| 1. | == Biography ==Henry Axtel was christened 15 OCT 1641 Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England.<ref name="Axtell" >Axtell, Carson A. (Compiler) [https://books.google.com/books/reader?id=JT0xAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&source=gbs_atb_hover&pg=GBS.PA17 Axtell Genealogy]. Fairhaven, Mass.: 1945</ref> In 1660, land lying west of Sudbury was incorporated as the town of Marlborough. Henry Axtell, then only nineteen, was one of the proprietors. He received fifteen acres of land in the central part of the town as his house lot. He probably had a portion of meadow and other out-lying land also.<ref name="Axtell" /> He married June 14, 1665,<ref name="MVR" /> Hannah Merriam, the daughter of George and Susan Merriam. Hannah's parents came from Kent, England aboard the "Castle." She was born in Concord, Massachusetts, July 14, 1645.<ref name="Axtell" /> She married second William Taylor July 16, 1677.<ref name="MVR" /> In the spring of 1676, the Wampanoag and Narragansett Indians , led by "King Phillip" made war on the white settlers. Henry Axtell was killed about March 1676 by Indians.<ref name="Axtell" /> The History of Marlborough states that he was slain between Sudbury and Marlboro April 20, 1676.<ref name="HoM">Hudson, Charles and Joseph Allen. ''History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: From Its First Settlement in 1657 to 1861; with a Brief Sketch of the Town of Northborough, a Genealogy of the Families in Marlborough to 1800, and anAccount of the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town.'' Boston: Press of T. R. Marvin & son, 1862</ref> The town record reads Henry Axtel April ____ 1676. Slain by the Indians between Sudbury and Marlborough upon ye Road.<ref name="MVR" />The Middlesex County Registers says he died March ___, 1675.<ref name="MVR" /> However, the inventory of his property was dated April 1, 1676.<ref name="Axtell" /> '''Children: All born in Marlborough'''# Henry Axtel b. 27 March 1665/6<ref name="MVR" />. The Axtell Genealogy calls him Samuel.<ref name="Axtell" /># Hannah Axdell, b. Nov 18, 1667.<ref name="MVR" /><ref name="Axtell"/># Mary Axtel, b. Aug. 8, 1670;<ref name="MVR" /><ref name="HoM" /> m.May 24, 1698, Zachariah Newton. <ref name="Axtell" /># Thomas Axtel, b. April 8, 1672;<ref name="MVR" /><ref name="Axtell"/> m. Nov. 2, 1697, Sarah Barker.<ref name="HoM" /># Daniel Axtel, b. Nov. 4, 1673.<ref name="MVR" /><ref name="HoM" /><ref name="Axtell" /># Sarah Axtel, b. Sept. 28, 1675.<ref name="MVR">Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, To the End of the Year 1849. Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1908.</ref><ref name="HoM" /><ref name="Axtell" /> == Sources == <references /> == Contributors== * [[Lhamon-27 | Jim Lhamon]] * [[Vasile-13 | Wilfred Vasile]] <!-- Please edit, add, or delete anything in this text, including this note. Be bold and experiment! If you make a mistake you can always see the previous version of the text on the Changes page. --> |