... It is related of him [Miles Morgan], that, soon after he had received his allotment of land in Springfield, he started back to Boston on foot, with an Indian guide, to meet and marry a young English girl, Prudence Gilbert, by name, with whom he had become acquainted on the voyage from England, and who, with her parents, had settled at Beverly, Massachusetts. Immediately after their marriage, he purchased in Beverly a horse, which was loaded with Mrs. Morgan’s household goods, and the party returned to Springfield, the Indian guide and the horse going on ahead, and Morgan and his bride following on foot. On October 4, 1675, Springfield was burned by the Indians, and their son, Pelatiah, then 25 years old, was killed. ...
