Elizabeth FOOTE

1654 - 1696  (42 years)

• Name	Elizabeth FOOTE
  Birth	1654  [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Note	16 Sep 1696
  	The following was taken from the Hatfield Town Records: 'Elizabeth, wife to Daniel Belden head of the family, together with Daniel Belden, John Belden and Thankful Belden, their children, were all of them slaine by the enemie September 16,1696. ''Sept. 16, 1696. The Indians came along from up Green River to the town, and assaulted Mr. Daniel Belden's house; took Mr.Belden, his son Nathaniel and daughter Esther captive, killed his wife and three children, and wounded Samuel and Abigail, but they recovered, altho' Samuel had a hatchet struck in his head,and some of his brains came out at his wound. Samuel was born Apr 10, 1687.'From another source listed as Mather's Magnalia: The Indians making an Assault upon Deerfield, in this PresentWar, they struck a Hatchet some Inches into the Skull of a Boy there, even so deep that the Boy felt the force of a Wrench used by 'em to get it out. There he lay a long while Weltering in his Blood; they found him, they Dress'd him; considerable Quantities of his Brain came out from time to time when they opened the Wound- yet the Lad recovered, and is now a Living Monument of the Power and Goodness of God.'
  Death	16 Sep 1696	Deerfield, Franklin, MA   [1, 2, 3]
  	The Following was taken from the Hatfield Town Records:'Elizabeth, wife to Daniel Belden head of the family, together with Daniel Belden, John Belden and Thankful Belden, their children, were all of them slaine by the enemie September 16,1696.'
  Person ID	I4337	MM
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2002

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel FOOTE, II,   b. 5 Mar 1619, St. James, Colchester, Essex, ENGLAND d. 1655, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT (Age 35 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth SMITH,   b. 28 Jan 1627, Hadleigh, Suffolk, ENGLAND d. 1711 (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F1242	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Daniel BELDEN,   b. 20 Nov 1648   d. 14 Aug 1732, Deerfield, Franklin, MA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	10 Nov 1670  [1, 2, 3]
  Family ID	F1592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 16 Sep 1696 - Deerfield, Franklin, MA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S179] Foote, Abram W., Foote Family, (Marble City Press, The Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1907-1932), 179. [S182] Goodwin, Nathaniel, Descendants of Nathaniel Foote, (Hartford Press of Case, Tiffany & Co., Hartford, Connecticut, 1849), 182. [S183] Hickok, Charles Nelson, The Hickok Genealogy, (The Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc, Rutland, Vermont, 1938), 183.