Son of Dorothy Wooster Dakin 1676-1707
Husband of Mercy Minot Dakin 1702-1793 m. 13 Dec 1722 in Concord.
The farm of Captain Dakin was in the northern part of Sudbury, on the road running northerly to Concord, his house being very near the town boundary. As early as 1745, he was appointed ensign of the second company of foot in Sudbury, of which Josiah RICHARDSON was captain and Joseph BUCKMINSTER was colonel. Sept. 10, 1755, he received the commission of captain in Col. Josiah BROWN's regiment. In May, 1758, he received an order from Ebenezer Nichols to be present with his company at Worcester on the 25th, and to furnish his men with "Bounty for Biliting". From Worcester he proceeded to Fort Edward, where he probably arrived about the middle of June, and in the vicinity of which he remained till his death, . . . [he was] killed by the Indians at Half-Way Brook, near Fort Edward, July 20, 1758. At the time of this event, Capt. Dakin and his company were connected with the expedition of General Amherst against Crown Point.. . . The following epitaph of Captain Dakin was written by William RICE, Esq., who was his orderly sergeant:
Good by, Capt. Dakin Samuell
In a battle near Lake George he fell.
In the death of Captain Dakin, a loss was sustained by the town, the church and the province.
From The Sudbury Archives:
Half Way Brook Massacre:
Capt Dakin and his men were quartered at the Half Way Brook Blockhouse. They went to assist others who were being shot at. 17 men were killed, 14 scalped. One grave was dug. Officers placed at one end, the rest at the other end. https://archive.org/details/halfwaybrookinhi00hold/page/10/mode/2up?view=theater
Husband of Mercy Minot Dakin 1702-1793 m. 13 Dec 1722 in Concord.
The farm of Captain Dakin was in the northern part of Sudbury, on the road running northerly to Concord, his house being very near the town boundary. As early as 1745, he was appointed ensign of the second company of foot in Sudbury, of which Josiah RICHARDSON was captain and Joseph BUCKMINSTER was colonel. Sept. 10, 1755, he received the commission of captain in Col. Josiah BROWN's regiment. In May, 1758, he received an order from Ebenezer Nichols to be present with his company at Worcester on the 25th, and to furnish his men with "Bounty for Biliting". From Worcester he proceeded to Fort Edward, where he probably arrived about the middle of June, and in the vicinity of which he remained till his death, . . . [he was] killed by the Indians at Half-Way Brook, near Fort Edward, July 20, 1758. At the time of this event, Capt. Dakin and his company were connected with the expedition of General Amherst against Crown Point.. . . The following epitaph of Captain Dakin was written by William RICE, Esq., who was his orderly sergeant:
Good by, Capt. Dakin Samuell
In a battle near Lake George he fell.
In the death of Captain Dakin, a loss was sustained by the town, the church and the province.
From The Sudbury Archives:
Half Way Brook Massacre:
Capt Dakin and his men were quartered at the Half Way Brook Blockhouse. They went to assist others who were being shot at. 17 men were killed, 14 scalped. One grave was dug. Officers placed at one end, the rest at the other end. https://archive.org/details/halfwaybrookinhi00hold/page/10/mode/2up?view=theater
Son of Dorothy Wooster Dakin 1676-1707
Husband of Mercy Minot Dakin 1702-1793 m. 13 Dec 1722 in Concord.
The farm of Captain Dakin was in the northern part of Sudbury, on the road running northerly to Concord, his house being very near the town boundary. As early as 1745, he was appointed ensign of the second company of foot in Sudbury, of which Josiah RICHARDSON was captain and Joseph BUCKMINSTER was colonel. Sept. 10, 1755, he received the commission of captain in Col. Josiah BROWN's regiment. In May, 1758, he received an order from Ebenezer Nichols to be present with his company at Worcester on the 25th, and to furnish his men with "Bounty for Biliting". From Worcester he proceeded to Fort Edward, where he probably arrived about the middle of June, and in the vicinity of which he remained till his death, . . . [he was] killed by the Indians at Half-Way Brook, near Fort Edward, July 20, 1758. At the time of this event, Capt. Dakin and his company were connected with the expedition of General Amherst against Crown Point.. . . The following epitaph of Captain Dakin was written by William RICE, Esq., who was his orderly sergeant:
Good by, Capt. Dakin Samuell
In a battle near Lake George he fell.
In the death of Captain Dakin, a loss was sustained by the town, the church and the province.
From The Sudbury Archives:
Half Way Brook Massacre:
Capt Dakin and his men were quartered at the Half Way Brook Blockhouse. They went to assist others who were being shot at. 17 men were killed, 14 scalped. One grave was dug. Officers placed at one end, the rest at the other end. https://archive.org/details/halfwaybrookinhi00hold/page/10/mode/2up?view=theater
Husband of Mercy Minot Dakin 1702-1793 m. 13 Dec 1722 in Concord.
The farm of Captain Dakin was in the northern part of Sudbury, on the road running northerly to Concord, his house being very near the town boundary. As early as 1745, he was appointed ensign of the second company of foot in Sudbury, of which Josiah RICHARDSON was captain and Joseph BUCKMINSTER was colonel. Sept. 10, 1755, he received the commission of captain in Col. Josiah BROWN's regiment. In May, 1758, he received an order from Ebenezer Nichols to be present with his company at Worcester on the 25th, and to furnish his men with "Bounty for Biliting". From Worcester he proceeded to Fort Edward, where he probably arrived about the middle of June, and in the vicinity of which he remained till his death, . . . [he was] killed by the Indians at Half-Way Brook, near Fort Edward, July 20, 1758. At the time of this event, Capt. Dakin and his company were connected with the expedition of General Amherst against Crown Point.. . . The following epitaph of Captain Dakin was written by William RICE, Esq., who was his orderly sergeant:
Good by, Capt. Dakin Samuell
In a battle near Lake George he fell.
In the death of Captain Dakin, a loss was sustained by the town, the church and the province.
From The Sudbury Archives:
Half Way Brook Massacre:
Capt Dakin and his men were quartered at the Half Way Brook Blockhouse. They went to assist others who were being shot at. 17 men were killed, 14 scalped. One grave was dug. Officers placed at one end, the rest at the other end. https://archive.org/details/halfwaybrookinhi00hold/page/10/mode/2up?view=theater
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