Captives
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Moise Dupuis & Marie Anne Christiaanse
Moise Dupuis (1673-1750) Moyse Dupuis was born on 10 July 1673, baptized on the 18th in Québec (ND), son of François Dupuis and of Georgette Richer; his godfather was Moyse Hilaret, his godmother Catherine Marchand, wife of Laurent Nafrichou. Historical ContextDuring the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the fur trade was a significant economic activity in New France. Coureurs de bois, or “wood runners,” were French-Canadian traders and explorers who ventured into the wilderness to trade with Indigenous peoples and collect furs. Moïse Dupuis’s Possible InvolvementWhile I couldn’t find direct evidence that Moïse Dupuis was a licensed coureur de bois, some records suggest he might have been involved in…
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Catlin Family & the Deerfield Massacre
Introduction Elizabeth (née Baldwin) Catlin, her husband James Catlin, and their family were among the many who suffered the devastating consequences of the 1704 Deerfield Massacre. Their story provides a poignant glimpse into the turbulent frontier of early New England, where settlers and Indigenous nations clashed in a struggle for survival and sovereignty. The Catlin Family in Deerfield James Catlin and Elizabeth Baldwin married in the late 17th century, settling in Deerfield, Massachusetts, a small but strategically significant frontier village. Like many in the region, the Catlins lived with the ever-present threat of conflict as tensions simmered between English settlers, French forces, and Indigenous groups, particularly the Mohawk and Abenaki,…
