The New England historical and genealogical register . they came the preceding were making their way homewards. When he overtook the horses and had taken off their fetters, as he said,he had to make a most awful decision. He had a chance, and hardly achance, to make his escape, with a certainty of death should he attempt itwithout success. On the other hand, the horrible prospect of being torturedto death by fire presented itself; as he was the first prisoner taken thatspring, of course the general custom of the Indians of burning the first pris-oner every spring, doomed him to the fla
The New England historical and genealogical register . they came the preceding were making their way homewards. When he overtook the horses and had taken off their fetters, as he said,he had to make a most awful decision. He had a chance, and hardly achance, to make his escape, with a certainty of death should he attempt itwithout success. On the other hand, the horrible prospect of being torturedto death by fire presented itself; as he was the first prisoner taken thatspring, of course the general custom of the Indians of burning the first pris-oner every spring, doomed him to the flames. After spending a few minutes in making his decision, he resolved on at-tempting an escape, and effected it by way of forts Laurens, MTntosh, andPittsburgh. If I recollect rightly, he brought both his horses home withhim. This happened in the year 1782. — Doddridges Notes on the Settle-ment and Indian Wars of the Western Parts of Virginia and Pennsylva-nia, p. 265-8. 1849.] /; / M Family. 27 THE PEASE S PaiSBof Albany,N. no. The ancient arms of Pease are here represented} having ! in the branch of which Joseph Robinson Pease ia ? meml family seal for one hundred and fifty year-, vi/: Per fesse Argent and Gules, an Eagle displayed conntercl Crest — An Eagles head erased, the beak holding a -talk of Pea-haulm, all proper. Said to signify that the person to whom it anted had • teen a eonnnander. hut not in chief.* ORIGIN r Tin: \ \ m k.+ So subtle arc the clues which guide us in tracing out the origin of family names that in many cases it seems impossible to arrive at any positive <•! -elusion. But in the present case it seems highly probable, that while thename was variously rendered into English, in some instances it retained itsCeltic appellation j and the transformation of Pea into P - the name was often found in early record-, and Pease being so very < asy and natural,that lor the want of a better derivation, we ought not to hesitate to
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