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Tout comme son père, Stephen Otis est mort lors du massacre de Cochecho, pendant la nuit du 27-28 juin 1689. Sa femme Mary y a aussi laissé la vie. Trois de leurs enfants (Stephen, Rose et Nathaniel) se sont retrouvés en Nouvelle-France. Mary a aussi été enlevée, mais ensuite libérée (Jim Schneider et Holly Rubin dans « The Ancestry of J.G. Williams & Ursula Miller », 2013).
Mary Otis (née vers 1675 selon le site Find A Grave et le NEHGR) s'est mariée à Ebenezer Varney, fils de Humphrey and de Sarah Starbuck, à Dover. Mary et Ebenezer étaient des quakers.
L'on sait que Richard II, le frère de Stephen, et sa femme étaient des quakers et que Richard I était au moins un sympathisant des quakers. Il est possible que Stephen et sa femme Mary étaient aussi des quakers. Les quakers (aussi appelés « Amis ») étaient, entre autres, des pacifistes et des défenseurs précoces de l'abolition de l'esclavage.
En Amérique française, Stephen s'appelle Joseph-Marie; Rose s'appelle Françoise Otis, Françoise-Rose Otis ou Françoise Rozotty; et Nathaniel s'appelle Paul.
IN ENGLISH:
Like his father, Stephen Otis died in the Cochecho massacre, during the night of June 27-28, 1689. His wife Mary also died. Three of their children (Stephen, Rose, and Nathaniel) were taken to New France. Mary was also taken, but later rescued (Jim Schneider and Holly Rubin in "The Ancestry of J.G. Williams & Ursula Miller," 2013).
Mary Otis (born about 1675 according to Find A Grave and the NEHGR) married Ebenezer Varney, son of Humphrey and Sarah Starbuck, in Dover. Mary and Ebenezer were Quakers.
It is known that Richard II, Stephen's brother, and his wife were Quakers and that Richard I at least sympathized with the Quakers. Stephen and his wife Mary may also have been Quakers. The Quakers (or the "Friends") were, among other things, pacifists and early promoters of the abolition of slavery.
In French America, Stephen is called Joseph-Marie; Rose is called Françoise Otis, Françoise-Rose Otis, or Françoise Rozotty; and Nathaniel is called Paul.
Sources:
OTIS, Horatio N. "The Otis Genealogy" (NEHGR, vol. for April 1851).
TORREY, Clarence Almon. "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" (1971).
GREENWOOD, Isaac J. "Otis Family of Montreal, Canada" (NEHGR, volume 46, July 1892).
Page of "Sarah Starbuck Varney" on FindAGrave.com
Page of "Mary Otis Varney" on FindAGrave.com
