State of New Hampshire.
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ROLLS AND DOCUMENTS
RELATING TO
SOLDIERS
IN THE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
WITH AN
APPENDIX,
EMBRACING SOME INDIAN AND FRENCH WAR ROLLS.
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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATURE.
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VOLUME III — OF THE WAR ROLLS.
VOLUME XVI — OF THE SERIES.
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COMPILED AND EDITED BY
ISAAC W. HAMMOND, A. M.,
LIBRARIAN NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
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"He who takes no interest in the history of his ancestors does not deserve to be remembered by his posterity."
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MANCHESTER, N. H.:
JOHN B. CLARKE, PUBLIC PRINTER.
1887.
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 in 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 twelfth 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 completes the publication of the Revolutionary War Rolls so far as they can now be obtained. All of the rolls and documents in the possession of the State, and all that the editor could obtain elsewhere, have been used in the compilation of the work. Other material of the kind is supposed to be in existence, and may be obtained at some future time, and may not. This volume contains the town returns and accounts, which will be found of great value as indicating the residences of the men, which many of the rolls fail to do. It also contains all the material that could be found in the state archives relating to pensioners, a number of Indian and French war rolls not heretofore published, and a short Revolutionary diary.
The fact that interest in historical research and in the preservation of all original documents pertaining to the days of our ancestors is on the increase among our people is one of the encouraging features of the times. Many valuable manuscripts of ancient dates have been destroyed, and it is important that all that are still in existence which give any information relative to the history of our State should be printed, and thus placed beyond the reach of destructive elements and the autograph hunter, and made accessible to the future historian. The public interest in and general demand for the work is abundantly proved by frequent calls for the loan of advance sheets of this volume, which have been in use almost continuously since the commencement of its publication.
Great care has been taken in transcribing the documents and in compiling a full and complete index. Although some errors will undoubtedly be found, the editor hopes the number will be small.
As many local histories are being compiled, the editor desires to call attention to the importance of an exhaustive index to all such
EDITOR'S PREFACE.
works. An historical work loses half its value without it. Every occurrence of names of persons and places should be indexed, and the information contained in the volume thus rendered accessible to historical, genealogical, and biographical students.
The next volume will contain a collection of miscellaneous provincial and state documents of much historic value, dating from 1680 to 1800.
HAMMOND.
ABSTRACT OF GENERAL CONTENTS.
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1780.
Return of officers in First Regiment 2
" officers in Second Regiment 4
" officers in Third Regiment 6
" first company, Third Regiment 9
" second company, Third Regiment 12
" Captain Frye's company 15
" " " " 17
" " Ellis's " 20
" " Gilman's " 22
" " Ellis's " 25
" Major Norris's " 27
" Captain Livermore's company 30
'' " " " 33
" " Stone's " 35
" " McGregore's " 38
" " Hawkins's " 40
" " Gray's " 42
" Third Regiment men 44
" men who served in other state organizations 45
Major Whitcomb's rangers 46
Colonel Henry Jackson's regiment 47
New Hampshire men in Col. Hazen's regiment, Mass., 48, 54, 55
Petition from officers in continental regiments 49
New Hampshire men in Col. Flower's regiment 51, 53
Return of General Poor's brigade 56
Continental regiments, recruits 58-69
Pay-roll for same 70-89
Muster-roll for same, with residences 90-100
New Hampshire men in Col. Jackson's regiment 101
List in part of the new levies 102
Men recruited by Henry Dearborn 103
Three months' men at West Point 104
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Captain Kinsman's return 105
Colonel Bartlett's staff-roll 108
Captain Jewell's Co. 109
" Aiken's Co. 112
" Gordon's Co. 11
" Emerson's Co. 118
" Sinclair's Co. 121
" Eastman's Co. 124
" Leavitt's Co. 127
" Butler's Co. 130
Colonel Nichols's staff-roll 135
Captain Page's Co. 137
" Kidder's Co. 140, 161
" Barron's Co. 143
" Webster's Co. 147
" Stevens's Co. 150
" Houghton's Co. 152
" Whittier's Co. 155
" Spaulding's Co. 158
" Leavitt's Co., abstract of pay-roll 162
" Butler's Co. " " 163
" Sinclair's Co. " " 164
Portsmouth men in Captain Jewell's Co. 165
Recruits for Whitcomb's rangers 167
Captain Stone's Co., pay-roll 167
" Runnel's Co., muster-roll 168
" " pay-roll 169
Major Whitcomb's muster-roll 170, 172
" " return, residences 174
Captain Paine's Co. 178, 179
Promotions in Continental regiments 180
New arrangement of officers 182
THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE CONTINENTAL REGIMENT, 1780 183
Return of Colonel's Co. 184
" Captain Gilman's Co. 186
" " Livermore's Co. 187
" Major Wait's Co. 188
" Captain McGregore's Co. 189
" " Ellis's Co. 191
" Colonel Dearborn's Co. 192, 193
" Captain Frye's Co. 194
" " Dennett's Co. 195
Lieutenant Piper's men at Portsmouth 196
GENERAL CONTENTS. vii
Depreciation rolls to January 1, 1781 197
First Regiment 197-203
Second Regiment 203-208
Third Regiment 208-213
Petition of soldiers at Fort Washington 214
Summary of troops raised in 1780 215
1781.
Editorial note 216
Return of New Hampshire force in Continental Army 217
First Regiment, 1781. Captain Farwell's return 218
" " " Livermore's return 219
" " " Frye's " 220
" " " Gilman's " 221
" " " Sartwell's " 222
" " " Dustin's " 223
" " " Munroe's " 224
" " " Ellis's " 225
Second Regiment, 1781. " Robinson's " 227
" " " McGregore's " 228
" " " Dustin's " 229
" " " Fogg's " 230
" " " Chase's " 231
" " " Dennett's " 232
" " " Cherry's " 233
Captain Dearing's roll, Fort Washington 234
State bounty to, continental soldiers 235
Receipts for bounty " " 239
" for gratuity, camp on James River 241
Recruits for Continental Army, residences 242
" " " " " 246
Frontier and West Point men, introduction 249
Enlistment document 250
Six months' men raised for West Point 251
Colonel David Webster's return 258
" John McClary's " 3 months' men 258
" Noah Lovewell's " " 259
Portsmouth volunteers' " 260
Colonel Wentworth's return " 261
" John Webster's return " 262
" John Bell's " " 263
" Thomas Stickney's return " 263
Captain Dearing's Co., order 264
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New Hampshire men in Col. Hazen's regiment, Mass. 265
Continental regiments, 1781; abstract of pay 267-280
First Regiment 267-271
Second Regiment 271-276
Third Regiment 276-279
Captain Jacob Smith's rangers, pay-roll 281
Summary of service in 1781 283
Captains Walker and Osgood, scouts 284
1782.
Bounty list, continental soldiers 285
Enlistment document, 1782 288
Sergeant Blake's scouting party 288-292
" James Ladd's scouting party 293
Editorial relative to raising men 293
Captain Ebenezer Webster's rangers 295
" Jonathan Smith's 298
Sergeant Philip Page's scouts 299
Captain Salter's Co., Portsmouth 300
Promotions in continental regiments 300
New Hampshire men who served in independent regiments 301
New Hampshire men in Gen. Hazen's regiment, Mass. 304
Casualties in First Regiment 306
Colonel Bedel's regiment, in part, 1777, 1778 306-314
Captain Young's Co. 307
" Wheeler's Co. 308
" Cushman's Co. 310
" Holden's Co. 311
" Butterfield's Co. 311
" Taylor's Co. 312
" Lovewell's Co. 313
Lyme militia roll, 1776 314
MISCELLANEOUS ROLLS.
Captain James Gray's Co., in part 316
Guard at Exeter jail, 1777 316
Roll of soldiers at New Castle, 1786 317, 318
" " " 1787 319
PENSION DOCUMENTS.
List of invalids examined and pensioned 320
Pensioners paid by Mr. Gilman, 1782 321
GENERAL CONTENTS. ix
List of pensioners, 1785 323
" " 1787, mention of wounds 325
" " residences 328
" " 1789 330
" " soldiers' widows 333
Pay-roll, officers' widows and invalids 334, 337
Report of committee on invalids 335
Pay-roll, officers' widows and invalids, 1788, 1789 343
Pension-roll, November, 1789 344
Editorial relating to pensions 347
Petitions for pensions, committee and surgeons' reports, 347-496
Editorial relative to town returns . 497
Towns' returns of soldiers, arranged alphabetically 498-523
Abatement of soldiers' poll-taxes 524
Individual accounts for losses in service 525-531
Action of Legislature relative to towns' expenditures 533
Towns' accounts for bounties, etc. 534-548
Towns' accounts in detail, alphabetically 549-895
APPENDIX.
Sergeant Hilliard's scouts, 1712 897
Londonderry Troopers, 1744 897
Samuel Miller's scouts, 1744 898
Timothy Roberts's scouts, 1744 899
Jeremiah Clough's " 1745 899, 907
William Moulton's " 1745 900
Colonel Gilman's regiment, 1740 901
John Humphrey's troopers, 1745 902
William Miles's scouts, 1745 903
Captain Hanson's troopers, 1745 904
" Dudley Odlin's, 1745 905
" Thomas Bell's Co., 1745 906
" John Huckins's scouts, 1745 906
" John Goffe's " 1745 908, 909
" Daniel McGregore's Co., 1745 910
" John Gregg's scouts, 1746 911
" Francis Lock's Co., 1746 912
" James Guppy's Co., 1746 912
" John Goffe's Co., 1746 913
" John Webster's Co., 1747 914
" Jeremiah Clough's Co., 1746-47 915
" Thomas Bell's Co., 1747-48 916
" James Campbell's Co., 1750 916
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Captain Elisha Winslow's Co., 1755 918
Colonel Josiah Willard's Co., 1755 919
" Joseph Blanchard's regiment, 1754 920
Captain Robert Rogers's roll, 1755 922
General Folsom's orders, 1775 923
Officers in Twelfth Militia Regiment, 1775 924
" on ship Raleigh, 1777 924
Men on brig Dartmouth, 1775 925
" " Polly 926
Receipt from men on Winter Hill, 1776 926
Captain Whitcomb's Co., 1777-78 927
" Tarlton's Co., 1778 927
List of British prisoners, 1781-83 929
" New York tories 932
Captain Isaac Farwell's Co., 1776-1782 934
Diary of Abraham Fitts, 1777 936
Index to towns, places, etc. 941
Index to names of persons 949
EXPLANATION.
The figures in brackets at the beginning of each document refer to the volume and page of the original manuscript in the adjutant-general's department.
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CORRECTIONS.
Page
106, Micher Moses should be Micah Morse.
133, Samuel Straw may be Samuel Shaw.
160, Jos. Gilman, Jr., should read Josiah Gilman, Jr.
301, Hanet Kimball should read Hanes Kimball.
353, Line 7 from bottom, fount should be found.
385, Oxford should be Orford.
405, W. T. Langdon should be Wy Langdon.
536, Sineon Burt should be Simeon Burt.
780, John Wills should be John Mills.
903, Thomas Crisby should be Thomas Cristy.