# Reitz Family Geneology (Kenneth Robert Reitz) - Mary ALLIS b. 07/06/1682 d. Before 1782

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# Mary ALLIS b. 07/06/1682 d. Before 1782

# Mary ALLIS b. 07/06/1682 d. Before 1782 - Notes

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[[Category:Massachusetts_Bay_Colony]] [[Category:Hatfield%2C_Massachusetts]] [[Category:Raid_on_Deerfield]] == Biography ==Mary Allis was born on July 6, 1682, in [[Wikipedia:Hatfield,_Massachusetts|Hatfield, Massachusetts]] , to Samuel Ellis 36, and his wife, Alice, 27. At age 22 she was captured February 29, 1704 during the [[Wikipedia:Raid_on_Deerfield|Raid on Deerfield]] by Native Americans. <ref>Source:[[#FN01]] Captive. </ref> Her mother and brother were killed in the raid. She and other captives, were marched to Canada following the raid. The harsh winter conditions on the march killed many captives, including Mary's half sister, Elizabeth Hawks. She was redeemed from Canada before 1710 and returned to Deerfield, Franklin, MA. On February 3, 1710, she married Nathaniel Brooks, son of William Brooks and Mary Burt, who had also been captured in the Deerfield Massacre and redeemed from Canada. Nathaniel's first wife, Mary Williams, wascaptured during the Deerfield Massacre and died of a miscarriage on the march to Canada. Two of Nathan's children, Mary Brooks, age 7, and William Brooks, age 6, were also captured and never returned. Mary Allis Brooks and Nathaniel Brooks had eight children. Her uncle, [[Allis-33|William Allis]] was killed in 1676 during the [[Wikipedia:Battle_of_Turner's_Falls|Battle of Turners Falls]]. ===Birth===1682 - <ref name="cite01">http://timetabletrust.com/documents/fourteen0001.htm#id4190</ref>, <ref>Source: [[#B10]] Sheldon, Volume II, p. 26, in ''Genealogies'' section. </ref>, <ref>http://jenningsweb.us/cgi-bin/igmget.cgi/n=Jennings?I2756</ref>, <ref>http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_29.htm#30</ref> <BR> ===Marriage===Spouse: [[Brooks-1059|Nathaniel Brooks]]. <ref>Source: [[#B10]] Sheldon, Volume II, p. 26, in ''Genealogies'' section. </ref><BR> ~1710 - <ref name="cite01"/> <BR> == Children == *Nathaniel Brooks 1710–1758 *Samuel Brooks 1712–1765 *Eunice Brooks 1714– *Aaron Brooks 1717– *Gilbert Brooks 1718– *Moses Brooks 1722–1800 *Dina Brooks 1725– *Dorcas Brooks 1728–1757 ==Sources== <references/> *Ancestry Family Trees *Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Ancestry.com *Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0760648 & 1887384. *Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988 *Millennium File, Heritage Consulting, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003.Original data - Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting.Original data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA *U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 ===Books=== ===Footnotes===Mary Allis was captured by Indians on 29 Feb 1704 and taken to Canada, but was afterward released. http://www.babcock-acres.com/Misceallaneous/deerfield_captives_of_1704.htm On Feb 3, 1710,, she m Nathaniel Brooks, a fellow captive. ::Nathaniel Brooks was first married to Mary Williams, but in the attack on Deerfield, he, his wife and two children were captured. Only he returned. <BR> His wife died in Canada, but the fate of the children is unknown. ::Ref: "Genealogies of Hadley Families," by Lucius M. Boltwood, p 10. <BR> ==Other Resources==# [<span id='OR01'>OR01</span>] ''' Dates''':''Two things to be awareof - Quakers didn't use the names of months, just the numbers (7 8m 1742 for example), and until 1752, "8m" would have been October, not August, since the year started in March (1m).''[http://www.genealogytoday.com/columns/recipes/tip14.html] <BR> ==Acknowledgments==Thank you to [[Rantz-7 | Karen Munro]] for creating WikiTree profile Allis-71 through the import of 02 16 02013.ged on Jul 1, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Karen and others.