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Hingham in 1799 and 1800. His brother Calvin died at Quebec 

 in 1765. They were sons of the Rev. Ebenezer Gay, who was 

 minister of the Old Church in Hingham for sixty-nine years. 

 Rev. John Brown, of that part of Hingham which is now Cohasset, 

 was a chaplain in the army in 1759, and was stationed at Halifax. 

 He was a friend of Dr. Gay, who corresponded with him, and in 

 a characteristic letter, dated June 25, 1759, he writes to Mr. 

 Drown, " I wish you may visit Jotham (captain) and minister 

 good instruction to him and company, and furnish him with suit- 

 able sermons in print, or in your own very legible, if not very in- 

 telligible manuscripts, to read to his men, who are without a 

 preacher ; in the room of one, constitute Jotham curate." Colonel 

 Gay died October 16, 1802. The following is the list of the 

 Hingham men in the company commanded by him in 1759 : — 



Jotham Gay, Capt., 

 George Lane, Lieut., 

 Thomas Lothrop, "■ 



Isaac Smith, Sergt., 

 Nathaniel Bangs, " 

 Samuel Joy, Corp., 

 Joseph Blake, Private, 

 Benjamin Beal, •' 

 Issachar Bate, " 

 Isaac Burr, " 



Beza dishing, " 

 Calvin Gushing, " 

 Jacob Dunbar, " 

 Jonathan Farrow, " 

 Isaac Groce, 

 Noah Humphrey, 

 John Hobart, 

 Gedion Howard, 

 Micah Humphrey, 

 Ralph Haswell, 

 James Ha ward, 

 Joseph Jones, 

 John Lincoln, 



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Caleb Leavitt, 

 Levi Lewis, 



Elijah Lewis, " 



Urbane Lewis, " 



Israel Lincoln, " 



John Lasell, " 



Joseph Lovis, " 



Ephraim Marsh, " 



Micah Nichols, " 



John Neal, " 



Charles Riplev, " 



William Rust', " 



Luther Stephenson, " 

 Jusitanus Stephenson, " 

 Jerome Stephenson, "' 



John Sprague, " 



Knight Sprague, " 



Daniel Stoddard, " 



Daniel Tower, " 



Seth Wilder, « 



There is also a roll in the State archives giving the names of 

 the following, and headed " A return of men Enlisted for his 

 Majesty's Service for the Total Reduction of Canada, 1760 : " — 



John Stowel, 

 Nath 1 Joy, 

 Japhet Hobard, 

 Enoch Stoddard. 

 Joseph Sprague, 

 Samuel Burr, 

 Asa Burr, 



John Nash, 

 Job Mansfield, 

 Levi Lincoln, 

 Abijah Hersey, 

 Daniel Lincoln, 

 Joseph Beal, 

 Joshua Remington, 



