The siege of Brookfield^{[1, 2]}

• Name	siege of Brookfield
  Began	2 Aug 1675	Brookfield, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America   [3]
  Type	Battle
  Event	2 Aug 1675	Brookfield, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America   [2, 3, 4]
  	a company of soldiers set out to meet with the leaders of the Quabogs
  	during King Philip's War Soldiers Involved: Corp. Richard Coy Sr. Sgt. John Ayer
  	No Indians where there to meet them. Instead they marched further onward until they were met in an ambush. This became known as the Wenimisset fight. Eight men were killed and five badly wounded. The rest made it back to Brookfield.
  	2 Aug 1675	Wenimisset
  	Sgt. John Ayer died Richard Coy died Corp. Richard Coy Sr. died
  Event	3 Aug 1675	Brookfield, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America   [5]
  	reinforcements were sent for
  	Soldiers Involved: Maj. Simon Willard
  	Maj. Simon Willard and his company of forty-six men reached the garrison after nightfall.
  Ended	5 Aug 1675	Brookfield, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America   [6]
  	Cause: after seeing reinforcements arrive, and having their attempts to burn down the garrison house thwarted by the weather, the Indians withdrew
  Person ID	I45360	Duane's Ancestors
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2020

  
  

  Parent	King Philip's War,   b. 20 Jun 1675, Swansea, Plymouth, British America d. 12 Apr 1678, Casco Bay, York, New York, British America (Age 2 years)
  Family ID	F18017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Began - 2 Aug 1675 - Brookfield, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Event - a company of soldiers set out to meet with the leaders of the Quabogs,during King Philip's War Soldiers Involved: Corp. Richard Coy Sr. Sgt. John Ayer  - 2 Aug 1675 - Brookfield, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Sgt. John Ayer died Richard Coy died Corp. Richard Coy Sr. died - 2 Aug 1675 - Wenimisset Event - reinforcements were sent for,Soldiers Involved: Maj. Simon Willard  - 3 Aug 1675 - Brookfield, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Ended - Cause: after seeing reinforcements arrive, and having their attempts to burn down the garrison house thwarted by the weather, the Indians withdrew - 5 Aug 1675 - Brookfield, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  1.  [S1412] Soldiers in King Philip's War, 31, 01146.  2.  [S939] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 1, 467, 00190.  3.  [S1412] Soldiers in King Philip's War, 29, 01146.  4.  [S1413] King Philip's War, 89, 00413.  5.  [S1413] King Philip's War, 93, 00413.  6.  [S1412] Soldiers in King Philip's War, 110, 01146.