Cochecho Massacre of 1689

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The Cochecho Massacre of 1689 was a violent attack by Abenaki and other Native American warriors on the English settlement at Dover, New Hampshire, during King William’s War, resulting in numerous deaths and captives.

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Cochecho Massacre of 1689 canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf attack ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
aftermath captives taken to Native villages and to New France ⓘ
destruction of several garrison houses at Cochecho ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cocheco Massacre of 1689 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dover Massacre of 1689 NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause alliance between Wabanaki peoples and New France against English colonies ⓘ
retaliation for earlier English seizures and killings of Native Americans ⓘ
tensions between English colonists and local Native American tribes ⓘ
conflict King William’s War NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Province of New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
date 1689-06-27 ⓘ
describedIn accounts of King William’s War in North America ⓘ
colonial New England histories ⓘ
hasCommander Kancamagus NERFINISHED ⓘ
other Abenaki leaders ⓘ
historicalContext early phase of King William’s War in New England ⓘ
part of wider Wabanaki raids on northern New England ⓘ
location Cochecho, New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dover, New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
memorial historical markers in Dover, New Hampshire ⓘ
method infiltration of garrison houses ⓘ
surprise night attack ⓘ
notableVictim Major Richard Waldron NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfCaptives approximately 29 English settlers taken captive ⓘ
numberOfDeaths approximately 20 English settlers killed ⓘ
opponent English militia at Dover ⓘ
settlers of Cochecho garrison houses ⓘ
partOf King William’s War NERFINISHED ⓘ
perpetrator Abenaki warriors NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pennacook warriors NERFINISHED ⓘ
other Wabanaki Confederacy warriors ⓘ
precededBy English betrayal and seizure of Native leaders at Cochecho in 1676 ⓘ
relatedTo French and Indian raids during King William’s War ⓘ
Wabanaki–English conflicts in northern New England NERFINISHED ⓘ
result Native American victory ⓘ
significance contributed to hardening of English colonial policies toward Native Americans ⓘ
heightened fear of Native raids in New England frontier settlements ⓘ
supportedBy French colonial authorities in New France ⓘ
target English settlers at Dover, New Hampshire ⓘ

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Dover → hasHistoricEvent → Cochecho Massacre of 1689 ⓘ
subject surface form: Dover, New Hampshire
Dover, New Hampshire, United States → notableHistoricEvent → Cochecho Massacre of 1689 ⓘ
subject surface form: Dover, New Hampshire