From the "Wing Sourcebook"
[Ananias] was among "the inhabitants of Yarmouth who lost horses in the first expedition to Mount Hope against King Philip in 1675," and he was assessed £3,16 s. for war expenses. He united with many others in petitioning Governor Josiah Winslow and the General Court on the subject of war against the Narragansett Indians, and finally went as a private soldier under Captain John Gorham in the second expedition against that tribe in 1676 when the troops suffered so severely. In 1733, grants were made of lands [in the province of Maine (town of Gorham)] to those who served in the Indian wars and Ananias was one [of those mentioned in the Act, but he did not live long enough to share in this tardy expression of gratitude.] His heirs received from the govt, on 6 June 1733, 110 acres of land in Narragansett Twp, No. 7, now Gorham, Me.
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