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PARKER, WALTER EDWARD, LAWRENCE.
Great-grandson of EBENEZER PARKER, of Lexington (1750-1839); corporal of Captain John Parker's company of minute-men at the battle of Lex- ington ; marched to Cambridge, May 6, 1775, and guarded Charlestown Neck during the battle of Bunker Hill (Rev. Rolls, xiii., 59, 60).
Great-great-grandson of THOMAS PARKER, of Lexington (1727-1799) ; quartermaster of the Lex- ington military company in 1774; one of the signers
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of the " Lexington Declaration of Independence " (Rev. Rolls, xvii., 64).
PARSONS, WILLIAM EMERSON, GLOUCESTER.
Great-grandson of JABEZ TARR, of Gloucester (1759-1844); private in the Gloucester company of minute-men which guarded the sea-coast from the Lexington alarm to April 30, 1775 ; private in Captain Rowe's company, Colonel Bridge's regiment, for eight months ; encamped at Mystic, and was at Bunker Hill ; thence to Cambridge until January 7, 1776; corporal for one year from January 10, 1776, in Captain Swazey's company, Colonel Glover's regiment, and was at White Plains and in New Jersey ; enlisted as prize- master's mate, January 1, 1782, on the Gloucester " Packet," a letter-of-marque ship of 14 guns, and served six months, as appears from a certificate of the Commissioner of Pensions, July 17, 1890 (Rev. Rolls, Ivii., file 19; xxxv., 47 ; lvi., 181 ; xvi., II ; " History of Gloucester," 171, 576; "History of Rockport," 90).
PARTRIDGE, WILLIAM HENRY, NEWTON.
(Supplementary Application.)
Great-grandson of WILLIAM BILLINGS, of Sharon (1743- ) ; corporal of Captain Savel's com- pany, Colonel Robertson's regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm; captain in the Massachusetts militia, and enlisted in the Continental Army, Captain Patrick's company, Colonel Allen's regiment, June 27, 1777.
Great-grandson of JOSHUA PATRIDGE, Jr., of Medway (1745- ) ; sergeant of Captain Lovell's company, in the Fourth Regiment, December 8, 1776, on the Rhode Island alarm, having been in service since April 19, 1775 (v. " History of Medway ").
Great-grandson of SAMUEL PARTRIDGE, of Medway (1752- ); [their children, being cousins, having married]; corporal of Captain Cobb's company,
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Colonel Read's regiment, at Roxbury, September 26, 1775 ; and thereafter in other service.
Great-great-grandson of JOSHUA PARTRIDGE, Sr., of Medway (1713- ); captain of the Med- way company, Colonel Smith's regiment, which marched to Roxbury, April 19, 1775 ; he and his two sons, before mentioned, being in service at the same time, and receiv- ing £10, £8, and £10, respectively, from the town for such service (Rev. Rolls, xiii., 30; lvi., 37; ii., 194).
PEARSON, JOSEPH HIRAM STARR, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of AMOS PEARSON, of Reading ; sergeant of the third parish company of that town, Captain Eaton, of Colonel Green's regiment; minute- man, enlisted April 19, 1775 (Rev. Rolls, xii., 93 ; Eaton's " History of Reading," and Town Records).
PEIRCE, JOHN P., REVERE.
Great-grandson of JOHN PARKER, of Lexington (1729- ); captain of the Lexington minute-men on the 19th April, 1775.
PHILBROOK, CHARLES FREDERICK BACON, BOSTON.
(Amended Application.)
Great-great-grandson of THOMPSON BACON, of Bedford (1760-1833); private in Captain Farmer's company, Colonel Gerrish's regiment, February 20, 1778, to May 20, 1778; private in Captain Bailey's company, Colonel Haws's regiment, August to Oc- tober, 1778, serving under Lieut .- Colonel Thompson, in the Rhode Island expedition; private in Captain Wright's company, Colonel Howe's regiment, July 27 to October 30, 1780 (v. Records of the Pension Bu- reau ; Rev. Rolls, vol. liv., page 47, file G ; vol. iii., page 234 ; vol. xix., page 76; vol. lxvii., page 182).
Great-great-grandson of EBENEZER CLARK, Jr., of Braintree (1754-1835) ; private in Captain Gould's
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company, Colonel Greaton's regiment, May, 1775, to January, 1776; reënlisted in the same company on latter date, made sergeant, and in August, 1776, detailed as one of General Washington's life guard, under Cap- tain Gibbs; discharged March, 1777; present at the battle of Bunker Hill, the siege of Boston, the fight in Boston Harbor, Trenton, and Princeton (v. Records of the Pension Bureau ; Rev. Rolls, Ivii., file 25 ; xv., II).
Great - great - great - grandson of JONATHAN WILLSON (Wilson), Sr., of Bedford (1735-1775); captain of the fourth (Bedford) company of Colonel Pierce's regiment of minute-men ; commanded his com- pany at the North Bridge at Concord fight, and was killed near the Brooks' Tavern, on the Lexington road, later in the day, in the attack on the British soldiers at that point. The famous Bedford " Flag of Concord Fight" (designed in England, 1660-70, for the three county troops of Massachusetts) was borne by Captain Willson's company, and is now in the possession of the town of Bedford (v. " Journal of the Provincial Congress of 1775," page 678 ; Bancroft's " History U.S.," vol. 7, pages 299-305 ; Heitman's “ Hist. Register of Revolu- tionary Officers," page 440; Shattuck's "Hist. Concord and Adjoining Towns," page 258 ; Brown's " Hist. Bed- ford," pages 23, 24, and 65 ; Ripley's " Hist. of the Con- cord Fight," pages II and 21; Frothingham's "Siege of Boston," pages 65, 74, and 81 ; Wheildon's " Hist. of the Concord Fight," " Narrative of Thompson Max- well," in Essex Inst. Coll.).
Great - great - great - grandson of EBENEZER CLARK, Sr., of Braintree (1722-17 ) ; private in Cap- tain Gould's company, Colonel Heath's Thirty-sixth Regiment of Foot, stationed at Fort No. 2, Cambridge, in 1775, for eight months' service (v. Rev. Rolls, Ivi., 245).
Great-great-grandson of JONATHAN WILLSON (WILSON), Jr., of Bedford (1763-1796) ; one of eight men furnished by his native town for the three
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months' campaign to Rhode Island, June to Septem- ber, 1780, though but seventeen years of age (v. Shat- tuck's "History of Concord and Adjoining Towns," 259; Brown's " History of Bedford," 67).
Great-great-great-grandson of EBENEZER PAGE, of Bedford (1737-1784) ; member of the Committee of Inspection, 1775; private in Captain Moore's company (of the Seventh), Colonel Reed's regiment, at Concord fight; subsequently in Colonel Baldwin's regiment (v. Rev. Rolls, xiii., 9; lix., 535 ; Brown's " History of Bedford," pp. 23-66).
Great-great-great-grandson of WILLIAM WILD, of Braintree; fifer in Captain Wild's company, Colonel Lincoln's regiment, at Lexington alarm, nine days' service ; fifer in Captain Penniman's company, Colonel Lincoln's regiment, April 28 to May 5, 1775 ; private in Captain Holbrook's company, Colonel Bass's regi- ment, June 14 to 17, 1776; private in Captain Penni- man's company, Colonel Francis's regiment, November, 1776; private in Captain Penniman's company, Colonel Dyke's regiment, December 13, 1776, to March 1, 1777 (v. Rev. Rolls, xiii., 63-152; xxxvi., 75, 426; xxii., 29).
Great-great-great-grandson of AMOS EMERSON, of Chester, New Hampshire (1738-1823) ; first lieu- tenant of the Tenth (Captain Hutchins's) Company, Colonel Reid's Third New Hampshire Regiment, Major- General Folsom's brigade, May, 1775, to January, 1776; captain of the Fifth (afterwards Fourth) Company of Colonel Stark's (subsequently Colonel Cilley's) First New Hampshire Continental Regiment, January, 1776, to January, 1779; recommissioned on latter date to rank from November 8, 1776, as captain; resigned and left the service March 4, 1780; was at Bunker Hill, Trenton, Princeton, Bemis Heights, Ticonderoga, Saratoga, Monmouth, and Stony Point (v. Records of the Pension Bureau; N.H. State Papers, vols. 14, 15, and 16, parts 1, 2, and 3 of Rev. Rolls, indexed ;
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Adjutant-General's Report, N.H., 1866, vol. 2, 270, 298, 337, and 355 ; Hamersly's " U.S. Army and Navy Register," page 6; Heitman's " Historical Register of Rev. Officers," page 167).
Great-great-grandson of SAMUEL CLOUGH, of Durham and Newbury, N.H. (1736-1778) ; private in the Second (Captain Adams's) Company, Colonel Poor's Second New Hampshire Regiment, Major-Gen- eral Folsom's brigade, from May to August, 1775 (v. N.H. State Papers, vol. 14, part I, of Rev. Rolls).
Great-great-grandson of JOHN SLY, of Ryegate, Vt., and Portsmouth, N.H. (1748-1831) ; a privateers- man in the early part of the Revolution on a six weeks' cruise, capturing three prizes, one of which was laden with ivory; subsequently, in 1781, he became part owner and master of the private armed sloop "Ruth," capturing numerous prizes (v. Gen. Records of the Sly Family).
Great-great-grandson of NATHANIEL SIN- CLAIR, of Hardwick, Vermont ; a soldier of the Rev- olution (v. Chapman's "History of the Philbrook Family ").
POOL, CALVIN WILLIAM, ROCKPORT. Grandson of JABEZ TARR, of Gloucester. (v. William Emerson Parsons.)
(Supplementary Application.)
Great-grandson of CALEB LUFKIN, of Glouces- ter (1731-1776) ; private in Captain Kimball's com- pany, May 10, 1775, two months, twenty-seven days ; private in Captain Kimball's company, Colonel Mans- field's regiment, at Winter Hill, October 16, 1775.
POOL, WELLINGTON, WENHAM. Grandson of JABEZ TARR, of Gloucester. Great-grandson of CALEB LUFKIN, of Gloucester. (v. Calvin William Pool.)
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POPE, ALEXANDER, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of FREDERICK POPE, of Stough- ton (1733-1812); private in Captain Talbot's com- pany, Colonel Robinson's regiment, seven days' service at the Lexington alarm; captain in Colonel Paul Dud- ley Sargent's Twenty-eighth Regiment, one month, eleven days' service, from August 1, 1775; major in Colonel Robinson's regiment, June 27, for service at North Kingston, Rhode Island, to December 18, 1777 ; major of a battalion for the defence of Boston harbor, February 27, 1778; lieutenant-colonel of the regiment formerly commanded by Colonel Robinson, for service in Rhode Island, February 27, 1778 ; lieutenant-colonel of Colonel Jacobs's regiment, for service in Rhode Island, from April 1, 1778, to January 1, 1779 (Rev. Rolls, xiii., 134; xvi., 5; xlv., 325 ; ccxvii., 261).
POPE, FRANKLIN LEONARD, GREAT BARRINGTON.
Great-grandson of NOADIAH LEONARD, of Sun- derland (1737-1790); captain of the company from Sunderland, Amherst, and South Hadley, which marched to Cambridge before sunrise on April 21, 1775 ; reënlisted April 27, to serve until August, his company being attached to Colonel Woodbridge's regiment; was at Bunker Hill; suffering in health, he was not thereafter in active service, but was a selectman ; member of the Committee of Correspondence; on every committee having to do with raising soldiers, the procuring and forwarding of supplies, and the ad- justment of soldiers' claims during the remainder of the war; lieutenant-colonel of militia (v. Sunderland Town Records; Frothingham's "Siege of Boston; " and Rev. Rolls).
POPE, WILLIAM CARROLL, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of FREDERICK POPE, of Stough- ton.
(v. Alexander Pope.)
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Great-grandson of JOHN FOSTER, Jr., of Dor- chester (1756-1786) ; fifer in Captain Wheeler's com- pany, Colonel Robinson's regiment, twelve days at the Lexington alarm; fifer in Captain John Robinson's company, Colonel Gill's regiment, twelve days' service at the mouth of Milton river, in March, 1776; fifer in Captain Sumner's company, Colonel Gill's regiment, three days from June 12, 1776; fifer in Captain Wel- lington's company, Colonel Asa Whitcomb's regiment, one month, twenty-six days, from October 1, 1776; fifer in Captain Hall's company, Colonel Robinson's regi- ment, twenty-three days' service in Rhode Island ; fifer in Captain Sumner's company, Colonel Gill's regiment, from April 17 to May 12, 1777; fifer in Captain Clap's company, at Dorchester Heights, from May 19, 1779, to July 31, 1780, and from August 31 to October 16, 1780 (Rev. Rolls, xiii., 200; xxii., 152; xxxvii., I; xlvii., 196; ii., 75; iii., 171 ; xviii., 119, 120, 128, 130, 129, 113).
Great-great-grandson of JOHN FOSTER, Sr., of Dorchester (1733-1784); private in Captain Hope- still Foster's company, seven days' service at the Lexington alarm; private in Captain Wilber's com- pany, Colonel Fellows's regiment, two months, twenty- five days, from August 1, 1775; private in Captain Robinson's company, Colonel Gill's regiment, twelve days at the mouth of Milton river, in March, 1776; private in Captain Robinson's company, Colonel Gill's regiment, two days' service in March, 1776, at Dor- chester Heights ; private in Captain Sumner's company, Colonel Gill's regiment, three days' service at Moon Island, from June 12, 1776; private in Captain Tucker- man's company, Colonel Francis's regiment, November 28, 1776; private in Captain Sumner's company, Colonel Gill's regiment, twenty-five days' service on the Rhode Island alarm, April 17, 1777; private in Captain Bradley's company, Colonel Gill's regiment, three months, twenty-eight days, from August 14,
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1777; private in Captain Sumner's company, Colonel Gill's regiment, at Fishkill, May 19, 1778, and June 14, 1778, for nine months' service; private, July I, 1780, six months, three days' service (Rev. Rolls, xii., 145; xvi., 75 ; xxii., 152, 158; xxxvii., I ; xxiii., 124; iii., 171; xvii., 57; lxii., 136; xxviii., 145; lx., 229; lxi., 307 ; iv., 72).
PULSIFER, WILLIAM HENRY, NEWTON.
Great-grandson of EBENEZER PULSIFER, of Ipswich (1750-1781); private in Captain Smith's company of sea-coast men from June to December, 1775, stationed at Ipswich, for the defence of the coast of Essex county ; served in various public and private armed vessels, after December, 1775, among them the " Alfred " or other ship commanded by John Paul Jones ; one of the crew of the ship " Thomas," ten guns, a Salem letter-of-marque, Captain Board- man, in November, 1780; was later taken prisoner by the British, and confined on a prison ship in New York harbor, where he died in 1781 (Rev. Rolls, clxxi., 313).
PUTNAM, SAMUEL HENRY, WORCESTER. (Supplementary Application.)
Great-grandson of DAVID PUTNAM, of Sutton ; ensign of Captain Sibley's company at the Lexington alarm (v. " History of Sutton ").
READE, HARRY, LOWELL.
Great-grandson of ISRAEL HILDRETH, of Dra- cut.
Great-great-grandson of ELIJAH HILDRETH, of Dracut.
(v. Percy Parker.)
READE, PHILIP, U.S. ARMY, LOWELL.
Great-grandson of ISRAEL HILDRETH, of Dra- cut.
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Great-great-grandson of ELIJAH HILDRETH of Dracut.
(v. Percy Parker. )
REED, REUBEN LAW, ACTON.
(Supplementary Application. )
Great-grandson of SAMUEL GLEASON, of Sud- bury; private in Captain Nixon's company, Colonel Pierce's regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm, twenty-three days' service (Rev. Rolls, xiii., 26).
Great-grandson of JOHN LOKER, of Sudbury ; a private at the Lexington alarm (v. " History of Sudbury ").
Great-grandson of ROGER WHEELER, of Acton ; private in the Acton company on April 19, 1775.
Great-great-grandson of JOSIAH DAVIS, of Bedford; private in Captain Moore's company at the Lexington alarm (v. " History of Bedford").
REED, WILLIAM HOWELL, BOSTON.
Grandson of the Reverend WILLIAM REED, of Easton (1755-1809) ; private in Captain Wood's com- pany, Colonel Cotton's regiment, from May 9 to Octo- ber 6, 1775 ; private in Lieutenant Barrow's company, Colonel Sprout's regiment, in the Rhode Island alarm from December 8 to 20, 1776; marched to Howland's Ferry, Rhode Island ; private in the same company on two alarms at Dartmouth in 1778.
RESTIEAUX, THOMAS, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of ABRAHAM INGERSOLL ; pri- vate in Captain Grammus's company from July 30 to December 30, 1775, and was at Cambridge when Washington took command of the army; stationed for a time at Elizabeth Isle ; drafted for five months, May 12, 1777, and guarded stores at Boston under General Heath; a pensioner (Rev. Rolls, iii., 71 ; xx., 3).
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REVERE, PAUL EDWARD, BRIDGEWATER.
Great- great - grandson of PAUL REVERE, of Boston.
(v. Frederic W. Lincoln.)
RICE, FRANCIS H., WEST BOYLSTON.
Great-great-grandson of JOSEPH WHIPPLE, of Grafton (1742- ) ; captain of the Eighth Company, Sixth Worcester County Militia Regiment; his com- mission signed by Governor Hancock, October 7, 1781, now in Mr. Rice's possession; private in Captain Denny's company at the Lexington alarm; first lieu- tenant of Captain Brigham's company, Colonel Cush- ing's regiment, August 21, 1777, at the Bennington alarm; ensign from September I to November 29, 1777 (Rev. Rolls, liv., file 5; xvii., III; xli., 171; xxviii., 56).
RICHARDS, JOHN BION, FALL RIVER.
Great-great-grandson of FRANCIS TUFTS, of Medford (1744-1833) ; sergeant in the Medford com- pany, Colonel Brooks's regiment, at White Plains, in 1776; " he saw the standard-bearer fall, he flew to the spot, seized the standard, etc. This was seen by Gen- eral Washington. As soon as victory was won, the general asked Colonel Brooks the name of the young man in his regiment who achieved that noble act. He was told, and there on the stump of a tree the general immediately wrote his commission as adjutant; " lieu- tenant and adjutant of Colonel Jackson's regiment of the line, three months' service in 1780; lieutenant in Lieutenant-Colonel Badlam's regiment, enlisted April 12, 1779 ; sergeant-major of Captain Wiley's company, Colonel Jackson's regiment, from January I to Octo- ber 7, 1777; promoted to ensign July 4; ensign of Captain Cleveland's company, Colonel Jackson's regi- ment, April 9, 1779; sergeant in Colonel Wheelock's regiment at Ticonderoga, October 11, 1776; enlisted by
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Lieutenant Potter, June 9, 1777, for three years, and joined Captain Bancroft's company, Colonel Jackson's regiment (Rev. Rolls, xxvii., 131; xxxi., 17, 196; clxxviii., 12; viii., part 1, 144; xxviii., 62 ; xxv., 204; lxxv., 51 ; lxiii., 20; Brooks's " History of Medford," 180).
RICHARDSON, EDWARD F., ACTON.
Great-grandson of EDWARD RICHARDSON, of Concord; orderly sergeant of minute-men at Concord Bridge; captain of a company until the close of the war. He and his twin brother Moses, who was lieu- tenant in his company, were present at the laying of the corner-stone of Bunker Hill monument in 1825, and the fact of their being twins, of very marked resem- blance, of their having served side by side throughout the war, together with their great size, 250 lbs., made them " the observed of all observers" on that occasion.
RICHARDSON, GEDNEY K., BOSTON.
Grandson of Captain JOSEPH RICHARDSON, of Boston (1756-1824) ; fought at Winter Hill; was present at the retreat of the army from Canada and was severely wounded by Indians; was at Trenton and Hubbardton; at the surrender of Burgoyne and at Valley Forge; was at Monmouth and in Sullivan's Indian expedition, and was present at the engagement at Newtown; discharged at Danbury, Connecticut, January, 1780 (v. Vinton's " Richardson Memorial ; " N.H. Rolls, i., 193, 250; ii., 719; iii., 204).
RIPLEY, WINFIELD SCOTT, JUNIOR, WAKEFIELD.
Great-great-grandson of ELEAZER COLE, of Bridgewater (1747- ); drummer in captain Hay- den's company, which marched at the Lexington alarm; sergeant in the same company, August I, 1775 ; private in Captain Packard's company, Colonel Cary's regiment, in Rhode Island, from July 23 to
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August 6, 1780 (Rev. Rolls, xxi, 202 ; Maxim's " His- tory of Paris, Maine ").
Great-great-grandson of JACOB WHITMAN, of Bridgewater (1753-1842) ; private in Captain Howe's company, Colonel Mitchell's regiment, which marched from Bridgewater to Braintree Neck, March 4, 1776; a pensioner (v. Farnham's " Genealogy of the Whit- man Family ").
Great-grandson of WILLIAM KING, of Plymouth ; private in Captain Rider's company, Colonel Jacobs's regiment, from August 7 to November 1, 1780; raised to reënforce the Continental Army for service in Rhode Island (Rev. Rolls, iii., 102).
Great-great-grandson of THADDEUS RIPLEY, of Plymouth (1747-1827) ; private in Captain Brad- ford's company, Colonel Cotton's regiment, May I, 1775, three months, eight days; private in Captain Goodwin's company, of the same regiment, on a secret expedition to Newport, Rhode Island, Septem- ber 25, 1777, one month, six days (Rev. Rolls, xiv., 37 ; lvii., file 8; xix., 99) ; private in Captain Harlow's company, nine months, eighteen days, at different enlistments from January 29, 1776; stationed at Plymouth for coast defence; corporal in Captain Partridge's company, Colonel Stearns's regiment, from April 6 to July 2, 1778; stationed at Dorchester Heights; private in Captain Washburn's company, Colonel Gerrish's regiment, from July 27 to December 14, 1778, for service at or near Boston; private in Captain Greenleaf's company of the Continental Army for six months from July 9, 1780 (Rev. Rolls, xxxvi., 45, 40, 39, 41 ; xxii., 21 ; xxiv., 94; iv., 175).
Great-great-great-grandson of ELDAD SPOF- FORD, of Temple, New Hampshire (1745-1809) ; private in Captain Heald's company, Colonel Bellows's regiment, which marched to Ticonderoga in October, 1776, twenty-three days' service; private in Captain Towne's company, Colonel Gilman's regiment, which
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marched to New York, from December 5, 1776, to May 15, 1777 (v. Blood's " History of Temple," 107).
Great-great-great-grandson of PETER FELT, of Temple, New Hampshire (1745-1817); private in Captain Towne's company, Colonel Reed's regiment, one year from January 7, 1776; private in Captain Drury's company, Colonel Moor's regiment, Whip- ple's brigade, which marched to Saratoga, September, 1777 (v. Blood's "History of Temple," 104, 115).
ROGERS, ALLAN, GLOUCESTER.
(Supplementary Application.)
Great-grandson of THOMAS MITCHELL (1727- 1776) ; major in Colonel Thomas's regiment for sixty-one days from September 1, 1775; enlisted April 19; major of the Plymouth County Regiment, May 19, 1775 (Rev. Rolls, lxix., 2 ; xxvii., 209; cxlvi., 231).
Great-great-grandson of EDWARD MITCHELL; colonel of the Third Plymouth County Regiment, Au- gust 31, 1775; chosen by General Court, February I, 1776, and commissioned February 7 (Rev. Rolls, xxviii., 95, 101 ; xlii., 254).
ROWE, GEORGE HOWARD MALCOLM, BOSTON.
Great-great-grandson of JOHN ANDERSON, of Londonderry, New Hampshire; private in Captain Reid's company, Colonel Stark's regiment, four months from April 23, 1775; was at Bunker Hill; private in Captain Nesmith's company from the regi- ments of Colonels Thornton and Bartlett, for service in Canada in 1776; sergeant in Captain Reynolds's company of seventy volunteers, Colonel Nichols's regiment, Stark's brigade, July, 1777, to September 28, and was at Bennington (N.H. Rolls, i., 73, 178, 347; ii., 199).
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RUGGLES, HENRY STODDARD, WAKEFIELD. (Supplementary Application.)
Great-grandson of SAMUEL RUGGLES, of Pom- fret and Willington, Connecticut (1751- ); pri- vate in Captain Smith's company, Colonel Waterbury's regiment, which marched to New York, and thence to the northern department, from May 8 to November 15, 1775 (v. Conn. Rev. Rolls, 25, 69).
SAUNDERS, CHARLES HICKS, CAMBRIDGE.
Great-grandson of JOHN HICKS, of Cambridge (1725-1775); member of the "Boston Tea Party ;" on the morning of April 19, 1775, assisted in removing the planks from the great bridge leading to Cambridge, in order to retard, and if possible prevent, Lord Percy from crossing with his reënforcement of eighteen hun- dred soldiers and two brass cannons, and joining Major Pitcairn's force at Lexington; after which hastened with his gun and horse to harass the British troops returning from Lexington ; was shot dead by the flank guard of the British troops, on Massachusetts avenue, now Spruce street, in Cambridge, and was buried as he fell, without shroud or coffin, in the old burial ground in Cambridge. The city of Cambridge, in 1870, erected a monument over his remains, and a granite tablet in 1880 on the spot where he fell. His son Jonathan (Harvard College, 1770) also served as regimental surgeon in the Continental Army.
SAVAGE, JAMES FRANCIS, LOWELL.
(Supplementary Application.)
Great-great-grandson of NATHANIEL CLARKE, of Haverhill; private in Captain Eaton's company, Colonel Johnson's regiment of militia, which marched from Haverhill to Cambridge, April 19, 1775 (Rev. Rolls, xii., 92).
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SEAVER, JAMES EDWARD, TAUNTON.
Great-grandson of WILLIAM SEAVER (Sever), of Taunton (1743-1815) ; adjutant of Colonel Carpen- ter's regiment in August, September, and October, 1776, at New York, and at the battle of White Plains ; acting brigade-major of the Bristol County brigade under Brigadier-General Godfrey, at the alarm in Rhode Island, December, 1776; and at Howland's Ferry, Rhode Island, August, 1780; adjutant of the Third Bristol County Regiment, April 13, 1776; brigade-major of the Bristol County brigade, August 3, 1779; his commission, signed by Governor Hancock, in possession of William Seaver Danforth, of Plymouth (State Archives, v. 72; Adjutant Sever's field-book in possession of James E. Seaver; " History of Taun- ton ").
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