Person ID: I8779326178

William Cahoone

Abt. 1633 – 22 Jun 1675

Male

Events

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]