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History of Hingham. 



command until the appointment of Washington. Among the 

 regiments was the 25th, commanded by Gen. Wm. Heath, one of 

 whose companies was from Hingham. The roll of this command, 

 however, speaks of it as being " in ye 36th Regt. of Foot in ye 

 Continental Army, Encamp'd in Fort No. 2." 

 It is as follows : — 



Charles 

 Elias Whiton, Lieut., 

 Benjamin Beal, Ensign, 

 Sam 1 Gill, Sergeant, 

 John Lincoln, " 

 Isaiah Hersey, " 

 Moses Sprague, " 

 Abijah Whiton, " 

 John Burr, Corporal, 

 John Blossom, " 

 Chris 1 Kilby, 

 Tho 8 Marsh, " 



Nath' Dill, Fife, 

 Jon a Hearsey, Drum, 

 Abel Barns, Private, 

 James Bates, " 



Tho 9 Bangs, " 



Seth Brigs, 

 Caleb Brimhall, 

 Job Curtis, 

 Tho 8 Chubbuck, 

 James Cooke, 

 Jesse Dunbar, 

 Melzar Dunbar, 

 Jacob Dunbar, 

 John Dill, 

 Josh a Dunbar, 

 Jon a French, 

 Jacob Gardner, 

 Ezra Gardner, 

 James Hayward, 



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The roll of another company also belonging to this command is 

 here given, although its members for the most part came from 

 that section of the old town which, formerly composing the 

 Second Precinct, had within a few years been set off as the town 

 of Cohasset. Its captain subsequently commanded a Hingham 

 company, and so large a proportion of the men composing it 

 afterwards served either upon Hingham's rolls or in connection 

 with her recruits, that it seems desirable to incorporate their 

 names in this place : — 



