Third Generation

61. Sarah LEONARD¹⁰ was born on 16 September 1682 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. She died on 24 April 1702 at the age of 19 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., MA.

Sarah LEONARD and Capt. Joshua POMEROY were married on 1 May 1700. Capt. Joshua POMEROY, son of Joshua POMEROY and Elizabeth LYMAN, was born on 24 September 1675 in Deerfield, MA. They had two children: Elizabeth and John. Sarah died and Joshua married (2) Repent Weeks in 1708. Joshua married a total of 5 times.

Raid on Deerfield Part of Queen Anne's War (1702-1713) Date: February 29, 1704 Location: Massachusetts Result: French and Native American victory Belligerents: Colonists, predominantly from England/FranceCommanders: Capt. Jonathan Wells & Lt. Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville Strength: 16 garrison soldiers, 50 town residents, 47 French Canadian militians, 200 native warriorsCasualties and losses: Over 56 killed, 109 captured and forced to trek to Quebec; of the latter, some died or were killed by their captors along the way, many wounded Captain Joseph Pomeroy and his brother Captain Joshua Pomeroy were part of the Garrison at Deerfield on 29 Feb 1704. After the battle, Joshua, his wife Esther, and their daughter Lydia were taken captive and forced on the march to Quebec. Joseph Pomeroy survived the attack and remained at Deerfield. Esther was killed along the way, both Joshua and Lydia survived and returned to Massachussets about 1708.

The Raid on Deerfield occurred during Queen Anne's War on February 29, 1704, when joint French and Native American forces under the command of Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville attacked the English settlement at Deerfield, Massachusetts just before dawn, razing the town and killing fifty-six colonists. De Rouville's forces consisted of forty-seven French and French Canadian soldiers and 200 Native Americans, mostly Abenaki, Kanienkehaka and Wyandot, accompanied by a few Pocumtuck. Of the colonists killed, twenty-two were men, nine were women, and twenty-five were children. The novel, The Ransom of Mercy Carter, gives a very good and detailed story of Mercy Carter's journey.
A total of 109 residents, including the women and children who had survived the attack, were taken captive and forced on a months-long, 300-mile trek to Quebec in harsh winter conditions; twenty-one of them died along the way.[1] More than sixty of those who reached Quebec were eventually ransomed or otherwise managed to make their way back to New England, but a number of others, including Eunice Williams, the young daughter of Deerfield's pastor, chose to remain in French and Native communities, such as Wendake, for the rest of their lives.

Sarah LEONARD and Capt. Joshua POMEROY had the following children: