NATHANIEL SINGLETARY, son of Richard Singletary & Susannah Cook(e), was born 28 August or October 1644 Salisbury or Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. He married 22 Dec 1673 Haverhill, MA to Sarah Belknap. They settled in his native town Haverhill, Massachusetts. He was evidently lame, as the record states that he was "dismissed from training for Lameness in 1662." An account of his death is given in Chase's History of Haverhill, p. 153, as follows, "On the 13th of August (1689) a small party of Indians made their appearance in the northerly part of the town and killed Daniel Bradford. They then went to the field of Nathaniel Singletary, nearby, where he and his oldest son [Jonathan/John abt. 14 years old   jrs] were at work. They approached in their slow and serpent-like manner until they came within a few rods, when they shot Singletary, who fell and died on the spot. His son attempted to escape, but was soon overtaken and made prisoner. The Indians then scalped Singletary and commenced a hasty retreat. Their prisoner soon eluded their vigilance and returned home on the same day to make glad the hearts of his afflicted relatives."
(Source: Internet, 20 Mar 2004, SINGLETARY-Dunham@Yahoogroups: Roger Singletary: STRAWN)

1644 Oct 28
Nathaniel Singletary born 28 Oct 1644 Salisbury, MA; married 22 Dec 1673 Haverhill, MA to Sarah Belknap.
(Source: Internet, Genealogy.com: SINGLETARY GenForum at http://genforum.genealogy.com/singletary/messages/82.html)

1673 Dec 22
Married Sarah Belknap.
(Vital Records, Haverhill, Essex County, MA, Topsfield, MA Historical Society, 1913, p. 31)

1689 August 13
Nathaniel Singletary was killed at Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts by Indians.
(Vital Records, Haverhill, Essex County,,MA, Topsfield, MA Historical Society, 1913, p. 472)