HALL, JAMES, - son of Ephraim and Mary (Brown) Hall, was born October 12, 1757.
Only his Revolutionary record is known, as follows: -
Return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 1st Essex County regiment, dated
Lynn, February 16, 1778, and sworn to at Salem by John Flagg, first military
officer of the town of Lynn; residence, Lynn; engaged for the town of
Lynn; joined Captain Brown's company, Colonel Putnam's regiment; term three years
or during the war; also private, Colonel Rufus Putnam's regiment; Continental Army
pay accounts for service from January 28, 1777, to June 30, 1779; deserted;
also Captain John Williams's company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's (4th) regiment;
return dated Albany, February 9, 1778; mustered by John Cushing, Esq.; also
descriptive list of deserters, dated November 20, 1780; age, twenty years; stature,
5 ft. 6 in.; complexion, dark; hair, brown; occupation, seaman; residence, Lynn;
engaged for the town of Lynn for three years or during war; deserted June
30, 1779. - Mass. Rolls.
HALL, JOHN, - of Kittery, was engaged for service for the town of Lynn, February 16,
1778, by John Flagg. - Mass. Rolls.
HALL, THOMAS, - son of Ephraim and Mary (Brown) Hall, was born September
26, 1755; married April 5, 1781, by Rev. John Treadwell, to Jerusha Brown,
daughter of Joseph and Esther (Merriam) Brown, born October 27, 1754. The death
of Thomas Hall occurred June 11, 1805, and, in the administration which was
asked for in August following, the estate included "an old house on land of John
Willis." John Willis was brother-in-law of Thomas Hall, having married Dorcas,
Thomas's sister. Both men were soldiers of the Revolution, having at one time
enlisted together on the same day in Zadock Buffinton's company.
The children of Thomas and Jerusha Hall, so far as is known, were Sally,
Hannah, Ebenezer, John, and James.
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The
Revolutionary record is given as follows : -
Private, Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute-men which marched on the alarm of
April 19, 1775; service, seventeen days; also order on Colonel Asa Whetcomb, payable
to Captain Ezra Newhall, dated Cambridge, June 10, 1775, signed by
said Hall and others for advance pay for one month; also private, Captain Ezra
Newhall's company, Colonel John Mansfield's (19th) regiment; muster-roll dated
August 1, 1775; enlisted May 6,1775; service, three months, two days;
also Captain Newhall's company, Colonel Mansfield's regiment, commanded by
Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson; company return dated October 6,
1775; also order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated camp at
Winter Hill, November 4, 1775; also, probably private, Captain Zadock Buffinton's
company, Colonel Samuel Johnson's regiment; enlisted August 19, 1777;
service to November 30, 1777, three months, twelve days, in northern department; company
raised to serve until November 30, 1777, was discharged at Cambridge.
Roll sworn to at Salem. - Mass. Rolls.
HALLOWELL, EDWARD, -
The Hallowells of Lynn were descended from Joseph Holloway or Holway,
who came to Lynn from England in 1636. Edward Hallowell, son of Samuel and
Charyty (Mansfield) Hallowell, was born May 10, 1728. According to the
Massachusetts rolls he was a private in Captain James Burt's company, Colonel
Asa Whetcomb's regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted April
24, 1775; service, eight days; reported deserted May 2, 1775. He was at Fort
William Henry, December 11, 1756.
HALLOWELL, HENRY, - son of Samuel and Mehitable
(Breed) Hallowell, was born November 21, 1754, and died April 3, 1839, at
the age of eighty-four years, four months. He was one of three brothers to
fight in the War for Independence, and a man of special interest to the readers
of this book from the fact of his having left the long account of his experience
which is here published for the first time. One of the few men now living who
remembers him is Mr. Benjamin S. Skinner, now eighty-seven years of age. He
describes Mr. Hallowell as a little man, rather stout in his later days, with a
round, smooth, jolly face. He was known to everybody, and his poetry was rather
famous among his townsmen. Everybody called him "Uncle Henry." "How old does a
man have to be in order to be called 'Uncle' by everybody?"
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he once asked. We know
not the reply, only the fact of his familiar title, which indicates, if not his
age, the esteem and affection in which he was held.
The home of Henry Hallowell was the old Hallowell house on the north side
of the Common, a little west of the spot where the public library now stands.
The old house was torn down a few years ago, and a modern house built on the
site by his grandsons. Mr. Hallowell was twice married, the first time on
March 30, 1780, by Rev. John Treadwell, to Lucretia Newhall, and the second time
to Martha Newhall, January 6, 1813, by Bishop Joseph Soule. By the former union
he had six children, Henry, James, Sarah, Polly, John, and Lucretia. All of
these children lived to grow up. He had none by the second marriage. His trade
was that of a shoemaker, and after the manner of those days, he hired
apprentices. He worked at the business for many years. His public career may be
said to have begun when he enlisted in the Continental Army, January 1, 1776.
For four years, or until January, 1780, he served his country faithfully and
well. During a part of this period, because of his skill in penmanship, he was
detailed for service as private secretary to General John Glover, of Marblehead.
His experiences in the war are best told by himself in his narrative. The
principal events of his life are set forth in his own simple account. The office
of town clerk which he held for sixteen years was one which he performed
most faithfully, the books being kept with great care and neatness. Not a blot
is to be found on his pages, and many of the entries are made with remarkable
force and clearness.
The Lynn Transcript of September 19, 1876, published a short sketch of his
life from which the following extracts are made: "His habits were frugal and
economical, and, like most of those old worthies with whom he was contemporary,
his wants were extremely moderate. In those days, rents were cheap and taxes
low. Men worked for a dollar a day, and thought it good wages. In Breed's
End if a shoemaker made a living and had thirty cents left at the end of the
week, he was considered to be getting rich. It was so all over town among the
better class of shoemakers, and Mr. Hallowell was not an exception. He lived a
quiet, simple, Christian life, cheered by the society of a few congenial
friends who knew him well and loved his society. He never
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aspired to what he could not reach, but was content with what God gave him.
He had learned this lesson: -
'The farm, the ship, the humble shop, have each
Gains which the severest
studies never reach.'''
His own sketch of his life is as follows: -
"I was born on the 21 of November 1754 on Warter Hill so calld in
Lynn Massachusetts, of poor parentage. My mother Died when I was 2 weeks old and my
education small there being only one town school. When between 13 and 14 years
of Age I was put out to Rufus Mansfield to learn the Shoemakers Business and
servd about 6 year, then was so out of health that my brother Theops. Ingaged to
see my master sattisfied for what time I had to serve. Some time after I let
myself to Decon John Burrage for four Dollars a month to Do light work on his
farm and after a While I paid sd master & while on his farm I teachd an
evening school, Being about twenty years of age. This was before the Revolution
when between twenty and twenty-one I ingaged and servd six months in 1775 in the
state service and afterwards servd in the Continental Army until 1780. On
the 20th March same year Was married and that Spring Begun the shoemaking and
fishing Business and in a few years had twelve in family Including journeymen
& printisses and my father and for several springs teachd an Evening school.
In 1791 joyned the Methodist church as a member and not long after chosen clerk
of sd society and still carried on fishing and shoemaking tho in a smaller Way.
"Also chosen Clerk of Capt. Robinson's company of Militia and one year
chosen assessor. As to my business of Shoemaking & fishing my Shoes I
carried to Salem on foot fifteen years & fishing I followed fifty years more
or less and out lived three open Botes & 1 Deck Bote. In 1804 was chosen
Town Clerk Selectman & Assessor 14 year and then seprate clerk for two
years, then left town business in 1820.
"Privious to this was chosen
representative for one year in 1809. And Also been appointed Agent
for repairing the great Bridge Between Saugus & Lynn and appointed
juryman twice. In 1814 myself and selectmen had to represent to the general court
the proprity of sending 6 representatives to sd court there election
being contested tho they held there seats. Myself only had to appear at sd court
to Answer to the Name of Sulvan being spelt wrong not by me.
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"I had to appear at Salem Suprem Court
respecting a pretended riot which was none. I had to appear at Court in Salem
also respecting Jeremiah Bulfinch Being Chosen Town Clerk Pro tim While poling
the voters on the Common.
"I have had to notify a number of people to
refrain from strong Drink otherway the selectmen Would git a guarden for them.
And after so many Disegreeable seens I refusd to be considered a Candate any
Longer and Now Depend mostly on Government for support Being now rising Seventy
Nine years of age.
"In town meeting held on the 6th of March 1820 A resolve
was past by sd town that the citizens Duly Appreciateing the Long and faithful
service of Henry Hallowell town Clerk during a period of Sixteen years do hereby
Concur in tendering there United thanks with there Best Wishes for the
Continuance of his health and happyness."
HALLOWELL, SAMUEL, - son of Samuel
and Mehitable (Breed) Hallowell; was born February 9, 1748-49; married December
19,1758, by William Collins, Esq., to Mary Alley. He was brother of Henry and
Theophilus, both Revolutionary soldiers. His home was in an old house still
standing on Tremont Street, moved there from the foot of the Common, where
the Methodist church now stands. His death occurred April 3, 1796.
Revolutionary record: Private, Captain Samuel King's company, company return for
advance pay dated Salem, September 25, 1775; also private, same company, enlisted
July 14, 1775; service, six months, two days; company stationed at Salem
and Lynn for defence of seacoast; Captain Simeon Brown's company, Colonel
Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards; service from April 2, 1778, to July 3,
1778, three months, one day. Roll dated camp at Winter Hill.
Matross,
Captain Winthrop Gray's company, Colonel Craft's regiment; abstract for
advance pay sworn to at Boston, June 8, 1776.
Private, Captain Addison
Richardson's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment; enlisted October 18,
1779, discharged November 22, 1779; service, one month, fifteen days; at
Claverack, including twelve days' (240 miles) travel home; regiment detached
from militia of Suffolk and Essex Counties to reinforce army under Washington.
Also Captain Simeon Brown's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, of
guards; service from July 2, 1778, to July 12, 1778 ten
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days; company raised for ten days' service. Roll dated
camp at Winter Hill. - Mass. Rolls.
HALLOWELL,
THEOPHILUS, - private, son of Samuel and Mehitable (Breed) Hallowell, was born
on Water Hill, Lynn, September 21, 1750. He was descended from Joseph Holloway
or Holway, as the name was first spelled, who came to Lynn in 1636. He was a
member of Captain Farrington's company, and marched on the alarm of April 19,
1775, doing active duty with his fellow townsmen. He was married November 13, 1777, by Rev. Mr. Treadwell,
to Bridget Newhall, born in Lynn, February 15, 1753. He had eight children, including three pairs of
twins, Benjamin and Samuel, born 1778, Martha, born 1780, Mehitable, 1783, Theophilus
and Bridget, born 1788, and Theophilus and Lydia, born 1791.
Like most of his townsmen; Mr. Hallowell was a cordwainer and followed his occupation
in a little shop which adjoined his house, then located on the northerly
side of the Common a little east of Hanover Street. He was a short man,
weighing barely a hundred pounds, but active and of great endurance. It is related
that in his later years he often walked to Boston and dragged a side of
leather home with him. In 1780 he was chosen deacon of the First Church, and remained
a member of that society until the famous secession to the Methodists
in 1792, when he joined the tide and went over to the new society.
The two deacons - the other being Captain William Farrington -
took with them the communion plate of the church, an act which became
a bone of contention for many years and the subject of litigation. At
length Captain Farrington relented and returned to his old pew, taking with him
the disputed plate, but Deacon Hallowell ever remained a stanch Methodist. He
was a regular attendant at the "Old Bowery" meeting-house, always appearing in a
small red cap. Some of the aged people of to-day remember him, for he was one of
the last survivors of the battle of Lexington in the town. His wife died August
13, 1803, and was buried in the old Western Burial Ground. He was married,
second, April 30, 1806, by Rev. Peter Jayne, to Susannah Breed, daughter of
Ephraim and Martha (Mansfield Newhall) Breed, born in Lynn in 1768. By her he
had one child, Susan. She was a direct descendant from Allen Breed, who came to
America in 1630.
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Mr. Hallowell was one of the most respected men
of the town. His death occurred September 28, 1833, at the age of eighty-three.
His wife, Susannah, died August 31, 1824, aged fifty-six. They were first
interred in the old Western Burial Ground, but were removed some years ago to
Pine Grove Cemetery. Two simple stones mark their graves on Virgilia Avenue. A
marker of the S. A. R. has been placed at his grave.
HARRIS, PETER, - Captain Newhall's company; list of men taken from the orderly
book of Colonel Israel Hutchinson, of the 27th regiment dated Fort Lee; reported
taken prisoner at Fort Washington, November 16, 1776. - Mass. Rolls.
HART, EBENEZER, - descended from Isaac Hart, who
came to Lynn in 1640, and a soldier in King Philip's War, was the son of John
Hart, Jr., and Lydia Curtis, born November 15, 1762; married October 25, 1792,
Polly, daughter of Amos and Abigail Smith. He died in Lynn, March
26, 1840, at the age of seventy-seven, and is buried in the West Ground at Lynnfield Centre. His widow Polly
continued to receive the pension which had been granted him under the act of
1818. Her death occurred October 3, 1843, at the age of seventy-seven.
A
very full sketch of the life of Captain Ebenezer Hart is given in Mr. Wellman's
History of Lynnfield, in which he says that Ebenezer Hart served in the army
from the beginning to the end of the war. Continuing, he adds: "He lived in
the northerly part of the town, where he reared a large family of children,
giving them all a very good common-school education. Being intelligent and
well-informed on matters and things in general, he took much interest in the
subject of education as well as in other matters of public interest. For
the opportunities he had, he was a man of extensive and varied reading, and
so well posted in political as well as theological history as to make him an
able debater and a formidable antagonist. In private life he was a man of quiet
manners, kind and courteous, but independent and flat-footed in his opinions,
and fearless in expressing them, a faithful friend as well as a determined
opponent. In the War of 1812 party spirit ran very high, and political subjects
were discussed with great warmth and animosity. He belonged at that time to the
Jefferson school of Dem-
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ocrats, and there were but two others in
Lynnfield. Until the year 1814 the voters of Lynn and Lynnfield voted together
for state officers, and it belonged to Lynnfield to have one of the five
representatives for both towns. Captain Hart was one of those taken as a
candidate from Lynnfield, and having a majority of the Lynn voters on his side,
was elected over all opposition in his own town."
Ebenezer Hart entered the army when
he was hardly fourteen years of age, and was a corporal at eighteen. An amusing
anecdote has come down connected with his service as a soldier, in which it
is related that at one time some of the members of his company, in foraging, helped
themselves to some honey belonging to an old Dutchman. The latter entered
complaint to the captain of the company, who professed not to doubt that
his rascally fellows had it hidden away somewhere. Receiving a hint as to
the place where it was, he told the Dutchman to take one side to search while he
took the other. Coming to the keg which held the honey, he thrust his finger into
it and said: "What's this, boys,-soap? That's right! Wash and be clean, -
it's the beauty of a soldier!" Of course the honey was not found by the
poor Dutchman, and he was sadly berated besides for presuming to doubt the
honesty of such fine fellows.
Mr. Henry Danforth remembered Mr. Hart well,
and said that it was the delight of the latter in his old age to come down to
the tavern at the Centre, kept by his old comrade, Ebenezer Parsons, and there
fight his battles over again. There was a constant flow of raillery between the
two old veterans, each striving to make the record of the other appear at a
disadvantage, to the great amusement of the small boys who happened to hear
them.
The home of Mr. Hart was a small story and a half house on Lowell
Street, just beyond the Peabody road. The house was burned some years ago. His
grandson, Henry E. Smith, who lives near the spot, remembers him, and says that
his grandfather Hart was at the surrender of Cornwallis, and that he was the
second man within the breastworks on that occasion. He has also heard it said
that his grandfather was a very strong, wiry man, and in his younger days could
easily vault a seven-foot pole. His military record is given fully in the
Massachusetts rolls, and also somewhat by himself in his pension application.
From the rolls the following is taken: List of men raised to serve in the Con-
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tinental Army from 1st Essex County regiment, dated Lynn, February 16, 1778,
and sworn to at Salem by John Flagg, first military officer for the town of
Lynn; residence, Lynn; engaged for town of Lynn; joined Captain Winship's company,
Colonel Putnam's regiment; term three years or during the war; also private,
Colonel Rufus Putnam's regiment; Continental Army pay accounts for service
from February 15, 1777, to December 31, 1779; also Captain John
Williams's company, Colonel Putnam's (4th) regiment; return dated Albany,
February 9, 1778; mustered by John Cushing, Esq.; corporal, light infantry
company, Colonel Putnam's regiment; Continental Army pay accounts for
service from January 1, 1780, to December 31, 1780; reported as serving five
months as private, seven months as corporal; also descriptive list dated
West Point, January 10, 1781; light infantry company, Colonel Putnam's
(5th) regiment; rank, corporal; age, eighteen years, one month; stature, 5 ft.,
11 in.; complexion, dark; hair, dark; eyes, dark; residence, Lynn; enlisted
February 15, 1777, by Captain Winship; enlistment during the war; also corporal,
Captain Joshua Benson's light infantry company, Colonel Putnam's regiment;
musterroll for January, 1781, dated garrison at West Point.
In his
pension claim his family is mentioned, then consisting of his wife and six
children. The children, all above thirteen years of age, were Charlotte,
Abigail, Lucy, Endicott, Casandra, and Adeline.
HART, JACOB, - son of John and Lydia (Curtis) Hart,
was baptized November 12, 1758; married, first, Hannah Cox, of Beverly,
April 24, 1777, and, second, Hannah Brown, of Wenham, June 11, 1809; died June
5, 1833. At the time of his application for a pension he appeared before
the Probate Court, April 15, 1818, at the age of fifty-nine, infirm and in reduced circumstances, and made affidavit that
in March, 1777, he enlisted as sergeant in Captain
Ebenezer Winship's company of foot,
Colonel Rufus Putnam's regiment, Massachusetts line, during the war. He served
as orderly sergeant during the whole term; was in several engagements, and was
honorably discharged at West Point at the conclusion of the treaty of
peace. Ebenezer Hart, his brother, says that he served with Jacob from May,
1777, to January, 1782. At the time of his application, 1818, he was a carpenter
by trade, but unable to work
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half his time, and had a wife and three
children, Thomas, aged eight, Lydia, eleven, and Mary fourteen. He was pensioned
from April 15, 1818, at the rate of eight dollars per month, and received $37.33
back pay. His last days were spent in Wenham, where he died. He is probably
buried in Beverly.
A descriptive list dated West Point gives Jacob Hart as twenty-two years of age;
stature, 5 ft. 11 in.; and complexion, hair, and eyes, light; residence, Lynn.
HART, JOHN, - private, was born in 1733. He married
April 19, 1757, Lydia Curtis, born 1734. Their children were Jacob, baptized
November 12, 1758; John, October 13, 1760; Ebenezer, November 21,
1762; Sarah, August 23, 1769; Daniel, November 10, 1771; Joseph, November 14,
1773; Lydia, August 25, 1775; Mary, July 18, 1779.
Jacob and Ebenezer were both
Revolutionary soldiers and pensioners. Mr. Hart was a soldier of the French
and Indian
War, enlisting as a private
in Captain
Newhall's company, Colonel Plaisted's regiment, which marched toward Springfield, August 15, 1758. At the opening of the
Revolution he was a member of Captain Nathaniel Bancroft's company of
minute-men, and marched with the company on the Lexington alarm. On May 5, 1775,
he enlisted as a private in Captain Ebenezer Winship's company, Colonel John
Nixon's (5th) Massachusetts regiment, giving his receipt for advance pay at
Cambridge, June 22. He was stationed with the main guard at Prospect Hill during
the fall and winter following, receiving an order for a bounty coat December 22,
1775. His military service probably ended with the expiration of his enlistment,
January 1, 1776.
He was a farmer, and took but little part in the affairs of
the town.
He died April 11, 1811, at the age of seventy-five. His wife,
Lydia, died April 10, 1818, aged eighty-four. They are buried in the old
cemetery at Lynnfield Centre, where a marble stone and bronze marker of the S.
A. R. were erected to his memory in 1904.
HART, JOSEPH, - Son of Samuel and
Pheobe (Ivory) Hart, was born August 17, 1739; married November 11, 1766, by
Rev. John Treadwell, to Eunice Burrill, daughter of Samuel and Anna (Alden)
Burrill, born August 24, 1747. Their children were Anna, Joseph, Eunice, Pheobe,
Joseph Burrill, Samuel, and Sarah.
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Joseph, the father, died
December 15, 1806, and his wife, Eunice, died November 25, 1816. They are buried
with their children in the old Western Burial Ground. The home of this family of
Harts was in the old Hart house, at the corner of North Federal and Boston
Streets, and the farm extended from Boston to Walnut Streets. The fields were planted largely with flax,
and are said to have looked very beautiful with their acres of blue blossoms.
The flax was used for the manufacture of tow cloth.
Joseph Hart held the town offices of warden in 1771, tithing-man in 1779,
constable in 1782, and treasurer in 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788. He was a soldier in
the French and Indian War, being a private in Captain William Flint's
company at Crown Point. In the Revolution he was a sergeant in Captain Rufus
Mansfield's (4th) Lynn company, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775,
and may have seen other service. Judge James R. Newhall was his grandson.
HART,
MOSES, - son of Aaron and Tabitha (Collins) Hart, born February 15,
1727, is the only one given in the Lynn records, and is probably the right man.
This old soldier, with a long and honorable service in the French and Indian
War, is recorded with a less creditable connection with the War of the Revolution.
He was a captain in Colonel Paul Dudley's regiment from April 24 to August
1, 1775. Force's Archives (vol. iii., p. 666) gives a court-martial in which
he figured as follows: -
"HEADQUARTERS, CAMBRIDGE, Sept. 5, 1775.
"The General Court Martial, whereof Col. Experience Storrs was president,
is dissolved. Capt. Moses Hart, of the 28th regt. (Col. Sargent's) tried by the
above mentioned Court Martial, is found guilty of drawing for more
provisions than he was entitled to, and for unjustly confining and abusing
his men, he is unanimously sentenced to be cashiered. The General approves the
sentence and orders it to take place immediately."
Nothing further is found
of him in the records, and it is not improbable that he left Lynn after the
above event.
HART, ZERUBBABEL, - private, son of John and Mehitable
(Endicott) Hart was born in 1738. His name came down to him from Zerubbabel
Endicott, son of Governor John Endicott, and great-great-grandfather
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to Zerubbabel Hart. Mr. Hart enlisted April 13,
1758, in the service of King George II., in Captain Isaac Osgood's company,
Colonel Ebenezer Nichols's regiment. This regiment was raised for the total
reduction of Canada, and marched to Albany. There, under General Abercrombie,
Hart served until November 12 of that year, having seen hard fighting about Lake
George. He was married in Danvers, June 22, 1762, by Rev. Nathaniel Holt, to
Eunice Curtis. Two of his children were Eunice, who died January 4, 1775, and
Zerubbabel, Jr., who died July 4, 1790, aged twenty-six.
Having seen
service in the French War, it was but natural that Zerubbabel Hart should become
a member of Captain Bancroft's company, and on the morning of the battle of
Lexington he met with his neighbors, and marched over to meet the British. The
conversation between captain and private has been related. Had his admonition to
beware of the flank guard been heeded, it would have saved the lives of three of
his comrades. Mr. Hart died February 14, 1797, aged fifty-nine, and was buried
in the old cemetery at Lynnfield Centre. Dr. Martin Herrick, another
Revolutionary veteran, appraised his estate, which amounted to $1,800.
A marble stone and bronze marker of
the S. A. R. were erected at his grave in
1904.
HAWKES, ADAM, - private, son of John and Hannah (Priest)
Hawkes, was born in North Saugus, December 8, 1743. The line to the
emigrant ancestor was Adam 5, John 4, Moses
3, John 2, Adam 1. He lived in the venerable
house still standing on Forest Street, which was the only one on the road at the
time. This house, in which Miss Hannah Hawkes died in 1907, at the age of
ninety-two, is identical in form and appearance with the old house of April 19,
1775. Adam Hawkes was married by Rev. Mr. Roby, on July 10, 1765, to Hannah
Newhall, daughter of Moses and Susannah (Bowden) Newhall, born June 26, 1746. In
the year of his marriage he bought the farm above mentioned, and with his
young wife there began housekeeping. He was a shoe manufacturer in a small way,
as well as a farmer, and sold his shoes in Providence, making his trips on
horseback. He responded with patriotic zeal to the call of April 19, 1775, and
marched away with
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his comrades in the company of
Captain David Parker, of Saugus. His name on the muster-roll is given as Adam
Hawke. In the old family Bible is briefly related his final action in the War
for Independence. He had entered upon the privateer service, and the record
says: "Adam Hawkes entered on board the privateer 'Greybow,' under command
of Captain Hammon [probably Captain Edward Hammond, who was sent back to
Boston, October 8, 1778, to be exchanged for British prisoners], May 9, 1778,
and was taken by the enemy and carried to Halifax to prison, where he remained
until the last of September, when he was exchanged and on the 16th of
October he arrived at Boston, and got home on Friday, the 19th of October, sick
with the yellow fever, which continued till the 20th and then he dyed."
He
left eight children, six sons and two daughters. In 1785 the widow sold the farm
and removed to Boston, where most of the children married. She died there,
May 10, 1827, and was buried in Copp's Hill Burial Ground. He was interred in
the old ground at Saugus Centre, where in 1903 a marble stone and bronze marker
of the S. A. R. were erected.
HAWKES, ELKANAH, - undoubtedly, the "Alehony"
Hawkes of the muster-roll of Captain Parker's Saugus company, was the son of Thomas, and born about 1720. He lived
in the ancient house still standing on Forest Street, and married May 4, 1742,
Eunice Newhall, daughter of Ebenezer, born October 6, 1720. His only service in the
town was as surveyor of highways in 1757-58. In 1757 he was called ensign.
His only service in the Revolution was on April
19, 1775, when he assisted in the running fight against the regulars.
He was a farmer, and thus indicated by his will on file in the probate records.
Letters of administration were granted on his estate July 6, 1778, his will
having been witnessed by three of the Saugus company who were his neighbors;
namely; Francis Smith, Samuel Wilson, and Adam Hawkes. He left 133 acres of
land, house, and blacksmith shop, all valued at £2,802, according to the
currency of the day. His children were Ezra, Eunice, Elizabeth, Love, and
Grace. He is buried in the old cemetery at Saugus Centre. A marble stone and
bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected in 1903.
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HAWKES, JOHN, - descended from
the emigrant Adam, the line being Adam1, John2,
Adam3, John4, Adam5, John6. He was
son of Adam and Huldah, born in Lynnfield, July 14, 1754; married in 1776 to
Rachel, daughter of Lieutenant Timothy and Mary (Newhall Mansfield)
Bancroft, born at Dunstable, April 18, 1758. He had twelve children, and lived
on a part of the farm belonging to his ancestors, in the house near the
Wakefield line, owned by George Hawkes. He died May 3, 1811, and is buried in a
marked grave, facing the street, in the old ground at Lynnfield Centre. The
stone is an immense one, nearly six feet tall. His wife, Rachel, lies at his
side, died April 1, 1814, aged fifty-five. He was a Lynnfield man, but enlisted
in a Reading company, that of Captain John Walton, Colonel David Green's
regiment, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. His grand-daughter, Mary
B. Hawkes, still lives in Lynnfield, and has in her possession his old
commission as first lieutenant in the 6th company, commanded by Captain John Burnham, 1st Essex County regiment, signed by
John Hancock.
HAWKES, NATHAN, - who was
ensign of the Saugus company on the famous 19th of April, was the son of Moses
and Susannah (Hitchings) Hawkes and great-grandson of Adam, the first white man
in Saugus and the ancestor of the Hawkes family which located in that part
of Lynn. He was born July 1, 1745, in the house in which he lived and died.
The house is still standing, and is the first west of the school-house on the road to
Wakefield. It was built in 1725 by Moses Hawkes, son of Moses, to whom the land
came under the will of the first settler.
Nathan Hawkes was married by Rev.
Joseph Roby, September 3, 1769, to Sarah Hitchings, daughter of Daniel and
Hannah Hitchings, born February 19, 1745. She was descended from Daniel
Hitchings, a soldier in King Philip's War and the holder of lands in Saugus
under an Indian deed. Nathan Hawkes was parish clerk during a portion of Parson
Roby's pastorate, and the friendship of pastor and clerk was very close. His
children were Hannah, Nathan, Daniel, James, Susannah, Mary, Moses, and
Aaron. On the outbreak of the Revolution
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April 19, 1775, he marched with his company,
and served two days. On the 24th of April, 1776, he was chosen first lieutenant
of Captain John Pool's 2d company, 1st Essex County regiment, and was
commissioned April 26. His commission, signed in the bold hand of John
Hancock, is in the possession of his great-grandson, Hon. Nathan Mortimer
Hawkes, of Lynn. It is presumed that he saw further active service in the
Revolution, but, owing to the fact that many muster and pay rolls after 1776 are
lacking in the state archives, no record has been found. The sword which he
carried on the morning of April 19, 1775, is a treasured heirloom in the family
of his great-grandson.
He was active in town affairs, being constable in
1772 and selectman in 1786,1787,1788,1789, 1790,1791, 1792, 1805, 1806,
and 1807. His colleagues during the latter years were Henry Hallowell and Henry
Oliver. During his service upon the board the final separation of town and
church took place. The contention between the First Parish and the town was
settled by holding the town meeting in 1806 in the Methodist church instead of
in the First Parish Meeting-house, where the people had worshipped and had
transacted their secular business for one hundred and seventy-three years.
In 1812 one of the earliest schools in the town was held in the home of Nathan
Hawkes, and was taught by one of his daughters. Here Father Taylor, Edward
T. Taylor, the famous preacher of the Seamen's Bethel, of Boston, received
the beginning of his education. The large farm, which came to Mr. Hawkes
by inheritance and by the purchase of the interest of his brothers and
sisters, was profitably tilled. In addition to farming he carried on the shoe
business, after the fashion of those days. November 21, 1783, a committee
which had been appointed to consider methods of bettering the shoe trade
made a report, including a recommendation to petition Congress in aid of the
measures proposed. It may be of interest to give the names of the signers of the
obligation to pay the bills: -
"And we whose names are underwritten, join
in the above and support the charges that may arise: Nathan Hawkes, Aaron
Newhall, John Lewis, Jacob Ingalls, Rufus Newhall, Micajah Alley, John Alley,
Benjamin Parrott, Samuel Batchelder, Ezra Hitchings, William Tarbox, John
Watts, David Lewis, Captain Rufus Mansfield, Benjamin Breed, Abraham Breed,
Joseph Lye, Ebenezer Newhall, Edward Ireson,
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John Ireson, John Curtain, Isaac Bassett, and
Daniel Ingalls." Fourteen of these men had served with Lieutenant Hawkes in
the Revolution.
Perhaps the most important public act of his life was the
part which he took in setting off the town of Saugus from Lynn. "He was the
principal petitioner for this act, and for the contest his wide experience in
town affairs, and the recognition by the people of both parts of the town of his
ability and fairness, amply qualified him to win the legislative battle
which added Saugus in 1815 to the list of Massachusetts towns."
Mr. Hawkes
was well remembered by his grand-daughter, Miss Hannah Hawkes, of North Saugus,
and she described him as a tall, slender man, of light complexion, and with the
usual smooth face of the old-time gentleman. She was the possessor of his
ancient tall clock, which ticked in her home, having performed duty in three
centuries.
Nathan Hawkes died October 17, 1824. His wife, Sarah, died
December 19, 1837, at the age of eighty-seven. They are buried side by side in
the old ground at Saugus Centre, and tall marble slabs mark their graves. The
marker of the S. A. R. was placed there in 1903.
HAWKES, THOMAS, - sergeant,
was the son of Elkanah, and Eunice (Newhall) Hawkes, born February 5,
1742. He was married by Mr. Roby, June 1, 1768, to Esther Newhall, daughter of
Moses and Susannah (Bowden) Newhall, born February 28, 1744. They had seven
children, Joseph Haven, Levi, Simeon, Love, Esther, Samuel Merritt, and Ruth.
Their home was in the house built by Elkanah Hawkes, which may still be seen in
Oaklandvale, a few rods west of Forest Street. So far as it is known. Thomas
Hawkes took no part in the Revolution aside from that in Captain Parker's Saugus
company at the time of the Lexington alarm. His father had been in the old
French War, but served as a private in the same company with his son on the 19th
of April, 1775. Thomas was the eldest son, and upon the death of his father, in
1778, under the Puritan custom he had the usual double portion of the estate,
which in this case was not important, inasmuch as the estate was later declared
insolvent. He served as constable in 1778-79, but appears to have otherwise
taken but little part in town affairs. No record of his death has been found.
HERRICK, DR. MARTIN, - son of Benjamin and Sarah (Potter) Herrick, was born
May 30, 1747, in a house in the northern part of Lynnfield,
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called the "Tremont House." He was married in
Reading, March 25, 1789, to Sarah Wright, who died in Portland, Me., July: 23,
1843, at the age of eighty. Dr. Herrick was very skilful as a physician, and
after his death, which occurred July 10, 1820, some of his friends were wont to
say that they did not expect to survive another illness. He was buried with
Masonic honors, and an old lady who went to the funeral said that the place of
his burial was very near the entrance of the old ground at Lynnfield Centre,
about where the tablet stands, and this was the spot marked to his memory with a
government stone and marker of the S. A. R.
Dr. Herrick responded to the
Lexington alarm, and it is said that after the battle he assisted in caring for
the wounded. He enlisted in the army, but was transferred to the navy and was
twice captured by the British.
The Lexington service is given in the Reading
company, that of Captain John Flint's company, Colonel David Green's
regiment. His name also appears as surgeon on the brigantine "Tyrannicide,"
commanded by Captain John Allen Hallet; engaged August 1, 1778;
discharged December 18, 1778.
HICKS, WILLIAM, - seaman, ship "Rhodes," commanded by
Captain Nehemiah Buffinton; descriptive list of officers and crew sworn
to August 14, 1780; age, twenty-one years; stature, 5 ft. 5 in.; complexion, light;
residence, Lynn. - Mass. Rolls.
HILL, RICHARD, - son of John
and Hannah (Beens) Hill, was born in Lynn, November 14, 1758. He served as a
private in Captain Farrington's company, April 19, 1775, marching to Menotomy,
where he engaged in the running fight with the regulars. He enlisted May 5,
1775, as a private in Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel John Mansfield's
(19th) regiment, then being recruited at Cambridge, and June 8 he gave his
receipt for advance pay. He was present with his company on Cobble Hill during
the fight on Bunker Hill, but did not participate. During the succeeding fall he
went into camp on Winter Hill with his regiment, and did guard duty until the
first day of January, 1776, when he was discharged. He received the customary
order for a bounty coat on November 4 for having enlisted for eight months.
Inasmuch as most of his company re-enlisted at once to serve during 1776, he
also probably accompanied his regiment, after the evacuation of Boston,
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to New York, where it took part in the battles
of Fort Washington and Fort Lee, and then crossed into New Jersey, where it
finally engaged in the capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776. On
the 6th of March, 1777, he was again mustered into service by Lieutenant
John Flagg, of Lynn, for three years. He received a bounty of £24 from the town
of Lynn, and was allowed three pairs of shoes, three shirts, and three pairs of
hose, all of which, however, was deducted from his pay. He was at this time
assigned to Captain Goodale's company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's (5th)
regiment, which soon after went into camp at Peekskill, N.Y. June 23 his
regiment was sent north to reinforce General Schuyler, and while there was in
the famous campaign which resulted in the capture of Burgoyne and his army.
Captain Goodale's company saw hard fighting during the battle of
Saratoga, led a fierce charge on October 10, and was present at the
surrender. After this his regiment was stationed in the northern
department, doing duty on the Hudson River. During the summer of 1778
Private Hill was in camp at Fort Arnold, and there saw for the first time
General Thaddeus Kosciuszko, who was serving as engineer. After two years of
service he was promoted to the rank of corporal, and was transferred to Captain
John Williams's company in the same regiment. At the conclusion of his three
years' service he again enlisted for the war, and was assigned to Captain Job
Whipple's company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's regiment. He was at West Point at the
time of Arnold's treason and escape. At this time he was described as being
twenty-two years of age, 5 ft. and 11 in. in height, of light complexion and
light hair, with residence Lynn. In January, 1781, he was reported as being on
guard at West Point with the boats. In February he was granted a furlough, and
returned to Lynn, where he spent sixty days, at the end of which time he
returned to the army, where he appears for the last time on a muster-roll dated
at West Point, April, 1781. It is probable that he remained until peace was
declared, but no record exists.
At the conclusion of the war, having served nearly six years for his
country, he returned to Lynn, where he was living in 1790. Nothing further is
known of him.
HILL, ROBERT, - son of John and Hannah (Beens) Hill, was born October 6,
1756. Little is known of him. He evidently died in Salem, June
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20, 1798, at the age of forty-two, and is given
in the record of Rev. Mr. Bentley, of that place, as "a mariner from Lynn." He
was also described as infirm, poor, but respected. He died of consumption. His
wife was a Collins, and he had seven children. In 1780 he was a resident of
Salem, as would appear from a descriptive list of officers and crew of the
brigantine "Ranger," commanded by Captain Robert Stone, in which his age was
given as twenty-three, complexion light, and residence Salem.
HILL, WILLIAM, -
fifer, son of John and Hannah (Beens) Hill, was born in Lynn, July 10,
1754. He served in the company of Captain David Parker, of Saugus, at the
Lexington alarm, returning home the next day. On May 3 he enlisted in Captain
Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel John Mansfield's regiment, as a fifer, and
served until August 1, 1775. He was present at the battle of Bunker Hill, but
was not called into action. On June 8 he received advance pay for his services,
and the town of Lynn voted him a gun. At the expiration of his first enlistment
he again entered the service in the same company, and undoubtedly served
through the siege of Boston. He appears on a company return October 6, 1775, and
on November 4 he received an order for a bounty coat or its equivalent in money.
He spent the winter in camp at Winter Hill. On a list of soldiers of the
Revolution kept by Henry Hallowell, he is given as a corporal, but no official
records have been found to prove it.
Mr. Hill does not appear on the
town records, and it is not known where he lived nor what was his occupation. In
1818 he was pensioned by the federal government at the rate of eight
dollars per month, but did not live long thereafter. He died in Lynn, May 6,
1819. His burial-place is unknown, but presumably he lies in an unmarked grave
in the old Western Burial Ground.
HITCHINGS,
ABIJAH, - private, son of Daniel
and Hannah (Ingalls) Hitchings, was born January 18, 1753, and lived in the
family homestead in North Saugus. With his three brothers, Nathan, John, and
Daniel, he responded to the Lexington alarm but nothing further is known of him.
HITCHINGS,
DANIEL, - private, son of Daniel and Hannah (Ingalls)
Hitchings, was born in North Saugus, October 2, 1738. His home was the
ancient house still standing, west of the Newburyport turnpike, near
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where the Saugus River crosses it. This
house has the antique cased beams of oak in the ceiling of the lower rooms, and
is an interesting relic of an earlier day. Like all of the name of Hitchings of
this locality, seven of whom were on the rolls of the Revolution and five
in the Saugus company of April 19, he was descended from Daniel Hitchings, a
soldier in King Philip's War, who held lands in Saugus under an Indian deed. The
Daniel of our sketch had seen service in the French and Indian War, having been
in Captain Newhall's company, Colonel Plaisted's regiment, which marched toward
Springfield, August 15, 1755. In 1771 he was lieutenant in Captain Ephraim
Brown's 1st Lynn company, 1st Essex County regiment of militia. On July 18,
1766, he was married by Rev. Mr. Roby to Eunice Hawkes. According to the
probate records, letters of administration were granted on the estate of Daniel
Hitchings to his wife, Eunice, on July 12, 1793. He is there described as a
blacksmith, and in the inventory are mentioned "one-half a house and
one-half a barn, eleven acres adjoining, twenty-five acres pasture and five
acres of Burrill meadow," Mr. Hitchings took but little part in the affairs of
the town, appearing only as warden in 1767. After the Lexington alarm, in which
he served in the company of Captain Parker, he quietly pursued his trade until
his death in 1793. He is buried in the old cemetery at Saugus Centre where a
marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected in 1903.
HITCHINGS, JOHN, - private, son of Daniel and Hannah (Ingalls)
Hitchings, was born in Saugus, April 4, 1747. He was married December 3,
1768, by Rev. Mr. Roby to Lydia Hawkes, daughter of Adam and Huldah (Brown)
Hawkes. John Hitchings served with his three brothers, Daniel, Nathan, and
Abijah, in the Saugus company at the Lexington alarm, but no further service is
recorded. After the war he moved to Richfield, N.Y., with William Hitchings,
possibly his son, and became a pioneer in the wilderness. His descendants still
remain in New York and Vermont.
HITCHINGS, NATHAN, - probably son of Daniel and Hannah (Ingalls) Hitchings,
was born in Saugus, November 23, 1741, brother of Daniel, John, Abijah, and
Nathaniel. His home was in the farm-house of Breakhart Hill, with its pleasant
view down the valley of the Saugus River, where lies Pranker's Pond. He was
married July 16, 1771, by Rev. John Treadwell, to Abigail Larrabee, born in
1737. He was
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with Captain Parker's company on the 19th of April,
1775, and in July enlisted in Captain Eleazer Lindsey's company, Colonel Jacob
Gerrish's regiment, and at Malden, July 6, took the oath required by the
Continental Congress. His receipt for advance pay was given at Malden,
August 3, and the document is preserved in the state archives. Upon
the dismissal of Captain Lindsey from the service, he entered the company of
Captain Daniel Galeucia, of Lynn, and was attached to Colonel Benjamin
Ruggles Woodbridge's regiment. Having enlisted for eight months, he was given an
order for a bounty coat at Malden, December 22, 1775. May 11, 1777, he was
mustered into service again, the town of Lynn having voted on March 3 to give
every soldier enlisting for three years a bounty of £14. He was attached to
Captain Foster's company, Colonel Nixon's regiment, and later to Captain Japhet
Daniels's company of the same regiment, having marched from Lynn to New York,
where the regiment was stationed. He was in the Burgoyne campaign, and
fought in the battles of Stillwater and Saratoga. After the surrender of
Burgoyne he remained on duty in the northern department. He was in the assault
on Stony Point, and assisted with other Lynn men in the capture. At the time of
Arnold's treason he was at West Point, and witnessed the execution of Andre. His
term having expired, he returned to Lynn and again enlisted, June 23,1781,
agreeable to a resolve of December 2, 1780. His second term of enlistment
was for three years, but before it was over peace was declared, and he again
returned to Lynn after having seryed a period of over eight years. He died in
Saugus, October 23, 1821, and his wife Abigail died there, February 28, 1819. They are
buried in the old cemetery at Saugus Centre, where a
double stone marks their graves. A bronze marker was erected in 1903.
HITCHINGS, NATHANIEL, - son of Daniel and Hannah (Ingalls) Hitchings, was
born April 1, 1751. The most that can now be known of him is gathered from his
pension application made in 1818. He was pensioned under the act of 1818,
at which time he was feeble and infirm, but of sound mind, a house carpenter by
trade. Seven years later he was very infirm, with wife aged sixty-seven, and,
unless pensioned, must have depended upon charity. Mr. Samuel Sweetser testified
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in his behalf, saying that, when he, Sweetser,
was a selectman in Lynn, in 1776, he had paid Hitchings a bounty to enlist. This
second application was made because of having been dropped from the rolls
in 1820. It resulted in his being restored, July 25, 1825. His service was for
at least two years in the war, having enlisted in April, 1775, and served as
sergeant in Captain Bacon's company, Colonel Gerrish's regiment, for the
first eight months of the war. The first of January he enlisted in Captain
Benjamin Pollard's company, Colonel Jonathan Brewer's regiment, and served as a
non-commissioned officer until discharged at Fishkill a year later. His death
occurred in Lynn, September 14, 1834, at the age of eighty-three.
HITCHINGS, THOMAS, - son of
Ezra and Keturah (Newhall) Hitchings, was born November 15, 1762, in Saugus. He
was married by Rev. Mr. Roby, January 10, 1787, to Ruth Burchstead, daughter of
Dr. Benjamin Brame Burchstead, born about 1768. Their children were Thomas,
Benjamin Burchstead, Ruth, Ezra, James Tyler, Keturah, Myra, George,
Roswell, and Edward. Seven of these children lived to be over seventy years of age.
October 2, 1832,
Thomas Hitchings appeared before the Probate Court, at the age of seventy, and
made oath that he enlisted in October, 1779, at Lynn, and served one month and
sixteen days in Captain Addison Richardson's company, Colonel Jacob
Gerrish's regiment, and marched to Albany to reinforce the Continental Army, and
was discharged at Greenbush. In June, 1780, he enlisted, and served six
months in Captain Hook's company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's regiment, marching
first to headquarters at West Point and then down North River. He was honorably
discharged at West Point, but lost his discharge paper.
Thomas Hitchings
died February 14, 1839, and his widow applied for a pension in her own name, but
was rejected. She died November 1, 1842. Later her sons, Roswell and Edward,
applied for a pension, but it was not granted.
The home of Thomas Hitchings,
"eighty rods east of the Asa Rhodes house," was called the Master Hitchings
house, because Thomas was a teacher of music. For many years he led the singing
in the old West
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Parish Meeting-house and taught a singing school. He was a man much respected, and lived
and died upon the place where his large family was reared.
HITCHINGS, WILLIAM, - private, son of Elkanah and Eunice (Newhall) Hitchings,
was born in Saugus, June 9, 1747. He served with the Saugus company at the
Lexington alarm. He probably went to Richfield, N.Y., after the war. His
descendants may be found in New York and Vermont.
HOLMES, GEORGE, - A George Holmes, of Lynnfield, died in February,
1817. His property on inventory amounted to about $90. This included his title
to land granted him as a soldier of the Revolution, $50, also an old
gun and accoutrements, $6.50. Just before his death he was carried to Woburn,
January 6, 1817, and died there, February 4, 1817. He is noted in Woburn deaths as "a
stranger." He was a private in Captain Stephen Wilkins's company, Colonel
Wigglesworth's regiment, with pay abstract for travel home from Albany, two
hundred and forty miles. Sworn to January 15, 1777.
HOPKINS, CHARLES, - return of men raised in Essex County for Continental
service, agreeable to resolve of December 2, 1780; engaged for town of Lynn;
engaged December 18, 1781; term during the war.
HOWARD, EZEKIEL, - son of Ezekiel and Margaret (Newman) Howard, was born June
26,1749; married November 28,1771, by Ebenezer Burrill, Esq., to Anna Downing;
children, Jonathan, John, Elizabeth, Ezekiel, Daniel, Nabby, Joseph, and Polly.
Ezekiel Howard enlisted in Captain
Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel Israel Hutchinson's regiment, January 1, 1776,
for one year. He was at Fort Washington and Fort Lee, and crossed New Jersey
with Washington. At the end of the year he re-enlisted for six months more,
at the end of which time he was honorably discharged. Joshua Danforth and
Thomas Florence both stated that they served with him in 1776 and that he lived
in Saugus. The Massachusetts rolls also give service in Captain Simeon Brown's
company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, from April 2, 1778, to July 3, 1778,
three months, and two days. Roll dated at Winter Hill. He was pensioned in 1818,
at $8 per month, and died December 26,1819. His wife, Anna, survived him. dying
in Saugus, June 25, 1829. Both are buried in the old ground
at Saugus Centre.
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HOWARD, JOSHUA, - son of Ezekiel and Margaret (Newman)
Howard, was born March 26, 1761, and was a twin of Elizabeth. He was
married July 17, 1781, by Rev. Mr. Roby, to Lydia Ramsdell; children, John,
Martha, Amos, James, and Joshua. Nothing further has been found concerning him
except his Revolutionary record, as follows: Private, Captain Simeon
Brown's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards; service from April
2, 1778, to July 12, 1778, three months, twelve days; roll dated camp at Winter
Hill; also private, Captain Jeremiah Putnam's company, Colonel Nathan Tyler's
regiment; enlisted July 10,1779; service to December 1, 1779, four months,
twenty-one days, at Rhode Island; also pay-roll for December, 1779, allowing one
month, four days' service at Rhode Island, travel (85 miles) included; also
private, Captain Samuel Huse's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of
guards; enlisted July 13, 1778; discharged, December 14, 1778; service, five
months, three days, at Cambridge; also private, Captain Zadock Buffinton's
company, Colonel Samuel Johnson's regiment; enlisted August 14, 1777; discharged
November 30, 1777, at Cambridge; service, three months, seventeen days, in
northern department; roll sworn to at Salem; also private, Captain Addison
Richardson's company, Colonel Wade's detachment of Essex County militia;
enlisted July 12, 1780; discharged October 10, 1780; service, three months, ten
days, including twelve days' (240 miles) travel home. - Mass. Rolls.
HUDSON, BENJAMIN, - probably son of Jonathan and Mary
Hudson, was born January 8, 1735-36; married December 1, 1757, to Anna Swett (or
Sweet); children, Jonathan, Benjamin, Ann, Rebakah, and Mary. Nothing further is
known of him except the record as a soldier given in the
Massachusetts rolls.
Private, Captain Rufus
Mansfield's (4th) company of militia, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Concord; service,
two days; also, Captain Joseph Hiller's company, Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's
regiment, arrived at destination May 7, 1777; discharged July 5, 1777; service,
two months, six days; also Captain Zadock Buffinton's company, Colonel
Samuel Johnson's regiment; enlisted August 18, 1777; discharged November 30,
1777, at Cambridge; service, three months, thirteen days, in northern
department; company raised to serve until November 30, 1777; roll sworn to at
Salem.
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HUDSON, THOMAS KILBY, - son of Moses and Catherine (Kilby) Hudson, was born
in Lynn, April 9, 1756; married July 27, 1780, by Rev. John Treadwell, to Rhoda
Ramsdell, daughter of Nehemiah and Deliverance (Smith) Ramsdell, born August 31,
1754. Their children, all bom in Lynn, were Thomas Kilby, Nehemiah Ramsdell,
Nathan, James, John, Joseph, Delia, Betsey.
Mr. Hudson died August 18,
1814, and is buried with his wife, who died April 16, 1821, in the old Western
Ground, at the right of the entrance, among the Hudsons. A gravestone and marker
were erected in 1903. Mr. William E. Hudson, of Estes Street, living in 1903, at
the age of eighty-six, was his grandson. At the close of the Revolution Thomas
Kilby Hudson served his apprenticeship as a shoemaker with Thomas Newhall. Mr.
Hudson served in the company of Captain Joseph Hiller, Colonel Titcomb's regiment,
at Rhode Island, during the summer of 1777, and the following summer did guard
duty under Captain Samuel Huse, in and around Boston.
HUNT, JOHN, - died,
probably near Saratoga, in the late spring of 1777, of small-pox. Mr. Hallowell
mentions this fact in his narrative. Nothing is known of this man. The
Massachusetts rolls give his name among those raised by John Flagg to serve in
the army from February, 1778, but this is evidently a mistake or the reference
is to another man of the same name. They also give service as private in Colonel
Putnam's (5th) regiment from March 4, 1777, to June 16, 1777, and that he
was reported "died June 16, 1777."
HUTCHINSON, NATHANIEL, - sergeant, son of
Nathaniel and Catherine (Bryant) Hutchinson, was born in Saugus, June 2, 1746.
His parents removed to Lyndboro, N.H., where they both died. Nathaniel, Jr., was
married by Rev. Joseph Roby, November 16, 1770, to Mary Heard. He was a
tithing-man in 1770 and fence-viewer in 1781. Aside from this his name does not
appear in town or church record. His military service, so far as is known, ended
with that at the Lexington alarm, to which he responded with his brother
Thomas. His brother Timothy was later in the Revolution. During the war he took
up his residence in Pepperell, Mass., where he with his wife was admitted to the
church in 1781. He was elected deacon of the church there April 28, 1789. No
record of his death or burial-place has been found, but it is supposed that
he died in Pepperell and was buried there.
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HUTCHINSON, THOMAS, - private, third son and
fifth child of Nathaniel Hutchinson, Sr., was born in Saugus, June 28, 1753.
His brothers, Timothy and Nathaniel, were in the Revolution. He was a member
of Captain Parker's Saugus company, of which his brother Nathaniel was
sergeant, and which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. On the 4th of May, 1775,
he enlisted in the Continental Army, then forming in Cambridge, and
was assigned to Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel John Mansfield's (19th)
regiment, and signed a receipt for advance pay at Cambridge, June 8, 1775. At
the battle of Bunker Hill he was present with his company on Cobble Hill, within
sight of the battle, but did not go into the engagement. After the retirement of
Colonel Mansfield he continued to serve in the same company, then commanded by
Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson. He went into camp on Winter Hill in the
fall, and on November 4 received the customary order for a bounty coat for
having enlisted for eight months. He spent the winter in camp, watching the
British in Boston, and was with his company when it marched into the fown upon
its evacuation by the British. His brothers, Timothy and Nathaniel, removed to
Pepperell, Mass., after the war, and it is possible that he accompanied
them, for no record has been found of his having been in Lynn after 1776.
HUTCHINSON, TIMOTHY, - son of Nathaniel, Sr., was born in Saugus, July 24,
1758; married in Pepperell, Mass., February 2, 1783, to Prudence Eliot. He was
brother of Nathaniel and Thomas, members of Captain David Parker's Saugus
company, which marched on the Lexington alarm. Timothy appears in a
list of six months' men raised agreeable to the resolve of June 5, 1780, in
Middlesex County, also in a descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the
Continental Army for the term of six months; received by Brigadier-General John
Glover at Springfield, July 8, 1780; age, twenty-one years; stature, 5 ft. 8
in.; complexion, light; engaged for town of Pepperell; marched to camp, July 8,
1780, under command of Ebenezer Kent.
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