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Thomas Chandler
Samuel Patten Matthew Patten
Jonathan Lyon
John Orr James Linn
John Moorhead Eleazer Lyon John Roby John Carr Thomas Vickere Thomas Vickere Sen
Saml Wood James Walker Benjamin Kidder William Patterson
John McDugel Moses Barron James Moor John Burns John Toms James Moor
John Durgee Alexr Walker William Calwell
Jas Little John Patten Robert Walker
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THE FRENCH WAR.
A list of the names of the families of the Inhabitants of Souhegan-East upon Merrimack River is appended to this petition.
Timothy Corlis
Samuel Woods Ephraim Bushnel
John More Robert Gillemore
Thomas Worthley
Levt Moses Barns
Robert Little John Goffe
Thomas Vickers
William Pateson
Elizer Lyon
Thomas Chandler John Blare
John Robe
Benjamin Smith Jun
Thomas Farmer
John Mac Dugel James Walker John Taylor
Benjamin Smith Gorn Ridle
Cap John Chamberlin Canada
Wid MacQuaid Robert Walker
John Tom
Hugh Ridle
Morehead
Forges Canada
William Patison Jun
John Ridle
James More Jun
Jonathan Lyon
Thomas Barn
James Little
James More
James Lynn
James Mathews
Elexander Walker
Benjamin Smith third
John Bell
John Orr
Samuel Pattin
Matthew Patten Jun
John Quig
Kiders family
John Burns
Joseph Canada
Thomas Farmer Jun
Robert Gilmore
Revolutionary War.
In the Revolutionary war Bedford furnished a large number of citizens who united in opposing the oppression of Great Britain, and in common with their fellow-citizens were zealous in sharing the danger and hardships necessary to independence. Their zeal and patriotism were manifested by a ready compliance with the requisi- tions of congress and the orders of the provincial convention. A few extracts from the town records will represent the spirit of the day and the excitement of that period : 1
1774. Hillsborough, Bedford, S. S.
To John Wallace, constable for the town of Bedford, for the year 1774. At the request of the provincial committee, you are required in His Majesty's name, to warn all freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of Bedford, to meet at the meeting house on Monday, the 18th day of January next at two o'the clock in the afternoon, then and there when met first, to chuse a moderator for said meet- ing : secondly, to appoint a man in the behalf of this town to meet at Exeter the 25th of said month and join in conjunction with the other towns in the choice of delegates to representate this province at an intended congress to be held at Philadelphia, on the 10th day of May next.
1 The following letter is preserved in town :
New York Aprill 13, year 1776
Loveing wife I think my self hapey To imbrace this opertunity To Right A Few Lines to you To Let you Know I am in good Helth Blessed be God for it hopeing these will Find you So I Arived att New York the 30th of March I had A Good Pasage and was in Good Helth my Poor Brother John Died on the journey in West Town on March the 19th 1776 and I See him oneribelley buried This Journey is very Unex- pected to me and undesired for myself But much more for your Sake Knowing your case is Exceeding maloncolley Lonesome and Dificult But I must Begg your Pray- ers to God for me and your helth he would Keep me from Sin and all Danger and in his own Dew Time return me home to my famile and frinds again our Company and armey are in a coman State of helth and in Good Spirits we have a Strong Armey and are planty for Cannon and amonishion and are well footifide for the Time we have Bin here there is no Regelars here on Land there is one Large ship of regelars and two small vesals Laying in 3 miles of the town near the Place Cold the Narrows But we have poshen of sevaral ilands rownd them and are well fortfide and have the town well secured there is no Aperance of Danger att Presant in this Place if God be with us I have provisions planty and Good and I Want for Nothing but Your save- ing Grace and the injoyment of your Companey alltho I am absant From you and have all Sorts of movements and Company Around me yet it doth not confine my thots from you altho it is our unhapey Lott to be absant for a Season yet it doth not disever us forever unless Death should overtake Ither of us Before we meet again But Let us Trust in God Att all times for all we kned and waight with Pashance his Tim if it be Possibel I shall come home in 3 monts if not I Shall not expect to come hom Before my Tim is out I would have you apply to john Griffins father for 5 Bushels and 1/2 of Rye which he promist to me and is paid for the same no more att Presant
I will close my discors with wisheing hevens Blesings on us all and stileing my self your Loveing husband
William Newman
Stephen Goffe is well and remembers his Love to his parents
COL. DANIEL MOORE'S HOUSE.
THE MOORE TAVERN.
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James Martin was chosen. At the same time it was voted nem con, " that we will be our proportion with other towns in the province for sending delegates to Philadelphia, the 10th of May next, if our grievances are not redressed before that time." Mr. Martin was also voted a dollar a day for his time and expense.
1775. The next town warrant runs as follows: "To John Wal- lace, Constable : Greeting : By virtue of the authority the town give the selectmen at their last annual March meeting to transact the public affairs of the town the present year, as true sons of liberty, you are hereby required etc."
Warrants formerly ran "in his Majesty's name."
The meeting of March 6, 1776, was called by virtue of the author- ity of the continental congress, the first time that authority was offi- cially invoked in our town. By the 23d of December, 1775, the province had risen to the dignity of a "Colleny," for we find this caption at the head of one of the warrants : "Colleny of New Hamp- shire, Hillsborough S. S., Bedford," etc.
The meeting of September 10, 1776, was called "by the authority of the State of New Hampshire," the first time this name appears in our record.
January 16, 1775. " Voted to dopt the measures of the Continen- tal Congress."
" Voted Capt. Samuel Patten, Capt. Daniel Moor, and Lt. Samuel Vose be a committee to carry said measures into execution."
" Voted Mr. James Martin be appointed deputy in behalf of the town to attend the Provincial Congress to be held at Exeter on Wednesday, 25th instant, for the choice of a delegate to represent their province at the Continental Congress, proposed to be held at Philadelphia, Tuesday, 10th of May next.
1775. Interest in public questions must have been at a high pitch when the following was received the day after the battle of Lexington :
April 20, 1775.
To the selectmen of Bedford. Gentlemen :- This moment the melancholy inteligence has been received of hostilities being com- menced between ye troops under the command of General Gage and our brethren of the Massachusetts Bay. The importance of our exerting ourselves at this critical moment, has caused the provincial committee to meet at Exeter, and you are requested instantly to choose and hasten forward there a delegate or delegates to join the committee and aid them in consulting measures for our safety. In great haste, I am, by order of the committee,
Your humble servant,
J. WENTWORTH.
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HISTORY OF BEDFORD.
Five days later the town met and chose James Martin as its dele- gate to Exeter.
At the meeting it was "voted that the selectmen inspect into the families of our men that is gone to the army, and if they want, to provide what is necessary for them at the town cost." Second : "To choose a constable to serve in the room of Hugh Camp- bell that is gone to the army, for the present year." Thirdly : "To see if the town will vote to raise money in lieu of the money that John Wallace, Constable, gave to Daniel Moore for to support his company in Cambridge."
May 2d, 1775. "Voted Matthew Patten, Esqr., be our member to attend the County Congress to be held at Amherst on Wednesday, the 24th of this instant. Voted Matthew Patten and John Bell be added to the Committee of Safety in this town. Voted that each man return what money they received of Capt. Daniel Moore at Cambridge to him again as soon as may be. Voted that the money that was gained by subscription on the 2d of this instant to purchase ammunition will be given to Mr. James Martin for the same pur- pose, if he can get it, and if not, he, the said Martin, is to return the said money to John Bell."
News had reached the colonies of the mishaps of Arnold, and the failure of Montgomery's attack upon Quebec. A call was made for troops to reinforce and save his army and three regiments were raised. Two of them, under the command of Col. Isaac Wyman and Joshua Wingate, marched for Canada, but joined the Northern army in New York, General Sullivan having made his successful retreat with the remnant of Montgomery's army before their arrival. There were nine companies in Colonel Wingate's regiment, which was the third of the regiments raised under the call, and Whitefield Gilmore was a first lieutenant in the ninth company, and David Gregory the drummer, both Bedford men. From Bedford the fol- lowing private soldiers were enlisted : George Orr, Samuel Fugard, Patrick Murphy, James Steele, Jonah Tirrell, William Karr (From muster and pay-roll of men raised for Canada out of Col. Daniell Moore's regiment mustered and paid by Moses Kelley, July 22, 1776.)
November 4, 1776. Voted "That the town pay $10 to each man who went to Ticonderoga on the towns account in July last, and $7 for a drum." Voted " To dismiss the soldiers that went out of this town, that served in the Continental army in the year 1775, of their poll tax." Voted, "Wiseman Clagget of Litchfield to represent the towns of Bedford and Merrimack in general assembly now setting at Exeter, for the year 1777 agreeable to precept to us directed."
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The second article in the warrant of January 22, 1777, was as fol- lows : "To here the articles of federation read, as formed by the honorable, the Continental Congress and to chose a committee to instruct their representative according to a vote of the general as- sembly of this state for the purpose of framing and laying a permi- nent plan or system for the future government of this state."
It is almost needless to say that the articles of federation were accepted as read. The committee chosen to instruct the representa- tive in constitutional carpentry were Maj. John Goffe, Thomas Boies, and James Martin. It was also voted, "That the selectmen shall sup- port Samuel Fugard and Jonas Cutting family." These were men that had gone as soldiers into the continental army.
March 26, 1777. Voted Thomas Boies, James Vose, John Martin, Lt. John Orr, and John Aiken be a committee of Safety.
April. 10, 1777. Voted to raise $80 to give as a bounty to each soldier that shall enlist in this town for the Continental Army.
May 5th, 1777. Voted 6 pounds lawful money to each of those men engaged by Capt. James Aiken to serve in the Continental Army for the term of three years for the town of Bedford, to be added to the 24 pounds that were before voted. Voted 6 pounds to Thomas Matthews, provided he has taken no other hire from any other man or men. Voted to chuse a committee for the regulating service done in the War.
May 19th, 1777. Voted that those men that went on behalf of the town from Winter Hill to New York, and thence to Canada and thence back to Ticonderoga, be free from their poll rate for 1777. 1
1 Among interesting old papers found relative to this period was one giving the following lists of regiments in the state of New Hampshire for 1777:
Colonel William Whipple, Esq., Portsmouth, 873; Newcastle, 65; Rye, 161; Newing- ton, 96; Stratham, 200; Greenland, 146. Total, 1,561; proportion to send to the conti- nental army, 193.
Colonel Stephen Evans, Esq., Dover, 370; Durham, 242; Lee, 159; Somersworth, 175; Rochester, 329; Barrington, 267; Madbury, 124. Total, 1,666; proportion, 207.
Colonel Jonathan Moulton, Esq., Hampton, 167; Hampton Falls, 110; North Hamp- ton, 121; Seabrook, 120; Kensington, 161; South Hampton, 102. Total, 781; propor- tion, 97.
Colonel Nicholas Gilman, Esq., Exeter, 324; Newmarket, 242; Epping, 303; Brent- wood, 209; Nottingham, 187; Deerfield, 234; Northwood, 67; Poplin, 99. Total, 1,665; proportion, 207.
Colonel Jonathan Webster, Esq., Chester, 324; Candia, 147; Raymond, 138. Total, 609; proportion, 75.
Colonel Matthew Thornton, Esq., Londonderry, 470; Windham, 101; Pelham, 141. Total, 712; proportion, 89.
Colonel Joseph Bartlett, Esq., Kingston, 182; East Kingston, 72; Hancock, 89; San- down, 107; Newton, 104; Hampstead, 141; Plaistow, 118; Atkinson, 109; Salem, 198. Total, 1,120; proportion, 130.
Colonel Moses Nichols, Esq., Amherst, 321; Nottingham West, 122; Litchfield, 57; Dunstable, 128; Merrimack, 129; Hollis, 234; Wilton, 128; Raby, 20; Mason, 113. To- tal, 1,252; proportion, 155.
Colonel Daniel Moore, Esq., Bedford, 107; Dunbarton, 106; Pembroke, 137; Allens- town, 19; Lyndeborough, 130; Goffstown, 178; New Boston, 118; Derryfield, 57; Fran- cestown, 46; Weare, 149; Society Land, 45; Deering, 40. Total, 1,132; proportion, 140.
Colonel Joseph Badger, Esq., Gilmanton, 163; Barnstead, 55; Sanbornton, 107; Mer- edith, 60; Moultonborough, 65; Sandwich, 46; Tamworth, 35; Wolfeborough, 57; Wakefield, 74; Leavittown, 19; Middletown, 46; New Durham, 56; McGore, 20. Total, 1,803; proportion, 100.
Colonel Thomas Stickney, Esq., Concord, 232; Boscawen, 108; Canterbury, 159; Hopkinton, 202; Salisbury, 98; Loudon, 88; Chichester, 91; Perrystown, 20; Epsom,
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HISTORY OF BEDFORD.
1778. The price of provisions began to advance in consequence of the war, and an act of the provincial legislature authorized towns to appoint committees to regulate the price of articles sold in the town; accordingly Jonathan Kinney, Ensign Chubbuck, John Gor- don, Hugh Campbell, and John McAllester were chosen as a com- mittee for the purpose, and it was voted on June 15, 1778, that the selectmen of Bedford shall supply the soldiers' wives with the neces- saries of life at the rated prices, and that the town pay the over- plus.
November 9, 1778. Voted "That the selectmen take care of the soldiers' wives at their discretion, so that they do not suffer." (It appears that Mrs. Fugard, Mrs. Cutting, and Mrs. Sullivan were the soldiers' wives in question.)
Feb. 18, 1779. " Article 2: To let the town know that Robert Morrell being a Continental soldier has made a demand for some support for his wife, and to see whether the town will allow him anything or not." Voted that the selectmen stand ready to supply Mr. Robert Morrel's wife with the necessaries of life at the stated prices, at any time when she shall come to this town, during her stay in the same, and his stay in the continental army, for the town of Bedford, except the Continental Congress make provision in such case.
Voted, "To send a man to the convention to be held at Concord on the 22d day of September 1779 to join in convention in regulating the prices of things in this state."
The following votes show the great depreciation of paper money at that time :
Sept. 17, 1779, Voted to raise 300€ Lawful money to purchase grain for Levi Whitman's wife.
Sept. 9, 1780. Raised 10,700 pounds, lawful money, to purchase beef for the army.
72; Hillsborough, 43; Bow, 64; Henniker, 76; New Brittain, 41. Total, 1,445; propor- tion, 180.
Colonel David Hobart, Esq., Plymouth, 91: Rumney, 52; Holderness, 36; Campton, 45; Thornton, 54; Cockermouth, 28; Newchester, 38; Alexandria, 34. Total, 378; pro- portion, 47.
Colonel Samuel Ashley, Esq., Winchester, 130; Keene, 171; Swanzey, 138; Richmond, 169; Hinsdale, 33; Chesterfield, 191; Westmoreland, 155; Surry, 44; Gilsum 39. Total, 1,080; proportion, 134.
Colonel Enoch Hale, Esq., Rindge, 143; New Ipswich, 130; Jaffrey, 146; Temple, 112; Peterborough, 102; Fitzwilliam, 40; Dublin, 64; Stoddard, 49; Washington, 35; Marl- borough, 68; Parkerfield, 47; Sliptown, 23. Total, 959; proportion, 120.
Colonel Israel Morey, Esq., Orford, 47; Lyme, 69; Piermont, 43; Haverhill, 86; Bath, 35; Dorchester, 8; Warren, 10; Wentworth, 10; Gunthwaile, 11; Northumberland, 7; Lempster, 6; Lyman, -; Landaff, 9; Morristown, 6. Total, 347; proportion, 43.
Colonel Benjamin Bellows, Esq., Walpole, 133; Charlestown, 121; Claremont, 126; Newport, 40; Saville, 17; Unity, 42; Acworth, 27; Lempster, 32; Marlow, 57; Alstead, 88. Total, 675; proportion, 84.
Colonel Jonathan Chase, Esq., Cornish, 81; Plainfield, 83; Lebanon, 93; Hanover, 130; Croydon, 37; Grantham, 21; Nelson, 17; Grafton, 15; Canaan (Independent), 15; Conway, 33. Total, 523; proportion, 65.
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Nov. 15, Voted to allow 50 dollars per bushel for Indian corn.
May 24, 1781. Voted to raise 13,500 pounds, L: M: in Continen- tal Bills, to purchase beef for the support of the army the present year.
May 3, 1783. Voted the Constable be directed to receive 1 Span- ish Dollar in lieu of 160 dollars in Continental bills.
All through the period from 1776 to 1780, there seems to have been the utmost difficulty in raising the grain for Levi Whitman's wife. Continual votes of the town for this purpose are found, but she seemed always unprovided for. Finally, February 16, 1780, the town voted not to raise more money " to purchase the grain for Levi Whitman's wife, the money that has been already raised, being suffi- cient to purchase the same."
Voted " That the grain for Levi Whitman's wife be collected as it is assessed." Voted, " That each one carry in his proportion for said grain to James Wallace, clerk of the market for the town of Bed- ford." Voted, "That said grain be carried to James Wallace by the last day of May next." Voted, "That the committee that was chose to supply Levi Whitman's wife with grain have what Grain they dis- bursted to said Whitman's wife before that the grain was assessed and a road bill be paid out of said assessment of grain except their own proportion of said grain."
The committee appointed to treat with Samuel Fugard respecting his serving as Continental soldier for the town of Bedford, reported " that said Fugard requests that the town pay him $2,000 as a bounty for his last three years service and that as a bounty for the time to come, the town pay Mr. James Martin on said Fugard's account $10 at the value money was in the year 1774, as also that the town pur- chase 25 acres of land lying south of and joining to Capt. James Walker's land in Bedford aforesaid, or if said land cannot be pur- chased at reasonable price the town shall deliver to said Fugard's wife one bushel of Indian per month during the time of said Fugard's service in the Continental Army. Dated at Bedford 10th day of April, 1780."
The warrant of May 15, 1779, contains this provision, "And for defraying the charges of the Continent and State the current year, you are hereby required to pay unto the State Treasurer for the time being, the sum of 700 pounds lawful money, one-half at or before the first day of June next ensuing the date hereof, and the other half at or before the last day of December next ensuing the date hereof."
June 1, 1779, Voted, " to pay the sum of 150 pounds, lawful money, to Capt. Samuel McConnell of Pembroke for finding a man the town of Bedford to serve in the Continental army during the war."
The proportion of the town of Bedford for the Continental army in the year 1779 was three men.
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HISTORY OF BEDFORD.
At the town-meeting, July 3, 1779, there was one vote for accept- ing and 23 for not accepting the plan of government submitted to the town by the provincial assembly.
"Voted to pay the 300 pounds lawful money that was paid to James Grear being a soldier in the Continental army." Voted "Not to pay the militia men by way of a town tax."
Feb. 16, 1780. " Voted not to allow Samuell Houston his bounty from the town for being a soldier till further order."
November 15, 1780. "Voted to allow Robert Alexander the money he paid as a fine when he was drafted to go into the army last summer."
1780. The Fugard question seemed to continue unsettled for we find in the town-meeting of May, 1780, that the following article was in the warrant:
"Secondly, whereas the committee that was chose to treat with Samuel Fugard when they brought in their report did not report how and in what manner said Fugard would recover those things that Robert Merrill has seased of said Fugard, therefore, he, the said Fugard, requested that some method be decided on by the town to recover said goods it being an agreement between said Samuel Fu- gard and said committee."
This article was not acted upon "for the reason the things was de- livered up before the time of holding said meeting."
July 15, 1780. Voted, "To choose a Committee to Procure the beef that is Sent for to supply the Army."
Voted, "That Persons that Disbursted any articles of Life to the Soldiers wives be allowed the price of such Articles is when they received their money."
Another singular occurrence seems to have taken place at this time, for we find this entry: "Drew Matthew McDuffey out of the box." 1
" Voted to sell so much timber off lots of land is in the town to defray the cost of the house and land that the selectmen purcha. ed for Samuel Fugard, he being a soldier in the Continental Army for said town of Bedford during the war." Voted, " Adam Dickey, John Bell and Samuell Tirrell, Sr., to be a committee to sell the timber off the public lots."
In the warrant for the town meeting of March 28, 1780, there was an article "To see whether the town would allow Hugh Matthews and Joseph Matthews for their service as soldiers in the year 1776." But it was " Voted not to allow them their poll tax."
February 28, 1781. " Voted that John Griffin shall receive 18-3 year old neat cattle if he stays three years as he is enlisted and pass muster for the town of Bedford in the Continental Army for that
1 Mr. McDuffie was a very large and heavy man, so Matthew Patten's diary states, and probably the entry refers to his being drawn as a juror.
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term, and if but two years, 18-2 years old, and if but one year 18-1 years old, and 2,000 Continental dollars, as a bounty from said Bed- ford." "Voted that the Committee that has been already chose : Zechariah Chandler, Esq., Lieut. James Smith, and James Vose, be a committee to procure soldiers for the Continental Army for the term of three years for the said town of Bedford, as mentioned in the second article in the warrant."
October 22, 1781. " Voted that the constable take no more of the old Continental bills."
" Voted that the constable take but one new emission bill in the room of two from those that have not paid their tax on the first rate bill for the present year, and those that paid the town tax, have a reduction of the same."
January 18, 1782. "Voted Indian corn at four shillings lawful money per bushel to pay the soldiers that went for the town last summer."
The form of government was submitted to the town for approval or disapproval, January 4, 1782, and at the town-meeting held on the 18th of January, 1782, it was " Voted that Lieut. John Orr, Lieut. James Moore, John Bell, Zechariah Chandler, Esq., James Wallace, Major John Goff, Lieut. Samuel Vose, Capt. John Dunlap, and James Martin be a committee to examine and report." Their report was accepted, and it was "Voted not to accept the plan of government as it now stands." It was also "Voted that every freeholder shall be a voter." Then the meeting was adjourned to Ensign Chubbuck's. (Ensign Chubbuck kept the Globe tavern on Globe hill). When they met at Ensign Chubbuck's, the town "Voted that a certain part of the 35th article of the bill of rights, viz., that the judges of the Supream Judiciel Court should hold their office so long as they be- haved well, ought to be expunged and that they should hold their office during pleasure, and that the said judges shall be amply com- pensated from year to year for actual services only." "Voted that Council and House of Representatives duly authorized are sufficient to govern the state that, therefore, a governor and privy council are not only burthensome but unnecessary." "Voted that the General (Court?) shall appoint officers of the state, that the several County conventions shall appoint all County officers for their respective coun- ties, that the several towns appoint their own officers, that the sev- eral companies of militia appoint their own captains and subbaltrens and the said officers shall appoint their field officers."
April 29, 1783. " Voted that the constable be directed to take one silver dollar in the lue of four paper new emission bills, in pay- ment of taxes."
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May 28, 1783. " Voted not to have a governor, but that if it be the vote of the convention we have a governor, his power be regu- lated by the votes of the town sent to the last convention."
The congress of the confederation assembled February 17, 1783, proposed to recommend an alteration of the 8th article of the con- federation and perpetual union of the thirteen states. Upon an arti- cle in the town warrant therefor, August 27, the town voted that it did not approve of the amendment.
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