AMERICA THE GREAT MELTING POT

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FATHER

George Felt

MOTHER

Elizabeth Wilkinson

WIFE

Philippa Andrews

CHILDREN

1. George Felt

2. Samuel Felt

3. Jonathan Felt

4. Mary Felt

Felt Genealogy, a Record of The Descendants of George Felt of Casco Bay by John e. Morris, 1893

"George Felt, Jr. was baptized with his two sisters in the First church of Charlestown, MA, one week after the admision of their mother to the membership of this church, as witnessed by the following entry from its records. '1638-11th mo: day 26. Elizabeth Felch: George Felch and Mary Felch the son and daugthers of Elizabeth were baptized.'

He received a marriage portion from his father on the occasion of his marriage on the "25 day of the 9ber 1662, to the full & Intyre Sum of fourty pounds Sterling.

In 1670 he received from his mother-in-law, who had married Arthur Mackworth for her second husband and who had been for the second time left a widow, the gift of a homestead.

In 1675 King Philip's War broke out. In 1676 the war again broke out with renewed fury. The Rev. William Hubbard, Minister of Ipswich, published in 1677, a History of the Indian Wars in New England.

"The day after, one George Felt suspecting the worst by reason of a smoak he saw on the opposite side of the town, took his wife and Children into a Canoo to see what the matter was but when he came near a point of Land not far off, he found several of his Neighbors goods, which made him conclude their Owners were killed, which was a sufficient warning to him likewise to fly for his Life which he did to the same Island.....Within a while after, or much about the same time, another sad Accident befel six or seven of them that belonged to Casco. For upon the twenty third of September some Persons that belonged to a Sloop and a Shallop that were pressed into service,....were over desirous to save some of their Provisions, to which end they first made their Address to Captain Hathorne (Under whom they were ordered to serve) desiring they might be released: the Captain told them he could not do it, but desired them to have patience for a while, they told, that they must and would go, else their Families must starve at Home; the captain told them further of the danger, and bid them not stir at their peril: However they would go, and soon after went to Mount-joyes Island to fetch Sheep, where they landed seven men; but the Indians presently set upon them, they presently betook themselves to the ruines of a Stone House where they defended themselves as long as they could; but at last they were all destroyed either with Stones cast in upon them, or else with the Enemies shot, except one, who though at first it was hooped that his wounds were not mortal, yet soon after dyed thereof; Amongst them was one George Felt, much lamented, who had been more active than any man in those parts against the Indians, but at last he lost his own life amongst them, in this too desperate an Adventure."