Benjamin Waite            Puritan colonist and military scout

Martha Leonard Waite   His wife, abducted at Hatfield

Their children               Mary, Mattie and Sally, abducted at Hatfield

The Allis Family           Their neighbors, whose home was within the stockade

Lieutenant Allis and his wife Mary, their sons John and Lt. William, Rachel, John’s wife 

Abigail Allis                 Their daughter, abducted at Hatfield

Captain Turner              A Baptist who trades service for his freedom     

Experience Hinsdale      Ben’s friend and fellow scout

Lieutenant Holyoke       Lieutenant in the massacre

Reverand Atherton        Hatfield’s minister

Reverend Russell          Hatfield’s second minister

Samuel Belding            One of Hatfield’s Selectmen

Hannah Dickenson Gillet Jennings: Martha’s best friend, whose first husband is killed

Stephen Jennings          Hannah’s second husband

Their children               Holly and Sammy, abducted at Hatfield

Samuel Foote                Mary’s husband

Mary Foote                   Hannah’s cousin and another Hatfield captive

Mary’s children             Nate and Molly, abducted at Hatfield

Obadiah Dickenson       Hannah’s uncle and a Hatfield captive

Daniel Dickenson          His son

Ashpelon                      Algonquian sachem and Martha’s master

Quintin Stockwell         A captive from Deerfield, who kept a journal

Benoni Stebbins            A captive from Deerfield, Hannah and Mary’s cousin

Sergeant Plympton        A captive from Deerfield

Captive Children           Sam Russell, Matthew Kellog, Abigail Bartholomew, Noah and Sarah Coleman

Nìbi Wàbà                    Algonquian woman and caretaker of the children

Neepânon                     Elder woman

Quequan                       A warrior, Quintin’s master

Kòkòkòho                     A warrior, friend of Nìbi Wàbà

Wesattimis and Oskosk  Two native boys, friends of Sam Russell

Captain Salisbury          Albany Commander and Sheriff

Bram Jacobssen            Captain Salisbury’s clerk

Philip Hendrickse          Schenectady brewmaster

Timothy Cooper            Ben’s friend and former fur trading partner

Major John Pynchon     Wealthy Merchant, Magistrate, Commander and former employer of Ben in the fur trade

Wanalancet                   Sachem of the Wachusett Algonquian band

Sir Lindsay of Glen       Rich Scottish Merchant in Schenectady

Governor Andros          Governor of New York

Comdr. Bruckholds       Lieutenant Governor of New York/Manhattan

Gamaliel Waite             Ben’s uncle in Boston

Grace                           His wife

John Waite                    Ben’s cousin in Boston

Eunice                          John’s wife

Joseph, Jeremiah,Tom   Benjamin’s brothers in Rhode Island

Secretary Rawson         Governor Leverett’s secretary

Governor Leverett         Governor of Boston

Pieter Smit                    Guard on the Hudson boat

Douw family                 Innkeepers in Albany

Mayor Van Cortlandt     Mayor of Manhattan, New York

Capt. Pierre de Saurel    Captain of the Fort at Saurel, Quebec

Madame de Saurel        “Catherine”, his wife