Obadiah Peters, John Bean, and John Lufkin headstone, undated

Collection Name:

George W. Perry Scrapbooks

Title:

Obadiah Peters, John Bean, and John Lufkin headstone, undated

Creator:

Perry, George W., 1891-1971

Creator Role:

Collector

Accession / Call Number:

1974.045

Object ID:

1974.045.28.018

Type of Material:

graphic material

Physical Description:

1 photograph

Language:

English

Scope and Content:

Undated photographic print of the headstone erected by the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Hampshire for Obadiah Peters, John Bean, and John Lufkin at Old North Cemetery in Concord, NH. The caption states, "Peters, Bean and Lufkin were buried in one grave, the day after the massacre, August 12, 1746. Stone erected by the Society of Colonial Wars in th[e] State of New Hampsh[ire] 1908. Obadiah Peters of Rumforf aith John Bean of Brentwood and John Lufkin of Kingston, New Hampshire, under the command of Capt. Daniel Ladd and Lieut. Jonathan Bradley, they had been sent by the Governor, from Exeter. for the defense of Rumford and adjacent towns. This company had been ranging in the woods and scouting in the vicinity about three weeks previous, and a part of them were in Rumford on Sabbath, August 10th. On that day it appears that the Indians had meditated an attack upon the inhabitants while engaged in worship, and the night previous had secreted themselves in the bushes adjacent to the meeting-house, to await the favorable moment. One party was concealed in a thicket of alders back of the house where Dr. Samuel Morril lived, another was hid just north of the meeting-house. Some of the Indians, it was said, were seen in the time of worship by a little firl-Abigail Carter, sister of the first Dr. Ezra Carter. The present of Ladd's company, it is believed, prevented the Indians from making the attack. They retired and lay in ambush till next morning, about a mile and a half from the main village Captain Ladd and his men were on their way to Jonathan Eastman's garrison on the south side of the Hopkinton road at Millville, a short distance southeast of the point where the old road from Long pond comes into the former, in a covert they were in ambush on the morning of Monday, the 11th of August, when the opportunity which they sought came to the Lieutenant Jonathan Bradley, with seven companions, set out for Eastman's fort in the ea[rly] hours of that bright hay-day, intending to return by noon, 'in order to go to Canterbury in the afternoon, or at least to get fit to go.' Six of the lieutenants seven companions -- Samuel Bradley, Sergeant Alexander Roberts, William Stickney, Daniel Gilman, John Lufkin, and John Bean -- were members of Captain Ladd's company; the seventh, Obadiah Peters."

Subjects:

Gravestones , Cemeteries

Locations:

Concord, NH

People:

Perry, George W., 1891-1971 , Peters, Obadiah-1746 , Bean, John-1746 , Lufkin, John-1746

Organizations:

Old North Cemetery (Concord, N.H.)

Terms of Use:

For permission to reproduce or publish material from this collection, please contact the New Hampshire Historical Society. Researchers are responsible for following all copyright and intellectual property laws.

Credit Line:

Gift of May Nutter.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Item

Box Number:

6