“Gen. Estes Hatch died February 6, 1759. He was a prominent man in town, had held the pringipal military offices, and at the time of his death was Brigadier General of Horse. His wife was Mary, daughter of Rev. Benjamin Rolfe. She died October 21, 1763. her father and mother were both killed by the Indians, at their house in Haverhill, Augusts 29, 1708; also their youngest child. Mary and her sister were saved by the courage and sagacity of Hagar, a negro slave. Upon the first alarm, she leaped from her bed, carried the to the cellar, covered each of them with a tub and then secreted herself the Indians ransacked the cellar, took everything of value to them, repeatedly passed tubs and even trod on the foot of one of the children without discovering them. They drank mil from the pans, then broke them in pieces and took meet from the barrel behind which Hagar was concealed. Anna Whittaker, an inmate of the family concealed herself in an apple chest under the stairs and escaped unharmed. Mary was born March 9th, 1695; Elizabeth, her sister, September 1, 1699. the latter married Rev. Samuel Checkley, the first minister of Church Green, Boston. Miss Sarah Hatch, the only daughter of the above, died September 25, 1779, aged 56 years. They are all deposited in Gen. Hatch’s tomb in the old burying ground in Dorchester, which tomb is entirely under ground, with the grass now growing fresh above it.” History of the Town of Dorchester, Massachusetts. (Boston, 1859)
