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On October 14, 1707 the officers of the militia, Capt. John Gould, Lieut. Ephraim Dorman and Ens. Samuel Howlett, made the following agreement with the selectmen: "We do unanimously agree that in case Daniel Waters will take care of his mother Waters and maintain her suteably as she is his mother ; and according to his fathers agreement in providing for her: then we ye subscribers do Ingage that duering the time & terme of her life provided yt he ye sd Waters provides for his mother as a bovesd we will free him from being Im- prest into Her majties service provided the said Waters frees the town from all or any charge improviding for her."
Upon the above conditions, Daniel Waters agreed "to take my mother in law Waters into my care & keeping and to clear the town from any furder charge or trouble about her."
The Rev. Mr. Barnard of Marblehead, in his autobiography, makes honorable mention of a Capt. Boynton, of Topsfield, who commanded a company in the Red Regiment of General March's brigade, during the attempt upon Fort Royal in 1707.
John Towne was in a company under the command of Capt. Peirson of Rowley in August 1708. He was seriously wounded in the hand when his pistol was accidentally discharged. He made the following petition 18 to the General Court for an allowance :
To His Excellency Joseph Dudley Esq. Captain Generall & Governs in Cheif in & over her Majesties Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England & to ye Honourables her majties Councill & Representatives in Generall Court assem- bled.
The Petition of John Town of Topsfield in ye sd Province to ye Excellency & Hones Humbly Sheweth.
That ye Petitions being a private centinell in ye troop undr Command of Capt. John Peirson of Rowley & in her Majesties Service under sd Captains Comand att Exeter sometime in August last past & there our horses having broke out of ye
18 Mass. Archives, Vol. 71, page 481.
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Inclosur wherein they were by night turned to feed ye Peti- tioner with others went into ye woods to look them & taking in his hand a Pistoll for his own Defence ye petitioner Cross- ing a fence his Pistoll by unavoidable casualty & not thro any Carelessness of ye Petitioner Discharged & solely wounded ye Petitioner in ye hand which wound occasioned ye much Smart & Pain & also one Joint of a finger which was taken of by ye Chirurgeon & for ye Cure thereof has paid above twenty shilling and lost ten weeks time by Reason of sd wound before he was able to work with sd Hand all which time ye Petitioner subsisted himself & was no ways, any Charg to ye Province, Your Humble Petitioner praye ye Excellency & Hones would take his Case into ye pious consideration & order him such allowance for his lost smart Loss of a joint & Time as in ye Wisdom you Shall think meet whereby ye Petitioner Shall be Encouraged yet again to Serve her Majesty & his Country in his former Station ye more Cheerfully & as in Duty bound Shall Ever pray.
Topsfield Febr ye 17th.
John x Town
The surgeon who attended him certified that "John Town came to me, sometime in August last past with a Gunshott wound on his Right Hand & I was fain to cutt of part of a finger of the Same & had it in cure for about ye Space of Seaven weeks & have Received of sd John Town twenty Shil- lings towards ye cure thereof Witness my Hand Salem, Feb- ruary ye 12th James Holgare Churorgin."
In 1711, an unsuccessful attempt was made to capture Quebec. Elisha Clark was a member of this expedition under Capt. John Robinson. He was taken sick on his return and died shortly after he landed at Marblehead. His father, Daniel Clark, petitioned the General Court March 12, 1711/12 for reimbursement of expenses incurred during his son's sick- ness and death : "The Petition of Daniel Clark of topsfield in the County of Essex in New-England. Humbly Sheweth Whereas ye poor petitioner had a son Elisha Clark that went in her majties Service in the Late and infortunate Expedition to Canada under the Commd of Capt. John Robinson: And In his return was taken very sick, & with a great Bleeding, and continued dangerously Ill to his Comming to the port of Marblehead. And the said Capt. Robinson sending for me, I did come and brought him ashoare, and used all means possible for his recovery ; But it pleased the Lord, to remove him by death out of this World (I hope) unto a better: and I stand endebted for doctors, Nurses, Lodging & fire wood
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& other nessaries, & for his Coffin & Grave digging the Sum of £3:6:00: which I pray this Great & General Court will take it unto their wise Consideration, & ease ye poor peti- tioner of the charge & Burthen. And ye petitioner Shall pray, &c :" 19 He was allowed three pounds, sixteen shillings.
For the next few years, after peace was made between France and England in 1713, Indian hostilities ceased. War was renewed in 1722, the principal difficulties being with the Eastern Indians. A tradition in the Wildes family is that four sons of Ephraim, namely Jacob, Ephraim, Jonathan and Samuel were at Norridgewock in 1724, at least three of them later settled at Arundel.
According to the Town records Thomas Dempsey was in the service in 1722 and had not paid his rates.
Lieut. Jacob Clark's name is found on a muster roll 20 of Capt. Joseph Heath's Company stationed at Richmond from August 17 to December 20, 1727.
The capture of the fort at Louisburg in Cape Breton was the chief event in King George's war, 1744-48. A record 21 of men from Topsfield who participated was kept by David Balch, Jr. (1715-1787.)
"These Men Listed to go to Cap Britten out of our Town & were Presed to go to ye Estward & were hired this year 1744-5, February: John Bradstreet, Andrew Bradstreet, Nicholas Cree, Isaac How, Ebenezer Averell, Zacary Dwinell, Nathaniel Town Jun., John Iles, Jonathan Wildes
These went to Cap Britten the first time fore named : June and July, Samuel Towne John's Son, Thomas Perkins John's son, Benjamin Dwinell: these Presed to go to ye Esward, Amos Dwinell hired, Amos Hood hired, John Fokner Pressed, Jonathan Towne hired.
These went to Cap Britten the Second time now follows: June 6th, Nethaniel Wildes, William McKittery, Ephraim Towne, Daniel Cummings, Aaron Estey Aaron's son, Samuel Mastan.
These listed to go to Cap Britten after it was ours: Wil- liam Redington, Dan Howlett, John Hood, Richard Cree, John Redington.
In 1745, July 26th then 12 of our town troopers & two of the farm trops Went of to ye Esward & Com hom August 10th. Went to North yarmouth, Querter Ma. Thom. Baker,
19 Mass. Archives, Vol. 72, page 2.
20 Mass. Archives, Vol. 91, pp. 254-5.
21 Salem Gazette, 1883.
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Corp. Samuel Towne, Unc. Robert Perkins, Samuel Perkins, Thomas Perkins, Cornelius Balch, Daniel Bixby, Eliezer Lake Juner, Robert Smith, Joseph Andrews Jun., Elisha Cummings, Samuel Howlett Jun., Unc. John Perkins, these out of our towne 13. Of the farmes Part of the troop ther went but 2 Samuel Potter, Jun., Nehemiah Abbet.
1746, April 30, then our William McKittery & Andrew Bradstreet went of to the Estward, hired by our town had 30-0-0 a Peas.
1746, July 23, then three of our men went of to the Est- ward: Jonathan Wildes hired, Philip Towne, Presed 12 or 15 days ago but went of now, Joseph Perkins Juner Presed.
1746, June 27th : Then Returned the Last of our men from Cap Britten that belonged to our Town that was a live. These six died & was killed there-William Redington, Nicholus Cree, Nethaniel Towne, Jun., John Iles, Isaac Cummings or How, Aaron Estei, Jun."
Almost no other record is found of the service of these men except when a few served in a later war. Isaac Cummings, the son of Lydia How, made his will March 4, 1744/5, "Being Bound in his Majesties Service In ye Expedition Formed against Cape Britton." He made a codicil at Louisburg while "weak of body" and probably died a short time later.
According to the family genealogy Zachariah Dwinnell enlisted Aug. 5, 1746 in Col. Waldo's regiment and went to Annapolis Royal and Meris. His town rate was abated for 1745. He moved to Ipswich and his later service in the French and Indian war is credited to that town. William Howlett, son of Samuel, died at Cape Breton, 22 December 29, 1745. William McKittery also went to the Eastward April 30, 1746. He was hired by the town and was paid £30. Na- thaniel Towne, Jr. had his rates abated March 4, 1745/6 for the year 1744 he having lost his life at Cape Breton.
John Bradstreet, John Perkins, Nathaniel Town and Zach- ariah Dwinnel petitioned the General Court in 1753 asking for a grant of land in recognition for their services on an expedition against Cape Breton. They wrote: "That when the Government had manifested Their resolution on an ex- pedition against Cape Breton: We (from a principle of Loyalty & Zeal for the Interest of His Majesties Dominions in America) enter'd our selves on that Service cherfully underwent the fatigues of the Siege & when the place was surrender'd most of us tarried till the British Troops took
22 Topsfield Records.
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Possession of the Same. And as it's a great Satisfaction & encouragement to Servants, to have the Smiles of those whome they Serve it would be exceedingly so to us might we be favour'd with the same from the Fathers of the Govern- ment. And as we are Husbandmen & want Lands to Exercise our callings upon the Grant of a Tract of Land for that pur- pose, would be taken as a token of your approbation of our Services, which we beg leave to say was don from the prin- ciples aforesd."
Israel Herrick lived in Topsfield during his early married life, later moving to Boxford and in 1762 he settled in Lewis- ton, Maine. The Herrick genealogy states he entered the army in 1745 as a lieutenant, served in 19 campaigns and left the army in 1763, a brevet-Major. He also served in the Revolution. William Redington served as Lieutenant in Captain Hill's company of Artificers 23 being commissioned June 11, 1745. He died within a year possibly from hard- ships endured in the expedition to Cape Breton. In an ac- count filed by his widow in the settlement of his estate is an item,-wages dues to my husband by the Committee of War. Daniel Cummings was in a company under the command of Capt. Thomas Pike in the Louisburg expedition in 1745. Thomas Cummings was also at the capture of Louisburg.
Muster rolls for service of companies in 1748-9 are on file. One in command of Capt. Thomas Perkins lists the following men probably of Topsfield with the time of enlistment : 24
Captain Thomas Perkins
March 28, 1748
Lieutenant Eliphalet Perkins
March 31, 1748
Clerk Abner Perkins
April 17, 1748
Corporal Jacob Wildes
April 16, 1748
Centinel Samuel Robinson
April 21, 1748
Thomas Perkins Jr.
April 16, 1748
" William Sampson
April 14, 1748
Joseph Clough March 16, 1748
Joseph Wood March 31, 1748
The above served until Nov. 22, 1748. The officers were then demoted and served to June 7, 1749 as follows:
Thomas Perkins, Lieutenant
Eliphalet Perkins, Sargeant
Abner Perkins, Corporal
Jacob Wilds, Centinel
William Sampson, Centinel
23 N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, Vol. 24, page 378.
24 Mass. Archives, Vol. 92, page 146 & Vol. 93, page 1.
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The second company was under the command of Capt. Humphrey Hobbs who enlisted Feb. 26, 1748. The following information about men probably from Topsfield is obtained from various muster rolls. 25
Enlisted
Dismissed
William Peabody, Lieutenant
Mar. 1, 1748
Dec. 15, 1748
Enos Town, Corporal
Mar. 10,
Dec. 15,
Mark Perkins, Centinel
Feb. 29,
Jacob Ames, Centinel
Mar. 5,
Dec. 15,
Noah Curtis, Centinel
Mar. 10,
June 30, 1749
Isaac Peabody, Centinel
Mar. 11,
Dec. 15, 1748
Thomas Robinson, Centinel
Mar. 11,
June 30, 1749
Samuel Tutos, Centinel
Mar. 11, June 30, 1749
Richard Cree, Centinel
Mar. 12,
June 30, 1749
Amos Whood, Centinel
Mar. 10,
Dec. 10, 1748
Daniel Simons, Centinel
Oct. 21,
Dec. 15, 1748
Obediah Moor, Centinel
Oct. 21, " Dec. 15, 1748
Apr. 14, 1749 June 30, 1749
James Marble, Corporal Benjamin Taylor, Clerk
Apr. 14,
June 30, 1749
James Birt, Centinel
Apr. 14,
June 30, 1749
Samuel Tutos who was a free Indian, died the following year after a sickness of some weeks which may have resulted from hardships he had suffered. The names of Mark Perkins, Jacob Ames and Obediah Moor are not included in a list made up August 8, 1749 by Capt. Hobbs "for Mens Travelling home from the Western Frontiers when Dismisd." Two new names on this list were Hugh Lynds and John Martin. Most of the men were allowed 15 shillings for 120 miles. Capt. Hobbs was also given £1.2.8. "for Sundries I Supplyd the men with when Sick, as Butter, Sugar, Rum, etc. " 26
The last of this series of wars and generally known as the French and Indian war, 1754-1763, was more accurately re- corded than any of the previous conflicts. A greater number of names of men from Topsfield are found on muster rolls and petitions to the General Court from soldiers or members of their families, so more definite information concerning their service can be given. However, the Town records con- tain nothing about these matters.
There were two Topsfield men in Capt. Humphrey Hobbs' company, Col. Winslow's regiment, employed for the defence of the Eastern frontiers. Sergeant Enos Towne and Cen- tinel Hugh Loines (Lynde) enlisted May 31, 1754 and were
25 Mass. Archives, Vol. 92, pp. 154, 190a, 199, Vol. 93, page 16. 26 Mass. Archives, Vol. 93, page 15.
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discharged September 20th.27 John Peabody served in Capt. John Lane's company from June 26 to September 21, 1754. John Griffis (Griffin) was in Capt. John Wright's company 28 in June, 1754 serving only 2 weeks and 1 day when he was listed as deserted. Michael Dwinnel's name was on the mus- ter roll of the same company. He enlisted June 8, 1754, and was discharged September 21, of that year. He may have been the Michael Dwinall mentioned in a letter from Quebec dated Dec. 15, 1754, stating that he and three other soldiers were taken by the Indians near Fort Halifax in Sep- tember last, were alive and well in the City of Quebec at the time the letter was dated. 29 The Church records show Mi- chael Dwinnel died in ye war 1755. Whether he was then a prisoner or had returned to his company is not known.
There were three expeditions in 1755. The first to Nova Scotia was successful. No record of local men taking part in this has been found. In the spring of 1755 an army was raised for service around Lake George and an attack was made against Crown Point on September 8th. On a list of men "Wounded in ye fight att Lake Georg on Monday, ye 8th of September, 1755 in ye Regiment under ye command of Moses Titcomb, Esqr.," is the name of Lieutenant John Baker of Topsfield "in ye Left Shoulder." 30
Among the company of men with Capt. Isaac Smith of Ipswich who marched to reinforce the army here were the following from Topsfield : 31
Enlisted
Dismissed
Nehemiah Abbot, Corpl.
Sept. 15, 1755
Dec. 17, 1755
Jacob Towne
Sept. 15, "
Dec. 17,
James Burch
Sept. 15,
Dec. 17,
Simon Chapman
Sept. 15,
Dec. 17,
Daniel Averell, Private
Sept. 15,
Dec. 17,
John Herrick
Sept. 15,
Dec. 17,
Edward Lamson
Sept. 15,
Dec. 17,
Philip Keeland
Sept. 15,
Dec. 17,
Jacob Perkins
Sept. 15,
Dec. 17,
Bently Perkins
Sept. 15, " Dec. 17,
Nathl Perkins
Sept. 15,
Dec. 17,
Ezra Towne
Sept. 15,
Dec. 17,
27 Mass. Archives, Vol. 93, page 133.
28 Mass. Archives, Vol. 93, page 119.
29 Boston News Letter, Mar. 6, 1755.
30 Perley Putnam Mss., Essex Institute.
31 Mass. Archives, Vol. 94, page 92.
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Ezra Towne, Jacob Towne and Daniel Averill were in- cluded in a list of invalids reported to the commissioners at Albany, Nov. 22, 1755. They would "in a short time be Fitt for Duty," again. 32 Only one Topsfield man is known to have served in the regiment which attempted to capture Fort Niagara on Lake Ontario.
On Sept. 9, 1758, the Governor directed "all Persons who have Friends or Relations in Captivity in Canada or among the Indians do as soon as may be, send a list of their names into the secretary's office therewith specifying Time when and the places Whence they were taken. " 33 John Emerson for- warded a certificate giving the facts regarding his son Thomas then a prisoner. 34
Sir :
According to ye Direction of his Excellency ye Gouvinor published in ye News Paper of ye 11th Instant I Send to your Honour ye following Account, viz-my son Thos. Emerson who enlisted January 23d 1755, under Sr. Wm. Pepperell was taken captive at Oswego, September 1756 by General Montcalm and Carried to Canada is Living and not Sent to France, is now (probably) at Mont-Real.
I am your Honours very humble Servt. John Emerson, Topsfield September 13th 1758.
P. S. Sir, ye particular Day when Oswego was taken, I cant now reccollect but suppose it not matiriall it being well known to your Honour.
Sickness was prevalent among the soldiers and many died while away from home. The Church records give the names of three men from the town who died in ye War in 1755. They were Jacob Dorman, Jr., Jeremiah Gallop and Jonathan Redington. Their record of service is not known. John Cummings was born in Topsfield in 1717, but was ap- parently of Andover when his father made his will Decem- ber 19, 1755. He mentions his son, John "If he shall ever return from his Majesteys service." The Andover records give John's death May 22, 1756 which may have resulted from the hardships of war.
Early in 1756, companies were raised for a new campaign against Crown Point. Capt. William Peabody was in com-
32 Mass. Archives, Vol. 94, page 22.
33 Boston Gazette, Sept. 13, 1758.
34 Mass. Archives, Vol. 77, page 702.
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mand of a company in Col. Plaisted's regiment. His roll, dated May 7, 1756, included 5 Topsfield men. 35
Age
Where Born
Occupation
Joseph Edwards
23
Ipswich Marriner
Thos Perkins
32
Topsfield
Labourer
Hugh Lyndes
45
Ireland Labourer
John Chapman
18
Topsfield
Cordwainer
David Pritchard
25 Topsfield Cooper
All but Thomas Perkins were credited with a blanket. On a list June 4th, three other men were "Inlisted & Impressed out of the third Regiment of militia," and were made over to Capt. Peabody's company : David Peabody, John Chapman and Israel Prichard. On a roll of the same company dated August 13th, the following were credited to Topsfield: En- sign Thomas Perkins, Sergeant Thomas Gould, Drummer, David Prichard, Private John Chapman, Sergeant Joseph E. Edwards.36 Thomas Gould's age was 40. Three of them died in the service,-Thomas Perkins on October 25, 1756, David Prichard on November 1, 1756 and Joseph Edwards in 1757. Samuel Mastins (Marsters) was in Captain Andrew Fuller's company, same regiment, at Fort Edward, July 26, 1756. He was 48 years old, born at Manchester, a husband- man and enlisted from Capt. Baker's Company. 37 He "died in ye war 1756."
Capt. Israel Davis was given of Topsfield, when he com- manded a company in Col. Bagley's regiment in 1756. A roll 38 dated August 9 at Fort William Henry included :
Where Born
Enlisted
Captain Israel Davis
Topsfield
February 18
Ensign Elisha Cummings
Corporal Benjamin Dwinell
Soldier John Broadstreet
Topsfield
March 19
John Buck
Topsfield
March 11
Joseph Hovey
Topsfield
March 15
Samuel Tapley
Topsfield
March 15
Francis Town
Topsfield April 22
On a later roll Elisha Cummings had gone home; he came off without leave. John Bradstreet, John Buck, Joseph Hovey and Samuel Tapley were sick at Albany on October 12th. The latter died Oct. 20th. Samuel Bradstreet enlisted in Capt.
35 Mass. Archives, Vol. 94, pp. 198-9.
36 Mass. Archives, Vol. 94, page 395.
37 Mass. Archives, Vol. 94, page 359.
38 Mass. Archives, Vol. 94, page 386.
Topsfield February 18
Topsfield March 16
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Davis's company on September 1st, and Benjamin Dwinnell was promoted to Corporal on November 29th.
Nathaniel Low was one of the six hundred men ordered up to Lake George to join the forces there in August, 1756. In a petition to the General Court, he stated he marched with the troops under Ensign Clark "so fur as half moon and was then ordered to help Tend, ye sick," so that he was not mustered into any company. He asked for pay from August to the end of November and for billeting. 39 He was allowed £4.
Richard Dexter petitioned the General Court Dec. 6, 1756 in behalf of his apprentice Ebenezer Moor who had gone to Crown Point in Capt. Benjamin Jonson's company, Col. Plaisted's regiment. He asked that Moor be allowed extra pay as he "was obliged to Tary at Fort William Henery one month after the dimision of the Rest of the Company to Nurse one Benjamin Shute who was sick Nigh to Deth & the In- treytes of said Shute was so Ernest & strong that I would Stay to his assistence that I Could not Deney him but he actualey Tarey & asiste my said distresstd friend wt for which Servis I never had one farthing." 40 The committee allowed £1.6.8 for this service.
Ichabod Perkins was in Capt. James Parker's company,41 in the same regiment. He was 23 years old, born in Topsfield, but residing in Methuen when the list was made, July 26, 1756.
During the siege of Fort William Henry by the French leader, Montcalm in August 1757, word was sent of the need of reinforcements. Thousands of militia men rushed to arms and hurried to the relief of the soldiers there. A company under the command of Capt. Thomas Dennis of Ipswich, Col. Daniel Appleton's regiment, included 21 men from Tops- field. They left on August 16, and reached Sudbury before the news of the surrender on the 9th was received and the troops returned home. The alarm roll credits the following men to Topsfield : 42
Fathers or Masters
Sergt. Israel Averell Samll Perkins Joseph Perkins Dudley Perkins
Son. Jacob Perkins Sergt. Jeremiah Huerd
39 Mass. Archives, Vol. 76, page 679.
40 Mass. Archives, Vol. 76, page 145.
41 Mass. Archives, Vol. 94, page 343.
42 Mass. Archives, Vol. 95, page 511.
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Fathers or Masters
Amos Perkins Samll Smith Joshua Towne
Son. Saml Smith
Joseph Towne Ezra Towne Jacob Towne
Son. Benj. Towne Son. Jabez Towne
William Gallop
Benjn Woodberry
Samll Potter
Caleb Brown
John Balch
Son. Jos. Brown Sergt. John Bordman
John Cree
Dan. Clough
Sergt. Jos. Hovey
Samll Phippen
Archalas Dwinell
John Lefavor
Topsfield men were probably present when the Fort was surrendered and witnessed the horrible massacre. Capt. Israel Davis was in command of a company from Feb. 12, to Dec. 23, 1757, and was at the siege. Richard Cree was a private in his company. Capt. Enoch Bailey's company was also at the late siege from February 12th to November 17th. David (Davis) Howlett, George Wilson and Jacob Wildes were privates in this company. The latter was reported dead at Fort Edward on July 14, 1757.
John Bradstreet was also in the Expedition against Crown Point. He "was taken sick and was put in a waggon and it so happaned that the waggon over Sett and by ye fall two of his ribs was struck out of place and your Petitioner Came home Sick and very Infirm of body and Continues so yet and is never like to be able to Support himself by Labour again and your Petitioner Now has no Estate of his own to Support himself and is upwards of Sixty years old and has Served the Province a great many times in the war and has been at a Considerable Charge for Doctors & Nurses, sence he got home. '' 43 He was given £1.9s., as a 'reward.
On May 13, 1757, a company under command of Israel Herrick left Boxford to "scout upon ye Eastern frontiers" between the Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers. His ranger company included : 44
43 Mass. Archives, Vol. 76, page 527.
44 Mass. Archives, Vol. 95, page 440.
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Enlisted Age
John Robinson, Sarj
Apr. 27
21
Occupation Cordwainer
Danl Clark, Clerk
Apr. 27
23
John Chapman, Private
May 2 20
Thos. Gould Private
Apr. 28
24
Labourer Cordwainer Labourer Cordwainer Cooper
Nehemiah Herrick, Private
Apr. 28
20
Joseph Magory, Private
May 2 26
Solomon Town, Private
Apr. 28
18
Housewright
These men were all born in Topsfield except Joseph Magory who was born in Salem. All gave Topsfield as their residence except Solomon Town who gave his residence as Danvers.
It would seem that Zaccheus Gould was impressed to serve in 1757 but hired John Robinson to serve in his place. On May 4th, he gave Mr. Gould a receipt for ten pounds "for inlisting In a Rainger company under the command of Cap- tain Israel Herrick in said Gould's Roome for which Service he is to Receive the Benefett." 45
John Boardman, captain of the militia, certified March 31, 1758 that "Zaccheus Gould has Done a Turne in his Majesties Service to Lake George &c by hireing John Robinson in his Room who performed that service in ye year 1758 under ye Command of Capt. Israel Herrick."
The Church records name two men who died in the war, 1757 of whose service we find no records,-Thomas Perkins, Jr., and a second, Samuel Marstin (Marsters).
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