DEERFIELD  , a township of See also:

• FRANKLIN
• FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (1706-1790)
• FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN (1786-1847)
• FRANKLIN, WILLIAM BUEL (1823-1903)

Franklin See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, U.S.A., on the See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut and Deerfield See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, about 33 M . N. of See also:

• SPRINGFIELD

Springfield . Pop . (1900) 1969; (1910 U.S. See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 2209 . Deerfield is served by the See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston & See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine and the New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, New Haven & See also:

• HARTFORD

Hartford See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . The natural beauty and the historic See also:

• INTEREST

interest of Deerfield attract many visitors . There are several villages and hamlets in the township, the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest and most interesting of which is that known as " The See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street " or " Old Street." This extends along one wide thoroughfare over a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill and across a See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau or valley that is hemmed in on the E. by a range of See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

highlands known as See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

Mountain and on the W. by the foothills of Hoosac Mountain . Many of the houses in this See also:

• VILLAGE

village are very old . In Memorial See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, a See also:

• BUILDING

building erected in 1797–'798 for the Deerfield See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy, the Pocumtuck Valley memorial association (incorporated in '87o) has gathered an interesting collection of colonial and See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics . Deerfield was one of the first places in the See also:

• UNITED

United States to enter into the See also:

• MODERN

modern " arts and crafts See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement "; in 1896 many of the old See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries were revived and placed upon a business basis . Most of the See also:

• WORK

work is done by See also:

• WOMEN

women in the homes . The products, including See also:

• NEEDLEWORK

needlework and See also:

• EMBROIDERY (M.E. embrouderie, from O. Fr. embroder, Mod. Fr. broder)

embroidery, textiles, rag rugs, netting, wrought See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron, See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, and See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal-work in See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold and See also:

• SILVER

silver embellished with See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

precious and semi-precious stones, are annually exhibited in an old-fashioned See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house built in 1710, and a large portion of them are sold to tourists .

There is an arts and crafts society, but the profits from the sales go entirely to the workers . The territory which originally constituted the township of Deerfield (known as Pocumtuck until 1674) was a See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of 8000 acres granted in 1654 to thetown of See also:

• DEDHAM

Dedham in lieu of 2000 acrespreviously taken from that See also:

• TOWN

town and granted to Rev . See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John . See also:

• ELIOT, CHARLES WILLIAM (1834– )
• ELIOT, GEORGE
• ELIOT, JOHN (1604-1690)
• ELIOT, SIR JOHN (1592-1632)

Eliot to further his See also:

• MISSION

mission among the See also:

• NATICK

Natick See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians . The rights of the Pocumtuck Indians to the Deerfield tract were See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased at about fourpence per See also:

• ACRE
• ACRE, or AQUIRY

acre, See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement was begun upon it in 1669, and the township was. incorporated in 1673 . For many years Deerfield was the N.W. frontier settlement of New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . It was slightly fortified at the beginning of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip's See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and after an attack by the Indians on the 1st of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1675 it was garrisoned by a small force under See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• APPLETON
• APPLETON, NATHAN (1779-1861)

Appleton . A second attack was made on the 12th of September, and six days later, as Captain See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Lothrop and his See also:

• COMPANY

company were guarding teams that were hauling See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat from Deerfield to the See also:

• ENGLISH

English headquarters at See also:

• HADLEY
• HADLEY, ARTHUR TWINING (1856– )
• HADLEY, JAMES (1821–1872)

Hadley, they were surprised by Indians in See also:

• AMBUSH (older form, " embush," O. Fr. embusche, from the Ital. imboscata, in and bosco, a wood)

ambush at what has since been known as Bloody See also:

• BROOK

Brook (in the village of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Deerfield), and Lothrop and more than sixty of his men were slain . From this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time until the end of the war Deerfield was abandoned . In the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of '677 a few of the old settlers returned, but on the 19th of September some were killed and the others were captured by a party of Indians from See also:

• CANADA

Canada . Resettlement was undertaken again in 1682 . On the 15th of September 1.694 Deerfield narrowly escaped See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture by a force of See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French and Indians from Canada .

In the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• MORNING

morning of the 29th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1703–1704, Deerfield was surprised by a force of French and Indians (under Hertel deRouville), who murdered 49 men, women and See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, captured 'II, burned the town, and on the way back to Canada ' murdered 20 of the captured . Among the captives was the Rev . John See also:

• WILLIAMS
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1582-1650)
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1796-1839)
• WILLIAMS, ROGER (c. 1604–1684)
• WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (1817-1870)
• WILLIAMS, SIR WILLIAM FENWICK

Williams (1664–1729), the first See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of Deerfield, who (with the other captives) was redeemed in 1706 and continued as pastor here until his See also:

• DEATH

death; in 1707 he published an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his experiences as a prisoner, The Redeemed See also:

• CAPTIVE (from Lat. capere, to take)

Captive Returning to' See also:

• ZION, or SION (Heb. iiag, perhaps from runs " to be dry," nqs " to set up," or is " to protect "; Arabic analogies favour the meaning " hump," " summit of a ridge," and so " citadel ")

Zion, which has frequently been reprinted . From the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original township of Deerfield the territory of the following townships has been taken: See also:

• GREENFIELD

Greenfield (1753 and 1896), See also:

• CONWAY (Conwy, or Aberconwy)
• CONWAY, HENRY SEYMOUR (1721-1795)
• CONWAY, HUGH
• CONWAY, MONCURE DANIEL (1832–1907)
• CONWAY, SIR WILLIAM MARTIN (1856– )

Conway (1767, 1791 and i8rr), Shelburne (1768) and a See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• WHATELY, RICHARD (1787-1863)

Whately (1810) . See See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• SHELDON, CHARLES MONROE (1857- )
• SHELDON, GILBERT (1598-1677)

Sheldon, A See also:

• HISTORY

History of Deerfield (Deerfield, '895) ; the History' and Proceedings of the Pocumtuck , Valley Memorial Association (Deerfield, 1890 et seq.); and Pauline C . Bouve,, " The Deerfield See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance," in The New England See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine for See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1905 .