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O .. I. 5
o. 3 . 5
Win Foster .
do
61
5/1
2
O .. 2 .. IO
O .. 7 .. II
£19. 4. 1/3*
61
5/1
6
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John Chadwick
do
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This roll was made up Jan. 26, 1776.
217
HISTORY OF BOXFORD.
" A Muster roll. of the Company under the Command of Capt Jacob Gould in Colo Samuel Johnson's Regiment of Militia which marched on the alarm April 19, 1775." [Mass. Archives, " Lexington Alarm," Vol. XII., p. IOI.]
NAMES.
Quality.
no. miles out
& home.
Amot @ Id
p. mile.
no. days ea : man
was in service.
Wages due to ea: man.
Total of travel & Wages.
Jacob Gould
Cap.
65
5. 5
6
£1. 6.6
£I . II . II
John Dorman
lieu.
65
5.5
6
17 . I
I. 2. 6
Jed. Stickne
Ens.
57
4 .9
4
10 . 3
15.
Asa Peabody
Serj.
65
5 .
6
IO .
15.
John Curtis .
d.
65
5.5
6
IO .
15.
Israel Perley
do
57
4 .9
4
6.8
II .
5
Amos Perley
Cop.
65
5. 5
6
9.4
14 .
Sam Kimball
do
65 5.
6
9.4
14 .
Jacob Perley
d°
65 5.
6
9.4
14. 9
- Killam
Priv.
65
5.5
6
9.4
14 . 9
Abner Curtis
do
65
5. 5
6
8 .6
13. 1I
Jacob Eyles
d°
65
5. 5
6
8.6
13.11
David Foster
do
65 5.5
6
8.6
13.II
Jacob Andrews
do
65 5.
6
8.6
13. II
Solo Gould .
do
65
5. 5
6
8.6
13 . II
Asa Kimball
do
65 5.5
6
8.6
13.II
Ephrm Mathews
do
65 5.5
6
8.6
13.II
Enoch Perley
do
65
5. 5
6
8.6
13 . II
Aaron Perley
do
65
5 . 5
6
8.6
13. II
Daniel Perley
d°
65
5 . 5
6
8.6
13.II
Simeon Stiles .
do
65 5.
6
8.6
13. II
James Andrews
do
65 5.
6
8.6
13.II
Wm Hale
do
65 5.5
6
8.6
13.II
Wm Eyles
do
65
5. 5
6
8. 6
13 . II
Joseph Hobbs .
do
65 5.
6
8 .6
13.II
Thos Dwinnel, jr.
do
65 5.
6
8.6
13.1I
Richd Foster
do
65
5.5
6
8.6
13 .II
Steph Simons
do
6515.5
6
8.6
13.11
Jos. Mathews
do
65 |5.
5
7 . I'
12. 6
Jos. Peabody, jr.
do
65 5.
6
7.1
12. 6
John Killam
do
65 5.
6
7 . I
12. 6
Benj. Dwinnel .
do
65
5. 5
6
7.I
12. 6
Jonª Peabody .
do
65
5. 5
6
7 .I
12. 6
Jacob Cumings
do
65 5.
6
7 .I
12. 6
Nat Smith .
do
65 5.
6
7 . I
12. 6
Jacob Smith
do
65 5.
6
7. I
12. 6
And Gould .
do
65
5.5
6
7.I
12. 6
65 5.5
6
8.6
13. II
Moses Perley, jr.
do
65 5 .
6
8.6
13 . II
Thomas Perley, jr.
65
5.5
6
8 .6
13.II
Dan Kimball
s. d.
218
HISTORY OF BOXFORD.
.
NAMES.
Quality.
no. miles out
& home.
Amot @Iª
p. mile.
no, days ea : man
was in service.
Wages due to ea: man.
Total of travel & Wages.
Joshua Rea
Priv.
57
4.9
4
5 . 8
IO. 5
Elijah Dwinnel
d.
57
4.9
4
5.8
10. 5
John Willett
d°
57
4.9
4
5. 8
10. 5
Nathan Low
de
57
4.9
4
5.8
IO. 5
Moses Putnam .
d°
57
4 .9
4
5.8
10 . 5
David Hale.
d°
57
4.9
5
7. 1
II .IO
Broadstreet Tyler
do
57
4 .9
4
5.8
IO.
Richd peabody
d°
57
4.9
4
5.8
IO .
5
Moses Perley
do
57
4.9
4
5.8
IO.
5
Eben Curtis
do
57
4.9
4
5.8
IO.
5
Nat. Hale
do
57
4. 9
4
5.8
IO.
5
John Stiles
do
57
4 .9
4
5.8
IO. 5
Tho. perley
do
57
4.9
3
4.3
9. 0
John Herrick
do
57
4.9
3
4.3
9. 0
Andw Peabody .
do
57
4.9
3
4 .3
9. 0
Jere. Foster, jr.
d°
57
4. 9
3
4 .3
9. 0
Wm Cummings
d°
57
4 . 9
3
4.3
9. 0
£37. 9. 1/2*
" Muster Roll of the Minitte Men under the command of Cap William Pearley in Colo James Fry's Regiment from the 19th April 1775 to the 25th of said April." [Mass. Archives, " Lexington Alarm," Vol. XIII., p. 44.]
NAMES.
time in Service.
Whole Amt
dis.
traveled.
per m.
total.
Wm Perley, Capt. .
7 dys
61 . 10.0
40
3.4
£1 . 13 . 4
John Robinson, Lt.
7 dys
I .IO.O
40
3.4
1 . 13 . 4
Benj. Perley
.7 dys
17 . 6
40
3.4
I . O.IO
Jacob Hazen, Serj.
7 dys
12 .0
40
3.4
15 .
A
Eben Peabody
66
7 dys
12 .0
40
3.4
15 . 4
John Towns
7 dys
12 .0
40
3 .4
15 .
4
Moses Kimball, Corp
7 dys
II . O
40
3.4
14 .
4
Ivory Hovey
7 dys
II . O
40
3.4
14 . 4
Andw Peabody
7 clys
II . O
40
3 . 4
14 . 4
Allen Perley
66
7 dys
II . O
40
3.4
14 .
4
Benj. Foster, Drum.
7 dys
II . O
40
3.4
4
David Sessions, fifer
7 dys
II . O
40
3.4
14 . 4
7 dys
12 .0
40
3 .4
15 . 4
Asa Smith
1
This roll was made up Dec. 12, 1775 ; pay allowed Feb. 10, 1776.
219
HISTORY OF BOXFORD.
NAMES.
time in Service.
Whole Amt
dis.
traveled.
per m.
total.
Robert Andrews, Private
·
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3. 4
13 .
Joshua Andrews
66
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3 .4
13 . 4
Daniel Nurss
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3 .4
13 . 4
Sam. Brown
·
7 dys
IO .0
40
3 . 4
13 .
4
Rufus Burnham
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3 .4
13 . 4
Elijah Cole
·
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3 .4
13 .
4
Sam. Cole
.
7 dys
10 . 0
40
3 .4
13.
4
Moses Carlton
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3 .4
13 .
4
Thos Dwinnel
7 dys
IO .0
40
3.4
13 .
4
Job Davis *
.
7 dys
10 . 0
40
3.4
13 .
4
Steph Emery
7 dys
IO .0
40
3. 4
13 .
4
Dudley Foster
.
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3.4
13 .
4
Elijah Gould
.
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3.4
13 . 4
Asahel Goodridge
.
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3 .4
13 . 4
Allen Goodridge
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3.4
13 .
4
Thos Goodridge
66
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3.4
13 . 4
Nat Hale (?)
.
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3.4
13 . 4
Enoch Kimball
66
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3.4
13 . 4
Stephen Perley
66
7 dys
10 . 0
40
3 .4
13 . 4
Dan Peabody
66
7 dys
10 .0
40
3.4
13 . 4
Robert Perkins
13 . 4
Jed. Peabody
.
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3.4
13 . 4
Jerem. Robinson
·
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3.4
13 .
4
Joshua Rea
.
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3.4
13 . 4
Ezra Stiles
66
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3 .4
13 . 4
Joseph Simons
.
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3 .4
13 . 4
John Town, jr.
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3.4
13 . 4
Jonª Wood
66
7 dys
IO .0
40
3.4
13 .
4
Moses Wood
66
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3.4
13 . 4
Eliph Wood
66
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3 .4
13 . 4
John Wilet (?)
66
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3.4
13 . 4
Aaron Woodbury
66
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3. 4
13 . 4
James Boynton
.
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3 .4
13 . 4
£37 . 3.101
·
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3 .4
13 .
4
.
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3 .4
13 . 4
Steph. Gould
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3.4
13 . 4
13 . 4
Steph Merrill
.
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3. 4
13 .
4
Moses Porter
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3.4
Jos. Peabody
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3.4
13 . 4
.
7 dys
IO . 0
40
3.4
The first of the three rolls above given is that of the company of the regular militia of the West Parish, under the command of John Cushing, and containing thirty-three
* He was allowed by the town Aug. 20, 1782, for services in 1775, £335.
t This roll was made up Jan. I, 1776 ; pay allowed Feb. 23, 1776.
·
.
·
.
1
Dan Cole
Edm. Herrick
220
HISTORY OF BOXFORD.
men. The second roll is that of the regular militia com- pany in the East Parish, under command of Jacob Gould, and numbering fifty-seven men. The two companies which comprised the Boxford militia were in Col. Samuel Johnson's regiment. The third roll which we have given is that of the Boxford minute-men, numbering fifty-two in all, which had formed themselves into a company Feb. 16, 1775, in obedience to the command of the Province.
Of these three captains it is desirable that more should be said : -
CAPT. JOHN CUSHING was son of Rev. John Cushing of Boxford, and was born here May I, 1741. He graduated at Harvard College in 1761; and the positions held by Mr. Cushing show that his knowledge was not meagre, and that he was able and faithful in the prosecution of all business that was confided to his trust. He was known as "Esquire" Cushing. He married Dorothy Bagley, by whom he had Elizabeth, born 1767, Dorothy, John, Jona- than, and Edward. In 1779 (?) he removed to Waterford, Me., where he died in 1815.
CAPT. JACOB GOULD was born in Topsfield, 6 Feb., 1728-29, and was son of John and Phebe (Towne) Gould. He married Elizabeth Towne of his native place, 27 Oct., 175I, and settled on the farm in Boxford now owned by Mr. McLaughlin. Manifesting considerable interest in public affairs, a few years before the Revolution he was chosen captain of the East Parish company of militia, and marched with them under his command to the battle of Lexington. After having reared a large family, and living to a good old age, he bid farewell to the scenes of time in 1809, at the age of eighty years. Jeremiah Perley, Ancill Dorman, Esq., and the late Nathaniel Smith, natives and residents of Boxford, are grandsons of the old captain.
CAPT. WILLIAM PERLEY was born in Boxford, II Feb., 1735, and was son of Capt. Francis Perley. His mother
221
HISTORY OF BOXFORD.
was Huldah, sister of Gen. Israel Putnam, from whom William probably received his patriotic impulses. March 26, 1761, he married Sarah Clark of Topsfield, erected the present almshouse, and settled down to a yeoman's life. Ten children - Rev. Humphrey C. being the eldest, and thirteen years of age - had already shared their parents' care, when the father was chosen by the minute-men to be their captain. He led them to the battle of Lexington, and in the battle of Bunker-Hill several of his command were left dead upon the field. Pursuing the cause of free- dom with an earnest, interested zeal, he lived for many years to enjoy its worth, and died March 29, 1812, at the age of seventy-seven years. He was the ancestor of an interesting and worthy posterity, who have now become scattered all over the Union, and some of whom have become distinguished as physicians, merchants, and public officers.
The minute-men were encamped in the neighborhood of Boston, with the army of twenty thousand minute-men who were stationed there. They encamped around Boston in a semicircle, as if to shut up the town on every side but the water.
May 18, 1775, an order was given to Nathan Andrews, of £10 14s. 7 d., for finding twenty-one blankets for the " solgers." May 23, 1775, the town gave an order to Capt. William Perley of £16, to find blankets for his company.
Some time in May, Howe, Clinton, and Burgoyne, three British generals, arrived in Boston with a re-enforcement of British troops. Gov. Gage now offered a pardon to all the rebels, as he still called them, except John Hancock and Samuel Adams, - who had been very active in rousing the people to resistance, - if they would lay down their arms, and be peaceable subjects. But, as no listening ear could be found among the patriots, he actively prepared for war.
There now began to be skirmishing between the two
222
HISTORY OF BOXFORD.
armies almost every day. The Americans concluded at length to fortify Dorchester Neck (now South Boston) and also Bunker Hill in Charlestown. In order to effect the latter purpose, about one thousand men (including our Box- ford company of minute-men, under the command of Capt. William Perley), under the command of Col. Prescott, about nine o'clock in the evening of June 16, 1775, following the glimmer of dark-lanterns, crossed the Neck. Here they overtook several wagons loaded with intrenching-tools, the sight of which first apprised the inferior officers and privates of the design of their darksome march. A con- troversy arose as to the proper hill to be fortified. Bunker Hill - the only one on the peninsula then designated by a name- was explicitly mentioned in the order; but the remoteness of that elevation from Boston induced them, in the face of their instructions, to move farther on to the eminence afterwards known as Breed's Hill, though not so high as Bunker Hill by fifty feet. Owing to the dispute, the sward was not broken till near midnight. The spades were struck, and the men toiled unceasingly till the first rays of the sun shone over the sparkling water, revealing to the astonished Britons the ominous defences reared, while the familiar cry, "All's well!" had lulled them to sleep. None but the farmers from the hillsides of the rock-bound coast of New England could have plied the spade with such unceasing activity. But it was something more than their well-developed muscles : it was - what ? They could glance down from the walls of the redoubt into the town of Boston, and see the hated enemy, and, out in the harbor, their frigates. This sight was what stimu- lated them to action, and strengthened every nerve in their body. In those few hours, from midnight to dawn, the work had been so vigorously pushed that a strong redoubt had been thrown up, flanked on the left by a breastwork extending down the hill in a northerly direction, and termi- nating south of an impassable slough.
223
HISTORY OF BOXFORD.
They kept at work enlarging their walls till near noon, while all the time the British were incessantly pouring in cannon-balls and bomb-shells from their ships and the battery which they had established on Copp's Hill ; and, strange to relate, had lost all this while but a single man. Lord Howe, finding he could not dislodge them in this manner, planned an attack. The Americans, in the mean time, had been re-enforced by about five hundred soldiers, and Generals Warren, Pomeroy, and Putnam.
The British, having collected about three thousand men, marched on towards the narrow neck of land, which is the only entrance to the peninsula, and which was defended by Col. Thomas Knowlton's (see his biography) and Col. Stark's companies, who were stationed behind a breast- work which they had formed of fence-rails and new-mown hay. About three o'clock in the afternoon, the right Brit- ish wing, under command of Lord Howe, began to ascend the hill in front of the breastwork. Lord Howe looked with contempt upon the breastwork of hay, and the back- woodsmen behind it. He fully expected that its defenders would fly in dismay at the first shot, leaving him free to attack the main body in flank, while Gen. Pigot carried the works in front. But he sadly mistook the reception which awaited him. The column came marching on as if to cer- tain victory. Reserving their fire until the enemy came within six or eight rods, the provincials poured upon them incessant volleys. The enemy fell by scores at every volley, till hundreds lay in heaps upon the earth. Yet, as huge gaps were opened, others stepped bravely forward to fill the vacant places, and share the same fate.
The Boxford company was in the redoubt, firing at Gen. Pigot's troops, who were storming the breastwork in front. A new plan was adopted by the British : they determined to take it in flank, in the open space between the redoubt and the breastwork of hay. Several cannon were brought,
224
HISTORY OF BOXFORD.
and placed in position to enfilade the breastworks in the rear. But let one of the participants of that battle give his own account of this new and final movement :*
" Behold the proud Briton, dressed out in all the pride and pomp of military show, advancing with firm step and square front on to gory conquest; with their thousands of bristling bayonets glittering in the clear shining of a bright sun. Now turn, and view the other side of the picture : the Americans principally covered from the sight of the enemy, still having them in full view ; observing every evo- lution and manœuvre until the awful word Fire ! was given, when all was a steady rattle of small arms, mixed with roar- ing cannon from their floating batteries, and shipping, and hills in Boston, with their field artillery, together with our own pieces. The sound for some minutes was almost deaf- ening ; then a calm succeeded, the air cleared, and the line
* From a letter addressed to Hon. Richard Frothingham, historian of Charlestown, written by Enos Reynolds of Boxford, in 1839, - Mr. Reynolds being eighty-two years old. The letter was never sent. It is full of the enthusiasm of the old soldier, and breathes of the spirit of the Revolutionary patriots.
Mr. Reynolds was in Stark's regiment, and had marched to the battle from Medford, where the regiment had been stationed. He was, unlike some of the actors in that scene, exceedingly chary of his words in speaking of that terrible day. "There was much confusion in the battle," he was wont to say. "Did you see Putnam that day ?" it was asked of him. "Yes, if I saw anybody." "Where did you see him?" "At the breastwork." "Are you sure he was in the battle?" " Yes, if I was there." "Did you see him again?" "Yes, when we were going off the field." "Did you see his hands full of spades and pickaxes?"I "No," replied the veteran firmly (these were nearly his words), - "no ; but I remember seeing his sword as he was waving it far in the rear of the retreating Americans."
Mr. Reynolds' next service was as a volunteer in the expedition of Ar- nold to Quebec. It was his eventful lot to encounter more than the common hardships of that perilous enterprise. He represented his keenest sufferings to have been in the night, when, with a hundred others, he reached an island, and the river rose so rapidly around it that they could not get off until the next day. It was bitter cold, and wood was scarce. Game, too, was by no '
1 " Gen. Putnam rode off with a number of spades and pickaxes in his hands." - Dear- born's Account of Bunker-Hill Battle.
225
HISTORY OF BOXFORD.
retreated, and formed for their second attack, which soon commenced with reanimated fury, and as soon subsided. They formed the third time, and being re-enforced with fresh troops from Boston (ammunition failing the Ameri- cans), they carried the fort at the point of the bayonet. The left of the Americans was for a short time longer engaged with the right of the British, but was soon obliged to join the retreat, and leave the field."
In this battle the British had two hundred and twenty- six killed, and eight hundred and twenty-eight wounded. Of the Americans, one hundred and thirty-nine were killed, and three hundred and fourteen wounded and missing. Out of the Boxford company eight were killed ; their names have not been ascertained, except Isaac Adams, Joseph Simmons, - Carleton, and James Boynton.
means abundant. They could do nothing but wait and suffer. Anguish had stamped that night's events indelibly upon his memory. "I thought I should have died," he said in relating them. For thirty-three days in this march he did not sleep in dry clothes. In December (1775) he was taken prisoner, and remained in the hands of the British until the succeeding Octo- ber. He spoke of Gen. Carleton with touching gratitude for his humanity towards himself and fellow-prisoners.
Subsequently, and at the time of Arnold's treachery, he was stationed at West Point. He performed guard-duty in the same room with Major André on the last night of his life. The frankness, manly bearing, and fine personal address of the prisoner, won the sympathy of the whole army. Mr. Reynolds represented this sympathy, both in intensity and duration. He was charmed chiefly with André's manners ; for that night he said but little during the time Mr. Reynolds was with him. "André," the veteran would say with emphasis, "was the handsomest man I ever laid my eyes on." He paraded with the troops ordered out to the execution : not an eye but was bathed in tears ; and, as the veteran recalled the scene, the solemn funeral procession and the events of the gallows came so vividly before him, that his emotion almost choked his utterance.
After the close of the war he devoted himself to the labors of peace. He was the vice-president of the first Whig State Convention, held at Faneuil Hall in September, 1842. He died Aug. 11, 1845, aged eighty-nine years. His son Stephen, it will be remembered by the older residents, was the Mr. Reynolds who was so prominent among the Sandwich-Islanders; and by whose influence several of the natives came to Boxford, where they settled.
226
HISTORY OF BOXFORD.
In addition to those members of the three companies in Boxford, we find on the Ist of August, 1775, that Stephen Merrill and John Towne were in the company of Capt. Samuel Gridley, in Col. Richard Gridley's regiment.
Twenty-five men went out to the assistance of Gloucester (Cape Ann) this year. The following enlisted for fourteen days, viz. : James Andrews, Asa Peabody, James Andrews, Asa Kimball, Daniel Perley, Nathan Andrews, jr., Joseph Peabody, Nathaniel Smith, Jacob Eils, Daniel Chapman, Ephraim Matthews, and John Killam.
After their term of enlistment was through, the following also enlisted in the same service, and for the same length of time, viz. : David Stickney, Abner Curtis, William Cum- mings, David Foster, Darius Adams, Edmund Chadwick, Samuel Chadwick, Ephraim Peabody, Benjamin Spofford, Thomas Adams, Thomas Chadwick, Jonathan Tyler, and William Lacy.
Washington was appointed commander-in-chief of the American troops by the Provincial Congress, May 10, 1775. As soon as he had taken a survey of the whole ground, he called a council of war. The council, without a dissenting voice, gave it as their opinion, that the posts around Boston, though numerous, must be occupied and sustained ; and that, for this purpose, a force of at least twenty-two thousand men was necessary. They also recommended to the colonies of New England to make up the deficiency.
One great difficulty which stared them in the face was the want of ammunition. Washington had found, to his surprise, that there was not powder enough in the whole American army to furnish nine cartridges to each man. This was a most alarming fact, and perplexed even the commander himself. When it became known, many of the inhabitants went into the business of manufacturing powder and running up bullets. The towns also caused it
227
HISTORY OF BOXFORD.
to be done ; at any rate, to manufacture what they needed for their own troops. To corroborate this statement, we find on the town-records of Boxford the following : "Sept. 25, 1775, Gave an order to John Stiles of one shilling for the use of his shop and one bushel of coal in running bullets."
March 19, 1776, the East Parish "gave leave to Deacon Symonds to take out the dirt under the meeting-house for the use of the saltpetre; he leaving the same as good as he finds it." Linebrook Parish (Ipswich) also " voted, that Daniel Chapman of Boxford, should have the dirt under their meeting-house, to make saltpetre."* Thus we see that the business was carried on to some extent in this town, and perhaps more instances could be found on further research.
It was voted, March 23, 1776, "that one-third of the town's ammunition be kept in the Second (West) Parish in the future."
In the summer and fall of 1775 Boxford was the repos- itory of the ammunition belonging to Salem and Beverly. It was a custom that year, when the British troops were so near, to carry the ammunition away from the coast, and keep it in some private place.
Jonathan Foster was another captain of the Revolution. An orderly-book of his is preserved in the family.
Agreeable to a resolve of the House of Representatives, June 7, 1776, on the subject of declaring the independence of the colonies, the town of Boxford met on the 17th, and " voted unanimously that if the Honorable Continental Congress should for the safety of the Colonies declare them independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain, they, the said inhabitants of Boxford, will solemnly engage with their lives and fortunes to support them in the measure." The Declaration of Independence was adopted only seventeen
* Felt's History of Ipswich.
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days later, namely, on the 4th of July, 1776; and, after being read in the churches, was engrossed on the town- records.
The following lists, or rolls, contain the names of those men that were in the service at various places, and for different periods of time, during the year 1776, which we have not mentioned on the preceding pages. We give them as given on the rolls. The first list is that of those men who enlisted for eight months in the Cambridge cam- paign : Jacob Hazen, Asa Smith, John Towne, Andrew Peabody, Allen Perley, Robert Andrews, Joshua Andrews, Samuel Brown, Rufus Burnham, Thomas Dwinnell, Job Da- vis, Stephen Emery, Edmund Herrick, John Hale, Stephen Perley, Daniel Peabody, Joshua Rea, Jonathan Wood, Moses Wood, Eliphalet Wood, John Wild (or Willet), Seth Burn- ham, Nathaniel Fuller, Jacob Perkins, Ivory Hovey, Samuel Cole, Eliphalet Cole, Moses Carleton, Nathan Kimball, jr., Enoch Kimball, Benjamin Foster, Asahel Goodridge, John Stiles, John Towne, jr., Elijah Gould, Joseph Simmons, Robert Perkins, Joseph Peabody, Stephen Gould, jr., Dan- iel Cole, Dudley Foster, Moses Kimball, Ebenezer Peabody, Stephen Merrill, Moses Porter, jr., Jeremiah Robinson, David Sessions, Elijah Clark, and Jonathan Gilman. Whole number of men, forty-nine.
The following were in the Cambridge campaign, but we do not know for what time : Gideon Bixby, David Kimball, and Levi Goodridge.
The following were stationed at Roxbury and Winter Hill (the time is not known) : John Curtis, Ephraim Kim- ball, David Hall (or Hull), Aaron Perley, David Foster, Daniel Kimball, Abner Curtis, Ephraim Matthews, Jona- than Dwinnell, Abraham Tyler, Joseph Hovey, jr., Parker Spofford, Thomas Adams, Edmund Chadwick, Samuel Chadwick, Enos Carleton, Jesse Hardy, Asa Hardy, Ephraim Peabody, John Tyler, Luke Hovey, jr., Thomas
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Chadwick, jr., Amos Hovey, Seth Peabody, and Tyler Porter. Whole number of men, twenty-five.
The following enlisted in the Continental and Northern Army. These men probably served in Capt. Peabody's company (in Col. Wigglesworth's regiment), stationed at Ticonderoga in August, 1776, where they probably remained during the next winter. John Pearl, a private in the com- pany, in a letter to his wife dated Oct. 12, 1776, says : “It has been very sickly in camp with the camp-disorder, but the sick ones are now getting better. We don't expect any fighting here this fall, for we are very strong, both by land and by water; have twenty-three sail off the line." Their time of service is not known. The list follows : John Stiles, Isaac Perkins, David Emery, Moses Porter, jr., Eliphalet Cole, Hannaniah Barker, Seth Peabody, Jonathan Gilman, Robert Andrews, Eliphalet Wood, Allen Perley, Joshua Rea, Seth Burnham, Timothy Stiles, Thomas Kil- lam, David Foster, William Cummings, Ephraim Matthews, Daniel Kimball, Thomas Adams, John Chadwick, jr., Ed- mund Chadwick, Enos Carleton, John Pearl, Benjamin Spofford, and Parker Tyler. Whole number of men, twenty-six.
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