MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY
of the
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Register For 1904
with Lists of
MEMBERS AND THEIR REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTORS

Also Supplementary Lists of
SOLDIERS, SAILORS and PATRIOTS
At Whose Burial-Places Markets Have Been Placed.

Boston
Published by the Society
1904


[Transcribed by Coralynn Brown]

MEMBERS who are ACTUAL SONS of SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION JOHN ADAMS, of Holden, Mass., born May 9, 1814, son of Elisha Adams, of Dublin, New Hampshire, born 1765, died 1837, whose name appears in the New Hampshire Revolutionary Rolls of six months' men raised to serve in the Continental Army at West Point in 1781. ALBERT BARNES, of Kearsarge, New Hampshire, born at North Conway, New Hampshire, Dec. 9, 1818, son of Amos Barnes, born in Groton, Mass., 1755, died North Conway, New Hampshire, 1840, who served in Colonel John Stark's Regiment of New Hampshire militia at the battle of Bunker Hill. Subsequently served in New York and in the expedition to Canada, joining Washington's army in December, 1776, and participating in the battle of Trenton. He re-enlisted in 1777 for two years, and was at Valley Forge, Monmouth, and the expedition under General Sullivan in the Indian Country. EDMUND HARVEY NEWTON BLOOD, of Pepperell, Mass., born April 13, 1835, son of Edmund Blood, of Pepperell, born July 26, 1764; died Nov. 16, 1842, who enlisted in the Continental Army for six months; marched July 4, 1780; discharged Dec. 5, 1870. Return dated Camp Totoway. He also served on the frigate"Hague," commanded by Capt. John Manley. The statement of the settlement for his share of prizes captured now in the possession of his son. SAMUEL DOOLITTLE BROOKS, M. D., of Springfield, Mass., born in Pittsfield, Mass. March 4, 1816, and THOMAS LAWRENCE BROOKS, of Pittsfield; born there Feb. 13, 1820, sons of Reuben Brooks, of Wallingford, Connecticut, born 1763, died 1843, who enlisted at Bristol, Conn., and received a pension for two yeas and ten months actual service in the army in five enlistments during 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, and 1782. BRADFORD HAMMOND COGGESAHLL, of New Bedford, born there Sept. 6, 1813, son of Gideon Coggeshall, of Tiverton, Rhode Island, born 1766, died 1821, who served as Private in the nine months men raised by Rhode Island for the Continental Army in 1782. ISAAC NEWTON DAY, of South Hadley, born in Holyoke, Feb. 8, 1826, son of Jedediah Day, of West Springfield, born 1755, died 1839, who enlisted in April, 1775, and served six months at the siege of Boston, stationed at Roxbury; re-emlisted in Jan., 1777, and served at Ticonderoga until March 25, 1777; re-enlisted and served for three years in the Continental Army from May 10, 1777 to May 10, 1780. JAMES MILLER EDWARDS, of Chicago, born Dec. 27, 1814, son of Ebenezer Edwards, of Acton, Mass., born 1757, died 1826, who at the age of eighteen was in Capt. John Hayward's Company of minute-men who repelled the British at the North Bridge, Concord, and was nera Capt. Isaac Davis when he was killed, April 19, 1775. He also served at the fortifying of Dorchester Heights, March 4, 1776, and did guard and mechanical work at the forts in Boston Harbor for the rest of the year 1776. JAMES FAXTON, born Dec. 24, 1826, and his brother ELISHA JOHN FAXTON, born March 28, 1832, both residing in Salem, Mass., son of James Faxon, of Washington, New Hampshire, who at the age of sixty=eight was granted a pension for nine months and twenty-one days' actual service a Matross in the Massachusetts troops. He enlisted at Braintree, Mass., and served in Capt. Lincoln's Company, Colonel Revere's regiment. JOHN ALLEN FAUNCE, of Taunton, born North Dartmouth, Mass., Aug. 31, 1831, son of James Faunce, of North Dartmouth, who served on the "secret expedition" against Newport, Rhode Island, in Sept. and Oct., 1777, and on an alarm at Falmouth in Sept., 1779. EBENEZER SUMNER HOPKINS, son of Wakefield, born at South Reading, Mass., Nov. 5, 1761, died Sept. 19, 1853, who served in Col. John Jacobs' Regiment for six months service in Rhode Island in 1778. Enlisted to re-enforce the Continental Army for nine months, and served in Col. Fox's (Tenth) Regiment in 1779 and 1780, and re-enlisted for six months in 1780. GEORGE MITCHELL, of Groveland, Mass., age eighty-six, is a son of Day Mitchell, of East Bradford, Mass., born 1760, died 1848, who served as Private in the militia when it was ordered to Rhode Island in 1777, and served two months, ten days; and again in the same place on an alarm in Dec., 1780. HENRY R. REYNOLDS, of Boston (Dorchester District), born Boston, April 1, 1830, son of Grindall Reynolds, born at Bristol, Rhode Island, 1755, died 1847, who served as Private in the Rhode Island troops in the expedition against Rhode Island, Aug. 8, to Aug. 27, 1778. Subsequently he served for fourteen months as Sergeant, Engisn, and Lieutenant in the Massachusetts troops and received a pension when seventy-nine years of age, and resided in Boston. The pension was continued to his widow after his death. CYRUS SYLVESTER ROCKWELL, of Westville Centre, New York, born in Stanbridge, Canada, Nov. 14, 1838, is probably the youngest surviving son of a Revolutionary soldier in the United States. His father, Jeremiah Rockwell, of Lanesboro, Mass., born in Ridgefield, Connecticut, 1756, died 1852, served nine months in the militia and Continental Army during three different enlistments in 1775 and 1781, and received a pension which was continued to his widow after his death. ELBRIDGE G. SNOW, of Fitchburg, Mass., born March 17, 1835, son of John Snow, of Sterling, Mass., born March, 1760, died 1841, who served in defence of Boston in 1776, at Rhode Island in 1777, and in the Northern Department at the surrender of Burgoyne. Mr. Snow has in his possession a sash taken from the body of a British officer killed in the battle of Bemis' Heights, Oct. 7, 1777. ************************* RECORD OF REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTORS The records of Revolutionary Ancestors, given in previous volumes, are not repeated unless for new members of amendments. MOSES ABBOTT, Bedford.....1727-1809 Lieutenant, commanding company of minute-men, which marched at the Lexington arlarm, and were early at Concord engaged at the Bridge, and participated in the pursuit of the British troops to Cambridge. Edgar Jasper Rollins. MOSES ABBOTT, Junior, Bedford Private, Capt. Samuel Day's Company, Lieut-Col. Webb's Regiment; served in the Continental Army, Aug.-Nov., 1781. Edgar Jasper Rollins. LOWREY ABORN, Providence, Rhode Isaldn.....1758-1830. Private, Capt. James Sheldon's Company, Col. Benjamin Arnold's Regiemtn, which were "on duty at Pawtucket" in July, 1778. Arthur Aborn Simmons. SAMUEL ABORN, Warwick, Rhode Island.....1726-1801 Colonel, and commanded the fort at Pawtucket, which was garrisoned by the Pawtucket Rangers; also one of the minute-men who were at Warwick Neck in Jan., 1777; he also owned the privateer "Providence," commanded by Lowry Aborn, April 19, 1775. Arthur Aborn Simmons. EPHRAIM ADAMS, New Ipswich, New Hampshire.....1724-1798 Active in advocating the measures which preceded the Revolution; a Representative to the Provincial Congress, marched to Cambridge at the Lexington alarm, and was in Capt. Joseph Parker's Company, Col. Hale's Regiment, which joined the army at Ticonderoga in July, 1776. Henry Adams Spear. EPHRAIM ADAMS, Junior, New Ipswich, New Hampshire Private, Capt. Smith's Company, Col. Hale's Regiment; served in New York, Sept., 1776; also Capt. Bryant's Company, Col. Moore's Regiment of volutneers, which joined the Continental Army at Saratoga in Sept., 1777; also Capt. Twitchell's Company, Col. Hale's Regiment, which joined the army at Rhode Island in August, 1778. Henry Adams Spear. JOHN ADAMS, Ashburnham.....1774-5 - 1849 Sergeant, Capt. Deliverance Davis' Company, Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; service, ten days; also Private, Capt. William Thurlo's Company, Col. Josiah Whitney's Regiment; service in Rhode Island, Aug. 2 - Sept. 13, 1778; also First Lieutenant, Capt. Francis Lane's Company, Eighth Worceter County Regiment, July 6, 1780. Frank Ormond Whitney. JOSEPH ADAMS, Menotomy (Arlington).....1743 - 1824 Sergeant, Capt. Waterhouse's Company, Col. Gerrish's Regiment of guards, Feb. - May, 1778, at Winter Hill, guarding prisoners of Burgoyne's army. Edward Franklin Woods. SILAS ADAMS, Newbury.....1742 - 1800 First Lieutenant, Capt. Gerrish's Company, which marched to Cambridge at the Lexington alarm; re-enlisted in same Company, Col. Moses Little's Regiment, April 24, 1775; commissioned June 27, 1775; Captain, Col. Titcomb's Regiment, June 29, 1777; marched to re-enforce General Spencer at Rhode Island. J. Forrest Burnahm. MOSES AINSWORTH, Brookfield.....about 1742 - Private, Capt. Walker's Company, Col. Danielson's Regiment, eight months service, May - Oct., 1775; credited with five months service, July 30, 1778, for the third precinct of Brookfield. Howard Kendall Sanderson. JOHN ALBREE, Medford.....1757 - 1842 Corporal, Capt. Stephen Dana's Company, Col. McIntosh's Regiment, March 19 - April 5, 1776; service at Boston; also Private, Capt. Caleb Brooks' Company, Col. Dike's Regiment; his name appears on a return of men in service, Dec. 14, 1776; contributed to hire men to go to Canada; his daughter, who died in 1896, said her father was at the battle of Bunker Hill, where he assisted in making the famous rail-fence which was so effective. Edward Curling Albree. JOHN ALLAN, Allan's Island, Eastport, Maine.....1746 - 1846 Colonel in command of troops stationed at Machias, Maine, Sept. 17, 1777; served to April 15, 1783; also Continental Agent and Commadner-in-chief of Indians in Eastern Department. Arthur Maxwell Wheeler. ELISHA ALLEN, Stoughton Private, Capt. Asahel Smith's Company, Col. Robinson's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; also in a detachment of guards from Col. Gill's Regiment; served at Blue Hills, Sept. - Nov., 1778. Albert Safford Partridge. ISAAC ALLEN, Manchester..... 1758 - 1841 Private, Capt. Hart's and Capt. Wiley's Companies, Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's Regiment; enlisted May 18, 1775; received bounty coat, or its equivalent in money, for the eight months service at the siege of Boston. George Harrison Allen. JACOB ALLEN, Manchester -----1721 - 1805 Private, Capt. Andrew Marsters' Company, which marched to Medford at the Lexington alarm; also Capt. Rowe's company, Col. Bridge's Regiment, June 3 - Aug. 1, 1775, at the siege of Boston. George Harrison Allen. MOSES ALLLEN, Enfield, Connecticut..... 1746 - 1826 Private, Capt. Mills' Company, Second Connecticut Regiment of the Line, March, 1777 - April 1780; also Fifth Regiment of the Line, Jul7, 1780, and served to Dec. 1, 1780; also served in Fourth Regiment short levies in 1782. William Hermon Allen. Edward Allen Pease. JOSPEH ALLEY, Lynn .....1757 - 1832 Private, Capt. Newhall's Company, Col. Hutchinson's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; re-enlisted May 3, 1775, for the 'eight months service"; order for a bounty coat dated Nov. 4, 1775; camp at Winter Hill; also Matross, Capt. Edes' (Fourth) Company, Col. Thomas Crafts' Artillery Regiment, May - Nov., 1776; also Seaman, brigantine "Rover," Capt. Wellman, June 30, 1780. Joseph E. Burrows. NATHAN ALLEY, Lynn.....1744 - 1832 Private, in a list of men who served at Concord battle; also Matross and Gunner, Capt. J. W. Edes' Company, Col. Crafts' (Artillery) Regiment, May - Nov., 1776. George Frederick Ames. JOHN ATWOOD, Hampstead, New Hampshire Appears on muster roll of soldiers from Col. J. Bartlett's Regiment for recruiting Continental Army at New York; enlisted for nine months from June 22, 1778. Luther Atwood. MOSES ATWOOD, Hampstead, New Hampshire Private, Capt. John Calf's Company, Col. Pierce Long's Regiment (First New Hampshire), Sept., 1775 - July, 1777; also Capt. H. Hutchins' Company of volunteers which joined the Continental Army at Saratoga, Sept. - Nov. 1777; also Capt. John Eastman's Company, Col. J. Bartlett's Regiment of militia, July - Oct. 1780; pensioned. Luther Atwood. AMOS ATHERTON, Shirley ..... 1731 - 1801 Private, Capt. Smith's Company, Col. Bigelow's (Fifteenth Continental) Regiment, Feb. 1778 - Feb. 1781; muster rolls dated Valley Forge, Camp Providence, Warwick, West Point, Camp at Robinson's Farms, Camp Tenack. Horace Hale Atherton, Junior WILLIAM ATTWILL, Lynn..... - 1806 Private, on "list of men who served at Concord battle and elsewhere"; also Capt. Lindsey's Company, commanded by Lieut. Gallusha, Col. Woodbridge's (Twenty-fifth) Regiment, May - Aug. 1775; received a bounty coat, or its equivalent in money, Dec. 22, 1775; also Captain Brown's and Devereux's Companies, Col. Gerrish's Regiment of guards, at Winter Hill and Cambridge, Jan. - July, 1778. Alfred Mudge Attwill. Louis Hulen Attwill. ZACHARIAH ATTWILL, Lynn .... 1755 - 1836 Private, Capt. Rufus Mansfield's (Fourth) Company, which marched at the Lexington alarm to Concord; also Capt. Hiller's Company, Col. Titcomb's Regiment; served at a Rhode Island alarm, June 11 - Aug. 11, 1777, and remained in camp under Lieut. Watts. Louis Hulen Attwill. REUBEN BABCOCK, Northboro ..... 1752 - 1844 Private, Capt. Samuel Wood's Company, General Ward's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington arlarm; re-enlisted April 26, 1775, same Company and Regiment, for the eight months service; order for bounty coat dated Dorchester, Jan. 5, 1776; also Private, Lieutenant Seth Rice's Company, Col. Cushing's Regiment; marched to the assistance of the Northern Army, Aug. 21 - 28, 1777. William Francis Emerson. JAMES BACHELLER, Lynn ..... 1756 - 1837 Private, Capt. Farrington's (Second Lynn) Company, which marched at the Lexington alarm to Concord. Edward Franklin Bacheller. OLIVER BAGG, West Springfield ..... 1754 - 1834 Private, Capt. Enoch Chapin's Company, which marched at the Lexington alarm; also re-enlisted in same Company, Col. Danielson's Regiemtn, eight months service, during the siege of Boston; served April - Oct., 1775; also Capt. Joseph Morgan's Company, Col. Moseley's Regiment; marched to re-enforce the Northern Army, Oct. 21, - Nov. 17, 1776; also Corporal, Captain John Morgan's Company, Col. Woodbridge's Regiment; service in Northern Department, Aug. - Nov., 1777. Joseph Mather Smith. Addison Henry Smith. SAMUEL BAILEY, Junior, Andover ...... 1728 - 1775 Private, Capt. Holt's Company, which marched to Cambridge at the Lexington alarm; also Capt. Furbish's Company, Col. Bridge's Regiment; killed in the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. James Rogers Bailey. ABIJAH BAKER, Medfield ..... 1749 - 1824 Private, Capt. Fairbank's Company, Col. Hawes' Regiment; marched to Rhode Island at an alarm, Sept. 30, 1777; service, one month, two days. Roy Ball Baker. BENJAMIN BAKER, Haverhill ..... 1727 - after 1791 Private, Capt. Nathaniel Marsh's Company, Major Gage's Regiment, which re-enforced the Northern Army, Oct. 2 - Nov. 6, 1777. Frank Lewis Eddy. OTIS BAKER, Dover, New Hamsphire..... 1727 - 1801 Colonel; Representataive; Judge, Court of Common Pleas; member of Committee of Safely, 1776 and 1777; Muster and Pay Master, 1776, 1777 and 1778. Frederick Gilbert Bauer. MOSES BALDWIN, Newark, New Jersey ..... 1757 - 1831 Private in First or Second Essex County Regiment, New Jersey militia; previous to 1781 the Regiment was included in the "North Brigade," later the "Upper Brigade." Percy Vermilye Baldwin. JOHN BALL, Temple, New Hampshire...... 1753 - 1815 Private, Capt. Drury's Company, Lieut.-Col. Heald's Regiment; service, June 29 - Juy 6, 1777; marched to re-enforce the Northern Army at Ticonderoga. J. Rodney Ball. NATHANIEL BALL, Holis, New Hampshire Private, Capt. Reuben Dow's Company of minute-men, which marched at the alarm of the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775; signed the "Association Test" in 1776, pledging his life and fortune for liberty or death. J. Rodney Ball. EBENEZER BANCROFT, (Dunstable) Tyngsboro ..... 1748 - 1827 Commanded Capt. Butterfield's Company, which marched at the Lexington alarm to Cambridge; commissioned Captain in Col. Bridge's Regiement, May 27, 1775; was wounded in the battle of Bunker Hill; Second Major of the Seventh Middlesex County Regiment of militia, Feb. 8, 1776; First Major, June 20, 1778; Lieut.-Col., April 21, 1780; served at White Plains and North Castle, Sept. - Nov., 1776, and re-enforced the Continental Army at Rhode Island, June - Oct., 1780; received a pension for wounds received in the battle of Bunker Hill. James Lewis Duncan. GEORGE BARBER, East Medway ..... 1743 - 1832 Private, Capt. Joshua Partridge's Company, Col. John Smith's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm and served three days; also appears on a list of men from Medway in service at various times after April 19, 1775. George Danileson Barber. BENJAMIN BARRETT, Ashby .....1734-5 - 1811 Private, Capt. Samuel Stone's Company, Col. William Prescott's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; served fifteen and one half days. Frank Ormond Whitney. DANIEL BASSETT, Barnstable Lieutenant in Capt. Joshua Gray's Company for defence of seacoast, July - Dec., 1775; First Lieut., Col. Cary's Regiment, Jan. - April, 1776; also Fourteenth Mass. Regiment, Continental service, Nov., 1776 - Nov., 1777. Andrew B. McGown Joseph E. McGown. JOSPEH BASSETT, Barnstable..... 1763 - 1855 Enlisted into the Continental Army for three years, Feb., 1777 - Jan., 1780; joined Capt. John Russell's Company, Col. G. Bradford's (Fourteenth) Regiment; pensioned. Andrew B McGown Joseph E. McGown. ELISHA BATES, Weymouth ..... 1763 - 1834 Private, Capt. Lemuel Clap's Company, Major Nathaniel Heath's detachment of guards on Dorchester Heights, May 27 - Aug. 12, 1779. Richard Whitney Ralph Holyoke Whitney Robert Bates Whitney Shepard Howland Allen Shepard Howland Gerald Shepard Howland. JOHN BATES, Attleboro ..... 1748 - 1834 Private, Capt. Jacob Ide's Company, Col. Daggett's Regiment; marched at alarm caused by the battle of Bunker Hill; also marched to Rhode Island at the alarm of Dec. 8, 1776. Everett Alanson Bates. EBENEZER BATTELLE (BATTLE), Dedham Captain, Fourth Parish Company, which marched at the Lexington alarm; Capt. in Col McIntosh's Regiment at the taking of Dorchester Heights, March, 1776; at Castle Island, Dec., 1776; Captain in Col Titcomb's Regiment at Providence, Rhode Island, May - July, 1777; guarded Continental stores at Watertown, July, 1778; marched to Roxbury, March, 1778; Captain, Eighth Company, First Suffolk County Regiment, July 2 1778; Captain, Eighth Company, First Suffolk County Regiment, July 2, 1778; also Lieut.-Col. Peirce's Regiment at Tiverton, Rhode Island, May - July, 1779; Second Major, Col. McIntosh's Regiment (First Suffolk County), April 1, 1780. Charles Henry Bailey. WILLIAM BATTERSON, Fairfield, Connecticut Private, Captain Doolittle's Company, Col. Waterbury's (Fifth) Regiment, Connecticut volunteers, May - Dec., 1775; also Capt. Godfrey's Company, Col. Whiting's Regiment, on guard in Green's Farms, Dec. 5 - 17, 1776; also Capt. Wright's (First) Company, Col. Swift's (Second) Regiment of volunteers, Jan. - Dec., 1781. Morris Crawford Boyd. SEBASTIAN BAUMAN, New York City..... 1739 - 1803 Captain in Col. John Lasher's Regiment of militia, 1775; Captain in a company of New York artillery, March 30, 1776; also Second Continental Artillery Regiment, Jan., 1777; Major, Sept., 1778; transferred to Corps of Artillery, June, 1783, and served to June 20, 1784; was in command at West Point at intervals from 1779 to 1784. William Bauman Saulpaugh. CLIFFORD BELCHER, Stoughtonham ..... about 1725 - Private, Capt. Edward Bridge Savel's (First) Company, Col. Robinson's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm. Elbridge Gerry Cutler. SUPPLY BELCHER, Stoughtonham ...... 1751 - 1836 Private, Capt. Savel's Company, Col. Robinson's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; also Capt. Endicott's Company, Col. McIntosh's Regiment, which marched to Roxbury, March 20 - April 5, 1778. Elbridge Gerry Cutler. DAVID BENT, Rutland ..... 1730 - 1798 Member of the Committee of Inspection, 1775; Captain in Col. Sparhawk's Regiment, which marched in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775; Lieut., Capt. Bowker's Company, Col. Whitney's Regiment, Feb. 5, 1776; Captain, Fifth Company, Col. Sparhawk's (the Seventh) Regiment; marched at the Bennington alarm, Aug. 20, 1777; also Colonel Cushing's Regiment; joined in the Northern Army, Oct. - Dec., 1777; resigned as Captain in the Seventh (Worcester County) Regiment, March 13, 1780. Robert Montraville Green. DAVID BENT, Junior, Rutland..... 1756 - 1832 Private, Captain John Spoor's Company, Col. John Ashley Jr., Regiment; marched to Barne's Heath, Stillwater, Oct. 12-23, 1781. Robert Montraville Green. JASON BENT, Sudbury ..... 1750 - 1786 Private, Capt. Loker's Company, Col. Brett's Regiment, which marched to Concord at the Lexington alarm. James Read Bent. THOMAS BENT, Sudbury ..... -1775 Upon hearing the alarm, April 19, 1775, he rode on horseback to Concord, and was there wounded; when returning he met one of his three sons, who was hurrying to the front, and, although seriously wonded, he urged him to go on to the fight; he died from the effect of the wound July 26, 1775. James Read Bent. THOMAS BERRY, Brunswick, Maine ..... 1745 - 1828 Adjutant, Bristol and Cumberland County Regiment, Jan. 23, 1776; stationed at Winter Hill Feb. 27, 1776; also First Lieutenant, Capt. Mayberry's Company, Col. Ebenezer Francis' Regiment, raised for the defence of Boston, Aug. 6, 1776. John C. Berry. REUBEN BETTS, Milton, Connecticut Private, Capt. Mathew Mead's Company, Col. Waterbury's Regiment of militia; enlisted April 19, 1775, and served nine months; also six months, in 1776, in Capt. Comstock's and Gilbert's Companies, and two months, in 1777, in Capt. Gregory's Company; was in the engagement at St. John's, Sept. 18, 1775. Frank R. Searles. JOSIAH BIGELOW, Waltham ..... 1730 - 1810 Lieutenant, Capt. Whitmore's (Artillery) Company, which marched from Weston at the Lexington alarm. Horace Chester. WILLIAM BILLINGS, Junior, Stoughton ..... 1741-2 - 1816 Corporal, Capt. Savel's Company of Col. Robinson's and Col. Gill's Regiments; served at the Lexington alarm, and the Dorchester Heights alarm, March 4, 1776; also Lieut., Capt. Savel's Company; marched to Braintree, March 22, 1776; also Captain, Fourth Company, Col. Gill's Regiment, Feb. 16, 1779. Albert Safford Partridge. WILLIAM BILLINGS, Stoughton ..... 1717 - 1783 Corporal, Capt. Savel's Company, Col. Robinson's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm. Albert Safford Partridge. JONATHAN BIRGE, Connecticut..... - 1776 Captain, Col. Sage's Connecticut State Regiment, June 20, 1776; mortally wounded at White Plains Oct. 28, 1776, and died at Stamford, Connecticut, Nov. 8, 1776. George H. Johnson. WILLIAM BLAKE, Barrington, New Hampshire ..... 1741 - 1825. Private, also Sergeant, Capt. Gordon's Company, Col. Gilman's Regiment, which re-enforced the Continental Army at New York, Dec., 1776 - March, 1777. Frederic Gilbert Bauer. WILLIAM BLISS, Belchertown ..... 1746 - 1782 Private, Capt. John Cowle's Company, Col. Woodbridge's Regiement, which marched April 20, 1775, in response to the Lexington alarm; also Capt. Bardwell's Company, Col. Porter's Regiment, Sept. - Oct., 1777. George Spencer Bliss. ELIAS BOARDMAN, Reading ..... 1759 - 1841 Private, Capt. Walton's Company, Col. Green's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; also one of the "Training Band" in same Company, May 13, 1775; also Capt. Foster's Company, Col. Bullard's Regiment; marched to re-enforce Northern Army under General Gates, Aug. 18 - Nov. 30, 1777; also Corporal, Capt. Sargent's Company of guards in and about Boston, Feb. 12, - May 12, 1779, under Major-General Gates. Samuel May Boardman. WILLIAM BOIES, Blandford ..... 1722 - 1804 Delegate from the town of Blandford to obtain redress from the arbitrary English taxes in 1775; one of the Committee of Correspondence and Safety in 1780; Representative to the General Court, Oct. 25, 1780. William Roland White. GODFREY BORNHEIMGER, Waldoboro, Maine ..... 1738 - 1831 Sergeant, Capt. Jacob Ludwig's Company, Oct. 7 - Dec. 22, 1777; Company raised for defence of Machias, and served under Col. John Allan; also same Company, Col. Masons Wheaton's Regiment, Sept. 21, - Nov. 1, 1779; Company detached for guard duty at Broad Bay; also Private, Capt. George Ulmer's Company, Col. James Hunter's Regiment, July 23 - Nov. 20, 1782; service in Eastern Department. Oscar Storer. Edward Allyn Trowbridge. JACOB H. BORNHEIMER, Waldoboro, Maine ..... 1764 - 1851 Private, Capt. Jordan Parker's Company, Col. Samuel McCobb's Regiment, enlisted spring of 1780, and served six months; also mariner on sloop "Enterprise," Capt. Curtis, enlisted in Jan., 1781, and served two months; also Private, Capt. Jordan Parker's Company, Col. Samuel McCobb's Regiment, July 16 - Dec. 1, 1781; also Private, Capt. George Ulmer's Company, Col. James Hunter's Regiment, July 23 - Nov. 20, 1782; service in Eastern Department; pensioner. Oscar Storer. Edward Allyn Trowbridge. WILLIAM BOSTON, Wells, Maine ..... -1817 Private, Capt. Joshua Bragdon's Company, Col. Scammon's Regiment; enlisted May 3, 1775, and receipted for the bounty coat, or its equivalent in money, given for the eight months service, dated Cambridge, Dec. 20, 1775; this Regiment was at Bunker Hill; also Corporal, Capt. Sayer's Company, Major Littlefield's detachment, from York county, which served in the Penobscot expedition, July - Sept., 1779. William G. Williams. JABEZ BOSWORTH, Sandisfield ..... 1742 - 1827 Corporal, Capt. Jacob Brown's Company, Col. Fellow's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; served fifteen days; also Sergeant Capt. Samuel Walcott's Company, Col. John Brown's Regiment; marched to re-enforce Northern Army, June 30 - July 27, 1777; also Capt. Adam Kasson's Company, Col. Israel Chapin's Regiment; served at Claverack, Oct. 18 - Nov. 21, 1779. Henry Hall Bosworth. JONATHAN BOSWORTH, Bridgewater.....1757 - 1833 Matross, Captain Daniel Lathrop's (Artillery) Company, Col. John Bailey's Regiment; eight months service, April - Nov. 1775; re-enlisted in Capt. Crocker's Company, same Regiment, for the years 1776; was in the battle of Harlem Heights Nov. 16, 1775; also Private, Capt. Edward Cobb's Company, Col. Titcomb's Regiment; served at Rhode Island, April - June, 1777; also Capt. Josiah Keith's Company, Col. Dean's Regiment; served on an alarm at Tiverton, Rhode Island, Aug. 4-10, 1780; pensioned. Augustus Henry Withington. STEPHEN BOURN, Attleboro ..... 1752 - 1814 Private, Capt. Healy's Company, Col. Jacob's Regiment, which marched to Rhode Island, and served Sept.-Nov., 1779; also Sergeant, Lieut. Samuel Brown's Company; served at Tiverton, Rhode Island, on an alarm, Aug. 1-8, 1780, under General Heath. Charles Oscar Sweet. KENDALL BOUTELLE, Leominster .....1737 - Lieutenant, Capt. E. Wood's Company, Col. Whitcomb's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; also Capt. Joseph Sargent's Company, detached from Col. Whitney's Regiment; served in Rhode Island, May - June, 1777. Winfield Scott Hawkes. THADDEUS BOWMAN, Lexington .....1712 - 1806 Member of the Committee of Correspondence and Safety; Captain of the Militia Company previous to the Revolution. J. Brainerd Thrall. THADDEUS BOWMAN, Junior, Winchendeon ..... 1743 - 1815 Private, Capt. Abel Wilder's Company, Col. Doolittle's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm to Cambridge; also Lieutenant John Boynton's Company, Col. Sparhawk's Regiment; marched to Bennington on an alarm Aug. 21-16, 1777; also Capt. John Bynton's Company; served in the Northern Department, Sept. 27 - Oct. 18, 1777. J. Brainerd Thrall. JAMES BOYDEN, Worcester ..... 1758 - 1816 Private, Capt. Nathaniel Harrington's Company, Col. Stearns' Regiment; stationed at Rutland, March-July, 1778; also Corporal, Capt. Joseph Richardson's Company, Col. Denny's Regiment, in Continental service at Claverack, Oct.-Nov., 1779. Merrill Norton Boyden. JOHN BRACKETT, Berwick, Maine .....1720 - Private, Capt. Ebenezer Sullivan's Company, Col. James Scammon's Regiment; enlisted May 5, 1775; "return" dated Aug. 11, 1775. Charles Greenough Chick. WAIT BRADFORD, Pembroke Private, Capt. William Weston's Company; enlisted June 25, 1776; discharged Nov. 19, 1776; stationed at the Gurnet for defence of Plymouth harbor. Charles Herbert Keene. DR. JAMES BRADISH, Cummington ..... 1752 - 1818 Born, Hardwick, Mass., Oct. 21, 1752; died Floyd, New York, Sept. 18, 1818; Surgeon's Mate, Ninth Massachusetts Continental Regiment, under command of Col. David Brewer (enlisted from Twon "5", afterward Cummington, Mass.); in Roxbury Camp, Oct. 7, 1775; he was at the siege of Boston and stationed on Dorchester Heights. John Quincy Bradish. JOHN BRAGG, Shrewsbury ..... 1746 - 1819 Private, Capt. Cushing's Company, Col. Ward's Regiment, at the siege of Boston; received bounty coat, or its equivalent in money, for eight months service, Nov. 13, 1775; also Sergeant, Capt. Rice's Company, same Regiment; marched to Manchester at the Bennington alarm, July 27 - Aug. 29, 1777; enlisted in the Continental Army, Capt. Warner's Company, Col. Marshall's Regiment; served nine months from June 7, 1778; also Capt. Tew's Company, Col. Hathaway's Regiment; served on a Rhode Island alarm, Aug. 2, 1780. Joshua Merrill Bragg. EPHRAIM BREED, Lynn ..... 1736 - 1812 Private, Capt. Mansfield's (Fourth Lynn) Company, which marched at the Lexington alarm to Concord. Charles Orin Breed. FREDERICK BREED, Lynn ..... 1755 - 1820 Private, Capt. Farrington's (Second Lynn) Company, which marched at the Lexington alarm; Ensign, Capt. Richardson's Company, Col. Mansfield's Regiment, May - August, 1775, at the siege of Boston; Second Lieut, Twenty-seventh Continental Infantry, Jan.-Dec., 1776; pensioned. Edward Franklin Bacheller. STEPHEN BRIGGS, Attleboro ..... 1763 - 1850 Private, Capt. Hodge's Company, Col. Williams' Regiment; served on "a secret expedition," Sept. 25-Oct. 31, 1777; also same Company, Col. Carpenter's Regiment, at Rhode Island, July 27-Aug. 13, 1778; also Capt. Foster's Company, same Regiment; served on Rhode Island alarms, July 27-31, 1780, and in Capt. Wilmarth's Company, same service, July 31-Aug. 7, 1780; also Capt. Richardson's Company, Col. Mitchell's Regiment, to re-enforce Continental Army, Sept. 3-Oct. 31, 1780. Lynn Carpenter. REUBEN BROOKS, Cheshire, Connecticut..... 1763 - 1843. Private, Capt. Moses Bradley's Company, Sept., 1778, six months; Capt. A. Bunnell's Company, Col. Ward's Regiment, July, 1779, three months; Capt. Woodford's Company, Col. Parson's Regiment, May, 1780, six months; Capt. Tuttle's Company, March, 1781, eleven months; Capt. Wadsworth's Company, Col. Allen's Regiment, April 1782, eight months. Thomas Lawrence Brooks. DANIEL BROWN, Brunswick, Maine..... about 1754 - about 1819 Private, Capt. James Curtis' Company, Colonels Phinney's and Cargill's Regiments; enlisted June 10, 1775; arrived at Cambridge, July 30, and on Aug .9 ordered to Deer Isle; served five months and five days. George Washington Morse. EZRA BROWN, Lynn ..... 1750 - 1829 Private, Capt. Parker's Company of minute-men, which marched at the Lexington alarm; Drummer, Capt. Newhall's Company, Colonels Mansfield's and Hutchinson's Regiments, May-Aug., 1775; received bounty coat, or its equivalent in money, which was given to the so-called "eight months service" at siege of Boston. Charles Albert Brown. JONATHAN BROWN, Scituate ..... 1738 - Private, Capt. Stetson's Company, Col. Thomas' Regiment; served on the alarm caused by taking possession of Dorchester Heights, March, 1776; also Capt. Pierce's Company, Col. Cotton's Regiment; served on a secret expedition to Tiverton, Rhode Island, Sept.-Oct., 1777; also Capt. Sparrow's Company, Col. Tyler's Regiment; served at Rhode Island July-Dec., 1779. Arthur Dana Story. PHINEHAS BROWN, Fitchburg..... 1742 - 1821 Private, Capt. William Thurlow's Company; marched Aug. 22, 1777, at an alarm at Bennington; also Sergeant same Company, Col. Josiah Whitney's Regiment; July 30-Sept. 13, 1778, at Rhode Island; also Capt. Joshua Lealand's Company of guards, Sept. 29 - Nov. 10, 1779, in forts in and about Boston. John Greenwood Brown. ISAAC BULLARD, Medway Sergeant, Lieut. Adams' Company, Col. Smith's Regiment, commanded by Major Fuller, which marched at the Lexington alarm, and again on the alarm of April 30, 1775; also Capt. Adams' Company, of Major Bullard's Regiment, which marched to Tiverton, Rhode Island, at an alarm July 28-Aug. 7, 1780; on the list of Medway inhabitants as having rendered services subsequent to April 19, 1775. Frederick Morse Cutler. NATHANIEL BURGESS, Wareham ..... 1757 - 1839 Private, Capt. Israel Fearing's Company of minute-men, which marched at the Lexington alarm to Marshfield; also served five months, in 1776, at New York; certificate of services, as given by the Pension Bureau, states he served twelve months, April, 1775- Oct., 1777, in four separate enlistements; he was in the engagement at Harlem, and was pensioned Aug. 7, 1832. George Burgess Burns. FRANCIS BURNHAM, Ipswich ..... 1749 - Private, Capt. A. Dodge's Company, Col. Little's Regiment, May-Aug., 1775; was in the battle of Bunker Hill; also on the alarm list of Capt. Low's Company, April 30, 1778; also Sergeant, Capt. Giddings' Company, Col. Foster's Regiment, Feb.-April, 1776, in defence of seacoast. Arthur Dana Story. WESLEY BURNHAM, Senior, Ipswich ..... 1719 - 1797 Private, Capt. David Low's (Third) Company, Col. Cogswell's Regiment; train band and alarm list April 30, 1778. Kingsley Allan Burnham. WESLEY BURNHAM (BURNUM), Essex ..... 1747 - 1835 Private, Capt. Daniel Giddings' Company, Col. Foster's Regiment; stationed at Gloucester for seacoast defence, Feb.-Nov., 1776; also Capt. David Low's Company, Col. Cogswell's Regiment; belonged to the train band; on the alarm list April 30, 1778; also Capt. Robert Dodge's Company, Col. Johnson's Regiment; service in the Northern Department, Aug.-Dec., 1777; was in the battle of Bemis Heights; also Capt. Ray's Company, Col. Pickering's Regiment, Dec. 1776 - March, 1777; pensioned. Kingsley Allan Burnham. EBENEZER BURRILL, Lynn ..... 1702 - 1778 Representative from the town on Lynn to the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, 1774-1775; a recognized patriotic town clerk for twelve years perceding 1778; was known as one of "Sam Adams' Rebels." Edward Franklin Bacheller. Arthur Burrill Breed. JOHN BURR, Hingham ..... 1729 - 1790 Private, Capt. Peter Cushing's Company, Col. Lovell's Regiment, which served as coast guard March 15, 1776; also Sergeant of Marines, brigantine "Hazard," Captain Samson, Aug. 22, 1777-May 20, 1778; engaged in the capture of the ship "Live Oak." John Henry Studley, Junior. JOHN BURRILL, Lynn ..... 1726 - 1793 Private, Capt. Mansfield's (Fourth Lynn) Company, which marched at the Lexington alarm to Concord. Edward Franklin Bacheller. Arthur Burrill Breed. THEOPHILUS BURRILL, Lynn ..... 1740 - Private, Capt. Farrington's Company of minute-men, which marched at the Lexington alarm towards Concord; also Capt. Greenwood's Company, Col. Gerrish's Regiment of guards at Winter Hill, Nov. 1777-Feb. 1778. Charles Albert Brown. DOUD BUSHNELL, Saybrook, Connecticut ..... 1762 - 1841 Private, Capt. Simeon Leigh's Company, Col. Worthington's Regiment, June, 1779; also Capt. John Shipman's Company, same Regiment, in garrison at Fort Trumbull, Jan. - Feb., 1780; also same company, Col. William Ledyard's Regiment, same service May, 1780-May, 1781; also Lieut. Ezra Crane's Company, Col. Canfield's Regiment; served at West Point June-August, 1781; later served on the privateer brig "Thetis"; pensioned. Matt Bushnell Jones. JAMES CAMP, New Jersey ..... 1758 - 1793 Private, First or Second Regiment, Essex County, New Jersey militia; prior to 1881 the Regiment was included in the "North Brigade"; later the "Upper Brigade." Percy Vermilye Baldwin. EZEKIEL CAPEN, Stoughtonham Private, Capt. Ebenezer Everett's Company, Col. McIntosh's Regiment; served at Rhode Island, Aug. 1 - Sept. 14, 1778. Albert Safford Partridge. SANDERS CARR, Salisbury ..... 1734 - 1809 Sergeant, Capt. Pike's Company, Col. Senter's Regiment, New Hampshire militia, which marched to Rhode Island, and served June-Dec., 1777, six months and nine days; also Private, Capt. Whittier's Company, Col. Gales' Regiment, which marched to Rhode Island, and served twenty-six days in August, 1778. Louis Hulen Attwill. DANIEL CARPENTER, Attleboro ..... 1744 - 1803 Private, Capt. Alexander Foster's Company, which marched at the Lexington alarm, and were called out on the alarm caused by the battle of Bunker Hill; Corpral, same Company, Col. Daggett's Regiement; marched at a Rhode Island alarm, Dec. 8, 1776, when the New England colonies were alarmed by the British taking possession of Newport, R. I.; served twenty-five days; also Capt. Wilmarth's Company, Col. Dean's Regiment; marched at a Rhode Island alarm, July 31, 1780. Wheaton Alton Carpenter. Lyman Carpenter. JAMES CARPENTER, Coventry, Connecticut and Sharon, Vermont ..... 1741 - 1813 Private in the Company which marched from Coventry at the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775; also Capt. Samuel William's Company, Col. Ebenezer Allen's Regiment, Vermont militia; served on alarms in Oct. and Nov., 1780. Matt Bushnell Jones. SAMUEL CARPENTER, Pomfret, Connecticut ..... 1757 - 1798 Private, Capt. Caleb Clark's Company, Eleventh Connecticut Regiment; at New York in 1776; re-enlisted Jan. 8, 1778, in Capt. Williams' Company, Col. Johnson's Regiment. Everett Alanson Bates. DANIEL CARTER, Salisbury, New Hampshire..... 1759 - 1847 Private, Capt. Benjamin Sias' Company, Col. Gilman's Regiment, for New York service in 1776; also enlisted for the town of Boscawen in Col. Stickney's Regiment, July 5, 1779; also Col. Mooney's Regiment for the defence of Rhode Island; received bounty 60 pounds. Henry James Mills. JOHN CARTER, Concord, New Hampshire ..... 1759 - 1847 Private, Capt. Benjamin Emery's Company, Col. Baldwin's Regiment, raised in Sept. 1776, to re-enforce the army in New York; also Col. Ebenezer Webster's Regiment in the Rhode Island expedition, Aug 5-27, 1778. Henry James Mills. MOSES CASE, Raymond, New Hampshire ..... 1759 - 1844 Private, Capt. Brown's Company, Col. Gilman's Regiment, for defence of Piscataqua Harbor, and in Capt. Dearborn's Company, for the Canadian expedition in 1776; enlisted in the Continental Army, March 8, 1777; mustered April 11, 1777; served three years, First Company, Third Regiment, Col. Scammell; and Capt. Butler's Company, Col. Bartlett's Regiment, in 1780; he was disabled at Valley Forge in 1778; pensioned. George Artemas Crawford. Kendrick Patten Crawford. NEAL CATE, Deerfield, New Hampshire ..... 1760 - 1846 Private, Capt. Runnels' Company, Col. Mooney's Regiment, raised by the State of New Hampshire for defece of Rhode Island, July 3, 1779-Jan. 11, 1780; re-enlisted for six months service in Continental Army at West Point in 1781. Frederick Symon Cate. ELEAZER CHADBOURN, Sanford, Maine ..... 1754 - 1814 Agent for purchasing supplies for the army in 1780. William L. Chadbourn. SIMEON CHADBOURN, Berwick, Maine ..... 1750 - 1846 Corporal, Capt. Ebenezer Sullivan's Company, Col. Scammon's Regiment; enliseted May 5, 1775, for eight months; this Regiment was at the battle of Bunker Hill and siege of Boston; order for bounty coat, dated Cambridge, Oct. 30, 1775. Charles Green Roberts. HARRIS CHADWELL, Lynn ..... 1746 - 1834 Private, Capt. Mansfield's Company, which marched to Concord at the Lexington alarm; Lieutenant, Capt. King's Company, stationed at Salem and Lynn for seacoast defence, July, 1775-Jan., 1776; Second Lieutenant, Capt. Epe's Company, Col. Smith's Regiment, March 13, 1776; First Lieutenant, Capt. Hiller's Company; re-enforced troops under General Spencer for the proposed expedition against the British on Rhode Island, May-July, 1777; pensioned. Cyrus Alvin Chadwell. Charles Henry Chase. Benjamin Newhall Johnson. Leon Eugene Wilson. EDMUND CHADWICK, Boscawen, New Hampshire ..... 1754 - Private, Capt. Abbot's Company, Col. John Stark's Regiment, April-August, 1775; at the battle of Bunker Hill; received four dollars for a regimental coat from the colony of New Hampshire; camp at Medford, Oct., 1775. George Whitefield Chadwick. JAMES CHADWICK, Falmouth ..... 1753 - Private, Capt. Nathan Peters' Company, Col. Learned's (Third Continental) Regiment; enlisted Dec., 1775, and served one year; was in the battle of White Plains, Oct. 28, 1776; also Midshipman, ship "Warren," Capt. Hopkins; served four months; also Corporal, Capt. Hubbard's Company, Col. Cushing's Regiment, Sept. - Dec., 1777; also Private, Capt. Palmer's Company, Col. Freeman's Regiment; served on alarms at Falmouth, Feb. 4, April 2, May 16, 1779; pensioned. Oliver Wendall McLaughlin. CALEB CHAPIN, Bernardston ..... 1736 - 1815 A member of the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection, and Safety, 1776; his name appears on Capt. Agrippa Wells' Company, which served Aprl 20 to May 1, 1775, at Cambridge; Captain, Fourth Hampshire County Company, Fifth Regiment, July 1, 1781; he commanded the Bernardston Company which served at the suppression of Shays' Rebellion; his commission, signed by Governor Hancock, is preserved by his family. Clifford Samuel Chapin. GERSHOM CHAPIN, Mendon ..... 1734 - 1801 Private, Capt. Read's Company, Col. Tyler's Regiment; marched to Tiverton, Rhode Island, on an alarm, July 28-Aug. 4, 1780. George Hoyt Chapin. EPHRAIM CHASE, East Machias, Maine ..... 1744 - 1836 Participarted in capturing the "Margarita" in Machias Harbor, Maine, June 12, 1775, and conveying her prisioners to Cambridge; Captin, schooner "Neashquowoite"; served under Col. John Allan, superintendent of Indians, Eastern Department, in supplying food, and in defence of Machias Harbor, Dec. 1, 1779- May 24, 1780; pensioned. Orestes M. Pratt. JOSEPH CHEEVER, Chelsea ..... 1752 - 1830 Sergeant, Capt. Sprague's Company, which marched at the Lexington alarm; service fifteen days; also First Lieutenant, same Company, Col. Gerrish's Regiment, May-Dec., 1775; commanded his Company at the battle of Bunker Hill; a bullet passed through his hat; also Capt. Barnabas Dodge's Company of same Regiment (Twenty-sixth); served in the campaign of 1776; was in the battles of White Plains and Trenton; in command of his Company until mustered out in 1777; commission as Captain, signed by John Hancock in 1793, now in Malden Public Library. Arthur Prescott Holden. JOHN CHESTER, Groton, Connecticut.....1761 - 1804 Matross, Capt. William Lathan's Artillery Company, stationed at Groton, July 6, 1780 - May 1, 1781. Dwight Chester. Horace Chester. WILLIAM CHIPMAN, Wellfleet ..... 1731 - 1795 Private, Capt. Joseph Smith's detachment from Wellfleet militia, which marched to Falmouth on an alarm Sept. 10, 1778; also Matross, Capt. Hamlen's (Artillery) Company, Col. Freeman's Regiment; served on Falmouth alarms, Sept., 1778, March, April and May, 1779; also guarded prisoners from the "Somerset," man-of-war, wrecked on Cape Cod Nov., 1778; also Company detached to re-enforce Continental Army; served Aug. - Oct., 1780. Frederick Russell LeCount. AARON CHOATE, Ipswich ..... 1761 - Private, enlisted into the Continental Army; marched June 17; discharged Dec. 14, 1780; passed muster in a return dated Camp Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780. Kingsley Allan Burnham. JEREMIAH CHOATE, Senior, Ipswich ..... 1725 - 1798 Private, Capt. David Low's (Third) Company, Col. Jonathan Cogswell's Regiment; train band and alarm list, April 30, 1778. Kingsley Allan Burnham. LEMUEL CLAP, Dorchester ..... 1735 - 1819 Lieutenant, Capt. Billings' Company, Col. Robinson's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; also Captain, Col. Gill's Regiment; served at the fortifying of Dorchester Heights, March 4, 1776; also of Col. Pierce's Regiment for services at Castle Island, March 1, 1778; also Captain of the guards on duty in and about Boston, May 7, 1779 - Oct. 16, 1780. James Humphrey Clapp. JAMES CLARKE, Murrayfield (now Chester) Second Lieutenant, Capt. David Shepard's Company of minute-men, Col. Seth Pomeroy's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm to Cambridge and served eight days; also Private, Capt. Enoch Shepard's Company, Col. Moseley's Regiment; marched on a Bennington alarm, Aug. 17-23, 1777; also served in the Northern Department, Sept. 21- Oct. 17, 1777; also Capt. Black's Company, same Regiment, served on an alarm at Northampton, June 15-17, 1782; one of the Comnittee of Correspondence, 1775, and of Inspection, 1776 and 1778. William Roland White. JONAS CLARK, Lexington ..... 1730 - 1805 Graduated at Harvard College in 1752, and was ordained as minister at Lexington, Nov. 5, 1755; Hancock and Adams were his guests when Paul Revere warned them of the approaching British, April 19, 1775; Rev. Jonas Clark, by his sermons and personal appeals, did much to arouse the Americans to armed resistance; he was one of the most ardent and active friends of liberty. Robert Montraville Green. EBENEZER COBB, Middleboro ..... 1731 - Sergeant, Capt. William Shaw's Company of minute-men, which marched to Marshfield on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service three days; also Private, Lieut. Benson's Company, which marched on the Rhode Island alarm of Dec. 8, 1776; service four days. Darius Cobb. EBENEZER COBB Junior, Middleboro ..... 1759 - 1826 Private, Lieut. Washburn's Company, Col. Sprout's Regiment, which marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of Dec. 8, 1776; also Capt. Allen's Company, Col. Cotton's Regiment; served on a secret expedition to Rhode Island in Sept. and Oct., 1777; also Capt. Wood's Company, Col. Sprout's Regiment; served on an alarm at Dartmouth, Sept. 6-12, 1778; also Capt. Sparrow's Company, Col. Jacob's Regiment; re-enforced Continental Army, July 23-Oct. 27, 1780. Darius Cobb. ABNER COFFIN, Rochester, New Hampshire ..... 1738 - Private, Capt. Saunders' Company, Col. Paul Dudley Sergent's (Massachusetts) Regiment, May-Aug., 1775; received bounty coat, or its equivalent in money, for the eight months service; also Capt. Willey's Company, of same Regiment, of men raised for Canada in 1776; enlisted in the Continental Army, May 9, 1782, for three years, or during the war. Frederick Gilbert Bauer. NEWBY COGGESHALL, Bristol, Rhode Island ..... 1726 - 1807 Private, Capt. Carr's Alarm Company, Col. Miller's Regiment, Major-General Sullivan's Brigade; at Rhode Island, Aug., 1778. John Ingersoll Coggeshall. WILLIAM COGGESHALL, Bristol, Rhode Island..... 1754 - 1823 Orderly Sergeant, Col. Elliott's Regiment, Rhode Island State Artillery, Dec., 1776- March, 1780; served on the picket guard at the battle of Rhode Island, Aug. 29, 1778. John Ingersoll Coggeshall. ROBERT COOK, Scituate Private, Capt. Nelson's Company, Col. Willard's Regiment, Jan. 28, 1777; served at Skeensborough and Fort Edward; also Capt. Peirce's Company, Col. Cotton's Regiment; served on a secret expedition to Rhode Island, Sept. 25-Oct. 28, 1777. Lemuel Arthur Littlefield. JOSPEH COOKE, Northampton ..... 1726 - 1832 Second Lieutenant, Capt. Lyman's Company, Second Hampshire County Regiment; commissioned April 5, 1776; also Captain, Colonel Porter's (Hampshire County) Regiment; service at New London, Connecticut, July 20-Aug. 27, 1779. George Spencer Bliss. SAMUEL COOLIDGE, Watertown ..... 1756 - 1800 Private, Capt. Child's Company, Col. Greaton's Regiment, Continental Army; also Capt. Williams' (Light Infantry) Company, same Regiment, Jan., 1777 to Jan., 1780. William Albert Forbes. JONATHAN (COMMEY) COMEY, Hopkinton ..... 1746 - Private, Capt. John Homes' Company, Col. Bullard's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; later was a maker of buttons for uniforms for the Continental Army. Henry Newton Comey. SAMUEL CONEY, Shutesbury ----- 1746 - 1779 Private, Capt. Elisha May's Company, which served on a campaign at New York, Sept.-Nov., 1776; also Capt. Crocker's Company, Col. Wright's Regiment; marched to re-enforce the Northern Army, July 12-19, 1777. Elbridge Gerry Cutler. HEZEKIAH COREY, New Ipswich, New Hamsphire ..... 1736 - 1818 Ensign on a roll of men who marched from New Ipswich to the Lexington alarm; service, six days; also Capt. Josiah Brown's Company, Col. Enoch Hales' Regiment, which marched on Ticonderoga alarms, June 29 and July 4, 1777. Frank Ormond Whitney. UNITE COX, Malden ..... 1752 - 1861 Private, Capt. Blaney's Company, which marched to Watertown at the Lexington alarm; Sergeant, Capt. Hatch's Company, Col. Bond's Regiment; eight months service, 1775; also Capt. Cushing's Company, Col. Crafts' (Artillery) Regiment; stationed at Hull, July 26-Sept. 11, 1777. Alfred Elmer Cox. ELEAZER CRAFTS, Manchester .... 1743 - 1793 Second Lieutenant, Capt. Andrew Marster's Company, which marched to Medford at the Lexington alarm; also Second Major, Col. James Collins' Regiment, April 24, 1777; also Major, Col. Samuel Johnson's Regiment; served in the Northern Department, Sept.-Nov., 1777, at Saratoga, and present at the surrender of Burgoyne; his diary printed in vol. vi., Essex Institute's Collections, Salem. J. Rodney Ball. Charles Hooper Trask. ELIJAH CRANE, Canton (Punkopaug) ..... 1728 - 1781 Private, Capt. James Endicott's Company, Col. Robinson's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm. Samuel Crane Lord. LEMUEL CRANE, Stoughton Private, Capt. James Endicott's Company, Col. Robinson's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; also, same Company, marched to assist the army fortifying Dorchester Heights, March 5, 1776; also marched to Moon Island, June 13, 1776, when the British fleet were driven out of Boston harbor. Samuel Crane Lord. ABNER CRANSTON, Marlboro ..... 1732 - 1777 Private, Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regiment; at the siege of Boston; in camp at Cambridge and Prospect Hill, May-Dec., 1775; also Sixth Continental Infantry at Ticonderoga, Jan-Dec., 1776; also Major, Col. Calvin Smith's Thirteenth Continental Regiment, Jan. 1, 1777, to May 29, 1777, when he died in the service; half pay allowed his widow for seven years. Julian Phelps Twitchell. JESSE CUDWORTH, Freetown ..... 1739 - 1820 Private, Capt. Read's Company, Col. Hathaway's Regiment; marched on a Rhode Island alarm, Aug. 2-7, 1780. Jesse Cudworth. JOHN CUMMINGS, Groton "Lieutenant in the French and Indian War; contributed money for hiring soldiers at the time of marching to take Burgoyne in 1777." Henry Estabrook Whitcomb. JOHN CUMMINGS, Junior, Groton ..... 1736 - 1805 Second Lieutenant, Capt. Reuben Dow's Company of minute-men, which marched from Hollis, New Hampshire to Cambridge at the Lexington alarm; this Company was mustered into Col. William Prescott's Regiment, and were at the battle of Bunker Hill; enlisted April 25, 1775, for eight months service; he also appears as Ensign of same Company; the title of Captain was acquired later. Henry Estabrook Whitcomb. SAMUEL CUMMINGS, Stoughton Private, Capt. Talbot's Company, Col. Robinson's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; also Capt. Leach's Company, Col. Gill's Regiment; service at the fortifying of Dorechester Heights, March 4, 1776; also Capt. White's Company, Major Proctor's detachment of guards; service at Dorchester, Dec. 1777 - March, 1778. Albert Safford Partridge. JONATHAN CURTIS, Braintree ..... 1748 - 1826 Private, Capt. Isaac Thayer's Company, Col. Marshall's Regiment, June-Dec., 1776; service at Hull; enlisted into the Continental Army, Capt. Winslow's Company, Col. Marshall's Regiment; served three years, Feb. 22, 1777-Dec. 31, 1780; also Corporal and Sergeant, Capt. Turner's Company, Col. Tupper's Regiment, 1781-1782. Edward Phillips Hicks. PYAM CUSHING, Hingham ..... 1725 - 1776 Captain, Col. Solomon Lovell's Regiment; served at the taking possession of Dorchester Heights, March 4, 1776; also guarding the shore in march, 1776; also at Hull in June, 1776. Henry Winthrop Cushing. JOSEPH CUTLER, Warren (Western) ..... 1733 - 1816 Private, Capt. Reed's Company, Col. Warner's Regiment, which marched to Roxbury at the Lexington alarm; Captain of the Third Company, Fourth Worcester County Regiment, May 31, 1776; also of a Company enlisted, or drafted, from Col. Converse's Regiment, Worcester County Brigade, which joined Col. Sparhawk's Regiment, and served in New Jersey, Jan., 1777; also of a Company of volunteers, which joined the Northern Army under Gen. Gates, Sept.-Oct., 1777. Elbridge Gerry Cutler. SIMEON CUTLER, Holliston ..... 1749 - 1798 Sergeant, Capt. Lealand's Company of minute-men, Col. Pierce's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; Second Lieutenant, July 6, 1780; Lieutenant, Capt. Chamberlain's Company, Col. Perry's Regiment; service, Rhode Island, July 28-Aug. 7, 1780. Frederick Morse Cutler. TIMOTHY DANIELS, Sherborn ..... 1722 -1802 Selectman, 1776; one of the signers of instructions to the town representative that, if the colonies declare their independence of Great Britain, the people of Sheburne will with their lives and fortunes support them in that measure. Edward Marcy Hill. SAMUEL DANIELSON, Junior, Killingly, Connecticut..... 1740 - 1817 Private, Capt. Joseph Cady's Company, which marched at the Lexington alarm; appointed Captain by the General Assembly, May, 1783. George Danielson Barber. JOHN DARY, Norton Private, Capt. Hodge's Company, Col. Francis' Regiment; service at Dorchester, Aug.-Oct., 1776; also Capt. Robinson's Company, Col. Whitney's Regiment; service at Rhode Island, July-Aug., 1778; also Capt. Hodge's Company, Col. Williams' Regiment; served on a secret expedition Sept.-Oct., 1777. Roswell Raymond Robinson. Frederick Augustus Robinson. GEORGE DARROW, New Canaan, Maine Sergeant, Capt. Stephen Pearl's Company, Col. Woodbridge's Regiment; enlisted May 10, 1775, for the eight months service; order for bounty coat, or its equivalent in money, dated Cambridge, Oct. 23, 1775; Lieutenant in Colonels Henry Jackson's and David Cobb's Continental Regiments, 1776-1777; served to the close of the war; was at the capture of General Burgoyne; his widow was pensioned. Franklin Metcalf Darrow. SAMUEL DAVENPORT, Dorchester ..... 1757 - 1802 Private, Capt. Abraham Wheeler's Company of minute-men, Col. Lemuel Robinson's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm and served twelve days; also Captains John Robinson's and Seth Sumner's Companies, Col. Gill's Regiment, which guarded the lines near Dorchester Heights and the shore of Milton River and Moon Island, March-June, 1776; also Capt. John Bradley's Company, same Regiment; marched to Manchester, Vermont, to join Northern Army, Aug.-Nov., 1777; also Capt. Lemuel Clap's Company, Major Heath's detachment of guards at Dorchester, May-Aug., 1779. William Boyd Holmes. Kingsley Allan Burnham. AARON DAVIS, Roxbury ..... 1709 - 1777 Colonel, member of the Committee for Suffolk County to raise men for New York and Canada. Samuel Crane Davis. DANIEL DAVIS, Acton ..... 1749 - 1816 Regiment; Fifth Company, Colonel Faulkner's (Third Middlesex County) Regiment; commissioned June 7, 1780. Daniel Frederick Davis. JOHN DAVIS, York, Maine ..... 1756 - 1836 Drummer, Capt. Goodwin's Company, Col. Joseph Prime's Regiment; marched from home May 5, 1780; enlisted for eight months; served six months, eighteen days at the Eastward under Brigadier-General Wadsworth; muster roll for May and June dated Falmouth; pensioned. Irving Jackson Davis. NOAH DAVIS, Roxbury ..... 1741 - 1807 Sergeant, Capt. William Draper's Company, Col. Heath's Regiment, which marched at the alarm of April 19, 1775, and served until May 3, 1775; also Second Lieutenant, Capt. Thomas Mayo, Junior's Company, Col. McIntosh's Regiment, May 10, 1776; served at Hull, Dec. 9-19, 1776; resigned April 27, 1779. Samuel Crane Lord. ROBERT DAVIS, Boston ..... 1747 - 1798 One of the Boston "Tea Party," Dec. 16, 1773; a member of the "Sons of Liberty"; took part in the siege of Boston and the expulsion of the British fleet from Boston Harbor, 1776; First Lieutenant, Col. Joseph Vose's (First Massachusetts) Regiment, Jan. 1, 1777; Captain, July 1, 1777-April 17, 1779, at Valley Forge, 1777, at Rhode Island 1778-1779. Edward Allyn Trowbridge. SILAS DAVIS, Templeton ..... 1763 - Private, Capt. Stearn's Company, Col. Rand's (Worcester County) Regiment; enlisted in the Continental Army, July 10-Oct. 10, 1780; served at West Point, Capt. Wilder's Company, Col. Grout's Regiment; re-enlisted Jan. 15, 1781, for three years. Walter Alonzo Davis. SIMON DAVIS, Paxton ..... 1762 - 1810 Private; enlisted in the Continental Army for the twon of Rutland; served July-Dec., 1780; also Private, Lieut. Benjamin Miles' detachment, Col. Grout's Regiment; served escorting prisoners of war from Rutland to New London to be exchanged, Dec. 26, 1780. John Davis Long. HEMAN DAY, West Springfield ..... 1755 - 1837. Quartermaster-Sergeant, Capt. John Morgan's Company, Col. Leonard's Regiment; re-enforced the Continental Army at Ticonderoga, March-April, 1777; also Private, Capt. Stebbins' Company, Col. Moseley's Regiment; served in support of the government at Springfield and Northampton, June 12-20, 1782. Robert Day White. JOHN DAVIS, Tredyfyn, Pennsylvania ..... - 1827 First Lieutenant, First Battalion, Col. Miles' Rifle Regiment, April 6, 1776; Captain, Nineth Pennsylvania Regiment, Nov. 15, 1776; was in service as such in South Carolina, Jan. 11, 1782. John Morton Davis. JEDEDIAH DAY, West Springfield ..... 1755 - 1839 Private, Capt. Enoch Chapin's Company, Col. Danielson's Regiment; received a bounty coat or its equivalent in mney for the eight months service; enlisted April 28, 1775; camped at Roxbury; also in a detachment of Hampshire County militia commanded by Lieut.-Col. Robinson; served at Ticonderoga, Jan. 18-March 25, 1777; enlisted in the Continental Army for three years; served from May 10, 1777, to May 10, 1780; he was in Capt. Keep's Company, Col. William Shepard's Regiment. Isaac Newton Day. JOEL DAY, West Springfield Private, Capt. Chapin's Company of minute-men, which marched at the Lexington alarm, and served one month and five days; also Capt. Joseph Morgan's Company, Col. Moseley's Regiment, which re-enforced the Northern Army, Oct.-Nov., 1776; also Capt. Caldwell's Company, Col. Robinson's Regiment, which served at Ticonderoga, Dec. 25, 1776-April 2, 1777; also Capt. Carpenter's Company of guards at Springfield at various times, March, 1779-Dec., 1780. Joseph Mather Smith. NEHEMIAH DAY, Colchester, Connecticut ..... 1745 - Private, Capt. Amos Jones' Company, which marched for the relief of Boston at the Lexington alarm; served twenty days; also Second Company, Col. Hinman's (the Fourth) Regiment, served at the siege of Boston, May 20-Dec. 20, 1775; also Capt. Simon's Company, Col. Wolcott's (State) Regiment at Boston, Jan.-March, 1776. William Otis Day. JOHN DENNETT, Portsmouth, New Hampshire..... 1716 - 1787 Corporal, Capt. Shortridge's Company, Col. Enoch Poor's Regiment, June 22, 1775; Second Lieutenant, Third New Hampshire, Nov. 8, 1776; First Lieutenant, May 1, 1778; Captain, July 1, 1780;; transferred to Second New Hampshire, Jan. 1, 1781, and served to clsoe of war. Charles Weston McIntosh. DANIEL DESHON, Arundel, Maine ..... 1764 - 1814 Served in the Continental Army, July 15-Dec. 17, 1780; marched to camp July 24, 1780, under command of Capt. Soper; passed muster at Camp Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780. George Durfee Deshon. HENRY DEWING, Needham ..... 1724 - 1805 Private, Capt. Kingsbury's Company, Col. Aaron Davis' Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; also Capt. Robert Smith's (Needham) Company, at the taking of Dorchester Heights in March, 1776. Richards Bryant Mackintosh. CALEB DEXTER, Rochester ..... 1751 - 1831. Private, Capt. Earl Clapp's Company of minute-men, Col. Cotton's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm and re-enlisted May 2, 1775, for eight months service; also Capt. Hammond's Company, Col. Sprout's Regiment, which marched to Rhode Island on the alarm in Dec., 1776; also Capt. Hammond's Company; served on a Rhode Island alarm, July 30-Aug 8, 1780. Frank Mortimer Randall. BENJAMIN DOAK, Marblehead ..... 1760 - 1836 Sergeant, Capt. Selman's (Eighth) Company, Col. Glover's (Twenty-first) Regiment, May-Aug., 1775, at the siege of Boston; received a bounty coat, or its equivalent in money, given for the "eight months service"; also Capt. Hooker's Company for seacoast defence Jan.-Feb., 1776; also Quarter-Gunner, Capt. Fettyplace's Company of Marbehead, March 1776 to Jan. 1, 1777, on coast-guard service. Edward Franklin Bacheller. BARNABAS DODGE, Wenham ..... 1741 - 1817 Captain, Col. Gerrish's Regiment, May-Dec., 1775; stationed at Chelsea; also Col. Baldwin's (Twenty-sixth) Regiment, Continental Infantry, Jan. 1, 1776; at Cambridge and New York, New Jersey, Fort Constitution, and Valley Forge; served at Yorktown and was present at Cornwallis' surrender; his commissions, signed by Joseph Warren and John Hancock, are in possession of his family. Charles H. Dodge. JOHN DODGE, Wenham ..... 1741 - 1811 Ensign, Capt. Kimball's Company of minute-men, Col. Baker's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; Lieutenant, Col. Mansfield's Regiment, May-Dec., 1775; served at the siege of Boston; stationed on Winter Hill ; Captain, Col. Pickering's Regiment, May 7, 1776; marched to New Jersey; service Dec. 16, 1776 to March 15, 1777; Captain in Col. Gerrish's Regiment of guards, Nov., 1777-Dec., 1778, at Winter Hill, guarding prisoners of Burgoyne's army. Charles H. Dodge. JOHN DODGE, Junior, Wenham Private, Capt. John Dodge's Company, Col. Gerrish's Regiment of guards at Charlestown and Cambridge, guarding Burgoyne's army after his surrender; enlisted Nov., 1777; discharged Dec. 31, 1778. Charles H. Dodge. MIAL DODGE, Beverly ..... 1749 - Private, Capt. Elisha Whitney's Company of minute-men, which marched at the Lexington alarm to Mystic; re-enlisted in Capt. Robert Dodge's Company, Col. Francis' Regiment, and served through 1776; also Capt. John Dodge's Company, Col. Gerrish's Regiment of guards, which was detached to guard Burgoyne's army, Nov. 1777-April, 1778. Benjamin Franklin Dodge. SEYMOUR DOWD, Salisbury, Connecticut Private, Capt. Matthew Smith's Company, General Waterbury's Brigade of Connecticut militia; enlised for the war March 22, 1781. Carl Schurz Smith. JOSEPH DOWSE, Fitchburg ..... 1742 - 1828 Private, Capt. Bridge's Company, Col. Whitcomb's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm to Cambridge; also Sergeant, Capt. Thurlo's Company, Major Bridge's Regiment, which served at Saratoga twenty-five days in Sept., 1777. Oscar F. Burbank. JOSPEH DOWSE, Sherborn ..... 1760 - 1839 Private, Capt. Harrington's Company; drafted Dec., 1777, for six months; at the desire of General Heath he served three days after the expiration of his term in a detachment under Lieut. Temple, guarding stores at Sherburne, July 1, 1778; also Capt. Hovey's Company, Col. Tyler's Regiment, at Providence and Newport, Rhode Island, July 13-Dec. 25, 1779; re-enlisted in the Continental Army; served July-Dec., 1780; re-enlisted Aug. 19, 1781, for three months as Private, Capt. Maynard's, and Sergeant, Capt. Howard's Companies, Col. Webb's Regiment; marched to New Jersey; discharged Dec. 1, 1781; he received an annual pension of $75 from 1832 until his death. Aaron Coolidge Dowse. JOSHUA DRAPER, Spencer ..... 1724 - 1792 Member of the Committee of Correspondence, 1776 and 1777; also Private, Capt. Josiah White's Company, Col. Denny's Regiment, which marched on an alarm at the Northward, Aug. 21-23, 1777. Horace Chester. JOSHUA DRAPER, Junior, Spencer ..... 1749 - 1839 Private, Capt. Ebenezer Mason's Company of minute-men, Col. Warner's Regiment, which marched at the Lexinton alarm and served fourteen days; re-enlisted May 6, 1775, in Capt. Joel Green's Company, Col. Learned's Regiment; service, three months, three days; also Private, Capt. Benjamin Richardson's Company, Col. Dike's Regiment; served at Dorchester Heights for defence of Boston, 1776. Horace Chester. ASA DRESSER, Charlton ..... 1746 - 1816 Corporal, Capt. Abijah Lamb's Company, Col. Cushing's Regiment; served in the Northern Army, Aug.-Nov., 1777. Lewis Wilder Hicks. Edward Phillips Hicks. JOHN DRESSER, Charlton ..... 1716 - 1789 One of the Committee of Correspondence, "a position of the most vital importance and demanding the most unflinching patriotism"; he also was Corpral, Capt. Samuel Curtis' Company of minute-men, which marched at the Lexington alarm and served twelve days. Lewis Wilder Hicks. Edward Phillips Hicks. THOMAS DREW, Halifax ..... 1740 - 1824 Sergeant, Capt. Bradford's Company, Col. Cotton's Regiment; enlisted May 2, 1775, for the eight months service; receipt for bounty coat dated Roxbury, Nov. 9, 1775; also marched to Bristol, Rhode Island, on the alarm, Dec. 9, 1776; also Second Lieutenant, Capt. Calvin Partridge's Company, Col. Stearn's Regiment; served at Dorchester Heigths April-July, 1778; also same Company, Col. Whitney's Regiment, served in Rhode Island, July 29-Sept. 13, 1778; also Capt. Sturtevant's Company, Col. Cotton's (First Plymouth County) Regiment of militia, Oct. 28, 1778. Howard Franklin Packard.