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Medford in the Revolution. 
 
 MILITARY HISTORY OF 
 
 Medford, Massachusetts. 
 
 1765-1783. 
 
 Also List of Soldiers and Civil Officers, with 
 Genealogical and Biographical Notes. 
 
 HELEN TILDEN WILD. 
 
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Medford in the Revolution. 
 
 MILITARY HISTORY. 
 
 At the beginning of the Revolution the resolutions passed in 
 the town meetings of Medford, Massachusetts, were not as 
 spirited as those of many other towns of the State ; but when the 
 time came for the citizens to choose between king and colony 
 there were only three or four who did not stand for liberty. 
 
 In 1765, Hon. Stephen Hall, the representative, received in- 
 structions from the town which included the following confession 
 of faith. 
 
 " Beholding with anxiety the success given to these extraordi- 
 nary measures by the several laws lately enacted by Parliament 
 tending to destroy our Trade and drain us of our Money, espe- 
 cially this most grievous of all Acts, commonly called the Stamp 
 Act . . . We esteem it our bounden duty to entertain profound 
 Respect for and pay ready Obedience to all lawful authority 
 according to our happy constitution, and do therefore express 
 our unshaken loyalty to his present Majesty King George III. 
 . . . We hold in great veneration the August Body of the 
 British Parliament and are ready to yield Obedience to the laws 
 they shall from time to time enact agreeable to our constitution^ 
 but considering them as men and therefore liable to misinforma- 
 tion and error, whenever they require such obedience from us 
 which is incompatible with the enjoyment of our just liberties 
 and properties we cannot but arise and remonstrate against it." 
 Mr. Hall was instructed to vote that the losses of Governor 
 Hutchinson on account of the Stamp Act riot, August 26, 1765, 
 
A MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION; 
 
 be made up to him "upon his Application to the General 
 Asfembly in a Parliamentary way." The other persons who 
 sustained damages were entirely ignored. When the news of 
 the repeal of the Stamp Act was received in Medford, the town 
 celebrated by a great bonfire on Pasture Hill. 
 
 In reply to the pamphlet sent out by the Committee of Corre- 
 spondence of Boston in 1772, the committee appointed (Messrs. 
 Willis Hall, Stephen Hall, Tertius, Deacon Isaac Warren, 
 Joshua Simonds and Benjamin Hall) wrote that assistance 
 would not be wanting in the use of »" proper measures as shall 
 be thought expedient to be adopted for the preservation of our 
 Liberties, Civil and Religious, being of opinion that a steady, 
 uniform and persevering conduct in a constitutional way is the 
 best means under God for obtaining that end and a Redress of 
 all our grievances." 
 
 Rather more warmth is expressed in instructions to Dr. Simon 
 Tufts, in regard to the payment of justices by the crown. He 
 was told to " zeelously and vigourously exert " himself to avert so 
 formidable an evil and frustrate the " wicked machinations of 
 our inveterate enemies," for, if a provision which rendered the 
 justices so dependent on the crown should become a fact, " The 
 Ax is now laid at the Root of our Liberty with a fixed intention 
 to hew it down." 
 
 The people of Medford met in town meeting on December 7, 
 1 773' an d heard the letter from the Committee of Correspondence 
 concerning the three tea ships in Boston harbor. A commit- 
 tee was appointed to draw up resolutions and to report at an 
 adjourned meeting, December 16. While they were adopting 
 the report, the exciting town meeting was being held in the 
 Old South meeting house, Boston, and when Medford's letter 
 was forwarded, the tea was floating in the bay. 
 
 Among the Sons of Liberty who took part in the Tea Party 
 was John Fulton of Medford. He was one of the party who 
 disguised themselves at the house of his brother-in-law, Nathaniel 
 Bradlee, corner of Tremont and Hollis Streets. The men were 
 assisted by Mrs. Nathaniel Bradlee and Mrs. Fulton in assuming 
 their disguise and in removing the stains of the evening's work. 
 
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 MILITARY HISTORY. 
 
 The men were saved from capture by the authorities by the 
 coolness of the women. 
 
 The tea troubles were not settled by making a tea pot of 
 Boston harbor. In the latter part of 1774 it began to be 
 whispered that some of the good people of Medford were 
 using the forbidden beverage. A committee was appointed to 
 " enquire if any person or persons Sells or consumes any East 
 India teas in their families and if any such found in this Town 
 that they cause their names to be posted up in some publick 
 place." Then the voters, not wishing to bind their neighbors 
 to what they would not abide by, '* Voted that we will not use 
 any East India Teas in our Families till the Acts be Repealed." 
 
 In June, 1774, the Boston Port Bill became a law, and all 
 business in Boston and vicinity was at a stand still. It put an 
 end to the lightering business, which was Medford's chief source 
 of revenue. 
 
 Farmers from the east and north brought their products to 
 Medford, which with bricks, leather and rum manufactured in 
 the town, were transported down the Mystic river by boats 
 or "lighters." 
 
 November 14, 1774, suffering but inflexible, the town voted, 
 "This Town does not approve of any bricks being carried to 
 Boston till the committees of the neighboring towns shall consent 
 to it." 
 
 In the spring of 1775, when Boston had received money and 
 provisions, Medford petitioned for a share of the supplies in the 
 following words : — 
 
 "Previous to the shutting up of the Port of Boston, a great 
 part of the Inhabitants of Medford subsisted by Brick making, 
 and numbers of other poor Inhabitants there were employed in 
 transporting these Bricks to Boston, where was our Market for 
 them both in supplying the Town, and also Vessels in the 
 Harbour, from whence they were exported to foreign Parts in 
 great Quantities. But since by the Operation of the Port Acts, 
 this our Trade is at an End, and those poor People are put out 
 of Business and themselves and Families are involved in the same 
 Calamity and distress for want of employ as are the poor of 
 
6 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 Boston and Charlestown . . . The Inhabitants of Medford in 
 Town Meeting assembled the 14th Instant [Mar. 14, 1775] upon 
 Consideration of the Premises have directed us to acquaint you 
 with our distressed Circumstances and to petition for your kind 
 Assistance. We do therefore in behalf of said Town, pray that 
 you would consider our unhappy Condition, and that you would 
 (if the Circumstances of your Poor admit,) in your known 
 Benevolence and Humanity grant us (who are suffering in the 
 common Cause) some small Portion of that Liberality which 
 Providence has put into your hands." 
 
 It was voted by the Selectmen of Boston to refer this to the 
 annual meeting of the Town of Boston in May, but great events 
 changed the current of affairs before that time, and Medford 
 never received her " small Portion." 
 
 When General Gage began fortifications on Boston Neck, the 
 people thought it high time to prepare to defend themselves. 
 The Committees of Safety began to collect ammunition. Powder 
 manufacturing was encouraged by the Provincial Congress. 
 Stephen Hall, 3d, the representative from Medford, was one of 
 a committee to encourage the manufacture of saltpetre. The 
 local Committee of Safety kept a sharp watch over the powder 
 belonging to the town, which was stored in the " Powder House" 
 at Quarry Hill just south of Medford line. Rumor said that 
 Gage intended to seize the powder stored there. August 27, 
 Thomas Patten was sent to remove the town's supply to a safer 
 place. Three days later Gage sent the troops out from Boston 
 and carried all the ammunition remaining there, the property 
 of several towns which had not heeded the alarm, to Castle 
 William. 
 
 From this time forth Medford was thoroughly imbued with 
 the spirit of resistance. November 14, 1774, it was voted to 
 pay no more province taxes to Hon. Harrison Gray, but to order 
 the collector to hold the same till further notice. January 9, 
 1775, it was voted to pay this money to Henry Gardner, Esq., 
 Treasurer under the Provincial Congress. 
 
 The town records make mention of a Committee of Corre- 
 spondence for the first time, March 13, 1775, but the Selectmen's 
 
MILITARY HISTORY. 7 
 
 Order Book under date of October 2, 1774, records " Paid Moses 
 Billings* [tavern keeper] for entertaining the Committee of Cor- 
 respondence, 40s. 
 
 The Committee of Correspondence for 1775 consisted of 
 Benjamin Hall, Esq., Ebenezer Brooks, Jr., Thomas Patten, 
 Stephen Hall, 3d, James Wyman, Deacon Isaac Warren and 
 Deacon Samuel Kidder. 
 
 Benjamin Hall was a member of the last General Court held 
 in Boston, May 31, 1774, and was one of the ninety representa- 
 tives who on October 5, in spite of Gage's orders, met in 
 Salem, and behind locked doors formed the first Provincial 
 Congress, and adjourned to Concord. Mr. Hall was put upon 
 the committee to provide ammunition and stores. In November, 
 seven pieces of cannon were bought and " Mr. Gill and Mr. 
 Benj. Hall were desired to get them out of Boston to some place 
 in the country in such manner as they may think most prudent." 
 These were very likely stored in Medford, for on April 28, 
 1775, it was ordered that the "Cannon now in Medford be 
 immediately brought to this town [Cambridge] under direction 
 of Captain Foster." 
 
 In March, 1775, the ledger of Benjamin Hall shows that he 
 sent to Concord a large consignment of pork, fifty axes and 
 helves, wheelbarrows, and material for constructing barracks. 
 There are also charges for carting, carpenter-work, and the item, 
 "Paid James Tufts for going to Charlestown twice for gun- 
 smith's tools." 
 
 Medford's company of Minute Men was commanded by Capt. 
 Isaac Hall, a brother of the representative. The lieutenant was 
 Caleb Brooks, a half-brother of Dr. John Brooks who was after- 
 ward Governor of Massachusetts. The ensign was the oldest 
 son of Stephen Hall, Tertius. 
 
 There is hardly a name on the roll which had not been known 
 in Medford for years. There were nine in the company named 
 Tufts — a family resident in the town long before 1700. The 
 names Bradshaw, Francis, Blanchard, Oakes and Pritchard dated 
 back to the time of Governor Cradock. 
 
 * Moses Billings came to Medford, October 8, 1770; died in Medford, June 29, 1795. 
 
8 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 As the April days advanced the people became more and 
 more restless, and rumors were rife. On April fourteenth the 
 Committee of Safety prevailed upon Hancock and Adams to 
 leave Boston, and almost immediately came certain intelligence 
 that the troops were to march into the country. 
 
 When Paul Revere " crossed the bridge into Medford town," 
 stopped at the door of Capt. Isaac Hall, and passed on, alarming 
 the sleeping farmers on the road to Menotomy, the people of 
 Medford were not slow in responding. Naturally, some Med- 
 ford man carried the message to Maiden and perhaps farther, but 
 his name is lost. Morning found the town almost destitute of 
 men. Fifty-nine men had marched away in the company, and 
 volunteers followed. Henry Putnam, who had earned the title 
 of lieutenant in the Louisburg campaign, although exempt on 
 account of his age, could not remain at home when there was 
 fighting to be done, and grasping his musket, went out to give 
 his life for freedom at Menotomy. He was one of eighty-six 
 Putnams who were on the Lexington Alarm Rolls. 
 
 Rev. Edward Brooks went on horseback to Concord, and was 
 in the skirmish at the bridge. Lieut. Edward Thornton Gould, 
 of his Majesty's own Regiment of Foot, was wounded there. 
 His life was saved by Mr. Brooks, who brought him a prisoner 
 to Medford. In his sworn testimony Lieut. Gould said, " I . . . 
 am now treated with the greatest humanity and taken all possible 
 care of by the provincials at Medford." He remained in Med- 
 ford until February, 1776, when he was transferred to the barracks 
 at Concord. 
 
 Mrs. Brooks, who through the day of the battle had served 
 chocolate to the minute-men as they passed her house, which 
 stood in sight of the gleaming bayonets of the red coats as they 
 passed through Menotomy, gave her self-forgetful care to her 
 wounded enemy. 
 
 Capt. Hall and his company marched to Lexington and there 
 joined Capt. John Brooks and his Reading company. 
 
 Capt. Brooks had left Medford only two years previous to 
 practice medicine in Reading, and many of the men in the 
 Medford company had been drilled by him in boyhood days, he 
 
MILITARY HISTORY. Q 
 
 having early developed a taste for military affairs. The com- 
 bined companies overtook the British at "Merriam's Corner" 
 and followed them to- Charlestown Ferry, continuing their fire 
 until the last of the troops had embarked. One of the Medford 
 company, William Polly, was mortally wounded, but was brought 
 to his home, where he died April 25. 
 
 All day the town was astir with drum and fife as company 
 after company marched through toward Concord. When night 
 fell, companies which arrived too late to participate in the fight 
 were quartered in Medford, and remained there until their five 
 days' service was over. The Medford company proceeded at 
 once to Cambridge. 
 
 Over the roads which many had been used to travel with their 
 ox-teams on peaceful errands, the men of New Hampshire 
 hurried to Medford, which was designated as their rendezvous. 
 The field officers were quartered at the "Admiral Vernon." 
 
 April 26 they held a meeting and advised the men to enlist in 
 the service of Massachusetts Colony. They also recommended 
 Col. John Stark to take charge of them till the Provincial Con- 
 gress of New Hampshire should act. They were not well 
 supplied with tents or ammunition. Col. Poor's regiment re- 
 mained quartered in Medford for lack of the former. 
 
 In the middle of May the Committee of Safety voted that "All 
 New Hampshire troops now in Medford if enlisted into the 
 Colonial service under Stark and Sargent, and properly equipped, 
 shall be provided with barracks (those who cannot be or who 
 do not choose to enlist be provisioned home)." 
 
 A second company of militia was formed in Medford, and 
 offered its services to the Committee of Safety. The men were 
 ordered to hold themselves in readiness to march at a minute's 
 notice, remaining in Medford until further orders. Cannon 
 were planted on Bunker Hill to prevent the British going to 
 Medford by water. 
 
 Great care was exercised that nothing of use to the British 
 should be left within their reach. June 9, Capt. Benjamin Hall 
 reported that a parcel of spars were on the south side of Mystic 
 Bridge. He was directed to remove them to a place of safety. 
 
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 Fire boats were constructed and kept in a place of safety, 
 ready to be used against any vessels of the enemy which should 
 try to come up the river. 
 
 In May, the selectmen of Medford, Maiden, Chelsea and Lynn 
 were instructed by the Committee of Safety to remove all cattle 
 from Noddle's, Snake and Hog Islands and from that part of 
 Chelsea near the coast. For this purpose they drew as many 
 men as they needed from the regiments quartered in Medford. 
 
 We have a record of but two men in Medford who left the 
 town rather than join the patriots. One was Col. Isaac Royall, 
 the other, Joseph Thompson, a brick maker. The latter's prop- 
 erty was treated rather roughly at first, but it was taken charge 
 of by the Committee of Safety, who leased it to well known men 
 of the town. The stock of bricks and lumber was seized for the 
 use of the army. 
 
 Col. Royall went to Boston in his chariot on the Sunday pre- 
 ceding the Battle of Lexington, and unfortunately for him, he 
 went armed. The testimony of his neighbors to that effect was 
 damaging, when the question of confiscating his estates came 
 up. He had been a member of the Council from 1752 until 
 1774. He was elected mandamus councillor in 1774, but never 
 took the oath on account of public sentiment. He was one of 
 the selectmen of Medford for sixteen years, and was moderator 
 of the town meeting which made resolutions against the Stamp 
 Act. The people of Medford were his friends, and were doubt- 
 less much astonished when he absented himself. Dr. Simon 
 Tufts was his attorney, and had charge of the estates until 1778) 
 when they were confiscated. By an agreement with the local 
 Committee of Safety, Dr. Tufts made no remittances to the 
 Colonel. It had been Royall's intention to retire to his West 
 Indian estates, but the beginning of hostilities prevented his 
 agent from engaging his passage. He constantly wrote to his 
 friends asking their influence to procure permission for his return, 
 and as he never was proscribed, he might have come back if he 
 had lived until the close of the war. He died in England of 
 small pox, a disease of which he had always had an almost 
 morbid dread. 
 
MILITARY HISTORY. 
 
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 His grand-daughter, Elizabeth Royall Hutton, wife of Rev. 
 Henry Hutton, and daughter of William Pepperell and Elizabeth 
 Royall, received the title of the estates at last, and in 1804 sold 
 to Robert Fletcher, Samuel Dexter and Fitch Hall the Royall 
 property in Medford and Foxborough. 
 
 To protect the property of Col. Royall, Gen. Stark was invited 
 to make the mansion house his headquarters. His wife came 
 from New Hampshire and made her home there while the siege 
 lasted. 
 
 On June 2, Col. Reed was ordered to collect his regiment, part 
 of which was in Medford, and proceed to Charlestown Neck. 
 Col. Dearborn arrived in Medford on the sixteenth and marched 
 to Charlestown the next morning. 
 
 On the morning of the seventeenth, Stark's regiment was 
 ordered to cross Charlestown Neck to reinforce Prescott. Under 
 a galling fire from the British ships he marched his men across 
 in military order. 
 
 Daniel Reed and Robert Bushby of Medford were in this 
 detachment. They afterward served three years in the Conti- 
 nental army. 
 
 The Medford company was in the battle of Bunker Hill, 
 although probably only during the latter part of the fight. Col. 
 Henry Gardner's regiment, to which the company belonged, was 
 at Cambridge, stationed in the road leading to Lechmere Point. 
 Late in the day it was ordered to Charlestown. On arriving at 
 the real Bunker Hill, General Putnam ordered part of the regi- 
 ment to assist in throwing up entrenchments there. Part was 
 ordered to the redoubt, and another detachment went to the rail 
 fence where the New Hampshire men were stationed. Doubt- 
 less many volunteers from Medford went with Stark's regiment. 
 We have record of a few. 
 
 Major John Brooks was at the redoubt during the early part 
 of the day, and about 10 o'clock he was sent to Cambridge for 
 re-enforcements and provisions. As he could find no horse, he 
 was forced to walk to headquarters. Gen. Ward did not grant 
 his request in time to make the re-enforcements of service. 
 During the afternoon Major McClary of Epsom, N. H., was 
 
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 sent back to Medford for bandages. He crossed the dangerous 
 Charlestown Neck in safety on the outward trip, but, returning, 
 he was killed. His horse found his way back to the Royall 
 House stables, and his retreating comrades found the body of 
 the major where he fell. He was buried with honors of war 
 in the little military burying place which long ago was obliter- 
 ated. In 1849, the bodies were removed to the Salem Street 
 Cemetery, near the Brooks' monument. 
 
 Medford was in sight of the battle and the glare of burning 
 Charlestown. Uncertainty as to the fate of their own men made 
 the watchers intensely anxious, but when the wounded New 
 Hampshire men at evening were brought into town, the women 
 had plenty to do. The field hospital was established on the 
 main road, just south of the bridge, and the women helped the 
 surgeons. One, Mrs. John Fulton, did a little surgical work 
 on her own account, extracting a bullet from the cheek of one 
 unfortunate. Many of these strangers had cause to thank the 
 women of Medford for care when wounded or sick during the 
 months that followed. 
 
 After the battle, the Americans began to throw up entrench- 
 ments on Winter Hill. Haste was imperative, as everyone 
 expected the British to follow up their dearly bought victory. 
 The provincials had few tools, having lost a large part of their 
 scanty store at Charlestown. The General Coui't sent a message 
 requesting Medford " to immediately supply Major Hale [Stark's 
 Regiment] with as many spades and shovels as they can spare, 
 as it is of importance to the safety of this colony that the works 
 begun on Winter Hill be finished, and that they will be retarded 
 unless soon supplied with tools of that kind." 
 
 When Gen. Washington took command of the army it was 
 concluded to station one thousand militia men in and about 
 Medford. We find record that several companies from Maine 
 served in the town under Col. Nixon and Col. Loammi Baldwin. 
 
 These men were kept busy by constant alarms. Firing was 
 kept up by the British ships until September 10. As the cold 
 weather came on, the need of wood in both armies made the 
 guardianship of the "Charlestown Wood Lots" (Middlesex 
 
MILITARY HISTORY. 
 
 13 
 
 Fells) very important. The British under cover of their ships 
 were likely at any time to cross the Mystic to get wood them- 
 selves or to intercept any intended for the Continental Army. 
 The militia in the vicinity had the pleasure of taking some 
 prisoners and sending them to " Washington's Headquarters at 
 Royall's." Thomas Brooks, Esq., supplied the troops on Winter 
 Hill with wood from his own farm. The white pines which his 
 Majesty had reserved for his royal navy were cut down by the 
 Continentals and used in their camps for firewood. 
 
 Powder was so valuable that all shooting for sport was for- 
 bidden, and game used for food had to be snared. 
 
 From the time Whigs were ordered out of Boston until some 
 time after the evacuation of the town, Medford was one of the 
 havens for the homeless people of Charlestown and Boston. 
 Among those from the former place, we find the names Boylston, 
 Codman, Rand, Stearns, Tufts, Kidder, Wier, Bradshaw, Swan, 
 Carv, Edes, Harris, Stimpson and Manser ; and from Boston, 
 Hancock, Scott, Hall, Henley, Cooper, Fulton, White and Ash. 
 
 After the burning of Charlestown many very poor people 
 came to Medford who were provided for temporarily by the 
 overseers of the poor, and as soon as possible sent to their kins- 
 folk in other towns. Gen. Gage purposely sent out people 
 infected with small pox. Precautions were taken against the 
 dreaded disease and it was kept in check, but the next year a 
 terrible epidemic occurred. Dr. Osgood wrote in his diary, 
 Julv 9, 1776, "a melancholy day on account of small pox." 
 
 Owing to insufficient food and housing the summer of 1775 
 was very sickly, and was especially fatal to the little ones. Out 
 of fiftv-six deaths recorded, twenty-three were of children. 
 
 In December, 1775, a man appeared in Medford who, while 
 he professed friendliness to their cause, was looked upon witli 
 distrust by the citizens. He lodged at Porter's Tavern, and 
 from there wrote a letter to Washington asking for an interview 
 at his camp. His name was Major Robert Rogers, a half-pa} 
 officer in the English army. Gen. Sullivan, then commanding 
 at Winter Hill, was ordered by Washington to call upon the 
 major. In reply to a question asking why he came to the camps. 
 
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 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 he replied that he wanted Gen. Washington's license to travel 
 unmolested ; as his career during the French War was far 
 from irreproachable, Sullivan mistrusted him, and he was not 
 allowed to come nearer to Washington than Medford. Sulli- 
 van's doubts were verified, for Rogers had been a prisoner, and 
 was at that time on parole. A few months afterward he organ- 
 ized a band of Tories called the Queen's Rangers and became a 
 colonel in the British army. If he had received entrance to the 
 camp of Washington it would have been for the purpose of sell- 
 ing to the British any information he might have gained. 
 
 If spies were sent by the British, there were friends of the 
 colonists in the town of Boston with whom Washington had 
 communication. 
 
 Mrs. John Fulton, who has been mentioned twice before in 
 these pages, voluntarily assumed the risk of carrying despatches 
 into the town. She went at night on foot to Charlestown, 
 borrowed a boat, rowed to Boston, delivered her message and 
 returned in safety. 
 
 In September, 1775, several Medford men enlisted for the 
 campaign against Quebec under Arnold. On September 13 
 the expedition started from Cambridge and camped for the night 
 in Medford. Tradition says some of the men slept in the meet- 
 ing house. They proceeded the next morning to Newburyport 
 where they embarked for the Kennebec. Joshua Reed and 
 Richard Cole reached home in January and February, 1776, but 
 Samuel Ingallsof Stoneham, who was a member of the Medford 
 company, did not return until the following October, having been 
 taken prisoner. 
 
 The return of Capt. Isaac Hall's company, October 6, 1775, 
 then in command of Lieut. Caleb Brooks, stationed at Prospect 
 Hill, reported forty-one men ; of these Joseph Bond was dis- 
 charged in June, 1775, and Richard Pain died in August. 
 Twenty-one of the fifty-nine minute-men are included in this 
 roll. They enlisted for eight months directly after the battle of 
 Lexington. Each man received his bounty coat or its equiva- 
 lent. The widow of Richard Pain received money in lieu of 
 the coat due him. 
 
MILITARY HISTORY. 
 
 15 
 
 At least fifteen Medford men served under Capt. Stephen 
 Dana at the lines before Boston. In March, Capt. Isaac Hall, 
 in command of his company, was ordered to Dorchester Heights 
 and served four days. 
 
 The British evacuated Boston March 17, 1776, but a few ships 
 remained in the harbor until June. In May the Medford militia 
 worked at Noddle's Island, building fortifications, and the next 
 month the militia of all the towns on the coast succeeded in 
 sending these lingerers after their companions. 
 
 As soon as the British had evacuated Boston, Washington 
 began to send his men to New York. Bond's regiment marched 
 the day the siege ended. Major Brooks, Sergt. Thomas Pritch- 
 ard, Daniel Reed and several other Medford men were in the 
 regiments ordered out of Massachusetts. 
 
 On June 13, 1776, when the militia had gone down the 
 harbor for their last effort to dislodge the invaders, the Town of 
 Medford, in town meeting assembled, voted unanimously, that 
 " Should the Hon£ Continental Congress for the Safety of the 
 United Colonies in America declare them Independent of the 
 Kingdom of Great Britain, the Inhabitants of said Town will 
 solemnly Engage with their Lives and Fortunes to Support 
 them in the Measure." 
 
 The Declaration of Independence appears in the Town 
 Records directly following the report of the meeting at which 
 the foregoing vote was passed, but it was not received by the 
 town until September. On the first Sunday following its receipt, 
 Mr. Osgood, the minister, read it from the pulpit. 
 
 On what was in the years to come to be known as Indepen- 
 dence Day, the voters were assembled to raise extra bounty to 
 be paid to thirty men called for " to goe to Canada." With the 
 fate of their friends who had been imprisoned there fresh in their 
 minds, it is not strange that many hesitated to enlist. The town 
 offered JC240 for bounty additional to that offered by the Province. 
 As the town did not have money at hand, and must raise 
 the amount later by taxation, Benjamin Hall and his brother 
 Richard together advanced half of the amount, and Stephen 
 Hall, Tertius, the remainder. 
 
1 6 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 Moses and Samuel Tufts were chosen recruiting officers, and 
 went out into kt Hampshire Government or elsewhere" to enlist 
 the men. They were empowered to pay each man two dollars 
 on enlistment. They recruited eighteen men, and twelve men 
 from Medford completed the quota. They enlisted for five 
 months. 
 
 Beside the bounty already offered, seventy-four citizens added 
 £226, 15s., 4d. to the fund for the soldiers, in sums varying 
 from £24, loaned by Simon Tufts, Esq., " for Col. Royall," to 
 £1. These small loans were to be paid back to those who 
 advanced them " when they paid their next tax bills." 
 
 Before this detachment was ready the army had retreated from 
 Canada, and these men were sent to Ticonderoga. Small pox 
 and camp distemper ravaged the army there, and the regiments 
 were rendered unfit for service. Many lost their lives, but 
 eleven of the twelve Medford men lived to come home. Timothy 
 Hall died in camp. Their hardships must have been intense, 
 for at the next March meeting the town voted to pay them £6 
 per man extra allowance. 
 
 After the misfortunes at Long Island, alarm men were sent 
 to New York. Medford was called upon to send thirteen men. 
 A bounty was offered of £4 per man. Private subscription 
 increased the amount to £10, 6s., 8d. No muster roll of this 
 levy has been found. The militia called out at this time served 
 two months. During this campaign Col. John Brooks distin- 
 guished himself at White Plains and received acknowledgments 
 from Gen. Washington. 
 
 In the fall of 1776, drafts came thick and fast. Every fifth 
 man in the colony was obliged to serve as a soldier or send a 
 substitute. November 26, "The town met to draw men to 
 go to New York" [Dr. Osgood's diary]. These men marched 
 under Gen. Lincoln. 
 
 The winter closed in gloomily. Three days after this last 
 draft Forts Washington and Lee were evacuated. The men at 
 Ticonderoga were suffering privation and sickness, and there 
 were serious fears of the return of the British to Boston. Men 
 were constantly on duty there guarding stores and for the defense 
 
MILITARY HISTORY. 
 
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 of the town. Capt. Caleb Brooks was in command of a com- 
 pany in Col. Dike's regiment. 
 
 At various times during the war, stores were collected in 
 Medford at the warehouses of Benjamin Hall, and by him sent 
 down the river to Boston. Powder in large quantities, fire 
 arms, beef and other supplies were "boated " to the Castle and 
 to Boston. Mr. Hall charges the Honorable Board of War at 
 one time, "To repacking 500 bbls. of beef and setting 1200 
 hoops." Another item, dated 1780, is "To storing 16 tons of 
 Cannon Balls, 18 months." 
 
 In December the islands in the bay were fortified more 
 securely. Six Medford men, under Capt. Walton of Cambridge, 
 worked at Noddle's Island. These militia men had not yet 
 learned that every man was not his own captain, for three of 
 them — one a minute-man of April 19 — after working four days, 
 went home without a discharge. The rest worked twelve days. 
 
 December 3 another draft for the Continental army was held. 
 Dr. Simon Tufts, Moses Billings, Capt. Thomas Brooks, John 
 Bishop, Jr., Thomas Manning and Francis Burns were drawn, 
 and each paid £10 for a substitute. Nearly all of these were 
 prominent in civil affairs. Lieut. Stephen Hall, 4th, at this 
 time went to Fairfield, Connecticut, under Capt. Benjamin 
 Blaney, of Maiden. 
 
 The men who had loaned money for bounty paid to the men 
 who went to Ticonderoga and New York in the summer and 
 fall of 1776, began to ask for payment in January, 1777, and 
 the accounts were still worrying the town treasurer in the follow- 
 ing September. This money had not been paid to the soldiers 
 through the treasurer, but through the recruiting officers, and he 
 was constantly harassed by unlooked for claims. To obviate 
 this it was voted by the town that " When any future draft may 
 be called for to March out of this State the Commission Officers 
 be desired to consult with the Selectmen what Method is best 
 to be taken and to procure the Men at the Expense of y e town." 
 
 Stephen Hall, Esq., Rev. Ebenezer Turell, the old minister, 
 Lieut. Stephen Hall and others loaned money freely in this time 
 of stress. Benjamin and Richard Hall repeated their loans time 
 
1 8 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 and again with a poor prospect of ever receiving principal or 
 interest. The Hall brothers and several other residents of 
 Medford loaned money to the federal government for military 
 purposes. 
 
 At the close of 1776 everything seemed against the patriots. 
 The army had been driven from Canada and the town of New 
 York. The soldiers were in rags, and it was almost impossible 
 to induce the militia to enlist. With Washington's army at 
 Morristown were a few Medford men who had enlisted for the 
 war. The militia were with Gen. Lincoln at Peekskill. 
 
 Washington's victories at Trenton and Princeton revived the 
 courage of the colonists. Messengers carried the news far and 
 wide. January 4, Medford "had news of the success of our 
 army at Jersey " [Dr. Osgood]. Washington immediately sent 
 out some of his most trusted officers, among them Col. John 
 Brooks and Capt. Thomas Pritchard of Medford, to inspire 
 enlistments in the sixteen battalions of infantry and other 
 branches of the service which he had authority to organize. 
 In January, Francis Tufts and Jonathan Farley enlisted for the 
 war. In February William Burditt and Richard Creese entered 
 the artillery. At the March meeting bounty was voted to en- 
 courage enlistments. Joses and William Bucknam enlisted on 
 the day of the meeting, Daniel Bayley the next day, and others 
 followed, until Medford had over forty men in the Continental 
 army for three years or the war. 
 
 All through the spring and summer men and women were 
 busy in their several ways for the support of the army. The 
 women and children carded and spun, knit and sewed the much- 
 needed clothing for the soldiers ; the men attended to their stock 
 of guns and ammunition. Lieut. Stephen Hall, 4th, and Lieut. 
 Jonathan Porter drilled the men who had taken the places of 
 the thirty-seven men which their militia company had sent to 
 Gen. Washington. Midsummer brought the bad news of the 
 capture of Fort Ticonderoga and the battle of Hubbardton, 
 Vermont, where Col. Ebenezer Francis was killed. He was a 
 native of Medford and lived there until 1766, when he went to 
 Beverly. He organized a regiment and marched to Ticonderoga 
 
MILITARY HISTORY. 
 
 19 
 
 in January, 1777. His chaplain said of him, u No officer was 
 so noticed for his military accomplishments and regular life 
 as he." 
 
 When Burgoyne's army had been captured and were in con- 
 vention in Massachusetts, a party of British officers on parole 
 were strolling through West Medford and stopped at a farm- 
 house where they found the mother of the colonel. In answer 
 to her questions they told her that they had seen his dead body, 
 and one of them produced the colonel's watch and gave it to 
 her. His private papers were restored later. 
 
 In August, 1777, Col. John Brooks and his whole regiment 
 volunteered to go to the relief of Fort Stanwix, and Thatcher in 
 his "Military Journal" gives the credit of the success of the 
 expedition to the wit of the colonel, who suggested that a mes- 
 senger with bullet-riddled clothing should be sent to the British 
 camp to report the coming of a force of Americans as numerous 
 " as the leaves of the trees." 
 
 On the twenty-fifth of September news of the first day's battle 
 at Saratoga came to Medford. It had been fought on the seven- 
 teenth. Nearly every man who was in service from the town 
 was in Gates' army. Lieut. Col. Brooks' regiment was in the 
 thick of the fight. During the evening it kept Breyman's 
 riflemen at bay. October 7, Burgoyne was obliged to fight or 
 retreat. When the battle was at its height, Brooks again dis- 
 tinguished himself. He has been called the " Hero of Still- 
 water." His regiment was ordered to take a redoubt occupied 
 by Breyman. He commanded Capt. Bancroft of Reading, 
 Massachusetts, to lead the charge. He knew personally almost 
 every man in the captain's company ; they were old friends 
 and neighbors of Medford and Reading. Not hesitating an 
 instant, Bancroft waved the sword and cried, " Come on, boys, 
 and enter that fort ! " Then, leading his men, went over the 
 parapet. Surprised at the suddenness of the assault, the enemy 
 wavered, and the whole regiment rushed into the fort. The 
 Medford men who made that charge were William Cutter, 
 Francis Tufts, Aaron Tufts, George Tufts, Daniel Bailey, John 
 LeBosquet, Henry LeBosquet, and John LeBosquet, Jr. 
 
20 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 Just here a Medford tradition must be modified. Brooks' 
 History of Medford says that Sergt. Francis Tufts was promoted 
 to adjutant on the field at White Plains. This cannot be true, 
 for at that time he was at Ticonderoga. On October 7, 1777, 
 he was promoted to ensign, so we can save the story, but change 
 the scene. 
 
 Francis Tufts at Stillwater, seeing the standard bearer fall, 
 caught up the flag, and holding it high in air, bore it at the 
 head of the regiment, over the redoubt. He was commissioned 
 ensign that day by Gen. Gates. Afterward he received several 
 promotions, and was made adjutant in 1780. 
 
 The day after the battle, Gen. Gates determined to attack 
 Burgoyne, and sent Gen. Nixon against what he supposed to be 
 a detachment of the enemy, but which proved to be the main 
 army. He was warned at the last moment, and the regiment 
 was saved from certain defeat. More than half of the Medford 
 men were in Nixon's brigade. 
 
 Burgoyne's surrender brought English troops to Medford, this 
 time as captives. Hessians were quartered at Winter Hill, and 
 officers on parole lodged at Porter's Tavern, in the market place. 
 These men were very respectfully treated by the inhabitants. 
 Dr. Osgood frequently received the Hessian chaplain. Benja- 
 min Hall entertained him at dinner, and English officers were 
 frequent guests at tea drinkings and parties. 
 
 Capt. Caleb Brooks was stationed at this time in Cambridge, 
 guarding the English troops there. Capt. Blaney of Maiden 
 served there three months, and in his company were several 
 Medford men. Each of them was paid one dollar by the town 
 for each day's service. There were apprehensions at this time 
 that the British would come from New York to rescue their 
 prisoners. 
 
 The Medford men in the Northern Army, except those under 
 Col. Greaton, who remained at Albany, went into winter quar- 
 ters at Valley Forge, December 19, 1 777* 
 
 Capt. Bancroft wrote to a kinsman at this time, " I hope, sir, 
 if my family should stand in need of your assistance you will be 
 ready to afford it. It has been out of my power to do anything 
 
MILITARY HISTORY. 21 
 
 for them, even so much as to send home any money ... I was 
 obliged to give half a dollar for one pint of bread and milk . . . 
 We have some hard trials to meet yet." All are familiar with 
 the dreadful privations of the army before the winter was over. 
 
 Rev. Edward Brooks, the volunteer at "Concord Fight," 
 obtained an appointment as chaplain of the frigate " Hancock," 
 in 1777. The vessel was captured the next month, and her crew- 
 were made prisoners at Halifax. The officers were placed on 
 parole. 
 
 Mr. Brooks' wife sent him money by Capt. Salter, one of the 
 Tory prisoners of war who were to be exchanged for American 
 prisoners at Halifax. 
 
 When the ship returned it brought a letter from Mr. Brooks, 
 pleading for the exchange of himself and his room-mates, thirteen 
 in number. He was "exchanged for Parson Lewis," and left 
 Halifax for Boston, January 29, 1778. During his imprisonment 
 he contracted small pox, from the effects of which he never 
 recovered. He was not able afterward to do active service 
 for his country, but helped financially by contributing bounty 
 money. 
 
 As the records quaintly express it, " agreeable to the resolve 
 of April 20th 1778," Medford was called upon to furnish a quota 
 for the army. Seven men, members of Capt. Brooks' company, 
 enlisted for nine months and arrived at the rendezvous at Fish- 
 kill, June 21, 1778. These men belonged to a levy raised for 
 the defense of the northern frontier, from which troops had 
 been withdrawn for the campaign in the neighborhood of 
 Philadelphia. At the same time three men enlisted for eight 
 months and went to North River, New York. A few days 
 after another detachment went to Rhode Island. This was the 
 third quota sent there, eleven men having served there during 
 the spring and summer of 1 777* These men who enlisted in 
 July, 1778, were to join the five thousand men under Sullivan, 
 who, with the cooperation of the French fleet, hoped to drive 
 the British from the state. Owing to a great storm which 
 damaged the fleet and ruined the tents and powder of the militia, 
 the expedition proved a failure. 
 
2 2 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 In the summer of 1779 six men were sent to Fishkill, having 
 enlisted for six months. These men received in the vicinity of 
 thirteen hundred dollars bounty (Continental money). The 
 New England troops, including militia, composed the left wing 
 of the army and were stationed at West Point and its vicinity. 
 
 In October, eight men enlisted for three months, and were 
 ordered to Clavarack, or Cloverick, as it was spelled in Med- 
 ford. The French fleet again failing the provincials, Washing- 
 ton was prevented from carrying out his plan of reducing New 
 York, and the three months' men not being needed, were dis- 
 charged before their term expired. 
 
 Accounts in those days are very puzzling to our understanding, 
 as they were made out in lawful money, depreciated money, 
 Spanish dollars and in gold. Barrett Rand, who went to 
 Fishkill with the six men mentioned above, showed his good 
 judgment by taking part of his bounty in corn (six bushels at 
 fifty dollars), which was more stable property than Continental 
 dollars. The scale of depreciation was constantly changing, 
 but a few comparisons can illustrate the changed conditions. 
 
 October 2, 1774, Capt. Moses Billings entertained the Com- 
 mittee of Correspondence and charged forty shillings. February, 
 1 78 1, Mr. Thomas Bradshaw charged £193, 10s. for entertain- 
 ing the recruiting committee. 
 
 In 1780, Capt. Ebenezer Hall was paid JC270 for eighteen 
 pairs of stockings ; the same amount was charged for nine 
 years' rent of the "Garrison House" in hard money. 
 
 About this time Elizabeth Francis (Ma'am Betty, who kept 
 the Dame School,) received five shillings for a pair of stock- 
 ings, showing that five shillings in silver was worth fifteen 
 pounds in depreciated money. 
 
 The term of service of the Massachusetts men who enlisted 
 during the early part of 1777 expired at the close of 1779. 
 Efforts were made to induce them to re-enlist, but the majority 
 refused. Their families were suffering at home, they had en- 
 dured bloodshed and famine, and they had lost faith in the 
 promises of Congress. 
 
 The condition of John Symmes of Medford illustrates the 
 
MILITARY HISTORY. 
 
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 financial condition of all. He came home ragged and emaciated. 
 He received his pay in currency, with which he bought a yoke 
 of oxen. He sold them later, receiving the same kind of money, 
 which he hoarded a little too long; for meanwhile its value 
 had changed and he paid it all for a bag of Indian meal. 
 
 In 1780 Medford sent sixteen six months' men into the field. 
 They were provided with clothing and equipments by the 
 town. Under the inspiration of the celebration of July fourth, 
 thirteen men enlisted. Striplings and veterans who had seen 
 service in New York made up this quota. They came home 
 six months later with nothing but discharge papers in their 
 pockets, which became passports to the hearts of the people, 
 who kindly lodged and fed the footsore travellers. The amount 
 due the men according to the sworn statement of the selectmen 
 was £148, 8s. 8d. hard money. In February they had not 
 received a penny of it. When it did arrive, it was in 
 worthless bills. 
 
 As these men returned in penury, there came another call for 
 fourteen men for three years. 
 
 Already the little town of less than a thousand inhabitants had 
 furnished over two hundred men to serve their country — many 
 of them enlisting more than once. The town had sent her 
 sturdiest sons ; some of them were even then in Washington's 
 army. Where could fourteen men be found? The selectmen 
 and recruiting officers were assisted in their efforts to raise men 
 and money by Jonathan Patten, Col. Richard Cary (formerly of 
 Charlestown, but during the war the tenant of the Royal 1 House) , 
 and Ebenezer Hall, Jr. A month passed ; no money and no men 
 were forthcoming. The quota was at last filled in May. One 
 of these recruits was Josiah Cutter, boatman, forty-seven years 
 old. His name appears on the Lexington Alarm Roll. Six 
 were negroes. These men were probably not all residents of the 
 town. Some of the negroes bore Medford names, and may 
 have been sent as substitutes by their masters. 
 
 In 1 78 1 about a dozen men credited to Medford enlisted for 
 the war. In 1782, three men, perhaps more, were recruited, 
 but the levy of 1 7S0 was the last large one made on the town 
 during: the war. 
 
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 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 When names are found which were not common in the town, 
 the men were probably apprentices in the tanneries, brick yards, 
 coopers' shops, etc. Some of Medford's young men enlisted 
 from other towns for similar reasons. Nathaniel Polly who was 
 at work in Framingham enlisted for that town, and Jonas 
 Dickson who was learning the ship carpenter's trade in Chelsea 
 enlisted there. 
 
 Essex County surnames may be accounted for by the presence 
 in the town of sailors who were attached to vessels on Mystic 
 River. The merchants and manufacturers of Medford owned 
 quite a large fleet of sloops which plied between the town and 
 the West Indies, and along the Atlantic coast. When the war 
 interrupted trade it is probable that these vessels became pri- 
 vateers, although we have as yet found no positive record. 
 
 Benjamin Hall was interested in the galley "Willing Maid" 
 (carrying four guns) sailing from Salem, 1782, Capt. John 
 Savage, master. In 1781 it is recorded that a "shallop" was 
 fitted out by John Bishop and Willis Hall and commanded by 
 Capt. Nailer Hatch "of Medford," to carry a cargo to Con- 
 necticut to be exchanged for flour or grain for the Medford 
 market. Capt. Hatch was not taxed in Medford ; his home was 
 in Maiden. He had served his country as captain of a militia 
 company and as second lieutenant of a privateer. In 1 783 he 
 commanded the armed brig " Lady Washington." With such a 
 man in command, the little Medford vessel did not run away 
 from any craft of the enemy which by any chance could be 
 taken by her guns. 
 
 October 19, 1781, Cornwallis surrendered. The news was 
 brought to Newport by Captain Lovett on Wednesday, the 
 twenty-fourth, he having left Chesapeake Bay the day after the 
 sun - ender. The news came to Medford Friday. Dr. Osgood 
 wrote in his diary that night, "It is not Doubted by y e Generalty 
 but I wish to have it from authority." 
 
 The next evening he wrote, " News of yesterday confirmed by 
 authority." In all probability, Richard Creese was the only 
 Medford resident who could have been at the surrender of 
 Yorktown. He was in Knox's artillery. 
 
MILITARY HISTORY. 2$ 
 
 The general rejoicing in the town was somewhat saddened by 
 the news of the death at Yorktown of Col. Alexander Scammel, 
 who had been stationed in Medford during the siege of Boston, 
 and had been looking forward to the close of the war, when he 
 could come to "that Mystical place," as he called it, to claim 
 his bride. 
 
 When peace was declared the people welcomed back the battle- 
 scarred veterans, who took their old places on the farms, in the 
 shops, and on the river. Here and there a place was vacant, 
 but private sorrow was lost in the universal joy that peace had 
 come and the country was free. 
 
 Dr. Osgood's sermon, preached when the war cloud of 1812 
 overhung the country, voiced what every patriot had felt. "I 
 have not forgotten, nor can I ever forget while consciousness 
 abides with me, my own mental suffering during the period of 
 our former war. Through eight long years, whose lingering 
 pace, while hope was deferred and the heart sickened with pain 
 and anguish, seemed without end, a burden lay upon my spirits 
 by day and by night almost too heavy for frail mortal to sustain. 
 . . . Thus, daily lamenting and praying against the miseries of 
 the war, I passed through that most gloomy portion of my past 
 life from 1775 till the transporting sound of peace in 1783." 
 
Soldiers and Sailors Credited to 
 Medford. 
 
 In compiling the following list of soldiers, I have used no 
 names which are not distinctly credited to Medford in Town or 
 State Archives or, in a few cases, Records of Pension or War 
 Department. 
 
 Medford men served in Col. Cyprian How's Regiment in 
 Rhode Island, 1780. In Col. Ephraim Wheelock's Regiment 
 at Ticonderoga, 1776, were eighteen "Hampshire Government 
 men," who were part of Medford's quota, whose names are 
 unknown. 
 
 Gerrish's and Baldwin's Regiments at Sewall's Point, Chelsea, 
 Winter Hill and on Mystic River, 1775, contained Medford men. 
 
 In Blaney's Co., Thatcher's Regiment, February to April, 
 1776, to serve before Boston, there was a large proportion of 
 Medford militia. 
 
 The roster of Capt. Hall's Co. which served at Dorchester 
 Heights is badly mutilated. It contains the following surnames, 
 — Greenleaf (Corp.), Tufts, Jr. (Corp.), Robbins, Watson, 
 
 1 Tufts, Jr., Hendley, Tissick, Tufts (four men) , Blanchard, 
 
 Jr., Lawrence, Putnam, Butterfield, Teall, 1 Harris, Floyd, 
 
 Blanchard, Dowse, ster, Francis (two men), Symonds (two 
 
 men), Smith, Winship. These are not noted in the following 
 list, but most of them can be identified as members of the militia 
 in service at Lexington, or at other places in the vicinity of 
 Boston, during the siege. 
 
 Where no reference is given, service is recorded in Archives 
 of State of Massachusetts. Volume and page refer to "Massa- 
 chusetts Soldiers and Sailors, War of Revolution," published 
 under direction of the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Space 
 
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS CREDITED TO MEDFORD. 
 
 27 
 
 here will not permit the details which can be obtained from 
 these sources. 
 
 It was my first intention to include vital statistics, etc., given 
 in records of the City of Medford only, but I have gathered 
 information in some cases from family histories, pension papers, 
 probate records, histories of adjoining towns, and letters from 
 descendants of the men recorded. 
 
 I am indebted to Dr. E. C. Booth, historian of the Tufts 
 family, Mr. W. F. Bucknam, historian of the Bucknam family 
 and others, of Stoneham, Mr. B. D. Corey, historian of the City 
 of Maiden, and Mr. A. G. Loring of Woburn for assistance in 
 identifying many not recorded in Medford. 
 
 Albree, John. Dana's Co., Mcintosh's Regt., March, 1776; Capt. 
 Caleb Brooks' Co., Dike's Regt., Dec. 1776, 3 mos. service; vol. 1, 
 p. 103. Paid money for bounty to men enlisting for Canada, July, 
 1776; assisted in building hay fence at Bunker Hill. Born Nov. 9, 
 1757; son of Joseph and Judith (Reeves) ; cousin of Gov. John Brooks 
 of Mass. ; lived near Rural avenue, Medford ; married, Jan. 6, 1793, 
 Lydia, daughter of William and Rebecca Tufts; went to Acworth, 
 N. H., soon after marriage; removed to Salem, Mass.; occupation, 
 general trader and tallow chandler; died in Salem, Nov. 6, 1842; 
 buried in Albree tomb, Howard Street Cemetery, Salem. 
 
 Anthony, Jonathan (Anthoney, Antony). At Sewall's Point, 1775, and 
 in R. I. 2 mos., 8 days, 1777 ; vol. 1, pp. 277 and 280. Joined Canadian 
 Expedition, July, 1776. (Town records.) 
 
 Anthony, Jonathan, Jr. At Cambridge and Sewall's Point, 1775; in 
 N. Y. 9 mos., 177S-79; age 25 in 1778; vol. 1, p. 279. Born Jan. 
 21,1753; son of Jonathan and Catherine (George) ; married Lois Wey 
 of Lexington, March 6, 1777; taxed in Medford 1773 to 1778 inclusive. 
 [I think Jonathan and Jonathan, Jr., refer to the same man. Jonathan, 
 Sr., died in Woburn, 1807, aged S6.] Free negro. 
 
 Anthony, William. Enlisted for 3 yrs., 1777; deserted Jan. 13, 1778; 
 vol. 1, p. 280. Born Sept. 14, 1759; son of Jonathan and Catherine. 
 Negro. 
 
 Bailey, Daniel (Baylev). Enlisted for 3 yrs. or the war, June, 1777; 
 Bancroft's Co., Jackson's Regt.; transferred to Invalid Corps Sept. 
 1, 1779; discharged March, 1780; vol. 1, p. 449; loaned money for 
 bounty paid to men enlisting for N. Y., Sept., 1776; received money 
 
28 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 for "2 mos. deficiency in the army," Oct. 29, 1779. Taxed in Med- 
 ford, 1776. One Daniel Bayley married Elizabeth Mullet of Cambridge, 
 March 28, 1776. 
 
 Bamford, Thomas. Served at Noddle's Island, Dec, 1776; vol. 1, p. 557. 
 
 Bedin, Jacob. See Bredin. 
 
 Bernard, John. Child's Co., Greaton's Regt. ; reported deserted; vol. 
 1, p. 986. 
 
 Binford, Thomas. Loaned money for bounty paid to men enlisting 
 for N. Y., Sept., 1776; received bounty for joining Continental Army 
 at Cloverick (Clavarack) for 3 mos. (selectmen's order book, Oct., 
 1779). Brickmaker; taxed in Medford, 1760 to 1796; married Ruth 
 Tufts, May 18, 1767; died Dec. 16, 1796, aged 58; buried in Salem 
 Street Cemetery, Medford. 
 
 Binford, William. Private, Lexington alarm; served at Prospect Hill, 
 1775-76; vol. 2, p. 55. Born April 3, 1755; son of William and Phebe 
 Manser, who were married Jan. 10, 1754. In 1775, Thomas Binford was 
 taxed two polls for self and William Binford. Thomas Binford was 
 chosen guardian by William, a minor, 18 yrs. of age, April 8, 1773. 
 
 Blanchard, Aaron. Served at Boston, 1776, also guarding stores at 
 Boston, Dec, 1776, to Feb., 1777; paid money for bounty to recruits 
 enlisting for Canada July, 1776; residence given Cambridge Precinct 
 and Medford; vol. 2, p. 141. See Aaron, Jr. 
 
 Blanchard, Aaron, Jr. Private, Lexington alarm ; paid money to 
 persons enlisting to go to N. Y. ; vol. 2, p. 142. Son of Aaron (peri- 
 wig maker) and Tabitha (Floyd) ; born Sept. 2, 1751 ; taxed in 
 Medford, 1776, '77, '78. 
 
 Blanchard, Andrew. Private, Lexington alarm ; at Prospect Hill, 
 1775-76, and at Boston, 1776-77; loaned money for bounty paid to 
 recruits for army in N. Y., Sept., 1776; vol. 2, p. 143. Son of Aaron 
 and Tabitha (Floyd) ; born July 21, 1754; taxed in Medford, 1775. 
 
 Blanchard, Hezekiah. Loaned money paid to recruits going to Canada 
 and N. Y., 1776; received gun and blanket money, Nov., 1776; served 
 guarding stores Dec, 1776, to March, 1777; vol. 2, p. 145. Born in 
 Maiden, Jan. 4, 1728; son of Samuel and Sarah (Pratt) ; married, 1st, 
 Susanna Dexter, Feb. 22, 1754; 2d, Sarah Hall, Oct. 6, 1763; occupa- 
 tion, tavern keeper; died Aug. 24, 1803; buried in Salem Street 
 Cemetery, Medford. His tavern stood on Main street, between South 
 street and Cradock bridge. 
 
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS CREDITED TO MEDFORD. 29 
 
 Blanchard, Hezekiah, Jr. Received bounty for joining army at Clover- 
 ick (Clavarack), 1779 (selectmen's order book). Enlisted for Canadian 
 Expedition, July, 1776; went to Ticonderoga. (Petition for extra 
 bounty, town records, vol. 3). Born Sept. 3, 1758; son of Hezekiah 
 and Susanna (Dexter) ; married, 1st, Elizabeth Tufts, Dec. 16, 1784, 
 and 2d, Eunice Floyd, Jan. 1, 1797? spent part of his married life in 
 Milton, Boston, and Charlestown ; succeeded his father as tavern 
 keeper; died Mar. 17, 1818 ; buried in Tomb 15, Salem Street Cemetery. 
 
 Blanchard, John. Enlisted Nov., 1776, for 3 yrs.; reported deserted 
 June 1, 1778, but was probably taken prisoner, as he returned Mar. 20, 
 1779, and was in service, 1782; age in 1781, 22 yrs.; vol. 2, p. 148. 
 Received pavment for bounty due him, April 22, 1791. (Town 
 records.) Son of Aaron, Jr., and Tabitha (Floyd) ; married Rebecca 
 Tufts, who died 1821, aged 62; died Dec. 13, 1798, aged 38; buried 
 in Salem Street Cemetery. 
 
 Blanchard, Samuel, Jr. At Prospect Hill, 1775 and 1776; lieutenant 
 in Capt. Blaney's Co., 1778; vol. 2, p. 154. Son of Samuel, Jr., and 
 Sarah (Cutter) ; born in Maiden, June 23, 1749; baptized in Medford, 
 June 25; married Martha Smith of Woburn, Jan. 11, 1776; taxed in 
 Medford, 1770, '78, '79, '80. 
 
 Blanchard, Sylvanus. Loaned money to pay bounty to recruits for 
 army in Canada and N. Y., 1776; served guarding troops of con- 
 vention, 1778; vol. 2, p. 155- Taxed in Medford, i 7 77 to 1792; 
 occupation, brickmaker; son of Samuel and Sarah (Pratt); born 
 April 11, 1738; married Sarah Grover of Maiden, Nov. 28, 1764; died 
 in Maiden, Aug. 5, 1800. 
 
 Blodgett, Nathan. Loaned money for bounty paid to recruits for army 
 in N. Y., Sept. 1776; served at Noddle's Island, 1776; reported 
 deserted (went home without discharge) ; vol. 2, p. 197. Born Sept. 
 10, 1737 ; son of Nathan and Abigail (Converse) ; married Mary 
 VVhitmore, Apr. 27, 1775; taxed in Medford, 1777; non-resident 
 member of Cambridge N. W. Precinct Baptist Society, 17S7 ; resident 
 of Cambridge at time of marriage. 
 
 Bond, Joseph. At Prospect Hill, 1775 ? discharged June 7, 1775; vol. 2, 
 p. 259. Born May 22, 1749; son of Daniel and Elizabeth Barnard 
 (born Bemis); married Anna Lawrence May 10, 1769 (Bond's 
 Genealogies) ; died Dec. 30, i 7 75! came to Medford from Watertown. 
 May 12, 1773. 
 
 Boyd, John. Enlisted for 3 yrs. for Maiden, 1777; residence, Medford; 
 vol. 2, p. 359. One John Boyd came to Medford, 1765, age 4 yrs., in 
 care of Wm. Faulkner. 
 
3° 
 
 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 Boylestone, Thomas. Served at lines at Boston, 1776; vol. 2, p. 371 • 
 Son of Richard and Mary (Abrahams) ; baptized April 3, 1760; occu- 
 pation, brazier, in Charlestown ; married Oct. 27, 1808, widow Mary 
 (Hay) Farnsworth ; his family resided in Medford during the Revo- 
 lution. (Wy man's Charlestown Families.) 
 
 Bradshaw, Andrew. Private, Lexington alarm ; loaned money for 
 bounty paid to recruits for army in N. Y., 1776; drafted to join 
 Walton's Co. at Cambridge and to go to Noddle's Island ; went home 
 without discharge; vol. 2, p. 422. Born Feb. 26, 1753; son of 
 Stephen and Mary; taxed in Medford, 1775. 
 
 Bradshaw, Thomas. Private, Lexington alarm ; loaned money for 
 bounty paid to recruits for army in N. Y., 1776; vol. 2, p. 423. Born 
 July 8, 1743; son of Stephen and Mary; married Martha Tufts, Nov. 
 26, 1772 ; died Sept. 1, 1802; received a pension; occupation, tavern 
 keeper; proprietor of the " Fountain House," Salem street, Medford ; 
 buried in Salem Street Cemetery. 
 
 Bredin, Jacob. (See Bedin, vol. 1, p. S83.) Served at Prospect Hill, 
 1775; vol. 2, p. 456. Came to Medford from Maiden, with wife and 
 two children, Nov. 24, 1770; taxed in Medford, 1771, '72, '73, '74; 
 probably son of Samuel and Sarah, born Jan. 26, 1738-9, in Maiden. 
 
 Brooks, Caleb. Lieutenant, Lexington Alarm ; in command of Med- 
 ford company, Oct., 1775; commissioned captain, June, 1776; in 
 Col. Dike's Regt. at Dorchester, Aug. and Sept., 1776, for defence of 
 Boston ; guarding stores at Boston, Dec. 1776 to March, 1777 ; guard- 
 ing troops of convention at Cambridge, 177S; vol. 2, p. 570. Accord- 
 ing to letters of Col. Alexander Scammel, Capt. Brooks must have 
 been at Ticonderoga, 1778. Baptized Oct. 30, 1737, son of Caleb and 
 Mary (Wyer) ; married Jan. 1, 1767, Mary Kidder, daughter of Samuel ; 
 died Feb. 4, 1812; buried in Tomb No. 19, Salem Street Cemetery; 
 half brother of Gov. John Brooks; occupation, brickmaker. 
 
 Brooks, Rev. Edward.* Volunteer at battle of Concord Bridge, April 
 x 9> ! 775 ? brought home a wounded English officer, a prisoner, and 
 took care of him until recovery; chaplain of frigate " Hancock;" a 
 
 prisoner at Halifax, 1777-78. (See Brooks, vol. 2, p. 567). 
 
 Born Nov. 4, 1733; son of Samuel and Mary (Boutwell) ; graduated 
 at Harvard, 1757 ; married Abigail Brown, daughter of Rev. John and 
 Joanna (Cotton) Brown of Haverhill; died, 1781 ; buried in Oak 
 Grove Cemetery, Medford. 
 
 Brooks, John. Major, Lexington alarm; served until the disbandment 
 of the army, 1783 ; vol. 2, p. 576. Made sub-inspector of the army by 
 
 *His brother Samuel was one of Committee of Correspondence, Exeter, N. H. 
 
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS CREDITED TO MEDFORD. 
 
 3 1 
 
 Washington, March 24, 177S, to act under Baron Steuben (autograph 
 letter in Medford Public Library) ; at the battle of Saratoga, he, the 
 lieutenant-colonel, was in command of Col. Jackson's Regt. ; a per- 
 sonal friend of Washington, who entrusted him with several important 
 missions; president of the Order of the Cincinnati in Mass., suc- 
 ceeding Gen. Lincoln; governor of Mass., 1816 to 1823; there was 
 never a dissenting vote to his election cast in his own town. Born in 
 Charlestown (later, Medford, and now Sy mines Corner, Winchester) ; 
 son of Caleb and Ruth (Albree) ; baptized in Medford, May 31. 1752, 
 (church records) ; studied medicine with Simon Tufts of Medford ; 
 began practice in Reading, Mass. ; succeeded Dr. Tufts in Medford 
 at the close of the war; married Lucy Smith of Reading, 1774; died 
 in Medford, March 1, 1825; buried in a tomb in Salem Street Ceme- 
 tery; monument erected to his memory in centre of the burying 
 ground. For more extended account, see Histories of Medford and 
 Reading. 
 
 Brooks, Thomas, 3D. At Prospect Hill, 1775-76; vol. 2, p. 587. Taxed 
 in Medford, 1776-77; born June 5, 1756; son of Samuel and Abigail 
 (Hastings); married Parnel Boylstone, 17S6; settled in Charlestown; 
 called 3d in Medford because two older men of the same name resided 
 in the town. 
 
 Brown, George. Enlisted for 9 mos. July 9, 177S, and again, June 9, 
 1779, for 9 mos.; age 16; residence given Medford and Mystic; vol. 
 2, p. 623. Born Jan. 18, 1766; son of Ephraim and Sarah, of Stone- 
 ham. 
 
 Brown, Jacob. Enlisted for 9 mos., 1779 ; residence Medford and Mystic ; 
 vol. 2, p. 629. Born in Stoneham, Jan. 31, 1749-50; son of Ephraim 
 and Dorothy; married Ruth Knight of Stoneham, Aug. 26, 1773; 
 resident of Stoneham, 1784. 
 
 Brown, James. Enlisted May 17, 1781, for three yrs. ; age 22; occupa- 
 tion, mariner; vol. 2, p. 633. Son of Ephraim and Sarah, of Stone- 
 ham. (History of Stoneham.) 
 
 Bryant, Ebenezer. Received money for enlisting to go to the Castle 
 (selectmen's order book, Oct. 3, 1779). Son of Capt. Joseph and 
 Elizabeth Bryant of Stoneham; born Sept. 7, 1758; yeoman; married 
 Sarah, who afterward married James Putney ; Ebenezer's will, dated 
 June 19, 1S04, was filed Aug. 11, 1S04. 
 
 Bucknam, Ebenezer (Bucknam, Buckman). Enlisted for 6 mos., 1780; 
 age 17; vol. 2, pp. 758 and 763. Taxed in Medford, 1783. (See James.) 
 
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 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 Bucknam, James. Enlisted for 6 mos., 1780; age 17; vol. 2, pp. 757 and 
 764. Possibly son of James and Mary (Goddard), who came from 
 Maiden, 1764. In the list of their children the names James and 
 Ebenezer appear. 
 
 Bucknam, James, Jr. Private, Lexington alarm; vol. 2, p. 764. Prob- 
 ably same as James Bucknam, who served in Hall's Co., at Prospect 
 Hill, 1775. Taxed in Medford for first time, 1777; married Margaret 
 Sables, Feb. 12, 1778. Called Jr. because another of the same name, 
 older than he, lived in Medford, 1775. 
 
 Bucknam, John. Private, Lexington alarm; served under Walton at 
 Cambridge and Noddle's Island; vol. 2, p. 759. Loaned money for 
 bounty paid to men enlisting for Canada, July, 1776, and N. Y., Sept., 
 1776. Taxed first in Medford, 1769, and every year thereafter until 
 1779, when he resigned office of highway surveyor, as he was going 
 out of town ; taxed as non-resident until 1781, when he again appears 
 as resident, until 1798; married Phebe Bucknam, 1776. 
 
 Bucknam, Joses. Militia service, 1776-77; enlisted for 3 yrs., March 3, 
 1 777 ; vol. 2, p. 764. Made prisoner Feb. 3, 1780 (Records War 
 Dept.) ; confined in prisons in England and Ireland; residence given 
 Maiden, Shirley and Medford. Son of Joses and Mary (Sprague) 
 Bucknam. He was brought up by his grandfather, Bunker Sprague; 
 married Nabby Hay of Reading, Sept. 19, 1786 ; went to Mason, N. H. ; 
 his widow died in Glenburne, Me. (W. F. Bucknam.) 
 
 Bucknam, William. At Prospect Hill, 1775; enlisted for 3 yrs., 1777 
 and for 6 mos., 1780; age (17S0) 21 yrs.; made sergeant Aug. 1, 17S0; 
 vol. 2, p. 765. Born in Maiden, April 30, 1759; son of James and 
 Mary (Goddard); taxed in Medford, 17S0 to 1803; died in Medford 
 April 2, 1823. Pensioner. Pension certificate does not mention 
 service at Prospect Hill, but records that he was in Hale's Co., Stark's 
 N. H. Regt., from Jan. 1, 1776, to Jan. 1, 1777, beside the service for 
 three years and a half, as above. Another, William Bucknam, went to 
 Claremont, N. H., and the Prospect Hill service may belong to him. 
 William Bucknam, 2d, appeared in Medford, 1803. 
 
 Burditt, William. Loaned money to pay bounty to men enlisting for 
 Canada, 1776; enlisted for 3 yrs., 1777; sergeant of artillery artificers; 
 vol. 2, p. 828. Married Mary Oakes, Feb. 2, 1784; her gravestone is 
 in Salem Street Cemetery; he died June 13, 1788; first taxed in Med- 
 ford, 1771. Jos. Burditt, Jr., of Maiden, died 1749; children, Jacob, 
 Jesse, Joseph, Nathan, Tabitha, and William. One was a posthumous 
 child, born between Sept., 1749, and Sept., 1750. (Index, Probate 
 Office, original paper missing, 1902.) 
 
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 Burnam, John. Enlisted for 3 yrs. or the war, 1777 ; residence also given 
 
 Maiden; vol. 2, p. 8S7. 
 Bushby, Robert. Enlisted in Sargent's N. H. Regt., 1775; enlisted for 3 
 
 yrs., 1777; vol. 2, p. 933. Born Jan. 30, 1748; son of Robert and Mary. 
 
 Butterfield, Abel. Private, Lexington alarm; served at Prospect Hill, 
 1775, and at Dorchester Heights, 1776, vol. 2, p. 960; also enlisted 
 for Canadian Expedition, 1776; went to Ticonderoga; (petition for 
 extra bounty, town records, vol. 3.) Born in Menotomy, Dec. 30, 
 J 759! son ot William and Mehitabel (Chamberlain) ; married Frances 
 (Calef) Pool, widow of Richard, Jan. 5, 17S3; died Oct. 23, 1793; 
 taxed in Medford 1779 to 1793. 
 
 Butterfield, Stephen. Served at lines at Boston and at Noddle's Island, 
 1776; vol. 2, p. 965. Born in Menotomy, Dec. 30, 1759; son of Wil- 
 liam and Mehitabel (Chamberlain) ; taxed in Medford, 1780 and 17S1. 
 
 Callender, John. Private, Lexington alarm; served 5 days; vol. 3, p. 
 30. Taxed in Medford, 1774-75- Probably son of Eleazer Callender 
 and Sarah (Hillar) Bound of Boston; born Sept. 19, 1747; died in 
 Alexandria, Va., Oct., 1797. Captain lieutenant, Gridley's Regt. of 
 artillery; enlisted April 25, 1775; captain June 1, 1775. At battle 
 of Bunker Hill, ammunition was sent him which could not be used in 
 his guns; he retreated, was accused of cowardice and cashiered; 
 exonerated and restored to rank by Washington. He was a prisoner 
 at Long Island, August, 1776; exchanged; served in artillery from 
 1777 to 1782; vol. 4, p. 30. 
 
 Cambel, Thomas. Served in R. I., 1777 ; vol. 3, p. 39. 
 
 Carril, John. Enlisted for 3 yrs., May 4, 1781 ; age 24; vol. 3, p. 144; 
 served for Woburn, 1777, 'So; a stranger there. 
 
 Cary, Wenham. Name given also William and Windham ; enlisted, 177S, 
 for 6 mos. ; age 35 ; vol. 3, p. 179. Taxed in Medford, 1778 and 1779. 
 See Windham or Wenham Carey or Carrey of Boston. Negro, age 
 40; vol. 3, pp. 138, 141. 
 
 Clark, John. Private, Lexington alarm; vol. 3, p. 595. Probably son 
 of John and Mary (Smith), born June 10, 1752. The Boston Gazette 
 and Country Journal, March 12, 1770, gives in a list of wounded at 
 Boston Massacre, "a lad named John Clark, about 17 yrs. of age, 
 whose parents live in Medford, apprentice to Capt. Samuel Howard." 
 Clark died in Medford, May 26, 1778. 
 
 Clefton, Joseph. Private, Lexington alarm. Paid money to persons 
 going to Canada, 1776; vol. 3, p. 617. Married Abigail Hadley, Nov. 
 10, 1774; living in Medford after 1S00. 
 
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 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 Cole, Richard. Private, Lexington alarm ; in service at Prospect Hill, 
 1775; enlisted for Quebec, Sept. 12, 1775; vol. 3, p. 780. 
 
 Conery, Daniel (Conorv, Conry, Connery). Private, Lexington alarm; 
 at Prospect Hill, 1775; vol. 3, pp. SSgand 903. Came from Stoneham 
 to Medford, May 8, 1764, with widowed mother, Sarah; taxed first in 
 Medford, 1764. 
 
 Conery, Peter. Private, Lexington alarm ; vol. 3, p. 889. Brother of 
 Daniel mentioned above; born in Stoneham, June 24, 1747; son of 
 John and Sarah; taxed first in Medford, 1768; married, 1st, Mary 
 Fowle, Oct. 13, 1774; 2 ^i Elizabeth Wakefield, June 9, 1777; died in 
 Stoneham, Feb. 4, 1S02. In 1764, the head of this family was Isaac, 
 brother of Daniel and Peter. On pages 8S9, 907, and 90S, vol. 3, there 
 is given the service of Isaac, Daniel, and Peter (residence not stated) 
 in companies that are known to have been made up in part from 
 Medford. Isaac married Hannah Jackson, Feb. 5, 1766. 
 
 Cooch, Isaac. Private, Lexington alarm ; vol. 3, p. 916 (probably Cook). 
 
 Cook, Isaac. Enlisted for 3 yrs., 1777; reenlisted for 6 mos., 1780; age 
 23; vol. 3, p. 925. Born, 1757; from Charlestown, 1759, with Joseph 
 and Margery (Dickson), his parents; from Bowdoinham to the East- 
 ward, 1766; from Charlestown, 1771 ; taxed in Medford, 1781 to 1787. 
 Isaac Cook, son of Joseph Cook, late of Cambridge, laborer, age "20 
 yrs. last Jan.," chose Benj. Teel of Medford to be his guardian, March 
 l 1i 1777. Feb. 14, 1816, Polly Cook, widow of Isaac, late of Charles- 
 town, victualler, who died " within 60 days past," asked that an 
 administrator of his estate be appointed; he died in West Cambridge 
 and left six " infant children." 
 
 Creese, Richard (Creas, Crease, Creass, Creese). Drafted to serve at 
 Noddle's Island and Cambridge, Dec, 1776; served guarding stores 
 at Boston, 3 mos., Dec, 1776, to Feb. 1, 1777; in Continental Army, 
 Feb. 22, 1777, to May 15, 1779; loaned money to pay bounty to men 
 going to Canada, 1776; vol. 4, pp. 99, 100, 103. Born in Roxbury, 
 March 14, 1732-3; son of Richard (mariner) and Elizabeth (Tucker); 
 married Hepsibah Cook, Dec. 4, 1755 ; he is buried in Eustis Street 
 Cemetery (Roxbury), Boston, Mass. 
 
 Crowell, Aaron (Croel). Private, Lexington alarm; corporal in ser- 
 vice at Prospect Hill, 1775 ; vol. 4, pp. 130 and 185. Came to Medford 
 with his wife and family, 1751 ; died Feb. 24, 1795. 
 
 Cutler, William (See William Cutter). Enlisted, Nov., 1776, for 3 yrs. 
 for Beverly. In service, 1780. 
 
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS CREDITED TO MEDFORD. 
 
 35 
 
 Cutter, Ebenezer. Received money for joining Continental Army at 
 Cloverick (Clavarack) for 3 mos. (selectmen's order book, Oct. 22, 
 I 779) • Occupation, blacksmith; son of Daniel and Patience (Hall); 
 born Jan. 23, 1758, in Medford ; married Mehitable Morrison, Oct. 3, 
 1784. He removed from Medford to Newburyport; lost his left arm 
 in 1785 by explosion of cannon; pensioner. See other service under 
 name Ebenezer Cutler; vol. 4, p. 321. 
 
 Cutter, Josiah. Private, Lexington alarm ; in service at Prospect Hill, 
 1775; enlisted for 3 yrs., 1780; age 47. Son of Nathaniel and Eliza- 
 beth; baptized March 7, 1734; taxed in Medford, 1765 to 1790; wife's 
 name, "Mollie"; his bounty was paid by Rev. Edward Brooks. 
 (Usher's History of Medford, p. 165.) 
 
 Cutter, Josiah. Enlisted for 6 mos., 1780; age 16; vol. 4, p. 332. Possi- 
 bly son of Josiah mentioned above, as height, complexion, etc., are 
 alike in both descriptions, but there is no record of birth in Medford. 
 Josiah Cutter, nephew of above and son of Nathaniel and Submit 
 (Whitcomb) of Sudbury, was born May 7, 1763. 
 
 Cutter, Samuel, of Charlestovvn, ensign in Capt. Hall's Co. 37th Regt. 
 of Foot, and at Bunker Hill. Son of Samuel and Anne (Harrington); 
 married Susanna, daughter of Ebenezer and Rachel (Tufts) Francis 
 of Medford, 1757 ; killed by being thrown from a wagon, 1791 ; buried 
 in Arlington. 
 
 Cutter, William (Cutler, Cuttler). Residence given, Medford, Beverly 
 and Charlestown ; ordered to join Paterson's Regt., Nov. 17, 1776; 
 Francis' Regt. at Bennington, enlisted Feb. 12, 1777, for 3 yrs.; in 
 service for Beverly, 177S; Tupper's Regt., 1780; vol. 4, pp. 335, 336, 
 345. Son of Samuel and Susanna (Francis), born July 15, 1759. 
 married, 1st, Hannah Cutter, April 29, 17S3 ; 2d, Lydia Cutter (widow), 
 Nov. 9, 181S; died in West Cambridge (Arlington), Nov. 2S, 1S46; a 
 monument erected by friends is inscribed, "A soldier of the Revolu- 
 tion who served during the war and was for many years a pensioner. 
 He was in several engagements and once made a prisoner, though 
 always distinguished for his bravery." A nephew of Col. Ebenezer 
 Francis; taxed in Medford, 1784, '85, '86, and '88. 
 
 Cutter, William. Bancroft's Co., Jackson's Regt.; enlisted for 3 yrs. 
 or the war; mustered at Boston, March 16, 1777; Wade's Co., same 
 regiment, Jan. to March 10, 1780; enlisted March 20, 17S0, in Greaton's 
 3d Mass. Regt. ; at West Point, Jan. 25, 1781, age 21 ; in service, Sept. 
 1, 1783; vol. 4, p. 336. Son of Ebenezer and Eleanor (Floyd), born 
 Feb. 24, 1759; married, June 21, 1789, Rebecca (born, 1765), daughter of 
 
36 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 John Cutter of Medford and Mary (Hill) ; called Jr. at time of marriage ; 
 he was foreman in one of the Medford distilleries; afterward kept toll 
 house at Cambridge bridge; died in Boston, July 27, 1800, and was 
 laid in Granary burjing ground ; Rebecca, his widow, a resident of 
 Medford, drew a pension, 1S40; their daughter, Rebecca, married 
 Isaac Sprague, a ship builder of Medford. (Cutter genealogy and 
 pension records.) Taxed in Medford, 1784, '85, '86, '88. [The town 
 records give date of birth as above, but other records, one year later.] 
 
 Davis, Jonathan. Private, Hall's Co., Lexington alarm ; at Prospect 
 Hill, 1775, and '76; enlisted for 3 yrs., 1777; vol. 4, p. 514. Taxed 
 in Medford, 1775. Cutter's History of Arlington says, "Jonathan 
 Davis and Hephzibah Winship, residents — perhaps because of the 
 military occupation and environment of Boston, 1775-76 — married, 
 29, Feb., 1776, in Menotomy "; also, "Jane Hinds, born 1758, married, 
 1st, Jonathan Davis, and 2d, Francis Locke." 
 
 Dexter, Paul. Private, Lexington alarm ; served at Prospect Hill, 1775 ; 
 drafted to serve at Noddle's Island and Cambridge, 1776; loaned money 
 to pay bounty to men enlisting to go to N. Y., 1776; vol. 4, p. 725. 
 Jos. Bucknam was appointed guardian, 1747, of Paul, age 6 yrs., son 
 of Timothy Dexter, late of Leominster. Moses Bucknam became his 
 guardian, 1757. (Probate records.) Taxed first in Medford, 1766; 
 held various town offices; died in Medford, Dec. 31, 1808. Paul Dex- 
 ter of Boston married Elizabeth Wade of Maiden, March 24, 1767. 
 (Maiden records.) 
 
 Deckson, Asa (Isaac Dickson?). Served 6 mos., 1780; vol. 4, p. 632. 
 
 Dickson, Isaac (Dixon). Joined Canadian Expedition, July, 1776; went 
 as far as Ticonderoga. (Town records.) Enlisted for 6 mos., 1780; 
 age 22; vol. 4, p. 756. Born in Medford, March 21, 1758; son of 
 Josiah and Anna (Francis), daughter of Samuel of Medford; parents 
 came to Medford from Charlestown, 1755; taxed in Medford, 1778. 
 
 Dickson, Jonas. Private, Lexington alarm, Chelsea Co. ; served at Cam- 
 bridge, 1775; in Baldwin's Regt., April, 1776; enlisted for 3 yrs., 
 1777 ; residence, Medford and Chelsea ; vol. 4, pp. 757 and 801 ; re- 
 ceived a pension; baptized, Sept. 21, 1755; son of Josiah and Anna 
 (Francis) ; married Elizabeth Gill, May 27, 1783; died Oct. 25, 1821 ; 
 buried in Salem Street Cemetery. 
 
 Dowse, [Samuel?]. Served at Dorchester Heights, March, 1776; vol. 4, 
 p. 93S. 
 
 Dunster, William. Enlisted for 6 mos., 1780; vol. 5, p. 69. 
 
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS CREDITED TO MEDFORD. 1J 
 
 Earl, William. Seaman, Ship Alliance, under Paul Jones; enlisted at 
 Nantes, France, Nov. 21, 1779; discharged at Boston, Sept. 6, 1780; 
 lost one leg in battle; on list of pensioners made up from Dec. 31, 
 1781, to Dec. 31, 1787, age 22; vol. 5, p. 151. Taxed in Medford, 
 
 1788 to 1813; occupation, tailor; married Martha ; had five 
 
 daughters and one son born in Medford. Died in Suffolk Co., Mass., 
 Sept. 12, 1821. (Pension records.) 
 
 Edes, Pomp or Pompey. Enlisted for 3 yrs. for town of Concord, 1777; 
 residence given Medford and Boston; vol. 5, p. 211. 
 
 Farley, Jonathan. Private, Hall's Co., Prospect Hill, 1775; transferred 
 to artillery, April 28, 1775; served at Hull, 1776; enlisted for the war, 
 1777 ; age 28, in 1782; residence given Medford and Stoneham; vol. 
 5, p. 501. 
 
 Farrington, William. Fifer, Lexington alarm ; enlisted for 3 yrs., 
 1777; reported drummer, 1780; received 200 acres of land, or $20 in 
 money, 1801 ; residence, Maiden, 1801 ; vol. 5, p. 550. Married Ruth 
 Batts of Maiden, Sept. 29, 1789; occupation, cordwainer; widow, 
 Ruth, asks that estate be administered, April 7, 1802. Ruth married, 
 2d, John Oliver. (Probate records.) Also, see History of Maiden 
 (Corey), p. 814. 
 
 Fisher, John. Enlisted for 9 mos., 1778; reenlisted for 9 raos., 1779; 
 age 23; "engaged for Medford " ; vol. 5, p. 701. 
 
 Florence, Abraham (Flourance). Enlisted, 1777, for 6 mos. in R. I. ; 
 reenlisted Dec. 18, 1777, until Jan. 1, 1778; vol. 5, p. 807. One Abra- 
 ham Florence of Boston married Dorcas Sylvester, Nov. 30, 178S. 
 (Boston records.) 
 
 Floyd, Andrew (Floyed). Private, Lexington alarm; served at lines in 
 Boston, March 19 to April 5, 1776; loaned money to pay bounty to 
 men going to Canada, July, 1776; drafted to serve at Noddle's Island 
 and Cambridge, 1776; vol. 5, p. 812. Received bounty for joining 
 army at Clavarack (selectmen's order book, Oct. 22, 1779.) Taxed in 
 Medford, 1771 to 1782; married Elizabeth Bradshaw of Medford, Oct. 
 31, 1765; residence at that time, Roxbury; died in Cambridge Nov. 
 12, 1789. Probably served in R. I., 1780, in Col. Cyprian How's Regt. 
 One of several Medford names found on this roster, vol. 5, p. S09. 
 
 Floyd, Benjamin. Private, Lexington alarm; served at Prospect Hill, 
 1775; at Noddle's Island, Dec, 1776; loaned money to pay bounty to 
 men enlisting for Canada and N. Y., 1776; vol. 5, pp. 810 and S12. 
 Occupation, mason; died June 5, 1798, aged 64; buried in tomb, 
 Salem Street Cemeterv. 
 
38 
 
 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 Floyd, Benjamin. Served in R. I., i yr. from Jan., 1776. (Pension rolls.) 
 Enlisted July, 1780, for 6 mos. ; age 27 (archives of Mass. and records 
 of War Department). Born in Medford, Jan. 9, 1753; son of Benja- 
 min and Ruth; married Martha Savels, Jan. 7, 1779; died Oct. 2, 1823, 
 aged 71 ; buried in Salem Street Cemetery. Martha drew a pension 
 as his widow. 
 
 Floyd, Benjamin. Served in Continental Army, Feb., 1777, to Dec. 31, 
 1779; reported deserted, 1780. 
 
 Francis, Benjamin (Frances). Served at Prospect Hill, 1775; vol. 6, p. 
 6; also, 2 mos. in R. I., 1777; vol. 6, p. 2. How's Regt. in R. I., 
 1780; no residence given; (6th name, vol. 6, p. 6). Probably son of 
 Benjamin and Lydia (Converse) ; born Sept. 6, 1759 ; died in Baltimore ; 
 uncle of Lydia Maria Child, the abolitionist. 
 
 Francis, John. Served at Dorchester Heights, March, 1776; loaned 
 money to pay bounty to men enlisting to go to Canada and N. Y., 
 1776 ; vol. 6, p. 8. (See John, Jr., son of Lieut. John.) 
 
 Francis, John, Jr. Private, Lexington alarm; vol. 6, p. 9. Son of 
 Lieut. John and Dorothy (Coffin), born, 1736; taxed first in Med- 
 ford, 1757; married Jane Teel, June 3, 1777; died, 1786. Called Jr. in 
 1775, because his kinsman, John (born, 1724, died April, 1776), was 
 living in Medford. 
 
 Francis, John, Jr. Paid money for bounty to men going to Canada and 
 N. Y., July and Sept., 1776; vol. 6, p. 9. Probably son of John and 
 Deborah (Carter) of Medford; born April 6, 1760. 
 
 Francis, Joseph. Served at Prospect Hill, 1775; vol. 6, pp. 3 and 10; 
 served 3 mos., 1781, age 39; no residence given; vol. 6, p. 3 (9th 
 name). Born June 17, 1741 ; son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Harris). 
 
 Francis, Nathaniel. Served at Prospect Hill, 1775-76, and at Dorchester 
 Heights, March, 1776; vol. 6, p. 11; also, 2 mos. in R. I., 1777; vol. 
 6, p. 3. Enlisted in Canadian Expedition, 1776. (Town records, vol. 
 3.) Taxed in Medford, 1778, "8o; son of Nathaniel and Phebe (Frost), 
 born Oct. 13, 1752. Died in Sterling, Mass., in Jan. or Feb., 1S12. 
 
 Freeman, Primus. Served 9 mos., 1778, age 36; bounty paid by Heze- 
 kiah Blanchard, Jr., vol. 6, p. 49. Taxed in Medford, 1778, '79, and 
 '80. Free negro. Probably came from Reading; family took the 
 name Freeman when freed from slavery. (History of Reading.) 
 Warned out of Medford, 1784 and 1791. 
 
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 Fulton, Robert. Drafted for service at Noddle's Island and Cambridge, 
 1776; enlisted for 3 yrs., 1777; in service, 1781 ; vol. 6, p. 201. Resi- 
 dence given Boston ; vol. 6, p. 199. He came from Boston to Med- 
 ford about 1774, when patriots began to leave the town; taxed in 
 Medford, 1776 to 1786. Robert (of Boston) married Elizabeth Ingra- 
 ham, Aug. 3, 1769. 
 
 Gibbs, James. Sergeant, residence given Medford, Sudbury and Charles- 
 town ; enlisted for 3 yrs., 1777; in service, 1782; served 6 yrs.; vol. 
 6, p. 383. Residence, 1818, Charlestown, Mass. ; born in Scotland, 
 1752; died Feb. 6, 1825; married Abigail Stimson of Charlestown, 
 Feb. 4, 1777 ; she was pensioned as his widow. 
 
 Gowen, John. Served at lines at Boston, 1776 ; vol. 6, p. 694. Probably 
 son of Hammond and Mary (Crosswell), born in Charlestown, July 
 31, 1760; taxed in Medford as a non-resident, 1783 to 1789. 
 
 Green, Isaac. Served in Medford, 1775; residence Lexington; vol.6, 
 p. 806. Enlisted for 9 mos., 1778; age 23 ; sergeant, July 8, 1777, to 
 Jan. 1, 1778, in R. I.; vol. 6, p. 807. Also served in N. Y. Son of 
 Samuel Green of Lexington, Stow and Charlemont, Mass. Born in 
 Stow, June, 1756; married Eleanor Tufts of Medford, Feb. ,s, 1778; 
 died Feb. 27, 1790; occupation, cordwainer; was an apprentice in 
 Lexington, 1775, but resided in Medford after marriage. 
 
 Green, Thomas. Served at Tiverton, R. I., May 29 to July 1, 1779; vol. 
 6, p. 836. Received bounty from Town of Medford. 
 
 Greenleaf, Isaac. Loaned money for bounty paid to men enlisting for 
 Canada and N. Y., 1776; served at Noddle's Island, 1776; vol. 6, p. 
 850. Born in Medford, May 27, 1744; son of Stephen and Mary; 
 married, 1st, Mary Tufts, Dec. 17, 1772; 2d, Sarah Rhodes, April 30, 
 1778; died Feb. 20, 1807. 
 
 Greenleaf, Jonathan. Corporal, Lexington alarm. (See company 
 roll.) Served at Dorchester Heights, 1776; loaned money for bounty 
 paid to men enlisting for Canada and N. Y., 1776; vol. 6, p. 850. 
 Born June 9, 1754; son of Gardiner and Catherine; married Joanna 
 Manning, May 5, 1778; died Aug. 13, 1801. 
 
 Griffin, Robert. Engaged for Town of Medford, 1779; age 49; deserted 
 at Springfield ; vol. 6, p. 885. Received bounty from Medford. 
 
 Guest, Michael (Gest, Gess). Enlisted, March 16, 1781, for 3 yrs.; 
 "engaged for Medford"; age 26; occupation, farmer; vol. 4, p. 370. 
 
4Q 
 
 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 Hadley, David. Private, Lexington alarm ; loaned money to pay bounty 
 to men enlisting to go to N. Y., 1776; vol. 7, p. 16. Taxed in Medford, 
 1776-82; came from Stoneham, 1762; born in Stoneham, Sept. 11, 
 1744; son of Samuel and Abigail (Richardson); married March 16, 
 1769, Eunice Richardson; lived in Medford, on the east side of Spot 
 Pond. 
 
 Hadley, John. Private, Lexington alarm; vol. 7, p. 17. Born in Stone- 
 ham, Aug. 23, 1749; son of John and Sarah (Williams). 
 
 Hadley, Moses. Private, Lexington alarm; loaned money to pay bounty 
 to men going to Canada, July, 1776; vol. 7, p. 18. Taxed in Medford, 
 1776 to 1782; son of Samuel and Abigail (Richardson); born Aug. 
 22, 1756; came to Medford with parents from Stoneham, 1762 ; married 
 Mary Peirce, Nov. 19, 1776; of Charlestown, 1791 ; bridge-keeper at 
 Cambridge bridge. 
 
 Hadley, Samuel, Jr. Private, Lexington alarm ; loaned money for 
 bounty paid men going to Canada, July, 1776; vol. 7, p. 19. Came 
 with wife Rebecca (Knight) from Stoneham to Medford, 1768; son of 
 Samuel and Abigail (Richardson) ; born Oct. 13, 1732 ; lived next to 
 his brother, David (see above), just south of Stoneham line, Fulton 
 street; died 1803 or 1804; taxed in 1803, but not in 1804. 
 
 Hadley, Thomas. In Bond's Regt., 1776. (Pension paper.) Received 
 money, Oct. 3, 1779, from Town of Medford for enlisting to go to the 
 Castle, probably for service recorded vol. 7, p. 20. Born in Stone- 
 ham, July 29, 1758; son of Anthony and Abigail (Green); married 
 Mary Nagle of Stoneham, May 8, 1778; taxed in Medford, 1780; resi- 
 dent of Medford, 1818. 
 
 Hall, Francis. Private, Lexington alarm; at Prospect Hill, 1775-76, as 
 sergeant; commissioned 2d Lieut., 1776; lieutenant at Winter Hill, 
 1778; vol. 7, p. 79. Taxed in Medford until 181 1, probable date of 
 
 death ; married Elizabeth , who died 1810; son of Stephen Hall, 
 
 Tertius, and Sarah (Keisar) ; brother of Lieut. Stephen Hall, 4th. 
 
 Hall, Isaac. Captain of Medford company, Lexington alarm; served 
 at Prospect Hill, April 19, 1775, to Sept. 1, 1775, and at Dorchester 
 Heights, March, 1776; vol. 7, p. 82; was at Battle of Bunker Hill; 
 acted as deputy commissary for Continental Army, 1775-76. Son of 
 Andrew and Abigail (Walker); born Jan. 24, 1739; married Abigail 
 Cutter, Oct. 8, 1761 ; occupation, distiller; died Nov. 24, 1789. In 
 Aug., 1789, he disposed of all his property and left no will; his wife 
 died Sept. 25, 1825. 
 
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS CREDITED TO MEDFORD. 
 
 41 
 
 Hall, Moses. Sergeant, Lexington alarm; at Dorchester Heights, 
 March, 1776; loaned money to pay bounty to men going to N. Y., 
 Sept., 1776; loaned money to United States Government for war pur- 
 poses. Son of Capt. John and Mary (Keisar) ; born 1750; married, 
 1st, Martha Sprague of Maiden, Nov. 28, 1775; married, 2d, Hannah 
 
 ; lived in Charlestown in later years; occupation, distiller; 
 
 taxed in Medford, 1771 to 1789. 
 
 Hall, Prince. Enlisted for 9 mos., 1778; age 30; vol. 7, p. 105. Re- 
 ceipt signed by himself for bounty received on enlistment can be seen 
 at state archives. Free negro ; taxed in Medford, 1778 and 1779; he 
 was the author of a petition to the House of Representatives urging 
 the abolition of slavery in Massachusetts. He was the founder of 
 Free Masonry among negroes, receiving his degrees from a military 
 lodge, consisting of British soldiers, in Boston, March 6, 1775. Married 
 Phebe, a slave of Mrs. Lydia Bowman Baker, of Boston, who set her 
 free. Their home was on Phillips street, Boston, where he died Dec. 
 7, 1807. See archives of Prince Hall Grand Lodge, F. and A. M. 
 
 Hall, Prince. Enlisted for 3 yrs., April 7, 1777; died Dec. 18, 1778; 
 vol. 7, p. 105. Rev. David Osgood records in his diary, April 1, 1777 
 " Prince ran away last night." Mr. Osgood at that time boarded with 
 Mr. Richard Hall, whose negro servant, Chloe, married Prince, a negro 
 servant of Stephen Hall, Esq., Sept. 15, 1772. 
 
 Hall, Stephen, 4TH. Ensign, Lexington alarm; commissioned 1st 
 Lieut., June 17, 1776; served under Capt. Blaney, Thatcher's Regt.. 
 which was ordered to Fairfield, Ct., on or before Dec. 16, 1776; com- 
 pany contained thirteen Medford men; loaned money for bounty paid 
 to men going to Canada, 1776; vol. 7, p. 112. Served as recruiting 
 officer and drill master in Medford all through the war; committee of 
 safety, 1777; loaned money to the United States Government for mili- 
 tary purposes. Son of Stephen Hall, Tertius, and Sarah (Keisar) ; 
 born Jan. 3, 1745; married Mary Hill of Menotomy (Arlington), July 
 12, 1770; died in Revere, 1817. 
 
 Hall, Timothy. (Also given, Timothy, Jr.) Drummer, Lexington 
 
 alarm; served at Prospect Hill, 1775; died at Ticonderoga, Sept. 18. 
 
 1776; vol. 7, p. 114. Son of Timothy and Mary (Cutter) ; born Oct. 
 
 2 4> !753- 
 Hamon, John (Hammond?). Enlisted for Southborough, 1777, for 3 
 
 yrs.; residence Medford; vol. 7, p. 196. 
 
 Hanker, Cato (Hancock). Enlisted for 8 mos., 177S; served in New- 
 York ; vol. 7, p. 228. Cato Hancock was taxed in Medford, 1777 ; Cato 
 Hanker, 1779; owned real estate in Medford; veteran of French War. 
 One Cato Hancock married, in Boston, Nancy Faddy, July 3, 1791. 
 
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 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 Harris, John. Enlisted for 3 yrs., 1777; in service, 1780; vol. 7, p. 345. 
 Probably son of Josiah and Millicent (Estabrook) of Charlestown ; 
 born Jan. 31, or Feb. 5, 1752. 
 
 Harris, Samuel. Served at Dorchester Heights, 1776; enlisted for 3 
 yrs.; return dated Feb. 19, 1778; died in service, May 19, 1778; taxed 
 in Medford, 1771, 1772 and 1775; he was in business as a baker in 
 Charlestown, but lost his property by fire, June 17, 1775, and returned 
 to Medford; married Elizabeth Hall, Nov 25, 1773; she, with her 
 children, received state aid; the estate of Samuel Harris received 
 bounty due him, May 2, 1785. Son of Josiah and Millicent (Esta- 
 brook) ; born Aug. 15, 1749; his estate was administered by his father, 
 Josiah. (Probate records.) 
 
 Hendley, Charles. Served at Dorchester Heights, March, 1776. Taxed 
 in Medford, 1774 to 1781 ; occupation, master cooper; came from 
 Boston to Medford. 
 
 Holden, Daniel. Enlisted, 1779, for 9 mos. ; age 16; vol. 8, p. 98. 
 Served for Stoneham, 17S0; age 17. Son of John and Mary, of Stone- 
 ham ; born Oct. 15, 1763; married Hannah Green of Pepperill, March 
 10, 1796; residence at that time, Charlestown. 
 
 Jackson, Thomas. Enlisted May 21, 1781 ; age 28; occupation, manner; 
 vol. 8, p. 690. 
 
 Kemp, John. Private, Lexington alarm; served 8 mos., 1775-76; vol. 9, 
 p. 85. Taxed in Medford, 1775. 
 
 Kendall, Jonathan. Served 1 yr. in Continental Army, from Jan. 1, 
 1778; in service for Woburn, 1777. Born Sept. 1, 175 1; son of Joshua 
 and Esther (Buck); married, Dec. 1, 1774, Joanna Brooks; died in 
 Charlestown, 1795; gravestone. 
 
 King, Samuel. Served 6 mos., 1780; age 42; engaged for town of Med- 
 field; residence given Medford. Perhaps an error; vol. 9, p. 270. 
 
 Lawrence, Jonathan (Lawrance). Private, Lexington alarm; loaned 
 
 money to pay bounty, Sept., 1776. Married Mary ; children 
 
 born in Medford: Jonathan, 1779; Mary, 1780; Jonathan, 1782; 
 William Pitts, 1784. Taxed in Medford, 1772 to 1783; wife admitted 
 to church in Medford from church in Cambridge, 1782 ; he was admitted 
 to church in Medford, June 10, 1781 ; died in Ashby, Mass. ; will dated 
 May 30, 1817, filed June 26, 1S17; widow, Mary, administratrix; only 
 child living, William P., had been an inhabitant of Tennessee for 
 twelve years previous to 1817. (Probate records.) 
 
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 LEBosquET, Henry. Served 3 yrs., Jackson's Regt., 1777 to 17S0; 
 lifer; vol. 9, pp. 402, 621. Son of John and Sarah (Brooks); born 
 Feb. 2i, 1763. 
 
 LEBosquET, John. Served 3 yrs., Jackson's Regt., 1777-S0; artificer: 
 vol. 9, pp. 402, 403, 621. In battles of Bemis Heights and Monmouth ; 
 born Dec. 20, 1737; son of Henry and Lydia (Scottow) of Charles- 
 town; married Sarah Brooks, sister of Gov. Brooks; occupation, 
 brazier. 
 
 LEBosquET, John, Jr. Fifer; served 3 yrs., Jackson's Regt., 1777-80; vol. 
 9, pp. 402, 403, 621. Born, 1761 ; son of John and Sarah (Brooks). At 
 age of 16 he entered the army at Cambridge; he was at Ticonderoga 
 and Valley Forge, and in battles of Bemis Heights and Monmouth. 
 When term of enlistment was over, he went as cabin boy on a merchant 
 vessel which was captured by the British and taken to Halifax. While 
 the captain was alone with the prisoners (the crew having gone ashore 
 for water), the captives overpowered him and started in an open boat 
 for Boston, where they arrived safely. He was in France at the time 
 of the French Revolution. In 1S12 he was captain of a vessel, and 
 was taken prisoner and detained in Liverpool over a year. He com- 
 manded vessels in East India trade. He married Mary Brooks and 
 lived at her birthplace at Symmes Corner (now Winchester), which 
 was the house where Gov. Brooks was born. For nearly twenty years 
 Capt. LeBosquet was a cripple from paralysis. He died April, 1844, 
 and was buried in his tomb, Salem street, Medford, with military 
 honors. (Luther C. Symmes in Winchester Press.) 
 
 Leathe, Richard (Leithe). Craft's Co., Greaton's Regt.; reported 
 deserted; age 23; vol. 9, p. 610. Son of John and Elizabeth (Wait) ; 
 born Nov. 10, 1753. Living in Medford, 1781. His father, who died. 
 1S01, mentions Hannah, daughter of son Richard, deceased. Her 
 guardian was Stephen Dana. 
 
 Leithe, John. Served 1 mo. at lines in Boston, 1776; paid money for 
 bounty to men enlisting for Canada, July, 1776, and N. Y., Sept., 
 1776; vol. 9, pp. 610, 665. Born Oct. 26, 1742; died Oct. 1, 1S15 ; 
 son of John and Elizabeth (Wait). Bequeathed all his property to 
 his brother, Francis; called yeoman; signature, John Leathe. 
 
 Manning, Thomas. Served 8 mos., 1775, and guarding troops of con- 
 vention, 1778; vol. 10, p. 175; served 8 mos., in N. Y., Poor's Regt., 
 1778-79; corporal; receipt for bounty bears signature; vol. 10, p. 194. 
 Son of Thomas and Sarah (Wyman) ; born, 1750; married Rebecca 
 Tufts, 1774; residence at that time, Salem; Taxed in Medford, 1776; 
 yeoman. 
 
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 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 Mansir, Ebenezer. Served 8 mos., 1778; receipt for bounty bears sig- 
 nature ; vol. 10, p. 203. Son of John of Charlestown, who lived in 
 Medford during the war; born Jan. 6, 1760; married Elizabeth Brown 
 of Boston, Nov. 23, 1781. 
 
 Marten, Francis. Received bounty from Town of Medford, 1779, for 
 enlisting for 3 mos. (selectmen's order book). 
 
 Mason, Aaron, i mo. service at the lines at Boston, 1776; served 3 yrs., 
 1777-80, for the Town of Woburn ; vol. 10, p. 311. Son of Aaron and 
 Abigail (Reed) of Woburn; born Sept. 27, 1753; died in Woburn. 
 June 3, 1838. " Left no widow or children living." Pensioner. 
 (Probate records.) 
 
 McFiteh, John. Enlisted for 3 yrs., 1780; age 23; blacksmith; birth- 
 place Germany; residence Medford; vol. 10, pp. 112, 488. 
 
 McLane, Uriah. Received bounty from Town of Medford for going to 
 N. Y., 1776; residence, Woburn; served 3 yrs., 1777-81; vol. 10, pp. 
 534 and 538. Son of Charles McLaine of Chelmsford; at age of 17 
 (March 6, 1767), he chose Samuel Perham guardian. (Probate 
 records.) Name also written Uriah and Uri McLaine. 
 
 McNamar, Peter or Patrick. (McNamara, McNamer, McNamor.) 
 Residence Mystic, Medford, and Charlestown; corporal, Hall's Co.. 
 Bond's Regt, 1775; Greaton's Regt., 1777-82; vol. 10, pp. 562 and 
 563. Gave age in 1781, 31 yrs., and in 1818, when he applied for 
 pension, 76 yrs. ; residence, 1818, Boston. 
 
 Mead, John. Loaned money to pay bounty to men going to Canada, 
 July, 1776, and to N. Y., Sept., 1776; served before Boston, 1776, and 
 guarding troops of convention, 1778; vol. 10, pp. 580, 584. Son of 
 Israel and Mary; born Feb. 22, 1755; married Katherine Blanchard, 
 May 18, 1786; died July 16, 1812; occupation, tanner. 
 
 Mitchell, Peter. Served at SewelPs Point, 1775; vol. 10, pp. 839 and 
 851. Enlisted for Canadian Expedition, July, 1776. (Town records.) 
 Taxed in Medford, 1775-76; his wife died in Medford, May 30, 1776. 
 
 Nowill, George. Served in Continental Army, 1777 to 1781. One 
 George Nowell, son of George and Elizabeth (Whitney), was born in 
 Boston, Sept. 3, 1742. 
 
 Oakes, John. Enlisted for 3 yrs., 1777; enlisted for the war, 1779. 
 Born Juh' 12, 1759; son of Edward and Joanna (Griffiths) ; died Oct. 
 12, 1799; buried in Salem Street Cemetery. 
 
 Osgood, David, Rev. Chaplain in Stark's N. H. Regt., 1775. Son of 
 Capt. Isaac and Elizabeth (Flint) ; born in Andover, Mass., Oct. 25, 
 1747; married Hannah Breed, Nov. 1, 17S6; died Dec. 12, 1822; pas- 
 tor of First Church in Medford, 1773 to 1822 ; buried in Tomb No. 21, 
 Salem Street Cemetery. 
 
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS CREDITED TO MEDFORD. 
 
 45 
 
 Pain, Richard. Private, Lexington alarm ; served at Prospect Hill, 1775; 
 died in service, Aug. 13, 1775. Came to Medford with parents, Stephen 
 and Anna, 1753; came from Amesbury with wife Eunice, Dec. 2, 1765. 
 
 Peirce, Benjamin. Private, Lexington alarm ; 8 mos. service, 1775-76. 
 Baptized Dec. 9, 1744; son of Thomas and Sarah (Martin) ; married 
 Ruth Smith of Woburn, May 24, 1768; taxed 1765 to 1776 in Medford. 
 
 Peirce, Nathaniel. Enlisted for Canadian Expedition, 1776; went to 
 Ticonderoga. (Town records.) Served 8 mos., 1775-76; served 9 
 mos. ,,1778-79. Pensioner. Son of Nathaniel and Patience (Totman) ; 
 born Oct. 1, 1750; in Town of Harvard, 1S07 ; died in Medford, July 
 28, 1 82 1 ; left widow, Mary. 
 
 Peirce, Richard. Enlisted for the war, 1776; received money due for 
 bounty, May 2, 1785; taxed in Medford, 17S5 and '86. Born Jan. 6, 
 1754; son °f Nathaniel and Patience* (Totman); married in Cam- 
 bridge, Oct. 21, 1784, Anna Dickson (born, 1752) ; was drowned, 
 Aug. 16, 1797; resided in Medford until 17SS, when he removed to 
 Charlestown. 
 
 Peirce, Titus. Enlisted for 3 yrs., 1780; age2S; negro. 
 
 Peirce, William. Enlisted, 1775, under Capt. Ebenezer Francis. [Wil- 
 liam, son of Nathaniel and Patience; born Nov. 16, 1745. William, 
 son of Thomas and Sarah, born July 17, 1747. There is nothing in 
 military or town records to determine whether either of these was the 
 soldier.] 
 
 Pelham, Cato. Enlisted for 3 yrs., 1780; age 30; negro. 
 
 Person, James (Pierson, Pearson). Served 3 mos. as drummer, 1776. His 
 first wife, Bathshua, died between March 26, 1775, and June 6, 1776: 
 married 2d, Anna Bond, June 6, 1776; [was she widow of Joseph Bond, 
 who died, 1775?]; died Nov. 17, 1790; taxed first in Medford, 177 1 . 
 
 Pike, Benjamin. Served 6 mos., 1778 (archives). Received bountv 
 from Town of Medford, Jan. 5, 1779 (selectmen's order book). 
 
 Polly, Robert. Served in R. I. 6 mos., 1777; received bounty from 
 Town of Medford. Probably son of Jacob and Hannah (Scolly) and 
 brother of William, wounded April 19, 1775; born Aug. 11, 1752: 
 taxed in Medford, 1776-77. Robert Polly of New London married 
 Jane Harris of Medford, 1775; of Menotomy, 17S1 ; baptized in 
 Menotomy April 14, 1776; age given then, 22 yrs. ; birthplace, Med- 
 ford; his wife died in Charlestown, 1S11 ; he was living in Medford, 
 April, 182S. Applied for pension, 1S18. 
 
 'Town records say " Eunice," but she was the wife of Robert Peirce (see church records). 
 
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 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 Polly, William. Private, Lexington alarm. Son of Jacob and Hannah 
 (Scolly) ; born Feb. 2, 1757 ; died April 25, 1775, from wounds received 
 at Menotomy on the retreat of the British from Concord, April 19. 
 
 Polly, William. Enlisted, 1780, for6 mos. ; age 19 (archives). Received 
 bounty for enlisting to go to Clavarack, Oct. 22, 1779 (selectmen's 
 order book). Son of John and Jemima (Nichols) ; born Oct. 4, 1760: 
 taxed in Medford, 1785. 
 
 Porter, Jonathan. Commissioned 2d Lieut., July 27, 1776; loaned 
 money to United States Government. Came to Medford from Maiden, 
 1773; proprietor of the Royal Arms Tavern, Medford; land on which 
 it stood is still (1903) in possession of his descendants; son of Dr. 
 Jonathan Porter; married Phebe Abbott of Andover, Nov. 7, 1790; 
 died Nov. 4, 1817; buried in tomb in Salem Street Cemetery. 
 
 Pritchard, Thomas. Sergeant, Lexington alarm ; served 8 mos., 1775-76, 
 and immediately after the Evacuation of Boston enlisted for the war; 
 commissioned captain, Col. Greaton's Regt. ; commended for bravery 
 and fine tactics; sent home as a recruiting officer by Washington, 
 when reinforcements were especially needed. Born in Boston, Aug. 
 31, 1751 ; son of William and Atterlante ; married Lucy Tufts, daughter 
 of William and Anna (Francis), Feb. 22, 1775; died June 7, 1795, 
 aged 43; occupation, cooper; taxed first in Medford, 1774. 
 
 Putnam, Eleazar. Private, Lexington alarm; 2d Lieut., 1776; served 
 3 mos. guarding troops of convention, 1778; loaned money for bounty 
 paid to men enlisting for Canada and N. Y., 1776. Came to Medford 
 from Charlestown with wife Mary, 1765 ; owned covenant in Cam- 
 bridge Precinct Church (Menotomy), Nov. 24, 1765; born in Danvers, 
 June 5, 1738; son of Henry, mentioned below; died in Medford, Nov. 
 20, 1804. Family tradition says that one of his sons served as drum- 
 mer for the Medford company, April 19, 1775, to March 17, 1776. 
 Owned land on High street, Medford. 
 
 Putnam, Henry. Killed at Menotomy on retreat of British, April 19, 1775. 
 Served as lieutenant at capture of Louisburg, 1758. Born at Danvers, 
 Mass., Aug. 14, 1712; came to Medford from Charlestown, 1765, with 
 wife Hannah ; she died in Newburyport. 
 
 Putnam, Roger. Served 1 mo. at lines at Boston, 1776; loaned money 
 to pay bounty to men going to Canada, July, 1776, and to N. Y., 
 Sept., 1776. Son of Henry and Hannah Putnam ; taxed first in Med- 
 ford, 1776; married Sarah Brothers, daughter of Mary, wife of Thomas 
 Richardson (family came from Reading, 1763), Oct. 13, 1774; died 
 Oct. 27, 1794. 
 
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS CREDITED TO MEDFORD. 47 
 
 Rand, Barrett. Served at Fort No. 3, 1775; enlisted in 1779 for 9 mos. 
 in Continental service ; age 40. Came to Medford 177S or 1779 ; taxed, 
 1780. Son of Joseph and Deborah (Nurs) ; born Oct. 29, 1738: 
 married Susanna Hopkins, Sept. 15, 1760; died March 1, 178S; occu- 
 pation, hatter; served as a soldier, 1757; grandfather of Mrs. Lydia 
 Maria Child. 
 
 Rand, Jack. Enlisted for 3 jrs., April 27, 1781; age 28; negro. Also 
 served for Woburn, 1777-80. 
 
 Rand, Nathaniel. Served at Fort No. 3, 1775, and guarding troops of 
 convention, 177S. Taxed in Medford. 1776-81. Probably ferryman, 
 of Charlestown ; house destroyed, June 17, 1775; took refuge in 
 Medford. Son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Brigden) ; married, 1st, 
 Frances Phillips, March 23, 1743; 2d, Sarah Stacy, June 21, 1759: 
 3d, Hephzibah Larkin, March 28, 1763; died in Charlestown, Sept. 
 9, 1795. Had daughter Sarah who served as scout to warn colonists 
 of approach of British before battle of Bunker Hill, and son Nathaniel. 
 Jr., born March 25, 1747, who was taxed in Medford, 1779. 
 
 Ransford, Thomas. Loaned money for bounty, Sept., 1776; enlisted 
 for 3 yrs. ; return dated, 1778. Served also for Cambridge. 
 
 Reed, Daniel. Drummer, Sargent's Regt. ; return dated, Oct. 6, 1775; 
 enlisted for 3 yrs. as drum major; return dated, 1778. Son of Seth 
 and Lydia (Cutter); born April 10, 1742; married Dorothy Billings, 
 of Medford, April 12, 1762; died Aug. 22, 1801 ; belonged to Baptist 
 Church of Menotomy, 17S7. 
 
 Reed, Joshua. Enlisted for 3 yrs.; return dated, 177S ; Child's Co., 
 Greaton's Regt. 
 
 Reed, Joshua, Jr. Private, Hall's Co., 1775; enlisted for Quebec, Sept. 
 12, 1775. Joshua Reed was taxed in Medford, 1775; possibly these 
 two names refer to the same man. Son of Joshua and Sarah (Dix) : 
 born June 29, 1755 (?). 
 
 Rice, Thomas. Enlisted for 3 yrs., 17S1; occupation, farmer. 
 
 Richardson, Abel. Private, Lexington alarm. Born in Woburn, Jan. 
 12, 1 750- 1 ; son of Nathan and Mary (Peirce) ; married Anna Tufts, 
 Dec. 26, 1775; died Sept., 1824; aged 74; taxed in Medford, 1774 and 
 1775; taxed in Woburn, 1776 to 1780. 
 
 Richardson, James, Jr. Private, Hall's Co., Prospect Hill, 1775. Prob- 
 ably of Woburn; not taxed in Medford. 
 
 Robbins, Nathaniel. Served before Boston, 1776; probably served 
 as substitute, as a boy too young for regular military service might 
 work building fortifications; no other service recorded. Son of 
 
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 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 Thomas and Sarah (Gould) ; born May 16, 1762 ; came to Medford 
 from Cambridge with parents, Dec. 3, 1764; his father was taxed 
 in Medford, 1764 to 1774. 
 
 Rouse, Benjamin. Loaned money for bounty, July, 1776, and Sept., 
 1776; served guarding troops of convention, 1778. Taxed in Medford, 
 1769 to 1790; married Elizabeth French, April 13, 1769; died June 25, 
 1797; a veteran of French and Indian War. 
 
 Royall, Sam. Enlisted Nov., 1780, for the war. 
 
 Rumrill, Abner. Served 8 mos. at Prospect Hill, 1775; also in service, 
 1777, '78, and '79. Born in Medford, March 15, 1755; son of John 
 and Mary (Peirce) of Charlestown, who were married, 1749; married 
 in Newton, Sept. 30, 1779, Sally Binford. 
 
 Rumrill, Isaac. Served 8 mos. at Prospect Hill, 1775; son of John and 
 Mary, born June 25, 1757. John, the father of these two men, was 
 born in Old Dunstable about 1721, and died Jan. 29, 1763; he served 
 in the French and Indian War. 
 
 Sargent, Abel. Residence, Medford; enlisted for Templeton for 3 yrs; 
 return dated, 1778. 
 
 Sargent, Reuben. Served in R. I., 1777; enlisted for 3 yrs., July 9, 
 1777; residence, Medford; enlisted for Woburn. 
 
 Sason (?), William. Enlisted for 3 yrs., 1782; signature on receipt. 
 
 Savels, Benjamin. Private, Lexington alarm ; served 8 mos. at Prospect 
 Hill, 1775-76. Came from Cambridge to Medford, 1764. 
 
 Savels, Thomas. Private, Lexington alarm ; served 8 mos. at Prospect 
 Hill, 1775-76; sergeant; enlisted for 3 yrs., 1777; reenlisted for 6 mos., 
 1780 ; age 30. Son of Joseph, Jr., and Martha (Prior) Sables or Savels, 
 who came from Boston to Medford, Feb. 8, 1758; married Miriam 
 Royall, Dec. 23, 1773 ; died in Medford, April 30, 1801, aged 51 ; buried 
 in Salem Street Cemetery ; name written Sables on tombstone. 
 
 Seccomb, Francis. Enlisted for 3 yrs. ; return dated, 1778; negro. 
 
 Simonds, Joshua. Corporal ; served guarding troops of convention, 1778. 
 
 Son of Joshua and Rebecca ; born March 18, 1758; married 
 
 Abigail Tufts, Nov. 24, 1779; died Feb. 20, 1833; lived in house on 
 Simonds Hill, High street. 
 
 Simonds, . Two men served at Dorchester Heights, March, 1776. 
 
 Probably Joshua (above) and Jude (see civil list). 
 
 Shillings, Pollador (Polledore Skinnings). Enlisted April 2, 1781 ; 
 age 19; negro. Lived in Charlestown, 1803. 
 
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS CREDITED TO MEDFORD. 49 
 
 Smith, John. Private, Lexington alarm; served 8 mos. at Prospect Hill, 
 1775. Taxed in Medford, 1773 to 1782; son of John and Abigail 
 (Stratton) ; born Aug. 12, 1743; married Oct. 26, 1763, Mrs. Mary 
 Whitney; joined 2d Precinct Church, Woburn, 1764; came to Med- 
 ford from Woburn, 1773. 
 
 Smith, William. Enlisted for 1 yr., Jan. 1, 1778; passed muster at 
 Concord, July 22, 177 — . 
 
 Steward, Amasa. Enlisted for 3 yrs., May 16, 1782 ; signature on re- 
 ceipt. Bounty paid to Jeremiah (see treasurer's records). One 
 Jeremiah Steward or Stewart was taxed in Medford, 1778, '79, and 'So; 
 had seat in Cambridge N. W. Precinct meeting house, 1781. 
 
 Stickney, Benjamin. Fifer; served 1 yr. from Jan., 1778; passed muster, 
 July 22, 177 — ; signature on original papers in Mass. archives. Benj. 
 Stickney, born in Byfield, was a fifer in another regiment at this time. 
 This man may been the Benjamin born in Hampton, N. H., Feb. 5, 
 1744, who served in French war and died at sea, unmarried. 
 
 Symmes, John. Served 8 mos. at Prospect Hill, 1775-76 (archives) ; at 
 battle of Bunker Hill; served 5 mos. in Wheelock's Regt., 1776. 
 Private Gerrish's Regt., 1777; (pension records). Enlisted for 3 yrs., 
 1777; spent one winter at Ticonderoga (Symmes Memorial). He 
 was a wheelwright and blacksmith at Symmes Corner, Medford (now 
 Winchester); son of John and Abigail (Dix) ; born Aug. 16, 1755; 
 married Elizabeth Wright, Oct. 31, 17S0 (marriage fee, $100) ; died 
 June 24, 1834; buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford. 
 
 Symmes, Josiah. Served 1 mo. at lines in Boston, 1776. Son of John 
 and Abigail (Dix); baptized Sept. 3, 1758; married Elizabeth John- 
 son; he was over 50 when he married; died about 1S28. 
 
 Symmes, Zechariah. Served 3 mos. guarding troops of convention, 
 1778; loaned money for bounty paid to soldiers going to N. Y., Sept.. 
 1776; loaned money to United States Government. Son of Zechariah 
 and Judith (Eames) ; born in Woburn, now Winchester, Oct. 1, 1744; 
 married Rebecca Tuttle. His father left him a handsome property in 
 1793, and he then became the proprietor of the Black Horse Tavern, 
 just over the old Medford line. Taxed in Medford, 177S to 1785; he 
 and his wife were admitted to Church in Medford, Jan. 26, 1776. 
 
 Teall, Samuel (Teel). 2d Lieut. Dorchester Heights, March, 1776. 
 Born 1749; son of Samuel and Jane (Dickson); baptized 1755; 
 married Ruth Walker, Nov. 5, 1772; died Feb. 25, 1S32; aged S3; 
 buried in Tomb No. 17, Salem Street Cemetery. 
 
 Teel, Gershom. Corporal, Lexington alarm ; served 8 mos. at Prospect 
 Hill, 1775-76. Born in Charlestown; son of Samuel and Jane (Dick- 
 
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 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 son) ; baptized June 29, 1755; married Susanna Adams, Oct. 3, 1776; 
 died Dec. 8, 1822; taxed in Medford, 1776, '82 and 'S3; of Lunenburg, 
 1777. Samuel Teel, his son, who died in Medford, 1861, was born in 
 Lunenburg, 1778. Children baptized in Menotomy, 1788 and 1791. 
 
 Thompson, Ebenezer. Served guarding troops of convention, 1778; 
 
 loaned money for bounty, Sept., 1776. Married, 1st, Esther , 
 
 who died May 26, 1777; aged 23; 2d, May 21, 1778, Katherine Green- 
 leaf, daughter of Gardiner; she was born 1756, and died Sept. 22, 1793; 
 married, 3d, Hannah Tufts, Nov. 20, 1794; she died, 1836; aged 80; 
 he died March 5, 1800; taxed first in Medford, 1776. 
 
 Torry, Thomas. Enlisted for 3 yrs., 1781 ; occupation, farmer; age 21 ; 
 negro. 
 
 Tufts, Aaron. Enlisted for 3 yrs., return dated Feb., 1778; enlisted for 
 8 mos., 1780; age 19. Son of William and Susanna; born Dec. 18, 
 1761. Probably Aaron, who died in Old Mill Prison, England, 
 Sept. 18, 1781. 
 
 Tufts, Benjamin. Served guarding troops of convention at Cambridge, 
 1778; loaned money to pay bounty July and Sept., 1776. Son of 
 Benjamin and Mary (Hutchinson), born Nov. 15, 1731 ; married, 1st, 
 Esther Lynde ; 2d, Lydia Francis; died Jan. 14, 1804; aged 73; buried 
 in Salem Street Cemetery. 
 
 Tufts, Caleb. Served 3 mos., 1776. Taxed in Medford, 1785; son of 
 Samuel and Hannah (Tufts) ; born Sept. 5, 1762 ; married, 1787, 
 Rebecca Burrows; settled in Mystic, Conn.; died in Mystic, 1852; 
 occupation, brick-layer and farmer. 
 
 Tufts, Cato (Turfts). Served at Bunker Hill, Prescott's Regt. ; in 
 service, Oct., 1775. 
 
 Tufts, Daniel. Private, Lexington alarm ; worked with team at Dor- 
 chester Heights, March, 1776; 2d lieut. of militia, 1781 ; loaned money 
 to pay bounty, Sept., 1776. Born, 1753; son of Nathan and Mary 
 (Adams) ; married Abigail Tufts, sister of Benjamin, mentioned 
 above, June 12, 1775; died in Charlestown, Mass., April 27, 1839; 
 buried in Phipps Street Cemetery, Charlestown ; lived near Powder 
 House, Somerville ; land where his house stood set off from Medford 
 to Charlestown, 181 1. 
 
 Tufts, David. Served guarding troops of convention, 1778; joined 
 Continental Army at Clavarack, 1779. Enlisted for Billerica for 3 yrs., 
 1781. Son of William and Mary (Francis) ; born June 17, 1763 ; died 
 July 6, 1823, in Lynn; married, 1st, Mary Massey; 2d, Elizabeth 
 Mansfield ; 3d, Eunice Hart. First regular express driver in Lynn ; 
 
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS CREDITED TO MEDFORD. 
 
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 kept a hotel coiner Federal street and Market Square, Lynn. Ancestor 
 of Col. Gardiner Tufts. 
 
 Tufts, Ebknezer. Private, Lexington alarm; served guarding troops 
 of convention, 1778; at Noddle's Island, 1776; loaned money to pay 
 bounty to men going to N. Y., Sept., 1776. Son of James; born, 1737; 
 married Abigail Cook, April 23, 1760; died Feb. 26, 1809; buried in 
 Salem Street Cemetery. Taxed in Medford, 1757 to 1802, also 1S06, 
 '07, and 'oS. 
 
 Tufts, Ebenezer. Enlisted for 1 yr., 1776; was in battle of Trenton; 
 also served in R. I., 1780, in Col. Cyprian How's Regt. Son of Wil- 
 liam (noted for bravery at siege of Louisburg), and Catherine (Tufts) ; 
 born, 1761 ; married, 1st, Hannah Levistone, 1781 ; 2d, Elizabeth 
 Traverse, 1802. He was a nephew of Lieut. Moses Tufts, his mother's 
 brother. Pensioner. 
 
 Tufts, Francis.* Enlisted for Canada, July, 1776; went as far as 
 Ticonderoga. (Town records.) Served in Continental Army 3 yrs. ; 
 promoted several times; distinguished himself at Saratoga; his orderly 
 book was forwarded to the Pension Department, but never returned. 
 He was born in Lancaster, Mass., son of William and Mary (Francis) 
 of Medford, 1756; married Hannah Greenleaf, June 12, 1775; died 
 Aug. 18, 1823; occupation, distiller. 
 
 Tufts, George. Loaned money to pay bounty, July and Sept., 1776; 
 enlisted for 3 yrs., 1777; reported deserted; was at home, sick, Dec. 
 10, 1780. Son of William and Catherine (Wyman) ; married Eliza- 
 beth Hartwell, 1767; married, 2d, Mary , who survived him: 
 
 died Aug. 25, 1796. 
 
 Tufts, Issac. Sergeant, Lexington alarm ; at Dorchester Heights, March 
 1776; loaned money for bounty paid to men going to N. Y., Sept., 
 1776; loaned money to United States Government. Born 1744; son 
 of James and Lydia (Hall); died 1823; married Martha C. Frost 
 April 16, 1769. Lived on College Hill, then called Walnut Hill, near 
 site of Tufts College. 
 
 Tufts, James, Jr. Private, Lexington alarm; served S mos., 1775-76; 
 loaned money for bounty, July and Sept., 1776. Son of James and 
 Tabitha (Binford) ; born 1755; married Elizabeth Hay; died 1S10. 
 With son James he kept a public house, and afterward had a pottery 
 on south side of Mystic river, just off of Main street; property taken 
 for Mystic River Reservation, 1900; buried in Salem Street Cemetery. 
 
 •Promoted to ensign at Saratoga by Gen. Gates. Brooks' History incorrect. See text. 
 
52 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 Tufts, John. Corporal, Lexington alarm; served 8 mos., 1775-76. Son 
 of Peter and Anne (Adams); born 1754-5; married Elizabeth Perry; 
 died Sept. 10, 1839; lived on Sycamore street, Somerville, in house 
 now (1903) occupied by Somerville Historical Society, Lee's Head- 
 quarters, 1775. 
 
 Tufts, Jonathan. Private, Lexington alarm ; served at lines in Boston, 
 1776. Born, 1739; son of James and Lydia (Hall) ; married Elizabeth 
 Holden before 1764; died Sept. 26, 1784; buried in Salem Street 
 Cemetery. 
 
 Tufts, Moses. 1st Lieut. Hall's Co. at Dorchester Heights, March, 1776 
 (archives). Went on Canadian Expedition, July, 1776 (town records). 
 Schoolmaster in Medford ; son of William and Catherine (Wyman) ; 
 baptized Oct. 7, 1744; married Phebe Thompson, 1767. Lived on 
 Salem street nearly opposite Ashland street. 
 
 Tufts, Nathan, Jr. Loaned money to pay bounty, Sept., 1776; served 
 guarding troops of convention, 1778. Son of William and Susanna; 
 born, 1750; married Sarah Trefrey Feb. 22, 1776; died March, 1819. 
 
 Tufts, Peter, Jr. Private, Lexington alarm ; loaned money for bounty 
 paid to men enlisting July and Sept., 1776; served guarding troops of 
 convention, 1778. Son of Peter and Anne (Adams) of Winter Hill; 
 born 1753; married Hannah Adams; died 1836. Lived in house 
 occupied at one time by his cousin Daniel, opposite Powder House ; 
 through his influence his homestead lot was set off to Charlestown 
 in 1811. 
 
 Tufts, Samuel. Private, Lexington alarm , loaned money to pay bounty 
 July, 1776 (archives). Committee of safety, 1779 (town records). 
 Son of Joseph and Lydia (Francis); born Aug. 16, 1732; married 
 Hannah Tufts; died 1818; aged 86; gravestone, Salem Street Ceme- 
 tery. 
 
 Tufts, Samuel. Private, Walton's Co. at Noddle's Island, 1776; wages 
 paid to his father, Joseph Tufts. Born 1759 or 1760; his mother's 
 name was Hannah; married Martha Upham ; died in Westford, 1818 
 or 1819; occupation, dyer. 
 
 Tufts, Samuel. Enlisted in King's Co., Marshall's Regt., April 13, 1777 ; 
 transferred to Invalid Corps, May, 1779; corporal, Turner's Co., 
 Tupper's Regt., 1781 ; age 24. Received $20 for military service, 
 Jan. 18, 1802. Born Feb. 21, 1758; son of Ichabod and Rebecca 
 (Francis) ; married Mary ; had children born in Boston. 
 
 Tufts, Samuel. Enlisted, 1780, for 6 mos.; age 19. Son of Samuel 
 and Hannah (Tufts) ; born April, 1761 ; taxed 1781. 
 
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS CREDITED TO MEDFORD. 
 
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 Tufts, Samuel, 3D. Private, Lexington alarm ; paid money for bounty 
 to men going to N. Y. (Called Jr., 1776.) Born 1752; son of 
 William and Mary (Francis) ; married Margaret Hodgkins of Ipswich 
 before 1779 ; died Nov. 20, 1815 ; gravestone in Salem Street Cemetery. 
 
 Tufts, William. Served at lines at Boston, 1776; in Col. Wesson's 
 Re gtM 1777- Son of William and Catherine (Tufts); born 1762; 
 killed 1777. 
 
 Tufts, William, 4TH. Joined army at Clavarack, 1779, for 3 mos. ; 
 signature on original receipt for bounty in archives. 
 
 Tuttle, Adam. Enlisted for 3 yrs., April, 1781 ; age 22; occupation, 
 farmer ; negro. 
 
 Tyler, Moses. Served in R. I., 1779, 6 mos. (archives and selectmen's 
 order book). He also served 6 mos. in 1776, and 6 mos., 1780; was 
 at battle of Yorktown (pension papers). Son of Moses and Eleanor; 
 born 1757, in Woburn ; married Anna (Kendall) Monroe June 28, 
 1770 ; residence probably Woburn. After the war went to Lunenburg ; 
 in 1S32 a resident of Harvard; age 74. 
 
 Tyssick, Joseph. In Brooks' Co., Thatcher's Regt., 1778; age 20. Son 
 of Ralph and Rebecca (Myrick) ; born May 10, 1758; died Sept. 19, 
 1813; came to Medford from Charlestown with his mother, 177s; 
 married Isabel Winship Sept. 20, 1784; taxed in Medford 1780 to 1803, 
 except 1793, '96 and '97. 
 
 Tyssick, Samuel. Enlisted for 6 mos., 1780; age 18; born Feb. 28, 1762. 
 Son of Ralph and Rebecca (Myrick) ; brother of Joseph ; came to 
 Medford, 1775. 
 
 Verder, Samuel. Enlisted for 3 yrs., 1777. Married, 1st, Hannah 
 
 (family tradition). Came to Medford with wife Beulah and 
 
 children, Hannah and Elizabeth, from " Newtown," 1766; Mrs. Verder 
 died Oct. 25, 1782 ; married Phebe Dexter, April 30, 1783 ; died Dec. 
 22, 1793. 
 
 Vinton, David. Private, Lexington alarm; served on Privateer, True 
 Blue, which captured a British snow. Vinton was put on board as 
 one of a prize crew; the snow was recaptured, and Vinton was carried 
 a prisoner to Halifax; exchanged June 28, 1777. He enlisted again 
 on brigantine, Hazard; served from Oct. 23, 1777 to May 20, 1778. 
 Died in Medford Dec. 3, 1778; aged 32; buried in Salem Street Ceme- 
 tery; his wife, Mary Gowen, daughter of Hammond, and a child six 
 weeks old, died Sept., 1775. 
 
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 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 Wade, James. Sergeant at Prospect Hill, 1775. Son of Samuel Wade; 
 born 1750; married Mary, daughter of Rev. Edward Upham of New- 
 port. His father owned land where the Fountain House stood, Salem 
 street. 
 
 Wait, Darius. Served at lines at Boston, 1776 (archives). Received 
 bounty for going to Ticonderoga, 1776 (selectmen's order book). 
 Same as Uriah Wait in petition for bounty, town records, vol. 3. 
 Born April 9, 1757; son of Timothy and Joanna. 
 
 Wait, Jacob. Loaned money for bounty, July, 1776. Received bounty 
 for enlisting in army (selectmen's order book, Feb. 17, 1777). Taxed 
 in Medford, 17S1 ; born June 5, 1759; son of Timothy and Joanna; 
 occupation in 1789, glazier; died Jan. 23, 1801. 
 
 Wait, Timothy. Served in army 6 mos., 1778 (selectmen's order book, 
 July 18, Sept. 23 and Dec. 23, 1778). Born April 1, 1761; son of 
 Timothy and Joanna. 
 
 Wakefield, Thomas. Private, Lexington alarm ; at Prospect Hill, 1775 ; 
 • received money for bounty coat, Jan. 8, 1776. Son of Samuel and 
 Elizabeth; born Nov. 10, 1756; died Jan. 28, 1776. 
 
 Warren (see Woren). 
 
 Warren, Thomas. Enlisted for 3 yrs., Poor's New Hampshire Regt., 
 return dated Feb., 1778. Son of Dea. Isaac and Elizabeth (Reeves); 
 born Dec. 21, 1755. 
 
 Watson, Isaac. Private, Lexington alarm ; paid money to men going 
 to Canada, July, 1776. Son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Whittemore) ; 
 baptized Oct. 30, 1748; married Ruth Locke Sept. 26, 1771; occupa- 
 tion, saddler; owned land near Highland avenue and High street; 
 taxed in Medford, 1774 to 1797. 
 
 Whitmore, Francis. Served at lines in Boston, 1776; loaned money 
 for bounty, July and Sept., 1776. Taxed in Medford, 1766 to 1792; 
 son of Capt. Francis and Mary (Hall) ; born Aug. 16, 1741 ; he was 
 the last of the family name to reside permanently in Medford ; married 
 Elizabeth Bowman Dec. 30, 1764, at Menotomy. He was in business 
 with his father "on the Kennebec" in 1770. 
 
 Whitemore, John. At Prospect Hill, 1775. Probably son of Capt. 
 Francis Whitmore and Mary (Hall) ; born Nov. 25, 1754. 
 
 Wilkins, Amos. Enlisted for 3 yrs., April, 1781; occupation, farmer; 
 age 17. 
 
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS CREDITED TO MEDFORD. 
 
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 Willey, Nathan. Served in R. I., 1779; taxed in Medford, 1790 to 1793 ; 
 born in Stoneham, Jan. 1, 1756; son of James and Hannah (Hay). 
 He was born in the south part of town, near Spot Pond; married 
 Priscilla Had ley. While in Medford they lived opposite the junction 
 of Fulton and Highland streets ; house was burned, 1842. He died 1799. 
 
 Williams, John. Served at Prospect Hill 1775 and 1776. [Name appears 
 on tax list 1764 to 1771 . In 1774 Rachel Williams, widow of John, 
 sold her property on Salem street, nearly opposite the present site of 
 Mystic Church. Possibly John and Rachel were parents of this soldier. 
 Rachel died, 1785, and bequeathed property to John Williams, her 
 grandchild, also son Ebenezer and several daughters.] 
 
 Willson, Andrew. Corporal; served in R. I., 1777. Andrew and 
 Joanna (Winship) of Menotomy were married July 5, 1757, and a son, 
 Andrew, was baptized May 28, 1758. 
 
 Wilson, Joseph. Served at lines at Boston, 1776, and 6 mos., 1778. 
 Taxed in Medford, 1780, '81, '82. Probably son of Edward Wilson of 
 Menotomy and Lucy Francis of Medford; baptized Oct. 28, 1759; 
 married Elizabeth Caldwell, March 6, 1785. 
 
 Woren, Samuel. Enlisted for 3 yrs., 1782. 
 
 Wyman, James. Served at Prospect Hill, 1775. Son of James Wyman, 
 town treasurer, and Susanna (Cutter); born Jan. 21, 1757; married, 
 1st, Mehitabel (Bacon?) ; 2d, Mary Gill, 1817; occupation, carpenter; 
 Went to Keene, N. H. 
 
 Yearney, Sampson. Enlisted for Canadian Expedition, July, 1776 (town 
 records). Enlisted for Town of Concord, 1777; residence Medford; 
 free negro. Name written Orney, Yarnee, and Yarner. Son of 
 Sampson and Hannah (Anthony), who were married March 16, 1747. 
 Sampson, Sr., was a slave of Peter Seccomb, who died 1756. After 
 his master's death, Sampson bought his time and was made free. 
 The wife of Sampson, the soldier, became the wife of John Greenough, 
 the village fiddler. 
 
PATRIOTIC CITIZENS. 
 
 THE FOLLOWING LIST IS MADE UP OF CIVIL OFFICERS AND OTHERS, 
 NOT SOLDIERS, WHO AIDED THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM BY 
 LOANS TO TOWN, STATE OR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. 
 
 Angier, Abigail, widow. Loaned money to United States Government. 
 
 Born Abigail Watson, daughter of Jonathan and Abigail (Bradshaw) ; 
 
 baptized Nov. 2, 1729; married Samuel Angier, April 29, 1762. He 
 
 died Aug. 22, 1775; aged 53; he was a graduate of Harvard, 1748; 
 
 taught school in Medford and preached for several years, but was 
 
 probably never ordained. Mrs. Angier was taxed in Medford 1775 
 
 to 1779. 
 Bacon, Samuel. Loaned money to pay bounty to men enlisting for 
 
 N. Y., Sept., 1776. Married Anna Mead Nov. 29, 1759; died Feb. 
 
 12, 1778; taxed first in Medford, 1758. 
 
 Bishop, John. Loaned money to United States Government. Commit- 
 tee of advice " to advise with any of the neighboring towns . . . and 
 for to Endeavor to keep pease and good order in this Town," Sept. 
 25, 1774. Son of Dr. John Bishop, who came to Medford, 1685, and 
 
 Sarah ; born 1722; married Abigail, daughter of Dr. Simon 
 
 Tufts, Sr. , Dec. 7, 1752; died Dec. 17, 1791 ; home on High street, 
 West Medford ; taxed first in Medford, 1743. 
 
 Blanchard, Samuel. Loaned money to pay bounty to men enlisting for 
 Canadian Expedition, July, 1776. Son of Samuel and Sarah Pratt: 
 born Feb. 1, 1720 (birth recorded in Maiden) ; lived in that part of 
 Medford now called Wellington; married Sarah Cutter April 12, 1745; 
 died Sept. 1, 1790; had eight children born in Maiden, and one in 
 Medford; taxed in Medford, 1765 to 1785. 
 
 Blodgett, Jonathan. Loaned money to pay bounty to men enlisting 
 to go to Canada, July, 1776. Son of Seth and Elizabeth (Harding) ; 
 born in Woburn April 29, 1743 > taxed in Medford, 1775, '76,' 77, '78, '79. 
 
 Blodgett, Seth, Capt. Loaned money to pay bounty, July, 1776. Son 
 of Caleb and Sarah (Wyman) of Woburn; born Feb. 2, 171S-9; 
 married Elizabeth Harding ; proprietor of mill at foot of Cross street, 
 Medford, 1761 to 1780; died Oct. 8, 1783; member of Ancient and 
 Honorable Artillery; taxed in Medford from 1751 to 1783, except 
 1765, '66, '67, and '70. 
 
PATRIOTIC CITIZENS. 
 
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 Bradshaw, Simon. Loaned money for bounty, July, 1776. Leather 
 dresser; born March 5, 1739; son of Simon and Mary (Johnson) ; 
 married Hannah Johnson July 12, 1770; taxed 1760 to 1777 in Medford. 
 
 Bradshaw, William. Loaned money for bounty, July, 1776. Born 
 Aug. 14, 1733; son of Jonathan and Mary (Watson); married Eliza- 
 beth Lampson, June 5, 1761 ; died in Medford April 8, 1793; taxed 
 first in Medford, 1754. 
 
 Brooks, Abigail. Served chocolate to soldiers passing her house return- 
 ing from battle of Lexington. Born Abigail Brown, daughter of Rev. 
 John of Haverhill and Joanna (Cotton), a descendant of Rev. John 
 Cotton; married Rev. Edward Brooks; died Nov. 28, 1800; aged 69. 
 
 Brooks, Ebenezer, Jr., Capt. Committee of correspondence, 1775; 
 committee of advice, 1774. Son of Caleb and Mary (Wyer) ; married 
 Susanna Thompson, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Bradshaw) ; 
 died Sept. 18, 1775; aged 40; half brother of Gov. John Brooks; 
 taxed 1757-1774- 
 
 Brooks, Thomas. Loaned money for bounty paid men enlisting to go 
 to N. Y., Sept., 1776; loaned money to town for military purposes; 
 representative to General Court, 1776 to 1782. Born Jan. 6, 1732 ; son 
 of Samuel and Mary (Boutwell) ; married, 1st, Feb. 27, 1755, Anna 
 Hall; 2d, Mercy, daughter of Dr. Simon Tufts, Sr., 1762 ; died March 
 7, 1799. Grandfather of Rev. Charles Brooks, who wrote History of 
 Medford. 
 
 Burns, Francis. Loaned money for bounty, July, 1776. Trader; taxed 
 first in Medford, 1751 ; married, 1st, Margaret McClelland or McKlen- 
 nin; 2d, Hannah Brooks, daughter of Caleb and Ruth Albree, 1794; 
 died Dec. 5, 1800; aged 77. Mary, 1st wife of Samuel Buel, was his 
 daughter by first wife. 
 
 Codman, Isaac. Loaned money to United States Government. " Late 
 inhabitant of Charlestown, 1775"; taxed in Medford, 1775 to 1782, 
 inclusive; son of John and Parnell (Foster) ; baptized Aug. 21, 1737; 
 married Abigail Foster, Sept. 22, 176S; served as a soldier, 1757; left 
 no children. (Wyman.) 
 
 Foster, Jonathan. Loaned money for bounty, July, 1776; chairman 
 of a " class " for recruiting, 1782. Married Susanna Tufts, March 19, 
 1776; wife admitted to church in Medford, June 16, 1776; taxed in 
 Medford, 1774 to 177S ; in Boston, 178S to 1793; living in 1S13. 
 
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 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 Fowle, Henry. Loaned money to United States Government; commit- 
 tee of prosecution, 1777; loaned money for bounty paid men enlisting 
 to go to Canada, July, 1776, and N. Y., Sept., 1776. Son of Henry 
 and Dorothy (Seccomb) ; born March 15, 1741 ; married Mary Patten, 
 Jan. 8, 1766; owned land on High street, east of Governor's avenue; 
 died June 13, 1810. 
 
 Francis, Seth. Loaned money for bounty, July, 1776. Born Jan. 14, 
 1744; son of Stephen and Love, widow of Josiah Wyman and daugh- 
 ter of Lieut. Seth and Esther (Johnson) Wyman; died Oct. 31, 1791. 
 
 Frothingham, Joseph. Loaned money to United States Government. 
 Probably son of Nathaniel and Susanna (Whittemore) ; born Jan. 15, 
 1723-4; married, 1st, Mary Foster, 1750, and 2d, Deborah Rand, 1752; 
 died Sept. 21, 1787 (Wyman). Taxed in Medford, 1778 to 1783, 
 inclusive. 
 
 Fulton, John. Loaned money for bounty paid to men enlisting July, 
 1776 and Sept., 1776. Born in Boston; probably son of John and 
 Ann Wier; married Sarah Bradlee, 1767; came to Medford from 
 Boston, 1772; died Feb. 9, 1790; occupation, bookkeeper. 
 
 Fulton, Sarah. Carried despatches to Boston during siege by order of 
 Gen. Washington; nursed wounded soldiers in field hospital at Med- 
 ford, after battle of Bunker Hill; assisted in disguising her husband 
 and brothers for " Boston Tea Party." Fulton street, Medford, named 
 in her honor. Daughter of Samuel and Mary (Andrus) Bradlee; born 
 in Dorchester, Dec. 24, 1740; died Nov. 13, 1835; wife of John Fulton 
 mentioned above. 
 
 Gowen, William. Loaned money to United States Government for 
 military purposes; one of committee to settle bounty accounts, 1778; 
 loaned money for bounty paid to men enlisting to go to N. Y., Sept., 
 1776. Son of Hammond and Mary (Crosswell) of Charlestown ; 
 baptized Sept. 13, 1749; married Eleanor Cutter, daughter of Ebenezer, 
 April 29, 1772; father of Maria Gowen Brooks, the novelist; taxed in 
 Medford, 1771 to 1794. 
 
 Greenleaf, Gardiner. Loaned money for bounty, July, 1776. Son 
 of Stephen and Mary ; born Jan. 9, 1726; married Catherine Thomp- 
 son Jan. 21, 1748; died Nov. 21, 1808. 
 
 Hall, Aaron, a.m. Loaned money for bounty, July, 1776; representa- 
 tive to General Court, 1772-75, and 1782-84. Son of Hon. Stephen 
 Hall and Mary (Muzzy); born April 23, 1737; married Rebecca 
 Pool, Jan. 3, 1760; died March 19, 1787. 
 
PATRIOTIC CITIZENS. 
 
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 Hall, Benjamin. Representative to General Court, 1770 to 1773; mem- 
 ber of Provincial Congress, 1774-75 ; committee of correspondence, 
 1775; committee of safety, 1777; loaned money to Town of Medford 
 for bounty, and to United States Government for military purposes. 
 Son of Andrew and Abigail (Walker) ; born Jan. 27, 1731 ; married, 
 1st, Hepzibah Jones, May 3, 1753; 2d, Mary Green (widow), Aug. 23. 
 1791 ; died Feb. 2, 1817 ; occupation, distiller and general trader. 
 For further account of his life see Medford Historical Register, 
 vol. 3, p. 76. 
 
 Hall, Benjamin, Jr. Loaned money to pay bounty to those enlisting 
 to go to Canada, July, 1776, and to go to N. Y., Sept., 1776; town 
 clerk, 1783. Son of Benjamin and Hepzibah (Jones) ; born Aug. 9, 
 1754; married Lucy Tufts, daughter of Dr. Simon and Lucy (Dud- 
 ley), Nov. 20, 1777; died Sept. 19, 1807; he began housekeeping in 
 the "Jonathan Wade," or "Garrison House," but from 1785 to his 
 death lived in house on easterly corner of High street and Governor's 
 avenue. 
 
 Hall, Ebenezer, Capt. Committee of correspondence, 1776; commit- 
 tee of prosecution, 1777; committee of safety, 1777; on various com- 
 mittees of patriotic nature during war. Son of John and Elizabeth 
 (Walker); baptized July 24, 1737; married Susanna Floyd, Nov. 3, 
 1763; died May 1, 1800; called " Baker Hall." 
 
 Hall, Ebenezer, Jr. Loaned money for bounty, Sept., 1776. Son of 
 Andrew and Abigail (Walker); born May 31, 1748; married Martha 
 Jones April 12, 1770; died March 21, 1835; occupation, tanner; resi- 
 dence High street, between Governor's avenue and Bradlee road. 
 
 Hall, Fitch. Loaned money for bounty, Sept., 1776. Son of Benjamin 
 and Hepzibah (Jones); born Jan. 27, 1759; married Judith Brasher 
 May 14, 1783; died Dec. 28, 1841 ; occupation, distiller. 
 
 Hall, Richard. Committee of safety, 1777; loaned money to United 
 States Government for military purposes ; town clerk ; loaned large 
 sums to town for army expenses. Born Nov. 12, 1737; son of Andrew 
 and Abigail (Walker) ; married Lucy Jones, sister of wives of Benja- 
 min and Ebenezer Hall, Jr., Nov. 9, 1762; died June 27, 1S27 ; occu- 
 pation, hatter; lived in house on westerly corner of High street and 
 Governor's avenue. 
 
 Hall, Samuel. Loaned money to United States Government for mili- 
 tary purposes; committee of safety, 1780, 'Si. Son of Jonathan and 
 Anna (Fowle) ; born Nov. 2, 1740; died Oct. 10, 1807; called " Printer 
 
60 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 Hall"; published Salem Gazette, 1768-74; established New England 
 Chronicle, 1775, in Cambridge; removed business to Boston, 1776; 
 published Salem Gazette, 1781, and Massachusetts Gazette, 1785; in 
 1789, he opened a book-store in Boston; taxed in Medford, 1774, and 
 from 1776 to 1800. 
 
 Hall, Stephen, Esq. Chosen to meet with committee of convention, 
 1768, at Boston; representative to General Court, 1763 to 1770; com- 
 mittee of advice, 1774; loaned money for bounty, July, 1776. Son of 
 Capt. John and Jemima (Syll) ; born Jan. 19, 1704; married Mary 
 Muzzy, Dec. 14, 1732; he was called "Jr." because he had an uncle, 
 Stephen Hall, living in Medford; also called " Honorable " and "Gen- 
 tleman " ; died Dec. 1, 1786. 
 
 Hall, Stephen, Tertius. Committee of correspondence, 1773, '75, '76; 
 committee of advice, 1774; committee of prosecution, 1777; commit- 
 tee of safety, 1777, '78, '79; representative to Provincial Congress, 
 1775. Born Aug. 10, 1721 ; married Sarah Keizar, Jan. 5, 1743 (parish 
 records) ; died Aug. 12 (?), 1796. 
 
 Hall, Willis. Committee of advice, 1774; loaned money for bounty, 
 July and Sept., 1776. Son of Hon. Stephen and Mary (Muzzy) ; 
 born Aug. 20, 1733; died Dec. 3, 1812; married Sarah Holmes, Nov. 
 11, 1790; he was grandfather of Maj. George L. Stearns, who organ- 
 ized negro regiments during the Civil War. 
 
 Kidder, Samuel, Deacon. Committee of advice, 1774; committee of 
 correspondence, 1775-76. Born in Cambridge, June 21, 1720; son of 
 Francis and Mary (Prentice) ; married, 1st, Mary Thompson, March 
 
 20, 1744; 2d, Joanna ; died March 6, 1777; aged 57; lived on 
 
 Salem street, near River street; taxed first in Medford, 1741. 
 
 Leathe, John. Loaned money to United States Government for war 
 purposes; loaned money to pay bounty, July, 1776. Occupation, 
 cordwainer; taxed first in Medford, 1739; married Elizabeth Waite, 
 Nov. 10, 1741 ; died Jan. 16, 1801 ; aged 83; heirs, John, Francis, 
 Sarah, and Hannah, daughter of Richard deceased. 
 
 Mead, Israel. Loaned money to pay bounty, July, 1776. Came to 
 Medford from Watertown, with wife and three children, May 3, 1756; 
 taxed in Medford, 1757 to 1779; occupation, tailor; born in Water- 
 town, Aug. 27, 1716; son of John and Rebecca; wife, Mary ; 
 
 died Aug. 25, 1795. 
 
PATRIOTIC CITIZENS. 6 I 
 
 Newhall, Timothy. Committee of prosecution, 1777. Loaned money 
 for bounty, July and Sept., 1776. Married Susanna Bradshaw (born 
 May, 1742), daughter of Jonathan and Mary, March i, 1764; she died 
 May 27, 1776; aged 34 (tombstone) ; he died Jan. 14, 1799; taxed in 
 Medford, 1761 to 1799. 
 
 Patten, Jonathan. Committee of safety, 1778-79; town treasurer, 
 1778 to 1786; loaned money for bounty, July, 1776; loaned money 
 to United States Government to carry on the war. Son of William 
 and Anna (Seccomb) ; born July 7, 1738; married Susanna Bradshaw 
 (born July 12, 1741 ; died, 1833), daughter of Stephen and Mary, 
 April 14, 1762; died July 28, 1790; taxed first in Medford, 1759. 
 
 Patten, Thomas. Committee of advice, 1774; loaned money to United 
 States Government; committee of correspondence, 1775; loaned 
 money to pay bounty, July, 1776. Born Feb. 20, 1719; son of 
 William and Abigail, daughter of Stephen Willis; married, 1st., 
 Mary, daughter of Jonathan Tufts, innholder, and Sarah (Wait), Jan. 
 10, 1745; married, 2d, Mary Binford, Jan. 8, 1765; died Nov. 26, 
 1786; called brickmaker and yeoman; taxed first in Medford, 1740; 
 uncle of Jonathan, above. 
 
 Peirce, Joseph. Loaned money to pay bounty, July, 1776. Son of 
 Nathaniel; baptized March 20, 1742; married Hannah Sockers, Nov. 
 6, 1771 ; died Aug. 18, 1777. 
 
 Polly, Nathaniel. Loaned money for bounty, July, 1776. Son of 
 
 Samuel and Elizabeth ; born April 27, 1731 ; married Mary 
 
 ; died April 27, 1796. His house stood corner of Salem street 
 
 and Revere place; it was moved to the end of the court and was 
 standing in 1880. (J. H. Hooper, a descendant.) 
 
 Pool, Richard. Loaned money for bounty, July and Sept., 1776. Born 
 April 13, 1756; son of Zachariah and Rebecca (Wade); married 
 Frances Calf (Calef), Oct. 1, 1778; died Dec. 9, 1781. 
 
 Simonds, JOSHUA. Committee of correspondence, 1773 and 1776; com- 
 mittee of advice, 1774; committee of safety, 1777; loaned money to 
 United States Government; selectman during war; loaned money to 
 
 pay bounty July and Sept., 1776. Married Rebecca , before 1747 ; 
 
 died Jan. 7, 1793; taxed first in Medford, 1746. 
 
 Simonds, Jude. Loaned money for bounty, July and Sept., 1776. Married 
 Elizabeth Polly, Nov. 10, 1772; taxed in Medford, 1771-1805. 
 
62 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 Symmes, John. Loaned money for bounty, July and Sept., 1776. Son 
 of William and Ruth (Converse) ; born 1720; married Nov. 7, 1754, 
 Abigail Dix of Waltham ; died between Jan. 1 and Dec. 1, 1785; 
 lived in what is now Winchester. 
 
 Symmes, Timothy. Loaned money for bounty, July, 1776. Born 1714; 
 son of William and Ruth (Converse) ; married Elizabeth Bodge ; died 
 Oct. 30, 17S3; taxed in Medford, 1754 to Sept., 17S3. 
 
 Teel, Benjamin. Loaned money to United States Government; loaned 
 money for bounty, July, 1776. Son of Benjamin of Charlestown (now 
 West Somerville) and Anna (Jenkins); born July 1, 1719; married 
 Mary Gill of Maiden, April 7, 17S3 ; died Aug. 25, 1784; left the bulk 
 of his property to Jonathan and Benjamin Teel, his nephews. 
 
 Thompson, Josiah. Loaned money for bounty, July, 1776. Collector of 
 
 taxes, 1775; married Rebecca before 1758; his widow died 
 
 April 8, 1807 ; he died May 29, 1792 ; taxed in Medford, 1744-5 to 1792 
 
 Tufts, Hutchinson. Loaned money to pay bounty, July and Sept., 
 1776; son of Benjamin and Mary (Hutchinson) ; born Jan. 25, 1743; 
 married Mary Grover, of Maiden, Jan. 17, 1769; died Aug. 2, 1800: 
 widow died, 1819. 
 
 Tufts, James. Loaned money to United States Government; loaned 
 money for bounty, July and Sept., 1776. Son of James; taxed first in 
 Medford, 1754, when part of Charlestown was annexed to Medford; 
 married Tabitha Binford before that time; he died Nov. 5, 1786. 
 
 Tufts, Joseph. Committee of correspondence, 1776 ; committee of safety, 
 1778 ; grand juror, 1775; loaned money for bounty, Sept., 1776. 
 Born Feb. 21, 1731 ; son of Joseph and Lydia (Francis) ; died Dec. 6, 
 1778; taxed in Medford, 1761 to 1777; widow, Hannah, taxed 1778 
 to 1792. 
 
 Tufts, Joseph, Jr. Loaned money for bounty, July, 1776. Born Feb. 
 x 7> ^.SSi son of Joseph and Hannah; taxed in Medford, 1775 to 1794. 
 
 Tufts, Nathan. Loaned money for bounty, July and Sept., 1776. Son 
 of Joseph and Lydia (Francis) ; born Oct. 5, 1741 ; married Elizabeth 
 Tufts, Dec. 26, 1770; died June 12, 1784. 
 
 Tufts, Simon, Esq. Loaned monej' for bounty for men enlisting to go 
 to Canada, July, 1776; representative to General Court, 1772 to 1775; 
 as trustee of estate of Isaac Royall he loaned money for bounty, 1776. 
 Physician; he attended wounded soldiers after battle of Bunker Hill. 
 
PATRIOTIC CITIZENS. 
 
 63 
 
 Son of Dr. Simon Tufts and Abigail Smith: born Jan. 16, 1727: 
 graduated from Harvard, 1746; married, 1st, Lucy Dudley, daughter 
 of Gov. Joseph Dudley; married, 2d, Elizabeth, daughter of Hon. 
 Stephen Hall; died Dec. 31, 1786. 
 
 Tufts, William, Jr. Loaned money for bounty, July, 1776. Born 
 
 Sept. 4, 1727; son of John and Sarah ; married Catherine 
 
 Tufts (who married, 2d, Wyman, 3d, Richardson). Enlisted in ex- 
 pedition under Pepperell at age of 18; at siege of Louisburg, when 
 the English were taking the Island Battery by storm, he was first to 
 enter the works, climbed the flag staff, tore down the French colors, 
 and put his red coat in its place to represent ihe English flag. He 
 died April 27, 1782. 
 
 Turell, Ebenezer, Rev. Loaned money to town to pay bounty. Born 
 Feb. 15, 1702; son of Samuel and Lydia (Stoddard); ordained and 
 settled in Medford, 1724; died there, Dec. 8, 1778; married, 1st, 
 Jane Colman, daughter of Rev. Benj. Colman, Aug. 11, 1726; 2d, 
 Lucy Davenport, Oct. 23, 1735, and 3d, Jane Tyler, daughter of Wm. 
 Pepperell of Kittery. This was her third marriage. 
 
 Turner, Watts. Loaned money for bounty, July and Sept., 1776. Son 
 of John; baptized Oct. 17, 1742; married Hannah Tufts, daughter of 
 Benjamin and Hannah (Turner), May 14, 1772 ; married. 2d, Ruhamah 
 Brooks, Sept. 30, 1789; died Sept. 16, 1833. 
 
 Tyssick, . Loaned money for bounty, Sept., 1776. Probably 
 
 Joseph ; see list of soldiers. 
 
 Wade, John. Loaned money to pay bounty, July, 1776; also loaned 
 money to the state for military purposes. Son of Nathaniel and 
 Rebecca (Symonds), born 1742; married, 1st, Elizabeth Pool, daugh- 
 ter of Zachariah and Rebecca (Wade), Jan. 22, 1766; married, 2d, 
 Rebecca, daughter of Edward Wade of Maiden; occupation, leather 
 dresser; his yard was at the foot of Simonds Hill, and liis residence 
 was on High street, opposite Bradlee road. 
 
 Warren, Isaac, Deacon. Committee of correspondence, 1773-1775 i 
 committee of safety, 1778 to 1781, inclusive. Son of Dea. John 
 
 and Abigail ; born Jan. 1, 17 16, in Weston; died in Medford. 
 
 Nov. 18, 1795 (gravestone); married, 1st, Ruth Hall, Nov. 19, 1741; 
 2d, Elizabeth Reeves, Oct. 3, 1754; 3d, Lydia, daughter of Hon. 
 Ebenezer Burrell; she died Nov. 10, 1767 (gravestone); 4th, Sarah, 
 who was admitted to church in Medford, Nov. 21, 17S4 (parish 
 records). 
 
64 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 Willard, . Loaned money for bounty, Sept., 1776. [Ephraim 
 
 Willard was taxed in Medford, 1776.] 
 
 Williams, Gershom. Loaned money to pay bounty, July and Sept., 1776; 
 one of a committee to purchase beef ; grand juror, 1781 ; occupation, 
 victualler. Came with wife and children from " Parson Cook's Parish, 
 Cambridge" (Arlington), April, 1772. 
 
 Winship, Isaac. Loaned money for bounty, July and Sept., 1776. 
 Probably son of Isaac and Hannah; born April 7, 1749; married 
 Sarah Fessenden, March 4, 1773; resided in Medford, and afterward 
 in Lexington, where he was buried Dec. 1, 1834. 
 
 Winship, Samuel. Loaned money for bounty, July and Sept., 1776. 
 Probably son of Samuel and Hannah (Loring) ; born April 17, 1744; 
 married Lucy, daughter of Stephen Hall, Tertius, 1768. 
 
 Wyman, James. Committee of correspondence, 1775; committee of 
 prosecution, 1777; town treasurer, 1767 to 1778; representative to 
 General Court, 1787; loaned money for bounty, Sept., 1776. Born 
 Sept. 28, 1726, in Woburn ; son of Joshua and Mary (Pollard) ; married 
 Susanna Cutter, March 18, 1756; died Oct. 22, 1813. 
 
ADDITIONAL 
 
 MILITARY RECORDS. 
 
 SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION RESIDING IN MEDFORD BEFORE 
 OR AFTER THE WAR.* 
 
 Cary, Richard, Col. Major in a Connecticut Regt. ; brigade major, 
 Aug., 1775, to June, 1776. See Carary, vol. 3, p. 86. Aide-de-camp 
 to General Washington. Son of Richard and Elizabeth; born in 
 Charlestown, Jan. 13, 1746-7; at Harvard, 1763; married, 1st., Anna 
 Phillips, July 17, 1771 ; 2d, Anna Low. Came to Medford, 1777, and 
 occupied Royall estate, Main street ; during his residence there he was 
 active in recruiting men for the army and in assisting soldiers' fami- 
 lies; taxed in Medford, 1777 to 1783; his father was taxed in Medford, 
 1781 to 1786, and his brother, Samuel, 1777 to 17S3. Col. Cary settled 
 subsequently in Cooperstown, N. Y., and died after 1800. 
 
 Francis, Aaron. Residence, Beverly; in service as corporal, June 8, 
 *775 5 quartermaster in regiment of his brother, Col. Ebenezer Francis ; 
 served from Jan. 1, 1777, to April 16, 1782 ; vol. 6, p. 5. Born in 
 Medford, Feb. 16, 175 1 ; son of Ebenezer and Rachel (Tufts). 
 
 Francis, Ebenezer, Col. Residence, Beverly; served as lieutenant, 
 Lexington alarm; commissioned captain, 1775; organized regiment, 
 Jan., 1777; killed at battle of Hubbardton, Vt., July 7, 1777; vol. 6, 
 p. 9. Son of Ebenezer and Rachel (Tufts) of Medford ; born Dec. 22, 
 T 743- 
 
 Francis, John. Captain and adjutant; service, Jan. 1, 1777, to March 
 18, 1780; adjutant in regiment of his brother, Ebenezer; vol. 6, p. 9; 
 born in Medford, Sept. 28, 1753; son of Ebenezer and Rachel (Tufts) ; 
 residence, Beverly. 
 
 Francis, Loring. Residence Lunenburg; service in R. I., 1779; vol. 6, 
 p. 11. Born in Medford, June 7, 1762. See Richard. 
 
 "This list consists of a few names which I have found in the course of my researches; there 
 has been no effort to make a complete record. 
 
66 MEDFORD IN THE REVOLUTION. 
 
 Francis, Richard. Residence Lunenburg; service in R. I., 1779; vol. 
 6, p. 11. Richard and Loring were sons of Richard and Hannah 
 (Winship) ; Richard, Sr., left Medford, 1768 or '69. Richard, the 
 soldier, born in Medford, Dec. 16, 1760. 
 
 Francis, Thomas. Residence Beverly; sergeant, Lexington alarm; 1st 
 Lieut., Feb. 20, 1777; served until Dec. 13, 17S2; commissioned cap- 
 tain, 1780; vol. 6, p. 12. Brother of Col. Ebenezer Francis; born in 
 Medford, July 15, 1748; resided in Medford, 1783 to 1790. 
 
 Gates, Edmund Trowbridge. Served in Continental Army, 1780; age 
 19; residence Framingham ; vol. 6, p. 312. Born July 31, 1761 ; 
 married Lucy Tufts of Maiden, March 9, 17S6; died in Medford, Oct. 
 1, 1822; taxed first in Medford, 1786. 
 
 Polly, Nathaniel. Enlisted at Framingham ; served at Tiverton, R. I. 
 Born in Medford, Feb. 8, 1761 ; son of Nathaniel and Mary; married, 
 Oct. iS, 1781, Anna Maynard, of Framingham; he was then a resi- 
 dent of Sherborn. He learned trade of brickmaker, and in later life 
 kept the half-way house between Boston and Providence, at South 
 Walpole; died in Walpole, Oct. 30, 1830. 
 
 Richardson, James. Served 15 mos. as seaman on frigate Alliance ; 
 assisted in capture of British vessels, Serapis and Countess of Scar- 
 borough, 1779. Married Lucy, daughter of Paul Wyman, of Woburn 
 (Revolutionary soldier), Dec. 26, 1781 ; died at Medford, Feb. 26, 1S18 ; 
 aged 56 (tombstone) ; widow drew pension. He is buried in Cross 
 Street Cemetery, Medford. 
 
 Stimson, Ebenezer. Served in Capt. John Brooks' company of Reading, 
 Mass., April 19, 1775; afterward served 6 mos. in Continental Army. 
 Son of Ebenezer and Eleanor; born in South Reading, 1749; married 
 Esther Hartshorn, of Reading, 1780, and had 12 children; he died in 
 Medford, 1829; buried in Cross Street Cemetery; resided in "Foun- 
 tain House," Salem street, and owned a large tract of land in that 
 vicinity; taxed in Medford, 1816 to 1829; heirs taxed, 1830; his 
 daughter Eleanor married Nathaniel Jaquith of Medford. 
 
 Swan, Samuel, Major. Private, Dorchester Heights, 1776; 8 mos. 
 service; no date (archives). Furnished provisions for army (board 
 of war records ; vols. 149 and 150); quartermaster-general in North- 
 ern army with rank major, under Maj. Gen. Benjamin Lincoln; also, 
 quartermaster-general under Commissary Devens, at Ticonderoga, 
 1777; went there several times with provisions. He was also with 
 Maj. Gen. Lincoln during Shay's Rebellion (papers in possession of 
 
ADDITIONAL MILITARY RECORDS. 67 
 
 Swan family). Signer of petition for town meeting to act against 
 importation of tea, 1773; March 20, 1777, town meeting (in Charles- 
 town) adjourned to Maj. Swan's barn, at desire of persons lately liv- 
 ing in Charlestown, who wished to be allowed to vote on town affairs ; 
 petition granted. May 26, 1777, chosen to procure evidence against 
 tories; town clerk of Charlestown, 1779; treasurer, 1778 and 1780; 
 one of recruiting committee, 1777, '80 (Charlestown records). Elected 
 member of Ancient and Honorable Artillery, Jan., 1787; his father 
 owned Bunker Hill Monument lot, and it was set off to him at his 
 father's death ; his family made its home in Medford when driven out 
 of Charlestown; in 1791 he made Medford his permanent home. 
 Born in Charlestown Jan. 17, 1750; son of Samuel and Joanna (Rich- 
 ardson) ; married Hannah Lamson, March 5, 1778; died Nov. 14, 
 1825. Father of Dr. Daniel Swan of Medford, Benjamin L. Swan 
 of New York, and others. 
 
 Tufts, Francis. In 1775 enlisted from Lincoln Co. (Maine) for service 
 at Tiverton, R. I.; 1776, in service at Dorchester Heights; 1775, 40 
 days' service on Penobscot river, dislodging tories who were stealing 
 cattle (pension papers). Born in Medford July 21, 1744; son of 
 Benjamin and Hannah (Johnson); married, 1st, in Medford, Nov. 26, 
 1767, Sarah Blount; 2d, Lydia (Blount) Blackstone, sister of first 
 wife. He was one of three who purchased the present town of Farm- 
 ington, Me., and sold it to settlers; emigrated to Maineville, O., at 
 age of S7, making most of the trip on horseback ; died in Maineville in 
 1833; aged 89; occupation, brickmaker; learned his trade in Medford. 
 
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