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doors, and hastened to the possible fray, while the compan- ies of men from Concord and Acton and other towns, who stopped the British march at the historical bridge, were mus- tered-in the night before from the plough and farm duties, and by a night's march found themselves confronting the trained soldiers of the Crown at Concord Bridge, where, as says Emerson,
"Once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard 'round the world."
Every able-bodied man in the Colony, says Arnold, was _ required to equip for service. The militia of every town was organized and Simeon Potter of Bristol was made Major- General of the whole body. Firearms were manufactured in Rhode Island, and the companies were supplied with home made muskets. April 3, 1775, a general muster was held in every town in the State. In the County of Provi- dence, two thousand men, besides a troop of horse, were under arms. Bristol County was on duty under the com- mand of Colonel Nathaniel Martin of Barrington, and Major Benjamin Bosworth of Bristol. Our Barrington Company was in the field, with full ranks, under Captain Lieutenant Matthew Allin. Enthusiasm for war ran high and was uni- versal. The storm was in the air. "There was the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees." All ears heard the on-coming without fear, all hearts felt the stir of the coming blast in the ominous portents that preceded it, without tremor. Barrington had at this date, 1775, eighty- three effective men for service. Add to these six slaves and several men over sixty who entered the service and we have about one hundred men capable of doing military duty. We may and should always include in the possible Bar- rington militia, a number of men of Rehoboth (now East Providence), who enlisted in the Barrington Company and performed military service in Rhode Island regiments. In addition to the usual equipments of the town militia, the town had, in February, ordered Mr. Thomas Allin to wait
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on General Potter of Bristol for an order for the fire-arms belonging to the town that were stored at Newport.
In June, 1775, the General Assembly appointed the fol- lowing persons as officers of the Barrington Company of Militia ; Thomas Allin, Captain ; Samuel Bosworth, Lieu- tenant ; Viall Allen, Ensign. The first opportunity and call of our militia to active service came from Boston. The news of the Lexington and Concord fight on the 19th of April reached Rhode Island the same night. The expected contest had actually begun; "the gale that came from the North brought the clash of resounding arms." The militia law had been revised so as to provide in what man- " ner the forces in this Colony should march to the assistance of any of the sister colonies when invaded or attacked.
In accordance with the new orders, the next day, April 20th, a thousand men were on their march to Boston and Lexington, to aid the sister-mother colony of Massachusetts. Barrington sent a delegation of her militia to her rescue. On the 22d of April, the General Assembly in session at Providence ordered an apportionment of powder, lead, and flints to the several towns. Mr. Thomas Allen receipted for 26 lbs. of powder, 42 lbs. of lead and 168 flints for the Barrington Militia. An Army of Observation of 1, 500 men was voted to be raised at once. The Bristol County field officers were Mr. Nathaniel Martin of Barrington, Colonel ; Mr. Benjamin Bosworth, Bristol, Major. A Committee of Safety was chosen, of which William Bradford, of Bristol, was a member. "The Army of Observation" had Nathaniel Greene, Jun., Esq., as its Brigadier General, and the Bar- rington Company of the regiment of Newport and Bristol Counties, was officered by Matthew Allin, as Captain- Lieutenant, James Smith as Lieutenant and James Brown, Jr., as Ensign, all of Barrington. - the regiment being in com- mand of Col. Thomas Church of Bristol. Before the first of June, "The Army of Observation," one thousand strong, enlisted "in his Majesty's service," was in camp at Boston, under the command of General Nathaniel Greene. It is a
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matter of great regret that the rolls of the rank and file of " The Army of Observation " and the regiment that fol- lowed it to Boston and afterwards to New York have not been preserved. Hence we cannot tell how many Barrington men responded to the call. From various sources we are certain that Captain Matthew Allin, Viall Allen, William Andrews, Thomas Bean, Consider Tripp, Nathaniel Humphrey, Samuel Bosworth, Samuel Martin and James Bushee were in the ranks. Peleg Heath was an Ensign in the second Com- pany, and was probably at the front of the Rhode Island Camp in Roxbury and at Prospect Hill in Cambridge. Captain Matthew Allin's letters written to his wife and brother Thomas Allin breathe the spirit of a brave man and a true patriot. Under date of June 13th, he writes from Gov. ernor Barnard's Seat, Roxbury, "We expect a battle very soon, and I long for the time to come." The "longed-for " event came on the 17th of June, four days later, at Bunker Hill. The Barrington boys saw heavy skirmishing, but were not in the thickest of the fight in Charlestown, being ordered to Roxbury and Dorchester to hold the enemy in check in that direction. At Barrington, two days after the battle of Bunker Hill, Henry Bowen, tavern-keeper near the Congre- gational Church, makes the following entry in his account book :
The Town of Barrington, Dr.
To 2 bowls toddy, made in large Defiance bowl, cald for by Colonel Nathaniel Martin in behalf of the town as was voted at 2s. 3d. per bowl, . · 4s. 63.
Evidently a reasonable junket after so memorable an event in which no Barrington boys lost their lives. To keep their spirits up it was the fashion to pour the spirits down in an orthodox way.
Captain Allin writes June 20th, "we have got a fort built at Roxbury and we are building several breast-works in order to stop them from coming into the country. We must put our trust in God; it may be that He is ordering it for the best, for He is a wise being. It may profit our souls if
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it don't our bodies." The postscript adds, " I have heard a great many guns fired while I am writing this letter, which I suppose to be Putnam paying a salute to the Reglars." July 23d, he says, " we are going to move next Tuesday over to Cambridge on Prospect Hill, within two hundred yards of the Reglars. But that is not the worst of it, for its very lively there. But go we must, for General Washington says there is no soldiers here but the Rhode Island forces." On August 2d, at Prospect Hill, Captain Allin says, "we have had several small battles with the Reglars, and they killed two of our men and we about thirty of theirs, and took about thirty more and burnt two schooners belonging to the Reg- lars." August 16th, Prospect Hill, Captain Allin is writing to his brother about army discipline, telling of new skir- mishes in which "some shots came very near, but hurt nobody," advises his brother, then captain of a new com- pany at home, to " come down to Boston for here is some- thing worth coming to see." His last inquiry is, "How is my orchard like to yield, for I shall want some syder to drink when I get home."
While our first Rhode Island regiment was receiving its baptism of fire and blood at Bunker Hill, the Barrington militia was reorganized in June, 1775, with Thomas Allin as Captain, Samuel Bosworth as Lieutenant, and Viall Allen as Ensign. Mr. Luther Martin was appointed as an enlist- ing officer for Barrington. The greater part of the militia was enlisted as minute men, to meet together and exercise themselves in military discipline half-a-day, once a fortnight. Barrington soldiers were now in training under Capt. Allin, and Lieut. Viall Allen, the Ensign, in Timothy Pickering's " Easy Plan of Discipline for Militia," bought by Captain Allin on his first visit to his brother Matthew, in camp at Watertown. At the August session of the General As- sembly, Viall Allen is promoted to the Lieutenancy of the Barrington Company of militia, and Daniel Kinnicutt to the rank of Ensign.
It was voted in town meeting August 27, 1775, "that
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Lieut. Viall Allen Draw a sufficient Quantity of powder out of the Town Treasrs' Hands to make cartridges for the In- habitants of Barrington."
"Voted, "That each inhabitant of the Town may draw twelve cartridges out of the Town stock and keep the same safely untill there is a necessary occasion for using the same against our Common enemy, under the penalty of one shill- ing for each cartridge wasted or missing, when demanded by Military Authority, the same to be paid by the delinquent to the Town Treasr ; to purchase more powder to deposit in the Town Treasrs Hands for the use of the Town, each person giving his receipt for the cartridges drawn as aforesd in due equality Drawing as aforesd find their own ball and cary the same to sd Lieutenant Allen that the cartridges may be well fitted to the firelock and that the Treasr Deliver the same powder when Demanded by Lieutenant Allen."
The War for our Independence had actually begun in stern- est fashion, though hostilities had not yet been declared. The autumn of 1775 was an active season for Rhode Island men to prepare for the general defence. While our raw mil- itia was at Boston defending that town, a greater danger threatened nearer home. We had in Rhode Island 130 miles of unprotected coast line, with two navigable rivers. Not only was the navigation of our Bay impeded by British ships of war, but the towns were exposed to attack, pillage, and burning ; cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry, grain and fruit were constantly liable to seizure, and the homes of the people were threatened with destruction. Newport, Bristol, Warren, Bar- rington and Providence were under threats of bombardment frequently, unless the demands of the commanders for food and other supplies were furnished. As an illustration of the dangers to which our towns were exposed, Captain Wallace, with fifteen sail, anchored in line in Bristol Harbor, October, 1775, sending his barge to the shore. Wallace demanded that four of the magistrates should come off to the fleet, which was refused. A cannonade was at once made on the town. The night was dark and stormy, and a severe epi-
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demic was raging in Bristol. More than sixty persons were carried out on sick beds, and sought refuge in flight in War- ren and Barrington. More than one hundred and twenty cannon. shot were discharged upon the defenceless town, and much damage was done to public and private buildings. Wallace demanded one hundred sheep and fifty head of cattle, but finally reduced his demand to forty sheep, which the town furnished, and he sailed away with his fleet the next day. Not only was there a large fleet of British ships in the Bay, menacing our peace, and threatening the destruction of our property, but a large force of British soldiers took pos- session of Newport, and carried on their work of destruction from that convenient centre of operation. Engagements in our bay, and land expeditions foraging on the people, were matters of common occurrence. In December, 1775, a Brit- ish force landed on Conanicut, burned twelve houses besides the barns, plundered the inhabitants, and carried off a quan- tity of live stock. All the houses on the islands of Prudence and Patience, save one, were burned by the British troops.
Barrington was equally exposed and our people were on guard by day and by night, to protect their homes and prop- erty. Two guard houses were established in the town, une at Nayatt, at the house of James Brown, and the other at Rumstick, at the house of Nathaniel Smith. The militia of the town was constantly on duty at these points from the commencement of the war until the departure of the British from Newport in 1779, during a period of four years. This guard duty was essential, not only for the protection of our exposed coast line, but also to aid in keeping the enemy out of Providence. Forts had been built at Fox Point, Field's Point, and Sassafras Points, but if the enemy could effect a landing at Barrington, they could march to Providence and attack this important source of supplies from the land side. The only hindrance to such action was an incessant patrol along our south shore, from Nayatt to Rumstick. so that if a landing were once effected, warning could be carried to Providence in short order.
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The efficiency and bravery of our coast guard are well es- tablished by the facts that no landing was made on our shores, although British ships were at anchor in the bay, south of the town, for four years, and that not a dollar's worth of private property of the towns' people was destroyed by any hostile incursions of the enemy. While all the towns and islands south of us were attacked or pillaged by the soldiers it is a matter of most honorable record to the alert- ness of our home-guard that no harm came to Barrington property or people.
It can be readily seen that Rhode Island was threatened by two hostile camps- The British troops, sometimes num- bering 7,000 men, and a British fleet of large dimensions with headquarters at Newport ; - a constant menace and always on the alert to destroy property and keep our people under arms. When General Washington wanted troops from Rhode Island, Governor Cooke replied that we needed more than we could raise for our own defence. When fully made aware of our perils the great General wrote, "that the peculiar cir- cumstances of Rhode Island, under an invasion, furnish many apologies for the retention at home of the troops so much needed for the Continental service."
From these facts it will readily be seen that Barrington militia were no holiday soldiers. From April, 1775, to Octo- ber, 1783, there was not a day that our people, men and women were not in service in one form or another. The women made clothing, of all sorts, and blankets for the sold- iers. In one instance, in a neighboring town, it is related that the wool which was on the sheep's back in the morning was a finished garment on the back of a Revolutionary soldier before bed-time. We may conclude, however, that early ris- ing and late retiring marked that day's housekeeping. The women also, in the absence of the men, worked the farms, took care of the stock, and attended to the marketing of pro- duce. Abigail Salisbury, widow of George Salisbury, who applied for and secured a pension after the war, when one hundred years old, took an active part in the Revolution and
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knit stockings for the whole guard at Rumstick. Anna Al- drich of Smithfield, widow of Israel, while her husband was in service, carried her baby with her to the field, cradled it in the boughs of a tree while she hoed corn and potatoes, raked hay, pulled flax, etc. She milked the cows, made butter and cheese, mended the fences on the farm, raised three or four hundred weight of pork, fattened a beef creature, and did all the work her husband would have done. The wife of the Hon. Paul Mumford of Barrington, who lived under the great elms, at the corner where the main road turns to Warren, did substantially the same work, and cared for her husband's large dairy, during his absence on matters of state. Such were the noble mothers of the Revolution, and worthier women never drew breath than these great souls, who not only stood the brunt of the home struggle, but they made it possible for their husbands and sons to go to battle, and cheered their return to duty with the Roman mother's com- mand : "Bring back your shield or be brought back upon it."
From the first enlistments in Barrington militia in 1775, to the close of the war in 1783, our town enlisted into Colo- nial and Continental service more than one hundred and eighty men, many of whom rendered well authenticated active service from fifteen months to three years and up- wards. It is a great pity that our records are so incomplete as to the full amount of work done by our soldiers, and that we cannot make the Roll of Honor complete. It is on the other hand a great satisfaction to find so large a body of men from our little town, so patriotic that every call for men was met with a full quota, with only the usual bounties paid by the town or state. In addition to the companies of infantry that were at various times recruited, we had an artillery company of two guns which was called into action at Bristol, Warren, and presumably on the Island of Rhode Island in the battle of 1777, of which Samuel Bosworth was captain and Nathaniel Heath was lieutenant.
The writer copied the following list of male persons in Barrington in 1777, from records at the State House while 22
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Hon. John R. Bartlett was Secretary of State. Mr. Henry Bowen, the tavern keeper, made the census.
NAMES OF ALL MALE PERSONS 16 YEARS AND UPWARDS IN THE TOWN OF BARRINGTON, 1777.
NAMES. 1 16-50 able 16-50 50-60 50-60 60 and Negroes. to bear arms. unable. able. unable. upwards.
Nat. Martin
Luther Martin
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Anthony Martin
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Joseph Gladding
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Samuel Bosworth
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Nath. Smith
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Paul Mumford
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Newdigate Adams
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Samuel Adams
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Joshua Kent
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Edward Bosworth
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Hez. Kinnicutt
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Daniel Kinnicutt
I
Geo. Salisbury
I
Hez. Tiffany
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Joshua Bicknell
Joshua Bicknell, Jr.
I
Josiah Viall
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Wm. Andrews
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Samuel Allen
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Philip Traffern
I 15 mos. service.
Henry Bowen
I
Wm. Brown
I
James Brown, Jr.
I
Viall Allen
I
Nath. Heath
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Peleg Heath
I
Solomon Peck
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Consider Tripp
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Enoch Remington I
Amos Peck
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Samuel Peck
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David Peck
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Edward Adams
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Joseph Adams
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Matthew Watson, Jr., I
Matthew Watson
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John Watson I
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NAMES.
16-50 able 16-50 50-60 50-60 65 and Negroes. to bear arms. unable. able. unable. upwards.
Nath Clark
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Ebenezer Tiffany
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Elkanah Humphrey
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Josiah Humphrey
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Josiah Humphrey, Jr.
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Sam'l Sabin I
Continental service.
Thos. Barnes Wm. Buffington
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Benj. Martin
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John Martin
Sam'l Short
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John Short, Jr.
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John Short
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John Carey
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J. J. Drown
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Dan'l Drown .
I
Benj. Drown, Jr. I
Benj. Drown
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Spicer Hews
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John Kent .
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Moses Tyler
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Duncan Kelley
I
John Kelley
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Josiah Bowen
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James Bowen
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Benj. Hathaway
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Rufus Martin
I
Edward Martin
I
James Martin
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Benj. Horton
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Moses Horton, Jr.
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Moses Horton
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Abiel Grant
I
Ebenezer Grant
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Thomas Grant
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Shubael Grant
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Joseph Grant Benj. Allen
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Joseph Allen
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Will Harding
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Richard Harding
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Comfort Stanly .
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Matt. Allin
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Sam'l Kent
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NAMES. 16-50 able 16-50 50.60 50-60 60 and Negroes. to bear arms. unable. able. unable. upwards.
Thos. Allin
I In ye service.
Sylvester Viall
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Sam'l Viall
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Joseph Viall
Joseph Viall, Jr.
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In ye service. I
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Sam'l Barnes
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Peleg Barnes
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Levi Barnes
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Gideon Reed .
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Eleazer Reed
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David Reed
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Benj. Gardner
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Dexter Mumford
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Benj. Mumford, Jr.
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Benj. Mumford .
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Scipio Freeman, a Negro
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David Luther
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Daniel Bears .
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James Bushee
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Benj. Grant
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Simeon Drown
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Caleb Drown .
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Simon Smith
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Jas. Humphrey Sam'l Humphrey John Barnes
As British troops or vessels were stationed at Newport and in the Bay for a long period, the militia of Barrington, which remained at home, was subject to sudden calls as minute or alarm men, to aid in case of attacks, as when the British attacked Warren and Bristol. The following orders and reports indicate the nature of the service and the con- dition of alertness of the people : .
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BARRINGTON, APRIL YE I, A. D. 1776.
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THE PERSONS WHO APPEARED ON THE ALARM AT BRISTOL THIS DAY.
Thomas Allin, Capt., Josiah Bowen,
Viall Allen, Left., David Luther,
Daniel Kinnicutt, Ens.,
John Watson,
Joshua Bicknell, Jr.,
Samuel Bosworth, Capt.
Benjamin Drown, Jr.
Samuel Conant,
[Cor'l., Daniel Drown,
Nudigate Adams, Cor'l., John Sheldon,
Josiah Humphrey, Jr., Jonathan Bosworth, Jr., [Cor'l., James Goff,
Thomas Grant, Cor'l.,
Abiel Grant,
Sylvester Viall.
Samuel Short, Drum.,
Benjamin Martin,
Joseph V. Allen, Fifer,
Joseph Bullock,
Ebenezer Tiffany,
Samuel Martin,
Joshua Kent,
William Kelley,
John Short, Jr.,
Amos Peck,
Nathaniel Clark,
Ebenezer Grant,
Samuel Barnes,
Simeon Titus,
Per T. Allin.
Samuel Adams,
BARRINGTON, June ye 19th, 1776.
[Seal.] BRISTOL, Sc.
To Capt. Thomas Allin, Esq., Captain of the 3rd Com- pany of the Regiment under my Command in the County of Bristol.
Greeting. Sir : By virtue of a Letter from his Honor the Governor, in which I am Desired, that you warn your Company to hold themselves in readiness to March at the earliest notice of the approach of the Enemy, as by a hand- bill sent by order of Congress to the Hon'l. Convention at New York; That General Howes orders are to attack that place in ten days from the 14th of June, and as part or all of that force may attack Newport on their way thither.
Given under my hand and seal the day and date above. written. NATH'L MARTIN, Colonel.
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Nathaniel Smith, Ser., George Salsbury, Ser.,
William Harden,
ARTILLERY COMP. :
Privets. William Jones
Joseph Adams,
Nathaniel Peck,
Samuel Viall,
SOLOMON PECK, JR., Clerk.
Moses Horton, William Andrews, Benjamin Horton, Edward Martin,
Nathan'l Smith & Jon'n Bosworth Jr. Did Duty in the Militia and are Reconed with them.
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BRISTOL, December II, A. D. 1776.
To Capt. THOMAS ALLIN :
These are to impower you to Proceed into the towns of Warren, Swanzey, and Rehoboth, and to purchase as many Blankets as you Can agree for and if you cannot Purchase any you must take to the amount of one Hundred, not taking more than one or two from any one family.
Make strict search as they must be had, for the army are now suffering for the same and give your receipt for the number taken to the owner of the same. And for your so doing this shall be your sufficient Warrant.
Pr. Me, WILLIAM BRADFORD, Deputy Governor of the State of Rhode Island.
PROVIDENCE, March 12, 1777.
SIR : You are hereby ordered to march with the Company under your Command to Tiverton and joyne the Regiment as soon as possable as the Nature of the Cause admits of No delay.
To Capt. THOMAS ALLIN. I am, sir, yours,
BENJAMIN TALLMAN, Colo.
BRISTOL, March 15th, 1777.
Due to Capt. Bosworths Party of men at Barrington and Capt. Allins Company at the same place, for allowance not drawn, Viz .: 70 lbs. of beef, twenty-six & 14 pounds of but- ter, five pounds eight ounces of soap and two hundred and ten pints of beans for thirty five men, two weeks weekly al- lowance.
From STEPHEN SMITH Commissary.
STEPHEN WHITING.
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210 pints beans .
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WARREN, Thursday, June 5, 1777.
Capt. Sam'll Bosworth : you will take eight of your men exclusive of your self, a list of whose names you have here under-written and keep a guard at Rumstick for fifteen days when I will order a relief; you will enter on duty tomorrow at ten o'clock.
NATHAN MILLER, Colonel.
Sam'll Bosworth Capt.,
Nathaniel Smith,
Nathaniel Peck, Matthew Allin,
James Brown, Samuel Viall,
Hezekiah Kinnicutt,
Joshua Kent,
Comfort Stanley.
WARREN, Sept. 22, 1777.
Capt. Samuel Bosworth :
Sir, I have issued my orders for the Militia and Alarm men in my Regiment to hold themself in readiness at the firing the two field pieces in the town of Warren to march and parade in the road near the house of Ebenezer Cole there to receive futher Orders ; equipt in the best manner with theire fire arms and accoutrements, with two days pro- visions ready cooked. I desire you likewise to order the men under your command to hold themselves in like readi- ness.
I am &c., NATHAN MILLER, Col. Militia.
WARREN, October ye 12, 1777.
SUNDAY MORNING.
CAPT. SAM'LL BOSWORTH,
Sir, you must call all the men of your Company and march them to Bristol there to join the Regiment immediately. I am,
NATHAN MILLER, Col. Militia.
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PROVIDENCE, July 17, 1780.
Rec'd of Capt. Thomas Allin by the hand of Samuel Allen, Esq., four Blankets in part of the proportion of Blankets for the town of Barrington, for the Troop raised in this state for six months' service.
In behalf of John Reynolds, Esq., A. C.
BENJ. WEST.
These are to Require you In the Name of the Govern- ment & Company of the State of Rhode Island &c. to Warn or Notify all the Gentlemen Soldiers Belonging to the Senior Class to appear at the House of Mr. Henry Bowen In Bar- rington on the third day of this Instant Month at two o'clock P. M. and for you So Doing this Shall be your Sufic- cent Warrent, Given Under my hand and Seal at Barrington This Second Day of March A. 1781.
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