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 CALEB EAMES, Wilmington .....1737 - Private, Capt. Walker's Company, Col. Green's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; also credited with doing "one-quarter of a turn of service" for the town of Wilmington. Winfield Scott Hawkes. EBENEZER EASTMAN, Sanbornton ..... 1746 - 1810 First Lieutenant, First New Hampshire, Col. Poor's Regiment, May 23 to Dec., 1775. Eugene Bruce Eastman. CHARLES EATON, Reading ..... 1759 - 1829 Fifer, Capt. John Bacheller's Company of minute-men, Col. Ebenezer Bridge's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; service, five days; also same Company and Regiment, April 24-Sept. 25, 1775; camp at Cambridge. Louis Francis Brown. OLIVER EDWARDS, Northampton ..... 1755 - 1829 Private, Major Allen's Company, Col. Putnam's Regiment, Continental Army, April 1, 1777 to Dec. 31, 1779; reported deserted Jan. 1, 1780; returned to duty and made up the deficiency in his term, as stated in the record index in the Secretary's office: "Said Edwards and others, of Northampton, left camp Jan. 1, 1780, under the misapprehension that their terms of service had expired, when in reality they were held liable to serve a full three years term from the date of their enlistments, and were accordingly returned as deserters. They later returned to the army, a resolve having been passed, June 5, 1780, remitting the penalties for unintensionsl desertion where soliders returned to duty and filled out the full three years term. They again left the service, without permission, but the second charge of desertion was an unjust one, and arose form a misconstruction on the part of their officers as to the additional time they were required to serve. Their wages were allowed, and made up for the full three years service by authority of resolve of April 20, 1781." After the war Oliver Edwards was appointed Ensign, June 21, 1787, and Captain, Aug. 31, 1789; recieved on honorable discharge Feb. 10, 1791; his widow recieved a pension in 1843. Frank Edwards Warner. BENJAMIN ELY, West Springfield ..... 1730 - 1802 First Major, Col. Moseley's (Third Hampshire County) Regiment, Feb. 8, 1776; served in Lieut.-Col. Robinson's detachment which re-enforced the army at Ticonderoga, Oct.-Nov., 1776. Robert Day White. PARKER EMERSON, Chelmsford ..... 1745 - Sergeant, Capt. John Ford's Company, Col. Bridge's Regiment; served at the battle of Bunker Hill and siege of Boston, April-Dec., 1775; Sergeant in the Continental Army for three years from march 10, 1777; served in First Company, Col. Brook's (Seventh) Regiment. John Welch Emerson. JOHN EMERY, Townsend ..... 1753 - 1828 Private, Capt. James Hosley's Company of minute-men which marched at the Lexington alarm to Cambridge; also Capt. Henry Farwell's Company, Col. William Prescott's Regiment, Oct., 1775; also Capt. Fitch's Company, Col. Brewer's Regiment, Aug.-Sept., 1776; also Corporal, Capt. Minot's Company, Col. Whitney's Regiment; served at Rhode Island, May-July, 1777; also Third Corporal, Capt. Jewett's Company, Col. Job Cushing's Regiment; marched to Bennington on an alarm, July 27 to Aug. 29, 1777; also Private, Capt. Hosley's Company, Col. Jonathan Reed's Regiment, marched to re-enforce the Northern Army, Sept. 26, to Nov. 9, 1777. Tenney Morse. OTIS ENSIGN, Hartford, Connecticut ..... 1761 - 1855 Private, Capt. Mills' Company, Col. Phelps' Regiment, Connecticut militia, spring of 1779, served ten and one-half months; also Col. H. Swift's (Seventh Connecticut Line) Regiment, May-Dec., 1780; also Capt. Flower's Company, Col. Austin's Regiment, June-July, 1780; also Capt. Strong's Company, Col. Swift's (Second) Regiment, April-Dec., 1782; pensioned. Dwight Watts Ensign. DAVID EVANS, Junior, Fryeburg, Maine ..... -1810 Private, Lieutenant Stephen Farington's Company, raised for defence of York and Cumberland Counties; served Aug.-Nov., 1782, at "Sudbury - Canada." Orlando W. Charles. EDWARD EVANS, Salisbury, New Hampshire ..... 1736 - 1818 Private, Capt. Abbott's Company, Col. Stark's Regiment; served at Bunker Hill; also Capt. Everett's Company, Col. Bedel's Regiment, serving on the Canadian expedition, 1776; also Capt. House's Company, Col. Cilley's Regiment, July 18, 1777; also Adjutant, Second Regiment of militia, and afterward on the staff of Col. Stickney, of General Stark's brigade, at the battle of Bennington; he was at Saratoga, New York, and New Jersey, and served through the war; he was secretary to Generals Washington and Sullivan. Harold Haskins Martin. CYRUS FAIRBANK, Lancaster First Lieutenant, Capt. White's Company, Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regiment, which marched to Cambridge at the Lexington alarm. Herbert Eliphalet Huie. MOSES FAIRBANKS, Dedham and Milton ..... 1740 - 1847 Private, Capt. Bradley's Company, Col. Robinson's Regiment; served thirteen days subsequent to the Lexington alarm; also Sergeant, same Company, Col. Gill's Regiment; service at the fortifying of Dorchester Heights, March 4, 1776; also Capt. Vose's Company, in defence of seacoast, April, 1776; also Capt. Bradley's Company, Col. Gill's Regiment; marched to Manchester, Vermont, to join the Northern Army, Aug.-Dec., 1777; also Lieutenant in a detachment for an expedition to Rhode Island, commanded by Capt. John Armstrong; served twenty-seven days; roll made under resolve of May 8, 1781. Charles Augustus Brown. ABRAHAM FARWELL, Fitchburg ..... about 1750 - about 1830. Corporal, Capt. Bridge's Company, Col. Whitcomb's Regiment of minute-men, which marched at the Lexington alarm to Cambridge; served thirteen days; also Private, Capt. Thurlo's Company, which marched on a Bennington alarm, Aug. 22, 1777. Oscar F. Burbank. NATHANIEL FAULKNER, Acton ..... 1735 - 1821 Lieutenant, Capt. Simon Hunt's Company, Col. Eleazer Brooks' Regiment; served at the fortifying of Dorchester Heights, March 4, 1776. Edwin Howard Bridham. JAMES FAUNCE, Junior, Sandwich or North Dartmouth ..... 1745 - Private, Capt. Goodwin's Company, Col. Cotton's Regiment; served on a secret expedition against Newport, Rhode Island, Sept.-Oct., 1777; also Private, Capt. Fish's Company, Col. Freeman's Regiment; served on alarms at Dartmouth and Falmouth, Sept., 1778, and Sept., 1779. William Lincoln Parker. John Allen Faunce. CUTTING FAVOR, New Chester, New Hampshire ..... 1737 - 1822 Lieutenant, Capt. John Willoughby's Company, Lieut.-Col. David Webster's Regiment of militia, which marched at the Ticonderoga alarm, July, 1777; also Second Lieutenant of same Company, Col. Jonathan Chase's Regiment, which marched to the assistance of the Northern Army in Sept., 1777; a member of the Committee of Inspection and Safety, 1776. Luther Atwood. BENJAMIN FAY, Junior, Westboro ..... 1744 - 1834 Private, Capt. George Baker's Company, which marched at the Lexington alarm. George H. Johnson. NATHANIEL FESSENDEN, Lexington His name appears on a pay roll for military service in the Tenth Campaign, April, 1777, in Providence, two months. Edward Stanely Fessenden. SAMUEL FISHER, Medway Private, Capt. Fuller's Company, Col. Wheelock's Regiment, which marched to Warwick, Rhode Island, on the alarm of Dec. 8, 1776; his name appears on a list of men returned by a committee of the town, April 13, 1778, as having rendered service at various times subsequent to April 19, 1775. Frederick Morse Cutler. JOSPEH FISKE, Lexington Physician, at the age of twenty-three years assisted his father, who was also a doctor, to dress the wounds of soldiers at the battles of Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775. Edward Stanley Fessenden. SAMUEL FISKE, Weston Private, Capt. Lamson's Company, which marched at the Lexington alarm; also Sergeant, Capt. Fiske's Company, Col. Brooks' Regiment, at the fortifying of Dorchester Heights, March 4, 1776. George Peirce Cooley. MARK FITZ, Newburyport, baptized July 24, 1737 - died 1812. Member of the Committee of Safety at Newburyport during the Revolutionary War. Charles Newcomb Fitz. JOHN FITZGERALD, Waldoboro, Maine ..... 1751- 1838 Private, Lieutenant Winthrop Boston's Company; at the siege of Boston, Feb.-March, 1776; also Capt. York's Company, Col. Phinney's (Eighteenth) Regiment at Fort George, Feb.-Dec., 1776; his widow was pensioned. Edmund Matthew Donnelly. George Patrick Donnelly. EZEKIEL FLANDERS, Plaistow and Kingston, New Hampshire ..... 1734 - 1800 Corporal, Capt. McFarland's Company, Col. Nixon's Regiment, April 24, 1775; at the siege of Boston; camped on Winter Hill, Sept. 30, 1775; order for bounty coat dated Dec. 20, 1775; Private, Capt. Peter Kimball's Comany, Col. Stickney's Regiment; joined the Northern Continental Army at Bennington and Stillwater, Aug. 24-Sept. 25, 1777; also Capt. Gile's Company, Col. Peabody's Regiment; served in Rhode Island the year of 1778; also in Rhode Island, July, 1779; and in the Continental Army, Capt. Eastman's Company, Col. Bartlett's Regiment, at West Point, July-Oct., 1780, during the time of Arnold's treason; he was also in the Continental Army, July-Dec., 1781. James Allen Flanders. Dana Judson Flanders. EPHRAIM FLINT, Lincoln Private, Capt. John Hartwell's Company, Col. Eleazer Brooks' Regiment, which marched to fortify Dorchester Heights, March 4-9, 1776. Charles Henry Fox. DANIEL FOBES, Bridgewater ..... 1742 - 1812 Private, Capt. John Ames' Company, Col. Eliphalet Cary's Regiment, which marched to Rhode Island on an alarm, July 30-Aug. 9, 1780. Edwin Francis Fobes. JOSEPH FORRISTALL, Holliston ..... 1758 - 1848 Private, Capt. Joseph Winch's Company, Col. Bullard's Regiment; served in the Northern Department and at Ticonderoga, Aug.-Nov. 1777; also Capt. Joseph Griffith's Company, Col. Jacob's Regiment; served June-Dec., 1779; also Corporal, Capt. Chamberlain's Company, Col. Perry's Regiment; served in Rhode Island, July-Aug., 1780. George Henry Snow. Francis Forristall Snow. OBADIAH FOSTER, Andover Private, Capt, Joshua Holt's Company, which marched at the Lexington alarm to Cambridge. Charles F. Sheridan. ADIJAH FOWLER, Lebanon, Connecticut ..... 1717 - 1804 In a list of men from Lebanon who marched "for the relief of Boston in the Lexington alarm"; served four days; Sergeant, Capt. Andrew Waterman's Company, Lieut.-Col. Hosford's Regiment of militia, Sept., 1776. Alvin Fowler Pease. MARK FOWLER, Lebanon, Connecticut Private, Capt. Andrew Waterman's Company, Lieut.-Col. Hosford's Regiment of militia, 1776. Alvin Fowler Pease. BARTHOLOMEW FRENCH, Athol ..... 1752 - 1830 Private, Capt. Knowlton's Company, Col. Dike's Regiment; served at Dorchester, Nov., 1776; receipted for bounty paid him to serve in Continental Army for three years, May 10, 1781. William Lyman Robinson. BENJAMIN FRENCH, Braintree, baptized 1753 Private, Capt. John Vinton's Company of minute-men, Col. Lincoln's Regiment, April 29, 1775; also re-enlisted same Company, May 3, 1775, for the eight months service, for which he received a bounty coat, or its equivalent in money, Dec. 23, 1775. Charles Edward French. MICAH FRENCH, Athol Private, Capt. Henry's Company, Col. Whitney's Regiment; served at Rhode Island, May-July, 1777; also Capt. Oliver's Company, Col. Sparhawk's Regiment; served with Northern Army, Sept. - Oct., 1777. William Lyman Robinson. JAMES FRISBEE, Portsmouth, New Hampshire ..... 1732 - 1779 Signer of the "Association Test" to defend the liberties and properties of the inhabitants of the United Colonies, Aug. 14, 1776; Lieutenant, frigate "Bonhomme Richard," Capt. Paul Jones; killed in the engagement with "Serapis" off Flamborough Head, England, Sept. 25, 1779. Jesse Franklin Frisbee. ISAAC FULLER, Third, Middleboro and Easton ..... 1738 - Corporal, Capt. Macey Williams' Company of minute-men which marched at the Lexington alarm; Lieutenant, Sixteenth Continental Infantry Jan.-Dec., 1776; member of Committee of Correspondence and Safety, 1779. Clarence Fuller Boyden. JOHN FULLINGTON, Abington Private, Capt. Edward Cobb's Company, Col. Mitchell's Regiment, which marched to the Farms at Braintree on the alarm of March 4, 1776; service, five days; also Sergeant, Capt. Nathan Snow's Company, same Regiment; marched to Rhode Island; service Dec 9, 1776; also Second Lieutenant, same Company, Third Plymouth County Regiment, April 14, 1778; also Lieutenant, Lieut. Benjamin Bate's Company, Major Cary's Regiment; marched to Rhode Island, July 30-Aug. 9, 1780. Fred E. Sharp. LAWRENCE FURLONG, Newbury Captain, privateer schooner, "True Blue," commissioned Dec. 16, 1777; also Prizemaster, privateer ship "Essex," Capt. Cathcart, June 12, 1780, made deposition Nov. 11, 1780, that he had applied to Capt. Saltonstall for shot for cannon sent to Hacker's Island, as he could not obtain suitable supplies from Colonel Revere. Charles Wellington Furlong. ENOS GALLUP, Wenham ..... 1761 - 1834 Private, Capt. John Dodge's Company, Col. Jacob Gerrish's Regiment of guards, April 1-July 1, 1778, at Winter Hill Camp, Somerville. George Harrison Allen. JOSHUA GAMAMGE, Cambridge ..... 1753 - 1843 Drummer, Capt. Thatcher's Company, Col. Gardner's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm, and afterward was at the battle of Bunker Hill; served on guard to prevent the rescue of prisoners, as shown by list dated Cambridge, may 11, 1776; also Corporal, Capt. Walton's Company, Col. Thatcher's Regiment; served with guards at Fort No. 2, Cambridge, Sept. 2-3, 1778; pensioned. Orlando W. Charles. AMOS GARLAND, Rye, New Hampshire ..... 1768 - 1833 Private, Capt. Leavitt's Company, Col. Nichols' Regiment of volunteers in the Rhode Island expedition, Aug. 5-27, 1778; also Capt. Jacob Webster's Company, Col. Reynold's Regiment of militia, July-Nov., 1781. Henry Hubbard Marden. Henry Herman Marden. BENJAMIN GARLAND, Rye, New Hampshire One of a committee to enlist, arm, and equip the minute-men of Rye, May 16, 1775; also to hire soldiers for the Continental Army, Feb., 1781. Henry Hubbard Marden. Henry Herman Marden. SILAS GATES, Stow ..... 1718 - 1779 Private, Capt. Benjamin Munroe's (Sixth) Company, Fourth Middlesex County Regiment; belonged to the alarm list of men between sixty and sixty-five years of age, Dec., 1776. Samuel Pearly Gates. CALVIN GAY, Woodstock, Connecticut ..... 1746 - Corporal, Capt. Paine's Company, Eleventh Regiment, State militia, which marched on the Lexington alarm; service, twelve days. Henry Daniel Marsh. JEREMIAH GETCHELL, Marblehead, died at sea during the War of 1812. Matross, Capt. Edward Fettyplace's Company of coast guards, Sept.-Dec., 1776; also Seaman, brigantine "Freedom," Capt. Clouston, Feb.-Aug., 1777; his widow was pensioned. Thomas Dorr Gatchell. STEPHEN GIBSON, Stow ..... 1719 - 1806 Private, Capt. William Whitcomb's Company, Col. James Prescott's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; also Capt. Benjamin Munroe's Company of alarm-list men in Dec., 1776, who were between sizty and sixty-five years of age. Frank Ormond Whitney. EZEKIEL GILE, Plaistow, New Hampshire ..... 1743 - 1827 Selectman of Plaistow, 1775; Second Lieutenant, Capt. Dow's Company, at Great Island, Nov. 5, 1775; First Lieutenant, Capt. Webster's Company, Col. Burnham's Regiment, at siege of Boston, Dec., 1775; Ensign, Capt. Quimby's Company, Col. Wingate's Regiment, Jan. 15, 1777; First Lieutenant, Capt. Weare's Company, Col. Scammell's Regiment, at Ticonderoga, June 28, 1777; Captain of volunterrs, who joined the Northern Army at Saratoga, and was present at Burgoyne's surrender, Oct. 17, 1777, and conveyed the prisoners to Boston; Captain, Col. Peabody's Regiment at Rhode Island, 1778; member of the Legislature, 1780; Major, New Hampshire militia, 1785; reappointed, 1793, on the nomination of President George Washington. William Edwin Parsons. Samuel Ayer Chase. JOHN GILLETT, Vermont Corporal, Capt. Joshua Hazen's Company, Col. Joseph Safford's Regiment; served in Oct., 1780. Percy Edgar Walbridge. JOHN GODDARD, Brookline ..... 1730 - 1816 Conductor of stores to the Continental Army. Council Warrant, May 10, 1779. Samuel May Boardman. JOHN GOTT, Gloucester ..... 1754 - 1812 Corporal, Capt. Rowe's Company, Col. Bridge's Regiment; enlisted May 29, 1775, for the eight months service; was in the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. Albert Dodge, Junior. JOHN GRANGER (GRAINGER), New Braintree ..... 1734 - 1783 Captain of a Company of minute-men which marched on the Lexington alarm; also Col. Ebenezer Learned's Regiment; served at the siege of Boston; camp at Roxbury, April-Aug., 1775; also commissioned Captain in same Regiment, May 23, 1775. Frank Edward Granger. JOSPEH GREELEY, Haverhill ..... 1730 - 1814 Sergeant, Capt. Colby's Company of minute-men, Col. Johnson's Regiment, which marched to Cambridge at the Lexington alarm. William Henry Greeley. JOSEPH GREEN, Leicester ..... 1754 - 1815 Private, Capt. Bent's Company, Col. Nathan Sparhawk's Regiment; detachment marched from Rutland to Bennington at the alarm Aug. 20, 1777; also Capt. Wilder's Company, same Regiment; served on the expedition to Saratoga, Sept. 27-Oct. 18, 1777. Robert Montraville Green. NEVIN GREENWOOD, Cambridge Private, Capt. Dana's Company, Col. Thatcher's Regiment; marched to Roxbury, March 4, 1776; also Corporal, First Lieut. Joseph Crafts' Company, Col. Crafts' Regiment. John Greenwood Brown. EZEKIEL GOWEN, Sanford, Maine Private, Capt. Moulton's Company, Col. Titcomb's Regiment; served at Rhode Island, May-July, 1777. Howard Earl Gowen. JOSEPH GRIFFIN, Methuen ..... 1736 - 1831 Private, Major Samuel Bodwell's Company of minute-men, which marched at the Lexington alarm; also Sergeant, Capt. Whittier's Company, Major Benjamin Gage's Regiment; marched to join the Northern Army, Oct.-Nov., 1777. Frederick Griffin. EZEKIEL GRISWOLD, Stockbridge ..... 1736 - 1829 Private, Capt. Job Woodbridge's Company, Col. Brown's Regiment, a detachment of which marched under Major Hide on the evacuation of Ticonderoga; served July 8-26, 1777; also Private in Capt. Whittlesey's Company of a detachment of Berkshire County militia; served Sept. 7-30, 1777; also Capt. John Bacon's Company, which marched to re-enforce the army at Stillwater, Oct. 13-22, 1781. Frank Ensign Peirson. BENJAMIN GROSS, Truro ..... 1759 - 1844 Private, Capt. Wellington's Company, Col. Wigglesworth's Regiment, Continental Army, Feb. 16, 1777; pensioned. Fred Isaac Hopkins. ASA GURNEY, Abington ..... 1758 - 1843 Fifer, Capt. Snow's Company, Col. Mitchell's Regiment, Gen. Cushing's Brigade; marched on the Rhode Island alarm, Dec. 9-25, 1776; also Private, Capt. Pool's Company, Col. Jacob's Regiment, re-enforced the Continental Army, July-Oct., 1780. Allston Dyer Gurney. Arthur Brainard Phillips. NOAH GURNEY, Abington ..... 1735 - Private, Capt. Edward Cobb's Company, Col. Mitchell's Regiment, which marched, April 20, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19, to Marshfield; service, three days. Fred E. Sharp. JOHN GUSTIN, Sussex County, New Jersey ..... 1760 - 1830 Private, Sussex County, New Jersey militia; member of New Jersey Assembly, 1798; High Sheriff, 1807; Judge of Common Pleas, 1818. Charles Dewick Lanning. SAMUEL HALE, Junior, Enfield, Connecticut ..... 1752 - 1830 Private, Capt. Thomas Knowlton's Company, General Putnam's (the Third) Regiment, Connecticut militia; also Capt. Roswell Grout's Company, Col. Obadiah Johnson's Regiment; service at Providence, R. I., Jan., 1778. Harry Patterson Hale. EBENEZER HALL, Yarmouth (Dennis) ..... 1759 - Private, Capt. Micah Hamlin's Company, Col. Marshall's Regiment, stationed at Castle Island, June-Dec., 1776; also Capt. Chapman's Company, Col. Freeman's Regiment; served on an alarm at Dartmouth, Sept., 1778. Henry Hall Bosworth. MOSES HALL, Medford ..... 1750 - Sergeant, Capt. Isaac Hall's Company, Col. Gardner's Regiment, which assembled at Medford at the Lexington alarm, and served five days; also served at the taking possession of Dorchester Heights in March. 1776. Osborn Boylston Hall. JOSIAH HALL, Newton ..... 1723 - 1786 Captain; loande 24 pounds to the town of Newton to pay the soldiers who served in the army. Charles William Morse. SAMUEL HALL, Junior, Newton ..... 1757 - 1842 Private, Capt. Wiswall's Company, Col. Hatch's Regiment; served at taking possession of Dorchester Heights, March 4, 1776; also Capt. Dana's Company, Col. Whitney's Regiment; served at Rhode Island, May-June, 1777; also Capt. Fuller's Company, Col. Thatcher's Regiment; served guarding British troops at Cambridge, Sept. 2-4, 1778. Charles William Morse. STEPHEN HALL, Third (called Tertius), Medford Represented Medford in the Second and Third Congresses. Aaron Hall Parker. Austin Hall Parker. STEPHEN HALL, Fourth, Medford ..... 1745 - 1817 Ensign, Capt. Isaac Hull's Company, Col. Gardner's Regiment, which served four days at the Lexington alarm; also First Lieutenant, Capt. Caleb Brooks' Company, First Middlesex Regiment, June 17, 1776; commanded men drafted from the militia and ordered to march to Fairfield, Connecticut, before Dec. 16, 1776. Aaron Hall Parker. Austin Hall Parker. THEOPHILUS HALLOWELL, Lynn ..... 1750 - 1833 Private, Capt. William Farrington's Company, which marched at the Lexington alarm and served two days. Charles Francis Peirce. ENOCH HAMMOND, Newton ..... 1734 - Private, Capt. Amariah Fuller's Company of "alarm list" men who marched to Cambridge at the Lexington alarm. Howard Kendall Sanderson. JONATHAN HARMON, New Marlboro ..... 1744 - 1828 Private, Capt. Zenas Wheeler's Company, Col. John Ashley's Regiment; marched to Fort Edward, New York; served July-Aug., 1777. Henry Hall Bosworth. NAPHTALI HARMON, Sanford, Maine One of the Committee of Safety in 1777. William L. Chadbourn. DANIEL HARRINGTON, Lexington ..... 1739 - 1818 Clerk of Capt. Parker's Company of minute-men at the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775; he was a prominent man in the town, and filled various posts of honor and trust; he was selectman, 1779, 1785, 1786. Walter Hovey Dugan. JOEL HARRINGTON, Waltham Private, Capt. Peirce's Company, which marched at the Lexington alarm and afterward did guard duty; also same Company, Col. Thatcher's Regiment; Company marched at request of General Washington to Dorchester Heights, March 4, 1776; Company did guard duty at Cambridge, Feb.-April, 1778, and at Boston, Sept. 2-6, 1778, in expectation of British troops landing there. George Peirce Cooley. JONATHAN HARRINGTON, Lexington ..... 1723 - 1809 Selectman and one of the Committee of Correspondence in 1778; Private, Capt. Parker's Company of minute-men at the battle of Lexington. Wallace Farnsworth Flanders. Charles Frederick Kidder. LEVI HARRINGTON, Lexington ..... 1760 - 1849 Drummer, Capt. Bridge's Company, Col. Brooks' Regiment; at Roxbury March 4-8, 1776; also Capt. Caleb Brooks' Company; served three months guarding stores at Boston, Dec., 1776-Feb., 1777; also Capt. Farrar's Company, Col. Reed's Regiment; re-enforced the Northern Army, Sept. 29-Nov. 7, 1777; also Capt. Harrington's Company; served on guard duty at Cambridge three months, from April 2, 1778. Walter Hovery Dugan. ENOCH HASKELL, Salem ..... 1730 - Private, Capt. Richardson's Company, Col. Mansfield's Regiment, May-Aug., 1775; also Seaman, sloop "Tyrannicide," Capt. Fisk, May-Sept., 1776. Arthur Dana Story. MOSES HASTINGS, Brookfield ..... 1754 - 1820 Private, Capt. Sylvanus Walker's Company, Col. Danielson's Regiment, receipted for bounty coat for the eight months service, given at Roxbury Camp, Nov. 7, 1775; also Capt. Wilson's Company, Col. Danforth Keyes' Regiment; served at Rhode Island, Aug.-Dec., 1778; credited with seven and one-quarter months service rendered the Third Precinct of Brookfield. Frank L. Mellen. SAMUEL HASTINGS, Lexington ..... 1757 - 1834 Private, Capt. Nathaniel Wade's Company, Col. Little's Regiment, enlisted for the campaign of 1776; taken prisoner Dec. 13, 1776; Col. Little's Regiment was in the battles of Bunker Hill, Long Island, Harlem Heights, Princeton, and Trenton. Augustus Pope Marrett. DAVID HAWES, Wrentham ..... 1752 - 1802 Private, Capt. Aaron Guild's Company, Col. Whitney's Regiment; service at Hull, May-Dec., 1776; also Private, Lieut. Asa Barlow's Company, Fourth Suffolk County Regiment; marched to Rhode Island on an alarm July 28-30, 1780; also Capt. Elisha Hedge's Company, Col. Freeman's Regiment; served on an alarm at Falmouth, Sept. 13-18, 1779. Frederick G. Hawes. NATHAN HAWKES (HAWKS), Lynn ..... 1745 - 1824 Ensign, Capt. David Parker's Company of minute-men, which marched, probably to Concord, at the Lexington alarm; also First Lieutenant, Capt. Pool's Company, First Essex County Regiment of miltia; commissioned April 26, 1776; his commission in possession of his great grandson. Nathan M. Hawkes. ROBERT HAYDEN, Braintree ..... 1735 - 1822 Ensign, Capt. Wild's Company of minute-men, Col. Lincoln's Regiment; Lieutenant of same Company, commanded by Captain Penniman, which marched at the Lexington alarm; also Capt. French's Company, Col. Palmer's Regiment; services at the taking of Dorchester Heights, March 4, 1776, and at Hough's Neck and Nantasket, June 13 and 24, 1776. William Hayden Bliss. WILLIAM HAYES, Sanbornton, New Hampshire Private, Capt. Clough's Company, Col. Enoch Poor's Regiment, at the siege of Boston, May-Aug., 1775; also Sixth Company, Col. Ashley's Regiment, which marched from Chesterfield to the relief of the garrison at Ticonderoga, June, 1777. Fred George Tilton. BENJAMIN HAYWARD, Acton Private, Capt. Hunt's Company, Col. Brooks' Regiment; served at the taking possession of Dorchester Heights, March 4, 1776; also reported as in camp at White Plains. Daniel Frederick Davis. DANIEL HAYWARD, Braintree ..... 1754 - 1837 Private, Capt. Silas Wild's Company of minute-men, Col. Lincoln's Regiment, which assembled at the Lexington alarm, and again on an alarm April 29, 1775; re-enlisted Capt. John Vinton's Company, May 3, 1775; served eight months; also Capt. Seth Turner's Company, Col. Marshall's Regiment; served May-Dec., 1776; part of the time stationed at Hull; also Capt. Baxter's Company, General Lovell's Brigade; served on the Rhode Island expedition, Aug.-Sept., 1779. Jonathan Eliphas Hayward. George Warren Hayward. Charles Apollos Hayward. ELIAB HAYWARD, Bridgewater ..... 1734 - Private, Lieut. Samuel Dunbar's Company, Maj. Eliphalet Cary's Regiment; service at Tiverton, Rhode Island, on an alarm, July 30-Aug. 9, 1780. Edwin Francis Fobes. SAMUEL HAZEN, Shirley ..... 1740 - 1815 Private, Capt. Henry Haskell's Company of minute-men, Col. James Prescott's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; served thiretten days. Charles Augustus Brown. WILLIAM HEARSEY, Abington Private, Capt. Cobb's Company, Col. Mitchell's Regiment, which marched April 20, 1775, to Marshfield on the alarm of April 19; also same Company, marched to the "Farms" at Braintree on the alarm of March 4, 1776; also Capt. Packard's Company, Col. Carpenter's Regiment; served in Rhode Island, July-Sept., 1778; also Capt. Alden's Company, Col. Cary's Regiment, which marched to Rhode Island on an alarm, Aug. 3-9, 1780. Charles Stoddard Barry. WILLIAM HEARSEY, Junior, Abington Private, Capt. Alden's Company, Col. Cary's Regiment, which marched to Rhode Island on an alarm, July 30-Aug. 1, 1780. Charles Stoddard Barry. WILLIAM HEATH, Roxbury ..... 1756 - 1784 Captain, First Company, Col. McIntosh's (First Suffolk County) Regiment of militia, May 10, 1779. Richard Whitney. Ralph Holyoke Whitney. Robert Bates Whitney. BENJAMIN HILL, Epping, New Hampshire ..... -1776 Private and Sergeant, Capt. Chandler's Company, Col. Wyman's Regiment, New Hampshire militia; delegate to the Provincial Congress at Exeter, New Hamsphire, March 21, 1775. George H. Batchelder. ROBERT HILL, Salem ..... 1757 - Seaman, brigantine "Ranger," Capt. Robert Stone; descriptive list shown to June 12, 1780. George Warren Grant. William H. Hill. WHITNEY HILL, Sherborn ..... 1748 - 1800 Corporal, Capt. Benjamin Bullard's Company of minute-men, which marched at the Lexington alarm, and served eighteen days; also Sergeant, Capt. Samuel King's Company, Col. Whitney's Regiment; service at Hull, June-Dec., 1776; also Capt. Ezra Eames' Company, Col. Perry's Regiment; service at Rhode Island, July-Aug., 1780. Edward Marcy Hill. Henry Horace Hill. JOSEPH HILTON, Deerfield, New Hampshire ..... 1747 - 1826 Second Lieutenant, Capt. McClary's Company, Third New Hampshire (Col. Scammell's) Regiment; commissioned Nov. 8, 1776; Continental services at Ticonderoga and at the battle of Stillwater, in which he was severly wounded Oct. 7, 1777; discharged for disability and received half pay from Oct. 1, 1778 until Nov., 1782. Winthrop Atkinson Hilton. JOSEPH HITCHCOCK, Brimfield ..... 1719 - 1788 Corporal, Capt. Joseph Thompson's Company of minute-men, Col. Danielson's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; served to April 29, 1775; also Sergeant, enlisted April 29, 1775, for eight months service; gave order for bounty coat at Roxbury, Nov. 7, 1775; gave receipt to town of Brimfield, Aug. 16, 1779, for "seven pounds, recieved for service in our army." Loranus E. Hitchcock. Charles Bidwell Hitchcock. SAMUEL HODGDON, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ..... 1745 - 1824 Commissary of militia stores Feb. 1, 1777; Deputy Commissary-General, Feb. 11, 1778; United States Army, March 4, 1791-April 12, 1792; served under his brother-in-law, Gen. Ebenezer Stevens; his two commissions were signed by General Wasington; in Washington's diary allusion is made to Major Hodgdon's visit at Mt. Vernon. Henry Cooper Hodgdon. THOMAS HOLLISTER, Glastonbury, Connecticut ..... 1738 - 1813 Ensign, Capt. Hubbard's Company, which marched for the relief of Boston at the Lexington alarm; also Capt. Jonathan Hale's Company, Col. Erastus Wolcott's Regiment, at Boston, Jan.-March, 1776; also Lieutenant, Capt. Welles' Company, Col. Gay's Regiment, 1776. Charles Arnold Grimmons. EBENEZER HOLMES, Dorchester ..... 1761 - 1848 Private, Capt. Nathaniel Clap's Company, Col. Benjamin Hawes' Regiment; served at Rhode Island, July-Sept., 1778. William Boyd Holmes. SAMUEL HOLMES, Dorchester Private, Capt. Nathaniel Clap's Company, Col. Benjamin Hawes' Regiment; service at Rhode Island, July-Aug., 1778. William Boyd Holmes. EBENEZER HOPKINS (or HOPKINSON), Reading .... 1720-21 - 1796 Private, Capt. John Walton's Company, Col. David Green's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm from Reading; service, two days. Ebenezer Sumner Hopkins. Walso Elias Boardman. JOSEPH HOPKINS (or HOPKINSON), Reading .... 1761 - 1853 Private, Capt. Edgell's Company, Col. Jacobs' Regiment, July-Dec., 1778; muster rolls dated Freetown, Sept. and Oct., 1778; re-enlisted to re-enforce the Continental Army; served in Capt. Thomas Francis' Company (Tenth Massachusetts Regiment), July, 1779 - April, 1780; also re-enlisted and served July-Oct., 1780. Ebenezer Sumner Hopkins. Waldo Elias Boardman. SAMUEL HOSMER, Acton ..... 1761 - 1848 Private, Capt. John Buttrick's Company, Col. Reed's Regiment, Company detached; served at the time Burgoyne was taken, Sept. 28-Nov. 7, 1777, and re-enforced the army under General Gates; also Capt. Joshua Walker's Company, Col. Denny's Regiment; company detached to join the Continental Army, Oct. 23-Nov. 23, 1779; also Capt. Abraham Andrew's Company, Col. How's Regiment; Regiment detached to re-enforce Continental Army at Claverack, July 27-Oct. 30, 1780. Charles Frederick Hosmer. CALEB HOUSE, Abington Private, Lieut. Benjamin Bates' Company, Major Cary's Regiment, which marched on an alarm at Tiverton, Rhode Island, July-Aug., 1780. Charles Herbert Keene. ELIJAH HOWARD (HAWARD), Easton ..... 1744 - 1831 Member of the Committee of Correspondence and Inspection; Ensign, Capt. Macey Williams' Company of minute-men, which marched in response to the Lexington alarm. Channing Howard. ROBERT HUIE, New Jersey Private, Capt. Noadiah Wade's Company, Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, New Jersey, Continental Line, and served during the Revolutionary War. Herbert Eliphalet Huie. ELIAS HULEN, Marblehead Private, Capt. William Hooper's Company; served in seacoast defence, Nov. 1, 1775-March, 1776; also Matross, Capt. Fettyplace's (Marblehead) Company, March-Sept., 1776. Louis Hulen Attwill. JESSE (LEWIS) HUMPHREY (or HUMPHREYS), Hingham..... 1749 - Private, Capt. James Lincoln's Company, seacoast defence; served May 13, 1775-May 22, 1776; also Capt. Stower's Company, Col. Whitney's Regiment, a Hull, July 31-Nov. 30, 1776; also Capt. Wilder's Company, Col. Dike's Regiment, Dec. 13, 1776-March, 1777; enlisted into the Continental Army; marched July 14, 1780; discharged Feb. 10, 1781; also Capt. J. K. Smith's Company, Lieut.-Col. Calvin Smith's Regiment, March 20-Dec. 31, 1781. Edson Kirk Humphrey. JONATHAN HUMPHREY, Hingham ..... 1764 - 1826 Private, Capt. John Lincoln's Company, Col. Joseph Webb's Regiment; served in the Continental Army, Aug.-Nov., 1781. Campbell Humphrey. ENOCH HUNT, Attleboro ..... 1757 - 1831 Private, Capt. Wilmarth's Company, Col. Daggett's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; re-enlisted in Capt. Richardson's Company, Col. Walker's Regiment, May-Oct. 1775, "eight months service," for which he received a bounty coat, or its equivalent in money; also Corporal, Capt. Wilmarth's Company, Col. Daggett's Regiment; service at Rhode Island, Jan. 1, 1778, three months; also Private, Capt. Robinson's Company, Col. Whitney's Regiment; service at Rhode Island, Aug.-Sept., 1778; also Corporal, Capt. Haskin's Company, Col. Mitchell's Regiment; re-enforced Continental Army, July 27, 1780, three months; also Sergeant, same Company, Col. Dean's Regiment; service at Rhode Island, March 6-14, 1781. Lyman Carpenter. AMOS HUNTING, Dedham ..... 1753 - 1846 One of the six months men from Dedham, who served in the Continental Army, July 15, 1780-Jan. 3, 1781; part of the time he served under Capt. William Stevens and in Col. Timothy Bigelow's (Fifteenth) Regiment. Reuben Hunting. HEZEKIAH HUTCHINS, Hampstead, New Hamsphire ..... 1728 - 1796. Captain, Col. James Reed's Regiment, April-Aug., 1775; was in the battle of Bunker Hill; also Captain of a volunteer company, which joined the Northern Army at Saratoga; served Sept.-Nov., 1777; was at the surrender of Burgoyne; also Private, Capt. Page's Company, Col. Gale's volunteer Regiment, which marched to Rhode Island and joined General Sullivan at the battle of Rhode Island, Aug. 5-8, 1778. Thomas Reed. ELIJAH HYDE, Lebanon, Connecticut ..... 1734 - 1800 Major, Second Regiment Continental Dragoons, Col. T. Y. Seymour, Nov., 1776; served at Stillwater, New York, Oct. 2, 1777; also of a detachment from the Regiment which served in the Continental Army, Oct., 1779-Jan. 15, 1780. James Langdon Hill. ABRAHAM IRELAND, Lunenburg ..... 1713 - 1799 Private, Capt. Moor's Company, Col. William Prescott's Regiment; enlisted May 20, 1775, and receipted for bounty coat for the eight months service Nov. 9, 1775. Harris Stewart Whittemore. JOHN IRESON, Lynn ..... 1758 - 1854 Private, Capt. William Farringtons Company of militia, which marched at the Lexington alarm; also Captains Greenwood's, Brown's and Huse's Companies of Col. Jacob Gerrish's Regiment of guards at Winter Hill and Cambridge, Nov. 11, 1777, to Dec. 14, 1778; also Sergeant, Capt. Richardson's Company, Col. Wade's Regiment; served three months, July-Oct., 1780, in Continental service. Samuel Stillwater Ireson. Henry Breed Sprague. JOSIAH JACKSON, Westminster .... 1730 - Private, Capt. Noah Miles' Company, which marched at the Lexington alarm to Cambridge, and joined Col. John Whitcomb's Regiment; also Capt. Elisha Jackson's Company, which marched to East Hoosac, New York, on a Bennington alarm in Aug., 1777; appointed by the town of Westmonster to prepare the letter of instruction for the Representatives to the Legislature, June 12, 1777. Walter Alonzo Davis. JOSEPH JAQUITH, Billerica ..... 1745 - 1827 On receving the alarm on the 19th of April, 1775, he unhitched the oxen from his plough, took down the gun from over the door, exclaiming, "the red coats are coming," and started for the field of action, joining Capt. Pollard's Company, Col. Green's regiment. Edgar Jasper Rollins. GIDEON JENKINS, Scituate Private, Capt. William Turner's Company, Col. Thomas' Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; also Capt. Joseph Stetson's Company; served on the alarm of taking Dorchester Heights, March 5, 1776; also Capt. Pierce's Company, Col. Cushing's Regiment; served on the Rhode Island alarm in Dec., 1776; also Capt. Stetson's Company, Col. Dike's Regiment, Dec., 1776 - March, 1777. Lemuel Arthur Littlefield. JAMES JENKINS, Scituate ..... 1749 - 1831 Private, Capt. William Turner's Company, Col. Anthony Thomas' Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; also Sergeant, Capt. Hayward Pierce's Company, Col. John Cushing's Regiment, which marched to Bristol, Rhode Island, on the alarm of Dec., 1776. George Otis Jenkins. JAMES JENKINS ..... 1759 - Private, Capt. Daniel Baldwin's Company, First New Jersey Regiment (Second Establishment); his widow was pensioned in 1838 or 1839. Lawrence Waters Jenkins. ELISHA JOHNSON, Southboro ..... 1753 - 1832 Private, Capt. Ebenezer Ingalsbe's Company, Col. Job Cushing's Regiment, which served in the Northern Department, Continental service, Sept. 12-Oct. 23, 1777; present at the surrender of Burgoyne. George H. Johnson. EZRA JONES, Barre ..... 1727 - 1808 One of a committee of five who signed Resolutions, adopted by the town of Barre, March 1, 1773, in support of the position concerning the state and rights of the Province; as Selectman he joined with the Committee of Correspondence calling a town meeting, Sept. 12, 1774, to choose militia officers; at this meeting two Companies were organized, and Ezra Jones was elected Captain of the First Company. Matt Bushnell Jones. EZRA JONES, Junior, Claremont, New Hampshire His name appears in an account of "Bounties and Hires," paid by the inhabitants of Claremont to soldiers in the Continental Army and militia during the late was; Ezra Jones paid 15 pounds. Matt Bushnell Jones. GIDEON JONES, West Springfield ..... 1754 - 1824 Marched April 20, 1775, in answer to the Lexington alarm; was with the Massachusetts militia at Roxbury, Ticonderoga, and elsewhere till 1777, when he joined the Continental Army, and served till the close of the war in 1783; was at Valley Forge and Monmouth; received a bounty of two hundred acres of land. Sanford Luddington Treadwell. ORANGE JUDD, Tyringham ..... 1763 - 1844 Private, Berkshire County militia; served in the Northern campaigns; disables by marches over frozen ground, so that for sixty years thereafter he walked with canes, bent almost double. James Strong Judd. SNOW KEEN, Senior, Pembroke Private, Capt. Turner's Company, Col. Anthony Thomas' Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; also Capt. Freedom Chamberlain's Company; marched on the alarm at taking Dorchester Heights, March 4, 1776; also Capt. Turner's Company, Col. Eleazer Brooks' Regiment of guards; service at Cambridge, Nov., 1777-April, 1778. Charles Herbert Keene. NATHANIEL KELLOGG, Dalton ..... 1739 - 1808 Second Lieutenant, Capt. Norton's (Ashuelot Equivalent) Company, Col. Simonds' (Second Berkshire County) Regiment of militia, May 3, 1776; also Lieutenant, Capt. Strong's Company, Col. John Brown's Regiment; services in Northern Department, June 30-July 26, 1777. Charles W. Kellogg. ASA KENDALL, Dunstable and Ashby ..... 1735 - 1816 Member of Committee of Correspondence, 1775-1776; his house was the place of rendezvous; Private, Capt. David Wilder's Company, Col. John Whitcomb's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; served seven days; re-enlisted, same Company, Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regiment, April-Aug., 1775, at Prospect Hill; also Sergeant, Capt. N. Carter's Company, Col. A. Stearns' Regiment; marched to Williamstown on an alarm Aug. 22, 1777; service, eleven days; also Lieutenant, Capt. James Hosley's Company, Col. Jonathan Reed's Regiment; re-enforced the Northern Army under Major-General Gates, Sept.-Nov., 1777. Charles Montraville Green. Robert Montraville Green. ASA KENDALL, Junior, Dunstable and Ashby ..... 1761 - 1844 Private, Capt. James Hosley's Company of volunteers, Col. Jonathan Reed's Regiment, which re-enforced the Northern Army, Sept. 26-Nov. 9, 1777. Charles Montraville Green. Robert Montraville Green. JONATHAN KENDALL, Athol ..... 1743 - 1817 Private, Capt. Allen's Company of minute-men, which marched at the Lexington alarm; also Capt. Wilder's Company, Col. Doolittle's Regiment, April 26-Aug. 8, 1775; stationed on Winter Hill a the siege of Boston; also Capt. John Mellen's Company, which marched to re-enforce the garrison at Ticonderoga, July 3-11, 1777. Howard Kendall Sanderson. THOMAS KEYES, Northboro ..... 1755 - 1845 Private, Capt. Silas Gates' Company, Col. Ward's Regiment; served at Dorchester Heights, Dec., 1775-Jan., 1776; served in the Continental Army for three years, June 26, 1777 to June 26, 1780; was in Col. Timothy Bigelow's (Fifteenth Massachusetts) Regiment. Charles Gilman Keyes. AARON KIMBALL, Grafton ..... 1729 - 1807 Captain of a Company of militia in General Artemas Ward's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; service, four weeks, one day; also Captain, First (Grafton) Company, Sixth Worcester County Regiment, April 15, 1776; also Captain of a Company from Col. John Goulding's Regiment, which joined Col. Sparhawk's Regiment of militia, under General George Clinton at Peekskill, New York, Jan., 1777. Francis Elliott Kimball. REUBEN KIMBALL, Concord, New Hampshire ..... 1730 - 1815 Corporal, Capt. Baldwin's Company, Col. John Stark's Regiment, April 23-Aug. 1, 1775; was wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill; also Lieutenant, Capt. Abbott's Company, Col. Gerrish's Regiment; joined the Northern Army at Saratoga, and engaged in the battle, Sept., 1777; also Capt. Bayley's Company, Col. Kelley's Regiment, in the Rhode Island expedition, August, 1778; also Senior Captain in Col. Stickney's Regiment in same service. William Jacob Sanborn. JOHN KING, Sutton ..... 1737 - 1795 Sergeant, Capt. Daggett's Company, Col. Learned's Regiment; enlisted May 1, 1775, for eight months; return dated Roxbury Camp. Oct. 6, 1775 [vied Rev. Rolls Mass. Archives]; Lieutenant, Col. Learned's Regiment, when it entered Boston after the evacuation by the British; later Captain in the Commissary Department [vide History of Sutton]. William Carlos Stone. JOHN KING, M.D., Newton ..... 1737 - 1807 Private, Capt. Jeremiah Wiswell's Company, which marched at the Lexington alarm; also Capt. Edward Fuller's Company, Col. Brooks' Regiment, Oct., 1776; Company detached to serve as guards; also Capt. Joseph Fuller's Company; served guarding Burgoyne's troops at Cambridge, Sept. 1778; loaned the town of Newton 24 pounds to pay the soldiers in 1779; one of the Committee of Correspondence, 1774; on various important town committees; Moderator and Selectman during the war. Charles Willam Morse. JOHN KINGMAN, Bridgewater ..... 1758 - 1817 Private, Capt. Thomas Nash's Company, Col. Lovell's Regiment; served subsequent to March 10, 1776. Charles Stoddard Barry. ABRAHAM KNOWLTON, Wenham ..... 1756 - 1829 Private, Capt. Thomas Kimball's Company of militia, Col. Baker's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; also Capt. Richard Dodge's Company, Col. Baldwin's Regiment; enlisted May 1, 1775, for the eight months service; was in the battle of Bunker Hill; order for bounty coat, or its equivaltent in money, dated Chelsea, Dec. 27, 1775; also Capt. Robert Dodge's Company, Col. Titcomb's Regiment; service at Rhode Island April-June, 1777. Daniel Epenetus Webster. JONATHAN KNOWLTON, Beverly ..... 1755 - Private, Capt. John Low's Company, Col. Mansfield's Regiment; served at the siege of Boston May-Oct., 1775; order for bounty coat given at Winter Hill, Oct. 21, 1775. Jesse Freemont Knowlton. JOSIAH LANE, Hingham ..... 1736 - 1813 Second Lieutenant, Capt. Enoch Whiton's Company, Col. Lincoln's Regiment, which assembled on the alarm of April 19, 1775; also Private, Capt. Pyam Cushing's Company, Col. Lovell's Regiment; served at the time of taking Dorchester Heights, March 4, 1776; also guarding the shore at Hull, June, 1776. Charles Eliot Lincoln. LEAVITT LANE, Hingham ..... 1761 - 1840 Private, Capt. Joseph Baxter's Company, Col. McIntosh's Regiment; served on a secret expedition to Rhode Island, Aug.-Sept., 1778; also enlisted in the Continental Army for six months; marched Oct. 3, 1780; discharged April 29, 1781. Charles Eliot Lincoln. LEVI LANKTON, Southington, Connecticut ..... 1754 - "Served in the Revolutionary War." George H. Johnson. ELIJAH LANNING, Ewing, New Jersey ..... 1753 - 1793 Private, Capt. John Mott's Company, First Regiment Hunterdon County New Jersey militia, Sept. 14, 1777. Charles Dewick Lanning. AMOS LAWRENCE, Fitchburg ..... 1748 - 1840 Private, Capt. Jonathan Gate's Company of minute-men, Col Whitcomb's Regiment, which marched from Ashburnham to the Lexington alarm; also Capt. William Thurlow's Company, which marched on an alarm at Bennington, Aug. 22, 1777. Charles Augustus Merriam. DANIEL LEACH, Bridgewater ..... 1735 - Captain, Eleventh Company, Third Plymouth County Regiment of militia March 23, 1776; reported resigned. Edwin Francis Fobes. ASAPH LEALAND, Holliston ..... 1730 - 1810 Private, Capt. Eames' Company, Col. Perry's Regiment, which marched on an alarm to Rhode Island, July 28-Aug. 7, 1780. Frederick Morse Cutler. JEDEDIAH LEE, Willington, Connecticut ..... 1755 - 1824 Private, Capt. Parker's Company, Third Battalion, Wadsworth's Brigade, Col. Sage, June-Dec., 1776; served in New York CIty and Long Island; caught in the retreat from the city, Sept. 15, suffering some loss; engaged in the battle of White Plains, Oct. 28. James Turner Ball. SAMUEL LELAND, Grafton ..... 1755 - 1833 Private, Capt. Drury's Company of minute-men, which marched from Grafton at the Lexington alarm; also Corporal and Sergeant, Capt. Todd's Company, Col. Crafts' (Artillery) Regiment, Dec., 1776-May, 1777; also Corporal, Capt. Joseph Warren's Company, Lieut.-Col. Wheelock's Regiment; served in the Northern Department, Sept.-Oct., 1777. Lewis Wilder Hicks. Edward Phillips Hicks. JOHN LEMONT, Kennebec, Maine Lieutenant in Capt. James Lemont's Company, July-Dec., 1775; stationed at Georgetown for defence of the seacoast; Captain, Fourth Company Col. Robinson's Regiment, Feb. 5, 1776; served at Cambridge; also Captain, Third Company, Col. Bradford's Regiment, Continental Army, Jan., 1777-Sept., 1778; was at White Plains. Charles Augustus Merriam. ABIATHAR LEONARD, Taunton ..... -1810 Private, Capt. Joshua Wilbore's Company, Col. Mitchell's Regiment, which marched to Tiverton, Rhode Island, on the alarm of Aug. 2, 1780. Edward C. Paull. DAVID LILLEY, Sutton ..... 1739 - Private, Capt. Arthur Daggett's Company of minute-men, Col. Learned's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; service forty-three days; also Capt. Woodbury's Company, Col. Holman's Regiment; marched to Providence, Rhode Island, on the alarm, Dec. 10, 1776; also same company, Col. Cushing's Regiment, which re-enforced the Northern Army, Aug.-Nov., 1777. William Carlos Stone. BEZA LINCOLN, Hingham ..... 1756 - 1835 Private, Capt. Job Cushing's Company, Col. Lovell's Regiment; Company marched to Danbury, Connecticut; served Dec. 18, 1776-March 17, 1777. Charles Eliot Lincoln. DANIEL LITCHFIELD, Scituate Private, Capt. Hayward Peirce's Company, Col. Cushing's (Second Plymouth County) Regiment; marched to Bristol, Rhode Island, on the alarm in Dec., 1776; service fifteen days; also Capt. Bonney's Company, Col. Sparhawk's Regiment; served at Castle Island, Oct.-Dec., 1778. Scott Irving Litchfield. JOSIAH LITCHFIELD, Scituate ..... 1706 - 1787 Private, Capt. Joseph Stetson's Company, Col. Anthony Thomas' Regiment, which marched from Scituate to Hingham on an alarm subsequent to the taking of Dorchester Heights; served March 24-19, 1776; also Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's Company, Col. Whitney's Regiment, at Point Shirley, June, and at Hull, Sept., 1776; also served in same Company and Regiment, May-Dec., 1776. Scott Irving Litchfield. ELISHA LIVERMORE, Waltham ..... 1720 - 1795 Private, Capt. A. Peirce's (Waltham) Company, which marched at the Lexington alarm; afterward served as guards after the Concord fight; also same Company of Col. S. Thatcher's Regiment; marched at the time of taking Dorchester Heights, March 4-8, 1776; also same Company, Col. Eleazer Brooks' Regiment of guards at Cambridge, Jan. 12-April 3, 1778. Harrison Coburn Hall. JAMES LIVINGSTON, Schuylerville, New York Colonel, First Canadian Regiment, Nov., 1775-Jan., 1781; Colonel of one of the New York additional Regiments of the "line"; in the United States service under General Washington; at the storming of Quebec and the battle of Saratoga. James Monroe Olmstead. JAMES LOCK, Woburn and West Cambridge ..... 1752 - 1831 Private, Capt. Josiah Johnson's (First Woburn) Company, April 30, 1775; also Corporal, Capt. John Walton's Company, Col. Brooks' Regiment; enlisted Sept. 27, 1776; discharged Nov. 11, 1776; also Capt. Joseph Boynton's Company, Col. Wade's Regiment; served at Rhode Island, March-Dec., 1778; his daughter was pensioned for eleven months actual services of her father in the Massachusetts troops. Winfield Scott Hawkes. ASA LONGLEY, Groton and Shirley ..... 1762 - Private, Capt. Smith's Company, Col. Bigelow's Regiment; enlisted in the Continental Army, April 15, 1777-April 15, 1780; served at Stillwater, Valley Forge, Greenwich, Providence, on the Hudson, etc. Charles Augustus Brown. JONAS LONGLEY, Groton ..... 1712 - 1799 Private, Capt. Henry Haskell's Company, Col. James Prescott's Regiment; marched at the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. Charles Augustus Brown. SAMUEL LORD, Ipswich ..... 1722 -1813 Private, Capt. Thomas Burnham's Company, which marched at the Lexington alarm; conductor of military stores, under Col. Nathaniel Barber, Commissary, doing duty at Boston, Jan., 1777-Dec. 1780. Samuel Crane Lord. THOMAS LOTHROP, Roxbury ..... 1738 - 1813 First Major, Col. Gamaliel Bradford, Junor's (First Plymouth County) Regiment, Aug. 31, 1776; served sixteen days on a Rhode Island alarm in Dec., 1776; also First major of Col. Lovell's (Second Suffolk County) Regiment, Feb. 7, 1776; also Lieutenant-Colonel of Col. David Cushing's Second (Suffolk County) Regiment, Oct. 6, 1778. Augustus Bacon. JEREMIAH LOVETT, Beverly ..... 1756 - 1828 Private, Joseph Rea's Company; served in defence of seacoast at the Beverly lines, July-Oct., 1776. George Lee Goss. JEDEDIAH LOW, Wells, Maine ..... -1824 Private, Capt. Joshua Bragdon's Company, Col. Scammon's Regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; re-enlisted for eight months service, May 3, 1775; receiped for bounty coat, dated Cambridge, Dec. 20, 1775. Alonzo W. Lowe. WILLIAM LOWELL, Warner, New Hampshire ..... 1734 - 1809 Private, in Col. Frye's Regiment; wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill, and received a pension of $2 a month for "wound thro Body"; also enlisted in Ninth Company, First New Hampshire Regiment, Continental Army, May 2, 1781, for three years, or the war. Henry Herbert Austin. MOSES LUFKIN, Ipswich ..... 1730 - Private, Capt. John Burnam's Company, Col. Jackson's Regiment, Continental Army, March, 1777-Nov., 1780; transferred to invalid corps, Dec., 1780-Dec., 1787; pensioned Sept. 5, 1782. Arthur Dana Story. MOSES LUFKIN, Junior, Ipswich ..... 1756 - 1846 Drummer, Capt. R. Dodge's Company, Col. Baldwin's (Thirty-eighth) Regiment, May, 1775, to the close of the campaign of 1776; also same Company, Col. Titcomb's Regiment, Rhode Island service, April-June, 1777; also Drum Major, same Company, Col. Johnson's Regiment; served in the Northern Department, Aug.-Dec., 1777. Arthur Dana Story. JOSEPH LUMBARD, Brimfield ..... 1720 - 1805 "Signed the covenant of the Continental Association pledged to a suspension of all intercourse with Great Britain, especially by refraining from purchase of all imported goods"; Private, Capt. Reuben Munn's Company, Col. Nicholas Dike's Regiment; rolls dated Roxbury, Sept. 6, 1776, and Boston, Nov. 26, 1776; the town of Brimfield, in the meeting held Aug. 16, 1779, "Voted to pay Joseph Lumbard 7 pounds 12s. for past services done in the Continental Army." Charles Forrester Mann. JOSPEH LYE, Lynn ..... 1758 - 1807 Served at Concord battle; also Private, Capt. Newhall's Company, Col. Hutchinson's Regiment; taken prisoner at Fort Washington, Nov. 16, 1776. Henry Fuller Tapley. ELIAS LYMAN, Southampton ..... 1710 - 1790 Served on the Bennington expedition two weeks in 1778. Henry Hall Bosworth. ELIAS LYMAN (Deacon), Southampton ..... 1715 - 1803 Delegate to the Provincial Congress at Cambridge, 1775; member of the Committee of Safety and Correspondence for the town of Southampton. Henry Hall Bosworth.