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Zachariah Damon
d.3 Sep 1730 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
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m. 16 Jun 1644
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m. Jun 1679
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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
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