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land a force and commit depredations on the town. The Hing- 

 ham companies were hurried to the scene with the idea of repelling 

 the intended invasion. Whether because of the preparations for 

 defence or otherwise, the landing was not attempted, and the 

 enemy soon withdrew. The companies, or at least a portion of 

 them, were detained a number of days at Cohasset, however. 

 Joseph J. Whiton was commissioned captain 16 August, 1813, 

 and a roll of his company which march (id to Cohasset and was 

 on duty there the 11th and 12th of June. 1814, is now in posses- 

 sion of Mr. Seth S. Hersey, and is as follows : — 



Musician, 



Private. 



Joseph J. Whiton. Captain, 

 Seth S. Hersey, Sergt. 

 Isaiah Wilder, " 

 Ezekiel Fearing, " 

 Bela Hobart, 

 Jacob Spraguc, 

 Isaiah Tower. 

 Josiah Gardner, 

 Hosea Dunbar. 

 Charles Whiton, 

 Nathaniel Hersey. 

 Stephen Gardner, Jr 

 Samuel Gardner, Jr. 

 Silvanus Whiton. 

 Joseph Whiton, 

 Theophilus Whiton, 

 Charles L. Smith. 

 Laban Wilder, 

 Charles Gardner, 

 Luther Whiton, 

 Hosea Whiton, 

 Isaiah Whiton, 

 Daniel Whiton, Jr. 

 John Titterton, 

 Israel Sprague, 

 Henry Stoddard, 

 Lazarus Bowker, 

 Bela Thayer, 

 Robert D. Gardner, 

 Reuben Sprague, Jr. 



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Enoch Dunbar, Jr., Private, 



Samuel Dunbar, " 



Hawkes Hobart, Jr., " 



Joshua Tower, " 



Quincy Gardner, " 



Jesse Gardner, 



Warren Gardner, 



Hosea Gai'dner, 



Constant Gardner, 



Moses Tower, 



Reuben Simmons, 



Thomas Stockbridge, 



Isaac Whiton, 



Hosea Cushing, Jr., 



Benjamin Wilder, 



Hosea Stoddard, 



Leavitt Tower, 



Thomas Humphrey, 



Jared Jernegan, 



Daniel Shute, Jr. 



Anthony Gardner, 



El)ed Hobart, 



Daniel Dill, 



Josiah Chubbuck, 



Silas Chipman, 



John Shute, 



Caleb Stoddard, Jr. 



Jeremiah Gardner, Ji 



Warren Thayer, 



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At the time of the alarm Ned Cushing was adjutant of the 

 Second Regiment ; he went into the Meeting-house during divine 

 service, and gave public notice of the news from Cohasset. 



Jairus Lincoln, probably a soldier at the battle of Bunker Hill, 

 was generally known as " Old Rodney." He was impressed into 

 the British navv, and was under the command of Admiral Rodney 



