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Eaft Windfor. December 70. 1776.
Then Reed of Deas Benoni Oleott One Hundred and Eleven pound Weight & one Quarter of Gun Powder to be Accounted For With Said Oleott.
Reed p' Me, HENRY ALLEN, Slet Man.
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From Account Book of
Benone Olcott Salut mon
August, 1726, to number the people in our parish 1 day } 00 - 04 06
to fetch powder from hartford and goe over to ellin and ferry .
00 - 04 00
June 5, 1777. pays Cash for Cartrage [cartridge] paper 00 - 15 - 00
June 19, 1777, to git one Boshel of Rey at Cook's.
one at Col wolcotts and Car[ry]ing to peters wife 00 - 01 - 09
July 12, 1327, to one day in giting Blankits for Lieut
Brownes men 3 Small Bole of tody [bowl of toddy]
S for pris[on]ers 1 . 00 - 04 00
to git Clothing for Soldiers one day 00 - 16 - 00
A Militia Reserve. By Act of the General Assembly, then in ses- sion at Middletown, Conn., December 18, 1776, a Reserve was ordered to be formed in every town in the State, consisting of such males, between the ages of 16 and 60, who, for various reasons, were not included in the militia train-bands. Many such had previously belonged to the militia, and some had been commissioned and non-commissioned officers in the same, and were deemed to be "able and willing to fight in defence of their country"; and it was imperatively necessary that such should be made available as soldiers since " the present situation of this State calls loudly for the whole force and aid of its inhabitants."
This Alarm List, as it was called, was made to include about every available male in the State (except members of the Council of the House of Representatives and American Congress for the time being, the treasurer and secretary of state, ministers of the Gospel, the presi- dent, tutors, and students of Yale College for the time being; and ne- groes, Indians, and mulattoes ) and its members, " if of sufficient ability in the judgment of the Selectmen of the Towne wherein they resided." were required to furnish their own proper equipment, and to hold them- selves ready in case of an alarm, and to choose their own officers, each company to consist " as nearly as conveniently can be, of 64 privates." If there were not enough persons in such an Alarm List to make a com- pany of 30 men, including officers, they were to be joined to the com- pany of some other town, as the regimental field officers should see fit. When in active service they were to be under the command of the field officers of the respective militia regiments in whose districts the com- pany was located, and to be under the same regulations as to service as the militia companies. An Alarm-List man, like a militiaman, could, if drafted, etc., procure a substitute, or exemption, by paying the sum of
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HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR.
$5 to the town treasurer within a month. The members of cach com- pany thus formed were, furthermore, divided by lot into four equal di- visions (or " classes," as they were termed), each division taking its turn of duty according to the order or number of the lot which it drew : thus, the division drawing lot No. 1 took the first turn of duty : the di- vision drawing No. 2 took the following, ete. And, again, in each divi- sion or " class," each individual's place upon the muster-roll was de- termined by lot ; and when a draft was called for any special duty, cach man was detached for duty in the order of his place upon the muster- roll. This a most equitable division of duty was seenred. Persons above the age of fifty years, and such millers and ferrymen as the select- men of the town deemed necessary to the public convenience, were not. obliged to leave the town of their residence, but were liable to do " home- guard " duty. - Acts and Tours, 1776, p. 441.
At its October session, 1776, the General Assembly passed an act "prescribing and enjoining an Oath of Fidelity to the State, in which it was provided that, as the king of Great Britain had abdicated the gov- ernment of the United States by placing them out of his protection and unjustly levying war against them, and, as the States had declared their independence and sovereignty, which had been approved by this State. The legislature, for the security of the State, resolved that an oath of fidelity should be taken by the freemen and officers thereof, to truly and faithfully adhere to and maintain the government established in the State, by the people, according to the laws of the State, and that each believed in his conscience that the king of Great Britain neither had. nor of a right ought to have, any authority in or over the State, and that they did not hold themselves bound to yield any allegiance to the king, and that they would, to the utmost of their power, maintain and defend the freedom, independence, and privileges of the State against all open enemies or traitorous conspiracies, and that no person should be author- ized to exeente any office after the first day of January, 1777, until he had taken the oath of fidelity; that no freeman should vote for any offi- cer of government until he had taken said oath, and his name enrolled in the records of the town where sworn." 1
At a special session, 19th November, 1776, the time for taking the oath of fidelity was by aet suspended until the first Monday after the first Tuesday in April, 1777 :2 and on October 11, 1777, an act in addition to the act enjoining an oath of fidelity to this State, was made, in which it was provided that no person in the State should exercise any office, civil or military, or vote in any town, society, or other public meeting appointed by law, or plead in any court (except in his own case), until he had taken the oath of fidelity to the State.
Hinman's Hist. War of Revolution, 231. 2 Ibid., 245.
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and that after the 1st day of December, 1777, no person should be exec- utor on any estate, or administrator, or guardian to a minor, until he shall have taken said oath.
The Names of the Persons in East Windsor who took the Oath of Fidelity to this State :
William Wolcott, Efq .. Enf. Joseph Diggens,
Archehus Flynt,
Eraftus Wolcott, Efor.
Dan"! Rockwell,
Dan Bifsell,
Rev4 Joseph Perry,
Dan"! Elmer,
Warcham Moor,
Cap' Ebenezer Grant,
Shadrach Barber,
Levi Booth,
Thomas Skinner,
Ebenezer Read.
Samuel Watson, Jur.
Dear David Skinner.
Cap' James Harper,
Isaac Phelps,
Cap' Matthew Grant,
Zebedee Orfhorn,
Gideon Lomis,
Maj' Lemuel Stoughton,
M. Nathan Day.
David Trumbull,
Joseph Allin,
Joseph Chapin,
Abner Blodgett,
Enf. Edwd. Chap. Grant.
Jacob Elmer.
George Burnham.
Dear Benoni Olcott,
Hezekiah Crane,
Nathan Pelton,
Lt. Samuel Tuder,
Achbel Barber,
Ashbel Barber,
Capt Nathet Houfe,
Septr 16, 1997,
Isaac Rock well,
Johan Prior.
Sworn & Enroll'd.
Oliver Barber.
Andrew Mckinney,
Henry Wolcott,
John Watfon,
Anguftus Fitch,
Timothy Elmer,
Ezekiel Sexton,
Caleb Booth, Jur,
Jonathan Chapman,
David Smith,
Robert Watson,
Matthew Bifsell,
Dan- Elsworth, Jur, Efter, John Lomis,
Abraham Wallace,
Sam") Bartlett,
D)' Charles Mather,
Nathel Strong.
Aaron Grant,
Edward Kuceland.
Ephraim Ladd,
Alex' EInwer,
Eliphalet Bartlett.
Thomas Folter,
Dans! Osborn,
Jonathan Brown,
Noah Barber,
Noah Bifsell,
Joseph Kneeland.
Jeremiah Fullar,
Jacob Munsell. Abijahı Skinner,
Ebenezer Bifsell.
John Lomis, Jur,
John Thompfon, 34. Sworn 13h April. 1778.
Elijah Hills,
W- Stoughton, Cap' Amafa Lomis,
Mofes Wells,
Joel Drake,
Ezekiel Osborn, Abiel Gaylord,
Capt Hezekiah Bifsell,
Benjamin Newberry,
George Cummings,
Jonathan Barber, Zachariah Allin,
Jerijah Bifsell,
Ebenezar Allin,
Simeon Barber,
Benajah Lomis,
Hezekiah Muufell,
Oliver Stoughton,
Sworn & Entered
Alexander Vining.
Abiel Abbott,
Janty 26th, A. D. 1778.
David Bifsrl,
Abrahm Fofter,
Capt Simon Wolcott, Paul Simons.
Dear Ezekiel Ladd. Sworn 16 Decembr, 1777, as by certificate appears, Entered 16th Febry, 1778.
Sworn 13 April, 1778.
Enf. Fredric Elsworth.
Elitha Ladd, Sworn 4th May, 1778, as pr certifi cate.
Enf. Roswell Grant. Samuel Webfter, Eliphalet Chapin, Lt. Samuel Watson,
Capt Joel Lomis, John Craw, Jur, Ebenezer Watson, Jur,
Nathaniel Porter,
Ebenezer Nafh,
Danel BifseH,
Aaron Bifsell,
Oliver Hills.
Thomas Drake.
Lt. Thomas Sadd,
Stephen Lee.
Elijah Lomis,
Ethemar Pelton,
Cyrens Webfter, Joseph Smith. Lamfson Wells,
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Eliakim Hitchcock.
Elisha Munfell,
Eben' Chubbuck. James Burnhanı,
Abijah Skimmer.
Titus King.
Zalmilon King,
Isaac Newton, Ephẩm Wolcott,
Stephen Paine,
Ezekiel Ladd, Jur.
Sworn 7th April, 1783.
Noah Allin, Benjamin Wolcott.
Juftus Grant.
Chaunfey Newberry, Amafa Newberry,
Hezekiah Porter. Sworn 15th Sept. 1778.
William McCray.
Rufsell Stoughton,
Eleazer Pinney.
Capt Eraftus Wolcott.
Samuel Allin. I'm Lewis,
Abiram Skinner.
Jonathan Stoughton,
Robert Wood.
Alex' Stoughton.
Arodi Wolcott,
Benjamin C'arver.
Nath"l Rockwell,
Aaron Chapin,
Benjamin Cook,
Gideon Chapin,
Ehen' Rockwell, 34.
Cap' Jonath' Bartlett.
Nathaniel Lomis,
Albert Wolcott,
Abijah Jones,
Joel Rock well,
Benjamin Skinner. Aaron Bifsell, Ju'.
Abner Rockwell,
Lt. Solomon Elsworth.
Simeon Belknap,
Jonath" Bifsell, Jur.
Benajah Lomis,
Jabez Fox.
Barzilla Green,
Obadiah Dickinfson,
Henry Wolcott.
Sworn 10th April, 1280.
Timothy Bifsell.
Lampson Wells.
Ephraim Parker,
Azariah Grant.
Eben' Holman,
April 12th, 1779,
Sworn 9th April, 1781.
Sworn, etc.
David Allin,
Sammel Stiles,
Benoni Thompfon,
Nathaniel Allin,
.John MeKnigh!,
Phinehas Strong,
Joseph Pinney, Jnr.
Daniel Burnap,
Thatcher Lothrop,
Sworn 18 Sept., 1781.
Benj" Ellery Green.
Eli Bifsell.
Samuel Smith.
Daniel Elsworth, Jun',
Nathel Porter. . F.,
Alex' Elmer,
Oliver Chapman.
Giles Lomis,
Charles Bifsell,
lavi Gibbs,
Elizur Wolcott,
Hezekiah Welles.
Hezekiah Allin.
Nathe Strong, Jun'.
Sworn 21 : Sept., 1719.
James Steel.
Benjamin Gillman.
Ezra Rockwell, lohn Bancroft. Sworn 17th Sept., 1782.
Jonathan Button,
Sworn 11th April. 1785.
Scanning the foregoing list, we see that the names most prominent in Windsor one hundred and forty years before, appear again in numbers and strength in the hour of peril and duty. Here are eight men of the name of Allen ; thirteen of Bissell; six of Barber ; five of Elmer ; three of Ellsworth : seven of Grant; eight of Loomis; three of Newberry; three of Oshorn ; three of Pinney : eight of Rockwell ; seven of Stough- ton ; five of Skinner; four of Watson ; nine of the name of Wolcott, with many others of the old names in lesser numbers.
1777
In March of this year, Col. Erastus Wolcott, of the 19th Militia Regiment, detached 17 men of Capt. Lemmel Stonghion's (the 4th) com- pany for duty at Providence until the first of May: they were to have 20%. advanced as part of their pay.
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David Ladd,
Daniel Carpenter.
Jolin Stoughton, William Stoughton.
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Lemuel Pinney,
David Shaw,
Silvenus Rockwell,
Oliver Day, Sworn 164 Sept., 1783.
Samuel Elmer,
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EAST WINDSOR IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 1777.
Gen. Wolcott was also placed in command, March to June of 1777. of three militia regiments (Cols. Belden's, Hooker's, and Moseley's).
Braster Wolcott Brig" Gud
who served at Peckskill, the companies being distributed at various points - White Plains, Crompond, Fishkill, Fort Montgomery, etc.
During this year East Windsor men served in the Enfield, Windsor, Suffield, and Tolland companies of the 2d Connecticut Line Regiment, under Col. Charles Webb. This regiment served during the autumn of this year along the Hudson, under Gen. Putnam; was in the battle of Whitemarsh. Pa., Dee. 8th, and lost heavily : wintered at Valley Forge, '77-78: was at the battle of Monmouth July 28, '78: wintered, 178-'79. at Redding: served again on the Hudson, '79, and a part was detached for the storming of Stony Point : wintered, '79-'80. at Morristown, N. JJ .. and, '80-'51, at Connectient Village on the Hudson.
The 3d Connecticut Line Regiment, Col. Samuel Wyllys, of Hart- ford, '77-'81, with the same service record as the 2d Regiment, had many Hartford and Windsor mon.
The 4th Connecticut Line Regiment. Col. John Durkee. with the same service record as above, had companies composed of Windsor and Suffield men.
The 5th Connecticut Line Regiment. Col. P. P. Bradley, same record as above, had Windsor, Tolland, and Hartford companies.
Col. N. B. Webb's Additional Infantry Regiment, with same service record, had three Hartford companies.
Col. HI. Sherburne's Additional Infantry Regiment, with the same service record, had a good a good many East Windsor men in its ranks: as also did Col. Sheldon's Light Dragoons, which was in very active ser- vice in New Jersey and along the east side of the Hudson.
" EAST WINDSOR, Aprile 21-1 1777.
" We the Subscribers being Convened by orders for y' Great & important Purpose of furnishing our Proportion of men for the Continental Army & notwithstanding the Encouragement heretofor made by y. Honrbl Continentall Congress & this State & Town. there appears a back wardness; we y' subscribers therefore considering ye neses aty of our furnishing our Coto are willing & promis to pay to Capt James Harper & Cap' Lem" Stoughton y" sums anext to our names Provided there is a number suf fitient apears and Enlists to make up our quota now Required for three year or during the war & we order sd Harper & Stoughton to Collect forthwith & pay st sums to those so inlisted.
Cs. d.
" Epaphras Wolcott, C. a. d.
2 10 0 Jolin Vining, 0 60
John Gains, 1 0 0 Moses Bissell. 10 0
Jonathan Barber. - 3 0 0 lohn Pot wine. 100
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£ x. d.
Jonathan Munsell,
1 10 0
Shubal Parsons,
William Bissell,
200
Daniel Braman, -
0 6 0
Levi Booth,
5 0 0
Jonathan Button, - 1 0 0
Jacob Munsell,
2 0 0 Joel Pease, .
0 8 0
Sam" Allen, -
5 0 0
Isaac Bancroft, Jr.,
0 12 0)
John Loomis,
3 0 0
Josiah Blodgett,
1
Caleb Booth, 5 0
Ebenezer Allen. .
1 4 0
Asel Stiles, 3 0 0
Timothy Meklewain,
10 0 1
Oliver Barber,
3 0 0
Noah Allen, -
1
1
Ashbel Barber,
3 () John Hadloak,
0 10 0
Silas Simons,
1 0) Joel Ellsworth,
1 0 0
Abner Blodgett,
3 0 0 Abel Orsbon,
1 0 0
Simeon Barber,
3 0 0
Zebede Orsbon, Jr.,
0 12 0
David Shaw, 1 10
Jonah Parke,
2 0 0
Zacheus Munsell, -
3 0
Obediah Abby,
2 0 0
Hezekiah Munsell,
1 10 0 Joseph Pierce,
0 6 0
Alexander Vining,
4 0 0
Elnathan Fitch, 1 0 0
Lem" Stoughton,
10 0 0
Benjamin Munsell,
0 12
lames Hayes, 3 0 1
Noah Stiles, Jr., -
1 0 0
Hezekiah Willes, -
5 0 0
Phinehas Blodget,
0 12 0
Solomon Ellsworth,
6 0 0
Nathaniel Allen, -
0 0 -
Frederick Ellsworth,
6 0 0
Samuel Orsborn, Ir.,
1 10 0
Lamson Willes, -
5 0 =
Gideon Drake,
0 12
Henry Wolcott, 5 0
0
Thomas Hadlock,
0 10
1)
Benjamin Osborn,
0
6
Nathaniel Stoughton, Jr.,
1 10
0
Hezekiah Crane, -
1
1
Roswell Blodget, -
-1
1 0 0
Joseph Stoughton,
3 0 0
David Allen,
1 0 0
Benoni Thomson, -
1 10 0
John Loomis yr 31,
0 10 0
Daniel Osborn,
6 0 0
Roswell Prior,
0 10 0
Nathan Pelton,
3 0 0
Eliliu Loomis,
0 12 0
Joseph Chapin,
3
0)
John Bliss,
3 0
0
Joseph Allen, Jr ..
6 0 0
Sam" Skimer,
0 10 1
James Thomson,
6
=
Sam" Watson,
2 0 0
Joseph Harper, Jr.,
3 0) =
Jeremiah Lord.
100
John Prior,
David Trumbull, - 0)
1 10 0
Stephen Pease,
6 0
5200 0 0
Israel Stiles, -
2 0
John Elsworth.
2 0 0
Elisha Munsell,
1 0 0
Athermer Pelton,
2 0 0
lobn Thompson, 30.
4 0 0
£204 0 0"
Edward Bancroft,
1 0 0
AAron Frost, -
0 18 0
-
Windsor Farmer, p. 150.
At its October session, 1777, the General Assembly passed a bill providing for a supply of small Cloathing (or what we should now call "midlerwear") for the soldiers in the Continental army, by which bill it was enacted :
" That each Town in this state be requested | to make Provision to procure imme- diately one shirt or more if they I see fit either Linnen or Flannel ; one hunting shirt or
1
Sam" Watson, Jr.,
1
4 0
John Thomson yr 2d,
Hezekiah Allen,
2 0 0
Charles Gaylord, -
3
2 0 0
f s. d. 1 12 0
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EAST WINDSOR IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 1777.
Frock: one pair of | woolen Overhalls, one or two pair of stockings & a pair of good shoes, for | each Non-commissioned Officer & soklier in y' Continental Army belonging | to such Town, and Deliver y" same to Messieurs Elijah Hubbard or Royal Flint su perintending Commissarys for this state to be by them conveyed | to y" respective issu ing Commissarys of y" Battalions of ye continental | Army raised in this State to be by them delivered to the | Non-Commissiond Officers & soldiers raised in this state at y" fol- lowing | Rates : shoes at eight shillings & six pence pr Pair ; stockings at six | shillings P pair : shirts, hunting frocks & overhalls according to the | Quality in proportion to good yard wide tow Cloath at two shillings | & nine pence P yard & good yard wide check' or striped flannel at three | shillings & six P yard."
And this law was to apply, also, to the supply of the whole quota of soldiers.
" And in Case said (loathing cannot be otherwise pro | cured ya same may (by War rant from any one Assistant or Justier | of peace which Warrant so Authority are here by impowered upon Appli | cation to them made by yr Committees appointed by sa Towns for the purpose of procureing sa (loathing or for y" supplying ye families of said Officers and soldiers to grant) be impress from any persons who can | conveniently spare ye same to be adjudged by said Comtres which being | done yr same shall be ap praised by three indifferent | persons to be under Oath for that purpose & who have taken y" Oath of Fidelity to this state one to be chosen | by ye Owner of such Articles. one by sd Comtee and one by yr Officer | serveing such Warrant ; and in Case sª Owner shall neglect to chuse | such appraiser as aforest ye same shall be by chosen by said Officer | and ye Cost ariseing upon sd warrant (being first taxd by y" authority | granting ye same) shall be paid by yr owner of s" Articles provided | ye same be not appraised at a greater sum than had before | been offered by sd Comtes and may by them be deducted out of the [ price of said Articles; otherwise to be paid by sa Comtre & charge in y" acet with said Articles & transmitted to ye Assembly and be finally [ paid out of y" Treasury of this state.
" And in Case any persons are desirons to send any of the | Articles aforest to their friends in ye continental Army from this state | they may put up y" samme in Packages properly markd & directed : which | shall be duly delivered and Rees taken and pay ment be made for y" same | as aforesaid not exceeding yr Quantity above prescribed for one single | person and shall be accounted as part of said Towns Quota." - Conu. Archives, viii. 6.
The following document, in handwriting of Roswell Grant (State Arch., Rev. War, xii. 426 ), records an instance of East Windsor's com- pliance with this law :
Red Middletown 14th Deer 1777 from the Committee of the | Town of East Win sor appointed to purchase Cloathing | Agreeable to a Resolve of his Excellency the Governor & | the Honb' Council of Safety the 22nd Seper Jast the | following Articles for the sd Town of East Winsor by | the hands of Joseph Stoneton : 1
Viz 14 p fulld Overhalls @ 16/ £11 - 1 .0 20 p d" do 14 - 0 0 5p du do @ 12, 3 - 0 0 4 p d" . « 9 1-16 0 5 p Mixt . d-
@ 12/ 3. 0 2 p bine & White do Ka 11/ 1. 2
' Undoubtedly this should be Stoughton.
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3 p Stript flannel du
=
1- 7 26 - 8
44 Check Woollen Shirts
5 do # 96
2 - 7-6
1 d' almost worn ont # 4 0 - 4-0
1 Stript
0. 8-0
3 White Hannell d" # 96 1 - 8 - 6 -
12 Check linnen d. # 12,
7 4 0
2 de part woru
9
0 - 18
5 Stript de
11
2- 5
7 Tow d" White -S. 2-16
Sip stockings
11 6/ 26 - 2
88 p Shoes
8/6 37 . 8 0
11
0-14
89 hunting frocks
'e 9/ 40 - 1
Also 1 Woollen Shirt & 2 pr Stockings to solomon wood
Check de 1 jr Stockings & 1 pr Shoes to ;
1 - 6 - 9
Moses Loomis -
£186. 3.9
Reed the Within Mentioned Articles to forward to the Army | and dispose of Ac- cording to the directions in sd Resolve In | Behalf of Elijah Hubbard State Commis- sary
P ANDREW JIOnONNET
Support of the families of the eight battalions in the Continental army, Angust, 1777:
Resolved, By this Assembly that the Select | men of the respective Towns within this State | be directed to provide for the Familys of the | non Commission officers and Soldiers raised | by this State for the continental Army with | whatever necessarys such Familys may Want at | the Rate established by a late Law of the State | setting the Prices at which the necessary and | convenient articles of Life should be sold at to the f amount of any sum such now | Commission officer and Soldier shall deposit in their lands not exceeding three Quarters of | their Wages at the Expence of such Towns wherein | the Familys of such non Commission officers | and Soldiers dwelt at the time of their Inlistment. | till the first Day of December next, Before which | Time this As- sembly will make such other Provisions | for said Family's as shall be equitable | and just . . and such Selectmen are | directed to procure such necessarys at the | most reasonable Rate, and if necessary shall | apply to some Assistant or Istice of Peace | who shall issue a Warrant to impress such | necessarys, the Value whereof shall be apprized | by indifferent Persons appointed by the | Authority issuing such Warrant and thereupon the | Price at which such necessarys are apprized | shall be paid by such Selectmien ! Provided that if any Town bas | Appointed a Com- mittee to provide for the | Familys of such non commission officers and | Soldiers, such Committees shall have the | same Authority as by this Act is given | selectmen - and it shall be their Duty to provide for said Familys accordingly." - Conn. State Arch .. vii. 125.
The Subscriber wants to pay Cash for good | merchantable Pork & beef to barrel for the Use of the United States; by Direction of Peter Colt Esq' | & will give for Pork from nine to Eleven pence p' | pound according to its quality & a generous price for beef.
East Windsor Deembr
22/ 1777.
LEMD STOUGHTON Ac P.
" In session. August 20. 1777, the Assembly directed Capt. Allen Stillman to store the sah in his hands (the property of the State) in a
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safe store, and deliver one bushel to Capt. Ebenezer Grant of East Windsor, for supporting and for the use of the guard that kept Gen. Prescott."- Hinman's War of the American Revolution, 177 -7%.
Maj .- Gen. Prescott was the British general in command of Rhode Island, who was captured by Lient .- Col. William Barton, near Newport, on the night of July 10th, this year, and who, for awhile, resided as a prisoner of war at East Windsor, occupying the southeast ( second story ) room of the Maj. F. W. Grant mansion. Tradition, as given by Dr. Gil- lette, says that he was " very haughty and aristocratie, looking upon his raptors with the greatest contempt, especially despising the frugal meals of the farmers, on whom he was billeted. His guard (one of whom was Timothy Anderson ) used to amuse themselves by annoying him and listen- ing to his wholesale curses against the Americans." This statement agrees well with the historical reputation of the man, whose cruel severity, haughtiness. and intolerant rudeness to all Americans excited the universal indignation of the people of Newport, and led very directly to his capture. He was the same officer who treated Ethan Allen so brutally when a prisoner at Montreal, in 1775. He was finally removed from East Windsor to Washington's headquarters on the Raritan, and was ex- changed for General Charles Lee, in April. 1778.
1778.
Nothing very eventful occurred this year in East Windsor, except the usual detail of furnishing and equipping and provisioning her soldiers in the fiehl.
" In Session, January 14, 1778, the Assembly received from Samuel Terry, of East Windsor, his account for 53 cartouch boxes and belts at Is, 6d. each, made by order of the Governor and Council; which was allowed, at. 930 - 9 6, which were directed to be delivered to Gen. E. Wolcott." - Hinman's .1m. Recol., 511.
During the same month, Gen. Erastus Wolcott of East Windsor was appointed by the assembly as one of a committee of three to meet and confer with a committee from Massachusetts, at Providence. R. L., as to " the reasons why " the recent expedition against Newport had failed. And Capt. Roswell Grant's company, in January of this year, was ordered to report at Providence, R. L., as per the following :
" ])' State of Connecticutt to Cap' Roswell Grant for a Man & Team Ito Transport the Baggage of his Company from East Windsor to Providence [ in the State of Rhode Island, Pursuant Ord" from Gov & Councill [ of Safety - Viz 1778
March 19th To Solomon Jones & his Tram from East Windsor to Provi dence 80 miles 6 524 0 0
To Cash paid for an Express before marching to Collect the Company 1 4
525 4 0
660
HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR.
March 19, 1778 This May Certifi that Solomon Jones Transported the Baggage of my Company from East Windsor to Providence 80 miles Pursuant to Orde from Govr & Councill of Safety - & acknowledge to have Reed an Ord' ou Treas for the Above Sum in full
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