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1756
P.
James Mirick
Fleming William
1756
P.
Ebenezer Moulton
Foot Joseph
1756
Drum.
Frizell Samuel
1780
Cent.
Frost Aaron
1759
Frost Ebenezer
1755
P.
P. John Bancroft Ebenezer Moulton P. Ebenezer Moulton Daniel Burt
Frost Noah
1758
P.
Frost Samuel
1755
P.
Ebenezer Moulton
Fuller Abraham
1760
P
Robert Field
Fuller Peter
1756
P.
James Mirick Trustrum Davis
Gary William
1756
P.
Gardner William
1755
P.
Ebenezer Moulton
Graves Aaron
1755
Corp. P.
Ebenezer Moulton John Burk
Graves Moses
1759
P.
John Bancroft
Graves Phineas
1758
P.
Daniel Burt
Graham Archibald
1758
P.
Daniel Burt
Groves Joseph
1756
P.
James Mirick
Groves Peter
1758
P.
Daniel Burt
Harkness John
1755
Sergt.
Daniel Burt
Haeck Benjamin
1758
P.
Mirick
Hatch Stephen
1758
P.
Burt
Harris John
1758
P.
Burt
James Miriek William Shepard Joseph Blodgett Timothy Hamant
Trustrum Davis Trustrum Davis Joseph Blodgett Timothy Hamant
Daniel Burt John Bancroft
James Miriek Trustrum Davis
Frost Jonathan
1755
Graves Daniel
1759
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THE HISTORY OF HOLLAND, MASS.
Year Rank
Captains
Hartman Matthias
1758
P.
Burt Mirick
Haynes Benjamin
1758
P.
Haynes David
1754
Sergt.
Fox
Healey Abijah
1755
P.
Moulton
Hill John
1755
P.
Moulton
Hinds John
1751
Cent.
Davis
Hinds Lemuel
1760
P.
Davis
Hitchcock David
1760
P.
Field
Hitchcock Joseph
1760
Cent.
Davis
Hitchcock Moses
1758
P.
Bliss
Hitchcock Paul
1758
P.
Burt
Hitchcock Peletiah
1757
P.
Burt
Holbrook Asa
1758
P.
Burt
Holbrook Josiah
1758
P.
Burt
Holbrook John
1758
P.
Bliss
Hoar Edmund
1756
P.
Mirick
Hoar Leonard
1760
P.
Davis
Hoar Reuben
1756
P.
Miriek
Hubbard Simeon
1756
P.
Hubbard Thomas
1758
P.
Burt Bancroft Mirick
Janes Israel
1758
P.
Burt
Janes William
1756
P.
Burt
Jordan Richard
1756
P.
Moulton
Jennings Stephen
1760
P.
Davis
Keene Simeon
1758
P.
Burt
Keep Caleb
1760
P.
Field
Keep Jabez
1756
Corp.
Burt
Keep Josiah
1756
Corp.
Mirick
Keep Simeon
1758
P.
Burt
Kilborn Jonathan
1756
P.
Mirick
Kilborn Samuel
1756
Corp.
Mirick
King Benjamin
1756
P.
Thompson
King Jonathan
1755
P.
.
Moulton
King Jotham
1756
P.
Davis
Lamberton John
1756
P.
Moulton
Larkin George
1756
P.
Davis
Hutchinson Benjamin
1758
P.
Janes David
1756
P.
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HOLLAND'S MILITARY HISTORY.
Year
Rank
Captains
Lee Samuel
1756
P.
Davis
Lilley Reuben
1760
Cent.
Davis
Livermore Samuel
1756
P.
Blodgett
Loomis Caleb
1760
Cent.
Davis
Lumbard David
1756
P.
Mirick
Lumbard Stephen
1756
P.
Blodgett
Lumbard Thomas
1756
P.
Mirick
Lyon Henry
1755
P.
Moulton
Mace John
1760
Corp.
Field
Marsh Perez Jr.
1756
Cent.
Burt
Martin Abraham
1756
P.
Miriek
Marshall John
1760
P.
Meacham Ichabod
1756
Cent.
Merrill Asa
1756
P.
Blodgett
McClellen Samuel
1755
P.
Moulton
McConnel James
1760
P.
Field
McDaniel Edward
1756
P.
Davis
McMasters Robert
1756
P.
Moulton
Mighill Aaron
1760
Cent.
Davis
MighillAsa
1759
P.
Davis
Mighill Elijah
1756
Corp.
Davis
Mighill James
1761
P.
Hart
Mighill John
1756
Sergt.
Davis
Mighill Nathaniel
1758
P.
Burt
Mighill Samuel
1760
Sergt.
Davis
Mighill Thomas
1761
P.
Shepard
Mighill William
1760
P.
Field
Miles Elijah
1756
P.
Davis
Miles John
1756
P.
Davis
Mirick Aaron
1758
P.
Burt
Mirick Gideon
1756
Lt.
Moulton
Mirick James
1756
Capt. Mirick, Col. Williams
Mirick Phineas
1755
Sergt.
Moulton
Moffatt Aquila
1761
P.
Gray
Moffatt Daniel
1759
P.
Willard
Moffatt Jonathan
1761
P.
Hart
Morgan Benjamin
1756
P.
Mirick
Morgan John
1758
P.
Burt
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THE HISTORY OF HOLLAND, MASS.
Year
Rank
Captains
Morgan Jehiel
1760
Sent.
Davis
Morgan Joseplı
1758
P.
Burt
Morgan Reuben
1755
P.
Moulton
Moss John
1756
P.
Miriek
Moulton Ebenezer
1756
Capt.
Moulton Freeborn
1756
P.
Moulton
Moulton Jonathan
1756
P.
Burt
Moulton Joseph
1758
P.
Davis
Munger Elnathan
1756
P.
Burt
Munger Ichabod
1758
P.
Burt
Munger Jehiel
1756
P.
Blodgett Moulton
Munger Nathaniel
1755
P.
Mirick
Munger Samuel
1756
P.
Mirick
Munn Benjamin
1756
P.
Mirick
Mund Isaac
1757
Drum.
Burt
Mund Isaiah
1758
P.
Miriek
Mund Nathaniel
1757
P.
Miriek
Murray Ezekiel
1760
P.
Davis
Needham Anthony
1760
Lt.
Field
Needham Daniel
1760
P.
Field
Needham Humphrey
1758
P.
Bliss
Needham Jasper
1758
Drum.
Burt
Needham Nehemiah
1755
P.
Moulton
Bristo (Negro)
1757
P.
Mirick
Nelson Aaron
175S
P.
Burt
Nelson Benjamin
1758
Cent.
Burt
Nelson James
1760
P.
Gray
Nelson Robert
1759
P.
Willard
Nelson Samuel
1759
P.
Hamant
Nelson William
1758
P.
Burt
Nichols Jabez
1760
P.
Field
Nichols Samuel
1756
P.
Mirick
Norris Jonathan
1760
Cent.
Davis
Parker Jabez
1760
P.
Field
Parker Thomas
1759
P.
Mirick
Parsons Noah
1759
P.
Bancroft
Patterson Joseph
1756
P.
Blodgett
Munger Joseph
1756
Sergt.
305
HOLLAND'S MILITARY HISTORY.
Year
Rank
Captains
Pease Stephen
1756
P.
Davis Bancroft
Pike Samuel
1759
P.
Post John
1756
P.
Davis
Randall Caleb
1756
P.
Davis
Rice Benajah
1760
P.
Davis
Rice James
1756
P.
Mirick
Ridley Thomas
1756
P.
Moulton Mirick Burt
Runnels James
1756
P.
Moulton
Russell Adonijah
1756
P.
Moulton
Russell Joseph
1756
P.
Blodgett
Russell Joshua
1756
Corp.
Burt
Scott Ebenezer
1756
P.
Robinson
Scott Isaac
1758
P.
Burk
Shaw George
1756
P.
Mirick
Shaw John
1758
P.
Bliss
Shaw Joshua
1757
P.
Mirick
Sherman Beriah
1758
P.
Burt
Sherman Daniel
1751
Sergt.
Hart
Sherman James
1759
P.
Willard
Shields John
1758
P.
Day
Smith David
1757
P.
Davis
Smith Josiah
1756
P.
Davis
Smith Nathaniel
1756
P.
Davis
Smith Samuel
1756
P.
Davis
Stebbins Benjamin
1756
P.
Moulton
Stebbins Ebenezer
1758
P.
Burt
Stockwell Stephen
1756
P.
Davis
Tackles Hugh
1756
Sergt.
Moulton
Thomson Daniel
1759
Corp.
Hamant
Thomson John
1756
P.
Blodgett
Thomson Jonathan
1760
Ensign
Field
Thomson Joseph
1760
Lt
Hart
Torrey David
1760
Cent.
Davis
Torrey Jonathan
1760
Cent.
Davis
Townsley Reuben
1756
P.
Davis
Trask Benjamin
1759
P.
Willard
Roach Edward
1756
P.
Rosebrooks John
1758
P.
(20)
+
306
THE HISTORY OF HOLLAND, MASS.
Year
Rank
Captains
Turner James
1755
Cent.
Burt Mirick
Tyler Moses
1756
P.
Walbridge William
1760
P.
Field
Walker Israel
1758
P.
Burt
Walker Timothy
1756
P.
Moulton
Wallis David
1755
Ensign
Moulton
Wallis Isaac
1756
P.
Davis
Wallis Jonathan
1756
P.
Blodgett
Wallis John
1760
Cent.
Davis
Wallis William
1759
P.
Ball
Walton Andrew
1756
P.
Davis
Walton Thomas
1762
P.
Carver
Warriner Hezekiah
1756
P.
Day
Warriner John
1761
P.
Field
Warriner William
1758
P.
Bliss
Webber Benjamin
1758
P.
Burt
Webber Francis
1754
Cent.
Fox
Webber Henry
1756
P.
Moulton
Webber Jacob
1756
P.
Davis
Webber John
1754
Cent.
Johnson
Webber Samuel
1758
P.
Burt
Wedge Dennis
1756
P.
Blodgett
Weeks Samuel
1756
P.
Mirick
Wells John
1758
P.
Ball
White Ephraim
1756
Cent.
Burt
Wolcott Benjamin
Worthington Samuel
1757
P.
Miriek
It should be borne in mind that many of the men enlisted several times in the years while the war lasted, and may be found serving under two or more different captains in the period, 1754-1763. For example, David Wallis is ensign in Capt. Ebenezer Moulton's Company in 1755. We also find him an ensign in Capt. Joseph Blodgett's Company in 1756.
We give below Joseph Blodgett's roll for 1756, of which he was captain.
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HOLLAND'S MILITARY HISTORY.
John Browning
William Dady
John Burt Jr.
Joseph Russell
Richard Bishop
William Gordon
Stephen Lambert
Jonathan Brown
Edward Roach
William Janes
John Anderson
Daniel Moffatt
David Wallis (Ensign)
Simeon Burk
Joseph Belknap
Elijah Mighill
William Belknap
John Brightman
Asa Belknap
John Mighill
John Danielson Jr.
Dennis Wedge
Abner Blodgett
Samuel Livermore
Adonijah Russell
John Thompson
James Thompson
John Bishop
Humphrey Cram
John Hollowell
Henry Webber
Ebenezer Scott
Jonathan Wallis
Thomas Blodgett
Samuel Deering (negro)
Joseph Davis
Deliverance Carpenter
Jehiel Munger
Joseph Patterson
Thomas Walton
Abner Blodgett
Asa Merritt
Franeis Webber
Robert Dunkley
45 men
Trustrum Davis (Ensign)
The muster roll gives many names of men, residents of the part of Brimfield that became Holland. Nearly half of them are men from that region, showing how loyal they were to the English erown, which emphasizes the folly of George the third and his advisers twenty-five years later.
The total number that Brimfield sent into the war was 291, five of whom were captains, Burt, Blodgett, Davis, Mirick, and Moulton.
We leave our readers to make the selection of the men, whose homes were in the part of Brimfield that became Hol- land. It should be borne in mind that Brimfield then ineluded what is now Holland, Wales, Monson, part of Palmer and War- ren. But even then it is a fine showing.
The splendid record of Brimfield in the French and In-
308
THE HISTORY OF HOLLAND, MASS.
dian War should prove that her sons were loyal subjects of the English erown. The men of her colonies had proved them- selves efficient soldiers in all the colonial wars before 1754. But with the outbreak of hostilities that year it was well understood that it would be a struggle to decide whether America should be French or English so far as its northern continent was concerned. Consequently the colonial soldiers on the English side were anxious for success, for defeat would have made the colonies dependencies of the French crown. England's colonies here did more than their part toward the success of English arms in that contest. The repeated slights and open insults of the English army and its commanders, supported by the home government, irritated the American contingent and left a feeling in the American heart that could ill bear the burden of an unlawful and unjust tax, about which they could have nothing to say, either in method or amount. And when they found their protests and expostulations treated with the same spirit of contempt and open insult which had been manifest twenty years before, there is little wonder, being English, that they should seek redress in revolution.
Holland during this period, 1762-1783, was a part of South Brimfield. If it had not been for the stress of this period Hol- land would have become a corporate municipality sooner. Scarcely was the war over and before the terms of peace were definitely settled, Holland was incorporated. Nobly had the men citizens of her territory contributed their service to the grand result. We give the list of men from South Brimfield who were soldiers in the Revolution, as also the list believed to be exclusively Holland men.
The list invites much study and reflection on the part of the reader. Many of the men who served their country in the Revolution had fought in the French and Indian war. Their patriotism passed through the fiery trial and baptism of blood twice. Men of this stamp value highly the prize, liberty under
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HOLLAND'S MILITARY HISTORY.
law, for which they hazarded their lives. Here is ample proof that the inhabitants were a sturdy people, loyal and true ; just the material out of which to build a nation whose corner stone should be the self-evident truth that, "All men are created equal." Abel Allen and Benjamin Church are ineluded for reasons well known. The record is highly ereditable to the town in that many family names are represented by several members, as notice :- Ames, 3; Belknap, 3; Bishop, 5; Blod- gett, 14, with possibly two more; Davis, 3; Jackson, 3; Janes, 4; Moulton, 5; Munger, 12; Needham, 5; Rogers, 6; Thomp- son, 3; Webber, 6.
Warren's Address at Bunker Hill
The Spirit of the Revolutionary War.
Stand! the ground's your own, my braves Will ye give it up to slaves? Will ye look for greener graves? Hope ye mercy still. What's the mercy despots feel? Hear it in that battle peal! Read it on you bristling steel! Ask it-ye who will.
Fear ye foes who kill for hire? Will ye to your HOMES retire? Look behind you! they're a-fire And before you, see Who have done it !- From the vale On they come !- and will ye quail? Leaden rain and iron hail Let their welcome be!
In the God of battles trust! Die we may and die we must: But, O, where can dust to dust Be consigned so well,
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THE HISTORY OF HOLLAND, MASS.
As where heaven its dews shall shed On the martyred patriots's bed, And the rocks shall raise their head, Of his deeds to tell?
-John Pierpont.
Captains in the Revolutionary War, whose companies con- tained South Brimfield men :
Names
Town
Colonel
Loammi Baldwin Woburn
Jos. Browning
Hamp. Co.
John Bliss
Aaron Charles Brimfield
Tim. Robinson
Charles Colton
Springfield
Woodbridge
Abner Cranston Hamp. Co.
Whitcomb
Caleb Gibbs
Newport, R. I.
Jolın Glover
Elisha Gilbert
Stockbridge
Vose
Caleb Keep
Monson
Danielson
Nehemiah May
So. Brimfield
Leonard
Jonathan Maynard Framingham
Brooks
John Mills Boston
Vose
Freeborn Moulton
Monson
Danielson
Reuben Munn Monson
Dike
Anthony Needham
So. Brimfield
Robinson
William Park
Watertown
Nixon
Isaac Pope
Rochester
Shepard
William Pritehard
Marblehead
Glover
John Santford
unplaced
Maleom
John Sherman
Springfield ( ?)
Burt
John Thompson
Springfield
Burt
William Toogood
Westfield
Nixon
Amos Walbridge
Stafford ( ?)
Brewer
William Warner
Leominster
Marshall
George Webb
Holden
Paterson
Daniel Winchester
unplaced Bliss
311
HOLLAND'S MILITARY HISTORY.
The following list is compiled from the muster rolls, pay rolls, etc., of Massachusetts soldiers of the Revolutionary War and published by the state, copies of which are in the Holland Library :
Rank
Name
Captain
Colonel
Town
Vol.
Lt.
Abel Allen
Moulton
Danielson
Monson So. Brimfield
I
Corp.
Samuel Allen
Needham
I
Benjamin Ames
I
P. James Ames
May
Leonard
I
P.
Ludin Andrews
Walbridge
Brewer
Ens.
Robert Andrews
Colton
Brewer
66
I
P
Gideon Badger
Pope
Shepard
I
Josiah Badger
Winchester Bliss
I
Joseph Baker John Ballard
May
Leonard
I
Webb
P.
Daniel Belknap
Walbridge Moulton
Brewer
66
I
P.
John Belknap, Jr. Moulton
Danielson
I
P. John Belknap
May
Leonard
I
P
Isaac Bishop
Charles
Robinson
II
P.
Solomon Bishop
Munn
Porter
6.6
II
Lt.
Wm. Bishop
Needham
Brewer
II
P.
Abner Blodgett
Moulton
Danielson
( (
II
Sergt. Admatha Blodgett Toogood
Nixon
II
P.
Benj. Blodgett
Needham
Danielson
II
P.
Ephraim Blodgett Sherman
Burt
II
F.
Henry Blodgett
May
Leonard
II
Fifer
James Blodgett John Blodgett
Sherman
Burt
II
Corp. Jonas Blodgett
Munn
Porter
IT
P.
Joseph Blodgett
Moulton
Danielson
66
II
P.
Nathan Blodgett
Gilbert
Cushing
II
P
Rufus Blodgett
Browning
Bliss
66
II
Lt.
Samuel Blodgett
Cranston
Whitcomb
II
P.
Solomon Blodgett Toogood
Nixon
II
Sergt. Thomas Blodgett
Munn
Leonard
II
P.
Adamatha, Solomon, and Rufus Blodgett were taken prisoners. They all made their escape. (See Vol. II.)
P. Robert Brown
Moulton
Danielson
So. Brimfield
II
Hooper Bishop
Webb
Paterson
II
David Blodgett
Thompson
Leonard
II
May
Leonard
IL
P.
Ludim Blodgett
May
Bliss
II
Sylvanus Bishop
II
I
John Baker
Park
Nixon
Zenas Ames
I
I
Sherebiah Bal- lard, Jr.
Danielson
T
*It was since this list was made up that the history of Benjamin Church has come to the author's knowledge. It is not as the soldier that Holland primarily can lay claim to Benjamin Church, but as citizen for 27 years, his marrying a Holland lady for his second wife, and the fact that both are now at rest in Holland cemetery. His ser- vice is worthy of a monument erected by the state or nation. (See the "Commander-in-Chief's Guard," by C. S. Godfrey, in the State Library, Statehouse, Boston, Massachusetts.
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THE HISTORY OF HOLLAND, MASS.
Rank
Name
Captain
Colonel
Town
Vol.
Corp.
Ebenezer Bugbee
May
Leonard
So. Brim field
II
P.
Timothy Cauliss
Keep
Shepard
II
P.
Lemuel Chapman
Browning
Murray
II
Thomas Chapman Winchester
Bliss
III
*Benj. Church
Gibbs
Com-in-chief
III
P.
Reuben Clark
May
Leonard
III
P.
Isaac Coady
Keep
Shepard
P.
Samuel Coady
Keep
Shepard
III
P.
John Collis
Walbridge
Brewer
III
P.
David Craft
Warner
Marshall
IV
Benj. Davis
Winchester
Bliss
IV
David Davis
Winchester
Bliss
IV
P.
Sam. Deering, negro with David Wallis
IV
P.
Nathan Durkee
Mills
Brooks
V
P.
Jordan Fanning
Winchester
Bliss
V
P.
Hezekiah Fisk
Colton
Brewer
V
P. Isaac Fuller
Keep
Shepard
VI
P.
Joseph Gardner
Keep
Shepard
VI
P.
Daniel Giles
Walbridge
Brewer
60
VI
P.
Aaron Green
Walbridge
Brewer
66
VI
P
Amos Green
Munn
Dike
VI
Corp.
John Harris
Thompson
Danielson
VII
P.
Oliver How
Munn
Dike
VIII
P. Jeremiah Jackson May
Bliss
VIII
P. John Jackson
Charles
Robinson
VIII
P.
Matthew Jackson
May
Bliss
VIII
P. Champ Janes (?)
May
Leonard
VIII
Elijah Janes, Jr. May
Bliss
VIII
Cornet Elijah Janes
May
Bliss
VIIT
Eliphalet .Janes
Sherman
Pynchon
VIII
P.
James Laflin
Munn
Porter
IX
P. Aaron Lumbard
May
Leonard
IX
P. Absalom Lumbard
May
Leonard
IX
P. Ethelbert C. Lyon May
Lennard
66
IX
P.
Chester May
May
Leonard
IX
Capt. Nehemiah May
May
Leonard
IX
Sergt. Thomas MeClure
May
Leonard
IX
Joel Mofatt
Walbridge
Brewer
IX
Jndah Mofatt
May
Leonard
IX
P
Solomon Molton
Keep
Shepard
IX
P. Benj. Moulton
Needham
Brewer
IX
Corp.
John B. Moulton Jonathan Moulton Walbridge
Moulton
Danielson
IX
P.
Lt. Jehiel Manger
Walbridge
Brewer
Bliss
Aaron Munger
Winchester
Bliss
P. Billie Munger
Walbridge
Brewer
XI XI
P. Daniel Munger
Walbridge
Brewer
XI
P.
Charles Gardner
Needham
VI
P.
Henry Graham
Thompson
Danielson
Beriah Grandy
May.
Bliss
VI
James Hovey
Winchester
Bliss
VIII
Ezra May
Woodbridge
Tyler
IX
IX
P. Ebenezer Moulton Walbridge
Brewer
XI
Sergt. Joseph Munger P.
Winchester
XI XI
Samuel Brown
Gilbert
Samuel Bullen
Gilbert
II
Guard
III
Samuel Davis
Keep
Shepard
IV
III
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HOLLAND'S MILITARY HISTORY.
Pank
Name
Captain
Colonel
Town
Vol.
P. Elnathan Munger Walbridge
Brewer
XI
P.
Ichabod Munger
Keep
Shepard
XI
Sergt. Jonathan Munger Needham
Woodbridge
XI
Sergt. Joseph Munger
Needham
Bliss
P. Jos. Munger
Winchester
Leonard
P. Nathan Mumger
May
Leonard
XI
P
Samuel Munger
Needham
P.
Abner Needham
Moulton
Danielson
So. Brimfield
XI
Capt.
Anthony Needham Needham
XI
Li.
Jasper Needham Needham Jonat'n Needham Gilbert
P.
James Nelson
May
Leonard
P.
Oliver Parks
Needham
Brewer
P.
Robert Parks
Needham
Brewer
66
XI
Sergt. Reuben Perry
Walbridge
Brewer
XII
Ezra Preston
Santford
Malcom
XII
P.
Joel Rogers Munn
Dike
XIII
P
Ptolemy Rogers
Webb
Shepard
XIII
P.
Ishmael Rogers
Walbridge
Brewer
XIII
P.
Nehemiah Rogers Walbridge
Brewer
XIII
P. Robert Rogers
Pritchard
Glover
66
XIII
P. Stephen Rogers
Maynard
Brooks
66
XIII
P.
John Rosebrooks
Moulton
Danielson
66
XIII
P.
Thomas Sebbliss
Keep
Shepard
66
XIII
P.
Thomas Sibbles
Webb
Glover
66
XIV
Joseph Smalladge
Putnam
66
XIV
P.
Benj. Smith
Munn
Dike
66
XV
P.
Daniel Thompson May
Leonard
16
66
XV
P.
Alphaens Thomson May
Leonard
66
XV
Asa Thomson
Munn
Bliss
66
XV
P. Walter Wakefield Colton
Brewer
66
XVI
P. Eleazer Wales
Keep
Shepard
XVI
P. David Wallis May
Leonard
XVI
Corp. Benj. Webber
Walbridge
Brewer
66
XVI
1 Lt.
Edward Webber
May
Pynchon
66
XVI
P.
Rinaldo Webber
Keep
Chapin
66
XVI
P
Suel Webber
May
Leonard
66
66
XVI
Moses Winchester Gilbert
Glover
66
XVII
Samuel Willard
XVII
P. Zebedee Young
Walbridge Brewer
XVII
Capt. Nehemiah May had 31 of the above list in his company. The following is a list of men which Wales concedes be- longed to Holland. This gives Holland 83 without Benjamin Church who came to Holland about 1807.
HOLLAND'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS.
Abel Allen
Jordon Fanning
Samuel Allen
Joseph Gardner
Benj. Ames
Daniel Giles
XVI
P.
Bradley Webber May
Leonard
XVI
P.
John Webber May
Shepard
XIV
Thomas Sibbles
May
Bliss
XIV
John Sutton
Winchester
Bliss
XI XI
Glover
XI
XI
XI
Sergt. Anthony Needham Needham
Robinson
XI XI
Nathaniel Munger Gilbert
Paterson
XI
Robinson
XI
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THE HISTORY OF HOLLAND, MASS.
James Ames
Zenas Ames
Henry Graham John Harris Oliver How
Gideon Badger
Josiah Badger
Jeremiah Jackson
John Ballard
John Jackson
Sherebiah Ballard 1779 ( ?)
Sherebialı Ballard Jr.
Matthew Jackson Champ Janes
Daniel Belknap
Elijah Janes
John Belknap Jr.
Elijah Janes Jr.
John Belknap
Eliphalet Janes
Hooper Bishop
James Laflin
Isaae Bishop
Aaron Lumbard
Solomon Bishop
Absalom Lumbard
Sylvanus Bishop
Ethelbert Child Lyon
William Bishop
Ezra May
Abner Blodgett
Chester May
Admatha Blodgett
Capt. Nehemiah May
Benj. Blodgett
Sergt. Thomas McClure
David Blodgett
Aaron Munger
Ephraim Blodgett ( ?)
Oliver Parks
Henry Blodgett ( ?)
Robert Parks
James Blodgett
Ezra Preston
John Blodgett
John Rosebrook
Jonas Blodgett
Joseph Smalledge
Joseph Blodgett
Benj. Smith
Ludim Blodgett
John Sutton
Nathan Blodgett
Daniel Thompson
Rufus Blodgett
Alphaeus Thompson
Samuel Blodgett
Asa Thompson
Solomon Blodgett
Walter Wakefield
Thomas Blodgett
David Wallis. Benj. Webber
Ebenezer Bugbee
Bradley Webber
Reuben Clark
Edward Webber
Isaac Cody
Rinaldo Webber
Samuel Cody
John Collis
Sewall Webber
David Craft
Samuel Willard
David Davis
Zebedee Young
Nathan Durkee
Holland 84. Wales 51.
Benjamin Church
John Webber
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HOLLAND'S MILITARY HISTORY.
South Brimfield sent into the Revolution, 134 men. Ben- jamin Church enlisted at Cambridge and was born at Freetown, now Fall River, Mass. He came to Holland buying the Alfred Lyon place in 1806, and making his home there till 1833 when he died. Counting Benj. Church, he makes Holland number 84.
Admatha, Rufus and Solomon Blodgett were taken pri- soners and we judge escaped and rejoined their companies. Of these, Admatha was a son to Joseph Blodgett, Sr., the other two were grandsons. Also of the Blodgetts on this list, six were sons and six were grandsons with two doubtful.
FROM MASS. ARCHIVES
List of men in Capt. Nehemiah May's Co., Col. David Leonard's Regiment, copied from the original pay roll, sworn to and signed by Capt. Nehemiah May, So. Brimfield, May 6, 1777.
Nehemiah May, Capt.
Reuben Clark
Jonah Brown, Lt.
Timothy Danielson
Jonathan Coy, Lt.
Calvin Danielson
Abner Needham, Sergt.
Luther Danielson
John Harris, Sergt.
Noah Frost
Thomas MeClure, Sergt.
Abel Gennins (Jennings)
Daniel Livermore, Corp.
Samuel Haynes
Joel Green, Corp.
Chauney Janes
Nathan Cook, Corp.
Champ Janes
Ebenezer Bugbee, Corp.
Joseph Knight
James Blodgett Fifer
Absalom Lumbard
James Ames, P.
Aaron Lumbard
John Belknap, P
Ethelburt Lyon
Robert Brown, P.
Richard Lull Ezra May
Joseph Baker
Judah Moffet
Charles Colton
Elijah Molton
Abner Cooley
Joel Moffet
Benj. Crouch
Joseph Mixter
Henry Blodgett
316
THE HISTORY OF HOLLAND, MASS.
Nathan Munger
Daniel Thompson
Samuel Munger
Alpheus Thompson
Joseph Munger
Jacob Towsley
Chester May
Icanor Towsley
James Nelson
Shubael Wales
Ebenezer Rogers
David Wallis
Abner Stebbins
Suel Webber
Benj. Stebbins
Bradley Webber
Jothem Stebbins
Nathan Warner
Bethuel Stebbins
WAR OF 1812.
New England had thrown herself heart and soul into the revolution, men from this section of our country formed a large part, at times of Washington's Army. But England, although defeated then and yielding us our independence, hoped that opportunity would come when she could retrieve what she had lost, through another war. When she was at war with Napoleon, her own needs and our weakness seemed a favorable opportunity. Her need of seamen and insolent im- pressment of men for that purpose, taking them from our ships on the high seas, until the press of Great Britain insultingly declared that the Americans "could not be kicked into a war," made war inevitable. But war was not then popular in New England for the redress of grievances. Hence the town war- rant for a meeting July 11, 1812, which has the following article, is not the sentiment of Holland only, but was the sen- timent of a strong party here in New England, mistaken how- ever, in its conception, and harmful in its results. There was nothing rebellious or treasonable in the movement but it was unfortunate for it encouraged our enemy. The article reads as follows :
2. To take the minds of the district respecting an alliance with France, or to act anything they think proper respecting said business when met.
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HOLLAND'S MILITARY HISTORY.
3. To choose a delegate or delegates to meet in county con- vention to be holden at Northampton on Tuesday the fourteenth day of July inst. at two o'clock in the afternoon to petition the President and Congress that war may be averted and peace re- stored to our country.
At this meeting they voted, Capt. Benjamin Church, Jacob Thompson, Esq., and James A. Lynn, a committee to draft resolutions. They also chose John Polley, Esq., as delegate to attend the Northampton convention. What resolutions were drafted by the committee can only be conjectured and the same is true concerning Mr. Polley's vote and voice in the conven- tion.
But New England was represented in that war by her sons. If reluctant to engage in war, she was loyal to her country and its flag, when she found war inevitable, only her support was not so hearty and generous as in the revolution, giving of her sons according to her belief and understanding of the need. The articles above are in the nature of a refer- endum so much discussed now.
THE SPIRIT OF THE MEN OF WAR OF 1812 NAVY
Isaac did so maul and rake her That the decks of Captain Dacre Were in such a woful pickle As if death, with scythe and sickle, With his sling or with his shaft, Had cut his harvest fore and aft. Thus in thirty minutes ended Mischief that could not be mended; Masts and yards and ship descended All to David Jones' locker- Such a ship in such a pucker!
Anon.
318
THE HISTORY OF HOLLAND, MASS.
ARMY
Better not invade; recollect the spirit Which our dads displayed and their sons inherit. If you still advance, friendly caution slighting, You may get, by chance, a belly-full of fighting. Pick-axe, shovel, spade, crowbar, hoe and barrow,- Better not invade; Yankees have the marrow.
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