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- NATHANIEL FOOTE was the son of Nathaniel, and grandson of Nathaniel "The Settler". He resided two years at Hatfield, Mass, four years at Springfield, at Stratford and Branford, Conn., and lastly at Wethersfield, where he d. of consumption, Jan. 12, 1703. His family subsequently removed to "Jeremy's Farm", since and now called Colchester, Conn\emdash a tract of land on the road from Hartford to New London, owned by Jeremiah Adams, one of the first settlers of Hartford. Mr. Foote was a quartermaster in the army during King Philip's war, and was in the fight at Turner's Falls (on the Connecticut River) under the brave Capt. Turner. Next day Turner and most of his men were killed by the Indians, and Foote, though badly wounded, was one of the few who escaped.
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