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MASSACHUSETTS BAY
MIDDLEBORO, Sept. 28, 1774.
This Town having made choice of Capt. Ebenezer Sproutt to represent them at the Great and General Court or Assembly of this Province which is appointed to meet at Salem the 5th day of October next, do give him the following instruc- tions to guide his general conduct in that assembly.
SIR - Reposing confidence in you as a friend to our Country and the Charter Government and Constitution of this Province, we commit to you the important trust of representing us as above named and we advise you and direct you in the first place,
To observe a just allegiance to our Sovereign Lord the King agreeable to the com- pact made with our venerable progenitors.
To exert your self for the recovery of Union good affection between Great Britain and these Colonies on a Constitutional basis.
To fall in with every measure that tends to promote and establish harmony, friendship and good agreement among all the English Colonies on the Conti- nent.
To have a particular regard in all your consultations and actions to the due interest and salvation of this injured province and of its distressed Me- tropolis.
To avoid joining or acting in conjunction with those enemies of our Charter Gov- ernment, the Mandamus Councellors unto their assembly be not thou united, guard also against everything that tends to carry into execution any part of the late acts of Parliament for regulating the Government of this Province.
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To use your utmost endeavors that the money and other public properties of the Province be lodged in safe and faithful hands.
To use every lawful and reasonable method in conjunction with the honorable house for preventing the late act of Parliament formed against this Province, from taking place and for restoring the Charter Government of this Province in its first and full latitude.
Forthermore by these instructions we impower and authorize you to join with the rest of the Deputies from the several Towns in the Province, who are or shall be appointed to form a Provincial Congress and there to conduct and act those things which have the best tendency to serve and promote the benefit of this Province and to recover and confirm the Charter Rights of this Province, that so the Courts and course of public justice may be open and operate freely and that we may live in peace and safety under the extensive influence of a righteous and good government.
Also to acknowledge the Hon. Board of Councillors elected by General Court at their session in May last as the only rightful and Constitutional Council of this Province.
In the last place we direct and caution you not to act anything rashly or hastily, neither come to any final determination in public matters until the result of the great Congress of the Colonies be made known, from which result we do hope to receive light and direction in this day of darkness and perplexity, touching our future conduct in civil and commercial and governmential affairs.
And we devoutly wish that the wonderful Councillor may preside in the Assem- bly of the Province and guide and direct their Consultations and measures unto a good and happy end.
MARK HASKOL, GEORGE LEONARD, EBENEZER WOOD, Committee JONAH WASHBURN, ABNER KINGMAN
and then the meeting was dismissed.
Subsequently Mr. John Weston was made clerk of this committee. The following correspondence has come down to us : 1-
Oct. 18, 1774.
GENTLEMEN & FELLOW CITIZENS, - Deeply impressed with a sense of your uncommon sufferings from the operation of an Act of the British Parliament, which for cruelty and injustice is unparalleled in history, we have the honor of receiving your resolves, and the Towns contiguous to Boston, respecting the supply of the troops. We are well pleased with the contents, and cheerfully co-operate with you in that and every other rational measure, to the last penny of our fortunes, and the last drop of our blood. We have sent by the bearer about eighty bushels of grain for the use of the industrious poor, with the
1 Mass. Hist. Coll. vol. iv, p. 120, 4th series.
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Resolves of the Town, in which, if anything amiss, please to correct, in order for the press.
The painful sensations that constantly afflict us for the losses of your merchants, shop keepers, and mechanics, and all your inhabitants, in stopping your port, induces us to desire you to take an exact estimate of your estates as you conveniently can, and we make no doubt of the generosity of your American brethren, on your receiving an ample indemnification. We regret the decay of God's image in man, when we behold the inhabitants of the other continent, so entirely sunk in luxury and despotism. The eyes of all the friends of liberty are now fixed on America and chiefly on your illustrious Town. Stand firm in the glorious cause of liberty, which is the principal thing that can make life desirable here, and promises to her pious votaries a glorious immortality hereafter.
Gentlemen, we subscribe ourselves your affectionate friends and fellow sufferers.
Per order of the Committee of Correspondence,
JOHN WESTON, Clerk.
TO THE COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE IN BOSTON
BOSTON, Oct. 25th, 1774.
SIR : Last week Mr. William Cooper, the Town Clerk, handed to the Committee of Donations, your acceptable favor of the 18th inst. Our good friend, Mr. Billington, of Middle- borough, has delivered us fifty-one bushels of rye and thirty bushels of corn ; a generous present from the worthy inhab- itants of that patriotic Town. The ... of the industrious pen, suffering by means of that oppresive and cruel Act, the Boston Port Bill, commonly called, will doubtless be greatly refreshed, and many thanksgivings go up to God on account thereof. May the Lord reward our kind benefactors a thou- sand fold into their own bosoms. Please to present the thank- ful acknowledgments of this Committee, in behalf of the Town, for this instance of their Christian sympathy and affection.
It affords much satisfaction that the conduct of this Town, hitherto, has met with the approbation of our brethren at Middleborough as well as elsewhere. We have great difficul- ties and dangers to encounter, and they seem to be increasing, but we may set up an "Ebenezer " and say " Hitherto hath God helped us." In all our darkness, we are not without some rays of light ; but what is in the womb of Providence, we
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cannot say. "It is not for us to know the times or the sea- sons, which the Father has put in his own power." Duty is ours, events are God's. To him let us look for all that wisdom, meekness, firmness and resolution which our peculiar circum- stances call for ; and may we be enabled to pray and faint not.
Your letter breathes a glorious spirit, and becoming zeal and ardor in the glorious cause of American freedom, both civil and religious. It serves to encourage and animate us to persevere, in a manly steady opposition to all tyrants, their abettors, and iniquitous measures. We may not boast of our own strength, but we may and ought to hope and trust in God. None were ever ashamed who put their trust in him. If he be for us, no matter who or how many are against us. By his help, and that only, we shall be enabled to persevere.
The generosity manifested in your proposal for taking an exact estimate of our estates, is very striking, and endearing, · and is a superadded instance of the benevolence of your hearts. It would be matter of no small difficulty, especially as many of this Town are from day to day so engaged in affairs which concern the general interest in this day of trial, as that all our attention and time is required, and all little enough. We would hope we should never be reduced to such a necessity ; if we should, we must do the best we can.
However this may happen, our obligations and gratitude to our brethren are not a little increased, by so kind and char- itable a proposal. It is not easy, and we do not know that it is possible, to determine with any degree of precision what loss and damage this Province and Town have sustained, by the almost annihilation of their trade and commerce. Some doubt whether two hundred thousand pounds sterling would be a compensation even to the Town.
But when we take into consideration the anxiety and distress of mind the inhabitants have endured, we question whether even the wealth of Great Britain could countervail the damage. And for what ? What has the Province, what has Boston done to deserve the carrying into execution measures, so unjust, so oppressing, so cruel, so destructive? It greatly stands in hand the promoters and favorers of such a pernicious plan, instead, to have a satisfactory answer ready, when it shall at another, an infinitely more important day, be inquired of them, " What have the Bostonians done to merit such cruel treatment ?" But we forbear.
Inclosed is a printed half sheet, giving an account of the
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proceedings of this Committee relative to the charitable dona- tions committed to their trust. If it shall be satisfactory to our kind benefactors, our end will in a good measure be an- swered ; but we cannot expect, in this corrupt state of things, to escape the censure of our foes. We hope our brethren will not place undue confidence in the inhabitants of this much abused and distressed Town, nor raise their expectations too high concerning us; but if our gracious God shall afford us strength equal to the day, we trust our brethren will not be disappointed.
We are with great esteem and much affection, Gentlemen, your much obliged friends and fellow countrymen.
DAVID JEFFRIES Per order of the Committee of Donations.
To the Town Clerk and Committee of Correspondence at Middleborough.
A few months after these objectionable measures, a Con- tinental or General Congress was called to meet in Philadelphia to consider what action the colonies should take. They de- manded among other privileges the right to levy all taxes and make laws in their own colonial assemblies.
Massachusetts set up an independent government with John Hancock at its head to aid the cause of the liberties of the people. Twelve thousand volunteers were enrolled, of whom one third were "minute men."1 Among this number were many men from Middleboro, where the tide of patriotic feel- ing was strong. The news of the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775, spread like wild fire through the country, and the patriots began to arm and organize their forces, as it was generally believed that the time for a peaceful adjustment of the difficulties had passed.
The news of the battle was brought to Thomas Ellis by Caleb Bryant, who came riding in great haste 2 over fences and
1 " The Provincial Congress ... on the 26th of October adopted a plan for organizing the militia. . . . It provided that one quarter of the number enrolled should be held in readiness to muster at the shortest notice, who were called by the popular name of minute men." Frothingham, History of the Siege of Boston, p. 41. These were later reorganized, so that one out of every three were minute men.
2 From Eddy Note-Book.
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fields, there being no direct road between their houses. Upon hearing of this battle, Mr. Ellis took down his gun to repair it, put a long handle to his hatchet, and made preparations to go immediately to engage in the fight. He did not go, however, but sent his son soon after. A number of other men in the neighborhood started with him. The lieutenant of the com- pany in which he enlisted, during the first engagement, saw some of his neighbors dodging and exclaimed, "Don't ! don't ! I will tell you when to dodge."
In May Ticonderoga and Crown Point were captured, fol- lowed soon after by the battle of Bunker Hill, and in July Washington took command of the army. The following year was a memorable one : the country realized that the time for independence had come. We find the following from the town records showing Middleboro's attitude : -
May 20, 1776 said town did then give their vote and signify their mind whether if the honorable congress should for the safety of the united colonies declare them independent of the kingdom of Great Britain, they the said inhab- itants will solemnly engage with their lives and fortunes to support the measure. Voted and allowed by the town to support the above said measure, and then the moderator declared the meeting to be dissolved.1
MASSACHUSETTS BAY
MIDDLEBOROUGH 24th June 1776
At a Legal Meeting of this town it was agreed and Voted to Send the Follow- ing Instructions to Dea" Benj™ Thomas our Representative at Court SIR the Alarming Situation of affairs Between Great Britain and the United american Colonies Renders it In our opinion highly Necessary for all the People towns and Societies of Said Colonies to be as Explicit and particular In Declar- ing their Sentiments on Som Important Points Especialy of Independancy as Possable
It is with Surprise and Deep Concern we have observed the Unrightous Cruel and Destructive Sistem and Measures of Administration adopted and Prossecuted by the British Ministry Monarch and Parliment against these Colonies and for no other Cause that we can Discern but to gratify Their Enormous Pride and avarice and to feed a Swarm of Idle useless and hungry Pensioners His majesty has Rejected with Disdain all the Remonstrances and humble Petitions Sent him from the Colonies both Jointly and Seperatly we have Prayed for Peace but he has sent us a Sword; we have asked for the Restorations of Charter Priviledges
1 Book III, p. 52.
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but he has sent us Fleets and armies to crush and Ruin us and to Crown the whole he has sent for Large Numbers of foreign Troops to aid in Executing his tyranical Purposes These things Considered we have no alternative left us but Abject Submission to Arbitrary Power and Slavery or Vigorous Self-Defence We Deliberately Choose the Latter and therefore Relying on the Mercy and Providence of God to Pity our Miseries & to Plead our Cause we Direct you to make open Declaration for us and on our Behalf That in Case the Continental Congress in whose Wisdom and fidelity we firmly Confide Shall think it for the Safty and welfare of the United Colonies to Declare them free and Independent of the Power Government & Authority of the King and Parliment of Great Brit- ain and thereby open the way for a Republican or free State Reserving to Each Coloney the Power and Proviledige of Governing themselves by Laws of their own Making Consistantly with the good of the Whole we Seriously Declare we will Support them in so Doeing With our Lives and Fortunes
Furthermore we Direct you to do all in your Power in Conjunition with the Rest of the Hon-ble Members of Court For the Defence and Protection of our Sea Coast also to Use your Best Endeavours that Person or Persons Who have High and Lucrative Places in the Executive Part of Government Should have a Seat in the Legislative Part thereof and further if any measures are or Shall be Pro- posed in Court for Better Regulating the Prices of things in General and of the Necessaries of Life in Particular the high Prices of Which affect the Poor and for keeping up the Just Credit of the Paper Currency we Direct you to Join with and Promote Such motion as to What further Concerns the Internal and Civil Reglation of the Coloney we Advise you to Prudance moderation and frugality always Resarving in ourselves a free Representation
Attest
NATHIL WOOD Chearman ABNER BARROWS Town Clerk
At the commencement of the Revolution, the militia of the province had been apportioned by an act of the General Court among the various counties. It included all men between the ages of sixteen and sixty, divided into regiments, the governor, appointed by the Crown, being the commander-in-chief. The town was set apart into four military districts, with a company in each district. The commissioned officers were Ebenezer Sproat, major ; Nathaniel Wood, captain of the first company ; Nathaniel Smith, of the second company ; Benjamin White, of the third company ; William Canedy, of the fourth com- pany. The officers of these four companies held their commis- sions from the king, to whom they had sworn faithful alle- giance ; therefore it was not thought prudent to ask them to join in the forces which were being raised. More than that, at least one of the captains was known to be in strong sympathy
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with the Crown, and many of the rank and file were in doubt at this time what course they ought to pursue. We have no record of the attempt on the part of these companies to engage in any active service, or even to hold any meeting, after the alarm at Lexington ; the organization was undoubtedly lost after that time.
On April 19, 1775, at the famous Lexington Alarm, a com- pany was formed by reorganizing the four companies of the reg- ular militia. Nathaniel Wood, who had been captain of the first company, was its commander.
FIRST COMPANY OF LOCAL MILITIA 1
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
Nathaniel Wood, capt.
Joseph Smith (2d), ens.
Amos Washburn, lieut.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
Zebedee Sproutt, sergt. John Pickens, corp.
Jesse Vaughan, sergt. Amos Wood, corp.
Ebenezer Thomas, sergt.
Joseph Ellis, corp.
Barney Cobb, sergt. Solomon Dunham, corp.
MUSICIANS
Zebedee Pratt, drummer William Clapp, fifer
PRIVATES
Caleb Thompson
Zurashada Palmer
William Bennett
George Richmond
Nathan Wood
George Leonard
Seth Miller
Eleazer Thomas
Ephraim Thomas, Jr.
Samuel Pickens, Jr.
William Armstrong
Joseph Vaughan, Jr.
Isaac Bryant
Benjamin Leonard
Israel Rickard
Nathan Leonard Jacob Miller
Elisha Cox
William Raymond
Nathaniel Thompson
Joseph Redding
Jonathan Sampson
John Darling
Ebenezer Smith
Jonathan Ryder Samuel Raymond
1 These lists are taken from the History of Plymouth County, p. 1000.
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James Thomas
Solomon Thomas
Perez Thomas
Seth Peirce
Andrew Cushman
Caleb Tinkham
Micah Leach
Joseph Richmond, Jr.
William Wood
Samuel Rickard
David Shaw
David Vaughan
John Hackett
Edmund Wood
As no one seemed willing to raise another company, Cap- tain Abiel Peirce, who had served with distinction in the old French and Indian War, realizing the need, enlisted the fol- lowing men : -
SECOND. COMPANY OF LOCAL MILITIA
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
Abiel Peirce, capt. Benjamin Darling, ensign
Joseph Macomber, lieut.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
Josiah Smith, sergt.
Bachellor Bennett, corp.
Richard Peirce, sergt.
Jeddediah Lyon, corp.
Elias Miller, Jr., sergt.
Samuel Eddy, corp.
Job Macomber, sergt.
John Bly, corp.
MUSICIANS
Caleb Simmons, drummer
Nathaniel Foster, fifer
PRIVATES
Job Peirce
Samuel Hoar
John Fry John Douglas, Jr.
David Thomas (2d)
Ebenezer L. Bennett
Michael Mosher
Samuel Miller
Jesse Pratt
Isaac Canedy
Jacob Hayford
Daniel Reynolds
Job Hunt
Rufus Weston
Henry Bishop
Ziba Eaton
Consider Howland
Isaac Miller
Noah Clark
Nehemiah Peirce
Cornelius Hoskins
Samuel Bennett
John Rogers
Joshua Thomas
Lebbeus Simmons
Calvin Johnson
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Caleb Wood
Joshua Read
John Boothe
Cryspus Shaw
Ithamer Haskins
James Willis
John Reynolds
Sylvanus Churchill
Nathaniel Macomber
Samuel Macomber
Levi Jones
Richard Omey
Josiah Smith, Jr.
Israel Thomas
Malachi Howland, Jr.
Ichabod Read
Zachariah Paddock, Jr.
Samuel Ransom
Rufus Howland
Daniel Jucket
Sylvanus Perrington
Three companies were organized as "minute men," con- sisting of a few of the members of the regular militia, but mostly of the young men of the town. They were apparently enlisted but for a short term of service, and held themselves in readiness to respond to any orders which might be issued from the Committee of Safety in Boston. Their names were as follows : -
FIRST COMPANY OF MINUTE MEN
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
William Shaw, capt. Wm. Thompson, ensign Joshua Benson, Jr., lieut.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
David Thomas Job Randall, corp.
Ebenezer Cobb (2d) John Soule, corp.
James Smith, sergt. Peter Bates, corp.
Caleb Bryant, sergt. James Cobb, corp.
MUSICIANS
Sylv. Raymond, drummer Samuel Torrey, fifer
PRIVATES
Elisha Thomas
Samuel Raymond (2d) Nelson Finney Lemuel Harlow Eliphalet Thomas Sylvanus Bennett (3d) Isaac Thompson Joseph Thomas
Edmund Wood, Jr. William Le Baron
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Zenas Cushman
Joseph Pratt
John Perkins Joseph Shaw
Phineas Thomas
Joshua Eddy
Caleb Thompson, Jr.
Seth Eddy
Elisha Paddock
Joseph Chamberlain
Nathan Bennett
Ebenezer Bennett
John Soule, 2d
Ebenezer Briggs (3d)
Gideon Cobb
Asa Barrows
Eliakim Barlow
Benjamin Barden
Ephraim Cushman
Jacob Thomas
Barnabas Cushman
Nathan Darling
Ichabod Benson
John Sampson
Ebenezer Raymond
Thomas Shaw
Solomon Raymond
Japheth Le Baron
Thomas Bates
Abiezer Le Baron
Asa Benson
Joseph Bennett
SECOND COMPANY OF MINUTE MEN
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
Isaac Wood, capt. Abram Townsend, ens.
Cornelius Tinkham, lieut.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
Abner Bourne, sergt.
Samuel Wood, corp.
Joseph Holmes, sergt.
Foxel Thomas, corp.
John Benson, sergt. Abner Nelson, corp. 1
William Harlow, sergt.
Joseph Churchill, corp.
MUSICIANS
Peregrine White, drummer
Seth Fuller, fifer
PRIVATES
Robert Sproutt
Samuel Ransom
George Sampson
James Peirce
Josiah Harlow Job Smith
Gershom Foster
Seth Sampson
Ebenezer Elms Levi Peirce
Consider Barden George Williamson
Consider Fuller Abiel Chase
John Barrows John Tinkham, Jr.
John Townsend, Jr.
Nathaniel Holmes (3d)
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Peleg Hathaway
Peter Hoar
Andrew Cole
Elisha Clark
Aaron Cary
Abraham Parris
Bartlett Handy
Noah Holmes (2d)
Arodi Peirce
Ebenezer Barrows, Jr.
John Holloway
Elisha Peirce
James Ashley
Abishai Sampson
Levi Jones
Samuel Barrows
Jotham Caswell
Peter Miller
William Read (3d)
George Thomas
Ephraim Reynolds
Thomas Wood (2d)
Jonathan Hall
Eb. Howland
Joseph Hathaway
Moses Sampson
Samuel Parris
Daniel Tinkham
Ebenezer Hinds
Elisha Rider
Philip Hathaway
Isaac Cushman
Isaac Hathaway
Abraham Shaw
John Townsend
Samuel Muxum
Henry Peirce
James Shaw
THIRD COMPANY OF MINUTE MEN
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
Amos Wade, capt. Lemuel Wood, ensign
Archipus Cole, lieut.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
Isaac Perkins, sergt.
Joseph Tupper, sergt.
Ichabod Churchill, sergt.
Isaiah Keith, corp.
Isaac Shaw, sergt.
Lot Eaton, corp.
MUSICIANS
John Shaw, drummer Daniel White, fifer
PRIVATES
Zebulon Vaughn
John Drake
Abner Pratt
Levi Hathaway
Nathan Pratt
Moses Leonard
Joseph Leonard (5th)
Solomon Howard
Elnathan Wood
Nathaniel Richmond
Joseph Hathaway
Jonathan Washburn
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Michael Leonard
Thomas Cobb
David Weston
Edmund Richmond
Samuel Pratt
Seth Richmond
William Fuller
Asa Richmond
James Keith
Joseph Leonard (3d)
Silas Leonard
Solomon Beals
Stephen Robinson
Jonathan Richmond
Daniels Hills
Zephaniah Shaw
Stephen Richmond
Elijah Alden
Lazarus Hathaway
Joseph Clark
Peter Tinkham
Benjamin Hafferd
Thomas Harlow
The term of service for the five military companies was not long, and they were not included in the regular Continental Army, but probably served for a short time in and about Bos- 1 ton. The first company of militia and the second and third company of minute men marched to Marshfield in consequence of the Lexington Alarm to suppress what was feared might be a rising of the tories, to whom Governor Gage had sent one hundred standard of arms. After two days' service, they re- turned to their homes. Nathaniel Wood, who had been captain of the first local militia, enlisted another company for Colonel Simeon Cary's regiment, which was included in the patriot army then upon duty in Roxbury. This company was sent to Roxbury some time in the month of April, 1776, for eight months' service. Its officers and privates were as follows : -
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
Nathaniel Wood, capt. Job Pierce, 2d lieut.
Joseph Tupper, Ist lieut. Jesse Vaughan, ensign
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
Caleb Bryant, sergt. Benjamin Reed, corp.
Andrew McCully, sergt. Josiah Jones, corp.
William Bennett, sergt.
John Sampson, corp.
Joseph Holmes, sergt.
Nathaniel Sampson, corp.
MUSICIANS
Sylvanus Raymond, drummer
Daniel White, fifer
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PRIVATES
Joseph Aldrich
John Macomber
Philip Austin
William Pecker
Isaac Bryant
John Raymond
Stephen Bryant
Samuel Raymond
Ebenezer Bennett
Isaac Rider
Ebenezer Barden
Nathan Richmond
David Bates
Daniel Shaw
Benjamin Cobb
Nathaniel Shaw
Gideon Cushman
Aaron Simmons
Robert Cushman
Josiah Smith
Abel Cole
Ezra Smith
Abel Cole, Jr.
James Soule Barnabas Sampson
James Cobb
John Strowbridge
Jonathan Caswell
George Strowbridge
Zeb. Caswell
Samuel Thatcher, Jr.
George Clemens Nathan Darling Paul Dean
Eliph. Thomas
Eleazer Thomas
Ephraim Dunham
David Thomas
Sylvanus Eaton
Benjamin Thomas
Zibe Eaton
Silas Townsend
Thomas Ellis
John Thomas
Ephraim Eddy
Amos Wood
Andrew Fuller
Peter Wood
Thomas Foster
Abner Vaughan
Edward Gibsby
Ephraim Wood
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