History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. II, Part 43

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1672

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To Mrs. Hammond aod Nathl. Crosby for Jonathan Crosby 5

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To Goody Bradstreet for Nathaniel Bradstreet, her

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1 To Sergeant Jewett for William Jewett, his son 4 14

To Grace Harris for William Searle. 6 2 0

To Sergeant Nelson for Jonathan Nelson, his son 4 15 To Nathan Wheeler for Benjamin Wheeler. 2 10 0 To Joho Pickard for Jeremiah ('hadwell. 4 11 2

To John Platts for James Platts, his brother. 5 2 7

To Caleb Boynton for William Boynton, his son. 4 15 3

To Goody Todd for Timothy Todd, her son. 4 12 3 To Goody Todd for Samuel Todd, her son 1

To Goody Todd for Timothy Todd, her soo, to Quochicha 0 18

To Widow Wood for Solomon Wood to Quochica, 0 18 0

To Nathl. Crosby for Jonathan Crosby, his brother to Quochica. 1 12 6"

John Bailey died November 19, 1690, and Samuel Wood died November 25, 1690, on their way home from Canada. Others died during campaign ; among them were Samuel Smith, Nathaniel Bradstreet, Lieu- tenant Abel Platts and William Searle.

In the Indian wars from 1690 to 1750, Rowley fur- nished men, but few names can be found.

Joseph Kilborn, Sr., and Jeremiah Nelson were "slain by ye Indians at Dunstable " 10th of July, 1706.

John Piekard " being wounded by ye enemy, dyed at Billerica " 5th of August, 1706. Ezekiel Northend was at Dunstable.

Lient. Thomas Gage died at Port Royal August, 1707

Samuel Ayres "slain by ye Indians at Winter Ilarbor," near Saco River, February, 1710-11.

Jeremiah Hopkinson was at Norridgewock in 1723- 24, under Capt. Samuel Wheelwright. In 1745 James Jewett was " killed with a cannon ball."

Moses Davis, Jr., " with sickness."

Moses Platts " died of his wound " at Cape Breton before the place was taken, and John Platts, Hum- phrey Woodbury and Joseph Saunders "with the sickness " after the place was taken. Martin Ayers, Samuel Smith, Richard Harris and Moses Jewett also died at Cape Breton in 1745.

During the year 1754 Stephen Boynton was in ser- vice under Capt. John Lane. Lieut. Benj. Plumer, Sergt. Moses Richards, Sergt. Thomas Johnson, Na- thaniel Getchell, Mark Cressey, Joseph Wallingford, Samuel Duty and Jonathan Trask were at the eastern frontier nnder Capt. Nathan Adams.

In 1755 a company was raised in this town for ser- vice at Lake George.

Captain, Thomas Gage; Lientenant, Israel Davis ; Ensign, Thomas Poor ; Sergeants, Jacob Barker, John Smith, Israel Hazen ; Corporals, Eliphalet Danforth, Samuel Stickney, William Hobson, James Smith ; Privates, Isaac Burpee, Stephen Boynton, Caleb Brown, John Bowman, Timothy Burbank, Samuel Brackenberry, John Bradley, Asa Ladd, Jeremiah Hutchins, Edward Holland, Samuel Hoyt, Daniel Haseltine, Andrew 1Tood, Samuel Luskin, Samuel Palmer, Jr., Stephen Poor, Benj. Priestly, Matthew Pettengill, William Russell, Samuel Spiller, Samuel Stevens, Edward Saunders, Samuel Smith, David Woodman, Abraham Yone. This company was in

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- rvice fron 7th of August 1o 17th of December, 1755. During this year Jabez Blackledge and Symon Chap- man died in the army destined to Crown Point, and Thomas Johnson and Samuel Sterry died in the army at Menis.

July 26, 1756, Captain John Pearson, of Rowley, enlisted a company for service under him at Fort Ed- ward; among them the following Rowley men : Eze- kiel Mighill, Jonathan Rogers, John Boynton, Jona- than Stickney, James Tenney and Joseph Cressey.

James Jewett, of Rowley, served in a Gloucester company. Ilumphrey Saunders was a corporal under C'apt. Israel Davis. Edward Saunders and Joseph Whitton were privates in the same company, for six months' service.

Jonathan Hidden died at Lake George, January 6, 1756.

Jonathan Stickney and John Boynton were under C'apt. Jonathan Pearson, of Newbury.

Daniel Wood was in Capt. Israel Herrick's com- pany.

Jonathan Bailey was at Fort William Henry.

August 9, 1757, Jonathan Bailey, Joseph Poor mı Jedidiah Stickney were in Fort William Henry. w/pl in the massacre which took place after the sur- render.

In 175%, Thoma- Gage, of Rowley, was lieutenant- colonel, and at Lake George, where, on the 20th of July, David Payson was slain by the Indians. James Cressey, Richard Easty and Joseph Whitten were out under Capt. Israel Davis, of Topsfield.

In 1759, Thomas Barker, Robert Gragg, Francis Nelson and John Smith were in Capt. Israel Herrick's company. Benj. Sawyer, John Searle, Jr., Ezra Clough, Nathaniel Clough, William Cheney, Abijah Dickinson, Abner Moores, Thomas Perrin and Thomas Pike were under Capt. Joseph Newhall, of Newbury.

Humphrey Saunders, lieutenant, and Daniel Scott, Joseph Spiller, Ezra Burbank, Samuel Stickney, Samuel Spiller, Anthony Bell, James Cressey, Moses Lowell, Mark Cressey, Thomas Tenney, Peirce Bailey, John Bennett, Sammel Hidden, Francis Palmer, David Puner. Asa Todd, John Phimmer, James Boynton, stewart Hunt and William Bailey, privates, were umler Capt. Thomas Poor, of Andover.

In the autumn of 1759 the following men were musel for service in Col. Daniel Appleton's regi- ment . Thom. 4 Tennev, Benjamin Dresser, Thomas Birker, Nath mel Wallis, Moses Lowell, Joseph woller Jonathan Grave, Clement Pingry, William Ho Belim Winter, John Boynton, Abijah spol rd. Wirma Jobcon Dudley Tyler, Amos Nel- Abner Borbank, Moses Harriman and James

Diner the wor 1750, inflamin Dresser and (in Pes Ial Louisbourg, and Peter Cooper

1) M n endel for service in Canada: Joseph

Smith captain; Jonathan Stickney, first lienten- ant; John Searle, second lieutenant ; John Bailey, Peirce Bailey, Abel Cressey, Jr., Moses Duty (3d), Abijah Dickinson, Joseph Hobson, John Jackman, Ebenezer Martin, Abner Moores, John Plumer, David Plumer, Thomas Pike, Benjamin Sawyer, Ezekiel Stevens, Mark Thurlow, privates.

Also this year, under Captain Israel Herrick, of Boxford, Jacob Hazen, William Johnson, James Boynton and Abel Dodge.

Under Captain Stephen Whipple, of Ipswich, Ben- jamin Winter, Thomas Barker, Jonathan Gragg, Moses Lowell and Rufus Wheeler.

Under Captain Francis Peabody, of Boxford, Ezra Clough, John Easty, Peter Hardy and Jedidiah Stickney.

Under Captain Nathaniel Bailey, of Gloucester, was Oliver Bailey, who died at Crown Point in 1760.

Under officers unknown, Moses Platts, Samnel Spiller, John Bailey, Jr., and Ezekiel Mighill.

Of these, Captain Joseph Smith and Peirce Bailey died in the fall of 1760, at Albany, of small-pox. Samuel Spiller died the same year, at Glascow, of small-pox; and William Bailey was drowned at the Isle of Sables on the 16th of November, 1760.

In 1761 Asa Plumer was in service under Captain Joshua Moody, of Falmouth.

In 1762 Benjamin Mansfield, James Cressey, Caleb Cressey, John Cressey, John Cromby and Moses Jewett were in service under Captain Gideon Parker, of Ipswich. James Martin, John Hart, Ezra Bur- bank, Abel Dodge and Moses Duty were also in the service.

Doubtless many others were soldiers whose names have not been found.

THE REVOLUTION .- April 19, 1775, word reached Rowley of the battle at Lexington, and the two Row- ley companies, commanded by Capt. Thomas Mighill and Capt. Edward Payson, started immediately for the scene of conflict, arriving in Cambridge on the morn- ing of the 20th; after remaining a few days, they returned home.

The following were in Capt. Thomas Mighill's com- pany, Col. Baldwin's regiment (the Thirty-eighth In- fantry), at Sewall's Point, 26th September, 1775:

Thomas Pike, first lieutenant; Mark Cressey, second lieutenant; Amos Bailey, Stephen Jewett, Samuel Scarle, Ezekiel Sawyer, sergeants; Daniel Brockle- bank, David Poor, Ephraim Hidden, Jonathan Stick- ney, corporals ; Samuel Todd, drummer ; Samuel Bailey, fifer; John Bailey, Ezekiel Bailey, Joseph Brown, Joseph Brown, Jr., Edward Bishop, Jeremiah Chandler, William Chandler, Abel Dodge, John Gage, David Hobson, William Harriman, Moses Howe, Edward Ellsworth, Thomas Ellsworth, William EHsworth, Nathaniel Johnson, Amos Jewett, Jr., Nathan Kilburn, Samuel Lancaster, Samuel Pills- bury, Jonathan Pickard, John Pickard, Thomas Plumer, John Pearson, Thomas Pearson, Benjamin

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Pike, Humphrey H. Richards, Thomas Smith, John Sawyer, Paul Stickney, John Spiller, Benjamin Scott, Benjamin Smith, William Smith, Josiah Stickney, Dudley Tyler and Benjamin Willett, privates.

Of the above, Amos Jewett, Jr., died at Cambridge, 28th December, 1775; John Pearson died at Cam- bridge, and his brother Thomas Pearson returned from Cambridge sick, and soon after died at home.

William Searle, aged twenty-six years, a sergeant, and Jacob Dow, aged eighteen years, a private, en- listed 24th of April, 1775, under Captain Jacob Ger- rish, Colonel Moses Little's regiment.

In Captain John Baker's company, Colonel Little's regiment, enlisted 2d May, 1775, were Daniel Dresser, aged thirty-five years, second lieutenant ; and privates George Abbot, aged twenty-two years; Amos Jewett, Jr., aged twenty-one years; Joseph Nelson, aged thirty years; Moses Foster, aged twenty-two years, and David Sterry, aged twenty-two years.

Jonathan Ellsworth was in Captain John Kettle's company, and Thomas Pee was in Captain Stephen Pearl's company.

They were enlisted for what was called the eight months' service, ending December, 1775; no others having been enlisted to take their places, the following Rowley men enlisted for six weeks, viz., Daniel Foster, David Elwell, Paul Todd, Moses Richards, Moses Smith, Nathaniel Bradstreet, Jeremiah Dodge and Jeremiah Hobson.

At the close of the year 1775, men were enlisted for one year. The following is a copy of the roll of Capt. Thomas Mighill's company, March, 1776 : Thomas Mighill, captain ; Mark Cressy, first lieutenant ; Caleb Clap, second lieutenant ; Jonathan Stickney, Abner Whitney, John Morse, Daniel Coolage, sergeants ; John Sawyer, Ansel Pope, Abner Hoyt, corporals ; William Green, drummer; Edward French, fifer and privates William Adams, John Bailey, David Chaplin, Daniel Chaplin, David Clark, Benjamin Emerson, Moses Howe, Jeremiah Hobson, Nathaniel Johnson, Humphrey H. Richards, Moses Richards, John Spiller, Benjamin Spiller, Moses Smith, Joseph Stickney, John Thomas, Benjamin Willet, John Blandsen, Thomas Champney and Nathaniel Chase.

Others were enlisted in 1776, by Capt. Mighill, viz. : Joel Coolage, William Cushing, Jacob French, Na- thaniel Bradstreet, Thomas Jones, Abner Hinds, Daniel Kimball, Timothy Kendell, William McIlvain, Ben- jamin Morse, George Dunlap, William Davis, Fol- Jensbee Dow, Thomas Giles, James Greely, Ezra Ross, Samuel Remick, William Simmons, Paul Todd, Nathan Willard, Comfort Whipple, Charles Flag- herty, James Gray, James Barnes, Michael Irish, Thomas Harris, Philip Merchant, Enoch Jackson. William Jackson, John McIlvain, Daniel Wight, David Story, Edward Morrison, Elnathan Pope, Nathaniel Perry, Thomas Pee, Benjamin Richards, Samuel Russell, Samuel Burnet. At the close of the year 1776 men of Capt. Mighill's company were en-

listed for six weeks as follows: Abner Whitney, sergeant ; Ansel Pope and Abner Hoyt corporals ; David Clark, Nathaniel Chase, Jeremiah Ilobsen, Nathaniel Bradstreet, Thomas Giles, Benjamin Morse, Paul Todd, Moses Richards, William Jackson, John McIlvain, and Moses Smith as privates.

At the same time William Symons, Benjamin Richards, Thomas Pee, and Charles Flagherty were enlisted for a longer time.

In March, 1777, the town was called upon to raise fifty-eight men for the Continental Army to serve three years or during the war. The names of fifty- five of these men are here given from a roll made October, 1779:

Benjamin Elwell, Ebenezer Redington, David Redington, William Hancock, John Elwell, John Dorce, Thomas Payne, Stephen Staples, Samuel Procter, Ebenezer Stone, John Wilson, William Robinson, Samuel Plumer, Thomas Goodall, Timothy Pratt, George Graves, William McGill, John Witten, Samuel Starboard, James Wier, Edward Pratt, David Guston, John Parker, Winthrop Knight, John Romley, Josiah Millikin, Henry Warren, Thomas Pee, Paul Kilborn, John Kilborn, Francis Nelson, Elisha Dodge, Jeremiah Ellsworth, Benjamin Tenney, Samuel Clough, Asa Low, Jonathan A. Powers, Thomas Harris, Aaron Crombe, Daniel Elliot, William Batchelder, John P. Frost, William Mitchell, Moses Moore, Abner B. Lunt, James Page, Samuel Bailey, John D. Davis, William Harkman, Thomas Pingree, Thomas Stinson, James Blair, Samuel Turner, Joseph Applebee, Joseph Lovell.

In December,1776, the following persons belonging to Rowley were enlisted to serve under Capt. John Dodge, of Wenham, for three months, in the State of New York :

John Tenney first lieutenant ; Moses Scott, second lieutenant ; Jedidiah Stickney, Humphrey Hobson, Moses Smith, sergeants ; and as privates, John Bailey, Moses Chaplin, Moses Dickinson, John Daniels, John Gage, Reuben How, James Jewett, Caleb Jackson, Thomas Kilborn, Moses Lull, Asa Low, David Payson, Bradstreet Pearson, John Scott,- David Searle, Daniel Safford, Daniel Tenney, Moses Wood, Phineas Dodge and Joshua Dickinson.

This company consisted of fifty-three men. They marched December 16, 1776, and were discharged April I, 1777, in the State of New York, three hun- dred and forty miles from their homes.

In May, 1778, the town was called upon to raise twenty men to serve eight months, and nine men to serve nine months; the names of but twenty-one are found, viz .: John Ely, Thomas Pingree, Thomas Pike, Jr., Amos Pilsbury, William Chandler, Jr., Samuel Bacon, Jeremiah Andrew, William Priest, Abel Hardy, Samuel Woodsum, Joseph Brocklebank, Moses Clark, Thomas Ellsworth, Benjamin Bishop, John Pickard, Joseph Stickney, John Gage, Samuel

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Hidlen. Benjamin Pike, Stephen Pingree and Moses

They served six months from July 1, 1778, at North Kingston, Rhode Island, under Captain Jonathan Evans in Colonel Wade's regiment.

Other Rowley men served at some time during the war, but a complete list cannot now be given. It is known that the following named were in service, viz .: Moses Hobson and Jonathan Stickney served three months and fifteen days from April 24, 1775; Joseph Brocklebank and Joseph Todd were in service two mouths from April 29 to June 29, 1777, in Rhode 1-and, under Captain Benjamin Adams; Nathaniel Burpee (drummer), Ezekiel Lancaster and David Nelson were in service, under Captain Adams, from August 15 to November 30, 1777, in New York; Thomas Pike was drafted June 11, 1778, and served nine months at Fishkill, N. Y .; William Rutherford and David Pickard were drafted and served from July 6 to December 13, 1780.

Joshua Jackson, Nathaniel Smith, Joshua Saun- ders, Edward Saunders, Jonathan Lambert and John Crombee were stationed at Castle Island, under Captain James Maloon.

Samuel Bailey, Jr., Moses Merrill and Daniel Mer- rill served three years.

Paul Jewett died in the army in 1777 in New York.

Sammel Clough returned from Albany sick, and son died in 1778.

John Crombee died in the service in New York of small-1 x in 1751.

William Todd died while privateering in 1781.

Salomon Lowell, David Poor, Silas Dole, Moses Boynton and James Phillips were in the army. Sam- uel Burbank died of small-pox soon after his return fioin the army.

hremiah Flsworth, Asa Low and Thomas Pingree were enlisted for three years.

Adoraram Hidden was in service and a prisoner in the ol l Mill prison in England, where he died Aug- ust > 17>1. of -mall-pox.

Rowley furnished its full proportion of men for the army of the Revolution, among them three captains, viz Thomas Mighill, Benjamin Adams and Edward Ivan, nine heutenants, viz. : Amos Bailey, Mark 1 /1, Daniel Dresser, Thomas Green, Thomas like, Benjamin Stickney Moses Scott, John Tenney and Bald Wheeler, and many sergeants and corporals.

"HAY'S RIBELLION. To make up the army of ' four then and four hundred men ir January, 1787, Rowley was called upon to furnish one lieutenant and twenty three nob commissioned officers and men. i ,kiel - wyer was the Dientenant, and he enlisted men 2 follows: ABher Bailey, William Bailey, Pore Baley, Jies Ellow ath, Hun phrey Hobson, Vitohn Bwed. Sephen Knight, David Pickard, sul Pomor John Perley, Sephen Pearson, Je Bkca hn Pike. David Rollins, Iliot Saw-

yer, Samuel Searle, John Searle, Thomas Stedmau, and John Tasket.

1812 .- In the War of 1812 the following men were paid by the town for services in the war, viz. : John Bridges, Jr., David Brocklebank, Moses Daniels, Bradstreet Emerson, Daniel Harris, Benjamin Spiller, Thomas Cressey, Francis Dole, Edmund Dole, Paul Dole, Jr., Ralph Dole, James Dickinson, Darius Dickinson, Nathaniel R. Farley, Nathan Hobson, Phineas Hardy, Matthew Johnson, Samuel Jewett, Thomas Merrill, jr., Nathaniel Pickard, John Prime, Daniel Palmer, Isaac Pickard, David Perley, Paul Stickney, Jr., Mighill Spofford, Benjamin Todd, Jr., Richard Davis, Parker G. Thurlow, Nathaniel Brad- street, Daniel N. Prime and Nathaniel Prime. Some of the above named furnished substitutes. William Ellsworth and Joseph Haskins were in service as substitutes.

THE REBELLION OF 1861-65 .- The following list of soldiers in the late war is arranged in the order of their first muster into the service of the United States; it is intended to include all who were credited to Rowley on any enlistment, and also those of our citi- zens who, when our quota for the time being was full, enlisted on the quota of other towns.

The "Record of the Massachusetts Volunteers" is taken as anthority for names, dates, etc.

Those to whose name a " is prefixed are now (1887) deceased.

1. Asa Warren Emerson, son of Timothy W. and Mary (Conant) Emerson, born in Rowley, June 23, 1839 ; Co. C, 2d Regt. Mass. Inf. ; mus. in May 25, 1861 ; detailed as wagon-master ; pro. April I, 1863, q.m .- sergt; re.en. Dec. 30, 1863 ; pro. July 3, 1865, Ist lieut. ; disch. July 14, 1865, exp. of service.

2. * Nathan H. Hutchinson, son of Ira and Mary A. (Hobson) Hutchin- son, born in Rowley, age 21 years; Co. C, 2d Regt. Mass. Inf .; mus. in May 25, IsGl ; died Sept. 25, 1862, at Annapolis, Md. ; un- married.

3. * William II. Jellison, son of Moses and Dolly B. ( Bradstreet ) Jellison, born in Rowley, January 30, 1839 ; Co. H, 2d Regt. Mass, Inf .; mus. in May 25, 1861 ; capt'd May, 1862, near Winchester, Va., and held pris. of war at Belle Isle, Va., four months, then paroled ; died Oct. 13, 1862, at Washington, D. C .; unmarried.

4. Josinh M. Kneeland, son of Levi and Margaret (Seward) Kneelund, born in Ipswich, age 36 years ; Co. C, 2d Regt. Mass. Inf .; mus. in May 25, 18G1 ; rr-rn. Dec 31, 1863 ; wd. in action and pris. of war ; disch. July 14, 1865, exp. of service.

5. David 11. Saunders, son of David and Elizabeth S. (Hlowe) Saunders, born in Rowley, Nov. 29, 1839 ; Co. Il, 2d Regt. Mass, Inf. ; mus. in May 25, 1861 ; corp. ; capt'd May, 1862, near Winchester, and held pris, of war at Belle Isle, Va., four months, then paroled ; severely wd May 8, 1814, at Chancellorsville; disch. May 28, 1864, exp. of service.

6. "Irville L. Smith, son of William and Elizabeth II. (Warburton) Smith, born in Danvers, age 22 years, Co. H, 21 Regt. Mass. Inf .; mus, in May 25, 1861; died April 28, 1x62, at Harrisonburg, Va. ; numarried.

7. * Thomas M. Todd, son of Thomas and Joanna (Chapman) Tould, born in Rowley May 9, 1810 ; Co. F, 2d Regt. Mars, Inf. ; mus. in May 25, 1801 ; trans. Fub. 28, 1862, to gunboat service and honorably dis- elarged ; en. (2) Oct. 14, 1862, (mota of Melrose) in t'o. D, 48th Rest Mass. Inf. (nine months) ; mus. in same day ; pro. sergt .; disch. Sept. 3, 1863, exp. of service ; died Dec. 10, 1867, in Leomin- stor, Mass ; unmarried ; buried in Rowley.

8. º lohn Hale, son of M. P. and Nancy (Mead) Hale, age 34 years, Co. G, 11th Regt. Muss. Inf .; mus in June 13, 1861 ; disch. Dec. 17, 1stk; exp. of service. This record is taken from the " Record of Massuchinsetts Volantvers, ' but ser the following :

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" DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE. " WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9, 1877.

" Str :-

"Ia reply to your letter of the 24th ultimo, 1 have to inform you that James Higgins was a pensioner by certificate No. 90,961, 00 the rolls of the Boston, Mass,, agency, and whose natde was dropped because of his failure to claim his pension for three years. The evidence on file in his case shows that one Joho Hale, oa the Stb of March, 1879, was burned to death at Newburyport, Mass., and that the name of John Hale and James Higgins was for the saate person. That John Hale enlisted and served in the late war as James Higgins, private, Co. A, 3d N. H. Vols.

" Very respectfully, " JOHN C. BLACK, " Comaiissioner.

" GEO. B. BLODGETTE,

" Rowley, Mass."

9. * George W. Williams, age 18 years ; Co. C, 11th Regt, Mass. Inf .; a118. in June 13, 1861 ; killed July 21, 1861 at Bull Run ; unmarried.

10. * Joseph D. Todd, son of Calvin L. aad Mary J. (Todd) Todd, bora in Rowley, Jan. 13, 1844 ; Co. A, 12th Regt. Mass. Inf. ; mos. in Jaae 26, 1861 ; killed Dec. 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg ; unmarried.

11. * Ira Thompson, son of Ira and Haanah (Miller) Thompson, born in Newburyport, Oct., 1827; Co. A, Ist Regt. Mass. HI. Art. ; mus. in July 5, 1861 ; re-en. Nov. 5, 1863 ; killed jo actioo Jnoe 16, 186 ' dear Petersburg, Va .; left a widow aod four children.

12. * Alvin O. ('ressey, son of Thomas B. and Rhoda A. ( Whittier) Cres- sey, boro io Rowley, sge 28 years ; Co. 4, 17th Regt. Mass. Inf .; nus. in July 21, 1861 ; disch. Aug. 3, 1×64, exp. of service ; died Oct. 30, 1885, in Boston ; buried in Rowley ; left a widow.

13. * John P. Morrison, son of Daniel and llarriet (Elwell) Morrison, born in Rowley, Jaa. 20, 1×42 ; baad of the 17th Regt. Mass, Iof .; mius. in Aug. 24, 1861 ; disch. Aug. 30, 1862, by order of the War Dept .; died March 15, 1870, in Rowley; aamarried.

On the 26th of June, 1861, the company of militia long established here, and known as Company C, First Battalion Rifles, volunteered for the war. The company went into camp July 5, 1861, at the "Gage place," in Rowley ; was soon transferred to the camp at Lynnfield, Mass., where it was enrolled July 26, 1861, as Company C, Nineteenth Regiment Massa- chusetts Volunteers, and mustered into the service August 28, 1861, for three years. The Rowley men of this company were as follows :

14. (1) Joseph Scott Todd, raptaio, soa of Caleb and Susan (Todd) Todd, born in Rowley, July 6, 1828; resigned March 20, 1862; en. (2) Aug. 18, 1862, in Co. D, 48th Regt. Mass. Inf .; ains. ia Sept. 24, 1862 (nine months) ; detailed as post-adj. in camp at Webbam, Mass. ; pro. Dec. 30, 1862 ; capt. ('o. K, 48th Regt .: wd. June 14, 1863, in ao assault on Port Hudson, La .; disch. Sept. 3, 1863, exp. of service.

15. (2) Samael S. Prime, 2d lieut., soo of Daniel N. and Mebitable (Scott) Prime, born in Rowley, May 31, 1829 ; pro. July 1, 1862, Ist lieut .; resigned Jao. 21, 1863.

16. (3) Solomon L. Cummings, Ist sergt., son of George and Elizabeth (Lowell) Cuammings, bora in Rowley, July 23, 1834 ; disch. Sept. 24, 1862; disability ; ea. (2) in Co. M, 4th Regt. Mars. H. Art. (1 year); mas. in Aag. 20, 1864 ; 1st sergt .; disch. Jude 17, 1865, exp. of service.

17. (4) Joha W. Emerson, Fergt., son of Timothy W. and Mary (Conant) Emerson, born ia Rowley, July 19, 1836 ; disch. Oct. 28, 1861 ; dis- ability, from injuries received in camp at Lyaafield, Mass .; en. (2) ia V. R. C. ; mus. io July 20, 1864 ; sergt .; disch. Nov. 17, 1865 ; exp. of service.

18. (5) Paul N. lIsle, sergt., son of Thomas and Agnes (Bean) Hale, born in Rowley Oct. 4, 1836; disch. Oct. 30, 1862; disability.

19. (6) *John F. Tarr, sergt., boro in Salem, age 32 years ; disch. May 16, 1862, disability ; en. (2) in V. R. C .; mus. ia July 18, 1864 ; ]st sorgt .; died Feb. 19, 1865, io Newburyport, while on furlough ; baried ia Newburyport ; left a widow.

20. (7) *David S. Cressey, corp , son of Thoinas and Mary (Ssuoders) Cressey, born ia Rowley, Jaa. 10, 1839; died May 28, 1862, at Douglas Hospital, Wasbiagton, D. C .; buried in Rowley ; unmarried.

21. (8) Joseph Johnson, 2d, corp., son of Joseph and Hannah (Tappen) Johnson, boro in Newburyport, May 1, 1830; pro. sergt .; disch. June 10, 1862, disability ; eo. (2) in Co. 11,3d Regt. Mass. Il. Art. (3 years), corp. ; disch. Sept. 18, 1865, exp. of service.

22. (9) *Moses R. Littlefield, wagvoer, sva of Japheth and Lacy (Mcla- tyre) Littlefield, bora at Deer Isle, Me., lan. 1, 1824 ; re-eo. Dec. 22, 1863 ; disch. June 30, 1865, exp. of service ; died in Rowley Jaa. 31, 1866, of disease contracted in service ; left a widow and four children.

23. (10) Stephen Armitage, son of George and Elizabeth (Nowell) Armit- age, born in Newburyport Nov. 2, 1838; pro. corp., sergt. aad Ist sergt .; wd. July 2, 1863, at Gettysburg; disch. Aug. 27, 1864, exp. of service.

24 (11) George W. Brown, son of William V. and Auna O. (Pulsifer) Spiller, born in Rowley, Jaa. 5, 1821 ; traas. Oct. I, 1863, to V. R. (! ; disch. Oct. 1, 1864, exp. of service.

25. (12) Samuel Cole, age 24 years ; disch. Oct. 17, 1863.

26. (13) George E. Cross, son of Beajauun and Mary Cross, born ia West Newbury, age 28 years; disch. Dec. 17, 1862, disability ; en (2) in Co. II, 3d Regt. Mass. H. Art. (3 years) ; aus. in Nov. 20, 1863, ar- tificer ; disch. Sept. 18, 1865, exp. of service.

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History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. II, Part 43

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed Publication date: 1888 Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co. Number of Pages: 1672

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1672