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History of Hingham. 



A Muster Roll of the Independent Company Stationed at 

 Hingham Commanded by James Lincoln to the 1 January 1776 : 



Samuel Lincoln, Jr., Private, 



James Lincoln, Capt., 



Seth Stowers, Lieut., Laban Thaxter, 



Knight Sprage, 2d " Joseph Blake, Jr., 



Elijah Lewis, Sergeant, Jeremiah Hearsey, Jr., 



Noah Hearsey, 

 Elijah Beal, Jun., 

 Jonathan Lincoln, Jun. " 

 Caleb Leavitt, Corporal, 

 John Souther, " 



Joseph Wilder, « 



Thomas Stodder, '• 

 Stephen Stowel, Jr., Drum, 

 James Lincoln, Jr., Fifer, 

 Barnabas Lincoln, Private, 

 David Beal, Jun., " 



Samuel Godfrey, " 



John Marsh, Jun., " 



Nath" Stodder, Jun., " 

 Jotham Lincoln, 

 Jonathan Cain, 

 Joseph Andrews, Jun., 

 Royal Lincoln, 

 Athanasius Lewis, 

 Noah Hobart, 

 Ste])hen Lincoln, Jun., 

 John Hobart, Jun., 

 Peter Hearsey, 

 Bel a Stowel, 

 Jesse Humphrey, 



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Daniel Hobart. 

 Joseph Basset, 



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Laban Stodder, 

 Joseph Jones, 

 Heman Lincoln, 

 Daniel Cain, 

 John Hearsey, 

 William Lewis, 

 Nath" Tower, 

 Isaac Gardner, 

 Obediah Stowel, 



Lab Hunt, 



Ephraim Marsh, 



Luke Bates, Kohasset, " 



Josiah Godfrey, Abbing- 



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 James Hobart, " 



Peter Whiting, 

 Levi Burr, 

 Joshua Leavitt, 

 Levi Gardner, 

 Stephen Whiting, 

 Israel Whiting, 

 James Tower, 

 William Spooner, 

 Thomas Wilder, 

 John Sprage, 

 Stephen Tower, 

 Samuel Stodder, Scituate," 

 Robert Gardner. " 



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Captain Lincoln's company, with additions and changes in its 

 membership, also served, perhaps on a new enlistment, from 

 January 1, 1776, to probably some part of July and very possibly 

 for a much longer period. The rolls give only partial information. 

 The Journal of the House of Representatives speaks of it as one of 

 four independent companies in the service. Caleb Leavitt be- 

 came 2d lieutenant in January, and was promoted to be 1st lieu- 

 tenant during the month, when Noah Hearsey became 2d lieuten- 

 ant ; at the same time Thomas Stodder, Ephraim Marsh, John 

 Sprague, and Japheth Hobart were made sergeants, and Nathaniel 

 Tower, Abner Bates of Weymouth, and Jeremiah Hearsey, cor- 

 porals. The following names are those of men who served under 

 the later enlistment, together with many of the earlier members : 



