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was afterwards increased to fifty-two. The following names 

 appear upon a roll in August, together with many others not from 

 this town : — 



Theophilus Wilder, Capt., 

 Abijah Whitton, Sergt., 

 Nehcmiah Ripley, Corp., 

 Thaddcus Bates, " 

 David Harsay, " 



Peter Harsay, Drum-Major, 

 Benjamin Barns, Private, 

 Canterbury Barns, " 

 Ambross Bates, " 



Thomas Chubbuck, " 

 Sherebiah Corthwill, " 

 Stephen Gardner, " 



Two items of money voted by the town in 1778, for expenses 

 incurred in the previous year, are certainly suggestive, although 

 there is no further evidence of the presence of Hingham men at 

 General Stark's victory on August 16th. 



They are an allowance of ,£133 to Captain Wilder for travelling 

 fees for one hundred and ninety miles to Bennington, and £ 7-4-6 

 paid " to Tho s Chubbuck for so much due for Transporting the 

 Soldiers Baggage to Bennington.'"' 



While the town was' earnestly performing its allotted part 

 towards the general conduct of the war, it was not unmindful of 

 its own defence, as we sec by the following requisition : — 



Hingham, August 1st, 1777. 



Sir. — Please to deliver to Mr. Israel Beal, the bearer hereof, 250 weight 



of powder, 50 weight JIusquet Ball, and 500 flints for the use of the Town 



of Hingham, & you '11 oblige yours, 



rr .i n • rt i Ben.i. Gushing, ) „ , 



lo the Commissary- General T T ( selectmen of 



. , XT , - Joshua Leavitt, ,- u- i 



at Water town. T . ( Hinqham. 



Joseph Andrews, ) J 



There is great difficulty in determining with certainty the 

 names of men who enlisted into the Continental regular service 

 during particular years ; the very multiplicity of rolls and lists 

 with differing headings adds to the confusion. When, as is fre- 

 quently the case, town and private records are really or seemingly 

 at variance with these, entire accuracy becomes out of the ques- 

 tion. From these and other causes it may happen that names 

 deserving of honorable mention are omitted entirely, and that 

 others get misplaced. The following appear to have served in 

 Hingham's quota for three years, enlisting in 1777. Non-residents 

 are indicated, when it is known, by the name of the town to which 

 they belonged immediately following their own names ; the cap- 

 tains and colonels under whom these soldiers served are also 

 indicated. 



