General Notes

OCCU CAPTAIN & PLANTER

Tortured & killed by indians/ Son John Administered the Estate/; THE RELATION-SHIP OF DECENDENCY FROM PennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaO HAS NEVER BEEN PROVEN POSITIVLY (Ref: Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts by David W. Hoyt ).

Savage & others have concurred on this relationship. Samuel's Bapt on
6 (12) 1652 along with his Brothers/Sisters adds more credibility to Savage's hypothecation.
Baptized at the 1st Church of Salem ( as an Elder Child) He was killed by Indians, son John administered his estate; Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachesetts by David W Hoyt (1897)]
Savage & other have concurred on the relationship.  Samuel's baptism on 6 Dec 1652 along with that of his brother and sisters proves the credibility of Savage's hypothecation.  The relationship is further proved by being named in his father's will in 1670 and the probated thereof in  1671.
From the History of Amesbury & Merrimac. Massachusetts by Joseph Merrill (1814-1898) published by F P Stiles of Haverhill in 1880: "Capt. Samuel Foot died July 7th (1690).  He was not a signer of the articles, but came to town (Amesbury) about 1658 when he was choen one of a committee to lay out the river lots.  He drew
lot #1, which lay on the western side of the Buttonwood Road, but cut off from the river by John Weed's 10 acre lot.  He was made a townsman Dec. 10th,1660, and afterwards recieved numerous grants of land.  He held many offices, and was representative in the 1689 and was on of the favored three who were seated at the "tabell" in the church in 1667.  He lived at Jamaco and is very probable that his house was a "Garrison house," several times spoken of as "Capt Foots Fort."  Judging from his frequesnt services, he must have been specially fitted to preside ober town meetings, and was, no doubt, a man of more than ordinary dicision and ability.
Dr Parish in his history of New England says: "Amesbury was assaulted, three persons killed and three houses burned, and Capt. Foot was tortured to death." No mention is made of such fact on the Amesbury records".
13 Feb 1661 he was a witness on a deed of a house lot in Salisbury, Essec, Massachusetts from Thomas Carty to Richard Goodale,Sr.
13 Dec 1662 Deed from Samuel Foote to John Jennison: "Samll ffoot of Emsbury, for a house and land, conveyed to John Jimson of Emsbury, planter, 10 acrs lot at ye Lyon's mouth, bounded by Pawwaus river, common highway leading to ye town, Robert Jones and John Colby; also  othe lots at ye Lyon mouth, both containing 15 acres, bounded by said highway, Slate brook, Richard Currier, Georg Martin and Tho; Barnett,jr; also, my 7 acre lot in ye ox pasture, bounded by ye great swamp. and a highway leading to ye farms; all of said land lying in said town, July 8, 1671. Wit: Tho: Bradbury and Georg Carr,jr Ack by grantor his wife Hanna releasing dower July 8, 1671 before Rober Pike Commissioner."
8 Jul 1671 Deed from John Jennison to Samuel Foote: "John Jimson(his mark) of Emsbury, planter for land, comveyed to Samll ffoot of Emsbury, planter, my house and 35 acres of land in Emsbury bounded by ye country highway (4 rods wide) leading to Haverhill, grantee and Cobler's brook, July 8, 1671. Wit: Tho: Bradbury and Georg Carr,jr. Ack. by Grantor, his wife Hester releasing dower, July 8, 1671, before Robert Pike Commissioner."

From
The Foote Family by Nathaniel Goodwin
(*) Samuel Foote. He is supposed to have been the Samuel Foote who settled in Amesbury, (Massachusetts.,) and was Captain of Militia, and Representative of that town, 1690,--and who, in that year, was taken and tortured to death by the Indians, as mentioned by Cotton Mather in the following extract: "The same Week," in July, 1690, "these Rovers," (the Indians,) "made their De??nt, as far as Amesbury, where Captain Foote being E??ared by them, they Tortured him to Death; which Disaster of the Captain was an      to the Town, and an Effectual Word of Command, causing 'em to fly out of their Beds into their     ; otherwise they had all undoubtedly before next Morning slept their     ; their B?   would have been their
Graves. However, the Enemy Kill'd Three Per?  , Burnt T?   H?   Butcher'd many Cattel; and so that Scena of the Tragedy being over, away they "--Mather's Mag?  ,
Book VII, Art. XI.

from The Foote Family
by Nathaniel Goodwin
IV. Notes communicated to the same by Enoch Foote, Esq., of Haverhill, (Massachusetts.)
In Amesbury, I conversed with an aged lady, the widow of Theophilus Foote, jun., who was son to Theophilus Foote, that you have on your Records, who was born March 2, 1713. She says her husband was born in 1746, and died in 1830, and that he had four brothers, viz: Chelis, Pasco, Thomas and Samuel. She thinks Chelis settled in New-Hampshire, and Samuel, in the State of Maine.
By all the information I have been able to obtain, I think that Capt. Foote, who was massacred by the Indians in 1690, had a son John, and that John had a son Samuel, born about 1690, and that Samuel had sons, Pasco, born in 1711,--and Theophilus, born in 1713: That Theophilus had a son Theophilus, born 1746, the husband of the aged lady before mentioned, who had six sons, viz. Ephraim, Lowell, Robert, John, James and William.[2308017.ged]

Taken by Indians and totured to death July 7, 1690 during the attack on that town. From Gen. Dict. of New England

From
The Foote Family by Nathaniel Goodwin
(*) Samuel Foote. He is supposed to have been the Samuel Foote who settled in Amesbury,
(  Massachusetts) and was Captain of Militia, and Representative of that town, 1690,--and
who, in that year, was taken and tortured to death by the Indians, as mentioned by Cotton
Mather in the following extract:
"The same Week," in July, 1690, "these Rovers," (the Indians,) "made their De??nt,
as far as Amesbury, where Captain Foote being E??ared by them, they Tortured him to
Death; which Disaster of the Captain was an      to the Town, and an Effectual Word
of Command, causing 'em to fly out of their Beds into their     ; otherwise they had
all undoubtedly before next Morning slept their     ; their B?   would have been their
Graves. However, the Enemy Kill'd Three Per?  , Burnt T?   H?   Butcher'd many
Cattel; and so that Scena of the Tragedy being over, away they "--Mather's Mag?  ,
Book VII, Art. XI.


from The Foote Family
by Nathaniel Goodwin
IV. Notes communicated to the same by Enoch Foote, Esq., of Haverhill, ( Massachusetts)

In Amesbury, I conversed with an aged lady, the widow of Theophilus Foote, jun., who was son to Theophilus Foote, that you have on your Records, who was born March 2, 1713. She says her husband was born in 1746, and died in 1830, and that he had four brothers, viz: Chelis, Pasco, Thomas and Samuel. She thinks Chelis settled in New-Hampshire, and Samuel, in the State of Maine.

By all the information I have been able to obtain, I think that Capt. Foote, who was massacred by the Indians in 1690, had a son John, and that John had a son Samuel, born about 1690, and that Samuel had sons, Pasco, born in 1711,--and Theophilus, born in 1713: That Theophilus had a son Theophilus, born 1746, the husband of the aged lady before mentioned, who had six sons, viz. Ephraim, Lowell, Robert, John, James and William.