Samuel Gillett was the son of French immigrants Jonathan Gillett and Mary Dolbiar and the husband of Hannah Dickinson. Samuel lived in Hadley. He 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 Pukcommeacon (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 their way back to Hatfield."
There is no individual grave marker for Samuel Gillett.
Children (in addition to those listed in familylinks below):
Samuel Gillett (1673-1769)
Mary Gillett Ives
Hannah Gillett (1669-1671)
The manager of this memorial is a descendant of Samuel Gillett.
"Captain William Turner of Boston a soldier in King Philip's War was mortally wounded while crossing the Pukcommeacon (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 their way back to Hatfield."
There is no individual grave marker for Samuel Gillett.
Children (in addition to those listed in familylinks below):
Samuel Gillett (1673-1769)
Mary Gillett Ives
Hannah Gillett (1669-1671)
The manager of this memorial is a descendant of Samuel Gillett.
Samuel Gillett was the son of French immigrants Jonathan Gillett and Mary Dolbiar and the husband of Hannah Dickinson. Samuel lived in Hadley. He 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 Pukcommeacon (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 their way back to Hatfield."
There is no individual grave marker for Samuel Gillett.
Children (in addition to those listed in familylinks below):
Samuel Gillett (1673-1769)
Mary Gillett Ives
Hannah Gillett (1669-1671)
The manager of this memorial is a descendant of Samuel Gillett.
"Captain William Turner of Boston a soldier in King Philip's War was mortally wounded while crossing the Pukcommeacon (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 their way back to Hatfield."
There is no individual grave marker for Samuel Gillett.
Children (in addition to those listed in familylinks below):
Samuel Gillett (1673-1769)
Mary Gillett Ives
Hannah Gillett (1669-1671)
The manager of this memorial is a descendant of Samuel Gillett.
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