Being thus left with 3 small children, the youngest but a few weeks old, in a country exposed to the ravages of the Indians & Tories, she decided to go back to her father's in Chester, N. H. The journey had to be made on horseback & most of the way, by bridlepaths through the wilderness with marked trees as the only guide. The eldest boy rode upon a pillion behind her, the second one, she tied on in front & the baby, she carried in a sling in front of her. She forded streams that were so deep that the water washed into her shoes & sometimes she was obliged to remain in the woods all night. On one of these occasions she turned her horse loose & with her children crept under a cart-body that was turned up near the path, where she remained unmolested until morning, when she resumed her journey & arrived safely at her father's. But hearing of no more trouble from the Indians, she returned to Newbury in about a year. The boys - Jonathan, Jessie (b. 3/27/1773) & Haynes (b. 8/13/1775) - lived to grow up & each married a daughter of Capt. Ezekiel Sawyer of Bradford, VT.
Being thus left with 3 small children, the youngest but a few weeks old, in a country exposed to the ravages of the Indians & Tories, she decided to go back to her father's in Chester, N. H. The journey had to be made on horseback & most of the way, by bridlepaths through the wilderness with marked trees as the only guide. The eldest boy rode upon a pillion behind her, the second one, she tied on in front & the baby, she carried in a sling in front of her. She forded streams that were so deep that the water washed into her shoes & sometimes she was obliged to remain in the woods all night. On one of these occasions she turned her horse loose & with her children crept under a cart-body that was turned up near the path, where she remained unmolested until morning, when she resumed her journey & arrived safely at her father's. But hearing of no more trouble from the Indians, she returned to Newbury in about a year. The boys - Jonathan, Jessie (b. 3/27/1773) & Haynes (b. 8/13/1775) - lived to grow up & each married a daughter of Capt. Ezekiel Sawyer of Bradford, VT.
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