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SOLDIERS t
WHO .SERVED ,lN
^Hi RE¥C)LUTION FROM THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE.
Samuel A. (Bates.
jil^rlce 35 Cents

SOLDIERS

WHO SERVED IN

THE REVOLUTION

FROM THE

TOWN OF BRAINTREE.

BY
Samuel A (Bates.
Vice Pres. of Quincy Hist Soc.,
Hon. Member of
Weymouth, Old Colony, and Maine Hist. Societies..

so, BRAINTREE.
FRANK A. BATES.
1898

(Printed for
The Quincy Historical Society.

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INTRODUCTION.
Great interest is being manifested at the present
time in ascertaining the names of those who served
in the Revolutionary war, in order that their des
cendants may join the "Sons and Daughters of the
Revolution." In order that the people may obtain
this information, I have endeavored to collect and
compile the names of those who served in the Rev
olutionary war to the credit of the town of Braintree,
together with the number of their enlistments.
It has been a work of much labor and research,
and that it is very imperfect, I realize. The lapse
of over one hundred years since the close of the war
leaves nothing but imperfect records from which to
form our statistics. Another difficulty is there being
so many persons bearing the same name; for instance
there were four John Thayers and four Ebenezer
Thayers. Middle names were very rare in those
days. The enlistments were for a very short time
in many instances, ranging from a few days, as
guards around our shores, to the three years service
in the field at Canada, New York and the Jerseys.

At a meeting of the town held March 15, 1779,
"to consider what sum would be proper to allow
those persons for their sufferings, who were from this
town, and were inhabitants of said town at the time
they engaged in the Continental Army in the year
1776," it was voted to each non-commissioned offi
cer and private soldier that marched into Canada
the sum of twenty pounds: and to those that marched
to Ticonderoga, Fort George, and New York, the
sum of seven pounds and ten shillings; also to each
of the commissioned officers that marched into Can
ada, the sum of ten pounds for their extraordinary
services in that year. Those are marked N. Y. and
Can. respectively.
The following list contains the names of 671 per
sons, from the age of 14 to that of 75. They were
mostly from the middle and south precincts, as there
were many in the north precinct who were favorable
to the Royalists, and some, when the country declared
its independence, left their homes for a foreign land.

LIST OF SOLDIERS.

Enlistments.

Adams, Ephraim. died

I

Can.

Joseph.

S

Nathaniel.
I
William.
I
Ager, Jonathan.
I
Allen, Abijah.
I
Jacob.
2
Joseph.
2
Samuel.
3
Clerk William.
I
Arnold, Lieut. Daniel.
I
David.
I
N. Y.
Sergeant Jonathan.
3
Joseph.
3
N. Y.
Corporal Moses.
I
N. Y.
Nathaniel.
6
William.
I
Ayres, John.
2
Babcock, Sergeant Samuel.
2
Baker, David.
I
Bardon, John.
I
Bass, Edmund.
I
Edward.
2
N. Y.
James.
I
(Col.)
Navy.
Bass, John.

I

Jeriah.

3

Corporal Joseph, Jr.

I

Josiah.

I

Navy.

Samuel, Jr.

2

Sergeant Samuel.
I
Sergeant Samuel, SnA.
I
Samuel.
3
Thomas.
7
Baxter, Daniel.
I
Edward W.
4
Capt. Joseph.
3
Lieut. Seth.
5
William.
I
Beal, Eleazer.
S
Isaac.
3
N.Y.
Jonathan.
I
Can.
Nathaniel.
I
Beatty, Israel, Jr.
I
Belcher, Elijah, Jr.
4
Joseph,
3
Capt. Nathaniel
7 R- I.
. N. Y.& J.
Nathaniel, Jr.
3
Nathaniel, 3d.
I
Richard.
1
R. I.
Bicknell, Abner.
I
Billings, Capt. Edmund.
I
Blackman, Peter.
2
Blanchard, Elisha.
I
Ephraim.
I
Joseph.
3
Blanchard, Corporal William.

4

Brackett, Ebenezer.

I

James.

I

Joseph.

I

Corporal Moses.
2
Moses, Jr.
4
Peter.
I
Samuel.
I
Thomas.
I
William.
6
Bradley, Corporal Hopestill
S
Briesler, Fifer John.
s
George
I
Brown, Sergeant Eben.
5
Burrage, John.
2
Burrill, David.
3
John
I
Caggill, William.
I
Capen, Nathaniel.
2
Cato, Gulliver.
I
(Col.)
Rawson.
I
(Col.)
 Cesar
I
(Col.)
Chessman, Abel.
6
Benjamin.
5
Edward.
2
Corporal Joseph.
I
Ensign Matthias.
2
Noah.
5
Samuel.
I
Corporal Samuel, Jr.
5
Stephen.
6
N. Y. & Can,
Chessman, Ziba.

5

Clark, Sergeant Atkins.

2

Drummer Barnabas.

4

" Benjamin.

I

Ebenezer, Jr.
I
Sergeant Eliot.
3
N.Y.
Gregory.
8
N.Y.
Lieut. James, Jr.
4
John, Snd.
I
Jonathan.
I
Can.
Corporal Joshua.
4
Sergeant Samuel.
7
Paul.
3
Can.
Peter.
I
Samuel.
4
Cleverly, Jonathan.
3
Leonard.
2
Colly, Jeremiah.
I
Colson, Bolter.
I
David.
I
Gideon.
I
Joseph.
I
Thomas.
I
Copeland, Asa.
2
N. Y.
Isaac.
2
Jacob.
I
Corporal John.
5
Seth.
3
 Cornelius.
I (Col.)
Crane, Corporal Ebenezer.
I
Henry.
I
Crane, Joseph.

4

N.Y,

Son of,

I

N. Y.

Corporal Ralph.

2

Samuel.

3

Can.

Crosby, Ebenezer.

1

Curtis, Adam.

3

Jonathan.

3

Joseph.
3
Capt. Moses.
I
Samuel.
5
Thomas.
I
Union.
I
Cushing, Prince.
I
Regemelech.
2
Cushman, Silvanus.
I
Davis, John.
I
Denton, Jacob.
I
Doble, John.
I
Joseph.
I
Dunbar, Samson.
4
Samuel.
I
Dwells, Corporal Lemuel,
2
Dyer, Sergeant Benjamin.
7
Ichabod.
2
Faxon, Azariah, Jr.
2
Caleb.
2
Can.
Edward.
I
Fifer Francis.
3
N. Y. & R. I.
Isaiah.
I
James, Jr.
3
John.
2
N. Y.
Faxon, Josiah.

I

Fenno, Samuel.

I

Fessenden, Jonathan.

4

Field, Corporal Ebenezer, Jr.

2

Ephraim.
I
Henry.
3
Jackson.
2
Job.
6
John, Jr.
2
Corporal Joseph. Snd
4
Lemuel.
3
N.Y,
Corporal William.
3
Ford, William.
2
Freeman, Cornwallis
I
French, Abraham.
4
Adonijah.
3
Ahaz.
3
Benjamin.
2
Drummer Caleb.
6
Corporal Daniel.
5
N.Y.
Ebenezer.
3
N.Y,
Elijah.
2
Sergeant Elijah, Jr.
5
Can,
Drummer Gideon.
3
N, Y,
Fifer John.
2
Joseph.
3
Joshua.
3
Joshua, Jr.
5
Corporal Josiah.
2
Jotham.
4
M— .
I
French, Capt. Moses.

2

Moses.

r

Lieut. Nathaniel,

7

Nehemiah.

I

Sergeant Reuben.
2
N.Y.
Thomas.
I
Thomas, Jr.
3
Timothy.
S
Drummer Zenas.
4
Freize, Sergeant Jacob.
3
Frost. George.
I
Gleason, Fifer Joseph.
I
Glover, Sergeant Elisha.
I
Ezra.
I
Lewis.
3
N. Y,
Samuel. K.
I
Gloyd, Jacob.
4
R. I,
Joseph,
I
R. L
Gooch, James.
2
John.
2
Joseph.
I
Joseph, Jr.
I
Thomas.
I
William.
I
Gould, Thomas.
I
Gulliver, Rufus.
I
Gurney, Corporal Elijah.
4
Thomas.
I
Hall, Capt. John. Jr.
2
Hancock, Ebenezer.
2
Harmon, Lieut. William.
I
Can.
I

Harriman, Sergeant William.
Hayden, Alexander. 3 N. Y.
Corporal Aminidab. 4
Caleb. 4
Clement. 2 N. Y.
Cyrus. 2 Can.
Daniel.Jr. 4
Ebenezer. Jr. 2
Sergeant Enoch. 7
Henry. i
Jacob. 9 N. Y. & R. I.
John. 2 N. Y.
Joseph. 2
Sergeant Levi. 5 N. Y .& R. I.
Lewis. I
Corporal Nathaniel. 8
Nathaniel. i
Nathaniel,Jr. i
Nehemiah. i
Lieut. Robert. 6
Drummer Stephen. 4 N. Y.
William. 6
William, Jr. i
William, Snd. 3 Can.
Sergeant Zebah. 4
Ziba. 2 N. Y.
Hayward, Aaron, Jr. 2
Adam. 1
Barnabas. 2
Sergeant Benjamin. 2
Benoni. 4

Hayward, Caleb.

I

Daniel.

8

Daniel, Snd.

2

David Pearson.

2

Ebenezer.

2

Corporal James.

5

Joseph.

2

Joshua.

2

Fifer Obadiah.

2

Samuel.

2

Silas.

I

Simeon.

2

Thomas.

8

Drummer Zebah.

I

Zebulon.

2

Corporal Zebulon.

6

Henshaw, William.

I

Herrick, Gideon.

3

Hersey, Drum-Major David.

2

Hill, Jonathan.

I

Hobart, Sergeant Adam.

3

Caleb, Jr.

I

John, Jr.

I

John, Snd.

3

Joshua.

3

Nathaniel.

2

Samuel.

3

Sergeant William.

3

Holbrook, Abel.

2

David, Jr.

3

Ebenezer.

I

N. Y.

N, Y.

R. I.

R.I.

13

Holbrook, Sergeant Ichabod, Jr.

2

James.

2

John.

I

Sergeant Jonathan.

4

Corporal Nathaniel.

3

Nehemiah.

2

Silas.

I

Thomas.

2

Holland, James.

2

Hollis, Barnabas.

I

Benjamin.

2

Corporal Daniel.

2

Isaac.

5

John, Jr.

2

Nathaniel.

I

Sergeant Silas.

2

Simeon.

2

Stephen.

2

Lieut. Thomas, Jr.

5

Holmes, Samuel.

I

Horton, Isaac.

5

Lemuel.

I

Lieut. Samuel.

S

William.

2

Howard, Stephen.

I

Hunt, Adam.

2

Sergeant Anthony.

7

Benjamin.

2

Corporal Caleb.

2

Corporal Ebenezer.

2

Ephraim.

2

N. Y.

Can.

N.Y.

14

Hunt, Gideon.

2

N.Y,

Isaac.

2

N. Y.

Jacob. Sergeant John.
John. Jr.
Joshua. Josiah. Lemuel.

2
4 I
3 I
2

Can,Can

Nathaniel.

2

Nathaniel, Jr.

7

Samuel.

4

Seth.

5

Hunter, John.
Hunting, Daniel.
Jones, Abraham.
II
2
R. I,
Benjamin. Edward.
I I
Can.
Edward,Jr.
Jacob. Moses.
2 I
2
Can,
N.Y,
Sergeant Samuel.
Samuel, Jr.
5 2
Jordan, John.
Kingman, Alexander.
Fifer James.
3 I4
Thomas.
2
Kneeland, John.
Lear, Christopher.
Lee, John.
Linfield, Lieut. David.
2 I
2
2
Lieut. David, Jr.
3
IS
Linfield, David.

2

Nathaniel.

I

Samuel.

3

William.

4

Sergeant William, Sd.
2
Littlefield, Aaron.
4
Corporal Moses.
6
N. Y
Loud, Silvanus.
I
Lovel, James.
I
John.
3
Samuel.
I
Silas.
4
Ludden. Benjamin. 3d.
3
Beza
4
Eli.
3
Hezekiah.
I
Lemuel.
2
R. I,
Nathaniel, Jr.
6
Can.
Samuel.
3
Silvanus.
4
Thomas.
I
Lufkin, Isaac.
4
Mann, Benjamin,
2
Ephraim.
2
N. Y.
Joseph.
2
R.I.
Samuel.
2
Seth.
3
Marsh. Jonathan.
2
Jonathan, Jr.
I
William, Jr.
I
Marshall, Joseph,
I
i6
Meredith, Richard.

I
I

Merritt, Richard.

I

Mills, Corporal John.

2

William.

I

Milton, Benjamin.
I
Ephraim.
I
Can,
Robert.
3
Can.
Morrain, John.
2
Nash, Benjamin.
3
Daniel.
2
David,
I
Jacob.
4
James.
2
James, Snd.
I
Sergeant Jonathan.
I
Moses, Jr.
2
Zadoc.
2
Newcomb, Abraham.
5
Bryant.
7
Sergeant Charles.
4
Can.
Sergeant Ebenezer.
2
Francis.
I
Sergeant Micah.
5
Drummer Oliver.
3
Peter.
S
Richard.
I
Samuel.
I
Capt. Thomas.
7
Son of Capt. Thomas.
I
Nightingale, Ebenezer.
2
17
Nightingale, John.

3

Samuel.

I

Niles, Sergeant Ebenezer.

3

Fifer Elijah.

I

Elisha.

3

Enoch.

2

Corporal Isaac.

2

Isaac.

I

Corporal James.

s

Sergeant John.

s

Joseph.

2

Lieut. Nathaniel.

2

Corporal Nathaniel, Jr.

2

Corporal Peter.

I

Noyes, Samuel.

I

Packard, James.

I

Paine, Benjamin.

7

Lieut. Nathaniel.

I

Nathaniel, Jr.

5

Payson, Sergeant Joseph.

5

Penniman, Amasa.

I

Ebenezer.

3

Ebenezer, Jr.

2

Elihu.

I

Corporal. Enoch.

2

Ezra.

I

James.

I

Meshech.

2

Major Stephen.

5

Stephen.

1

Thomas.

I

N. Y.

Can.

i8

Penniman, William.

3

[

(Col.)

Pope, Ralph.

I

Porter, Daniel.
I
Fifer David.
I
Corporal Joseph.
4
Samuel.
I
Pero, Prince.
2
(Col.)
Pierce, Richard.
I
William.
I
Pratt, Corporal Ebenezer.
5
Corporal Jesse.
4
Sergeant Matthew.
5
Peter.
4
Stephen.
3
Sergeant Thomas.
I
Pray, Drummer Benjamin.
3
John.
I
Joseph.
2
C
Putnam, John.
I
Randall, Jonathan.
2
Reed, James.
I
Richards, Daniel.
1
Richardson, Benjamin.
3
Daniel.
I
Riford, Joseph.
3
Sampson, Joshua.
I
N.
Saunders, Benjamin.
I
Savil, Edward.
S
Can. & N.
John.
3
Nathaniel.
3
'9
Sawin, Capt. Eliphalet 5
Scudder, John. i
Shaw, Richard. 2
¦Silvester, Philip. 2
Sloane, David. 4
John. 1
John, Jr. 7 N. Y.
Peter. 4
Smith, Edward. r R. I.
Edmund. 2 N. Y.
Isaac. 3
Isaac, Jr. i
Timothy. i
Soper, Lieut. Edmund. 3
Spear, Daniel. 3
Deering. 6
Drummer Eli. 6
Isaac. I
Isaac, Jr. 2 N. Y.
Corporal Jacob. 4 N. Y.
Jacob, Snd. 6
John. I
Sergeant Joseph. 2
Sergeant Lemuel. 3
Drummer Luther. 3
Lieut. Moses. 2
Moses Srhd. I
Nathaniel. i
Richard. 3
Sergeant Samuel. 3
Samuel, Jr. 4 N. Y.
20

Spear, Samuel, Srhd.
Sergeant Seth.
Simeon.

4
3 I

Stephen.
William, Jr.
Stetson, Amos.

I 32

Benjamin.
Corporal Gideon.
John. Rufus.
Stevens, Isaac.

24
2S I

R.I
N. Y

Joseph.William.
Stoddard, James. Samuel.
Sumner, William.

I2 II
2

Can.Can,

Sutton, Lemuel.
Taft, Sergeant Eleazer.
Joseph. Fifer Phineas.

I
3 2 I

N. Y.
N. Y.

Thaxter, John.
Thayer, Abner.
Corporal Abraham, Jr.
Alexander.

I
I
7
4

N, Y.

Arnas a.

2

Amos.
Sergeant Barnabas.
Bartholomew.

23 5

Benjamin. Caleb.
Calvin.
3
2
6
21
Thayer, Christopher, Jr.

2

David.

2

Colonel Ebenezer.

4

Capt. Ebenezer.

I

Lieut. Ebenezer.

2

Ebenezer, M'^-

2

Eli.

2

Drummer Elijah.

3

Eliphalet.

I

Eliphaz.

4

Elkanah.

3

Lieut. Ephraim.

7

Ephraim, Jr.

I

Sergeant Gaius.

2

Henry.

I

Corporal Hezekiah.

2

Capt. Isaac.

6

Isaac, Jr.

I

James.

I

James. Srhd.

I

Jeremiah.

2

Jeremiah, Jr.

I

Corporal John.

2

John, Jr.

3

John, 3d.

4

Jonathan.

2

Jonathan. Snd.

2

Joshua.

I

Josiah.

2

Sergeant Josiah, Jr.

4

Levi.

2

N. Y.

Thayer,

Luther.
Micah.Nathaniel.

II

Nathaniel, Srbd.

I

Corporal Nehemiah.
Sergeant Noah.
Noah, Jr.

3
S 1

Noah, Sd

I

Oliver.
8
R.I.
Ensign Paul.
Peter, Jr.
S
3
Sergeant Philip.
Randall.Reuben.
Richard.
S
'J4 I
Richard, Sn/i
Rufus.
Samuel.
4 I
2
Samuel White.
2
Can
Shadrach.
I
Can.
Lieut. Simeon.
5
Simeon, Jr
Sergeant. Solomon.
Soloman, Snd.
3 2
3
Corporal Timothy.
Tinothy, Snd.
Uriah. Uriah, Jr.
Corporal William.
Clerk Zaccheus.
Zebah.
12 I
3 I
8
6
R. I.
R. I,
23
Thayer, Zechariah, Jr.

3

Zechariah M.

3

Tilley, James.

3

Tirrell, Joseph.

I

Joseph, Jr.

I

Nathan.

2

Tomlin, John.

I

Torrey, Sergeant Benjamin.

r

Tower, Abraham.

2

Gideon.

3

Corporal James.

3

John.

2

Capt. Joseph.

5

Joseph, Srui.

I

Richard.

I

Trask, Samuel, Jr.

3

Turner, Capt. Seth.

<5

Seth, Jr.

S

Underwood, Elijah.

I

Veazie, Benjamin.

2

Benjamin, Jr,

4

Elijah.

1

Joseph;

I

Josiah.

I

Lemuel.

5

Samuel.

2

Silas.

2

Vinton, David.

I

Capt. John.

2

Sergeant John.

3

Thomas.

2

N. Y.
N.Y.

Navy.

24

Vose, Nathaniel. i
Corporal Robert. 3
Wales, Benjamin. 2
Sergeant Elisha. 4
Ephraim. i
Lieut. Jacob. 5
Sergeant Jonathan. 3
Fifer Joseph. 7 R. I.
Nathaniel. i
Nathaniel, Jr. 4
Thomas. 2
Wallace, Colley. i
West, George. 1
Isaac. 2
Thomas. t
Whitcomb, David. i
Corporal Jacob. 4
John. 2
Jonathan. i
Moses. 3
Sergeant. Noah. 5
White, Caleb. i
Corporal Cornelius. 3
Daniel. Jr. 4
David. 2
David, Jr. i
Ebenezer. 5 N. Y.
John. Jr. 3
Sergeant Joseph. 3
Loring. 3
Luther. i
25

White, Micah.

2

Can

Fifer Micah.

Samuel.

Solomon.
Whitmarsh, Benjamin.
Charles.
Ebenezer.
Wheeler, George.
Wild, Asa.
Daniel.
Elisha.
2
Sergeant John.
6
John.
3
Jonathan.
I
Jonathan, Jr.
2
Sergeant Joseph.
s
Levi.
3
Micah, Jr.
4
N.Y
Paul.
2
N. Y.
Samuel.
2
Capt. Silas.
I
Fifer William.
t
William, Jr.
I
Williams, John.
4
Wood, Corporal Samuel,
2
Palmer, General Joseph.
Bass, Colonel Jonathan.
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