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From a return made of Capt. Crosby's company, 21 June, 1775, we learn that on that day there were present and fit for duty, 1 captain, 1 lient., 1 ensign, 3 sergeants, 4 cor- porals, 1 drummer, and 30 privates. Total-41.
2 privates. were sick; 1 was wounded; 1 attended the wounded; 3 were absent on furlough; 2 had deserted; 1 was on command; 3 were in the train ; 4 were absent with- out leave, and 1 was missing. Total-18.
The company was styled the ninth company. The privates were paid forty shillings per month for their ser- vices, and the term of their enlistment was eight months ; many however continued in the army until the British evacuated Boston in March, 1776-some even longer.
Quartermaster Isaac Frye, of Wilton, reported the rations dealt out to the company for several days as follows :
1775, July 3 to 8; 50 men present who received 51 loaves bread; 65 lbs. pork; 126 lbs. beef; 176 gills rice; 44 gal- lons beer.
July 14 to 18; 54 men present received 54 loaves bread ; 54 lbs. pork ; 155 lbs. beef: 189 gills rice.
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July 28 to August 1; 54 men present received 54 loaves bread; 67} lbs. pork; 67} lbs. beef; 189 gills rice; 67} lbs. cod-fish, and 20 lbs. butter.
It appears from official documents that the State fur- nished 554 gallons of New England rum, and 17592 gallons of West India rum for the use of its soldiers while engaged around Boston in 1775.
In compliance with the earnest entreaties of Gen. Sullivan, thirty-one companies, numbering sixty-one men each, were sent from New Hampshire to Winter Hill, near Boston, in December, 1775, to take the place of the Connecticut troops stationed there, who insisted on returning home as the term of their enlistment had expired. The names of the commissioned officers of these companies alone have been preserved. Benjamin Taylor, of Amherst, was cap- tain; Nathan Ballard, of Wilton, first lieutenant; and John Bradford of Amherst, ensign of the company raised in Amherst and Wilton.
Capt. Taylor died at Medford, in February, 1776, before the expiration of the time for which he enlisted.
The following receipt, found among the papers in the Adjutant General's office, in Concord, is one of the few relics of the campaign of the New Hampshire boys at Winter Hill, in the winter of 1775-6:
" COLONY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, June 21, 1776. To Nicholas Gilman, Esq., R. G .:
Pursuant to a vote of the Council and Assembly, pay Deacon Nahum Baldwin seven hundred and eighty pounds to pay off Capt. Augustus Blanchard's Comp'y, according to his instructions from the General Assembly to be accounted for by him.
M. WEARE, President."
" Received the contents of the within order in full.
p'r NAHUM BALDWIN."
Capt. Blanchard, then of Merrimack, afterward re- moved to Amherst, and was for many years a prominent citizen of the south-west parish, now Milford.
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Jonathan Burnham was paid £12 4s. 10d., for mustering in the thirty-one companies of N. H. militia that served on Winter Hill in the winter of 1775-6.
A regiment was raised in December, 1775, and placed under the command of Col. Timothy Bedel, which was or- dered to join the northern army in New York, with which it was to march to reinforce the army in Canada. In one of the companies in this regiment we find the following Amherst men :
Daniel Wilkins, jr., capt. John Mills, 2d lieut.
William Bradford, ensign.
Benjamin Dike, sergeant.
Sutherick Weston, )
Obadiah Holt,
Joshua Abbott, corporals.
Solomon Kittredge,
Samuel Sternes,
Jeremiah Lamson,
Thomas Powell, drummer.
Joseph Lovejoy,
Jabez Holt, fifer.
Hugh McKean,
William Brown, Amos Boutwell,
Thomas Melendy,
Primus Chandler, [colored].
Aaron Nichols, Isaac Stearns,
James Clark, James Cochran,
Robert Cochran,
Daniel Wilkins, 3d, Sylvester Wilkins, Andrew Wilkins,
Isaac Palmer Curtice,
Stephen Curtice, Roger Dutton, John Farnham, Laraford Gilbert,
John Wiley.
This regiment was surrendered to the British and Indians by its commanding officer, Major Butterfield, at a place called " The Cedars," 19 May, 1776. Many of the men were inhumanly treated by their captors. Their clothing was stripped from their persons, and in this condition they were made to run between two files of Indians who beat them as they passed. Years afterward many of them were paid by the legislature for clothing lost at that time.
After their exchange they went to Crown Point, where Capt. Wil- kins and several of his company died of small-pox, in July, 1776. The commander of the army, Gen. Thomas, died about the same time, and the mortality among the soldiers was so great that pits were dug into which their remains were thrown without any coffins. When the pits were nearly filled, a slight covering of earth was thrown over the bodies.
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The following Amherst men mustered by Col. Nahum Baldwin, 15 April, 1776, were a part of a company com- manded by Capt. Timothy Clement, which was sent to Portsmouth to assist in guarding the sea coast and the forts in the harbor :
William Stewart, ensign.
Jonathan Lyon,
Nathan Abbot,
Ebenezer Odall,
Silas Cooledge,
Robert Parker,
Jonathan Dutton,
Samuel Shepard,
David Fisk,
John Stearns,
Richard Goodman, Asa Swinnerton,
Joshua Kendall,
Archelaus Towne, jr.,
Zephaniah Kittredge,
Henry Trivet.
Edmund Lyon,
This company with others was organized into a regiment 25 September, 1776, which was placed under the command of Col. Pierce Long. On the 23 November following, it was ordered to Ticonderoga, to which place it marched in February, 1777.
ASSOCIATION TEST PAPER.
In the month of April, 1776, the following paper was re- ceived by the selectmen, from the Committee of Safety of the State :
"To the Selectmen of Amherst :
In Committee of Safety, April 12, 1776.
In order to carry the underwritten Resolves of the Ion'ble Conti- mental Congress into execution, You are requested to desire all males above Twenty-One years of age (Lunaticks, Idiots, and Negroes, excepted) to sign the declaration on this paper, and when so done, to make return hereof, together with the name or names of all who shall refuse to sign the same, to the General Assembly or Committee of Safety of this Colony.
M. WEARE, Chairman."
In Congress, March 14, 1776.
" Resolved that it be recommended to the several assemblies, Conventions, and Councils, or Committees of Safety, of the United States, immediately to cause all persons to be disarmed within their Respective Colonies, who are notoriously disaffected to the cause of
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America, or who have not associated, and refuse to associate, to defend by arms the United Colonies against the hostile attempts of the British fleets and Armies.
CHARLES THOMPSON, Secretary."
-Extract from the Minutes.
In consequence of the above resolution of the Hon. Continental Congress, and to show our determination in joining our American brethren in defending the Lives, Liberties and Properties of the In- habitants of the United Colonies,-We the subscribers do hereby engage and promise that we will to the utmost of our power, at the risque of our Lives and Fortunes, with arms, oppose the Hostile pro- ceedings of the British fleets and armies against the United Colonies :
[For convenience of reference the names are placed in alphabetical order, and the names of those who served in the army are printed in capitals.]
Darius Abbott,
Thomas Carrell,
Ephraim Abbott,
THOMAS CLARK,
Ebenezer Averil,
Nathan Cleaves,
John Averil,
John Cochran,
Thomas Averil, jr.,
Joseph Coggin,
NAHUM BALDWIN,
HENRY CODMAN,
Ephraim Barker,
William Codman,
NATHANIEL BARRETT,
JOIIN COLE,
MOSES BARRON,
NATIIAN COLE,
Samuel Blasdell,
JOSIAHI CROSBY,
JACOB BLODGETT,
Samson Crosby,
Joseph Boutell,
SILAS CUMMINGS,
JOSEPH BOUTELL, 21, Kendal Boutell,
JACOB CURTICE, JR.,
REUBEN BOUTELL,
Benjamin Day,
Andrew Bradford,
John Damon,
ENOS BRADFORD,
Bartholomew Dodge,
. JOHN BRADFORD,
Benjamin Dodge,
William Bradford,
Josiah Dodge,
George Burns,
David Duncklee,
John Burns,
John Duncklee,
JOHN BURNS, JR., John Burns, 3d,
Joseph Duncklee,
Francis Elliott,
Thomas Burns,
JOSEPII FARNUM,
Stephen Burnam, Oliver Carleton,
STEPHIEN FARNUM,
Elisha Felton,
Jacob Curtice,
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William Fisk, William Fisk, jr.,
Nathan Jones,
Nathan Jones, jr., MICHAEL KIEFF,
Amos Flint, AMOS FLINT, JR., Nathan Flint,
John Kendall, jr.,
Nathan Kendall,
Benjamin Kenrick,
Nathan Fuller,
Josiah Kidder,
James Gage, JAMES GILMORE, ALLEN GOODRIDGE,
Moses Kimball,
SOLOMON KITTREDGE,
Amos Green,
JONATHAN LAMPSON,
David Green,
William Lampson,
John Grimes,
Joseph Langdell,
Jonathan Grimes,
FRANCIS LOVEJOY,
Joseph Gould,
HEZEKIAH LOVEJOY,
Richard Gould,
Jacob Lovejoy,
Samuel Hall,
John Lovejoy,
SAMUEL HARRIS,
WILLIAM LOW,
Benjamin Hartshorn,
Jonathan Lund,
James Hartshorn,
JONATHAN LYON,
JOHN HARTSHORN,
Thomas Mc Allister,
John Harwood,
NATHANIEL HASELTINE, Samuel Henry,
Robert Means,
William Melendy, jr.,
Timothy Hill,
BENJAMIN MERRILL,
Ephraim Hildreth,
JOHN MITCHELL,
DAVID HILDRETH,
DIMOND MUZZEY,
Jacob Hildreth,
MOSES NICHOLS,
WILLIAM HOGG,
Timothy Nichols,
Eben Holt, jr.,
William Odell,
Isaac Holt,
William Odell, jr.,
Reuben Holt,
ROBERT PARKER,
Isaac How,
ADAM PATTERSON,
JOEL HOWE,
JOHN PATTERSON,
Benjamin Hopkins,
STEPHEN PEABODY,
William Peabody,
Benjamin Hopkins, jr.,
Ebenezer Hopkins,
William Peabody, jr.,
RICHARD HUGHES,
William Peacock,
Abner Hutchinson,
Joseph Pierce,
Eben Hutchinson,
Elisha Hutchinson,
Nathan Hutchinson,
NATHAN HUTCHINSON, 2d,
Joseph Prince,
Joseph Prince, jr., EBENEZER REA.
Robert Read.
JAMES MCKEAN,
EPHRAIM FRENCH,
HENRY KIMBALL,
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WILLIAM READ, PETER ROBERTSON, John Roby,
JOSEPH ROLLINGS,
Israel Towne, jr.,
Jonathan Sawyer, JOSIAH SAWYER, JOSIAH SAWYER, JR.,
THOMAS TOWNE, 2d,
John Secombe,
David Truel, John Tuck,
James Seeton,
John Twiss,
John Seeton,
Jonathan Twiss,
John Shepard, jr.,
Phinehas Upham,
Joseph Small,
Ezekiel Upton,
William Small,
Thomas Wakefield, jr.,
WILLIAM SMALL, JR.,
JOSEPH WALLACE, William Wallace,
Isaac Smith,
Richard Ward,
Jacob Smith,
John Washer,
Jonathan Smith,
STEPHEN WASHER,
Timothy Smith,
Ebenezer Weston,
JACOB STANDLEY,
SAMUEL STANLEY,
Thomas Weston,
Joseph Steel,
ABIJAH WILKINS,
Joseph Steel, jr.
John Wilkins,
Daniel Stephens,
SAMUEL STERNES,
SIMPSON STEWART,
Joshua Wilkins, William Wilkins,
Amos Stickney,
LEMUEL WINCHESTER,
Samuel Stratton,
James Woodbury,
Jonathan Taylor,
Peter Woodbury,
Samuel Taylor,
ISAAC WRIGHT,
William Taylor,
Joshua Wright.
To the Hon'ble, The Committee of Safety for the State of New Hampshire, or the General Assembly thereof :
Pursuant to the Request on this paper from the Committee of Safety to us directed, we have invited those Persons therein named to sign the Declaration on this paper, and all that have seen it have signed it except Joshua Atherton, Esq., Mr. Daniel Campbell, Mr. Samuel Dodge, and Col. John Shepard.
THOMAS WAKEFIELD, REUBEN MUSSEY, Selectmen. SAMUEL WILKINS,
Benjamin Temple,
Ebenezer Temple, ARCHELAUS TOWNE,
Israel Towne,
Thomas Towne,
Daniel Smith,
Isaac Weston,
JONATHAN WILKINS, JR.,
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A regiment was raised in July, 1776, to reinforce the army in Canada. It was commanded by Col. Isaac Wyman, was mustered in 16 July, 1776, and served about three and a half months.
In a company in this regiment, commanded by Capt. William Barron, of Merrimack, we find the following sol- diers from Amherst :
JAMES GILMORE, ensign. Jonathan Lamson,
Nathaniel Hazeltine, )
Ebenezer Rea,
Ephraim French, sergeants. William Small, jr.,
Aaron Boutell,
William Stewart, and
Benjamin Clark,
George Wilson, privates.
In Capt. William Harper's company, were
Silas Cooledge,
Robert Parker, and
Zephaniah Kittredge, Joseph Perkins, privates.
In Capt. Samuel Wetherbee's company, were
John Averill, and
Timothy Nichols, jr., privates.
Stephen Peabody, of Amherst, was major of the regiment.
COL. BALDWIN'S REGIMENT.
This regiment was raised in September, 1776, and marched to assist the army in New York. It was in the battle at White Plains, 28 Oct., 1776, and was dismissed at North Castle, N. Y., about the first of December of that year. Amherst was represented in this regiment by
COL. NAHUM BALDWIN, and the following men who served in the company commanded by Capt. Philip Putnam, of Wilton :
William Low, ensign.
Stephen Farnum,
Elijah Averill,
John Grimes,
Reuben Boutell,
John Hartshorn,
Ebenezer Carlton,
Joel Howe,
John Cochran, Francis Lovejoy,
Jonathan Cochran,
Isaac Peabody,
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Abel Prince,
Richard Towne,
James Rea,
Thomas Towne, Aaron Upton,
Benjamin Smith, Daniel Smith,
Joseph Wallace, and
Benjamin Taylor,
Jonathan Wilkins, privates.
In Capt. Read's company, were
William Read, captain.
Andrew Elliot, private.
When a requisition was made upon the town of Salisbury for men to fill its quota in this regiment, it is reported that Capt. Ebenezer Webster said, " This town has filled all its quotas, and no one can be compelled to go ; but as the case is urgent, I will volunteer to go." Others, most if not all of whom had been officers, and had seen service in former wars, also volunteered, and joined the company under the command of Capt. Benjamin Emery, of Concord, as privates, and marched to the seat of war. In the battles and skirmishes in which the regiment was engaged, Capt. Webster's experience in military matters was said to have been of great value to its officers.
After the return of the regiment, the surgeon, Dr. Barnes, testified before a committee of the legislature that "many of the inen were sick while in the service, and he expected they would die for want of medicine, nothing of the kind having been provided at the public ex- pense. Whereupon the pity and humanity of the Lieut. Colonel [Gordon Hutchins] being raised, he procured medicines at his own expense to the amount of £4 8s. 7d." After hearing the surgeon's statement, the legislature voted to pay Col. Hutchins £3 6s. 6d. for his outlay. At the same session Col. Baldwin was allowed £30 18s. 10d. for boarding and nursing sixty persons belonging to his regi- ment.
Another regiment was raised in December, 1776, to re- inforce the army in northern New York. This was placed under the command of Col. David Gilman. In this regi- ment, the following Amherst men served in the company commanded by Capt. William Walker, of Dunstable:
Jonathan Cochran, Isaac P. Curtice, Jacob Curtice, Roger Dutton, Stephen Gould,
Abiel Holt, Ebenezer Odell. John Taylor, Robert B. Wilkins.
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A special town meeting held 22 May, 1775, was the last one called in " His Majesty's" name in Amherst. The constables were simply directed by the selectmen to warn the Inhabitants of the town of Amherst to the next meeting, held 14 August, 1775. A meet- ing, held 24 October, 1775, was called in the name of the " Province" of New Hampshire. After this, until the declaration of Independ- ence, the town meetings were called in the name of the " Colony of New Hampshire." Since 11 September, 1776, the meetings of the town have been called in the name of the " State of New Hampshire."
14 August, 1775. The Selectmen having purchased a quantity of salt for which they had given their security, the town Voted that they should have three months from the fourth of July last past, to sell it to the inhabitants of the town. If it was not all sold at that time, they were authorized to assess the inhabitants of the town for what remained on hand.
Parties of loyalists, or tories, were sent by the authorities of the State of New York to be confined in the jails in New Hampshire. Of these, the following were ordered to be sent to Amherst jail, 22 Nov., 1776:
Alexander Andrews, Peter Brown [to be kept in irons ],
John Hitchcock,
Langhlin McGaffin,
Thomas Bullis,
Isaac Man,
William Burns,
Abraham Nath [to be in irons],
Nathaniel Douglas,
Thomas Pearson,
Jonathan Farmachiff, Johannes Vanzelin, and
John Feathers,
James Waddie.
Not liking their accommodations the prisoners soon broke jail and escaped. Hitchcock, who seems to have been a man of some talent, left behind the following verses, the latter part of which were said to be aimed at one of the town committee of safety, who had rendered himself obnoxious to the prisoners by his excessive zeal in the discharge of the duties of his office. Tradition has it that many of the whigs enjoyed them greatly :
Come all ye people, hear the rout, The jail is broke, the pris'ners 're out Resolving to be free ; So mount your horses, load your guns, And see you catch them every one, And bring them back to me.
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I heard a man from Wilton say, That just about the break of day, As he to market came, To sell his butter and his cheese, He spied some tories he believed, Straight-way a marching home.
Pull off for blood and raise the town, Be careful to waylay the ground Before they you pass by ; Watch every hollow, plain and ridge And set a guard at every bridge, And catch them nappingly.
For all the people know it round, That I'm COMMITTEE for our town, And if these men be lost, I'll venture fifty pounds to one, That if the Congress hear they 're gone, That I shall lose my POST.
Other parties of New York loyalists were sent to Amherst jail. They were supplied with such clothing as they stood in need of at the expense of the State. The expenses of their confinement were afterward repaid by the State cf New York.
The following action in regard to the estate of Zaccheus Cutler, Esq., was taken by the town at a meeting held 30 April, 1776 :
" Whereas Zaccheus Cutler, formerly of Amherst, in the County of Hillsborough and Colony of New Hampshire, has in a very daring manner proved himself inimical to his Country, and absconded from Amherst aforesaid, and joined our unnatural enemies at Boston, at the same time leaving behind him lands, buildings, &c., to a considera- ble value. And for prevention of his estate coming to strip and waste, we, the inhabitants of Amherst, pass the following votes : viz.,
Voted to improve the estate of Zaccheus Cutler, Esq.
Voted their Committee of Safety be a committee to improve said estate.
Voted the manner of improving said estate be left discretionary with said committee.
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Voted said Committee pay the profits arising on said improvement to him or them whose right it may be to make a demand therefor."
Against this action of the town, Col. John Shepard, Capt. Israel Towne, Ensign William Peabody, and Mr. Thomas Towne, entered their protest, for reasons "that would be given at a proper time if called for."
The British army evacuated Boston in March, 1776, and the seat of war was transferred to the Middle States and the northern frontier.
18 July, 1776, the declaration of Independence was re- ceived and proclaimed by Moses Kelley, Esq., Sheriff of the County, with beat of drum from the horse block, which then stood on the common in front of the meeting-house. On the same day it was read to the people of Exeter, by John Taylor Gilman.
In many of the towns in Massachusetts it was read from the pulpits in the churches the first Sunday after its re- ception, and entered upon the town records.
At the close of this year the prospects of the patriots were gloomy in the extreme. They had suffered losses, but had achieved no substan- tial victories. Their means were nearly exhausted, and the soldiers, enlisted for short terms, were constantly returning to their homes. To remedy this latter evil, Congress determined to establish a perma- nent military organization, in which the men should be enlisted for three years, or during the war, the officers to be appointed and pro- moted by the General Congress. Under this arrangement the quota required of New Hampshire was divided into three regiments, com- manded by John Stark, James Reed, and Enoch Poor. Poor being soon after appointed Brigadier-General, Stark quitted the service. Reed becoming blind also retired, and the regiments were placed under the command of JJoseph Cilley, Nathan Hale, and Alexander Scammel !.
This action of Congress placed the army upon a sub- stantial basis.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE TOWN IN REGARD TO ITS SOLDIERS .- A COMMITTEE CHOSEN TO AFFIX AND SETTLE PRICES OF ARTICLES OF MERCHANDISE .- AMHERST SOLDIERS IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY, WITH THE COMPANIES AND REGIMENTS IN WHICH THEY SERVED, AND THE PERIODS OF THEIR ENLISTMENTS .- VOLUN- TEERS FOR THE DEFENCE OF TICONDEROGA .- AMHERST SOLDIERS AT BENNINGTON AND SARATOGA .- ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION ADOPTED .- BANISHMENT OF LOYALISTS AND CONFISCATION OF THEIR PROPERTY .- ADVERTISEMENT OF THE SALE OF
ZACCHEUS CUTLER'S PROPERTY .- AMHERST MEN AT RHODE ISLAND, 1778, WILLIAM HASTINGS .- COMMITTEE CHOSEN TO PROVIDE FOR SOLDIERS' FAMILIES .- PROCEEDINGS OF THE TOWN RELATIVE TO RAISING SOLDIERS .- DELEGATES CHOSEN TO A STATE CONVENTION TO REGULATE THE PRICES OF PRODUCE, ETC .- PETITIONS OF MRS. MUNROE AND CAPT. ARCHELAUS TOWNE, TO THE GENERAL COURT .- NAMES OF ONE YEAR'S MEN FURNISHED FOR THE CONTINENTAL ARMY IN 1779 .- SOLDIERS AT RHODE ISLAND AND PORTSMOUTH, 1779.
31 March, 1777. The town voted to remit the poll-tax of those persons who served as soldiers in the Continental army the whole of last year.
10 June, 1777. Voted, in case there should be an imme- diate call for men to serve in the Continental army, to allow those who are disposed to enlist the same encouragement they have heretofore paid, and to assess the amount neces- sary for this purpose upon the polls and estates of the inhab- itants of the town.
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Capt. Stephen Peabody, Capt. Hezekiah Lovejoy, and Mr. Solomon Kittredge were appointed a committee to procure soldiers on the terms mentioned above.
Col. Nahum Baldwin, Mr. Stephen Burnam, Mr. William Wallace, Mr. Andrew Bradford, and Mr. Timothy Smith, were chosen a committee to affix and settle prices upon sundry articles.
In a return made by Col. Moses Nichols, 19 March, 1779, we have the names of the men employed by the town to fill its quota in the Continental army in the years 1777, '78 and '79, the period of their enlistment, and t !: e regiments and companies in which they served, as follows :
Stephen Abbot,
('illey's Reg't,
Wait's Co.,
for 3 years.
Elijah Averill,
Joshua Blodgett,
66
Richards's Co.,
66
Peter Brewer,
Morrill's Co.,
for the war. for 3 years.
James Cochran,
66
Scott's Co.,
Jonathan Cochran,
66
Robert Cochran,
Silas Cooledge,
Robert Cunningham, jr.,
Robert Cunningham,
Richards's Co.,
Ezekiel Davis,
Wait's Co.,
66 66
Joseph Davis,
Benjamin Dike,
..
66
66
..
66
John Dow,
John Dutton,
66
66
Richards's Co., Wait's Co.,
Richard Goodman, Jude Hall,
Cilley's Reg't, 66
Richards's Co., Wait's Co.,
66
Daniel Kidder,
Cilley's Reg't, Morrill's Co.,
Robert Parker,
Wait's Co ..
66
66
Thomas Powell,
Scammel's Reg't, Frye's Co.,
66
66
William Shaddock,
Cilley's Reg't,
Morrill's Co., Wait's Co.,
66
Isaac Stearns,
66
6.
John Taggart,
66
66
Nathan Tuttle,
66
66
6
66
65
William Brown,
66
66
Wait's Co.,
for the war. for 3 years.
66 66
66 66
66
Scammel's Reg't, Frye's Co.,
Henry Harris,
Richard Hughes,
Scammel's Reg't, Frye's Co.,
66
Isaac Smith,
Wait's Co., 66 66
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Reuben Wheeler, Cilley's Reg't, Wait's Co.,
for 3 years.
Asa Wilkins, Scammel's Reg't, Frye's Co., 66
Robert B. Wilkins,
Sylvester Wilkins, Cilley's Reg't, Wait's Co., 66
George Wilson,
John Rano was hired by Amherst, but afterward decided to belong to Andover.
- Peter Brewer was a colored man, from New Boston.
Jude Hall, another colored man, was from Kensington. Joshua Blodgett was from Litchfield.
Silas Cooledge and John Taggart, from Hillsborough.
The Cunninghams, from Derryfield.
William Shaddock, from Boscawen.
On the advance of Gen. Burgoyne's army toward Ticon- deroga, in the summer of 1777, thousands of volunteers marched from various places in New England, to assist in the defence of that stronghold.
Two companies, under the command of Maj. Abial Abbot, of Wilton, marched 30 June, 1777, for the threatened fortress. On reaching Charlestown (No. 4), they were ordered home, but when they had reached Dublin, on their return, they received orders "to march with all speed to Ticonderoga." When they reached Otter Creek, they heard of its evacnation.
AMHERST MEN IN THESE COMPANIES.
In Capt. Peabody's company :
Capt. Stephen Peabody,
Roger Dutton,
Lient. John Bradford,
Ebenezer Hutchinson,
Ensign John Patterson,
Jonathan Lamson,
Corporal Amos Elliot,
John Lovejoy,
Nathan Cole, Josiah Crosby,
William Low,
.Jonathan Lyon,
Stephen Crosby,
Benjamin Merrill,
William Crosby,
Timothy Nichols, jr.,
Isaac P. Curtice,
Adam Patterson,
Jacob Curtice,
Thomas Peabody,
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Abel Prince, Josiah Sawyer, John Stewart,
Simpson Stewart,
Benjamin Taylor, John Wallace, Stephen Washer, Jonathan Williams.
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