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as the last, February 27, and the roll terms the command a " half 

 company." The names given are — 



Lt. Jabez Wilder, Theoph. Wilder, James Tower, 



Edward Wilder, Theoph. Cushing, Solomon Whiton, 



Thomas Cushing, Abel Whiton, Benj. Ward, 



David Gardner, Labin Tower, David Chubbuck, 



Zenas Wilder, Robert Gardnier, Jonathan Farron, 



John Hearsey, Zach. Whiton, Benj. Whiton. 



Seth Stowars, Bela Tower, 



Jabez Wilder, who was a brother of Capt. Theophilus Wilder, 

 subsequently held the rank of captain, being commander of the 

 third company of the Second Suffolk Regiment. He resided on 

 Free Street, near Main, and after the war moved to Chesterfield. 



Captain Wilder's company was ordered to Hull soon after, and 

 his roll in April contains the following names : — 



Theophilus Wilder, Capt. Benj. Whiton, Private, 



Theophilus Cushing, Sergt. Jona. Loring, " 



Thomas Jones, " Joseph Mansfield, " 



Elisha Marsh, " Benj. Joy, 



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Bela Tower, Fifer, Jona. Loring, Jr. 



Thos. Cushing, Corp. Benj. Cushing, 



Joseph Beal, " Joseph Souther, " 



David Lincoln. Private, John Wilcutt, " 



Martin Tower, lfc Mordecai Lincoln, " 



Enoch Stoddar, " John Hunt, " 



Shubael Fearing, " Zachariah Hunt, " 



Abel Fearing, " Ephraim Burrell, " 



John Jones, " Eben'r Joy, " 



Elijah Lewis, " Laban Cushing, " 



Solomon Whiton, " John Wild. " 



Although a Hingham company, a few of the above may have 

 been residents of Weymouth or Cohasset. 



The following return of the selectmen tells the story of the 

 manner in which quotas were sometimes filled in those days, as 

 well as a good many years later. 



" A return of the men procured by the town of Hingham to 

 make up their quota of the seventh part of the male inhabitants 

 of said town : — 



John Murphy, May, 1778, Greaton's Reg 1 , 

 Patrick Dunn, June, 1778, Col. Crane's, 

 Lieney Gesbuct, " " ' " " 



Israel Beal \ 



Theo s Cushing > Selectmen of Hingham. 



Cha s Cushing ) 



David Cushing, Colo." 



