Mary Rowlandson
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Mary Rowlandson, née White, later Mary Talcott, was a colonial American woman who was captured by Native Americans in 1676 during King Philip's War and held for 11 weeks before being ransomed. Wikipedia
Born: 1637, Somerset, United Kingdom
Died: January 5, 1711 (age 74 years), Massachusetts Bay Colony
Children: Sarah Rowlandson
Spouse: Samuel Talcott (m. 1679–1711) and Joseph Rowlandson (m. 1656–1678)
Parents: John White and Joan Bailey