Lt. Mehuman Hinsdell

He was the first white child born in Pocumtuck / Deerfield in 1673. His father, grandfather, and two Hindsdale uncles were killed at Bloody Brook. His only child was killed in the 1704 attack; he and his wife marched to Canada with the rest of the captives. In 1706 they were redeemed, but then in April, 1709, he was again "captivated" and forced to run the gauntlet. After the war he was sent to France, then exchanged to London, and returned to Rhode Island, whence he got home in safety.

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Lieutenant Mehuman Hinsdell son of Samuel Hinsdell and Mehitabel Johnson, his wife, born at Pocumtuck, afterwards Deerfield, Mass., in 1673, the first white child born there; married Mary Rider, born May 28, 1680, the daughter of William and Hannah Rider of Shelburne. He died May 9, 1736, aged 63 years. His grave is in the old cemetery at Deerfield.

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Inscription: "WAS THE FIRST MALE CHILD BORN IN THIS PLACE AND WAS TWICE CAPTIVATED BY THE INDIAN SALVAGES"

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Repatriated from the Indians after the Deerfield Raid of 1704

http://www.babcock-acres.com/Misceallaneous/deerfield_captives_of_1...