William Cahoone

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ca. 1633 born Luss, Scotland
1650, Sept 2 fought at Battle of Dunbar, Scot. [1 of 600 surviving
prisoners from 10,000]
1650-1 imprisoned, Durham Cathedral
1650 indentured to Bex & Co., London; shipped aboard John & Sarah to
New Eng.; worked at Winthrop Iron Works, Braintree, MA [now Quincy; site on
Crescent St.]
1651 sent to Anchor Forge, Leonard Iron Works, Taunton, MA [site on
Rt. 104, near Raynham/Taunton line]
1661/2 one of 1st white settlers of Block Is., RI
1664 listed as free man, Block Is. [commemorative Settlers? Rock there
bears his name
purchased 40 A from Thomas Terry
by 1665 moved to Newport, RI; served on Grand Jury
1664/5 marr. Deliverance Peck [she was prob. from Newport]
1669/70 settled in Swansea, MA
1673 made official town Brickmaker, Swansea [per originial town
meeting ledger in Swansea town Offices; brick from Cahoone Brickworks in
Luther Museum, Swansea, MA]
1675, June 24 outbreak of King Philip?s War; killed by Wampanoag Indians in
nearby Rehoboth, MA, when he went to get a doctor for the wounded at Swansea
[commemorative plaque at Myles Garrison House, Swansea, MA]

Family/Spouse: Deliverance Peck. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Nathaniel Cahoone was born on 02 Feb 1675 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; died in 1731.