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Hannah Duston (also spelled Dustin, Dustan, Durstan, Dustun, Dunstun, or Durstun) (born Hannah Emerson, December 23, 1657 – March 6, 1736, 1737 or 1738) was a colonial Massachusetts Puritan woman who was taken captive by Abenaki people from Quebec during King William's War, with her first newborn daughter, during the 1697 raid on Haverhill, in which 27 colonists, 15 of them children, were killed. In her account she stated that the Abenakis killed her newborn baby soon after they were captured. While detained on an island in the Merrimack River in present-day Boscawen, New Hampshire, she killed and scalped ten of the Abenaki family members holding them hostage, with the assistance of two other captives.

Hannah Duston - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Colonial Massachusetts Puritan mother Hannah Duston Hannah Duston Killing the Indians (1847) by Junius Brutus Stearns Born Hannah Emerson December 23, 1657 Haverhill, Massachusetts Died March 6, 1736, 1737 or 1738 Haverhill, Massachusetts Known for Escaping from captivity Spouse Thomas Duston Jr. (1652 – c. 1724) Parent(s) Michael Emerson, Hannah Webster Emerson Hannah Duston (also spelled Dustin , Dustan , Durstan , Dustun , Dunstun , or Durstun ) (born Hannah Emerson, December 23, 1657 – March 6, 1736, [ 1 ] 1737

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