Mrs. Maunsell's First Husband, Peter Wraxall

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From The magazine of American history:

"Her [Elizabeth Stillwell Wraxall Maunsell's] first husband was a man of more than ordinary capacity and acquirements, and had held a leading place in the affairs of the province of New York, especially as the secretary for Indian affairs and the confidential friend and aid-de-camp of Sir William Johnson, a relation honorable to both — to Sir William, as trusting this virtuous and upright man above the venal and debauched satellites around him, and to Captain Wraxall, as devoting his learning and ability to the difficult, dangerous, and disheartening labors of Johnson with the Indian tribes. He was a nephew of Sir Nathaniel Wraxall, the distinguished traveler and author, and came to this country when he was about twenty-five."

"In 1755 he accompanied Johnson in the expedition against Crown Point, and was wounded in the battle with Dieskau at Lake George...".

"He married Elizabeth Stillwell December 9, 1756. He was in garrison at Fort Edward in 1757, when Fort William Henry was left to its fate by his commander, Webb, and its garrison suffered such atrocities. He died July 11, 1759. His reports and published papers, prepared often amid the din and bustle of the camp or trading post, show him to have been intelligent, observant, thoughtful, and highly educated; while his library was a rare collection of the choicest works in literature, history, geography, biography, travels, and theology which the period could supply."

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