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Subject: Hist. of Harvard, MA by H. S. Nourse - Harvard in Rev. War p. 343 - p. 344.
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 18:08:51 EDT


The History of Harvard, Massachusetts, 1643-1732, by Henry S. Nourse,
Clinton, Mass.
1894. - W. J. Coulter, Printer.

p.343 Continental Soldiers of Harvard, Mass.

Twelfth Regiment, Lieut. Col. Ebenezer Sproat.

Francis Sausure with Captain John Pray; credited to Bolton. 1777-1779 and to
Harvard
for 1780.

Fifteenth Regiment, Col. Timothy Bigelow.
In Captain Joshua Brown's Company.

Samuel Barret, March 11, 1777 to May 1, 1780.
John Burnham, May 1, 1777 to May 1, 1780.
Zadock Burnham, April 14, 1777 to April 14, 1780.
Titus Coburn, April 14, 1777 - died March 15, 1778.
Elnathan Daby, April 14, 1777 to April 14, 1780.
Jonas Davis, April 14, 1767 to April 14, 1780.
Levi Farnsworth, April 14, 1777 to April 14, 1780.
Manasseh Farnsworth April 14, 1777 to April 14, 1780.
Samuel Farnsworth b. April 14, 1777 - died April 15, 1778.
Elisha Houghton, Sergeant - May 1, 1777 to May 1, 1780
Jesse Lund, March 16, 1777 to May 1, 1780.
Eleazer Parker, April 14, 1777 to April 14, 1780.
William Proctor, April 14, 1777 to April 14, 1780.
Corp. Consider Turner, April 14, 1777 to April 14, 1780.
Serg. Benjamin Willard, March 10, 1777, died December 31, 1779.
Samuel Worcester, May 1, 1777 to March 11, 1779.
John Whitney, July 10, 1777 to July 10, 1780.

In Captain Sylvanus Smith's Company:

Thomas Burnham, Corp., Dec. 26, 1777 to December 11, 1780.
John Haskell, drummer, April 10, 1777 - died December 3, 1777.
Joseph Jones, Jr., November 10, 1777 to November 10, 1780.
Joseph Longley, Corp. May 19, 1777 to -.

In Captain Edmund Monroe's Company:

David Parker, Serg., November 10, 1777 to November 8, 1780.

SIXTEENTH REGIMENT, COLONEL HENRY JACKSON.
Elias Willard, "Hospital Mate & 2nd Surgeon" May 15, 1777 to Dec. 31, 1779.

Colonel John Crane's Artillery.
Joseph Swaughtridge, drummer, served with Capt. Benjamin Frothingham, March
10, 1777 to October 1780 - deserted - claimed also by Dedham and Boston.
Reverend Daniel Johnson, Chaplain in the Continental Army - died Sept. 23,
1777.

p.344 HISTORY OF HARVARD.

December 2, 1780, the demand was made upon Harvard for sixteen soldiers for
the
Continental Army to serve for three years: -

January 1, 1781. Voted a Committee of five to raise the sixteen men. Then
voted
if any of the late soldiers who served three years in the army do inlist -
the
Town will make up to them the Bounties and Gratuities reducted from their de-
preciation notes provided the General Court does not make up the same.

February 2, 1781 - Voted that the Committee be instructed to endeavor to see
those persons who are Candidates for going into the Army as soon as may be,
and find out the lowest terms they will inlist upon and make report to the
town.

The recruiting went on but slowly, and it was soon determined to divide the
town into squadrons or "classes" as they were commonly called, a plan then
generally used for the more speedy and certain procuring of men to satisfy
the demands of the Continental service. The number of classes corresponded
with the number of the town's quota, the division being made according to
tax valuation, each class hiring a soldier and giving him satisfactory
security for the bounty agreed upon. The town was responsible to the
class for all needful expenditure. If any member of a class failed or re-
fused to pay his proportion, he was liable to be fined double the amount
and all assessments were legally collectible in the same manner as tax
rates. If a class could not buy the three-years' service required, lots
were cast among the members and the man upon whom the lot fell was obliged
to serve for that year or procure a substitute for that period. The
sixteen three-years' men under the call of December 2, 1780 were duly ob-
tained and each signed a receipt similar to the following:

Harvard - 1781.

Received of the Committee for Class No. 4 in said Town, nine hard dollars
and 1/2 of a dollar and twenty-five hundred paper dollars and an obliga-
tion for eighteen head of three year old horned cattle as encouragement
for inlisting and serving three years in the Continental Army.
(signed) Samuel Atherton.

DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF RECRUITS FOR THREE YEARS SERVICE, 1781.

AGE HEIGHT COMPLEXION OCCUPATION DATE ENLISTED
Phineas Whitney 23 5' 11 in Dark Farmer March 7
John Scollay 18 5' 7 in Light Farmer April 16.
Daniel Knight 21 5' 5 in Light Cordwinder March 27.
Joel Atherton 16 5' 4 in Light Farmer April 3.
Asa Mead 20 5' 6 in Light Farmer March 6.
Edman Wentworth 21 5' 6 in Light Farmer March 4.
Benjamin Hale 17 5' 3 in Dark Farmer March 9.
Jason Mead 17 5' 2 in Light Farmer March 7.
Nathaniel Hellaston 17 5' 7 in Light Farmer March 3.
John Dudley 19 5' 2 in Light Farmer March 10.
Elias Warner 16 5' 2 in Dark Farmer March 14.
Titus Tuttle 16 5' 2 in Dark Farmer March 31.
Jabez Keep 21 5' 4 in Dark Bloomer March 8.
Samuel Atherton 21 5' 4 in Dark Farmer March 6.
Jonas Davis 21 5' 7 in Light Farmer March 7.
John Atherton 19 5' 9 in Light Farmer March 6.
[Massachusetts Archives, Revolutionary Rolls, XXXIII 332-336.]


To be continued 1782 enlistments. p. 345.
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