On February 29, 1704, Deerfield, Massachusetts was attacked by French soldiers from Canada with their Indigenous allies. More than 100 people were taken captive. A group of residents and soldiers garrisoned in the town chased after the retreating party and a fight ensued in the meadows just north of town. A report was sent to the colony's governor asking for "recompense, that we & others may be incouraged on such occasions, to be forward and active to repell the enemy..." A list of men involved in the meadow fight accompanied the report. It included "primus, Negro". He is also included in "An account of wt [what] plunder was taken fro the enemy on the last of Febewary, 1703-4 & sold by ye company." Primus took a glass bottle that was sold for six shillings.
Sources Consulted
A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, Vol. I, George Sheldon, 1895-96, pp. 298, 300