326 History of Hingham. 



The capitulation of Cornwallis was the last great military event 

 of the Revolution. Nevertheless, much of the country was still 

 occupied by the British army, and besides the necessity of gain- 

 ing and holding possession of those portions, there remained the 

 possibility of renewed hostilities, requiring the retention of a con- 

 siderable force. On the second of November the army under 

 General Lincoln embarked at Yorktown and proceeded to the 

 head of the Elk, from whence it went into winter quarters in 

 Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and upon the Hudson, in New York. 



The Committee of Correspondence and Safety elected in 1782 

 were Israel Beal, John Fearing, and Theophilus Cushing; they 

 were re-elected in 1783. 



The probabilities of peace made the enlistment of soldiers ex- 

 ceedingly difficult, and there were very few recruited after the 

 close of the Virginia campaign. The only names of recruits 

 known to have joined the Continental army in 1782 are Solomon 

 Lavingin and Elijah Beals. 



Hon. Solomon Lincoln says that in 1783 there were twelve men 

 in the service at Hull. Neither the date nor the organization to 

 which they belonged have been preserved, and no list of these last 

 soldiers in the Revolution from old Hingham has been found. 



There remain to be added a few names not hitherto placed, 

 known to have served in the army in some capacity, but whose 

 company or regiment, place, or time, have not been ascertained. 

 These are — 



Jedediah Beal, Bela Lincoln, served on the " Pro- 

 Daniel Dill, tector," 



Lemuel Dill, Benjamin Lincoln, 



Daniel Egrey, Noah Nichols, 



Francis Gardner, died 1780 on Moses Sprague, 



Jersey prison-ship, Jacob Sprague, carried to Halifax 

 Jared Joy, and died on guard-ship, 1778, 



Benjamin Leavitt, Ebed Stodder, 



Seth Thaxter. 



Serving upon the staff of General Lincoln during the earlier 

 part of the war as an aid-de-camp, and probably with the rank 

 of colonel, was Nathan Rice. Colonel Rice came early to Hing- 

 ham, where he resided many years. At the close of the war he 

 was major in Colonel Bailey's Continental regiment, and subse- 

 quently commanded a body of troops at Oxford during the threat- 

 ened difficulties with France. 



From the lists of names given, it appears that Hingham fur- 

 nished over one hundred and fifty different persons to the regular 

 Continental service, of whom, however, it is probable that only 

 about eighty were actual residents of the town. The commis- 

 sioned officers, so far as known, were, — 



