During the 2nd Indian War (1689-1692), the Indians and the French were engaged in many attacks on the coastal towns of Maine. About this time, Lt. Arthur BRAGDON, Daniel BRAGDON, Thomas BRAGDON, Willliam WORMWOOD and James FREETHY were mysteriously killed simultaneously on their adjoining lots just north of Bear Creek [York, ME]. It was presumed they were victims of a local Indian attack and their estates were all inventoried by the same appraisers on the same day--14 Oct 1690 [ME Deeds, p51-53]. Judge Samuel SEWALL recorded in his letterbook [Bk i, p 129] an attack on York he heard about on 25 Oct 1690. James FREETHY's son, also named James, was among those captured in an Indian attack on Candlemas Day (Jan) 1692 and taken to Canada. The official French report by Champigny indicated that 80 persons were captured. James was listed as still in Canada in the official report to Mass. authorities in 1710. --History of York, ME by Charles E. Banks, Vol 1, p294-5 & 303 / Carolyn G. Depp
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