Person:Zachariah Damon (1)

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m. 16 Jun 1644
  1. Deborah Damon1645 - Aft 1718/19
  2. John Damon1647 - 1676
  3. Zachary Damon1649/50 - 1649/50
  4. Mary Damon1651 - Bef 1696
  5. Daniel Damon1652/53 - 1696
  6. Zachariah DamonAbt 1654 - 1730
m. Jun 1679
  1. Martha Damon1682 - Bef 1728
  2. John Damon1684 -
  3. Zachariah Damon1686 - 1764
  4. Daniel Damon1688 - 1733
  5. Mary Damon1690 - Aft 1753
  6. Abigail Damon1692 -
  7. Hannah Damon1694 - 1790
  8. Mehitable Damon1696 -
Facts and Events
Name Zachariah Damon
Unknown[3] Zachary Damon
Gender Male
Birth[2] Abt 1654 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Jun 1679 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesto Martha Woodworth
Death[1] 3 Sep 1730 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Zacheriah was born at Scituate in 1654 and his mother died when he was about a year old. After growing up in Scituate he enlisted in King Philip's War (1675-76) and was appointed Lieutenant. The early colonists mostly lived at peace with the Indians until they began to push them out of the area. King Philip was the Sachem of an Indian tribe near Plymouth. Beginning in 1675 the Indians made a number of terrorizing raids on exposed settlements; many towns were left in ruins and nearly a thousand white settlers lost their lives. On March 20, 1676, a group of 15 men from Scituate were killed in a battle. On April 21 the Indians attacked again but were repulsed. On May 20, the Indians burned 23 buildings and killed a number of settlers. When the War ended in August 1676 half the men of Scituate were dead or scalped.


Zacheriah and his brother John, Jr. received grants of land for their war services and settled next to each other in Scituate, north of South Hill. Zacheriah was the first of John's sons to marry. His Wife was Martha Woodworth, Daughter of Walter Woodworth. It is told of the original Zachariah homestead that, during Indian troubles, the cow was stabled in the bach of the house for safety. Zachariah was also reported to have resided at Assinippi, 5 miles west of Scituate.


BIOGRAPHY: Damon Family of Scituate, Mass. Genealogy, 2000 By Richard A. Damon, Jr. and D. Bradford Damon Page PDF 7 Zachariah Damon, son of John and Katherine (Merritt) Damon b. Scituate 1654-5; d. Scituate Sept. 3, 1730; mar. in Scituate June 1679 Martha Woodworth dau. of Walter Woodworth b. 1656. He was an officer in the King Philip's War and a Conihasset partner and was referred to as Lt. She was alive at his death.

References
  1. Foster, F. Apthorp. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909)
    2:381.

    Damon, Zachariah, Lt., [died] Sept. 3, 1730.

  2. Damon, D. Bradford (Donald Bradford). Genealogy of six generations of descendants of John Damon of Scituate, Massachusetts. (Ellensburg, Washington: W.L. Forsythe, 1991 (Yakima, Wash. : Rainier Micrographics Systems))
    2.

    Lt. Zachariah Damon m. Scituate Jun 1679 Martha Woodworth. He d. 3 Sep 1730, age 76 [birth about 1654]. Settlement of his estate 22 Apr 1732 mentions widow; eldest son John; daughter Mary Tobey; daughter Hannah Perry; daughter Abigail Perry; son Zachariah; son Daniel; children of daughter Martha Jenkins deceased; daughter Mehitable Merritt.

  3. Lowell, Daniel Ozro Smith. A Munsey-Hopkins genealogy: being the ancestry of Andrew Chancey Munsey and Mary Jane Merritt Hopkins, the parents of Frank A. Munsey, his brother and sisters. (Boston, MA: (Privately published), 1920)
    91 + 181.