The history of Lynn - Lynn Massachusetts Genealogy Project

1642.] HISTORY OF LYNN. 7in 165G. He is said by Mr. Johnson, to have been " enduedwith able parts, and forward to improve them to the glory ofGod and his people's good."Daniel King was a merchantj and lived at Swampscot, wherea beach still beai-s his name. He died 27 May 1672, aged70. His sons were Daniel and Ralph.Richard Moore died 1 January 1689. He had a son John.His descendants remain.Edward Richards was " a Joiner," a freeman in 1641, anddied 26 January 1690, aged 74. His descendants remain.Other inhabitants were, Edmund Audley ;William Cantleburymoved to Salem and there died. His widow Beatricemarried Francis Plummer of Newbury ;John Cole, who died8 October 1703; George Davis, removed to Reading ;DanielFairfield ; Joseph Howe ; William Hubbard ;AbrahamOtdey ; Adam Ottley, who married a daughter of Mr. JohnHumfrey ; Edward Paine ; Hugh Stacey ; John Stacey,whose descendants remain ; and William Stark.1642.The winter was exceedingly cold, with deep snow, and theharbor was passable with teams for five weeks. The Indianssaid that the weather had not been so cold for forty years.A great alarm was occasioned through the colony by a reportthat the Indians intended to exterminate the English.The people were ordered to keep a watch from sunset to sunrise,and blacksmiths were directed to suspend all other businesstill the arms of the colony were repaired. A house wasbuilt for the soldiers, and another, about forty feet long, for asafe retreat for the women and children of the town, in case ofan attack from the Indians. These houses were within thelimits of Saugus, about eighty rods from the eastern boundary,and about the same distance south of Walnut street. The cellarsof both these buildings remain, and near them, on theeast, is a fine unfailing spring.1 Winthrop.