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Dow, Evan, '75, Cam. B. IL., & m,. "$, R. I .. 22 d.
Dow, Stephen, '77, Al. T., So, W. Ft., 3 m. Eastman, Amos, '75, L., '70, N. Y., 2 n !. Eastman, Caleb, '75, Cam. B. H., S m.
Eastman, Jonathan, '75, 1 ..
Brooks, Lt. William, '78, R. 1., 22 d., '8!, 3 m. Elliot, William, '75, Cam. B. II., S m., '76, C.
Brown, Abel, '75, Cam. B. II., S m.
Bronn, William, '76, Ti., G. R.
Brown, Eliphalet, '75, Cam. 3 m., '77, Al. Ti., '77, Ben.
Brown, Joseph, 176, N. Y., 2 m. Brace, Josiah, '75, Cam. S m.
Burge, Ephraim, '77, Al. T.
Campbell, John, '75, Cam. B. II., S.m., '77, Emerson, Thomas, "76, Ti., 6 m.
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Carter, Edward, '76, Wh. P. 5 m., '77, C. A. Farley, Benj., Jun., ':6, Ti., 6 m. - 3 5. Farley, It. Caleb, '76, Port. and N. Y., 12 m., '75 R. I., 22 d. Farley, Christopher, '76, Port. and N. Y., 12 m.
Carter, Thomas, 'S, R. 1., 22 d. Chamberlain, Asa, 'S1, 3 m. Chamberlain, Samuel, '56, N. Y., 2 m. Chamberlain, Wilder, 75, Cam. B. H., S m. Clark, Elijah, 'Si, C. A., 3 y.
Colburn, Benj., '7, Al. T., '78, R. 1., 22 d. Colburn, James, '75, Camn., 3 m., '77. C. A. &m. Colburn, Nathan, 175, L., '55, Cam. S m., '76, Wh. P., 5 m. Colburn, Robt., '75, Cami. 3 10.
Farley, Ebenezer, '75. 1 .. , '76, N. Y., 2 m. Farley, Joseph, '75, Cam., 3 m.
Farley, Stephen, '75, Cam., 3 m.
Farmer, Minot, '75, L .. , $75, Cam., E. H. S m. ':6, C. A., I Y. Farnsworth, David, '75, L., '75, Cam. B. II., Sm.
Fisk, James, '75, L., '75. Cam. S.m.
Colburn, Thomas, '75. L., '75, Cam. B. II., Fisk, Josiah, '75, Cazs. B. H., 8 m.
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Flagg, Jonas, '78, R. L., ze d., 'So, W . P't., 3 m.
( onant, Abel, '75, Cam. B. If., S m., '76, C. Foster, Simeon, '79, C. A., 15. A., 1 y., 7S. R. L., 22 d. French, David, '76, Port. and N. Y., 12 m. Conant Josial., 175, Cam. 3 m., '78, R. I., 22 d. French, Isaac, '75, Cam. 3 m., '76, Wh. P. 3 m. Consick, Robt., 'SI, 3 m. French, Jonathan, '77, Ben., 'S, R. I., 22 d. Connick William, '76, Wh. P., 5 mn., '77, C. French, Joseph, '75, Cam., & m. A., 3 3., 'So, C. A., 6 m. Craven, William, 'S, C. A., 2y. Comings, Benj., 75, L., '75, Cam. B. H. S.m., French, William, '75, L. Gilson, Ebenezer, '75, 1 .. , '75, Cam., 3 m. '76, C. A., Ty. Conroy, John, '75, Cam. 3 m., 'So, W. P't., 3 m. Godfrey, John, '77, C. A., 3 y., 'SI, C. A. 3 y. Goodhue, Samuel, '77, Port. I m. Conroy, John, Jun., 'S, C. A. 2 y. Conmy, Samuel, '75, L., '75, Cam. B. H., S m. Goodhue, John, '79, Port. 6 m. (vares: Stephen, '76, C. A., 1 y., "3, C. A., 2 y., 'Se, C. A., 6 m. Camings, Ebenezer, ':7, C. A., 3 y. Comings, En. John, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. H.
French, Nehemiah, '55, Can :. , 8 m., '77, Al. T. French, Timothy, '76, N. Y., 2 m.
Goodhue, Stephen, '76, Wh. P., 5 m. 'S R. I., 23 d. Goss, Capt. John, '75 L., 175. Cam., B. H., S m., '77, Ben. Grace, Benjamin W., 'SI, C. 1., 3y.
Grace, Manuel, '75, L. Hale, Dr. John, Reg. Surgeon from '76 to 'So. Hale, John, Jun., '+6, N. Y., 2 m., 'S, R. I .. 22 d.
Male, David, '78, R. I., 22 d. Hale, Williun, '7, C. A., 3 y.
Hardy, Aaron, '75, L. Hardy, Jesse, So, W. Pt., 3 th Hardy, Lemuel, 77, AL. T., So, W. Pt .. 3 m. Hardy . Joseph, 59, Port., or .. Hardy, Nehemiah, '75, Cam. 3 m.
C'umings, Larnard, '76, Port. and N. Y., 12 m. Contings, Peter, '75, Cam. B. IL., S m.' Cumings, Philip, '75, Cam. B. H., S m. Curnings. Win., go, N. Y., 2 m., '77, AL. T. Danforth. Jacob, '76, C. A., ry., '77, C. A., 3 y., 'so, C. A., 6 m. Das is, Joshan, '56, Ti. 6 m. Inare. Edward, 'Si, C. A. 33. Diekry, James, '75. L., '77, AI. T. D.w. Capt. Reuben, 75, L ... 75, Cam. D. H., MANO., 175, R. I., 22 d.
A., I y. Emerson, Capt. Daniel, '76, Ti. 6 m., '77, Al. T., '78, R. I., 22 d., '79, R. I., 5 m. Emerson, Dr. Peter, "79, R. I., 5 m., Reg. Surg. Emerson, Ralph, '76, Ti., 6 m., '77, C. A., 3 y. Emerson, Samuel, '79, R. I., 5 m.
Farley, Benj., '75, L., '75, Cam. 3 m.
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Hardy, Noah, '77, Al. T., "78, R. I., 22 d.
Hardy, Phineas, 476, Port. 3 m.
Hardy, Phineas, Jun., '75, Cam., B. H., 3 th., '76, Port., 3 m. Hardy, Silas, '79, Port., 6 m.
Hardy, Thomas, '75, Cam., B. H., S m., '76, C. A., I V.
Henderson, Andrew, 'S2, N. Frontier, 6 m.
Hill, Samuel, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m. '76, Ti., 6, m. '77, C. A., 3 y. Hobart, Isaac, 75, Cam. B. H., 8 m. Hobart, Isaac, zd., 'St, C. A., 3 y.
Hobart, Jacob, 'S!, C. A., 3 y.
McIntosh, James, '77, Cam., B. U., 8 :n.
Merril!, Daniel, '76, Ti., G. R.
Hobart, John, '77. Al. T., '79, R. I., 6 m. Hobart, Jonathan, '75, Cam., 3 m., '76, N. Y., Merrill, Daniel, Jun., '7S, R. 1., 22 d. 'So, W. 2 10.
Pt., 3 m., 'S1, 3 111.
Hobart, Joshua, '75, Cam., 3 m., '77, Ben., '78, Merrill, Samuel, '77, Al. T., '77, Ben., 's, R. I. R. I., 22 d. 22 d.
Hobart, Col. Samuel, '75, Paymaster.
Hobart, Solomon, '77, Al. T., 'S, R. I., 22 d.
Honey, Parmeter, '75, Cam., 3 m.
Hopkins, Richard, '76, Poit., and N. Y ., 12 111. Hosley, Samuel, ';x, Cam., B. H., 8 m.
How, Ephraim, '75, Cam. B. H., 3 m., '77 Ben.
How, John, '76, Ti., 6 m., 'S, R. I., 22 d.
How, Joseph, '75, Cam., 3 m.
Jaquith, Ebenezer, '75, Cam., 3 m.
Jaquith, Thomas, '75, Cam,, 3 m.
Jewett, Lieut. Ebenezer, '77, 1l. T., 'So, W. Pt., Noyes, Elijah, '75. Cam., 3 m., ';6, Ti., 6m., '77 3 m. Jewett, Jacob, '75, Cam., 3 m. AL T., '79, R. I., 22 d. Noyes, Enoch, Jun., '76, Ti., 6 m. Jewett, Jacob, 3d, '78, R. I., 22 d., 'So, W. Pt., Parker, Benjamin W., 'S1, 3 m. 3 m.
Jewett, James, 176, Ti., G. R.
Jewett, Jonathan, '78, R. I., 6 m.
Jewett, Dea. Nathaniel, '76, Ti., G. R.
Jewett, Noah, 56, Wh. P., 5 m.
Jewett, Samuel, '75, Cam., B. H., S m.
Jewett, Stephen, Jan., '75, Cam., 3 mm., '76, Wh. P., 5 m. Johnson, Edward, '75, L. Johnson, Samuel, '96, N. Y., 2 m. Kemp, Thomas, '75, Cam., B. H., S m., '76, Wh. P., 5 m., '77 Ben.
· Kendrick, Capt. Daniel, '78, R. T., 22 d.
Keyes, Abner, '75, Cam., S in., '76, Port. and N. Y., 12 m. 'S1, 3 m. Kinney, Israel, '75, Cam., B. H., S in., '76, C. A., Ly.
Lawrence, Asa, 'S, R. I., 22 d.
Lawrence, Nicholas, 'So, W. Pt., 3 m.
Lowrence, Oliver, ';5, Cam., 3 m., '78, R. I., 6 m.
Lesley, Jonas, '76, Wh. P., 5 m. Lovejoy, Abel, 'So, C. A. 6 m.
Lovejoy, Asa, 's, Com., 3 m., 176, Wh., P. 5 i., '77, C. A., 3 y. Lovejoy, Daniel, '76, Ti., G. R.
Lovejoy, Jonathan, Jun., '75, Cam., 3 m.
Lund, Ephraim, '75, Cam., 3 m.
McConnor, James, '75, Cam., B. II., S m.
McDaniels, James, '77, Ben.
McDaniels, Randall, '75, L.
McHendley, John, 'Si, C. A., 3y.
MeIntosh, Archibald, '77, Ben.
Mooar, Daniel, '77 Ben.
Mocar, Jacob, '7, Ben., 'S1, 3 m.
Nevins, Benjamin, '75, L., '77, Ben.
Nevins, john, '77, Ben. Nevins, Joseph, '75, L., '77, Al. T.
Nevins, Phineas, '75, Cam., B. I., S m.
Nevins, William, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. II., 8 m. '76, C. A., 1 y.
Parker, Jonathan, '76, C. A., ty., '77, C. A., S n1., '75, R .. I., 22 d. .
Parker, Stephen, 'So, W. Pi., 3 m., 'Si, C. A., 3 Y. Patch, David, '76, C. A., 1y.
Patch, Daniel, '75, Cama., 3 m.
Patch, Thomas, '75, L., '76 Ti., 6 m.
Patten, Nathaniel, '75, Cam., B. H., S m., '76, Ti., 6 m., '77, C. A., 3 y., 'So, C. A., 6 r.
Phelps, John, '76, Ti., G. R.
Phelps, Nathan, '75, L., '75, Cam., 3 m,
Phelps, Samuel, '76, Ti., 6 m.
Philbrick, John, '75, L.
Pierce, Ephraim, '75, L., '76, Wh. P., 5 m., '77 Al. T., 47, Ben., '79, C. A., 1y. Pierce, Nehemiah, '75, Cam., B. H., S m., '77, C. A., S m. Pierce, Solomon, 1,5, Cami., 3 m., 46, Ti., 6 m. Pierce, Richard, ';6' Ti., G. R.
Platte, John, 175, Cam., B. H., $ m., 176 Wh. P. 5 m. Pool, Dr. Jonathan, Assist, Surgeon, '70 to 'So Pool, William, 56, Ti., G. R.
Pool, William W., '75, Cam., 3 m., 'S, R. [. 22 d. 1
Lawrence, Silas, So, W. Pt., 3 m. Leeman, Nathaniel, '77, AI. T., 'So, W. Pt., 3 m. Leeman, Ensign Samuel, '75, Cam., B. H., S Poor, Peter, '75, Cam., B. IL., S m. 11., '76, C. A., 1Y., '77, C. A., 3 y. Powell, Thomas, 'S!, 3 m.
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Messer, Benjamin, '77, Ben.
Minet, Joseph:, ';5, L.
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NAMES OF HOLLIS SOLDIERS.
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Powers, Francis, '75, Cam., B. H., Sm., '77, Ben. Taylor, Jacob, '75, Cam. 3 m., '76, C. A., I y., Powers, Francis G., '79, C. A., 1 y., 'So, W. . '77, C. A., S m. Pt., 3 in. Taylor, Jonathan:, '75, Cam. 3 m.
Powers, Jonathan, 75, Cam., B. HI. Sm.
Powers, Nahum, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. H. S.m.
Powers, Samson, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. II. S m. '77, Ben.
Powers, Stephen, '76, Port. and N. Y., 12 m.
Pratt, Thomas, '75, L., '75 Cam., B. H. Sm. '76, Twiss, Asahel, 'S1, C. A., 3 y.
C. A. r y., '77, C. A., 3 y., 'S1, for the war. Proctor, Ezekiel, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. H., Sin. '76, C. A., ry. 'SI, C. A., 3 y. Proctor, Ezra, '76, C. A., 1 y.
Proctor, Joel, '78, C. A., 2 y., 'SI, for the war. Proctor, Moses, '77, Al. T.
Read, Jacob, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. HI., S m. Read, John, '75, Canı., 3 m., '76, C. A. I y. Read, Samuel, 'S1, 3 m.
Wheat, Thomas, '76, Port. and N. Y., 12 !!!. Wheat, Thomas, Jun., '75, L., '75, Cam., B. HI., 8 m.
Richardson, Stephen, '76, C. A., 1 y., '77, C. Wheeler, Aber, '77, Al. T., '77, Ben. A., 3 y., 'Sı, C. A. for the war.
Ridcont, James, '77, Ben.
Rogers, Lemuel, 'S1, C. A., for the war.
Rolfe, Ephraim, '75, Cam., B. H., S m., '77, Ben- '78, R. 1. 22 d ..
Rolfe, James, 'SI, C. A. 3 y.
Runnells, Stephen, '77, Ben., '78, R. I., 22 d. Russ, Jonathan, '75, L., '75, Cam., 3 m., '77, Ben.
Saunderson, Benjamin, '75, L., 76, Wh. P., 5 m.
Saunderson, David, '76, N. Y., 2 m., '77, C. Woods, Jonas, '77, Al. T., '77, Ben., 78, R. I ... A. 3 y., 'So, for the war. 22 d.
Seaver, Robert, 75, L., '75, Cam., 3 m., '77, AI. T.
Shattuck, Isaac, '76, Port. and N. Y., 12 m. Shattuck, Jeremiah, 75. Cam. S m.
Shattuck, William, 95, Cam. 3 m., '76, N. Y. 2 m. Shattuck, Zachariah, 75, Cam. 3 m. Shed, Jonas, 77, Ben.
Woods, Nehemiah, '77, Al. T.
Worcester, Capt. Noah, '75, Cam. 3m., 's, R .. I., 22 d.
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Worcester, Noah, Jun., '75, L., '75, Cam., B. II., S m., ',7, Ben. Worcester, Je.se, '76, Ti., 6 m., '7, Al. T., '77, Port. I m., '78, R. I., 22 d., 'So, C. A. 6 m.
Smith, Ephraim, 75, Cam., B. H. S m., '76, C. Worcester, San nel, '76, Port. and N. Y., 12 m. A., ry. Wright, Beni,, '75, L., '76, N. Y., 2 m. Wright, Benj., Jun., '75, L. Smith, Joshua, 76, Wh. P., 5 m. Spaulding, Enoch, '76, Port. and N. Y., 12 m. Wright, Lemuel, 56, Ti .. 6 m., ';, A !. T. Wright, Sanmel, '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m., '77, Ben. Wright, Uriah, ';5, L., '75, Cam., B. IL., $ m., '77, Al. T. Wyman, Jesse, '75, L., ";6, N. Y., 2 in., ';7, Ben. Youngman, Ebenezer, '75, L., '75, Cam. B. H. S m. ';S, R. I., 6 m. Spaulding, Jacob, '75. L., 's. Cam. B. H. S.m. '77, AI. T., '75, R. I., 22 d. Stearns, Isaac, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. HI., 8 m. '77, Al. T., '77. Ben. Stearns, Joseph, '56, Ti., 6 m., '7, Ben., ';9, C. A. 1 y. Stevens, Isaac, Jun., '76, Ti., 6 m. Stiles, Caleb, "9, C. A., ty. Youngman, Jabez, 'S2, during war. · Stiles, Caleb, Jun., '79, C. A., 1y. Youngman, John, '76, Ti., 6 m., '77, C. A., 3 y., 'So, C. 1., for the war. Youngman, Nicholas, 46, Ti. 6 m. Youngman, Thomas, '76, C. A., 1 y., 97, C. A., 3 y., 'So, N. Frontier, 6 m. Stiles, Elf, '76, C. A., 1y., '77. C. A., 8 m., So, C. A., for the war. Taylor, Amos, '75, 1 .. , '75, Cam. B. H., $ m. Taylor, Daniel. 's. L., '75, C. B. H., Sn. Taylor Edward, +6, Ti., G. R.
Tenney, Wm., Jun., '75, L., '75, Cam., 3 m., '76, Wh. P., 5 m.
Thurston, Moses, '75, Cam., B. II., S m.
Townsend, Ebenczer, '75, Cam., B. II., $ m., '76, Ti., 6 m., '77, C. A., 3 y.
Wallingford, Lt. David, '75, Cam., S in., '77, Al. T., ',7, Ben. Wheat, Joseph, "77, Al. Ti., "S, R. I., 22 d., '79, C. A .. , I y., 'So, for the war.
Wheat, Nathaniel, '75, L., '75, Cam., 3 m.
Wheat, Solomon, "76, Ti., G. R.
Wheeler, Ebenezer, '75, L., '76, Wh. P. 5 mA.
Wheeler, James, Jun., '75, Cam., 3 m.
Wheeler, Lebbeus, '75, L., '75, Cam., B. H., 8 m., '77, C. A., 3 y.
Wheeler, Thaddeus, '75, L.
Wilkins, Bray, '75, L., '75, Cam., 8 m.
Wilkins, Israel, '75, L.
Willoughby, Jonas, 'S2, N. Frontier, 6 m.
Willoughby, Samuel, '76, Ti., G. R.
Wood, William, '75, L., '75, Cam. B. H., S m., $77, Ben.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME OF THE HOLLIS REVOLU- TIONARY OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS.
BLOOD, NATHAN
son of Nathaniel Blood, was born in Hollis April 4, 1747. Married Elizabeth Noyes, daughter of Dea. Enoch Noyes, April 16, 1772. Enlisted April 19, 1775, and was First Sergeant in the company of Capt. Dow at Bunker Hill, where he was killed June 17, 1775.
BROOKS, LIEUT. WILLIAM
came to Hollis about 1757, Married Abigail Kemp, in Hollis, March 29, 1759. Enlisted in 1778 in Captain Emerson's company to Rhode Island, in which he was Second Lieutenant. Enlisted again in 17SI. in the company of Capt. Mills, regiment of Col. Reynolds. Removed from Hollis after the Revolution.
CONANT, DEA. JOSIAH
son of Josiah Conant. Born in Hollis, October 17, 1746. Enlisted December, 1775, in the company of Capt. Worcester for Cambridge. Enlisted again in 1778 in the company of Capt. Emerson for Rhode Island, in which he was Sergeant. Deacon of the Hollis church in 1787, till his death in IIollis, August 21, 1807, at. 6o.
CONANT, DEA. ABEL
son of Josiah Conant, born in Hollis October 3, 1755. Enlisted April 19, 1775. and was in the company of Capt. Dow at the battle of Bunker Hill. Enlisted in 1776 in the Continental army for one year, and in 1778 in Capt. Emerson's company for Rhode Island. Married Pegga Jewett in Hollis, November 20, 1781. Chosen a deacon of the Hollis church in 1787. Removed to Hardwick, Vt .. in 1813, where he died May 2, 1844, at. SS.
CUMINGS, ENSIGN JOHN
born in Groton, Mass., March 16, 1737. His name was on the Hollis tax lists in 1758. Enlisted April 19, 1775, and was Ensign
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or Second Lieutenant in the company of Capt. Dow at Bunker Hill. Removed after the war to Hancock, as is supposed.
CUMINGS, CAPT. JOTHAM
son of Jerahmael Cumings, 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 Hollis 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, ISO8, æt. 66.
CUMINGS, WILLIAM
was born in Groton, Mass., October 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 Selectman in Hollis in 1771 and 1772-and again from 1782 to 17SS 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, æt. 90.
DOW, CAPT. REUBEN
came from Salem, N. H., and was in Hollis in 1761, and Selectman in 1769 and 1770. Lieutenant of the Hollis Militia company in January, 1775. Chosen captain of the Hollis company of Minute men to Cambridge. April 19, 1775. Commissioned as captain of the Hollis company in Col. William Prescott's regiment, May 19. 1775. Wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill and was afterwards 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, ISII. æt. 81.
EASTMAN, LIEUT. AMOS
was a son of Amos Eastman, Senior, born in Penacook, 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 Col. Gilman. He was for many years a Justice of the Peace, and Town clerk and First Selectman in ISO6. Died August 2, 1832, æt. 81.
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In the year 1752, his father, Amos Eastman, Senior, then living at Penacook, being on a hunting expedition, in the northerly part of New Hampshire, with Gen. 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 arrival 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 redeemed and went home .*
EMERSON, CAPT. DANIEL
son of Rev. Daniel Emerson, born in Hollis, December 15, 1746. Married Ama Fletcher November 17, 1763. Chosen deacon of the Hollis church in 1775. Appointed Coroner and High Sheriff of Hillsborough county in 1776. He was Captain of the Hollis com- pany that went to Ticonderoga in July of that year, and was also Captain of the company enlisted in Hollis in June 1777, upon the Ticonderoga Alarm. He was also in 177S Captain of a mounted Hollis company that went to Rhode Island in the summer of that year, and also of a company in Col. Mooney's regiment raised for the defence of Rhode Island in 1779. Capt. Emerson was Town Clerk and First Selectman in 17So and 17SI. A member of the New Hampshire Council in 1787-of the New Hampshire Con- stitutional Convention in 1791,-and a Representative to the New Hampshire General Court in nineteen different years, between 1780 and IS12. His two oldest sons, Rev. Daniel Emerson, Jun., and Rev. Joseph Emerson, were graduates of Harvard, his third son, Rev. Ralph Emerson, D. D., of Yale (q. v.) 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 Capt Emerson in the Hollis central burial ground.
" In Memory of Daniel Emerson, Esq. Having faithfully and industriously served his generation As an 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. He rested from his labors October 4, 1820, æt. 74."
*See Bouton's History of Concord, p. 193.
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EMERSON, DR. PETER
second son of Rev. Daniel Emerson, born in Hollis, November 30, 1749. Appointed Surgeon of the regiment of Col. Mooney, in 1779- Settled as a physician in Hillsborough, N. H., and died at Hillsborough in IS27, æt. 78.
EMERSON, LIEUT. RALPHI
son of Rev. Daniel Emerson, born March 4, 1761. Enlisted July 1776 at the age of fifteen in his brother's company for the defence of Ticonderoga. In April, 1777. he enlisted in the Continental 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 matross, 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."
FARLEY, CAPT. CALEB
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 Col. Pierce Long for New York and Canada, and in 1778 he was Lieutenant in Capt. Emerson's mounted company, enlisted in Hollis for the defence of Rhode Island. Died in Hollis, April 5, 1833, æt. 102 years, 5 months.
FARMER, MINOT
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 Capt. Dow, at the battle of Bunker Hill. Married Abigail Barron. September 15, 1775- In the fall or winter of 1775, he enlisted in Gen. Arnold's expedition to Canada. Was taken prisoner in the attack on Quebec, and died in captivity, May 9, 1776, at. 26. He is supposed to have held the rank of Ensign.
GOSS, CAPT. JOHN
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
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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 Bennington. About the year 1805 he removed with his family to Hardwick, Vt., where he died September 26, 1821, æt. S2.
HALE, COL. JOHN
was born in Sutton, Mass., October 24, 1731. Settled, as a physician in Hollis, at the age of about 24. He was Assistant Surgeon in 1755 in the regiment of Col. Joseph Blanchard, in the French war, and Surgeon in Col. Hart's regiment, in 1758 in the same war. He was Representative 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 17So, 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 distinguished, till his death in 1791. His three sons, John, Jun., 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 Hale, Who was born October 3.4, 1731, Died October 22, 1791. How soon our new born light attains to full age'd ncon · And that how soon to gray haired night. We spring, we bud, we blossom, and we blast Ere we can count our days they fly so fast." HALE, DR. WILLIAM
son of Col. John Hale, born in Hollis, July 27, 1762. Enlisted for three years in the Continental Army, April. 1777, when in his fifteenth year. After his discharge from the army 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, æt. 92, and he is said to have been the last survivor of the 1200 men whose names are found on the rolls of the First New Hampshire Continental regiment.
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HOBART, COL. DAVID
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 174S, and was a Sergeant in the company of Capt. Powers in the French war in 1755. He was one of the grantces 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 Gen. Stark at the battle of Bennington, where he greatly distinguished himself for his gallantry and good conduct, for which he received duc commendation from Gen. Stark in his report of the battle. In that battle Col. Hobart with Col. 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. Col. 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 erroneously spelt "Hubbard" in " Belknap's History of New Hampshire," as it also was said to have been in Gen. Stark's report of the battle.
IIOBART, COL. SAMUEL
a younger brother of Col. 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 Col. Goffe's regi- ment in 1760, and an Ensign in 1761. In 1767 he was Major of the Fifth New Hampshire 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 Hampshire Provincial Congress. Upon the organization 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 Hampshire regiments at Cambridge. In 1777 he contracted with the State government to manufacture gunpowder for the State, and removed from Hollis to Exeter. Was represen- tative to the General Court from Exeter in 1777 and 177S, and a member of the State Committee of Safety in 1779 and 17So. Anna Hobart, the first wife of Col. Hobart, died in Hollis, May 20, 1773.
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After he removed from Hollis he continued to reside in Exeter for several years after the war, married a second time, and finally removed to Kingston, N. H., where he died June 4, 1798, æt. 63.
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