"Jeremiah (Wise), bapt. (Roxbury) 6 July 1646; d. Roxbury, 17 Nov. 1678, of Smallpox. He served in King Philip's War in the company of Capt. Daniel Henchman, on an expedition to Hassanameset (Grafton) which began 2 Nov. 1675. Jeremiah was credited on 30 Nov. 1675 for this service, with pay of 1/-/6, along with a company of men mostly from Roxbury. On 8 Nov. 1675 Jeremiah, en route to Hassanameset, addressed an entertaining letter to his parents from 'Mendone or rather Bedlome,' filled with stories about the Indians (George M. Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, pp. 52-5; Suffolk Co. Court Files #84, Suffolk Superior Court, Boston). Administration on the estate of Jeremiah Wise, tailor, dying intestate, was granted to his father Joseph 26 Dec. 1678; upon the death of the father, admin, granted to Jeremiah's brother John Wise (Suffolk Probate #1066)."