Friday, March 16, 2007

Year 1691 Rye New Hampshire and environs

I am trying to collect as much information on the year 1691. I am most interested in events in the seacoast of New Hampshire and adjacent adjacent Massachusetts and Maine. My interest in these events comes from being descended from Ichabod Robie who was kidnapped in 1691 by indians. In the same year, the events that led to the Salem Witch trials unfolded. A few months after my ancestor was kidnapped, raids in Rye, NH (near my current home) led to the killing and kidnapping of several in the region. I am interested in reconstructing the exact locations of the key events of the year. What structures survive and their precise locations. Ultimately, I hope to reconstruct the events of 1691 is as precise detail is is possible. I hope to incorporate this into a collaborative artwork.

1 comment:

Catherine Vandagriff said...

I don't have any info on 1691 that you haven't already seen online, but I'm interested in your project. Three generations of my Brackett ancestors were killed or kidnapped in Rye that September. What a terrible time it was for everyone.