tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post3330772669332793925..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: New Light on "Paul Revere's Ride"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-33149632727517560452009-07-17T23:36:11.089-05:002009-07-17T23:36:11.089-05:00BTW the "Wyman Chronology "part includes...BTW the "Wyman Chronology "part includes more sources for the Infian War story (1675)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-83280326430734539422009-07-17T23:29:17.737-05:002009-07-17T23:29:17.737-05:00It was a quote from a page on a Wyman genealogical...It was a quote from a page on a Wyman genealogical site. Apparently my shift key wasn't pushed enough and it came out as starting with an apostrophe instead of a quotation mark.<br />I realize after that I should’ve put its URL but was in a hurry at the time I was posting, and wasn't thinking.<br />http://www.wyman.org/index.php?module=BlockHome&func=main&pid=6<br /><br />It was Wyman's ancestor, according to another Wyman ancestry site I saw about a couple years ago but can't seem to locate. <br />From the above mentioned site, it gives<br /><br />John Wyman, Lieutenant (Sr.)<br /><br />Seth Wyman, Lieutenant<br /><br />Seth Wyman<br /><br />Hezekiah Wyman<br /><br />You can trace it back (by clicking the father’s name), from:<br />http://www.wyman.org/index.php?name=Genealogy&file=getperson&personID=I2908&tree=wyman<br /><br /><br />BTW I'm not trying to infer it's got anything to o with the legend, I'm just giving a little color about Wyman's family background.<br /><br />From what you've mentioned about the legend I believe you are 100% correct in your assumptions. Even trying to explain it as a garbled or exaggerated form of this story seems too much of a stretch, Indians to British, 80 years old, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-84138148935926707622009-07-17T15:10:08.785-05:002009-07-17T15:10:08.785-05:00This source needs a citation or link, and to make ...This source needs a citation or link, and to make the point above it should specify a connection between these Wymans and the Hezekiah of the Revolutionary period. <br /><br />Furthermore, as I wrote above, there are still holes and discrepancies in the story of a man named Wyman riding a white horse on 19 Apr 1775. He was said to be eighty years old and from Lexington. The documented Hezekiah Wyman was fifty-five and from Woburn.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-83450862160682131402009-07-17T14:44:42.791-05:002009-07-17T14:44:42.791-05:00'Francis Wyman and his son Francis Jr., and Jo...'Francis Wyman and his son Francis Jr., and John Wyman and his son, John Jr., fought in King Philip's war, as members of Capt. Prentice' cavalry troop. On December 19, 1675, in the Swamp, or Narragansett Fort, battle, John, Jr., was slain. Francis, Jr. was in the same battle and died April 26, 1676, presumably from wounds or illness contracted there. John, Jr. was Cornet (3d ranking officer) in the troop, afterward promoted to Lieut. after his death, his father was made Lieut.—he was wounded, also."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-15692487439909876622009-07-16T18:40:17.881-05:002009-07-16T18:40:17.881-05:00I think the Hezekiah Wyman legend is simply a myth...I think the Hezekiah Wyman legend is simply a myth, a literary concoction of a common sort in the early and mid-1800s. As originally published, it appears to have no sources, particularly on the all-important British point of view.<br /><br />I suspect eager historians found a man of the same name—which wasn’t that uncommon. They ignored how the documented Wyman was from a different town and of a different age from the man described in the story. That Wyman might well have had ancestors involved in previous wars. Whether he had white hair and a long gun and a horse on 19 Apr 1775 is another matter.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-74653560173814733422009-07-16T17:06:24.300-05:002009-07-16T17:06:24.300-05:00IIRC Wymans ancestor was an officer in MA only cav...IIRC Wymans ancestor was an officer in MA only cavalry unit in one of Mass' wars against native AmericansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com