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COLONELS.
John Daggett, from 1775 to 1779 .- Honorably discharged.
Elisha May, from July 1781 to 1788.
Ebenezer Tyler, from Oct. 7th 1793 to 1797.
Benjamin Balcom, from Sept. 17th, 1819 to 1820.
Elkanah Briggs, from 1821 to 1823.
Ira K. Miller, from Sept. 23d, 1828 to 1832.
Willard Blackington, June 25, 1836 to April 24th, 1840.
LIEUT. COLONELS.
Ebenezer Bacon, from Aug. 1st, 1803 to 1810 .- Discharged.
Obed Robinson, from Aug. 12, 1816 to 1818. 66
Benjamin Balcom, from Aug. 25th, 1818 to Sept. 17th, 1819. . Willard Blackington, from Nov. 3d, 1832 to June 25th, 1836.
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MAJORS.
Elisha May, from June 10th, 1779, to July 1781, when promoted. Ebenezer Tyler, May 26th, 1788 to Oct. 7th, 1793, when promoted. Ebenezer Bacon, from April 10th, 1797 to Aug. 1st, 1803.
Obed Robinson, from Sept. 21, 1810, to Aug. 12, 1816.
Elkanah Briggs, from Aug. 25, 1818 to 1821, when promoted. Edward Richardson, from Aug. 23d, 1823 to 1825.
Ira K. Miller, from Feb. 12, 1827 to Sept 23d, 1828.
Willard Blackington, from July 15, 1829 to Nov. 3d, 1832.
ADJUTANTS.
Willard Blackington, from April 20th, 1827 to July 15th, 1829.
Names of Attleborough gentlemen who held the commission of Major, Commandant of the Battalions of Cavalry, Artillery and Light Infantry, in Bristol County Brigade.
Cavalry :- Jonathan Bliss, from Sept. 18th, 1826 to 1828.
Artillery :- Seneca Sanford, from Sept 6th, 1823 to 1831.
Light Infantry :- David E. Holman, from Sept. 6th, 1834 to 1836, when discharged.
A company of cavalry for many years existed in the fourth Reg- iment, and some of the commissioned officers and many of the privates belonged in Attleborough.
Names of Attleborough gentlemen who were captains of the cavalry company.
Alexander Foster, Jr., from Sept 16th, 1801 to 1806; Israel Hatch, Jr., from March 23d, 1818 to 1822; Daniel Richardson, Jr., from April 28th, 1830; Harvey Claflin, from April 14, 1832; ·· S. E. Capron, from April 19th, 1833 to disbandment.
Attleborough could once boast an entire company of Riflemen glorying in the name of "Washington Rifle Corps." The uni- form consisted of green frock coats, green pantaloons, the latter sometimes exchanged for white, and military caps, with black plumes. June 9th, 1815 was the date of its organization, and from that time until 1834, (almost nineteen years), it enjoyed a very enviable reputation for the excellence of its drill and discipline, being as it was a "flank company" of the 4th Regiment. In 1834 . this company was made to constitute a part of the Bristol County Battalion of Light Infantry and Riflemen, and was not long after disbanded. Did no duty after about 1835, although not disbanded until several years later.
The Captains of the Washington Rifle Corps were :- Elihu Dag- gett, Jr., Chester Bugbee, William Everett, Willard Robinson, Virgil Blackington, and David E. Holman. The last named was promoted to the office of Major of the Bristol County Battalion of Light Infantry and Riflemen, Sept. 6th, 1834.
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Attleborough has also furnished one of the captains for the Norton Artillery Company, a noble body of citizen soldiery that maintained an organized existence and kept up its uniform for the long period of eighty-seven years, serving in three wars, viz .- Revolution, Last War with England, and that of the Great Re- bellion. Earl Hodges of Attleborough was captain from Sept. 24, 1836 until 1839, and while he was commander this company pro- cured a new uniform, (the third probably that the company ever had), as the old one had become considerably dilapidated. When this company became a part of the 4th Regiment of Artillery, Capt.Earl Hodges received the legal offer to become its Major, but declined. His commission as Major was tendered but not accepted, being returned to the office of the Adjutant General in Boston, the Governor conferred the commission of Major of that Regiment upon Ebenezer W. Peirce, of Freetown, till then a Regimental Quarter Master with rank of a 1st Lieut., but who now, more than 30 years after, minus his sword arm, by a cannon ball, taken off at the shoulder, in one of the battles for the Union, essays with his left hand to prove that
"The pen is mightier than the sword."
In the autumn of 1833, or forty-two years since the entire body of the local or standing militia of the State of Massachusetts were, for the last time called out for inspection, review and discipline, the militia of Attleborough as a part of the fourth Regiment in the Bris- tol County Brigade were inspected, etc, on the 17th day Oct. 1833. The militia law was changed by the Legislature in session the succeeding winter, and from that time to the present only uni- formed companies raised by speaial permission of the Governor are required to perform military duty.
The Field Officers of the 4th Regiment on the occasion of that final inspection and last review were Mason Stone, of Norton, Col- onel; Willard Blackington of Attleborough, Lieut. Colonel; and Harrison B. Pratt, of Mansfield, Major.
Attleborough militia at that date were organized as four com- panies, viz., one of Riflemen, the "Washington Rifle Corps," and three companies of local or standing Infantry. The inspection rolls of these four companies at that time bore the following
WASHINGTON RIFLE CORPS.
David E. Holman, Captain; George Price, Lieut .; Mark W. Baldwin, Ensign; Atherton Wales, Amos Sweet, Jr. Geo. Morse, and Martin Witherell, Sergeants; Comfort F. Claflin, Joel More, Jr., Horatio N. Babcock, and Daniel D. Sweet, Corporals; Cyrus
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W. Blackington, Musician. Private Soldiers :- James B. Moulton, David H.Grant, Geo. Stephenson, Milton Blackington, Horace Foster, Geo. P. Foster, Noah Claflin, Jr., Herman W. Bragg, Gil- ford Fuller, Shepherd A. Witherell, John Wilmarth, Wm. A. Stan- ley, Calvin Claflin, John Cole, Warren Aldrich, George L. Perry, Harrison Wilmarth, Jacob S. Capron, George B. Aldrich, Joseph Hunt, James Cummings, Loring Morse, Wm. B. Franklin, Lyman W. Daggett, James M. Turner, Henry M. Richards, David Whiting, Darius Ellis, Horace Tift, Egbert R. Robinson, James O. Blackington, Lewis J. Holmes, Onisemus Clark, Willard Jillson, B. J. Draper, Horatio N. Draper, John Tifft,. James Whitman, Ephriam Jewett, Elias G. Richards, Willard Richards, S. P. Fish- er, Samuel Newhall, Jr., John Bruce, George W. Horr, Richard Everett, George Stanley, George Hatch, Calvin Richards, Stephen Richardson.
CAPT. BLISS' COMPANY OF INFANTRY.
Nathan H. Bliss, Captain; Wheaton Carpenter, Lieut .; Noble P. Fuller, Ensign; Edward J. Willmarth, Thomas Fuller, 2d, "and David Cummings, Jr., Sergeants; Joseph M. Gardner, Ezra A. Fisher, and Wm. F. Dike, Corporals; Jonathan Fuller, Jr., Musi- cian. Private Soldiers :- Wm. Cummings, Samuel E. Draper, Gardner Dunham, Abijah E. Dean, Jesse R. Carpenter, Harrison W. White, David M. Buffington, Otis Green, Simeon Fisher, Ben- jamin Thayer, David Night, Caleb. Carr, Samuel R. Cummings, Allen Cummings, Sam. Everett, Jarry Goff, Ephiriam Goff, John H. Rhodes, Jonathan B. Wood, Henry Hudson, Asa Beats, Whea- ton Barrows, Thomas Blanding, Arza Blanding, Aluma Balcom, Abiel Codding, Wm. A. Wilmarth, Joab French, Barney Horr, . James Mason, Elijah R. Read, Nathaniel R. Peirce, Washington Pike, Joseph H. Wetherell, Zebina W. Fuller, Arunah Wheeler and Jacob Briggs, jr.
CAPT. WALCOTT'S COMPANY OF INFANTRY.
William F. Walcott, Captain; Augustus Barrows, Lieut .; James Saunders, Ensign; Asahel H. Robinson, Otis B. Tingley, John Tucker, and James S. Day; Sergeants; William Thacher, Elijah W. Sweet, Musicians. Private Soldiers,-George Lee, Benjamin E. Walcott, Charles S. Day, David B. Wilman, Samuel S. Allen, Penuel C. Bowen, Charles Read, David W. Sheldon, Lewis S. Read, George Gaskill, Otis Gaskill, Albert W. Thurber, Elisha W. Godfrey, Jr., Enos Nickerson, William A. Freeman, Thomas Coo- per, Merrell Wheeler, Amos A. Fuller, Asa A. Fuller, Noah Ful- ler, Israel Crocker, Jr., Enos E. Sturtevant, Wilson Wescoat, Nel- son Claflin, Jencks Williams, Elijah B. Newhall, Alanson Alexan-
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der, Harrison G. O. Kempton, William HI. Dana, William Jeffers, John B. Dana, Nathaniel Haskins, Caleb S. Kempton, William Carpenter, Calvin Draper, Samuel Hack, Jr., William Hallock, Jason Sweetland, Hervey Goodwin, and Samuel Robinson.
CAPT. WILMARTH'S COMPANY.
Eliphalet Wilmarth, Captain; David Wilmarth, Lieut .; Daggett, Ensign; James Foster, Jr., Elisha Foster and Emater Foster, Ser- geants; Draper Parmtre and William Martin, Musicians; Private Soldiers :- Lewes Cutting, Daniel S. Fisher, Timothy W. Fisher, Sylvester Richardson, Bradford Mott, William M. Morse, John R. Streeter, William E. Cornell, Nelson Richardson, Carlos B. Morse, George H. Martin, Albert Blake, Gideon Horton, James A. Hor- ton, Hiram Horton, Martin Horton, Otis Blandin, Hall, Charles Babcock, and Charles Cobb.
Recapitulation .- Capt. Holman's Company ;- 1 Captain, 1 Licut. 1 Ensign, 4 Sergeants, 4 Corporals, 1 Musician, and 50 Privates. Total, 62.
Capt. Bliss' Company :- 1 Captain, 1 Lieut., 1 Ensign, 3 Ser- geants, 3 Corporals, 1 Musician, 37 Privates. Total, 47.
Capt. Walcott's Company :- 1 Captain, 1 Lieut., 1 Ensign, 4 Sergeants, 0 Corporals, 2 Musicians, and 40 Privates. Total, 49.
Capt. Wilmarth's Company :- 1 Captain, 1 Lieut., 1 . Ensign, 3 Sergeants, 0 Corporals, 2 Musicians, 20 Privates. Total, 28.
Grand total of the Attleborough Militia, Oct. 1833, 187.
The Cavalry Company, a part of which belonged in Attlebor- ough was disbanded in Oct. 1833.
Population of Attleborough in 1865-6200. In 1870-6769. Legal Voters,-1121. Valuation, $2,987,311.91. Distance from State Capitol, 35 miles. Attleborough constitutes a Representative District and is entitled to one Representative every year.
BERKLEY.
This town was formerly a part of Taunton, set off and incorpo- rated as a new and distinct town in 1735. About fifty years later, that part of Dighton lying between Taunton and Assonet Rivers and called "Assonet Neck," was detatched and annexed to Berk- ley.
*Assonet Neck remained in the possession of the Indians quite a number of years after their title to the surrounding country was
*The'old colony records contain the following in reference to Assonet Neck : "July 1682 this Court orders the land called Assonet Neck, being purchased by some of Taunton, that the said tract of land shall be in the township of Taun- ton." It continued to form a part of Taunton until the township of Dighton was
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gone. This peninsular the red man could not be induced to sell, and never did sell; but the right to till and occupy was wrested from them by force, to meet a part of the white men's expenses in- curred in that conflict between races, "King Philip's War." The deed of Assonet Neck given by Plymouth Colony Government to the purchasers, is a quaint old document, bearing the Colonial Scal in wax. It is now in the possession of Ebenezer W. Peirce of Freetown, who found it among some old papers, deemed by the owner of little or no value, and who suggested the burning of the same to get them out of the way.
*Rev. Enoch Sanford, a native of Berkley has published a valua- ble history of this town, liberal extracts from which were permit- ted to be made for the Bristol County Directory, published in 1872.
tThomas Gilbert of Berkley led one of the Companies of the Bristol County Regiment, sent to Cape Breton in 1745, and partici- pated in that glorious achievement, the capture of Louisburg, that surrendered to our prowess and arms just thirty years to a day, (and perhaps to the hour), before the battle of Bunker Hill. Sir Wm. Pepperell led the combined forces of sea and land in that expedi- tion, and the field officers of Bristol County Regiment were # Syl- vester Richmond of Dighton, Colonel; Ebenezer Pitts (perhaps of Taunton), Lieut. Colonel ; and § Joseph Hodges, of Norton, Major.
Lieut. Colonel Pitts and Major Hodges lost their lives in the enterprise.
In the French and Indian War, ten years later, Thomas Gilbert was Lieut. Colonel of Timothy Ruggles' Regiment, operating in eastern New York, as a part of the forces commanded by Sir William Johnson.
set off, when Assonet Neck became a part of that then new town, and so re- mained some 75 years, when it was detatched from Dighton and annexed to Berkley. The celebrated rock, bearing hieroglyphics is in that part, and thus acquired the world wide name of "Dighton Rock."
* Son of Captain Joseph Sanford of Berkley, an officer in the Patriot Army of the Revolution, and was subsequently quite distinguished as a school-teacher Capt. Joseph was grandfather to Hon. John E. Sanford, speaker of Mass. House of Representatives.
t He removed to Assonet Village in Freetown, in or about 1760, and purchased for, and occupied as a residence the ancient house standing near Assonet four corners, and so continued to do until late at night on the Sth of April, 1775, or very early the next morning he ran away, leaving his country for his country's good. The house and land was confiscated and by the government sold to Sam- uel Barnaby, who sold it to Col. Benj. Weaver.
į Col. Sylvester Richmond was afterward High Sheriff of Bristol County. He lived, died, and was buried in Dighton, and his grave is marked by a stone bearing an inscription.
§ Major Hodges' son, Joseph Hodges, wore the same sword carried by the father in the Louisburg Expedition. Joseph Hodges, Jr., commanded a Com- pany in the French and Indian War, and like his father, lost his life. Joseph, son of Captain Joseph and grandson of Major Joseph Hodges wielded the same sword for the cause of Liberty in the war of the American Revolution.
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It was while there employed that Gilbert's conduct caused him to be complained of and brought before the Colonial Legislature of Massachusetts for trial.
That grave body gave Licut. Col. Thomas Gilbert a patient hearing and an impartial trial, resulting in a just but terrible ver- dict "That his Excellency, the Captain General be desired to discard and discharge the said Col. Gilbert from any post or office that he now sustains in the Militia."
"Also, Voted, that the Governor and Council be desired to dismiss the said Gilbert from any civil office for which he is in commission."
The Governor and Council most heartily and fully concurred in the opinion and desires of the House of Representatives, and thus did a man who had participated in one of the most remarkable and glorious achievements of his age become thoroughly disgraced.
The colonial records scarcely afford a parallel to the disgusting revelations of that trial.
"The same ambition can destroy or save, And makes a patriot as it makes a knave."
Capt. Jacob French of Berkley led a Company in the battle fields of the French and Indian War and was also promoted to Major in that service.
About twenty years later, Major Jacob French was appointed Colonel of one of the Regiments of the Patriot Army of the American Revolution. Colonel French's ashes repose in a grave near Berkley Common, the spot being marked by slabs of black slate bearing an inscription. Upon his grave-stone he is called " Elder Jacob French." He died Feb. 11th, 1800, in his 88th year.
Attaining to a good old age, that which once afforded him true pleasure, satisfaction and pride, had lost its charms, and, on the verge of the tomb, his chief comfort was found in the consolations of religion, and hence, a pious, rather than a military title was pre- fixed, and in contemplation of which, we are led to exclaim :--
"Behold the child by Nature's kindly law, Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw; . Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite. Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age; Pleased with this bauble still, as that before, Till tired, he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er."
Capt. Joseph Sanford of Berkley, as a company commander, performed good service in the Patriot Army of the Revolution, and Capt. Samuel Tubbs of this town attained to the rank and commission of Major in one of the "Continental Battalions."
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Here too lived for many years, John Richmond, a soldier under the hero of "Lundy's Lane," and afterward Commander of the United States Army, General Scott. Richmond in one of the bloody battles near the line of Canada, fought during the last war with England, received a gun shot wound, and carried the bullet in his leg as long as he lived, and it found an interment, with him in the grave. He was a pensioner for many years, having shed his blood for his country, and carrying honorable scars of the conflict for half a century. Richmond was equally valiant as a "soldier in the army of the Lord.".
"By their pious shades we swear, By their toils and perils here, We will guard with jealous care, Law and Liberty."
The "train band" of Berkley for a long time was a part of the Second Regiment of Bristol County, and furnished that Regiment with field officers as follows :-
COLONEL. .
John Hathaway, from June 9, 1778 to 1781.
LIEUT. COLONELS.
Thomas Gilbert from 1755 to 1758, when cashiered, John Hatha- way, from Feb. 7th, 1776, to June 9th, 1778, when promoted.
MAJORS.
Ebenezer Winslow from 1762 to his death, Nov. 3d, 1767 -; Tho- mas Gilbert, Jr. from about 1771 to Sept. 19th, 1775, when dis- , missed in accordance with Legislative enactment.
After the Berkley Militia was transferred to the Third Regi- ment, the town was represented in the field by Adoniram Crane as Colonel, from 1819 to 1823, and by Adoniram Crane as Major from Sept. 18, 1817 to 1819.
Abner Burt of Berkley was Adjutant of the 3d Regiment from Dec. 7th, 1795 to 1810.
Colonel John Hathaway was distinguished as a patriot in "the days that tried men's souls," and although never holding the com- mission of a field officer, save in the local militia, (a kind of home guard institution), was nevertheless on several occasions called to meet the foe and face death on fields of bloody strife; the war of the Revolution bringing actual conflict to our very doors.
Those among us who then learned of that war did not acquire the information from a book, or enjoy it in an easy chair, where, amid the fumes of whiskey and tobacco smoke, unbroken silence and safety induced speculation upon the long "quiet on the Potomac," and thus ever "snuffing the battle afar off." No, oh no for,
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women, yes women then did for our Country's cause what some of the men in the late war of the great Rebellion could not be persuaded or even forced to perform. The women of New England then, from force of circumstances were what the women of the South came to be in the late war of the great Rebellion, full of fight.
From the several regiments into which the local militia of Bristol County was divided, drafts were several times made to serve in the field; such drafted men when united constituting for the time being a regiment.
A Regiment composed of such detatchments from the four standing Regiments of Bristol County was stationed in Little Compton in 1777, and John Hathaway of Berkley was detailed to act as its Colonel. Tradition informs us that Col. John Hathaway was a man of prayer, and that while sitting on horse-back at the head of his command, used sometimes in an audible voice to in- voke the direction, aid and protection of the God of Armies and Lord of Hosts.
Col. Hathaway doubtless accompanied the Bristol County 'Bri- gade on its march to Warren, R. I., Dec. 8, 1776, and participated in the twenty-five days service in that State, then by this Brigade performed.
The Field Officers and Adjutant of the Second Regiment at that time were :-
*Edward Pope of Dartmouth, Colonel; John Hathaway of Berkley, Lieut. Colonel; Sylvester Richmond of Dighton, Major; Joshua Hathaway of Freetown, 2d Major; Isaac Hathaway, Adjutant.
. Col. Hathaway died in Berkley, and the religious services of his funeral were perormed in a barn standing upon his homestead farm, as the audience was too numerous to be accommodated in his house. His remains are in the ancient cemetery, and his grave is marked by a stone bearing an inscription.
Religious ceremony in those times was something more than a form; people worshiped God instead of meeting houses, and atten- ded Church for something better than to see and to show costly apparel. They had golden ministers in wooden pulpits instead of, as now, wooden ministers in pulpits of gold. The sword of Colonel Hathaway, as an heir loom, has come down to and is pos- sessed by his grandson, Lieut. John Hathaway Macomber of Berkley.
* His son, Edward Pope, Jr., was commissioned Adjutant of this 2d Regt. in 1808, promoted to Junior Major, Sept. 24, 1810, Senior Major, 1812, Lieut. Col. Commandant July 3d, 1815. The Commander of a Regiment in the local mili- tia at that time did not Rank as a full Colonel, but Lieut. Colonel Commandant.
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Berkley, be it ever remembered to her praise and honor was even from the beginning of the war of the Revolution, essen- tially a whig town, Whig was then the appellation applied to those who, at the risk of life, limb and property, resisted tyranny even unto blood, and dared to claim the right to be free, and nobly resolved on the enjoyment of freedom, though to attain it they should be required to " beard the ' British ' Lion in his den."
Tory was the title applied to the cringers to royalty, time serv- ers and sycophants, of whom Berkley had a few, and with which the adjoining town of Freetown was literally overrun.
Berkley Whigs had upon the common erected a liberty pole that proved a great eyesore to the Tories of this and the surround- ing towns, and so great was that annoyance to the lick-spittles of royalty that they fitted out an expidition from Assonet, which, under cover of night proceeded to Berkley, where they were suc- cessful in consummating a deed of darkness by cutting down and carrying away the liberty pole.
This emblem of Liberty was loaded on wheels and carted to . Assonet, whereupon one of the rhymists of those times delivered himself of :-
The Liberty pole, They say is stole, We hear some dreadful stories ; Last Friday night It took its flight, And went among the Tories.
Not long after, the Berkley Whigs had an opportunity to wit- ness the discomforture and humiliation of the Freetown Tories, and thus to be "avenged of their adversaries." for on that ever memorable Ninth of April, 1775, as Minute Men were returning from the eapture of Gilberts Banditti, bringing a goodly number of prisoners, Berkley Common resounded with shouts of joy like those when "the morning stars sang together," and from the same class of people. "Ear-piercing fife" with "spirit stirring drum" discoursed "yankee doodle" as these prisoners were marched to the foot of what to them was a terrible cross, the new liberty pole in the place of that, by their impious hands hewn down, dese- crated and taken away. Here the Tories with uncovered heads were made slowly and sadly, in single file, to pass around the base of the pole, while the crowd of spectators observed strict silence, and the musicians played the "Rogues' March." One Tory too obstinate to take off' his hat had it displaced by a rap from the but end of a musket which did the business like the "blow" that robbed John Gilpin of his tile, for like that, it took off his wig.
One of the few of the Tory tribe residing in Berkley, that day
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received a severe castigation after the manner and form of punish- ment administered by the ancient schoolmaster who-
"Ye yonker's pate, To stimulate, Beat ye other end."
The local militia of Berkley formed a part of the "Coast Guard" stationed at New Bedford and Fairhaven in the summer of 1814.
Giles G. Chase, who had been commissioned to command one of the two Berkley Companies of standing or local militia (Sept. 27th 1809), led his command to the post of danger in 1814. He was a son of Ezra Chase and wife Jerusha Gilbert, and was born Aug. 29th, 1783. Capt. G. Giles Chase was quite noted as a schoolmaster, in which capacity he was very successful in the "delightful task" of "rearing the tender youth and teaching their young ideas how to shoot," and superintending the discharge of whose scholastic duties was more agreeable to him than directing that of the musketry of Berkley train band.
Berkley for many years had two Militia Companies. The names of the Captains of these Companies as far as have come to the knowledge of the writer were as follows :-
FIRST COMPANY.
Nathaniel Gilbert, Elkanah Babbitt, John Paul, Benejah Babbitt, Samuel French from 1762; Jedediah Briggs, July 1st, 1781; Chris- topher Paul, from April 14th, 1796 to 1797; James Paul, from April 21st, 1797; Williams Tobey, from Jan. 27th, 1804; Samuel French, from April 25th, 1805; Nathaniel Staples. from March 31st 1807; Giles G. Chase, from Sept 27th, 1809; Daniel Burt from July 25th, 1816; Freeman Briggs from June 29th, 1819; Nathaniel Townsend, from March, 1822; Giles Leach from Sept. 9th, 1826: Benjamin F. Cornell, from May 28th, 1831 to his death, March 20, 1833. Company disbanded by act of Legislature, April 24th, 1840. Had no Captain for the last seven years of its existence as the Company would not elect a suitable person.
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