LISH, GEORGE, - private, list of men returned as having served on main guard at Prospect Hill under Lieutenant-Colonel Loammi Baldwin, dated July 16, 1775; also Captain Addison Richardson's company, Colonel John Mansfield's regiment; order for advance pay signed by said Lish and others, dated Cambridge, June 14, 1775; above men reported as having taken the oath in Middlesex County, July 1, 1775, required by Congress to be taken by the Massachusetts army; also private, same company and regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 22, 1775; service, two months, fourteen days; also Captain Richardson's company, Colonel Mansfield's 19th regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson; company receipt for wages for September, 1775, dated camp at Winter Hill; a portion of wages reported paid master of said Lish; also company return dated October 6, 1775; also order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated camp at Winter Hill, October 27, 1775. Mass. Rolls. LUCOMB, ALEXANDER, - 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. Appears on a list of deserters from the 24th regiment, commanded by Colonel John Greaton, Captain Whiting's company; age, twenty-two years; stature, 5 ft. 4 in.; complexion, dark; residence, Lynn; reported deserted March 18, 1776. - Mass. Rolls. Desire, wife of Alexander, warned from Danvers in 1779. LUZGRIDGE, WILLIAM, - return of men raised in Essex County for Continental service, agreeable to resolve of December 2, 1780; engaged for the town of Lynn; engaged September 11, 1781; term three years. Descriptive list of file in Colonel Hutchinson's Orderly Book. LYE, JOSEPH, Sr. - This would appear to be the man described in the following extract from the muster-rolls at the State House: "Sailor, brigantine 'Rover,' Adam Wellman master. Descriptive list of officers and men sworn to July 30,1780; age, thirty-eight years; stature, 5 ft. 6 in.; complexion, dark; residence, Lynn." [ 339 ] Owing to the faulty description often given
in the records, he may have been a little older, thus making it probable
that he was the father of Joseph, called in the records Joseph, Jr., born
in 1759. The elder man is described as a fisherman in his will, and
Joseph, Jr., always as a cordwainer. Letters of administration were
granted upon the estate of Joseph, Sr., July 12, 1792, Joseph, Jr., being
named as executor. His estate was appraised at £79 1s. and 6d., of which
£65 was for dwelling-house and garden adjoining.
LYE, JOSEPH, JR., - son of Joseph and Elizabeth Lye, was baptized in Marblehead, February 4, 1759. He was married August 19, 1787, by Rev. Obadiah Parsons, to Anna Hart, daughter of Joseph and Eunice (Burrill) Hart, born April 12, 1766. Their children were Elizabeth, Anna, Joseph, Eunice, Burrill, Mary, John, Robert Gray, Sally Graves. He was a farmer and shoemaker and lived on the corner of Mall and North Common Streets. He died October 16, 1807, aged forty-eight, and was buried beside the fence near Elm Street in the old Western Burial Ground. The stone which marks his grave bears the following inscription : - "Thou faithful husband, tender parent, friend, Here rest in sweet repose till time shall end; Then wake immortal and behold the day Which honors saints and wipes their tears away." His wife, Anna, died October 17, 1848, aged eighty-one, and was buried by his side. At the time of her application for a pension, some facts were given concerning her husband's service as a soldier. Her own testimony was that her husband was a private soldier in the Massachusetts line, and served in Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel Mansfield's regiment, and she believed he served twenty months or more, and that he was taken prisoner at Fort Washington. She had often heard her husband relate his sufferings and services in the army, and in particular the conversation which he had with General Washington about removing some ammunition during the engagement which, she thought he said, was at Fort Washington; that he told her he was in prison a long time in New York, and was released on New Year's [ 340 ] Day; that she thought he served eight months in the year 1775, and in 1776 he enlisted for one year. He was a native of Marblehead. Daniel Watts testified that he had heard Joseph Lye say that our men fired away all their ammunition at Fort Washington, and that he, Lye, took a piece of chain from a carriage of a gun, having nothing else to fire. That was his last shot before they surrendered, and he thought it did good execution among the Hessians. Micajah Burrill's testimony was that Joseph Lye told him that he was confined on the prison-ships, and that it was suspected that the British poisoned many of our men. Anna Lye was pensioned from March 4, 1843, at $40 per year. In the administration of his estate he was described as a cordwainer, and house, barn, and land were valued at $3,000; also ten acres in a field bought of Daniel Witt, $1,000, - in all $4,930 real, and $506 personal. MAIDEN, JOHN, - return of men raised for the Continental service, agreeable to resolve of December 2, 1780; engaged for the town of Lynn; engaged April 23, 1781; term three years; age, seventeen; stature, 5 ft. 2 in.; complexion, light; hair and eyes, light. MANSFIELD, ANDREW, - son of Deacon Daniel and Lydia (Newhall) Mansfield, brother of William, was born in Lynnfield, September 21, 1757; married March 13, 1777, by Rev. Benjamin Adams, to Jane Breed. Children were Andrew, Jane, Lydia, Nancy, Isaac, Jacob, and Polly. He died July 26, 1788, and his widow, Jane, was admitted to the Lynnfield church, May 24, 1789. Her death occurred July 31, 1838. Both are buried in the South Lynnfield cemetery. His name appears in a "descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army, agreeable to a resolve of June 5, 1780; return as received of Justin Ely, commissioner, by Brigadier-General John Glover, at Springfield, July 11, 1780; age, twenty-two years; stature, 5 ft. 6 in.; complexion, dark; marched to camp July 11,1780, under command of Captain Webb; also list of men raised for six months' service and returned by Brigadier-General Patterson as having passed muster in a return dated Camp Totoway, October 25, 1780; also payroll for six months' men raised by the town of Lynn for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched June 27, 1780; discharged November 11, 1780; service, four months, twenty-seven days; travel, 220 miles, included." - Mass. Rolls. [ 341 ] MANSFIELD, ANDREW, - son of Andrew, was born in South Lynnfield, December 2, 1740, and was fifth in line from Robert Mansfield, the emigrant ancestor. He was married by Rev. Benjamin Adams, April 28, 1763, to Mrs. Mary Mudge, daughter of John and Mary (Waite) Mudge, born April 25, 1740. Her brothers, Ezra, Enoch, Simon, Nathan, and Samuel, all born in Lynnfield, were Revolutionary soldiers. Soon after his marriage he built the stately colonial home still standing on the road from South Lynnfield to Danvers. The house was in the former town, but the dividing line ran through the yard, leaving him so near Lynnfield that all his affiliations were with that parish. He was a farmer, and very active in town affairs. In personal appearance he was short and stout, very nervous and energetic. It was often said that in driving his oxen to Danvers he travelled three times the distance by walking in front of them and frequently going back to goad them on. It is known that he early espoused the patriot cause and joined the company of Captain Bancroft. The account has already been given of his response to the Lexington alarm. On that day he saw active service, and was so near Daniel Townsend, when the latter was killed, that he stumbled over his dead body in trying to escape from his perilous position between the flank guard and the main line of the enemy. The children of Andrew Mansfield were
Andrew, born October 26, 1764 (the son who carried him to the Gowing
tavern on the 19th of April, 1775), John, Joseph, Mary, and Daniel, and
most of them lived to a great age. Mr. Jonathan Bryant, of Lynnfield,
still remembers the old patriot (1903), and says that he used to come to
meeting on horseback, and was familiarly called "Old Field Andrew." His
great-grandson, Andrew Mansfield, is one of the present selectmen of
Lynnfield, and lives upon a portion of the land granted to his
ancestors. The old clock of Andrew Mansfield still ticks in the home of
William Mansfield, of South Lynnfield. He died May 19, 1831, aged
ninety-one years, five months, and eighteen days. His wife died August 5,
1821, at the age of eighty-one years. Both are buried in marked graves in
the old ground at South Lynnfield. A marker of the S. A. R. was placed at
his grave in 1904.
[ 342 ] MANSFIELD, BENJAMIN, - private in the Saugus company of Captain David
Parker, was the son of Thomas and Mary (Hawkes) Mansfield, and born in
Saugus in 1743. He was a farmer, and lived in the ancient Mansfield house
still standing. He married Mrs. Elizabeth Stocker, May 14, 1765, and had
twelve children, - Samuel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, Content, Bethia, Lydia,
Benjamin, Benjamin, Amos, Sally, Betsy, Ephraim. Served with his brothers,
Samuel and Thomas, in the fight of April 19, 1775, and died March 24,1816.
His wife died September 14, 1816. They are buried with their kin in the
old burial-ground in Saugus Centre. A marble gravestone and bronze marker
of the S. A. R. were erected to his memory in 1903.
MANSFIELD, DEACON DANIEL, - son of Andrew and Sarah (Breed) Mansfield, of Lynnfield, was born November 24, 1717. He was a farmer and a man of much prominence. He lived at South Lynnfield in an old house of which a portion is still standing. He married, August 6,1738, Lydia, daughter of Captain Elisha and Jane (Breed) Newhall, born January 16, 1717. His children were Lydia, Andrew, Daniel, Ezra, of Jaffrey, N.H., Elijah, William, Love, who married Ezekiel Newhall, Susannah, Levi, of Rindge, N.H., and Jacob. His wife, Lydia, died of dropsy, May 15, 1776, aged sixty-one. She is buried near him in a marked grave in the South Lynnfield ground. He married, second, September 21, 1777, Mrs. Ruth (Bancroft) Newhall, widow of Joseph Newhall and daughter of John and Ruth (Newhall) Bancroft, born January 15, 1735. She died April 30, 1796. Deacon Daniel was treasurer of the parish in 1754, 1756, 1757, 1760, 1764, and 1782, selectman in 1783. In 1782 he was one of the committee of the North Parish "to agree on terms to set off sd. parish." He was chosen deacon of the Lynnfield church, March 9,1756. He was selectman almost continuously from 1755 to 1775; warden in 1760 and 1782; moderator in 1769, 1770, 1773, and 1775; assessor in 1772; on the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection, and Safety in 1776 and 1778; a delegate to the Ipswich convention, August 22, 1774. Four days after the battle of Lexington he was chosen one of the Committee of Safety. He died April 2, 1797, and is buried in a marked grave in the South Lynnfield cemetery. The old black stone is cracked and nearly fallen [ 343 ] over. His sons, Daniel and William, lie near him. A marker was placed at his grave in 1904. MANSFIELD, DANIEL, - son of Deacon Daniel and Lydia Mansfield, was born December 27, 1741, and died March 29, 1816. This Daniel removed to New Ipswich, N.H., where he appears on an alarm list of men who marched on the morning of April 20, 1775, on the news from Lexington; service, five days. He died in New Ipswich. There was another Daniel, brother of Samuel, born October 8, 1740; married July 2, 1761, to Eunice Fiske. He may have been the man whose name appears on a receipt dated Fort Washington, August 17, 1776, signed by said Mansfield and others, belonging to Captain Addison Richardson's company, for wages for November and December, 1776. MANSFIELD, EBENEZER, - sergeant and corporal, was born March 14 1724-5, and was son of Jonathan and Martha (Stocker) Mansfield. He married Mary Norwood, October 15, 1747, and the following, at least, were his children: Ebenezer, Trevitt, and Samuel. He married, second, Hannah Williams, May 2, 1769. Of his Revolutionary service the Massachusetts rolls give the following: - Corporal, Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute-men which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, fourteen days; also same company, Colonel John Mansfield's regiment; order for advance pay signed by said Mansfield and others, dated Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also corporal, same company and regiment; muster-roll dated Cambridge, August 1,1775; enlisted May 3,1775; service, three months, five days; also Captain Newhall's company, Colonel John Mansfield's 19th regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson; company return dated August 6, 1775; also order for money due in lieu of a bounty coat dated camp at Winter Hill, November 4, 1775; also sergeant, Captain Newhall's company. MANSFIELD, EPES, - son of Robert and Mary (Newhall) Mansfield, was born in Lynn, March 24, 1757; married January 10, 1788, by Rev. Samuel West, to Sally Smith, daughter of Jonathan and Ruth (Hunting) Smith, born in Needham, in that part now called Wellesley, December 13, 1760. Their children were John, Robert, Sarah, Ruth, Mary, and Rebecca. He died in Needham, to which place he had removed after the war, on the 9th of May, 1832, at the age of seventy-five. His [ 344 ] wife died September 5, 1854, aged ninety-three. During the latter years of her life she received a small pension on account of her husband's services in the war. He was buried in the Smith family tomb at Wellesley. Epes Mansfield was a younger brother of Robert, who marched with the Lynn companies on the morning of April 19, 1775. Epes was only twenty years of age when he enlisted, two years later, in the company of Captain Miles Greenwood, in Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards, stationed in and around Boston during the presence of General Burgoyne's captured army. He served also in Captain Simeon Brown's company, in the same regiment, some eight months in all, or from November 11, 1777, to July 12, 1778. MANSFIELD, JOHN, - sergeant, was probably son of Joseph and Sarah (Stocker) Mansfield, born in Lynn, October 16, 1748. His brother was Rufus Mansfield, captain of the 4th Lynn company of militia. The only service performed by John Mansfield was on the Lexington alarm in Captain Farrington's company, when he served five days. Nothing further is known of him. MANSFIELD, RICHARD, - son of Robert and Mary (Rann) Mansfield, was born in Lynn, June 17, 1744. He was married January 7, 1768, by Rev. John Treadwell, to Elizabeth Whittemore, born February 22, 1748, daughter of Edward Whittemore, of Salem, and died in Lynn, April 3, 1793, leaving wife and twelve children, - Joseph, Richard, Anna, Robert, Edmund, William Perkins, Zachariah, Mary, Nabby, Parmelia, John, and Elizabeth. His wife died April 13, 1836, and both are buried in the old Western Burial Ground. A marker of the S. A. R. and marble stone mark his grave. The old house in which Richard Mansfield was born, built about 1666, is still standing at the corner of Moulton and Boston Streets. He was a farmer and cordwainer, and owned much land in the vicinity of Carnes and Boston Streets. His only known Revolutionary service was that in Captain Rufus Mansfield's 4th Lynn company, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. His service was two days, according to the Massachusetts rolls. MANSFIELD, ROBERT, - private, son of Robert and Mary (Newhall) Mansfield, was born in 1752 in an ancient house which stood until thirty years ago at the corner of Chestnut and Boston Streets. His father, [ 345 ] Robert Mansfield, was born in Lynn, July 4, 1729, and bought this house about the time of the birth of Robert Mansfield, Jr. The latter was a member of Captain Farrington's company, and did duty on the 19th of April. His name has come down simply as one of the valiant men who responded to the first call to arms. He was probably at home during the rest of the war, although the records obtainable are very incomplete. He was married November 2, 1776, by Rev. Mr. Treadwell, to Elizabeth Nourse, sister of Private James Nourse, a soldier of the Revolution. She was probably born in Danvers, but the record is lacking. Their children were John, Robert, Epes, Elizabeth, James, Matthew, and Robert. He was a regular attendant at the "Old Bowery" meeting-house, as the following certificate, still preserved by his grandchildren, indicates: - "This may certify that Robert Mansfield, of Lynn, attends public worship with the methodists of Lynn and freely contributes to the support of the ministry. Jesse Lee." Like most of his townsmen, he was a yeoman and cordwainer. His son Matthew married Miss Jane Goodridge, of Lynn, who is still living (November, 1904) at the great age of one hundred and three, retaining her faculties to a remarkable degree, and recalling the events of ninety years ago with considerable accuracy. Her father was a soldier of the War of 1812, and she recalls distinctly the passing of soldiers along the old turnpike during the second conflict with Great Britain. She attended the funeral of Robert Mansfield, being twenty-four years old at the time of his death, had a personal acquaintance with many of the Revolutionary soldiers, and had heard many times the story of independence from the lips of the venerable survivors of the conflict. Mrs. Elizabeth Mansfield died January 18, 1821, and the death of Robert occurred very suddenly, August 28, 1825. Both are buried in the old Western Burial Ground, just inside the main entrance, at the left. A marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected at his grave in 1904. MANSFIELD, RUFUS, - captain, son of Joseph and Sarah (Stocker) Mansfield, was born December 28, 1739; married September 1, 1763, by Rev. Nathaniel Henchman, to Lydia Merritt. His home was on [ 346 ] Waterhill Street, opposite May Street. He was not only one of the prominent men of his time, but had the distinction of leading a company on the morning of April 19, 1775, being captain of the 4th Lynn company. He was a nephew of Colonel John Mansfield, a shoemaker, and one of the incorporators of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. His children were Rufus, John Merritt, Joseph, and Hannah. He died February 13, 1810, at the age of seventy, and his wife died February 8, 1829, aged eighty-four years. Both are buried in the old Western Burial Ground, and his grave is marked by a slate stone and the marker of the S. A. R. Additional service in the war is also given in the Massachusetts rolls, as follows: Captain, 8th company, 1st Essex County regiment of Massachusetts militia; list of officers chosen in said regiment, as returned by Lieutenant-Colonel Flagg and 2d Major David Parker, dated Lynn, April 24, 1776; ordered in Council, April 26, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; commissioned April 26, 1776. MANSFIELD, SAMUEL, - corporal, was born in Saugus in 1750. He was son of Thomas Mansfield, who owned the water privilege at the "cinder banks," where the iron-works formerly stood. He there had a gristmill and a fulling-mill. His line back to the emigrant ancestor was Samuel5, Daniel4, Daniel3, Andrew2, Robertl. He was a member of Captain David Parker's Saugus company, and his brothers, Benjamin and Thomas, were with him in the Lexington fight. Their home at the time was in a venerable house still standing in Saugus Centre. Its immense chimney and overhanging gable proclaim it one of the oldest houses in Lynn and contemporary with the Boardman house. At the time of the alarm Samuel Mansfield was "keeping company" with Rachel Roby, born June 2,1753, daughter of Parson Roby, and on December 10,1775, he was married to her by her father. He followed the business of a housewright, but nothing more is known of him. His children were Lucy, Lydia, and Joseph. He died in Saugus, March 1, 1809, aged fifty-nine, and his wife, Rachel, died May 21 of the same year, aged fifty-six. His estate was valued at over $3,000. He is buried with [ 347 ] his wife in the old cemetery in Saugus Centre, and their graves are marked by slate stones provided by his executor. On his gravestone is the inscription, "I must go to him, but he will not return to me." Upon hers, '" It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth to him good." In 1903 a marker of the S. A. R. was placed at his grave. MANSFIELD, SAMUEL, - private, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Benjamin) Mansfield, was born at Waltham, December 22, 1750. He was married March 2O, 1770, by Rev. Benjamin Adams, to Hepzibah Williams, of Lynnfield, daughter of William and Tabitha Williams, born July 7, 1751. He was at this time "of Reading," but both owned the covenant of the Second Parish Church, October 22, 1775. Mr. Mansfield served at the Lexington alarm in Captain Nathaniel Bancroft's Lynnfield company, and drew his pay for two days' service. He removed to Henniker, N.H., during the Revolution, where September 23, 1783, he was chosen "To Tune the Psalm in Publick Exercises." He afterwards moved to Brownfield, Me., where he died, October 5, 1828. He is buried in the cemetery at East Brownfield, where a slate stone marks his grave. MANSFIELD, SAMUEL, - son of Ebenezer, was born in Lynn, April 30, 1758; married March 26, 1789, Mary Rhodes, daughter of Ignatius and Sarah (Merriam) Rhodes, born August 24, 1764. She had four brothers in the Revolution. He died November 18,1837, and his widow, who died May 17, 1842, was pensioned at the rate of $33.33 per year. He had been pensioned previously, on the 14th of August, 1832, when he appeared (at the age of seventy-four) and deposed that in September, 1775, he enlisted in Captain King's
company for seacoast defence; in 1777 he served two months in September
and October, guarding stores; was in service in Boston when Burgoyne
surrendered, and he joined in the general rejoicings. He remembered
standing sentinel at the quarters of General Heath, in Boston, at that
time. He served two months in Rhode Island in 1778, under Captain Cox and
Harris Chadwell, and was with the boats which brought off the Americans
under General Sullivan. He said that the first night the provisions were
carried to Tiverton, and the next night the troops were landed by the
boats; that all was haste and bustle; but that he saw General Lafayette he
[ 348 ] had no doubt. Henry Hallowell and Harris Chadwell testified to the truth of his statements. He was pensioned from March 4, 1831, at $33.33 per year, with $49.49 back pay. The aged William Hudson, living in 1903, remembered Samuel Mansfield well, and said that he was a tailor who lived for many years in the old house opposite the Lynn Hospital, now known as the Reynolds house. His shop was near the corner of North Franklin and Boston Streets, and across the street was the home of Captain William Farrington. The frame of the Mansfield house was being raised on the morning of the battle of Lexington, and Ebenezer, the owner, father of Samuel, was a corporal in Captain Ezra Newhall's company, and marched away, with most of his neighbors, on the alarm. Samuel, although he did not go with his father, remembered and often related to Mr. Hudson the fact of seeing the Danvers men come over the old Boston road on the way to the fight, and that he particularly noticed the peculiar stockings of one of the men. This man was one of those slain that day, and Samuel Mansfield saw him with four others brought back over the road in a cart. The house which became Samuel Mansfield's home was finally sold, and he moved into the old house still standing just beyond, to the east, and in the latter house he died. Mr. Hudson spent the last night with him before his death. Samuel Mansfield was a tall, very plain, even homely man, with face smooth-shaven and in his later years wrinkled with age. His hair was invariably worn in a queue. One of his fingers became stiff in later life, and Mr. Hudson said that it was painful to see the old man try to sew with his finger out straight. He finally gave up his work as a tailor, and earned a small pittance at the popular trade of shoemaking. MANSFIELD, THOMAS, - private, son of Thomas and Mary (Hawkes) Mansfield, was born in Saugus, August 25, 1761. His home was in the ancient Mansfield house, still standing. On the morning of April 19, 1775, he went with his two brothers, Benjamin and Samuel, to the meeting-place of the minute-men in Saugus, and marched with the company. He was at this time but thirteen years of age, and was one of the youngest, if not the youngest member of Captain Parker's company. During the [ 349 ] summer of 1778 the captured army of General Burgoyne was encamped at Cambridge. On the 13th of July Thomas Mansfield enlisted in Captain Samuel Huse's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards, and was assigned to guard duty over the convention troops. He remained until after they had been sent to Charlottesville, Va., and was discharged on the 14th of December of that year. In the fall of 1779 a call came for men to reinforce the northern army, under General Washington, and young Mansfield enlisted in the company of Captain Addison Richardson, of Salem, in Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, which was detached from the Essex County militia to march to New York State. He left Lynn October 18, 1779, and marched to Claverack, N.Y., and was discharged there, November 22, the alarm being over. He was allowed for 240 miles' travel back to Lynn, where he arrived about December l. Thomas Mansfield married Hannah Brown, May 26, 1786, daughter of Ephraim, born 1755. Their children were Mary, Sarah, and Thomas. He died July 16, 1821, and his wife died Noyember 28, 1832, aged seventy-five. They are buried in the old ground at Saugus Centre, where gravestones have been erected. The epitaph on his stone is, - "But though
his breathless body lies
Consigned to dust and food for worms, Yet Christ shall call him from the skies, All glorious in celestial form." MANSFIELD, WILLIAM, - private, son of Deacon Daniel and Lydia (Newhall) Mansfield, was born in South Lynnfield, May 20, 1749. He was married by Rev. Benjamin Adams, May 31, 1770, to Betty Townsend, born 1750, probably daughter of Deacon Daniel Townsend, and sister of Lieutenant Thomas and Daniel, of the Lynnfield company. William Mansfield was a farmer, and lived on the road from Montrose to what is now the Lynnfield Hotel. On the 19th of April, 1775, he responded to the call to arms, and went with his
neighbors in the company of Captain Bancroft. He enlisted, May 16, in the
company of Captain Enoch Putnam, of Danvers, Colonel John Mansfield's 19th
regiment. He was in camp with his company during the fall and winter of
1775-76, and received an order for a bounty coat, April 22, 1776, having
en-
[ 350 ] listed for eight months. It is very probable that he served later, for several records appear which might be his; but, as no residence is indicated on the muster-rolls, no statement can be made. His children were Betty, William, Lydia, Sarah, Polly, Levi, Bethia, Elijah, Dorcas, and Timnah. He and his wife were admitted as members of the Lynnfield church, February 12, 1786. He was a well-known figure in Lynnfield in the olden days, was familiarly known as "Uncle Bill," and signed his name as "Williamsfield." He died in Lynnfield, September 28, 1809, aged sixty, and his wife died March 30, 1808, aged fifty-eight. They are interred in the old cemetery at South Lynnfield, where they lie side by side in graves marked with slate stones. His gravestone indicates that he died November 28, but this is evidently an error, inasmuch as his will was probated October 17, 1809. His estate consisted of a farm of one hundred and seventeen acres at Rindge, N.H., which he gave to his son Levi. His homestead in South Lynnfield consisted of one hundred acres, dwelling and barn, together with one hundred and nineteen acres of other land, amounting in all to $13,102, - a goodly sum in those days. His tall clock was appraised at $45. It is still ticking in the home of Benjamin S. Skinner, of Lynn, who married his grand-daughter. It was previously owned by Rev. Joseph Mottey, of Lynnfield. MARBLE, JAMES, - was a private in Captain Parker's Saugus company, and saw service with it on the 19th of April, 1775, No record has been found of his birth or death, but he was married February 19, 1776, by Rev. Mr. Roby to Mary Hutchinson, daughter of Nathaniel and Catherine Hutchinson. Her brothers, Nathaniel and Thomas, were also in Captain Parker's company. When the call for men carne to repulse the advance of General Burgoyne, Mr. Marble enlisted, August 15, 1777, to the credit of the town of Lynn. He was assigned to Captain Zadock Buffinton's Salem company, Colonel Samuel Johnson's regiment, and marched with his company to the northward. He was present and no doubt did good service at the battles of Stillwater and Saratoga, and was present at the capture of Burgoyne. He was then detailed with others to act as guard to the British prisoners, and marched with them to Cambridge, where he was discharged, November 10, 1777, having served three months and sixteen days. Elsewhere, under the name of James Marvel, further service is indicated which may [ 351 ] belong to him. On the church records his name appears as Marble, but
Marvel is the name signed to a receipt for advance pay in the state
archives. Both names were foreign to Lynn, but it is probable that the two
belonged to the same man.
MARSHALL, BENJAMIN, - descriptive list of the officers and crew of the ship "Thomas," commanded by Captain Samuel Ingersoll, dated Salem, August 7, 1780; age, twenty-four years; complexion, light; residence, Lynn. - Mass. Rolls. MARTIN, DOMINGO, - receipt dated Boston, June 21, 1782, signed by John Popkin, muster-master, stating that he had received said Martin of Joseph Hart and Frederick Breed, constables of Lynn, to serve in the Continental Army for the term of three years, "for the people called Quakers." - Mass. Rolls. MARTIN, JESSE, - private, Captain Stephen Wilkins's company, Colonel Wigglesworth's regiment; pay abstract for travel allowance from Albany home sworn to June 15, 1777; 210 miles allowed said Martin. - Mass. Rolls. MARTIN, JOSIAH, - Mr. Lewis in his history thus speaks of Josiah Martin: "In some respects an eccentric and unworthy man, he was the immediate predecessor of Landlord Newhall in the old Saugus tavern, having married the wife of Zaccheus Norwood. He appeared in town about the year 1760, and is supposed to have been an English adventurer. At times he assumed great polish of manner and made pretension to extraordinary piety; and at other times he exhibited the characteristics and breeding of a gross villain. He was famous for indulging in practical jokes as well as witticisms, and in whimsical displays of every kind, with the only apparent object of eliciting the gaze of his neighbors. He is said among other feats to have ridden two miles in a double sleigh, with a span of horses, the dust flying and the runners grating horribly, and striking fire at every step, with his wife a forced passenger at his side. He enlisted for the war, and never returned to Lynn." His patriotism seems to have been of
somewhat doubtful character, as would appear from the following which was
sent to the selectmen of Lynn: -
"Whereas, Josiah Martin has, under guard, been brought before this committee (Council of War) to be inquired of touching conduct respecting his ap- [ 352 ] pearing in favor of carrying into execution the tyrannical designs of administration for the enslaving of this province, upon examination of the evidence produced, Resolved that the said Martin's conduct, in some instances, has been unfriendly to this country, and that so long as he evinces this disposition, by his conduct, and does not any more attempt to go into the town of Boston, that he be received with the favor of his countrymen and that no insult or injury be offered him or his property." The following was sent by the Committee of Correspondence in Lynn to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety: - LYNN, May 16, 1775. Gentlemen: - The bearer, Captain Barker, will bring before your Honour, Mr. Josiah Martin, as a person whom we have considered to have acted as an enemy to the Province, and have sent the evidences that appear against him. JOHN MANSFIELD, Chairman. Evidences names: Harthorn Ramsdell, John Bancroft, James Bancroft. Josiah Martin to the Committee of Safety: - CAMBRIDGE, May 11, 1775. Gentlemen of the Committee of Safety: I was sent from Lynn by a guard of soldiers to be examined, and am sorry that myself or any other faithful and loyal subject to his country should be treated as I am. Methinks it would give a check to the spirit of an Alexander. Humanity is the least we may expect of one another. Your true and loyal Whig, JOSIAH MARTIN. He appears as a private on the muster-roll of Captain Abraham Dodge's Ipswich company, Colonel Moses Little's 12th regiment; enlisted March 10, 1776; discharged April 24, 1776; service, one month, fourteen days; residence, Lynn. - Mass. Rolls. One of the petitioners to the General Court, May 26, 1773, that Saugus be set off from the First Parish, was Josiah Martin. The wife, Lydia, to whom he was married by Rev. Mr. Roby, May 20, 1763, was Lydia Burriage, widow of Zaccheus Norwood. She was born November 25, 1723, daughter of John and Mehitable Burriage, and sister of Deacon John, who was born November 23, 1730. MASSAY, BENJAMIN, - son of Benjamin and Sarah (Hart) Massay, was born July 18, 1762; married Susannah Quiner, February 20, 1785, daughter of John and Priscilla (Williams) Quiner, born July 2, 1761. [ 353 ] He was a blacksmith, and had his shop at the corner of Federal Street and Western Avenue, where the drug store of C. S. Bird now stands. He lived in the east half of the old house which stood at the corner of Moulton and Boston Streets. His children were Benjamin, born 1786, Susannah, Priscilla, Samuel, Sarah, Jane, and Nathaniel. His will was filed April 22, 1806, and mentions his wife, Susannah, and son, Benjamin, to whom he gave $100 when he should arrive at the age of twenty-one years. His wife died January 18, 1842, in Roxbury. Both are buried in the old Western Burial Ground. The grave pointed out by the grandson, S. Oliver Breed, is now marked by a marble stone and marker of the S. A. R. The Revolutionary record is given as
follows: 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, eleven days, including
twelve days' travel horne.
McDoNALD, DONALD, - died at the almshouse, October 3, 1830, aged one hundred and eight. He was in the British service at the taking of Quebec in 1759, with Braddock at his defeat, and was one of the few whom Washington, then a major, conducted from the field. He served several years under General Greene. - Lynn Record. MEACHEM, ISAAC, - son of Isaac and Lydia (Layton) Meachem, was born in 1726; married October 29, 1751, by Rev. Mr. Henchman, to Ruth Dunnell, daughter of David and Keziah (Ramsdell) Dunnell, born December 31, 1732. Their children were Lydia, Susannah, John, Isaac, and William. He died suddenly of an attack of pleurisy, November 6, 1794, aged sixty-eight, and his wife died December 15, 1814, aged eighty-four, according to the Lynn records, which does not quite correspond with the date of her birth recorded also in the Lynn records. If these dates are correct, she was eighty-two at the time of her death. Both are buried in the old Western Burial Ground, and their graves are marked. Isaac Meachem served in the French and
Indian War as well as in the War for Independence. His record in the
latter is as follows: Private, Captain Rufus Mansfield's company of
militia, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Concord;
service, two days; also
[ 354 ] Captain Simeon Brown's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards; service from July 2 to July 12, 1778, ten days; roll dated camp at Winter Hill; also 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. Mass. Rolls. MEAD, BENJAMIN, - son of Benjamin and Susannah (Thompson) Mead, was born in Woburn, January 29, 1723. Was assessed in Lynnfield, as was also John Mead, in 1758. His name appears as follows in the records of the Revolution: - List of men raised in Essex County for the term of nine months from the time of their arrival in Fishkill, returned as received of Jonathan Warner, commissioner, by Brigadier-General John Glover, at Fort Arnold, July 8, 1778; residence, Lynn; arrived at Fishkill, July 4, 1778; also list of men returned as mustered by Henry Rutgers, Jr., deputy muster-master, dated Fishkill, August 1, 1778; engaged for the town of Lynn; also Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel Mansfield's regiment; order for advance pay signed by said Mead and others, dated Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated camp at Winter Hill, November 4, 1775; also 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; rolls dated camp at Winter Hill. Mass. Rolls, under name of Mard, Mead, and Meads. Private, Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute-men which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, seventeen days; also Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel Mansfield's regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson; company return dated October 6, 1775; also private, Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel John Mansfield's regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 6, 1775; service, three months, two days. - Mass. Rolls. MEAD, JOHN, - probably nephew of the above Benjamin, was born in 1754; married by Rev. Mr. Roby, according to the Saugus church records, July 3, 1782, and according to the Lynn records July 9, 1781, to Rebecca Sherman, daughter of Nathaniel and Rebecca Sherman. He died May 2, 1817, aged sixty-three years. He was assessed in Lynnfield in 1758. His service in the Revolution began when he marched as a [ 355 ] private in Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute-men on the 19th of April, 1775. He is credited with seventeen days' service at that time. On the 10th of May of the same year he enlisted, and served two months; in August he was a corporal in Colonel Mansfield's regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson; in October he was given an order for a bounty coat or its equivalent in money for having enlisted for eight months. During 1780 and 1781 he was in service much of the time on the Hudson, and in February, 1782, he was discharged on account of his having been relieved by another man. In a descriptive list of July 11, 1780, his age is given as twenty-seven years, his stature as five feet, ten inches, and his complexion dark. MELZARD, CAPTAIN JOHN, - was born in Marblehead and died in Lynn. He is buried in the Eastern Burial Ground, at the top of the hill, near the rear fence, beside his daughter, Hannah Russell. He was one of Washington's body-guard, serving at the battles of Trenton and Valley Forge. He was one of the crew that brought General Lafayette to America, and one of the boat's crew that rowed him from the vessel to the shore. The date of his death given in the Lynn records, is May 4, 1834. MOULTON, EZEKIEL, - son of Joseph and Sarah (Little?) Moulton, born November 17, 1740, was of the fifth generation from Robert Moulton, who came from England to Salem village in 1629, in the ship "George Bonaventure," one of the first sent over to Governor Endicott with settlers and supplies. Joseph Moulton, grandson of Robert, was the father of Ezekiel and Ezra. Joseph purchased land in the rear of the city farm in 1733, and took up his residence there. Ezekiel received quitclaim deeds from the other heirs, October 6, 1766. He occupied the premises while he lived, pursuing the occupation of shoemaking, as his father had done before him. He was married November 2, 1771, to Catherine Hudson, who was born in the old Hudson house on Boston Street, on the westerly side of Tower Hill. Their ten children were Joseph, Solomon, Ezekiel, Mary, Catherine, Moses, John Lilley (buried in marked grave in the old Western), Moses, Aaron, Solomon. Ezekiel Moulton died November 23, 1810, and his wife died January 1, 1833. [ 356 ] They are without doubt buried near John Lilley, their son, in the old Western Ground. There his grave is indicated by a marble stone and marker of the S. A. R. The only Revolutionary record found is that of April 19, 1775, when he marched on the Lexington alarm in the company of Captain Rufus Mansfield. Service, two days. MOULTON, EZRA, - son of Joseph and Sarah (Little?) Moulton, was born on the old homestead at the rear of the city farm, January 25, 1730. He was married by Rev. Mr. Henchman, July 22, 1751, to Deborah Johnson, and died April 19, 1816. Buried in the old Western Burial Ground. He was in the regiment with Henry Hallowell, and was evidently in the campaign which resulted in the capture of General Burgoyne. The Massachusetts rolls contain the following under his name:- Appears in a descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for the term of six months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780; age, fifty-one years; height, 5 ft. 9 in.; complexion, ruddy; residence, Lynn; arrived at Springfield July 13, 1780; marched to camp same day under command of Captain Thomas Pritchard; also on list of six months' men raised by Lynn in 1780; marched June 27, 1780; discharged December 5, 1780; service, five months, twenty-five days, including 220 miles' travel home. MUDGE, ENOCH, - private, son of John and Mary (Waite) Mudge, was born in Lynnfield, August 1, 1754, to which place his father had removed from Malden after the birth of his son Simon. John Mudge died in Lynnfield, of "numb palsey," November 26, 1762, aged forty-nine. He had eight children, seven sons and one daughter. Samuel, the eldest, born March 22, 1739, served in the French and Indian War under Lord Amherst, and was killed in Canada in 1758; Mary, born April 20, 1740, married Andrew Mansfield, who was a Revolutionary soldier; John, born December 3, 1743, served in the Revolution from Vermont; Simon, born April 8, 1748, enlisted from Danvers; Ezra, born April 7, 1752, was in the army from Deerfield; Enoch, the subject of this sketch, Nathan, born September 21,1756, and Samuel, born February 1, 1759, all served in the War for Independence to the credit of the town of Lynn. These were all descended from Thomas Mudge, who was in [ 357 ] Malden as early as 1657. James, the son of Thomas and great-grandfather of these children, was a soldier in Captain Lothrop's company, "the flower of Essex," and was killed at Bloody Brook, South Deerfield, September 18, 1675, during King Philip's War. The record of this family was not excelled in Lynn, and the patriotic spirit of the times was well upheld in this sturdy New England home where every son was in the service of his country. Enoch Mudge was married by Rev. Mr. Treadwell, January 6, 1773, to Lydia Ingalls, daughter of John and Abigail (Stocker) Ingalls, born in Lynn, May 22, 1756. She was a direct descendant of Edmund Ingalls, the first settler of Lynn. Enoch Mudge was a member of Captain Farrington's company, and performed active service on the memorable 19th of April. While his name does not appear on the muster-rolls later, it is probable that he was present during the siege of Boston and entered the town upon its evacuation by the British. In later years he often spoke with much pride of having stood as sentinel at the door of General Washington's headquarters. He was a farmer and shoemaker, living on South Common Street, near Vine. His children were John, Enoch, Joseph, Lydia, Samuel, James, Benjamin, Sally, Patty, Daniel, Daniel Lee, Polly, Abigail, and Wesley. Enoch, born June 28, 1776, became the first native Methodist preacher in New England. Captain Joseph, born March 22, 1778, was prominent in the War of 1812. He fitted out the privateer "Industry," of Lynn, and brought in two brigs and one sloop as prizes. It is said that the live oak used in the Quaker meeting-house was part of the cargo of one of these vessels. He was afterward commander of the privateer "Gov. Plumer," of Portsmouth, and, after capturing several vessels, was himself captured and sent to Halifax. Benjamin, born September 1, 1786, was postmaster of Lynn from 1843 to 1849. Enoch Mudge, Sr., and his wife were among the very early members of the First Methodist Church, and in 1820 their son, Rev. Enoch, became its pastor. Mr. Mudge was a man of commanding presence, being over six feet in height. He was highly respected by his fellow-citizens, and his descendants to-day are among the very best of Lynn's people. He died in Lynn, January 30, 1832, aged seventy-seven years. His wife died April 25, 1833, aged seventy-six. They are interred in [ 358 ] the Mudge tomb in the old Western Burial Ground. A marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected to his memory in 1904. MUDGE, NATHAN, - son of John and Mary (Waite) Mudge, was born in Lynnfield, Mass., September 21, 1757; died in Lynn, February 8, 1831, aged seventy-four years, four months, and seventeen days. He was a farmer, and lived and died much respected. A notice taken from a paper of the day is as follows: - "Died, in this town, on Monday morning last, Mr. Nathan Mudge, in the 75th year of his age. "This good man, full of years, and mature in virtue, like an ear of corn, perfectly ripe, has descended to the earth whence he rose, and his spirit has gone to God who gave it. 'Dust unto dust, To this all must! The tenent hath resigned The faded form To earth and worm; Corruption claims its kind.' "For many years the inhabitants of this town have remarked him as an industrious and peaceable man, a good citizen, a faithful husband, a kind father, and a friendly neighbor. The church of which he was a member, esteemed him an humble follower of Him who was meek and lowly; and though the time had come when, having fulfilled the allotted space of man, his threescore years and ten, it was natural to look for decay, yet he went not down to the grave without many tears, and the mourning of numerous friends, who had respected him through life. In the arduous struggle for our country to obtain Independence, he faithfully sustained the portion of the toil allotted him. He was for some time a soldier in the army of the Revolution; and when he left it, it was to return to the peaceable abode of industry. During the long period which has elapsed since that time, it may perhaps be said of him with perfect truth, that he injured no one. He went to his long repose in peace, without an enemy, and with the character of an upright, honest man." He served in the Revolution in Captain Simon Brown's company, [ 359 ] Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, at Winter Hill from April 2 to July 3, 1778. His name also appears in the Ticonderoga rolls. He was married, first, by Rev. John Treadwell, to Hannah Ingalls, October 30, 1777. She was the daughter of John and Sarah Ingalls, born June 12, 1758, died of small-pox, December 19, 1792, at the age of thirty-four. Children, Nathan, Ezra, John, Mary, Samuel, Hannah, and Joseph. He married, second, Widow Elizabeth Burrill, July 24, 1794. She was the widow of Shubael Burrill, born July 16, 1765; died August 28, 1848, at the age of eighty-three. Her children were Joseph, Enoch, Hepzibah, Simon, Hepzibah B., Lydia, Shubael, Ann Alden, and Caroline. Hon. Ezra, son of Nathan and Hannah, born April 10, 1780, was a representative sixteen years, and captain of a Lynn artillery company in 1813. Captain Samuel, born May 15, 1787, was captain of an Essex company of drafted militia, at Winter Island, Salem, 1814. MUDGE, SAMUEL, - was the ninth son of John and Mary (Waite) Mudge, born February 1, 1759. He served as a soldier in the Revolution, from Lynn, with the following record: "In Capt. Joseph Hiller's co. Col. Jonathan Titcomb's regt, at Providence, roll dated July 6, 1777. Served from July 11, to Aug. 11, three days being allowed to go home; two mos. 6 days time." His name appears on the Ticonderoga rolls and among the names of men of Lynn, Lynnfield, and Saugus who "served at Concord battle and elsewhere." Samuel Mudge died in Lynn January 29, 1785, of consumption contracted in the service. His age was twenty-five years, eleven months, twenty-nine days. Enoch, Nathan, and Samuel were brothers, with but five years difference in their ages, who served from the town of Lynn. Their eldest brother, also named Samuel, served in the French and Indian War under Lord Amherst, and was killed in Canada in 1758, aged only nineteen years. The other brothers, John, Simon, and Ezra, also served in the Revolution, John from Vermont, Simon from Danvers, and Ezra from Deerfield. Such a record will hardly be equalled among the families of Lynn. MULLEN, JAMES, - a New Hampshire soldier of the Revolution, died at the home of his son James, on Whiting Street, June 21, 1841, aged eighty-one, and was buried in the old Western Burial Ground. A stone and marker were erected in 1903. He was a private in Captain Nathan [ 360 ] Brown's company, Colonel Perse Long's regiment, at Newcastle, from time of taking out of orders, December 7, 1776; service from September 19, 1776, seventy-eight days; residence, Newcastle; also roll from December, 1776, to January 7, 1777; also appears on a pay-roll with signature; also on pay-roll of a part of Captain Nathan Brown's company, Colonel Long's regiment, who are fit to march to Ticonderoga, from January 7 to February 7, 1777. He was discharged at Stillwater, September, 1777, by General Arnold. Late in life he was granted a pension. MUNROE, TIMOTHY, - son of George Munroe, Jr., and Sarah Phipps, of Lexington, was born in Lexington; baptized April 20, 1735. His name does not appear in the Lynnfield records until February 18, 1775, when he was elected tax collector for the parish. He lived in South Lynnfield in a roomy old house, still standing on the Wakefield road. He was one of the most influential men and one of the largest tax-payers in that part of the town. His home was but a short distance below that of Daniel Townsend, who lived on the main road from South Lynnfield to Lynnfield Centre. On the alarm of April 19 he joined Mr. Townsend, and together they went to the Gowing tavern, whence they marched with Captain Bancroft's company. They arrived at Menotomy some time about noon, and awaited the coming of the regulars, who had passed up the highway in the morning on the way to Concord and Lexington. The story of Mr. Munroe's experiences on that eventful day has already been told. He was wounded in the action, but kept fighting until the last of the British had disappeared. He returned home that night with his neighbors, bearing the body of his friend and companion, Daniel Townsend, who had been killed by his side. In the following spring he appealed to the General Court for relief as a wounded soldier, and on March 22 a resolve was passed allowing him the sum of nine pounds to be paid out of the Provincial treasury, "in full for doctoring and nursing." During his absence on the 19th of April it is said that his house was entered by marauders and a sum of money stolen. He was a constable in 1775, surveyor of highways in 1777, and selectman in 1784, 1785, and 1792. [ 361 ] His wife was Lydia, but no record of his marriage has been found. During the latter part of his life he went to live with his son, Timothy Munroe, Jr., whose home was at the corner of Market and Munroe Streets, Lynn, where the Clapp Block now stands. From Timothy, Jr., Monroe Street received its name. Timothy Munroe, Jr., was a carpenter, and his work may be seen in many of the old buildings of Lynn, notably the old Lynn Academy building, now standing at the corner of Centre Street and Western Avenue. The grandson of the Revolutionary sergeant,
Timothy Monroe, was Colonel Timothy Munroe, who went out with the first
Lynn volunteers in the Civil War.
Timothy Munroe, the Revolutionary veteran, died March 1, 1808, aged
seventy-two, at the home of his son, in the house now standing at the
corner of Whiting Street and Western Avenue. Lydia, his wife, died
September 10 of the same year, aged forty. They are buried in the old
Western Burial Ground, and his grave was marked in 1903 by a marble stone
and bronze marker of the S. A. R.
NEEDHAM, DANIEL, - son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Moulton) Needham, was born in Danvers, December 10, 1760, and lived there until 1792, when he removed to Lynnfield. He was married by Rev. Mr. Holt, of Danvers, October 22, 1783, to Ede Flint, daughter of Samuel and Ede (Upton) Flint. Her father was killed at the head of his company at the battle of Stillwater, October 7, 1777. When Daniel Needham moved to Lynnfield, he settled on the then Townsend farm, and about 1800 built the large house still standing on
Chestnut Street. He had two children, David and Caroline. David was killed
by one Parker, April 25, 1827. Daniel Needham has been described as a very
pleasant, very stout old man, who was a justice of the peace and always
called "Squire Needham." He died February 16, 1844, aged eighty-three, and
his wife died of a fall, April 27, 1840. Both are buried in the West
Ground, Lynnfield Centre. In his application which was allowed April 6,
1833, he said that he enlisted as a substitute for one Symonds, in the
fall of 1777, in Captain Proctor's company, Colonel Gerrish's regiment,
and served five months. In March, 1778, he enlisted in Captain Bodwell's
company, Colonel Gerrish's regiment, and served three months, and by
[ 362 ] entreaty of his officers consented to remain ten days longer. He was a sergeant, and all of the above time was spent in guarding Burgoyne's troops at Cambridge. In 1779 he enlisted as a corporal and then as sergeant, and served six months in Captain Putnam's company, Colonel N. Tyler's regiment, and was in the campaign in Rhode Island. In 1780 he enlisted for, and served another term of, three months in Captain Peabody's company, Colonel Wade's regiment, and served at West Point. He was pensioned at $78.33 per year, beginning March 4, 1831, and received $156.66 back pay. The record found on the Massachusetts rolls agrees with the above record found in the Pension Office. NEWHALL, AARON, - private, son of Captain Benjamin and Elizabeth (Fowle) Newhall, was born in Lynn, March 26, 1740. His father's home was upon the north side of the Town Common, and his title was acquired in the French and Indian War, in which he served as captain. Aaron Newhall was fifth in line from the first Thomas Newhall. He was married by Rev. Mr. Henchman, December 1, 1768, to Mrs. Mary Perkins, and had one child, Aaron. He was a yeoman and cordwainer. On April 19, 1775, he served as a private in Captain Farrington's company. On April 26, 1776, he was commissioned first lieutenant in Captain Joseph Stocker's 4th company, 1st Essex County regiment of militia, and a return to that effect is on file, signed Colonel John Flagg and Major David Parker. This regiment was not ordered into active service, although portions of it were from time to time sent to strengthen the Continental Army. While Lieutenant Newhall undoubtedly did guard duty, it is not known whether he saw active service after the Lexington alarm. His only service in the town was as warden in 1776 and 1783. He died June 28, 1811, and is buried in the old Western Burial Ground in Lynn. His estate consisted of a dwelling-house, barn, shop, and nine acres of land, amounting in all to $4,905. Mr. Newhall's two sisters, Susanna and Elizabeth, married, respectively, Thomas Stocker and Henry Burchstead, Revolutionary soldiers. A marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected at his grave in 1904. NEWHALL, ALLEN, - son of Daniel and Mary (Breed) Newhall, was born in 1726, and died September 27, 1781. He married Love Breed, March 29, 1750. She died, according to the Newhall Genealogy and [ 363 ] Richard Pratt, November 10, 1774; according to the Chamberlain family
Bible, October 20, 1779.
On May 7, 1771, Allen Newhall bought of
Hanson Newhall a dwelling-house and eighty poles of land, bounding
south on the county road (Boston Street), west on the Widow Potter's
thirds, later known as the Burchstead Johnson place, and having a frontage
on the street of six poles, thirteen feet. This seems worth noting, for it
was probably a portion of the homestead of the original settler. He
conveyed this to his son Charles Newhall, July 5, 1774. His two sons were
Allen (probably Daniel Allen Breed) and Charles. His daughters were
Sarah and Love. The latter married Jesse Rhodes. Love, his wife, was
daughter of Allen Breed, and was born August 16, 1731. Allen Newhall
evidently moved to Danvers soon after his marriage, for in 1756 he was
warned out of that town. -Newhall Genealogy.
Allen Newhall was in the Federal Square
company of Captain Rufus Mansfield, of which his sons, Daniel Allen Breed
and Charles, were, respectively, second lieutenant and corporal. All three
went to the Lexington fight, and the father saved the sons from being
killed. All day they had fired from behind fences and walls at the main
body of the British, but the old man had his eye out for the flank guard
which marched in single file on both sides of the main body. His care kept
them from coming between the lines and, consequently, from harm. This was
the statement made by Jenks Sargent, an old-time resident of Lynn.
Allen Newhall lived and died on Boston
Street, near Childs, and he was buried in an unmarked grave in the old
Western Burial Ground. The spot is now marked by a stone and the bronze
marker of the S. A. R.
Besides his service at the battle of
Lexington he was corporal in Captain Stephen Wilkins's company, Colonel
Wigglesworth's regiment, and was allowed for pay which included 210 miles'
travel home from Albany; pay abstract sworn to June 15, 1777. He also
appeared on a descriptive list of men who served in the Continental Army
from June, 1780, to December, 1780, at which time he was fifty-four years
of age, 5 ft. 9 in. in height, of a light complexion, and resident of
Lynn. His service was five months, eighteen days, including 220 miles'
travel. He was also a soldier of the French and Indian War.
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