 Whalley died about 1675.Goffe was still alive during King Philip's War when, according to the Angel of Hadley legend, he allegedly came out of hiding to rally the townspeople during an attack before disappearing again.George Sheldon in his introduction to Sylvester Judd's "The History of Hadley" dubbed John Russell the "Guardian Angel of Hadley" because of his lengthy and perilous watch over the two regicides.