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Adna Bates, 

 Daniel Oushing, 

 James Chubbuck, 

 Theodore French, 

 Thomas Gill, 

 Samuel Gill, 

 John Gill, 

 Gideon Howard, 

 William Hobart, 

 Caleb Hobart, 

 Jeremiah Hersey, 

 Hawkes Hobart, 

 Edmund Hobart, 

 Japheth Hobart, 

 John Hunt, 

 Benj. Joy, 

 Israel Lincoln, 

 Beza Lincoln, 



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Jared Lane, 

 Henry Lambert, 

 Micah Nichols, 

 Ambrose Nichols, 

 Luke Orcutt, 

 Ephraim Orcutt, 

 Hezekiah Ripley, 

 James Stodder, 

 Daniel Stodder, 

 Jacob Stodder, 

 Isaiah Stodder, 

 Benj. Stetson, 

 Stephen Tower, 

 Peter Tower, 

 Timothy Thayer, 

 Benjamin Ward, 

 Benjamin White, 

 Levi Tower. 



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These men were in the army at this time from about December 

 19, 1776, to April 2, 1777, and perhaps longer. Captain dish- 

 ing, like Lieutenant Burr, was an experienced officer ; his com- 

 pany marched from Hingham on the former of the above dates, 

 through Abington, and afterwards by way of Pawtucket and Provi- 

 dence, through Rhode Island and Connecticut, their long journey 

 leading them to Hartford and Waterbury among other places. 

 Finally they entered New York, arriving at Westchester Jan- 

 uary 7th. Brief as are the records in Lieutenant Burr's diary, 

 they interest us not a little, for the personal glimpses which are 

 afforded by them of the marches and skirmishes and experiences 

 of our own townsmen. 



Thus he says under date of Jan. 19: "One of our men killed 

 by a cannon ball from the enemy." On the 21st, " Alarmed by 

 the Hessians — -they driven back." 23d, "Skirmish — one Lt. 

 and 1 men killed." 27th, " Lay in ambush — our cannon played 

 on Fort Independence." He tells of marches to Tarrytown, where 

 Andre was subsequently captured, and other places in the vicinity ; 

 and at last, in February, of the entry into Morristown in New Jer- 

 sey. Here were the headquarters of Washington during the win- 

 ter succeeding his brilliant achievements at Trenton and Prince- 

 ton. Here too our old fighting chaplain appears again, and 

 Lieutenant Burr says, under date of February 12 : " Sundav Mr. 

 Thaxter preached from Psalms 118-18 & 19 v." March 2d, he held 

 forth to his friends and fellow soldiers from home. March 9th, 

 the diary tells us that there was a " Skirmish between 2000 of the 

 enemy & 1000 of our men — our men beat them back ; " and so 

 on. In July Colonel Marshall's and Colonel Whitney's regiments 

 were ordered to Canada. In both there were Hingham men, al- 



