Father: William Buttrick
[Joseph Buttrick (son of William) From the book The History of Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1638-1889; Published 1968 by Printed by R.H. Blodgett, Republished by the Sudbury Press in Boston, Sudbury, Mass.; page 252]
Mother: Sarah (poss. Bateman)
Joseph was one of several colonial soldiers from Concord, MA slain by Indians as they went to the aid of other soldiers in the "Sudbury Fight" in King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War) on April 21, 1676. He and the others are buried near this place.
The following is quoted from Concord in the Colonial Period: Being a History of the Town of Concord, Massachusetts, from the Earliest Settlement to the Overthrow of the Andros government 1635-1689; By Charles Hosmer Walcott (pages 104 - 105):
"The Indian outbreak commonly known as King Philip's War began in June, 1675, and lasted fourteen months, imperilling the very existence of the colonies of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay.
This town was spared the horrors that accompanied the inroads of the enemy in other less favored quarters. Hither came the jealous occupants of Blood's Farms, seeking a shelter from a threatening foe, and the homeless people of Groton and Lancaster found here their refuge and relief. No hostile foot carried tomahawk and fagot within the bounds of the original grant, and the old men, women, and children slept undisturbed by the dreadful cry in the dark.
There was, however, no sense of peaceful security. All the men of military age were enrolled, and were constantly employed in manning the garrisons of the frontier and scouting from town to town in small parties. In the fight at Narragansett Fort, Concord's share of the casualties was George Hayward, killed, and Abraham Temple and Thomas Browne, wounded. A detachment from Concord was decoyed into an ambush at Sudbury, April 21, 1676, and ten were slain. Shattuck was able to ascertain the names of five only, viz.: James Hosmer, Samuel Potter, John Barnes, Samuel Comy, and Joseph Buttrick. The Middlesex Probate Records supply the additional names of Josiah Wheeler, David Curry and Jacob Farrar."
[From Footnote 2: Captain Hugh Mason's company from Watertown went to the succor of Wadsworth's command, and their account of finding the bodies of five Concord men on the east side of the river is as follows: -- " On the next day in the morning, so soon as it was light, we went to look for Concord men who were slain in the river meadow, and there we went in the cold water up to our knees, where we found 5, and brought them in canoes to the bridge-foot and buried them there."]
[Joseph Buttrick (son of William) From the book The History of Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1638-1889; Published 1968 by Printed by R.H. Blodgett, Republished by the Sudbury Press in Boston, Sudbury, Mass.; page 252]
Mother: Sarah (poss. Bateman)
Joseph was one of several colonial soldiers from Concord, MA slain by Indians as they went to the aid of other soldiers in the "Sudbury Fight" in King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War) on April 21, 1676. He and the others are buried near this place.
The following is quoted from Concord in the Colonial Period: Being a History of the Town of Concord, Massachusetts, from the Earliest Settlement to the Overthrow of the Andros government 1635-1689; By Charles Hosmer Walcott (pages 104 - 105):
"The Indian outbreak commonly known as King Philip's War began in June, 1675, and lasted fourteen months, imperilling the very existence of the colonies of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay.
This town was spared the horrors that accompanied the inroads of the enemy in other less favored quarters. Hither came the jealous occupants of Blood's Farms, seeking a shelter from a threatening foe, and the homeless people of Groton and Lancaster found here their refuge and relief. No hostile foot carried tomahawk and fagot within the bounds of the original grant, and the old men, women, and children slept undisturbed by the dreadful cry in the dark.
There was, however, no sense of peaceful security. All the men of military age were enrolled, and were constantly employed in manning the garrisons of the frontier and scouting from town to town in small parties. In the fight at Narragansett Fort, Concord's share of the casualties was George Hayward, killed, and Abraham Temple and Thomas Browne, wounded. A detachment from Concord was decoyed into an ambush at Sudbury, April 21, 1676, and ten were slain. Shattuck was able to ascertain the names of five only, viz.: James Hosmer, Samuel Potter, John Barnes, Samuel Comy, and Joseph Buttrick. The Middlesex Probate Records supply the additional names of Josiah Wheeler, David Curry and Jacob Farrar."
[From Footnote 2: Captain Hugh Mason's company from Watertown went to the succor of Wadsworth's command, and their account of finding the bodies of five Concord men on the east side of the river is as follows: -- " On the next day in the morning, so soon as it was light, we went to look for Concord men who were slain in the river meadow, and there we went in the cold water up to our knees, where we found 5, and brought them in canoes to the bridge-foot and buried them there."]
Father: William Buttrick
[Joseph Buttrick (son of William) From the book The History of Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1638-1889; Published 1968 by Printed by R.H. Blodgett, Republished by the Sudbury Press in Boston, Sudbury, Mass.; page 252]
Mother: Sarah (poss. Bateman)
Joseph was one of several colonial soldiers from Concord, MA slain by Indians as they went to the aid of other soldiers in the "Sudbury Fight" in King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War) on April 21, 1676. He and the others are buried near this place.
The following is quoted from Concord in the Colonial Period: Being a History of the Town of Concord, Massachusetts, from the Earliest Settlement to the Overthrow of the Andros government 1635-1689; By Charles Hosmer Walcott (pages 104 - 105):
"The Indian outbreak commonly known as King Philip's War began in June, 1675, and lasted fourteen months, imperilling the very existence of the colonies of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay.
This town was spared the horrors that accompanied the inroads of the enemy in other less favored quarters. Hither came the jealous occupants of Blood's Farms, seeking a shelter from a threatening foe, and the homeless people of Groton and Lancaster found here their refuge and relief. No hostile foot carried tomahawk and fagot within the bounds of the original grant, and the old men, women, and children slept undisturbed by the dreadful cry in the dark.
There was, however, no sense of peaceful security. All the men of military age were enrolled, and were constantly employed in manning the garrisons of the frontier and scouting from town to town in small parties. In the fight at Narragansett Fort, Concord's share of the casualties was George Hayward, killed, and Abraham Temple and Thomas Browne, wounded. A detachment from Concord was decoyed into an ambush at Sudbury, April 21, 1676, and ten were slain. Shattuck was able to ascertain the names of five only, viz.: James Hosmer, Samuel Potter, John Barnes, Samuel Comy, and Joseph Buttrick. The Middlesex Probate Records supply the additional names of Josiah Wheeler, David Curry and Jacob Farrar."
[From Footnote 2: Captain Hugh Mason's company from Watertown went to the succor of Wadsworth's command, and their account of finding the bodies of five Concord men on the east side of the river is as follows: -- " On the next day in the morning, so soon as it was light, we went to look for Concord men who were slain in the river meadow, and there we went in the cold water up to our knees, where we found 5, and brought them in canoes to the bridge-foot and buried them there."]
[Joseph Buttrick (son of William) From the book The History of Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1638-1889; Published 1968 by Printed by R.H. Blodgett, Republished by the Sudbury Press in Boston, Sudbury, Mass.; page 252]
Mother: Sarah (poss. Bateman)
Joseph was one of several colonial soldiers from Concord, MA slain by Indians as they went to the aid of other soldiers in the "Sudbury Fight" in King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War) on April 21, 1676. He and the others are buried near this place.
The following is quoted from Concord in the Colonial Period: Being a History of the Town of Concord, Massachusetts, from the Earliest Settlement to the Overthrow of the Andros government 1635-1689; By Charles Hosmer Walcott (pages 104 - 105):
"The Indian outbreak commonly known as King Philip's War began in June, 1675, and lasted fourteen months, imperilling the very existence of the colonies of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay.
This town was spared the horrors that accompanied the inroads of the enemy in other less favored quarters. Hither came the jealous occupants of Blood's Farms, seeking a shelter from a threatening foe, and the homeless people of Groton and Lancaster found here their refuge and relief. No hostile foot carried tomahawk and fagot within the bounds of the original grant, and the old men, women, and children slept undisturbed by the dreadful cry in the dark.
There was, however, no sense of peaceful security. All the men of military age were enrolled, and were constantly employed in manning the garrisons of the frontier and scouting from town to town in small parties. In the fight at Narragansett Fort, Concord's share of the casualties was George Hayward, killed, and Abraham Temple and Thomas Browne, wounded. A detachment from Concord was decoyed into an ambush at Sudbury, April 21, 1676, and ten were slain. Shattuck was able to ascertain the names of five only, viz.: James Hosmer, Samuel Potter, John Barnes, Samuel Comy, and Joseph Buttrick. The Middlesex Probate Records supply the additional names of Josiah Wheeler, David Curry and Jacob Farrar."
[From Footnote 2: Captain Hugh Mason's company from Watertown went to the succor of Wadsworth's command, and their account of finding the bodies of five Concord men on the east side of the river is as follows: -- " On the next day in the morning, so soon as it was light, we went to look for Concord men who were slain in the river meadow, and there we went in the cold water up to our knees, where we found 5, and brought them in canoes to the bridge-foot and buried them there."]
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NEAR HERE ARE BURIED | JAMES HOSMER | JOHN BARNES | SAMUEL POTTER | DANIEL COMY | JOSEPH BUTTRICK | DAVID CURRY | JOSIAH WHEELER | WILLIAM HAYWARD | AND OTHERS OF CONCORD WHO | WERE SLAIN BY THE INDIANS | APR. 21, 1676 WHILE GOING TO | ASSIST THE SETTLERS OF SUDBURY | ERECTED BY WAYSIDE INN | CHAPTER D. A. R. OCT. 4, 1908
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