Samuel Allen (1702-1746) was gathering hay with neighbors and members of his family during King George’s War on August 25, 1746, in “The Bars”, a section south of the village of Deerfield, Massachusetts, when they were ambushed by Native Americans hiding nearby. Allen was killed and a fragment of the shirt he was wearing has been preserved in Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield. His thirteen-year-old daughter, Eunice was tomahawked but survived. She knitted this stocking.
Stocking. ca. 1770. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1997-21-02/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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