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Lynn in the Revolution

COMPILED FROM NOTES

GATHERED BY

HOWARD KENDALL SANDERSON

IN TWO PARTS
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, B. CLARKE COMPANY
26 AND 28 Tremont Street
BOSTON
1909

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Contents

CHAPTER PAGE

INTRODUCTION xv

I. EARLY FAIMILIES AND EARLY WARS 1
II. BEGINNINGS OF THE REVOLUTION — EARLY PATRIOTIC

VOTES OF THE TOWN AND MEASURES TAKEN 7

in. THE LEXINGTON ALARM IN LYNN 25
IV. THE GATHERING OF THE ARMY AT CAMBRIDGE AND

THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL 51

V. COLONEL JOHN ]MANSFIELD ' 62
VI. LYNN MEN UNDER CAIT-AIN NEWHALL AND CAPTAIN

KING— THE SIEGE OF BOSTON 76
VII. THE MARCH TO NEW YORK AND ACROSS THE

JERSEYS WITH WASHINGTON Si

VIII. LYNN'S PART IN THE BURGOYNE CAMPAIGN 95
IX. THE RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN AND SERVICE

AT SEA 114

X. AT WEST POINT 13»

XL THE END OF THE STORY 142

XII. THE HALLOWELL JOURNAL 149

SUPPLEMENT 179

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 185

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List of Illustrations

Facing page
Portrait of Howard Kendall Sanderson .... Frontispiece

Mxp OF Lynn in ye Olden Time x\-i

Pages from Lynn Records 7, 8, 16, 17, 52

JVLvp of Ancient Li-nn 26

Jedediah Newhall House 29

Old Boston Street and Vicinity, 1775 30

Frederick Breed House 31

Increase Newhall Tavern 33

GowiNG TA^^:RN 34

The Reynolds House 40

Willow Castle 43

A Revolutionarit Record page 46

Home of Colonel Ezra Newhall 49

Commission of John Upton .56

Gravestones of Colonel Mansfield and Colonel Flagg ... 75

Commission of Harris Chadwell 80

Silhouette of Colonel John Flagg page 98

CojraussiON OF Theophilus Bacheller 107

Commission of Jonathan Brown Ill

Portr.«t of Zachariah An will 117

Home op Charles Florence page 125

Fac-similes of Soldiers' Passes page 135

The Isaac Organ House 141

Fac-similes of Soldiers' Discharges 143

Group in Old Western Burial Ground page 145

Memorial to Revolutionary Soldiers page 147

Cover of Hallowell Journal 149

CoMim.ssioN OF Frederick Breed 150

Pages from the Hallowell Journal 169

Discharge of Henry' Hallowell 177

The Henfield House 187

The Nathan Attwill House 192

Commission of Theophilus Bacheller 196

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List of Illustrations

Facing page

Commission of Captain Nathaniel Bancroft 201

The Nathaniel Bancroft Housi; iOi

Home of John Batts page 205

The Abijah Boardman House 210

The Ivory Boardman House 212

The Samuel Boardilu^ House 214

The Ephraim Breed House 219

Gr-vvestones of Ebenezer Burrill and Isaac Organ 238

Commission of Lieutenant Harris Chadweli 246

Portrait of Dr. Abijah Cheever 2.52

Doctor Abijah Cheever House 254

Portrait of Dr. James Gardner 274

Old Church, Lynnfield Centrk 285

Old Hallowell House 289

Gravestones of Harris Chadwell and Captain Ebenezer

Hart 293

The Hitchings-Draper-Hawkes House 298

Nathan Hawkes House 301

John Ireson's List of Cartridges 317

The Tarbell House ' 320

Discharge of John Larr.\bee 329

ThO\LVS M.«ySFIELD HousE 347

Application for Pension for Ebenezer Parsons 405

Discharge of Ebenezer Parsons 406

Certificate of James Robinson 427

Portrait op Captain James Robinson 428

RoBY House .■ pucjc 429

Home of David Tufts 448

Old Tunnel Meeting-house pacjc 466

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PART II

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Bi RRAGE, John, — son of John and Meliitable (Sargent) Burrage was born
November 23, 1730. He lived on the Common, near Park Street, in
a large, two-story, slant-roofed house. This was the homestead of
tlu-ee generations of Burriages, a family which owned nearly four hun-
dred acres of land in Lynn. Deacon John, the Revolutionary soldier,

whose father was also called " Deacon
■ .^^ John," died in Lynn, June 30, 1780,

probably unmarried, and is buried in

the old Western Burial Ground, where
his grave is marked by a Revolutionary marker of the S. A. R. He held
the town offices of warden and treasurer for a series of years. His will
on file in the probate records gives his estate at the current rate of ex-
change as i£134,763. This is a good illustration of the tremendous
depreciation of the Continental currency, inasmuch as the real value
of the estate in hard money was but £2,246.

At the time of the Revolutionary War there were fourteen able-bodied
men of the name of Burriage, descendants of John Burrage who settled
in Charlestown in 1637, and of these ten were borne on the rolls of the
soldiers of the Revolution. William, a cousin of Deacon John, moved
from Lynn in 1767, and served from the town of Leominster. The
others belonged in other towns. The serWce of Deacon John Burrage,
so far as is known, was only that which he performed on the 19th of
April, 1775, when he marched from Lynn in the company of Captain
Rufus Mansfield. He is credited with two days' ser\-ice.
BuRRiLL, Alden, — probably son of Samuel and Anna (Alden) Burrill, was
born in 1753. He married in September, 1782, Ehzabeth Hammet, of
Boston. In 1825, while h\Tlng at Salem, he made application for a
pension, and in his affida^dt states that he marched in April, 1777, to
Ticonderoga, and served, as did his brother Ebenezer, through the Bur-

goyne campaign, and during the two
^ . /O following years in and about West

(SC^yyvC/^ii/l/lAZZ' Point. In 1780 he was at headquarters

at Morristown, N.J., where he was
discharged with liis brother on the 6th of March. The Massachusetts
rolls also give the name of Alden Burrill among those who served from
Lynn, at Concord battle and elsewhere. It is not unUkely that he was
in the company of Captain Farrington with his brother Ebenezer, whose
age was very near liis own. Both Alden and Ebenezer hved in Lynn

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at tlie time of the war. From 1SI:5 to 1818 he was in tlie lumber aii.l
lime business in Salem. His pension was not allowed at the time that
he made application, but was granted to his children in 1851, at the
rate of $2-1.0 per year, from March 4, 1831, to December U, 1831, the
time of his death. He was buried in Salem. His wife, Elizabeth, died
in Salem March '20, 1800, at the age of forty-seven.

HuKRiLL, Bexjaiiin, — private, probably son of Theophilus and Mary (IlilLs)
Burrill, was born in that part of Lynn, now Swanipscott, August 14, 174.5.
The venerable homestead is still standing at the corner of Essex and Bur-
rill Streets, Swampscott, and this estate he inherited in 1791 on the
death of his father. Mr. Burrill was in Captain Farrington's com-
pany, but he saw- no further serxice in the war so far as is known.
A Benjamin Burrill died in Lynn in 1803, letters of administration
having been granted to his wife March 29 of that year, but nothing
has been found to certainly connect him with the subject of this sketch.

BuKRiLL, Ebenezer, — private, probably son of Samuel and Anna (Alden)
Burrill, was born in 17.5j. After the battle of Le.xington, in whicli
he participated as a member of Captain Farrington's company, lie
enlisted as a private in Captain John Merrill's company. Colonel John
Glover's ^Ist regiment, and served eight months with General AVasli-
ington's army, investing Boston. He
^p / TT /^ /y ""■'^ given the usual bounty coat :it

C>/hCyk\ c^^ C/tn/yi-^Xi^ Cambridge, December 25, 1775. Ln-
mediately upon his discharge, which
took place January 1, 1776, he again enlisted as a private in Captain
Pollard's com])any of artificers, was present at the evacuation of Boston
and served for some time thereafter in guarding the city. During the
summer he marched with his coni|)any to New York, and was in the
battles of Long Island, Fort Washington, and Fort Lee, and was then
stationed at North Castle until Noxember. He retreated across New-
Jersey with Washington's army and was in the battle of Trenton.
December 26, 1776. Soon after he was honorably discharged and
returned to Lynn. Early in 1777, probably in March, he enU.sted
once more, tliis time for three years or during the war. He was assigneil
to Captain Noah Nichols's company of artificers, and served imder
Major Ebenezer Stevens in General Henry Knox's artillery brigade.
With Iiis brother Alden. who had enlisted at the .same time, he marched
for Ticonderoga. where lie w:is st.iliciiieil when the news eanie of llie

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invasion of Burgoyne. Upon the apjjearance of tlie British army
the garrison was obHged to fall back to Albany, and Burrill was in
the retreat. He was in the battles preceding the capture of General
Burgoyne and was present at the surrender, after which he was again
stationed at Albany. For the next two years he did duty in and about
West Point, participating in several engagements. In 1780 he was
at headquarters at Morristown, N.J., where he was finally discharged,
!March 6, 1780. During the above time he was in the regiments of
Colonel Crane and Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin.

Ebenezer Burrill was married by Abner Cheever, Esq., January
23, 1783, to Mary Wyatt, of Salem. After their marriage they remo\ ed
to Salem, where they lived for the remainder of their lives. He was
pensioned under the act of 1818, receiving eight dollars per month from
April 20 of that year until May 1, 1830, when he was dropped on
account of the alarm felt at the increase in the number of pensioners,
then amounting to several thousand. He died in Salem, May 30, 1826,
and his wife died May 21, 1839. Their children, Sarah B. Huniing and
Ruth L. Allen, were pensioned in their mother's name August 2, 18.52, re-
ceiving the small amount wliich should have been paid to their mother.

On a descriptive list of officers and crew of the sliip "Thomas," com-
manded by Captain Samuel Ingersoll, dated Salem, August 7, 1780,
the name of Ebenezer Burrill appears. He is described as of a light
complexion, and liis residence Lynn. The age, twenty-five years, being
the same as that of the Ebenezer here described, might indicate that
he was the same man.
Burrill, Ebenezer, Esq., — son of Hon. Ebenezer and Martha (Farring-
ton) Burrill, was born February 6, 1702-03. Although not a soldier
of the Revolution, he should be given a place among those of the town
most active in forwarding the cause of independence. Being seventy-
two or three 3'ears of age at the time of the breaking out of the war,
liis service was that of the wise counsellor in the time when experience
and calm judgment were as greatly needed as youtliful enthusiasm. He
was perhaps the oldest member then li\dng of a prominent and influ-
ential family, and his voice carried great weight in the town meetings
of which he was clerk. His ^fe was Mary Mansfield, daughter of
Joseph and INIary (Hart) Mansfield, to whom he was married July 29,
1725, and his home was at the northeast corner of Boston and Federal
Streets. Called one of the " Sam Adams rebels," he was on December

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1, 1766, requested bv his constituents to use his endeavors to procure
the passage of an act to compensate JNIr. Hutchinson and others for
their losses in the riots of the preceding year, occasioned by the passage
of the Stamp Act. He was a stanch advocate of the rights of the col-
onies from the beginning, and entered zealously into the plans which
they deWsed for assisting and protecting them. He joined the patri-
otic associations of the times, and was, among other things, determined
in his opposition to the introduction of tea. On October 7, 1774, he
was chosen a delegate from Lynn to the Provincial Congress which
assembled at Salem to consider the state of public affairs. He con-
tinued to zealously aid the efforts of the patriots, but did not Kve to
see those efforts crowned with success, his death occurring on the 20th
of May, 1778. ELis serWce for the town and colony had been a long
one. From 1756 to 1775 he had been continuously, with the excep-
tion of a single year, town clerk, treasurer, and selectman. From 1764
to 1775 he had been a representative to the General Court. His grave,
together with that of his wife who died in April, 1786, may be seen in
the old Western Burial Ground, surrounded by those of many others
of the name of Burrill.

BuBRiLL, Israel, — was probably born in Saugus, and may have been a
brother of "Long John" Burrill. The dates of his birth, marriage,
and death are imknown. He served at the Lexington alarm, and on
May 6 enlisted in Captain Ezra Newhall's company. Colonel John
Mansfield's regiment. He went into camp at Cambridge, where he
received an order for advance pay June 8. He was viith his company
at Cobble Hill during the battle of Bunker Hill. He appears on a
company return dated October 6, and undoubtedly spent the winter
in camp at Prospect Hill. He was Hving in ISl'i, when he was granted
letters of administration on the estate of John Burrill.

Burrill, John, — eldest son of Ebenezer, Esq., and Mary (Mansfield)

Burrill, was born August '39, 1726, in Lynn. He was married Jan-

uary 26, 1749, in Haverhill, by Rev. Ed-

^^L/T (^ // ^^^"^^ Bernard, to .\nne Thompson, and

^(Xrhi Ujf^^C'C^ occupied for a time the old Burrill

homestead on Tower Hill. His children

were .\nne, John (who became Colonel John), Mary, Joseph, Anne,

jNIicajah, Ebenezer, Thompson, and Sarah. He was in Captain Rufus

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Mansfield's company which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775,
sernce two days. He was drowned in the Saugus River, December
14, 1793. His wife died April 15, 1798, at the age of seventy. Both
are buried in the old Western Burial Ground. The grave is marked
with the Revolutionary marker.
BuRBiLL, JoH>f, — son of John and Anne (Thompson) Burrill, was born in
Lynn, November 17, 1751. He married Anna Fuller, November 17,

1774, and lived on Tower Hill. He was a tailor, and had a sign over the
door of his house which read, " John Burrill Tailor from Boston." He
was a minute-man and corporal in Captain Rufus Mansfield's (4th)
company which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, sernce two
days. He also enlisted in Captain Samuel King's company, July 4,

1775, sernce six months and two days, in the company stationed at Salem
and Lynn for the defence of the seacoast. It is said that he bore the
title of colonel, by which he was distinguished in the family. He was
one of the lecturers and chaplain of Mount Carmel Lodge of Masons, and
a notice in the Lynn Mirror at the time of his death is as follows : " In
Lynn, December 2, 1826, Col. John Burrill, aged 75. He was a Revolu-
tionary patriot and a worthy citizen and an honest man. His remains
will be interred with masonic honors on Monday next at 2 p.m. from
his late residence. The relatives and friends of the deceased with the
masonic family in this vicinity, of which fraternity he was a distinguished
member, are requested to attend without a more particular inflation."

His wife Anna died December 27, 1833, aged seventy-nine, and both
were buried in the old Burrill tomb on the Western Burial Ground.
When the tombs were removed, he was buried on Lotus Path in Pine
Grove Cemetery, with five other Revolutionary soldiers.
BiRRiLL, John, — sergeant, probably was son of Samuel and Anna (Alden)
Burrill and brother to Ebenezer and Alden, although it is a matter of
some difiiculty to accurately place the four John Burrills who served
in the Revolution from Lynn. Two were in the company of Captain
Rufus Mansfield, and one in that of Captain Dand Parker, of Saugus.
The subject of this sketch was probably the one married December 26,
1776, by Rev. John Tread well, to Hannah Lindsey, and whose children
were Ann, Abigail, Samuel, and John. His only sernce in the war was
in response to the Lexington alarm. He died June 4, 1804, and was
buried in the old Western Burial Ground, where a bronze marker and

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marble stone were erected to his memory in 1903. Alden Burrill was
appointed administrator of his estate, which was situated on Marble-
head Road, or Essex Street.

BuBRiLL, John, — called " Long Jolui," from his great height, lived where
his ancestors had lived, upon the old Burrill farm, southeast of the Hitch-
ings house. The old house, odd in appearance for that locality, may
still be seen by the angler and boatman upon the upper waters of
Franker 's Pond, standing east of the turnpike, towards Saugus Centre.
Where or when he was born is not known. He was a farmer and shoe-
maker, and went with his neighbors in Captain Parker's company when
the alarm rang out on the morning of April 19, 1775. It is possible that
tliis was the John who was married in Chelsea, June 7, 1764, by Rev.
Philhps Payson, to Anne Tuttle, although this cannot be proved. Letters
of administration were granted on his estate, June 1, 1812, to Israel
Burrill, probably his brother. The inventory, made after the fashion
of those days by liis neighbors. Lieutenant Nathan Hawkes, Richard
Mansfield, and Jonathan Makepeace, showed that he had seven and a
half acres of tillage, and ten acres called the "homestead," two acres
of woodland in the "six hundred acres," so called, near Nathan
Hawkes's land, about two and a half acres of woodland near a road lead-
ing from Daniel Hitchings's to Benjamin Wilson's, etc. His real estate
amounted to $704. If he were married, his wife had died prenously.
He is buried in the old cemetery at Saugus Centre, and his grave was
marked in 1903 by a marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R.

Burrill, Joseph, — private, son of John and Anne (Thompson) Burrill,
was born in Lynn, probably in the old homestead on Tower Hill, Febru-
ary 13, 1756. His father, also a soldier of the Revolution, was son of
Ebenezer Burrill, Esq., the patriotic town clerk of Lynn and member of
the General Court, and his great-grandfather was Hon. Ebenezer
Burrill, .son of Lieutenant John and grandson of George Burrill. the
first of the name in Lynn. The story of the serWee of Josejih Burrill
in the Revolution has happily been preserved. In liis old age he applied
for a pension, and filed with his application in the Pension Office is his
own story as he related it to his attorney. From tliis story the following
facts are gathered: Joseph Burrill became a minute-man in Captain
Ezra Newhall's comjiany a week before the battle of Lexington, and
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he met the British on the return. The muster-roll of Captain Newhall's
company does not give Mr. Burrill's name, but there would seem to
be no doubt that liis name should appear with the rest. On April 20,
1775, he enlisted as a private in Captain Ezra Newhall's company,
Colonel John Mansfield's regiment, and marched to Cambridge, where
he remained until the 17th of June. On that eventful day he marched
with his company to Charlestown Neck, where, he says, he was pre-
vented from going into the battle by the British ships and batteries.
After the battle the company marched to Prospect Hill, where it re-
mained about a month and then went into quarters on Winter Hill,
remaining there until discharged, January 1, 1776. Private Burrill re-
turned to Lynn, but the martial spirit was strong, and he again enlisted
October 1, 1776, in Captain John Pool's company, Colonel Coggs well's
regiment, marcliing at once from Lynn to a place called the "Saw
Pitts," near the city of New York. His company, being engaged in
scouring the woods, arrived at White Plains the 30th of October, just
after the battle had closed. It then marched to North Castle, where it
remained until January 1, 1777. Here Burrill was discharged, four hun-
dred miles from home, in the dead of winter, and with clothing scarcely
sufficient to protect him on his long walk back to Lynn. Nothing
daunted, however, he turned his face homeward, and arrived in Lynn in
about three weeks. In the following summer, news came of the march
of General Bm-goyne and his army from Canada. Burrill at once went
to Lexington and enlisted for the third time, marching in Captain
Samuel Farrar's company. Colonel Reed's regiment, for New York.
The regiment went out by way of Worcester and Hadley, to North-
ampton, and tlrrough Bennington to Saratoga, where it arrived in time
to engage in the battles preceding the capture of Burgoyne, and to be
present at the surrender. After the latter event Burrill was detailed as
one of the guards to accompany the defeated army to Cambridge. After
a tedious march of many days he arrived at Winter Hill, November 7,
where he was given a verbal discharge, and again he returned to Lynn.
About 1780 Joseph Burrill went to Haverhill, where he married
Lydia MuUiken. After her death he married, second, December 17,
1791, her sister, Susannah Mulliken, born in Haverhill, July 1, 1775.
He bought a house on Pecker Street, and there his children, John, Susan,
Mary, Ann, Joseph, Lydia, Harriet, Emily, and Sarah were born.

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In a searoli for connecting links witli this band of lieroes of tlie Revo-
lution there was found in the city of Cambridge one of the two sur-
\i\-ing cliildren of the old jiatriot, Mrs. Sarah (Burrill) Sawtelle. Pos-
sessed of all her faculties, bright and active at the age of eighty-seven,
she pleasantly related the story of her father's life as she had heard
it from his own lips. She said that her father was a soldier in the army
of Washington, and that, in so far as she had been able to learn, her
sister Harriet, aged ninety-three, and herself were the only cliildren
li\ing of any of the soldiers who had served from Lynn in the Revo-
lutionary War. Although her father had been born one hundred and
forty-eight years before, she could remember him well, having been
born when he was sixty-one years of age, and being nineteen years
old when he died. She said that she had often heard from him
the story of his connection with the Revolution, for he would gather
the children around the fireside and tell them of his experience. He
was in the fight of the 19th of April, and had followed the British
all the way back to Boston. He said that he counted many red-coats
that day lying where they had fallen along the road. Upon his being
asked if he had ever killed a British soldier, he always replied that,
if he hadn't, he had tried to. He told them of Washington whom he
had seen in camp for many months, and of the sufferings from hunger
and cold wliich were sometimes very great, but that he had felt that he
was fighting for freedom and therefore had not minded them. He
was very proud of his experience. She said that her father was a
tall, straight man and rather slender, that he was always smooth-
shaven and wore his hair in the old-fashioned queue with a large
black bow, which it was one of her early duties to tie. She remem-
bered well his appearance in knee-hreeches and with .silver buckles on
his shoes.

It was on the ioih of May, 1832, that Joseph Burrill made applica-
tion for a pension under the act of 183-2, and his ]ietition was granted.
He was pensioned at the rate of $43. 'i'? per year and received $86.44
back pay. His death occurred in Haverhill at the advanced age of
eighty-one. His wife died August il, 1831. They are buried in the
old cemetery at Haverhill, where black slate stones mark their graves.
Bi'RRiLL, Joseph,— born 1762, jiarentage imknown. Revolutionary ser-
rice: Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continentnl Army

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tor the term of six months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780; age,

eighteen years; stature, 5 ft. 9 in.; complexion, ruddy; residence, Lynn;

arrived at Springfield July 13, 1780;

. y' /i^ marched to camp July 13, 1780, under

J'W'^^ /^^t'^'^^y^ '- command of Captain Thomas Prit-

chard; also list of men raised for six

months" seinice and returned by Brigadier-General Patterson as having

passed muster in a return dated Camp Totoway, October 25, 1780.

BiRRiLL, MiCAJAH, — SOU of John and Anne (Thompson) Burrill, was born

October 5, 1760, and died at North Chelsea, March 25, 1847. He is

buried in the old Western Burial Ground, but nothing further is known

of him. The Revolutionary record given in the Massachusetts rolls is

as follows : —

Private, Captain Addison Richardson's company. Colonel Wade's
regiment, detached from Essex County militia; enlisted July 12, 1780;
discharged October 10, 1780; service, three months and eleven days.
BruRiLL, Samuel, — son of Hon. Ebenezer and Martha (Farrington) Bur-
rill, was born April 1, 1717. He was a brother of Ebenezer, Esq.,
the town clerk, a member of the Committee of Correspondence, Inspec-
tion, and Safety 1776-78 and 1781-83; a delegate to the convention
at Concord to frame a state constitution, September 29, 1779; repre-
sentative to the General Court 1780-83; and on the committee to sup-
ply the families of soldiers gone to the war, but not himself a soldier.

He married Anna Alden, daughter of John and Anna (Brame) Alden.
Her mother, as widow Anna, married Henry Burchstead. Samuel Burrill
died May 3, 1797. His wife died December 10, 1795, aged seventy-four.
BiKRiLL, Theophilus, — private, son of Theoiihilus and Mary (Hills)
Biurill, was born October 30, 1740, in the Burrill homestead, still stand-
ing at the corner of Essex and Burrill Streets, Swampscott. He was a
, descendant in the fifth generation from
. George Burrill, the ancestor of all the
Burrills of Lynn. He was married by
Rev. Joseph Roby, May 3, 1762, to
Martha Newhall, daughter of Benjamin and EHzabeth (Fowle) Newhall,
born in Maiden, Februarj- 23, 1743. His children were Susan, Micajah,
Benjamin, Theophilus, Frederic, Benjamin, Ruth, Mary, and Isaiah.
Theophilus Burrill, one of the neighbors of Abednego Ramsdell,
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was with the latter when he was killed on the afternoon of April 19,
1775, being a member witli him of Captain Farrington's company.

Upon the arrival of Burgoyne's captured army at Cambridge, lie
enUsted, November 11, 1777, as a private in Captain Miles Green-
wood's company. Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards, and
did duty at Winter Hill until April 3, 1778, when he was discharged.

The home of Mr. Burrill after his marriage was still the house in
which he was born, and this substantial building was gayly decorated
with flags on the occasion of the celebration, in 1903, of the fiftieth anni-
versary of the incorporation of the town of Swampscott. His death
occurred shortly after the Revolution, although the date has not been
found. Tradition says that he died in the fall of the year, and that
his wife died the following spring. They are probably buried in the
old Western Burial Ground.

Buxton, Stephen. — Although this name appears repeatedly in the Lynn-
field town records, it is probable that his Revolutionary service was
with the Reading men. Little is known of him. The Massachusetts
rolls give the following record: —

Private, Captain John Bacheller's company of minute-men. Colonel
Ebenezer Bridge's regiment, which marched on the alarm of April 19,
1775; also Captain Bacheller's company. Colonel Bridge's regiment;
muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; serWce, three months, fourteen days;
also company return dated Cambridge camp, September 25, 1775.

Carleton, Sajiuel, — a pensioner of the Revolution, died in Saugus, and
his grave may be seen in the old ground at Saugus Centre. He was
not a Lynn man, but enlisted from Boxford, and was possibly born
there, September 28, 1750. He was at Lexington and Bunker Hill,
and at the latter place had a brother shot down at his side. The Lynn
Mirror, in a notice of his death, February 26, 1832, speaks of him as
"late of Hanover."

C.\RNEs, Rev. John, — son of John and Sarah Carnes, was born in Boston,
July 11, 1723; married by Rev. Nathaniel Henchman, July IG, 1747,
to Mary Le\\is, daughter of John and Mary (Burrill) Lewis; died
October 20, 1802, aged seventy-eight years. His wife died in Jime,
1798, at the age of seventy-eight. Although in the Lewis History of
Lynn, under date of 1802, it is stated that Rev. John Carnes came to
Lynn after the Revolution, the statement in Richard Pratt'.s " Conunon

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place-Book" under date of October 6, 1757, to the effect that he removed
from Stoneham to Lynn on the latter date, seems more likely to be true
from the fact that the entry was probably made at the time. Also the

^ fact that he occupied the pulpit of Mr.

T^V' /^ . Henchman on October 9, 1757, and

C/Onn lS)(i^Vi>Ui^ January 1, 1758, would seem to indicate

that he had taken up his residence in
Lynn. Mr. Lewis says that he received a commission as justice of
the peace, and also that he was in 1788 a member of the Convention to
ratify the Constitution of the State, which is doubtless correct. Besides
this the Massachusetts rolls add the fact that he was chaplain in
Colonel Edmund Phinney's regiment; muster-roll dated Garrison
at Fort George, December 8, 1776, appointed March 1, 1776.

The home of Rev. John Carnes was an interesting old house which
stood well out into Boston Street, just where Carnes Street now comes
into it. Two large buttonwood-trees stood in front, and under these
it is said that a young couple took their station in the pom'ing rain
while the Rev. Mr. Carnes from a chamber window united them in
marriage. Mr. Cyrus M. Tracy made this incident the subject of one
of his poems. The old house, built prior to 1700, was removed in 1845,
but a portion of it still remains in the shape of a small house standing
on Boston Street nearly opposite the old spot. Another portion was
included in the old John T. Moulton factories.

In the inventory of the property of Rev. Mr. Carnes a home field

of nine acres is mentioned, together with a dwelling-house and barn,

and also eleven acres called Skinner's Pasture, valued at $'^00. Mr.

Carnes is buried in the old Western Burial Ground, in a brick tomb,

without inscription, in the south part of the ground.

Chadwell, Lieutenant Harris, — son of Benjamin and Mary (Deylee)

Chadwell, was born March 14, 1746, in the old family house of the

Chadwells, which stood in the field not far from where the Saugus

Branch Railroad track now is, a little to

^_ X'*''® north of Summer Street The old

QScf/ff^^ (_j«<:^-c'-<^-e^ house was demolished many years ago.

^ He was a descendant of Thomas, who

came to Lynn in the first years of its settlement. His father,

who was a sailor, died on one of his voyages to the West Indies,

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in 177.5, leaving two sons, Harris, the subject of this sketch, and
William, who settled in Portland, Me. Harris Chadwell was a car-
penter by trade, and served his apprenticeship with Richard Breed,
who lived on the spot where later the house of Isaiah Walden was
built. It is said that when Chadwell was twenty-one years old, all
that he possessed, except a good trade, was a half pistareen of Span-
ish money. He soon after went to Marblehead, where he toiled a month
for his board and a dozen bandanna handkerchiefs. When he had
finished the work, he returned to Lynn, but did not know what to
do wth the handkerchiefs. Finally, he concluded to give one to Ruth
Witt, daughter of Ivory and Ruth (Breed) Witt, his future wife, and
disposed of the others as best he could by way of barter. Tliis was in
1768, and his marriage occurred soon after, on December 2'2, 1768. jVIr.
Chadwell built a house for himself which stood between Summer Street
and Lynn Common, in the fields. It was a substantial, two-story man-
sion, pleasantly shaded by Lombardy poplars. It still remains, some-
what changed in appearance, on South Street, and is the present home
of True B. Curtis.

When the Old Tunnel Meeting-House was repaired in 1777, Mr.
Chadwell and his men did the work. Besides being a good carpenter,
he was a good accountant and penman for those days, and often assisted
his neighbor Ephraim Breed, who was town clerk from 1786 to 180-i.

The story of Mr. Chadwell's experience on the day of the battle of
Lexington has been told in the Lexington chapter in the first part of
this book. At the close of that eventful day he returned without hav-
ing received injury, and soon organized a company of alarm men. Xot
long after he enlisted in the Continental Army, and received a lieu-
tenant's commission. His departure for war was somewhat sudden
and is described in a sketch written many years ago by George AV,
Rogers, and from which many of these facts are taken. Mr. Chad-
well was one day shingling Thomas Cheever's barn on the north of
the Common, when some one came along and told liini of the great
need of men in the struggle for liberty, saying, " Chadwell, you must
go!" Mr. Chadwell immediately left off work, and started for the
front. It was said that he was at the battle of Brandywine when Gen-
eral Lafayette's horse was shot from under him, and, being near, he
assisted the French general to dismount. When that distinguished gen-

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eral passed through Lynn in IS'ii, Lieutenant Chadwell was intro-
duced to him, and reference was made to the incident.

In person Lieutenant Chadwell was rather small, at least not above
medium height, was of a strong nervous temperament and of remark-
able courage. People used to say, even in his later days, that it would
take a good deal to frighten him, and that nothing short of the devil
could make him run. He was sprightly, very muscular, and wiry,
and maintained his actiWty until he was seventy-four years old. At
that time he was tlirown from his horse, and so injured that he did
little work thereafter. He was familiarly called " Grandsir " by most
people, and especially by his numerous children and grandchildren.
His children were Elizabeth, Mary, Moses, Lydia, Harris, Ruth, Sally,
Susannah, Patty, and ^Yilliam. One of his last appearances in pub-
lic was at the raising of the South Street Methodist Episcopal Church,
in 1830. His wife died January 30, 1834, and he died a few months
later, namely, August 26. Both are buried along the main path in the
old Western Burial Ground, and their graves are suitably marked.

The notice which appeared in the Lynn Record at the time of his
death seems worth quoting, since it gives something of liis Revolutionary
service, as well as the estimate which was placed upon his life; —

"Died in Lynn, Aug. 26, 1834, Mr. Harris Chadwell, aged 88 years,
.') months. Another patriot soldier of the Revolution has gone to sleep
with his fathers. As a relic of those days which opened a pathway
to American freedom, we cannot but feel it a duty to record his exit
as well as some of his virtues. He was a lieutenant of the militia in
the Revolutionary War. In 1775 he commanded a detachment of
('apt. King's company, then stationed on Lynn Common. In 1776
he was at Prospect Hill, watching the mana?u\Tes of the British. In
1777 at Providence and in 1778 in Rhode Island, and had command
of the boats at that place when the Americans returned from the island.
He lived to a venerable old age, having buried his consort a few months
.since, with whom he lived in perfect harmony for the term of sixty-
five years. Seven out of ten children also found a grave before liim,
all of whom, however, became the heads of respectable families. He
was a pensioner under the last act, w liich by its tribute of respect and
|)ecuniary aid cast a sunshine over his last moments. He was followed
to the grave by a numerous procession, a portion of which was com-

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])Osed of children, graiulchililrt'ii. and great-grandchildren. Four
jjatriots of the Re\olution assisted as jiall-bearers, and with tears in
their eyes consigned him to that lonely mansion prepared for the liv-
ing. He had no enemies — of course left none. He was an honest
man, 'the noblest work of God.' He now rests from his labors, and we
trust his works will follow liim." — Lynn Record, September 3, 183-1.
Ch.vmberlaix, Garl.\.xd, — son of John and Mary (Phillips) Chamberlain,
of Charlestown, was born May iO, 1759, and was fifth in line from
William Chamberlain, of Hull, the emigrant ancestor. He was married
May 7, 1786, by Rev. Obadiah Parsons, to Mary Xewhall, daughter
of Allen and Love Xewhall, of Lynn. Their children were Polly,
Garland, and Sally. In each of the five generations following there
was a Garland Chamberlain, and two, father and son, served in the
Ci^il War. The present Garland A. lives on Pendexter Street in
Charlestown, and in his possession is the old family Bible of Mary,
the mother of the first Garland.

Garland Chamberlain, the Revolutionary soldier, was a boy of seven-
teen when the battle of Bunker Hill was fought, and was linng at the
time in Charlestown; but liis mother's house was burned, and with her
he walked to Lynn that night, bringing the family Bible which she
had saved. He belonged in Captain Ezra Xewhall's company. Colonel
John Mansfield's regiment, which took no part in the actual fighting
of the day. In that part of Lynn now called Wyonia the two had
friends with whom they foimd refuge.

During the latter part of the war. Chamberlain took to privateering,
and assisted in the capture of several British ships. His grand.son,
Charles D. Mansfield, of 91 Park Street, shows an old tea canister wliich
was taken from a British prize. He died, probably in London while
on one of these trips, February 9, 1796, aged tUrty-si.x. His viife was
sister of Daniel and Charles Xewhall, Revolutionary soldiers who lived
on Boston Street, and after the death of her husband she lived in the
Daniel X'ewhall house, so called, now standing on Barrett Street, turned
to face the west. Garland Chamberlain was one of the first Free Masons
in Lynn, ha'ving been a member of the famous St. Andrew's I^odge
No. 82, of Boston. His old diploma, still preserved, bears the date of
November 7, 1795, and in the margin his autograph. It has now been
restored to the ancient lodge through the courtesy of the grandson.

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Many times during the latter days of his ^dow did the Lodge of St.
Andrew supply her with comforts. Her death occurred June 10, 1817,
at the age of fifty-seven.

Further Revolutionary service of Garland Chamberlain is given in the
Massachusetts rolls as follows: Private, Captain Ezra Newhall's com-
pany, Colonel John Mansfield's regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-
Colonel Israel Hutchinson; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; en-
listed May 3, 1775; service, tliree months, three days; also company
return dated October 6, 1775; also Captain Newhall's company, list
of men taken from the Orderly Book of Colonel Israel Hutchinson, of
the 27th regiment, dated Fort Lee; reported taken prisoner at Fort
Washington, November 16, 1776.

Captain Newhall's company, Colonel Mansfield's regiment; order
for advance pay dated Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also Captain Ezra
Newhall's company. Colonel John Mansfield's (19th) regiment, com-
manded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson; order for bounty
coat or its equivalent in money dated Winter Hill, November 4, 1775; also
private. Captain Zadock Buffinton's company. Colonel Samuel Johnson's
regiment, enlisted August 19, 1777; discharged at Cambridge, Novem-
ber 30, 1777; service, three months, twelve days at the northward.
Cheever, Db. Abijah, — son of Abner and Elizabeth (Newhall) Cheever,
was born in Saugus, May 23, 1760, brother of Abner, Jr. He graduated
at Harvard in 1779 and was a surgeon in the Revolution, afterward
practicing his profession in Boston.
,'here he was married by Rev. John
Clarke. July 5, 1789, to EUzabeth
Scott, daughter of Daniel Scott, of Bos-
ton. On October 16, 1798, he was married the second time to Sally
Williams. About 1810 he moved back to Saugus, where he lived mitil
his death, April 21, 1843. His children were Margaret, Elizabeth
Scott, Charles Augustus, Elizabeth Scott, Horatio Herbert. His grand-
son, Dr. Da^id W. Cheever, of Boston, says that he was buried in one
of the old tombs on Boston Common.

The " Dr. Cheever Place," so called, of Saugus, built in 1806 and

situated some thirty rods east of the Newburyport turnpike, and about

sixty rods north of the spot where stood the old farm mansion of Abner

Cheever, was for many years considered the most elegant house of Sau-

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<;us. Its situation, surrounded by trees, was picturesque and inxiting.
and never failed to command attention and respect. In the jialmy days
of the doctor's life everything about it was kept in the neatest order, and,
when the turnpike was opened to public travel, he had a private road
made through a field belonging to the estate to the house itself. The
birthplace of Dr. Cheever was the old house of his father, which was
demolished at about the time that the new house was built, and thus,
although the old house was gone, he looked out for many years upon
the scenes of his boyhood. Dr. Cheever was a man of liberal educa-
tion, studied for the medical profession at an early age, and was com-
missioned as a surgeon in the Continental Army. From that time until
the erection of his house in Saugus he generally made his home in
Boston. He was a gentleman of the old school, never for a moment
lowering his dignity. In politics he became a rigid Federalist, and in
religion he was a Unitarian. He was one of the few slaveholders of
the town, and owned some two hundred acres of land in Saugus, a part
of which is now crossed by the Saugus Branch Railroad.

In the Pension Office an interesting record was found concerning his
service in the Revolution. At the time that he made application for
a pension he deposed that on July 16, 1779, he was appointed surgeon's
mate in the Military Hospital of the United States at Boston, under Dr.
John Warren, brother of General Warren, and that he continued to
serve in that station until the spring of 1782, when he was appointed
surgeon of the ship "Tartar," of twenty guns, which was a frigate duly
commissioned by the Commonwealth and commanded by Captain John
Cathcart, and in which he served until the last of November, 1782,
when she was sold by the state. He held his commission imtil peace
was declared. In a letter to John C. Calhoun he WTote: —

"On a sudden emergency in 1782 I acted as surgeon's mate of the
■ Tartar,' the enemy hanng invested our seacoast. I was taken and
kept prisoner of war at New York until peace was declared."

The military hospital at Boston was for the ])urpose of recei\-ing sick
and woimded prisoners of war from the guard-ships of the harbor. In
his deposition he makes the statement that in 1809, owing to the bank-
ruptcy of a man to whom he had intrusted his property, he was left
penniless, and that lie fell sick then for seven years, and had since had
no property or income. Certain doctors combined in 1821 to discredit

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the statements of Dr. Cheever, and forwarded to Daniel Webster e\i-
dence wliich, the}' submitted, would be enough to have him stricken from
the rolls, and they wrote Calhoun, they said, " from a sense of duty to
our country." His original commission was signed by Hancock as
governor. May 13, 1783, and was sent to Hon. John F. Parrott, sen-
ator, March 4, 1824. The wife of Dr. John Warren filed her affida\it
that Dr. Cheever was in the service with her husband. The following
is a letter which Dr. Cheever wrote to Calhoun, then Secretary of War: —

Pursuant to your letter of the 7th I enclose fom- depositions, with tlie Judge's
certificate, before whom I made my declaration. In this I think you will dis-
cover in some measure the motive of the informant, who I cannot conceive
to be any other than a distant family connection, having a pique to satiate,
and who sir, after you have exammed the annexed will and depositions, I
think will stand m your mind, as he does in the minds of those to whom his
private characteristics are knowai. Perhaps, sir, you will not consider it alto-
gether irrelevant if I add that while discharging the duties of a ISIate, I took
a iHitrid fever in the hospital, which intailed to me an infirm constitution: —
And while surgeon of the " Tartar," after she was converted into a letter of
marque, I was made prisoner when she was captured by a British frigate,
after a close engagement of sLx hours and lost all my property; that when I
returned home, I was obliged to sell my Final Settlement, which I received from
the United States in pajinent for my services as Hospital Mate, for one
seventh of the face of them to support myself.

When, then, sir, you may have examined the enclosed docmnents, I feel con-
fident you will no longer hesitate to continue to me the payment of the pension
allowed to me by my country for my youthful ser\-ice.
I am, sir, with high consideration,

Your hum. ser.

Abijah Cheeveu.

His claim was No. 534, and he was stricken off in 1820. Originally

pensioned at $20 per month from April 18, 1818.
Cheever, Abner, St., — son of Thomas and Mary (Baker) Cheever, was

born January 24, 1725; married November 8, 1752, to EHzabeth New-
hall, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth
(Breed) Newhall, born March 30, 1723.
Their children were EUzabeth, Abner,
Sarah, Joshua, Abijah, Ann, Mehitable.

Lot, and Ezekiel. His home was in Saugus, very near the stately

house still known as the "' Dr. Cheever Place," but which was built

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some years after tlie Revolution and at about the time that the old
homestead of liis father, Abner, was torn tlown.

Abner Cheever was one of the prominent men of Lvnn during the
Revohition, was a justice and leader, and served on all important com-
mittees, was a member of the Committee of Correspondence, Inspec-
tion, and Safety in 1776, 1781, and 1782, and moderator of town meet-
ings in 1781-86, and was one of the committee to set a watch in 1776.
At least two of his sons served as soldiers, — Abner, Jr., and Abijah.
He died April 22, 1796, at the age of seventy-two, and is buried in a
marked grave in the old ground at Saugus Centre.
Cheever, Abner, Jr., — corporal, was born in Lynn, March 16, 1755, and
was the son of Abner and Elizabeth (Newhall) Cheever. His father
was one of the patriotic men of the town and prominent in public affairs.
The Cheever homestead was at the corner of Felton and Essex Streets,
Cliftondale, and was destroyed by iire many years ago. The ancient
elms which shaded the house remain. He did service in Captain Parker's
Saugus company on the Lexington alarm, and continued with the new
army until Boston was evacuated, March 17, 1776. On that occasion
he was on the first boat crossing the Charles River, and entered the
town while the enemy were yet embarking on the wharves. On Novem-
ber 29, 1779, he was married by Rev. Mr. Roby to Mercy Newhall,
daughter of Colonel Ezra Newhall, born September 4. 1757. His
children were Abijah, Abner, Henry, Sally, Emily, Frederick, Belinda,
and Abner. His brother Abijah was a surgeon in the Revolution.
Family tradition says that he took part in the famous Boston Tea Party.
His grand-niece. Miss Rachel Cheever, of Saugus, has still in her pos-
session a small phial of tea which, it is said, he brought away from the
party in his shoes. Many of the older people remember the venerable
patriot who was known as Colonel Cheever in liis latter days. He
was a tall man, rather thin in face, and smooth-shaven in accordance
with the old-time custom. He was the last survivor but one in Saugus
of the battle of Lexington. He died September 13, 1837, aged eighty-
two, and was first interred in a jDrivate tomb which had been built
upon his estate, but some few years ago liis remains were transferred
to the new Saugus cemetery and buried in the Perley lot. A marble
stone and marker of the S. A. R. were erected at his grave in 1903. So
far as is known, he is the only Revolutionary soldier in the cemetery.

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His entire estate of $4,000 was left to his wife Mercy, the date of whose
death is unknown.

Cheevek, Israel, — ^was another of the family of Cheevers in Lynn who
were descended from Ezekiel Cheever, the famous master of the Boston
Latin School. Israel was the son of William and Mehitable (Newhall)
Cheever, but the date of his birth has not been found except in a note
which says, "about 1755." His line traced back would be Israel^
William^, William*, Thomas^, Thomas", EzekieP. The marriage
of Israel Cheever to Martha Collins, daughter of John and Bethia
(Mansfield) Colhns, took place June 8, 1778, the ceremony being per-
formed by Rev. John Treadwell.

The Revolutionary serWce is given as follows : Private, Captain Ezra
Newhall's company of minute-men which marched on the alarm of
April 19, 1775; service, seventeen days; also Captain Ezra Newhall's
company. Colonel John Mansfield's regiment, order for advance pay
dated Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also same company and regiment,
muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 6, 1775; sernce, three
months and two days; also Captain Newhall's company, Colonel
Mansfield's regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutch-
inson, company return dated October 6, 1775; also Captain New-
hall's company, Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson's regiment,
order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated camp at Winter
Hill, November 4, 1775; also sergeant, Captain Joseph Killer's com-
pany. Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's regiment, arrived at destination
May 5, 1777; discharged July 5, 1777; service, two months, six days,
travel included, at Rhode Island; roll dated camp at Providence. —
Mass. RoUs.

Cheever, John, — son of Thomas and Mary (Emerson) Cheever, and
brother of Thomas, Jr., was born in Lynn, February 25, 1763. He
was a private in Captain Addison Richardson's company. Colonel
Wade's detachment from Essex County militia, enlisted July 12, 1780,
discharged October 10, 1780; ser\'ice, three months and eleven days.
Besides this he was in later service, for he died on the Jersey prison-
ship, of small-pox, November 11, 1783. See under Jonathan Board-
man, where this fact appears in Boardman's letter to his parents.

Cheever, Thomas, Sr., — son of Thomas and Eunice (Ivory) Cheever,
was born in Lynn, February 20, 1733, and together with the other

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Cheevers of Lynn was a descendant of Ezekiel, the famous master of
the Boston Latin School, who was born in London and came to Boston
in 1637. The first Thomas, who came to Lynn about 1702, was from
Kumney Marsli, now Chelsea, and was a cordwainer, yeoman, and
tanner, and built a mill on Saugus River in 17'33. He took a prom-
inent part in forming the third parish, and liis son Edward, born May
2, 1717, was the first settled pastor. His grandson, the subject of tliis
sketch, married Mrs. Mary Emerson, of Reading, published September
30, 1753, and their house was at the head of Park Street, facing Lynn
Common, his farm extending through to what was afterward the turn-
pike. It was his barn which Harris Chadwell was shingling when
he suddenly decided to enlist in the war. Thomas Cheever died Jan-
uary 28, 1823, at the age of ninety, ha\-ing for some years been of feeble
mind and under the guardianship of Zachariah Attwill. His '(vife Mary
had previously died, November 23, 1809, and both are buried in the
central part of the old Western Burial Ground. Their children, all
born in Lynn, were Hannah, Mary, Thomas, and John. The Salem
Gazette at the time of liis death made tlie statement that he was a soldier
of the Revolution and of the old French War, but his service cannot be
distinguished from that of his son Thomas, Jr. The records, as they
ap]3ear on the rolls under the name of Thomas Cheever, are as follows,
part belonging to the father and part to the son: —

Private, Captain Zadock Buffinton's company. Colonel Johnson's
regiment; enlisted August 15, 1777; discharged November 30, 1777,
at Cambridge; service, three months, sixteen days, at the northward.
Roll sworn to at Salem.

Private, Captain Miles Greenwooil's compiiiiy, ("olonel Jacob
Gerrish's regiment of guards; enlisted November 11, 1777; service
to April 3, 1778, four months, twenty-three days. Rolls dated camp
at Winter Hill.

Corporal, Captain Addison Richard.son"s company. Colonel Wade's
detachment from Essex County militia; enlisted July 12, 1780; service,
three months, eleven days.

Private, Captain Simeon Brown's company. Colonel Jacob (ierrisli's
regiment of guards; service from July 2 to July 12, 1778, ten days;
roll dated camp at Winter Hill; also Cajitain Simeon Brown's company.
Colonel Nathaniel Wade's regiment; enlisted July 30, 1778; service,.

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five months, seven days, at Rhode Island; discharged at East Green-
wich, R.I.; company raised in York and Essex Counties; also muster-
roll dated East Greenwich, October 14, 1778; enUstment to expire
January 1, 1779; reported on command at Warwick; also muster-
roll dated East Greenwich, November 6, 1778.

Private, Captain Nathan Sargent's company of guards; enlisted
February 3, 1779; discharged May 7, 1779; service, three months,
three days, under Major-General Gates at and about Boston.

Cheever, Thomas, Jr., — son of Thomas and Mary (Emerson) Cheever,
was born March 17, 1760; married August 30, 1789, by Rev. Obadiah
Parsons, to Mrs. Anna Hudson. She died October 3, 1793, and he
married, second, May 15, 1797, Abigail Breed, who died December
^5, 1828. Their children, born in Lynn, were John, Anna, Joseph.
He died April 19, 1825, and his inventory filed at Probate Court men-
tions dwelling and barn on Lynn Common, and also nine acres of land
and another house. This may indicate that he succeeded to his father's
property. He is buried in the western part of the old Western Burial
Ground. His Revolutionary record cannot be distinguished from that
of his father. The records under the name of Thomas Cheever are
given above.

Chittenden, Thomas, — private, was not a native of Lynn, but probably
came here from Marblehead. He was married December 8, 1774, by
Rev. Mr. Treadwell, to Love Ramsdell. His only military service re-
corded was upon April 19, 1775, in Captain Farrington's company.
He became a member of the First Church, owning the covenant August
10, 1777.

Clakk, Edmund, — son of Edmund and Mary, was born October 14, 1747.
He was married about 1770, and his children were Rebecca, EUzabeth,
Theophilus, and Sarah. He was a sergeant in Captain Rufus Mans-
field's (4th) company which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775,
to Concord; serWce, two days. Little is known of him. Letters of
administration were granted upon his estate January 14, 1805, and his
wife Elizabeth and son Theophilus are mentioned. He enumerates a
mansion house, barn, shoemaker's shop, and twelve acres of land,
valued at $1,545. His pasture land adjoined Noah Ramsdell's, and his
estate was e\ddently at Wood End. Theophilus Burrill and Micajah
Burrill were appraisers.

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Coats, John, — son of Samuel and Ruth (Hart) Coats, was born in Lvnn,
April '2, 1738. His only service was in Captain Farrington's company
at the time of the Lexington alarm. Nothing further is known of him.

Co.VTs, Philip, — son of Pliilip and Ruth Coats, was born September 16,
17o8. His father was probably the Philip who served in the French
and Indian War, serving in the expedition to Canada and on the Maine
frontier. Philip, the subject of this sketch, was married September
9, 1784, by Rev. Mr. Roby, of Saugus, to Ruth Potter, daughter of
Benjamin and Hannah (Brown) Potter, and their children were Kitty,
William, Burrill Potter, Lois, and John Brown. The date of his death
is unknown. He was linng in 1805, inasmuch as his name appears in
connection with the will of William Xewhall, Jr. His Revolutionary
record is given as follows: —

Private, Captain Joseph Hiller's company. Colonel Jonathan Tit-
comb's regiment; arrived at destination May 5, 1777; discharged July
5, 1777; ser\'ice, two months, six days, travel included, at Rhode
Island; roll dated camp at Providence; also list of men raised for the
six months' serWce and returned by Brigadier-General Patterson, as
haWng passed muster in a return dated Camp Totoway, October 25,
1780; also pay-roll for six months" men raised by the town of Lynn for
sernce in the Continental Army during 1780; marched June 27, 1780;
discharged December 5, 1780; serxice, five months, twenty days. — Mass.
Rolls.

Co.\Ts, Stephen, — son of Philip and Ruth Coats, was born in Maiden,
February 22, 1753. Little is known of him except his military record.
He was a private in Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute-men
which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, sixteen days;
also Captain Ezra Xewhall's company. Colonel John ]\Ianstield"s regi-
ment; order for advance pay dated Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also same
company and regiment, muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted
May 5, 1775; ser\ice, three months, three days ; also Captain Ezra New-
hall's company. Colonel Israel Hutchinson's (19th) regiment, order for
bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Winter Hill, November
4, 1775.

Stephen Coats was also in Washington's army in thfe Jerseys in 1776,
but was taken to Philadelphia sick in November of that year. Here he
was quartered with Henry Ilallowell and Charles Florence. These

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men left the city together in tlie winter of 1776-77, and tried to reach
Lynn. Mr. Florence and Mr. Hallowell, however, both fell sick on the
way, and Mr. Coats was obliged to push on alone. How he reached
home, sick, on foot and alone, is left entirely to the imagination, since
nothing further has been found concerning him, except the brief record
of his marriage in the Saugus church records. This took place about
a year later, December 3, 1777, to Sarah Stone. There is also found
the birth of his daughter, Ruth, on August 4, 1780.

Coats, Williaai, — son of Philip and Ruth and brother of Philip and
Stephen, was born April 8, 17,5ti. Of this man only his Re\olutionary
record can be given: —

Private, Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute-men which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, sixteen days; also
Captain Ezra Newhall's company. Colonel John Mansfield's regiment;
order for advance pay dated Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also same com-
]}any and regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 5,
1775; ser^-ice, three months, three days; also Ca])tain Newhall's company,
Colonel Mansfield's (19th) regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel
Israel Hutchinson; company return dated October 6, 1775; also Captain
Ezra NewhalFs company. Colonel Israel Hutchinson's (19th) regiment;
order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Winter Hill,
November 4, 1775. — Mass. Rolls.

Collins, John, — probably married Rebecca Richardson, of Lynnfield,
April 19, 1770; had a son John. August 6, 1775, there is recorded the
death of a child of John Collins at Lynnfield. Nothing definite can be
said of this man. In the Massachusetts rolls the record is, " Drmumer,
Capt. Stephen Wilkins's co., Col. Wigglesworth's reg.; pay abstract
for travel allowance from Albany home, sworn to Jan. 15, 1777."

CoLLYER, John. — Nothing is known of this man. He was possibly born
in Marblehead.

Captain Asa Prince's company. Colonel Mansfield's regiment; re-
ceipt for advance pay dated Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also Captain
Prince's company, Colonel Israel Hutchinson's regiment; order for
bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated December 21, 1775. —
Mass. Rolls.

Copp, Samuel, — may have been the Samuel who some time after the war
was engaged in the manufacture of tobacco in Lynn, first at Massey's

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Hall, where in 180.5 he {-arried on the business with Joseph Nye, the sign
reading "Copp & Nye." Subsequently Mr. Cop]) removed to Saugus,
and erected buildings at what was later known as Sweetser's Corner,
in Cliftondale. This Samuel Copp was a native of Boston, and his
mother was a sister to the wife of Landlord Newhall. He married
Nancy, daughter of William Sweetser, April 2i, 1803, and after her
death, which occurred in 1805 at the age of twenty, he married her sister,
Sophia, April 6, 1806. There is, however, a strong |)robability that tliis
man was born too late to have served in the Revolution, and that the
soldier was his father or uncle. The soldier is s[)oken of in the records
as sometimes of Boston and sometimes of Lynn, and his service was
from 1777 to the close of the war. In 1781, in a descriptive list of men,
dated at West Point, his age is given as thirty-six, his stature six feet,
liis conaplexion Hght, and his occupation that of a carpenter. He
served in several regiments as private and sergeant, for the most part in
and about West Point. He was granted, January 6, 1783, at New
Windsor, a furlough of one month and ten days to return to Boston.
Evidently he did not return to the army at the end of the term, for in
March, only a month before the cessation of hostilities, he was re|)orted
deserted.

CosTEKiN, Anthony, — was paid a bounty of fourteen pounds by Lynn in
March, 1777. His name is given in a list of men mustered by Nathaniel
Barber, muster-master for Suffolk County, dated Boston, April 13,
1777; Captain Joseph Williams's company. Colonel John Greaton's
regiment; residence, Lynn; enlisted for the town of Lynn. — Mass.
Roils.

Nothing further is known of him.

CowiN, Francis, — private. Captain Ezra Newhall's Company, ( oiont-l
John Mansfield's regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted
May 6, 1775; service, three months, two days; also Captain Newhall's
company, Colonel Mansfield's regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-
Colonel Israel Hutchinson; company return dated October (i, 1775. -
Mass. Rolls.

Cox, Thomas, — was born in 1731; married, first, Abigail King, of Salem.
September 17, 1753; second, October 19, 1781, by Rev. Joseph Roby,
to Mary Gray, daughter of Abraham and Lydia (Caley) Gray, born
.January 5. 1743; tln'nl. Eunice Rhodes, April U. 17!)(1.' His ."hil.ln.n

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by liis tirst marriage were Abigail, Hepzibah, Thomas, and Sarah.
His home was on Waterhill, and with his son-in-law Nathaniel Tarbox,
Jr., he worked at shoemaking. He is mentioned as having held several
minor town offices, namely: tithing-man in 1760; constable in 1766;
tithing-man in 1775 and 1782; fish commissioner in 1779; and collec-
tor in 1781. His death occurred November 19, 1796, according to Dr.
Gardner's ledger, "of an operation." He left no will, and letters of
administration were applied for, his ^^-ife Eunice being mentioned and
a son, John. He is buried in the old Western Burial Ground, where
there is a marker and stone at his grave.

Of the Revolutionary service of Thomas Co.x nothing is known
except that he was lieutenant in Captain Ezra Newhall's company-
which marched on the morning of April 19, 1775, and that he is credited
with twenty-one days' serWce at that time.

Gushing, Nathaniel, — private, list of men belonging to Lynn, now called
Lynn, Lynnfield, and Saugus, who served at Concord battle and else-
where.

Return of men raised for Continental service agreeable to resolve of
December •i, 1780; engaged March 30, 1780; engaged for town of
Lynn; term, three years. — Mass. Rolls.

Cutler, John. — There are two entries on the Lynn records regarding Jolin
Cutler and his family. The first is as follows: "June 21, 1762, John
Cutler, wife and three children, Betty, Sarah, and Jerusha, came to the
home of Benjamin Meads, from Woburn, and were at once warned out
of town." Benjamin Meads was a Lynnfield man. The second is
to the effect that on March 30, 1765, Daniel Townsend informed select-
men that he had taken to live wth him John Cutler, Jr., who came
from Woburn, August 7, 1764. "So he was warned out by Joseph
Gowing, constable."

This John Cutler, who according to another church record owned
the covenant with his wife, Elizabeth, September 18, 1763, it seems,
remained in the town of Lynn notwithstanding the fact that the town
refused to be responsible for the support of liimself and family, for he
not only responded to the alarm of April 19, 1775, with Captain Ezra
Newhall's company, but became a corporal in the company which was
formed later under Captain Newhall, in Colonel John Mansfield's
regiment. He is credited with three months' and five days' serWce from

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May 3, 1775, to August 1, 177.3. besides fourteen days at the time of the
Lexington alarm. His birth is recorded at Burlington, July -,'1, 17'26,
and he married EKzabeth Waters, of Woburn, October '21, 17i9. Noth-
ing further has been found concerning him.
Dagyr, John Adam, — at one time called " the celebrated shoemaker of
Essex," was born in Wales, came to Lynn in 1750, and gave to the in-
dustry of shoemaking in Lynn the impulse wliich carried it forward
to one of first rank among the colonies. iVIany of Lynn's first shoe-
makers learned the trade of him, and from being able to make the shoes
for their own large families advanced in the art until they could com-
mand a market in the neighboring towns. Alonzo Lewis says that be-
fore the time of DagjT only three men in Lynn made shoes so exten-
sively as to employ journeymen. These were John Mansfield, Ben-
jamin Newhall, and William Gray, f nder the instruction of Dag_>T,
however, the shoes made in Lynn became equal to the best imported
from England.

John Adam Dag^T's home was on the north side of Boston Street,
between North Federal and Carnes. He was married, first, by Rev.
Nathaniel Henchman. August 18, 1761, to Susannah Newhall, daughter
of Moses and Susannah (Bowden) Newhall, born August 8, 1741.
She died October 7, 1763, and he married, second, in Maiden, !Mrs.
Sarah (Hawkes) Wait, about 1766. She was the daughter of Elkanah
and Eunice (Newhall) Hawkes, born March 19, 1747. His children
were Joseph, Catherine, Sarah, and John Adam, Jr. John Adam, Jr.,
died January 29, 1773. Joseph was a soldier in the War of ISI'2. and
died of yellow fever February 21, 1814, on his way home from that
sernce. His home was in Saugus.

John Adam Dag\T became very poor in his old age, and, in spite of the
great benefit which he had rendered in the town, his last days were
spent in the old almshouse which stood at the corner of Essex and
Chestnut Streets. There his death occurred March 31, 1806, and the
only notice which was given him in the records of the town stated that
he was "an aged person" who died on that date.

Revolutionary service: Return of men enlisted or ilrafted into the
Continental Army from 1st Essex County regiment and sworn to at
Salem by John Flagg, February 16, 1778; joined Captain Goodale's
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during the war; also private. Captain John AVilhams's company.
Colonel Putnam's regiment; muster return dated Albany, February
9, 1778; also private. Captain Stephen Wilkins's company, Colonel
Wigglesworth's regiment; pay abstract for travel allowance from Albany
home sworn to January 15, 1777.

He was paid a bounty of fourteen pounds by Lynn, March, 1777.
In making up his pay in 1779, one pound and eighteen shillings is de-
ducted as having been spent in provisions for his family during his
absence.

D.-iNFORTH, John, — son of John and Elizabeth (Wilson) Danforth, of Bil-
lerica, was born in Andover, July 23, 1756, and was a cousin of Joshua,
noted below. He was married by Rev. Joseph Roby, September 15,
1779, to Hannah Bancroft, daughter of Captain Nathaniel and Mary
(Taylor) Bancroft, born. May 17, 1755, died April 12, 1806. Their
home was in Lynnfield, in the house now occupied by his great-grand-
son, John M. Danforth. The house was built by John Bancroft, son
of Nathaniel. The death of John Danforth occurred August 16, 1796,
at the age of forty, and he is buried at Lynnfield Centre. After the
Revolution he was a captain in the militia, and known as Captain
John Danforth.

Service in the Revolution: Captain Ezra Newhall's company.
Colonel John Mansfield's regiment; order for advance pay for one
month dated Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also private, same company and
regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enhsted May 6, 1775;
ser\dce, three months, two days; also Captain Newhall's company.
Colonel Mansfield's (19th) regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel
Israel Hutchinson; company return dated October 6, 1775; also order
for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated camp at Winter Hill,
November 4, 1775; also Captain Joseph Hiller's company. Colonel
Jonathan Titcomb's regiment; arrived at destination May 5, 1777;
discharged July 5, 1777; service, two months, six days, travel included
at Rhode Island; roll dated camp at Providence. — Mass. Rolls.

Danforth, Joshua, — corporal, son of Joshua and Keziah (Reed) Dan-
forth, was born December 14, 1754. His emigrant ancestor was
Nicholas Danforth, and his great-grandfather. Ensign Jonathan, was
in the Narragansett War. He was married by Rev. Mr. Roby (pub-
lished May 24, 1782, according to the Saugus church records, but,

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according to the Lviin town records, married June 1.5, 1781) to Lvdia

Sweetser, daughter of William and Lvdia Sweetser, and lived in an

old one story house very near the present Cliftondale station. His

brother-in-law was Major Benjamin

^ i^y Sweetser, by whom he was employed

£^^'?/'^<Ai'-<^2^^-':^^^!^-^'^^as a "trader" for many years after the

war. He was an industrious, prudent

man, and trained up a large family in a respectable manner. His

t'hildren were Joshua, Lydia, Eunice, Joseph, Lucinda, Sally, Dorothy.

Mary, Lavinia, EUza, and John. He died in Saugus, February 3,

1834, in the eightieth year of his age, and his wife died May 8, 1845.

at the age of eighty-five. Both are buried in the old ground at Saugus

Centre.

In 1818, according to the United States pension records, he appeared
before the Probate Court of Essex County, and made oath that in May,
1775, he was a private in Captain Ezra Newhall's company, and con-
tinued until January, 1777, when he was discharged by Colonel Hutch-
inson. Was at Dorchester Heights, went on to New York and was in the
Jerseys as a corporal. Lieutenant Frederick Breed says that he was
lieutenant in the company. Henry Hallowell mentions the fact that
he was with him. All of his property at the time his aj)plication was
made consisted of thirty-four dollars' worth of goods; namely, a pot,
kettles, looking-glass, two tables, cow and pig. He was a day laborer,
very feeble and infirm. His wife, aged fifty-eight, had been sick for
six months, and liis children were: Dolly, aged twenty; Mary, eighteen;
Lannia, sixteen; Eliza, fourteen; John, twelve. He was pensioned
from April 4, 1818, at eight dollars a month, and his widow was |>en-
sioned from March 4, 1843, at $66.67 per year.

In 1825 Joshua Danforth ajipears in an official list of the survivors
of the battle of Bunker Hill who assembled in Charlestown for the
purpose of being present at the lading of the corner-stone of the monu-
ment. The legislature by special act appropriated three dollars to every
veteran who presented himself that day and proved his serWce, trgether
with mileage for each twenty miles travelled. He gave his residence at
that time as Saugus and his age as seventy years, and it is not unlikely
that he was one of the actual participators in the battle. There were 180
veterans present at the de.lication, imhiding the Marquis de Lafayette.

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Some additional service taken from the Massaciiusetts rolls indicates
that he was in the Rhode Island expedition of the summer of 1777,
also among the nine months' men sent to the Hudson who arrived in
July, 1778, and also with the six months' men sent to reinforce the Con-
tinental Army in the summer of 1780.

Daniels, Jeremiah (given Jerahmeel), — ^in a list of men raised in Essex
County for Continental serNdce (year not given); residence, Lynn;
engaged for the town of Lynn. — Mass. Rolls.

Also mustered in 1777 for ser\'ice in the Burgoyne campaign.

D.wis, Jacob, — was killed by the accidental discharge of a gun which was
being repaired, probably at or near Saratoga, in the fall of 1777. He
was formerly in ser\-ice in Massachusetts, and was wounded at the
battle of Bunker Hill. He was a comrade of Henry Hallowell.
No record.

D.wis, John, — private, Captain Adam Bailey's (later Captain Jacob Allen's)
company. Colonel John Bailey's (2d) regiment; muster-roll made up
for three years from January 1, 1777; enlisted January 1, 1777; en-
listment during the war; reported died January 13, 1777. — Mass. Rolls.
Died in camp at Valley Forge.

DoYL, Matthew, — return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army
from 1st Essex County regiment dated Lynn, February 16, 1778, and
sworn to at Salem, by John Flagg, first military officer of the town of
Lynn; residence, Boston; engaged for the town of Lynn; joined
Captain Allen's company. Colonel Crane's regiment; term during the
war. — Mass. Rolls.

Drake, Michael, — private. Captain Nathan Brown's company. Colonel
John Mansfield's regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted
May 25, 1775; service, nine weeks, five days. — Mass. Rolls.

DuNNELL, Jonathan, — son of DaWd and Keziah (Ramsdell) Dunnell, was
born May 4, 1759; brother of Reuben.

Private, Captain Joseph Hilier's company. Colonel Jonathan Tit-
comb's regiment; arrived at destination May 5, 1777; discharged July
5, 1777; service, two months, six days, travel included, to Rhode
Island; roll dated camp at Providence.

Corporal, Captain Wells's company. Colonel John Crane's regiment;
Continental Army pay accounts for service from June 7, 1777 to Decem-
ber ,'51. 177!); residence, Lynn; credited to town of Lynn; return

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of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 1st Essex County
regiment dated Lynn, February 16, 1778, and sworn to at Salem by
John Flagg, first military officer of the town of Lynn ; residence, Lynn ;
engaged for the town of Lynn ; joined Captain Allen's company. Colonel
Crane's regiment; term three years; also list of men mustered by
Nathaniel Barber, muster-master for Suffolk County, dated Boston,
August 3, 1777, Colonel Crane's regiment; also corporal. Captain
Jackson's company. Colonel John Crane's regiment; Continental
Army pay accounts for service from January 1, 1780, to Jime 7, 1780;
also certificate, dated Boston, July 12, 1780, signed by John Crane,
colonel of artillery, stating that said Bunnell was in his regiment from
June, 1777, to June, 1780, and had not been absent except on com-
mand. — Mass. Rolls.

Bunnell, Oliver, — drummer, Captain Nailer Hatch's conij)any, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel William Bond's (late Gardner's) 37th regiment; com-
pany return dated Maiden, October 6, 1775. — Mass. Rolls.

An Oliver appears on a Hst of prisoners in Captain Topham's com-
pany, Becember 31, 1775, at Quebec. His captain was captured vriih
him.— N.E. Hist. Gen. Register.

In the First Church records an Oliver Bunnell owned the covenant
June 27, 1773. Nothing further is known of him.

Bunnell, Reuben, — son of Bavid and Keziah (Ramdsell) Bunnell,
brother of Jonathan, was born January 12, 1739. Was in the Frencli
and Indian War, and also performed the following ser\ice in the
Revolution: Private, Captain Bavid Moore's company. Colonel John
Nixon's (5th) regiment; company return dated September 30, 1775;
also muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enUsted May 14, 1775; service,
two months, twenty-three days.

He was killed in the battle of Saratoga, September 19, 1777. A com-
rade of Henry Hallowell, his death is noted in the Hallowell narrative.

Edes, Samuel, — private, Captain Josiah Harris's company, Lieutenant-
Colonel William Bond's (late Gardner's) regiment; company retm-n
probably October, 1775; also order for bounty coat or its equivalent
in money dated Becember 27, 1775; also private, Captain Simeon
Brown's company. Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards; ser-
\'ice between April 2, 1778, and July 3, 1778, two months, twenty-five
days; roll dated camp at Winter Hili.— Mass. Rolls.

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Eaton, Joseph, — probably son of Joseph and Anna (Hutchinson) Eaton,
was a private in Captain Parker's Saugus companj', and served with it
in the fight of the 19th of April, 1775. In June he enlisted in Captain
Josiah Hart's company. Colonel Thomas Gardner's 37th regiment,
and served as corporal. Frothingham in liis history of the battle of
Bunker Hill says : " After the British landed, this regiment was sta-
tioned in the road leading to Leckmere's Point, and late in the day was
ordered to Charlestown. On arriving at Bunker Hill, General Putnam
ordered part of it to assist in thromng up defences commenced at this
place. One company went to the rail fence. The greater part, under
the lead of their colonel, on the third attack advanced towards the re-
doubt. On the way Colonel Gardner was struck by a ball wliich in-
flicted a mortal woimd from which he died July 3." One of the first
orders given by General Washington on assuming command was to
order military honors for liis funeral. Joseph Eaton was with the
regiment of Colonel Gardner in the battle, and had the honor of being
one of the very few men from Lynn to participate in it. He went into
winter camp at Prospect Hill, receiWng the customary order for a bounty
coat, December 5, 1775. He undoubtedly served through the siege of
Boston, and may have died in the serWce. His name does not appear
in church or town records and he is lost to sight after the mnter of
1775-76.
EDivnnsTDs, Joseph, — son of Joseph and Mary (Fry) Edmunds, was born
in Saugus, April 11, 1755. He served in the Saugus company at the
Lexington alarm, but his name does
not appear in the records of Lynn
before or after that event. An old
Edmunds house once stood near the
spot now occupied by the Cliftondale station, but was destroyed by
fire about 18^20.
Edmunds, J.wies, — private. Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel
John Mansfield's regiment; company order for advance pay dated
Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also sergeant, same company and regiment;
muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 3, 1775; service, three
months, five days; also Captain Newhall's company, Colonel Mans-
field's regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchin-
son; company return dated October (i, 1775; also, order for bounty

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coat or its e(iiuviilent in iiionev dated Winter Hill. Xoveniber 4.
1775.

Corporal, ('aj)tain Ezra Xewliair.s (■oni|)anv of minute-men, which
marched on the alarm of A]iril IS). ]77.>; service, twenty-four days. —
Mass. Rolls.

Fahley, Jon.vthan. — private. Ca])tain Samuel King's company, Colonel
Josiah Wliitney's regiment; serWce from August 1, 1770, to December
1, 1776, four months, two days, at Hull; also Captain James Tisdale's
company. Colonel John Greaton's regiment; muster-roll for June, 1781 :
dated Phillipsburgh; enlisted during the war: reported mustered by
Colonel Woodbridge. — Mass. Rolls.

Fahington, Ezra, — son of Theophilus and Sarah (Breed) Farington.
was born December 56, 1762. His name appears in a descriptive
list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for the term of six
months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780; return as received of
Justin Ely, commissioner, by Brigadier-General John Glover, at
Springfield, July 16, 1780; age, seventeen years; stature, 5 ft. 8 in.;
complexion, ruddy; engaged for the town of Chelsea (but probably
lived in Lynn); marched to camp July 16, 1780, under command of
Ca]itain Zebulun King; also Ust of men raised for the six months' service,
and returned by General Paterson as having passed muster in a return
dated Camp Totoway, October 25, 1780; also pay-roll for six month.s"
men raised for the town of Chelsea for service in the Continental Army
during 1780; pas.sed muster at Springfield, July 16, 1780; discharged
at West Point, December 18, 1780; service, five months' twenty days,
travel included. — Mass. Rolls.

Fahington, John, — son of Theoi)hilus and Sarah (Breed) Farington, was
born in Lynn, Ajiril 17, 1750, and brother of Theophilus, Jr., Jose[)h,
and Ezra. He married, first, Dorcas Ramsdell, April 17, 1785, intention
published. She died January 8, 1808, and he married, second, October
;50, 1808, Deborah Hart, who died his widow, October, 1831. He
lived in an old house which stood in a lane leading from Federal Street
westward. This old black house, with its long slant roof, was seen for
many years.

John Farington died in Lynn, July 5, 1830. The luitirc in the Lynn
Record read: "Died, John Farington, aged 80, a soldier of the Revo-
lution. He had at last to eat bitter Im-ad in realms his valor .saved."

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Revolutionary ser\ife: Private, Captain Ezra Newhall's (Lynn)
company of miniite-men, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775;
service, twenty-one days.

Private, Captain Samuel King's company; enlisted July 14, 1775;
service, six months, two days; company stationed at Salem and Lynn
for defence of seacoast; also company receipt given to Daniel Hopkins
for advance pay for one month, dated Salem, September io, 1775.

F.\HKiNGTON, John, — name spelled with two " r's," may have been John, Sr.,
born February 8, 1727-28, and father of John, Jr., who served in Cap-
tain Farrington's company. This, however, cannot be proved. His
service was in Captain Rufus Mansfield's (4th) Lynn company, which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Concord.

F.\RRiNGTON, John, Jr., — jsrivate, son of John and Elizabeth (Smith)
Farrington, was born in Lynn, February 14, 1758. His father was
born in Lynn, February 8, 1727-28, and was married, November 11, 1756,
to Elizabeth Smith of Danvers. Aside from the serWce of John Far-
rington, Jr., in the company of Captain Farrington on April 19, 1775,
nothing is known of him.

F.\niNGTON, Joseph, — son of Theophilus and Sarah (Breed) Farington,
was born, a twin, June 13, 1754, and was one of four brothers who
served in the Revolution. His brother John marched in the same
company with him, that of Captain Ezra Newhall, April 19, 1775,
but no other record has been found except that of the Massachusetts roll
for his service in Captain Ezra Newhall's company. Colonel Mansfield's
regiment; company order for advance pay for one month dated Cam-
bridge, June 8, 1775; also private same company and regiment;
muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 6, 1775; ser\-ice, three
months, two days; also Captain Newhall's company. Colonel John
Mansfield's (19th) regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel
Hutchinson; company return dated October 6, 1775; also corporal,
Captain Joseph Hiller's company. Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's regi-
ment; arrived at destination May 5, 1777; discharged July 5, 1777;
service, two months, six days, traxel included, at Rhode Island; roll
dated camp at Providence.

Fahington, Theophilus, — son of Theophilus and Sarah (Breed) Far-
ington, was born in Lynn, February 7, 1759; married May 16, 1786,
by Rev. Obadiah Parsons, to Susaimah Newhall, daughter of Andrew

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and Susannah (Brown) Newhall, born September 13, 1760. Their
cliildren were Joseph, Susannah, Issabel, and Joseph. He was a
shipwright, with his home near Federal Square.

Toucliing his Revolutionary service, the following certificate is pre-
served by the Lynn Historical Society: —

This ma_v Certify that Thopiles Farenton was a solger in My Compeny in
1776 and was taken prisner at fort Washington when it Surrendered to the
British.

to whom it Maj- Concern.

Ezra Xew-h.ux.
1792. Salem, Oct. 2.5.

From the Massachusetts rolls the following service is taken: Cap-
tain Newhall's company, Hst dated Fort Lee, November 16, 1776,
of men taken from the Orderly Book of Colonel Israel Hutchinson of
the 27th regiment reported as taken prisoner at Fort Washington,
November 16, 1776; also descriptive Ust of men raised to reinforce
the Continental Army for the term of si.x months, agreeable to a resolve
of June 5, 1780, returned as received of Justin Ely, commissioner, by
Brigadier-General John Glover, at Springfield, July 13, 1780; aged
twenty-two years; statm-e, 6 ft.; complexion, ruddy; engaged for
town of Lynn; marched to camp July 13, 1780, imder command of
Captain Thomas Pritchard.

Theophilus Farington died September l-i, 1812, and is buried in the
old Western Burial Ground.
Farrington, William, — captain of the 2d Lynn company of inihtia, or
minute-men, son of John and Abigail (Fuller) Farrington. was born
in Lj'nn, July 15, 1734. His ancestors were among the earliest settlers,
Edmund Farrington, the first of the name in the town, coming in the
" Hopewell," April 1, 1635, with his wife and four children. The home
of Edmund Farrington was on the westerly side of Federal Street, and
he built a corn-mill on W'aterliill where a pond was dug. His son,
Matthew, was one of the selectmen of Lynn when the Indians, David
Kunkshamooshaw and James Quonopohit, in consideration of si.\-
teen pounds lawful money, deeded it to the white men.

William Farrington, the subject of this sketch, was married Feb-
ruary 2, 1757, by Rev. Joseph Roby, to Sarah Sfocker, daughter of
Thomas and Ehzabeth (Mansfield) Stocker. born .\pril 2, 1740. He
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thus became allied with another old Lynn family, the descendants of
both of which are among the prominent citizens of the city at the pres-
ent time. Soon after his marriage he became owner of the old Far-
rington homestead, known in later years as the "Hathorne House,"
which was moved to make room for the buildings of the Lynn Hospital.
Tliis colonial mansion, which was one of the finest in Lynn, stood well
back from the old county highway, and, surrounded by ample grounds,
always attracted attention. It was built about 1681, was roomy and
spacious, and presented a generally substantial air. It was first con-
veyed to Andrew Mansfield, first town clerk of Lynn, by liis father,
Robert, about the time of Andrew's marriage. It was later occupied
by Andrew's son, Deacon Daniel Mansfield, who died June 11, 1728.
After this it was occupied by the latter's son Daniel, who died in it
in 1758. Soon afterward it passed into the hands of Captain Farring-
ton, who lived in it during the rest of liis life. In the exciting days of
the Revolution tliis old mansion was a centre of the fashionable affairs
of the town. Its halls rang ^^•ith the laughter of young people, and its
fireside gave contentment and cheer to a large family.

Captain Farrington entered the king's ser\-ice in 1771, when he was
duly commissioned ensign of the 2d company of Lynn foot by
Thomas Hutchinson, Esq., Governor and Commander-in-chief of His
Majesty's Pro\-ince of Massachusetts Bay. The captain of this com-
pany was John Mansfield, whose home was near by, on the present
Strawberry Avenue. The lieutenant was Increase Newhall, who lived
in the house still standing at the corner of Federal and Marion Streets.
These two officers had seen long ser\'ice in military circles, the former
ha\'ing participated in the old French War. Under their influence,
WilUam Farrington gradually gained in military skill, and when the
militia was reorganized, just before the outbreak of the Revolution,
he was chosen captain of the company, to succeed John Mansfield
who had been elected lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Esse.x County regi-
ment. To a lover of ancient Lynn an examination of the personnel
of this company will prove of interest, as showing the intimate connec-
tion of its members by birth, marriage, and association. It comprised
fifty-two men, nearly all of whom were from the eastern section of the
town, largely from Wood End and the district known as Mansfield's
End. Seven of the members were of the Ingalls family, all closely

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related, father and son in one case appearing' tojjetlier. Four were of
the name of Richards, including father and son.

The Lexington alarm found Captain Farrington and his company
ready, and early in the morning most of his men were mustered and
the march towards Lexington begun. Later in the forenoon Abed-
nego Ramsdell, Joseph Richards, and others who had received the
alarm late set off alone and joined their neighbors. That the com-
pany saw actual fighting is well known. The story of Mr. Ramsdell's
tragic death and the narrow escape of Mr. Richards is told elsewhere.
Although the com|3any did not reach Lexington, it met the British in
the town of Menotomy at about five o'clock in the afternoon. ui)on the
return of the regulars from Concord. The hardest ])art of the fight-
ing took place at tliis time, for hundreds of the yeomanry had collected
on the line of the British retreat, waiting their time to enter the con-
test. Captain Farrington disjiersed his men after arriWng on the Bos-
ton road from Lexington, and the fight was carried on by the members
indiWdually as they found opportunity. After the hot struggle at the
Jason Russell house, in ^Menotomy, where Mr. Ramsdell was killed,
the members pm-sued the retreating British to Charlestown.

Captain Farrington took no further part in the Revolution, and on
his return to Lynn continued his trade as a cordwainer. For many
vears he was chosen leather sealer by the town, served as fish com-
missioner one year, and held several minor positions, but does not
appear to have taken a prominent ]jart in the affairs of government.
In 177'2 he with liis wife joined the First Church, owning the cove-
nant in that year. After the deatli of Deacon John Burrage, in 1780,
( aptain Farrington was chosen a deacon, and served in that office
until the famous secession to the society of Methodists took place in
179','. Affairs under the leadershi]) of Rev. Obadiah Parsons were
not altogether satisfactory at the old F^irst Church, and, although the
tenets of the fathers had been there religiously kept for one hundred
and fifty years, the field was nevertheless ripe for the persuasive elo-
cjuence of Rev. Jesse Lee, of the new Methodist faith, when he appeared
in 1790 and preached at the home of Ijeutenant Benjamin Johnson
on Market Street. The latter hail been next in command under Cap-
tain F^irrington on the 19th of April, 177,i, and perhaps had some
influence in inducing his former captain to come to hear the new doc-

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trine expounded. Be that as it may, six months after, with one hun-
dred and eight members of the old First Church, Captain Farrington
withdrew from membership and joined the Methodist society. After
this notable secession but five male members remained in the First
Chiu-ch; namely. Colonel John Mansfield, Ensign Theophilus Bacheller,
Rev. John Carnes, Corjioral John Burrill, and Nathaniel Sargent, all
of whom, with the exception of the latter had been in the Revolution.
When the seceders departed, they took with them the silver communion
vessels, — a fact which is very feelingly alluded to by Rev. Parsons
(^ooke, the famous minister, in liis book called "A Century of Puri-
tanism." He says: " Deacons Farrington and Hallowell, and we know
not how many more, especially of females, were members of this
church. Nor did they go out empty. They in one respect, at least,
imitated the Israelites' flight from Egypt. They took with them the
communion vessels of the church, which being numerous and made
of solid silver, were very valuable. They had been mostly given to
the church, eighty years before, by individuals whose names and acts
of gift had been engra\ecl on the vessels themselves, so that there
could be no mistake as to the donor's intent, that they should be for
the church use alone, and not the personal property of indiWduals be-
coming members for awliile, and then di\-iding the spoil." Those who
went out claimed that half of the vessels should belong to them, — an
idea which was \igorously fought by those left in the old society. A
lawsuit was instituted, but through the efforts of James Sulhvan,
afterwards Governor of Massachusetts, the plate was sent back before
a trial was held. Deacon Farrington also came back at the same
time, February, 1797, and was officially received back into membership.
Deacon Farrington had seven sons and seven daughters, Elizabeth,
Paul, Joanna, Wilham, Thomas, Amos, Sarah, Elizabeth, Nathaniel
(born April 8, 1775), John, Sopliia, John, Lydia, and Polly. His
last days were quietly spent in the old mansion, siu-rounded by chil-
lireu and friends, at peace with church and state. For several years
before his death his health gradually failed, and he died November 1,
1808. The death of his wife occurred July 16, 179^2. Both are buried
in the old Western Burial Ground. On the 17th of June, 1904, an
ajipropriate stone, which had been erected by his great-grandson,
Charles Henry Newhall. of Lynn, was unveiled by Miss Ellen Mudge

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Burrill in the presence of a large company of people. A marker of
the S. A. R. was also placed at his grave. Near liim lie Colonel John
Mansfield, Captain Rufus Mansfield, Lieutenant-Colonel John Flagg,
Captain Joseph Stocker, and many members of his company of minute-
men.

Fearn, James, — private, Joseph Killer's company. Colonel Jonathan
Titcomb's regiment; enlisted May 6, 1777; discharged July 6, 1777,
at Providence; service, two months, six days; also June 11 to
August 11.

He was liWng in Lynn in 1800 according to United States Census.

Felt, Jonathan, — son of Aaron and Mary (Waitt) Felt, was born in
Saugus, April 8, 1753. He was brother of Joshua, Samuel, Joseph
and Peter. Died in Packersfield, N.H., February 17, 1807. His
wife was Martha, and liis children, all born in Packersfield, were Jona-
than, Lydia, Benjamin, Martha, Polly, Joseph,. Solomon, Henrv,
Mercy, Milly, Betsey, and Amos.

He was a private in Captain Samuel King's company, raised for the
defence of the seacoast. Enlisted July 11, 1775; sernce, si.x months,
five days.

Felt, Joshua, — private, son of Aaron and Mary (Waitt) Felt, was born
in Saugus, June 21, 1751, his father ha\dng removed from Chelsea.
He was married by Rev. Joseph Roby, January 16, 1774, to Hannah
Stocker, daughter of Epliraim and Lydia (Newhall) Stocker, born
October 2, 1752. Joshua Felt was in Captain Da\id Parker's Saugus
company in the fight at Menotomy, and was wounded by the British,
being the only member of Captain Parker's company, so far as is known,
to be wounded. His brother Joseph was shot in the thigh, and taken
prisoner the next year at Fort Washington. After the Revolution
Joshua removed to Packersfield, N.H., where all but one of liis chil-
dren were born. The names of his children were Mercy, Polly, Elijah,
and Ephraim. His brothers Jonathan, Joseph, Peter, and Samuel, all
born in Lynn, were in the Revolution. He died at Westmoreland,
N.H., about 1822, his wife having died before him. hut it is not known
where he is buried.

Felt, Joseph, — son of Aaron and Mary (Waitt) Felt, was born in Saugus,
January 12, 1757, and died in Packersfield, now Nelson, N.H., in
August, 1842. He was' married October 15. 1785. to Elizabeth Si)of-

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ford, daughter of David, Jr., and Elizabeth (Griffin) Spofford, of Town-
send, Mass. She was born August 10, 1762. His children were David,
/ Joseph, Asa, George, Samuel, Jeremiah,

^yy {P ^ // - John. Ehzabeth, and Sally. He is said
*^i/r^r» t// 0X4 tQ jjjj^^g served seven years in the war.

The following record has been found,
together with the fact that he was pensioned from April 4, 1818, at
$18 per month, he having been disabled from all labor in the winter
time by reason of a wound received in the thigh at Fort Washing-
ton, in 1776: Private, Captain Ezra Town's company, Colonel James
Read's regiment; age, eighteen years; stature, 5 ft., 4 in.; complex-
ion, fair; eyes, gray; occupation, farmer; birthplace, Lynn; residence.
New Ipswich; enlisted May 4, 1775; mustered July 11, 1775; ap-
pears on a company return of October, 1775; reported sick and ab-
sent; also on Israel Hutchinson's list of prisoners at Fort Lee, taken
at Fort Washington, November 16, 1776, Captain Ezra Newhall's
company; enhsted January 1, 1776; exchanged in January, 1777.
His brother, Joshua, was wounded at Menotomy, April 19, 1775, and
brothers Peter and Samuel served in the war from New Hampshire.
Flagg, Lieutenant-Colonel John, — son of Rev. Ebenezer Flagg, was
born in Woburn, June 12, 1743. He was descended from Thomas
Flagg who settled in Watertown in 1643, and was the ancestor of all
the Flaggs in this country. Thomas Flagg's fourth son, Gershom, was
the father of Lieutenant Gershom Flagg who went to Woburn and was
^^ there admitted a freeman in 1674.

^i^ 0^'Cc'<-^ ^ Lieutenant Gershom's son Ebenezer
^P/y was born December 21, 1678. Ebene-
^ zer's son, Ebenezer, was born about

1704 in Woburn and married June 2, 1725, Hannah Knight, of
Woburn, and John Flagg, the subject of this sketch was their son.
John Flagg graduated at Harvard College in 1761, and soon afterward
took up the practice of medicine. He married June 21, 1769, Susannah
Fowle, of Woburn, daughter of James and Susannah (Wyman) Fowle,
born in Woburn, November 12, 1748. Soon after his marriage Dr.
Flagg removed to Lynn, where his skill gained him the confidence of the
people. His home here was the ancient gambrel-roofed house still
standing on Marion Street, known as the "Billy Gray House" from

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thf fact that William (iray. Lieuteiiant-tJoveriior of Mas.saohusett.s.
was born in it. It stood back from the old Boston road, .shaded by tall
trees, and was a stately residence for those days.

On the alarm of April 19, 1775, Dr. Flagg was a member of Captain
William Farrington's 2d I>ynn company of minute-men, and he
inarched with it to West Cambridge, where Abednego Ramsdell of the
same company was killed. During the day his skill as a surgeon be-
came of great value to his wounded comrades. On returning home,
he at once sent his wife and daughter to Chester, N.H., to live with
his father while the war progressed. A letter which he wrote from
Lynn to his wife during this time will prove of interest as illustrating
his feelings at the beginning of the great contest. It is reproduced
here through the courtesy of Mrs. Mary Caroline Pliillips Bennett, of
Richmond, Va., daughter of Dr. James Gardner, who many years
after married Susannah, the little girl called "Sukey" in the letter,
and who was sent with her mother to New Hampshire.

Lynn, Aug. l.st, 177.).
My Dear.

It is a long time since I have even heard from you, or have wrote to you.
Ani afraid you begm to think that I treat you with neglect. I have put off com-
ing to see you, in hopes that affairs would turn in such a manner as that yon
might return home without being subjected to much fear. And am now de-
termined to come for you within a fortnight imless our danger increases; and
if I shall be unable to come myself, will endeavor to send your brother Benjamin
for you: as I cannot be reconciled to live in this solitary manner any longer.
Our fears daily lessen, & we feel ourselves almost secure, the noise of cannon
and the flames of Buildings set on fire give us but very little disturbance, as
we have now been used to them ; which would be the case with you in a short
time. However, I shall not thinlc of urging of you to return, if it is the least
against your inclination, but will submit myself to continue in my widowed
state a while longer. We have considerable reasons to hope that war will cea.se
in a )V« iiKintlis. Gage's army is very sickly, &• they are almost destitute
of evt'Tv kind cif pninsions except Pork & Bread. The i)e<ii)le in Boston begin
to reccixc pussis a^'ain to come out of Town.

There have been several small skirmishes since Sunday, but think it
needless to write any particulars, as you will see an account of them in the
newspapers. It is but seldom an opportunity to wTite presents. Have receiveil
but one letter from you yet. I fear Sukey will forget me. I am, after present-
ing duty to father & mother love to Eben & Molly your

constant and lo\ing Ilusl)and

John Fi..\(i<:-

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Whether or not the wife and (laughter came back to Lynn in two
weeks, it is certain that the war did not cease in two months. On
August 22, 1774, Dr. Flagg had been chosen a delegate to the Ipswich
convention, called to take such action as might be necessary to pre-
serve the rights of the colonies. On February 14, 1776, he was chosen
by the House of Representatives a lieutenant-colonel in Colonel Tim-
othy Pickering's 1st Essex County regiment of Massachusetts militia,
and was commissioned the same day. Soon after he was chosen a.s-
the first military officer of the town of Lynn, and it was he who swore
to the enlistment of a large number of Lynn soldiers.

In 1776, 1778, 1781, 1782, and 1783 he was a member of the Com-
mittee of Correspondence, Ins])ection, and Safety of the town of Lynn,
the most important committee created during the war, by order of the
ProWncial Congress. He also served as treasurer of the town in 1780,
1781, 1782, 1783, and 1784. During the entire Revolution, while he
did not see active service in the field, he was steadfastly attending to
his military duties at home, sending recruits to the front, caring for
famihes of soldiers away in the war, and watching the interests of the
colonies. Dr. Flagg was a commissioned justice of the peace, settled
the estates of many of his neighbors, and served as guardian, appraiser,
legal adviser, and bondsman for them. He was a man of means, — a
fact which is shown by liis will on file in the probate records at Salem.

In 1793 Dr. Flagg began to languish in health, and died on the 27tli
of May of that year. He was buried in the old Western Burial Ground,
where a large slate stone recounts his \'irtues at length: —

"This monument is erected to the memory of John Flagg, Esq., in
whom remarkable temperance, uniform prudence, unaffected modesty,
affectionate humanity and diffusive benevolence shone conspicuous
among the ^d^tues which graced his character, endeared him to his
family and his friends, and secured him the respect and love of all
who had the happiness to know him.

" As a physician, his skill was eminent, and his practice extensive and
successful.

"To death whose triumph he had so often delayed & repelled but
could not entirely prevent, he at last submitted on the 27th of May.
1793, in the 50th year of his age.

"Heav'n now repays his ^^rtues and his deeds
.\nd endless life the stroke of death succeeds."

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Dr. Fkgg was a stout man, of commanding [iresence and a true type
of the old school gentleman. A silhouette of liim has been preser\ed
in the family, and is reproduced in the first part of this work through
the kindness of Mrs. Bennett, of Richmond. This is the only known
likeness of a Revolutionary soldier of Lynn who died before 1800.

His daughter Susannah married Dr. James Gardner, his successor.
She died in Lynn, February 3, 1806. Dr. Flagg's wife died November iS,
1834, aged eighty-seven, and is buried in an unmarked grave at his side.

There are now li\-ing (1904) in different parts of Virginia seventeen
of Dr. Flagg's descendants, none of whom bear liis surname.

A bronze marker of the S. A. R. was erected at his grave in 1903.
Fleming, jMichael. — From Hutchinson's Orderly Book he is found to be
a sailor; age, thirty-five; height, 5 ft. 6 in.; complexion, light; and hair
and eyes, light.

From the Massachusetts rolls his name is found in a return of men
raised for the Continental service, agreeable to the resolve of December
3, 1780; engaged May 1, 1781, for the term of three years for the town
of Lynn.
Flint, Williaji, — private. It has been impossible to find the record of
the birth of this man, who is placed in the Lynnfield company, but
was probably not a native of Lynnfield. He was married by Rev.
Joseph Roby, June 5, 1770, to Sarah Larrabee. His name is borne
on the roll of Captain Da\id Parker's Saugus company, but, as in the
case of Thomas Hadley, this is probably an error. His home was in
South Lynnfield, and he responded to the alarm of April 19, 1775, with-
out doubt in the company of Captain Nathaniel Bancroft. He was
killed at Menotomy with Abednego Ramsdell, Daniel Townsend, and
Thomas Hadley, and is buried in the cemetery at ArUngton, Mass.,
where a monument erected by the town in 1848 bears his name with
that of others. His widow died October I'?, 1813, aged seventy-eight.

In 1776 Edward Johnson, then representative to the General Court,
obtained an allowance of two pounds, six shilhngs, for the use of Sarah
Flint, ^\ife of Wilham Flint, killed at Menotomy.
Florence, Charles, — son of Charles and Mary (Kilby) Florence, was
born in Lynn, May 1, 1758. His father came from the Isle of Jersey,
was a sea captain, and according to Thomas T. Stocker, his great-
grandson, of East Saugus, he was lost at sea.

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Charles Florence, the son, was one of the three men nientioneil in the
Hallowell narrative who left Pliilatlelphia for Lynn about January 1,
1777. He had been sick for two months, and was unfit for travel in the

dead of winter, and, although he set

y y^^:^ ^_g,,_,^_^^ ""t with Mr. Hallowell and Stephen

' ^ ^. ^ Coats, he soon gave out, and it is not

known when he succeeded in reaching
home. His service in the war is given in the Massachusetts rolls, and
a letter written from Williamsburg, Va., in May, 1780, is published in
the first part of this work. It is said that another letter was received
from liim, which was written from St. Pierre, Martinique, dated Septem-
ber 9, 1781, and that he was never heard from again.

The follov\-ing is his service: Private, Captain Ezra Newhall's com-
pany. Colonel John Mansfield's 19th regiment; order for advance
pay dated Cambridge, June 8, 177.3, signed by said Florence and others;
also muster-roll dated August 1, 177o; enlisted May 6, 1775; service,
three months, two days; also Captain Newhall's company. Colonel John
Mansfield's 19th regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel
Hutchinson; company return dated October 6, 177.3; order for bounty
coat or its equivalent in money dated AVinter Hill, November -1, 177o;
also list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 1st Essex
County regiment, dated Lynn, February 16, 1778, and sworn to at Salem
by John Flagg, first military officer for the town of Lynn; residence,
Lynn; engaged for the town of Lynn; joined Captain Goodale's com-
pany. Colonel Rufus Putnam's regiment; term three years or during
the war; also Continental Army pay accounts for sernce from March 14,
1777, to December 1, 1779, and from January 1, 1780, to May 7, 1780;
also private, Captain John Williams's company. Colonel Rufus Putnam's
regiment; return for gratuity approved April H, 1779. — Ma.ss. Rolls.
Florence, Thom.\s. — son of Charles and Mary (Kilby) Florence, was
born February 7, 1754, brother of Charles noted above. He was

married by Rev. John Treadwell, Feb-
^lltrm^ ^^Timtay .-"an- 8 1781, to Mary Hudson, daugh-
'^ ter of Moses and Catherine Hudson,

born February 5, 1754, died Decem-
ber 10. 178;!. His only son was Charles, born December 19, 1783.
After the death of his wife he lived with this son and <Iied September

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.), 18'2(). in the jileiisant little Florence lioniestend. still stnndinj; on
Lincoln Avenue, East Saugus.

Tliomas Florence could speak French, was a man otherwise of some-
what superior education for liis day, and in consequence was commonly
called " Sir Thomas." He was well remembered by his grand-daughter,
Mrs. Susannah (Florence) Tuttle, who was li\ing in 1903, at the age
of eighty-one. Some years ago Benjamin F. Xewhall. in a series of
])ersonal sketches, described the home of Thomas Florence, saying that
it was a few rods south of the residence of Solomon Brown, and that
the small house, still standing upon the side of the ledge, was of prac-
tically the same appearance as when built sixty years before, further
adding: "Thomas Florence was a hero of the American Revolution,
and iis a soldier did honorable service in the cause of the country. He
was a gardener by trade, and for many years after the war was in the
employ of Landlord Newhall. He purchased about an acre of land
upon the side of the rocky hill, and cultivated every spot of the same
which was unoccupied by porphyry ledges. His well cultivated garden
in the nooks of the sunny side of the hill always attracted considerable
attention. His house descended first to his son Charles and then to
his grandson Charles."

In 1818 he appeared before the Prob.ite Court of Essex County, and
stated that he was a resident of Saugus, a cordwainer. Enlisted in
177.5 as a private for eight months in Captain Ezra Newhall's company
of the 27th regiment, commanded by Colonel John Mansfield. Just
before liis time expired, he enlisted again in 1776, for one j'ear more.
After serving in the same, was honorably discharged on the field by
Colonel Hutchinson in New .Jersey, .January 1, 1777. Colonel Frederic
Breed says that he (Breed) was an officer in the company with
Florence.

Thomas Florence stated that he was sixty-six years old at the time he
made his application for a pension, that he was weak and infirm and
could do but little labor. He served under General Lee, and was later
in the War of 1812. His claim was allowed from April 4 1818, at $8
per month, and $88.23 back pay was given him. He was stricken
from the roll in 1820.

The Massachusetts rolls also give additional service in Captain
Goodale's company. Colonel Putnam's roginicnl. fnmi l'"cl)rn,iry Hi. for

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three years or during the war. He is buried in the old Western Burial
Ground, just at the left of the front gate, near the Hudsons. A marker
and stone mark the spot.

Flynn, John. — Nothing is known of this man except the very full service
which is given in the Massachusetts rolls, as follows: —

Private, Captain Daniel Whiting's company. Colonel Jonathan
Brewer's regiment; company return dated October 6, 1775; also list
of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 1st Essex County
regiment, dated Lynn, February 16, 1778, and sworn to by John Flagg,
first military officer for the town of Lynn; residence, Lynn; engagetl
for the town of Lynn; joined Captain Greenleaf's comjiany. Colonel
Francis's regiment; term three years or during the war; also descrip-
tive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for six months,
agreeable to resolve of June .5, 1780; returned as received of Justin
Ely, Commissioner, by Brigadier-General Glover at Springfield, July
13, 1780; age, forty-nine years; stature, .5 ft. 4 in.; complexion, light;
engaged for the town of Lynn; marched to caniji July 1.3, 1780, under
command of Captain Thomas Pritchard; also private, Captain Will-
iam Watson's (6th) company, 3d Massachusetts regiment, commanded
by Lieutenant-Colonel Mellen; muster-roll for December, 1782; also
order for wages for February, 178.3. dated cantonment, near Windsor;
also muster-rolls for March and April, 1783; balance of enlistment
unexpired, ten months, twenty-two days'; also Captain Watson's
company, 3d Massachusetts regiment, descriptive list; age, forty-nine
years; complexion, dark; hair, gray; occupation, barber; stature. 5 ft.
i in.; residence, Lynn; engaged for town of Lynn; enhsted A]iril Ki,
1781; discharged July 10, 1783; enlistment three years; reported re-
ceived clothing at various times between December '•^9. ]78'2, and June
•ii, 1783.

FoLSOM, Petek. — Letters of administration for one of this name were
asked for November 11, 179.5, from Beverly. Said Folsom, a mariner,
left an infant child, but no other relatives. His estate amounted to
$185.91.— Probate Records.

Descriptive list of officers and crew of the ship "Junius Brutus."
commanded by Captain John I-each, sworn to at Salem, June 15, 1780;
age, twenty-six years; stature. 5 ft. 7 in.; coiiiplexioii. light; residence,
Lynn.— Mass. Rolls.

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Fortune .

List of men raised to ser\e in the Continental Army from 1st Essex
County regiment, dated Lynn, February 16, 1778, and sworn to by John
Flagg, first military officer for the town of Lynn; residence, Lynn; en-
gaged for the town of Lynn; joined Colonel Brewer's regiment; term
three years or during the war; reported a negro. — Mass. Rolls.

Foster, Aadrew, — was born in Lynn, July 12, 1751. He married, first,
Sarah Thissel, and, second, Bethia Knowlton, of Ipswich. He was
a member of Captain Bancroft's company, and saw active sernce April
19, 1775. Diu-ing the fight he was wounded by a bullet wliich has since
been in the ]3ossession of liis family for many years.

Fuller, David, — according to the church records of the Third Parish,
was baptized September 30, 1750, his father being also " DaWd."
Nothing further is known of liim except that he wa,s vrith Captain
Parker's Saugus company at the Lexington alarm.

Fuller, Jonathan, — private. Captain Eufus Mansfield's (4th) company,
which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Concord; service, two
days; also pri\ate in Captain Ezra Newhall's company. Colonel John
Mansfield's regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted
June 4, 1775; service, two months, two days. — Mass. Rolls.

Fuller, Jon.^.than, — private Captain Ezra Newhall's (Lynn) company of
minute-men, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service,
two days; also Captain Ezra Newhall's company. Colonel Mansfield's
regiment; order for advance pay dated Cambridge, June 8, 1775,
signed by said Fuller and others; also Captain Newhall's company.
Colonel John Mansfield's (19th) regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-
Colonel Israel Hutchiason; company return dated October 6. 1775. —
Mass. Rolls.

Fuller, Peter. — On June 22 Thomas Fuller and son Potter (possibly the
above Peter), who had come from Salem, were warned out of Lynn by
the constable. The similarity of the names is at least suggestive that
the unusual name of " Potter " might have been written "Peter" on the
Saugus roll. On the other muster-rolls on file in the arclii^es the name
is given as " Potter." Assuming that the two names should be one.
Private Fuller, after the Lexington alarm, enlisted. May 3, in Captain
Ezra Newhall's company. Colonel John Mansfield's regiment, receiv-
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Mansfield he still continued in the serWce under Lieutenant-Colonel
Israel Hutchinson, of Danvers. The following November he received
an order for a bounty coat, and spent the winter in camp at Winter Hill.
He was discharged from serWce after the evacuation of Boston. Re-
enlisted again in Captain Robert Dodge's company. Colonel Ebenezer
Francis's regiment, and marched in the fall of 1776 to Dorchester Heights,
where he was encamped for some time. Here his sernce ends, in so
far as the records are concerned.

He is buried in the old Western Burial Ground, near the South Com-
mon Street side. A marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R.
were placed near the spot in 1903.
Galeucia, CAFr.Aix Daniel, — Born in Norton, Mass., August 1, 1740;
died in Lynn, December 9, 18'-25. The name Galeucia is spelled in
several ways in the records, and there would seem to be some obscurity
in regard to the marriages of Captain Daniel. That there were two
Daniels, father and son, is certain, and according to Mr. Warren A.

Galeucia, of South Peabody, a descend-

f^~-k fi y j i.<«^ ""* "^ ^^ Revolutionary soldier, it

^0(,yiuJ: ^&d^A.ClA^*^^ appears that the latter married three

times and had eight children. The
first marriage recorded in Norton, Mass., gives Daniel "Gallusia,"
married December '28, 1768, by Rev. Nathan Holt, to Hannah Lindsey,
of Danvers. The second marriage, probably, was that recorded in
the Lynn records as taking place May 5, 1782. This was to Ehzabeth
Lindsey, but whether she was a sister of Hannah is not known. Mr.
William Hudson, a descendant of the soldier through Martha Norton
Galeucia, states that Captain Daniel was a son-in-law of Captain
Eleazer Lindsey, who was cashiered, and that he took the place of
the latter upon his removal from command. This would seem to in-
dicate that Hannah or Ehzabeth, or both, were daughters of Captain
Eleazer Lindsey. The third marriage would seem to be that, July 26,
1812, between Daniel Galeucia and Mrs. Elizabeth (Tarbox) Thomas,
given in the Lynn records as " Eliza Thomas." Two other marriages
recorded are probably those of his son Daniel.

The farm of Captain Galeucia was the land now owned by John L.
Shorey, and there he died in his eighty-sixth year. Those who remem-
bered him in his latter years described him as a tall, fine-looking man,

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tliougli soMiewlmt bent, with wliite hair wliidi fell o\er his shoulders.
At the age of seventy-five he hung himself in the old barn, but was dis-
covered before it was too late. Upon recovering consciousness, he is
said to have asked for water and to have remarked, " I believe now I
shall live out my appointed time."

For a time Captain Galeucia owned the old house wliich stood at the
corner of Franklin and Boston Streets.

From his first biuial-place, back of Brown's Pond, his remains were
removed to a tomb near the Peabody end of the pond. From thence,
with five others, he was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, South Pea-
body, and a stone suitably inscribed, together with a marker of the
S. A. R., was placed at liis grave by the Peabody Historical Society.

The following is the Revolutionary sernce of Captain Galeucia:
Lieutenant, Captain E. Lindsey's coiiiiiaiiy. Colonel Woodbridge's regi-
ment; list of men who received aihamc pay for one month in 1775,
at Cambridge, for engaging in the ciglit iiumths' service; also lieuten-
ant. Captain Eleazer Lindsey's company. Colonel Samuel Gerrish's
regiment; return dated July 21, 1775, signed by Galeucia; also lieuten-
ant in command of Captain Lindsey's company. Colonel Ruggles
Woodbridge's regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; engaged
May 12, 1775; also captain, 10th company. Colonel Woodbridge's regi-
ment; company return (probably October, 1775). — Mass. Rolls. Cap-
tain Galeucia was e\'idently made captain of his company when Cap-
lain Lindsey was cashiered for neglect of duty.

(;oLDTHW.UTE, Benjajmix, — SOU of Major Benjamin and Charity (Edwards,
Crafts) Goldthwaite, was born in Boston in 1743, and was descended
from Thomas, the emigrant ancestor. Benjamin Goldthwaite was
married in Saugus by Rev. Mr. Roby, May 3, 1767, to Lois Boardman,
daughter of John and Eunice (Cheever) Boardman, of Cambridge.
He lived for a time in Maiden, was
/J ''^^' Y ..^j^^-f'^—^ ^^ ^'^ occupation a heel-maker. May 28,

/o€4lj ^^n^/7uiJa^tirY~rt^^ be bought a farm of fifteen acres

^ J and buildings in Maiden. When the

war broke out, he was enrolled a member of Captain Parker's Saugus
company, in which were many of the relatives of liis wife. After the
battle of I^exington he sold his farm in Maiden and moved to Boston,
where for some years he kept a tavern on Back Street. In 1700, he was

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living on Margaret Street, according to the Boston directory of that
date. His children, all by his first wife, Lois, were John, Lois, Esther,
Eunice, Ezekiel, Sally, and Hannah. His wife Lois died in 1812, and
he married, second, April 9, 1812, Elizabeth Wadsworth Barrett, daugh-
ter of Joseph and Ruth (Smallidge) Barrett, of Boston, born in 1772.

IVIi-. Goldthwaite's home in Maiden was probably near the Saugus
line, for he appears to have been associated with that parish, being
clerk of the same in 1777, and previously serving as tithing-man. His
father, Major Benjamin, of Boston, was a captain in the Louisburg
expedition, served through the French and Indian War, rising to the
rank of major and then colonel. His brother Jacob was a captain in the
Revolution from Stoughton.

Benjamin Goldthwaite died in Maiden, July 26, 1835, aged ninety-
one. His wife Elizabeth died in Maiden, December 10, 1845, at the
age of seventy-three. Their gravestones may be seen in the Salem
Street cemetery. Maiden.

OTv, Caesar, also "Cuff." — In a descriptive list probably of 1780, he
is noted as aged seventeen; five feet, eight inches tall; black and a
laborer.

Return of men raised for Continental service, agreeable to resolve of
December 2, 1780; engaged May 17, 1781; engaged for town of Lynn:
term three years; also private. Captain Jeremiah Miller's company.
Colonel Joseph Vose's regiment; muster-roll for June and July, 1781,
dated Phillipsburgh ; reported on command at West Point; also muster-
roll for August, 1781; also September and November, 1781, reported
sick at New Windsor; also list of men belonging to 1st Massachusetts
brigade, returned as sick in hospital at New Windsor; dated Decem-
ber 24, 1781; also private, Captain Jeremiah Miller's company, Colonel
Joseph Vose's regiment; muster-rolls for January and February, 1782,
dated York Huts; enlisted April, 1781.— Mass. Rolls.

owixG, Daniel, — son of Gideon and Elizabeth, was born May 26, 1759;
married April 24, 1781, by Rev. Benjamin Wadsworth, to Hannah
Butler, of Danvers. He died probably in 1782, as letters of administra-
tion were asked for October 7 of that year, in which his wife Hannah
is mentioned.

Another Daniel Gowing married Mercy or Martha Bower =, according
to the Lynn records, December 25, 1764. It is impossible to tell which

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of these was the Revolutionary soldier. The inilitarv record is as fol-
lows: —

Private, Captain Gideon Foster's company, Colonel John Mans-
field's regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 9^
1775; sernce, two months, twenty-seven days; also Captain John
Baker's company, Colonel Mansfield's regiment, commanded by Lieuten-
ant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson; company return probably October, 1775.
Also receipt for advance pay signed by said Gowen and others, dated
Cambridge, July 4, 1775; order for bounty coat or its equivalent in
money, dated camp at Winter Hill, October 27, 1775. — Mass. Rolls.

GowiNG, James, — private, jirobably son of Samuel Gowing, was baptized
in Lynnfield, August 8, 1736. He served in the French and Indian
War, having been in Captain Newhall's company. Colonel Plaisted's
regiment, which marched towards Springfield, August 15, 1757, on
the way to relieve Fort William Henry. He served at the Lexington
alarm with the Lynnfield company. In the accounts rendered by the
British of losses incurred on the 19th of April, twenty-six men are
reported as missing. These men were undoubtedly taken prisoners,
among whom can be quoted Lieutenant Goold, who was later exchanged
for Josiah Breed, of Captain Rufus Mansfield's company. On the
muster-roll of Captain Nathaniel Bancroft's company a note indicates
that James Gowing was detailed to go to Ipswich jail with a number
of prisoners. For this service he was given three days' pay, more than
that received by any member of his company. It should be remembered
that Townsend, Flint, and Hadley were killed, and Monroe, Foster,
and Wellman wounded, all Lynnfield men. It would also seem that
their comrades won distinction by taking British prisoners.

James Gowing appears on the town records as warden in 1776, but
nothing further is known of him.

Gowing, John, — sergeant in Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute-
men which marched on the alarm of A])ril 19, 1775; ser\'ice, twenty-
one days.

The above is the only record of this man wliich has been found.
He was probably of Lynnfield and the John Gowing who married Mrs.
Lydia Bryant, September 1'2, 1775.

Gowing, Joseph, — first lieutenant, .son of Thomas and Sarah (Hawkes)
Gowing, was born in Lynnfield, May 7, 1730. There were four of
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the name of Gowng in the Revolution from Lynnfield, and the name
was very prominent in the Second Parish, yet Uttle has been preserved
of the family records. Joseph was probably brother of John and per-
haps of Daniel. In 1766 he was an

a/ " / C/ ^ militia, 1st Essex County regiment.

In 1771 he was captain. In 1774,
he was chosen captain of the new company of minute-men, but gave
way to Deacon Nathaniel Bancroft, who had pre\'iously served in that
capacity in 1767. Joseph Gowng was married, March 2, 1763, by
Rev. Benjamin Adams, to Mrs. Deliverance Gowing. His only military
service was at the time of the Le-xington alarm. It was from his house,
the " Joseph Gomng Tavern," that the company mustered on the
morning of April 19. Near by in the old meeting-house was stored
the stock of powder for the company. The Gowing Tavern was
burned on the night of June 18, 1896.

Joseph Gowing held the town offices of field-driver, fence-viewer,
warden, surveyor of highways, treasurer of the parish, selectman,
and assessor. He was called " Captain" in his later years. He died
October 30, 1811, and liis wife died April 17, 1806. Both are buried
in the old cemetery at Lynnfield Centre, where a marble stone and
bronze marker of the S. A. R. were placed at his grave in 1904. It
is curious to note that, wliile the family was at one time very prominent
in the town, but one stone in the old burial-ground bears the name
of Gowing.

(iitAVES, Jacob C, — private, was not a native of Lynn, so far as is known.
The only reference to him in the Lynn records appears in 1766, when
Mrs. Sarah Graves, together ^ith her children, Abigail, Hannah, Jeru-
sha, and Jacob, were warned out of Lynn, her husband being Jacob
Graves, shipwright, formerly of Boston, Boston town records give
the marriage of Jacob Graves, of Boston, and Sarah Pierce, April 7,
1737, Rev. John Webb performing the ceremony. A careful search
of the records of neighboring towns gives no fiu-ther Ught, and it is
possible that the above Jacob Graves is not the man borne on the roll
of Captain Farrington's company. His service of two days at the
time of the Lexington alarm is the only authentic record known. He
may have been the Jacob Graves who was captured by the British and

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brought to Boston, October 8, 1778, in the cartel " Silver Eel." to be
exchanged for Britisli prisoners. He is noted by the commissary of
prisoners as a seaman. Administration was granted upon Ills estate.
October 3, 1785, at which time he was described as a sliipwright. A
marble gravestone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected
to his memory in the old Western Burial Ground in 1904.

Green, James. — Nothing is positively known of this man who was a i)ri-
vate in Captain Rufus Mansfield's (4th) company which marched on
the alarm of April 19, 1775. A James Green was warned out of town
November 17, 1756; also married March 25, 1759, Lydia Ramsdell,
who died in 1760. He married again, March 5, 1761, Sarah Moulton,
sister of Ezekiel and Ezra Moulton. .\ccording to the Lynn records
a James Green died in Lynn on March 13, 1831.

II.VDLEY, Thomas, — probably son of Anthony and Abigail Hadley, was
born in Stoneham, Mass., March 4, 1726. On April 11, 1752, he was
published to Mary Co.\, of Stoneham, and on April 12, 1762, he came
from Stoneham to Lynnfield. He was warned out of town two days-
later. He continued to live in Lynnfield, however, where he had mar-
ried his second wife on the 26th of November, 1761. She was Rebecca
Hinkson, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (JefiFords) Hinkson, born
July 28, 1722. His home was between South Lynnfield and Lynnfield
Centre, east of the Gerry cider-mill. The old house occupied by him
has long since disappeared, and the house now standing on the sjiot
is the home of Mr. Sprague. The wife of Thomas Hadley was acci-
dentally drowned January 9, 1771, in crossing the stream above the
mill pond (Filling's Pond). She had left her house to visit an acquaint-
ance. Not retm-ning, search was made, and her body found on the
2(ith.

Mr. Hadley appears on the muster-roll of Captain David Parker's
Saugus company of minute-men, but this is probably an error. The
rolls were made up many months after the battle of Lexington, and
it is not strange that errors should have occurred. Mr. Hadley was a
Lynnfield man, and undoubtedly marched with his neighbors in Cap-
tain Bancroft's company, reaching the scene of the conflict in Menotomy.
where the enemy was met on the return to Boston. Like his friend
and neighbor, Daniel Townsend, he was caught between the flank guard
and main line of the British, and was instantly killed. This was at
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aljout lialf-past five in the afternoon. His body was later in the even-
ing taken into the home of Jason Russell, and there laid with those of
liis comrades. His remains were buried mth others in the field back
of the house where he was killed, and there rested until 1848, when
the town of Arlington caused the bodies of these patriots to be removed
to the Arlington cemetery and a monument erected to their memory.
Mr. Hadley was one of the oldest men in the company, being over fifty
years of age.

Hall, James, — son of Ephraim and Mary (Brown) Hall, was born October
13, 1757. Only liis Revolutionary record is known, as follows : —

Return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 1st
Essex County regiment, dated Lynn, February 16, 1778, and sworn
to at Salem by John Flagg, first military officer of the town of Lynn;
residence, Lynn; engaged for the town of Lynn; joined Captain Brown's
company. Colonel Putnam's regiment; term three years or during the
war; also private. Colonel Rufus Putnam's regiment; Continental
Army pay accounts for service from January 28, 1777, to June 30,
1779; deserted; also Captain John Williams's company. Colonel
Rufus Putnam's (-tth) regiment; return dated Albany, February 9,
1778; mustered by John Cushing, Esq.; also descriptive list of
deserters, dated November 20, 1780; age, twenty years; stature, 5 ft.
6 in.; complexion, dark; hair, brown; occupation, seaman; residence,
Lynn; engaged for the town of Lynn for tlu-ee years or during war;
deserted June 30, 1779.— Mass. Rolls.

Hall, John, — of Kittery, was engaged for ser\'ice for the town of Lynn,
February 16, 1778, by John Flagg.— Mass. Rolls.

Hall, Thoma.s, — son of Ephraim and Mary (Brown) Hall, was born Sep-
tember 26, 1755; married April 5, 1781, by Rev. John Treadwell, to
Jerusha Brown, daughter of Joseph and Esther (Merriam) Brown,
born October 27, 1754. The death of Thomas Hall occurred June 11,
1805, and, in the administration which was asked for in August following,
the estate included " an old house on land of John Willis." John Willis
was brother-in-law of Thomas Hall, having married Dorcas, Thomas's
sister. Both men were soldiers of the Revolution, having at one time
enlisted together on the same day in Zadock Buffinton's company.

The children of Thomas and Jerusha Hall, so far as is known, were
Sally, Hannah, Ebenezer, John, and James.

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The Revolutionary recoril is f,a\en as follows:

Private, Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute-men which
Tuarched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, seventeen days; also
order on Colonel Asa Whetcomb, payable to Captain Ezra Newhall,
dated Cambridge, June 10, 1775, signed by said Hall and others for
advance pay for one month; also private. Captain Ezra Newhall's
comjjany. Colonel John Mansfield's (19th) regiment; muster-roll dated
August 1, 1775; enhsted May 6, 1775; service, three months, two days;
also Captain Newhall's company. Colonel Mansfield's regiment, com-
manded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson; company return
dated October 6, 1775; also order for bounty coat or its equivalent
in money dated camp at Winter Hill, November 4, 1775; also, prob-
ably private, Captain Zadock Buffinton's company. Colonel Samuel
Johnson's regiment; enlisted August 19, 1777; service to November
30, 1777, tliree months, twelve days, in northern department; com-
pany raised to serve imtil November 30, 1777, was discharged at Cam-
bridge. Roll sworn to at Salem. — Mass. Rolls.

Hallowell, Edward. — The Hallowells of Lynn were descended from
Joseph Holloway or Holway, who came to Lynn from England in 163(i.
Edward Hallowell, sou of Samuel and Charyty (Mansfield) Hallowell,
was born May 10, 17'28. According to the Massachusetts rolls he
was a private in Captain James Burt's company. Colonel Asa Whet-
comb's regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enhsted April "ii,
1775; service, eight days; reported deserted May •■2, 1775. He was
at Fort William Henry, December 11,1 75().

Hallowell, Henry, — son of Samuel and Mehitable (Breed) Hallowell,
was born November 'il, 1754, and died April 3, 1839, at the age of
eighty-four years, four months. He was one of three brothers to fight
in the War for Independence, and a man of special interest to the
readers of this book from the fact of his hanng left the long account
of his experience which is here published for the first time. One of
the few men now living who remembers liim is Mr. Benjamin S. Skinner,
now eighty-seven years of ,age. He describes Mr. Hallowell as a little
man, rather stout in his later days, with a round, smooth, jolly face.
He was known to everybody, and his poetry was rather famous among
his townsmen. Everybody called him "Uncle Henry." "How old
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he once asked. We know not the reply, only the fact of his familiar
title, which indicates, if not his age, the esteem and affection in which
he was held.

The home of Henry Hallowell was the old Hallowell house on the
north side of the Common, a little west of the spot where the pubUc
library now stands. The old house was torn down a few years ago,
and a modern house bidlt on the site by his grandsons. IVIr. Hallo-
well was twice married, the first time on March 30, 1780, by Rev.
John Treadwell, to Lucretia Newhall, and the second time to Martha
Xewhall, January 6, 1813, by Bishop Joseph Soule. By the former
union he had six children, Henry, James, Sarah, Polly, John, and
Lucretia. All of these children lived to grow up. He had none by
the second marriage. His trade was that of a shoemaker, and after
the manner of those days, he hired apprentices. He worked at the
business for many years. His public career may be said to have begun
when he enhsted in the Continental Army, January 1, 1776. For four
years, or until January, 1780, he served his coimtry faitlifully and well.
During a part of this period, because of his skill in penmanship, he
was detailed for ser\'ice as private secretary to General John Glover,
of Marblehead. His experiences in the war are best told by himself
in liis narrative. The principal events of his life are set forth in liis
own simple account. The office of town clerk which he held for six-
teen years was one which he performed most faithfully, the books being
kept with great care and neatness. Not a blot is to be found on his
pages, and many of the entries are made vdtii remarkable force and
clearness.

The Lynn Transcript of September 19, 1876, published a short
sketch of his life from which the following extracts are made: "His
habits were frugal and economical, and, like most of those old worthies
with whom he was contemporary, Ms wants were extremely moderate.
In those days, rents were cheap and taxes low. Men worked for a dol-
lar a day, and thought it good wages. In Breed's End if a shoemaker
made a living and had thirty cents left at the end of the week, he was
considered to be getting rich. It was so all over town among the better
class of shoemakers, and Mr. Hallowell was not an exception. He
lived a quiet, simple. Christian life, cheered by the society of a few con-
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aspired to what he could not reach, but was content with what God
gave him. He had learned this lesson: —

' The farm, the ship, the humble shop, have each
Gains which the severest studies never reach.' "

His own sketch of his life is as follows: —

"I was born on the 21 of November 1754 on Warter Hill .so calld
in Lynn Massachusetts, of poor parentage. My mother Died when
I was 2 weeks old and my education small there being only one town
school. When between 13 and 14 years of Age I was put out to Rufus
Mansfield to learn the Shoemakers Business and servd about 6 year,
then was so out of health that my brother Theops. Ingaged to see my
master sattisfied for what time I had to serve. Some time after I let
myself to Decon John Burrage for four Dollars a month to Do hght
work on his farm and after a While I paid sd master & while on his
farm I teachd an evening school, Being about twenty years of age.
This was before the Revolution when between twenty and twenty-one
I ingaged and servd six months in 1775 in the state serWce and after-
wards servd in the Continental Army until 1780. On the 20th March
same year Was married and that Spring Begun the shoemaking and
fishing Business and in a few years had twelve in family Including
journeymen & printisses and my father and for several springs teachd an
Evening school. In 1791 joyned the Methodist church as a member
and not long after chosen clerk of sd society and still carried on fishing
and shoemaking tho in a smaller Way.

"Also chosen Clerk of Capt. Robinson's company of Militia and
one year chosen assessor. As to my business of Shoemaking & fishing
my Shoes I carried to Salem on foot fifteen years & fishing I followed
fifty years more or less and out lived three open Botes & 1 Deck liote.
In 1804 was chosen Town Clerk Selectman & Assessor 14 year and
then seprate clerk for two years, then left town business in 1820.

"Privious to this was chosen representative for one year in 1809.
And Also been appointed Agent for repairing the great Bridge Between
Saugus & Lynn and appointed jurraian twice. In 1814 myself and
selectmen had to represent to the general court the proprity of send-
ing 6 representatives to sd court there election being contested tho
they held there seats. Myself only had to appear at sd court to .Xnswei-
to the Name of Sulvan beiiif;- spelt wroiio- not by me.
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" I had to appear at Salem Suprem Court respecting a jjre tended
riot which was none. I had to appear at Court in Salem also respecting
Jeremiah Bulfinch Being Chosen Town Clerk Pro tim While pohng
the voters on the Common.

"I have had to notify a number of people to refrain from strong Drink
otherway the selectmen Would git a guarden for them. And after
so many Disegreeable seens I refusd to be considered a Caudate any
Longer and Now Depend mostly on Government for support Being
now rising Seventy Nine years of age.

" In town meeting held on the 6th of March 1820 A resolve was past
by sd town that the citizens Duly Appreciateing the Long and faithful
ser\-ice of Henry Hallowell town Clerk during a period of Sixteen years
do hereby Concur in tendering there United thanks with there Best
Wishes for the Continuance of his health and happyness."
H-4.LLOWELL, Samuel, — son of Samuel and Mehitable (Breed) Hallowell;
was born February 9, 1748-49; married December 19, 1758, by William
Collins, Esq., to Mary Alley. He was brother of Henry and Theo-
philus, both Eevolutionary soldiers. His home was in an old house
still standing on Tremont Street, moved there from the foot of the Com-
mon, where the Methodist church now stands. His death occurred
April 3, 1796.

Revolutionary record: Private, Captain Samuel King's company,
company return for advance pay dated Salem, September 25, 1775;
also private, same company, enlisted July 14, 1775; service, six months,
two days; company stationed at Salem and Lynn for defence of sea-
coast; Captain Simeon Brown's company. Colonel Jacob Gerrish's
regiment of guards; service from April 2, 1778, to July 3, 1778, three
months, one day. Roll dated camp at Winter Hill.

Matross, Captain Winthrop Gray's company, Colonel Craft's regi-
ment; abstract for advance pay sworn to at Boston, June 8, 1776.

Private, Captain Addison Richardson's company, Colonel Jacob
Gerrish's regiment; enUsted October 18, 1779, discharged November
22, 1779; ser\ice, one month, fifteen days; at Claverack, including
twelve days' (240 miles) travel home; regiment detached from miUtia
of Suffolk and Essex Counties to reinforce army under Washington. '

Also Captain Simeon Brown's company. Colonel Jacob Gerrish's
regiment, of guards; serWce from July 2, 1778, to July 12, 1778, ten
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tlays; toinpany raised for ten days' semce. Roll dated caiiij) at Winter
Hill.— Mass. Rolls.
IIallowell, Theophilus, — private, son of Samuel and Meliitable (Breed)
Hallowell, was born on Water Hill, Lynn, September 21, 1750. He
was descended from Joseph Holloway or Holway, as the name was first
spelled, who came to Lynn in 1636. He was a member of Captain
Farrington's company, and marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775,

doing active duty mth his fellow-
CTf^ J //y .. . townsmen. He was married Novem-

cA£^7-X-*.<lLxS ^C>'^C<ru^<A<^ ber 13, 1777, by Rev. IMi-. Treadwell,

to Bridget Newhall, born in Lynn,
February 15, 1753. He had eight cliildren, including three pairs of
twins, Benjamin and Samuel, born 1778, Martha, born 1780, Me-
hitable, 1783, Theophilus and Bridget, born 1788, and Theophilus
and Lydia, born 1791. Like most of liis townsmen; Mi\ Hallowell
was a cordwainer and followed liis occupation in a little shop which
adjoined liis house, then located on the northerly side of the Common
a little east of Hanover Street. He was a short man, weighing barely
a hundred pounds, but active and of great endurance. It is related
that in liis later years he often walked to Boston and dragged a side of
leather home with him. In 1780 he was chosen deacon of the First
Church, and remained a member of that society until the famous seces-
sion to the Methodists in 1792, when he joined the tide and went over
to the new society. The two deacons — the other being Captain Will-
iam Farrington — took with them the communion plate of the church,
an act wliich became a bone of contention for many years and the sub-
ject of litigation. At length Captain Farrington relented and retiu-ned
to his old pew, taking with liim the disputed plate, but Deacon Hallowell
ever remained a stanch Methodist. lie was a regular attendant at
the "Old Bowery" meeting-house, always appearing in a small red
caj). Some of the aged people of to-day remember him, for he was one
of the last sm-Wvors of the battle of Lexington in the town. His wife
died August 13, 1803, and was buried in the old Western Burial Ground.
Tie was married, second, April 30, 1806, by Rev. Peter Jayne, to
Susannah Breed, daughter of Ephraim and Martha (Mansfield Newhall)
Breed, born in Lynn in 1768. By her he had one child, Susan. She
was a direct descendant from Allen Breed, who came to .Viiierica in 1630.

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Mr. Hallo well was one of the most respected men of the town. His
death occurred September 28, 1833, at the age of eighty-three. His
wife, Susannah, died August 31, 1824, aged fifty-six. They were first
interred in the old Western Burial Ground, but were removed some
years ago to Pine Grove Cemeterv. Two simple stones mark their
graves on Virgilia Avenue. A marker of tlie S. A. R. has been placed
at his grave.

Harris, Peter, — Captain Newhall's company; list of men taken from the
orderly book of Colonel Israel Hutchinson, of the 27th regiment dated
Fort Lee; reported taken prisoner at Fort Washington, November 16,
1776.— Mass. Rolls.

Hart, Ebknezer, — descended from Isaac Hart, who came to Lynn in 1640,

and a soldier in King Philip's War, was the son of John Hart, Jr., and

Lydia Ciu-tis, born November 15, 1762; married October 25, 1792,

Polly, daughter of Amos and Abigail

-—YfY ^ ^^fJ—~—JL Smith. He died in Lynn, March 26,

L^OC^^ ». ^/l^^l/nry 1840, at the age of seventy-seven, and
/ is buried in the West Ground at Lynn-

field Centre. His widow Polly continued to receive the pension wliich
had been granted him under the act of 1818. Her death occurred
October 3, 1843, at the age of seventy-seven.

A very full sketch of the life of Captain Ebenezer Hart is given
in Mr. Wellman's History of Lynnfield, in wliich he says that Ebenezer
Hart served in the army from the beginning to the end of the war. Con-
tinuing, he adds: "He lived in the northerly part of the town, where
he reared a large family of children, giving them all a very good com-
mon-school education. Being intelligent and well-informed on matters
and things in general, he took much interest in the subject of educa-
tion as well as in other matters of public interest. For the opportuni-
ties he had, he was a man of extensive and varied reading, and so well
posted in political as well as theological history as to make him an able
debater and a formidable antagonist. In private life he was a man of
quiet manners, kind and courteous, but independent and flat-footed
in his opinions, and fearless in e.xpressing them, a faithful friend as
well as a determined opponent. In the War of 1812 party spirit ran
very high, and ])olitical subjects were discussed with great warmth and
animosity. He belonged at that time to the Jefferson school of Dem-

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ocrats, and there were but two otliers in Lvnnfield. Until tlie year
1814 the voters of Lynn and Lynnfield voted together for state officers,
and it belonged to Lynnfield to have one of the five representatives for
both towns. Captain Hart was one of those taken as a candidate from
Lynnfield, and having a majority of the Lynn voters on his side, was
elected over all opposition in his own town."

Ebenezer Hart entered the army when he was hardly fourteen years
of age, and was a corporal at eighteen. An amusing anecdote has
come down connected with liis serWce as a soldier, in which it is related
that at one time some of the members of his company, in foraging,
helped themselves to some honey belonging to an old Dutchman. The
latter entered complaint to the captain of the company, who professed
not to doubt that his rascally fellows had it hidden away somewhere.
Recei\ing a hint as to the place where it was, he told the Dutchman
to take one side to search while he took the other. Coming to the
keg which held the honey, he thrust his finger into it and said : " What's
this, boys, — soap? That's right! Wash and be clean, — it's the beauty
of a soldier!" Of course the honey was not found by the poor Dutch-
man, and he was sadly berated besides for presuming to doubt the honesty
of such fine fellows.

Mr. Henry Danforth remembered :Mr. Hart well, and said that it was
the delight of the latter in his old age to come down to the tavern at the
Centre, kept by his old comrade, Ebenezer Parsons, and there fight liis
battles over again. There was a constant flow of raillery between
the two old veterans, each strixing to make the record of the other ap-
pear at a disadvantage, to the great amusement of the small boys who
happened to hear them.

The home of Mr. Hart was a small story and a half house on Lowell
Street, just beyond the Peabody road. The house was biu-ned some
years ago. His grandson, Henry E. Smith, who lives near the spot,
remembers him, and says that his grandfather Hart was at the surrender
of Cornwallis, and that he was the second man within the breastworks
on that occasion. He has also heard it said that his grandfather was
a very strong, wiry man, and in his younger days could easily vault a
seven-foot pole. His military record is given fully in the Massachusetts
rolls, and also somewhat by himself in his pension application. From
the rolls the following is taken: List of men raised to serve in the Con-

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tinental Army from 1st Essex County regiment, dated Lynn, February
16, 1778, and sworn to at Salem by John Flagg, first military officer
for the town of Lynn; residence, Lynn; engaged for town of Lynn;
joined Captain Winship's company, Colonel Putnam's regiment; term
three years or diu-ing the war; also private, Colonel Rufus Putnam's
regiment; Continental Army pay accounts for service from February
15, 1777, to December 31, 1779; also Captain John Williams's company,
Colonel Putnam's (4th) regiment; return dated Albany, Februar}' 9,
1778; mustered by John Gushing, Esq.; corporal, light infantry com-
pany. Colonel Putnam's regiment; Continental Army pay accounts
for service from January 1, 1780, to December 31, 1780; reported as
serving five months as private, seven months as corporal; also de-
scriptive list dated West Point, January 10, 1781; light infantry com-
pany, Colonel Putnam's (5th) regiment; rank, corporal; age, eighteen
years, one month; stature, 5 ft., 11 in.; complexion, dark; hair, dark;
eyes, dark; residence. Lynn; enlisted February 15, 1777, by Captain
Winship; enlistment dm-ing the war; also corporal. Captain Joshua
Benson's light infantry company. Colonel Putnam's regiment; muster-
roll for January, 1781, dated garrison at West Point.

In his pension claim his family is mentioned, then consisting of his
wfe and six children. The children, all above tliirteen years of age,
were Charlotte, Abigail, Lucy, Endicott, Casandra, and Adeline.
Hart, Jacob, — son of John and Lydia (Curtis) Hart, was baptized Novem-
ber 1^^, 1758; married, first, Hannah Cox, of Beverly, April 24, 1777,
and, second, Hannah Brown, of Wenham, June 11, 1809; died June
5, 1833. At the time of his application for a pen,sion he appeared be-
fore the Probate Court, April 15, 1818, at the age of fifty-nine, infirm
(1 in reduced circumstances, and
affidavit that in March, 1777,
enlisted as sergeant in Captain
Ebenezer Winship's company of foot.
Colonel Rufus Putnam's regiment, Massachusetts line, during the war.
He served as orderly sergeant during the whole term; was in several
engagements, and was honorably discharged at West Point at the con-
clusion of the treaty of i)eace. Ebenezer Hart, his brother, says that he
served with Jacob from May, 1777, to January, 178'-2. At the time of
his application, 1818, he was a carpenter by trade, but unable to work

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half his time, and had a wife and tliree children. Thomas, aged eiglit.
Lydia, eleven, and ^lary fourteen. He was pensioned from April
15, 1818, at the rate of eight dollars per month, and received $37.3:5
back pay. His last days were spent in Wenham, where he died. He is
probably buried in Beverly.

A descriptive list dated West Point gives Jacob Hart as twenty-two
years of age; stature, 5 ft. 11 in.; and complexion, hair, and eyes, light;
residence, Lynn.
II ART, JoHX, — private, was born in 1733. He married April 1!(, 1757.
Lydia Curtis, born 173-1. Their children were Jacob, baptized Novem-
ber 1-2, 1758; John, October 13, 1760; Ebeiiezer, November '21, 1762;
Sarah. August '23, 1769; Daniel, November 10, 1771; Joseph.
November 14. 1773; Lydia, August 25, 1775; Mary, July 18, 1779.

/^ Jacob and Ebenezer were both Revo-

y^ y^^^^ _— ^"^lutionary soldiers and pensioners.

C^'^^TJ- ^^Oil/ri ^ir. Hart was a soldier of the French

and Indian War, enlisting as a private
in Captain Newhall's company, Colonel Plaisted's regiment, which
inarchetl toward Springfield, August 15, 1758. At the opening of the
Revolution he was a member of Captain Nathaniel Bancroft's company
of minute-men, and marched with the company on the Lexington
alarm. On May 5, 1775, he enUsted as a private in Captain Ebenezer
Winship's company, Colonel John Nixon's (oth) Massachusetts regi-
ment, giving his receipt for advance pay at Cambridge, June 22. He
was stationed with the main guard at Prospect Hill during the fall
anfl winter following, receiWng an order for a bounty coat December
22, 1775. His military service jirobably ended with the expiration of
his enlistment, January 1, 1776.

He was a farmer, and took hut little part in the affairs of the town.
He died April 11, 1811. at the age of seventy-five. His wife, Lydia,
died April 10, 1818, aged eighty-four. They are buried in the old
cemetery at Lynnfield Centre, where a marble stone and bronze marker
of the S. A. R. were erected to his memory in 1904.
H.VHT. Joseph, — Son of Samuel and Phtebe (Ivory) Hart, was born August
17, 1739; married November 11, 1766, by Rev. John Treadwell, to
Eunice Burrill, daughter of Samuel and Anna (Alden) Burrill. born
.\ugust 24, 1747. Their children were Anna, Joseph, Eunice, Phcebe.
Joseph Burrill. Samuel, and Sarah,

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Josepli, the father, died December 15, 1806, and his wife, Eunice,
died November 25, 1816. They are buried with their children in the
old Western Burial Ground. The home of this family of Harts was
in the old Hart house, at the corner
rTV^ y jf^ }^ y^ of Xorth Federal and Boston Streets,
^^y^^^ r/^^'^^ and the farm extended from Boston to
■^ Walnut Streets. The fields were planted

largely with flax, and are said to have looked very beautiful with their
acres of blue blossoms. The flax was used for the manufacture of
tow cloth.

Joseph Hart held the town offices of warden in 1771, tithing-man in
1779, constable in 1782, and treasurer in 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788. He
was a soldier in the French and Indian War, being a private in Cap-
tain William Flint's company at Crown Point. In the Revolution
he was a sergeant in Captain Rufus Mansfield's (4th) Lynn company,
wliich marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, and may have seen other
service. Judge James R. Newhall was his grandson.
Hart, Moses, — son of Aaron and Tabitha (ColUns) Hart, born February
15, 1727, is the only one given in the Lynn records, and is probably
the right man.

This old soldier, with a long and honorable service in the French
and Indian W^ar, is recorded with a less creditable connection with the
War of the Revolution. He was a captain in Colonel Paul Dudley's
regiment from April 24 to August 1, 1775. Force's Archives (vol. iii..
p. 666) gives a court-martial in which he figured as follows: —

"He.\dquarters, Cambridge, Sept. 5, 1775.
"The General Court Martial, whereof Col. Experience Storrs was president,
is dissolved. Capt. Moses Hart, of the 28th regt. (Col. Sargent's) tried by the
above mentioned Court Martial, is found guilty of ' drawing for more provi-
sions than he was entitled to, and for unjustly confining and abusing his men,"
he is unanimously sentenced to be cashiered. The General approves the
sentence and orders it to take place immediately."

Nothing further is found of him in the records, and it is not improb-
able that he left Lynn after the above event.
Hart, Zerubbabel,— private, son of John and Mehitable (Endicott) Hart
was born in 1738. His name came down to him from Zerubbabel
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to Zerubbabel Hart. ]Mr. Hart enlisted April 13, 17.58, in the service
of King George II., in Captain Isaac Osgood's company, Colonel
Ebenezer Nichols's regiment. This regiment was raised for the
total reduction of Canada, and marched to Albany. There, under
General Abercrombie, Hart served until November li of that year,
having seen hard fighting about Lake George. He was married in
Danvers, June 2^2, 176'2, by Rev. Nathaniel Holt, to Eunice Curtis.
Two of his children were Eunice, who died January 4, 1775, and Zerub-
babel, Jr., who died July 4, 1790, aged twenty-six.

Having seen serWce in the French War, it was but natural that
Zerubbabel Hart should become a member of Captain Bancroft's com-
pany, and on the morning of the battle of Lexington he met with his
neighbors, and marched over to meet the British. The conversation
between captain and private has been related. Had his admonition
to beware of the flank guard been heeded, it would have saved the lives
of three of his comrades. JVIr. Hart died February 14, 1797, aged
fifty-nine, and was buried in the old cemeterj- at Lynnfield Centre.
Dr. ]\Iartin Herrick, another Revolutionary \eteran, appraised his estate,
which amounted to $1,800.

A marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected at his
grave in 1904.
Hawkes, Adajw, — private, son of John and Hannah (Priest) Hawkes.
was born in North Saugus, December 8, 1743. The line to the emi-
grant ancestor was Adam ^, John'', Moses 3, John =, Adam'. He
lived in the venerable house still standing on Forest Street, which
was the only one on the road at the time. This house, in which Miss
Hannah Hawkes died in 1907, at the
^ ^y^ J, ^ / age of ninety-two, is identical in form

*^o ^ ' ^/\q iX'\/J^-^ and appearance with the old house of

April 19, 1775. Adam Hawkes was
married by Rev. ^Mr. Roby, on July 10, 1765, to Hannah Newhall,
daughter of Moses and Susannah (Bowden) Newhall, born June 2(1.
1746. In the year of his marriage he bought the farm above men-
tioned, and wth his young wife there began housekeeping. He was a
shoe manufacturer in a small way, as well as a farmer, and sold his
shoes in Providence, making his trips on horseback. He responded
with patriotic zeal to the call of A|)ril 19, 1775, and marched away witli
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his comrades in the company of Captain David Parker, of Saugus.
His name on the muster-roll is given as Adam Hawke. In the old
family Bible is briefly related his final action in the War for Indepen-
dence. He had entered upon the privateer serNace, and the record says :
"Adam Hawkes entered on board the privateer 'Greybow,' under
command of Captain Hammon [probably Captain Edward Ham-
mond, who was sent back to Boston, October 8, 1778, to be exchanged
for British prisoners]. May 9, 1778, and was taken by the enemy and
carried to HaUfax to prison, where he remained until the last of Septem-
ber, when he was exchanged and on the 16th of October he arrived at
Boston, and got home on Friday, the 19th of October, sick with the
yellow fever, which continued till the 20th and then he dyed."

He left eight cliildren, six sons and two daughters. In 1785 the
widow sold the farm and removed to Boston, where most of the chil-
dren married. She died there, May 10, 1827, and was bm-ied in Copp"s
Hill Burial Ground. He was interred in the old ground at Saugus
Centre, where in 1903 a marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. K.
were erected.
ILvWKES, Elkanah, — undoubtedly, the "Aleliony" Hawkes of the muster-
roll of Captain Parker's Saugus company, was the son of Thomas, and
born about 1720. He lived in the ancient house still standing on Forest
Street, and married May 4, 1742, Eunice Newhall, daughter of Ebene-
zer, born October 6, 1720. His only ser\'ice in the town was as sur-
veyor of highways in 1757-58. In

[J *^\ ' ^ service in the Kevolution was on April

19, 1775, when he assisted in the run-
ning fight against the regulars. He was a farmer, and thus indicated
by his will on file in the probate records. Letters of administration
were granted on his estate July 6, 1778, his will ha-s-ing been witnessed
by three of the Saugus company who were his neighbors; namely;
Francis Smith, Samuel Wilson, and Adam Hawkes. He left 133
acres of land, house, and blacksmith shop, all valued at £2,802, accord-
ing to the currency of the day. His children were Ezra, Eunice, Ehza-
beth. Love, and Grace. He is buried in the old cemetery at Saugus
Centre. A marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected
in 1903.

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IIawkes, John, — descended from the emigrant Adam, the Hne being:
Adam', John^, Adam^, John<, Adam^, John". He was son of Adam
and Huldah, born in Lynnfield, July 14, 1754; married in 177(i to
Rachel, daughter of Lieutenant Timothy and Mary (Newhall Mans-
field) Bancroft, born at Dunstable, April 18, 1758. He had twelve

children, and lived on a part of the

(^^^ ./v^/ A farm belonging to his ancestors, in the

C/ ^;/j^<***^^*/ house near the Wakefield hne, owned

by George Hawkes. He died May
3, 1811, and is buried in a marked grave, facing the street, in the old
ground at Lynnfield Centre. The stone is an immense one, nearly six
feet tall. His wife, Rachel, lies at liis side, died April 1, 18U, aged
fifty-five. He was a Lynnfield man, but enlisted in a Reading com-
pany, that of Captain John Walton, Colonel Da\-id Green's regiment,
which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. His grand-daughter,
Mary B. Hawkes, still lives in Lynnfield, and has in her possession liis
old commission as first lieutenant in the 6th company, commanded by
Captain John Burnham, 1st Esse.x County regiment, signed by John
Hancock.
Hawkes, Nathan, — who was ensign of the Saugus company on the famous
19th of April, was the son of Moses and Susannah (Hitchings) Hawkes
and great-grandson of Adam, the first white man in Saugus and the

ancestor of the Hawkes family which

^^'^^^ '^/ / located in that part of Lynn. He was

Cy^'^^y^^^iSe^y/u^^'^^'^ bom July 1, 1745, in the house in

which he lived and died. The house is
still standing, and is the first west of the school-house on the road to
Wakefield. It was built in 1725 by Moses Hawkes, son of Moses, to
whom the land came under the will of the first settler.

Nathan Hawkes was married by Rev. Joseph Roby, September 3.
1769, to Sarah Hitchings, daughter of Daniel and Hannah Hitcliings,
born February 19, 1745. She was descended from Daniel Hitchings,
a soldier in King Philip's War and the holder of lands in Saugus under
an Indian deed. Nathan Hawkes was parish clerk during a portion
of Parson Roby's pastorate, and the friendship of pastor and clerk was
very close. His children were Hannah, Nathan, Daniel, James, Susan-
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April 19, 1775, lie marched with his company, and served two days.
On the 24th of April, 1776, he was chosen first lieutenant of Captain
John Pool's 2d company, 1st Essex County regiment, and was com-
missioned April 26. His commission, signed in the bold hand of
Jolm Hancock, is in the ]Dossession of his great-grandson, Hon. Nathan
Mortimer Hawkes, of Lynn. It is presumed that he saw further active
service in the Revolution, but, omng to the fact that many muster and
pay rolls after 1776 are lacking in the state arcliives, no record has
been found. The sword which he carried on the morning of April
19, 1775, is a treasiu-ed heirloom in the family of liis great-grandson.

He was active in town affairs, being constable in 1772 and select-
man in 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1805, 1806, and 1807.
His colleagues during the latter years were Henry Hallo well and Henry
Oliver. During his ser\ice upon the board the final separation of
town and church took place. The contention between the First Parish
and the town was settled by holding the town meeting in 1806 in the
Methodist church instead of in the First Parish Meeting-house, where
the people had worshipped and had transacted their secular business
for one hundred and seventy-three years.

In 1812 one of the earliest schools in the town was held in the home
of Nathan Hawkes, and was taught by one of his daughters. Here
Father Taylor, Edward T. Taylor, the famous preacher of the Sea-
men's Bethel, of Boston, received the beginning of his education. The
large farm, which came to Mr. Hawkes by inheritance and by the pur-
chase of the interest of his brothers and sisters, was profitably tilled.
In addition to farming he carried on the shoe business, after the fash-
ion of those days. November 21, 1783, a committee which had been
appointed to consider methods of bettering the shoe trade made a
rejjort, including a recommendation to petition Congress in aid of the
measures proposed. It may be of interest to give the names of the
signers of the obligation to pay the bills: —

"And we whose names are underwritten, join in the above and sup-
jiort the charges that may arise: Nathan Hawkes, Aaron Newhall,
John Lewis, Jacob Ingalls, Rufus Newhall, Mcajah Alley, John Alley.
Benjamin Parrott, Samuel Batchelder, Ezra Hitcliings, William Tar-
l)ox, John Watts, David Lewis, Captain Rufus Mansfield, Benjamin
Breed, Abraham Breed, Joseph Lye, Ebenezer Newhall, Edward Ireson.

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John Ireson, John Curtain, Isaac Bassett, and Daniel Ingalls." Four-
teen of these men had served with Lieutenant Hawkes in the Revolution.
Perhaps the most important public act of his life was the part which
he took in setting off the town of Saugus from Lynn. "He was the
principal petitioner for this act, and for the contest his wide experience
in town affairs,- and the recognition by the people of both parts of the
town of his ability and fairness, amply quaUfied him to win the legis-
lative battle which added Saugus in 181.5 to the list of Massachusetts
towns."

Mr. Hawkes was well remembered by his grand-daughter, Miss
Hannah Hawkes, of North Saugus, and she described him as a tall,
slender man, of light complexion, and with the usual smooth face of the
old-time gentleman. She was the possessor of his ancient tall clock,
wliich ticked in her home, ha\dng performed duty in three centuries.
Nathan Hawkes died October 17, 1824. His wife, Sarah, died
December 19, 1837, at the age of eighty-seven. They are buried side
by side in the old ground at Saugus Centre, and tall marble slabs mark
their graves. The marker of the S. A. R. was placed there in 1903.
H.vwKES, Thomas, — sergeant, was the son of Elkanah, and Eunice (New-
hall) Hawkes, born February 5, 17-12. He was married by Mr. Roby.
June 1, 1768, to Esther Newhall, daughter of Moses and Susannah
(Bowden) Newhall, born February 28, 1744. They had seven cliildren.
Joseph Haven, Levi, Simeon, Love, Esther, Samuel Merritt, and Ruth.
Their home was in the house built by Elkanah Hawkes, wliich may
still be seen in Oaklandvale, a few rods west of Forest Street. So far
as it is known, Thomas Hawkes took no part in the Revolution aside
from that in Captain Parker's Saugus company at the time of the Lex-
ington alarm. His father had been in the old French War, but served
as a private in the same company with his son on the 19th of Ajiril.
1775. Thomas was the eldest son, and u])on the death of his father,
in 1778, under the Puritan custom he had the usual double portion
of the estate, which in tliis case was not important, inasmuch as the
estate was later declared insolvent. He served as constable in 1778-79,
but appears to have othermse taken but little part in town affairs. No
record of liis death has been found.
Hekrick, Dr. 1VL4.RTIN,— .son of Benjamin and Sarah (I'ottcr) llcnick,
was born May 30, 1747, in a ho\ise in the northern part of I.ynnticld,
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called the "Tremont House." He was married in Reading, March
25, 1789, to Sarah Wright, who died in Portland, Me., July 23, 1843,
at the age of eighty. Dr. Herrick was very skilful as a physician, and
after his death, which occurred July 10, 1820, some of his friends were
wont to say that they did not expect to sur\'ive another illness. He
was buried with Masonic honors, and an old lady who went to the
funeral said that the place of his burial was very near the entrance
of the old ground at Lynnfield Centre, about where the tablet stands,
and this was the spot marked to his memory with a government stone
and marker of the S. A. R.

Dr. Herrick responded to the Lexington alarm, antl it is said that
after the battle he assisted in caring for the wounded. He enlisted
in the army, but was transferred to the navy and was twice cajitured
by the British.

The Lexington service is given in the Reading com])any, that of Caj)-
tain John Flint's company. Colonel David Green's regiment. His
name also appears as surgeon on the brigantine "Tyrannicide," com-
manded by Captain John Allen Hallet; engaged August 1, 1778; dis-
charged December 18, 1778.

lIiCK.s, William, — seaman, ship "Rhodes," commanded by Cajitain Nehe-
miah Buffinton; descriptive list of officers and crew sworn to August
U, 1780; age, twenty-one years; stature, .5 ft. 5 in. ; complexion,
light; residence, Lynn. — Mass. Rolls.

Hill, Richard, — son of John and Hannah (Beens) Hill, was born in Lynn,
Xovember 14, 1758. He served as a private in Captain Farrington's
company, April 19, 1775, marching to Menotomy, where he engaged
in the running fight with the regulars. He enlisted May 5, 1775, as a
private in Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel John Mansfield's
(19th) regiment, then being recruited at Cambridge, and June 8 he
gave his receipt for advance pay. He was present with his company
on Cobble Hill during the fight on Bunker Hill, but did not participate.
During the succeeding fall he went into camp on Winter Hill with his
regiment, and did guard duty until the first day of January, 1776, when
lie was discharged. He received the customary order for a bounty
coat on November 4 for ha\'ing enlisted for eight months. Inasmuch
as most of Iris company re-enlisted at once to serve during 1776, he also
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to New York, where it took ])art in the battles of Fort ^^'i^.sllingtOIl and
Fort Lee, and then crossed into New Jersey, where it finally engaged
in the capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December '26, 1776. On
the 6th of March, 1777, he was again mustered into serdce by Lieu-
tenant John Flagg, of Lynn, for three years. He received a bounty
of £24 from the town of Lynn, and was allowed three jiairs of shoes,
tljree shirts, and three pairs of hose, all of which, however, was deducted
from his pay. He was at this time assigned to Captain Goodale's com-
pany, Colonel Rufus Putnam's (jth) regiment, which soon after went
into camp at Peekskill, N.Y. June 23 his regiment was sent north
to reinforce General Schuyler, and while there was in the famous cam-
jiaign which resulted in the capture of Burgoyne and liis army. Cap-
tain Goodale's company saw hard fighting during the battle of Sara-
toga, led a fierce charge on October 10, and was present at the sur-
render. After this his regiment was stationed in the northern depart-
ment, doing duty on the Hudson River. During the simimer of 1778
Private Hill was in camp at Fort Arnold, and there saw for the first
time General Thaddeus Kosciuszko, who was serWng as engineer.
After two years of ser\-ice he was promoted to the rank of corporal,
and was transferred to Captain John Williams's company in the same
regiment. At the conclusion of his three years' sernce he again enlisted
for the war, and was assigned to Captain Job Whipple's company.
Colonel Rufus Putnam's regiment. He was at West Point at the
time of Arnold's treason and escape. At this time he was described
as being twenty-two years of age, 5 ft. and 11 in. in height, of light
complexion and light hair, with residence Lynn. In January, 1781,
he was reported as being on guard at West Point with the boats. In
February he was granted a furlough, and retm-ned to Lynn, where he
spent sixty days, at the end of which time he returneil to the army,
where he appears for the last time on a muster-roll dated at West Point,
April, 1781. It is probable that he remained until peace was declared,
but no record exists.

At the conclusion of the war, having served nearly six years for liis
country, he returned to I^ynn, where he was living in 1790. Notliing
fiu-ther is known of him.

,L. Robert.— .son of John .md Iliiniiali (Beens) Hill, was born October
(i. 17.56. T^ittle is known .,f him. He evidently ,linl in Siileni. June

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30, 1798, at the age of forty-two, and is given in the record of Her.
Mr. Bentley, of that place, as "a mariner from Lynn." He was also
described as infirm, poor, but respected. He died of consiunption.
His wife was a Collins, and he had seven children. In 1780 he was
a resident of Salem, as would appear from a descriptive hst of officers
and crew of the brigantine "Ranger," commanded by Captain Robert
Stone, in which his age was given as twenty-three, complexion light,
and residence Salem.
IIiLL, William, — fifer, son of John and Hannah (Beens) Hill, was born
in Lynn, July 10, 17o-t. He served in the company of Captain David
Parker, of Saugus, at the Lexington alarm, returning home the next
day. On May 3 he enlisted in Captain Ezra Newhall's com-
pany. Colonel John Mansfield's regiment, as a fifer, and served until
August 1, 1775. He was present at the battle of Bunker Hill, but was
not called into action. On June 8 he received advance pay for his
services, and the town of Lynn voted him a gun. At the expiration
of his first enlistment he again entered the service in the same com-
pany, and undoubtedly served through the siege of Boston. He appears
on a company return October 6, 1775, and on November -l he received
an order for a bounty coat or its ecjuivalent in money. He spent the
winter in camp at Winter Hill. On a list of soldiers of the Revolution
kept by Henry Hallowell, he is given as a corporal, but no ofiicial rec-
ords have been found to prove it.

Mr. Hill does not appear on the town records, and it is not known
where he lived nor what was his occupation. In 1818 he was pen-
sioned by the federal government at the rate of eight dollars per month,
but did not live long thereafter. He died in Lynn, May 6, 1819. His
biu-ial-place is unknown, but presumably he lies in an unmarked gra\e
in the old Western Burial Ground.
HiTCHiNGS, Abijaii, — private, son of Daniel and Hannah (Ingalls) Hitch-
ings, was born January 18, 1753, and lived in the family homestead
in North Saugus. With his tliree brothers, Nathan, John, and Daniel,
he responded to the Lexington alarm ])ut nothing further is known of
him.
HiTCHiNGS, D.«.iEL, — private, son of Daniel and Hannah (Ingalls) Hitch-
ings, was born in North Saugus, October 2, 1738. His home was the
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where the Saugus River crosses it. This house has the antique cased
beams of oak in the ceiUng of the lower rooms, and is an interesting
relic of an earlier day. Like all of the name of Hitchings of this local-
ity, seven of whom were on the rolls of the Revolution and five in the
Saugus company of April 19, he was descended from Daniel Hitcliings,
a soldier in King Pliilip's War, who held lands in Saugus imder an
Indian deed. The Daniel of our sketch had seen ser\-ice in the French
and Indian War, having been in Captain Newhall's company. Colonel
Plaisted's regiment, which marched toward Springfield, August 15,
1755. In 1771 he was fieutenant in Captain Ephraim Brown's 1st
Lynn company, 1st Essex County regiment of militia. On July 18,
1766, he was married by Rev. Mr. Roby to Eunice Hawkes. Accord-
ing to the probate records, letters of administration were granted on
the estate of Daniel Hitchings to his wife, Eunice, on July 12, 1793.
He is there described as a blacksmith, and in the inventory are men-
tioned "one-half a house and one-half a barn, eleven acres adjoining,
twenty-five acres pastiu-e and five acres of Burrill meadow." IVIr.
Hitchings took but fittle part in the affairs of the town, appearing only
as warden iu 1767. After the Lexington alarm, in which he served in
the company of Captain Parker, he quietly pursued his trade until his
death in 1793. He is buried in the old cemetery at Saugus Centre where
a marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected in 1903.
Hitchings, John, — private, son of Daniel and Hannah (Ingalls) Hitch-
ings, was born in Saugus, April 4, 1747. He was married December 3,
1768, by Rev. IMr. Roby to Lydia Hawkes, daughter of Adam and Hul-
dah (Brown) Hawkes. John Hitchings served wth his three brothers,
Daniel, Nathan, and Abijah, in the Saugus company at the Lexington
alarm, but no further serxice is recorded. After the war he moved
to Richfield, N.Y., T\-ith Williaiu Hitchings, possibly his son, and
became a pioneer in the wilderness. His descendants still remain in
New York and Vermont.
Hitchings, Nathan, — probably son of Daniel and Hannah (Ingalls)
Hitchings, was born in Saugus, November 23, 1741, brother of Daniel.
John, Abijah, and Nathaniel. His home was in the farm-house of
Breakliart Hill, with its pleasant Wew down the valley of the Saugus
River, where lies Pranker's Pond. He was married July 16. 1771,
by Rev. John Treadwell, to Abigail Larrabee, born in 1737. lie was
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Avith Captain Parker's company on the 19th of April, 1775, and in July
enlisted in Captain Eleazer Lindsey's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's
regiment, and at Maiden, July 6, took the oath required by the Conti-
nental Congress. His receipt for ad-
A ^ J4^,—- iJ- '-hf^ ,^ vance pay was given at Maiden, August
0^//^/^-<^ ^T' t 6 mn ' 3^ ^„j t,^^ document is preserved in the
state archives. Upon the dismissal of
Captain Lindsey from the service, he entered the company of Cap-
tain Daniel Galeucia, of Lynn, and was attached to Colonel Ben-
jamin Ruggles Woodbridge's regiment. Ha\dng enhsted for eigiit
months, he was given an order for a bounty coat at Maiden, December
^li. 1775. May 11, 1777, he was mustered into serAice again, the town
of Lynn having voted on March 3 to give every soldier enlisting for
three years a bounty of £14. He was attached to Captain Foster's
company. Colonel Nixon's regiment, and later to Captain Japhet
Daniels's company of the same regiment, ha\ing marched from Lynn
to New York, where the regiment was stationed. He was in the Bur-
goyne campaign, and fought in the battles of Stillwater and Saratoga.
After the surrender of Burgoyne he remained on duty in the northern
dej)artment. He was in the assault on Stony Point, and assisted with
other Lynn men in the capture. At the time of Arnold's treason
he was at West Point, and witnessed the execution of Andre. His term
having expired, he returned to Lynn and again enlisted, June 23, 1781,
agreeable to a resolve of December 2, 1780. His second term of en-
listment was for three years, but before it was over peace was declared,
and he again returned to Lynn after liaAing served a period of over
eight years. He died in Saugus, October 23, 1821, and his wife
Abigail died there, February 28, 1819. They are buried in the old
cemetery at Saugus Centre, where a double stone marks their graves.
A bronze marker was erected in 1903.
HiTCHiNGs, Nathaniel, — son of Daniel and Hannah (Ingalls) Hitchings,
was born April 1, 1751. The most that can now be known of him is
gathered from his pension application made in 1818. He was pen-
sioned under the act of 1818, at which time he was feeble and infirm,
but of sound mind, a house carpenter by trade. Seven years later he
was very infirm, with wife aged sixty-seven, and, unless pensioned,
must have depended upon charity. Mr. Samuel Sweetser testified
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in his behalf, saying that, when he, Sweetser, was a seleutnian in Lynn.
in 1776, he had paid Hitehings a bounty to enlist. This second ap|)li-
cation was made because of having been dropped from the rolls in
IS-iO. It resulted in his being restored, July 25, IS'io. His service
was for at least two years in the war, having enlisted in April, 1775^
and served as sergeant in Captain Bacon's company. Colonel Ger-
rish's regiment, for the first eight months of the war. The first of Jan-
uary he enlisted in Captain Benjamin Pollard's company. Colonel
Jonathan Brewer's regiment, and served as a non-commissioned officer
until discharged at Fislikill a year later. His death occurred in Lynn.
September 14, 1834, at the age of eighty-three.
HiTCHiNGs, Thomas, — .son of Ezra and Keturah (Xewhall) Hitehings.
was born Xovember 1.5, 17(i'2, in Saugus. He was married by Rev.
Mr. Roby, January 10, 1787, to Ruth
C// Q/yf^/ • ^ Burchstead, daughter of Dr. Benjamin

^ Brame Burchstead, born about 1768.

^ Their children were Thomas, Benjamin

Burchstead, Ruth, Ezra, James Tyler, Keturah, IVI^Ta, George. Ros-
well, and Edward. Seven of these children lived to be over seventy
years of age.

October '2, 183'2, Thomas Hitehings appeared before the Probate
Court, at the age of seventy, and made oath that he enUsted in October.
1779, at Lynn, and served one month and sixteen days in Captain Addi-
son Richardson's company. Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, and
marched to Albany to reinforce the Continental Army, and was dis-
charged at Greenbush. In June, 1780, he enlisted, and served si.\
months in Captain Hook's company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's regi-
ment, marching first to headquarters at West Point and then down
North River. He was honorably discharged at West Point, but lost
his discliarge paper.

Thomas Hitehings died February U, 1839, and his widow applied
for a pension in her own name, but was rejected. She died November 1 .
1842. Later her sons, Roswell and Edward, apjilied for a pension.
but it was not grantetl.

The home of Thomas Hitehings, "'eiglity rods east of the Asa Rhodes
house," was called the Master Hitehings house, because Thomas w-as a
teacher of music. For many years he led the singing in the old West
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Parish Meeting-house and taught a singing school. He was a man
much respected, and lived and died upon the place where his large
family was reared.

HiTCHiNGS, William, — private, son of Elkanah and Eunice (Xewhall)
Hitchings, was born in Saugus, June 9, 1747. He served with the
Saugus company at the Lexington alarm. He probably went to Rich-
field, N.Y., after the war. His descendants may be found in Ne«
York and Vermont.

Holmes, George. — A George Holmes, of Lynnfield, died in February,
1817. His property on inventory amounted to about $90. This
included liis title to land granted him as a soldier of the Revolution,
$oO, also an old gun and accoutrements, $6.50. Just before his death
he was carried to Woburn, January 6, 1817, and died there, February
4, 1817. He is noted in Wobiu-n deaths as "a stranger." He was a
private in Captain Stephen Wilkins's company. Colonel Wigglesworth's
regiment, with pay abstract for travel home from Albany, two hundred
and forty miles. Sworn to January 15, 1777.

Hopkins, Ch_4Bles, — return of men raised in Essex County for Conti-
nental service, agreeable to resolve of December 2, 1780; engaged for
town of Lynn; engaged December 18, 1781; term during the war.

HowfARD, Ezekiel, — SOU of Ezekiel and JMargaret (Newman) Howard, wa.s-
born June ^26, 1749; married November '•^8, 1771, by Ebenezer Burrill,
Esq., to Anna Downing; children, Jonathan, John, Elizabeth, EzekieU
Daniel, Nabby, Joseph, and Polly.

Ezekiel Howard enlisted in Captain Ezra Newhall's company. Colonel
Israel Hutcliinson's regiment, January 1, 1776, for one year. He was
at Fort Washington and Fort Lee, and crossed New Jersey with W^ash-
ington. At the end of the year he re-enlisted for six months more, at
the end of which time he was honorably discharged. Joshua Dan-
forth and Thomas Florence both stated that they served with him in
1776 and that he lived in Saugus. The Massachusetts rolls also give
service in Captain Simeon Brown's company. Colonel Jacob Gerrish's
regiment, from April 2, 1778, to July 3, 1778, three months, and two
days. Roll dated at Winter Hill. He was pensioned in 1818, at $8
per month, and died December 26, 1819. His wife, Anna, survived him,
dying in Saugus, June 25, 1829. Both are buried in the old ground at
Saugus Centre.

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HowAHD, Joshua, — son of Ezekiel and Margaret (Newman) Howard,
was born March 26, 1761, and was a twin of Elizabeth. He was mar-
ried July 17, 1781, by Rev. ]VIr. Roby, to Lydia Ramsdell; children,
John, Martha, Amos, James, and Joshua. Nothing further has been
found concerning him except his Revolutionary record, as follows: Pri-
vate, Captain Simeon Brown's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's
regiment of guards; ser^'ice from April 2, 1778, to July 12, 1778, three
months, twelve days; roll dated camp at Winter Hill; also private
Captain Jeremiah Putnam's company. Colonel Nathan Tyler's regi-
ment; enUsted July 10, 1779; ser\ice to December 1, 1779, four months,
twenty-one days, at Rhode Island; also pay-roll for December, 1779,
allowng one month, four days' service at Rhode Island, travel (85
miles) included; also private. Captain Samuel Huse's company,
Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards; enhsted July 13, 1778;
discharged December 14, 1778; ser\'ice, five months, three days, at
Cambridge; also private. Captain Zadock BulBnton's company, Colonel
Samuel Johnson's regiment; enlisted August 14, 1777; discharged
November 30, 1777, at Cambridge; ser\-ice, three months, seventeen
days, in northern department; roll sworn to at Salem; also private.
Captain Addison Richardson's company, Colonel Wade's detachment
of Essex County militia; enlisted July 12, 1780; discharged October
10, 1780; service, three months, ten days, including twelve days' (240
miles) travel home. — Mass. Rolls.

Hudson, Benjamin, — probably son of Jonathan and Mary Hudson, was
born January 8, 1735-36; married December 1, 1757, to Anna Swett
(or Sweet); children, Jonathan, Benjamin, Ann, Rebakah, and Mary.
Nothing further is known of him except the record as a soldier given
in the Massachusetts rolls.

Private, Captain Rnfus Mansfield's (4th) company of militia, wliich
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Concord; ser\-ice, two days;
also, Captain Joseph Hiller's company, Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's
regiment, arrived at destination May 7, 1777; discharged July 5, 1777;
service, two months, six days; also Captain Zadock Buffinton's com-
pany. Colonel Samuel Johnson's regiment; enhsted August 18, 1777;
discharged November 30, 1777, at Cambridge; service, three months,
thirteen days, in northern department; company raised to serve imtil
Novonilicr .'!0. 1777: roll sworn to at Siileni.

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Hudson, Thomas Kilby, — son of Moses and Catherine (Kilby) Hudson,
was born in Lynn, April 9, 1756; married July 27, 1780, by Rev. John
Treadwell, to Rhoda Ramsdell, daughter of Nehemiah and Deliverance
(Smith) Ramsdell, born August 31, 1754. Their children, all born in
Lynn, were Thomas Kilby, Nehemiah Ramsdell, Nathan, James, John,
Joseph, Delia, Betsey.

]VIr. Hudson died August 18, 1814, and is buried with his wife, who
died April 16, 1821, in the old Western Ground, at the right of the
entrance, among the Hudsons. A gravestone and marker were erected
in 1903. IVIr. WilUam E. Hudson, of Estes Street, li^^ng in 1903, at
the age of eighty-six, was his grandson. At the close of the Revolution
Thomas Kilby Hudson served his apprenticeship as a shoemaker with
Thomas Newhall. Mr. Hudson served in the company of Captain
Joseph Hiller, Colonel Titcomb's regiment, at Rhode Island, dtrring
the simimer of 1777, and the following summer did guard duly under
Captain Samuel Huse, in and around Boston.

Hunt, John, — died, probably near Saratoga, in the late spring of 1777,
of small-pox. Mr. Hallowell mentions this fact in his narrative. Noth-
ing is known of this man. The Massachusetts rolls give his name
among those raised by John Flagg to serve in the army from February,
1778, but this is evidently a mistake or the reference is to another man
of the same name. They also give serWce as private in Colonel Put-
nam's (5th) regiment from March 4, 1777, to June 16, 1777, and that
he was reported "died June 16, 1777."

Hutchinson, Nathaniel, — sergeant, son of Nathaniel and Catherine
(Bryant) Hutcliinson, was born in Saugus, June 2, 1746. His parents
removed to Lyndboro, N.H., where they both died. Nathaniel, Jr.,
was married by Rev. Joseph Roby, November 16, 1770, to Mary Heard.
He was a tithing-man in 1770 and fence-viewer in 1781. Aside from
this his name does not appear in town or church record. His military
serWce, so far as is known, ended with that at the Lexington alarm,
to which he responded with his brother Thomas. His brother Timothy
was later in the Revolution. During the war he took up his residence
in Pepperell, Mass., where he wth his wife was admitted to the churcli
in 1781. He was elected deacon of the church there April 28, 1789.
No record of his death or burial-place has been found, but it is sup-
posed that he died in Pepperell and was buried there.

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llrxcHixsox, Thomas, — private, third son and tifth child of Nathaniel
Hutchinson, Sr., was born in Saugus, June '28, 1753. His brothers,
Timothy and Nathaniel, were in the Revolution. He was a member
of Captain Parker's Saugus company, of wliich his brother Nathaniel
was sergeant, and which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. On
the 4th of May, 1775, he enlisted in the Continental Army, then form-
ing in Cambridge, and was assigned to Captain Ezra Newhall's com-
pany. Colonel John Mansfield's (19th) regiment, and signed a receipt
for advance pay at Cambridge, June 8, 1775. At the battle of Bunker
Hill he was present with his company on Cobble Hill, witliin sight of
the battle, but did not go into the engagement. After the retirement
of Colonel Mansfield he continued to serve in the same company, then
commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson. He went into
camp on Winter Hill in the fall, and on November 4 received the cus-
tomary order for a bounty coat for having enUsted for eight months.
He spent the winter in camp, watcliing the British in Boston, and was
with his company when it marched into the town upon its evacuation by
the British. His brothers, Timothy and Nathaniel, removed to Pepper
ell, Mass., after the war, and it is possible that he accompanied them,
for no record has been found of liis hanng been in Lj-nn after 177(>.

HuTCHiNsox, Timothy, — son of Nathaniel, Sr., was born in Saugus, July
24, 1758; married in Pepperell, Mass., February 2, 1783, to Prudence
Eliot. He was brother of Nathaniel and Thomas, members of Ca])-
tain Da^id Parker's Saugus company, which marched on the Lexing-
ton alarm. Timothy appears in a list of six months' men raised agree-
able to the resolve of June 5, 1780, in Middlesex County, also in a
descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for
the term of six months; received by Brigadier-General John Glover
at Springfield, July 8, 1780; age, twenty-one years; statui-e, 5 ft. 8 in.;
complexion, light; engaged for town of Pepperell; marched to camp.
July 8, 1780, under command of Ebenezer Kent.

IxGALLS, BENJ.VJHN, — probably son of John and Abigail (Stocker) Ingalls,
was born in Lynn in 1762; marrietl by Rev. Mr. Roby, July 5, 1783.
to Susannah Burrill, daughter of Theophilus and jMartha (Newhall)
Burrill, born August 27, 1762. Benjamin Ingalls was drowned in Lynn
Harbor, in trwng to throw over an anchor, in April, 1785. There wa.s.
one child. Theophilus.

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This is the only man in the Ingalls genealogy who seems to lit the
military service found in the rolls. From the fact that he was drowned
while fishing it seems possible that he may have followed this occupa-
tion and that he is the same man who served as a sailor in the Revolu-
tion, although the age does not agree. Benjamin was a nephew of
Eleazer Collins Ingalls, and his sister married Enoch Mudge, a Revo-
lutionary soldier. The service in the rolls of Benjamin is as follows:
■■ Appears a sailor in the Brigantine ' Rover,' commanded by Captain
.\dam Wellman; descri|>tive list of officers and crew sworn to July
.'50, 1780; age, twenty-two years; stature, 5 ft. 6 in.; complexion, dark;
residence, Lynn. There also appears a Benjamin Eagles among a
hst of prisoners taken by the British, May 3, 1781, and committed to
the old jNIill Prison, England, July 23, 1781; residence, Lynn. Taken
from the Brig ' Hasket & Ann.'"

Ingalls, Daniel, — was a private in Captain Farrington's company, but
no authentic record of his birth has been found. He may have been
the son of Daniel and Sarah (Fletcher) Ingalls, born in Andover, Mass.,
February 11, 1758. His only military service was upon the 19th of
April, 177o. He was married October 8, 1778, by Rev. Mr. Tread-
well, to Elizabeth Lewis, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Newhall)
Lewis, born in Lynn, November 4, 1758. His home was in Wood
End, near the present Ireson Avenue. His children were: Elizabeth,
Hepzibah, Hannah, Samuel, Joseph, Hannah, Joseph, Hannah, Joseph.
He was living in Lynn as late as 1790.

Ingalls, Ele.\.zer Collins, — private, son of Joseph and Rebecca (Col-
lins) Ingalls, and great-great-grandson of Edmund Ingalls, was born in
Lynn in 1731. He was married November 27, 1758, by Rev. Mr.
Henchman, to Elizabeth Lewis, daughter of Edmund and Hepzibah
(Breed) Lewis, born in Lynn. July 18, 1736. His home was at the
corner of the present Essex and Alice
, ^jj Streets. His children were Lydia,

tCtd^l^l^ -^cr^i^-^ J^'f^ Edmund, Eleazer, EHzabeth, Collins,
Hepzibah, Anna, and John. Mr. In-
galls was a ship carj)enter, and worked at his trade both in Lynn and
Salem. On the Lexington alarm he responded as a private, and did
duty for two days. At this time he was a man of some property, and is
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1779 lie fitted out tlie privateer "Flora," four guns and twelve men,
but while in command of her was captured by the British and impris-
oned in Dartmoor. He was the only Lynn man in command of a vessel
during the war.

Mr. Ingalls took little part in the affairs of the town, serWng only as
surveyor of highways in 1770. He was a member of the First Church
and acted as its collector in 1786. In his later years he is reported to
have worked on the famous frigate, " Constitution." He died in Decem-
ber, 1801, but many years of litigation ensued before his estate, amount-
ing to $3,058, was settled in 1848. His wife died October 10, 1825, at
the age of ninety. He is buried in the old Western Burial Ground,
where a marble gravestone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were
erected to his memory in 1904. His wife is buried in the Eastern Burial
Ground, where a slate stone marks her grave.
Ing.\lls, Jacob, — son of Nathaniel and Anne Ingalls. was born about 1715.
He was the great-grandson of Edmund Ingalls. His home was in that
part of Lynn called Wood End, where from inheritance and purchase
he became a land-holder of considerable importance. He was married
November 17, 1737, by Rev. Nathaniel Henchman, to Mary Tucker,
|)erhaps daughter of John and Elizabeth
Tucker, of Marblehead, born October 4.
^ i/io. His children, all born before the

Revolution, were Hannah, EHzabeth,
Ruth, Jacob, Mary, Deborah, and Rebecca. Deborah married Daniel
Lindsey, and Rebecca married Joseph Johnson, both soldiers of the
Revolution. j\Ir. Ingalls was a member of Captain Farrington"s
company of minute-men, and did duty on the first call to arms. At
the time of the Lexington alarm he was over sixty years of age, but
shouldered his musket and went with the boys to fight. He has not
only the distinction of being the oldest, so far as is known, of all
the two hundred and forty-seven men who are borne on the Lexing-
ton alarm rolls from Lynn, but also of being the oldest man of all
those who served from Lynn in the Revolutionary War. His son,
Jacob, Jr., thirty-two years younger, was a sergeant in the same com-
pany. Mr. Ingalls took httle part in the afYairs of the town, pursuing
a f|uiet and uneventful life. His only ofKce appears to have been that
of tithing-man in 1707. The date of his death is unknown, but ad-

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ministration was granted upon his estate, July 13, 1791. He is buried
in the old Western Burial Ground. His grave was marked in 1904 by
a marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R.

Ingalls, Jacob, Jr., — son of Jacob and Mary (Tucker) Ingalls, was born
in Lynn, July 1, 1747. At the time of the Revolution Mr. Ingalls lived
at the corner of Chestnut and Olive Streets, in an ancient house, torn
down some forty years ago. The old mansion was large and roomy
with an immense fireplace and chimneys. It is said that, in order to
drag in the heavy sticks to fill the great fireplace, a horse was walked
into the house. On Jime 4, 177^2, Jacob Ingalls was married by Rev.
John Treadwell to Maltha Lewis, daughter of John and Elizabeth
(Newhall) Lewis, born in Lynn, September 23, 1749. His business
of shoemaking was carried on in a little shop near his house. At the
outbreak of the Revolution he was a sergeant in Captain Wilham Far-
rington's company, and responded with his neighbors to the Lexington
alarm, his father being a private in the same company. April 26, 1776,
he was commissioned by the Council of Massachusetts Bay as second
heutenant in Captain Joseph Stocker's company, 1st Essex County
regiment of militia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Flagg certifying that he
had been chosen to that position. Tliis company did guard duty in
and about Boston after the evacuation, but saw no active service in the
war. His commission is still held as a valuable heirloom by Mr. John
H. Parker, of Lynn, by whose coiu-tesy it is reproduced in this volume.

Jacob Ingalls, Jr., had five children, Martha, Mary, Richard, Jacob,
and John. His public life was not conspicuous, although he held the
office of town treasurer in 1789, 1790, and 1791. He was a man justly
respected for his integrity and many \irtues. He died in Lynn, January
19, 1823, and is biu-ied in the Eastern Ground, on the hill at the right of
the entrance. A marble gravestone and bronze marker of the S. A. R.
were placed at his grave in 1903.

Ingalls, Joseph, — may have been the son of William and Mary (Lane)
Ingalls, baptized in Marblehead, June 1, 1727. No other record ap-
pears. His only service was upon April 19, 177.5, and nothing further
is known of him.

IxGALLs, Nath.axiel, — SOU of Nathaniel and Tabitha (Lewis) Ingalls, was
born in Lynn, November 8, 1730, being a great-grandson of Edmund In-
galls, the first settler of Lynn. He was married in Maiden, December

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!», l~G-2, bv Rev. E. Willis, to Mercv Pratt, daughter of David and
Merc-v (Upham) Pratt, born in Maiden. July 18, 1739. His home was
on the present Essex Street, near Chatham. His cliildren were Xa-
thaniel, John, and Mercy.

His only military service was on the 19th of April, 177.5. He died
in Lynn. August 11, 1806, and his wife died two days later, August 13.
1806. They were buried in the Eastern Ground, where a marble grave-
stone and bronze marker of the S. \. K. were erected to his memorv
in 1904.
Ing.\lls. S.vmlel, — son of Samuel and Sarah (Ingalls) Ingalls, was born in
Lynn, in 17-20. He married October U, 17-18. Lydia Lewis, daughter
of Edmund and Hepzibah (Breed) Lewis, born in Lynn, August 1, 17'29.
His children were James, Da\"id, Edmund, Hepzibah, Lydia, Ruth,
Sarah, and Hannah. Hepzibah married Edward Ireson, who served
his father-in-law in Captain Far-
on"s company. Mr. Ingalls took
irther part in the Revolution after
Lexington alarm. His home was
in AVood End. where he carried on liis farm. He died, according to
a ledger ke])t by Ur. Jame.s Gardner, February 16, 1795. His will was
probated April 16. 179.j. and his estate was appraised at £395. He is
buried in the old Western Ground.
Ireson, Edward, — son of John and Hepzibah (Ingalls) Ireson, was born
in Lynn, February ^29, 1756. He was a great-great-grandson of Edward
Ireson. one of the earliest settlers of Lynn, who came over in the "Abi-
'j,n\\" in 1635, at the age of thirty-two, together with his wife, Eliza-
beth, aged twenty-seven. He was descended on his mother's side from
Edmund Ingalls, the first settler of Lynn. Thus was Edward Ireson
connected with two of the oldest families of Lynn, both of whose names
remain prominent after the lajxse of nearly three himdred years. His
home was on Fayette Street, near the corner of Olive, in an ancient
house demolished about 1873.

The story of the response of Edward Ireson to the early morning
alarm of the British march to Concord is fully told elsewhere. It was
his only serWce in the war. He was married -March 30, 1779, by Rev.
Mr. Treadwell, to Hepzibah Ingalls, daughter of Samuel and Lydia
(Lewis) Ingalls, born in Lynn in 1756. Her father was a private in the
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same eoiiipanv with Edward Ireson. Letters of administration were
granted on his estate August 3, 1801, when he was described as a cord-
wainer. He is buried in the old Western Burial Ground, where a
marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected to his
memory in 1904. His wife Hepzibah married, second, Benjamin
Parrott, who had also served in Captain Farrington's company. She
died December 7, 18'28, at the age of seventy-one.
Irksox, John, — son of John and Hepzibah (Zibiah Ingalls in the records)
was born in Lynn, July iO, 1758. His father's home on Fayette Street,
just north of Olive Street, was an ancient building taken down in 1873.
He was a direct descendant of Edward Ireson, one of the first settlers
of Lynn. He was a member of Captain Farrington's company, and the
story of his participation in the fight of April 19, 1775, is told in the
chapter devoted to that event. Together with his brother Edward, he
was awakened early that morning by the firing of a musket under his
window, and at once set oft' with his neighbors for the scene of conflict.
His grandson, Samuel S. Ireson, living in 1903 at the age of eighty-two,
stated that he ran a good part of the way, his company making very
((uick time to Menotomy. He carried an old flint-lock musket and
cartridge-bo.x, wliich were preserved for many years after the war.

In the early summer of 1777 the British were in possession of a por-
tion of Rhode Island, and it was thought that they were to march
upon Boston. A considerable number of troops were raised in jNIassa-
chusetts, and among them nearly an entire company from Lynn, under
Colonel Jonathan Titcomb and Captain Joseph Hiller. It left Lynn
in June, and arrived at Pro\'idence June 11, where it remained until
August 11, when it was discharged. John Ireson was a private in this
compan}'. Upon the arrival of the captured army of General Burgoyne
at Cambridge he enlisted as a private in Captain Miles Greenwood's
company. Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards, and was sta-
tioned at Winter Hill, where he served until April 2, 1778. He then
enlisted as a private in Captain Simeon Brown's companj' in the same
regiment, and served until July I'i, when he was transferred to Captain
Samuel Huse's company and served until December 14, when he was
discharged. Dm-ing this time he was clerk of his regiment, and an inter-
esting memorandum in his handwriting is on file at the Pension Ofiice
at AVashington. It is a list of cartridges given out to the various com-
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panics from the time of the arrival of the British army at Cambridge
until the end of the following February, and is reproduced herewith.

On July hi, 1780, Ireson again enlisted, and was assigned to the army
of General Washington, then in camp in the \icinity of AVest Point.
At this time he was commissioned as a sergeant in Captain Addison
Richardson's company, Colonel Wade's regiment. Not long after his
arrival on the Hudson the treason of Arnold became known. Sergeant
Ireson often related the story of the capture of !Major Andre, and was
able to describe Arnold from personal knowledge. He was present at
the execution of Andre and the memories of that day have been handed
down to the present generation. On October 10, 1780, he was finally
mustered out of the Continental serWce, and was given an allowance for
twelve days' travel ("240 miles) back to Lynn, where he arrived footsore
and weary after his long journey.

He was married in Lynn, January 1, 1789, by Rev. Obadiah Parsons,
to Sarah Sargent, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Jenks) Sargent,
born August 9, 1758. His home was on Essex Street where Sheridan
Street now enters it, and his farm extended back to "Rock Pasture." so
called. The old house, pulled down about 1850, had an immense chim-
ney and a twelve-foot fireplace. His children were John, Nathaniel,
Benjamin, and Samuel Jenks.

In his latter years Sergeant Ireson applied for a pension, but the claim
was not adjusted before his death, which occurred in Lynn, September
•20, 183-2, at the age of sixty-four. On March 4, 1843, his wife Sarah
-was pensioned at the rate of $71.45 per year.

John Ireson had a striking personal appearance, was very tall, with face
smooth-shaven, and always carried an ivory-headed cane. He is buried
in the Eastern Burial Ground, together with his wife, who died October
10, 1844, at the age of eighty-six. His grave is marked with a marble
gravestone and a bronze marker of the S. A. R. placed there in 1904.
Jacobs, Benj.vmix, — was born in 1753. In the "Reminiscences" of Mr. Ben-
jamin F. Newhall, written many years ago, the following is found re-
garding Benjamin Jacobs: "Those who can go back many years to the
early part of the century will remember Benjamin Jacobs, famiharly
known as 'L'ncle Ben.' He was for a long series of years an attachment
to Landlord Newhall's tavern. As an ostler, his ser^•ices became indis-
pensable. No one could please the travelling public like Lncle Ben.

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Early and late he was ever ready, and always in his place. He lived to a
good old age, and died in the early part of the century."

The inventory of his property, dated April ■il, 1807, is somewhat
curious. The whole amounted to $10. "25. Items: one pair large silver
buckles, $1.50; best great-coat, $1.75; large hat, seventy-five cents; one
pair small-clothes, seventy-five cents; two vests, seventy-five cents.
No disposition seems to have been made.

The Revolutionary service was for somewhat over a year, the first
pay-roll being dated December, 1779, for service at Rhode Island, and
the last dated December, 1780, for serWce at the northward. During
this time he is described as a private, engaged for the town of Lynn,
twenty-seven years of age, 5 ft. 8 in. tall, of a ruddy complexion. He
was in the brigades of Generals Glover and Patterson.
Jacobs, John, — was a servant in the employ of Mr. Epliraim Breed, who
was also a Revolutionary soldier. Jacobs was in the Revolutionary
War, and served faithfully until its close. He died July 6, 1811, of a
sunstroke, while in the employ of Mr. Breed. It had been a very hot
day, and the men had been mowing on the marsh all the forenoon.
They were returning to dinner, when Jacobs fell from the dyke and
died within a short time.

This man was in the Continental sernce during nearly the entire war.
The date of his first enlistment was July 6, 1775, and from that time
until the final cessation of hostilities he served in various places, doing
guard duty around Boston for the first eight months of the war, for
which he received the usual bounty coat or its equi\alent in money,
and following Washington through the Jerseys in 1776. He was in
the Burgoyne campaign in 1777, at the surrender of Cornwallis in
1781, and from that time until May 3, 1783, he served in guarding
the forts along the Hudson.
James, Benjamin. — Little that is authentic can be given of this man. He
may have been the son of Benjamin and Mary, born June 6, 1759.
The Revolutionary record found is as follows: list of men belonging
to Captain Lindsey's company who took the oath in Middlesex County,
July 6, 1775, required by Congress to be taken by the Massachusetts
army; also Captain Eleazer Lindsey's company. Colonel Samuel
Gerrish's regiment; receipt for advance pay signed by said James and
others, dated Maiden, August 3, 1775; also private Captain Eleazer

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Lindsey's company, commanded by Lieutenant Daniel Galeucia,
Colonel Ruggles Woodbridge's regiment; muster-roll dated August
1, 1775; enlisted May 16, 1775; service, two months, fifteen days; also
Captain Daniel Galeucia's company. Colonel Woodbridge's regiment;
company return dated probably October, 1775; also order for bounty
coat or its equivalent in money dated Maiden, October •23, 1775.

•I.VRVis, Enoch, — matross. Captain Samuel Trevett's comjjany. Coioticl
Itichard Gridley's regiment; muster-roll dated June '■^1, 1775; enlisted
May 9, 1775; ser^ce, one month, fifteen days; also jmvate. Captain
Francis Sj-mond's company. Colonel John Glover's regiment; mus-
ter-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted June i. 1775; service, two months,
two days. — Mass. Rolls.

Jkffrev, Joseph, Jr.. — private, .son of Joseph Jeffrey, was probably born
in Reading about 1740. His father was a soldier in the French and
Indian War. having served under Captain Moses Hart, of Saugus,
on the Maine frontier from 1760 to 1763. Joseph, Jr.. first appears
on the Lynnfield records in 1761. He was married by Re\-. Mr. Roby,
July 9, 1768, to Abigail Berry, of Saugus. born 1748. and lived in the
house later known as the Tarbell place, still standing in South Lynn-
field. He was in the Lynnfield company on April 19. 1775, but saw
no further .service in the war. His wfe died January I'i, 1797, an<l
is buried in the old cemetery at W^akefield. where a slate stone marks
her grave. He was married, second, in Danvers, by Rev. Benjamin
Wadsworth. Xo\ember U, 1799, to Sally Russell, of Danvers. The
date of his death has not been found, but he is su])])o.sed to have died
in Wakefield, and is probably buried near his wfe.

Johnson, Benjamin, Lieutenant. — son of Joseph and Ami Johnson, was
born in Lynn, November 21, 1741. His father was one of the most
respected residents of Lynn, a descendant of one of the very early set-
tlers, and a man well-to-do in the community. Benjamin was married
by Rev. John Treadweil. Jaiuiary 5, 1764, to Lydia Richards, daughter
^ of John and Lydia (Phillips) Richards.

/3 e-*^'<.J^''^ytd O^t^ '""'" •'■""""">■ ■'• ^~^^- Her brothers.
jy Joseph. John, and William, served in

^ Captain William Farrington's company

under her husband. She died October 9, 1773, aged twenty-nine.
He married January '^7, 1774, Lydia Breed, daughter of Theophilus
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and Martha (Newhall) Breed, born August 17, 1746. She died March
23, 1776. He was married, tliird, in Weston, Mass., September '29,
1776, by Rev. Samuel Woodward, to Rachel Roberts, of Weston.

Upon the formation of Captain Farrington's company he became
lieutenant, and marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. He did not
take part in the war which followed, and his company was broken up
after the battle of Lexington. He was a patriotic citizen, however,
and in 1778, 1781, 1782, and 1783 was a member of the Committee
of Correspondence, Inspection, and Safety, sernng thus in a creditable
manner the cause of the patriots. At the conclusion of the war he
served in the year 1784 as selectman. His home was upon Market
Street where E.xchange Hall now stands. A shoe manufacturer for
many years, he did considerable business for those days. On a visit
to Baltimore about 1790 he met Rev. Jesse Lee, who was beginning
his exposition of the doctrine of the new sect of Methodists. Mr. John-
son in\-ited Mr. Lee to come to Lynn. The invitation was accepted,
and the first meeting for worship was held in Mr. Johnson's house,
December 14, 1790, and on February 20, .1791, the first Methodist
church in New England was formed, now the First Methodist Epis-
copal Society of Lynn. Its formation was followed by a wholesale
transfer of the members of the First Congregational Society to the
new faith, until only five male members were left in the pioneer church.

The children of Benjamin Johnson were John Legree, Benjamin,
Joseph, Holton, and Rachel. He died November 12, 1810, and was
buried in one of the tombs formerly existing in the old Western Burial
Ground. His wife, Rachel, who died August 22, 1811, aged fifty-nine,
was buried beside him. Upon the removal of these tombs their re-
mains were transferred to the Holton Johnson lot on Acacia Path,
Pine Grove Cemetery. Here a marble stone and bronze marker of
the S. A. R. were erected in 1903.

Mr. Johnson's will, on file at Salem, discloses the fact that he became
the richest of all the soldiers who were accredited to the town of Lynn
during the Revolution. It notes " a mansion house on Market Street,
and land to the corner of Marblehead Road (Essex Street)." His
real estate amounted to $13,348, and his entire estate to $24,856. Among
other items are mentioned 149 ounces of silver plate. The old mansion
house was torn down about 1845.

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JdHXSox, Edw.vki). — the first private named on the Lexinp;(<>n alariM roll
of Captain Farrington's company, was the son of Jonathan and Sarah
(Mansfield) Johnson, born in Lynn, August 16, ll'i-l. He was descended
from tlie earliest settlers in Lynn. His home was upon the Boston
road. ))etwoen the |iresent Waverly and Bulfinch Streets, and the man-
sion house still stands, although much
^ -/ '^ ^ / altered in appearance. Like other

liCV^ty^O/l^h.'yiS^ryL members of liis family, he was taught
the trade of a cabinet-maker, and fol-
lowed it for many years in its different branches. He was the first and
only chair-maker in Lynn, and in his will he descril)ed liimself as a " ship-
joiner." He was married by Rev. Mr. Henchman, October 3, 17-14, to
Bethia Newhall, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Potter) NewhalKborn
in Lynn. October 1, 17'20. In 1709 his father built the house still
.standing (1903) on Strawberry Avenue, known as the Lsaac Orgin house,
and it is ])robable that Edward occupied it for a time. I'pon the death
of his father he established himself in the homestead on Boston Street.
Mr. Johnson was chosen clerk of the market for a great many years,
and served as warden and wood-sealer in 1766. Like most of his neigh-
bors, he was a member of the company of Captain Farrington, and,
although fifty-three years of age, served on the 19th of .\pril. 1775.
This was his only service as a soldier. In May of that year lie was
unanimously chosen the first representative in the Provincial Congress
which sat at Watertown, May 31. Dr. Emerson, of Salem, also a
member, always sto[)ped at the Johnson house on the way to Congress,
and the two men generally went to tlie meetings together. On June
28 he was appointed chairman of a committee to station troojjs in
Essex County. July 4, he was made chairman of a committee to
examine the accounts of those persons who were empowered to jjro-
cure arms for the Continental Army. Two days later he was again
honored with the chairmanshij) of a committee to answer a letter from
the Congress of New Hampshire. The next day he was made chair-
man of a committee to procure stores in which to deposit fish for
the use of the army. On the 19tl> of July the form of government
was changed to a General Assembly, and in this new body Mr. John-
son again represented the town of Lynn. His a.ssociates were the
most distinguished men of the times, including Hancock. .Vdanis,

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Gerry, and General Lincoln. On July "28 he was appointed upon a
c-ommittee to obtain two hundred narrow axes and place them in the
hands of General Washington for the use of the army. Mr. Johnson
continued to serve upon committees during the session. He was re-
elected to the General Assembly of 1776 and 1777, and he discharged
with fidelity and care the duties which devolved upon him. During
the exciting events which accompanied the siege of Boston Mr. John-
son was always at his post and faithfully represented his town.

Edward Johnson had ten children, six sons and four daughters.
Three of his sons, Edward, Joseph, and William, served in the Revo-
lution, the first being in the company with his father on the 19th of
April, 1775. Most of his sons later went to Salem, where they were
employed in the erection of some of her finest residences.

The death of Edward Johnson occurred in Lynn, January 'iH. 1799,
at the age of seventy-six. He is buried in the old Western Burial
Ground, at the right of the main path, near the entrance. A large
slate stone marks his grave, at which a marker was erected in 1903.
His wife died January 8, 1787, aged sixty-seven, and is buried at his
side. His homestead consisted of sixty acres of land, with dwelling,
shop, and barn, all of which he willed to his children. Many descend-
ants are still represented in the best families of Lynn.
Johnson, Edward, Jr., — private, son of Edward and Bethia (Newhall)
Johnson, was born in Lynn, August 7, 1751. His father was one of
the most important and influential men of the town, and was a mem-
ber of the Provincial Congress in 1774. His home was on Boston
Street, between the present Waverly and Bulfinch Streets, and the
old mansion, although much altered, is still standing (1903). Private
Johnson served in Captain Farrington's company, April 19, 1775.
Soon after the battle of Bunker Hill it was thought advisable to guard
the seacoast of Essex County, inasmuch as it was feared that the Brit-
ish might devastate it. Edward Johnson, Jr., enhsted July 14, 1775,
in Captain Samuel King's company, and was commissioned second
lieutenant. This company was stationed at both Salem and Lynn,
and Lieutenant Johnson had been on duty six months when tlie com-
pany was disbanded, the war having moved south and the danger
being over. His brothers Joseph and William were in the war. Xotli-
ing is known of Lieutenant Johnson's sub.sequent life.
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Johnson, Holton, — (called "Captain'") was the son of Samuel and Ruth
(Holton) Johnson, born in Lynn, September -27, 174.5. He was mar-
ried February 18, 1768, by Rev. Mr. Treadwell, to Ruth Lindsey.
Their children were Ruth, Elizabeth, Betty, Holton. He was on the
Committee of Correspondence, Inspection, and Safety in 1781, 178'-2,
1783, and representative to the General Court in 178-2. Living in
Lynn in 1790, but the date of his death is unknown.

Johnson, James, — son of Samuel and Ruth (Holton) Johnson, was born
March 22, 1738; married February 21, 1760, to Rebecca Hooper;
married, second, to Sarah Hawkes, November 26, 1761. He was in
the French and Indian War, on the Maine frontier, and died October
24, 1816. His Revolutionary serWce was as follows: —

Return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 1st
Essex County regiment, sworn to at Salem by John Flagg, first mihtary

/^ officer for the town of Lynn; joined

^(M^ ///><-< c;^*^^^"''''^'", ^''°.'™' ^"'^P^n^' Colonel
11'^ y Bigelow's regiment; term, three years;

also sergeant. Captain Joshua Brown's
company. Colonel Timothy Bigelow's regiment; Continental Army
pay accounts for ser\ice from April 10, 1777. to December 31, 1779;
reported as ser\ing fifteen months, ten days, as sergeant, seventeen
months, ten days, as private; also sergeant, same company and regi-
ment; muster-roll for January to August, 1777, dated Van Schaick's
Island; appointed April 10, 1777; also same company and regiment, re-
turn dated February 3, 1778; residence, Lynn; enlisted for the town of
Lynn; mustered by Suffolk County; also private, same com|)anv and
regiment; pay-roll dated February, 1779, sworn to at Pro\-idence; also
Captain Brown's company. Colonel Timothy Bigelow's regiment; mus-
ter-roll for March and April, 1779, sworn to at Pro\'idence. — Mass. Rolls.
Johnson, John, — appears in Hallowell's list. A John, son of George
and Rebecca (Dennis) Johnson, was baptized in ^larblehead, Sep-
tember 28, 1746. It is not known whether this is the right man.

Private, Captain Samuel Huse's company. Colonel Jacob Gerrish's

regiment of guards; enlisted November 12, 1777; serWce to .\pril

4, 1778, at Winter Hill.— Mass. Rolls.

Johnson, Joseph, — probably son of Edward, and horn January H. 17,').'?.

He lived on the Common, and died January 17, 1820, according to

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Richard Pratt. His wife was probably Rebecca Ingalls, daughter of
Jacob, Sr., and Anne, born December 30, 1759; and his children, Polly,
Samuel, Rebecca, Betsey, and Jacob Ingalls. His wiie died December
36, 1820.

The following is the Revolutionary serWce : Receipt given to Holton
Johnson, dated December "20, 1776, signed by Johnson and others, for
wages for sixty-seven days' service on board the brig "Ann"; also sea-
man, brigantine "Ann,"' Amos Mansfield, master; engaged December 19,
1776; discharged April 14, 1777; serWce, three months, twenty-five days,
on voyage from Salem to Baltimore; roll dated Boston. — Mass. Rolls.

Johnson, Pharaoh, — son of Nehemiah and Lydia (Newhall) Johnson,
was born September 16, 1756; married Lydia Sawyer before 1782;
children, Lydia, Mary, David, Humphrey Sawyer, and Francis. His
Revolutionary serWce is given only as follows : Receipt given to Holton
Johnson, dated Lynn, December 20, 1776, signed by said Johnson
for wages for six days on the brig "Ann."

Johnson, Timothy. — A Timothy, son of Wilham and Elizabeth, was born
in Reading, November 12, 1743. A Timothy, son of WiUiam, from
Reading, was warned out of Lynn in 1751.

Revolutionary service: Private, Captain Ezra Newhall's company
of minute-men who marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service,
seventeen days; also Captain Ezra Newhall's company. Colonel John
Mansfield's regiment; order for advance pay signed by said Johnson
and others, dated Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also private, same com-
pany and regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enhsted May 6,
1775; service, three months, two days; also Captain Ezra Newhall's
company. Colonel Mansfield's regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-
Colonel Israel Hutchinson; company return dated October 6, 1775;
also order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated camp
at Winter Hill, November 4, 1775.— Mass. Rolls.

Johnson, William, — son of Edward and Bethia (Newhall) Johnson, was
born October 13, 1754, brother of Joseph and Edward, Jr. The
family tradition is that he died on board a ship in Boston Harbor during
the war. Little is known concerning him. The ser\'ice given in the
Massachusetts rolls is as follows : —

Captain Enoch Putnam's company, Colonel John Mansfield's regi-
ment; order for advance pay signed by said Johnson and others, dated

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( 'aMil)riil<;e. .lime 8. 177.); also |)rivate, Caj>tain EikmIi I'utnaiii's coiii-
patiy. Colonel Man.sfields regiment, commanded by lyieiitenant-Colonel
Israel Hutchinson; company return dated October 6, 177.5; also order
for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated camp at Winter Hill,
October 7, 1775; also private. Captain Ezra Xewhall's company of
minute-men which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service,
twenty-one days; also muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enhsted
May 10, 1775; ser\-ice, two months, twenty-seven days.

Kkff (probably Keefe) Michael, — list of men raised in Essex County
for the term of nine months from the time of their arrival at Fishkill;
returned as mustered by Henry Rutgers, Jr., deputy muster-master,
dated Fishkill, August 1, 1778; residence, Lynn; engaged for the town
of Lynn; arrived at Fishkill July 4, 1778.— Mass. Rolls.

L.\CEY, Samuel, — private. Captain Stejihen Wilkins's com|)any. Colonel
Wigglesworth's regiment; pay abstract for travel allowance from Albany
home sworn to January 15, 1777; -210 miles' travel allowed said Lacey.
— Mass. Rolls.

LArrn, Ebexezer, — probably son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth, born in
Woburn, May 5, 1749; married by Rev. Mr. Roby to Elizabeth Lar-
rabee, April 16, 1771. She was U\ing in 1800, evidently widow of
Ebenezer, the date of whose death is unknown.

The follo\\-ing is the Revolutionary service found in the Massachu.setts
rolls: Private, Captain Ezra Xewhall's company of minute-men which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; serxice, two days; return
dated Boxford, December 8, 1779, of men mustered by John Cushing,
muster-master for Essex County, to join the Continental Army for the
term of nine months, agreeable to resolve of June 9, 1779; engaged
for town of Lynn; also private. Captain Stephen Wilkins's company,
Colonel Wigglesworth's regiment; pay abstract for travel allowance
from Albany home sworn to January 15, 1777; ^10 miles' travel allowed
said Laith; al.so descriptive hst of men raised in Essex County in 1779
to serve in the Continental Army, Captain Stocker's company; age,
thirty-one years; stature. 5 ft. 8 in.; complexion, light; engaged for
town of Lynn; deUvered to Lieutenant John Grace; also Captain
Jajjhet Daniels's company. Colonel Thomas Nixon's (6th) regiment;
entered sernce September •2t\. 1779; discharged June ^J:5, 1780; term
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The following serWce accredited to Ebenezer Laitlie, of Marble-
head, should without doubt belong to the Lynn man: Private, Cap-
tain Joseph Killer's company. Colonel Jonathan Titcomh's regi-
ment; pay-roll dated camp at Providence, July 6, 1777; arrived at
destination June 11, 1777; also detachment from Captain Miller's
company, which remained in camp imder command of John Watts
after Captain Miller's roll was made up; sernce from June 11, 1777,
to August 11. 1777. at Rhode Island, including travel home. — Mass.
Rolls.
L.vRK.\^BEE, Benj.\mi.\, — appears in a descripti\e hst of ofhccrs and crew
of the ship " Junius Brutus," commanded by Captain John Leach,
dated Salem, June 15, 1780; age, twenty-five years; statiu'e, 5 ft. 5 in.;
complexion, light; residence, Lynn.

Also private. Captain Samuel King's company; enlisted July 11,
1775; service, six months, five days; company stationed at Salem and
Lynn for defence of seacoast; also receipt dated Salem, September
'25, 1775, signed by said Larrabee and others belonging to Captain
King's company, for advance pay for one month. — Mass. Rolls.

The Larrabees of America were of undoubted French origin. A
branch of the family settled in Maine, and, when the Indians drove
the inhabitants from North Yarmouth and old Falmouth, several
persons from those places, of the name of Larrabee, came to Lynn and
Lynnfield. Some acquired property and established homes here.
The Benjamin whose name appears as above on the Re\olutionary
rolls was mthout doubt the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Trask)
Larrabee, and was born about 1755. His brothers, Joseph, David,
and James, were also in the Revolution, and his father, Joseph, was
styled in the records "a fisherman." The will of the latter, proved in
1774, mentions his eight cliildren, among whom was Benjamin.
Lahk.\bee, DA^^D, — probably son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Trask) Larra-
bee, born in 176^, brother of Benjamin, Joseph, and James.

Return of men dated Boxford, December 8, 1779, of men mustered
by John Cushing, muster-master for Essex Comity, to join the Conti-
nental Army for the term of nine months, agreeable to resolve of June
i), 1779; engaged for the town of Lynn; also descriptive hst of men
raised in Essex County in 1779 to serve in the Continental Army, Cap-
tain Blocker's com])any; age, seventeen years; stature, 5 ft. 3 in.;

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complexion, sandy; engaged for the town of Lvnn; delivered to Lieu-
tenant John Grace.

Private, Colonel Thomas Nixon's regiment; Continental Armj' pay
accounts for ser\"ice from January 1, 1780, to December 31, 1780;
residence, Lynn; also Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Whiting's company.
Colonel Nixon's (6th) regiment; pay-rolls for January to June, 1780;
also pay-rolls, same company, for July, August, September, October,
November, and December, 1780. — Mass. Rolls.
Larrabee, Is.v\c, — was the son of Isaac and Martha (Towne) Larrabee.
His father, Isaac, died July 19, 1746, " drowned in our bay," and liis
grandfather, who was also named Isaac, died in 1755, at the age of
ninety-one. In the will of the latter, dated May '29, 1753, mention
is made of wfe Ellinor; sons, John and Samuel, daughters, Mary,
Sarah, Ellinor, and Joanna; and grandsons, Isaac and Joseph (sons
of son Isaac). These grandsons, upon making satisfactory settlement
with their mother, came into full possession of the lands in Lynn owned
by their father and grandfather. These were equally divided between
them, and consisted of certain portions upon Lynn Common, and also
at How's Neck, Oak Island, Chelsea, Ledge Island, and Cider Pond.
This Isaac married Mary Stevens, March 15, 1740, and his name
appears many times in the records. There is no mention of children.

Another Isaac, parentage unknown, was married September 30,
1773, by Rev. John Treadwell, to ]\Iary FUn or Flint. His children
were Mary, Isaac, Elizabeth, Meliitable, John, W'ilHam, Asa, Abraham,
and James. Thus far it has been impossible to tell which was the
Revolutionary soldier whose sernce is here given.

Private, Hst dated Maiden, August 3, 1775, of men belonging to Cap-
tain Eleazer Lindsey's company, Colonel Samuel Gerrish's regiment,
who were credited with ha\-ing received sums of money, probably on
account of advance pay; also private. Captain Eleazer Lindsey's com-
pany, commanded by Lieutenant Daniel Gallushee, Colonel Ruggles
Woodbridge's regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted
May '2-2, 1775; service, two months, eleven days; also Captain Daniel
Gallushee's (10th) company. Colonel Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's
regiment; company return, probably October, 1775; also order for
bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Maiden, December '2'2,
1775; also list of men belonging to Captain Lindsey's company who
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took the oath in Middlesex County, July 6, 1775, required by Congress
to be taken by the Massachusetts army. — Mass. Rolls.

L.vRRABEE, James, — son of Joseph and brother to Joseph, Jr., Benjamin
and. Da\'id, married in Andover, April 13, 1772, by Rev. William,
Sjanmes, to Mary Holt, of Andover.

Appears in a list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army
from 1st Essex County regiment, sworn to at Salem February 16, 1778,
by John Flagg, first mihtary officer for the town of Lynn; residence,
Lynn; engaged for the town of Lynn; joined Captain Burbeck's com-
pany, Colonel Crane's regiment; term three years or during the war. —
Mass. Rolls.

Larrabee, John, — was born in Lynn in 1757 or 1758. His father was
lost at sea, and he went to live with an uncle in Lynn, said to have been
"Isaac," who worked liim hard and gave him no advantages of edu-
cation. When but fifteen years of age, he ran away, taking a last fare-
well of his widowed mother. He enlisted in the Continental Army,
served as wagoner in his first enlistment, and then re-enlisted and
served during the war. He was at Trenton, where he had both feet
badly frozen. He married a Miss Hicks, settled in Virginia, and it does
not appear that he ever returned to Lynn. His wife died in 1800, and
in 1801 he went to Ohio, and settled near Newark. He married, second,
a Miss Smith, by whom he had three sons and five daughters; namely.
Daniel, WilUam, Sylvester, Mary, Elizabeth, Joanna, Lucinda, and
Lydia. Some of these died in infancy. He died in Newark, February
6, 1846. He was a large man, weighing three hundred and fifty pounds,
was industrious and honest, of correct habits, and much respected.

May 7, 1822, he appeared at Newark, Ohio, and made oath that he
served in the Revolution in the company commanded by Jotham Drury.
in the regiment of Colonel John Crane, and that he obtained a pension
imder the act of 1818; that he was a farmer, and served in the Revo-
lution seven years and eight months, enUsting shortly after the battle
of Bunker Hill in the company commanded by Captain Hart, Colonel
Sargent's regiment. He joined the regiment immediately at Cam-
bridge. After his discharge he again enlisted in the company of Cap-
tain Frederick Bell, in Colonel Poor's regiment. New Hampshire line,
for the term of one year. He again enlisted, January 1, 1777, for the
term of three years in a company of artillery commanded by Captain

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Drury, Colonel John Crane's regiment, and served his complete term;
discharged at Morristown, February 9, 1780. He again enlisted for
three years, and was discharged at West Point.

Larrabee, Joseph, — son of Joseph and Elizabeth Trask, born about 174'2;
married Lydia Collins, May 18, 1709; and died December iG, 1789.
His widow, Lydia, died May 1, 1839, at the age of ninety-seven.

Private, Hst of men dated Maiden, August 3, 1775, belonging to
Captain Eleazer Lindsey's company, Colonel Samuel Gerrish's regi-
ment, who were credited with ha^^ng received sums of money, probably
on account of advance pay; also private, Captain Eleazer Lindsey's
company, commanded by Lieutenant Daniel Gallushee, Colonel Rug-
gles Woodbridge's regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775: enlisted
June C, 1775; service, one month, twenty-six days; also Captain Daniel
Gallushee's (10th) company. Colonel Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's
regiment ("25th); company return, probably October, 1775; also order
for bounty coat or its equivalent in money, dated Maiden, December
22, 1775; also list of men belonging to Captain Lindsey's company
who took the oath in Middlesex County, July 6, 1775, required by Con-
gress to be taken by the Massachusetts army. — Mass. Rolls.

LARR.A.BEE, STEPHEN, — was a private in Captain Farrington's company,
and did duty on April 19, 1775. His birth, marriage, and death do
not appear on the Lynn records, and nothing is known of him. The
following notice which appeared in Salem may indicate that he removed
to that place: "Died in Salem, March 29, 1845, Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of
Stephen Larrabee, aged 85."

Laskey, William. — On the 25th ot November, 1777, William Laskey
entered as a seaman on the armed bark " General Gates," John Skeener
commander, for a six months' cruise against the British. After foiu-
months they took a prize, and he was ordered on board and arrived
in her at Boston. Said bark was continued on her cruise after ha\ing
captured other prizes, and returned to Boston the last of May, 1778.
He again entered on board the " General Gates," Captain AVilliam
Dennis, of Marblehead, commander, for a four months' cruise. After
capturing several prizes, he returned to Boston the last of October,
1778, and was discharged.

He enlisted on the bark " Tyrannicide," Jonatlian Harrington com-
mander, and was engaged from October, 1777. to !May. 1778. Also

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served three months as a private in Captain Enoch Putnam's com-
pany. Colonel Hutchinson's regiment, at Dorchester Heights and
around Boston, from January 1, 1776, until the British evacuated
Boston.

A William Laskey, son of William and Anne, baptized in Marble-
head, September 19, 1762; also a William, son of Robert and Elizabeth,
baptized April 24, 1757.

Lee, John Chahles, — private, Captain Eleazer Lindsey's company, com-
manded by Lieutenant Daniel Gallushee, Colonel Ruggles Wood-
bridge's regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted August
10, 1775.

Also under name of John Charles Litterler: private. Captain Daniel
Gallushee's company. Colonel Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's regi-
ment; company return, probably October, 1775; reported a transient.
— Mass. Rolls.

Leeds, Amos, — corporal, served with the company of Cajitain Parker on
the Lexington alarm, but nothing whatever is known of him.

Lelax, James, — private, appears on the roll of Captain Parker's company.
The name on the roll is partly obliterated, but is probably as above.
Nothing is known of him. In the Lynnfield church records the rates
of " James Lelack" were abated to the extent of five shillings, sixpence,
November 14, 1774, and again February 26, 1776. This may have
been the man, but notliing further is found concerning him in church,
town, or state records.

Lewis, Benjamin, — son of Nathan and Mary (Newhall) Lewis, was born
June 4, 1762. He was brother of David and John, and died on board
the Jersey prison ship with his brother John in the winter of 1777.
No record is found on the Massachusetts rolls. According to Alonzo
Lewis, he was fifteen years of age at the time of his death, and this
agrees with the date of his birth. His brother John was twenty-six.

Lewis, David, — son of Nathan and Mary (Newhall) Lewis, brother of
John and Benjamin, was born February 19, 1757; married June 11,
1780, to Lydia Newhall. Date of death unknown.

Private, Captain Ezra Newhail's company of minute-men which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; ser\'ice, sixteen days; also
order on Colonel Asa Whetcomb, payable to Ezra Newhall, dated
Cambridge, June 10, 1775, signed by said Lewis and others, for ad-

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Vance pay for one month; also private, Captain Ezra Xewliall's toui-
|)any. Colonel John Mansfield's regiment; muster-roll dated August
1, 1775; enlisted May 5, 1775; service three months, three days; also
Captain Newhall's company. Colonel Mansfield's regiment, com-
manded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson; company retiu-n
dated October 6, 1775; also order for bounty coat or its equivalent in
money dated Winter Hill, November 4, 1775.

The following record given from Marblehead should be from Lynn:
Private, Captain Joseph Hiller's company. Colonel Jonathan Tit-
comb's regiment; pay-roll dated Pro\-idence; arrived at destination
June 11; serWce between June 11, 1777, and August II, 1777, one
month, twenty-six days at Rhode Island. — Mass. Rolls.

He appears among a list of prisoners taken in the ship " Essex," June
16, 1781; committed to the old Mill Prison, England, July 21, 1781;
residence, Lynn. — Essex County Historical Register.
Lewis, C.\leb, — of Lynn, was married by Rev. Joseph Roby, on the 17tli
of October, 1786, to Hannah, daughter of David and Hannah Xewman,
born November 4, 1766. Their children were Mary, Rebecca, Isaac,
l^aniel, Da^id, John, Mary, Isaac, and Emily.

He was a private in Captain Addison Richardson's company, Colonel
Wade's regiment; enlisted July 12, 1780; ser\ice, three months, eleven
days, including twelve days' (240 miles) travel home; regiment de-
tached from Essex County militia.
Lewis, Edmi^d, Jr., — private, son of Edmund and Hannah (Fuller)
Lewis, was born in Lynn, June 20, 1757. His only known military
service was on the 19th of April, 1775, in Captain WiUiam Farrington's
company. He was married November 25, 1779, by Rev. John Tread-
well, to Rebecca Mansfield, probably daughter of John and Mary
(Eaton) Mansfield, baptized in Lynnfield, July 23, 1758. Their chil-
dren were James Fuller and Edmund.
Lewis, Is.v.\c, — private. Captain Addison Richardson's company. Colonel
Wade's regiment; enlisted July 12, 1780; discharged October 10,
1780; ser\-ice, three months, eleven days, including twelve days' (240
miles) travel home; regiment detached from Essex County militia.

This man may have been of Chelsea. An Isaac, of Chelsea, was
married by Rev. Mr. Henchman, July 24, 1750, to Sarah Norwood,
of Lynn. Intentions were also published in Lynn of the marriage of
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Isaac Lewis, resident of Lynn, to Mrs. Kuth Coats. Nothing has
been found to place the man witli any certainty.

Lewis, John, — son of Nathan and Mary (Newhall) Lewis, was born Jan-
uary 10, 1752. His home was in the house which stood at the corner
of Fayette and Essex Streets, known as the " Village House."

According to a statement in the Alonzo Le\\-is History of Lynn, under
date of 1777, he with his brother Benjamin, aged fifteen, died on
board the Jersey prison-ship in New York Harbor, in the winter of
that year. The entry on the Massachusetts rolls appears under the
name of John Loveis, as follows: —

Captain Kimble's company; of a list of men taken from the Orderly
Book of Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutcliinson, of the 27th regiment,
dated Fort Lee; reported taken prisoner at Fort Washington, No-
vember 16, 1776.

Lewis, Samuel, — son of John Lewis, Jr., and Mrs. Abigail (Brooks) Lewis,
was born June 6, 1752; married November 29, 1770, by Rev. Mr.
Treadwell, to Susannah Meacham, daughter of Isaac and Ruth (Bun-
nell) Meacham, born June 29, 1754; children, John, Susannah, Thomas,
Henry, Isaac, Sally, Samuel, Jesse Lee. He died April 25, 1806, and
his wife died February 14, 1815. Both are buried in the old Western
Burial Ground, and his grave is marked by a marble stone and the
bronze marker of the S. A. R.

Matross, Captain Winthrop Gray's company, Colonel Craft's ar-
tillery regiment; pay abstract for advance pay sworn to at Boston,
June 8, 1776.— Mass. Rolls.

LiNDSEY, Benjamix, — SOU of Joseph and Rebecca, was baptized in Marble-
head, May 26, 175-t; married by Rev. John Treadwell, December 12,
1776, to Mary Ramsdell; children, Ralph, Rebecca, Benjamin, and
Rebecca. Mrs. Lindsey died January 26, 1828, and according to
the Lynn records he was killed on board a privateer near the close of
the Revolution.

Lindsey, Blaney, — Captain Miles Greenwood's company, Colonel Jacob
Gerrish's regiment of guards; enlisted November 11, 1777; service
to April 3, 1778, four months, twenty-three days; roll dated camp
at Winter Hill; also pay-roll for six months' men raised for the town
of Lynn for ser\-ice in the Continental Army during 1780; marched
June 27, 1780; discharged November 9, 1780; service, four months,
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twenty-five days, travel ('2'20 miles) included; also certified as having
passed muster by Brigadier-General Patterson, dated Camp Totoway,
October '25. 1780.

Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for
the term of six months, agreeable to the resolve of Jime 5, 1780, re-
turned as received of Justin Ely, commissioner, by Brigadier-General
John Glover, at Springfield. July 13. 1780; age, nineteen years; stature,
5 ft. 9 in.; complexion, ruddy; engaged for the town of Lynn; marched
to camp July 13, 1780; under command of Captain Thomas Pritchard.
—Mass. Rolls.
LiNDSET, D.u<iEL, — son of Captain Eleazer and Lydia (Farrington) Lindsey,
was born May 14, 17.53; published to Deborah Ingalls. daughter of
Jacob and Mary (Tucker) Ingalls. January j, 1785; died November 7,
18'27. He lived on the Common in the old Lindsey house, which was
torn down in June, 1893. The first of the name of Lindsey, spelled in
arious ways in the earUer days, was
^Christopher, who emigrated from Scot-
Lynn about 1630, was a farmer,
and died in 1669. He left two sons.
John and Eleazer. The earUer half of the old Lindsey house, so called,
was built by Eleazer about 1678, and a year or two later the other half
of the house was added by the brother, John. Eleazer's side of the
house was occupied by the Lindseys until its destruction, and John's
came down through Ralph, Ralph, Jr., Mumford, and James N. The
house was a good example of the solid construction of the olden days,
the timbers being entirely of oak, with centre beams 10 in. by 10 in. The
laths were all of split wood, and were nailed with heavy spike nails.
The chimneys were ponderous, with over 30,000 bricks used in one of
them.

The line of Daniel back to Christopher was Daniel^, Eleazer*, Ralphs,
Eleazer^, and Christopher'. The children of Daniel and Deborah
were William, John, Sarah, Deborah, and Lydia. The son, John,
born July 11, 1788, became a Methodist minister. Deborah, the mother,
died April 18, 1833. Both Daniel and Deborah were buried in un-
marked graves in the old Western Burial Ground, but a marble stone
and bronze marker of the S. A. R. now mark the spot.

The Revolutionary serWce of Daniel Lind.sey was as follows: —

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Private, Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute-men which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, fifteen days; also
Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel John Mansfield's regiment;
order for advance pay signed by said Lindsey and others, dated Cam-
bridge, June 8, 1775; also private, same company and regiment; muster-
roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 4, 1775; serWce, three months,
four days; also Captain Ezra Newhall's company. Colonel John
Mansfield's (19th) regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel
Hutchinson; company return dated October 6, 1775; also order for
bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated camp at Winter Hill,
November 4, 1775. — Mass. Rolls.

Also, according to a statement made at the time of his death in 18'27,
he was imder the command of Colonel Mansfield at the time the battle
of Bunker Hill was fought, but, as was the case with the rest of that
regiment, did not participate. During the course of the war he was
taken prisoner and carried to Portsmouth, England, where he was
compelled to serve under the British flag. He was at the siege of Gib-
raltar, and was near the "Royal George," a ship of 1^20 guns, when
she sank with 800 men on board.
Lindsay, Captain Eleazer, — son of Ralph and Mary (Breed) Lindsay,
was born March 22, 1716-17, a descendant of Christopher, the first
to come to America. The name is spelled in many ways in the early
records .

Captain Lindsay was married in May, 1741, intention recorded
May 24, to Lydia, daughter of John and Abigail (Fuller) Farrington,
born December 30, 1721. His will, dated April 11, 1791, was probated
January 7, 1793, by his son Daniel, who was residuary legatee and
executor under the will.

Captain Lindsay was a sergeant under Captain Wilham Flint, of
Reading, in the French and Indian War, and served at Crown Point
in 1756.

The Revolutionary rolls of Massachusetts give the fact that he was
captain in a list of men belonging to Lynn, Lynnfield, and Saugus,
who served at Concord battle and elsewhere, together with the fol-
lowing record: Captain, Colonel Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's regi-
ment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; engaged May 12, 1775; serv-
ice, eighty-one days ; company later commanded by Captain Daniel

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Gallusia: also captain, list of men comprising said Lindsay and com-
])any, wlio took the oath in Middlesex County, July 6, 1775, required
by Congress to be taken by the Massachusetts army; also list dated
^lalden, August 3, 1775, of men belonging to said Lindsay's company,
Colonel Samuel Gerrish's regiment, who are credited with haWng
received certain sums of money, probably on account of advance pay.

The tradition has always been that he was cashiered for neglect of
duty, and that his son-in-law, Daniel Galeucia, who was his first lieu-
tenant, took command upon his retirement. In an Orderly Book
kept under General Washington an entry is found which bears out
the tradition. The follo\\'ing is the record: —

Headquarters, Aug. 16, 1775.
Capt. Eleazer Lindsey of Col. Gerrish's regiment, tried by a Court Martial
for absenting himself from post, which was attacked and abandoned to the en-
emy; the court, on consideration of, are of the opinion that Captain Lindsey be
discharged the service, as a person improper to sustain j

The home of Captain Lindsay was the old Lindsay house on the
Common.
Lindsey, Joseph, — son of Ralph and Abigail, was born September ^6, 1736.

Private, Captain Eleazer Lindsey's company, commanded by Lieuten-
ant Daniel Galeucia, Colonel Ruggles Woodbridge's regiment; muster-
roll dated August 1, 1775; enhsted May 29, 1775; serWce, two months,
foiu- da3's; also company return probably October, 1775; also private,
list dated Maiden, August 3, 1775, of men belonging to Captain Eleazer
Lindsey's company, Colonel Samuel Gerrish's regiment, who were
credited with having received sums of money probably on account of
advance pay; also list of men belonging to Captain Lindsey's company
who took the oath in ^Middlesex County, JuJj' 6, 1775, required by
Congress to be taken by the Massachusetts army; also private. Captain
Zadock Buffinton's company. Colonel Samuel Johnson's regiment;
enlisted August 18, 1777; discharged November 30, 1777, at Cam-
bridge; ser\-ice, three months, thirteen days, in Xorthern Department;
also hst of men raised for the six months service and returned by Brig-
adier-General Patterson as having passed muster in a return dated
Camp Totoway, October 25, 1780; also private, Captain Job Whipple's
company. Colonel Rufus Putnam's regiment; muster-roll for January,

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1781; dated West Point; enlisted July U, 1780; discharged January
1^, 1781; enlistment, six months. — Mass. Rolls.
LiNDSEY, Joseph, Jr., — son of Matthew and Anna (Breed) Lindsey, was
born in Lynn, September 28, 1757.

Private, Captain Eleazer Lindsey 's company, commanded by Lieuten-
ant Daniel Galeucia; muster-roll dated August 1, 177.5; enlisted June
1-i, 1775; service, 1 month, eighteen days; also Captain Daniel Galeu-
cia's (10th) company. Colonel Woodbridge's (25th) regiment; com-
pany return dated probably October, 1775; also list of men who took
the oath in Middlesex County, July 6, 1775, required by Congress
to be taken by the Massachusetts army; order for bounty coat dated
Maiden, October 25, 1775; also hst of men dated Maiden, August 3,
1775, belonging to Captain Eleazer Lindsay's company. Colonel Samuel
Gerrish's regiment, who are credited with ha\-ing received sums of
money probably on account of advance pay.

Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army
for the term of six months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780, returned
as received by Justin Ely, commissioner, by Brigadier-General Glover,
at Springfield, July 13, 1780; age, twenty-two years; stature, 5 ft. 5 in.;
complexion, hght; marched to camp July 13, 1780, under command
of Captain Thomas Pritchard.

Also list of men taken from Orderly Book of Colonel Israel Hutchin-
son, of the 27th regiment, dated Fort Lee, Captain Newhall's company;
reported taken prisoner at Fort Washington, November 16, 1776. —
Mass. Rolls.
Lindsey, Ralph. — A simple slate slab near the main path in the old Western
Burial Ground bears the name "Ralph Lindsey." It is without date,
and is evidently a foot-stone. Inasmuch as the other Ralph Lindsey,
sometimes called " Junior," died in Pliiladelphia in the early part of the
war, it is fair to presume that this stone indicates the grave of the Ralph
whose name appears on the muster-roll of Captain Newhall's minute
company of the 19th of April, 1775. This Ralph, son of Captain Ralph
and Abigail (Blaney) Lindsey, was born on the 9th of June, 1738;
married Mrs. Anna Burchstead, January 4, 1765, and died probably
in 1790. His home was the old Lindsey house which stood where the
Armory now stands. It was a long, low house, old-fashioned even in
Revolutionary days, for it was built in 1678. It is difficult to pick out the

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service of Ralph Lindsey in the Revolution. lie was surely one of
Captain Ezra Newhall's ooni|jany on the 19th of April, and was a cor-
poral in Captain Samuel King's company, stationed at Salem and Lynn
for the defence of the seacoast in the simimer of 1775, credited with six
months' serWce at that tinie. He was probably the Ralph given in
" a list of prisoners to be returned for British prisoners sent to Xew York
in the cartel ' Favorite ' as returned by Robert Pierpont, commissary
of prisoners, year not given; said Lindsey as seaman to be exchanged
for Richard Drake, a seaman." The rest of his serWce it is impossible
to distinguish from that of Ralph, Jr.
Lindsey, Ralph, Jr., — son of Matthew and Anna (Breed) Lindsey. was
born November 4, 1752; married Rebecca Goodwin, December 14,
1775, and died in Philadelphia about January 1, 1777. He was cousin
to Ralph and Joseph, and, although his name does not appear in the
muster-rolls of any of the companies which marched from Lynn on the
19th of April, 1775, the Massachusetts archives give Ralph Lindsey
in the list of those from Lynn who '' served at Concord Battle and else-
where." It is possible that he was in Captain Newhall's company with
his cousin Ralph. Henry Hallowell mentions the fact that Ralph
Lindsey, who was in Wasliington's army in New Jersey during the latter
part of 1776, fell sick and was carried to Philadelphia, where he was
quartered with five other Lynn men (namely, Henry Hallowell, David
Newman, Charles Florence, Stephen Coats, and Ephraim Twist), and
that his death occurred in that city probably about the first of January,
1777.

In the return of men killed and taken at Long Island, General Jede-
diah Huntington, under date of August 27. \~~(i. says " Ralf Lindsey
has been found in the hospital since." (Original document in Library
of Congress.)

Other service, which is not certainly distinguished from that of his
cousin, is as follows: —

Private, list of men returned as having served on the main guard under
Colonel L. Baldwin at Prospect Hill, dated July 16, 1775; also captain
Addison Richardson's company. Colonel ^Mansfield's regiment; order
for advance pay signed by said Lindsey and others, dated Cambridge,
June 8, 1775; also company receipt given to Captain Addison Richard-
son, for wages due to August 1, 1775, dateil Cambridge; also Captain

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Richardson's coinpaiiy, 19th regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-
Colonel Israel Hutchinson; company receipt for wages for September,
1775, dated camp at Winter Hill; also order for bounty coat or its
equivalent in money dated camp at Winter Hill, October 27, 1775.

LisH, George, — private, list of men returned as ha^^ng served on main
guard at Prospect Hill under Lieutenant-Colonel Loanimi Baldwin,
dated July 16, 1775; also Captain Addison Richardson's company.
Colonel John Mansfield's regiment; order for advance pay signed
by said Lish and others, dated Cambridge, June 14. 1775; above men
reported as ha\-ing taken the oath in Middlesex County, July 1, 1775,
required by Congress to be taken by the Massachusetts army; also
private, same company and regiment; muster-roll dated August 1,
1775; enlisted May 22, 1775; service, two months, fourteen days; also
Captain Richardson's company. Colonel Mansfield's 19th regiment,
commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson; company
receipt for wages for September, 1775, dated camp at Winter Hill;
a portion of wages reported paid master of said Lish; also company
return dated October 6, 1775; also order for bounty coat or its
equivalent in money dated camp at Winter Hill, October 27, 1775. —
Mass. Rolls.

X.UCOMB, Ar^EXANDER, — list of men belonging to Captain Lindsey's com-
pany who took the oath in Middlesex County, July 6, 1775, required
by Congress to be taken by the Massachusetts army.

Appears on a list of deserters from the 24th regiment, commanded by
Colonel John Greaton, Cajjtain Whiting's company; age, twenty-
two years; stature, 5 ft. 4 in.; complexion, dark; residence, Lynn;
reported deserted March 18, 1776. — Mass. Rolls.

Desire, wife of Alexander, warned from Danvers in 1779.

LuzGRiDGE, William, — return of men raised in Essex County for Conti-
nental service, agreeable to resolve of December 2, 1780; engaged for
the town of Lynn; engaged September 11, 1781; term three years.
Descriptive list of file in Colonel Hutchinson's Orderly Book.

Lye, Joseph, Sr. — This would appear to be the man described in the fol-
lowing extract from the muster-rolls at the State House: "Sailor,
brigantine ' Rover,' Adam Wellman master. Descriptive list of
officers and men sworn to July 30, 1780; age, thirty-eight years; stature,
5 ft. 6 in.; complexion, dark; residence, Lynn."

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Owing to tlie faulty description often given in tlie records, he may
tie older, thus making it probable that he vvas the father
of Joseph, called in the records Joseph,
born in 1759. The elder man is
:Tibed as a fisherman in his will,
d Joseph, Jr., always as a cordwainer.
Letters of administration were granted u]ion the estate of Joseph, Sr.,
July 12, 179'2, Joseph, Jr., being named as e.xecutor. His estate was
appraised at £79 \s. and 6f/., of which £6.5 was for dwelling-house
and garden adjoining.
Lye, Joseph, Jr., — .son of Joseph and Elizabeth Lye, was baptized in
Marblehead, February 4, 1759. lie was married August 19, 1787, by
Rev. Obadiah Parsons, to Anna Hart, daughter of Joseph and Eunice
(Burrill) Hart, born April 12, 1766. Their children were Elizabeth,
Anna, Joseph, Eunice, Burrill, Mary, John, Robert Gray, Sally Graves.
He was a farmer and shoemaker and lived on the corner of Mall and
North Common Streets. He died October 16, 1807, aged forty-eight,
and was buried beside the fence near Elm Street in the old Western
Burial Ground. The stone which marks his grave bears the following
inscription : —

" Thou faithful husband, tender parent, friend.
Here rest in sweet repose till time shall end:
Then wake immortal and behold the day
Which honors saints and wipes their tears away."

His wife, Anna, died October 17, 1848, aged eighty-one. and was buried
by his side. At the time of her application for a ]iension, some facts
were given concerning her husband's service as a soldier. Her own
testimony was that her husband was a private soldier in the Massachu-
setts line, and served in Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel
Mansfield's regiment, and she believed he served twenty months or
more, and that he was taken prisoner at Fort Washington. She had
often heard her husband relate his sufferings and services in the army,
and in particular the conversation which he had wth General Wash-
ington about remo\-ing some ammunition during the engagement which,
she thought he said, was at Fort Washington; that he told her he was
ill prison a long time in Xew York, and was leJea.sed on New Year's

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Day; that she thought he served eight months in the year 1775, and in
1776 he enlisted for one year. He was a native of Marblehead.

Daniel Watts testified that he had heard Joseph Lye say that our men
fired away all their ammunition at Fort Washington, and that he. Lye,
took a piece of chain from a carriage of a gun, having nothing else to
fire. That was his last shot before they surrendered, and he thought it
did good execution among the Hessians.

Micajah Burrill's testimony was that Joseph Lye told him that he
was confined on the prison-sliips, and that it was suspected that the
British poisoned many of our men.

Anna Lye was pensioned from March 4, 1843, at $40 per year. In
the administration of his estate he was described as a cordwainer, and
house, barn, and land were valued at $3,000; also ten acres in a field
bought of Daniel Witt, $1,000,— in all $4,930 real, and $506 personal.

Maiden, John, — return of men raised for the Continental service, agree-
able to resolve of December 2, 1780; engaged for the town of Lynn;
engaged April 23, 1781; term three years; age, seventeen; stature,
5 ft. 2 in.; complexion, light; hair and eyes, light.

Mansfield, Andrew^ — son of Deacon Daniel and Lydia (Newhall) Mans-
field, brother of William, was born in Lynnfield, September 21, 1757;
married March 13, 1777, by Rev. Benjamin Adams, to Jane Breed.
Children were Andrew, Jane, Lydia, Nancy, Isaac, Jacob, and Polly.
He died July 26, 1788, and his widow, Jane, was admitted to the Lynn-
field church, May 24, 1789. Her death occurred July 31, 1838. Both
are buried in the South Lynnfield cemetery.

His name appears in a " descriptive list of men raiseil to reinforce
the Continental Army, agreeable to a resolve of June 5, 1780; return
as received of Justin Ely, commissioner, by Brigadier-General John
Glover, at Springfield, July 11, 1780; age, twenty-two years; stature,
5 ft. 6 in.; complexion, dark; marched to camp July 11, 1780, under
command of Captain Webb; also list of men raised for six months'
service and returned by Brigadier-General Patterson as having passed
muster in a return dated Camp Totoway, October 25, 1780; also pay-
roll for six months' men raised by the town of Lynn for service in the
Continental Army during 1780; marched June 27, 1780; discharged
November 11, 1780; service, four months, twenty-seven days; travel,
220 miles, included."— Mass. Rolls.

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Mansfield, Andrew, — son of Andrew, was born in South Lvnnfield,
December '2, 1740, and was fifth in hne from Robert Mansfield, the
emigrant ancestor. He was married by Rev. Benjamin Adams, April
28, 1763, to Mrs. Mary Mudge, daughter of John and IMary (Waite)
Mudge, born April 2.5, 1740. Her brothers, Ezra, Enoch, Simon,

Nathan, and Samuel, all born in Lynn-

O- field, were Revolutionary soldiers. Soon

.>^o/»^<J -4(a,^^J ^^ter liis marriage he built the stately

colonial home still standing on the
road from South Lynnfield to Danvers. The house was in the former
town, but the diWding line ran through the yard, leanng him so near
Lynnfield that all liis affiliations were with that parish. He was a
farmer, and very active in town affairs. In personal appearance he was
short and stout, very nervous and energetic. It was often said that in
driving his oxen to Danvers he travelled three times the distance by walk-
ing in front of them and frequently going back to goad them on. It
is known that he early espoused the patriot cause and joined the com-
pany of Captain Bancroft. The account has already been given of his
response to the Lexington alarm. On that day he saw active ser\ice, and
was so near Daniel Townsend, when the latter was killed, that he stum-
bled over his dead body in trying to escape from his perilous position
between the flank guard and the main line of the enemy.

The children of Andrew Mansfield were Andrew, born October 26,
1764 (the son who carried him to the Gowing tavern on the 19th of
April, 1775), John, Joseph, Mary, and Daniel, and most of them lived
to a great age. Mr. Jonathan Bryant, of Lynnfield, still remembers
the old patriot (1903), and says that he used to come to meeting on
horseback, and was familiarly called "Old Field Andrew." His great-
grandson, Andrew Mansfield, is one of the present selectmen of Lynn-
field, and lives upon a portion of the land granted to his ancestors. The
old clock of Andrew Mansfield still ticks in the home of WilUam Mans-
field, of South Lynnfield. He died May 19, 1831, aged ninety-one
years, five months, and eighteen days. His wfe died August 5, 1821,
at the age of eighty-one years. Both are buried in marked graves
in the old ground at South Lynnfield. A marker of the S. A. R. was
placed at his grave in 1904.

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]\L\NSFiELD, Benjamin, — private in the Saiigus company of Captain Da^•id
Parker, was the son of Thomas and Mary (Hawkes) Mansfield, and
born in Saugus in 17-13. He was a farmer, and lived in the ancient
Mansfield house still standing. He married Mrs. Elizabeth Stocker,
May 11, 1765, and had twelve cliildren, — Samuel, Nathaniel, Benjamin,
Content, Bethia, Lydia, Benjamin, Benjamin, Amos, Sally, Betsy,
Ephraim. Served with his brothers, Samuel and Thomas, in the fight
of April 19, 1775, and died March ii, 1816. His wife died September
14, 1816. They are buried with their kin in the old burial-ground in
Saugus Centre. A marble gravestone and bronze marker of the S. A. R.
were erected to his memory in 1903.

Mansfield, Deacon Daniel, — son of Andrew and Sarah (Breed) Mans-
field, of Lynnfield, was born November 24, 1717. He was a farmer
and a man of much prominence. He lived at South Lynnfield in an old
house of which a portion is still standing. He married, August 6, 1738,
Lydia, daughter of Captain Elisha and Jane (Breed) Newhall, born
January 16, 1717. His children were
t^. . ^_^ Lydia, Andrew, Daniel, Ezra, of Jaf-

<^^^^ "^CUnlfrUlll^ '^''^y^ N.H., Elijah, William, Love,
O who married Ezekiel Newhall, Su-

sannah, LeN-i, of Rindge, N.H., and Jacob. His wife, Lydia, died of
dropsy. May 15, 1776, aged sixty-one. She is buried near him in a
marked grave in the South Lynnfield ground. He married, second,
September 21, 1777, Mrs. Ruth (Bancroft) Newhall, widow of Joseph
Newhall and daughter of John and Ruth (Newhall) Bancroft, born
January 15, 1735. She died April 30, 1796. Deacon Daniel was
treasurer of the parish in 1754, 1756, 1757, 1760, 1764, and 1782, select-
man in 1783. In 1782 he was one of the committee of the North Parish
" to agree on terms to set off sd. parish." He was chosen deacon of the
Lynnfield church, March 9, 1756. He was selectman almost continuously
from 1755 to 1775; warden in 1760 and 1782; moderator in 1769, 1770,
1773, and 1775; assessor in 1772; on the Committee of Correspondence,
Inspection, and Safety in 1776 and 1778; a delegate to the Ipswich
convention, August 22, 1774. Four days after the battle of Lexington
he was chosen one of the Committee of Safety.

He died April 2, 1797, and is buried in a marked grave in the South
Lynnfield cemetery. The old black stone is cracked and nearly fallen

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over. His sons, Daniel ami William, lie near him. A marker \v;is
placed at his grave in 1!)04.
ALvNSFiELD, Daniel, — son of Deacon Daniel and Lydia Mansfield, was
born December ^7, 1741, and died March 29, 1816. This Daniel
removed to New Ipswich, N.H., where he appears on an alarm list of
men who marched on the morning of April 20, 1775, on the news from
Lexington; service, five days. He died in New Ipswich.

There was another Daniel, brother of Samuel, born October 8, 1740;
married July 2, 1761, to Eunice Fiske. He may have been the man
whose name appears on a receipt dated Fort Washington, August 17,
1776, signed by said Mansfield and others, belonging to Captain Addi-
son Richardson's company, for wages for November and December.
1776.
^Iansfield, Ebexezer, — sergeant and corporal, was born March 14.
1724-0. and was son of Jonathan and Martha (Stocker) Mansfield.
He married Mary Norwood, October 15, 1747, and the following, at
least, were his children: Ebenezer, Tredtt, and Samuel. He married.
second, Hannah WiUiams, May 2, 1769. Of his Revolutionary ser-
\ice the Massachusetts rolls give the following: —

Corporal, Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute-men which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, fourteen days; also
same company. Colonel John Mansfield's regiment; order for advance
pay signed by said Mansfield and others, dated Cambridge, June 8,
1775; also corporal, same company and regiment; muster-roll dated
Cambridge, August 1. 1775; enUsted May 3, 1775; ser\-ice, tlu-ee months,
five days; also Captain Newhall's company. Colonel John Mansfield's
19th regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchin.son;
company return dated August 6, 1775; also order for money due in
lieu of a bounty coat dated camp at Winter Hill, November 4, 1775;
also sergeant. Captain Newhall's company.
Mansfield, Epes, — son of Robert and Mary (Newhall) Mansfield, was
born in Lynn, March 24. 1757; married January 10, 1788. by Rev.
Samuel West, to Sally Smith, daughter of Jonathan and Ruth (Hunting)
Smith, born in Needham, in that part now called Wellesley, December
13, 1760. Their children were John. Robert, Sarah, Ruth, Mary,
and Rebecca. He died in Needham. to which ]jlace he had removed
after the war, on the 9th of May. 1832. at the age of seventy-five. His
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wife died September o, 1854, aged ninety-three. During the latter
years of her Hfe slie received a small pension on account of her hus-
band's services in the war. lie was buried in the Smith family tomb
at Wellesley.

Epes Mansfield was a younger brother of Robert, who marched with
the Lynn companies on the morning of April 19, 1775. Epes was only
twenty years of age when he enlisted, two years later, in the company
of Captain Elites Greenwood, in Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of
guards, stationed in and around Boston during the presence of General
Burgoyne's captured army. He served also in Captain Simeon Brown's
company, in the same regiment, some eight months in all, or from
November 11, 1777, to July U, 1778.

AL\^xsFiELD, John, — sergeant, was probably son of Joseph and Sarah
(Stocker) Mansfield, born in Lynn, October 16, 1748. His brother
was Rufus Mansfield, captain of the 4th Lynn company of militia.
The only sernce performed by John Mansfield was on the Lexington
alarm in Captain Farrington's company, when he served five days.
Nothing further is known of him.

Mansfield, Richard, — son of Robert and Mary (Rann) Mansfield, was
born in Lynn, June 17, 1744. He was married January 7, 1768, by
Rev. John Treadwell, to EUzabeth Whittemore, born February 22,
1748, daughter of Edward Whittemore, of Salem, and died in Lynn,
April 3, 1793, lea\'ing wife and twelve children, — Joseph, Richard,
Anna, Robert, Edmund, William Perkins, Zachariah, Mary, Nabby,
Parmelia, John, and Elizabeth. His wife died April l.'J, 1836, and
both are buried in the old Western Burial Ground. A marker of the
S. A. R. and marble stone mark his grave.

The old house in which Richard Mansfield was born, built about
1666, is still standing at the corner of Moulton and Boston Streets.
He was a farmer and cordwainer, and owned much land in the \-icinity
of Games and Boston Streets. His only known Revolutionary service
was that in Captain Rufus Mansfield's 4th Lynn company, which
marched on the alarm of Ajiril 19, 177.5. His ser\ice was two days,
according to the Massachusetts rolls.
Mansfield, Robeet, — private, son of Robert and Mary (Newhall) Mans-
field, was born in 1752 in an ancient house which stood until thirty
years ago at the corner of Chestnut and Boston Streets. His father,

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Robert Mansfield, was born in Lvnn. .Inly 4, ll'^ii), and bought this
house about the time of the birth of Robert Mansfield, Jr. The latter

was a member of Captain Farrington's

. O/ company, and did duty on the 19th of

y^crij^*j>^^yf^ ^''^^^n*^ April. His name has come down

simply as one of the valiant men who
responded to the first call to arms. He was probably at home during
the rest of the war, although the records obtainable are very incom-
plete. He was married November i, 1776, by Rev. Mr. Treadwell,
to Elizabeth Nourse, sister of Private James Nourse, a soldier of the
Revolution. She was probably born in Danvers, but the record is
lacking. Their children were John, Robert, Epes, Elizabeth, James,
Matthew, and Robert. He was a regular attendant at the "Old
Bowery" meeting-house, as the following certificate, still preserved by
his grandchildren, indicates: —

"This may certify that Robert Mansfield, of Lynn, attends public worship
with the methodists of Lynn and freely contributes to the sujiport of the ministry.
Jesse Lee."

Like most of his townsmen, he was a yeoman and cordwainer. His
son Matthew married Miss Jane Goodridge, of Lynn, who is still living
(November, 1904) at the great age of one hundred and three, retaining
her faculties to a remarkable degree, and recalling the events of ninety
years ago with considerable accuracy. Her father was a soldier of
the War of 1812, and'she recalls distinctly the passing of soldiers along
the old turnpike during the second conflict with Great Britain. She
attended the funeral of Robert Mansfield, being twenty-four years
old at the time of his death, had a personal acquaintance with many of
the Revolutionary soldiers, and had heard many times the story of inde-
pendence from the lips of the venerable sur\-ivors of the conflict.

Mrs. EHzabeth Mansfield died January 18, 1821, and the death of
Robert occurred very suddenly, August 28, 1825. Both are buried
in the old Western Burial Ground, just inside the main entrance, at
the left. A marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were
erected at his grave in 1904.
Mansfield, Rufus, — cajitain, son of Joseph and Sarah (Stocker) Mans-
field, was born December 28, 1739; married September 1, 1763, by
Rev. Nathaniel Henchman, to Lydia INIerritt. His home was on

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^u4 J{a^^^(^

Waterhill Street, opposite May Street. He was not only one of the
prominent men of his time, but had the distinction of leading a com-
pany on the morning of April 19, 1775,
being captain of the -tth Lynn com-
]iany. He was a nephew of Colonel
John Mansfield, a shoemaker, and one
of the incorporators of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. His
children were Rufus, John Merritt, Joseph, and Hannah. He died
February 13, 1810, at the age of seventy, and his wfe died February 8,
1829, aged eighty-four years. Both are biu-ied in the old Western
Burial Ground, and his grave is marked by a slate stone and the marker
of the S. A. R.

Additional serxice in the war is also given in the Massachusetts rolls,
as follows: Captain, 8th com|)any, 1st Essex County regiment of Mas-
sachusetts militia; list of officers chosen in said regiment, as returned
by Lieutenant-Colonel Flagg and "^d Major Da^^d Parker, dated
Lynn, April 24, 1776; ordered in Council, April 26, 1776, that said
officers be commissioned; commissioned April 26, 1776.
Mansfield, Samuel, — corporal, was born in Saugus in 1750. He was
son of Thomas Mansfield, who owned the water priWlege at the " cinder
banks," where the iron-works formerly stood. He there had a grist-
mill and a fulling-mill. His line back to the emigrant ancestor was
Samuel^, Daniel*, Daniel^, Andrew^, Robert.i He was a member of
Captain Da\id Parker's Saugus com-
/> / *f^ pany, and his brothers, Benjamin and

iff^^TiU^L. '^'^^p^ACa Thomas, were with him in the Lexing-
ton fight. Their home at the time
was in a venerable house still standing in Saugus Centre. Its immense
chimney and overhanging gable proclaim it one of the oldest houses in
Lynn and contemporary with the Boardman house. At the time of the
alarm Samuel Mansfield was "keeping company" with Rachel Roby,
born June 2, 1753, daughter of Parson Roby, and on December 10, 1775,
he was married to her by her father. He followed the business of a
housewright, but nothing more is known of him. His children were
Lucy, Lydia, and Joseph. He died in Saugus, March 1, 1809, aged
fifty-nine, and his ^^^fe, Rachel, died May 21 of the same year, aged
fifty-six. His estate was valued at over $3,000. He is buried with

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his wife in the old cemetery in Saugus Centre, and their graves are
marked by slate stones pro\ided by his executor. On his gravestone is
the inscription, " I must go to him, but he will not return to me." Upon
hers, "It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth to him good." In 1903
a marker of the S. A. R. was placed at his grave.

Mansfield, Samuel, — private, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Benjamin)
Mansfield, was born at Waltham, December i-2, 1750. He was mar-
ried March iO, 1770, by Rev. Benjamin Adams, to Hepzibah Williams,
of Lynnfield, daughter of William and Tabitha Williams, born July 7,
1751. He was at this time "of Reading," but both owned the covenant
of the Second Parish Church, October 22, 1775. Mr. :Mansfield served
at the Lexington alarm in Captain Nathaniel Bancroft's Lynnfield
company, and drew liis pay for two days' service. He removed to
Henniker, N.H., during the Revolution, where September 23. 1783,
he was chosen " To Tune the Psalm in PubUck Exercises." He after-
wards moved to Brownfield, Me., where he died, October 5, 1828. He
is buried in the cemetery at East Brownfield, where a slate stone marks
his grave.

Mansfield, S.oiuel, — son of Ebenezer, was born in Lynn, April 30, 1758;

married March 26, 1789, Mary Rhodes, daughter of Ignatius and

Sarah (Merriam) Rhodes, born August 24, 1764. She had four

brothers in the Revolution. He died November 18, 1837, and his widow,

who died May 17, 1842, was pensioned at the rate of $33.33 per year.

He had been pensioned preWously,

y / yjy / on the 14th of August, 1832, when he

^.A„.yxyU^ i//[a^,^/^^ appeared (at the age of seventy-four)

and deposed that in September, 1775,

he enlisted in Captain King's company for seacoast defence; in 1777

he served two months in September and October, guarding stores; was

in service in Boston when Burgoyne surrendered, and he joined in the

general rejoicings. He remembered standing sentinel at the quarters

of General Heath, in Boston, at that time. He served two months in

Rhode Island in 1778, under Captain Cox and Harris Chadwell, and

was with the boats which brought off the Americans under General

Sullivan. He said that the first night the provisions were carried to

Tiverton, and the next night the troops were landed by the boats;

that all was haste and bustle; but that he saw General Lafayette he

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had no doubt. Henry Hallowell and Harris Chadwell testified to the
truth of his statements. He was pensioned from March 4, 1831, at
$33.33 per year, with $49.49 back pay. The aged WilHam Hudson,
h^dng in 1903, remembered Samuel Mansfield well, and said that he
was a tailor who lived for many years in the old house opposite the
Lynn Hospital, now known as the Reynolds house. His shop was
near the corner of North Frankhn and Boston Streets, and across the
street was the home of Captain AVilliam Farrington. The frame of
the Mansfield house was being raised on the morning of the battle of
Lexington, and Ebenezer, the owner, father of Samuel, was a corporal
in Captain Ezra Newhall's company, and marched away, ^ith most
of his neighbors, on the alarm. Samuel, although he did not go with
his father, remembered and often related to Mr. Hudson the fact of
seeing the Danvers men come over the old Boston road on the way
to the fight, and that he particularly noticed the pecuhar stockings
of one of the men. This man was one of those slain that day, and
Samuel Mansfield saw him with four others brought back o\er the
road in a cart.

The house which became Samuel Mansfield's home was finally
sold, and he moved into the old house still standing just beyond, to the
east, and in the latter house he died. Mr. Hudson spent the last night
with him before his death. Samuel Mansfield was a tall, very plain,
even homely man, with face smooth-shaven and in his later years wrin-
kled with age. His hair was invariably worn in a queue. One of
his fingers became stiff in later life, and Mr. Hudson said that it was
painful to see the old man try to sew with his finger out straight. He
finally gave up his work as a tailor, and earned a small pittance at the
popular trade of shoemaking.
Mansfield, Thomas, — private, son of Thomas and Mary (Hawkes) Mans-
field, was born in Saugus, August 25, 1761. His home was in the
ancient Mansfield house, still standing. On the morning of April
19, 1775, he went with his two brothers,
^. . ._ Q — ' Benjamin and Samuel, to the meeting-

VA«^A^ ..yfU*.^*^:*^ p,^^^ ^f jjj^ minute-men in Saugus,
and marched with the company. He
was at this time but tliirteen years of age, and was one of the youngest,
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suininer of 1778 the captured army of General Burgoyne was en-
camped at Cambridge. On the 13th of July Thomas Mansfield en-
listed in Captain Samuel Huse's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's
regiment of guards, and was assigned to guard duty over the convention
troops. He remained until after they had been sent to Charlottesville,
Va., and was discharged on the 14th of December of that year. In the
fall of 1779 a call came for men to reinforce the northern army, under
General Washington, and young Mansfield enlisted in the company of
Captain Addison Richardson, of Salem, in Colonel Jacob Gerrish's
regiment, which was detached from the Essex County miUtia to march
to New York State. He left Lynn October 18, 1779, and marched to
Claverack, N.Y., and was discharged there, November '22, the alarm
being over. He was allowed for 240 miles' travel back to Lynn, where
lie arrived about December 1 .

Thomas Mansfield married Hannah Brown, May 26, 1786, daughter
of Ephraim, born 1755. Their children were Mary, Sarah, and Thomas.
He died July 16, 1821, and his wife died November 28, 1832, aged
seventy-iive. They are buried in the old ground at Saugus Centre,
wliere gravestones have been erected. The epitaph on his stone is, —

" But though his breathless body lies

Consigned to dust and food for worms.
Yet Christ shall call him from the skies.
All glorious in celestial form."

M.\.NSFIELD, William, — private, son of Deacon Daniel and Lydia (Newhall)
Mansfield, was born in South Lynnfield, May 20, 1749. He was mar-
ried by Rev. Benjamin Adams, May 31, 1770, to Betty Townsend, born
1750, probably daughter of Deacon Daniel Townsend, and sister of
Lieutenant Thomas and Daniel, of the Lynnfield company. William
Mansfield was a farmer, and lived on

'liyiffl^i ynAyny^ff/'^fY^^^''' "-"'^d from Montrose to what is
^^ CZj^%iy now the Lynnfield Hotel. On the 19th

of A])ril, 1775, he responded to the call
to arms, and went with his neighbors in the company of Captain
Bancroft. He enlisted, May 16, in the company of Captain Enoch
Putnam, of Danvers, Colonel John Mansfield's 19th regiment. He
was in camp with his company during the fall and winter of 1775-76,
and received an order for a hoiiiity coat. .Vpril 22, 177(i. having en-

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listed for eight months. It is very probable that he served later, for
several records appear which might be his; but, as no residence is in-
dicated on the muster-rolls, no statement can be made.

His children were Betty, William, Lydia, Sarah, Polly, Levi, Bethia,
Elijah, Dorcas, and Timnah. He and his wife were admitted as mem-
bers of the Lynnfield church, February li, 1786. He was a well-
known figure in Lynnfield in the olden days, was familiarly known as
"Uncle Bill," and signed his name as " Wilhamsfield." He died in
Lynnfield, September 28, 1809, aged sixty, and his wife died March
.'30, 1808, aged fifty-eight. They are interred in the old cemetery at
South Lynnfield, where they he side by side in graves marked with
slate stones. His gravestone indicates that he died November '28.
but this is e\-idently an error, inasmuch as his will was probated October
17, 1809. His estate consisted of a farm of one hundred and seventeen
acres at Rindge, N.H., which he gave to his son Ltevi. His homestead
in South Lynnfield consisted of one hundred acres, dwelling and barn,
together with one hundred and nineteen acres of other land, amount-
ing in all to $13,102, — a goodly sum in those days. His tall clock
was appraised at $45. It is still ticking in the home of Benjamin S.
Skinner, of Lynn, who married his grand-daughter. It was previously
owned by Rev. Joseph Mottey, of Lynnfield.
;\L\HBLE, James, — was a private in Captain Parker's Saugus company,
and saw service with it on the 19th of April, 1775, No record has been
found of his birth or death, but he was married February 19, 1776.
by Rev. Mr. Roby to Mary Hutchinson, daughter of Nathaniel and
Catherine Hutchinson. Her brothers, Nathaniel and Thomas, were
also in Captain Parker's company. When the call for men came to
repulse the advance of General Burgoyne, Mr. Marble enlisted, August
1.5, 1777, to the credit of the town of Lynn. He was assigned to Cap-
tain Zadock Buffinton's Salem company, Colonel Samuel Johnson's
regiment, and marched with his company to the northward. He was
present and no doubt did good service at the battles of Stillwater and
Saratoga, and was present at the capture of Burgoyne. He was then
detailed with others to act as guard to the British prisoners, and marched
with them to Cambridge, where he was discharged, November 10.
1777, having served three months and sixteen days. Elsewhere, under
the name of James Marvel, further service is indicated which may

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belong to him. On the church records his name ajapears as INIarble,
but Marvel is the name signed to a receipt for advance pay in the state
archives. Both names were foreign to Lynn, but it is probable that
the two belonged to the same man.

INIarshall, Benjamin, — descriptive list of the officers and crew of the ship
"Thomas," commanded by Captain Samuel Ingersoll, dated Salem,
August 7, 1780; age, twenty-four years; complexion, light; residence,
Lynn. — Mass. Rolls.

Martix, Domingo, — receipt dated Boston, June '•21, 178'2, signed by John
Popkin, muster-master, stating that he had received said Martin of
Joseph Hart and Frederick Breed, constables of Lynn, to serve in the
Continental Army for the term of three years, "for the people called
Quakers." — Mass. Rolls.

Martin, Jesse,— private, Captain Stephen Wilkins's company. Colonel
Wigglesworth's regiment; pay abstract for travel allowance from Albany
home sworn to June 15, 1777; 210 miles allowed said Martin.— Mass.
Rolls.

Martin, Josiah. — Mr. Lewis in his liistory thus speaks of Josiah Martin:
" In some respects an eccentric and unworthy man, he was the imme-
diate predecessor of Landlord Newhall in the old Saugus tavern, hav-
ing married the wife of Zaccheus Norwood. He appeared in town
about the year 1760, and is supposed to have been an English advent-
urer. At times he assumed great polish of manner and made preten-
sion to extraordinary piety; and at other times he exhibited the char-
acteristics and breeding of a gross \-illain. He was famous for indulging
in practical jokes as well as witticisms, and in whimsical displays of
every kind, with the only apparent object of eliciting the gaze of his
neighbors. He is said among other feats to have ridden two miles in
a double sleigh, with a span of horses, the dust fixing and the runners
grating horribly, and striking fire at every step, with his wife a forced
passenger at his side. He enlisted for the war, and never returned to
Lynn."

His patriotism seems to have been of somewhat doubtful character,
as would appear from the following which was sent to the selectmen
of Lynn: —

"Whereas, Josiah Martin has. under £;uard. been brought before tliis com-
mittee (Council of War) to be inquired of toucliin},' conduct respecting his ap-

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pearing in favor of carrying into execution the tyrannical designs of administration
for the ensla\'ing of this province, upon examination of the evidence produced,
Resolved that the said Martin's conduct, in some instances, has been unfriendly
to this country, and that so long as he evhices this disposition, by his conduct,
and does not any more attempt to go into the town of Boston, that he be received
with the favor of his countrymen and that no insult or injury be offered him or
his property."

The following was sent by the Committee of Correspondence in
Lynn to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety: —

Lynn, May 16. 1775.
Gentlemen:— The bearer. Captain Barker, will bring before your Honour,
Mr. Josiah Martin, as a person whom we have considered to have acted as an
enemy to the Province, and have sent the evidences that appear against him.

John Mansfield, Chairman.

Evidences names: Harthorn Ramsdell, John Bancroft, James Bancroft.
Josiah Martin to the Committee of Safety: —

Cambhidge, May 11, 1775.
Gentlemen of the Committee of Safety:

I was sent from Lynn by a guard of soldiers to be examined, and am sorry
that myself or any other faithful and loyal subject to his country should be treated
as I am. Methinks it would give a check to the spirit of an Alexander.
Humanity is the least we may expect of one another.

Your true and loj'al Whig,

JoSI.\H M.4ETIN.

He appears as a private on the muster-roll of Captain Abraham
Dodge's Ipswich company, Colonel Moses Little's 12th regiment;
enlisted March 10, 1776; discharged April 24, 1776; service, one month,
fourteen days; residence, Lynn. — Mass. Rolls.

One of the petitioners to the General Court, May 26, 1773, that
Saugus be set off from the First Parish, was Josiah Martin. The
wife, Lydia, to whom he was married by Rev. Mr. Roby, May 20, 1763,
was Lydia Burriage, widow of Zaccheus Norwood. She was born
November 25, 1723, daughter of John and Mehitable Burriage, and
sister of Deacon John, who was born November 23, 1730.
Massay, Benjamin,— son of Benjamin and Sarah (Hart) Massay, was
born July 18, 1762; married Susannah Quiner, February 20, 1785,
daughter of John and Priscilla (Williams) Quiner, born July 2, 1761.
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lie was ii bliuksmitli, and hail his sliop at tlie corner of Federal Street

ami Western Avenue, where tiie drug store of C. S. Bird now stands.

He lived in the east half of the old

/Vey^^,/ ^ 'fH'^^^a^ — \ ''°"-^e which stood at the corner of

^'' ^U ^ :\Ioiilton and Boston Streets. His

ihildren were Benjamin, born 1786.

Susannah, Friscilla, Samuel, Sarah, Jane, and Nathaniel. His will

was filed April ii, 1806, and mentions his wife, Susannah, and son.

Benjamin, to whom he gave $100 when he should arrive at the age

of twenty-one years. His wife died January 18, 184i, in Ro.xbury.

Both are buried in the old Western Burial Ground. The grave pointed

out by the grandson, S. Oliver Breed, is now marked by a marble stone

and marker of the S. A. R.

The Revolutionary record is given as follows: Private, ('aj)tain Addi-
son Richardson's company. Colonel Wade's detachment of Esse-\ County
militia, enlisted July \i, 1780; discharged October 10, 1780; service,
three months, eleven days, including twelve days' travel home.
McDonald, Donald, — died at the almshouse, October 3, 1830, aged
one hundred and eight. He was in the British ser\-ice at the taking of
Quebec in 1759, with Braddick at his defeat, and was one of the few
whom Washington, then a major, conducted from the field. He served
several years under General Greene. — Lynn Record.
Meachem, Isaac, — son of Isaac and Lydia (Layton) Meachem, was born
in 17'-26; married October ^29, 1751, by Rev. Mr. Henchman, to Ruth
Bunnell, daughter of David and Keziah (Ramsdell) Dunnell, born
December 31, 173'-2. Their children were Lydia, Susannah, John,
Isaac, and William. He died suddenly of an attack of pleurisy, Novem-
ber G, 1794, aged sixty-eight, and his wife died December 15, 1814,
aged eighty-four, according to the Lynn records, which does not quite
correspond with the date of her birth recorded also in the Lynn records.
If these dates are correct, she was eighty-two at the time of her death.
Both are buried in the old Western Burial Ground, and their graves
are marked.

Isaac Meachem served in the French and Indian War as well as in

the War for Independence. His record in the latter is as follows:

Private, Captain Rufus Mansfield's company of militia, which marched

on the alarm of .\pril 19, 1775. to Concord; service, two davs: also

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Captain Simeon Brown's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrisli's regiment of
guards; service from July 'i to July 1'2, 1778, ten days; roll dated
camp at Winter Hill; also Captain Samuel Huse's company. Colonel
Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards; enlisted July 13, 1778; discharged
December 14, 1778; service, five months, three days, at Cambridge. —
Mass. Rolls.

Me.^d, Bexj.«iix, — son of Benjamin and Susannah (Thompson) Mead,
was born in Woburn, January 29, 1723. Was assessed in Lynnfield,
as was also John Mead, in 1758. His name appears as follows in the
records of the Revolution: —

List of men raised in Essex County for the term of nine months from
the time of their arrival in Fishkill, returned as received of Jonathan
Warner, commissioner, by Brigadier-General John Glover, at Fort
Arnold, July 8, 1778; residence, Lynn; arrived at Fishkill, July 4, 1778;
also list of men returned as mustered by Henry Rutgers, Jr., deputy
muster-master, dated Fishkill, August 1, 1778; engaged for the town
of Lynn; also Captain Ezra Newhall's company. Colonel Mansfield's
regiment; order for advance pay signed by said Mead and others,
dated Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also order for bounty coat or its equiva-
lent in money dated camp at Winter Hill, November 4, 1775; also
Captain Miles Greenwood's company. Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regi-
ment of guards; enlisted November 11, 1777; service to April 3, 1778,
four months, twenty-three days; rolls dated camp at Winter Hill. —
Mass. Rolls, under name of Mard, Mead, and Meads.

Private, Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute-men which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, seventeen days; also
Captain Ezra Newhall's company. Colonel Mansfield's regiment, com-
manded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson; company return
dated October 6, 1775; also private, Captain Ezra Newhall's company,
Colonel John Mansfield's regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775;
enhsted May 6, 1775; .service, three months, two days. — Mass. Rolls.

Mead, John, — probably nephew of the above Benjamin, was born in 175-1;
married by Rev. Mr. Roby, according to the Saugus church records, July
;$, 1782, and according to the Lynn records July 9, 1781, to Rebecca
Sherman, daughter of Nathaniel and Rebecca Sherman. He died
May 2, 1817, aged sixty-three years. He was assessed in Lynnfield
in 1758. His service in the Revolution began when he marched as a

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private in Captain Ezra XewhalTs company of minute-men on the
19th of April, 1775. He is credited with seventeen days" service at
that time. On the 10th of May of the same year he enhsted, and
served two months; in August he was a corporal in Colonel Mansfield's
regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson; in
October he was given an order for a bounty coat or its equivalent in
money for having enlisted for eight months. During 1780 and 1781
he was in ser\-ice much of the time on the Hudson, and in February,
178-2, he was discharged on account of his having been reheved by
another man. In a descriptive list of July 11, 1780, his age is given
as twenty-seven years, his stature as five feet, ten inches, and his com-
plexion dark.

Melz.vrd, Captain John, — was born in Marblehead and died in Lynn. He
is buried in the Eastern Burial Ground, at the top of the hill, near
the rear fence, beside liis daughter, Hannah Russell. He was one of
Wasliington's body-guard, serWng at the battles of Trenton and Valley
Forge. He was one of the crew that brought General Lafayette to
America, and one of the boat's crew that rowed him from the \'essel
to the shore.

The date of his death given in the Lynn records, is May 4, 183-t.

MouLTON, EzEKiEL, — SOU of Joseph and Sarah (Little ?) Moulton, born
Xovember 17, 1740, was of the fifth generation from Robert Moulton,
who came from England to Salem village in 16-29, in the ship "George
Bonaventure," one of the first sent over to Governor Endicott with
settlers and suppUes. Joseph Moulton, grandson of Robert, was the
father of Ezekiel and Ezra. Joseph
// . purchased land in the rear of the city

j,^ tZ/^^^'^hy^ farm in 1733, and took up his residence
there. Ezekiel received quitclaim
deeds from the other heirs, October 6, 1766. He occupied the prem-
ises while he lived, pursuing the occupation of shoemaking, as his father
had done before him. He was married November -2, 1771, to Cather-
ine Hudson, who was born in the old Hudson house on Boston Street,
on the westerly side of Tower Hill. Their ten children were Joseph,
Solomon, Ezekiel, Mary, Catherine, Moses, John Lilley (buried in
marked grave in the old Western), Moses, Aaron, Solomon. Ezekiel
Moulton died November -23, 1810. and his wife died January 1, 1833.

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They are without doubt buried near John Lilley, their son, in the old
Western Ground. There his grave is indicated by a marble stone and
marker of the S. A. R. The only Revolutionary record found is that
of April 19, 1775, when he marched on the Lexington alarm in the
company of Captain Rufus Mansfield. Ser\'ice, two days.
MouLTON, Ezra, — son of Joseph and Sarah (Little?) Moulton, was born
on the old homestead at the rear of the city farm, January '•25, 1730.
He was married by Rev. Mr. Henchman, July ii, 1751, to Deborah
Johnson, and died April 19, 1816. Buried in the old Western Burial
Ground. He was in the regiment with Henry Hallowell, and was
eWdently in the campaign which resulted in the capture of General
Burgoyne. The Massachusetts rolls contain the following under
his name: —

Appears in a descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental
Army for the term of six months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780;
age, fifty-one years; height, 5 ft. 9 in.; complex-ion, ruddy; residence,
Lynn; arrived at Springfield July 13, 1780; marched to camp same day
under command of Captain Thomas Pritchard; also on list of six
months' men raised by Lynn in 1780; marched June 27, 1780; dis-
charged December 5, 1780; serxice, five months, twenty-five days, in-
cluding '2'20 miles' travel home.
MuDGE, Enoch, — private, son of John and Mary (Waite) Mudge, was
born in Lynnfield, August 1, 1754, to which place his father had re-
moved from Maiden after the birth of his son Simon. John Mudge
died in Lynnfield, of " numb palsey," November 26, 1762, aged forty-
nine. He had eight children, seven sons and one daughter. Samuel,

the eldest, born March 22, 1739,
^ • yy / served in the French and Indian War

CrvC<^hCf) ^^iA.i-CU^.t— „„der Lord Amherst, and was killed

in Canada in 1758; Mary, born April
20, 1740, married Andrew Mansfield, who was a Revolutionary soldier;
John, born December 3, 1743, served in the Revolution from Vermont;
Simon, born April 8, 1748, enlisted from Danvers; Ezra, born April
7, 1752, was in the army from Deerfield; Enoch, the subject of this
sketch, Nathan, born September 21, 1756, and Samuel, born February 1,
1759, all served in the War for Independence to the credit of the town
of Lynn. These were all descended from Thomas Mudge, who was in

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Maiden as early as l(i.>r. James, the son of Thomas and ^'reat-grand-
father of these children, was a soldier in Captain Lothrop's ooui|)an.v.
■'the flower of Essex," and was killed at Bloody Brook, South Deer-
field, September 18, 1675, during King Philip's War. The record of
this family was not excelled in Lynn, and the patriotic spirit of the
times was well upheld in this sturdy New England home where every
son was in the ser\ice of his country.

Enoch kludge was married by Rev. Mr. Treadwell, January (>,
1773, to Lydia Ingalls, daughter of John and Abigail (Stocker) Ingalls.
born in Lynn, !May -H. 17o6. Slie was a direct descendant of Edniimd
Ingalls, the first settler of Lynn. Enoch Mudge Avas a member of
Captain Farrington's company, and performed active service on the
memorable 19th of April. While his name does not appear on the
muster-rolls later, it is probable that he was present during the siege
of Boston and entered the town upon its evacuation by the British.
In later years he often spoke with mucli pride of liaWng stood as sen-
tinel at the door of General Washington's headquarters.

He was a farmer and shoemaker, hWng on South Common Street,
near Vine. His children were John, Enoch, Joseph, Lydia, Samuel,
James, Benjamin, Sally, Patty, Daniel, Daniel Lee, Polly, .\bigail, and
Wesley. Enoch, born June -IS. 177(i, became the first native Metho-
dist preacher in Xew England. Captain Joseph, born March '2'i, 1778,
was prominent in the War of ISl'i. He fitted out the privateer "In-
dustry," of Lynn, and brought in two brigs and one sloo]) as prizes.
It is said that the live oak used in the Quaker meeting-house was
part of the cargo of one of these vessels. He was afterward com-
mander of the privateer " Gov. Plumer," of Portsmouth, and, after
capturing several vessels, was himself captured and setit to Halifax.
Benjamin, born September 1, 1786, was postmaster of Lynn from IS4.!
to 1849.

Enoch Mudge, Sr., and his wife were among the very early menilicrs
of the First Methodist Church, and in 18->0 their .son, Rev. Enoch,
became its pastor. ^Ir. Mudge was a man of commanding presence,
being over six feet in height. He was liighly respected by his fellow-
citizens, and his descendants to-day are among the very best of Lynn's
people. He died in Lynn, January ;?0, 18;5'2, aged .seventy-.seven years.
His wife died April '2.5, 1833, aged .seventy-six. They are interred in

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the Mudge tomb in the old Western IJurial (innnul. A niarljle stone

and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected to his memory in 1904.

Mudge, NATHAN,^son of John and Mary (Waite) Mudge, was born in

Lynnfield, Mass., September '•21, 17.57; died in Lynn, February 8,

1831, aged seventy-four years, four

months, and seventeen days. He was

^^/-/^^Z ^YiVlM^- ,, f«r„er, and lived and died much

respected. A notice taken from a

paper of the day is as follows: —

" Died, in this town, on Monday morning last, Mr. Nathan Mudge,
in the 75th year of his age.

"This good man, full of years, and mature in virtue, like an ear of
corn, perfectly ripe, has descended to the earth whence he rose, and
his spirit has gone to God who gave it.

'Dust unto dust.

To this all must!
The tenent hath resigned

The faded form

To earth and worm ;
Corruption claims its kind.'

■' For many years the inhabitants of this town have remarked him
as an industrious and peaceable man, a good citizen, a faithful hus-
band, a kind father, and a friendly neighbor. The church of which
he was a member, esteemed him an humble follower of Him who was
meek and lowly; and though the time had come when, having fulfilled
the allotted space of man, his threescore years and ten, it was natural
to look for decay, yet he went not down to the grave without many
tears, and the mourning of numerous friends, who had respected him
through life. In the arduous struggle for our country to obtain Inde-
pendence, he faithfully sustained the portion of the toil allotted liim.
He was for some time a soldier in the army of the Revolution; and
when he left it, it was to return to the peaceable abode of industry.
During the long period which has elapsed since that time, it may perhaps
be said of him wth perfect truth, that he injured no one. He went
to his long repose in peace, without an enemy, and with the character
of an upright, honest man."

He served in the Revolution in Captain Simon Brown's company.

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Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, at Winter Hill from April 'i to July
3, 1778. His name also appears in the Ticonderoga rolls.

He was married, first, by Rev. John Treadwell, to Hannah Ingalls,
October 30, 1777. She was the daughter of John and Sarah Ingalls,
born June 1'2, 1758, died of small-pox, December 19, 1792, at the age
of thirty-four. Children, Nathan, Ezra, John. Mary, Samuel, Hannah,
and Joseph. He married, second, Widow Elizabeth Burrill, July ii,
1794. She was the widow of Shubael Burrill, born July 16, 1765;
died August '28, 1848, at the age of eighty-tliree. Her diildren were
Joseph, Enoch, Hepzibah, Simon. Hepzibah B., Lydia. Shubael, Ann
Alden, and Caroline.

Hon. Ezra, son of Nathan and Hannah, born April 10, 1780, was a
representative sixteen years, and captain of a Lynn artillery company
in 1813. Captain Samuel, born May 15, 1787, was captain of an
Essex company of drafted miUtia, at Winter Island, Salem, 1814.

MuDGE, Samuel, — was the ninth son of John and Mary O^aite) Mudge,
born February 1, 1759. He served as a soldier in the Revolution, from
Lynn, wth the following record: "In Capt. Joseph Hiller's co.
Col. Jonathan Titcomb's regt, at Pro\-idence, roll dated July 6, 1777.
Served from July 11, to Aug. 11, three days being allowed to go home;
two mos. 6 days time." His name appears on the Ticonderoga rolls
and among the names of men of Lynn, Lynnfield, and Saugus who
"served at Concord battle and elsewhere."

Samuel Mudge died in Lynn January ■id, 1785, of consumption con-
tracted in the ser^■ice. His age was twenty-five years, eleven months,
twenty-nine days. Enoch, Nathan, and Samuel were brothers, with
but five years' difference in their ages, who served from the town of
Lynn. Their eldest brother, also named Samuel, served in the French
and Indian War under Lord Amherst, and was killed in Canada in
1758, aged only nineteen years. The other brothers, John, Simon,
and Ezra, also served in the Revolution, John from Vermont, Simon
from Danvers, and Ezra from Deerfield. Such a record vrill hardly
be equalled among the families of Lynn.

MuLLEX, J.vMEs, — a Ncw Hampshire soldier of the Revolution, died at the
home of his son James, on Whiting Street, June 21, 1841, aged eighty-
one, and was buried in the old Western Burial Ground. A stone and
marker were erected in 190.'?. He was a private in Captain Nathan

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Brown's company. Colonel Perse Long's regiment, at Newcastle, from
time of taking out of orders, December 7, 1776; ser\ice from September
19, 1776, seventy-eight days; residence, Newcastle; also roll from
December, 1776, to January 7, 1777; also appears on a pay-roll with
signature; also on pay-roll of a part of Captain Nathan Brown's com-
pany. Colonel Long's regiment, who are fit to march to Ticonderoga,
from January 7 to February 7, 1777.

He was discharged at Stillwater. September, 1777, by General Arnold.
Late in Kfe he was granted a pension.

MuNROE, Timothy, — son of George Munroe, Jr., and Sarah Phipps, of
Lexington, was born in Lexington; baptized April ^20, 1733. His name
does not appear in the Lynnfield records until February 18, 1775, when
he was elected tax collector for the parish. He lived in South Lynn-
field in a roomy old house, still standing on the Wakefield road. He
was one of the most influential men
,*— ^ ' ^ jT7i7, y^^ ;>"J o"e of the largest tax-payers in

OTz-P^nc/i^ /^.^i^^^^tH,, p,,t „f ti,, town. His home was

but a short distance below that of
Daniel Townsend, who lived on the main road from South Lynnfield to
Lynnfield Centre. On the alarm of April 19 he joined Mr. Townsend,
and together they went to the Gowing tavern, whence they marched with
Captain Bancroft's company. They arrived at Menotomy some time
about noon, and awaited the coming of the regulars, who had passed up
the highway in the morning on the way to Concord and Lex-ington. The
story of ]\Ir. Munroe's experiences on that eventful day has already
been told. He was wounded in the action, but kept fighting until the
last of the British had disappeared. He returned home that night with
his neighbors, bearing the body of his friend and companion, Daniel
Townsend, who had been killed by his side. In the following spring he
appealed to the General Court for relief as a wounded soldier, and on
March 22 a resolve was passed allowing him the sum of nine pounds
to be paid out of the Provincial treasury, "in full for doctoring and
nursing."

During his absence on the 19th of April it is said that his house was
entered by marauders and a sum of money stolen. He was a constable
in 1775, surveyor of highways in 1777, and selectman in 1784, 1785,
and 1792.

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His witV was Lydia. Init no reooni of liis iiiarriajj;f lia.s been fouiul.
During the latter ])art of his life he went to live with his son, Tiniothv
Munroe, Jr., whose home was at the corner of Market and Munroe
Streets, Lynn, where the Clapi) Block now stands. P'roni Tiniothv.
Jr., Monroe Street received its name. Timothy Munroe, Jr., was a
carpenter, and his work may be .seen in many of the old buildings of
Lynn, notably the old Lynn Academy building, now standing at the
corner of Centre Street and Western Avenue.

The grandson of the Revolutionary sergeant, Timothy Monroe, was
Colonel Timothy iNIunroe. who went oiit with the first Lynn volun-
teers in the Civil War.

Timothy Munroe, the Revolutionary \eteran, died March 1, 1808, aged
seventy-two, at the home of liis son, in the house now standing at the
corner of W'hiting Street and Western Avenue. Lydia, his wife, died
September 10 of the same year, aged forty. They are buried in the
old Western Burial Ground, and his grave was marked in 190;? by a
marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R.
Xkedhasi, Daniel, — son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Moulton) Needham,
was born in Danvers, December 10, 1760, and lived there until 179'-2,
when he removed to Lynnfield. He was married by Rev. i\Ir. Holt,
of Danvers, October '■2'2, 1783, to Ede Flint, daughter of Samuel and
Ede (L'pton) Flint. Her father was killed at the head of his company
at the battle of Stillwater, October 7,
/'~'s/' . /^ y yXlll. When Daniel Needham moved

^(^.^Vi^aJ o^Jur^^C^^yyU^ t„ Lynnfield, he settled on the then
Townsend farm, and about 1800 built
the large house still standing on Chestnut Street. He had two children,
Da\-id and Caroline. Da^^d was killed by one Parker, April '25, 1827.
Daniel Needham has been described as a very pleasant, very stout
old man, who was a justice of the peace and always called " Squire
Needham." He died February 16, 1844, aged eighty-three, and his
wife died of a fall, April :27, 1840. Both are buried in the West Grou7id,
Lynnfield Centre. In his application which was allowed April 6, 18;53.
he said that he enlisted as a substitute for one Symonds, in the fall of
1777, in Captain Proctor's company. Colonel Gerrish's regiment, and
served five months. In March, 1778, he enlisted in Captain Bodwell's
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entreaty of liis officers consented to remain ten days longer. He was a
sergeant, and all of the above time was spent in guarding Burgoyne's
troops at Cambridge. In 1779 he enlisted as a corporal and then as
sergeant, and served six months in Captain Putnam's company .'Colo-
nel N. Tyler's regiment, and was in the campaign in Rhode Island.
In 1780 he enlisted for, and served another term of, three months in
Captain Peabody's company. Colonel Wade's regiment, and served at
West Point. He was pensioned at $78.33 per year, beginning March i,
1831, and received $156.66 back pay. The record found on the
Massachusetts rolls agrees with the above record found in the Pension
Office.
Xewhall, Aaron, — private, son of Captain Benjamin and Elizabeth
(Fowle) Newhall, was born in Lynn, March '26, 1740. His father's
liome was upon the north side of the Town Common, and his title was
acquired in the French and Indian War, in which he served as captain.
Aaron Newhall was fifth in line from the first Thomas Newhall. He
was married by Rev. Mr. Henchman, December 1, 1768, to Mrs. Mary
Perkins, and had one child, Aaron. He was a yeoman and cordwainer.
On April 19, 1775, he served as a private in Captain Farrington's com-
pany. On April 26, 1776, he was commissioned first lieutenant in
Captain Joseph Stocker's 4th company, 1st Essex County regiment of
niihtia, and a return to that effect is on file, signed Colonel John Flagg
and Major David Parker. This regiment was not ordered into active
ser\-ice, although portions of it were from time to time sent to strengthen
the Continental Army. While Lieutenant Newhall undoubtedly did
guard duty, it is not known whether he saw active service after the Lex-
ington alarm. His only ser^^ce in the town was as warden in 1776 and
1783. He died June '28, 1811, and is buried in the old Western Burial
Ground in Lynn. His estate consisted of a dwelling-house, barn, shop,
and nine acres of land, amounting in all to $4,905. Mr. Newhall's
two sisters, Susanna and Elizabeth, married, respectively, Thomas
Stocker and Henry Burchstead, Revolutionary soldiers.

A marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected at his

grave in 1904.

Newhall, Allen, — son of Daniel and Mary (Breed) Newhall, was born

in 1726, and died September 27, 1781. He married Love Breed,

March 29, 1750. She died, according to the Newhall Genealogy and

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Richard Pratt. Xoveniber 10, 1774; according to the Chainberhiin
family Bible. October ••>0, 1779.

On May 7, 1771, Allen Newhall bought of Hanson Xewhall a dwell-
ing-house and eighty poles of land, bounding south on the county road
(Boston Street), west on the Widow Potter's thirds, later known as the
Burchstead Johnson place, and ha\ing a frontage on the street of six
poles, thirteen feet. This seems worth noting, for it was probably a
portion of the homestead of the original settler. He conveyed this to
his son Charles Newhall, July 5, 1774. His two sons were Allen (prob-
ably Daniel Allen Breed) and Charles. His daughters were Sarah
and Love. The latter married Jesse Rhodes. Love, his wife, was
daughter of Allen Breed, and was born August 16, 1731. Allen Xew-
hall e\idently moved to Danvers soon after his marriage, for in 17oC he
was warned out of that town. — Xewhall Genealogy.

Allen Newhall was in the Federal Square company of Captain Rufus
Mansfield, of which his sons, Daniel Allen Breed and Charles, were,
respectively, second lieutenant and corporal. All three went to the Lex-
ington fight, and the father saved the sons from being killed. All day they
had fired from behind fences and walls at the main body of the British,
but the old man had liis eye out for the flank guard which marched
in single file on both sides of the main body. His care kept them from
coming between the lines and, consequently, from harm. This was
the statement made by Jenks Sargent, an old-time resident of Lynn.

Allen Xewhall lived and died on Boston Street, near Childs, and he
was buried in an unmarked grave in the old Western Burial Ground.
The spot is now marked by a stone and the bronze marker of the S. A. R.

Besides his service at the battle of Lexington he was corporal in
Captain Slr|i]uii \Vilkins"s company. Colonel Wigglesworth's regiment,
and was alUnved for pay which included '210 miles" travel home from
Albany, pay abstract sworn to June 1.3, 1777. He also appeared on
a descriptive list of men who served in the Continental Xnny from
June, 1780, to December, 1780, at wliich time he was fifty-four years
of age, 5 ft. 9 in. in height, of a light com])lexion, and resident of
Lynn. His ser\-ice was five months, eighteen days, including 'i'iO
miles' travel. He was also a soldier of the French and Indian War.
Newh.\ll, Amos, — probably son of Amos and Margaret (Southwick) Xew-
hall, was born in Lynnfield, .Vugust 15, 17(>'2; married by Rev.

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John Treadwell, February ^28, 178',>, to Sarah Croel. He was HWng
in Lynnfield in 1790. His wife Sarah, probably a pensioner, aged
seventy-four, was living in 18-iO.

In the muster-rolls is given the following: —

" Newhall, mariner, brigantine 'Cutter,' privateer, commanded

bv Capt. Samuel Croel, aged 19 years; stature, 5 ft.; complexion, dark;
residence, Lynn. Also the following: Seaman brigantine 'Ann,' Amos
Mansfield, Master. England Dec. '2, 1776; discharged Mar. 7, 1777,
ser\-ice ■i m. 18 days, on voyage Salem to Baltimore."

From the fact that he married a Croel, the name of his captain and
the age fitting well, it would seem that his earlier service might have
been as a boy.
Newhall, Andrew, — son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Potter) Newhall, and
fifth from Thomas, the emigrant, was born in Lynn, March 9, 1730,
and married Susannah Brown, December '21, 175'2. She is said to have
died July '^O, 1789. He probably lived on Boston Street, and died
about 1795. His children were Isabel, Bethia, who married Abel
Belknap, Revolutionary soldier, Andrew, Susanna, who married Theo-
philus Farrington, Re\'olutionary soldier, Joseph, Elizabeth, who
married Isaac Orgin, Re\olutionary soldier, Patty, Polly, and John
Brown. Three daughters, therefore, married soldiers. A marker and
stone were erected to his memory in the old Western Burial Ground,
near the spot where Isaac Orgin is buried.

Revolutionary record: Private in Captain Rufus Mansfield's 4th
Lynn company which marched on the alarm of April 19; ser^■ice, two
days; also private. Captain John Currier's company. Colonel James
Frye's regiment; company return dated October, 1775; also private,
Captain Joseph Killer's company. Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's regi-
ment; arrived at destination May 5, 1777; discharged July 5, 1777;
service, two months, six days, at Rhode Island, including three days'
(60 mile.s) travel; roll dated Pro\-idence; also private, Captain Miles
Greenwood's company. Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards;
enlisted November 11, 1777; service to April 3, 1778, four months,
twenty-three days; rolls dated camp at Winter Hill; also Captain
Simeon Brown's company, Colonel Gerrish's regiment of guards;
service from April 3 to July 3, 1778, three months, two days; roll dated
camp at Winter Hill; also private, Captain Simeon Brown's company,

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Colonel Nathaniel Wade's regiment; enlisted November U), 1778; com-
pany discharged at East Greenwich, R.I.; regiment raised in Essex and
York Counties; enUstment to expire January 1, 1779; reported sick
and absent; also descriptive list of men raised for term of six montlis
by Lynn, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780; returned as received
of Justin Ely, commissioner, by Brigadier-General John Glover, at
Springfield. July 13, 1780: age, fifty-one years; stature, 5 ft. 7 in.;
complexion, ruddy; engaged for town of Lynn; residence, Lynn;
marched to camp July 13, 1780, under command Captain Thomas
Pritchard; also private. Captain Jeremiah Putnam's company. Colo-
nel Nathan Tyler's regiment; enHsted July 10, 1779; service to
December 1, 1779, four months, twenty-one days, at Rhode Island;
also pay-roll for December, 1779.

The military ser\-ice of Andrew Newhall, Sr., and Jr., is very hard
to ])lace. The above seems likely.

Newh.\ll, Andrew, Jr., — probably son of Andrew, Sr., and Su.sanna
(Brown) Newhall, was born in Lynn, .\pril 13. 1758, and evidently died
without issue.

He was private in Captain Zadoek Buffinton's company. Colonel
Samuel Johnson's regiment; enUsted August 14, 1777; discharged
November 30, 1777, at Cambridge; service, three months, seventeen
days, in northern department; also given on list of men raised in Essex
County for term of nine months from the time of their arrival at Fish-
kill; returned as mustered by Henry Rutger, Jr., deputy muster-master;
dated Fishkill, August 1, 1778; residence, Lynn ; engaged for town of
Wenham; arrived at Fishkill, July 17, 1778. — Mass. Rolls.

Nf.vvh.\ll, Asa, — fifth in line from Thomas, the emigrant, was the son of
Thomas and Ehzabeth (Bancroft) Newhall, born August 5, 173':.'. He
was married November il. 1769, by Rev. John Treadwell, to Sarah
Tarbell, daughter of Jonathan and Mary Tarbell, of Lynnfield. She
was baptized January 12, 1745.

In 1764 Asa Newhall bought of Samuel Devereux and his wife,
Sarah, of Marblehead, the farm formerly Jedediah Newhall's, Mng
on both sides of the road from Lynn to Lynnfield, a little below its inter-
section with the Salem and Reading road, containing about 100 acres,
which had once belonged to Joseph Newhall, father of Jedediah, and
before him to Joseph Newhall, the grandfather of the last pur-
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chaser. To this he added by other jnirohases, until he became the
owner of a farm of '•250 acres, besides numerous outlying lots. In
August, 1807, he conveyed the farm to his only son, Asa Tarbell
Newhall, at the same time gix'ing him a bill of sale of the cattle and
farm equipments, receiving from his son in return a bond for his pos-
session of this estate during his natural life, and for his support and that
of liis wife, and for the ])aynient of certain sums, within a year after
liis death, to parties named. He died May 1, 181-t, aged eighty-one
years. His children were Asa T., Sarah, and Mary. The old farm and
buildings still remain in the hands of Asa T. Newhall, great-grandson
of the soldier. A monument is erected to the memory of the latter, the
first to a Revolutionary soldier in Lynn. He was a soldier of the French
and Indian War as well as of the Revolution. The only record found
on the rolls of Revolutionary service is the following: Private, copy
of a list of men belonging to Lynn, now called Lynn, Lynnfield, and
Saugus, who served at Concord battle and elsewhere (year not given).

Newhall, Benjamin, — son of Nehemiah and Tabitha (Brown) Newhall,
was born in 1764; married Keturah, daughter of Ezra and Keturah
(Newhall) Hitchings, by Rev. Joseph Roby, January I'i, 179'-2. They
had no children. A Benjamin Newhall died February 16, ISiS, accord-
ing to the Lynn records. Benjamin Newhall appears on a descriptive
list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for the term of
.six months, agreeable to a resolve of June o. 1780; returned as received
of Justin Ely, commissioner, by Brigadier-General John Glover, at
Springfield, July 13, 1780; age, sixteen years; stature, 5 ft. 8 in.; com-
plexion, Hght; marched to camp July 13, under command of Captain
Thomas Pritchard; also company roll of six months' men so raised;
marched June 27, 1780; discharged December 5, 1780; service, five
months, twenty days; travel, '•220 miles, included.

Newhall, Calley, — son of Increase and Susannah (Souden) Newhall,

was born February -t, 17.52. His father, Increase, was an officer in the

Revolution, and lived on Federal Street

KjiC^-^e^^ ^^^ve^t/t) ^ a.l/y' and kept the tavern at what was after-

wards known as the Orcutt place. His
brother William was probably the
drummer who was in his father's comjiany. He was married April 21,
1777, by Rev. Jonas Clark, of Lexington, to Anna Harrington, of Lex-

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ington, daughter of Jonathan and Abigail (Dunster) Harrington, bap-
tized February ■ii, 17o(). Their children were ^lary. Increase, John,
Calley, Harrington, Albert, and Isaac, the first two of whom were born
in Lexington. Several places are given as his residence, among them a
small cottage where the old Witt house now stands in Market Square.
This cottage was torn down, and became a part of the old John Blakeley
house on Federal Street. He is also said to have lived at one time on
Federal Street, and also on Boston Street, opposite Dr. Jim Xew-
halFs. He was a cabinet-maker by trade, and was a very ingenious
man and could work at almost any trade, according to Jenks Sargent,
who stated in one of his sketches that Calley Newhall and a man named
Perley once set up and operated a windmill for the jjurpose of grind-
ing grain. This was in 1816, and was on Sea Street at the foot of Pleas-
ant. He also kept an evening school on Boston Street, where he taught
reading, writing, and arithmetic. In front of his house was a large
elm-tree, with a vane on it, the latter resting upon the mast and top-
mast of an old vessel. The vane was made to represent a ship at sea,
and was called the '" Independence." Mr. Benjamin Skinner remem-
bers Calley New^hall as an irascible old man, who disliked boys and
never spoke to them. Those who lived in his neighborhood feared
him. He was smooth-faced, short, and bent over. His grand-daughter,
who was eight or nine years old when Washington passed through
Lynn, remembered well that event, and the fact that Washington, rec-
ognizing her grandfather Calley in the crowd, stopped, called him by
name, and shook hands with him. This she thought very remarkable,
and told it many times to her grandson, James H. Emmerton, of 68
Neptune Street, who told it to the writer in 190'-2. AVhile living at
Lexington, Calley Newhall made powder for the troops. His death
occurred in Lynn, August 'i, 18,S3, and he was buried in the north-east
corner of the old Western Burial Ground, where his grave remained
unmarked until 190-1, when a marble stone and marker of the S. A. R.
were placed there. His wife died February il, 1831.

The records of the Pension Office give his military service as follows:
May, 1775, eight months as corporal in Abner Cranston's company.
Colonel Asa Whetcomb's regiment, and again for two months from
January, 1776; also as private for six months in Captain George
Minards company. Colonel Benjamin Brown's regiment. He is borne

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on the record as being in the battle of Bunker Hill. The date of his
apphcation was August 14, 183'2. January 'i, 1833, he made oath
that in May, 1775, he enlisted for eight months in a volunteer com-
pany raised principally in Salem, by Benjamin West, of Salem, and
was afterwards ensign, Abner Cranston being captain. He went from
Salem to Cambridge, and was barracked in Stoughton Hall, one of
the college buildings. Deacon Longley, the orderly corporal, dying,
he was appointed to perform the duties of corporal in part in Colo-
nel Asa Whetcomb's regiment. Continuing, he says: "Our regiment
went down to Charlestown the night previous to the Battle of Bunker
Hill to entrench. I was in Fort No. 2, in Cambridge, at that time,
but hearing the regiment was in want of provisions, I set off the
day of the battle and arrived there about half past two, p.m. The
American line had then given way. The next day after, our regi-
ment was ordered to Prospect Hill, where we remained the balance
of the summer. We left Gen. Ward at Fort No. -2. In Jan. 1776,
the eight months enlistment having expired, I enlisted again to go
to Ticonderoga, but was discharged from that service by Capt.
Cranston and remained a soldier at Prospect Hill till the British evac-
uated Boston, March 17, 1776. The discharge I had from Capt.
Cranston, I have lost and have no documentary eWdence of being a
soldier. Aug. 3, 1777, I was drafted for six months service in a
regiment raised in Middlesex County, Geo. Minard, of Concord,
being Captain. I was then h\-ing in Lexington. The destination
of our regiment was Saratoga to oppose Gen. Burgoyne. The Lex-
ington company proceeded by themselves, and went through North-
ampton. I was taken sick and was left at Worthington and soon
returned to Lexington. On the return of our company from Sara-
toga, I was ordered to make up the time of my draft at Cambridge
and was located at Fort No. 2 under Capt. Daniel Harrington. Here
I was discharged. No person is now living who served with me that
I know. Born Feb. i. 175'i, and lived three years at Lexington."

James Newhall says in a deposition : " My brother Calley was sup-
plied by me with clothes and other necessaries from home and I visited
him every fortnight. I entered the service in his absence to Saratoga
and left home myself." Ezra Mudge and Elijah Downing certify
and J. C. Stickney is attorney. Henry Hallowell adds his certificate.

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Pensioned at the rate of ff.'Ai per year from Marcli 4, I8;il. siill-2 back
pay. Certificate issued April 10, 1833. — United States Pension Records.
Newh.^ll, Calvin, — private, son of Locker Newhall and brotlier of Land-
lord Jacob Newhall, was born in Saugus, December 8, 1745. He
married Sarah Goldthwaite, SejJteniber 28, 177!2. She was a daughter
of Ebenezer and Sarah (Newman) Goldthwaite, of Danvers, born about
1752. His children were Ebenezer, Shadrach, Amos, Samuel, and
Lois. Cahin Newhall served in Captain David Parker's Saugus c:om-
pany, April 19, 1775. He enlisted as a private in Captain Ezra New-
hall's company, Colonel Israel Hutchinson's regiment, in 1776, and
marched with it to New York, where he was in the battle of Long
Island. On January 28, 1777, he enhsted in the army being raised
to reinforce the Continental forces, and marched on the 12th of March,
1777, as a private in Captain Nehemiah Page's company. Colonel
Ebenezer Francis's regiment. His enhstment was for three years, for
which a bounty of ^614 had been ofTered by the town of Lynn. He
arrived at Bennington, and received a subsistence allowance until that
time. On the advance of General Burgoyne his regiment fell in witli
the British, under General Eraser, at Hubbardton, where on the 5tli of
July he engaged in that bloody conflict. He was later in the battles
preceding the capture of General Burgoyne, partici]jatiiig in all t)f tiie
engagements. After the capture of General Burgoyne he went into
winter quarters at Albany. He was at West Point in the spring of
1779, and was probably under the command of General Anthony Wayne
when he took Stony Point on the Kith of July, At this time he was
in Major Lithgow's company. Colonel 'rii|)per"s regiment. On the
expiration of his enlistment he at once re-enlisted for three years as
private in Captain Nehemiah Emerson's company, Colonel Benjamin
Tu|5per's lOth Massachusetts regiment. He was at West Point when
the treason of .Vrnold was discovered, and remained in the northern
department until the spring of 1783, when he was honorably discharged
by General Washington. He then walked home to I.,ynn, and there
settled down after a service of six years for his country. On the 14tli
of April, 1818, he was pensioned at the rate of $8 per month. In 1819
his mind became affected, and Ellis Boynton. son of one of his old com-
rades, was appointed his guardian. Ho dioil .Vugust 24, 1823. at the
age of seventy-eight. He is buried in the oM burial ;;ro\uiil ,il Saui;us

Lynn in the Revolution

Centre, where a marble stone and marker of the S. A. R. were erected

at his grave in 1903.

Newhall, Charles, — son of Allen and Love (Breed) Newhall, was born

in Lynn, February 5, 175'2; married, first, December 12, 1776, by Rev.

John Treadwell, to Mary Lewis, daughter of John and Abigail (Brooks)

Lewis, born March 6, 1755, and, second, by Rev. John Treadwell,

March 15, 1781, to Lois Newhall, daughter of Squire Jim and Lois

(Burrill) Newhall, born July 4, 1757.

^V^^/^ yi^_A/t,„y}Ca^J Charles Newhall was a shoemaker, and

lived on Boston Street, near the foot of

Cottage. In 1787 he bought the old

estate at the corner of Wyman and Boston Streets, and occupied it

imtil his death in 1817. This house was subsequently occupied by

his son "Dr. Jim" and Martha Green, a cousin of Dr. Jim Newhall.

Charles Newhall was a man of prominence in his day, being a mem-
ber of the Court's Committee, a similar position to that of county
commissioner of the present time. He was also one of the committee
which decided against the relocation of Boston Street in 1815. It is
said that he was a man of strong mind, good judgment, and strict integ-
rity. His serWces were often called upon in appraising property. His
death occurred October 11, 1817, from heart disease, at the age of
sixty-five. He was buried in the Henchman tomb in the old Western
Burial Ground.

He was a corporal in Captain Rufus Mansfield's West Lynn com-
pany and marched ^^^th his father and brother on the Lexington alarm.
Newhall, Daniel Allen Breed, — son of Allen and Love (Breed) New-
hall, was baptized June 13, 1756. He was born, lived, and died on
Boston Street. He was married January 1, 1789, by Rev. Mr. Par-
sons, to Sarah Mansfield, daughter of Colonel John Mansfield, born
April 16, 1767. They had one child, a daughter. His farm embraced
at least a jjortion of the land lying between Boston Street and Western
Avenue and Park and Mall Streets. His house, still standing, he
built in 1791. It lias been remodelled, and is now (1903) No. 6
Barrett Street. Formerly it stood near the foot of Mall Street, facing
Boston Street. Daniel Allen Breed Newhall was a farmer and shoe-
maker, and worshipped in the Old Tunnel Meeting-house. He was
the grandfather of the former city marshal, Dam'el Barrett. His sister

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married Jesse Rhodes, a Revolutionary soldier, and lived nearly oppo-
site, at the foot of Cedar Street, in an old house torn down some years
ago. He died in the house wliich he had built, on the "20th of March,
IS'^l, and was buried in the old Western Ground, on the main path,
near the entrance. A marker and stone now mark the spot. His
widow, Sarah Newhall, was pensioned at $30 per month from March
4, 1836. From her statement made at the time of her application,
the following has been gathered: namely, that he was in the battles
of Trenton, Stony Point, White Plains, and Ticonderoga. He was
in the army at West Point about three months, and was with the troops
under General Washington in their retreat through New Jersey. She
said that he had often spoken to her of his ser\-ices and sufferings in the
army, mentioning dates, places, and circumstances of his services,
and the names of his officers. He assisted in rowing the Hessians
across the Delaware after their capture, and she had in her possession at
that time an old queen's arm, so called, which he told her he took from
a Hessian that was killed. In the latter part of his life he made appli-
cation for a pension, but failed to obtain it because he was not then
destitute of property. Isaac Newhall also deposed that they were
often without shoes and clothes, that they were at the taking of the
Hessians at Trenton, and that Daniel Allen Breed Newhall was also
in the army at West Point at the time of Arnold's treason, and that he
himself had the fullest recollection of the account given by the latter
of the taking of Cornwallis; also that he said that the cartridges used
at West Point were made partly of sand, and that the contrivance was
one of Benedict Arnold's. He said that he crossed the river twice at
Trenton, and that he encountered great difficulty with the ice, but he
spoke with great exultation of the capture of the Hessians.
Newhall. D.\xiel, Jr. — On the Massachusetts Rolls appears a Daniel
Newhall, Jr., making it probable that there was another Daniel beside
Daniel Allen Breed Newhall. The latter always signed his name in
full. The only other Daniel in the Newhall Genealogy who would seem
to be the one called Jr. was the son of Josiah and Hannah (Newhall)
Newhall, born November 15, 1741, and died October 4. 1811. He
is buried in the old Western Burial Ground in a gra\e marked by a
large black stone. He was twice married, first to Sarah Bacheller,
May 8, 1706, and second to Patience Swift, of Dorchester. September
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18, 1799. His vdie Sarah, who died January 13, 1798, aged sixty, is
ljuried by his side, also in a marked grave. The probate records show
Patience li\dng at his death. The children were Joel, Hannah, and
Sarah. The following is the Revolutionary record given : Corporal in
Captain Zadock BufBnton's company. Colonel Samuel Johnson's regi-
ment; engaged August 18, 1777, at Cambridge; discharged at Cam-
bridge November 30, 1777; service, three months, thirteen days, in
northern department; also private in Captain Addison Richardson's
company. Colonel Wade's regiment; entered the ser^ce July 12,
1780; discharged October 10, 1780; three months, eleven days, includ-
ing twelve days' (^240 miles) travel home; regiment detached from Essex
County militia.

WHALL, Ebenezer, — probably son of Joseph and Abigail (Hanson) New-
hall, was born in 1745, and died September 15, 1819, aged seventy-four.
He married, first, Hannah Larrabee, May 19, 1768, and, second, Martha

. The cliildren by Hannah were Benjamin, Joanna, Mary, and

Ebenezer; by Martha, were Lydia and Joseph. He is said to have
lived for a time in an old house which stood at the corner of Franklin
and Boston Streets. Martha, widow of Ebenezer, died June i6, 1827,
at the age of seventy-nine.

Appears as a corporal in Captain llufus Mansfield's 4th Lynn com-
pany which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; ser\ice, two days;
also pay-roll of Captain Ezra Bedlam's company. Colonel Baldwin's
regiment, for April, 1776, dated New York. This latter ser\-ice prob-
able.— Mass. Rolls.

rtHALL, Elisha, — probably son of Matthew and ^Nlary (Wright) Newhall,
of Stoneham. Brother of Noah Newhall, he was born in Lynnfield,
October 15, 1759; married Rebecca Garey, of Stoneham, at Reading,
November 21, 1782, Rev. Caleb Prentice performing the ceremony. He
removed to Bradford, Vt., the same year. He appears in the town
records of Bradford, Vt., in 1782, and is buried in the old cemetery
there, although the grave is not marked.

He was a private in Captain Joseph Hiller's company. Colonel Jona-
than Titcomb's regiment; arrived at destination May 5, 1777; dis-
charged July 5, 1777; service, two months, six days, at Rhode Island,
including three days' (60 miles) travel home; roll dated camp at Prov-
idence; also private. Captain Zadock Buffinton's company. Colonel
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Samuel Johnson's regiment; enlisted August 19, 1777, and discharged
November 30, 1777, at Cambridge; service in northern department.
He was at the capture of General Burgoyne.

Newhall, Ezekiel, — son of Jeremiah and Sarah (Bates) Newhall, was
born in South Lvnnfield, Februar}' 1, 1743. His father's farm was
between the turnpike and Humphrey's Pond. He was married June
30, 177'2, by Rev. Benjamin Adams, to Love Mansfield, daughter of
Deacon Daniel and Lydia (Newhall) Mansfield, born April •23. 1751.
Ezekiel Newhall was a member of the company of Captain Nathaniel
Bancroft, and marched with it on the alarm of April 19, 1775. At that
time his wife was ill with consumption, and on the "^-Ith of the follow-
ing May she died, and was buried in the Httle burial-ground at South
Lynnfield. On the '20th of February, 1777, he was married a second
time by Rev. Mr. Adams, this time to Mrs. Martha Newhall, of Dan-
vers. He a|5|3ears to have been a yeoman and carpenter. In 1775
an order for eight shillings was granted him for repairs on the parson-
age. His children by his second wife were Jeremiah, Martha, Roxanna,
Daniel Brown, and Love. Mr. Newhall died December li, IS'il.
and Martha, liis wife, September 19, 1833. They are buried in the
South Lynnfield Ground, and their graves are marked by slate stones.
Ezekiel Newhall is one of the six Revolutionary soldiers who are known
to be buried in the little cemetery, and his grave was marked by a bronze
marker of the S. A. R. in 1904.

Newhall, Colonel Ezr,\, — who commanded one of the five companies
which marched from Lynn on the alarm of the 19tli of April, 1775, was
the son of Samuel and Sarah (Sargent) Newhall, and was of the fifth
generation from Thomas, the first settler. He was born in Maiden.
May 1, 1733, and married, first, Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Eunice
^ y~ (Potter) Fuller, April 10, 1755. She

^"Vjii^/y J^'^itc/'^^i-f^^ ^^^^ hoT'o. in Lynn, July 27, 1737, and
^^^ - <lied May 4, 1777, and was the mother

of all but one of his eight children. He
married, second, in Lynn on May 8, 1781, the widow Alice Gray, a daugh-
ter of Nathan and Mary Breed. She was born in Lynn in September.
1744, and died in Lowell, February 9, 1833. His own death occurred in
Salem, April 5, 1798, and he was buried in the old Charter Street Burying
Ground, commonly called in the olden days the "Burial Point." His
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grave, just inside the gate, is marked by a black stone. His will on
file in the probate records gives to his wife, Alice, his clock and all
his plate, and mentions his children, Ijydia, Mercy, Jo, Thomas, and
Samuel.

The military record of Colonel Ezra Newhall began in the old French
War, when he was commissioned, February 20, 1760, as ensign in Colonel
Timothy Ruggles's regiment, in which his elder brother, Joseph, of
Newbury, served as captain. At the breaking out of the Revolution-
ary War he commanded a company of minute-men who marched from
Lynn on the alarm of April 19, 1775, and he is said to have been the
bearer of a message to Colonel Pickering, giving information of the
movement of the British forces towards Lexington. He was the senior
captain in the regiment commanded by Colonel Mansfield, stationed
most of the time during the siege of Boston at Winter Hill, and he was
present at the evacuation of the city. He was subsequently promoted
to the rank of major, and on May 17, 1777, was commissioned as lieu-
tenant-colonel in the jth Massachusetts regiment of Continentals,
commanded by General Rufus Putnam. He served in the campaign
which resulted in the surrender of Burgoyne, was at Valley Forge, and
took part in the battles of Trenton and Princeton. He was afterward
stationed with the army under the command of General Heath, in and
about West Point, until the end of the war. He then took up liis abode
in Salem, having before the war lived in Lynn, in the house of Dr. Jim
Newhall. He was appointed by President Washington collector of
internal revenue, — a position which he filled until his death. His
name also appears with that of Ebenezer Stocker on the original auto-
graph list of members of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati.
Both probably became members in June, 1783, when the Massachu-
setts Society held its first meeting on the 9th of the month at New-
burg. Abundant e\'idence appears that Colonel Newhall was a brave
and prudent officer in the war and a well-beloved citizen at home.
Newhall, Ezra, — son of Solomon and Mary (Johnson) Newhall, was
born in Lynn, January 5, 17'-29; married December l^, 17.51, to EHza-
beth Pecks. He served his country in the Revolutionary War, and is
thought to have died in the service. The birth of his daughter Mary,
only is found in the town records. His other children are supposed
to have been Hannah, Timothy, Elizabeth, and Richard. Timothy

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was a soldier of the Revolution. Ezras name af)pears as private in
Captain Joseph Williams's company, Colonel John Greaton's regiment;
also on Continental Army pay accounts for ser\ice from February 9,
1777, to April ■■2, 1777; also private in Captain Ezra Bedlam's company.
Colonel Loammi Baldwin's '26th regiment; abstract for advance pay
for January, 1776; reported died in May. 1777, in campaign to the
northward.

Also list of men in Captain Lindsey's company, who took the oath
in Middlesex County. July 6, 1776; also list of men dated Maiden.
August 3, 1775, of men belonging to Captain Eleazer Lindsey's com-
pany. Colonel Samuel Gerrish's regiment, who received advance pay:
enhsted May -25, 1775; serWce, two months, eight days; order for
bounty coat dated Maiden, December 22, 1775; also return of men
enlisted by Sergeant Nathaniel Hills to serve in the Continental Army
in Colonel Baldwin's regiment in ensuing campaign, dated Chelsea.
December 8, 1775; also list of men raised to serve in the Continental
Army from the 1st Essex County regiment; term three years or during
the war; reported discharged in 1776; 280 miles' travel home. — !Mass.
Rolls.
Xf.wh.vll, Increase, — son of John and Lydia (Scarlet) Xewhall. was born
in Lynn, March 31, 1725; married Susannah Soudan, of Marblehead.
He was a timner nnd innkeeper, and according to the Xewhall Gene-
alogy lived at the north end of the
--^ ./^ / , homestead of his lineal ancestors. He

^ ■' died June 23. 181o, in his ninety-third

year, and his wife died January 8, 1816.
aged ninety. Both are buried in the old Western Burial Ground. He
had six children, Anthony, Increase, James, Susannah, Calley, and
William, of whom Calley and William were in the Revolution.

The tavern kejJt by Increase Xewhall was situated at the corner of
Federal and the south side of Marion Street, and was the meeting-place
of the West Lynn company of minute-men, of which Rufus Mansfield
was captain. The old house is still standing, and is in a good state of
l)reser\ation. It was here that an alarm came, just prior to the break-
ing out of the Revolution, to the effect that a company of British had
landed at King's Beach. The town was filled with excitement.
Family plate was thrown into wells, and sick people were removed.

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The company assembled in luiste. and mardied down to the beach only
to find that the alarm was a false one. Mr. Pratt speaks of this
tavern also as a place of inquest.

Increase Newhall was a corporal in Captain Ezra Newhall's coni-
|)any which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, thirteen
days; also order for advance pay signed by him June 8, 1775, at Cam-
bridge; also sergeant, same company and regiment; muster-roll dated
August 1, 1775; enUsted May "i, 1775; service, three months, six days;
also sergeant-major. Colonel Mansfield's 19th regiment, commanded
by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson; order for bounty coat dated
Winter Hill, November 4, 1775; also petition addressed to the Council
by him, asking to be discharged from Craft's regiment, October ilS,
1778, as he had an opportunity and incUnation to serve his country in
sea service; granted, same day; appears as second lieutenant in Cap-
tain Winthrop Grey's 5th company, Colonel Thomas Craft's artillery
regiment; list of officers to be commissioned as returned by Colonel
Crafts, dated Boston, September 27, 1776;. ordered in Council; October
9, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; also adjutant. Colonel
Thomas Craft's artillery regiment; serxice from May 8, 1777, to Octo-
ber 31, 1778; rolls dated Boston.— Mass. Rolls.

The name of Increase Newhall also appears on the French and Indian
War rolls with rank as ensign in the 1st regiment of militia of Essex
County, January, 1766; also in Captain Samuel Johnson's 2d Lynn
company. Colonel Benjamin Pickman's regiment.
Nkwh.\ll, J.\bez, — corporal, son of Jonathan and Abigail (Norwood)
Newhall. was born in Lynn about 1750. His home was in East Saugus,
where he was married by Rev. Joseph Roby, September 10, 1772, to
Elizabeth Stone. His military ser%-ice was confined to the Lexington
alarm, when he marched with the Saugus com|)any, under Captain
David Parker. The only record which has been preserved of him is
in a sketch written by Benjamin F. Newhall, in which he said, " From
1808 to 1816, the 'Old Brady,' so called, was one of the fixtures of
East Saugus. The "Old Brady' was nothing more nor less than a
large, flat-roofed shoemaker's sho]), standing a little south and in the
rear of the large house built by Mr. Oakman. This shoji could ac-
commodate about fifteen seats and was generally filled. Here were
accommodated nil ages, from the hoary-headed veteran of the Revolu-

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tion, U) the stripling boy just large enough to wax a tliread. Here
much transpired of good and bad, and the influence of the shop went
out for many years. Jabez Newhall, commonly called 'Uncle Jabe,'
was one of the veterans of the establishment, and for years was a ruling
spirit. He was a man who had met with many sad reverses in life, and
was, during this period, a \\'idower. His only vice was the use of in-
toxicating liquor. Merry and cheerful at times to almost childish
excess, he would amuse the inmates wth long yarns and improbable
stories. For many years he made constant declaration that he should
die upon his shoemaker's seat, a statement which was almost literally
fulfilled in the seciuel, for one day, leaning forward in a sitting doze,
he fell upon the floor and broke his neck. Thus ended ' Uncle Jabe,'
and shortly the whole establishment was broken up."

The date of the death of Jabez Newhall was May '2.5, 1816, and his
burial was in the old cemetery at Saugus Centre. A marble stone and
bronze marker were erected in 1903.
Xewhall, Jacob, — son of Josiah and Hannah (Newhall) Newhall, and
brother of Daniel, Micajah, James, and William, all soldiers, was born
in South Uynnfield, September IC, 1758; married June 11, 1793, to
Ede Marble, daughter of Samuel and

Cja^/Jj cMJa/l^ t^'^ S«'^^*) ^'f''' I''! ,tf' f '

y ^ born in Danvers, August o, 1769. An

extract from the Lynn Mirror, of No-
vember 19, l8'-25, has the following: "Died in Lynnfield, Nov. 7,
1825, Jacob Newhall, after a week's illness. He was a patriot of the
Revolution, was at the capture of Gen. Burgoyne, and was during the
war in many battles at sea." He is buried in a marked grave in the
South Lynnfield cemetery, beside his father, Josiah. His wife is
buried near him. His daughters were Ede, Betsy, and Lydia.

He a|)|)ears as a private in Captain Josiah Hiller's company. Colonel
Jonathan Titcomb's regiment; pay-roll dated camp at Providence;
arrived at destination June 11, 1777; service from June 11 to August
11, 1777, tw^o months, six days, at Rhode Island, including travel
home; also mariner, brigantine "Cutter," privateer, commanded by
Captain Samuel Croel; descriptive list of officers and crew, sworn to
August 15. 1780; age, twenty-two years; stature, 5 ft.. 8 in.; com-
plexion, (lark; resilience, Lynn; also given on Marbleliead rolls (an

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error) as private in Captain Zadock Huffinton's company, Colonel
Samuel Johnson's regiment; engaged August 18.1777, and discharged
November 30, 1777, at Cambridge; service, three months, thirteen days,
in northern department. — Mass. Rolls.
Xewhall, Jacob, — son of Locker, was born in Saugus, May 3, 1740. He
was grandson of Jacob, born March 27, 1686, and great-grandson of
Thomas, the first white child born in Lynn. Inasmuch as Jacob New-
hall was one of the most famous men of the Third Parish, and .since liis
name has come down prominently for one hundred and twenty-five
years, it may be well to describe his home and surroundings. No al-
lusion to the Revolution would be complete without a word in regard
to the old tavern on the turnpike to Boston, in East Saugus. It was
situated on the Boston road, across the present Lincoln Avenue, where
Ballard Street diverges to the south. Mr. Benjamin F. Newhall, grand-
son of Jacob, in 1860 wrote the following sketch: "The house itself
was a venerable mansion, a large, old-fashioned, gambrel-roofed house.
It was taken down in 1835, to make room for improvements. In 1760
Zaccheus Norwood kept it as a pubhc hou.se, but died in 1768, leaving
a widow and three small children. Mrs. Norwood continued the busi-
ness, acting as innholder until the arrixal in this country of Josiah
Martin, who soon afterwards married her. Owing to his vices, however,
he was soon obliged to give up the tavern and the farm, and the business
passed into the hands of Jacob Newhall, familiarly known as ' Land-
lord N whalL' He entered upon the discharge of his duties in 1773
and the inn began at once to assume its old reputation. Under his
guidance it became the most noted and best patronized house in the
regions round about. During the whole Revolution, the house of
Landlord Newhall became more and more widely known throughout
the country. Every one was happy who could put himself under its
venerable roof. Its fires were always found burning, its doors always
open, night or day. its tables always spread, and its larder full. He
early espoused the cause of the Americans in their protracted struggle
for liberty. Previous to that he was always faithful to his duties as a
British subject. The sign which swung upon its large, oaken arm in
front of his tavern was ornamented with the seal of British authority,
the lion and the unicorn. A'ery soon after the commencement of the
war it gave way to one more appropriate, the rising sun. indicati\e

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of a nation's birth, as well as its future glory. His es|)OUsal of the
American cause was not a forced ajiproval, but s]jrang up in a soul
bursting with the fires of liberty. The depths of his patriotism were
soon put to a test, and ])assed through an ordeal which proved their
quality beyond a doubt. As the struggle for indejjendence waxed
warmer, the whole nation became poorer. This state of things caused
some stout hearts to quail, and the love of wealth proved stronger than
their patriotism. Not so with Jacob Newhall. His benevolence kejit
pace with the necessity of its exercise. Situated as he was upon the
great travelled highway from Boston, eastward, it became a common
occurrence for liim to be called upon to supply food for the soldiers
on their various marches. Not infrequently would he be notified two
or three hours in advance to prepare food for a company, some-
times a regiment, which would pass at a given time. When these occa-
sions happened, he would slaughter from one to three oxen, and have
the beef boiled in large boilers expressly prepared for that purpose.
In addition to the wants of those actually engaged in the ser\ice, the
war threw upon the nation a large class of sick, wounded, and disabled
soldiers who were abroad on furloughs or discharged for incompetency,
and who were in the greatest extremes of poverty. Not infrequently,
such persons quartered themselves upon Landlord Newhall for days
and weeks, and no one was ever turned away empty. .Vnother deniaiul
was made upon his generosity by the wives and children of such av
were called upon to serve their country, while starvation was staring
their families in the face. None of that class could starve while his
granary could save. Women and children came regularly with their
bags, which were filleii with corn or meal. He generally raised from
six to twelve hundred bushels per year, and often purchased as much
more. He kept most of his pro\-i.sions in a storehouse on the road to
Saugus Centre. This course was rendered necessary from the fact that
the British army was expected at any time to march over the road, and
wouW be likely to help themselves. During the war many ])romises
were made to him of abundant pay. but his harvest of promises was
never reaped. He never allowed this to hinder his benevolence, howe\er.
and to the day of his death he was the friend of the poor and destitute."
Jacob Newhall married .\ugust '^1, 17(i8, Elizabeth Hodgkins, of
Ipswich, .-ind h;i.l <'liil.lrcn. Sarah. T.ucy, I.ydia. William, and Jacob.
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His only service as a soldier was in resjjonse to the Lexington alarm,
but, though he was too busy to fight, he rendered his country good
ser\-ice at home. The rendezvous of the Saugus minute-men was at
his tavern, and from it the little band started on the morning of April
19, 1775. His brothers, Luther and Calvin, served in the war. It is
interesting to note that at the time of the Revolution there were but
seven houses in that part of the town now called East Saugus.

In 1789 Landlord Newhall had the honor of entertaining President
Washington, who stopped with his escort on his way through the county.
The great Washington was extremely affable and poUte in his inter-
course with the leading citizens who met him there, for among them
were many who had served under him during the war. Landlord New-
hall pro\-ided the best his house could afford, and, after resting there,
Washington made liis way to Lynn and then to Salem.

Jacob Newhall relinquished the care of the tavern about the opening
of the new century. His generosity during the war had somewhat im-
paired his finances. He died in Saugus, June 18, 1816. His wife,
Elizabeth, died January 8, 1799. They are buried together in the old
burying-ground at Saugus Centre, and their graves are suitably marked
with slate stones. Upon his stone is the inscription: "Blessed are the
dead w-ho die in the Lord: for they rest from their labors and their
works do follow them." A marker of the S. A. R. was placed at his
grave in 1903. Mr. Nevihall's descendants are among the most re-
spected people of Lynn and Saugus to-day.
Ne\vh.\ll, Jacob, — son of Jonathan and Abigail (Norwood) Newhall,
was born in that part of Lynn called East Saugus, February 22, 174.5.
His grandfather was Jacob Newhall, the first of the name to settle
in Saugus, and he was great-grandson of Thomas Newhall. Jacob
Newhall, the subject of this sketch, Hved in the family homestead which
during the Revolutionary times stood on the main street of East Saugus,
on the spot now occujjied by the house of the late Fales Newhall. He
married Sarah Berry, probably sister of Mary Berry, who married his
brother, Jonathan. Like his fathers, he was a farmer. The story of his
connection with the Concord fight has come down with great distinct-
ness to his descendants now living. Rev. WilHam R. Newhall, D.D.,
formerly principal of Wilbraham Academy, who has had the story direct
from his ancestors, .says: "My great-great-grandfather was a member

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of (."apt. David Parker's ci)iii|iany of iiiimite-inen. He wa.s one of
the first to receive the news that the British were out, living as he was,
near the old Boston road. The messenger reached East Saugus before
daylight, and he lielped to rally the neighbors who belonged to the
company. All set oft' as soon as possible, going up the Boston road
through Maiden. The company did not go to Lexington, but awaited
the return of the British somewhere on the road below that place.
HaWng dispersed themselves behind the walls and trees, they indus-
triously fired upon the king's troops, following them along the road.
At one time, with several of his neighbors, Jacob was in a little ravine,
behind some boulders. They had annoyed the regulars so much that
the latter were ordered to clear them out with the bayonet. The British
thereupon made a sudden charge into the gully. Jacob was the last to
leave, and, after firing a parting shot, turned and addressed some very
disrespectful language to the redcoats, and then made good his escape.
He continued to follow the British down to Charlestown Xeck, when he
dropped out of the fight and made his way home."

Tradition has brought down the story that he still further engaged
in the war which followed, but the muster-rolls on file are indefinite,
from the fact that they do not in all cases indicate the residence of the
soldiers. He niav have been the Jacob who served as private in Colonel
Samuel Brewer's regiment, in the company of Captain James Prentiss.
If so, his service was at Fort Edward and the north. This Jacob
was discharged at Saratoga, and allowed "240 miles' travel home,
the warrant being dated February 3, 1777. The mileage was that al-
lowed many Lynn men. He had probably several children, one being
Jacob Xewhall, born 1770, died June 3, 1857, commonly known as
" Black Jake." The son of the latter was Fales Newhall, long known
in East Saugus, and his grandson was Rev. Fales Henry Newhall, well
known as a clergyman of the Methodist denomination. The death of
the Revolutionary soldier occurred in 1806, and he is un<loubtedly buried
in the old ground at Saugus Centre.
Newhall. James, — private, Cajjtain Ihifus Mansfield's 4tli Lynn conipany
which marched on the alarm of A|iril li). 177.); service, two days.—
Mass. Holls.

Then- would sccni to he no doubt tiiat the above was ■'S<|uire Jim,"
so call.'d. who was .son of Benjamin an.l Eiizahetli (Fowlo) Xewhall.

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Ijoin ill Lynn, July 11, 1731, and died in Lynn, May 16, 1801. He is
the only James in the Newhall Genealogy who would be of the right
age to serve, although a James, Jr., is also borne on the rolls in the
same company.

"Squire Jim" was commissioned a justice of the peace September
'20, 1781, and because of this and the fact that there were six other
James Newhalls in town he received the title by which he was fa-
miliarly known for many years. He married Lois, daughter of Ebenezer
and Mary (Mansfield) Burrill, September 17, 1756. She was born
in Lynn, May 9, 1737, and died July 17, 1815. Their home was in
the old house on Boston Street, north of Hudson Square, which was
moved back in 1895, and their children were Lois, Lydia, Elizabeth,
James, Martha. Benjamin, Joel. Mary, James, and Benjamin. Judge
James R. Newhall. the Lynn historian, was a grandson. The probate
records show that he died possessed of a dwelling, barn, and shop, with
a little garden; also Farrington's field, so called, consisting of thirteen
acres.

Xewhall, James, — son of Josiah and Hannah Newhall, and brother of
William, Joel, Micajah, and Jacob, was born in South Lynnfield, May
-26, 1760; married Martha Newhall, May 1-2, 1788.

The probate records show that the above James died in 1812, his
will being probated July -20 of that year. In it are mentioned his wife,
Martha, and house, barn, and other buildings, an estate valued at $-2,400.
Concerning his Revolutionary record, he appears on a descriptive list
of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army, agreeable to a resolve
of June 5, 1780; returned as received of Justin Ely by John Glover,
Brigadier-General, at Springfield, July 11, 1780; age, twenty; stature,
.5 ft. 6 in.; complexion, ruddy; residence, Lynn; arrived at Spring-
field July 10, and marched to camp July 11, 1780; under command of
Captain George Webb; marched June i27, 1780; discharged December
6, 1780, five months, twenty-one days, -280 miles' travel included. —
Mass. Rolls.

Xewhall, James, — son of Increase and Susannah (Soudan) Newhall, was
born in Marblehead; baptized August 9, 1761; married Mrs. Mary
Hart, December ;20, 1801. She died February 18, 1855. James died
in Lynn, April 17, 1843, aged eighty-two years. It is probable that
he was a member of Ca])tain Rufus Mansfield's 4th Lynn company

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^vhich marched on the alarm of April 1!>. 177.5; service, two days. Xo
other James appears in the Newhall Genealogy likely to have been
the James, Jr., of this record. He was also matross in Captain Win-
throj) Gray's company. Colonel Thomas Craft's artillery regiment;
ser\-ice from time of enhstment to August 1, 1777, two months; also
list of men belonging to state regiments of artillery entitled to an ad-
ditional bounty of £15, as returned by Colonel T. Crafts, at Boston,
January li, 1777; also Captain Simeon Brown's company. Colonel
Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards; service from April '•2. 1778, to
Julv ;5, 1778, three months, two days; roll dated camp at Winter Hill.

On August 14, 183'2, he made application for a jiension, being at that
time seventy-one years of age, and made affidavit to the above serWce.
He also mentioned the fact that he was at Rhode Island, under General
Sullivan, and that after the battle and the retreat of the Americans he
returned to Boston and was stationed at Castle William, now Fort In-
dependence, where he stayed until the regiment was disbanded. He
mentions also that he voluntarily enlisted with the consent of liis father,
and that at Castle William he received a discharge signed by Lieutenant-
Colonel Paul Revere, which he gave to his father, but which was lost.
He was ])ensioned at $100 a year from March 4, 1831. Calley, his
brother, produced him as a witness in his own pension claim, and said
that James entered the service in Calley's absence, but that ])re\iously
James had been in camp at Cambridge.
WHALL, Jedediah, — private, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hodgman)
Newhall, was born in Lynnfield in Ho'^. He was one of eight children,
and his father, who died November 6, 17.56, dinded his estate among
them. He was married by Rev. Mr. Treadwell, November 17, 1774.
to Michal Downing, born August 31, 1755. After his marriage he re-
moved to Lynn, and up to the time of his death his home was in the
quaint, gambrel-roofed house still standing on Boston Street, between
North Federal and Kirtland, where his large family of eleven children
was born and reared. He was a member of Captain Farrington's c-om-
|iany, and responded to the morning alarm of April 19, 1775. The gun
which he carried was a poor affair, and during the day he took from
the side of a dead British soldier a long "king's arm," which he used
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industrious, and energetic, familiarly known as "Uncle Jed," was a
well-known figure in the streets of Lynn for nearly half a century.
He was one of those of whom quaint anecdotes are still preserved, and
when, during his latter days, he was seen holding before him a long stafi',
grasped with both hands, by means of which he sprang with a lively
movement over the ground, he may well indeed have been a quaint fig-
ure. He worked early and late in the little shop near his house, mak-
ing lasts and wooden heels with which he supphed many small manu-
facturers, and with the aid of liis family of boys he also carried on the
little farm which embraced about five acres of land, Ipng between
North Federal and Kirtland Streets, and extending back to the present
Walnut Street. With it all he made a comfortable h\-ing. He is said
to have been a man of great personal courage who would not have
hesitated to attack the evil one liimself, had he appeared in \'isible
form. Among the many anecdotes preserved of him is one in which it
is asserted that, in the days when people sometimes extracted their own
teeth, Uncle Jed one day placed a strong cord around a large double tooth
and attached the end of the cord to a beam . Mounting a saw-horse, he
sprang to the ground, extracting the tooth and nearly breaking his neck
at the same time. At another time, ha^^ng occasion to remove a plank
which ran from beam to beam in his barn, he knelt on the plank and
began to pull it toward him. He and the plank fell together, with the
result to himself of a broken leg.

His wife died April 9, IS'il, and he three years after, on the -ith of
December, 18^24. Both are buried in the old Western Burial Ground,
where a gravestone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected to
his memory in ISO-l.
XicwHALL, Joel, — was probably son of Josiah and Hannah Newhall, and
brother of Daniel, William, Micajah, Jacob, and James, all soldiers. He
wa.s born in Lynnfield, February 19, 17.53; married Lucy, daughter of
Colonel John Mansfield, December '24,

yC/Tjy^^ s^i >.^, a^l^ ^^^^ ^j^ j^^l ^^^ ^^^^^ Newhall house
stood at the foot of Mall Street, facing
Boston Street, and was later removed to the northwest corner of North
Federal and Walnut Streets. Joel Newhall died August 27, 1804,
and administration was granted on his estate January 14, 1805. His
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wife LiRV is mentioned, and Jesse Rhodes, James Gardner, and Freder-
ick Breed, all neighbors, were appointed appraisers. The house, barn,
and four acres of land were rated at $3,000, together with a store near
the house at $300. He was probably buried in an old tomb in the old
Western Burial Ground, and removed to Pine Grove Cemetery. His
widow, Lucy, probably died February 18, 1845, aged eighty-five. Cliil-
dren, Joel, Isaac, Samuel, Cheever, Lucy, George, Edward, and John.
Joel Newhall was a corporal in Captain Rufus Mansfield's -1th Lynn
company which marched on the alarm of April 19. 1775.

Xkwh-^^ll, John, — undoubtedly son of John and Lydia (Scarlet) Xewhall,
and fifth from Anthony, was born in Lynn, May li, 1721; married
April 10, 1746, Sarah, daughter of Edmund and Hepzibah (Breed)
Lewis, born October '25, 17:26. He was a shipwright, and lived on
Waterhill, his land bordering on Federal Street. His children were
Hebeath, Nathaniel, Lydia, Hepzibah, EUzabeth, Sarah, and Hannah.
His son Nathaniel was called " Potter Nat," and Lydia married Thomas
Bowler. Administration was granted on his estate January 15, 1810,
and Potter Nat was mentioned as administrator. There is no doubt
that he was buried in the old Western Burial Ground. The only
record of Revolutionary service is that in Captain Rufus MansfieUrs
4th company which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, two
days.

Newh.^li-, Joxath.vx, — son of Solomon and Lois (Howard) Newhall, was
born July 4, 1760; married August 16, 1789, to Hannah Peabody,
daughter of Stephen and Ruth (Storer) Peabody, born August 24. 176(!.
She died January 6, 1836. He is said to have moved to Maine. The
Revolutionary record is as follows: Appears as private in a hst of six
months' men raised by the town of Lynn to reinforce the Continental
Army, agreeable to a resolve of June 5, 1780; age, twenty years; height,
5 ft. 6 in.; complexion, ruddy; returned to Brigadier-General John
Glover, July 10, 1780; marched to camp under command of Ca])tain
Webb.— Mass. Rolls.

Newhall, Jox.vth.\:n% Jr. — There were two Jonathan Newhalls wiio may
have been called Jonathan, Jr. Both were the sons of a Jonathan. ( )ne
was the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Johnson) Newhall, born about
1754; married, first. June 15, 1779, Su.sanna Upton; and, second, March
'24. 1795. Ph(vbe I.,indsey. and died in South Lynnfielil. November 9.

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1799, aged forty-five. The other was the son of Jonathan and Abigail
Norwood, born in Lynn about 1752; married Mary Berry, January 2,
1776; and was brother of Jabez Newhall.

The Revolutionary record given is the following: Private, Captain
Ezra Newhall's company of minute-men which marched on the alarm
of A])ril 19, 1775; serWce, seventeen days; also same company, Colonel
John Mansfield's regiment; order for advance ])ay signed June 8, 1775;
enlisted May 6, 1775; service, three months, two days; also order for
bounty coat, November -i, 1775; also private, CajJtain Zadock Buffinton's
company. Colonel Samuel Johnson's regiment; enKsted August 16, 1777;
discharged November 30, 1777, at Cambridge; service, three months,
fifteen days; at capture of Burgoyne; also Captain Miles Greenwood's
company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards; enlisted Novem-
ber 11, 1777; serdce to April 3, 1778, four months, twenty-three days;
also from April 2 to July 12, 1778; serWce, three months, twelve days.

A Jonathan appears in Captain Ebenezer Winship's company,
Colonel Nixon's regiment; company return dated September 20, 1775;
also with the usual service in Captain Killer's company in the Rhode
Island expedition.

Newhall, Joseph, — son of Joseph and EHzabeth (Hodgman) Newhall, of
Concord, was born September 23, 1743, and was brother of Nathaniel,
Thomas, Elizabeth, and Jedediah. He was married, first, by Rev.
Eliakim Willis, July 15, 1767, to Dorcas Barrett, of Maiden; second,
to Hannah Nourse, daughter of George Nourse, of Lynnfield. He was
in Captain Simeon Brown's company. Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regi-
ment of guards; served from April 2, 1778, to July 3, 1778, three months,
two days; roll dated cam[) at Winter Hill; also list of men raised in
Esse.x County for service for nine months from the time of their arrival
at Fishkill, agreeable to a resolve of April 20, 1778; residence, Lynn;
arrived at Fishkill, July 17, 1778.— Mass. Rolls.

Newhall, Joseph, Jr. — No record has been found of a second Joseph in
the Newhall Genealogy, although two are borne on the same muster-roll,
one as Joseph and the other as Joseph, Jr.

According to the Massachusetts rolls, Joseph, Jr., was a private in

Captain Simeon Brown's company. Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of

guards; service from April 2, 1778, to July 12, 1778. three months,

twelve days; also Captain Huse's company. Colonel Jacob Gerrish's

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regiment of guards; enlisted July Ki. 1778; discharged December 14,
1778; service, five months, three days, at Cambridge. — Mass. Rolls.

Xe\vh.\ll, Mic.wah, — son of Josiah and Hannah (Xewhall) Newhall, was
born October 18, 1756; married June 10, 1779, by Rev. John Tread-
well, to Joanna, daughter of Captain William Farrington, and had
twelve children. He lived near the corner of South Common and
Vine Streets, in an old house still standing, but moved to the rear. He
was a farmer as well as shoemaker,
and owned the land bounded by Shep-
iird, Vine, Summer, and South Common
Streets, also a portion of what is now
Harwood and Hanover Streets. He was a man about .3 ft. 8 in. in
height, and weighed one hundred and eighty pounds. He belonged
to the Methodist denomination, and was one of the prominent men of
his day. He was drafted and served three times in the Revolutionary
army; died December l'^, 1830, aged seventy-four, and was buried in
the old Western Burial Ground. His wfe, Joanna, died January 27,
] 8'2().

His name is given in a list of men who served from Lynn "at Concord
Battle and elsewhere." He also served in the Rhode Island expedition
of the summer of 1777, in Captain Hiller's company, with name given
on the Marblehead roll, but, undoubtedly, belonging to Lynn. He
did guard duty in Captain Simeon Brown's com|)any. Colonel Jacob
Gerrish's regiment, at Winter Hill, from April -i, 1778, to July 25 of
the same year, and served at West Point from July 12, 1780, to October
10, 1780, in Colonel Wade's regiment which was detached from the Essex
County militia.

Xewh.vll, X.\thax. — Little is known of this man except \vhat is gathered
from his will on file in the probate records. Administration was granted
on his estate March 30, 1802. He was a housewright and lived near
the Common, according to land mentioned in his ^^^ll. John Collins,
is mentioned as his son-in-law, and a daughter, Rebecca, and son
James. The following record probably belongs to him: —

Private, Captain Rufus Mansfield's 4th Lynn company which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; also private. Captain Ad-
dison Richardson's company. Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment;
entered serxice October 18, 1779; discharged Xovember 22, 1779;

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sfi-vice, one month, six days, at Claverack, including -i'-iO miles'
travel home; regiment recruited from militia of Suffolk and Essex
Counties to reinforce army under Washington.

Xkwhall, Nath.\.n, — probably son of Jacob and Abigail (Locker) Newhall,
was born in Saugus, November 'iS. 1730; married February 17, 1756,
to ^Mary Farrington, daughter of John and Abigail (Fuller) Farrington,
born May 28, 1732. He served with the Saugus company at the Lexing-
ton alarm, but no further record appears. It is supposed that his only
son was Nathan, who served in Captain Rufus Mansfield's Lexington
company. The date of death and place of burial of this Nathan New-
hall are unknown.

Nkwh.vll, N.\thaxiel, — son of John and Sarah (Lewis) Newhall, was born
November 21. 1753, and died June 25, 1819, without issue. He had
inherited from his father the homestead on Waterhill, and at his death
it fell to his sisters. He is styled in a deed made in 1816, " Potter, alias
(•(i()|)er, alias wheelwright," but he was commonly called "Potter Nat."
lie was a private in Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute-
men which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; ser\-ice, twenty-one
(lays; also Captain King's company; enlisted July 14, 1775; ser\'ice,
six months, two days; company stationed at Salem and Lynn for the
defence of the seacoast; also Captain Stephen Wilkins's company. Colo-
nel AYigglesworth's regiment; pay abstract for travel allowance from
.\lbany home sworn to January 15, 1777; 210 miles' travel allowed said
Newhall. — Mass. Rolls.

Buried in the old Western Burial Ground.

Nkwhall, Nehemiah, — probably son of Nehemiah and Tabitha (Brown)
Newhall, was born in Lynnfield, July 17, 1756; died without issue.

Matross in Captain Edward Craft's company. Colonel Richard
Gridley's artillery regiment; muster-roll made up to August 1, 1775;
dated Cambridge; enlisted May 20, 1775; service, ten weeks, three
days; also company roll dated French lines, October 12, 1775; also
order for bounty coat, November 6, 1775; also Captain Joseph Killer's
comjjany, Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's regiment; arrived at destination
May 5, 1777; discharged July 5, 1777; service two months at Rhode
Island; roll dated at Providence. — Mass. Rolls.

Newhall, Noah, — son of Matthew and Mary (Wright) Newhall, was born
September 2, 1761; married Dolly Lawrence, August 11, 1785. He

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^hJ^ ^y/z^oM Z2

was one of a family of i-leven i-liildrcii. hut seems to have had no
brothers in the war. The mihtary service given in the Massachusetts
rolls is as follows: Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Conti-
nental Army for term of six months,
rreeahle to resolve of June 5, 1780;
irnea as recorded by Justin Ely.
commissioner, of Brigadier-General
John (ilover, at Springfield, July 11, 1780; age, nineteen; stature,
.) ft. (i in.; complexion, light; arrived at Springfield, July 10, 1780,
and marched to camp next day under command of Captain George
Webb; discharged December 8, 1780; service, five months, twenty-
three days; travel, '•2'20 miles, included.

This comjiany saw the execution of Andre.

Mr. Wellman, in his History of Lynnfield, has the following: '" Another
soldier whose name I do not find in history and who was a soldier of the
Revolution, was Noah Newhall. He is said to have been the first land-
lord of the Lynnfield Hotel, and afterwards kept a public house at
Reading for a few years and then removed to Vermont, where he died.
Among the numerous and exciting incidents of his army life was his
witnessing the execution of Major John Andre, the British spy. He
was one of the number detailed for duty on that memorable occasion.
These facts were given to the writer by one of the daughters, more than
fifty years ago. She had heard her father relate the story of the exciii-
tion. with many particulars in connection with it."
Xevvh.^ll, Onesimus, — son of Ebenezer and Mrs. iMary (Xewhall-Cheever)
Newhall, and great-great-grandson of the first Thomas Newhall, was
born in South Lynnfield, October 12, 1756, and baptized in the Second
Parish Church, October 17. He was eighteen years old at the time of
the l>exington alarm, but probably did not go with Captain Bancroft's
company, ha\-ing received the alarm too late. He enlisted ^lay 4.
1775, in the company of Captain Ezra Newhall, (^olonel John !Mans-
field's 19th regiment, and .signed an order for advance pay at Cam-
britlge, June 8, 177.5, his company at that time being in camp at Winter
Hill. During the latter part of the battle of Bunker Hill, liis regiment
was ordered up to reinforce General Putnam and General Prescott,
but halted at Cobble Hill, for reasons given elsewhere, and consequently
(liil n.it parti(ii)alc. although il was under tire from the Glasgow frigate

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lying in the harbor. He serxed through the siege of Boston, spending
the winter and spring in camp. On November 4 he received an order
for a bounty coat for having enlisted for eight months. About June,
1776, he enlisted as a private in Captain James Prentiss's company.
Colonel Samuel Brewer's regiment, and marched by way of Skenes-
borough to Ticonderoga, where he served until January 1, 1777, when
he was discharged with pay for iW miles' travel to his home in Lynn-
field. June 11, 1777, he enlisted in Captain Joseph Killer's coni-
])anv. Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's regiment, and marched with a
considerable company of Lynn men to Providence to reinforce the
arniv imder General Joseph Spencer. He was in the battle which
followed, and was discharged at Pawtuxet. After the Rhode Island
campaign he again enlisted as a private in Captain Cleveland's com-
pany. Colonel Hughes's regiment, for eight months, and served under
General Rufus Putnam on the North River. He was discharged at
Fishkill, and walked home for the second time. In 1779, having tired
of the land service and being allured by the profits accruing from
])rivateering, he shipped as a mariner in the frigate "Warren,"
under command of Commodore Saltonstall. In July the famous
Penobscot expedition was undertaken, in which the "Warren" joined.
While waiting, inactive, at the mouth of the Penobscot, Sir George
Collyer appeared with five English vessels and captured the entire
American fleet. Mr. Newhall was obhged to jump overboard and
swim ashore to escape. He soon engaged again on a privateer in the
capacity of a gunner, and, while in the act of levelling his piece, was
wounded by a grapeshot which entered his mouth, passed out under
his ear, and struck his shoulder. The enemy's ship was taken. Al-
though his wounds were severe, he recovered, and again entered a priva-
teer, was captured, and taken to Newfoundland. Soon exchanged, how-
ever, he continued in the naval service until the close of the war.

Onesimus Newhall was twice married, his first wife dying in 1780.

His second wife was Lydia . He had six children, Ebenezer,

Samuel, Seth, Sarah, Mary, and Lucy. In 1785 he removed to New
Ipswich, N.H., where he followed the occupation of farming. On
June 17, IS'iS, the corner-stone of Bunker Hill Monmiient was laid.
General Lafayette and many other distinguished men being present.
The State of Massachusetts extended an invitation to all survivors of

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I lie l):ittk- t(i he i^resent, offering mileage and a bounty of $3 to all wiio
should accept. A considerable number of venerable men responded
to the invitation, and received marked attention from the great con-
course of people present on the occasion. Among others Onesimus
Xewhall, then nearly seventy years of age, journeyed from his Xe«
Hampshire home, and was one of the three Lynn men who was present.
His name wa.s included in the official list of survivors jirinted by the
Commonwealth.

In his last days he apjilied for a ])ension, but before it was granted
he died, April 16, 1833, at the age of seventy-si.\. He is buried in
the Centre Cemetery at New Ipswich, N.H., where a slate stone marks'
his grave. The ])en.sion was paid to his children.

Xkwhall, Solomon, — probably son of Samuel and Katherine (Stone) Xew-
hall, was born about 17:25; married Lois Howard, of Lynn, August
■26, 1751. Was the only Solomon likely to have been in the war. Pri-
vate in Captain Ilufus Mansfield's 4th Lynn com])any which marched
on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, two days; also in Captain
Samuel King's company during the summer of 1775, doing seacoast
duty; also at West Point in Captain Addison Richardson's company.
Colonel Wade's regiment, from July 1'2, 1780, to October 10, 1780.

Xi:wHALL, TiiiOTHY, — SOU of Ezra (not the colonel) and Elizabeth (Pecks)
Xewhall, was born March '26, 1765; married February '25, 1793, by
Rev. Jesse Lee, to Eunice Curtain, daughter of John and jNIartha
Curtain. Their children were Tim-
-, ^ ^ y^~^ othy, Eunice, Benjamin C, Sally,

*^^*** ^'^^ .^fi«r:*c^.-<5^ (ieorge, and Louisa. Timothy New-
hall was a farmer, tall, and of a dark
roiii|>lexion, and lived on Essex Street, near the present Odd Fellows'
Hall. He died May 3, 1839, aged seventy-four, and his yi\ie, Eunice,
died September '29, 1831. Both are buried in marked graves at the
to|i of the hill in the old Eastern Burial Ground. In his de|)osition
made for a pen.sion in 183'2 he gives the following account of his Revo-
lutionary service: —

"Late in the autumn of 1778 or winter of 1779, being then about
fourteen, through the influence of Mr. James Rich, now deceased,
I obtained a ])lacc on the Brig Tyrannicide of Boston, in the naval
.service of the L.S. She mounted fourteen four pomiders. and was

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manned by more than 100 men commanded Ijv ('apt. Ilallet. Catli-
cart was 1st lieutenant. I immediately went on a cruise to Bermuda.
In a few days fell in ^\■ith brig 'Revenge,' a privateer from Bristol,
boarded her and captured her after a fight of two hours. Revenge
carried l-l six and four pounders. During action nine men were
killed and 17 wounded on the privat,eer. Tyrannicide lost one man
who died from wounds. One McGruff, an Irishman, lost his leg.
I was present with the surgeon and saw him amputate McGruff's leg
and an English sailor's likewise. Beachem, mate of the Tyrannicide,
was lost while returning from the prize, by .sinking of his boat. Action
began about sunset and continued about four glasses, two hours.
During the action it was my business to supjsly cartridges. The man
who died of his woimds was carried into Boston and was buried there.
I ship|ied again in the same vessel and shortly after her return from
Bermuda, went in a second cruise in her. Capt. Cathcart then com-
manded her. He sailed from Boston at the same time as Brig ' Haz-
ard' and in company with her. While together they took two wood
coasters belonging to New Bedford, and carried them into that place
and received from the owners some sheep as a present. Sailed from
there and took an Enghsh privateer, a sloop from New York and
two prizes belonging to her. Shortly after, the Tyrannicide and Haz-
ard fell in with and took a ship of twenty-four guns and a brig of twelve.
Ship's cargo consisted of rice, indigo, and tobacco. Brig laden with
wine. Same evening took a brig from New York bound for Lubec
with cargo of salt. Then returned to Boston. Went out again with
large fleet for Penobscot — the Warren, frigate Hector, Charming Sally,
and Black Prince, also the Hazard and sloo]) Providence. Remained
at Penobscot till an English fleet came from New York and chased the
state's vessels up the river. Next day the American vessels came to
anchor, were left and set fire by their crews. James Rich and John
Proctor, of Lynn, now deceased, sailed in same vessel. Fleet destroyed at
Penobscot about middle of Aug., 1778." — United States Pension Records.
The pension which was allowed gave him $'•20.78 per year and $51.9,5
back ]3ay. In the Massachusetts rolls he is rated as a cabin-boy on
the '"Tyrannicide." His name is also given in a list of prisoners com-
mitted to the old Mill Prison in England, taken on the ship "Jack,"
in July. 1780; committed December '33, 1780.

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Xkwhali-, Thomas, — son of Joseph and Elizabetli (Ilodgnian), and brother
of Nathaniel, Joseph, and Jedediah, was born January '21, 1750. He
married, first, December 2, 1772, Sally Lems, possibly daughter of
John and Abigail, born November 15, 1753; second. November 27,
1806, Sally Hudson, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Moulton)
Hudson, born in the old house on Tower Hill, next to the Burrill School,
December 27, 1782; died of consumption, December 20. 1857, at the
age of seventy-four. Thomas owned the land from Boston Street to
Iladdin's station. Was a tall man, whose occupation was that of shoe-
making. He built the house on Boston Street, later occupied by Elias
Clough, and died there, March 15, 1821. He was buried in the old
tomb in the old Western, but was removed to Pine Grove Cemetery,
and placed in the Gardner lot. A marker and stone now mark his
grave. He was a private in Captain Rufus Mansfield's 4th Lynn
company which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, and is cred-
ited with two days' serWce. His grand-daughter, Susan Clough, li\ing
in 1903, stated that his leg was broken on the day of the battle of Lex-
ington.
Newhall, William, — son of Increase and Susanna (Soudan) Newhall,
was baptized in Marblehead, January 15, 1749; married by Rev. John
Treadwell, September 16, 1774, to EUzabeth Stocker, daughter of
Thomas and Elizabeth (Mansfield) Stocker, born September 9, 1754.
The follo\\'ing Revolutionary ser\-ice is likely to be that of this William,
although it cannot be positively so stated. It seems, however, prob-
able that he was in the company of which his father was corporal.

Drummer, Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute-men which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, twenty-one days;
also jjrivate, Captain Addison Richardson's company. Colonel John
Mansfield's regiment; order for advance pay signed by him, dated
Cambridge, June 8, 1775; enUsted May 18, 1775, served until January
1, 1776; bounty coat ordered at Winter Hill, October 27, 1775; also
private. Captain Joseph Hiller's company, Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's
regiment; pay-roll dated camp at Providence, July 6, 1777; arrived at
destination July 11, 1777; also detachment from same company wliich
remained in camp with Lieutenant John Watts after Captain Hiller's
roll was made up; service from June 11, 1777. to August 11. 1777,
two moiitlis. six days, including six days" travel home from Hliodc Islaiiil.

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Xewhall, Willi.vji, — son of Amos and Margaret (Southwick) Newliall,
was born in Lynnfield, February 9, 1750; married by Rev. Nathan
Holt, July -Zl, 1768, in Danvers, to Elizabeth Newhall, daughter of
Joseph and Elizabeth (Hodgman) Newhall. He died June 5, 1823,
and is buried in a marked grave in South Lynnfield. The record on
the stone says, "A Revolutionary soldier who fought for the freedom
of his country." His wife died February 9, 1839, and is buried by his
side. His Revolutionary service can only be conjectured. It is prob-
able that he served in companies nearest Lynnfield. The following is
possible : —

Private, Captain Gideon Foster's company, Colonel Mansfield's
regiment; receipt for advance pay signed by Newhall, Cambridge,
June 14, 1775; enlisted May 8, 1775; service, three months as private,
Captain John Baker's company. Colonel Mansfield's regiment, com-
manded by Hutchinson; bounty coat, Winter Hill, December 25, 1775;
also private. Captain Stephen Wilkins's company, Colonel Wiggles-
worth's regiment; pay abstract for travel allowance from Albany home
sworn to January 15, 1777; 210 miles' travel allowed said Newhall.
Private, Captain Zadock Buffinton's company, Colonel Samuel John-
son's regiment; enlisted August 19, 1775; discharged November 30,
1777, at Cambridge; service, three months, twelve days, in Burgoyne
campaign.

Xewhall, Williaji, — son of Josiah and Hannah (Newhall) Newhall, was
born May 22, 1751, brother of Micajah, Joel, Josiah, and John, all
soldiers; married by Rev. John Treadwell, September 2, 1773, to
Martha Mansfield, daughter of Robert and Mary (Rann) Mansfield,
born March 27, 1753. Possibly the William who was sergeant in
Captain William Farrington's 2d Lynn company which marched
on the Lexington alarm; may have seen other ser^'ice, but it is im-
possible to distinguish it on the rolls. His cliildren were Nathaniel,
William, Robert, Josiah, Frederick, Mary, and Sarah. Died January
13, 1805, and his wife died April 10, 1822. Both were buried in the
old Western Ground, but were transferred to Pine Grove in the Dr.
Gardner lot. His home was " adjoining the road leading to fresh
marsh," according to his will.

Newhall, Willi.vm. — There were four of this name in the Revolution
from Lynn, and it is impossible to distinguish with any accuracy from

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the rolls the partieiilar service of each man, and, inasmuch as the Inrths
of only three have l)eeii founil either in tiie Lynn records or the
Xewhall Genealogy, it is not known wliere the fourth was born or
died. The fourth service noted is tiiat of a AVilliam in Captain Kufus
ilansfield's -Ith Lynn company which niarclied on the Lexington
alarm; service, two days.
Newman, David, — son of John and Sarah Newman, was horn in Lynn,
April '■25, 1741. He appears as haWng served in the French and Lidian
War, in the company of Captain Moses Parker, in 1761 and 17()'2. He
served with Captain David Parker's company at the Lexington alarm,
and on May 5, 177.5, enlisted in Captain Ezra Newhall's company,
Colonel John Mansfield's regiment, receinng advance pay at Cam-
bridge, June 8. His enlistment was for eight months, and on Novem-
ber 4 he received the customary order for a bounty coat, dated camp
at Winter Hill. He spent the winter with his company at the latter
place, and entered Boston when it was evacuated by the British. In the
summer of 1776 he marched with his company to New York, going by
way of Norwich, from which place the journey was completed by water.
After spending a night at Fort Independence the company jiroceeded
to Fort Washington, where it arrived at the end of the battle of Novem-
ber 16. Newman was in the retreat across the Jerseys with Washington.
At Trenton he fell sick, and with five other Lynn men was ordered to
Philadelphia by General Putnam. There he was quartered in the house
of a Tory who had left, but was badly neglected, hing on the hard floor,
sick unto death. Finally, two women came and ministered to the wants
of the men, but loo late to save the life of Mr. Newman, who died in the
month of December. Ralph Lindsey and Ephraim Twist also died, and
all three were buried in unknown graves in the city of Philadel]ihia.

David Newman's wife, EHzabeth, died January :?, 1816, and is ])rob-
ably buried in the old ground at Saugus Centre. His children were
John, Hannah, EHzabeth, Eli, Mary, Rebecca, and Susanna.
Newman, Thomas. — In 17,54 Thomas Newman willed to his son Thomas
his dwelling-house. l'ndo\ibtedly of Lynn, as one of that name is
given in Dr. Gardner's ledger as Hving in 1796, but nothing has been
found concerning him. The Revolutionary record is as follows: —

Private, Captain Miles Greenwood's company. Colonel Jacob Ger-
rish's regiment of guards: ciilislcd \ovenil>er II, 1777; .service to

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February i, 1778, two months, twenty-two days; roll dated cani|) at
Winter Hill; also private. Captain Addison Richardson's company,
Colonel Wade's regiment; entered service July \--2, 1780; discharged
October 10, 1780; service, three months, eleven days, including twelve
days' {■i'iO miles) travel home; regiment detached from Essex County
militia to serve for three months.

Newman, William, — married by Rev. Benjamin Prescott, August '20,
1761, to Jemima Wallis, of Danvers.

Private, Captain Gideon Foster's company, Colonel John Mansfield's
regiment; receipt for advance pay signed by him at Cambridge, July
4, 1775; also private, same company and regiment; muster-roll dated
August 1, 1775; enlisted May 12, 1775; service, two months, twenty-
four days; also Captain John Baker's company. Colonel Mansfield's
regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson; com-
pany return dated October, 1775; order for bounty coat dated Winter
Hill, December 12, 1775.— Mass Rolls.

Nichols, Elisha, — appears on a return of men raised to serve in the Con-
tinental Army from 1st Essex County regiment, sworn to by John Flagg,
first mihtary officer of the town of Lynn; residence, Lynn; joined Captain
Childs's company. Colonel John Greaton's regiment; term three years
or during the war; also private. Captain Abijah Childs's company.
Colonel John Greaton's regiment; Continental pay accounts for service
from May 4, 1777, to February 1, 1778; reported deserted; also same
company and regiment; year not given; mustered by Colonel Barber,
muster-master. — Mass. Rolls. '

Norwood, David, — private, son of Thomas Norwood, Jr.. was born in
Lynnfield, April 16, 1755. At the time of the Revolution he hved in
the venerable house known as "Willow Castle." With his brother Will-
iam he responded to the Lex-ington alarm, being a member of Captain
Bancroft's company. With his brother also he went to Danvers, and
enlisted. May 8, 1775, in the company of Captain Gideon Foster, then
being formed. He marched with it to Cambridge as third sergeant.
On July 4, he signed a receipt for advance pay, and on the 16th he
appears on a list of men who were on guard at Prospect Hill. His com-
pany was in the regiment of Colonel John Mansfield, which was halted
at Cobble Hill during the battle of Bunker Hill. In the fall he was
transferred to the company of Captain John Baker, then under Colonel

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Israel llulihinson, wlio succeeded Colonel Mansfield. He went into
camp at Winter Hill, received an order for a bounty coat, and remained
until the British evacuated Boston. No record has been found concern-
ing him after this time. Tradition says that he disappeared after the
Annter of 1776 and was not heard from for many years, but that he
finally appeared one day at his old home in Lynnfield. It is further said
that his brother William did not recognize him, and demurred at a
stranger's thus entering the place.
Norwood, William, — .son of Thomas Norwood, Jr., was born in Lynnfield,
January 6, 17.58. He was a brother of Da\id, mentioned above. His
military ser^•ice was identical with

^PfilSL!»^y^>^-''^e}L^ '^"'' °^ ^' brother, with the exception
that he served as a private. He died
in Lynnfield, April 27, 1819, and is
buried in the old burial-ground at Lynnfield Centre. A marble stone
and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were placed at liis grave in 1904.
NornsE, A.\ron, — born March, 1753, is supposed to have been a brother
of James Nourse whose serWce is given below. He was married April
4. 1787, by Rev. Nathan Holt, to
/ ^ ^yfy'^ Rebecca Ashton, and was killed Julv

Jh^yT'C^L /^n/l^naeyx-, I8I8, by failing from a load of
hay. Rebecca died October 31, 1822.
The following is given by Mr. Wellman, of Lynnfield, concerning him:
" Another of the veterans of Lynnfield was Aaron Nourse. His
native place was in the north part of the town, and the Danvers rail-
road now passes directly over the spot where he was born. He was, as
I remember him, an honest, industrious, hard laboring man. He
had three children, but none of his posterity are living. His regiment
was once in pursuit of the retreating foe when he came to a dead British
soldier on the grounil with liis gun by his side, a much better one than
that which he was carrying. In a case like this he seemed to think
that ' exchange was no robbery,' for he took the dead soldier's gun and
left the one he was carrying."

He was pensioned in 1818, and tlied the same year. The Revolution-
ary record is as follows: —

List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 1st Essex
County regiment, dated Lynn and sworn to at Salem by John Flagg,

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first military officer for the town of Lynn; residence, Lynn; joined
Captain Winship's company, Colonel Putnam's regiment; term three
years or during the war; also private, Colonel Putnam's regiment; Con-
tinental Army pay accounts for ser\-ice from March 1, 1777, to Decem-
ber 31, 1779; also Captain John Williams's company, Colonel Put-
nam's 4th regiment; return dated Albany, February 9, 1778; mustered
by John Cushing; also Continental Army pay accounts for serWce from
January 1 to December 31, 1780; also descriptive list dated West Point,
January 10, 1781; Captain Whipple's company, Colonel Rufus Put-
nam's 5th regiment; rank, private; age, twenty-seven years, seven
months; stature, 5 ft. 10 in.; complexion, dark; hair, hght; eyes, blue;
residence, Lynn; enlisted March 2, 1777, by Lieutenant Stocker; enlist-
ment dm-ing war; also Captain Job Whipple's company. Colonel
Putnam's regiment; muster-rolls for January, February, and March,
1781, dated West Point; also late Captain Whipple's company. Colonel
Putnam's regiment; muster-rolls for April, 1781, dated West Point;
reported on furlough until April 7, 1781. — Mass. Rolls.
XoLTRSE, James, — was born February 7, 176:2; lived on Salem Street, Lynn-
field, imtil after the war, when he moved to the corner of Maple and
Chestnut Streets, Lynn. He was a shoemaker, tall, straight, and well-
proportioned, and a direct descendant of Rebecca Nurse, of Danvers.
Among his descendants are Sylvester H. Nourse, of Lynn, and John
D. Lindsey, lawyer, of New York
^"^ ,^r\Oji^ I I _Atf *-^'*.>'- H^ married Elizabeth, daugh-
C^^ffV^ w/)/-ja/-^ ^^^- ^^ ^^^^^^ Mansfield. She was

^- born May 10, 1763, and died December

!24, 1853, aged ninety years. He died in Lynn, April 29, 1829, at the
age of sixty-eight. Children, John, Edmund, Lucy, Robert, Rebecca,
EHzabeth, Mary, James, and Robert. The story of his military service,
taken from state and pension records, is particularly clear and full,
and is here given in its completeness: —

Private, Captain Nathaniel Cushing's company. Colonel Joseph Vose's
1st regiment of Massachusetts Continental infantry. This regiment,
having been reorganized and recruited for the war, March to May, 1777,
proceeded to join the main Continental Army under General Washing-
ton, then in New Jersey, but halted at Peekskill, N.Y., where Major-
General Israel Putnam commanded in the middle department, and

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assigned it on June 1"). 1777, to Brigadier-General .ledediali Hunting-
ton's brigade, and in July transferred it to the brigade of Brigadier-
General John Glover. It was ordered north to reinforce the Nortiiern
Army, and embarked in sloops at Peekskill, July 27, arriving at Albany
July -id, 1777. Marching thence to join Major-General Pliilip Schuyler
and the Northern Army, Glover's brigade joined it at Saratoga on
August 1, and fell back with it to Stillwater, on August 3, and finally
took post at Van Schaick's Island, at the junction of the Hudson and
Mohawk Rivers, on August 15, 1777. There Glover's brigade was in-
spected on September 1, and reported to be pretty well clothed and their
arms "in such order as does honor to the officers commanding them."
The Northern Army ha%-ing advanced, Glover's brigade was in the
battles of Stillwater and Saratoga, and the affair of Fish Creek (October
11, 1777) and the capitulation of General Burgoyne's army at old Fort
Hardy. Pursuant to Major-General Gates's orders of October 21, 1777.
Glover's brigade marched to Albany, where it was quartered in the
barracks from October 26 until ordered, on November 7, to proceed
south to join General Washington. AVhile in barracks in Albany.
Private Nourse was furloughed in November on account of sickness, a
heavy fever and bad sore on the leg. The brigade joined the main Con-
tinental Army at Whitmarsh, and went into winter quarters at A'alley
Forge, where Nourse undoubtedly joined in the spring of 1778. The
brigade was in the battles of Monmouth, and marched thence to 'White
Plains, N.Y., where it was placed in a division under the Marquis de
Lafayette, and ordered to Rhode Island to report to Major-General
SuUivan for the contemplated movement against Newport. The brig-
ade served at the siege of Newport and battle of Rhode I.sland, August
29, 1778, and then took post at Pro%'idence, where it remained until
ordered by General Washington, in orders of June 30 and July 7, 1779,
to rejoin him in the Highlands on the Hudson. The brigade marched
by way of New London, Norwalk, and New Haven, and at Ridgefield
found orders from General Washington, dated West Point, July 23, 1779,
to remain there. It went into quarters at that station for the fall and
winter of 1779-80. The brigade then went to West Point, and Captain
Cushing's company was in the neutral ground, uear Kingsbridge, in May,
1780, and had a fight with Finicoe's Rangers. It was in the main army
in the Jerseys in June. 1780. and at West Point in September. 178(1.
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and during the winter and spring; of 1780-81. On August 19. 1781,
it was at Dobb's Ferry, and four days later at Peekskill. On November
1'2 of the same year it marched on a foraging expedition into the neutral
ground, ^'ia North Castle, White Plains, Mamaroneck, and Crowpond.
The winter of 1781-8'2 was passed in cantonments at New Windsor on
the Hudson, and in September, 178'2, was at Verplanck's Point with the
main army and in the operations against New York.

In the ^^•inter of 178-2-83 the brigade was again in cantonments near
New Windsor, and here on June 11, 1783, Nourse was furloughed, and
permitted to take his musket and march with a proper complement of
officers to Massachusetts to await the definite peace. On No\ember
3. 1783, he was honorably discharged from the sernce.

This record of James Nourse's term of ser^•ice has been taken from the
record in the Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior, except
date of the final discharge, which is incorrect in the Pension Ofiice, since
the men enlisted for the war were furloughed on June 11, 1783, and not
then discharged.
Org.\n', Isaac, — name spelled "Orgin" on the gravestone, was the son
of a Tory of the strongest type, li^'ing in Boston. He was born in 1761,
and it is said that it was in listening to the British drums in Boston that
he became himself expert in the use of the sticks. Upon the opening of
the war, he enlisted, and was promptly disowned by his father. He
married Elizabeth Hallowell, Deceni-

''^-J y M^^^^ ^' ^^^'^' '^"'^ ^^'^ children, Eliza C,
' il^ (y ^/'^^ Isaac, Isaac, Harriet, and Martha.
<:^ His home after the war was in the old

house on Strawberry A\enue, known as the old Johnson house, built
in 1710. His grandson, Isaac Waitt, remembers him as a short, thick-
set man, as did also William Hudson, who spoke of him as the most
famous drummer of his day in Lynn. Mr. Hudson heard him many
times speak of his experiences in the army, and relate particularly the
fact of beating " taps" at the execution of Major John Andre, and that
the general sentiment was that Andre's sentence was very harsh. The
fame of Orgin as a drummer went far and wide. At Marblehead
at general muster. Colonel William Mansfield once made the remark,
■■ Old Uncle Isaac is not here," and, upon being asked how he knew,
re|jlied, '" Because I can tell his drum." At that moment another drum

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was lieard which Colonel Mansfielil imnieiliately recognized as that of
I'ncle Isaac. He was a powerfnl man, and his drumming was in keep-
ing. He was also a man of quick temper, and is said to have thrown
liis arm out of joint three times, throwing stones at his cows. He died
of jaundice, May 29, 1831, aged seventy, and is buried near the centre
of the old Western Burial Ground. His wife, Elizabeth, died October
i;?, 1846, at the age of eighty-one, and is buried at his side.

The War Department gives the following: " Drummer, Major Robert
Oliver's 3d Mass. Battalion, commanded by Colonel John Cireaton.
He enlisted in March, 1779, and his name last appears on the roll for
June, 1780. He w-as promoted to be drum major, January -27, 1780."

His application for a pension reveals some other items of interest.
He was pensioned under the act of 1818 from January 30, 1819, at $8
per month, $41.57 back pay. Elizabeth, his widow, was pensioned
September 22, 1838, at $108 per year, with $270 back pay. He made
oath in 1820 that he was worth $350 and had an income from cooking
business of only $180 per year. He said that his pay in the army was
H)s. a month. In 1820 he was a domestic in a large tavern in Boston,
attending upon the tables in the day and cleaning boots and shoes
at night. October 4, 1823, he made oath at the Probate Court at
Salem that he enlisted for three years or during the war, in Captain
Williams's company. Colonel Greaton's regiment, at Lynn, and con-
tinued to serve for six and a half years, being honorably discharged
at New Windsor on the declaration of peace. This is corroborated by
the Massachusetts rolls, which give the additional fact that during a
part of this time, at least, while he was credited to the town of Lynn,
his residence was given as Boston.
Pappoon, or Peppoon', Richard, — .son of I^ichard and Elizabeth (Ivory)
Pappoon, was born September 17, 1736; married February 5, 1707, by
Rev. Nathaniel Henchman, to Mary Newhall; children. Content, Ruth,
Solomon, William, and Mary. He died in 1808, letters of adminis-
tration being granted on his estate July 20, 1808. The land wliich
he owned was situated on the " town's common," and, according to
Mr. William Hudson, consisted of land now occupied by the Unitarian
and St. Stephen's Churches and extending back to Summer Street. A
marker and stone in the old Western Burial Ground mark his grave.

Appears in a list of six motitlis" men raised l)y the town of Lynn for

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service in the Continental Army in 1780; marched Jime, 1780; dis-
cliarged December 13, 1780; service, five months, twenty-eight days:
also private. Captain Miles Greenwood's company. Colonel Jacob
Gerrish's regiment of guards; enlisted February 3, 1778; discharged,
A])ril 3, 1778; service, two months, one day; also descriptive list of
men raised to reinforce Continental Army for term of six months, agree-
able to resolve of June 5, 1780; age, forty-four years; height, 3 ft. 8 in.;
complexion, dark; residence, Lynn; arrived at Springfield, July 13,
1780; marched to camp same day under command of Captain Thomas
Pritchard; returned as received of Justin Ely, commissioner, by Briga-
dier-General John Glover, at Springfield, July 13, 1780.

Pri vate,Captain Samuel King's company ; enlisted July 14, 1775 ; service,
six months, two days. Receipt dated Salem, September 25,1775.
Parker, David, — captain of the 1st Saugus company, was probably son
of David Parker and Mary Upham, who were married in Maiden,
September 5, 1740. David, the father, died October 5, 1760. No
records of births in his family were recorded until 1748, when his son
Silas was born; but it is certain that David was born at Maiden in 1744.
The following very complete sketch of him was WTitten by Benjamin F.
Newhall, of Saugus, in 1760: "Passing south along the narrow high-
way which then extended from the Newhall tavern towards Boston,
the aspect of the country at once became changed. Instead of culti-
vated fields on both sides of the highway, the traveller at once found
on his right hand a frowning rock hill, covered with a dense growth of
pine and cedar, and on his left the deep, dark recesses of " No Man's
Swamp." The first building that attracted attention after passing
the tavern was the long, low blacksmith's shop of Major David Parker.
Here the clang of the hammer and anvil resounded daily })efore the
American Revolution was thought of. His house near by stood close
to the ledge of rocks in the rear. The site of the hovise was upon an
old Indian burial-place, and no doubt but the hones of many of the
original children of the forest rested beneath it. It was probably the
largest blacksmith shop in Lynn at the time. Being near to the New-
hall tavern, the half-way house between Boston and Salem, it secured
thereby a large amount of business. Major Parker was an industrious,
enterprising mechanic and de\oted himself to business with becoming
zeal for many years. He held an honorable rank among the people

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(,f his :.(i()|.tf(l lowii aii.l was early honorcl with the offiiv of captain
i)f the militia of the West Parish, the largest eompanv in Lynn. Tliis
advancement was made prior to the Revolution. His courage and
bravery at the Battle of Lexington led immediately to his promotion as
major, which rank he held for many years after the war. Major Parker
was a man of great benevolence of feeUng, kind and affable to strangers,
generous to a fault. He jnirsued the business of blacksmith uji to about
the time of his death. His son Richard succeeded liim in the business."

Ca]itain Parker was twice married. He came to Lynn from Maiden
in the summer of 1766, with his wife Elizabeth and child Elizabeth,
and was warned out of town by Thomas Co.x, constable, in accord-
ance with the custom of the times. Later he served in the battle of
Lexington ^^'ith the same constable. He was married, October 20,
1777, by Rev. Mr. Roby, to i\Iary Hunnewell, of Charlestown, daughter
of Richard and Mary (Kidder) Hunnewell, born July 9, 1742. His
children were Elizabeth, David, William, Mary, Richard Hunnewell,
Ebenezer, Sarah, and Susannah. May 26, 1773, he was one of the
petitioners to the General Court to set ofT Saugus as a separate par-
ish. The petition being granted be became a member of the new
church and was for some years clerk. On February 14, 1776, he was
chosen major by the House of Representatives, and was attached to
Colonel Timothy Pickering's 1st Essex County regiment. It does
not appear that Major Parker saw active service after the battle of
Lexington, but undoubtedly he served in the home guard.

His wife, Mary, died August 14, 1798. His last days were spent
in Maiden, where liis death occurred February 8, 1810, and he is buried
in the old Bell Rock Cemetery. His grave, near the wall, on the north
side, is under a sjireading maple and is marked by a slate stone.

The old house in which he lived in Saugus was torn down about 1875.
P.\.UKER, Noah, — return of men raised in Essex County for the Conti-
nental service, agreeable to resolve of December 2, 1780; also descrip-
tive list dated Hutts, New Boston, May 15, 1782; Captain James Tis-
dale's 4th company, 3d Massachusetts regiment; age, tliirty-three;
5 ft. 6 in.; complexion, dark; eyes, blue; yeoman; residence, Lynn;
enlisted June 5, 1782, for three years; also private. Captain Tisdale's
comi)any. Colonel John (ireaton's 3d regiment; muster-rolls for Sep-
tember and October, 1782, also January and February. 1783; also

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same company, Colonel Michael Jackson's .'5d regiment; muster-rolls
for August and Se])teniber, 1783; balance of term of enlistment unex-
pired, nineteen months, twenty-nine days; reported on major-general's
barge; also accounts current showing clothing charged to men belong-
ing to Captain Tisdale's company.
Parsons, Ebenezek, — was born in Leicester, Mass., March 13, 176'2, and
came to Lynnfield to live with his grandfather, Ebenezer Bancroft.
He was married November 18, 1787, to Abigail Smith, daughter of
Jonathan and Mercy (Hawkes) Smith,
r and lived in Lynnfield until his death.

VW-*^ l^"'^"^^-'*'''''*^ He was a farmer and inn-keeper, and is
described as a large man, who always
wore his hair in a fpieue. In his last days he suffered a stroke of paraly-
sis and became bent and broken. He was present at the laying of the
corner-stone of the Revolutionary soldiers' monument in Peabody, April
^ U, 1835. Died April 17, 1843, aged

/Y // /fl-O-^/D'^i^ eighty-one. His wife, Abigail, or Nabby,
('/iT'Cyb^^l/'^ " / died May 16, 1849, aged eighty-four,

M and is buried by his side in the Lynn-

field West Ground. He was a pensioner under the law of 1818, at the
rate of $8 per month from, April 14, 1818. Dropped from the rolls ^lay
1, 18-20, but restored later at the rate of $80.10 per year.

He appears on a Hst of .six months' men raised by the town of Lynn
for service in the Continental Army during 1780; also descriptive list
of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for the term of six
months, agreeable to a resolve of June 5, 1780; aged eighteen years;
height, 5 ft. 10 in.; complexion, light; residence, Lynn; arrived at
Springfield July 10, 1780; marched to camp July 11, under command
of Captain George Webb; returned as received of Justin Ely, connnis-
sioner, by Brigadier-General John Glover, at Springfield, July 11,
1780,

The length of his first terni of service is not known, but that he re-en-
listed for six months in 1780 is shown by the follov\-ing copies of docu-
ments in posses.sion of his grandson, Ebenezer Parsons: —

Li-NN, July 4, 1780.
"wee do hereby Engag; & i)romi.se to Ebenezer Parsons of Lynn, bein;; an
inlisted souldier in the Continental army for six months to deliver him thre cows

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at the End of the sd six monthas in Lieu of his six months wages, he delivering
liis six months wages or money Equal thereto to us or Either of us, the sd cow-
to be as good as cows are one with another that is to say midling Cows.

Joseph Go«tng
Thomas Townsend
John Pebkijss."

Discharge : —

" Ebenezer Parsons, a soldier in Col. E. Putnam's reg. Discharged the ser-
vice, the Issuing Commisiariat will furnish you with provisions on your march
home.

ExocH PuT.V-Ui, Col Comdt."
West Point, Dec. 6, 1781.

P.^RROTT, Benjamix, — private, was probably born about 17-lJ, but no record
of his parentage has been found. It is supposed that Daniel and
Marstin Parrott, wlio were in the Revolution, were his brothers. The
family came to Lynn after 1700, and settled in the easterly section of
the town, where they ever afterward remained. He was married by
Rev. Mr. Treadwell, August 21, 1766, to jMrs. Elizabeth Ingalls. His
children were James, Benjamin, Rufus, Hannah, Nathaniel, and Will-
iam. His home was upon Chestnut Street, opposite the present
Howard Street, but the house was torn down many years ago. He
was a private in Captain Farrington's company, and responded to the
Lexington alarm. In this company was Edward Ireson, whose widow-
he later married, her father. Samuel Ingalls; and Joseph Richards,
whose daughter married his son Benjamin. It can thus be seen how-
thoroughly this little company was recruited from "Wood End" and
how closely alUed by kindred ties were its members.

After the death of his comrade, Edw-ard Ireson, in 1801, he married.
May 2, 1802, the wdow-, Mrs. Hepzibah (Ingalls) Ireson, daughter
of Samuel and Lydia (Lew-is) Ingalls, born in Lynn in 1737. His son
James married her sister. He became one of the original members
of the Second Methodist Episcopal Society, and owned a pew in the
church (St. Paul's).

Mr. Parrott was instantly killed, September 30, 1811, by being thrown
from his cart, which was heavily loaded. He is interred in the old
Western Burial Ground, where a marble stone and bronze marker of
Ihe S, .V. U. were erected nf his grave in litOI. Ilis wife died December

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MHpnynanding^the American poRCES on Hudfon's River.

I BytheHonourablk

i Major-GeneralKNOX,

i wc^^^

' A* 'J^^vinA oAiaJuaxJiAAAUfi^ . ^ Kegiment,

being inlHicJ for Tlirce YV.itS.'-^r'WjTJby Iwnoartbly- discharged ftom
ihp Service of the United States.

Given in the State of New- York,

Bv tlie General's Command

Registered in the Books of the Regiment,

^^^^y of i^C^W^

^'/^'^.'i^'^^/

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7, 18"28, aged seventy-one, and a slate stone marks lier grave in the
Eastern Burial Ground.

I'arrott, Daniel, — was born in 1737, but no record appears in the Lynn
records. It is known that he served as a corporal in Captain Israel
Da\-is's company at the ca|)ture of Louisburg in 17-1'5. He was mar-
ried in Lynn by Rev. Mr. Henchman, March 1, 1763, to Rebecca
Ingalls, daughter of Nathaniel and Tabitha (Lewis) Ingalls, born in
Lynn, December "20, 173'2. Daniel Parrott did duty in Captain Far-
rington's company on the 19th of April, 1775, and also joined the Con-
tinental Army in the summer of 1779, having volunteered for the term
of nine months. At the end of his enlistment the British were men-
acing the defences of the Hudson River, and General Washington made
an appeal to the various states for recruits. Lynn decided to raise a
company of thirty-one men to reinforce the army, and Parrott was one
of the number drafted. At this time he was described as being forty-
three years of age, 5 ft. 7 in. in height, and of a ruddy complexion.
He left Lynn, June il, 1780, and was received in camp at Springfield,
July 13, 1780, by Brigadier-General John Glover. From Springfield
he marched to the Hudson, where he was stationed near West Point.
General Glover was a member of the court-martial wliich tried Major
Andre, and the Lynn men who went out at this time were present at
the execution of that officer. Daniel Parrott served until December
13, 1780, when he was discharged, and allowed pay for '220 miles' travel
home. He died in Lynn, August .5, 1810, and is buried in the old
Western Burial Ground in a grave marked by a marble stone and marker
of the S. A. R., erected in 1904.

Parrott, John. — One of this name, supposed to be from Lynn, was captured
at the fall of Quebec, December 31, 1775. He was in Captain Thayer's
company.

The Lynn records have a John Parrott, born 1748, died August
7, 1832, aged eighty-four.

P.VRROTT, Marstin. — Two of this name are borne on the rolls in Lynn, one
serving as a private in the company of Captain Ezra Newhall, and the
other in that of Captain William Farrington, both on the 19th of April,
1775. There may have been a mistake on one of the rolls or there
may have really been two of the same name who served. The name is
found in the list of Captain Samuel King's company of seacoast guards

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wliich served for six niontlis. The death of Marstin Parrott is noted
about May 1, 1833, aged seventy-eight, in New Haven, Conn.

Pai'l, William, — probably born in I^ynn in 1759.

Return of men raised to serve in tlie Continental Army from 1st
Essex County regiment, sworn to at Salem by John Flagg, first military
officer of the town of Lynn; engaged for Lynn; term during the war;
also list of men mustered by Nathaniel Barber, muster-master, for
Suffolk County, dated Boston, March 16, 1777; Captain Allen's com-
pany. Colonel Wigglesworth's regiment; also private, Captain Allen's
company. Colonel Cahin Smith's regiment; Continental Army pay
accounts for ser\'ice from January 1, 1780, to December 31, 1780;
also descriptive list dated West Point, January 29, 1781; Captain John
K. Smith's company, 6th Massachusetts regiment, commanded by Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Smith; rank, private; age, twenty-two; stature, 5 ft.
7 in.; complexion and hair, light; eyes, light; residence, Lynn; en-
listed June 10, 1777, by Captain E. Smith; enUstment during war;
also private. Captain Peter Claye's light infantry comj)any, com-
manded by Captain John K. Smith prior to May 1, 1781; Lieutenant-
Colonel Cah-in Smith's 6th regiment; also assignment dated October
21, 1783, signed by said Paul, making over to Henry Foye, for value
received, all wages due or to become due to said Paul, late soldier in
Captain John Kilby Smith's company, 6th Massachusetts regiment,
commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel William Hull; also return, prob-
ably 1783, of men entitled to gratuity of $80, agreeable to act of Con-
gress of May 15, 1778, for service during war. — Mass. Rolls.

Pelsue, John, — private in Captain Bancroft's Lynnfield company at the
alarm of April 19, 1775. He was probably the son of WiUiam Pelsue,
of Salem, born in Salem, June 16, 1738. That he was a stranger in
Lynnfield is evident. No other person of the name appears in either
town or parish records. He is mentioned once only in the latter, when
it was voted March 28, 1778, " to give John Plelso an order for 9 shillings
for his being overtaxed." Nothing further has been learned of him.

Perkins, Captain John, — son of William and Sarah Perkins, was born May
10, 1740, and died September 4, 1823, aged eighty-three. He lived
in Lynnfield, in the old house, still standing, in a good state of preserva-
tion, known as the " Perkins place," wliich has been in the family name
about two hundred years. He married Kunice Waters, of Danvers. in-
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tentions published September 10, 1766. She died August 16, 18'27, aged
eighty-four, and is buried at his side in the old ground at Lynnfield
Centre. He seems to have been a man of prominence in Iiis day, the
records sho^ring him to have been clerk of the town in 1769, 1774, 177.5,
1783, 178-i and 1789, town treasurer from 1792 to 180-1, selectman,
1783, 1784, 1787, 1789. He joined the Lynnfield church with his wife,
November 3, 1771, and was chosen deacon, September 16, 1796.

He appears among a list of officers of the Massachusetts militia, as first
lieutenant in the 6th company of the 1st Essex County regiment, com-
missioned April 26, 1776; also in a list of officers as first lieutenant in
Captain John Upton's 6th company, Essex County regiment, com-
missioned April 26, 1776, dated Lynn; also commissioned October 30,
1776, appears among a Ust of officers as captain in Captain John Perkins's
6th company, Colonel Timothy Pickering's regiment, commissioned in
Council, October 30, 1776.
Perry, Thaddeus, — son of John and Sarah (Price) Perry, was born in
Lexington, Mass., December 26, 1730. In 1764 he came to Lynnfield,
and was warned out of town by Constable Joseph Gowing, who was
afterwards lieutenant in the same company in which Mr. Perry served
as private. He married Rhoda Green, daughter of Deacon Daniel
Green, of Reading. His children were Nathan, Daniel. Benjamin.
George, John, Rebecca, EUzabeth, Rhoda, Ruth, AKce, and two whose
names have not been preserved. In 1772 he was chosen constable, but
appears not to have been prominent in town or parish affairs.

He was a private in Captain Bancroft's company at the Lexington
alarm, serWng the usual two days. In 1777 he enlisted as a jirivate
in Captain Jesse Wyman's company. Colonel Josiah Whitney's regi-
ment, and served two months on an alarm in Rhode Island. He was
discharged July 10, 1777, at Point Judith. From records on file, which
cannot be clearly placed, he probably saw further service during the war.

He died in Lynnfield, February 5, 1806, aged seventy-six, and is buried
in the old burial-ground at Lynnfield Centre. A stone and marker
of the S. A. R. were placed at his grave in 1903.

Note. — A Thaddeus Perry, of Lynn, and Anna Haywood, of Ando\ er,
were married in Andover, March 29, 1769.
Pool, Captain John, — was descended from John Poole, who came to this
country about the year 1632. He was born June 10, 173.5, and was the
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son of Timotliy ami Klizal.t-tli I'oole. He nuiiTied. first, Sarali Town-
send, of Reading, August '•2!), nG'i, and his cliildren were Sarah, John,
Susanna, Isaac, Thomas, Sarah, and James; married, second, Mrs.
Susanna Smith, of Reading, November
1, 17fi7. His home was in the ancient
house wliich stood where the gate-house
of the water-works is located in North
Saugus. When the new pond was made, the house was torn down,
and no trace remains. Little is known of Captain Pool. He held
minor positions in the town, being constable in 17(i(), fence-viewer in
1771, surveyor of highways in 1781, and warden in 17!)1. He died
May 1, 1798. The homestead consisted of seventy-five acres of land,
.situated in Saugus and Lynnfield, together with house and barn, all
valued at $1,560. He is buried in the old cemetery at Saugus Centre,
and the grave is markeil by a marble stone and the bronze marker of
the S. A. R.

On the '24th of April, 1776, he was chosen ca])tain of the -lA com|)any,
1st Essex County regiment, and was commissioned two days later.
On September 30 of that year his company of fifty men were drafted
from Brigadier-General Michael Farley's regiment, to inarch to
Horseneck on an alarm. His company was in Colonel Coggswell's
regiment, which reached White Plains just after the battle, the
company having been engaged in scouring the woods. It then
marched to North Castle, where it remained until its discharge,
January 1, 1777.

He was second Heutenant in Captain Addison Richardson's company.
Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment; engaged October 14, 1779; discharged
November i^l, 1779; ser\-ice, one month, twenty days, at Claverack;
regiment detached from Essex County militia to reinforce army imder
General Washington.
Porter, Amos, — was a private in Captain Parker's Saugus company at
the Lexington alarm; but, aside from his two days' service at that time,
nothing is known of him. He may have been the son of Josej)h and
Mary Porter, born in Danvers, November '■24, 174'2; married Anna
Bradstreet, December 10. 1763.
Porter, Eben'kzek, — probably Lynn, appears on a receipt for advance
l)ay (lilted Cambridge. Jime 8, 177.-,; enlisted May 4, 177.-,. for eight

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months; bounty coat. Winter Hill, November 4, 1775; Captain Ezra
Newhall's company. Colonel John Mansfield's regiment.

Potter, Benjamin Burrill, — son of Benjamin and Hannah (Brown)
Potter, was born February 1, 1758.

Private, Captain Joseph Killer's company. Colonel Jonathan Tit-
comb's regiment; arrived at destination June 11, 1777; discharged
August 11, 1777, two months, six days, including travel home; also
])rivate. Captain Miles Greenwood's comjjany. Colonel Jacob Gerrish's
regiment of guards; enlisted November 11, 1777; service to July 3,
1778, at Cambridge.

Appears on a list of prisoners on brig " Haskett & Jolm," taken
May 3, 1781; committed July 7, 1781; residence, Lynn.

Pratt, Amos, — son of Thomas and Lydia (Lynde) Pratt, was born in Mai-
den, April 11, 1734. He was married April 30, 1761, by Rev. Joseph
Roby, to Sarah Upham, of Lynn. He first resided in his native town,
where his daughter, Sarah, was born. May 19, 1762. In March, 1763,
he removed to Lynn, settling in Saugus. In October of that year
he was officially warned out of town, according to the custom of the
times. He remained, however, and erected his home on the Melrose
road, about one hundred rods eastward from it. Mr. Benjamin F.
Newhall says: "It was a small, one-story house, with out-buildings,
and surrounded with beautiful trees. Deacon Pratt, for he afterwards
attained to that dignity, was a small but very active man. He never
let the grass grow under his feet. Neatness and order reigned supreme
all about his retired and romantic home. Smooth flat stones paved
the way to the well, barn, and out-buildings. Every piece of wood-
work was scoured and kept clean, for paint was practically unknown
in those days. He was for many years one of the deacons of the old
West Parish Church and was a highly exemplary man."

Amos Pratt responded to the alarm of April 19, 1775, in the com-
jjany of Captain David Parker, but saw no further service in the war.
He died in March, 1821, leaWng a small estate. His family soon dis-
persed, the house fell into decay, and has disappeared. He is buried
in the old Saugus cemetery, and a stone and marker of the S. A. R.
were erected to his memory in 1903.

Proctor, John— A John, son of William and EUzabeth (Ricker) Proctor,
was born in Lynn, November 4, 1754; married Mary Newhall, Febru-

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ary 17, 1774; also married Joanna Tarbox, January 7, 1779. There
was a son, Joseph.

Seaman, brigantine " Freedom," September 10, 1777, to April 1,
1778, Captain John Clouston. Probably on " Rambler." Also sea-
man, brigantine "Tyrannicide," Captain Allen Hallet; enlisted Feb-
ruary 1, 1779, to April 30; also marine, ship "Protector," December
18, 1780, to May 9, 1781, four months, twenty-one days, Captain
John F. Williams; also on roll December 11, 178'2.

See also Timothy Newhall, who says that he sailed in the Penobscot
expedition with John Proctor.
Proctor, John, Jr., — son of Joseph and Annis Proctor, was born in Mar-
blehead; baptized May 3. 1747; lived in Swampscott; married by Rev.
Mr. Roby, December 1'2. 179'2. to Anna Brown. He died December
20, 1819.

Appears as a landsman on frigate " Boston," Samuel Tucker com-
mander; entry, December 4, 1778; also appears on ship "Lyon":
also on another from Marblehead.

Also private, Captain Samuel King's company; enlisted July 14.
1775; serxice, six months, two days, for defence of seacoast; also
private. Captain Zadock Buffinton's company. Colonel Samuel John-
.son's regiment; enhsted August 19, 1777; discharged Xovember ,30.
1777, at Cambridge; service, three months, twelve days.
Ramsdell, Abednego, — son of Noah and Mary (Batten) R;imsdell, was
born in Lynn, September 11, 1750. His father's home was on Marble-
head Lane where it makes a sharp bend in entering the town of Swamp-
scott. The house stood upon the easterly side of the road, and has
long since disappeared. Abednego Ramsdell was married March 10.
1774, by Ebenezer Burrill, Esq., town clerk, to Hannah Woodbury,
probably of Newburyport. His nearest neighbor was Theophilus
Burrill, whose home is still standing on Essex Street, Swampsc-ott.
and beyond the latter lived Joseph Richards and his brothers. Tra-
dition has handed down an interesting story of how two of these young
men started for the battle of Lexington. They were members of Cap-
tain Farrington's company of militia, but had risen early that morning
and gone to the seashore for the jjurpose of shooting black ducks. In
their absence the alarm reached town that the regulars were oiit, and
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nego Raiiisdell and Joseph Kicliards had killeti some ducks and were
returning, when they were met by the father of the latter, who gave
them the exciting news that there was trouble "up country" and that
they had better go. It is asserted that they immediately threw down
the ducks, and set off in haste for the scene of the conflict. Judge James
R. Newhall, in the History of Lynn, says that Mr. Ramsdell was warned
by a woman as he left town that she had had a presentment that be
would not return. He repUed that he was going in a good cause, and
that, if he fell, he would take a redcoat with him. It is said that the
last time he was seen in Lynn he was running through the town with
liis stockings fallen over his shoes. Gradually he was joined by others
along the road who were going in the same direction, and these men
decided to place themselves under the lead of one of the older men.
Hurrying along, they fell in with a considerable number of men whose
objective point was the Boston road to Concord, and at about noon
they learned the full particulars of the morning's fight, and that a
large force of British was on the road beyond. They arrived in the
town of Menotomy some time during the early part of the afternoon,
there meeting the Lynn men who had preceded them. Mr. Ramsdell
took position at the Jason Russell house, and was awaiting the van-
guard of the British troops when they arrived at about five o'clock.
While engaged in firing at the main column in the road, he was fired
upon in the rear by the flank guard and killed. The hardest fighting
of the day took place around this old farm-house, which still stands
a survivor of the battle. Twelve men were laid out in the parlor that
afternoon, killed by British musket-balls and bayonets. Mr. Ramsdell
was buried in the field in the rear of the house. In 1848 his body
was removed to the cemetery at Arlington, where a monimaent was
erected over the common grave of the men who had been killed at the
Jason Russell house.

Abednego Ramsdell had two brothers, Shadraek and Mesheck,
both of whom served in the Revolution. His three sisters, Rachel,
Mary, and Hannah, all married Revolutionary soldiers.
Ramsdell, Ebenezer, — raised for six months' service, and passed muster
October 25, 1780, at Camp Totoway; discharged December 13,
1780; service, five months, twenty-eight days, travel, 220 miles, in-
cluded. — Mass. Rolls.

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Hajispell, Jacob, — son of John and Rebecca (Hazletiiie or Hazleton),
was born March 7. 17^.5-G; married Elizabeth Collins, September l.'i,
1770. l),v Hev. John Treadwell; children, John, Bethia. Betsey, and
Jacob. In the jirobate records a certificate appears, filed by his widow
EHzabeth, March 31, 1806, which says that her husband, Jacob, went
away ten years ]jrevious and had not l)een heard from. He was a
seaman, and left four children.

Appears as a private in Captain Ezra Xewhalls company wliich
marched on the alarm of April 19, 177.5; serWce, twenty-one days; also
as lieutenant in Captain Lindsey's company. Colonel Benjamin Ruggles
Woodbridge's regiment, dated August 1, 177.5; enlisted May i'i, 1775;
service, eighty-one days; also appears in a petition addressed to the
Council at Watertown, dated Cambridge Camp, October 2, 1775, signed
by Colonel Woodbridge, asking that said Ramsdell and others be rec-
ommended to (General Washington for Continental commission, they
having failed to be commissioned by the ProWncial Congress. — Mass.
Rolls.

R.^MSDKLL, J.\MEs, — j)robably son of Timothy and Margerity, born Janu-
ary 10, 173;5; married June -Hi, 175.5, to Meribah Johnson. Was evi-
dently in the regiment with Henry Hallowell, inasmuch as the latter
mentions him as being on the march through New Jersey.

Private, Captain Moses McFarland's invalid corps at Boston, for
ser\ice from January 1 to December 1, 1780; enlistment during the war;
also first appears as private in Ca])tain Daniel Galeucia's tenth com-
pany. Colonel Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's regiment; enlisted June
16, 1775; order for bounty coat dated Maiden, October -15, 1775; also
list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 1st Essex
County regiment, dated Lynn, February 16, 1778; term three years;
joined Captain Williams's company. Colonel Greaton's regiment;
also private. Captain Joseph Williams's company. Colonel John Grea-
ton's regiment, for service from February '-26, 1777, to December .'51,
1780; reported invalided in 1780.— Mass. Rolls.

He was paid a bounty of £\i by the town of Lynn, March 1, 177S. -
Accounts of Greaton at State House.

K.VMSDELL, James, Jr., — parentage, unknown. .\ James, Jr.. die<l in
Marblehead, September U, 1814, — a seaman.

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from 1st Essex County regiment, dated I>ynn, February Ki, 1778, and
sworn to at Salem by John Flagg, military officer of the town of Lynn;
joined Captain Joseph Winship's com])any. Colonel Greaton's regi-
ment; also appears on Continental Army depreciation roll of men who
served three years from January, 1777, to 1780.

Descriptive list dated West Point, January '•25, 1781 ; Colonel Greaton"s
3d regiment; age, twenty-one years; stature, 5 ft. 6 in.; complexion,
Hght; hair, dark; eyes, blue; residence, Lynn; enlisted January 1,
1777, by Lieutenant Tuttle; enlistment during war. — Mass. Rolls.

R.uisDELL, Kimball (Kymbal), — married Mary Ramsdell, probably daugh-
ter of Noah and Mary (Batton) Ram.sdell, born January 4, 17-11. His
own parentage is imknown. His children were JNIary, Lucy, Jose])h,
Rachel, Kimball, Rachel, Lucy. He was a soldier in the French and
Indian War, but appears only in Henry HallowelFs list as having been in
the Revolution.

R.AJMSDELL, Mesheck, — SOU of Noah and Mary (Batton) Ramsdell, was
born March 14, 1747; married March i, 1768, to Sarah Young, daughter
of Thomas and Martha Young, born June "20, 1748. He was living in
Lynn in 1790, according to the census of that year, but the date of his
death is unknown.

Private, Captain Rufus Mansfield's 4th Lynn company which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1773; ser\-ice, two days.— Mass.
Rolls.

Ramsdell, Nathan, — perhaps .son of Joseph and Rachel, born in Maiden,
March 18, 1745.

Private, Captain Rufus Mansfield's 4th company which marched on
the alarm of April 19, 1775; ser\-ice, two days; also private. Captain
Joseph Hiller's company. Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's regiment; ser-
vice on an alarm at Rhode Island from May 5, 1777. to July 5, 1777. —
Mass. Rolls.

Ramsdell, Nath-\xiel, — son of Nathaniel and Joanna (Downing)
Ramsdell, was born November 5, 1730; married by Rev. Nathaniel
Henchman, December 4, 1755, to Tabitha Ramsdell, daughter of
Ebenezer and Tabitha, born July -26, 17-26; children, Joanna, Eunice,
Ebenezer, Gideon, William, Reboah. He was li\ing in Lynn in 1790,
according to the census of that year.

Appears as a matross on ])ay abstract of Captain Winthrop (iray's

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company, Colonel Thomas Craft's regiment, for ad\ance jiay and
blanket money; residence, Lynn. — Mass. Rolls.

Ra.msdell, Nehemiah, — private. Captain Erza Newhall's company of
minute men which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; sernce,
twenty-one days; also private. Captain Joseph Killer's company,
Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's regiment; arrived at destination June 11,
1777; service to August 11, 1777, two months, sL\ days. — Mass. Rolls.

R.vMSDELi,, Nehemiah, — ^was probably born about 1717. He married
May 9, 1737, Susannah Gross, and had four children, Susanna, Ne-
hemiah, Elizabeth, and Harrison. His second wife appears to have
been Dehverance Smith, whom he married November 24, 1747, and by
whom he had two children. Anna and Rhoda. Rlioda married Thomas
Kilby Hudson, a soldier of the Revolu-
amsdell was one of the

y- ,,...^,, hers of Captain Farring-

^ ton's company, being over fifty-five

years of age at the time of the Le.xington alarm. His son Nehemiah
served in the company with liim, and still another Nehemiah served
in the company of Captain Ezra Newhall. He took Uttle part in the
affairs of the town. serWng only as tithing-man in 1767. His death
occurred in 1782, letters of administration being granted on his estate
December 4 of that year. His wife died November 6, 1797. He is
buried in the old Western Burial Ground, where a marble gravestone
and a bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected in 1904.

Uamsdell, Nehemi.^^h, Jr., — son of Nehemiah and Susanna (Gross)
Ranisdell, was born in Lynn, December 10, 1739. Little is known of
him. He appears to have been married by Rev. Mr. Treadwell, Febru-
ary 12, 1778, to Anna Attwill. He served with his father in Captain
Farrington's company on the 19th of April, 1775, meeting the British
at !Menotomy. Inasmuch as there were three of the same name borne
on the muster-rolls to the credit of Lynn, it is impossible to distinguish
which one performed service in the Rhode Island campaign. In the
summer of 1777 a large company was raised in Lyiin for the expedi-
tion against the British who were about Narragansett Bay, and a
Nehemiah Ram.sdell was one of the number, enlisting June 11, 1777,
and serWng until August 11, when he was discharged and returned to
Lynn.

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Letters of Hdiuinistratioii were granted upon his estate October
19. 1807. A bronze marker and marble gravestone were erected to his
memory in the old Western Burial Ground in 190-1.

H.VMSDELL, Shadrach, — son of Noah and Mary (Batton) Ramsdell, was
born July 19, 1744; married by Rev. Mr. Treadwell, December 35,
1766, to Hannah Peck. He lived upon what is now Chatham Street,
just beyond Marianna. The house is still standing, but the road at that
time w-as a mere cart-path. Administration was granted upon his
estate June 38, 1803, at which time he was described as a mariner, and
his mansion house and land adjoining were valued at $700.

Appears in a list of men taken from the Orderly Book of Israel
Hutchinson of the 37th regiment, taken prisoner at Fort Washington,
of Captain Ezra Newhall's company; dated Fort Lee, November 16,
1776; reported taken November 16, 1776. — Mass. Rolls.

1{am.';dell, Silas, — ajipears on an order for advance pay signed by him
at Cambridge June 8, 177.5; also private. Captain Ezra Newhall's
company. Colonel John Mansfield's regiment, dated August 1, 1775;
enlisted May 6, 1775; service, three months, two days; order for
bounty coat at Winter Hill, November 4, 1775. — Mass. Rolls.

Ramsdell, Timothy, — appears as a prisoner in Colonel Israel Hutchinson's
Orderly Book, taken at Fort Washington, November 16, 1776. He be-
longed to Captain Addison Richardson's company.

Ramsdell, William, — a William, son of Ebenezer and Tabitha, was born
April 9, 1743; married by Rev. Mr. Roby, January 30, 1769, to Mrs.
Polly White; also ])ublished July 34, 1774, to Sarah Newhall. An
order asking for the guardianship of the children of William Ramsdell,
was filed in the Probate Court, November 18, 1817, he having lately
deceased. Children, Mary, William, Sally, Catherine, Betsy, Peggy.

Ai)|jears as a fifer in pay-roll of Captain Ste])hen Wilkins's company,
( olonel Wigglesworth's regiment ; allowed travel home from Albany,
two hundred and ten miles, sworn to January 15, 1777; also order for
bounty coat dated Winter Hill, November 4, 1775.

Rkddix, Benja.min Bullard, — son of Thomas and Jerusha Reddin, was
born in Marblehead, where he was baptized July 19, 1741. It is certain
that he was early an inhabitant of North Saugus. The ancient house
in which he lived is still standing on the left side of the Lynnfield road,

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going north. lie was a tanner, and carried on his business upon Hawices's
Pond, not far from his home. He married October 10, 1771, Anna
Mansfield, daughter of Robert and Mary (Rann) Mansfield, born July
'2'2, 1748. His children were Thomas, Jerusha, John, Robert,
Benjamin, Joseph, and Mary. In
m7 ^ fi '^*^^ ^^ ^^'''^ constable, but a])pears

JJ^-^^ jj jCa-JJi^yL to have taken Httle part in town aft'airs.
His niihtary service was confined to
that which he rendered in Captain Parker's company at the
time of the Lexington alarm. He died in North Saugus in March,
\%ib. His estate consisted of three acres of land, a dwelling-house, barn,
and other buildings, valued at $800. He is buried in the old cemetery
at Saugus Centre together with his children. A marble stone and bronze
marker of the S. A. R. were erected at his grave in 1903.

Rhodes, Jesse, — son of Ignatius and Sarah (Merriam) Rhodes, was born

May 24, 1759; married by Rev. Mr. Roby, November 16, 1783, to Love

Newhall, daughter of Allen and sister of Daniel A. B. and Charles;

children, Jesse, Loue, Salley, Betsy, Huldah, Allen. He died January

3, 1821. He was a deacon of the old First Church, and lived on Boston

Street. The old house, torn down

^^^"^y-^ ^i^n^^C^i-^d^ about the year 1884, stood a little back

^ / from the corner of Boston Street, on

the easterly side of Cedar. The land

was formerly the old Witt place, but in the course of years came into

the hands of Mr. Rhodes. It was one of the oldest houses in town, and

had the long sloping roof. Its timbers were of oak, and it was built in a

most substantial manner.

His miHtary record is given as follows: Private, Captain Addison
Richardson's company. Colonel Wade's regiment; entered service July
12, 1780, three months, eleven days; regiment detached from Essex
County militia; tra\el 240 miles home; also private, Captain Simeon
Brown's company. Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards; service,
April 2 to July 3, 1778, three months, two days; also July 3 to July
12 same year; rolls dated at Winter Hill. — Mass. Rolls.

Rhodes, John, — son of Hezekiah and Abigail, was born January 27, 17;i;S,
and died in the army in 1776.

Rhodes. John, — .son of Ignatius and Sarah (Merriam) Khodes. was born

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August <i, 17.50: married hy Rev. Mr. Treiulwell. Deceuiher 11, 1777.
to Lydiii Farriugton; children, Joseph, Sarah, Ezra, Elizabeth. He
Hved in Breed's End according to Pratt, and died June 10, 18'2C, aged
seventy-seven. His wife, Lydia, died April 15, 181.5.

He was in Captain Kufus Mansfield's company, and responded to the
alarm of April 19, 1775. Buried in the old Western Ground, with marker
and stone at liis grave.
linoDEs, JosiAH, — son of Johu and Hannah Rhodes, was born in Lynn,
July •25, 1758. A Josiah, Jr., and Rebecca Tarbox were married by
Rev. Mr. Roby, April 6, 1781; children, John, Rebecca, Lydia, and
Betsey. Josiah was buried in the old Western Burial Ground, Octo-
l)er -28, 1834. In the list of burials no age is given, it simply being
/O ^ stated that he was "very old." The
I'.i y J . follomng is given from a sketch by Mr.

ji^ui ^'Uu%^ f^°"-

y, / ^ -^ B. K Newhall, of Saugus : "For many

^ years there have stood by the ri\er in

East Saugus old mills. In 1796 the manufacture of chocolate was
begun in them, and continued very successfully for a long time. In
1805 or 1806 the premises were leased to Amariah Childs, then one of
the most prominent men in the town. During the War of 181'2 the mill
was overwhelmed with orders and the price of chocolate rose to a \cry
high figure. One of the most amusing things connected with this old
chocolate manufacture was the pretended art or skill indispensable to
a successful issue. This was believed to be a secret possessed by only
here and there an indiridual. Even the persons who carried on the
manufacture did not pretend to any knowledge of the art. It seemed
to be a general concession by the public that the science of manufacture
was known to but few. The grand magician of that early day was
Josiah Rhodes, nicknamed ' Slim Caesar.' He exercised the most
unlimited control over the whole establishment. So arbitrary was he
in the exercise of his pretended skill that scarcely any one dared to look
at the chocolate in process of manufacture. The roaster and stirring
kettle were objects forbidden by him to be examined by the ignorant
world. I well remember with what veneration I used to look upon this
aged, cadaverous veteran. The smoke of the roaster could be seen
curling up over the fire, but none had the courage in his presence to
smell the forbidden odor. Occasionally a small, mysterious, white

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jjowder, from a clean piece of white paper, would be ca.st into the roaster
or the kettle, in a mysterious and magical manner, completely blinding
the eyes of the uninitiated. Such was the dignity and haughtiness
attendant upon the e.xercise of his skill, that he rarely ever smiled or
spoke when thus engaged. Even his employers scarcely dared to ask a
question. Men who labored years under him never dared to raise a
|)retence of knowing anything. Such were the mysteries of the trade
in olden times."

The Pen.sion Office gives the following Revolutionary record : Private,
(."aptain Daniel Galeucia's company, 1775, three months; private. Cap-
tain Cox's company, 1778, two months; private. Captain BufBnton's
coni])any. Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, 1778, three months; pri-
vate. Captain Ebenezer Richardson's company. Colonel Wade's regi-
ment, July or August, 1780, three months. Allowed a pension from
August 14, 183^2.

Rhodes, S.\muel, — probably .son of John and Hannah (Rhodes) Rhodes,
was born in Saugus, July 13, 1753. He was in the company of Captain
David Parker on the 19th of April, 1775. On October U, 1777, he
enlisted in Captain North's company, and entered the northern army.
On A])ril 30, 1780, he was in camp near Morristown, in a regiment
imder Colonel Henry Jackson. He was married by Rev. INIr. Roby,
September I'-i, 1781, to Hannah Shillaber, and had children, — Hannah,
Sarah, Lydia, Polly Rebecca, Jane, and Content. He lived on the
road then called " Back Lane, " now known as Winter Street, between
East Saugus and Saugus Centre. The street was appropriately named,
for the old ])eople were accustomed to say that the snow did not melt
there until July. He lived there imtil about 1800. when he removed
to Danvers, where he died in 181(i.

Rhodes, Thom.vs, — son of Ignatius and Sarah (Merrium) Rhodes, was born
in Lynn, February 13, 1747; married by Rev. Mr. Treadwell, April
■■23, 1778, to Anna Ireson, daughter of John and Azuba Ireson, born
May '25, 1754. He was a private in
ifus Mansfield's 4th Lynn
i-hich marched on the alarm
of April 10. 1775; two days' service
;it that time. i)ut may lia\e seen further service. His homestead
after the Hcvolufion was on Western .\venne, in the house now just

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across the tracks of the Boston & Maine Railroad, on the left toward
Breed's Square. He built the house over a hundred years ago, and died
there, February 9, 1838. His wife died September '25, 1815, and both
are buried in the old Western Burial Ground, where a marker and stone
have been erected to his memory. His children were Thomas, John,
Anna, William, Edward, and Sally. His grand-daughter, Miss Hitch-
ings, who occupies the house (1904), remembers him well. He was a
man of considerable education, and one whose advice was often
sought in matters of importance. He was a farmer, and a constant
attendant at the Old Tunnel Meeting-house. His farm extended
from South Street to Walden and Summer. The old musket which
he probably carried on the day of the Le>dngton alarm is still pre-
served in the house in which he lived. In personal appearance he was
a man of medium height, of light complexion, was smooth-shaven, and
had white hair. In his last days' he broke liis hip, and from that time
his health gradually failed. In his will he mentioned his land and
buildings, and his pew in the Orthodox Meeting-house, which he
\alued at forty dollars.

Rhodes, Willi.^m, — son of Ignatius and Sarah (Merriam) Rhodes, was
born August 10, 1753, and may have been the William who married
Eunice Hutchinson, August '29, 1775, and had the following children:
William, Richard, Joel, Jesse, John, and Thomas.

He was a private in Captain Rufus Mansfield's -Ith Lynn company
which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; ser\-ice, two days.

Rich, James, — sailor. See Timothy Newhall, who says that he sailed
in the Penobscot expedition with Rich. He was lixing in Lynn ac-
cording to the census of 1800.

Seaman, ship "' Protector," entry December 15, 1780, to May 9,
1781, four months, twenty-four days. Captain John F. Williams;
also appears December 11, 178''2, in a roll made up for service to date
of capture of vessel or date of return from captivity; also appears as
prize master on " Tyrannicide, " May 10, 1779, to June 2,S, 1779, also
June ■2i to September 6, 1779.— Mass. Rolls.

Richards, J.oies,— son of WiUiam and Tabitha (Williams) Richards, was
born August 28, 1754, and marched with Captain Farrington's com-
pany on the alarm of April 19, 1775. In the same company with
liim were his father, William, his brothef. William. Jr.. and his uncle,

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.lohii Uicliiirds. Another uncle was Joseph Hichiinls. who was tlie
companion of Abednego Ramsdell who was killed. Nothing further
has been found concerning James Richards.

Richards, John, — second son of John and Lvdia (Phillips) Richards, was
born January 4, 1736. He with his brother, William, marched with
Captain Farrington's company on the alarm of April 19, 1775, and is
credited with the same amount of service as his brother; namely, two
days. No other record of service has been found, and little further
is known of him. His marriage to Elizabeth Alley, by Rev. jNIr.
Henchman, occurred November 1, 1757, and while the date of his deatii
cannot be verified, it is possible that he was the John whose death is
given in the town records as April 16, 18'2'2.

Richards, Joseph, — son of John and Lydia (Phillijis) Richards, was born
in that part of Lynn called Swampscott, September -25, 1753. His
father's home was upon what is now known as the "Stetson estate,"
and upon land where his emigrant ancestor, Edward Richards, who
came to America in 1630, settled in 1641. The site was upon the north-
erly end of Stetson Avenue, later occupied by the Stetson homestead,
which was afterwards removed to make way for the avenue.

In company with many of the young men of the easterly section of
the town he had joined the militia company of Captain William F;ir-
rington, in which were also his brothers, John and William, and his
nephews, William and James. His sister, Lvdia, was the wife of the
lieutenant, Benjamin Johnson. Family tradition has handed down
the interesting story of his connection with the e\ents of the famous
19th of April. Early in the morning he had gone to the seashore with
one of liis neighbors, Abednego Ramsdell, who lived on the northerly
side of what is now Cherry Street, but then Marblehead Lane, for the
pur])ose of shooting wild fowl. Returning during the early ])art of the
morning, they were met by the father of Josejih Richards, who hurriedly
told them what was taking place and ad\ised them to go and have a
liart in it. Mr. Richards had nothing but a light fowling-piece which
he had been using, but immediately set off with his friend Ramsdell.
.\lthough their company had gone, they hurried on alone, being soon
joined, however, by several others. All agreed to be led by the oldest
member of the band. When they reached iMalden, they heard a more
definite lucovint of the situation; namely, that the Hritisli were probalily

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on the retreat. They altered their course accordingly, but evidently
continued on to Menotomy, where they met the British during the
latter part of the afternoon. At the first opportunity Richards rested
his gun on a wall and fired, but, being heavily charged, it burst, the
barrel flying over his shoulder. So many of the enemy, however, were
lying dead on the road that he had no trouble in finding a new set of
equipments. These he used during the rest of the day, and brought
them home with him. The British musket remained in the family
as late as 1865. His companion was killed soon after they met the
British, but Private Richards continued the running fight until the
king's troops reached Charlestown.

After his return to Lynn he engaged as a farm hand in the employ
of a Boston man who owned land beyond the British lines. Being a
friend of the colonies, his employer was of much use to the ]5atriot
cause. Many a load of farming tools, driven through the British lines
by the innocent farmer-boy of Lynn, arrived in the patriot army with
provisions or war material. He was thus engaged at the time of the
battle of Bunker Hill. About January 1, 1776, he returned to Lynn,
and enlisted in the company of Captain Ezra Newhall for one year.
He was with the company at the evacuation of Boston, was on guard
duty during the summer, and marched with it to New York. He was
in the retreat with Washington across New Jersey, and took part in
the battles of Trenton and Princeton. On January 1, 1777, the greater
part of the Lynn men were discharged, and set out for home. In com-
pany with a comrade from Cape Cod, Joseph Richards purchased a
horse, and the two men came home by the "ride and tie" method. By
arrangement one would ride a certain distance, tie the horse, and pro-
ceed on foot. The other would then take the horse and ride beyond
the first, and in turn tie the horse and walk on. In this way each was
to ride half the distance home. On reaching Worcester, however, the
comrade forgot to tie the horse, and Mr. Richards was obliged to walk
the rest of the way to Lynn. He left Worcester early in the morning,
and crossed Village Square, Lynn, soon after nine at night, ha\-ing
walked fifty-four miles during the day.

In 1777 he again enUsted, this time in Captain Miles Green-
wood's company. Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, and served
tliree months.

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On February io. 1779. he was married bv Kev. Mr. Treadwell
to Martha Burrill. daughter of Theophilus and Mary (Hilll Burrill,
bom Ju]t 23. 1750. She was the daughter of his nearest neighbor,
living in the old homestead still standing on Elsse.x Street. She
died soon after the larth of a daughter. Martha. He was married,
second, bv Rev. Mr. Treadwell. Det-ember il. 1780. to Lvdia Witt,
a voung woman who had been living in the family of his first wife. By
this marriage he had nine children. Lvdia. Sarah. Joseph. Deborah.
Elizabeth. John. Richard. Rebecca, and Rebecca. His son Richani
was the inventor of the firet sole-c-utting machine. Joseph Richards
is described as a man of noble presence, over six feet in bright, large in
proportion, and " strong as two common men." For some time he was
employed with his brother Richard as a ship carpenter at Salem, — an
industry which was then at the full tide of its glory. The brothers
walked to and from their work every day. Finally, meeting with a
severe ac-cident, Joseph settled down to farming, taking the south-
easterly half of his father's farm and building a house for himself and
family, .\bout forty years ago this house was removed to Fayette Street,
and soon after torn down. In it he reared his large family, and from
it he buried his wife. Lydia, who died December 4, 1810. His daugh-
ters. Betsey and Rebecca, then successively kept house for him. His
life subsequent to the Revolution seems to have been an uneventful
one. He was an industrious farmer, a quiet nagfabor. and a good
(itizen. His home was dearly loved by his grandchildren, and a warm
welcome always awaited them. His last days were spent with his son.
Richard, who built the house on OUve Street afterwards owned and
otx-upied by Dr. Asa T. Xewhall. When Lafayette \isited Lynn.
.\ugust 31. ISii. the old soldier was thought to be nearing the dose
of his life. It was su|>(>osed that the prot^ession would i>ass from
Broad Street through Chestnut and Olive, and. in order that his wish to
see the distinguished general might be gratified he was brought to his
door in a chair. For some reason, however, the line of march was
<4ianged. and to his great disap[x>intment his \new was only a distant
one. His death occurred September iS. 1828, at the age of seventv-
one years. He was buried in the Eastern Burial Ground where a
crMnmanding stone bears the inscription: —

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This Monument Sacred

to the memory of

Mr. Joseph Rich.\.rds,

Who made his exit from

this scene of mortality

Sept. J8. IS'Ji,

-\ged 71 years.

"Tlie hopes of life were his, the joys and fears.
The clouds and sunshine of its smiles and tears.
For him was friendsliip's u-enerous hand imclosed,
And romid his lionie the joys of love reposed.
Now all are vanished and beneath this sod.
Silent he waits the mandate of his God."

RiCH.^RDs. WiLLi.\^M, — son of John and Lydia (Phillips) Richards, was the
oldest of the three brothers who went out from the Richards homestead
on the Lexington alarm. He was born November 5. 1733, probably
on the old place called in later years the " Stetson Estate.'" of Swamp-
scott. Here he Uved up to the time Of his marriage. April i-i, 1754,
by William Collins. Esq., to Tabitha Williams. On the morning of
April 19, he marched w^th his company, that of Captain William Far-
rington, toward Concord, and is credited with two days" ser\ice. He
was also matross in Captain Wintlirop Gray's company. Colonel Craft "s
(artillerv) regiment; abstract for advance pay. etc.. sworn to at Boston.
June 8. 1776.

RicH.vRDS. William, Jr., — was son of William and Tabitha (WilUams)
Richards, and younger brother of James. He was Iwrn December 17,
1756, and married June, 1785. Jerusha Alley, daughter of Jacob and
Huldah (Newhall) Alley, born in 1764. This WilUam Richards lived
at one time at the foot of Market Street, near the site of the present
Boston. Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad station. The house is said
to be still standing on Sea Street. He died October 18, 183'2, and
his wife died February -25. 1841. Her grave is unmarked in the
old Western Biu-ial Ground, and he is probably buried beside her.
All that is known of his Revolutionary serrice is identical with
that of his brother James, they having marched together in Captain
Farrington's company on the alarm of .\pril 19, 1775, and received
pay for two days" service.

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UiCHARDSOX, Ebe.nezek, — SOU of Ebeiiezer ;nul Uebetcii, was born in AYo-
burn, June 16, 17-IC-7; married by Hev. Mr. Treadwell, February 5,
1778, to Lois Bacheller; children, Anna, Jonathan, Lois, Ebenezer, and
Henry. His liome was in Wyoma, in the liouse still standing near the
beginning of Lynnfield Street, called the old Wyoma house. There
were but three houses in Wyoma at

yp ^y * IP, that time, and his farm extended back

t-C^rJ.J'^ L CfvCA^d^^i/ from Broadway toward the Lynn
Woods. After the war he was a sailor,
and his old chest and sailor's thimble are still preserved in the hands
of his descendant, Mr. Frederick A. Gordon. The death of his wife
occurred January '29, 18'21, and his own death January 9, 183'2. The
records of the Pension Office show that he was granted a pension, April
30, 1818, at the age of se\enty-one years, at $8.00 per month. His
record as preserved in the Pension Office in Washington indicates that
he was a private in Captain Addison Richardson's company. Colonel
John Mansfield's regiment, from April to December, 1775; also in
the same company. Colonel Israel Hutchinson's regiment, from Janu-
ary, 1776, to May, 1777. In the month of November, 1776, he was taken
prisoner at Fort Wasliington and detained in the city of New York as
such until May, 1777, when he was liberated by parole. In his last days
he lived in South Danvers. One winter day he started to w'alk from
thence to Woodend, Lynn. Upon his arrival at his son's house on
Chestnut Street he was taken sick, and died of jineumonia at the end of
four days. The funeral was held at the house, and a long procession of
chaises went down the road to the old Western Burial Ground.

Mr. Richardson often described the Lexington alarm, and claimed
that he saw General Warren killed at Bunker Hill, pointing out the
spot to his grandson, whom he desired to visit the spot every year.
This the grandson did until he was eighty-one years of age. Eben-
ezer Richardson has been described as a very pleasant man, tall,
quite stout, and bald. He always wore a little cap and earrings.

Richardson, Eleazer, — son of Eleazer and Susanna (Carter) Richard-
son, was born in Woburn, June 29, 1746; married, September 8, 1768,
Mrs. Catherine Newhall. She died January 10, 1785, and he married,
second, Mary Walker, daughter of Joshua and Mary Walker, born
December 9, 1758, died January 1, 1788; married, third, in Boston,

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by Rev. Peter Thatcher, December i, 1788, to Lvdia Uphain Grover.
He had ten children by his first wife, Stephen Xewhall, Eleazer Carter,
Jolin, John, Susanna, Catherine, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Rebecca, and
Ruth. He died in Woburn, February 1, 1808, aged sixty-two.

Appears as a private in Captain Ezra Newhall's minute company
which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775.

Richardson, Solomon, — perhaps son of Solomon and Abigail (Buxton)
Richardson, of Salem, born in Middleton, June 7, 17oo. He was
taken prisoner at Fort Washington, according to Colonel Israel Hutch-
inson's Orderly Book, November 16, 1776, but no other sernce is
noted.

Robinson, J,\mes, — born February 'il, 17.37, was a private in Captain Rufus
Mansfield's 4th Lynn company, which marched on the alarm of A])ril
19, 1775; service, two days; also fifer in Captain Enoch Putnam"s
company, Colonel Mansfield's regiment; muster-roll dated August 1,
1775; enlisted May 10, 1775; service, two months, twenty-seven days,
also Captain Putnam's company;
f A/' ^ Colonel John Mansfield's (19th) regi-

^ ' " ment, commanded by Lieutenant-Col-

onel Israel Hutchinson; company re-
turn dated October (i, 177.). He became the first postmaster of Lynn.
The house in wliich he lived was the old Burrill house pre\iously
occupied by Ebenezer Burrill, one of the " Sam Adams rebels." The
house was situated on the northeast corner of Boston and Federal
Streets, and in a little sho[) nearby the post-office was kept. The old
house, which was torn down in 1885 by Eaton W. Lothrop, had been
remodelled some time beyond the memory of the oldest inhabitant.
The original house had been built, it was said, with an overhang uiion
the front of a foot or more. The north side was filled in with bricks,
set up edgewise in clay, and the chimney was also partially laid in clay.
The first wife of James Robinson, to whom he was married by Rev.
J\'lr. Treadwell, May 6, 1779, was Lydia, daughter of James Newhall,
known as "Squire Jim." She was born August ^21, 1759. Children by
her were James, Lydia, Abigail, John, Harriet, Lois, Janet, George,
Moses, Charles, and Horatio. Lydia, the wife, died in 1800. August
15, 1801, he married Mrs. Alice Gay, widow of Timothy Gay, of Boston,
and there were three children by this marriage. After his second

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marriage he lived for a nuiiiher of years in Boston. His wife was pos-
sessed of considerable property, which at her death, about 182-1, went
to her children by her former marriage, and James Robinson passed the
remainder of his Ufe in reduced circumstances, with impaired mind and
memory. He lived part of the time with his daughter, Mrs. Ward, of
Salem. He was finally pensioned from January 8, 1828, at eight dollars
per month. The Lynn Record of January -21, 1832, contained the fol-
lowing notice: "In this town on Saturday last, Capt. James Robin-
son, a Revolutionary pensioner and for many years one of our most re-
spected townsmen, aged 7.5." He was first buried in an old tomb on
the Elm Street side of the old Western Burial Ground, but was later
removed to a lot on Lotus Path in Pine Grove Cemetery.
RoBV, Lieutenant Henry, — son of Rev. Joseph Roby, was born October
14. 17.57; married in Boston to Sarah Sloan, November 28, 1781. In
>-— . / ^ . 180(), when Lemuel Allen's will was

/yi /'^ / it. is noted as being "a long distance

\-^ away from Lynn and out of State."
His name appears on a receipt dated Salem, September 25, 1775,
signed by said Roby, third sergeant, and others belonging to Captain
Samuel King's company, for adAance pay for one month; also ser-
geant. Captain Samuel King's com])any; engaged July 14. 1775; ser-
we, six months, two days; company stationed at Salem and Lynn
for defence of seacoast.
Roby, Rev. Joseph, — son of Joseph and Priscilla Roby, was born in Boston,
May 12, 1724. He graduated at Harvard College in 1742, receiving
the degree of A.M.; married February 23, 1752, by Rev. Andros Elliot,
Mrs. Rachel Proctor, of Boston. His home was on what is now the
main street of Saugus, at that time a mere lane. The old house in which
^^^^ he li\ed and died was torn down some
^ <y 7^"^^ twenty years ago. but the great elm-

y ' ^/ ... :.. r_ .... ...1,:,.,, j,^ ,,h,nte.l. st

vniains to a<l<l iH-auty to the town street.
His children were: Jo.sepli, born February 17, 1753; Rachel, born June
2, 1758; Mary, born December 20, 1755; Henry, born October 14. 1757;
Thomas, March 2, 1759; Elizabeth, July 18, 1763; and Sarah. March
27, 17(>7. During his long |)ast<)ralc lie performed the marriage cere-

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nionv for nearly three luindreil couples, many of whom came from the
First Parish. His wife, Rachel, died March 8, 1792, and on the 7th of
August, 179"2, he was again married, this time by Rev. Peter Thatcher
to Mrs. Zeruiah Marston, widow of Captain Manasseh Marston, of
Boston. Four days after the battle of Lexington the people of Lynn
chose a committee to consult measures of safety. The committee con-
sisted of Rev. John Treadwell, minister of the First Parish, Rev. Joseph
Roby of the Third Parish, and Deacon Daniel Mansfield. On the
ne.xt Sunday, by recommendation of the Provincial Congress, all men

ROBY HOUSE, S.\t'GUS

who lived within twenty miles of the seacoast went to church armed.
Parson Roby reUgiously followed these instructions, appearing at meet-
ing with his musket under one arm and his sermon under the other.
Most of the men of his parish had responded to the alarm of April 19,
1775, and many were .soon enrolled in the Continental Army. His
sons Henry and Thomas enhsted, and did valiant duty. His son Joseph
had previously taken part in the Boston Tea Party, and his tlaughters,
Rachel and Mary, were given in marriage to soldiers in the army of
Washington. In 1789. when President Washington journeyed through

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Lviin, Parson Rol>y was one of those presented to him at llie Newhall
tavern. Hon. Nathan Morthuer Hawkes, whose graceful pen has left a
delightful sketch of the old [larson, well says: "Mr. Roby was an
exemplar in many ways of the compact force of organized Puritanism.
He made himself a part of the jieople to whom he dedicated his Hfe-work.
With the early teachers there was no drifting about from parish to ])arish.
When his calling was assured, it was to live and die and be buried witii
his own. Such men as he identified themselves with the air. the soil.
the traditions of the locality, becoming as it were a part of all."

His last days were unfortunately ])assed in continued sickness, which
gradually brought him to his end. He died on January 31, 1803, in
the eightieth year of his age, in the house where he had lived for fifty
years. His wife died January li. IS'^O, aged eighty, and they arc
buried in the old churchyard at Saugus Centre, just beside the village
green, on which stood the old church to whose w-ants he had ministered.
A tall black stone, bearing the emblems of death, marks his grave and
has the following inscription : —

"Sacred to the memory of Rev. Jo.seph Uuby, who departed tliis litV Jaiiy
.'!lst, 1803, in the eightieth year of his age, and 51st of his raini.strv in this I'aiish.

"Through life a lover of learning and virtue, a sincere friend, a kind and atfoi-
tionate husband and parent, and a devoted Christian.

"By a constant practice of the Christian and social virtues, he rendered him-
self greatly beloved and respected in the various walks of domestic life. Reader,
wouldst thou be honored in life and lamented in death, go and do likewise."

"No pain, no grief, no anxious fear.
Invade these bounds. No mortal woes
Can reach the jieaceful sleeper here.
Whilst angels watch his .soft repose.
So Jesus sleeps, God's dying son
Past through the grave and blest the Ijed;
Then rest dear Saint, till from his throne
The morning break and pierce the shade."

RoBY, Joseph, Jr., — son of Rev. Joseph Roby, was born in Saugus, Feb-
ruary 19, n5i; married May 1, 1803, Relief Curtis, of Hanover. N.H.
He was in the Boston Tea Party. Removed to New Hampshire.

RoRY, Tnoit.vs, — son of Rev. Jo.seph Roby, was born in Saugus, March -I,
17.50. Ajjpears on a receipt dated Salem, September -io. 111.'), signed
by said Hoby and others belonging to Captain Samuel King's coni-
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pany, for advance pay for one month; also private. Captain Samuel
King's company, enlisted July 14, 1775; ser\ice, six months, two days;
company stationed at Salem and Lynn for defence of seacoast. — Mass.
Rolls.
Sheldon, Ephraim, — son of Eplu'aim and Lydia Sheldon, was born in Read-
ing, January 20, 17-16, and came to Lynnfield with his parents in 1764.
An Ephraim Sheldon was married by Rev. Mr. Roby, January 9, 1768,
to Eunice Felt, and may have been this man. He is borne as a private
on the roll of minute-men of Captain Bancroft, but it is not known that
he saw further ser\ice in the war. His
father died in Lynnfield, July 7, 1795,
seventy-five, and he himself left
Lynnfield soon after that date, and
nothing more has been learned concerning him.
Sheldon, Francis, — was probably born in Reading. He early appears
in the records of the Lynnfield precinct, and was married May 26,

1774, to airs. Elizabeth Marston.

He is borne on the muster-roll of Captain Bancroft's company, but
is not credited with mileage. This may indicate that he did not go
with the other members of the company on April 19. He reported for
duty, and was paid for two days' ser\'ice. He also enUsted May 8,

1775, in Captain Enoch Putnam's company. Colonel John Mansfield's
regiment, and served three months, doing guard duty during the siege
of Boston.

After 1790 liis name does not appear in Lynnfield records, but is
last noted as "of Marblehead." Upon the death of Aaron Aborn, of
Lynnfield, liis wfe Phcebe married Francis Sheldon, of Salem, Septem-
ber 30, 1788.
Sherman, Nathaniel, — second lieutenant, son of Nathaniel and Dorcas
(Sawyer) Sherman, was born in Lynnfield, March 30, 1731. He mar-
ried Susanna , who died October 3, 1768, aged thirty- two. His chil-
dren were Susanna, Rebecca, Dorcas, Keziah, Betty, and Lydia. His
home was in the north part of Lynnfield, at the corner of the present
Chestnut and Lowell Streets, but the small gambrel-roofed house was
torn down many years ago. He served as clerk of the parish in 1760,
1761, 1765, and 1786; was selectman in 1782, 1786, 1789, 1793, and
1794, treasurer of the parish in 1788, and besides held other small
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offices. Little further is known of him except that he went with the
Lvnnfield company on the 19th of April, 1775. He died September
il, 1809, at the age of seventy-eight, and is buried in the old burial-
ground at Lynnfield Centre. A marble stone and bronze marker of
the S. A. R. were erected at his grave in 1904.
Smith, Amos,— private, son of Amos and Mary (Perkins) Smith, was born
in Danvers, October 29, 1748. After tUe death of his mother. May 1,
1764, his father married, second, August '20, 1764, Abigail, daughter
of Jonathan and Mercy (Hawkes) Hart, and removed to Lynnfield,
w here he took ujs his residence on the land of liis father-in-law. Amos,

Jr., was married April 4, 1771, by Rev.

yy I f Benjamin Prescott, of Danvers, to

iTCyrtO-i 'iynM/(v^ ^^^^y MfNuff. of Marblehead. He

was a member of Captain Nathaniel
Bancroft's company, and served with it on April 19, 1773. February
4, 1779, He enlisted from Danvers for three years in the Continental
Army, joining Captain Page's company. Colonel Ebenezer Francis's
regiment. He was promoted on May 18 to sergeant, and his com-
pany was transferred to Colonel Benjamin Tapper's regiment. This
regiment marched to New York, where it was quartered in and about
West Point, guarding the Hudson and taking part in sundry skirmishes
with the British. Sergeant Smith was transferred later to Captain
Lithgow's company, but remained with the regiment, which was in camp
at West Point, April .5, 1779. He had recently returned from a fur-
lough of fifty days, during which time he had walked home to Lynn and
Danvers. At the expiration of his enlistment, January 1, 1780, he again
entered the service, enlisting for a year. During tliis time the treason
of Arnold took place, and it is quite probable that he was present at the
execution of Major Andre. On January 1, 1781, he again enlisted, this
time until the close of the war, his company being that of Captain Lunt,
in Colonel Tupper's regiment. He is described at this time as being
thirty years of age, 5 ft. 6 in. in height, ^^^th light eyes and dark com-
plexion. He continued to serve as sergeant until the treaty of peace was
declared, when he was honorably discharged by Washington. After five
years of hard ser\ice he made his way back to liis Danvers home. It
may here be noted that his sister Nabby married Ebenezer Parsons, of
Lynnfield, and his sister Polly, Ebenezer Hart, of Lynnfield, both Revolu-

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tionary soldiers. He became a captain of a vessel after the war, and
\yas lost at sea, leaWng a widow and three small children.

Smith, Francis, — son of John and Elizabeth (Lynde) Smith, was born in
1716, probably in Cambridge, and was descended from Francis Smith,
who was a freeman in Watertown in 1637. He evidently came to Sau-
gus about 1746, in which year he married Sarah Boardman, daughter
of William and Abiah Boardman, born
May 11, 1722. She was a sister of
the father of Colonel Amos
Boardman. In 1750 Francis Smith
was recommended to the Third Parish Church by the church in Cam-
bridge, his wfe Sarah being a member at the time. He was a mem-
ber of Captain DaWd Parker's Saugus company wliich marched on
the alarm of April 19, 1775, and his name is borne on the muster-roll
with that of liis son Francis. After the war he removed to South Read-
ing, where he married, second, 1785, Widow Sarah Bryant. He died in
Wakefield, September 19, 1799, aged eighty-three, and is buried in the
old cemetery there. His grave is marked by a stone with a suitable in-
scription. His wife, Sarah, is buried at liis side, ha^ing died June 14,
1781.. A marker of the S. A. R. was placed at his grave in 1904.

Smith, Francis, Jr., — son of the above, is borne on the muster-roll of Cap-
tain David Parker's Saugus company, but aside from his ser^•ice of
April 19, 1775, nothing is known of him. He was living in Saugus in
1800, being then under forty-five years of age.

Stacy, Ebenezer, — was a private in Captain Parker's company, and served
in it on the 19th of April, 1775. By the Saugus church records he
appears to have been married by Rev. Mr. Roby, July 9, 1772, to Dorcas
Waite. He was perhaps the son of Ambrose and Mary Stacy, of Marble-
head, baptized October 29, 1752.

He enlisted February 15, 1777, in Captain Wells's company, Colonel
John Crane's regiment, as a gunner, and served one year. He then
enlisted in Captain Allen's company, of the same regiment, and saw
service in the Rhode Island campaign and in tlie campaign against
Burgoyne. The privations of the Continental soldiers during this
time were very great. Food was scarce, wages were paid in a depreci-
ated currency which was hardly worth the paper it was printed upon,
clothing was insufficient, and nothing but indomitable pluck held the
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regiments together. Desertions were almost as frequent as enlist-
ments. We regret to record Private Stacy as a deserter, but such is
the fact stated upon a muster-roll dated June 1, 1779. Nothing further
is known of him.
Stocker, Ebenezer, — son of John and Ruth (Breed) Stocker, and brother
of Ephraim who was in the same company ^^^th him on the morning
of the 19th of April, 1775, was born February 9, 1749. His home at
the time of the breaking out of the Revolution was on what is now
Lincoln Avenue in East Saugus, in what was in later years a public

house known as " Sunnyside." He
^^y ^^ ^/ y^^ ^^'^^ married September 19, 1771, by
OvC/^^ -^JA^^ ^^'^ Rev. Joseph Roby, to Abigail Newhall,

and May 18, 1784, he was married a
second time, also by Rev. Mr. Roby, to Mary Potter. His children, all
by his second marriage, were Daniel, Polly, Patty, George, and Pamelia.
His death occurred January 16, 1807, and that of his wife, Mary, No\em-
ber '•29, 1807. Mr. Benjamin F. Newhall described Ebenezer Stocker
as " a man of sterling worth and integrity, and great energy of char-
acter." From being a corporal in Captain Ezra Newhall's company
of minute-men on April 19, 1775, he rose to the rank of colonel, — a
rank, however, which was conferred upon him after the war. Dur-
ing his active service he was known for the most part as Lieutenant
Stocker. He had the distinction of being one of the original mem-
bers of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati, having become a
member in June, 1783, when the Massachusetts society held its first
meeting on the 9th of the month at Newburg. The military record
of Lieutenant Stocker given in detail is as follows: —

Corporal, Captain Ezra Newhall's Lynn company of minute-men
which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, fourteen days;
also Captain Newhall's company. Colonel John Mansfield's regiment;
order for advance pay signed by said Stocker and others, dated Cam-
bridge, June 8, 1775; also corporal, same company and regiment;
muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 3, 1775; service, three
month.s, five days; also Captain Newhall's company. Colonel Mansfield's
19th rcginunt, coiiimanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson;
company return dated October 6, 1775; also order for money in lieu
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sergeant, Captain Newhall's (1st) company, ^27th regiment; copy of
a list of officers (year not given, probably 1776) ; also lieutenant, Colonel
Greaton's regiment; Continental Army pay accounts for service from
January 1, 1777, to December 31, 1780; also Lieutenant-Colonel Rufus
Putnam's (5th) regiment; return of officers for clothing allowed by
order of General Court of March 13, 1778; also second lieutenant, same
regiment; return of officers for clothing dated Boston, June 17, 1778;
also for clothing, November -24, 1778; also January 9, 1779; also lieu-
tenant Captain James Tisdale's company, Colonel Greaton's 2d regi-
ment; muster-roll for March, 1779, dated " Cortond Manner"; en-
gaged January 1, 1777; also second lieutenant. Captain John Wil-
liams's company, Colonel Putnam's (4th) regiment; return for gratuity
raised by lottery dated April -li, 1779; also lieutenant. Captain Tis-
dale's (8th) company, Colonel Greaton's regiment; muster-roll for
April dated "Crompond," also June 29, "Constitution Island"; also
July, 1779, Camp Highlands; also September, 1779, Camp Bedford;
also lieutenant in Colonel Putnam's regiment; account rendered
against the United States by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
for amounts paid officers and men on account of depreciation of their
wages for the first three years' service in the Continental Army from
1777 to 1780; also same regiment, fist of officers promoted in the Con-
tinental Army and for whom warrants were made out; also lieutenant,
Major Robert Oliver's company. Colonel Greaton's regiment; muster-
rolls for field, staff, and commissioned officers for August, September,
and October, 1780; also return of officers belonging to (late) 3d Massa-
chusetts regiment, commanded by Colonel Greaton, who were to con-
tinue in the serWce, dated Boston, January 19, 1781. — Mass. Rolls.
Stocker, Ebenezer, Jr., — may have been son of Ephraim and Lydia,
born July •i-i, 1750. The following Revolutionary record is given: —

Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel John Mansfield's regi-
ment; order for advance pay signed by said Stocker and others, dated
Cambridge, June 6, 1775; also private, same company and regiment;
muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 4, 1775; service, three
months, four days; also Captain Newhall's company, Colonel Mansfield's
(19th) regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson;
company return dated October 6, 1775; also order for money in lieu
of bounty coat dated camp at Winter Hill, November 4, 1775. — Mass.
Rolls.

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Stocker, Elijah, — son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Mansfield) Stocker,
was born in Saugus, October 19, lloi. He served with his brother
Thomas on the 19th of Ai^rii, 1775, in Captain Parker's Saugus com-
pany. When news reached Lvnn that General Burgoyne was advanc-
ing down the lakes from Canada, a considerable number of Lynn men
enlisted to enter the campaign against him. Mr. Stocker was one of
twenty-fi\e Lynn men who enlisted in the company of Captain Zadoek
BufEnton, of Salem, and marched northward. He was present during
the battles preceding the capture of the British general and his army,
and marched back to Cambridge with the prisoners, where he was
discharged November 30. 1777.

Stocker, Enoch, — is borne on the muster-rolls as seventeen years of age
in 1777. Is in a list of men mustered from Plymouth County in Cap-
tain Jacob Allen's company. Colonel Bailey's regiment, for the month
of February, 1778, dated Valley Forge; also appears as a private in
Captain Adam Bailey's company. Colonel John Bailey's id Massa-
chusetts regiment; reported wounded; transferred to corps of invalids,
October 25, 1779; serWce from January 1, 1779, to December 31, 1779.
He went to Wakefield from Lynn in 1787, and was married November
28, 1787, by Rev. Joseph Roby, to Hannah Berry, of Lynn. His wife
was a very religious woman, though somewhat credulous and excitable.
They had a daughter, Sally, and possibly other children. He was at
the battle of Stony Point under General Wayne; was of a volunteer
corps which made an assault upon the enemy's works, and, as he climbed
to the top of the parapet, a British soldier ran a sword through his
thigh. Stocker forthwith drew trigger, shot his foe, and fell inside
the fort upon the dead body of his assailant. He lost part of one
hand in battle and was lame from the wound in his thigh. He died
June 1, 18'-21, aged sixty-five, and his wife, Hannah, died November
22, 1817, aged sixty-eight.

Stocker, Ephraim, — son of John and Ruth (Breed) Stocker, was born in
Lynn, January 7, 1756; married May 29, 1781, by Rev. Mr. Roby, to
Rebecca Childs. He was a brother of Ebenezer, Sr., and was li\-ing
in Saugus in 1790, according to the census of that year. The only
Revolutionary service given is that as private in Captain Ezra New-
hall's company of minute-men which marched on the alarm of
April 19. 1775.

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Stocker, Captain Joseph, — son of Samuel, Jr., and Elizabeth (GriiBn)
Stocker, was born November 11, 1745; married December 14, 1780,
by Rev. Mr. Treadwell, to Mehitable Norwood; children, Lydia and
Zaccheus Norwood. He died March 8, 1795, aged fifty, and his wife,
Mehitable, died June 9, 1793, aged thirty-eight. Both are buried in
the old Westejn Burial Ground.

He was a private in Captain Ezra Newhall's Lynn company on the
morning of April 19, 1775, and is credited with fifteen days' service.
Through the remainder of the year 1775 he served as private in Colonel
Mansfield's regiment, Captain Newhall's company; as sergeant on
the main guard at Prospect Hill, under Lieutenant-Colonel L. Bald-
win; also in Captain Newhall's company. Colonel Mansfield's regi-
ment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson. He was
also given an order for money in lieu of a bounty coat for eight months'
service of that year. The next year, 177(), he was captain of the 4th
company, 1st Essex County regiment of Massachusetts militia, com-
missioned April 26, and also served during the latter part of the year
as first lieutenant in Captain Joseph Rea's company. Colonel Timothy
Pickering, Jr.'s, regiment, which marched to Danbury, Conn., January
15, 1777. His name appears as sergeant in Captain Stephen Wilkins's
company. Colonel Wigglesworth's regiment, in a pay abstract for travel
allowance from Albany home, 210 miles. During the time from No-
vember 11, 1777, to July 3, 1778, he was in and about Cambridge,
under Captains Greenwood and Brovi^n, guarding the captured army of
Burgoyne. In 1779 and 1780 he served for short periods as first Heu-
tenant in Captain Addison Richardson's company, in Colonel Jacob
Gerrish's and Colonel Wade's regiments, near West Point. Honorably
discharged from the service October 10, 1780.
Stocker, Thomas, — son of Thomas and Ehzabeth (Mansfield) Stocker,
was born in Saugus, August 19, 1741; married April 14, 1763, by Rev.
Mr. Treadwell, to Susanna Newhall, daughter of Moses and Susanna
(Bowden) Newhall, born August 8,
1741. His children were Ehzabeth,
• ^^ Susanna, Sarah, Mary, Polly, Thomas,
Lucy, and Charlotte. He served with
the Saugus company on the alarm of April 19, 1775. His home
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house still standing (1904), nearly opposite the road which leads to the
great marshes. Upon the precipitous ledge back of the house his
grandson, Elbridge Gerry Hawkes, built a house which has since been
lowered to a place more convenient, near the road, and is now oc-
cupied by Dudley B. Fisk. His brother Elijah was in the same com-
pany, and he himself served later, 1778, on the Committee of Cor-
respondence, Inspection, and Safety of the town of Lynn.

Letters of administration were granted on his estate June ■iG. 1798,
his widow, Susanna, being appointed executrix. He was at that time
described as a yeoman, and his estate, amounting to over $3,000, con-
sisted in part of the "Dag_\T Pasture," the " Rann Pasture," and the
"Ballard Field." Susanna, his wfe, died March 12, 182-2.
Sw^AiN, JoHX (the John ^wone of the muster-roll), — son of John and Sarah
Swain, was born in Reading, May 2, 1751. His ancestral line was
John^, John^ Dr Benjamin^, Major Jeremiah=, Jeremiahi, the emi-
grant ancestor. Major Jeremiah Swain, his great-great-grandfather,
born in Charlestown in 1643, was a distinguished officer in the Indian

wars, and was in the Great Swamp

^^a^^i^O Ca/o/^ttt Fight in Ae Narragansett War. John,

^y^ the subject of this sketch, was married

November 24, 1774, by Rev. Caleb
Prentice, to Lois Walton, of Reading, daughter of Jacob and Eunice
(Hawkes) Walton, born March 15, 1752. His home was in the northerly
part of Lynnfield, in an old house which was burned many years ago.
He appears many times in the tax levy of the North Precinct, and is
noted as " Deacon John Swain," although no record appears of liis
appointment to that office. He was a member of Captain Bancroft's
company of minute-men, and marched with his neighbors to West Cam-
bridge, where he joined in the fight of the afternoon of April 19, 1775.
On April 20. 1776, he enlisted in Captain Ezra Newhall's company.
Colonel Israel Hutchinson's 27th regiment, then doing guard duty in
and around Boston. He is described as being at that time twenty-five
years of age, 5 ft. 9 in. in height, of dark complexion, with gray eyes and
brown hair. Inasmuch as the enhstnients in this company were for
three years, Swain undoubtedly accompanied his regiment on the march
to New York, going by way of Norwich, Conn., and then by water. He
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with General Wasliington, and was probably at the battle of Trenton.
The muster-rolls of this period are incomplete, and it is impossible to
give all of his military experience. Upon his return to Lynn he con-
tinued upon his large farm the occupation of yeoman. His children
were Oliver, Thomas, Joseph, Lois, Betsy, Nat, Mary, Sally, and
Lucinda. His will on file in the probate records shows that his farm
consisted of 128 acres of land, which, mth buildings, amounted to
$5,1'25. His daughters, Sally and Lucinda, were given $1 10 each, " \\ith
pri\ilege of baking in kitchen oven, dra%\ing water at well, and to jjass
and repass to cellar." He died August 24, 1815. His wife died Sep-
tember 19, 1842, and both are buried in marked graves in the Riverside
Cemetery, North Reading.

SwEETSER, Phine.^s, — birth unknown, married September 10, 1747, Mary
Rhodes. He was a private in Captain WilHam Farrington's (2d Lynn)
company of miUtia, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 177.5,
towards Concord; service, two days. — Mass. Rolls.

SwEETSER, Samuel, — was in the company of Captain David Parker, of

Saugus, at the time of the alarm of April 19, 1775. A Samuel, son of

Phineas and Mary (Rhodes) Sweetser, was born in Saugus, September

24, 1750. A Samuel, son of Samuel, and Lydia (Hawkes) Sweetser,

was born in Saugus, March 4, 1758. Either of these young men was

of the right age to have been in the

. ^^.^ service, but no record has been handed

j(wyu/jji^ r^ ^ ^"^"^^ down to show which is entitled to the

^ honor. On May 5, 1785, one of them

was married by Rev. Mr. Roby to Lydia Smith, and this one died in

Saugus August 8, 1815. The wife, Lydia, died July 22, 1843, aged

eighty-three. Both are buried in the old burial-ground at Saugus

Centre, where their graves are suitably marked.

Stmmes, John, — was a private in Captain Parker's Saugus company which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. The only reference made to
him in the Lynn records is in 1769, when he was elected hog-reeve.
In the account book of Dr. James Gardner, under date of April 7, 1797,
the town of Lynn is charged for medical attendance upon John Symmes,
which might indicate that he was a charge of the town. Notliing is
known of his birth or death. By the records of the Third Parish Church
he appears to have been one of the fifteen original members when Rev.

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Joseph Robv was ordained. He was sus[)ended from membershii) in
1758.

He saw active service in the French and Indian War, and was prob-
ably too old to take part in the campaigns following the battle of Lex-
ington. On April 'i, 1748, he was one of eight men to be impressed
into the ser^•ice of King George H., and was sent to the eastern frontier
for duty, marching with his company to York, Me. He enlisted March
30, 1758, as a private in Captain Simon Slocomb's company. Colonel
Joseph Williams's regiment, raised by the Pro\'ince of Massachusetts
Bay for the total reduction of Canada. He served eight months and
fifteen days, being discharged November '23, 1758. He re-enhsted
March 19, 1760, in Captain Henry Young Brown's company, and served
until November -20, 1760, being allowed pay for 120 miles' travel home.
He again enlisted March 19, 1762, in Captain Moses Hart's company,
and served until November 20, 1762.
Talbot, Ambrose, — was a member of Captain Farrington's company and
the last man borne upon the roll. He was married November 24,
1768, by Rev. Mr.Treadwell, to Elizabeth Johnson, daughter of Edward
and Bethia (Newhall) Johnson, born in Lynn, August 6, 1745. He
had four cliildren, Sarah, Ambrose, Enoch, and Bethia. He was a
member of the First Church, owning the covenant November 21,
1773. He enlisted September 23, 1779, and served one month in Cap-
tain George Rogers's company. Colonel Nathaniel Jordon's regiment.
Beyond this nothing is known of him.

T.\RBOX, B.^XTER, — son of Jacob and Abigail (Baxter) Tarbox, was born in
Lynn, August 17, 1754. On the record of the First Church his name
appears as having owned the covenant May 23, 1773. On his Revolu-
tionary record he appears as having been in the company of Captain
Asa Barnes, in Colonel Benjamin Simonds' regiment, which marched
from Lanesboro, October 14, 1780; service, seven days. This was a
Berkshire regiment. He also served at Concord battle and elsewhere.

Tarbox, Benjamin. — A Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Anna, was born
June 24, 1760, although it cannot be certain that he was the soldier
whose Revolutionary record follows: —

Private, Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel Mansfield's
regiment; muster-roll August 1, 1775; enlisted May 6, 1775; serWce
three months, two days; private. Captain Joseph Hiller's company,

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Colonel Jonathan Titcoinb's regiment; service at Rhode Island on an
alarm; service from May 5 to July 5, 1777, stationed at Providence;
appears in a list of men enlisted into the Continental Army from 1st
Essex County regiment, dated February 16, 1778; enlisted February
1, 1778, joined Captain Hoyt's company. Colonel Bradley's regiment;
also list of men from Orderly Book of Colonel Hutchinson, reported
taken prisoner, November 16, 1776, at Fort Washington; also signa-
ture for advance pay as private. Captain Zadock BuflBnton's company.
Colonel Johnson's regiment; enlisted August 18, 1777; discharged
November 30, 1777; sernce, three months, thirteen days, at the north-
ward; discharged at Cambridge. — Mass. Rolls.

Tarbox, Daxiel, — private in Captain Rufus Mansfield's company which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, towards Concord; service,
two days, according to the Massachusetts rolls. According to Richard
Pratt's list he was born in 1737, and died August 5, \Si-Z, aged eighty-
five, at Lynn Poorhouse.

A Daniel Tarbox came to Lynn from Pelham in May, 1764, and the
marriage intentions of Daniel and Mary Tarbox were published April 4,
1765. The children of Daniel were Abigail, Anna, Daniel, and Jere-
miah.

Tarbox, Nathaniel, — son of Jacob and Abigail, was born in Lynn, Novem-
ber 29, 1734; hved on Waterhill, and was the father of Nathaniel, Jr.,
called Captain Nathaniel. Nathaniel, Sr., was married by Rev.
Simon Bradstreet, June 11, 1752, to Rebecca Pearce, of Marblehead,
and he died in Lynn, March -23, 1785, aged fifty-two. His wife died
of dropsy, December 23, 1802, aged sixty-nine. He was a private
in Captain Rufus Mansfield's (4th) Lynn company of militia which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Concord; ser\ice, two
days ; also list of men belonging to Captain Lindsey's company, who
took the oath in Middlesex County, July 6, 1775, required by Con
gress to be taken by the Massachusetts army; also list dated Maiden
August 3, 1775, of men belonging to Captain Eleazer Lindsey's com
pany. Colonel Samuel Gerrish's regiment, who are credited with hav
ing received sums of money, probably on account of advance pay
also sergeant, Captain Lindsey's company, commanded by Lieutenant
Daniel Gallushee, Colonel Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's regiment
muster-roll dated .\ugust 1, 1775; engaged May 15, 1775; service,

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seventy-six days; also Captain Daniel Gallushee's Iflth company.
Colonel Woodbridge's regiment; company return (probably October,
1775); also order for money in lieu of bounty coat dated Maiden,
December i-i, 1775. — Mass. Rolls.
Tarbox, Capt.^^in Nath.\niel, Jr., — son of Nathaniel and Rebecca Pearce,
was born at Marblehead, November 3, 1752; married June 22, 1775,
to Abigail, daughter of Thomas and Abigail Cox. He died in Lynn,
December 13, 1831, at the age of seventy-nine. The home of Nathan-
iel, Jr., was on Waterhill Street, in an old house next but one to May
Street. A note-book in his handwriting has been preserved, which
contains some notes of interest, among them the following: —

"Apral the 19 1775
the figlit Begun at Concard with ous alwut twelve oClock in the foiirnoon and
we all got home the nexi: day except one that was kiled in Both our Compneys
and Blesed be God for it.

"The God of niarcy be adord
who Calls our souls from death
who saves By his Redeeming word
and new Createn Breath."

" Boston, July 14, 1776. Nathaniel Tarbox, Junior and wife, Fradrick Breed
and wife, they all had the small pox and Got home well August the 6, 1776
and Blessed be God for it."

Frequent entries made din-ing the Revolutionary ])eriod show him
in account with Edward Johnson, Joel and Aaron Breetl, Nathan
Newhall, and Harris Chadwell, Josiah Breed, Captain James Robin-
son, Amos Rhodes, Daniel A. B. and Charles Newhall. He evidently
kept store for Mr. Joseph Ballard, also a soldier, for many entries
indicate the fact. In a note at the end of the book we find: "The fol-
lowing served in Captain Ezra Newhall's company in Colonel John
Mansfield's regiment. Nath. Tarbox, Jr., Daniel Lindsey, Israel
Cheever, John Baker and Abel Belknap." All of these names are
borne out by the muster-rolls. He was evidently a thrifty man, for
his accounts all balance, and the number of shoes sold indicates that he
was busy. It would appear that many of his shoes were sold in Ports-
mouth, N.H. He died at the home of his grand-daughter, Betsey

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Choate. His widow, Abigail, was pensioned at the rate of $33 per
year. She died February 13, 1844, at the age of ninety. At the time
application was made for a pension the son of Captain Nathaniel,
George M. Tarbox, stated in his deposition that he had often heard
his father say that during the battle of Bunker Hill he was witliin
range of the firing, and that the bullets rattled like hailstones against
an old house just behind him, and that one bullet struck a man beside
him; that he felt that he would have gone into the battle cheerfully
if his officers had led on their men. He had often also been told by his
father that the latter, while in the army, had at one time command of
sixteen men, among whom was his own father, and that with said com-
mand he had had charge of a magazine.

Betsey Choate, the grand-daughter, stated that she had had the care
of her grandfather's papers for the last six or seven years of his life,
and that she distinctly remembered burning his commissions as a lieu-
tenant and captain of the militia, one of which was signed by John
Hancock and the other by John Adams.

The Massachusetts rolls give the following record: —
Private, Captain Rufus Mansfield's (4th Lynn) company of militia
which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Concord; service,
two days; also Captain Ezra Newhall's company. Colonel John Mans-
field's regiment; order for advance pay signed by said Tarbox and
others, dated Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also private, same company
and regiment: muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 3, 1775;
ser\-ice, three months, five days; also corporal. Captain Newhall's
company. Colonel Mansfield's regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-
Colonel Israel Hutchinson; company return dated October 6, 1775;
also order for money in lieu of a bounty coat dated camp at Winter
Hill, November 4, 1775; also given as private in Captain Joseph
Hiller's company. Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's regiment; arrived
at destination June 17, 1777; roll dated camp at Prowdence, July 6,
1777; also detachment from Captain Hiller's company, wliich remained
in camp under Lieutenant John Watts after Captain Hiller's roll was
made up; service between June 11, 1777, and August 11, 1777, two
months, two days, at Rhode Island, including travel home.
Tarbox, Willi.ui, — was born in Lynn in 1755, married September '^3,
1779, to Lydia Attwill. His home was on the northwest corner of

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Bridge Street, in a house torn down about 1890. His children were
Lydia, Mary, William, Anna, John, and Samuel. Among the deaths
in an old newspaper record is found the following: "Sept. 16, 18'29,
in Lynn, suddenly, ]\Ir. William Tarbo.x, a Revolutionary soldier,
aged 76." This would make the date of his birth 1753 instead of
1755, as recorded in the Lynn records. He is buried on the western
side of the old Western Ground, beside his wife, who died January '29,
18'28, at the age of seventy-three. An old pension certificate still in
possession of his grand-daughter, Mrs. William Waitt, indicates that he
was placed on the roll at the rate of $8 per month, from April 13, 1818,
and that the money was payable semi-annually from the United States
Branch Bank in Boston. The certificate was signed by John C. Cal-
houn. The record at the Pension Office states that he was a private
in Captain Ezra XewhalTs company. Colonel Israel Hutchinson's
regiment, serWce one year, and that he was honora