 Abt 1607 - 1675 (~ 68 years) Submit Photo / Document
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| Name |
Richard Beers |
| Title |
Captain |
| Born |
Abt 1607 |
England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Biographical Information |
His exact birth date and parents are not known. |
| Immigration / Naturalization |
His arrival is undocumented however, in July, 1636, he was among the freeman at Watertown given a land grant. |
| Military Service |
Continental Army, King Philips War |
Captain in King Philip's War, and was killed in battle, by the
Indians, September 4, 1675, at Northfield, Massachusetts. |
| Died |
4 Sep 1675 |
Northfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts |
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Attack on the Wagon Train.
Pictorial history of King Philip's War by Daniel Strock Jr. Published by Horace Wentworth, Boston 1853. Page 104. |
| Buried |
Beers Ambush Gravesite, Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States |
- On September 4, 1675, a few months into King Philip's War, Captain Richard Beers and 36 mounted soldiers were ambushed by 150 Indians near Northfield, Massachusetts. Captain Beers and nineteen of his men were killed. Sixteen of the soldiers managed to escape. The Indians were led by Monaco, a Nashaway sachem. A marker on Beers' mountain identifies the area where Captain Beers and his men were buried. Only Captain Beers is identified by name on the markers.
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On This Plain...
On This Plain... |
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Grave of Capt Richard Beers.
Grave of Capt Richard Beers. |
| Person ID |
I33893 |
Nagel |
| Last Modified |
16 Nov 2021 |
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 | Born - Abt 1607 - England |
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 | Died - 4 Sep 1675 - Northfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts |
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 | Buried - - Beers Ambush Gravesite, Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States |
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