The State of New Hampshire.
ROLLS OF THE SOLDIERS
IN THE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
MAY, 1777, TO 1780
WITH AN
APPENDIX,
EMBRACING NAMES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE MEN IN MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENTS.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATURE.
VOLUME II—OF WAR ROLLS.
VOLUME XV—OF THE SERIES.
COMPILED AND EDITED BY
ISAAC W. HAMMOND, A. M.,
MEMBER NEW HAMPSHIRE ANTIQARIAN SOCIETY AND NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
"He who takes no interest in the history of his ancestors does not deserve to be remembered by his posterity."
CONCORD, N. H.:
PARSONS B. COGSWELL, STATE PRINTER.
1886.
JOINT RESOLUTION relating to the preservation and publication of portions of the early state and provincial records and other state papers of New Hampshire.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives is General Court convened:
That his excellency the governor be hereby authorized and empowered, with the advice and consent of the council, to employ some suitable person — and fix his compensation, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated — to collect, arrange, transcribe, and superintend the publication of such portions of the early state and provincial records and other state papers of New Hampshire as the governor may deem proper; and that eight hundred copies of each volume of the same be printed by the state printer, and distributed as follows: namely, one copy to each city and town in the state, one copy to such of the public libraries in the state as the governor may designate, fifty copies to the New Hampshire Historical Society, and the remainder placed in the custody of the state librarian, who is hereby authorized to exchange the same for similar publications by other states.
Approved August 4, 1881.
In accordance with the foregoing resolution, the governor, with advice of the council, on the 12th day of October, 1881, appointed and commissioned ISAAC W. HAMMOND as "Editor and Compiler of State Papers."
EDITOR'S PREFACE.
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This volume contains the rolls of the soldiers who served in the Revolutionary war from this state from May, 1777, to January, 1780, so far as the same are in the archives of the state, or could be obtained elsewhere by the editor.
The rolls of the state of Massachusetts for 1775 have been carefully examined by the editor, and a large number of names of New Hampshire men who served in the regiments of that state were abstracted, and are published in an appendix to this volume. The list contains those who are credited to this state on said rolls, and no others. By the information thus obtained, a considerable addition may be made to the number of New Hampshire men engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill; and the unprejudiced historian of the future, by an examination of this and the preceding volume, may award to this state the credit eminently its due for the services rendered by her sons in that battle.
The increasing demand for the preceding volume, and for access to advance sheets of this volume, is satisfactory evidence of the wisdom of the governor and council in authorizing their publication, as provided by the resolution of the legislature.
A complete index has been compiled, but, being so extensive, it may contain some errors, notwithstanding the large amount of labor involved and the careful attention given to the compilation and printing of the same.
The editor desires to express his thanks to His Excellency Moody Currier and the honorable council, and to many others who have shown
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a deep interest in the work, and spoken words of counsel and encouragement.
The publication of the rolls will be continued, and probably completed, in the next volume.
HAMMOND.
Concord, March, 1886.
ABSTRACT OF GENERAL CONTENTS.
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1777.
Ticonderoga alarm, introduction, 1
Col. Samuel Ashley's regiment, 1
" " staff-roll, 2
Capt. Davis Howlet's Co., 3
" Waitstill Scott's Co., 6
Col. Benjamin Bellows's regiment, 9
Capt. Abel Walker's Co., 9
" Christopher Webber's Co., 11
Col. Jonathan Chase's regiment, 14
Capts. Chase, Russell, and Hendee, 14-19
Capt. Josiah Brown's Co., 20
Second alarm, introduction, 22
Col. Benjamin Bellows's regiment, 23
Capt. Christopher Webber's Co., 23
" Samuel Canfield's Co., 25
" Oliver Ashley's Co., 26
" Amos Shepard's Co., 28
" Uriah Wilcox's Co., 30
" Abel Walker's Co., 31
" William Keys's Co., 33
Lieut. Samuel Nichols's Co., 35
Residences of the officers, 37
Col. Jonathan Chase's regiment, 38-44
Residences of the officers, 45
Col. Samuel Ashley's regiment, 46
Capt. John Cole's Co., 47
" Daniel Shattuck's Co., 50
" Oliver Cobleigh's Co., 51
" Oliver Capron's Co., 54
Lieut. James Robertson's Co., 57-60
Capt. Davis Howlet's Co., 61
" Elisha Mack's Co., 65
Col. Moses Nichols's regiment, 68
Capt. James Ford's Co., 69
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Capt. Stephen Peabody's Co., 72
" Nathan Ballard's Co., 74
Lieut. Henry Adams's Co., 77
" Joseph French's Co., 79
Capt. Joseph Barrett 's Co., 81
" " petition, 83
" " pay-roll for horses, 83, 84
Lieut. Benjamin Bowers 's Co., 85
Capt. Daniel Emerson's Co., 87
Ens. David McQuig's Co., 90
Col. Enoch Hale's regiment, 92
Capt. Josiah Brown's Co., 92
" Gershom Drury's Co., 95
Lieut. Col. Thomas Heald's detachment, 97
Capt. Salmon Stone's Co., 97
" Roger Gilmore's Co., 98
" Silas Wright's Co., 99
" Alexander Robbe's Co., 101
" James Lewis's Co., 102
Residences of officers, 103
Capt. John Taggart's Co., 104
" Jonathan Brockway's Co., 106
" John Mellin's Co., 108
Col. Daniel Moor's regiment, 111
Capt. Thomas McLaughlin's Co., 111
" Samuel Philbrick's Co., 113
" Samuel Duncan's Co., 115
" Peter Clark's Co., 118
Lieut. Oliver Dow's Co., 120
Capt. Ninian Aiken's Co., 122
Serg. William Campbell's detachment, 123
Col. David Webster's regiment, 124
Capt. John Willoughby's Co., 124
Col, Thomas Stickney's regiment, 127
Capt. Ebenezer Webster's Co., 127
Ens. Elijah Rice's detachment, 131
Capt. Benjamin Sias's Co., 132
" Ebenezer Smith's Co., 133
Return of the troops at Ticonderoga, June, 136
List of men discharged from Col. Chase's regiment, 138
Capt. Peter Clark's men, order for pay, 138
BENNINGTON TROOPS, introduction, 139
Gen. John Stark's staff-roll, 140
Col. David Hobart's staff-roll, 142
Capt. Abel Walker's Co., 143
" Capt. Christopher Webber's Co., 146
GENERAL CONTENTS. vii
Capt. Edmund Elliot's Co., 149
" Jereimiah Post's Co., 152-154
" Joshua Hendee's Co 155
Col. Hobart's officers, 158
Muster-roll of men in Hobart's regiment, 160
Col. Thomas Stickney's regiment, staff, 161
Account of rations due officers, 162
Capt. Ebenezer Webster's Co., 164
" Stephen Dearborn's Co., 167
" Chase Taylor's Co., 171
" Samuel McConnell's Co., 174-178
" Benjamin Sias's Co., 179
" Joshua Bayley's Co., 182
" Porter Kimball's Co., 185
" Peter Clark's Co., 188
" Jeremiah Gilman's Co., 191
" Nathaniel Wilson's Co., 194
Col. Moses Nichols's regiment, 196-198
Capt. Daniel Runnel's Co., 199
" Samuel Wright's Co., 203
" James Ford's Co., 206
" John Goss's Co., 209
" John Bradford's Co., 213
" Salmon Stone's Co., 216
" Stephen Parker's Co., 219
" Kimball Carleton's Co., 223
" Elisha Mack's Co., 226
" Jesse Wilson's Co., 228
Losses at Bennington, 230
Chaplain Hibbard's appointment, 230
Miscellaneous, Bennington, 231
Returns, Captains Webster and Chase, 232
" " Taylor, Clarke, and Kimball, 233
" " Bayley, 234
Consolidated report, Stickney's regiment, 235
Returns, Captains Kimball and Bayley, 236
" " Webster and Dearborn, 237
RHODE ISLAND TROOPS.
Col. Joseph Senter's regiment. 238
" " letter, 238
" " staff-roll, 240, 241
Capt. Robert Pike's Co., 242
" " " muster-roll, 244
" " " travel-roll, 246
" Enoch Pages's Co., 249
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Capt. Enoch Page's Co., bounty-roll, 250
" " " travel-roll, 251
" " " pay-roll, 253
" Joseph Parsons's Co., bounty-roll, 256
" " " travel-roll, 258
" " " muster-roll, 259
" " " pay-roll, 262
" Simon Marston's Co. muster-roIl, 267
" " " bounty-roll, 268
" " " travel-roll, 269
" " " pay-roll, 271
SARATOGA TROOPS, introduction, 276
Capt. John Sloan's Co., 277
" Joseph Hutchins's Co., 279
" " " pay-roll, 280
Gen. William Whipple's staff-roll, 282
Men raised in Col. Nicholas Gilman's regiment, 283
Col. Stephen Evans's regiment, staff-roll, 286
Capt. Zebulon Gilman's Co., 287
" Porter Kimball's Co., 290
" " " Swanzey men, 293
" James Libbey's Co., 294
" Daniel McDuffee's Co., 297
" Nathan Sanborn's Co., 300-310
" George Tuttle's Co., 311
Col. Evans's staff, 314, 316
" regiment, general abstract, 315
" " rations due, 317
Col. Abraham Drake's regiment, staff-roll, 318
Capt. Moses Leavitt's Co., 319, 339
" Ezra Currier's Co., 322, 341
" Nicholas Rawlings's Co., 324
" Jesse Page's Co., 328, 330, 343
Col. Drake's regiment, officer's rations, 331
" " general abstract, 333
" " miscellaneous, 334-338
Col. Daniel Moor's regiment, staff-roll, 345
Lieut. Samuel Brown's Co., 346
Capt. Daniel Rand's Co., 348
" Peter Clark's Co., 350, 352
" Edmund Briant's Co., 355
Lieut. Isaac Cochran's Co., 358
Capt. James Lewis's Co., 360
" John Duncan's Co., 362
" Gershom Drury's Co., 364
N. H. officers in Gen. Lincoln's regiment, 366
GENERAL CONTENTS. ix
Col. Benjamin Bellows's regiment, 367
Capt. William Cary's Co., 367
" Samuel Canfield's Co., 369
" Benjamin Flood's Co., 369
" Oliver Ashley's Co., 370
Col. Jonathan Chase's regiment, 373-378
Capt. Joshua Hayward's Co., 379
" John Willoughby 's Co., 381
" Jonathan Chandler's Co., 383
Volunteer officers from Hobart's and Morey's regiments, 385
Lieut. Gerould's detachment, 386
Capt. Sias's detachment, 387
Lt. Col. Joseph Welch's regiment, staff-roll, 388
Capt. Jeremiah Dow's Co., 390
" Nathaniel Ambrose's Co., 392
" Joseph Finlay's Co., 394
" Hezekiah Hutchins's Co., 396
" Ezekiel Gile's Co., 398
" Robert Collins's Co., 400
" Moses Baker's Co., 402
Col. Thomas Stickney's regiment, 404
Capt. Joshua Abbot's Co., 405
" John Hale's Co., 408
Private Clark's detachment, 410
Col. Jonathan Moulton's regiment, 411
Capt. John Dearborn's Co., 411
Lt. Col. Samuel Connor's detachment, 415
Col. John Langdon's Co., 416
Capt. Philip Putnam's Co., 419
East Kingston volunteers, 420
Battle of Saratoga, editorial, 421
Capt. Richard Weare's Co., 422
Enlistments in continental regiments, 424
Col. Timothy Bedel's regiment, 426
N. H. men in Col. Jackson's regiment, 427
Miscellaneous documents, 428
Col. Pierce Long's regiment, additional, 428
Capt. Joseph Finlay's Co., receipt, 428
" Peter Clark's Co., Bennington, 429
Dr. Obrey's certificate of service, 429
Fort Washington soldiers, 429
Fort Sullivan soldiers, 430
Gen. Enoch Poor's return, 432
Summary of service in 1777, 433
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1778.
Continental regiments, absentees from CoL Joseph Cilley's
regiment, 434
Col. Nathan Hale's regiment, absentees, 440
Enlistments in Continental regiments, 446
Richmond men, 446
Col. Joseph Hammond's return, 446
" Joseph Badger's return, 447
" Folsom's return, 450
Noah Lovewell's return, 451
Col. Matthew Thornton's returns, 452, 453
Enlistments from the Eighth regiment, 454
" " Third regiment, 455
“ " Hobart's regiment, 459
Col. Dearborn's return, 461
Lt. Col. Stephen Peabody's regiment, Rhode Island, 462
" " staff-roll, 463
Capt. Daniel Reynold's Co., 464, 466, 477
" Peter Drowne's Co., 468, 480
" Simon Marston's Co., 470
" Ezekiel Worthen's Co., 474, 494
" Samuel Dearborn's Co., 482, 494
" Ezekiel Gile's Co., 485
Recruits for Rhode Island, 489, 490, 492, 496
Capt. Drowne's account, 493
Part of Capt. Dearborn's Co., 497
Recruits from Tenth regiment, 498
Capt. Gile's return, 499
Enlistments for Rhode Island, 500-507
GEN. WHIPPLE'S BRIGADE, R. I., introduction, 508
Col. Moses Nichols's Reg't — staff-roll, 509
Capt. Daniel Emerson's Co., 510
" Benjamin Sias's Co., 512
" Ebenezer Webster's Co., 514
" Peter Cross's Co., 517
" Josiah Crosby's Co., 520
" Moses Leavitt's Co., 522
" Joseph Dearborn's Co., 525
" Joseph Parsons's Co., 527
" Bemamin Mann's Co., 529
Col. Enoch Hale's Reg't — staff-roll, 532
Capt. Robert Fletcher's Co., 533
" Samuel Twitchell's Co., 536
" Samuel Cunningham's Co., 538
" James Lewis's Co., 541
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Col. Moses .Kelley's Reg't — staff-roll, 543
Capt. John Folsom's Co., 544
" Jonas Bowman's Co., 546
" Joshua Bayley's Co., 548
" Aaron Quinby's Co., 550
" William Boyes's Co., 552
" William Lee's Co., 554
" James Aiken's Co., 556
Col. Jacob Gale's Reg't — staff-roll, 559
Capt. David Quimby's Co., 560
" Benjamin Whittier's Co., 562
" Nathan Brown's Co., 564
" James Gilmore's Co 566
" Jesse Page's Co., 568
COL. JOSHUA WINGATE'S REGIMENT — staff-roll, 570
Capt. Edward Hilton's Co., 571
" Moses Yeaton's Co., 573
" John Hill's Co., 575
" John Langdon's Co., 577
GEN. WILLIAM WHIPPLE'S BRIGADE — staff-roll, 580
Volunteers for Rhode Island service, 581
" " from Hillsborough, 582
" " Newington, 582
" " Antrim, 583
COL. TIMOTHY BEDEL'S REGIMENT — officers, 584, 585
Capt. Solomon Cushman's Co., 586, 591
" Luther Richardson's Co., 589
" Timothy Barron's Co., 592
Summary of service in 1778, 594
CONTINENTAL REGIMENTS — RECRUITS FOR 1779, 595
Col. Joshua Wentworth's return, 595
" Joseph Badger's return, 598
" Jonathan Chase's return, 602
" David Hobart's return, 605
" Thomas Stickney's return, 607
" Moses Nichols's return, 611
" Stephen Evans's return, 618
" Moses Kelley's return, 621
" Jacob Gale's return, 623
Appointment of officers — continental regiments, 624
Hollis recruits, 624
Enlistment document, 625
Absentees, Second continental regiment, 626
Continental soldiers, 1779, 628
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Col. Moses Nichols's return, 635, 636
" William Gregg's " 637
" Thomas Stickney's return, 637
" John Webster's " 638
" Abraham Drake's " 639
" Jonathan Moulton's " 639
" Stephen Evans's " 640
" Jacob Gale's " 641
" Benjamin Bellows's " 642
Selectmen of Meredith, " 642
Samuel Trott's " 643
Col. Moses Kelley's " 644
" Joshua Wentworth's " 645
" Enoch Hale's " 646
" David Webster's " 647
Maj. Timothy Ellis's " 647
Col. Nicholas Gilman's " 648
" John McClary's " 649
" Joseph Badger's " 650
" Moses Nichols's accounts, 650, 651
" Samuel Folsom's account, 651
Michael Cressey's " 651
Col. Bellows's " 652
Samuel Trott's " 652
Valley Forge soldier's receipt, 653
Samuel Nute's return, 653
Col. Hercules Mooney's regiment, R. I., 654
Apportionment of men to be raised, 655
Col. Stephen Evans's return, 655
" Col. Jonathan Moulton's return, 656
" Nicholas Gilman's return, 657
Exeter return, 657
Enlistments from Col. Gale's regiment, 658
Col.John Webster's returns, 658, 659
" John McClary's " 660, 661
Enlistments, for R. I., 661
Col. David Webster's return, 662
" Benjamin Bellows's return, 662
" Moses Kelley's " 663
" Thomas Stickney's " 663
" Moses Nichols's " 664
" Enoch Hale's returns, 664, 665
Consolidated return of R. I. men, 665-671
Col. Hercules Mooney's staff-roll, R. I., 672
Capt. Jonathan Leavitt's pay-roll, 673
" Daniel Reynold's " 676
" Ezekiel Worthen's " 678
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Capt. Ephraim Stone's pay-roll, 680
" Daniel Emerson's " 682
" Samuel Runnels's " 684
Abstract of pay-rolls, 686
Samuel Hobart's account, 688
Nicholas Gilman's account, 688
Men raised in Col. Stickney's regiment, 688
" " Kelley's regiment, 689
" " Badger's regiment, 690
" " Gale's regiment, 691
Piscataqua Harbor troops, 1779, 692
Col. Joshua Wentworth's return, 693
" John Webster's " 693, 694
" John McClary's " 695
" Moses Nichols's " 695
" Theophilus Dame's " 695
" Moses Kelley's " 696
Capt. Benjamin Sias's " 697
Men mustered for service at Portsmouth, 698, 699
Maj. Benjamin Whitcomb's rangers, 700-703
Capt. George Aldrich's Co., 704
Col. Israel Morey's report, 705
Convention of sundry towns in Coos county, 705
Hampton Falls soldiers, 706
Salisbury soldiers, 706
Col. John McClary's return, 707
Capt. Abel Walker's " 707
Col. David Webster's " 708
Lieut. Jonah Chapman's scouts, 709
Depreciation Rolls, First Continental Reg't, 710-718
" Second Continental Reg't, 718-725
" Whitcomb's Rangers, 725
" Third Continental Reg't, 726-733
" Col. Hazen's Reg't, 733
" Artillery and Artificers, 733
Men enlisted for the war, 1779, 734
Summary of service in 1779, 730
APPENDIX.
N. H. men in Massachusetts regiments, 1775, 739-752
Col. Sargent's Reg't, Capt. Scott's Co., 739
" " Perry's Co., 740
" " Stiles's Co., 741
Col. Nixon's regiment, 742, 743
" Prescott's regiment, 743-745
" Doolittle's " 745, 746
" Frye's " 746, 747
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Col. Baldwin's regiment, 748, 749
" Scammon's " 749, 750
" Brewer's " 750
" Gridley's Reg't of Artillery, 751
N. H. men in Massachusetts regiments, 1776, 753
" " miscellaneous, 754
Return of casualties at Saratoga, 755
Index of towns, places, etc., 759
Index of names of persons, 765
REVOLUTIONARY WAR ROLLS.
EXPLANATION.
The figures in brackets at the beginning of each document refer to the volume and page of the original manuscript.
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CORRECTIONS.
Page
37, James Kidder should read Samuel Kidder.
103, Richard Roberts should read Richard Robbins.
579, Josiah Langdon should read John Langdon.
633, Josh. I. Prince should read Josh. J. Prime.