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     John died. John was born at Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Guild and Elizabeth Crooke.

     John died. John was born at Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Guild and Elizabeth Crooke.

     Eliezer died. Eliezer was born at Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Guild and Elizabeth Crooke.

     Ebenezer died. Ebenezer was born at Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Guild and Elizabeth Crooke.

     Elizabeth died. Elizabeth was born at Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of John Guild and Elizabeth Crooke.

     Benjamin died. Benjamin was born at Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Guild and Elizabeth Crooke.

     King Philip's War (1675-1676) 109

The court endeavored to apply justice to everyone, and it demonstrated this determination dramatically to the Indians in 1638 when four white men robbed and murdered an Indian on the highway. Arthur Peach, Thomas Jackson, Richard Stinnings, and Daniel Crosse were indicted, and, though Crosse managed to escape custody, the other three were hanged. On 6 March 1654/55 the court sentenced John Woodcock of Rehoboth to sit in the stocks and to pay a forty shilling fine for going into an Indian's house and taking away some goods plus the Indian's child as satisfaction for a debt the Indian owed him. Adonijah Morris, who also seized some goods from the same Indian for a debt, was likewise fined forty shillings. On 5 October 1663 three Indians came to court to answer a complaint against them by Ephraim Doane, but when Doane did not appear to prosecute, the court awarded the Indians five shillings each for their trouble. On 1 March 1669/70 Thomas Matthews was fined three shillings four pence for beating up an Indian named Ned, and he was further ordered to pay fourteen shillings to Ned toward his cost of having to travel to court. The Plymouth Court also took it upon itself to act as judge and jury over cases of Indians injuring other Indians within the court's jurisdiction, and on 27 October 1674 it tried an Indian named Matthias, alias Achawehett, for the murder of an Indian named Joseph, alias Chachapanucke. The jury found Matthias guilty of manslaughter "by chance medley," and accordingly the court cleared him of willful murder and released him. 5
It might have been this impartial striving for justice that brought about the opening volley of King Philip's War. On 1 June 1675 a trio of Indians Tobias, his son Wampapaquan, and Mattashanamo -were tried for having on 29 January 1674/75 "wilfully and of sett purpose, and of mallice fore thought, and by force and armes, murdered John Sassamon, an other Indian, by laying violent hands on him and striking him, or twisting his necke, untill hee was dead; and to hide and conceate this theire said murder, att the time and place aforsaid, did cast his dead body through a hole of the iyce into the said pond." This was a particularly sensitive case, for Sassamon was a Christianized, educated Indian who had once served as Philip's secretary. He later left Philip, became a teacher to friendly Indians near Middleborough, and, shortly before his death, warned the Plymouth government of a Wampanoag conspiracy to wage a general war. One of his murderers, Tobias, was a counselor to Philip. Accordingly, the Plymouth authorities were very circumspect, and they added six of the 11     most indifferentest, gravest, and sage Indians" to the usual jury, and all six of these concurred with the verdict, which was that the three accused Indians were guilty of murder. The court sentenced the three to be hanged, and Tobias and Mattashanamo were executed on 8 June 1675. Wampapaquan was reprived briefly for some unspecified consideration, but within a month was shot to death. Right after the hangings, Plymouth authorities began hearing reports of pronounced Indian unrest. 6.




John was born in 1615 at England. He emigrated from (an unknown value) on 20 March 1635.² He married Sarah NN---- circa 1649.³ John died on 20 October 1701. Plymouth Colony Records, Births, Marriages and Deaths p. 63.

     Sarah was born in 1629. Plymouth Colony Records, Births, Marriages and Deaths p. 63. She married John Woodcock circa 1649.¹ Sarah died on 10 May 1676. Plymouth Colony Records, Births, Marriages and Deaths p. 63.

     Nathaniel died. Nathaniel was born at Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. He was the son of Capt. Samuel Guild and Mary Woodcock.

     Mary died. Mary was born at Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Capt. Samuel Guild and Mary Woodcock.

     John died. John was born at Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. He was the son of Capt. Samuel Guild and Mary Woodcock.

     Deborah died. Deborah was born at Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Capt. Samuel Guild and Mary Woodcock.

     John died. John was born at Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. He was the son of Capt. Samuel Guild and Mary Woodcock.

     Israel died. Israel was born at Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. He was the son of Capt. Samuel Guild and Mary Woodcock.

     Ebenezer died. Ebenezer was born at Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. He was the son of Capt. Samuel Guild and Mary Woodcock.

     Joseph died. Joseph was born at Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. He was the son of Capt. Samuel Guild and Mary Woodcock.

     Elizabeth died. Elizabeth was born at Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Capt. Samuel Guild and Mary Woodcock.

     Martha was born in 1643 at Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Peter Worden and Mary (Winslow or Sears ?). Martha Worden married Joseph Severance in 1676 at Salisbury/Yarmouth.² Martha died in 1725.²

     Samuel was born circa 1645 at Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Peter Worden and Mary (Winslow or Sears ?). Samuel died on 13 September 1715 at Norwich, Connecticut.³

     John was born at Halstead, county Essex, England. John died at Halstead, county Essex, England.

     Cornelius Stratton was the son of John Stratton and Sarah. Cornelius died.

     Edward died. He married Elizabeth Trinder on 29 October 1606 at Parish of Sneinton, England.

     Elizabeth died. She married Edward Patten on 29 October 1606 at Parish of Sneinton, England.

     Elizabeth died. Elizabeth was born at Parish of Sneinton, England. She was the daughter of Edward Patten and Elizabeth Trinder.

     NN---- died. NN---- was born at Parish of Sneinton, England. She was the daughter of Edward Patten and Elizabeth Trinder.

     Margaret died. Margaret was born at Parish Lenton, County Nottinghamshire, England. She was the daughter of John Finney and Christian Patten.

     
Robert probably died enroute to New England or soon after arrival. Robert was born circa 1568. He was the son of Jeffrey Finney and Ellen Smedley. He married NN---- NN---- circa 1595 at Parish Lenton, County Nottinghamshire, England. Robert died circa 1638.

     Joyce was born at Parish Lenton, County Nottinghamshire, England. She was the daughter of Robert Finney and NN---- NN----. Joyce died at Parish Lenton, County Nottinghamshire, England.

     Anne was born at Parish Lenton, County Nottinghamshire, England. She was the daughter of Robert Finney and NN---- NN----. Anne died at Parish Lenton, County Nottinghamshire, England.

     Anne was born at Parish Lenton, County Nottinghamshire, England. She was the daughter of Robert Finney and NN---- NN----. Anne died at Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts.