THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 



287 



Captain Job Gushing was getting the Cohasset militia 

 into shape for marching as fast as it could be done. His 

 lieutenant was Nathaniel Nichols, of Jerusalem Road, a 

 young man of twenty -six years. His other officers and 

 privates, making in all a company of fifty-six men, were as 

 follows. Among them were Gideon Hayward, who had 

 served against the French seventeen years before, and 

 Jared Joy and James Stoddard of the Tea Party : — 



MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY UNDER CAPTALN JOB 



GUSHING, COLONEL GREATON 

 COHASSET, AUGUST i 



*Job Gushing, Captain, May 16 

 *Nath'l Nichols, Lieutenant, May 16 

 *Josiah Oakes, Ensign 



Eltazer James, Sergeant, May 18 . 



Gideon Howard, Sergeant, June i 



Isaac Burr, Sergeant, May 16 . . 



Peter Nichols, Sergeant, May i6 . 



Abraham Tower, Corporal . . . 



Adna Bates, Corporal. 



James Bates, Corporal. 



Bela Nichols, Corporal. 



Levi Tower, Drummer. 



William Stodder, Fifer. 



Elisha Bates, Private. 



Jonathan Bates, „ 



Josiah Bates, 

 Zealous Bates, 

 Ephraim Battles, 

 Jared Battles, 

 Joshua Beal, 

 Samuel Beal, 

 Amos Brown, 

 Calvin Cusliing, 

 Obed Dunbar, 



S REGIMENT. 

 1775- t 

 m. da. 

 21 

 21 

 21 

 19 



19 



16 

 1 1 



9 

 4 

 3 



4 

 4 

 3 



o 



o 



12 



o 



4 

 12 

 12 

 II 



"Geo. Humphrey, Private. 



Benjamin Jacob, „ 



Jared Joy, „ 



Melzer Joy, „ 



John Kilby, „ 



^Jno. Kilby, Jr., 



Galen Lincoln, ,, 



Jerom Lincoln, „ 



Charles Luneaud, „ 



Joseph Neal, „ 



Daniel Nichols, „ 



Caleb Nichols, „ 



Ebenezer Orcutt, „ 



Ephraim Orcutt, „ 



Luke Orcutt, „ 



Haugh Oakes, „ 



t Revolutionary Rolls, \'ol. XIV, p. 53. 



