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At a meeting of the Board of Managers, May 1, 1893, Messrs. Bent, Warren, and Waters were appointed a Committee on Publication, to which the President was added. At a meeting on May 15, it was voted that the cities and towns of the Commonwealth be requested on Memorial Day, May 30, to decorate the graves of Revo- lutionary soldiers with a flag marked "S. A. R." The appointment of delegates to New York and Chicago was left to the President and Registrar. In response to the invitation of the Managers, the graves of Revolutionary heroes were decorated in the towns of Concord, Lexing- ton, Acton, Weston, Brookline, Marblehead, Plymouth, Framingham, South Framingham, and elsewhere.
The General Society of the Cincinnati, on the occasion of its Triennial Congress, in Boston, in June last, devoted a day to Lexington and Concord, under the guidance of a committee from this Society. About one hundred
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members of the Congress participated in the excursion. In Lexington they were in charge of the chaplain, the Rev. Carlton A. Staples, and the Rev. Edward G. Porter, gentlemen thoroughly familiar with that historic town, and, through their attention, the guests were much de- lighted with their visit. The Congress held a business meeting in the Town Hall, and afterwards partook of a generous lunch, to which the committee were invited. After lunch the Cincinnati took carriages, and, under the guidance of the President and Secretary of this Society, were driven over the old British road, six miles, to Con- cord. The many interesting points in this town were visited, and a long halt was made at the Old North Bridge, " where the shot was fired heard round the world," and where French's noble statue of the "Minute-man" charms the beholder. Afterward a call was made at Battle Lawn, the home of President Barrett, whose grounds embrace a part of the battlefield, where old Revolutionary commissions, swords, and powder-horns were shown, and light refreshments served. The day was one of the rarest of June days, and to most of the visitors, coming from many States, it was their first look at the battlefields of Massachusetts. It was to the sister patriotic society a notable occasion, and they expressed in the most kindly terms their sincere thanks for the at- tention given them by the committee from this Society.
SEAL AND BADGE.
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INSIGNIA.
SEAL.
The Seals of the National and State Societies are one and seven-eighths of an inch in diameter, and consist of the figure of a Minute-man standing by the side of a plough, surrounded by thirteen stars; the whole encircled by a band three-eighths of an inch wide, upon which in raised letters is the name of the Society, with the date of organ- ization.
THE BADGE.
DESCRIPTION. - Obverse : A silver cross of four arms and eight points, of the same size as the Cheva- lier's Cross of the French Legion of Honor, with white enamelled arms. In the centre is a gold medallion bust of George Washington in profile, surrounded by a rib- bon in blue enamel, on which is the motto of the Society in gold letters : " Libertas et Patria." Between the med- allion and the points of the cross is a laurel wreath in green enamel. Reverse : Like the obverse; the medal- lion, however, has the figure of a Minute-man, sur- rounded by a ribbon in blue enamel, containing in gold letters the words, " Sons of the American Revolution." The cross is surmounted by an eagle in gold or silver, sus- pended by a ribbon of blue silk with white edges; blue being the color of the uniforms of Washington's staff.
The Cross is a reproduction of the emblem of the French Order of St. Louis, with certain changes, and was adopted to commemorate the assistance given to the
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Colonies by Louis XVI., Grand Master of that Order. The medallion, containing the head of Washington and the figure of the Minute-man, is fitly placed upon a cross of such an origin and associations.
THE ROSETTE.
The Rosette is a button in the shape of a raised cup, of blue and white ribbon. It is to be worn in the upper left-hand button-hole on appropriate occasions.
The Insignia may be obtained from the Registrar of the Society, Nathan Warren, Equitable Building, Boston.
The Cross will be furnished at the following prices, viz. :
Of full size, in gold $25.00
silver . 15.00
A smaller size, duplicate, in gold 10.00
" silver 7.00
In bronze, with the State arms and the name and motto of the Society ·
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MEMBERSHIP ROLL.
ADAMS, ALEXANDER CLINTON, BOSTON.
Grandson of ANSEL ADAMS, of Barnstable (1761- 1849); private in Captain Tobey's company, of Colo- nel Gerrish's regiment, and was stationed at Winter Hill during the siege of Boston ; private in Captain Fisher's company, Colonel William Scott's militia regiment of six months' men, in the alarm at Falmouth (Rev. Rolls, iv., 49; xxiii, 171 ; xxxv., 206, 281 ; Ivii., II).
ADAMS, FRANK SYDNEY, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of JONATHAN ADAMS, of Lon- donderry, New Hampshire (1729-1820) ; signed the " Association List" to oppose " the hostile proceed- ings of the British fleets and armies," 1776; lieutenant of Captain Bayes's company, Colonel Reynolds's regi- ment, for three months, from September, 1781 ; and in Colonel Bell's regiment in the same year; afterwards a captain of militia (History of Londonderry, pp. 255, 334, 340; N. H. Rolls, iii., 263 ; iv., 426).
ADAMS, GEORGE MOULTON, NEWTON.
Great-grandson of GOTHAM MOULTON, of York, Maine (1743-1777); colonel of the second regiment 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-
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mal Swamp, and died at York, of putrid fever, May 12, 1777 (Militia Rolls, xxviii., 85, 87, 95, 120, 129).
Great-great-grandson of SAMUEL FARRER, of Lincoln; chairman of the Committee of Correspond- ence, 1773; took part in the Concord Fight at the age of 66 years (v. " Hist. Manual of the Church in Lincoln," 1872).
ADAMS, JAMES FOSTER ALLEYNE, PITTSFIELD.
Great-grandson of the Reverend MOSES ADAMS, of Framingham (1749-1819); commissioned by Gen- eral Prescott chaplain in Colonel Eleazer Brooks's reg- iment, September 25, 1776; stationed in New York; present at White Plains; returned home in 1777, and ordained at Acton, June 25 (v. Temple's "History of Framingham," 300, 302).
ADAMS, WILLIAM ROBERT, CAMBRIDGE.
Great-grandson of JONATHAN ADAMS, of Lon- donderry, New Hampshire. (v. Frank Sydney Adams.)
*ALLAN, GEORGE WASHINGTON, BOSTON.
Grandson of JOHN ALLAN (Allen), a colonel of troops employed against the Indians at Machias (Maine) in 1778 (Rev. Rolls, xviii., 129).
Grandson of JOHN CRANE, of Boston (1744- 1805) ; a member of the "Boston Tea party ; " captain of the artillery train attached to Greene's Rhode Island forces at the siege of Boston ; major of Knox's artillery regiment, January 1, 1776, and was wounded in New York; colonel of "Crane's Artillery " regiment of the Continental Army from January, 1777, to 1780; brigadier-general, October, 1783 (Rev. Rolls, xviii., xix .; "Tea Leaves," cv).
* Deceased.
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ALLAN, WILLIAM RICE, DENNYSVILLE, MAINE. Great-grandson of JOHN ALLAN (Allen). (v. George Washington Allan.)
ALLEN, CRAWFORD CARTER, CAMBRIDGE.
Great-grandson of JOB DANFORTH, of Provi- dence, Rhode Island (1745-1838) ; ensign of Captain Burrell's company, Colonel Atwell's Rhode Island Regiment, seven months in 1777; a pensioner.
Great-grandson of JOHN CARTER, of Providence (1745-1814); postmaster, 1775-1792; for forty-five years proprietor and editor of the "Providence Ga- zette; " during the whole of the Revolutionary con- test he was the firm champion of his country, and the columns of his paper teemed with sound patriotism and animating exhortations.
ALLEN, FRANK AUGUSTUS, CAMBRIDGE.
Great-grandson of JOSIAH BRAGDON, of York, Maine; lieutenant, January I, 1777; died in service, April 30, 1778.
ALLEN, FRANK CUSHING, BOSTON.
Great-great-grandson of ISAIAH THOMAS, of Cornish, Maine, who was at Bunker Hill and the siege of Boston.
ALLEN, NATHANIEL TOPLIFF, NEWTON.
Grandson of PHINEAS ALLEN, of Medfield (1764-1836) ; enlisted at sixteen years of age in the Continental Army ; was at West Point at André's exe- cution; at Ticonderoga and Crown Point; suffered great privations in "The Jerseys ; " received a pension of $22 a year.
ALLEN WILLIAM, EAST BRIDGEWATER.
Grandson of JONATHAN ALLEN, of Bridge- water; private in Captain Orr's company of minute-
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men, of the east parish (now East Bridgewater), at the Lexington alarm; engaged at Bunker Hill; ensign in Colonel Brewer's regiment at the siege of Boston ; lieutenant, January 1, 1777; enlisted for three years ; at Stillwater, September 19, 1777; died, worn out with service, February 9, 1780.
ALVORD, SAMUEL FRANKLIN, SOUTH HADLEY.
Grandson of JOHN ALVORD, of Lanesboro'; private in the sixth company, Second Regiment of the Continental Army; enlisted in 1777 for the war, and served forty-three months, thirteen days (Rev. Rolls, ii.).
Grandson of ELI DAY, of West Springfield ( - 1833); private in Captain Leonard's company, colo- nel Porter's Hampshire regiment, raised for service at New London, Connecticut, in 1779 (Rev. Rolls, xx., 209) ; was present at Burgoyne's surrender.
APPLETON, NATHAN, BOSTON.
Grandson of ISAAC APPLETON, of New Ips- wich, New Hampshire (1731-1806) ; member of the Provincial Congress, 1775 ; carried the news of Concord fight from New Ipswich to Peterboro', and marched to Cambridge the next morning " before daylight, not stopping to take leave of his family, though he passed near his own door; " private in Captain Smith's com- pany, September 21, 1776, and was present at White Plains ; member of the Committee of Correspondence and Safety, 1777-1780 (History of New Ipswich, pp. 74, 76, 90; N. H. Rev. Rolls, i., 34, 421).
ARNOLD LEONARD FRANK, SOMERVILLE.
Great-grandson of SAMUEL FROST, of Framing- ham (1752-1817); enlisted in 1776; lieutenant in Nixon's Sixth Regiment, January 1, 1777; adjutant, 1778-9; adjutant and paymaster, 1780-81, and pay-
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master until 1784; captain, 1782 ; member of the Cin- cinnati (v. " Memorials of the Cincinnati," p. 202).
BACHELOR, CHARLES OSCAR, NORTHBRIDGE.
Great-grandson of DAVID BATCHELLER, of Northbridge; lieutenant in Captain Wood's company, which marched to Roxbury at the Lexington alarm ; captain in Colonel Read's Twentieth regiment, eight months' service at Roxbury, from April 26, 1775; captain in Lieutenant-Colonel Tyler's regiment, which marched at the Rhode Island alarm, December 8, 1776, one month, fifteen days' service; captain in Colonel Wood's regiment, eight months' service at Peekskill, New York, May 8, 1778, to January 29, 1779; captain in Colonel Tyler's regiment, which marched at the Rhode Island alarm, July 27 to August 8, 1780; major as early as November 6, 1781.
BACON, WILLIAM FREEMAN, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of JOSIAH BACON, of Hutchins (now Barre) ; private in Captain Black's company, of Colonel Jonathan Brewer's regiment, and was killed at Bunker Hill.
BAILEY, DUDLEY PERKINS, EVERETT.
Great-grandson of GIDEON CUSHMAN; private in Captain Wood's company, Colonel Cary's Plymouth County regiment, April 1, 1776 (Rev. Rolls, xxiii., 192) ; private in Captain Churchill's company, Colonel Sproutt's regiment, at two alarms to Dartmouth in May and September, 1778 (Rev. Rolls, i., 113).
BAILEY, FREDERIC WILLIAM, WORCESTER.
Great-great-grandson of SAMUEL BAILEY, of Bethel, Connecticut; lieutenant of the Ninth Company, Sixteenth Connecticut Regiment, May, 1776 (v.
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Colonial Records of Connecticut, xv., 342; " Con- necticut Troops in the Revolution," p. 437).
BAKER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, BROOKLINE.
Grandson of JOHN BAKER, of Brookline, who marched at the Lexington alarm; was at the siege of Boston ; a pensioner.
BAKER, CHARLES FRANCIS, FITCHBURG.
Great-grandson of REUBEN BAKER, of Shrews- bury; private in Captain Cushing's company, Colo- nel Ward's regiment, at Bunker Hill, where he was wounded (Coat Rolls, Ivi.).
Great-grandson of DAVID WETHERBEE, of Lunenburg, private in Captain Fuller's company, Col. Asa Whitcomb's regiment, at Bunker Hill, and the siege of Boston (Coat Rolls, lvi.).
BAKER, GEORGE MINOT, CONCORD.
Grandson of AMOS BAKER, of Lincoln (1756- 1850); a minute-man at Concord fight, being then nineteen years of age (Oration at Concord, April 19, 1850, by Robert Rantoul, Jr .; affidavit of Amos Baker, then 94 years 11 days old).
BAKER, JAMES EDWARD, LINCOLN. Grandson of AMOS BAKER, of Lincoln. (v. George Minot Baker.)
BAKER, SULLIVAN DANA, MARLBORO'.
Grandson of MOSES DENNIS, a cooper in the marine service, and afterwards a surgeon on a receiv- ing-ship in New York bay.
BAKER, WILLIAM, MARLBORO'. Grandson of MOSES DENNIS. (v. Sullivan Dana Baker.)
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BAKER, WILLIAM, LUNENBURG.
Grandson of REUBEN BAKER, of Shrewsbury. Grandson of DAVID WETHERBEE, of Lunen- burg. (v. Charles Francis Baker.)
BALL, ISRAEL MANNING, HOLDEN.
Grandson of ISRAEL MANNING, of Lancaster (1756-1821); private in Captain Sawyer's company, Col. John Whitcomb's regiment, seven days' service at the Lexington alarm (Rolls, xiii., 113); private in Captain Richardson's company at Prospect Hill, Charlestown, October 6, 1775; served three years as corporal in Captain Hodgkins's company, and later in Captain Hayden's company, of Colonel Bigelow's Fifteenth Massachusetts Regiment.
BANGS, CHARLES MCCLARY, CAMBRIDGE.
Great-grandson of MICHAEL McCLARY, of Epsom, New Hampshire ; second lieutenant of Captain Dearborn's company, Colonel Stark's regiment, three months, sixteen days, from April 23, 1775, including Bunker Hill; captain of the fifth company, Colonel Scammel's third regiment of the New Hampshire Continental Army, from November 7, 1776, until De- cember 25, 1777, when he left the service (N. H. Rolls, i., 68, 555 ; iii., 7).
BANGS, FREDERICK LINCOLN, ST. LOUIS, MO.
Great-grandson of MICHAEL McCLARY, of Epsom, New Hampshire. (v. Charles McClary Bangs.)
BARBOUR, CHARLES JUSTIN, SPRINGFIELD.
Great-grandson of ISRAEL LUCAS, of Glaston- bury, Connecticut, a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner. (Connecticut Rolls, 665.)
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BARKER, JAMES MADISON, PITTSFIELD.
Great-grandson of JOHN BARKER, of Lanes- boro'; private in Captain Wheeler's company, Colonel Brown's regiment of militia, at Fort Ann, in the cam- paign against Burgoyne, June 30, 1777, for twenty-six days (Rev. Rolls, xxiv., 75) ; was present as a volun- teer at the battle of Bennington.
Great-grandson of JOHN LYON, M.D., of Lanes- boro' (Cheshire) (1756-1817); private in the same company with John Barker ; private in Captain Newell's company, Colonel Symonds's regiment, that marched at the Bennington alarm, August 14, 1777 (two days before the battle), and continued in service six days (Rev. Rolls, xxi., 134; History of Cheshire, Berkshire County History, i., 615).
BARNES, WILLIAM, MARLBORO'.
Great-grandson of PHINEAS HOWE, of Marl- boro'; private in Captain Brigham's company that marched to Cambridge at the Lexington alarm (v. History of Marlboro', p. 168).
Great-grandson of DANIEL HARRINGTON, of Marlboro' (1707-1795) ; private in Captain Minot's company, Colonel Bullard's regiment, in 1777 (Rev. Rolls, xxi., 79) ; private in Captain Reid's company, Colonel Heath's regiment, on service at Boston in 1778 (Rev. Rolls, xx., 4; History of Marlboro', pp. 173, 377).
BARRETT, EDWIN SHEPARD, CONCORD.
Great-grandson of NATHAN BARRETT, captain of the Concord company of minute-men defending North Bridge, April 19, 1775; pursued the British to Charlestown, and though wounded captured Major Pitcairn's horse, saddle, and pistols, and returned home; the pistols he gave to General Putnam, and they are now in the Lexington Public Library ; major of the Third Middlesex Regiment, 1776;
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lieutenant-colonel, 1779 (Rev. Rolls, xxviii., 4, 44, 89).
Great-great-grandson of Colonel JAMES BAR- RETT, who was in charge of the military stores collected at Concord, and of all the troops at Concord fight; a member of the Provincial Congress, 1774; mustering officer for Middlesex County, and member of the Committee of Safety (v. Shattuck's " History of Concord ; " Frothingham's " Siege of Boston ").
BARRETT, HARRY EDMANDS, CONCORD.
Great-great-grandson of NATHAN BARRETT, of Concord.
Great-great-great-grandson of JAMES BARRETT, of Concord.
(v. Edwin Shepard Barrett.)
BARRETT, HENRY HUDSON, MALDEN.
Great-grandson of NATHAN BARRETT, of Concord.
Great-great-grandson of JAMES BARRETT, of Concord.
(v. Edwin Shepard Barrett.)
BARRETT, RICHARD FAY, CONCORD.
Great-great-grandson of JAMES BARRETT, of Concord.
(v. Edwin Shepard Barrett.)
BARRETT, WILLIAM, CONCORD.
Great-great-grandson of JAMES BARRETT, of Concord.
(v. Edwin Shepard Barrett.)
* BARTLETT, JONATHAN, BOSTON.
Son of JONATHAN BARTLETT, of Plymouth ; private in Captain Hammatt's company at the Lexing- ton alarm (Rolls, xii., 126) ; later, lieutenant.
* Deceased.
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BELL, CHARLES UPHAM, LAWRENCE.
Great-grandson of THOMAS COGSWELL, of Haverhill (1746-1810) ; captain of the Haverhill com- pany which marched at the Lexington alarm; at Bunker Hill and the siege of Boston, in Colonel Ger- rish's regiment; major of Colonel Vose's regiment, February, 1777, and served to the end of the war; was wagon-master-general of the Continental Army; after the war was Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Court of Common Pleas; a member of the Cincinnati (v. " Memorials," p. 144).
BENT, SAMUEL ARTHUR, BROOKLINE.
Great-grandson of DAVID BENT, of Rutland ; captain of the Rutland company in Colonel Sparhawk's regiment that marched to Cambridge at the Lexington alarm (Rolls, xi., 219) ; lieutenant of Captain Bowker's company of Colonel Whitney's regiment, raised to reën- force the Continental Army, February, 1776 (Rev. Rolls, xxviii., 100) ; captain of the Rutland company that marched at the Bennington alarm, August, 1777, eleven days' service (Rev. Rolls, xvii., 49) ; captain from August 31 to November 19, 1777, in Colonel Cushing's Worcester militia regiment (Rev. Rolls, xvii., 180) ; selectman, 1782.
Great-grandson of ISAAC APPLETON, of New Ipswich, New Hampshire.
(v. Nathan Appleton.)
Great-great-grandson of JOHN BARRETT, of Concord (1748-1815); private in Captain Nathan Barrett's company at the Concord fight (" Old Concord Genealogies," 105).
BICKNELL, GEORGE FREEMAN, ATTLEBORO'.
Grandson of JOSHUA BICKNELL, of Barring- ton, Rhode Island (1759-1837) ; private in an artillery regiment in that State four months, and twenty months in an infantry regiment called out to repel an attack
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on Bristol, Rhode Island ; a pensioner, as appears by a certificate dated February 10, 1892.
BICKNELL, THOMAS WILLIAM, BOSTON.
Grandson of JOSHUA BICKNELL, of Barrington, Rhode Island.
(v. George Freeman Bicknell.)
BICKNELL, WILLIAM HENRY WARREN, WIN- CHESTER.
Great-great-grandson of LUKE BICKNELL, of Abington ; private in Captain Reed's company, Colo- nel Bailey's regiment, at the Lexington alarm; cor- poral in Captain Reed's company, Colonel Thomas's regiment, at the siege of Boston, eight months' service ; adjutant of a regiment raised to reënforce the Conti- nental Army for three months, from July, 1780 (Lexington Alarm Rolls, xiii., 76; Coat Rolls, lvi .; Rev. Rolls, xxviii., 61); captain in Colonel Putnam's regiment in 1781 (Rolls, xvii., 86).
BILL, LEDYARD, PAXTON.
Grandson of YOSHUA BILL, of Groton, Connecticut (1762-1841) ; a minute-man, who served at the battle of Groton Heights, September 6, 1781; was wounded and received a pension.
BILLINGS, JOHN DAVIS, CAMBRIDGE.
Great-grandson of JONATHAN BILLINGS, of Stoughton; private in Capt. James Endicott's com- pany, Colonel Robinson's regiment, at the Lexington alarm (Rolls, xi., 78) ; corporal in Captain Bradley's company, Colonel 'Gill's regiment, 1776 (Rolls, xvii., 57).
Great-grandson of DANIEL BILLINGS, of Stoughton; a private in the same company.
Great-grandson of ATKINS CLARK, of Stough- ton ; corporal in Capt. Nathaniel Sawin's company,
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Colonel Palmer's regiment, fifteen days' service, from March 4, 1776 (Rev. Rolls, xxii., 212).
Great-great-grandson of ROGER BILLINGS, of Stoughton; private in Captain Endicott's company of minute-men, Colonel Robinson's regiment, April, 1775; later in Captain Lyon's company, of Colonel Gill's regiment.
Great-great-grandson of BENJAMIN BILLINGS, of Stoughton ; private in Capt. Samuel Payson's com- pany at the Lexington alarm (Rolls, xii., 39) ; lieu- tenant in Colonel Alden's regiment.
BLANCHARD, WARREN, SOUTHBORO'.
Great-grandson of CALVIN BLANCHARD, of Acton (1754- ); private in Captain Davis's com- pany at the Concord fight, and served through the war.
BLOOD, EDMUND HARVEY NEWTON, PEPPERELL.
Son of EDMUND BLOOD, of Groton, a private in Captain Barry's company, Colonel Dyke's regi- ment (Rolls, xxvi., 428) ; private in Captain Bailey's company, Eighth Massachusetts Militia, 1780; mus- tered at Springfield; served at West Point until 1781.
BLOOD, ROBERT ALLEN, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of SIMEON BLOOD, of Hollis, New Hampshire ; private in the company raised in that town after the fall of Ticonderoga; attached to Colonel Nichols's regiment, General Stark's brigade, and served at Bennington and Stillwater, two months nine days in 1777; private in Captain Howe's company, First Con- tinental Regiment, January, 1778, and served two years; served six months on the northern frontier in 1780 (v. "History of Hollis," 175, 180, 190); a pensioner.
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BOLTON, CHARLES KNOWLES, CAMBRIDGE.
Great-great-grandson of TIMOTHY BOLTON, of Shirley (1759-1829) ; private in Captain Haskell's company of Colonel Prescott's regiment, which marched to Cambridge at the Lexington alarm ; private in Captain Longley's company, of Col. Asa Whitcomb's regiment, for eight months, at Prospect Hill, during the siege of Boston.
BOND, JOHN CHARLES, SOMERVILLE.
Grandson of GILBERT BOND, of Hampstead, New Hampshire (1758-1834); private in Captain Hutchins's company, Colonel Reed's regiment, three months, five days, from June 9, 1775, and was at Bun- ker Hill (N. H. Rev. Rolls, i., 77, 81, 198) ; a pen- sioner.
BOOMER, BENJAMIN LORING, BROCKTON.
Grandson of EPHRAIM BOOMER, of Freetown (1763-1856) ; served four days, from July 3, 1780, in Captain Brightman's company ; joined the Continental Army, August, 1780, and served six months in Lieu- tenant Wetherell's company, Colonel Bigelow's regi- ment ; private in Captain Smart's company, Third Massachusetts Regiment, July, 1781; was at Ver- planck's Point, New York; was made sergeant, and as such was coxswain of a barge at West Point, and often carried Washington, Putnam, Greene, and Arnold across the Hudson (v. Mass. Archives, i., iv., xxxv., liii.).
BOUVÉ, WALTER LINCOLN, HINGHAM.
Great-grandson of JONATHAN BOUVÉ, pri- vate in Colonel Revere's and Colonel Craft's artillery regiments.
Great-grandson of BARNABAS LINCOLN, pri- vate in Capt. James Lincoln's company.
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BOWDITCH, GALEN MELVIN, BOSTON.
Grandson of ELIAS GROUT, of Sherborn (1757- 1835) ; private in the Sherborn company that marched at the Lexington alarm to Cambridge, whence they were sent to Charlestown at midnight before the battle of Bunker Hill, and were in the redoubt; later was at Valley Forge, and served more than two years.
BOYDEN, ELBRIDGE, WORCESTER.
Son of AMOS BOYDEN, of Sturbridge, private in Captain Batchelder's company, Colonel Wood's regiment, for six months, from January, 1778 (Rev. Rolls, xvii., 61).
BOYDEN, MASON AMOS, WORCESTER.
Grandson of AMOS BOYDEN, of Sturbridge. (v. Elbridge Boyden.)
BRADISH, FRANK ELIOT, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of DAVID BRADISH, of Fal- mouth, Maine; first lieutenant in Captain Bradish's company, in Colonel Phinney's regiment, July, 1775, eight months' service at the siege of Boston; captain of a company in the first Cumberland regiment, Feb- ruary 1, 1776; major of Colonel Bigelow's regiment, January, 1777 (v. Coat Rolls, lvi .; Continental Army Rolls, xxviii., 35).
BRADISH, JOHN QUINCY, NEW YORK.
Grandson of GAMES BRADISH, M.D., of Town No. 5 ; surgeon's mate in Colonel Brewer's regiment at the siege of Boston, and stationed on Dorchester Heights (Coat Rolls, vol. lvi.).
*BRADISH, LEVI JOHNSON, BOSTON. Grandson of DAVID BRADISH, of Falmouth. (v. Frank Eliot Bradish).
* Deceased.
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BRANIGAN, EDWARD WALTER, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of PETER BUNKER, of Charles- town, who was present at Bunker Hill and the siege of Boston.
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