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PEIRCE, THOMAS WILLIAM, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of SOLOMON PEIRCE, of Lex- ington (1742-1821); a private at the battle of Lex- ington, and wounded on the way to Cambridge; later a lieutenant and captain in the Continental Army; died in West Cambridge, now Arlington.
PEIRCE, WILLIAM WALLACE, CAMBRIDGE.
Great-great-grandson of SOLOMON PEIRCE, of Lexington.
(v. Thomas William Peirce.)
Great-great-grandson of WILLIS HALL; com- missioned first lieutenant by the Vermont Board of War, February 10, 1781 ; later, adjutant.
PERRY, EDWARD ALBERT, FORT PLAIN, NEW YORK.
Great-grandson of ABEL PERRY, of Natick; lieutenant of Captain Miller's company, Colonel Pollard's regiment, at the Lexington alarm (Rolls, xiii., 8).
PERKINS, THOMAS CRAFTS, BROCKTON.
Grandson of JESSE PERKINS, of Bridgewater -1826) ; lieutenant of a company ordered to the ( defence of Rhode Island ; in command of his company
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at the battle of Long Island; member of the Com- mittee of Safety.
Grandson of the Reverend THOMAS CRAFTS, of Bridgewater (1759-1819) ; private, at the age of six- teen, in Captain Mitchell's company, Colonel Cary's regiment, at the Lexington alarm; private in Captain Hayden's company, in Colonel Thomas's regiment, in July, 1776, in the campaign around New York, where he narrowly escaped capture on the evacuation; re- joined his regiment, and was at White Plains; returned and entered college, and was pastor at Princeton and Middleborough.
PHELPS, THOMAS STOWELL, REAR ADMIRAL, UNITED STATES NAVY.
Great-grandson of THOMAS NIXON, of Framing- ham (1736-1800) ; a soldier in the French-Indian war ; lieutenant of Capt. John Wood's company, in the Crown Point expedition in December, 1774; in 1775 a lieutenant-colonel of a regiment of minute-men ; was present at Concord fight, pursued the British to Charlestown ; lieutenant-colonel of the Sixth Massachu- setts Regiment, which at Bunker Hill filled the gaps between the redoubt and the stone wall; promoted to colonel August 9, 1775, and took an active part in the campaign against Burgoyne; was at Stillwater and Saratoga, and later was stationed at several points along the Hudson river, from 1777 to the close of the war.
PHILBROOK, ALFRED SPOONER, SPRINGFIELD.
Grandson of NATHANIEL SINCLAIR, of Hard- wick, Vermont; a soldier of the Revolution.
PHILBROOK, CHARLES CALHOUN, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of SAMUEL CLOUGH (1746- ); private in Captain Adams's company, of Colonel Poor's Second New Hampshire Regiment, in
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1775, and was at Bunker Hill and the siege of Boston (N.H. Rolls; Chapman's " History of the Philbrook Family ").
Great-grandson of JOHN SLY, of Ryegate, Ver- mont; a privateersman in the Revolution for six weeks, capturing two prizes.
Great-grandson of NATHANIEL SINCLAIR.
(v. Alfred Spooner Philbrook.)
PHILBROOK, CHARLES FREDERICK BACON, BOSTON.
Great-great-grandson of EBENEZER CLARK; private in Captain Gould's company, Colonel Greaton's regiment, 1775; reënlisted in the same company, 1776; sergeant, 1776, and in August detailed as one of Washington's life-guard under Captain Gibbs; dis- charged, 1777; present at Bunker Hill, the siege of Boston, and the fight in Boston harbor.
Great-great-grandson of THOMPSON BACON, of Bedford (1760-1833); private in Captain Willson's company at Concord fight; a pensioner.
Great-great-grandson of JONATHAN WILLSON (Wilson), Jr., of Bedford (1763-1796) ; private in the campaign in Rhode Island from June to September, 1780, at the age of seventeen years (" History of Bed- ford," p. 67).
Great-great-grandson of NATHANIEL SIN- CLAIR.
(v. Alfred Spooner Philbrook.)
Great-great-grandson of SAMUEL CLOUGH.
Great-great-grandson of JOHN SLY.
(v. Charles Calhoun Philbrook.)
Great-great-great-grandson of JONATHAN WILL- SON (Wilson), Sr., of Bedford (1735-1775) ; captain of the Fourth (Bedford) Company, of Colonel Pierce's regiment of minute-men, and was killed at Concord fight, near the Brooks Tavern on the Lexington road, during the retreat of the British.
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Great-great-great-grandson of WILLIAM WILD, of Braintree ; fifer in Captain Wild's company, Colonel Lincoln's regiment, April, 1775 ; fifer and private in Captain Penniman's company, Colonel Francis's regi- ment, 1775, and in Colonel Dike's regiment, 1776.
Great-great-great-grandson of EBENEZER PAGE, of Bedford (1737-1784) ; private in Captain Moore's company at Concord fight; member of the Committee of Inspection, 1775 (Alarm Rolls, xiii., 9).
Great-great-great grandson of AMOS EMERSON; first lieutenant of Captain Huthin's company, Colonel Reed's Second New Hampshire Continental Regi- ment, May, 1775; captain of the Fifth (afterwards Fourth) Company of Colonel Cilley's First New Hamp- shire Continental Regiment, November 7, 1776; re- signed, March 24, 1780; was at Bunker Hill, Trenton, Princeton, Bemis's Heights, and Stillwater (v. N.H. Rev. Rolls and record of the Pension Bureau).
Great-great-great-great-grandson of JOHN PAGE, of Bedford (1704-1782); a minute-man, with three sons and three nephews, at the battle of Lexington ; also at Bunker Hill.
PHILBROOK, HIRAM ALFRED, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of JOHN SLY, of Ryegate, Ver- mont.
Great-grandson of NATHANIEL SINCLAIR.
(v. Alfred Spooner Philbrook, Charles C. Philbrook.)
PIERCE, GEORGE FRANCIS, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of SAMUEL PIERCE, of Dor- chester (1739-1815); captain of a militia company in Dorchester, 1772, in Colonel Hatch's regiment; lieu- tenant-colonel of Colonel Gill's Third Suffolk Regiment, 1776, and served in New York and New Jersey; in 1778 was at Castle island with his regiment, and was dismissed by General Heath, in an order signed by Paul Revere, in possession of Mr. Pierce.
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*PIPER, JOHN ELLERY, HYDE PARK.
Grandson of SOLOMON PIPER; private in Cap- tain Buttrick's company, Colonel Reed's regiment, September, 1777 (Rev. Rolls, xvii., 99).
Great-grandson of RUFUS PRATT; private in Captain Hooker's company, Colonel Woodbridge's regiment, December, 1777 (Rev. Rolls, xx., 91).
PIPER, JOHN WHITCOMB, ASHBY.
Grandson of ABEL RICHARDSON, of Townsend (1751-1843); private in Capt. James Hosley's com- pany, Colonel Prescott's regiment, that marched at the Lexington alarm to Cambridge, and served twenty- one days; private in Captain Farwell's company, in Colonel Prescott's regiment, at Bunker Hill; corporal in Captain Hosley's company, Colonel Reed's regi- ment, which marched to the assistance of General Gates, in 1777, and was present at Saratoga (v. History of Townsend, pp. 178, 183, 203) ; was a pensioner.
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POOL, CALVIN WILLIAM, ROCKPORT.
Grandson of JABEZ TARR, of Gloucester. (v. William Bainbridge Parsons.)
POOL, WELLINGTON, WENHAM.
Grandson of JABEZ TARR, of Gloucester. (v. William Bainbridge Parsons.)
POPE, HENRY DURFEE, BOSTON.
Grandson of NATHANIEL POPE, a captain of minute-men ; and great-grandson of SETH POPE, col- onel of militia, of Fairhaven, Bristol county.
POPE, IVORY HOVEY, SOMERVILLE.
Grandson of ISAAC POPE, of Rochester (1744- 1820); lieutenant in Captain Clapp's company of
* Deceased.
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minute-men, which joined Colonel Cotton's Plymouth regiment, and was at the siege of Boston for eight months; captain in Colonel Shepherd's Fourth Regi- ment, 1777-82; major in the Third Regiment, 1782, and was on the staff of General Sullivan; after the war moved to Wells, Maine; was one of the original mem- bers of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati.
PORTER, HOWARD LEVERETT, CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Grandson of EBENEZER PORTER, of Ipswich ; private in Captain Baker's company, Colonel Little's regiment, at the siege of Boston (Coat Rolls, lvi.) ; private in Captain Marsh's company, Major Gage's Essex regiment, October, 1777; afterwards shipped on the privateer " Essex; " died and was buried at sea (Rolls, i., 107, 150).
POTTER, CHARLES FRANCIS, BOSTON.
Great-great-grandson of Colonel JAMES BAR- RETT, of Concord.
(v. Edwin Shepard Barrett.)
POTTER, WILLIAM EUSTIS, PLYMPTON.
Great-grandson of EPHRAIM POTTER, of Con- cord (1755-1825); private in Captain Butler's com- pany, Colonel Nixon's regiment, at the siege of Boston (Coat Rolls, lvi.).
POWERS, JAMES L., MALDEN.
Great-grandson of ABRAHAM FARRINGTON; private in Captain Bullard's company, Colonel Thayer's Suffolk regiment, in the Rhode Island expedition, June 1780 (Rev. Rolls, i., 47).
Great-grandson of NATHANIEL OAKES, of Bol- ton ; private in Captain Hastings's company at the Lex- ington alarm to Cambridge (Rolls, xii., 135) ; private in Captain Wilder's company, Colonel Whitney's regi-
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ment, July, 1778 (Rev. Rolls, xxiv., 170); private in Captain Haughton's company, Colonel Denny's regi- ment, from October to December, 1779 (ii., 119); private in Captain Pritchard's company for six months, in 1780 (iv., 61).
Great-great-grandson of SETH OAKES; sergeant in Captain Hale's Winchendon company at the Lex- ington alarm (Rolls, xii., 119).
PRATT, JOHN FRANKLIN, CHELSEA.
Grandson of BENJAMIN PRATT, of Sutton. (v. Jabez Pratt Parker.)
PRATT, ROBERT MARION, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of ELISHA STORY, M.D., of Marblehead.
(v. Charles Henry Joy.)
* PRATT, WILLIAM, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of ELISHA STORY, M.D., of Marblehead.
(v. Charles Henry Joy.)
PRESCOTT, ROYAL BLOOD, NASHUA, NEW HAMP- SHIRE.
Grandson of SAMSON PRESCOTT, of Groton (1762-1834) ; private in the Groton company, of Col- onel Prescott's regiment, of which tradition says that his brother, David Prescott, was captain. Although but thirteen years of age, Samson was present at Bunker Hill, where his brother was wounded.
PUTNAM, ALFRED PORTER, CONCORD.
Grandson of ADAM ROSS, of Ipswich; private in Captain Dodge's company, Colonel Little's regiment, at Bunker Hill and the siege of Boston, eight months from May 12, 1775 (Coat Rolls, lvi.).
* Deceased.
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Great-grandson of Deacon EDMUND PUTNAM, of Danvers; captain of the Danvers Alarm-list Company, March 6, 1775 (v. Force's Am. Archives, Vol. II.).
PUTNAM, EBEN, DANVERS.
Great-great-grandson of JOHN FISKE, of Salem (1744-1797); captain in the Revolutionary marine ; captain of the " Tyrannicide," the first war-vessel com- missioned by Massachusetts, July 8, 1776; in her he made many cruises and fought several sanguinary con- flicts (v. Drake's Dict. of Am. Biog., 326) ; commanded the "Massachusetts," December 10, 1777; major- general of militia, 1792 (v. Felt's " Annals of Salem," 68, 500).
PUTNAM, SAMUEL HENRY, WORCESTER.
Grandson of JOHN BIGELOW, of Spencer ; pri- vate in Captain Hodge's company, Colonel Whitney's regiment, from May to July, 1777 (Rev. Rolls, xix., 227) ; private in Captain Wright's company, Colonel Drury's regiment, September, 1781 (Do., xxiv., 120) ; on duty at Castle island, September, 1779 (Do., xxv., 42).
RAND, EDWARD TURNER, BOSTON.
Grandson of EZEKIEL RAND, of Rindge, New Hampshire (1747-1826) ; drummer in Captain Hale's company, which marched at the Lexington alarm; en- sign in Captain Thomas's company, Colonel Reed's regiment, from April 23, 1775, and was at Bunker Hill ; served eight months at Winter Hill; ensign in Captain Cunningham's company, of Colonel Hale's regiment, which joined the Continental Army in Rhode Island in August, 1778 (v. Stearns's " History of Rindge," pas- sim).
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RANDALL, WILLIAM PRITCHARD, U.S.N., NEW BEDFORD.
Grandson of CHARLES STURTEVANT, of Rochester ; corporal in Captain Clapp's company, Col- onel Cotton's regiment, at the Lexington alarm; pri- vate in Captain Hammond's company, which marched to Marshfield, January 14, 1776, four days ; private in Captain Clapp's company, May, 1775, for eight months ; private in Captain Briggs's company, in Colonel Cot- ton's regiment, in the Rhode Island expedition, Sep- tember 29, 1777, thirty-two days ; private in Lieutenant Doty's company, of Colonel Sprout's regiment, Sep- tember 5, 1778, at the alarm at Dartmouth, six days ; private in Captain Church's company, Lieutenant- colonel White's Fourth Regiment, from July 20 to August 8, 1780, in the Rhode Island expedition.
RAWSON, JOHN MARBLE, DOUGLAS.
Great-grandson of ISRAEL PUTNAM, of Pomfret, Connecticut (1718-1790) ; colonel of a regiment at Bunker Hill; major-general, 1775; commanded in New York; superintended fortifications in Pennsyl- vania and New Jersey, and commanded a small force in the latter State with marked success.
Great-great-great-grandson of ETHAN ALLEN, of Vermont (1737-1789) ; captured Ticonderoga in 1775; undertook two expeditions to Canada; was taken prisoner and sent to England; after his ex- change, appointed lieutenant-colonel in the Continen- tal Army; special delegate to Congress, where he obtained the recognition of Vermont as a separate State.
RAYMOND, FRANKLIN FREEBORN, BOSTON.
Great-grandson of SAMUEL RICHARDSON, of Methuen (1749-1836) ; private in the Methuen com- pany, Major Samuel Bodwell, that marched at the Lexington alarm (Rolls, xiii., 33).
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READE, HARRY, LOWELL.
Great-grandson of ISRAEL HILDRETH, of Dracut.
Great-great-grandson of ELIJAH HILDRETH, of Dracut. (v. Percy Parker.)
READE, PHILIP, UNITED STATES ARMY, LOWELL. Great-grandson of ISRAEL HILDRETH. Great-great-grandson of ELIJAH HILDRETH. (v. Percy Parker.)
REED, HAMMON, LEXINGTON.
Great-grandson of HAMMON REED, of Lexington, a minute-man at the battle of Lexington.
REED, REUBEN LAW, ACTON.
Great-grandson of WILLIAM REED, of Lexing- ton (1742-1829) ; private in Captain Parker's com- pany, and was wounded on the 19th of April, 1775 ; marched to Cambridge, and was at Bunker Hill, and enlisted later on two occasions; his father, Capt. William Reed, and his grandfather, were both present at the battle of Lexington, and Captain Reed was at Valley Forge in place of his son Josiah.
REVERE, FREDERICK, WORCESTER.
Great-grandson of PAUL REVERE, of Boston (1735-1818); member of the "Boston Tea Party " and " Sons of Liberty ; " rode to Lexington to give the alarm of the approach of the British, April 18, 1775 ; major of Craft's artillery regiment, and later lieutenant- colonel; took part in the Penobscot expedition, 1779.
REVERE, PAUL EDWARD, BRIDGEWATER.
Great-great-grandson of PAUL REVERE, of Boston.
(v. Frederick Revere.)
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RICHARDS, WILLIAM DOUGLAS, WINCHESTER.
Great-grandson of WILLIAM RICHARDS, of New London, Connecticut; a colonel at the battle of Bunker Hill, and led in various minor attacks during the war (v. "The Richards Book," by the Rev. Abner Morse, 1801 ; " History of New London," 1852).
Great-great-grandson of EBENEZER MOWER, of Barre; private at the battles of Bunker Hill and Saratoga.
Great-great-grandson of Captain BENJAMIN FELTON, who was present at Bunker Hill, Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, and Monmouth (v. "Gen. History of the Felton Family ").
RICHARDSON, ALPHEUS AUGUSTUS, SOUTH BOSTON.
Great-grandson of BENJAMIN RICHARDSON, of Leicester ; first lieutenant of the company from that town to Cambridge, April 19, 1775; captain of Col- onel Denny's First Worcester Regiment, and later of a company drafted from the militia, Colonel Dike com- manding; member of the Committee of Correspond- ence, 1776-7.
RICHARDSON, HENRY ARNOLD, CONCORD.
Great-great-grandson of MOSES RICHARDSON, of Cambridge (1722-1775); killed by the retreating British on the Menotomy road, West Cambridge, April 19, 1775, and buried at Cambridge.
RICHARDSON, LOUIS GREY, TOLEDO, OHIO.
Great-great-grandson of MOSES RICHARDSON, of Cambridge.
(v. Henry Arnold Richardson.)
RICHARDSON, SIDNEY LAFOREST, ACTON.
Great-great-grandson of EDWARD RICHARD- SON, of Concord; orderly sergeant of minute-men at Concord Bridge ; captain of a company until the close
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of the war. He and his twin brother Moses, who was lieutenant 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 re- semblance, of their serving side by side throughout the war, together with their great size, 250 lbs., made them " the observed of all observers " on that occasion.
RICHARDSON, WILLIAM ADAMS, CAMBRIDGE.
Grandson of DANIEL RICHARDSON, of Pel- ham, New Hampshire; enlisted in 1777; was at the battle of Monmouth, and in General Sullivan's expe- dition, 1779; served three years ; a pensioner.
Grandson of WILLIAM ADAMS; enlisted at the age of fifteen for eight months, and again for six months; witnessed the execution of Major André; a pensioner.
Great-grandson of WILLIAM ROBY, of Dun- stable, New Hampshire; member of the Committee of Safety and Inspection ; second lieutenant of Captain Walker's company, Colonel Reed's Third New Hamp- shire Regiment, at Bunker Hill, and first lieutenant of Captain Wilkins's company, Colonel Bedel's regiment, of the Northern Continental Army; taken prisoner at the Cedars in Canada, and died in the service.
RING, ETHAN CRANDALL, MELROSE.
Son of ELEAZER RING, of Chesterfield (1749- 1814); private in Captain Webster's company, Col- onel Fellows's regiment, eight months' service, in 1775 ; private in Lieutenant Dwellee's company on the expe- dition to Manchester, Vermont, July 20, 1777; with Washington's army at Valley Forge (v. Rev. Rolls, xviii., 222).
RIPLEY, HENRY LEWIS, UNITED STATES ARMY.
Great-grandson of KIMBALL RIPLEY, of King- ston ; sergeant in Captain Drew's company, and was wounded in the battle of Trenton.
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RIPLEY, JAMES HUNTINGTON, SPRINGFIELD.
Great-great-great-grandson of YABEZ HUNTING- TON, of Norwich, Connecticut (1719-1786) ; mem- ber of the Committee of Safety, and major-general of the Connecticut Militia from 1776 to 1779.
ROE, ALFRED SEELYE, WORCESTER.
Great-grandson of DANIEL ROE, of Brookhaven, Suffolk county, New York (1740-1820) ; a veteran of the French-Indian war; enlisted March 1, 1776; captain of a company in Colonel Clinton's Second New York Regiment; with General Sullivan in his expedi- tion against the Indians (v. Wood's " History of Long Island," p. 141 ; Onderdonk's " Revolutionary Incidents of Suffolk and Kings Counties," p. 54).
ROELOFSON, WILLIAM FREDERICK EUGENE, BOSTON.
Great-great-grandson of ABEL WILDER, of Win- chendon (1741-1792) ; captain of the Sixth Company in Colonel Doolittle's regiment at Bunker Hill (v. Frothingham's "Siege of Boston," 177, 402).
ROGERS, ALLAN, GLOUCESTER.
Great-grandson of JACOB ALLEN, of Bridge- water (1739-1777) ; private in the company of minute- men who marched at the Lexington alarm; later, lieutenant at the siege of Boston; joined the three years' men, 1777; captain of the company before the battle of Stillwater, where he was shot through the heart, when leading his company, although worn out in the service and disabled by sickness.
ROGERS, CHARLES STODDARD, CHELSEA.
Great-grandson of ASA ROGERS, of Marshfield (1754-1836) ; private in Captain Crocker's company, Colonel Thomas's regiment, enlisted for eight months, 1775; corporal in Captain Stetson's company, in the
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same year, fortifying Dorchester Heights; served in West Point under General Putnam ; a pensioner.
ROOT, SAMUEL HENRY, JR., LYNN.
Great-grandson of OLIVER ROOT, lieutenant of the Ninth Company, Second Regiment, 1776; captain in the Second Regiment, 1779; major of the Third Regiment, 1780; was present at the surrender of Bur- goyne, 1777; major under Colonel Brown when that officer fell in the Mohawk valley, October, 1780, and succeeded to the command ; conducted with honor the retreat, and, ammunition failing, drove the enemy by discharging, through their solitary gun, horse-chains and fragments of a dinner-pot, broken for the occasion.
RUGGLES, HENRY STODDARD, WAKEFIELD.
Great-grandson of JONATHAN ROSS, of Berwick, Maine (1747 or '49; died about 1827) ; rose from a sick-bed at the Lexington alarm, and joined Captain Sullivan's company, in Colonel Scamman's regiment, at the siege of Boston ; afterward a private in the Con- tinental Army ; a pensioner (v. Coat Rolls, Ivi.).
RUSSELL, HENRY OLIVER, MARLBOROUGH.
Great-grandson of OLIVER RUSSELL, of Marl- borough ; private in Captain Bárnes's company, which marched to Cambridge at the Lexington alarm, and was at the siege of Boston (v. "History of Marl- borough," 168, 170).
RUSSELL, WILLIAM, SALEM.
Grandson of WILLIAM RUSSELL, of Boston; a " Son of Liberty;" member of the "Boston Tea Party;" secretary to commander John Manly of the "Jason," 1779; was captured and carried to England, where he was imprisoned for thirty-three months in " Old Mill Prison." He married the daughter of Moses Richardson, of Cambridge, who was killed at Lexington.
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SABIN, NATHAN HENRY, WILLIAMSTOWN.
Great-grandson of ZEBEDIAH SABIN, of Wil- liamstown; lieutenant of Captain Sloan's company, in Colonel Patterson's Twenty-sixth Regiment of the Continental Army, raised for the expedition to Canada ; commissioned May 19, 1775 ; died in Canada, 1776.
SALMON, STEPHEN DECATUR, SOMERVILLE.
Great-grandson of BRADDOCK LORING, of Duxbury ( -1822) ; private in Captain Arnold's company, of Colonel Lathrop's regiment, December, 1776; also in Captain Stetson's company, of Major Proctor's battalion, commanded by General Heath ; was wounded at the battle of Yorktown.
SANBORN, LOUIS L., HAMPDEN, MAINE.
Great-grandson of JONATHAN SANBORN, of Thomaston, Maine; private in Captain Andrews's company, Colonel Prince's regiment, from May to December, 1780 (Rev. Rolls, xxxv., 241) ; later, lieutenant and captain.
SARGENT, GEORGE WINTHROP, BOSTON.
Great-great-grandson of JOHN BUCKLEY, mas- ter of the frigate " Alliance," of John Paul Jones's fleet.
SAUNDERS, CHARLES HICKS, CAMBRIDGE.
Great-grandson of JOHN HICKS, of Cambridge. (v. Charles Darwin Eliot.)
SAVAGE, JAMES FRANCIS, LOWELL.
Great-grandson of HIEL (JEHIEL) SAVAGE, of Lanesborough (1759-1843) ; private at the age of seventeen, in a company drafted June 1, 1777, to serve one month under Captain Wheeler, at Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont, in scouting parties, and to protect frontier settlements; private in Captain Sewell's company, Colonel Symonds's regiment, on an alarm from Lanesborough to Manchester, Vermont,
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July 9, 1777, and served twenty-one days; private in Lieutenant Farnum's company in the same regiment, and marched to Pawlet, Vermont, September 5, 1777, and served twenty-six days; private in Captain Parker's company, Col. Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards, for six months from July 3, 1778; private in Captain Wheeler's company, Colonel Symonds's regiment, which marched from Lanesborough to Manchester, Vermont, October 12, 1780, and served eight days; marched in the same company from Lanesborough, October 26, 1780, and served five days (Rev. Rolls, xxi., 136; xix., 78; xxii., 46}; xxiii., 191 ; xxiv., 77) ; a pensioner.
Great-grandson of DAVID CLARKE, of London- derry, New Hampshire (1755-1833) ; son of Nathaniel Clarke, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, who aided the patriot cause by the loan of money and personal ser- vice ; private in Captain Kinsman's company, Colonel Stark's regiment, for one year from May 8, 1775, in- cluding Bunker Hill; private in Captain Mighill's com- pany in Colonel Baldwin's Twenty-sixth Continental Regiment, and served from January, 1776, to the middle or end of February, 1777, and six weeks after his term of service, and was at Trenton and Princeton ; corporal in Captain Runnell's company in Colonel Nichols's New Hampshire regiment, under General Stark, in 1777, and was at Bennington (v. History of Chester, New Hamp- shire; of Londonderry; " New Hampshire Soldiers at Bennington ; " N.H. State Papers, and the Rev. Rolls, part i., 66; part ii., 199) ; was on Washington's body- guard ; wounded and a pensioner.
Great-grandson of DAVID CURRIER, of Chester, New Hampshire (born in Scotland, 1756; died at Chester, 1840) ; private in Captain Hutchings's com- pany, of Chester, Colonel Reed's regiment, May 4, 1775; was at Bunker Hill and the siege of Boston; private in Captain Dearborn's company, Colonel Stickney's regiment in 1777, and was at Bennington ;
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after which he was ordered to Stillwater, New York, and remained until October, four weeks after his term of enlistment (v. N.H. State Papers, Military Rolls, i., 76; ii., 169; “ New Hampshire soldiers at Benning- ton ; " History of Chester and U.S. Pension Rolls) ; a pensioner.
SAWTELLE, WILLIAM HENRY, MILTON.
Great-grandson of NATHANIEL SAWTELLE; private in Captain Farwell's company, Col. William Prescott's regiment; was at Bunker Hill and the siege of Boston; served five months, in 1776 in Captain Shattuck's company of Colonel Reed's regiment.
SAWYER, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, WENHAM.
Great-grandson of SAMUEL SAWYER, of Lan- caster (1740- ); captain of the second company of Col. John Whitcomb's regiment; marched with his company, July 22, 1776, to join their regiment, commanded by Colonel Smith, to serve in New York in General Fellows's brigade; term of service expired December 1 ; was in the action of Kipp's Bay, Septem- ber 15 (v. Nourse's " History of Lancaster," pp. 143-4).
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