Statistics for occurrence #1 of “major general Fortescue” in chapter 9 of Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register:

...and, in so much that of 8,000 and upward, that landed there, there was not living above one halfe; and those very weake, and lowe, and many of them dieing daily, wherein also was related the death of major general Fortescue , Mr. Gage, and divers others. These tydings are a very great discouragement unto the most and best persons, which otherwise would have ingaged to remove; only some few families have subscribed, but...
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