Extract From Burton post 2008
http://awt.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db... . ID: I577060246 on MARY Anna BLAKE (may also have been called "Polly";
*MARY Anna BLAKE Birth: 6 May 1772 in Portland Point/Reeds Point, Saint John, NB Canada;
*Married: 1. James Craig 12 Sep 1788 in Reed's Point, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada [did James Craig disappear perhaps to Penobscot, Maine, around 1800? - Geo Heyward suggestion]; 2. William Oser after James Craig's death or disappearance c. 1800;
*MARY Anna BLAKE Death: 7 May 1856 in Brighton or Hartland, Carleton County, NB, Canada;Burial May 1856 Orser Cemetery, Hartland, NB;
• A significant Note to this Burton 2008 post told following story about Mary Anna (Blake, Craig)Orser that I have told my grandchildren but would like to find further confirmation or documentation if anyone knows of any:
About 1780 the child "Mary Anna Blake was taken by Indians on a raid along the St John River. A few years after she disappeared the Americans and English made peace. The Indians had a village just below the ferry (at Fredericton) and would take their furs to trade. That year a trader on the East side of the Ferry took in trade for rum a Church of England prayer book with silver caps on the corners. The trader discovered Mary's name inside and went over to St. Ann's Point and showed the Officers the book. The
Captain advised the trader to return across the river and keep the Indians there for a few days so he and his group could search the Indian village. The Rangers
reached the village at the mouth of the Tobique River at nighttime but Mary was not there so [they]went up-river to the next village. A young native runner had gone overland and warned the Indians to move her and she was taken 10 miles further up River to Wapske. The Rangers went overland and found Mary. On their return they had to brave rapids and high cliffs where the Indians could hurl rocks at them as they passed. Capt. Stewart led them to believe they were still hunting for the child and their canoe was allowed to pass.
Later when Mary and her husband William Orser settled at the mouth of the Becaguimec she knew the ways of the Indians and could speak with them."