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SHAW, ALEXANDER W., NORTH RAYNHAM.
Great-great-grandson of JONATHAN SHAW, of Raynham (1736-1796) ; captain of the Eighth Com- pany, Third Bristol County Regiment, April 13, 1776 ; captain in Colonel Williams's regiment on service in Rhode Island from December 8, 1776, to January 2, 1777; and in September, 1777, captain in Colonel Daggett's regiment on the Rhode Island alarm, twelve days from August 21, 1778 ; second major of the Third Bristol Regiment; major from July 13 to October 31, 1778; second major, September 24, 1779 (Rev. Rolls, xliii., 255 ; xxviii., 5; xxvi., 218; iii., 140, 129, 138; ccxxiv., 92).
SIBLEY, EDWIN D., SOMERVILLE.
Great-great-grandson of TIMOTHY SIBLEY, of Sutton (1727-1818) ; member of the Committee of Correspondence and Safety and of other town com- mittees from 1776 to 1780; selectman, 1781, 1782 ; (v. " History of Sutton " and town records).
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SPRAGUE, FRANK WILLIAM, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of JESSE SPRAGUE, of Hing- ham (1745-1818); private in Captain Loring's com- pany at the Lexington alarm; corporal of Captain Cushing's company "in the works at Hull, the closing act of the siege of Boston" (Rev. Rolls, xii., 181; xxv., 95).
STEVENS, EDMUND HORACE, CAMBRIDGE.
Great-grandson of OBADIAH MANN, of Wren- tham; second lieutenant of Captain Wheelock's com- pany, Colonel Ward's regiment, April 24, 1775, for eight months (Rev. Rolls, xvi., 65; cxlvi., 108).
Great-grandson of NICHOLAS BRAY, of Glouces- ter; private in Captain Dodge's company, Colonel Gerrish's regiment, eight months from May 2, 1775 ; in the same company, Colonel Baldwin's regiment, one year from December, 1775 (Rev. Rolls, xiv., 82 ; lviii., file 1).
STOCKER, ALFRED AUGUSTUS, CAMBRIDGE. (Supplementary Application. )
Grandson of WILLIAM STOCKER, of Ports- mouth (1749-1794) ; commander of an armed vessel during the Revolution; was one of the party that, under the lead of Langdon and Sullivan, in December, 1774, made an attack upon Fort William and Mary, at the mouth of the Piscataqua river, in New Hamp- shire, capturing the fort, and taking therefrom one hundred barrels of gunpowder and other munitions of war; the powder was afterwards used at Bunker Hill.
Grandson of MARK PITMAN, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire (1746-1792); private in Captain Jackson's field artillery company (1775- ); private in Captain Turner's company of artillery ; fourth sergeant of Captain Arnold's company, Colonel Wingate's regiment; was at Ticonderoga and Crown Point; was at one time a prisoner of war and con-
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fined on the old prison ship " Jersey" in New York harbor ; he and a fellow-prisoner, watching their oppor- tunity, escaped in the ship's boat; they had been ordered to paint the outside of the old hulk, and were in the boat for that purpose; they cut the rope and dropped astern with the tide; being discovered by the guard, they were fired upon, but succeeded in making their escape (N.H. Rev. Rolls).
Great-grandson of EBENEZER STOCKER, Sr., of Portsmouth, New Hampshire ( -1806); pri- vate with his sons, Ebenezer, Jr., and Joseph, in Cap- tain Newhall's company, of the Nineteenth Regiment of Infantry, and was at Bunker Hill ; lieutenant, command- ing in Colonel Greaton's Third Regiment, 1777 (Coat Rolls, lvi.).
STODDER, CHARLES FREDERICK, BOSTON.
Great-great-great grandson of JOHN ANDER- SON, of Londonderry, New Hampshire.
(v. George H. M. Rowe.)
STONE, CHARLES BRADLEY, ACTON.
Great-grandson of STEPHEN HOSMER, of Acton (1711-1775) ; first lieutenant of Captain Heald's company, Colonel Jacobs's regiment of militia ; was at Concord and Lexington, and traditionally at Bunker Hill.
Great-grandson of PETER STONE, of Acton; sergeant of Captain Wilder's company, Colonel Spar- hawk's regiment; marched to Bennington, August 21 to 26, 1777 (Rev. Rolls, xxiv., 167).
STONE, THOMAS TREADWELL, BOLTON.
(Amended Record.)
Son of SOLOMON STONE, of Groton; private in Captain Barker's company, Colonel Webb's regiment, raised to reënforce the Continental Army in 1781 ; was at West Point at the time of the surrender of Corn- wallis at Yorktown.
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Grandson of JONATHAN STONE; sergeant of the same company; was at Saratoga at Burgoyne's surrender.
STORY, OLIVER HOWARD, GLOUCESTER.
Great-great-grandson of JOHN STORY, of Essex (1739-1785); sergeant of Captain Cogswell, junior's, company at the Lexington alarm; sergeant of Cap- tain Low's company, Colonel Cogswell's Third Essex County Regiment (Rev. Rolls, lii., 152).
Great-great-grandson of NATHANIEL DAY, of Gloucester ; private in Captain Warren's company for coast defence, from July 19, 1775, to August 31, 1776; reënlisted five times until December 31 (Rev. Rolls, xxxvii., 25, 26, 28, 29, 40).
Great-great-grandson of JOHN ELWELL, of Gloucester ; private in Captain Roby's company, Colonel Little's regiment, eight months from June I, 1775; at the siege of Boston and battle of Bunker Hill (Rev. Rolls, vii., part 2, 64; xvi., 10; Ivi., 84).
Great-great-grandson of JOSEPH ROWE, of Gloucester (1743- ); private in Captain Warner's company, July 19 to December 31, 1775; private in the same company from January 16 to December 31, 1776, at Gloucester, for coast defence (Rev. Rolls, xxxvii., 26-29, 40, 30, 34.
Great-great-great-grandson of WILLIAM EATON, of Deer Isle, Maine; abandoned his home rather than take the oath of allegiance to the crown; first major of the Fifth Lincoln County Regiment (Rev. Rolls, 91 ; 103; xliii., 267; Babson's "History of Gloucester," for all).
STOWE, CHARLES NOBLE, BROOKLINE.
Great-great-grandson of ABRAHAM INGER- SOLL, of Boston.
(v. Thomas Restieaux.)
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SUMNER, GORDON INCREASE, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of CLEMENT SUMNER, of Dor- chester (1752-1839) ; private in Captain Bradley's company, Colonel Robinson's regiment, at the Lexing- ton alarm, 17 days; private in Captain Vose's com- pany from April 13 to 26, 1776, on sea-coast defence ; private in Captain Seth Sumner's company, Colonel Gill's regiment, from June 12, 1776, three days ; ordered to march to Moon Island ; private in Captain Dearing's company, Colonel Ashley's regiment, from July 8 to 28, 1777 ; ordered to Fort Edward by General Schuy- ler ; private in Captain Seth Sumner's company, Col- onel Gill's regiment, for service at Castle Island, from March I to April 4, 1778 ; on pay-rolls for six months' men of Dorchester for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched July 11 ; discharged December 20; arrived at Springfield to reënforce the northern army, July 29, 1780; served under Captain Greenleaf (Rev. Rolls, xi., 199; xxiii., 184; xxxvii., I ; xviii., 241 ; xxv., 18; iv., 72 ; xxxv., 213 ; Dorchester Town Records, iv., 72).
SUMNER, WILLIAM S., BOSTON.
Grandson of CLEMENT SUMNER, of Dorchester. (v. Gordon Increase Sumner.)
SWAN, CHARLES HERBERT, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of ROBERT SWAN, Jr., of Stoughton (1757-1836) ; drummer in Captain Leach's company, Colonel Gill's regiment, at Braintree, March 21, 1776, two days' service; drummer in Captain Robert Swan's company, at Moon Island, June 13, 1776, three days' service ; corporal in Captain Penni- man's company, Colonel Francis's regiment ; sergeant in Captain Endicott's company, Colonel McIntosh's regiment, at Roxbury, March 20, 1778, seventeen days (Rev. Rolls, xxi., 30; xxiii., 63; xxii., 29; xix., 14).
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Great-grandson of SAMUEL SHEPARD, of Stoughton (1737- ); private in Captain Talbot's company, Colonel Robinson's regiment, at the Lexing- ton alarm, seven days; private in Captain Leach's company, Colonel Gill's regiment, at Dorchester Heights, March 4, 1776, five days ; corporal in Cap- tain Leach's company, Colonel Gill's regiment, at Braintree, March 21, 1776; sergeant of Captain Swan's company, Colonel Gill's regiment, at Moon Island, June 13, 1776, three days (Rev. Rolls, xiii., 134; xx., 186; xxi., 30; xxiii., 63).
Great-great-grandson of ROBERT SWAN, Sr., of Stoughton (1725-1802); captain in Colonel Gill's regiment, at Moon Island, three days, from June 13, 1776; captain in Colonel Gill's regiment, at Bristol, Rhode Island, April 18, 1777; captain in Colonel Gill's regiment, at the Castle, December 19, 1777, twelve days (Rev. Rolls, xxiii., 63; iii., 156; xxv., 20).
SWAN, ROBERT THAXTER, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of ROBERT SWAN, Jr., of Stoughton.
Great-grandson of SAMUEL SHEPARD, of Stoughton.
Great-grandson of THOMAS THAXTER, M.D., of Hingham (1748-1813); surgeon on the ship " Mars," Simeon Sampson, commander (Rev. Rolls, xxviii., 70).
Great-great-grandson of ROBERT SWAN, Sr., of Stoughton.
(v. Charles Herbert Swan.)
TAFT, HENRY WALBRIDGE, PITTSFIELD. (Amended Application.)
Grandson of LYMAN TAFT, of Uxbridge (1.763- 1833) ; private in Captain Wood's company, guarding
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Continental stores at Little Cambridge, Concord, Sud- bury, etc., as appears from a petition of himself and others, asking additional wages, granted by the Gen- eral Court, January 21, 1778; private in Captain Tucker's company, Colonel Gerrish's regiment, for service in Rhode Island, five months, twenty-three days, from July 10, 1778.
Great-grandson of SAMUEL TAFT, of Uxbridge (1736-1816); private in Captain Read's company, Colonel Tyler's regiment, for service in Rhode Island, from July 23 to August 3, 1780.
Great-grandson of CALEB MONTAGUE, of Sun- derland (1730-82); sergeant in Captain Leonard's company, Colonel Woodbridge's regiment, which marched at the Lexington alarm, twenty-seven days' service ; commissioned captain of the Second Company of the Sixth Hampshire Regiment, May 7, 1776; cap- tain in Colonel Williams's regiment for service in the northern department, from July 1I to August 12, 1777 ; captain in the Hampshire County regiment, December 30, 1778 (Rev. Rolls, xii., 172; xxviii., 114; xliii., 313 ; xxi., 95).
Great-grandson of DEXTER WOOD, of Uxbridge (1733-18II); corporal in Captain Reed's company, which marched at the Lexington alarm, ten days' service ; sergeant in Captain Samuel Reed's company, Lieutenant-Colonel Tyler's regiment, for service in Rhode Island, on the alarm of December 8, 1776, to January 21, 1777, stationed at Providence; private in Captain Thaddeus Reed's company, Colonel Nathan Tyler's regiment, at Tiverton, Rhode Island, from July 23 to August 7, 1780 (for the above records v. cer- tificate of Secretary of State, July 19, 1894).
Great-grandson of ISRAEL HUBBARD, of Sun- derland (1725-1817); member of the first Provincial Congress, at Salem, October 7, 1774; and of the Con- gress at Watertown, May 31, 1775; member of the General Court, 1776, '77, '80, '82, '83.
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TAGGARD, BARTHOLOMEW WELCH, BOSTON.
Grandson of WILLIAM TAGGARD, of Hillsbor- ough Bridge, New Hampshire (1751-1830) ; ensign of Captain Clary's company, Colonel Hale's regiment, at Ticonderoga, in 1777 ; also, served in defence of Piscat- aqua harbor; ensign and lieutenant in Colonel Reid's regiment in 1780 ; wounded at Hubbardton (N.H. Rolls, ii., 301, 339, 356; i., 788, 594 ; State Papers, xvii., 267).
TAGGARD, HENRY, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of WILLIAM TAGGARD, of Hills- borough Bridge, N.H.).
(v. Bartholomew W. Taggard.)
Great-grandson of SOLOMON PIPER, of Acton ; said to have been a private in Captain Davis's com- pany at Concord fight; was in Rhode Island with General Sullivan, and at Saratoga under General Gates (Rev. Rolls, iii., 20, 210; xvii., 99; xxiii., 82).
Great-grandson of HEZEKIAH WELCH, of Bos- ton, detailed from the Boston regiment to do duty under General Heath; private in Captain Bumstead's company, May 7, 1777; private in Captain Davis's company, Colonel Freeman's regiment, one month, seven days, for a secret expedition to Rhode Island (Rev. Rolls, xvii., 36; xviii., 212).
Great-grandson of BARTHOLOMEW TROW, of Charlestown; lieutenant of Captain Harris's company, Colonel Gardner's regiment, at Bunker Hill (Frothing- ham's " Siege of Boston," app.); private in Captain Hooker's company, Colonel Woodbridge's regiment.
Great-grandson of RUFUS PRATT, of Hardwick; died of wounds near Bennington, September 19, 1777 (Rev. Rolls, xx., 94).
THOMPSON, ABIJAH, WINCHESTER. (Supplementary Application.)
Great-grandson of JOSIAH WALKER, Sr., of Woburn (1730-1804); private in Captain Johnson's
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first militia company of Woburn, April 30, 1775 (cer- tificate of Secretary of State, 1894).
Great-grandson of BARTHOLOMEW RICHARD- SON, of Woburn (1730-1812); private in Captain Fox's company, which marched from Woburn to Con- cord and Cambridge, April 19, 1775, four days' service ; was on duty at Winter Hill, Captain Cowdrey's com- pany, Colonel Gerrish's regiment, 1778 (Rev. Rolls, xii., 70; xviii., 95).
THOMPSON, ABRAM RAND, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of TIMOTHY THOMPSON, of Charlestown (1750-1834); sergeant of the Charles- town company at Bunker Hill; just before the bat- tle was one of the party which removed the Brit- ish guns from the battery; obliged to flee from his burning house to put his young wife in a place of safety, on June 17, he immediately returned and took an active part in the conflict; their first child was the first born on the rebuilding of the town; selectman and representative (v. " Memorials of James Thomp- son and his Descendants, 1593-1887 ").
THORNDIKE, TOWNSEND WILLIAM, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of PAUL THORNDIKE, of Tewks- bury (1742-1815); private in Captain-Lieutenant Clark's company, Colonel Green's regiment, three days' service at the Lexington alarm (Rev. Rolls, xii., 5).
TOWNSEND, CHARLES WENDELL, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of DAVID TOWNSEND, M.D., of Boston (1753-1829) ; studied under Dr. Warren ; assisted in dressing the wounded at Bunker Hill; com- missioned surgeon of Colonel Brewer's regiment, July 12, 1775; surgeon of Colonel Asa Whitcomb's regi- ment, January 1, 1776; senior surgeon of the General Hospital of the northern department with the army for the invasion of Canada, March, 1777; commissioned,
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October 1, 1780; reappointed October 9, 1781, and in 1782; remained with the army until its disbandment at Newburgh; secretary of the Massachusetts Cincinnati, 1807-21; vice-president, 1821-25 ; president, 1825- 29 (v. " Memorials," 480).
TREADWELL, SANFORD LUDINGTON, BOSTON. (Amended Application.)
Great-grandson of GIDEON JONES, of West Springfield (1754-1824); private in Captain Chapin's company, Colonel Danielson's regiment, at the siege of Boston; private in Captain Rowle's company in a detachment of militia regiments from Hampshire county, in the United States service until April 3, 1777, under command of Colonel Robinson, at Ticon- deroga; corporal in 1780; was at Valley Forge and Monmouth; his entire term covered eight years ; received a bounty of two hundred acres of land.
TUFTS, ALBERT CLIFFORD, SOMERVILLE.
Great-grandson of RICHARD FITZ (FITTS), of Sandown, New Hampshire ; private in Captain Tilton's company, Colonel Poor's regiment, May 25, 1775 ; pri- vate in Captain Gordon's company, Colonel Gilman's Seventh Regiment, to reënforce the army at New York, December 17, 1776 (N.H. Rolls, i., 146).
Great-great-grandson of HAMMOND REED, of Lexington ; minute-man on April 19, 1775.
Great-great-grandson of THOMAS LOCKE, of Lexington (1722-1792) ; for three years a private in the Continental Army (v. " History of Lexington," 391).
Great-great-great-grandson of JAMES MILLER, of Charlestown.
(v. Thomas Miller.)
UPHAM, ROGER FREEMAN, WORCESTER.
Great-grandson of JAMES WATSON, of Spencer (1754-1823); private in Captain Mason's company,
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Colonel Warner's regiment, at the Lexington alarm; a pensioner.
Great-grandson of DAVID LIVERMORE, of Spencer ( -1818) ; private in Captain Mason's com- pany, as above (v. Draper's " History of Spencer ").
Great-great-grandson of OLIVER WATSON, Sr., of Spencer.
(v. Samuel Arthur Bent.)
VAILLE, FREDERICK OLZIN, LEXINGTON.
Great-grandson of DAVID WILKINSON, of Sharon (1762-1843); matross in Captain Shaw's company, of Crane's Third Artillery Regiment, in 1781 ; was at West Point, February to April, 1781 (Rev. Rolls, li., 123).
Great-great-grandson of AARON GUILD, of Ded- ham (1728-1818); Committee of Safety, 1774; marched at the Lexington alarm; captain of a com- pany in Colonel Nichols's regiment ; stationed at Hull on coast-guard ; muster-master ; Committee of Safety, and of the committee to look after soldiers' families.
VARNEY, H. CHARLES, MALDEN.
Great-great-grandson of JAMES VARNEY, of Bos- ton (1740- ) ; corporal of Captain Popkin's com- pany, Colonel Gridley's artillery regiment, two months, twelve days, from May 25, 1775 ; artificer in Captain Wheeler's company of artillery artificers from April 20, 1777, to December 31, 1779 (Rev. Rolls, xv., 94; xxxV., I ; lvi., 273 ; lvii., file 2 ; xx., part 2, p. 8).
VARNUM, WILLIAM PARKER, DRACUT.
Grandson of JONAS VARNUM, of Dracut (1752- 1834) ; private in Captain Coburn's company, Colonel Bridge's regiment, eight months from April, 1775; sergeant of Captain Wright's company, Colonel Brooks's regiment, two months, from September, 1776;
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sergeant of Captain Joseph B. Varnum's company, four months, from August, 1777; was at Concord, Bunker Hill, White Plains, and the surrender of Burgoyne; a pensioner (certificate of Pension Bureau, April 28, 1894; Rev. Rolls, xii., 25 ; lv., 10, file H; xxxv., 40; lvii., file 19; xxiv., 139; lv., 182).
WALES, THOMAS BEALE, JUNIOR, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of AARON KIMBALL, of Graf- . ton.
Great-great-grandson of SIMEON KEITH, Jr., of Northbridge.
Great-great-grandson of AARON ADAMS, of Sutton.
(v. Herbert Wood Kimball.)
WELCH, CHARLES OSCAR, SALEM.
Great-grandson of FRANCIS LYFORD, of Exeter, New Hampshire (1760-1821); private in Captain Gilman's company, Colonel Evans's regiment, General Whipple's brigade, which joined the Continental Army in September, 1777, and was present at Saratoga; discharged November 30 (N.H. Rolls, ii., 284, 288).
WELCH, FRANCIS WILLIAM, BOSTON.
Great-great-grandson.of WILLIAM TURNER, of Scituate; an aide-de-camp to General Washington ; captain in Colonel Bailey's regiment, December 10, 1775; captain in Colonel Thomas's regiment at the Lexington alarm ; colonel in service in Rhode Island, July 10 to December 2, 1781 (Rev. Rolls, xvi., 49; xiii., 129; xxvi., 233).
WELCH, WILLIAM L., SALEM.
Great-grandson of FRANCIS LYFORD, of Exeter, New Hampshire. (v. Charles Oscar Welch.)
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WELLINGTON, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, BOSTON.
Grandson of FEDUTHAN WELLINGTON, of Cambridge ; a private at Bunker Hill ; private in Cap- tain Adams's company, Colonel Thatcher's regiment, from March 4 to 9, 1776; marched by Washington's orders to take Dorchester Heights; third sergeant of Captain Walton's company, Colonel Brooks's regi- ment, from September 27 to November 16, 1776; later a captain, major, and lieutenant-colonel of militia (Rev. Rolls, lv., pages I and 4; xxiv., 3 ; xvii., 23.)
WHARFIELD, WILFRED MARO, SPRINGFIELD. (Amended Application.)
Great-grandson of REUBEN WHARFIELD, of Roxbury (born in Great Britain, 1752 or 1753, died 1833); private in Captain-Lieutenant Shepard's com- pany at the Lexington alarm, eight days' service from April 23, 1775; private in Captain Park's company, Colonel Dennison's regiment, from May to November, 1775 ; private in Captain Shepard's company, Colonel Porter's regiment, from January to November, 1776; enlisted August, 1778, and served one year as a teamster ; private in Captain Sloper's company, Colonel Chapin's third regiment, from November 5 to 22, 1779, raised to reënforce the northern army and stationed at Claverack ; private in Captain Sloper's company, Colo- nel Moseley's third regiment, two days from June 16, 1782 ; discharged at Fishkill, N.Y .; a pensioner.
WHEELER, FRANCIS BROWN, POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y.
Great-grandson of WILLIAM WHEELER, of Dunbarton, New Hampshire ; a soldier of the French- Indian war; served during the Revolution, tradition saying that he was mustered into service by Washing- ton himself; private in Major Reynolds's company, Colonel Mooney's regiment of the Continental army, for service in Rhode Island, six months, five days from January 16, 1779 (N.H. Rolls, ii., 676; iii., 631).
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WHITCOMB, JOHN DAVIS, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of ASA WHITCOMB, of Lancas- ter (1719-1804); member of the General Court in 1774, voting with Otis and Adams against Governor Hutchinson; recruited a regiment in 1775 and was commissioned colonel; pledged all his property for Continental money and was financially ruined by the war; commanded his regiment at Bunker Hill; pay- master-general during the siege of Boston and commanded a regiment there after the evacua- tion; fortified Long Island, June 13, 1776; in the reorganization of the army, was dropped on account of age, but the regiment declaring that other- wise they would not reënlist, was reinstated by Wash- ington, who, in a general order, commended his un- selfish and patriotic conduct in offering to enlist as a private; retired in 1777 (v. "Memorials of the Cin- cinnati," 362; Nourse's " Military History of Lancas- ter," etc.).
WHITCOMB, HENRY CLAY, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of ASA WHITCOMB, of Lancas- ter.
(v. John Davis Whitcomb.)
WHITE, EDWIN AUGUSTUS, BOSTON.
Grandson of ISAAC DELANO, of Duxbury ; private in Captain Bradford's company, Colonel Col- ton's regiment, August 1, 1775, three months, eight days; private in the same company at Roxbury, October 7; private in Captain Partridge's company, Colonel John Cushing's regiment, for service in Rhode Island, from September 23 to November 20, 1776; private in Captain Arnold's company, Colonel Lo- throp's regiment, on the Rhode Island alarm, December 10, 1776; private in Captain Allen's company, Colonel Colton's regiment, on a secret expedition to Rhode Island in September and October, 1777, thirty-three
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days ; private in Captain Partridge's company, Colonel Whitney's regiment, in Rhode Island, one month, fifteen days from July 30, 1778 ; marched to reënforce the northern army, July 10, 1780, under command of Captain Shay ; private in Captain Bates's company of the Fourteenth Regiment, two months, from August I, 1780; private for six months from July 3, 1780, for the Continental Army (Rev. Rolls., passim).
WHITE, WILLIAM EDWIN, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of ISAAC DELANO, of Duxbury. (v. Edwin Augustus White.)
WHITNEY, JOHN FLETCHER, CAMBRIDGE.
Grandson of PETER FLETCHER, of Lancaster (1762-1843); private in the regiment of guards at Cambridge from July 15 to 30, 1778 ; private in Cap- tain Hartwell's company at Rutland from October, 1779, to April, 1780; private in Captain Moore's company, Lieutenant-Colonel Hall's regiment, from August I to October 31, 1780; detached to reënforce the Continental Army by act of June 22, 1780 ; service at Rhode Island by order, July 27, 1780 (Rev. Rolls, xxiv., 100; xxv., 120; xxi., 61).
Great-grandson of JOSHUA FLETCHER, of Lancaster; being one of the Committee of Safety, he left his plough in the field at the Lexington alarm.
WIGGLESWORTH, EDWARD, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of JOHN GODDARD, of Brook- line (1730-1816); was present at the battle of Lex- ington ; in command of the three hundred teams which fortified Dorchester Heights by night, whither, dis- guised as a teamster, he transported the cannon, etc., hidden in loads of wood and hay; member of the General Court, 1776; commissary-general at the siege of Boston (v. Brookline Town Records, 238).
Great-grandson of AMARIAH DANA; assisted
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Ethan Allen at the capture of Ticonderoga (v. " Dana Genealogy").
Great-grandson of SAMUEL NORTON, of Hing- ham; a member of the coast-guard during the Revo- lution (v. Hingham Town Records).
WILLCUTT, LEVI LINCOLN, BROOKLINE.
Grandson of THOMAS WILLCUTT, of Cohasset (1760-1814); private in Captain Clark's company of six months' men raised by Cohasset for the Continental Army; marched to Springfield, July 13, 1780; dis- charged December 8; private in Captain Stower's company, Colonel Whitney's regiment, at Hull from the last of July to the last of November, and from the last of November to the last of December, 1776; at times a gunner in Revere's artillery regiment, in all three years' service; his widow a pensioner (Rev. Rolls, iv., 54; xxxv., 202; xxv., 81, 82, 77, 77%).
WILLIAMS, HORACE BOYLSTON LINCOLN, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of ROBERT WILLIAMS, Jr., of Boston (1753-1834) ; a medical student under Gen- eral Warren ; when the war broke out he was master of the Roxbury Latin School; paymaster and clothier of Colonel Lee's regiment, 1777; transferred April 5, 1779, to Colonel Jackson's regiment; commissioned April 24, ensign and paymaster; promoted first lieu- tenant, April 12, 1782; was at Stillwater, Saratoga, Valley Forge, Monmouth, and Springfield; with Sul- livan in Rhode Island in 1778-9; in the Penobscot expedition, and rejoined the army under Washington before New York, where he remained until the close of the war; treasurer of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati from 1811 to 1834 (v. " Memorials," 518).
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