Soldiers - 1812 War
Extracted From
Mattapoisett And Old Rochester Massachusetts
Being a History of These Towns and
Also in Part of Marion and a
Portion of Wareham.

Prepared under the direction of a
Committee of the Town of Mattapoisett.

The Grafton Press
Publishers, New York
1907

[Transcribed by Coralynn Brown]

WAR OF 1812 Ten thousand militia were called out in Massachusetts for the service of the War of 1812. No militia company is accredited to Rochester on the regular rolls. Jesse Haskell, Serg't. Thomas Ellis, Corp. Capt. Stall's Company of Artillery, under Gen. Goodwin, in service at New Bedford from June 16, to August 1, 1814. Jona. Kinney. Seth Mitchell. A Company in service in New Bedford and Fairhaven, Col. Lincoln's Reg't., June 30 to July 14, 1814. Sergeant's Guard at Rochester under General Goodwin, June, July, 1814. Jonathan Vaughn, En. Thomas Ashley, Sergt. Tillotson Dunham, Sergt. Joseph Doty, Corp. Azel Bryant, Corp. Privates Philip Avery. Elijah Briggs. Briggs Crapo. Peleg Clark. Joseph Bennett. Joseph Bishop. Barnabas N. Douglas. John Sears. Jesse Pratt. Richard Corsing (?) Jonathan King. John Cornwell. Benjamin Rider. Samuel Cowing. Joseph Lombard. Charles P. Hammond. Moses Bates. Solomon Hitchman. Micah Blackwell. William Stetson. Eph'm Snow. Peleg Hathaway. Mich Stevens. John Shearman. Ensign's Guard at Rochester, under General Goodwin, from September to October, 1814. Moses Menall, Ensign. Dennis Prince, Sergt. Israel Hammon, Sergt. Perez Bassett, Corp. Jared Blankinship, Corp. Privates Samuel Mendall. Eph'm Snow. Benjamin Snow. Gideon Dexter. Luke Dexter. James Snow. Caleb L. Cannon. Jonathan Dexter. Geo. Boston (Barstow ?) Jr. Nathaniel Cushing. Jabez Handy. Francis Hillis. Lemuel W. Lain. Paddock Bates. George Blankinship. James Blankinship Jr. William Crapo. Briggs Crapo. Josiah Cobb. James Freeman. Eph'm Tinkham. Benjamin Cushing.