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" We present these hints to your judicious consideration, and wish that not only you, but all the true friends to the English constitution, may be guided in the path of wisdom and equity,
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and never be diverted from the steady pursuit of the true inter- ests of yourselves, your king, your country, and posterity.
" Ephraim Starkweather, Nathan Daggett, Thomas Carpenter, 3d, John Lyon, Joseph Bridgham, William Cole,
Committee of Correspondence."
The following are some of the most interesting votes and resolves passed by the town during the period of the revolution, and having relation to that war.
"July 25, 1774. Voted by a great majority, that the sum of £5 3s. 8d. be drawn out of the town treasury, for the use of the committee of this province, that are to meet in the General Congress ; it being Rehoboth's proportionable part of the money to be ordered out of the treasury by the selectmen."
" Voted not to purchase any goods, imported from Great Britain, after the 31st day of August next, until the act for blocking up the harbour of Boston be repealed, and the govern- ment be restored to its former privileges." "Likewise voted that the town clerk transmit a copy of the transactions of this meeting to the clerk of the Corresponding Committee in Boston."
" September 19, 1774. The town chose Maj. Timothy Walker and Capt. John Wheeler delegates to attend the propo- sed Provincial Congress, on the second Tuesday of October next, at Concord, or any other time or place that the major part of the delegates of said province may agree upon .* "
* From the records in the secretary's office we have the following account of the different Provincial Congresses :-
First Congress.
Convened at Salem, Oct. 7, 1774 ; adjourned the same day.
Convened at Concord, Tuesd. Oct. 11; adjourned Sat. 15th, same month. Convened at Cambridge, Mond. Oct. 17; adjourned Sat. 29th. do.
Convened at Cambridge, Wed. Nov. 23; dissolved Sat. Dec. 10th.
Second Congress.
Convened at Cambridge, Wed. Feb. 1775; adjourned Thursd. 16th, same montlı.
Convened at Concord. Tuesd. March 22 ; adjourned Sat. April 15th.
Convened at Concord, Sat. April 22; adjourned the same day.
Convened at Watertown, Mond. April 24; dissolved May 29th.
Third Congress.
Convened at Watertown, May 31, 1775; dissolved July 19th.
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" October 3, 1774. The town chose Capt. Thomas Carpen- ter a delegate for the Provincial Congress, in the room of Capt. John Wheeler, that is dismissed."
" November 21, 1774. Voted to accept of, and abide by, the results of the Provincial Congress." " Voted that every con- stable, collector, or person, who have in their hands, or that may hereafter have, any of the province's monies, that they pay the same to Henry Gardner, Esq. of Stow, instead of the Hon. Harrison Gray, Esq. and that they produce his receipt, which shall be a full and effectual discharge for the same, agreeable to a resolve of the Provincial Congress, October 28th, 1774: to the whole of which resolve we promise and engage faithfully to adhere in all its parts."
" January 2, 1775. The town chose Maj. Timothy Walker and Capt. Thomas Carpenter delegates to attend the Provincial Congress to be holden at Cambridge, on the first day of Feb- ruary next."
The Rev. Ephraim Hyde's parish (then the first Congrega- tional society in Rehoboth, now the first in Seekonk), contribu- ted £6, " for the relief and support of the poor of Boston, sufferers by means of the Boston Port-Bill."
The receipt of £10 is acknowledged by Henry Gardner, Esq. treasurer of the Provincial Congress, as a "part of the province's tax, set on the town of Rehoboth by the General Court."
" May 26, 1775. Voted to raise two companies in this town to be ready on any special alarm ; one company to be raised in the westerly part, and the other in the easterly part of said town. Likewise voted that every soldier, enlisting to be a minute man, on alarm shall have three shillings a day, he finding himself, if called into service, until they come to draw provisions out of the provision stores, ; and then to have two shillings a day, for each day, until they return home again except they shall be paid by the province." "Also voted that the selectmen divide the town stock of ammunition, the one half for the west part of the town, the other half for the east part."
" June 12, 1775. Voted that the selectmen provide for the poor of the town of Boston, that are, or shall be, sent to this town, upon the town's credit." "Also voted that there be fifty men in each special alarm company, exclusive of officers ; and that the captains of each company provide a man with a horse- cart and two horses, in order to carry the baggage of the compa- nies in case of alarm."
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November 6, 1775. The town "voted to borrow four pieces of cannon of Capt. John Lyon and Mr. Nathan Dag- gett ; " and voted " the sum of £60 to defray the charges of mounting said cannon, and providing ammunition and other utensils that shall be needful for the same." Also chose "a committee, to wait on a committee of the town of Providence, to consult on fortifying Hog-pen Point."
" November 13, 1775. Voted it expedient to fortify Hog- pen Point, and chose a committee to oversee the business." This point is in Seekonk, and traces of the fortification are still to be seen.
" January 1, 1776. The town voted to raise the sum of £118 11s. to procure a town stock of powder and small arms."
" February 12, 1776. Voted to encourage the manufacturing of saltpetre in private families, by affording them the materials they can get without doing damage."
Considerable quantities of saltpetre, it is said, were manufac- tured in the town during the period of the revolution ; and a manufactory was set up near the Cove Factory, in Seekonk, for the purpose of making it.
" April 14, 1774. Voted to raise a bounty of £20 to every soldier that shall enlist into the continental army, for three years, or during the war, provided they enlist into the said army within ten days." This bounty, by vote of the town, May 19, 1777, was extended to every soldier that had enlisted for the same term, since the former vote, or who should enlist within twenty days of the last date. And by another vote, passed June 30th, the same bounty was farther extended to all who should enlist into the continental army within two months from that date.
" May 18, 1778. Voted to raise the sum of £720, for the raising of soldiers for the continental army, for nine months."
" September 7, 1778. Voted to grant the sum of £463 4s. for clothing, purchased by the selectmen, agreeable to an order of Court, for the continental soldiers that enlisted into the service."
" April 19, 1779. A committee was appointed by the town, to provide for the soldiers' families."
" May 5, 1779. Voted that the sum of £1200 be raised by a tax, this spring, and paid into the town treasury, to be order- ed out of said treasury by the selectmen, to the committee that take care of the soldiers' families, if needed."
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" May 19, 1779. Voted to raise the sum of £3,000 for providing men, when called for from the authority, to go into the service as soldiers."
" October 23, 1780. Voted to raise the sum of £26,400 for the purpose of raising the town's quota of beef." This quota was 42,106 pounds. These immense sums were required to be raised, in consequence of the great depreciation of the value of the paper currency issued by the Continental Con- gress .* The whole amount of money raised by the town, this year, for its necessary charges, was the sum of £50,527 4s.
" April 1, 1782. Voted that the town treasurer be instruct- ed to sell the new emission money, three dollars for one hard dollar."
This year, from the town, " The Hon. John Hancock had 23 votes for Governour," and "Doct. Joseph Bridgham had 11 votes for Governour."
From the " Journals and Resolves of Massachusetts," we glean the few following additional particulars respecting the number of men, &c. to be furnished by Rehoboth, at several of the different times, when drafts of men were called for: - For the re-enforcement, voted to be raised in Massachusetts, and " sent to the camp at Cambridge or Roxbury, as his Excellency General Washington shall direct," the proportion of Rehoboth was 74 men. The proportion of Rehoboth of the men, raised by Massachusetts " for filling and completing the fifteen battal- ions of continental troops," was 24. Rehoboth's proportion of the men to be raised " for re-enforcing the continental army," according to a resolve passed June 8, 1779, was 22. In 1781, Massachusetts was ordered to raise 4,626,178 lbs. of beef, of which the proportion of Rehoboth was 42,106 lbs. Of the 4,726 men voted to be raised by Massachusetts, June 1780, for three months, for re-enforcing the continental army, the propor- tion of Rehoboth was 60.
We shall conclude this sketch of the revolutionary affairs of the town, by giving the names, as far as practicable, and time of service of those who were drafted or enlisted into the army, during the revolution, together with such trifling sketches of
* Congress first issued bills of credit in June, 1775. At the end of eighteen months they began to depreciate. Towards the close of 1777, the depreciation was two or three dollars for one ; in 1778, five or six for one ; in 1779, twenty- seven or twenty eight for one ; in 1780, fifty or sixty for one ; soon to one hundred and fifty for one, and finally several hundreds for one.
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their services as could be obtained. The names are given pre- cisely as found in the pay and muster rolls, and returns, &c. now in the State House of Massachusetts .*
" A muster roll of Capt. Samuel Bliss's company of minute men, from Rehoboth, from the 19th of April to the 27th,-each eight days service :
Samuel Bliss, Capt.
Nathan Turner,
Aaron Walker, Lieut.
Nathaniel Turner,
Joseph Allen, Ensign,
Ephraim Bliss,
Aaron Read, Sergeant,
Levi Lewis,
James Bullock do.
Valentine Wheeler,
Noah Allen, do.
Jonathan Macomber,
Christopher Ormsbee, do.
Abel Hix, Preserved Bullock,
Elijah Perry, Peter Read,
Ezekiel Hix,
John Brown,
Joseph Allen,
× Samuel Munroe,
Jacob Fuller,
William Fairbrother,
Comfort Stanley,
Benjamin Comer,
Oliver Peck,
William Allen,
Amos Bliss,
Oliver Jones,
Philip Peck, *
Samuel Allen,
Solomon Peck, -
Joseph Ingals,
Elnathan Lake,
Thomas Campbell,
Josiah Perry,
John Dryer, Christopher Blanding,
Ichabod Wade."
"A muster roll of Capt. John Perry's company of minnit men, from 19th of April, to the 27th, 1775:
John Perry, Capt.
Caleb Walker,
John Paine, Lieut.
James Hill,
James Bucklin, Ensign,
William Bridgham,
John Wilson, Sergeant,
Richard Fairbrother,
John Smith, do. Jonathan Read,
Miles Shorey,
Samuel Jones,
Aaron Lyon,
Enos Walker,
Preserved Abell, Amos Goff,
* For a copy of these rolls I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. Eleazer Homer, of Boston.
t Those to whose names no title is affixed, in these lists, are private soldiers.
Nathan Wheeler,t
Jonathan Nash,
Laben Lake,
Jonathan Drowne,
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Comfort Hill,
Jonathan Barney,
Wm. Ingraham,
Simeon Bowen,
Lemuel Perin,
John Ingraham,
Demos Bishop,
Elkanah French,
James Campbell,
Barzaleel Bowen,
Peter Whitaker,
James Medbury,
Ezra Read,
Robert Abell,
John Williams, drummer,
Elezer Bowen,
Isaac Fuller,
Joseph Wheaton,
Amos Read, William Carpenter."
The following is a list of the officers in Col. Timothy Walk- er's regiment, enlisted for eight months from April and May of 1775. Col. Walker belonged to Rehoboth, and also a part of his officers :
Staff Officers.
Timothy Walker, Esq. Col. Abiel Mitchell, Major. Nathaniel Leonard, Lieut. Col.
Captains.
John Perry, Samuel Bliss,
V
Silas Cobb, Francis Liscomb, Marcy Williams,
Peter Pitts, Mason Shaw,
Caleb Richardson, Jacob Fuller,
John King, Daniel Parker.
Oliver Soper,
Samuel Tubbs, jun.
Lieutenants.
John Paine,
Samuel Lane, Simeon Cobb,
Aaron Walker,
Zebedee Raiden,
John Shaw.
Isaac Smith,
Matthew Randall,
Enoch Robinson, Noah Hall.
Ensigns.
Thomas Bucklin,
John Cook, Thomas Williams, Joel Tubbs.
Joseph Allen,
Henry Briggs,
Isaac Fisher,
Seth Pratt,
Solomon Stanley, Abraham Hathaway.
The following are lists of two companies in this regiment from Rehoboth :
" A list of men under Capt. Samuel Bliss, who enlisted for
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eight months from April and May, 1775, in Colonel Timothy Walker's regiment.
Samuel Bliss, Capt.
Aaron Wheeler, Lieut
Joseph Allen, Ensign,
Thomas Campbell,
Aaron Read, Sergeant,
John Dryer,
James Bullock, do.
William Fairbrother,
Noah Allen, do.
Simon Goff,
Christopher Ormsbee, do.
Nathaniel Bliss, Corporal,
Nathan Wheeler, do.
Jonathan Macomber, do.
* Ide, Oliver Jones,
Elijah Perry, do.
Labin Lake,
James Wheeler, drummer,
Levi Lewis,
Cyriel Smith, fifer,
Samuel Munroe,
Joseph Allen,
Jonathan Nash,
Samuel Allen,
David Perry,
William Allen,
Sylvester Peck, -
Ephraim Bliss,
Peter Read,
Charles Bliss,
Nathaniel Round,
David Bliss,
Richard Round,
Levi Baldwin,
Comfort Robinson,
Thomas Baldwin,
David Turner,
Preserved Bullock,
Nathan Turner,
Isaac Burr,
Valentine Willmot,
Samuel Baker,
Jonathan Drown."
Christopher Blanding,
" This roll," says a note appended to it, " was made up to the Ist of August, 1775, and paid by the State, and afterwards was paid by the United States for the other five months."
Samuel Allen was the only one that deserted from this com- pany : he deserted June 27, 1775.
" A muster roll of the company under command of Capt. John Perry, in Col. Timothy Walker's regiment [torn off] to the first of August, 1775, enlisted for eight months :
John Perry, Capt. John Willson, Serg't.
Jolın Paine, Lieut. John Smith, do.
James Bucklin, Ensign, Miles Shorey, do
Eliphalet Corbin,* James Cole,
Abel Hix, Joseph Ingals,
* Some of these names were very difficult to decipher, and some impossible. I have retained the orthography.
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Robert Sutton, do.
Shubel Chaffee,
Amos Goff, Corp'l.
William Daggett,
Lemuel Perrin, do.
Richard Fairbrother,
James Hill, do. David Lawrence, do. John Williams, drummer,
Wm. Fuller,
Jonathan French,
James Bly, fifer ,
Sylvester Fuller,
Preserved Abell,
Jonathan Hays,
James Alger,
Stephen Hill, Comfort Hill,
George Allen,
Squire Allen,
Wm. Ingraham,
William Bridgham,
Samuel Jones,
Demos Bishop,
Aaron Lyon,
Isaac Bowers
John Medbury,
Charles Bowers,
John McMullen,
Asa Bowers,
Amos Richardson,
Gideon Brown,
Ezra Read,
Sylvester Bowers,
Enos Walker,
Jonathan Barney,
Peter Whitaker,
Rufus Bucklin,
Joseph Wheaton,
Josiah Blake,
John Walker,
Barzilla Bowen,
Peter Walker,
Barzaleel Bowen,
Caleb Walker,
James Campbell,
Ephraim Whitaker."
Thomas Cole,
In September of 1776, a regiment was raised in this town and some of the adjoining towns, and marched under the com- mand of Col. Thomas Carpenter of Rehoboth, to join the army of Washington at White Plains. They arrived there some time before the battle ; but I have been informed by one of the regi- ment, that they were not present in the action, but distant a few miles, drawn up under arms, in momentary expectation of orders to march to the scene of battle.
Previous to the battle of White Plains, a trifling skirmish occurred between a small detachment of the British and Col. Car- penter's regiment, a few particulars of which I had from the surgeon's mate, * who was present and witnessed it. Col. Car- penter's regiment were stationed on a gently elevated hill, to watch the movements of a detachment of the British army
* These facts I had from my grandfather, the late Doct. James Bliss of Re- hoboth, who performed the duty of surgeon's mate in this regiment.
Isaac Fuller,
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which was in the vicinity. (Unfortunately I am able to give neither the date nor place of this skirmish.) About one o'clock, P. M. a part of this detachment, considerably superior to Col. Carpenter's men in numbers, was seen in motion towards them. They advanced with " quick step," and, displaying the most exact discipline in their movements, formed themselves into a line in front of our regiment, and halted within convenient mus- ket shot. The British commenced the fire, and a few shots were exchanged on both sides, without serious injury to either. Three of Col. Carpenter's men, however, were slightly wound- ed. The British then returned by as rapid a movement as they came, having been apprised by " the tories," of the ap- proach of a large division of the American army under Gener- al Lincoln .* " On the approach of the British," says my in- formant, " I never saw so many pale faces in my life, or heard so many and so importunate complaints of unfitness for duty ; but the moment they began to retreat, courage revived, and all hearts were strong and brave. Some ran from the ranks in pursuit of the enemy at whose approach they had just now quailed, and continued to follow them for some distance, loading their pieces and discharging them upon them. One soldier by the name of Fuller, (if I mistake not,) who was the foremost of those in pursuit, coming up with two British soldiers who were just leaving a house, in which they had delayed to obtain refresh- ments, and levelling his musket at them, called out to them in a most determined tone, " throw down your guns, or I'll shoot you through." They, whether from fear or other motives, in- stantly obeyed ; and Fuller, in all the joy and pride of triumph, led back two gigantic British prisoners to the colonel. Colonel Carpenter, surveying the Goliath-like dimensions of the prison- ers, and contrasting them with the inferior stature of their captor, inquired of Fuller, how he managed to take them? "Why, Colonel," answered he very good humouredly, " I surrounded them."
Col. Carpenter's regiment were out on service at this time only three months. One of the companies in this regiment, was raised partly in Attleborough and partly in Norton, and was under the command of Capt. Elisha May t of the former town.
* There must have been a mistake in the name, for Gen. L. did not join Washington's army till the next year.
t Daggett's Hist. of Attleborough, p. 82.
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From the time that the British first took possession of Rhode Island, in December, 1776, till they finally evacuated it,-a period of more than two years, the militia of this town and vicinity were subject to frequent drafts of men, and were fre- quently called out on alarms. Drafts were made in January, February, March, May, June, July and August, of the year 1777. The men were stationed principally at Howland's Fer- ry, (Tiverton) and at Warwick. One company, if not more, marched from this town to Rhode Island, in Oct. 1777, and served one month in Spencer's " secret expedition."
In Sullivan's expedition on Rhode Island, in August, 1778, Col. Carpenter, with a large detachment of his regiment, march- ed to join Sullivan's army on the Island, and distinguished them- selves for their bravery. The following is a copy of the orders issued by the Council of Massachusetts to Cols. Hawes, Car- penter, Daggett, Hathaway, Sproat and Williams, at this time? for a draft of men.
"STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY. " Council Chamber, Aug. 18th, 1778.
" Whereas Major General Sullivan has represented to this board, that by reason of the absence of the French troops, which he expected would cooperate with him, he is in pressing need of a re-inforcement : therefore
" Ordered, That the following Colonels be, and are, hereby directed to detach from their respective regiments the several numbers of men hereafter mentioned, and form them into com- panies of sixty-eight men each, including one captain, two sub- alterns, four sergeants, four corporals, one drummer and one fifer, and see that they be equipped, armed and accoutered as the law directs, and order them to march immediately to the island of Rhode Island, and there to do duty during the cam- paign on said Island, viz : from Col. Hawes' regiment, one hun- dred and fifty men, including officers and one major ; from Col. Carpenter's regiment, one hundred and fifty men, including of- ficers ; from Col. Daggett's regiment, one hundred and fifty men, including officers and one colonel; from Col. Hathaway's regiment, one hundred and fifty men, including officers and one lieutenant colonel ; from Col. Sproat's regiment, one hundred and fifty men, including officers ; from Col. Williams' regiment,
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one hundred and fifty men, including officers ; and make return to the council without loss of time.
" A true copy,
Attest, JOHN AVERY, D'y Sec'y."
Col. Carpenter was in the action on Rhode Island, Aug. 29, 1778, and was distinguished for his activity and bravery. It is said, when the Americans advanced to the first charge, that Col. Carpenter pushed on the charge with so much bravery, that the enemy, opposed to him, gave back, and he was drawn so far in advance of the army, that the British made an attempt, by despatching a division around the side of a hill opposite to him, to attack him in the rear, and cut him off from the main army ; but that being apprised of his danger by one of the aids * of General Sullivan, he very dexterously managed to fall back in good order, with the line of the main army, and thus, probably, avoided falling into the hands of the enemy. Several of the soldiers of Col. Carpenter's regiment, belonging to Rehoboth, were slain in this action. The names of three of them were, Medbury, Peck, and John Dryer. These three fell on one spot. Benjamin Smith, of Swansey, was wounded by the bursting of a bomb-shell.
From the " list of the six months men, raised to re-inforce the continental army, in the year 1780," we have the following list of names from Rehoboth : they marched to West Point, and served under continental officers.
Peter Bannister, in the 11th division., Francis Fuller, in the 11th division.
Jonathan Robinson, do. Arthur Thurber, do. Comfort Bishop, do. Nathan Turner, (serg.) do.
Shubael Peck, (fifer) do. Gideon Brown, do.
Sylvanus Bishop, do.
Samuel Cranston, do.
Nathan Monroe, do.
Francis Mesuzen, do.
Job Freeman, do.
Samuel Edwards, do.
Constant Perry, do.
Nathan Walker, in the 12th division.
Joseph Daggett, do.
Ephraim Read, do.
Jacob Ingalls, do. Samuel Shorey, do.
John Pierce, do. Obed Robinson, do.
Isaac Bowen, do. Remember Carpenter, do.
Thos. Pierce, do.
Timothy Titus, do.
Ephraim Emerson, do.
Jesse Whitaker, do.
* The person who related to me this anecdote, and who was an eye witness of the scene, said that this aid, just as he had given his orders, and was leaping his horse over a fence to aid Col. Carpenter in conducting his retreat, was struck with a musket ball in his forehead, and fell lifeless from his horse. The name lie did not recollect.
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Ezra Goff, in the 12th division.
David, (negro) in the 32d division. John McLean, do.
Benjamin Tupp, do.
Thos. Campbell, in the 32d do.
Obadiah Bowen, do.
Spencer Bears, do.
Ephraim Bowen, do.
Cato Hunt, (negro) do.
Tho. Carpenter, 2d, do."
The following alphabetical list of the names of those who enlisted into the continental army, from Rehoboth, at various periods of the war, with the names of the captains under whom they served, and the time for which they enlisted, will close this brief sketch of our revolutionary affairs. This list is taken from the " alphabetical list of enlistments for the continental army, from various towns and for various periods."
Names.
Capts. Time.
Names.
Capts. Time.
Barney Nathaniel,
Slade 3 yrs.
Campbell Thos.
Carpenter, 3 yrs.
Brown Benjamin,
do. during
Chaffee Shubael,
do. dur'g war.
Bliss Allen,
Cole, do.
do.
Campbell John,
do. do.
Brown Daniel,
do.
do.
Dryer Israel,
Cole, do.
Bullock Comfort,
do.
do.
Dryer Jonathan,
Cole,
3 yrs.
Bullock Jacob,
do.
do.
Deland Edward,
Carpenter, do.
Bullock David,
do.
15 mo.
Fuller Amos,
Cole, 3 yrs.
Bullock Jonathan,
do.
do.
Fairbrother Rich'd, Carpenter, do.
Bly James,
Carpenter. 3 yrs.
Gladding James,
ILix, do.
Burn Moses,
do.
do.
Gladding James, jr. do.
do.
Bicknell Turner,
do.
do.
Gladding Ebenezer, do.
do.
Barney Paul,
do.
do.
Goff Israel,
do. do.
Bliss Elisha,
Martin. do.
Greenwood Thomas, Hill,
do.
Bliss David,
do.
do.
Horton William,
Bullock, do.
Baker Samuel,
do.
do.
Hicks Chase,
do. 15 mo.
Bishop Oliver,
Hull,
do.
Hindel John,
Carpenter, during
Bowen Isaac,
do.
do.
war.
Bowen Thomas,
do.
8 mo.
Hill Steplien,
Hill, 3 yrs. do.
Carpenter John,
Hix,
3 yrs.
Ingalls Joseph,
Hix,
Cole Isaac,
Cole,
do.
Ide Nathan,
Carpenter, do.
Cole Jacob,
do.
do.
Jones John,
Bullock, do.
Cole James,
do.
do.
Lewis Levi,
Hix,
do.
Cole Zephaniah,
Bullock, 15 mo. Lyndley John, jr.
Bullock,
do.
-Bliss Samuel *
do. 3 yrs.
Carpenter William
do. do.
Bliss Joshua,
do. do.
Corps John,
do. do.
Buffington Benjamin, do.
do.
Franklin William, do. during war.
Chaffee Noah, do. do.
Bliss Samuel, jr.
do.
the war.
Chaffee Comfort,
do. 3 yrs.
John Healy, do.
* Samuel Bliss, who afterwards bore the title of Captain, was General Washington's steward at Morristown, in the winter of 1777.
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