Joseph PETTY

                   <_FA#> 1704Captured by Indians in King William's War . "History ofDeerfield, Mass." by George Sheldon, 1892, Vol. 2: "Joseph, son of John,born 1672; the man for whom Petty's Plain was
named; a soldier at Northfield in King William's War; at Deerfield 1688and in the Pomroy pursuit; settled in Deerfield; self and wife capturedby the French and Indians 29 Feb. 1704; carried to Canada; he escaped thenext summer with Baker, Nims and Kellogg. He removed to Northfield at the
permanent settlement and died about 1746." ** See transcript of hisletter below  :
King William's War, first of four North American wars, waged by theEnglish and French from 1689 to 1697, and part of a larger European warfought by the Grand Alliance again st France over the succession to thethrone of England. The French and Englis h colonists, aided by Native
Americans, raided each other's settlements. Following a series of Englishraids in Canada, the French governor of Canada, Com te de Frontenac,planned counterattacks on New York City and Boston in 1690. As initialsteps in his campaign, the French and their Native American allies burnedSchenectady, New York, laid waste Salmon Falls, New Hampshire, anddestroyed Fort Loyal, Maine, while French privateers based in Nova Scotiaharried New England shipping. The New England colonists raised an
expeditionary force and placed it under the command of the new governorof Massachusetts, Sir William Phips. This force captured Port Royal inNova Scotia and unsuccess fully attacked Québec. For the rest of the warthe French and their Native Am erican allies ravaged the northernfrontiers of the English colonies. The Pea ce of Ryswick in 1697 restoredPort Royal to the French but left the colonial problem unresolved.Warfare resumed in 1702 in Queen Anne's War. - Encarta .
Letter to the Rev'd Mr. Stephen Williams , Att Springfield, Longmeadow ,From Joseph Petty
(procured at an auction sale in Philadelphia in 1892 and published in thebook, "History of Deerfield" by George Sheldon, Vol. #1 (1893), pages352-354)  "Upon your desire, I now pres ent you with a Narrative of myescape from Canada. tho it is now so long Sinc e y'r I may possiblyforget some
particulars. But the acc't as near as I can remember is as follows VIZ.About thirteen months after I was taken from Deer field (w'you wellremember) four of us consulted  methods to make our escape. Sometime inMay upon ye great procession day we had Liberty to go in and about yecity of Mont Real & there we happened all to meet together & John Nyms &I informed ye other two of our design to make our escape. This was on athirsday (May 10) & we agreed y y other three were come down to where I
lived w was about 9 miles from ye city & w was something remarkable yeguns & Provis ions we I had designed to bring with us was in another roomfrom where I lodg ed w exercised my mind very much how I should come atye  since I Lodged in an other room with ye people of yr house & was still
oppressed my spirits more w as, y coming in from work at noon I found abed & sick person placed in y roo m where yr guns & Provisions were: & Ithot now it was impossible to escape b ut upon my return at night I foundye sick person removed & my bed brought in to y room w much revived me.
"On ye Sabbath (May 13) following I was to go to ye city again toconclude further about our escape & having confirmed all mat ters, Ireturned at night & found my Landlords son there w was designed to Lo dgewith me w again dashed my spirits much for now I thot it impossible forme to Escape from him.
"But while I sat passing w  to do I remembered y   I w as to set up asign  by ye River for ye other three to know where y house was & I thot Iwould  go & do y    w   I had done u . From  the  ' History  ofNorthfield , Mass. ', by. Temple  and  Sheldon , 1875 , p. 514 , ' Petty, Joseph , son of  John , b. 1672 ,
soldier  in  the  garrison  at  Northfield ,  1688 , then  atSpringfield , soldier  at  Deerfield , 1698 , and
in  the  Pomroy  Pursuit , of  Deerfield , 1704 , where  he  with  wifewas  taken  captive , both  were
redeemed  , probably  by  John  Sheldon  on  his  first  expedition  toCanada  in  1705 . removed to  Coventry , Conn.  about  1708 , was  atNorthfield  as  early   as  1718  , where  he  died  about  1746 .
He  married  14  Feb. 1701  Elizabeth  Edwards  , who  died  18  Feb.1702 .  He  m. ( 2 ) 2 June  1703
Sarah  Edwards  who  d. 4 Oct. 1754 . child :
Elizabeth , b. 11 Feb. 1702 .
Sarah , b. 14 Apr. 1707 , m. 1727  Asahel  Stebbins .
Joseph .'
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