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Royalston, Massachusetts

     In his 1917 book, "Royalston, Massachusetts, 1762-1917", Caswell relates the manner
in which Royalston was named:  The proprietors held meetings, from 1753 over a period of thirty-four years until 1787, when their records were closed and sealed.  Their meetings were held in Boston, at the Bunch of Grapes Tavern, and at the first meeting it was "motioned that the land aforesaid be called Royal-shire, and they unanimously agreed thereto, whereupon
the Hon. Isaac Royal, generously gave his word to give the partners £25 sterling towards building a meeting house for the town".  Here we first find the name of hte town which it bore until the act of Incorporation, in February, 1765, gave it the name of Royalston.
     The Hon. Isaac Royal, from whom the town of Royalston received its name, was a citizen of Medford, Massachusetts, "a gentleman of great spirit for public enterprise, devoted in admiration for his king, and generous and munificent for his time".  Read more about Royalston's Natural Features and how they were named.

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[Nahum's gravesite is known!  Thank you Betty-Sue Pratt!]

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CENSUS FOR ROYALSTON  [ 1790  ]

 

Vital Records of Royalston, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849,  Worcester:  Published by Franklin P. Rice, 1906.


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Please take a moment to read a wonderful letter, from Ryan W. Hood, a former resident of Royalston, concerning Nahum's gravesite, and the respect which Royalston residents have shown to a stranger from the town's past.
Read about 2000 Memorial Observances and Nahum Green in Royalston.

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Please take the time to read the following introduction, as it is in tribute to a former Royalston, MA resident.



NAHUM GREEN

     Nahum Green was the representative from Royalston to the 2nd Provincial Congress.  He was born 10 Apr 1729 in Leicester, MA to Sarah Sprague & William Green1.  He married on 7 Nov 1750, in Woodstock, CT, to Dorcas Sanger, and died at his Royalston home on 29 Jul 1775.

Caswell writes of Nahum Green:

     "On February 1, 1775, a second Provincial Congress assembled at Cambridge, later holding adjourned sessions at Concord and Watertown. As her representative to this body, Royalston sent *Nahum Green, whose home was on the old road in the valley west of the late John W. Stockwell's. This Congress established a permanent committee of safety with large military powers, provided for a complete organization of the militia, embodied a force of minute men comprising one-fourth of the military strength of the colony, appointed three veterans of the French Wars, Jedediah Preble, Artemas Ward, and Seth Pomeroy, to chief command,and resolved on the purchase of military stores to the amount of upwards of twenty thousand pounds. This body dissolved the 29th of May, having continued its deliberations nearly four months. Mr. Green survived its final adjournment exactly two months, dying at his Royalston home of smallpox, July 29."
 *"According to local tradition Nahum Green went from the second Provincial Congress into the Continental Army assembled at Cambridge. Here he is said to have contracted the smallpox of which he died in the midsummer of 1775 at his home in Royalston.  His grave is located in the pasture or sprout land north of the old road and a short half mile north west of the home where he died, and is marked by a substantial granite monument. But as to the manner in which he contracted the fatal disease the traditions differ. One story commonly reported was that the disease first appeared at the Dyer place a mile or more south of Green's, and that it was brought to him by a big, shaggy dog that had been fondled by the convalescents at the Dyer place, and used to travel frequently from one farm to the other. Every citizen of Royalston would be glad to know for a certaintly that the military traditions concerning Mr. Green were true, but no record of his name or military service can be found among the Massachusetts archives." 
     In  Royalston Memorial, Bullock writes of Nahum Green:  "...Nahum Green, was the delegate to the second Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in February 1775.  He appears to have gone from that Congress into the first army gathered for Independence at Charles town, and was probably engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill; he returned here in July and died of the small pox; which he had contracted while in the service.  This first martyr which Royalston contributed to the revolution was privately buried near his own home about a mile southerly of this spot, & the soldiers resting place can now barely be identified by the remaining cobbles that make his headstone.  Cannot the town afford by some simple, appropriate and enduring memorial, to rescue from oblivion the gory bed of the aboriginal patriot whose name yet survives without a tablet the scene of the first mortal sacrifice offered in her behalf to the immortality of the American Union?..."
     Evidently, the town heard Bullock's plea for in 1917 Caswell writes in The History of the Town of Royalston, Massachusetts 1762-1917 :  "His grave is located in the pasture or sprout land north of the old road and a short half mile northwest of the home where he died, and is marked by a substantial monument."  However, when I visited Royalston, in 1997, the monument could not be found, & the town Sexton & local historian, John McClure, had no knowledge of its existence.
    This page, therefore, is my feeble attempt to "rescue from oblivion" my ancestor Nahum Green.  Please let me know if anyone locates his gravesite, or any information concerning Nahum & his family.*
*In response to my request above, concerning the location of Nahum Green's gravesite, I was contacted by Betty-Sue Pratt. She had seen my request, and contacted me to let me know Nahum's gravesite location was indeed identified. 
On June 2, 1999, the Athol Daily News reported on Memorial Day observances.  The article entitled: "Royalston Honors War Dead", by Laurie M. Deveneau, states that after the observances, John Divoll, announced that a group of citizens were hiking to Gale Hill to visit the grave site of Revolutionary Soldier Nahum Green.  This article even included a photograph of the group at Nahum's gravesite, where they installed a new flag!
     THANK YOU! John Divoll, Rev. Ginger Asel, and the unnamed Royalston citizens, for remembering Nahum Green in this wonderful manner! 
     THANK YOU! Laurie M. Deveneau for your well-written coverage of this memorial event!
     THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Betty-Sue Pratt for contacting me to inform me of these events, and sending the clipping of Laurie's article for my family album!  You are an historical genealogy angel! 

I received the following wonderful letter, from Ryan W. Hood, a former resident of Royalston, concerning Nahum's gravesite, which has been posted below with his kind permission:
"I just wanted to let you know as a young boy in Boy Scout Troop 32 of 
Royalston, Massachusetts,  I had the opportunity for a number of years of 
placing an American Flag at the grave of Nahum Green every Memorial Day.  You see,  I lived very close to his grave and thought that it was a  mystery as 
to his existence until now.  My father, William Hood,  showed me where the 
grave was and made very sure that I took this responsibility seriously.  I 
appreciate the information you have submitted in your website.  To this day I 
can walk to Mr. Greens' grave and remember those days when I had made sure that Royalston's first true Patriot got his well deserving flag." -Ryan W. Hood.



Hi Ann:
I managed to locate Nahum Green's gravesite thanks to directions from John
Divoll. While waiting for the right light to photograph the inscription I discovered the original stone boulder from which the newer marker was cut. I thought that might be of some interest to you too? ...Feel free to link to the site and to copy any of the photos if you like? I have no problem with anyone copying any of my photos for personal use. Thanks again for your help. --Dick Cooper, Athol, MA
Click on this link to see the wonderful, new  photos of Nahum Green gravestone:
Mensch family genealogy: Nahum Green, Royalston, MA, taken by nature photographer Dick Cooper.



During Memorial Day 2000 observances in Royalston, several Royalston residents, walked to Nahum Green's gravesite to put up a fresh flag!  Further information and a picture of Royalston's John Divoll, with two of his Grandsons, at Nahum's gravesite, is posted on the Town of Royalston's web site.  Many thanks to Ed Wheeler for informing me of this news and photo!!!
By the way, if any visitors to Ann's Royalston page would like to send a note of appreciation to Ed and John, click on the names to send an e-mail.

     [My ancestor Uzziah Green, son of Nahum & Dorcas, was born 1 Mar 1753 in Leicester, MA.  Uzziah married 16 Dec 1777 in Royalston, MA to  Lucy ELLIOT2, daughter of Susannah SODEN & Ebenezer ELLIOT, relocated from Arlington/Cambridge, MA to Royalston, MA3
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Footnotes not in Royalston, MA resourses 

1Franklin P. Rice.  Vital Records of Leicester, MA to the end of 1849.  Worcester: Franklin P. Rice.  (1906).
3Baldwin, Thomas W.  A.B., S.B., (Compiler).  Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (1915).  Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society.

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 Royalston In History
 Royalston's Soldiers in the American Revolution
Resources for Royalston Research

 

·         1790 Census Population Schedule - Massachusetts.  Royalston, WORCESTER, MA[Microcopy no. 637, Roll no. 4]. See Census
 

·         Bartlett, Hubert Carlton.  (1927).  Reflections on Royalston Worcester County, Massachusetts U. S. A.   Fitchburg: Published by the Reflector.
See map above
 

·         Bullock, Hon. A. H.   (1865). Royalston Memorial .   Winchendom: Frank W. Ward.
 

·         Caswell,  Lilley B.,  The History of the Town of Royalston, Massachusetts 1762-1917 , including Royalston's Soldier Record Written and Compiled by Hon. Fred W. Cross.  Published by the Town of Royalston, 1917.

 

·         The Town of Royalston, Massachusetts

·         Office of the Town Clerk of Royalston, Massachusetts

·          Royalston's Phineas S. Newton Library  

19 The Common, P. O. Box 133
Royalston, MA  01368-0089
Phone: (978)-249-3572 - Fax:  (978) 249-3572 - E-mail:  [email protected]
 

·         Systematic History Fund.   (1906).  Vital Records of Royalston, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849,  Worcester:  Published by Franklin P. Rice.
     

·          Town Clerk of Royalston, MA
        P. O. Box 118
        Royalston, MA  01368
        Phone: 978-249-0493
        


 Worcester County Probate Court 2 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01608-1116
 (508)-798-2441

·         Worcester County Registry of Deeds 2 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01608
(508) 798-7713

Camp Royalston: Information about the AFSC collection, from American Friends Service Committee, Section 1: Civilian Public Service Administrative Files, 1940-1946 - "...The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 provided for alternative service for conscientious objectors who were assigned "work of national importance under civilian direction."...The AFSC was responsible for the administration of seventeen CPS camps and over thirty special service units which provided an alternative service program for 3400 men between 1941-1946, one being Camp Royalston.  However, records are restricted until the year 2020.

 

Massachusetts Research

·         Massachusetts Archives
 

·         Directory for Massachusetts Town Clerks

·         The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Citizens Information Directory

·         The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Great Massachusetts Research Tools & Links (including maps)



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Civil War List Home Page - Great Links 


The National Archives

·         Library of Congress

·         U.S. Census Bureau

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·         US Government Information - Genealogy



 Resources at the Allen County Public Library

·         The Allen County Public Library Home Page

·          WorldGenWeb

·         USGenWeb Archive Table of Contents

·         USGenWeb Search

·         USGenWeb US Archives Search

·         User Mailing Lists Hosted by RootsWeb

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·         Lineages Surname Search

·         Information from Yale

o    Census Information

·         The University of Chicago Center for Research Libraries



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GREGORY, DAVIS
I am looking for someone who might have information on Abigail Gregory (born in 
Templeton, Massachusetts, 5 April, 1750, dau. of Amansa & -------- (--?)
Gregory.
She married in Templeton, 5 March, 1782, Alexander Parkman Davis (b. in
England, 5 Jan., 1749, son of ------?)  Their children settled in Windsor County, Vermont.  They lived in Royalston, Mass for some time.
Thanks so much.  Linda M. Welch at [email protected]



FITZGERALD, SCANNELL, DONAHOE, DOLAN, CLARK
I would like to hear from anyone with connections to the family of James FITZGERALD and Margaret SCANNELL who married Feb. 10, 1846 in Aghada, Cork, Ireland and settled in South Royalston where they had the following children: 
Michael FITZGERALD b. 1851   m. Honora DONAHOE
David FITZGERALD b. 1866  m. 1st. Margy DOLAN  m. 2nd. Etta CLARK
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    Royalston's Soldiers in the American Revolution


Note:  The following list is not assumed to be complete.  It is a list of Royalston's soldiers as reported by Lilley B. Caswell in " The History of the Town of Royalston, Massachusetts 1762-1917

Lieut. Jonas Allen       Timothy Armstrong        Benjamin Barton
Bezaleal Barton.-Died in service       Bezaleal Barton, Jr.        Ezra Barton       Jonathan Barton         Peter Barton        Samuel Barton       Obadiah Beale       Thomas Beel         Aaron Bliss         Henry Bond           Jonas Brewer
David Bullock         Hugh Bullock         Ebenezer Burbank
Thomas Chamberlain       Lieut. Francis Chase       Rogers Chase
Silas Chase       Abijah Clarke      William Clement       David Copland       Ebenezer Cutler       Silas Cutting-Died in service      John Davis, Jr.
Squier Davis       Sylvester Davis       William Dike       Ebenezer Elliot
Jabez Fisher       Ebenezer Fry       Jonathan Gale       Peter Gale
Josiah Goodall              Irijah Green, 1st.       Irijah Green, 2nd.
#Nahum Green*   Seraiah Green    Uzziah Green    James Haven       Joshua Hemmingway       Thomas Hemmingway       Jonathan Hutchinson-Died in service       John Jacobs        Jonathan Jacobs
Nathan Jacobs      Nathaniel Jacobs       John Kendall
Lemuel Lewis       William Lewis       Jesse Manley
Daniel Moody         John Moody       Lieut. Isaac Nichols-became deranged       John Nichols       John Morton    Hiram Peck 
Joshua Peck  Benjamin Perry       Charles Pierce 
Lieut. Daniel Pike    Henry Poor       Abiel Richardson 
Abijah Richardson       Eliphalet Richardson 
Stephen Richardson       William Richardson       Capt. Jonathan Sibley        Joel Stockwell       John Stockwell       Levi Stockwill 
James Thomson       Jonas Thomson    Lenox Titus 
Joseph Waite       Nathaniel Waite      Moses Walker, 1st. 
Moses Walker, 2nd   Amos Wheeler, 2nd
Amos Wheeler, 3rd     Lieut. Nathan Wheeler-became deranged
Nathan Wheeler, Jr.       John Whitmore       John Whitmore, Jr.
Benajah Woodbury    Jonathan Woodbury      Lot Woodbury
Capt. Peter Woodbury      Peter Woodbury, 2nd    James Work


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Source:  Lilley B. Caswell's, " The History of the Town of Royalston, Massachusetts 1762-1917", published by the Town of Royalston, 1917. (page 404).

     "The first organized body of troops that ever left Roalston for service in war was the company of minute men commanded by Capt. Jonas Allen which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775.  Captain Allen at the outbreak of hostilities resided with his father on the place now occupied by the widow and children of the late Joseph F. Stockwell, about a mile east of the Common on the road to Winchendon.  The name, rank, and length of service of each of the twenty-four men who constituted Captain Allen's company is given below.  They formed a part of the regiment of Col. Ephraim Doolittle."
    Names                    Rank           Service
   Jonas Allen              Captain        1 mo. 4 days
   Daniel Pike              Lieutenant     1 mo. 11 days
   Abiel Richardson         Sergeant       1 mo.  1 days
   James Works              Sergeant             12 1/2 days
   Isaac Nichols            Sergeant              7 days
   William Dike             Sergeant              7 days
   Thomas Chamberlain       Corporal             10 1/2 days
   Abijah Clarke            Corporal             10 1/2 days
   Bezaleel Barton, Jr.     Private               7 days
   Ebenezer Fry             Private              22 1/2 days
   Josiah Goodale           Private               7 days
   Uzziah Green             Private               7 days
   James Haven              Private              10 1/2 days
   Joshua Hemmingway        Private               7 days
   Thomas Hemmingway        Private              19 1/2 days
   Jonathan Hutchinson      Private              10 1/2 days
   Jonathan Jacobs          Private               7 days
   John Kendall             Private               7 days
   Jesse Manley             Private              12 1/2 days
   Daniel Moody             Private              12 1/2 days
   Abijah Richardson        Private              22 1/2 days
   Joseph Wait              Private               7 days
   Nathan Wheeler, Jr.      Private               7 days
   Peter Woodbury, 2nd      Private               7 days
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The information below was transcribed, by Ann McRoden Mensch, from the 1790 U. S. Census Population Schedules [Micro copy no. 637, Roll no. 4] accessed at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, IN.
The numbers following the names refer to the number of people in each catagory in the table below.  A zero has been placed in columns which had no entry.
This is intended as a genealogical & historical guide...If you find an ancestor, an effort should be made to obtain a copy of the original.  While I have tried to present the information as found in the source, errors are possible...Please let me know if any are found. CONTACT ANN 


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1790 U. S. Census Population Schedule for Royalston, MA

NAME OF HEAD 
OF FAMILY

Free white males of 16 years and upward including heads of families.

Free white males under 16 years.

Free white females including heads of families.

All other free persons.

Slaves.

ROYALSTON TOWN 

Rev'd Joseph Lee     1 - 2 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Jonathan Bozworth     1 - 5 - 3 - 0 - 0 
David Poor     1 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 
Ellis Clemens     0 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Benjamin Hardy     1 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Nathan Reed     1 - 2 - 2 - 0 - 0
Jacob Hale     1 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Joel Taft     4 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 
Oliver Works     1 - 2 - 1 - 0 - 0 
Samuel Gregory     2 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 
Ami Faulkner     1 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Lot Woodbury     1 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 
Jonas Thompson     2 - 3 - 5 - 0 - 0 
Francis Chase     3 - 2 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Peter Gale     1 - 2 - 4 - 0 - 0 
Micah French     1 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 
Barth French     1 - 4 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Davis Parkman     2 - 2 - 10 - 0 - 0 
William Nicholas     3 - 0 - 5 - 0 - 0 
John Nicholas     1 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Nathan B. Newton     2 - 4 - 2 - 0 - 0 
William Brown     1 - 2 - 2 - 0 - 0 
James Bellows     1 - 2 - 6 - 0 - 0 
John Fry Jur.     1 - 3 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Salvenas Hemenway     3 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 
John Osbourne     1 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 
John Fry     2 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Ebenezer Fry      1 - 2 - 2 - 0 - 0
Josiah Piper     2 - 1 - 4 - 0 - 0 
David Nichols     1 - 1 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Gad Pierce     5 - 4 - 7 - 0 - 0 
Thomas Hemenway     1 - 5 - 2 - 0 - 0 
William Clemons     1 - 2 - 4 - 0 - 0 
Jonas Allen     1 - 2 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Silas Bouker     1 - 1 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Elizabeth Warren     0 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Oliver Warren     1 - 2 - 1 - 0 - 0 
Nathan Cutting     2 - 1 - 6 - 0 - 0 
Isaac Gregory     1 - 3 - 1 - 0 - 0 
Timothy Armstrong     1 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Henry Nichols     2 - 1 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Moses Nichols     1 - 1 - 2  - 0 - 0 
Ezekiel Davis     1 - 2 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Daniel Brown     2 - 2 - 5 - 0 - 0 
Jonah Hill     2 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Benjamin Hutchingson     2 - 2 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Timothy Richardson Jur.     3 - 5 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Timothy Richardson     1 - 3 - 4 - 0 - 0 
John Chaplin     1 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Eliphlet Richardson     1 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Thomas Perrey     2 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Benjamin Leithe     1 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 
Joseph Emerson     1 - 1 - 6 - 0 - 0 
Joseph Eves    1 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 
Solomon Nichols     1 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 
John Norton     1 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 0 
John Bacheller Esqr.     3 - 1 - 5 - 0 - 0 
Caleb Felch     1 - 2 - 1 - 0 - 0 
Elisha Cheeny     2 - 3 - 5 - 0 - 0 
Samuel Feltch     1 - 0 - 4 - 0 - 0 
Nathan feltch     1 - 4 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Thaddeus Perrey     1 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Silas Heywood     1 - 3 - 5 - 0 - 0 
Aaron Grant     1 - 4 - 3 - 0 - 0 
James Forbs     1 - 2 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Timothy Harrington     1 - 3 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Squire Davis     1 - 2 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Obediah Walker     2 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Peletiah Medcalf     1 - 3 - 2 - 0 - 0  [first column no. is a 1 over a 2 on micro] 
Simeon Chamberlain     2 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Jacob Easty     2 - 2 - 4 - 0 - 0 
Ebenezer Eliot     1 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0 
William Grafford     2 - 4 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Russell Wheeler     1 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Nathan Bliss     1 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Lewis Horton     1 - 2 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Shubel Blanding     1 - 1 - 5 - 0 - 0 
Molten Bullock     2 - 1 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Hugh Bullock     1 - 3 - 3 - 0 - 0 
John Davis     3 - 4 - 4 - 0 - 0 
Samuel Fuller     2 - 3 - 5 - 0 - 0 
Ebenezer Ingoles     2 - 1 - 4 - 0 - 0 
Nathan Bullock     1 - 0 - 4 - 0 - 0 
Wheeler Cole     1 - 0 - 7 - 0 - 0 
Elisha Kinsley     1 - 1 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Thaddeus Thayer     1 - 3 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Jacob Fuller     2 - 1 - 3 - 0 - 0 
John Foster     3 - 1 - 5 - 0 - 0 
Daniel Peck     3 - 3 - 5 - 0 - 0 
Peleg Kinsley     2 - 2 - 7 - 0 - 0 
Timothy Bliss     1 - 0 - 5 - 0 - 0 
Israel Bliss     1 - 2 - 1 - 0 - 0 
John Peck     2 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Timothy Bliss Jur.     2 - 2 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Peleg Jennins     1 - 0 - 8 - 0 - 0 
Micah Baker     2 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 
Peter Barton     1 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0
Joshua Hews     1 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0 
John Stockwell     2 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 
Samuel Godward     3 - 4 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Aaron Bliss     2 - 2 - 6 - 0 - 0 
Jonathan Mathews     2 - 1 - 4 - 0 - 0 
Solomon Peck     1 - 3 - 7 - 0 - 0 
Joshua Garfield     1 - 5 - 4 - 0 - 0 
Jonas Brewer     1 - 1 - 4 - 0 - 0 
Jonathan Bosworth     1 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 
Samuel Turner     1 - 3 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Peter Headly     2 - 3 - 4 - 0 - 0 
Daniel Warren     2 - 1 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Paul Ellis     1 - 4 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Asa Clarke     1 - 2 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Simeon Jacobs     1 - 2 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Moses Kinney     1 - 3 - 5 - 0 - 0 
Whitman Jacobs     2 - 3 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Elijah Walker     1 - 3 - 1 - 0 - 0 
Ebenezer Morse     1 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 
Elnathan Jacobs     1 - 5 - 4 - 0 - 0 
Reuben Walker     1 - 0 - 5 - 0 - 0 
Daniel Pike     3 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Samuel Feltch Jur.     1 - 4 - 2 - 0 - 0
Josiah Hix     2 - 2 - 5 - 0 - 0 
John Chamberlain     1 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 
Ebenezer Eliot Jur.     1 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Isaac Eastey     1 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 
John Bowen     1 - 2 - 4 - 0 - 0 
Samuel Fuller Jur.     1 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Ebenezer Bullock     1 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 0 
David Chase     1 - 2 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Jonathan Shepardson     3 - 1 - 7 - 0 - 0 
William Brown     1 - 1 - 3 - 0 - 0 
James Dexter     1 - 5 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Timothy Chase     1 - 4 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Benjamin May     4 - 4 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Isaac Brown     1 - 0 - 4 - 0 - 0 
Isaac Brown Jur.     2 - 1 - 4 - 0 - 0 
Jonathan Gale     2 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Nathaniel Bragg     1 - 2 - 5 - 0 - 0 
Enos Ward     1 - 2 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Jesse Woodbury     1 - 2 - 6 - 0 - 0 
Jonathan Woodbury     2 - 0 - 6 - 0 - 0 
Benajah Woodbury     1 - 1 - 3 - 0 - 0
Benjamin Woodbury     1 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Ebenezer Cutler     1 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Ezekil Cutler     1 - 1 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Peter Woodbury     2 - 2 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Daniel Woodbury     1 - 2 - 1 - 0 - 0 
Lot Woodbury Jur.     1 - 2 - 4 - 0 - 0 
Joshua Peck     1 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Micah Medcalf     1 - 2 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Enos Medcalf     1 - 1 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Thoms Beal      1 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 
Thomas Beal Jur.     2 - 1 - 3 - 0 - 0
Garsham Bigelow     1 - 0 - 4 - 0 - 0 
William Town     3 - 1 - 7 - 0 - 0 
Jonathan Sibley     2 - 1 - 4 - 0 - 0 
William Ellis     2 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Ezekiel Ellis     1 - 2 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Silas Foster     1 - 2 - 5 - 0 - 0 
Jonathan Sibley Jur.     1 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 
William Foster     1 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 
Joseph Stockwell     3 - 0 - 4 - 0 - 0 
Roger Chase     2 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Silas Chase     1 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 0 
David Lyon     2 - 1 - 8 - 0 - 0 
Barzillal Miles     2 - 0 - 4 - 0 - 0 
Jonathan Cutler     1 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Ebenezer Cutler     2 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 
John Peirce     1 - 2 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Thomas White     1 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Isaac Gale     2 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0 
William Kinne     1 - 3 - 3 - 0 - 0
John Whitemore     2 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Elisha Whitemore     1 - 1 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Abijah Whitemore     1 - 1 - 3 - 0 - 0 
John Whitemore Jur.     1 - 2 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Jeremiah Woodcock     1 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Isaac Norcross     1 - 2 - 2 - 0 - 0 
John Beal     1 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 
Edward Holman     2 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Benjamin Walt     1 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Silas Chub     1 - 1 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Asa Flagg     1 -  2 - 2 - 0 - 0 
Phillip Sweetser     3 - 2 - 3 - 0 - 0 
William Raymond     2 - 3 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Stephen Bacheller     1 - 2 - 4 - 0 - 0 
Jonathan Nichols     1 - 1 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Joseph Wilder     1 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 
John Burbank     1 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 0 
Simeon Stockwell     1 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 
Enoch Whitemore     1 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 
Samuel Bouker     1 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 
Reuben Kindol     0 - 0 - 0 - 2 - 0 



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Per the book: Caswell,  Lilley B.  (1917).  The History of the Town of Royalston, Massachusetts 1762-1917 , including Royalston's Soldier Record Written and Compiled by Hon. Fred W. Cross.  Published by the Town of Royalston. 

     "The first organized body of troops that ever left Royalston for service in war was the company of minute men commanded by Capt. Jonas Allen which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775.  Captain Allen at the outbread of hostilities resided with his father on the place now occupied (1917) by the widow and children of the late Joseph F. Stockwell, about a mile east of the Common on the road to Winchendon.  The name, rank, and lenght of service of each of the twenty-four men who constituted Captain Allen's company is given below.  They formed a part of the regiment of Col. Ephraim Doolittle.
          Names                         Rank                         Service
Jonas Allen                           Captain                    1 mo. 4 days
Daniel Pike                           Lieutenant                 1 mo. 11 "



     After the excitement following the Lexington alarm had subsided about one-half of Captain Allen's company returned to their homes.  Thirteen men, however, enlisted in Capt. Abel Wilder's company of Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regiment, Captain Allen himself being one of their number.  In Captain Wilder's company he wa given the rank of lieutenant.  These saw service during the siege of Boston.  In all we find on record, the names of twenty-one men from Royalston who served in the American Army during this siege.  The alphabetical list giving rank, company, and regiment is here inserted.  Those who enlisted from Captain Allen's company are marked with an asterisk (*).

     Name                      Company                 Regiment
*Lieut. Jonas Allen     Capt. Abel Wilder's    Col. Ephraim Doolittle's
*Ens. Daniel Pike       Capt. Abel Wilder's    Col. Ephraim Doolittle's



 

Vital Records of Royalston, WORCESTER, MA to 1850

Vital Records of Royalston, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849,  Worcester:  Published by Franklin P. Rice, 1906.


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ROYALSTON MARRIAGES.

 

Vital Records of Royalston, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849,  Worcester:  Published by Franklin P. Rice, 1906.



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ROYALSTON DEATHS.

 

[Vital Records of Royalston, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849,  Worcester:  Published by Franklin P. Rice, 1906.


 

 

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