Comments on: Exploring my Whitman Family Line https://www.theallengazette.com/exploring-my-whitman-line/ Sun, 04 Apr 2021 16:31:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Dorothy https://www.theallengazette.com/exploring-my-whitman-line/#comment-23156 Sun, 04 Apr 2021 16:31:26 +0000 http://www.theallengazette.com/?p=1195#comment-23156 Interestingly, during King Philips’s war in 1676, the Indians burned all 9 homes except Byram’s. He owned a large number of apple orchards and sold apple cider to the Indians. It is assumed that this is the reason the Indians did not hurt him.

Nicholas Byram was a huge political figure in the Bridgewaters. He was Councilor of War in the King Philip’s War and was very well regarded by the Indians. Thomas Whitman and his family took refuge in his home. Thomas rebuilt his home in the fork of the river near the mill.

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