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geon, Feb. 10, 1813, while Henry Colman had been chaplain since 

 July 6, 1807. In addition to these the citizens exempted by law 

 from military duty formed themselves into three companies of 

 infantry and one of artillery, the whole constituting a local bat- 

 talion commanded by Capt. Edward Wilder. The North Ward 

 company had for its officers : captain, Gen. John Barker ; lieu- 

 tenant, Major Jedediah Lincoln ; ensign, Solomon Lincoln. Tin? 

 Middle Ward : captain, Laban Hersey ; lieutenant, Capt. Solomon 

 Jones; ensign, Lieut. John Fearing. South Ward: captain, Jona- 

 than dishing ; lieutenant, Edward Wilder, Jr. ; ensign, Joseph 

 W T ilder. 



The Artillery Company was commanded by Captain Thomas 

 Brown, and the lieutenants were Ezra Lincoln and John 

 Hersey, Jr. 



Ned Cushing was adjutant, and Ebenezer Gay paymaster of the 

 battalion, and Thomas Thaxter appears also to have been an 

 officer. 



The Artillery had but one gun, which was kept in the engine- 

 house then standing on the land now occupied by Ford's Building. 



There is little to record of local history and military service 

 during the three years in which was fought the War of 1812. 

 Even the Commonwealth possesses no rolls of the men who 

 served their country during this period, and neither tradition nor 

 private journals have contributed greatly to supply the omission. 



John Todd is known to have been killed at Sackett's Harbor in 

 1813 ; and Alexander Gardner, of the same company, was wounded 

 at the time. The following also appear to have been soldiers in 

 this war, and some of them received pensions : — 



Jesse Churchill, Bela Tower, 



Enoch Curtis, Walter Whiton, 



Allen Cushing, Cornelius Lincoln, 



David Stoddar, Josiah Gardner, 



Warren Stoddar, Matthew Stodder, 



Ebed Stoddar, Job S. Whiton, 



Archelaus Whiton, Peleg Dunbar, 



Samuel Stoddar, Constant Gardner, 



Luther Stoddar, Anthony Gardner, 



Enoch Dunbar, Daniel Wilder. 

 David Gardner, 



Joshua Blake, born in Hingham, Sept. 27, 1778, died in Boston, 

 Dec. 23, 1843, was a lieutenant in the navy, and subsequently 

 served with Decatur during the trouble with Tripoli. He was a 

 son of Joseph Blake, who lived in the house on the corner of 

 Main and Elm streets, and who served with Major Samuel 

 Thaxter in the French War. 



Charles Blake, known as Capt. Charles Blake, served upon a 

 privateer during a part of the war. He was captured and con- 



