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CORP. SOLOMON PHIPPS .- (1643 --. ) Charlestown. A soldier in the Mt. Hope campaign under Capt. Thomas Pren- tice, August 27, 1675; also under Capt. Thomas Brattle, garri- son duty, December 20, 1675.
REFERENCES: Bodge's Soldiers of King Philip's War; N. E. Hist. and Gen. Register, Vol. 37, p. 280; Vol. 41, 277.
64. Harry Jenkins Bardwell.
CAPTAIN MICHAEL PIERCE .- Dec. 17, 1673, was chosen Ensign in Capt. James Endworth's Company. In 1669 com- missioned Captain by the Colony Court. Was in the Great Swamp Fight, Dec. 19, 1675. After the Narragansett alarm of 1676 he was in command of the garrison of Seaconecke. Was sent to fight the hostile Indians near Pawtucket under Canon- chet, having command of 50 Englishmen and 20 friendly In- dians at Attleboro Gore.
REFERENCE: Pierce Genealogy.
41. John Larkin Lincoln, Jr.
SERGEANT NATHANIEL PINNEY .- Was in Captain Moses Dimond's Company of Windsor, Conn., men in the year 1711 in the expedition against Canada (Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713.)
REFERENCE: Manuscript Commissary Account of Roger Wolcott, State Archives of Connecticut; Stiles' Windsor.
72. Lester Orestes Goddard.
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NATHANIEL PITKIN .- Was appointed Ensign at East Hartford May, 1716.
REFERENCE: Pitkin Genealogy; Connecticut Colonial Rec- ords, Vol. V., p. 550.
45. Francis Porter Fisher.
WILLIAM PITKIN .- Settled in Hartford about 1665; King's attorney, 1664; was Governor's Assistant, 1690 until death, 1694; Deputy, 1675-1690; Freeman, 1676; Commissioner for Connecti- cut to United Colonies.
REFERENCE: Pitkin Genealogy; Connecticut Colonial Rec- ords; Society of Colonial Wars Year Book, 1895.
45. Francis Porter Fisher.
CAPTAIN JONATHAN POOLE .- Of Reading, Mass. Ensign of the "Three County Troops," a Cavalry Company, in 1658. The flag of this troop was the first one designed and floated by the English Colonists in America, and Jonathan Poole was the standard bearer of this historic ensign. In King Philip's War he had a separate command of a company of foot soldiers doing duty as scouts. He was under Major Appleton at Hadley and was President of a Council of War in the winter of 1675-6.
REFERENCE: Drake, pp. 417.
57. Charles Clarence Poole.
LIEUT. JONATHAN POOLE .- In 1690 a company of troops under Capt. Savage went from Reading, Mass., on the expe- dition to Canada during the war with France. Jonathan Poole and Nathan Goodwin were subalterns in this company.
REFERENCES: Eaton's Gen. Hist. of Reading, p. 36. 57. Charles Clarence Poole.
THOMAS POPE .- Of Plymouth, was member of Volunteer Company from Plymouth, June 7, 1637, which, under Lieut. William Holmes and Thos. Prence, marched against Pequot Indians. He was also member of Military Co. at Plymouth in Aug., 1643.
REFERENCE: Pierce's Colonial Lists, pp. 9-84; Plymouth Colonial Records, Vol. 1, p. 61.
50. Albert Eugene Snow.
MOSES PORTER .- Enlisted in 1755 as a volunteer from the Colony of Massachusetts in the expedition planned by Gen- eral Braddock against Crown Point. Captain of a Company from Hadley, Mass. In "Bloody Morning Scout," on Sept. 8, 1755, Capt. Porter was killed.
REFERENCE: "Montcalm and Wolfe," Vol. 1; History of Hadley, Mass .; Savage's Genealogical Dictionary.
45. Francis Porter Fisher.
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JOSHUA PRATT .- A member of the Plymouth Military Company in August, 1643.
REFERENCE: Pierce's Colonial Lists, p. 76.
24. Lemuel Ruggles Hall.
49. Frank Eugene Spooner.
. ABRAHAM PREBLE .- Was Governor's Assistant to Sir Fernando Georges at Falmouth (now Portland), Maine, 1645 to 1649; was Major of the military forces at that place under Edward Godfrey; was Assistant under Deputy Govern- or Henry Joselin, July 6, 1646; was authorized by Mass. to grant military commissions after 1652.
REFERENCE: New England Hist. & Gene. Register, Vol. XXII, pp. 312-15; "Preble Family in America," p. 96; Mass. Col- onial Records; also N. E. Hist. & Gene. Register, Vol. 7, p. 134, quoting York Co. Records.
10. Edward Milton Adams.
GOVERNOR THOMAS PRENCE .- [1600-1678]-Governor of Plymouth Colony, 1635-1638-1658; Assistant many times. Member of Council of War and went forth against Pequot In- dians in 1637; Commissioner for the United Colonies, 1645-50- 61.
REFERENCE: Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, Freeman's History of Cape Cod; Plymouth Colony Records, 1635-1658.
10. Edward Milton Adams.
50. Albert Eugene Snow.
51. Franklin Adams Meacham.
58. Frederick Laforrest Merrick.
61. Victor Clifton Alderson.
90. Edwin Fraser Gillette.
SOLOMON PRENTICE .- Served as soldier in Cambridge Company in King Philip's War.
REFERENCE: Account Book of Treasurer Hall in Library of N. E. H. G. Society; Mass. Archives, Vol. 68, pp. 73, 79 and 80.
31. Charles Newton Fessenden.
JOHN PRESCOTT .- Served in garrison at Lancaster, Mass., and in defense of the town against Indians Aug. 22, 1675, and Feb. 10, 1676.
REFERENCE: Society of Colonial Wars Year Book, 1895, p. 265.
1. Seymour Morris.
14. Henry Sherman Boutell.
24. Lemuel Ruggles Hall.
81. George Henry Moore.
97. Asahel Frank Bennett.
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JOHN2 PRESCOTT .- Served in Garrison at Lancaster, Mass., in King Philip's War, in defense of the town against the Indians, 1675-6; also commanded a garrison at Lancaster in Queen Anne's War, 1704-5.
REFERENCE: Early Records of Lancaster, by Nourse, pp, 98, 124, 144.
97. Asahel Frank Bennett.
JOHN3 PRESCOTT .- Served in the garrison at Lancaster, Mass., 1704-5.
REFERENCE: Nourse's Early Records of Lancaster, p. 144. 97. Asahel Frank Bennett.
CAPTAIN JONATHAN PRESCOTT .- Of Watertown, Lan- caster and Concord, Mass., was Captain of the Concord Militia in King Philip's War. His house was fortified as a garrison house in 1676.
REFERENCE: Prescott Genealogy, p. 42; N. E. H. & G. Reg- ister, Vol. 38, p. 42.
14. Henry Sherman Boutell.
24. Lemuel Ruggles Hall. 81. George Henry Moore.
GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAM .- At the outbreak of the French War, 1755, he raised a company of men in his neigh- borhood (Pomfret, Ct.); was appointed Captain in Lyman's Regiment; took part in the operation around Lake George and Crown Point; was promoted to rank of Major 1757. In 1758 was taken prisoner by the Indians. In 1759 became Lieut. Colonel and took an important part under Gen. Amheray in the Canadian Campaign.
REFERENCE: Connecticut Colonial Records, Vol. 1751-1757, pp. 399, 472, 539, 2, 601; Vol. 1757-1762, pp. 97, 226, 228, 356, 484, 618; Vol. 1762- 1767, pp. 234, 249; Vol. 1772-1775, pp. 331, 423, 425.
30. Chas. Durkee Dana.
83. Alfred Henry Castle.
LIEUTENANT NATHANIEL PUTNAM .- [1619-1700]- Lieutenant of the Foot Company of Salem Village, 1683; Deputy to the Massachusetts General Court, 1690-91.
REFERENCE: Year Book, Society of Colonial Wars, 1894, pp. 122-186.
2. Captain Philip Reade.
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THOMAS PUTNAM .- Was Lieutenant of Troop of Horse in Lynn, Mass., in 1662; served in King Philip's War.
REFERENCE: Society of Colonial Wars Year Book, 1895, p. 266; Putnam Genealogy; History of Lynn.
5. John Smith Sargent.
30. Charles Durkee Dana.
83. Alfred Henry Castle.
90. Edwin Fraser Gillette.
COL. JOHN PYNCHON .- (1647-1721.) Lieutenant Colonel of Regiment.
REFERENCE: Gen. Dict., by Savage, Vol. 3, p. 498. 101. John Newbury Bagley.
MAJ. JOHN PYNCHON .- (1625-1702-3.) In command of troops in King Philip's War.
REFERENCE: Soldiers in King Philip's War, by Bodge, p. 142-145.
101. John Newbury Bagley.
WILLIAM PYNCHON .- [1590-1662]-Of Springfield, Mass. Chartered Incorporator and "Assistant" Treasurer, 1632-1634. Governor of Springfield, 1641-1650. Governing Magistrate of Connecticut, 1637-1638.
REFERENCE: Society of Colonial Wars Year Book, 1895, p. 266. 7. Edward Mckinstry Teall.
EDMUND QUINCY .- (1628-1698.) Was Magistrate of the County under the Colonial Government; was Representative in the General Court in the years 1670-73, '75-81 and '92, and possibly other years. He was one of the Military Committee of the town of Braintree; Lieutenant Colonel of the Suffolk Regiment. 'Appointed one of the Council of Safety for the Provisional Government; was also one of the Committee to investigate the charges against Sir Edward Andros in April, 1689. Was a Selectman of the town of Braintree for many years.
REFERENCES: Mass. Records; Hist. of Braintree; Records of Town of Quincy; Savage's Gen. Dict., Vol. 3, p. 500.
104. Charles Frederick Quincy.
JOHN RANDALL .- (-1680.) Of Watertown. A soldier in King Philip's War. Served in Capt. Poole's Company, and that of Capt. John Holbrook. Was called "Sergeant."
REFERENCES: N. E. H. & G. R., Vol. 41, p. 273, and Vol. 42, p. 99; Bodge's Soldiers in King Philip's War, pp. 260-261; Bond's Watertown, -.
82. Marvin Andrus Farr.
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JOSHUA RAYMOND .- (1639-1676.) Of Salem, Mass., and New London, Conn. Commissary in campaign during King Philip's war, 1675. Cornet in a company of troopers raised in New London, Conn.
REFERENCES: Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, Vol. 3, p. 513, Colonial Records of Connecticut, 1665-1676, pp. 182, 186, 382, 386, 396, 266, 268, 387-390, 405.
78. Joseph Edward Otis, Jr.
98. Philo Adams Otis.
JOHN READ, SR .- (1598-1685.) Of Dorchester, Weymouth and Rehoboth. Contributed £13 18s 11d for the campaign against King Philip. A member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston, 1644.
REFERENCES: Bliss' Hist. of Rehoboth, p. 117; Savage's Gen. Dict., Vol. 3, p. 516; Robert's Hist. of the A. & H. Artillery Co., Vol. 1, p. 142.
79. John Whipple Hill.
JOHN READ, JR .- (1640-1676.) Rehoboth. Killed by the Indians at Pierce's Fight, March 26, 1676.
REFERENCES: Reed's Genealogy, p. 222; Daggett's Hist. Attleborough, new edition, p. 267; Bliss History of Rehoboth, pp. 87, 91.
79. John Whipple Hill.
JOHN REED .- [1704-1771]-Lieutenant in French and In- dian Wars, 1756.
REFERENCE: "Seth Read, His ancestors and descendants," by M. R. Breford, 1895, p. 16.
21. William Wolcott Strong.
JOHN REYNER .- Plymouth, Mass., 1636. Pastor Plymouth Church. Member Plymouth Military Company; Muster Roll, dated August, 1643; Will, dated Exeter, Mass., Jan. 30, 1669.
REFERENCE: Pierce's Colonial Lists, p. 76; Savage's Genea- logical Dict .; "Lane Family;" "Reyner Family;" N. E. Hist. & Gen. Reg., Vol. XI, pp. 105-106.
68. Albert Judson Fisher.
HENRY RHOADES .- Fought against the Indians in the Nipmuck country; was also in "Swamp Fight," 1675.
REFERENCE: Society of Colonial Wars Year Book, 1894, p. 206.
10. Edward Milton Adams.
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SAMUEL RHOADES .- Was private in Captain Ebenezer Cox's Co. from Stoughtonham, Mass., in French and Indian War, 1760. Was in Samuel Miller's Regiment at Crown Point, April to December, 1756. Was in Capt. Nathaniel Blake's Com- pany at Crown Point, May, 1756, to March, 1757.
REFERENCE: Hunton's History Canton, Mass., pp. 644, quot- ing from Mass. Archives.
10. Edward Milton Adams.
EDWARD RICE .- Owned Garrison house at Marlboro, Mass. Was member of West Middlesex Regiment and quartered in his Garrison house March 18, 1691.
REFERENCE: N. E. H. & G. Reg., Vol. 43, p. 372.
17. Frederick Clifton Pierce.
SAMUEL RICE .- Was member of the garrison at the house of Joseph Rice in Marlboro, Mass., in Oct., 1675.
REFERENCE: Mass. Archives, Vol. 67, p. 277; N. E Hist. & Gen. Reg., Vol. 40, pp. 315-16.
62. William Dorrance Messinger.
THOMAS RICE .- (-1681.) Of Sudbury and Marlborough, Mass. Commanded a garrison at Marlboro in 1675. Sustained a loss of £100 at Sudbury by the Indians destroying the town in 1676.
REFERENCES: Hudson's Hist. of Marlboro', p. 68; Bodge's Soldiers in King Philip's War, p. 225.
97. Asahel Frank Bennett.
LIEUTENANT JOSIAH RICHARDSON .- [1665-1711]-Of Chelmsford, Mass. Lieutenant in West Regiment of Middlesex. Served in garrison at Chelmsford, March 16, 1691-2, during King William's War.
REFERENCE: New England Historical & Genealogical Reg- Ister, Vol. 43, p. 372. Original Roll of West Regt. of Middlesex, Mass .; Memorial of the Richardson Family.
2. Captain Philip Reade.
NATHANIEL RICHARDSON .- [1651-1714]-Of Woburn, Mass .; private in Captain Prentiss' Company in the Great Swamp Fight, Dec. 19, 1675, where he was wounded.
REFERENCE: New England Historical and Genealogical Reg- ister, Vol. 37, p. 282.
1. Seymour Morris.
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THOMAS ROBERTS .- Came with Hilton, 1623. Was last Col- onial Governor of New Hampshire; elected April, 1640.
REFERENCE: Provincial Records of New Hampshire, Vol. 1, p. 119; Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, Vol. 3, p. 547; N. E. Hist. & Gene. Reg., Vol. 7, p. 356.
15. Josiah Lewis Lombard.
GEORGE ROBINSON, JR .- (1656-1724.) Of Rehoboth. A soldier in King Philip's War, 1675.
REFERENCES: Baylies, Vol. 2, p. 216; Vol. 4, p. 84; Bodge's Soldiers in King Philip's War, p. 463.
82. Marvin Andrus Farr.
JOHN ROGERS .- (-1692.) A member of Capt. Myles Standish's Company of Duxbury, Mass., in August, 1643.
REFERENCE: Pierce's Colonial Lists, p. 75.
4. William Ruggles Tucker.
COL. ZABDIAL ROGERS .- (1737-1808.) Of Norwich, Conn. 1762, Lieutenant in the Third Regiment; 1765, Captain of the Third Regiment; 1774, Major of the Twentieth Regiment; 1777, Lieutenant Colonel; 1780, Colonel.
REFERENCE: Caulkin's Hist. of Norwich, Conn., p. 328.
71. Ebenezer Lane.
HUGH ROWE .- (1645 -. ) A soldier in King Philip's War from Gloucester. His heirs received a grant of land for his services in the Indian wars.
REFERENCES: Bodge's Soldiers in King Philip's War, p. 422; Babson's Hist. of Gloucester, p. 145.
82. Marvin Andrus Farr.
CAPT. JONATHAN RUDD .- (1738 --. ) Was Ensign in 1745, Lieutenant in 1750, and Captain in 1758, of the Second Company of Fifth Regiment, Connecticut Troops. Deputy, 1762 and 1764.
REFERENCES: Conn. Colonial Records, Vol. 9, pp. 164 and 555; Vol. 10, pp. 291, 326, 334; Vol. 12, pp. 73 and 241.
70. Charles Ridgely.
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JOHN RUGGLES .- Of Roxbury, Mass. Was in Captain Nicholas Manning's Company April 24, 1676. Was also in Lieu- tenant Gillams' Company under Major Savage. Was also Trooper under Captain Davis Jan., 1675. Was Deputy, 1658- 60-61 and later.
REFERENCE: See copy of Hull's pay roll in New E. H. & G. Reg., Vol. 42, p. 95; Also Vol. 37, pp. 368-375; Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 68.
10. Edward Milton Adams.
24. Lemuel Ruggles Hall.
49. Frank Eugene Spooner.
CAPTAIN SAMUEL RUGGLES .- Of Roxbury, Mass., was Deputy four years, Captain Roxbury Militia.
REFERENCE: Mass. Colonial Records, 1654-86, p. 73.
4. William Ruggles Tucker.
24. Lemuel Ruggles Hall.
CAPT. SAMUEL RUGGLES .- (1658-1715.) Representative to the General Court of Massachusetts. Captain of the Militia.
REFERENCES: Winslow Memorial, Vol. 2, appendix, p. 25; Spooner Genealogy, pp. 246-258; History of Hardwick, Mass .; Rug- gles Genealogy; Dudley Genealogy, Vol. 2, p. 903.
4. William Ruggles Tucker.
24. Lemuel Ruggles Hall. -
BRIGADIER GENERAL TIMOTHY RUGGLES .- [1711- 1795]-Of Rochester and Hardwick, Mass. Brigadier General and second in command at Lake George, 1755. President of Stamp Act Congress, N. Y., in 1765.
REFERENCE: Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography; Society of Colonial Wars Year Book.
4. William Ruggles Tucker.
WILLIAM SABIN .- ( --- 1687.) Rehoboth. Deputy from Rehoboth, Mass., 1657, 1659, 1660, 1661, 1670, 1671. Contributed £15 5s 8d for the campaign against King Philip.
REFERENCE: Bliss History of Rehoboth, pp. 118-168. 79. John Whipple Hill.
NATHANIEL SALTONSTALL .- (-1707.) Captain of Haverhill Company, Norfolk Regiment; many years head of Essex Militia.
REFERENCES: Soldiers in King Philip's War, by Bodge, p. 475; Gen. Dict., by Savage, Vol. 4, p. 7.
101. John Newbury Bagley.
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RICHARD SALTONSTALL .- [1610-1694]-Sergeant Major of Colonel Endicott's Regiment, Oct. 7, 1641. Assistant and Deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1635-49.
REFERENCE: Society of Colonial Wars Year Book, 1895, p. 270.
54. William Ward Wight.
101. John Newbury Bagley.
HENRY SAMPSON .- [D. 1684]-Came in ship Mayflower, 1620. Private in Lieut. William Holmes' Company against Pe- quot Indians, 1637.
REFERENCE: Plymouth Colonial Records, Vol. 1; Giles Memorial.
46. George Butters.
ZABDIEL SAMPSON .- [1727-1776]-Private from Duxbury in French War, 1756; taken prisoner and bound to a tree, a target for Indian amusement with hatchets. Released and was killed in War of Revolution.
REFERENCE: Giles Memorial, by Vinton, p. 400; Davis' Land- marks of Plymouth, p. 229.
46. George Butters.
CAPT. JAMES SANDS .- (1622-1695.) Deputy New Shore- ham County, Rhode Island, 1665; Assistant Warden, 1675. Commanded the New Shoreham Company in King Philip's War, and his house was turned into a fort and garrisoned by him.
REFERENCE: S. C. W. 1896 Year Book, p. 383; Savage's Gen. Dict. Vol. 4, p. 13; Austin's Gen. Dict. of R. I., p. 170.
78. Joseph Edward Otis.
98. Philo Adams Otis.
JOHN SARGENT .- (1639-1716.) Of Charlestown, Barn- stable and Malden, Mass. A soldier under Maj. Thomas Sav- age in Lieut. Gillam's Company in King Philip's War.
REFERENCES: N. E. H. & G. Register, Vol. 37, p. 375; Vol. 38, p. 46; Vol. 43, p. 261; also the Sargent Genealogy.
5. John Smith Sargent.
THOMAS SAVERY .- Of Scituate; enlisted in Capt. Michael Pierce's Company; was killed by Indians in fight against Chief Canonchet, March 26, 1676.
REFERENCE: History of Plymouth Co., p. 412; Davis' Land- marks of Plymouth, p. 231.
46. George Butters.
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JOSHUA SAWYER .- (1655-1738.) Of Lancaster and Wo- burn, Mass., was a member of Captain Daniel Henchman's Company in King Philip's War, being credited on September 23, 1676, with £3, 7s, 0d, for services performed
REFERENCE: Bodge's Soldiers in King Philip's War, page 58. 1. Seymour Morris.
NATHANIEL SAWYER .- (1670-1756.) Served in garrison at Lancaster, 1704-1711, and in engagements with the Indians in July and October, 1704.
REFERENCE: Nourse's Early Records of Lancaster, p. 144. 97. Asahel Frank Bennett.
PHINEAS SAWYER .- (1709-1782.) In Capt. Eph. Wilder's Company, July, 1748; fought against Indians in "Surbody's" raid. Also "In Muster-Roll of mounted company commanded by John Carter, of Lancaster, detached out of Col. Oliver Wild- er's Regiment that marched in the late alarm for Fort William Henry as far as Springfield, second Crown Point Exp., 1757."
REFERENCE: Military Annals of Lancaster, by Nourse, pp. 25 and 61.
97. Asahel Frank Bennett.
THOMAS SAWYER .- (1616-1706.) Served in the garrison at Lancaster in King Philip's War in the defense of the town against the Indians, 1675-6.
REFERENCE: Annual Register S. C. W., p. 384.
97. Asahel Frank Bennett.
WILLIAM SAWYER .- [1603-1702]-Of Woburn, Mass. Sol- dier under Major Samuel Appleton of Massachusetts at the Great Swamp Fight, Dec. 19, 1675.
REFERENCE: Soldiers of King Philip's War, 1675-7, p. 108; Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 68, p. 104.
2. Captain Philip Reade.
CAPTAIN PHILIP PIETERSE SCHUYLER .- [1600-1684] -New York Provincial Forces, 1667.
REFERENCE: Society of Colonial Wars Year Book, 1894, pp. 80, 85, 101, etc.
4. William Ruggles Tucker.
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CAPTAIN PAUL SEARS .- [1637-1707]-Captain in the Mass. Militia, and served in the Narragansett War.
REFERENCE: Society of Colonial Wars Year Book, 1895, p. 272.
61. Victor Clifton Alderson.
90. Edwin Fraser Gillette.
RICHARD SEARS .- Was a member of Capt. William Pal- mer's Company at Yarmouth, Mass., Aug., 1643; was Represen- tative to General Court at Plymouth, 1662.
REFERENCE: Pierce's Colonial Lists, 109-74; Society of Colo- nial Wars Year Book, 1895.
37. Frank Bassett Tobey.
61. Victor Clifton Alderson.
90. Edwin Fraser Gillette.
MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT SEDGWICK .- [1613-1656]- Captain of Charlestown, Mass., Company, 1636; Charter Mem- ber and Captain of Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company; Commander of Castle, 1641; member of the Colonial Council of War, 1643; Major General of the Mass. forces, 1652, in the expe- dition against Arcadia, and also in 1656 in the expedition against Jamaica.
REFERENCE: Society of Colonial Wars Year Book, 1895, p. 273. 43. Harry Linn Wright.
109. Edwin Henry Sedgwick.
MARTIN SEVERANCE .- (1718-1810.) A soldier at Fort Dummer under Capt. Kellogg, 1738-9. Under Capt. Clessom, 1755. Under Capt. Catlin, 1756, and a member of Capt. Robert Roger's Rangers, 1758.
REFERENCES: Mass. Archives, Vol. 94, pp. 164, 421 and 555; Vol. 95, pp. 93 and 170; Sheldon's History of Deerfield, Mass., p. 157; Severance's Genealogy; Fiske's Genealogy.
84. Dr. George Foster Fiske.
CAPTAIN RICHARD SEYMOUR .- Of Hartford and Farm- ington, Conn .; Captain of the Seymour Fort at Kensington.
REFERENCE: Andrews' History of New Britain, Conn., p. 19; Camp's History of New Britain, Conn., p. 28.
1. Seymour Morris.
LIEUTENANT STEPHEN SEYMOUR .- Of Waterbury, Conn .; appointed Ensign of the train band in the Northbury Parish, in Waterbury, May, 1764; Lieutenant, May, 1765.
REFERENCE: Connecticut Colonial Records, pp. 253 and 349. 1. Seymour Morris.
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JOHN SHATTUCK .- (-1675.) Sergeant in Capt. Richard Beer's Company, 1675. After the Squakeag fight he was drowned in crossing the Charlestown ferry.
REFERENCES: Bodge's Soldiers in King Philip's War, pp. 53 and 133; Savage's Gen. Dict., Vol. 4, p. 62.
82. Marvin Andrus Farr.
JOHN SHAW .- (-1694.) A member of the Plymouth Military Company in August, 1643.
REFERENCE: Pierce's Colonial Lists, p. 76.
4. William Ruggles Tucker.
SERGT. JOHN SHEPPARD .- Soldier in King Philip's War under Capt. Mosely. Wounded in Swamp fight.
REFERENCE: Bodge's Soldiers in King Philip's War, pp. 72 and 74.
93. Wyllys King Smith.
JOHN SHERMAN .- Of Watertown, Mass., was Ensign in 1654; Captain, 1680; Deputy, 1651-53-68.
REFERENCE: Society of Colonial Wars Year Book, 1895, p. 274.
14. Henry Sherman Boutell.
94. Henry Sherman Vail.
PHILIP SHERMAN .- (1610-1689.) First Secretary of the Providence Plantations, in 1639. Member of the Court of Com- missioners, 1656. Deputy, 1665-1667.
REFERENCE: Austin's Gen. Dict. of R. I., p. 178.
78. Joseph Edward Otis, Jr.
98. Philo Adams Otis.
MOSES SIMMONS .- Of Plymouth and Duxbury, Mass. Was a member of the Duxbury Military Company in August, 1643.
REFERENCE: Pierce's Colonial Lists, p. 75. 86. John Alden Spoor.
JAMES SINCLAIR .- [1660-1731]-A soldier in King Philip's War. Was paid for service at Newbury, Mass., £2 18s. 6d. in defense of Block House.
REFERENCE: Bodge's Soldiers in King Philip's War. 39. George Samuel Marsh.
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REV. SAMUEL SKELTON .- Appointed member of the Gov- ernor Endicott's Council. First Pastor of the First Church of the Puritans in America.
REFERENCE: Savage's Genealogical Dictionary; Mass. Colo- nial Records, Vol. 1, pp. 387, 395, 361, 57.
39. George Samuel Marsh.
JAMES SKIFF .- Was member of Lieut. John Blackmer's Co. at Sandwich, Mass., Aug., 1643.
REFERENCE: Pierce's Colonial Lists, p. 73.
4. William Ruggles Tucker.
37. Frank Bassett Tobey.
CORNELIUS BARENTSEN SLEGHT .- One of the nine original settlers of Kingston, N. Y. Sergeant of Military Com- pany which built the Esopus stockade against the Indians by direction of Director General Peter Stuyvesant, and member of first board of Schepens, 1661. At Indian attack on Wiltwyck, June 7, 1663, Sleght was one of "the few men within the town by whom the savages, through God's mercy, were chased and put to flight," but carrying off with them over twenty women and children captives, among them a daughter of Sleght, who was forced to marry an Indian Warrior.
REFERENCE: Schoonmaker's History of New York, pp. 8, 13, 28, 30, 51 and fol. Documentary History of New York, Vol. IV, p. 29.
13. Samuel Eberly Gross.
SIMON SLOCUMB, SR .- Boston. Commander of Sloop "Seaflower," a transport in his majesty's service eastward. Served December 27, 1723, to April 24, 1724, and November 20, 1724, to September 2, 1725.
REFERENCE: Mass. Archives, Vol. 91, pp. 98 and 146.
79. John Whipple Hill.
CAPT. SIMON SLOCUMB .- (1705 --. ) Wrentham. Cap- tain of a company in Col. Joseph Williams' Regiment, May 27, 1757; Captain of a company in Col. Frye's Regiment, March 31, 1759, to June 26, 1760. Served in Nova Scotia.
REFERENCES: Mass. Archives, Vol. 96, p. 112; Vol. 98, pp. 41 and 446; Vol. 79, p. 245.
79. John Whipple Hill.
SERGT. EDWARD SMITH .- (Died 1693.) Sergeant, 1662; Deputy to General Court of Rhode Island, 1665-68; "Assist- ant," 1691.
REFERENCE: S. C. W. Year Book, 1896, p. 389.
75. Warren Lippitt Beckwith.
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HENRY SMITH .- Commissioned in March, 1636, by Massa- chusetts Bay Colony to govern the first settlement of Connecti- cut.
REFERENCES: Mass. Colonial Records, Vol. 1, p. 170; Conn. Colonial Records, Vol. 1, p. 17.
7. Edward Mckinstry Teall.
JOHN SMITH .- Afterwards Reverend, was member of Lieut. Thomas Dimmock's Company at Barnstable, Mass., Aug., 1643.
REFERENCE: Pierce's Colonial Lists, p. 73.
37. Frank Bassett Tobey. €
MOSES SMITH, SR .- Was Lieutenant Third Company of Lancaster Regiment, 1771-1776.
REFERENCE: Military Annals of Lancaster, by Nourse, p. 88. 97. Asahel Frank Bennett.
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