Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut, a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Volume IV, Part 13

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Clement, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1843- joint ed. cn; Hart, Samuel, 1845-1917, joint ed; Talcott, Mary Kingsbury, 1847-1917, joint ed; Bostwick, Frederick, 1852- , joint ed; Stearns, Ezra Scollay, 1838-1915, joint ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 1178

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(XVI) John Mor, son of John Monroe. was the third of Conl and second of Balconie. He married Katherine, daughter of John Vass. of Lochslinn. by his wife. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Urquhart, of Cromarty. Children : John. his heir and successor ; Hugh : Robert : Farquhar: David : Margaret : Catherine. John Munroe died about 1660.

(XVII) Farquhar, son of John Mor Mun- roe. married Catherine. daughter of William MacCulloch, of Badcall : Children : John. Robert.

(XVIII) Rohert (5) . son of Farquhar Munroe. married and had the following chil- dren: Robert. George, William. Sir Bene- dict, Elizabeth.

(XI.Y) William, son of Robert (5) Mun-

roe. was born in 1625, in Scotland. He fought at the battle of Worcester, was taken prisoner and banished by Cromwell, from London, November 11, 1051, to Boston, Mas- sachusetts, along with several others. Hle ul- timately settled at Lexington, Massachusetts, where he married, and became the progenitor of a large family of Munroes. He married ( first ) about 1605, Martha, daughter of John George, of Charlestown, a prominent Bap- tist. who was fined, imprisoned, and finally ordered out of the town for heresy. Martha died before 1672, and in or about the same year he married ( second ) Mary Ball. She died in August, 1692, aged forry-one years. and he married (third) Elizabeth, widow of Edward Wyer, of Charlestown. She died De- cember 14, 1715, aged seventy-nine years. Children of first wife: John, mentioned be- low; Martha, born November 2. 1667: Wil- liam, October 10. 1669: George. Children of second wife: Daniel, born August 12, 1673: Hannah: Elizabeth; Mary, June 21, 1678; David. October 6. 1680; Eleanor, February 24, 1683: Sarah, March 18. 1685: Joseph. August 16, 168; : Benjamin. August 16, 1690.

(XX) John (2), son of William Munroe. was born May 10. 1666. He was admitted to the church, February 1. 1699. He subscribed to the building fund of the meeting house in 1602, and was on the tax list of 1693. He became a very prominent citizen. serving the town as assessor in 1609-1714-20: constable in 1700: selectman in 1718-10-26; treasurer of the town !718-10-20. He held many posi- tions of trust and honor. He was lieutenant of the militia there. He received a grant of nine hundred acres of land for his services in the battle with the Indians at Lamprey river, June 6, 1690. In addition to his many other offices and duties, he was sexton of the church and rang the bell for years in the first church in Lexington to call the worshippers to service. His death occurred September 14. 1753. He married Hannah who died April 14. 1753. Children: John. Hannah. Constance. Jonathan. William. Elizabeth, Su- sannah, Jonas. mentioned below. Martha, born December 6. 1710: Marrett. December 6, 1713.

(XXD) Tonas, son of. John (2) Munroe. was born in Lexington. Massachusets, No- vember 22. 1707. He was a lieutenant of the Lexington militia company. He married (first) June 3. 1734. Joanna. born February 2. 1713. died September 17. 1748. daughter of Toseph and Mary (Mead) Locke. He married (second) 1750. Rebecca Watts, of Chelsea. He died November 0. 1763. and his widow married. April 10, 1773. John Muzzy.

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of Lexington, grandson of the first settler, as his second wife. Children of first wife: Jonas, born November 2, 1735; John. Febru- nary 1, 1737 : Stephen, October 25, 1739; Jon- athan, May 25, 1742; Joanna, April 12, 1747. Children of second wife: Ebenezer, men- tioned below: Rebecca, born June 17, 1755; Martha, September 12, 1758.

(XXII) Ebenezer, son of Jonas Munroe, was born April 29, 1752. He was a member of the Lexington "Minute-men," turned out on the memorable 19th of April. 1775, and claimed to have fired the first shot on the American side. He also took part in the Jer- sey campaign, 1776, after which he retired with the rank of lieutenant. Ile was after- wards a settler at Ashburnham, where he be- came a prominent citizen, and where he died, May 25. 1825. He married, April 10. 1780, Lucy Simonds, of Woburn. Children : Charles, born September 12, 1781 ; Ebenezer, February 25, 1785: Jonas, mentioned below ; John, October 4, 1703; Merrick, November 1. 1802; Lucy, November 4. ISO3: Rebecca.

(XXIII) Jonas (2), son of Ebenezer Mun- roe, was born May 27, 1790. He was an officer for two years, commanded the Light Infantry, and in 1824 removed to Rindge, New Hampshire, where he died May 9, 1849. He married. May 0, 1815, Eliza Sargent, of Winchendon. Children: Jonas A., born Feb- ruary 4. 1816: James W., September 30, 1824: Merrick A., mentioned below : Charles M., January 7, 1831 ; George M., November 4, 1832: Eliza D.

(XXIV) Merrick Adams, son of Jonas (2) Munroe, was born February 27, 1828. Ile is still living in Middlebury. Vermont. He mar- ried. November 2. 1869. Henrietta Perez Ma- son. Children : Theodore Hapgood, men- tioned below : Charlie Andrews, born Febru- ary 9, 1875: Henrietta Mason, born April 24. 1885.

(XXV) Theodore Hapgood. son of Mer- rick Adams Munroe, was born in Boston. July 23, 18;0. He attended the graded schools in Middlebury. Vermont. and after- wards Middlebury College. for four years, class of 1808. He was in general hisiness for four years in Boston, as manager for a large New York corporation. Ile became as- sistant superintendent of the Rutland raffroad for the purpose of extending the rond from Burlington to Rouse's Point. He then came to Hartford. Connecticut, where he organized the Hartford Securities Corporation. August 17. 1004. of which he is now president and treasurer. He is a Republican in politics, He married Florence Filley. Child, Harriet, born March 26, 1907.

Elder Thomas Dimock, the int- DIMOCK migrant ancestor, born in Eng- land, settled first in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1035, and was selectman of the town that year. He was admitted a free- man, May 25, 1636, and removed to Hingham, where he was living in 1638, and to Scituate in 1639, and finally settled in Barnstable, on Cape Cod. in May, 1039, of which town he was one of the grantees and founders. He was chosen ordaining elder of Mr. Lothrop's church there August 7, 1650, and was deputy to the general court and freeman of the Ply- mouth colony in 1639. magistrate in 1641-44, and six times a deputy, 1039-50; was lieuten- ant and drillmaster in 1645. He marriedl. it is supposed, in Barnstable, Ann Hammond, of Watertown, Massachusetts, before his re- mnoval to the former town. She sur- vived him. He made a nuncupative will. was proved June 4, 1658, leaving all his es- tate to his wife, "for the children were hers as well as his." Children: Elizabeth, married Knyvet Sears ; Timothy, baptized January 12, 1639, buried June 17. 1640; twir sons. buried March IS, 1640: Mehitable, baptized April 18, 1642; Shibael, mentioned below.

(II) Ensign and Deacon Shubael Dimock, son of Elder Thomas Dimock, was born in 164.1. and baptized September or December 15. 1644. He removed to what is now Mans- field, Connecticut. among the pioneers in 1603. and had been before that a prominent citizen of Yarmouth ou Cape Cod, and selectmy! from Barnstable: ensign and deputy to the general court in 1685-36 ard 1689. His name appears as one of the six founders engraved on the dedication tablet which appears on the First Church of Mansfield. His house at Mansfield is still in good repair, and occupied at last accounts. The house in which he lived at Barnstable was the fortification house that his father built and was taken down in 180). It stood near the house lately owned by Isaac Davis of Barnstable, was two stories lidl, twenty feet square, the first story of stone, the upper of wood. He died October 20. 1732, at Man field. in his nin ty-first year. fle married. April, 1663. Joanna Bursev, bar- tized March, 1645. died at Mansfield. May 8 1727, aged eighty-three, daughter of John Bursley. Children: Captain Thomas, hora in Barnstable. April. 1664: John. June. poór. Timothy, March, 1668: Shubael. Senter'S. 1673: Joseph. September. 1675; Mehitable.

ful, November, 1684.

(ITD) John, son of Shubael Dimoch, was born in June. 1666, and married. November 1680. Elizabeth Lombard, or Lambert. He re-

. Dimethy J imach

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moved in 1709 to Falmouth, Massachusetts. He was a farmer by occupation. Children, born in Barnstable: Sarah, December, 1000; Anna, 1692; Mary, 1695; Theophilus, 1096; Timothy, mentioned below ; Ebenezer, Febru- ary, 1700: Thankful, April, 1702; Elizabeth, April 20, 1704 : David, May 19, 1706.

(IV) Timothy, son of John Dimock, was born in 1698, and married, August 15. 1723, Ann, daughter of Joseph Bradford. The lat- ter was son of Major William, son of Gov- ernor William Bradford. He removed to Mansfield, Connecticut. Children, born in Mansfield : Ann, May 23. 1724: Captain Timothy, mentioned below : Jolm, March 24, 1727-28; Joanna. August 28, 1730: Josiah. March 2, 1732: Simeon, September 19. 1735; died 1737-38; Sylvanus, June 18, 1738: Oli- ver. December 31, 1740: Dan, May 13, 1743. (V) Captain Timothy (2) Dimock, son of Timothy ( 1) Dimock, was born April 8, 1726, and married, March 11, 1749-50, his cousin, Desire Dimock. daughter of Ensign Thomas, who was son of Captain Thomas, son of En- sign Shubael. son of Elder Thomas. He lived in Coventry, Connecticut. Children. from Coventry records: Eunice. born February 9. 1753; Ann, September 15, 1754: Lois, May 12, 1756; Desire. January 22, 1757: Sybil, March 18, 1758: Lucy, May 22, 1760. died July, 1779 : Timothy. August 22. 1762 : Daniel. men- tioned below ; Mason, June 22, 1767 ; Rhoda. August 10, 1770: Roger, August 5. 1772.

(VI) Captain Daniel Dimock, son of Cap- tain Timothy (2) Dimock, was born Febru- ary 20, 1765, and married, November 16, 1786, Anne, daughter of Eleazer and Anne (Marsh) Wright. of Windham, Connecticut. She was born February 20, 1765, and died January 26. 1832. He lived in Coventry. where he became a large landholder. He died Au- gust 1, 1833. Children, born in Coventry: Anne, August 18, 1787: Parthene. April 9. 1789: Lucinda. March 18, 1791 : Sally. June 23. 1793: Harty. December 21, 1791: Clara Maria. September 14. 1706: Eliza, May 24. 1798: Dr. Timothy, mentioned below : Desiah. March 31. 1802.

(VII) Dr. Timothy (3) Dimock, son of Captain Daniel Dimock. was born in Cov- entry, April 17, 1800. and married ( first) Mary Ann Moody. of Granby. Massachusetts. ( second ) Laura, daughter of Rev. Chauncey Booth, who died January 15. 1872. She was a woman of unusual abilities and good sense. ITe was elucated at the common schools. and the Beacon Academy at Colchester, Connecti- cut. He received instruction also from Rev. Chauncey Booth, who was at that time pastor at Coventry. He studied medicine in the of-

fices of Dr. Chauncey Burgess, of Coventry, and Professor Jonathan Knight, of New Ha- ven, and graduated from Yale College, 1823. with the degree of M. D. After a few years practice at Granby he settled in 1837 in his native town and was a successful physician there for nearly forty-five years. His supe- rior mental endowments, good judgment, and faithful and self-reliant character made him a favorite with his patients and his brother physicians. He was a member of the Con- necticut State Medical Society, and in 1858 was on its standing committee on examination for degrees. He was also for many years a regimental surgeon in the Connecticut militia. He was a member of the Connecticut legisla- ture in 1838, and senator for the 21st Dis- trict in 1846. In person he was tall, symmet- rical and prepossessing. He died April 20, 1874. He left a large landed estate, which became the property of his son. Children. born in Coventry, of first wife: Daniel, M. D., served in civil war : two others Of sec- ond wife: Mary Elizabeth, 1840, died 1842; Henry Farnum, mentioned below : Maria Far- num. October 2, 1843. died August 13. 1861.

(VIII) Henry Farnum, son of Dr. Timothy (3) Dimock, was born in South Coventry, Connecticut, March 28, 1812. He attended the public schools of his native town, was fitted for college at Ellington, Connecticut, and Williston Seminary, East Hampton, Massa- chusetts. and entered Yale College, from which he was graduated with the degree of bachelor of arts in the class of 1863. In 1865 he graduated with the degree of LL. B. from the Harvard Law School, and in the follow- ing year he was admitted to the bar and be- gan to practice his profession in New York City, and continued until his death. Not only in his profession did Mr. Dimock achieve great distinction, but in the financial and busi- ness world as well. Ile was president and director of the McCall Ferry Power Com- pany : director of the Boston & Maine railroad. the Dominion Coal Company, the Dominion Iron and Steel Company, the Knickerbocker Trust Company, and member of the advisory board of the United States Lloyds. In poli- tics he was active and prominent. He sup- ported the Democratic candidates and plat- forms, and was commissioner of docks of New York City six years, and a member of the important commission to devise plans for the government of cities of the state of New York, appointed by Governor Tilden in 1875. He was at one time offered a cabinet position. which he declined. He was a member of the Yale Corporation. the Society of Mayflower Descendants, the University, Manhattan, Met-

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ropolitan, Down Town, Barnard, Lawyers and Democratic clubs of New York City. His residence was at 25 East Sixtieth street, New York City, and his office at oo Wall street. Mr. Dimock died April 10, 1911. Hle leit a bequest of $40,000 for the establishment at South Coventry, Connecticut, of the Booth and Dimock Memorial Library, in memory of his grandfather, Rev., Chauncey Booth, and father, Dr. Timothy Dimock.

He married, September 5, 1867. Susan Col- lins Whitney, daughter of General James Scolly Whitney ( see Whitney). Mrs. Dimock is one of the most prominent among the wom- en interested in the local and family history of this country, in historical research, and the preservation of records and historical sites and structures. She published the vital rec- ords of the towns of Coventry and Mansfield, Connecticut, thus setting a much-needed ex- ample in the state of Connecticut and giving to the genealogists and historians of the coun- try access to very valuable material. She is a member of the Society of Mayflower De- scendants and of the Society of Colonial Dames. As president of The George Wash- ington Memorial Association she is known throughout the country. This society was or- ganized in the city of Washington in Sep- tember, 1898. for the purpose of erecting a building to be known as the "George Wash- ington Memorial Building." in commemora- tion of our first president and his interest in higher education in America. Washington often expressed the thought contained in his various messages to congress, and in his Fare- well Address said: "Promote, then. as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge." He also urged "the promotion of science and litera- ture."

This Memorial Building is to be practical in plan and construction, and of the most dur- able character, plannedso as to furnish a home and gathering place for national patriotic. scientific, educational, literary. art. medical and similar organization. It will furnish a place where all patriotic societies both north and south may testify to their love for the Father of his Country. The building will contain a great hall or auditoriam, and freefils for large congresses, rooms for small and large meetings, office rooms and students' re- search rooms. It is proposed to raise $2.000,- ooo for the building, and $300.000 more for an endowment for maintenance, in order that conventions and societies may Be the build- ing without rental. Senator Root says: "I know of no better tribute to the memory of Washington than to establish such an institu-

tion in this city." President Hadley says : "It will certainly be a most worthy memorial to Washington and one of which he would have approved most heartily." The board of man- agement of the Empire State Society, Sons of the American Revolution, passed a resolution December 3. 1900, heartily favoring the pro- ject. A similar resolution was adopted, De- cember 11, 1009, by the board of managers of the Connecticut Society, Sons of the American Revolution. Other great organizations offi- cially endorsing the objects of the associa- tion are the American Federation of Arts, the Washington Academy of Science, the Associa- tion of American Physicians, the Association of Military Surgeons, the American Medical Association, etc. Many newspapers have given cordial support and wide publicity to the proposed Washington Memorial Hall, and there is no reason to doubt the ultimate suc- cess of its ambitious and patriotic plans.

To Mr. and Mrs. Dimock was born a daughter, Susan Maria, November 18, 1869: who married Cary Hutchinson, in 1000. and is now living with her mother in New York City.

(The Collins Line).

(I) Deacon Edward Collins, the immigrant ancestor. appears first in Cambridge, Jiassa- chusetts, in 1638, when he was deacon of the First Church, and he was admitted a freeman. May 13, 1640. He brought with him from England his wife Martha and several chil- dren. He lived for many years on the plan- tation of Governor Craddock in Medford, and finally purchased it. From 1654 to 16;o. with the exception of the year 1661, he was deputy to the general court. Cotton Mather in his "Magnalia" speaks of Collins as the "good. old man, the deacon of the church at Can- bridge, who has now gone to heaven." He died at Charlestown, Massachusetts. April 9. 1080, aged eighty-six years. Children: Dan- ie !. born 1620. merchant at Konigsberg. Prus- sia : Joli. 1633: Samuel, 1636. died in Mid- dletown, Connecticut, January 10. 1606: Sibvi. 1030. married Rev. John Whiting, and (sec- ond Rev. John Russell: Martha. September 1039 : Nathaniel, March 7. 1642; Abigail. Sep- tember 20. 1044: Edward. June 1616.

: (1) Rev. Nathaniel Coffins, son of Deacon Edward Collins, was born March 7, 1642. in Cambridge, and died at Middletown, Con- necticut. December 28, 168. He graduated at llarvard College in 1660, and was ordained pastor of the Middletown church November 4. the. He had land granted to him Janu- ary 4. 1664. Of him. Mather says in the "Magnalia": "There were more wounds given (by his death) to the whole colony of Con-

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nectieut in our New England than the body of Caesar did receive when he fell wounded in the senate house." Nathaniel Collins mar- ried, August 3, 1664, Mary Whiting, who died October 25, 1709. daughter of William Whiting. He died December 28, 1684. Chil- dren: Mary, born May 11, 1666: John, Jan- uary 31, 1668; Susannah, November 26, 1669; Sybil, August 20. 1672: Martha, December 26, 1674; Nathaniel, mentioned below: Abi- gail, June 21, 1682: Samuel, April 10, 1683. ( 111) Rev. Nathaniel (2) Collins, son of Rev. Nathaniel (1) Collins, was born at Mid- dletown, June 13, 1681, and died February 6, 1758. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1697, and was minister of the church at Enfield, now of Connecticut. He married. in 1701. Alice Adams, who died February 19, 1755, a daughter of Rev. William Adams, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and a descendant of Governor William Bradford, who came in the "Mayflower." Children, born at Enfield : Abb. December 20, 1702: John. January 7, 1704-05; Alice. February 10, 1706-07; Na- thaniel, August 17. 1709: William, mentioned below : Edward. November 16, 1713 ; Alice, March 14. 1716.

(IV) Deacon William Collins, son of Rev. Nathaniel (2) Collins, was born at Enfield. June 20, 1711, and died there in 1804. He married, May 31. 1734. Anne Jones. born 1714. died 1808. Children, born at Enfield: Ann, July 13, 1735: William, May 1. 1737: Abi, died May 23. 1742; Jabez. born Decem- ber 9, 1744; Joseph, mentioned below : John, September 14, 1749.

(V) Lieutenant Joseph Collins, son of Dea- con William Collins, was born at Enfield, De- cember 25. 1747. and died there March 2. 1829 (gravestone). He married ( first) Grace Brown, born 1748, died 1,89: (second) Abiah , born 1750. died March 3. 1819. Chil- dren, born at Enfield: Grace, 1,72: William. mentioned below : Elan, 1782: Elan. 1784 ; Dr. Lora, 1787, died June 19, 1819.

(VI) William (2), son of Joseph Collins, was born in 1,74, and died in 18Co. He mar- ried Eunice Parsons, born 1774. died 1873. Children, born at Somers, formerly Enfield : Abiah. 1803, died 1814: Abigail. 1805, died ISI44: Elizabeth: William, born and died in 1818; Laurinda, married General James S. Whitney ( see Whitney ).

( The Whitney Line).

(II) Richard Whitney, son of John Whit- nev. the American inimigrant, was born in England, and baptized at Isleworth-on- Tlames, January 6, 1623-24. He was admit- ted a freeman May 7, 1651, and was a pro-

prietor of the town of Stow, Massachusetts, June 3, 1680, probably coming there when it was a part of Concord. He married. March 19, 1650. Martha Coldam. For the reason that he was seventy years old he was released from military training, April 7, 1697. Children, born at Watertown: Sarah, March 17, 1052; Moses, August 1, 1653; Johannah, January 10, 1656; Deborah, October 12, 1658; Re- becca. December 15, 1659 ; Richard, mentioned below : Elisha. August 26, 1662; Ebenezer, June 30. 1672.

(III) Richard (2), son of Richard (1) Whitney, was born at Watertown, January 13. 1660, and died December 15, 1723. He resided at Stow, where he had a grant of land, October 24. 1682. His will was dated December 22. 1723. He married Elizabeth Sawtell, widow, daughter of Jonathan Saw- tell, of Groton, Massachusetts. She was born February 3. 1668, died November 24. 1,23; married (first) 1691, Joseph Morse : (second) Benjamin Nurse (third ) Richard Whitney. Children of Richard and Elizabeth Whitney. Richard. mentioned below : Jonathan. Febru- arv 26, 1699: Joshua, 1706: Hannah: Eliza- beth. married John Wetherby: Sarah, 1703; Hepzibah. 1710.

( \\') Richard (30). son of Richard ( 2) Whitney, was born in Stow, in 1604, and died April 27, 1775. He resided in Stow, and married ( first ) Hannal Whitcomb. born 1693. died November 17, 1743, daughter of Josiah Whitcomb. of Lancaster. ! second. intentions dated October 26. 1745) Hannah Ayres. wid- ow. born 1794. died September 27, 1775. Chil- dren : Mary, born November 24 1,15 : Doro- thy, April 13, 1718: Hannah, May 29. 1723; Richard, July 31, 1725: Elizabeth, July 23, 1728: Josiah. mentioned below: Sarah, mar- ried December 23. 1769. Captain Hezekiah Whitcomh.

(\') General Josiah Whitney, son of Rich- ard (3) Whitney, was born at Stow, October 12, 1731, and died January 24. 1806. His parents deeded to him land in Harvard. Sep- tember 2. 1746, and he settled there soon after his marriage. His house stoot nearly oppo- site the present almshouse. until taken down in 1860, after it has served the town forty- five years as an almshouse. Josiah Whitney in his day was the most prominent military man in Harvard, evidently inheriting an apti- tude for military affairs. In the spring of 1755 he was a soldier in the French and In- dian war in Captain William Pierce's com- pany. Colonel Whitcomb's regiment .. at Crown Point. and also took part in the bloody battle at Lake George. September 8. 1755. when the gallant Dieskau, leading a large force of

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French and Indians, was signally defeated by the provincial forces under General Phineas Lyman. August 13-20, 1757, he was a mem- ber of the foot company commanded by Cap- tain Israel Taylor, marching as far as Spring- field upon the alarm for the relief of Fort William Henry. He became captain of the younger company of militia at Harvard in the early seventies, and took an active part in the events that led up to the revolution, and was appointed one of a committee of ten to in- spect breaches of the covenant signed by the inhabitants pledging themselves to resist Brit- ish invasion. In April, 1775, when the militia and minute-men were organized into an army. he was active in forming a regiment which Colonel Asa Whitcomb commanded, and of which he was lieutenant-colonel, the largest of the twenty-six Massachusetts regiments en- gaged in the siege of Boston. He was ap- pointed to take command of a battalion raised by the state April 10. 1776. Under date of October 29, 1776, he wrote to the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, sitting at Water- town: "though the pay of the state was small, yet my zeal for the liberties of my coun- try was so great that I cheerfully undertook. etc." In July. 1777. the Massachusetts Coun- cil of War, suddenly aware of New Eng- land's peril. if the victorious progress of Bur- goyne's army were not checked, hurried rein- forcements to General Benjamin Lincoln, who was then harassing the rear of the invading army. Colonel Whitney ordered a draft of one-sixth of the training hands and alarm lists in his regiment to march at once with six days' rations to Bennington. Vermont, and on August 2 ordered half the militia to follow with eight days' rations. He was chairman of a committee appointed by the town of Har- vard "to take into consideration the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union of the United States of America Concerted on by Congress." The report urged the representa- tive to use his best efforts to support our in- dependence. In August and September. 1778. a more determined attempt was made by the Continental forces to wrest Rhode Island from the enemy, an attack by combined forces of French and Americans on land and water sim- ultaneously. being planned. The Second Worcester Regiment took part in this unsne- cessful campaign under General Whitney. In I-So he was one of the two delegates to the state constitutional convention from Harvard. Joseph Stone was his colleague. At the close of the revolution he commanded the Second Worcester County Regiment, of which the seventh and eleventh companies were from Harvard. He was commissioned brigadier-

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