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Tailor
Levi Chapman
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Husbandman
Joseph Bean
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Husbandman
Elisha Thomas
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Husbandman
James Keniston
26
Husbandman
Dudley Leavitt Chase
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Mariner, Stratham
Joseph Boynton
22
Mariner, Stratham
Harvey Moore
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Husbandman, Stratham
John Marvel
20
Husbandman, Stratham
Samuel Leavitt, Jr.,
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Husbandman, Stratham
Edward Mason
19
Husbandman, Stratham
Eliphalet Veasey
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Husbandman, Stratham
Edwd Chase
21
Husbandman, Stratham
Joseph Clark,
22
Husbandman, Stratham
Thomas Wiggin
33
Husbandman, Stratham
Gideon Knight
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Blacksmith, Newmarket Cordwainer, Lee
Solomon Smith,
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Husbandman, Stratham
Jona Leavitt,
24
Husbandman, Stratham
Phinehas Wiggin
18
Husbandman, Stratham
David Robinson
22
Husbandman, Stratham
Andrew Neale,
18
Husbandman, Stratham
Thomas Veasey
25
Husbandman, Stratham
Zebulon Doe,
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Cloatheir, Newmarket
Arthur Bennett
52
Husbandman,
The following were not accepted :
Jono Hilton, Noah Marsh, Robert Mitchel, Edward Calkert, Reuben Roberts, Negro, Benja Robinson.
Colonel Reed received an order from headquarters June 12, 1775, to quarter his regiment in the houses near Charlestown Neck and keep all his men as guards between his barracks and the Ferry and on Bunker Hill. Accordingly he marched his regiment the next day, and the following reported at Charles- town Neck with 539 men fit for duty and 23 sick.
The precautions taken at this time to guard against sudden attacks is shown by the following regimental order issued by Colonel Reed, dated June 15, 1775 :
The main Gard this day is to consist of one Capt 2 Sub [subal- terns], 4 sergeants 4 corporals and 50 privets. The Capt of the Gard is to keepe a trusty Sergeant with the Senterys in the Street below the Gard house to examine all passengers Let none pass without shoing
Edward Fox,
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proper passes in the Daytime and none to pass after Nine o'clock at Knight without giving the counter sine and no Sentrey is to set down on his post and when any field officer passes them to stand with their firelocks rested no soldier to swim in the water on the Sabath day nor any other Day to stay in the water Longer than is necessary to wash themselves.
The battle of Bunker Hill occurred two days after, and had the men under Prescott, Stark, Reed and Knowlton been armed with bayonets and fully supplied with ammunition they would undoubtedly have held their position against the extra force under General Howe, and not been obliged to retreat.
The following is Lieut .- Colonel Gilman's account for sundry losses at the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775 :
to par of new Boots 26s
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6 0
to one Ratan whip 6s, one inck [ink] pot 1s 6
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to one new case of knives & forks 4s 4 to other waer 1s
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£1
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pd mis Blanchard for lodging when sick
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7
6
pd for lamb & fowl 1s 10
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1
10
pd for shugar 1s 6 paid for Bread 1s 3
0
2
9
paid for one Quart of Brandy 2s
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2
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pd for Quart of claret 3s
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3
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18 0
On receiving news of the engagement at Charlestown the Com- mittee of Safety, June 18, directed Colonel Poor to order all his companies except that of Captain Elkins to march immediately to Cambridge.
Gen. Nathaniel Folsom, June 22, ordered 70 good effective men from the regiment of Colonel Stark and 50 from that of Colonel Reed, with arms, tools, and provisions for 24 hours, to labor on Winter Hill. Two days later tents arrived and camps were divided between the two regiments.
On the pay roll of Capt. Daniel Moore's company, Colonel Stark's regiment, August 1, 1775, were Benjamin Folsom and John Wadleigh, serving from April 23, three months and six- teen days, and Ezekiel Gilman and Andrew Wiggin, serving three months and eight days.
A company of minute men was enlisted by order of the Com- mittee of Safety, October 12, 1775, and mustered at Portsmouth
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November 22, 1775, portions of which went to Winter Hill, December, 1775.
Joseph Parsons, captain ; Nathaniel Gilman, second lieutenant ; Josiah Hall Bartlett, sergeant; John Foss, corporal.
The following is a list of Newmarket Minute Men, October 12, 1775:
Joseph Hall
James Sinclair
Joseph Collcutt
David Jewett,
Smith Chapman,
Jonathan Folsom
Walter Neal,
John Smith -
Dudley Hilton,
John Smith, Jr.
Peter Coffin
Joseph Smith.
A company raised by the same order mustered at Portsmouth, November 24, 1775, portions of which went to Winter Hill in De- cember, 1775, to take the place of the returning committee troops, included Peter Coffin, captain; John Hall , first lieutenant; Simeon Wiggin, second lieutenant; James Sinclair, ensign ; Joshua Wingate, sergeant; Joseph Bennett, John Hill, Ebenezer Speed, Jona Folsom, Andrew Neal, John Mason, Josiah Beel, John Sinclair, Noah Wiggin, Joseph Smith, Joseph Louge, fifer ; Samuel Chapman, and others.
Another company raised in pursuance of the same order was mustered November 25, 1775, a portion of which went to Winter Hill in December, 1775, to take the place of the returning com- mittee troops. It included : David Copps, captain; Andrew Gil- man, second lieutenant; James Pike, Seth Shackford, Anthony Vincent, William Vincent, Joshua Neal, Henry Pike, Dudley Gil- man, Dudley Smart, Joseph Sanborn, Joseph Young, and others.
At the beginning of the second year of the war many persons in all our towns were suspected of toryism. The New Hamp- shire Committee of Safety in accordance with the recommenda- tion of the Continental Congress, requested the selectmen to circulate papers for signatures of those offering opposition to the national government. Those over 21 years refusing to sign the so-called Association Test, excepting those refusing because of religious scruples, were accounted tories.1 Newmarket had her share. The offensive name was given to those leaning to the British side in the war for independence. They are known now by the less opprobious name of loyalists. Many of them were
1 See Chapter XV.
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on the shady side of fifty. The ambition and enterprise of their days were gone. After the struggles of the Indian wars they desired rest, peace and quiet undisturbed by war's alarms.
Some persons, however, who were opposed to taking up arms against their own countrymen, willingly took the oath of al- legiance and pledged themselves to oppose in no way the effort to secure independence.
The Committee of Safety of New Hampshire was the executive power of the government in relation to the war, and was con- tinued in power under the first Constitution, adopted January 6, 1776, until May 29, 1784, after the close of the Revolution. It was familiarly styled the "Little Congress." It met at Exe- ter in a room furnished for its use by Hon. Joseph Gilman from December, 1776 to May, 1784. Samuel Gilman of Newfields served on the Committee from May 28, 1778, to April 7, 1779.
The following facts pertaining to Newmarket are culled from the Journal of that Committee :
The Committee of Safety was appointed by Congress May 19, 1775, and on May 24, 1775, gave orders to Samuel Gilman of Newfields, and nine others, to enlist each a company. This was in accordance with orders issued by the Fourth Provincial Con- gress to raise the second New Hampshire Regiment, of which Enoch Poor of Exeter was appointed colonel. The ten com- panies were to consist of 62 able-bodied effective men each.
The Committee delivered to Israel Gilman, June 13, 1775, his commission as lieutenant-colonel of the Third Regiment of the New Hampshire forces, administered the oath, and ordered him to join his regiment at Cambridge.
On June 17, the Committee received and filed a letter from Lieut .- Colonel Gilman, dated Charlestown, June 15.
It ordered the Receiver General, July 1, to pay Jonathan Rob- inson forty shillings being his month's pay as a soldier in Cap- tain Gilman's company, he being home on furlough.
Daniel Rogers, November 23, 1775, was brought before the Committee as a person unfriendly to the liberties of America, but on examination the Committee exonerated him.
The Committee sent enlisting orders, December 3, to Capt. James Hill of Newmarket, and wrote to Col. David Gilman en- closing like orders for his captains. On the same day the pay rolls
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of the companies of Capts. James and John Hill, were examined, allowed and ordered to be paid, amounting respectively to £64, 18s., 1d. and £58, 17s., 5d. Two days later it ordered the treas- urer to pay Lieut. Andrew Gilman forty shillings in part of wages due him.
The Committee, July 12, 1776, ordered the Receiver General to pay Thomas Mehany ten shillings for his expenses as a guard "bringing Samuel Dyer as a prisoner to this Town," and July 18 to pay Joseph Stacey 11 shillings "for dieting Samuel Dyer in prison." Also September 23, to pay Col. Thomas Tash seven pounds, 10 shillings, for a month's advance wages for Dr. Cook, surgeon in his regiment. It also voted a month's advance pay to Joseph Smith, adjutant in his regiment.
Orders were given Col. Nicholas Gilman, September 24, to send Benjamin Folsom "to Prison unless he pay the whole money back he recª to march to Ticond & neglected going." Also the same day gave Peter Gilman an order on the treasurer for £20, 16s., 1-2d., to pay a carpenter's bill.
Col. David Gilman marched with his regiment for New York December, 1776.
The Committee, January 21, 1777, furnished Capt. Zachariah Beal of Colonel Poor's regiment £100 bounty money for his com- pany for which he was to give account. He received, February 14, another £100 for recruiting purposes.
John Colcord was promoted, April 19, from second to first lieutenant in Captain Norris' company. Also, April 22, papers were given to Levi Chapman of Newmarket, John Bartlett of Epping and David Jewett of Exeter, to go to Fishkill, N. Y., to drive Continental teams.
Captain Blodgett was sent, May 10, to apprehend and bring before the Committee Nathaniel Rogers and Doctor Marsters of Newmarket. Rogers was given, July 2, a parole of eight days "to tarry on his own farm and then return to prison." The same day Nathaniel Gilman of Newmarket was appointed first lieutenant in Captain Beal's company to fill the vacancy occa- sioned by the resignation of Robert Pike. An order for £25 was given Robert Pike "to pay Bounties to men he Enlists, for which he is to be accountable."
The jailer was ordered, July 22, 1777, to "permit Capt.
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Nathaniel Rogers to remove into one of the Porter Chambers and his wife to be with him while he is sick," and the next day gave order for his liberation on his signing a parole drawn by the Committee.
The Receiver General was ordered, September 4, to furnish Capt. Jonathan Robinson £80 to pay his expenses to Albany, to be accounted for by him, and September 10, to pay Capt. Robert Pike £23, 16s., the balance due him for enlisting 41 men, "a Dollar pr Head & Bounties paid them." Also September 12, to pay Capt. Samuel Gilman £225 to pay bounty money to the men he musters in Capt. Enoch Page's company, and Capt. Jonathan Robinson £1, 11s., 1d., the balance due him for appre- hending Colonel Hall.
William Simpson and Jacob Burleigh of Newmarket, belong- ing to Capt. Zebulon Gilmans' company, Col. Stephen Evans' regiment, are reported as deserting October 19 and 20, 1777.
An order was given on the treasurer, January 15, 1778, for the payment of the roll of Capt. Zebulon Gilman's company, amounting to £591, 5s., 6d.
Orders were given to Peter Drowne of Newmarket, March 26, to enlist soldiers to go to Rhode Island, and £60 were put into his hands to pay bounties to the soldiers who should thus enlist. The next day the treasurer was ordered to pay Peter Folsom £3, 12s., "for mending Prison."
The treasurer was ordered, May 5, to pay Capt. Robert Pike £14 for two months' wages of Phineas Dolloff, one of his soldiers, his account as by pay roll being "two months short."
Capt. Samuel Gilman was ordered, July 20, by the Committee to muster the company enlisted by Lieutenants Pike and Pink- ham, and also the treasurer to furnish him £324 to pay bounty to said company.
Jonathan Hilton, an enlisted soldier in Capt. Enoch Page's company, who did not join the army, July 12, paid back the money he had received for bounty.
The Receiver General was ordered, September 18, to pay Peter Folsom £1, 16s., for repairing "Exeter Gaol," and December 9, to pay Capt. Eliphalet Giddings for Ebenezer Smith £26, 15s., 2d., as a volunteer to Saratoga.
The Committee ordered, May 22, 1779, the Receiver General to pay the roll of Capt. Peter Drowne for his company in Col.
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Stephen Peabody's battalion, amounting to £678, 5s. Also ordered Simeon Ladd, keeper of the prison, to release Philip Crommet, Jr., a soldier belonging to Whitcomb's Rangers, on the condition that Capt. Peter Drowne shall become surety for his appearance again when called for. The bond was given and placed on file.
John Neal, a sergeant in the Continental service, but then an invalid, was ordered, July 23, to proceed to Portsmouth without loss of time and put himself under the command of Colonel Dame and do duty there till further orders.
The Committee, August 20, ordered the Receiver General to pay Ebenezer Thompson £3, 10s., for Hubartus Neal for the attendance of himself and wife as evidence in the trial of Major Richardson.
The Committee gave, October 14, a permit to James Hill "to clear the Schooner Property, with fourty Bushels of corn & Ten Barels of Cider for Biddeford in the State of the Massachusetts Bay."
The Committee wrote to Capt. Peter Drowne, May 13, 1780, to deliver Philip Crommet to Major Whitcomb's order, and on June 30, ordered the Receiver General to pay Capt. Samuel Gil- man £8,019, for cattle and corn bought for the use of the state out of the confiscated estate of Governor Wentworth.
A captain, lieutenant, ensign and 55 men were drafted, July 7, for three months from Colonel Gilman's regiment, then at Kingston.
The Committee ordered, July 19, the treasurer to pay James Thurston £66, 12s., for a dinner provided by them for the enter- tainment of the Hon. Mr. Gerry who came by the desire of the Committee of Congress and General Washington to communicate some things relative to the state of the army.
The Committee ordered the treasurer, May 19, 1781, to pay Peter Folsom £8 "New Currency" and endorse the same on Lieut. Jonathan Perkins' "first Note for Depreciation" now in the hands of said Folsom.
On July 12, the day for hearing the dispute between New- market and Stratham about double returns, and between New- market and Northwood, was fixed for July 19. At this hear- ing the Committee decided that James Keniston, claimed by New-
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market and Stratham, belonged to Newmarket and Benjamin Dowe, claimed by Newmarket and Northwood, belonged to North- wood.
The Committee ordered the treasurer, November 14, to deliver to Lieut. Robert Clark his order for the payment of his roll for three months' men in 1780, and charge the State with "thirty pounds new Emission," who paid the same and endorsed it on the order.
James Thurston was paid £1, 6s., December 7, 1782, for the use of a "Hay Chase."
The Committee, March 14, 1783, recompensed William Hilton, a drummer, who enlisted at Ticonderoga in 1776 and received no bounty.
Robert Holland of Newmarket, a farmer, aged 19, was a mem- ber of Captain Moore's company, Colonel Stark's regiment, serv- ing from the time of his entry, May 1, to September 1, 1775, when he was paid two pounds for his service. He reënlisted Sep- tember 8.
The pay roll of Capt. Samuel Gilman's company contained the names of 65 officers and men, and he drew rations for that number from June 26, 1775 to July 18, and July 25 to August 5, and from July 18 to 21, for 64 men, and July 21 to 24, for 62 men. His men received, October 4, 1775, four dollars for the regimental coat which was promised by the colony of New Hamp- shire. Shoes were furnished to Eliphalet Coffin, Thomas Wig- gin, Joseph Clark, Gideon Knight and William Pike, members of the company, at the expense of £1, 12s., 8d.
Samuel Gilman was returned as second lieutenant with Capt. James Hill's company on Pierce's Island, November 5, 1775. He enlisted February 6, 1776, in Capt. Samuel Young's company, Col. Timothy Bedel's regiment, to join the northern army under General Washington, and was on the pay roll June 24, 1776, and on the muster roll of Capt. Simon Marston's company, Col. Joshua Wingate's regiment, which marched, July 22, 1776, by order of the Committee of Safety, to Charlestown on Connecticut River, to join the northern army "wherever it might be found."
Samuel Gilman, Jr., was on the muster roll of Capt. John Mudge's company, Col. Baldwin's regiment, going to join the Continental army in New York in 1776.
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Other men of Newmarket in Captain Winborn's company, Colonel Poor's regiment, were Winthrop Wiggin, a carpenter, aged, 30, and Lewis Kynoston, a tailor, aged 24. Also Second Lieut. Nathaniel Thing in Capt. Richard Shortridge's company.
Reuben Roberts of Newmarket, enlisting in Capt. Jeremiah Gilman's company, Col. John Nixon's regiment, encamped at Winter Hill, September 30, 1775. In 1781 he enlisted for the war.
Robert Cameil, October 6, 1775, enlisted in the place of John Duch of Newmarket in Capt. W. H. Ballard's company, Col. James Frye's regment, at Cambridge.
Capt. Henry Dearborn, October 30, 1776, gave the following list of soldiers who went with him to Quebec in June, 1775, and had not received pay for their service : John Bean, Robert Hol- land, John Pike Hilton, William Taylor, John Clark, Corp. Moses Gilman, Sergt. Joseph Thomas, Sergt. Jonathan Perkins, Sergt. Joseph Lovering, and Joseph Smith.
Under date of October 31, 1775, John Wadleigh, then of Ep- ping, presents a bill of 36 shillings, due to Dr. Ebenezer Fisk for services, stating that he was in the American army under Capt. Daniel Moore, and in the battle of Bunker Hill, and soon after was taken sick and advised by the doctors to go home to recover his health.
Capt. James Hill of Newmarket, November 5, 1775, commanded one of the companies of Col. Joshua Wingate's regiment, sta- tioned for the defence of Pascataqua Harbor. At the same time Capt. Samuel Baker of Newmarket commanded one of the thirty- one companies of six weeks' men.
On the pay roll of Capt. Joseph Paine's company, Colonel Senter's regiment, were Jeremiah Folsom and Elisha Thomas. The return of what remained of his company, at Newcastle, November 6, 1775, gave the names of First Lieut. Nathaniel Gil- man, Sergt. Josiah Hall Bartlett, Joseph Hall, Isaac Remick, James Pickering, Levi Pickering, David Wiggin, Smith Chapman and Jonathan Folsom.
General Sullivan, by command of General Washington, Novem- ber 30, 1775, wrote the Committee of Safety that the Connecticut forces have "absolutely refused to tarry till the first day of Jan- uary, but will quit the lines on the 6th of Decembr.," and asked for 31 companies of 64 men each from New Hampshire to serve
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till January 15, 1776. Accordingly, December 2, the Committee issued an order for the enlisting of the men.
In another letter to the Committee, December 8, General Sulli- van told of the high estimation in which the New Hampshire troops are held. He said "Gen. Washington and all the other officers are extremely pleased & bestow the highest encomiums on you and your troops, freely acknowledging that New Hampshire Forces for bravery & resolution far surpass the other Colonies, & that no Province discovers so much zeal in the common cause. "
Samuel Baker was made captain of the Newmarket company thus enlisted, Zebulon Barber, lieutenant; John Allen, second lieutenant. Three sergeants, three corporals, two drummers and fifers with 44 privates completed the roll.
Nearly 5,000 men from New Hampshire were in the army in December, 1775.
Zebulon Doe, aged 28, and Andrew Wiggin, aged 22, enlisted January 1, 1776, in Captain Tilton's company, Colonel Poor's regiment, and deserted the same day.
Josiah Burnam, age 24, of Newmarket, enlisted the same day in Captain Adams' company, Colonel Poor's regiment, and in the return, July 8, 1776, was reported as having been discharged, March 29.
By vote of the House January 25, 1776, the state treasurer was ordered to pay the Committee of Safety of Newmarket their account for fire rafts amounting to £39, 6s., 31/2d.
The retreat of our army from Canada caused considerable alarm on the frontier. In consequence the house and council met in convention of the whole, July 2, 1776, and voted to raise another regiment of 750 men to reinforce the army, to be under the command of Col. Joshua Wingate of Stratham. Colonel Wingate afterward was directed by the Committe of Safety to proceed to Charlestown on Connecticut River to take care of the companies there and to join the northern army. The following Newmarket men were in Capt. Simon Marston's company :
Lt. Zebulon Barber
John Neal
Peter Stillings
David Robertson Samuel Gilman Benjamin Stevens Jacob Folsom
.Samuel Ward
Zebulon Doe
John Watson
James Moody
Peter Hersey
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This company marched July 22, 1776.
On the muster and pay roll of men raised for Canada out of Colonel Evans' and Colonel Badger's regiments, were the fol- lowing Newmarket men who went in Capt. Joseph Badger's com- pany :
James Goodwin, 3d Sergt.
Moses Drown
Josiah Wiggin, 4th Sergt.
John Barber
Chase Wiggin, Corporal
John Folsom, Jr.
Asa Wiggin
William Burleigh
John Folsom
Asa Duda
William Moore
Stephen Burleigh
Thomas Foss of Captain Adams' company, and Levi Chatman, aged 21, of Captain Tilton's company, Colonel Poor's regiment, in return made July 8, 1776,1 were reported sick.
Ebenezer Bennick, Philip Fowler, Eliphalet Neal and Daniel Rogers, of Capt. Smith Emerson's company, Second New Hamp- shire Regiment, receive advance wages and bounty, to join the Continental army in New York, September 16, 1776.
Col. Thomas Tash, the old French soldier, September, 1776, led a regiment to reenforce the Continental army, who with others joined Washington in Pennsylvania, and was at Trenton and Princeton. Joseph Smith was his adjutant, and Jonathan Chesley his quartermaster.
Samuel Keniston of Newmarket was in Capt. Mark Wiggin's company, Colonel Pierce's regiment, stationed at Portsmouth, from July 22 to December 7, 1776, and Richard Critchet in Capt. Nathan Brown's company, Colonel Pierce's regiment, from Sep- tember 19 to December 7, 1776.
The Council and Assembly met in special convention Septem- ber 14, 1776, and voted to raise in this state one thousand men, officers included, to reënforce the army in New York, to be divided into two regiments, the first to be under the command of Col. Thomas Tash. The following Newmarket men in Capt. Daniel Gordon's company, were mustered in September 20:
Jeremiah Foss John Meader, Walter Bryent, Jr.
Dudley Smart Lewis Keniston Jonathan Robinson
1 The striking contrast between the past and present in the way of communication will be seen from the fact that the news of the signing of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, July 4, did not reach Exeter until July 18, being 14 days on the way.
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John Mason Reuben Doe, Jonathan S. Dudley Zebulon Davis Elisha Thomas Jonathan Burleigh
Rufus Ewers
Theophilus Wiggins
Benjamin Pinner
Nathaniel Colby
Walter Neal.
In Capt. Jonathan Robinson's company were: John Kenis- ton, Francis Jenness, Jr., James Keniston, Jonathan Keniston, Joshua Brackett.
In Capt. Smith Emerson's company, mustered in September 16, 1776, were: Philip Fowler, Eliphalet Neal, Daniel Rogers.
Col. Thomas Tash and Maj. Joseph Smith of Newmarket were among those sent to reenforce the army in New York, September 24, 1776. And Lieut. Zebulon Doe with the forces at Charles- town on Connecticut River, July 17.
In Capt. Daniel Runnals' company were Jonathan Dearborn, William Moore, and in Capt. William Prescott's company, Rob- ert Fowler and Jacob Fowler.
Philip Crommet of Newmarket enlisted for the war in Maj. Benjamin Whitcomb's rangers, December 2, 1776, and deserted July 20, 1780. He returned March 1, 1784.
On the roll of Capt. Joseph Parson's company, Col. David Gil- man's regiment, were Second Lieut. Joshua Weeks, John Marston and James Keniston, going to New York, and serving from De- cember 5, 1776, to March 11, 1777.
In answer to a requisition from General Washington, the Legislature, December 4, 1776, voted to draft 500 men from the several state regiments to be sent to New York for the garrisons at Fort George and Ticonderoga. They were under the com- mand of Col. David Gilman of Pembroke, and served till March 15, 1777, beyond the time for which they were engaged. The regiment did excellent service in the battles of Trenton, Decem- ber 26, 1776, and Princeton, January 3, 1777. We cannot re- frain from quoting from the letter of General Sullivan to Hon. Meshech Weare from Chatham, dated February 13, 1777: "Gen- eral Washington made no scruple to say publicly the remains of the Eastern Regiments were the strength of his army, though then their numbers were comparatively speaking but small; he calls them in front when the Enemy are there; he sends them to the rear when the Enemy threaten that way; all the general officers
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