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Was your ancestor really French? There were a number of Indian captives from New England who settled in Canada, see the following for more info;

One of the most popular books on the subject is: New England captives carried to Canada: between 1677 and 1760 during the French and Indian Wars, 2 vols., by Emma Lewis Coleman.

Betrayals : Fort William Henry and the "Massacre" by Ian K. Steele

Captors And Captives: The 1704 French And Indian Raid on Deerfield, by Evan Haefeli, Kevin Sweeney.

Captive Histories: English, French, And Native Narratives of the 1704 Deerfield Raid, by Evan Haefeli

The Unredeemed Captive: a Family Story from Early America, by John Demos.

An Unredeemed Captive: Being the Story of Eunice Williams, Who at the Age of Seven Years, Was Carried Away from Deerfield by the Indians in the Year 1704, by Clifton Johnson.

Another book which is free from Google books - True Stories of New England Captives Carried to Canada During the Old French and Indian Wars, by Charlotte Alice Baker

http://books.google.com/books?id=BTUNAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcov...

Some online sites:

"Raid on Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704" a historical museum website. http://1704.deerfield.history.museum/

http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/gen/deerfild.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Deerfield

http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/classroom/curriculum_6th/less...

http://burnpit.us/2012/02/english-settlement-deerfield-ma-attacked-...

http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/battleswars16011800/p/Queen-Ann...

http://tuftsjournal.tufts.edu/archive/2004/january/features/deerfie...

http://minerdescent.com/2012/05/04/raid-on-deerfield-1704/

http://www.francogene.com/genealogie-quebec-genealogy/places/990404...

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Doesn't deal with F-Cs but still may be of interest: WHITE CAPTIVES, by June Namias

312 Anniversary of the Deerfield massacre today - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4Jk5ItNpmY&list=PL2VU2u03sGbaK...

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