INGALLS, BENJAMIN, - probably son of John and Abigail (Stocker) Ingalls, was born in Lynn in 1762; married by Rev. Mr. Roby, July 5, 1783, to Susannah Burrill, daughter of Theophilus and Martha (Newhall) Burrill, born August 27, 1762. Benjamin Ingalls was drowned in Lynn Harbor, in trying to throw over an anchor, in April, 1785. There was one child, Theophilus.
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     This is the only man in the Ingalls genealogy who seems to fit the military service found in the rolls. From the fact that he was drowned while fishing it seems possible that he may have followed this occupa­tion and that he is the same man who served as a sailor in the Revolu­tion, although the age does not agree. Benjamin was a nephew of Eleazer Collins Ingalls, and his sister married Enoch Mudge, a Revo­lutionary soldier. The service in the rolls of Benjamin is as follows:

     "Appears a sailor in the Brigantine 'Rover,' commanded by Captain Adam Wellman; descriptive list of officers and crew sworn to July 30,1780; age, twenty-two years; stature, 5 ft. 6 in.; complexion, dark; residence, Lynn. There also appears a Benjamin Eagles among a list of prisoners taken by the British, May 3, 1781, and committed to the old Mill Prison, England, July 23,1781; residence, Lynn. Taken from the Brig 'Hasket & Ann.'''

INGALLS, DANIEL, - was a private in Captain Farrington's company, but no authentic record of his birth has been found. He may have been the son of Daniel and Sarah (Fletcher) Ingalls, born in Andover, Mass., February 11, 1758. His only military service was upon the 19th of April, 1775. He was married October 8, 1778, by Rev. Mr. Tread­well, to Elizabeth Lewis, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Newhall) Lewis, born in Lynn, November 4, 1758. His home was in Wood End, near the present Ireson Avenue. His children were: Elizabeth, Hepzibah, Hannah, Samuel, Joseph, Hannah, Joseph, Hannah, Joseph. He was living in Lynn as late as 1790.

INGALLS, ELEAZER COLLINS, - private, son of Joseph and Rebecca (Col­lins) Ingalls, and great-great-grandson of Edmund Ingalls, was born in Lynn in 1731. He was married November 27, 1758, by Rev. Mr. Henchman, to Elizabeth Lewis, daughter of Edmund and Hepzibah (Breed) Lewis, born in Lynn, July 18, 1736. His home was at the corner of the present Essex and Alice
 & Streets. His children were Lydia, Edmund, Eleazer, Elizabeth, Collins, Hepzibah, Anna, and John. Mr. In­galls was a ship carpenter, and worked at his trade both in Lynn and Salem. On the Lexington alarm he responded as a private, and did duty for two days. At this time he was a man of some property, and is reported to have been one of the eight ship-owners in the town. In
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1779 he fitted out the privateer "Flora," four guns and twelve men, but while in command of her was captured by the British and impris­oned in Dartmoor. He was the only Lynn man in command of a vessel during the war.

     Mr. Ingalls took little part in the affairs of'the town, serving only as surveyor of highways in 1770. He was a member of the First Church and acted as its collector in 1786. In his later years he is reported to have worked on the famous frigate, "Constitution." He died in Decem­ber, 1801, but many years of litigation ensued before his estate, amount­ing to $3,058, was settled in 1848. His wife died October 10, 1825, at the age of ninety. He is buried in the old Western Burial Ground, where a marble gravestone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected to his memory in 1904. His wife is buried in the Eastern Burial Ground, where a slate stone marks her grave.

INGALLS, JACOB, - son of Nathaniel and Anne Ingalls, was born about 1715. He was the great-grandson of Edmund Ingalls. His home was in that part of Lynn called Wood End, where from inheritance and purchase he became a land-holder of considerable importance. He was married November 17, 1737, by Rev. Nathaniel Henchman, to Mary Tucker, perhaps daughter of John and Elizabeth Tucker, of Marblehead, born October 4, 1718. His children, all born before the Revolution, were Hannah, Elizabeth,
Ruth, Jacob, Mary, Deborah, and Rebecca. Deborah married Daniel Lindsey, and Rebecca married Joseph Johnson, both soldiers of the Revolution. Mr. Ingalls was a member of Captain Farrington's company of minute-men, and did duty on the first call to arms. At the time of the Lexington alarm he was over sixty years of age, but shouldered his musket and went with the boys to fight. He has not only the distinction of being the oldest, so far as is known, of all the two hundred and forty-seven men who are borne on the Lexing­ton alarm rolls from Lynn, but also of being the oldest man of all those who served from Lynn in the Revolutionary War. His son. Jacob, Jr., thirty-two years younger, was a sergeant in the same com­pany. Mr. Ingalls took little part in the affairs of the town, pursuing a quiet and uneventful life. His only office appears to have been that of tithing-man in 1767. The date of his death is unknown, but ad-
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ministration was granted upon his estate, July 13, 1791. He is buried in the old Western Burial Ground. His grave was marked in 1904 by a marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R.

INGALLS, JACOB, Jr., - son of Jacob and Mary (Tucker) Ingalls, was born in Lynn, July 1, 1747. At the time of the Revolution Mr. Ingalls lived at the corner of Chestnut and Olive Streets, in an ancient house, torn down some forty years ago. The old mansion was large and roomy with an immense fireplace and chimneys. It is said that, in order to drag in the heavy sticks to fill the great fireplace, a horse was walked into the house. On June 4, 1772, Jacob Ingalls was married by Rev. John Treadwell to Martha Lewis, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Newhall) Lewis, born in Lynn, September 22, 1749. His business of shoemaking was carried on in a little shop near his house. At the outbreak of the Revolution he was a sergeant in Captain William Far­rington's company, and responded with his neighbors to the Lexington alarm, his father being a private in the same company. April 26, 1776, he was commissioned by the Council of Massachusetts Bay as second lieutenant in Captain Joseph Stocker's company, 1st Essex County regiment of militia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Flagg certifying that he had been chosen to that position. This company did guard duty in and about Boston after the evacuation, but saw no active service in the war. His commission is still held as a valuable heirloom by Mr. John H. Parker, of Lynn, by whose courtesy it is reproduced in this volume.
     Jacob Ingalls, Jr., had five children, Martha, Mary, Richard, Jacob, and John. His public life was not conspicuous, although he held the office of town treasurer in 1789, 1790, and 1791. He was a man justly respected for his integrity and many virtues. He died in Lynn, January 19, 1823, and is buried in the Eastern Ground, on the hill at the right of the entrance. A marble gravestone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were placed at his grave in 1903.

INGALLS, JOSEPH, - may have been the son of William and Mary (Lane) Ingalls, baptized in Marblehead, June 1, 1727. No other record ap­pears. His only service was upon April 19, 1775, and nothing further is known of him.

INGALLS, NATHANIEL, - son of Nathaniel and Tabitha (Lewis) Ingalls, was born in Lynn, November 8, 1730, being a great-grandson of Edmund In­galls, the first settler of Lynn. He was married in Malden, December
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9, 1762, by Rev. E. Willis, to Mercy Pratt, daughter of David and Mercy (Upham) Pratt, born in Malden, July 18, 1739. His home was on the present Essex Street, near Chatham. His children were Na­thaniel, John, and Mercy.

     His only military service was on the 19th of April, 1775. He died in Lynn, August 11, 1806, and his wife died two days later, August 13, 1806. They were buried in the Eastern Ground, where a marble grave­stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected to his memory in 1904.

INGALLS, SAMUEL, - son of Samuel and Sarah (Ingalls) Ingalls, was born in Lynn, in 1720. He married October 14, 1748, Lydia Lewis, daughter of Edmund and Hepzibah (Breed) Lewis, born in Lynn, August 1, 1729. His children were James, David, Edmund, Hepzibah, Lydia, Ruth, Sarah, and Hannah. Hepzibah married Edward Ireson, who served with his father-in-law in Captain Farrington's company. Mr. Ingalls took no further part in the Revolution after the Lexington alarm. His home was in Wood End, where he carried on his farm. He died, according to a ledger kept by Dr. James Gardner, February 16,1795. His will was probated April 16, 1795, and his estate was appraised at £395. He is buried in the old Western Ground.

IRESON, EDWARD, - son of John and Hepzibah (Ingalls) Ireson, was born in Lynn, February 29, 1756. He was a great-great-grandson of Edward Ireson, one of the earliest settlers of Lynn, who came over in the "Abi­gail" in 1635, at the age of thirty-two, together with his wife, Eliza­beth, aged twenty-seven. He was descended on his mother's side from Edmund Ingalls, the first settler of Lynn. Thus was Edward Ireson connected with two of the oldest families of Lynn, both of whose names remain prominent after the lapse of nearly three hundred years. His home was on Fayette Street, near the corner of Olive, in an ancient house demolished about 1873.

     The story of the response of Edward Ireson to the early morning alarm of the British march to Concord is fully told elsewhere. It was his only service in the war. He was married March 30, 1779, by Rev. Mr. Treadwell, to Hepzibah Ingalls, daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Lewis) Ingalls, born in Lynn in 1756. Her father was a private in the
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same company with Edward Ireson. Letters of administration were granted on his estate August 3, 1801, when he was described as a cord­wainer. He is buried in the old Western Burial Ground, where a marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected to his memory in 1904. His wife Hepzibah married, second, Benjamin Parrott, who had also served in Captain Farrington's company. She died December 7, 1828, at the age of seventy-one.

IRESON, JOHN, - son of John and Hepzibah (Zibiah Ingalls in the records) was born in Lynn, July 20, 1758. His father's home on Fayette Street, just north of Olive Street, was an ancient building taken down in 1873. He was a direct descendant of Edward Ireson, one of the first settlers of Lynn. He was a member of Captain Farrington's company, and the story of his participation in the fight of April 19, 1775, is told in the chapter devoted to that event. Together with his brother Edward, he was awakened early that morning by the firing of a musket under his window, and at once set off with his neighbors for the scene of conflict, His grandson, Samuel S. Ireson, living in 1903 at the age of eighty-two, stated that he ran a good part of the way, his company making very quick time to Menotomy. He carried an old flint-lock musket and cartridge-box, which were preserved for many years after the war.
     In the early summer of 1777 the British were in possession of a por­tion of Rhode Island, and it was thought that they were to march upon Boston. A considerable number of troops were raised in Massa­chusetts, and among them nearly an entire company from Lynn, under Colonel Jonathan Titcomb and Captain Joseph Hiller. It left Lynn in June, and arrived at Providence June 11, where it remained until August 11, when it was discharged. John Ireson was a private in this company. Upon the arrival of the captured army of General Burgoyne at Cambridge he enlisted as a private in Captain Miles Greenwood's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards, and was sta­tioned at Winter Hill, where he served until April 2, 1778. He then enlisted as a private in Captain Simeon Brown's company in the same regiment, and served until July 12, when he was transferred to Captain Samuel Huse's company and served until December 14, when he was discharged. During this time he was clerk of his regiment, and an inter­esting memorandum in his handwriting is on file at the Pension Office at Washington. It is a list of cartridges given out to the various com-
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panies from the time of the arrival of the British army at Cambridge until the end of the following February, and is reproduced herewith.     
     On July 12, 1780, Ireson again enlisted, and was assigned to the army of General Washington, then in camp in the vicinity of West Point. At this time he was commissioned as a sergeant in Captain Addison Richardson's company, Colonel Wade's regiment. Not long after his arrival on the Hudson the treason of Arnold became known. Sergeant Ireson often related the story of the capture of Major Andre, and was able to describe Arnold from personal knowledge. He was present at the execution of Andre and the memories of that day have been handed down to the present generation. On October 10, 1780, he was finally mustered out of the Continental service, and was given an allowance for twelve days' travel (240 miles) back to Lynn, where he arrived footsore and weary after his long journey.
     He was married in Lynn, January 1, 1789, by Rev. Obadiah Parsons, to Sarah Sargent, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Jenks) Sargent, born August 9, 1758. His home was on Essex Street where Sheridan Street now enters it, and his farm extended back to "Rock Pasture," so called. The old house, pulled down about 1850, had an immense chim­ney and a twelve-foot fireplace. His children were John, Nathaniel, Benjamin, and Samuel Jenks.
     In his latter years Sergeant Ireson applied for a pension, but the claim was not adjusted before his death, which occurred in Lynn, September 20, 1822, at the age of sixty-four. On March 4, 1843, his wife Sarah was pensioned at the rate of $71.45 per year.
     John Ireson had a striking personal appearance, was very tall, with face smooth-shaven, and always carried an ivory-headed cane. He is buried in the Eastern Burial Ground, together with his wife, who died October 10, 1844, at the age of eighty-six. His grave is marked with a marble gravestone and a bronze marker of the S. A. R. placed there in 1904.

JACOBS, BENJAMIN, - was born in 1753. In the "Reminiscences" of Mr. Ben­jamin F. Newhall, written many years ago, the following is found re­garding Benjamin Jacobs: "Those who can go back many years to the early part of the century will remember Benjamin Jacobs, familiarly known as 'Uncle Ben.' He was for a long series of years an attachment to Landlord Newhall's tavern. As an ostler, his services became indis­pensable. No one could please the travelling public like Uncle Ben.
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Early and late he was ever ready, and always in his place. He lived to a good old age, and died in the early part of the century."
     The inventory of his property, dated April 21, 1807, is somewhat curious. The whole amounted to $10.25. Items: one pair large silver buckles, $1.50; best great-coat, $1.75; large hat, seventy-five cents; one pair small-clothes, seventy-five cents; two vests, seventy-five cents. No disposition seems to have been made.
     The Revolutionary service was for somewhat over a year, the first pay-roll being dated December, 1779, for servi.ce at Rhode Island, and the last dated December, 1780, for service at the northward. During this time he is described as a private, engaged for the town of Lynn, twenty-seven years of age, 5 ft. 8 in. tall, of a ruddy complexion. He was in the brigades of Generals Glover and Patterson.

JACOBS, JOHN, - was a servant in the employ of Mr. Ephraim Breed, who was also a Revolutionary soldier. Jacobs was in the Revolutionary War, and served faithfully until its close. He died July 6, 1811, of a sunstroke, while in the employ of Mr. Breed. It had been a very hot day, and the men had been mowing on the marsh all the forenoon. They were returning to dinner, when Jacobs fell from the dyke and died within a short time.
     This man was in the Continental service during nearly the entire war.
     The date of his first enlistment was July 6, 1775, and from that time until the final cessation of hostilities he served in various places, doing guard duty around Boston for the first eight months of the war, for which he received the usual bounty coat or its equivalent in money, and following Washington through the Jerseys in 1776. He was in the Burgoyne campaign in 1777, at the surrender of Cornwallis in 1781, and from that time until May 3, 1783, he served in guarding the forts along the Hudson.

JAMES, BENJAMIN, - Little that is authentic can be given of this man. He may have been the son of Benjamin and Mary, born June 6, 1759. The Revolutionary record found is as follows: 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 Captain Eleazer Lindsey's company, Colonel Samuel Gerrish's regiment; receipt for advance pay signed by said James and others, dated Malden, August 3, 1775; also private Captain Eleazer
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Lindsey's company, commanded by Lieutenant Daniel Galeucia, Colonel Ruggles Woodbridge's regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 16,1775; service, two months, fifteen days; also Captain Daniel Galeucia's company, Colonel Woodbridge's regiment; company return dated probably October, 1775; also order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Malden, October 25, 1775 .

JARVIS, ENOCH, - matross, Captain Samuel Trevett's company, Colonel Richard Gridley's regiment; muster-roll dated June 21, 1775; enlisted May 9, 1775; service, one month, fifteen days; also private, Captain Francis Symond's company, Colonel John Glover's regiment; mus­ter-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted June 4, 1775; service, two months, two days. - Mass. Rolls.

JEFFREY, JOSEPH, Jr., - private, son of Joseph Jeffrey, was probably born in Reading about 1740. His father was a soldier in the French and Indian War, having served under Captain Moses Hart, of Saugus, on the Maine frontier from 1760 to 1763. Joseph, Jr., first appears on the Lynnfield records in 1761. He was married by Rev. Mr. Roby, July 9, 1768, to Abigail Berry, of Saugus, born 1748, and lived in the house later known as the Tarbell place, still standing in South Lynn­field. He was in the Lynnfield company on April 19, 1775, but saw no further service in the war. His wife died January 12, 1797, and is buried in the old cemetery at Wakefield, where a slate stone marks her grave. He was married, second, in Danvers, by Rev. Benjamin Wadsworth, November 14, 1799, to Sally Russell, of Danvers. The date of his death has not been found, but he is supposed to have died in Wakefield, and is probably buried near his wife.

JOHNSON, BENJAMIN, Lieutenant, - son of Joseph and Ann Johnson, was born in Lynn, November 21, 1741. His father was one of the most respected residents of Lynn, a descendant of one of the very early set­tlers, and a man well-to-do in the community. Benjamin was married by Rev. John Treadwell, January 5, 1764, to Lydia Richards, daughter of John and Lydia (Phillips) Richards, born January 5, 1744. Her brothers, Joseph, John, and William, served in Captain William Farrington's company under her husband. She died October 9, 1773, aged twenty-nine. He married January 27, 1774, Lydia Breed, daughter of Theophilus
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and Martha (Newhall) Breed, born August 17, 1746. She died March 23, 1776. He was married, third, in Weston, Mass., September 29, 1776, by Rev. Samuel Woodward, to Rachel Roberts, of Weston.
     Upon the formation of Captain Farrington's company he became lieutenant, and marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. He did not take part in the war which followed, and his company was broken up after the battle of Lexington. He was a patriotic citizen, however, and in 1778, 1781, 1782, and 1783 was a member of the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection, and Safety, serving thus in a creditable manner the cause of the patriots. At the conclusion of the war he served in the year 1784 as selectman. His home was upon Market Street where Exchange Hall now stands. A shoe manufacturer for many years, he did considerable business for those days. On a visit to Baltimore about 1790 he met Rev. Jesse Lee, who was beginning his exposition of the doctrine of the new sect of Methodists. Mr. John­son invited Mr. Lee to come to Lynn. The invitation was accepted, and the first meeting for worship was held in Mr. Johnson's house, December 14, 1790, and on February 20, 1791, the first Methodist church in New England was formed, now the First Methodist Epis­copal Society of Lynn. Its formation was followed by a wholesale transfer of the members of the First Congregational Society to the new faith, until only five male members were left in the pioneer church.
     The children of Benjamin Johnson were John Legree, Benjamin, Joseph, Holton, and Rachel. He died November 12, 1810, and was buried in one of the tombs formerly existing in the old Western Burial Ground. His wife, Rachel, who died August 22, 1811, aged fifty-nine, was buried beside him. Upon the removal of these tombs their re­mains were transferred to the Holton Johnson lot on Acacia Path, Pine Grove Cemetery. Here a marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected in 1903.
     Mr. Johnson's will, on file at Salem, discloses the fact that he became the richest of all the soldiers who were accredited to the town of Lynn during the Revolution. It notes "a mansion house on Market Street, and land to the corner of Marblehead Road (Essex Street)." His real estate amounted to $13,348, and his entire estate to $24,856. Among other items are mentioned 149 ounces of silver plate. The old mansion house was torn down about 1845.
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JOHNSON, EDWARD, - the first private named on the Lexington alarm roll of Captain Farrington's company, was the son of Jonathan and Sarah (Mansfield) Johnson, born in Lynn, August 16, 1722. He was descended from the earliest settlers in Lynn. His home was upon the Boston road, between the present Waverly and Bulfinch Streets, and the mansion house still stands, although much altered in appearance. Like other members of his family, he was taught the trade of a cabinet-maker, and followed it for many years in its different branches. He was the first and only chair-maker in Lynn, and in his will he described himself as a "ship­joiner." He was married by Rev. Mr. Henchman, October 3, 1744, to Bethia Newhall, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Potter) Newhall, born in Lynn, October 1, 1720. In 1709 his father built the house still standing (1903) on Strawberry Avenue, known as the Isaac Orgin house, and it is probable that Edward occupied it for a time. Upon the death of his father he established himself in the homestead on Boston Street.

     Mr. Johnson was chosen clerk of the market for a great many years, and served as warden and wood-sealer in 1766. Like most of his neigh­bors, he was a member of the company of Captain Farrington, and, although fifty-three years of age, served on the 19th of April, 1775. This was his only service as a soldier. In May of that year he was unanimously chosen the first representative in the Provincial Congress which sat at Watertown, May 31. Dr. Emerson, of Salem, also a member, always stopped at the Johnson house on the way to Congress, and the two men generally went to the meetings together. On June 28 he was appointed chairman of a committee to station troops in Essex County. July 4, he was made chairman of a committee to examine the accounts of those persons who were empowered to pro­cure arms for the Continental Army. Two days later he was again honored with the chairmanship of a committee to answer a letter from the Congress of New Hampshire. The next day he was made chair­man of a committee to procure stores in which to deposit fish for the use of the army. On the 19th of July the form of government was changed to a General Assembly, and in this new body Mr. John­son again represented the town of Lynn. His associates were the most distinguished men of the times, including Hancock, Adams,
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Gerry, and General Lincoln. On July 28 he was appointed upon a committee to obtain two hundred narrow axes and place them in the hands of General Washington for the use of the army. Mr. Johnson continued to serve upon committees during the session. He was re­-elected to the General Assembly of 1776 and 1777, and he discharged with fidelity and care the duties which devolved upon him. During the exciting events which accompanied the siege of Boston Mr. John­son was always at his post and faithfully represented his town.
     Edward Johnson had ten children, six sons and four daughters. Three of his sons, Edward, Joseph, and William, served in the Revo­lution, the first being in the company with his father on the 19th of April, 1775. Most of his sons later went to Salem, where they were employed in the erection of some of her finest residences.
     The death of Edward Johnson occurred in Lynn, January 28, 1799, at the age of seventy-six. He is buried in the old Western Burial Ground, at the right of the main path, near the entrance. A large slate stone marks his grave, at which a marker was erected in 1903. His wife died January 8, 1787, aged sixty-seven, and is buried at his side. His homestead consisted of sixty acres of land, with dwelling, shop, and barn, all of which he willed to his children. Many descend­ants are still represented in the best families of Lynn.

JOHNSON, EDWARD, Jr., - private, son of Edward and Bethia (Newhall) Johnson, was born in Lynn, August 7, 1751. His father was one of the most important and influential men of the town, and was a mem­ber of the Provincial Congress in 1774. His home was on Boston Street, between the present Waverly and Bulfinch Streets, and the old mansion, although much altered, is still standing (1903). Private Johnson served in Captain Farrington's company, April 19, 1775. Soon after the battle of Bunker Hill it was thought advisable to guard the seacoast of Essex County, inasmuch as it was feared that the Brit­ish might devastate it. Edward Johnson, Jr., enlisted July 14, 1775, in Captain Samuel King's company, and was commissioned second lieutenant. This company was stationed at both Salem and Lynn, and Lieutenant Johnson had been on duty six months when the com­pany was disbanded, the war having moved south and the danger being over. His brothers Joseph and William were in the war. Noth­ing is known of Lieutenant Johnson's subsequent life.
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JOHNSON, HOLTON, - (called "Captain") was the son of Samuel and Ruth (Holton) Johnson, born in Lynn, September 27, 1745. He was mar­ried February 18, 1768, by Rev. Mr. Treadwell, to Ruth Lindsey. Their children were Ruth, Elizabeth, Betty, Holton. He was on the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection, and Safety in 1781, 1782, 1783, and representative to the General Court in 1782. Living in Lynn in 1790, but the date of his death is unknown.

JOHNSON, JAMES, - son of Samuel and Ruth (Holton) Johnson, was born March 22, 1738; married February 21, 1760, to Rebecca Hooper; married, second, to Sarah Hawkes, November 26, 1761. He was in the French and Indian War, on the Maine frontier, and died October 24, 1816. His Revolutionary service was as follows: - 
     Return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 1st Essex County regiment, sworn to at Salem by John Flagg, first military officer for the town of Lynn; joined Captain Brown's company, Colonel Bigelow's regiment; term, three years; also sergeant, Captain Joshua Brown's company, Colonel Timothy Bigelow's regiment; Continental Army pay accounts for service from April 10, 1777, to December 31, 1779; reported as serving fifteen months, ten days, as sergeant, seventeen months, ten days, as private; also sergeant, same company and regi­ment; muster-roll for January to August, 1777, dated Van Schaick's Island; appointed April 10, 1777; also same company and regiment, re­turn dated February 3, 1778; residence, Lynn; enlisted for the town of Lynn; mustered by Suffolk County; also private, same company and regiment; pay-roll dated February, 1779, sworn to at Providence; also Captain Brown's company, Colonel Timothy Bigelow's regiment; mus­ter-roll for March and April, 1779, sworn to at Providence. - Mass. Rolls.

JOHNSON, JOHN, - appears in Hallowell's list. A John, son of George and Rebecca (Dennis) Johnson, was baptized in Marblehead, Sep­tember 28, 1746. It is not known whether this is the right man.
     Private, Captain Samuel Huse's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards; enlisted November 12, 1777; service to April 4, 1778, at Winter Hill. - Mass. Rolls.

JOHNSON, JOSEPH, - probably son of Edward, and born January 8, 1753.
     He lived on the Common, and died January 17, 1826, according to
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Richard Pratt. His wife was probably Rebecca Ingalls, daughter of Jacob, Sr., and Anne, born December 30,1759; and his children, Polly, Samuel, Rebecca, Betsey, and Jacob Ingalls. His wife died December 26, 1820.
     The following is the Revolutionary service: Receipt given to Holton Johnson, dated December 20, 1776, signed by Johnson and others, for wages for sixty-seven days' service on board the brig "Ann"; also sea­man, brigantine "Ann," Amos Mansfield, master; engaged December 19, 1776: discharged April 14, 1777; service, three months, twenty-five days, on voyage from Salem to Baltimore; roll dated Boston. - Mass. Rolls.

JOHNSON, PHARAOH, - son of Nehemiah and Lydia (Newhall) Johnson, was born September 16, 1756; married Lydia Sawyer before 1782; children, Lydia, Mary, David, Humphrey Sawyer, and Francis. His Revolutionary service is given only as follows: Receipt given to Holton Johnson, dated Lynn, December 20, 1776, signed by said Johnson for wages for six days on the brig "Ann."

JOHNSON, TIMOTHY, - A Timothy, son of William and Elizabeth, was born in Reading, November 12, 1743. A Timothy, son of William, from Reading, was warned out of Lynn in 1751.
     Revolutionary service: Private, Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute-men who marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, seventeen days; also Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel John Mansfield's regiment; order for advance pay signed by said Johnson and others, dated Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also private, same com­pany and regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 6, 1775; service, three months, two days; also Captain Ezra 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. -
Mass. Rolls.

JOHNSON, WILLIAM, - son of Edward and Bethia (Newhall) Johnson, was born October 13, 1754, brother of Joseph and Edward, Jr. The family tradition is that he died on board a ship in Boston Harbor during the war. Little is known concerning him. The service given in the Massachusetts rolls is as follows: -
     Captain Enoch Putnam's company, Colonel John Mansfield's regi­ment; order for advance pay signed by said Johnson and others, dated
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Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also private, Captain Enoch Putnam'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, October 7, 1775; also private, Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute-men which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, twenty-one days; also muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 10, 1775; service, two months, twenty-seven days.

KEFF (probably KEEFE) MICHAEL, - list of men raised in Essex County for the term of nine months from the time of their arrival at Fishkill; returned as mustered by Henry Rutgers, Jr., deputy muster-master, dated Fishkill, August 1, 1778; residence, Lynn; engaged for the town of Lynn; arrived at Fishkill July 4, 1778. - Mass. Rolls.

LACEY, SAMUEL, - private, Captain Stephen Wilkins's company, Colonel Wigglesworth's regiment; pay abstract for travel allowance from Albany home sworn to January 15,1777; 210 miles' travel allowed said Lacey. - Mass. Rolls.

LAITH, EBENEZER, - probably son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth, born in Woburn, May 5, 1749; married by Rev. Mr. Roby to Elizabeth Lar­rabee, April 16, 1771. She was living in 1800, evidently widow of Ebenezer, the date of whose death is unknown.

     The following is the Revolutionary service found in the Massachusetts rolls: Private, Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute-men which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, two days; 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 town of Lynn; also private, Captain Stephen Wilkins's company, Colonel Wigglesworth's regiment; pay abstract for travel allowance from Albany home sworn to January 15, 1777; 210 miles' travel allowed said Laith; also descriptive list of men raised in Essex County in 1779 to serve in the Continental Army, Captain Stocker's company; age, thirty-one years; stature, 5 ft. 8 in.; complexion, light; engaged for town of Lynn; delivered to Lieutenant John Grace; also Captain Japhet Daniels's company, Colonel Thomas Nixon's (6th) regiment; entered service September 23, 1779; discharged June 23, 1780; term nine months.
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The following service accredited to Ebenezer Laithe, of Marble­head, should without doubt belong to the Lynn man: Private, Cap­tain Joseph Hiller's company, Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's regi­ment; pay-roll dated camp at Providence, July 6, 1777; arrived at destination June 11, 1777; also detachment from Captain Hiller's company, which remained in camp under command of John Watts after Captain Hiller's roll was made up; service from June 11, 1777, to August 11, 1777, at Rhode Island, including travel home. - Mass. Rolls.

LARRABEE, BENJAMIN, - appears in a descriptive list of officers and crew of the ship "Junius Brutus," commanded by Captain John Leach, dated Salem, June 15, 1780; age, twenty-five years; stature, 5 ft. 5 in.; complexion, light; residence, Lynn.
     Also private, Captain Samuel King's company; enlisted July 11, 1775; service, six months, five days; company stationed at Salem and Lynn for defence of seacoast; also receipt dated Salem, September 25, 1775, signed by said Larrabee and others belonging to Captain King's company, for advance pay for one month. - Mass. Rolls.
     The Larrabees of America were of undoubted French origin. A branch of the family settled in Maine, and, when the Indians drove the inhabitants from North Yarmouth and old Falmouth, several persons from those places, of the name of Larrabee, came to Lynn and Lynnfield. Some acquired property and established homes here. The Benjamin whose name appears as above on the Revolutionary rolls was without doubt the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Trask) Larrabee, and was born about 1755. His brothers, Joseph, David, and James, were also in the Revolution, and his father, Joseph, was styled in the records "a fisherman." The will of the latter, proved in 1774, mentions his eight children, among whom was Benjamin.

LARRABEE, DAVID, - probably son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Trask) Larra­bee, born in 1762, brother of Benjamin, Joseph, and James.
     Return of men 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; also descriptive list of men raised in Essex County in 1779 to serve in the Continental Army, Cap­tain Stocker's company; age, seventeen years; stature, 5 ft. 3 in.;
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complexion, sandy; engaged for the town of Lynn; delivered to Lieu­tenant John Grace.

     Private, Colonel Thomas Nixon's regiment; Continental Army pay accounts for service from January 1, 1780, to December 31, 1780; residence, Lynn; also Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Whiting's company, Colonel Nixon's (6th) regiment; pay-rolls for January to June, 1780; also pay-rolls, same company, for July, August, September, October, November, and December, 1780. - Mass. Rolls.

LARRABEE, ISAAC, - was the son of Isaac and Martha (Towne) Larrabee. His father, Isaac, died July 19, 1746, "drowned in our bay," and his grandfather, who was also named Isaac, died in 1755, at the age of ninety-one. In the will of the latter, dated May 29, 1753, mention is made of wife Ellinor; sons, John and Samuel, daughters, Mary, Sarah, Ellinor, and Joanna; and grandsons, Isaac and Joseph (sons of son Isaac). These grandsons, upon making satisfactory settlement with their mother, came into full possession of the lands in Lynn owned by their father and grandfather. These were equally divided between them, and consisted of certain portions upon Lynn Common, and also at How's Neck, Oak Island, Chelsea, Ledge Island, and Cider Pond. This Isaac married Mary Stevens, March 15, 1740, and his name appears many times in the records. There is no mention of children.

     Another Isaac, parentage unknown, was married September 30, 1773, by Rev. John Treadwell, to Mary Flin or Flint. His children were Mary, Isaac, Elizabeth, Mehitable, John, William, Asa, Abraham, and James. Thus far it has been impossible to tell which was the Revolutionary soldier whose service is here given.

     Private, list dated Malden, August 3, 1775, of men belonging to Cap­tain Eleazer Lindsey's company, Colonel Samuel Gerrish's regiment, who were credited with having received sums of money, probably on account of advance pay; also private, Captain Eleazer Lindsey's com­pany, commanded by Lieutenant Daniel Gallushee, Colonel Ruggles Woodbridge's regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 22, 1775; service, two months, eleven days; also Captain Daniel Gallushee's (10th) company, Colonel Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's regiment; company return, probably October, 1775; also order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Malden, December 22, 1775; also list of men belonging to Captain Lindsey's company who
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took the oath in Middlesex County, July 6, 1775, required by Congress to be taken by the Massachusetts army. - Mass. Rolls.

LARRABEE, JAMES, - son of Joseph and brother to Joseph, Jr., Benjamin and David, married in Andover, April 13, 1772, by Rev. William, Symmes, to Mary Holt, of Andover.
Appears in a list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 1st Essex County regiment, sworn to at Salem February 16, 1778, by John Flagg, first military officer for the town of Lynn; residence, Lynn; engaged for the town of Lynn; joined Captain Burbeck's com­pany, Colonel Crane's regiment; term three years or during the war.­ Mass. Rolls.

LARRABEE, JOHN, - was born in Lynn in 1757 or 1758. His father was lost at sea, and he went to live with an uncle in Lynn, said to have been "Isaac," who worked him hard and gave him no advantages of edu­cation. When but fifteen years of age, he ran away, taking a last fare­well of his widowed mother. He enlisted in the Continental Army, served as wagoner in his first enlistment, and then re-enlisted and served during the war. He was at Trenton, where he had both feet badly frozen. He married a Miss Hicks, settled in Virginia, and it does not appear that he ever returned to Lynn. His wife died in 1800, and in 1801 he went to Ohio, and settled near Newark. He married, second, a Miss Smith, by whom he had three sons and five daughters; namely, Daniel, William, Sylvester, Mary, Elizabeth, Joanna, Lucinda, and Lydia. Some of these died in infancy. He died in Newark, February 6, 1846. He was a large man, weighing three hundred and fifty pounds, was industrious and honest, of correct habits, and much respected.
     May 7, 1822, he appeared at Newark, Ohio, and made oath that he served in the Revolution in the company commanded by Jotham Drury, in the regiment of Colonel John Crane, and that he obtained a pension under the act of 1818; that he was a farmer, and served in the Revo­lution seven years and eight months, enlisting shortly after the battle of Bunker Hill in the company commanded by Captain Hart, Colonel Sargent's regiment. He joined the regiment immediately at Cam­bridge. After his discharge he again enlisted in the company of Captain Frederick Bell, in Colonel Poor's regiment, New Hampshire line, for the term of one year. He again enlisted, January 1, 1777, for the term of three years in a company of artillery commanded by Captain
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Drury, Colonel John Crane's regiment, and served his complete term; discharged at Morristown, February 9, 1780. He again enlisted for three years, and was discharged at West Point.
LARRABEE, JOSEPH, - son of Joseph and Elizabeth Trask, born about 1742; married Lydia Collins, May 18, 1769; and died December 26, 1789. His widow, Lydia, died May 1, 1839, at the age of ninety-seven.
     Private, list of men dated Malden, August 3, 1775, belonging to Captain Eleazer Lindsey's company, Colonel Samuel Gerrish's regi­ment, who were credited with having received sums of money, probably on account of advance pay; also private, Captain Eleazer Lindsey's company, commanded by Lieutenant Daniel Gallushee, Colonel Rug­gles Woodbridge's regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted June 6, 1775; service, one month, twenty-six days; also Captain Daniel Gallushee's (10th) company, Colonel Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's regiment (25th); company return, probably October, 1775; also order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money, dated Malden, December 22, 1775; 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. - Mass. Rolls.

LARRABEE, STEPHEN, - was a private in Captain Farrington's company, and did duty on April 19, 1775. His birth, marriage, and death do not appear on the Lynn records, and nothing is known of him. The following notice which appeared in Salem may indicate that he removed to that place: "Died in Salem, March 29, 1845, Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Stephen Larrabee, aged 85."

LASKEY, WILLIAM, - On the 25th of November, 1777, William Laskey entered as a seaman on the armed bark "General Gates," John Skeener commander, for a six months' cruise against the British. After four months they took a prize, and he was ordered on board and arrived in her at Boston. Said bark was continued on her cruise after having captured other prizes, and returned to Boston the last of May, 1778. He again entered on board the "General Gates," Captain William Dennis, of Marblehead, commander, for a four months' cruise. After capturing several prizes, he returned to Boston the last of October, 1778, and was discharged.
     He enlisted on the bark "Tyrannicide," Jonathan Harrington com­mander, and was engaged from October, 1777, to May, 1778. Also
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served three months as a private in Captain Enoch Putnam's com­pany, Colonel Hutchinson's regiment, at Dorchester Heights and around Boston, from January 1, 1776, until the British evacuated Boston.
     A William Laskey, son of William and Anne, baptized in Marble­head, September 19, 1762; also a William, son of Robert and Elizabeth, baptized April 24, 1757.

LEE, JOHN CHARLES, - private, Captain Eleazer Lindsey's company, com­manded by Lieutenant Daniel Gallushee, Colonel Ruggles Wood­bridge's regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted August 10, 1775.
     Also under name of John Charles Litterler: private, Captain Daniel Gallushee's company, Colonel Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's regi­ment; company return, probably October, 1775; reported a transient. - Mass. Rolls.

LEEDS, AMOS, - corporal, served with the company of Captain Parker on the Lexington alarm, but nothing whatever is known of him.

LELAX, JAMES, - private, appears on the roll of Captain Parker's company. The name on the roll is partly obliterated, but is probably as above. Nothing is known of him. In the Lynnfield church records the rates of  "James Lelack" were abated to the extent of five shillings, sixpence, November 14, 1774, and again February 26, 1776. This may have been the man, but nothing further is found concerning him in church, town, or state records.

LEWIS, BENJAMIN, - son of Nathan and Mary (Newhall) Lewis, was born June 4, 1762. He was brother of David and John, and died on board the Jersey prison ship with his brother John in the winter of 1777. No record is found on the Massachusetts rolls. According to Alonzo Lewis, he was fifteen years of age at the time of his death, and this agrees with the date of his birth. His brother John was twenty-six.

LEWIS, DAVID, - son of Nathan and Mary (Newhall) Lewis, brother of John and Benjamin, was born February 19, 1757; married June 11, 1780, to Lydia Newhall. Date of death unknown.
     Private, Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute-men which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, sixteen days; also order on Colonel Asa Whetcomb, payable to Ezra Newhall, dated Cambridge, June 10, 1775, signed by said Lewis and others, for ad-
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vance pay for one month; also private, Captain Ezra Newhall's com­pany, Colonel John Mansfield's regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 5, 1775; service three months, three 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 Winter Hill, November 4, 1775.
     The following record given from Marblehead should be from Lynn:
     Private, Captain Joseph Hiller's company, Colonel Jonathan Tit­comb's regiment; pay-roll dated Providence; arrived at destination June 11; service between June 11, 1777, and August 11, 1777, one month, twenty-six days at Rhode Island. - Mass. Rolls.
     He appears among a list of prisoners taken in the ship "Essex," June 16,1781; committed to the old Mill Prison, England, July 21,1781; residence, Lynn. - Essex County Historical Register.

LEWIS, CALEB, - of Lynn, was married by Rev. Joseph Roby, on the 17th of October, 1786, to Hannah, daughter of David and Hannah Newman, born November 4, 1766. Their children were Mary, Rebecca, Isaac, Daniel, David, John, Mary, Isaac, and Emily.
     He was a private in Captain Addison Richardson's company, Colonel Wade's regiment; enlisted July 12, 1780; senice, three months, eleven days, including twelve days' (240 miles) travel home; regiment de­tached from Essex County militia.

LEWIS, EDMUND, Jr., - private, son of Edmund and Hannah (Fuller) Lewis, was born in Lynn, June 20, 1757. His only known military service was on the 19th of April, 1775, in Captain William Farrington's company. He was married November 25, 1779, by Rev. John Tread­well, to Rebecca Mansfield, probably daughter of John and Mary (Eaton) Mansfield, baptized in Lynnfield, July 23, 1758. Their chil­dren were James Fuller and Edmund.

LEWIS, ISAAC, - private, Captain Addison Richardson's company, Colonel Wade's regiment; enlisted July 12, 1780; discharged October 10, 1780; service, three months, eleven days, including twelve days' (240 miles) trayel home; regiment detached from Essex County militia.
     This man may haye been of Chelsea. An Isaac, of Chelsea, was married by Rev. Mr. Henchman, July 24, 1750, to Sarah Norwood, of Lynn. Intentions were also published in Lynn of the marriage or
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Isaac Lewis, resident of Lynn, to Mrs. Ruth Coats. Nothing has been found to place the man with any certainty.

LEWIS, JOHN, - son of Nathan and Mary (Newhall) Lewis, was born Jan­uary 10, 1752. His home was in the house which stood at the corner of Fayette and Essex Streets, known as the "Village House."
     According to a statement in the Alonzo Lewis History of Lynn, under date of 1777, he with his brother Benjamin, aged fifteen, died on board the Jersey prison-ship in New York Harbor, in the winter of that year. The entry on the Massachusetts rolls appears under the name of John Loveis, as follows: -
     Captain Kimble's company; of a list of men taken from the Orderly Book of Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson, of the 27th regiment, dated Fort Lee; reported taken prisoner at Fort Washington, No­vember 16, 1776.

LEWIS, SAMUEL, - son of John Lewis, Jr., and Mrs. Abigail (Brooks) Lewis, was born June 6, 1752; married November 29, 1770, by Rev. Mr. Treadwell, to Susannah Meacham, daughter of Isaac and Ruth (Dun­nell) Meacham, born June 29,1754; children, John, Susannah, Thomas, Henry, Isaac, Sally, Samuel, Jesse Lee. He died April 25, 1806, and his wife died February 14, 1815. Both are buried in the old Western Burial Ground, and his grave is marked by a marble stone and the bronze marker of the S. A. R.
     Matross, Captain Winthrop Gray's company, Colonel Craft's ar­tillery regiment; pay abstract for advance pay sworn to at Boston, June 8, 1776. - Mass .. Rolls.

LINDSEY, BENJAMIN, - son of Joseph and Rebecca, was baptized in Marble­head, May 26, 1754; married by Rev. John Treadwell, December 12, 1776, to Mary Ramsdell; children, Ralph, Rebecca, Benjamin, and Rebecca. Mrs. Lindsey died January 26, 1828, and according to the Lynn records he was killed on board a privateer near the close of the Revolution.

LINDSEY, BLANEY, - Captain Miles Greenwood's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards; enlisted November 11, 1777; service to April 3, 1778, four months, twenty-three days; roll dated camp at Winter Hill; also pay-roll for six months' men raised for the town of Lynn for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched June 27, 1780; discharged November 9, 1780; service, four months,
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twenty-five days, travel (220 miles) included; also certified as having passed muster by Brigadier-General Patterson, dated Camp Totoway, October 25, 1780.
     Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for the term of six months, agreeable to the resolve of June 5, 1780, re­turned as received of Justin Ely, commissioner, by Brigadier-General John Glover, at Springfield, July 13,1780; age, nineteen years; stature, 5 ft. 9 in.; complexion, ruddy; engaged for the town of Lynn; marched to camp July 13, 1780; under command of Captain Thomas Pritchard. - Mass. Rolls.

LINDSEY, DANIEL, - son of Captain Eleazer and Lydia (Farrington) Lindsey, was born May 14, 1753; published to Deborah Ingalls, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Tucker) Ingalls, January 5, 1785; died November 7, 1827. He lived on the Common in the old Lindsey house, which was torn down in June, 1893. The first of the name of Lindsey, spelled in various ways in the earlier days, was Christopher, who emigrated from Scotland to Lynn about 1630, was a farmer, and died in 1669. He left two sons, John and Eleazer. The earlier half of the old Lindsey house, so called, was built by Eleazer about 1678, and a year or two later the other half of the house was added by the brother, John. Eleazer's side of the house was occupied by the Lindseys until its destruction, and John's came down through Ralph, Ralph, Jr., Mumford, and James N. The house was a good example of the solid construction of the olden days, the timbers being entirely of oak, with centre beams 10 in. by 10 in. The laths were all of split wood, and were nailed with heavy spike nails. The chimneys were ponderous, with over 30,000 bricks used in one of them.
     The line of Daniel back to Christopher was Daniel⁵, Eleazer⁴, Ralph³, Eleazer², and Christopher^l . The children of Daniel and Deborah were William, John, Sarah, Deborah, and Lydia. The son, John, born July 11, 1788, became a Methodist minister. Deborah, the mother, died April 18, 1833. Both Daniel and Deborah were buried in un­marked graves in the old Western Burial Ground, but a marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. now mark the spot.
     The Revolutionary service of Daniel Lindsey was as follows: -
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Private, Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute-men which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, fifteen days; also Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel John Mansfield's regiment; order for advance pay signed by said Lindsey and others, dated Cam­bridge, June 8,1775; also private, same company and regiment; muster-­roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 4, 1775; service, three months, four days; also Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel John Mansfield's (19th) 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. - Mass. Rolls.
     Also, according to a statement made at the time of his death in 1827, he was under the command of Colonel Mansfield at the time the battle of Bunker Hill was fought, but, as was the case with the rest of that regiment, did not participate. During the course of the war he was taken prisoner and carried to Portsmouth, England, where he was compelled to serve under the British flag. He was at the siege of Gib­raltar, and was near the "Royal George," a ship of 120 guns, when she sank with 800 men on board.

LINDSAY, CAPTAIN ELEAZER, - son of Ralph and Mary (Breed) Lindsay, was born March 22, 1716-17, a descendant of Christopher, the first to come to America. The name is spelled in many ways in the early records.
     Captain Lindsay was married in May, 1741, intention recorded May 24, to Lydia, daughter of John and Abigail (Fuller) Farrington, born December 30, 1721. His will, dated April 11, 1791, was probated January 7, 1793, by his son Daniel, who was residuary legatee and executor under the will.
     Captain Lindsay was a sergeant under Captain William Flint, of Reading, in the French and Indian War, and served at Crown Point in 1756.
     The Revolutionary rolls of Massachusetts give the fact that he was captain in a list of men belonging to Lynn, Lynnfield, and Saugus, who served at Concord battle and elsewhere, together with the fol­lowing record: Captain, Colonel Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's regi­ment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; engaged May 12, 1775; serv­ice, eighty-one days; company later commanded by Captain Daniel
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Gallusia; also captain, list of men comprising said Lindsay and 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 said Lindsay's company, Colonel Samuel Gerrish's regiment, who are credited with having received certain sums of money, probably on account of advance pay.
     The tradition has always been that he was cashiered for neglect of duty, and that his son-in-law, Daniel Galeucia, who was his first lieu­tenant, took command upon his retirement. In an Orderly Book kept under General Washington an entry is found which bears out the tradition. The following is the record: -

                                                                                       HEADQUARTERS, Aug. 16,1775.
     Capt. Eleazer Lindsey of Col. Gerrish's regiment, tried by a Court Martial for absenting himself from post, which was attacked and abandoned to the enemy; the court, on consideration of, are of the opinion that Captain Lindsey be discharged the service, as a person improper to sustain a commission.

     The home of Captain Lindsay was the old Lindsay house on the Common.

LINDSEY, JOSEPH, - son of Ralph and Abigail, was born September 26, 1736.
     Private, Captain Eleazer Lindsey's company, commanded by Lieuten­ant Daniel Galeucia, Colonel Ruggles Woodbridge's regiment; muster-­roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 29, 1775; service, two months, four days; also company return probably October, 1775; also private, list dated Malden, August 3, 1775, of men belonging to Captain Eleazer Lindsey's company, Colonel Samuel Gerrish's regiment, who were credited with having received sums of money probably on account of advance pay; 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 private, 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; also list of men raised for the six months service and returned by Brig­adier-General Patterson as having passed muster in a return dated Camp Totoway, October 25, 1780; also private, Captain Job Whipple's company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's regiment; muster-roll for January,
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1781; dated West Point; enlisted July 12, 1780; discharged January 12, 1781; enlistment, six months. - Mass. Rolls.

LINDSEY, JOSEPH, Jr., - son of Matthew and Anna (Breed) Lindsey, was born in Lynn, September 28, 1757.
     Private, Captain Eleazer Lindsey's company, commanded by Lieuten­ant Daniel Galeucia; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted June 14, 1775; service, 1 month, eighteen days; also Captain Daniel Galeu­cia's (10th) company, Colonel Woodbridge's (25th) regiment; com­pany return dated probably October, 1775; also list of men who took the oath in Middlesex County, July 6, 1775, required by Congress to be taken by the Massachusetts army; order for bounty coat dated Malden, October 25, 1775; also list of men dated Malden, August 3, 1775, 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.
     Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for the term of six months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780, returned as received by Justin Ely, commissioner, by Brigadier-General Glover, at Springfield, July 13, 1780; age, twenty-two years; stature, 5 ft. 5 in.; complexion, light; marched to camp July 13, 1780, under command of Captain Thomas Pritchard.
     Also list of men taken from Orderly Book of Colonel Israel Hutchin­son, of the 27th regiment, dated Fort Lee, Captain Newhall's company; reported taken prisoner at Fort Washington, November 16, 1776.­ Mass. Rolls.

LINDSEY, RALPH, - A simple slate slab near the main path in the old Western Burial Ground bears the name "Ralph Lindsey." It is without date, and is evidently a foot-stone. Inasmuch as the other Ralph Lindsey, sometimes called "Junior," died in Philadelphia in the early part of the war, it is fair to presume that this stone indicates the grave of the Ralph whose name appears on the muster-roll of Captain Newhall's minute company of the 19th of April, 1775. This Ralph, son of Captain Ralph and Abigail (Blaney) Lindsey, was born on the 9th of June, 1738; married Mrs. Anna Burchstead, January 4, 1765, and died probably in 1790. His home was the old Lindsey house which stood where the Armory now stands. It was a long, low house, old-fashioned even in Revolutionary days, for it was built in 1678. It is difficult to pick out the
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service of Ralph Lindsey in the Revolution. He was surely one of Captain Ezra Newhall's company on the 19th of April, and was a cor­poral in Captain Samuel King's company, stationed at Salem and Lynn for the defence of the seacoast in the summer of 1775, credited with six months' service at that time. He was probably the Ralph given in "a list of prisoners to be returned for British prisoners sent to New York in the cartel 'Favorite' as returned by Robert Pierpont, commissary of prisoners, year not given; said Lindsey as seaman to be exchanged for Richard Drake, a seaman." The rest of his service it is impossible to distinguish from that of Ralph, Jr.

LINDSEY, RALPH, Jr., - son of Matthew and Anna (Breed) Lindsey, was born November 4, 1752; married Rebecca Goodwin, December 14, 1775, and died in Philadelphia about January 1, 1777. He was cousin to Ralph and Joseph, and, although his name does not appear in the muster-rolls of any of the companies which marched from Lynn on the 19th of April, 1775, the Massachusetts archives give Ralph Lindsey in the list of those from Lynn who "served at Concord Battle and else­where." It is possible that he was in Captain Newhall's company with his cousin Ralph. Henry Hallowell mentions the fact that Ralph Lindsey, who was in Washington's army in New Jersey during the latter part of 1776, fell sick and was carried to Philadelphia, where he was quartered with five other Lynn men (namely, Henry Hallowell, David Newman, Charles Florence, Stephen Coats, and Ephraim Twist), and that his death occurred in that city probably about the first of January, 1777.
     In the return of men killed and taken at Long Island, General Jede­diah Huntington, under date of August 27, 1776, says "Ralf Lindsey has been found in the hospital since." (Original document in Library of Congress.)
     Other service, which is not certainly distinguished from that of his cousin, is as follows: -
     Private, list of men returned as having served on the main guard under Colonel L. Baldwin at Prospect Hill, dated July 16,1775; also captain Addison Richardson's company, Colonel Mansfield's regiment; order for advance pay signed by said Lindsey and others, dated Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also company receipt given to Captain Addison Richard­son, for wages due to August 1, 1775, dated Cambridge; also Captain
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Richardson's company, 19th regiment, commanded by Lieutenant­-Colonel Israel Hutchinson; company receipt for wages for September, 1775, dated camp at Winter Hill; also order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated camp at Winter Hill, October 27, 1775.
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