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they hired Philip Flecher
Cap. William Barons went Did a turn for himself
Sar. Peter Russell did half a turn Mr. Joshua Hadley half a turn Russel went
Mr. Ruben Bachelor did half a turn Mr. Joseph Bachelor did half a turn Ruben went.
Mr. William Carson did two thirds of a turn
Mr. Jonathan Chamberlain did one third of a turn
they hired Mr. John Savage and Mr. Sam'l Stephens and each of them did half a turn for themselves
Mr. John Aordaway did half a turn
Mr. Isaac Day did half a turn Day went
Lieut Sam'1 Huston Sarg't Amos Whittemore Simeon Flecher Each did one third of a turn hired James Burnam
Cap Jonath'n Cram Mr. Solomon Cram Mr. Asael Stiles Each Did one third of a turn Stiles went
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Mr. Ephraim Putnam 3d did half a turn
Mr. John Buffe did half a turn Buffe went
Ens'n Nathaniel Phelps did two thirds of a turn
Mr. Jeremiah Carleton did one third of a turn they hired Mr. John Carcan.
The above persons went to Ticonderoga passed muster July 22 and continued in the Service until the first of December
Those that inlisted to clear out the Road to St. Johns are as follows, (viz)
David Putnam Hezekiah Duncle 3 months Ebenezer Denten* 3 months & 12 Nathan Cram home sick inlisted June the 3 for three months
The following is an account of men that enlisted to go to new yorkt and passed muster September 26 1776 and continued in the Service until the first of December each went for himself only nameley
Ithamar Woodard
Amos Whittemore
Josiah Woodbery Jun'r
Asa Dutton
Nathaniel Woodbery
Ezra Dutton
Benj'n Senter
Ebenezer Gardner
Hezekiah Duncle
went in the Room of Jesse Putnam and Received two Dollars of Put- nam for the same.
The following men went to new york Inlisted in December and Continued untill the first of March Namely
Richard Bating Daniel Cram
Andrew Creese Samuel Chambeert
Aaron Putnam
An account of those that went upon the Alaram July 1 1777
Served 12 Days the Longest Lieut Sam'1 Huston Sarg't Aaron Lewes Jeremiah Carleton Jonathan Chamberlin
Jonathan Chamberlin Jun
John Beesom William Holt gone 3 Days
Aaron Putnam Timothy Parsons Nehe'h Hutchinson for woodard 3 Days John Hutchinson Edward Bavins Daniel Cram
* Probably hired man of Capt. Clark's.
+ White Plains, Oct. 28, 1776.
Probably Chamberlain; compare with R. Rolls, I, 537, 538.
Joseph Willkens
Nicklus Beesom
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John Carkar Thomas Parsons Josiah Abbot Simeon Fletcher Joseph Batchelder Ruben Spaulding 9 Days John Booffe
An account of those men that went to Bennington Engaged July 21 1777 Continued in the Service two months
Peter Clark
Stephen Burnam
Nathaniel Burnam
Benj'n Osgood
Daniel Herrick
George Parsons
John Meads
hired Josiah Blanchard
Aaron Whittemore
John Hutchinson Amos Wilkins
. hired Nehemiah Hutchinson hired Sam'l Hutchinson
John Stiles Walter Roos
hired Josiah Woodbery Jun'r
Benj'n Cram Jun'r
Benj'n Dutton
hired Ezra Dutton
William Holt
David Straton
hired Benj'n tuck Ellingwood
Ruben Spaulding
hired Jacob Dutton
Jacob Cram
hired Tho's Pringle
Edmund Bickford
hired Nathanael Woodbery hired Hezekiah Duncle
An account of those men that to Saratoge to take Bur- goine Engaged September 29th 1777 in the Service 26 Days
Peter Clark Joseph Ellingwood
David Putnam
Sam'l Punchard
John Smith Simeon Fletcher Jun'r
James Punchard hired Skerrey
Hezekiah Hamblet
Joseph Herrick
Timothy Parson
Francis Epes
James Burnam
Jonathan Chamberlin Jun'r Thomas Parsons hired Edw'd Bavins Daniel Cram Joshua Balch hired Andrew Creese
An account of those men that went to Rhoadisland August 6 1778 Engaged
Wm Lee Jonas Kidder
Ruben Spaulding Joseph Herrick Francis Epes Edward Bavins
Daniel Gould Daniel Cram John Kidder Jun'r Nicholas Beason went for Lt Buffe Timothy Parsons Samuel Hutchinson
David Cram
hired Jessa Lund
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Nathan Parsons Robart Badger Adam Johnson Jun'r Jacob Cram hired Jessa Lund July 1778
Jacob Dutton went Six months to Rhoad Island half the time for Eleazer Woodard and the other half for Moses Stiles Jun'r and Uriah Cram.
an account of those men that procured four men for the Con- tinental Army for one year July 15 1777
months
Deacon Badger
I
Deacon Putnam
I
hired
Lieut R Spaulding
I
Joshua Hadley
I
John
John Ordway
I
William Holt
I
Purple
Ephraim Putnam Second
I
Solomon Cram
I
for one
Andrew Fuller
I
Benj'n Killam
2
year
Jonas Kidder
I
Capt John Stephenson
2
John Kidder
H I
Sam'l Punchard
I
hired
Dr. Jones
1 I
Josiah Abbot
I
Nath'1 Raynolds
I
Isaac
John Carkin
I
Samuel Hutchinson
I
John Case
I
Carkin
Jonathan Chamberlin
H I
Lieut Huston
I
James Punchard
Ensign Phelps
HNON I 2 3 2
Israel
Adam Johnson, Jun'r
I
Daniel Gould
H I
Hutchinson
Thomas Richardson
2
Benj'n Punchard
2
Jonathan Whittemore
I
hired
Cap Cram
I
David Cram
I
John Archer
T
William
Joseph Ellingwood
I
Stephen Burnam
2
Joshua Stiles
I
Burnam
John Thompson
2
hired
Sam'l Towns
Adam Johnson
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Those that hired two men to go to Rhoad Island for six months are.
months
John Clark
2
Benj'n Bullock
2
hired John Woodbery
Sam'1 Whittemore 2
Will'm Blaenough
2
Moses Lever
2
hired John Mellen
John Woodard 2
Those men that Engaged to go to portsmouth for two months from September 5, 1779 were
John Archer
Nath'1 Burnam
Jonas Kidder
Samuel Hutcherson hired Stephen Ritcherson
account of thos men that Enlisted to go to Cohos in the Ser- vice Six weeks march 1780
Dea John Putnam
William Carson
Peter Russell . Enock Ordway
an account of those that hired men for Six months in the Con- tinental army
m
Ens John Savag
I Joseph herrick
I
Daniel herrick
I
Ephraim Abbot
I
James Burnam
I Edmand bigford I
Eleazer Woodard
2
Doct Jones
I
David Straton
I
Moses Stils jur
I
John Stiles
I
Jonathan Pearson jur
I
Jonathan Chamberlin jur I
Thomas Pearson
I Jeremiah Carlton
2
Jacob Cram
I
Daniel Gould
2 Walter Ross
I
hezekiah Duntley
William Punchard
Johnathan Whitemore
I Uriala Cram
I
William Mcadams
2
Benjamin Burros
I
Robert Mcadams
I Hugh Mcadams
I
William Mcadams
I
July ye 4 1780
an account of those that hired men for three months to go to westpoint July 4 ye 1780
Jonas Kidder 3 Robert Badger
IZ
Capt John Stephenson
I
Edward Spaulding
I
I Deacon Badger John Ordway Joel manuel
I
Lieut Reuben Spaulding
Jonathan Chamberlin
I
I
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John Kidder Benjamin Dutton
2
I
Decon Putnam
I
Ephraim Putnam jur I Daniel Crain I
Benjamin Punchard Aaron Lewes James Punchard
I
I
I Adam Johnson I
David Cram I
Thomas Richardson I
Ens Nath'1 Phelps Samuel towns
2
I
Joshua Hadley
Nathan Pearson
I
John Meeds
Lieut Huston I
Lieut Whitemore
I
Philip Fletcher I
an acount of thoes that went to the westward for three months in the year 1781
Simeon Fletcher went and did one month for him Self.
Edmand Bickford Benja Osgood Jonathan Whitemore and Ezekiah Duntley Each of them Did a fortnit
William Holt Did two months
Peter Russel Did one furtnit
William Tayler did one furtnit
an aCount of those that hired William Lee to go to Cohoss July 12 1782
John Ordway Did two months
William Holt jur Did one month
Stephen Burnam Ephraim Abbot Joseph Elenwood William Tayler Each of them Did a fortnit
Return of Soldiers bountyes Made to the Committe on Claims in the year 1788 is £751:13:II
LYNDEBOROUGH, N. H., March 9th, 1892
I hereby certify that I have carefully compared the foregoing copy with the original record thereof, now remaining in my office, and that the same is a true and correct copy and tran- script thereof, and of the whole thereof.
Edgar A. Danforth, Town Clerk of the Town of Lyndeborough.
LYNDEBOROUGH, Decemb'r ye 25, 1777 To the Gentelmen Selectmen For the Town of Lynd'h per-
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sewing to a Vote of this Town for the Committy making an Everidge in the proportion of the war for this Town from April 20, 1775 to May 1777 the following is our Sentiments Con- sidering the places of the Destination of those persons that Have Served in the war Now Belonging to this Town.
the preceeding Sums annexed to Every man's Name is in Lawful mony.
Those persons that went to the Alarm and Returned with Lieut Barron the Committee have Allowed each man {0: 10:0
the following is the Names of those persons that returned with
£0:10:0
Lieut. Barron
John Reynolds
John Thompson
John Savage
Andw Thompson
Samuel Stephens
Reuben Batcheldr
Peter Russell
Amos Whittemore
Philip Fletcher
John Carkin
Nath" Burnam
Nath" Phelps
Joseph Herrick
Edward Bevings
Adam Johnson, Jur
Lieut Spaulding
Daniel Gould
Sum Total £9:08:0
Our Reasons for Seting the Services above is the provision & Expense was paid By the Town
Those that Engaged in the Service For the Year 1775 there Time 8 months at winter Hill the Committee have allowd those persons that then Engagd for the 8 months Belonging to this Town twelve Shillings Each man
£0:12:0
Capt Spaulding Lt. Thomas Boffe
Edward Beving Jur
John Smith
Ensign Willm Lee
Jacob Wellman Jur
Elisha Willkings
Joseph Ellenwood Jur Jese Lund Nehemiah Hutchinson
Daniel Cram 5 months
John Hutchinson
Samuel Macmaster
David putnam
Nath™ Batcheldor
Benja Bevings
Jacob Dutton
phineas Barker
Ezra Dutton
Our Reasons for Sitting the Service at winter Hill at this Value is None Gave more that Hird others to Do there Turn
Those that Engagd in the Service For the Year 1776 that went to from winter Hill to York and there Tarryd through out
Ebenezer Gardner
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the Campaign the Committe Allowd those men one pound pr Month
£1:0:0
Adam Johnson jur Alias
John Johnson
Thoms pringle Edward Bevings jur
Those that Engagd For the year 1776 that went from winter Hill to Canada and Concluded the Same Back to Trenton the Committe allowd those persons one pound twelve shillings pr month
£1:12:0
Capt Spawlding
Nehemiah Hutchison
Lieut Thom. Boffe
Samuel Stiles
Ensign Will™ Lee
John Woodbury
Jacob Dutton
James Cambell
Those that Engaged in the Year 1776 and went to Tyconde- rogue 4 months and Ten Days and have allowd Every man what he paid towards the 4 months and Ten Days those that went for themselves have allowd the same
£12:0:0
Capt Barron
£12:0:0
John Savage
£6:0:0
Capt John Stevenson
Ditto
Esqr Fuller
7:4:0
John Kidder
Ditto
Lieut. Kidder
3:12:0
John Reynolds
6:0:0
John Ordway
6:0:0
Aaron Lewis
3:0:0
Isaac Day
6:0.0
Nathan Persons
3:0:0
Lieut. Hueston
4:0:0
Deacn putnam
6:0:0
Amos Whittemore
4:0:0
Deacn putnam jur
4:0:0
Simeon Fletcher
4:0:0
David Badger
5:6:0
Capt Cram
4:0:0
Robert Badger
5:6:6
Solomon Cram
4:0:0
Gorge Goold
6:0:0
Asael Stiles
4:0:0
Daniel Goold
6:0:0
Ephraim Putnam ye 3ª
6:0:0
Rewben Batcheldor
6:0:8
John Boffe
6:0:0
Joseph Batcheldor
6:0:0
Samuel Stephens
6.0:0
peter Russell
5:6:8
Jonathan Chamberlain
4:0:0
Joshua Hadley
6:13:4
Ens. Phelps
6:0:0
William Carson
6:0:0
Jeremiah Carlton
3:0:0
Sum Total
£189:9:0
3:0:0
£186:9:0
those men that Engagd in the Service for the Year 1776 in September & went to New York have Allowd 18/o pr month For Each man
Nathaniel Woodbury
Ithamar Woodard
Josiah Woodbury Jur
Amos Whittemore Ezra Dutton
S
Ebenezer Gardner
C
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Benja Senter
Epes By Dunckly
Joseph Willkings Jur Jesse Putnam
Aasa Dutton
Those men that went in the Service to Fishkill in the year 1777 there Time 3 months have allowd Each man 15/0 pr month Samuel Chamberlain Daniel Cram
Richard Badden
Aaron Putnam
Andw Creasy
Those that went to Coos to Clear the Roads to St. Johns. have Allowd Each man 15/o pr month
£0:15:0
David Putnam Nathan Cram Hezekiah Dunckly Capt Clark's man
This May Certify the Selectmen and others that the Services of And" Thompson James Thompson Jesse Lund John Well- man and William Blany For the year 1776 was Done for persons in Other Towns who Hird them therefore we the Committy think that they ought Not to Be Allowd any thing By the Town for there Services in as much as the Town was Deprivd of the Service of those men.
these may Certify the Town that we are Not Satisfied what allowance may Be Just to allow Adam Johnson in Regard of Hiring James Johnson Benja Jones in Regard of hiring John Hutchinson and Isaac Kidder in Regard of Hiring Benja Dike
Nath" Batcheldor David Badger Reuben Spalding Committe
Joseph Herrick Benja Jones y 2d
LYNDEBOROUGH, N. H., March 9, 1892.
I hereby certify that I have carefully compared the foregoing copy with the original record thereof, now remaining in my office, and that the same is a true and correct copy and tran- scrip thereof and of the whole thereof.
EDGAR A. DANFORTH, Town Clerk of the Town of Lyndeborough.
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
The Constitution of the National Society states in Article III, Sect. I : " Any man shall be eligible to membership in this So- ciety, who, being of the age of twenty-one years or over, and a
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citizen of good repute in the community, is the lineal descend- ant of an ancestor who was at all times unfailing in his loyalty to and rendered actual service in the cause of American Inde- pendence, either as an officer, soldier, seaman, marine, militia- man or minuteman, in the armed forces of the Continental Con- gress ; or of any one of the several Colonies or States ; or as a Signer of the Declaration of Independence ; or as a member of a Committee of Safety or Correspondence; or as a member of any Continental, Provincial or Colonial Congress or Legislature ; or as a civil officer, either of one of the Colonies or States or of the national government ; or as a recognized patriot who per- formed actual service by overt acts of resistance to the authority of Great Britain." Copied from the " Year Book of the Minne- sota Society, Sons of the American Revolution," p. 39.
LYNDEBOROUGH REVOLUTIONARY ROLL.
Lyndeborough had the military honor of furnishing five cap- tains in the War for Independence. Their names were William Barron, Peter Clark, Jonas Kidder, William Lee and Levi Spaulding. Some of these did service in more than one cam- paign, and for the sake of both brevity and convenience, the service will be indicated as follows : Capt. Spaulding's men at Bunker Hill and Winter Hill will be indicated respectively by the capitals, B. H. and W. H .; Capt. Clark's men, on the Alarm at Bennington and at Saratoga will be marked A., B. and S .; Captain Barron's men marched for Canada and served at Ticonderoga, indicated by C. or Ti .; Captain Lee's men served, as indicated, in R. I .; Captain Kidder's men, raised for service at West Point in 1780, will be marked as W. P.
Special sketches of the captains are given, and the rank of the men serving under them will be stated, so far as obtainable.
The statements here made are based on the records of our town (see preceding pages, 161 to 169) and also on the Revolu- tionary Rolls of New Hampshire which are printed as state papers.
A.
I. Abbott, Ephraim. Our town records state that Ephraim Abbott paid a month's hire or bounty for a man to serve in the Continental Army ; and also in the " account of those that hired William Lee to go to Cohoss," he is said to have done "a fortnit."
2. Abbott, Josiah. The home of Josiah Abbott seems to have been in the northwest part of the town, which was after-
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wards set off to form the town of Greenfield. He served under Capt. Peter Clark, on the A. He was also at Portsmouth, Sept. 27, 1779. He likewise paid one month's bounty toward Isaac Carkin, who served a year in the Continental Army. He was, likely, a relative of the preceding Ephraim. Peterboro History, p. 5, of family registers, has a favorable sketch of his son Daniel, a native of Lyndeborough.
3. Archer, John. The name of John Archer appears in our town records under date of 1776. He is called Capt. Archer, and is named as owning land on a road laid out from James to Nathaniel Burnam's, who were settled in the northwest part of the town. He paid one month's wages or bounty, towards William Burnam, for serving a year in the Continental Army.
He also engaged and served two months at Portsmouth in 1779. The name John Archer is given as one who owned an original right in Salem-Canada, who was drawn for in the first draft for lots by Jonathan Verry, and in the second draft by Captain Bowers. There is no impossibility that he was the same man, but, also, there is no certainty in the case.
B.
4 and 5. Badger, David and Robert. They were sons of John Badger, the first settler in that part of Salem-Canada which was taken to form Township No. 2 (now Wilton).
Deacon David Badger, as the name is frequently written in our town records, lived on the place now occupied by Mr. James Karr, north of the pond named for him, Badger Pond. The brothers united in hiring Hezekiah Hamblet to serve in Capt. Barron's Co. at Ti. The Deacon, also, paid one month's hire of John Purple, to serve in the Continental Army a year for Lyndeborough ; and also a month for a man to go to W. P. in 1780. He was deacon of the Congregational church, and was the moderator of the annual town meeting in the years 1775 and 1776. He was a prominent actor in the town business, and is said to have brought up a large family. He was chosen select- man in 1780, and served from time to time in the various offices and committees of the town.
5. Badger, Robert. Robert Badger was a brother of David, and joined with him in hiring Hezekiah Hamblet to do a turn of army service in Capt. William Barron's Co. at Ti. in 1776,- time of service, four months, ten days. He was a corporal in Capt. William Lee's Co., and went to R. I. in 1778. He paid one and one-half months' bounty for a man to go to W. P. in 1780. He was frequently honored by his townsmen with official position and various duties, and proved worthy of their confi- dence and esteem.
His home was on the place now owned by Mr. Harry Rich- ardson, near the summit of Lyndeborough mountain.
6. Barker, Phineas. Phineas Barker was one of Capt. Levi
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Spaulding's Co. in the famous battle of B. H. He was also with Capt. S. in the W. H. campaign in 1776, serving eight months. His home seems to have been toward the west side of the town, probably on land at a later day set off to form the town of Greenfield.
7. Barnum, James. James Barnum was a soldier in Capt. Barron's Co., raised for Canada, out of Col. Daniel Moore's Regt., mustered and paid by Moses Kelly Esq., July 22, 1776. He seems to have lived in the northwest part of the town, a part which furnished many revolutionary men for its size.
8. Barron, Capt. William. See sketch of Capt. William Barron. He was one of seven brothers, all of whom served in the Revolution.
9. Barron, Samuel. Samuel Barron was a resident of Amherst, and took the place of Asa Boutwell in the army. He was hired by Capt. Peter Clark, and for a fuller account of him, see sketch of Capt. Clark. Samuel Barron entered May I, 1778; and was discharged May 20, 1780. (See Asa Bout- well No. 24.)
IO. Batchelder, Joseph. Joseph Batchelder served at Ti. through Reuben, who went there under Capt. William Barron. He marched with Capt. Clark on the A., July 1, 1777. When the Greenfield church was constituted, he became one of its members, and this would seem to show that he lived near Greenfield.
II. Batchelder, Nathaniel. Capt. Nathaniel Batchelder appears first as a private in Capt. Spaulding's Co. He was at B. H. and continued in the campaign at W. H. 1775-6. He served for awhile in 1776, as a substitute for Deacon Ephraim Putnam and his son Ephraim. April 8, 1777, he was one of the five men appointed to raise a bounty of one hundred dol- lars for each man of the sixteen then required to make up the quota. May I, 1777, a road was laid out between his house and that of Josiah Woodbury. Jan. 12, 1778, he signed a pro- test against overpaying soldiers, and in 1780, he was chosen selectman. On May 6, 1777, he was appointed chairman of an important committee chosen to set a value upon the various turns of service done in the several campaigns by the soldiers of Lyndeborough. He was a prominent man in the town, holding official position from the commencement of the war till after its close. He is repeatedly called Capt. in our town records ; but no roll has been found of men whom he com- manded in the Revolutionary War. There were several of the same name in the army, and care should be taken to distin- guish him from the others. He served for Lyndeborough in the Continental Army in 1780. After 1785 the name ceases from our records.
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12. Batchelder, Reuben. Reuben and Joseph Batchelder furnished a "turn" of military service in 1776, the former rendering the actual service, and the latter paying his portion of the wages or bounty.
Reuben went under Capt. William Barron to Ti., having passed muster July 22, and served till Dec. I. He returned with Capt. Barron.
The names of Joseph, Nathaniel and Reuben Batchelder are signed to the protest presented in January, 1778, against the town's voting money away for bounties to men who served for, and were paid by other towns. The objection was that the town ought not to pay bounties for services which it did not receive.
13. Batten, Richard. Richard Batten was one of the men raised and "mustered by Col. Daniel Moor Out of his Regi- ment, to March to New York Agreeable to a late requisition the 19th. Day of Dec'. 1776." He served at Fishkill in 1777, time 3 mos. and received from the town 15 shillings per month bounty. Richard Batten was among the gifts of Lyndeborough to Francestown in 1792. He married Mary, dau. of Nehemiah Rand Esq. of Lyndeborough. His daughter, Mary Batten, b. May 29, 1788, married Amasa Downes of Francestown, Feb. 13, 1810, and died at Francestown Aug. 22, 1817. The same authority states, that "like his father," he was "a seafaring man," and when "first mate of a ship, in a night of fearful storm, was blown from the rigging while heroically trying to perform what the terrified seamen had shrunk from attempting."
14. Beasom, John. John Beasom was the son of Philip Beasom who came from Marblehead, Mass., to Lyndeborough about 1775. He marched with Capt. Peter Clark on the A. He married Persis Fletcher, March 11, 1779. He lived on the place now occupied by Mr. Samuel Doliver, his great grandson.
15. Beasom, Nicholas. Nicholas Beasom according to the R. Rolls of New Hampshire, Vol. I, p. 425, went to N. Y. in Capt. McConnell's Regt., Sept. 26, 1776. Our town record states that "he went in the room of Jesse Putnam, and received two Dollars of Putnam for the same." The dates of our record and the R. Rolls above cited, agree. He was probably a brother of John. He went to R. I. in 1778 as substitute for Lt. Thomas Boffee.
16. Bevins, Benjamin. Benjamin Bevins was a resident of Duxbury School Farm which lay adjoining our town on the south, running west from its southeast corner. He enlisted May 3, 1775, as a fifer in Capt. Benjamin Mann's Co. of Col. James Reed's Regiment. He was serving for Lyndeborough, in the W. H. detail, for eight months and was paid 12 shillings a month bounty. He again enlisted in the Continental service in Capt. Wait's Co. in Col. Cilley's Regt. for three years,
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(on page 612 of Vol. I) however he is reckoned in Capt. Scott's Co. His name appears again, where the amount of deprecia- tion on his wages was $135.20 ; and he received a bounty also from the Duxbury School Farm and Mile Slip, previous to 1780, of £13 9 S. and I d.
17. Bevins, Edward. Edward Bevins was in Capt. Win. Barron's Co. at Ti. in 1776 from July 22 to Dec. I. He was in Capt. Peter Clark's Co. on the A. and was also with Capt. Clark, as corporal, in Sept., 1777, having been hired by Thomas Parsons. He was with Capt. William Lee, in the R. I. expedition Aug., 1778. He was also in Capt. Jonas Kidder's Co. in the Continental Army, Col. Nichols' Regt. at W. P., N. Y., 1780.
18. Bevins, Edward, Jr. Edward Bevins, Jr. was in Capt. Levi Spaulding's Co., in the Battle of B. H., and also in the besieging army at W. H. He went from W. H. to New York in the winter of 1776, and to cite our town record, "tarryed throughout the Campaign."
The Bevins men all lived near Bevins' Corner, the same which is now called Perham's Corner, in the southeast part of the town.
19. Bickford, Edmond. Edmond Bickford is on the town roll of Capt. Clark's men for B. He hired Nathaniel Wood- bury as substitute. He paid for one month's service of a man in the Continential Army, July 4, 1780, and also did two weeks' service among the 3 months' men who went westward in 1781. His name does not seem to be recorded on the printed Revolu- tionary Rolls of New Hampshire ; though he was prominent in our town affairs.
20. Blanchard, Josiah. Josiah Blanchard served for John Mead, in Capt. Peter Clark's Co. at B. Though his record is not extended, it was much to be with Clark and Stark at Ben- nington.
21. Blaney, William. For his record see the more ex- tended sketch. Our records tell us that he and some others served for men of other towns.
22. Boffee, John. John Boffee was one of Capt. William Barron's Co. at Ti. in 1776. He was also in Capt. Clark's Co. on A.
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