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Subject: [WHITNEY-L] RevWar Enlistments, Worcester County (from WorcsCo list)
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 00:06:06 EST

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"History of Worcester County, Massachusetts with biographical sketches
of many of its pioneers and prominent men"; compiled by : D. Hamilton
Hurd, supervisor  Volumne 2, J.W.Lewis & Company 1889
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  The other enlistments in 1775 were Joseph Smith in the company of
Captain Edward Crafts, and Joshua Felt and Jonathan Gay in the company
of Captain Ezra Badlam, both companies being attached to the artillery
regiment commanded by Colonel Richard Gridley, and also Joshua Tenney in
the company of Captain Isaac Bolster, of Sutton.

     The only enlistments in 1776, so far as the records show were those
of Peter Holbrook, James Torrey, Benjamin Batcheller and Samuel Wright
in the company of Captain  Benjamin Richardson, attached to the regiment
of Colonel Nicholas Dike, engaged for 3 months service at Dorchester.

    The following men enlisted in 1777 in the company of Captain Robert
Taft, for a service not stated in the records:

Robert Taft-capt          Thomas Nelson
Thomas M Baker-Lt      Thomas Bardis
Asa Hazeltine-Lt           Enoch Batcheller
Daniel Kelley-sgt          Matthew Taft
Benjamin Potter-sgt      Joseph Sadler Jr.
Benjamin Clemons-sgt   Hezekiah Wood
Stephen Nelson-corp      Ebenezer Walker Jr.
Daniel Wood-corp         Abner Palmer
Francis Boon-corp         Stephen Child
Thomas Forbush-corp    Oliver Whitney
Elijah Warren-fifer           Josiah Torrey
Edward Forbes-drummer  Benjamin Wood
Benjamin Farrar              Wilson Rawson Jr.
Ephraim Whitney         Aaron Haywood
Daniel Fisk                   Joseph Patten
Daniel Boyden             Joshua Hicks
Jonas Warren (3d)        Jonathan Evans
Enoch Forbush              Simeon Holbrook
Isaac Nelson                 Elisha Wood   
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   The following marched to Claverick, on the Hudson River, in 1779, in
the company of Captain Thomas Mashal Baker, attached to the regiment of
Colonel James Denny:

Thomas M Baker-capt   Joseph Hayward
Eliphalet Stearns-Lt.      William Johnson
Increae Thayer-Lt.          Grindall Keith
Frederick Taft-sgt           Jesse Morse
Jonathan Bacon-sgt       Jesse Marsh
John Brown-sgt              Samuel Maynard
Nathaniel Torrey-corp    Stephen Nelson
John Whitney-corp         John Pickering
Baxter Hall-corp             ----?----
Joseh Daniels-corp        Thompson Rawson
Edward Forbes-drummer  Benjamin Spooner
Samuel Lesure-fifer       Benjamin Spear
Amasa Aldrich                Sylvanus Scott
Francis Bacon                Elijah Stearns
Benjamin Batcheller       Solomon Stockwell
Samuel Clemons            Thomas Streight
Benjamin Cary                Joseph Torrey
John Darling                    Amos Thayer
Peleg Darling                  Noah Tytus
Comfort Eddy                  Antipas White
Nathaniel Fisk                  ---?---
John Flagg                       Timothy Wood
Edward Hunt                     Jonathan Wright
Silas Holbrook                  Nathan Nelson
Peter Holbrook                 Caleb Lamb
William Hall
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"History of Worcester Co., Mass. ...." pages 910 and 911

Other enlistments in 1779 were Ezra Keys and Grindley Jackson, for 2
months in Rhode Island, in the company of Captain Thomas Fisk and
regiment of Colonel Nathan Tyler;  James Lackey, Jeremiah Batcheller,
Abiel Taylor and William Patten, under Captain William Henry, for
service at Castle and Governor's Islads; and, James Johnson, for the
Continental Army.

The following marched to Rhode Island, in July 1780, in Captain Thomas
Marshal Baker's company and Colonel Nathan Tyler's regiment:

Thomas M Baker-capt   Joseph Jackson
Robert Taft-Lt.              Abram Knowlton
Daniel Boyden-Lt              Samuel Lackey
Benjamin Sadler-sgt      James Lackey
Solomon Taft-sgt           John Morse
Timothy Fisher-sgt         Alvin Munroe
Daniel Wood-sgt            Nehemiah Moore
Simeon Holbrook-corp   Paul Nelson
William Putnam-corp     Benjamin Potter
Silas Warren-corp         Jacob Perham
Seth Sadler-corp           Matthew Taft
Amos Wood-corp           David Taft
Ezra Wood-corp             Joshua Tenney
Nathan Brackett             Stephen Temple
Enoch Batcheller            Samuel Wood
Elisha Bradish                 Jonathan Wright
Jason Batherick              John Wood
Benjamin Clemons         Jonas Warren
Samuel Forbush             Amos Whitney
Ebenezer Forbush          Daniel Warren
Jacob Fisk                       Ezra Whitney
Samuel Goldthwaite        Stephen Warren
Nathaniel Gould              Nahum Warren
Joseph Hill                      Joseph Wood
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