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A preamble and constitution drawn up by Stephen Chase were adopted. The following are the leading articles :
" Believing that slaveholding is a sin against God, as well as a violation of the dearest rights of man, and that its continuance involves the dissolution of the Union, the insur- rection of slaves, and curse of God upon our country ; and feeling it our duty unitedly to remonstrate against it, we have formed ourselves into a society, to be governed by the following constitution."
" Art. 2. The object of this society shall be to enlighten the public mind on the subject of slavery, and if possible to persuade the slaveholder to emancipate his slaves.
" Art. 3. This society will never advise or countenance a resort to force, but will nse for the accomplishment of its object those means, and those only, which are sanctioned by the Constitution and Laws of our country."
One would hardly, at first sight, see in the above either treason or infidelity, but it was held to contain both. The constitution was signed by those present, and officers elected : B. Pike Chase, president ; Isaac Hall, vice-pres- ident; Amos Chase, secretary; Benjamin Chase, treasurer. The constitution was afterwards circulated through the town, and there are now the names of fifty-one males and sixty-one females attached to it. Little more was done by the society than electing officers and sending delegates to the various conventions. The following extracts from the Treasurer's report show about what was done.
" Early in the season of 1835 your Treasurer, on his private account, ordered a few publications of the A. A. S. S., for distribution, and in the summer extended the num- ber to six Emancipators. sixteen Human Rights, forty Anti- Slavery Records. and forty-eight Slave's Friends. The pub- lications were distributed in this town, and more or less in the following towns : Candia, Raymond, Poplin, Brentwood, Exeter. Plaistow, Haverhill, Hampstead, Hooksett, Man- chester and Goffstown. Several individuals contributed to- wards the expense of the publications."
The " Emancipator" was a large-sized paper ; the "Ihuman Rights," a half-sheet paper ; the " Anti-Slavery Record," a large tract ; " The Slave's Friend," a small one for children, printed monthly.
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" In March; 1836, four individuals, members of this society, namely, John Clark, Amos Chase, Benja. Chase, and Stephen Chase, engaged to sustain one twenty-fifth part of the ". Herald of Freedom," which was issued at a very low price to subscribers, and distributed gratuitously to some extent, and upon the settlement of the accounts were as- sessed in the sum of fifty dollars, or twelve dollars and twenty-five cents each, which has been paid.
"In January, 1837, when the Rev. Mr. Root lectured in this place, a collection was taken up in behalf of the A. A. S. S., amounting to ten dollars and seventy-five cents, which was paid over to Mr. Root. Two other indi- viduals gave him one dollar eachi.
" One hundred of the A. S. Almanack for 1838 has been purchased by Mr. Wm. B. Paine, which are in a course of distribution."
July 4th, 1837, the Rev. T. H. Miller, of Portsmouth, delivered an address on slavery in the Baptist meeting- house.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE MILITARY HISTORY OF CHESTER.
The first military law passed in New Hampshire was in 1718. All the means of knowing about the military organ- ization in Chester is the titles prefixed to the names of the in- habitants. The first found on our records was in 1731. Sam- uel Ingalls has the title of captain ; Ebenezer Dearborn of lieutenant ; and Jacob Sargent of ensign ; which is prob- ably nearly as early as there was any military organization. Thomas Smith is lieutenant in 1732; John Tolford is captain, and Thomas Wells lieutenant, in 1744; Abel Morse is captain in 1746, and Thomas Wells in 1748; Thomas Craige is lieutenant, James Varnum is ensign, and Robert Calfe sergeant, in 1749; Enoch Colby is also ensign, and Eben Dearborn, Jr., sergeant, in 1749; Silva- nus Smith lieutenant, in 1752; Samuel Robie in 1753 ;
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and Benaiah Colby in 1756 ; and Jonathan Blunt captain the same year. John Lane was appointed cornet of the ninth troop of the first regiment of cavalry, commanded by Col. John Downing, September 17th, 1754, by Benning Wentworth ; John Tolford is major, and Andrew Jack lieutenant, in 1757 ; James Shirley is captain, and James Quentan ensign, in 1759. Henry Hall is ensign in 1761; Sam. Robie captain in 1764; Robert Wilson lieutenant in 1765 ; Captain Underhill, Lieutenant Joseph Basford, and Ensign Joseph True, in 1765; Oliver Morse and Henry Moore lieutenants, and Samuel Hazelton cornet, in 1766 ; Richard Emery major, in 1769; Andrew Jack captain, in 1770; Joseph True captain, Lieutenant Witherspoon, in 1775; Major French (Jabez), 1774; Hugh Shirley, 1775; David Witherspoon captain, and James Dunlap lieuten- ant, in 1766. Stephen Dearborn had a commission of cap- tain under the king, May 3, 1767 ; and under Congress, September 5, 1775 ; major, March 25, 1785 ; lieutenant- colonel, April 5, 1793 ; resigned, September 18, 1800.
A militia law was passed, September 19, 1776, enroll- ing in train-bands all able-bodied men from sixteen to fifty years of age ; exempting nearly all officers, ministers, Quakers, negroes, Indians, and mulattoes ; each company to be mustered eight times a year.
Then there was to be an " alarm list," composed of all male persons from sixteen to sixty-five years of age not in- cluded in the train-band, with some exceptions, if of suffi- cient ability, to be inspected twice a year. The captains of the alarm list by custom had a brevet title of colonel. There was to be a military watch kept by those belonging to the train-band and alarm list, under the direction of the commissioned officers of the town.
In looking over the rolls of the men in the French and Indian wars from 1745 to 1760, in the Adjutant-General's Report, vol. II., 1866, I find the following Chester names, although it is not certain that they were all Chester men ; and some Chester men may have been overlooked.
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In the winter of 1745-6, Captain John Goffe had a com- pany of thirty-seven men scouting the woods on snow-shoes, of which Samuel Brown was a sergeant; under Jeremiah Clough, Henry Ervine ; under Andrew Todd scouting at Canterbury, 1746, Archibald Miller, Adam Wilson, Wil- liam McMaster, John Grimes and James Wilson. Adam Wilson and Archibald Miller afterwards lived in Chester, but probably went from Londonderry.
Captain Daniel Ladd's company, at Canterbury, 1746 : Enoch Rowel, Zebedee Berry, Paul Healey, Samuel Moore, and John Nutt; William Presson and Henry Ervine, July to December, 1746 ; Samuel Moore again in 1747. Daniel Foster (lived near Martin's Ferry) was in Eastman's com- pany. Under Moses Foster at Suncook, John Moore, John Carr. John Webster was lieutenant in John Goffe's scout- ing party in 1748; he might have been Col. Webster of Chester. He was afterwards captain and raised a scout of twenty men, and none of them Chester men ; it is prob- able that he was not the man. In what way the men com- posing these scouts were raised, whether by voluntary en- listment or impressment, or both, I do not know.
It has been seen that in 1747 the town voted to petition the Governor and Council "to stop, and save any more men being sent out of the town into the service, and to have a suitable number of men kept in the service in our own town." In 1748 there were petitions sent from differ- ent parts of the town to the captains, and by John Tolford and Thomas Wells to the Governor and Council for men ; but probably Chester never had any direct aid. (See 1747 and 1748 in the history.)
In the expedition against the French Forts, DuQuense, Niagara and Crown Point, in the winter of 1755, New Hampshire furnished a regiment of six hundred men, un- der Col. Joseph Blanchard, in which the following Chester names appear : Joseph Morril, Daniel Martin, Caleb Dal- ton, Robert Gordon, John Shackford, Nathan Morse, Saml. Towle, Samuel Emerson (son of Saml. Emerson, Esq., died at Albany, Nov. 17, 1755), Robert Kennedy, John Rowe,
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Jolin Craig, Saml. Dudley, James Eaton, John Hall, clerk, (might have been the first town clerk of Derryfield,) Ithiel Gordon, James Fulerton, Sanı'l Daulton, Reuben Towl, Curtis Bean, John Dalton, Jonas Clay, William Aiken, Robert Witherspoon, William Wilson, Daniel Wilson, James Aiken, John Gage, Nathaniel Etherage.
For the expedition against Crown Point in 1756, New Hampshire raised a regiment of seven hundred men, under the command of Col. Nathaniel Meserve, of Portsmouth, in the roll of which the following Chester names appear : Jesse MeFarland, William McMaster, John Nutt, Robert Gordon, Francis Towle, Joseph Dudley, John McClellan, Benja. Fuller, William Baker, Gideon Rowel, Ben. Bachel- der, James Shirley.
In 1757 New Hampshire furnished a regiment of five hundred men for the Crown Point expedition. Chester names : Robert Kennedy, Hugh Quinton, John Carr, Sam- uel Towle, sergeant, Paul Healey, corporal, Benj. Bachel- der, Edmund Elliott, Ebenezer Eaton, Samuel Hazelton, Amos Merril, Jonathan Towle, Stephen Dearborn.
The sixth company was commanded by Richard Emery. Richard Emery, of Chester, married Mary Blunt, 1765, and is styled major in Chester records in 1767. The Kenne- dys might have been Goffstown men, and the Chester Dal- tons did not spell their names Daulton.
In August, 1757, a reïnforcement was sent to Charles- town No. 4, which served until November. Timothy Foss, David Webster, David Hill, Samuel Dalton, Isaiah Rowe, Benja. Fuller and Samuel Brown are Chester names.
There was a company sent in 1757 to garrison Fort William and Henry. Chester names : Benjamin Libley, Stephen Marden and Nathl. Rand.
In 1758 another regiment was sent to Crown Point, in which Samuel Towle is second lieutenant, and several Chester names before mentioned ; and James Clay, Benja. Currier, Nath'l Wood, Hugh Quinton, Thomas Wason, Jolin Mills, Joseph Linn, Mathew Templeton, Hugh Shirley, Rob- ert Mckinley, Oliver Morse, second lieutenant of the eighth
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company, Joshua Prescott, Ezekiel Morse and John Quimby.
In 1760 a regiment was raised to invade Canada. John Goffe was colonel, and Richard Emery, probably of Ches- ter, major. Hugh Quinton, David Weatherspoon, James Graham, Archibald MeDaffee, Robert Mckinley, James Quinton, Hugh Shirley, Robert Wasson, James Weather- spoon, Samuel Haseltine, David Webster, Jacob Basford (died), Ebenezer Basford, Jonas Clay, David Craige, Jona- than Emerson, (son of Samuel Emerson, Esq., died at Crown Point, November 7th, 1760,) John Gage, Samuel Ingalls, John Karr, John Seavey, Titus Wells, Jacob Griffin, Stephen Webster, John Mills, Jacob Quimby, Nathaniel Maxfield and Nathaniel Rand were from Chester.
Besides the foregoing found on the rolls, it is said that Matthew, son of Samuel Gault, was an officer, and died at Cape Breton, 1759. His will was proved August, 1759. William Otterson, the grandfather of the Hooksett Ottersons, is said to have been in the army and drowned in erossing Lake Champlain in 1760. It has also been said that Abra- ham Morse was in the French war, and that Elijalı Pills- bury was before Quebee when Wolfe was killed. He prob- ably enlisted at Newbury. Wells Chase went from New- bury a campaign under Governor Shirley to Norridgewoek in 1754, and was in the battle of Ticonderoga in 1758. Archibald McDuffee was in the French war. The king issued a proclamation, dated Feb. 19, 1754, offering certain bounties in land to such officers and soldiers as should en- ter his service against the French ; and another proclama- tion, dated Oct. 7, 1763, ordering the land for the New England states to be laid off in the state of Virginia, about one hundred miles above the mouth of the Ohio river. In 1816, James Miltimore, of Windham, came along and pro- eured powers of attorney from the Chester soldiers, among whom were Wells Chase, Robert MeKinley, Matthew Tem- pleton and Archibald MeDuffee, empowering him to re- cover and sell the lands, and gave bonds back to pay them one half of all that he should receive. I think nothing fur- ther was heard about it.
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The news of the battle at Lexington spread with amazing rapidity. Nathaniel Emerson received the news at mid- night at Candia, and aroused the people, and drummer David Hill beat up for recruits, and Moses Dustin is said to have been the first to fall in, and he served through the war. They soon raised a squad, which soon started for the scene of the war. Probably more than half the able- bodied men started, with such arms as they had and with such conveyance as was at hand, and went to Cambridge, the headquarters of the army .* A portion of the men en-
listed, and the rest returned home. So far as the action of the town of Chester is concerned, by votes in town-meet- ing, it has been given in the history of those years. The army rolls, and other papers relating to the war, are con- tained in eleven large volumes in the Adjutant-General's office. The matter is very voluminous and difficult to arrange, and I know of no better way than to give the rolls containing Chester men, always including Candia and Ray- mond, designating the respective towns, Chester A, Candia B, and Raymond C, so far as practicable. I will also sup- ply any seeming deficiencies by documents or tradition.
According to the Report of the Adjutant-General, 1866, vol. 2, New Hampshire had three regiments in 1775 ; the first commanded by John Stark; the second by Enoch Poor ; the third by James Reid. Stark's and Reid's were stationed at Medford, and were at Bunker Hill ; and Col. Poor remained on duty at home. The tenth company of the third regiment was commanded by Hezekiah Hutch- ins, and Amos Emerson of Chester was lieutenant; and the names of David Currier, Josiah Morse, Peter Severance, Thomas Wilson and Samuel Moore appear on the roll. Capt. David Shaw says that William Gross, his mother's half brother, was in the Bunker Hill battle, under Emer- son. There were two other men known to be in the battle whose names I have not found, -Caleb Hall, who went down at the time of Lexington battle and enlisted, and Dea. John Hills of Candia, who, while lying behind the
* See page 132.
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rail fence stuffed with hay, had a ball strike his foot, which he picked up, and not fitting his gun, he brought it home. There is a letter from Parker Morse to Dea. Hills extant, directed to him as belonging to Hutchins' company at Mys- tic. Some of the men who went down at that time and staid, might have enlisted in Massachusetts regiments, bc- fore the New Hampshire ones were organized.
CHESTER. - HEZEKIAH HUTCHINS' COMPANY.
Simon Merril, A,
Joseph Spillad, A,
William Shannon,
David Currier, A,
Joseph Smith, A,
Thomas Wilson, B,
Saml. Brown, A,
John Lane, Jr., A,
James Gross, A,
John Tucker, C,
Peter Severance, A,
John Lane, 3d, C,
Saml. Morse,
Simon Norton, A,
Reuben Sanborn, A,
James Randal, C,
Josiah Morse, Jr., A,
William Randal, C.
Those from Chester are marked A, Candia, B, and Ray- mond, C, and the uncertain are left unmarked.
In the selectmen's accounts for the year 1776, there are the following items charged :
" Paid Joseph Linn, Hugh Cromby, Andrew Aiken, John Vance, Alexander Wetherspoon, Timothy Lunt, Jeams Craft, their wages for service done at Medford.
" Paid Joseph Louge, Samuel Webster and Benj. Long, for service done at Medford."
In 1775 there is a charge for pork sent to Cambridge, ££6 7s. 5d.
" Paid to Maj. Jabez French money that we hired to sup. port the Delegates that went to Philadelphia, £9 8s. 6d.",
There are also charges for blankets, and for numbering the people.
Philip Tilton, captain, Jacob Webster, lieutenant, both of Raymond, and John Tilton, second lieutenant, of San- down, were the officers of the third company, second reg- iment, June 12, 1775, and Caleb Richardson's name is on the roll.
There is a pay-roll of Capt. Nathan Brown's company,
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David Gilman's regiment, April 10, 1776, in which are Chester names : Nathaniel Blasdel, James McFarland, John- Shannon, John Lane, Reuben Hall, Zachariah Butterfield, Jacob Lane, William Shannon, Theophilus Lovereign of Raymond, Hugh Crombie, James Aiken.
July, 1776. A roll of Capt. Joseph Dearborn's company, No. 6 in Col. Wyman's regiment, in the Continental service against Canada, as mustered and paid by John Dudley, Esq., muster-master and paymaster of said company :
Joseph Dearborn, Capt., A,
David Wetherspoon, Lient., A,
Mathias Haines, Private, C,
Enoch Colby, B,
William Leatch, A,
Jacob Clifford, B,
Samuel Webster, A,
Obadiah Hall, A, Benjamin Hall, A or B,
Jeremiah Richardson, A,
Jeremiah Towle, A,
James Aiken, A,
Thomas Wells, A,
James Bell, Joseph Linn, A,
Samuel Dinsmore, A, died,
Anthony Towle, A,
Hugh McDuffee, A,
Gideon Currier, A,
Moses McFarland, A,
John Knowles, A,
John McClellan, A,
Richard Payne,
David Taylor,
Joseph Knowles, Jr., A,
Joseph Hills, Jr., A,
Josialı Wells, A.,
Ezekiel Morse, C,
John Roberts, C,
John Batchelder,
Thomas Wason, B,
John Leavitt, C,
John Wason,
Ezekiel Knowles, B,
Nathan Lane, C, d. Sep. 26,
James Willson, A,
Israel Griffin,
James McFarland, A,
Benjamin Cass, B,
John Vance, A,
John Prescott,
Ebenezer Collins,
Moses Hills, A,
Asa Dearborn, A.
Peter Moores, B, Joshua Moores, B,
Each private received ten pounds, four shillings and nine pence ; sum total, six hundred and twenty-nine pounds, nineteen shillings and three pence. Extra wages,- paid four sergeants, viz., William Leatch, Enoch Rowel, B, Caleb Morril and Moses Sanborn, A, eight shillings ; four corporals, viz., Anthony Towle, A, Benaiah Colby, A, Ezekiel Knowles, B, and Asa Heath, at four shillings each ; David Hill, B, drummer, four shillings.
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Muster and pay-roll of men in Capt. Samuel McConnel's Company, Col. David Gilman's regiment, raised out of the regiment commanded by Col. John Webster to reïn- force the Continental army at New York, and mustered and paid by Col. John Webster, December, 1776 :
Ezekiel Worthen, Lt., A,
John Clay, B, David Underhill, A,
Ichabod Robie, Sergt., B,
Isaac Blasdel, A,
John Clark, Corporal, B, Timothy Jewel, Private,
Nathaniel Blasdel, A,
Abraham Brown,
Eliphalet Gordon, C,
Josiah Forsaith, A,
Peter Severance, A,
Paul Eaton, B, Amos Knowles, B,
Daniel Moody, C,
Dearborn Heath, A.
Muster and pay-roll of men raised in Col. Thornton's and Col. Webster's regiment, to serve in Capt. Runnels' com- pany, Col. Thomas Tasker's regiment, September 26, 1776. This company was raised from the Londonderry and Ches- ter regiments. Men from Londonderry marked L, as far as known :
Daniel Runnels, Capt., L, Samuel Haselton, Lt., A, Samuel Buswell, Ens., B, Ichabod Robic, B,
James Sharley, A, Jeremiah Conner, A,
Bracket Towle, A, John Shirley, A, David Mills, A,
Caleb Smith, C, Gilman Dudley, C, John Berry, A, Jonathan Dearborn, A, Nicholas Gilman, C, Derbon Heth, A, William Anderson, B, Moses Turner, B,
Samuel Morse, L, James Hazard, A,
Samuel Dunlap, Josiah Dearborn, A,
William Wilson, B,
William Moore, A, Samuel Pierce, A, Joseph Presby, A, William Wilson, A, Simon Towle, A, Jonathan Underhill, A, Jacob Hills, A,
Samuel Thompson, L, Pierce Gage, L,
Richard Hall, Zibah Kimball, L, John Williams, L, John McGown, L, John Tarbox, L, James Sprague, L,
Abiel Cross, L, Arthur Darrah, L,
Samuel Hart,
Benjamin Haseltine, A, John Colby, C, James Richardson, Robert Wason, B,
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Henry Campbell, L,
Peter Robinson,
James Mooreland, L,
Samuel Spear,
John Morrisson, L, John Cochran, L,
Robert Morrisson, L,
John Hughes, L,
Thomas Wilson, L,
William Eayers, L,
George Orr, L,
Joseph Caldwell, L,
Jonathan Holmes, L, John Stuart, L,
David Morrison, B,
James Ferguson, L,
John Ferguson, L,
Joseph Hobbs, L,
William Moore, A,
Andrew Robertson, L,
John Clifford, C,
John Turner,
John Sargent, C,
Humphrey Holt, L,
Peter Haselton, A,
Nathan Plummer, L,
Alexander, Shirley, A,
Robert Wilson, B,
Daniel Whitcher, C,
Robert Boid, L,
Thomas Archibald, L,
Mathew Diekey, L,
Thomas Wallace, L,
Elijah Town, L, Stephen Donald, L.
September 26, 1776, by Jolm Webster.
Chester and Londonderry probably belonged to one regi- ment up to 1775.
In Raymond records, June 15, 1775,
" Voted, to impower John Dudley, Esq., with some other persons, to nominate suitable persons for field officers for the regiment that did belong to Col. Thornton's regiment.
" Voted unanimously that they are willing that the said regiment should be divided into two regiments."
Pay-roll of Capt. Stephen Dearborn's company, Thomas Stickney's regiment, in Gen. Stark's brigade, which com- pany marched from Chester, in the State of New Hamp- shire, and joined the Northern Continental army, 1777, from July 19 to September 18 :
Stephen Dearborn, Capt., A, Ezekiel Lane, Lieut., C, killed, John Lane, Jr., 2d Lieut., A, ad- vaneed to 1st Lt., Aug. 16, Robert Wilson, Ensign, A, ad- vanced to 2d Lt., Ang. 16, Andrew Aiken, Sergt., A, ad- vanced to Ensign, Aug. 16,
Nathl. Maxfield, B, Ichabod Robie, B, Ebenezer Dearborn, A, David Currier, A, Joseph Brown, A, Josiah Gordon, A, Sherburne Dearborn, A, Robert Dinsmore, A,
James Cambel, L,
Samuel Tasker, L,
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Joseph Cass, Sergt., B, Bracket Towle, Sergt., A, Thomas Dearborn, Sergt., B, John Underhill, Sergt., A., ad- vaneed to Sergt. Aug. 16, Benja. Fellows, Corp., Levi Swain, Corp., C,
David Underhill, Corp., A, Robert Rowe, private, A, ad- vanced to Corp. Ang. 16, Israel Clifford, private, B, Nathaniel Griffin, A, Joseph Peavey, John Gammet, B, Daniel Allen, A, John Blake,
Moses Leavit, C,
Moses Webster, Jr., A,
Josiah Hall, A,
Phillip Morse, C, Robert Wilson, Jr.,
David Perkins, Benjamin Smith, B,
Oliver Smith, B, Elisha Thomas,
Enoch Osgood, C,
Enoch Colby, B,
John Bagley, B,
John Clay, B,
Moses Emerson, B,
Benjamin Fuller, A,
James Presby, A, Joseph White, A,
Wilks West, A, Thomas Wilson, B,
Jacob Chase, A,
Samuel Hills, A,
William Towle,
Jacob Elliot, A,
James Richardson, A,
David Patten, A, Moses Webster, A, Benjamin Haseltine, A, Isaac Blasdel, A, Sinkler Fox, Wm. Pattredge Fox, Jona. Bachelor, Daniel Todd, C, Amos Kimball, A, Joseph Rollins, Samuel Fogg, C,
Samuel Moore, B,
Samuel Dearborn, B, Amos Knowles, B, James Libbey, B, Benjamin Eaten, B,
Benjamin Wadley, B,
Samuel Robie, A, Simon Towle, A, Anthony Clifford, B, John Patten, A, James MeFarland, A,
John Knowles, A, William Brown, A,
Stephen Fogg, C,
Benjamin Packard, John Moore, B, died Aug. 21 ,
John Elliott, Drummer, A, David Hall, A.
This regiment served in the battle of Bennington, August 16.
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Pay-roll of Captain Moses Baker's company of volun- teers, who marched from Candia, in the State of New Hampshire, and joined the Northern Continental army at Saratoga, September, 1777.
Entered Sept. 27, discharged Nov. 3.
Moses Baker, Captain, B, Abraham Fitts, Lieutenant, B, Jonathan Bagley, Ensign, B, Isaiah Row, Sergeant, B, Joseph Clifford, Sergeant, B, Sewall Brown, Private, B,
James Hazard, A, Silas Cammet, B, Samuel Bagley, B, John Hills, B,
Jesse Eaton, B,
Benjamin Whitcher, C,
Nathan Fitts, A,
Samuel Haselton, A,
Jacob Clifford, B,
John Dearborn, A, Josiah Flagg, A,
Benjamin Hubbart, B,
Richard Clough, B,
Edward Robie, A, Moses IIaselton, A,
Stephen Palmer, B,
Stephen Hill, A.
Enoch Rowell, B,
Pay-roll of Capt. Joseph Dearborn's company, in Col. Moses Nichols' regiment; marched to Rhode Island, en- tered Aug. 5, discharged 28th + 2 days' travel home.
Joseph Darbon, Captain, A, Benja. Cass, Lieutenant, B, Jacob Worthen, Ensign, B, Jabesh Hoit, Sergeant, A, Benj. Batchelder, Sergeant, B, Samuel Runel, Sergeant,
Wilks West, A,
John Wilson, A,
Caleb Hall, B,
Philip Morse, C,
Obed Edom Hall, B,
Ephraim Fitts, Corporal, A,
Jonathan Camet, B, Silas Camet, B,
Zebulon Winslow, Corporal, B, Walter Clay, B,
Aaron Brown, Corporal, B, Benja. True, Private, A,
Henry Clark, B, Josephi Bean, B, Amos Knowles, B, Enoch Colby, B,
Benja. Currier, A. John Lane, A, James Whitten, C,
Caleb Brown, B,
William Mills, A,
Thomas Wilson, B,
Asa Dearborn, A, John Emerson A, Benja. Haselton, A,
Oliver Sınith, B, Burleigh Smith, B,
William Shannon, B,
Joseph Knowles, A, James Pierce, A,
Sewel Brown, B,
Robert Runnels, A,
Jonathan Pilsbury, B.
Allowance for forty horses at £10 each.
Jonathan Ring, B,
Jolm Sargent, B, Nathaniel Burpee, B,
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In the summer of 1778, a brigade was sent from New Hampshire to Rhode Island.
There was a company attached to Col. Peabody's regi- ment, of which Daniel Reynols, of Londonderry, was cap- tain, Bracket Towle first lieutenant, and Jacob Elliott second lieutenant, a portion of which was from Chester. Entered service June 1, 1778, discharged Jan. 1, 1779 :
William Moore, Corporal, A, James Hazzard, Corporal, A, Jacob Lane, Corporal, C, Samuel Robie, Drummer, A, Dearborn Heath, A,
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