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Cobb, David, b. Attleborough, Mass., 14 Sept. 1748; d. 17 April, 1830; Harvard University, 1766; physician ; lieu- tenant-colonel of H. Jackson's regiment, and distinguished in New Jersey and Rhode Island ; aide to Washington, 15 June, 1781-3 ; lieutenant-colonel commanding 5th regiment, 7 Jan. 1783 ; member of Congress, 1793-95 ; member of Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1789-93, and of
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Executive Council, 1808; president of the Massachusetts Senate, 1801-4; Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts, 1809 ; a resident of Maine in 1799-1820 ; and chief justice of Court of Common Pleas, 1803-09 ; major-general of 10th military division ; vice-president Mass. Soc. Cin., 1810-II.
COBB, SAMUEL CROCKER, grandson of Gen. David, adm. 1856; secretary, 1865-71 ; vice-president, 1871 ; mer- chant of Boston.
Cogswell, Amos, b. Haverhill, Mass., 2 Oct. 1752 ; d. Dover, N.H., 28 Jan. 1826; brother of Major Thomas, in whose company he was ensign at the siege of Boston ; lieu- tenant in L. Baldwin's regiment in 1776; captain I Jan. 1777-83, in M. Jackson's (Sth) regiment ; representative of Dover in both branches of the New Hampshire legis- lature.
Cogswell, Samuel, relative of Amos and of Thomas, lieu- tenant in H. Jackson's (16th, afterwards 9th) regiment, com. I July, 1777 ; deputy judge advocate in Brooks' (7th) regiment in 1783.
Cogswell, Thomas, descended from John, of Ipswich, 1636, b. Haverhill, Mass., 4 Aug. 1746; d. Gilmanton, N. H., 3 Sept. 1810; captain in Gerrish's regiment at Bunker's Hill and siege of Boston ; in L. Baldwin's, 1776; major in Vose's (Ist) regiment, 21 Feb. 1777-81 ; chief justice of Court of Common Pleas at Gilmanton, 1784-1810.
Condo, Thomas mollis, b. Boston, 1756; d. Pawtucket, R.I., 29 Aug. 1833 ; at nineteen he entered, as a subaltern, H. Jackson's regiment; com. lieutenant I March, 1779; was distinguished at Quaker Hill, R.I., and at Springfield, N.J .; was adjutant and afterwards quartermaster of his regiment in 1783 ; " a good disciplinarian, and a facetious and witty companion ; " removed to Rhode Island in 1797.
Cook, David, of Brookline, d. Portland, Me., 27 Oct. 1823, a. 72 ; captain in Crane's artillery regiment, 1777-80 ; shot through the body at Monmouth.
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COOK, HORATIO GATES, adm. in 1824; only son of Capt. David ; b. 1784; d. 1862.
Cooper, Ezekiel, of Danvers, ensign in Hutchinson's regi- ment at siege of Boston ; lieutenant in Putnam's (5th) regi- ment, 1777-82 ; com. captain in Sprout's (2d) regiment, 7 Jan. 1783 ; removed to Ohio in 1788; living at War- renton, Ohio, in 1807.
Cooper, Samuel, son of William, town clerk of Boston, 1760-1809; baptized Boston, 21 Jan. 1759; one of the famous " Tea Party " of Boston ; com. 2d lieutenant Crane's artillery, I Feb. 1777; lieutenant and quartermaster, 1780 ; adjutant, 1783 ; inspector of pot and pearl ashes, New-York City and County, 1808-30 ; resident of Georgetown, D.C., in 1839; (probably) father of S. Cooper, adjutant-general U.S.A. (1852-61).
Crane, John, one of the "Tea Party" and a member of Paddock's art. company ; major of artillery, and distin- guished at the siege of Boston ; wounded at N.Y. in 1776 ; in Sullivan's expedition to Rhode Island in 1778; suc- ceeded Knox, I Jan. 1777, as colonel of the artillery regi- ment of Massachusetts, principally employed with the main army, and near the person of the commander-in-chief, and relied on as an essential auxiliary in the most important battles ; b. Boston, 1744; d. Whiting, Me., 21 Aug. 1805.
Crane, John, of Hanover, N.H., surgeon of Vose's (Ist), V afterward of Smith's (13th) regiment ; adm. 1785 ; d. 1805. CRANE, JOHN HUNTINGTON, son of Dr. John, adm. 1809; b. Hanover, N.H., 1780 ; d. unmarried, Louisville, Ky., 26 Sept. 1822 ; Dartmouth College, 1799; practised medicine in Strafford, N.Y., Boston, Sandusky, Ohio, and finally in Louisville, Ky.
Crocker, Joseph, b. 24 Feb. 1749 ; d. 13 Nov. 1797 ; Har- vard University, 1774; entered the army in Oct. 1776; lieutenant in Greaton's (3d) regiment, 16 Sept. 1778, to 24 July, 1781 ; com. signed by S. Huntington, president of Congress, 29 Sept. 1779.
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CROCKER, SAMUEL MATHER, eldest son of Capt. Joseph, adm. 1804 ; b. 10 May, 1783 ; d. Milford, Mass., 9 March, 1852 ; Harvard University, ISO1 ; lawyer.
CROCKER, SAMUEL MATHER, eldest son of Samuel M., adm. 1855 ; resides in Milford, Mass.
Crowley, Florence, 2d lieutenant Crane's artillery, 1777 ; com. Ist lieutenant, 1 Oct. 1778.
Cushing, Nathaniel, b. Pembroke, Mass., 8 April, 1753 ; d. Marietta, Ohio, Aug. 1814 ; lieutenant in Brewer's regi- ment at siege of Boston ; captain in Vose's (Ist) regiment, I Jan. 1777, afterward in Putnam's (5th) regiment ; brigade major, I Dec. 1781-83 ; surprised De Lancey's Loyalist Corps in May, 1780, and brevet major in 1782 ; emigrated to Ohio in 1788, and one of the founders of Belpre in 1789.
Cushing, Thomas, 2d lieutenant in Patterson's regiment ; lieutenant in Vose's (Ist) regiment, 12 Jan. 1778-83 ; taken prisoner, 14 May, 1781.
Dana, Benjamin, b. Boston, 24 Feb. 1752; d. there 3 April, 1836 ; son of John and Abigail (Smith) Dana ; com. lieutenant in Smith's (13th) regiment, I Feb. 1778.
DANA, ISAAC, only brother of Lieut. Benjamin, adm. 1837 ; b. 9 Dec. 1768 ; d. about 1846.
DANA, BENJAMIN, of Watertown, eldest son of Isaac, adm. 1846 ; b. 16 June, 1804 ; d. 1865.
Danforth, Joshua, b. Western Mass., 26 Nov. 1759 ; d. 30 Jan. 1837 ; clerk in the company of his father Jonathan, who was distinguished at Bennington and present at the siege of Boston ; ensign in 1776; lieutenant and paymaster, 1778 ; com. Ist lieutenant, 28 July, 17So, in Sprout's (12th) regiment ; present at Burgoyne's surrender, Monmouth, and Rhode Island ; settled in Pittsfield in 1784, where he was postmaster, 1794-1837; some years a member of the legislature ; app. justice of Court of Sessions, 1807; chief justice, 1808 ; in Executive Council, 1827-8.
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DANFORTH, REV. JOSHUA NOBLE, D.D. (Delaware College, 1855), eldest son of Joshua, adm. 1843 : b. Pitts- field, I April, 1798; d. Newcastle, Del., 14 Nov. 1861 ; Williams College, 1818; studied theology at Princeton ; licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, and settled successively at Newcastle, Del., Washington, D.C., Lee, Mass., and Alexandria, Va .; agent of American Coloniza- tion Society, and an active promoter of the cause of tem- perance.
Daniels, Japheth, b. Holliston, 1738; d. about 1806; lieu- tenant in Joseph Read's regiment at siege of Boston ; com. captain in Nixon's (6th) regiment, 27 March, 1777.
Darby, Samuel, of York, Me., d. early in 1807; captain in Scammans' regiment, May, 1775 ; at siege of Boston ; major in Brooks' (7th) regiment, I Nov. 1778 ; afterward in M. Jackson's (Sth) regiment.
DAVIS, CHARLES HENRY, LL.D. (Harvard Univer- sity, 1868), rear-admiral U.S.N. ; adm. 1843 ; successor of Capt. Constant Freeman (Daniel, his father, an eminent lawyer, m. Lois, daughter of Capt. F.) ; b. Boston, 16 Jan. 1807; midshipman, 12 Aug. 1823; lieutenant 3 March, 1834; com. 13 June, 1854; captain 15 Nov. 1861 ; rear- admiral, 7 Feb. 1863 ; eminent as a mathematician and physicist ; fleet captain in Dupont's expedition against Port Royal, and distinguished in operations on the Mississippi River at Memphis and Vicksburg.
Davis, Ebenezer, b. Newton, N. H., 1754; d. Portland, Me., 14 Nov. 1799; present at Bunker's Hill; ensign in Wesson's (9th) regiment, 1777-82 ; com. lieutenant and quartermaster, 15 March, 1782 ; settled in Portland, Me., about 1785.
DAVEIS, CHARLES STEWART, LL.D. (Bowdoin Col- lege, 1844), only son of Ebenezer and Mehitable (Griffin) Davis, b. Portland, Me., 10 May, 1788; d. 29 March, 1865 ; Bowdoin College, 1807; admitted to the Portland bar, 1810, where he was many years an eminent practitioner ;
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member of Maine Scnate, 1841 ; author of the article on the Society of the Cincinnati in the " New American En- cyclopedia ; " Mass. Soc. Cin., 1809 ; vice-president 1851- 53 ; president 1853-65.
DAVEIS, GILMAN, M.D., eldest son of Charles S., adm. V 1865 ; educated at University of Pennsylvania ; practises medicine in Portland ; b. there, 21 March, IS16.
Davis, James, came from Deerfield or Conway, Mass., d. Amity, Alleghany Co., N.Y., after 1823 ; lieutenant in Greaton's (3d) regiment, 1 Jan. 1777-83.
Davis, John, d. Norway, Me., 1816; entered the army as a private in May, 1775 ; promoted to ensign in Shepard's (4th) regiment ; com. lieutenant and adjutant 14 April, 17So ; present at siege of Boston, Burgoyne's surrender, Monmouth, and Rhode Island.
DAVIS, WILLIAM P., eldest son of John, adm. 1819; de- ceased.
Bran, aaffalter, of New Marlboro', Mass., d. in Western New York, about 1827, while on a visit to a son ; lieuten- ant in C. Smith's (13th) regiment, 1777; captain in Mar- shall's (10th), retired 1 Jan. 1783.
DEARBORN, HENRY ALEX. SCAMMELL, eldest son of Gen. Henry (of the New Hampshire Society), adm. 1832 ; b. Exeter, N.H., 3 March, 1783 ; d. Portland, Me., 29 July, 1851 ; William and Mary College, 1803 ; collector of the port of Boston, 1813-30 ; member of Congress. 1832 ; adjutant-general of Massachusetts, 1835 ; Mayor of Rox- bury, 1847-51.
Dix, Nathan, of Woburn, lieutenant in Wood's company, Baldwin's regiment, 1775-76; at siege of Boston ; com. captain I March, 1777, in Wesson's (9th), afterward in M. Jackson's (Sth) regiment.
Dodge, Levi, of Beverly, com. lieutenant in Marshall's (10th) regiment, 15 Dec. 1778; in Vose's (Ist) regiment in 1783 ; pensioner ; living in New York in 1820.
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Dolliver, Peter, adm. 1791 ; adjutant in Sargent's (16th) regiment, 1776; captain in H. Jackson's (16th) regiment, 1777-83 ; many years, and until 1816, an inspector in Bos- ton custom-house.
Donnell, Nathaniel, com. captain in Crane's artillery, I Jan. 1777 ; pensioner ; living in Pennsylvania in 1820.
Drew, Seth, d. Kingston, R.I., May, 1824, a. 76 ; lieuten- ant in Bailey's (2d) regiment, 1775-76; captain 1 Jan. 1777 ; major 3d regiment, 7 Jan. 1783 ; present at siege of Boston, Trenton, Saratoga, and Monmouth.
DREW, SETH, of Kingston, eldest son of Major Drew, adm. 1824 ; d. 1853.
DREW, CLEMENT, eldest son of Seth, and grandson of Major Seth, adm. 1854; resides in Boston.
Dufficla, John, com. surgeon of Crane's artillery, 30 Sept.
J 1782.
Eaton, Benjamin, of Hingham, adm. 1797 ; d. before 1820 ; com. lieutenant in Crane's artillery, 1 Feb. 1777.
Edwards, Thomas, b. Boston, I Aug. 1753; d. there, 4 Aug. 1806; Harvard University, 1771; read law in the office of John Williams, of Boston ; lieutenant in H. Jack- son's (16th) regiment, 31 May, 1777-So; afterwards adju- tant and judge advocate ; judge-advocate-general of the army from 2 Oct. 1782, to the close of the war; lawyer of Boston ; secretary Mass. Soc. Cin. 1786-1806; delivered the oration, 4 July, 1792.
EDWARDS, JOHN, of Portland, Me., eldest son of Thomas, adm. 1839; b. Boston, 6 Nov. 1802.
Egleston, Azariab, d. Lenox, Mass., 12 Jan. IS22, a. 68 ; ensign and quartermaster in Vose's (Ist) regiment until com. lieutenant and paymaster, 30 Aug. 17So; a magis- trate of Lenox after the war.
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Emerson, Nehemiah, of Haverhill, b. 1748; d. II Dec. 1832 ; a descendant of Michael, who settled in Haverhill in 1656 ; served through the whole war from Bunker's Hill to Yorktown, rising from a private to the rank of captain in Marshall's (Ioth) regiment ; ensign in Francis' regi- ment, 3 Feb. 1777. Washington said of him, " He was a brave officer, a good disciplinarian, and never lost his temper."
EMERSON, HENRY, eldest living son of Nehemiah, adm. 1843 ; 40 years a merchant of Cincinnati, Ohio ; b. Haver- hill, 27 Oct. 1794 ; d. 27 Sept. 1858.
EMERSON, NATHANIEL W., of Cincinnati, eldest son of Henry, and grandson of Capt. Nehemiah, adm. 1863.
Emery, Ephraim, d. Newbury, Mass., 27 Sept. 1827 ; com. lieutenant and paymaster in Smith's (13th) regiment, IO April, 1779 ; transferred to Tupper's (6th) in 1783.
Eustis, William, M.D., LL.D. (Harvard University, 1823), b. Cambridge, Mass., 10 June, 1753 ; d. Boston, 6 Feb. 1825 ; Harvard University, 1772 ; regimental and afterward hospital surgeon revolutionary army ; member of Massachusetts legislature, 1788-94 ; member of Congress, 1800-05 and 1820-23 ; U.S. Secretary of War, 1809-12 ; app. minister to Holland, 1815 ; Governor of Massachu- setts, 1823-25 ; vice-president Mass. Soc. Cin., 1786-1810 and 1820; delivered the oration, 4 July, 1791.
EUSTIS, WILLIAM, eldest son of Abraham and nephew of William, adm. 1848; West Point, 1830; officer in the U.S.A. in 1830-49, serving in the Mexican war; civil engineer and city surveyor of Natchez, Miss., in 1866.
Everett, Pelatiah, of Westminster, Mass., d. Oct. 1821 ; ensign in Putnam's (5th) regiment, 1777-SI ; com. lieuten- ant 25 April, 1781 ; in Vose's (Ist) regiment, 1783.
JEpsandeat, William, ensign in Bigelow's (15th) regi- ment ; com. lieutenant 2 April, 1779; in 5th regiment in 1783.
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Felt, Jonathan, b. Dedham, April, 1748; d. Wrentham, 5 Nov. 1800 ; lieutenant in Shepard's (4th) regiment ; com. captain 14 Oct. 1780.
FELT, OLIVER, eldest son of Jonathan, adm. 1826; b. Wrentham, 20 March, 1787 ; d. 5 Nov. 1846; selectman of Wrentham; member of the Legislature, and colonel of militia.
Fernald, Tobias, of Kittery, Me., captain in Scammans' regiment at siege of Boston, May, 1775, to March, 1776; major 6 Nov. 1776; lieutenant-colonel in M. Jackson's (8th) regiment, 6 March, 1779; in Ioth regiment, 1782-83.
Finley, James Edwards Burr, com. surgeon in Bige- low's (15th) regiment, 25 Feb. 1778; in 5th regiment in 1783 ; A.M. of Brown University, 1803.
Finley, Samuel, com. surgeon in Bradford's (14th) regi- ment, 10 April, 1778 ; in Brooks' (7th) regiment, 1782-83. Fiske, Joseph, M.D., b. Lexington, Mass., 24 Dec. 1752 ; v d. 25 Sept. 1837 ; surgeon's mate in Vose's (Ist) regiment ; promoted surgeon 17 April, 1779 ; served seven years, and present at capture of Burgoyne and Cornwallis.
FISKE, JOSEPH, eldest son of Joseph, adm. 1839 ; b. 9 Feb. / 1797; d. 4 May, 1860; member Massachusetts Medical Society.
Floyd, Ebenezer, com. ensign in Vose's (Ist) regiment, 23 Oct. 1781 ; living in Blue Hill, Me., in 1799.
Foster, Elisha, ensign in Bradford's (14th) regiment ; com. 15 June, 1781.
Foster, Thomas, of Cape Ann, d. in the West Indies, 16 Dec. 1793 ; ensign in M. Jackson's (Sth) regiment ; com. lieutenant 6 Oct. 1780.
Fowle, John, adm. 1788; b. Watertown, Mass., I Feb. 1756; d. there 31 Dec. 1823 ; captain-lieutenant and adju- tant in Smith's (13th) regiment ; com. captain 20 June, 1779.
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FOWLE, JOHN, only son of Capt. John, adm. 1824; b. Watertown, 3 Nov. 1789 ; killed 25 April, 1838, by steam- boat explosion on the Ohio; com. lieutenant 9th U.S. in- fantry, 9 April, 1812 ; wounded in the battle of Niagara, 1814; captain June, 1814; major 3d infantry, 4 March, 1833 ; lieutenant-colonel 6th infantry, 25 Dec. 1837.
Freeman, Constant, bapt. Charlestown, Mass., 27 Feb. 1757; d. Washington, D.C., 27 Feb. 1823 ; lieutenant in Knox's artillery, 1776 ; com. captain-lieutenant in Crane's artillery 1 Oct. 1778; app. captain 2d U.S. infantry March, 1791, declined ; major Ist artillerists and engineers, 28 Feb. 1795 ; lieutenant-colonel Ist artillery, I April, 1802 ; brevet colonel, 10 July, 1812 ; disbanded 15 June, 1815 ; accountant in navy department, March, 1816, and fourth auditor until his death. Succeeded by Admiral C. H. Davis.
Freeman, Thomas Davis, ensign in Bradford's (14th) regiment, 31 Jan. 1777; com. lieutenant I April, 1778; in Brooks' (7th) regiment, 1783.
Frink, Samuel, son of Dr. John, of Rutland, Mass., b. 1763 ; d. Paxton, 1846; entered the army in 1780; com. ensign in M. Jackson's (Sth) regiment, 5 July, 1782 ; re- moved to Vermont in 1788.
Frost, Samuel, b. Framingham, 13 July, 1752 ; d. there, I Nov. 1817 ; entered the army in 1776; com. lieutenant in Nixon's (6th) regiment, I Jan. 1777; lieutenant and adjutant, 1778-79 ; adjutant and paymaster, 1780-82 ; com. captain 12 Oct. 1782 ; four years a selectman, and was a trustee of the academy in Framingham ; succeeded by S. F. Arnold.
Frothingham, Benjamin, b. Charlestown, Mass., 6 April, 1734; d. there, 19 Aug. 1809; cabinet-maker ; served in Gridley's artillery in 1756-63 ; captain-lieutenant at siege of Boston ; captain in Crane's artillery, I Jan. 1777 ; served through the whole war ; wounded at Germantown.
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FROTHINGHAM, BENJAMIN; eldest son of Capt. Ben- jamin, adm. 1826; cabinet-maker, of Charlestown ; d. un- married, Aug. 1832, a. 56.
Frye, Frederick, of Andover, b. 9 June, 1760; d. 30 Jan. 1828; ensign in Vose's (Ist) regiment, I Feb. 1781 to 3 Nov. 1783; captain Ist artillerists and engineers, June, 1794-1802.
Fuller, John, of Sherborn, Vt., lieutenant in Bradford's (14th) regiment ; com. captain 16 April, 17So; living in I823.
Gardner, Hames, entered Knox's artillery in 1776; adju- tant in Crane's artillery, 1777 ; captain-lieutenant, 22 Feb. 17So.
Garrett, Andrew, ensign in Brooks' (7th) regiment, 17So; com. lieutenant 25 Oct. 17SI ; pensioner ; living in 1820.
George, John, b. Quincy, Mass., 1751 ; d. Watertown, Mass., 22 Jan. 1820, a. 69 ; one of the Boston " Tea Party ; " ensign in Gardner's regiment, May, 1775; lieutenant in Bond's regiment at siege of Boston ; com. Ist lieutenant in April, 1776 ; Ist lieutenant in Crane's artillery, I Jan. 1777 ; captain-lieutenant 1 Oct. 1778; wounded in Nov. 1777, at Fort Mifflin, on the Delaware, the wound eventually caus- ing his death. After the war he engaged in business in Watertown, Mass., with Capt. Thomas Vose and Major Daniel Jackson.
Gibbs, Caleb, of Rhode Island, d. Charlestown, Mass., Nov. ISIS, a. 68; adjutant in Glover's regiment, com. I Jan. 1776; captain 12 March, 1776; major 29 July, 1778; com- mandant of Washington's body guard, 1776-79; major in Sprout's (2d) regiment, 1783.
GIBBS, ALEX. HAMILTON, eldest son of Caleb, adm. IS19; b. Boston, 2 Aug. 1791 ; d. 5 March, 1827 ; mer- chant of Roxbury ; captain Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 1823.
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Gilbert, Benjamin, of Brookfield, ensign in Putnam's (5th) regiment ; com. lieutenant 17 April, 1782 ; pensioner ; liv- ing in 1820.
Goodale, Nathan, b. Brookfield, Mass., about 1743 ; killed by the Indians near Belpre, Ohio, March, 1793; lieu- tenant in J. Read's regiment, 1775 ; assistant engineer to Col. Rufus Putnam at siege of Boston ; com. captain I Jan. 1777, in Putnam's (5th) regiment ; present at capture of Burgoyne ; wounded and made prisoner at Valentine's Hill, 1778. Capt. Goodale performed much arduous and valuable service. He removed to Ohio in 1788; settled at Belpre in April, 1789, and took the lead in defence of the settlement against the Indians.
GOODALE, DR. LINCOLN, of Columbus, Ohio, only son 1 of Capt. Nathan, adm. 1830 ; deceased ; succeeded by Gen. Casey.
Goodwin, Francis LeBaron, b. Plymouth County about 1760 ; com. surgeon's mate in Bradford's (14th) regiment, I Jan. 1777 ; after the war practised medicine in Frank- fort, Me., where he was a magistrate until his death, 19th Feb. 1816.
GOULD, BENJAMIN APTHORP, grandson of Capt. Ben- jamin, (ensign in Little's regiment in 1776) ; adm. 1864 ; b. Boston, 27 Sept. 1824; Harvard University, 1844 ; Gottingen, 1848; app. director of Dudley Observatory, 1856 ; resides in Cambridge, Mass.
Greaton, John, b. Roxbury, Mass., 10 March, 1741 ; d. there about Feb. 1784 ; an innkeeper before the war; suc- cessively major and lieutenant-colonel of Heath's regiment ; colonel 24th regiment, 12 July, 1775 ; colonel 36th regi- ment, Oct. 1775; afterward colonel of 3d Massachusetts regiment, until made brigadier-general, 7 Jan. 1783.
Greaton, John aanheelwright, com. ensign in Greaton's (3d) regiment, 16 July, 1782.
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Greaton, Richard mumphrey, b. Boston ; d. New Or- leans, July, 1815 ; ensign in Greaton's (3d) regiment, 30 Nov. 1781 ; app. lieutenant 23d U.S. infantry, 4 March, 1791 ; severely wounded in St. Clair's battle with Miami Indians, 4 Nov. 1791 ; captain Feb. 1793, to June, 1802 ; transferred to New York Society, 1796.
Green, Francis, b. Charlestown, 1750; d. Boston, 3 Sept. 1831 ; 2d lieutenant in Patterson's regiment ; lieutenant in Vose's (Ist) regiment, 27 March, 1777 ; deputy muster- master in Sullivan's Rhode Island expedition in 1778; com. captain 30 Aug. 1780 ; vice-president Mass. Soc. Cin., 1829-31.
GREENE, BENJAMIN HENDERSON, third son of Capt. Francis, adm. 1853 ; b. 1802 ; resides in Boston.
GREENE, DR. HORACE, LL.D. (University of Vermont, 1853), adm. 1858; b. Chittenden, Vt., 24 Dec. 1802 ; d. Sing-Sing, N.Y., 29 Nov. 1866 ; Middlebury College, 1824 ; professor Medical College, Castleton, Vt., 1840-43 ; and in the New-York Medical College, 1850-60. His father, Dr. Zeeb, who d. Brandon, Vt., in 1821, was one of four broth- ers from Winchendon, Mass., all of whom were at Bunker's Hill, where two of them were mortally wounded. The second brother, a lieutenant, was killed at Monmouth. Dr. Zeeb was in several battles between 1775 and 1778.
Greenleaf, William, of Haverhill, d. 28 March, 1833 ; entered the army a private in Jan. 1776; app. ensign in Smith's (13th) regiment; lieutenant 13 Feb. 1778; in battles of Brooklyn, Harlem, and Monmouth, and at the capture of Burgoyne.
GREENLEAF, SAMUEL, eldest son of William, adm. 1834 ; resides in Haverhill.
Gridley, John, com. captain-lieutenant in Crane's artillery, I Jan. 1777 ; pensioner ; living in New York in 1820.
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Dall, James, d. Cohasset, 3 April, 1819, a. 69 ; a mason by trade, and previous to the war a member of Paddock's artillery company ; lieutenant in Crane's artillery ; com. captain-lieutenant 12 April, 1780.
HALL, GEORGE, eldest living son of Lieut. James, adm. 1848; deceased.
HALL, JAMES, eldest son of George, adm. 1855 ; resides in Cohasset.
Damlin, Africa, b. Pembroke, Mass., 1756; d. Waterford, .
Me., 1808; entered the army as a waiter in 1775; com. cnsign I Jan. 1781 ; removed to Waterford in 1788, where he held many responsible offices.
Dancock, Belcher, d. Roxbury, Mass., 14 May, 1813 ; en- sign in Patterson's regiment, I Jan. 1776; lieutenant in Vose's (Ist) regiment, 28 March, 1777 ; captain 6 Jan. to 2 Nov. 1780.
HANCOCK, HENRY KILLAM, eldest son of Belcher, adm. 1839; b. Roxbury, 8 Dec. 1788; d. Boston, 8 July, 1854.
Dart, John, of Reading, b. Ipswich, Mass., 23 Oct. 1751 ; d. 27 April, 1836 ; studied under Dr. John Calef, and settled in Georgetown (now Bath), Me .; surgeon of Prescott's regiment, 1775-76; com. surgeon in Bailey's (ed) regi- ment, I Jan. 1777 ; left the service July, 1784 ; physician in South Reading, and enjoyed an extensive practice ; vice- president Mass. Soc. Cin., 1834-36; eight years in the House and five years in the Senate of Massachusetts.
HART, SAMUEL, M.D. (Harvard University, 1821), only _^ surviving son of Dr. John, adm. 1842 ; b. Reading, Mass., 27 Nov. 1796; Harvard University, 1817 ; practised medi- cine in Beverly, Mass., in 1822-28; in Oswego, N.Y., in 1828-55 ; and since that date in Brooklyn, N.Y. ; member of many medical societies ; president of those of Oswego and of Kings Counties, and several years president of Os- wego City Medical Association.
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Dartshorn, Thomas, b. Reading, Mass., 1742 ; d. Salem, 6 May, 1819; a soldier of the old French war; ensign in Sargent's (16th) regiment, 1776; lieutenant 1777-78 ; cap- tain in M. Jackson's (8th) regiment, 3 Oct. 1778 ; settled in Salem after the war, and held an office in the customs.
Darbey, Elisha, of Easton, d. 11 Feb. 1821 ; lieutenant of Lamb's artillery ; com. captain-lieutenant 1780.
Dastell, Elnathan, of Rochester, com. lieutenant and adjutant in Bradford's (14th) regiment, 31 Jan. 1777 ; cap- tain I April, 1778; in H. Jackson's (4th) regiment, 1783 ; aide to Gen. R. Howe, 1783 ; brevet major, 30 Sept. 1783.
Pastell, Jonathan, b. Rochester, Mass., 19 March, 1755 ; d. Belpre, Ohio, 11 Jan. 1817; ensign and adjutant in Bradford's (14th) regiment, 31 Jan. 1777; lieutenant, 4 Feb. 1779; aide to Gen. Patterson, 1779; lieutenant and adjutant in Brooks' (7th) regiment, 1782-83 ; app. captain 2d U.S. infantry, 4 March. 1791 ; major 20 March, 1794 ; serving in Wayne's successful Indian campaign Aug. 1794 ; emigrated in 1788 to Ohio, and left descendants in Wash- ington County.
Lastings, John, b. Cambridge, Mass., 23 March, 1754; d. there, 16 Feb. 1839; Harvard University, 1772 ; entered the army in 1775; com. captain in H. Jackson's (16th) regiment, 20 May, 1777 ; transferred to Brooks' (7th) regi- ment in 1783.
HASTINGS, EDMUND TROWBRIDGE, of Medford, only son of John, adm. 1839 ; b. 15 May, 1789; d. 13 May, 1861.
HASTINGS, EDMUND TROWBRIDGE, eldest son of Edmund Trowbridge, adm. 1863 ; b. Cambridge, 3 March, 1816 ; resides in Medford, Mass.
Death, dalilliam, major-general, b. Roxbury, Mass., 2 March, 1737; d. there, 24 Jan. 1814; captain Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1770 ; colonel of the Suf- folk regiment ; representative in 1761 and 1771-74 ; dele-
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