Wikipedia – Also known as “Father Baudoin’s War,[3] Castin’s War,[4] or the First Intercolonial War in French[5]) was the North American theater of the Nine Years’ War (1688–1697), also known as the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg. It was the first of six colonial wars (see the four French and Indian Wars, Father Rale’s War and Father Le Loutre’s War) fought between New France and New England along with their respective Native allies before France ceded its remaining mainland territories in North America east of the Mississippi River in 1763…. The war was largely caused by the fact that the treaties and agreements that were reached at the end of King Philip’s War (1675–1678) were not adhered to.[10] In addition, the English were alarmed that the Indians were receiving French or maybe Dutch aid. The Indians preyed on the English and their fears, by making it look as though they were with the French. The French were played as well, as they thought the Indians were working with the English. These occurrences, in addition to the fact that the English perceived the Indians as their subjects, despite the Indians’ unwillingness to submit, eventually led to two conflicts, one of which was King William’s War…. The Treaty of Ryswick signed in September 1697 ended the war between the two colonial powers, reverting the colonial borders to the status quo ante bellum. The peace did not last long;[27] and within five years, the colonies were embroiled in the next phase of the colonial wars, Queen Anne’s War ….. Scholars debate whether the war was a contributing factor to the Salem witch trials. King William’s War as well as King Philip’s War (1675–78) led to the displacement of many refugees in Essex County. The refugees carried with them fears of the Indians, which is debated to have led to fears of witchcraft, especially since the devil was arguably closely associated with Indians and magic.”
The Masters Thesis dissertation of 2011 by Leon G Tyler “Steadfast in their ways: “New England colonists, Indian wars, and the persistence of culture, 1675-1715“ provides some insights into the New Englanders taken captive in King Williams War, including of John Gillett. Additionally
“The Indian wars of early New England were traumatic events. During King Philip’s, King
William’s, and Queen Anne’s Wars (1675 to 1715) dozens of towns sustained attacks, and
English communities and their inhabitants were buffeted and challenged by the experience. … Indian-white relations in New England had simmered for the first fifty years of white occupation, occasionally flaring up into short-lived conflicts such as the Pequot War of 1636. The continuous pressures on the Indians to cede their land and autonomy to the English, coupled with the effects of altered subsistence patterns and the ravages of European diseases, brought tensions to a critical point by the early 1670s.
“The legacies of King Philip’s War in the Massachusetts Bay Colony” – Michael J. Puglisi – College of William & Mary – Arts & Sciences – Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539623769. This paper by Michael J Puglisi is most interesting in its analyses of the psyche of the Colonial New Englanders as a result of King Phillips War and then King Williams War. He, along with other scholars, sees a nexus between the tensions of these conflicts and the paranoia about witches which led to the Witch Trials, notably in 1692. Also ..
“By the last decade of the century, King William’s War added a new dimension to the threats facing the English colonies, as the French in Canada became factors in the
hostilities on the Massachusetts frontier. The new enemies furnished the same sources of tension as did the Indians; New Englanders feared French opposition not only because of
military attacks but also because of far-reaching ideological differences. To orthodox Puritans, Catholic Frenchmen represented as serious a threat as did heathen Indians; the union of the two in a campaign against New England therefore presented a paramount danger. .. Whether the exhortations took the form of fiery sermons, nostalgic verse, or earnest narratives, the message was the same. New England was still under attack; the
forces of evil already represented by Indians, French militia, and crown officials now infiltrated Massachusetts …Increase Mather blamed the inconstancy of younger colonists for the troubles, claiming that God had no reason to punish New England with “so dreadfull a judgment, until the Body of the first Generation was removed, and another
Generation risen up which hath not so pursued, as ought to have been, the blessed design of their Fathers, in following the Lord into this Wilderness, whilst it was a land not sown….”
“The Book of Job gave adequate precedent for such punishment. Since the Puritan belief system attributed every event to divine providence, the colonists’ setbacks could not be viewed as merely military defeats; the natives could nor possibly gain such success without direction from above. ”
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John Gillett, son of Joseph Gillett was captured by the Indians, transported to Montreal and sold as a slave to French Catholic Nuns – Rootsweb – The Captors Narrative – Catholic Women and their Puritan Men on the Early American Frontier
Rootsweb “However, on 23 Oct. 1696 he had been assumed dead and administration had been granted his estate!”
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3135&context=etd
“John Gillett served on the farm of the sisters of the Congregation Notre-Dame. As Foster reveals, “once conveyed from the marketplace to his new custodians at the farm … [Gillett] would be newly clothed as well as fed, cared for, instructed-and controlled” by the nuns on site. His transformation from independent Englishman to dependent slave/ child was
complete.” – article also covers 1704
Rootsweb “John became associated with the Deerfield garrison along with his older brother Joseph and probably his younger brother Nathaniel. “
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