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not alone the names of the brave men of Lexington and Concord 

 and Acton and the other towns whose sons were actually engaged 

 and some of whom laid down their lives in the first battle of 

 the Revolution, but also those of the equally brave from remoter 

 places who hastened toward the field of conflict at the first note 

 of alarm, and who rightly share in the honor and glory of the vic- 

 tory of that 19th of April and the service that immediately fol- 

 lowed. The rolls of these companies are very numerous, there 

 being in fact several hundred of them, of which four tell the story 

 of what Hingham did in the dawning of the eight years' conflict. 

 Of these troops, there appear to have been three foot-companies, 

 or what would now be termed infantry, and one — that com- 

 manded by Captain Loring — artillery, then termed the "Train." 

 Probably all were attached to Colonel Lincoln's command. 



Omitting the details of expense, pay, and some other items of 

 little or no interest, an exact copy of the rolls of these companies 

 is here given : — 



A true return of the travel and time of Service of the men under 

 my Command in Col. Benj. Lincoln's Regiment Assembled the 

 19th April, 1775: — 



Isaiah dishing, Capt. Joshua Loring, 



Jacob Leavitt, Lieut. Othniel Stodder, 



Charles Gushing, Lieut. David Wilder, 



Jacob Cushing, Jr., Serj., Caleb Brimhall, 



Isaac Sprague, Jr., " Thomas Burr, 



Shubael Fearing, " Sam Burr, 



Thos. Jones, Jr.. " Benj. Sprague. Jr., 



~"Xmos Sprague, Corp., Sam Lazell, 

 David Burr, " Fearing, 



John Blossom. " Thomas King, 



John Burr. Jr., " Jos. Leavitt, 



Levi Burr, Drum, Benj. Barnes, Jr., 



Peter Hersey, " Benj. Cushing, Jr. 



John Lincoln, Jared Lane, 



Seth Briggs, Jacob Thaxter, 



Sam Leavitt. Abner Loring. 

 David Sprague, 



Isaiah Cushing. 

 On the back is the following : — 



Suffolk ss. 



Decern. 11, 1775. Then Capt. Isaiah Cushing Subscriber to 

 this Roll personally made oath to the truth of it. 



Col. Benj. Lincoln, Jus. peace. 



Examined and compared with the original. 



Edw d Rawson / n 

 Jonas Dix ( 0om - 



