She d. in Hatfield, 19 July 1689, aged 23; he m. (2) 27 Feb. 1690-91, Mrs. Sarah (Dickinson) Lane, dau. of John Dickinson, of Hadley and Wethersfield and Frances Foote, and widow of Samuel Lane, of Hatfield, whom she had m. 4 Dec. 1677.
She d. 11 Feb. 1732; he m. (3) 5 Oct. 1732, as her third husband, Mrs. Sarah (Huxley) Smith, of Suffield [2] (whose first husband was James Barlow), dau. of Thomas Huxley, of Suffield, and widow of Ebenezer Smith.
She d. ---; he d. ---, in Suffield.
He rem from Hadley to Hatfield, later to Deerfield, thence to Suffield.
When Deerfield was destroyed by the French and Indians, 29 Feb. 1704, he and four of his children, Martin, Joseph, Joanna and Rebecca, were taken prisoners and carried to Canada. His son, Jonathan, was killed. Mrs. Kellogg escaped. There is a tradition that at the time of the attack upon the house (which was at night), was attacked, Mrs. Kellogg "escaped from her bed with her infant, a few days old, to the cellar, and after secreting her infant, turned a large tub over herself; the cries of the infant attracted the attention of the Indians, who immediately seized it and dashed it against the wall. They afterward feasted on the stores they found in the cellar, sitting upon the tub which concealed the wretched mother. Upon their departure they set fire to the dwelling. She rushed from the house, almost naked and, with bare feet, fled through the deep snow for almost two miles to the house then used as a fort." The youngest child of Martin Kellogg was Jonathan, b. 17 Dec. 1698, and, as recorded in the Hampshire County Recorder's book at Hatfield, he was "slain in the fort", which seems to dispose of the tradition of the infant, a few day old, carried to the cellar and secreted by his mother. How much truth there is in the rest of the tradition is unknown.
The father and his four children were separated, as the Indians, after their depredations, divided into as many parties, each taking a prisoner. It is not known when he returned. In Oct. 1705, eleven of the Deerfield captives came home; the names of only three are known, Stephen Williams, Samuel Williams and Jonathan Hoyt. In 1706, forty-four English captives were returned from Canada. The names of but few of them are known. It is probable that in one of these parties Martin Kellogg, Sr. came. The town of Colchester, Conn. granted to him 4 Nov. 1706, a £100 right of land in that town, he paying £5 in money to the town and to come and settle there with all convenient speed. This he failed to do as appears by an agreement made in 1716, and the deed three years later, 13 Mar. 1719, by which Ebenezer Coleman took the land, repaying to Martin the £5.
(From manuscript in the possession of the Massachusetts Historical Society, found in papers of Fitz John Winthrop, Governor of Connecticut, 1698, 1707.)
AN ACCOUNT OF YE DESTRUCTION AT DEREFD, FEBR. 29, 1703-4.
Upon ye day of ye date above sd about 2 hourse before day ye French & Indian Enemy made an attaque upon Derefield, entering ye Fort with Little discovery (though it is sd ye watch shot of an gun & cryed Arm, wch verry few heard) immediately set upon breaking open doors & windows, took ye watch & others Captive & had yir men appointed to Lead ym away, others improved in Rifleing homes of provissions, money, clothing, drink, & packing up & sending away; the greatest part standing to their Arms, fireing houses, & killing all they could yt made any resistance; alsoe killing cattle, hogs, sheep & sakeing & wasting all that came before ym, Except some persons that Escaped in ye Crowds, some by Leaping out at windows & over ye fortifications. Some ran to Capt. Well(s) his Garrison, & some to Hatfield with Litle or no cloathing on, & barefooted, wch with ye bitterness of ye season caused ym to come of wth frozen feete, & Lye Lame of ym. One house, viz, Benoni Stebbins, they attaqued Later than some others, yt those in it were well awakened, being 7 men, besides woemen and children, who stood stoutly to yir Armes, firing upon ye Enemy & ye Enemy upon ym, causing sevll of the Enemy to fall, of wch was one frenchman, a Gentile man to appearance. Ye Enemy gave back, they strove to fire ye house, our men killed 3 or 4 Indians in their attempt, ye Enemy being numerous about ye house, powered much shot upon the house; ye walls being filled up with brick, ye force of ye shot was repelled, yet they killed sayd Stebbins, & wounded one man & one woeman, of wch ye survives made no discovery to ye Assailants, but with more than ordinary Couridge kept fireing, haveing powder & Ball sufficient in sd house; ye Enemy took ymselves to the next house (the Old Indian House) & ye Meeting house, both of wch but about 8 rod distant, or men yet plyed their business & accepting of no qr, though offered by ye Enemy, nor Capitulate, but by guns, giveing little or no Respite from ye time they began (say some of ye men in ye house shot 40 tymes, & had fair shots at ye Enemy all the while) about an hour before day till ye Sun about one hour & half high, at wch tyme they were almost spent; yet at the verry pintch, ready to yield or men from Hadley & Hatfield about 30 men, rushed in upon ye Enemy & made a shot upon them, at wch they Quitted their Assaileing ye house & ye Fort alsoe; the house of Libertie, woemen & children ran to Capn Wells his fort, the men wth oars still p'rsued the Enemy, all of them vigorously, causing many of ye Enemy to fall, yet being but about 40 men p'rsued to farr, imprudently, not altogether for want of conduct, for Capt. Wells, who had led them, called for retreate, which they Litle mynded, ye Enemy discovering their numbes haveing ambushmts of men, caused or men to give back, though to Late, being a Mile from ye Fort; in yir drawing of & at ye Fort Lost 11 of or men, viz, Sergt Benj Waite, Sergt Samll Boltwood, & his son Robt Boltwood, Samll Foot, Samll Alliss, Nathl Warner, Jonth Ingram, Thomas Belding, David Hoite, Jos Ingersoll, & Jos Catlin, & after or men recovered the Fort againe, the Enemy drew of, haveing at sd house & in ye ingagmts (as is Judge by ye best calculation we can come at) Lost about 50 men, & 12 or 15 wounded (as o'ur captive says) wch they carried of, & it is thought they will not see Canada againe (& sd Captive escaped says) they, viz, the Enemy, went 6 mile that night; about midnight ye same night were gathered of or uper & Lowr Towns neer about 80 men wch had thoughts with that numb'er to have Assaulted ye Enemy that Night, but ye snow being at Least 3 foot deep & impassable without snow shoes (web we had not a supply of ) & doubtfull whether we could ataque ym before day, being in a capacitie but to follow ym but in their path, they in a Capacitie to flank us on both sides, being fitted with snow shoes, & with treble or Numbr, if not more, & some were much concerned for the Captives, Mr. Wm's famyly Especially, whome ye Enemy would kill, if we come on, & it was concluded we should too much Expose or men. The next day by two of the Clock Coniticut men began to come in, & came by p'tis till within Night at wch tyme we were Raised to 250 men in Derefd, but the aforesd Objections, & the weather verry Warme, & like to be so, (& so it was wth Raine) we judge it impossible to travill, but as aforesd to uttermost disadvantage, Especially wn we came up to ym to an attaque, (Providence put a bar in or way) we Judge we should Expose o'rselves to ye Loss of men and not be able, as the case was circumstanced, to offend the Enemy or Rescue or Captives, which was ye End we aimed at in all, therefore desisted, & haveing buried the dead, saved wt we Could of Cattll, hogg, & sheep, & other Estate, out of ye spoyles of ye Remayneing Inhabitants, & some of or N. H., Hadly & Hatfid men settled a Garrison of 30 men or upwards, undr Capt Wells, & drew of to or places.
Children (by first wife):
MARTIN {69} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6e.7a>, b. 26 Oct. 1686; m. Dorothy Chester.
ANNA {70} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6e.7b>, b. 14 July 1689; m. Joseph Severance.
Children (by second wife):
JOSEPH {71} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6e.7c>, b. 8 Nov. 1691; m. Rachel Devotion.
JOANNA {72} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6e.7d>, b. 8 Feb. 1693; captured 1704 by the Indians; m. an Indian Chief in Canada, and had several children. Before her death, she, together with several of her children, visited her half-brother, Martin Kellogg, in Newington, but she could not be induced to take up her residence with him, the love of her wild wood being too strong, and she returned to her Indian home. Her husband was chief of the Caughnawaga Tribe (belonging to the Mohawk Tribe).
REBECCA {73} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6e.7e>, b. 22 Dec. 1695; m. in Suffield, 13 Mar. 1744-45, as his second wife, Capt. Benjamin Ashley, b. 9 Feb. 1714-15, son of Jonathan Ashley and Abigail Stebbins. She d. 1757 in the Indian village, Ouquaga, now Windsor, N. Y.; he d. ---. She was the youngest of the children captured by the Indians, when Deerfield was destroyed, and res. with them in Canada until a grown woman. [3]
JONATHAN {74} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6e.7f>, b. 17 Dec. 1698; killed by the Indians, 29 Feb. 1704.