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LODGE, HENRY CABOT, NAHANT.
Great-grandson of GEORGE CABOT, of Boston (1751-1823); member of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts; of the State constitutional convention of 1780; United States Senator, and the confidential friend of Washington and Hamilton.
Great-grandson of JOHN LANGDON, of Boston (1747-1793); captain in the Sixteenth Regiment of the Continental Army, Col. Henry Jackson, from Feb- ruary 1, 1777, to October 23, 1778 (Cont. Army Rolls, xviii., 157).
*LONG, WILLIAM H., CHELSEA.
Great-grandson of NEHEMIAH EMERSON; captain and quartermaster of Colonel Tupper's regi- ment.
LOVETT, WILLIAM HENRY, BEVERLY.
Great-grandson of JOSEPH LOVETT, of Beverly ; at the moment of the Lexington alarm he was plough- ing; unhitched the oxen, leaving them to his son to drive home; took his gun and equipment and hurried to the place of assembly, in the Beverly meeting-house, where he joined his company in their march to Con- cord, as a private in the first foot company of that town ; private in Capt. John Low's company, in Colonel Hutchinson's regiment, May 12, 1775; private in Captain Low's company in the Nineteenth Regiment, October 6, 1775, at the seige of Boston (Coat Rolls, v., 15, 50, 56, 102).
LOW, DAVID W., GLOUCESTER.
Great-grandson of JOHN LOW, of Gloucester (1728-1796) ; lieutenant-colonel of the Gloucester militia regiment in 1775 ; afterwards colonel; member of the Committee of Correspondence and Safety ; representative, 1776-77-78-81 ; delegate to the con- ventions to ratify the State and United States Consti-
* Deceased.
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tutions ; selectman of Gloucester during the Revolution ; in all of which capacities he rendered material military and civil services.
Great-grandson of ISAAC SOMES, of Gloucester (1741-1782); commander of the private armed sloop "Union;" one of the first sent out from that town, capturing a ship bound for Lisbon with a cargo of fish, and a brig laden with salt; the latter was made a privateer, capturing several vessels on the coast of France; he afterwards commanded a new ship, the " Tempest," in which he was lost at sea with all hands on her first voyage (v. Babson's History of Gloucester ; Choate's "History of Essex ").
LYNCH, ROBERT A., BOSTON.
Great-grandson of JOHN STEELE, of North Carolina; a general of the Revolution; member of Congress from that State; first comptroller of the Treasury under Washington and Adams.
LYNDE, HENRY FRANCIS, SOMERVILLE.
Great-grandson of NATHAN LYNDE, of Malden ; lieutenant in Captain Blaney's company, of Colonel Gardner's Middlesex regiment, at the siege of Boston.
LYON, HENRY, BOSTON.
Grandson of JACOB LYON, of Milton (1754- 1829); fifer in Captain Gould's Milton company, Colonel Sargent's regiment, at the siege of Boston (Coat Rolls, Vol. Ivi .; Rev. Rolls, lv., 170; xxxv., 213) ; private in Captain Greenleaf's company of six months' men, July 29, 1780 (Do., xxxv., 213) ; private in Captain Robbins's company of five months' men, Continental Army, from July to December, 1781.
LYON, HENRY WARE, U.S.N., BOSTON.
Great-grandson of JACOB LYON, of Milton. (v. Henry Lyon.)
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MALOON, SOLON HUNTINGTON, U.S.N., Bos- TON.
Grandson of SIMON DAVIS ; a soldier at Bunker Hill, and a pensioner.
MARTIN, FRANCIS COFFIN, BOSTON.
Grandson of JOSIAH CROSBY, of Amherst, New Hampshire; captain in Colonel Reed's regiment, 1775 ; was at Bunker Hill; marched from Amherst to Ticonderoga, June 30, 1777 (N.H. Rolls, i., 38; ii., 72, 520) ; captain in Colonel Nichols's regiment on the expedition to Rhode Island, August, 1777; served through the war with four of his sons.
*MARSHALL, JAMES FOWLE BALDWIN, WES- TON.
Grandson of CHRISTOPHER MARSHALL; captain of a company in the Tenth (Col. Thomas Mar- shall's) regiment, 1776-7 (Rev. Rolls, xxviii., 72).
MARTIN, SAMUEL THORNDIKE PEIRCE, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of BENJAMIN PEIRCE, of Salem (1738-1775); private in Captain Pickering's company, that marched at the Lexington alarm; im- patient at a halt ordered by his commander, he left the ranks and proceeded to the house of his father-in- law at Malden, where he procured a horse to pursue his journey ; within a hour from that time he was shot by the flank guard of the British, and bayoneted.
*MAYO, CHARLES HENRY, NATICK.
Great-grandson of JOHN MAYO; a lieutenant who was killed by a random shot from the British, near Guild row, Roxbury, while on the march to Dorches- ter Heights in 1775.
* Deceased.
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MCCLURE, JOHN, REVERE.
Son of DAVID McCLURE ; private at the battle of Bennington (v. Vermont Centennial, p. 169).
MELCHER, LEWIS MUNROE, U.S.N., BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
Great-great-grandson of JEDEDIAH MUNROE, of Lexington (1721-1775) ; private in Captain Parker's company. "Jedediah Munroe was wounded in the morning, but, nothing daunted, instead of quitting the field, when his wound was dressed he mounted his horse and rode to a neighboring town, giving the alarm and rallying the citizens, and when Parker's company went forward to meet the British re- turning from Concord, Munroe joined the company, and was killed in the afternoon" ("History of Middlesex County," i., 21) ; his son, Daniel Munroe, a member of a militia company in Roxbury, was sent by his captain, on the 19th of April, to learn the move- ments of the British, and made his report; marched with his company, after Bunker Hill, to retake the position, but was met by counter orders; in camp at Cambridge, but discharged as an invalid.
MERRITT, WALTER HOWARD, LYNN.
Great-great-grandson of SAMUEL FLINT, of Dan- vers ; captain of the Danvers company, Colonel Picker- ing's regiment, at the Lexington alarm (Rolls, xii., 75) ; captain of the Sixth Company of Colonel Willys's Essex regiment, March, 1776; captain in Colonel Johnson's Essex regiment from August to October, 1777 (Rev. Rolls, xxviii., 125 ; xix., 69).
*MILLET, ASA, EAST BRIDGEWATER.
Grandson of THOMAS MILLET, of Gloucester
(
-1823); a private from that town at the siege
of Boston, June, 1775, who served until after the battle
* Deceased.
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of Trenton, 1776; on his return, shipped on the " Hancock," Captain Manly, April, 1777; was cap- tured by the British, and after varied experiences was exchanged, December, 1778; a pensioner.
MILLETT, JOSHUA HOWARD, MALDEN.
Great-grandson of THOMAS MILLETT, of Gloucester.
(v. Asa Millett.)
MONK, ELISHA CAPEN, STOUGHTON.
Great-grandson of GEORGE MONK, of Stoughton (1733- ); private in Captain Briggs's company, Colonel Reed's regiment, at the Lexington alarm ; private in Captain Leach's company, Colonel Gill's regiment, at Dorchester Heights, serving three months, seven days.
MONTGOMERY, JAMES ALEXANDER, NORTH ANDOVER.
Son of ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY, of Andover (1762-1840) ; private in Captain Johnson's company, Col. Samuel Johnson's Fourth Essex Regi- ment, 1777, for nine months; private in Captain Abbot's company, Colonel Wade's regiment, three months' service at West Point in 1780 (Mass. Rolls, xvii., I ; " History of Andover," pp. 358, 386).
MOODY, EDWARD FRANCIS, CHICAGO.
Great-grandson of NICHOLAS HARRIS, of Wal- pole (1756-1846) ; private in the Walpole company at the Lexington alarm; at Redbank, New Jersey, and other skirmishes (Alarm Rolls, xi., 205).
Great-great grandson of PAUL MOODY, of New- bury; sergeant in Captain Gerrish's company at the Lexington alarm (Rolls, xii., 105).
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MOODY, EDWARD FRANCIS, JR., ATLANTA, GEOR- GIA.
Great-great-grandson of NICHOLAS HARRIS, of Walpole.
Great-great-great-grandson of PAUL MOODY, of Newbury.
(v. Edward Francis Moody.)
MOODY, NICHOLAS HARRIS, PHILADELPHIA.
Great-grandson of NICHOLAS HARRIS, of Wal- pole.
Great-great-grandson of PAUL MOODY, of New- bury.
(v. Edward Francis Moody.)
MOORE, GEORGE BATES, BOSTON.
Grandson of JOHN MORE, of Scarborough, Maine ; private in the companies of Captains Watkins and Hill, in Colonel Phinney's regiment, from January I, 1776, twelve months; a pensioner at the age of seventy-one (Records of the Pension Bureau).
MORGAN, GEORGE HENRY, NEWTON.
Great-grandson of HENRY MORGAN, of "Cape Ann" (1741-1808) ; private in Captain Rowe's com- pany, Colonel Bridge's regiment, at the siege of Bos- ton (Coat Rolls, lvi., 31); served in the Continental Army until the surrender at Yorktown.
MORROW, CHARLES HARVEY, GLOUCESTER.
Great-great-grandson of SAMUEL PERRY, of Sandwich; private in Captain Bangs's company, Colonel Dike's regiment, during the siege of Boston (Rev. Rolls, xvii., 106).
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MOULTON, BEVERLY SANBORN, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of GOTHAM MOULTON, of York, Maine.
(v. George Moulton Adams).
MOULTON, HENRY WILLIAM, NEWBURYPORT.
Great-grandson of CUTTING MOULTON, of Newbury (1748-1808); marched to Charlestown June 15, 1775, and fought through the battle of Bun- ker Hill, at the rail fence; used to tell that he was charged not to fire until he could "see the whites of their eyes;" served three months at the siege of Boston.
Great-grandson of SAMUEL DALTON, of Hamp- ton, New Hampshire; a recognized patriot of that town.
MUNROE, ALFRED, CONCORD.
Great-grandson of JEDEDIAH MUNROE, of Lexington.
(v. Lewis Munroe Melcher).
MUNROE, CHARLES WILLIAM, CAMBRIDGE.
Grandson of WILLIAM MUNROE, of Lexington ; orderly sergeant of Captain Parker's company, April 19, 1775; lieutenant in the northern army, and was at Burgoyne's surrender ; kept the " Munroe Tavern " at Lexington, and entertained Washington on his visit to that town in 1789; was later colonel of militia and member of the Legislature (v. " History of Lexing- ton, p. 158").
*MUZZEY, ARTEMAS BOWERS, CAMBRIDGE.
Grandson of AMOS MUZZEY, of Lexington ; private in Captain Parker's company at Lexington, April 19, 1775, and served in two campaigns.
Grandson of TIMOTHY BOUTELLE; captain in
* Deceased.
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Colonel Rand's regiment, of the Continental Army, three months in 1780 (Rev. Rolls, xvii., 137).
MUZZEY, DAVID PATTERSON, CAMBRIDGE.
Great-grandson of AMOS MUZZEY, of Lexington. Great-grandson of TIMOTHY BOUTELLE. (v. Artemas Bowers Muzzey.)
NEWCOMB, ARTHUR WILBUR, QUINCY.
Great-grandson of SAMUEL NEWCOMB, of Braintree, now Quincy ; a private at Lexington, and in Captain Billings's company, in Colonel Bass's regiment, 1776, assembling to drive the British out of Boston Harbor.
NEWCOMB, HARRY HOWARD, WAKEFIELD.
Great-grandson of JOHN LOW, of Beverly (1755- ); private in the Beverly company at the Lexington alarm; sergeant of a company in Colonel Mansfield's regiment, July 1, 1775 ; sergeant of a com- pany commanded by his father, John Low, in Colonel Hutchinson's Nineteenth Regiment, and served two months and twenty-five days (v. Rev. Rolls, xx., 199; XXXV., 33 ; xv., 50; lvii., file II).
NEWCOMB, HERBERT HARRIS, QUINCY.
Great-grandson of SAMUEL NEWCOMB, of Braintree.
(v. Arthur Wilbur Newcomb.)
NEWELL, HOWARD NELSON, SPRINGFIELD.
Great-grandson of STEPHEN NEWELL, of Dud- ley; private in Captain Munro's company, Colonel Leonard's regiment, and served at Ticonderoga in 1777; private in Capt. David Batchelder's company, Colonel Wood's regiment, in 1778, 1779, and in the Continental Army in 1780 (Rev. Rolls, iv., 69; xvii., 61 ; xxi., 74).
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Great-grandson of ROBERT SESSIONS, of Pomfret, Connecticut (1752-1836); member of the " Boston Tea Party," while living in Boston ; served in the Lexington alarm from Pomfret; private in Captain Ingalls's company, Colonel Williams's regiment, 1775 ; sergeant in the same company and regiment in 1776; sergeant in Captain Holbrook's company, Colonel Ely's regiment, 1776; lieutenant in Captain Grosve- nor's company, Colonel Mclellan's regiment; a pen- sioner (v. "Tea Leaves," lxxix., clx .; Records of the Pension Bureau ; " Connecticut Men in the Revolu- tion," 20, 463).
NEWELL, JOHN CURTIS BIGELOW, SPRINGFIELD.
Grandson of STEPHEN NEWELL, of Dudley. (v. Howard Nelson Newell.)
NEWELL, NELSON CYRUS, SPRINGFIELD.
Grandson of STEPHEN NEWELL, of Dudley. Grandson of ROBERT SESSIONS, of Boston. (v. Howard Nelson Newell.)
NEWELL, WILLIAM CHANDLER, SPRINGFIELD.
Great-grandson of STEPHEN NEWELL, of Dudley.
Great-grandson of ROBERT SESSIONS, of Bos- ton.
(v. Howard Nelson Newell.)
NEWHALL, CHARLES LYMAN, SOUTHBRIDGE.
Great-grandson of JONAS BEMIS, of Spencer (1737-1790); second lieutenant of Captain Wool- cott's company at the Lexington alarm (Rolls, xiii., 170; History of Spencer).
Great-grandson of SAMUEL HOOKER, of Stur- bridge; private in Capt. Ebenezer Craft's company at the Lexington alarm (Rolls, xii., II).
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NEWTON, EDWARD BARTLETT, WINTHROP.
Great-grandson of EDWARD NEWTON, of Ster- ling (then part of Lancaster), (1738-1819) ; ensign of the Sterling company of militia, in Col. Asa Whit- comb's regiment; was at Concord, and marched to Cambridge at the Lexington alarm; first lieutenant of Captain Greenleaf's company, in Colonel Cushing's regiment, September 1, 1777; served three months, ten days; first lieutenant of Captain Stuart's com- pany, Colonel Whitney's regiment, which marched at the Bennington alarm; lieutenant and captain of the Seventh Company, Second Worcester Regiment, 1780.
NEWTON, EDWARD STRONG, BOSTON.
Grandson of EDWARD NEWTON, of Sterling. (v. Edward Bartlett Newton.)
NEWTON, GEORGE LINCOLN, WEYMOUTH.
Great-grandson of EDWARD NEWTON, of Ster- ling.
(v. Edward Bartlett Newton.)
NEWTON, JOHN CALVIN, EAST BRIDGEWATER.
Grandson of LUTHER NEWTON, of Marl- borough, New Hampshire (1759- ); private in General Stark's brigade at the battle of Bennington.
NEWTON, JOSEPH LYMAN, WEYMOUTH.
Great-grandson of EDWARD NEWTON, of Sterling.
(v. Edward Bartlett Newton.)
NICHOLS, FRANCIS ALANSON, LOWELL.
Great-grandson of JONATHAN NICHOLS, of Reading (1758-1840); private in the Third Parish Company, Colonel Green's regiment, April 19, 1775 (v. " History of Reading," 700) ; served also as a pri- vateersman ; was a pensioner.
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NICHOLS, FRANK WILLIAMS, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of JOHN NICHOLS, a soldier of Massachusetts in the Revolution.
Great-grandson of AMBROSE BATES, sergeant of a company in Colonel McIntosh's regiment, 1778; was present at the surrender of Ticonderoga and of Burgoyne at Saratoga.
Great-great-grandson of JAMES LANE, of Bed- ford (1725-1799); private in Captain Moore's com- pany of Bedford at Concord fight ; sergeant in the same company, in Colonel Reed's regiment, for three months from April 1, 1778, then acting as guard of Bur- goyne's troops after his surrender (v. "History of Bedford," 66; Rev. Rolls, xlvi., 21, 22 ; xxi., 81).
NICHOLS, RICHARD JOHNSON, LYNN.
Grandson of CHARLES HERBERT, a sailor on the sloop-of-war " Alliance," in the fleet commanded by John Paul Jones, in September, 1779, in the attack on the British fleet, in which the " Bon Homme Richard " captured the "Serapis; " was himself captured and imprisoned in the " Old Mill" and Dartmoor prisons ; the journal, in book form, kept by him in prison, is in possession of Mr. Nichols.
NOBLE, WILLIAM HENRY CLIFTON, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of JOSEPH PERKINS, of Plimp- ton; private in the Halifax and Plimpton Company, Captain Bradford, Colonel Cotton's regiment, which marched to Marshfield at the Lexington alarm (Rev. Rolls, xi., 249) ; private in Captain Nason's Halifax company, Colonel Stevens's regiment, December, 1776 (Do., xxi., 179) ; private in Captain Turner's com- pany, Colonel Marshall's Plymouth County regiment, in the same year (Do., xxiii., 159); and in Captain Harlow's company in the same year (Do., xxxvi., 39, 40, 41, 45).
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NUTTER, ISAAC NEWTON, EAST BRIDGEWATER.
Great-grandson of ADNA WINSLOW CLIFT, of Taunton; sergeant of Captain Richards's company, Colonel Brewer's regiment, at the siege of Boston (Coat Rolls, Ivi.) ; second lieutenant of Captain Bick- nall's company, Colonel Putnam's regiment, of three months men, in 1781.
NUTTING, GEORGE HALE, SOMERVILLE.
Great-grandson of DAVID HUBBARD, of Con- cord ; corporal of Captain Mills's company, of Colonel Reed's regiment; under Arnold in the Quebec expedi- tion, and later under Gates; discharged on account of ill-health, November, 1776 (v. Hayward's " History of Hancock," 168, 671 ; Potter's " Old Families of Con- cord," 35; Shattuck's " History of Concord; " and Butler's " History of Groton ").
Great-grandson of WILLIAM NUTTING, of Groton (1752-1832) ; corporal of Captain Lawrence's company, which marched to Cambridge at the Lexing- ton alarm, serving twenty-one days (Alarm Rolls, xii., 174).
NYE, CHARLES EDWARD, MEDFORD.
Great-grandson of ELISHA NYE, of Sandwich (1745-1833) ; lieutenant of Captain Grannis's com- pany, May, 1775, to the end of the year; captain of a company in Colonel Bradford's regiment from January, 1776, until the end of the year; stationed at the Eliza- beth islands from January to April, 1777, when he retired from service.
NYE, WILLARD, JR., NEW BEDFORD.
Great-grandson of NATHAN NYE, Jr., of Sand- wich (1749-1826); adjutant of the First Massachu- setts Regiment (v. Freeman's " History of Cape Cod," i., 532).
Great-great-grandson of STEPHEN NYE, of Sand-
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wich (1720-1810); representative from 1761 for eighteen years; member of the Provincial Congress ; member of the Committee of Correspondence, In- spection, and Safety (v. Freeman's " History of Cape Cod," ii., 120).
NYE, WILLIAM HENRY, BOISE CITY, IDAHO.
Great-grandson of ELISHA NYE, of Sandwich. (v. Charles Edward Nye.)
OAKMAN, HENRY PHILLIPS, BOSTON.
Grandson of CONSTANT OAKMAN, of Pem- broke; private in Captain Turner's company, Colonel Brady's regiment, January, 1776 (Rev. Rolls, xxiii., 163).
ORCUTT, FRANK EDWARD, MELROSE.
Great-grandson of JOSEPH HOBBS, of Hudson, New Hampshire ; private in Captain Daniels's company, Colonel Tash's regiment, September, 1776; private in Captain Runnel's company, Colonel Nichols's regiment, of Stark's brigade, Continental Army, two months, nine days from July 20, 1777; enlisted June 20, 1782, for three years or the war (N.H. Rolls, i., 411; ii., 201 ; iii., 286).
ORNE, JOEL STONE, CAMBRIDGE.
Great-grandson of AZOR ORNE, of Marblehead (1731-1796) ; member of the Provincial Congress and of the Committee of Safety; was recommended to Washington as one of nineteen trustworthy citizens of Massachusetts, and did effective service in furnishing supplies ; member of the State legislature and council, and of the constitutional convention, and is fre- quently mentioned in the histories of the time.
Great-grandson of MOSES STONE, of Watertown (1749-1803); corporal in the Watertown company, 1775; was at Bunker Hill, the siege of Boston, and
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Ticonderoga; sergeant of Captain Stevens's company, guarding the stores at Watertown, until discharged on account of illness brought on by exposure.
PAGE, CHARLES ALBERT, MELROSE.
Great-grandson of MOSES STONE, Jr .; captain of the Sudbury company, Lieutenant-colonel Howe's regiment, at the Lexington alarm (Rolls, xii., 86).
PAGE, CHARLES FELLOWS, BROOKLINE.
Great-great-grandson of NATHANIEL APPLE- TON HAVEN, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire; a surgeon in the Revolution, who was captured and con- fined on the Jersey prison-ship.
PAGE, LOUIS COUES, BROOKLINE.
Great-great-grandson of NATHANIEL APPLE- TON HAVEN, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. (v. Charles Fellows Page.)
PAINE, DAVID, CAMBRIDGE.
Grandson of DAVID SMALL, of Scarborough, Maine; private and sergeant in Captain Mayberry's company, of Colonel Francis's regiment; private in Captain Crocker's company, of Colonel Reed's regi- ment ; private in Captain Strout's company, of Colonel Freeman's regiment ; in Captain Francis Shaw's com- pany; in Captains Dyer's and West's companies (v. Rev. Rolls, xxi., 48; xxxv., 235, 240, 243 ; xxxvi., 214, 225, 229, 255 ; xxxvii., 64) ; private in Captain Clark's company, of Colonel Tupper's Eleventh Regi- ment.
PALMER, MOSES POORE, GROTON.
Grandson of JOHN PALMER, of Bradford; pri- vate in Captain Gage's company at the Lexington alarm (Rolls, xii., 106) ; a pensioner.
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*PARKE, WILLIAM COOPER, JR., BOSTON.
Great-grandson of MATTHEW PARKE, of Bos- ton; captain of marines on board the Continental frigate " Alliance," and was present at the engagement between the "Bon Homme Richard" and the "Serapis," September 23, 1779.
PARKER, ANDREW JOHNSON, BOSTON.
Son of JOSHUA PARKER, of Groton; enlisted in the Fourth Regiment for the siege of Boston, and received £50 bounty (Coat Rolls, Ivi.).
PARKER, CHARLES EDWIN, HOLDEN.
Great-grandson of TIMOTHY PARKER, of Stur- bridge; captain of the Sturbridge company, Colonel Warner's regiment, at the Lexington alarm (Rolls, xiii., 53).
PARKER, CHARLES HENRY, MEDFORD.
Great-great-grandson of EDMUND PARKER, of Woburn (1762-1840) ; private in Captain Brooks's Reading company of minute-men at Lexington, April 19, 1775, his uncle being captain of the Lexington company ; private in Captain Green's company, Colonel Howe's regiment, in the Rhode Island expedition, July to October, 1780 (Rev. Rolls, xii., 93 ; ii., 59; “Gene- . alogy of the Parker Family," 85, 145) ; a pensioner.
PARKER, FRANK CARLTON, HOLDEN.
Great-great-grandson of TIMOTHY PARKER, of Sturbridge.
(v. Charles Edwin Parker.)
PARKER, JABEZ PRATT, MALDEN.
Great-grandson of BENJAMIN PRATT, of Sut- ton (circa 1763-1826) ; private in the Sixth Massa-
* Deceased.
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chusetts Regiment, six months' service, July, 1780 (v. Rev. Rolls, xxxv., 109).
PARKER, JOHN LORD, LYNN.
Great-grandson of EBENEZER PARKER, of Westford ; private in Captain Minot's company, Colonel Prescott's regiment; also in Captain Butterfield's com- pany; at one time was a mounted courier at Wash- ington's headquarters (v. " History of Westford," 109, 127).
Great-grandson of SAMUEL ROWELL, of Derry, New Hampshire; private in Captain Dearborn's com- pany, Colonel Arnold's detachment from Cambridge to Canada in September, 1775; also, in 1776; also in Colonel Folsom's regiment of the Continental Army, from May, nine months, in 1777 (N.H. Rolls, i., 21I, 347, 663).
PARKER, MONTGOMERY DAVIS, U.S.A., CAM- BRIDGE.
Great-grandson of the Right Reverend SAMUEL PARKER, D.D. (1744-1804), Bishop of Massachu- setts; admitted to orders in 1774; rector of Trinity Church; the only Episcopal clergyman in Massachu- setts who espoused the cause of the Colonies and re- mained true to it, serving consistently his church and his country (v. Appleton's Biog. Dict., iv).
Great-great-grandson of Captain AMASA DAVIS, of the Commissary Department of Massachusetts during the Revolution ; member of a committee appointed by the General Court, June 12, 1779, to purchase supplies for the Continental Army of Massachusetts (Mass. Re- solves, 1779, 1780, 1781).
PARKER, MOSES GREELY, LOWELL.
Great-grandson of KENDAL PARKER, of Dracut ; private in Captain Russell's company, Colonel Green's regiment, at the Lexington alarm ; corporal in Captain
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Reed's company, of Colonel Varnum's regiment, De- cember 13, 1775 (Rev. Rolls, xiii., 79; lv., file 14) ; discharged April 1, 1776.
PARKER, PERCY, LOWELL.
Great - grandson of ISRAEL HILDRETH, of Dracut; a privateersman, sailing under Captain New- comb, of Newburyport, capturing many prizes; lieu- tenant in the local militia of Dracut; loaned the town £300 to equip her quota for the Continental Army.
Great-great-grandson of ELIJAH HILDRETH, of Dracut; private in the Dracut company of minute- men; private in Captain Hunt's company, Colonel Gerrish's regiment, July to December, 1778 (v. Rev. Rolls, xx., 75; " Origin and Genealogy of the Hildreth Family of Lowell," 1892).
PARSONS, SAMUEL BLOOMFIELD, WORCESTER.
Grandson of SOLOMON PARSONS, of Leicester ; a private from 1775 to 1777; in March of that year enlisted in Captain Martin's company, in Colonel Bigelow's Fifteenth Massachusetts Regiment, Con- tinental Army; received two bullet wounds and three bayonet thrusts at Monmouth.
PARSONS, WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE, ROCKPORT.
Grandson of JABEZ TARR, of Gloucester (1759- 1844); private in Captain Rowe's company, Colonel Bridge's regiment, and was at Bunker Hill, and in New Jersey under Washington, when he was taken sick and discharged; was the last survivor of the two Gloucester companies at Bunker Hill (v. Babson's "History of Gloucester," and the " History of Rock- port ").
PARTRIDGE, WILLIAM HENRY, NEWTON.
Great-great-grandson of JOSHUA PARTRIDGE, of Medway; captain of the Medway company, which
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marched to Roxbury, April 19, 1775. He and his two sons, Samuel and Joshua, Jr., received £10, £8, and £10 respectively from the town of Medway for services in the Revolution.
PEARSON, WILLIAM HENRY, BOSTON.
Grandson of DAVID GREENLEAF, of Lancaster ; private in Capt. Manasseh Sawyer's company, Col. Josiah Whitney's regiment, on the Rhode Island expedition, July, 1778, and served one month, fifteen days (Rev. Rolls, xxii., 207).
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