NameLieut. Gershom Flagg
Birth1641, Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Death6 Jul 1690, Watertown, Middlesex, MA1638
MemoIn a battle with Indians at Wheelwright Pond (present day Lee, NH)
Spouses
Birth6 Jan 1645, Woburn, Middlesex, MA1638
Marriage15 Apr 1668, Woburn, Middlesex, MA377
Military notes for Lieut. Gershom Flagg
"Wheelwright's pond was also the scene of a bloody fight. Two scouting companies, under Captains Floyd and Wiswall, on the 6th of July, 1690, discovered an Indian track, which they followed till they came up during the evening by this pond. A contest began. The men of the town, hearing the firing, hastened to the spot, and the fight continued for hours. Wiswall and his lieutenant, Flagg, with twelve more, were killed, and others were wounded. Floyd continued the fight after Wiswall's death till his men, weakened by losses and exhaustion, were forced to draw off. The enemy retreated at the same time, carrying off their dead. Seven wounded men were found alive the next day, when Captain Convers went to bury the dead."
The reference goes on to state that Wheelwright's pond covers about 165 acres.
(Excerpt from "A History and Description of New England, General and Local: In Two Volumes by: AJ Coolidge, and JB Mansfield)
Notes for Lieut. Gershom Flagg
He was one of six men made Freeman on 27 May 1674.
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