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HISTORY OF COH ASSET. 



called " to do duty until the first of the following March," 

 and then in February, seventeen more were required "to 

 do duty as guard for three months at or near Boston." 



The following list of men, with the captains of their 

 companies and the colonels of their regiments, was sub- 

 mitted by Captain Obediah Beal, and may be of interest 

 here : — 



A RETURN OF MEN WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN THE CONTINEN- 

 TAL SERVICE FOR THE TOWN OF COHASSET 

 FOR THREE YEARS.* 

 Colonel. 



Captain. 



Graton. 



Crane. 



Baileys. 



J) 

 Jackson. 



Langdon. 



Ruben Thorne. 



Amos Brown. 



Joseph Willcutt, Jr. 



Luke Bates. 



Elisha Bate, Jr. 



Joseph Marble. 



Joseph Souther, Jr. 

 fThomas Guy. 

 tWilliam Connelly. 

 ■j-Jean Philip Beaunard. 

 t Nichols Brown, 

 t David Atwood. 



William Staples, 

 t Nathaniel Dispereau. 

 fBenjamin Adams, 

 tjohn Bowels. 

 fBenjamin Alld. 

 ■f-Samuel Orr. 



Andrew Beal. 



Caleb Nichols. 



Bela Nichols. 



Melzarjoy. „ „ „ 



James Stoddar. „ „ „ 



Jonathan Bates. „ „ „ 



Return made by Captain Obediah Beal for Cohasset, February 

 i6, 1778. 



* Revolutionary Records, Vol. XL, p. 204. 



t Several hired by town of Cohasset whose homes were elsewhere. 



Nathaniel Jarvis. 

 Garvin Brown. 



Noah Nichols. 



