The Massacre at Lancaster - 10 Feb 1675

So my ancestors are not doing too good in this war. My 8th great uncle Ephraim Sawyer was killed. Notice his wife's name.:). (that's the "fake Howton" side of the family).

The roll call is:

Lancaster suffered terribly during King Phillip's War. On 22 Aug 1675 Indians attacked Lancaster, killing eight people: George Bennett, Jacob Farrar, Jr., Joseph Wheeler, Mordecai McLoud and his family and a Watertown soldier. On 10 Feb 1675/6 the Indians attacked Lancaster again, killing 14 people in the Rowlandson garrison and nine other people: Ens. John Divoll and his son Josiah, Abraham Joslin, Daniel Gains, John McLoud, Thomas Rowlandson (the minister's nephew), John Kettle, John Kettle, Jr., Joseph Kettle, Lieut. Henry Kerley's wife Elizabeth and sons Joseph and William, Ephraim Roper's wife Priscilla and daughter Priscilla, three members of the Ball family, Jonas Fairbanks and his son Jonas, Ephraim Sawyer, Henry Farrar, Richard Wheeler and one other person. Twenty people were taken into captivity and many probably died, including the minister's daughter Sarah, John and Hannah Divoll, Abraham Joslin's wife, daughter and brother and four children of Henry Kerley. John Roper was killed a few days later. The town was abandoned on 26 Mar 1676.

Source: http://www.treetreetree.org.uk/LancasterHistory.htm