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Company, Plymouth County regiment; contributed cash for York, 1776, equal to one month's service; at North Kingston, Rhode Island, three months.
BREWSTER, CHARLES K., WORTHINGTON.
Grandson of ELISHA BREWSTER, of Preston, Connecticut (1755-1833); private in the Preston com- pany at the Lexington alarm; private in Colonel Huntington's regiment of light dragoons (Conn. Rolls, 20, 88, 101, 146, 273, 640; Rice's " History of Worth- ington," 22, 23).
BRIGHAM, EDWIN HOWARD, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of EPHRAIM BROWN, of Con- cord (1758- ); fifer of the Concord company on the 19th April, 1775 ; enlisted March 4, 1776, as fifer in Captain Hartwell's company, Colonel Brooks's regi- ment; discharged March 9, 1776; enlisted September 28, 1777, as fifer in Captain Buttrick's company, Colonel Reed's regiment; discharged November 7; enlisted July 2, 1778, in Captain Dodge's company, Colonel Gerrish's regiment ; discharged July 12 (Rev. Rolls, xix., 193 ; xvii., 99; xviii., 147, 160).
BROWN, ABRAM ENGLISH, BEDFORD.
Great-grandson of MOSES FITCH, of Bedford (1755-1825); a minute-man at Concord fight under- the old flag now owned by the town of Bedford, and the only flag in existence used in colonial times ; went into camp at once at Cambridge; served in the Conti- nental Army until after the battle of White Plains, where he was wounded and honorably discharged (v. Brown's "History of Bedford and Old Families ;" Records of Bedford).
BROWN, CHARLES CLARK, BRIMFIELD.
(Supplementary and Amended Application.)
Great-grandson of JONATHAN BROWN, Jr., of Brimfield; private in Captain Shearman's Company,
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Colonel Pyncheon's regiment, which marched from Brimfield at the Lexington alarm, and served two days (certificate of Secretary of State, January 15, 1794).
Great-great-grandson of JONATHAN BROWN, of Brimfield ; second lieutenant of Captain Charles's Fifth Company of the First Hampshire County Militia Regiment, May 22, 1776; lieutenant of Captain May's company, Colonel Leonard's regiment, May 6, 1777 ; served seventy-two days; second lieutenant of Captain Sargent's company, under Generals Gates and Heath, in command of guards in and about Boston, com- missioned January 26, 1779; lieutenant of Captain Shaw's company, Colonel Porter's regiment, enlisted July 19, 1779, served one month, twelve days; lieu- tenant of Captain Hoar's company, Colonel Burt's Hampshire County regiment, enlisted June 16, 1782 ; discharged June 22; marched to Springfield and Northampton (certificate as above).
Great-grandson of AMOS KING, of Hadley; pri- vate in Captain Brown's company, Colonel Symonds's regiment ; enlisted October 20, 1780, and marched three days on an alarm; private in Captain Lyman's company, Colonel Porter's Hampshire County regi- ment, from July 25 to August 31, 1779 ; served in New London, Conn. (Rev. Rolls, xvii., 192; xxi., 261).
BROWN, EPHRAIM, LOWELL.
Grandson of JONAS BROWN, of Temple, New Hampshire (1752-1834) ; was a resident of Concord, Massachusetts, on the 19th April, 1775, and was at the North Bridge; corporal of Captain Abishai Brown's company, Colonel Nixon's regiment, of the Massachusetts line, May 1, 1775, and was at Bunker Hill; discharged January, 1776; quartermaster-ser- geant of Colonel Robinson's regiment, two months, from February, 1776; in service at Charlestown ; dis- charged April 1 ; ensign of Captain Miles's company, Colonel Reed's regiment, of the Massachusetts line, for
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service in Canada, July 12, 1776; was at Ticonderoga under Gates and Arnold until December 15, when he enlisted for the war, and was lieutenant under Captain Monroe, of Lexington, until his resignation eight months afterwards, nearly two years and two and a half months' service (v. Blood's " History of Temple," 207-8, quoting his application for a pension, in 1832).
BROWN, GILBERT PATTEN, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of Dr. JONATHAN POOLE, of Hollis, New Hampshire (1758-1797) ; surgeon's mate of Colonel Cilley's Frist New Hampshire Continental Regiment, from April 2, 1777, to January 1, 1780 (N. H. Rolls, i., 552, 613 ; ii., 710; iii., 197 ; iv., 267).
Great-grandson of GEORGE JAMES YEATES, of Bristol, Maine (1748-1821) ; first lieutenant of the Seventh Company of the Third Lincoln County Regi- ment, May, 1776; captain from July 6 to September 24, 1779, and again May 23, 1780 (Rev. Rolls, xliii., 208).
Great-grandson of TIMOTHY FITCH, of Bristol, Maine (1757-1826); private in Captain Turner's company, September 10, 1776; served two months, twenty-seven days, at Boothbay, Maine; private in the Third Lincoln County Regiment, raised to reënforce Colonels Wade and Jacob's regiments at Providence, July 10, 1778 (Rev. Rolls, xliii., 177).
Great-great-grandson of JOHN HALE, of Hollis, New Hampshire (1731-1791) ; lieutenant-colonel of the Fifth New Hampshire Militia Regiment, 1775; member of the Provincial Congress, 1775 ; brigadier- general of militia, 1784-5 ; representative from Hol- lis, 1785 ; colonel of the Fifth Militia Regiment, 1776 (N.H. Rolls, passim).
Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant ELEAZAR FLAGG POOLE, of Woburn, Massachusetts (1734- 1776) ; was offered a commission by George III. to serve in the British army, but preferred to cast his lot
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with the Americans, the letter from the King being preserved in the Woburn Public Library; enlisted in Captain Wyman's company of minute-men for eight months; served five months, twenty-seven days; was at Lexington and Bunker Hill (Woburn City Files, v., 117).
Great-great-grandson of DANIEL WEBSTER, of Edgecomb, Maine; second lieutenant of the Eighth Company of the Third Lincoln County Regiment ; held several town offices during the Revolution (Rev. Rolls, xxviii., 54.
Great-great-grandson of NATHANIEL WINS- LOW, of Edgecomb, Maine; first lieutenant of Cap- tain Davis's company, Colonel Frye's regiment, from January 19 to February 29, 1776; first lieutenant of a company in garrison at Boothbay, from September I to December 5, 1776; first lieutenant of Captain Mc- Allsteir's company, Colonel Prime's regiment, eight months from April 25, 1781, at Thomaston, Maine (Rev. Rolls, xxxvi., 147).
BROWN, LOUIS FRANCIS, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
Great-great-grandson of FRANCIS BROWN, of Lexington ( -1800); was present at the battle of Lexington, where he was wounded; assisted in guard- ing Hancock and Adams at Parson Clark's house ; was probably at Bunker Hill and at Cambridge during the siege of Boston.
Great-great-grandson of EDMUND MUNROE, a lieutenant in the French-Indian war; a minute-man at Lexington; lieutenant in Colonel Reed's regiment, July, 1776; quartermaster on the northern frontier in that year ; captain in Colonel Bigelow's regiment, Jan- uary, 1777; was present at Stillwater, Bennington, Saratoga, and Burgoyne's surrender; was killed at Monmouth, June 28, 1778.
Great-great-great-grandson of JONATHAN HAR- RINGTON, of Lexington; member of the Committee
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of Correspondence; a minute-man at Lexington, of which his son Jonathan was the last survivor (v. Hud- son's " History of Lexington ; " Frothingham's " Siege of Boston ; " Rev. Rolls).
BRYANT, DAVID MASON, SOUTH DEERFIELD. (Amended Application.)
Grandson of JOHN BRYANT, of Boston (1743- 1816) ; a lieutenant in Knox's artillery regiment, 1776, until he lost an arm at Stony Point; afterwards in charge of military stores and prisoners at Springfield.
Great-grandson of DAVID MASON, of Salem (1726-1794) ; lieutenant-colonel of Knox's artillery.
BRYANT, HENRY, HARTFORD, CONN.
Great-grandson of JOHN BRYANT, of Boston. Great-great-grandson of DAVID MASON, of Salem.
(v. David Mason Bryant.)
BRYANT, JAMES STURGIS, HARTFORD, CONN. Great-grandson of JOHN BRYANT. Great-great-grandson of DAVID MASON, of Salem. (v. David Mason Bryant.)
BURRELL, HERBERT LESLIE, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of JAMES BURRELL, of Wey- mouth (1745-1793) ; private in Captain Wyman's company, Colonel Paterson's regiment, one month thirteen days, from June 20, 1775; private in Captain Ward's company, Colonel Lovell's regiment, from March 4 to 8, 1776; marched on the taking of Dor- chester Heights; also in the same company four days subsequent to March 10, 1776; receipted at Boston, April 12, 1782, for bounty paid him for the town of Weymouth to serve in the Continental Army for three
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years (Rev. Rolls, xvi., 70; lvi., 175 ; xxiv., 81 ; xxiii., 195).
Great-grandson of HUGH SMITH, of Waltham (1751-1830); drummer in Captain Hamilton's com- pany, stationed in Barnstable County, enlisted July 18, 1775; served five months, twenty-seven days (Rev. Rolls, xxxvi., 38).
CANDAGE, RUFUS GEORGE FREDERICK, BROOK- LINE.
Great-grandson of JOHN ROUNDY, of Blue Hill, Maine (1726-1799); Committee of Inspection, 1776; of Safety, 1777, 1778 (v. Records of Blue Hill and Cas- tine; address of R. G. F. Candage, at Blue Hill, Sep- tember, 1886; Genealogy of the Candage family).
CAPEN, SAMUEL B., BOSTON.
Grandson of SAMUEL CAPEN, of Canton (1760-
); took his father's place in the army at Boston, in 1775, at the age of fifteen, the army being suddenly ordered out, and gave satisfaction, and the principal was not sent for ; enlisted at the close of the campaign ; served through seven campaigns; was very strong, and a famous wrestler, and wonderful feats of strength are told of him (certificate of Pension Bureau and Massa- chusetts Secretary of State).
CARLTON, SAMUEL A., BOSTON.
Great-grandson of SAMUEL CARLTON, of Salem (1731-1804); representative to the General Court, 1775 ; a colonel in the Revolutionary Army, and was with Washington at Valley Forge, 1777-8 (v. Felt's " Annals of Salem ").
CARTWRIGHT, JAMES WELD, JUNIOR, BOSTON.
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Great-great-grandson of JOHN TUMEY, of Som- erset County, New Jersey (1749-1832) ; enlisted, prob- ably from that county, in June, 1776, and was discharged
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in 1781, serving under Colonels Quick, Van Dyke, Taylor, Captain Smalling; was at the battle of Spring- field, New Jersey (certificates of the Pension Bureau and adjutant-general of New Jersey, 1894).
CHAMBERLAIN, PRESCOTT, CHELSEA.
Great-grandson of JONATHAN POOLE, M.D., of Hollis.
Great-great-grandson of JOHN HALE, of Hollis, N.H.
Great-great-grandson of ELEAZAR FLAGG POOLE.
(v. Gilbert P. Brown.)
CHESTER, ARTHUR HERBERT, CONCORD.
Great-grandson of JONATHAN WILLINGTON, of Charlestown (1760-1810); drummer in the Revo- lutionary Army for eight years, one month; his dis- charge signed by General Washington, dated June 5, 1783, now in existence, as well as a deed of land in Maine for his services (v. Bond's " History of Water- town," 630).
Great-great-grandson of STEPHEN BURGESS (1743- ) ; sergeant of Captain Clark's company of the Barnstable County regiment, from July I to De- cember 31, 1775; third lieutenant of Captain Bangs's company of Colonel Freeman's regiment on a private expedition, under Resolve of September 16, 1777, from October I to November I (Rev. Rolls, xxxvi., 46; i., 49; " Burgess Genealogy").
CHESTER, WALSTEIN R., BROOKLINE.
Grandson of THOMAS CHESTER, commander of the privateer " Hancock," of Connecticut; captured, June, 1779, the privateer schooner " Hawke;" com- manded the privateer "Two Brothers " (Conn. Rolls, pp. 605, 607).
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Great-grandson of THOMAS CHESTER, of New London, Connecticut; paymaster in the service of that colony; of three sons, one was killed, one mortally wounded, and one taken prisoner at the attack on Fort Griswold by the British, September 6, 1781 (v. Em- mons's "Statistical History ;" Calkins's "History of New London.")
Great-grandson of THOMAS HARRIS, of New London, Connecticut ; private in the Fourth Company, Colonel Putnam's regiment, from May 17 to December 16, 1775 ; private in Captain Bacon's company, Sixth Battalion, June, 1776, to reënforce Washington in New York, and was at White Plains; private in Captain Mott's company, Colonel Beebe's regiment of militia, called out to protect New London, and assigned duty on the water, April 22, 1777; private in Captain Webb's company, Colonel Durkee's Fourth Regiment of the line; selected May 20, 1778, as one of the one hundred men to increase Washington's body-guard, and served as sergeant until May 20, 1780; rejoined the body-guard December 31, and was discharged Novem- ber 6, 1781 ; his widow a pensioner (Conn. Rolls, pp. 55, 184, 299, 412, 617).
CHILD, GRENVILLE HALE, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of MOSES CLARK, of Waltham (1731-1793) ; special agent of the United Colonies to Nova Scotia, by order of the Continental Congress, November 24, 1775 (his commission being signed by General Washington, the original of which is in pos- session of the New England Historic Genealogical Society), " to inquire into the state of that colony, the disposition of the inhabitants towards the American cause, and the condition of the fortifications, dock- yards, the quantity of the warlike stores, and the number of soldiers, sailors, and ships of war there, and to transmit the earliest intelligence to General Wash- ington ; " lieutenant, and was present at Burgoyne's
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surrender (v. " Genealogy of the Child Family," pp. 545-6).
CHURCHILL, GARDNER ASAPH, BOSTON.
(Supplementary Application).
Great-grandson of LAWSON BUCKMINSTER, of Framingham (1742-1832); lieutenant of Captain Edgell's company of minute-men, which marched from Framingham to Concord at the Lexington alarm, and followed the British to Cambridge; service fourteen days; lieutenant of Captain Winch's company, at White Plains ; lieutenant of the second company, Fifth Middlesex County Regiment, 1776, to June 4, 1778; lieutenant of Captain Gardner's company, Colonel Brooks's regiment, in service sixty-two days; Captain in Lieut .- Colonel Pierce's regiment, for the Rhode Island expedition, May 7, 1779; ordered to report at Tiverton ; served till July 1; captain of a company in Colonel Perry's regiment, in service in Rhode Island from July 28 to August 7, 1780 (v. Barry's " History of Framingham," pp. 159, 200, 201, 202; Temple's do., pp. 277, 300, 314; Rev. Rolls, i., 102).
Great-great-grandson of PEREZ CHURCHILL, of Plympton (1722-1797); captain in Colonel White's regiment, which marched to Rhode Island, July, 1780; Captain in Colonel Sprout's regiment on two alarms to Dartmouth, May and September, 1778; captain in Colonel Doggett's regiment in Rhode Island, from August 24 to September 3, 1778 (Rev. Rolls, i., III, 113, 114, 115 ; xxvi., 74).
Great-great-grandson of JOHN JONES, Jr., of Hopkinton; corporal of Captain Eames's militia com- pany, which marched to Concord and Cambridge, April 19, 1775 ; private in Captain Gleason's company, April 13, 1775 ; eight months, at the siege of Boston ; selectman, 1774, '76,'77, '79, '81 (v. " Temple's History of Framingham," 280; Rev. Rolls, xii., 79).
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CLAPP, GEORGE HERBERT, BROOKLINE.
Great-grandson of ELEAZAR CLAPP, of Norton (1731- ); representative from Norton and Mansfield in the first Provincial Congress at Salem, 1774 (v. " History of the Clapp Family ").
Great-great-grandson of RALPH HOUGHTON, of Milton (1729- ); lieutenant of Captain Tucker's company, which marched from Milton at the Lexington alarm (v. " Teele's History of Milton," p. 430).
Great-great-grandson of JOSEPH WILD, of Brain- tree (1738- ) ; private, ensign, quartermaster, and lieutenant, under Governor Hancock's commission, dated August 30, 1781.
Great-great-grandson of BENJAMIN GARLAND, of Rye, New Hampshire (1735- ); member of the Committee of Inspection, with power to send the minute- men on any expedition they thought proper, as per vote of the town of Rye.
Great-great-grandson of DAVID HOW, of Haver- hill, who at the age of sixteen was at Bunker Hill; later at Valley Forge; crossed the Delaware with Wash- ington, and in single combat with a Hessian captured a gun, which is still in possession of the family (v. Chase's "History of Haverhill").
CLARK, ALFRED HOUGHTON, LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
(Amended Application.)
Great-great-grandson of JONATHAN HOUGH- TON, of Bolton, was in the action of Kipp's Bay, Septem- ber 15, 1776 (v. " Military Annals of Lancaster," 143).
Great-great-grandson of MOSES BARNARD ; was surgeon of the sloop "Republic " in 1776 (Rev. Rolls, lii., file 83 ; liii., file III).
Great-great-great-grandson of PHINEAS HEY- WOOD, of Shrewsbury; member of the Committee of Correspondence of Shrewsbury, 1774-5 ("History of Shrewsbury," pp. 38, 57, 299) ..
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CLARK, ARTHUR WELLINGTON, LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
Great-great-grandson of JONATHAN HOUGH- TON, of Bolton.
Great-great-grandson of MOSES BARNARD.
Great-great-great-grandson of PHINEAS HEY- WOOD, of Shrewsbury.
(v. Alfred Houghton Clark.
CLARKE, AUGUSTUS PECK, CAMBRIDGE. (Amended Application.)
Great-grandson of ICHABOD CLARKE, of Men- don (1745- ); a member and then lieutenant and captain of a company of irregular mounted rangers, protecting farms and guarding the borders of the State ; served in the army of General Sullivan, protecting military stores and property ; was on duty at the battle of Rhode Island, August 29, 1778, and assisted in the evacuation of the island.
COLLINS, EDWARD, JUNIOR, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of EBENEZER LEMAN, of Bille- rica (1760- ) ; private in Captain Farmer's company, Colonel Reed's regiment, two months, from September, 1777; armorer in Captain Hinman's war-ship " Alfred," about nine months, in 1777, and was made prisoner at sea ; private in Captain Varnum's company, Colonel McIntosh's regiment, one and a half months, from August, 1778; was in Rhode Island, where he was wounded in the hip; private in Captain Pollard's com- pany, Colonel Denny's regiment, two months, from October, 1779; private in Captain Foster's company, Colonel Howe's regiment, three months, from July, 1780 ; was sent express to French officers at Newport and Providence by General Heath (certificate of Pen- sion Bureau, October 9, 1893).
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CONE, FRANK WHITHED, CAMBRIDGE.
Great-great-grandson of JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Weston; member of the "Tea Party; " private in Captain Whittemore's company, which marched from Weston at the Lexington alarm; lieutenant of Captain Pollard's company, Colonel Baldwin's regiment of artificers, from January 1, 1777 to 1780 (Rev. Rolls, xiii., 203 ; lv., 31 ; xxxi., 235).
CORLISS, BENJAMIN H., JUNIOR, GLOUCESTER.
Great-grandson of THOMAS FOSTER, of Glou- cester (1759-1793) ; private in Captain Dodge's com- pany, Colonel Little's regiment, May 3, 1775, and was at Bunker Hill; sergeant of Captain Burnham's company, Colonel Jackson's regiment, from March 18, 1777, to December 31, 1779; ensign in Colonel Jackson's regiment, November 26, 1779; reported promoted in the Continental Army; recommended as a lieutenant, to date from October 6, 1780, in the Eighth Regiment, Colonel Jackson, December 20, 1780, his commission signed by Governor Hancock; and subsequently com- missioned by the Continental Congress; was at West Point in December, 1779; was invited to dine by Washington, February 23, 1783; all these docu- ments being in Mr. B. H. Corliss's possession; an original member of the Cincinnati ( "Memorials; " Gloucester Records, and Rev. Rolls, xiv., 73; viii., 151; xxviii., 51, 197; cciii., 143 ; xvii., 62).
CORLISS, WILLIAM FRIEND, GLOUCESTER.
Great-great-grandson of THOMAS FOSTER, of Gloucester.
(v. Benjamin H. Corliss, Jr.)
CROCKER, GEORGE URIEL, BOSTON.
Great - great - grandson of Captain RICHARD JAMES, who was commissioned by the State govern- ment during the Revolution to go to Martinique for
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firearms, powder, and saltpetre; his commission is in the possession of the Crocker family; he had an en- counter with the British at Provincetown while on his first voyage on this business; on another voyage he was captured by the British and carried to Plymouth, England.
Great - great - great - grandson of JONATHAN GLOVER, of Marblehead (1731-1804) ; colonel of the State militia; brother of General John Glover, commander of the Marblehead regiment; Jonathan Glover armed, equipped, and fed a large part of his brother's regiment at his own expense; this was re- funded, after the war, by the town; member of the General Court, 1776-7.
CUMMINGS, SAMUEL WELLS, BOSTON.
Great-great-grandson of Deacon ISAAC APPLE- TON, of New Ipswich, New Hampshire (1731-1806) ; member of the Provincial Congress, 1775 ; carried the news of Concord fight from New Ipswich to Peterboro', and marched with the Peterboro' company to Cambridge the next morning, " not stopping to take leave of his family, though he passed near his own door;" this tra- ditional statement made in the town history would seem to be contradicted by the muster-roll of the New Ipswich company, which marched " before daylight" on April 20, and in which Deacon Appleton's name is found ; private in Captain Smith's company, September 21, 1776, and was present at White Plains; member of the Committee of Correspondence and Safety, 1777-80 (" History of New Ipswich," pp. 74, 76, 90; N.H. Rev. Rolls, i., 34, 421).
CUSHING, THOMAS, BOSTON.
Grandson of MARSTON WATSON, of Plymouth (1756-1800) ; lieutenant in Colonel Glover's Marble- head regiment; was at Trenton and Princeton, and at Monmouth as aide-de-camp to General Charles Lee,
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until the latter's quarrel with Washington. (v. Biog- raphies of members of the Massachusetts Historical Society ; Genealogy of the Cushing family and of Elka- nah Watson).
CUTTER, EDWARD JONES, LEOMINSTER.
Great-grandson of JOSEPH CUTTER, of Jaffrey, New Hampshire (1752- ) ; sergeant and lieutenant of the Jaffrey company at Bunker Hill; named in the list of volunteers from Jaffrey in the N.H. Rolls, vol. iii., p. 536; a pensioner (v. Records of the Pension Bureau ).
Great-grandson of TIMOTHY JONES, of Bed- ford (1748-1804); second lieutenant of Lieutenant Abbott's Bedford company, which marched at the Lex- ington alarm, seven days' service; second lieutenant of Captain Wilson's company at Bunker Hill; second lieutenant of the Eighth Company of the Second Worcester Militia Regiment, March 11, 1778 (Rev. Rolls, xi., 192; xxviii., 51 ; "History of Bedford and Jaffrey, N.H. ; " " History of the Cutter Family ").
Great-great-grandson of STEPHEN POWERS, of Hollis, New Hampshire (1729- ); private in Cap- tain Clement's company, Colonel Long's regiment, December 1, 1775; served on coast duty at Ports- mouth and in the expedition against Ticonderoga.
Great-great-grandson of DAVID STEELE, of Lon- donderry, New Hampshire (1727-1809) ; member of the Committee of Safety and on the "Alarm List" of that town.
Great-grandson of ROBERT SWAN, of Peterboro', New Hampshire (1752-1835); private in Captain Robbe's company of Colonel Hale's Fourteenth Regi- ment; served five months and five days.
Great-great-grandson of WILLIAM ALDS, of Mer- rimack, New Hampshire (1723-1805) ; private in Cap- tain Wilkins's company, Colonel Bedel's regiment, in 1776; private in Captain Wietes's company, Colonel
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Cilley's regiment, at Valley Forge, January 10, 1778 (N.H. Rolls, i., 267; ii., 435).
Great-great-grandson of NEHEMIAH HOBART, of Pepperell; private in Captain Whiton's company, Colonel Symonds's regiment, from March 9, 1778, to June 9, three months ; a company of guards stationed at Boston (Rev. Rolls, vol. xxiv., 153).
DARLING, CHARLES KIMBALL, FITCHBURG.
Great-great-grandson of WALTER ROBIE, of Candia, New Hampshire; selectman, 1775.
Great-great-grandson of BENJAMIN HALE, of Plaistow, New Hampshire; left his plough at the news of Concord fight, riding his horse as far as Andover, where he heard of the retreat of the British; in the fall and winter of 1775 hauled timber to Winter Hill, and in the following spring had charge of teams transport- ing military stores to New York, and later of transpor- tation of stores from Boston to Ticonderoga; private in Captain Gile's volunteer company, September 28, 1777, from Plaistow to Saratoga; was present at Bur- goyne's surrender, and marched with prisoners to Boston; discharged November 8, 1777 (N.H. State Papers, xv .; Rolls, ii.).
Great-great-great-grandson of JOHN ROBIE, who, with his sons Edward, Ichabod, and John, signed the pledge of armed resistance to Great Britain (Am. Archives, 4th series, v., 873, 879; Provincial Papers of New Hampshire, vii., 730).
DAVENPORT, CHARLES, WATERTOWN.
Grandson of BENJAMIN DAVENPORT, of Ded- ham (1743- ); private in the first Parish company of Dedham at the Lexington alarm (Rev. Rolls, xii., 71).
DAY, ALBERT AUGUSTUS, MELROSE.
Great-grandson of GOTHAM MOULTON, of York, Maine (1743-1777) ; colonel of the Second Regiment
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of the York County Militia in 1775 ; brigadier-general, February, 1776; drafted into the Continental Army for service in New York and the South under General Lincoln, December 10; while in service in Virginia he obtained leave of absence, took cold in the great Dis- mal Swamp, and died at York of putrid fever, May 12, 1777 (Rev. Rolls, xxviii., 85, 87, 95, 120, 129).
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