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Captain Ephraim Cook £24, Cheshire. Lieut. John Hough £20. Captain Ambrose Hine £ 17, Cheshire.
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Captain Caleb Hall £22.
Captain Jesse Moss £ 17, Cheshire.
Captain Oliver Stanley £ 15.
Lieut. Abraham Stanley £ 14.
There is no record of the privates who were under these offi- cers at that time. No doubt more than one hundred men went from Wallingford.
NAVAL RECORD, 1775-1783.
Captain Giles Hall of Wallingford under orders of the assem- bly chartered and commanded the Brig "Minerva," then at Mid- dletown. She carried forty seamen and forty "mariens." There was trouble with the crew, and she was not of much service to the coast defence.
Some Revolutionary records and receipts found on the files in the Probate Office, Wallingford :
"Recd of the selectmen 2 ps and 34rs (234 pounds) Gun Pow- der out of the town stock. Also 64 Balls and 12 flints. After- wards 1/2 pound Powdr and 2 flints for five men detached to goe to Greenich
I say recd by me Abraham Stanley Wallingford Ct 14th June 1779 Capt."
Appraisement of arms carried by men belonging to Captain Abraham Stanley's Co. Sept. 9th 1779.
Roswell Beach gun £ 32
gun cartrich box £3.12.00
Blanket belonging to Joel Austin £3.12.00*
*A memorandum says "Stephen Beach for Ebenezer Moss":
There is very little upon the Wallingford records connected with the Revolutionary war. The muster rolls and officers' ac- count books were probably kept by the men themselves, originals or duplicates being sent to the "war office" at Lebanon, Conn.
Dr. Davis in his History of Wallingford published in 1870 gives some additional names, which he says were "found in con-
*The prices here mentioned are evidently reckoned in continental money, which had greatly depreciated in purchasing value at this time.
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temporaneous records, manuscript or printed," and he says "a very few have been added on the testimony of descendants, whose accounts the author deemed trustworthy."
Abner Andrews, lost the use of an arm; Silas Bellamy, died of yellow fever (?) Oliver Collins, Daniel Crane, Lamberton Clark : Joash Hall, was paid for a horse killed under him at Danbury raid April 25, 28, 1777 ; Enos Hall, Isaac Hall, Jr., Lieut. Com- mander of 3d Co. in Ist Regt. Light Horse from Oct. to Dec., 1776 (assembly in 1783 ordered this copmany to be paid), George Hall, killed in army in 1791 ; Ambrose Hotchkiss, Josiah Merri- man, Asahel Merriam, Daniel Roberts, Elihu Yale, captain.
Two negroes were in the war from Wallingford, one, named "Chatham Freeman," was a slave belonging to Mr. Noah Yale, whose son was drafted. Yale offered Freeman his freedom if he would go as a substitute. He did go, returned home, became free and his descendants are now living in Cheshire and Wallingford. The other negro named "Black Boss," was a slave of Abel Cur- tiss. He also returned from the war.
Dr. Davis says also that the following persons from Walling- ford enlisted in 1776 in the 5th Conn., commanded by Col. Phil- lip Burr Bradley, of Ridgefield, Ct.
Samuel Abby, Asahel Deming, Thaddeus Ford, James Francis, Jonathan Hall, Jr., Jairus Wilcox, Francis Wilcox.
And in another place he gives the names of Benajah Rice, Daniel Atwater (probably Samuel), Asaph Cook, Lieut. Samuel Hart (whom we know was from Durham), and Lucian Tuttle (probably Lucius). We think some of the names given by Dr. Davis were not original enlistments from Wallingford, Cheshire or Meriden ; but the men may have been residents of these towns at some time, because no other record of them, as Wallingford men, is shown.
Mr. E. R. Brown, of Cheshire, exhibits the pension paper of Enos Bunnell, of Cheshire, who enlisted at Durham under Capt. Arnold, served from Sept. to Dec., 1775, was at Crown Point and
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on returning was re-enlisted by Stephen Rowe Bradley* (an aid to General Wooster), marched to New York, remained there the winter and spring of 1776, when he was verbally discharged. Enos Bunnel says: (He was born in Cheshire May 15th, 1753). "In his company was Ira Smith, of Prospect," and two others from Cheshire whose names appear in our list, viz : Moses Tuttle of Prospect and Gideon Bristol of Cheshire.
Parson John Foote, of New Cheshier, makes a special note of the following deaths :
Isaac Atwater, died in camp, 1776, no date.
Ephraim Atwater, died in camp, 1776, no date.
Ashbil Badger, died in camp, 1776, no date.
Bethuel Brooks, killed in battle, 1777.
Levi Bunnel, died in camp, 1777.
Eliab Hall, died in camp, 1776.
Son of John Hotchkiss, died in camp, 1781 (probably Joshua Hotchkiss, son of John).
Dr. Amos Hull, died in camp, 1776.
Asa Ives, died in camp, 1776.
Titus Ives, died in camp, 1776.
William Merriam, killed in battle, 1776.
William Monrow, died in camp, 1776, Aug. 18th.
Cæzar, "negro," died in camp, 1777. He belonged to Major Thaddeus Cook.
Son of Enos Tyler, died in camp, 1777. (This was probably Reuben Tyler, son of Enos.)
Joel Parker, died in camp, 1776.
Some of these names are not to be found in the military docu- ments filed at Hartford. It has, however, been ascertained satis- factorily that most, if not all, of them served in the war, and were not camp visitors.
The census of 1840 gives the following pensioners as living in Cheshire :
*Stephen Rowe Bradley was born in Cheshire, had just graduated from Yale College, subsequently moved to Vermont and was U. S. senator from that state for 16 years.
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Samuel Talmage, age 80, enlisted as drummer at Stratford.
Susannah Durand, age 77.
John Field, age 81. Stephen Parker, age 81.
Lydia Clark, age 87.
In 1840 the following Revolutionary pensioners were living in Wallingford and Meriden :
Mabel Allen, age 75. Marlin Buel, age 81.
David Barnes, age 76. Jonathan Bartholomew, age 85. Hannah Davidson, age 74.
Jeremiah Hull, age 77.
Andrews Hall, age 81. Ruth Hall, age 74. Fanny Henry, age 73. Ichabod Ives, age 81. Catherine Merriman, age 82. Anna Tyler, age 78.
Living in Meriden, 1840.
Elizabeth Benham, age 81. Jerusha Brown, age 76. Martha Ives, age 85. Hulda Johnson, age 86.
Amasa Meriam, age 82. Robert Smith, age 83. Joseph Twiss, age 79. Abner Way, age 86.
In 1832 there were 220 Revolutionary pensioners and thirty- nine "Invalid" soldiers of the war living in New Haven county, but we have no means of ascertaining who of these persons be- longed to Wallingford, Cheshire, or Meriden, because of a sim-
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ilarity in family names with that of persons residing in other towns.
This additional list, compiled from the names recorded in those that precede it, is believed, errors excepted, to give the names of residents of the Parish of Cheshire who served in the militia, home guards or otherwise during the Revolutionary war.
Enos Andrews, private, 9th Co., Ist state Regt., private 7th Co., 5th Bat., 2nd call and 3d call 6 mos.
Amos Andrews, private 7th Co., 5th Bat., 2d Regt., April 25th, 1777, for war ; 3d call 6 mos.
Isaac Atwater, died in camp in 1776.
Stephen Atwater, private 4th Co., Bradley's Bat., 3d call, 6 mos. Ephraim Atwater, died in camp in 1776.
Reuben Atwater, Major roth militia at Danbury, April 25th-28th, 1777 ; resigned May, 1777.
Nathaniel Bunnell, 2d Lieut. 9th Co., Ist State Regt., Capt. 7th Co., 5th Bat., Capt. at Fishkill, Oct., 1777; Capt. 10th Regt. New Haven alarm, July 5th, 1779; 2nd call and 3d call, 6 mos.
Enos Bunnell, private 9th Co., Ist State, 1775 ; re-enlisted and in 1776 time was out ; enlisted at Durham under Capt. Arnold ; 2d call and 3d call, 6 mos.
Samuel Bunnell, private 2d Co., 7th Regt., 2d call, few months. John Bunnell, was at West Point Sept. 15th, 1781, Col. Canfield. Levi Bunnell, died in camp, 1777.
John Benham, private 9th Co., Ist state, 3d call, 6 mos.
Elnathan Beach, private 7th Co., 5th Bat., 3d call, 6 mos.
David Barnes, private, enlisted 1777, Col. Livingston.
Phillip Blackesley, April 3d, 1782, war ; on roll Feb. Ist, 1783. Ashbil Badger, died in camp, 1776.
Enos Brooks, Corporal, 2d Co., 7th Regt. Conn., 2d call, few mos.
Amasa Brooks, private 7th Co., 5th Bat., 3d call, 6 mos.
Solomon Brooks, corporal 7th Co., 5th Bat., 3d call, 6 mos.
David Brooks, enlisted for 8 mos. or I year, 2d Conn., April 22d, 1782, to Jan. Ist, 1783.
Bethuel Brooks, killed in battle, 1777.
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Gideon Bristol, private 7th Co., Ist state ; private 7th Co., 5th Bat. In same company with Enos Bunnel. Lexington alarm with Capt. Cook's Co. 2nd call and 3rd call, 6 mos.
Reuben Bristol, private 2d Co., 7th Regt. ; private 7th Co., 5th Bat. 2d call and 3d call, 6 mos.
Benjamin Bristol, private 9th Co., Ist state. 3d call 6 mos.
Corporal Benjamin Bristol, New Cheshier, private, enlisted, war,
Jan., 1777, 6th Regt., Conn. Line, corporal Jan. Ist, 1782 ; on the roll Feb. Ist, 1783.
Abel Clark, April 25th, 1777, war, on the roll Feb. Ist, 1783. Stephen Clark, private, 7th Co., 5th Bat. 3d call, 6 mos.
Roswell Clark, enlisted 2d Conn., April 22d, 1782, to Jan. Ist, 1783 ; for 8 mos. or I year.
Thaddeus Cook, major, 6th Regt., Conn. line, later colonel at Saratoga, Sept. and Oct., 1777 ; was at Danbury April 25th to 28th, 1777.
Ephraim Cook, Capt. 10th Regt., New Haven Alarm, July 5th, 1779; Capt. at Fishkill, October, 1777.
Isaack Cook, Jr., Capt. 7th Co., Ist Conn. State, Lieut. Colonel, roth Regt., Danbury, April 25th-28th, 1777. 2d call, 3 mos. Cæzar, negro, belonging to Major Thaddeus Cook, died in camp, 1777.
Samuel Davis, enlisted 2d Regt., for 8 mos. or I year, April 14th, 1782, to Jan. Ist, 1783.
Abraham Doolittle, private 9th Co., Ist State ; private 7th Co., 5th Bat. 2d call and 3d call, 6 mos.
Ambrose Doolittle, private 7th Co., 5th Bat. 3rd call, 6 mos. Obed Doolittle, at West Point, Sept. 15th, 1781, Col. Canfield. Silas Doolittle, at West Point, Sept. 15th, 1781, Col. Canfield. Benjamin Fenn, Jr., ensign 4th Co., 3d Bat. Home Guards, last 1776 to March, 1777.
John Field, pensioner, 81 years old, living in Cheshire, 1840. Thomas Gaylord, private, 7th Co., 5th Bat. 3d call, 6 mos. John Gaylord, private, 7th Co., 5th Bat. 3d call, 6 mos.
Silas Gaylord, probably a private in 7th Co., 5th Bat. No rec- ord of enlistment.
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Eliab Hall, private, 7th Co., 5th Bat, 3d call, 6 mos .; died Aug. 4th, 1776, in camp.
Timothy Hall, Sergt. 4th Co., Bradley's, 3d call, 6 mos.
Jonathan Hall, private 4th Co., Bradleys, Capt. Nov., 1776, Fort Washington ; enlisted 6th Regt. May 19th, 1777, for war ; was at Yorktown surrender; consolidated into 2d Regt.
Daniel Humiston, private ; enlisted for war Feb. 25th, 1778, Col. Hazen.
Ambrose Hine, 2d Lieut., Ist Co., 5th Bat., Capt. 10th Regt., Danbury, April, 1777; Capt. at Fishkill, Oct. 1777. Benjamin Hotchkiss, private 7th Co., 5th Bat. 3d call, 6 mos. Lent Hotchkiss, corporal 7th Co., 5th Bal. 3d call 6 mos. Jason Hotchkiss, private 7th Co., 5th Bat. 3d call, 6 mos. Joshua Hotchkiss, at West Point, Sept. 15th, 1781, Col. Canfield, died in camp 1781.
Isaac Hotchkiss, clerk, enlisted artificer May 1Ith, 1780, served to Dec. 31st, 1781.
Caleb Hulls, private, Capt. Isaac Cooks Co., of Wallingford, Ist call 1775, Lexington Alarm, Capt. Cook.
Samuel Hulls, Sr., private 7th Co., 5th Bat. 3d call, 1775, Lex- ington Alarm, Capt. Cook.
Andrew Hulls, private 9th Co., Ist State. 2d call, few months. Miles Hulls, 2d Lieut., 7th Co., 5th Bat., Capt. 10th Regt., New Haven Alarm, July 5th, 1779. 3rd call, 6 mos.
Samuel Hulls, Jr., private 7th Co., 5th Bat. 3d call, 6 mos. Doctor Amos Hulls, died in camp, 1776. No record of en- listment.
Lemuel Hitchcock, private 9th Co., Ist State, Serg. 7th Co., 5th Bat., 2d Lieut. 8th Regt., Jan. Ist, 1777 ; Lieut. Mar. 10th, 1778. Resigned May 20th, 1779. 2d call and 3rd call. Ichabod Hitchcock, private 9th Co., Ist State. 3d call, 6 mos. David Hitchcock Ist, ensign 7th Co., 5th Bat .; Capt. 10th Regt, New Haven Alarm, July 5th, 1779. 3d call.
David Hitchcock 2d, Capt. 10th Regt., New Haven Alarm, July 5th, 1779.
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Amasa Hitchcock, 2d Bat., Home Guards, 2d Lieut. of 2d Co .; last of 1776 to March, 1777.
Enos Ives, private 4th Co. Bradleys and 3d call, 6 mos. 7 days. Lexington Alarm, Capt. Couch.
Titus Ives, died in camp, 1776. 3d call 6 mos.
Asa Ives, died in camp, 1776.
Jotham Ives, private 7th Co., 5th Bat. 3d call, 6 mos.
William Jones, private 7th Co., 5th Bat. 3d call, 6 mos.
William Law, 2d Lieut. 4th Co., 2d Bat. from last of 1776 to March, 1777.
Caleb Lewis, private 7th Co., 5th Bat. 3d call, 6 mos.
Rufus Lines, at West Point Sept. 15th, 1781, Col. Canfield.
Ralph Lines, was a prisoner before 1778.
Titus Moss, Lieut. Comt. 2d Co., 7th Regt., promoted when Capt. Street Hall was appointed Col. of 19th Regt. 2d call. Jesse Moss, corporal 2d Co., 7th Regt, ; private 7th Co., 5th Bat. ; Capt. Ioth Regt .; Capt. at Fishkill Oct., 1777; Danbury April, 1777. 2d call and 3rd call.
Isaiah Moss, private 7th Co., 5th Bat. 3d call, 6 mos.
Reuben Moss, enlisted 6th Regt. April Ist, 1777 ; corporal 1781. Obed Moss. At West Point Sept. 15th, 1781. Col. Canfield. William Monrow, private 7th Co., 5th Bat. 3d call, 6 mos ; died Aug. 18th, 1776, in camp.
Icabod Merriams, private 7th Co., 5th Bat. 3d call, 6 mos.
Samuel Merriam, Lexington Alarm, Capt. Cook of Walling- ford, 8 days.
William Merriam, private 7th Co., 5th Bat. 3d call; killed in battle Sept. 16th, 1776.
Isaac Martin, private 9th Co., Ist State. 3d call, few mos. Eliada Matthews, private 7th Co., 5th Bat .; enlisted Artificers May 18th, 1780; discharged Dec. 31, 1781. 3d call.
Reuben Matthews, private 7th Co., 5th Bat. 3d call, 6 mos. Ether (Ethuriel) Matthews, enlisted Artificers May 18th, 1780, war.
Zereas Mix, enlisted 6th Regt., July 13th, 1777; deserted 1781 ; rejoined April, 1781.
Jesse Mix, enlisted June 13th, 1782, 2nd Regt., 3 years.
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Eldad Parker, private Ioth Regt., killed New Haven Alarm July 5th, 1779.
Joel Parker, died in camp 1776.
Stephen Parker, a pensioner, 81 years old, living in Cheshire in IS40.
Charles Peck, Sergt. Col. Lamb's Artillery, April 4th, 1777, to 1781. No record of discharge.
Jehial Peck, private 2d Co. 7th Regt., Sergt Lamb's Artillery,
April 10th, 1777, to 1781, Lieut. Jan. 26th, 1781. No rec- ord of discharge.
Benjamin Peck, drummer, Lamb's Artillery, Jan. Ist, 1777, to 1780 and 1781.
Eldad Porter, hired by Cheshire, April 16th, 1781.
Samuel Royce, private 4th Co. Bradleys, Capt. Nov. 1776, Fort Washington. 3d call.
Matthew Rice, Artificers ; enlisted March 13th, 1778; 3 years.
Simeon Rice, hired by Cheshire July 16th, 1781.
Aaron Russell, private Ioth Regt., killed New Haven July 5th, 1779.
Asahel Roberts, at West Point, Sept. 15th, 1781, Col. Canfield. Josiah Smith, private 7th Co., 5th Bat. 3d call, 6 mos.
Daniel Smith, Lexington Alarm, Capt. Cook, 34 days; enlisted 7th Regt. Feb. Ist, 1777, war ; invalid 1780.
Ira Smith, of Prospect, in company of Enos Bunnel, 6 mos.
Samuel Stowe, enlisted March 19th, 1777, war ; 6th Regt.
Samuel W. Stevens, at West Point, Sept. 15th, 1781, Col. Can- field.
Moses Tuttle, private 7th Co., 5th Bat., of Prospect, in com- pany with Enos Bunnel. 3d call.
Joseph Twiss, Artificers ; enlisted Feb. 16th, 1778; 3 years.
Jesse Thomson, 2nd Consol. Regt., Jan. 16th, 1781, on roll Feb. Ist, 1783.
Ebenezer Terrill, at West Point Sept. 15th, 1781. Col. Canfield. Samuel Talmage, enlisted as a drummer at Stratford. A pen- sioner, 80 years old, living in Cheshire 1840.
Nathaniel Tyler, Artificers, May 27th, 1780, war.
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Reuben Tyler, private 2d Co., 7th Regt .; private 7th Co., 5th Bat. ; died in camp 1777. 2d call and 3d call.
Gideon Webb, matross Lamb's Artillery, April 21st, 1777 to 1780 and 1781.
Elisha (Elijah) Wilmot, Artificer, May 18th, 1780, war. Total-1I2.
From this last list it will appear that five New Cheshier men from the north part of the parish were under arms for a few days in Capt. Couch's Meriden Co. and in Capt. Cook's Wal- lingford Co., on the "Lexington Alarm."
The "Second Call' shows thirteen men on the list, to which might be added those who died in camp while in service-proba- bly twenty men from Cheshier are on the lists of the second call.
At the "Third Call" the officers and men from the parish of New Cheshier numbered forty-one, to which should be added those who served in the "8 months to I year call." A total of perhaps 45 New Cheshier men who served an average of only six months during the war.
A longer list of "veterans" shows how many men from New Cheshier Parish came home after the surrender of the British at Yorktown.
In these lists of those who served their country during the Rev- olutionary period, there are possible errors and omissions, due generally to the incomplete condition of the Military Rolls on file at Washington and in the Adjutant General's office at Hartford.
In many of the applications made for pensions the applicants were old and feeble. They had lived in the "times that tried men's souls," and told their stories to the lawyers, or justices who prepared their papers and filed the record, which in some known instances was at variance with the facts.
The following items of money paid to Revolutionary soldiers are taken from the first book of selectmen's accounts after Chesh- ire was made an independent town in 1780.
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October 2d 1780
A bell to James Beach for sarves in the state No. 32 01.10.0
Do to Reuben Williams for sarves in the state No. 33 OI.10.0
Do to Josiah Talmage for sarves in the state No. 34 OI.IO.O Do to Stephen Atwater Jur for sarves in the state No. 35 01.10.0
Do to Samuel Bristol for do No. 36 01.10.0
Do to William Jones for do
No. 37 OI.10.0
Do to Ira Hitchcock for do
No. 38 01.10.0
Do to Jehial Buniel for do
No. 39 01.10.0
Do to Mariman Cook for do
No. 40 01.10.0
Do to Rufus Lines for do
No. 42
OI.10.0
Do to Theodorer Frisby for do
No. 43 01.10.0
Do to Hezekiah Hine for do
No. 44 01.06.0
Do to Phinahas Peck for do
No. 45 01.06.0
Do to Jese Hull for do
No. 36 OI.10.0
Do to Zephaniah Hull for do
No. 47 01.10.0
Do to Ralph Doolitl for do
No. 48
00.08.0
Do to Obed Doolittel for do
No. 49 00.09.0
Do to John Doolittel for do
No. 50
01.10.0
Do to Capt Amous Hotchkiss for do
No. 51
01.10.0
Do to Benjamin Hotchkiss for ahors to Danbery
and esepenses
No. 52 00 19.0
November the II
Do to Cpt Nathaniel Bonill for taken soljers to
Danbery & close for bur No. 72 05.17.0
Do to Benjn to Hot Hall for a hors to Danbery No. 82 00.10.0
January yt 4 1781
A bill to Asa Blacsley for atour in the sarvis of the Meleshy No. 10I 01.15.0
Do to Aaron Newton for atour at Horsneck in the melishy serves No. 103 02.00.0
Do to Amos Hitchcock for prising arms No. 107 20/
Do to John Hull for Prising arms No. 108 IO/
Do to Peter Hitchcock for making cartriges
No. 109 IO/
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February 1781
Bill to Levi Hitchcock for the Townds Bounty No. 117 . 01.15.0
March 178I
bill to Joseph Spery for two moneths sarvis at horsneck
bill to Joseph Mathews Jr for one month sarves at No. 129 02.00.0 Horsneck No. 130 01.00.0 bill to Thomas Newton for a hors and provision to · danbery No. 131 01.00.0
bill Samuel Hull for provision going to danbery No. 132 00.10.0
April 3d 1781
bill to John Hotchkiss for provision to danbery No. 134 00.08.0
May 21 178I
bill to Asahel Hitchcock for Prisen Armes No. 16 00.08.0
bill to Samuel Abanather for Aprisen armes No. 17 00.13.0
bill to Israel Bunnil for Aprisen armes No. 18 01.01.0
October 22 1781
Bill to Eliakim Hitchcock for find Provision to danbery
No. 47 00.05.0
Bill to Timothy Hall for billit to danbery No. 59 00.05.0
Bill to Andrew Durran for catredg boax No. 60 00.06 0
November 19 1781
Bill to Magr Atwater for swaring the prisers of cattel
Bill to Israel Bunneal for colecting cattel and giting No. 69 00.04.0
them away No. 70 02.11.9
December 7 1781
Bill to Reuben Rise for cartting to fishkills No. 84 00.14.6
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HISTORY OF CHESHIRE.
August 1781
No. I 28.00.0
bill to Moses Moss for a hors bil to Timothy Hall for sadil No. 2 05.04.0
bill to Bennet Rise for pistol No. 3 OI.IO.O bill to Elisha Rise for bridil and holsters No. 4 00.18.0
bill to Reuben Rise for carting to fishkills No. I2 01.14.6
bill to Amos Pearker for carting to fishkills No. I3 00.II.4
bill to Eldad Pearker for carting to fishkills
No. I4 02.04.0
bill to Diman Barns for carting to fishkills No. I5 07.10.8
bill to Amasa Hall for carting to fishkills No. I6 00.10.8
bill to Elias Hall for finding provision to danbery No. 17 00.05.0
March 4 1782
bill to Abel Lewis for the tound bounty of five pound
No. 10 05.00.0 bill to Volentine Hitchcock for soljers bounty No. II 05.00.0
March II 1782
bill to Amos Mix for soljers bounty for the yr 1779 No. 12 05.00.0
March 25, 1782
bill to Capt Lazarus Toles for soljers bounty No. 13 13.07.0 bill to sharp Liberty for his bounty for yr 1780 No. 16 05.00.0
June 3 1782
bill to Saml Hull Jr for carting to north river No. 28 01.00.0 bill to John Galord for carting to north river No. 30 01.00.0 bil to Jonathan Hall for colecting Beef catil and
geting them away No. 34 01.07.0 bill to Timothy Hall for the last yrs sarvis taken from Newtons rate No. 42 07.02.5 bill to Eldad Pearker for carting to the fishkills taken
from Newtons rate No. 43 02.04.0
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HISTORY OF CHESHIRE.
July 8 1782
bill to Capt Nathaniel Bunniel for conducting the teams to Danbery No. 48 00.15.0 bill to Ebenezer Doolittel for corn And oats for the Danbery vige
No. 51 01.13.3
November 25 1782
bill to capt Nathaniel Bunniel for sarvis don and abag loast No. 58 00.05.6
bill to Asael Hitchcock for aprising armes No. 60 00.09.0
bill to Mr Saml Abnathar for Priseing of Armes and
other Servis No. 59 00.17.0
bil to Reuben Bristol for carting to fishkill landing No. 61 02.00.0
May the 13 A. D. 1782
bill to Andrew Clarke for peart of his sons bounty
No. I 02.05.0
Note to Rosel Clarke peart of his bounty No. 2 02.05.0 bill to Israel Bunniel for peart of his prentis bounty No. 3 02.10.0
bill to Saml Abanaher for his prentiss bounty No. 4 04.10.0
bill to Jason Hitchcock for his bounty No. 5 02.05.0
bill to Jesse Mix for his bounty No. 6 03.00.0
bill to David Brooks for his bounty No. 7 03.19.0
bill to Samll Burr for his bounty No. 8 03.04.0
bill to John Roberson for his bounty
No. 9 06.10.0
bill to Jonah Webb for his bounty No. IO 04.10.0
bill to Moses Blakesly for his bounty
No. II 01.00.0
May 20, 1782
Paid by the Coltr to Capt Miles Hull the sum of
09.11.9 Paid by the Coltr to Capt Robert Martin the sum of 14.04.0 Paid by the Coltr to John Beach in cash the sum of 01.16.0 Paid by the Coltr to Capt Miles Hull the sum of 01.16.0
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June 3d 1782
bill to Cpt Miles Hull for Hiering soljers for the army
and acting on the committee at newhaven No. 12 03.09.0 bill to Cpt Robert Martin for hiering soljers for the army No. 13 01.09.0
bill to John Beach for hiering soljer and going to
newhaven to the committee No. 15 OI.II.O bill to Majr Atwater for goinfi to newhaven to mr Hil-
house to git amemorial No. 16 00.II.O
December 5 1782
bill to Abel Lewis for the Tounds bounty No. 18 05.00.0
Bill to Reuben Bristol for carting to fishkills No. 37 02.09.10 Bill to Charles Haton for his last Bounty No 4 05.00.0 Bill to Israel Bunniel for bounty Israel Dodg for the
three years servis No. 17 10.00.0
No. 53 Bill to Moses Blakeslee aspart Pay for his Boy in the Continental Sevis 01.05.0
Credit by money Paid to the Towns Commety for hireing soldiers £ 114.17.3
September 1786
Bill to Jesse Hummerston for the three years Bounty given by the town to Daniel Hummerston No. 49 6.0.0
Apr 13 1785
Bill to Luman frisbie for his bounty from the town No. 9 6.0.0
He gave a receat for the hole of his 3 years bounty
1788
Bill to Moses Meriman for his three years bounty given by the town to Solders No. 84 6.0.0
June 15 1789 bil to Benjamen Atwater for a gun lost in the war No. 53 2:15.0
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HISTORY OF CHESHIRE.
Wallingford, Cheshire and Meriden men of 1776 may not have belonged to the ordinary run of people, and every tale of the Revolutionary war, told by any one of them, or by their admir- ing "women folks" should not be looked into too closely. If the good people believed the "stories of the war" that were told over mugs of "flip," at the tavern fire, it was sufficient glory for the time being ; and a constant repetition at home and abroad doubt- less fixed upon the minds of impressionable youngsters in many families, traditions of our struggle for Independence, which the colder and more exacting methods of later investigators, be- longing to our Historical Societies, and overhauling judicial rec- ords, fail to verify or establish.
Frequently we come across printed tales of heroic deeds, mar- velous captures, thrilling escapes, or prison ship experiences and hardships, very circumstantially told, with names, dates and every evidence of its truthfulness apparent to the reader who, on a later investigation, finds that the so-called facts are purely imaginary, and the individuals credited with having gone through those terrible trials, were never connected with them. This is explained by the tendency of many individuals to adopt for their own family glory the daring deeds, and perils by land and sea, of other families who may happen to have borne similar Christian names, made familiar from generation to generation, and trans- mitted from father to son, or from mother to daughter in almost unbroken lines.
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