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PECK, LEWIS. Son of David and Sarah Peck, b. May 30, 1761. Served on the militia guard of Barrington from April 5, to May 20, 1778.
PECK, NATHANIEL, Maj. Son of Solomon and Kezia Peck, b. Dec. 17,
1759. Was a soldier of Capt. Samuel Bosworth's Artillery Co .; appeared on the alarm at Bristol, April 1, 1776. He was also one of the guard appointed by Col. Nathan Miller, June 5, 1777, to serve on Rumstick 15 days; served on the militia guard of Barrington from April 5, to May 20, 177S. He afterward held a major's commission.
PECK, NICHOLAS. Private in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., Col. Chris. Smith's Reg., 17SI.
PECK, SOLOMON, Capt. Brother of Nathaniel, b. Oct. 29, 173S. Was clerk of the militia company of Barrington under Capt. Thomas Allin as early as March IS, 1776, as appears by an order addressed to him by the captain. His signature appears in a bold, round hand as clerk, giving a list of persons who appeared from Barrington on the alarm at Bristol, April 1, 1776. Henry Bowen, town treasurer, acknowledges the receipt of 15s., 9d. from Mr. Solomon Peck as clerk of the militia for fines for the year 1776. He was also clerk under Capt. Viall Allen in 1778. Solomon Peck as sergeant was sent to warn the militia draught for the 2d Division to relieve those on duty to appear at Col. Nathaniel Martin's house Saturday, 21st of June, 1777, completely equipped by Daniel Kinnicutt, lieutenant. On the 12th of May, 1788, Gov. John Collins commissioned Solomon Peck, gentleman, as captain of the Senior Class Co. of Militia in the County of Bristol ; d. Aug. 22, 1814.
READ, DAVID, Capt. Was a soldier of Capt. Viall Allen's Co., in 17So. He probably followed the sea later in life, as he was known as Capt. David Read; d. at Hispaniola, Aug. 5, 1795. "Mil. Papers," R. I. Hist. Soc.
READ, SAMUEL. Soldier in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., Col. Smith's Reg .; fifteen months U. S. Service ; enlisted June 4, 1777.
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READ, WILLIAM, Corp. Enlisted in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., Col. Crary's Reg. April 8, 1777; was corporal of the Co. : re-enlisted for one year from March 16, 1778.
REYNOLDS, THOMAS. Enlisted from Barrington, May 1777, and received a bounty of £16, from Peleg and Nathaniel Heath.
SABIN, SAMUEL. Enlisted in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., Col. Crary's Reg., Dec. 20, 1776; enlisted in the Continental service March 4, 1777 ; received bounty of £6, advanced pay £2, 12s., and some clothing.
SALISBURY, GEORGE, Lieut. Was sergeant in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., August 1775 ; appeared on the alarm at Bristol, April 1, 1776; served on the militia guard of Barrington from April 5, to May 20, 1778; he was sergeant in Capt. Viall Allen's Co., in 17So; in 1784 he was chosen lieutenant in Capt. Short's Co. of Barrington militia ; he d. Jan. 22, ISIS. "Mil. Papers," R. I. Hist. Soc.
Abigail Salisbury, widow of George, who was sergeant of a guard stationed at Rumstick Point, was another choice specimen of female patriotism. She was one hundred years old when she applied for a pension, was married fifteen years before the war, and she took an active part in the struggle for Independence, and knit stockings for the whole coast guard of Barrington. Indeed, she was so fond of knitting that she continued it until her death. She showed the writer a pair of stockings she knit, after the war, when she was one hundred years old. - Spirit of '76 in Rhode Island. BENJAMIN COWELL.
SHELDON, JOHN. Served in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co .; appeared on the alarm at Bristol, April 1, 1776.
SHORT, JAMES. Son of John and Phebe Short; b. April 6, 1753; enlisted in Capt, Thomas Allin's Co., Col. Cook's Reg., Sept. 17, 1776.
SHORT, JOHN, JR., Capt. Son of John and Phebe Short ; b. Feb. 14, 1757. served in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., August, 1776; appeared on the alarm at Bristol, April 1, 1776; served also in Capt. Viall Allen's Co .; was corporal in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., Col. Crary's Reg. ; was en- sign in 1781, and captain in 1784; d. Aug. 25, 1822.
SHORT, SAMUEL, Corp. Son of John and Phebe Short, b. March 9, 1755; was drummer in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co. August, 1775 ; appeared on the alarm at Bristol, April 1, 1776; was a private in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co. Col. Crary's Reg., 1778: was a corporal and also a boat- man in Capt. Viall Allen's Co., 1780; was a Revolutionary pensioner ; d. Jan. 30, 1836. " Mil. Papers." R. I. Hist. Soc.
SMITH, NATHANIEL, Sergt. Was a minute man, and afterwards a recruit- ing officer, in the early days of the war; was sergeant in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., August, 1775; appeared on the alarm at Bristol, April I, 1776. On Jan. 20, 1777, Col. Nathaniel Martin ordered a guard to be kept night and day at his father's house on Rumstick. He was also a member of Capt. Samuel Bosworth's artillery Co .; was one of the guard appointed by Col. Nathan Miller, June 5 1777, to serve on Rum-
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stick for fifteen days; served on the militia guard of Barrington, from April 5, to May 20, 1778; was appointed sergeant in Col. Topham's Reg., in 1778-79. He d. March, IS23, aged seventy-six years.
SMITH, SIMON, Ensign. Was a soldier of Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., and was afterwards in the Continental Battalion, enlisted May 19, 1777, as ensign, receiving a bounty of $150 voted by the town. He lost his life at sea, in the year 17So, aged 32 years.
SMITH, POMP. ' A Negro slave of Hannah Smith, who received from the town a bounty of £15, for his enlistment, Dec. 2, 17So. See Barring- ton Treas. records.
SOCHOROSE, JOSEPH. Was in the Barrington quota which enlisted May 17, 1777. He received a bounty of £44. Barrington records.
STANLEY, COMFORT. He was a blacksmith by trade, and was a soldier of Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., and also of Capt. Samuel Bosworth's Artillery Co., and was one of the guard appointed by Col. Nathan Miller, June 5, 1777, to serve on Rumstick for fifteen days. He was a soldier of Capt. Viall Allen's Co. in 17So. " Mil. Papers," R. I. Hist. Soc. His old musket is now in the Antiquarian rooms at Warren, R. I. He died Aug. 26, ISIS, aged 67 years.
THURBER, JOHN. Soldier in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., August, 1775.
TIFFANY, EBENEZER. Son of Ephraim and Esther Tiffany, b. June 10, 1753. Was a soldier of Capt. Thomas Allin's Co .; appeared on the alarm at Bristol, April 1, 1776. He was also a soldier of the militia guard stationed at Barrington from April 5, to May 20, 177S, and was called into service on the Island of Rhode Island. He was a soldier of Capt. Viall Allen's Co. in 17So. "Mil. Papers," Vol. 3, No. 460, R. I. Hist. Soc. He represented the town in the General Assembly in 1788 and IS06. He died April 4, IS26.
TITUS, SIMEON. Served in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co .; appeared on the alarm at Bristol, April 1, 1776; enlisted April S, 1777, in Capt. Thomas Ailin's Co.
TOWNSEND, SOLOMON, JR. Son of Rev. Solomon and Rebecca Townsend, b. June 24, 1748; was a soldier of Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., 1775; was chosen quartermaster of Col. John Stanton's Reg., December, 1776; a "Gentleman soldier of Senior Class" in 1781. He was a rep- resentative in the General Assembly, 1805; d. March 22, 1818.
TRAFFERN, CROMWELL. In Ist Reg. Cont. Infantry, 17SI.
TRAFFERN, PHILIP, Capt. Soldier in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., 1775; first lieutenant in Col. Richmond's Reg., 1776: also first lieutenant in Col. Stanton's Reg., 1776. On April 24, 1779, it was voted in town meeting to pay Capt. Philip Traffern the sum of £5, for service done in recruiting. His company was in Col. Thomas Tillinghast's Reg .- 20 of 2S reporting to Capt. Traffern for duty; was captain of a com-
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pany in Col. Topham's Reg., Gen. Cornell's battalion, in 17So. " Mil. · Papers," R. I. Hist. Soc:
TRIPP, CONSIDER. Was a soldier of Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., a soldier of the militia guard in 1778, and a "Gentleman soldier of the Senior Class," in 17SI.
TYLER, MOSES, Lieut. Son of Moses and Hannah Tyler; b. in Boston, Nov. 26, 1734; removed to Barrington when a young man, and settled on the estate now owned by F. O. Wallis ; served in the militia, and rose to the rank of lieutenant; was afterwards a " Soldier of the Senior Class ;" was appointed by the town, March 21, 1774, one of a Committee of Correspondence "to attend to all that relates to the liberties of America." He represented the town in the General Assembly in 1776-7; d. Sept. 16, 1811. [See pages 396-7 for capture of Hessian.]
TYLER, WILLIAM. In Ist Reg. Cont. Infantry, 17SI.
VIALL, ALLEN. Son of Samuel and Ruth ; b. in Rehoboth, Dec. 23, 1756. Was a soldier of Capt. Thomas Allin's Co. in 1779. He was drowned in the memorable gale of Sept. 23, 1815. His widow received a pen- sion.
VIALL, JOHN, Captain. Born in Rehoboth, Nov. 26, 175S; was an ensign in 1780, and lieutenant of artillery in 1781 ; d. April 7, 1833.
VIALL, JOSEPH, Sergt. Sergeant Joseph Viall was ordered by Capt Thomas Allen to warn all the "Gentlemen Soldiers Belonging to the Senor Class to appear at the House of Mr Henry Bowen in Barrington" on March 3, 1781.
VIALL, JOSIAH. Was a "Gentleman soldier of the Senior Class," in 1781 ..
VIALL, NATHANIEL. Born in Rehoboth, April 11, 1762; served as a pri- vate on the Island of Rhode Island ; d. Jan. 25, 1852.
VIAL, SAMUEL, Lieut. Was a soldier of Capt. Samuel Bosworth's artil- lery Co .; appeared on the alarm at Bristol, April 1, 1716. He was first lieutenant of the row-galley Spitfite, in 1777, and was killed by an accidental explosion of gunpowder, on board that vessel, in the Kicke- muit River, April 2, 1777, in the forty-eighth year of his age.
VIALL, SYLVESTER. Was a soldier of Capt. Samuel Bosworth's Artillery Co .; appeared on the alarm at Bristol, April, 1776. Enlisted in Col. Smith's Reg. fifteen months, June 4, 1777; bounty, £12. Died May 2, 1816, aged 65 years.
WATSON, JOHN. Son of Matthew and Bethiah Watson, b. Oct. 5, 1746. Was a soldier of Capt. Thomas Allen's Co., and appeared on the alarm at Bristol, April 1, 1776. Was a boatman in Capt. Viall Allen's Co., in 17So. "Mil. Papers," R. I. Hist. Soc.
WATSON, MATTHEW. Son of Matthew and Bethiah Watson, b. April 4, 1741. Was a soldier of Capt. Thomas Allen's Co., and a " Gentleman Soldier" in 17SI. Died March 15, 1801.
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THE HESSIAN MUSKET.
At the time of the landing of a force of 500 British and Hessian troops, on Sunday, May 25, 1778, on the northern boundary of the town of Bristol, to invade and pil- lage Warren, Moses Tyler was conspicuous in his efforts to prevent them from crossing the river to invade Barrington.
The British had already blown up the powder maga- zine, burned the Baptist meet- ing-house, and the adjoining parsonage, and several other buildings in Warren. During this work of destruction and pillage, a few of the Hessian soldiers made their way to the north part of the town, but soon returned to join the main body. Two Hessian soldiers, more adventurous than the rest, secured a small boat and prepared to cross the river to the Barrington side to continue their work of destruction. Mr. Tyler, with musket ready, and with am- munition prepared by the hands of his wife and daugh- ter, hastened to the bank of the river just below his house, ready to dispute the passage of the two red-coats across. As they pushed off into the stream he hailed them, and warned them of their peril, and of the fate that awaited them. They replied to his warning with derisive oaths, and, nothing daunted, con- tinued their course. Waiting until they got within range, Mr. Tyler took aim and fired,
instantly killing one of the soldiers. The other, realizing that the samefate awaited him, hastily turned the boat about, and pulled for the Warren shore. Mr. Tyler, jumping into his own boat, pursued but could not overtake the fleeing Hessian, who, in his haste to escape, was only too glad to abandon his dead com- rade to his pursuer. When he reached the abandoned boat. Mr. Tyler took possession of the dead Hessian's musket and accoutrements, and with the assistance of a neighbor, gave him a decent burial and re- turned to his home.
During his lifetime, Mr. Tyler kept in his possession this musket as an interesting relic of his experience during the American Revolution. In his old age and shortly before his death, he gave it, together with the story of its capture, to the keeping of his then young grandson, Haile Bowen of Warren, who cherished it with affectionate regard dur- ing his long life. In his old age he likewise gave it into the care of his young grand- son, Sylvanus Haile Bowen, in whose affectionate care it will remain, to be, in time, again transmitted to the same jealous care of his descend- ants, an eloquent reminder of the long and unequal struggle of the American Colonies for their independence, and of the noble character of their hon- ored and honorable ancestor.
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This musket is a fine specimen of the old flint locks, in universal use in those days. On the lock-plate is stamped the English crown, and beneath it the initials G. R., of Georgius Rex, (George the King), while below the hammer is the word "EDGE," from Edgeworth, England, where the gun was made, and the date, 1760, the year it was made. On a brass plate on the butt appears his name engraved in quaint characters by his own hand, Mx TYLER, and on another plate the following, showing the trans- fer to his grandson, M. T, above the letters H. B.
Moses Tyler died in Barrington, Sept. 16, 1811, aged 77 years, and on his grave in the Tyler burying ground has been placed a marker of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, in reverent recognition of his services to his country in "the times that tried mens' souls."
WATSON, POMP, (colored.) Enlisted May, 1777, on account of Matthew and John Watson. He was a slave of the Watson family. Enlisted in Capt. Cole's Co., Col. Chris. Greene's Reg., First Bat., R. I. Troops, U. S. service, 177S. Served three years.
WATSON, PRINCE, (colored.) Capt. Cole's Co., Col. Chris. Greene's Reg., First Bat., R. I. Troops, U. S. service, 1778. Served during the war.
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THE ROLL OF HONOR.
BARRINGTON MEN, WHO SERVED IN THE WAR OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
Adams, Ebenezer,
Bishop, Comfort,
Adams, Edward.
Bishop, Sylvanus,
Adams, James,
Bosworth, Edward,
Adams, Joseph, Corporal,
Bosworth, Jonathan, Jr.,
Adams, Nudigate.
Bosworth, Samuel, Captain,
Adams, Samuel,
Bowen, Henry,
Adams, William,
Bowen, Josiah,
Allen, Asa,
Bowen, James, Sergeant,
Allen, Benjamin,
Brown, Ichabod,
Allen, Joseph, Captain,
Brown, James,
Allen, James,
Brown, James, Jr., Ensign,
Allen, Joseph Viall, Fifer,
Brown, Samuel,
Allen, Josiah, Corporal,
Brown, William,
Allen, Prince, Negro slave,
Brown, Prince, Negro slave,
Allen, Samuel, Major,
Bullock, Joseph,
Allen, Samuel, 2d.,
Bushee, James,
Allen, Viall, Captain,
Bushee, Jonathan,
Allen, Richard, free Negro,
Carey, Micah, Sergeant,
Allin, Matthew, Captain,
Allin, Thomas, Brig .- General,
Allin, Jack, Negro slave,
Andrews, James,
Andrews, Jonathan,
Andrews, William, Sergeant,
Anderson, Thomas,
Conant, Samuel,
Arnold, James,
Drown, Benjamin, Jr., Sergeant,
Arnold, Peleg,
Drown, Caleb,
Bannister, Cato, Negro slave,
Drown, Daniel,
Barnes, John, Sergeant,
Drown, Jonathan J .,
Barnes, Levi,
Drown, Simeon.
Freeman, Scipio, Negro slave,
Bean, Thomas S.,
Gladding, Joseph,
Beers, Spicer,
Gladding, Ebenezer,
Bicknell, Asa,
Goff, James,
Bicknell, James,
Grant, Abiel, Ensign,
Bickneil, Joshua, Jr.,
Bicknell, Pero, Negro slave,
Bicknell, Winchester.
Bishop, Ebenezer,
Grant, Benjamin,
Grant, Ebenezer,
Grant, Joseph,
Grant, Shubael,
Chase, Grindall,
Child, Haile,
Child, Hezekiah,
Child, William,
Clark, Nathaniel,
Cole, Ambrose S.,
Barnes, Samuel, Corporal,
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Grant, Thomas, Corporal, Handy, Samuel,
Harding, John, Captain,
Martin, Luther, Ensign,
Martin, Nathaniel, Colonel,
Martin, Nathaniel, Jr.,
Heath, Nathaniel, Lieutenant,
Heath, Peleg, Major,
Hewes, Spicer,
Hillman, George,
Horton, Benjamin,
Horton, Moses, Corporal,
Horton, Moses, Jr., Corporal,
Humphrey, Amos, .
Medbury, Daniel,
Medbury, John, Lieutenant,
Monroe, Squire,
Mumford, Paul, Hon., Judge and [Lieut .- Governor,
Ormsbee, Isaac,
Oxx, George,
Oxx, Samuel,
Paine, Nathaniel,
Peck, Amos,
Peck, Benjamin, Colonel,
Jones, William, Sergeant,
Kelley, Duncan,
Kelley, Esek,
Kelley, William, Corporal,
Kent, James,
Peck, Lewis,
Peck, Nathaniel, Major,
Peck, Nicholas,
Peck, Solomon, Captain,
Read, David, Captain,
Read, Samuel,
Kinnicutt, Edward,
Kinnicutt, Hezekiah,
La Dieu, (or Ladue) Curtis,
Low, Samuel, Fifer.
Luther, Daniel,
Luther, David,
Luther, Caleb,
Luther, Josiah,
Luther, Martin,
Luther, Nathaniel,
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Martin, Anthony,
Martin, Benjamin, Captain, Martin, Edward,
Martin, James. Ensign,
Martin, John, Captain,
Harding, Richard, Sergeant,
Harding, William,
Martin, Rufus,
Martin, Samuel,
Martin, Samuel, Captain,
Matthews, Daniel,
Mauran, Joseph C., Commander,
Maxfield, Daniel,
Medbury, Benjamin,
Humphrey, Elkanah.
Humphrey, James, Sergeant,
Humphrey, John, Captain,
Humphrey, Josiah, Major,
Humphrey, Josiah, Jr., Sergt., Humphrey, Nathaniel, Lieut., Humphrey, Nathaniel, Jr.,
Humphrey, Samuel, Corporal. Ingraham, Prince, Negro slave, Jones, Enoch, Sergeant,
Peck, David,
Peck, Ebenezer, Major,
Peck, James.
Peck, Joel,
Kent, John,
Kent, Joseph,
Kent, Joshua,
Kent, Samuel,
Kinnicutt, Daniel, Lieutenant.
Read, William, Corporal,
Reynolds, Thomas,
Sabin, Samuel,
Salisbury, George, Lieutenant, Sheldon, John, Short, James, Short, John, Jr., Captain,
Short, Samuel, Corporal, Smith, Nathaniel, Sergeant,
Smith, Pomp, Negro slave,
Smith, Simon, Ensign, Sochorose, Joseph, Stanley, Comfort,
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Thurber, John,
Viall, Allen,
Toogood, Samuel,
Viall, John, Captain,
Tiffany, Ebenezer,
Viall, Joseph, Sergeant,
Tiffany, Prince, Negro slave,
Viall, Josiah,
Titus, Simeon,
Viall, Nathaniel,
Townsend, Solomon, Jr., Qmr.,
Viall, Samuel, Lieutenant,
Treffern, (or Trafton,) Cromwell,
Viall, Sylvester,
Treffern, Philip, Captain,
Watson, John,
· Tripp, Consider,
Watson, Matthew,
Tyler, Moses, Lieutenant,
Watson, Pomp, Negro slave,
Tyler, William,
Watson, Prince, Negro slave.
Further studies of the Revolutionary period may add the names and services of other Barrington soldiers to the Roll of Honor.
THE REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOTS OF BARRINGTON, WHOSE GRAVES HAVE BEEN DECORATED WITH MARKERS OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
Abbreviations. B. H .- Burial Hill, north of Hundred Acre Cove. P. H .- Prince's Hill. T. P .- Tyler's Point, on New Meadow Neck. L. N .- Little Neck, at Wanna- moisett, near Riverside. A. Y .- Allin Yard, west of Annawomscutt Creek at Drown- ville. W. Y .- Watson Yard. B. R. I. A .- Barrington Rural Improvement Associa- tion. R. I. S. of A. R. - R. I. Society of Sons of the American Revolution.
BURIED
NAME.
BORN. DIED. AT.
MARKED BY.
I. Adams, Ebenezer. 1762
1782 P. H. B. R. I. A.
2. Adams, Nudigate.
1753 1798 P. H.
Joseph Adams.
3. Allen, Joseph V. 1762 1780 P. H.
R. I. S. of A. R.
4. Allin, Matthew 1744
1794 A. Y. Samuel M. Drown.
5. Allen, Samuel. 1739
1808 P. H.
B. R. I. A.
6. Allin, Thomas. 1742
1800 A. Y.
Capt. Samuel Allin.
7. Allen, Viall.
1744
1787
P. H. The Misses Allin.
8. Barnes, Samuel. 1756
1803 P. H.
9. Bean, Thomas S. 1758
1839 P. H.
10. Bicknell, Asa .. 1747
1799
P. H.
Frank J. Bicknall,
12. Bicknell, Winchester .. 1761
17S2 P. H.
Thomas W. Bicknell.
13. Bosworth, Edward. . . 1716
1800 P. H. B. R. I. A.
14. Bosworth, Samuel. .. 1744
1824 P. H. Leonard P. Bosworth.
15. Brown, William 1734
1817 P. H. Harriet A. Rea.
B. R. I. A.
Benson Bean.
II. Bicknell, Joshua. 1759
1837 P. H.
Edward J. Bicknall.
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BURIED
NAME.
BORN. DIED. AT. MARKED BY.
16. Drown, Benjamin .. . . 1747 IS:6 T. P. Henry F. Drown.
17. Drown, Daniel ..
1750 IS37 T. P. James B. Drown.
1760 IS42 T. P. Frank S. Drown.
19. Freeman, Scipio ISI6 A. Y.
1746
R. I. S. of A. R.
20. Grant, Joseph 1742
21. Harding, John . .
22. Harding Richard 1731
23. Heath, Nathaniel 1745 IS29 P. H. Mrs. Wm. Carter.
24. Heath, Peleg . 1747 1,86 P. H. W'm. C. Heath.
25. Humphrey, John 1757 ISI6 L. N. John B. Humphrey.
26. Humphrey, Josiah 1752
IS29 P. H. B. R. I. A.
27. Jones, William 1755
IS29 L. N.
Wm. J. & Miss S.E. Peck.
28. Kent, Joshua. 1746
ISO6 T. P.
B. R. I. A.
29. Martin, Benjamin 1755
IS36
T. P. Wm. R. Martin.
30. Martin, James ISO7 T. P. The Misses Martin.
31. Martin, John
1718
T. P.
B. R. I. A.
32. Martin, Luther 1752 1799
33. Martin, Nathaniel 1723
ISO6
T. P.
Mrs. T. C. Heath.
1,95 T. P.
T. P.
Miss Annie Driscol.
36. Medbury, John
1754
1825 1778
A. Y. Daniel Medbury & others.
1316 P. H. B. R. I. A.
38. Peck, Amos. 1749
39. Peck, Ebenezer. 1762 40. Peck, Joel . 1759
41. Peck, Solomon 173S IS14 P. H.
42. Read, David ,
1754
43. Salisbury, George 1736
44. Short, John. 1757
45. Short, Samuel 1755
46. Smith, Nathaniel 1747
IS23
P. H.
Irving M. & H. M. Smith.
P. H. Samuel W. Smith.
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Bowen.
48. Stanley, Comfort. 1751
49. Tiffany, Ebenezer . . . . 1753
1826
P. H. Ebenezer Tiffany, Jr.
Mrs. R. D. Horton; and Mrs. H. B. Smith.
51 Tripp, Consider
P. H.
B. R. I. A.
52. Tyler, Moses
1734
ISII T. P.
Chauncey Tyler Driscol.
53. Viall, Allen 1756
1815 A. Y. B. R. I. A.
54. Viall, John 1759
1833 L. N. Miss Anna Viall.
55. Viall, Nathaniel 1762
1852 L. N. B. R. I. A.
56. Viall, Samuel 1730
1777 A. Y.
R. I. S. of A. R.
57. Viall, Sylvester 1751
1816 L. N. B. R. I. A.
58. Watson, Matthew 1741
1801 W.Y. Elmer K. Watson.
B. R. I. A.
IS33 P. H.
Mrs.L.Staples and others.
Mrs. J. L. Seymour.
1795 T. P. Mrs. John C. Hall.
1818 P. H. Mrs. Jared C. Dodge.
IS22 T. P.
Mrs. George L. Smith.
IS ;6 T. P.
B. R. I. A.
47. Smith, Simon 1748
1780 ISI8 T. P.
B. R. I. A.
35. Martin, Samuel
IS26
A. Y. Jesse Medbury,
37. Medbury, Benjamin .. 1759
1816 P. H.
N. Y. Walter A. Martin.
34. Martin, Rufus. 1755 1757
1751
B. R. I. A.
ISI5 B. H. L. N. John B. Humphrey.
I,86 L. N. John B. Humphrey.
18. Drown, Jonathan J. ..
50. Townsend, Solomon, Jr 1748 1818 P. H.
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CHAPTER XXV
DOMESTIC SLAVERY AND SLAVES
Domestic Slaves - Their Character and Treatment - Number of Slaves -Individual Slaves- Value of Slaves - Emancipation by Military Service - Made Universal in 1784 - Names of Some Family Slaves - Apprenticeship.
T HE institution of slavery has never flourished in Rhode Island. The soil was not congenial to its growth. The spirit of independence, of freedom of thought, and of religious toleration was, in its nature, hostile to human bondage. The people brought with them to America the hereditary taint of feudalism, but our free air and unre- stricted liberty of movement were an offset to all such inherited tendencies. Still further, the settlers of New England belonged to the middle classes, which had never been benefited at home from vassalage. Rhode Island slaves were of the social and servant class and were not chattels in the true intent. These slaves were part and par- cel of the home life and bore the family names of their owners. Sales were unusual except on the division of estates, and then the slave was usually retained in the neigh- borhood. Scipio Richmond, Cuff Adams, Jack Bosworth, Pomp Bicknell, Pomp and Jenny Smith, Cambridge Watson, Scipio Tiffany, Pero Allen, Prince Allen, Cæsar Smith and others bore the names of the families where they were born and in whose homes they lived and were faithful servants. The affection between masters and mistresses and the col- ored house or farm servants was strong, and made a perma- nent relationship of reciprocal regard and personal interest not only possible but common. Their untutored minds, their free, social dispositions, their willing and obedient spirits, made them the objects of familiar approach and of easy control. The children of the white family learned to
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love the black faces that shone upon their cradles and cared for them in early youth. Some of the pleasantest memories of childhood are connected with the first generation of free blacks from the family slaves of Barrington, and some of the most worthy of the colored people of Rhode Island and else- where bear the names of Barrington families, as descendants of Barrington slaves.
From the introduction of the first slaves into Rhode Island in 1696, from the African coast, until 1774, slaves occupied the place of the house servant and farm hand and never numbered over 4,000 in the state. The census of 1774 returned 1,479 Indians and 3,668 blacks. While some of the Indians were slaves, many of the blacks were free, so that the number of slaves, Indians and blacks, was not prob- ably greater than the total black population. As the popu- lation of the colony by the same census was 59,707 the ratio of whites to blacks was as I black to 16.6 whites. As some white families owned from two to six slaves, it is not prob- able that more than one fourth of the families of the state owned slaves. Of the 91 families in Barrington by the cen- sus of 1774, 22 of them returned Indian or black servants. Of the 168 families in Warren, only 26 returned slaves. Of the 197 families in Bristol, 49 families returned 140 servants or slaves. The number of Indians and blacks in Barrington in 1774 was 59, as will be seen by reference to the Barring- ton census of 1774.
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