Samuel Gillett

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Samuel Gillett was the son of Jonathan Gillett and Mary Dolbiar, and the husband of Hannah Dickinson. Samuel served in King Philip's War and was killed by Indians during the retreat in the Turner's Falls Fight (Peskeompskut). A memorial plaque at Nash's Mill, Greenfield Twp, Franklin Co, MA, memorializes the event as follows: "Captain William Turner of Boston a soldier in King Philip's War was mortally wounded while crossing the Putcummencon (Green) River and fell on the west bank May 19, 1676 On the retreat after the 'Falls Fight' at Peskeompskut (Turner's Falls) forty men of his command fell that day Captain Samuel Holyoke with the survivors fought tgheir way back to Hatfield."

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An original settler of Hadley

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 27 2016, 22:08:48 UTC

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