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In addition to his pastoral work he kept a private school, teach- ing the Hebrew, Greek and Latin languages, as well as English literature. Mr. Hill was a popular teacher and much loved by his people, including the children and youth. He continued his pastoral services up to and including the Sabbath preceding his death, which occurred in 1816.
Here follows a list of the pastors of the Newman Church and their time of service, to the division of the town in 1812 :-
Rev. Samuel Newman, 1643-1663.
Rev. Zachariah Symes, 1663-1666; on account of infirm health,
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Rev. John Miles was engaged for a time to lighten his labors. (Pages 49, 50, 51, 52.)
Rev. Noah Newman, 1668-1678. (Pages 58, 59, 60, 61, 88.)
Rev. Samuel Angier, 1679-1692-93. (Pages 89, 90, 96.)
Rev. Thomas Greenwood, 1693-1720. (Pages 97, 102.)
Rev. John Greenwood, 1721-1757. (Pages 102, 105, 106.) Rev. John Carnes, 1759-1764. (Pages 106, 107.)
Rev. Ephraim Hyde, 1766-1783. (Pages 107, 108.)
Rev. John Ellis, 1785-1796. (Pages 108-112.)
Rev. John Hill, 1802-1816. (Page 112.)
From 1759 to 1772 the town raised annually, for the support of schools, 80 pounds, with the exception of the year 1677, when 100 pounds were raised.
In 1760 the term "dollars" occurs in the town records for the first time.
In 1763 the town "voted to petition the General Court for a lottery in order to raise a sufficient sum of money to build a work- house for the use of the poor of the town."
In 1772 the town "voted for schooling to be added to the profits of the school land £93. 13s." From 1772 to 1778 the town raised annually for the support of schools the sum of £90; in 1778, £200; in 1779, £300 were raised for the same object.
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CHAPTER III THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND EVENTS FOLLOWING
IN our survey of the history of Rehoboth, we have now come to the period of the Revolutionary War, which had its beginning with the alarm of April 19, 1775, and its close with the Peace of Paris, September 3, 1783. We have but scanty materials for our history, but the few we have reveal a spirit of loyalty and patriotic zeal for the rights of the people. Among the causes leading to the war may be mentioned the treaty of 1748, in which England restored Louisburg to the French without the consent of the Americans; the Stamp Act which required Government stamps to be affixed on all legal documents executed in the Ameri- can Colonies; and the Quartering Act which required the colonists to find lodging and provisions for the British troops. All these oppressions by the English Government aroused the colonists to declare their independence and to take up arms against the King. "The eloquence of Otis had electrified New England: one spirit now inspired every breast. The people thought and felt and acted as one. And the sentiment which pervaded alike the colonial assembly, the county convention and the town meeting throughout Massachusetts, was a settled and firm resolve to re- sist to the last extremity every encroachment upon their rights, and to maintain those rights at all hazards." The men of Re- hoboth were mostly farmers with a natural love of thrift and in- dependence, and the patriotic instructions they gave to their representative in 1773 have the strong, steady glow of anthracite and the clear ring of a silver coin.
"To Captain Joseph Barney, Representative for the town of Rehoboth.
"Sir,
"It is evident from the repeated suffrages of the freeholders and other inhabitants of this town, that your late conduct in the General Assembly of this Province has met with a favourable reception. With pleasing hopes and expectations we trust you will, in this day of general oppression and invasion of our natural and inherent rights and liberties, join in every salutary and con-
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stitutional measure to remove those unconstitutional burdens and grievances, that this Province and America in general have long and justly remonstrated against. Nevertheless, we think it our duty to express our sentiments in regard to the encroach- ments made on our rights and liberties, as stated by the worthy inhabitants of the metropolis of this Province, whose loyalty, vigi- lance, and patroitic zeal, in this time of common danger, has not been equalled in the present nor exceeded in former times; of which we have the highest opinion, and shall ever acknowledge with gratitude: the particulars of which we do not think ex- pedient to enumerate, but refer you to a pamphlet1 (for your careful perusal), sent from Boston to this and every other town in the Province; which, (upon the most careful and critical ex- amination), we humbly conceive very justly states our rights and privileges as men, as subjects, as christians, and the unparalleled encroachments made on them by a ministry, who, fond of arbitrary sway, in open violation of the most sacred contract and agree- ment, entered into with our predecessors, the patentees of this province, and solemnly ratified by king William and queen Mary, have hitherto with impunity profanely violated the faith and promise of a king, on whose royal word we made the most firm and indubitable reliance, and have involved this province and continent in the utmost distress and calamity, and in its con- sequences have deeply affected the parent state, whose prosperity and happiness we have ever considered as near and dear to us as our own. And it now is, and ever has been, our earnest desire and prayer, that there may never be wanting one of the illustrious House of Hanover to sway the sceptre of Great Britian and Amer- ica, in righteousness, so long as the sun and moon shall endure.
"We, your constituents, desire and expect that you exert your- self to the utmost of your ability, not only to secure our remaining privileges inviolable, but also to obtain a full redress of all those many grievances, so justly complained of,-a full restoration and confirmation of all the rights and privileges we are justly entitled to by nature and the solemn compact, aforesaid; that generations yet unborn may know, that this town have not been dormant, while the enemies thereof have been vigilant and active, to wrest from them every privilege and blessing, that renders life worthy of enjoyment.
"We trust you will be vigilant even among your brethren, lest some of them, through sinister views or ambitious designs, be induced to barter away and betray our dear-bought privileges and liberties, together with this our paternal inheritance, estab- lished with so much toil, and raised to such a height of glory, and transmitted down to us at no less price than the blood and
1 This was a pamphlet published by Mr. Otis, entitled "The Rights of the British Colonies asserted and proved."
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treasure of our ancestors. Though we hope and presume, there will not be found a man in that august assembly, so abandoned, so profane, so enthusiastic, so mad, as to disturb the repose of the pious dead, and bring upon himself not only the just indigna- tion of all the virtuous, but the ire of that dread Sovereign, be- neath whose aweful frown audacious monarchs and their minions tremble.
"We present these hints to your judicious consideration, and wish that not only you, but all the true friends to the English constitution, may be guided in the path of wisdom and equity, and never be diverted from the steady pursuit of the true inter- ests of yourselves, your king, your country, and posterity.
Ephraim Starkweather, - Nathan Daggett, Thomas Carpenter, 3d, John Lyon, Joseph Bridgham, William Cole,
Committee of Correspondence."
The following are some of the most interesting votes and re- solves passed by the town during the period of the Revolution and having relation to that war:
"July 25, 1774. Voted by a great majority, that the sum of £5. 3s. 8d. be drawn out of the town treasury, for the use of the committee of this province, that are to meet in the General Con- gress; it being Rehoboth's proportionable part of the money to be ordered out of the treasury by the selectmen.
"Voted not to purchase any goods, imported from Great Britain, after the 31st day of August next, until the act for blocking up the harbour of Boston be repealed, and the government be re- stored to its former privileges." "Likewise voted that the town clerk transmit a copy of the transactions of this meeting to the clerk of the Corresponding Committee in Boston."
"September 19, 1774. The town chose Maj. Timothy Walker and Capt. John Wheeler delegates to attend the proposed Provin- cial Congress, on the second Tuesday of October next, at Con- cord, or any other time or place that the major part of the del- egates of said province may agree upon."
1 From the records in the secretary's office we have the following account of the different Provincial Congresses :-
First Congress.
Convened at Salem, Oct. 7, 1774; adjourned the same day. Convened at Concord, Tuesd. Oct. 11; adjourned Sat. 15th, same month. Convened at Cambridge, Mond. Oct. 17; adjourned Sat. 29th, do. Convened at Cambridge, Wed. Nov. 23; dissolved Sat. Dec. 10th.
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"October 3, 1774. The town chose Capt. Thomas Carpenter a delegate for the Provincial Congress, in the room of Capt. John Wheeler, that is dismissed."
"November 21, 1774. Voted to accept of, and abide by, the results of the Provincial Congress." "Voted that every constable, collector, or person, who have in their hands, or that may here- after have, any of the province's monies, that they pay the same to Henry Gardner, Esq., of Stow, instead of the Hon. Harrison Gray, Esq. and that they produce his receipt, which shall be a full and effectual discharge for the same, agreeable to a resolve of the Provincial Congress, October 28th, 1774: to the whole of which resolve we promise and engage faithfully to adhere in all its parts."
"January 2, 1775. The town chose Maj. Timothy Walker and Capt. Thomas Carpenter delegates to attend the Provincial Con- gress to be holden at Cambridge, on the first day of February next."
The Rev. Ephraim Hyde's parish (then the first Congregational society in Rehoboth, now in East Providence, R.I.), contributed £6, "for the relief and support of the poor of Boston, sufferers by means of the Boston Port-Bill."
The receipt of £10 is acknowledged by Henry Gardner, Esq .; treasurer of the Provincial Congress, as a "part of the province's tax, set on the town of Rehoboth by the General Court."
"May 26, 1775. Voted to raise two companies in this town to be ready on any special alarm; one company to be raised in the westerly part, and the other in the easterly part of said town. Likewise voted that every soldier, enlisting to be a minute man, on alarm shall have three shillings a day, he finding himself, if called into service, until they come to draw provisions out of the provision stores; and then to have two shillings a day, for each day, until they return home again except they shall be paid by the province." "Also voted that the selectmen divide the town stock of ammunition, the one half for the west part of the town, the other half for the east part."
"June 12, 1775. Voted that the selectmen provide for the poor of the town of Boston, that are, or shall be, sent to this town, upon the town's credit." "Also voted that there be fifty men in each special alarm company, exclusive of officers; and that the captains
Second Congress.
Convened at Cambridge, Wed. Feb. 1775; adjourned Thursd. 16th, same month.
Convened at Concord, Tuesd. March 22; adjourned Sat. April 15th.
Convened at Concord, Sat. April 22; adjourned the same day.
Convened at Watertown, Mond. April 24; dissolved May 29th.
Third Congress.
Convened at Watertown, May 31, 1775; dissolved July 19th.
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of each company provide a man with a horse-cart and two horses, in order to carry the baggage of the companies in case of alarm."
November 6, 1775. The town "voted to borrow four pieces of cannon of Capt. John Lyon and Mr. Nathan Daggett"; and voted "the sum of £60 to defray the charges of mounting said cannon, and providing ammunition and other utensils that shall be needful for the same." Also chose "a committee, to wait on a committee of the town of Providence, to consult on fortifying Hog-pen Point."
"November 13, 1775. Voted it expedient to fortify Hog-pen Point, and chose a committee to oversee the business."
This point is in Seekonk, and traces of the fortification are still to be seen. (1836.)
"January 1, 1776. The town voted to raise the sum of £118. 11s. to procure a town stock of powder and small arms."
"February 12, 1776. Voted to encourage the manufacturing of saltpetre in private families, by affording them the materials they can get without doing damage."
Considerable quantities of saltpetre, it is said, were manufac- tured in the town during the period of the Revolution; and a manufactory was set up near the Cove Factory, in Seekonk, for the purpose of making it.
"April 14, 1776. Voted to raise a bounty of £20 to every soldier that shall enlist into the continental army, for three years, or during the war, provided they enlist into the said army within ten days."
This bounty, by vote of the town, May 19, 1777, was extended to every soldier that had enlisted for the same term since the former vote, or who should enlist within twenty days of the last date. And by another vote, passed June 30th, the same bounty was farther extended to all who should enlist into the Continental army within two months from that date.
"May 18, 1778. Voted to raise the sum of £720, for the raising of soldiers for the continental army, for nine months."
"September 7, 1778. Voted to grant the sum of £463. 4s. for clothing, purchased by the selectmen, agreeable to an order of Court, for the continental soldiers that enlisted into the service."
"April 19, 1779. A committee was appointed by the town, to provide for the soldiers' families."
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"May 5, 1779. Voted that the sum of £1200 be raised by a tax, this spring, and paid into the town treasury, to be ordered out of said treasury by the selectmen, to the committee that take care of the soldiers' families, if needed."
"May 19, 1779. Voted to raise the sum of £3,000 for providing men, when called for from the authority, to go into the service as soldiers."
"October 23, 1780. Voted to raise the sum of £26,400 for the purpose of raising the town's quota of beef."
This quota was 42,106 pounds. These immense sums were re- quired to be raised in consequence of the great depreciation of the value of the paper currency issued by the Continental Con- gress.1 The whole amount of money raised by the town, this year, for its necessary charges, was the sum of £50,527. 4s.
"April 1, 1782. Voted that the town treasurer be instructed to sell the new emission money, three dollars for one hard dollar."
This year, from the town, "The Hon. John Hancock had 23 votes for Governour," and "Doct. Joseph Bridgham had 11 votes for Governour."
From the "Journals and Resolves of Massachusetts" we glean the few following additional particulars respecting the number of men, etc., to be furnished by Rehoboth, at several different times, when drafts of men were called for: For the reinforcement, voted to be raised in Massachusetts and "sent to the camp at Cambridge or Roxbury, as his Excellency General Washington shall direct," the proportion of Rehoboth was 74 men. The pro- portion of Rehoboth of the men raised by Massachusetts "for filling and completing the fifteen battalions of continental troops," was 24. Rehoboth's proportion of the men to be raised "for re- enforcing the continental army," according to a resolve passed June 8, 1779, was 22. In 1781, Massachusetts was ordered to raise 4,626,178 lbs. of beef, of which the proportion of Rehoboth was 42,106 lbs. Of the 4,726 men voted to be raised by Massachu-
1 Congress first issued bills of credit in June, 1775. At the end of eighteen months they began to depreciate. Towards the close of 1777, the depreciation was two or three dollars for one; in 1778, five or six for one; in 1779, twenty- seven or twenty-eight for one; in 1780, fifty or sixty for one; soon to one hundred and fifty for one; and finally several hundreds for one.
April 5, 1787, the town of Rehoboth had on hand in old Continental cur- rency, {11,755. 11s. 6d., also a writ signed by Aaron Miller for "paper money" for £200.
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setts, June, 1780, for three months, for reinforcing the continental army, the proportion of Rehoboth was 60.
In concluding this sketch of the Revolutionary affairs of the town we would like to print the names of all Rehoboth soldiers, of whom more than fourteen hundred are recorded in the seventeen large volumes of the "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War," but for lack of space we give only two lists, including, first, the minute-men who marched on the alarm of the 19th of April, 1775, and second, the Continental soldiers.
Pains have been taken to make these lists complete and accurate. For other Rehoboth names, and for exact information concerning these listed names, we refer the reader to the State volumes which may be consulted in every important library of the Common- wealth. Many of the enlistments were for short periods on alarms from Rhode Island, and it is probable that nearly every able- bodied man in town was called to service at some time during the war. Under the first list we give opposite each man's name the name of his captain. These seven captains, all residents of Re- hoboth, were: Samuel Bliss, John Perry, Phanuel Bishop, Na- thaniel Carpenter, Isaac Burr, John Lyon, and Jesse Perrin.
The companies of Captains Lyon and Perrin, being small, were returned in one roll as if they together commanded a single company. The same is true of the companies of Captains Car- penter and Burr.
Minute Men, April 19, 1775
Captains
Abel, Preserved
Perry
Abell, Robert
Perry
Alger, James
Bishop
Allen, John
Carpenter and Burr
Allen, John, 3d
Carpenter and Burr
Allen, Joseph, Ensign
Bliss
Allen, Joseph
Bliss
Allen, Joseph, 4th
Carpenter and Burr
Allen, Josiah
Bishop
Allen, Noah
Bliss
Allen, Peleg
Bishop
Allen, Stephen, Jr.
Bishop
Allen, Samuel
Bliss
Allen, Samuel, 1st Lieut.
Carpenter and Burr
Allen, William
Bliss
Amerson, John
Lyon and Perrin
Armington, John
Lyon and Perrin
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Minute Men, April 19, 1775
Captains
Armington, William
Bishop
Barker, John
Lyon and Perrin
Barney, Jonathan
Perry
Barrows, Nehemiah, Jr.
Bishop
Bicknell, Asa
Bishop
Bishop, Demos
Perry
Bishop, Ebenezer
Lyon and Perrin
Blake, Josiah
Bishop
Blanding, Christopher
Bliss
Bliss, Abdul
Lyon and Perrin
Bliss, Amos
Bliss
Bliss, Elisha
Lyon and Perrin
Bliss, Joshua
Carpenter and Burr
Bliss, Ephraim, 3d
Bliss
Bliss, Noah
Carpenter and Burr Bliss
Bliss, Samuel, Capt.
Bordine, Levi
Carpenter and Burr Perry
Bowen, Bezaleel
Bowen, Eleazer
Perry
Bowen, Ichabod
Lyon and Perrin
Bowen, Simeon
Lyon and Perrin
Bowen, Simeon
Perry
Bowers, Asa
Bishop
Bowers, Lemuel
Bishop
Braley, William
Lyon and Perrin
Bridgham, William
Perry
Brown, Caleb
Bishop
Brown, Elisha
Bishop
Brown, Gideon
Bishop
Brown, Isaac
Bishop
Brown, John
Bliss
Brown, John, 2d
Lyon and Perrin
Brown, Samuel
Bishop
Brown, Samuel
Carpenter and Burr
Brown, Simeon
Bishop
Brown, Thomas, Serg.
Lyon and Perrin
Bucklin, James, Ensign
Perry
Bucklin, John
Bishop
Bucklin, Joseph
Bishop
Bullock, Jabez
Bishop
Bullock, James
Bliss
Bullock, Preserved
Bliss
Campbell, James
Perry
Campbell, Thomas
Lyon and Perrin
Campbell, Thomas
Bliss
Carpenter, Benjamin
Carpenter and Burr
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Minute Men, April 19, 1775
Captains
Carpenter, Caleb
Carpenter, Caleb, 2d
Carpenter, Caleb
Carpenter, Elisha, Corp.
Carpenter, Elisha
Carpenter, Ephraim, Corp.
Carpenter and Burr
Carpenter, Ezekiel
Carpenter and Burr
Carpenter, Phanuel
Carpenter and Burr
Carpenter, William
Perry
Chaffee, Charles
Bishop
Chaffee, Nathaniel
Lyon and Perrin
Comer, Benjamin
Bliss
Cooper, Abel
Carpenter and Burr
Cushing, Jacob, Corp.
Carpenter and Burr
Daggett, Nathan, 2d Lieut.
Lyon and Perrin
Daggett, William
Bishop
Drowne, Jonathan
Bliss
Dryer, John
Bliss
Fairbrother, Richard
Perry
Faribrother, William
Bliss
Fisher, Joshua, Corp.
Lyon and Perrin
Franklin, Abel
Bishop
French, Elkanah
Perry
French, Elkanah, 2d Lieut.
Lyon and Perrin
French, James
Carpenter and Burr
French, Jonathan
Bishop
French, John
Carpenter and Burr
Fuller, Isaiah
Perry
Fuller, Jacob
Bliss
Fuller, Nathaniel
Carpenter and Burr
Fuller, Samuel, Jr.
Lyon and Perrin
Gage, Benjamin
Carpenter and Burr
Goff, Amos
Perry
Hill, Comfort Hill, James
Perry
Hills, David, Serg.
Bishop
Hills, James, Serg.
Lyon and Perrin
Hills, Josiah
Carpenter and Burr
Hills, Stephen
Bishop
Hix, Abel
Bliss
Hix, Hezekiah
Bliss
Hunt, Joseph W.
Bishop
Ide, Daniel, Serg.
Carpenter and Burr
Carpenter and Burr
Ide, Nathan, Serg.
Carpenter and Burr
Bishop
Ide, John, Corp.
Ide, Nathaniel, Serg.
Lyon and Perrin Lyon and Perrin Carpenter and Burr Carpenter and Burr Bishop
Perry
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Minute Men, April 19, 1775
Captains
Ingals, Joseph
Bliss
Ingraham, John
Perry
Ingraham, William
Perry
Jacobs, Allen
Lyon and Perrin
Jones, Oliver
Bliss
Jones, Samuel
Perry
Joy, Joseph
Carpenter and Burr
Kenedy, Hugh
Lyon and Perrin
Kent, Remember
Carpenter and Burr
Lake, Elnathan
Bliss
Lake, Laban
Bliss
Lake, Levi
Bliss
Lawrence, George
Bishop
Lee, James
Carpenter and Burr
Lindley, John
Bishop
Lyon, Aaron, Serg.
Perry
Lyon, Samuel
Carpenter and Burr
Macomber, Jonathan
Bliss
Martin, Benjamin, Corp.
Lyon and Perrin
Martin, Benjamin, Jr.
Bishop
Martin, Constant
Bishop
Mason, Caleb
Bishop
Mason, James
Lyon and Perrin
Mason, Levi
Bishop
Mason, Pelatiah
Carpenter and Burr
Medbury, James
Perry
Medbury, John
Lyon and Perrin
Medbury, Nathaniel
Lyon and Perrin
Miller, Peter
Lyon and Perrin
Munro, Nathan
Lyon and Perrin
Munro, Samuel
Bliss
Nash, Jonathan
Bliss
Newman, John, Serg.
Bishop
Newman, Samuel, Serg.
Carpenter and Burr
Ormsbee, Christopher, Serg.
Bliss
Pain, Nathaniel
Bishop
Paine, John, Lieut.
Perry
Pane, Peleg
Bishop
Peck, Amaziah
Carpenter and Burr
Peck, Charles
Lyon and Perrin
Peck, Ebenezer, Corp.
Lyon and Perrin
Peck, Oliver
Bliss
Peck, Perez
Carpenter and Burr
Peck, Philip
Bliss
Peck, Solomon
Bliss
Perrin, David
Carpenter and Burr
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Minute Men, April 19, 1775
Captains
Perrin, Lemuel
Perry
Perry, Anthony
Lyon and Perrin
Perry, Elijah
Bliss
Perry, Jasiel
Bliss
Perry, John, Capt.
Perry
Potter, Ichabod
Bishop
Read, Aaron, Serg. Read, Amos
Perry
Read, Ezra
Perry
Read, Jonathan
Perry
Read, Nathan, Jr.
Carpenter and Burr
Read, Perez
Bishop
Read, Peter
Bliss
Read, Simeon
Carpenter and Burr
Read, Timothy, 2d Lieut.
Carpenter and Burr
Redaway, Samuel
Lyon and Perrin
Redaway, Timothy
Lyon and Perrin
Robinson, Jonathan
Lyon and Perrin
Shorey, Jacob
Carpenter and Burr
Shorey, John, Serg.
Carpenter and Burr
Slade, William
Carpenter and Burr
Smith, Abial
Lyon and Perrin
Smith, Eleazer
Carpenter and Burr
Smith, John, Serg.
Perry
Smith, Solomon
Lyon and Perrin
Smith, Stukeley
Bishop
Stanley, Comfort
Bliss
Starkweather, Ephraim
Lyon and Perrin
Sutten, Robert
Bishop
Thurber, James
Lyon and Perrin
Titus, William
Carpenter and Burr
Turner, Ephraim
Carpenter and Burr
Turner, Nathan
Bliss
Turner, Nathaniel
Bliss
Viall, Samuel
Lyon and Perrin
Wade, Ichabod
Bliss
Walker, Aaron, Lieut.
Bliss
Walker, Caleb
Perry
Walker, Enos
Perry
Walker, John, Serg.
Lyon and Perrin
Walker, Moses, 1st Lieut.
Lyon and Perrin
Walker, Timothy
Bishop
Wheeler, Nathan
Bliss
Wheeler, Valentine
Bliss
Wheeton, Joseph
Perry
Perry
Shorey, Miles, Serg.
Bliss
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Minute Men, April 19, 1775
Captains
Whitacor, Richard, Corp.
Lyon and Perrin
Whitaker, Peter
Perry
Willard, Ephraim
Bishop
Wilmarth, Thomas
Bishop
William, John, Drummer
Perry
Willson, John, Serg.
Perry
Wood, Lewis
Bishop
Woodard, Samuel
Lyon and Perrin
The length of service on this first alarm of the war was about eight days. Immediately after this Captains Perry and Bliss en- listed in the 22d regiment commanded by Colonel Timothy Walker of Rehoboth, and a majority of their men also were mustered into the same regiment. They were designated as eight-months men, but their actual time of service was a little over three months.
Besides Colonel Walker, three of his captains belonged to Re- hoboth: Samuel Bliss, John Perry, and Jacob Fuller; also Lieu- tenants John Paine and Aaron Walker, and Ensigns James Bucklin and Joseph Allen.
In September of 1776 another regiment was raised in this town and some of the adjoining towns and marched under the command of Colonel Thomas Carpenter of Rehoboth to join the army of Washington at White Plains. They are said to have arrived some- time before the battle and were drawn up under arms a few miles away. Bliss (p. 152) speaks of a trifling skirmish which occurred previous to the battle of White Plains, and gives the story as told him by his grandfather, Dr. James Bliss, who was surgeon's mate in this regiment. Colonel Carpenter's regiment was stationed on a slight hill to watch the movements of a detachment of the British army which was in the vicinity.
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