"A Rufus Stacy settled here about 1731, and had a wife and children. Concerning him, Rev. John Rogers makes the following entry in an interleaved almanac of 1758, against the date of July 13: 'News comes of Capt. Samuel Day] and Rufus Stacy being taken by the Indians this day week in their fishing boat;' and again, the 15th: 'The above news confirmed by the arrival of Nathan Patch, who liked to have shared the same fate.'"
↑Lost At Sea, City of Gloucester, Massachusetts (accessed 27 Dec 2015).
Stacy, Rufus, 1758 Jul 13, vessel name unknown, Source: B[abson]286 killed by Indians from their fishing boat (w/Samuel Day); cenotaph
Samuel Day and Rufus Stacy, taken fishing at Minhegen Island, 6 July 1758; information provided by Dan'l Withal Source: "Massachusetts State Archives, Vol. lxxxiv, Minutes of Council, lib. iv, folio 304-20" --- Massachusetts State Archives Volume List Volume 84 Minutes of Council, 1756-1761 Draft minutes of the Governor's Council in its executive capacity as an advisory body to the governor and in its legislative capacity as the upper chamber of the General Court Finding aids: card catalogue, table of contents --- Mingegen Island -- possibly Monhegan Island off the coast of Maine??
