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Lt. Philip Watson Challis was born about 1617 in England.2,1,3 He wasthe son of John Challis and Elizabeth Watson.1 Lt. Philip WatsonChallis was received a house ot in 1637 in Ipswich, Essex County,Massachusetts.2,1 He moved about 1640 to Salisbury, Essex County,Massachusetts, in that part that became Amesbury in 1668.2 He became afreeman in November 1645 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.1He served between 1646 and 1680 in Salisbury, Essex County,Massachusetts, as a Selectman.1 In 1652 in Salisbury, Essex County,Massachusetts, Philip married Mary Sargent, daughter of WilliamSargent and Elizabeth Perkins.4,2,1,3 Lt. Philip Watson Challis waselected in 1658 as Lieutenant of the Salisbury Foot Company.2,3 Heserved in 1662 as a Representative to the Massachusetts GeneralCourt.3 He deposed in 1669 giving his age as 52 years.1 In June 1680,he was discharged from the Salisbury Foot Company, and appointedLieutenant of the Amesbury Foot Company.2,3 Philip Watson's estate wasinventoried on 21 September 1680 in Salisbury, Essex County,Massachusetts.1 Received land in the "first division" in 1640 and 1644; was earlier atIpswich where he had house lot in 1637. An original settler ofAmesbury, where he received land in 1654, 58, 59 and later,"children's land" for his son in 1659 and a "township" for one of hissons in 1660; but he seems to have been a member of the Salisburychurch in 1677, as was his widow in 1687. Freeman 164510 The following autograph letter by Phillip Challis is from Volume 69,page 142, Massachusetts Archives, and a typeset copy was published in1903 by Hamline E. Robinson, a descendant of Lieut. Philip Challis. In the Robinson transcription, he faithfully reproduced the holographyof the original letter in which the Anglo-Saxon character called a"Thorn", which looked like a captial Y and represented the "th" sound,was used. Thus, in the following letter, you'll see "the" written as "Ye","that" written as "Yt". "them" written as "Ym " and "themselves"written as "Ymes". Following is the letter by Phillip Challis with the spellingmodernized, punctuation added and with abbreviated words spelled out: Amesbury: 9 : 5 mo: 1677 Sir: Be pleased with this to understand that yesterday being theSabbath, there was 5 Indians seen by Jonathan Hoyt, Junior, followingone another in a straight file upon Thomas Haynes' hill and going intobushes and a sixth (Indian was seen) to follow the five. And in theafternoon one Indian was seen by Sargent Belsher's men; and that lastnight the Indians were about the garrison where Sargent Belsher's menkeep (watch); and just now there was an Indian seen under the fencecreeping toward Thomas Haynes' toward the place where the men wereslain Friday last. So that we do assuredly conclude that Symon and hisparty are not drawn off from the town, but ever and anon showthemselves by one, two or some few of them to draw out our weak(military) strength unto them and so cut us off (from safety). And thegrounds of this, our opinion, is futher confirmed unto us by therelation of the wounded woman which, according to her desire, we whosenames are underwritten took from her mouth, viz: That there were abouttwenty (Indians) that killed our men, and about twenty (Indians) thatshe saw in all, and that she knew the most of those that she saw if not all of them to be Indians that dwelt formerlyhereabouts and at Newbury Falls. Although she did not know all thenames (of the Indians) but some she knew by name; and named Symon; andPookey John, so called, now named Andrew; and one Gypsy now calledSamuel and one named Joseph as she thinks. And that it was Symon thatknocked her on the head, whom when he came to her, she desired him notto kill her. "Why," said he, "Goodwife Quinby (which was her name), doyou think that I will kill you?". Said she: "Because you kill all English (inhabitants)". Said he: "Iwill give quarter to never an English dog of you all", and gave her ablow on the head, whereupon she called him "Rogue" and threw a stoneat him. And then he gave her two more (blows) and settled her fordead. We asked whether she was sure it was Symon and how long it wasere that she saw him befo re. She answered that about three yearssince he was at their house with an otter, at which time "pson"(person?) and token Sargent Samuel Foot being there at the house, dothvery well remember and affirms the same. This considered inconjunction with Symon's being and living (as) an apprenticed servantwith Goodwife Quinby's father at the same time that (she) herself alsolived with her father, whose name was Will Osgood, seems to confirmunto us her perfect knowledge of (the identity of) Symon. Which thingsconsidered we doubt not but that it is Symon and his party that laidsiege unto our town, neither do we scruple the woman's certainknowledge of Symon Indian Furthermore, she relates that when Symon was about to kill her and shecalled (for help) to the garrison (soldiers on duty), he said: "Why doyou call for the garrison? I will have that too, by and by". This is a faithful and true relation and account of our presentconcernments from, Sir, Your humble servants, Phillip Challis, Lieutenant Jerimiah Belsher Samuel Foot Hamline Robinson notes, with his reproduction of this letter: "SamuelFoot, one of the signers of the above letter, was captured by theIndians and tortured to death July 7, 1690, as told in Mather'sMagnalla, Book 7, Article 11. And John Hoyt, Jr., who is spoken of inthe letter, was killed by the Indians August 13, 1696."
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