Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 3rd Marriage. In 1683 Joseph married Hannah the daughter of Samuel Marshfield who was born May 20, 1661. She was the mother of eight children: 8. Hannah b. Nov. 1685. 9. Joseph, b. Dec. 12, 1686, d. May, 1708. ??. Mary, b. Sept. 19, 1691. 11. Esther,b. Dec.3o,i093,d.Feb 13,1694 12. Desire, b. June 20, 1696. 13. John, b. Dec. 15, 1698. 14. Jacob, b. Mar. 16, i 702,d. Mar. 23,1702. 15. Martha, b. July 15, 1703. The title of Lieutenant given to Joseph in Dr. Lathrop's parish records, indicates that lie must have been actively engaged in the earlier wars of the Colony. The exact date of Joseph Bodurtha's death is not known. In 1707 when the land on the West side of the Connecticut river, the Commons as it was called, was divided into ten acre lots and assigned to the 73 males over 21 years of age, Joseph Bodurtha, Sen. received his portion; but in 1723 when a second division was made the heirs of Joseph are mentioned. Mrs. Mary D. Bodurtha, d. Feb. 3, 1675. Mrs. Lydia D. Bodurtha, was drowned in the Connecticut river March, 1683. Mrs. Hannah M. Bodurtha, d. Nov. 10, 1711. (3) Samuel, b Oct. i, 1651. The Indian war, called King Philip's war, which threatened the very existence of the infant settlements in the valley of the Connecticut, was inaugurated inthis vicinity, by the burning of Springfield in 1675. Following this, attacks were made on Hadley, Deerfield and Northfield, and the protection of these varions places called out all who could bear arms. Samuel Bodurtha's name appears in the list of men under Capt. William Turner, who were engaged in the celebrated "Falls Fight," a few miles above Deerfield, May 19, 1676. April 28, 1681, Samuel Bodurtha married Mercy Dumbleton. Their children were: 16. Samuel, b. Feb. 27, 1682. 17. Merc...