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sires desirous of finding some record of their ancestors, or seek- ing for a glimpse or perhaps a tracing of an autograph of family or national celebrity. Well may this quiet apartment be the mecca for hundreds and thousands of those to whom the story of their country's settlement and early days comes like a fresh breeze of earnestness and purpose, of faith and devotion and bravery. Here such come from the East and the far West alike, and feel as one must, whether at Lexington or Bunker Hill or. Plymouth, as though on sacred ground. For here the whole atmosphere seems to breathe of the past; the Archives of the. Colony, the Province, and the Commonwealth ; quaint and loved names of the Puritans and the Pilgrims, and quainter records of their doings and trials and expeditions ; votes of the deputies, orders of the magistrates, proclamations of the Royal Governors, queer old yellow and stained papers written in characters so pecu- liar as to require a special knowledge to decipher them ; copies or originals of the famous Hutchinson papers ; correspondence with the French authorities in Canada or the Pilgrim governor in Plymouth ; a treaty with some famous Indian sachem ; an account of a pirate ship, or an order for the hanging of its lawless chief ; a report of Captain Church, or a rumor of Myles Standish ; laws for the regulation of religion, the promotion of education, the encouragement of commerce; letters of Winthrop, of Dudley, of Harry Vane ; appointments to the command and grants of men and money for the attempts against Nova Scotia and Louisburg and Canada; victories and feastings and fastings; the story of Acadia and the wanderers, crudely and disjointedly told in various. papers ; more letters and signatures, but now of Washington and Franklin, of Knox and Hancock and Adams and Lincoln and Warren ; committees of safety and their doings ; conflicts with Brit- ish sailors and officials and soldiers; preparations for the Revolu- tion and commissions for its officers, -all these and many more are to be found here, with papers whose contents are hardly yet known, and affording doubtless rich stores of original research and infor- mation for the historian. Here too are great, unwieldy volumes filled with the muster rolls of the officers and men who served their king against the French in the North, the Spaniard in the Main, the Indian in the forest; who fought too, when the time came, the king and his redcoats from Boston to Yorktown, and his Hessian allies at Stillwater and Trenton and Princeton. We
may read - sometimes in a hand, and oftentimes in a spelling, that almost silences criticism - the signatures of our grandfathers or great-grandfathers to receipts of money or supplies ; and we may proudly follow the record of their devoted services through year after year of warfare and privation in their struggle for freedom and nationality. Among the bound papers we should find a sur- prising number, filling indeed three large books, numbered 11, 12, 13, known as the "Lexington Alarm Rolls." These contain
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not alone the names of the brave men of Lexington and Concord and Acton and the other towns whose sons were actually engaged and some of whom laid down their lives in the first battle of the Revolution, but also those of the equally brave from remoter places who hastened toward the field of conflict at the first note of alarm, and who rightly share in the honor and glory of the vic- tory of that 19th of April and the service that immediately fol- lowed. The rolls of these companies are very numerous, there being in fact several hundred of them, of which four tell the story of what Hingham did in the dawning of the eight years' conflict. Of these troops, there appear to have been three foot-companies, or what would now be termed infantry, and one -that com- manded by Captain Loring - artillery, then termed the "Train." Probably all were attached to Colonel Lincoln's command.
Omitting the details of expense, pay, and some other items of little or no interest, an exact copy of the rolls of these companies is here given : -
A true return of the travel and time of Service of the men under my Command in Col. Benj. Lincoln's Regiment Assembled the 19th April, 1775 : -
Isaiah Cushing, Capt.
Jacob Leavitt, Lieut.
Charles Cushing, Lieut.
David Wilder,
Jacob Cushing, Jr., Serj.,
Caleb Brimhall,
Isaac Sprague, Jr., 66
Thomas Burr,
Shubael Fearing, - 66
Sam Burr,
Thos. Jones, Jr., 66
Benj. Sprague, Jr.,
Amos Sprague, Corp., David Burr,
Sam Lazell, Fearing,
John Blossom, 66
Thomas King,
John Burr, Jr., 66
Jos. Leavitt,
Levi Burr, Drum,
Benj. Barnes, Jr.,
Peter Hersey, "
Benj. Cushing, Jr.
John Lincoln,
Jared Lane,
Seth Briggs,
Jacob Thaxter,
Sam Leavitt,
Abner Loring.
David Sprague,
ISAIAH CUSHING.
On the back is the following : -
Suffolk ss.
Decem. 11, 1775. Then Capt. Isaiah Cushing Subscriber to this Roll personally made oath to the truth of it.
Col. BENJ. LINCOLN, Jus. peace.
Examined and compared with the original.
Edwª Rawson ( Jonas Dix Com.
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Joshua Loring, Othniel Stodder,
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In Council, Apr 16th, 1776, read & allow'd & ordered that a warrant be drawn on the Treasury for 11. 2. 8. in full of this roll. JOHN LOWELL Dpy Sec'y S. T.
The other rolls have similar indorsements.
It appears also from details not here given in full, that this company was in service three days at this time, and travelled thirty-six miles.
A. true return of the travel and time of Service of those men under my command in Col. Benj. Lincoln's Regiment assembled the 19th of April, A. D. 1775. JAMES LINCOLN.
James Lincoln, Capt".
Jerc Hersey, Jr.,
Isaac Lincoln, 1st Lieut.,
Gilb Hersey,
Nath Lincoln, 2d
Step Lincoln,
Joseph Beal, Sergt.,
Bela Stowell,
Knight Sprague, 66
David Beal, Jr.,
Heman Lincoln, 66
Jesse Dunbar,
Noah Hersey,
Jona
Elijah Beal, Corp.
Benj Beal,
Tho. Marsh, Jr.,
Jona Lincoln,
Isaiah Lincoln,
Royall Lincoln,
Bradford Hersey,
Jesset Bates,
Zadock Hersey, Drum,
Joseph Blake,
Reub Hersey, Fife,
John Hobart,
Jas Lincoln, Jr.,
Isaiah Hersey,
Tho. Waterman, Jr.,
Nathan Stodder,
Tho. Marsh,
Japhet Hobart,
Jacob Beal,
John Souther,
Zerub Hersey,
John Beal,
Abijah Hersey,
Levi Lincoln,
Thos Stoddard,
Jere Lincoln,
Jacob Stoddard,
Sam Todd,
Barna Lincoln,
Nat Fearing.
Josh Stowell,
Hingham, Dec. 5, 1775. Then Capt. James Lincoln made oath to the foregoing list.
Before me BENJ. CUSHING, Js. peace.
This company was in service thirteen days and travelled thirty- six miles " from and to home."
A true return of the travel and time of Service of the men under my Command in Colo Benja Lincolns Regt Assembled 19 April, 1775 : -
Enoch Whiton, Capt., Theop. Wilder, Lieut., Elias Whiton, Serg.,
Josiah Lane, 2 Lieut.,
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Sam Gardner, Serg.,
Abijah Whiton,
Jacob Sprague, Corp.,
Benj Whiton, Jr.,
Ezra Garnett, fif,
Zenas Wilder,
Reuben Sprague, drum,
Jere Gardner,
Jona Whiton,
Heze Ripley,
Jacob Dunbar,
Abel Whiton,
Josh Garnett,
Ezek Whiton,
Theo Cushing,
Nat Damon,
Amasa Whiton,
Melzer Dunbar,
Solo Whiton,
Daniel Wilder,
Thos Cushing,
Math Tower,
Garnett 3d,
David Loring.
ENOCH WHITON, Capt.
Suffolk, Dec. 11, 1775. Then Capt. Enoch Whiton Subscriber to this roll personally made oath to the truth of it. Col. BENJ. LINCOLN, Jus. peace.
This company was in service three days, and travelled forty-two miles.
A List of the Company of Train belonging to Hingham under the command of Capt. Jotham Loring, April 19, 1775 : -
Jotham Loring, Capt.
Sam1 Gill, Private,
Seth Stowers, Lieut., Israel Hearsey,
Tho® Fearing, 2d
Bela Tower,
Isaac Cushing, 3d "
Theodore French, 66
David Cushing, 4
Jonathan French, 66
Hawkes Hobart, Sergt.,
Stephen Stoddard,
Daniel Cushing, 66
Jesse Sprague, 66
Edwd Wilder,
Nathan Gilbert, 66
Elijah Whitton, 66
Nehem? Ripley, 16
Joseph Wilder, 66
Elijah Lane, 66
Moses Sprague,
Jesse Gardner,
Edmund Hobart, "
Josha Tower, Private,
John Jones, 66 Nath1 Sprague, 66
Thos Cushing,
Allen Lapham, 66
Laban Tower, 66
Benj" Joy,
Moses Whitton, 66
John Sprague, 66
Abijah Lewis,
James Tower, 66
Jonath" Hearsey,
Job Curtis,
Joseph Tower,
Abraham Whitton, 66
Abijah Lewis, Jr.,
Isaak Stoddard, 66
Seth Sprague,
Benja Ward,
Joseph Sprague, 66 Joseph 66
Zechariah Whitton,"
Bela Cushing.
Signed
JOTHAM LORING.
Isaac Hearsey, Corp.,
Stephen Tower, 66
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This was endorsed : Capt. Jotham Lorings Billeting Roll at Hingham in 1775. £18. 10. 8
These men also were in service thirteen days.
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Four companies, numbering in all one hundred and fifty-four men, marched from the old town on that bright April morning when the grass was already long enough to be waving in the soft spring breeze and the cherries were white in the glory of their blossoms. The occasion and the scene were never to be pre- cisely re-enacted. On the night of the 18th Revere and Dawes had left Boston, and commenced their famous ride, alarming the inhabitants to the north of that town. Messengers were sent to the surrounding country, and the response was so prompt that in the records of the killed and wounded on the 19th, names appear of persons from no less than twenty-three places.
We seem to hear again the rush and clatter of the hurrying horseman through Weymouth and into our own streets, and the startling cry "To arms !" "To arms!" We seem to see our forefathers as they gather on the company training-fields at South Hingham, the Lower Plain, and Broad Bridge, while Levi Burr, Peter Hearsey, Reuben Sprague, and Zadoc Hersey wake the sleepers with the continual roll of their drums, and the cheerful notes of the fifes in the hands of Ezra Garnett and Reuben Her- sey sound the reveille of the period. But this is no holiday parade these men are engaged in, and there is little of the pageantry of war in the gathering of these earnest, sober country farmers and mechanics and sailors. The call has not been entirely unex- pected, however, and the companies move out for their long march with full ranks, their bright silk colors gleaming red in the sun- . light, and the veterans of the Canada campaigns at their head. We do not forget, as we watch them leading their men, - Captain Loring with his artillery lumbering along the uneven roads, or Captain Lincoln with his large company of down-town foot, - that their names became familiar long ago on the rolls of those who, under Samuel Thaxter or Edward Ward or Ebenezer Beal or Joseph Blake, bravely fought in his Majesty's service; and the sight of Seth Stowers recalls the sad scenes around Fort William Henry on the bloody morning of the terrible August day in 1757. When these men, and many another now again in the ranks, marched out of Hingham ten years earlier, the commander of the regiment to which they belonged was Benjamin Lincoln; now too, their colonel's name is Benjamin Lincoln ; he is the son of their old commander, and is destined to become for all time Hingham's most famous citizen.
Too remote from the field of battle to have made active par- ticipation in the conflict possible to her organized military,
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Hingham still has, by a fortunate circumstance, the proud dis- tinction of being among the towns represented on that memorable day. Joseph Thaxter, a great-grandson of Col. Samuel Thaxter, and a graduate of Harvard College, was preaching as a candidate for the ministry at Westford, when he heard of the approach of the British troops towards Lexington. Hastening to Concord on horseback, armed with a brace of pistols, he was among those who received the enemy's fire at Concord Bridge. He was subsequently appointed a chaplain in the army, and was attached to Colonel Prescott's regiment at the time of the battle at Breed's Hill, which is known in history as the battle of Bunker Hill, and in which he is said to have participated. Later he was chosen as a representative in the General Court from Hingham, but resigned for active service in the army, where we shall here- after meet him. Mr. Thaxter participated in the ceremonies of the 17th of June, 1825, at the laying of the corner-stone of the Bunker-Hill monument, being at that time the only surviv- ing chaplain of the Revolutionary army. He died at Edgartown in 1827.
Although but a short time in the field, the value of the ser- vice rendered by these and other companies which responded to the Lexington alarm, can scarcely be over-estimated. Com- paratively few were able to reach the battle-ground and partici- pate in the glory and renown of the victory, but its fruits were yet to be secured, and to the men who marched on that memor- able morning and then remained patiently on duty until an army could be raised and posted, is due much of the credit for the ulti- mate success. In the mean time the British were to be watched, and any aggressive movement on their part to be met and frus- trated. These companies were encamped near and about Boston, virtually commencing even then its siege, and effectually guard- ing the military stores in the towns near by. Within a very few days after the battle of Lexington, the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts met at Watertown, and took measures to raise a large permanent army composed of twenty-eight regiments num- bering between thirteen and fourteen thousand men. To each soldier, as a bounty, there was promised a coat upon his enlist- ment, and the towns were ordered to furnish thirteen thousand coats. In vols. 56 and 57 at the State House, and known as the " Coat Rolls," are to be found the names of the officers and men composing this force, which was enlisted for eight months, and served from early in May to January of the following year ; the enlistment of some of the companies is said to have dated from the 19th of April. These with a few regiments from Connecti- cut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire, composed the greater part of the army which maintained the siege of Boston. It was stationed at Dorchester, Roxbury, Cambridge, Watertown, and other places near the base of operations. General Ward was in
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command until the appointment of Washington. Among the regiments was the 25th, commanded by Gen. Wm. Heath, one of whose companies was from Hingham. The roll of this command, however, speaks of it as being "in ye 36th Regt. of Foot in ye Continental Army, Encamp'd in Fort No. 2."
It is as follows : -
Charles Cushing, Capt.,
Elias Whiton, Lieut., Zadoc Hearsey, Private,
Benjamin Beal, Ensign,
David Hearsey, 66
Sam1 Gill, Sergeant, James Hayward, Jr., "
John Lincoln,
Japheth Hobart,
Isaiah Hersey, 66
Daniel Hearscy, 66
Moses Sprague, Abijah Whiton,
Benja Joy,
66
John Burr, Corporal,
Urban Lewis,
66
John Blossom, 66
Abisha Lewis,
Chris" Kilby, 66
David Loring,
Tho® Marsh,
Josha Loring, 66
Nath1 Dill, Fife,
Lot Marsh, 66
Jona Hearsey, Drum,
Hezh Ripley,
66
Abel Barns, Private,
John Ripley,
Scituate,
James Bates,
John Roberts,
Boston,
Thos Bangs,
66
Jacob Stodder,
66
Seth Brigs,
66
Othniel Stodder,
66
Caleb Brimhall,
66
Stephen Stodder, 66
Job Curtis,
Joshª Stowel,
66
Tho8 Chubbuck, 66
David Sprague,
66
James Cooke, 66
Israel Stowel,
Jesse Dunbar,
Joseph Sprague,
66
Melzar Dunbar,
Reuben Stodder,
66
Jacob Dunbar, 66
Hozea Stodder,
66
John Dill,
Allin Simmonds,
66
Joshª Dunbar, 66
Seth Wilder,
Jona French,
David Wilder,
66
Jacob Gardner,
Abel Whiton,
66
Ezra Gardner,
Hozea Whiton,
James Hayward,
David Gardner
66
Elisha Lane,
The roll of another company also belonging to this command is here given, although its members for the most part came from that section of the old town which, formerly composing the Second Precinct, had within a few years been set off as the town of Cohasset. Its captain subsequently commanded a Hingham company, and so large a proportion of the men composing it afterwards served either upon Hingham's rolls or in connection with her recruits, that it seems desirable to incorporate their names in this place : -
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Job Cushing, Capt., Nath" Nichols, 1st Lieut., Josiah Parker, 2d
Eleazer James, Sergeant,
Galen Lincoln,
private,
Gideon Howard,
Joram Lincoln,
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Isaac Burr, 66
Charle Luneand,
66
Peter Nichols,
Joseph Neal,
Abraham Tower, Corporal,
Caleb Nichols,
Adna Bates, 66
Daniel Nichols,
66
James Bates,
Eben' Orcutt,
Bela Nichols, 66
Ephr™ Orcutt,
66
Levi Tower, Drum,
Luke Orcutt, 66
William Stodder, Fife,
Hough Orcutt,
66
Elisha Bates, Private,
Joshua Oakes, 66
Jonathan Bates, 66
Sam! Oakes, 66
Josiah Bates,
66
Caleb Pratt,
Zealous Bates,
66
Oliver Prichard,
Ephraim Battles, 66
Richard Prichard,
66
Jared Battles,
Elisha Stephenson, 66
Joshua Beal,
Luke Stephenson,
Saml Beal,
John Sutton,
Amos Brown,
Joseph Souther, 66
Calvin Cushing,
James Stodder,
Obed Dunbar, 46
Benj. Stutson,
66
George Humphrey 66
Reuben Thorn, 66
Benja Jacob,
Jesse Tower,
Jared Joy,
Isaac Tower,
66
Melzer Joy,
Jesse Warrick,
John Kilby,
John Whitcomb, 66
Richard Kilby,
Gersham Wheelwright,
John Kilby, Jr.,
Benja Woodward.
Mr. Lincoln, in his " Centennial Address," says that Capt. Jo- tham Loring and company served in Colonel Greaton's regiment at Roxbury, until June 22, when Lieut. Charles Cushing was ap- pointed captain, and that the company served until the close of the year. It is certain that both this and Captain Job Cushing's company were in General Heath's regiment as before stated, but it is also probable that Colonel Greaton was an earlier commander. Most of the company re-enlisted for a year's service from Jan- uary 1, 1776, and after the evacuation of Boston, it marched to New York, where it embarked for Albany, arriving there April 25. May 21 it reached Montreal. General Montgomery had already been killed in the unsuccessful attack on Quebec, and soon after the American army was driven out of Canada. Mr. Lincoln's list of the men engaged in this unfortunate expedition is as follows :
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Charles Cushing, Capt., Benjamin Beal, Lieut., John Lincoln, Ensign,
Moses Sprague,
Thomas Marsh,
Abijah Whiton,
Joseph Sprague,
Christopher Kilby,
Israel Stowell,
Jonathan Hearsey,
Luke Hunt,
Jacob Gardner,
Daniel Sprague,
Hosea Stodder,
Joseph Whiton,
Joshua Ripley,
Abel Whiton,
Luther Gardner,
Thomas Bangs,
Elijah Gardner,
Thomas Chubbuck, Jr.,
Noah Hobart,
Othniel Stodder,
Jesse Dunbar,
Joshua Stowell,
Lot Marsh,
Peter Whiton,
Joshua Dunbar,
Joseph Lincoln,
Reuben Stodder, Jr.,
Nathaniel Stodder,
David Hersey,
Joseph Hill,
Israel Whiton,
James Hayward, Jr.,
William Spooner,
Daniel Cain,
Levi Gardner,
Seth Stowell,
Obadiah Stowell,
Issachar Stowell,
and five others who received a bounty from the town, but whose names have not been ascertained. Mr. George Lincoln says that Samuel Whiten was in the Canada expedition in Capt. Charles Cushing's company, and it is probable that his is one of the missing names. Another may have been Hosea Whiton, who is known to have died in the attempt on Canada. After the re- treat of the army from Canada, Captain Cushing's company was probably stationed for a time at Ticonderoga, and here on the 1st of August Joseph Whiton, one of his privates, died.
Capt. Charles Cushing was a descendant of one of the first settlers of Hingham. Besides efficient military service in the Revolution, he held many civil offices, and represented the town in both the House and the Senate. He was known later in life as Colonel Cushing. His home was at Hingham Centre.
Capt. Job Cushing was a distant connection of Captain Charles, and commanded a company largely recruited in the second pre- cinct, now Cohasset, where he resided.
Mr. George Lincoln is authority for the statement that Perez Gardner was with Arnold in the march through the forests of Maine in 1775, which had its termination in the disastrous attack and defeat of the American forces at Quebec on the 31st of December.
During the siege of Boston both Hingham and Hull were gar- risoned posts of the American army. The troops at the former place during at least a portion of the time, consisted of Capt.
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James Lincoln's company, which was, it is said, posted at Crow Point for some eight months on its first enlistment. It was probably enlisted under the Coat resolves of the Provincial Con- gress, and served from about May, 1775, until 1776. The posi- tion was a commanding one and well suited to protect the town from any small force which the enemy might send either to de- stroy it, or to forage for hay or provisions. It should be stated, however, in this connection, that while tradition has located this command at Crow Point, a situation so advantageous in a military view as almost to carry conviction of its correctness, there is nearly indisputable evidence that for a time at least, the exact post was nearer the town, upon Broad Cove, and probably upon the south side where is now the Cadet Camp ground. The com- pany was subsequently posted at the Cove.
In the Commonwealth's archives are the following papers : -
To the Hon" Council & House of Representatives of the State of Mas- sachusetts Bay assembled at Watertown :
Your petitioners humbly show that whereas Requisition was made of the selectmen of Hingham to provide Barracks sufficient for the Recep- tion of a Company of Soldiers employed for the Defence of this our State, commanded part of the time by Capt. James Lincoln & part of the time by Capt. Seth Stowers, your petitioners having complyed with the aforsd Requisition and engaged Barracks for said company the cost of which we have here annexed together with the cost of Building a Guardhouse, pray your Honors to consider of the matter and order that we may have the money for which we stand engaged.
From your ever Dutiful petitioners,
BENJ. CUSHING Selectmen
of
Hingham.
HINGHAM, 27th August, 1776.
The State of the Massachusetts Bay to the town of Hingham Dr.
To Barracks for Capt Lincoln Company at Broad Cove 82 months 7-13-4
To Do for said Company at the town Cove six months 8-0-0
To 138 feet timber 350 feet Board } in Board & { in Shingle nails 1-11-1 114 in shingles carting the same 3} miles for a guard house
To 300 feet Board & 300 Board nails for making Cobbins in the Barracks 0-17-9
£18 30
BENJ. CUSHING
Selectmen
JOSEPH. ANDREWS of Hingham.
This account was examined, allowed, and paid, and was re- ceived by Enoch Lincoln on an order from the town.
The roll of this company is as follows : -
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A Muster Roll of the Independent Company Stationed at Hingham Commanded by James Lincoln to the 1 January 1776 :
James Lincoln, Capt.,
Samuel Lincoln, Jr., Private,
Seth Stowers, Lieut.,
Laban Thaxter,
Knight Sprage, 2d
Joseph Blake, Jr.,
Elijah Lewis, Sergeant,
Jeremiah Hearsey, Jr., 66
Noah Hearsey,
Laban Stodder, 66
Elijah Beal, Jun., 66
Joseph Jones,
Jonathan Lincoln, Jun. "
Heman Lincoln,
Caleb Leavitt, Corporal,
Daniel Cain,
John Souther, 66
John Hearsey,
Joseph Wilder,
Thomas Stodder, ..
Nath" Tower, 66
Stephen Stowel, Jr., Drum,
Isaac Gardner,
Barnabas Lincoln, Private,
Lab- Hunt,
David Beal, Jun., 66
Ephraim Marsh, 66
Samuel Godfrey, 66
Luke Bates, Kohasset,
John Marsh, Jun.,
Josiah Godfrey, Abbing-
Nath" Stodder, Jun., 66
town, "
Jotham Lincoln, 66
James Hobart,
Jonathan Cain, 66
Peter Whiting,
66
Joseph Andrews, Jun., "
Levi Burr,
Royal Lincoln, 66
Joshua Leavitt,
Athanasins Lewis,
Levi Gardner,
66
Noah Hobart,
Stephen Whiting, 66
Stephen Lincoln, Jun.,
Israel Whiting,
66
John Hobart, Jun.,
James Tower, 66
Peter Hearsey,
William Spooner, 6'
Bela Stowel, 66
Thomas Wilder,
Jesse Humphrey,
John Sprage,
Timothy -
Stephen Tower, 66
Daniel Hobart, 66
Samuel Stodder, Scituate,“
Joseph Basset,
Robert Gardner.
William Lewis, 66
James Lincoln, Jr., Fifer,
Obediah Stowel, 66
Captain Lincoln's company, with additions and changes in its membership, also served, perhaps on a new enlistment, from January 1, 1776, to probably some part of July and very possibly for a much longer period. The rolls give only partial information. The Journal of the House of Representatives speaks of it as one of four independent companies in the service. Caleb Leavitt be- came 2d lieutenant in January, and was promoted to be 1st lieu- tenant during the month, when Noah Hearsey became 2d lieuten- ant; at the same time Thomas Stodder, Ephraim Marsh, John Sprague, and Japheth Hobart were made sergeants, and Nathaniel Tower, Abner Bates of Weymouth, and Jeremiah Hearsey, cor- porals. The following names are those of men who served under the later enlistment, together with many of the earlier members :
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Japheth Hobart, Sergeant,
Isaac Gross,
Private,
Abner Bates, Corporal,
John Hearsey, Jr.,
Jeremiah Hearsey, 66
Nehemiah Sprague, 66
Thomas Marsh, Private,
Elisha Lane, 66
Joshua Beal, 66
Jeremiah Hearsey,
66
Ezekiel Lincoln, 66
Rufus Tower,
66
Samuel Lazel, 66
Welcome Lincoln, 66
John Hunt,
66
Samuel Todd,
66
John Barnes,
66
James Beal,
66
Samuel Low,
66
John Stodder,
66
Joseph Hobart,
66
Benjamin Barns,
66
Samuel Loring,
66
Daniel Barker,
66
Caleb Leavitt, Jr.,
66
Samuel Leavitt,
66
Benjamin Stowel, Jr.,
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