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ernor Hubbard, in 1843; first lieutenant by Governor Steel, in 1844; captain of the First Company Light Infantry, by the same Governor, in 1845; lieutenant-colonel of Twentieth Reg- iment New Hampshire Militia, by Governor Colby, in 1846; and colonel in the same regiment, by Governor Williams, in 1847; and received his honorable discharge June 9, 1848.
Mr. Patten has thoroughly believed in his native town, and with commendable public spirit has endeavored to work for its interests, and has been connected with its official duties in many departments. In 1860 he was assist- ant United States marshal, and took the census in Westmoreland, Chesterfield, Hinsdale and Swanzey, and has held several minor town of- fices. Politically, he is a Democrat, and be- lieves in the principles of Jefferson and Jackson, and was twice elected to the State Legislature on the Democratic ticket for the years 1863 and 1864. He has been several times nominated for State Senator, and for various county offices, receiving each time the cordial and full support of his party, but failing of election by the great predominance of the opposing party in this see- tion of the State. He has been many years a justice of the peace.
In his religious preferences he is a Univer- salist, broad and catholic in his views, and al- ways respecting the opinions of others. He is an intelligent and thoughtful man, has given great attention to historical research, and has rendered much valuable assistance to Mr. Willard Bill, the historian of Westmoreland.
EGBERT CHAMBERLAIN AND EDGAR KENDALL HORTON.
In that year made memorable by the battles of Buena Vista and Sacramento, and the severe famine in Ireland, which called from the United States such munificent donations of corn and potatoes to save the famishing, there was born to a pleasant home in Westmoreland, N. H., Egbert Chamberlain and Edgar Kendall Horton,
twin sons of Dr. P. Manly Horton and Mary Ann Kendall -- who were a glad surprise, looking so much alike that it was difficult to tell one from the other. Bright hopes at once centred in them, for they were of noble extraction. Their mother was from a superior family of English origin, eminently gifted in mind and heart. She was a true woman, always loyal to her family and well fitted to nurture and train her children for usefulness and success in the world. So long as she lived she richly blest her home. Their father, who is still living in advanced years, is mentally strong and of great physical endurance, inventive by nature and exceedingly apt in mechanical skill and works. The Horton pedigree reaches far back into English history, even to the period when the Romans. occupied Brittany. The name itself signifies a cultivator, or adviser. All the way through this long line the families bearing this cognomen have left traces and impressions of genuine character and progress. The first of this name came to America as early as 1633, and one branch set- tled on Long Island and others in Springfield, and in the central part of Massachusetts. From the last have sprung the family under considera- tion. The Horton genealogy shows that they have been producers in cultivating the soil and originators in handicrafts and in scholarly attainments.
Egbert and Edgar were fortunate in coming into this world in the midst of charming seen- cry. If New Hampshire is the Switzerland of America, Westmoreland is its Col de Balm, abundantly supplied with flowers in the sum- mers and snow blossoms in the winter. Its air is invigorating; its light, crystalline; its sur- face, rich and greatly diversified with hills, vales, woods, brooks, rivers, meadows, pastures and rural homes. So their young hearts could but drink in freely inspiration from all this wide-spread beauty and picturesqueness. They were cheerful and happy in their early years. As they began to attend school they at once exhibited traits of promise and scholarship.
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When they advanced from the common to the High School they expressed quickness of dis- cernment and readiness of comprehension, mas- tering the studies that they pursued. Reaching manhood, they were of medium size, mental temperament and ambitious to do for them- selves. On leaving home they engaged as clerks in mercantile business at Keene, N. H. Edgar remained there for five years and then went to Providence, R. I., where he continued in the same calling for ten years. Egbert tarried in Keene but a short time before he left for Green- field, Mass., where he devoted himself to photography till 1870, when he went to Prov- idence to follow the same business. In 1878 he opened a studio for himself, and two years later he took in as partner his brother Edgar. Now, with their age, experience, taste, skill and love for art-works, they were prepared to excel in photography, Egbert devoting himself to the art and Edgar to the business part, and so carry on the work with a high degree of success. Starting now on a basis of strict attention to artistic effect and a general excellence in detail, they have acquired the enviable position of lead-
ers in photographic art in Rhode Island, and to-day their business is second to none in New England, and represents to a large degree the wealthy and best patronage of the State. With the view of better meeting the demands of an increasing business, they have recently fitted up two entire floors of the large block at 87 West- minster Street for their work. These are not to be surpassed. The reception room is in- viting and elegantly furnished. Its walls are hung with specimen works in oil and crayon. It is a model establishment of its kind, spacious, finely-lighted, and well adjusted in all its ap- pliances. The studio of the Horton Brothers is generally regarded as a valuable addition to the æsthetic developments of Providence, and their business has come to be counted among the enterprising industries of the city. So, through ability, industry, perseverance, moral fortitude and culture, these young men have already attained to a high degree of success, giving assurance that they will still bestow by their good works greater honors upon their patronymie name, their profession, their homes and their country.
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HISTORY OF RINDGE.
CHAPTER I.
THIS township was granted by the Governor of Massachusetts December 9, 1736, O. S. The territory was surveyed by Nathan Hey- wood in November, 1738, and the grant con- firmed January 24, 1638, O. S. (February 4, 1739, N. S.) The grantees were soldiers or heirs of soldiers who participated in the expe- dition under Sir William Phipps to Canada in 1690, and were residents of Rowley, Mass., and vicinity ; hence the name of Rowley-Canada, by which the place was known until it was granted by the Masonian proprietors, February 14, 1749, and called Monadnock, No. 1. The town was incorporated February 11, 1768, and received its present name in honor of Daniel Rindge, then an influential member of the Council.
Rindge took a prominent part in the Revo- Intion, furnishing two regimental commanders, viz., Colonel Enoch Hale, born in Rowley, No- vember 28, 1733, a veteran of the French War, who was in publie positions for many years, and died in Grafton, Vt., April 9, 1813; and Colonel Nathan Hale, born September 23, 1743, who was in the service from the breaking out of the Revolutionary War until he died a prisoner in the hands of the enemy, at Long Island, September 23, 1780. He was promoted for meritorious services to the rank of Colonel.
The first settler was Abel Platts in about 1742.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
Pay-roll of the men that went to Cambridge
in Captain Nathan Hale's company, at the time of the Lexington fight, April ye 19, 1775 :
£. s. d.
Nathan Hale, captain. 0 66
Francis Towne, lieutenant 1 10 0
Daniel Rand, ensign.
1 10 0
James Crumbie, clerk
1 10 0
Page Norcross, sergeant
1 10 0
Samuel Stanley, sergeant
1 10 0
James Streeter, sergeant. 1 10 0
Abel Stone, corporal. 1 10 0
Benjamin Davis, corporal 0 6 6
Samuel Stone, corporal
0)
6 6
Ezekiel Rand, drummer 0 6 6
Daniel Lake, Jr., drummer.
0 6 6
Leme Page, fifer. 0
6 6
John Hanaford. 1 10 0
Daniel Russell. 0 66
Nathaniel Ingalls 1 10 0
Nehemiah Towne. 1 10 0
Jonathan Putnam. 1 10 0
Samuel Russell 1 10 0
Jeremiah Norcross
1 10 0
Joel Russel.
0 66
John Buswell.
1 10 0
Simeon Ingalls
0 66
Samuel Parker 0 66
Joseph Platts. 1 10 0
Asa Brocklebank 1 10 0
Samuel Tarbell. 0 66
Reuben Page
0 66
Abel Platts, Jr. 1 10 0
Samuel Page. 1 10 0
John Demary, Jr. 0 6 6
Joseph Stanley. 1 10 0
Aaron Easty. 1 10 0
William Carlton 1 10 0
James Cutter 1 10 0
Simon Davis. 0 66
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533
£ s. d.
John Emory. 1 10 0
Enos Lake .. 6 €
Jeremiah Russell 1 10 0
David Robbins
1 10 0
Nathaniel Thomas 1 10 0
Oliver Bacon. 1 10 0
Abraham Wetherbee 1 10 0
1 10 0
Nathaniel Russell. 1 10 0
Jonathan Lovejoy
0 66
Joseph Wilson.
1 10 0
Solomon Rand
1 10 0
Daniel Lake. 0 66
Edward Jewett 1 17 4
Elisha Perkins. 1 10 0
Ezekiel Larned.
1 10 0
Isaac Wood.
1 10 0
George Carlton.
1 10 0
This company marched to Cambridge. Sev- enteen returned after four days' service, and thirty-seven remained seventeen days; and it is probable that several of the latter did not re- turn to their homes before joining another com- pany from Rindge, which arrived in the vicinity of Boston about that time. In this company of fifty-four men were twelve who afterwards held commissions in the regiments raised in this State. This pay-roll is found upon the town records, and the payment was made by the town.
Pay-roll of Captain Philip Thomas' com- pany, in Colonel James Read's regiment, to August 1, 1775. Time of entry, April 23, 1775.
(Paid to each private seven pounds; two shill- ings, ten pence.)
Those marked thus (*) are from other towns.
Philip Thomas, Rindge, captain. John Harper,* lieutenant.
Ezekiel Rand, Rindge, second lieutenant.
Benj. Davis, sergeant. Godfrey Richardson .*
Ezekiel Learned, sergeant. Jacob Hobbs.
Simon Davis, sergeant. John Thomson.
Jacob Peirce,* sergeant. Thomas Hutchinson.
John Demary, corporal. Hezekiah Wetherbee.
Simeon Ingalls, corporal. Caleb Winn.
James Coffering .*
Jeremiah Russell, corporal. Benjamin Lovering, Benjamin Beals.
Daniel Lake, drummer.
Peter Webster.
Leme Page, fifer.
Dudley Griffin .*
Thomas Emory.
Benjamin Dole .*
Daniel Russell.
Isaac Leland.
Obediah Marslı.
Richard Alexander .*
Ezekiel Demary.
Nehemiah Porter.
Enos Lake.
Hugh Gragg.
Reuben Page.
David Hale.
Samuel Parker.
David Davis.
Timothy Rogers .*
Henry Davis .*
Ebenezer Ingalls.
Jonathan Lovejoy.
Joseph Wright .*
George Carlton.
Stephen Adams .*
Isaac Adams.
Joel Russell.
Benjamin Burley.
Thomas Henderson.
Simeon Whitcomb.
Benjamin Parker.
Alexander Douglass .*
John Dole .*
The following are the articles lost, and the amount paid to the several men, in behalf of the colony, by Timothy Walker, Jr., the same person who formerly supplied the pulpit in this town :
£ s. d.
" Lieut. Johu Harper 0 12 0
Ens. Ezekiel Rand. 3 16 4
Benjamin Davis. 1 15 0
Benja Lovering
4 60
Daniel Lake .
4 00
Leme Page. 6 80
Ezekiel Larned 2 14 0
Jacob Pierce. 1 34
Simon Davis.
1
4 0
John Demerry
0
7 0
Simeon Ingolls
2 14 6
Jeremiah Russell 0 68
Obadialı Marsh 0 60
Benja Beals. 0 12 0
Joel Russell
5 4 0
Dudley Griffin 1 8 0
Thomas Emery 4 0 1
Hugh Gregg 0 17 0
Ezekiel Demerry
0 20
Benja Dole ..
0) 6 0
Reuben Page.
1
1 2
Timothy Rogers. 0 15 0
Richard Alexander 3 80
Caleb Winn. 3 38
David Davis 6 12 0
Henry Davis. 0 40
Nehemiah Porter.
60
Benjamin Carlton
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€ s. d.
Peter Webster 1 12 8
Benja Parker. 0 20
Thomas Henderson 2 19 0
John Thompson 200
David Hale 5 60
Isaac Adams 7 00
George Carlton.
7 00
Jonathan Lovejoy
6 00
James Coffering.
1 4 8
£59 16 4"
The articles lost, for which the above sums were allowed, will be seen in ---
"A list of Losses sustained in the Batal and Retreat on bunker hill, the 17th day of June, 1775, of Cap- tain Thomas' Company in the New Hampshire Reserves.
Lient. [John Harper ] one hat.
Ens'n [Ezekiel Rand] coat, two shirts one gun, iron strike sword, pr. hose.
Sarg't Benjamin Davis a blanket, surtout one byanot. Sarg't Ezekiel Larned one gone [gun] one byanot & belt, one powder horn.
Sarg't Simon Davis one coat.
Sarg't Jacob Pierce a coat, a shag great coat & pack. Corporal John Demary one blanket, one byanot, one haversack.
Corporal Simeon Inglas one Cartridge Box, one gun and & byanot, one powder horn, one blanket.
Corporal Benjamin Lovering, Cadous Box & silke handkerchief.
Drums & Fifers-Daniel Lake, [Jr.] one pair of suse [shoes] one blanket.
Leme Page one shagge great coat.
Richard Alexender caduse Box and a coate
Thomas Hutchinson a pare of trowsors.
David Davis a fine shirt, & a pare of yarn hose. Jonathan Lovejoy a surtout, four shirts, one coat, two waistcoats, one gun, three pare of hose, one pouch, neckcloth, one pr. of trousers, one cat .- Box, byanot.
Nehimiah Porter a Byanot.
Thomas Henderson 2 shirts, 2 pr. hose, coat & wast- coat & a pare of Lether breeches.
James Cochran [Coffering ? ] blanket, pr. briches, pr. of hose a Rasor, havsack.
Dudley Griffen a coat & shirt.
Benjamin Beales, a shirt, two pr. of hose. Ezekiel Demary one pr. of hose.
Reuben Paige a great cote and one shirt, 1 pr. of hose 1 powder horn, one cartridge box, one wastcoat. Obadiah Marsh one shirt, one pr. of hose, one Havi- sack.
Joell Russell 1 coat, 1 pr. Leather-briches, 1 pr. hose, two shirts, one hat, one powder horn, havesack. Jacob Hobbs one blanket.
Timothy Rogers one shirt.
Godfray Richison one pare of suses.
Henry Davis one pare of trousers.
Hugh Gregg one shag great coat, 1 shirt, 1 powder horn, Bulet pouch.
Benjamin Dole lost Comp'ys bread (?).
Peter Webster a felt hat and coat and 1 pare of Leather-briches, one shirt, one havsak and one Belet pouch.
John Thompson one pair suses, one wast-coat, 1 shirt, 2 pr. of trousers, one neck-cloth, one Havesack, 1 pr. of hose, 1 gone & powder horn.
George Carlton, Isaac Adams, and Jonathan Lovejoy, we the apprisors of this Company comput their loss of guns and other artikals to amount of £18, besid the loss of their lives or in captivity.
PHILIP THOMAS, Captain."
The companies of the training-band and minute-men organized in this town were under the command of efficient officers. Their names and the date of their commissions appear in the following list. The dates are the carliest that can be given with a certainty of accuracy, yet a few of the officers may have been com- missioned previous to the date given,-
Solomon Cutler, lieutenant, 1775; captain, 1777. James Crumbie, lieutenant, 1776.
Daniel Rand, ensigu, 1775; lieutenant, 1776 ; cap- tain, 1778.
Francis Towne, lieutenant, 1776; captain, 1776. Ebenezer Chaplin, ensign, 1776. Abel Stones, ensign, 1777.
Page Norcross, lieutenant, 1777.
Salmon Stone, ensign, 1777; captain, 1777. Ebenezer Davis, lieutenant, 1778. Benjamin Davis, ensign, 1778. Jacob Gould, lieutenant, 1778. Ezekiel Rand, ensign, 1878.
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Asa Sherwin, captain, 1778. Othniel Thomas, lieutenant, 1777; captain, 1782. Isaac Wood, ensign 1779. Daniel Adams, ensign, 1880. Ebenezer Fitch, lieutenant, 1880.
Benjamin Foster, lieutenant, 1779.
Nathaniel Thomas, lieutenant, 1779. John Stanley, lieutenant, 1777. Samuel Tarbell, lieutenant, 1779. John Eills, ensign, 1782.
At the annual meeting on the 21st day of March, Jonathan Sherwin, Edward Jew- ett, Abel Stone, Francis Towne and Daniel Rand were chosen " a committee of inspection and correspondence." The three first were al- so selectmen for the year. Two of this com- mittee having proved their efficient service in raising men and joining the forces in the field, and a third being absent a portion of the time in another line of duty, " a new committee of inspection, safety and correspondence" was chosen in September, consisting of Lieutenant Ebenezer Chaplin, Mr. Nathaniel Russell, Mr. Page Norcross, Lieutenant James Crumbie and Mr. Jonathan Sawtell.
ASSOCIATION TEST .- The following signed the association test :
Abraham Wetherbee.
James Streeter.
Jeremiah Towne.
Samuel Paige, Jr.
William Carlton.
Jacob Gould.
Nehemiah Towne.
Caleb Huston.
Samuel Walker.
Barnabas Cary.
Benjamin Bancroft.
David Robbins.
Ezekiel Learned.
John Lovejoy, Jr.
Enoch Hale.
John Thomson.
Daniel Russell.
John Buswell.
Seth Dean.
Eleazer Coffeen.
Jeremiah Norcross.
Abel Platts, Jr.
Edward Jewett.
Benjamin Newman.
David Hale.
Timothy Wood.
Jonathan Sherwin.
Nehemiah Porter.
Richard Tompson.
Simon Davis, Jr.
Wm Russell.
Reuben Page.
Amos Davis.
Abel Perkins.
Jacob Hobbs.
John Lovejoy.
George Lake.
Ezekiel Rand.
John Dean.
Solomon Whitney.
James Carlton.
Jonathan Towne.
Salmon Stone.
William Robbins.
Jeduthan Stanley.
Israel Adams.
Nathaniel Ingalls.
Jabez Norcross.
Samuel Russell.
Joel Russell.
William Davis.
Jonathan Parker, Jr.
Nathaniel Page.
Jehosaphat Grout.
John Fitch.
Thomas Hutchinson.
Randall Davis.
Daniel Grag.
John Demary.
Daniel Lake.
Jonathan Towne, Jr.
John Page. John Townsend.
Samuel Sherwin. Richard Kimball. Benjamin Peirce.
Ebenezer Locke.
Jeremiah Chapman. Nathaniel Russell.
Samuel Whiting. Oliver Stevens. Isaac Wood.
John Simonds. Amasa Turner.
Nathan Hubbard.
Abel Stone.
Simon Davis.
John Whitaker.
Jonathan Putnam.
James Wood.
Benjamin Lovering.
Ebenezer Shaw.
Abel Platts.
Benjamin Gould.
Elisha Perkins.
Page Norcross.
Aaron Esty.
Richard Kimball, Jr.
Paul Fiteh.
James Philbrick.
John Wetherbee.
Nathaniel Thomas.
Ebenezer Davis.
Jonathan Ball.
Daniel Rand.
Nehemiah Bowers.
Jeremiah Russell.
Francis Towne. Moses Hale.
Joshua Webster.
Benjamin Carlton.
Richard Davis.
Samuel Stanley.
Deliverance Wilson.
Henry Godding.
Elijah Rice.
Joel Russell, jun".
John Gray.
Daniel Davis.
Gliver Gould.
Jonathan Ingalls. Caleb Winn.
Ichabod Thomson.
Jepthah Richardson.
John Handsome. James Crumbie. Samuel Tarbell.
Samuel Page. John Eills.
Eliakim Darling.
Othniel Thomas.
Joshua Tyler.
Samuel Parker.
John Hannaford.
Benjamin Moore.
Ezekiel Jewett.
Joseph Stanley. Jonathan Sawtell. John Sherwin.
Stephen Jewett.
Israel Adams, Jr.
Ebenezer Chaplin.
James Cutter. John Emery. Solomon Rand.
Joseph Platts. Zebulon Convers.
Solomon Cutler.
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Daniel Adams.
Henry Smith.
David Adams.
Levi Mansfield.
Samuel Adams.
Asa Tyler.
Jonathan Parker.
Samuel Adams.
Simeon Ingalls. Abijah Haskell.
This paper is one of uncommon interest. Besides preserving the names of many residents of the town, it makes known that there were no disloyal or timid men who failed to respond to the test of their patriotism, The proud fact is here recorded, " they have all signed," and no comment can render more intelligible this ex- pression of the sentiment of the town on the vital issues of the time. In addition to the names enrolled on this pledge, there were forty- five men in the service who were not permitted to join their townsmen in signing the test. A few of this number, however, were less than twenty-one years of age and would not have been requested to sign the paper if they had remained at home. These men not only as- serted their patriotism with their signatures, but with equal alacrity they proved their sin- cerity by joining the army whenever there was a call for soldiers to fill the ranks. During the year there were ninety-one enlistments by resi- dents of this town. Of this number, forty-five enlisted for the year ; but the company rolls containing their names have not been discovered and only a part of their names can be given.
The list includes : Major (and later in the year Lieutenant-Colonel) Nathan Hale, Cap- tain Philip Thomas, Ezekiel Demary, Daniel Lake, Jr., Benjamin Beals, Isaac Leland, Ben- jamin Davis, Joseph Wilson, Daniel MeCarr, Amos Ingalls, Asa Brocklebank, John Demary, Jr., Josiah Ingalls, Jr., Ebenezer Muzzey, Thomas Emery, Obadiah Marsh, David Davis, Benjamin Burley, Benjamin Parker, Asa Wil- kins, Ebenezer Ingalls, Jonathan Sawtell, Jr., Ebenezer Newman, William Davis, and several others, whose names have not been ascertained with sufficient certainty to warrant their men- tion. After remaining several months with the army near Lake Champlain, they joined the army
under Washington in Pennsylvania. A vote of the town, in December, to excuse from a per capita tax all those "who enlisted last winter until the first of January next," has reference to these men.
In July of this year, Colonel Isaac Wyman's regiment of New Hampshire militia was raised to reinforce the army in Canada, but joined the Northern army, then commanded by General Gates, General Sullivan having made his successful retreat with the broken army of General Montgomery before their arrival. This regiment remained in the vicinity of Ticonderoga about five months, and suffered much from sickness. Captain Joseph Parker commanded the Eighth Company in this regi- ment, of which Daniel Rand, of Rindge, was first lieutenant. The roll contains fifteen men from this town, including one officer,-
Daniel Rand, captain. Abel Jewett.
William Russell.
John Handsome.
Samuel Parker. Jeremiah Russell.
Reuben Page. Peter Thompson.
David Hlale. Thomas Emery.
John Simonds.
Peter Webster.
George Clark. John Townsend.
John Stanley.
In September, Colonel Nahum Baldwin's regiment was raised to reinforce the army in New York. James Crumbie was lieutenant in Third Company, which contained fourteen other men from this town, as follows :
Benjamin Carlton. Lemuel Page.
Jonathan Ingalls. Jonathan Ball.
Caleb Page. Nathaniel Thomas.
Francis Towne. James Wood.
Solomon Rand. Nehemiah Towne.
John Page. Samuel Chaplin.
Caleb Huston. Richard Thompson.
This regiment remained with the army, under the immediate command of General Washing- ton, on Long Island, and vicinity of New York, until late in the autumn, or the first of December. November 5, 1776, Caleb Huston died at Quaker Ridges, in the State of New York, leaving a wife and six children, who
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resided in this town many years. This com- pany was commanded by Captain Abijah Smith, a resident of New Ipswich. He was the carpenter employed to build the first saw- mill in this town, in 1760. Early in December, still another regiment of New Hampshire militia, commanded by Colonel David Gilman, was sent to reinforce the disheartened army under General Washington. Francis Towne, of Rindge, was captain of the First Company, and Nathaniel Thomas is the only familiar name found upon the roll. They, in connee- tion with the forty-five men who had enlisted for the year, did good service for their country, participating in the triumph over the Hessians at Trenton, and in the memorable battle of Princeton. Although poorly clad and suffer- ing from the eold of winter, they remained with the army several weeks after their term of enlistment had expired.
In the autumn of this year thirteen men enlisted in response to a sudden eall for assist- ance at Ticonderoga, and were absent from three to six weeks. Their names have not been ascertained, and perhaps the company to which they: belonged was not joined to any regiment.
November 8th, John Martin enlisted " for during the war " in a company of rangers, commanded by Captain Benjamin Whitcomb, which was raised for the defense of the northern frontiers. Martin was in this service in 1781, and probably remained until the elose of the war. " Sir " RINDGE, Feb. 4, 1777.
"In consequence of orders Recd for raising 119 men to serve in some one of the three Continental Batallions of this State for three years or during the war, they being proportined to the several Towns in my Regt, agreeable to some former return which, by there late returns, appeared to be Equal, we have therefore Proportioned them in the following maner.
New Ipswick to raise 22 Dublin to raise 8
Rindge 17 Marlborough 6
Jaffrey 66 14 Stoddard 66
6 Peterborough " 66 14 Packersfield 66
5 Temple 66 13 Washington 4
Fitzwilliam 66 8 Sliptown ?
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In April, 1777, Rindge returned sixteen men in Blodgett's company, Colonel Hale's regiment. Nine of them were,-
Isaac Leland. Abijah Haskell.
John Handsome.
Samuel Whiting.
Oliver Bacon.
Thomas Hutchinson.
Daniel Russell.
Daniel McCarr.
Samuel Godding.
In Cloye's company, Hale's regiment were,-
William Kendell. Jonathan Lake.
David Brooks. Snow Boyton.
Enoch Dockman, in Drew's company.
Ezekiel Demary, in Carr's company.
Moses Thomas, in the Bay State service.
A company of fifty-one men, under Captain Josiah Brown, of New Ipswich, was raised in this vieinity. Lieutenant Asa Sherwin, of Rindge, was second in command. The company was joined to Colonel Samuel Ashley's regiment, and May 6th marched for Ticonderoga, where they remained until all fears of an immediate attack were quieted, when they were ordered home and discharged June 21st, after an ab- sence of six weeks. The men from Rindge in this service, fourteen in number, were as fol- lows :
Jonathan Ingalls, orderly sergeant. Asa Sherwin, first lieutenant.
David Adams. Amos Ingalls.
Samuel Adams. Jonathan Parker.
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