1661, Elizur was chosen as Springfield's deputy to the General Court; 1662, he was appointed associate county judge - recorder of all courts; 1663, made the rank of captain, and was a selectman and deputy to the general court; in 1675, the Holyoke home was destroyed during a raid by Indians led by Wequogan. During the King Philip's War, Capt. Elizur Holyoke was in command of the successful defense of Springfield, until his death in 1676, one account says not due directly to any injury. However, there are other accounts that say he was killed by the Wampanoag Indians on 5 Feb 1676. Trivia Contrary to some records, both the city of Holyoke and Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now Mount Holyoke College) were named after the nearby mountain, Mount Holyoke, and not directly after Elizur Holyoke. The city's name was decided by the board of directors of the first Hadley Falls Company in a meeting in Boston on February 19, 1850. Elizur Holyoke's grandson Rev. Edward Holyoke was president of Harvard University from 1737 to 1769. Elizur is the uncle of Thomas Putnam and the great uncle of Ann Putnam, Jr. of the Salem witch trials References Harper, Wyatt. 'The Story of Holyoke. Holyoke, MA: Holyoke Centennial Committee, 1973. Ella Merkel DiCarlo. "Holyoke - Chicopee; A Perspective." Transcript-Telegram (Holyoke, MA / 1982) Josiah Gilbert Holland. "The Mountain Christening." notes circa 1660. John Gibbs Holyoke. "Holyoke, A North American Family 1637 - 1992." Gateway Press, Inc. (Baltimore, 1993) 1618 births Holyoke, Edward Holyoke, Massachusetts People from Springfield, Massachusetts People of colonial Massachusetts Kingdom of England emigrants to Massachusetts Bay Colony