Gravesite: Battle of Bloody Brook - South Deerfield, MA

Battle of Bloody Brook

Mass Gravesite

South Deefield, MA

N 42° 28.920 W 072° 36.231

Short Description: 

The mass grave of Capt. Lathrop and Men is on the front lawn of a family residence in South Deerfield.

Long Description:

This historic grave site in South Deefield is on the front lawn of the house on 100 North Main Street. It dates back to the King Philip's War which was waged between the settlers and Indians in New England in 1675. Captain Lathrop was killed at the Battle of Bloody Brook on September 18, 1675. This war had the most casualties, per capita, than any other war in American history. The a slate ground level slab is inscribed:

Grave 

of 

Capt. Lathrop 

and 

Men Slain

by the 

Indians 

1675

Various researchers have compiled a list of the men killed at the Battle of Bloody Brook and buried in the mass grave. They are: 

Soldiers:

Capt. Thomas Laythrop

Sergt. Thomas Smith

Samuel Stevens

John Hobs

Daniel Button

John Harriman

Caleb Kemball

Thomas Hobs

Robert Homes

Edward Traske

Richard Lambert

Josiah Dodge

George Ropes

Joseph Kinge

Thomas Alexander

Francis Friende

Abel Osyer

John Litleale

Thomas Bayley

Ezekiel Sawier

Jacob Kilborne

Thomas Manninge

Jacob Waynwritt

Benjamin Roper

John Bennett

Thomas Mentor

Peter Woodberry

Joseph Bolch

Samuel Whitteridge

William Duy

Sergt Samuel Stevens

Samuel Crumpton

John Plum

Thomas Buckley

Samuel Hudson

Adam Clarke

Ephraim Farah

Robert Wilson

Steven Welman

Benjamin Farnell

Solomon Alley

John Merrit 

Teamsters:

Robert Hinsdall

Samuel Hinsdall

Barnabas Hinsdall

John Hinsdall

Joseph Gillett

John Allin

Joshua Carter

John Barnard

James Tufts

Jonathan Plimpton

Philip Barsha

Thomas Weller

William Smeade

Zebadiah Williams

Eliakim Marshall

James Mudge

George Cole