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- - ? CARPENTER. Stephen, son of Benjamin Sr. lived in Westmoreland and Surry. June 11, 1781 the town voted to "give Stephen Carpenter his rate of £14:05:0." For what this payment was made is not known, but there is reason to suspect that it was for some service in the Revolutionary war.
CONANT. Roger, was of Surry and also of Westmoreland in which town he was living 1776 and signed the Association Test. He is probably the Roger Conant, b. June 22, 1748 in Bridgewater, Mass. and d. in Westmoreland in 1821-Conant Genealogy, q v. Enl. from Westmoreland, May 7, 1777 in Capt. Waitstill Scott's Co .; Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. which was sent to Ti., and was appointed corporal in that Co. This proved to be a false alarm, and the Co. soon returned home and were dis. June 21, 1777.
-- CHAPIN. Hiram, b. 1747; d. 1783 in Surry. Enl. Oct. 21, 1776; dis. Nov. 16, 1776; was an ensign in Capt. Reuben Alexander's Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg .; which marched to reinforce the Contl. army at Ti.
-|- CHAPIN. Justus, b. 1753; d. 1825. Enl. Sept. 22, 1776; dis. early in Dec. of that year; was in Capt. John Houghton's Co., Col. Nahum Baldwin's Reg .; was in the battle of White Plains, Oct. 28, 1776.
-|- CHURCH. Joshua, he was of Surry and enl. March 18, 1777; 1st. N. H. Reg .; age 33; was in Capt. Jonas Wait's Co., Col. Timothy Bedell's Reg .; also in Capt. Nathan Hutchins' Co., Col. Joseph Cilley's Reg. and was at Ti. His name also appears as enl. from Chester, N. Y., June 21, 1777. Date of his dis. Apr. 30, 1780.
-- CRANE (CRAIN). Abiah, b. 1751; d. 1805 in Surry; was in Capt. John Houghton's Co., Col. Baldwin's Reg., Sept. 22, 1776; also Corpl. May 7, 1777; dis. June 16, 1777 in Capt. Davis Howlet's Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's. Reg., which marched to reinf. the Contl. army at Ti. He is also called "Capt." in this Co. His name is written, "Abia," "Abiel" and "Abiah."
-|- DART (DARTE). Eliphalet, b. 1741; d. 1821 in Surry. His name appears in a list with others to whom the town voted Aug. 31, 1780 to pay £2:05:0 "for services at Bennington." No other record of his service in the
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Rev. war has been found, and from the foregoing there is no reason to doubt that he was in the war at Bennington for a short time from Surry.
-- ? DART (DARTE). Jesse, b. 1758; d. 1829 in Gilsum. Although it is not positively known, yet there is reason to think Jesse lived in Surry prior to his settling in Gilsum in 1780. He enl. July 4, 1777; dis. July 10, 1777; in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co. Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. which was sent for the relief of old Ti., but saw no actual service, except 150 miles of travel. He also was a fifer in Capt. Davis Howlett's Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. and served from May 7, 1777, and for about 40 days, thereafter; dis. June 16.
-|- DART (DARTE). Joshua, Sr., b. 1727; d. possibly in Weathersfield, Vt. where he was living in 1790. He enl. May 7, 1777; dis. in June after a service of about 40 days; in Capt. Davis Howlett's Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg.
-- DART (DARTE). Josiah, b. 1759; d. possibly in Weathersfield, Vt., where he was living in 1790. He enl. May 7, 1777 in Capt. Davis Howlett's Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg .; served about 40 days. Re-enl. July 4, 1777; dis. July 10, 1777; in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg.
-- DART (DARTE). Justus, b. 1757; went, possibly to Weathersfield. He was a fifer, enl. July 14, 1776 in Capt. Samuel Wetherbee's Co., Col. Isaac Wyman's Reg .; was at Haverhill on the Conn. river (in N. H.); was also at Mount Independence Nov. 5, 1776 in the same Co .; enl. again June 28, 1777; dis. July 3, 1777; in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co. raised out of Col. Samuel Ash- ley's Reg. to reinforce the Contl army at old Ti. By a vote of the town, Aug. 31, 1780, he was paid £2:10:0, for services at Bennington.
-- DART (DARTE). Nathaniel, b. 1738; when and where he d. has not been ascertained, but his family are buried in Surry. Enl. Oct. 21, 1776; dis. Nov. 16, 1776; in Reuben Alexander's Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. which marched to re-inf. the Contl army at Ti.
-- DART. Roger, b. 1756; rem. about 1785 to Gilsum where he was in 1790. He enl. with his bro. Thomas Jr., July 14, 1775; in Capt. Jeremiah Stiles' Co., Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's Reg. and served in Mass .; re-enl. Oct. 6, 1775 in the same Co. and Reg. He enl. again as drummer June 28, 1777; dis. July 10, 1777 in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. which marched to the relief of Ti. His name is also in the Mass. rolls.
-|- DART. Thomas, Sr. b. 1724; d. 1792 prob. in Gilsum. Enl. June 28, 1777; dis. July 3, 1777; in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. which was sent to Ti. He served on the "Committee of Safety" in Surry in 1777.
-- DART. Thomas, Jr. b. 1754; rem. to Gilsum about 1786; thence to New Keene, N. Y., where he may have died. Enl. with his bro. Roger July 14, 1775; in Jeremiah Stiles' Co., Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's Reg. He is said to have been in the battle of Bunker Hill. Re-enl. June 28, 1777; dis. July 3, 1777; in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. which marched to Ti. The name of Thomas Dart of Surry appears as a private in the Mass. rolls and is probably this man.
-|- DART. Thomas, 3rd., from whence he came and whither he went has
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not been learned. He enl. June 28, 1777; dis. July 10, 1777 in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co., raised out of Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. and served in same Co. with Thomas Sr. and Thomas Jr. Served, probably from Surry.
DASSANCE. Martin, was a bro. of Jesse; both were in Keene in 1779, and in 1784 both were of Surry. Martin lived here till 1788, and may have rem. to Shrewsbury, Vt., where a "Martin Deasanee" is found in 1790. Mar- tin enl. in Capt. Davis Howlett's Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. which marched May 7, 1777 for the relief of Ti .; dis. June 24, 1777; serv. 1 mo., 18 days.
DASSANCE, Jesse, b. 1747; d. 1796 in Surry. He enl. from Keene Apr. 21, 1775 in Capt. Jeremiah Stiles' Co., Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's Reg. and was one of 30 men in that Co. who marched "on that Friday morning," only two days after the opening of the war. He enl. again in Capt. Davis How- lett's Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. which marched from Keene May 7, 1777 for the relief of Ti. He rem. to Surry after the war and was taxed there in 1788.
-- DELLANCE (DELELANCE). Delevan (Delavarne), b. Champlain, N. Y. prob .; d. in Essex, N. Y. Enl. June 28, 1777; dis. July 10, 1777; was sergt. in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. which marched for the relief of old Ti .; res. in Surry 1771-1795, or later.
-- DODGE. Thomas; he lived in Acworth after the war and rem. thence to Dorset, Vt .; served from Surry, but so far as known never lived in the town. Entered the service in Apr. 1777 and enl. May 14, 1777, at 15 years of age for three years; in Capt. Isaac Farwell's Co., Col. John Stark's Brig- ade and was with the Reg. at Valley Forge. He was a fifer. Oct. 24, 1783, Thomas Dodge of Charlestown applied to the state for the town of Surry to refund him certain "Bounty Money" for three years' service-1777 to 1780.
DURANT. Joshua-of Huguenot descent-lived in Surry for a short time, after the war. Enl. Apr. 21, 1775 at the Lexington alarm in Capt. Joseph . Whitcomb's Co. of Swanzey, for eight months; re-enl. and served for one year; enl. again from Keene July 22, 1777 in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co., and was in the battle of Bennington; joined Capt. Nehemiah Houghton's Co., Col. Nichols Reg. June 29, 1780 as ensign. Served at West Point under Gen. Arnold; was dis. Oct. 21, 1780; was afterwards captain of the militia.
-- FIELD. Moses D., b. 1742; d. 1828 in Surry. He was on the "Com- mittee of Safety" in Surry in 1777; enl. July 4, 1777; dis. July 9, 1777 in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. for the alarm at Ti .; enl. again July 22, 1777 in the Ninth Co., as 2nd Lieut. under Col. Moses Nichols of Amherst and which joined the Contl. army at Saratoga. This Co. was in the battle of Bennington, Aug. 16, 1777; dis. Sept. 27, 1777. During this service he was in Gen. John Stark's Brigade. Aug. 31, 1780 the town voted to pay Moses D. Field £2:05:0, "for services at Bennington." His name is in a list of officers in Col. Moses Nichols Reg. Gen. John Stark's Brigade as a lieutenant-July 18, 1777 to Sept. 27, 1777.
FIELD. Thomas, served from Keene; later lived in Surry, then ret. to Keene again. It is probable he is the "Thomas Field formerly of Keene" who d. at Whitesboro, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1836; aged 86 years. He was in Capt. Isaac
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Davis' Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. which marched from Keene in Oct. 1776 to reinforce Gen. Gates, and ret. home early in Nov.
-|- FITZGERALD, Michael, enl. from Nottingham; mustered in for three years, or during the war, Apr. 3, 1777 in Col. John Maclary's Reg .; re-enl. July 6, 1779 for one year from Pelham. He enl. again March 8, 1780 in 2nd N. H. Reg. for "during the war" and was credited to Thomas Smith of Surry. He deserted the same year. Never lived in town.
-- FOSTER. Joseph, of Surry, enl. July 10, 1780; dis. Dec. 17, 1780; service, 6 mos .; he was with Benjamin Carpenter, Sr. q v. Was drafted in July 1782 for six months' service. It is possible he may be the Joseph Fos- ter, a Rev. soldier, mentioned in "History of Marlboro" and "History of Sul- livan," N. H.
§ FOWLER. Joshua Cheever, b. 1757; d. 1813 in Springfield, Vt .; enl. from Lunenburg, Mass., and came to Surry about 1780 or '81, and where he lived for 25 years, or so thereafter. He enl. Apr. 25, 1775 as a private in Capt. John Fuller's Co., Col. Asa Whitcomb's Reg .; was on the roll Aug. 1775; also for Co. receipts for wages, Aug. and Sept. 1775, dated at Prospect Hill. He also was a private in Capt. Joseph Bellows' Co., served nine days under Major Bridge with the Northern army, which company marched Aug. 22, 1777 on the alarm at Bennington at the urgent request of Gen. John Stark and Col. Warner; re-enl. in Capt. Nathaniel Carter's Co., Col. Job Cushing's Worcester Co. Reg., enl. Sept. 17, 1777; dis. Oct. 23, 1777; served one mo. 15 days at the Northward, including time to walk home. Roll dated at Leomin- ster, Mass. It is said he was around Boston, when the Contl. army was under the command of Gen. Washington, and at Saratoga when Gen. Burgoyne surrendered, 1777.
FULLER. David, b. 1760; d. possibly in Keene, N. Y. where he was liv- ing in 1841 (Gilsum History states he d. in Jay, N. Y.) David Fuller enl. from Hanover, N. H. July 8, 1780; dis. Oct. following-thus far, we have been unable to verify and connect this Hanover David Fuller, positively, with our David Fuller of Surry, who was at the time 20 years of age. A more dili- gent search may reveal the identity of the Hanover soldier, who served in Capt. Nehemiah Houghton's Co., Col. Nichols' Reg. and was at West Point Aug. 4, 1780. Our David Fuller lived in Surry; rem. to Gilsum where he was captain of the militia, and from there to New York state.
-- FULLER. Joshua, Sr., b. 1727; d. 1816 in Surry. In 1777 by a vote of the town, he with others was chosen a committee, "according to law, to state things as they were." Enl. as a private, June 28, 1777; dis. July 3, 1777, in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co., raised out of Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. Four of his sons were in the service.
-|- FULLER. Joshua, Jr., b. 1755; killed in battle of Bennington, Aug. 16, 1777. He enl. as a private, July 14, 1775 in Capt. Jeremiah Stile's Co. Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's Reg., and served in Mass .; re-enl. Oct. 21, 1776; dis. Nov. 16, 1776 and was in Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. He enl. again in July 1777 in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co. which marched to join the Continental
§Mr. Fowler was called, Joshua, Joshua Cheever, J. Cheever, and Cheever.
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army at Saratoga, and whose company was in the battle of Bennington, where Joshua was killed. His name also appears as a private in Mass. roll.
FULLER. Levi, b. 1762; d. 1822 in Surry. He enl. 1777 from Walpole in Capt. John Gregg's Co., Col. Alexander Scammel's Reg. in the Contl. army. He served as a private, though possibly as a lieutenant.
-|- FULLER. Samuel, b. 1752; d. probably in Vt .; said to have been liv- ing in Reading, that state, in 1800. He enl. in Capt. William Humphrey's Co. Joshua Wingate's Reg., which marched from Cheshire Co. Oct. 1776 to Ti. Also said to have been a private in Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. the same year. Captain Humphrey was a Winchester man and, although Samuel Fuller was a Surry soldier, yet there is reason to think he served as a man from the latter town. § Later he was a sergt. in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co., Col. Moses Nichols' Reg. which marched to Saratoga, and was in the battle of Benning- ton, Aug. 16, 1777. He also enl. July 4, 1777; dis. July 10, 1777 in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co., which marched to the relief of Ti.
GILMAN. Anthony, was of Charlestown, but credited to Surry. Noth- ing is known of his life, except what is here given. He enl. at 29 years of age, June 2, 1777 in Capt. Nathaniel Hutchins' Co., Col. Joseph Cilley's Reg .; went to Ti. and remained until the approach of Gen. Burgoyne in July 1777; was also in Capt. Livermore's Co. in the 1st N. H. Reg. and was taken pris- oner. Return, dated Feb. 15, 1781.
GLEASON. Job, b. 1754; he may have removed to Thomlinson (now Graf- ton), Vt., where a man of the same name was living 1790. Enl. July 22, 1777 in 9th Co. under Capt. Elisha Mack and Col. Moses Nichols which marched that day and joined the Contl. army at Saratoga, and was in the battle of Bennington, Aug. 16th, and was dis. Sept. 23, 1777. He re-enl. Oct. 21, 1777 as a private in Capt. Reuben Alexander's Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg., which marched from Cheshire Co. at the request of Gen. Gates to reinf. the Contl. army at Ti. Several other Surry men were in this company. The town voted June 11, 1781 to give or discharge Job Gleason for £100.
HALL. Samuel, b. 1732; d. 1790 in Keene. Lived in Surry 1768-69; was one who signed the petition for the incorporation of Surry. He enl. May 15, 1775 from Rockingham, Vt., in Capt. Jeremiah Stiles' Co., Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's Reg. and was at the battle of Bunker Hill. He was in the service again in 1776 and '77, from Keene.
-Keene History.
HANCOCK. Levi, b. 1761; d. 1836 in Surry. He enl. as a private in a Mass. Reg. in Rev. war and received a pension in 1833 for his services. He settled in Surry as early as 1790.
-- HARVEY. Thomas, b. 1740; d. 1826 in Surry. "He served three years in the old French war"-K. S.,-before he came to New Hampshire. Enl. as a private in 3rd Co. 2nd Conn. Reg. Apr. 1, 1758; dis. Nov. 18, 1758; re-enl. Apr. 2, 1759 as a private in Spencer's Co. of the 2nd Conn. Reg .; and mus- tered out Nov. 30, 1759. Again enl. Apr. 4, 1760 in 2nd Conn. Reg., with his brother John Harvey; dis. Nov. 22, 1760.
* Levi Fuller was a Surry boy, but served from Walpole.
§This belief is confirmed in the early part of this chapter, when the town voted- June 16, 1777-to allow Samuel Fuller the same as others if he serve as a man out of Surry. Zebulon Streeter was in the same Co.
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Thomas Harvey sett. in Surry 1766. He volunteered and was appointed captain of a Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. which marched to the relief of Ti .; enl. June 29, 1777; dis. July 11, 1777, being on the staff of Col. Samuel Ashley. A prominent and patriotic man of Surry for many years.
-- HAYWARD. Nathan, b. 1754; d. 1818. Enl. July 14, 1775 with other Surry men in Capt. Jeremiah Stile's Co., Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's Reg. which marched to the alarm at Cambridge, Mass. His name is given in the Mass. roll as a private from Surry. Enl. again Oct. 28, 1776 in Capt. John Houghton's Co., Col. Nahum Baldwin's Reg. and was at White Plains. Re- enl. May 7, 1777; dis. June 16, 1777 in Capt. Davis Howlett's Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. which marched to reinf the Contl army at Ti. Enl. again June 28, 1777; dis. July 10, 1777 in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. which went to the relief of Ti. On July 22, following he again entered the service as corpl. in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co., Col. Moses Nichol's Reg. which marched and joined the Contl army at Saratoga. He was in the battle of Bennington, Aug. 16, and was dis. Sept. 23, 1777. He afterwards was ap- pointed major in the state militia; a loyal patriot who saw more service than any other man in town.
GILBERT. Ebenezer, b. 1760; d. in Walpole 1829, from which town he probably served in the war. He lived in Surry from 1783 until 1796-97. Served as a corporal July 14, 1780 until Oct. 21, 1780 in Capt. Nehemiah Houghton's Co., Col. Moses Nichols' Reg. raised for West Point; served 3 mo. 9 days; travel to Springfield 84 miles and 220 miles home. Joshua Durant, David Fuller and others were in this Co.
-- HAYWARD. * Peter, b. 1725; d. 1791 in Surry. Peter Hawood (Hay- ward) was in Capt. Josiah Willard, Jr.'s Co. at Ashuelott (now Keene) in the old French and Indian war-Keene History, pages 80-81, and Massachu- setts archives. Enl. July 4, 1777; dis. July 10, 1777 in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. which marched to the relief of Ti. By a vote of the town, in 1777 he with others was chosen on a committee to assist in raising men to go into the service, etc. It is said that Peter Hayward was at Bunker Hill, wearing a leather apron and taking his dog with him. See Gil- sum History, p. 39.
-- HAYWARD .* Silvanus, b. 1757; d. 1817 in Gilsum. Enl. June 28, 1777; dis. July 10, 1777, in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. which went to the relief of Ti.
-|- HAYWARD. William, b. 1737; d. 1785. He enl. in a Co., under the command of Lieut. Col. Josiah Willard, in Col. Joseph Blanchard's Reg., raised for an expedition against Crown Point, N. Y., in 1776. Aug. 31, 1780 by a vote of the town he received £2:05:0 "for services at Bennington."
-|- HAYWARD, William, b. 1759; d. 1812-13. When between 15 and 16 (with his parents' consent) enl. in Rev. war as a fifer; was taken prisoner at Ft. Washington with 2700 others, and with many others was placed on a Brit- ish prison ship where he suffered greatly for want of food, and from cruel treatment but just lived to reach home. He became so exasperated against the British that he enlisted from Fryeburg, Me. in the 1812 war (al-
*This name is frequently written Howard in the records.
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though past the draft age) and went with the army to the Canada frontier; thence aboard Chancy's fleet on Lake Ontario; was taken sick with bilious diarrhoea, set on shore at Sacketts Harbor, and after travelling a few miles in N. Y. state was seized with "typhus fever" and soon died. He wrote a letter to his friends in Surry and thus it was ascertained where he died.
-Taken from the Amherst Hayward Family Record, written in Oct. 1854.
-|- HEATON. Jonathan, b. 1750; was of a Keene family; in 1776 he was of the Keene Co .; also given as of Surry. If he lived in Surry at all it was only for a short period. He served with Joshua Dart, q v .; July 14, 1776, was in Capt. Samuel Wetherbee's Co., Col. Isaac Wyman's Regt. and was in the Northern army at Haverhill, N. H .- up the Conn. river.
HOLMES. Lemuel, b. 1739; served in the Rev. war from Walpole and came to Surry as early as 1781; rem. from town about 1810 and said to have d. in Vt. While a res. here he was one of the most prominent men, not only in town but in this part of the state. He enl. from Walpole Apr. 21, 1775 as a lieut. in Capt. Jeremiah Stiles' Co., Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's Reg. which marched on that day from Keene. Was a lieut. in a Co. of Rangers, served from Jan. 1, 1776 until the 1st of Sept. 1776 when he was appointed capt. by Gen. Washington, but before receiving his commission he was taken prisoner, Nov. 16, 1776 at Fort Washington and carried to N. Y. where he remained in captivity until Sept. 20, 1778. Capt. Holmes first service was for 3 mos .; was in Capt. Thos. Knowlton's Co. of Rangers, and after Capts. K. and Brown were killed he was appointed capt. by Gen. W. and served on the Harlem lines till taken prisoner, Nov. 16; he also enl. from West Point, Sept. 1781 in Col. Samuel Canfield's Reg.
For his loss at Ft. Washington, Capt. Holmes was paid £20:8:0 .- State Papers.
ISHAM. Benjamin, b. 1758; d. 1802 in Surry. He enl. from Alstead June 27, 1780; dis. Dec. 17, 1780. He was on the pay roll in 1780 for service in the Contl army at Worcester. Travel 93 miles, and an allowance of £335:0:0 for blanket, etc.
JOSLIN. Peter, b. 1759; d. 1837 in Surry. He served in the Rev. war in Mass., and at the time of his death was on the pension roll. He came to town from Walpole about 1810 and settled on the Capt. Harvey farm.
KILBURN. Joel, b. in Hebron, Conn .; d. in Royalton, Vt. He res. in Gil- sum, but rem. before the Rev. war to Royalton, Vt. where his family were while he was in the service; he returned to N. H. and lived in Surry for sev- eral years then ret. to Royalton again in 1793 .- From Gilsum History.
He was taxed in Surry in 1788, and possibly is the Joel Kilburn who was living in Jerico, Vt. in 1790. He enl. June 28, 1777; dis. July 10, 1777 in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co. which marched to the relief of Ti.
-- KING. John, enl. July 15, 1775 in Capt. Richard Shortbridge's Co. and Enoch Poors Reg .; dis. Aug. 1, 1775; 5 ft. 7 in. high; blue eyes and light hair. He re-enl. and was absent from his Reg. Jan. 1, 1776 on account of sickness; re-enl. July 15, 1777 under Maj. Timothy Ellis, Col. Moses Nichol's Reg. ,and was at the battle of Bennington Aug. 16, 1777. He enl. again July
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15, 1779, for one year, but afterwards changed it to, "for during the war." During a portion of this service he was "of Surry."
KNIGHT. Elijah, b. 1756;d. in Keene 1842, at which time he was on the pension roll for services as a private in the Vermont militia during the Rev. war. He came to Surry in 1819 from Rockingham (Bellows Falls), Vt .; "was prominent in all military affairs in the Connecticut valley"; lieut. and capt. of the Rockingham Co. in the state militia, and lieut .- col. of the Reg .; was in command of the state troops in the expedition to Guilford, 1784; first lawyer in R. and judge of probate in 1815, etc. Kept tavern in Surry and was first postmaster in this town.
LISCOMB. Samuel. Was of Charlestown, but served from Surry; enl. 1777 in Benjamin Bellows' Reg. and Jan. 10, 1778 was "on command in Armory" at Albany, N. Y. at which time he was 27 years of age; 5 ft. 7 in. high; dark complexion, hair and eyes; also said to have been in Col. Joseph Cilley's Reg. at the time; was in the army as late as Feb. 6, 1781, though go- ing then from Charlestown. June 13, 1794 he petitioned with others for state land. His name is also spelled LUSCOMB.
MACK. Joseph, Jr. Enl. Aug. 31, 1779 from Alstead for one year, to fill up the Contl. army. No further record of Joseph Jr. has been found; Joseph Sr. lived in Surry and rem. to Alstead; hence the son must have lived in Surry when a young lad. Joseph Mack, either father or son, was over 21 years of age in 1776 and signed the Test with Nathan Mack and other Al- stead men.
MACK. Nathan. Another son of Joseph, Sr. was of Alstead; enl. June 28, 1777; dis. July 2, 1777, in Capt. Amos Shepard's Co., Col. Benjamin Bel- lows' Reg. which marched to Fort Ti. during those strenuous days of '77. He doubtless also lived in Surry with his parents, before the war.
MARVIN. Giles, b. 1751; d. in Alstead 1801. He came to town with his parents prior to the Rev. war, and rem. to Alstead where he lived; he enl. as a private May 7, 1777; dis. June 21, 1777; in Capt. Christopher Wibber's Co., Col. Benjamin Bellows' Reg. He served from Alstead.
-- MCCURDY. John, b. 1750; d. 1839 in Concord, Vt. Aug. 31, 1780 by a vote of the town he was paid £2:05:0 for services at Bennington. He was a Surry tavern-keeper for many years, and his service must have been from here.
-|- McCURDY. Samuel. It is unknown to the compiler whether this was the father or son of this name. Both were in Surry and of suitable age to enter during the excitement of the alarm at Ti. There is not the least doubt but he served from Surry. Enl. June 28, 1777; dis. July 3, 1777; was in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. which marched to rein- force the Contl. army at Ti.
NOURSE. Daniel, b. 1760; d. 1845 in Acworth; enl. from Westboro, Mass. as a private in Capt. Seth Morse's Co. of militia, Col. Ward's Reg. which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; served 14 days. He settled in Ac- worth 1785; was in Surry for a few years circa 1830; married and ret. to Acworth.
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PAGE. Lemuel, b. 1757; d. 1822 in Surry, to which place he moved in 1817. He "enlisted into the army six times, which made nearly a continuous service during the Revolution."-History of Rindge. He was a fifer, in the service and became a major musician, and usually was called Maj. Lem. Page. He was fifer in Capt. Nathan Hale's Co. which marched to Cambridge at the time of the Lexington fight Apr. 19, 1775. Re-enl. and was in Capt. Philip Thomas' Co., Col. James Reed's Reg. Aug. 1, 1775. In a list of articles lost at the battle of Bunker Hill, Lem Page lost "one shagge great coat." He was fifer in Capt. Salmon Stone's Co., Col. Enoch Hale's Reg. which marched from N. H. June 29, 1777 to Ti. Re-enl. again in Capt. Daniel Rand's Co., Col. Daniel Moore's Reg. and was dis. at Saratoga Oct. 18, 1777, etc.
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