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MRS. SUSAN F. CARTER.
passed some months at the Andover Theological Seminary, though not as an enrolled student ; and, in July, 1844, together with his classmate Moses Hemmenway Wells, he was licensed to preach by the association now known as the Middlesex Union Conference of Congregational Churches. They each preached their first sermon on the same day, supplying the pulpit for the Reverend Mr. Phelps at Groton.
On August 31, 1842, Mr. Barstow was married to Eunice Goodenough, daughter of Rufus and Sally (Goodenough) Clark, of Brattleborough, Vermont. They had nine children, of whom only four lived to grow up. Of these, Mary Conner, the eldest daughter, has been a teacher at Bradford Academy for more than twenty years ; Sarah Clark, a teacher in Port- land, Maine, for a long time ; William Hale, a horse-breeder in Nebraska; and John, who was ordained pastor of the Union Congregational Church at Groton, on June 29, 1887, but is now settled at Glastonbury, Connecticut. Mr. Barstow's widow died at Haverhill, New Hampshire, on June 14, 1885.
MRS. SUSAN F. CARTER.
MRS. SUSAN FRENCH (SHATTUCK) CARTER died at her home, corner of Seventh and Battery Streets, in Little Rock, Arkansas, on October 16, 1892. She was the widow of Ira Osborn Carter, Esq., of Arlington, and a daughter of Walter and Roxana (Fletcher) Shattuck, of Groton, where she was born on June 12, 1833. She began to attend school at Law- rence Academy in the year 1845, and was married at Groton, on March 6, 1860, to Mr. Carter, then a Professor in Paducah College, Kentucky. Her husband died at Arlington, on February 13, 1855, and was buried in his native town of Ber- lin, Massachusetts, whither her remains were brought.
See page 261 of this volume for a sketch of Mr. Carter, at one time a resident of Groton ; and page 306 of the preceding volume for an account of her father's family.
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MRS. SARAH BOLTON.
A LIST OF CIVIL OFFICERS,
RESIDENTS OF GROTON, HOLDING COMMISSIONS, ETC.
THE following names are to be appended to the two lists, respectively, given on page 153 of this volume : -
July 14, 1892 John Gray Park, Trustee of Medfield Insane Asylum.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
November 4, 1891
William Paige Lawrence.
January 27, 1892
Asa Stillman Lawrence.
March 9, 1892
John Lawrence.
PETERSHAM, MASS.
THE Proprietors of the town of Petersham held their first meeting at Lancaster, on May 10, 1733, and their second meeting at Groton, in the autumn of that year, when it was voted that a meeting-house should be built. The Proprietors for the most part were living in the general neighborhood of Groton and Lancaster.
MRS. SARAH BOLTON.
ACCORDING to the town-records Widow Sarah Bolton died in Groton, on June 24, 1822, at the remarkable age of 99 years and 10 months. Was she the widow of William Bolton who settled in Shirley during the spring of 1773? He was born at Reading, on October 25, 1721 ; and he married for his second wife Sarah Lewis of that town, on September 18, 1788. By a former marriage he had ten children, of whom the youngest son, Timothy, born at Reading, on May 5, 1759, was the father of Eliab Going Bolton, of Groton, who died on February 18, 1876, aged 78 years and 2 months.
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OBITUARY.
REV. SAMUEL WIGGLESWORTHI.
THE Reverend Joseph Barlow Felt, in his "History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton," where a sketch is found, says of Mr. Wigglesworth : --
1713, Oct. 17th. He was engaged to supply the pulpit at Groton. Here he stayed till Jan. 27th, 1714, when he returned to Hamlet [Hamilton ], as a spiritual physician (page 279).
OBITUARY.
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS.
Died, in Groton, Mass. June 24, Mr. Isaiah Hall, aged 74, a revolutionary soldier and patriot. For many years he had been gradually declining, and devoted the principal part of his time to reading and meditation. The word of God was his principal study and source of comfort, and when too feeble to read himself, nothing afforded him so much satisfaction as to hear its sacred contents often read. His last sickness, though long and lingering, was borne with that calmness and resignation which a firm faith in the religion of Jesus Christ imparts ; and the remaining days of his bereaved partner will be consoled by that hope which animated him in his last hours, and made death to him the harbinger of eternal rest. - [Communicated.]
"Columbian Daily Centinel " ( Boston), July 2, 1834.
[In Groton,] Mr. Amos Davis, a soldier of the revolution, aged 82.
Ibid, December 6, 1834.
In Groton, 7th July, Mr. Nehemiah Whetman, a Revolutionary pensioner, aged 82.
Ibid, August 5, 1835.
Isaac Farwell, born in Groton, Mass., 1744, March 28, was a lieutenant at Bunker Hill, soon became a captain, and fought in the continental army till the close of the war. He died in 1791 Dec. 31, and is buried in the Charlestown cemetery (page 597).
Henry Swan Dana's " History of Woodstock, Vermont."
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LIST OF DEATHS.
LIST OF DEATHS.
THE following list of Deaths is found in the "Columbian Daily Centinel " (Boston), under the several dates as here given after each announcement : -
In Groton, on Saturday last [December 12], Horatio, son of Mr. Horatio Bass of this city, aged 12.
December 16, 1835.
In Groton, 17th inst. William F. Brazer, Esq. aged 53.
November 20, 1835.
In New York, 12th inst. Mr. George P. Butler, formerly of Groton, Mass. aged 26.
June 18, 1835.
In Charlestown, 20th inst. Hon. Samuel Dana, aged 68, late of Groton. [See pages 211-213 for an account of Mr. Dana.]
November 23, 1835.
In Charlestown, 12th inst. Mr. Ezekiel G. Fletcher, formerly of Groton, aged 44.
August 25, 1835.
In Groton, on Thursday [October 1], Hon. Timothy Fuller, aged 57. [See pages 217-219 for an account of Mr. Fuller.]
October 5, 1835.
On Wednesday morning [August 19], Capt. Luther Parker, aged 51. Funeral from his late dwelling, No. So Tremont street, at 3 o'clock. Relations and friends are requested to attend.
August 20, 1835.
An only son of Silas and Maria (Farnsworth) Parker, of Groton, born on February 20, 1784.
Yesterday morning, Mrs. Elizabeth O. relict of the late Dr. Oliver Prescott, of Newburyport [and previously of Groton ], 72.
May 22, 1835.
In Groton, Lucy Cheever, daughter of Dr. Geo. Cheyne Shattuck, of this city, aged 13 years.
December 26, 1835.
GROTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 1893. .
HISTORICAL SERIES, VOL. III., No. XI.
WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.
IN the spring of 1765 the odious Stamp Act was passed, which did so much to hasten public opinion toward the Amer- ican Revolution. This town sympathized warmly with the patriotic feeling, and prepared to do her part in the struggle. A large number of her inhabitants had received their military schooling in the French War, as their fathers before them had received theirs during the Indian troubles. Such persons did not now enter upon camp life as raw troops, but as expe- rienced and disciplined soldiers. The town had men willing to serve and able to command. The leaders of the Revolution displayed great foresight in the careful attention paid to the details of their work ; and the final success of the struggle was due to their sagacious counsels as much as to the deep feelings of the people. On the side of the patriots the skirmishes of April 19, 1775, were fought by companies made up of minute- men, organized on a recommendation of the First Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, in a resolve passed at Cambridge on October 26, 1774. It was at that time recommended to the field-officers of the various militia regiments that they should enlist at least one quarter of their respective commands, and form them into companies to be held in readiness, at the short- est notice by the Committee of Safety, to march to the place of rendezvous. Such sokliers soon became known as minute- men, and proved to be of very great help and strength to the
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popular cause. Two companies were enlisted at Groton ; and at the desire of the officers the Reverend Samuel Webster, of Temple, New Hampshire, on February 21, 1775, preached a sermon before them, which was afterward printed. It is there stated that a large majority of the town had engaged to hold themselves in readiness, agreeably to the plan of the Provincial Congress, to act in the service of their country. The sermon is made up largely of theological opinions, per- haps as valuable now as then, but not so highly prized, and is singularly meagre in those particulars which would interest us at the present time.
On the memorable Nineteenth of April two companies of minute-men, under the respective commands of Captain Henry Farwell and Captain Asa Lawrence, marched from Groton to Concord and Cambridge; and on the same day for the same destination two other companies of militia, under the respec- tive commands of Captain Josiah Sartell and Captain John Sawtell. According to the company rolls at the State House, there were in Farwell's company, at the time of marching, three commissioned officers and fifty-two men, and in Law- rence's three officers and forty-three men; and in the two militia companies (Sartell's) three officers and forty-five men, and (Sawtell's) one officer and twenty-five men, respectively, though in the latter company some of the men were from Pepperell.
In the Battle of Bunker Hill, on June 17, 1775, one com- missioned officer and eleven enlisted men, residents of Groton, were either killed in the fight or mortally wounded. This roll of honor comprises the names of Lieutenant Amaziah Fassett, who fell wounded and died a prisoner on July 5 ; Ser- geant Benjamin Prescott, eldest son of the Honorable James Prescott, and nephew of Colonel William Prescott ; and pri- vates Abraham Blood, Chambers Corey, James Dodge, Peter Fisk, Stephen Foster, Simon Hobart, Jonathan Jenkins, David Kemp, Robert Parker, and Benjamin Woods. This was the largest loss experienced by any town in the battle, and shows the patriotic character of the citizens at that period. These soldiers were serving in five different companies of
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Colonel Prescott's regiment, and their names now appear on the bronze tablets which have been placed by the city of Bos- ton on Bunker Hill in memory of the brave men who there fell. Colonel Prescott, the commander on the American side, and at least three of the Pepperell soldiers who lost their lives in the fight, were natives of Groton.
BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL.
The following Petitions and Accounts, relating to Groton soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill, are found in the printed Journal of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, under their respective dates as noted : -
Tuesday, October 17, 1775 (Afternoon).
A Petition of Oliver Prescot, praying Compensation for a Fire- lock and Accoutrements supply'd by him to James Dodge, who fell in Battle at Bunker's-Hill.
Read and committed to Mr. Wood, Col. Grout and Mr. Hayward. Page 172.
Asa Lawrence's Petition, praying for Allowance for Cash ex- pended in procuring Tools for Gun Smiths, on Desire of the Com- mittee of Safety, together with his Account.
Read and committed to the Committee on Accounts.
Page 172.
Thursday, October 19, 1775.
T HE Committee on the Petition of Oliver Prescot, praying Compensation for a Firelock and Accoutrements supplied by him to James Prescot [Dodge], as is set forth in the Petition ; made Report, which was ordered to lie for the present.
Page 174.
Thursday, December 7, 1775.
An Account of Jonathan Tarbell, for Time of his Servant, Gun, &c. and Cloathing, lost in the Battle of the 19th of April last ; com- mitted to the Committee appointed to consider the Losses sustained in the Battle of the 17th of June last.
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COAT ROLLS.
Thursday, March 21, 1776 (Afternoon).
An Account of David Kemp, for Loss of Cloaths and other Arti- cles, sustained by his late Son David Kemp, taken in the Engage- ment on Bunker's-Hill, on the seventeenth of fune last, and since dead.
Read and thereupon Resolved, That there be paid out of the pub- lic Treasury of this Colony, to James Prescott, Esq ; for the Use of David Kemp, the Father of the deceased, the Sum of five Pounds, in full.
Sent up for Concurrence.
An Account of Fames Prescott, Esq; for Loss of Cloaths and other Articles sustained by his Son Benjamin Prescott, killed in the Battle of Charlestown, on the seventeenth of June 1775, with a Report thereon.
Read, and thereupon Resolved, That there be paid out of the public Treasury of this Colony to James Prescott, Esq ; the Sum of four Pounds eighteen Shillings and eight Pence, in full for the Articles lost when his Son Benjamin Frescott, was killed in the Battle of the seventeenth of June last.
Sent up for Concurrence.
Page 29.
Benjamin Prescott was the eldest child of the Honorable James and Susanna (Lawrence) Prescott, and born on April 16, 1753. He was a minute-man in Captain Asa Lawrence's company, which marched to Cambridge, on April 19, 1775, and was a sergeant in Captain Moors's command at the Battle of Bunker Hill. In "The Prescott Memorial " (page 74), by Dr. William Prescott, it is said that Benjamin was a Lieuten- ant; but this is an error. For a short notice of him, see Richard Frothingham's " History of the Siege of Boston " (page 175), where he is again spoken of as a Lieutenant.
COAT ROLLS.
THE following copies are made from the original papers among the Massachusetts Archives, found in the two volumes marked " Coat Rolls" on the back. Under an early Resolve passed by the Provincial Congress, each soldier of the Province was entitled to a coat, and, so far as was practicable, one
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made in his own town. This item proved to be of some importance toward the soldier's pay, and was duly claimed by every man, or by his heirs, if he himself did not live to draw the coat. The various orders for these coats, still on file at the State House, contain many historical facts and other minor details not recorded elsewhere. The orders, here- inafter given, are found unpaged in Volume LVII., File 7. Fortunately the men could fight better than they spelled ; and their personal prowess outweighed any shortcomings in their early education.
Camp att Cambridge Nov: 17 : 1775
To the Committy of Clothing in Wartertown
Wee the Subscriber Belonging to groton In Cap' moors Compney In Coll W" Priscott Reg' Dirser you to Deliuer to Capt Joseph Moors for Each of us a Coat menefacturd att groaton agareebell to the order of the Last Congerss
Sam" farnsworth Abel amsden
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Josep moors Jur Benj. Sawtell Phins Hemenway Leonard Taylor Josep Taylor Ephram Warren Oliver Tarbell Zac Longley Joseph Taylor Jur
13 Groton Coats @ 23/9 £0-16- 3 7 Rehoboth D" 4~1
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Phinhes Keemp Dauid archibel
Tiomothy Woods Tho: Colins Peter Davis Jonas Davis
Joseph Gowing
John Clough Eben! Purkins
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Rec! the Contents of the within Order as by my Receipt of this date on Book may appear Nov! 17" 1775 Joseph moors Capt
[Indorsed] 20 Coats Del" to Cap' Moors in Coll. Prescott Reg' Nov 175% 1775
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Sewells Point Novem' 16"! 1775
To the Comittee of Clothing in Watertown
Wee the Subscribers Belonging to Groton in Cap' Henry Farwells Compney in Co" W" Prescotts Regiment Desire you to Deliver Lieu' Benja Ball for each one of us A Coat Manefactred at Groton A Greeable to the orders of the Last Congress
Henery "" Neill Jonathan Jenkins
Nov! 16. 1775 Rec" 25 Coats within named for which I have given a Rec! on Book of this Date Benj" Ball Leut
Josiah Stevens Sarg' Josiah Warren Zaccheus Farwell
moses chase
Asa White
David Jenkins
uriel Whitney
Joseph frost
Ebenezer Kemp
Ephraim Robbins le William Derump
James Davis
Jonas Brooks
Joseph Page
Joel Jenkins
l'eletiah Russell
Jon' Sawtell
Nath Sawtell his
Daniel × Foster mark 1
Sam' Lawrence
Frances White
obidiah Jenkins
Phenehas Hubbard
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[Indorsed] Lieu! Balls Rec' for 25 Coats Cap! Farwells Comp' Col® Prescotts Reg' Nov' 16. 1775 R! of the Barer Timothy Moors Three Coats one for Zach Longley one for Ep" Russell & one for Timothy moors all of Groton & all of my Company in Con" Prescotts Reg"
Cambrige October y: 26 : 1775 7 Henry Farwell Capt Benj' Ball Len'
test Ephraim Brown Josiah Ricardson
[Indorsed] 3 Coats Del' by the Selectmen of Groton to 3 men in the Army in Capt Farnwell Compary in Col Prescoott Reg' Oct 28
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Cambrige Octobr 30 y 1775
To the Comity of Soplys Beples to Diliuer to Asa Lawrence Cap' in Colonel W" Prescuts Rigement Each a fusane [fustian] Coat to which our names are under Subcribe.
Elisha Hoit
John Kilburn
Esekiel nutting
David Prescott
Jonathan woods
Jonathan Capron
Jacob williams
Ruben Woods
Jeremiah hobart
Asa Porter
Nathaniel Shaduck
ephraim nutting
Obadiah Witherell
Nehemiah Parker
Louy Parker
Abel Nutting
Eleazer Parker
Benja Blood John Ames
Lemuel Parker
Lemuel Parker Jr
Simeon Williams
Daniel Shed
Nathan Cory
Joel Porter Solomon Gilson
Jonathan Colburn
Simon Hobart Robert Parker
Kiled & Taken
Jeams Dogg
Jonas Tarbell
Stephen Foster
Oliuer Patch
Abraham blood
Leme" Blood
Ben" Wood
David Hason
John Shiple
[Indorsed] 35 Coats Deld' to Cap Lawrance Men in Coll. Prescotts Reg.
To the honorbel Commete of Clothen plese to pay unto the barer hereof Elias Dickey what is alowed me for my Coat and you will oblidge your humble Ser!
Groton Apriel the S 1777
Benja Peirce
[ Indorsed] p" I Soldier in Capt Lawrances Comp? in Col Prescotts Regt April 9" 1777
To The Honorable Commite of Clothing for the armey att Cam- bridg for the year 1775 This may Certify that Benjamin Perce in
Eleazer Green
Peter Bill Josiah Lakin
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my Companey and in Colonel Prescuts Rigement has not Rec! a Coat nor the pay for one according to a Resolve of Congress
Asa Lawrence Capt.
April th 7 y 1777
these May Certify that oliver Parker of the late Capt Eph" coreys Company Never Reced his Coat nor the Value of itt he Belonging to Coll W" Prescotts Regiment
March 14th 1776.
Nath' Sartell Lt
[Indorsed] Cash Paid for I Coat to a Soldier in the late Cap' Corys Compy in Coll Prescotts Reg! March 144: 1776
Groton February 1044 1776
This may Certify that amos Farnsworth Belonging to my Com- pany in Col" W" Prescotts Reg' Last year has Never as yet Re- ceived a Coat or aney thing in Consequence thereof which was Promised to the Soldiars of the Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay By reason of his Being wounded and Sick and so Absent from Camp
Henry Farwell Capt
[Indorsed] - - Capt Farnwells s Compy in Col Prescotts
Reg1 Feb 16th 1776
Groton Dece. 1 : 1775
This Certifys that I have Impowed James Prescott Esq' to Draw all the wages Cloathing &c. that was Due to my late Husband Peter Fisk a Soldier in the american army under Cap. Parker in Co" Pres- cotts ridgement, & Desire the Same may be Paid to him & his recipt shall be a full Discharge therefor
Abijah Prescott
her Rachel X Fisk mark
I have re" of y" Comtes pay for one Coate for my Son Benj" Prescott Cap' moors Compy James Prescott
[Indorsed] Cash p[ai]d for two Coats to i Soklier in Cap' Par- kers Comp' and [ Soldier in Cap Moors Comp' both in Coll Prescotts Reg' Jany 12 1776
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this may Sartefie whome it may Consarn that Charmbres Cory Son to Samwell Cory Never receued his Cote nor the money for it for he was in my Companey and was killed at Buncker Hill Jentelmen 1 Never had any Nolleg of any body Drawing any Cot or mony for ye Decesed Charmbres
Per me Oliver Parker Capt
[Indorsed] Capt Parkers Comp in Colo Prescotts Regt June 20th 1776
Groton Dece! 6 : 1775 Sir please to pay James Prescott Esq' all the Wages Due to my Son David Kemp & all the Cloathing Due to him &c & his recipt shall Discharge yon in full & you will oblige your Hum! Ser! To Cap. Parker in Co" Prescotts ridge! dauid keemp
[Indorsed] Cash Paid in lieu of a Coat to A Soldier in Cap' Parkers Compy in Coll Prescott Reg' Jany 12 1776
To the Comitty of Clothing att Watterown
pleas to Pay Cap! Abijah Wyman 25 Shilling for a Coat granted me By the Honrebel Congress of this Provin I Being a Soldier In Cap' Wymans Compeny I Co" Prescotts Reg' and Belong to the town of groton Daniel Gillson Cambridg November 10 1775 the within Named person Belongs to my Company & pleas to Deliver the money to L' Brow Abijah Wyman Cap® Dece'.28. 1775
[Indorsed] Dannil Gilson order to the Committy of Supplys Capt Wymans Compy in Prescotts Regt Dec' 29. 1775 1-5-0
CAPTAIN COREY'S COMPANY.
THE following Return is found among the Archives (LVI. 64) in the volume marked on the back " Coat Rolls 8 Mos. Service. 1775." It mentions two Groton men, whose names appear on the Bunker Hill tablets, viz. : Chambers Corey, who was killed in the Battle, and Robert Parker, who died at
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Cambridge, on September 30, presumably from wounds re- ceived in the Battle. According to his certificate, printed on page 439, Oliver Parker was captain of this company at the time of the Fight, but, according to the Return, as here given, Ephraim Corey was captain on October 7; and be- tween these two dates Captain Parker had died. He was undoubtedly the same person as Lieutenant Oliver Parker in Captain Asa Lawrence's company of minute-men that marched from Groton to Cambridge, on April 19, 1775, after the Lexington alarm.
A Return of the Mens Names Last Residence Present or Absent &c belonging to Ephraim Coreys Company in Coll Prescotts Rgmt
Sergt Abel Parker groton
[Present ] D°
Corp' Oliver Laken groton
Corp' John Parker groton
Do
Mens Names
Residence
Casualties
Benj™ Bennet
groton
Present Sick
Jonª Davis
groton
Sick
Robert Parker Jr
groton
Present
Benj" Parker
groton
D°
John Whitney
groton
Do
Abner Whitney
groton
Chambers Corey
Groton
Killd June 17 on Bunker hill
Robert Parker
groton
died Septem 30 at Cambrige
Abiel Parker
groton
Discharge Sep"" 23d by Mgr [Major] Moyland
Cambrige October ye 7ª 1775
[Indorsed] The late Cap' Parkers Cap' Ep" Corey
CAPT. ASA LAWRENCE'S COMPANY.
THE following affidavit, made by William Adams, of Chelms- ford, is found among the Massachusetts Archives (I.V., File HI, No. 1 ) in the volume marked on the back "Worcester Rolls
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Parcels 2nd. & Mixed Rolls Vol. 2." It gives some interesting facts concerning the service of Captain Lawrence's company ; and the roll is, so far as I am aware, the only list extant of the company at that period. There is reason to think that Ephraim Parker was a member, though his name does not appear with the others. Pomp Phillis, one of the privates, was a negro ; then all colors, red, white or black, were warmly welcomed by the patriots.
William Adams of Chelmsford in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the seventy ninth year of my age, do testify and say that I rendered service in the Revolutionary War, that I now receive a Pension for survices thus rendered ; That in the first part of the Summer of 1778 I enlisted and went to West Point, the Company that I belonged to was Cap! Asa Lawrence Company of Groton, the regiment was commanded by Co! Poor of Andover or Methuen, some part of our service was rendered at White Plains and Peekskill, this was an eight monthes service, we received our Discharges in the month of February 1779. the Company was commanded principally by the first Leutenant John Flint of Tukesbury, this Company was made up of men from Groton Chelmsford Bilerica Tukesbury, and other Towns in this vicinity, and I further testify that I have carefully examined the Role of Capt Asa Lawrence Company hereto attached and the prin- ciple part of the names born on this Roll are famillier to me, and many of the mens names, born on this Rolle are persons which I am certain were with me in the eight monthes service as above described, and I have no doubt but what it is an origional Roll of the Company which I rendered service in as above discribed,
W" Adams wafer
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Middlesex ss. . Chelmsford April 23 = 1841 = then Personally ap- peared the above named William Adams, well known to me to be a person of sound mind, and veracity, made Oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is truc,
Before Me
Benj" Adams Justice of the Peace
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A Roal of Cap® Asa Lawrances Company in Co! Poor's Reg' -
Cap! Asa Lawrance
Alpheus Hill
Lieu' John Flint
James Haseltine
Lieu! Moses Barker
Isaac Holden
Sarg: Peter Hunt
Jeffery Hartwell
Sarg: Edward Farmer
Daniel Hacket
Sarg: John Pushe
John Hall
Sarg' Nathan Coburn
James Karr
Corp! Ephraim Smith
Abner Kent
Corp: Benjamin Patch
John Lock
Corp! Ebenezer Sawyer
Abraham Merium
Moses Ames
Oliver Perham
William Adams
Ezra Porter
Asa Barker
Joel Porter
Reuben Baldwin
Ezra Porter j.
John Baley
Pomp Phillis
Thomas Brown
Peter Parker
Eliezer Bartlet
Isaac Powers
Timothy Bolten
Peter Runnel
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Joseph Barron
Benjamin Sartil
Simeon Cory
Michael Sartil
Joseph Dows
Philip Spaulding
John Eaton
Ebenezer Stone
Samuel Farmer
William Whiting
James Green
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THE following certificates are copied from the original manuscripts among the Moses Child Papers, mentioned on page 349 of this volume: -
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