'''Quentin Stockwell''' was an early American colonist. He was one of the first settlers of Dedham, Massachusetts{{Sfn|Hanson|1976|p=77}} and then Deerfield, Massachusetts.{{Sfn|Hanson|1976|p=97}}
While in Dedham, he lived near the saw mill in what is today Walpole, Massachusetts.<Ref name=walpole/> His wife, Abigail, was a first cousin of Mary Bullard, the wife of John Farrington.{{Sfn|Hanson|1976|p=77}} Both families were early residents of Dedham and Deerfield.{{Sfn|Hanson|1976|p=77}}
==King Phillip's War== {{main|King Phillip's War}} After moving to Deerfield, the village was destroyed in King Phillip's War.{{Sfn|Hanson|1976|p=77}} While attempting to rebuild his farm, he was taken captive with 24 others by the native peoples and marched to Canada.{{Sfn|Hanson|1976|p=97}}<Ref name=barbeau/>
He was set to be burned at the stake and, on the night before his execution, was sent to gather wood for the pyre.{{sfn|Corlett|2011|p=47}} While doing so he discovered his captors were sleeping, and carefully gathered their weapons to kill them all with his fellow prisoners.{{sfn|Corlett|2011|p=47}} He lost his nerve, however, and put all the weapons back where he found them.{{sfn|Corlett|2011|p=47}} His master chose not to execute him.{{sfn|Corlett|2011|p=47}} He had a second opportunity to kill his captors when he was left with a sick guard.{{sfn|Corlett|2011|p=47}} Fearing for the safety of those left behind, he did not.{{sfn|Corlett|2011|p=47}}
After being ransomed,{{Sfn|Hanson|1976|p=97}} his wrote an account of his experiences that was published by Increase Mather.<ref name="Drake1854"/>
==References== <references>
<ref name=barbeau>{{cite journal| last =Barbeau | first = Marius| title = Indian Captivities | journal = Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society | volume = 94 | number = 6 | year = 1950 |pages = 522–48 | jstor = 3143594| access-date = April 14, 2021 | url = http://www.jstor.org/stable/3143594}}</ref>
<ref name="Drake1854">{{cite book|last=Drake|first=Samuel G. |title=Indian Captivities: Or, Life in the Wigwam; Being True Narratives of Captives who Have Been Carried Away by the Indians, from the Frontier Settlements of the United States, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e5JEAQAAMAAJ|access-date=April 14, 2021|year=1854|publisher=Miller, Orton & Mulligan}}</ref>
<Ref name=walpole> {{cite web | url = http://walpolelibrary.org/history/hshchron.htm | title = History of Walpole, Massachusetts, 1635- | publisher = Walpole Public Library | access-date = April 14, 2021 | archive-date = January 24, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160124163145/http://www.walpolelibrary.org/history/hshchron.htm | url-status = dead }} </ref>
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==Works cited== *{{cite thesis | last = Corlett | first = David Michael | title = Steadfast in their ways: New England colonists, Indian wars, and the persistence of culture, 1675-1715 | year = 2011 | type = PhD dissertation | publisher = College of William & Mary | doi = 10.21220/s2-3p7s-st69 |id = Paper 1539623344 | url = https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-3p7s-st69}} *{{cite book|last=Hanson|first=Robert Brand |title=Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635-1890|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4oslAQAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Dedham Historical Society}}
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