Richard TOZIER

1631 - 1675  (44 years)

• Name	Richard TOZIER
  Born	1631	Devonshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Immigrant?	Y
  Cause of Death	Killed by Indians
  Died	16 Oct 1675	Salmon Falls, Kittery, York, Maine
  Buried	Kittery, York, Maine
  Person ID	I4137	Main
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas TOZIER,   b. 1570, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. ?
  Mother	Charity TABB,   b. 1570, Stokeham, Devonshire, England ,   d. ?, England
  Family ID	F28419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Judith SMITH,   b. 1630, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 18 Jun 1683, Kittery, York, Maine  (Age 53 years)
  Married	3 Jul 1656	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Martha TOZIER,   b. 1662, Kittery, York, Maine ,   d. 1758, Berwick, York, Maine  (Age 96 years)
  Last Modified	10 May 2016
  Family ID	F1466	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1631 - Devonshire, England Married - 3 Jul 1656 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Died - 16 Oct 1675 - Salmon Falls, Kittery, York, Maine Buried - - Kittery, York, Maine  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  m1 ____ BLOTT, d/o Robert BLOTT, died soon after m2 Judith SMITH, at Boston 3 Jul 1656 —— Richard Tozier of Dover, NH lived, first at Boston. He was mortally wounded, 16 Oct. 1675 at the Indian assalt at Salmon Falls and died soon at Kittery. —— Coleman. "N. E. Captives Carried to Canada" In 1675, Richard Tozier's house was attacked by the Indians for the second time and he was murdered. Lieutenant Plaisted with twenty soldiers went out to bring in the body of his friend and the ambushed Indians waiting for that "last office of love" fired on them, killing the lieutenant and one son and mortally wounding another. —— David B. Tozier "Some Records of the Tozier Family in New England". The first attack on Richard Tozier's house was made 25 Sept. 1675 when he was absent in the command of Capt. Wincoll. Two Indians attacked the house that was occupied by fifteen women and children. A girl of eighteen years, perhaps a daughter of Richard, closed and held the door while the others escaped through a rear door. The Indians chopped through the door, struck the girl on her head and body with their hatchets and, leaving her for dead, they pursued the others who escaped to the next house except for a three year old girl whom they murdered and a seven year old who was carried off to captivity. That girl was returned safe after several months and the one who was wounded made a complete recovery. —— Richard was taxed at Cocheco, Dover in 1659 and the same year received a grant at Newechewannick, now Berwick, ME, then a part of Kittery. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S108] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook. [S3] Genealogical Dictionary of, The First Settlers of New England Before 1692, A , Savage, James., Dexter, Orrando Perry., Farmer, John, (Little, Brown and Co, Boston, MA. 1862).