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Price, ^i.oo. AN HISTORICAL ADDRESS delivered at Groton, Massa- chusetts, February 20, 1880, at the dedication of three monuments erected by the Town. Octavo, paper covers, 56 pages. Groton : 18S0. Price, 50 cents. r R !•: SCO T T M C) N U M I". N 1'. (Jroion, Massachusetts. See fiage 228. \ ^ GROTON DURING THE REVOLUTION Wiitfi an ^pptnXiir: ^^ / SAMUEL ABBOTT GREEN 'Tis but a part we see, and not a whole. Pope's Essay on Man GROTON, MASS. 1900 it. SantiJtrsitg Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A. TO E\)t fHcmorg OF THE GROTON MINUTE-MEN, WHO RALLIED ON THE COMMON AND MARCHED TO THE SCENES OF CONFLICT, ON THE MEMORABLE NINETEENTH OF APRIL, THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Prescott Monument Frontispiece Seal of the Town of Groton Page 109 '"' First Parish Meeting-House „ 116 V Stamp and Counter-Stamp, 1765 „ 188 Groton during the Revolution IN this collection of papers I purpose to print the military rolls of Groton companies that served at different times during the Revolution, together with such other facts and documents as relate to the subject. These various rolls, etc., for the most part are preserved among the Revolutionary papers of the Massachusetts Archives at the State House. In the volumes of " Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War," now in course of publication by the Commonwealth, the names of the men and officers from the whole State are given, but they are arranged alphabeti- cally and not by towns. A reference to that work will furnish much additional information, as after the various names there is found a short account of each one's service. Some of the papers and documents, here printed, are taken from news- papers and other publications, not easily accessible to the gen- eral reader, but in every case it is stated where the original may be seen. Many of them have appeared in the " Groton Historical Series." Nineteenth of April To the people of Massachusetts the Nineteenth of April is fraught with great events and full of stirring associa- tions. On that day in 1689, Sir Edmund Andros, Governor of New England, representing here the power of Great Britain, was consigned by an enraged people as a prisoner 2 Groton during the Revolution to the Castle in Boston Harbor. On that day in 1775, British troops fired on the yeomanry of Massachusetts, and the first blood in the War for Independence was then shed. On that day in i86r, a Middlesex County regiment, rushing to the defence of the National Capital, was attacked by an armed mob in the streets of Baltimore, where four soldiers were killed, and more than thirty wounded. These several dates in different centuries are separated by an interval of just eighty-six years, which seems to represent the historic cycle of Middlesex County and of Massachusetts. Mimite-men In the pursuit of game and other wild animals the early settlers of Massachusetts became familiar with the use of powder, ball, and musket, and even the boys were skilled marksmen. As early as the spring of 1645 the General Court ordered that all youths between the ages of ten and sixteen years should be instructed by competent soldiers in the exercise of arms, such as small guns, half pikes, and bows and arrows, provided their parents were willing. The fre- quent attacks of the Indians kept the men schooled in the arts of war, and the trials of one campaign fitted them for the duties of the next. Many of the officers who served during the Revolution received the rudiments of their mili- tary education in the French and Indian War; and the ex- perience there gained stood them in good stead. The rank and file were made up of brave men, though undisciplined, who from their sires had inherited a love of liberty. For a period of years the leaders had been preparing, consciously or unconsciously, for a struggle which was soon to begin. Great events were hastening public opinion toward the final step. The leaders of the American Revolution showed much wisdom in the strict attention paid to the preparatory details of their work ; and every move on the board was made with Minute-men 3 reference to something that was to follow. The final success of the military struggle was due as much to their foresight and sagacity in this respect as to the deep feeling of the people. The alarm at Lexington on the memorable Nine- teenth of April aroused almost simultaneously the whole country for miles around, so carefully had the region in the neighborhood been allotted to special messengers, whose duty was arranged beforehand for such a purpose. On the side of the patriots the skirmishes of that day were fought by companies made up largely of minute-men, organized on recommendation of the First Provincial Congress of Massa- chusetts, in a Resolve passed at Cambridge on October 26, 1774. At that time it was recommended to the field officers of the various militia regiments that they should enlist at least one-quarter of their respective commands, and form them into companies to be held in readiness, at the shortest notice from the Committee of Safety, to march to the place of rendezvous. Such soldiers soon became known as " Min- ute-men " ; and at the first signal of hostilities they were on hand, armed and equipped, ready for any emergency that they might be called upon to meet. At this critical period in many ways they proved to be of great help to the popular cause. The existence of such a body of drilled men seems to have been prompted by the practice of nearly twenty years before, during the French and Indian War, when there were bands of men, known as " Alarm lists," who were to be ready for military service at a minute's warning. And in their turn these Alarm lists followed the precedent set by the Suffolk and Middlesex regiments, which at the beginning of Philip's War were ordered by the General Court to " be ready to march on a moment's warning." Even before this time, as early as August 12, 1645, in anticipation of trouble with the Indians it was ordered that thirty men out of every hun- dred in the militia should be ready " at halfe an bowers warning" for any service that they might be called upon to perform by their commanding officers. 4 Groton during the Revolution These various instances all contain the germ of the system. Thus it is seen that, for a period of a hundred and thirty years before the Revolution, the minute-man was a prime factor in both the Colonial and Provincial militia. The Advance of the British Troops The news of the advance of the British troops on Lexing- ton and Concord reached the village of Groton early in the morning of the Nineteenth, when word was sent at once to all parts of the town calling on the minute-men to rally on the Common in front of the Meeting-house. The alarm, probably, was a continuation of the one sent from Charles- town just before midnight, and reached Groton soon after sunrise. There is some reason to think that this intelligence was expected at that particular time, and that messengers were ready to carry it to the out-lying homes of the farmers. On April 17 it was voted by the Committees of Safety and of Supplies that the four six-pounders should be transported from Concord to Groton, and put under the care of Colonel Oliver Prescott ; and on the next day it was also voted that certain ammunition, as well as a large number of tents, and two medicine chests, should be sent there for safe-keeping. As open hostilities began so soon afterward, there was prob- ably no time to make the removal. The community was much agitated, and men were thoroughly aroused. The air was full of rumors, and nobody knew their source. They seemed to come by "grape-vine telegraph," — as the expres- sion was in the Union army during the War of the Rebellion. Upon the recommendation of the Provincial Congress, two companies of minute-men had been enlisted in Groton. According to a printed sermon preached before them, on February 21, 1775, by the Reverend Samuel Webster, of Temple, New Hampshire, their officers at that time had been already chosen, and while there had been " heats" — as the minister expressed it — in other towns over the choice of The Advance of the British Troops 5 officers, there had been none at Groton. Unfortunately, at a later period " heats," or contentions, did break out in one of these companies, as appears from an entry in Amos Farns- worth's diary, on April 26, 1775. These two companies of minute-men had been expecting the call, and, true to their designation, were ready to march at short notice. On that eventful Nineteenth both com- panies — one of them under the command of Captain Henry Farwell, and the other under that of Captain Asa Lawrence — rallied on the Common. It is probable that by the middle of the forenoon they started for the scene of action. One of these companies bivouacked that night in Lexington, and it is very likely that the other did also. The intense excite- ment of a forced march, due not only to what they saw on the way, but to what they heard, speeded their steps, and there was no lagging on the road. They left their homes as British subjects, but came back as independent citizens, who never again knew the authority of a king. According to tradition there were a few adventurous men who, after hearing the news of an English incursion, but before their knowledge of actual bloodshed, pushed on to Concord, independently of the military companies, and took part in the engagement at the North Bridge, and perhaps with the minute-men followed up the British grenadiers on their retreat. In confirmation of this tradition, see the " New Chapter in the History of the Concord Fight," which is printed later in this volume, and gives much circumstantial evidence on the subject. The events of the Nineteenth brought political matters to a head. The hasty assemblage of military companies, which then rushed to the neighborhood of Boston, by no means formed an effective army. While the men and officers had the true martial spirit, they were undisciplined as well as inexperienced. The Reverend George E. Ellis, D.D., in his " History of the Battle of Bunker's Hill," has well described the men who volunteered during this emergency. 6 Groton during the Revolution The yeomen of town and village had not come together at the summons of a commander-in-chief through adjutant, herald or advertisement. They came unbidden, at an alarm from the bell on their meeting-house, or from a post-rider, or from the telegrams transmitted by tongue and ear. And they came for what they were and as they were, with their light summer clothing, in shirt and frock and apron ; with what was left from their last meals in their pantries packed with a few " notions " in sack or pillow-case, and with the ducking-guns, fowling-pieces, or shaky muskets used in old times against the vermin and game in the woods and the In- dian skulking in the thicket. And for the most part they were as free to go away as they had been to come. They were enlisted after a fashion, some prime conditions of which were their own convenience or pleasure (page 6 of the octavo edition). The need of a thorough re-organization of these various bodies was felt both by the Committee of Safety and by the Provincial Congress ; and steps were taken at once by the authorities to consolidate the detached companies and skele- ton commands, and to bring order out of chaos. According to the Muster-roll of Captain Henry Farwell's company, printed on page 13, re-enlistments began in his command on April 25 ; and presumably also in the other companies. At this time a consolidation was made of Farwell's com- pany with Captain James Hosley's company of minute-men from Townsend, an adjoining town. Probably a similar con- solidation took place with other companies of like character as to neighborhood of homes, mutual acquaintance, etc. The minute-man had enlisted for a short and indefinite term of service, and, when the emergency was over, his part of the contract was fulfilled. The men whose names appear on the Muster-roll as having served only six days were those, presumably, who re-enlisted in Farwell's company, or in some of the other companies, and remained in the field near Boston. It is known that a few of them joined either Cap- tain Asa Lawrence's company or Captain Joseph Moors's, which were enlisted for a period of eight months, or until The Advance of the British Troops 7 the end of the year 1775. The men who are accredited on Farwell's roll of minute-men with seventy miles' travel are those, doubtless, who returned home soon after the reorganization. After the consolidation of Farwell's company with Hosley's, the roll includes the names of a few men from other towns besides Groton and Townsend. Timothy Stone enlisted from Ashby; Peletiah Russell, from the Coos Country in New Hampshire, and later was a resident of Groton ; Jonathan Sawtell, a native of Groton, from Rindge, New Hampshire ; and Jeremiah Wier, from Limerick, the old name of Stoddard, New Hampshire. Among the men who marched in Captain Farwell's com- pany was Amos Farnsworth, who kept a diary from the time he left Groton until the end of October, when he was taken sick and went home. Mr. Farnsworth was a good type of the Middlesex yeomanry, and both by kinship and social intercourse was connected with some of the best fami- lies in the neighborhood. He was a fair representative of the average soldier of the period, being more of a patriot than a scholar; and during the times that tried men's souls this quality was of greater importance than a knowledge either of spelling or writing. The diary contains many little entries which throw much side-light on certain events. It is the only contemporary record which tells where the company bivouacked at the end of the first day's march, a fact of some interest to the descendants of the soldiers. According to the diary, a Townsend member of Captain Far- well's company was wounded in a skirmish with the enemy near Chelsea, on May 27; and two days later there was a funeral in the same company, presumably that of the wounded man, but no name in connection therewith is mentioned. In the Return of Farwell's company, printed on page 16, it is said that William Smith, of Townsend, enlisted on April 19, and that he " Dyed at Cambridge May 29." In the roll, printed on page 15, he is accredited with only forty-one 8 Groton during the Revolution days' service, while most of the other men are accredited with ninety-eight days' service. According to their roll his pay stopped on May 29, which was the day of his death, ac- cording to the other roll. See Richard Frothingham's" Siege of Boston " (page 109), for an account of the skirmish, which agrees very closely with that given by Mr, Farnsworth ; and see also Miss Sarah L. Bailey's " Historical Sketches of Andover " (page 311). Without doubt William Smith was the first soldier from Townsend, killed by the enemy in the Revolution, and as the earliest victim to British bullets he deserves some special recognition on the part of that town, even at this late day. John Burge, also of Townsend, and of the same company, died at Cambridge, presumably from disease, on June 3. See the Return of Farwell's company, on page 16. Another interesting fact in connection with military usages crops out in the diary. Under date of Monday, June 7, the writer makes an entry, as follows: — "On monday my Brother [Benjamin] Came and took my Plase And on tusday about noon I Sot out on my jurney for home And Arived about ten at night." Again, under date of June 14, he says: — " on Wednesday I Took Leve of Frinds And Rode to Cam- bridge And my Brother Came home." These two entries seem to show that a man in the army, during the early days of the Revolution at least, could have a temporary substitute when absent ; and the Muster-roll of the company furthermore shows that it could be done with- out loss of pay. In those times military discipline was at a low ebb. Captain Henry Farwell Henry Farwell, the youngest child of William and Eliza- beth Farwell, of Groton, was born on July 21, 1724. He had been a soldier during the French and Indian War. He also commanded a company at the Battle of Bunker Hill, where he was severely wounded. A musket ball passed through his Captain Henry Farwell 9 body and lodged near the spine, whence it was taken out soon after the fight. Captain Farwell lived near the head of Farmers' Row, one or two hundred feet south of the little brook which runs toward Hazel Grove and forms the source of 'Tuity Brook. An old well near the site of the house is the only trace of the habitation now left. At this homestead he died on Jan- uary 9, 1804. Captain Farwell was married, first, on December 6, I749> to Lydia, eldest child of Samuel and Lydia (Farnsworth) Tar- bell ; and, secondly, on June 3, 1761, to Sarah Taylor, of Westford, who died, according to her tombstone, on Septem- ber 15, 1799, aged 66 years. By the first marriage there were three children, and by the second, four children. An entry in the Groton church records, under date of October 12, 1800, probably relates to him also, which would make a third marriage. It is as follows : — " Capt. Henry Farwell to Hannah VVorsterboth of Groton." No papers are to be found in the Middlesex Probate Office at East Cambridge, which throw light on the name of his widow, if he left one. An anecdote told on page 61 of "The Jubilee of Lawrence Academy," refers to him, and not to Jonathan Farwell, as there given. Captain FarwclVs Bullet The following query was asked in the " Notes and Queries" department of the " Boston Evening Transcript," May 25, 1895, ^n Colbourn d" d? Josh^ Davis d? d? W? Farwell d? d? Oliver Farnsworth d? d!' John Fife d'.' d^' Oliver Farnsworth j' d° d.' Amos Farnsworth d? d'.' Aaron Farnsworth d:' d? Sam! Heminway d" d" Phineas Hemenway d:' d? Obadiah Jenkins d? d° Jon^ Jenkins d? d? David Jenkins d° d? Obadiah Jenkins j'. d.° di- miles 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 6 days 70 II 1 1 1 1 8 ID 6 6 6 4 6 6 10 10 16 6 18 1 1 18 5 18 14 18 6 20 10 6 6 6 6 19 I 2 Groton during the Revolution Mens Names The time when march'd from home N?of miles coming & going those y\ return'd No of days in the Service Sam! Kemp Eph'" Kemp Wiir^ Kemp Ebenf Kemp John Laughton Jon'? Lawrence Sam! Lawrence Jon'! Lawrence ]'. Tim° Moors Joseph Page Benj? Page Thomas Parks John Parker VV=i Phelps Eph'" Russell Sam! Rockwood Eph"' Robbins Sam! Sartell Amos Stone W" Shed Jon=? Sartell Jonas Taylor Abner Whetcomb Ephraim Ward Pri^^ d? d° d° d" d° d° d" d;^ d? d" d° d^ d° d:- d° d? d!" d" d° d" d:' d" d? Ap' 19 d? d? d° d? d? d? d° d? d? d:' d:^ d? d" d° d? d° d? d" d!' d" d? d!' d° miles 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 10 days 14 14 6 10 15 5 18 6 6 13 6 6 6 6 14 6 14 10 14 6 2 10 Henry Farwell Cap' Middlesex ss. Decf 22:' 1775. Henry Farwell made solemn Oath that the above roll by him sub- scrib'd is just and true in all its parts Before me Moses Gill. /us. Peace thro yf. Colony Examin'd & compar'd with the Org' E. Starkweather Com' Captain Henry Farwell 13 In Council March 21"" 1776 Read & allowed & ordered that a warrant on the Treasury for ;^5i : 9/ 2X in fuH of this Roll Perez Morton D Secy A true copy G. Tailer [Indorsed] Copy Groton Cap' Henry Farwell Muster-roll ;,f5i » 9, (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XII. 62) 2X A muster Roll of the Company wider the Comand of Captain Henery Farwell in Colenol Will Presotts Reg"' to the first of August 1775 Towns whence Time of travel time of Mens Names thay Came Rank Inlistment servis miles Days Henry Farwell Groton Captain April 25"^ 35 98 Levi Whitney Townshend I Leivt April 25 44 98 Benja Ball Tovvnshend 2 Leut Apriel 25 44 98 Josiah Stevens Groton Sergent Apriel 25 35 98 Nathanill Sartwell Groton Sergent Apriel 25 35 98 Phinas Hubburd Groton Sergent Apriel 25 35 98 Ephraim Brown Townshend Sergent April 25 44 98 Samuel Lawrence Groton Corprol April 25 35 98 Amos Farnsworth Groton Corprol April 25 35 98 Epharim Worran Townshend Corprol April 25 44 98 Joseph Page Groton Corprol April 25 35 98 Timothy Stone Ashby Drumer July 19 50 13 Joel Jenkens Groton fifer April 25 35 98 Ephraim Adams Townshend Privat July 19 44 13 Benjamin Brooks Townshend D° Aprile 25 44 98 Isaac Boyanton Townshand D" Aprile 25 44 98 Eleaszer Butterfield Townshand D° Aprile 25 44 98 Jonas Brooks Grotton D° Aprile 25 35 98 John Clarke Townshand D° Aprile 25 44 98 Moses Chase Groton D° May 6 35 87 William Dirumphel Groton D° Aprile 25 35 98 14 Groton during the Revolution Mens names Towns whence thay Came Rank Time of Inlistment travel time of servis miles Days James Davise Groton Privat Aprile 25 35 98 Josiah Davise Townshanc D° Aprile 25 44 98 Henry Dunster Townshano D° Aprile 25 44 98 Joel Davise Townshanc D° July 19 44 13 John Emary Townshanc D° Aprile 25 44 98 Jonas Farmer Townshanc D° Aprile 25 44 98 Joseph Frost Groton D° May 6 35 86 Noah Farrah Townshanc D° Aprile 25 44 98 Abel Foster Townshand D° Aprile 25 44 98 Daniel Foster Groton D° Aprile 25 35 98 [Mori]ah Gould Townshand D° Aprile 25 44 98 Oliver Hilclrick Townshand D° Aprile 25 44 98 Abijah Hildrick Townshand D° Aprile 25 44 98 [Ojbadiah Jinkins Groton D° Aprile 25 35 98 David Jinkins Groton D° Aprile 25 35 98 Zakeous Farwell Groton D" Aprile 25 35 98 Ebenezar Kemp Groton D° Aprile 25 35 98 Isaac Kidder Townshand D" Aprile 25 44 98 John Manning Townshand D^ Aprile 25 44 98 Henry M'^Neel Groton D^ May 15 35 78 Timothy Moors Groton D° Aprile 25 35 98 [Jon]athan Patt Townshand D° Aprile 25 44 98 [Josiah] Richardson Townshand D° Aprile 25 44 98 Peltiah Russell Coas D° May 6 180 87 Joseph Rumral Townshand D" Aprile 25 44 98 P^phriam Russell Groton D° Aprile 25 35 98 Ephriam Robbins Groton D'^ Aprile 25 35 98 Abel Richardson Townshand D° Aprile 25 44 98 Andrew Richardson rownshand D° Aprile 25 44 98 [IJsreal Richardson fownshand D° July 19 44 13 [J]onathan Seartle Ringe D" Aprile 25 60 98 Daniel Spaulding Townshand D" Aprile 25 44 98 Daniel Shervvin Fownshand D" Aprile 25 44 98 Joseph Willson Townshand D° Aprile 25 44 98 Captain Henry Farwell i 5 Mens names Towns whence thay Came Rank Time of Inlistment travel time of servis miles Days [Fr]ances White Groton Privat May 6 35 87 [Jerem]iah Wier Limbrick D° Aprile 25 96 98 [Ur]ial Whitney Groton D° Aprile 25 44 98 [J]osiah Warrin Groton D° May 2 35 91 Tho- Wynian Townshand D° Aprile 25 44 98 Oliver Warrin Townshand D° Aprile 25 44 98 Will=i Smith Townshand D° Aprile 25 44 41 John Burge Townshand D° Aprile 25 44 46 Sam'-' Weston Townshand D° Aprile 25 44 98 Jonathan Jinkins Groton D° Aprile 25 35 60 Asa White Groton D" May 6 35 53 In Council Feb^ 9'.'' 1776 Read & allowed & ord'' that a Warr' be drawn on y^ Treasf for 327- 3- 5 in full of this roll Perez Morton D Seer [Indorsed] Cap' Henry Farwells Roll in Col"^ Prescotts Reg' £2,2'] : 3 15 for 1775 (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XIV. 96) A Return of Capten Hetiry Farwells Compatty being the first Com- pany in the 1 o'^' Regitnent ifi the CoJttinental Army Commanded by Colonel JV'" Prescott of all those Deceast Since its Establish- ment &' those on Command to Quebeck dr* each Mans Place of Resi- dence when Enlisted dv when deserted or Discharged \_October, 1775.] Colonel W™ Prescott Place of Residence Pepperill Engagd April 19"' Leut Coll John Robinson D'^ Major Henry Woods U'' Adjutant W™ green Residence Surgeon John hart D" Surg" Mate Abraham Parley Qf Master Zac^ Longley D° westford Engagd April 19'h Pepperill Engagd April 19'^ Pepperil Engag'' Ap' 19 Georgetown Engagd April y 23 gloster Engagd Aug' y"-' 4"' Groton Engagd AjmH 19 1 6 Groton during the Revolution Sergt Josiah Stevens Residence groton Engti April 19"' Sergt Nath Sartell Residence groton April 19"' Sergt Phin^ Hobbart Residence groton April I9"> Sergt Eph"> Brown Residence townshend Ap' 19"' Corp' Sam" Lawrence Residence groton April 19 Corp' Amos farnsworth Residence groton April 19 Corp' Eph'" Warren Residence townshend Do 19 Corp' Jos'' Page Residence groton Do r9th tim° Stone Resid"«='= Ashby July 19"' Joel Jinkings groton April 19 Mens Names on Command Dead deserted or discharged When Enlisted Cap' Henry Farwell Groton April 19 Present I Lieut Levi Whitney Townshend D° 19 D° 2 Lieu' Ben» Ball Townshend Do 19 Do Eph'i; Adams Townshend July I 9 Sick absent Benja Brooks Townshend April 19 Present Isaace Boynton Townshend Do 19 D° Eleazer Buterfield Townshend Do 19 Do Jonas Brooks Grotton Do 19 D° John Clark Townshend Do 19 Do Moses Chase Groton May 6 Do W™ Derumple Grotton April 19 Do James Uavis Groton Do 19 Do Josiah Davis Townshend DO 19 Do Henry Dunster Mason Do 19 Do Joel Davis Townshend July 19 Do John Emery Townshend April »9 D° Zacheu": Farwell Groton D" 19 Do Jonas Farmer Townshend D" 19 Do Joseph Frost Groton May 6 Do Noah Farrar Townshend April 19 D" Abel Foster Townshend Do 19 1)° Dan'J Foster Groton Do 19 Do Moriah Goold Groton Do 19 Do Oliver Hildreth Westford Do 19 Do Uriel Whitney Groton Do 19 Do Josiah Warren Groton Do »9 D" W!i> Smith Townshend Dyed at Cambridge May 29 I)o 19 Dead John Burge Townshend Died at Cambridge June 3'.' Do •9 Captain Henry Farwell 17 Mens Names on Command Dead When Enlisted deserted or discharged Groton Died at Jon? Jenkins Charleston June 17 April 19 Abijah Hildreth Townshend Apriel 19 Sick absent Obediah Jenkins Groton Do 19 Present David Jenkins Groton Do 19 Sick at the hospital Eben"' keemp Groton D° 19 Present Isaace Kidder Townshend D° 19 Do John Manning Townshend Do 19 D° Henry "^-'^^Neal Groton Do 19 Do Timo moors Groton Do 19 Do Jon^ Patts Townshend Do 19 DO Josiah Richardson Townshend D° 19 D° Peltiah Russell Groton May 6 Do in the artificers Joseph Rumrill Townshend April 19 Present Eph!i} Russell Groton D° 19 Do Eph™ Robins Groton Do 19 Do Abel Richardson Townshend Do 19 Do Andre^^ Richardson Townshend Do 19 Do Israel Richardson Townshend July 19 D° Jon? Sartell Groton Apriel 19 Do Dan!l Spaulding Townshend Do 19 Sick at home Danl! Shervvin Townshend Do 19 Present SamL' Wesson Townshend D° 19 Wounded Present Joseph Willson Townshend DO 19 Present Francis White Groton May 6 DO Jarem!^ Wyer Chelmsford April 19 D° Oliver Warren Townshend D° 19 Dyed at Cambridge Aug. II Thomas Wyman Townshend Do 19 Discharged August 11 Asa White Groton Inlisted Discharged June 27 May y« 6 Aron Bigelow Listed in the train may 27 April 19 Dudley Keemp Do 19 Listed in the train June 3 Henry Farwell Capt [Indorsed] Cap' Farwell (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, LVI. 60) I 8 Groton during the Revolution Captain Asa Lawrence Asa Lawrence, the youngest son of Peleg and Ruth (Brooks) Lawrence, of Groton, was born on June 14, 1737. He was married, on July 27, 1757, to Abigail King, of Little- ton ; and they had ten children. He died at Groton, on January 16, 1804 ; and his widow, at Claremont, New Hamp- shire, on June 12, 1829, aged ninety-three years. After the death of her husband she made her home in the family of her youngest daughter, Mrs. Abigail Dimond, who lived in that town. During the latter part of his life. Captain Lawrence dwelt in the north part of the town where he ended his days ; but at the breaking out of the Revolution he was living on what is now known as the Lowell Road, about a mile from the First Parish Meeting-house. Like Captain Farwell he com- manded a company of Groton Minute-men on April 19 ; and it is somewhat singular that these two Revolutionary veterans should have lived for a generation after the dangers of a military campaign, and then have died within a week of each other. A Muster roll of the several Persotis that march' d fr07n Groton to Head Quarters at Cambridge on /. i()".' April 1775. on y. Alarm ^'c. as a Company of fninute-men under the Command of Cap'. Asa Lawrence Mens Names Ezekiel Fletcher Josiah Hobart W"' Derumple Arthur Dennes Ephr'" Nash Travel Rank out & home Days miles 2'.' L- 70 I I Serj' 70 16 d:' 70 15 d".' 70 12 Corp' 70 16 Captain Asa Lawrence 19 Travel Mens Names Rank out & home Days miles Sam! Boyden Corp! 70 12 Ws Nutting d? 70 21 James Wood Priv? 70 14 Phineas Parker d? 70 9 John Graves d? 70 15 Benj? Patch d? 70 15 Jon? Peirce d° 70 10 Jon? Nutting d? 70 15 David Wood d? 70 8 Amasa Gilson d!' 70 14 Amos Wood d:- 70 14 John Thompson d? 70 10 DanI Gilson d? 70 12 Dani Wood d° 70 9 Isaac Nutting d" 70 14 John Procter d? 70 6 Benj? Parker D" 70 6 Benj'- Prescott D? 70 21 A Muster roll of the several Persons that march' d to Head Quarters at Cambridge on y". 19'f' April 1775. oti f. Alarm ^2^•<^. &' inlisted wider Cap'. Asa Lawrence into the Continental Army Mens Names Asa Lawrence Oliver Parker John Williams Oliver Patch Asa Porter Joel Porter Rank Days Cap! 6 I^' U 1 1 Serj' 6 Corp' 6 Priv? 6 d!' 6 20 Groton during the Revolution Mens Names Rank Days Ezek! Nutting Priv!" 6 Abr? Blood d° 6 Jacob Williams d" 6 Lem! Blood d° 6 Eleazer Flagg d'.' 6 Rob! Parker d" 6 Elisha Hoit d? 6 Leml Parker d° 6 Sol° Gilson d" 6 Jon? Calbourn d: 6 Benji" Blood d" 6 Eleaz' Green j' d" 6 John Ames j' d:' 6 Jon? Wood d" 6 Jon? Capron d" 6 W- Derumple d" 6 David Prescott d" 6 Oliver Parker i'.' L' Middlesex ss. Watertown Mar: 14'!' 1776 The Cap! Asa Lawrence being sick, Oliver Parker y!^ i'** L* made solemn Oath that this roll by him subscrib'd is true in all its parts according to the best of his Knowledge \^Signature faded out.'] In Council Feb?' 9"' 1776 Read & allow'd & ordered that a Warr! be drawn on the Treas' for 41.6.3^ in full of this Roll Perez Morton D Seer Examined & Compared with the Original & it agreed therewith JosiAH Johnson) ^ ... J J 'y Committee Jonas Dix ) [Indorsed] Groton Copy Cap'. Asa Lawrence's Muster-roll (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XII. 174) Captain Asa Lawrence 2 I A MUSTER-ROLL of the Company under the Command of Cap- tain Asa Lawrence in Colonel W- Prescotts Regiment, to the first of August, 1775. Towns whence Time of Time of Men's Names. they came. Rank. Inhstment. Travell. Service. Asa Lawrence Groton Captain April 25 35 Day 98 Joseph Spaulding Pepperrell I Lieu'" April 30 40 49 John Williams Groton 2 Lieu'" April 25 35 98 Thomas Spaulding Peperrell Sergant April 28 40 95 Obadiah Wetherrell Georgetown Sergant April 25 170 98 Samuel Gilson Pepperrell Sergant April 25 40 98 Oliver Patch Groton Sergant April 25 35 98 Lemuel Parker Groton Corporal April 25 35 98 Joseph Shed Pepperrell Corporal April 25 40 98 Jonathan Stevens Pepperrell Corporal April 25 40 98 Samuel Farley Pepperrell Corporal April 25 40 98 Levi Parker Winslowtown Drummer April 25 200 98 Lemuel Parker Jr Groton fifer June 10 35 51 Elisha Hoit Groton Private April 25 35 98 John Ames Groton D? April 25 35 98 Benjamin Blood Groton Do April 25 35 98 Jonathan Boyden Pepperrell D° April 25 40 98 James Bowers Pepperrell D° April 25 40 98 Lemuel Blood Groton D-^ April 25 35 98 Jonathan Capron Groton D? April 25 35 98 Jonathan Colburn Groton D" April 25 35 98 Nathan Cory Groton D? April 25 40 98 Josiah Lakin Groton D" April 25 35 98 Samuel Lovejoy Pepperrell D" April 25 40 98 Simon Lakin Pepperrell D" April 25 40 98 2 2 Groton during the Revolution Men's Names Towns whence they came. Rank. Time of Inlistment. Travell. Time of Service. Abel Nutting Groton Private April 25 35 Day 98 Ezekiel Nuttiiij"^ Groton D? April 25 35 98 Ephraim Nutting Groton D? April 25 35 98 Asa Porter Groton D? April 25 35 98 Benjamin Pierce Groton D? April 25 . 35 98 David Prescott Groton D? April 25 35 98 Eleazer Parker Pepperrell D? April 25 40 98 Joel Porter Groton D? April 25 35 98 Daniel Shed Raby D° April 25 50 98 John Shiply Groton D? April 25 35 98 Eleazer Spaulding Pepperrell D? April 25 40 98 Nathl Shattuck Groton D? April 25 35 98 Jonas Tarbel Groton D? April 30 35 93 David Wetherbee Pepperrell D? April 25 40 98 Jonathan Woods Groton D? April 25 35 98 Jacob Williams Groton D? April 25 35 98 Ruben Woods Groton Do April 25 35 98 Simeon Williams Groton D? April 25 35 98 Nehemiah Parker Groton Dv April 30 35 93 Thomas Lawrence Pepperrell D? April 25 40 98 Steven Foster Groton D? April 25 35 98 Abraham Blood Groton D-? April 25 35 54 James Dodge Groton D<.' April 25 35 98 Benjamin Wood Pepperrell D"? April 25 40 54 Simon Hobart Groton D° April 25 35 90 Robart Parker Groton Do April 25 35 63 Robart Bizel Newipsvvich D" April 25 55 62 U John Williams the 2 L' Till the 17 of June & from that Time the I L' Sergant Tho? Spaulding a Sergant Till the 17 of June & from that Time the 2 L' Corporal Lemuel Parker a Corporal Till the 17 of June & from that Time a Sergant Elisha Hoit a Private Till Till [sic] the 17 of June & from that Time a Corporal Captain Asa Lawrence 23 the Whole amount of this Roll is four hundred fifty two pound seventeen shillings and Nine pence Deduction one hundred fifty six pound seven and nine pence Ballence Due two hundred Ninty six pounds ten shillings atest Nathan Wood In Council Jan^' 30 1776 Read «& allowed and ordered that a warrant be drawn on the TreasT for £2g?>:(): 115^ in full of the within Roll Perez Morton Dp"" Seer Cap' Asa Lawrences Muster Roll Co' Prescots Reg' Examined by N Wood [Indorsed] Cap'. Asa Lawrence Roll in Col? Prescott Reg' ;,^ 298:9:1134 (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XV. 55) October 6 y^ 1775 A return of Cap' Asa La7vrences Competiy in Colonal W" Prescott Ris[emen' Cap' Asa Lawrence Leu' v) John Williams Leu' 2'.' Thomis Spauldi Place of Residance grotton grotton Pepperell Obadiah Wetherell Sam" Gilson Residance Oliver Patch Lem" Parker c Pepperell Pepperell Grotton Grotton Joseph Shed Jonathan Steavens Sam" Farley Elisha Hoit a. U Pepperell Residance D? grotton Levi Parker •Lem" Parker Residance Westford Grotton 1) e Q 2 4 Groton during the Revolution Privates Resedance Privates Residance John ames Grotton Asa Porter Grotton Benj^ Blood Grotton Benj? Peirce Sept on Com- Grotton Jonathan Boiden Pepperell mand Quebek. Lem" Blood absent Grotton David Prescott Grotton James Bowers Pepperell Eleazer Parker Grotton Jonathan Capron Grotton Joel Porter Grotton Jonathan Colburn Grotton Nehem' Parker Grotton Nathan Cory Grotton Dan" Shed Raby Eleaz"^ Green Grotton John Shipley Grotton Sam" Green Pepperell Eleazer Spaulding Pepperell Semion Green Pepperell Nath" Shattuck absent Grotton Solomon Gilson Grotton Jonas Tarbell Pepperell David Hason Grotton David Wetherbee Pepperell Jaremiah Hobart absent Grotton Jonath" Woods Grotton Benj' Jewett Pepperell Jacob Williams Grotton John Kilburn Littleton Ruben Woods Grotton Jonathn Lewis Pepperell Semion Williams Grotton Josiah Lakin Grotton Thomis Lawrence Pepperell Kiled in batle on 17 of June Last or tak*^" Sam" Louejoy Pepperell Leu' Joseph Spaulding Pepperell Simon Lakin Discharged Sept. 21 Pepperell Steauen foster Groton Abraham Blood Grotton Abel Nutting Grotton Tames Dodge Grotton Ezekil Nutting Grotton J Benj' Wood Simon Hobart Died July 24 Pepperell Eph'" Nutting absent Grotton Grotton [Indorsed] Asa Lawrence Cap' (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, LVL 61) Capt. Asa Lazvrencc s Company The following affidavit, made by William Adams, of Chelms- ford, is found among the Revolutionary papers of the Massa- chusetts Archives (LV., File H, No. i) in the volume marked on the back " Worcester Rolls Parcels 2nd. & Mixed Rolls Vol. 2." It gives some interesting facts concerning the ser- vice of Captain Lawrence's company ; and the roll is, so far Captain Asa Lawrence 25 as I am aware, the only list extant of the company at that period. There is reason to think that Ephraim Parker was a member, though his name does not appear with the others. Pomp Phillis, one of the privates, was a negro ; then all colors, red, white or black, were warmly welcomed by the patriots. William Adams of Chelmsford in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the seventy ninth year of my age, do testify and say that I rendered service in the Revolutionary War, that I now receive a Pension for survices thus rendered ; That in the first part of the Summer of 1778 I enlisted and went to West Point, the Company that I belonged to was Capi Asa Lawrence Company of Groton, the regiment was commanded by Co.'. Poor of Andover or Methuen, some part of our service was rendered at White Plains and Peekskill, this was an eight monthes service, we received our Discharges in the month of February 1779. the Company was commanded principally by the first Leutenant John Flint of Tukesbury, this Company was made up of men from Groton Chelmsford Bilerica Tukesbury, and other Towns in this vicinity, and I further testify that I have carefully examined the Role of Capt Asa Lawrence Company hereto attached and the prin- ciple part of the names born on this Roll are famillier to me, and many of the mens names, born on this Rolle are persons which I am certain were with me in the eight monthes service as above described, and I have no doubt but what it is an origional Roll of the Company which I rendered service in as above described, W^ Adams Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex ss. . Chelmsford April 23 = 1841 =: then Personally ap- peared the above named William Adams, well known to me to be a person of sound mind, and veracity, made Oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before Me Benj^ P^t>ams Justice of the Peace 2 6 Groton during the Revolution A Roal of Cap! Asa Lawrances Company in Co! Poor's Reg' Cap' Asa Lawrance ^ Lieu' John Flint > Lieu' Moses Barker ) Sarg! Peter Hunt Sarg! Edward Farmer Sarg! John Pushe Sarg! Nathan Coburn Corp! Ephraim Smith ) Corp! Benjamin Patch V Corp! Ebenezer Sawyer ) Moses Ames William Adams Asa Barker Reuben Baldwin John Baley Thomas Brown Eliezer Bartlet Timothy Bolten Joseph Barron Simeon Cory Joseph Dows John Eaton Samuel Farmer James Green Alpheus Hill James Haseltine Isaac Holden Jeffery Hartwell Daniel Hacket John Hall James Karr Abner Kent John Lock Abraham Merium Oliver Perham Ezra Porter Joel Porter Ezra Porter 'y. Pomp Phillis Peter Parker Isaac Powers Peter Runnel Benjamin Sartil Michael Sartil Philip Spaulding Ebenezer Stone William Whiting Captain yosiah Sartell Josiah Sartell, the second son of Nathaniel and Mary Sartell, was born probably in England about the year 1710, His father was an English mariner who came to Groton from Charlestown. The son married Mary Green, — by which union there were four children, two sons and two daughters, who all died in their minority, — and they lived on Chicopee Row. Captain Josiah Sartell 27 At the time of his death he willed to the town his homestead farm together with an adjoining one, besides some other property. The proceeds arising from the sale of these lands now form a large part of the Groton Ministerial Fund. The men of his company for the most part lived in the northerly and easterly quarters of the town. Captain Sartell was one of the Committee of Correspondence for Groton, and during three years (1775-1777) vvas a member of the General Court. About twenty-five years ago his gravestone was removed from the old burying-ground to the new cemetery ; and the epitaph reads as follows : — Josiah Sartell Esq. died Aug' 30!!;' 1784. aged 74 Mary Sartell his widow, died March 30'il 1 790. aged 80. and their Children who died in minority Nathaniel Sartell Esq. his father, who died Jan?' 16^ i74i- aged 60 Abigail Green her sister, who died Dec' 20';^^ 1790. aged 83. and other relations. From death'' s arrest ?w age is free. Owing to the slight difference in surnames, there is some confusion in regard to the Sartell and Sawtell families for- merly resident in Groton. I am inclined to think, however, that they belonged to the same stock, and that the variation in the name was simply a matter of pronunciation. 28 Groton during the Revolution A Muster roll of the Several persons that marched from Groton to Head quarters at Cambridge on the ninetee?ith day of April A D ^^775- '^^^ ^^^^ Alarm under the cotnmand of Josiah Sartell Capt. Vizs. Mens names 3 s 3 O Josiah Sartell Job Shattuck Capt Lieut 70 70 16 Shattuck Blood Lieut 70 I I Benj. Green Benj. Lawrence Solomon Woods Serj Serj Serj 70 70 70 14 3 James Lawrence Jacob Patch Jacob Parker Jon'' Worster Serj Corp Corp Corp 80 70 70 70 8 15 14 16 Eleaz' Spaulding Corp 80 1 1 John Hugh Caleb Woods priv 70 70 14 6 Jason Williams 70 14 Daniel Williams 70 15 James Sheple 70 17 Isaac Lawrence 70 12 Asa Porter 70 9 Joel Porter John Sheple j' W- Farwell 70 70 70 9 14 9 Oliver Lakin 70 14 Sam' Gragg Nath Woods 70 70 19 12 John Nutting jr Edm Blood 70 70 12 14 John Hazen Benj'' Hazen 70 70 1 1 14 John Lawrence 70 9 Captain Josiah Sartell 29 Mens names Ezek Nutting Sam Worster Francis Worcester Abr^ Blood W'" Tuckerman Daniel Woods John Gragg Peter Blood James Blood jr David Lakin Levi Parker David Shead John Shattuck Jon? Stevens Jon? Boy den Jon^ Shiple W'" Spaulding David Wright Jon'^ Woods Winslow Parker private 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 70 70 9 16 9 14 10 9 14 14 5 1 1 1 1 14 5 10 1 1 5 14 10 9 9 Each person borne on this Roll bore his expence out and home and whilst in Camp excepting two days allowance drawed out of the Common Store, So that no Innholders have any demands on the Colony or person in this Role A true Role Errors excepted f Josiah Sartell G?//" Colony of the Massachusetts bay March 19. 1776 Capt" Josiah Sartell abovenamed made Solemn Oath to the truth of the above Roll by him Subscribed according to the best of his knowlege. Before Sam' Holten /us peace thrd" the Colony Compared with the Original and therewith agrees. JN° Turner ) ^^^^„ E. Starkweather ) 30 Groton during the Revolution In Council April 8'" 1776. Read & Allowed & thereupon Ordered that a warrant be drawn on the Treasf for ^61 n 2 n i in full discharge of the within role John Lowell Dpy Sec^ PT [Indorsed] Groton Cap' Josiah Sartell Roll Copy ;^6i i, 2 1, i (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XIII. 89.) Captain yohn Sawtell John Sawtell was the youngest child of Ephraim and Abi- gail (Farnsworth) Sawtell, and was born on April 18, 1729. He died on December 23, 1790. His epitaph in the old burying-ground reads as follows : — ^Cherub's Head.'\ Erected In Memory of Cap' John Sawtell, who departed this Life Dec! y^ 23^ Ay 1790. Aged 61^:' years 8 months and 5 days. The following notice among the list of Deaths in the "Daily Evening Transcript" (Boston), May 9, 1853, may give a clew as to his family: — At East Salem, Washington Co., N. Y. April ist, in his SSth year, Ebenezer Harris, a native of Brooklyn, Ct. His wife, with whom he had lived in the married state for 68 years, was a daughter of John Sawtell, of Groton, Mass, who fought at Bunker Hill. Captain John Sawtell 31 A Muster roll of the Comp". in the Colony of the Mass" Service which march' d fro?n Groton &• Fep''ril on the 19'"?' of April iTJS- ^^^^ was under the Command of Cap'. John Sawtell, in Col". James Prescotts Regiment Mens Names .S <" H 3 c 3 2 G -^ rt (1) Groton John Sawtell Cap! 60 20;^ Pep'ril Thomas Wright Ens? 80 18 d? Sam! Gillson 80 1 1 Groton Thomas Farwell Serj! 60 20>^ d? Enoch Cook d? 60 17^ Pep'ril Jo' Spaulding d° So 13 Groton John Fisk Corp' 60 I2>< d? Asa Stone d" 60 X2% d" Amos Lawrence [Priv.] 60 2 0>2 d? Zach^ Longley 60 8>^ d? Jonas Brooks 60 20>^ d° Oliver Shed 60 \2yi d^ Reuben Fisk 60 11% d° Jonas Stone 60 12K d° Jon!" Terbol 60 I2>^ d^ Levi Stone 60 I2>^ d° Eben! Lowell 60 8K d° Joshua Chace 60 8>^ d° W" Park 60 20>^ Pep'ril Moses Shattuck 80 II Groton Benj? Amsden 60 12^4 d" Thomas Hubbard 60 20>^ d° Hez'.' Hubbard 60 I2>^ d° James Davis 60 12;^ d° Neh'' Parker 60 I2>< d? Thomas White 60 2oy2 Shirley John Killburn 80 \2yi [Gr]oton John Peirce 60 20>^ [Pe]p'ril Abel Spauldin 80 13 3 2 Groton during the Revolution c o H Mens Names 6' [Pejp'ril Tho' Spauldin [Priv.] 8o II d:^ Philip Shattuck 8o 1 1 d? David Write So 9 [Grjoton Zacheus Farwell 6o I2>^ [Pep']nl Reuben Shattuck 8o 9 [Grjoton Matthias Farnworth 6o 20>^ [Pep]'ril Joseph Shattuck 8o 6 [do] Caleb Hubbard 8o 13 [do] Jonas Tarbol 8o 13 [do] Jo? Egerton 8o 16 Pep'ril David Shattuck 8o 6 d? Elijah Ames 8o 6 d? Joseph Hall 8o 6 d° Levi Hubbard 8o 6 d? Isaiah Shattuck 8o 6 d° Nathl Write 8o 6 Groton James Shipley 6o 6 Pep'ril Simon Gillson 8o 9 Colony Massachusetts Bay Decf 27'.'' 1775 John Sawtell made solemn Oath that this roll by him subscrib'd is just and true in all its parts Before me Moses Gill, y^us Peace John Sawtell Cap'. thro f. Province E. Starkweather Comtti" Compar'd with y*^^ Original "> by with w''.'' it agrees j In Council March 21"' 1776 Read & allowed & ordered that a Warrant be drawn on the Treasury for ;^59 : ii/g^if in full of this Roll Perez Morton D Seer A true Copy G. Tailer [Indorsed] Copy Groton Cap' John Sawtell Muster-roll £^C) „ 11,, 9^ (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XIII. 90) Captain John Nutting 33 The persons hereafter written marched to Cambridge on the Alarm on the 19'^' April i 775 and were otnitted in the roll I Exhibited mens Names Privats N? of mils No of Days in Servis Jabez Holdin Private 60 ^% Abijah Warren D? 60 Ar'A Asael Wyman D? 60 4K Benj? Farnsworth D" 60 4>^ Mathias Farnsworth D-' 60 VA Simeon Brooks \V2 David Kemp Dr 60 rA Will" Parks D° — 10 David Archabld D- — ZA True Copy John Sawtell Cap. Middlesex ss May 6"' 1776. John Sawtell above named made oath to the truth of the afore- going Roll Coram Oliver Prescott ^ust. Peace In Council May 8"" 1776. Read & allowed & ordered that a warrant be drawn on the Treasurer for ^4 m 12 n 6^ in full of the within roll Perez Morton D Seer [Indorsed] Copy of Cap. John Sawtell's minit roll a 2<| £\ „ 12 n dyi (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XIII. 91) Captain John Nutting The towns of Groton and Pepperell during the Revolution- ary period were closely identified, and the social intercourse between them was very intimate. If the families of the two towns were not akin to one another, in a certain sense they were neighbors ; and for that reason I include in this work a 3 34 Groton during the Revolution list of the Pepperell minute-men, commanded by John Nut- ting, who distinguished themselves in the war. Captain Nutting was a brave officer, but like many other military men of his day, a short time after the Revolution, he became indoctrinated with political heresies, and took an active part in promoting the Shays Rebellion. It is but fair, however, to say that he was highly esteemed by his townsmen, who to a large extent sympathized with him in his views. Captain Nutting lived in the northerly part of Pepperell, near the Nissitissett River. By the upsetting of a boat, he was drowned in that stream, on May 25, 1816. The two following epitaphs are to be seen in the burying-ground, near the First Parish Meeting-house in that town : — In Memory of Capt. John Nutting who was drowned May 25. 1816 ^t85 To the memory of M'i Martha Nutting wife of Capt John Nutting and only child of MV William & M^ Martha Blood who departed this life on the 26- of July 1 780 in the 44- Year of her age this stone is erected Captain John Nutting 35 A Muster Rook of Cap'- John Nutting Company of Mi net t men in Col- W'^ Prescott Regm' who marcM frofn Fepperrill y' 19 of April 1775 Number Mens Names Towns from whence they Came Their Rank Time when marchd of miles Commg and Going Those that Time of Service return'^ John Nutting Pepperrell Captain April 19 6 Days Nathaniel Lakin D? I Lieu^ April 19 6 DO Abijah Boynton D? 2 Lieu' April 19 80 miles 15 DO John Mosher D? Serg' Do 1 9 15 DO Edm^ Bancroft D'? Serg' Do ] 9 6 D° W- Tarbel D° Serg' D° ] 9 80 Do II D° Nath' Sartell DO Sergt DO I 9 6D° Nath' Parker D° Corprl DO 9 6D° Josiah Newell D° CorpH DO 1 9 .... 6 DO Pattrick White D? Corpri D° 9 80 Do 10 DP Thomas Fisk D? Corpr'. DO 9 80 D° 16 Do James Lakin D" Drumer DO 9 80 D" 12 D" David Tarbel D° Private DO 9 80 Do II D° Joseph Sanderson D° D? DO 9 80 DO 22 DO David Avery D" D° DO] 9 80 Do 9 Do Elijah Shattuck D-? D'^ Do 9 80 D° 8 D° Aaron Wood D° D° D° 9 80 Do 15 Do Jonathan Sheple D° DO Do 9 80 Do 8 DO Josiah Nutting D° D° DO 9 80 DO 12 DO Benj« Nutting D° D'^ Do 9 80 DO 12 Do Oliver Nevvall D° D° Do 9 80 Do 9 Do Henry Woods D° D° Do t9 80 DO 12 DO Thomas Lawrence D^ D" Do 9 80 DO 6 Do John Shattuck D" D- Do 9 80 D° 22 DO David Blood D" D° Do 9 80 Do 15 D° David Jewett D° D° DO 9 80 Do 28 Do Paul Dickerson D° D^ Do 9 80 DO 42 Do Oliver Shattuck D" D° Do 9 80 D° 6 Do David Shattuck D° D" D" 9 80 Do 6 Do Abijah Mosher D° D° Do '9 80 D° 5 DO Gilburt Dickson D" DO D" 1 9 80 DO 6 Do 36 Groton during the Revolution Mens Names Towns from whence they Came Their Rank Time when marchti Number of miles Coming and Going Those that returnd Time of Service Elijah Ames Darius Hudson Pepperrell D° Private D° April 19 D" 19 So miles 5 Days 10 D" Silas Pierce D° D" D" 19 6 D" Abijah Parker D" DO D° 19 6 D" James Mosher D" D° D° 19 6 D° Ebenz^ Nutting John Boynton Peter Perham D" D° D° D" D° D° D°I9 D° 19 D" 19 6D° 6D° 6D° Robinson Lakin D° D° D° C9 6D" Leonard Spaulding Jeremiah Shattuck John Chamberlin Fulham[Vt.] Pepperrell D° D'^ D» D° D°20 D" 19 D° 19 5D" 6D° 6 D° Samuel Cummings New Ipswich D^ D" 19 6 D° George Abbot Abraham Boynton Pepperrell D" D° D° D" 19 D° 19 6D° 6D° George Aldridge D" D° D° 19 6D° Moses Blood D'> D? D ' 23 2 D" Joseph Chamberlin Isaac Chamberlin D" Chelmsford D° D" D<'23 D° 19 2 DO 6D" Elias Dickey Hirum Dean Simeon Foster Raby Jeffery Groton D'^ D" D" D" 19 D°23 D" 19 6D" 2 D" 6 D" Nathan Fish Simon Green Pepperrill D" D" D° D" 19 D" 19 6 D- 6 D" Martin Lawrence Peckersfield D° D'> 19 6 D" Daniel Mosher Pepperrell D" D° 19 6D" Joshua Lawrence Francis Lee D' D" D" D" D° 19 D019 6D". 6D° John Adams D" D-^ D" 19 6 D" Thomas Lawrence Jr D" D" D° 19 6D" Ambrus Lakin Groton D° D°23 2 D" Abner Michel Luningburgh D" D" 19 6D" Samuel Nutting Pepperrell D" D" 19 6D" Abel Parker D' D^ D" 19 6 0" Winslow Parker Groton D" D" 19 6 D" Captain John Nutting 37 Number Mens Names Towns from whence they Came Their Rank Time when march'.' of miles Coming and Going Those tliat return'.' Time of Service Jonas Shattuck Pepperrell Private April 19 80 miles 6 Days Michael Sartell D" D'^ D" 19 6 D^' Jonas Warren D'> D" D'^ 19 6 D° James Tarbel D" D^^ D° 19 6 D° Isaac Williams U" D° D'^ 19 6D° Joseph Whitney D'> D° D° 19 6 D° Thomas Wetherbee D" D^^ D° 19 6 D° Ruben Spaulding D'^ D^' D° 19 6 D° William Warren D° D-^ D« 19 6 D° Edm'i Peerce D" D" D-^ 19 6D° Wainright Fisk D^' D'^ D'^ 19 6D° Jeremiah Shattuck Jr D^' D° D° 19 6 D° Ebenezer Laughton D" D'^ D° 19 6D° Sampson Woods D' D'^ D° 19 6D- William Green D" D° D° 19 6 D° Andrew Brown D" D'^ D° 19 12 D" John Nutting Cap' Colony Massachusetts Bay March 15"' 1776 John Nutting personally appeared & made Solemn Oath that this role by him Subscribed is true in all it's parts according to the best of his Knowledge Before Jabez Fisher Jus. Peace thro the CoP Examin'd & compar'd with the Original E Starkweather) JosiAH Johnson ) Com"' In Council Ma' 27th 1776 Read & allow'd & order'd that a Warrant be drawn on the Treas^ for 58.18.1 in full of said Roll Perez Morton D Seer [Indorsed] Copy Cap'. John Nuttings Muster role Minute men Pepperrell ^58-18-1 (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XIII. 22) 38 Groton during the Revolution A return of Capt John Nutting Company in Coll Wm: Prescotts Rig- ment October y 6. 1775 Mens Names Place of Residence Simeon Forster Groton Sick on furlow Anibras Lakin Groton Present Cambridge October y"^ 2d the 1775 John Nutting Cap' [Indorsed] Capt John Nutting Company (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, LVI. 67) Captain Henry Haskell Henry Haskell commanded a military company that marched from Shirley on the ever-memorable Nineteenth. For the Muster-roll, see Reverend Seth Chandler's History (pages 122, 123). Technically they were not minute-men, as designated by Mr. Chandler, and they are not so called in the heading of the roll ; and, furthermore, they belonged to Colonel James Prescott's command, which was a militia regiment. The minute-men of that period comprised only one-quarter of the enrolled militia, and in this neighborhood they belonged to Colonel William Prescott's command. It will be noticed that, in the headings of the Muster-rolls, Captain Farwell's company and Captain Lawrence's are both styled " minute- men," while Captain Sawtell's company and Captain Sartell's are not so designated, showing that there was then a distinc- tion between them. Captain John Nutting's company from Pepperell is also styled one of " minute-men ; " while other companies are designated as militia, and they were in Colonel James Prescott's command. On that eventful day there was room for all, and the sturdy yeomanry thought more of the substance than of the sound. They may not have been en- rolled as minute-men, but when they were needed they Captain Henry Haskell 39 marched to the scene of conflict all the same, and did a patriot's duty. A few days after the beginning of the War the expression " minute-man " fell into disuse, and a soldier was spoken of as belonging to the Massachusetts Line or the Continental Army, as the case might be. In the year 1735 Captain Haskell's father came from Gloucester, and settled in that part of Harvard which is now known as Still River. At this time the son was about a year old, and probably he was born at Gloucester. Captain Haskell was thrice married : first, on January 6, 1757, to Rebecka WillaVd, of Lancaster, who died on April 8, 1772; secondly, on December i, 1772, to Martha Little, of Lunenburg, who died on September 28, 1778; and, thirdly, to Charity Pratt, of Lancaster (published February 10, 1781), who died in December, 18 13. During his married life ten children were born to him and his wife. He owned and oc- cupied a farm situated near the Shirley Shakers ; and his death took place at Lancaster, on June 10, 1807. In Lancaster, Henry Haskell, Esq. yEt. 73 ; a Lt. Col. in the revolutionary army. " Columbian Centinel " (Boston), June 17, 1807. On April 19, 1900, a monument was dedicated to the men of Shirley who marched on April 19, 1775, under the command of Captain Haskell, and to all others of that town who took part in the War of American Independence. The following Roll gives a list of the men in Captain Has- kell's company, as it was at the beginning of the year 1776. Presumably it was formed largely on the lines of the one that marched on April 19. As it contains so many Groton names, I print the whole list. 40 Groton during the Revolution Camp at Cambrige Janauary y<-' 13'h 1776 A Roll of the Traviling feas of Cap'- Henry Haskells Company of militia Joined Co'- Prescotts Rigment Mens Names Town No of mils Henry Haskell cap' Shirley 74 Job Shattuck Lieu! Groton 70 Samuell Gelson L' Pepperrell 80 Wallis Little Shirley 74 Peter Butterfield Towsend 84 Abner Whitcomb Groton 70 Elijah Wyman Townsend 84 Joseph Hail Pepperrell 80 Isaac Patch Groton 70 moses Warren Townsend 84 Solomon Peirce Townsend 84 John Tarbell Groton 70 Tho"" Wason Shirley 74 Will'" Bolton Shirley 74 Amos Holdin Shirley 74 John Jupp Shirley 74 Thadeus Harrington Shirley 74 Amos Dole Shirley 74 Ruben Kendall Shirley 74 Joseph Dodge Shirley 74 Jonathan Conant Shirley 74 Thomas Clark Shirley 74 Jonathan Lewis Pepperall 80 Daniel Turner Pepperall 80 John Scott Pepperrall 80 Richard Stevens Pepperrall 80 Shebuel Conant Pepperrall 80 Abel Spaldin Pepperrall 80 Joel Hubart Pepperrall 80 Eleazar Shattuck Pepperrall 80 Captain Henry Haskell 41 Mens Names Town N? of mils Benjamin Hudson Pepperrall 80 Peter Blood Pepperrall 80 Levi Woods Pepperrall 80 John Gelson Pepperrall 80 moses Shattuck Pepperrall 80 Nathaniel Woods Groton 70 Shattuck Blood Groton 70 David Lakin Groton 70 Benj? Simson Groton 70 Amos Woods Groton 70 Will"' Derumple Groton 70 Benj" Green Groton 70 Phinehas Parker Groton 70 Nethaniel Lawrance Groton 70 James adoms Groton 70 Benj" Hazin Groton 70 Timothy moors Groton 70 Isaac Warren Groton 70 Daniel Willard Groton 70 Samuell Kemp Groton 70 Amos Adoms Groton 70 Ebeneazar Lewis Groton 70 Will"' farwell Groton 70 John Fisk Groton 70 Ruben Cummings Groton 70 Levi Samson Groton 70 John Nichols Groton 70 Joseph moors Groton 70 Silas Page Groton 70 John fife Groton 70 John Lock Townshend 84 Will'." manning Townshend 84 Ebeneazar Ball Townshend 84 James Lock Townshend 84 42 Groton during the Revolution Mens Names Town No of mils Hincheman Warren Townshend 84 James Patt Townshend 84 John Stevens Townshend 84 John Haskell Shirley 74 John Sherrin Townshend 84 Thomas Little Petersborough 130 Henry Haskell Cap'. Capt. Hasekells Number 6 Reed of the Courts Committee viz Co" Lovell and Maj' Bliss Seventy Two pounds Four Shillings & Two pence in full of the within Roll for our Travil too and from Head Quarters at the Rat of one penny pr Mile Henry Haskell Cap' [Indorsed] Cap'. Henry Haskell Col? Prescotts Reg 1776 Camp at Cambridge (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XIX. 170) Captahi Joseph Moors Joseph Moors, the youngest child of Abraham and Eliza- beth (Gilson) Moors, was born at Groton, on May 30, 1738. In the campaign of 1758 he served at the siege and capture of Louisburg, and, on March 4, 1772, was commissioned as adjutant in Colonel James Prescott's regiment, and, on March 9, 1774, as cornet in Captain Benjamin Bancroft's company of troopers in the same regiment. He commanded a com- pany at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and, on January i, 1776, was commissioned by the Continental Congress as captain of a company in Colonel William Prescott's regiment. After his return from the army he settled on his paternal estate, and carried on the farm where he was born. It is situated on the road leading from the Groton School to Ayer. Dur- ing a long life, respected both by his neighbors and townsmen. Captain Joseph Moors 43 he filled many positions of trust and responsibility among them, and for nine years he represented the town in the General Court. On July 22, 1 76 1, Captain Moors was married, first, to Lucy, fifth child of David and Elizabeth Stone, who died on August 26, 1773, in the thirty-third year of her age, accord- ing to her epitaph ; and, secondly, to Sarah, elder daughter of Samuel and Miriam (Morse) Ward, of Natick, who was born on November 25, 1751, and died at Groton, on April 15, 1822, aged seventy years. He died on July 25, 1820, aged eighty- two years. A MUSTER-ROLL of the Company wider the Command of Cap- tain \^Joseph Moors\ in Coloticl [ William Prescotf s'\ Regiment, to the first of August, 1775. Men's Names. Towns whence they came. Rank. Time of Inlistment. Travell. Time of Service. Joseph Moors groton Captain Mayy"^' lo"' 35 Miles 83 Days Zac'iS Walker Merimack I Leiutenant April y<-' 24 45 D'^ 99- Isaac Dodge Groton 2^' Leiutenant May y-' lo"' 35 D" 83 days Phin'" Hemingway Groton Serjeant April y-' 23 35 D° 98 D° William M<^cluer Merimack Serjeant April 28«'> 45 95 D° Timothy Woods Groton Serjeant May 2o'h 35 73 DO thomas Bigsby Leechfield Serjeant April 28 45 95 Days Ephraim Warren Shirley Corporal May 18 40 75 D9 Silas Davis Shirley Corporal May 17 40 76 D° Joseph Taylor Groton Corporal May 21 35 72 D? David Willson Shirley Corporal. May 25 40 68 D° Saml' Farnsworth Groaton Drumer. May 15 35 78 Peter Davis Leuninburg private April 30 45 93 Tho^ Colven Groaton Ditt" May 20 35 73 William Spalden Raby Ditto April 28 55 95 Joseph Moors Jun": Groton Ditto May 20 35 72> Oliver Tarbell Groton Ditto May 23 35 70 Sam'i Conrey Holis Ditto April 28 40 95 Abraham Ireland Leuninburg Ditto May 20 45 73 John Jacobs Merimack Ditt° April 28 45 95 Jonas Procter Groton Ditto May 27 35 66 Leonard Taylor Groton Ditto April 24 35 98 44 Groton during the Revolution Men's Names. Towns whence they came. phi^ Keemp Joseph Keemp Asa Danforth Silas Roby James Mack William Spalden J'' Joseph Taylor J": Robert M'^Cormack Ebenez^ Hill John Clough Jasen harsell John Combs Zebediah Wool Ebenez": pirkens phinehas Whitney Daniel Page Daniel Kezer David Archabell William Lasley Zac Longley Abel Amsden W." Cawin John Sawtell [Samuel] Wright [Amos Fisk] [Thomas] Colbourn Eben^ Youngmen Groton Groton Bilirica Merimack Merimack Raby Groton Merimack Merimack Plymouth Merimack Merimack Leuninburg petersbourg Haruard Shirley Shirley groton groton groton groton merrimak New ipwich riollis Groton Dunstabell Dunstabell Rank. private Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditt? Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Artorfishe privat Ditto Ditto Ditto Time of Inlistment. May 27 May 25 April 28 April 27 April 28. April 29 April 28 April 25 April 25 Apl 28 Ap'. 28 Apl 28 May 20 Apl 28 May 19 May 19 May 17 May 17 May 20 May 20 May 20 April 28 April 24 April 28 May [ ] April 28 April 28 Travell. 35 Miles 35 20 45 45 55 35 45 45 130 45 45 45 65 35 40 40 35 35 35 35 45 55 40 35 40 40 Time of Service. 66 Days 68 95 96 95 94 95 95 95 95 95 95 73 95 74 74 76 76 73 73 73 95 98 95 26 51 51 Copy Ex" In Council FehY 13"' 1776 Read & ordf that a Warrant pass on the Treasurer for the sum of 201-1 1-9-3 ^^ full Discharge of the above roll Perez Morton D Seer hemingway mistake Not Rectifyed [Indorsed] Cap'. Jos Mores Roll in Col-^ Prescotts Reg«. ;^20i : 1 1 : 9^ (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XV. 70) Captain Joseph Moors 45 Near the end of the Muster-roll of Captain Moors's com- pany, printed on the opposite page, is the name of Amos Fisk within brackets. It was inserted by me in the manu- script so long ago that I have forgotten my authority for doing so. In the original roll at the State House the name was written where a fold in the paper afterward came, and unfortunately it is now entirely gone. Whoever the man was, he did only 26 days' service from a date in the month of May, and drops out of the company on or near June 17. The two men following his name on the roll are known to have been killed in the battle ; and one Amos Fisk was cap- tured in the fight and died in Boston jail during the early part of August. His death is recorded in " A Journal kept by John Leach, during his confinement by the British, in Boston Gaol, in 1775," which appears in "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" (XIX. 258) for July, 1865. He is mentioned also in a list of prisoners taken at Bunker Hill, which is printed in "The New-England Chroni- cle: or, The Essex Gazette" (Cambridge), September 14, 1775. In this list his Christian name is given as " Amasa," and he is put down as from Pepperell. Perhaps he was Amos, a son of Josiah and Sarah Fisk, who was born on May 12, 1739, in that part of Groton which is now Pepperell. At the date of his birth there was no town of Pepperell, but the whole neighborhood was Groton. The number of miles of travel accredited to him on the roll would seem to indicate that he was living in Groton at the time of his enlistment. My authority for inserting the name in the Muster-roll was entirely independent of the reasons here given, which are now recited in order to show their probability. The number of soldiers from Groton, who were either killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill or died from their wounds, was twelve, greater than that from any other town ; and the Me- morial Tablets placed on Winthrop Square in Charlestown, by the city of Boston, on June 17, 1889, are my authority for the statement. They were serving in five different companies of Colonel Prescott's regiment. 46 Groton during the Revolution A Returti of Capt Joseph Moors Compeny In Call IV'" Priscuit Reg'. October 6 : 1775 Capt Joseph moors Groton 1 U Zac Walker marrimac 2 L' Isaac Dodge Groton Phinehus Haminway W^.^ M'^Cluen Present Timothy Woods Do Tho? Bixby Do Groton marrimac Groton Litchfiled Scilias Dauis Present Shirly Dauid Wilson Do Shirly Eph" Warren Do Shrily Joseph Taylor Ju' Do Groton Drumer Sameull Farnsworth Present Groton Peter Dauis Prs! Lunenburg Rob«. M'^ Cormack Prs'. marrimac Tho^ Caluin Do Groton Ebn': Hill Do marrimac W"?? Spalding woonded abesent Raby John Claugh Do Jasen Haskell Do Plymouth marrimac Joseph moors Junr P'. Groton John Combs Do marrimac Saml' Conrey Do Hollis Eben": Purkins Do Petersbrough Oliuer Tarbell Do Groton Abel Amsdon Do Groton Ab-? Irland Ju' Derseted Lunenburg Phinhus Whitney Do Haruard John Jacobs Prest. marrimac Daniel Page Do Shirly Jonas Procter Do Groton Daniel Kezer Sick absent Shirly Lenorad Taylor Do Groton Dauid Archebell Prs'. Groton Joseph Keemp Do Groton Zac Longley Sick in Cam p Groton Phinhus Keenip Do Groton John Sawtell Prist New Ipwich Ase Danforth Do Billeirac Joseph Govvin Sick abesent Shirly Silias Roby Do marrimac Zebl' Willas Sick in camp Lunenburg James mack Do marrimac W™ Cawin Prist marrmiac W'V Spalding Jun^ on Com'' Raby Sam'.' Wright Do Hollis Joseph Taylor Sick in Camp Groton W'.'.' Lasley Sick abese nt Groton Groton Men Enlisted Elsewhere 47 Sargent Beng? Prescott Killed June 17: Bunkerhill Groton Ebn' youngman Do June 17 Bunkerhill Hollis Thos Colbourn Do June 17: Bunker hill Dunstable Zaccheus Walker Lieu' [Indorsed] Return of Cap'. Moors Compney Oct- 6: 1775 (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, LVI. 65) The following lists are taken from various Returns among the State Archives, and give the names of Groton men who served at the beginning of the Revolution in several military companies raised in the neighborhood. Captain Robert Longley was of Bolton, and raised a mili- tary company for the most part belonging in that town. A MUSTER-ROLL of the Company imder the Command of Captain \_Robert Longley'\ in Colonel \^Asa IVhitcomb's'] Regimefit, to the first of August, 1 7 7 5- Men's Names. Towns whence they came. Rank. Time of Inlistment. Travel! . miles Time of Service, months Days Caleb Blood Groton Private [April] 29 36 3 : 10 Jonas Sawtell Groton D" Ap' 29 30 3 : «o Copy attest Jabez Fisher In Council Jan*' 18"' 1776 Read & allowed & thereupon ordered that a Warr' be drawn on the Treas' for 274 n 8 n 9 in full of the within Role. John Lowell Dp^ Sec'' P T [Indorsed] Cap'. Rob'. Longley in Col" Whetcombs Regim'. 274 n 8 „ 9 (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XV. 58) 48 Groton during the Revolution A Return of Cap' Longley Compncy of Bolton, In Col Asa Whitcombs Rigment \_October^ ^775-] Mens Names Caleb Blood Jonas Sawtell The Town thay belong to Groton Groton Robert Longley Cap' [Indorsed] Cap'. Longly Return (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, LVI. 144) Captain Abijah Child belonged in Waltham, and recruited a company in that neighborhood. Return of Cap' Abijah Child's Cotnpany in the 3 7"' Reg* of Foot in the Continental Army Commanded by L'- Col W" Bond Mens Names John Pierce Towns belonging to Groton Camp Prospect Hill Oct": 6. 1775 [Indorsed] Cap'. Child (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, LVI. 251) Abijah Child Cap'. Captain Peter Coburn lived in Dracut, and raised a company belonging largely in that town. Return of Capt \_Peter'\ Coburn Company in Col. Bridges Rigim'. Sept. 2Gth 1775 Tobias Brigs | Groton | Ebenezer Varnum 2/ L'. [Indorsed] Cap'. Coburn (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, LVI. 182) Groton Men Enlisted Elsewhere 49 Captain Ephraim Corey was of Stow, and his company had men from several towns. A ReturJi of the Mens Names Last Residence Present or Absent dr^c belonging to Ephraim Coreys Company in Coll Prescotts Rgmt Sergt Abel Parker groton Present Corp' Oliver Laken groton Present Corp' John Parker groton D° Mens Names Residence Casualties Benj™ Bennet groton Present Sick Jon"* Davis groton Sick Robert Parker Jr groton Present Benj'" Parker groton D° John Whitney groton D° Abner Whitney groton D° Chambers Corey Groton Kill'' June 1 7 on Bunker hill Robert Parker groton died Sep""" 30 at Cambrige Abiel Parker groton Discharg;^ Sep'" 23'' by Mgr [Major] Moyland Cambrige October y*: I'i] 1775 [Indorsed] The late Cap' Parkers Cap< Ep"? Corey (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, LVI. 64) Captain Thomas Wait Foster was of Hadley, and he had two Groton men in his company. A Return of Cap'. Thomas Wait Foster's Company of Artillery \in the'] Hon'f Richard Gridleys Regiment Mens Names Aaron Bigolow Dudley Kemp Wherefrom Growton Growton JosiAH Lyman Cap' Lieut [October, 1775] [Indorsed] Capt Tho^ W. Foster. (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, LVI. 271) 50 Groton during the Revolution Captain Samuel Gilbert was of Littleton, and he had one Groton man in his company. Cambridge Sep'' y« 28"^ 1775 A Return of Capt Sam" Gilbert Company in C- 4 3-10-5 7- 3-9 4 Corp' I Drum i fife 1320 5-10- 4-16-9 10- 6-9 68 Privates 14960 62- 6- 8 49-17-4 112- 4-0 18040 74-11-10 66-1 1-8 141- 3-6 Totol amount Zechariah Fitch Cap' Suffolk ss : Boston March 24 : 1777 The within Signing Zachariah Fitch Personally appeared & was Duly Sworn to the within Abstract Before Jonathan Metcalf Justice Peace [Indorsed] Cap' Fitches Abstract The following paper is found among the Massachusetts Archives at the State House, but the preceding papers relating to Captain Fitch's company are now in my pos- session, having been given to me by Mrs. Amelia (Fitch) Rowe. Delivered to Capt Zachariah Fitch of Groaton i L' and i En' and 25 privats, and one privat to Capt Nathan Seargent of Maiden all Inlisted mustered and paid by Simeon Spaulding and William Tompson Two of the Committee Appointed for that purpose Captain Job Shattuck 65 Cap' Fitch^ Company marched August 28 : 1776. In Obedience to an order of Council of the 21^' of august we Present the following acct [Indorsed] Return men in Middlesex when the Rolls are Deficient. Towns Sam. Fay Woburn Ja^ Bancroft Reading Jn"^ Ford Chelmsford Zac Fitch Groton Nath Sargent Maiden July, 1776, & aug Ace muster rolls by Simeon Spalding & W'" Thompson The inclos'd is evidence for Absent Rolls. (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XLI. 103) Captain Job Shattuck Job Shattuck was a son — the youngest of eight children — of William and Margaret (Lund) Shattuck, and was born at Groton, on February 11, 1736. He began his military life as a private in Captain Ephraim Jones's company, which served in an expedition sent to Nova Scotia under Colonel John Winslow in the year 1755 to bring away the poor French families from that Province. He went as First Lieu- tenant in a militia company, that marched from Groton on April 19, 1775, of which Josiah Sartell was Captain, and Shattuck Blood, Second Lieutenant. There is no record at the State House to show that he was at the Battle of Bunker Hill, as has been stated in print. His name is found next on the Muster-roll of Captain Henry Haskell's company, dated at Cambridge, January 13, 1776, where he appears still as a First Lieutenant. On another document (Massachusetts Archives, XLI. 148), dated January, 1776, he appears as the captain of a company recently formed, and was duly commis- sioned by the Council, on February 12. This company went to Boston when that town was evacuated by the British troops in March. Throughout the War Captain Shattuck's career was honorable and patriotic, and no soldier had a better record for his military service. Unfortunately for his good name, a few years later, he became a leader in Shays's 5 66 Groton during the Revolution Rebellion, which broke out during a very gloomy period in the history of the Commonwealth. While there may have been some extenuating circumstances connected with the movement, no valid excuse can be given for the steps then taken in order to right political wrongs. It is enough to say that Captain Shattuck, for his part in the insurrection, was tried before the Supreme Judicial Court and convicted of treason, and sentenced to be hanged on June 28, 1787, but on the day before this, a reprieve was granted until July 26; then, on the day preceding this, the execution of the sentence was again postponed to September 20; and on the 12th of that month he received a full and unconditional pardon. It is but just to his memory, however, to add that he was a member of the church and much respected by his townsmen. At the time of the rebellion he was near the middle age of life, and a man of great bodily vigor. He was the son of a respectable farmer, and himself a large land-owner. Strong and athletic in person, skilled in the use of the broadsword and proud of the accomplishment, utterly insensible to fear and having a good war-record, — all these qualities, aided by his position and means, gave him great influence among his neighbors. He paid dearly for his errors, as the crutch which he used until the day of his death would testify; and we can well afford now to be charitable to the memory of the poor misguided men who took part in that needless and wicked rebellion. Captain Shattuck died at the home of his youngest son Noah at Groton, on January 13, 18 19. He was married, first, on May 25, 1758, to Sarah, eldest child of Samuel and Sarah (Holden) Hartwell, who was born on March 19, 1738, and died on May 5, 1798; and, secondly, on May 2, 1800, to Mrs. Elizabeth Gragg, daughter of William and Miriam Lakin, and widow of John Gragg, to whom she was married on October 19, 1763, who died on June i, 1824, five years after the death of her second husband. Captain Job Shattuck 67 Captain Shattuck organized a company which did duty for a few days in the spring of 1776, when the town of Boston was evacuated. The following papers relate to the matter, and give the pay-roll of the company. February y^ 17th 1776 To the Hon'-l? Council and House of Reprsetiv of the Colony of the mass'^ Bay this may Certify that a Company of militia Commanded by Capt Henry Haskell Job Shattuck first and Sam'-' Gilson Second Lieu Consisting of Seventy men officers included Said officers behaved themselves as Good officers and appeared faithfull in the Cause we are now Engaged in W- Prescott Col In Council Feb^ 23'! 1776 Read & ordered that the within named Officers be commissioned agreable to their several Ranks within certified Perez Morton D Sec^' [Indorsed] Cap' Henry Haskells [gone] orderd to be com'^! under Col? Pres- cot Feby 23"? 1776 Dec": io\^' (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XLIII. 289) Att a meeting of a Company of Men Raised from the Towns of Groton Letteltown Pepperrel Shirley Townshend & Ashby after being formed into a Company by Direction of a Committee of y'' Court to Joyn the army till the first of April Next the s"^- Company made Choice of the following Gentlemen for their officers (viz") Job Shattuck Cap' Peter Butterfield i'' Leu' Daniel Fisk 2'^ Leu' John Robins Ens" Jani' 1776 JosiAH Sartell one of s'! Com'£5 In Council Feb*' 12"' 1776 Read & ordered that the within named Persons be commissionated, agreable to y" respective Ranks, within certified Perez Morton D Seer [Indorsed] Order to com" Officers of a Compy of y-' reinforce' to April next from Groton &c Febv 12'^ 76 Cap Job Shattuck (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XLI. 14S) 68 Groton during the Revolution Cambridge March 1776 A Pay Rool of Cap'. Job Shattiick^s Company in Co" John Robinson's ■^'^S" ^/ MclHia from the Ti?ne they were Inlisted Before We marched from our Respective Towns for Camp. Mens Names No Days Mens Names No of Days Cap' Job Shattuck 8 Amos Dole 8 Lieu* Peter Butterfield 6 Ivory Wyles 8 Lieu' Daniel Fisk 6 Samuel Walker 8 Ensig" John Robbins 9 Jonathan Hartwell 8 Sarg' James Parker 8 Solomon Pierce 8 Sarg' Sam" March 6 Abel Chase 8 S. Abner Whetcomb 6 James Edgerton 8 Sarg' Noah Farrar 6 Charles Phips 8 Corp" Solomon Cooper 9 Sam!' Barritt 8 Corp'.' Simon Holdin 8 Sampson Bowers 6 Corp" Jonf Lewis 6 Benj"; Hudson 6 Corp" Isaac Patch 8 David Tarbell 6 Drumy David Fisk 6 David Tarble Jun' 6 Fifer Lem!' Parker 6 Abraham Shattuck 6 Francis Mitchel 8 Ezekiel Parham 6 Elisha Hoit 8 Phillip Love joy 6 Benjf Bennitt 8 Daniel Shed 6 John Fyfe 6 Edmund Wright 6 Stephen Stimson 8 Levi Woods 6 Nehemiah Parker 8 Hinchman Warren 6 Joseph Moors 6 Moses Warren 6 Nathan Warren 6 Asa Hale 6 Hezekiah Kemp 6 Daniel Clarke 6 Obadiah Jenkins 6 Daniel Conant 6 Richard Holden 8 Daniel Holt Jun' 6 Jonas Taylor 6 Ebenezer Ball 6 Josiah Warren 6 Thaddeus Spaulding 6 Sam" Rockwood 6 Stephen Warren 6 Levi Sampson 6 William Clark 6 Abraham Moors 6 James Lock 6 Captain Job Shattuck 69 Mens Names No Days Mens Names No of Days John Simonds 6 James Hosley 6 Simeon Brooks 6 John Sartall 6 Harbers Farnworth 6 Jonathan Baley 6 Abel Sartall 6 Daniel Campbell 6 Jonathan Tarbel 6 Ephraim Warren 6 Mitchel Richards 6 Moses Blanchard 6 Simeon Bigelow 9 Abel Hildreth 6 John Robbins 9 Tim? Emerson 6 Josiah Davis Ebenezf Davis 9 9 John Emerson Benj'' Colman 6 6 Gideon Sanderson William Farr 9 9 Ephraim Gibson James Jones 6 6 Daniel Collins 9 Jonathan Foster 6 Sam!' Robbins 9 John Gibson 6 John Brown 9 Job Shattuck Capt Middlesex ss April i. 1776 Captain Job Shattuck the Subscriber of the above pay Roll person- ally appeared and made Solemn Oath to the Truth of the Same Before me Jon^ '^hsxYUGa Justice Peace The Comtee on this Roll have Examined the same and beg leave to report by way of resolve (viz) In House of Representatives June 1776 Resolved that there be paid out of the Publick Treasury of this Colony unto Cap Job Shattuck the sum of Forty Two pounds Seven Shillings and Eight pence for the vse of the men borne on this Roll [Indorsed] Cap' Job Shattuck's Roll (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, LV. File N, 30) 70 Groton during the Revolution Captain Shattuck organized another company which did duty in the neighborhood of Fort Ticonderoga; and on the rolls at the State House it is credited with five months' service from July i to November 30, 1777. According to Amos Farnsworth's Diary, it marched from Groton on July 23, and returned on December 7. The following Abstract of a Muster-roll is the only list of the company that I have been able to find : — An Abstract Muster Root for milage and Billiting money for Cap'. jFob Shattucks Company in in Col". Jonathati Reads Reg", for one penny a mile and a days pay for every Twenty mile from Sara- toga to their Respective Homes Groton Jan^. 26/ 1777 Mens Names Rank Towns belonging to Miles Travil Job Shattuck Cap! Groton 230 Silas Peirce Lieu! Pepperill 225 Nathan Conant Lt Townsend 220 Amos Farnsworth Ens" Groton 230 Benj'! Nutting Serg! Pepperill 225 Abner Adams Serj: Townsend 220 Sam! Hemingway Serj' Groton 230 Abel Parker Serj! Pepperill 225 William Stevens Corp' Townsend 220 Joseph Page Corp! Groton 230 James M'iConnen Corp! Pepperill 225 Ephraim Robbins Corp' Groton 230 Lemuel Parker Fifer Groton 230 Twenty Four Privates Groton 230 m each Sixteen Do Pepperill 225"' each Seventeen Do Townsend 220 Each Totol of men 70 One Private for milage and Billiting from Groton to > Ticondaroga who was Excluded in the first abstract \ Job Shattuck Cap* Captain Nathaniel Lakin 7 i Suffolk ss Feb^ i. 1777 Sworn before Nath^ BAYLEvy^i- Pe Exam'' & allowed Copy pr Nath^ Bayley Seth Loring Clerk to y Com" on part of f Board In Council Feb^ 3- 1777 Read & allowed & ordered that a Warrant be drawn on the Treasury for ^^"126, 6, 5 in full of this Abstract Jn° Avery Dp^ Sec^ [Indorsed] Cap'. Job Shattuck's Abstract from Ticond'^ Due ^126, 6, 5 Col° Reads Reg' (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, LV. File L, 35) Captain Nathaniel Lakin Captain Lakin was the youngest son of James and Eliza- beth (Williams) Lakin, of Groton, where he was born on December 13, 1728. His marriage is entered on the church records, under date of January 23, 1755, as follows: — " Nathaniel Lakin of Pepperrill & Sybil Parker of Groton." The company was recruited from the neighborhood of Groton, and the men belonged in various towns. I print both the Muster-roll and the Pay-roll, which are very similar, but not identical. My grandfather, Samuel Lawrence, was a commis- sioned officer in the command. At the beginning of the War Captain Lakin was a minute- man, and at different times during the Revolution he served as captain in various regiments. His term of service ex- tended at intervals to the end of the War. 7 2 Groton during the Revolution 8 e ^ Si 1 t ;^ •Si to ^ *-. . *-. . 'c3 3 3 c 'en C ^■c^ " Lakins aged for '2. c o c rrt c o pq £ ^ S^ O H-1 ^ ^ ■*-* bJO l| 3 1 — . 3 1 — . 5 3 < G O o en !C eu en TJ rt o E w p £ en o CO eu ft o -a o £ o 2 D 4-> c U o u en m en c3 E 'n a, s "£ E o 0) G _ £ o3 G '2. i-i eu o O Hi en en S c PL, "o O CO ^ £ *"* o en "S 3 _ .2 G 3 (L) CO c o 1 — . a. s O £ Captain Nathaniel Lakin 73 -o OJ 71 >-, >, >> bjO r- ■4-> !-< 3 3 3 03 ^ rt Q Q Q -go c c c CO PL, S 13 > x; to X3 s 15 r3 £ C/2 IS X 3 c75 CJ 3 03 to OJ 3 OJ 3 CJ 3 c:! 3 tfl en 3 XI a; Oh S x: U r3 'a; 3 X 1— 1 X C/3 a; GO a. rt ^ 1— > X c '0 '2 n Q .5 '5) *— 1 XI ^^ • c >— > C/5 .2 '55 X c 1— > 3 t-H M fO '^ U-) MD t-» 00 OS W M fO '^ 10 vO t^ CO M N fj M M M w N ro ro fO ro ro to to to to ro "d- S ct3 >p. >. >p ^ >> >> ^ u 3 3 3 3 3 3 S Q Q Q Q Q Q 3 c c c c 3 c OQ JZ . ^ . c "S "t-~ 6 't^ oj ii . . . ,;3 ^ c . Q . . . . . . ==5 >> 1— > Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 1 — . Q Q Q Q Q Q X 0} "^ OJ (U ~ bfl X5 c _> 2 >^ s ^ 0) XI c t/2 c to 0) a 3 H CO bJD 1-1 03 > >> > 03 U 'a? > i-i (L) s 1- X 3 3 tn ol t/5 CO s x; C/2 Ph c > <: CO c/5 < CO s 1 t— 1 to X s <: 'S o3 Q Q g c5 S )-> c X < Cfl a S X H X c S-I o3 < cu )-> 3 t— > M N fO 'd- UO \0 t^ 00 On M M ro ^ 10 VO t^ CO ~~o> w w M w M l-( )-^ M 1-1 1-1 PI 74 Groton during the Revolution North Kingston Deer i8'.'' 1777 Mustered then Captains Lakins Compan?' as Specified in the Above Roll And!^ Brown D". Must: Master We Do Sware that the Within Muster Roll is a True State of the Company Without Fraud to these United States or Any Indi- viduals According to the Best of our Knowledge John Chaney Lien' Sam^ Lawrence Lieu'. Sworn Before me this 18"' Day of Deer 1777 Daniel Hall justice of Peace [Indorsed] Muster Roll when Mustered by Major Brown (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, II. 184) Fay Roil of Bounty due to Cap'. Nath'.' Lakins Compy Cot John Robinsotis Reg', from Massachusetts State for service done att Rhod island from the first of July to the Last of Dec"'"" 1777 Exclusive of three Pounds Rece^. By Each soldier Mens Names Shubuel Conant John scott Ephr Russell Will"' Kemp Sam! Moody Emerson James Commings Thomas Nichols Eleazf Butterfield Lemuel Parker Robinson Lakin David Jenkins Uriel Whitney Moses Chase Thomas Tarbell Henry swan Oliver Farnsworth Time of Time of Inlisting Service M D July 20'l' 2 1 1 1 1 August i'' 2 1 Ditto 2 t July 7'!' 2 1 ' 25 July 20 2 1 1 II July 7'." 2 1 • 17 D? 2 I ' 17 August i" 2 1 July 7')> 2 1 • 17 Aug! i^' 2 1 July 7'." 2 1 • 25 D? 2 1 ' 25 D? 2 ' 25 D" 2 • 25 D" 2 • 25 D? 2 • 25 Deserted 23 Decemb' Deserted 23 Decb' Deserted 23 Decemb' Captain Nathaniel Lakin 75 Men's Names Moses Ames John Trobridge Amos Ames Isaac Williams [Ambrose] Lakin [DJaniel Wethe[rbee] James Darling Sam! Lovejoy Abner Lovejoy Thomas Caprin Philip Lovejoy Aaron Farmer Daniel Willard Peter Gillson Jonah Johnston Jon? French John Perham Josiah Moshuer John Chamberland Abel Lakin Lemuel Parker Jonathan Tarbell Sam' Wyman Josiah Robins Isaac Wetherbee Nathan Shattuck John Shattuck Ebenezf Ball Ebenez' Jilles Israel Stone Philip Butterfield Richard Francis Ebenez' French Jon? Patts Time of Inlistinsr July 7'!' D.' D° D? D.' D? D:' D? D? D" D? D? D? D'? D? D° D? July 20 Aug! i'.' Ditto D? D" D? D" D? D" D? D° D? D" D'.' D? D" D" Time of Service M D 2 „ 25 • 25 • 25 • 25 ' 25 ' 25 ' 25 ' 25 ' 25 25 25 25 25 25 15 25 17 II Discharge! Decemb"^ 1 2 Allowed 10 Days To Return home Desert? 23 Decemb' Nath'-'- Lakin Ca/f'. 76 Groton during the Revolution Cap' Nathl' Lakins Roll in Coll° Robinsons Regiment for Ser- vice to Rhode Island Examined & found Due ^114-10-0 Jonathan Metcalf V- order Exam'^ & the above Sum is Due A Fuller f order to be made payable to Lieu! Saml Lavvrance In Council June 19'.'' 1778 R'^ Si All'' & Ordered that a Warrant be drawn on the Treasury for ^114. TO. o in full of this Roll Jn" Avery D^ Sc'' Middlesex ss Groton Mar 25'J^ 1778 Then Cap* Nath" Lakin made Solemn oath to the muster Roll that the Sum is Just and True according to his Best Knowledge Concerning the Same Before Josiah Sartell Justice peace (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, II. 180) Captain Abishai Brown was of Concord, and, according to the following papers, there was a Groton man in his company. Abstract of Cap'. Abishai Brown Company In the Colony Service Cot Josiah Whitney Regiment ,, ,-, ,, , Towns they No. Mens Names Rank „ , , „ -, _ Belong to miles [Obediah] Genkins Private Groton 40 Abishai Brown Cap' Suffolk ss. June 24 1776 Then Cap' Abishai Brown made oath to y"' truth of the Above Roll Before me B Lincoln Jus Peace Boston Decern 3. 1776. Then adjusted the within Role with David Jeffries paymaster and Received of him One hundred forty five pounds nine shillings and five pence in full of the within ;^ 1 45 - 9.5 Ephraim Jackson L' Col" [Indorsed] Cap' Abishai Brown's Roll in Col? Whitneys Regim'. 1776 /145-9- 5 (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, LV. File L, 36) Captain Thomas Warren 77 A Afuster-roal of Cap". Abishai Brown Cofnpatiy in Colonel Josiah Whitney Rege^nent Raised By the State of the Massachusetts Bay, — Frotn the First of JVovefnber 1776 Up to the First of December AD. 1776 — and one Day for Every 20 Miles Travel Camp at Hull November y'' 27"' 1776 Mens Names Rank Obediah Ginkins [Private] In Council Dec": 5. 1776 Read and allowed and Ordered that a Warrant be drawn on the Treasury for ;^i78. 3. 7. in full of this Roll John Avery Dpy Secy [Indorsed] Cap^ Abisha Brown's Roll, in Col° Marshalls Reg'. Dec^ 1776 Due ^^178. 3. 7 pf WooDBRiDGE Brown Copy Seth Loring Clerk to y^ Com', on the part of the Board (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, LV. File L, 49) Towns No of Months Names miles M days kotton 70 I 3 Captain Thomas Warren belonged in Townsend, but more than one third of his company were Groton men. Harbor Farnsworth was so named from the fact that he was born in Boston harbor in a boat, on June 10, 1756. A Return of Captain Thomas Warrens Company in Co'- Brooks Regement October 31"'' 1776 Mens Names ^ m 1) ~ -a *j C 5 5^ Place from whence thay Came Lieu' Joseph Rockwood I Groton Serj' Samuel Gragg I Groton Corp' Asa Porter I Groton John Gragg I Groton Jon- Boyden I Groton Harbor Farnsworth ( Groton Samuell Teel I Groton Nehemiah Lawrence I Groton Paul Fletcher I Groton 7 8 Groton during the Revolution Mens Names >> u '(n o g ^ Place from whence thay Came Joseph Moors I Groton Jacob Patch I Groton Jon? Tarble I Groton Simeon Williams I Groton Abel Sawtell I Groton William keemp I Groton Phinehas hemmingway I Groton Jonathan Capron I Groton Benj'' Fisk I Groton Richard holden I Groton Jonathan Stone I Groton Oliver Lakin I Groton Gabriel Lakin \ Groton Abel Farwell I Groton [Indorsed] Cap'. Warrens Return Col° Brooks Oct? 31 1776 White Plains (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XXIV. 55) Captain John Minot was of Chelmsford, and he had in his company a dozen or more Groton men. One of them, a mere lad, lost his life on Dorchester Heights, according to an epi- taph in the old burying-ground at Groton, as follows: — [Cherub's Head.'] Memento Mori Here lies the Body of Mr Nathaniel Ston^ son of M[ Nathaniel Stone & M? Sybel his wife who died in his Countrys ser= vice on Uorchester= Hill Oct: 22-' 1776. Aged 17 years one month & 22 days. Captain John Minot 79 A Pay Role of Travill and Wages Due to Cap'. John Minots Coi7i- pany in Cotl Dikes Reg^. for the Travill from their Flacies of Abode to the Heights of Dorchester the Place of Rendezvous And back to their Respective homes, and one Days Wages for Every Twenty Miles home. Number The N? Mens Names Towns of Miles to and from of Days Travilling Encampment home Benjamin Lawrance Groton 82 2 Roland Lawrance Groton 82 2 Abel Kemp do 82 2 Benj^ Patch do 82 2 Simeon Brooks do 82 2 William Shead do 82 2 Ezra Prescott do 82 2 Nathaniel Stone do 82 2 Benj^ Farwell do 82 2 Salmon Whitney do 82 2 Shattuck Blood do 82 2 John Minot Cap'. In Council Nov! 30. 1776 Read and Allowed and Ordered that a Warrent be drawn on the Treasury for £(io, 12, 2. in full of this Roll John A very Dp^ Sec^' [Indorsed] 34 Cap'. John Minots milage Roll in Col.' Dikes Reg', at Dorches- ter Highs Nov 1776 Exam^' & Dar [Drawn] ;^ 60. 12. 2. Copy D Sewall. (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, LV. File L, 34) So Groton during the Revolution A Muster Roll of Cap'. John Minofs Comp^. /« Colonel Dikes Res:inietit. Month Dec [1776] days I St 13 d? d" d? I d? d? d? d? d? 13 I Names Benj? Lawrence Asa Porter Edmund Blood Jo[ath]'? C[ap]ron Simeon Williams Salmon Whitney Benj"? Farwell Cotton Proctor Solmon Gilson Ephraim Farwell Shattuck Blood Jon'? Teel Roland Lawrence Rank Town I".* Leiu^ Groton Serj'. Groton Corp'. Groton Private Groton d? d? d? d? d? d'? d? d? d'.' d? d? d. d? d? d? d? d? d? Casualties discharg'd 13 Feby (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XX VL 42S) Captain Oliver Lyman belonged in Northampton, and Captain John Hartwell in Lincoln. A Muster Roll of Cap'. \_Oliver'\ Lymans Comp^ In Colonel Dikes Regiment. Month days Names Rank Town Casualties Dec I [1776] Benj.' Shaw Serjl Groton discharg'd 28 JanY 1777 (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XXVI. 418) A Muster Roll of Cap' \_John\ Hartic'ell Comp^ In Colonel Dikes Regiment. Month Days Names Rank Town Deer 14 [1776] The' White Drum' Groton " '< Ebeni' Farnsworth Private Groton (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XXVI. 422) Three- Years Men 8i Captain Josiah White lived in Spencer. A Return of the men Inlisted into the Co?itental Servis out of my Companey in the year 1777 Duri?ig the war or 3 years Towns Time Names of the for which Capt under Colos und when men ingaged Towns thay thay in- which thay wliich thay their in- in Servis Belong to listed or inlisted serve hired ganient End David Williams Groton Spencer Cap Stone Colo Brevvr 3 year Febury 1777 the above is a true acount of the men inlisted out of my Company in Co" Deneys Reg' atest Josiah White Capt Worester ss Charlton feburary 16 1778 personeley apeared Before me Capt Josiah White the siner and made oath that the Within account is Just and True Before me Abiiah Lamb Com!" [Indorsed] Cap' White of Spencer 1778 (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XLI. 190) Names of Afe?i I?ilisted into the Continental Arjuy, in Alphabetical Order 3 years men from 1777 County of Middlesex The Towns The Town for wh Page Mens Names they Belong to Inlisted or hired 109 Ames Eliezer Groton Groton 112 Blood Caleb Juf Groton Groton Blood John D'^ D" Bigelow Aaron D" D" Bancroft Will^ D° D" 1135^ Conn William Groton Groton Cole Samuel Falmouth D" Colman Thomas Groton D° Crage David D" D" Clough Joseph Petersborough D'^ 118 Farnworth Edmund Groton Groton 8 2 Groton during the Revolution Page Mens Names The Towns they Belong to The Town for wh Inlisted or hired Farwell David Groton Groton Frye Cato Andover D° Farrington Thomas Jun' Groton D° I20 Gilden Arnold Casco bay Groton Gould Simeon Groton D" Gragg John Jun' D° D° Gafifield Jesse Cambridge D° Gilson Daniel Groton D° Gilson Daniel Jun' D° D° I2I>4 Holden Richard Groton Groton Hoitt Elisha D» D° 122 Jinkins Joel Groton Groton 123 Kemp William Groton Groton Keening Michael Cambridge D° Kemp Phinehas Groton D° 124 Longley Zacheeas Groton Groton Longley Asa D-' D" Longley Zachias Jun' D° D° 125 McNeil Henry Groton Groton Mixor Timothy Petersborough D° Mitchel Samuel D" D° 126 Nutting Joseph Groton Groton I28>^ Parker Benjamin Groton Groton Phillips Isaac D'^ D° Procter Jonas D° D° Peirt James Peppril D° Proctor Charles Groton D" Peirce Benjamin D° D" 129 Russell Solomon Groton Groton Russell Nath" D' D° 131 Thompson Samuel Groton Groton Taylor Samuel Acton Groton Trowbridge Edmund Groton D° nz'A Williams Nath" Groton Groton 134 Youngman Peter Westford Groton (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XXVII.) Soldiers' Orders for Pay Due 83 The three following orders were found among the Fitch papers given to me by Mrs. Rowe, but, according to the Pay-rolls, the men signing them did not belong to Captain Fitch's company. MAERYMAC march : io<^: 1777 Cap^ moors Sur Pleas to Pay Leiut Walker all mye Pay that is Dew to me as a solder in the Continentel arme and this shall Dis Charge you from me as witness mie hand Samuel Ayer Groton Sep' yf 9 1777 then R'l the Contents in full Gideon Davis [Addressed] Zaccheus Walker Lieut MARRYMAC march : 14^: 1777 Capt moors Sur Pleas to Pay Leiut Walker all mye Pay that is Dew to me as a Solder in the Continentel armee and this shall discharg you from me as witness mie Hand James Macy Groton Sep! 1777 R"^ the Contents in full ^ Gideon Davis [Addressed] Zaccheus Walker Lieut To Cap'^ Joseph mores Please to Pay to Zechariah Fitch the full of my wages for Contenal Service and this with his Recept shall Be your Discharge Daniel Kezar [Indorsed] an order 84 Groton during the Revolution A List of men Raised by the County of Middlesex in the state of Massachusetts-Bay for the Purpose of filling up and Compleat- ing the fifteen Battalions of Continental Troops directed to be raised in that State for the Term of Nine ?nonths from the time of their arrival at Fish-Kill, agreeable to a resolve of General Court Bass' d April 20'}" 1778 No Names Towns Remarks 64. Nath! Corey Groton June 20!'' 65- John Shipley 66. Shattuck Bird 67. Eleazer Green 88. Jonathan Coburn Groton 106. Joseph Taylor Groton 119. Joseph Page Groton 120. Henry Davis d° 121. John Pearce d^ 122. Fra? White d° 123. Eben' Farnsworth d° 129. Isaac Warren Groton June 21^' Rec'' July 20I'' 1778 of Jonathan Warner Commissioner One Hundred & Thirty one men, Included in the above list for the purpose therein mentioned R Putnam} Colonel [Indorsed] County Middlesex (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, LV. File L, 17) Nine-Months Men 8 A List of the Men Procured . . . for the term of Nine Months from the tiftie of their Arrival at Fish Kill. County of Middlesex Time of Arival No Names and Towns they Belong to Regt they Belong to Company they Belong to Age Stature [1778] Groton June 19 I Nathan Cory Reeds I Compy 33 5-9 D°20 2 John Shipley J': D' 2 D° 21 5-8 D'' 3 Shatock Blood y D° D° 20 5-9 D° 4 Eleazer Green J"' D° D'^ 23 5 10 D'^2I 5 JonathV Coburn D° D° 26 5 7 D°2I 6 Joseph Taylor D-^ I D'' 36 6 D° 7 Isaac Warren D° D° 24 5 10 D° 8 Henry Davis D° DO 21 5 9 D° 9 Joseph Page D° D° 36 5 7 D-^ 10 John Peirce D'^ D° 57 5 10 D° II Francis White D" D° 20 5 8 D° 12 EbenezerFarnsworthJ'' D'^ D'^ 21 5 5 July II Josiah Stevens 34 5 10 D'^ Joseph Frost Stow 21 5 II 6 Isaac Dodge Reeds I Compy 35 5 10 This Dodg Belongs to Grotton Arived June 23 (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XXVIII. 160) 86 Groton during the Revolution Captain Moses Barnes lived in Marlborough. Pay Root of Cap'. Moses Barnf- Comp^. i?i Lieu' Col'- Ferce' Rig' from the Massachusetts Bay Now in the Service of the United States for the term of tow Months from the \'! May 1779 to the li' July 1779- Also a Days Pay for every twenty miles travil return- ing horn. Mens Names Rank Towns to which thay Belong No of Miles time of Inlisting time of Service Month Days Gotten Proctor Ser! Grotten 80 May 17 I - 14 Rogers Lawrence Priv' Grotten 80 D°i7 I - 14 Calvin Russell D? D' 80 D^i7 I - 14 Ezekiel Portor D" D? 80 D'' 17 I - 14 Moses Barns Cap. N B The Original Sworn to before Mr Justice Metcalf Col" Peirces Regiment Cap' Moses Barnes Role for State Pay for Service at Rhoad Island, Paid by a Resolve Pased Apriel 30''' 1779 s d Examined & found Due ^1018 = i =4 Jon^ Metcalf Y. order Copy S Moore Examin'^ & the above Sum is found due A Fuller ^ order In Council Sep* 7. 1779 Read & All'! & ord'' that a W be drawn on y": Treas^ for ^1018 n i n 4 in full of this Roll Jn? Avery D Set (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, I. 70) Additional Levies 87 A List of Men Raised {agreeable to a Resolve of Court of the ^"' of Jime 1779) in the Comity of Middlesex (See Descriptive List) Mens Names Levi Lawrence Joseph Moor Jun' Jonas Blood John Trobridge William Parker Gabril Lakin Moses Ames Robert Parker Isaac Lawrence Jun' Sam'.' Parker Town Groton [Indorsed] Middlesex Nov. 24 1779 p. Joseph Hosmer Superintendant for Middlesex Novf 24"' 1779 (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XLI. 125) Captain Thomas Hovey was of Cambridge. A Pay Roll of Cap'. Tho'. Hovey'. Company Col: Nathan Tylers Regi of New Leavies from the Massachusetts State for their State Pay for Service Do?ie In the State of Rhode Isla7id from the 24 of June to the if Day of Dec": Agr cable to a Resolve of Court Past the %"" of June lyjg Names a When Ingaged Service Time in Service Months Days David Blood Private July 12 4 19 Daniel Fletcher Do 12 4 19 Jonas Kemp Do 12 4 19 Asa Kemp Do 12 4 19 88 Groton during the Revolution I Do Swear that the Within pay Roll is true and Just without fraud to the United States or to any Individual According to My best Knowledge Tho^ Hovey Cap'. Sworn before me this 6 Day of Dece!^ i779 E Cornell B G Pay Roll of Cap! Thomas Hoveys Company for their State pay for Service Done in the State of Rhode Island from June 24'!' to December the first Day. Agreable to a Resolve of Court Past June 8'!' 1779 Col Tylers Reg' Examined and found Due £(i^^2) ^4 ^ Ezra Sargeant Per order Examin? & the above Sum of £(i<^^Z~ 14-8 found due A Fuller '^ order to be made payable to Col" Nathan Tyler In Council Dec' 25 1779 Read «Sz: allow'.' & ord'? that a W! be drawn on the Treas^ for_j^6953 14 8 in full of this Roll [Indorsed] Cap'. Tho^ Hovey Col? Tyler 1779 R'' Island (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, II. 133) A Pay Roll of Cap'. Thomas Hoveys Company Col Nathan Tylers ■R^S' of New Leavies from the Massachusetts State for their State Pay for Service Done ifi the State of Rhode Island the Month of December Agreable to A Resolve of Court Past the Z"' of jfime^ 1779. Names c Pi Towns from S Time in Service alloweing i days pay for Every 20 Miles Home Months Days David Blood Daniel Fletcher Jonas Kemp Asa Kemp Private Groton Groton Groton Do G G »H 1-4 M M I 5 I 5 I 5 I 5 Additional Levies 89 I Do Swear that the Within Pay Roll is the present true and Just without fraud to the United States or any Individual According to my Best Knowledge Tho^ Hovey Cap'. Sworn before me this 6 Day of Dece' 1779 E Cornell B Gen' Examined and found Due ^1753 -0-8 Ezra Sargeant Per order Examine' & the above Sum of ;^i753-o-8 is found due A Fuller '^' order to be made payable to Col" Nathan Tyler In Council Jan^ 11'" 1780 R'' & All'.' & Ord'.' that a W be drawn on the Treasury for ^1753 — 8 in full of this Roll Jn" Avery D Sec [Indorsed] Pay Roll of Cap*. Hoveys Company for State Pay for Service Done at Rhode Island the Month of December 1779 Col Tylers Reg'. (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, II. 132) Pay Roll of Cap'. Tho'. Hovey' Company in Coll Nath\_an'\ Tylers Reg', of New Levies from the State of Alassachusetts Bay for their State pay for service done in the Mo?ith of December 1779 at the State of Rhode Island. Names Pi a H c 5 to •3 c Time in Service Alowing one days pay for every 20 Miles travel home Days David Blood Private Groton 100 22 27 Daniel Fletcher do Groton ICO 25 30 Jonas Kemp do Groton 100 22 27 Aas Kemp do Groton 100 22 27 Tho^ Hovey Cap'. N. B. The Original Sworn to before M' Justice Fisher Examined and found Due ^1302. 14. 8. Ezra Sargeant Per order 90 Groton during the Revolution Examin'' & the above Sum of ^1302- 14-8 is found due A Fuller f order Copy In Council May 10')' 1780 [Indorsed] Col Tyler Reg' A pay Roll of Cap' Thomas Hoveys for the month of Dec"" for State Pay for Service at Rhode Island (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, II. 129) A Descriptive List of the Eighth Divisio?i of Six Months Men raised to reinforce the Conti7iental Army March' d from Springfield Under the Command of M: Eb: Kent July f 8'" 1780 Names Age Stature Complex Town arival at Springfield Ezekiel Porter 17 5 10 Ruddy Groton July 8'" Job Shattuck 21 5 8 Dark d° d° Simeon Lakin 20 6 I Light d° d" Sam" Blood 18 S 10 d° d° d° Daniel Fletcher 17 5 2 d" d° d° Nath'-' Blanchard 20 5 6 d° d° d" Benj'? Tarble 18 5 4 d" d° d° W-' Farewell 18 6 d" d° d° Charlestown Edes 30 5 8 Negro d" d" Springfield 8'.'^ July 1780 Received of Justin Ely Esqr Commissioner for the State of Mas- sachusetts Bay the One Hundred and Thirty Three Men men- tioned in the Within Lists being raised to reinforce the Continental Army for six Months agreable to a Resolve of the General Court of said State of the fifth of June last past and forwarded Said men together with Descriptive Lists of the same under the Command of Mf Ebenezer Kent Jn" Glover. £. General A True Copy Examined p' Justin Ely Commissioner [Indorsed] List of the Eighth Division of Six months Men who march'd with M": Kent July 8"' 1780 133 Men (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XXXV. 1S9) Additional Levies 91 A Descriptive List of the Eleventh Division of Six Months men march' d from Springfield zvith Ensign Bancraft July 11'-' 1780 Mens Names Age Stature Complex Town Arival at Springfield Levi Lawrance 20 5 10 Ruddy Groton July 9"^ Moses Ames 20 5 II d° d" d° Peter Stephens 18 5 6 Dark d° d° Eben^ Tarbell 18 5 6 Ruddy d" d° John Trowbridge 18 5 7 d^ d° d'^ Sahnon Whitney 20 5 7 Light d^ d'^ Ephraim Stone 17 5 6 d° d« d° Thaddeus Bancroft 26 5 II Ruddy d° d« Ebenf Farnsworth 22 5 6 d^ d'^ d" Simeon Kemp 19 5 9 d° Groton July 9'" Richard Holden 19 5 7 d° d" d'' Springfield ii"^ July 1780 Received of Justin Ely Esq' Comissioner for the State of Massa- chusetts Bay the One Hundred & Seventy Seven Men born on the within Lists (together with with \_sic'\ Descriptive Lists of the Same) being raised to reinforce the Continental Army for Six Months agre- able to a Resolve of the General Court of Said State of the fifth of June last past and forwarded said Men to the Army under the Care of Ensigh Bancroft Jn° Glover. B. General A True Copy Examined p' Justin Ely Commissioner [Indorsed] Descriptive List of the 11 Division of 6 Months Men March'd under the Care of Ens" Bancraft July y-' 11"' 17S0 177 Men (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XXXV. 192) 9 2 Groton during the Revolution A Descriptive List of the Eighteenth Division of Six Months men march' d from Springfield under the Care of Lient Zebiilon King yidy y 16'-^' 1780 Names Age Stature Complex Town Arival at Springfield Samuel Parker Rogers Lawrance Benjamin Moors 16 16 17 5 4 5 5 56 Light Light Groton Groton d-^ July i6"' 1780 July 16'" 1780 d^ Springfield 16*'' July 1780 Received of Justin Ely Esq": Commissioner for the State of Massa- chusetts Bay the Sixty Two Men born on the within List (Together with Descriptive Lists of the Same) being raised to reinforce the Continental Army for for \_sic'] Six Months agreable to a Resolve of the General Court of Said State of the fifth of June last past and forwarded Said Men to the Army under the Care of Lieu' Zebulon King Jn° Glover. B. Ge?ieral A True Copy Examined 13, Justin Ely Commissioner [Indorsed] 18"' Division of Six Months Men March'd July y^ 16"' 1780 L'. King 62 Men (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XXXV. 200) A Descriptive List of the Twenty Second Division of Six Months Mefi march' frojn Springfield tinder the Care of Cap'. Benf Warreti July 20'-^' 1780 Names Age Stature Complex Town Arival at Springfield John Gregg 25 5 7 Light Groton July 20'" Additional Levies 93 Springfield 20"' July 1780 Received of Justin Ely Esqf Commissioner for the State of Massachusetts Bay The Fifty seven Men born on the Within List (together with a Descriptive List of the Same) being raised to rein- force the Continental Army for Six Months Agreable to a Resolve of the General Court of Said State of the fifth of June last past and forwarded Said Men to the Army Under the Care of Cap' Benj? Warren Jn? Glover. B. General A True Coppy Examined W- Justin Ely Commissioner [Indorsed] 22!!^ Division of Six Months Men march'd July y<= 20"^ 17S0 Cap Benj'7 Warren 58 Men. (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XXXV. 204) A List of the Six Months Men Received of Major Joseph Hosmer Superintendant of f County of Middlesex agreable to a Resolve of y General Court Rassed June y 5- 1780. Names Towns Ezekiel Porter Groton Job Shattuck d° Simeon Lakin d? Sam" Blood d° Daniel Fletcher d° Nathl' Blanchard d° Benj? Tarble d° W2 Farewell d° Charlestown Edes d? Levi Lawrance Groton Moses Fames d" Peter Stevens d° Names Towns Eben' Tarbell Groton John Trowbridge d" Salmon Whitney d*^ Ephraim Stone d° Thaddeus Bancroft d" Eben' Farnsworth d° Simeon Kemp d° Richard Holden d° Sam" Parker Groton Rogers Lawrance d° Benj!' Moores d° John Gregg d° Springfield 6 August 1780 Received of Majr Joseph Hosmer Superintendant for the County of Middlessex the Men mentioned in this List being raised to serve Six Months in the Continental Army agreable to a Resolve of the General Court of the 5*!' of June last past by Justin Ely Commissioner [Indorsed] Justin Ely's Rec'. of 6 Months Men to Maj": Hosmer. (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, UV. File F, 30) 94 Groton during the Revolution Middlesex ss A Fay roll for the Six months men, who were in actual Service in the Continental army for 1780; in behalf of the town of Groton, made up by us the Subscribers agreeable to the 7'esolves of the Gefieral Court of the 3'f October 1781 Names Time when Marched Time when Discharged Miles M? days Levi Lawrance July 4'" 1 780 Decebf iS'I* 220 5 26 Richard Holden D^ Decem' 12'!' 220 5 20 Job Shattuck junf June 26'" Jany i^; 1 781 220 6 18 Moses Ames July 4'!> Decf 26'!' 220 6 3 Peter Stevens jun' D° Jany q'!' 1 78 1 220 6 16 John Trobridge junf D? D° D" 6 16 Ephraim Stone D° D" D° 6 16 Ebenr Tarbell D° D" D" 6 16 Ebenf Farnsworth junf D" Decem' 4"' D" 5 II Thaddeus Bancroft July 8'." Nov. 19'.'' D'' 4 23 Salmon Whitney July 4'" Jany 9*"^ D° 6 16 Benj-:" Moors July 8*!' Dec' 5"^ D" 5 9 John Gragg junf July 8'!* D'^ Rogers Lawrance July 8*1^ Dec' 13'." 220 5 16 Nathl Blanchard July 4'!' J[an^ 9] 220 6 16 Ezekiel Porter July 4'!' JanJ- 9"' 220 6 16 Will'" Farwell jun"^ D" D" D" 6 16 Benj? Tarbell jun' D^ D'' 4 26 Samuel Parker July 8"' Jan>' 9'." D'' 6 12 Daniel Fletcher July 4"' D" D- 6 16 Samuel Blood July 4'" D" D" 6 16 Charlestown Edes do Dec' 3" D" 5 II Simeon Lakin D" Nov' 19"' D" 4 26 All the above \_T7v0 lines missing here ] Oliver Prescoit a Selectmen Job Shattuck > of Solomon Woods J Groton Additional Levies 95 Middlesex ss 28"' Jan?' 1782 Job Shattuck & Solomon Woods made solemn Oath that in mak- ing up the above roll they acted faithfully & impartially & that the same is just & true according to the best of their Judements Before me Oliver Prescott jfust peace A true copy A Pay Roll for the Six Month men for the Town of Groton 1780 Examined and found Due in Specie £2(i\-\- a^ Ezra Sargeant Per order Examin"* & the above Sum is found due A Fuller ■^ order Copy In Council Feb^ 18 1782 Read & Advised that [a warrant be] drawn on the Treasury for ^264 n i n 4 in full of this Roll. (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, IV. 81) A List of the Six Months Men raised to reinforce the Continental Army agreahle to tivo Resohes of the General Court passed iti June 1780 posted up to their respective Towns fro >n the Receipts of the Continental Officers by Justin Ely Commissioner Groton Division in which musterd Ezekiel Porter 8 Ebenr Tarbell Job Shattuck 8 John Trowbridge Simeon Lakin 8 Salmon Whitney Sam'- Blood 8 Ephraim Stone Dan- Fletcher 8 Thaddeus Bancroft Nath'- Blanchard 8 Ebenr Farnsworth Benj- Tarble 8 Simeon Kemp W" Farewell 8 Richard Holden Charlestown Edes 8 Sam' Parker 18 Levi Lawrence 1 1 Rogers Lawrence 18 Moses Ames 1 1 Benj'' Moorse 18 Peter Stephens 1 1 John Gregg 22 (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XXVII. 12) 96 Groton during the Revolution An account of the Men Murstred in the Comity of Middlesex Since the Last Return Groton March 28 1781 Eleazer Green 28 28 28 March 20 Joseph Lakin Oliver Lakin Oliver Lakin Jur William Tarble (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, LIV. File F, 28) Co7nmonwealth of Massachusetts to the Selectmen of the Town of Groton Dr. For the Bounty or hire of Twenty one men to serve in the Con- tinental Army for three years, or during the war agreeable to the Resolves of the General Court of December & February last, viz! William Tarbell ^90 Oliver Lakin Jun- 95 Ezekiel Porter 93 John Stevens 93 Moses Chase 94 Charlestown Edes 90 John Pierce 78 Harbour Farnsworth 98 Joshua Parker 91 Elijah Nutting 90 David Farwell 90 - Asa White 90 - Amos Dole 98 n Eleazer Green Jun' 98 m Joseph Bancroft 93 John Goddard 90 - Edmund Holden 90 - Amos Shed 87 n Benj? Tarbell Jun"" 90 " Calvin Russell 93 n Joseph Lakin 93 ti Hard money ^1928 : I O M I 12 II I 10 II I ID 'I ■ o[ I 12 [ T 811 4 " O II o - O II 1 2 11 I 16 I. I 10 II o - o - O II 6 I. O II O II o o o [] 10 : 5 Specie Additional Levies 97 N. B. Two of the above named men, vizt. Calvin Russell & Joseph Lakin were hired & Mustered in Season Tis expected the said Russell will join the Army immediately. The said Lakin is absconded. Oliver Prescott ■^ Selectmen Groton 6 Nov'' 1781. Isaac Farnsworth >- of Solomon Woods ) Groton Middlesex ss Nov"' 6'!' 1781. D- Isaac Farnsworth & Cap' Solomon Woods two of the Select- men abovenamed personally appeared & made oath that the afore- going return by them subscribed was true according to the best of their knowledge Before me Oliver Prescott J peace Groton Return of 3 Years Men by Resolve of the 2 Dec. 1780 7 Men («' 90. £ ^630: 0: 3 d" 93 :io/ 280 : 10/ 2 d" 93 186: I d" 95 : 12/ I d" 94: I d'^ 78: 12/ I d" 98: 8/ I d" 91 : 4/ I d' 98: 2/ I d" 98: 16/5 I d" 87: I d" 90: 6/ 21 Men ;^i [928 : 10 : 5 17^ h Specie [Indorsed] Kcturn of tliree years men (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XXXII. 57S) 98 Groton during the Revolution The Folloiving is a List of men Procured in Consequence of a Resolve of Court of the 2^! of Decejfiber 1780 in the County of Middlesex for a Term Less then three years viz Date of Inlistment Names the Town for which Engaged for what time EngagJ [17S.] Novr 20 Amos Woods Groton one year Feb?' ii"" 1782 p' Joseph Hosm'e.k]^ Super' for Middlesex [Indorsed] Joseph Hosmer £■■ Superinteiidant for Middlesex return of Men for three Years by a Resolve of Court passed Dec': 2'^ 1780 37 Men (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XXXII. 595) Additional Levies 99 H ou-)uour)ir)i-OLOi-OLoi-oiou-)u-5i-r) Ml < M h-'O ONf^vO ri OCO ^t--00 t^N w w M r— t-^M E O «J iL|QQQaGGQQCQ|Gj||Q|^||-o Lcf'.. loo Groton during the Revolution Classes of Soldiers The following Resolve, passed by the General Court on December 2, 1780, explains the division of the inhabitants into various "Classes," as mentioned below. Under the call ordered at this time the town of Groton was directed to raise twenty-one men for the Continental Army toward the 4240 which were needed to complete the quota of the Common- wealth. On February 26, 1781, a supplementary Resolve was passed; and still later, on March 7, 1782, another Re- solve, under which latter call the town was ordered to raise eight men for the Army, toward the 1500 which were then needed. And it is further Resolved^ That the several towns and plantations within this Commonwealth be, and hereby are authorized to agree (if they think fit) upon classing the inhabitants thereof at a legal town-meeting called for tliat purpose, in order to procure their pro- portion of soldiers to serve in the Continental army, for three years or during the war : And in all towns and plantations where the mode of classing shall be adopted, the selectmen of such towns, and the assessors of such plantations, or such committee as the town or plantation shall appoint tor that purpose, shall divide all the inhab- itants thereof, with others who were assessed in the hard-money- tax, into as many classes as according to the annexed schedule, there are men required of such town or plantation, in proportion to their several taxes, intermixing poor with tiie rich, so as to make the several classes as nearly equal in property and in number of polls as may be with convenience ; and each of said classes shall, on or before the twentieth day oi January next, procure a good able- bodied effective soldier to serve in the Continental army three years or during the war, unless sucli town or plantation shall in some other way procure the whole number of soldiers to be by them raised : And that in case any one or more of said classes shall neglect or refuse to procure the soldiers assigned them, within the limited time aforesaid, such town or plantation is hereby empowered and directed classes of Soldiers loi to procure such soldier for each class so neglecting of such town or plantation, and the assessors shall assess said classes, or the sev- eral neglecting individuals thereof, in the same proportion they were severally assessed in the hard-money-tax, the full value of the sum which shall be expended in procuring said soldier, with an addi- tional sum not exceeding double the sum advanced to procure the said soldier, as the said town shall determine ; and the several col- lectors of such towns or plantations are hereby authorized and re- quired to collect said assessments in the same manner as they are directed by law to collect town taxes, and pay in the same accord- ing to the direction contained in the warrant which they may receive from the selectmen or assessors of such towns or plantations for the purpose of collecting said assessments ; and the said selectmen or assessors are hereby authorized to grant such warrants, agreeable to the form by law prescribed for collecting town taxes, mutatis mutandis. (Pages 42, 43.) The following receipts given by soldiers are found in Vol- ume XXXII. of the Archives, Revolutionary Papers; and the number of the paper in the volume is indicated in heavy- faced type after each receipt. I do hereby Acknowledge that I have Rec'' of the Town of Groton by Class N° 4 in Money and Securities Two Hundred & Ninety Spanish Mill'd Doll" for my hire as a Soldier in the Continental Service for the Term of three Years Witness my hand this Sixth Day of April 1781 Amos Shed 557. Groton April 6- 1781 I do hereby acknowledge that I have Rec'.' of Class N- 8 in Groton afores'' three hundred Spanish mill'- Dollars in money paid and Security Given in full for my Engaging to Serve in the Continental Service for the term of three years from the time of my Inlistment witness my hand John Goddard 558. I do hereby acknowledge that I have Rec'.' of Class N" 2 in Groton, Ninety three pounds ten Shillings in money paid and Security Given by Said Class, in Silver at Six Shillings and Eight pence per ounce, I02 Groton during the Revolution in full for my hire as a Soldier in the Continental Service for the term of three years from the time of my Inlistment witness my hand Joseph Bancroft 559. April 6^^ 17S1 Rec!' of the Town of Groton by Class N- 14 Ninety four Pounds in Silver Money, in Money and Securities for my hire as a Soldier in the Continental Service for the Term of three Years Witness my hand this 23'' Day of April 1781 at Groton Moses Chase 560. Groton March 19- 1781 Rec!' of Cap! John Sawtell & others Belonging to s!' Sawtells Class (N" 17) three Hundred & Twenty Eight Silver Dollars, in full Con- sideration for my Bounty from s'' Class as a Soldier in the Conti- nental Army for the Term of three years, Unless Sooner Regularly Discharg? I say Rec^ by me Harbour Farnsworth 561. Groton April 16- 1781 I do hereby Acknowledge that I have Rec'! of the Town of Groton Afores? Two Hundred and Sixty two Spanish Mill'd Dollars by Class N" 18 in Money and Securities for my hire as a Soldier in the Continental Service for the Term of three Years Test. William Swan t ''.'^ t. John -f- Peirce Isaac Farnsworth mark 562. Groton April 6- 1781 I do hereby acknowledge that I have Rec'l of Class N- 15, in Groton afores'', Three Hundred Spanish mill*? Dollars in money paid and Security given in full for my En- gaging to Serve in the Continental Service for the term of three years from the time of my Inlistment witness my hand 563. Elijah Nutting I do hereby Acknowledge that I have Rec' of Class N" 7. in Groton Ninety Eight Pounds Sixteen Shilli' and five pence in Money paid and Security given by U. Solomon Woods in Silver at the Rate of Six Shillings & Eight pence '^ Ounce in full for my hire as a Sol- dier in the Continental Service for the Term of three Years Wit- ness my hand this Sixth Day of April 1781 Eleazer Green jr 564. classes of Soldiers 103 This Certifies that I have Rec'! of Isaac Farnsworth and others belonging to Class No : 19 in the Town of Groton, in Silver, paper Currency and Securities, the amount of Ninety three pounds ten Shillings in Silver at Six Shillings and Eight pence per ounce, as a hire from said Class, for my inlisting into the Continental Service for the term of three years in behalf of said Town 565. Groton April 5'- 1781 ^- John Stevens Groton April 6- 1781 I do hereby Acknowledge that I have Rec'l of said Town by Class N° 9 in Money paid and Securities Given Three hundred Spanish Mill'd Dollars in full for my Engage- ing to serve in the Continental Service for the Term of three years Witness my hand Edmund Holden 566. I do hereby Acknowledge that I have ReC' of the Town of Groton by Class N- 13 in Money and Securities Three Hundred Spanish Mill'd Dollars for my hire as a Soldier in the Continental Service for the Term of three Years Witness my hand this Six Day of April 1 78 1 Asa WnrrE 567. [Indorsed] Asa White Groton Groton April 23'' 1781 This Certifies that I have agreed with Class N- 6 in Said Town for the Sum of three hundred Spanish mill'! Dollars as a hire for my inlisting as a Soldier into the Conti- nental Service for the term of three years in behalf of said Town his Test Charleston X Edes JosiAH Hobart '"'''' 568. Groton April 23' 1781 Rec'! of the Town of Groton by Class N- 12 Three Hundred Spanish Mill'd Doll' in Money and Securities for my hire as a Soldier in the Continental Service for the Term of three years William Tarbell 569. I do hereby acknowledge that I have Rec' of Class N" 3 in Groton, Ninety three pounds ten Shillings in money paid and Secu- rity Given by Said Class, in Silver at Six Shillings and Eight pence I04 Groton during the Revolution per ounce in full for my hire as a Soldier in the Continental Service for the term of three yeas from the time of my Inlistment witness my hand Ezekiel Porter April 6'^ 1 78 1 570. Groton April 6- 1781 I do hereby acknowledge that I have Rec'' of Class N- 16 in Groton afores'! Three hundred and one Spanish mill- Dollars in money paid and Security Given in full for my Engaging to Serve in the Continental Service for the term of three years from the time of my Inlistment witness my hand Benj> Tarbell Jun"^ 571. I do hereby Acknowledge *hat I have Rec"' of the Town of Groton by Class N° 5 in Money and Securities Three hundred Spanish Mill'd Dollars for my hire as a Soldier in the Continental Service for the Term of three Years Witness my hand this Six Day of April 1 78 1 DAVID FARWELL 572. I Do hereby acknowledge that I have Rec'? of Class N° 10, in Groton Ninety Eight pounds two Shillings in money paid and Secur- ity Given by said Class in Silver at Six Shillings and Eight pence per ounce in full for my hire as a Soldier in the Continental Service for the term of three years from the time of my Inlistment witness ray hand Amos Dole April 6'-^ 1 78 1 573. I do hereby acknowledge that I have Rec'- of Class N" 1 1 in the Town of Groton, Ninety five pounds Twelve Shillings in money paid and Security Given by said Class, in Silver at Six Shillings and Eight pence per ounce, in full for my hire as a Soldier in the Continental Service for the term of three years from the time of my Inlist- ment witness my hand Oliver Lakin J** April 6^ 1 78 1 574. classes of Soldiers 105 I the Subscriber do hereby Acknowledge that I have this Day Rec'! of James Prescott William Swan and Zacheriah Fitch a Commf^" of the Town of Groton Three Hundred & four Spanish Mill'd Dollars in Money paid and Security given for my hire as a Soldier in the Continental Army for the Term of three years as Witness my hand this 3 if Day of January 17S1 Abijah Prescott Joshua Parker Jon'^ Keep 579. [Indorsed] Groton The next seven receipts are on printed blanks which are filled in, according to the facts in each case, the date, name, number, place, amount, term, and signature being written. Boston^ April 30 1782. RECEIVED of M^ Joseph Allen Chairman of Class N"- 3 for the Town of Groton the Sum of Ninety Pounds L. Money, as a Bounty to serve in the Continental Army for the Term of three years Witness my Hand, john Frost 636. [Indorsed] Groton N2 3 /"go— o 4 men @ 90 /" ;,^ 360 : o 17S2 Boston, April iiti> 1782. RECEIVED of M^ Ezekiel Fletcher Chairman of Class N"- 5 for the Town of Groten the Sum of Ninty Pounds L. Money, as a Bounty to serve in the Continental Army for the Term of three years Witness my Hand, Eleazear Ames 637. [Indorsed] Groton N2 5 Boston, June 6 1782. RECEIVED of M^ Thomas Bond Chairman of Class No. 2 for the Town of Groton the Sum of Ninety pounds L. Money, as a Bounty to serve in the Continental Army for the Term of three years Witness my Hand, Oliver Hartwell 638. [Indorsed] Groton N? 2 io6 Groton during the Revolution Boston, April u"' 1782. RECEIVED of Israel Hobart Esq' Chairman of Class N'- 7 for the Town of Groton the Sum of Ninty Pounds L. Money, as a Bounty to serve in the Continental Army for the Term of three years Witness my Hand, samson Prescott 639. [Indorsed] Groton N'? 7 Boston, 21I' August 1782 MUSTERED and received of M- Zachariah Fitch, Chairman of Class No. 8 for the Town of Groton a certain Chandler Russell a Recruit, inlisted for the Term of three Years John Popkin, Muster-Master. April 20, 1783 (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XXXII. 644) Boston, 13 August 17S2. MUSTERED and received of M? Solomon Woods Chairman of Class No. one for the Town of Groton a certain Samuel Wyman a Recruit, inlisted for the term of three Years. John Popkin, Muster-Master. (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XXXIII. 485) Boston 22'! October 1782. MUSTERED and received of Mf Joseph Moors Chairman of Class No. four for the Town of Groton a certain Joseph Stevens a Recruit, inlisted for the Term of three Years John Popkin, Muster-Master. Rec!' Feb 13 1783. [Indorsed] Groton (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, XXXII. 635) classes of Soldiers 107 Groton September q'."" 1782 We hereby Certify that Snneon Kemp was a Soldier in actual Service for the Town of Groton in the Six months Service in the Continental army for 1780- That He did march June 26"' and was discharged December 14"' 1780 and that the number of Miles from the place of his discharge was 220 that he was in Service Six months Eleven days & therefore the whole amount of his pay was twelve pounds fourteen Shillings & Eight pence and that He the Said Simeon Kemp was omitted when the Selectmen made up the Mus- ter roll agreable to the resolves of the General Court by reason of his certificate of the time of His discharge being mislaid & there- fore forgot Signed for Six Month Service ;^i2 . o. Oliver Prescott ^ Sckchrien Abel Bancroft >- for Zachariah Fitch ) Groton Middlesex ss Jan'*' 27"' 1783 the above named Abel Bancroft & Zachariah Fitch made Solom oath that the foregoing certificate was true in all its parts according to their best knowledge Before me Oliver Vk'E'&cot}: Justice 0/ Peace A true coppy Pay Roll for one man that served in the Continental army from the Town of Groton for Six Month in the year 1780 and was omitted in the other Roll Examined and found Due in Specie ^12-0-0 Ezra Sargeant In Council 20"' March 1783 Read & Advised that a Warrant be drawn on the Treasury in full of this Roll Attest (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, IV. 70) io8 Groton during the Revolution The following is a copy of a paper which was sold with other manuscripts by Messrs. C. F. Libbie & Co., in Boston, on December 15, 1897, though I do not know to whom. It undoubtedly has a connection with Edmund Holden's receipt printed on page 103. This is Each mans Proportion towards hireng Edmund Holden as a Soldier in Class y*" 9"' in Groton Zechariah Fitch. Samuel Hemanway. Caleb Blood. Thomas Bond. Samuel Lawrance. Abel Farwell. Amos Adams. Ephraim Kemp. Samuel Kemp Jr. Simeon Nuting. Robertson Lakin. John Simonds. Benjamin Whitney. Wd Rachel Spalding. £ S D Q 3 7 6 2 I 9 2 2 7 3 2 3 6 10 I 10 5 2 X I 1 1 4 X 19 6 18 X 18 X 2 9 X I 9 X 15 4 2 X I 9 2 10 18 5 9 Credet ^f 0-2-0 I7«5 [Endorsed] Class Rate. Extracts from the Town Records 109 Extracts from the Tozun Records The following extracts, relating to the action of the town on several occasions during the early part of the Revolution, are taken from the town records. As the volume for that period is not numbered, I can indicate only the pages where the extracts are found. September 12, 1774. Voted To Raise the Sum of Forty pounds to buy Arms and Ammunition, in addition to the Town Stock, which Sum is to be laid out at the Descretion of Mess'?' Moses Child Jonathan Clark Lewis and Isaac Woods, who are a Committee for that purpose. (Page 276.) January the 3"^' 1775 The Town met according to adjournment and the proceedings of the late Continental Congress being Read and particularly their Association Voted Unanimously, That they would abide by their Association Then a Draught of a Covenant was Read, which was Unani- mously Voted to be accepted. The proceedings of the late provincial Congress being read the Town unanimously Voted to Comply with the same. iio Groton during the Revolution Then a Draft of a Vote was presented and read in the following words, which was Accepted & ordered to be recorded. Whereas it is Expressly recommended by the Continental Con- gress, to the Provincial Conventions and to the Com'-^ in the respective Colonies to Establish such further regulations as they may think proper for carrying into Execution their Association And Whereas the provincial Congress did on the 5'^ Decf last, Resolve and recommend as their opinion, for the Effectual Carry- ing into Execution, the American Congress Association that from and after the lo'I' Oct' next, there shall not be sold or purchased any good[s]. Wares or Merchandize directly or indirectly pur- chased from G. Brittain or Ireland, — molasses. Syrups, panela, Coffee or piemento, from the Brittish plantations, or from Dominico, Wines from Madeira, or the Western Islands, and foreign Indigo, either before or after the first of Decf instant, unless the Acts and parts of Acts of Parliament Enumerated in a paragraph of the American Congress Association subsequent to the 14'.'' Article shall then be repealed ; That the several Towns and Destricts do forthwith assemble and Choose Com'— of Inspection for the purpose afores'! and that the Towns do Vigerously Assist and Support their Com— in Discharg- ing the Duties of their office &c Therefore Voted and Chose D' Prescott Capt. Josiah Sartell D? Isaac Farnsworth M: Moses Child D- James Stone Col? James Prescott L' Elisha Rockwood U Isaac Woods Joseph Allen Jonas Stone John Tarbell Cap! Jn? Sawtell Jon? Lawrence Cap' Amos Lawrence and Cap! Henry Farwell, a Com^.^'bf^-Inspection, whose business it shall be to see that the American Congress Association, & the Provincial Congress resolves and recommendations relative thereto be well and faithfully observed and Complyed with, and that this Town will not fail of lending all necessary assistance to s'! Com'— in the doing their Duty. Then the meeting was Dismissed. Recorded by Oliver Prescott Toivn Clerk. (Page 280.) Extracts from the Town Records i 1 1 Non Associator^ Advertisement. In Consequence of the Town' Voles as recorded in the Preceed- ing pages of this Book, the Com— of Correspondence having Given W. Sam" Dana Cap! Joseph Sheple Jonas Cutler & Joseph Chase the offer of Signing the Association Paper and they refusing to sign, Delayed their posting their names in the publick houses for some time, hoping for accomodation & that a union vv-' take place, untill the Inhabitants grew very uneasy, and therefore the Corn- put up an advertisement in three publick houses in this Town, in the following Words, viz. — Whereas The Town of Groton at a legal meeting on the Seventh day of March last, Voted unanimously, that the Names of all the Inhabitants of s-^ Town, who refused to sign their Association paper, wherein the Subscribers were obligated Strictly to adhere to the American Continental Association, should be posted by the Com— of Correspondence in the several publick houses within s^ Town, and that their names should be entered on the Town Book of records, by the Town Clerk, that so it might be known which of s"" Inhabitants, are apparently unfriendly to our Happy Con- stitution, and do (so far) endeavour to prevent a Union &c In Compliance with s^ Vote, we hereby notify the Publick, that said Association paper was offered to the Rev^' Samuel Dana, Joseph Sheple, Jonas Cutler and Joseph Chase, who did refuse to sign the same, and it is Expected that all those who have signed s^ Association will Remember their Covenant. Signed by the Com— &c Groton April 12'.'^ I775- Recorded by Oliver Prescott Town Clerk. Sometime after the Lexington Battle (so Called) M- Dana Desired a Conference with the persons hereafter named in the following Memorandum, which he wrote with his own hand and Desired it might be laid before the Town as soon as Conveniently might be — viz. This memorandum Witnesseth that at a Conference between D' Oliver Prescott Cap' Josiah Sartell Deacon Isaac Farnsworth and Benj:' Bancroft Ens" Moses Child and M' Jon:' Clark Lewis on 112 Groton during the Revolution the one side and the Rev!' Sam" Dana on the other, it was pro- posed and agreed to by all parties that the pastoral Relation between the s'' Sam'.' Dana and the Inhabitants of Groton should be Dissolved on Conditions the Town when properly met shall Judge it Expedient and at the same time will restore the s^ Sam'.' Dana to the usual Previledges and Advantages of Society and Neighbourhood — and use their Influence to preserve him his Fam- ily and Substance from Injury and Abuse, either from the inhabi- tants of this or any of the Neighboring Towns, — The s'.' Saml' Dana at the same Time giving the Town, the reasonable Assurance in his power that he will not only not oppose their political meas- ures but unite with them agreeable to the advise of the Continental and Provincial Congresses and the Votes of the Town. Recorded by Oliver Prescott Town Clerk (Page 283.) May 26, 1777. Voted That the Selectmen be Directed to take the Lead Weights out of the meeting house Windows, and Cause them to be run into Bullets for the Town Stock, and that they procure Iron Weights and put into s'.' Windows as soon as Conveniently may be. (Page 3C9.) Revolutionary Papers 113 Revolutionary Papers Among some old manuscripts found in the office of the selectmen at Groton was a small parcel, marked in Mr. Butler's handwriting, " Papers relating to the Revolution." They comprise a dozen or more printed Broadsides, Resolves, Proclamations, etc., issued during the Revolutionary period, and numerous certificates and receipts given by officers and soldiers, besides other writings of a miscellaneous char- acter. They comprise, also, many papers relating to the Shays Rebellion, which for the most part are returns, duly signed by the proper officers, that various insurgents had delivered up their arms, and had taken the oath of alle- giance. Such lists contain the names of more than seventy Groton men who had been in open rebellion against the State government. These old manuscripts form an interest- ing collection of papers, and throw much side-light on the military history of the town during the Revolution and the period immediately following. I have had them carefully arranged and placed in a volume, lettered on the back " Papers relating to the Revolution ; " and they are now in the possession of the Town Clerk. In order to render these papers accessible to the local antiquary, I give copies of them below. While some may seem to be of trifling importance or value, they all shed new light on the particular service of individual soldiers. The signatures to the following paper have been cut off, so that it is not known what names were originally attached. Evidently the signers were of Tory proclivities; and probably the mutilation was not done till after such persons were held in disgrace. The date of the writing is somewhat uncertain, and there is no good clew to follow. 8 114 Groton during the Revolution May please your Honours. With submission, we beg leave to acquaint you that we are, and desire to continue subjects to the King of great Britain. As to In- dependence, We have heard much talk of it, but are intirely igno- rant of its being declared. Certainly, so great an Event as this ought not to have been done in a Corner, (notified in one or two Towns) It undoubtedly would have been publish'd in every sea Port, and Market Town throughout America. It therefore cannot be ! it is not so. Independence on Great Britain is not yet declared, because if it were, then certainly so wise a Body as the Honble Congress, wou'd have been consistent with themselves ; they must, they wou'd have acted and proceeded according to humanity and Justice, and the usage of Nations at War, and have issued a Proclamation for such as chose to adhere to the King, to be allowed a limited time in order to dispose of their Effects, and to depart the Continent. Had this been the case, we shou'd have been gone, where we might have earned our Bread by honest industry. But now, we are held here by force, and a stagnation of Trade in general through the Conti- nent ; so that there is no other alternative left us, but to go into the Army, or to starve. Our conscience will not let us do the former. Again, may please your Honors, another very forcible reason why Independence is not yet declared, is that, which might with the greatest reason in the world have been expected at so great an Event, so mighty a turn and change of Government ; so great ! as not to be met with in History, excepting only in the case of Hol- land ; That ! May please your Honors which is ever looked for and granted, even at the Crowning of a new King ; The Prison doors (the clashing of whose locks and bolts strike terror to the hearers) are set open, and the prisoner, in all matters, Murder alone excepted go free ; Once more to have the pleasure of the fresh Air, and look- ing their merciless Creditor and otherwise oppressors in the face ; and to bless the Cause that set them free. Old things are then done away, all things become new. This may please your Honours is not yet done : Therefore, Independence, most assuredly is not yet publickly declared, because that, so mild a Government as might reasonably be expected from a Republick Form, and its new Laws, wou'd never stain such an Aera by punishing offences done under a former Government. As to what is alledged against us, respecting the j^aper money, Nothing is more certain, than that, when this Revolutionary Papers 115 currency was made and issued out, We, through the Continent, were, to all intent and, purposes the Kings subjects ; and no law by legal authority in being, to make and issue such a Currency ; so that, May please your Honors We utterly deny our being guilty of an offence against the known laws of any Kingdom or State. We stand at the Kings Judgment seat where we ought to be Judged ; and by the laws of the Realm, we desire to stand or fall. But may please your Honors, had this paper Currency at the declaration of Independence (if it be declared) been called in, or allowed by Authority to remain good and in force, also a publick law provided for the punisliment of offenders in counterfeiting and defacing it. The case then, wou'd widely have differed from the present ; for then, undoubtedly, those caught in doing this might be justly deemed offenders, liable to pun- ishment by such a law. Upon the whole, May please your Honours, We beg, that, if we have offended against, or violated any law, that it be pointed out to us, for we are not conscious that we have vio- lated any Law in Being. And where no law is, there can be no transgression. a Law may be made to look forward, and to punish the transgressors of that law, but it cannot look back, and punish a matter done any time before any law be provided to make that mat- ter punishable. We instance May please your Honours, in the case of Cain, who was a murderer ; guilty, of the highest Crime, that man cou'd commit against man ; who slew almost half the world at one stroke. The Almighty God did not take his life, because, at that time, there was no law to punish such a Deed. But to shew his abhorrence of so inhuman a Cruelty, his Maker told him he shou'd not prosper, but become a fugitive and a vagabond &c:' And afterwards, it pleased the great Governor of the World, to make a Law, that, he who shou'd shed Mans blood, by man, shou'd his blood be shed. Murder then became a transgression, to be pun- ished by death. But did not put that law in execution or force against Cain, for the above reason ; but made that law for future generations, and preservation of the lives of mankind. To THE HONBLE JUDGES OF ThK [/or;/] to be holden at Cambridge on [/or//] ii6 Groton during the Revolution THE MEETING-HOUSE AND THE COMMON This cut of the First Parish Meeting-house and the Com- mon is taken from a drawing made in the year 1838 by John Warner Barber, and was printed in his "Historical Collec- tions" of Massachusetts (Worcester, 1839). ^^ represents the Meeting-house which was built in 1755, as it originally appeared, and before it was remodelled in 1839, when it was partially turned round, and the north end of the building made the front, facing the west. On this Common the minute-men and other soldiers rallied on April 19, 1775 ; and here the ammunition was given out that forenoon by the selectmen of the town, as related below. The powder- house, or " magazine," as it is called in the records, was near-by, and the place handy for the purpose. It stood in the roadway of High Street ^ — which then was not laid out — perhaps thirty-five rods from its north end. The following paper has a good deal of historical interest. The several articles, therein mentioned, were delivered to the soldiers, just before marching. It must have been a scene Revolutionary Papers 117 well worthy of the dramatic skill of a poet or an artist. Apparently the minute-men and the militia were supplied with ammunition at the same time, and presumably in their respective companies they marched together down the road. Groton April y*^^ 19™ 1775 upon an alarm Deliveri^' to y"^' Soldiers out of y" Town Stock as follows, (viz) To Daniel Gillson 3^'' of powder & 4 flints To David Archabald i/' of powder & 20 bullets of y^ largest size To Will- Derumple ^'' of powder To Amos Adams w^ of powder 10 bullets To John Williams ^'' of powder 6 F 15 B : To Eleazar green j- 20 bullets i/- powder To John gragg i/' powder 20 B 4 F Benj- Parker 20 bullets ^'' Cap' Lawrence 20 John Pierce 15 — 6 flints i/^'' powder Oliver Lakin 20 B i/- powder 6 F Phin. Parker 3/('^ powder 10 B 2 flints Levi Parker i/'' powder Solomon Gillson 6 flints 20 bullets 3^' powder Will'^ Nutting }('^ — 5 flints Josiah Hobart 4 flints 5 B. U Parker ^'^ 20 B 4 F Benj^ Prescott 3 Flints Enoch Cook ^'' powder 3 flints Sam" Boyden 12 Bullets Isaac Nutting j' 20 B ^'' Benj- Patch j' }4'' powder 20 B Neh- Holden 16 B : 6 Flints 6 more Flints Jon- Nutting ^''powder Neh'' Tarbell ^'' powder NathansJ Shattuck ^''-30 B = 6 F Eleazar Flagg 6 Flints ^'.' powder John Parker ^- 6 Flints Wiir^ DerumpU j' - >^^' - 6 Flints 1 1 B ii8 Groton during the Revolution Eph'2 Ward ^- powder Eph2 Robins >^^ 3 F John Hazen ^-^ 30 B : 6 F Jon- Capron j- ^'' Asa Porter ^'i 20 B Joseph Frost ^^ 20 B Josiah Warren 20 B ^- powder Edmund Blood >^'^ Jacob Lakin Parker }i'^ powder Cap- Farwell 16 Bullets James Adams ^'.' 14 B 6 F John Ames j- 20 B : 6 Flints Nathan- Sawtell ^^ powder Winslow Parker 20 B ^^-^ 6 F Benj? Blood 4 F 3^ powder Simeon Foster ^ powder 4 F Stephen Foster 20 B ^ powder David Jenkins y^"^ 20 B 6 F Obadiah Jenkins 10 B 5 F ^ Pow James Dodge y^'} powder 2 Flints Benj'^ Lawrence j' ^'? powder Aaron Bigelow 20 B 2 F i/"* powder Obadiah Jenkins 20 B ^^ 3 F John Laughton 20B 4F i/"^ powder Sam'-' Kemp j^ ^'^ 20 B 4 F Aaron Farnsworth ^- 20 B 3 F Neh- Parker 20 B 6 F i/'' powder Oliver Farnsworth ]' yz'^ 2 F John Graves /^'- powder 4 F Isaac Lawrence >^ 4 F Daniel Williams 20 B 6 F Joel Porter 20 B 4 F U Fletcher 13 B Phinehas Hemingway yi"^ pow Benj'^ Hazon j^'^ Amasa Gillson 4 F 6 B Eb : Kemp j'- J^" Jon'- Woods K'' John Lawrence % Revolutionary Papers i i Ezkiel Nutting j"^ ;^ 20 B 6 F Jon' Colburn 'A'' 20 B 6 F John Lawrence 25 B 4 F Amos Woods 2oB&6F&4^ Powder Oliver Farnsworth ^ Pound Powder i flint and twenty Bullets Groton William Tuckerman 3Q- Powder & 6 Flints Joseph Adams ^'^ Powder 3 F 6 B John Hugh 3 flints Jonathan Woods 3 flints Joseph Herick K powder 24 B 4 F Jonathan Worster 2 F 20 B Cap' Amos Lawrance 20 B 4 F Francis Worster 4 F John Hughs i/'' of Powder Jon"* Woods /^ .' of Powder 20 B Ashel Wyman i'- Powder 12 B Return'' in 35 B Elisha Hoit 3Q'i Powder & 3 flints & 16 B Timothy moors 3 Flints Benj- Farnsworth 2 F Urial Whitney 2 F Abijah Warrin 3 F & 10 B Jonas Tarboll >^ P 3 F 20 B Nehemiah Holden one flint Jonathan Jenkins >2'' powder 15 B i F Joel Jenkins )4'^ 15 B: 2 F John Ames i/- 30 B 2 F Ambrose Lakin j^"* of powder James Blood j- A'- powder) Return Powd Peter Blood 6 Bullits To M"^ Kb: Patch about }{'^ powder 12 B Jacob Williams ^'' 20 B 3 F David Lakin 20 B 3 F Oliver Tarbell half a Pound Powder (loi in all) I20 Groton during the Revolution To Pepperrell William Spaulding j!^ K'- Sam'-' Gillson 'A''- Will^ Burk % Moses Shattuck 'A Sam" Gillson ><'' powder Eleazar Spaulding %'- Timothy Hosly A'^ David Avery ^'' Powder 15 B. 2 : F Reuben Shattuck K' powder wanting about two charges \^These entries relating to Pepper ell are crossed out.~\ [Indorsed] amenition acompt The Selecttneti of Groton D- To a Gun Delivered by their order for Obadiah Jenkins to Carry into the Colony army £:\ : 16 : o April 19'.^ 1775 f John Stone Rec'' of Isaac Farnsworth one pound thirteen Shillings in Cash, as a part of my Servant Cutfis wages, for his Service Feb' y" 18- 1776 t*^ Isaac Townsend GRcrroN March y^ 28= 1777 an accompt of what I have Dun in the wars in the year 1775 Eight months of my Self att Cambridge and Eight months of Uriel [his son] att Cambridge and the whole of y" year 1776 of uriel in the Continentel Sarves Abner Whitney [Indorsed] Abner Whitney Pepperrell, Septemr ye i?' 1779 This Certifys that M' Samuel Farley now liveing in Groton Did Service in behalf of this Town by Serveing in the first Eight months Campaign at Cambridge in the year 1775 which was Estimated in this Town at ;^4=i'o and also in the Twelve months to York which was Estimated hear at ten Pounds he on his return Settleing in Groton had no oppertunity to, neither has he recived any pay therefor but ought to have Credet therefor in the Town where he Doth or m[a]y Live Test Neh" Hobart Town Clerk Revolutionary Papers 121 Nov' 21'- 1778 Gave Wid" Lamson an order for Nursing Wid " Gilson ;{^ 3 : o : o Dec- 21 Paid John Tarbell for Sundrys for Wid" Gilson 1:7:0 July 31'' Paid W- Swan for Articles D° Wid" Gilson 0:9:0 Oct!: 12^-^ P^ W" Swan for Q'- Rum for Wid° Gilson 0:9:0 March 3".' 1777 p- kemp for Boarding Sibbel Dodge Child in full to this Day ^1.16:0 Oct' 14- 1776 Gave order to kemp for Boarding Sibel Dodge Child 19 weeks Ending this Instant 1:18:0 June i^' 1776 p'' kemp for Nursing & Boding Dodg Child 8 Weeks 1:1:0:1 May 6 1776 p'.' kemp for Nursing & Boarding D Child 7 weeks Ending i 7-' Instant 0:14:0 this may Cartify that Elezer Ames has past muster before me ^ ^ ,' muster James Barrett V Recknd off ) ^'^^^^^^^ Groton, Sep! y-: 8';" 1777 Receive?' of Benj- Bancroft Ju' Treasurer for said Town forty Pounds as in full Agreeable to a vote Passed in said Town August y- 27- 1777 Test Obadiah Wetherell Eleazer Ames [Indorsed] Elea"; Ames. This may Certify that William Bancraft has Past muster before me muster James Barrett William Bancroft ) '"^^^^^ [Indorsed] Wni Bancroft Shirley July 3"' 1777. this may Certify that William Bancroft is inlisted in my Company and has past muster During the present War for the town of Groton SiLV- Smith Cap' 122 Groton during the Revolution Groton July yf 81' 1778 Receivf of Benj? Bancroft Ju- Treasurer for said Town Twenty Pounds as in full of this Towns Bounty Agreeable to a vote Passed in said Town Apriel y^ 7- 1777 William Bancroft recon!' oR this may Certify that Aaron Bigelow hes Past muster be fore me muster James Barrett Aaron Bigelow ^ "^^^^^^ [Indorsed] Aaron Biglow This may Certafy that Aaron Bigelow has Tnlisted into the Con- tinental army for the Town of Groton EdmV Bancroft L'. Groton May y"^ 17"' 1777 Groton May y; 17'i! 1777 ReceivS' of Benj' Bancroft Ju' Treasurer for said Town Twenty Pounds as in full of the Towns Bounty Agreeable to a vote Passed in said Town Apriel y^ 7'- 1777 Aaron Bigelow Reckned off These may Certify that Caleb Blood & John Blood who have inlisted in the Continental army, in Cap' Silvanus Smith, s Com- pany in Col : Timothy Biglow,s Regiment, have provided their own Blankets, at their own Expence Groton May 5I' 1777 ISAAC Farnsworth ) Select men John Tarbell ) for s^- Groton Concord 9"^ of April 1777 This may Certify that Benj? Brazer appeard Before me and was Regalarly mustred for the Town of Groton muster James Barrett ^^^^^^^^ Revolutionary Papers 123 Groton Apriel y? 14'i? 1777 Rec'^ of Benj- Bancroft Juf Treasurer for said Town Twenty Pounds in full according to the Town's Vote Pass'.' in Apriel y" 7- 1777 I say Rec"^ by me Benj'^ Brazer Jacob Gragg Reckned oE Moses Child [Indorsed] Benj? Brazer This may Certifie that We have not Return'd Benjamin Brazer as a man in the Continential Army for the Town of Charlestown & hereby agree that he shall go for the Town of Groton Charlestown April 6 1778 Walte Russell John Hay ^ Select Men Samuel Gardner Groton octr 20":' 1777 Rec'^ of Benj- Bancroft Town Treasurer for Groton afores! Forty pounds Cash as a Town Bounty agreeable to the Town^ Vote in augt. 1777- I promise to Serve in the Continental army for three years (if not sooner legally Discharged) as one of s'' Groton^ Quota witness Samuel: Cole th Sept 10 day 1777 This may Sartfey that Samuel Cole Has pased muster for the twon of Groten for the term of three years under Captin Smith for the Continatall Searues and has Reseued his State Bounties of me all exsept four pounds ten Shilings for his fier armes and other queterments. falmouth Casco bay In the Countey of Cumbaland muster master for the Same Daniel Insley Esq Reckned o£E 124 Groton during the Revolution Groton June y"^ lo"' 1777 Receiv- of Benj- Bancroft Ju' Treasurer for said Town Twenty Pounds as in full of a Bounty by a vote Passed in said Town the 7- of Apriel last for a soldier that will list into the Contineltal Service for three years or During the war I say Rec' by me william conn ;^20.0.0 attest Jonas Farnsworth Reckned off MIDDLESEX S? bTATE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-T5AY, MAY Q'I; 1 777 Whereas I the Subscriber having inlisted in the Continental army, as a Soldier under Cap- Silvanus Smith in Col: Biglow,s Regiment ; and have passed muster, as a Soldier in Said Service during the war, I do hereby acknowledge that I have this day Received a Blanket of the Select men of the Town of Groton, agreeable to an order of the great and general Court of this State '^' Edmond Farnsworth the Blanket within mentioned, purchased of y*- widow mary hart- well @ 18/ July 21- 1777 Paid This may Certafye that Edm"? Farnsworth Inlisted into the Con- tinental Army about the Middle of March 1777 Edm" Bancroft, Lieu' May y-' 24"' 1777 This may Certafy that Edm'! Farnsworth has Inlisted into the Continental army for Groton Edm" Bancroft Ap) 20"' 1777 Edmaund Farnsworth Groton Sep* y 16"' 1777 Rec- of Benj' Bancroft Ju' Treasurer for This Town Eighteen Shillings in Consequence of the within writing Submit Farwell Revolutionary Papers 125 Decon Bancroft — you may Venter to let David Farwells wife have 3 Dollars Towards y? Towns Bounty &c Reckned off James Prescott Groton October y" g"^ 1777 Receiv'' of Benj- Bancroft Ju~ Town Treasurer Seven Pounds four Shillings in Part of my Husbands Bounty Agreeable to a vote Passed in this Town Apriel y"- 7- 1777 SUBMIT FARWELL Groton Dec- y- 8- 1777 Rec"! of Benj? Bancroft Ju' Twon Treasurer three Pounds Twelue Shillings more I Say Rec'l by me SUBMIT FARWELL January y"" 31"' 1778 Receiv'! of Benj- Bancroft Ju' Eight Pounds Six Shillings in full and in Consequence of the within writing test Moses Child p' me submit farwell Groton Octo' 8 1777 this Certifys that we are willing David Farwells wife should have the Towns Bounty proposed for her Husband James Prescott To Decon Bancroft Tresuef: Oliver PrescOIT Isaac Fa rns worth Reckned off Groton Nov: 12"' 17S1 this Certifieth that Daniel Fletcher Sarved Six months in my Company in the 15"" and 5"' Mass- Regiments in the years 1780 and 1 78 1, and was Honorably Discharged, he Drew no Blanket nor knapsack during his Service in s'' Reg- Filed off SiLv^^ Smith Ca/ f Regt [Indorsed] Rec^ from Cap! Smith This May Certifye that Thomas Farrington Jun' Did Inlist in to my Company in the year 1775 o" November 20- and has continued in the Service Ever Sence and Still Remaines there) he was born at Groton and heald his Reasedenc there Ever Sence Excepting Paying Som Visits at Andover amongest his Frinds &c., he ought therefore to be Deemed as a Groton man Now in the Service of the United States &':. Tho'^ Farrinoton Sei)tem'' S''' 177S 126 Groton during the Revolution Middlesex ss September 8- 1778 then the above named Thomas Ferrington personaly appeared before me the subcriber and Made solom oath to the truth of the above Certificate Israel Hob art Justice of Peace We hereby Certify that we were Informed that Cato Frye a free Negro who Resided & Laboured in the Town of Pepperrell for some time previous to his Ingaging in the Continental Army, in- listed as a Soldier in the Continental Service for the Town of Groton and that the Selectmen of Pepperell Resigned their pre- tensions to hold him, to the Town of Groton as they supposed they were Quota full, & were to make no further Claim about him we also Certify he the s'^ Cato did Receive a Town Bounty from Groton oct' 13111 1778 Oliver Prescott \ Sekct7nen Isaac Farnsworth >• for Joseph Moors ) Groton Concord August 26 y^^ 1777 This may Scrtify that I haue Enlisted into the Continantal army for three years & haue Pased Muster for the town of grotton hi-, Cato -|- Frve iiinrk Test John Davison Sarg' Groton Sep' 6- 1777 D" Benj"! Bancroft Treasurer I See no Dificulty in your paying U Wethrell forty pounds in consideration of a man which he has procured for this Town to Serve as a Soldier in y? Continental army for three years as by y- above cirtificate Isaac Farnsworth Reckned off Groton September 6'!' AD 1777 Rec"^ of the Within Named Benj? Bancroft Treasurer the Sum of Forty pounds in full of the Towns Bounty for the within Named Cato Frye as within mentioned Obadiah Witherell [Indoiscdl Cato Fry Revolutionary Papers 127 this may Cartify that Jesse garfield has past muster before [Indorsed ] Jesse Garffield James Barrett >- •' j ?naster Cambridge Jany le'I" 1778 This may Certifie all to whoom it may Consern That the Town of Cambridge haue supply'' the Contaneltel army with men agreable To order of Court Latly made. by order of the Selectmen N B. Jesse Garffield Excluded Edw'.' Marrett To Cap' Edw" Marrett Sir this May Certify that we Desire you to Give Jesse Garffield a Certificate that the Town of Cambridge have Got their full Quota of men for the Continentel army without Reckoning him for one of them Aaron Hill Cambridge January i6"' 1778 Ephraim Frost Step- Dana Groton Jan^' 27* 1778 Recived of James Prescott the Sum of Sixty pounds (for the use of Jesse Garffield resedent in Cambridge) which I Enlisted into the Contenental army on the first Day of Nov' last who is to Serve in Cap. Whites Company in Co- Ruefus Putnums Ridge' which Sum I Recive as a Bounty Given by S'.' Town of Groton to the Said Garffield to Serve for & be recon"* as part of the Quota for Said town Sargent thomas Ditson Attest William Swan Feb^ 13: 1 7 78 re'.' of Benj=! Bancroft Ju! Six pounds Reckned ofif This may Certify that Daniel Gillson and Daniel Gillson Jr hes Past muster before me Reckned off ^ ) muster James Barrett \^ ^^^^^^ 128 Groton during the Revolution Groton May yH 14'i! 1777 We the Subscribrers &c Receiv'? of Benj- Bancroft Juf Treasurer of the Town of Groton Twenty Pounds Each as in full of Said Towns Bounty Abreeable to a vote Passed in Said Town Apriel y':' 7- 1777 Daniel Gillson Daniel Gillson Ju" [Indorsed] Daniel Gillson this may Certify that Arnel Gliddcn has past muster before me T Ti ] muster Tames Barrett \ •' ) 7naster Arnel Glidden [Indorsed] Arneld Glidden Groton Octr 19"' 1777. Rec'.' of Benj^ Bancroft jur Town Treas- urer for Groton Thirty one pound in Cash which with the sum of nine pounds I have already received of Nathan Smith is in full of the Town" Bounty for their Continental men and do hereby acknowledge I have received the same in Consequence of my being inlisted into the Continental army for three years as one of the s'.' Town"" Quota of Continental men &c Arnel Glidden witness Oliver Prescott Reckned off For Value received I promise to pay Benj' Bancroft ju' Town Treasurer for the Town of Groton or his Successor in s- office the Sum of Forty pounds on Demand, I having rec' the s' Sum for the purpose of hiring men for s-' Town into the Continental Service iS:c Witness my hand this fifth day Sept- AD. 1777 Nathan Smith Test Isaac Farnsworth Revolutionary Papers 129 FebYQ'J^ 1778 Gave D- Bancroft an order for the above Sum of forty pounds Septr 5II1 1777 Deacon Bancroft we Desire you to pay Cap- Smith the Sum within mentioned & receive this Note for the Same Oliver Prescoit ^ | -. Isaac Farnsworth > "§ v^ ^ Nathan Hubburd \ "^j G / Co Boston May 3'' 1777 This May Certify that EHsha Hoit inhsted in Coll" Crains Reg' of Artillery and past Muster the 29"' of April Last past as for the Town of groton in Cap' Benj" Eustus Companey Joseph Bliss Leiu'. Groton may y^ 5^1' 1777 Receivf of Benj^ Bancroft Ju' Treasurer for Said Town Twenty Pounds as in full of the Bounty Agreeable to a vote Passed in said Town Apriel y" 7-1777 I say Rec'^by me Elisha Hoit attest Ephraim Warren jr Reckned off [Indorsed] Elisha Hoit This may sertify that Richard Holden hes Past muster before me ^ _, ] muster Tames Barrett [ J master Reckned off Groton may y1 i2i^ 1777 Receiv':' of Benj^ Bancroft Ju' Treasurer for Said Town Twenty Pounds as in full of this Towns Bounty Agreeable to a vote Passed in Said Town Apriel y'- 17- 1777 Richard holden [Indorsed] Richard Holden 130 Groton during the Revolution Concord may 2'' 1777 this may Sertify that I have inlisted and mustered Richard Holdin for the tarm of three years for the town of groton SiLv? Smith Cap\ Richard holden middlesex s^ State of the massachusetts-bay, Groton may 10- 1777 These may Certify that Richard Holden having inlisted as a Soldier in the Continental army, under Cap- Silvanus Smith in Col: Biglow,s Regiment, has found his own Blanket agreeable to an order of the Great & General Court of this State Isaac Farnsworth") Select John Tarbell [■ f«^^ Oliver Prescott ) g'^^^^'^ re'.' of y' Town of Groton the pay for the Blankit aboue men- tioned Groton Dec^ 19: 1777 Nehemiah Holden This may sertify that Joel Jenkins hes Pased muster Before me James Barrett muster master [Indorsed] Joel Jenkins Groton Apriel y? i4'-li 1777 Receiv'.' of Benj? Bancroft Ju' Treasurer for Said Town Twenty Pounds in full According to a Vote Pass'.'' in this Town Apriel y": 7- 1777 I say Rec'.' by me Joel Jenkins Reckned off Groton April i'"" 1777 this may Sertify that I have Inlisted William Keemp and mus- tered him During the present War for the town of Groton SiLv^ Smith Cap' Revolutionary Papers 131 Groton Apriel yH i8'I' 1777 Receiv'.' of Benj? Bancroft Ju' Treasurer for said Town Twenty Pounds as in full of my Bounty Voted by this Town Apriel y" 7"' 1777 I Say Rec'' by me William Kemp recon'! off this may Certify that micheel Keenin has Past muster before me T T) ) 7mis1er Tames Barrett - •' ) master Michael Keenin Cambridge FebY ii'.l' 1778 These may Certifie that mf Mich"' Kweein a Ressidant in this town for abo! one yeair, and haith behav'' himself respectifull, and well among us hauing an Inclination To go in the publect Service against our Enimies, that we haue in this Town Our Full Quota of men for the three yeairs Cappain Latly ordered by the Great & Gen" Court of this State. by order of the Selectmen of the Town of Cambridge Edw'.' Marrett Groton Feby 14^ 1778 I hereby acknowledge myself to have inlisted into the Continental army for the Term of Three years (if not sooner Discharged) as a Soldier in Cap- Sylvanus Smiths Company and Col'.' Bigelows Rig! to make up the Quota assigned the town of Groton afores*^ & have this Day received of Cap! Benj:* Bancroft Town Treasurer for s^ Groton the Sum of Sixty pounds L mV as a Town' Bounty for s'' Service Michael Keenin witness Oliver Prescott ^•60 Reckned off 132 Groton during the Revolution may 5'^ 1777 I the Subscribe being inlisted in the Continental army with Cap- Silvanus Smith in Col: Timothy Biglow,s Regiment Do hereby acknowledge that I have Received one Blanket of the Selectmen of the Town of Groton in Consideration of a Blanket allowed me by an order of y^ General Court of this State Zach': Longley this may Sertify that Zacariah Longley Junior has past muster Before me ) muster Tames Barrett , , -* ) ?n aster Zach" Longley Juf [Indorsed] Z. Longley Ju"^ Groton april ig''^ 1777 this may Sartify that I have inlisted and mustered Zaceriah Longley and Asa Longley for the tarm of three years for the town of groton SiLv!^ Smith Cap' Groton Apriel yV 21'i^ 1777 we the Subscribers have Rec'.' of Benj' Bancroft Ju- Treasurer for Said Town forty Pounds according to this Towns Vote Passed in Apriel y^ 7'^ 1777 we Say Rec'.' by us ZachV Longley Reckned off asa Longley CA^rHRIl)<;E May the 13 1777 This May Sartify that Zachariah Longly Junr is a Soldier in my Company and hes Been Mustered in the Contanaltal Army for Grotton W" Hudson Ballard Cp' Groton may yV 15'!' 1777 Rec':' of Benj' Bancroft Ju' Treasurer for the Town above Said Twenty Pounds as in full of the Bounty voted in Said Town Apriel y' y'± 1777 I Say Rec'' by me ZachV Longley Ju' recon'.' off Revolutionary Papers 133 Concord 9"' of April 1777 This may Certify that Henry M'Near appeared Before and was Regulary mustred for the Town of Groton. James Barrett muster master Groton Apriel y" 15'i^ 1777 Receiv' of Benj- Bancroft Ju- Treasurer for Said Town Twenty Pounds as in full of the Bounty Voted by this Town Apriel y'- 7- 1777 I say Rec' by me Henry "^'^Neii. Reckned off [Indorsed] Henry mvNeil Groton may y£ SHi 1777 I the Subscriber having inlisted in the publick Service of the State of the massachusetts-bay, as a Soldier to Serve for two months after my arrival at the place of Destination agreeable to my inlist- ment, do hereby acknowledge that I have Rec'.' of the Select men of said Town of Groton, twelve Shillings as my Ration or milage-money for Travil from my place of abode to y' place of Destination as afores- agreeable to a late order of the General Court of said State witness ,. nis AMOS Lawrance Ju- John '^ Peirce mark July 2 1*'' 1777. Paid Groton April 19"' 1777 this may Sartyfy that I haue inlisted and mustered Benj- peirce for the tarm of three years for the town of Groton SiLv^ Smith Cap' Groton Apriel y; 19''] 1777 Rec'.' of Benj- Bancroft Ju^^ Treasurer for said Town Twenty Pounds in full according to a Vote Passed in this Town Apriel y': 7"- 1777 I Say Rec'^ by me Benj'^ Peirce Reckned off 134 Groton during the Revolution this may Certify that James Piert hes Past muster Before me James Barrett ) muster ) master [Indorsed] James Piert I the Subscriber having this day inlisted my Self into the Con- tinental Service for the term of three years as a private Soldier for the Town of Groton, Do hereby acknowledge that I have Received of the Committee of Said Town the Sum of forty Pounds in ful as Said Towns Bounty for said Service Dated Groton January 17*^ 1778 f James Pieart Reckned off Groton January y? 29^ 1778 Receiv':' of Benj' Bancroft Ju- Town Treasurer for said Town forty Pounds as in full and in Consequence of the within Certifi- cate we Say Rec'.' by us ;^ 40-0-0 BENjt Lawrance J' Joseph Moors Moses Child this may Sertify that Charles Procter hes past m.uster before me T T, ) muster James Barrett- \ . •' ) master his Charles X Procktor mark attest Oliver Prescott April 23'.' 1777 Rec'' five Pounds [Indorsed] Charles Procter This may Cartify that Jonas Procter has past muster for Groten befor me -, , , T-, I muster James Barrett } . •' J master Revolutionary Papers 135 Groton June yi' iG'I' 1777 Receiv'^ of Benj? Bancroft Ju": Treasurer for said Town Twenty- Pounds as in full of this Towns Bounty Agreeable to a vote Passed in Said Town Apriel y": 7- 1777 attest Daniel Gillson j^^^^ ^ Procter mark Reckned off [Indorsed] Jonas Procter This may Sertify that Nathaniel Russell has Past muster before me -r r, ) muster James Barrett >• , Reckned off Groton May y? 5"]} 1777 Receiv*^ of Benj- Bancroft Ju- Treasurer for Said Town Twenty Pounds as in full of the Bounty according to a vote Passed in Said Town Apriel y*" 7- 1777 I Say Rec'.' by me Eph" Russell [Indorsed] Nathl Russell Groton April y*= 14"' 1777 Gentlemen Please to Pay my Father Ephraim Russell the Sum of twenty Pounds Voted to me as a Towns bounty for my Engageing in the Conten!' Service Dureing the war as I am this Day obliged to March and Cannot wait to Receive it my Self & you will oblige your most obedient & Very humble Sel Nathel Russell To the Selectmen of Groton or Towns Committee or Treasurer re"! twenty pounds Ephr^^ Russell Reckned off To the Selectmen of Groton Please to Pay my Hond Father What was allowued for a Blanket for he found me one and I Expected to Drawn the money for it when I Joyned My Regment but could not for want of a certificate from Groton Select men From Your Humble St Nathaniel Russell Albany may ye 28 1777 136 Groton during the Revolution This may sertefy that Salomon Russell hes Past muster Before me -r T, } muster James Barrett \ . ■' \ master Reckned off Groton April y^ 30!!^ 1777 Receiv'! of Benj- Bancroft Ju' Treasurer for said Town Twenty Pounds as in full of the Bounty Agreeable to a vote Passed in Said Town Apriel y^ 7'- 1777 I Say Rec'' by me Solomon Russell [Indorsed] Solomon Russell may y^ 5'i 1777 I the subscriber being inlisted in the Continental army with Cap- Silvanus Smith in Col : Timothy Biglow,s Regiment Do hereby acknowledge that I have Received one Blanket of of the Selectmen of y'' Town of Groton in Consideration of a Blanket allowed me by an order of the General Court of this State Solomon Russell Concord Sep' 11 y^ 1777 To Capt. Asa Lawrence Sir as you are one of the Comity for to Enlist men for the town I Send you Sam- Taylor that I haue Enlisted him & Based muster & want the hyer onest forty Pounds & the town of acton they Say is Coto full Obaduh Witherell I want you Should Enlist them men that you talked of & Send the Enlistment by Eleazer Eames Send me as many as you Can for General Gates is Sent for all the Continantal Oficers & men These from your friend Obadiah Witherell This may Cartify that Samuel Talor has past muster before me T T, ) muster Tames Barrett \ . •' \ master Sep' 12: 1777 I hereby Certify that Nathan Parlin one of yV" Com'- of Acton Told me y^' Evening of yM i : Instant that y'^^ town of Acton had Got their Quota of men & had no objection to my Going for any town Test EphV Russell Samuel x Taylor Revolutionary Papers 137 Groton Sep": 12:1777 I hereby acknowlidge that I have rec'.' of Oliver Prescott Esq- forty pounds as an additional Bounty Given by y!" Town of Groton To Serve as a Soldier in yf Contenantal army for s'.' town his Eph" Russell Samuel x Taylor mark June 23^' 1778 Gave this Receipt to M' Child which I am to have Cr for [Addressed] To Captn Asa Lawrence Groton this may Certify that Samuel Thomson has Past muster before me T Ti ) muster James Barrett y . •' ) master Reckned off Groton Jan'-^' y' 30"' 1778 Rec'l of Benj- Bancroft Ju- Town Treas- for said Town Sixty Pounds and in Consequence of the within Certificate and I hereby acknowledge my Self a Soldier in the Continental Service for the term of three years & as a Private Soldier for the Town of Groton in Said Service in Cap' Salvanus Smith Company attest Thos Bond p- Samuel Thomson [Indorsed] Sam'! Tomson Cambridge April 15 1777 to Cap' Beniamin Bancraft iur town treshrer Sir Pleas to Pay John Williams my money that is Coming from the town as a Soldir in the Contenentel army from groton and this Recit Shall Be your Discharge from me Nathanel Williams John Williams this may Certifi that Nathaniel Williams has Inlisted in my Company for the Town of Groton „, P' me Matth Fairfield Cp Cambridg Apriel 15 1777 Reckned off 138 Groton during the Revolution Groton Apriel y"^ i7l!l 1777 Receiv':' of Benj- Bancroft Ju- Treasurer for Said Town Twenty Pounds as in full according to this Towns Vote Passed in Apriel y^ 7- 1777 by the hand of my Brother John Williams by my ordor I Say Rec'' by me John Williams in behalf of Nithanil Williams This may Certifie that Nat Williams was musterd in Cap Fair- fields Company & Col Wigglesworth Battalion & was paid the State Bounty by Nat Baron Boston M master April 15 1777 County Suffolk [Indorsed] Nathl Williams this may Certify that Peter Youngman hes Past muster before me T n ) muster ^ ^r Tames Barrett > . Peter Youngman ■' ) master January 30 1778 This may Certfy that I Peter youngman for and in Consideration of a Sume agreed apon betwexts us to be paid to me by John Nutting of Groton I have Inleasted my Self into the Continantal armey to Do a turn in the place of John Nutting and No other man. atest Peter Youngman Pelati Fletcher This Certifies that the Town of wesford have engaged their Quota in the Contenental army and that the Barer Peter youngman is at Liberty to Engage for any other Town at prsent. Zac:^ Wright Cap' Wesford Feb. 11. 1778. Reckned off Groton Feb'' 17"' 1778 Rec'' of Benj^ Bancroft Ju' Town Treasurer for S^ Town the Sum of Forty Pounds in full for Si' Towns Bounty, & I hereby Acknowl- edge my Self A Private Soldier Under Cap' Smith in Coll: Biglows Reg', for Groton During the Term of three Years as Witness my hand Peter Youngman Revolutionary Papers 139 Groton april 23"' 1777 ReC' of the Selectmen of Groton two Blankets for the use of my Company SiLV^ Smith Cap- Price 42/ We the Subscribers Each of us Rec;' of Cap' Salvenus Smith a Blankett that he Rec'.' of the Select men of Groton Benj'^ Peirce David Tarbel Apriel 23'^ 1777 20 20 20 20 20 20 60 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 60 40 20 40 Feb^ 1 7"^ 1778 Peter Youngman R1 April 14'-^ 1777 Nath^ Russell May 17'- 1777 Aaron Bigelow Ap' 19'i^ 1777 Benj? Peirce April 14"' 1777 Benj'' Brazier April 21 1777 Zac- Longley D" Asa Longley June 27^ 1778 Jesse Gaffield May 5'-i^ 1777 Elisha Hoit May 12'- 1777 Richard Holdin April \f^ 1777 Nath'-' Williams April i4'-t 1777 Joel Jenkens May 15'-^ 1777 Zac!' Longley Ju- April 18 1777 W- Kemp July 8^ 1777 W"^ Bancroft April 17'-!! D" Benj- Parker D^ John Blood D2 Caleb Blood Ju^ June 10- 1777 W- Conn May 14'-^ 1777 Daniel Gilson D° Daniel Gilson Ju- April 30*^ 1777 Solomon Russell April 15"-' 1777 Henry McNeill April 30- 1778 Sam" Thompson Sep- 8'-^ 1777 Eleazer Ames May 9'-!^ 1777 Edm' Farnsworth Sep^ 12'-^ 1777 Sam" Taylor 140 Groton during the R evoli Qtion Jan-' 29- 1778 Timothy Mixer £60 D? Joseph Clough 60 Feb^ 15'i; 1779 John Magee 140 Nov' 1778 Andrew Alexander 100 D.' Gockam Vannalstine 100 Sep'- 1779 James Marr John Gragg Ju' Edm'.' Trowbridge John Parker Simeon kemp Calvin kemp 450 April 1778 Tho? Colvin Isaac Phillips John Bennett 40 March 1777 David Crage 20 April 1777 Simeon Gould Total 2130 Bounty Groton may 7th 1777 We the Subscribers Some for our Selves & others in y*" Room tSc behalf of others Do hereby inlist our Selves as Soldiers in the publick Service of the State of y^' massachusetts-bay to Continue in Said Service for the term of two months after our arrival at the place of Destination agreeable to a late order of the General Court of this State to Reinforce the army at or near Providence in the State of Rhodisland, and to be under Such Regulations as is given by Congress to the Continental army, viz) Lemuel Parker in the Room & behalf of Eleazar Parker Lemuel Parker jun' in the Room & behalf of Levi Parker Oliver Woods, in the Room & behalf of James Woods Lemuel Parker Lemuel Parker Jur Oltuer Woods Jonathan worster Revolutionary Papers 141 Groton may yS y'^ 1777 We the Subscribers having inlisted in the publick Service of the State of y- massachusetts-bay, as Soldiers for said State to Serve during y-' term of two months in y- war agreeable to our inlistment, acknowledge that we have Rec'? of the Select men of Groton, twelve Shillings Each of us Respectively, as our Ration, or milage money, for Travil from our places of abode to the place of our Destination, agreeable to an order of the General Court of this State Lemuel Parker Lemuel Parker ju Oliuer Woods Jonathan Worster Joseph Page John Stevens John Park Jr John trowbridge Jr Joseph moors Jun July 2i'-i^ 1777. Paid D- Farnsworth in full Grotton June 2: 1777 preposels from the priseners to the Members of Commitee wee the wnder Neamed persons Dou Sollemly agree aumongst Our Selves that wee will Not work to No person without wee Shall Bee paid two Shillings Lafull Monney Each Day wee work for the Re- sons following in the furst place for 4 Monthes in the winter we had Nothing in the Second place what Neserys wee Need wee have to pay three times its Reall intrincek vallou in the third place what Monney wee Earn Ought to Bee paid wance a week for when the time passes One thair Becoms a Scrupel of payments so if you Dont see proper to Make Good Our proposels you May Send Ous whair you found Ous Patrick Drummond John Creack Allexander Jammeson Patrick Houye Dougel McKinsey John falkner [Addressed] to the Meml)ers of Commitee 142 Groton during the Revolution These prisoners belonged to the 71st Regiment of High- landers, which embarked at Greenock for New England, near the end of April, 1776, before the news of the evacuation of Boston had reached the other side of the water. The regi- ment sailed in a fleet of seven transports which by stress of weather became separated at sea, and two of the vessels, the " George " and the " Annabella," each with about a hundred troops, on June 16 sailed into Boston Harbor where they were fairly entrapped. After a short engagement they fell into the hands of the Americans. A few days earlier the transport "Ann" had a similar experience, and was taken into Marblehead by privateers ; and a few days later the transport " Lord Howe " was captured much in the same way, and brought into Boston. For an interesting account of this episode of the Revolution, the reader is referred to a work entitled " Sir Archibald Campbell, of Inverneill, sometime Prisoner of War in the Jail at Concord, Massa- chusetts " (Boston, 1898), by Charles H. Walcott. For references to three of the prisoners, see page 167 where a slight description is given of each one. Groton J une 7 1777 account of the Prisner Expence that I Carried to & Committed to Cambridge Gaol Nameley Patrick Drum mand & Alexander Jemmson Tarvens Gilbert tow Dinners I : 4 Jill Rum , . 6 att Jonas tow Suppers 2 : 6 att Hartwell Brackfast I . mug Cyder • 3 Coopers tow Dinners 2 • 3 L money 8~ : 3 my own & horse oats gilbert 4 Dinner 1 . Toddy & oats Whits I . oats Whits • 4 Revolutionary Papers 43 Jonas Horse "^ Supper '/, flip & Loging Hartwell Brackfast /,„ Meal /g Munros Toddy /^ Oats /^ Coopers Horse /g Dinner -/ Larnnards Horse '/e Supper '/^ Whitneys Brackfast '1^ Oats /^ Joans Oats /^ Toddy j ^ Wrights Dinner 7 Toddy /g Cap' Presins oats /^ Cap' Moors Expense as a astence my horse Jorney Y^ His Time one Day & hors my own Time 3 Days my Ex''^ Expence Because things & Compnay was Dear. Which you May Allow if the gent!" think Proper A True account pected hear Eorror ant Ex- Groton : June 10 : 1747 3 • 6 . ID I . 4 I 2 . 6 3 • I . 8 . 7 I . 6 . 4 8 . 5 • 4 7 • :2 . 4 • 3 3 : 3 Isaac Dodge Reed three Pounds three Shilling & Nine Pence In full of the Within account By the hand of M' Isaac Farnsworth P' Isaac Dodge July 21'-^ 1777 Paid [Indorsed] the Select Men accounts for Committing tow Highlanders to Goal June 1777 144 Groton during the Revolution State of the Massachusetts Bay D- To The Selectmen of Groton for WhatThay Provided for Soldiers That Inlisted into the Continential Army Agreeable to a Resolve of the Create and Genneral Court Passed For two Blanketts Delivered to Cap' Salvenus Smith for two men in his Company 42/ £2 . 2 - o - also for Five Blanketts more Delivered to the Soldiers as by thare Recp" May Appear to the amount of ;^5 - 2 - 9 - Totall ^T = 4-9 To one Camp Kittle bought of Col? James Prescott for the Soldiers when they wint to Binnington o . 19 = To D° for D? of Oliver Prescott Esq' o - 18-0 to p-' D- Prescott for visits & med- for W- Adams of Boston a Soldier taken sick upon his return from the Camp i - 0-0 To p- D- for visits & med- for John Fortneau a Scotch prisoner of War o - 9-0 To p-' D? for med" & visit to Rob- Campbell D° 0-3-0 To Cash p^ Col? Sartell for milage he p'' the Bloods whose Receipts he is to produce 3-12-0 Deacon Bancroft Town Treasurer for Groton Pay James Prescott Esq'"" nine pounds in Consequence of his pay- ing the Several Soldiers within named their milage and this with his Receipt shall be your Discharge for the same sum Sept- I- 1777 Oliver Prescotf "^ | « £g Isaac Farnsworth r "5 <^ ^ John Tarbell J ^ G Sept": 2'.' 1777 re'' of Benj' Bancroft Town Tresuer' Nine pounds in full of the above order James Prescott we The Subscribers (non Commission officers & private Soldiers) Having Enlisted our Selves into y? Service of the State of massachu'' Bay • n 12 — Marlbro' ) 4"' To Cash p'' for Horse keeping at Cap' Damonds Keene n 5 — To Ditto p' for D- at Parkers Winchester n 2 — 146 Groton during the Revolution 5"' To D" p'' for D- at Hunts & Alexanders Northfield To D" p'- for D- at Smeads's Greenfield 6"' To D " p'' for D'-' at Eaton's Shelburn 7"* To D ' p'' for D" at Fisks foot of y'^ Moun- tain 8'" To D-' p'l for D'^ at Parkers East Hoo- souck 9"" To D- p'- for D" at Bennington 10'" To D-^ p'^ for D'^ at S'= Coy To D- p- David Lakin for Expences of Horses Home 26"^ To D" dto Self 17 Dollars for the Relief of Nutting &c To ballance Due to Cap' Lawrence 7 n6 3 " 4 8 — 4 11 6 9 — 9 — 9 — 3 ' 6 — 5 " 2 — 3 ' 3 " 5 4 " 7 ;^l6n 8 .. — S//J>ra C^ 1777 Oct^ 2'' By Cash ^16 Cap' Lawrence Receiv'd of the Town's Money ^16 7Vie State of the Massachusetts- Bay to the To7vn of Groton D- To Cash paid the Soldiers as mileage money, Camp Kittles and Can- teens — and for Transporting the Soldiers Baggage agreeable to the Resolves of the General Court, August 8- 1777 To Cash paid Twenty five Soldiers as mileage money as per their Receit £lS= 8 = 4 To Twenty five Canteens to the Same men @ 2/ To two Camp kittles 10 '7 Sep'- 9'!' 1777 August 4- 1777 Revolutionary Papers paid Joseph Allen for Carrying the Baggage of the above Soldiers to Bennington paid to Six of the above Soldiers who were Dismiss'-' and Sent back again by order of the General Court, for Carrying their Baggage M 33 = 15 = o 8 = paid to To to the Soldiers, as mileage Travel to Providence Blankets found the Soldiers in Cap- Silvanus Smiths Company in Col : Biglows Reg' for y- Con- tinental Service To one Gun borrowed of John Stone and Deliver'' to Obadiah Jenkins April 19'- 1775 which Gun was Carried by S' Jenkins-s Son Jona- than into the battle at Bunker Hill, the Said Jonathan being then kill'^ & the Said Gun lost To W- Farwell for Carying Packs To Tiverton Paid Asa Stone for Carting a Load of Cap' Volington Good To Boston Dec- 19 1777 Paid Nehemah holden for one Blanket for his Son April y": 14 1777 paid Con vers Richard- son Seven Shillings for Bailing Camp for Cap' holdens Company To helven Twelve pickaxes 8/ p'l •^ 7 = 4 = 9 u.= 16 = 3 £ o = 19 6 0-7 = [Indorsed] .Scotch Prisoners Ace' & Milage Paid yn Soldiers &c 148 Groton during the Revolution The State of the massachusctts Bay To the Tonni of Groton in si State D^ To Cash Paid To the Hon.' Oliver Prescott Esq & others heare- after mentioned for Supporting Scoch Prisinors of war and for other articals as Shall Be maid To appear By their acounts Exhib- ited to the Select men of S'-' Town of Groton Viz 1777 Aug" 20"" To Cash Paid Joseph Allen For Carting the Solders Baggage to Benington 150 milds ;£t,t, 15 o D'- For articals the Select men of the s' Town of Groton Provided for the Solders that inlisted into the Continantal army agreeable To a Resolve of the Genneral Court Passed : To Two Blanketts Delivered Cap- Silvenus Smith for Two of his Company Price 42/ 2 20 allso for five Blanketts more Deliv- ered the Solders as By there Re- cep- may appear To the amount of 529 To Cash Paid Coll " James Prescott for one Camp Kittle for the Sol- ders when they went to Ikn- ington o 19 o To D- for D" paid Oliver Prescott Esq o 18 o To D" paid Col" Josiah Satwell for mileg he Paid the Bloods whose Recip' he is To Produce 3 12 o 1775 April y- 19 To D" paid John Stone for one fier arme Delivered Obediah Jinkins To Cary into the Colony Service 1 16 o 1777 Sep' 2- To D" Paid To Jon- Tarbell Lemuel Parker David Prescott Jon- Nut- ting W'" Derumple 12/ Each as milege which men was Raised To Reinforse the army at Rhode Island x 00 Revolutionary Papers 149 memorandum about the Expencs of the Solder that was Sick at Eben"^ Farnsworth July 6- 1778. made an order to Asa Stone for Carting a Load of Goods to Boston for Cap' Voluntine omitted in the former acct 3 00 1776 Aug" 31"' To Cash Paid the Hon- Oliver Pres- cott Esq for Vesets and med? for Schoch Prisenor of war ^o 3 ° To D" for D-' 024 To D" Paid to the Hon? Oliver Pres- cott for Boarding Robart Camp- bell and wife Scoch Prisenors of war four weeks 5 10 o I 778 Feb^ 28"' To D ' paid Eph^ Russell Jun^ for milk Delivered Robart Camp- bell & wife o 18 9 1776 Dec- To D" paid Enoch Cook for Sup- porting Robart Campbell & wife 941 1777 Dec- 19''' To D'- paid Nehemiah Holden for Supporting Robart Campbell & wife 5 t6 o 1777 Nov- To D"" Paid Col" Josiah Satwell for Supporting Robert Campbell & wife one month 5 10 o 1776 Nov- To D-' paid Elezer Green for Sup- porting Drummond a Scoch Prisenor 7 28 1777 march 19"' To D" paid Jon-' Tarbell for Sup- porting Robart Campbell & wife I 13 5 1777 Nov"' 10''' To D" paid Cap- Zac'' Fitch for Sup- porting Robart Campbell & wife 2 15 o 1777 may To D " Paid Cap' Amos Lawrance for three Cord of wood Delivered Robat Campbell & wife i 40 M 5 150 Groton during the Revolution I 778 march 5"' To D-' paid Joseph Allen for Sup- porting Robat Campbell & wife 5 19 6 1778 April 2'" To D-' paid Joseph Moors for Sup- porting Robat Campbell & wife fourteen Days 2 19 6 1777 march 17"" To D" paid Nathan hubbart for Sup- porting Robart Campbell & wife 18 43 1778 Feb: 14"' To D" paid Nathan hubbart for Sup- porting Robart Campbell & wife 5 10 6 1777 august 6"' To D'^ paid Josiah Stevens for fif- teen Gallons milk Delivered Robart Campbell & wife o 11 4 1778 Feb: 23"' To D:' paid Jon? Lawrance for Sup- porting Robart Campbell & wife 1777 Jan^' To D° paid Doc' Oliver Prescott Esq for Visits and med' W- Adams of Boston a Solder who was Taken Sick upon his Return from the Camp i o To D " paid Doc^ Oliver Prescott Esq for Visits and med. for John Fortner a Scoch Prisenor of war o 9 To D- paid To D" for Visits & med.' for Robart Campbell Prisenor of war o 3 1778 April 4 To D? paid Eph'^ Russell for Six Quarts of milk Delivered Robart Campbell & wife o 3 1777 may To Dv paid Eph- Russell for finding a Blankett for his Son Nathan- iel who was ingaged in the Con- tinantal Service o 18 1776 To D? paid Ezekel Fletcher for keep- ing Elexander Kaldor & his wife Scoch Prisenors of war Six weeks at 27/6 pr week 8 5 Revolutionary Papers 151 The Committee Acompt For Time and Expences Who was Choosen at a Late Town meeting For the Purpose of Hireing Contenantal and Rhideisland men the Town of Groton To Moses Child and Others Viz '- "~--- Moses Child one Day to Concord £ To Horse Hire to Concord To Expences To Concord To one Jurney to Springfield 4 Days at^j : p' Day To Hors Hire to Springfield 3/ pr mild To Expences to Springfield [Indorsed] Committees acc'i: for Hiring Soldiers &£ 3 : : : ; 14 : 2 : 10 ; : 12 : : : 12 : : ; 16 : : 18 : Groton April 14'!' 1778 Rec'- of Caleb Woods one pair Stockings & one pair of Shoes Rec'- of L' Solomon Woods two Shirts & one pair of Shoes Rec'- of Hezekiah kemp one pair of Stockings Rec'- two pair of Stockings of Cap* Farwell April 20*'' Rec- of L' Wait a pair of Shoes Rec'- of Col. Sartell by y" hand of Jonas Gillson, one pair of Shoes one Shirt & one pair of Stockings Rec' of William Nutting one Shirt & one pair of Stockings Rec'- of Amos Ames one pair of Shoes Rec'' of old \n'- Oliver Blood one Shirt & three pair of Stockings Rec'! of Oliver Blood Jun' two Shirts Rec' of Thomas Farwell two Shirts Rec'-' of Enoch Cook one pair of Stockings Rec'5 of Jonathan Lawrence one pair of Shoes Rec- of Isaac Farnsworth,s wife two Shirts & a pair of Stockings Rec- of Josiah Hobart one pair of Shoes ~ he wou' be glad to take them again Rec'- of Obadiah Jenkins, one pair of Stockins Rec- of Benj ' Page one Shirt & two pair of Stockins Rec"^ of Benj"" Davis one Shirt Rec'^ of D- Bancroft one pair of Shoes Rec'- of Abel Bancroft one pair of Shoes Rec'- of m- Swan a pair of Shoes & a pair of Stockings James Woods has Left A Shirt & pair of Stockings at Col: Prescotts 152 Groton during the Revolution Col: Prescott Provides one pair of Stockings Jon- Lawrence has a pair of Stockings we may have if we want 7 Pair Stockins 17 pair Shoes 25 Shirts [Indorsed] Cloathing Acd Shoes Stockins Shirts Amos adams I Zac^ Fitch I Oliver Shed I m- Lewis 3 Sam- Gragg Sam" Dane I I 2 Lemuel Parker I Daniel Woods I Ezekel Fletcher I Nehemiah holden I 3 I 8~ = 9 I Benj? Worster m I James Sanders I W^ Shed I Jason Williams I Cap- Shatuck John Gragg Cap! Shipley Lieu- Benj"^ V John Woods David Woods Lawrance 5 3 I I 7 Moses Child 3 W'" Derumple Cap! Asa Lawrance I I April y<; 29 : 1778 an acount of all that was Brought in To the Select men Before this Day all the Above Ace- Paid by orders (!v:c [Indorsed] The Town of Groten Revolutionary Papers 153 Cap' Amos Lawrance I I Lieu^ Amos Lawrance 8 I Lieu- Sam" Lawrance I Nehemiah Lawrance I Sam" Rockwood I Solomon Cooper I m- Wyman I I wido hartwell I Timothy Moors 2 Joseph Moors I ID Benj'' Stone I 6 Jon- Tarbell 6 Nathan hubbart I Thv hobart I John Park I Ep'^ Russell Jun-' I Amos Farnsworth I Rec*^ of Joseph Allen I 35 :3s : 42 18 : 7: 25 4 8 7 17- ■28- 17 39 : 43 49 35 '^ 35 X 42 Shoes Stock Shirts 56 56 56 39 43 49 17 13 7 14 = II I 7 14 ID = 7 I 13 : 10 7 8 9 I 5 [Indorsed] Cloathing Ace'- 154 Groton during the Revolution IS be c o o an 'o ■« a. i tn 'ia en C o W2 o Benjamin Stone 6 I Eph-ii Ward I W- Nuting I I L'- Amos Lawrance I John Park I Eph- Russell Jun^ Amos Farnsworth I Joseph Moors 4 I Caleb Woods I I Ezekel fletcher I Benj-' Bancroft Jun' I I I Elisha Rockw'ood 2 Amos Ames I Sam-' Rockwood Obediah Jinkens I Nathan hubart Cap- Henery Farwell 2 Th'- hobart Amos Adams I Col- Satwell I I Nehemiah Lawrance 2 I wido Patch 2 Wn-' Swan I 1 Benj-^ Page I 2 Zac'^ Fitch I Rebeck Satwell I L'- Wate 1 John Tarbell 2 2 2 Th- Farwell I Th- Bennet I Richard Satwell I I Paul Fletcher I L' Solomon Woods 2 2 Timothy Moors 2 L- Sam" Lawranc I Joel Stone of haruard 3 Oliver Shed I Solomon Cooper I Abel Bancroft I John Dudley I Enoch Cook I 1 John Gragg 7 L' Joseph Rockwood 2 I Cap- Jobe Shattuck 5 W- Derumple I Benj- Worster I Jon- Lawrance I James Sanders 1 L' Lawrance & Cp- Shiply 3 L" John Woods I m- Lewis 3 David woods I hezekiah Keemp I W'^ Shed 1 Oliver Blood 3 3 John French woods I Conuers Richardson 2 Jason Williams I Sam" Gragg 2 I Moses Child 6 2 Benj- Davis I Jon-' Tarbell 6 Sam- Dana 1 Nehemiah holden I 1 3 I Revolutionary Papers 155 Lemuel Parker Cap- asa Lawrance Joseph Allen m- Wyman Josiah hubart Danil Woods James woods C en ^ 0) If) "0 1-1 a, a. I I I I I I I I I Moses Child [Indorsed] Cloathiiig Ace? be Sh oes Stock Shirts 'J2 V. Jon- Lawrance I ■Ti (f) D'-' Isaac Farnsworth I 2 Benj^ Worster I Josiah hubart I James Sanders I Obadiah Jinkens I VV-ii Shed I Benj? Page 2 I Jason Williams I Benj"" Davis I Capt Shatuck 5 D'^ Bancroft I John Gragg 7 Abel Bancroft 1 U Lawrance and Benj ' W^ Swan I I Shiply 3 John Tarbell 2 3 2 4 8 7 U Satwell I Richard Satwell I I Shoes Stock SI ills W^i Boosh I Caleb woods i I L- Rock wood I 3 Leiu- Solomon woods 2 2 Tho'^ Binnet I Hezekiah Keemp I Joseph Rockwood I I Cap' henery Farvvell 2 Sam" Rockwood I Leiu* Wait x Paul Fletcher I 156 Groton during the Revolution Shoes Stock Shirts III Col" Satwell i i i James Woods W- Nutting I I Col'.' Prcscott Amos Ames 1 Oliver Blood 3 i Oliver Blood Jun!^ 2 Th5 Far well 2 Enoch Cook i April y I 16 I 16 I 4 I 16 10 8 158 Groton during the Revolution C/3 CAl (fl D Hezekiah Sawtell I Richard Sawtell I I Will"'. Bush I U Elisha Rockwood I 3 L' Jo- Rockwood I Tho? Bennett 1 Paul Fletcher I Benj^ Worcester I James Sanders I Wiir^ Shed I Jason Williams Cap'- Shattuck John Gragg Sheple & Lawrence V John Woods David Woods Moses Child 3 Will- Derumple Cap' Asa Lawrence I Josiah Hubbart I Jacob Gragg 2 I Nehemiah holden I I M' Lewis 2 Oliver Shed I Cap' Zac'' Fitch I Amos Adams Paid By order Paid By order paid by order in full Paid By order Paid By order Paid By order p'' by Town order Paid By an order De- livered To Cap' Shattuck Paid By order Deliv- ered To Constable woods paid by order to Cap' Shattuck Paid by order paid by order paid Cash Paid By order Given To Lieu- Bancroft Paid By order Paid By order allso for one Cask ;^o 12 o Paid By order Paid By order Paid By order Paid By order paid by order Paid By Cash Paid By order Paid By order Paid By Town order in full paid by a Town order in full /; 5 n I 4 3 I 4 5 8 I 4 I 16 I 16 I 160 16 I 16 I 16 6 1 1 4 3 12 I 4 I 4 5 8 I 4 I 16 I 16 4 7 3 12 I 16 16 Revolutionary Papers 159 £ S D Due to Jacob Gragg by mistake in his order Paid By order 13:23:25 may 5- 1778 Delivered N. Holdin may 4"^' Delivered Eleazer Ames Remains at Swans at Major Moors 12-0 total £^ZA .8.0 Shirts Shoes Stockintjs 45 45 45 I I I 7 2 3 2 55 • 48 49 Due To m' John Tarbell for Cash Borrowed iS Dolcrs D- To Joseph Moors Cash o : 14:0 [Indorsed] Cloathing Ace- 12 . 24 . 26 43 • , 24 . 23 55 ■ . 48 . • 49 L' MosHER S- Elezer ames is in Need of his Shurt Stockens & Shoes & we as Select men for the Town of Groton are willing To Deliver them To him your Certifying To us That you will informe his Col- that he may Not Draw them agane Groton may 4'Ji 1778 ISAAC Farnsworth ^ Schrf/iicn for Joseph Moors , John Tarbell Oliver Prescott J <^^^^^'^ Gentlemen A Cording to your Desire I Shall Send Elezer Ames Kapt to his Cap' Sirs yours John Mosher Lh' i6o Groton during the Revolution Shirts Stocking! > Shoes L' ]o- Rockwood I I Will'" Derumple I Jon- Lawrence I Cap' Sheple 2 - of wool m' Lewis 3 Hezekiah Kemp I Oliver Blood 2 Converse Richardson 2 L- Benj? Lawrence Sein"' ^ to make up Cap^ Sheples > wool into Stockens ) Sam" Gragg 2 I Benj ' Davis I m- Sam- Dana I Lem- Parker I moors Child Shurts 3 6 26 5 33=^0 Stockings 3 Shoes 3 Cred ^41 o. 8:0 I 19 o o I = 4-9-0 14 3 o 018= o 14 3 3:9 Benj^ Stone I shirt W'-ii Nutting I D" Jn? Park 1 p' Shoes Amos Farnsvvorth I p- Stockings Caleb Woods I p- Shoes I p' Stockings Benj' Bancroft ju' I p' Sh p' Stock Shirt Amos Ames I p' Shoes • Revolutionary Papers i6i Obad Jenkings Cap' Henry Farwell Sam-' Lawrance Amos Adams Neh Lawrance W- Swan Zach Fitch V Wait Tho- Farwell Rich'-' Sawtell U Sol. Woods L- Sam" Lawrance Benj Stone more Oliver Shead Abel Bancroft Enoch Cook 1 p' Stockings 2 p' Stockings 2 Shirts Stock Shoes 4 13 14 Shurts Stockings Shoes 13: 12 : 14 2 6 8 6 6 6 19 24 28 S6 56 56 19 24 28 37 32 28 13 56 : 14 Wh'- Lawfull mony 24 widd- Mary hartwell Nehs holden Isaac Farnsworth one pair of Stockings Two pair of Stockings 2 Shirts one pair of Stockings 75° 375 1 = 15= 8 = 2 I 18 I 3 3 : 13=10=1 6: 4 II I ■3 2 1125 16 10 1 1 I 3 i62 Groton during the Revolution Cap' Asa £ 7. 9-5 Smith 40 milage 9 D° 43 5 8 milage 3 Allen Zl 15 ^136. 10. 1 D" Bancroft Feb^' 9"' 1778 Gave him an order for the above sum State of the Massacliuseits Bay To the Selectmen of the Town of Groton D'' To Cloathing delivered to Cap' Joseph Hosmer for the Con- tinental Army, agreeable to the Resolves of the General Court June 16'!' 1778. To 39 Shirts ((i\ 48/ ^93 .12.0 To 15 pairs of Stockings @ 30/ 22 - 10 -o To 39 pairs of Shoes @ 48/ 93-12-0 Groton Dec: 21'" 1778 Total ;^209 .14.0 In the name of the Selectmen Oliver Prescott Coppy allowed for Transport i 7 miles 3/ 2 - 1 1 - o ^212 . 5-0 Jan> 9"' 1779 Examined & allowed COM^'^'^ Revolutionary Papers 163 State of the Massachusetts Bay To the Selectmen of the Toivn of Grototi D^ To Sundry articles of Cloathing delivered Captain Joseph Hosmer for the Continental Army agreeable to a Resolve of the Gen- Court i6"' June 1778 To 39 Shirts fr"- 40/ To 15 pair of Stockings @ 30/ To 39 pairs of Shoes @ 48/ Groton Dec: an' 177S. [Indorsed] Ray State Dr to Groton Total £ 78 • • 22 - 10 - 2 93 - 12 - £ 194 • 2 • ^ Cothing provided for the Soldiers agreeable to an order of the General Court passed ° ^ June 16'^ 1778 II Nathan Hubburd Solomon Coopper i Wid" Esther Lamson i VVid? Esther Wait 2 Isaac Farnsworth 6 Cap- Fitch Maj' Moors n z-5 £ S D 8 p' Nathan Hub- bard by L' A Lawrance 72 Dollars I Paid By Town order 2 14 1 Paid By Town order 2 14 P'' By Town order 3 12 I p'' d" Farnsworth in full 42 Dollars 6 N. B. Special agreement Dec' 17^^ 1779 P! by order 54 Dollars 3 12 6 pair Shoes Sence p"" maj' moors in full 213 dollars 164 Groton during the Revolution Cap- Shattuck John Tarbell In the Store Total Novf 21'.' 1778 David Woods June y^' 7. 1779 4 5 7 6 8 2 Paid Cap' Shattuck 121 Dol- lars in full for all the cloath- ing he found — Josiah Lakin^ Stockings and the shoes Called 9 Dollars a pair- p'^ Jn' Tarbell by V Bancroft 99 Dollars June 7'^ Paid Jn'-' Tarbell 87 in full for Clothing 39-15 • 39 I Paid By Town order £1 Paid Joseph moors for one pair of Stockings By order which was forgot to Be Sot Down Dec' 21'' 1778 Agreed to pay five Dollars for each pairs of Stockings and Six Dollars for each shirt June 7- 1779 Paid Phinehas Hubburd by order for two Pair of Shoes forgot to be Set Down ;!^5 253 60 15 18 75 18 I 2 77 [Indorsed] Clothing for the Army Acd Feb>- 15- 1779 Clothing ReC' for the Soldiers of m' John Stone two tow Shirts of Eph- Russell Jun' Eleven pair of Shoes also two pair of Stockings of the wid Colier two pair of Stockings ^3=12- o 29 = 14 = o 3=0=0 3=0=0 Revolutionary Papers 165 of maj' moors eight pair of Shoes & one pair of Stockings of Josiah Lakins wife five pair of Stockings 7 = lo = 20 of John Tarbell ten pair of Stockings 15 = o = o also two tow Shirts 3=12= o of Benj'' Page one pair of Stockings 1 = 10= o one pair of Stockings of David Woods, s which was brought in before & enter' on another List the Within is all Paid We hereby acknowledge ourselves to be inlisted into the Con- tinental Army agreeable to the Resolves of the Great and General Court of the 20- April last for Raising Two Thousand men to reinforce General Washington &c and promise to serve in s'' Army accordingly as one of the men assigned the Town of Groton for that purpose and to sign any other proper inlistment therefor, if required witness our hand this 11- may 177S Simeon foster John Sheple J~ Shattuck Blood J*" Jaiii: iS'-h 1779 this Day Rec'' of the Towns money the sum of^ig = 2 = o The State Treasurer,s order on Constable Wait ^'2 12 = 5 Rec';/," 159 in part Rec" 53-5 212 - 5 [Indorsed] Pay Benj' Beels of Ringe in y*:" State of New hamshire & Anna Lawrence of Groton enter' Jan^ 9- 1779 Without doubt this is a publishment, as the couple were married on May 11, 1779. 1 66 Groton during the Revolution The widv Mary Hartwell of Groton Testifies & saith that her Son Edmund Farnsworth went & lived with a man at acton and wns to have been bound as an apprentice if he had liked his place ; but being Discontented, he inlisted into the army in the Sixteenth year of his age, upon which his master never paid him any wages and withheld his Cloathing — That he served as a Soldier in Cap' Moors Comp?' and went to York ; after his return from York came to Groton and lived with the Dopenent all winter and on the 17"' of march 1777, inlisted into the Continental army for during the Warr & received his Bounty from Groton and lived with her untill he marched again. ^ her mid' ss. June 24- 1778. Mary x Hartwell mark The abovenamed Mary Hartwell made oath to the Truth of the above Deposition by her subscribed : before Oliver Prescott /usi Peace This Certifies that the Selectmen of Groton informed me that they numbered Edmund Farnsworth for Groton June 24«ij 1778. Oliver Prescott Chary Valey September 11 1778 this may Sartify that We the Subscribers haue inlisted ouer Selues into the Continentel Seruis for three year and Do heare by Engaig to Serue for the town of Groten or aney other town or Parson and Do hearby impouer Cap- Liu! Jonas Parker to Receiu the towns bountey for Eaich of us as Witness our hands yocham X Vanallstine mark his Test Peter Wright Andrew x Strander mark Cherry Uai.i.y C)c":' 16'!' 1778 These are to sartify, that Youghem vanalstine in Colonl Aldens Reg- base apered before me this Day, and hes taken the oath of fidelity to the State; according to to [i'/r] regulation of the Con- gress, to qualify them for a Soldier WiLL;' Johnston Justice Revolutionary Papers 167 Cherry Ually Oc'' 177S These may sartify that AndrT astrander now in Colon' Alden's Reg' has apper'd before me, and has qualified by Oath, according to the Acts of Congress, in order to qualify him for a soldier in the Continental Army Will-' Johnston Justice of the Peace Cherry Valley 30'.'' Nov: 1778 this sertifys that I have Musterd Yocham V- Alstine and Andrew O'Strander for Cap'. L' Parker as Soldiers in the Continittal Service in the late Col" Aldens Battallion Richard Lash D. C Muster uort/ieni Department Fort Alden 28'.'' March 1779 I do hereby Certify that the within Mentioned Richard Lash is A Dep>' Continettal Muster Master for the Northern Department D Whiting Maj': Covinti these Men are ingaiged For three years Jonas Parker Cap'. L'. A true Copbey D-' May 31'.' 1779. Rec- of Oliver Prescott Esqr Two Hundred pounds Lawfull mony, in full Satisfaction for a Towns Bounty for two Soldiers viz Andrew astrander & Yocham Vanallstine inlisted into the Continental Army for three years from Nov'^ 1778- ^nd are Soldiers in late C0I-' Alden^ Rf^g' ;/J'2oo Jonas Parker Cap' L' Ducal M'Kenzy — born in Don Robin Southerlinshire aged 25 years Jan^ last — L- Col'.' Campbell 71'".' Regt 5 feet 3 Inches John Creige — born in Balereif in the Parish of Aberleddy in the County East Louden — aged 25 — L' Col'.' Campbell 71- Reg' — 5 feet 6K Inches Peter Hooy born in the City of Edinburg and Parish of West Kirk — in mid Louden — aged 19 years — Lt Col" Campbell 71- Regt. — 5 feet 10 Inches 1 68 Groton during the Revolution M'-i Gordon D"^ To Journeys and med? in the Family fro Ealenerif Aberledy See page 142 for an account of the capture of these Scotch- men who were taken on the " George." Perhaps these men afterward re-enlisted on the side of the Americans. Sir Archibald Campbell was the Lieutenant Colonel of the sec- ond battalion of the 71st Regiment of Highlanders. Robert Campbell, mentioned below, was a prisoner of war. See pages 149, 150, for several allusions to him and his wife. Names Regm Company Statuer Feet Inches art Campbell Col'.' Campbell Cap' Louring Campbell 5/ 10 age Complection Where Born artificial mark 40 Light Parish of Kenmore Boston FebV 15"^ 1779 Race.' of the Town Treasurer of Groton by the hand of the Hon':'' Oliuer Prescott Esq' a note of hand for one Hund'' & forty pound payable in one year with Interest as a Bounty from S'" Town of Groton to John M'Gee a Soldier Enlisted During the War in Colo! James Wessons Regement V B White Brooki.ine FebT 12V 1779 This may Certifie that John Ma'Gee is a Soldier in my Regiment «Sr Enlisted during the War <.V' is Returned for no Town in the State & at liberty to be Returned for y^ Town of Groton ; Jemes Wesson Revolutionary Papers 169 Gkoton August y? 24: 1779 then R' of Jonathan Stone one Bushel of Rye for the Use of my family W- Jemima Longley [Indorsed] D" Longleys wife Red The Town of Groton D' for three Day I spent in hireing men for the Contanental Array & Rhod Island Service ^7:4:0 Amos Lawrance Ju" Groton Oct 4'' 1779 Paid by order , ^ - In the House of Representatives Jan^' 12'!' 1780 Mass' Bay ) ■' Resolved That Joseph Hosmer Esq- be, and he is hereby directed forthwith to remove all the Powder in the magazine at Groton to the following Towns, Viz! one third of it to Concord, one third to Bilrica & one third to Woburn, to be Delivered into the Care of the Selectmen of said Towns he taking their receipt therefor, which he is directed to lodge with the Board of War, and as soon as said Powder is removed that the Guards now doing duty at said Magazine in Groton be discharged from any further service there, and that said Joseph Hosmer Esq lay his Account of the Expence of Removing the same before the Committee on Accounts for allowance & payment Sent up for Concurrence John Hancock S/>k^ In Council January 13"!' 1780 Read & Concurred John Avery I? .5! Consented to by the Major Part of the Council True Copy Attest John Avery I? Set 170 Groton during the Revolution Coppy of y"" Pay roll for y- six months men Levi Liwrance Richard Holden Job Shattuck Juf Moses Ames Peter Stevens Ju' John Trowbridge J' Ephraim Stone Ebenf Tarbell Eben' Farnsworth J' Thad. Bancroft Sal. Whitney Benj'T Moors John Gragg Juf July 8' Roger Lawrance Nath! Blanchard Ezekiel Porter WiU'^ Farwell J^ Benj'l Tarbell Jf Sam: Parker Daniel Fletcher Sam. Blood Charls" Edes Simeon Lakin ;^264 =1=4 [Indorsed] Pay Roll for 6 months men Copy of the Pay Roll for the 6 months men in the year 1780 whole amount ot pay ^'11 = 15-8 II = 6 = 8 13 = 4-0 12 =^ 5 - 13 = I = 4 13 = I = 4 13 = I = 4 13 = I = 4 10 = 14 = 8 9 = 10 = 8 13 = I = 4 10 = 12 : II = I = 4 13 = I = 4 13 = 1 = 4 13 = I = 4 9 = 14-8 12 = 16 = 13 = I = 4 13 = I = 4 10 = 14 = 8 9 - 14 = 8 Gruton May g'Ji 1782 Rec'- of the Select-men of the Town of Groton, a Rec' of one Hundred & Sixty four Pound one Shillings & four pence — Sign'', by Henry Gardner Esq- Treas' for the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, as Part of the Specie Tax for the year 1781, Which sum I the Subscriber Promis to pay to the Persons who were Soldiers, in the Continental Army Six months in the year 1780, for the Town Revolutionary Papers 171 of Groton, a Schedule of whose Names & the Several sums they are Respectively to Receive. I Also have Rec- from said Select-men. as Witness my hand Atest Jonas Stone Joseph Moors [Indorsed] Jonas Stones Rec' to Select-men for Soldiers Pay 6 months Charlston Eads Soldier in the Lieu' Col- Company In the 15^ Massachusetts Regiment having Sarvd Five months and Two days is hearby Dischargd from Said Regiment agreable to General Orders of Yesterday Given under my hand at Westpoint this third day of December 1780 Tim" Bigelow Col. Danb''' Dec' II. 17S0 Issued Four Days Provisions Tho^ Prait a C I Litchfield Dec- 14"' 1780 Sarv' the Within with three days Rations J White ACT Servd with three day Rations Dec'^ 18 Moses Church A C I Groton march y'' 21^' 17S1 Sir Pay my Wages to my Master Isaiah Edes and you will Oblidge yrs T^^^ Charlestown X Edes Isaac Farnsworth "'"■'' The initial letters " A C I," as given in this paper, stand for Assistant Commissary of Issues. Samuel Blood Soldier in The 5"' Mass""" Reg* Light Infantry Company has Not Drawn Any Blankett from The Publick W: Bancroft Ens". 5'" Alasf. Regt West Point JunY S'J' 1781 172 Groton during the Revolution Ebenezer Farnsworth Soldier In the 15"' Massachusetts Regi- ment, Having Served Four Months and Twenty Five Days, is hereby Discharged From Said Regiment. Agreeable to General orders of The Second Instant Givin under my Hand in Garrison At West Point this Forth Day of Decern' 1 780 Filed ofif Tim" Bigelow Col. Benj- Moors Roger Lawrance Sam' Parker mustered 13 July R Lawrance Discharged Dec- 12- Sam' Parker Dischared g- Dec- [I'rintc-d fonn.^ sv Jv M W M nr^HIS certifieth, That Richard holden has served W ^;^ X five Months &> two Days, in the 15'^' Massachusetts ^ ^ Regiment, has conducted himself as a good and faithful W J'? Soldier, and is hereby discharged the Service. W g Given under my Hand, at West Point Hi. ^ this twelveth Day of December 1 780. |? g Tim" Bigelow Col. ;.j i % \Written on the back:\ musterd 4'!' July 1780 F2ph'" Stone Eben' Tarbell Levi Lawrence W- Farnsworth Salamon Whitney Moses Ames Jn" Trowbridge Peter Stevens Filled off Revolutionary Papers 173 Levi Lawrance Soldier in the 15th Mass".' Regiment Having served Five Month and Eight Days (is agreable to the Genii orders) Hereby Discharged the service Given under My Hand at West Point, This Eighteenth Day of December, i 780 SiLVANUS Smith Cap'- Comd' 15 Mass'^ regif/ient Issuing Commissi' at servral Post are Requested To Furnish the Within Named soldier with Provision To Carri him to Groton In the Mass".' state West Point 18'!' December 1780 SiLVANUS Smith Cap'. Comf/id'. iz,"'Mass"f regiment this Certifies that the Within Discharg.' Soldier has Drew Provi- sion to Include the Nineteenth Instant Seth Hamlin A. C. Issues West Point Dec 19 Issued three days Rations Dec 21 J White A C I Deer 23 Servd with three days Rations for Moses Church A C I J WiLLISTON Filled off This Certifies that James Marrs of Groton is a Soldier in the Regiment whereof Timothy Bigelow Esq"^ is Colonel & is inlisted for the Town of Groton to Serve during the present Warr Henry Haskell L' Co''' 174 Groton during the Revolution the Barrer hearof Banjamin Mors a six months man has sarvd as a good solder in the 15 massachusett Rig' is Discharged from the sarvis of the United States Given under my hand at fishkill the 5 Day of December 1780 J Bailey Col" Comnui' \toni\ for B Storer Esq' A C Issues. Fishkill Dec"' 5^'' Serv'* with three days Rations For John White A C I D White Dcr 10 Servd with three days Rations Moses Church AC/ Filed ofif This may Certify that Jobe Shattuck of the L^ Col" Compy Has not reed any Blanket of the Public — neither has he Rec'' any wages as yet John Warren Ens'' 15- Massa"- Regt West Point January i^' i7cSi This Certifies that Ephraim Stone Soldier in a Masi- Reg- Commanded by Colonel R Putnam Has not Reciv.' any lilanket from the Public Daniel Simonds Ens" West Point Janr 9"' i7 9"' 1781 Ezra Newhall L' Colo'. Cd' Issuing Commissaries at the Several Posts are Requested to fur- nish the above Named Soldier With Provision Sufficiant to Carry him to Groton Mast- State. West Point Janv 9''' 17S1 Ezra Newhall L' Colo' Cd' Filed off John Trowbridge A Drumer of A Mass" Reg.*; Commanded by Colo Rufus Putnam has served six Months as A good soldier & is hearby Discharged the servis of the United States Given Under My hand at Head Quarters West Point J an^ 9'^ 1781 Ezra Nkwhall L' Colo'. Cd' 176 Groton during the Revolution This is to Reguest all Issueing Comss'.? on the Road at the several Posts to sarve the Above Soldier with Provision Sufificient to Carry him to Groton in the Mass"* State Ezra Newhall L' Cot' Cd'. West Point 9'.'' JanY 1781 Filed off Salmon Whitney Soldier in a Massachusetts Regiment Com- manded By Col Rufus Putnam has served six Month as a Good soldier and is hereby Discharged the servis Given Under my hand at Ezra Newhall L' Colo' Cd'- West Point. 9"' Jan^' 1781 Filed off Comnionwealth of Massachusetts to the Selecttneti of the Toivn of Groton D*^ For the Bounty or hire of Twenty one men to Serve in the Con- tinental Army for three years or during the war, agreeable to the Resolves of the General Court of December & March last, Viz! William Tarbell ^90 " 1 ' Oliver Lakin Jun!' 95 '■ 12 1 Ezekiel Porter 93 " 10 1 John Stevens 93 " ID 1 Moses Chase 94 " ' 1 Charlestown Edes 90 M 1 1 John Pierce 78 M 12 1 t Harbour Farnsworth 98,. 8 1 1 Joshua Parker 91 1. 4 1 Elijah Nutting 90 II 1 1 David Farwell 90 11 1 1 Asa White 90 H 1 1 Amos Dole 98 n 2 1 1 Eleazer Green Jun' 98,1 16 1 ' 5 Joseph Bancroft 93 " 10 1 John Goddaicl 90 n 1 Revolutionary Papers 177 90 1, II 87 1, II go II 6 II 93 " II 93 " II Edmund Holden Amos Shed Benjamin Tarbell Jun' Calvin Russell Joseph Lakin Hard money N. B. Two of the above named men, viz* Calvin Russell & Joseph I.akin were hired <& mustered in Season. 'Tis expected the said Russell will join the Army immediately the said Lakin is absconded. Groton 6 Novt 1 78 1. Commonwealth OF Massachusetts A return of the number of Men raised by the Town of Groton, in the Comity of Middlesex, as Soldiers to serve in, or to recruit, or reinforce the armies of the United States, &-' the Bounties paid them for their respective services, agreeable to the requisition of the General Court, as by their Resolve dated fuly \\"! 1783 viz. — Eight Months at Cambrige in 1775 Six Weeks at Ditto Two Months at Ditto. Feb. & March 1776 In Consequence of a Resolve June 24'.'' 1776 Ditto Sept' 10'^ 1776 Ditto Nov": 30'.'' 1776 Ditto Dec: V} 1776 Four Months at Dorchester . . . 1776 Three Months at Boston .... 1776 Six Months at Hull 1776 By Order of Councel . . April 12"' 1777 12 £ I II I II 6„ 3" 3" 8„ O II O H o o 6 4 1 1 I 1 1 . o I 6, 4' 2 „ 13 , o M 6 I £ 465 24 29 230 71 78 216 3 I o o 8 18 6 o 13 6 16 13 o 1, 6 M O M 6 If 10 n 8 „ 4 fi 6 M O ff o M 6 M O 178 Groton during the Revolution By Resolve April so'."" 1777 Ditto June 14'.'' 1777 Six Months at Providence f'." June 24'.'' 1777 By Resolve .... August Q^*" 1777 Ditto August q'.*" 1777 Ditto Sept": 22^ 1777 Ditto Feby 7* 1778 Ditto April 18"' 1778 Ditto April 20'.'' 1778 Nine Months at R. Island . . . 1778 Six Months at Ditto 1778 Six Months at Cambrige .... 1778 Months 9^ at Providence .... Six Weeks Ditto at R. Island- April 8'.'' 1779 Pursuant to a Resolve . . April 27'.'' 1779 Two Months at Providence f"? June 8'.'' 1779 Nine Months C Army fl" June 9'.'' 1779 Agreeable to a Resolve . Sept^ 17'.'' 1779 Ditto Oct^ 9'.'> 1779 To Guard Convention Troops Cambrige Five Months at Providence . . Pursuant to a Resolve . . June 22.' 1780 £ 17 • o .1 O M 5" O 11 o » O rt 20 IP 32 m O M o „ O II O II O II 2 II ,1 1 II 24,, I M 5" I II 13" 13" 6. 6„ 12 II 811 16 II 81. 611 7" 10 II 10 II 61, 12 II 18,1 8,1 16 II 9,1 15 II O II 15 II O II 4" 10 II 10 II 173 O I 10 i 65 19 15 6 122 520 3 I o 13 4 II I 13 240 3 70 4 27 351 . 6 I 6 ' 4 I o ' 4 ' 4 I 12 ' 5 I o I 10 I 16 , 12 I ID I 16 , 4 I 16 I O II o II 10 II o 1,16 II o M O The Sum brought over in hard money by the Scale };^2804- 15-0 Middlesex ss. Groton Jany 31^' 1784 We have Examined the Town Books & the militia Officers Books, together with the best vouchers that we could obtain, & the afore- going is a true account according to the best of our knowlege Oliver Presco'it ■\ Selectmen Abel Bancroft >• of Amos Lawrance J'^) Groton Revolutionary Papers 179 Feb>- 2'' 175 Exhibited on oath before Israel Hobart Esq' A Copy [Indorsed] A Copy of the Bounties p'\ since the war to the Soldiers, as return'' to the General Court. Febr 1784 & the resolve Inclos'' Oct° Nov'" & Decoi 1778 The Town of Groton To Abraham Moors D' for three Bushels & half of Rye at three pounds Twelue Shillings p- Bushel ^12:12:0 Allso one Bushel of indian Corn 2 : 8:0 a true acompt Dec- 6"' 1779 p' Town order ^15 [Indorsed] Maji Moors Acc^ Abraham moors March 1779 T/ie Town of Groto?i To Joseph Moors D' for Grain Delit the 7vife of Zac- Lotigley Viz D' for one Bushel of Rye D- for one Bushel indian Corn D' for one Bushel indian Corn D' for one Bushel of Rye D' for one Bushel of Rye D- for one Bushel of indian Corn D- for one Bushel & peck of Rye D- For three Pecks of indian Corn D- For one Bushel of Rye D- For one Bushel of Rye D- for half a bushel Corn D- for 20/ pound of Beef at 4/ p- pound D' for one Bushel of indian Corn er To March March April April May May June June July 1779 1779 1779 1779 1779 1779 1779 1779 1779 August 1779 Sep^ 1779 Sep' Nov 1779 1779 £z ■ 12 : 3 : : 3 12 : 4 : 10 6 : : 4 : 10 : 7 10 3 : 7 : 6 6 6 I : 16 : 4 : : 3- ■ 12 - - 57 = : 9 = ^ attest Joseph Moors Dec- 6- 1779 Paid by Town order and all but one Bushell Carried into the State Com— ^3 : 15 i8o Groton during the Revolution John Campbell Brown, mentioned below as a schoolmaster, was married on March i6, 1775, to Lucy Chase, of Groton; and for a period of nearly three years his marriage is the last one recorded in the town-book, owing, probably, to the con- fusion of the times. These can Certify, by the Underwritten Subscribers, That the whole Society of the South part of the Town of Groton ; did Agree with John Campbell Brown, to teach School one Month upon Trial, from the Second day of Jan^ i775- At the Expiration of which Said Month a Meeting was appointed, and the said Society met who approved of y*" Government of the School and agreed with y*" said John Campbell Brown for the time of Six weeks longer at four Dollars "^ month, at the End of ten or twelve days of y*" said time, one or two of y*" said Society began to be afraid of the reward becoming due to the Master at the Expiration of the time, that they should have to disburse it themselves, as such, the purport of this Instrument is to desire the Select Men to Insure the reward at the End of the time as y'^ majority of y'' Society are very well content with y'^ Orders and Rules of the Present School Subscribers ) William Park Jun"? Names J Benja Farwell William Park John Park Thomas Park Ebn? Farnsworth Danill Stone Joseph Chase iunr Joseph Chase Ephraim Parker M' Jn" Park Exhibited this Request, saith that Jon ' Stone Isaac Stone and Nath- Stone were Content Feb*' 13"' 1775 The Shays Rebellion i8i TJie Shays Rebellion The following papers relating to Shays's Rebellion were found in a wrapper which had been used as a part of the warrant for a town-meeting, held on April 2, 1787. They were included in the small parcel mentioned on page 113. Town meeting Monday 2'' day of April [1787.] I. To Choose a Governor, L'Governor, Counsellors cS: Senators To Choose a Com— to take Care of the Fish Courses To See if the Town will abate the Highway rate of John Simonds, as borne on the late Constable Benj"" Tarbell's list, and also Excuse the S' Simonds from working at highways in future untill he shall have an open road laid to his house To See if the Town will abate the rates of Abel Farwell for 1 784 Joseph Kemp for 1784 & 1785 Aaron Farnsworth for 1784 as borne on the late Constable Benj- Tarbell's lists also the rates of Jonas Blood in y- late Constable Jo- Rockwood's list for 1783 [Indorsed] Those who have taken the oath of allegiance & Deliver'^,' up their arms &i 1787 Groton Janv 15"' 1787 We hereby severally acknowledge that we have received of the Selectmen of Groton the several Quantities of ammunition from the Town Stock, sett against each of our names cSi and are accountable therefor on Demand. I 82 Groton during the Revolution is o -a rt c5 Solomon Russell I I>2 Joseph Fitch I I^ William Fitch I 4 David Shattuck I li Luther Russell h I David Moors I u Abijah Nutting I li Joseph Chase I 4 Abel Lakin X I 2 Reuben Wilson >2 I 2 Joshua Parker I I'A 2 Simeon Kemp I I Worcester ss. Fitcuburg 1787. A List of the names of those Persons belonging to the Town of Groton, who took and Subscribed the Oath of Allegiance Before me Thos Cowdin /us Pads Viz! 1787 Feb. 24"' Amos Adams, [Addressed] For The Town Clerk of Groton Common Wealth of Massachusetts ; Middlesex ss, To THE Town clark of the Town ok Gkotun kn said county; Sir This is to certify you, that the persons hereafter named, liaveing taken a part against Government, in the late Insurrections, have voluntarily, delivered up their arms ; and taken and subcribed the the \^sic\ oath of Allegience ; to this common Wealth, (agreeable to an act of the General Court ; passed February 16''' 1787 :) before me ; Israel Hobart Justice of Peace. The Shays Rebellion 183 These following had as they Say no arms of their own but borrowed or lent or was other ways ading to wit Oliver Hartwell John Graves Says he had one he carried of Samuel Gragg William Parker Benjamin Parker Eleazer Green Jonathan Stevens Joel Kemp John Woods Sampson Prescott Jotham Woods Naum Woods Jacob Gragg Ju' Rober Ames Ju"^ David Prescott Jonathan Frost John Derumple Elisha Sever Joseph Kemp 18 dated at Groton the 21"' day of March A [Addressed] For the Town Clerk of Groton Joseph Shed Asa Kemp Jonas Stone Ephraim Kemp Jonathan Blood Samuel Hartwell Ezekiel Shattuck David Lakin Nathaniel Blanchard James Woods Oliver Kemp Solomon Gillson Shattuck Blood Ju' Jonas Tarbell Oliver Fletcher Ju' John Blood Salmon Lawrence Oliver Woods Oliver Shed Oliver Shed Jur Eben Tarbell Joseph Frost Royal Blood 23 D 1787 Israel Hobart Harvard March y-' 21 1787 A return Of the names of those that Came before me that belotig to the Town of Groton in the County of Middlesex, and took and sztbcribed the Oath of Allegiance to the Commonwelth of Massa- chusetts, and Delivered up their arms according to law. there names are as folhnvs. Viz Joseph Wetherbee of Groton Blacksmith Ebenezer Farnsworth of Groton Laboror Abel Wetherbee of Groton Laboror Eleazer Davis of Groton Cordwainer 184 Groton during the Revolution Abel Morse of Groton wheelwright Jesse Stone of Groton Laboror Abel Davis Jun- of Groton a miner BenJ Frost of Groton a miner Timothy Stone of Groton a miner Joseph Park of Groton yeomon John Moore of Groton yeomon John park Jun' of Groton stone cutter JosiAH Whitney fas', peace To THE Town Clark of Groton [Addressed] To M'' Isaac Farnsworth Groten town Clark [Indorsed] Justice Whitneys return put in to my hand by Jonas Stone Sunday April 8'!' 1787 To THE Town Clerk of Groton Sir I herewith Exhibit the Name of y*" person in Groton who has taken and Subscribed the Oath of allegiance to y" Commonwealth of Massachusetts before me and delivered up his Arm agreeable to Law viz Robert Ames Eben" Champney J Pads March 23 1787 To THE Town Clerk of Groton, Sir, I herewith Exhibit the names of such persons in the Town of Groton, as have taken & Subscribed the oath of Allegiance to this Commonwealth, before me, & Delivered up their arms agreeably to Law ; viz. Moody Chase Joseph Allen Jacob Chase Jonathan Tarbell Thomas Tarbell Solomon Tarbell William Lawrance Asa Lawrance The Shays Rebellion 185 Abel Stevens Jonas Blood Samuel Hodgskin Benj'^ Morse Samuel Morse I am, sir, y' Humble Ser' Oliver Prescott Just peace N. B. Jonas Blood had no Gun & very poor and week in body & mind [Addressed] Town Clerk of Groton March 23'.' 1787. Pepperrell March 23: 1787 This may certify that Joh[n] Bowers Peter Blood Asa Blood and Oliver Parker of Groton have delivered up there arms and taken the oath of Allegiance according to Law before me W- V-r^zcott Justice of Peace [Addressed] To the Town Clerk of Groton July August 4 August 1 1 Septemb"^^' i Sept 6 Sept 15 Sept. 22 Septem October Octob 27 1788 To the Gentlemen SelectMen To tod 4 mugs sider 2 mugs To liquor To 4 mugs of tod 2 mug of cider To Flip tod and brandy To 4 mugs of flip I half-pint of brandy To 4 mugs of flip To tod flip and brand To hors bating To the comty by order of the selectmen To 4 mugs of tod 3 mug of Hip To 4 mugs of and i Pint of brandy To 6 mugs of tod 4 mug of lip 2 mugs of sider 3 4 8 9 3 5 7 2 3 8 3 3 8 I 5 8 ° 5 3 4 4 7 10 i86 Groton during the Revolution Novemb i To I Quort of brandy 4 mugs of flip 2 sheets paper Nouem 15 To Liquor and Paper Nov 22 To 2 mugs of tod To brandy and tod December 18 To Liquor To I mug of fiip gene way 1 To flip and tod and biscit genew 19 To Vittles and drink To 2 horses up to hay Febrewary 2 To I mug of tod I glass of brandy 4 sheets of paper To 2 mug tod 2 mug of flip To 2 horsbtins to 2 mugs of tod I Pint brandy To 2 mugs of sider 2 mugg of tod 2 of flip To 2 mugs of flip 4 mug of tod I half Pint brand To I half mug of tod i gil of brandy Febrewary 12 To flip and tod and sider Febre 16 To Liquor Febre 20 To Liquor and hors bating Feb 23 To Liquor 5 10 5 3 I 6 2 3 6 8 9 10 2 9 3 9 I 4 3 3 10 3 6 5 2 8 7 3 6 I 5 I 4 7 1 88 Groton during the Revolution CoiDitcr-stavip Stamp Issued under the Act of jj6^ Revolutionary Items 189 Revolutionary Items The following articles relating to the Revolutionary period have already been printed, for the most part, in the " Groton Historical Series." As a matter of general convenience both to the reader and the student, they are now brought together in this volume where they have been arranged mainly in chronological order. In a few instances, however, changes have been made in the body of the article, when it is not given as a quotation. The Stamp Act I give herewith an engraving of a half-crown stamp, in exact size, issued under the authority of the famous Act of 1765, which was afifixed to certain papers, documents, etc., by order of the British government. It was the resistance to this impost, on the part of the American colonies, that brought about their separation from the mother country. The Act was soon repealed, however, as the crown authorities found it impossible to enforce the law. On a public occasion once, in an after-dinner speech on April 19, 1850, Mr. Edward Everett, holding up a specimen of the stamp, said : " Yes, sir, that bit of dingy blue paper, stamped with the two and six- pence sterling, created the United States of America, and cost Great Britain the brightest jewel in her crown." In the autumn of 1854 I procured at the American legation in London one of these memorable stamps. A few years previously a certain number of them had been found by the 190 Groton during the Revolution Commissioners of Inland Revenue during their removal from Old Broad Street to the Somerset House, London. Some of the specimens were given at the time to Americans who were interested in the matter ; and it was one of these that I was lucky enough to obtain. Apparently with a die an impression was made on faded blue paper pasted over parchment, and fastened to the back of it by a narrow strip of tin-foil ; and a small piece of white paper, bearing a device as described below, was stuck over the ends of the tin-foil. The impression on the blue paper is not very deep, but yet quite distinct. It contains a crown, with the word America over the top, and the letter A on one side ; and the money value of the stamp is given at the bot- tom. In the centre of the impression is a double Tudor rose surrounded by the motto of the Order of the Garter. In the cut the foil is represented on the right of the rose. The coun- ter-stamp, or small piece of white paper which was stuck over the ends of the tin-foil on the back, has a crown with the letters " G R," — one letter on each side, — and the figure 3 slightly below ; and a double cipher or monogram of G. R. under the whole. The blue stamps were intended for deeds, wills, and other formal documents, and the price varied according to circum- stances. All the specimens that I have seen appear to have been cut out of the corners of parchment, which have been duly embossed, but never used, as the odious Act was re- pealed so soon. The stamps for " paper for printing " were made by a cut or a die. I have seen a copy of " The Halifax Gazette : or the Weekly Advertiser," Thursday, February 13, 1766, which bears on the last page such a stamp in red ink, to which has been added a rude engraving in type-metal, rep- resenting the Devil with a four-tined fork, on his domestic hearth, in the act of pitching the stamp into the fiery furnace. In the Supplement to Lossing's " Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution " (II. 877) is given an engraving of what pur- Revolutionary Items 191 ports to be one of the stamps made for the American colonies in 1765, but this is an error. It is not a stamp struck for the colonies at all, but for home use in England, and does not bear the word America over the crown. The Tea Tax The following " Proceedings " are taken from " The Boston Evening-Post," January 3, 1774. It will be noticed that the meeting was held on the day of the Boston Tea- Party. Proceedings of the Town of Groton. AT a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Groton, assembled at the Public Meeting-House in said Town, on Thursday, Dec. i6th, 1773. To Consider what is proper for this Town to do relative to the large quantities of TEA, belonging to the Hon. East-India Com- pany, arrived and expected to arrive in this Province, subject to an American Duty. Chose JAMES PRESCOTT, Esq ; Moderator. Then the Committee of Correspondence for said Town laid be- fore them a Letter which had been agreed upon by the Committees of several Towns, to be sent to all the Towns in this Province, in order to know their minds at this critical Juncture ; and having read the same, as also the Votes and proceedings of the Town of Boston, at their late Town Meetings in Nov. last: — The Town came into the following Resolves and Votes unanimously, That we highly approve of the Conduct of the Town of Boston at their late Town Meetings aforesaid, and the several Resolves they came into, relative to the TEAS sent by the East-India Com- pany to America. — And as we Esteem the late Act of Parliament for the benefit of said India Company as an intoUerable Grievance, and a very subtle plan of the Ministry to ensnare and enslave the Americans, preferring the Public Happiness to our own private advantage. We will readily afford all the assistance in our Power, to the Town of Boston and all other of our opprest American 192 Groton during the Revolution Brethren, and heartily unite with them in every Constitutional method, to oppose this and every other scheme that shall appear to us, to be subversive of American Rights and Liljerties, and dis- honorary to his Majesty's Crown and Dignity, at the risque of our Lives and Substance. Voted, That our most Cordial Thanks be presented to the In- habitants of the Town of Boston, for their wise, prudent and spirited Conduct at this alarming Crisis, and for their repeated Vigilance and unwearied Endeavours, to recover and preserve the Rights and Liberties of America. Upon a motion made, Voted unanimously. That the Inhabitants of this Town, will not buy, sell, or make use of any TEA, while subject to an American Duty. Voted, That the Committee of Correspondence for this Town, be desired to wait upon the several Shop-keepers and Traders, within this Town, and desire them not to buy, sell or any way dispose of any TEA while subject to an American duty, as they would avoid the odium of the Town. Voted, That the Committee of Correspondence for this Town be desired to forward an attested Copy of the Proceedings of this Meeting, to the Committee of Correspondence in the Town of Boston. Voted, That this meeting be dissolved. — And it was accordingly dissolved. A true Copy. Attested. OLIVER PRESCOTT, Town-Clerk. AT a Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Groton, Assembled May 8th, 1773. Voted and chose James Prescott Esq ; Oliver Prescott Esq ; and jFosiah Sawtell Gent, a Committee of Correspondence for the Town of Groton, unanimously. Attest, OLIVER PRESCOTT, Town-Clerk. Revolutionary Items 193 The Boston Port Bill Colonel Thomas W. Higginson, on page 174 of his " Young Folks' History of the United States" (1898), speaks of the effect of the Boston Port Bill on the public mind, and says : — Of course, the sympathy of other towns, and even of the other col- onies, was at once excited. So a great variety of gifts began to be sent into the suffering town, — grain from Groton, and salt fish from Marblehead, and a flock of two hundred and fifty sheep from Windham, Conn. The southern colonies sent flour and rice ; and the middle colonies corn and iron ; and many towns sent money for the poor ; so that the effect of the Boston Port Bill was entirely diiiferent from what the British Government expected. In this description Colonel Higginson took his main facts from Volume IV. (fourth series) of the " Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society," where is found a copious correspondence between a committee of the town of Boston and various contributors for the relief of the sufferers by the Boston Port Bill. The following letter written by the town clerk of Groton and the reply by the Boston Overseers of the Poor, found on pages 7-10 of the volume, are highly creditable to all concerned : — Groton, June zSth, 1774. Gentlemen, — The inhabitants of the Town of Groton, in gen- eral, are deeply affected with a sense of our public calamities, and more especially the distresses of our brethren in the Capital of the Province, as we esteem the act of blocking up the harbor of Boston replete with injustice and cruelty, and evidently designed to compel the inhabitants thereof to submission of taxes imposed upon them without their consent, and threatens the total destruction of the lib- erties of all British America. We ardently desire a happy union with Great Britain and the Colonies, and shall gladly adopt every measure consistent with the dignity and safety of British subjects for that purpose. 13 194 Groton during the Revolution In full confidence that the inhabitants of the Town of Boston will, in general, exhibit examples of patience, fortitude and perse- verance, while they are called to endure this oppression for the preservation of the liberties of their country, and in token of our willingness to afford all suitable relief to them in our power, a number of inhabitants of this Town have subscribed, and this day sent forty bushels of grain, part rye and part Indian corn, to be de- livered to the Overseers of the Poor of said Town of Boston, not doubting but the same will be suitably applied for that purpose ; and we earnestly desire you will use your utmost endeavor to pre- vent and avoid all mobs, riots, and tumults, and the insulting of private persons and property. And while the farmers are cheerfully resigning part of their substance for your relief, we trust the mer- chants will not oppress them by raising upon the goods which they have now on hand and heretofore purchased. And may God pros- per every undertaking which tends to the salvation of the people. We are. Gentlemen, your friends and fellow-countrymen. In the name and by order of the Committee of Correspondence for the Town of Groton. Oliver Prescott, Clerk. To THE Overseers of the Town of Boston. Boston, July 5th, 1774. Sir, — Your obliging letter directed to the Overseers of the Poor of this Town, together with a generous present from a number of the in- habitants of the Town of Groton, for the relief of such inhabitants of this Town as may be sufferers by the Port Bill, is come to hand. In behalf of the Committee of this Town, appointed for the reception of such kind donations, I am now to return to you and the rest of our benefactors the most sincere thanks. The gentlemen may be assured their donations will be applied to the purpose they intend. We are much obliged to you for the wise cautions given in your let- ter, and we shall use our best endeavors that the inhabitants of this Town may endure their sufferings with dignity, that the glorious cause for which they suffer may not be reproached. We trust that the non-consumption agreement, which we hear is making progress in the country, will put it out of the power of any of the merchants to take unreasonable advantage of raising the prices of their goods. You will, however, remember, that many heavy articles, such as Revolutionary Items 195 nails, &c., will be attended with considerable charge in transporting them from Salem. As the bearer is in haste, I must conclude, with great regard for your Committee of Correspondence and the inhabitants of the Town of Groton. Sir, your friend and fellow-countryman, Signed by order of the Overseers of the Poor, Sam. Partridge. To THE Committee of the Town of Groton, IN Massachusetts. Committee of Correspondence September 6, 1774. THE Inhabitants of the Town of Littleton being assembled at the Meeting-House in said Town ; First voted and chose Mr. Robert Harris Moderator of said Meeting. 2. Chose Captain Jonathan Reed, Mr. Robert Harris and Mr. Aaron Jewett, a Committee of Correspondence for Littleton. 3. Voted that the present Committee should go to Groton, to meet the Committees of the several Towns in the Neighbourhood on Friday next, agreeable to the Desire of said Committees. 4. Voted, That the Proceedings of this Meeting be published in the publick News-Papers. A true copy of the Proceedings, Attest. OLIVER HOAR, Town-Clerk. "The Boston-Gazette, and Country Journal," Monday, September 19, 1774. Rev. Samuel Dana It is well known that the Reverend Samuel Dana, minister of Groton from the year 1761 to 1775, at the outbreak of the Revolution, was in sympathy with the Crown. His political views made him unpopular, and caused his dismissal from the parish. An account of the difificulties is given in Mr. Butler's History (pages 1 79-181). The following notice, by no means clearly expressed, is found in "The New-England Chronicle: or, the Essex Gazette," June 8, 1775 : — 196 Groton during the Revolution Groton, May 15th, 1775. THE Inhabitants of Groton in Town-Meeting assembled, the Rev. Samuel Dana offered that to the Town with Regard to his political Principles and Conduct, with which the Town voted themselves fully satisfied, and that he ought to enjoy the Privi- leges of Society in common with other Members, and we hope this, with the following by him subscribed, will be fully satisfactory to the Publick. Oliver Prescott, \ ^ T r, ^^ 1 Committee of James Frescott, J -^ 7- • i o ^ 7/ \ Correspofiaence Jostan Ciartell^ \ ^ Isaac Farnsworth, \ -^ Moses Child, ] ^^°^°^- I The Subscriber, being deeply affected with the Miseries bro't on this Country, by a horrid Thirst for ill-got Wealth and unconsti- tutional Power — and lamenting my Unhappiness, in being left to adopt Principles in Politics different from the Generality of my Countrymen ; and thence to conduct in a Manner that has but too justly excited the Jealously and Resentment of the true Sons of Liberty against me, earnestly desirous, at the same Time, to give them all the Satisfaction in my Power ; do hereby sincerely ask Forgiveness of all such for whatever I have said or done, that had the least Tendency to the Injury of my Country, assuring them that it is my full Purpose, in my proper Sphere, to unite with them, in all those laudable and fit Measures, that have been recommended by the Continental and Provincial Congresses, for the Salvation of this Country, hoping my future Conversation and Conduct will fully prove the Uprightness of my present Professions. SAMUEL DANA. Groton, May 22, 1775. "The Essex Gazette" newspaper, at the beginning of the Revolution, was removed from Salem to Cambridge, where it was published under the name of " The New-England Chron- icle : or, the Essex Gazette." It was printed in Stoughton Hall, Harvard College, and the first number under its new title is dated May 12, 1775. Revolutionary Items 197 The following paper is found in Peter Force's " American Archives" (fourth series, II. 1109) : — To the Honourable Gentlemeri of the Provincial Congress of New- Hampshire : That whereas, Jason Russell and John Tarbell^ both of Mason, in said Province, did, in a felonious manner, on or about the 20th of May last, retire to a pasture in said Town belonging to Samuel Dana, of Groton, and took from thence a three year heifer, and killed and converted it to their own use ; whereupon, early notice being given to the Committee for said Town, they met, and required of the offenders full satisfaction therefor, but each of them peremp- torily refusing to comply therewith : The advice of Committees from the neighbouring Towns being called in, viz : New-Ipswich and Teniple, and the criminals being cited to appear before said Com- mittees, not only neglected to make their appearance before us, but, as we learn, have fled to the Army ; and finding ourselves unable to settle the unhappy difficulty by reason of their escape, came into the following Resolution, viz : Resolved, To refer the matter to your judicious consideration, begging that you will, in your wisdom, take cognizance of the offence, and deal with them in this and in such like case for the future. Ephraim Adams, Chairtnan. David Blodgett, Scribe. Mason, June 26, 1775. It is probable that Mr. Dana's tory proclivities at this period had some connection with the affair. John Tarbell, who is mentioned in the preamble, was of Groton descent. Rev. Samuel Webster s Sermoit The following is the title of a sermon, mentioned on page 4, which was preached before the Groton minute-men, on Feb- ruary 21, 1775 : — 198 Groton during the Revolution Rabshakeh's Proposals | Considered, | in a | SERMON, | De- livered at Groton \ February 21, 1775. | At the Desire of the Officers of the | Companies of Minute Men in that | Town. | By I Samuel Webster, A.M. | Pastor of the Church at Temple, | in New-Hampshire. || Boston : Printed and Sold by Edes and Gill, in Queen-Street. 1775. 8vo. pp. 30. The sermon is singularly meagre in details, and made up largely of theological opinion, perhaps as valuable now as then, but not so highly prized. The author says that a large majority of the town, agreeably to the plan of the Provincial Council, had promised to hold themselves in prompt readiness to act in the service of their country. Parole and Countersign According to the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Histor- ical Society (XV. loi) for October, 1876, the parole at the camp in Cambridge on the night of May 21, 1775, was " Groton," and the countersign " Pepperell." These words, doubtless, were suggested by Colonel Prescott, a native of Groton and a resident of Pepperell, who was then command- ing a regiment in the Provincial Army. Battle of Bunker Hill Grot07i Men Killed in the Fight One commissioned officer and ten enlisted men, residents of Groton, were either killed or mortally wounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The roll of honor comprises the names of Lieutenant Amaziah Fassett, who fell wounded and died a prisoner in Boston, a few days later, on July 5 ; Sergeant Ben- jamin Prescott, eldest son of the Honorable James Prescott, Revolutionary Items 199 and nephew of Colonel William Prescott, the commander on the American side ; and Privates Abraham Blood, Chambers Corey, James Dodge, Peter Fisk, Stephen Foster, Simon Hobart, Jonathan Jenkins, Robert Parker, and Benjamin Woods. This loss was the largest suffered by any one town in the battle, and shows the patriotic character of the citizens at that period. These soldiers were serving in five different companies of Colonel Prescott's regiment, and their names now appear on the bronze tablets which have been placed on Bunker Hill by the city of Boston in memory of the brave men who fell in that historic engagement. It is highly prob- able that Amos Fisk, killed in the battle, was another Groton soldier who fell on that day. See page 45 for a statement of the facts. Colonel Prescott, the commander of the American forces, and at least three of the Pepperell soldiers who lost their lives in the fight, were natives of Groton. Error on Bunker Hill Tablets In connection with the names that are given on the tablets set up by the city, there is a singular error worth noting. David Kemp, of Groton, is named as one of the men who was killed on the Seventeenth, though fortunately he was only captured in that engagement, and afterward was carried to Halifax, By mistake he was reported as dying while a pris- oner in Boston, and for a long time his family mourned him as dead. It is not recorded when they first heard of his safety, but probably it was many months after the battle. In " The Boston-Gazette, and Country Journal " (Water- town), July 29, 1776, it is said : — Last Tuesday Evening came to town from Halifax, Lieut. Scott of Peterborough, in New Hampshire Government, who was wounded and taken Prisoner at the memorable Battle of Bunker Hill the 17th of June, 1775, and has been a Prisoner ever since. He 200 Groton during the Revolution informs, That he with 13 others broke Goal about 5 Weeks ago, and betook themselves to the Woods, where they seperated ; that Captain Martindale and his first and second Lieutenants, John Brown Rifleman Leonard Briggs of Ware, and himself arrived at Truro at the head of Cobbecut river, after a travel of 3 days, where they procured a boat and got to the Eastward ; that Richard Carpenter formerly Barber in this Town, Philip Johnson Beak, David Kemp of Groton, and Corporal Cruse of Virginia, and two others took the road to Windsor where they were apprehended and confined in irons ; that Benjamin Willson of Billerica, one of the Bunker Hill Prisoners, died lately [on June 10, 1776,] in goal ; and that he left Master James Lovell still confin'd, in high health and spirits. From the foregoing newspaper account it appears that David Kemp did not die in Boston on September 10, 1775, as is recorded on the Company Return (LVI. 70) among the Massachusetts Archives ; and furthermore, that he vi^as alive nearly one year after the memorable engagement. The fol- lowing petition, printed in the Journal of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, September 13, 1776, gives the exact date of Kemp's escape as well as other interesting facts : — A petition of David Kemp^ of Groton, setting forth, that his son David Ketnp, jun. a soldier in Capt. Parker's company, in Col. Prescofs regiment, was taken prisoner at the Battle of Bunker's- Hill, the IT ih June, lyjs, and carried to Halifax, where he re- mained till the 13th June last ; that he was not made up in said Parker's roll, only to the 17th June, therefore praying that his wages to this time may be allowed him. Read and committed to Capt. Kimball, Mr. Ingals and Mr. White. (Page 104.) A Groton Man Shot Pitcairn In a note-book of the Reverend Jeremy Belknap, accord- ing to an extract printed in the Proceedings (XIV. 93) of the Massachusetts Historical Society for June, 1875, it is recorded : — Revolutionary Items 201 A negro man belonging to Groton, took aim at Major Pitcairne, as he was rallying the dispersed British Troops, & shot him thro' the head, he was brought over to Boston & died as he was landing on the ferry ways. It has long been known that Pitcairn was killed by a negro, but this is the first account which has ever connected him with Groton. First Man to Fire In the account of Chelmsford, prepared by Henry S. Per- ham for Kurd's " History of Middlesex County " (II. 249), is found the epitaph of Joseph Spaulding, who died in that town on July 31, 1820. It is there stated that: — He was among the brave asserters & defenders of the liberties of his country at Bunker Hill, where he opened the battle by firing upon the enemy before orders were given : &, after enjoying for many years the blessings of civil & religious liberty in common with others He, " sunk to rest With all his countrys honors blest." First Man Killed Amos Foster, a private in Captain Walker's company. Colonel Bridge's regiment, writes, under date of August 3, 1825, as follows: — I was close by Asa Pollard [of Billerica] when he was killed. He was the first man that was killed. The ball struck the ground and hopped along before it struck him. Foster's letter is printed in " The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" (XII. 121, 122) for April, 1858. Substantially the same statement appears in the Genealogical Register of Hazen's "History of Billerica" (page 113). 20 2 Groton during the Revolution First Man Wounded In Holland's " History of Western Massachusetts " (H. 420), the author says : — At the battle of Bunker Hill, Aaron Barr of Myrifield [now the town of Rowe] was the first wounded man brought into Cambridge, from the field. He belonged to Capt. Maxwell's company. He was struck by a cannon ball in the morning, had his leg taken off, and died the same day. There has been a discrepancy of statement in regard to the first man killed in the action, as some persons claim the distinction for Pollard, and others for Barr. The evidence appears to be that Pollard was killed instantly, while Barr was carried from the field and died some hours later in Cam- bridge. The authority for the statement that Barr was the first man killed is the following writing pasted on the Com- pany Roll among the Massachusetts Archives: " Aron Barr, the first man killed on Bunker Hill June 16 [^sic~\, ijyS-" It appears to have been placed there many years ago, but long after the date of the original record. He was a member of Captain Maxwell's company. Colonel Prescott's regiment, and not of Captain Nutting's company, as stated in the volume of " Bunker-Hill Memorial Tablets" (page 80, Jiote'), published by the city of Boston. Last Man to Leave the Field In Glazier's " History of Gardner," Massachusetts (page 25), it is recorded that David Foster " was engaged in the Revo- lutionary war nine months, and was the last man who fled from the enemy at the battle of Bunker hill." DIED — In Andover, Dea. Isaac Abbott, 91. He was the last to leave the held at the battle of Bunker Hill." " Boston Daily Advertiser," August 13, 1836. I leave it for others to settle the discrepancy between these two statements. Revolutionary Items 203 A71 Anniversary of the Fight The following notice of a death is given in "The Boston Recorder," July 22, 1847: — In Jamaica, Vt., June 15, Mr. Eleazer Randall, 94, a native of New Braintree, Mass. He was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and was buried 17th June, 1847, at 'the same hour of the day in which he was engaged in conflict. Rev. Joseph Thaxter, of Edgartown Professor Franklin B. Dexter, of Yale University, writes me, under date of November 18, 1896, that he has temporarily in his possession a copy of President Quincy's Memoir of Josiah Quincy, Jr., which contains an interesting note on a fly-leaf. The book was presented to the Reverend Joseph Thaxter (H. C. 1768), of Edgartown, by Abbott Lawrence, on June 17, 1825, when the corner-stone of the Bunker Hill Monu- ment was laid at Charlestown. The note is in the hand- writing of Mr. Thaxter, and reads as follows : — This was given me by the son of Cap! [Samuel] Lawrence of Groton who belonged to Prescots minute Regiment to which I be- longed & to whom I preached a military sermon at a regimental muster at Westford the Fall before the Concord Fight. John Robinson of Westford was the Lieutenant Col° & led the People with Major Buttericks at Concord Bridge. Cap' Lawrence was at his Sons in Boston. It gave me Pleasure to see him the 17 of June at Breeds Hill. In the year 1774 Mr. Thaxter was preaching as a candidate at Westford, and later received a call to be settled as the min- ister of the town, which he declined. He served as a chaplain in the army for a while, and in 1780 became the pastor of the church at Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, where he remained until his death, on July 18, 1827. 2 04 Groton during the Revolution Petitions and Accounts The following Petitions and Accounts, relating to Groton soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill, are found in the printed Journal of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, under their respective dates as noted : — Tuesday, October 17, 1775 (Afternoon). A Petition of Oliver Prescot, praying Compensation for a Fire- lock and Accoutrements supply'd by him io James Dodge^ who fell in Batde at Bunker's-Hill. Read and committed to Mr, Wood, Col, Grout zxidi yix.Hayward. (Page 172.) Asa Lawrence's Petition, praying for Allowance for Cash ex- pended in procuring Tools for Gun Smiths, on Desire of the Com- mittee of Safety, together with his Account. Read and committed to the Committee on Accounts. (Page 172.) Thursday, October 19, 1775. THE Committee on the Petition of Oliver Prescot, praying Compensation for a Firelock and Accoutrements supplied by him to Jafnes Prescot [Dodge], as is set forth in the Petition; made Report, which was ordered to lie for the present. (Page 174.) Thursday, December 7, 1775. An Account oi Jonathan Tarbell, for Time of his Servant, Gun, &c. and Cloathing, lost in the Battle of the 19th of April\2,s\. ; com- mitted to the Committee appointed to consider the Losses sustained in the Battle of the 17th oijune last. (Page 23.) Thursday, March 21, 1776 (Afternoon). An Account of David Kemp, for Loss of Cloaths and other Arti- cles, sustained by his late Son David Keinp, taken in the Engage- ment on B linker' %-\M\\\, on the seventeenth of June last, and since dead. [See page 200.] Revolutionary Items 205 Read and thereupon Resolved, That there be paid out of the public Treasury of this Colony, \.o James Prescott, Esq ; for the Use of David Kemp, the Father of the deceased, the Sum oifive Poimds, in full. Sent up for Concurrence. An Account of James Frescott, Esq ; for Loss of Cloaths and other Articles sustained by his Son Benjamin Prescott, killed in the Battle of Charlestozvn, on the seventeenth of June 1775, with a Report thereon. Read, and thereupon Resolved, That there be paid out of the public Treasury of this Colony to James Prescott, Esq ; the Sum of Jour Pounds eighteen Shillings and eight Pence, in full for the Articles lost when his Son Benjamin Prescott, was killed in the Battle of the seventeenth oijune last. Sent up for Concurrence. (Page 29.) Benjamin Prescott v\:as the eldest child of the Honorable James and Susanna (Lawrence) Prescott, and born on April i6» 1753- Hs was a minute-man in Captain Asa Lawrence's company, which marched to Cambridge, on April 19, 1775, and was a sergeant in Captain Moors's command at the Battle of Bunker Hill. In " The Prescott Memorial " (page 74), by Dr. William Prescott, it is said that Benjamin was a Lieuten- ant ; but this is an error. For a short notice of him, see Richard Frothingham's " History of the Siege of Boston " (page 175), where he is again spoken of as a Lieutenant. The Poor of Boston During the siege of Boston many of the inhabitants re- tired to other places in the State ; and certain families, unable to do likewise for want of means, were assigned to par- ticular towns and sent at the public expense. The following extract from the printed Journal of the House of Representa- tives, November 3, 1775, seems to indicate that the Selectmen 2o6 Groton during the Revolution of Newburyport had asked to be relieved from the care of certain families sent to that town ; and at the same time it gives the names of some who came to this neighborhood : — The Committee on the Memorial of the Selectmen of Newhiiry- Port, reported. Read and accepted, and Resolved, that the Poor of the Town of Boston, that are now in the Town of Newbury-Port, be destined in the Manner following, viz. To the Town of Groton, Capt. Phillip Bass, \N\ie, and three Chil- dren ; the Widow Bounds and two Children, and Peter Mers and Wife. Andover. — Christopher Brazen and Wife, and five Children ; Christopher Brazen, jun, Wife and one Child ; James Ilenckes, Wife and two Children ; Lewis Pollings and Wife. Leominster. — Mrs. Joanna Trovoy & three Children ; Ambross Colby, Wife and three Children ; Mrs. Patterson and two Children ; Mrs. Mary Calf and Daughter in Law, and two Children. Lunenburg. — IValter Piper,Wiie and five Children ; Walter Piper, jun. Wife and Mother, and seven Children ; Joseph Grant 3ind Wife, and Mother and four Children. Littleton — T\\&\^\do\v Elizabeth Bascom; the Widow Johnson; the Widow Mary York. And the Selectmen of the Towns of Groton, Andover, Leominster, Lunenburg and Littleton, are directed to apply to the Selectmen of Netvbury-Port for their Proportion of said Poor, and by receiving a Certificate that they are of the Poor of Bostofi, and their Names , Age, and the Time when they came out of Boston ; and they are to transport them to their several Towns, according to their Destina- tion, and to be paid out of the public Treasury for the Cost in procuring and Transporting said Poor of Boston to their respective Towns ; and the Secretary is hereby directed to furnish each of the Towns of Groton, Andover, Leominster, Lunenburg and Littleton, with an attested Copy of this Resolve, as soon as may be. Sent up for Concurrence. (Pages 227, 228.) Revolutionary Items 207 Coat Rolls The following copies are made from the original papers among the Massachusetts Archives, found in the two volumes marked " Coat Rolls " on the back. Under an early Resolve passed by the Provincial Congress, each soldier of the Province was entitled to a coat, and, so far as was practicable, one made in his own town. This item proved to be of some importance toward the soldier's pay, and was duly claimed by every man, or by his heirs, if he himself did not live to draw the coat. The various orders for these coats, still on file at the State House, contain many historical facts and other minor details not recorded elsewhere. The orders, hereinafter given, are found unnumbered in Volume LVII. of the " Revolutionary Papers," File 7. Fortunately the men could fight better than they spelled ; and their personal prowess outweighed any deficiency in their early education. Camp att Cambridge Nov! 17 : 1775 To the Committy of Clothing in Wartertown Wee the Subscriber Belonging to groton In Cap* moors Compney In Coll W" Priscott Reg' Dirser [desire] you to Deliuer to Cap' Joseph Moors for Each of us a Coat menefactered att groton agaree- bell to the order of the Last Congerss Sam'-.'- farnsworth Josep moors Jur Abel amsden Benj. Sawtell Phins Hem en way Leonard Taylor JosEP Taylor Ephram Warren Oliver Tarbell Zac Longley 13 Groton Co.its @ 23/9 ^o — 16 — 3 Joseph Taylor Jur 7 Rehoboth D? 4 — i Phinhes Keemp I — o — 4 Dauid archidel Tiomothy Woods Tho': Coltns 2o8 Groton during the Revolution Peter Davis Jonas Davis Joseph Gowing John Clough 20 Eben"^ Purkins Rec'.' the Contents of the within Order as by my Receipt of this date on Book may appear Nov.' 17":' 1775 Joseph moors Cap^ [Indorsed] 20 Coats Del'' to Cap' Moors in Coll. Prescott Reg' Nov^ 17^' 1775 Sewells Point Novemf 16": 1775 To the Comittee of Clothing in Watertown Wee the Subscribers Belonging to Groton in Cap' Henry Farwells Compney in Co- W^i Prescotts Regiment Desire you to Deliver Lieu' Benj? Ball for each one of us A Coat Manefactred at Groton A Greeable to the orders of the Last Congress Henery "'^Neill Jonathan Jenkins Nov! 16. 1775 Rec'' 25 Coats within named for which I have given a Rec' on Book of this Date Benj- Ball Leut [Sewall's Point is in that part of Brook- line, now known as Longwood.] JosiAH Stevens Sarf JosiAH Warren Zaccheus Farwell moses chase Asa White David Jenkins URIEL Whitney Joseph frost Ebenezer Kemp Ephraim Robbins William Derumple James Davis Jonas Brooks Joseph Page Joel Jenkins Peletiah Russell JoN^ Sawtell Nath Sawtell liis Daniel x Foster mark Revolutionary Items 209 SamV Lawrence Frances White OBiDiAH Jenkins 25 Phinehas Hubbard [Indorsed] Lieu'. Balls Rec'. for 25 Coats Cap'. Farwells Compy Col? Pres- cotts Reg'. Nov^ 16. 1775 R'^ of the Barer Timothy Moors Three Coats one for Zac'" Longley one for Ep- Russell & one for Timothy moors all of Groton & all of my Company in Con" Prescotts Reg- Cambrige, October y? 26: 1775 ^ Henry FarWELL Capt test Ephraim Brown Benj* Ball Leu* JOSIAH RiCARDSON [Indorsed] 3 Coats Del'.' by the Selectmen of Groton to 3 men in the Army in Capt Farnwell Company in Col Prescoott Reg' Ocf: 28 Cambrige Octobr 30 y<^ 1775 To the Comity of Soplys Beples to Diliuer to Asa Lawrence Cap' in Colonel W- Presents Rigement Each a fusane [fustian] Coat to which our names are under Subcribe. Elisha Hoit John Kilburn Esekiel nutting David Prescott Jonathan woods Jonathan Capron Jacob Williams Ruben Woods Jeremiah HOBARt Asa Porter Nathaniel Shaduck ephraim nutting Obadiah Witherell Nehemiah Parker LouY Parker Abel Nutting Eleazer Parker Benj'^ Blood Lemuel Parker John Ames Lemuel Parker Jr Simeon Williams Daniel Shed Eleazer Green Joel Porter Nathan Cory Solomon Gilson Jonathan Colburn 14 2IO Groton during the Revolution Kiled & Taken Jeams Dogg [Dodge] Stephen Foster Abraham blood Ben- Wood Simon Hobart Robert Parker Robert Bizel JosiAH Lakin Jonas Tarbell Oliuer Patch Leme^^ Blood David Hason John Shiple [Indorsed] 35 Coats Del'.' to Cap' Lawrance Men in Coll Prescotts Reg'. To the honorbel Commete of Clothen plese to pay unto the barer hereof Elias Dickey what is alowed me for my Coat and you will oblidge your humble Ser? Benj^ Peirce Groton Apriel the 8 1777 [Indorsed] p^ i Soldier in Capt Lawrances Compv in Col Prescotts Regt April 9"? 1777 To The Honorable Commite of Clothing for the armey alt Cam- bridg for the year 1775 This may Certify that Benjamin Perce in my Companey and in Colonel Prescuts Rigement has not Rec'.' a Coat nor the pay for one according to a Resolve of Congress April th 7 >- 1777 ^^"^ Lawrence | | these May Certify that Oliver Parker of the late Capt Eph? coreys Company Never Reced his Coat nor the Value of itt he Belonging to Coll W" Prescotts Regiment Nath^- Sartell Z/ March 14"' 1776. [Indorsed] Cash Paid for i Coat to a Soldier in the late Cap' Corys Compv in Coll Prescotts Reg'. March 14'.'' 1776 Revolutionary Items 211 Groton February lo'!' 1776 This may Certify that amos Farnsworth Belonging to my Company in Col" W"' Prescotts Reg' Last year has Never as yet Received a Coat or aney thing in Consequence thereof which was Promised to the Soldiars of the Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay By reason of his Being wounded and Sick and so Absent from Camp Henry Farwell Capt [Indorsed] p^' i Soldier in Capt Farnwellss Compv in Col Prescotts Reg' Feb le'^i 1776 Groton Dece": i : 1775 This Certifys that I have Impowed James Prescott Esqr to Draw all the wages Cloathing &c. that was Due to my late Husband Peter Fisk a Soldier in the american army under Capt. Parker in Co-' Prescotts ridgement, & Desire the Same may be Paid to him & his recipt shall be a full Discharge therefor her Abijah Prescott Rachel X Fisk I have re? of y" Com— pay for one Coate for my Son Benj^ Prescott Cap' moors Comp^ James Prescott [Indorsed] Cash Pai'.'for two Coats to i Soldier in Cap' Parkers Compy and I Soldier in Cap Moors Compy both in Coll Prescotts Reg' Jany 12 1776 According to the following certificate Chambers Corey was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He belonged in Groton, and his name duly appears in the list on the Bunker Hill tab- lets. Oliver Parker, who signs the certificate, was captain of the company at the time of the Battle. Captain Parker was the same person as Lieutenant Oliver Parker in Captain Law- rence's Company of minute-men, who marched from Groton to Cambridge on April 19. See Return on page 49, where is found an earlier record of Corey's death. The date of the paper is there incorrectly printed as October i, instead of October 7, 2 12 Groton during the Revolution this may Sartefie whome it may Consarn that Charmbres Cory Son to Samwell Cory Never receued his Cote nor the money for it for he was in my Companey and was killed at Buncker Hill Jentelmen I Never had any Nolleg of any body Drawing any Cot or mony for y*" Decesed Charmbres Per me Oliver Parker Capt [Indorsed] [ ] Capt Parkers Comp in Col° Prescotts Regt June 20*'' 1776 See page 200 for a notice of David Kemp, mentioned below. Groton Dace!: 6: 1775 Sir please to pay to James Prescott Esqf all the Wages Due to my Son David Kemp & all the Cloathing Due to him &c & his recipt shall Discharge you in full & you will oblige your Hum! Ser? To Cap. Parker in Co'.' Prescott ridge'. DAUID KEEMP [Indorsed] Cash Paid in lieu of a Coat to A Soldier in Cap' Parkers Compy in Coll Prescott Reg'. Jany 12 1776 To the CoMiTTY OF Clothing att Watteroun pleas to Pay Cap' Abijah Wyman 25 Shilling for a Coat granted me By the Honrebel Congress of this Provin I Being a Soldier In Cap* Wymans Compeny & Co!' Prescotts Reg' and Belong to the town of groton Daniel Gillson Cambredg November 10 1775 the within Named person Belongs to my Company & pleas to Deliver the money to L' Brow Abijah Wyman Ca/' Dece' 28. 1775 [Indorsed] Dannil Gilson order to the Committy of Supplys p'' i Soldier in Capt Wymans Compy in Prescotts Regt DeC: 29. 1775 ' — 5 — o To Cap' Joseph moors Please To Deliuer the Barer Abraham Ireland my Coat & this Shall Be your Discharge from me for the Same Nov'" y<; 9: 1775 Abraham Ireland Junr [of Lunenburg] we do hereby Cerety that the above named Abraham Ireland Jun' is a Soldier in our Company Joseph moors Cap- Isaac Dodge Lieft Revolutionary Items 213 Winter Hill Nov' y^^ i6 : 1775 Re"* of George Kimball the Barer the Coat within mentioned and I Desier you would give him an order for the same To Cap' Joseph moors Abraham Ireland Watertown Nov'' y'^ 16"^ 1775 Re'' of Cap' Joseph moors twenty five Shillings for the above mentioned Coat George Kimball Captain Corey s Company There v^^ere so many Groton men in Captain Corey's com- pany, that I give the Coat Roll in full. See page 49 for a list of the Groton members. Evidently, from their names, several of the company were negroes. Camp at Cambridge Od 31 : 1775 to the CoMMiTE OF Clothing at wortertown we the Subcribers Whose Names are here under Ritten Belongeing to a Company Commanded by Eph- Corey in Coll William Prescott Reg- Desire you to Deliver a Coat for Each of us to L- Eph- Corey agreable to the orders of the Late Congress Silas Corey John Parker Joseph Skinner Cornelius Teigh MOSES Grimes John Whitney Eph- Wheeler Joseph gorson John Dwinell Benj- Bennet Oliver Laken michel Barney David Porter Smith Colborn Joseph mcfarling Ceaser Dickerson Samson Cobvrn D arias Hudson Abijah Lewis Cuff Hayes Philip Corey Cato Tufts Prince Hull Joseph Verriel Pomp Fisk Asa underwood TITUS COLBURN AbIAL PaRKER Richard Giles Ceaser Weatherbee Robart Parker Abel Parker 2 14 Groton during the Revolution Chester Parker MATHEW Bright Benj';' Goold John Bodge Silas Taylor robart tyng Joseph adams Abner Whitney Benj- Parker James weir 42 Coats Rec? the Contents of the within Order Eph^ Corey Caf [Indorsed] 42 Coats Del'' to 42 of Cap' Corys men in Coll Prescott Reg (Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Papers, LVII. , File 7) Major Samuel Lawrence The following article on Major Samuel Lawrence, written by the late Miss Emily Seaver, of Rutland, Vermont, a great- granddaughter, was printed in " The American Monthly Mag- azine" (V. 107-110) for August, 1894, where it appears in connection with a similar sketch of Colonel Timothy Bige- low, of Worcester, under the heading of " Two Revolutionary Soldiers." It is a just tribute to the memory of an old soldier, and gives an interesting account of certain events in his life. He ended his days at Groton, on November 8, 1827, surrounded by a large family of children, whom he lived to see grow up and prosper. Samuel Lawrence The following is a brief account of two soldiers of the Revolu- tion, written not because they were distinguished or great, but just because they were examples of the spirit and tone of the common people, for the time has passed away forever when History con- Revolutionary Items 215 cerned herself only with the heroic deeds of kings and knights and lords, and we realize that we can best understand any great struggle by the record of the popular sentiment ; by the sacrifices the com- mon people were willing to make for it. Of the two portraits in this sketch, one is that of a farmer, a true son of the soil, the other a mechanic in what was then the first town of importance in Massa- chusetts. Unlike in all other circumstances, yet animated by the same spirit of patriotism, with " unfailing loyalty they gave all they had to give to the cause of their country's independence." Samuel Lawrence was the son of Captain Amos Lawrence, and descended from John Lawrence, who came over from England about 1630. John settled originally in Watertown near Boston, but after- wards removed to Groton, about thirty miles inland, and was one of the original proprietors. Many of his descendants of the eighth generation are still living there. Samuel was born April 24, 1754. He was consequently just twenty-one at the commencement of the War of Independence. The news of the Concord fight reached Groton about ten o'clock on the morning of the eventful 19th of April. Samuel was a corporal in one of the Groton companies of Minute Men, and he was plowing his father's field in the sweet April sunshine, his neighbor, General Oliver Prescott, rode up, shouting, " Samuel, the British are coming ; notify your men ! " Leaving the plow and mounting the general's horse, Samuel made a circuit of seven miles, calling on all the men of his company, and returned to his father's house in fifty minutes. The company met at the church, where a brief religious service was held, arms and ammunition were distributed, and at one o'clock the two Groton companies and the Pepperell company were on the road and marched with all possible dispatch to Concord and Lexington. They were, however, too late to take part in the battle, and so marched on to Cambridge, where were the headquarters of the American Army, and that night, which marked the commencement of the siege of Boston, the Middlesex companies were on duty guarding the roads which led to the town. And now the militia from far and near flocked to Cambridge. Most of the farmers, hastening from the fields, brought nothing with them but their guns and the clothes they had on. It was, therefore, a welcome sight when, as soon as he could collect a wagonload of provisions, Captain Amos Lawrence drove to the lines with welcome stores for his son and neighbors. 2i6 Groton during the Revolution The Middlesex regiment was commissioned May 26, and he was orderly to its commander, Colonel Prescott. The regiment took an active part in the battle of Bunker Hill. Ensign Lawrence was near Dr. Joseph Warren when he was shot. Captain Farwell, of his com- pany, was severely wounded, and he himself received a wound in the arm, while a bullet passed through his hat. Had he been a little taller it would have passed through his brain. Ensign, after- wards Adjutant, and then Major Lawrence, remained in the Army for more than three years, his regiment being in active service all the time in Massachusetts and New York, where he was on General Sullivan's staff ; in New London, and, finally, at the battle of Rhode Island, during which time he was at home for only two brief fur- loughs. The first of these was in July, 1777, when, the regiment being again in Cambridge, he asked and obtained leave to go home for a few days for the express purpose of marrying Miss Susanna Parker, to whom he had been engaged for more than two years. The marriage took place at this time in compliance with the advice of Major Lawrence's mother, who said that if anything happened to Sam, Susan had better be his widow than his forlorn damsel — not a very cheerful reason for a wedding ; nor was the ceremony con- cluded before the ringing of the bell gave the alarm calHng all the soldiers to arms. Hardly were the young couple pronounced man and wife when they were separated, and within an hour the bridegroom was on his march again to Cambridge. The alarm proved to have been unnecessary, and his colonel granted the young soldier leave to return for a few days to provide for his bride's comfortable sojourn in his father's house. He was allowed another short furlough at the end of the year, the regiment being in winter quarters in Rhode Island. In September, 1778, imme- diately after the battle of Rhode Island, the last battle fought on New England soil, Major Lawrence resigned his commission and left the Army, returning home to his native town. Here he lived for nearly fifty years, rearing a large family, exercising a boundless hospitality (his daughters said they might as well keep a tavern), interested in every undertaking for the growth and welfare of the town, and one of the trustees of the Groton (now Lawrence) Academy. It is a curious illustration of the way in which his mili- tary life was merged in that of a civilian that he was never called " Major," but always " Deacon " Lawrence, having been made a Revolutionary Items 217 deacon of the church at the age of twenty-nine. The brief romance of his early life seemed to have quite faded with the light of com- mon day, and yet not wholly so, for with his Groton comrades he formed a club where the veterans met to recall the stirring events of their youth ; and as at the close of a wintry day we have seen the eastern hills all glowing with crimson splendor from the rays of the setting sun, so one last gleam gilded the last days of the good man's life. On the 17th of June, 1825, the corner-stone of Bunker Hill Monument was laid. General Lafayette, the idol of the Amer- ican Army, was present by special invitation, having crossed the ocean in a vessel sent by the American Government to bring him, and Daniel Webster pronounced the oration. Seated before him were the veterans who had " toiled all night and fought all day " fifty years before, and among them Major, now Deacon, Lawrence. Into every human life comes at some time, sooner or later, one drop at least of perfect and unmixed happiness, and when Mr. Webster in the course of his oration (one of the three finest that he ever de- livered) addressed these old soldiers, " And you, venerable men," and they rose by a common impulse to their feet, they tasted that perfect draught. It was too much bliss for the hero of this sketch, for he received the next day a paralytic stroke from which he never recovered, though he lived for more than two years. Testimony given by Groton Men The following Certificate and Declaration are printed, with other similar ones, in the " Boston Patriot and Daily Chron- icle," June 13, 181 8, and were collected at the instance of General Henry A. S. Dearborn who had written "An Ac- count of the Battle of Bunker Hill." Each paper is num- bered with Arabic figures in brackets. The Account was first published in " The Port-Folio " (Philadelphia) for March, 1 8 18, and was the occasion of some criticism. For the purpose of answering the strictures the author printed these papers : — 2i8 Groton during the Revolution [No. 13.] Certificate of the Rev. Daniel Chaplin, D.D. of Groton, and the Rev. John Bullard, of Pepperell. This may certify the public, that we whose names we have given, were in the habits of intimacy with Col. W. Prescott, of Pepperell, a man of the strictest integrity, during most of the period after he left the revolutionary army until his death ; that at sundry times in conversation with him about the war, particularly about the battle of Bunker Hill, so called, he uniformly told us, that Maj. General Warren came to the Fort on Breed's Hill, which had been formed the night preceding, a little before the British made an attack on the works ; that he, Col. Prescott, said to General Warren, ' I am happy to see you. General,' or using words to the same effect, 'for you will now take command, and I will obey your orders, and am relieved.' Said General Warren, to him in reply, 'I have no com- mand here. Col. Prescott, I am a volunteer, I came to learn actual service.' Prescott said, ' I wish then you would look at the works we have thrown up, and give your opinion.' Warren replied, ' you are better acquainted, Colonel Prescott, with military matters than I am.' After which they immediately parted, and met not again. Col. Prescott further informed us repeatedly, that when a retreat was ordered and commenced, and he was descending the hill, he met General Putnam, and said to him, ' why did you not support me, General, with your men, as I had reason to expect, according to agreement ? ' Putnam answered, ' I could not drive the dogs up.' Prescott pointedly said to him, ' if you could not (/rive them up, you might have /ed them up.' We have good reason to believe further from declarations of some of our parishioners, men of respectability, whose veracity cannot be doubted, who belonged to Col. Prescott's regiment and were present through the whole ser- vice, that General Putnam was not on Breed's Hill the night pre- ceding, or on that day, except that just before the attack was made, he might have gone to the fort and ordered the tools to be carried off, that they might not fall into the hands of the enemy in the event of his carrying the works, and holding the ground, and that he and his men, with Col. Gerrish, remained on the side of Bunker Hill towards the neck during the whole action. Signed, Daniel Chaplin, Groton, June ^, 18 18. John Bullard. Revolutionary Items 219 [No. 14.] Declaration of Deacoji Samuel Lawrence, of Groton. I, Samuel Lawrence, of Groton, Esquire, testify and say, that I was at the battle of Bunker Hill, (so called) in Colonel William Pres- cott's regiment; — that I marched with the Regiment to the point on Breed's Hill, which was fixed on for a redoubt ; that I assisted in throwing up the breast-work, and in forming a redoubt, under Col. Prescott, who directed the whole of this operation. — The work was begun about nine o'clock in the evening of June i6th, 1775. I was there the whole time, and continued in the redoubt, or in the little fort, during the whole battle, until the enemy came in and a retreat was ordered. General Putnam was not present either while the works were erecting, nor during the battle. I could see distinctly the rail fence and the troops stationed there during the battle, but General Putnam was not present as I saw. After the retreat was ordered, the troops retreated towards Bunker Hill, and continued over and on the side of the hill (I was on the side of the hill) towards Charlestown neck. Just before the battle commenced, General Warren came to the redoubt. He had on a blue coat and white waistcoat, and I think a cocked hat, but of this I am not certain — Col. Prescott advanced to him, said ' he was glad to see him, and hoped he would take the command.' Gen. Warren replied, ' no — he came to see the action but not to take command ; that he was only a volunteer on that day.' Afterwards I saw General Warren shot ; I saw him when the ball struck him, and from that time until he expired. I knew General Warren well by sight, and recollected him perfectly when Col. Pres- cott offered him the command, and was sorry to see him so dan- gerously situated, as I knew him to be a distinguished character, and thought he ought not to have risked his life without command on that occasion. No British officer was within forty or fifty rods of him, from the time the ball struck him, until I saw he was dead. I have read General Dearborn's account of the battle, and think it correct, particularly with regard to the occurrences at the gateway of the redoubt. (Signed) Samuel Lawrence. 2 20 Groton during the Revolution Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Middlesex, June 5, 18 18. Personally appeared Samuel Lawrence, Esq. and made oath, that the above declaration by him subscribed, is just and true in all its parts, according to the best of his knowledge and belief. Before me, (Signed) Samuel Dana, Justice of the Peace throusrhout said Commonwealth. Survivors of the Battle in 1825 In the " Proceedings of the Bunker Hill Monument Asso- ciation at the Annual Meeting, June 17, 1895," are given the names of the survivors of the Battle who applied for the allow- ance provided by the State for attendance at the laying of the corner-stone of the Monument, June 17, 1825. The list gives the rank of the soldier and his age, as well as the regiment in which he served, and his residence at the time. Doolittle's Regiment. Elnathan Sawtell Private 72 Groton. (Page 45) Bridges Regiment. Daniel Nutting Private 69 Westford. ( " 46) Jonathan Beard (( 75 Harvard, Capt. B. Walker's Co. ( " ") Baldwitt's Regime7it. Abraham Childs Lieutenant 84 Groton. (" ") Prescotfs Regiment. Obadiah Perry Corporal 78 Westford, Capt. Parker's Co. (" 47) Samuel Lawrence Corporal 72 Groton. (" ") John Pushee Private 77 Westford. (" ") Sampson Wood (( 65 Groton. (" ") Moses Blood (( 75 Pepperell. (" ") Amos Farnsworth (( 71 Groton. ( " ") Revolutionary Items 221 Z?r. Ne hernia h Abbot Amos Lawrence {b. 1716, d. 1785) married Abigail Abbot, and one of their four sons was Deacon Samuel Lawrence; and hence later the surname was brought into the family as a given name. Deacon Lawrence, the executor of the estate advertised below, was a nephew of Dr. Nehemiah Abbot, who died on July 13, 1785, without children. He had a son born on December 16, 1792, whom he named "Abbott"; and this son afterward became somewhat noted in various ways. By order of the Court of Common Fleas for the county of Middlesex, Will be sold at Public Vendue, on Monday, the loth day of January next, at two o'clock, P. M. at the House of OLIVER BARRON, Esq. Innholder in Chelmesford, in said county, TWO-THIRDS of the Real Estate of NEHEMIAH ABBOT, late of Chelmesford, Physician, deceased, lying near the Meeting-House in said town, for the payment of the debts of said deceased, and charges of sale. The conditions of sale may be seen at the time and place aforesaid, or by applying in Groton, to SAMUEL LAWRANCE, Executor. Groton^ December 6, 1790. " Independent Chronicle : and the Universal Advertiser" (Boston), Decem- ber 23, 1790. Lieut. Amaziah Fas sett In Richard Frothingham's " History of the Siege of Boston " (fourth edition, page 347, note), there is a reference to Amos Lawrence {b. 1786, d. 1852) with an allusion to his father. Deacon Samuel Lawrence, and to " his uncle," Lieutenant Amaziah Fassett, who fell mortally wounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and died, a prisoner in Boston, on July 5, 1775. While years ago I had heard of a relationship between the 22 2 Groton during the Revolution Lawrence family and the Fassett family, I was unable then to trace the connection; and this circumstance has led me anew to investigate the subject, which I have done with the following result. Amaziah Fassett was born in the year 1742 at Westford, where he married Ede Richardson, who was born in 1745 also at Westford. She was a daughter of Abiel and Sarah (Boyn- ton) Richardson; and her mother, after the death of Mr. Richardson, became the second wife of William Parker, of Groton, and the mother of Susanna Parker, who was Deacon Samuel Lawrence's wife. In other words, Mrs. Fassett and Mrs. Lawrence had the same mother but different fathers, and consequently were half-sisters. As Samuel and Susanna were not married until July 22, 1777, long after Amaziah's death, the kinship between the two soldiers, at the time of the Battle, was only of a prospective character. The first progenitor in this country of the Groton family of Fassetts was Patrick, an inhabitant of Maiden and Billerica, and perhaps an Irishman. According to " The Boston Weekly News-Letter," July 26, 1753, Abiel Richardson of Groton, was killed on July 18 of that year, by falling from a rafter, while helping to raise the frame of a meeting-house in Dunstable; and without doubt this man was the father of Mrs. Fassett. The following Resolve, passed by the General Assembly of the State of Massachusetts-Bay, and numbered XCVI. in the official volume, refers to Lieutenant Fassett, but the name is there misspelled. Resolve on the Petition <7/"Elisha Rockwood ; passed April 9, 1777. On the petition of Elisha Rockwood, Executor to the last Will and Testament of Amaziah Tesset \_Fassett'\, late of Groton, deceased, Resolved, That the Prayer of the Petition be granted, and that the Petitioner, Elisha Rockrvood, be and he hereby is impowered to make Sale of all the Real Estate mentioned in said Petition, for the most it will fetch, and make and execute a good Deed or Deeds to the Purchaser or Purchasers, he observing the Rules and Revolutionary Items 223 Directions of the Law relating to the Sale of Real Estates by Ex- ecutors and Administrators, and giving Bond to the Judge of Pro- bate for the County of Middlesex, that the Proceeds arising from such Sale shall be applied for the Benefit of the Heirs at Law of the said deceased, in the same Proportion as though the same had not been sold. (Page 23.) Capt. Samuel Tarbcll The following Resolves were passed by the Legislature of Massachusetts, and are found in the several editions of '' Re- solves of the General Assembly of the State of Massachusetts- Bay " of their respective dates. The petition, printed on page 225, refers to the estate mentioned in Resolve CLIIL, and shows furthermore that Tarbell was dead in the early part of 1 78 1. See Hill's " History of Mason," New Hampshire (page 220), for an allusion to him. The decease of his son. Captain Samuel Tarbell, is announced in the " Columbian Centinel " (Boston), March 12, 1796, under Deaths, as follows : — At Groton, the 4th inst. Capt. Samuel Tarbell, late an officer in his Britannic Majesty's American Dragoons. This son was a refugee in New York during the early part of 1 78 1. See page 225 for an allusion to the fact. LXXXIX. Resolve i/iipowering Perez Morton lo bring forward a Prosecution against 'Si'Axaw&X Tarbell; passed k'\^x\i 23, 1778. WHEREAS Samuel Tarbell of Groton, in the county of Middle- sex, husdandnian, on the fourth day of December last, by his bond became bound and obliged unto the Government and People of said State, in the penal sum of two thousand pounds, conditioned that the ja/^ Samuel Tarbell, shall well and truly from time to time duri?ig the several Sessions of the Superior Court of Judicature, ^'c. in any and all the counties withiti this State, and during the several Sessions of the Superior Court of Judicature, &=€. witliin and for the several counties within the State of New-Hampshire, 6^^. personally appear 2 24 Groton during the Revolution and attend at every of the said Courts, and give evidence in behalf of the Government and People of either of said States. But the said Tarbell has nevertheless absconded and failed of appearing agreeable to the conditio7is nientiotied in the bond aforesaid ; and there is great danger of his disposing of the whole of his estate, and the public the?'eby be defrauded. And whereas the Hon. Robert Treat Paine, Esq; Attorney General to this State, being necessarily absent attending the Superior Court: Therefore Resolved, That Perez Morton, attorney at law be, and hereby is impowered and directed to bring forward a process upon the bond given by said Tarbell on the fourth of December last, in behalf of the Government and People of this State of Massachusetts-Bay, and pursue the same to final judgment and execution ; and law or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. (Page 25.) CLIII. Resolve \Ti\\)owex\\\g fames Prescott, Esq; to lease out the Estate of Samuel Tarbell of Groton ; pass'd April 10, 1780. Wliereas this State by their Attorney did in the year 1778 put in suit ofie certain obligation and recovered a judgment of court against Samuel Tarbell, then of Gxoion (since fled to the enemy) for the for- feiture of the penalty mentioned in said obligation, and have since levied execution upon some real estate to satisfy said judgment, which real estate consisting of some land and buildings are now become the property of this State, and no person authorized to take care of the same : Therefore, Resolved, That James Prescott, Esq ; be and he is hereby ap- pointed and fully impowered to lease out for one year, ending the ist day oi April i-jSi, the aforementioned lands and buildings for the most they will fetch, and to call upon any person or persons for any money justly due to said State for the past improvement of said estate (if any there be) and to pay in all such sums of money as he may receive to the Treasurer of this State, taking duplicate receipts therefor, and lodge one of said receipts in the Secretary's ofifice. (Page 229.) Revolutionary Items 225 The Lawrence Farm To the Honourable the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts now convened at Boston — Humbly shews Amos Lawrence of Groton that Captain Samuel Tarbell late of said Groton Deceased — died Seized of a Farm con- taining about one hundred acres of Land that after his Death the same was divided into nine shares two whereof has been set off to his son Samuel Tarbell now a Refugee in New York that the same two shares have been since taken in execution for a Debt Due to the Government, and your Petitioner having purchased the other shares, it hath become necessary in order to his making a proper improvement of the same that he should have the two shares afore- said wherefore he Humbly prays your Honours to take the matter under Consideration and to suffer him to purchase the same the Consideration which he gave for the other shares was sixty pounds silver money for Each and he humbly hopes that your Honours would not demand more of him than the other proprietors he would further observe that the buildings are not fit to Live in & no part can be repaired without the whole that the Fences are decaying and the Land Continually growing the worse and these together with the Rates Constantly arising will render the Interest but of very Little Value in a year or two whereof he hopes for the Interest of the Government as well as for his own inconvenience that he may be allowed to purchase and he will pray &c February i6th 1781 Amos Lawrance This may Certify that the subscribers with some of the other heirs of Captain Samuel Tarbell Deceased sold their shares in said Tarbells Farm in Groton for sixty pounds a share to Captain Amos Lawrence February i6th 17S1 Henry Farvvell Samuel Reed [Indorsed] Amos Lawrence^ Petition & Report Cap'. Mitchell Capt. Water- man M'' Lewis (Massachusetts Archives, CCXXXI. 452) 15 2 26 Groton during the Revolution Commonwealth of ) In The House of Representatives Massachusetts — / March 3'' 178 1. On The Petition of Amos Lawrence of Groton in the County of Middlesex, praying that he may be allowed to purchase Two ninth parts of the Farm in the said Town of Groton which Cap' Samuel Tarbell deceased died seized of, which Two ninths was Set of to his son Samuel Tarbell, & has since been taken by Execution for a debt due to this Government Resolved that the Committee who are appointed to sell Confis- cated Estates in the County of Middlesex be & hereby are Author- ised & impowered to sell at publick or private sale as they shall think most Beneficial for this Commonwealth, the above mentioned Two ninths of the Farm which the above said Cap' Samuel Tarbell Deceased, died seized of, & was set of to his son Samuel Tarbell & make & Execute a good & legal deed or deeds of the same, & they are hereby directed to pay the neat proceeds Arising by said sale or sales into the Treasury of this Commonwealth taking dupli- cate Receips therefor one of which to be lodged in the Secretary's office. Sent up for concurrence Caleb Davis Spel In Senate March 3^ 1781 — Read & Concurred Jer : Powell — Presi^- Approv'd John Hancock [Indorsed] ReC' pge 320 Resolue on the Petition of Amos Lawrence cm- powering the Agents appointed to sell confiscated Estates in the County of Middlesex to sell the Farm mentioned March 3'.' 1781 (Massachusetts Archives, CCXXXI. 451) At this time the Honorable James Prescott, of Groton, was one of a Committee of three appointed for Middlesex County, to sell forfeited estates. Amos Lawrence, the petitioner, was the father of Deacon Samuel Lawrence ; he died on June 20, 1785, when his son inherited the farm, which still remains in the possession of the family. Revolutionary Items 227 Col. William Prescott At a meeting of the Massachusetts Historical Society, held on June 9, 1887, Dr. Samuel A. Green made the following remarks : — In the early part of last month (May 4) I had the pleasure of meeting a kinswoman of Colonel William Prescott, who is probably the only person now living who ever saw the hero of Bunker Hill, and certainly the only one who ever knew him or ever talked with him ; and her recollections are interesting. I refer to Mrs. Sarah (Chaplin) Rockwood, a resident of Cortland, Cortland County, New York, who was the youngest daughter of the Rev. Daniel Chaplin, D.D., of Groton, the last minister of the town during the period when it formed but a single parish. Her mother was Susanna, eldest daughter of Judge James Prescott, Colonel Wil- liam's elder brother. Mrs. Rockwood was born at Groton on November 8, 1785, and Colonel Prescott, her great-uncle, died on October 13, 1795, — ^*^ ^'^'^'^ ^^^^ ^'^s ten years old at the time of his death. The date of her birth was duly entered in the town-records, and the entry corresponds with that in her family Bible. She describes him as a tall, well-proportioned man, with blue eyes and a large head. He usually wore a skull-cap ; and he parted his hair in the middle, wearing it long behind, braided loosely and tied in a dub with a black ribbon, as was common in those days. He had a pleasant countenance, and was remarkably social and full of fun and anecdote. He was dignified in his man- ners, and always had the bearing of a soldier. I am satisfied that her recollections of that early period are clear and distinct. She shows in many ways that her memory of events long since past is still good, as it is of more recent ones. Although she has entered upon the second year of her second century, she reads the newspapers, and takes more than an ordinary interest in public affairs. Mrs. Rockwood died at Cortland, New York, on November 26, 1889, having reached the remarkable age of 104 years and 228 Groton during the Revolution 1 8 days. Her funeral took place on November 29; and it is a source of sad satisfaction to me that I was enabled to be present at the last rites paid to her memory. According to the church-records she was baptized on November 13, 1785. Prescott Monument In the autumn of 1879 a monument was erected by the town of Groton, which bears the following inscription : — COLONEL WILLIAM PRESCOTT COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN FORCES AT THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL WAS BORN ON THE 2 0^" OF FEBRUARY 1 726 IN A HOUSE WHICH STOOD NEAR THIS SPOT It Stands on the heater piece, near the southerly end of Main Street ; and in connection with two other memorial stones it was dedicated with appropriate exercises in the Town Hall, on February 20, 1880, when an historical address was delivered. By a vote of the town, on April 2, 1894, this plot of land was named Prescott Square. See Frontispiece for a cut of the monument. A bronze statue of Prescott was set up within the grounds of the Bunker Hill Monument Association at Charlestown, on June 17, 188 1, when an address was delivered by the Hon- orable Robert C. Winthrop. It was made by William W. Story, the eminent sculptor; and, as there is no portrait of Colonel Prescott extant, Mr, Arthur Dexter, a great-grand- son, then living in Rome, was taken in a general way as a model for the features. Revolutionary Items 229 Capt. Asa Lawrence Asa Lawrence, mentioned below, commanded one of the two companies that marched from Groton to Cambridge on the alarm of April 19, 1775. He was a son of Peleg Law- rence, and lived on the farm known later as the Governor Sullivan place. It is situated on the Lowell road and took its name from James Sullivan, who was afterward Governor of the Commonwealth. Sullivan was the Justice of the Peace, who took Lawrence's deposition on February i, 1779. See page 8 for references to the skirmish at Chelsea ; and for a fuller account see Amos Farnsworth's diary printed in the " Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society " (second series, XH. 81) for January, 1898. It will be noticed that Captain Lawrence speaks of the action as a " Battle." To the Honourable the Council and ° ^ [• House of Representatives in general Massachusetts Bay ) r- ^ ui 1 ^ Court assembled Humbly shewes Asa Lawrence of Groton in the County of Mid- dlesex that he was in the Engagement of the 1 7th of June at Charles- town and there lost goods an account whereof is hereunto annexed — and that at the Battle of Chelsea he risqued his Life at the Com- mand of general Putnam to Burn one of the Enemies armed Vessels and after many attempts he finally effected the same whereby there was an acquisition of twelve peices of Cannon to the Public, and also that he served seven weeks in the late Expedition against Rhode Island as a Volunteer and has never had any reward for said services or Compensation for his said Losses. Wherefore he prays that a due allowance may be made him for his services and losses aforesd and he as in duty bound shall ever pray &c. Groton 28th January 1779 ASA LAWRENCE The State of M Bay to Assa Lawrence D' for Loss at Bunker Hill 17th June 1775 To I Gun & Bayonet 38 To I Coat 40/ Blanket 30/ 310 Knapsack & Tumpline 12/ 12 7 10 230 Groton during the Revolution State of ) Masstts Bay ) Middlesex ss Feby ist 1779 then the sd Assa Lawrence appeared and made oath to the Truth of the above account before me Ja Sullivan y?/j-/ Peace Mar. 23. 1780 Coll Gerrish Capt Newton Capt Bonney A Grant of ;!^ 100 to Asa Lawrence for Losses sustained at Bunker Hill May 4— 1780 — N° 71 [Indorsed] Asa Lawrence Petition (Massachusetts Archives, CLXXXIV. 388) Miscellaneous Items Several days before the Battle of Lexington, a hostile incursion by the English soldiers stationed in Boston was expected by the patriots. Its aim vs^as the destruction of stores collected for the use of the Provincial cause ; and on this account every movement of the British troops was closely watched. At this time the Committees of Safety and of Supplies voted that some of the stores should be kept at Gro- ton ; and, if their plan had been fully carried out, it is among the possibilities of the War that another battle might have been fought in Middlesex County, and that the township of Groton might have been its scene of action. But open hos- tilities began so soon afterward, that no time was given to make the removal of the stores. It was ordered by these Committees, April 17, 1775, that the four six-pounders be transported from Concord to Groton, and put under the care of Colonel Oliver Prescott. On the next day it was voted that all the ammunition should be deposited in nine different towns of the Province, of which Groton was one, and that one-half of the musket cartridges be removed from Stow to Groton. It was also voted that two "medicinal chests" should be kept at different places in the town, and that eleven hundred tents be deposited in equal quantities in Revolutionary Items 231 Groton and six other towns. See " The Journals of each Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and 1775. and of the Committee of Safety" (pages 516-518). Mr. Wheildon, in his " New Chapter in the History of the Concord Fight," reprinted near the end of this volume, gives other facts relating to these orders by the Committees of Safety and of Supplies. During this period a committee was appointed to inspect the stock of powder in the Province, and report the amount on hand in the various towns. This they did on May 25, 1775, when there was, according to the Report, a barrel of powder in Groton, — kept probably in the powder-house or magazine which, two years later, was enlarged by the Board of War. This magazine was built on the land of Benjamin Bancroft, afterward owned by the Honorable James Prescott, Jr. It was situated in the roadway of the present High Street, — which then was not laid out, — perhaps thirty-five rods from its north end. It was a stone building, about twelve feet square, and taken down probably in the summer of 1829. For a long time previously it was not used for any purpose, and became much dilapidated. Some of the material from the building was used in stoning a well, dug near the Meet- ing-house in order to supply in part Mr. Hoar's barns with water. The following papers, found at the State House, relate to the magazine, as well as to the Guard having it in charge : State of Massachusetts Bay. Council Chamber, July 10. 1777. Whereas it appears that it is absolutely necessary that a Magazine for powder should be erected in some Interior part of this State the other Magazines being insufficient or unsafe Therefore Voted that it be and hereby is recommended to the Board of War to Enlarge the Magazine at Groton in the County of Middle- sex Sufficient to Contain five hundred barrels of Powder Read & Accepted Jn? Avery Dp^' Sec^ [Indorsed] Order of Council recommending to the LJoard of War to enlarge the Powder Magazine at Groton July lo. 1777 (Massachusetts Archives, CLXXIII. 274) 232 Groton during the Revolution State of the Massachusetts Bay Council Chamber July 17'!' 1777- Whereas the Board of Warr have deposited five hundred Barrills of powder in the magazine in Groton in the County of middlesex for the use of this State and it appears necessary that a Guard be Constantly kept at si' magazine for the Security thereof. Therefore ordored that one Corporal and four privates be ap- pointed by the Brigadier of the County of middlesex afores'? from the militia in the s'f Town of Groton for that purpose, who shall be allowed such pay and Subsistance as the General Court shall hereafter order ; And the said Brigadeer is also ordered to take special Care that no person be inlisted into said Guard that is not known to be attached to the American Cause. Read & Accepted Jn? Avery Dp^ Sec^ [Indorsed] Order of Council to the Brigadier of the County of Middlesex to detach a Guard to guard the Magazine in Groton July 18. 1777 (Massachusetts Archives, CLXXIII. 290) State of the Massachusetts Bay Council Chamber Novf 7'.'' 1777. Whereas it hath been represented to this Board that the Guard which hath been kept at the magazine in Groton in the County of middlesex in Consequence of an order of Council passed July 1 7'!' 1777, is not Sufficient for the Security of the Stores deposited therein for the use of this State Therefore ordered that the Brigadier of the County of Middlesex be & hereby is directed to inlist or Cause to be Drafted from the militia in the Town of Groton afores^ one Sergeant & nine privates, to serve as a Guard for the afores'! Stores, untill the further order of Council, who shall be allowed such pay <& subsistance as the General Court shall hereafter order read & Accepted Jn? Avery D^ Sec^ [Indorsed] Order to the Brig!: of the County of Middlesex to detach a Guard of a Serg'. & 9 Privates for the Stores in Groton Nov^ 7. 1777 (Massachusetts Archives, CLXXIII. 549) Subsequently, on February 3, 1778, the General Court passed a Resolve " That there be allowed and paid out of the public treasury of this State unto the men stationed at Groton, for a guard, the same wages and rations that are allowed to the sea-coast men." Revolutionary Items 233 Two years later, on January 13, 1780, another Resolve was passed, directing Joseph Hosmer — forthwith to remove all the powder in the magazine at Groton, to the following towns, viz. one third of it to Concord, one third to Biilerica, and one third to Woburn, to be delivered into the care of the Select- men of said towns, he taking their receipt therefor, which he is directed to lodge with the Board of War, and as soon as said powder is removed that the guards now doing duty at said magazine in Groton, be discharged from any further service there, and that said Joseph Hosmer, Esq ; lay his account of the expence of removing the same before the Committee on accounts for allowance and payment. This Resolve was afterward so far modified by the General Court, on May 4, that Joseph Hosmer was ordered " to deliver one third part of the powder aforesaid to the care of the Selectmen of Groton., and take their receipt for the same, the Resolve of the 12th [13th] oi January to the contrary notwithstanding." The following application to the Council, from Dr. Oliver Prescott, relates to the Revolutionary period, and will explain itself: — May it please your Hon? The windows of the Publick meeting House & School house in the Town of Groton are very much broken and it is not in the power of the Selectmen to purchase a Box of Glass Unless it be from the Board of Warr, who have been so obliging as to inform me they would Sell a Box for that purpose by your Hon" permission Therefore [I] earnestly request an order for that purpose which will much oblige the Town & your Honour' most ob' & very Hm' Ser' Oct' 16'.'' 1779 Oliver Prescott To the Hon'? Council Massachusetts-Bay Underneath is written the action of the Council, as fol- lows : — 234 Groton during the Revolution In Council Octl" i6'l' 1779 Read & Ordered that the Board of War be and they hereby are directed to deliver the Honble Oliver Prescott Esq' One Box of Glass, he paying for the same. Attest John Avery D Se" [Indorsed] Application of Hble Oliver Prescott Esq"^ for a Box Glass — w^ Order to Board of War for y'^ Same Oct- \(i\ 1779 (Massachusetts Archives, CLXXV. 647) Such papers give us a glimpse of some of the privations and annoyances to which the people were subjected during the Revolution. Powder-Mill at Pepperell The following letters, written during the Revolution by the Honorable James Prescott, of Groton, are found among the Massachusetts Archives at the State House, and have some local interest. At that period Mr. Prescott was a prominent character in the affairs of the town, and, whatever may have been his accomplishments in the way of spelling, he exerted a wide influence in all public matters. He filled many im- portant offices; and at the beginning of the Revolution he was a member of the Provincial Congress and of the Board of War. His dwelling stood on the knoll, perhaps half a mile southeast of the village, on the Boston road, near the house of the late Phineas Oilman Prescott. For site of the powder-house, mentioned below, see page 231. Groton Apriel 2"? 1778 Dear Sir Yesterday I recived yours of the 26 : of March, There is now in the House 159 bb'.^ of Powder, it will hold about 100 bb'!' more, the Powder you mentiond is not yet arived, the Snow fell this week with us 8 Inches Deep, which makes it Exceding Bad Cartging. I have Got 50 or 60 Shirts on hand, Several webbs out in Doing, but when they will be Done is Very uncertain, also about thirty pf Revolutionary Items 235 of Shoes — labour is So Dear now I have Come to a Stand untill I have further Directions from yf Board, I will Send what is on hand if y^ Board think Best, But it will be Very Expencive to Send on purpose, therefore Should Chuse to wait for a Convenient oppertunity. I am Still lame, But Gifting Better, (Very unhappy night to me) the Bisness of the Board is Very Extencive & Important, I know your unwearied pains & Labour by night & Day to Serve both Publick & private, without Even the prospeck of reward, hope I shall Soon be able to attend the Board, it would give me Grate Pleasuer, if by any thing I Can Do, it would Contribet to the Publick Good, or in any measuer Serve to liten your heavy Burden I am Gen! with Sincear regard your most obediant Hum' Ser! James PRESCorr [Superscribed] Hon'.= Presedent of the Board of War Boston [Indorsed] Lett"^ f" Col" Prescott April 2'' 177S (Massachusetts Archives, CCV. 324) Groton 24 : of July 1778 Sir Abner Whitney a young Gent" Brought up by m! Lewis in his Shop & Counting room applied to me for Some Imployment & mentioned that he had heard there was a Vacancy at the Board — he is Desireous of making tryal — I Can recommend him as Very Honest faithfull young man may be Depended upon in anything he undertaks if it is agreeable to the Board to take him into there Service upon tryal they will oblige him & I hope he may Serve them to acceptance I am very lame again the old wound is Broke out — when I shall be able to ride to Boston is uncertain I am with respect your most obediant Ser' James Prescott Hon'. Sam: Phil: Savage Esq"! [Superscribed] The Hon'. Presedent of the Board of War [Indorsed] Letf from Jas Prescott Esq'^ Aug.'. 24':',' 1778 (Massachusetts Archives, CCV. 407) 236 Groton during the Revolution Jonathan Clark Lewis, mentioned on the preceding page, was a trader of Groton, whose shop stood a short distance north of the site of the present Town House. Cjp Groton i6:ofOcto^ 1778 I have Sent 15 Barrils Powder that quantity I Judged a full load for the Horses — I beleve they will meet with Difficulty to git along with it — agreeable to your Desire have Cautioned the Gard not to leave one momint hope it will arive safe — you have Sent me a wag" But no tacklin to Draw with therefore it will be useless till I am furnisht no Such tackin Can be got here — There is about 90 bar'.' of forrain powder left & 40 of Andover no news here, am Very lame, unable to ride or walk, have set still almost yf whole of y? time since I Came home my Comple'.' to the Board I am with respect your Hum'f Ser! James Prescott The Hon. Sam. Phps Savage Esqi; [Superscribed] Hon'. Sam. Phps Savage Esq^ Presedent of the Board War Boston [Indorsed] Letter from James Prescott from Groton Oct"^ i6'.'.' 1778 (Massachusetts Archives, CCV. 422) Groton 5: of June 1779 Dear Sir I rec'.' yours this morning at three o'Clock by m'. Wendel wherein you request me to Send one Hundred Barrils of powder — I have procuer^ most of the teems, you may Expect the Powder in next wensday morning very Early, the teemsters will Expect their money paid them on Delivering the powder, as they turn out at such Season & no warning I am with Grate respect your most Obediant Serf Sam. P: Savage Esq' James PrescOTT [Superscribed] Sam. P. Savage Esq^ Presedent of the Board of War Boston (Massachusetts Archives, CCV. 473) Revolutionary Items 237 Groton 5: of June 1779 Sir I Send you 100 Barrils of powder — 'the teemsters will Expect their money if it will be Conveniant for the Board to pay them as they Turn out in this Extraordinry Bissey Season — the lowest Sum I Could agree for the Jorney is twenty Shillings p' mile the amount is 40;^ Each — I have Exerted myself 8z hope it will be acceptable — in Grate hast am your most Obediant Ser' James Prescott N B: I have given in Charge if it rains to Secure y^ powed in y? Best manner they Can & if they are Detained a Day on their Jorney by reason of rain they are to have the addition of their Expenses while they are Detained The Presedent of the Board of War pray y*; Board to Give order for my Bag of Coffee & Caug of Rum [Indorsed] James Prescott July 5'.'' 1779 deliverd 99 bb''' ullage I 100 Bbls (Massachusetts Archives, CCV. 4S0) Groton 14: of July 1779 Gen^ You write me that one Barril in Bartlets Cart was Broke, & was one thurd out when it arived, & Chuse to know the State of facts before you pay him — I was present when the powder was loaded, & took all the Care I Could in that Hurry there was one Barril put into the Cart that was tender, Bartlet was Sum Consernd about it when it was put into the Cart, it was well Stowed, I was not ap- prized of its Being so week, the Barrils have Stood So long that the hoops want Driveing, But at that time Could not Git a Cooper to assist, I have Sent by him all the powder heretofore, know him to be an Honest faithfull man. I Do not think he was Negligent or Carless, as to the Barrils not being full, is no rule to Judge by, for when I opened & Shifted the powder, some of the Barrils wanted about 1-3^ & 1-4 of being full, I am Informed the Sittuation of the Bar' in the Cart was Such, that the Bar' Did not Burst, but one head 238 Groton during the Revolution Sprung out on one Side, So that the loss of the powder was not very Considerable, I shall not be at Boston Soon is accation of my Give- ing you the trouble of this letter, the man is poor & wants his money, if you Gentlemen are Satisfied that he was not in fault hope you will Send him the money by the Barer hereof — Doc' Prescott — I am with real Regard your Frind & very Hum' Ser! James Prescott The Board of War [Superscribed] The Presedent of the Board of War Boston [Indorsed] Groton 14 July 1779. Col? Prescot's Letter (Massachusetts Archives, CCV. 484) Groton 20: of July 1779 Gentle^ I Rec!' your favour of the 19? Instant at Nine o'Clock in the Evening, agreeable to your Desire Send you a return of the powder in the magasine at Groton, there is 33 Barrels of foreign & 16 of american powder, in the whole 49, it is very rainny this morning; Shall Dispatch the messenger as soon as he Can ride, am much obliged to you for the Newspapers I Rejoyce to here the fleet have Sail;' Sincerely hope thay will meet with the Desired Suckcess I am with the Gratest respect Gen! your most obliged Hum' Ser! James Prescott The Board of War [Indorsed] July 1779 returns powder at Groton (Massachusetts Archives, CCV. 485) Groton g: of August 1779 Sir You write me to Send you a load of powder in the Cover'! Wagon now with me, which I Cant Complie with, for I have no Tacklin Sent with it to Draw by, therefore if I Send the powder as you propose I must Git Some Horse Tackin fitted for that purpose only which will be an Expence I wish to avoide, I suppose you may Send two of Co'.' Revers Soldiers with 4 : or 5 of your Horses, let them ride two & lead the others with Sutable tackin to Draw by in a bagg &c. I have Got the Sadie for the Horse that Goes behind onlv Brins: the Revolutionary Items 239 tackin for the other Horses, this I think will be the Best way & most Saving to the publick, But you are Good Judges of this matter & will Direct as you think proper, if you think Best not to Send for it in the way I have propose!' Give me a line & I will Send you the powder without Delay — Doer Lawrence has Deliver!' the fifteen Barrls you mention!* in your last Shall send your letter now re*? Immediatly agreeable to your request — I hope with you we Shall Soon hear Good news from Penobscot, I sincerely wish Suckcess to American Arms which way So ever they are turn!* I am with real resp! Your most obediant Ser' Sam. p. Savage Esq-:- James Prescott ; [Superscribed] Sam' P. Savage Esq'. Presedent of the Board War Boston. [Indorsed] From Col? Prescott respg Powder Aug* 9. 1779 (Massachusetts Archives, CCV. 493) State of the powder mill at Pepperrell is as follows Built on a Large Stream, a full Supply of Water — goes with sixty Pestles — said mill is thirty Eight feet in Length & twenty Eight feet in wedth well Covered : now fitt for use with a little repairing of the Sives &c and some other of its, Utenciles ; A Drying House built near by ; prepaired for Clarifying y!= Nitir & Drying & Stoaring y!" Pow- der &c. Have made only about two Tuns of powder for this State i5'^- of which I deposited in the Magaziene last Week at Groton according to order of Board of War. about 25? now at y'^ mill not proof, by reason of y!= Nitir & Sulphur not being pure, as Colo: Burbeck Certifies : (tho well made & dryed) For further Information See General Prescotts Letter. Gentm. Your most Obed' hum'*' Servf to Serve You in what I may Ephm Lawrence Pepperrell Aug' 12. 1779. To Honrab'^ Sam^'- Phil: Savage Prest. to Communicate [Indorsed] From Ep™ Lawrence giving an ace', of y<= State of y^ Powder Mill under his care Aug'. 12. 1779 (Massachusetts Archives, CCV. 501) 240 Groton during the Revolution This powder-mill was situated near the west end of the upper bridge over the Nashua River in the village of East Pepperell. It stood close to the present site of the brick counting-house of the paper-mills, and the water-power was afterward used for a fulling-mill. The drying-house was on the opposite side of the road. Ephraim Lawrence, who signs the statement, was a physician at Pepperell, and probably in charge of the mill. He was a son of Deacon Peleg and Ruth Lawrence; and at the time of his death he left a large family of children, among whom was the late Dr. Ebenezer Lawrence, of Hampton, New Hampshire. When the Revolution broke out, Dr. Oliver Prescott, — the younger brother of James, who wrote the preceding letters, and of William, the hero of Banker Hill, — was perhaps the most noted as well as the most influential man in Groton. He was a graduate of Harvard College in the class of 1750, and a member of various scientific societies. The following suggestion made by him to the Committee of Safety is found in Peter Force's "American Archives," fourth series (H. 385):- Groton, April 24, 1775. Gentlemen : I think if an order should pass for the establish- ment of a Town Guard, to be kept in a prudent manner, in every Town in this Province, it would have a great tendency to deter and detect villains and their accomplices. The passes that people bring this way are generally without date, or assignment to any person or place, so that a man may pass to Africa with the same order. Par- don my freedom, and allow me to subscribe, gentlemen, your most obedient, very humble servant, Oliver Prescott. To the Committee of Safety. Another letter written by Dr. Prescott, who at this time was a Brigadier General, is preserved among the Shattuck Manuscripts of the New England Historic, Genealogical Soci- ety. It gives some interesting facts concerning the Middlesex militia, and is as follows : — Revolutionary Items 241 Sir, In persuance of your ordors Rec'' the 14'!' I have caused the mUitia of the County of middlesex to be mustered and have caused to be Drafted therefrom every fifth able bodied man under fifty years of age &c agreeable to the Resolves of the Gen! Assembly of this State of the 12'!" instant, and formed the s'? men into Companies and appointed their Respective Officers in the following manner, viz. N'.' I. Cambridge 33 men Charlestown 7 Maiden 9 Medford 13 62. N'; 2. Watertown 15 Newton 19 Waltham 13 Weston 18 Cap' John Walton of Cambridge 2^. D° Cap! Edward Fuller of Newton i'.' L' Josiah Capen of Watertown 2I D" Isaac Hager of Waltham N"? 3. Woburn Reading Wilmington Stoneham 65. 20 26 4 63- Cap' Samuel Belnap of Woburn 21 D° N" 4. Concord Lexington Acton Lincoln 23 16 15 12 Cap! Simon Hunt of Acton I*' L! Samuel Heald of Concord 2^1 D? Eben' White of Lexington 66. N*; 5. Sudbury Marlboro Stow 35 31 16 82. Cap! Amasa Cranson of Marlboro r' L! Nath" Sergeant of Stow 2^! D'^ Nath" Smith of Sudbury 16 242 Groton during the Revolution N'.' 6. Framingham 27 Sherburn 15 Hopkinston 20 Holliston 15 Natick 9 N" 7. Groton Pepperrell Townshend Ashby 86. 29 15 8 69. Cap! Aaron Gardner of Sherburn i^' 12 Lawssen Buckminister of Fram- ingham 2'^. D° Isaac Clark of Hopkinton. Cap! Thomas Warren of Townshend i""' L! James Lawrance of Pepperrell 2^! D? Joseph Rockwood of Groton N? 8. Chelmsford 21 men Cap! Zach. Wright of Westford Dunstable 12 Dracutt 18 Westford 18 69. 1'' U Nath'I Holden of Dunstable 2!^ D" Rob! Spaulding of Chelmsford N? 9. Billerica 22 Tukesbury 12 Bedford 10 Littleton 12 Shirley 9 65- Cap! Solomon Kidder of Billerica i^' L! Daniel Kimball of Littleton 2'1 D" Tim'! Rogers of Tukesbury I have also formed the afores!' Companies into one Reg! and appointed Eleazer Brooks Esq! of Lincoln to be the Col? Micah Stone Esq' of Framingham L! Col? Eben! Bancroft Esq! of Dunstable Major M! Moses Adams of Framingham Chaplain M! Joseph Hunt of Acton Surgeon Mate Daniel Loring of Sudbury Adjut. Samuel Hartwell of Lincoln Quartermaster Revolutionary Items 243 I have directed the s^^ Col? Brooks to ordor the several Captains afores:^ to march their Respective Companies, as soon as possible, in the best & most proper Road, to Horse Neck [West Greenwich, Connecticut], according to the Resolves of the Gen! Assembly of this State, & agreeable to the Directions and for the purposes therein Expressed. Col? Brooks informs me this day that he hath given marching orders for Saturday next for the whole Reg' I am. Sir, with the greatest Respect, your most obedient and very hbl Serf Oliver Prescott Groton Sept": 26'.^ 1776. N. B. Col? Thatcher & Col? Fox Engaged to fill up their Com- panies and Return the Names of the Lieut? before the Time appointed to march. Generall [James] Warren [Indorsed] Brig"" Prescots return of every fifth man Drafted from his Brigade Sep": 1776 Daniel Farnsworth The following notice taken from " The Continental Journal, and Weekly Advertiser" (Boston), January 2, 1777, shows the want of postal facilities which existed during the Revo- lutionary period. At that time there were but few post- offices in New England, and letters for Groton were sent first to the Boston Office, and afterward forwarded through private channels. This explains the statement that " letters are uncertain." To Mr. DANIEL FARNSWORTH, of Groton, in the state of Massachusetts-Bay : SIR, THE privateer you are concerned in has taken and sent a prize to a safe port. I take this method to acquaint you of it, as letters are uncertain. When I see you shall be able to give a more particular account about it. From your friend and humble servant, D. R. Providence, December 25, 1776. 244 Groton during the Revolution Dr. Samuel Gelston Before the Revolutionary period Dr. Samuel Gelston was a well-known physician in the Province of Massachusetts. At one time, in connection with Dr. John Warren, he had a hospital at the barracks in Castle William, Boston Harbor, for the treatment of patients who had been inoculated for small-pox. An advertisement, setting forth the general details of the establishment, appears in "The Boston Post- Boy & Advertiser," March 5, 1764. At another time he lived at Nantucket, having previously managed a small-pox hospital on Martha's Vineyard. In the early part of the Revolutionary War he was a tory of a pronounced type, and both by word and deed incurred the bitter hatred of the patriots. The feeling was so strong that the attention of the General Court, then sitting at Watertown, was called to his case, and by their order he was arrested at Falmouth. On January 17, 1776, the Council passed a Resolution con- cerning Dr. Gelston as a person " unfriendly to the Liberties of this Country," and putting him under bonds of one thou- sand Pounds for his future behavior and appearance before the Court, whenever wanted ; but the House of Representa- tives non-concurred, and passed another Resolution much more stringent. Six days later it is recorded in the printed Journal of January 23 : — Joseph Palmer, Esq ; brought down the Resolve of the House for confining Doct. Gelston, with the following Vote of Council thereon, viz. In CouncW ^ Jatmary 22d, 1776. Read and concurr'd, and the Board having reconsiderd their former Vote, passed the following Resolve, viz. That the said Samuel Gelston, be sent to the Town of Groton in the County of Middlesex, and that he give Bond with two good Sureties to the Treasurer of this Colon}' in the Penal Sum of One Thousand Pounds, the Condition whereof shall be, that he the said Revolutionary Items 245 Samuel will not depart out of the Limits of the said Town of Groton, until the further Order of this Court, and that he will not in any wise assist or correspond with any of the Enemies of this Country, and that he will be of good and peaceable Behaviour towards all Persons who are friendly to American Liberty, and that he will at any Time appear and answer to any Complaint which may be made against him, when he shall be thereto required by Order of this Court, and that he will abide their Order thereon ; And on failure of the said Satnuer?, giving Bond as aforesaid. Resolved, That he be committed to the Goal in Newbury Port, until the further Order of this Court. Sent down for Concurrence. Read and non-concurred, and the House adhere to their own Vote. (Pages 194, 195.) From the tenor of the Resolve passed by the House, it is evident that that body thought that Dr. Gelston should not have his freedom under any contingency, and that he should be securely guarded in jail. While the Council and the House were at variance, Dr. Gelston escaped from the messenger of the General Court and ran off, though he w^as subsequently retaken at Newport, Rhode Island, and brought back to Watertown. John Brown, another tory, who was bribed to aid Gelston in this attempt, was captured at the same time with him ; and they both were brought back to- gether. After this episode the two legislative bodies soon came to an agreement, when they ordered the men to be confined in some jail, until they should be set free by the Council, though no particular jail was specified. At the time of his capture Brown had in his possession about ten pounds of India tea, which was ordered by the General Court to be burned publicly, at five o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday, February 3. " The Boston-Gazette, and Country Journal " (Watertown), February 5, 1776, gives the following account of the affair : — Saturday last was burnt in this town, pursuant to an order of the General Court, by the door-keeper, a quantity of Bohea Tea, 246 Groton during the Revolution taken from one John Brown, a person who for Fifty Dollars, rescued and convey'd away, from the custody of the Court's Messenger, Dr. Samuel Gelston, who had been apprehended by the Court, for supplying the Enemy with Provisions ; he was retaken with the said Brown at Rhode-Island and bro't back to this Town, where they now are under close Guard. For an account of the Gelston Family, see " The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record" (II. 1 31-138) for July, 1871. There is in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society a small hand-bill, which reads as follows : — AD VERTISEMENT. Watertoivn, January 26, 1776. r^AN A WA Y from the custody of the Messenger of the -* *- General Court, a certain Dr. Saimcel Gelston, belonging to Nantucket, a short well set man ; had on when he went away a reddish Sheepskin coat, dress'd with the wool inside, and a scarlet waistcoat ; he was apprehended as an enemy to this country, 'tis suppos'd he will attempt escaping to the enemy, by the way of Nantucket, Rhode-Island, or New- York. Whoever will take up said Gelston and deliver him to the messenger of the House of Representatives, shall be well rewarded for his time and expence. IViliiain Story, \ Committee of Nathajiiel Freeman, V the House of Ebenezer White, ) Representatives Capt. John Williams A notice, signed by Colonel Rufus Putnam, is printed in "The Continental Journal, and Weekly Advertiser" (Boston), May 29, 1777, which gives a list of the officers then engaged in recruiting for his regiment. Among the names there men- tioned is that of John Williams, of Groton, who soon afterward was commissioned as a captain in the army, and later became Revolutionary Items 247 an original member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cin- cinnati, In the Memorials of that association (Boston, 1890), edited by James McKellar Bugbee, the following sketch of him, as well as of his son, John, Jr., is given : — He was the son of John, Jr., and Elizabeth (Cutter) Williams ; b. Groton, Mass., 4 July, 1746; d. there i July, 1822. He was an ensign in Prescott's reg. at Bunker Hill; ist lieut. in 1776; com. capt. 7 July, 1777, in the 12th reg., and was in Vose's (ist) reg. from 1781 to its disbandment, 3 Nov. 1783. He m. Molly Everett, and had twelve children, five of whom d. young. JOHN WILLIAMS. Eldest son of Capt. John, whom he succ. in 1826 ; b. Groton, Mass., I April, 1774; d. in Dover, Mass., leaving a widow, Sally B., who was ai. 77 in 1859. (Pages 516, 517.) According to an advertisement in the same newspaper, three weeks later (June 19), the town of Groton was to receive ninety-eight bushels of salt out of the public stores belonging to the State. William Nutting's Diary William Nutting was a son of Lieutenant William and Jane (Boynton) Nutting, and was born at Groton, on July 10, 1752. He was a corporal in Captain Lawrence's company of minute-men that marched from Groton on April 19, after the Lexington alarm. A large part of his Diary is printed in the Groton Historical Series (IH. 383-399). To a casual reader the following memoranda may seem trivial and unim- portant; but any fact connected with the events of the Revo- lutionary period has some interest. 248 Groton during the Revolution May 15"" [1777] Training day; 16 men drafted for 9 months. I paid my rates for Town & State yearly Tax to Oliver Fletcher Constable for 1776 3 — 2 — 9 — also a rate for raising men &c a tax wholly on acci of yS war — ;^5— 5 — I — I to Ezekiel Fletcher Constable for 1777 [July] y"; 23 y': Companies met in yi Trining field, to get one half y*" men to go to Providence — Rhode island Octo' I- 1777 Set out towards y." Northard Army £ s D Expences while gone to yP Army &C3— 11 — 10 Novemf 5'.'' Came home from y^ Army [July] y*: 30'!' [1778] was alarm, men wanted to go to Rhode Island [Aug.] y? 2 2^! was training to Raise men &c. [Nov.] yf 16')' the Comp?' of metrosses met at y? meeting house. W? [March] 31^' [1779] y^ Northend Comp'ny Chose Cap^ Job Shattuck for their Cap' instead of Cap! Shattuck Blood. [June] y" 13'!' [1780] Spent i day warning a Town meeting for y? Purpose of Raising men for y? Army July 6"', 7"', & 8'!' ; I spent 3 days in warning a Town meeting for y^ purpose of Raising men for y": Army, & Raising money for y^ Town. Monday July y'i lo'l' 1780 the Town met for y"; .Above purposes. I spent ]A day. July 31'" 1781. gave my Note to Thorn' Wasson of Shirley for Sixty Dollars Silver — endorst fifteen Dollars on s'.' Note. I paid Eight Dollars & 6 coppers. MJ- Gragg Paid 41/8 — S? Note is for a bounty to s-' T. Wasson to engage him to go into yf Army for 3 months for Class N" 10 of Groton Wed. 23'' [Oct., 1782] Training 2 companys. Tuesy 7^ [Oct., 1783] General Training Col! Woods' Regt the Metross Comp?" Din'd at L! Abel Bancroft's expeuce 2/6 each at Dinner. Sat- 22'' [Feb. 1800] attended a meeting at the meeting house where m' Dana D? an Oration on the Death of Washington — the Several Companies of Militia met &c &c. Revolutionary Items 249 Moses Child A few years ago Samuel Mitchell Child, Esq., a lawyer of Boston, placed in my hands for examination certain old papers which once belonged to his great-great-grandfather, Moses Child, of Groton, The earliest of these papers is dated at Watertown, March 31, 1763, and signed by John Remington, Collector of the Duties of Excise, giving to Mr. Child permission " to sell Rum, and other Distilled Spirits and Wine." Another paper is dated at Cambridge, May, 1774, and informs the Selectmen of the town that Messrs. John Sawtell, Moses Child, and George Peirce were licensed as Innholders during the pre- vious year, and also that Jonathan Clark Lewis, Jonas Cutler, and William Swan were licensed as Retailers for the same period ; and then notifies the Selectmen that the time for renewing the licenses would be on Tuesday, September 13. Among these old papers is Mr. Child's account-book, bearing date June 5, 1761, which was in use for seven years ; and from the numerous charges to his customers for rum, brandy, and flip, it would seem as if he was a wholesale dealer in liquors rather than a retailer. In one place he writes : *' March ye 7 [1773?] Capt Shattuck and Isaac Bowers begun to Take the Newspapers;" and later, in another place, he says: "Capt Asa Lawrance paid for three months for the Nues papers :^o : 3 : 4 : o." Did he furnish his neighbors with their weekly papers as well as with their liquid stimulants } Moses Child was the second son of Isaac and Anna (Adams) Child, and born at Watertown, on April 6, 1731. He was married to Sarah Stiles, of Lunenburg; and they settled at Groton, where their eight children were born. During the French and Indian War he held a commission as Ensign, which is now in the possession of the Maine His- torical Society at Portland, according to Blood's " History of 250 Groton during the Revolution Temple," New Hampshire (page 211). In November, 1775, he was one of two persons, commissioned by General Wash- ington, and sent at the public expense to Nova Scotia, " to inquire into the state of that Colony, the disposition of the inhabitants towards the American cause, and the condition of the fortifications, dock yards, the quantity of the warlike stores, and the number of soldiers, sailors and ships of war there; and to transmit the earliest intelligence to Gen. Washington." His commission for this service is printed in full in the " Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families " (page 546). Mr. Child served also as an officer in the Revolution, and was present at Burgoyne's surrender. A grant of land lying within the District of Maine was made to him and others for their military services. The tract was then called Tyngstown, in honor of Capt. James Tyng, but is now known as Wilton, and lies in Franklin County, Maine. Among these Child manuscripts is a list of the original proprietors of the town- ship, and other papers relating to the laying out of that settlement. About the year 1790 Mr. Child removed to Temple, New Hampshire, where he lived until his death, which took place on February 8, 1793. His widow survived him for a quarter of a century, and died on June 3, 181 8. The following copies are made from manuscripts among these papers : — Pepprill April y- 28- 1778 This may Certify that I have accepted of Amos Blood to do a turn in the Service of the four Newengland States till the first Day of January next for and in the room of Joseph Rockwood. Joseph Boynton Cap' May th« 7 1778 this may Certify that Asa Kemp of groton have inlisted and Ingaged to Serve in the army of the vnited State til the first of January next under Cap' Joseph Boynton of pepperril In Behalf of Benjamen Tarbel of Groton Joseph Boynton Cap' Revolutionary Items 251 May 1777 to Two months Service of my son John at Rhode Island April 1778 to Three months Service of my self at Cambridge Aug^ 1778 to six weeks Service of my son John at Rhode Island Peter Stevens Capt. Abraham Childs The following notice of an aged citizen appeared in the "Columbian Centinel," January ii, 1834. During the last century Captain Childs built and occupied the house in Groton where the late Charles Woolley in recent years lived for so long a time, situated on School Street, near Hollis Street. He bought the parcel of land of Jephtha Richardson, a tavern-keeper and son of Converse Richard- son, a blacksmith, who before this time had a shop on it, nearly opposite to the site of the late Nathaniel Livermore's house. Captain Childs's eldest son, David, married Mrs. Su- sanna (Bentley) Woolley, widow of Captain Charles Woolley {b. 1768, d. 1802), as her second husband. The article was written by George Fowle, a schoolmaster of Boston, from facts furnished by Mr. Woolley. Such sketches of Revolutionary characters are always of value, inasmuch as they have an interest for the inhabitants as well as for the local historian. Captain Childs's wife was Rebecca Stowell, of Waltham, who died on November 14, 1830. He spelled his surname with a final " s," but the children dropped it. The following very interesting sketch of one of our Revolution- ary heroes, from a correspondent, will be read with great interest. Such characters add a degree of romance to the history of the Revolution. Biographical Sketch of Capt. Abraham Child. Died, at Groton, (Mass) on Friday, the 3d inst., after a short indisposition, Capt. Abraham Child, aged 92. The remnant of our revolutionary worthies is fast disappearing, and it is useful to 252 Groton during the Revolution collect their testimony of the ' heroic age ' of our fathers, as each assists in bringing the struggle more home to our bosoms. The subject of this sketch was born at Waltham, August 12th, 1741. The estate on which he was born, has been in the possession of the same family for more than a century — a fact worthy of notice, as evincing the sound judgment and untiring industry, which are peculiar traits of their character. At the age of fifteen, Abraham was apprenticed to a blacksmith, with whom he continued 2 years ; when, no longer controlling his patriotic ardor, he joined the company of Capt. William Jones, of Medford, in the regiment of Col. Saltonstall, of Haverhill, and marched to join the army under General Amherst, appointed to invade Canada. After aiding in the captures of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, and being engaged in several skirmishes, he wintered with the army at Crown Point, 1760. Marching in the spring upon Montreal, they were compelled, after a severe action at Silsery, to fall back upon Quebec ; from whence, finally concentrating their forces under Amherst, upon Montreal, the reduction of Canada was effected, and our soldier enabled to resume his trade, at which he continued until 1762, when he again entered the service under Capt. William Baldwin, of Chelmsford, of Col. Hoar's regiment, marched to Boston, took shipping to Halifax, and thence sailed to aid in the reduction of some French posts in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Upon the accomplishment of which, returning to Halifax, he there spent the winter, working at his trade. At the peace of '63, he returned home. In 1767, he married one, whose subsequent conduct proved her a fit partner for a " Son of Liberty." In 1774, when the Pro- vincial Congress deemed it necessary to organize more thoroughly a military force, he was appointed Lieutenant of Capt. Abijah Child's company of ' Minute Men.' In the following year he v;armly engaged in the pursuit of the English at the battle of Lex- ington. Then entering the States' service for 8 months, as Lieuten- ant of Captain J. Williams's company, in Col. Baldwin's regiment, he assisted in proving "Yankee Cowardice " upon Bunker's Hill. At the expiration of his time he enlisted for one year. After the evacuation of Boston, he marched to New York, and suffered at the defeat of Long Island, in the summer of '76. Retreating with the main army through the Jerseys, into Pennsylvania, he was one of that determined band, which, headed by Washington, resolved to Revolutionary Items 253 turn the current of success, or perish ere their country's chains were rivetted. Victory at Trenton crowning the endeavor, our soldier returned home with the rank of Captain in Colonel Western's regiment. In 1777 he took command of 300 men, whom he had assisted in recruiting, and joined General Gates in time to aid at the capture of Burgoyne. Returning to the main army, he passed the winter at Valley Forge, where he endured hardships, compared with which, his former sufferings were pleasures. But the following summer, as he stated, he thoroughly warmed himself at Monmouth. Water not being attainable, his soldiers stove in a hogshead of brandy, and madly assuaged their overpowering thirst, without more effect arising therefrom than if it had been so much water. In 1779 he was appointed to the command of a company of Light Infantry, under Major William Hull ; and on the 15th of July, as senior Captain of the Infantry, he headed the assault at the storming of Stoney Point. General Wayne, to prevent the possi- bility of early discovery, ordered the muskets to be unloaded, and the flints withdrawn. Advancing thus, in solid columns to the assault, they suddenly displayed [deployed] to the right and left, sprang boldly to the walls, under a murderous fire of grape and musketry from the now aroused Britons, and gained the ramparts with the exulting shout of " Hurrah ! the fort is ours ! " We have the authority of the late General Hull, to state, that the first man who gained the rampart and raised the cry of victory, was our enthusi- astic Captain. In the act of parrying a thrust from a British officer, Captain Child received a slight wound in the hand, which was the only injury he received through all his campaigns. Soon after this, domestic affairs imperiously calling for his pres- ence, he bade a final adieu to the army. His wife, meanwhile, had nobly proved herself the virtuous and patriotic matron. She had almost, through her own exertions, (her husband's pay being almost nominal,) clothed and maintained her children comfortably — had educated them as well as the times admitted, (several of them in after years taught our country schools,) and indeed, to the time of her death, in 1831, proved herself worthy of those times of closest trial. After residing several years in Wendall, he removed in 1795, to Groton, Mass. In 18 18 he applied for, and received, the half- pay pension. During the remainder of his eventful life, beloved 254 Groton during the Revolution and respected, he calmly pursued his course, retaining all his faculties and strength to the last, and finally expired — " Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch "About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams." A Singular Petition The following paper is found among the manuscripts of the Massachusetts Historical Society : — Colonel Read — Sir Whereas we your unworthy Petitioners, having Sometime since made choice of a Number of Persons for officers in this 2- Company in your Honf^ Rigement ; and having Since, been more fully ac- quainted with Said Persons conduct, & capacities for Such offices ; we beg Leave to Inform your Honf that it is our oppinion, that Some of Said men who have been unadvisedly chosen by this com- pany, are men of Such Low, and week capacities, that they are neither capable of doing Service to your Honour, or of diseplining of us, (their Soldiers,) Neither of advancing the Noble cause of Liberty, (in which we voluntarily & chearfully engage ;) we there- fore humbly confess, we have chosen men to Stand in offices, in your Hon'" Regiment, which (upon further consideration) we think, are not Suitable Persons for Such offices : — Therefore, may it Please your Honnour, to Grant this company the liberty of a New choice of officers in this company: (viz) the North-end company of Groton) — For in So doing your Hon!: will much Gratifie us your unworthy Petitioners of Si Company ; and Shall have our best endeavours to Promote & advance your Honour ; and the Noble Cause of Liberty in which we chearfully Engage — Jacob Parker Jacob Williams Nathaniel Shattuck Levi Parker John Hazen Dauid Woods William Farwell William Derumple Benj'^ Hazen Jonathan Woods Dauid Hazen Reuben Cumings EzEKiEL Nutting Samuel Boyden EzEKiEL NurriNG Ju' Bejamin Simson Asa Porter r.ROTKN may y<= i^' 1776 Revolutionary Items 255 An Exception The record of Groton men who enlisted during the Revolu- tion was highly creditable to the town, and there is no reason why the exceptions should be kept back. Her soldiers served throughout the war with honor and distinction ; and the fol- lowing item from " The Independent Chronicle. And the Uni- versal Advertiser " (Boston), May 22, 1777, does not materially affect their good name and reputation : — At a General Court Martial, held in this Town last Week, by Order of General Heath, Lieut. Col. Thomas Farrington, of Groton, State of Massachusetts, being found guilty of receiving and passing counterfeit Money, knowing it to be such, was unanimously ad- judged to be discharged from the Army, and rendered incapable of acting any more as an Officer in the Continental Service. He was committed to Goal on Monday last, to be dealt with by the Civil Law, according to his attrocious Crime. Farrington, I fear, was a man of bad repute ; and the follow- ing declaration, found in " The Boston-Gazette, and Country Journal," July 7, 1777, does not add to his character : — Boston, July 5, 1777. I THOMAS FARRINGTON, of Groton, in the County of Mid- dlesex, and State of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England, Esquire, of lawful age, testify and declare. That whereas it hath been publicly, and by many persons reported, that William Smith, of Fish-Kills, in the State of New-York, Esquire, lately employed in the Continental service as an engineer, hath been concerned, either in counterfeiting, altering, or passing bills in imitation of bills of the Continental currency, and that I know him to be, in some way or other, concerned as aforesaid. I hereby publish to the world, that I never knew the said William Smith concerned either in counterfeiting, altering, or passing any such bills, or any other, but such as he might lawfully pass to any person whatsoever ; and that I never had any reason to think that he hath been concerned in any such mal-practices, either directly or indirectly : And I further 256 Groton during the Revolution declare, that I cannot account for the forementioned report, con- cerning said Smith's being any way concerned with counterfeit money than this, viz. I was once in company with said Smith at a public house in Medford, in the County of Middlesex aforesaid, and when the said Smith there opened his pocket-book to pay his reck- oning, I thought I saw one or more bills therein of the Continental currency, which at the distance I stood from him appeared to me to have a pale complexion, which made me suspect them to be counterfeits ; but I have no reason to think that the said Smith knew them to be so, or that the said Smith was ever concerned either directly or indirectly, in counterfeiting, altering or passing any bill or bills in imitation of any bill or bills of public credit whatsoever, as before by me declared. THO. FARRINGTON. Mass. State, Suffolk County. ■> HPHomas Farrington personally Boston, July 5, 1777. ) appeared, and made oath to the truth of the within written declaration by him subscribed : Taken at the request of the within-named William Smith, Esq ; in perpetuam rei meroriam [memoriam]. P , Sam. 'P^u\i'E.KTO'ii,\ Justices 0/ the Peace Joseph Gardner, ) and 0/ the Quorum. Absentees NOTICE is hereby given, that on Monday the 27th day of March next, at i o'clock afternoon, will be leased at public auction, by the committee of safety, &c. for the town of Groton, to the highest bidder, for one year, from the ist day of April next, all the real estate of Mr. Martin, an absentee, lying in the said town of Groton ; the vendu to be at the dwelling house on the premises. Groton, Feb. 230!, 1780. "The Boston Gazette, and the Country Journal," February 28, 1780. This farm is advertised again in the same newspaper of February 26, 1 781, to be leased for one year; and Martin's Christian name is then given as William. Revolutionary Items 257 Charles Ward Apthorp, of New York, was another absen- tee, who owned real estate in Groton, which is advertised in the same journal of December 24, 1781. It is described as " A messuage and tract of land situate in Groton, in said [Middlesex] county, containing about one hundred and seven acres, with the houses, barns, and buildings thereon, being bounded southwesterly on Samuel Farwell's land, northerly on land of Matthias Farnsworth, easterly on Little Pond, southerly by Common Land." Outlaws The following advertisements are found in " The Inde- pendent Chronicle, and the Universal Advertiser" (Boston), February 13, 1783. The outlawry which they declare is not to be taken in a literal sense, but indicates only a severe penalty. Thomas Sackville Tufton was a trader, who died probably in the winter of 1787-8, as letters of administration were taken out on his estate, February 6, 1788. Outlawry, Pursuant to a Writ of Scire facias Utlagatum, bearing Test the 20th Day of January, A.D. i 783, to me directed — I hereby give Notice, unto Thomas Sacville Tufton, of Groton, in the County of Middle- sex, Trader, That unless he appear before the Supreme Judicial Court, next to be holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the 2d Tuesday of April next, and maketh Answer to the several Charges specified in three Indictments of a Grand Jury, in the Supreme Judicial Court, of uttering and passing sundry counterfeit Bills and Notes, of the Denomination of Fifty Dollars, and of the Tenor and fabricated in Imitation of the good, lawful and current Bills of Credit of the United States of America, established by the Congress of the said United States of the same Denomina- tion, knowing the said Bills to be counterfeit ; and also of having in Possession sundry other counterfeit Bills of the same Denomina- 17 2^8 Groton during the Revolution tion, knowingly with an Intent to utter and pay the same to some of the Inhabitants of said United States, as at large set forth in the Indictments aforesaid — and shall abide and perform the Judgment that may be given thereon — he will then and there be declared an OUTLAW. LOAMMI BALDWIN, (Sheriff of Middlesex. Outlawry. Pursuant to a Writ of Scire facias Utlagahcm, bearing Test the 20th Day of January, A.D. 1783, to me directed I hereby give Notice unto Nathan Raymond, of Groton, in the County of Middlesex, an Infant, That unless he appear before the Supreme Judicial Court, next to be holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middle- sex, on the 2d Tuesday of April next, and maketh Answer to the Charge by the Indictment of a Grand Jury in the Supreme Judicial Court, of uttering and passing one false and counterfeit Note and Bill, of the Denomination of Fifty Dollars, to one Asa Lawrence, for, and as, a good, lawful, current Bill of Credit of the United States of America, knowing the same to be counterfeit — and shall abide and perform the Judgment that maybe given thereon — he will then and there be declared an OUTLAW. LOAMMI BALDWIN, (Sheriff of Middlesex. Capt. Williain Scott On the third page of " The Boston Gazette, and the Country Journal," July 16, 1792, is printed a long extract from "a Philadelphia paper of July 2," giving an account of a severe hurricane that swept over the eastern part of Pennsylvania on July I. The storm did much damage in Philadelphia and its neighborhood, but fortunately there was no great loss of life. At the end of the extract the following episode is given, with some editorial comment of the Gazette within brackets, as here printed : — Since writing the above account, we further learn, that a boat from this city to the Jersey shore was overset within fifty rods of Revolutionary Items 259 Samuel Cowper's wharff. There were in the boat Captain Scott, Mr. Blake, his wife and four small children, a young woman, and Mr. Betis, in all nine persons, none of whom could swim but Capt. Scott. The Captain, by the most astonishing and praise-worthy exer- tions, was able, providentially, to save them all. He swam ashore with one child hanging round his neck, and one to each arm ; and he returned to the boat amidst the boisterous waves raging in a furious and frightful manner, and brought the others, who had with much difficulty held by the boat, safe to the land. For the honor of Captain Scott, an old and valiant Soldier, a Son of Massachusetts, this circumstance should be handed down to posterity. Those who revere the virtues of the benevolent Howard must ever remember, with veneration, those successful exertions of Cap- tain Scott. [The above mentioned hero, is Capt. Wm. Scott, of Groton, in this Commonwealth ; and an invalid officer of the United States. — At the commencement of the late war in the Battle on Bunker's Hill, he received several wounds, was taken prisoner, and confined in goal in this town, when in possession of the British — and suf- fered much maltreatment.] The "Columbian Centinel " (Boston), July 14, 1792, also mentions the same incident, but does not give so many particulars. William Scott was a son of John and Mary (Chamberlin) Scott, of Groton, where he was born on July i, 1742. It will be noticed that the act of heroism was performed on his own birthday, — on the day when he was fifty years old, — and this fact may have incited him to make special exertions. During the Revolutionary War he saw much military service, and at one time was in the navy. For a sketch of his life, see Dr. Albert Smith's " History of Peterborough," New Hamp- shire (page 248 of the second Part), where the account of his parentage conflicts with the statement here given. His death took place at Litchfield, New York, on September 19, 1796, at the age of 54 years. 2 6o Groton during the Revolution Groton Soldiers living in Maine The following Groton soldiers are mentioned in a list of " Names of Soldiers of the American Revolution who applied for State Bounty under Resolves of March 17, 1835, March 24, 1836, and March 20, 1838, as appears of record in Land Office," compiled by Charles J. House (Augusta, 1893). The abbreviations maybe explained thus: "e"for place of residence at time of enlistment, "d" for died, " w" for widow, and " m " for married. The name of a town following that of a soldier or his widow shows the place of residence at the time when the application was made. Amos Dole, e Groton, Mass., d Orrington, July 20, 1832, w Matilda, Orrington. (Page 23.) Oliver Hartwell, Stetson, e Groton, Mass. (Page 28.) Asa Longley, St. Albans, e Groton, Mass. (Page 34.) Zachariah Longley, e Groton, Mass., d Dover June 28, 1825, w Betsey, Dover. (Page 34.) Abel Nutting, e Groton, Mass., d Lisbon January 18, 1827, w Rhoda, Lisbon, m Green. (Page 38.) Calvin Russell, Moscow, e Groton, Mass. (Page 41.) Amos Shed, e Groton, Mass., d Norridgewock, July 11, 1800, w Lucy, Norridgewock, m Crosby. (Page 42.) Thomas Stevens, Brooksville, e Groton, Mass. (Page 44.) Sons of the Revolutio7t Within a few years three persons have died, whose fathers were natives of Groton and also soldiers during the American' Revolution, namely: Andrew Johnson Parker (youngest child of Joshua Parker), who died at Charlestown, on December 31, 1894 ; the Reverend Thomas Treadwell Stone, D.D. (youngest son of Deacon Solomon Stone), at Bolton, on November 13, 1895, and at the time of his death the oldest alumnus of Bow- Revolutionary Items 261 doin College ; and Luther Lewis Tarbell (son of William Tarbell, by his second wife), at Marlboro, on July lo, 1896. For a notice of Tarbell's father, see page 284. Revolutionary Pensioners In the year 1841 " A Census of Pensioners for Revolution- ary or Military Services " was published under the direction of the United States Government, which gave the names, ages, and places of residence of all pensioners then living, as well as the names of heads of families with whom they were residing. The list includes presumably all the surviving Revolutionary soldiers at that period ; and among them are the names of ten Groton men, as follows: — Names. Ages. With whom living. Abel Prescott. 80 Abel Prescott. William Prescott, 72 Merrick Lewis. Joshua Parker. 76 Joshua Parker. William Tarbell. 76 William Tarbell. Jacob Nutting. 93 Jacob Nutting. Isaac Patch. 78 Isaac Patch. Joseph Sawtell, 2d. 76 Joseph Sawtell, 2d David Lakin. 89 David Lakin. Amos Farnsworth. 86 Amos Farnsworth, Stephen Pingrey. 82 John Pingrey. Abel Prescott was the second son of Jonas and Rebecca (Bulkley) Prescott and was born at Groton, on December 12 1759. He was married to Hannah Spalding, of Ashburnham ; and among his children were Phinehas Gilman Prescott and Charles Prescott. He died on September 18, 1841, and his widow on August 17, 1854. William Prescott was the youngest son of the Honorable James and Susanna (Lawrence) Prescott, and born at Groton, on September 5, 1768. At a Fourth of July celebration he 262 Groton during the Revolution was severely wounded in the hand by the premature discharge of a cannon, and in consequence of the injury he received a pension from the United States Government. For many years after the death of his father he lived in the family of Major James Lewis, and after Major Lewis's death in the family of Merrick Lewis, the youngest brother of James. Mr. Prescott died at Groton, on August 31, 1843. He was a nephew of Colonel William Prescott who commanded the American forces at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and a brother of Benjamin who fell in that fight. Joshua Parker was a son of Ephraim and Azubah (Farns- worth) Parker, and was born at Groton, on May 26, 1764. He was in the army near the end of the War, and he died on September 15, 1843. For a brief account of the family, see Groton Historical Series (H. 321). William Tarbell was the second son of Benjamin and Azu- bah (Farnsworth) Tarbell, and was born at Groton, on Octo- ber 19, 1764. He was married, on April 8, 1788, to Polly Simonds, of Groton; secondly, on April 24, 1823, to Susan Blood, of Groton; and, thirdly, on May 13, 1840, to Mrs. Sarah (Wetherbee) Nutting, of Townsend. Mr. Tarbell's mother died on March 14, 1838, at the age of 97 years, 8 months, and 19 days, the oldest person in town at that time ; and he died on August 3, 185 i, aged 86 years, 9 months, and 16 days. The date of his birth is taken from the family Bible, and differs by a few days from that given in the town records. In the summer of 1783 Mr. Tarbell made a rude drawing of the encampment at New Windsor, just above West Point, where he was then serving. It represents the barracks and other features of the camp, and is now in the possession of his son's widow. This is the same drawing incorrectly referred to on page 284 as a view of the ground at Valley Forge. Jacob Nutting, a son of Isaac and Lydia (Nutting) Nutting, was born at Groton, on January 23, 1747, and died on May 14, 1841. Revolutionary Items 263 Isaac Patch was the second son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Avery) Patch, and born at Westford in the year 1762. He was married in 1786 to Phebe, youngest child of Reuben and Susanna (Chandler) Fletcher of that town ; and they had eight children, of whom the youngest, Sophronia, was the wife of the late Moses Titus, of Ayer. Mr. Patch died at Groton, on October 21, 1841, aged 79 years; and his widow on January 9, 1843, ^^so aged 79 years. Joseph Sawtell, 2d, was the second son of Joseph and Lydia (Jenkins) Sawtell, and was born at Groton, on May 8, 1764. He was married, on February 22, 1788, to Hannah, youngest daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Kemp. For many years he was sexton of the town; and he died on March 21, 1842. Another Joseph, the father of the late Ephraim Sawtell, was living in the year 1840, when this list of pensioners was made. David Lakin was the youngest child of John and Lydia (Parker) Lakin, and was born at Groton, on October 10, 1753. He died on March 3, 1846, at which time he was the oldest person in town. Amos Farnsworth was the eldest son of Amos and Lydia (Longley) Farnsworth, and was born at Groton, on April 28, 1754. After the Lexington alarm, on April 19, 1775, he marched to Cambridge in Captain Henry Farwell's company of minute-men. At the time of his death, which took place on October 29, 1847, he was the oldest person in town. Stephen Pingrey was the oldest son of Stephen and Anna (Jewett) Pingrey, and was born at Rowley, on June 3, 1759. After the death of his second wife, which took place at Fran- conia, New Hampshire, on June 12, 1838, in order to live with his youngest son John, he came to Groton, where he died on May 8, 1844. Many years ago I obtained the following facts from Elijah Clark, of Newton, who had had some experience as a Revolu- tionary pension-agent. 264 Groton during the Revolution Mrs. Olive Studley died at Groton, on March 2, 1845, aged 83 years. She was the widow of Consider Studley, who during the Revolution had served as a non-commissioned officer from Wrentham. They were married at Franklin in 1785 ; and at the time of her death she left three children, namely: Mrs. Olive Rugg, wife of Joseph Rugg, of Groton ; Oliver Studley ; and Sarah Mann Studley. Her husband died at Lancaster, on December 28, 1832 ; and in consequence of his military services she received from the United States Government an annual pension of forty-four dollars. Jonathan Prentiss, a native of Groton, living in Townsend, was in the military service of his country during the years 1778 and 1779. At one time he was a member of Captain Kimball's company, Colonel Sproat's regiment, and stationed at Nantasket. Samuel Gragg, a native of Groton, and a soldier of the Revolution, was an uncle of the Reverend William Gragg, who graduated at Harvard College in the Class of 1820; and his wife's name was Rachel Blood. Groton, a Shire Town during the Revolution Owing to the disturbances of the War, an Act was passed by the Legislature, on February 6, 1776, removing the No- vember term of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace and Court of Common Pleas from Charlestown to Groton. Two years later, on September 23, 1778, this November term was transferred to Cambridge, to take the place of the May term, which in turn was brought to Groton, where it remained until June, 1787. The sessions of the Court were held in the First Parish Meeting-house; and the Court was sitting there during the famous dark day of May 19, 1780, when candles had to be used. Revolutionary Items 265 The following notice adjourning the Court of Common Pleas, appointed to be held at Groton, appears in "The Boston Ga- zette, and the Country Journal," May 12, 1783, and is signed by three Justices of that Court. It is impossible now to learn the circumstances under which the adjournment took place, but they may have been similar to those mentioned in a Re- solve, here reprinted immediately after the advertisement from the newspaper. On the docket at East Cambridge no explanation is given, but under date of May 20, 1783, it is there recorded that the Court, by proclamation of John Tyng and James Prescott, Esquires, two of the Justices, was adjourned to the first Tuesday of June, which fell that year on the third day of the month. WHEREAS some Circumstances that must happen will render it necessary that the Court of Common Pleas, by Law appointed to be holden at Groton, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the 3d Tuesday of May Inst, should be adjourned to some future Day: All Persons concerned are to take Notice, that the same Court will be adjourned to the first Tuesday in June next, then to proceed to Business Jurors Parties and Witnesses will govern themselves accordingly. By Order of Three of the Justices of the same Court. N. B. As the Court of Common Pleas will adjourn as above, it is probable that the Court of General Sessions of the Peace will be adjourned in like Manner. Middlesex ss ) 'HT^HE Clerk of the within mentioned Courts is May 9, 1 783 i JL directed to publish the within Advertisement in the Papers, and to send Copies thereof to the several Parts of the County. A Fuller, James Prescott, Samuel Phillips Savage. A true Copy of the Originals filed in the Office of the Courts abovementioned, May 9 1783. Attest. THAD. MASON, Clerk 266 Groton during the Revolution The following Resolution was passed by the General Court on May 2, 1787, and is found in the volume of "Resolves" (page 280), where the chapter is numbered XXXI. Resolve adjourning the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, and Court of Common Pleas in the County of Middlesex, to the fourth Tuesday in May inst. May 2, 1787. Whereas by reason of the sitting of the Supreme Judicial Court, at Concord, on the second Tuesday of May instant, the sitting of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, and Court of Common Pleas, at Groton, on the Tuesday following, may be attended with inconveniences. Resolved, That the said Court of General Sessions of the Peace, and Court of Common Pleas, by law to be holden at Groton, within and for the county of Middlesex, on the third Tuesday of Alay in- stant, shall be holden at Groton aforesaid, on the fourth Tuesday of the same month, and that all writs, processes and recognizances, returnable to, and all appeals made to the said Court of General Sessions of the Peace, and Court of Common Pleas, appointed by law to be holden at Groton ; and all matters, causes and things, that have day or that might have had day, been moved or done at, in, or by the said Courts, at the time so appointed for holding the same, shall be returnable to, and may be entered, prosecuted, had, moved and done at, in, and by the said Courts, at the time herein appointed for holding the same. And the Secretary is hereby directed, to publish this resolve, in the two next Adams and Nourse^s, HalVs, and Charlestown papers. It is highly probable that the Shays Rebellion, which broke out in the summer of 1786, had some connection with the removal of these sessions from Groton. The uprising in Middlesex County was confined exclusively to this neighbor- hood, and the insurgents always felt a bitter spite against the Court of Common Pleas, which they had tried so hard to abolish. The action of the Legislature in making the change seems to have been in part retributive. During the period when the Courts were held here, Groton was a town much more important relatively, both in size and Revolutionary Items 267 influence, than it is at the present time. According to the National census of 1790, the first one taken, it was then the second town in population in Middlesex County, Cambridge alone having more inhabitants. In that year Groton had 322 families, numbering 1,840 persons ; and Cambridge, 355 fam- ilies, numbering 2,1 15 persons, while Lowell had no existence. Charlestown had a population of 1,583; and Newton, 1,360. Reading, with 341 families (19 more than Groton), numbered 1,802 persons (38 less than Groton). Woburn then had a pop- ulation of 1,727; Framingham, 1,598; Marlborough, 1,554; and Waltham, 882. Pepperell contained 1,132 inhabitants ; Shirley, ^yj \ Westford, 1,229; a"' 8, 1787 (Massachusetts Archives, CLXXXIX. 70) Groton 3'' March 17S7 Sir I beg leave to suggest to your Excellency the propriety of having a Company of Volunteers raised, & stationed in this part of the County of Middlesex for a short time, to apprehend such persons as are disqualified from receiving the pardon, as there are many such, & they ought to be secured soon, as the Spring is opening when they will retire to the woods, which is a matter they depend much upon — I suppose a company of 50 or 60 men, including non-commissioned Officers & privates would be suffi- cient, & if Capt William Scott of Groton & Samson Woods & Jon"* Bancroft of Pepperell should be appointed for the Commis- sioned Officers ; they would be able to enlist the men immediately from the Towns of Groton & Pepperell, & such as have horses The Shays Rebellion 275 of their own, that upon any particular occasion might be mounted without expence to Government, so that this small company of Infantry would be equal to any service that Government might require — Any delay or relaxation in Government at this time would be extreemly hurtfully. M- Brown of this Town is a Regimental Quarter Master & under the direction of the Commissary General might in an easy & cheap manner supply the troops — The reason of my proposing the above persons for Officers, is, their known fidelity, courage & good con- duct, as well as having served in the State army, & had commis- sions, & are likely to give Satisfaction — The bearer, Capt Jo : Savage has for some time past resided in this Town, & can fully inform you of the disposition of the people, and the necessity of such a company. I have taken the liberty to order George Marsten to be com- mitted to the Boston Goal, as he is not a Citizen of this Common- wealth & no property, but has been very active in the present rebellion, «Sr by his own confession was chosen an Adjutant in Shays's army he was a deserter from the British army, & for more than one year past had residence in the Town of Pepperell — - I have the honor to be with the greatest esteem and respect your Excellency's most Ob' & hum*" Servant Oliver Prescot The Governor A true Copy Attest John Avery jun Sec^ [Indorsed] Letter from Oliver Prescott — Groton, March 3!? 1787 — (Massachusetts Archives, CXC. 405) By an Act passed on February 14, 1781, the Governor and Council were requested to appoint three of the Justices of the Peace in each County, who should have authority to commit to jail any person dangerous to the State. Dr. Oliver Pres- cott was one of those for Middlesex County, and in causing the arrest of George Marsten, as mentioned in the last para- graph of the letter, he was acting in this capacity. At the Centennial Celebration of the Independent Com- pany of Cadets in Boston, on October 19, 1841, the Reverend 276 Groton during the Revolution Samuel K. Lothrop, D.D., Chaplain of the Corps, delivered an historical address, from which the following extract is taken : — On the 29th of the same month [November, 1786], Col. [Samuel] Bradford received orders to assemble his company at Groton, to assist the Sheriff of Middlesex in arresting Col. Shattuck, a leader of the discontented in that county. The Cadets left town [Boston] for the purpose, but before the arrival of the entire company, Col. Shattuck had been arrested. The wound, by which he was dis- abled, — and consequently taken prisoner, is said to have been inflicted by Fortesque Vernon, a member of the Cadets (page 31). In the account of '* Groton during the Shays Rebellion," which appears in Number III. of the first volume of the Groton Historical Series, it is said, on page 8, that Shat- tuck's wound was given by F. C. Varnum, of Boston. The statement was made on the authority of Lemuel Shattuck, and is found in his " Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck " (page 126). By the light of this extract, I have no doubt that the wound was inflicted by Fortesque Vernon, whose surname was generally pronounced Varnon. The Insurgents In the year 1835 there was published anonymously at Phil- adelphia, a work entitled "The Insurgents: An Historical Novel," in two volumes, written by Ralph Ingersoll Lock- wood, a lawyer of New York, who died many years ago. It is based on the Shays Rebellion, and the scene is laid mainly in the Connecticut valley. In the second volume is an account of the capture of Job Shattuck, which is given with all the freedom of a novelist's pen. See page 66 for Shattuck's connection with the Rebellion. The Shays Rebellion 277 Capt. Henry Farivell In the account of the Jubilee of Lawrence Academy at Groton, on July 12, 1854, published during the next year, is printed an interesting letter from the Reverend Dr. William Allen, ex-President of Bowdoin College, who in his younger days had taught school in town. He gives many reminis- cences of the place in the early part of the century, and de- scribes a visit made at the house of Jonathan Farwell, whose father, Captain Henry Farwell, had commanded a company of minute-men that marched from Groton to Cambridge on April 19, 1775. This veteran soldier was not afraid to show his colors, and had no sympathy with the Shays Rebellion, ac- cording to Dr. Allen, who says: — I was one evening invited to the bountiful table of a neighbor, Mr. Jonathan Farwell, who had as much humor, joined to as much sense as is seldom found in his condition of life. He was usually called Uncle Jock. At his house, I went into his father's room, to see the old gentleman, then nearly eighty years old. He was a small man, but energetic and animated. Although his feet were just in the grave, he was as full of spirit as ever. He fought his battles over again. He told me that in 1745, when twenty-one years old, he was at the capture of Cape Breton. Just thirty years after that event, he was in the battle of Bunker Hill and was shot through the body. He was a man of as much spirit and energy as I ever knew ; and he had a proper reverence for law and good government. He related to me that, " In the time of Shays' rebel- lion, the question was, ' Shall Jock go out and fight them ? ' I said, 'Yes. I would disinherit a son of mine who would not fight for his country. Had I as much blood as would bear a seventy-four gun- ship over Grand Monadnoc, I would spill it all in fighting those rebels!''' (Page 6 r.) 278 Groton during the Revolution The following copy of a bill is found in the Emmet Collec- tion belonging to the New York Public Library : — Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to the Town of Groton, Df To sundry Provisions furnish'd for the Troops in the service of the Commonwealth, as follows — viz. — 1787 Jany 27'!' To 65!^ Beef at 2^ per lb . . £0. 13. 6^^ 54!!" Bread at 2? o. 9. o. 29'.*; To 241!^ Bread at 2"^ 2. o. 2. 362!!^ Beef at 2>^'» 3. 15. 5 880 Gills rum at i'' . . . . i. 11. 8 To Transporting the above to Springfield & Hadley 2. 6. 8. To a Horse & Slay & Driver for transport- ing the Baggage of the Troops during the Whole expedition under Gen". Lincoln I 24 days a 4/8 16. Isaac Farnsworth Joseph Moors Joseph Rockwood Errors Excepted. Aaron Brown Groton, April -^t) 1787- Selectmen ) for I Groton. Soldiers' Epitaphs 279 Soldiers Epitaphs The following inscriptions are found on gravestones in the old burying-ground, and will explain themselves : — \Cherub^s Head.'] Here lies the Body of Joseph son of M- Ephraim & M? Azubah Parker, who died Sep! 22'' 1775 Aged 5 years & 2 moni Also in Memory of M' Nehem^ son of y*" above nam'd persons, who died in his Country service at Ticonderoga Oct' 22^ 1776. In y" 19':'' year of his age. Nehemiah Parker enlisted originally, on April 30, 1775, in Captain Asa Lawrence's Company. {Cherub's Head.] Memento mori Here lies the Body of M: Simon Patch who was wounded in y*^ de= fence of his Country at y White-plains Oct^ 28':'' 1776 and died of his wound Dec' 31'? 1776 in y^ aS'!" year of his age. The son of Ebenezer and Sarah Patch, born July 11, 1749. He was brought home on a litter from White Plains, New York, a distance of nearly two hundred miles, accompanied 2 8o Groton during the Revolution by his elder brother. The litter was made by fitting the butt- ends of two small trees into the stirrups of a saddle, and putting a sack of hay behind on the branches. Memento {CheruUl Mori W^, Abigail Kenrick Widow of Cap! Caleb Kenrick, left her pleasant habitation in Newton, & came to her Daughter Dana's in Groton, on accoun' of y*" civil War & Sep? 5. 1775. -^- 7^- ^^^ remov= ed by a dysentery, to that place where y!" wicked cea^A from troubling & y*" weary arc at rest. Her maiden name was Bowen, and her daughter was married to the Reverend Samuel Dana. The following epitaph is copied from a marble slab in the Lawrence lot at the Cemetery. Mrs. Bigelow's death took place in Groton at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Luther Lawrence. Her husband, Colonel Bigelow, died on March 31, 1790, in Worcester, where there is a monument erected to his memory on the Common. Here lie the mortal remains of Mrs. anna BIGELOW, relict of Col. Timothy Bigelow of Worcester, Mass. She died Aug. 2, 1809, ^t. 63 yrs. Obituary Records 281 Obituary Records At Groton isth inst, William Blodgett, formerly of Tyngsboro', a revolutionary pensioner, at the age of 90 years and 8 months. His descendants were 6 children, 37 grand-children, 23 great- grand-children, and one of the fifth generation. He entered the army at the age of 16 years, and was one of the number to guard Burgoyne's troops at Winter Hill ; he afterwards shipped on board a Letter of Marque on a trading voyage in 1782. On his return home in the brig Iris, of Boston, they captured at the mouth of James river, in Virginia, an English brig mounting 16 guns, with about 100 prisoners, among whom were 30 Americans in irons. On the 2d day after the battle, they encountered a storm which drove the American brig and the prize both on shore, and dashed them in pieces, and all was lost except the crews, which were saved by the inhabitants. He next entered the service of his Savior, and remained in his service about 60 years, and as he entered the threshhold of eternity, he repeated the following lines : " I 'm not ashamed to own my Lord, Or to defend his cause, Maintain the honor of his word, The glory of his cross." "The Boston Daily Atlas," November 22, 1S52. In Groton, N. H. the 20th Nov. last, Mr. Samuel Blood, aged 67 years, a soldier of the revolution, and formerly of Groton, Mass. "Columbian Centinel " (Boston), February 3, 11^30. In Groton, ; Mr. Amos Davis, a soldier of the revolution, aged 82. "Columbian Daily Centinel " (Boston), December 6, 1834. Isaac Farwell, born in Groton, Mass., 1744, March 28, was a lieutenant at Bunker Hill, soon became a captain, and fought in the continental army till the close of the war. He died in 1791, Dec. 31, and is buried in the Charlestown [N. H.] cemetery. Henry Swan Dana's " History of Woodstock, Vermont " (page 597). 282 Groton during the Revolution In Groton, Mass. Sept. 2, Captain Zacharias Fitch, aged 86. " Columbian Centinel " (Boston), September 9, 1820. Died, in Groton, Mass. June 24, Mr. Isaiah Hall, aged 74, a revolutionary soldier and patriot. For many years he had been gradually declining, and devoted the principal part of his time to reading and meditation. The word of God was his principal study and source of comfort, and when too feeble to read himself, nothing afforded him so much satisfaction as to hear its sacred contents often read. His last sickness, though long and lingering, was borne with that calmness and resignation which a firm faith in the religion of Jesus Christ imparts ; and the remaining days of his bereaved partner will be consoled by that hope which animated him in his last hours, and made death to him the harbinger of eternal rest. — [Communicated.] " Columbian Daily Centinel " (Boston), July 2, 1834. In Pepperell, Jan 14th, Mr Robinson Lakin, 83, a revolutionary soldier — he was a drummer in the company commanded by Capt John Nutting, in Col \Vm Prescott's regiment, and was in the re- doubt on Bunker Hill when the attack was made by the British army. In this battle eight of said company were killed and eight wounded. " Boston Daily Advertiser," February 27, 1838. At Groton, on the 12th instant, Capt James Lewis, aged 74, (formerly of Billerica.) In every situation in which he was placed through a long and active life, he bore an upright and honorable character. He was an officer of the militia during the whole of the revolutionary war ; the companion of Buttrick, Davis, and others who composed the valiant little band that resisted a superior British force, at the bridge in Concord, on the memorable 19th of April, 1775. He continued a uniform and firm supporter of those repub- lican principles, for which he so early stood forth, and ever sup- ported the character of an exemplary citizen, tender husband, and kind parent — he lived respected and died lamented. "Boston Patriot," Saturday, June 23, 1810. In Hawley, Mr. Joseph Longley, born in Groton, Mass., Aug. 17, 1744. He was a great grandson to William Longley, who, with a Obituary Records 283 part of his family, were killed at Groton, by the Indians, in 1684 [1694] — grandson to John Longley, who was Captain five years in Canada — and son to Joseph Longley, who was mortally wounded in the battle and defeat of Fort William Henry, 1758. When 16, he was in the French war one year and helped to build the stone barracks at Crown Point, 1760. He was five years in the revolu- tionary war for Independence. In the first eight months' service, 1775. At Ticonderoga in '76. At the capture of Burgoyne, '77. In December following, while in the van of 100 volunteers, under Maj. Hull, pursuing a foraging party, 32 were cut off by the British cavalry, near Derby, deprived of their blankets, and put in prison at Philadelphia, where more than half died of cold, hunger, and disease. In April, '78, he, with others, were put on board a prison ship for New York, where he was exchanged in July, and soon after joined his regiment, and was in the battle in Rhode Island, and in that signal retreat, under Gen. Sullivan. "The Massachusetts Spy" (Worcester), August 24, 1836. According to the genealogical tables in the Appendix to Mr. Butler's History (page 417), Joseph Longley u^asborn on August 6, 1744; and the date of his death was July 8, 1836. He was the eldest child of Joseph and Mary (Walker) Long- ley, and a brother of Edmund, mentioned below, who was born on October 31, 1746. In Hawley, 29th ult. Edmund Longley, Esq. 96 yrs and 18 days, a native of Groton. He erected the first framed house in H (then called No 7) and removed his family into it in 1781. He was sent for many years to the General Court ; was the first Plantation and Town Clerk ; held the offices of Town Clerk, Selectman, and Treas- urer ; was a Justice of the Peace for nearly fifty years ; and was both a soldier and an officer in the revolutionary war. He was a subscriber to the Hampshire Gazette [Northampton] for more than fifty-six years ; and took and read the Panoplist and Missionary Herald, from their first publication, as long as he lived. " Boston Daily Advertiser," December 23, 1842. In Groton, 15th inst. Mr. Joshua Parker, a revolutionary soldier, 79; • " Boston Daily Advertiser," September 23, 1843. 284 Groton during the Revolution In Groton [January 9], Lieut. William Parker, a revolutionary soldier, aged 71. "Columbian Daily Centinel " (Boston), January 24, 1833. At Groton, Elnathan Sawtell, Esq. 83. " Daily Centinel and Gazette " (Boston), September 3, 1836. Mr. Sawtell was a Revolutionary soldier, and he died on August 31, 1836. His epitaph gives him the title of Lieu- tenant, which may have been acquired after the War. Stevens, Maj. Thomas, Brooksville, Me., 7 May; in his 90th year. He was a native of Groton, Mass., and a soldier of the Revolution. "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register " (VII. 295) for July. 1853. Another Veteran Gone. — Died in Groton, August 2d [1851], Mr. William Tarbell, one of the last of the Revolutionary patriots, aged 87. Mr. Tarbell joined the army when quite young, and was with General Washington during the last three years of the war, but having been appointed to draw plans and paint sketches of the various battle fields and encampments, by the commander-in-chief, he was never in any action during that time. He was with the army during its encampment at Valley Forge, and his picture of this camp ground, which was painted in the log house then occupied by Gen. Washington, is now in possession of his son in this city, and though much faded, is still an object of great interest. "Daily Evening Traveller" (Boston), September 25, 1851. In Groton, 7th July, Mr. Nehemiah Whetman, a revolutionary pensioner, aged 82. "Columbian Daily Centinel" (Boston), August 5, 1835. In Groton, Mr. David Wilson, a revolutionary soldier, aged 90. His death was occasioned by falling into the fire, supposed in a fit. "Columbian Daily Centinel" (Boston), February 23, 1833. In Groton, 8th inst. Col. Samson Woods, aged 65. [A son of General Henry and Deborah (Parker) Woods.] "Columbian Centinel" (Boston), February 11, 1826. A New Chapter, etc. 285 The following paper, written by the late William Willder Wheildon, of Concord, was read before the Bostonian Society, on April 14, 1885, and, five days later, it appeared in "The Sunday Herald" (Boston), April 19. It was afterward re- printed in pamphlet form, and still later, with the writer's assent, in the Groton Historical Series. New Chapter in the History of the Concord Fight It is not very remarkable, perhaps, that the centennial period since the beginning of the Revolutionary War should be the occasion of bringing to light some new matter in relation to its early incidents, in regard to which more or less secrecy was preserved and names withheld at the time. It seems, from evidence which has lately come to the knowledge of the writer, by a casually dropped remark concerning the Concord fight, that the alarm of the movement of General Gage to seize the cannon, stores, and ammunition in Concord, was more widely known in Middlesex County than heretofore supposed. It appears, from the testimony of Mr. Artemas Wright, of Ayer, who is a grandson of Mr. Nathan Corey, of Groton, that there were several members of the Groton company of minute- men at Concord, on the morning of the 19th of April, who were in the fight at the North Bridge, and joined in the pursuit of the British troops in the retreat to Lexington. Mr. Wright's Story Mr. Wright says : his grandfather repeatedly told him the story, and often talked of the scenes of that day. A part of his narration was, that on the day before the Concord fight, 286 Groton during the Revolution April i8th, while he was ploughing in his field, some distance from the middle of the town, he received notice of a meeting of the minute-men, which, of course, demanded immediate attention. It was in the afternoon, toward evening, when he received the notification. He at once unhitched his plough, drove his oxen home, took down his gun and belt, told his wife Molly, as he called her, that he was going away, and could not tell when he should come back, and that she must take care of the oxen. He then hastened to the middle of the town and joined his comrades who had assembled there. The circumstance which had induced them to call the meet- ing was the arrival of some brass cannon from Concord. Of course the presence of these immediately gave rise to discus- sion and speculation as to the cause and the reason of their being sent to Groton from Concord. Various suggestions were made, the most prominent of which was a proposition that the company should proceed at once to Concord ; but this, when put to vote, was determined in the negative, most of the members preferring to wait for further intelligence. This conclusion, it seems, was not entirely satisfactory to all the members of the company, and some of them deter- mined to go at once; so that, as the story is related to the writer, nine of them, with young Corey among the number, started for Concord the same evening. They travelled all night, carrying lighted pine torches a part of the way, and reached Concord at an early hour in the morning, entering one side of the town some hours before the British troops entered upon the other. Mr. Corey said they all went and got some breakfast at the house of Colonel Barrett, which was afterwards visited by the British troops in search of the can- non, ammunition and stores, most of which had been fortu- nately removed, the day before, to places of safety. After getting something to eat they proceeded toward the centre of the town, and soon joined the men of Concord, and finally were in the ranks of the minute-men, at or near the North Bridge, where the fight with the British troops occurred. A New Chapter, etc. 287 They continued with the minute-men, and followed the retreating troops to Lexington, or beyond. This is the story related by Mr. Wright, as often repeated to him by his grandfather Corey ; and this, according to the accepted history of the time, and as at present understood, appeared to the writer, on the instant, as wholly improbable. It must still remain so unless it can be explained and accounted for in the transactions and events of the period. The objection to be met and answered is, how could the people of Groton, thirty miles from Boston, at about the time the British troops were moving toward their boats, on the evening of the i8th, know anything of General Gage's purpose or design to visit Concord } Of course they knew nothing, excepting such information as the presence of the brass can- non, which had arrived among them, indicated. Probably the men who conveyed the cannon from Concord could not ex- plain the matter, and yet it may possibly be true that they had learned before they left Concord, or suspected, the reason why they were sent ; and, if so, would be sure to communicate it to the people of Groton. This, when we come to think of it, is not very improbable, although no reason is given in the votes of the Committee for their action. However this may be, the improbable story of Mr. Wright may possibly be explained and accounted for by the action of the Committee of Safety in the matter, by showing that the cannon were sent to Groton, and why they came to be sent there at that particular time. Explanation of the Story Almost every person familiar with the history of this period would, on the instant, reject the story as a fiction, and nothing but entire confidence in the truthfulness of the party referred to, and the little probability there is of his being able to invent such a relation, induced the writer to give it a moment's con- sideration. Turning the history of the period over in our mind, the points of which were very familiar, we thought we 288 Groton during the Revolution could see a possible explanation of the matter, as a conse- quence of the cautionary action of Warren, and the important services rendered at this time by Paul Revere. It is v^rell known to most readers and students, who are familiar with the history of this period, that Dr. Warren, so far as is known by his own inclination, remained in Boston while the Provincial Congress was in session at Concord, ex- pressly to observe the action and movements of General Gage in this trying period. In consequence of some of these move- ments, especially that of launching the transport boats pre- paratory for use, and taking the Grenadiers and Light Infantry ofif duty, Warren determined to send notice of them, and of the preparations being made, as he believed, to capture the stores at Concord, to Hancock and Adams, then at Lexington. This message was sent by Paul Revere, on Sunday, the i6th of April, 1775, to the effect that the British were preparing for an excursion into the country, and it was at once under- stood that the stores and ammunition collected at Concord v^ere the object. Revere delivered his message promptly at Lexington, and returned in the afternoon, when, before going across the river from Charlestown, he made his arrangements about the signal-lanterns with Colonel Conant, — a matter which, no doubt, he had determined and arranged in his own mind during his solitary ride from Lexington. Action of the Committee of Safety The Provincial Congress, which had been in session at Concord, adjourned on Saturday, the 15th of April, but the Committees of Safety and Supplies, who had control of the military, and other public matters pertaining thereto, did not adjourn finally on that day. They remained at Concord, and held an important meeting on Monday morning, the 17th, and, no doubt, commenced their proceedings without wait- ing for the arrival of Hancock from Lexington, where he had gone with Sam Adams each night during the session of Congress. A New Chapter, etc. 289 The first votes which the Committees passed, according to the records of their meetings, were as follows : — Voted, that two four-pounders, now at Concord, be mounted by the Committee of Supplies, and that Colonel Barrett be desired to raise an Artillery Company, to join the Army when raised, etc. ; and, also, that an instructor for the use of the cannon be appointed, to be put directly in pay. Voted, unanimously, that ^6, lawful money, be a Captain's pay in an artillery Company; that the ist and 2d lieutenants have ;^4 5s. \ that the Sergeants have 42s. per month, etc. Voted, that when these Committees adjourn, it be to Mr. Weth- erby's, at the Black Horse, Menotomy, on Wednesday, at 10 o'clock. After these votes were passed, it is supposed and believed, John Hancock arrived from Lexington and joined the Com- mittee in their meeting. Of course, he immediately commu- nicated to them the important intelligence which he had received from Dr. Warren the day before, so that, without any reconsideration of the votes just passed, any adjournment or recess, the record shows that they continued the meeting and passed the following votes : — Voted, that the four six-pounders be transported to Grolon, and put under the care of Colonel Prescott. Voted, that two seven-inch brass mortars be transported to Acton. Voted, that the two Committees adjourn to Mr. Wetherby's, at Menotomy, [at] ten o'clock. [Not Wednesday, as first voted.] The next day (Tuesday) a meeting was held, and it was voted that " the two brass two-pounders, and two brass three- pounders, be under the care of the Boston Company of Artil- lery, and of Capt. Robinson's (Company)." What finally was the disposition of these cannon we have no means of knowing ; but, when the approach of the British troops became known. Dr. Ripley, in his '• History of the Fight at Concord," says: — 19 290 Groton during the Revolution A considerable number of them (Concord minute-men) were ordered to assist the citizens who were actively engaged in removing and secreting cannon, military stores, and provisions. The cannon were nearly all conveyed to a distance, some to adjacent towns, and some were buried in the ground, and some under heaps of manure. Numerous other votes were passed for the removal and secretion of ammunition, provision, etc., and the Committee adjourned to the next day. On Wednesday (19th) the Committee continued its session, at Menotomy (West Cambridge, now Arlington), and passed additional votes on the same subject. Thus were the votes first passed, before the arrival of John Hancock, rescinded ; and, of course, the cannon were not mounted, no Artillery Company was formed, nor teacher employed for their instruction. All this was the result of the information from Dr. Warren, brought to Lexington by Paul Revere ; to Concord by John Hancock, and, we may almost say, carried to Groton by the cannon ! It is believed that no other explanation can be given of the discrepancies in these votes, so entirely different and adverse to each other, than that which has been sug- gested, namely, the arrival of Mr. Hancock after the passage of the first named votes, and the intelligence brought by him of General Gage's movements at Boston. Sending the Cannon to Groton In accordance with the final votes of the Committee, the next morning (Tuesday, i8th) the cannon were promptly on their way to Groton, and arrived there late in the afternoon, while at Boston, the British troops were getting ready to embark in their boats for the opposite side of the river, on their way to Concord. In view of what has been said, it may now be pretty con- fidently asked. What information did the appearance of these cannon at Groton communicate to the people, and especially A New Chapter, etc. 291 the minute-men of that town? It will be recollected that only a short time before this (26th of February), General Gage had sent Colonel Leslie to Salem to seize some pieces of cannon there, which he failed to secure, and this was probably known to the people of Groton at this time. There cannot be a doubt, therefore, putting these two things together, as to the story the presence of these cannon told, even if the men who carried them had been speechless. Action of the Groton Men The proceedings and action which followed, on the part of the Groton minute-men, were both natural and reasonable, and fully authorized the action of the volunteers, even supposing they were moved by curiosity alone, — a mere desire to see British soldiers. The minute-men, as we have stated, were promptly called together, and some of them determined to go to Concord that night ; and, while Colonel Smith was moving his troops over the Cambridge marshes and swamps, these patriots were on their way to meet them at Concord bridge, without knowing who they were to meet or what was in store for them. What followed has been stated. The Groton min- ute-men arrived, and were among their brethren of Concord, Acton, Carlisle, Lincoln, and Bedford, in following and ha- rassing the retreating troops, and it would seem, from the relation which we have given, that the improbability of Mr. Wright's story has been removed ; the cannon certainly went to Groton, and almost as certainly the Groton minute- men came to Concord. The minute-men of the other towns named were notified of the coming of the British troops by special messengers. The cannon sent to Acton, no doubt, upon their arrival there on Tuesday (i8th), told the same story as did the cannon at Groton ; but, being so near to Concord, the citizens very naturally concluded that, if they were wanted, word would be sent to them at the earliest moment, as was the case ; but the Groton men, though few in number, were the first to arrive. 292 Groton during the Revolution Mr. Corey, who used to tell his story in relation to the Concord fight to his grandchildren in his talk about the war, continued in the service of his country, and prior to his death a pension was granted to him (or afterwards to his widow); but nothing was ever received by either of them. Confirmatory Evidence Since the first mention of this subject by the writer. Dr. Samuel A. Green, a native of Groton, has published a hand- some volume, entitled " Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in Groton, Mass." One of the inscriptions, found upon the monument to the memory of Captain Abram Child, contains the following sentence: " He was a Lieutenant among the minute-men, and aided in the Concord fight and the battle of Bunker Hill, 1775." The remainder of the inscription shows that Captain Child went through the war with Washington, and was the oldest Captain in the service at the capture of Stony Point, in 1779. He was just the man for a night expedition to Concord. Mr. George William Curtis, in speaking of this incident in the history of the Concord fight, in a letter to the writer, says : *' Your new chapter throws light upon the tradition of the horseman at Acton rousing the house with the news after midnight on the i8th. The whole legend is very interesting." And, we may add, seems to be confirmed most unexpectedly from various quarters. The Groton men, of course, came down through Acton, probably after midnight, and no doubt, with or without their burning torches, produced some excite- ment on the road. Importance of the Service of Warren and Revere One result of this story is particularly worthy of notice, since it shows very clearly what has scarcely ever been con- sidered, or, in fact, alluded to, and that is the importance of the service rendered by Paul Revere in his journey to Lex- ington, on Sunday prior to the much more celebrated mid- A New Chapter, etc. 293 night ride which followed it. The story of this ride, quiet and peaceful as it was, has never been immortalized in the lines of the poet ; yet it shows very clearly that the preserva- tion of the cannon — nearly all that the Colony possessed at that time, — and probably the largest portion of the ammu- nition and stores at Concord, were saved, as we have seen, by the cautionary measures of Dr. Warren, and the essential ser- vice of Paul Revere, on the Sunday previous to the fight at Concord bridge. Revere himself makes but very slight mention of this Sun- day ride. He simply says : — The Sunday before, by desire of Dr. Warren, I had been to Lex- ington, to Messrs. Hancock and Adams, who were at the Rev. Mr. Clark's. I returned at night through Charlestown ; there I agreed with a Colonel Conant, and other gentlemen, that if the British went out by water, we would show two lanterns in the North Church Steeple, and if by land, one, as a signal ; for we were apprehensive it would be difficult to cross the Charles River, or get over Boston Neck. (Revere's letter to Dr. Belknap.) We see now more clearly than ever before the importance of Paul Revere's first ride to Lexington. Note Since this paper was read before the Bostonian Society, Mr. Wright has informed the writer that his grandfather, after he had told him the story about the Concord fight, gave to him an old powder-horn which he had used during the war. This powder- horn, he said, he took from a British soldier who had been shot on the retreat to Lexington, and whose body was lying by the roadside in Lincoln. Some of the other men, he said, took off his boots and some of his clothes. The powder-horn, Mr. Wright says, was quite a nice piece of work, and held just one pound of powder. It had a peculiar stopper (probably a spring snapper, like some now known), and at the larger end, on the under side (when hung over 294 Groton during the Revolution the shoulder), was engraved the English coat of arms, and on the upper side, what Mr. Wright says, they call the British Ensign. The bottom of the horn was made of brass, saucer shaped, with a hole half an inch in diameter, in the centre, serving as a tunnel, to pour in the powder, with a wooden stopper. The horn had been used by Mr. Wright and his brother, in their hunting excursions, for many years, and they agree perfectly in the description of it. It was finally lost, by the brother who owned it, in the burning of his house some years ago. After having written the above, the writer was informed by Mr. Winsor, librarian of Harvard College, that there was a powder- horn somewhat answering the above description in possession of the Massachusetts Historical Society. The next day (June ii, 1885) the writer visited the rooms of the Society, in Boston, and was shown by Dr. Green, the librarian, several old powder-horns of a similar character, all of them quite elaborately engraved and sim- ilar in many respects apparently to that described by Mr. Wright, with the exception that these all appeared to be American powder- horns, as one of them seemed to say, *' To be used in the cause of liberty." Mr. Wright's story of this old powder-horn which he had, and the way his grandfather came into possession of it, and its dis- tinct resemblance to those in use at the time, give additional weight and interest to the original story that the Groton men were in the Concord fight on the 19th of April, 1775. The dead soldier was probably one of those buried in the Lincoln graveyard. Appendix 295 Appendix Strictly speaking, the following articles do not belong in this volume, as they are in no way connected with the Revolutionary War. But they bear so closely on the mil- itary history of the town, as a matter of convenience it has been thought best to print them here in an Appendix. Two Groton Soldiers in the Expedition against Carthagena War between Great Britain and Spain was declared on October 23, 1739; and early in the year 1740 the English government sent out an expedition against the Spanish pos- sessions on this continent. The English provinces in America were called upon to furnish their share both of men and means toward the undertaking ; and Massachusetts sent five hundred soldiers who took part in the operations against Carthagena, the principal town on the Spanish main, in the province of New Granada. Of this number only fifty men lived to return, the others for the most part dying of pestilential disease. Among the Massachusetts Archives (XCI. 333) at the State House is an imperfect Muster Roll of Captain John Prescott's Company, which gives the names of two soldiers, natives of Groton, and presumably residents of the town, who served in that unfortunate expedition. They were Josiah Blanchard, aged 40, a blacksmith by trade, who enlisted on May 10, 1740 ; and Joshua Parker, aged 39, " Gentelman," who enlisted on July I. Probably neither lived to return, as there is no 296 Appendix later reference to them in any public record. Blanchard was an only son of James and Anna Blanchard, and was born on June 24, 1698. For eight years his father was town clerk of Groton. I am unable to identify Parker, who belonged to a family very numerous in the town. Military Warrant The following copy of a warrant was made by me some years ago, though I do not know now the ownership of the paper : — To quarter master John Russel of Littelton You are hear by Directed to see that all the Troppers in Lit- telton vnder my Command and Amos Russel of haruard be warned to appear in the Training field in Groton on Tuesday the Tenth Day of October Next at Ten of the Clock in the fore Noon with arms and amonision Compleat according to Law together with your Self Thear to attend Such millatery orders and Instructions as you shall Receiue from your Commanding officers and make Return of this warrant with your Doings thear on to my Self at or before the Day aboue sd Sr the Reason I Troubel you with the warrant Is because I Do not Know wheather we haue a Corporal in Littelton. tr Dated at Groton Sep th 25 1749 ThO^ TaRBELL Cap' [Addressed] To quarter master John Russell in Littelton Groton Artillery Company Last Tuesday se'nnight [September 30] the regiment commanded by Col. Henry Woods, and the company of artillery commanded by Capt. [Amos] Farnsworth, met at Groton, for the purpose of dis- cipline. Their conduct through the whole day was such, as Appendix 297 merited the applause of a numerous body of spectators, and did honor to all those immediately concerned, and clearly demonstrated, they had in view the importance of a well disciplined militia, to a rising nation. "The Independent Chronicle, and the Universal Advertiser," October 9, 1783. The following roster of the Company is found in " The Massachusetts Register" (page 122) for the year 1788: — Artillery Company at Groton, 2d Brig. Amos Farnsworth, Captain, Abijah Prescott, Captain Lieutenant, Samuel Rock wood, y^/'j-/ lieutenant, Winslow Parker, senior second lieutenant, Elnathan Sartell,y««/ 56- 57- 108, 117, 152, 158, 161, 182. Adams, Anna, 249. Adams, Benjamin, 25. Adams, Elizabeth, 268. Adams, Ephraim, 13, 16, 197. Adams [Addams, Adoms], James, 11, 41, 54, 56, 58, 118. Adams, John, 36. Adams, John, Jr., 298. Adams, Joseph, 119, 214. Adams, Moses, 242. Adams, Samuel, 288, 293. Adams, William, 24, 25, 26, 144, 150. Adams and Nourse's paper, 266. " Alarm lists," 3. Albany (N. Y.), 135. Alden, Colonel, 166, 167. Aldridge, George, 36. Alexander, Andrew, 140. Alexander's, 146. Allen, Joseph, 105, iro, 147, 148, 150, 153. 155. 157, 162, 184. Allen, Rev. William, 277. Alley, John C, 307. "American Archives," Force's, 197, 240. American Congress Association, the, 1 10. American Continental Association, the, III. " American Dragoons,'' the, 223. "American Monthly Magazine," the, 214. American Revolution, the, 2. Ames, Amos, 73, 75, 151, 154, 156, 160. Ames, Amos, Jr., 145. Ames [Eames], Eleazer, Si, 105, 121, 136. 139, 159- Ames, Elijah, 32, 36. Ames, John, 21, 24, 119, 209. Ames, John, Jr., 20, 118. Ames [EamesJ, Moses, 26,73,75,87, 91,93,94,95, 145, 170, 172. Ames, Rober, Jr., 183. Ames, Robert, 184. ^ mherst, General, 252. Amsden [Amsdon], Abel, 44, 46, 207. Amsden, Benjamin, 31. Andersonville (Ga.), 308,312. Andover (Mass.), 25, 82, 125, 206, 304. Andrew, Gov. John A., 301. Andros, Sir Edmund, i. " Ann," the, 142. " Annabella," the, 142. Annapolis (Md.), 307. Appleton (Wis.), 305. April, Ninetectit/i of, 1,3, 4, 5. Apthorp, Charles Ward, 257. Archabald [Archabell, Archibel, Arche- bell], David, 11, t,3, 44, 46, 117, 207. Arlington (Mass.), 290. 3i6 Ind ex Ashburnham (Mass.), 261. Ashby (Mass.), 7, 13, 16, 51, 67, 145, 242, 271. Asgood, Joseph, 55. Athol (Mass.), 306. Avery, David, 35, 120. Avery, Elizabeth, 263. Avery, John, 62, 71, 76, 77, 79, 86, 89, 169, 231, 232,234, 275. Ayer (Mass.), 42, 263, 285, 305. Ayer, Samuel, 83. B. Bailey, J., 174. Bailey, Miss Sarah L., 8. Bailey, Thaddeus, 298. Baker, Thomas, 11, 50. Baker, Timothy, 54, 56, 57, 58. Baldwin, Loammi, 25S. Baldwin, Loammi, Jr., 297, 299. Baldwin, Reuben, 26. Baldwin, Capt. William, 252. Baley, John, 26. Baley, Jonathan, 69. Ball, Lieut. Benjamin, 13, 16, 20S, 209. Ball, Ebenezer, 41, 68, ■j^, 7S- Baltimore (Md.), 2, 301. Bancroft, Lieut. Abel, 11, 107, 151, 154, 155. 157. 161, 164, 178, 24S. Bancroft, Capt. Benjamin, 42, iii, 151, 155, 157, 162, 231. Bancroft, Benjamin, Jr., 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133' 134. 135. '36, 137, 13S. 144. 154, 160. Bancroft, Maj. Ebenezer, 242. Bancroft, Edmund, 35, 122, 124. Bancroft, James, 65. Bancroft, Jonathan, 274. Bancroft, Joseph, 96, 99, 102, 176. Bancroft, Thaddeus, 91, 93, 94, 95, 170. Bancroft [Bancraft], 81, William, 121, 122,139, 171, 175. Barber, John Warner, 116. Barker, Asa, 26. Barker, Lieut. Moses, 26. Barnes, Capt. Moses, 86; payroll of his company, 86. Barney, Michel, 213. Baron, Nat., 138. Barr, Aaron, 202. Barre (Mass.), 306. Barrett, Colonel James, 286, 289. Barrett, James, 121, 122, 126, 129, 131, 132, 133. 134. 135' 136, 137. 138- Barrett, James V., 307. Barritt, Samuel, 68. Barron, Joseph, 26. — Barron, Oliver, 221. _ Bartlet, Eliezer, 26. Bascom, Elizabeth, 206 Bass, Capt. Phillip, 206. Baton Rouge (La.), 307. Bayley, Nathaniel, 71. Beak, Philip Johnson, 200. Beard, Jonathan, 220. Beaufort (S. C), 309. Bedford (Mass.), 51, 242, 291. Beels, Benjamin, 165. Belknap, Rev. Jeremy, 200, 293. Belnap, Capt. Samuel, 241. Bennet [Bennitt], Benjamin, 49, 68, 213. Bennet, Jonathan, 298. Bennett, John, 140. Bennett [Bennet, J^)innet], Thomas, 154, 155, 158. Bennett, Thomas, Jr., 298. Bennington (Vt.), 52, 55, 62, 146, 147, 148. Bentley, Susanna, 251. Betis, Mr., 259. Bickford [ISigford], Jonathan, 54. 56, 57' 5S- Bigelow [Biglow], Aaron, 11, 17,49, 81, 1 18, 122, 139. l^igelow, Anna, 280. Bigelow, Hon. George Tyler, 297. Bigelow, Simeon, 69. Bigelow, Col. Timothy, 122, t24, 130, 131, 132, 136, 13S. 147, 171, 172, 173, 214, 280, 297, 298, 299. Bigelow, Tyler, 297, 299. Billerica (Mass.), 25, 44, 46, 167, 200, 201, 222, 233, 242, 282. Billings, Daniel, 53, 56, 58. Bird, Shattuck, 84. Bixby [Higsby], Thomas, 43, 46. Bizel, Robert, 22, 210. Black Horse tavern, the, 289. Ind ex 317 Blake, Mr., 259. Blake, Warren [H.], 307. Blanchard, Anna, 296. Blanchard, James, 296. Blanchard, Josiali, 295, 296. Blanchard, Moses, 69. Blanchard, Nathaniel, go, 93, 94, 170, 183. Bliss, Lieut. Joseph, 129. Bliss, Major, 42. Blodget, Ensign Nehemiah, 52, 55, 56, 57, 64. Blodgett, David, 197. Blodgett, William, 281. Blood, Abraham, 20, 22, 24, 29, 199, 210. Blood, Amos, 250. Blood, Asa, 185. Blood, Benjamin, 20, 21,24, iiS, 209. Blood, Caleb, 47, 48, loS, 122. Blood, Caleb, Jr., 81, 139. Blood, David, 35, 87, 88, 89. Blood, Corp. Edmund, 28, 80, iiS. Blood, James, Jr., 29, 119. Blood, John, 81, 122, 139, 183. Blood, Jonas, 87, 1S5. Blood, Jonathan, 183. Blood, Lemuel, 20, 21,24, 210. Blood, Martha, 34. Blood, Moses, 36, 220. Blood, Oliver, 148, 151, 154, 156, 160. Blood, Oliver, Jr., 151, 156. Blood, Oliver, 3d, 298. Blood, Peter, 29, 41, 119. Blood, Rachel, 264. Blood, Royal, 183. Blood, Samuel, 90, 93, 94, 95, 170, 171, 281. Blood, Lieut. Shattuck, 28, 41, 65, 79, 80, 85, 248. Blood, Shattuck, Jr., 165, 1S3. Blood, Stephen, Jr., 53, 62, 63. Blood, Susan, 262. Blood, Timothy, 29S. Blood, William, 34. Board of War, the, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 267. Bodge, John, 214. Boies, A. J., 310. Bolten, Timothy, 26. Bolton, Edward, 298. Bolton (Mass.), 47, 260. Bolton, William, 40. Bond, Austin W., 307. Bond, Henry, 53, 57, 58. Bond, Thomas, 105, 108, 137. Bond, Lieut. Col. William, 48. Bonney, Captain, 230. Boston (Mass.), 5, 6, 65, 67, 142, 177, 194, 203 ; the poor of, 205 ; the siege of, 205, 230. Boston Company of Artillery, the, 2S9, 290. " Boston Daily Advertiser," the, 202, 282, 2S3. " Boston Daily Atlas," the, 281. " Boston Evening Transcript," the, 9, 30- " Boston Gazette, and Country Jour- nal," the, 195, 199, 245, 25s, 256, 258, 265, 270. Boston Harbor, 2, 142. "Boston Herald," the, 312. Boston Jail, 59. " Boston Medical and Surgical Jour- nal," the, 305. Boston Neck, 293. Boston Overseers of the Poor, the, 193. " Boston Patriot and Daily Chronicle," the, 217, 282. Boston Post Bill^ the, 193. " Boston Post-Boy and Advertiser," the, 244. " Boston Recorder," the, 203. " Boston Sunday Herald," the, 285. " Boston Weekly News Letter," the, 222. Bostonian Society, the, 285, 293. Bounds, Widow, 206. Bowdoin College, 260, 277. Bowen, Abigail, 280. liowers, Benjamen, 55, 56, 57, 58. Bovvers, Isaac, 249. Bowers, James, 21, 24. Bowers, John, 185. Bowers, Lieut. Josiah, 52, 55, 56, 57, 64. Bowers, Sampson, CS. Boyden [Boiden], Jonathan, 21, 24, 29, 77- Boyden, Samuel, 19, 117, 254. Boynton, Abijah, 35. 3i8 Ind ex Boynton, Abraham, 36. Boynton [Boyanton], Isaac, 13, 16. Boynton, Jane, 247. Boynton, John, 36. Boynton, Capt. Joseph, 250. Bradford, Col. Samuel, 276. Brazen, Christopher, 206. Brazen, Christopher, Jr., 206. Brazer [Hrazier], Benjamin, 122, 123, 139- Brazer, William Phillips, 10. Breed's Hill, 203, 218, 219. Brewer, Col. Samuel, 52, 55, 56, 57, 61, 62, 63, 64, 81. Bridge, Colonel, 48, 201, 220. Briggs, Leonard, 200. Briggs, Tobias, 48. Bright, Mathew. 214. British grenadiers, the, 5. British Troops, the Advcuice of the, 4. Broad Meadow Road, the, 301. Brookline (Mass.), 168, 208. Brooklyn (Ct.), 30. Brooks, Benjamin, 13, 16. Brooks, Col. Eleazer, 77, 78, 242, 243. Brooks, General John, 273. Brooks, Jonas B., 16, 31, 208. Brooks, Jonathan, 307. Brooks, Simeon, t^-}^, 69, 79. Brooksville (Me.), 260, 284. Brow, Lieutenant, 212. Brown, Aaron, 278. Brown, Capt. Abishai, 76; abstract of his company, 76; muster-roll of his company, 77. Brown, Andrew, 37, 74. Brown, Captain, 271, 274, 275. Brown, Ephraim, 13, 16, 54, 56, 57, 72, 209. Brown, Isaac, 51. Brown, John, 69, 200, 245, 246. Brown, John Campbell, 180. Brown, Thomas, 26. Brown, Woodbridge, 77. Buckminister, Lieut. 1-awssen, 242. Bugbee, James McKellar, 247. Bulkley, Rebecca, 261. Bullard, Rev. John, 218. BuUard, Joseph, 299. Bunker Hill, 9, 45, 229, 230, 247, 252. Bunker Hill, Battle of, 8, 42, 45, 47, 49, 59,65, 147; Groton men killed in the fight, 198; error on Tablets, 199; a Groton man shot Pitcairn, 200; first man to fire, 201 ; first man killed, 201 ; first man wounded, 202 ; last man to leave the field, 202 ; an anni- versary of the fight, 203 ; 204, 205, 211, 216, 217, 218, 219, 221, 259, 262, 269, 277, 281, 282, 292. Bunker Hill Memorial Tablets, 199, 202, 211. Bunker Hill Monument, the, 203, 217. Bunker Hill Monument Association, the, Proceedings of, 220, 228. Burbeck, Colonel, 239. Burge, John, 8, 15, 16. Burgoyne, General, 250, 253, 281, 283. Burk, William, 120. Burns, Hon. George James, 305. Burnside expedition, the, 304. Bush [Boosh], William, 155, 158. Butler, Caleb, g, 113, 195, 283. Butman [Butmon], Zebulin, 55, 56, 57. Butterfield [Buterfield], Corp. Eleazer, 13, 16, 72, 74. Butterfield, Lieut. Peter, 40, 54, 56, 57, 58, 67, 68. Butterfield, Philip, 73, 75. Buttrick, Benjamin, 298. Buttrick [Buttericks], Major John, 203, 282. C. Caldwell, John B., 308. Calf, Mrs. Mary, 206. Cambridge (Mass.), 3, 7,8, 16, 17, 18, 19, 28, 33, 42, 49, 50, 51, 59, 65, 82, 87, 115, r2o, 127, 131,137, 177, 178, 196, 202, 205, 209, 211, 212, 213, 215, 216, 229, 241, 249, 251, 263, 264, 267, 269, 271, 272, 277. Cambridge Jail, the, 142. Camp Nelson (Ky.), 309. Camfi Stevens at Groton, 303-306. Campbell, Lt. Col. Archibald, 142, 167, 168. Campbell, Daniel, 69. Campbell, Capt. Louring, 16S. Campbell, Robart, 144, 149, 150, 168. Campbell, Mrs. Robart, 149, 150. Ind ex 3^9 Campbell [Cambell], William, 54, 56, 57, 58. Canada, 252. Cape Breton, 277. Capell's Mills, 301. Capen, I,ieut. Josiah, 241. Caprin, Thomas, 73, 75. Capron, Jonathan, 20, 21, 24, 78, 80, 209. Capron, Jonathan, Jr., iiS. Carlan, James, 308. Carlisle (Mass.), 291. Carlton, Lieut. Col. Sam, 61, 62. Carpenter, Richard, 200. Carthagena (New Granada), 295. Casco Bay, 82, 123. Castle, the, in Boston Harbor, 2. Castle William, 244. Cawin, William, 44, 46. Chace, Joshua, 31. Chamberland, John, 73, 75. Chamberlin, Isaac, 36. Chamberlin, John, 36. Chamberlin, Joseph, 36. Chamberlin, Mary, 259. Champney, Ebenezer, 184. Chandler, Rebecca, 51. Chandler, Rev. Seth, 38. Chandler, Susanna, 263. Chaney, Lieut. John, 72, 74. Chantilly (Va.), 304. Chapin, James M., 308. Chaplin, Rev. Daniel, D.D., 218, 227. Charles River, the, 293. Charlestown [Charleston] (Mass.), 4, 17, 26,45, 123, 203, 205, 228, 229, 241, 260, 264, 266, 267, 269, 288, 293, 297. Charlestown Neck, 219. Charlestown (N. H.), 281. Chase, Abel, 68. Chase, Jacob, 184. Chase, Joseph, 113, 180, 182. Chase, Joseph, Jr., 180. Chase, Lucy, 180. Chase, Moody, 184. Chase, Moses, 13, 16, 73, 74, 96, 99, 102, 145, 176, 208, 298. Chase, Peter, 298. Chelmsford (Mass.), 17, 24, 25, 36, 59, 65, 78, 201, 221, 242, 252. Chelsea (Mass.), 7, 229. Cherry Valley (N. Y.), 166, 167. ChicopeeRow, 26. Child, Capt. Abijah, 48 ; return of his company, 48, 252. Child, Anna (Adams), 249. Child, Isaac, 249. Child Manuscripts, the, 250. Child, Moses, log, no, in, 123, 125, 134. 137, 151- 152, 154, 155. 158. 160, 196, 249. Child, Samuel Mitchell, 249. Child, Sarah (Stiles), 249. Childs, Capt. Abrahavi, 220, 251, 292. Childs, Mrs. Abraham, 252, 253. Childs, David, 251. Childs, Rebecca (Stowell), 251. Childs, Susanna (Bentley | Woolley), 251. Church, Moses, 171, 173, 174. Cincinnati, Massachusetts Society of the, 247. Claremont (N. H.), 18. Clark, Elijah, 263. Clark, Eusebius S., 307. Clark, Lieut. Isaac, 242. Clark, Rev. Jonas, 293. Clark, Jonathan, 109. Clark, Thomas, 40. Clark, William, 68. Clarke, Daniel, 68. Clarke [Clark], John, 13, 16. Classes of Soldiers, 100-108. Clinton (Mass.), 303. Clough [Claugh], John, 44,46, 208. Clough, Joseph, 81, 140. Clough, William, 55, 56, 57, 58. Coat Rolls, 207, 213. Cobbecut River, 200. Coburn, Jonathan, 84, 85. Coburn, Sargt. Nathan, 26. Coburn, Capt. Peter, 48. Coburn, Samson, 213. Colborn, Smith, 213. Colbourn [Calbourn], Jonathan. 20, 21, 24, 119, 209. Colbourn, Thomas, 44, 47. Colbourn, William, n. Colburn, Titus, 213. Colby, Ambross, 206. Cole, Samuel, 81, 123. 320 Index Colier, Widow, 164. Collins, Daniel, 69. Collins, Thomas, 207. Colman, Benjamin, 69. Colman, Thomas, 81. "Columbian Centinel," the, 39, 223, 251, 259, 281, 282, 284,302. Colvin [Colven, Caluin], Thomas, 43, 46, 140. Combs, John, 44, 46. Commings [Coming, Cumens], Bris- tol, 55, 56, 57, 58. Commings, Corp. James, 72, 74. Committee of Correspondeuce, the, 27, 191, 192, 195. Committee of Safety, the, 3, 4, 6, 230, 231, 240, 287, 288, 289. Committee of Supplies, the, 4, 230, 231, 288, 2S9, 290. Common, the, 1 16. Common land, 257. Conant, Colonel, 288, 293. Conant, Daniel, 68. Conant, John, 272. Conant, Jonathan, 40. Conant, Lieut. Nathan, 70. Conant, Sergt. Shebuel, 40, 72, 74. Concord (Mass.), 4, 5, 76, 122, 136, 142, 151, 169, 215, 230, 241, 257, 258, 282, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 303. Concord Bridge, 203, 291, 293. " Concord Fight, New Chapter in the History of the," 5, 231, 285-294; 203, 231, 285, 289, 292, 293, 294. Concord Minute-men, the, 290, 291. Conn, William, 81, 124, 139. Connecticut River, the, 269. Connecticut Valley, the, 276. Conrey, Samuel, 43, 46. Continental Army, 39, 62 ; alphabetical list of three-years' men enlisted in, 81 ; list of nine-months' men, 84,85 ; list of six-months' men, 90-96. Continental Congress, the, 42, iio. " Continental Journal and Weekly Ad- vertiser," the, 243, 246. Cook, Enoch, 31, 117, 149, 151, 154, 156, 161. Cooke, Samuel, 298. Cooper, Johnathan, 298. I S3, 4- 211, 213. 209, 65, Cooper [Coopper], Solomon, 68, 154, 157.163. Coos [Coas] Country (N. H.), 7, i Corey [Cory] Chambers, 49, 199, 212. Corey [Cory], Capt. Ephraim, 49 turn of his company, 49, 210, 214. Corey, Corp. Isaac, 53, 56, 57. Corey [Cory], Nathan, 21, 24, 85, 285, 286, 287, 292. Corey, Nathaniel, 84. Corey, Philip, 213. Corey [Cory], Samwell, 212. Corey, Silas, 213. Corey s Company, Captain, 213. Cornell, E., 88. Cortland (N. Y.), 227. Cory, Simeon, 26. Court of Common Pleas, the, 264, 266. Cowdin, Thomas, 182. Cowper, Samuel, 259. Crage, David, 140. Crage, Thomas, 81. Crain, Colonel, 129. Cransom, Capt. Amasa, 241. Creige [Creack], John, 141, 167. Crockett, William, Jr., 308. Crosby, Lucy (Shed), 260. Crosby, Timothy, 55, 56, 57, 58. Crown Point, 252, 269, 383. Cruse, Corporal, 200. Cummings [Cumings], Reuben, 41,254 Cummings, Samuel, 36. Curtis, George William, 292. Cutler, Elizabeth, 247. Cutler, Jonas, in, 249. Cutler, Captain Solomon, 145. Cutter [Cuter], Nathaniel, 54, 55 57, 58. Cutts, Joseph, 303. D. "D.viLY Centinel and G.\zette," the. 284. " Daily Evening Traveller," the, 284. Dale, Surgeon-General Wm. J., 305. Dallas (Ga.), 312. ,56, Ind ex 321 Damond, Captain, 145. Dana, Henry Swan, 28 1. Dana, Rev. Samuel, 1 11, 112, 154, 160, 195. 196, 197, 220, 248, 280. Dana, Stephen, 127. Danby (Conn.), 171. Dane, Samuel, 152. Danforthj Asa, 44, 46. Darling, David, 299. Darling, James, 73, 75. Davis, Abel, 29S. Davis, Abel, Jr., 184. Davis, Amos, 281,299. Davis, Amos, Jr., 298. Davis, Benjamin, 151, 154, 155, 157, 160. Davis, Caleb, 226. Davis, Ebenezer, 69. Davis, Eleazer, 51, 183. Davis, Gideon, 83. Davis, Henry, 84, 85. Davis, Isaac, 282. Davis [Davise], James, 14, 16, 31, 208. Davis [Davise], Joel, 14, 16. Davis, Jonas, 208. Davis, Jonathan, 49. Davis, Joshua, 11. Davis [Davise] Josiali, 14, 16, 69. Davis [Dauis], Peter, 43, 46, 208. Davis, Rebecca (Chandler), 51. Davis, Rebekah, 51. Davis [Dauis], Silas, 43, 46. Davison, John, 126. Dean, Hiruni, 36. Dearborn, Gen. Henry A. S., 217, 219. Deney, Colonel, 81. Dennes, Arthur, 18. Dennis, John, 54, 55, 56, 58. Derby (Penn.), 283. DerumpJe, John, 183. Derumple [Dirumpbel], William, 13, 16, 18, 20, 41, 117, 148, 152, 154, 15S, 160, 208, 254. Derumple [Derumpel|, William, Jr., 117. Deserted House (Va.), 311. Dexter, Arthur, 228. De.xter, Prof. Franklin B., 203. Dickerson, Ceaser, 213. Dickerson, Paul, 35. Dickey, Elias, 36, 210. Dickson, Gilburt, 35. Dike, Colonel, 79, 80. Dimond, Mrs. Abigail, 18. Ditson, Serg. Thomas, 127. Dix, Jonas, 20. Dodge, Lieut. Isaac, 43, 46, 143, 312. Dodge [Dogg], James, 22, 24, 59, 118, 199, 204, 210. Dodge, Job, 54, 56, 58. Dodge, Joseph, 40. Dodge, Samuel, 298. Dodge, Sybil, 121. Dole, Amos, 40, 68, 96, 99, 104, 176, 260. Dole, Matilda, 260. Donlan, Michael, 30S. Doolittle, 220. Dorchester (Mass.), 177, 305. Dorchester Heights, 78, 79, 268. Dover (Me.), 260. Dover (Mass.), 247. Dows, Joseph, 26. Dracut (Mass.), 48, 242. Drummond [Drummand], Patrick, 141, 142, 149. Dudley, John, 154. Dudley, Gov. Joseph, 302. Duggan, Patrick F., 312. Duggan, William F., 312. Dunstable (N. H.), 44, 47, 222, 242, Dunster, Henry, 14, 16. D.urant, Jacob, 55, 56, 58. Dutton, Thomas, 54, 56, 57, 58,61. Dvvinell, John, 213. E. E.A.ST Cambridge (Mass.), 9, 265. East Hoosuck (Adams, Mass.), 146. East Pepperell (Mass.), 240. East Salem (N. Y.), 30. Eaton, John, 26, 54, 55, 57, 58. Eaton, Person [Peason], 54, 55, 57, 58. Eaton's, 146. Echo of the Spanish War, 312. Edes [Fads], Charlestown, 90, 93, 94, 95,96, 99, 103, 170, 171, 176. Edes, Isaiah, 171. Edes and Gill, 198. 322 Ind ex Edgartowii (Mass.), 203. Edgerton, James, 68. Egerton, Joseph, 32. Ellis, Rev. Dr. George E., 5. Ely, Justin, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95. Emerson, Rev. Daniel, 268. Emerson, Hannah (Emerson), 268. Emerson, John, 69. Emerson, Mary, 268. Emerson, Corp. Samuel Moody, 72, 74. Emerson, Timothy, 69. Emery [Emary], John, 14, 16, 55, 57, 58. Emmet Collection, the, 278. " Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in Groton, Mass.," Green's, 292. " Essex," the, 300. "Essex Gazette," the, 45, 59, 195, 196. Evans, George S., 308. Evens [Euans], David, 53, 56, 58. Everett, Molly, 247. Eustus, Capt. Benjamin, 129. Exception, A71, 255. Fairfield, Capt. Matthew, 137, 138. Fair Oaks (Va.), 307. Falkner, John, 141. Falmouth (Me.), 81, 123. Falmouth (Mass.), 244. Farley, Samuel, 21, 23, 120. Farmer, Aaron, 73, 75. Farmer, Sergt. Edward, 26. Farmer, Jonas, 14, 16. Farmer, Samuel, 26. Farmers' Row, 9, 301. Farnesworth, Abel, 298. Farnsworth, Aaron, 118, 181. Farnsworth, Capt. Amos, diary of, 5, 7; II, 13, 16,70, 153, 154, 157, 160, 211, 220, 261, 263, 273, 296, 297. Farnsworth, Azubah, 262. Farnsworth, Benjamin, 8, -x^t^, i 19, 298. Farnsworth, Daniel, 243. Farnsworth, Ebenezer, 80, 84, 85. 91, 93,94,95, 149, 172, 180, 183. Farnsworth, Ebenezer, Jr., 170. Farnsworth, Edmund, Si, 124, 139, 166. Farnsworth, Ephraim, 29S. Farnsworth, Ezra, 298, 299. Farnsworth, Harbor, 69, 77, 96, 99, 102, 176. Farnsworth, Isaac, 97, 102, no, iii, 120, 122, 125, 126, 128, 129, 130, 141, 144, 151, 155, 156, 159, 163, 171, 184, 196, 278. Farnsworth, James, 299. Farnsworth, Jonas, 124. Farnsworth, Lydia (Longley), 263. Farnsworth, Matthias, 32, 33, 257. Farnsworth, Oliver, 11,73, 74' i'^. "9> 145. Farnsworth, Oliver, Jr., 11. Farnsworth, Samuel, 43, 46, 207, 298. Farnsworth, William, 172. Farr, William, 69. Farrar, Sergt. Noah, 14, 16, 68. Farrar, Stephen, 298. Farrar [Farrer], Corp. Zebediah, 53, 55-57,58- Farrington, Lieut. Col. Thomas, 125, 126, 255, 256. Farrington, Thomas, Jr., 82, 125. Farwell, Abel, 78, 108, 181. Farwell, Benjamin, 79. 80, 180. Farwell, David, 82, 96, 99, 104, 125, 176. Farwell, Elizabeth, 8. Farwell, Ephraim, 80. Farwell, Hannah (Worster), 9. Farwell, Captain Henry, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; muster-rolls of his company, 10-15, 13; return of his company, 15-17; 38, no, 118, 151, 154, 155, 161, 208, 209, 211, 216, 225, 263, 277. Farwell, Henry, Jr., 298. Farwell, Isaac, 281. Farwell, James B., 10. Farwell, Jonathan, 9, 10, 277. Farwell, Lydia (Tarbell), 9. Farwell, Samuel, 257. Farwell, Sarah (Taylor), 9. Farwell, Silas, 298. Farwell, Submit, 124, 125. Farwell, Thomas, 31, 151, 154, 156, 161. Farwell [Farewell], William, 8, 11, 28, 41,90.93.94.95. I47.254- Farwell, William, Jr., 170. Farwell, Zaccheus, 14, 16, 32, 208. Fa?zaeirs Bullet, Captain, 9. Ind ex 323 Fassett [Tesset], Lieut. Atnaziah, 221, 222. Fassett, Ede (Richardson), 222. Fassett, Patrick, 222. Faulkner, Eli, 299. Fay, Samuel, 65. Fife [Fyfe], John, 11, 41, 68. Fifteenth Massachusetts Regiment, the, 125, 172, 173, 174, 175. Fifth Massachusetts Regiment, the, 125. Fifty-third Regiment of Infantry, the, 303- First Parish Meeting-house, the, iS, 116, 264. First Parish Meeting-house, the, Pep- perell, 34. Fish, Nathan, 36. Fisher, Jabez, 37, 47. Fisher, Justice, 89. Fishkill (N. Y.), 84, 85, 174, 255. Fisk, Amasa, 59. Fisk, Amos, 44, 45, 59, 199. Fisk, Benjamin, 78. Fisk, Lieut. Daniel, 67, 68. Fisk, David, 68. Fisk, John, 31, 41. Fisk, Josiah, 45. Fisk, Peter, 50, 199, 211. Fisk, Pomp, 213. Fisk, Rachel, 211. Fisk, Reuben, 31. Fisk, Sarah, 45. Fisk, Thomas, 35. Fisk, Wainright, 37. Fisk's, 146. Fitch, Abigail, 51. Fitch, Betsey (Tuttle), 51. Fitch, Elizabeth (Grimes), 51. Fitch, John, 51, 298. Fitch, Joseph, 51, 182. Fitch, Lydia (Tuck), 51. Fitch papers, the, 52, 64, 83. Fitch, Rebekah (Davis), 51. Fitch, Richard, 51. Fitch, Sibyl (Lakin), 51. Fitch, William, 182. Fitch, Zachariah, Jr., 298. Fitch, Captain Zecliariah, II, 51, 63; pay-roll of his company, 52-58, 60, 61, 62, 63 ; abstract of his company, 64 ; 65,83, 105, 106, 107, 108, 149, 152, 154, 158, 161, 163, 282. Fitch's Bridge, 52. Fitchburg (Mass.), 51, 1S2, 303, 312. Flagg, Eleazer, 20, 117. Fletcher, Daniel, 87, 88, 89, 90, 93, 94, 95, 125, 170. Fletcher, David, 298, 299. Fletcher, Ezekiel, 18, 105, 118, 150, 152, 154, 248. Fletcher, James, 54, 55. Fletcher, Sergt. Levi, 53, 55, 56, 58. Fletcher, Oliver, 248. Fletcher, Oliver, Jr., 183. Fletcher, Paul, 77, 154, 155, 158. Fletcher, Pelati, 138. Fletcher, Phebe, 263. Fletcher, Reuben, 263. Fletcher, Susanna (Chandler), 263. Flint, Eli, 298. Flint, Lieut. John, 25, 26. Fogg, Dr. John S. H., 297. Follings, Lewis, 206. Forbush, Ephraim, 53, 55, 56, 50. Force, Peter, 197, 240. Ford, John, 65. Fortneau, John, 144. Former, John, 150. P'oster, Abel, 14, 16. Foster, Amos, 201. Foster, Amos, Jr., 54, 55, 57, 58. Foster, Daniel, 14, 16, 208. Foster, David, 202. Foster, Jonathan, 69. Foster, Sergt. Silas, 53, 56, 57, 58. Foster [Forster], Simeon, 36,38,118, 165. Foster, Stephen, 22, 24, 59, 118, 199, 210. Foster, Capt. Thomas Wait, 49; return of his company, 49. Fowle, George, 251. Fo.x, Colonel, 243. Fox, Josiah, 55, 56, 57, 58. Framingham (Mass.), 242, 267. Francis, Coi. Ebenezer, 268. Francis, Richard, 73, 75. Franconia (N. H.), 263. Franklin (Mass.), 264. Freeman, Nathaniel, 246. French and Indian War, the, 2, 3, 8, 249. 324 Ind ex French, Ebenezer, 73, 75. French, Jonathan, 73, 75. Frost, Benjamin, 184. Frost, Ephraim, 127. Frost, John, 105. Frost, Jonathan, 183. Frost, Joseph, 14, 16, 85, 118, 183, 208. Frothinghani, Richard, 8, 205, 221. Frye, Cato, 82, 126. Fulham (Vt.), 36. Fuller, A., 76, 86, 88, 89, 90, 95, 265. Fuller, Capt. Edward, 241. Fullick, George A., 30S. Gage, General, 285, 287, 2S8, 290, 291. Gammel [Gammeli, Ganiel], William, 53. 56, 57, 58- Gardner, Capt. Aaron, 242. Gardner, Henry, 170. Gardner, Joseph, 256. Gardner, Samuel, 123. Garfield, [Garffield, Gaffield], Jesse, 82, 127, 139. Garfield [Gafield], Thaddeus, 53, 55, 56. Gass, Thomas, 298. Gates, General, 136, 253. Gelson, John, 41. Gelston, Dr. Saimiel, 244-246. Gelson, Lieut. Samuel, 40. Gelston family, the, 246. " Genealogy of the Child, Chikls, and Childe families," the, 250. General Assembly of the State of Mas- sachusetts-Bay, the, Resolves of, 222, 223. General Court, the, 2, 3, 27, 43, 90, 91, 94, 95, 100, 144, 162, 165, 176, 177, 182, 232, 233, 244, 245, 264, 266, 267, 283,301. "George," the, 142, 16S. Georgetown (Mass.), 15, 21. Gerrish, Colonel, 218, 230. Gettysburg (Pa.), 309, 310. Gibson, Ephraim, 69. Gibson, John, 69. Gilbert, Capt. Samuel, 50 ; return of his company, 50. Giles [Jilles], Ebenezer, 73, 75. Giles, Richard, 213. Gill, Moses, 12, 32. Gillson [Gilson], Amasa, 19, 118. Gillson [Gilson], Daniel, 19, 51, 82, 117, 127, 128, 135, 139, 212. Gillson [Gilson], Daniel, Jr., 82, 127, 128, 139. Gillson, Jonas, 151. Gillson, Peter, 73, 75. Gillson [Gilson], Lieut. Samuel, 21, 23, 31, 67, 120. Gillson, Simon, 32. Gillson [Gilson], Solomon, 20, 21, 24, 80, 117, 183, 209. Gilson, Elizabeth, 42. Gilson, Widow, 121. Gleason, George A., 308. Glidden, Arnel, 128. Gliden, Arnold, 82. Gloucester (Mass.), 15, 39. Glover, Gen. John, 90, 91, 92,93. Goddard, John, 96, 99, loi, 176. Gooding, Elizabeth, 270. Goold, Benjamin, 214. Gordon, Mrs., 168. Gorson, Joseph, 213. Gould [Goold], Moriah, 14, 16. Gould, Phineas, 298, 299. Gould, Simeon, 82, 140. Governor Sullivan Place, the, 229. Gowing [Gowin], Joseph, 46, 208. Gragg, Mrs. Elizabeth, 66. Gragg, Jacob, 123, 15S, 159. Gragg, Jacob, Jr., 1S3. Gragg, John, 29, 66, 77, 117, 152, 154. 155. '58. Gragg [Gregg], John, Jr., 82,92, 93. 94, 95, 140, 170. Gragg, Mr., 248. Gragg, Sergt. Samuel, 28, 77, 152, 154, 160, I S3, 264. Gragg, Rev. William, 264. Grant, Joseph, 206. " (jrape-vine telegraph," the, 4. Graves, John, 19, iiS, 183. Graves [Graues], William, 53, 55, 57, 58. Great Britain, 295. Great Road, the, 301. Green, Abigail, 27. Index 325 Green, Benjamin, 28, 41. Green, Eleazer, 21, 24, 84, 85, 96, 117, 149, 183, 209. Green, Eleazer, Jr., 20, 96, 99, 102, 176. Green, James, 26. Green, Mary, 26. Green, Oliver, 54, 56, 58. Green, Samuel, 21, 24. Green, Dr. Samuel A., remarks on Col. William Prescott, 227 ; 292, 294. Green, Simeon, 21, 24. Green, Simon, 36. Green, William, 37. Green, Adj. William, 15. Greenfield (Mass.), 146. Greenock (Scotland), 142. Gridley, Hon. Richard, 49. Grimes, Elizabeth, 51. Grimes, Moses, 213. Groton (Mass.), minute-men in, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9; Capt. Farwell's company, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17; Capt. Lawrence's, 18- 26 ; Capt. Sartell's, 28-30; Capt. Saw- tell's, 31-33; closely identified with Pejjperell, 2^; Capt. Nutting's com- pany, 33-37 ; Capt. Haskell's, 30-42 ; Capt. Moors's, 42, 47 ; Capt. Long- ley's, 47, 48 ; Capt. Child's, 48 ; Capt. Coburn's, 48 ; Capt. Corey's, 49, 213; Capt. Foster's, 49; Capt. Gilbert's, 50; Capt. Parker's, 50; Capt. Wy- man's, 51; Capt. Fitch's, 52-58; Capt. Shattuck's, 68-70; Capt. La- kin's, 71-76; Capt. Brown's, 76; Capt. Warren's, 77 ; Capt. Minot's, 79; Capt. Lyman's, 80; Capt. Hart- well's, 80; Capt. White's, 81 ; alpha- betical list of three-years' men, 8r ; list of nine-months' men, 84, 85 ; Capt. Barnes' company, 86 ; list of six-months' men, 90-96 ; return of three-years' men, 97 ; Hosmer's Book No. I, 99; classes of soldiers, 100- 108 ; extracts from the town records, 109-112; revolutionary papers, 113- 180; First Parish Meeting-house and Common, 116; the Shays Rebellion, 181, 271-277; revolutionary items, 189; the Tea Tax, 191 ; Rev. Samuel Dana, 195; Rev. Samuel Webster's Sermon, 197 ; at Bunker Hill, 198-203 ; petitions and accounts, 204 ; the poor of Boston proportioned to, 206; coat rolls, 207 ; Major Samuel Lawrence, 214; testimony given by men of, 217; survivors of the Battle of Bun- ker Hill in 1825, 220; Dr. Nehemiah Abbot, 221 ; Lieut. Amaziah Fasset, 221 ; Capt. Samuel Tarbell, 223 ; the Lawrence Farm, 225; Col. William Prescott, 227 ; the Prescott Monu- ment, 228 ; Capt. Asa Lawrence, 229 ; miscellaneous items, 230; Daniel Farnsworth, 243 ; Dr. Samuel Gel- ston, 244; Capt. John Williams, 246; William Nutting's Diary, 247 ; Moses Child, 249; Capt. Abraham Childs, 251; a singular petition, 254; an ex- ception, 255; absentees, 256; out- laws, 257; Capt. William Scott, 258; soldiers living in Maine, 260 ; Sons of the Revolution, 260; Revolution- ary pensioners, 261 ; a shire town during the Revolution, 264; census of 1790, 267; some civil officers dur- ing the Revolution, 267 ; a Revolu- tionary surgeon, 268 ; an interesting map, 269; Thomas Sackville Tufton, 270 ; soldiers' epitaphs, 279; obituary records, 281 ; two soldiers in the expe- dition against Carthagena, 295 ; artil- lery company, 296 ; the South Mili- tary Company, 297 ; a naval hero, 300 ; military matters, 301 ; Camp Stevens at, 303-306 ; roll of honor, 306-312; echo of the Spanish War, 312. Grotoii, a Shire Tcwii (lii7-ini^ the Rtvo- Itition, 264. Groton Academy, the, see Laiiueitee Acadeiny. Groton Artillery Company, 296, 301, 302. Groton church records, 9. Groton companies, the, in the Revolu- tion, i; muster-rolls, 11, 13, 15, 18. " Groton during the Shays Rebellion," 276. Groton Gore (N. H.), 269, 281. "Groton Historical Series," the, i, 52, 189, 247, 262, 276, 285. Groton Historical Society, the, 52. 326 Ind ex Groton Junction, 304, 305. " Groton Landmark," the, 305. Grotoit Military Matters, 301. Groton Ministerial Fund, the, 27. Groton minute-men, the, 291. Groton School, the, 42. Groton Soldiers living in Maine, 260. Grout, Colonel, 204. H. Hacket, Daniel, 26. Hadley (Mass.), 49, 278. Hager, Lieut. Isaac, 241. Hail, Joseph, 40. Hale, Asa, 68. Halifax (N. S.), 199, 200, 252. " Halifax Ciazette," the, 190. Hall, Daniel, 74. Hall, Edmund P., 309. Hall, Isaac, 299. Hall, Isaiah, 282. Hall, John, 26. Hall, Joseph, 32. Hall's paper, 266. Hamblet, Jonathan, 53, 56, 57, 58. Hamlin, Seth, 173. " Hampshire Gazette," the, 283. Hampton (N. H.),24o. Hancock, John, 169, 226, 288, 289, 290, 293; Harrington, Thadeus, 40. Harris, Amos, 298. Harris, Ebenezer, 30. Harris, Robert, 195. Hart, Daniel, 29S. Hart, l>:iias, 298. Hart, Surg. John, 15. HartweJl, James A. [Adam J.], 309. Hartwell, Jeffery, 26. Hartwell, Capt. John, 80; muster-roll of his company, 80. Hartwell, Jonathan, 68. Hartwell, Mary, 153, 157, i6r, 166. Hartwell, Oliver, 105, 183, 260. Hartwell, Samuel, 66, 183, 242. Hartwell, Sarah, 66. Hartwell, Sarah (Ilolden), 66. Harvard (Mass.), 39, 44, 46, 183, 220. Harvard College, 196, 240, 264, 268, 268, 269, 294, 304. Haseltine, Jonas, 54, 56, 57, 58. Haseltine [Hasseltine], Thomas, 54, 56, 57> 58. Haskell, Charity (Pratt), 39. Haskell, Captain Henry, 38; muster- roll of his company, 40-42 ; 65, 67, 173- Haskell [Harsell], Jasen, 44, 46. Haskell, John, 42. Haskell, Martha (Little), 39. Haskell, Rebecka (Willard), 39. Hastings, Jonathan, 69. Haverhill (Mass.), 252. Hawley (Mass.), 282, 283. Hay, John, 123. Hay, Richard, 53, 56,57. Hayes, Cuff, 213. Haynes, George D., [H.], 309. Hayward, Mr., 204. Haywood [Haward, Heywood], Daniel, 54, 56, 57, 5S. 61. Havwood [Heywood], Nathaniel, 55, 56, 58. Hazel Grove, 9. Hazeltine, James, 26. Hazen [Hazin, Hazon], Benjamin, 28, 41, 53.56, 58, 118, 254, 300. Hazen, Benjamin, Jr., 300. Hazen [Hason], David, 21, 24, 210, 254. Hazen, John, 28, 1 18, 254. Hazen, Josiah, 298. Hazen, Luther, 300. Hazen, Lydia (Woods), 300. Hazzard, Adrastus, 309. Heald, Lieut. Samuel, 241. Hemenway, Daniel P., 306. Hemenway, Joseph, 298. Hemenway [Ilemmingway, Heming- way, Haminway], Phineas, 1 1, 43, 46, 78, 118, 207. Ileminway [Hemanway, Hemingway], Samuel, 11, 70, 108. Henckes, James, 206. Herick, Joseph, 1 19. Higginson, Col. Thomas W., 193. High Street, 116, 301. Ilildreth, Abel, 69. Ilildreth [Hildrick], Abijah, 14, 17. Ind ex 327 Hildreth [Hildrick], Oliver, 14, 16 Hill, Aaron, 127. Hill, Alpheus, 26. Hill, Ebenezer, 44, 46. " Historical Collections," Iiarber's, 1 16. " Historical Sketches of Andover," Bailey's, 8. " History of the Battle of Bunker's Hill," Ellis's, 5. " History of Billerica," Hazen's, 201. " History of the Fight at Concord," Ripley's, 2S9. " History of Gardner," Glazier's, 202. " History of Groton," Butler's, 9. " History of Mason " (N. H.), Hill's, 223. " History of Middlesex County," Hurd's, 201. " History of our Navy," Spears's, 300. " History of Newton," Jackson's, 272. "History of Peterborough" (N. H.), Smith's, 259. " History of the Siege of Boston," Frothingham's, 205, 221. " History of Temple " (N. H.), Blood's, 249. " History of Western Massachusetts," Holland's, 202. " History of Woodstock, Vermont," Dana's, 281. Hoar, Colonel, 252. Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood, 269. Hoar, Joseph, 231. Hoar, Oliver, 195. Hoar, Hon. Samuel, 269. Hobart, Israel, 106, 126, 179, 182, 183. Hobart, Jeremiah, 21, 24, 209. Hobart [Hubbart], Josiah, 18, 103, 117, 151,155, 158. Hobart, Nehemiah, 120. Hobart, Simon, 22, 24, 199, 210. Hobart [Hubburd], Thomas, 153, 154, 157- Hodgskin, Samuel, 185. Hoit, Elisha, 20, 21, 22, 23, 68, 82, 1 19, 129, 139, 209. Holden, Abel, 299. Holden, Edmund, 96, 99, 103, loS, 177- Holden, Isaac, 26. Holden, Lieut. Nathaniel, 242. Holden, Nehemiah, 117, 119, 130, 147, 149, 152, 155, 158, 159, 161. Holden [Holdin], Richard, 68, 78, 82, 91, 93, 94- 95. 129, 130, 139, 170, 172. Holden, Sarah, 66. Holdin, Corpll. Simon, 68. Holdin, Amos, 40. Holdin, Jabez, 33. Hollis (N. H.), 41,46, 47, 268. Holliston (Mass.), 242. Holt, Daniel, Jr., 68. Holten, Samuel, 29. Holyoke (Mass.), 312. Ilooy, Peter, 167. Hopkinton (Mass.), 242. Horse Neck (Conn.), 243. Hosley, Capt. James, 6, 7, 10, 69. Hosly, Timothy, 120. Hosmer, Maj. Joseph, 87, 93, 9S, 162, 163, 169, 233. Hosmer's Book, No. i, 99. House, Charles J., 260. Houye, Patrick, 141. Hovey, Capt. Thomas, 87 ; pay-roll of his company, 87-90. Howard, John, 259. Hubart, Joel, 40. Hubbard. Caleb, 32. Hubbard, Hezekiah, 31. Hubbard, Levi, 32. Hubbard, Nathan, Jr., 298. Hubbard [Hobbart, Hubburd], Phin- eas, II, 13, 16, 164, 209. Hubbard, Thomas, 31. Hubburd [Hubbart, Hubart], Nathan, 129, 150, 153, 154, 157. 163. Hudson, Benjamin, 41, 68. Hudson, Darius, 36, 213. Hugh, John, 28, 119. Hughs, John, 119. Hull (Mass.), 77, 177. Hull, Prince, 213. Hull, Major William, 253, 283. Humphreys, Noah, 298. Hunt, Joseph, 242. Hunt, Sergt. Peter, 26. Hunt, Capt. Simon, 53, 55, 56, 58, 241. Hunt, Simon, Jr., 58. Hunt's, 146. 328 Ind ex I. "Independent Chronicle: and the Universal Advertiser," the [Bos- ton], 221, 255, 257, 271, 297. Independent Company of Cadets, the, 275- Indians, the, 2, 3, 2S3. Ingals, Mr., 200. Insley, Daniel, 123. " /iisursrenfs, T/w" 276. Interesting Map, An, 269. Ireland, Abraham, 43, 212, 213. Ireland [Irland], Abraham, Jr., 46, 212. Iris, The, 281. J. Jackson, Ephraim, 76. Jackson, Francis, 272. Jacobs, Charles, 301. Jacobs, John, 43, 46. Jacquith, Charles H., 309. Jaffrey (N. H.), 36. Jamaica (Vt.), 203. James River, 281. James's Brook, 301. Jammeson [Jemmson], AUexander, 141, 142. Jarvis, Dr. Edward, 305. Jeffries, David, 76. Jenkins [Jinkins], David, 11, 14, 17, 73, 74. 118, I45< 208. Jenkins [Jenkens, Jinkings, Jinkins], Joel, II, 13, 16,82, 119,130,139,208. Jenkins [Jinkins], Jonathan, 11, 15, 17, 119, 147, 199, 208. Jenkins, Lydia, 263. Jenkins [Genkins, Ginkins, Jinkins, Jenkings|, Obadiah, 11, 17, 68, 76, 77, 118, 120, 147, 148, 151, 154, 155, 156, 161, 209. Jenkins, Obadiah, Jr., 11. Jewel, Samuel, 53, 56, 58. Jewett, Aaron, 195, 299. Jewett, Anna, 263. Jewett, Benjamin, 21, 24. Jewett, David, 35. Jinneson, Asa, 299. Johnson, Josiah, 20, 37. Johnson, Widow, 206. Johnston, Jonah, 73, 75. Johnston, William, 166, 167. Jones, Capt. Ephraim, 65. Jones, James, 69. Jones, Capt. William, 252. "Journal of a Cruise made to the Pa- cific Ocean," Porter's, 300. "Journals of each Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and 1775, and of the Committee of Safety," the, 231. Jupp, John, 40. K. Kaldor, Elexander, 150. Kaldor, Mrs. Elexander, 150. Karr, James, 26. Keene (N. H.), 145. Keenin [Kneein, Keening], Michael, 82, 131. Keep, Jonathan, 105. Kemp, Abel, 79. Kemp, Asa, 87, 88, 89, 183, 250. Kemp, Calvin, 140. Kemp, David, 33, 50, 59, 199, 200, 204, 205, 212. Kemp, David, Jr., 204, 212. Kemp [Keemp], Dudley, 17, 49. Kemp [Keemp], Ebenezer, 12, 14, 17, 208, 263. Kemp, Ebenezer, Jr., iiS. Kemp, Ephraim, 12, 108, 183. Kemp, Hannah, 263. Kemp, Hezckiah, 68, 151, 154, 155, 156, 160. Kemp, Joel, 183. Kemp, John, 298. Kemp, Jonas, 87, 88, 89. Kemp [Keemp], Joseph, 44, 46, 181, 183. Kemp, Mary, 263. Kemp, Oliver, 183. Kemp [Keemp], Phineas, 44, 46, 82, 207. Kemp, Samuel, 12, 41. Kemp, Samuel, Jr., 54, 56, 57, loS, 118. Kemp, Simeon, 91, 93, 95, 107, 140, 182. Kemp, Stephen, 299. Ind ex 329 Kemp [Keemp, Kimp], Sergt. William, 12, 72, 74, 78, 82, 130, 131, 139, 145. Kendall, James, 298, 299. Kendall, Leander S., 309. Kendall, Ruben, 40. Kendrick, Abigail (Bowen), 280. Kendrick, Capt. Caleb, 280. Kent, Abner, 26. Kent, Abner, Jr., 54, 56, 57, 58. Kent, Ebenezer, 90. Kezar [Kezer], Daniel, 44, 46, 83. Kidder, Isaac, 14, 17. Kidder, Capt. Solomon, 242. Kilburn [Killburn], John, 21, 24, 31, 209. Kimball, Captain, 200, 264. Kimball, Lieut. Daniel, 242. Kimball, George, 213. King, Abigail, iS. King, Leander G., 309. King, Lieut. Zebulon, 92. Lafayette, General, 217. Lagros, Francis, 53, 56, 58. Lakin, Abel, 73, 75, 145, 182. Lakin, Ambrus, 36, 38, 73, 75, 119, 145. Lakin, David, 29, 41, 54, 56, 57, 58, 119, 183, 261, 263. Lakin, Elizabeth, 66. Lakin, Elizabeth (Williams), 71. Lakin, Gabriel, 78, 87. Lakin, James, 35, 71. Lakin, John, 51, 263. Lakin, Joseph, 96, 97, 177. Lakin, Josiah, 21, 24, 164, 165, 210. Lakin, Lydia (Parker), 51, 263. Lakin, Miriam, 66. Lakhi, Captain Nathaniel, 35, 71 ; mus- ter-rolls of his company, 72, 76. Lakin [Laken], Oliver, 28, 49, 78, 96, 117, 213. Lakin, Oliver, Jr., 96, 104, 176. Lakin, Robinson, 36, 72, 74, loS, 282. Lakin, Sibyl, 51. Lakin, Sibyl (Parker), 71. Lakin, Simeon, 90, 93, 94, 95, 170. Lakin, Simon, 21, 24. Lakin, William, 66. Lamb, Abijah, 81. Lampson, Amos, Jr., 298. Lampson, Ebenezer, 298. Lamson, Esther, 121, 163. Lancaster (Mass.), 39, 59, 264, 303. Lash, Richard, 167. Lasley, William, 44, 46. Laughton, Ebenezer, 37. Laughton, John, 12, 54, 56, 57, 58, 118. Law, William, Jr., 310. Lawrance, Lieut. James, 28, 242. Lawrance, Corp. Joseph, 53, 55, 57. Lawrance, Nathaniel, 41. Lawrence, Abbott, 203, 221. Lawrence, Abigail (Abbot), 221. Lawrence [Lawrance], (.'apt. Amos, 31, 110,119, 149. 153' '57, 215, 221, 225, 226, 229. Lawrence [Lawrance], Lieut. Amos, Jr-. 133. 153, 154, 157, 163, 169, 178. Lawrence, Anna, 165. Lawrence [Laivi'ance], Captain Asa, 5, 6, 18 ; muster-rolls of his company, 1S-21, 26; return of his company, 23-26; S9, 136, 137. 145. 146, 152, 155, 158, 184, 204, 205, 209, 211, 229, 230, 247, 249, 258, 279. Lawrence [Lawrance], Lieut. Benja- min, 28, 79, 80, 152, 154, 155, 158, 160. Lawrence [Lawrance], Benjamin, Jr., 118, 134. Lawrence, Dr. Ebenezer, 239, 240. Lawrence, Ephraim, 239, 240. Lawrence, Isaac, 28, 118. Lawrence, Isaac, Jr., 87. Lawrence, Joel F., 310. Lawrence, John, 28, 118, 119, 215. Lawrence [Lawrance], Jonathan, 12, no, 150, 151, 152, 154, 155, 156, 160. Lawrence, Jonathan, Jr., 12. Lawrence, Joshua, 36. Lawrence [Lawrance], Levi, 87, 91, 93-94,95. 170, 172,173- Lawrence, Luther, 297, 299. Lawrence, Mrs. Luther, 280. Lawrence, Martin, 36. Lawrence [Lawrance], Nehemiah, 11, 77. 153- 154, i6i-_ Lawrence, Peleg, 18, 229, 240. 330 Index Lawrence [Lawrance], Roger, 86, 92, 93. 94, 95. 170. 172- Lawrance, Roland, 79, 80. Lawrence, Ruth (Brooks), 18, 240. Lawrence, Salmon, 183. Lawrence \Lawrance'\, Major Samuel, II, 12, 13, 16, 71, 72, 74, 76, 108, 153, 154, 157, 161, 203, 209, 214-217, 219, 220, 221, 226. Lawrence, Susanna, 72, 205. Lawrence, Susanna (I'arker), 216, 222. Lawrence, Thomas, 22, 24, 35. Lawrence, Thomas, Jr., 36. Lawrence [Lawrance], William, 184, 299. Lawrence Academy, 216, 277, 301. " Lawrence Academy, the Jubilee of," 9. Lawrence Farm, the, 225. Lawrence University, 305. Lawrence^ s Company, Capt. Asa, 24. Leach, John, Journal kept by, 45. Lee, Francis, 36. Leominster (Mass.), 206, 303, 312. Leonard, Charles H., 310. Leslie, Colonel, 291. Lewis, Abijah, 213. Lewis, Ebeneazar, 41. Lewis, Maj. James, 262, 282, 302. Lewis, Jonathan, 21, 24, 40, 68. Lewis, Jonathan Clark, in, 152, 158, 160, 225, 235, 236, 249. Lewis, Merrick, 261, 262. Lewis, Mrs., 154. Lexington (Mass.), 3, 4, 5, 215, 241, 247, 285, 287, 288, 289, 292, 293. Lexington Battle, the, in, 230, 252. Libbie & Co., C. F., 108. Limerick (N. H.), 7. Lincoln, B., 76. Lincoln, Gen. Benjamin, 273, 27S. Lincoln (Mass.), 80, 241, 242, 291, 293, 294. Lisbon (Me.), 260. Litchfield (N. Y.), 43, 46, 259. Little, Martha, 39. Little, Thomas, 42. Little, Wallis, 40. Little Pond, 257. Littleton (Mass.), 18, 50, 51, 67, 195 206, 242, 267, 296. Livermore, Nathaniel, 251. Lock, James, 41, 68. Lock, John, 26, 41. Lockwood, Ralph Ingersoll, 276. Long Island, 252. Longley, Asa, 82, 132, 139, 260. Longley, Betsey, 260. Longley, Edmund, 283. Longley, Jemima, 169. Longley, John, 283. Longley, Joseph, 283. Longley, Joseph, Jr., 282, 283. Longley, Lydia, 263. Longley, Mary (Walker), 283. Longley, Capt. Robert, 47 ; muster-roll of his company, 47 ; return of his company, 48. Longley, William, 282. Longley, Zachariah, 15, 31, 132, 139, 157, 260. Longley, Zachariah, Jr., 132, 139. Longley, Zachias, 44, 46, 82, 207, 209. Longley, Zachias, Jr., 82. Longwood (Mass.), 208. Lookout Valley (Tenn.), 308. "Lord Howe," the, 142. Loring, Daniel, 242. Loring, Seth, 71, 77. Lossing, Benjamin J., 190. Lothrop, Rev. Samuel K., D.D., 276. Louisburg (Cape Breton), 42. Lovejoy, Abner, 73, 75. Lovejoy, Philip, 68, 73, 75. Lovejoy [Louejoy], Samuel, 21,24,73,7 5. Lovell, Colonel, 42. Lovell, James, 200. Lowell, Ebenezer, 31. Lowell, John, 30, 47. Lowell (Mass.), 10, 267, 302. Lowell Road, the, 18. Lund, Margaret, 65. Lunenburg (Mass.), 36, 39, 43, 44, 46, 206, 212, 249, 272. Lyman, Josiah, 49. Lyman, Capt. Oliver, 80; muster-roll of his company, 80. M. McClukr [McCluen], William, 43, 46. McConnen, Corp. James, 70. Ind ex 331 McCormack, Robert, 44, 46. Macentire [iMakintire, Mackentire], Elias, 55, 56, 57, 58. McFarling, Joseph, 213. McGee, John, 16S. M'Intosh, Archibald, 59. Mack, James, 44, 46. McKinsey, Dougel, 141. McKenzy, Ducal, 167. McNeil [McNeal, McNeill, McNeel], Henry, 14, 17, 82, 133, 139, 208. Macy, James, 83. Magee, John, 140. Maine, Groton soldiers living in, 260. " Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder," the, 268. Maine Historical Society, the, 249. Maiden (Mass.), 64, 65, 222, 241. Manassas (Va.), 308. Manning, John, 14, 17. Manning, William, 41. Marblehead (Mass.), 142, 193. March, Sergt. Samuel, 68. Marlborough (Mass.), 61, 86, 241, 261, 267. Marr [Marrs], James, 140, 173. Marrett, Edward, 127, 131. Marshall, Colonel, 77. Marsten, George, 275. Martha's Vineyard, 203, 244. Martin, William, 256. Martindale, Captain, 200. Mason, Capt. John, 270. Mason (N. H.), 16, 197, 223, 270. Mason, Thaddeus, 265. Massachusetts Archives, the, Revolu- tionary papers of, i, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 23. 24, 30. 32, 33. 37, 38. 42, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 64, 65, 67 , 69, 7 1 , 74, 76, 77, 7«, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, loi, 106, 107, 200, 202, 207, 214, 225, 226, 230, 231, 232, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 273, 274, 275, 295. Massachusetts Historical Society, the, "Collections" of, 193, 303. "Pro- ceedings " of, 198, 200, 227, 229, 246, 254, 269, 272, 294. Massachusetts House of Representa- tives, the, Journal of, 200, 204, 205. " Massachusetts in the Army and Navy," 308. Massachusetts Line, the, 39. " Massachusetts Register," the, 297. " Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War," i. " Massachusetts Spy," the, 283. Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, the, 302. Maxfield, Captain, 202. Mead, Sergt. Abijah, 53, 56, 58. Mead, Thomas, 298. Medford (Mass.), 241, 252. "Memorialsof the Descendants of Wil- liam Shattuck," 276. Menotomy (Mass.), 289, 290. Merium, Abraham, 26. Merrimack (N. H.), 43, 44, 46,83. Mers, Peter, 206. Metcalf, Jonathan, 64, 76. Metcalf, Justice, 86. Methuen (Mass.), 25. Michel, Abner, 36. Middlesex County, 2. Middlesex Militia, the, 240. Middlesex Probate Office, the, 9. Middlesex Regiment, the, 3. Military Warrant, 296. Militia, the Colonial, 4. Militia, the Provincial, 4. Minot, Capt. John, 78; pay-roll of his company, 79; muster-roll of his com- pany, 80. Mimtte-men, 2, 3, 4, iS. A/iscellaneous Items, 230. " Missionary Herald," the, 283. Mitchel, Francis, 68. Mitchel, Samuel, 82. Mitchell, Captain, 225. Mixer, Timothy, 140. Monmouth (N. J.), 253. Montreal (Canada), 252. Moore, John, 184. Moore, S., 86. Moors, Abraham, 42,68, 179. Moors [Moores, Moorse, Mors, Morse], Benjamin, 92,93,94,95, 170, 172, 174, 185,301. Moors, David, 182. Moors, Elizabeth (Gilson),42. Moors, Captain Joseph, 6, 41, 42 ; muster- 332 Ind ex roll of his company, 43-44 ; return of his company, 46; 68, 78, 83, 106, 126, 134.143, 150, 153, '54, 157, 159, 160, 163, 164, 165, 166, 171, 179, 205, 207, 208, 211, 212, 213, 278. Moors [Moor], Joseph, Jr., 43, 46, 87, 141, 207. Moors, Lucy (Stone), 43. Moors, Rufus, 298. Moors, Sarah (Ward), 43. Moors, Timothy, 12, 14, 17, 41, 119, 153- 154, 157, 209. Morse, Abel, 184, 298. Morse, Miriam, 43. Morse, Samuel, 185. Morton, Perez, 13, 15, 20,23,32, 33,37, 44, 67, 223, 224. Moscow (Me.), 260. Mosher, Abijah, 35. Mosher, Daniel, 36. Mosher, James, 36. Mosher, Lieut. John, 35, 159. Moshure [Moshuer], Josiah, 73, 75. Mount Hope (N. Y.), 55. Moyland, Major, 49. Myrifield (Rowe, Mass.), 202. N. " Names of Soldiers of the American Revolution who applied for State Bounty," House's, 260. Nantasket (Mass.), 264. Nantucket (Mass.), 244, 246. Nash, Kphraim, 18, 54, 56, 57, 58. Nashua River, the, 52, 240, 303. Natick (Mass.), 43, 242. A'aval Hero, A, 300. Newall, Oliver, 35. Newbern (N. C), the Battle of, 304. New Braintree (Mass.), 203. Newburyport (Mass.), 206, 245. " New Chapter in the History of the Concord Fight" Wheildon's, 5, 231, 285-294. Newell, Josiah, 35. "New England Chronicle," the, 45, 59, 195, 196. " New England Historical and Genea- logical Register," the, 45, 201, 2S4. New England Historic-Genealogical Society, the, 240. Newhall, Lieut. Col. Ezra, 174, 175, 176. New Ipswich (N. H.), 22, 36, 44, 46, 197. New London (Conn.), 216. Newman, Timothy H., 299. New Marlborough (N. H.), 145. New Orleans (La.), 304, 308, 309, 311. Newport (R. L), 245. Newton, Captain, 230. Newton (Mass.), 241, 263, 267, 272, 280. New Windsor (N. Y.), 262. " New York Genealogical and Bio- graphical Record," the, 246. "New York Grenadiers," 269. New York Public Library, the, 278. New York State, 120, 166. Nicholas, John, 41. Nichols, Corp. Thomas, 72, 74. Nissitissett River, the, 34. JVon-Associaiors' Advertisefnent, ill. Norfolk (Va.). 297. Norridgewock (Me.), 260. North Bridge, Concord, the, 5, 285, 2S6. North Carolina, 304. North Church, Boston, the, 293. North Company, the, 297. Northfield (Mass.), 146. Northampton (Mass.), 80. North Kingston (R. L), 74. Nova Scotia, 65, 250. Nutting, Abel, 22, 24, 209, 260. Nutting, Abijah, 182, 298. Nutting, Sergt. Benjamin, 35, 70. Nutting, Daniel, 220. Nutting, Ebenezer, 36. Nutting, Elijah, 96, 99, 102, 176. Nutting, Ephraim, 22, 24, 209. Nutting, Ezekiel, 20, 22, 24, 29, 209, 254. Nutting, Ezekiel, Jr., 119, 254. Nutting, Isaac, 19, 262. Nutting, Isaac, Jr., 117. Nutting, Jacob, 261, 262. Nutting, Jane (Boynton), 247. Nutting, Capt. John, 33 ; muster-roll of his company, 35, 37 ; return of his company, 38; 99, 138, 202, 271, 272, 282. Nutting, John, Jr., 28. Nutting, Jonathan, 19, 117, 298. Ind ex 333 Nutting, Joseph, 82. Nutting, Josiah, 35. Nutting, Lydia (Nutting), 262. Nutting, Martha (Blood), 34. Nutting, Moses, 298. Nutting, Phinehas, 298. Nutting, Rhoda, 260. Nutting, vSamuel, 36. Nutting, Mrs. Sarah (Wetherbee), 262. Nutting [Nuting], Simeon, 108. Nutting [Nuting], William, ig, 117, 151, 154, 156, 160, 247. Nutting, Lieut. William, 247. Ntittiitg's Diary, William, 247. o. Obi/nary Records, 28 1. O'Connor, Timothy, 310. " Otificial Army Register," the, 311. Orrington (Me.), 260. Osborn, Oliver B., 310. Osgood, Joseph, 56, 57. Oshkosh (Wis.), 305. Oi/thuos, 257. Packersfield (N. H.), 36. Page, Benjamin, 12, 151, 154, 155, 156, 165. _ Page, Benjamin, Jr., 299. Page, Daniel, 44, 46. Page, Corp. Joseph, 12, 13, 16, 70, 85, 141, 208. Page, Silas, 1 1, 41. Page, Simon, Jr., 29S. Paine, Elijah, 298. Paine, Hon. Robert Treat, 224. Paine, Sergt. Samuel, 29S. " Panoplist," the, 283. Parham, Ezekiel, 68. Park [Parke], John, 153, 154, 157, 160, 180, 298. Park, John, Jr., 141, 1S4. Park, Joseph, 184. Park [Parks], Thomas, 180. Park [Parks], William, 31, 33, 180. Park, William, Jr., 180. Parker, Sergt. Abel, 36, 49, 70, 213. Parker, Abial, 49, 213. Parker, Abijah, 36. Parker, Andrew Johnson, 260. Parker, Azubah (Farnsworth), 262, 279. Parker, Benjamin, 19,49,82, 117, 139, 183, 214. Parker, Chester, 214. Parker, Deborah, 284. Parker, Eleazer, 22, 24, 140, 209. Parker, Ephraim, 25, 180, 262, 279. Parker, Jabez, 299. Parker, Jacob, 28, 254. Parker, Jacob Lakin, 118. Parker, Sergt. James, 68. Parker, Jerome S , 310. Parker, John, 12, 49, 117, 140, 213. Parker, Capt. Jonas, 166, 167. Palmer, Joseph, 244, 279. Parker, Capt. Joshua, 50 ; return of his company, 50; 96, 99, 105, 176, 182, 200, 220, 260, 261, 262, 283, 295. Parker, Lemuel, 20, 21, 23, 68, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 140, 141, 145' 152. 15s. 160, 209. X Parker, Corp. I^muel, Jr., 21, 22, 140, 141, 209. Parker, Levi, 21, 23, 29, 117, 140, 254. Parker, Louy, 209. Parker, Lydia, 51, 263. Parker, Lieut. Colonel Moses, 59. Parker, Nathaniel, 35. Parker, Nehemiah, 22, 24, 31, 68, 118, 209, 279. Parker, Lieut. Oliver, 19, 20, 21, 23 117, 185, 210, 211, 212. Parker, Peter, 26. Parker, Phineas, 19, 41, 117. Parker, Robert, 20, 22, 49, 87, 199, 210, 213. Parker, Robert, Jr., 49. Parker, Samuel, 87, 92, 93, 94, 95, 170, 172. Parker, Sibyl, 71. Parker, .Susanna, 216, 222. Parker, Lieut. William, 87, 183, 222, 284. Parker, Lieut. Winslow, 29, 36, 118, 297. Parker's, 145. Parley, Abraham, 15. Parlin, Nathan, 136. 334 Ind ex Parole and Countersign, 198. Partridge, Samuel, 195. Patch, Corp. Benjamin, 19, 26, 79. Patch, Benjamin, Jr., 117. Patch, Ebenezer, 119, 279. Patch, Elizabeth (Avery), 263. Patch, Corp. Isaac, 40, 68, 261, 263. Patch, Isaac, 263. Patch, Jacob, 28, 78. Patch, Oliver, 19, 210. Patch, Phebe (Fletcher), 263. Patch, Sarah, 279. Patch, Simon, 279. Patch, Sophronia, 263. Patch, Widow, 154. Patt, James, 42. Patt [Patts], Jonathan, 14, 17, 73, 75. Patterson, Mrs., 206. Pearce [Peirce, Pierce], John, 31, 48, 84, 85, 96, 99, 102, 117, 133, 176. Pearce, Lieut. Colonel, 86. Peekskill (N. Y.), 25. Peerce, Edmund, 37. Peirce, Benjamin, 22, 24, 82, 133, 139, 210. Peirce, George, 249. Peirce, Jonathan, 19. Peirce, Solomon, 40, Pemberton, Samuel, 256. Penobscot (Me.), 239. Pepperell (Mass.), 15, 21, 22, 23,31, 52 ; closely identified with Groton, 33 ; Capt. Nutting's company, 35-37 ; 38, 40, 41. 45. 51. 59. 67. 70, 71. 82, 120, 126, 215, 218, 220, 234, 239, 240, 242, 250, 267, 271, 272. 273, 274, 275, 282. Pepperell minute-men, 34 Perham, Henry S., 201. Perham, John, 73, 75. Perham, Oliver, 26. Perham, Peter, 36. Perry, Obadiah, 220. Peterborough [Petersborough] (N. H.), 42, 44, 46, 81, 82, 199. Peterborough and Shirley Railroad, the, 303- Petitions and Accounts, 204. Pettengill, Mrs. Caroline J. Farwell, 10. Pettengill, Henry Emmons, 10. Phelps, Sergt. Robert, 59. Phelps, William, 12. Philadelphia (Penn.), 258. Philippine Islands, the, 312. Philip's War, 3. Phillips, Isaac, 82, 140. Phillips, Jonas, 299. Phillis Pomp, 25, 26. Phips, Charles, 68. Phips, Samuel, 299. " Pictorial Field ]5ook of the Revolu- tion," Lossing's, 190. Pieart [Peirt], James, 82, 134. Pierce, Charles H., 310. Pierce, Lieut. Silas, 36, 70. Pierce, Solomon, 68. Pingrey, Anna (Jewett), 263. Pingrey, John, 26r, 263. Pingrey, Stephen, 263. Pingrey, Stephen, Jr., 261, 263. Piper, Walter, 206. Piper, Walter, Jr., 206. Pitcairn, Major John, 200, 201. Plymouth (N. H.), 44, 46. Pollard, Asa, 201, 202. Poor, Colonel, 25, 26. Poor of Boston, the, 205. Popkin, John, 106. Porter, Corp. Asa, 19, 22, 24, 28, 77, 80, 118, 209, 254. Porter, Capt. David, 213, 300. Porter [Portor], Ezekiel, 86, 90, 93, 94, 95, 96, 99, 104, 170, 176. Porter, Ezra, 26. Porter, Ezra, Jr., 26. Porter, Joel, 19, 22, 24, 26, 28, 118,209. " Port-Folio," the, 217. Portland (Me.), 249. Port Hudson (La.), 308, 311. Portsmouth (N. IL), 270. Post-offices, 243. Poivder Mill at Pepperell, 234. Powell, Jeremiah, 226. Powers, Isaac, 26. Pratt, Charity, 39. Pratt, Thomas, 171. Prentiss, Jonathan, 264. Prescott, Abel, 261. Prescott, Lieut. Abijah, 105, 211, 297. Prescott, Sergt. Benjamin, 19,47, 117, 198, 205, 211. Prescott, Charles, 261. Prescott, David, 20, 22, 24, 183, 209. Ind ex 335 Prescott, Ezra, 79. Prescott, Hannah (Spalding), 261. Prescott, Col. James, 31, 38,40, 42, 105, no, 125, 127, 144, 148, 151, 152, 156, 157, 191, 192, 196, 198, 200, 202, 203, 205, 211, 212, 224, 226, 227, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 261, 265, 267, 268. Prescott, Hon. James, Jr., 231. Prescott, Joel, 54, 56, 57, 58. Prescott, Capt. John, 295. Prescott, Capt. Jonas, 261, 303. " Prescott Memorial," the, 205. Prescott Moiuiment, 228. Prescott, Col. Oliver, 4, 33, 94, 95, 97, 107, no. III, 112, 125, 126, 128, 129, 130. 131. f34. 137. 144. 148, 149. 15O' 156, 159, 162, 166, 167, 168, 178, 185, 192, 194, 196, 204, 215, 216, 230, 233, 234, 238, 240, 243, 267, 26S, 270, 272, 273, 274, 275, 289. Prescott, Oliver, Jr., 273. Prescott, Phineas Oilman, 234, 261. Prescott, Rebecca (Buckley), 261. Prescott, Samson, 106, 183. Prescott Square. 22S. Prescott, Susanna, 227. Prescott, Susanna (Lawrence), 205, 261. Prescott, Col. William, 11, 13, 15, 23, 35, 3''^. 42, 43. 45i 46. 49. 50. 51. 67. 185' 199, 207, 208, 209, 210, 2n, 212, 213, 214, 218, 219, 220, 227-228, 240, 247, 261, 262, 282, 303. Prescott, William, Esq., 303. Prescott, Dr. William, 205. Prescott, William Hickling, 303. Priest, William H., 310. Prince Society, the, 270. Procter [Procktor, Proctor], Charles, 82, 134. Procter, John, 19. Procter, Jonas, 43, 46, 82, 134, 155. Proctor, Cotton, 80, 86. Prospect Hill, Camp at, 48. Providence (R. I.), 178, 243, 248. Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, the First, 3, 4, 6, 59, 60, no, 207, 252, 288. Parkins [Pirkens], Kbenezcr, 44, 46, 208. Pushee [Pushe, Pushie], John, 26, 54, 56, 58, 220. Putnam, General Israel, 218, 219, 229. Putnam, Col. Rufus, 84, 127, 174, 175, 176, 246. Q- Quebec, 15, 252. Quincy, President Josiah, 203. Quincy, Josiah, Jr., 203. R. Raby (N. H.), 36, 43, 44, 46. Rand, William G., 311. Randall, Eleazer, 203. " Rangers from New Hampshire," 269. Ransom, Calvin, 56, 58. Raymond, Nathan, 258. Raynor, Jacob S., Jr., 311. Read, Col. Jonathan, 70, 71,85, 195, 254. Reading (Mass.), 65, 241, 267. Ready, Patrick, y\. Rebellion, the War of the, 301, 303, 306. " Record of the Thirty-third Massachu- setts Volunteer Infantry," Boies's, 310. Reed, Sergt. John, 29S, 299. Reed, Sergt. Samuel, 225, 298. Remington, John, 249. Resolve, passed by the Provincial Con- gress, 59-60. Revere, Paul, 238, 288, 290, 292, 293. Revolutionary Ite?ns, 189. Revolutionary Papers, i\t^. Revolutionary Pensioners, 261. Revolutionary Surgeon, A, 268. Rhode Island, the battle of, 216, 229. Richards, Mitchel, 69. Richardson, Abel, 14, 17. Richardson, Abiel, 222. Richardson, Alfred A., 3n. Richardson, Alpheus, 29S. Richardson, Andrew, 14, 17. Richardson, Convers, 147, 154, 160,251. Richardson, Daniel, 299. Richardson, Ede, 222. Richardson, Isreal, 14, 17. Richardson, Jephtha, 251. Richardson [Ricardson], Josiah, 14, 17, 209. 33^ Ind ex Richardson, Sarah (Uoynton), 222. Richardson, Corp. Zacheus, 53, 55, 57, 58- Rindge [Ringe] (N. H.), 7, 14, 145, 165. Ripley, Dr. Ezra, 289. Robbins [Robins], Ephraim, 12, 14, 17, 70, 118, 208. Robbins [Robins], Ensign John, 67,68, 69. Robbins, John, Jr., 298. Robbins, Samuel, 69. Roberts's, 146. Robins, Ceser, 55, 56, 57, 58. Robins, Josiah, 73, 75. Robinson, Bradbury, 55, 57. Robinson, Col. John, 15, 68, 72, 74, 76, 203, 289. Roby, Silas, 44, 46. Rockwood, Dr. Ebenezer, 268. Rockwood, Ebenezer, Jr., 269. Rockwood, Lieut. Elisha, no, 154, 155, 158, 222, 268. Rockwood, Elizabeth (Adams), 268. Rockwood, John, 298. Rockwood, Lieut. Joseph, 77, 154, 155, 1 58, 181, 242, 250, 278. Rockwood, Mary (Emerson), 268. Rockwood, Lieut. Samuel, 12, 68, 153, 154. IS5> 157,297. Rockwood, Mrs. Sarah (Chaplin), 227. Rogers, Lieut. Timothy, 242. /Co// of Honor, 306. Rowe, Mrs. Amelia Fitch, 52, 64, 83. Rowe (Mass.), 202. Rowley (Mass.), 263. Rugg, Joseph, 264. Rugg, Mrs. Olive, 264. Rumral [Rumrill], Joseph, 14, 17. Runnel, Peter, 26. Russell, Amos, 296. Russell [RussclJ, Calvin, 86, 96, 97,99, 177, 260. Russell, Chandler, 106. Russell, Sergt. Ephraim, 12, 14, 17, 72, 74, 135, 136, 137, 150, 209. Russell, Ephraim, Jr., 145, 149, 153, '54- 157, 164. Russell, Jason, 197. Russell, John, 296. Russell, Luther, 182. Russell, Nathaniel, 82, 135, 139, 150. Russell, Peletiah, 7, 14, 17, 208. Russell, Solomon, 82, 136, 139, 182. Russell, Walte, 123. Rutland (Vt.), 214. S. St Albans (Me.), 260. St. Coy, 146. St. Lawrence, the Gulf of, 252. Salem (Mass.), 196, 291. Salisbury (N. C), 307. .Saltonstall, Colonel Leverett, 252. Sampson [Samson], Levi, 41, 68. Sanders, James, 152, 154, 155, 158. Sanderson, Gideon, 69. Saratoga (N. Y.), 70. Sargeant, Ezra, 88, 89, 95, 107. Sargent [Seargent], Capt. Nathan, 64, 65- Sartall, John, 69. Sartell [Sawtell], Lieut. Elnathan, 220, 284, 297. .Sartell family, the, 27. Sartell [Seartle, Sawtell], Jonathan, 7, 12, 14, 17, 208. Siirtd/ [Satwell, Sawtell], Captain Jo- sia/i, 26; muster-roll of his company, 28-30; 38, 65,67, 76, no. III, 144, 14S, 149, 151, 154, 156, 192, 196. Sartell, Mary (Green), 26, 27. Sartell [Sartil], Michael, 26, 37. Sartell [Sartwell, Sawtell], Sergt. Na- thaniel, II, 13, 16,26,27, 35, 118, 208. Sartell, Samuel, 12. Sartil, Benjamin, 26. Satwell, Rebeck, 154. .Saunderson [Sarndersson, Sanderson], Joseph, 35, 54, 56, 57, 58. Savage, Cajit. John, 275. Savage, Samuel Phillips, 235, 236, 237, 23S, 239, 265. Sawtell [Sartall], Abel, 69, 78. .Sawtell, Abigail (Farnsworth), 30. .Sawtell, Benjamin, 207. Sawtell, Fxlward D., 311. Sawtell, Ephraim, 30, 263. Sawtell, Hannah (Kemp), 263. Sawtell, Lieut. Hezekiah, 158. Index 337 Sawtell, Captai7i John, 30 ; muster-roll of his company, 31-33, 38, 46, no, 249. Sawtell, Jonas, 47, 48. Sawtell, Joseph, 263. Sawtell, Joseph, 2d, 261, 263. Sawtell, Joseph, 3d, 298. Sawtell, Lydia (Jenkins), 263. Sawtell [Satwell], Richard, 154, i S5, 158, 161. Sawtell family, the, 27. Sawyer, Corp. Ebenezer, 26. Sawyer, Capt. Wesley Caleb, 304, 305. Schouler, Gen. William, 305. Scotch Prisoners, 147, 148, 149, 150, 168. Scott, Sergt. John, 40, 53, 56, 57, 58, 72, 74. 259. Scott, Mary (Chamberlin), 259. Scott, Capt. IFilliam, 199, 258, 273, 274. Seaver, Miss Emily, 214. Senter [Center], John, 55, 56, 57, 58. Sergeant, Lieut. Nathaniel, 241. Seventy-first Regiment of Highlanders, the, 142, 167, 168. Sever, Elisha, 183. Sewall, D., 79. Sewall, Samuel, 303. Sewall's Point, 208. Shattuck, Abraham, 68. Shattuck, David, 32, 35, 182. Shattuck, Eleazer, 40. Shattuck, Elijah, 35. Shattuck, Elizabeth (Lakin|Gragg), 66. Shattuck, Ezekiel, 183. Shattuck, Isaiah, 32. Shattuck, Jeremiah, 36. Shattuck, Jeremiah, Jr., 37. Shattuck, Captain Job, 28, 40, 65, 66 ; pay-roll of his company, 6j-6() ; ab- stract muster-roll of his company, 70, 71 ; 94- 95. 152. 154, 155. 158. 164, 174, 248, 249, 276. Shattuck, Job, Jr., 90, 93, 94, 170. Shattuck, John, 29, 35, 73, 75. Shattuck, Jonas, 37. Shattuck, Joseph, 32. Shattuck, Lemuel, 276. Shattuck, Margaret (Lund), 65. Shattuck, Moses, 31, 41, 120. Shattuck, Nathan, 73, 75. Shattuck [Shaduck], Nathaniel, 22, 24, 117, 209, 254. Shattuck, Noah, 66. Shattuck, Oliver, 35. Shattuck, Philip, 32. Shattuck, Reuben, 32, 120. Shattuck, Sarah (Hartwell), 66. Shattuck, William, 65. Shattuck Manuscripts, the, 240. Shaw, Benjamin, So. Shays Rebellion, the, 34, 65, 1 13, 181, 266, 271-277. Shead, David, 29. Shed, Amos, 96, 99, 101, i77. 260. Shed, Daniel, 22, 24, 68, 209. Shed, Joseph, 21, 23, 183. Shed, Lucy, 260. Shed [Shead], Oliver, 31, 152, 154, 158, 161, 183. Shed, Oliver, Jr., 183. Shed [Shead], William, 12,79,152, 154, 155. 158- Shelburne (Mass.), 146. Sheple, James, 28. Sheple, John, Jr., 28, 165. Sheple, Jonathan, 35. Sheple, Capt. Joseph, in. Sherburn (Mass.), 242. Sherrin, John, 42. Sherwin, Daniel, 14, 17. Sherwin [Sherrin], Elnathan, 55, 56, 57- Ship Island (Miss.), 302. Shiple, John, 210. Shiple, Jonathan, 29. Shiple, William, 299. Shipley [Sheple], Capt. Benjamin, 152, 154,155.158.160. Shipley, James, 32. Shipley [Shiply], John, 22, 24, 84, 85. Shirley (Mass.), 38, 39, 40. 42, 43, 4^, 67, 242, 248, 267, 271, 272, 306. Shirley Village, 303. Shirley Shakers, the, 39 " Siege of Boston," Frothingham's, 8. Sillery (Canada), 252. Simonds, Daniel, 174, 175. Simonds [Simons], John, 54, 55, 57, 69, 108, 181. Simonds, Polly, 262. Simson, Benjamin, 41, 254. 33^ Ind ex Singular Petition, A, 254. " Sir Archibald Campbell," Walcott's, 142. Sixth Massachusetts Militia Regiment, the, 301. Skinner, Joseph, 213. Smead's, 146. Smith, Dr. Albert, 259. Smith, Capt. Asa, 162. Smith, Corp. Ephraim, 26. Smith, Colonel Francis, 291. Smith, Nathan, 128. Smith, Lieut. Nathaniel, 241. Smith, Philip, 55, 56, 58. Smith, Capt. Sylvanus, 121, 122, 123, 125, 130, 131, 132, 133,136,137, 138, 139, [44, 147, 148, 1731298. Smith, William, 7, 8, 15, 16, 255, 256. Suldiei-s, Classes of, loo-ioS. Soldiers' Epitaphs^ 279. Some Civil Officers during the Kroolti- tion, 267. Sons of the Revolution, 260. South Boston (Mass.), 297. South Military Company, the, 297. Spain, 291;. Spalding, Hannah, 261. Spalding, Lovil, 58, 62, 63. Spalding, Rachel, 108. Spalding [Spalden], William, 43, 46. Spalding [Spalden], William, Jr., 44, 46. Spauldin, Abel, 31, 40. Spauldin, Thomas, 32. Spaulding, Daniel, 14, 17. Spaulding, Eleazer, 22, 24, 28, 120. Spaulding, Hezekiah, 298. Spaulding, Lieut. Joseph, 21, 24, 31, 201. Spaulding, Joseph, 201. Spaulding, Leonard, 36. Spaulding, Philip, 26. Spaulding, Lieut. Robert, 242. Spaulding, Ruben, 37. Spaulding, Simeon, 64, 65. Spaulding, Thaddeus, 68. Spaulding [Spauldin], Sergt. Thomas, 21,22,23,54.56,57,58. Spaulding, William, 29. Spaulding, William, Jr., 120. Spears, John R., 300. Specie Ta.x,the, 170. .Spencer (Mass.), 81. Spottsylvania (Va.), 311. Springfield (Mass.), 90, 91, 92, 151, 278, 312. Spring Hill, Va., 311. Sproat, Colonel, 264. Stamp Act, the, 189. Starkweather, E., 12, 29, 32, 37. Stearns [Sterns], Peter, 53, 56, 58. Stearns, William, 299. Stephens [Stevens], John, 42, 96, 99, 103, 141, 176, 251. Stephens [Steuens, Steavens, Stevens], Jonathan, 21, 23, 29, 54, 55, 56, 58, 183. Stephens [Stevens], Peter, Jr., 91, 93, 94.95. 170. Stetson (Me.), 260. Stevens, Abel, 185. Stevens, Andrew J., 31 1. Stevens, Camp, 303, 304. Stevens, Gen. Isaac Ingalls, 304. Stevens, Joseph, io6. Stevens, Sergt. Josiah, 11, 13, 16, 85, 150, 208. Stevens, Oliver, 59. Stevens, Peter, 172, 251. Stevens, Richard, 40. Stevens, Maj. Thomas, 260, 284. -Stevens, Corp. William, 70. Stevens's Fort, 269. Stiles, Sarah, 249. Still River (Mass.), 39. Stimson, Stephen, 68. Stockwell, Spencer, 306. Stoddard (N. H.), 7. Stone, Amos, 12. Stone, Amos, Jr., 298. Stone, Asa, 31, 147, 149. Stone, Benjamin, 153, 154, 157, 160, i6i. Stone, Captain, 81. Stone, Daniel, 180. Stone, David, 43. Stone, Ebenezer, 26. Stone, Ebenezer, Jr., 54, 56, 57, 58, 61. Stone, Elizabeth, 43. Stone, Ephraim, 91, 93, 94, 95, 170, 172, 174. Stone, Isaac, 180 Ind ex 339 Stone, Israel, 73, 75. Stone, James, 1 10. Stone, Jesse, 1S4. Stone, Joel, 154. Stone, John, 120, 147, 14S, 164. Stone, Jonas, 31, no, 171, 183, 184. Stone, Jonathan, 11, 78, 169, 180. Stone, Sergt. Joseph, 298. Stone, Levi, 31. Stone, Lucy, 43. Stone, Major, 145. Stone, Lieut. Col. Micah, 242. Stone, Nathaniel, 78, 180. Stone, Nathaniel, Jr., 78, 79. Stone, Phineas, 298. Stone, Dea. Solomon, 260. Stone, Sybel, 78. Stone, Rev. Thomas Trcadwell, D.D., 260. Stone, Timothy, 7, 13, 16, 184. Stoneham (Mass.), 241. Stony Point (N. Y.), 253, 292. Storer, B., 174. Story, William, 246. Story, William W., 228. Stoughton Hall, 196. Stow, Amos, Jr., 53, 56, 57, 58. Stow (Mass.), 49, 85, 230, 241. Stow, Lieut. Nathan, 52, 55, 56, 58, 64. Stowell, Rebecca, 251. Strander [Astrander, O'Strander], An- drew, 166, 167. Strong, Governor Caleb, 302. Studley, Consider, 264. Studley, Mrs. Olive, 264. Studley, Oliver, 264. Studley, Sarah Mann, 264. Sudbury (Mass.), 241, 242. Suffolk (Va.), 311. Suffolk regiment, the, 3. Sullivan, Cov. James, 229, 230. Sullivan, Gen. John, 216, 283. Survivors of the Battle in 1825, 220. Swallow, Abel, 298. Swallow, Daniel, 299. .Swan, Henry, 73, 74, 145. Swan, Capt. William, 102, 105, 121, 127, 145, 151, 154, 155, 157, 159, r6r, 249, 301. Synimes, Caleb, 298. Symonds, Abraham, 298. T. Tailer, G., 13. Tarbel, David, 35, 68, 139. Tarbel, James, 37. Tarbell, Amos, 298. Tarbell, Benjamin, 175, i8r, 250, 262. Tarbell [Tarble], Benjamin, Jr., 90, 93, 94. 95. 96, 99. 104. 170, 177- Tarbell, Ebenezer, 91, 93, 94, 95, 170, 172, 183. Tarbell, John, 40, no, 121, 122, 130, 144. 154. 155. 157, 159. 164, 165, 197. Tarbell [Tarbel, Tarbol, TarboU], Jo- nas, 22, 24, 32, n9, 183, 210. Tarbell [Tarbel, Tarble, Terbol], Jona- than, 31, 69, 73, 75, 78, 148, 149, 153, 154, 157, 184, 204. Tarbell, Luther Lewis, 261. Tarbell, Lydia, 9. Tarbel], Lydia (Farnsworth), 9. Tarbell, Nehemiah, 117. Tarbell, Oliver, 43, 46, ng, 207. Tarbell, Peter, 298. Tarbell, Polly (Simonds), 262. Tarbell, Capt. Samuel, 9, 223, 224, 225, 226. Tarbell, Samuel, Jr., 226. Tarbell, Sarah (Wetherbee | Nutting), 262. Tarbell, Solomon, 184. Tarbell, Susan (Blood), 262. Tarbell, Capt. Thomas, 73, 74, 145, 184, 296. Tarbell [Tarble], William, 35, 96, 99, 103, 176, 261, 262, 284. Tarble, David, Jr., 68. Taylor, Jonas, 12, 68. Taylor, Jonathan, 54, 56, 57, 58. Taylor, Joseph, 43, 46, 84, 85. Taylor, Joseph, Jr., 44, 46, 55, 56, 58, 207. Taylor, Leonard, 43, 46, 207. Taylor, Samuel, 82, 136, 137, 139. Taylor, Sarah, 9. Taylor, Silas, 214. Tt-a Tax, the, 191. Teel, Jonathan, 80. Teel, Samuell, 77. Teigh, Cornelius, 213. Temple (N. H.),^4, 197, 250. 340 Ind ex Tenny, Luther E, 311. Testimony given by Grot on Men, 217. Tevvksbury (Mass.), 25, 242. Thatcher, Colonel, 243. Thaxter, Rev. Joseph, of Edgarto%un, 203. Thompson, John, 19. Thompson [Tomson, Thomson], Sam- uel, 82, 137, 139. Thompson [Tompson], William, 64, 65- Thoroughfare Gap (Va.), 310. Ticonderoga, Fort, 52, 62, 63, 70, 252, 279, 283. Tie [Ty] Mills, 55, 56, 62. Tilclen, Charles Linzee, 304. Titus, Moses, 263. Titus, Sophronia (Patch), 263. Tiverton (R. I), 147. Tosier, Henry E., 311. Totvvay, 175. Towti Records, Extracts from the, 109- 112. Townsend, Isaac, 120. Townsend [Townshend, Townshand] (Mass.), 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, i6, 17, 40, 41, 42, 59/ 67, 70, T], 145, 242, 262, 264, 271, 272. Train, Samuel, 53. Trenton (N. J.), 253. Trovoy, Mrs. Joanna, 206. Trowbridge, Edmund, 82, 140. Trowbridge [Trobridge], John, 73, 75, 87, 145, 172, 175. Trowbridge, John, Jr., 91, 93, 94, 95, 141, 170. Trowbridge, Jonas, 298. Trufant, John, 298. Truro (N. S.), 200. Tuck, Lydia, 51. Tuckerman, William, 29, 119. Tufton, Elizabeth (Gooding), 270. Tufton, John, 270. Tufton, Robert, 270. Tufton, Thomas, 270. Tufton, Thomas Sacki-illc, 251, 270. Tufts, Cato, 213. 'Tuity Brook, 9. Turner, Daniel, 40. Turner, John, 29. "Turner's Public Spirit," 306. Tuttle, Betsey, 51. Twenty-third Massachusetts Volun- teers, the, 304. Two Grotoii Soldiers in the Expedition against Carthagena, 295. "Two Revolutionary Soldiers," 214. Tyler, Col. Nathan, 87, 88, 89. Tyng, Capt. James, 250. Tyng, John, 265. Tyng, Robart, 214. Tyngsboro' (Mass.), 281. Tyngstown (Me.), 250. U. Underwood, Asa, 213. Union army, the, 4. V. Valley Forge, 253, 262, 284. Valparaiso (Chili), 300. Vanallstine [Van Alstine], Yocham, 140, 166, 167. Varnum, Ebenezer, 48. Varnum, F. C, 276. Vernon, Fortesque, 276. Verriel, Joseph, 213. "Virginian Horse," 269. Volington [Voluntine], Captain, 147, 149. Vo.se, Col., 247. W. Waigand, John, 312. Wait, Esther, 163. Wait [Wate], Lieut. Phinehas, 151, 154, 15s, 156, 161, 165. Walcott, Charles IL, 142. Walker, Capt. Benjamin, 59, 2or, 220. Walker, Mary, 2S3. Walker, Samson, 54, 56, 57, 58. Walker, Samuel, 68. Walker, Lieut. Zaccheus, 43, 46, S3. Waltham (Mass.), 241, 251, 252, 267. Walton, Capt. John, 241. Ward, Ephraim, 12, 118, 154. Ward, Miriam (Morse), 43. Ward, Samuel, 43. Ind ex 341 Ward, Sarah, 43. Ware (Mass.), 200. War for Independence, the, first blood shed in, 2. Warner, Jonathan, 84. War of the RebeHion, the, 4. Warren [Warrin], Abijah, 33, 119. Warren, Capt. Benjamin, 92, 93. Warren [Warran], Corp. Ephraim, 13, 16, 43. 46, 69, 207. Warren, Ephraim, Jr., 129. Warren, Hincheman, 42, 68. Warren, Isaac, 41, 84, 85. Warren, Gen. James, 243. Warren, Dr. John, 174, 244, 2SS, 2S9, 290, 293. Warren, Jonas, 37. Warren, Gen. Joseph, 60, 216, 218, 219. Warren [Warrin], Josiah, 15, 16, 68, 118, 208. Warren, Moses, 40, 68. Warren, Nathan, 68. Warren [Warrin], Oliver, 15, 17. Warren, Stephen, 68. Warren, Capt. Thomas, 77; return of his company, 77, 78, 242. Warren, William, 37. Washington (D. C), 302, 30S. Washington, Gen. George, 165, 248, 250, 252, 284, 292. Wasson [Wason], Thomas, 40, 24S. Waterman, Captain, 225. Waters, Henry A., 306. Watertown (Mass.), 60, 199, 207, 20S, 212, 213, 215, 241, 244, 245, 246, 249. Wayne, General Anthony, 253. Weatherbee, Ceaser, 213. Webster, Daniel, 217. Webster, Rev. Samuel, 4. Webster^s Sermon, Rev. Samuel, 197. Weir, James, 214. Wendel, Mr., 236. Wendell (Mass.), 253. Wesson, C'ol. James, 168. West Cambridge (Mass.), 290. Western, Colonel, 253. Westford (Mass.), 9, 15, 16, 23, 82, 138, 203, 220, 222, 242, 263, 267. Westford company, the, 59. West Greenwich (Conn.), 243. Weston (Mass.), 241. Weston [Wesson], Samuel, 15, 17. West Point (N. Y.), 25, 171, 172, 173, 174. 175. 176, 262. Wetherbee, Abel, 183. Wetherbee, Daniel, y^, 75. Wetherbee, David, 22, 24. Wetherbee, Isaac, 73, 75. Wetherbee, Joseph, 183. Wetherbee, Parker, 298. Wetherbee, Thomas, 37. Wetherby, Mr., 289. Wetherell [Witherell, Wetherrell], Obadiah, 21, 23, 121, 126, 136. Wheat [Wheet], Daniel, 54, 56, 58. Wheeler, Asa, 298. Wheeler, Ephraim, 213. Wheildon, William Willder, 231, 285. Whatman, Nehemiah, 284. Whitcomb, Abner, 12, 40, 68. Whitcomb [Whetcomb], Col. Asa, 47. White, Asa, 15, 17, 96, 99, 103, 176, 208. White, B., 16S. White, Lieut. Ebenezer, 53, 56, 57, 241,246. White, Francis, 15, 17,84,85, 209. White, John, 171, 173, 174. White, Capt. Josiah, 8i, return of his company, 81, 127. White, Mr., 200. White, Pattrick, 35. White, Thomas, 31, 80. White Plains (N. V.), 25, 78, 279. Whiting, Maj. D., 167. Whiting, William, 26. Whitney, Abner, 49, 120, 214, 225. Whitney, Benjamin, 108. Whitney, John, 49, 213. Whitney, Joseph, 37. Whitney, Col. Josiah, 76, 77, 184. Whitney, Lieut. Levi, 13, 16. Whitney, Phinehas, 44, 46. Whitney, Salmon, 79, 80, 91, 93, 94, 95, 170, 172, 176. Whitney, Uriel, 15, 16, 73, 74, 119, 145, 208. Whitney's, 145. Wier [Wyer], Jeremiah, 7, 15, 17. Wigglesworth, Colonel, 13.S. Wilderness (Va.), 309, 310. Willard, Daniel, 41, 73,75, 145. 342 Ind ex Willard, Rebecka, 39. Willas, Zebh., 46. William Henry, P'ort, 283. Williams, Daniel, 28, 118. Williams, David, 81. Williams, Elizabeth, 71. Williams, Elizabeth (Cutter), 247. Williams, George H., 312. Williams, Isaac, 37, "jt^, 75. Williams, Jacob, 20, 22, 24, 119, 209, 254- Williams, Jason, 28, 152, 154, 155, 158. Williams, Capt. John, 19, 21, 22, 23, 117, 137, 138, 246-247, 252, 272. Williams, John, Jr. (father of Capt. John), 247. Williams, John, Jr. (son of Capt. John), 247. Williams, Molly (Everett), 247. Williams, Nathaniel, 82, 137, 138, 139. Williams, Sally B., 247. Williams, Simeon, 22, 24, 78, 80, 209. Williston, J., 173. Willson, Benjamin, 200. Willson, Joseph, 14, 17. W'ilmington (Mass.), 241. Wilson [Willson], David, 43, 46, 284. Wilson, Reuben, 182. Wilton (Me.), 250. Wilton (N. H.), 10, 268. Winchester (N. H.), 145. Winchester (Va.), 307, 308, 310. Windham (Conn.), 193. Windsor (N. S.), 200. Winslow, Col. John, 65. Winslow (Me.), 21. Winsor, Justin, 294. Winter Hill (Mass.), 213, 281. Winthrop, James, 274. Winthrop, Hon. Robert C, 228. Winthrop Square, Charlestown, 45. Witherell, Obadiah, 209. Woburn (Mass.), 65, 169, 233, 241, 267. Wood, Aaron, 35. Wood, Mr., 204. Wood, Nathan, 23. Woods [Wood], Amos, 19, 41, 98, 99, 119. Woods [Wood], Benjamin, 22, 24, 199, 210. Woods, Caleb, 28, 151, 154, 156, 160. Woods [Wood], Daniel, 19, 29, 152, 155- Woods [Wood], David, 19, 152, 154, 158, 164, 165, 254. Woods, Deborah (Parker), 284. Woods, Gen. Henry, 15, 35, 284, 296. Woods, Isaac, 109, i lo. Woods [Wood], James, 19, 140, 151, 15.S, '56. 157, 183. Woods, Lieut. John, 152, 154, 158, 183. Woods, John French, 154. Woods [Wood], Jonathan, 20, 22, 24, 29, 1 18, 119, 209, 254. Woods, Jotham, 183. Woods, Levi, 41, 68. Woods, Lewis, 109. Woods, Lydia, 300. Woods, Nathaniel, 28, 41. Woods, Naum, 183. Woods, Oliver, 140, 141, 183. Woods, Ruben, 22, 24, 209. Woods, Col. Samson, 37, 220, 248, 274, 284. Woods, Lieut. Solomon, 28, 94, 95, 97, 106, 151, 154, 155, 156, 161. Woods, Timothy, 43, 46, 207. Woodstock (Vt.), 281. Woodward, Andrew L., 312. Wool, Zebediah, 44. Woolley, Charles, 251. WooUey, Capt. Charles, 251. Woolley, Mrs. Susanna (Bentley), 251. Worcester [Worster], Benjamin, 152, 154, 155, 158. Worcester [Worster], Francis, 29, 119. Worcester (Mass.), u6, 214, 269, 272, 280. " Worcester Rolls Parcels," 24. Worster, Hannah, 9. Worster, Jonathan, 28, 119, 140, 141. Worster, Samuel, 29. Wrentham (Mass.), 264. Wright, Aaron, 53, 56, 58. Wright, Artemas, 285, 291, 293, 294. Wright [Write], David, 29, 32. Wright, Edmund, 68. Wright, John, 55, 56, 58, 299. Wright, Joseph, 298. Wright, Peter, 166. Wright, Samuel, 44, 46. Wright, Thomas, 31. Ind ex 343 Wright, Capt. Zacheus, 138, 242. Write, Natlianiel, 32. Wyles, Ivory, 68. Wyman, Capt. Abijah, 51 ; return of his company, 51 ; 145, 212. Wyman, Asahel, 33, 119, 153, 155, 157- Wyman, Elijah, 40. Wyman, Samuel, 73, 75, 106. Wyman, Thomas, 15, 17. Yale University, 203. York, Mary, 206. " Young Folks' History of the United States," Higginson's, 193. Youngman [Youngmen], Ebenezer, 44, 47- Youngman, Peter, 82, 138, 139. NOV 12 1900