Watertown marriages: John Shattack & Ruth whetny Joyned in Maryage the 20 of June 1664
Watertown deaths: John Shattack was drowned as he was passinge over Charlestown Ferry the 14 of September 1675
William Shattuck, Senior, was of Watertown in 1642. By wife Susanna [Hayden?] he had ten children. The eldest son, John, mar. Ruth Whitney. (Harris' Epitaphs)
From contributor Ann Nickell: On Sep. 4, 1675 he served as Sergeant in Capt. Richard Beer's Company in King Philip's War against the Indians in 1675. He was one of only 16 survivors of that battle. He drowned 10 days later.
Watertown marriages: John Shattack & Ruth whetny Joyned in Maryage the 20 of June 1664
Watertown deaths: John Shattack was drowned as he was passinge over Charlestown Ferry the 14 of September 1675
William Shattuck, Senior, was of Watertown in 1642. By wife Susanna [Hayden?] he had ten children. The eldest son, John, mar. Ruth Whitney. (Harris' Epitaphs)
From contributor Ann Nickell: On Sep. 4, 1675 he served as Sergeant in Capt. Richard Beer's Company in King Philip's War against the Indians in 1675. He was one of only 16 survivors of that battle. He drowned 10 days later.
Inscription
To perpetuate the memory of
WILLIAM SHATTUCK
who died in Watertown
Aug. 14, 1672, aged 50.
The progenitor of the race
that have borne his name
in America.
And of his son
JOHN SHATTUCK
who was drowned
in charlestown Ferry
Sept. 14, 1675, aged 28.
This simple memorial
was erected in 1853 by
LEMUEL SHATTUCK
who holds in grateful veneration
the puritan fathers of
New England.
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