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Church made what difpatch he could, and railed about 250 

 Men Volunteers, and receiving his Commiffion from Go- 

 vernour Hinklcy™ which is as followeth, viz. 



1 The Council of War of their Majeflies Colony of 

 ' New-Plymouth in New-England. To Major 

 ' Benjamin Church, Commander in Chief. 



' \A/'^' ereas * ne Kennebeck & Eaflern Indians with their 

 * » ' Confederates, have openly made War upon their 

 ' Majeflies Subjects of the Provinces of Maine, New-Hamp- 



ing to their "weak capacity," in the 

 meafures propofed by Maffachufetts to 

 fubdue the Eaftern favages. They in- 

 itrucled their Commiflioners (i) to be 

 fatisfied as to the grounds of the War; 

 (2) to take care not to be overcharged 

 for its carrying on; (3) to endeavor 

 not to be involved in charges formerly 

 contracted ; (4) to fecure due allowance 

 to volunteers, and due bounty to the 

 wounded; (5) to arrange for difburfe- 

 ments to be repaid in time convenient; 

 (6) to ftipulate that what mall be due 

 to Plymouth foldiers mall be paid here, 

 to prevent charge of tranfportation and 

 other lofs ; (7) that it be endeavored to 

 engage the Mohawks as allies. It was 

 alfo ordered " that the millitary officers 

 of each town forthwith ufe their en- 

 deavour to encourage Englifh & Indians 

 to a volluntary going out in this pref- 

 ent expedition under com'and of Capt. 

 Church," &c. ; and that if a competent 

 number fhould not volunteer " then 

 fuch a number fliall be preffed as mall 

 be by the Councill of war agreed upon 



in the feverall towns where vollunteers 

 enough do not appear." 



It was further ordered, and I infert 

 the order as curioufly intimating the 

 proportionate ftrength of the towns of 

 Plymouth Colony at this date, that 

 " the proportion for men and armes 

 for each towne for this prefent expedi- 

 tion fliall be as followeth : each man 

 to be provided with a well fixt gun, 

 fword, or hatchet, a home or cartouch 

 box, fuitable am'unition and a fnap- 

 fack."viz: — 



Men. J 





Men 



Arn 





Plymouth, 4 



3 



Rochefter, 







Scituate, 6 



5 



Monamoy, 







Marfhfield, 3 



3 



Succoneffelt, 







Duxborough, 2 





Briftoll, 



3 • 





Hridsrewater, 3 



2 



Taunton, 



4 





Mi'UIk-borough, 1 





Rehoboth, 





3 



Barnftable, 4 



3 



Dartmouth, 



3 





Eaftham, 4 



3 



Swanfey, 



3 



2 



Sandwich, 3 



3 









Yarmouth, 3 



3 



Little Compton, 







\Plym. Col. R 



cc. VI 



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16 Thomas Hinckley was born in 1618, 

 in Tenterden, Kent, being fon of Samuel, 

 who came to this country in the Hercules, 



