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Capt. Peter Cushing resided on East Street ; he was a brother of 

 Capt. Stephen Cushing, also a soldier of the Revolution. Enoch 

 Dunbar was in the Canada expedition in Captain Stephens' com- 

 pany of artillery. Capt. Seth Stowers commanded a company in 

 Col. Josiah Whitney's regiment, and was on duty at Hull in Octo- 

 ber, 1776. His roll was as follows : — 



Seth Stowers, Capt., 

 Peter Nichols, 1st Lieut., 

 Elijah Beals, 2 



Sergt, 



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Elijah Lewis, 

 Joseph Wilder, 

 John Gill, 

 Benjamin Jacobs, " 

 David Lincoln, Corp., 

 Stephen Stodder, 

 Joshua Beal, " 



Abisha Lewis, Drum, 

 Nathl Dills, Fifer, 

 Gershom Beals, 

 Isaac Beals, 

 John Bray, 

 Elisha Bates, 

 Cushing Burr, 

 Joshua Beals, Jr., 

 Elisha Beals, 

 Benj. Barnes, 

 Elisha Bates, Jr., 

 Joseph Beals, 

 Welcome Beals, 

 Jaraus Beals, 

 Timothy Clark, 

 Sherediah Corthell, 

 Jas Cushing, 

 Rob't Gardner, 

 Joshua Gardner, 

 John Hearsey, 

 Jesse Humphreys, 



Edmund Hobart, 

 Ezekiel Horsey, 

 Elisha House, 

 Joseph Hudson, 

 Gideon Howard, 

 Abner Joy, 

 Jedediah Joy, 

 Lot Lincoln, Jr., 

 Caleb Leavitt, 

 Ephraim Lincoln, 

 Joseph Marble, 

 Thos Marble, 

 James Marble, 

 Jonathan Allen, 

 James Tower, 

 Elisha Merritt, 

 Bela Tower, 

 Stephen Mansfield, 

 Jesse Tower, 

 Enoch Stoddar, 

 Noah Stoddar, 

 Daniel Stoddar, 

 Joseph Souther, 

 Timothy Thayer, 

 Isaac Whitten, 

 Stephen Whitten, 

 Joseph Wilcutt, 

 Thos. Wilcutt. 



This company was on duty eight months at Nantasket. Cap- 

 tain Penniman, of Braintree, commanded a company in Colonel 

 Francis' regiment. It was composed of men drafted from Hing- 

 hani, Dorchester, Braintree, Stoughtenham, and Milton. 



The following are the names of Hinsham men who served with it : 



Theophilus Wilder, 1st Lieut., 



John Blowson, Sergt., 



Daniel Wilder, Corp., 



Bela Tower, Fifer, 



W m Gardenner, Private, 



Laban Tower, Private, 



Jonathan Gardener, " 

 David Prouty, " 



Jonathan Farer, " 



Ezekiel Cushing. 



