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 HISTORICAL£,| 
 SKfE TCll ^.S'lJ 
 
 Of Bradford, Mass., in the Revo- 
 lution. 
 
 (Including East Bradford, now Groveland.) 
 
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 BY LOUIS At WOODBURY. M. I)., 
 
 Member Mass. Hist. Genealogical Society. Essex 
 
 Institute, &c.. &c. 
 
 GROVELAND, MASS. 
 1895. 
 
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 Copyright, iSg^, by Louis A. Woodbury. 
 
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 PRINTERS. 
 
PRE FA CE. 
 
 The follozving sketch zcas origi- 
 nally hastily written for puHica- 
 tiou in the Valley Vlsitor, a 
 monthly paper published in Grove- 
 land ; but the discontimiance of 
 that publication leaving the article 
 ufzcompleted^ it was thought ad- 
 visable^ notivithstanding its imper- 
 fections^ to publish it in its present 
 fornix in the hope that it might 
 add something to our knowledge of 
 our ancestors during the Revolu- 
 tiojiary period. 
 
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ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 Thk Garrison Housk, on Cannon 
 Hill, was built by Samuel Stickney in 
 1704, and enlarged by his grandson, 
 Capt. Thomas Stickney in 1765, who 
 was born and died there. After the 
 death of Capt. Stickney's widow in 
 1815, the house was purchased by his 
 son, Deacon Daniel Stickney, who sold 
 it to Philip Tenney, and he, without 
 occupying it, sold it to Aaron Atwood 
 in 1820. Mr. Atwood lived there until 
 1830, when it came into the possession 
 of the late Richard Renton, Esq., who 
 tore it down in 1854. Th^ old house 
 was built of plank, with one end of 
 brick made on the place. The house 
 standing on the old site was built by Mr. 
 Renton, and is at present owned and 
 occupied by his daughter, Mrs. Jane C. 
 Nichols, and her son, N. Woodburn 
 Nichols, and family. See frontispiece. 
 
Thr Oi.d Savory HorsK was origi- 
 nally the northern half of the present 
 dwelling, and was built by Capt. John 
 Savory about 1755. After the Revolu- 
 tionary War his son, Major Thomas Sa- 
 vory, altered it to its present shape, and 
 it is still occupied by his descendants. 
 See page 16. 
 
 Thk Old Morsk House, on the 
 corner of Washington and Main 
 streets, South Groveland, was l)uilt by 
 Benjamin Mors»e about 1805. It was 
 owmed and occupied by his descendants 
 until a few years ago, when it was 
 bought by the late E. J. M. Hale, and 
 has been since used as a tenement house 
 for operatives. See page 24. 
 
 The Samuel Palmer House, built 
 by Mr. Palmer before the Revolution- 
 ary War, on land granted to his ances- 
 tors in 1670, was occupied by him and 
 his descendants until about 1812, when 
 its owner, Mr. William Palmer, sold it 
 to a Mr. Woodman, and moved to Hop- 
 kinton, N, H. It was afterward bought 
 by Capt. John Brown, and is now owned 
 by his heirs. See page 40. 
 
The Samuei. Tenney House was 
 built about 1786 b}' Capt. Samuel Ten- 
 ney, whose wife was the daughter of 
 Lieut. Asa Merrill. After the Revolu- 
 tionary War Lieut. Merrill made this his 
 home until his death, which occurred 
 Nov. 3, 1815. The house, which is on a 
 part of the original Tenney grant, re- 
 mained in the possession of the Ten- 
 neys for three generations. It has 
 since been occupied by Aaron N. Pills- 
 bury. See page 64. 
 
 The William Savory House was 
 remodelled in 1765 by Sergt. William 
 vSavory from the old Ezekiel Jewett 
 house, which stood on the same spot. 
 In 1823 Wni. S. Balch, grandson of Wni. 
 Savory, took the north half. Silas 
 Hopkiijson lived in the south half until 
 the same year, when it was taken by 
 Ira Hopkinson, who lived there until 
 1839, the whole house then coming into 
 the possession of Wm. S. Balch, whose 
 daughter. Miss Sarah H. Balch, is the 
 present owner. See page 89. 
 
 The Old Tenney House, built by 
 Philip Tenney in 1732, on the original 
 
Tenney grant, and within a short dis- 
 tance of the site of the first Tenney 
 honse, was occupied by Dea. William 
 Tenney during the Revolutionary War, 
 and remained in the possession of the 
 family until a few years ago. when it 
 was sold to Mr. Daniel Abbott, its pres- 
 ent owner. The addition on the left of 
 the main house was made b}- Dea. 
 William's son, Philip, about the year 
 1830. See page 96. 
 
AN HISTORICAL SKETCH. 
 
AN HISTORICAL SKETCH. 
 
 Bradford had been incorporated 
 one hundred years when the Lexing- 
 ton alarm was sounded, and although 
 town meetings were at that time, 
 and even afterwards, called "In His 
 Majesty's name," two companies ot 
 infantry were soon on the way to 
 Cambridge. 
 
 The inhabitants of Bradford were 
 conservative to a considerable de- 
 gree, but they were at the same 
 time ready to act for the common 
 weal when occasion required. 
 
 Among the first acts of the town 
 in what may be termed the revolu- 
 tionary period, was the calling of 
 a town meeting at the West Meet- 
 ing house on Monday the loth day 
 of October, 1774, at 7 o'clock in the 
 morning, to make choice of one or 
 
more Deputies, to meet at Concord 
 on the eleaventh of this instant Octo- 
 ber, with Deputies which shall be 
 appointed by the other Towns in 
 this province, to Consider and Deter- 
 mine on such measures as the Con- 
 gress shall then think expedient and 
 necessary. Also to see if the Town 
 will Instruct the Selectmen Relating 
 to Replenishing the Town Stock of 
 Ammunition." This call was made 
 through Daniel Kimball, one of the 
 Constables, and was signed by 
 Samuel Woodman, ^ 
 JosiAH Bacon, ! Select 
 
 Peter Russell, j men. 
 Benj. Muzzy, J 
 
 The ''Freeholders and Other In- 
 habitants" met in answer to that call. 
 Dudley Carlton Esq., Moderator. 
 Capt. Daniel Thurston was chosen 
 to represent the town in the Provin- 
 cial Congress at Concord, which 
 convened the next day. The Town 
 Stock of Ammunition was to be le- 
 plenished to the extent of six half- 
 barrels of povv^der, and "Bullets and 
 flints proportionable." 
 
 Jan. 4th, 1775. A meeting was 
 
held, and Capt. Daniel Thurston 
 was again chosen to sit in the Pro- 
 vincial Congress, and thirty pounds 
 voted to ^'Supply the Town Stock 
 with Ammunition." 
 
 Jan. i8th, 1775. Voted, To give 
 encouragement to such men as in- 
 cline to enlist as minute-men ; and 
 Deacon Thomas Kimball, Capt. 
 Daniel Thurston, John Burbank, 
 Bradstreet Parker, Josiah Bacon, 
 Dudley Carlton, Esq., Benj. Gage, 
 Tun., William Greenough, Abel 
 Kimball, Benj. Walker, Nath'l 
 Gage, Jun., Phinehas Carlton, Dea. 
 Obadiah Kimball, Moses Harriman 
 and Peter Russell were chosen a 
 committee to formulate a plan for 
 that purpose. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting (Jan. 
 30th) it was voted to accept the 
 plan of the committee relating to 
 minute-men. The plan proposed is 
 embodied in the following votes : 
 
 Voted, That the Minute-Men 
 after the company is full, train half 
 a day. in a week for ten weeks, three 
 hours accounted half a day, and have 
 one shilling each person for so 
 doing. 
 
Voted, That the Selectmen pro- 
 vide bayonets and cartouch boxes 
 for the Minute-Men on the town 
 cost, to be returned to tlie town after 
 they are dismissed from the service. 
 
 Voted, To give each man a dollar 
 for billeting, when they are called to 
 march, and seven dollars per month 
 while in actual service. 
 
 Voted, That the Captain of the 
 Minute-Men return a muster roll to 
 the vSelectmen to receive order for 
 their pay. 
 
 Voted, To pay Captain Thurston 
 for attendance at Congress ill. 2s. 
 6d. Mr. Russell for attendance, 
 ol. los. od. 
 
 Voted. To raise to defray Town 
 charge lool. os. od. 
 
 Samuel Woodman and Thomas 
 Morse were paid four shillings each 
 for perambulating the town line be- 
 tween Bradford and Rowley. 
 
 We give on page 8 a full list of the 
 officers of the town for the first year 
 of the war. It is believed that de- 
 scendants of all or nearly all the 
 men whose names are mentioned in 
 this sketch are eligible for member- 
 
ship in the S. A. R., S. R., D. R. 
 and I). A. R., for the reason that 
 they were engaged either in the 
 military or civil service of the town, 
 State or United States at some time 
 during the Revolutionary War. 
 
II 
 
 Annual Town Meeting March 14, 
 1775. The Freeholders and other 
 Inhabitants of the Town of Bradford 
 qualified to vote were called, "In 
 His Majesty's Name," to meet at 
 the West Meeting House, on Mar. 
 14, 1775, Dea. Thomas Kimball, 
 Moderator. Made choice of the fol- 
 lowing persons for Town officers : 
 
 Benjamin Muaey, Town Clerk. 
 
 Nathaniel Woodman, } ^ ^ ,, 
 Daniel Tenney, | Constables 
 
 Dea. Thomas Kimball, 
 
 Wm. Greenough, 
 
 Benj. Gage, Jr. } Selectmen 
 
 Abraham Burbank, | 
 
 Richard Kimball, J 
 
 Dea. Thomas Kimball, Treasurer 
 
 Nathan Kimball, 
 
 Daniel Kimball, 
 
 Eliot Payson, 
 
 John Runnels, 
 
 Amos Carleton, [• 
 
 Samuel Tenney, I 
 
 Samuel Wood, | 
 
 Ebenezer Stickney, I 
 
 Benj. Jaques, J 
 
 Suryeyors 
 
 of 
 Highways 
 
Fence Viewers 
 
 I Sealers of Leather 
 
 I Hogreaves. 
 
 I To take care of the 
 J Fish Courses 
 
 Informers of Deer 
 
 John Savary, iTvthing men 
 
 Abraham Day, Jr. ' - 
 
 Jonathan Bailey 
 
 Ebe^ezer Wood 
 
 Obadiah Kimball 
 
 Richard Woodman 
 
 Phineas Cole 
 
 Samuel Wood 
 
 Abner Hardy 
 
 Spencer Bailey 
 
 Daniel Buzwell 
 
 Samuel Trask, Jr 
 
 Thos. Morse 
 
 Thomas Kimball 
 
 Joseph Haggett 
 
 Samuel Adams 
 
 Reuben Carlton 
 
 Wm. Greenough 
 
 Joseph Atwood 
 
 Nath'l Gage, Jr. 
 
 Joseph Kimball 
 
 Thomas Webster 
 
 Josiah Bacon 
 
 Ebenezer Kimball 
 
 Wm. Greenough 
 
 Joseph Kimball 
 
 James Lindall, 
 Ensign Sam'l Hopkinson 
 Phineas Carlton, Sealer of Weights and 
 Measures. 
 
 Voted, To indemnify the Select- 
 men, in neglecting to make a return 
 to Harrison Gray of their assessment 
 
 } 
 
 1 
 [-Timber Measurers 
 
 I 
 J 
 
 I Cutters of Lumber 
 ICorders of Wood 
 I Wardens 
 
upon the inhabitants of Bradford for 
 the year seventeen hundred seventy- 
 four. 
 
 Voted, That ye swine go at large 
 the year ensuing. It was put to vote 
 to see if the town would mend the 
 highways by a Rate, the year ensu- 
 ing, and it passed in the negative. 
 
 Voted, To Capt. Jonathan Bailey 
 for Damages done him by means of 
 the Courts Committee Laying out 
 part of a road on his Land to accom- 
 modate Cottle's Ferry, i61. os. od. 
 
 Voted, To John Savory for Dam- 
 ages done him by means of the above 
 said Road, i61. os. od. 
 
 May 23, 1775. Voted, To sup- 
 ply the Massachusetts army with 
 sundries. 
 
 Voted, That John Head, Daniel 
 Kimball. Daniel Jaques, William 
 Greenough and Peter Russell, be a 
 committee for this purpose. 
 
 Voted, That Dea. Thomas Kim- 
 ball, William Greenough, Benjamin 
 Gage, Jr., Abraham Burbank and 
 Richard Kimball be a committee of 
 correspondence. 
 
 Voted, That the Committee of 
 
Correspondence Return the names 
 of those persons belonging to this 
 Town which deserted the Province 
 Service, to the County Committee 
 if those Persons neglect to return to 
 their duty. 
 
 It was Voted, [June 28] That if 
 the Alinute-Men belonging to the 
 Town which Inlisted for the Defence 
 of this Province shall Re-enlist again 
 into the same company by Monday 
 next, said men shall be entitled to 
 Pay for their past services according 
 to a former vote of this town. 
 
 Sept. 21. Voted, To Phineas 
 Carlton, for 22 Bayonets fitted with 
 Scabbards and Belts, 81. 5s. od. 
 
 Voted, To Phineas Carlton, for 
 Scowering- the old Bayonets, and fit-^^ 
 ting with Belts, 4I. 4s. od. For 2ff J^ 
 Scabbards and Belts, ol. 3s. od. I|^ 
 
 Wm. Greenough, for fitting one^l " 
 
 Bayonet and one belt, ol. 2s. 
 The town made choice of Ebenezer 
 
 8d.\\1, 
 
 Wood to serve as Selectman in place -^ " 
 of Abraham Burbank, deceased. It 
 was put to vote to see if the town 
 would open a school, and it passed 
 in the negative. 
 
The annual meeting was held at 
 the East Meetino^-hoiise on the 12 
 of March, 1776, and after electing 
 the officers, the meeting adjourned 
 to the 15th. On that date it was 
 Voted, That Capt. Benjamin Gage 
 be paid il. los, od for building a 
 fire raft to go to Newburyport. 
 
 Voted, To Phineas Cole for 
 Leathering 50 Cartridge boxes, 
 61. 13s. 4d. Voted, To Daniel 
 Thurston for attendance at Congress 
 and at General Court, 24I. 4s. 6d. 
 
 Voted, To accept five shillings per 
 pound for the Powder that was de- 
 livered out of the Town stock, for 
 the use of the Province, and pay for 
 the Lead and flints. Voted, That 
 the Selectmen order the Town Treas- 
 urer to pay the Province money 
 which is in his hands to the Colony 
 Treasurer. 
 
 A meeting was called April 30, 
 1776, To see if the town will choose 
 a committee to meet ye committee 
 of Newbury, Newburyport and 
 Amesbury, at the Town house in 
 Newburyport, on jSIay 2, to join the 
 above committee in Building a fort 
 
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 on Plum Island, if they think proper. 
 The question was put and passed in 
 the neofative. 
 
 Ill 
 
 A meeting was held on the 20th 
 of June, 1776, and the town pro- 
 ceeded to take into consideration a 
 Resolve of the Honorable House of 
 Representatives, passed June 10, 
 1776, relating to the Honorable 
 Congress declaring these United 
 Colonies Independent States, and 
 after mature Deliberation on this im- 
 portant at^air, a motion was made to 
 choose a committee to formulate In- 
 structions for their Representatives, 
 and Report. Accordingly they made 
 choice of Thomas Webster, John 
 Burbank, Captain Nathaniel Gage, 
 Benjamin Muzzy and Captain John 
 
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 Savory. The meeting adiourned 
 half an hour in order to give the 
 committee time to prepare a report, 
 which was just what might have 
 been expected from the composition 
 of the committee ; two of its mem- 
 bers, Savory and Gage, had each re- 
 cently led a company of minute-men 
 into service, and a third, Burbank, 
 was in the ranks. The report is as 
 follows : We, the subscribers, being 
 chosen a committee to form Instruc- 
 tions for the Representatives of this 
 town with Respect to the Honorable 
 Congress' forming these United 
 Colonies into Independent States, 
 beg leave to make the following re- 
 port : 
 
 To Dudley Carlton, Esq., Repre- 
 sentative for the town of Bradford, 
 in the General Assembly, Sir: 
 When we consider the despotic plan 
 of Government adopted by the King, 
 Ministry and Parliament of Great 
 Britain, to enslave these American 
 Colonies. When we consider that 
 Instead of redressing our Grievances, 
 they have turned a Deaf ear to the 
 Repeated Petitions and Remon- 
 
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 strances of all the United Colonies, 
 and have also been, and still are 
 Endeavoring to Enforce their Arbi- 
 trary plan upon us, by Spilling our 
 Blood, by burning our towns, by 
 seizing our Property, and by instigat- 
 ing the Savages of the Wilderness, 
 and Negroes to take up the cause 
 against us ; when we consider these 
 things, it Raises our Indignation ! 
 That we who have always been 
 loyal subjects to the King of Great 
 Britain, should be so unconstitution- 
 ally and Inhumanly Treated, Such 
 Tyrannical Imposition and abuses of 
 Power we cannot Submit to. There- 
 fore, Utterly Despairing of a happy 
 Reconciliation ever taking place be- 
 tween Great Britain and these Colo- 
 nies, )OU are hereby desired as our 
 Representative to use your utmost 
 endeavor, that our Delegates in Gen- 
 eral Congress be instructed to shake 
 off the Tyrannical Yoke of Great 
 Britain, and Declare these United 
 Colonies Independent ot that Venal, 
 Corrupt and Avaricious Court for- 
 ever; [Provided no Proposals for 
 happy reconciliation be offered, 
 
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 which the Honorable Congress think 
 proper to accept.] and we hereby 
 engage that we will, at the risk of 
 our lives and Fortunes, Endeavor to 
 support and defend them therin. 
 
 Thomas Webster, "i 
 
 John Burbank, | Com. 
 
 Capt. Nath'l Gage, j> to 
 
 Benj. Muzzy, | Report. 
 
 John Savory. J 
 
 Voted, That the above report be 
 accepted. 
 
 Voted, [Sept. 19, 1776] To Peter 
 Russell for attendance at County 
 Congress held at Ipswich, ol. los. 
 od. 
 
 Voted, 100 i)Ounds for town 
 charges. 
 
 Voted, To Retire Parker for 
 making a table and seat for the East 
 School house, ol. 13s, od. 
 
 October 24, 1776. The Town 
 Proceeded to take in Consideration 
 a Resolve of the Honorable House 
 of Representatives passed Septem- 
 ber 17, 1776, Respecting the House 
 and Council joining in one Body 
 and Equal Voice, to form a plan ol 
 Government for this State, and the 
 
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 town, and the town consenting to 
 the same. After mature Delibera- 
 tion on the Important affair, a mo- 
 tion was made to choose a Commit- 
 tee to make a Draught and Report. 
 Accordingly, Col. Daniel Thurston, 
 Deacon Thomas Kimball, Benjamin 
 Muzzy, Major Benjamin Gage and 
 John Burbank were chosen. 
 
 Oct. 31, 1776. Voted, To re- 
 ceive the Report of the above Com- 
 mittee, which was a follows : 
 
 That we are not willing nor do 
 we consent, that the house of Rep- 
 resentatives and Council acting in 
 one Body as proposed in a Resolve 
 of the House on Sept, 17, 1776* 
 should agree on and enact a Consti- 
 tution and form of Government for 
 this State. But we are willing and 
 desire, that the Honorable Council, 
 and Honorable House of Represen- 
 tatives, [each acting in their respec- 
 tive Capacities] proceed to form a 
 Plan of Government for this State, 
 and exhibit attested Copies thereof 
 to its several towns for their Inspec- 
 tion and approbation, before it is 
 Ratified and Confirmed. 
 
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 Passed in the affirmative. 
 
 The annual meeting March 12, 
 
 1776, was the last one called "In 
 his Majesty's name; " and May 19, 
 
 1777, the warrant read : 
 
 Essex ss. "To Benjamin Walker, 
 one of the Constables for the Town 
 of Bradford, Greeting : 
 
 I St. "These are in the name of 
 the Government and People of Mas- 
 sachusetts Bay, to will and require 
 you forthwith to notify and watn the 
 freeholders and other inhabitants of 
 the Town of Bradford that have an 
 Estate of Freehold in Land within 
 this State or Territory, of Forty 
 shillings per annum, or other estate 
 to the value of fifty pounds Stirling, 
 to assemble and meet at the West 
 Meeting house in said Town, on 
 Monday the nineteenth of this in- 
 stant May, at two of the clock after- 
 noon, then and there to elect and 
 depute a Representative or represen- 
 tatives, to serve for and represent 
 them in a Great and General Court 
 or Assembly, to be convened, held 
 and Kept for the Government Ser- 
 vice at the State House in Boston, in 
 
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 the County of Suffolk, upon Wednes- 
 day the twenty-eighth day of this 
 Instant May. 
 
 2nd. Also to try a vote of the 
 Town to see if they will engage, as 
 faithful subjects of this State to 
 exert their utmost ability to procure 
 the Universal Observance of an act 
 of the Province to prevent monopoly 
 
 and oppression. 
 
 * * * 
 
 5th. Also to see if the Town will 
 direct the Selectmen to hire a sum 
 of money to buy Gun Powder. 
 Daniel Thurston, Abel Kimball, 
 Nathan Kimball, Solomon Tenney, 
 Selectmen of Bradford. 
 
 It was voted [May 19, i777] 
 unanimously that they would engage 
 as faithful subjects of this State to 
 exert their utmost ability to procure 
 the Universal Observance of an act 
 of this State to prevent monoply and 
 oppression. And that the Select- 
 men purchase gun powder for the 
 town. 
 
IV 
 
 May 29, 1777, Jeremiah Hardy 
 died, according to the Church rec- 
 ord, ** very sudden;" and tradition 
 says the cause of his death was not 
 definitely determined at the time but 
 4ibout two weeks later his son Abner 
 tind daughter Elizabeth were taken 
 ill with what was unquestionably 
 small pox, and both of them died 
 Tune 22, these deaths being follow- 
 ed by several others. Those on rec- 
 ord as dying at that time are, Jere- 
 miah Hardy, May 29 ; the wife of 
 Deacon Timothy Hardy, June 21 ; 
 Abner and Elizabeth Hardy, son and 
 daughter of Jeremiah, June 22 ; Wm. 
 Greenough, June 23 ; Dr. John Ten- 
 ny, June 24 ; Dea. Timothy Hardy, 
 June 27, and David Marden, June 
 28. 
 
 The town meeting held June 26, 
 
1777' recognizing the importance of 
 isolating the disease, voted to build 
 a "Pest house in some convenient 
 place in this Town to accommodate 
 the Inhabitants that shall hereafter 
 be taken sick with the small pox ; 
 and accordingly made choice of Lt. 
 Daniel Kimball, Ephraim Hardy and 
 Phineas Carleton, to see work effect- 
 ed." Said committee were ordered 
 to build the Pest house and hire sev- 
 enty Pounds to enable them to carry 
 on the work. They voted that the 
 Pest house be set on land belonging 
 to Nathaniel Parker, "or in any place 
 that they shall think will best ac- 
 commodate the Town." Voted, To 
 raise one hundred pounds toward de- 
 fraying the the costs and charges that 
 shall arise in building the Pest house. 
 The house was built on the east 
 side of the Jaques road near Jewett's 
 Crossing, and the graves of those 
 who died of the disease, were to be 
 seen near the wall until within a few 
 years, when the field was ploughed, 
 and since then a new growth of wood 
 has sprung up, and the graves are 
 obliterated : the house was burned 
 soon after it was vacated. 
 
Essex ss. To Ephraim Hardy 
 one of the Constables for the Town 
 of Bradford, Greeting : 
 
 We will and require you to notify 
 and vv-arn the Freeholders and other 
 Inhabitants of the Town of Bradford 
 qualified bv la>v to vote in Town af- 
 fairs, that they assemble and meet at 
 the West Meeting house in said 
 Town on Thursday the fifth day of 
 June next, at three o'clock, after- 
 noon, to choose by ballot some per- 
 son which is firmly attached to the 
 American Cause to procure evidence 
 etc, agreeable to an act of the Great 
 and General Court of the State of 
 Massachusetts Bay, for securing this 
 and others of the United States 
 against the danger to which they are 
 exposed by the internal enemies 
 thereof; and make return of this 
 warrant with your doings thereon to 
 us, the vSubscribers, on or before 
 said day. 
 
 Daniel Thurston, i c i ^ 
 
 ,, ^ ' Selectmen 
 
 Samuel Green(jugh, [ ,- 
 
 Nathan Klmball, [ r> ir j 
 . .^ ! Bradford. 
 
 Abel Kimball, j 
 
 At a legal meeting held on March 
 
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 1 8, 1777: the following persons were 
 elected a Committee of Inspection 
 and Safety. Thomas Morse, Lieut. 
 Nathaniel Plummer, Deacon Oba- 
 diah Kimball, John Burbank and 
 Thomas VV^ebster. 
 
 Selectmen for the year ensuing, 
 Daniel Thurston Esqr., Samuel 
 Greenough, Lt. Abel Kimball, Sol- 
 omon Kimball and Nathan Kimball. 
 
 At a legal meeting of the Free- 
 holders and other Inhabitants of the 
 Town ot Bradford, held on adjourn- 
 ment Thursday the 26th of June, 
 1777; Mr. John Head, moderator of 
 said meeting ; 
 
 The Town made choice of Daniel 
 Parker, Joseph Marble, Joseph 
 Richardson, Benj. Muzzy and Eben- 
 ezer Kimball to prosecute all 
 Breaches of the acts to prevent mo- 
 nopoly and oppression. 
 
 Made choice of John Pickering 
 for Register. 
 
 The Town made choice of Abra- 
 ham Day, Jun. to procure evidence 
 against all such persons as are inter- 
 nal enemies to this or the United 
 States of America. 
 
September 23d. Voted, To raise 
 forty-one pounds, fifteen shillinofs 
 and two pence to pay for Gun 
 Locks, &c, and ordered the Town 
 Treasurer to pay the above said sum ; 
 and voted to abate Jonathan Chad- 
 wick what he was rated for his 
 Negro man in 1776. 
 
 January 13, 1778. Voted, To 
 leave the affair respecting the Dele- 
 gates being authorized to ratify the 
 Confederacy of the United Colonies, 
 to their Representatives in General 
 Assembly to act in that important 
 matter as he shall think best. 
 
 Voted, To sell the Gun Locks in 
 possession of the Town, 
 
 Voted, To Ebenezer Ordway for 
 damage on account of the small pox 
 being brought near him, il. i6s. od. 
 Danie! Tenney, ditto, 16I. 4s. od. 
 David Hardy, for damages sustained 
 by means of the small pox in his 
 house, 51I. OS. od. Ephraim 
 Hardy, ditto, 30I. os. od. Jonas 
 Hardy, ditto, 7I. os. od. 
 
The following document explains 
 itself and shows that the arrival of a 
 new resident in town did not go un- 
 noticed in those times. 
 
 Gents : This is to inform you 
 that Aaron Cross of Methuen, came 
 to town May i, 1777. I know not 
 his circumstances. John Day. Jun. 
 
 Another form of notice is shown 
 in the following : 
 
 Bradford, Oct, 2S, 1776. This 
 may inform the Selectmen of said 
 Town that the family of Stephen 
 and Susanna Adams of Topsheld, 
 moved into my house for a few 
 months. A list of the children : 
 Jacob Adams, David Adams, Israel 
 Adams, Henry Adams, Pamelia 
 Adams, Julia Adams,, given by the 
 subscriber. Peter Russell. 
 
 Peter Russell, Esq., at that time 
 kept a "Tavern" on Main street, 
 East Bradford, in the house after- 
 wards occupied by the late Captain 
 
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 Benj. Parker, and recently by Mr. 
 Samuel Perley. 
 
 To the Selectmen of Bradford : 
 Gentlemen. These are to inform 
 you that John Tenney and Rose, his 
 wife ; William Tenney, his son and 
 Hannah Tenney his daughter came 
 to this town the 15th of April last, 
 from Rowley, and ye widow Hannah 
 Tenney from the town of Pelham in 
 the State of New Hampshire some 
 time afterward. Per Sarah Jaques. 
 Feb. 22, 1779. 
 
 To the Selectmen of the Town : 
 This is to inform you that I have 
 taken into my house Freeborn Balch 
 and wife, and his children Benjamin, 
 Eunice and John. They came from 
 Haverhill to Bradford, May 12, 
 1779. Bradford, June 3, 1779. 
 Moses Parker. 
 
 Bradford, May i, 1778. To the 
 Selectmen of the Town of Bradford : 
 These are to inform you that John 
 Cole came to this town sometime in 
 the month of June last, from the 
 town of Salem, New Hampshire. 
 John Griffin. 
 
 We have in the next document 
 
something which gives us a little 
 more light on the social and religious 
 side of life in those perilous times 
 that "Tried men's souls," 
 To the Town Clerk in Bradford : 
 
 We, the subscribers, being chosen 
 a committee by the Society of the 
 People called Antipedo Baptists, 
 who meet together for Religious 
 worship on the Lord's Day, in the 
 Town of Haverhill, to exhibit a list 
 or lists of such persons as belong to 
 said Society or Congregation, do 
 certify that Nathaniel Plummer, 
 Samuel Trask, Ebenezer Kimball, 
 Martha Kimball, Moses Plummer, 
 Joseph Richardson and Daniel 
 Cheney do belong to said Society or 
 Congregation, and that they do fre- 
 quently and usually when able, at- 
 tend with us in our meetings for 
 religious worship on the Lords Day, 
 and we do verily believe, are with 
 respect to the Ordinance of Baptism, 
 of the same religious sentiments with 
 us. Haverhill, Aug. 2, 1775. 
 
 Hugh Smith. ^ 
 
 John White, >■ Committee. 
 
 Benj. Mooers. 3 
 
28 
 
 Tlic annual town meeting held 
 March lo, 1778, elected the follow- 
 ing Committee of Safety : 
 
 Col. Daniel Thurston, 
 
 Lt. Thomas Stickney, 
 
 Richard Kimball, 
 
 Eliphalet Hale, 
 
 Jonathan Chad wick. 
 
 Selectmen for 177^, 
 
 Dudley Carleton Esqr., 
 
 Peter Russell, 
 
 Edmund Kimball, 
 
 Phineas Carleton. 
 
 Ordered, that the committee of 
 Correspondence etc. draw 3I. o o out 
 of the Treasury and deliver it to 
 Benjamin Atwood to support him 
 until he joins the armv. 
 
 Thomas Kimball was chosen for 
 one of the committee of correspond- 
 ence etc., in room of Col. Thurston, 
 who declined serving. 
 
 Voted, to make the Selectmen and 
 Assessors some addition to their 
 wages. 
 
 Voted, to accept Solomon Tenney 
 to serve as Constable in room ol" Lt. 
 Moses Harriman. The gentlemen 
 that were chosen to serve as Select- 
 
29 
 
 men and Assessors the last meeting 
 at this, was persuaded to serve. 
 
 We, the subscribers, have peram- 
 bulated the line between Rowley and 
 Bradford and renewed the Antient 
 Bounds. 
 
 Jere, Searle, ) Selectmen 
 E. Spofford, I of Rowley. 
 Rowley, March 2, 1778. 
 Abbl Kimball, ) Selectmen of 
 Solomon Tenney, j Bradford. 
 
 It was Voted, (May 6, 177S,) to 
 hire 8 men for nine months to 
 fill up the Continental Army, and 
 Capt. Nathaniel Gage, Capt. John 
 Savory, Lt. Daniel Kimball, Lt. 
 Moses Harriman, Lt. Thomas Stick- 
 ney and Benjamin Walker were 
 chosen a committee and empowered 
 to hire the above said number of men. 
 Voted, that the Town Treasurer 
 hire a sum of money sufficient to 
 hire said number of men, and deliver 
 it to the above said committee, he 
 taking their receipt for the sum de- 
 livered, and also to be accountable 
 to the Town. 
 
 June 29, 1778: Voted, that the 
 Treasurer hire fourteen pounds for 
 
30 
 
 each soldier that is drafted from the 
 Militia, according to a resolve of tlie 
 General Court passed June lo, 1778. 
 
 Sept., 19, It was voted to make 
 choice of a committee to supply the 
 families of the soldiers that are in the 
 Continental army : accordingly, made 
 choice of Messrs. Nathaniel Parker, 
 Thomas Kimball, Al^raham Day Jr., 
 Josiah Bacon and Thomas Webster 
 for the above purpose. 
 
 Voted, Mr. Peter Russell for dig- 
 ging a grave for Samuel Atwood, 
 and rum supplied for the watchers, 
 il. los. 6d. 
 
 Dec. S, 177^ i ^ meeting was 
 called to see if the Town will order 
 the Selectmen to draw the firearms 
 from the board of war which is al- 
 lowed by the State for the Town of 
 Bradford, and draw so much money 
 out of the Town Treasury as will 
 procure the same and pay the char- 
 ges of getting them. Voted, to the 
 families of John W^ool and Benjamin 
 Atwood, soldiers in the Continental 
 Army, 28I, 19s. 6d. Voted, that 
 the Town Treasurer pay nine hun- 
 dred and fifty four pourids with in- 
 
terest due or which shall be due to 
 those persons he hired it of, for the 
 use of the Continental Soldiers in 
 May, 1778. Voted, that Daniel 
 Kimball, Treasurer, be hereby di- 
 rected to pay to the Selectmen, with 
 interest due when paid, 42I., it being 
 for money they hired to hire 3 sol- 
 diers for Rhode Island. 
 
VI 
 
 Selectmen for 1779, John Head, 
 John Biirbank, Jonathan Chadwick, 
 Dea. William Baich, Benjamin Wal- 
 ker. Constable, Nathaniel Balch. 
 
 At a legal meeting held the i6t!i, 
 Mar. 1779, The question was put, 
 whether the town would reconsider 
 a vote passed on the Sth, of this In- 
 stant respecting carrying on the war 
 by a rate, and it passed in the nega- 
 tive. 
 
 May 18, 1779, the question was 
 put, whether the town would choose 
 to have a new Constitution or form 
 of government made at this time, 
 and it passed in the negative. 
 
 June 17, 1779, Voted, to choose 
 a committee to hire 3 men of the 
 milita to go to Rhode Island, and 
 7 to Hll up our quota of the Conti- 
 
33 
 
 nental army for the term of nine 
 months, accordingly made choice of 
 Capt. John Savary, Lt. Moses Har 
 riman, Lt. Nathaniel Plummer, Lt. 
 Eliphalet Hardy and Lt. Thomas 
 Stckney, as a committee for the pur- 
 pose. Voted, to raise four thousand 
 pounds to defray the cost and chages 
 of raising said soldiers, 4000,001. 
 
 A story too good to remain untold 
 is the following, which was told to 
 me by a man who had it from the 
 lips of one of the participants, and 
 the truth of it is vouched for. 
 
 On occasion it was necessary to 
 raise a number of men to fill the 
 quota of the town in the Cotinental 
 army, and it was decided to muster 
 one of the companies of minute men, 
 and call for volunteers. The call 
 was issued, the company paraded 
 in front of Squire Russell's Tavern 
 and after a stirring appeal with the 
 fife and drum ''the object of the ex- 
 pedition"was stated ; a pause ; no one 
 responded ; then an appeal to the 
 patriotism of the men was made by 
 the commanding officers; still no re- 
 sponse : the person who tells the 
 
34 
 
 story suggested to the Captain the 
 proximity of Squire Russell's bar 
 room, and the result was a round of 
 grog, but that had apparently, no 
 more effect on the lines than the fife 
 and drum ; a second round of grog, 
 still no man came forward, and the 
 company broke ranks for a while, 
 then fell in, and Squire Russell again 
 appeared with liquid refreshment, 
 this time more liberal than before, 
 and it soon began to show its efiect, 
 for the next time a call was made, 
 one man stepped to the front, then 
 another and another imtil the whole 
 company wanted to go, and the quo- 
 ta was filled. 
 
 The currency had depreciated at 
 the time so much that it required 
 $13.43 of it to pay one dollar in gold 
 or silver; it continued to decline in 
 value every month until the close of 
 1780, when the new emission bills 
 apj)eared. and they rapidly deprecia- 
 ted to total worthlessness. 
 
 July 12, 1779, Voted, that the 
 committee chosen to hire 7 Continen- 
 tal and 3 Rhode Island soldiers 
 be hereby empowered to draw 
 
35 
 
 out of the Treasury of this 
 Town nineteen hundred and 
 seventy four pounds to pay the above 
 said soldiers for their service. 
 
 Also voted, the aforesaid commit- 
 tee be hereby empovs^ered to draw a 
 sufficient sum of money out ot the 
 sd. treasury to purchase 263 bushels 
 of Rie for sd. soldiers for their ser- 
 vice. Voted, that the committee 
 chosen to hire soldiers be impower- 
 ed to draw a sufficient sum of money 
 out of the treasury to hire 2 men to 
 serve as soldiers at Boston 3 months. 
 Dudley Carleton, Esq., was chosen 
 delegate to attend a Convention of 
 State delegates July 14, at Concord. 
 The question was put whether the 
 Town would instruct Dudley Carle- 
 ton, Esq., to concur with the other 
 delegates of committees in lowering 
 the prices of Country produce in pro- 
 portion to the Merchants lowering 
 the price of their Merchandize, and 
 it passed in the affirmative. 
 
VII. 
 
 A muster roll of Capt. Nathaniel 
 Gage's company of minute men, 
 Lexington alarm, April 19, i77«5. 
 Marched to Cambridge, time, 7 days. 
 
 FIRST FOOT COMPANY. 
 
 Nathaniel Gage, Capt. 
 Thomas Stickney, ist, Lieut. 
 Eliphalet Hardy, 2nd, Lieut. 
 
 SERGEANTS. 
 
 Moses Pearsons, 
 Jeremiah Kimball, 
 Ephraim Hardy, 
 Phineas Cole, 
 
 CORPORALS. 
 
 Amos Pillsbury, 
 
 Ebenezer Mullicken, 
 
 Joseph Jennings, 
 
 Abijah Gage. 
 
 Stephen Plummer, Drummer. 
 
37 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 Richard Ayers, 
 Archelaus Balch, 
 William Bacon, 
 Nicholas Buswell, 
 Enos Bishop, 
 Simeon Currier, 
 Ebenezer Davis, 
 Caleb Foot, 
 Thaddeus Gage, 
 Moses Gage, 
 Jonathan Gage, 
 John Greenough, 
 Nathaniel Griffin, 
 John Haggett, 
 John Hall, 
 Nathan Hardy, 
 Moody Hardy, 
 Isaac Hardy, 
 Benjamin Hardy, 
 Moses Kimball, 
 John Kimball, 
 Edmon Kimball, 
 Aquilla Kimball, 
 Daniel MuUicken, 
 Moody Morse, 
 Free Parker, 
 Jesse Rollins, 
 Charles Walker, 
 
38 
 
 Solomon Kimball, 
 Jonathan Silvia, 
 Robert Savory, 
 John Platts, 
 Stephen Morse, 
 John Palmer, 
 Samuel Harden, 
 Moses Platts. 
 
 Time roll made up by me, alarm 
 
 of April 19th, marched to Cambridge 
 
 John Savory, Captain. 
 
 SECOND FOOT COMPANY. 
 
 Capt. John Savory. 
 Lieut. Moses Harriman. 
 
 SERGEANTS. 
 
 Joshua Hardy, 
 Solomon Tenney, 
 William Savory. 
 
 CORPORALS. 
 
 James Palmer, 
 Ebenezer Stickney, 
 Retier Parker, 
 David Hopkinson. 
 Fifer, Thomas Wood, 
 Drummer, Thomas Savory. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 Jas. Richardson, 
 
39 
 
 Eliph. Rollings, 
 William Tapley, 
 Moses Plummet, 
 Solomon Hardy, 
 Nath. Plummer, 
 Jona. Stevens, 
 Eben Hardy, 
 Jonas Hardy, 
 David Marden, 
 Dan. Nichols, 
 Sam. Savory, 
 Charles Walker, 
 
 Daniel Hopkinson, 
 
 Wm. Perry, 
 
 Jos. Richardson, 
 
 David Hall, 
 
 Wm. Tenney, 
 
 Asa Tenney, 
 
 John Burbank, 
 
 Israel Hardy, 
 
 James Dwjnel, 
 
 Sam. Palmer, 
 
 Eben Wood, 
 
 John Tenney, 
 
 John Savory Jr., 
 
 Moses Wood, Jr., 
 
 Eben. Hopkinson, 
 
 Richard Wallingford, 
 
 Jess. Atwood, 
 
40 
 
 Jona. Bailey, 
 
 Enoch Hardy, 
 
 Nat. Greenough, 
 
 Thomas Kirby, 
 
 Joseph Atwood, Jr., 
 
 Abner Hardy, 
 
 Samuel Tenney, 
 
 John Jennings. 
 
 Muster roll of detachment under 
 Sergt. Kimball that marched from 
 Bradford on the 19th, April, 1775, 
 to Cambridge. Distance marched, 
 62 miles; time, 5 days. 
 
 Sergt., Albert Kimball. 
 
 PRIV^ATES. 
 
 John Runnels, 
 Richard Woodman, 
 Benj. Haggett, 
 James Head, 
 Thomas Sticknee, 
 Solomon Smith, 
 Benj. Mills, 
 Phineas Goodheu, 
 Saml. Clough, 
 John Haseltine, 
 Nathan Griffin, 
 David Kimball, 
 Richard Perry, 
 I'imothy Gage. 
 
VIII 
 
 Essex ss. To Phineas Carlton, 
 one of the Constables for the Town 
 of Bradford : — 
 
 These are in the name of the Gov- 
 ernment and People to will and re- 
 quire you forthwith to notify all the 
 male inhabitants that are free, and 
 twenty-one years of age, belonging 
 to the Town of Bradford, that they 
 assemble and meet at the West Meet- 
 inghouse in said town on Wednes- 
 day the Fourth day of August next 
 at two o'clock, afternoon. To see if 
 the Town will send a man or men 
 to Cambridge in the county of Mid- 
 dlesex upon a convention the first 
 day of September next, in order to 
 agree upon a new Constitution or 
 form of Government for this state. 
 
42 
 
 Also to see what instructions they 
 will give their delegate or delegates 
 when so chosen. 
 
 At a legal meeting of the Town of 
 Bradford held on Wednesday the 4th 
 August, J 779, at 2 p. m. The 
 Town, agreeable to a resolve of the 
 General Court passed June the 15th, 
 1779, made choice of Mr. Peter Rus- 
 sell as a delegate to meet the dele- 
 gates at a convention to be held at 
 Cambridge on the first day of Sep- 
 tember next, for the sole purpose of 
 framing a Constitution for this state, 
 and he was instructed, "when the 
 Constitution is framed to deliver a 
 copy thereof to the Selectmen, in or- 
 der to have it laid before the town 
 for their inspection." 
 
 Aug. 17, 1779. At a meeting 
 held this day Dudley Carlton, Esq., 
 was chosen as agent to attend the 
 General Court on the 2nd Wednes- 
 day of their next session in order to 
 defend the Town Claim to 18 Con- 
 tinental Soldiers they hired for three 
 years, from the Eastward parts : a- 
 gainst the claim of several towns to 
 said men. 
 
43 
 
 Oct. 5, 1779- Voted: To hire 
 four men to do duty at Boston until 
 the second Wednesday of November 
 next-. Voted : That the Committee 
 be hereby empowered to draw a suf- 
 ficient sum of money out of the Treas- 
 ury, to hire said men. Voted: To 
 make an addition of three to the 
 Committee of Correspondence and 
 Inspection. Dr. Thomas Kimball, 
 Abel Kimball and Lt. Thomas 
 Stickney were appointed. 
 
 Oct. 1 1 , 1 779. Voted : To hire ten men 
 to join General Washington's army at 
 New York, and to do duty as sol- 
 diers for the term ol three months, 
 if not sooner discharged. Made 
 choice of the following persons as a 
 committee for the above, viz : Messrs. 
 Nathaniel Gage, Daniel Kimball, 
 Joseph Mulliken, John Savory, 
 Thomas Stickney, Moses Harriman, 
 Thomas Kimball, Samuel Adams, 
 Phineas Carlton, Solomon Tenney, 
 Thomas Webster, Peter Russell, 
 John Head, William Savory, Daniel 
 Thurston, Thomas Tenney, Benjam- 
 in Walker, Eliphalet Hale, Benjam- 
 in Muzzy and Nathaniel Plumer. 
 
44 
 
 Voted : To the Committee chosen 
 the nth of October, to hire ten sol- 
 diers to go to Claverick, New York, 
 the sum of 1995I, '*which sum the 
 committee have paid or engaged to 
 the soldiers that went to join Gener- 
 al Washington's army." 
 
 Selectmen for 1780: Thomas 
 Morse, Broadstreet Parker, David 
 Kimball, Junr., Eliphalet Hale, 
 Benj. Walker. 
 
 May 23, 1780: The question was 
 put whether the Town would put 
 the Rev. Ebenezer Dutch in posses- 
 sion of one half of the Ministerial 
 land lying on the Town of Bradford, 
 and it passed in the negative. Voted : 
 To Wm. Tenney for mending a 
 chair, 2I. 2s. od. 
 
IX 
 
 June 5th, 1780. The Constitu- 
 tion was read, and after due deliber- 
 ation on the important affair, the fol- 
 lowing votes passed, viz : 
 
 The question was put, whether 
 the Town would accept of the Con- 
 stitution as it now stands, except the 
 third article, and it passed in the af- 
 firmative. Then a vote was tried 
 upon the third Article and there ap- ' 
 
 peared to be 5 1 for it, as it stands, 
 and 1 1 against it. Voted : That on 
 the article concerning the qualifica- 
 tion of the Governor, that the word 
 Protestant be inserted after the word 
 Christian. 
 
46 
 
 June 12, 17S0. Voted: To 
 choose a committee to hire 16 men 
 to serve as soldiers in tlie Continent- 
 al Army for the term of six months ; 
 accordingly made choice of Capt. 
 Nathaniel Gage,Lt. Daniel Kimball, 
 Thomas Savory, Lt. Thomas Stick- 
 ney,Lt. Eliphalet Hardy, Dr. Thom- 
 as Tenney, Lt* Moses Harriman, 
 Lt.Phineas Cole,Adjt. Dan'l Hardy, 
 Jonathan Kimball, William Savory, 
 Stephen Carlton, Lt. Abel Kimball, 
 Jonathan Chadvvick, Timo. Kim- 
 ball, John Head, Richard Kimball, 
 Jonathan Stevens, Abraham Day, 
 Jr., Daniel Tenney, John Burbank, 
 Nathaniel Kimball, Moses Wood, 
 Jr., Richard Woodman, Samuel 
 Wood, Jona. Bailey, Jr., Sainuel 
 Adams, Lt. Nathl. 'Parker, Nathl. 
 Balch, Saml. Palmer, Eliphalet Rol- 
 lins and John Day, Jr. 
 
 June 28, 1780. Dea. Thomas 
 Kimball, Moderator. The follow- 
 ing votes were passed : 
 
 "Ordered : That the Town Treas- 
 urer reimburse to the Selectmen the 
 mileage money that they have latelv 
 advanced to 16 Continental soldiers. 
 
47 
 
 The question was put whether the 
 Town would reconsider a vote pas- 
 sed March, 1779, respecting carry- 
 ing on the war in future by a rate, 
 and it passed in the negative. 
 
 Voted : To choose a Committee 
 to hire four men to serve as soldiers 
 in the Continental Army for the term 
 of six months, and 19 men to serve 
 as Militia for the space of three 
 months, accordingly made choice of 
 Francis Kimball, Lt. Nathl. Plumer, 
 Shubael Tenney, Thomas Cross, 
 Joseph Richardson, Joseph Day, 
 Stephen Burbank, Saml. Green- 
 ough, Elijah Hardy, Amos Carlton, 
 Retire Parker, Stephen Foster, Da- 
 vid Hopkinson, Samuel Hopkinson, 
 Obadiah Hall, Peter Gage, John 
 Griffin, Job Bailey, Thomas Wood, 
 Moses Haggett, Thomas Savory, 
 Elliot Pay son, John Runnels, Josh- 
 ua Hardy, Wm. Parker, Solomon 
 Hardy, Stephen Plumer, Jeremiah 
 Gage, Reuben Carlton, Ebenezer 
 Kimball, Jacob Kimball, Wm. Bail- 
 ey, Richard Walker, Edmund Kim- 
 ball, Jr., Solomon Kimball, Nathl. 
 Thurston, Aquilla Kimball, Daniel 
 
48 
 
 Buswell, Stephen Parker, Josiah 
 Bacon, Isaac Platts, Jr., David 
 Palmer, Samuel Savory, Daniel 
 Thurston, Jr. and Moses Parker to 
 serve as that conmiittee. 
 
 Oct. 12, 1780. Voted; That 
 Rev. Ebenezer Dutch may enter in- 
 to immediate possession and peacea- 
 ble improvement of the one half of 
 the Ministerial land Iving in Brad- 
 ford." 
 
 Voted : To raise the sum ot 
 43844I., i2s.,6d.for Town expenses. 
 
 Voted : That the Selectmen be di- 
 rected to purchase 10750 weight ot 
 beef for the use of the Army, and 
 that they be hereby empowered to 
 draw a sufficient sum of money out 
 of ye town treasury to purchase said 
 beef. 
 
 Dec. 20, 1780. Voted: To 
 choose a committee to settle accounts 
 with ye soldiers that were hired for 
 six months in the year 17S0, "and 
 also them that was hired for three 
 months ye same year, and likewise 
 with ye committee that hired said 
 soldiers;" accordingly made choice 
 of Major Gage, Mr. Russell, Lt. 
 
49 
 
 Abel Kimball, Lt. Thomas Stick- 
 ney and Col. Thurston, as a com- 
 mittee for the above said purpose. 
 At an adjourned meeting, Dec. 25, 
 1780, voted to choose a committee 
 of seven to hire 18 men to serve as 
 soldiers in the Continental Army for 
 the term of three years or during the 
 present war. Also ordered that the 
 Town Treasurer, or his successor in 
 office be hereby directed to give his 
 security in behalf of the Town to each 
 man the above said committee shall 
 hire. 
 
 Made choice of the Selectmen as 
 a committee to purchase 20,642 w. 
 of beef for the use of the State, also 
 voted. That the said committee be 
 empowered to give their security in 
 behalf of the town for the above said 
 beef. Voted, that there be one month's 
 schooling in the school house near 
 Mr. John Burbank's the present 
 year. 
 
 At a legal meeting held the 3d of 
 January 1781, it was voted, To raise 
 the sum of sixty one thousand nine 
 hundred and twenty six pounds, to 
 purchase beef for the use of the state. 
 
50 
 
 On the twenty third of January a 
 meeting was called and among other 
 things, to see if the town will pass a 
 vote to pay the money in lieu of beef 
 at Four dollars and a half per pound 
 or the money for any part of said 
 beef: on this question it was voted, 
 that the Selectmen for the time being 
 have discretionary power either to 
 purchase the beef for the use of the 
 State, or to pay the money for said 
 beef as they shall think will best 
 serve the interest of the town. 
 
 Meetings were called "In the 
 name of the Commonwealth of Mass- 
 achusetts," after Oct. 12, 1780; 
 instead of "In the name of the Gov- 
 ernment and People of the State of 
 Massachusetts Bay." 
 
X 
 
 On the 29th of Jany. 1781, a meet- 
 ing was called to see what sum of 
 silver money the Town will vote to 
 raise to hire 18 men to serve as sol- 
 diers in the Continental Army, for 
 the town of Bradford, for three years 
 or during the war. Voted, to raise 
 300 pounds in silver. 
 
 The following shows the method 
 of filling the quota : The taxpayers 
 were divided into classes, each class 
 to furnish a soldier. I have been 
 fortunate enough to find an original 
 list of the members of one class to- 
 gether with the amount of their as- 
 sessments. 
 
52 
 
 By order of the General Cort we 
 the subscribers have Claft the inhab- 
 itants of Bradford and the within 
 written names are hereby Required 
 to Procure a man to do three years 
 Service, or during the War in the 
 Continental Army, Bradford March 
 th' 9 1782. 
 
 Broadstreet Parker ) S 
 
 Eliphalet Hale j of 
 
 John Savery Cpt. 
 
 Jofeph Richardfon, 
 Jofeph Richardfon, Jnr., 
 Daniel Richardfon, 
 Wd. Abigail Platts, 
 James Dwinnile, 
 James Wallingford, 
 Nicholas Wallingford, 
 Wd. Abigail Wallingford, 
 Stephen Morfe, 
 David Hopkinfon, 
 David Hopkinfon, Jur., 
 Nathaniel Hopkinfon, 
 Daniel Hopkinfon, 
 Capt. Jonathan Bailey, 
 Jonathan Bailey, Jur., 
 William Bailey, 
 Ifaac Platts, 
 Itaac Platts, Jur., 
 Samuele Greenough, 
 Edward Toppan, 
 Burpey Ames, 
 
 Selectmen 
 
 f Bradford. 
 
 2 
 
 4 2 
 
 
 11 4 
 
 
 II 8 
 
 
 5 II 
 
 
 9 2 
 
 
 6 5 
 
 
 8 I 
 
 
 2 8 
 
 I 
 
 19 1 
 
 I 
 
 18 2 
 
 
 18 6 
 
 
 13 9 
 
 
 13 3 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 1 
 
 3 9 
 
 I 
 
 4 3 
 
 
 12 II 
 
 
 18 9 
 
 I 
 
 9 5 
 
 
 2 2 
 
 
 3 2 
 
 17 
 
 17 5 
 
53 
 
 Each Perfon is to pay his propor- 
 tion towards furnishing the Men, as 
 annexed to their Refpective Names 
 in the above Lift. 
 
 By Order of the General Court. 
 
 Selectmen 1781, Joseph Kimball, 
 Solomon Tenney, Abraham Day Jr., 
 Lt. Nathaniel Plummer, Richard 
 Woodman. Voted, not to make up 
 the depreciation of money on a note 
 of hand due Peter Gage from the 
 town. Reuben Carleton, Lt. Abel 
 Kimball and Obadiah Kimball were 
 chosen a committee to take care of 
 the guns and lead, and accoutrements 
 of war belonging to the Town. 
 
 Voted, to Richard Kimball for 1 1 
 squares of glass for the schoolhouse 
 47I. o o. 
 
 Voted, to Eliot Payson for one 
 day's work cm the schoolhouse 12I. 
 
 At a meeting held Mch. 17, 1781, 
 the question was put, whether the 
 town would re-consider all the votes 
 they have passed respecting the im- 
 powering a committee to hire 18 
 soldiers to serve in the Continental 
 Army, and it passed in the affirma- 
 tive. 
 
54 
 
 The vote empowering the Treas- 
 urer to give his security to said 
 soldiers was likewise reconsidered; 
 and also the vote to raise 300I. to 
 hire said soldiers. 
 
 Voted, that the Selectmen be 
 hereby impowered to draw a suffic- 
 ient sum of money out of the Treas- 
 ury to pay the mileage of the Conti- 
 nental soldiers. 
 
 Vote for Governor 1781, John 
 Hancock 25 votes. For Lieut. Gov- 
 ernor, Thos. Gushing Esqr., 25votes. 
 
 At a meeting held July 6, 1781, 
 Mr. Bradstreet Parker moderator. 
 Voted, To build a School house in 
 the East end of the Town about 
 twenty feet square. Voted, To raise 
 30I. hard money for the above pur- 
 pose, and that John Burbank, Mr. 
 Peter Russell & Wm. Savory be a 
 Committee to build said house. 
 
 At a legal meeting held July 19, 
 1 7S1, it was Voted. That the Town 
 raise 8525 wt. of Beef for the use of 
 the Continental army and deliver the 
 same to the superintendent at six 
 diflbrent times according to the re- 
 solve of the General Court passed 
 June 22, 17S1. 
 
55 
 
 Voted, To raise the sum of 400I. 
 hard money to purchase sd. beef and 
 hire soldiers. 
 
 Ordered, that the Treasurer pay 
 5 T 81, 5s, 3d to the County Treasurer in 
 bills of the new emission, at the rate 
 of I dollar & 7-8 of a dollar in lieu 
 of a hard dollar. 
 
 Voted, That the Town Treasurer 
 hire forty shillings Silver money, 
 and deliver to the Committee cho- 
 sen to purchase beef. 
 
 December 6, 1781. Voted, To 
 reconsider the two votes that were 
 passed last July and Sept., ordering 
 the Treasurer to pay the County 
 Treasurer Bills of the New Emis- 
 sion in lieu of hard money, and he 
 is hereby directed to pay to the 
 Treasurer of the County the sum ol 
 14I. 9s. od. in Silver money. Jan. 
 15, 1782. Voted, That Mr. Peter 
 Russell, our Representative be here- 
 by instructed to use his utmost en- 
 deavor to obtain a repeal of an act 
 of the General Court, laying duties 
 on Sundry articles. 
 
 Voted, That the scholars that at- 
 tend the town school be taxed for 
 
56 
 
 the wood consumed in said school in 
 due proportion to the time they shall 
 attend, and that the tax be laid on 
 those under whose care said scholars 
 are. 
 
 Feb. 1 6, 1782, the following votes 
 passed. 
 
 Voted, To accept the report of the 
 committee chosen at a former (the 
 last) town meeting which was as 
 follows: "The committee chosen to 
 treat with those men the Town is in- 
 debted to. Report, That some time 
 since they met those men and find 
 that there is a considerable sum due 
 to them, which should have been 
 paid before the old paper currency 
 was out of credit, but as it has been 
 neglected, the men decline to take 
 anything short of a silver dollar in 
 lieu of 75 of the old emission. Per 
 order of Dudley Carlton." 
 
 Voted, That the Town Treasurer 
 be hereby directed to receive no 
 money into the Town Treasury but 
 what is a lawful tender, and pay the 
 town debts as soon as he can, ac- 
 cording to the scale of depreciation 
 as established by the General Court. 
 
57 
 
 Voted, That the Treasurer be 
 hereby directed to exchange the pa- 
 per he has in the Treasury for silver, 
 at the best rate he can, and also to 
 receive from Constable Woodman 
 93 dollars in paper money, which 
 he has already collected for taxes, 
 and exchange that likewise. 
 
 April I, 1782. Voted, That the 
 committee appointed to settle with 
 the soldiers in the year 1780, be 
 hereby directed to settle with Lt. 
 Plumer, and make up the loss he 
 sustained in hiring a six months sol- 
 dier. 
 
 Voted, To Lt. Nathl. Plumer 25 
 silver dollars for ye loss he sustained 
 in hiring a six months soldier, he 
 paying to ye Town Treasurer 646 
 dollars. Old Emission which he has 
 on hand. 
 
 Selectmen, 1782 : 
 Francis Kimball 
 Jonathan Kimball 
 Mr. Peter Russell 
 Lieut. Phineas Cole 
 • Retier H. Parker 
 
 The original of the following is in 
 the possession of the descendents of 
 Lieut. David Hopkinson. 
 
58 
 
 Bradford, October the 3, 1782. 
 I Prom is to Pay or Cause to be 
 Paid Unto Lt. David Hopkinson the 
 just and full sum of three Hundred 
 Dollars to be Paid in Silver or Gold 
 Upon Demand if the said Abner 
 Danford Dus Not belon^r to the town 
 of Brunswick in the County of Cum- 
 berland and the State of masfechutes 
 and is Not free from the Continental 
 Army Before the Date of this Pref- 
 ant Obligation and if the said Dan- 
 ford stands free and Cleare for a 
 Soulger for this state then the Above 
 Oblegation to be Void and of no 
 afect or Else to Remain in full force 
 as witnefs my Hand, 
 teft In. Corlifs 
 
 Wm. Hubbs. 
 Selectmen 1783 
 
 Thomas Cross 
 
 Phineas Carleton 
 
 Richard Walker 
 
 Thomas Savory 
 
 Edmund Kimball, Jr. 
 
XI 
 
 Capt. Gage's Company, Col. 
 Frye's Regiment, Cambridge, i775- 
 This roll, although no month is given 
 is without doubt, that of the company 
 that fought at Bunker hill. 
 Nath'l. Gage, Capt. 
 Thomas Stickney, ist Lieut. 
 Eliphalet Hardy, 2nd Lieut. 
 Sergt. Moses Pearson, 
 "' Jeremiah Kimball, 
 " Ephraim Hardy, 
 " Phineas Cole. 
 Corp. Amos Pillsbury, 
 " Ebenezer Mullicken, 
 "" Joseph Jennings, 
 '' Abijah Gage. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 Richard Ayers 
 Jesse Atwood 
 Archelaus Balch 
 William Bacon 
 
6o 
 
 Josiah Bacon 
 Nicholas Buswell 
 Joseph Brown 
 Giles Burrows 
 Enos Bishop 
 Samuel Clough 
 Simeon Currier 
 David Cheney 
 Eben Davis 
 Caleb Foot 
 Jona. Gage 
 Thackleus Gage 
 Nat. Greenough 
 Nat. Griffin 
 John Haggett 
 John Hall 
 Nat. Hardy 
 Benj. Hardy 
 Isaac Hardy 
 Moody Hardy 
 Edmund Kimball 
 Aquilla Kimball 
 Thomas Kirby 
 Richard Kimball 
 Moses Kimball 
 Daniel Mullicken 
 Benj. Mills 
 Moody Morse 
 Free Parker 
 
6i 
 
 Moses Platts 
 Richard Perry 
 Jesse Rollins 
 Charles Walker 
 Jonathan Woodman 
 Caleb Whitney 
 Sol. Kimball 
 John Kimball 
 Jonathan Silver 
 Robert Savary 
 John Platts 
 Stephen Morse. 
 
 A muster roll of a detachment ot 
 the second foot company in Brad- 
 ford, who marched for the defence 
 of Cape Ann on the 30th of Novem- 
 ber, 1775, under the command of 
 Capt. John Savory, time of service, 
 five days. 
 
 Capt. John Savory 
 Lieut. Moses Harriman 
 Sergt. James Greenough 
 " Solomon Tenney 
 Corporal, David Hopkinson 
 Drummer, Thomas Savory 
 Fifer, Thomas Wood 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 Ebenezer Wood 
 Eliphalet Rollings 
 
62 
 
 Nathaniel Plummer 
 
 Stephen Morse 
 
 Moses Plummer 
 
 Samuel Marden 
 
 Jonas Abbott 
 
 Nich. Wallingford 
 
 Jesse Atwood 
 
 David Plumer 
 
 Ehen Hardy 
 
 Moses Parker 
 
 Samuel Savory 
 
 Moses Wood Jun. 
 
 Jonas Hardy Jun. 
 
 Spencer Bailey 
 
 Samuel Bacon 
 
 Nathan Burbank 
 
 Asa Tenney 
 
 Israel Hardy 
 
 Asa Wallingford 
 
 James Barker 
 
 Henry Hardy 
 
 Isaac Platts Jun. 
 
 John Banks. 
 
 Bradford men in Rhode Island on 
 roll of Capt. Jere. Pitman's Com- 
 pany, Col. Nathan Tyler's Reg. 
 
 Lieut. Jeremiah Kimball 
 
 Private Day Mitchell. 
 
 Time i month 5 days, 107 miles. 
 
63 
 
 Roll of Capt. Johnson's Co., Col. 
 Pitman's Regt., Mass. Bay Militia 
 to the Stat^ of Rhode Island, from 
 Bradford. 78 miles, 2 months, 10 
 
 days. 
 
 Solomon Smith 
 
 Joseph Brown 
 
 Timothy Haggett 
 
 James Barker 
 
 David Hall 
 
 Zechariah Barker 
 
 Day Mitchell 
 
 Bradford men who served in the 
 army, not on any, of the foregoing, 
 muster rolls. 
 
 Lieut. Daniel Kimball 
 '' Abel Kimball 
 '^ Nathaniel Plummer 
 
 Adjt. Daniel Hardy 
 
 Col. Daniel Thurston 
 
 Maj. Benjamin Gage 
 
 Amos Mullicken 
 
 Dudley Hardy 
 
 John Wool 
 
 Benjamin Atwood 
 
 Eliot Pay son 
 
 Ezra Trask 
 
 Benjamin Morse. 
 
64 
 
 Voted, at a meeting held Maj 17, 
 17S3, That the Representative for 
 this town for the ensuing year be 
 herebv instructed to use his utmost 
 endeavors to prevent any person or 
 persons returning to live in this 
 Commonwealth who have conspired 
 against or absented themselves from 
 the United States during the contin- 
 uance of the war vvitli Great Britain.' 
 
XII 
 
 REVOLUTIONARY vSOLDIERS 
 
 In the Old Cemetery at 
 
 GROVELAND 
 
 Whose graves are designated by 
 
 vS. A. R. Markers. 
 
 At the last annual town meet- 
 ing (1895), it was voted to place 
 markers of the Society of the 
 Sons of the American Revolution- 
 on the graves of all Revolution- 
 arv soldiers buried in Groveland. 
 Mr. J. K. P. Balch and the 
 writer, being the only members 
 of the society in town, volun- 
 teered their services in the search 
 that 'must be made to locate the 
 markers. Mr. Balch had alread\- 
 
66 
 
 placed one on the grave of his 
 ancestor, Capt. Thomas Stickncv. 
 Farther assistance was rendered 
 by i\Ir. Charles T. Balcli, our 
 representati\e at the Cxeneral 
 Court, in exaniinin!"; the records 
 at the State House. 
 
 Thirty-three graves are marked 
 thus far, and it is known that 
 there are other <;ra\es of old sol- 
 diers in the cemetery; but, as 
 they have no grave stones, they 
 could not be found. There are 
 se\eral stones with inscriptions 
 bearing names corresponding to 
 names found on the Revolution- 
 ary rolls, but, as there is doubt 
 about the identity of the men, 
 they were not decorated. 
 
 The names have been placed 
 alphabetically, without regard to 
 rank or age. The writer has tried 
 to ascertain something about 
 each, and place it on record, 
 although the knowledge gained 
 about some of them is \erv meagre . 
 
67 
 
 'tv 
 
 Care has been taken to verif; 
 statements; it will not be snrpris- 
 ing, however, if some mistakes are 
 found, for we must bear in mind 
 that the old records were not al- 
 ways kept carefully. 
 
 Great difficulty has been ex- 
 perienced in consequence of the 
 custom that obtained up to the 
 beginning of the present century 
 of giving the first-born son his 
 fatirer's name, w.hich frequently 
 resulted in there being two of 
 the same name, both of a mili- 
 tary age, and perhaps both in the 
 service at the same or at different 
 times ; the junior, which should 
 have been attached to one of 
 them, was often omitted. 
 
 J?:SSE Atwood, 
 
 Born vSept. 6, 1748, son of 
 John and Mary (Wood) Atwood ; 
 married Dec. 31, 1778, Abigail 
 Hardy, daughter of Eliphalet and 
 Hannah (Platts) Hardy. Mr. 
 
68 
 
 Atwood was a member of Capt. 
 John Savory's company of min- 
 ute-men, and marched on tlie 
 alarm of Apr. 19, 1775; he also 
 fonoht at Bunker Hill in Capt. 
 Nathaniel Gao^e's company. He, 
 in common with persons of that 
 day, worked on the farm in sum- 
 mer and in the shop during the 
 winter months. His father was 
 killed in the French and Indian 
 War, at Crown Point, when Jesse 
 was only seven years old. 
 
 In his later years, Mr. Atwood 
 lived in the house now occupied 
 by Mrs. Laura A. Atwood. He 
 w^as the ancestor of the late Moses 
 P. Atwood, Miss Priscilla P. At- 
 wood, ]\Ir. Charles A. and Miss 
 Lois P. Atwood, Mrs. Heman 
 Balch and Mrs. E. Milton Stacey. 
 He died Sept. 10, 1827. 
 
 JosiAH Bacon, 
 
 Son of Josiah and Mary Bacon, 
 w^as born in 1723 ; married, first. 
 
69 
 
 Abigail Kuowlton, Oct. 7, 1745; 
 second, Abigail, daughter of 
 John and Mary (WoodJ Atwood, 
 Sept. 8, 1788. 
 
 Mr. Bacon was a private in 
 Capt. Gage's company at Bunker 
 Hill. He lived on the old Bacon 
 farm on King street, in the house 
 now standing, owned by Philip 
 Martino and occupied by Samuel 
 Burbank . Mr. Bacon was a promi- 
 nent man in town affairs, and 
 filled several offices. He died 
 Dec. 14, 1807. 
 
 Samuel Bacon, 
 
 Born in 1756, son of Josiah 
 and Abigail (Kuowlton) Bacon ; 
 married Feb. 25, 1788, Sally 
 Perley of Boxford. Mr. Bacon 
 went to the defence of Cape Ann 
 in November, 1775, serving five 
 days ; was afterward a lieutenant 
 in the militia ; he lived with his 
 father on the old Bacon farm; 
 died Nov. 22, 1809. 
 
Jonathan Bailp:v, 
 
 Born April 4, 1742, son of 
 Jonathan and Rebecca (Hardy) 
 Bailey ; married Mary Hanies, 
 dauf^hter of Nathan and Mary 
 Kanies of Bradftnd, Jnne 24, 
 1773. Mr. P)ailev marched to 
 Cambridti^e on the Lexington 
 alarm, bein;^- one of the minnte- 
 men enrolled in the Second Foot 
 company ; afterward a captain in 
 the militia. He lived in tlie '' old 
 brick-end Bailey honse " in 
 Savaryville, where he died Jan. 
 29, 1823, at a ripe old a<2^e. 
 
 John Burbank 
 
 Was the son of Eleazer and 
 Lydia Bnrbank, and was born 
 i\Iay 3, 1722; married, Dec. 20, 
 1748, Mercy Savory, danghter of 
 Thomas and Mercy (Adams) Sa- 
 vory. Mr. Bnrbank was enrolled 
 in the Second Bradford Foot com- 
 pany, and marched with that 
 
71 
 
 command on the alarm of Apr. 
 19, 1775. He was a farmer, and 
 lived where Mr. Nathan Long- 
 fellow now lives ; took promi- 
 nent part in the management of 
 the a&airs of the town ; he died 
 Sept. 18, 1802, in his eightieth 
 vear. 
 
 Nathan Burbank, 
 
 Son of John and Mercy (Savory) 
 Bnrbank, was l)orn Aug. 17, 
 1757; married February, 1781, 
 Elisabeth Palmer, daughter of 
 Samuel and Mary (Savory) 
 Palmer. Although a ' ' beardless 
 youth of eighteen ' ' young Bur- 
 bank did service in the defence 
 of Cape Ann, November, 1775; 
 lived with his father in what 
 is now the Longfellow house; 
 he died July 17, 181 9. 
 
 Ancestor of Mrs. Edward Har- 
 rington of this town, and Mrs. H. 
 A. Burnham of Gloucester. 
 
72 
 
 Phineas Carleton 
 
 Was the son of Dea. Thomas and 
 Abigail Carleton; born Oct. i, 
 1740; married, first, Dec. 8, 
 1763, Snsannah, daughter of Jo- 
 seph and Hannah (Goodrich) 
 Stickney ; second, August, 1784, 
 Sarah Mullicken. Mr. Carleton 
 was a sergeant in Capt. Nathaniel 
 Gage's company, and served from 
 Sept. 30, to Nov. 6, 1777. He 
 lived on Christian Hill, South 
 Groveland, in the house now 
 owned by Mrs. Benson; was a 
 miller, and had a grist mill on 
 Johnson's Creek, near the place 
 where the old woollen mill now 
 stands. 
 
 Ancestor of Thomas H. I^alch 
 and family, Frank P. Balch, Mrs. 
 C. P. Savary, Mrs. Iv. K. Pem- 
 berton, Mrs. Abigail Carleton, 
 Phineas B. and Alvin R. Carleton 
 and Mrs. Newton Tilton. 
 
73 
 
 John Curtis, 
 
 Son of William Curtis of Lynn, 
 born in 1743 ; married Mary 
 Parker, danghter of Samuel and 
 Mary (Stevens) Parker ; held the 
 rank of sergeant in Capt. Jacob 
 Gould's company, Col. Sanniel 
 Johnson's regiment, Apr. 19, 
 1775, was then of Boxford ; 
 came to Groveland later and lived 
 on Main street, in the next house 
 east of Hervey K. Parker's, which 
 was then on the estate of his 
 wife's father, now owned by 
 George H. Collum. He died 
 April 3, 1826. 
 
 Mr. Curtis was the ancestor of 
 Mrs. J. Harraden Savary of 
 Groveland, Mr. Leverett M.' T>'- 
 ler of Bradford, Mr. Walter G. 
 Curtis of Southport, North Caro- 
 lina, Mr. Henry Curtis of Brook- 
 lyn, N. Y., and others. 
 
74 
 
 Solomon Hardy, 
 
 Son of Capt. Eliphalet and Han- 
 nah (Platts) Hardy; born Nov. 
 20, 1747; married Sarah Bailey, 
 danghter of Amos and Sarah 
 (Cottle) Bailey; served in the 
 Second Foot company on the 
 alarm of April 19, 1775. 
 
 Ancestor of Nathaniel Parker, 
 Kingston, N. H.; N. P. (lage, 
 Washington, D. C. ; S. Kini])all 
 Gage, Charlestown, Mass.; Mrs. 
 D. P. Hopkinson and Mrs. N. 
 Woodbnrn Nichols of Groveland, 
 Mrs. Edward Stickney of Chel- 
 sea, Mass. Died Ang. 9,'i8oi. 
 
 Joshua Hardy. 
 
 Born Sept. 24, 1740; son of 
 Benjamin and ' Rebecca (Rolf) 
 Hardy; married, Oct. 15, 1765, 
 Hannah Tyler of Boxford. Mr. 
 Hardy was a sergeant in the sec- 
 ond company'of minnte-men, and 
 'marched to Cambridge on the 
 
alarm from' Lexington April 19, 
 1775. He lived in the field be- 
 tween King and Rollins streets, 
 in the rear of the late Tyler 
 Hardy's honse, where he died 
 Jnne 3, 1814. 
 
 Ancestor of ]\Iisses Elisabeth 
 Ann and Harriet Hardy, Clarence 
 C, Cornelia ]\I. and Arianna K. 
 Hardy, Albert L. and Allen 
 Hardy, I\Irs. Charles Brown, 
 Snmner, ]\Iary Esther and Lucilia 
 Adelaide- Hardy, Mrs. Wood- 
 bridge Parker and Wallace King. 
 
 Lieut. ]\Ioses Harrtmax, 
 
 Born April 10, 1737. Son of 
 Nathaniel and Mehitable (Spof- 
 ford) Harriman ; married Jane 
 Hale, danghter of Samnel and 
 Sarah Hale ; first lieutenant in 
 the Second Bradford company of 
 minute-men, served on the Lex- 
 ington alarm, and in the defence 
 of Cape Ann in November, 1775. 
 Mr. Harriman's father w^as a cor- 
 
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 net in the Colonial service, and 
 died at Lonisbnrg in October^ 
 1745. Lient. Harrinian lived in 
 a lionse which stood on the site 
 of the present Harrinian honse : 
 and it is said that he planted the 
 magnificent elm which stands be- 
 fore the honse. He died Ang. 
 24, 1784. 
 
 Ancestor of Moses H. Harri- 
 man of this town, Jndge Hiram 
 P. Harrinian of Barnstable, Mrs. 
 E. P. Perkins and Mrs. Samnel 
 W. Hall of Georgetown, Mrs. 
 Moody M. Palmer, Mrs. Wm. L. 
 Moore, Mrs. Enoch Adams and 
 Mrs. Walter L. Willis. 
 
 Daniel Hopkinson, 
 
 Born Nov. 25, 1750; was the 
 son of David and Elisabeth 
 (Platts) Hopkinson ; married 
 Hannah Richardson, danghter of 
 Joseph and Dorothy (Monroe) 
 Richardson January, 1781. Mr. 
 Hopkinson served in the Second 
 
77 
 
 Bradford Foot company, and re- 
 sponded to the call on the alarm 
 of April 19, 1775. He lived in the 
 old homestead now occnpied by 
 Walter H. Hopkinson. 
 
 x\ncestor of Walter H. Hopkin- 
 son, Daniel W. Hopkinson, Miss 
 Abbie C. Hopkinson, Mrs. Wil- 
 liam Rnddock and Miss Emma 
 Ruddock. He died Feb. 16, 1837. 
 
 Lieut. King Lapham 
 
 Was born Oct. 14, 1743 ; son of 
 David and Rebecca (King) Lap- 
 ham of Marshfield, Mass.; mar- 
 ried Nov. 4, 1764, Lncy Barker, 
 by whom he had eleven children. 
 He was first lieutenant in Capt. 
 Crocker's company Apr. 20 to 
 Aug. I, 1775, marched from 
 Marshfield ; first lieutenant Sec- 
 ond Plymouth County Regiment 
 May 8,' 1776; served in Rhode 
 Island two months in 1776; first 
 lieutenant in a company raised to 
 guard the passage of the North 
 
78 
 
 river ; also, in service at Hull 
 Mar. 5, 1778. Mr. Lapliam 
 came to this town just after the 
 War of the Revolution, and was, 
 in connection with his son, Bar- 
 ker Laphani, engao^-ed exten- 
 sively in shipbuildino^. He lived 
 in the "old Laphani house," 
 which stood on Main street until 
 a few years ago, on land now 
 occupied by W. S. Canney. He 
 died Nov. 30, 1826. 
 
 Ancestor of Mrs. Adeline and 
 Miss Priscilla Parker, Benjamin 
 P. Hale, Esq., of Boxford, James 
 F. Hale, Lucy L. Howe and Ma- 
 bel G. Howe of Cambridge, E.J. 
 M. Hale of New Orleans, Benja- 
 min K. and Frederick F. Balch 
 of Maiden, Annie P. Balch of 
 Boston, Mrs. George W. Rowe 
 of Haverhill. 
 
 Lieut. Asa Merrill, 
 
 Born June 30, 1732, son of 
 Stephen and Keziah (Hardy) 
 
79 
 
 Merrill ; married Bethiah ; 
 
 commissioned lieutenant by the 
 council Apr. 3, 1776. He served 
 •as first lieutenant in a detach- 
 ment that marched by the \va}' 
 of Providence, R. I., to Danbury, 
 Conn., December, 1776. Lieut. 
 Merrill was in the Continental 
 army three years ; he was then of 
 Boxford ; came to Groveland 
 later, and lived on the old Ten- 
 ney place, now^ owned by Aaron 
 N. Pillsbury, where he died Nov. 
 3) 1815. 
 
 He was the ancestor of the late 
 Charles S. Tenney, and Alonzo 
 L. Quimby, of Groveland, Mrs. 
 x\. W. Anderson and Miss Mabel 
 Anderson of Haverhill, Mrs. 
 Jerome Ingalls, Mrs. Rufus A. 
 Hovey, Walter R., Robert C, 
 Harry C. Ingalls and J. B. Renton 
 of Lynn, Ralph C. Hovey of 
 Amesbury, Ella R. Hovey, Guy 
 C. Hovey, Edward L. Hovey, 
 Mrs. Francis Cutts, Mrs. James 
 
8o 
 
 A. Dwinell, Mrs. Ambrose H. 
 Carsley of Lynn, and many 
 others. 
 
 Capt. Day Mitchell 
 Was the son of Deacon Nathaniel 
 and Abigail (Day) Mitchell ; 
 born Jan. 15, 1760; served as 
 a private under Lieut. Jeremiah 
 Kimball in Rhode Island when 
 in his eighteenth year, and after- 
 ward " followed the sea" during 
 the Revolutionary War ; was 
 taken prisoner several times, and 
 once was confined in England. 
 Mr. Mitchell married, first, 
 Susannah Greenough in 1785, 
 and, second, Abigail Parker, Oct. 
 24, 1802. He lived to a good 
 old age in the house now owned 
 by Mrs. Walter L. Pemberton, 
 and occupied by her and Mrs. 
 Laura A. Fowler, where he died 
 in 1848. Mr. George Mitchell, 
 his son, is still living, and is 
 probably the youngest son of a 
 Revolutionary sire in the State. 
 
He was the ancestor of Mrs. 
 Chas. S. Hardy, Abraham P. 
 Mitchell, Mrs. Eustace W. Sar- 
 oent, Peter Mitchell, Mrs. Aiiiasa 
 E. Drew, Airs. Elmer F. Smith, 
 Mrs. Elbridge H. Carleton, Miss 
 Nellie Hardv, Mrs. Wm. F. 
 Smith, Mrs. A. S. Barker and 
 Mrs. Alvan H. Knox. 
 
 Benjamin Morse 
 
 Was born in Newbury, Feb. 5, 
 
 1754; he was the son of Thomas 
 
 and Elisabeth (Bartlett) Morse; 
 
 married Olive, daughter of James 
 
 and Mary Greenough. Mr. 
 
 Morse enlisted as a private in 
 
 Capt. Thomas MighilPs company 
 
 of Rowley, January, 1777, and 
 
 served six months; he also 
 
 served three months and fifteen 
 
 days in Capt. Jonathan Ayer's 
 
 company of Haverhill. He was 
 
 a cloth dresser, and had a fulling 
 
 mill on Johnson's Creek, near 
 
 the Merrimack river, where he 
 
82 
 
 did business for many years. He 
 bnilt the honse now standing at 
 '' Morse's Corner," Sontli Grove- 
 land (see illustration), where he 
 lived until his death, which oc- 
 curred Dec. 23, 1828. 
 
 He was the ancestor of Wil- 
 liam H. Morse, Herman F. 
 Morse, Miss Fidelia Morse, Mrs. 
 Reuben L. Locke and Mrs. B. A. 
 Sargent of Bradford, George D. 
 Morse, Charles W. Morse, Mrs. 
 Wm. H. Curtis, Charles E. 
 Greenman, Geo. H. Greenman 
 and Frank C. Morse of Haver- 
 hill, Israel Morse and Mrs. Min- 
 nie S. Balch of Newburyport, 
 Mrs. Warren L. Cowdrey, Mrs. 
 John T. Small, Mrs. George S. 
 Hovey, Miss Mattie I. Morse, 
 Mrs. George H. Tenney of Gro\e- 
 land, and many others. 
 
 Samuel Palmer 
 
 was born March 3, 1727 ; son 
 of Samuel and Elisabeth Palmer; 
 
mai-ried, Jan. 24, 1749^ Mary 
 Savory, daughter of Thomas and 
 Mercy (Adams) Savory. Mr. 
 Pahner was on the alarm list of 
 April 19, 1775, and marched to 
 Cambridge in Capt. John Sa- 
 vory's company. He lived on 
 the north side of Main st., in 
 Savarvville, in the house now 
 owned by S. R. Morrill, on land 
 that was' granted to his grand- 
 father, Joseph Palmer, before 
 1672. He died Sept. 3, 1800. 
 
 Ancestor of Mrs. Abigail P. 
 Atwood, Mrs. E. M. Stacy, Mr. 
 Abel Stickney and Mrs. W. T. 
 Page of this town, John William 
 Palmer, Esq., of Washington, 
 D. C, Mr. Frank J. Pillsbury, 
 Mrs. J. S. Norris, Mrs. Orrin T. 
 Carter of Concord, N. H., Mr. 
 William O. Palmer, Miss Maria 
 A. Palmer, Mrs. Mary F. Bur- 
 bank of Hopkinton, N. H.; Mrs. 
 Laura Skillings of Henniker, 
 N. H., Mrs. Mary Spalding. 
 
84 
 
 Moses Parker, 
 
 Son of Bradstreet and Rebecca 
 (Balcli) Parker; born April 3, 
 1756; married Sarah Eaton of 
 Haverhill. Mr. Parker served 
 his conntry as a private in a de- 
 tachment from the Second Foot 
 company, nnder Capt. John Sa- 
 vory, which was sent to Cape 
 Ann in November, 1775. He 
 kept a general store, and lived in 
 the honse now occnpied by his 
 descendants, opposite Perry Park. 
 He w^as the ancestor of the late 
 Dr. Moses Parker, Peter Parker, 
 and Moses P. Atwood, and also of 
 Miss Priscilla Atwood, Miss 
 Annie Parker, Mrs. A. C. Savary, 
 Miss M. E. Parker, W. G. B. 
 Parker, Edward H. Parker and 
 Charles P. Parker, Mrs. George 
 F. Choate of Essex, Miss Sarah 
 Cogswell of Bradford, and others. 
 He died Jnly 9, 1837. 
 
85 
 
 Retier H. Parker, 
 Born Dec. 12, 1746; son of 
 Abraham and Mrs. Hannah (Ha- 
 thorn) Parker; married, first, 
 May 9, 1768, Ednah Hardy, 
 danghter of Capt. Eliphalet and 
 Hannah (Platts) Hardy; second, 
 ]\Irs. Abigail Pearsons (born Tit- 
 comb) of Newbury port. When 
 the Lexington alarm was sounded 
 he was a minute-man in the Sec- 
 ond Bradford Foot company, and 
 responded to the call, marching 
 to Cambridge with the company. 
 Mr. Parker was a tanner and cur- 
 rier, and had a shop near the 
 site of the lower mill in South 
 Groveland. He died Feb. 2, 1799. 
 Ancestor of the late Dr. Moses 
 and Peter Parker, Moses P. and 
 Miss Priscilla At wood, Mrs. Ed- 
 ward Stickney of Chelsea, Mass., 
 Mrs. Daniel P. Hopkinson and 
 Mrs. N. Woodburn Nichols of 
 Groveland. Mrs. Geo. F.Choate, 
 and Miss Sarah Cogswell. 
 
86 
 
 Eliphalet Rollins 
 
 was born Oct. 7, 1757 ; son of 
 Eliplialet and Mary (Savory) 
 Rollins ; married Patty Sargent 
 September, 1782. Yonng- Rol- 
 lins was a member of the Second 
 Foot company of minnte-men, 
 and was detailed with abont thirty 
 others to go to the defence of 
 Cape Ann in November, 1775. 
 He afterwards sailed from New- 
 buryport on a privateer. After 
 the war was over Mr. Rollins 
 settled down in East Bradford as 
 a farmer and trader. He had two 
 sons, Ebenezer and William, 
 whose descendants live in Bos- 
 ton. He lived in the honse now 
 owned by Charles F. Paine, Esq. 
 He died Oct. 27, 1818. 
 
 Capt. John Savory 
 
 Was born May 21, 1736; was 
 the son of Thomas and Mercy 
 (Adams) Savory ; married Sarah, 
 
the daug-bter of Edward and Mary 
 (Spofford) Wood, Sept; ii, 1755, 
 Capt. Savory commanded the 
 Second Foot company of Brad- 
 ford minnte-men, and was in 
 command of the company at 
 Cambridge when the troops as- 
 sembled there after the battle of 
 Lexington; he afterwards led a 
 detachment of his company to 
 Cape Ann, In early life Mr. Sa- 
 vory lived in a honse which stood 
 neai- the lane leading to Cottle's 
 Ferry, but, later, he built the 
 house which has since been en- 
 larged, where Mrs. J, A. Savory 
 and Mr. Wm. Ferguson now live. 
 He died x\pril 5, 1805. 
 
 John Savory, Jr. 
 
 son of Capt. John and Sarah 
 (Wood) Savory; born Nov. 18, 
 1757; married, December, 1779, 
 Polly Bacon, and lived in the 
 Andrew George house, on the 
 east side of Seven Star road. He 
 
served with his father in the 
 Second Foot company at Cam- 
 bridge, April, 1775. Died Jan. 
 I, 1823. No descendants living 
 in town. 
 
 Thomas Savory, 
 
 son of Capt. John and Sarah 
 (Wood) Savory; born Feb. 16, 
 1756; married, first, Bethiah 
 Carleton,Jnne 18, 1778 ; second, 
 Polly Rollins, Ang. 18, 1785. 
 Mr. Savory was the drnmmer of 
 his father's company, and went 
 to Cambridge with the company 
 on the Lexington alarm ; he also 
 accompanied the detachment of 
 the Second F'oot company to 
 Cape Ann in November, 1775. 
 He was a prominent man in town 
 affairs, a member of the Honse of 
 Representatives and a major in 
 the militia. Maj. Savory lived 
 in the old Savory house, bnilt by 
 his father, and still standing in 
 Savaryville, on land that has 
 
89 
 
 been in the possession of the 
 family for several generations. 
 
 He was the ancestor of Wil- 
 liam R. Walker of Concord, 
 N. H., Mrs, Eldred S. Parker, 
 Miss Clara L. Savary, Eben Rol- 
 lins Savary, Henry S. Savary, 
 Mrs. Aaron B. Parker, Harry 
 P. Savary, Eldred P. Savary, 
 Mrs. Artiinr E. Abbott, Mrs. 
 J. Everett Wood of Grove- 
 land; Rev. William H. Savary, 
 Edward Hosmer Savary, Esq., 
 Miss Anna L. Savary of Boston ; 
 Erank Savary, Benjamin Balch 
 Savarv of Medford ; Rev. George 
 Savary of Newark, N. J. Maj. 
 Savory died May 2, 1829. 
 
 William Savory, 
 
 Born Dec. 6, 1743; son of 
 Thomas and Mercy (Adams) 
 Savory; married Mary Gage, 
 daughter of Thomas Gage of 
 Haverhill, 1764. Mr. Savory 
 w^as a sergeant in the Second 
 
go 
 
 Bradford P'oot company, of which 
 his brother John was captain, 
 and went to the defence of Cape 
 Ann in 1775. He lived in the 
 Wni. S. Balch liouse, now owned 
 and occnpied by Miss Sarah H. 
 Balch. He died Jnly 22, 1800. 
 
 Ancestor of Dr. W. P. Savary 
 of Brockton, Miss Annie W. 
 Savary, Geo. S. and Edward F. 
 Hovey of Groveland; Mrs. Her- 
 bert E. Wales of Bradford, J. K. 
 P. Balch, Esq., Daniel S. Balch, 
 Esq., of Lyons, la., Mrs. Benj. 
 F. Peach of Eynn. 
 
 Jeremiah Spofford, 
 
 Born in Rowley, Oct. 12, 1749 ; 
 son of Capt. Eliphalet and Lncy 
 (Peabody) Spofford ; married, 
 P'eb. 13, 1777, Temperance, 
 danghter of Col. Daniel and 
 Jndith (Follansbee) Spofford. At 
 the alarm of Lexington he joined 
 a company nnder the command 
 of his father, and marched to 
 
91 
 
 Cambridge. Mr. Spofford came to 
 Groveland (then East Bradford) 
 in 1817, and died here in 1827. 
 
 Ancestor of Mr. Herschel A. 
 Spofford, Mrs. Laura A. Atwood, 
 Miss Apphia T. vSpofford, Mr, 
 Edward W. Spofford of Omaha, 
 Neb., Miss Helen K. Spofford, 
 Miss Belle G. Downie. 
 
 Eleazer Spofford, 
 
 Born Aug. 12, 1739, on Spof- 
 ford's Hill, Rowley, now George- 
 town ; the son of Dea. Abner 
 and Sarah (Coleman) Spofford ; 
 married Mary Flint of Dan- 
 vers. He was appointed quarter- 
 master of the Second Regiment 
 Essex County Militia, April 22, 
 1775, by his uncle, Daniel Spof- 
 ford, colonel. Dea. Spofford was 
 a millwright, and built a valua- 
 ble set of mills in East Jaffrey, 
 N. H. After he retired from 
 business he came to Groveland, 
 where he died Mar. 15, 1828. 
 
•92 
 
 He was the ancestor of Aiiis- 
 worth R. Spofford, Esq., librarian 
 of Congress. . 
 
 Jonathan Stevens, 
 
 Born 1747 ; married Mary ; 
 
 he served as a private in the 
 Second company of minnte-men, 
 and marched to Lexing-ton April 
 19, 1775; he lived in the honse 
 on Main street near the Grove- 
 land bridge, afterward occnpied 
 by Manley Hardy ; the house was 
 burned in 1887 ; died Dec. 23, 
 1802. 
 
 Capt. Thomas Stickney 
 
 Was the youngest son of Thomas 
 and Mary (Mullicken) Stickney, 
 and was born in Bradford, now 
 Groveland, Oct. 24, 1734 ; he 
 married, Jan. 6, 1761, Sarah Ten- 
 ney, daughter of Daniel and Ann 
 (Coleman) Tenney ; he served 
 as a private in Col. Winslow's 
 expedition to Nova Scotia in 1 755 , 
 
93 
 
 and when the alarm was sonnded 
 from Lexington he was first lien- 
 tenant in the First Foot company 
 of Bradford, Capt. Nathaniel 
 Gage, and marched to Cambridge 
 with the company ; this company 
 was also at the battle of Bnnker 
 Hill. When the call was made 
 for men to resist Bnrgoyne's prog- 
 ress from Canada, Lient. Stickney 
 joined Capt. Joseph Eaton's com- 
 pany from Haverhill, and was in 
 command of the company at the 
 battle of Bennington, where he 
 received a serioiis w^onnd. He 
 lived on " Cannon Hill," in the 
 "old Garrison house," which 
 was built by his grandfather, 
 Samuel, about 1703. The house 
 was owned and occupied for 
 many vears by the late Mr. Rich- 
 ard Renton, who took it down in 
 1854 and built the present house 
 occupied bv his daughter, Mrs. 
 Jane C. Nichols. (See illustra- 
 tion.) Died Nov. 8, 1808. 
 
94 
 
 Capt. Stickney was the ances- 
 tor of Charles Stickney, Ed- 
 ward Stickney of Chelsea, Mass.^ 
 Niles T. Stickney of Mil- 
 waukee, William B. Sticknev 
 of Oskosh, Wis.; J. K. P. Balch, 
 Esq., Daniel S. Balch of Lyons, 
 la.; Thomas W. Sticknev, i\aron 
 
 B. Parker, Capt. George R. Stick- 
 ney, Mrs. E. H. George, Mrs. J. 
 
 C. Cobban, Miss Sara Stickney, 
 Jt)hnP. Rnndlett, Edward Rund- 
 lett, Mrs. E. Richardson, Mrs. 
 George H. Symonds and many 
 others. 
 
 Ebenezer Stickney, 
 Son of Samuel and Marabah 
 (Tenney) Stickney, and nephew 
 of Capt. Thomas Stickney ; was 
 born Oct. 12, 1745 ; he married, 
 Jan. 9, 1770, Molly, daughter of 
 Samuel and Mary (Savory) Pal- 
 mer. He was a corporal in the 
 Second Foot company, and 
 marched to Cambridge on the 
 alarm of April 19, 1775 ; he also 
 
95 
 
 served in Capt. Nathaniel Gage's 
 company from Sept. 30 to Nov. 
 6, 1777 ; died Nov. 13, 1812. 
 
 He was ancestor of Mr. Abel 
 Stickney, Mrs. Winslow T. Page, 
 John H. Stickney and Frank 
 Wallace Stickney. 
 
 Solomon Tenney 
 Was born in East Bradford, now 
 Groveland, Jnne 19, 1737; he 
 was the son of Dea. Phillip and 
 Jane (Hale) Tenney ; married, 
 Mar. 31, 1 761, Betty Savory, 
 daughter of Thomas and Mercy 
 (Adams) Savory, by whom he 
 had two children, Samuel and 
 Savory Tenney. Mr. Tenney 
 was first sergeant in the Second 
 Foot company of Bradford, and 
 marched to Cambridge on the 
 alarm of April 19, 1775 ; he also 
 served in the defence of Cape Ann 
 November, 1775. He lived in 
 the house now owned by Edward 
 Short*, on the north side of Centre 
 street ; died Apr. 18, 1830. 
 
96 
 
 Ancestor of the late Clias. S. 
 Teniiey, Alonzo L. Qiiimby, 
 Miss Alice Quimby, Mrs. Rufiis 
 A. Hovey, ]\Irs. Jerome Ingalls, 
 John B. Renton, Esq., of Lynn; 
 Mrs. A. W. Anderson, Miss Ma- 
 bel Anderson of Haverhill and 
 many others. 
 
 William Tenney 
 Was the son of Dea. Phillip and 
 Jane (Hale) Tenney; born in 
 Bradford, May 6, 1740; he mar- 
 ried Rebecca Eanies, danghter of 
 Nathan and ]\Iary Eanies. Mr. 
 Tenney 's name appears on the 
 Lexington alarm roll of the Sec- 
 ond Foot company. He lived in 
 the old Tenney honse, now 
 owned by Daniel Abbott, stand- 
 ing on a part of the original 
 Tenney grant in Savaryville ; 
 died May 4, 1826. 
 
 Dea. Tenney was the ancestor 
 of Mrs. Thomas H. Balch, Moses 
 Foster, Charles T. Balch, Arthur 
 C. Balch of Groveland; William 
 
97 
 
 Balch of Brockton ; Eustis Balcli 
 of Oakland, Cal.; Hiram T. 
 Balch of Newbury port, Gardner 
 P. Balch of Swampscott, Mrs. 
 Eugene C. Brown and others. 
 
 Thomas Wood, 
 Born April 8, 1744, the son of 
 Moses and Mehitable (Stickney) 
 Wood ; married, first, AUis 
 Bailey, July 8, 1770; second. 
 Widow Wallingford. Mr. Wood 
 was a fifer in Capt. John Sa- 
 vory's company, and marched to 
 Cambridge on the alarm of April 
 19, 1775 ; he also went to Cape 
 Ann in November of the same 
 year; he lived in Savaryville, 
 in the house now known as the 
 Hitty Wood house ; died June 
 i3> 1813. 
 
 Ancestor of David Gile of 
 Haverhill and Samuel T. Poor of 
 Georgetown . 
 
 MosES Wood, Jr., 
 Son of Moses and Mehitable 
 (Stickney) Wood, was born Oct. 
 
98 
 
 23, i753i i^^ ^ house whicli stood 
 on the liill in the rear of the 
 "Hitty Wood" house. He 
 married, first, Hannah Hills, 
 daughter of Josiah and Elisabeth 
 (Stickney) Hills of West New- 
 bury, Oct. 25, 1781; second, 
 Miss Apphia Spofford, daughter 
 of Capt. Eliphalet and Lucy 
 (Peabody) Spofford. Mr. Wood 
 was on the alarm list of April 
 19, 1775, and marched to Cam- 
 bridge as a private in the Second 
 Foot company. He built the 
 house now standing on the corner 
 of Main and Dwinnell streets in 
 North Oroveland, in 1780, and 
 lived there until his death, which 
 occurred July 10, 1830. 
 
 x\ncestor of Mrs. Hannah H. 
 and Mrs. Sarah M. Danforth of 
 Groveland; Mary W. Gunnison 
 and Charles Johnson of New- 
 bury port ; Mrs. Levi Bickford of 
 Deerfield, N. H.; Edgar Stickney 
 and Mrs. Helen Hall of Maiden. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 The followino-, taken from the 
 records at the State House, is the 
 roll of a company from Haver- 
 hill that joined the troops under 
 Stark and fought at Bennington, 
 and, as it is largely made up of 
 men from Bradford, and has never 
 been published, it is given a place 
 here : 
 
 " A Continantel Pay Role of 
 Capt. Batons company of Col. 
 Samuel Johnson's Reg. of Melisia 
 from the State of the Masatusats 
 Bay of the Servise of the United 
 States of Emerica. Enlisted 
 Aug. 15, Discharged Nov. 29 
 (1777) time, 3 mos. 14 days; 
 miles, 260. 
 Joseph Eaton, Capt. 
 Thomas Stickney, ist Eieut. 
 .Nath Plumer, 2d '' 
 
Jeremiah Kimball, Serg. 
 
 Abraham Emerson, " 
 
 Daniel Cole, 
 
 David Hopkinson, '^ 
 
 Andrew Peabody, " 
 
 James Snow, Corp. 
 
 Robert Andrews, " 
 
 Joseph Gage, " 
 
 Hliphalet Wood, " 
 
 Benaili Clement, " 
 
 Stephen Webster, Drnmmer. 
 
 John Ally, Private. 
 
 Nathan Baley, 
 
 William Ayer, 
 
 William Bradbury, 
 
 David Bryant, 
 
 John Cooper, 
 
 Andrew Currier, 
 
 Dudley Dustin, 
 
 James Dinsmore, 
 
 Daniel Dow, 
 
 Samuel Ela, 
 
 Samuel Frink, 
 
 Simon Harriman, 
 
 David Kimball, 
 
 Nath. Kimball, 
 
Longley Kelley, Private, 
 Samuel Lecount, 
 Daniel Ladd, 
 Peter Middleton, 
 Will. Morrill, 
 Daniel Rimeck, 
 James Rimeck, 
 John Sanders, 
 William Sawyer, 
 James Smiley, 
 Wm. Stuart, 
 Timothy Sanders, 
 James Whittiker, 
 Ebenezer Whittiker, 
 William Asten, 
 Jacob Adams, 
 John Andrew, 
 Amos Baley, 
 Nicolas Bussel, 
 Samuel Bacon, 
 Seth Burrows, 
 Daniel Carlton, 
 Samuel Eaton, 
 Simeon foster, 
 Stephen foster, 
 John Greenoh, 
 
roz 
 
 Amos Gage, Pri\ 
 
 William Heaseltiiie, 
 John Heaseltiiie, 
 x\mos Hovey, 
 Asa Haiiiford, 
 Isaili Hardy, 
 Henry Hardy, 
 Nathanel Hale, 
 Wm. Kimball, 
 Simon Kimball, 
 Tyler Porter, 
 Ephrm Peabody, 
 John Peabody, 
 Jerry Roberson, 
 Daniel Sestions, 
 Amos Spoferd, 
 Joshna Wood, 
 Ezra Wiles, 
 Jacob Pinkem, (?) 
 
 ate. 
 
ro3 
 
 I have endeavored to find out 
 ihe names of all residents of Brad- 
 ford at the time of the Revolu- 
 tion who were in an)- way con- 
 nected with the cause of liberty, 
 but am aware that the list is in- 
 complete. The following items, 
 taken from the treasurer's ac- 
 count, will add a few more names 
 to those already given. The 
 amounts paid have been omitted 
 in some cases, as being- of little 
 consequence : 
 
 £ s. d. 
 
 ^'June I, 1775, paid Clarence Da^ 
 
 vis for training . o 10 o 
 
 June I, 1775, P'^id Jno. Par- 
 ker for training . o 10 o 
 
 June I, 1775, paid Samuel Par-^ 
 ker for training . o 10 o 
 
 Mar. 27, 1779, paid Daniel 
 Kimball for a Bounty allowed 
 by the Cort alowed to him as a 
 Soldier Drafted out of the 
 
 Militia June, 1778, to do duty 
 till the first day of January 
 
ro4 
 
 next, ordered to be paid by the 
 town, Principle & Inter- 
 est 14 12 o 
 
 1779- 
 
 Apr. 22, paid Nathaniel Mitch- 
 ell for a Bonnty, &c., 
 
 &c., 14 13 o 
 
 Apr. 26, paid William Kimball 
 
 for a Bonnty, &c., 
 
 &c., 14 13 o 
 
 Jan. 14, 1780, paid 
 
 Lient. Joseph Mnl- 
 
 licken .... loi 5 o 
 May 24, 1780, paid to Widow 
 
 Sarah Carlton, on acconnt of 
 
 her Hnsban, a Continental 
 
 Soldier, . . . 145 7 o 
 April 6, Paid to Daniel 
 
 Barker, in full, for 3 
 
 mos. and twenty-four 
 
 days sarvis in the 
 
 Army .... 25 16 o 
 
 Ebenezer Griffin, in full. &c., 
 &c. • 
 
 Abner Kimball, in full, Slc, 
 &c. 
 
I05 
 
 John Gibson, in part, &c., &c. 
 
 Moses Day, in part, &c., &c. 
 
 Apr. i8, 1782, paid to Samuel 
 
 Webster, in part of his pay 
 
 for sarvis in the Army 
 
 in 1 78 1, at West 
 
 Point .... 19 o o 
 
 Dec. 21, 1782, paid Asa Gage, 
 in part, for sarvis at Rhode Isl- 
 and in the 3-ear 1781. 
 
 Paid Nathan Kimball, for his 
 son's sarvis in the Army in the 
 year 1781. 
 
 Paid Thomas Morse, Jr. , for his 
 man's sarvis in the Army, &c., 
 &c. 
 
 Feb. 26, 1783, paid John Carl- 
 ton, in part, &c., &c. 
 
 Feb. 26, 1783, paid Paul At- 
 wood, for sarvis in the Army at 
 Rhode Island in 1781." 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Abbott. 
 
 
 
 
 viii.. 62 
 
 ,89 
 
 .96 
 
 Adams, 9. 
 
 25.43.46.: 
 
 ■0, 76, 8 
 
 ^. 86. 8g 
 
 .95 
 
 lOI 
 
 Ally 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 Ames 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 52 
 
 Amesbui} 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 Anderson 
 
 
 
 
 
 79 
 
 .96 
 
 Andrews 
 
 
 
 
 
 00, 
 
 lOI 
 
 Antipedo 
 
 Baptists 
 
 
 
 
 
 27 
 
 Asten 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 lOI 
 
 Atwood, 
 
 v., 9, 28 
 
 30, 39. 
 
 40, 62 
 
 "63, 
 
 67. 
 
 
 
 68, 69, 
 
 83 
 
 84. 
 
 85. 
 
 105 
 
 Ayer 
 
 
 
 37 
 
 , 59. 
 
 81, 
 
 100 
 
 Bacon ^ 
 
 ^ 5. 9. 30. 
 
 37. 48, 
 
 59 
 
 . 60, 
 69. 
 
 62, 
 87. 
 
 68. 
 
 lOI 
 
 Bailey, 9, 
 
 10,40, 46, 
 
 47.52.6 
 
 2.7 
 
 0.74. 
 
 100 
 
 lOI 
 
 Balcli, vii 
 
 ., 26, 32 
 
 37. 46. 
 
 59. 65 
 
 66, 
 
 68. 
 
 
 72 
 
 . 78, 84 
 
 . 90, 94 
 
 .96 
 
 . 97 
 
 Banks 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 62 
 
 Baptists, 
 
 Antipedo 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27 
 
 Barker 
 
 
 t 
 
 52, 
 
 63 
 
 . 7/ ! 
 
 81, 
 
 104 
 
 •Bartlett 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 81 
 
 Benson 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7 2 
 
 Bickford 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 98 
 
 Bishop 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 37 
 
 , 60 
 
 Bradbury 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 Brown 
 
 
 
 
 \- 
 
 ., 60 
 
 . 75 
 
 . 97 
 
 Bryant 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ICO 
 
 Bnrbank, 
 
 5. 8, 10, I 
 
 I. 13 
 
 14. I 
 
 6,17 
 
 .23 
 
 32. 
 
 39. 46, 47. A 
 
 9. 54 
 
 . 62. 
 
 69, 7( 
 
 3,71 
 
 .83 
 
 Burnham 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 71 
 
 Burrows 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 60, 
 
 lOI 
 
 Bnswell 
 
 
 9. 
 
 37 
 
 .48. 
 
 60, 
 
 lOI 
 
 Canny 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 78 
 
 Carleton, 
 
 4, 5. 8, 9, 
 
 II, 14, 
 
 28 
 
 , 35. 
 
 41. 
 
 42. 
 
 
 43. 46, 47 
 
 53. 56. 
 
 5^ 
 
 >, 72. 
 
 81, 
 
 88. 
 
 
 
 
 
 lOI, ] 
 
 04. 
 
 105 
 
I07 
 
 Carsley 
 
 80 
 
 Carter, 
 
 • : ■ . 83 
 
 Chadwick 
 
 24, 28, 32, 46 
 
 Cheney 
 
 27, 60 
 
 Choate 
 
 84,85 
 
 Clough 
 
 40, 60 
 
 Clement 
 
 100 
 
 Cobban 
 
 94 
 
 Cogswell 
 
 . 84, 85 
 
 Cole, 
 
 9, 12. 26, 36. 46, 57. 100 
 
 Coleman 
 
 9^ 92 
 
 Collum 
 
 73 
 
 Committee of 
 
 Safety . 10, 23, 28, 43 
 
 Cooper 
 
 100 
 
 Corliss 
 
 . . . . 58 
 
 Cottle 
 
 74 
 
 Cottle's Ferry 
 
 10 
 
 Cowdrey 
 
 82 
 
 Crocker 
 
 77 
 
 Cross 
 
 . 25,47,58 
 
 Currier 
 
 . 37, 60, 100 
 
 Curtis 
 
 73,82 
 
 Cushing 
 
 54 
 
 Cutts 
 
 79 
 
 Dan ford 
 
 . . . . 58 
 
 Danforth 
 
 . . . . 98 
 
 D. A. R. 
 
 6 
 
 Davis 
 
 . 37, 60, 103 
 
 Day, 9. 
 
 23, 25, 30.46,47, 53,80, 105 
 
 Dinsmore 
 
 100 
 
 Dow 
 
 100 
 
 Downie 
 
 91 
 
 D. R. 
 
 6 
 
 Drew 
 
 81 
 
 Dustin 
 
 100 
 
 Dwinell 
 
 80 
 
 Dwjnel 
 
 39. 52 
 
io8 
 
 Eames 
 
 
 
 70, 96 
 
 Eaton 
 
 
 
 . 84, 99, lOI 
 
 Ela ' 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 Emerson 
 
 
 
 . . .100 
 
 Ferry, Cottle' 
 
 s 
 
 
 10 
 
 Fire-raft 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 Flint 
 
 
 
 91 
 
 Follansbee 
 
 
 
 90 
 
 Foote, 
 
 
 
 37, 60 
 
 Foster 
 
 
 
 . 47, 96, lOI 
 
 Fowler 
 
 
 
 80 
 
 Frink 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 Frye 
 
 
 
 59 
 
 Ferguson 
 
 ... 87 
 
 Gage, 5, 8. 9. 10, 12 
 
 , 13. 14, 16, 17, 29, 36, 
 
 37. 40, 43» 
 
 46, 47, 48, 53, 59, 60, 
 
 
 74, 89, 100, 102, 105 
 
 George 
 
 94 
 
 Gibson 
 
 
 
 105 
 
 Gile 
 
 
 
 97 
 
 Goodhue 
 
 
 
 40 
 
 Goodrich 
 
 
 
 72 
 
 Gould 
 
 
 
 73 
 
 Gray 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 Greenman 
 
 
 
 82 
 
 Greenough, 5, 8, 9, 
 
 10, II, 20, 22, 23, 37, 
 
 40. 47. 
 
 52, 60, 61, 80, 81, lOI 
 
 Griffin . . 
 
 26, 37, 40, 47, 60, 104 
 
 Gvinnison 
 
 . . 98 
 
 Haggett 
 
 9, 37, 40, 47, 60, 63 
 
 Hale, vi., 28, 43, 
 
 44, 52, 75, 78, 96, 102 
 
 Hall .37 
 
 , 39, 47, 60, 63, 76, 98 
 
 Hancock 
 
 54 
 
 Haniford 
 
 102 
 
 Hardy, 9, 20, 22, 24 
 
 33, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 
 
 46,47,59 
 
 60, 62, 63, 67, 70, 74, 
 
 
 
 
 ^5. 78, 85, 92, 102 
 
ro9 
 
 Harriinan, 5,28, 29, 33,38 
 
 ,43,46.75,76,100 
 
 Harrington , .... 71 
 
 Haseltine , , . . 40, 102 
 
 Hatliorn 85 
 
 Head . . 10, 23, 32, 40, 43, 46 
 
 Hills 98 
 
 Hopkinson, vii.. 9, 38, 39, 47. 52. 57, 58, 
 
 74, 76, 77, 85, 100 
 
 Howe , , . . . 78 
 
 Hovey , , , 79. 82, 90, 102 
 
 Hubbs 58 
 
 Ingalls .... 79, 96 
 
 Jaques . . . . 8, 10, 26 
 
 Jennings . . . .36, 40, 59 
 
 Johnson . . .63, 75, 98, 99 
 
 Kelley loi 
 
 Kimball, 5, 8, g, 10, 17, 19, 22, 23, 27, 28, 
 
 29» 30> 3i> 36, 37, 38, 40, 43, 44, 
 
 46, 47, 49, 53, 57. 58, 59, 60, 61, 
 
 62, 63, 80, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105 
 
 King 75, 77 
 
 Kirby ... 
 
 40, 60 
 
 Knowlton 
 
 . . 69 
 
 Knox 
 
 81 
 
 Ladd 
 
 lOI 
 
 Lapham 
 
 77, 78 
 
 Lecount 
 
 lOI 
 
 Lindall 
 
 . • • 9 
 
 Longfellow- 
 
 71 
 
 Marble 
 
 23 
 
 Marden 
 
 20, 38, 39, 62 
 
 Martino 
 
 69 
 
 Merrill 
 
 vii.. 78 
 
 Middleton 
 
 101 
 
 Mighill 
 
 81 
 
 Mills 
 
 40, 60 
 
 Mitchell . . ( 
 
 32, 63, 80, 81. 104 
 
Monroe 
 
 
 
 76 
 
 Mooers 
 
 27 
 
 Moore 
 
 76 
 
 Morrill 
 
 83, lOI 
 
 Morse, vi., 6, 9. 
 
 23. 38. 44, 52, 60, 61, 63, 
 
 
 81, 82, 105 
 
 Mul.licken,36. 3 
 
 7,43,59,60,63,72,92, 104 
 
 Muzzy 
 
 4, 8, 13, 16, 17, 23, 43, 
 
 Negroes 
 
 15, 24 
 
 Nichols 
 
 v., 39, 74, 85, 93 
 
 Norris 
 
 83 
 
 Ordway 
 
 24 
 
 Page 
 
 95 
 
 Paine 
 
 86 
 
 Palmer, vi., 38, 39, 46, 48,70,71,76,82,83,94 
 
 Parker, 5, 16, 
 
 21, 23, 26, 30, 37, 38, 44r 
 
 46, 47. 
 
 48, 52, 54- 57, 60, 62, 73, 
 
 74, 75 
 
 78, 80, 84, 85, 89, 94, 103 
 
 Payson 
 
 8, 47, 53, 63 
 
 Peabody 
 
 
 
 98, 100, 102 
 
 Pearsons 
 
 
 
 - 36, 59, 85 
 
 Peniberton 
 
 
 
 72, 80 
 
 Perkins 
 
 
 
 76 
 
 Perley 
 
 
 
 26, 69 
 
 Perry 
 
 
 
 • 39, 40, 61 
 
 Pest "'House 
 
 
 
 21 
 
 Pickering 
 
 
 
 23 
 
 Pillsbury 
 
 
 
 vii., 36, 59, 79, 83 
 
 Pinkem 
 
 
 
 102 
 
 Platts, 38, 48, 
 
 52, 61, 62, 67, 74, 76, 85 
 
 Plummer, 23, 27 
 
 33, 36, 39, 43, 47, 53, 57, 
 
 
 62, 63, 99 
 
 Poor 
 
 97 
 
 Porter 
 
 lOI 
 
 Putnam, (see errata) ... 62 
 
 Quota 
 
 ■ • • . 56^. 
 
 Quimby 
 
 
 
 79. 9& 
 
Ill 
 
 Reiiton 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 . V. 
 
 , 93 
 
 , 9^ 
 
 Richardson. 
 
 23 
 
 27 
 
 .' 38, 
 
 39. 
 
 4 
 
 7, 52. 
 
 76, 
 
 94 
 
 Rimeck 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 lOI 
 
 Robersoii 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 102 
 
 Rolf 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 74 
 
 Rollins 
 
 
 
 37 
 
 39 
 
 . 46, 61 
 
 ." 86 
 
 , 88 
 
 Rowe 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 78 
 
 Ruddock 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 77 
 
 Rundlett 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 94 
 
 Runnells 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 .' 8 
 
 40 
 
 , 47 
 
 Russell, 4, 5 
 
 , 6. 
 
 10 
 
 16. 
 
 25. 
 
 28. 30, 
 
 33, 
 
 34. 
 
 
 
 
 42- 
 
 43. 
 
 48. 54, 
 
 55 
 
 57 
 
 Safety, Committee of 
 
 
 .10, 23 
 
 28 
 
 43 
 
 Sanders 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 lOI 
 
 S. A. R. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Sargent 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 82 
 
 86 
 
 Savary, vi., vii., 
 
 9, I 
 
 0.13 
 
 , 14 
 
 , I 
 
 6, 29, 
 
 33, 
 
 38. 
 
 ' 39, 43/ 
 
 46, 
 
 47 
 
 48. 
 
 54, 
 
 58, 61, 
 
 62, 
 
 70, 
 
 71. 72, 
 
 73 
 
 83 
 
 ,84, 
 
 86 
 
 8 
 
 7,88 
 
 89 
 
 90 
 
 Sawyer 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 lOI 
 
 Searle 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29 
 
 Selectmen, 8, 
 
 19. 
 
 22, 
 
 23,2 
 
 8.: 
 
 >2, 
 
 44 53 
 
 , 57 
 
 ,58 
 
 vSestions 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 102 
 
 Short 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 95 
 
 Silver 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 38 
 
 6/ 
 
 Skil lings 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 81 
 
 Small 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 82 
 
 Small-pox 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20, 
 
 21 
 
 Smilev 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 roi 
 
 Smith 
 
 
 
 
 
 2: 
 
 -. 40. 
 
 63. 
 
 81 
 
 Snow, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 Spaulding 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 83 
 
 Spofford 
 
 
 29, 
 
 75.8 
 
 7. 9" 
 
 91, 92. 
 
 102 
 
 S. R. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 Stacv 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 68, 
 
 83 
 
 Stark 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 99 
 
 Stevens 
 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 9, 46, 
 
 73 • 
 
 92 
 
Sticknee 40' 
 
 Stickney, v., 8, 28, 29, 33, 36, 38, 43, 46. 
 49, 59, 66, 72, 74, 92, 94, 95, 97, 98, 99' 
 
 Stuart loi- 
 
 Symonds ... ^ - 94 
 
 Tapley . • - • 39 
 
 Teniiev, vii., viii., 8, 19, 20, 23, 24, 26, 
 
 28, 29, 38, 39, 40, 43. 44» 46, 47r 
 
 53, 61, 62, 79, 82, 92, 95, 96 
 
 Thurston 4. 5v 6, 12, 17, 19, 22, 23, 28. 
 
 43, 47, 48, 49, 65, 
 
 Tiltou 72 
 
 Titcomb . ' - - • ' 85 
 
 Toppan 52 
 
 Town Officers . - • • 8 
 
 Trask . . - - 9. 27, 63 
 
 Tyler 62, 73, 74 
 
 Uron, (errata) .... 63 
 Voters, Qualifications of . . 18^ 
 Wales . . ■ ■ 1 , 90 
 
 Walker, 5, 18, 29, 32, 39,43,44,47. 58, 61, 89 
 W^allingford ... 39. 52, 62, 97 
 Warrant, Town ... 22, 41 
 
 Washington 43 
 
 Webster, 9, 13. 16, 23, 30, 43. 100, 105 
 Wliite .... 
 
 Whitney .... 
 
 Whittaker .... 
 Wiles .... 
 
 Winslow .... ^ /: 
 
 Wood, 8, 9, II, 38, 39> 46, 47. 01, 62, 
 
 67, 69, 87, 88, 89, 97, 98, 100, 102 
 Woodman, vi.,. 4. 6, 8, 9, 40, 46, 53. 57. 61 
 Wool .... 30.63 
 
 27 
 61 
 
 lOI 
 
 102 
 92 
 
ERRATA. 
 
 Page 23. Tenth line from top, for 
 Solomon Kimball read Solomon 
 Tenney. 
 
 Page 38. The name of John Kimball to 
 follow Solomon Kimball. 
 
 Page 57, Last line, for descendents of 
 Lt. David Hopkinson, read de- 
 scendants of Mr, Daniel Hopkin- 
 son. 
 
 Page 60. The name of John Greenough 
 should follow that of Thaddeus 
 Gage. 
 
 Page 62. For Jonas Abbott read James 
 Abbott. 
 For Jonas Hardy, Jr., read James 
 Hardy, Jr. 
 
 Page 62. Fifth line from bottom, for 
 Pitman's read Putnam's. 
 
 Page 63. Seventh line from top, for 
 Brown read Uron. 
 
 Page 63. The names of Sergt. Phineas 
 Carleton and Eliphalet Danforth 
 should follow that of Benjamin 
 Morse. 
 
 Page- 81, Benjamin Morse; it is not 
 known positively that the above- 
 named Morse served with Capt. 
 Mighill. 
 
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