Class 4 Bookjiajto A LIST OF REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS WHO SERVED Dedham in the Revolution 1775-1783. '"' This list is based upon the Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revoluntionary War, published by the Commonwealth and supplemented by the town and parish records of Dedham. PUBLISHED BY THE DEDHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1917 1 m) ^• (L.of\ INTRODUCTION. In the historical address given on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the settlement of Dedham, Mr. Worthington said: "The exact number of men raised for the service (Revo- lutionary) has never been stated but the published list — Haven's Centennial Address — must fall short of the real number." Previous to the publication of the Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution, such a list could not have been made. Miss Martha C. Crane interested herself in this matter and has compiled from the published volumes the names of the soldiers credited to Dedham. To Miss Crane's list have been added the names of the soldiers found in the records of the several parishes of the town ; also the names of those not otherwise recorded who were paid for services by the town of Dedham from 1775 to 1783. This list gives the names of six hundred and seventy-eight soldiers. A census of the town taken by Samuel Dexter in 1765 gave Dedham a population of 1,919, and at the close of the Revolutionary War the number of inhabitants was not much greater. FRANK SMITH, Chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Soldiers. A LIST OF REVOLUNTIONARY SOLDIERS. Ackley, Thomas (Akley) Adams, Samuel Air, George Allen, Eleazer, 4th par. Allen, 1 Eleazer, Jr., 4th par. Allen, Hezekiah, 4th par. Allen, Hezekiah Peters Allen, Timothy, 4th par. Ames, Fisher Ames, Seth Amis,2 Cato Andrews, Andrew ( An- dris) Andrews,3 Benjamin Andrews,4 Benj. Andrews, David, So. par. Andrews, John, So. par. Andrews, William Arnold, Stephen Avery, John Avery, Jonathan Ayers, John Bacon, Abner, So. par. Bacon, Ephriam, Jr., 4th par. Bacon, Jeremiah, 4th par. Bacon, 1 Jeremiah, Jr., 4th par. Bacon, Jesse Bacon, John, 4th par. Bacon, Josiah Bacon, Josiah, Jr., 4th par. Bacon, Michael, 4th par. Bacon, Moses, 4th par. Bacon, Silas, 4th par. Baker, Daniel Baker, Eliphalet Baker, Jabez, 4th par. Baker, Jeremiah, 3rd par. Baker, Joseph Baker, Nathaniel Baker, Samuel Baker, Thomas Baker, Timothy Balch, Thomas Bancroft,4 Samuel Barker,2 Moses Barrows,4 David Battle*, Ebenezer, 4th par. Battle, Ebenezer Jr., 4th par. Battle, Hezekiah, 4th par. Battle, John, 4th par. Battle, Jonathan, 4th par. Battle, Josiah Bedlam, 2 Lemuel (Belam) Belcher, Richard Bill, Abner (Bills) Bill, Ebenezer 1 Found in the records of the Dedham 4th Parish (Dover). 2 Served in Capt. Aaron Guild's Company which marched on the alarm of Bunker Hill. 3 Found in the records of the Dedham 3rd Parish (Westwood). 4 Found in Dedham Town Records. ♦Names have not been repeated in this list, although the same name may be many times found in the records. For instance there were four Ebenezer Battles in Dedham at the time of the Revolution, either of whom might have rendered a given service. If it were possible to determine which one of these — as in all like cases — gave the service this list could be farther extended by repeating individual names, but in the absence of proof such repetition is useless. Bill, Nathaniel Bill, Richard Bill, Samuel Billings, Joseph Blackman, William Bowen, Nathaniel Boyd, Robert Boy den, Isaac Bracket, David Brown,4 James Brown, Jesse Brown, John, 4th par. Brown, Nathaniel Brown, Robert Brown, William Buckmaster, Edward Buckmaster, Job, 3rd par. Buckmaster, John Buckmaster,3 Thomas Bullard, Benjamin Bullard, David Bullard, Ebenezer Bullard,3 Edward Bullard, Edward Jr. I^ullard, Isaac Bullard, 6 John Bullard, Josiah Bullard, Luther, So. par. Bullard,3 Timothy Bullard, William Bundy, Moses Burridge, Thomas, 4th par. Burt, John (Burtt) Bussev, Benjamin Cabeti2 Philen Galley, William (Cally) Capron,4 Oliver Jr. Capron,4 Thaddeus Carbe, Joel (Carbee Car- by, Carbey) Carbe, John Cardey, John Carroll, John 6 Found in Dedham First Parish Carroll, Lawrence Caswell, Elijah Champney, Capt. Caleb. Chap, Antony (Antoine) Chapman, Peter Cheney, 4 Ebenezer Jr. Cheney, James, 4th par. Cheney, John, 4th par. Cheney, Joseph, 4th par. Chickering, Daniel, 4th par. Cliickering, Daniel Jr., 4th par. Chickering, John, 4th par. Chickering, Joseph, 4th par. Chickering, Nathaniel, 4th par. Cliickering, Oliver Chickering, Samuel Clarke, Archelaus, So. par. (Clark) Clarke, Daniel Clarke, James, So. par. Clarke, Nathan, So. par. Clarke, Samuel Cleveland, David, 4th par. Cleveland, Jacob, So. par. Cobbett, Philip, So. par. (Corbit) Colburn, Abner (Colbon, Colborn, Colborne) Colburn, David Colburn, Ichabod Colburn, 3 Isaac Colburn, John, 3rd par. Colburn, John Jr. Colburn, Jonathan Colburn, Lewis Colburn. Nathan Colburn, Nathaniel, 3rd Colburn, Phineas Colburn, Samuel Records. Colburn, Samuel, Jr., 3rd Dewing, Elijah, 4th par. par. Dewing, Jabez Colburn, Simeon, 3rd par. Dick, Richard Colburn,4 Solomon DoaQ, Benjamin Colburn, Thomas Doggett, Isaac (Dagget) Colburn,3 Timothy Doggett, Jesse Comecher, Isaac Doggett, Samuel, Jr. Coney, William, So. par. Draper, Daniel, 3rd par. Cook, Nathan, 4th par. Draper, Ichabod (Cock, Coock) Draper, James, 4th par. Cooler, Thomas Draper, John, 4ih par. Co wen, Patrick Draper, Joseph Crane, Abijah Draper, Joseph Jr., 4th Crane, Elijah par. Crane, .Jephtha Drfiper, Josiah Crawley, Abraham Draper, Moses, 4th par. Cregier,2 John (Chejer) Draper, Nathan Crocker, Jeremiah Draper, 4 Nathaniel Crosier, John (Crosher, Draper, Thomas Croshier, Crowser) I^raper, Timothy, 3rd par Curtis, Edward Draper, William Damon, Jedediah Easte, .Jacob Damon, Jonathan (Da- Eaton, Isaac man) Eaton, Thomas Damon, Samuel Fills, Aaron, 3rd par. Dana, Calvin Ellis, Abe! Dana, David Ellis, Abner Dar.o, Samuel Ellis, David, 3rd par. Davenport, Ambrose Ellis, Ephraim Davenport, Benjamin Ellis, Ichabod Davis, Aloses Ellis, .Tesse, 4th par. Day, 4 John Ellis, John Day, Ralph, 4th par. Ellis, .Jonathan, 3rd par. Dean, Benjamin, So. par. Ellis, Joseph Dean, David Ellis, Lemuel Dean, Eliphalet Ellis, Nathan, 3rd par. Dean, Jeremiah Ellis, 4 Nathan, Jr. Dean, John Ellis, Oliver Denn, John Jr., So. par. Ellis, William Dean, Jonathan Everett, Abel, So. par. Dean, Joseph (Everet, Everit, Ever- Dean, Joseph Jr. itt, Everritt, Evit, Ev- Dean, Luke, 4th par. itt) Dean, Nathaniel, So. par. Everett, Andrew Dean, William Everett, Asa, So. par. Everett 6 David Everett, Ebenezer, So. par. Everett, Eljcnezer Jr. Everett, Eleazer Everett,4 Eleazer Jr. Everett, Ichabod Everett, Isaac Everett, Israel Everett, Israel Jr. Everett, Joseph Everett, Josiah, So. par. Everett,4 Josiah Jr. Everett, Nathaniel Everett, William Everett, William Jr. Fairbanks, Aaron, 4th par. (FairbaTik,Farbank<» Fairbanks, Abner Fairbanks, Benjamin Fairbanks,3 Daniel Fairbanks, David, So. par. Fairbanks, Ebenezer Fairbanks, Ebenezer, Jr. Fairbanks, Elias Fairbanks, Israel Fairbanks, Israel Jr. Fairbanks, Samuel Fairbanks. 6 Samuel Jr. Fairbanks, William Fales,6 David (Fabes, Fails) Fales, Ebenezer Fales, Eliphalet Fales, Eliphalet. Jr., So. par. F^es, Joshua Pales, Lemuel Fales, Nathaniel Fales, Nehemiah Fales, Samuel Farrington, Abner (Far- ington, Ferington, Ferrenton. Firing- ton) Farrington, Amasa, 3rd par. Farrington, Benjamin Farrington, Ebenezer Farrington, Eli Farrington, Henry Farrington, Hezekiah Farrington, Ichabod Farrington, Ithamar, So. par. Farrington, John Farrington, Nathaniel Farrington, Samuel, So. par. Farrington, Seth Farrington, Seth Jr., So. par. Farrington, Stephen Farrow, Thomas Felt,6 Abner Felt, Benjamin, So. par. Felt^ Moses Felt, Oliver, So. par. Ferret, Thomas, 4th par. Fisher, Aaron Fisher, Aaron Jr. Fisher, Abner Jr. Fisher, Benjamin Fisher, Benjamin Jr., So. par. Fisher, Daniel, Jr. Fisher, David Fisher, Ebenezer Fisher, Eliphalet Fisher, Jeremiah Fisher, Jesse Fisher, John Fisher, Joseph, 4th par. Fisher, Joseph, Jr., 4th par. Fisher, Josiah Fisher, Moses, So. par. Fisher,5 Nathaniel Fisher,3 Nathaniel, Jr. Fisher, Oliver Fisher, Samuel, 4tli par. Gay, Timothy Fisher, William, 4th par. Gay, Wilham, 3rd par. Fleart, William, (?) Gay, William Jr. Francis, Joseph Ghent, George Fransfort, Christian Gibbins,4 John French, Benjamin Gibbons, Fitch French, Stephen Gibbons, Samuel Fuller, Aaron Glover, Henry Fuller, Benjamin Goodenow, Phineas ( Good- Fuller, Daniel anagh, Goodenough) Fuller. David Googins, James Fuller, Eliphalet Gookin,6 Daniel Fuller, Eliphalet 2nd Gould, Ebenezer Fuller, Jason Gould, George Fuller, Jonathan Gould, Oliver Fuller, Rufus Gould, Samuel Fuller, Seth Gould, Seth Fuller. Stephen Gould, Simeon Fuller, Thaddeus Graham, William Galley, John Graves, Ebenezer Gardner, Thomas, 4th par. Guild, Aaron (Gile) Gay, Daniel, 3rd par. Guild, Aaron Jr., So. par. Gay, Daniel Jr. Guild, Jacob Gay, Ebenezer Guild, .Joel (Gile) Gay, Ezra, 3rd par. Guild, Joseph Gay, Ichabod, So. par. Guild, Moses Gay, James Guild, Moses Jr. Gay, Jesse, So. par. Guild, Oliver Gay, John Guild, Samuel Gay,3 Joseph "^ Hambliton, Thomas Gay,3 Josiah Harris, Enoch Gay, Luther Hastings. John (Hasting) Gay,3 Moses Haven, Elias. Axh par. Gay, * Nathaniel Hawes, Benjamin (Haws) Gay, Nathaniel Hawes, Caleb Gay,2 Nathaniel Jr. Hawes,4 Ebiah Gay, Samuel Richards, Ebenezer, 4th Gay, Seth, 3rd par. par. Gay, Stephen Richards, 3 Eleakim Gav. Thaddeus Richards,6 Enoch Gav,3 Theodore Richards. Jesse, 4th par. 5 Found in Haven's Centennial Address. * The fact that there were three Nathaniel Gays, who served in different Dedham Companies at the same time shows the difficulties there are in telling "who is who" in making a complete list of Dedham soldiers. 9 Hawes, Zaccheus Hayden, Isaac Hays, John Herring, Benjamin, So. par. (Harring, Herin, Hirrin) Herring, Ebenezer Herring, John Herring, Lemuel Herring, Peletiah Herring, Peletiah, Jr. Herring, Thomas Herrinii, William Hewins, William Hide, -John Hide, Philip Hide, Richard Hill, Richard Hodges, Andrews Holmes, Jabez Holmes, John, So. par. Holmes, Oliver Horton, William Howard, Obediah Howe, Thomas (How) Humphrey, David (Hum- frey, Humfry) Humphrey, Jonas Hunting, Amos Hunting, Ebenezer Jackson, Jacob (Jacson) Jackson, Matthew Jackson, 4 Nathan Jackson, William Johnson, Jacob, So. par. Johnson, John Jones, Adam, 4th par. Kelley,4 William Kench, Thomas (Kinch) Kendall, W^illiam, So. par. Kendrick, Oliver, 4th par. Kenney, Timothy Keyes,4 Janison King, William Kingsbury, Aaron (Kingg- bery, Kinsbury) Kingsbury, Enoch Kingsbury, James, So. par. Kingsbury, Jeremiah Jr.^ So. par. Kingsbury, 3 Jesse Kingsbury, Joshua Jr. Kingsbury, Moses Kingsbury, Nathaniel Knapp, Jesse, 4th par. Knowlton, Frederick (Knolton) Larrabee, Thomas Lewis, Abner (Leuis) Lewis, Andrew, 3rd par. Lewis, Benjamin, So. par. Lewis, John Lewis, Joseph Lewis, Nathan, So. par. Lewis, Nathaniel T>ewis, Paul Lewis, Thomas Lewis, Timothy, So. par. Lewis, 3 William, Jr. Little, Robert (Littel) Little, Robert Jr., So. par. Little, Thomas Loomis,4 Nathaniel Lyon, Samuel Magraw,4 James Malcomb, Michael Mallard, John Mann, James. 4th par, (Man) Mann, Nathan Mann, Robert Mann, Robert Jr. Mansell, William Mansfield, William par. Mason, Asa, 4th par. Mason, John, 4th par. Mason, Moses, 4th par. 10 Mason, William Mason, 6 William Jr. McClain, Oliver McDaniel,4 Richard McIntosh,4 Daniel Mcintosh, Jeremiah McMullen, Archibald Mellen,! Nathan, 4th par. Metcalf,2 Cato Metcalf, Hezekiah (Met- claif) Metcalf, John Metcalf, Jonathan Metcalf,6 Jonathan, Jr. Metcalf, Joseph Metcalf, Nathan, 4th par. Miles, Daniel Mills, Samuel Moore, Bartholomew Moore,4 Daniel (More) Morris,4 Robert Jr. Morse,4 Daniel (Mors) Morse, David Morse, John, So. par. Morse, Joseph Morse, Paul Morse, Seth, 4th par. Morse. Silas, 4th par. Morse. Thomas, 4th par. Morse, Timothy Moulton, Samuel (Molton) Murphv, Thomas (Mur- fee) Newell, Ebenezer (Newel) Newell, Theodore, 4th par. Newen (?), Abner Nigus, Samuel O'Bry an , Mathew ( Obrian ) Ockinton, Thomas (Ocin- ton, Okinton) Oliver, Peter Onion, David (Union) Onion. Elihn 7 Found in Mann's Annals of Dedham. 11 Onion, Elnathan Onion, Jonathan, 3rd par. Onion, Joseph Onion, 7 Peter Owen, 4 Patrick Parker, Joseph, 4th par. Parks, John Paul, Ebenezer Pay son, Asa Peniman, Jacob, So. par. Perry, Thomas (Pery) Peter (receipt given by John Lagard for his servant) Pettee,5 Al)iel (Pette, Pet- tes. Petty, Pittee) Pettee, Abner Pettee, Daniel Pettee, Ebenezer Pettee, Samuel Pettee, William Pond, 6 Ehpbalet Pond, Jonas Pond, 6 Moses Prat, William Quapish, Alexander Reed, ^'Elisas" Reed,i John, 4th par. Reed. Noah Rhoads, Adam (Roads) Rhoads, Eleazer Rhoads, Eleazer, Jr. Rhoads, EHphalet, So. par. Rhoads, Simeon Rhoads, Soloman Rhoads, Zebulon Richards, Abel Richards, Abiather Richards, Abiather Jr. Richards, Abijah Richards, Asa, 4th par. Richards,! David, 4th par. Richards. David Richards, John Richards,2 John Jr. Richards, Jonathan Richards, Josiah Richards, Lemuel, 4th par. Richards, Moses, 4th par. Richards,4 Reuben Richards, Richard, 4th par. Richards, Samuel Richards, Solomon Richards, Thaddeus Richards, Timothy Jr. Richards, William Ruggles, John Sampson, Seth Savel, William, So. par. Scott, Ebenezer Seabury, Elijah Sever, William Shepard, Ebenezer (Shep- erd, Shepherd) Shepard,4 John Shepard, Thomas Shuttleworth, Jeremiah Silk, Patterson Slater, Bat. Smith, Abner Smith, Barak, 4th ])ar. Smith, Daniel Smith, David Smith, Ebenezer Smith Jacob Smith, John Smith, Josep'h Smith, 4 Lemuel Smith, Nathaniel Smith, Oliver Smith, Samuel Smith, Timothy Smith, William Smith, 6 William, Jr. Snelling, John Snider, John Spra.gue. Cuff Sprague,6 John " Starr, Daniel (Star) Starr, William Stevens, James Stimson, Elias Stow, Timothy Stowel, David (Stoel, Sto- ell) Stowel, Ebenezer Stowel, Isaac Stowell,6 Isaac, Jr. Stowel, Lemuel Stowel, Thaddeus Sumner, Ebenezer Sumner,4 Eli Sumner, Ezra Sumner, George Sumner,3 Joseph Sumner, Nathaniel Sumner, Nathaniel, Jr. Swan, 4 Joseph Taft, Silas, 4th par. Talbot, Ebenezer (Tolbut) Talbot, Enoch, So. par. Thorp, Adam Thorp, Eliphalet Tilden, Elijah Tisdale,! Billings, 4th par. Tisdale, Henry Tolman, Elman Tracy, Andrew H. Trow, Richard Turner, Hezekiah Turner, Joseph Warner, Andrew Weatherbee, Benjamin (Wetherby)' Weatherbee, Joseph Weatherbee, Nathaniel Weatherbee, Thomas AVeatherbee,5 Thomas, Jr. Webb, Perez Wheeler, Daniel Whin, Solomon White, George, So. par. 12 White, John White, Joseph White, Moses White, Thomas Whiting, Aaron, 4th par. (Whiteing, Whitin) Whiting, Abner Whiting Whiting Whiting Whiting Whiting Whiting Whiting Whiting par. Whiting Whiting Whiting- Whiting Whiting Whiting Whiting Whiting Whiting Whiting Whiting Whiting 5 Calvin Daniel, 4th par. Ellis Fisher, 3rd par. Hezekiah Isaac, 3rd par. Jabez, 4th par. Jonathan, 3rd Joseph 6 Joseph, Jr. Joshua Joshua Jr. Moses Nathaniel Paul Rufus Samuel 6 Solomon Stephen Timothy Whiting, Timothy Jr. Whiting, William Whiting, William Jr. Wight, Henry (Wright, Whight) Wight, John Wight, Joseph Wight, Nathaniel Wight, Samuel Wight, Seth Jr., 4th par. Wight, Thomas Wilkinson, Joseph Williams, Isaac Williamson, William Wilson. Ephraim, 4th par. (Willson) Wilson, James Wilson, John Wilson, 6 John, Jr. Wilson, Samuel, 4th par. Woodward. John. (Wood- ard) Woodward, Richard Woodward, Richard Jr. Wood ward, 2 Robert Woodward, Roswell Young. Nathaniel Note. The Dedham South Parish (Norwood) records show that men were hired by the Parish to go into the Revolutionary service but their names are not recorded. Note. The following soldiers were in Capt. Ebenezer Battle's Dedham Company. Although unaccredited they may have been resi- dents of Dedham at the time: Seth Basset, Joseph Dewing, William Howard, Timothy Mclntire. Joshua Mills, Russell Oliver, Samuel Stratton, Isaac Wendel, Samuel Whiting. 13