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Subject: [GM-L] 1776 Middlesex, MA Officer Rosters
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 16:44:39 EDT

Subject: Letter to the Committee of Safety dated Sept 26, 1776
Source: Appendix of Vol 1 - Groton Historical Series by Dr. Samuel A.
Green 1887

p. 10 to 12 - Appendix

>From Dr. Oliver Prescott - Groton, Sept. 26, 1776

To The Committee of Safety

"Sir

In pursuance of your orders Rec'd the 14th, I have caused the militia
of the County of Middlesex to be mustered and have caused to be Drafted
therefrom every fifth able bodied man under fifty years of age etc
agreeable to the Resolves of the Gen'l Assembly of this State of the
12th instant, and formed the s'd men into Companies and appointed their
Respective Officers in the following manner, viz.

No.1 Cambridge 33 men Capt John Walton of Cambridge
Charlestown 7 men 1st Lt.
Malden 9 men 2d Lt.
Medford 13 men
Total 62 men

No.2 Watertown 15 men Capt. Edward Fuller of Newton
Newton 19 men 1st Lt. Josiah Capen of Watertown
Waltham 13 men 2d Lt. Isaac Hager of Waltham
Weston 18 men
Total 65 men

No.3 Woburn 20 men Capt Samuel Belnap of Woburn
Reading 26 men 1st Lt
Wilmington 13 men 2nd Lt
Stoneham 4 men
Total 63 men

No.4 Concord 23 men Capt. Simon Hunt of Acton
Lexington 16 men 1st Lt Samuel Heald of Concord
Acton 15 men 2d Lt Eben'r White of Lexington
Lincoln 12 men
Total 66 men

No.5 Sudbury 35 men Capt Amasa Cranson of Marlboro
Marlboro 31 men 1st Lt Nath'll Sergeant of Stow
Stow 16 men 2d Lt Nath'll Smith of Sudbury
Total 82 men

No.6 Framingham 27 men Capt Aaron Gardner of Sherburn
Sherburn 15 men 1st Lt Lawssen Buckminister of Framingham
Hopkinston 20 men 2d Lt Isaac Clark of Hopkinton
Holliston 15 men
Natick 9 men
Total 86 men

No.7 Groton 27 men Capt Thomas Warren of Townshend
Pepperell 17 men 1st Lt James Lawrence of Pepperell
Townshend 15 men 2d Lt Joseph Rockwood of Groton
Ashby 8 men
Total 67 men


No.8 Chelmsford 21 men Capt Zach. Wright of Westford
Dunstable 12 men 1st Lt Nath'll Holden of Dunstable
Dracutt 18 men 2d Lt Rob't Spaulding of Chelmsford
Westford 18 men
Total 69 men

No.9 Billerica 22 men Capt Solomon Kidder of Billerica
Tukesbury 12 men 1st Lt Daniel Kimball of Littleton
Bedford 10 men 2d Lit Tim'y Rogers of Tukesbury
Littleton 12 men
Shirley 9 men
Total 65 men

I have also formed the afore'sd Companies into one Reg't and appointed:

Eleazor Brooks Esq of Lincoln to be the Colonel
Micah Stone Esq of Framingham Lieut Colonel
Eben'r Bancroft Esq of Dunstable Major
Mr. Moses Adams of Framingham Chaplain
Mr. Joseph Hunt of Acton Surgeon Mate
Daniel Loring of Sudbury Adjut.
Samuel Hartwell of Lincoln Quartermaster.

I have directed the s'd Colonel Brooks to order the several Captains
afores'd to march their Respective Company as soon as possible, in the
best & proper Road, to Horse Neck (West Greenwich, Connecticut) accord-
ing to the Resolves of the Gen'l Assembly of this State, & agreeable to
the Directions and for the purposes therein expressed. Colonel Brooks
informs me this day that he hath given marching orders for Saturday
next for the whole Reg't

I am, Sir, with the greatest Respect, your most obedient and very
humble Servant Oliver Prescott
Groton Sept'r 26th, 1776

N.B. Colonel Thatcher & Colonel Fox Engaged to fill up their Companies
and Return the Names of the Lieutenants before the Time appointed to
march.
(To) Generall (James) Warren
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Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth

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