▁an ▁eng agement ▁with ▁a ▁British ▁fr ig ate ▁off ▁Mar ble head , ▁Massachusetts , ▁in ▁ 1 7 8 1 . ▁He ▁was ▁ 3 9 . ▁Hann ah ▁rem ar ried , ▁to ▁Jonathan ▁Under wood . ▁ ▁In ▁June ▁ 1 7 4 8 , ▁a ▁large ▁party ▁of ▁Indians ▁surprised ▁four ▁people ▁near ▁the ▁L edge ▁meeting ▁house . ▁They ▁killed ▁the ▁elder ly ▁Eb ene zer ▁E aton . ▁ ▁Joseph ▁Burn ell ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁inhab it ant ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁to ▁be ▁killed ▁at ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁the ▁Indians ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 1 . ▁He ▁had ▁been ▁on ▁horse back ▁near ▁the ▁Pres umps cot ▁River ▁falls ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁amb ushed ▁and ▁shot . ▁He ▁was ▁found ▁scal ped , ▁with ▁his ▁ste ed ▁lying ▁nearby , ▁having ▁been ▁shot ▁four ▁times . ▁He ▁left ▁behind ▁a ▁wife ▁and ▁ 1 4 - year - old ▁daughter , ▁both ▁named ▁Sarah . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 5 6 , ▁Indians ▁attacked ▁the ▁Me ans ▁family , ▁who ▁lived ▁at ▁F lying ▁Point . ▁The ▁family ▁consisted ▁of ▁Thomas , ▁his ▁wife ▁Alice , ▁daughters ▁Alice ▁and ▁Jane , ▁an ▁infant ▁son , ▁Robert , ▁and ▁Mol ly ▁Fin ney , ▁sister ▁of ▁the ▁patri arch ▁and ▁aged ▁about ▁six teen . ▁The ▁family ▁was ▁drag ged ▁out ▁of ▁their ▁home . ▁Thomas ▁was ▁shot ▁and ▁scal ped . ▁Mother ▁and ▁baby ▁ran ▁back ▁into ▁the ▁house ▁and ▁bar ric aded ▁the