The respected trader John Oldham, attacked on …
Years: 1636 - 1636
July
The respected trader John Oldham, attacked on a trading voyage to Block Island on July 20, 1636, is killed, together with several of his crew, and his ship looted by Narragansett-allied natives who seek to discourage English settlers from trading with their Pequot rivals.
Locations
Groups
- Niantic people (Amerind tribe)
- Narragansett people (Amerind tribe)
- Pequots (Amerind tribe)
- Mohegan people (Amerind tribe)
- Puritans
- England, (Stuart) Kingdom of
- Massachusetts Bay Colony (sometimes called the Massachusetts Bay Company, for its founding institution)
- Plymouth Colony (English Colony)
- Saybrook Colony (English)
- (Connecticut) River Colony (English)
