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Miller, Joseph, com. lieutenant and adjutant in Smith's (13th) regiment, 25 May, 1780; in Tupper's (6th) regi- ment in 1783.
Mills, John, of Boston, d. unmarried Greenville, Ohio, 8 July, 1796; ensign in Whitcomb's regiment at siege of Boston ; com. lieutenant in Patterson's regiment, 26 March, 1777 ; captain in Vose's (Ist) regiment, 16 April, 1779-83 ; app. captain 2d U.S. infantry, 4 March, 1791 ; major 2d sublegion, 19 Feb. 1793 ; adjutant and inspector of the army, 13 May, 1794, and distinguished in Wayne's Indian cam- paign of 1794-95.
Mills, aMilliam, of Westminster, com. ensign in Bradford's (14th) regiment, 31 Jan. 1777; captain 1I May, 1781 ; in Brooks' (7th) regiment in 1783 ; settled in Ohio in 1789.
Movers, Benjamin, b. Haverhill, Mass., I April, 1758; d. Plattsburg, N.Y., 20 Feb. 1838; entered the army an ensign ; present at the surrender of Burgoyne and of Corn- wallis; lieutenant and adjutant in Hazen's regiment to the end of the war ; settled at Plattsburg in 1783 ; major-gen- eral commanding the militia in the battle of Plattsburg.
Moor, datilliam, com. 2d lieutenant in Crane's artillery, 9 Sept. 1778 ; app. a lieutenant of artillery under the Con- federation. I May, 1787; d. at the River St. Mary's, Ga., in 1791.
Moore, UMlilliam, of Oxford, Mass., d. 6 Aug. 1819; Harvard University, 1767; ensign in Eb. Francis' regi- ment, 1776; captain-lieutenant in Shepard's (4th) regiment in Rhode Island in 1778 ; com. captain 15 June, 1779.
Morgan, Benjamin, com. surgeon's mate in Vose's (Ist) regiment, 21 March, 1782.
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Morrill, Amos, of Epsom, N.H., d. St. Albans, Vt., Jan. ISIO, a. 76 ; Ist lieutenant of Dearborn's company at Bun- ker's Hill ; captain Ist New Hampshire regiment, 8 Nov. 1776 ; major 24 March, 1780-83.
Morton, Silas, d. Pembroke, Mass., 25 March, 1840, a. 86; com. lieutenant in Bailey's (Ist) regiment, I Jan. 1777.
MOSELEY, EDWARD STRONG, adm. 1867 ; son of Hon. Ebenezer, of Newburyport, Mass., and grandson of Col. Ebenezer, of the Revolutionary army ; b. 22 June, 1813 ; engaged in the West India trade ; president of the Mechan- ics' National Bank, Newburyport.
Miprick, Samuel, com. lieutenant and quartermaster in Sprout's (12th) regiment, 5 Sept. 1780 ; pensioner ; living in New York in 1820.
Nason, Nathaniel, d. South Berwick, Me., 27 July, 1818, a. 72 ; enlisted as orderly sergeant of a company raised in South Berwick ; com. lieutenant in Vose's (Ist) regiment, I Aug. 1779 ; quartermaster 1 Feb. 1782. His son, L. Q. C. Nason, was elected a member in 1869.
Nelson, Henry, ensign and quartermaster in Vose's (Ist) regiment ; com. lieutenant 15 March, 1782.
Newhall, Zgra, b. Connecticut, 1733; d. Salem, Mass., 7 April, 1798 ; com. 20 Feb. 1760, by Gov. Pownall, ensign in Ruggles' (Ist) battalion, serving in the French war ; commanded a Lynn company in May, 1775, in Mansfield's regiment ; in Hutchinson's regiment at siege of Boston ; major in 1776; com. lieutenant-colonel in Putnam's (5th) regiment, 17 May, 1777 ; present at Burgoyne's surrender, and served with honor through the whole war ; removed to Salem in 1783, where, in 1791, he was app. collector of U.S. revenue for a portion of Essex County.
NEWHALL, THOMAS, eldest son of Ezra, adm. 1802 ; b. Saugus or Lynn, 1755 ; d. Salem, I Jan. 1832.
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Newman, Samuel, adm. 1786; lieutenant (two years and seven months) in Crafts' artillery ; afterward in the navy until 1783, and twice a prisoner ; in the "Deane," Capt. Nicholson, May to Nov. 1782 ; app. 2d lieutenant U.S. in- fantry, 4 March, 1791 ; captain 7 Nov., but had been killed 4 Nov. 1791, in St. Clair's battle with Miami Indians.
NEWMAN, HENRY, eldest brother of Samuel, adm. 1802 ; d. Boston, 28 Nov. ISII, a. 56.
NEWMAN, HENRY, eldest son of Henry, adm. 1813 ; d. Boston, 28 July, 1861, a. 78.
Nicholson, Samuel, b. Chestertown, Md., 1743 ; d. Charles- town, Mass., 29 Dec. ISII ; lieutenant under Paul Jones in the action between the "Bon Homme Richard" and " Serapis ;" captain in the navy 17 Sept. 1779, and cruised successfully in the "Deane" in 1782 ; again app. captain on the reorganization of the navy, 10 June, 1794, and was the first commander of the frigate " Constitution."
Nixon, Thomas, b. Framingham, Mass., 7 May, 1736; d. on the passage from Boston to Portland, 12 Aug. 1800; en- sign in the French war, 1756-63 ; captain of minute-men, and present at the battle of Lexington ; lieutenant-colonel of the regiment of his brother, Gen. John Nixon, at siege of Boston ; colonel of the 6th regiment from 9 Aug. 1776, to I Jan. 1781 ; distinguished at Burgoyne's surrender and other occurrences of the war, and reputed a brave and efficient officer.
NIXON, THOMAS, only son of Col. Thomas, adm. 1802 ; b. Framingham, Mass., 19 March, 1762 ; d. there, 4 Jan. 1842 ; fifer at the Concord fight, and quartermaster-sergeant under his father until discharged, I Dec. 17So ; two years a select- man of Framingham.
NIXON, WARREN, eldest son of Thomas, adm. 1843 ; b. Framingham, 9 March, 1793 ; magistrate, and eleven years selectman of Framingham, where he now resides.
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North, UMilliam, b. Fort Frederick, Pemaquid, Me., 1755 ; d. New-York City, 3 Jan. 1836; com. captain in M. Jack- son's (8th) regiment, 10 May, 1777 ; distinguished at Sara- toga and Monmouth ; aide to and intimate friend of Baron Steuben ; adjutant and inspector-general in U.S.A. (rank of brigadier-general), 1798-1800 ; a conspicuous Federalist, once speaker of the New-York Assembly ; one of the first Board of Canal Commissioners, and U.S. Senator in 1798.
Oliver, Alexander, com. ensign 19 Oct. 1781 ; in Vose's (Ist) regiment, 1783 ; pensioner, living in New York, in 1820.
Oliver, Robert, b. Boston, 1738; d. Marietta, Ohio, May, 1810; removed to Barre while young ; a teacher in 1775 ; captain in Doolittle's regiment 12 June, 1775 ; at siege of Boston ; com. major in Greaton's (3d) regiment, I Nov. 1777; brigade-major 1780; brevet colonel 1782; distin- guished at storming of Hessian entrenchments at Saratoga ; acting adjutant-general of northern army, and an excellent disciplinarian ; one of the founders of Marietta, Ohio, in 1788 ; president of Territorial Council, 1800-03, and a judge of Court of Common Pleas.
Parace, Aaron, b. Sharon or Litchfield, Conn., 12 Nov. 1758 ; d. Newburyport, 21 Feb. 1837 ; he studied for a pro- fession ; received a warrant from Gov. Hancock as 2d lieu- tenant in Crane's artillery, 7 Nov. 1781 ; com. by Congress 17 Jan. 1782, also acting paymaster until 1783 ; afterward a merchant in Newburyport, where he held many municipal offices.
Parker, Benjamin, of Andover, d. 1801 ; lieutenant in Wesson's, afterward H. Jackson's (9th) regiment, 1777-82.
Parter, Elias, b. Boston, 3 June, 1760; d. in Virginia, 8 Dec. 1798; present with his brother Daniel at Bunker's
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Hill ; com. 2d lieutenant in Crane's artillery, 12 Sept. 1777 ; Ist lieutenant 2 Aug. 1780; in Vose's (Ist) regiment, 1781-83.
PARKER, ISAAC, LL.D. (Harvard University, 1814), brother of Elias, adm. 1830; b. Boston, 17 June, 1768; Harvard University, 1786 ; settled as a lawyer successively in Castine, Portland, and Boston ; member of Congress from Maine, 1797-99 ; U.S. marshal for that district, 1797- 1801 ; professor of law in Harvard University, 1816-27 ; judge of Supreme Court, 1806-14; chief-justice, 1814 to his death, 26 July, 1830.
PARKER, EDWARD WILLIAM, eldest son of Isaac, adm. 1831 ; b. Castine, Me., 5 May, 1795 ; resides at Hyde Park, Mass.
Patterson, John, b. Farmington, Conn., 1743 ; d. Lisle, Broome Co., N.Y., 19 July, 1808; Yale College, 1762 ; son of Major John ; removed to Lenox in 1774 ; member of Provincial Congress, 1774-75 ; colonel of a regiment of minute-men ; served at siege of Boston, invasion of Can- ada, battles of Trenton and Princeton ; com. brigadier- general 21 Feb. 1777, and distinguished at Saratoga and Monmouth ; chief-justice of County Court of Lisle ; member of New-York Constitutional Convention of 1801 ; member of Congress, 1803-05 ; vice-president Mass. Soc. Cin., 1785-86.
Peabody, Ebenezer, b. Boxford, Mass., 7 Dec. 1742 ; d. 1829 ; present at Bunker's Hill ; com. lieutenant in Alden's, - afterward Brooks' (7th) regiment ; in the battles with Bur- goyne, and in Sullivan's expedition into the Indian country.
Peirce, John, b. Boston, 28 Sept. 1750; d. at his post at Fort McHenry, near Vicksburg, Miss., 22 July, 1798 ; lieu- tenant in Knox's artillery in 1776; com. captain-lieutenant in Crane's artillery, 12 Sept. 1778; app. lieutenant under the Confederation, I May, 1787 ; lieutenant of artillery, 29 Sept. 1789 ; captain Oct. 1791.
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PEIRCE, JOSEPH, eldest brother of John, adm. 1808; b. Boston, 25 Dec. 1745 ; d. there, I Jan. 1828 ; representative and a prominent merchant and revolutionary patriot of Boston ; a founder and second captain of the " Boston Grenadiers."
PEIRCE, HENRY AUGUSTUS, grandson of Joseph, adm. 1856; b. Dorchester, Mass., 15 Dec. ISOS; merchant in Honolulu, 1829-41 ; afterward in Boston ; removed to Mis- sissippi in 1867; U.S. Minister to the Hawaiian Islands since May, 1869; assistant treasurer Mass. Soc. Cin. since 1865 ; resides in Honolulu.
Peirce, Silas, b. Groton, Mass., 27 July, 1750 ; d. Peter- borough, N.H., 22 Nov. 1809; com. captain in M. Jack- son's (Sth) regiment, 15 Dec. 1779 ; wounded in left arm, and afterward a pensioner.
Perkins, William, b. Boston, 1742; d. there, 27 Oct. 1802 ; a mechanic and a member of Paddock's artillery company before the Revolution ; lieutenant in Gridley's artillery at Bunker's Hill ; com. captain in Knox's artil- lery, I Jan. 1776 ; major in Crane's artillery, 12 Sept. 1778 ; commanded with rank of lieutenant-colonel at Castle Island, Boston Harbor, from 1786 until its cession to the U.S. in 1798 ; present at siege of Boston, battles of Long Island and Harlem, and under Sullivan in Rhode Island.
PERKINS, SAMUEL, eldest son of Major William, adm. 1804; assistant treasurer 1835-41 ; treasurer 1841-45 ; b. Boston, 2 Sept. 1770; d. Roxbury, I Aug. 1846.
PERKINS, WILLIAM, eldest son of Samuel, b. 4 Oct. 1804 ; adm. 1847 ; treasurer since that date ; resides in Boston. Peters, Andrew, b. Medfield, Mass., 24 Jan. 1742; d. Westborough, Mass., 5 Feb. 1822 ; captain of a Mendon company in Joseph Read's regiment at siege of Boston ; com. major of Bailey's (2d) regiment, I Jan. 1777 ; lieuten- ant-colonel of Bigelow's (15th) regiment, 26 Nov. 1779 ; retired I Jan. 1781, after five years and nine months' ser- vice.
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PETERS, LOVETT, eldest son of Col. Andrew, adm. 1824 ; b. Mendon, Mass., 19 Jan. 1769; d. Westborough, Mass., 15 Jan. 1863.
PETERS, JOHN LOVETT, eldest grandson of Lovett, adm. 1866 ; b. Detroit, Mich., 11 July, 1831 ; resides in Worces- ter, Mass.
Pettengill, Joseph, ensign in Scammans' (York) regi- ment, May, 1775 ; captain in L. Baldwin's regiment, 1775- 76, and at siege of Boston ; com. major in Wesson's (9th) regiment, 26 July, 1779 ; in Vose's regiment, 1781-83.
Phelon, Edward, d. Spring Island, S.C., 7 Jan. 1810, a. 52 ; ensign in H. Jackson's (9th) regiment ; com. lieuten- ant 14 Oct. 1781 ; aide to Gen. Patterson, and com. cap- tain 30 Sept. 1783 ; received half-pay on account of wounds.
Phelon, John, d. Baltimore, Sept. 1827, a. 80; com. lieu- tenant in Smith's (13th) regiment, 22 Oct. 1777; in 3d regiment in 1783.
Phelon, Patrick, com. lieutenant in H. Jackson's (16th) regiment, 20 June, 1777 ; app. captain 2d U.S. infantry, 4 March, 1791 ; killed 4 Nov. 1791, at St. Clair's defeat.
PICKERING, JOHN, LL.D. (Bowdoin College, 1822 ; Har- vard College, 1835), son of Col. Timothy, adm. 1843 ; b. Salem, Mass., 17 Feb. 1777; d. Boston, 5 May, 1846; Harvard University, 1796; lawyer in Salem and Boston, and distinguished as a philologist ; president of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
PICKERING, JOHN, eldest son of John, adm. 1867; stock- broker of Boston ; resides in Salem.
Pierce, Benjamin, b. Chelmsford, Mass., 25 Dec. 1757 ; d. Hillsborough, N.H., I April, 1839 ; a private in Bridge's regiment at Bunker's Hill ; orderly sergeant and promoted to ensign in M. Jackson's (8th) regiment for gallantry at Bemis' Heights, 7 Oct. 1777 ; com. lieutenant 7 July, 1782 ; removed to New Hampshire in 1786; member of General
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Court 1789-1802 ; brigadier-general of militia, 1805 ; mem- ber of Council, 1803-09 and 1814-18; sheriff of Hills- ยท borough, 1809-14 and 1818-23 ; Governor of New Hamp- shire in 1827 and 1829; vice-president Mass. Soc. Cin. 1836-39.
PIERCE, BENJAMIN KENDRICK, eldest son of Benja- min, adm. 1841; d. New-York City, I Aug. 1850; app. Ist lieutenant U.S.A., 12 March, 1812 ; captain Oct. 1813 ; major Ist artillery, 11 June, 1836; brevetted lieutenant- colonel for distinguished service at Fort Drane, Fla., in which he commanded, 21 Aug. 1836; lieutenant-colonel Ist artillery, 19 March, 1842.
PIERCE, FRANKLIN, son of Benjamin and brother of Ben- jamin Kendrick, adm. 1852; b. 23 Nov. 1804; d. 8 Oct. 1869; Bowdoin College, 1824; lawyer; member of Con- gress 1833-37 ; U.S. Senator 1837-42 ; colonel 16th U.S. infantry, 1846; brigadier-general 3 March, 1847, serving with the army in Mexico ; president of New Hampshire Constitutional Convention, 1850-51 ; president of the U.S., 1853-57.
PIERCE, JOSIAH, JR., of Portland, adm. 1859; maternal grandson of Archelaus Lewis, of Westbrook, Me. (ensign in Phinney's regiment ; promoted to lieutenant 18 April, 1776 ; in Vose's (Ist) regiment, 1777 to 20 Feb. 1779).
Pite, Benjamin, of Douglass, Mass., removed to Pittstown, N.Y., before 1788; ensign in Joseph Read's regiment at siege of Boston ; lieutenant and afterward captain in Nix- on's (6th) regiment.
pope, Nsaat, of Medford, d. Wells, Me., June, 1820, a. 80 ; lieutenant in Cotton's regiment, May, 1775 ; com. captain in Shepard's (4th) regiment, I Jan. 1777; major in 3d regiment, 12 Oct. 1782.
Poptin, John, b. Boston, 1744; d. Melrose, Mass., 8 May, 1827; of Welsh descent; before the war he was a tailor and a member of Paddock's artillery company of
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Boston ; captain of artillery at siege of Boston and in battle of White Plains ; major in Greaton's (3d) regiment, I Jan. 1777 ; com. lieutenant-colonel in Crane's artillery, 15 July, I777 ; aide to Gen. Lincoln at Saratoga ; officer of the cus- toms at Boston from 1789 to his death.
POPKIN, JOHN SNELLING, D.D. (Harvard University, 1815), eldest son of Col. John, adm. 1827 ; b. Boston, 19 June, 1771 ; d. Cambridge, Mass., 2 March, 1852 ; Harvard University, 1792 ; Greek tutor there, 1795-98; pastor of Federal Street Church, Boston, 1799-1802 ; of the first church in Newbury, 1804-15 ; professor of Greek in Har- vard University, 1815-26; Eliot professor of Greek liter- ature, 1826-33.
Porter, Benjamin Jones, b. Beverly, Mass., 20 Sept. 1763 ; d. Camden, Me., 18 Aug. 1847 ; educated at Byfield Academy ; studied medicine with his uncle, Dr. Jones, a surgeon in Continental army ; com. surgeon's mate in Tup- per's (IIth) regiment, 10 April, 1780 ; afterward practised in Maine, where he was also a councillor and senator from Lincoln County.
Pratt, Joel, of Sterling, b. 1752 ; d. 1844; com. lieutenant in Bigelow's (15th) regiment, I March, 1779 ; in H. Jack- son's (4th) regiment in 1783.
PRATT, JOEL, eldest male heir of Lieut Joel, adm. 1845 ; resides in Sterling, Mass.
Prap, John, captain in Sprout's (12th) regiment, com. 5 July, 1779.
PREBLE, WILLIAM PITT, JR., eldest male heir of Lieut. Joseph Tucker, of York, Me., son of Hon. W. P. Preble, adm. 1845 ; b. Portland, Me., 19 April, 1819; lawyer and clerk U.S. District Court at Portland.
Prescott, Joseph, last survivor of the original members of the Mass. Soc. Cin., and vice-president in 1846-49 ; son of Dr. Jonathan, b. Halifax, N.S., 6 Jan. 1762 ; d. Great Bar-
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rington, Mass., 1852 ; entered the general army hospital as a student of Dr. Brown, and at seventeen was appointed mate ; was in the action at Ticonderoga ; in Sullivan's ex- pedition against the Indians, and with Greene's army in the Carolinas ; afterward for many years a physician in Hali- fax, N.S.
Price, William, lieutenant in Crane's artillery.
putnam, Rufus, b. Sutton, Mass., 9 April, 1738; d. Mari- etta, Ohio, 4 May, 1824 ; a millwright ; a private soldier in the campaigns of 1757-60 in Canada ; then settled in New Braintree, Mass .; lieutenant-colonel in D. Brewer's regi- ment, May, 1775 ; employed as an engineer in constructing the siege works around Boston ; chief engineer of the de- fences of New York in 1776; com. colonel 5 Aug. 1776, and commanded the 5th regiment until com. brigadier-gen- neral, 7 Jan. 1783; distinguishing himself at Saratoga ; aide to Gen. Lincoln in quelling Shays' insurrection ; founded Marietta, Ohio, in 1788; app. a judge of North- western Territory, 1789 ; app. brigadier-general in Wayne's army against the Miami Indians, 4 May, 1792 ; U.S. sur- veyor-general 1793-1803 ; member of Ohio Constitutional Convention in 1803.
Randall, Thomas, of Boston, d. New York, Jan. ISII ; entered the artillery, 24 April, 1775 ; captain-lieutenant at siege of Boston and battle of Long Island ; captain and long an aide to Gen. Knox; received eight wounds and made prisoner at Paoli ; severely wounded at Germantown, and left for dead.
Rawson, Deduthan, ensign in Vose's (Ist) regiment, com. 15 June, 1781.
Reab, George, resided at Williamstown, Mass., prior to 1806, when he moved to Salem, Washington Co., N.Y., where he d. 20 June, 1838, a. 84 ; ensign in Brooks' (7th) regiment ; com. lieutenant 16 April, 1780 ; regimental and brigade quartermaster.
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Reidel, Denry, quartermaster and ensign in Col Armand's legion, 1779-So ; afterward lieutenant.
Remich, Timothy, d. 1784 ; sergeant in Fernald's company, Phinney's regiment, 1775 ; com. lieutenant 13 Nov. 1776; com. captain in Sprout's (12th) regiment, 14 Oct. 1780 ; brigade major 14 May to I Dec. 1781 ; in Vose's regi- ment in 1782-83 ; (son Timothy, of Cornish, Me., elected a member Mass. Soc. Cin. in 1838).
Rice, Nathan, b. Sturbridge, Mass., 2 Aug. 1754 ; d. Bur- lington, Vt., 17 April, 1834; Harvard University, 1773 ; son of Rev. Caleb ; lieutenant and adjutant in Greaton's (24th) regiment at siege of Boston ; aide to Gen. Lincoln ; com. major 7 May, 1777 ; in H. Jackson's (4th) regiment in 1782-83.
RICE, NATHAN, third son of Nathan, adm. 1849 ; b. Bur- lington, Vt., 27 Dec. 1789 ; d. Jacksonville, Fla., 5 March, 1852 ; merchant of Boston.
RICE, NATHAN PAYSON, M.D. (Harvard University, 1853), eldest son of Nathan, adm. 1852 ; b. Cambridge, Mass., 26 May, 1828; M.D. of Harvard University, IS53 ; graduated A.B. 1849 ; resides in New Orleans.
Rice, Oliver, b. Sudbury, Mass., 26 July, 1752 ; d. Belpre, Ohio ; ensign in Wesson's (9th) regiment, 1777 ; com. lieu- tenant 5 Sept. 1781, in H. Jackson's regiment ; in the 4th regiment in 1783 ; removed from Walpole, N.H., to Mari- etta, Ohio, about 1788.
Richardson, Abijah, M.D., adm. 1789; b. East Medway, Mass., 30 Aug. 1752; d. Medway, 10 May, 1822 ; studied at Harvard University (1770-72) ; surgeon's mate in Grea- ton's (3d) regiment ; surgeon 6 Nov. 1776 to I Jan. 1781, in Putnam's (5th) regiment ; after the war, during which he was long a prisoner in New York, he settled in Med- way, where he was eminent as a physician and also as a botanist.
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RICHARDSON, HORACE, grandson of Abijah and son of Joseph, adm. 1845 ; b. 23 Sept. 1795 ; deceased.
RICHARDSON, GEORGE DRAPER, eldest son of Horace, adm. 1857; b. Medway, 18 Sept. 1823 ; resides in Stone- ham, Mass.
Rickard, Dalilliam, b. Massachusetts ; d. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 1813 ; ensign in H. Jackson's (16th) regiment, 1778 ; com. lieutenant in 9th, 14 April, 1782 ; captain U.S.A. 1794-1800.
Ripley, Desckiah, b. Duxbury, Mass., 1751 ; d. 18 Oct., 1841, at Kingston, whither his family removed in 1759; com. lieutenant in Bailey's (2d) regiment, I Jan. 1777 ; lieutenant and adjutant 1780 ; brigade quartermaster 1783.
RIPLEY, JOSEPH TILDEN, of Kingston, eldest son of Hezekiah, adm. 1843 ; deceased.
ROBBINS, NATHAN BACON, JR., grandson of Hezekiah Ripley, and son of Capt. N. B. Robbins, adm. 1858; b. Plymouth, Mass., 31 July, 1831 ; drowned at Rochester, Minn., I July, 1859; Williams College, 1856; a lawyer of Rochester, and a member of the Constitutional Convention of Minnesota.
ROBBINS, KENELM, grandson of Hezekiah, adm. 1863 ; b. Plymouth, May, 1839 ; d. Jackson, Miss., 28 Feb. 1870 ; West Point, 1863 ; app. 2d. lieutenant of 5th cavalry, II June ; brevetted Ist lieutenant 1 Aug. 1863, for gallantry at Brandy Station, Va .; Ist lieutenant 12 June, 1864 ; severely wounded at Opequan, 19 Sept. 1864, and brevetted captain ; captain 4th infantry, 22 Jan. 1867.
Roberts, Richard Brooke, d. 19 Jan. 1797 ; aide to Gen. Lincoln, 1782 ; captain South Carolina artillery ; app. cap- tain 2d U.S. infantry, 4 March, 1791 ; major 28 Feb. 1793.
Rouse, Oliver, of Wrentham, d. about IS12 ; com. lieuten- ant in Putnam's (5th) regiment, I Jan. 1777 ; afterward a captain ; left a son, Oliver, of Roxbury.
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Rome, John, b. Gloucester, Mass., 1755 ; d. Lisbon, Me., Nov. 1816 ; enlisted as a private in his father's company, fought at Bunker's Hill and in many important battles ; en- sign in M. Jackson's (Sth) regiment at the peace ; com- manded a company in quelling Shays' insurrection, and was a skilful and courageous officer.
Sampson, Crocker, b. Kingston, Mass., 25 April, 1749 ; d. there, 7 July, 1823; Harvard University, 1771 ; com. lieutenant in Bradford's (14th) regiment, 31 Jan. 1777 ; lieutenant in Brooks' (7th) regiment, 13 April, 17So.
Sargent, dafinthrop, b. Gloucester, Mass., I May, 1753 ; d. New Orleans, 3 June, 1820; Harvard University, 1771 ; entered the army in 1775; com. captain-lieutenant in Knox's artillery, 16 March, 1776; captain in Crane's artil- lery, I Jan. 1777 ; present at Trenton and Brandywine ; aide to Gen. Howe and made brevet major ; app. surveyor of North-western Territory, 1786 ; its secretary, 1787 ; Gov- ernor 1798-ISO1 ; adjutant-general of St. Clair's army, and wounded on its defeat, 3 Nov. 1791 ; adjutant and inspector- general in Wayne's campaign, 1794-95 ; settled near Nat- chez, Miss.
SARGENT, GEORGE WASHINGTON, only son of Win- throp, adm. 1835; b. Natchez, 2 July, 1802 ; d. 14 May, 1864, having being shot by ruffians who entered his house for plunder, May 10; Harvard University, 1820.
Savage, Menry, com. lieutenant and adjutant in Greaton's (3d) regiment, II Nov. 1777.
Savage, Joseph, b. Boston, 13 June, 1756; d. Berwick, Me., 20 Jan. 1814 ; captain in Lamb's (2d) artillery, 1780- 83 ; resigned his commission 26 Oct. 1791, after sixteen years and six months' service.
SAVAGE, CAPT. CHARLES TYLER, eldest son of Capt. Joseph, adm. 1822; b. Berwick, Me., 15 March, 1797 ; resides in Harvard, Mass.
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Satterlee, William, captain and afterward major in Hazen's regiment.
Sawyer, James, b. Burlington, Vt., 1762; d. there, 25 May, 1827 ; son of Ephraim Savage, a major at Bunker's Hill, and a lieutenant-colonel at Saratoga ; served at Bun- ker's Hill ; com. ensign 22 Feb. 1781, in M. Jackson's (Sth) regiment ; afterward in Hamilton's light infantry at capture of redoubt at Yorktown.
SAWYER, HORACE BUCKLIN, second son of James, adm. 1852 ; b. Burlington, Vt., 22 Feb. 1797 ; d. Washing- ton, D.C., 14 Feb. 1860 ; app. midshipman U.S.N., 4 June, 1812; lieutenant 1 April, 1818 ; commander 9 Dec. 1839 ; captain 12 April, 1853; in the "Constitution" when she took the " Cyane " and the " Levant," and presented with a sword by his native State, for his share in that achievement. SAWYER, GEORGE AUGUSTUS, eldest son of Horace B., adm. 1862 ; paymaster in the U.S.N. ; served through the war of the Rebellion. Five generations of this family, in direct descent, have contributed of their number to the military or naval service of their country.
Scammell, Samuel Leslie, son of Dr. Samuel, of Men- don, afterward of Bellingham, and brother of Col. Alex- ander, com. ensign 30 Aug. 1781, in Smith's (12th) regiment.
Scott, James, com. ensign 14 Dec. 1781 ; in Brooks' (7th) regiment in 1783.
Selden, Charles, d. Troy, N.Y., I Jan. 1820, a. 64 ; en- tered the army in 1777; com. lieutenant in H. Jackson's regiment in March, 1778; senator for eastern district of New York and Regent State University.
Seher, Dames, b. Kingston, Mass., 2 Nov. 1761 ; d. 16 Dec. 1845; Harvard University, 1781 ; com. ensign in Brooks' (7th) regiment, I Feb. 1781 ; post captain U.S.N. (1799-1801) ; one of the first six app. on the reorganization of the navy by President Adams ; vice-president Mass. Soc. Cin., 1839-45 ; president 1845.
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SEVER, JAMES WARREN, eldest son of Capt. James, adm. 1847 ; secretary 1859-65 ; vice-president 1865 ; pres- ident 1866-71 ; b. Kingston, Mass., I July, 1797 ; d. Bos- ton, 16 Jan. 1871 ; Harvard University, 1817.
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