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The above resolutions were received in New Hampshire, and on April 12th the following "Declaration" or "Association Test" was transmitted to the selectmen of the towns throughout the whole colony of New Hampshire by the "Committee of Safety" of which Meshech Weare was chairman:
The Declaration.
WE, THE SUBSCRIBERS, DO HEREBY SOLEMNLY 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 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH FLEETS AND ARMIES AGAINST THE UNITED AMERICAN COLONIES.
Every man above twenty-one years of age in Surry and Gilsum signed this DECLARATION, and all but four Tories in Alstead, viz .: Simon Baxter, Sr., Samuel Chandler, John Thomson and Samuel Miller. The Baxter and Thom- son families were later connected with Surry history.
Names of those in Surry who signed the Association Test :
Woolston Brockway
Moses Ware
Joshua Darte, Sr.
John Marvin
Samuel Smith Nathan Hayward
Delevarn Debelance (Delance)
Abel Allen
Jonathan Carpenter
Eliphalet Darte
Jonathan Smith, Sr.
Ebenezer Daniels
Moses Dickinson Field
Abia Crane Jonathan Smith, Jr.
Obadiah Wilcox, Jr.
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Samuel McCurdy John McCurdy
Thomas Redding
Tristey (Trusty) Chapins
William Hayward
Job Gleason, Sr.
Joseph Whitney
Job Gleason, Jr.
Joshua Darte, Jr.
Abner Skinner
Nathaniel Darte
Aaron Chapin
Thomas Smith
Hiram Chapin
Peter Hayward
Cornelius Smith
Ichabod Smith
Thomas Harvey
Obadiah Wilcox, Sr.
Joshua Fuller, Jr.
Joshua Fuller, Sr.
Nathan Carpenter
Thomas Darte
Benjamin Carpenter, Sr.
William Barron
Charles Rice Total 42
Province of
Cheshire S. S., Surry, May 31st A. D. 1776.
New Hampshire
In compliance with the within Requiest we have offered the same to Every person Required and no one has Refused to sign it.
Obadiah Wilcox - Selectmen.
Thomas Harvey
Thomas Darte
It is local history that thirteen influential men in Keene at that time were "Tories," and strongly opposed to any resistance to England's rule, and these men had great influence in that, and surrounding towns. According to the returns, 8,199 persons in the colony of New Hampshire signed this "Test," while only 773 persons refused to sign.
The following was taken from Surry town records:
Jan. 31, 1777. "Voted to Raise the Sum of teen pounds to purchase a Town Stock of Powder."
Feb. 10. Voted that "the committee of Safety Stand till our next March meeting." Also voted that no person or persons complained of "as Being Enemical to the Cuntry" shall be convicted until a hearing can be held.
March 19. Voted to raise 154 pounds to hire five men to go into the Con- cinental Army for three years. Also that each man shall be allowed ten pounds for a years service in the war, and so in porportion for a shorter or longer period.
March 25. The following were chosen a "Committee of Safety" :- Joshua Darte, Woolston Brockway, Thomas Darte, Moses Dickinson Field and Jonathan Smith, Jr.
March 31. Voted that the town pay 24 pounds bounty in addition to that paid by the State for each man who has or may enlist in the service for three years; also chose, Woolston Brockway, Jonathan Smith, Sr., Peter Hayward, Thomas Darte and Joshua Fuller, Sr. to assist the Officers in raising men to go into the service.
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June 16. Voted to choose five men according to law to state things as they are,-viz., Woolston Brockway, Peter Hayward, Joshua Fuller, Sr., Abel Allen and William Barron; also voted that Samuel Fuller shall be allowed as the rest were if he serves a man out of Surry.
March 31, 1778. Voted that the Selectmen be the Committee of Safety for the year insuing.
July 5, 1779. Voted that John McCurdy go and hire two men for the Con- tinental Service.
June 26, 1780. Voted "that Each man that has Don a turn in the Service be alowed at the Rate of teen pounds a year, Equal to wheat at five Shil- lings pr Bushell or other Grain of its equal."
July 10. Voted not to allow men who have served in the war before coming to town any pay.
Aug. 31. Voted to allow the militia as well as the Continental soldiers for services at Bennington, for the present year A d 1780:
*Moses D. Field £2-05-0
Benjamin Carpenter, Sr. £2-10-0
Eliphalet Darte 2-05-0
Thomas Smith 2-10-0
John McCurdy 2-05-0
Samuel Smith 2-10-0
William Hayward 2-05-0
Asa Wilcox, Sr. 2-10-0
Jonathan Smith, Jr. 2-05-0
Justus Darte 2-10-0
Feb. 5, 1781. Chose Capt. Thomas Harvey, Jonathan Smith, Jr., and Ensign Hiram Chapin to be a committee to hire three men to serve three years or during the war, in the Continental army.
June 11. Voted to give the five men we have to furnish as our cota for the defence of the Northern frontier one pound pr month, equal to silver, to be paid by the town, and Capt. Thomas Harvey, Dea. Lemuel Holmes and Jonathan Smith, Jr. were chosen a committee to procure the five men; also voted to give Stephen Carpenter his rate of £14-05-0 §and to give or discharge Job Gleason for 100 pounds.
July 23. Voted to hire three men to go to guard the Frontier and serve until Dec. 15th next.
May 29, 1782. Voted to raise three soldiers for the Continental army, and to give them:
For one years service, 20 one year old heifers. For two years service, 20 two year old heifers. For three years service, 20 three year old heifers. Also chose Capt. Jonathan Smith, Lieut. John McCurdy and Lieut. Moses Dickinson Field as a committee to hire Sd soldiers.
July 4. Voted that Ichabod Smith have £30 for the higher of Darius Smeed, and to be excused from paying anything towards hiring soldiers for this year.
** The two following undated accounts have been found among the loose pa- pers in the town and as they appear of interest, a copy follows:
*This list of men who served at Bennington is not found in N. H. State Papers. § This sum was doubtless for service in the war.
** Miss Minnie Harvey of Surry has in her hands the above papers.
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a Return of Bounties paid to Soldiers at the Cambridge Alarm
in the Year 1775 for Seven men £ 70 : 0 : 0
for the year Service in 1775 76 : 0 : 0
for the year Service in 1776 6 : 12 : 0 for the year 1777 for three men to serve three years 172 : 0 :0
and two men to Bennington 41 : 10 :0
The above was paid in Lawful Silver money
For the year 1778-paid in paper money 252 : 0 :0
for the year 1779-paid in paper money 40 : 0 : 0
for the year 1780-paid in paper 720 : 0 :0
for the year 1781, for four men, paid in hard money 276 :14 :0 6 men going to Royalston (Vt.) 124 : 02 : 0
The State of New Hampshire Dr to sundries
to John McCurdy Seven pounds paid to in 1776.
to Simon Baxter £60 paid to Walton in 1777.
to John McCurdy £1-10 paid to dellance 1777.
to Joshua Fuller acct £6-00 Losses at Bennington.
to John McCurdy £12-00 S. Fuller 1777.
to Eliphalet Darte £1-10 paid to S. Hayward 1777.
to John Marvin £1-00 J. Carpenter 1782.
to Eliphalet Darte £4-0-0 Asa Willcox 1777.
to Nathan Carpenter £6-0-0 Nathan Hayward 1777.
to Jona Smith £2-14-4 Jona Carpenter 1777.
Abijah Benton's accompt against the State for loses Sustained in the Retreat from Quebec to Crown point is £5-10-0
To Jonathan Smith £2.
Attested by Capt. Harvey.
To the amt of . . Rob (Role) in favor of the town of Surry com-
manded Capt. Page-Or To Capt. Smith 1800 dollars in 1780- paid Samuel Willard.
to the amt of . . Role on Royalston (Vt.) expedition in 1780, for sixteen men and horses and their expense £5-02-6.
Probably seven Surry men served at the Cambridge Alarm, some of whom were in the battle of Bunker Hill. They were in Capt. Jeremiah Stiles' com- pany of Keene and in Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's regiment, Aug. 1st. 1775. The names of six of those men are given in Keene History, viz :- Elijah Benton, Thomas Dart and his brother Roger Dart, Joshua Fuller, Nathan Hayward and Charles Rice who was wounded in that battle. Jonathan Smith, Jr. who enl. May 12, 1775; dis. Oct. 16, 1775, in Capt. Nathan Folsom's com- pany, Col. Joseph Blanchard's regiment was probably the other Surry man.
In September, 1776, the New Hampshire Assembly passed the "Military act" which provided for the organization of all male persons, (with certain exceptions), into "Training Bands" and an "Alarm List." The former com- prised able bodied male persons from 16 to 50 years of age, and the latter all males from 16 to 65 years of age, not included in the Training Band. When-
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ever there was occasion, an alarm was given by firing three guns in succes- sion; by beating drums, or by beacons.
As soon as the weather conditions were favorable in the spring of 1777 the British army made preparation to march south toward Ticonderoga. About the first of May express riders came into New Hampshire giving information of this movement; the state Committee of Safety immediately sent orders to the colonels of the militia in Cheshire county to raise as many men from the "Militia as possible and march them to Ticonderoga" which was in great dan- ger. Capt. Davis Howlett of Keene, with Elisha Mack of Gilsum as first lieu- tenant, was in command of the first company in Col. Samuel Ashley's regi- ment. The fifty men which formed this company were called together, en- listed and marched May 7th. This proved to be a false alarm and the soldiers returned home in about 40 days without an opportunity to engage in battle with the enemy.
The following Surry men were in this company, possibly there were others: Jonathan Carpenter, Joshua Darte, Josiah Darte, Obadiah Wilcox, Jr., and Jesse Darte went as fifer.
The troops who returned from Ticonderoga had scarcely been discharged, when express riders again came with tidings of the actual approach of Bur- goyne's army. The New Hampshire militia and all available men were has- tily called out to again march to reinforce the Continental army at Ticon- deroga. *
Elisha Mack of Gilsum was appointed captain of a company that was raised out of Col. Samuel Ashley's regiment, with Ebenezer Kilburn as first lieutenant. This company was composed almost wholly of men from Surry and Gilsum, and marched June 28, 1777. * They marched to Black River (in Vt.), 50 miles when they were met by an express rider with the information that this alarm also was false and the company returned home and were discharged July 3d after a march of 100 miles. The next day an express rider came with orders to march "with all speed for Ticonderoga." Capt. Mack immediately started with some new men and many of those who had been discharged the previous day. This time they went as far as §Col. James Mead's on Otter creek when they met the Contin- ental army on the retreat, it having evacuated Ticonderoga, whereupon Capt. Mack and his company returned, arriving home July 10th, after a march of 150 miles.
The following "pay roll" of Capt. Mack's company is taken from New Hampshire State Papers, with additional "remarks" by the writer:
(Capt. Elisha Mack's Co.)
Pay roll of Capt. Elisha Mack's Company raised out of Col. (Samuel) Ashley's regiment of militia June 1777 for reinforcing the Contin- ental army at Ticonderoga; marched to Black river 50 miles where we were ordered to return home where we arrived July 3rd. On the 4th we were ordered again for Ticonderoga and marched as far as Col. Mead's at Otter creek at which place we met part of the army on their retreat, on which we returned home where we arrived the 10th.
*Ticonderoga is usually written, "Ti", or "Old Ti".
** They marched via. Charlestown and the famous 'Crown Point" route. This trip probably terminated within the present township of Cavendish.
§Col. James Mead resided near Center Rutland, Vt., and on Otter creek.
NAME
RANK
ENTRY 1777
DISCH'D MILES 1777 TRAVEL
Elisha Mack Ebenezer Kilburn f ABNER SKINNER Timothy Dimock
Capt.
June 28
July 10
250
Lieut.
"
"
3
100
2d Lieut.
Ensign
10
250
Shubal Hurd
Sergt.
"
10
250
Ichabod Young
"
SAMUEL SMITH
"
"
"
10
250
Obadiah Crane
Corp'l.
"
3
100
JOSEPH WHITNEY
"
"
",
10
250
Obadiah Smith
"
"
",
",
10
250
Henry White
"
",
",
10
250
Born June 1, 1739.
ROGER DART
Drummer Fifer
"
"
10
250
THOMAS SMITH
Private
",
3
100
Born about 1740.
JONATHAN SMITH, Sr.
"
",
"
"
3
100
Born Oct. 3, 1727.
JUSTUS DARTE (DART)
"
"
",
"
"
100
Whether Sr. or Jr. unk'n.
THOMAS DART, Jr.
Born June 30, 1754.
BENJAMIN CARPENTER
Born Sept. 8, 1729.
BENJAMIN CARPENTER, Jr.
"
"
"
250
Born Oct. 28, 1760.
NATHAN HOWARD (HAYWARD)
"
"
"
250
Born Dec. 3, 1754.
WILLIAM BARNS (BARRON)
250
Born, unk .; the Sr.
JOHN REDDING
"
250
Born 1754.
SYLVANUS HOWARD (HAYWARD) ABEL ALLEN
"
"
"
250
Born Nov. 15, 1756.
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Born July 16, 1745. Born Apr. 19, 1744. Born about 1739. Res. Sullivan. Born Jan. 25, 1750.
Son of Jonathan, Sr. Died in Essex, N. Y.
Res. Gilsum.
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Born in Conn. r. Surry. Res. Gilsum.
Born about 1715.
JOSHUA FULLER, Sr.
"
100
Born May 28, 1757.
THOMAS DARTE (DART)
100
Born Apr. 25, 1724.
SAMUEL MCCURDY
"
"
100
10
250
10
250
"
"
"
10
250
DELEVARN DELELANCE
",
10
250
10
250
John Boynton
Born May 16, 1757.
"
250
REMARKS
10
250
"
ICHABOD SMITH CHARLES RICE ABNER BLISS Joseph Ellis
"
"
"
",
" 250
Born Sept. 3, 1742.
"
"
"
"
250
Born about 1728.
"
"
250
Born Nov. 29, 1752.
"
Probably of Gilsum.
"
"
"
250
Probably of Gilsum.
"
"
"
250
A Gilsum man.
"
",
250
Probably of Gilsum.
JONATHAN SMITII, Jr.
"
"
"
100
Possibly of Gilsum.
Peter Bebee
"
"
"
100
Possibly of Gilsum.
JOEL KILBURN
"
"
"
"
100
A Gilsum man.
Stephen Bond
"
"
100
A Gilsum man.
Theody Preston
"
"
100
A Gilsum man.
THOMAS DART, 3rd
"
",
10
250
Thomas Morse
",
"
"
"
A Gilsum man.
Benjamin Ellis
"
",
"
250
John Roe
"
"
250
MOSES D. FIELD
July
4
9
100
Born Feb. 10, 1742.
Jehiel Holdridge
"
"
"
10
150
A Gilsum man.
JONATHAN CARPENTER
"
,
"
"
150
"
150
Born Dec. 25, 1752.
PETER HAYWARD
"
"
",
150
Born May 3, 1759.
JESSE DARTE (DART)
"
"
"
"
150
Born about 1756.
Daniel Wright
Probably of Gilsum.
OBADIAH WILCOX
",
"
150
Ebenezer Bill
,
",
"
150
A Gilsum man.
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*NOTE:
Men connected with Surry are in CAPITALS.
.
John Marks
"
3
100
Born about 1744.
Moses Hale
"
"
100
Of Gilsum and Surry.
Elisha Pendal
"
"
100
A Gilsum man.
Justice Hurd
250
Of Keene or Gilsum.
Probably of Gilsum.
Born about 1753.
SAMUEL FULLER
"
"
150
Born about 1725.
JOSIAH DARTE (DART)
"
150
Born Dec. 8. 1758.
ASA WILCOX, Sr.
150
Whether Sr. or Jr. unk.
.
250
Levi Bliss
Ebenezer Dewey
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"
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The total 58 men received for services, £217 : 03 : 03.
The ninth company, under Col. Moses Nichols of Amherst marched from New Hampshire July 22, 1777 and joined the Continental army at Saratoga. This company was in the battle of Bennington, Aug. 16th, and three of its members were killed, one of whom was Joshua Fuller, Jr. of Surry. Surry men in that company were:
Moses D. Field, 2nd Lieut. Job Gleason, Private.
Samuel Fuller, Sergt.
Samuel Hall, Private.
John Redding, Private.
Asa Wilcox, Sr., Corpl. Nathan Hayward, Corpl.
Jonathan Smith, Jr., Private. Joshua Fuller, Jr., Private.
This company was discharged Sept. 22, and was paid for two months and two days' services. It is said that during the battle of Bennington Sam- uel Fuller got out of powder and was in search of more, when he discovered his father's powder horn and found it to be on the lifeless body of his brother Joshua, Jr. So far as known, he was the only Surry man to fall in battle during the Revolutionary war. He was 22 years of age.
It is a well authenticated tradition that the boom of the cannon at the bat- tle of Bennington was distinctly heard by men in Surry who were at work reaping rye on the "Hartwell lot," so called, only a few rods from the south- east corner of Walpole.
Tradition says that 3000 Revolutionary soldiers marched from Surry val- ley up the Joslin road on their way to the battle and when they came to the John Merriam farm in the edge of Walpole they drank his well dry .*
The following alphabetical list has been compiled of soldiers who lived in Surry, prior to, during, or after the Revolutionary war, together with a few men living' elsewhere, but whose services were credited to this town. The facts are given as complete as possible, yet no pretense is made that this is the entire list, or that errors do not appear:
ADAMS. Thomas was b. about 1750; d. 1826 in Surry; must'd in Sept. 21, 1776 in Capt. Abijah Smith's Co. was taken out of Col. Enoch Hale's Reg. and put into Col. Nahum Baldwin's Reg. He was at the battle of White Plains Oct. 28, 1776 and was dismissed early in Dec. on that year; also enl. as a private Dec. 5, 1776 in Capt. Francis Town's Co. Col. David Gilman's Reg. and served 3 mos. and 8 days. Enl. for 3 years, or during the war in Capt. Daniel Livermore's Co. Col. Alexander Scammon's Reg., Apr. 9, 1777, and deserted Apr. 10, 1777. Possibly he was the "Sargt." of Charlestown, N. H. who was in the service in Massachusetts.
-|- ADAMS. Peter a negro, was credited to Surry, though it is not known he ever lived in town. He was 5 feet 10 inches tall; enl. June 11, 1778 in Col. Benj. Bellows' Reg. and went to R. I. and returned in one month; enl. again July 17, 1778 in Capt. Peter Drown's Co. Col. Stephen Peabody's Reg. and dis. Dec. 30, 1778. He and John Still (q v) served in same Co. at R. I.
-|- ALLEN. Abel, Jr. b. 1756; d. 1839; enl. June 28, 1777; dis. July 10, 1777; a private in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co. which marched for "Ti." (q v).
*George Aldrich speaks of this incident on page 331 in his history of Walpole.
NOTE: The plus sign (-|-) indicates the soldier served from Surry ..
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It is claimed he went to the battle of Bennington with his ox team and car- ried provisions for the soldiers. He was on the pension roll in 1829 and received a pension for services as a private in a N. H. Reg. during the Rev. war.
ALLEN. Phinehas, b. 1758; d. 1815 in Surry; served as a private in a Conn. Co.
-- BARRON. William, Sr., (this name is frequently written, "Barnes") ; he came to Surry several years before the War; d. 1797. No record of the service of William Barron, Sr. has been found among the State Papers, yet it is a well established family tradition that he not only was in the service but his patriotism was above most others of the time; that upon hearing the news of the battle at Concord he immediately prepared for the conflict and marched with the Keene company "on that Friday morning, the 21st of April, 1775" under the command of Capt. Isaac Wyman. Gen. Griffin in his History of Keene (page 174) states there were four men in that company "still to be accounted for." Charles Rice who was living a third of a mile beyond Mr. Barron's house is known to have been in the company, and there seems no reasonable doubt but one of those four unknown men of whom Gen. Griffin mentions was William Barron, Sr. of Surry. He was, however, a private in Capt. Elisha Mack's company which marched for old "Ti," in 1777; enl. June 28, and dis. July 10th.
-- BARRON. William, Jr., b. 1765 in Surry; d. 1851 in Leominster, Mass. His service has not been discovered in the rolls. There is, however, no doubt but that he served in the Rev. war. He was on the pension roll in 1833, and again in 1840 at which time he was living in Gilsum. It is said he enl'd. for 6 months when but 16 years of age, in Capt. Peter Page's Co., Col. Walbridge's Reg.
BAXTER. Simon, Jr., b. 1753; d. 1817; enl. from Alstead in Capt. Samuel Wetherbee's Co. Col. Isaac Wyman's Reg. to join the Northern army in Can- ada. Mustered in July 16, 1776; dis. Aug. 20, 1776. He was allowed £2:05:0 for going to Cambridge, prior to 1782. He rem. to Surry a few years after the close of the war, where he spent the remainder of his life. Probably for service in the militia he was known as "Capt. Baxter."
-- BENTON. Abijah; b. 1752; d. 1823, Surry. He was a drummer in the service in Oct. 1775; also in Capt. Jason Wait's Co., Timothy Bedel's Reg. in Feb. 1776, which Reg. contained 8 companies and was ordered to join the Northern army for Canada. His Co. was mustered in Jan. 1776 and he was made drummer. In Feb. he rec'd. £4:19:0 for services. His name appears on the pension roll in 1818 as a private who served in a N. H. Reg. in the Contl. army. A grand-daughter, Louisa (Benton) Norton, says he served seven years and was at the battle of Bennington, and was drum major at Yorktown and Williamsburg when Lord Cornwall surrendered to Gen. Wash- ington. John Langdon Britton, a grandson, was drum major on the same battlefield, Williamsburg, during the Civil war. It is possible he is the man mentioned on the pension roll in 1818 as res. in Strafford Co.
John Langdon Britton, a grand-son of Benton, was drum major at Wil- liamsburg during the Civil war.
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BENTON. Adoniram; b. 1763; d. 1842 in Surry; enl. in a Conn. Co. and res. 1818 in Cheshire Co. and rec'd a pension for services, as a private.
-|- BENTON. Elijah, b. 1760; d. 1841 .* Enl. July 14, 1775 as pri. in Capt. Jeremiah Stiles' Co., Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's Reg. On the same day he enl., four other Surry men also entered the service-Nathan Hayward, Thomas Dart, Roger Dart and Joshua Fuller .* It is said he served four years in the Rev. war.
BLAKE. Obadiah, Jr., b. 1753; was of Keene, but came to Surry as early as 1781 at which time he was chosen one of the "Listers." He was Corpl. in Capt. Davis Howlett's Co., Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. which marched from N. H. May 7, 1777; dis. June 17, 1777 and served 1 mo. 11 days.
BLISS. Abner, b. 1752 in Tolland, Conn .; lived in Gilsum, Surry and d. in Alstead 1812; was a physician. He enl. as a private June 28, 1777; dis. July 10, 1777; in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co. which marched to the relief of Ti.
-- BONNEY. Jacob, was of Charlestown, N. H. but enl. from Surry Apr. 19, 1777, age 38, in Capt. Isaac Farwell's Co .; Col. Joseph Cilley's Reg. and John Stark's Brigade. His enl. also given as May 20, 1777. He was dis. July 17, 1778 and died the same month. His name is also found in the 1st N. H. Regt. with that of Joshua Church, Anthony Gilman and Samuel Lus- comb of Surry.
BROCKWAY. William; this man is doubtless William Wolston Brock- way, son of Wolston Brockway of Surry, and the same man who signed the Association Test in Westmoreland 1776, and from which town he entered the war. Enl. Oct. 21, 1776; dis. Nov. 16, 1776 in Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg.
BUNDY. Elias, b. 1754; d. He enl. from Walpole June 28, 1777; dis. July 9, 1777; was in Co., which his bro. Isaac was Sergt .; Col. Benjamin Bel- lows Regt. which marched to the relief of Ti. He res. in Walpole till 1790 or later and in 1806 was living in Surry.
-- CAREY. Arthur, of Keene served from Surry; enl. Dec. 5, 1776; served three mos. and 8 days in Capt. Francis Town's Co., David Gilman's Reg. Was at the battle of Trenton Dec. 26, and at Princeton Jan. 3, 1777. Enl. again June 15, 1778 in Capt. Simon Marston's Co. Col. Stephen Pea- body's Reg., but was reported, "sick and did not join." Later he joined an- other Co. in the same Reg., July 7, 1778 and went to Providence for the de- fence of Rhode Island, and was under the command of Gen. Sullivan; dis. Dec. 30, 1778. He re-enl. July 1779 in Col. Mooney's Reg. for the defen. of R. I .; credited to Surry; though probably never lived in town.
-|- CARPENTER. Benjamin, Sr., b. 1729; d. Landgrove, Vt., June 1820. He lived in Surry many years and 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 old Ti. Served from Surry.
-|- CARPENTER. Benjamin, Jr., b. 1760; d. 1838 in Surry. His service was from Surry and same as that of his father, q v. He enl. again 1780; age 20; was mustered in by Maj. William Scott; dis. Dec. 17, 1780; served 5 mo. 29 d.
*It is impossible for the writer to state if Elijah Benton, Thomas Dart and Joshua Fuller, were the senior or junior, as both father and son of the same name were living in town at the time, and were of war age.
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CARPENTER. David, b. 1759; d. 1845 in Keene; when about 16 he vol. and joined the Cont. army and was at the surrender of Burgoyne and several battles, and one of the guards at the execution of Major Andre. He lived at Landgrove, Vt. for 18 years; res. in Surry 1823 and rem. to Keene where he died. (See Carpenter Memorial and History of Keene.)
-- CARPENTER. Jonathan; he d. in Surry June 14, 1832; possibly he was the Jonathan b. in Ashford, Conn. Apr. 11, 1752-Carpenter Mem. q v. He enl. July 4, 1777; dis. July 10, 1777, was in Capt. Elisha Mack's Co .; Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg. which went to relief of old Ti. He was also a private from May 7, 1777 until June 23, 1777 in Capt. Davis Howlet's Co., which marched from Keene on May 7th, in which Co. was Obadiah Wilcox, Josiah Dart and Nathan Hayward, also of Surry. He re-enl. July 26, 1782 as Sergt .; dis. Oct. 15, 1782, in a Co. in command of Capt. Jonathan Smith, Jr. of Surry.
CARPENTER. Nathan, b. about 1750; res. Surry 1776 till 1789 when he rem. to Keene and probably then to Jay, N. Y. Enl. July 3, 1780 from Wal- pole; dis. Dec. 4, 1780; in the Continental army. He was on the pay roll of Capt. William Humphrey's Co. in Northern army-no date given.
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