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It seems fitting that we should present here the last scene of the protracted and glorious conflict.
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SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS.
The struggle had lasted nearly seven years, and the resources of the colonies were well nigh exhausted, when France became an ally to America, and transferred her war against Great Britain to these shores. With troops and ships and money she came in the nick of time, and speedily brought matters to a crisis and the conflict to an end. Reinforced by the French forces and fleet, the Americans, under Washington, took heart and hope, and organized their campaign of 1781 with great vigor.
The British under Lord Cornwallis were in the South, devastating Virginia, and thither Washington and Lafayette, with the combined American and French forces, marched, supported by the French fleet in Chesapeake Bay under Count Rochambeau. Cornwallis, in obedience to orders from Sir Henry Clinton at New York, concentrated his forces, to the number of 8,000 men, at Yorktown, the fortifications of which were at once increased to great strength. He was also supported by several English frigates and smaller vessels, which were anchored in York River, between the town and Glouces- ter Point on the opposite side. The allied forces to the number of 16,000 men, of whom 7,000 were French, approached the town and formally invested it in siege operations toward the latter part of September. On the ninth of October the first parallel was established and several heavy batteries opened on the enemy, dismounting a number of their guns and sinking a frigate, with three large transports. A few days afterward, another parallel was opened; but as the working parties were greatly annoyed by an enfilading fire from two redoubts, it was resolved to assault them.
This was accordingly done with great success. The two redoubts were of equal strength, and it was determined to attack them, one with an American detachment, the other with a French. Lafayette himself led the Americans, who carried the post in such splendid style as to excite the admiration and emulation of the French, who carried theirs in like manner. These two works being included in the besieging line, the position of Cornwallis became extremely critical. He was cut off from escape by sea by the powerful French fleet at the mouth of the river, while he knew that he could not much longer maintain the attacks of the allies. In his desperation the British com- mander first attempted a sortie on the advanced batteries of the besiegers ; but being repulsed, he conceived the desperate scheme of crossing the river to Gloucester Point with his whole force and pushing northward by rapid . marches. But a violent and Providential storm rose before he could perfect his plans, and the boats upon which he relied to cross were driven far down the river and destroyed. Tlien, to save useless bloodshed, Cornwallis pro- posed to surrender.
Accordingly on the 19th of October, terms were agreed upon, and the British army, to the number of about 7,000, on the same day marched out and capitulated to Washington as prisoners of war. The loss of the British dur- ing the siege amounted to 550 men, and that of the allies to about 300. Some 75 brass and 160 iron cannon, nearly 8,000 stand of arms, 28 regimen- tal colors, and a large quantity of munitions of war fell into the hands of the victors as spoils, and the glorious success practically decided the conflict for independence in favor of the revolutionists. It is said that when the news
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reached England and was communicated to Lord North, the Premier, that official threw up his hands and exclaimed, " O God, it is all over !" And so it proved. But little further fighting took place after the fall of Yorktown, and peace was formally declared in the following year.
The following is a copy of the parole of Lord Cornwallis, which was given by him after he surrendered at Yorktown, October 19, 1781. The original copy was purchased not long since by the State of Massachusetts, from some one in New York, and has been placed in the State Library for exhibition.
I, Charles Earl Cornwallis, Lieutenant-General and Commander of his Britannick Majesty's forces, do acknowledge myself a prisoner of war to the United States of America; and, having permission from his Excellency, General Washington, agreeable to capitulation, to proceed to New York and Charlestown, or either, and to Europe, do pledge my faith and word of honor, that I will not do or say any thing injurious to the said United States or armies thereof or their allies until duly exchanged. I do further promise, that whenever required by the Commander-in-chief of the Anerican army, or the Commissary of prisoners for the same, I will repair to such place or places as they or either of them may require.
Given under my hand at Yorktown, 28th day of October, 1781.
CORNWALLIS.
The review, embodied in the foregoing pages, of the proceed- ings of Newton, from the passing of the Stamp Act to the close of the Revolution, bears testimony to the patriotic spirit of the entire population, and shows how great sacrifices they cheerfully made to sustain the principles they had espoused.
In 1765, the population of Newton was 1,308; in 1790, 1,360. During the war many lives were lost, and all the industries by which life is sustained were greatly crippled. Many years would doubtless be required to restore things to as prosperous a state as before the Revolution. Mr. Jackson estimates that the popula- tion in 1775 could not have been less than 1,400. About 430 Newton men served more or less in the Continental army and in the militia during the war. "Deducting from this number those who were in the battles of Lexington and Concord,- the East and West companies, who, at the request of General Washington, marched to man the lines at Dorchester Heights, and served until the British troops evacuated Boston,- those who volunteered to guard the surrendered troops of General Burgoyne at Cambridge, etc., we shall then have 275 men from Newton, who actually
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SACRIFICES OF THE PEOPLE.
enlisted in the Continental army for a longer or shorter term. Of this number, 64 enlisted in January, 1777, for three years or dur- ing the war ; and many of the others, then in the army, who did not at that time enlist for the war, did nevertheless continue in the service to the end of it.
" The amount of money raised by the town for the purposes of the war cannot be computed, for lack of the proper accounts and vouchers, and from the depreciation of the currency. But from the abstracts we have already given of the votes of the town, it may be readily seen that very large sums of money were raised, and the credit of the town used to its utmost tension, for procuring men and money to carry on the war with vigor. From these long continued and exhausting exertions, the resources of the country had been drained, heavy debts accumulated, and business and credit prostrated. In comparison with the wealth of the present day, the property of the inhabi- tants then was paltry in the extreme; and yet those large sums of money were cheerfully voted and soon paid. These Records of the Town," con- tinues Mr. Jackson, "and the facts liere grouped together will serve to prove how fully and at what sacrifices the pledge of 1776 was redeemed. History, we think, will be searched in vain to find a parallel to the indomita- ble and long continued exertion and devotion, which, in common, doubtless, with New England generally, the inhabitants of this town exhibited."
We cannot fail to admire the frequent action of the citizens, in town meeting assembled, voting large sums of moneys for the purposes of the war. They evidently strained every nerve, volun- tarily distressing and impoverishing themselves, that they might transmit to their posterity a free, enlightened and prosperous republic.
It is impossible for us adequately to conceive the trials and dis- tresses, and, at the same time, the patriotic ardor of the citizens. Enjoying, as we do, to the full, the luxuries of life, with a freedom broad as the mind of man can desire,- and a security, under God; which seems to us an absolute and immortal inheritance, we try in vain to imagine what those early patriots felt and feared. They earned well the glory they won.
The people of Newton at that period, says Mr. Hyde, " were few in num- ber, poor, with little available means, the country was new and sparsely populated; and added to all, the money during the war was greatly depre- ciated. In illustration of this, it is recorded that in 1780 they voted altogether £170,000 and the next year £400, in silver, in lieu of £100,000 in bills. We of to-day know something by experience of the depreciation incident to a long war, but it is little compared with the state of affairs at that time. Yet there was no shrinking from duty; men and women alike loaned of their private
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HISTORY OF NEWTON.
fortunes, while yet the result hung doubtful in the balance, to supply the wants of the soldiers."
The roster of the army gives the following names of Newton men who bore office among their fellow-soldiers : Colonel Josepli Ward, aide-de-camp of Major-General Ward; Michael Jackson, Colonel, and William Hull, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 8th Regi- ment ; Ephraim Jackson, Colonel of the 10th Regiment ; Nathan Fuller, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 13th Regiment ; seven captains, nine lieutenants and two ensigns. Forty-four descendants of Edward Jackson, bearing the name of Jackson, were in the Revolutionary army from Newton. There were twenty-two bear- ing the name of Fuller, sixteen the name of Parker, fifteen of Hyde, eleven of Stone, nine of Clarke, six of Seger, etc. Cap- tain Henry King, of Newton, was one of the guard at the execu- tion of André.
The revolutionary troops from Newton were not without a representative from the sable sons of Africa. Pomp, the slave of Jonathan Jackson, was manumitted two weeks before the pro- mulgation of the Declaration of Independence. He enlisted in the army as Pomp Jackson, served during the war, and at the close received an honorable discharge. He afterwards settled in the town of Andover, a mile west of the Theological Seminary, and near a pleasant sheet of water known as "Pomp's Pond ",- the vicinity of which was found by the writer of these pages, dur- ing the summers of 1830 and 1831, to be peculiarly rich in speci- mens of the beautiful and various flora of the New England States.
The eyes of the people were open to guard in every direction against any regulation which seemed likely to abridge their free- dom or to interfere with their liberties as independent citizens. An Act of the Legislature regulating the market in Boston, then recently passed, awakened their jealousy, and they proceeded at once to take measures for its repeal. At a town meeting held August 16, 1784, a committee of three was chosen, "to join with a committee from any other town or towns in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to petition the General Court that a late Act, entitled, 'An Act for regulating the market in Boston,' may be repealed, or to take such other lawful measures that all imposi- tions may be removed that infringe on the liberties and privileges of this Commonwealth in consequence of said Act."
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NEWTON SOLDIERS.
Soldiers who served more or less after the eight months had expired,- called out in cases of emergency, or otherwise, from 1776 to the end of the war :
Jeremiah Ackers,
Thomas Owen,
Jonas Adams,
James Fuller, Ephraim Fenno,
Jeremiah Ackers,
Nehemiah Abbott,
Thomas Fay
John Park,
Richard Bryan,
Isaac Greenwood,
Jonathan Parker,
Alexander Burt,
Jonathan Hammond,
Aaron Parker,
William Bogle,
Francis Hoogs,
Francis Parker
Thomas Boylston,
Thomas Hill,
Elisha Parker, Jackson Parker,
Joseph Blanden,
John Hamilton,
John Burridge,
Amasa Jackson,
Nathan Pillsbury,
Simon Burridge,
William Jackson,
Silas Pratt,
Amos Brown,
Phineas Jackson,
Benjamin Rose, or Ross,
Benjamin Clark,
Charles Jackson,
Isaac Rogers,
Moses Child,
Samuel Jackson,
Samuel Spring,
Peter Clarke,
Caleb Jackson,
John Shepard,
Francis DeGranville, John Durell,
John Marean, Lieut.,
Samuel Wiswall,
Jeremiah Donovan,
James McCoy,
Nehemiah Wilson,
John Daniels, Peter Durell,
Luda Maier,
Total, 56
Captain Joseph Fuller, of Newton, raised a company of ninety- six, and marched to Bennington, and from thence to Skeensboro', thence to Lake George, to oppose the progress of Burgoyne, and served from August 4th to November 29, 1777, three and two- thirds months. They marched 240 miles. Burgoyne surrendered October 17, 1777. The Newton men were
Joseph Fuller, Captain, Benjamin Eddy, Jonathan Stone, Samuel Spring, David Fuller,
Jessee Jackson, Phineas Jackson, Caleb Jackson,
Joseph Parks, Asa Robinson,
John Robbins,
Samuel Jenison, Thomas Boylston,
Nathaniel Seger,
Samuel Trowbridge,
Ebenezer Williams,
Peter Richardson,
Phineas Bond,
Moses Child,
Israel Blackington,
Samuel Draper.
Peter Durell,
Gershom Hyde,
William Bogle, Samuel Marean, Samuel Miller, Pomp Magus, Samuel Miller, Elisha Parker,
The other sixty-six men were from adjoining towns. August 17, 1778, Captain Fuller swore to the Roll.
Captain Edward Fuller raised a company, and marched March 19, and served to April 15, 1778, at Roxbury.
Edward Fuller, Captain, Josiah Capen, Lieut., Isaac Hager, do. Samuel Hyde, Sergeant, Joshua Jackson, do. William Jackson, Corp'7, Ebenezer Williams, do.
Oliver Fuller, Jonas Mills, Edward Shepard, John Hall, Lemuel Capen, William Marean, Thomas Richardson,
Abraham Parker, Joshua Jackson, jr., Samuel Hammond, Nathan Stone,
James Downing, Joshua Prentice, Jonas Child,
Timothy Flagg, Job Miller,
Henry King,
Nicholas Thwing,
John Miller,
Reuben Whitney.
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HISTORY OF NEWTON.
Richard Fuller,
Ebenezer Stone,
Simeon Chamberlain,
John Healy,
Abijah Stowell,
Total from Newton, 39
From other towns, 29
Thomas Fay,
Ebenezer Cheney,
-
Total, 68
Captain Edward Fuller also marched in September, 1778.
Edward Fuller, Captain, Joseph Craft, Lieut., Aaron Murdock, do.
-
Noah Hyde,
Samuel Murdock,
Ebenezer Williams,
Francis Marshall,
Edmund Trowbridge,
Silas Stearns,
Sergeant,
Joshua Murdock, do. Samuel Spring, Fifer,
Joseph Adams,
George Brown,
Roger Adams,
John Durell,
Jonathan Cook,
Samuel Jackson
Elias Fuller,
Captain Aaron Richards,
Total, 31
On the 17th of October, 1777, General Burgoyne surrendered his army, numbering nearly six thousand men, to the Americans. This movement created a necessity for troops to do guard duty over the humbled Regulars, and Captain Joseph Fuller's company marched to Cambridge, to guard Burgoyne's captured troops, September 2, 1778,- as follows :
Joseph Fuller, Captain, John Marean, Lieut., Samuel Hyde, Sergeant, James Stone, do. Benjamin Eddy, Corp'l,
John Ward, tertius, Edward Hall, Samuel Hall, John Hyde,
Jonathan Parker, Stephen Winchester, Nathaniel Durant,
Thomas Richardson,
Phineas Child,
John,
Thomas Hastings,
John,
Elisha Hyde,
Henry,
Gershom Hyde,
Ebenezer, John, Samuel Ward,
Samuel Wiswall,
Samuel Newell,
Ebenezer Cheney, Jonathan Hammond,
Elisha Parker,
Newton men who served at West Point nine months from March 20,1778 :
William Bogle,
Jonas Blanden,
Thomas Fay,
John Park,
Thomas Boyleston,
Nehemiah Wilson,
Caleb Jackson, Peter Clark, Abner Davenport.
Newton men who enlisted for six months in the Continental service from July 17, 1779, to January 20, 1780 :
Abraham Whitney, Jonas Bond.
Amos Hyde, George Bacon, John Segar, Nathan Seger,
Ephraim Jackson,
Samuel Jackson,
John Wiswall, Cyrus Pratt,
Richard Fuller, John Marean,
Moses Child, James Prentice, Job Hyde,
Edward Fuller, John King, Thomas Fiske, Peter Parker, James Stevens, Samuel Fuller, Daniel Cook.
Thomas Hammond, do. Asa Fuller, Fifer, Edward Converse, Thomas Wilson, Jonathan Harbach, George Feacham, John Rogers, jr., Jonas Stone, jr., Jonathan Jackson, Richard Blinkcow,
Francis Blanden, Elisha Robbins, Moses Stone,
Thomas Cheney. Total, 42
Nehemiah Wilson,
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STANDING ARMY.
Nicholas Thwing, -Josiah Jackson, Matross, Oliver Jackson, do.
Jonathan Parker,
Nehemiah Wilson,
Samuel Spring, Fifer,
Isaac Greenwood,
Jona. Jackson, Matross, Jonathan Hammond,
Isaac Rogers, Nehemiah Abbott, Ephraim Fenno.
These men marched 220 miles, and the roll is certified by Benja- min Hammond, William Hammond, Edward Fuller, as Selectmen.
For a considerable period the troops raised in the several States, and which composed the Continental army, had been enlisted only for a certain number of months, at the expiration of which they were discharged, and new enlistments made. This method being found to be very injurious to the service, in September, 1776, Congress resolved " to raise a standing army, to consist of about 75,000 men, to serve for the term of three years, or during the war." The respective quotas were ordered to be as follows :
BATTALIONS.
BATTALIONS.
New Hampshire,
3
Delaware,
1
Massachusetts,
15
Maryland,
8
Rhode Island,
2
Virginia,
15
Connecticut,
8
North Carolina,
9
New York,
4
South Carolina,
6
New Jersey,
4
Georgia,
1
Pennsylvania,
12
As an encouragement to engage in the service, besides a bounty of twenty dollars for each man, over and above their wages and allowance of rations, they were to have lands bestowed on them at the conclusion of the war ;- the officers in proportion to their respective ranks, from 500 to 200 acres, and the non-com- missioned officers and soldiers, 100 acres each, *- these lands to be provided by the United States. Their pay was to be as follows :
Colonel, per month,
$75.00
Lieutenant,
$27.00
Lieutenant-Colonel,
60.00
Ensign,
20.00
Major,
50.00
Sergeant-Major,
9.00
Chaplain,
33.33
Quartermaster-Sergeant,
9.00
Surgeon,
33.33
Drum Major,
8.00
Surgeon's mate,
18.00
Fife Major,
8.33
Adjutant,
40.00
Sergeant, 8.00
Quartermaster,
27.50
Corporal,
7.33
Regiment Paymaster,
26.66
Drummer and Fifer,
7.33
Captain,
40.00
Privates,
6.66
Francis Parker,
Aaron Perkin,
Benjamin Clark,
Jonas Blanden, John Park, Samuel Jackson, Jackson Parker,
Moses Child, Henry King,
Jonas Adams, Francis Hodges, Peter Durell, Samuel Wiswall,
* By an after resolve, Congress extended the donation of lands to General Officers, viz., a Major-General 1,100 acres, a Brigadier-General 750 acres.
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HISTORY OF NEWTON.
SOLDIERS ENLISTED FOR THREE YEARS OR DURING THE WAR, COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 1777.
NAMES.
PERIOD, &C.
CAPTAINS.
Samuel Bigelow, William Barnard, John Burrage, Thomas Bogle, Jonathan Child, Abraham Cole, Aaron Child, Josiah Davenport, Thomas Fitch, Prince Goring, Daniel Godlip, Joseph Gorson, Daniel Hunt,
For the War.
Pierce. Wiley.
Dead. 3 years. For the War.
Watson. Allen. Dix. Wiley.
Died. For the War. 66 3 years. For the War. 3 years. For the War. 3 years.
Smith. Miles. Ashby.
Brown. Wiley.
For the War.
Watson.
3 years.
Wiley.
66
66
60
60
66
66 Dead.
For the War. 66
3 years. For the War. 3 years. For the War.
45 mo. 17 d. 33 mo. 3 d. 3 years. Dead. 3 years. For the War.
Colton 2d. Wiley. 66 Burbeck.
Smart.
Burbeck.
Allen. Parker.
Thomas Jackson, Ephraim Jackson, Aaron Jackson, Moses Jackson, Daniel Jackson, Nathan Jackson, Charles Jackson, Ebenezer Jackson, Michael Jackson, Amasa Jackson, William Jackson, Gershom Jackson, Nathan Jackson, Jonathan Jackson, Josialı Jackson, Nathan Mendon, Jonathan Spencer, David Williams, Enoch Williams, Christopher Kelley, Joseph Morse, Samuel Miller, Benjamin Pierce, Jackson Parker, Samuel Parker, John Parks, Anthony Roster, Thomas Robinson, John Scollay, John Sibley, Ebenezer Seger,
Jonathan Winchester, Nathan Willard, Ephraim Williams, Obadiah Robertson, Thomas Owen, Reuben Whitney, John Miller,
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REINFORCEMENTS.
NAMES.
PERIOD, &C.
CAPTAINS.
Nathaniel Pillsbury,
For the War.
John Shepard,
Parker.
Loda Maier,
66
Jeremiah Ochre,
66
66
Thomas Hill,
66
Benjamin Rose,
66
66
Francis DeGranville,
66
John Hamilton,
66
Oliver Jackson,
Phineas Jackson,
The three years of these troops expired, and still the war was not ended. More than three years additional were to follow, be- fore the consummation. It was well for them that they could not see how long was the way, and how distant the end.
NEWTON MEN WHO WENT TO REINFORCE THE CONTINENTAL ARMY IN 1780, UNDER CAPTAIN POPE.
NAMES.
AGE.
COMPLEXION.
Peter Durell,
22
Light.
Jonathan Jackson,
19
66
Samuel Jackson,
26
Ruddy.
John Park,
21
Light.
Jonas Adams,
18
Ruddy.
Jonathan Hammond,
18
Samuel Spring,
20
Light.
Jonathan Parker,
20
Jonas Blanden,
19
Dark.
Josiah Jackson,
22
Light.
Aaron Parker,
21
Benjamin Clark,
21
Dark, 6 ft. 2 in. high.
Ephraim Fenno,
20
Light.
Henry King,
17
Isaac Greenwood,
20
Ruddy.
Samuel Wiswall,
20
66
Nicholas Thwing,
18
Dark.
Moses Child,
21
66
Isaac Rogers,
20
Oliver Jackson,
24
Light.
Nehemiah Abbott,
27
Dark.
Asa Jackson,
Nathan Jackson,
Simon Jackson.
Alexander Bent,
66
Cyrus Pratt,
66
James McCoye,
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HISTORY OF NEWTON.
MILITARY OFFICERS WHO SERVED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. .
NAMES.
REGIMENTS.
RANK.
Joseph Ward,
Muster Master, General. Eighth
Colonel.
Michael Jackson,
Regiment.
Ephraim Jackson,
Tenth
66
Lieut .- Colonel .. 66
William Hull,
Eighth
66
Thomas Hovey,
Jeremiah Wiswall,
Amariah Fuller,
Joseph Fuller,
66
Phineas Cook,
Edward Fuller,
Simon Jackson,
John Marean,
Lieutenant ..
Isaac Jackson,
66
Joseph Craft,
Samuel Richardson,
Michael Jackson, jr.,
Daniel Jackson,
Aaron Murdock,
Caleb Kenrick,
Amasa Jackson,
Ebenezer Jackson,
66
Charles Jackson,
Ensign.
In the foregoing lists are found under the name of
Jackson,
43
Bond,
4
Coggin,
2
Fuller,
22
Dana,
4
Downing,
2
Hyde,
15
Durant,
4
Eddy,
2
Parker,
15
Hall,
4
Fiske,
2
Stone,
11
Marean,
4
Fenno,
2
Whitney,
9
Miller,
5
Flagg,
2:
Clark,
9
Shepard,
4
Hager,
2.
Hammond,
8
White,
4
Jennison,
2
Adams,
7
Beale,
3
Mirick,
2
Seger,
6
Burrage,
3
Morse,
2
Murdock,
6
Bogle,
3
Pratt,
2
Robbins,
6
Craft,
3
Robinson,
2
Blanden,
6
Davenport,
3
Spring,
2
Williams,
7
Durell,
3
Trowbridge,
2
Richardson,
5
Kenrick,
3
Thwing,
2.
Bartlett,
5
Parks,
3
Whiting,
Ward,
5
Prentice,
3
Barber,
Wiswall,
5
Rogers,
3
Stearns,
Cook,
5
Woodward,
3
One each,
81
Childs,
6
Winchester,
3
Greenwood,
5 Wilson,
3
Total,
420
Cheney,
5
Ackers,
2
Brown,
4
Bixby,
2
2 222 2 2 2 2
Richards,
5
King,
3
Upham,
Major. Captain.
Nathan Fuller,
Thirteenth
383.
LIVING DESCENDANTS.
DESCENDANTS OF THE NEWTON MEN OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ERA
WHO WERE KNOWN TO BE LIVING AT THE DATE OF THE FIRST
CENTENNIAL OF THE BATTLES OF CONCORD AND LEXINGTON.
This record is probably incomplete.
William Adams, West Newton, Charles D. Bartlett, Newton Centre, Rev. James F. Clarke, D. D., Boston, Isaac F. McLellan, Boston, Amasa Craft, Newton Highlands, Henry Cross, Melrose, Henry Fuller, Newton, Isaac Hagar, Newton L. F., Francis Hall, East Cambridge, Stephen Hammond, Roxbury, George Warren Hammond, Boston, George Hyde, Newton, H. N. Hyde, Newton, W. H. Hyde, Newton Highlands, Hon. J. F. C. Hyde, Newton Centre, Geo. N. Hyde, Colorado, John N. Hyde, New York, William W. Jackson, Newton L. F., John A. Kenrick, Newton Centre, Noah S. King, Oak Hill, Col. Isaac F. Kingsbury, Newton Centre, David Hall, jr., Newton Highlands, Francis Murdock, Newton, Prof. Edwards A. Park, D. D., Andover, William Park, Newton,
Dea. Caleb Parker, Dayton, O., Robert Prentice, Newton Highlands, Henry Ross, Newton Centre, Daniel Stone, Chestnut Hill, David Stone, Oak Hill, Reuben Stone, Oak Hill, Eben. Stone, Oak Hill, Thomas Thwing, Boston, Almarine Trowbridge, Boston,
Alpheus Trowbridge, Newton Centre, Asa R. Trowbridge, Newton Centre, Stephen W. Trowbridge, Boston, William O. Trowbridge, Dennis Ward, Spencer, George K. Ward, Newton Centre, Jolın Ward, Newton Centre, Thomas A. Ward, Newton Centre, Samuel Ward, Newton Centre, Ebenezer D. White, Framingham, Joseph White, Newton Centre, Artemas Wiswall, Oak Hill, William Wiswall, West Newton, William C. Wiswall, Oak Hill, Ebenezer Woodward, Newton, S. N. Woodward, Newton Highlands.
NEWTON MEMBERS OF BUNKER HILL MONUMENT ASSOCIATION .- The Bunker Hill Monument Association is composed of the con- tributors to the fund for the erection of that memorial shaft. A few hundred subscribers gave sums of one hundred dollars and more, each. Others gave fifty, twenty-five, or ten, each. Four thousand three hundred and twenty (4,320) gave five dollars, each. Of the latter class were the following Newton names :
Kingsbury Allen, Josiah Bacon, Jonathan Bixby, Loring Carpenter, Caleb Haskell, Osborn Howes,
William Livermore, John S. Lovell, Nathan Pettee, Otis Pettee,
John Richardson, George Sanderson.
NEWTON MEN, MEMBERS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS CINCINNATI .-- The Massachusetts Cincinnati is an Association of gentlemen who participated in the war of the Revolution, and their direct descend- ants. The title of the body is derived from the history of the
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HISTORY OF NEWTON.
Roman Cincinnatus, who was called from his plough to lead the armies of his country, and after the war, returned to his plough again. The following catalogue, taken from an authentic list, contains the names of those who were natives, or had been resi- dents, of Newton, together with a brief biographical notice, chiefly restricted to the military history of each.
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