After a the difficult winter trek that takes them north to Canada, Mercy settles into life in a traditional Indian village. After their village is burned and many of its residents killed, Mercy and more than 100 other settlers are taken prisoner by the Kahnawake Mohawk. Cooney titled, "The Ransom of Mercy Carter", New York: Delacorte Press, 2001."The Ransom of Mercy Carter" is a historical fiction novel based on a real event from 1704 Massachusetts. Here he assimilated into the French culture, became a Catholic, and changed his name to Jean Chartier.Ī version of Mercy's daughter's experiences (also Mercy) is contained in a teen read book by Caroline B. John became a captive of the French, and became a pensioner of the Jesuit Fathers at the Mission located near Fort Lorette at Sault-au-Recollet. Such was the case with Samuel and Mercy's son John and daughter Mercy. While most ransomed captives returned to New England, some of the younger English captives were adopted into the tribes where they became assimilated and married into French or Mohawk society. Son Ebenezer was ransomed in 1707 and returned to Massachusetts. Thomas (age 4) died on the day of the raid. Daughter Hannah (Mary?)(aged 7 months) died near Lake Champlain. Hannah died on the trek near Lake Champlain, Canada. Tragically, his 2nd wife, Hannah and the children were taken captives on the 40 day trek to Quebec in the freezing winter. The brutal trek combined with harsh treatment and exposure to the cold weather killed many of the captives. Of the survivors, 109 were taken captive and marched to Quebec some 300 miles. Fifty-six colonists were killed including 9 women, and 25 children. At dawn on February 29, 1704, a group of 247 Frenchmen, Abenaki, Kanienkehaka, Wyandot, and Pocumtuck attacked Deerfield.
Not surprisingly, great hostilies between the Indians of the area and the Colonists were frequent. Mercifully, she died on Janubefore the terror that would beset her family in a few short years.ĭeerfield was the northernmost outpost of Colonial settlement. They were the parents of Samuel, Mercy, John, Ebenezer, Thomas, and Marah. She married Samuel Carter on December 4, 1690. Mercy (Brooks) Carter was born on Augto William and Mary (Burt) Brooks in Deerfield, Massachusetts.
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