Genealogical Notes Of Durham, Maine.
By Everett S. Stackpole.
Published By Vote Of Town.
Lewiston: Press Of Lewiston Journal Company. 1899.

Military

[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]

MILITARY RECORD

Men from Royalsborough who bore arms in the war for Independence. The following list, probably incomplete, has been drawn from the Mass. archives, pension rolls, and publications of Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution.

• CHARLES GERRISH, who had been Captain of Militia from before 1758,(20 Oct. 1789, Lt. John Stackpole of Biddeford, aged 81, deposed that in 1758 he "went a soldiering up Saco River with Capt. Charles Gerrish." --Records in the Registry of Deeds at Alfred, Me.) appears as 1st Major of the 2d Mass. Regt. Cumb. Co., 7 Feb. 1776, Col. Jonathan Mitchell commanding. Before that date the Town Records call him Captain; afterward, always Major.
• NATHANIEL GERRISH was private in Capt. John Worthley's Co., Col. Edmund Phinney's 31st Regt. of Foot. He enlisted 8 May 1775 and served eight months near Boston.
• GEORGE GERRISH served three years in Capt. Blaisdell's Co. Col. Wigglesworth's Regt.
• JAMES GERRISH enlisted for three years in the same Co. as his brother George and died in the service.
• EBENEZER NEWELL was first Lieut. in Capt. Samuel Dunn's Co. Col. Phinney's Regt. in 1775.
• INCREASE BLETHEN was in Capt. Stephen Hart's Co. Col. Jonathan Mitchell's Regt. He enlisted at Boston for town of Royalsborough 6 Dec. 1777, for three years. Was promoted Corporal in Capt. Smart's Co., Col. Calvin Smith's Regt., Was at Valley Forge 5 Feb. 1778. He had previously enlisted 29 Aug. 1776. He died in Phillips, Me.
• JOHN CHANDLER enlisted 8 June 1777 for three years. Was in Capt. Hill's Co. Gen. Peterson's Regt. He also appears in Capt. John Read's Co. Col. Ichabod Allen's Regt. Reported as having died in May, 1778. He was son of Judah Chandler.
• NATHAN LEWIS is repeatedly mentioned on the Town Records as a soldier from Royalsborough. He is last named in 1787. His widow Sarah was supported by the town for some years and died in 1801. Her daughter Sarah was also cared for by the town. The latter died in 1806 and the town voted to give her small property to her sisters. Barnabas Strout was allowed $1 for digging her grave.
• JOHN DAIN(spelled also Dane and Dean) was private in Capt. James Patch's Co. which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, from Ipswich to Mystic. Length of service 4 days. He also appears as private in Capt. James Mallor's Co., Lieut. Col. Putnam's Regt. enlisting 18 Aug. 1781 and discharged 4 Dec. 1781. Time of service 3 mos. 28 days.
• JOSHUA JONES enlisted in 1778 for three years in Capt. Hill's Co. Col. Vose's Regt.
• JOHN VINING marched to Roxbury from Weymouth April 19, 1775. He is said to have served throughout the war.
• PELATIAH WARREN was private in Capt. John Lane's Co. Enlisted from No. Yarmouth 29 July 1775; discharged Nov. 1775. In list of pensioners he is accredited to Royalsborough, which implies a subsequent re-enlistment.
• BARTHOLOMEW REED of "Royalstown " was in Capt. Richard Mayberry's Co., Col. Francis' Regt. in 1775. Served at Dorchester. He was in Capt. Nathan Watkins' Co.; Col. Phinney's 18th Regt. from Dec. 1, 1775 to Sept. 20, 1776.
• EBENEZER DEAN of Royalsborough, 6 Dec. 1777, joined Capt. Lane's Co., Col Alden's Regt. for three years. Reported deceased.
• CARL McMANNERS enlisted from Royalsborough May 14, 1775 in Capt. John Worthley's Co., Col. Phinney's 31st Regt.
• LEMUEL WELSH enlisted 1 Dec. 1775 in Capt. Nathan Watkins' Co., Col. Phinney's 18th Continental Regt. Re-enlisted 20 Nov. 1776. Was at Ticonderoga.
• GEORGE GOODWIN was a Revolutionary pensioner accredited to Royalsborough. "The last two years of the war he was waiter to some General." The Mass. Archives mention a George Goodwin who enlisted "for three years for town of Bradford. He was in the 6th Regt. from 1 Jan. 1778 to 31 Dec. 1782. His receipt for bounty was dated 14 June 1782. He rec'd clothing 3 Feb. 1784.
• JOSHUA STROUT enlisted 9 July 1776 in Samuel Knight's Co. of Falmouth and was stationed on the sea-coast for defense of that town.
  
  Other soldiers accredited to Royalsborough in list of pensioners are DANIEL GREEN, afterwards of Readfield, and JOSHUA DUNN, afterwards of Phillips.
  
  A goodly number of Revolutionary soldiers from other towns settled in Royalsborough soon after the war. Among them were.
  • JACOB SAWYER, enlisted from Cape Elizabeth and served six months in Capt. Daniel Strout's Co. in 1775 and nine months in Capt. William Crockett's Co. in 1776, and again in Capt. Joshua Jordan's Co. Col. Jonathan Mitchell's Regt. in the Penobscot Expedition from July 7, to Sept. 25, 1779.
  • ISAAC TURNER enlisted for three years from No. Yarmouth in Capt. Hill's Co.; Col. Vose's Regt. Was a pensioner.
  • CHRISTOPHER TRACY was private in Capt. Henry Dyer's Co. Col. Foster's Regt. Served at Machias from Aug. to Oct. 1777. Also private in Capt. Reuben Dyer's Co. on Expedition against St. John from Oct. to Dec. 1777.
  • DANIEL HARMON was corporal in Capt. Samuel Whittemore's Co., Col. Reuben Fogg's Regt. of Mass. Bay Militia and served at Peekskill, N.Y.
  • EBENEZER WOODBURY was in Capt. Richard Davis' Co., Col. Joshua Wingate's Regt. stationed at Piscataqua Harbor four months in 1775. Again he was in
  • Capt. Jesse Page's Co., Col. Drake's Regt., enlisting 9 Sept. 1777, discharged 15 Dec. 1777. Took part in battle of Saratoga. The American forces were drawn up in parallel lines facing inward, and Gens. Gates and Burgoyne passed between arm in arm. It took over two hours for the captured army to pass through, during which time Woodbury gave his gun to a comrade and lay down and slept. He was also private in Capt. Jacob Webster's Co. mustered at Portsmouth, N.H., 23 Nov. 1775, a company of minute men who served twenty-three days.
  • JOHN DOW enlisted from Gilmanton, N.H., at the age of sixteen in Capt. Worthern's Co., Col. Mooney's Regt. Served 5 mos. 27 days in R.I.
  • ISAAC DAVIS appears in a descriptive list of the men enlisted from Cumberland Co. for the term of nine months from the time of their arrival at Fishkill. Age 20 yrs, stature 5 ft. 10 m.Complexion light. Residence, Scarborough. Belonging to Capt. Larrabee's Co. Col. Fogg's Regt. Arrived at Fishkill June 17, 1778. Mustered May 26 1778, of Gen. Thompson's Brigade. Discharged March 17, 1779.
  • JAMES WAGG of Danville is given because the ancestor of many who lived in Durham. He enlisted 1 Jan. 1776 in Capt. Hart Williams' Co. Edmund Phinney's Regt. from Falmouth. He served over four years in several re-enlistments. Was at Valley Forge in 1778. During that year was in Capt. Sewall's Co. Col. Sprout's Regt.
  • MARTIN ROURK was in a Picket Guard as early as May 23, 1775, having enlisted April 27, 1775. His first term of service was 3 mos. 12 dys. Residence, Sudbury. He re-enlisted several times, serving throughout the war. Was at Ticonderoga in 1776. Was Sergeant after 1777. Stature 5 ft. 4 m.Complexion light. Eyes, gray. Is said to have acted as clerk.
  • . JOEL RICHARDSON, born in Townsend, Mass. 22 Jan. 1758; enlisted from Topsham. Married 9 Dec. 1786, Lydia Babb. Lived in Litchfield, and Durham, on lot 92, where he died and was buried 20 Feb. 1827. Also his son Joel, b. 13 Aug. 1787, died here in March 1838. He had seven other children. (See Hist. of Litchfield.) Widow afterward lived in Guilford.
  • ELISHA STETSON was at Point Shirley, 13 June 1776, as private in Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's Co., Col. Whitney's Regt. Enlisted 1 May 1776. Service 7 mos. Again in Capt. Hayward Fierce's Co., Col. Jeremiah Hall's Regt. Enlisted 2 Jan. 1777. Service 2 mos. 10 days. Again in Capt. Pierce's Co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's Regt. Enlisted 25 Sept. 1777. Service 10 mos. 6 days. Again, Corporal in Capt. Wm. Barker's Co., Col. Cotton's Regt. Enlisted 6 Mch. 1781. Service 28 days. Served principally in Rhode Island.
  • JOHN SCOTT was private in Capt. David Bradish's Co., Col. Phinney's Regt., enlisting 23 May 1775. Was also matross in Capt. Abram Lowell's Co. at Falmouth Sept. 1 to Dec. 31, 1776.
  • ROBERT PLUMMER appears on a certificate dated 9 Oct. 1778 as mustered into Lt. Ethan Moore's Co. for three years. He was matross in Capt. Joseph McLellan's Co. Service from Nov. 1, 1780 to May 1, 1781, in the Artillery Corps at Falmouth.
  • WILLIAM TRUE was first Sergeant of Capt. Morrill's Co. Col. Caleb Cushing's Regt. of Mass. Militia in 1775, and Lieut. in Capt. Benj. Evans' Co. in 1776.
  • ROGER MERRILL was private in Capt. John Pearson's Co., Lt. Col. Putnam's Regt. from Sept. 2 to Dec. 8, 1781.
  • JOHN STACKPOLE enlisted 23 Sept. 1779 in Capt. George Rogers' Co., Col. Nathaniel Jordan's Regt. Discharged 23 Oct. 1779. Service at Falmouth.
  • JOHN LINCOLN was private, from Scituate, Mass., in Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's Co., Col. John Thomas' Regt. Enlisted May 3, 1775. Served 3 mos. 6 days.
  • ABRAHAM JORDAN of Cape Elizabeth was in Capt. Joseph McLellan's Co. Artillery Corps, at Falmouth, Nov. 1, 1780 to May 1, 1781. He died in Durham 18 April, 1835.
  • JOHN LINCOLN was private, from Scituate, Mass. in Capt. Ebenezer Cook's Co. Enlisted May 3, 1775. Service 3 mos. 6 days. Re-enlisted several times for short terms of service.
  • JOSEPH WEEMAN enlisted from Cape Elizabeth in 1776.
  • VINCENT FICKETT was in Col. Phinney's 18th Regt. Dec. 12, 1775--Nov. 8, 1776.
  • JOHN SKINNER was in Capt. Samuel Dunn's Co., Col. Phinney's 31st Regt., enlisting 24 April 1775.
  • SAMUEL PROCTOR enlisted from Falmouth. The Pension Rolls say he died at Durham 12 March (29 Nov.) 1795. His widow, Joanna, married Mr. Thompson of Wayne.
  • JOHN McINTOSH appears in Capt. David Bradish's Co., Col. Phinney's 31st Regt., enlisting May 12, 1775 from Falmouth.
  • ELIJAH LITTLEFIELD was, in 1780, in Gen. Peleg Wadsworth's command, as a deposition shows.
  • JOHN CUSHING. See Biog. Sketch.
  • REV. JACOB HERRICK. See Biog. Sketch.
  Other Revolutionary soldiers who settled in Durham were Joshua Snow, Matthew Duran, Jonathan Larrabee, Jonathan Currier, Robert Getchell, Nathaniel Osgood, and Amos Knight.
  
  ANCIENT MILITIA.
  
  There was a Training Band in Royalsborough as early as 1778. Who the officers were can not be told. From the roster in the Adjt.-General's Office in Boston it is learned that July 1, 1781, O. Israel Bagley was commissioned Captain, Ebenezer Newell 1st Lieut., and Nathaniel Gerrish 2d Lieut. These held office till 1797. In his Account Book already mentioned Bagley gives the names of the men who formed his military company, specifying who had a musket, bayonet, etc. They were evidently very poorly equipped. The date of Bagley's Muster Roll is March 23, 1787. The following are the names enrolled. "The soldiers under command of Capt. Bagley" were voted $10 per month if called into service, Aug. 28, 1794.
  
  In 1826 William Newell Jr., organized a company of light infantry called the Cumberland Guards, whose uniform was a red coat and white pants. This organization continued about a dozen years under several Captains. About the same time Durham had a company of Cavalry commanded first by Paul Douglass and later by Abel Tracy.
  
  
  MILITARY RECORD MILITIA OF ROYALSBOROUGH.
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    Captain, O. Israel Bagley.
  • 1st Lieut., Ebenezer Newell.
  • 2nd Lieut., Nathaniel Gerrish.
  • Sergeant, George Gerrish.
  • Sergeant, John Randall.
  • Sergeant, Joshua Snow.
  • Sergeant, John Vining.
  • Corporal, Isaac Davis.
  • Corporal, Jacob Sawyer.
  • Corporal, Joseph York.
  • Corporal, Benjamin Vining.
  
  
  PRIVATES
  • Enoch Bagley
  • William Blake
  • Jonathan Currier
  • John Cushing
  • John Cushing, 3d
  • Josiah Day
  • Joseph Davis
  • Joseph Dean
  • Matthew Duran
  • David Dyer
  • Micah Dyer
  • Henry Farr, Jr.
  • John Farrar
  • Hugh Getchell
  • Joseph Getchell
  • Nathaniel Getchell
  • Robert Getchell
  • Robert Plummer
  • Stephen Randall
  • Benjamin Roberts
  • Vincent Roberts
  • William Roberts
  • Samuel Tracy
  • Christopher Tracy
  • Solomon Tracy
  • George Goodwin
  • Sam'l Goodwin, Jr.
  • James Hibbard
  • William Hoyt
  • Elijah Jones
  • Joshua Jones
  • Nathan Lewis
  • Lemuel McGray
  • John McIntosh
  • Roger Merrill
  • Jeremiah Mitchell
  • John Mitchell
  • John Monroe
  • Aaron Osgood
  • Nathaniel Osgood.
  • James Parker
  • John Parker
  • Joseph Parker
  • Pelatiah Warren
  • John Wagg
  • Nathaniel Ware
  • Joseph Weeman
  • Samuel Wells
  • Edward Welsh
  • Edmund Weston
  • Abel True
  • Stephen Weston
  • Jonathan True
  • John Winslow
  • Bela Vining
  • Ebenezer Woodbury
  • Samuel York.
  
  
  ALARM LIST.
  • John Cushing, Esq.
  • William McGray
  • Henry Farr
  • John Parker
  • Charles Gerrish, Esq.
  • Samuel Ray
  • William Gerrish
  • Ebenezer Roberts
  • Samuel Goodwin
  • Charles Stetson
  • John Hoyt
  • Joshua Strout
  • Ezekiel Jones
  • William True
  • James Mars
  • Benjamin Vining.
  OFFICERS OF MILITIA WITH DATES OF COMMISSION.
  
  CAPTAINS.
  
  Nearly all of these served as Ensigns and Lieutenants before being promoted to the captaincy, and so their names are not repeated in the lists to follow.
  • 1781. O. Israel Bagley
  • 1797. Nathaniel Gerrish
  • 1701. Abel Stoddard
  • 1806. Joshua Snow, 1835.
  • 1809-15. William Webster
  • 1810-15. Ebenezer Warren
  • 1815-20. William Newell
  • 1818. Nathaniel Bragdon
  • 1820. Joseph H. Hoyt
  • 1815-18. Luther Plummer
  • 1823. William Roak
  • 1824. Jonathan C. Merrill
  • 1825. John Nason
  • 1827. William Miller
  • 1828. '38, and '56. Wm. Newell, Jr.,
  • 1828. Job P. Sylvester.
  • 1828. Job P. Sylvester
  • 1829. Jacob Strout
  • 1830. John D. Spaulding
  • 1834. Joseph Warren
  • 1835. Paul Douglass
  • 1836. John Plummer
  • 1836. Sam'l Newell
  • 1837. Benj. P. Roberts
  • 1839. Abel Tracy
  • 1839. Merrill W. Strout
  • 1839. David B. Strout
  • 1840. David R. Bowie
  • 1840. James M. Brickett
  • 1841. Benj. G. Hoyt
  • 1842. Wm. H. Parker
  • 1842. Washington Parker
  • ---. Gardner Larrabee.
  
  
  LIEUTENANTS.
  • 1781. Ebenezer Newell
  • 1806-12. Abel True
  • 1806 Elijah Macomber
  • 1809-19 Elias Staten
  • 1815 John Gerrish
  • 1812-15 Francis Harmon
  • 1819 Apollos Jordan
  • 1828 Joseph Davis
  • 1829 Hanson Wilbur
  • 1837 Horace Wright
  • 1838 Sidney Skelton
  • 1839 Moses Atkinson
  • 1839 David Johnson
  • 1839 Chas. S. Parker, cornet
  • 1841 Secomb Jordan
  • 1842 Alexander Bowie
  • 1856 Israel T. Warren
  • 1856 2nd. Lt. James Strout Jr.
  • 1856 3d. Lt. Emery S. Warren
  • 1856 4th. Lt. Newell Strout
  
  
  The following are called Lieutenant in Town Records, though the dates of their commission have not been found: William Gerrish, 1789, and John Hoyt, 1789.
  
  ENSIGNS.
  • 1797. Isaac Gerrish 1809. Samuel Roberts
  • 1812. Ebenezer Newell
  • 1815. Joshua Gerrish
  • 1808. Jacob Herrick, Chaplain.
  • 1808. John Converse, Surgeon's Mate
  • 1816. John Ricker, Surgeon's Mate
  • 1830. John Cushing, Jr. 1835. Joseph Merrill, Surgeon.
  • 1837. Sam'l Newell, Lt. Col.
  • 1841. Benj. F. Nason
  • 1843. Emery S. Warren. Quarter Master
  • 1842. Wm. Newell, Lt. Col.
  • 1842. Sewall Pollister
  • 1842. Cyrus Owen
  • 1843. Wm. Newell, Col.
  • 1844. Wm. Newell, Brig.-Gen.
  
  
  DURHAM MILITIA IN THE WAR OF 1812.
  
  There seems to have been no use other than ornamental for the Durham militia until 1814, when there was an alarm at Bath to the effect that the British were to land an expedition there. Durham sent two companies to the rescue. They gathered at the North Meeting House Sunday morning, where Rev. Jacob Herrick, chaplain of the Regt., offered a fervent prayer before their departure. The pay roll of one company is in the possession of E. H. Gerrish of Lewiston. It is of great interest as bearing the autograph signatures of the members of the company. This pay-roll shows that the Lieut. was paid $30 per month; the Ensign $20; Sergeants $11; Corporals $10; fifer and drummer $9; and privates $8. The total cost of this company for a campaign of twenty days was $478.50.
  
  Even miniature warfare is an expensive business. No enemy appeared, though many of the militiamen were frightened by false alarms. The following names appear on the "Muster-Roll of Capt. Ebenezer Warren's Company of Infantry of the 2nd. Regt. 1st. Brigade, 11th Division in the service of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, under command of Lt. Col. Charles Thomas, from the 10th of Sept. to the 29th of Sept. 1814,-- called into actual service under Regt.'s orders of Sept. 10th, 1814,--- and stationed and discharged at Bath."
  • Ebenezer Warren, Capt. (Lame at home)
  • Francis Harmon, Lieut.
  • William Newell, Ensign.
  • Zebulon York, Sergt.
  • Ebenezer Roberts. Sergt.
  • Henry Warren. Sergt.
  • Joshua Gerrish, Corp.
  • John Fifield, Corp.
  • Lemuel Nichols, Corp.
  • Ivory Warren, Corp.
  • Israel Newell, Fifer.
  • James Woodbury, Drum.
  • William Gerrish, Sergt.
  
  
  PRIVATES.
  • Andrew Adams, Jr.
  • James Booker.
  • John Blethen.
  • Joseph Beal.
  • Francis Bennet.
  • Andrew Blethen.
  • James Cushing.
  • William Davis.
  • Nathaniel Duran.
  • James Dyer.
  • Richard Dyer, (Sick on furlough, Sept. 22.)
  • John Farr.
  • O. Israel Fifield.
  • Samuel Goodwin.
  • Charles Gerrish.
  • Benjamin Gerrish, Certificate.
  • John Gerrish.
  • James Gerrish, Certificate.
  • Moses Gerrish.
  • Daniel Harmon.
  • O. Israel Harmon, (Servant to Lieut. Harmon)
  • Robert Harmon, at Portland.
  • Nathaniel Osgood, Jr.
  • Samuel G. Osgood.
  • Seth Pierce.
  • Wm. Porterfield.
  • Reuben Higgins.
  • John Hoyt, Jr., Certificate.
  • Joseph Hoyt.
  • Timothy M. Hibbard.
  • William Harrington.
  • William Johnson, Certificate.
  • Francis Knight.
  • George Littlefield.
  • Joseph Malcom.
  • James Maxwell.
  • Jabez Merrill. (Notified to appear, Sept. 10.)
  • Peter Mitchell. (Absent on furlough, Sept. 22.)
  • Benjamin M. Moses.
  • John Newell. (Servant to Ensign Newell.)
  • James Nichols.
  • Clement Orr.
  • Aaron Osgood, Jr. Discharged, Sept. 16.
  • David Osgood, Jr.
  • Moses Osgood.
  • Jacob Herrick, Jr. (Notified to appear Sept. 10.)
  • Benjamin True.
  • Benjamin Vining.
  • William Vining.
  • John Rourk.
  • Stephen Wesson.
  • William Roak.
  • Rufus Warren (On furlough Sept. 22.)
  • Andrew Scott, (Substitute Rowland Hill).
  • Thomas Runnels.
  • Samuel Wagg, (Notified to appear Sept. 10.)
  • Ebenezer Snow.
  • Henry Wormell.
  • Isaac Stetson.
  • Simeon Snow.
  • Charles Stetson.
  • Moses Snow.
  • Ebenezer Strout, (Notified to appear, Sept. 10.)
  • Job Sylvester, 3rd.
  • Joseph Sylvester.
  • Theophilus Thomas.
  • Samuel Tracy, Certificate.
    Total, 82.
  
  
  The following Roll was prepared by Z. K. Harmon and placed in the Adjutant General's Office at Augusta.
  
  Roll of Capt. William Webster's Co. of Militia in Lieut. Col. Charles Thomas' Regt., raised in Durham and in service at Bath 13th to 27th Sept. 1814.
  • William Webster, Capt.
  • John Stackpole, Jr., Sergt.
  • Elias Staten, Lieut.
  • Nathaniel Bragdon, Corp.
  • Samuel Roberts, Ensign.
  • Edmond Dow, Corp.
  • Jeremiah Dingley, Sergt.
  • John Mitchell, Corp.
  • Thomas Waterhouse, Sergt.
  • Joshua Robinson, Fifer.
  • Luther Plummer, Sergt.
  
  
  PRIVATES.
  • Thomas Austin.
  • Andrew Hunnewell
  • . David Bowie.
  • Benjamin Hunnewell.
  • George Bowie.
  • John Hunnewell.
  • Simeon Blethen.
  • Moses Hunnewell.
  • John Bragdon, Jr.
  • Ephraim Bragdon.
  • John Dingley.
  • John Ellis.
  • Thomas Fabyan.
  • Joshua Fickett.
  • Rishworth Fickett.
  • Reuben Gross.
  • Andrew Harriden.
  • Dennis Libby.
  • Moses Libby.
  • William Libby, Jr.
  • Orlando Merrill.
  • Isaac Martin.
  • Charles McKenny.
  • Jedidiah McKenny.
  • William McKenny.
  • David Miller, Jr.
  • Samuel Nichols, Jr.
  • Amos Parker.
  • Nathaniel Parker.
  • Elijah Proctor.
  • George Proctor.
  • Samuel Putney.
  • George Rice.
  • Robert Hunnewell.
  • Joshua Jones, Jr.
  • Isaac Lambert.
  • John Larrabee.
  • Jonathan Larrabee.
  • Joseph Larrabee.
  • Nathaniel Larrabee.
  • William Larrabee.
  • William Larrabee, Jr.
  • Reuben Roberts.
  • Samuel Roberts, Jr.
  • Samuel Sawyer.
  • Samuel Skinner.
  • Samuel Stackpole.
  • Jeremiah Stoddard.
  • James Strout.
  • Jonathan Strout.
  • Ammi Vining.
  • Samuel Ward.
  • William Webster, Jr.
  • Nathaniel Wilbur.
  • Thomas Roberts, 3rd.
  • Samuel Turner.
  • Daniel Rice.
    Total, 68.
  
  
  Durham is said to have furnished the following volunteers in the War of 1812. I am unable to give authority for the statement.
  • Nathaniel Bragdon.
  • Ezekiel McIntosh.
  • Jarvis Beal.
  • John Nason.
  • Theophilus Knight.
  • William Roak.
  • Asa Lambert.
  • William Weeks.
  • Simeon Sanborn.
  • Samuel Goodwin.
  • Barstow Newell.
  
  
  SOLDIERS IN THE REBELLION.
  
  The Rebellion had some sympathizers in Durham, but they were few and are now well forgotten. The town was for the Union and for the abolition of slavery. The first adherents of the Republican party had been reproached for voting a "nigger ticket," but when the strife of arms came all except an inglorious few wanted freedom for all. The town voted bounties for volunteers and also for the drafted, ranging from $100 to $300. The total amount paid in bounties was $27,673. Durham is accredited with one hundred and sixty-one soldiers. Some of these were men obtained to fill the quota, and as substitutes, from other towns. The following ninety-nine names, gathered from the Adjutant General's Reports, are the men of Durham who served in the Rebellion, though other natives of the town enlisted from and were accredited to other places. Twenty-one of these sacrificed their lives for their country, of whom eight fell in battle. None was worthier than Samuel Newell who after having served in the militia in all offices up to Lieut. Col., after having resigned the last office in order to enlist as a private, in 1839, in the threatened Madawaska campaign, dyed his hair and at the age of fifty-six passed for forty-five, enlisting as a private musician. He died in the Marine Hospital at New Orleans.
  
  

  Name	Age	Rank	Company	Regt.	Mustered In	Mustered Out	Remarks
  Blaney C. Allen,	19	Privt.	K	12 Me.	Nov. 16, '61	[Aug. 28,162.	Discharged for disability.
  John H. Anderson	18	Privt.	K	12 Me.	Nov. 16, '61		Died at Fortress Monroe, Feb. 8, 1862.
  Wm. W. Bailey	25	Privt.	H	lst Me.	May 3, '61	Aug. 5, '81
  Wm. W. Bailey	26	Corp.	D	25th Me.	Sept. 29, '62	July 10,'68	Promoted Sergeant.
  Henry Beal	88	Privt.	B	25th Me.	Sept. 29, '62	July 10,'88
  James P. Beal	18	Privt.	I	16th Me.	Aug. 14, ,62		Sick; discharged Feb. 4,'68.
  Thomes B. Beals.	21	Privt.	H	1st Me.	May 3, '61	Aug. 5, '61
  Thomas B. Beals	22	Privt.	F	10th Me.	Oct. 4, '61	May 7, '63
  Isaac M. Bishop.	18	Privt.	D	26th Me.	Sept. 29, '62	July 10,'68
  Isaac A. Blethen.	24	Privt.	E	5th Me.	June 21, '61		Promoted corporal. Killed, Nov. 27, 1868.
  Willard A. Bowie.	18	Privt.			Apr. 14, '65	May 19, '66
  Wm. D. Brewster.	19	Privt.	B	26th Me.	Sept. 29, '62	July 10,'63
  Silas Campbell.	18	Privt.	D	26th me.	Sept. 29, '62	July 10,'63
  Samuel Cary.	18			13 Mass.
  Nathaniel D. Chase.	19	Corp.	D	26th Me.	Sept. 29, '62	July 10, '63
  Nathaniel D. Chase.		Sergt.	E	30th Me.	Dec. 12, '63		Disch. disability, May 20, 1864
  Nathaniel D. Chase.		Sergt.			Jan. 19, '65	Sept. 5, '65
  Arthur L. Coombs.	39	Wagr.	B	25th Me.	Sept. 29,'62	July 10,'63
  James B. Covel.	17	Privt.	F	10th Me.	Oct. 4, '61		Killed, Antietam, Sep. 17, '62.
  Albert Crockett.	18	Prvt.	E	30th Me.	Dec. 12, '63		Sick, disch. July 31, 1865.
  Sylvester Cushing.		Ill. Vols.
  John H. Davis.	20	Privt.	D	25th Me.	Oct. 4, '62	July 10, '63
  William Davis.	28	Corp.	I	16th Me.	Aug. 14, '62		Wound. Gettysburg, July 1, '63. Pr. CORP.; taken pris. Aug. 19, '64.
  Francis Day.	22	Privt.	E	5th Me.	June 24, '61	July 27, '64	Promoted corp. and sergt.
  Joseph T. Dennison.	24	Privt.	E	5th Me."	June 24, '61		Discharged Oct. 8, 1861.
  Charles Doughty.	46	Privt.	D	7th Me.	Aug. 22, '61		Discharged for disability
  George Duran.	31	Privt.	A	lst Art.	Jan. 9, '64		Died of wounds, Apr. 10, '64.
  Benj. F. Estes.	19	Privt.	B	9th Me.	Sept. 22, '61	July 18,'65	Promoted corporal
  Jeremiah Estes.	18	Privt.	I	16th Me.	Aug. 14, '62		D. Annapolis, Md. Oct. 5,'63.
  Julius E. Eveleth.	21	Corp.	B	26th Me.	Sept. 29, '62	July 10,'63
  Andrew G. Fitz.	26	Band.		10th Me.	Oct. --- '61.	Sept, '62.
  Henry E. Fits.		11 U.S.I.
  B. Franklin Frost.	20	Privt.	E	5th Me.	June 24,'61		Discharged, May 8, 1862.
  Almon J. Gardiner.	26	Corp.	F	1st Me.	May 3, '61	Aug. 5, '61
  Chas. C. Gatchell.	18	Privt.	A	16th Me.	Sept. 28, '64	June 5, '65
  Joseph P. Gatchell.	20	Privt.	K	7th Me.	Aug. 21, '61		Pr. corp. D. Jan. 24, 1862.
  Nelson Gatchell.	20	Privt.	D	25th Me.	Sept. 29,'62		D. In hospital, Dec. 15, 1862.
  Ames Gatchell.		Privt.	B	5th Me.			Enlisted from Biddeford.
  Eben Gould.	20	Privt.		1st Art.	Dec. 18, '61
  Amazlah Grant.	45	Privt.	F	10th Me.	Oct. 4, '61	May 7, '63
  Samuel R. Grant.	20	Privt.	F	10th Me.	Oct. 4, '61		Disch. for disability, Oct. 4, 1862
  Henry Hackett.	44	Privt.	I	16th Me.	Aug. 14, '62.		Disch. June 2, 1865.
  Edwin D. Hall.	29	Privt.	A	1st Cav.	Feb. 19, '64		Discharged June 5, 1865
  Daniel Harvey.	8	Corp.	E	5th Me.	June 24, '61		Killed at Gaines's Mil1.
  Charles Haskell.	21	Privt.	F	1st Me.	May 3, '61	Aug. 5, '61
  Charles Haskell.		Sergt.	F	10th Me.	Oct. 4, '61		Pr. 2d. Lieut. Wounded at Slaughter Mountain.
  John D. Haskell.				11 U.S.I.
  John Q. Jordan.	18	Privt.	D	25th Me.	Sept. 29,'62	July 10, '63
  George F. Joy.	21	Corp.	K	20th Me.	Aug. 29, '62	July 16, '65
  George G. Leavens.	18	Privt.	I	18th Me.	Aug. 14, '62		Lost an arm in battle. Dis. Feb. 18, 1863.
  Sam'l. Loring.	28			Ohio Rgt.			D. of fever, Mar. 6, 1862.
  Sam'l. B. Libby.	22	Privt.	K	20th Me.	Aug. 29, '62	1865	Detailed to Signal Corps,'63. Prisoner at Andersonville.
  Wm. McIntosh.	19	Privt.	D	25th Me.	Sept. 29,'62	July 10,'63
  Wm. McIntosh		Privt.	A	29th Me.	Sept. 16, '64	June 5,'65
  Geo. L. Macomber.	18	Privt.	E	30th Me.	Dec. 12, '63	Aug. 20, 65
  Joseph Macomber.	18	Privt.	H	20th Me.	Aug. 29, '62		D. in AndersonvMs prison, July 29, 1864
  Melvin W. Marston.	18	Privt.	D	20th Me.	Aug. 29, '62
  Chas. 8. Merrill.	28	Privt.	H	1st Me.	May 8, '61	Aug. 5, '61
  Horace P. Merrill.	31	Privt.	B	25th Me.	Sept. 29, '62	July 10, '63
  James R. Merrill.	18	Privt.	K	20th Me.	Aug. 29, '62		Killed, Gettysburg, July 3, 1863
  John Merrill.	40	Privt.	E	30th Me.	Dec. 12, '63		D. of disease, June 19, 1864.
  Seward Merrill.							Enlisted from Gardiner.
  Wm. S. Michaels.
  James H. Miller.	23	Corp.	K	20th Me.	Aug. 29.'62		Pr. west. Wounded June 21, '63. Trans. to Vet. Corps, Oct.11, 64.
  Horace H. Moody.	18	Privt.	E	5th Me.			D. Pt. Lookout, Aug. 30, '62.
  Enoch F. Newell.	29	Privt.	K	20th Me.	Aug. 29, '62		Pr. corp. and sergt. Dis. '64.
  Joseph Newell.	31	Privt.	G	17th Me.	Mch. 13, '65		Never Joined rgt. Dis. Portland.
  Samuel Newell.	45	Mus.	E	30th Me.	Dec. 12, '63		Tr. Vet. C. D. June 30,'64.
  Edwin Osgood.				N.Y.Vol.			Killed by sharpshooter near Richman, Aug. 1, 1864.
  Jeremiah Osgood.	21	Mus.	E	13th Me.	Dec. 10, '61	Jan. 6, '65
  Albert W. Owen.	18	Drum.	D	25th Me.	Sept. 29;82	July 10,'68
  Albert W. Owen.		Corp.	E	30th Me.	Dec. 12, '63	Aug. 21,'65	Promoted sergeant. In Durham, 1869.
  Geo. H. Parker.	21	Privt.	H	1st Me.	May 3, '61	Aug. 5, '61
  Geo. H. Parker			H	10th Me.	Oct. 4, '61		Dis. for dis., April 11, '62. D.
  Wm. H. Pollster.	19	Privt.	K	20th Me.	Aug. 29, '62		Tr. to Vet. C., Sept. 25, 1863.
  Cyrus A. Roak.	19	Privt.	E	30th Me.	Deo. 12, '63	Aug. 20,'65
  Alfred Roberts.	28	Corp.	F	10th Me.	Oct. 4, '61		Dis. for disability June 5,'62
  Alfred Roberts.		Privt.	D	25th Me.	Sept. 29,'62		Dis. for disability, Apr. 20,'63
  Alfred Roberts.		Prvt.		1st Art.	Dec. 30, '68		Dis. for disability, July 17, '64.
  Benj. F. Roberts.	18	Prvt.	C	32 Me.	Mch. 28, '64		Pr. oorp. D . In hospd. July 9, '65.
  Nahum Roberts.	32	Privt.	F	9th Me.	Oct. 8, '63		Discharged July 10, 1865.
  Wm. H. H. Roberts.	21	Privt.	K	12th Me.	Nov. 16, '61		Re-enlisted 1865. Wounded, Sept. 19, 1665.
  Edmund H. Soper.	20	Privt.	B	25th Me.	Sept. 29,'62	July 11, '63
  E. W. Stetson.				Wis. Art.
  Benj. F. Stevens.	28	Privt.	D	25th Me.	Sept. 29, '62	July 10, '63
  Geo. T. Storah.	18	Privt.	C	13th Me.	Dec. 4, '61		Enlisted from Lewiston.
  Frederick H. Strout.	21	Corp.	K	3rd Me.	June 4, '61	June 28,'64	Pr. 1st sergeant.
  Freeman H. Strout.	26	Sergt.	K	3rd Me.	June 4, '61		Killed Chantilly, Apr. 11, '62
  Newell Strout.	28	Capt.	K	3rd Me.	June 4, '61		Resigned Aug. 8, 1861.
  Prescott R. Strout.	21	Corp.	G	30th Me.	Dec. 12, '68		Disch. as supernumerary.
  Revlllo Strout.
  Sumner N. Strout.	18	Sergt.	D	26th Me.	Sept. 29,'62	July 10,'63
  Sumner N. Strout.		Lieut.	E	30th Me.	Dec. 12, '63		Killed at Pleasant Hill, Apr. 9, 1864
  Daniel Sutherland.	20	Privt.	E	5th Me.			Not mustered in.
  Orville Swett.	21	Privt.	I	17th Me.	Mch. 18, '65		Never joined Co. Mustered out.
  Roscoe Sylvester.
  Sam'l. M. Thomas.	25	Mus.	E	5th Me.	June 24,'61		Discharged Oct. 3, 1861.
  Alonzo G. Turner.	18	Privt.	H	20th Me.	Aug. 29,'62		Disoh. for disability, March 5, 1863
  George Tuttle.				Mus. Inf.
  Rufus Tuttle.				Mus. inf.
  Thomas Tuttle.	19	Privt.	D	5th Me.	June 24,'61		Dropped from roll by order, '62
  Irving Tyler.	19	Mus.	K	20th Me.	Aug. 29,'62		Discharged. D. Durham, '62
  Joseph Tyler.	18	Mus.	K	20th Me.	Aug. 29, '62	June 4, '65	Pr. principal musician.
  Francis Venus.	25	Privt.	D	25th Me.	Sept. 29, '62	July 10,'63
  Oren S. Vickery.	31	Privt.	D	25th Me.	Sept. 29, '62	July 10, '63	Pr. Corporal.
  Wm. A. Walker.	30	Privt.	D	5th Me.	Sept. 16, '62		Killed in action, Jan. 3, 1864.
  Chas. A. N. Waterman.	18	Privt.	E	5th Me.	June 24,'61		Disch. Feb. 5, 1963.
  Chas. A. N. Waterman.		Privt.		1st Art.	June 28, 64	June 21,'65
  Chas. W. Wills.	18	Privt.	K	32d Me.	May 6, '64		Tr. to 31st Inf.
  Joseph O. Wilson.	18	Privt.	D	25th Me.	Sept. 29, '62	July 10, '63
  Sam'l. A. Wilson.	21	Privt.	E	8th Me.	Dec. 21, '63		Died of wounds June 14, '64.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  

  
  

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