Phebe was the daughter of Timothy Dustin and Lydia Raymond. She was the great granddaughter of the famous Hannah Dustin who had escaped from her Indian captors on Dustin's Island.
On Nov 20, 1764 in Londonderry or Salem she married Daniel Spalding, son of Phineas and Mary Spalding.
In 1767 Daniel came to Northumberland, cleared a piece of land, secured his crops, built a small dwelling, and then returned to get his wife and son. The small one room dwelling consisted of four notched poles set in the ground to which notched poles were attached, and then covered with bark and boughs. The fire was built on the ground, the smoke passing through a hole in the roof.
With the house built Daniel returned to get his family. On the way back to Coos, while stopped for the night in Haverhill, NH baby Edward burned himself, on a smudge made to keep off mosquitoes, so badly he couldn't go on. So Daniel had to return alone. In a few days the baby was much better and Phebe started out on the fifty mile trek to their new home. There were no roads and the way was indicated by spotted trees. She went on, sometimes fording streams up to her armpits, and at night she scooped out a bed at the roots of a tree for her child, covering it with moss. She sat watching by its side, the silence of the night being broken only by the howlings and hootings of wild beasts. Near the end of the second day, she met her husband returning for her.
Phebe was a small woman, barely 91 pounds, but her resolution and self-reliance always commanded obedience. On one occasion a large Indian warrior put his hands on her shoulders intending evil. She stepped back and yelled at him. The Indian was completely cowed and sneaked off. By her manner Phebe obtained all the Indians goodwill and respect. They often held pow-wows at her house, at which time she secreted her husband and children away from home because they weren't safe; demanded the Indians give her all their weapons; returning them only after they sobered up.
At the opening of the Revolutionary War all the residents were going to desert their homes and return to previous residences, with the Indians being hostile. Phebe alone refused to budge. Her determination nerved the whole settlement and the others decided to remain.
Phebe was noted for her horsemanship. Three days before her death, being nearly ninety years old, she wanted to go visit at her son's house. Her grandson planned on leading the horse for her, but she demanded the reins and a stick and took off at a gallop.
These incidents show she was a true descendant of Hannah Spaulding, the heroine of Dustin's Island. Phebe was an example of the type of women who were all truly responsible for this north country being settled.
Besides Edward their other children were Jonathan, Sarah, Phineas, Daniel, and Douglas, all born in Northumberland.
On Nov 20, 1764 in Londonderry or Salem she married Daniel Spalding, son of Phineas and Mary Spalding.
In 1767 Daniel came to Northumberland, cleared a piece of land, secured his crops, built a small dwelling, and then returned to get his wife and son. The small one room dwelling consisted of four notched poles set in the ground to which notched poles were attached, and then covered with bark and boughs. The fire was built on the ground, the smoke passing through a hole in the roof.
With the house built Daniel returned to get his family. On the way back to Coos, while stopped for the night in Haverhill, NH baby Edward burned himself, on a smudge made to keep off mosquitoes, so badly he couldn't go on. So Daniel had to return alone. In a few days the baby was much better and Phebe started out on the fifty mile trek to their new home. There were no roads and the way was indicated by spotted trees. She went on, sometimes fording streams up to her armpits, and at night she scooped out a bed at the roots of a tree for her child, covering it with moss. She sat watching by its side, the silence of the night being broken only by the howlings and hootings of wild beasts. Near the end of the second day, she met her husband returning for her.
Phebe was a small woman, barely 91 pounds, but her resolution and self-reliance always commanded obedience. On one occasion a large Indian warrior put his hands on her shoulders intending evil. She stepped back and yelled at him. The Indian was completely cowed and sneaked off. By her manner Phebe obtained all the Indians goodwill and respect. They often held pow-wows at her house, at which time she secreted her husband and children away from home because they weren't safe; demanded the Indians give her all their weapons; returning them only after they sobered up.
At the opening of the Revolutionary War all the residents were going to desert their homes and return to previous residences, with the Indians being hostile. Phebe alone refused to budge. Her determination nerved the whole settlement and the others decided to remain.
Phebe was noted for her horsemanship. Three days before her death, being nearly ninety years old, she wanted to go visit at her son's house. Her grandson planned on leading the horse for her, but she demanded the reins and a stick and took off at a gallop.
These incidents show she was a true descendant of Hannah Spaulding, the heroine of Dustin's Island. Phebe was an example of the type of women who were all truly responsible for this north country being settled.
Besides Edward their other children were Jonathan, Sarah, Phineas, Daniel, and Douglas, all born in Northumberland.
Phebe was the daughter of Timothy Dustin and Lydia Raymond. She was the great granddaughter of the famous Hannah Dustin who had escaped from her Indian captors on Dustin's Island.
On Nov 20, 1764 in Londonderry or Salem she married Daniel Spalding, son of Phineas and Mary Spalding.
In 1767 Daniel came to Northumberland, cleared a piece of land, secured his crops, built a small dwelling, and then returned to get his wife and son. The small one room dwelling consisted of four notched poles set in the ground to which notched poles were attached, and then covered with bark and boughs. The fire was built on the ground, the smoke passing through a hole in the roof.
With the house built Daniel returned to get his family. On the way back to Coos, while stopped for the night in Haverhill, NH baby Edward burned himself, on a smudge made to keep off mosquitoes, so badly he couldn't go on. So Daniel had to return alone. In a few days the baby was much better and Phebe started out on the fifty mile trek to their new home. There were no roads and the way was indicated by spotted trees. She went on, sometimes fording streams up to her armpits, and at night she scooped out a bed at the roots of a tree for her child, covering it with moss. She sat watching by its side, the silence of the night being broken only by the howlings and hootings of wild beasts. Near the end of the second day, she met her husband returning for her.
Phebe was a small woman, barely 91 pounds, but her resolution and self-reliance always commanded obedience. On one occasion a large Indian warrior put his hands on her shoulders intending evil. She stepped back and yelled at him. The Indian was completely cowed and sneaked off. By her manner Phebe obtained all the Indians goodwill and respect. They often held pow-wows at her house, at which time she secreted her husband and children away from home because they weren't safe; demanded the Indians give her all their weapons; returning them only after they sobered up.
At the opening of the Revolutionary War all the residents were going to desert their homes and return to previous residences, with the Indians being hostile. Phebe alone refused to budge. Her determination nerved the whole settlement and the others decided to remain.
Phebe was noted for her horsemanship. Three days before her death, being nearly ninety years old, she wanted to go visit at her son's house. Her grandson planned on leading the horse for her, but she demanded the reins and a stick and took off at a gallop.
These incidents show she was a true descendant of Hannah Spaulding, the heroine of Dustin's Island. Phebe was an example of the type of women who were all truly responsible for this north country being settled.
Besides Edward their other children were Jonathan, Sarah, Phineas, Daniel, and Douglas, all born in Northumberland.
On Nov 20, 1764 in Londonderry or Salem she married Daniel Spalding, son of Phineas and Mary Spalding.
In 1767 Daniel came to Northumberland, cleared a piece of land, secured his crops, built a small dwelling, and then returned to get his wife and son. The small one room dwelling consisted of four notched poles set in the ground to which notched poles were attached, and then covered with bark and boughs. The fire was built on the ground, the smoke passing through a hole in the roof.
With the house built Daniel returned to get his family. On the way back to Coos, while stopped for the night in Haverhill, NH baby Edward burned himself, on a smudge made to keep off mosquitoes, so badly he couldn't go on. So Daniel had to return alone. In a few days the baby was much better and Phebe started out on the fifty mile trek to their new home. There were no roads and the way was indicated by spotted trees. She went on, sometimes fording streams up to her armpits, and at night she scooped out a bed at the roots of a tree for her child, covering it with moss. She sat watching by its side, the silence of the night being broken only by the howlings and hootings of wild beasts. Near the end of the second day, she met her husband returning for her.
Phebe was a small woman, barely 91 pounds, but her resolution and self-reliance always commanded obedience. On one occasion a large Indian warrior put his hands on her shoulders intending evil. She stepped back and yelled at him. The Indian was completely cowed and sneaked off. By her manner Phebe obtained all the Indians goodwill and respect. They often held pow-wows at her house, at which time she secreted her husband and children away from home because they weren't safe; demanded the Indians give her all their weapons; returning them only after they sobered up.
At the opening of the Revolutionary War all the residents were going to desert their homes and return to previous residences, with the Indians being hostile. Phebe alone refused to budge. Her determination nerved the whole settlement and the others decided to remain.
Phebe was noted for her horsemanship. Three days before her death, being nearly ninety years old, she wanted to go visit at her son's house. Her grandson planned on leading the horse for her, but she demanded the reins and a stick and took off at a gallop.
These incidents show she was a true descendant of Hannah Spaulding, the heroine of Dustin's Island. Phebe was an example of the type of women who were all truly responsible for this north country being settled.
Besides Edward their other children were Jonathan, Sarah, Phineas, Daniel, and Douglas, all born in Northumberland.
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