1924.ce Baker and Emma L. Coleman, published by The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1924.ce Baker and Emma L. Coleman, published by The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1924.

Page: p. 48 - Location