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Note: She was known as the "Fair Captive" in the stories of the Indian Wars. (From History of Framingham, Mass., early known as DANFORTH FARMS 1640 - 1880; Framingham Genealogical Register) from Internet website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walkersj/Howe.htm JEMIMA SAWTELL: The following is an extract from a letter by John Howe, one of the descendants, to Elias Howe, dated 4 Sept. 1871; "Nehemiah Howe, the father of her (Jemima Howe's) second husband, was killed by the Indians in Charlestown, N.H.: (see New England Gazetteer.)[from LCB-this is not true. Nehemiah died in a Quebec prison 25 May 1747, per "The Captivity of Nehemiah How]. Caleb Howe, the husband of Mrs. Jemima Howe, was killed by the Indians June 27, 1755, within a short distance of Fort Sartle. (A very interesting account of Mrs. Howe's captivity is to be found in the "American Preceptor" page 176). His body was buried on the plain on the east side of the Connecticut River opposite Fort Sartle, and the following is the inscription o the old moss-covered blue stone: "In memory of Mr. Caleb Howe a very kind companion, who was killed by the Indians June 27, 1755. His wife Mrs. Jemima Howe and seven children were taken captive at the same time." Mrs. Howe returned from her captivity in company with Gen. Putnam (see Harpers Magazine 1856, vol. 12 page 588; also "The Mountain Hero" page 100) and she was known as the "Fair Captive." One of her sons, Capt. Moses Howe, built and kept a tavern on the same farm where her father was killed, and that house is still standing on the very spot where Fort Sartle used to stand, - the first having been taken down in 1838 and the present house moved to the spot where Fort Sartle stood about half a mile north of Bridgman's Fort, which was burnt at the time of Mrs. Howe's capture in Vernon, Vt., formerly called Hinsdale. ("Howe Genealogies, John Howe of Sudbury and Marlborough," Daniel Howe, ed. Gilman Howe) Jemima and the other captives endured a forced walk for eight days to Crown Point on Lake Champlain, and were then taken to Canada. Jemima's six month old baby was taken from her and eventually starved to death. Her oldest daughter was put in a convent and later taken to France and married to a French nobleman, Cron Lewis. After five years, Jemima having become known as the 'Fair Captive', was ransomed and recovered her remaining five children. (The Howe, Willard and Sartwell Families of Vernon, VT) Aft 1781; The three children of her daughter Submit Phipps Willard, were very young when their mother died in 1781. Family notes indicated that they were brought up by Jemima and Amos Tute, and after Amos died in 1790, by Jemima. They were listed as grandchildren and heirs of Jemima in her will along with William How. Charlotte apparently was not married and died young. What happened to Jonathan is not known. Mary, also known as Polly, married her cousin William How. (The Howe, Willard and Sartwell Families of Vernon, VT) JOHN BORDWELL When a boy he went to live with his Aunt Jemima Howe, who had m. Amos Tute, a brother of John's mother. Jemima Howe was famous by reason of her suffering by having her two first husbands killed by the Indians, viz. Wm Phipps and then Caleb Howe. When the last was killed she and her seven chn were made captives and carried to Canada. One of her children was killed and one, the eldest, a dau., m. a French gentleman and went to France. By her heroism she was liberated with the other chn and returned to New England. After her marriage with Amos Tute, she had two more chn and he died in 1790. It was with this heroic woman that John lived. -JMC MOSES BARDWELL was a farmer. His aunt Jemima Howe lived, we think, at Fort Hinsdale which we think was on the Vermont side of the Connecticut, and Moses, being with her, settled in that vicinity. - JMC Story of her life told on her tombstone and in a book about her life. Both of her first 2 husbands were killed by the Indians and she with 7 children were captured by them after the murder of her 2nd husband Caleb Howe. They walked overland to Crown Point and were taken to Canada. The youngest of the children died in captivity of starvation when it was taken from it's mother in the Indian village. Her oldest daughter was sent to France where she was married. Jemima was ransomed in 1758 by the state of New Hampshire and returned with sons William, Caleb and Squire. Her son Moses was ransomed later, and Jemima herself returned to Canada to rescue her youngest daughter from a convent shortly before she was to be sent to France. In her captivity she was called "Fair Captive". In 1941 her story was told by Marguerite Allis in "Not Without Peril", New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1941. (Vermont Families in 1791)
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