dearly. The cruelty of the King’s troops, in some instances, I wish to disbelieve. They entered one house in Lexington where were two old men, one a deacon of the church, who was bed-ridden, and another not able to walk, who was sitting in his chair; both these they stabbed and killed on the spot, as well as an innocent child running out of the house.”– Pennsylvania Journal, August 2. Bibliography See also Edward Payson (1783–1827), nephew References 1736 births 1801 deaths Clergy in the American Revolution Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Harvard College alumni People of Massachusetts in the American Revolution People from Walpole, Massachusetts People from Chelsea, Massachusetts