TARBOX, BAXTER, - Son of Jacob and Abigail (Baxter) Tarbox, was born in Lynn, August 17, 1754. On the record of the First Church his name appears as having owned the covenant May 23, 1773. On his Revolutionary record he appears as having been in the company of Captain Asa Barnes, in Colonel Benjamin Simonds' regiment, which marched from Lanesboro, October 14, 1780; service, seven days. This was a Berkshire regiment. He also served at Concord battle and elsewhere. TARBOX, BENJAMIN. - A Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Anna, was born June 24, 1760, although it cannot be certain that he was the soldier whose Revolutionary record follows: - Private, Captain Ezra Newhall's company,
Colonel Mansfield's regiment; muster-roll August 1, 1775; enlisted May 6,
1775; service three months, two days; private, Captain Joseph Hiller's
company,
[ 440 ] Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's regiment; service at Rhode Island on an
alarm; service from May 5 to July 5, 1777, stationed at Providence;
appears in a list of men enlisted into the Continental Army from 1st Essex
County regiment, dated February 16, 1778; enlisted February 1, 1778,
joined Captain Hoyt's company, Colonel Bradley's regiment; also list of
men from Orderly Book of Colonel Hutchinson, reported taken prisoner,
November 16, 1776, at Fort Washington; also signature for advance pay
as private, Captain Zadock Buffinton's company, Colonel Johnson's
regiment; enlisted August 18, 1777; discharged November 30, 1777; service,
three months, thirteen days, at the northward; discharged at
Cambridge. - Mass. Rolls.
TARBOX, DANIEL, - private in Captain Rufus Mansfield's company which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, towards Concord; service, two days, according to the Massachusetts rolls. According to Richard Pratt's list he was born in 1737, and died August 5, 1822, aged eighty-five, at Lynn Poorhouse. A Daniel Tarbox came to Lynn from Pelham in
May, 1764, and the marriage intentions of Daniel and Mary Tarbox were
published April 4, 1765. The children of Daniel were Abigail, Anna,
Daniel, and Jeremiah.
TARBOX, NATHANIEL, - son of Jacob and Abigail, was born in Lynn, November 29, 1734; lived on Waterhill, and was the father of Nathaniel, Jr., called Captain Nathaniel. Nathaniel, Sr., was married by Rev. Simon Bradstreet, June 11, 1752, to Rebecca Pearce, of Marblehead, and he died in Lynn, March 25, 1785, aged fifty-two. His wife died of dropsy, December 23, 1802, aged sixty-nine. He was a private in Captain Rufus Mansfield's (4th) Lynn company of militia which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Concord; service, two days; also list of men belonging to Captain Lindsey's company, who took the oath in Middlesex County, July 6, 1775, required by Congress to be taken by the Massachusetts army; also list dated Malden, August 3, 1775, of men belonging to Captain Eleazer Lindsey's company, Colonel Samuel Gerrish's regiment, who are credited with having received sums of money, probably on account of advance pay; also sergeant, Captain Lindsey's company, commanded by Lieutenant Daniel Gallushee, Colonel Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; engaged May 15, 1775; service, [ 441 ] seventy-six days; also Captain Daniel Gallushee's 10th company, Colonel Woodbridge's regiment; company return (probably October, 1775); also order for money in lieu of bounty coat dated Malden, December 22, 1775. - Mass. Rolls. TARBOX, CAPTAIN NATHANIEL, Jr., - son of Nathaniel and Rebecca Pearce, was born at Marblehead, November 8, 1752; married June 22, 1775, to Abigail, daughter of Thomas and Abigail Cox. He died in Lynn, December 18, 1881, at the age of seventy-nine. The home of Nathaniel, Jr., was on Waterhill Street, in an old house next but one to May Street. A note-book in his handwriting has been preserved, which contains some notes of interest, among them the following: - "Apral the 19 1775 the fight Begun at Concard with ous about twelve oClock in the fournoon and we all got home the next day except one that was kiled in Both our Compneys and Blesed be God for it. "The God of marcy be adord who Calls our souls from death who saves By his Redeeming word and new Createn Breath." Also: - "Boston, July 14, 1776. Nathaniel Tarbox, Junior and wife, Fradrick Breed and wife, they all had the small pox and Got home well August the 6, 1776 and Blessed be God for it." Frequent entries made during the Revolutionary period show him in account with Edward Johnson, Joel and Aaron Breed, Nathan Newhall, and Harris Chadwell, Josiah Breed, Captain James Robinson, Amos Rhodes, Daniel A. B. and Charles Newhall. He evidently kept store for Mr. Joseph Ballard, also a soldier, for many entries indicate the fact. In a note at the end of the book we find: "The following served in Captain Ezra Newhall's company in Colonel John Mansfield's regiment. Nath. Tarbox, Jr., Daniel Lindsey, Israel Cheever, John Baker and Abel Belknap." All of these names are borne out by the muster-rolls. He was evidently a thrifty man, for his accounts all balance, and the number of shoes sold indicates that he was busy. It would appear that many of his shoes were sold in Portsmouth, N.H. He died at the home of his grand-daughter, Betsey [ 442 ] Choate. His widow, Abigail, was pensioned at the rate of $33 per year. She died February 13, 1844, at the age of ninety. At the time application was made for a pension the son of Captain Nathaniel, George M. Tarbox, stated in his deposition that he had often heard his father say that during the battle of Bunker Hill he was within range of the firing, and that the bullets rattled like hailstones against an old house just behind him, and that one bullet struck a man beside him; that he felt that he would have gone into the battle cheerfully if his officers had led on their men. He had often also been told by his father that the latter, while in the army, had at one time command of sixteen men, among whom was his own father, and that with said command he had had charge of a magazine. Betsey Choate, the grand-daughter, stated that she had had the care of her grandfather's papers for the last six or seven years of his life, and that she distinctly remembered burning his commissions as a lieutenant and captain of the militia, one of which was signed by John Hancock and the other by John Adams. The Massachusetts rolls give the following record: - Private, Captain Rufus Mansfield's (4th Lynn) company of militia which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Concord; service, two days; also Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel John Mansfield's regiment; order for advance pay signed by said Tarbox and others, dated Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also private, same company and regiment: muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 3, 1775; service, three months, five days; also corporal, Captain Newhall's company, Colonel Mansfield's regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson; company return dated October 6, 1775; also order for money in lieu of a bounty coat dated camp at Winter Hill, November 4, 1775; also given as private in Captain Joseph Hiller's company, Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's regiment; arrived at destination June 17, 1777; roll dated camp at Providence, July 6, 1777; also detachment from Captain Hiller's company, which remained in camp under Lieutenant John Watts after Captain Hiller's roll was made up; service between June 11, 1777, and August 11, 1777, two months, two days, at Rhode Island, including travel home. TARBOX, WILLIAM, - was born in Lynn in 1755, married September 23 1779, to Lydia Attwill. His home was on the northwest corner of [ 443 ] Bridge Street, in a house torn down about 1890. His children were Lydia, Mary, William, Anna, John, and Samuel. Among the deaths in an old newspaper record is found the following: "Sept. 16, 1829, in Lynn, suddenly, Mr. William Tarbox, a Revolutionary soldier, aged 76." This would make the date of his birth 1753 instead of 1755, as recorded in the Lynn records. He is buried on the western side of the old Western Ground, beside his wife, who died January 29, 1828, at the age of seventy-three. An old pension certificate still in possession of his grand-daughter, Mrs. William Waitt, indicates that he was placed on the roll at the rate of $8 per month, from April 13, 1818, and that the money was payable semi-annually from the United States Branch Bank in Boston. The certificate was signed by John C. Calhoun. The record at the Pension Office states that he was a private in Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel Israel Hutchinson's regiment, service one year, and that he was honorably discharged in the State of New Jersey. At the time of his application his occupation was that of a laborer, and he worked out occasionally, although his annual income was not over $50 per year. It was also stated that he was weak and feeble. He was allowed $85.63 back pay, and before his death drew $1,093.86. THOMPSON, LIEUTENANT EDWARD, - sergeant, Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel John Mansfield's regiment, year not given, probably 1776; also return dated Boxford, December 8, 1779, of men mustered by John Cushing, muster-master for Essex County, to join the Continental Army for the term of nine months, agreeable to resolve of June 9, 1779; engaged for the town of Lynn. Nothing further has been found concerning this man. TOWNSEND, DANIEL, - private, son of Deacon Daniel and Lydia (Sawyer) Townsend, was born on the so-called "Needham Place" in Lynnfield Centre, December 26, 1738. In some respects his name is perhaps the best known of any connected with Lynn during the Revolutionary War. His biography is one of the very few ever published, his service has been the subject of many patriotic allusions, and his grave has been pointed out for over one hundred and thirty years as that of a martyr in the cause of liberty. He was one of a large family of children,
among whom was Thomas with whom he was closely associated. He was married
in Reading,
[ 444 ] January 14, 1764, to Zerviah Upton, of Reading, born in 1744, daughter of John Upton. They began life in the house which stood at the junction of the road below Pilling's Pond, about one mile south of Lynnfield Centre. This house was owned at the time by Samuel Orne, and stood until 1899, when it was struck by lightning and burned. June 30, 1771, he with his wife, Zerviah, owned the covenant and joined the Second Parish Church, and there his children were baptized: John, and Daniel, July 7, 1771; Jacob, August 4, 1771; Zerviah, August 29, 1773; and Lydia, January 15, 1775. Daniel Townsend took little part in town affairs, serving only as warden in 1771 and assessor in 1775. He early joined the minute-men of the parish, however, and with his brother Thomas, who was a lieutenant, marched to Menotomy, where they met the British on the retreat to Boston. The story of Mr. Townsend's tragic death has been told elsewhere. It is sufficient to say here that at five o'clock in the afternoon of April 19, 1775, he found himself between the flank guard and main line of the British army, at the house of Jason Russell in Menotomy, and that he made a brave effort to escape, but fell, riddled with the bullets of the enemy. From the best information obtainable it appears that his neighbors carried his body home that night, arriving during the small hours of the morning. The unusual commotion in the road, the confused voices of men, and the moving about of their lanterns in the yard betokened to Mrs. Townsend that something unusual had taken place. The shock of the news was one from which she never recovered, and her own death followed that of her husband in October of the same year. Mr. Townsend's remains were laid in the best room of the old house, and a portion of his neighbors remained as a yeoman guard of honor. It is supposed that the funeral was held in the Second Parish Church, and that Rev. Benjamin Adams preached the funeral sermon, the entire town being in attendance. The church records bear this simple and quaint entry: "Ap. 19 1775 Died Dan'll Townsend in a Battle with the Regulars; he was shot down dead in a moment, in the 36th year of his age." The Essex Gazette of May 2, 1775, contained the following: "He was a constant and ready friend to the poor and afflicted; a good adviser in cases of difficulty; a mild and sincere reprover. In short, he was a friend to his country, a blessing to society and an ornament to the church of which he was a member." [ 445 ] In the precinct records of November 22, 1775, it is stated that William Richardson was chosen assessor in the place of Daniel Townsend. The grave of Mr. Townsend is appropriately marked by a black slate stone with the following inscription: - "Sacred to the memory of Mr. Daniel
Townsend, who was slain at the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775, aged
36."
"Lie, valient
Townsend, in the peaceful shades; we
trust,
Immortal honors mingle with thy dust. What though thy body struggled in thy gore? So did thy Saviour's body, long before; And as he raised his own, by power divine, So the same power shall also quicken thine, And in eternal glory mayst thou shine." Mrs. Townsend's gravestone bears this inscription: - "Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Zeruiah Townsend, relict of Mr. Daniel Townsend, who died Oct. 19 1775, aged 31. "Death has now
my life swept away
To follow my companion dear; But Christ can
bear my soul away,
And land it on the heavenly shore." Daniel Townsend has many descendants still living (1904) in Lynn, among them being three grandchildren, Mrs. Henry H. Breed, Mrs. Daniel Rich, and Mrs. Eliza M. Atkinson. The musket which he carried on the 19th of April is still in existence, in the possession of Mr. William H. Townsend, of Lynn. TOWNSEND, THOMAS, - sergeant, son of Deacon Daniel and Lydia (Sawyer) Townsend, was born in Lynnfield, August 23, 1736. His father was made a deacon of the Second Parish Church two years after. Thomas, as well as his brother, Daniel, who was killed on the 19th of April, was born on the old "Needham Place." He married, August 29, 1762, Susanna, daughter of William and Susanna Green, of Reading. His children were Thomas, Susanna, Dorcas, Mehitable, Aaron, Sarah, and Ann. On October 30, 1763, he with his wife joined the Lynnfield church. In 1766 he was a tithing-man, and in 1770 clerk of the par- [ 446 ] ish. He was one of a committee of three to care for the school in
1775. On the alarm of the battle of Lexington Thomas Townsend went with
his company to Menotomy and he was present when his brother Daniel was
killed, and was among those who brought the body home that night. October
30, 1776, Thomas was commissioned as first lieutenant of the 6th company,
Colonel Timothy Pickering's regiment. During the year following he did
guard duty in Boston. In 1782 he was one of the selectmen, this being his
last public service in Lynnfield. July 2, 1792, the church at Lynnfield
voted a transfer to him and his wife to the church in Reading, Vt., to
which place he removed that year. Thomas Townsend died in Reading, Vt.,
July 27, 1814, and is buried in the cemetery at Bailey's Mills in that
place. His wife died February 19, 1813, of spotted fever, and is buried at
his side. The graves are marked by stones bearing suitable inscriptions.
Descendants are still living in Reading, Vt.
TREADWELL, REV. JOHN, - was minister of the First Parish in Lynn. He was born in Ipswich, September 20, 1738, and was ordained at Lynn, March 2, 1763, where he preached for nineteen years. September 15, 1763, he was married by Rev. Mr. Emerson to Mrs. Mehitable Dexter, of Topsfield. Rev. John Treadwell was chosen a member of the Committee of Safety on April 23, 1775, and was always foremost in patriotic proceedings. On Sundays, Mr. Lewis tells us, he appeared in the pulpit with his cartridge-box under one arm and his sermon under the other, and went into the pulpit with his musket loaded. In 1787 he removed to Salem. He was a representative of Ipswich and Salem, a senator of Essex County, and judge of the Court of Common Pleas. His Revolutionary king's arm musket, engraved with his initials, is in the Essex Institute at Salem. It is of brass, inlaid, and a fine gun for those days. All of his correspondence upon his resignation from the old First Church is filed in Salem at the same place. He died January 5, 1811, and his will on file in the probate records covers six closely written pages and is one of the finest to be found of the old wills. His wife at his decease was Hannah, indicating a second marriage. His son, John Dexter, was made executor. His only daughter, Mehitable Cleveland, of Charlestown, was mentioned, as well as his daughter-in-law, Dorothy, [ 447 ] the wife of John Dexter. A large amount of property was listed, and the funeral charges amounted to $418.80. TRENCH, WILLIAM, - married by Rev. Mr. Roby, May 15, 1778, to Mary Wait. Private, Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel Mansfield's regiment; order for advance pay signed by said Trench and others, dated Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also private, same company and regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 1, 1775, service, one month, ten days; also Captain Newhall's company, Colonel Mansfield's regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson; company return dated October 6, 1775; reported enlisted into the train June 8, 1775; also bombardier, Captain Edward Burbeck's company, Colonel Richard Gridley's regiment (artillery); muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted June 8, 1775; service, one month, twenty-five days; also company return dated October 7, 1775; also order for bounty coat dated Cambridge, December 22, 1775. TUFTS, DAVID, - corporal, was born in 1763; married three times, first to Jane Massey, by Rev. Obadiah Parsons, May 18, 1788. She was the daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Hart) Massey, born in Lynn, January 30, 1767. Their children were Jane, David, Samuel, and Sally. Jane, the mother, died November 16, 1795. He married, second, by Rev. Mr. Thatcher, December 25, 1796, Elizabeth Mansfield, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Whittemore) Mansfield, born March 29, 1769. Their children were Richard, Eliza. She died August 22, 1801. He married, third, by Rev. Mr. Thatcher, January 16, 1803, Eunice Hart daughter of Sergeant Joseph and Eunice (Burrill) Hart, born November 8, 1770. Their children were Mary, Frances, Joseph Hart, William, Francis, Mary, Joseph Hart. The children are buried near him in the old Western Ground, as are also the first two wives. Eunice died June 20, 1854, in Connecticut. He died July 6, 1823, at the age of sixty. The home of David Tufts was an old house, which stood on the corner of Federal Street and Western Avenue, torn down many years ago. He kept one or two horses, and ran the first express business in Lynn. He died intestate, and the inventory of his property showed a dwelling-house, barn and buildings adjoining the Lynn Hotel, also eleven acres of land on Pine Hill. The pension records show that [ 448 ] he enlisted in Billerica, and served his full time. When he made application for a pension, April 7, 1818, he stated that he was greatly reduced in circumstances. His discharge from the war was signed by General Henry Knox, commanding the forces on the Hudson, December 23, 1783. Pensioned from April 7, 1818, at $8 per month, with $39.46 back pay. Eunice, his wife, was pensioned at $80 per year from February 3, 1853. TUFTS, GRIMES, - probably the Grimes who was married by Rev. John Treadwell, June 23, 1770, to Mary Witt. His children were Grimes twice, Ivory, Aaron, William, Mark, and Mary. His wife died October 11, 1783, and he married, second, October 19, 1794, Mary Turrell, who died July 17, 1804. His own death occurred on the 23d of December, 1805. Letters testamentary were granted on his estate February 4, 1806, the inventory showing a house, barn, and five poles of land. He is supposed to be buried in the old Western Ground. According to the Massachusetts rolls, Grimes Tufts was second lieutenant in Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel John Mansfield's regiment; roll dated October 6, 1775; also sergeant, Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute-men which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, five days; enlisted as ensign in Captain Newhall's company, Colonel John Mansfield's regiment, April 24, 1775; commissioned ensign June 7, 1775; service, three months, fifteen days. TURNER, EDWARD, - private, Captain Rufus Mansfield's 4th Lynn company which marched April 19, 1775; service, two days. A man of this name also appears in Captain Joseph Morse's company, Lieutenant-Colonel Putnam's regiment, January 1, 1777, to December 26, 1777, when he is reported to have died. TUTTLE, EBENEZER, - private, Captain Zadock Buffinton's company, Colonel Samuel Johnson's regiment; enlisted August 15, 1777; service to November 30, 1777; three months, sixteen days; discharged at Cambridge. TUTTLE, EDWARD, - returned as a seaman in exchange for British prisoners sent to New York in the cartel brig "Favorite," exchanged for Timothy Drummond; perhaps also a private in Captain Stephen Wilkins's company, Colonel Wigglesworth's regiment; travel from Albany to Danvers sworn to January 15, 1777. TUTTLE, JOHN, - third in line from Richard Tuttle, of Boston, who came here in the ship "Planter" in 1635. His grandmother was Mary, [ 449 ] daughter of Edward Holyoke, of Lynn. John Tuttle was born October 16, 1728, in Rumney Marsh, now Chelsea, and inherited his father's estate. He was married December 14, 1752, by Rev. Mr. Henchman, to Mary Burrill, daughter of Ebenezer Burrill, Esq. In 1772, with the consent of his wife, Mary, he sold his farm in Chelsea and came to Lynn. His sons, Ezra and John, were both in the Revolution, and Ezra, the younger, who died in 1854, at the age of ninety, remembered his father well and always spoke of him as a Revolutionary soldier. There are those now living who remember the statement of Ezra that his father came into the house and bade the family good-bye, saying, "The British are upon us," and, taking his gun, left never to return. The family tradition is that the father was killed in 1778. Mary Burrill, John's wife, is buried in the old Western Ground in a marked grave with the following inscription: "Here lies the body of Mrs. Mary Tuttle, wife of Mr. John Tuttle and daughter of Ebenezer Burrill, Esq. who died Aug. 6, 1778, in the 46th year of her age." As no stone appears to the memory of John, the tradition that he was killed and lost may be true, although from the record on the Masachusetts rolls it would appear that he was in the war through 1780. TUTTLE, JOHN, Jr., - son of John and Mary (Burrill) Tuttle, was born April 18, 1756. A pension of five dollars per month was paid to a John Tuttle, private in the Massachusetts troops, Revolutionary War, in 1801. This was last paid March 3, 1807, marked "dead." This is simply a record in an ancient book in Washington. An application is not on file for the papers filed in the pension claims prior to 1814 were destroyed that year by fire. TUTTLE, RICHARD, - born in 1755, married September 28, 1779, by Rev. Mr. Roby to Eunice Burrill. He was a private in Captain Addison Richardson's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards; enlisted October 18, 1779; discharged November 22, 1779; one month, sixteen days, service at Claverack. Another record gives the following: Enlisted last of December, 1775, to serve in the new army for one year; private, Captain Richard Dodge's company, Colonel Loammi Baldwin's regiment; age, twenty; residence, Lynn; enlistmcnt dated December 8, 1775; also Zadock Buffinton's company, Colonel Samuel Johnson's regiment, August 20 to November 30, 1777, three months, eleven days; discharged at Cambridge. Appears on an order at [ 450 ] Chelsea March 18, 1777. He made application for a pension March 31, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Chelsea. He died at Burlington, Mass. March 2, 1835, leaving three sons, Israel, of Saugus, Ebenezer, of Lynn, and Aaron, of Burlington. TUTTLE, SAMUEL, - first child of John and Mary (Burrill) Tuttle, was born at Chelsea, Mass., on November 2, 1753. He emigrated to St. Stephen, N.B. when his father sold his farm in 1772, and when he was about nineteen years old. "And when in 1791 the island [Moose Island, now Eastport) was surveyed, by order of the General Court of Massachusetts, nearly all of them [meaning the claimants of land upon which they had previously "squatted"] received grants of the lots which at first they occupied without title, or perhaps only claim of title, and among these were - and Tuttle, of St, Stephen. Grant No. 2 of 100 acres ran to Samuel Tuttle under claim of title so early as 1772. It is probable that before the war he visited this locality on a fishing exhibition, and then set up his claim, for he did not become a resident of the island till the fall of 1783." But, when he learned that the gradual encroachments of the mother government upon the political rights of the colonists had provoked them to armed resistance, he hastened back to his native town of Chelsea to lend such assistance to the movement as patriotism should direct. In pursuance of this resolution he is found serving in Captain Samuel Sprague's company on the "Alarm of April 19, 1775," otherwise known as the battle of Lexington. In his application to the general government in 1832 for a pension as a Revolutionary soldier it is learned he was engaged in the important battles of Bemis Heights, which occurred in September and October, 1777, and which resulted in the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga a few days later. The following is a summary of Samuel Tuttle's application for a pension as a soldier of the Revolutionary War; - He served six months in 1776 as sergeant in Captain Newhall's company, Colonel Putnam's regiment, State of Massachusetts; eighteen months in 1777-78 as sergeant and lieutenant in Captains Gray and Williams's companies, Colonel Craft's and Greaton's regiments; look part in the battles of Bemis Heights; was a resident of Lynn, [ 451 ] Mass., when he enlisted; was a resident of Washington County, Maine when he applied for a pension, on September 28, 1832, at the age of seventy-eight years. His claim was allowed. Squire Tuttle, as he was generally known throughout Washington County and the neighboring New Brunswick towns of St. Stephen and St. Andrews, was a man of great energy and industry, and his activities were to a considerable extent identified with the welfare and progress of the struggling town of Eastport in the first part of the last century. His attire up to the time of his death, April 27, 1845, was that of the old-time colonial gentleman, - knee breeches with buckles, long waistcoat, with capacious pockets, elaborately frilled shirt-bosom, and hair braided en queue. His first wife was Lydia Meachem, and his second the widow Betsey Buxton. By his first wife he had nine children: Samuel, Lydia (Livermore), Eben Burrill, Mary (Cutter), John, Absalom, Isaac, Jacob, and Edward. TUTTLE, WILLIAM, - son of Joanna, baptized June 16, 1745; married by Abner Cheever May 25, 1788, to Elizabeth, daughter of David and Elizabeth Newman. June 20, 1820, he appeared before the Court of Common Pleas at Salem and made oath that he was worth $12, sixty-one years of age, laborer, lame in knee and very infirm, wife aged fifty-three and son William, aged eighteen. Served in Captain Grant's company, Colonel Glover's regiment, in 1776, and then three years in Captain Whipple's company, Colonel Putnam's regiment, and then enlisted to serve during the war in several companies. At the end of the war was in Captain Benson's company. He lived in Saugus; served six years; pensioned at the rate of $8. Under list of soldiers who had land grants, he was given a claim for 100 acres, location unknown. He died September 14, 1828, at the age of eighty-three years. TWIST, BENJAMIN, - private, was probably born in Danvers, son of Benjamin Twist, who was assessed in the North Parish first in 1760, and died November 16, 1761. Benjamin, Jr., was probably the soldier who served in the French and Indian War from March 19 to November 1, 1759, in the company of Captain Israel David, of Danvers. He was married by Rev. Mr. Adams, of Lynnfield, October 11, 1770, to Rebecca Gowing, daughter of Gideon, born October 12, 1747. He evidently [ 452 ] moved to Saugus, for he appears on the roll of Captain Parker's c0mpany. Nothing further is known of him. TWIST, EPHRAIM, - was one of the companions of Henry Hallowell at Trenton when they fell sick and were carried to Philadelphia. He died there about January 1, 1777, as did also Mr. Newman and Mr. Ralph Lindsay. UPTON, ABRAHAM, - private, son of Abraham and Susanna (Upton) Upton, was born in North Reading, Mass., March 28, 1757. His father was a tailor, and lived in Lynnfield between 1760 and 1770. He moved back to Reading, however, where he died July 7, 1795, aged sixty-six. Abraham, the son, served in Captain Bancroft's company of minutemen at the Lexington alarm. After the battle of Lexington he enlisted in Captain John Baker's company, Colonel Israel Hutchinson's regiment, and served until the 1st of January, 1776, doing guard duty during the siege of Boston. He received an order for a bounty coat at Winter Hill, December 25, 1775. When the troops of General Burgoyne arrived in Cambridge in the fall of 1778, he enlisted as private in Captain Miles Greenwood's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, and served from November 11, 1777, to April 3, 1778, guarding the captured British Army. Either during or soon after the war he moved
to Salem. He married Judith Bacheller, of Andover, April 27, 1794.
After her death he married, second, December 31, 1800, Phaebe Howard, of
Salem. They had one child, Judith. He died in Salem, August 29, 1818, aged
sixty-one, and is buried in the Howard Street burial-ground. His grave is
marked with a slate stone.
UPTON, JOHN, - private, does not appear upon precinct or church records in Lynnfield. It is quite probable that he was the son of John and Susanna (Daggett) Upton, born in Danvers, November 9, 1746, and that he married Joanna Dodge, of Beverly, July 17, 1767. Their son John was born July 19, 1769. His only service was at the Lexington alarm. He died April 11, 1824, aged seventy-seven. His wife died May 1, 1821. Children, John, who married Mary Needham, Stephen, Daniel, Daniel, Hannah, Mary, Nathaniel, Ebenezer Sprague. UPTON, LIEUTENANT JOHN, - Was the son of John and Tabitha Upton, born October 16, 1746, married, first, by Rev. Joseph Roby to Sally [ 453 ] Pool, May 5, 1768. His wife, probably of Saugus, died March 26, 1799, aged fifty-one. They had one son, John. His second marriage was to Hannah Nichols, in November, 1800. She died September 17, 1837, aged eighty-nine. Lieutenant John Upton was the fifth John in the line from John who was born in 1620. His home was in Lynnfield, on the place now owned by Mr. Frank Hart, and the house still standing on Chestnut Street is one of the best specimens of the old houses in Lynnfield. Here he passed his long life, a cordwainer, like his father, though owning land and carrying on other business. He was a man of good mind and strong character, in personal appearance of medium height, portly, and dignified. In politics in the later years of his life, he was a Federalist, strongly opposed to the Jeffersonian school of Democrats. His military record given in the Massachusetts rolls is as follows: - Ensign in Captain Ezra Newhall's company, April 19, 1775; service, five days; also lieutenant, muster-roll of Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel Mansfield's regiment, dated August 1, 1775; enlisted April 24, 1775; service, three months, fifteen days; commissioned lieutenant June 7, 1775; also company return, same company, dated October 6, 1775. In his application for a pension, August 11, 1832, at the age of eighty-five, application being made under the act of that year, his deposition states that after the battle of Lexington he was appointed as lieutenant in a company of infantry commanded by Captain Ezra Newhall, in the regiment of Colonel John Mansfield, in which he served eight months, from April, 1775, to January, 1776, at which time the regiment was disbanded at Cambridge. His commission filed at Washington, with his application for a pension, is in superb shape, and is reproduced in this volume. John Winn, of Salem, made oath at the time that he was well acquainted with Upton, having known him for sixty years, and having lived in the house with him in 1775. Winn also distinctly remembered having visited him in camp at Cambridge. The declaration was made before Judge Cummings, Upton being too feeble to appear. He was pensioned at $106.47 per year from March 4, 1831, receiving $213.34 back pay. Lieutenant Upton died in Lynnfield, April 30, 1838, and is buried in the old burying-ground in Lynnfield Centre, The gravestone has [ 454 ] the droll inscription describing one wife "deposited on the right" and the other "deposited on the left." VIALL, NATHANIEL, - son of Samuel and Mary (Tuttle) Viall, was born in the old Boynton house, Cliftondale, March 28, 1762. He married Betsey Clark, February 13, 1784. September 8, 1787, he moved to Jamaica, Vt., and in 1821 to Dorset, Vt., Of his fifteen children, twelve sons and three daughters, all lived to grow up. They were Sally, Nathaniel, Mary, Samuel, John, Ellis, Burrell, Bennett, James, Thomas Lee, Jasper, Asa B., Eliza, and Sullivan. The son, Samuel, who was born in Jamaica, Vt., May 24, 1789, died in Lynn, March 31, 1865, and is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery. He is noted as a soldier of the War of 1812. The Vialls were of Scotch descent and traceable to John Viall, born in 1611, who came to Boston. Nathaniel was a farmer, cleared up his own land in Vermont, and lived in a log house. Both he and his wife died in Dorset, Vt., where they were buried, a monument bearing the inscription, "A soldier of the Revolution." Nathaniel's death occurred October 6, 1846, and that of his wife, Betsey, October 1, 1849. Both were pensioners, he having enlisted in February, 1779, at Lynn, serving in Captain Nathan Sargent's company, of Malden, at Fort Hill, guarding troops. He was also a private in Captain Addison Richardson's company, Colonel Wade's regiment, from August 1 to December 1, 1781; also private in Captain Ralph Thompson's company, Lieutenant-Colonel Webb's regiment. He was at West Point at the time of Arnold's treason. VIALL, SAMUEL, - son of Samuel and Mary (Tuttle) Viall and brother of Nathaniel, was born June 4, 1759, lived with his parents in the old Boynton House, Cliftondale, until after the Revolution, when he removed to Vermont. He was married by Rev. Mr. Roby, of Saugus, to Susanna Stocker, March 8, 1788. His son, Boynton Viall, was a famous maker of gravestones, and had a shop on Market Street, Lynn, near the present Harrison Court. His other children were Stocker and Sally. He died in Manchester, Vt., December 22, 1851, aged ninety-two years, six months. His wife, Susanna, died March 7, 1838, aged seventy. He enlisted in the army from Lynn, March 1, 1777, and served six years as private, corporal, and sergcant, Colonel Greaton's regiment. He ap- [ 455 ] pears with the rank of private on the Continental Army pay accounts from March 1, 1777, to December 1, 1780. From 1781 to 1783 as a sergeant. He was in several engagements and was at the capture of Burgoyne. He was granted a pension under the act of 1818 of $8 per month. During the latter part of his life, which was spent in Vermont, he at one time kept the toll-gate at the foot of the Green Mountains, near Manchester. In 1798 he broke his leg and was left a cripple. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Eli Thatcher. WAITT, EZRA, - born in 1755, in Saugus, was the son of Ezra and Sarah (Hawkes) Waitt, who were married March 8, 1752, by Rev. Mr. Roby. Ezra, the son, was married by Rev. Mr. Roby to Sarah Hutchinson, May 15, 1778. Soon after his marriage he moved to East Malden, where he died July 2, 1831, at the age of seventy-six. He is buried in a marked grave in the Salem Street cemetery, Malden. His wife, Sarah, died in Malden, September 27, 1839, aged eighty-two. In the Essex probate records appears the following: "On Aug. 14, 1771, Ezra Waitt being a minor of fifteen, Joseph Edmunds was appointed his guardian, while Samuel Viall and Ephraim Brown appear as witnesses. He was the son of Ezra lately deceased." Ezra. senior, died in 1765, and the widow, Sarah, married John Adam Dagyr. Ezra, Jr., was hogreeve in 1778. The latter appears in an order for a bounty coat or its equivalent in money, Captain Edward Burbeck's Company, Colonel Richard Gridley's regiment, January 6, 1776; also matross, Captain Burbeck's company, Colonel Gridley's artillery regiment; enlisted June 8, 1775; service, one month, twenty-five days; residence, Lynn; also appears on a transfer from Captain Ezra Newhall's company to Captain Burbeck's company. WAITT, JOHN, - probably of Saugus, appears on a muster-roll of Captain Joseph Williams's company, Colonel John Greaton's regiment; residence, Lynn; mustered by Colonel Barber; also on a list of men mustered into the Continental Army from 1st Essex County regiment, February 16, 1778; residence, Lynn; enlisted for the term of three years or during the war; joined Captain Williams's company, Colonel Greaton's regiment. He was perhaps the son of John and Hannah (Calley) Wait, of Lynn, born July 5, 1734; married Mary Dunnell, January 29, 1754. [ 456 ] WALTON, NATHAN, - private, son of Josiah and Ruth (Richardson) Walton, was born in Reading, Mass., May 24, 1753. His home was very near the Lynnfield line in a small house on the northerly side of the road, in what is now called Montrose. His affiliations were with the Lynnfield people although, strictly speaking, he was a Reading man. He became a member of Captain Bancroft's company, and marched with it on the 19th of April, 1775. This appears to have been his only military service. He was married in Reading, February 3, 1779, by Rev. Caleb Prentice, to Mary Twist, of Lynnfield, He later moved to Lynnfield, being warned out in 1785. He died in South Reading, now Wakefield, July 23, 1818, but is buried in the old ground at South Lynnfield. WALTON, OLIVER, - son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Green) Walton was born in Reading, now Wakefield, August 2, 1758. His father lived in the house close to the railroad now owned by J. D. Walton, of New York, and this home Oliver afterwards owned and occupied. The present house is much altered in appearance from the one of former days. Oliver Walton was married by Rev. Mr. Roby, February 14, 1781, to Rebecca Tarbell, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Felton) Tarbell. She died October 30, 1832, aged seventy-one years, eight months, and he married, second, October 31, 1833, Mrs. Mary (Sarah?) Smith, who died, his widow, March 31, 1850, at the age of eighty-three. His own death occurred November 2, 1845. Their graves may be seen in the old burying-ground at Wakefield. The history of Reading says that he was a soldier of the Revolution and "a quiet and industrious citizen." He enlisted May 30, 1775, as a private in
Captain Samuel Sprague's company; service, eight months; January, 1776,
five months, in Caplain Bancroft's company, Colonel Reed's regiment;
May, 1777, two months in Captain Wyman's company; December, 1777, three
months in Captain Pond's company, Colonel Brook's regiment; July, 1780,
Captain John Mill's company, six months. Roll dated West Point, February
18, 1781; age given as twenty-two years; height, 5 ft. 10 in.; complexion,
ruddy; arrivea at Springfield July 10, 1780; discharged December 20, 1780.
He was also in the expedition to Rhode Island
[ 457 ] on the alarm of the summer of 1777. He was there discharged at Point Judith. He applied for a pension September 5, 1832,
at which time Joshua Rumham, of Stoneham, made oath that he served with
Walton. His pension was allowed, and he was remembered as a tall man with
white hair, who went to Boston personally once a year to get his pension.
Descendants are now living in Wakefield. His children were Rebecca,
Betsey, Polly Felton, Nancy, Oliver, Mersena, Leonard, Jonathan
Tarbell, John, Sarah, and Jotham.
WALTON, TIMOTHY, - lieutenant, son of Josiah and Ruth (Richardson) Walton, was born in that part of Reading now called Wakefield, January 15, 1743. He was married by Rev. Joseph Roby, October 17, 1766, to Rebecca Mansfield, daughter of Andrew and Mary (Newhall) Mansfield, born in South Lynnfield, October 19, 1746. He built a house upon land originally in the possession of his father-in-law, at the junction of the present roads to Wakefield and South Lynnfield. This spot is now occupied by Mr. Andrew Mansfield, of the ninth generation to bear the latter name. Timothy Walton appears on the records of the Lynnfield parish in 1769. His children were Timothy, Josiah, Amos, Joseph, Ebenezer, Andrew, James, Ruth, and Rebecca. April 26, 1776, he was commissioned second
lieutenant of Captain John Upton's sixth company, ]1t Essex County
regiment, and also as second lieutenant in Captain John Perkins's 6th
company, Colonel Timothy Pickering's 1st Essex County regiment, October
30, 1776. The sword which he is said to have carried at the battle of
Bunker Hill is preserved in the Essex Institute at Salem, having been
presented by his grandson, Eben Walton, of that city.
He served as assessor in 1777 and constable
in 1782. In 1796 he sold his farm to Andrew Mansfield, and moved back to
South Reading, where he died, March 1, 1818, aged seventy-five. His wife,
Rebecca, died October 20, 1820, and their graves are suitably marked in
the old cemetery at Wakefield. Mr. Walton was a brother of Nathan, and the
name still continues an honorable one in the town of their birth.
WATTS, DANIEL, - son of John and Elizabeth (Ingalls) Watts, was born in Lynn, January 20, 1767. The Pension Office gives his record as follows: Private, April 2, 1778, in Captain Simeon Brown's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment; service, three months, one day; [ 458 ] private, Captain Miles Greenwood's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, February 3, 1778, service, two months, one day; private, Captain Samuel Huse's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, July 13, 1778; service, five months, three days. He was pensioned November 30, 1832, at the age of sixty-six. In his deposition for a pension he says that he enlisted in 1778 with his father, John Watts, in the company of Captain Miles Greenwood, of Salem. "My father was second lieutenant and took me with him, and had me enrolled in the same company, and received for my service due pay and rations. It was in the spring of 1778 that we enlisted, three months, I think, and were stationed at Winter Hill. I was then in my thirteenth year, and acted as waiter or attendant to my father, be being an officer and allowed one attendant. At the expiration of first enlistment I immediately enlisted in the same company of which Simeon Brown was made captain, and Nathan Bowen, of Marblehead, lieutenant. This second enlistment was for three months. Remained at Winter Hill. On termination of second enlistment, I enlisted again in Capt. Samuel Huse's co. for six months in the winter of 1778-9, say about the last of December. I received no written discharges. Theophilus Bacheller was lieutenant of Capt. Huse's company and had my name enrolled in a company book kept by bim at the time. I was among those to guard Burgoyne. I was chosen Fusileer to give tbe motions under Lieut. Gideon Charles, who had charge of the drill, I being well acquainted with Steuben's exercises. I recollect the death of a British officer who was shot in his chaise near Prospect Hill by one of our guard, for disobedience of an order that none of the prisoners on parole should bring any females into their quarters. I was present at the time, saw him shot and fall out of the chaise. My birth is recorded in the town records of Lynn. I now live in Lynn and have since the Revolution, except one year from 1815 to 1816 when I lived in Mendon. Theophilus Bacheller says the Orderly Book is in his possession. Nov. 17, 1832." The claim was allowed with $37.37 per year and $75.54 back pay. Daniel Watts died in Lynn, September 25, 1842, leaving a widow, Elizabeth, to whom the accrued pension was paid. His home was in an [ 459 ] old house called "The Abbey" which stood where the Fayette Street school is now. According to S. S. Ireson, he was a very tall man. WATTS, JOHN, - The record of this man cannot be traced with certainty, although he was an officer and, it would seem, a man of some prominence. His son Daniel speaks of the fact of his father being allowed an attendant in the spring of 1777, while stationed at Winter Hill, and of himself as filling the position, although a lad of only twelve years. Although the birth of John Watts is not recorded in Lynn, his home was here, at least after his marriage to Elizabeth Ingalls, September 23, 1766, and here we find the births of his children, Daniel, Anna, Jacob, John, and William. His second marriage took place November 25, 1790, to Mrs. Abigail Felt. She died June 2, 1801, aged sixty-one, and he died January 27, 1804, aged sixty-nine, of "lung fever." Besides being borne on the rolls of Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute-men, as sergeant, his name appears as second lieutenant in Captain Joseph Hiller's company, Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's regiment, in a roll made up in camp at Providence, July 6, 1777. In the spring of the next year, 1778, he was second lieutenant in Captain Miles Greenwood's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards at Winter Hill, and he probably saw other service. WATTS, WILLIAM, - given in the Massachusetts rolls as both of Lynn and Chelsea, is credited with a long service in the war, beginning possibly with his service in Captain Sprague's company, which responded to the Lexington alarm, although it cannot be proven that this was the same man who is given as from Lynn and Chelsea in a list belonging to Captain Lindsey's company who took the oath in Middlesex County, July 6, 1775, required by Congress to be taken by the Massachusetts army. The latter served until the end of that year, when he was given an order for money in lieu of a bounty coat. He also served in Captain Hiller's company at Rhode Island for two months, six days, during the summer of 1777. In October of that year he enlisted for three years, and served during most of that time in various companies and regiments. He is reported as deserted for two months, but returned to the army, and also in the summer of 1780 he was reported as sick and absent, also as belonging to Captain McFarland's corps of invalids. [ 460 ] The Pension Office has a record that William Watts died in Essex County, December 13, 1814, a private in the 4th regiment, and his heirs received five years' half-pay, or $48 per year, in lieu of one hundred acres' bounty land to which he was entitled. June 13, 1805, a William Watts was married to Sally Parrott by Mr. Thatcher. Children, Stephen R. and William. Mrs. Watts died September 6, 1812. A certificate on file in the probate records, May 19, 1818, shows that Stephen R. Watts, aged nine, and William Watts, aged seven, are only heirs of William Watts, late private in United States army. WELLMAN, ABRAHAM, - undoubtedly of the Lynnfield family of Wellmans, was a private in Captain Joshua Brown's company, Colonel Timothy Bigelow's regiment; service from April 10, 1777, to December 31, 1779, part of the time at Van Shaick's Island, part of the time in Rhode Island campaign; reported sick and absent in March and April, 1779, also in September and October, 1779;. did guard duty in Boston. WELLMAN, JAMES, - not given in the Massachusetts rolls, but found in a descriptive list in Colonel Hutchinson's Orderly Book. Age, seventeen years; height, 5 ft. 3 in.; light complexion, light hair, brown eyes. Laborer, enlisted for three years. WELLMAN, JESSE, - private, son of Stephen and Susanna (Pedrick) Wellman, was born in Lynnfield, December 27, 1743. His home was near Pilling's Pond, South Lynnfield, in an old house torn down more than fifty years ago. This house was one of the most venerable in Lynn, having been built during the early Indian wars, when every house was a fortress. Mr. Wellman was the next neighbor of Daniel Townsend, and went with him on the morning of April 19, 1775, to Menotomy. It is said that, together with his brother Thomas, at least eight other men went from the same roof-tree that day to fight the British. He, however, does not seem to have taken any other part in the war. His name appears in the parish records of Lynnfield but once or twice, and then only as having done work on the parsonage, for which he presents his bill. He never married, and died in Lynnfield, September 18, 1830. He is buried in the old cemetery at Lynnfield Centre, where a marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected in 1904. WELLMAN, JONATHAN, - private, son of Jonathan and Esther (Newhall) Wellman, was born in Lynnfield, September 22, 1743, and was a [ 461 ] cousin of Jesse and Thomas. He was married, first, by Rev. Benjamin Adams, December 19, 1771, to Sarah Newhall, daughter of Jeremiah and Sarah (Bates) Newhall, born October 16, 1735. She died April 30, 1799, and he married, second, May 25, 1802, Susanna Newhall, daughter of Josiah and Hannah Newhall, born August 3, 1764. He had two children by Sarah, Sarah and Joseph. His only military service was at the
Lexington alarm, when he marched with the company of Captain Nathaniel
Bancroft. He died February 6, 1822, and is buried in the old cemetery
at Lynnfield Centre. His widow, Susanna, administered his estate, the
homestead consisting of thirty acres of land, dwelling, and barn.
WELLMAN, THOMAS, - private, son of Stephen and Susanna (Pedrick) Wellman, was born in Lynnfield, May 13, 1742. He was descended from Stephen Wellman, who was killed by the Indians at Deerfield, September 18, 1675. His father's death is thus quaintly recorded in the records of the Lynnfield church: "July 1, 1766. Died Stephen Wellman of a fall that broke his Silver Cord, aged 54." His mother had died seven days before. He married April 16, 1769, Martha Follett,
born June 11, 1737, daughter of Jonathan and Abiah (Hodges) Follett, of
Attleboro. His children were Anna, Martha, Anna, and Abiah. At the time of
the Lexington alarm he was living in the old Wellman house on the shore of
Pilling's Pond, the house from which tradition says at least ten men
responded to the call to arms on the morning of April 19, 1775, not all of
the name of Wellman, however. Thomas Wellman and his brother, Jesse,
marched with Captain Bancroft's company and were with Daniel Townsend when
he was killed. Mr. Wellman was shot in the knee at the same time. When
volunteers were called for in the summer of 1777 to intercept the progress
of the British army from Canada, Thomas Wellman enlisted in the company of
Captain Zadock Buffinton, Colonel Samuel Johnson's regiment, and marched
to the Hudson River. He was present at the surrender of Burgoyne, and was
among those detailed to guard the British army on the march to
Cambridge.
Mr. Wellman was a farmer, and took little
part in the public affairs of the town. He died December 25, 1818, and his
wife, Martha, died
[ 462 ] April 19, 1792. Both are buried in the old cemetery at Lynnfield Centre, where his grave is marked by a marble stone and the bronze marker of the S. A. R. WHEELER, SAMUEL, - private, Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel John Mansfield's regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson; company return dated October 6, 1775; also order for money in lieu of a bounty coat dated camp at Winter Hill, November 4, 1775. WHITMAN, JESSE, - son of Matthew and Martha (Humphrey) Whitman, was born in Weymouth, Mass., June 4, 1743, and came to Lynn in 1763. He married Mrs. Anna Gaines, March 26, 1770, and his children were Joseph, Jesse, Sarah, and Mary. He was warned out of Lynn, February 7, 1764, having come from Weymouth. He was in Captain Ezra Newhall's company,
Colonel John Mansfield's regiment, an order for advance pay being
signed by him at Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also a private in the same
company and regiment, the company return being dated October 6, 1775; also
engaged for the town of Lynn to serve in the Continental Army in Captain
Williams's company, Colonel Greaton's regiment, to serve during the
war; also appears in a list of men mustered by Nathaniel Barber,
muster-master for Suffolk County, dated Boston, March 2, 1777. He is
reported to have died in the campaign to the northward in April,
1777.
WHITNEY, STEPHEN, - was born in Harvard, Mass., May 1, 1757; married February 6, 1783, Persis Locke, who was born in 1757, ,and died June 25, 1806. Stephen Whitney was at the battle of Bennington in a company from Harvard commanded by Captain Hezekiah Whitney. He died in Lynn at the home of his daughter, June 9, 1831. The Lynn Mirror stated at the time that he was at the surrender of Burgoyne. WHITTEMORE, WILLIAM, - was born in 1744, not in Lynn, but was married here, April 30, 1767, by Rev. John Treadwell, to Bethia Collins. He served in the company of Captain William Farrington on the 19th of April, 1775; also enlisted April 2, 1778, as a private in Captain Simeon Brown's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, then engaged in guarding the captured British at Cambridge. He was stationed in and about Cambridge until July 3, when he was transferred to Captain Nathan Sargent's company in the same regiment. He continued in the service until July 17, when he was discharged at Winter Hill. Little is known of him after the war. He had at least one son, Will- [ 463 ] iam, born February 16, 1768, died December 14, 1793. During his last days he was cared for at the almshouse, where he died June 5, 1822. His wife died March 29, 1809. He is buried in the old Western Burying Ground, and his grave is marked by a marble stone and the bronze marker of the S. A. R. WILLIAMS, DANIEL, - born in 1755, according to a descriptive list dated January 29, 1781, in which his age is given as twenty-six years, his stature 5 ft. 9 in., and his complexion light, with light hair. His residence at that time was Salem, but later Lynn. Nothing has been found concerning him except that he served in various companies and regiments during the entire period of the war. The Lynn records give a Daniel Williams, married July 4, 1784, to Widow Sarah Flint, and also a Daniel who died in the poorhouse, January 4, 1812, but nothing in either case to indicate that they were one and the same man or that either was a soldier. WILLIAMS, EBENEZER, - sentenced to death, probably in the fall of 1777, at Saratoga, for deserting. Mr. Hallowell saw him while under sentence, but adds, "Never saw him since." Mr. Williams's home was in Woodend, Lynn. WILLIAMS, THOMAS, - appears in a list of prisoners captured by the British in the brig "Haskett & John," taken May 3, 1781; committed to the old Mill Prison, July 7, 1781. Residence given Lynn, according to the Essex County Register. WILLIAMS, JOSEPH, - appears in a descriptive list in Colonel Hutchinson's Orderly Book. Age, forty-one; height, 5 ft. 10 in.; complexion, light; hair, light; eyes, brown. Enlisted April 6 (1776 ?), three years. A Joseph Williams was living in Lynn
according to the census of 1790.
WILLIS, JOHN, - born in Marblehead, July 11, 1748; died in Lynn, June 5, 1837, aged eighty-eight; buried in the old Western Ground, near his daughter, Mary, wife of Ezra Rhodes. He kept a public house on Bow Street. A large tree in front of the house bore a sign which read: "John Willis, Rum and other Spirits." The house in whch he died is still standing on the present Rhodes Avenue. He was pensioned in 1833, and in his deposition he states that at the end of May, 1775, he enlisted for [ 464 ] eight months under Captain Lindsey, and that after said Lindsey was broken he was under Captain Daniel Galeucia. He went to Cambridge, and remained there during the whole of the eight months, which was until the last of December, 1775. Continuing, he says: "I was at the Battle of Bunker Hill. In 1776, I again enlisted to go to Ticonderoga to reinforce Gen. Gates, under Capt. Wilkins, of Middleton, and Col. Wigglesworth. It was in the spring, I think, that we went. On the way we passed through Groton, Charlestown, N.H., then crossed the river and went into No. 4 woods, so called. Returned from Ticonderoga by way of Lake Champlain and Albany. In 1777 enlisted again under Zadock Buffinton for six months and marched to Saratoga. Passed through Bennington. Burgoyne was there when we arrived. I was there when Burgoyne surrendered, but did not come home with the guard. Returned by way of Springfield in a small detached body. I think it was about hay time when I enlisted. When we returned, it was cold weather and the ground was frozen. While at Saratoga, before the surrender of Burgoyne, our line made an attack upon a fortification which the Hessians were throwing up. I was among the number and received a sword or bayonet wound in the thigh which disabled me for twenty-one days. We carried the redoubt and drove the Hessians away. In 1778, enlisted in Ensign Cox's company for two months, to go to Rhode Island. On arrival at Providence company was divided and Cox was appointed captain of our division. I moved to Lynn in 1772. and have lived here ever since." The pension was allowed at the rate of $73.33 per year with $146.66 back pay. He was married by Ebenezer Burrill, Esq., to Dorcas, daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Brown) Hall, December 9, 1773, and their children were Polly, Mary, and Betsey. WILSON, BENJAMIN, - private, was probably born in Saugus, but no record is preserved. His name appears on the church records December 9, 1766, when he was married by Rev. Mr. Roby to Ann Burrill. His farm was in North Saugus, and was located in a part of the six hundred acres, so called. He marched with his company, that of Captain David Parker, on the alarm of April 19, 1775, serving two days. He was living in 1798, as appears by an advertisement, in the Salem Gazette, of marsh land to be divided. [ 465 ] WILSON, SAMUEL, Jr., - private, was probably son of Samuel and Jemima (Day) Wilson, born in Saugus, November 25, 1756. He only appears on the Lexington alarm roll, and nothing is known of him. WING, ISRAEL, - "one of General Washington's life guards in the Revolution." He died August 22, 1847, aged ninety-nine years, fourteen days, and is buried in the old Western Burial Ground. It is probable that he was of some other town at the time of his service in the war. YOUNG, HENRY, - son of Thomas and Martha Young, was born November 25, 1745; married by Rev. Nathaniel Henchman, February 5, 1767, to Mrs. Eunice Howard; children, Elizabeth and Thomas. Appears as a private in Captain Ezra
Newhall's company, Colonel John Mansfield's regiment, October 6, 1775;
bounty coat Winter Hill, November 4, 1775; enlisted May 4, 1775; service
to August 1, 1775, three months, four days; also sergeant in Captain
Joseph Williams's company, Colonel John Greaton's regiment; service on or
before August 15, 1777; also service in same company from 1777 to 1780;
advance pay at Cambridge, June 8, 1775.
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