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Evan Dow, '75, Cam., B. II., 8 m., 778, R. I., 22 d.
Stephen Dow, '77, Al. T., '80, W. Pt., 3 m.
Amos Eastman, 175, L., '76, N. Y., 2 m.
Caleb Eastman, '75, Cam., B. II.,
Jonathan Eastman, '75, L.
William Elliot, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m., '76, C. A., 1 y.
Capt. Daniel Emerson, '76, Ti., 6 m., '77, AI. T., '78, R. I., 22 d., '79, R. I., 5 m.
Dr. Peter Emerson, '79, R. I., 5 nı., Reg. Surg.
Ralph Emerson, '76, Ti., 6m., '77, C. A., 3 y.
Samuel Emerson, '79, R. I., 5 m. Thomas Emerson, '76, Ti., 6 m. Benjamin Farley, '75, L., '75, Cam., 3 m.
Benjamin Farley, Jr., '76, Ti., 6 m.
Lt. Caleb Farley, '76, Port and N. Y., 12 m., '78, R. I., 22 d. Christopher Farley, '76, Port and N. Y., 12 m.
Ebenezer Farley, '75, L., '76, N. Y., 2 m.
Joseph Farley, '75, Cam., 3 m. Stephen Farley, '75, Cam., 3 m. Minot Farmer, '75, L., '75, C'am., B. Il., 8 m., 176, C. A., 1 y. David Farnsworth, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m.
James Fisk, '75, L.,'75, Cam., 8 m. Josiah Fisk,'75, Cam., B. H., 8 m. Jonas Flagg, '78, R. I., 22 d., '80, W. Pt., 3 m.
Simeon Foster, '79, C. A., I y.
David French, '76, l'ort. and N. Y., 12 m. Isaac French, '75, Cam., 3 m., '76, Wh. P., 3 m. Jonathan French, '77, Ben., '78, R. I., 22 d.
Joseph French, '75, Cam., 8 m. Nehemiah French, '75, Cam., 8 m. '77, Al. T.
Timothy Frerich, '76, N. Y., 2 m. William French, '75, L.
Ebenezer Gilson, '75, L.,'75, Cam., 3 m.
John Godfrey, '77, C. A., 3 y., '81, C. A., 3 y.
Samuel Goodhue, '77, Port., 1 m. Jolin Goodhue, '79, Port., 6 m.
Stephen Goodhue, '76, Wh. P., 5 m., '78, R. I., 22 d.
Capt. John Goss, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. II., 8 m., '77, Ben.
Benjamin W. Grace, '8I, C. A .. 3 y.
Manuel Grace, '75, L.
Dr. John Ilale, Reg. Surgeon from '76 to '80.
Jolın Hale, Jr., '76, N. Y., 2 m., '78, R. I., 22 d.
David Hale, '78, R. I., 22 d.
William Hale, '77, C. A., 3 y.
Aaron Hardy, '75, L.
Jesse Hardy, '80, W. Pt , 3 m.
Lemuel Hardy, '77, Al. T., '80, W. Pt., 3 mn.
Joseph Hardy, '79, Port, 6 m.
Nehemiah Hardy, '75, Cam. 3 m.
Noah Hardy, '77, Al. T., '78, R. I., 22 d.
Phineas Hardy, '76, Port. 3 m.
Phineas Hardy, Jr., '75 Cam., B. 11., 8 m., '76, Port., 3 m.
Silas Hardy, '79, Port., 6 m.
Thomas Hardy, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m., '76, C. A., 1 y.
Andrew Henderson, '82, N. Fron- tier, 6 m.
Samuel Hill, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m. '76, Ti., 6 m., '77, C. A., 3 y. Isaac Hobart, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m. Isaac Hobart, 2d., '81, C. A., 3 y. Jacob Hobart, '81, C. A., 3 y.
Jolin Hobart, '77, Al. T., '79, R. I., 6 nı.
Jonathan Hobart, '75, Cam., 3 m., '76, N. Y., 2 m.
Joshua Hobart, '75, Cam., 3 m., '77, Ben., '78, R. I., 22 d.
Col. Sanı'l Hobart, '75, Paymaster. Solomon Hobart, '77, AI. T., '78, R. I., 22 d.
Parmeter, Honey, '75, Cam., 3 m. Richard Ilopkins, '76, Port. and N. Y., 12 m.
Samuel Hosley, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m.
Ephraim How, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m., '77 Ben.
John How, '76, Ti., 6 m., '78, R. I., 22 1.
Joseph How, '75, Cam., 3 m.
Ebenezer Jaquith, '75, Cam., 3 m. Thomas Jaquith, '75, Cam., 3 m. Lieut. Ebenezer Jewett, '77, Al. T., '80, W. Pt., 3 m.
Jacob Jewett, '75, Cam., 3 m.
Jacob Jewett, 3d, '78, R. I., 22 d., '80, W. Pt. 3 m. James Jewett, '76, Ti., G. R. Jonathan Jewett, '78. R. I., 6 m. Dea. Nathaniel Jewett, 76, Ti., G. R.
Noah Jewett, '76, Wh. P., 5 m. Samuel Jewett, '75, Cam., B. II.,
Stephen Jewett, Jr., '75, Cam., 3 m., 76, Wh. P., 5 m. Edward Johnson, '75 L.
Samuel Johnson, '76, N. Y., 2 m. Thomas Kemp, 175, Cam., B. H., 8 In., 76, Wh. P., 5 m., '77, Ben. Captain Daniel Kendrick, '78, R. I., 22 d.
Abner Keyes, '75, Cam., 8 m., '76, Port. and N. Y., 12 m., '81, 3 m. Israel Kinney, 75, Cam., B. H .. x In., '76, C. A., 1 y. Asa Lawrence, '78, R. I., 22 d. Nicholas Lawrence, '80, W. Pt., 3 m.
Oliver Lawrence, '75, Cam., 3 m., 78, R. I., 6 m.
Silas Lawrence, '80, W. Pt., 3 m. Nathaniel Leeman, '77, Al. T., '80, W. Pt., 3 m. Ensign Samuel Leeman, 175, Canı., B. II., 8 m., '76, C. . 1., 1 y., '77, C. A., 3 y.
Jonas Lesley, '76, Wh. P., 5 m.
Abel Lovejoy, '80, C. A., 6 m.
Asa Lovejoy, '75, Cam., 3 m., '76, Wh. P., 5 m., '77, C. A., 3y. Daniel Lovejoy, '76, TI., G. R. Jonathan Lovejoy, Jr., '75, Cam., 3 m.
Ephraim Lund, '75, Cam., 3 m. James McConnor, '75, Cam., B. 11., 8 m.
James McDaniels, '77, Ben. Randall McDaniels, '75, L. John McHendley, '81, C. A., 3 y. Archibald McIntosh, '77, Ben.
James McIntosh, '77, Cam., B. H., 8 m.
Daniel Merrill, '76, Ti., G. R.
Daniel Merrill, Jr., '78, R. 1., 22 d., '80, W. Pt., 3 m., '81, 3 m. Samuel Merrill, '77, Al. T., 77, Ben., '78, R. I., 22 d. Benjamin Messer, '77, Ben.
Joseph Minot, '75, L. Daniel Mooar, '77, Ben. Jacob Mooar, '77, Ben., '81, 3 m.
Benjamin Nevins, '75, L., '77, Ben.
John Nevins, 77, Ben.
Joseph Nevins, '75, L., '77, Al. T. I'hineas Nevins, '75, C'am., B. H., 8 m.
William Nevins, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m., '76, C. A., 1 y.
Elijah Noyes, "75, Cam., 3 m., '76, Ti., 6 m., '77, Al. T., '78, R. 1., 22 4.
Enoch Noyes, Jr., '76, Ti., 6 m. Benjamin W. Parker, '81, 3 m.
Jonathan Parker, '76, C. A., 1 y., :77, 0. A., & m, '78, R. I., 22 d. Stephen Parker, 's0, W. Pt., 3 m., '81, C. A.,3 y. David Patch, 76, C. A., 1 y. Daniel Patch, '75, Cam., 3 m. Thomas Patch, '75, I., '76, Ti., 6
Nathaniel Patten, '75, Cam., B. II., 8 m., '76, Ti., 6 m., '77, C. 1., 3 y., '80, C. A., 6 mI. John Phelps, '76, Ti., G. R.
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Nathan Phelps, '75, L., '75, Cam., 3 m.
Samuel Phelps, '76, Ti., 6 m.
John Philbrick, '75, L.
Ephraim Pierce, 175, L., '76, Wh. P., 5 ni., '77, Al. T., '77, Ben., 79, C. A., 1 y.
Nehemiah Pierce, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m., '77, C. A., 8 m.
Solomon Pierce, '75, Cam., 3 m., '76, Ti., 6 m.
Richard Pierce, '76, Ti., G. R.
John Platts, 175, Cam., B. H., 8 m., '76, Wh. P., 5 m.
Dr. Jonathan Pool, Assistant Sur- geon, '76 to '80.
William Pool, 76, Ti., G. R.
William W. Pool, '75, Cam., 3 m., '78, R. I., 22 d.
Peter Poor, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m. Thomas Powell, '81, 3 m.
Francis Powers, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m., '77, Ben.
Francis G. Powers, '79, C. A., 1 y., 80, W. Pt., 3 m.
Jonathan Powers, 75, Cam., E. 11., 8 m.
Nahum Powers, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. 11., 8 m.
Samson Powers, '75, L., 75, Cam., B. 11., 8 m., '77, Ben.
Stephen Powers, '76, Port. and N. Y., 12 m.
Thomas Pratt, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. 11., 8 m., 176, C. A., 1 y., '77, ('. A., 3 y., '81, for the war. Ezekiel Proctor, '75, L., 75, Cam., 8 m., B. H., 8m., '76, C. A., 1 y., 81, C. A., 3 y. Ezra Proctor, '76, C. A., I y. Joel Proctor, '78, C. A., 2 y., '81, for the war.
Moses Proctor, '77, Al. T.
Jacob Reed, '75 L., '75, Cam., B. Il., John Read, '75, Cam., 3 mm., '76, C. A., 1 y. Samuel Read, '81, 3 m.
Stephen Richardson, '76, C. A., 1 y., '77, C. A., 3 y., '81, C. A., for the war.
James Rideout, '77, Ben.
Lemuel Rogers, '81, C. A., for the war.
Ephraim Rolfe, '75, Cam., B. H.,
8 m., '77, Ben., '78, R. I., 22 d. James Rolle, '81, C. A., 3 y.
Stephen Runnells, '77, Ben., "78, R. 1., 22 d.
Jonathan Ross, '75, L., 175, Cam., 3 m., '77, Ben.
Benjamin Saunderson, '75, L., '76, Wh. P., 5 Jn.
David Saunderson, '76, N. Y , 2 nı., '77, C. A., 3 y., '80, for the war.
Robert Seaver, '75, L., '75, "'am., 3 m., '77, Al. T.
Isaac Shattuck, '76, Port. and N. Y., 12 m.
Jeremiah Shattuck, '75, Cam., 8 m. William Shattuck, '75, Cam., 3 m., :76, N. Y., 2 m.
Zachariah Shattuck,'75, Cam. , 3 m. Jonas Shed, '77, Ben.
Ephraim Smith, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m., '76, C. A., 1 y.
Joshua Smith, '76, Wh. P., 5 m. Enoch Spaulding, '76, Port. and
N. Y., 12 m., '78, R. I., 6 m. ' Jacob Spaulding, '75, L., 75, Cam., B. H., 8 m., 177, AJ. T., 178. R. I., 22 d.
Isaac Stearns, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. 11 .. 8 m., '77, Al. T., '77, Ben. Joseph Stearns, "76, Ti., 6 m., '77,
Ben., '79, C. A., 1 y.
Isaac Stevens, Jr., '76, Ti., 6 m. Caleb Stiles, '79. C. A., 1 y.
Caleb Stiles, Jr., '79, C. A , 1 y. Eli Stiles, '76, C. .. , 1 y., '77, C. A., 8 m., '80, C. A., for the war. Amos Taylor, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m.
Daniel Taylor, '75, L., '75 C. B. H., 8 m. Edward Taylor, '76, Ti., G. R. Jacob Taylor, 175, Cam. 3 m., '76, C. A., Ly., '77, C. A., 8 m. Jonathan Taylor, 175, Cam., 3 m. William Tenney, Jr., '75, L .. '76, Cam., 3 m., 76, Wh. P., 5 m. Moses Thurston, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m.
Ebenezer Townsend, "75, Cam., B. H., 8 m., '76, Ti., 6 m., '77, C. 1., 3 y.
Asahel Twiss, '81, C. A., 3 y.
Lieutenant David Wallingford, '75, Cam., & m., '77, AI. T., 77, Ben. Joseph Wheat, '77, Al. T., '78, R. I., 22 d., '79, C. A., 1 y., '80, for the war.
Nathaniel Wheat, '75, L., 175, Cam., 3 m.
Solomon Wheat, '76, Ti., G. R.
Thomas Wheat, '76, Port, and N. Y., 12 m.
Thomas Wheat, Jr., '75, L., "75, Cam., B. H., 8 m.
Abner Wheeler, '77, Al. T., '77, Ben.
Ebenezer Wheeler, '75, L., '76, Wh. P., 5 m.
James Wheeler, Jr., '75, Cam., 3
Lebbeus Wheeler, '75, L, '75, Cam., B. IL., 8 m., '77, (. A., 3 y. Thaddeus Wheeler, 175, L.
Bray Wilkins, '75, L., '75, Cam., 8 m.
Israel Wilkins, '75, L.
Jonas Willoughby, '82, N. Fron- tier, 6 m.
Samuel Willoughby, '76, Ti., G. R. William Wood, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m., '77, Ben.
Jonas Wood, '77, Al T., '77, Ben., 78, R. I., 22 d.
Nehemiah Woods, '77, Al. T.
Captain Noah Worcester, '75, Cam., 3 m., '78, R. I., 22 d. Noah Worcester, Jr., '75, L, '75, Cam., B. H., & m., '77, Ben. Jesse Worcester, '76, Ti., 6 m., '77, A1. T., '77, Port., 1 m., '78, R. I., 22 d., '80, C. A., 6 m.
Samuel Worcester, '76, Port. and N. V., 12 m.
Benjamin Wright, '75, L. 76, N. Y., 2 m.
Benjamin Wright, Jr., '75. L. Lemnel Wright, '76, Ti., 6m., "77, AI. T.
Samuel Wright, 75, Canı., B. H., 8 m., '77, Ben.
Uriah Wright, "75, L., '75, Cam., B. H., &m., 77, Al. T.
Jesse Wyman, 75, L. '76, N. Y., 2 m., '77. Ben.
Ebenezer Youngman, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. H1 , 8 m.
Jabez Youngman, '82, during war. John Youngman, '76, T., 6m., "77, C. A.,3 y., so,C. A., for the war. Nicholas Youngman, 76, Ti., 6 m. Thomas Youngman, '76, C. A., 1 y., '77, C. A., 3 y., '80, N. Fron- tier, 6 m.
Biographical Sketches of Some of the Hollis Revolutionary Officers and Soldiers. - Nathan Blood, son of Nathaniel Blood, was born in Hollis, April 4, 1747 ; married Elizabeth Noyes, daughter of Deacon Enoch Noyes, April 16, 1772; enlisted April 19, 1775, and was first sergeant in the company of Captain Dow, at Bunker Hill, where he was killed June 17, 1775.
Lieutenant William Brooks came to Hollis about 1757; married Abigail Kemp, in Hollis, March 29, 1759; enlisted in 1778 in Captain Emerson's com- pany to Rhode Island, in which he was second lieu- tenant; enlisted again in 1781, in the company of Captain Mills, regiment of Colonel Reynolds; re- moved from Hollis after the Revolution.
Deacon Josiah Conant, son of Josiah Conant ; born in Hollis, October 17, 1746; enlisted December, 1775, in the company of Captain Worcester, for Cambridge; enlisted, again, in 1778, in the company of Captain Emerson, for Rhode Island, in which he was ser- geant; deacon of the Hollis Church in 1787, till his death, in Hollis, August 21, 1807, aged sixty.
Deacon Abel Conant, son of Josiah Conant; born in Hollis, October 3, 1755; enlisted April 19, 1775, and was in the company of Captain Dow at the bat- tle of Bunker Hill; enlisted in 1776 in the Conti- nental army for one year, and in 1778 in Captain Em- erson's company for Rhode Island; married Pegga Jewett, in Hollis, November 20, 1781; chosen a dea- con of the Hollis Church in 1787 ; removed to Hard- wick, Vt., in 1813, where he died May 2, 1844, aged eighty-eight.
Ensign John Cumings, born in Groton, Mass., March 16, 1737. His name was on the Hollis tax- lists in 1758; enlisted April 19, 1775, and was ensign or second lieutenant in the company of Captain Dow at Bunker Hill; removed after the war to Hancock, as is supposed.
Captain Jotham Cumings, son of Jerahmael Cum- ings, and a younger brother of Henry Cumings, D.D., of Billerica, Mass .; born December 19, 1741. He was a soldier in the French War in 1758; married Anna Brown, of Hollis, April 27, 1763; removed from Hol- lis to Plymouth, N. H., in 1764; was lieutenant in a company of New Hampshire rangers in 1775, and was for many years a deacon of the Plymouth Church ; died at Plymouth, April 1, 1808, aged sixty-six.
William Cumings was born in Groton, Mass., Oc- tober 2, 1741; came to Hollis about the year 1760; married Mehitabel Eastman, of Hollis, June 28, 1768; was master of the Hollis Grammar School in 1775 and for many years after; was town clerk and first
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selectman in Hollis in 1771 and 1772, and again from 1782 to 1788, inclusive; enlisted in the army in 1776, and again in 1777. About the year 1790 he removed to Hebron, N. H., where he died October 2, 1831, aged ninety.
Captain Reuben Dow came from Salem, N. H., and was in Hollis in 1761, and selectman in 1769 and 1770; lieutenant of the Hollis militia company in Jan- mary, 1775; chosen captain of the Hollis company of Minute-Men that went to Cambridge, April 19, 1775; commissioned as captain of the Hollis company in Colonel William Prescott's regiment, May 19, 1775; wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill, and was after- wards a United States pensioner for life. He was chairman of the Hollis Committee of Safety in 1776, and representative to the New Hampshire General Court in 1778. His two sons, Evan and Stephen, were Revolutionary soldiers; died February 11, 1811, aged eighty-one.
Lieutenant Amos Eastman was a son of Amos East- man, Sr .; born in Pennacook (now Concord), N. H., April 28, 1751, and came to Hollis with his father about the year 1759; married Ruth Flagg, of Hollis, January 6, 1774; enlisted April 19, 1775, and again in 1776, in the regiment of Colonel Gilman. He was for many years a justice of the peace, and town clerk and first selectman in 1806; died August 2, 1832, aged eighty-one.
In the year 1752 his father, Amos Eastman, Sr., then living at Pennacook, being on a hunting expedi- tion in the northerly part of New Hampshire, with General John Stark and others, was, with Stark, taken prisoner by the Indians, and both of them taken to an Indian village in Canada. On their ar- rival at the village both the captives were compelled to run the gauntlet between two files of savages, each armed with a switch or club with which to strike them as they passed between the lines. Stark, as is said, escaped with but slight injury, but Eastman was cruelly beaten, and was afterwards sold to a French master, kindly treated by him, and soon after re- deemed and went home.
Captain Daniel Emerson, son of Rev. Daniel Em- erson, born in Hollis December 15, 1746. Married Ama Fletcher, November 17, 1768. Chosen deacon of the Hollis Church in 1775. Appointed coroner and high sheriff of Hillsborough County in 1776. He was captain of the Hollis company that went to Ticonderoga in July of that year, and was also cap- tain of the company enlisted in Hollis in June, 1777, upon the Ticonderoga alarm. He was also, in 1778, captain of a mounted Hollis company that went to Rhode Island in the summer of that year, and also of a company in Colonel Mooney's regiment, raised for defense of Rhode Island in 1779. Captain Emerson was town clerk and first seleetman in 1780 and 1781. A member of the New Hampshire Council in 1787, of the New Hampshire Constitutional Convention in 1791, and a representative to the New Hampshire
General Court in nineteen different years, between 1780 and 1812. His two oldest sons, Rev. Daniel Emerson, Jr., and Rev. Joseph Emerson, were grad- uates of Harvard; his third son, Rev. Ralph Emer- son, D.D., of Yale. His youngest son, William, was colonel of the regiment to which Hollis was attached, and was for many years a deacon of the Hollis Church.
The following epitaph is inscribed on the tomb- stone of Captain Emerson in the Hollis central burial- ground :
"In Memory of Daniel Emerson, Esq. Having faithfully and industriously served his generation Asan officer of the Church, As a Defender of Freedom, As a Magistrate and Legislator, As a friend of the Poor And as a Zealous Promoter of the Redeemer's Kingdom, HIe rested from his labors October 4, 1820, æt. 74."
Dr. Peter Emerson, second son of Rev. Daniel Emerson, born in Hollis November 30, 1749. Ap- pointed surgeon of the regiment of Colonel Mooney in 1779. Settled as a physician in Hillsborough, N. H., and died at Hillsborough in 1827, aged seventy- eight.
Lieutenant Ralph Emerson, son of Rev. Daniel Emerson, born March 4, 1761. Enlisted July, 1776, at the age of fifteen, in his brother's company for the defense of Ticonderoga. In April, 1777, he enlisted in the Continential army for three years. Married Alice Ames, May 13, 1784. On his tombstone in the Hollis burial-ground is the following inscription :
" Erected to the Memory of Lieut. Ralph Emerson, Who was instantly killed by the accidental discharge Of a cannon while exercising the mnatross, October 4, 1790, in the 30th year of his age. We drop apace, By nature some decay And some the gusts of fortune sweep away."
Captain Caleb Farley was born in Billerica, Mass., October 19, 1730. Married Elizabeth Farley, October 11, 1754. He was a soldier from Billerica in the French War of 1755, and came to Hollis in November, 1765, and was selectman in 1767. He enlisted in 1776 in the regiment of Colonel Pierce Long for New York and Canada, and in 1778 he was lieutenant in Captain Emerson's mounted company, enlisted in Hollis for the defense of Rhode Island. Died in Hollis, April 5, 1833, aged one hundred and two years, five months.
Minot Farmer, son of Benjamin Farmer, born 1750. Enlisted April 19, 1775, in the Hollis company of Minute-Men, in which he was a sergeant, and he was also a sergeant in the company of Captain Dow at the battle of Bunker Hill. Married Abigail Barron, September 15, 1775. In the fall or winter of 1775 he enlisted in General Arnold's expedition to Canada; was taken prisoner in the attack on Quebec, and died in captivity, May 9, 1776, aged twenty-six. He is supposed to have held the rank of ensign.
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Captain John Goss was born at Salisbury, Mass., February 13, 1739. His name first appears on the Hollis tax-lists in 1770. Married Catharine Conant, of Hollis, February 10, 1774, and was selectman in Hollis the same year. He was lieutenant in the Hollis company of Minute-Men that went to Cambridge April 19, 1775, and also in the Hollis company at the battle of Bunker Hill. In the year 1777 he was the captain of the Hollis company that went to Benning- ton. About the year 1805 he removed with his family to Hardwick, Vt., where he died September 26, 1821, aged eighty-two.
Colonel John Hale was born in Sutton, Mass., Oc- tober 24, 1731. Settled as a physician in Hollis at the age of about twenty-four. He was assistant surgeon, in 1755, in the regiment of Colonel Joseph Blanchard, in the French War, and surgeon in Colonel Hart's reg- iment, in 1758, in the same war. He was representa- tive to the New Hampshire General Court from Hollis and Dunstable from 1762 to 1768. In 1767 he was lieutenant-colonel of the Fifth Regiment of the New Hampshire Militia, and colonel of the same regiment in 1775, and the same year he was representative from Hollis to the New Hampshire General Court, and also to the New Hampshire Provincial Congress. He was surgeon of the First New Hampshire Continental Regiment from 1776 to 1780, and a member of the New Hampshire Council in the year last named. After the war was ended he continued in the practice of his profession in Hollis, in which he was distin- guished till his death, in 1791. His three sons-John, Jr., David and William-were all soldiers in the war. The following epitaph is inscribed on his tombstone in the central burying-ground ;
" Erected to the Memory of Dr. John IIale, Who was born October 21, 1731, Died October 22, 1791. How soon our new-born light attains to full aged noon ! And that how soon to gray-haired light ! We spring, we bud, we blossom and we blast Ere we can count our days, they fly so fast."
Dr. William Hale, son of Colonel John Hale, born in Hollis July 27, 1762. Enlisted for three years in the Continental army, April, 1777, when in his fif- teenth year. After his discharge from the army he studied medicine with his father and succeeded him in his practice. He was a man of great energy, and had a large practice in his profession. Died October 10, 1854, aged ninety-two, and he is said to have been the last survivor of the twelve hundred men whose names are found on the rolls of the First New Hamp- shire Continental Regiment.
Colonel David Hobart, son of Peter Hobart and grandson of Gershom Hobart, the third minister of Groton, Mass., born in Groton, August 21, 1722. Settled in that part of Hollis known as "One-Pine Hill " about 1748, and was a sergeant in the company of Captain Powers in the French War in 1755. He was one of the grantees of Plymouth, N. H., and one of the
first settlers of that town. His name last appears on the Hollis tax-lists in 1765. In 1777 he was colonel of the Twelfth New Hampshire Regiment of Militia, and had command of a New Hampshire regiment under General Stark at the battle of Bennington, where he greatly distinguished himself for his gallan- try and good conduct, for which he received due com- mendation from General Stark in his report of the battle. In that battle Colonel Hobart, with Colonel Stickney, led the attack against the Tory breast-work on the right, where the contest was most desperate,- the Tories, it is said, "fighting like tigers," and neither asking nor giving quarter. Colonel Hobart, having lost his wife, after the war removed to Haverhill, Mass., married a second wife, and died soon after at Haverhill. The name of this heroic officer is erro- neously spelt "Hubbard " in Belknap's "History of New Hampshire," as it also was said to have been in General Stark's report of the battle.
Colonel Samuel Hobart, a younger brother of Colonel David Hobart, born in Groton August 11, 1734. Settled in Hollis during the French War of 1755; was a sergeant in that war in 1758; adjutant of Colonel Goffe's regiment in 1760, and an ensign in 1761. In 1767 he was major of the Fifth New Hamp- shire Regiment of Militia; representative to the General Court from Hollis for six years, from 1768 to 1774. In the year last named was appointed colonel of the Second New Hampshire Regiment of Minute- Men, and was a delegate from Hollis to the New lIampshire Provincial Congress. Upon the organiza- tion of Hillsborough County, in 1771, he was appointed register of deeds, county treasurer and one of the justices of the County Court. In 1775 he was appointed muster-master and also paymaster of the New Hamp- shire regiments at Cambridge. In 1777 he contracted with the State government to manufacture gunpowder for the State, and removed from Hollis to Exeter. Was representative to the General Court from Exeter in 1777 and 1778, and a member of the State Com- mittee of Safety in 1779 and 1780. Anna Hobart, the first wife of Colonel Hobart, died in Hollis May 20, 1773. After he removed from Hollis he continued to reside in Exeter for several years after the war; mar- ried a second time, and finally removed to Kingston, N. H., where he died June 4, 1798, aged sixty-three.
Lieutenant Ebenezer Jewett, son of Deacon Na- thaniel Jewett, born 1743, enlisted in June, 1777, in the company of Captain Emerson, on the Ticonderoga alarm, and in 1780 in the company of Captain Bar- ron, regiment of Colonel Nichols, for the defense of West Point, in which company he was lieutenant. Was selectman in 1782. He married Mary Rideout. in 1793. Died October 6, 1826, aged eighty-three.
Deacon Stephen Jewett, Jr., son of Deacon Ste- phen Jewett, born in Hollis October 4, 1753. En- listed in 1775 in the company of Captain Worcester for Cambridge, and in 1776 in the company of Captain Reed for White Plains. Married Elizabeth Pool,
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November 16, 1778. Chosen deacon of the Hollis Church, 1805. Died February 22, 1829, aged seventy- five.
Captain Daniel Kendrick, born 1736, son of Daniel Kendrick. Selectman in 1775, 1776 and 1777. Mem- ber of the Hollis Committee of Safety in 1776 and 1777. Enlisted in Captain Emerson's mounted com- pany for Rhode Island in 1778. Married Mary Pool, February 13, 1782. His eldest son, Daniel, was a graduate of Brown University. His youngest, Wil- liam P., of Harvard. Died May 20, 1790, aged fifty- three.
Ensign Samuel Leeman, Jr., son of Samuel Lee- man, born in Hollis August 7, 1749. Enlisted April 19, 1775. Was at the battle of Bunker Hill, in the company of Captain Spalding, regiment of Colonel Reed. Enlisted in 1776 in the Continental army, and again in the Continental army in 1777, in the com- pany of Captain Frye, First New Hampshire Regi- ment, in which he was ensign. Killed at the battle near Saratoga, October 10, 1777, aged twenty-eight.
Ensign William Nevins, Jr., son of William Nevins, born in Hollis July 26, 1746. Married Re- becca Chamberlain, March 24, 1768. Enlisted April 19, 1775, and was sergeant, and also a sergeant in the company of Captain Dow at Bunker Hill. Enlisted in 1776, for one year, in the Continental army. Died in New York, 1776, aged thirty.
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