Gill, Massachusetts, USA
1845 - GILL. [Pop. 798. Inc. 1793.]

This town, originally a part of Deerfield, was named in honor of Moses Gill, Lieut. Governor of the State at the time the town was incorporated.

Gill is situated on the point made by a great bend of the Connecticut, and is separated from Greenfield by a small stream, called Fall River, because it enters the Connecticut near Turner's Falls, the most interesting falls in the State.

Just above these falls, a Captain Turner, with one hundred and sixty men, from Hadley, surprised and killed about three hundred Indians; but soon afterwards King Philip, with about one thousand Indians, came upon them, and Turner was killed in Greenfield, on the retreat. The rest, under Captain Holyoke, were routed, and many were slain before they reached Hatfield, through Deerfield, which afforded them no shelter, having been burned the year before.

The land is fertile, and agriculture is the main business of the inhabitants.

Distance from Greenfield, 5 miles; from Boston, 86.

An Elementary Geography for Massachusetts Children by William Bentley Fowle and Asa Fitz, 1845

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