Daniel Deweys company Col. Obidiah Hosfords 12th Regiment of Connecticut State Militia marched to East Chester New York in Sep 1776. John Stearns. It was the second to arrive on the field at Bunker Hill and spent the night of June 16 digging trenches. Stephen Richardsons 4th (2nd Attleborough, also given Attleborough No. Col. Spoffordmarched to Cambridge, April 19, 1775. It is difficult to determine the number of men that served as many reenlisted in the army once their terms were up. Cowpens is notable in that Daniel Morgan used the militia's strengths and weaknesses skillfully to attain the double-envelopment of Tarleton's forces. He was in the Battle of Bunker Hill. [Gage, History of Rowley, p. Elijah Perry, Sergeant, Capt. Stephen Jenkins company, Col. Gerriahs regiment. Joseph Warren had given our ancestor Reuben Dow his commission. They wanted to be a free country and they would fight for it, which proved to be necessary in the end. Moses Littles company of minute-men who marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 to Cambridge Service 5 days. Capt. As the British marched from Boston to confiscate munitions at Concord, the town of Lexington, Massachusetts would see the first shots and battle of the Revolutionary War.Listen my children and you shall hearOf the midnight ride of Paul RevereOn the 18th of April in Seventy-FiveHardly a man is now aliveWho remembers that famous day and year. 19 Apr 1775 Wing, David, Sandwich. 13 Nov 1777 Company deteached from militia to guard Lieut. Militias also provided the Continental armies in the field much-needed manpower, albeit on a temporary basis. Samuel Adams and John Hancock spent the night of April 19, 1775 with the Wymans. Moses Knapps company, Col. Joseph Reads regiment; company return dated Roxbury, Sept. 25, 1775; also, order for bounty coat dated Camp at Roxbury, Nov. 21, 1775; also, Corporal, Capt. Balcom, Daniel, Attleborough.Private, Capt. They were expected to respond quickly to danger at a minutes notice. Some of the first minutemen companies were created in Worcester, Massachusetts, in September 1774. The two new companies of Col. Fryes Andover Minute Men quickly assembled and started marching through Tewksbury, Billerica and into Bedford. When Captain Parker assembled his small army near Lexington, he realized they were too small to take on the British force. Next year he was elected captain of the Salem, NH company organized by his father Richard Dow Sr. and was attached to Col. Nathan Hales regiment. Other New England colonies began to do the same. This brought many more citizens to Samuel Adams's side, and he pressed the Committees of Correspondence to hold County Conventions to revamp the militia. Being a typical New England unit, they opted to elect new officers and NCOs before they left. (Reubens story is continued in the Siege of Boston), Richard Dow (1730 Salem NH 1798 Bow, NH). Benjamin Adamss co., Col. Johnsons regt. In some instances, militia units were the deciding factors in important battles. Dr. Bodo Otto, an elderly German and his two physician sons, ran the hospital until the end of the war. Moses Wilmarths 9th company, Col. John Daggetts 4th Bristol Regiment which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 served 9 days. The company marched 69 strong all Hollis men, assigned to Col.William Prescott, making up roughly one-sixth of hisregiment. Thomas later became First Lieutenant under Capt. The Commander-in-Chief even issued orders concerning the use and care of privies, but men relieved themselves wherever they felt. Massachusetts Bay sent 150 militiamen, Plymouth sent 50, and Connecticut sent 90. Muskets were usually shipped to Crown authorities where they became provincial arms and then sold to the towns or individuals who would pay for them as only the wealthy few could purchase arms directly from arms manufacturers. Rev. A month later, he was commissioned Captain, the commission to Reuben Dow, gentleman, signed by Gen Joseph Warren, president pro tem of the Mass Provincial Congress. Hancock and Adams stopped at the AMOS WYMAN house not Francis Wyman. In commemoration of the centenary of the first engagement of the American Revolution, Daniel Chester French, in his first major commission, produced one of his best-known statues (along with the Lincoln Memorial), The Minute Man. He was chosen Captain by election 8th company, 2nd Berkshire Regiment May 4, 1776. and fought at the Battle of Bennington Aug 1777. British Casualties totaled 273; 73 Killed, 174 wounded, 26 missing. They used trees and other obstacles to cover themselves from British gunfire and pursuit by British soldiers, while the militia were firing and moving. Abraham Hows co. of Minute-men, which marched from Ipswich (West Parish) on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 2 days; His brothersJoseph, John ,and Daniel all served in the Revolutionary War. Seth RICHARSON II(1755 Attleboro 1824 Attleboro). For all the benefits of a militia force, George Washington knew for the United States to gain its independence and to create a truly nation state, a nationalized standing army needed to be created. Washington once visited the Yellow Springs Hospital and stopped to exchange a few words with each patient. He was among those inspiring the men to hold rank against superior numbers. In response to these tensions, the Massachusetts Provincial legislators found that the colony's militia resources were short just before the American Revolutionary War, on October 26, 1774, after observing the British military buildup. Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American. One source cites Frye as being sick at the beginning of the battle and not with the men, another has him wounded during the battle.. Francis RICHARDSONs grandsonSamuel Tiffany (1739 Attleboro, Bristol, Mass 1781). One of the factions in Bethesda's 2015 video game Fallout 4, which is set in Massachusetts, is called the "Commonwealth Minutemen". On May 25, three Generals arrived onHMSCerberus:William Howe,John Burgoyne, andHenry Clinton. Adams' and his like-minded friends were gaining more traction. The Minutemen was a militant anti-Communist organization in the early 1960s. Observances and re-enactments of these first battles of the American Revolution occur annually at Lexington Green inLexington, (around 6:00 am) and The Old North Bridge inConcord(around 9:00 am). In May of 1774, Hutchinson was relieved by General Thomas Gage, the new Governor of Massachusetts, who arrived with orders to close the port of Boston. The Boston Marathon started in 1897 building on the success of the first modern Olympics in 1896. Among otherthings, it was enjoined on the representative, that if the Continental Congress should declare the country independent of GreatBritain, he should, in behalf of the town, sustain and defend themin so doing. In 1774, when Massachusetts towns began forming militia companies, Prescott was made a colonel commanding the Pepperell company. Men and animals often relieved themselves upstream from where water for drinking was drawn. After a brief skirmish, the Marines were forced to return to their ship, which then took the militiamen under fire from its ships guns. By 1772, James Otis and Samuel Adams used the Town Meetings to start a Committee of Correspondence. Those men who enlisted for eight months in the Cambridge campaign: Jacob Hazen, Asa Smith, John Towne, Andrew Peabody, Allen Perley, Robert Andrews, Joshua Andrews, Samuel Brown, Rufus Burnham, Thomas Dwinnell, Job Davis, Stephen Emery, Edmund Herrick, John Hale, Stephen Perley, Daniel Peabody, Joshua Rea, Jonathan Wood, Moses Wood, Eliphalet Wood, John Wild (or Willet), Seth Burnham, Nathaniel Fuller, Jacob Perkins, Ivory Hovey, Samuel Cole, Eliphalet Cole, Moses Carleton, Nathan Kimball, jr., Enoch Kimball, Benjamin Foster, Asahel Goodridge, John Stiles, John Towne, jr., Elijah Gould, Joseph Simmons, Robert Perkins, Joseph Peabody, Stephen Gould, jr., Daniel Cole, Dudley Foster, Moses Kimball, Ebenezer Peabody, Stephen Merrill, Moses Porter, jr., Jeremiah Robinson, David Sessions, Elijah Clark, and Jonathan Gilman. They eventually reached Cambridge where they camped overnight awaiting further instructions. With this rapid mustering of forces, the militia proved its value by augmenting the Continental Army on a temporary basis, occasionally leading to instances of numerical superiority. Thomas Burnhams co., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 3 days. Hence the minute-men became a body distinct from the rest of the militia, and, by being more devoted to military exercises, they acquired skill in the use of arms. Robert CROSS grandson Nathaniel Cross (1747 Ipswich, Essex, Mass 1800 Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire) Private, Capt. Initially, the militia units took time to mold into Continental units. He also served in the Ninth Campaign in York in 1776. Stephen Richardsons (Attleborough) company of Minutemen which marched probably on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 6 days; He enlisted into the army May 15, 1775 as a Corporal in Capt. Some also expended time, money, and effort to make sure their Minutemen were well-armed. Gage began planning to break out of the city. Davis Howletts Co., Col. Ashleys Regt., N. H. Militia, which marched from Keene to reinforce the Continental Army at Ticonderoga 3 to 11 July 1777. The need for efficient minuteman companies was illustrated by the Powder Alarm of 1774. The4th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regimentwas commanded by Colonel Theophilus Cotton, ofPlymouth,who served as colonel until the end of the year. Thomas Mighills co., Col. Loammi Baldwins (26th) regt. In May 1643, a joint council was formed. The nervous British soldiers fired a volley, killing seven and mortally wounding one of the retreating militiamen. Today the United States Army traces its roots back to the creation of the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, but its traditions go even further back to locally raised militias and the common citizen soldier. They were still part of the overall militia regimental organizations in the New England Colonies.[3]. The British lost 226 killed and 828 wounded for a total of 1,054 or nearly fifty percent of the 2,300 British soldiers engaged. These, together with similar contingents from the other twelve states, formed the Continental Line. 27 days. He arrived where the militia was forming and asked where would the heaviest fighting be; General Israel Putnam pointed to Breeds Hill. April 15, 2023 Tower Park Battle Reenactment, Lexington, MA - 3pm gather Monroe Tavern, 4pm battle at Tower Park April 16, 2023 Paul Revere's Ride - Hancock Clark House, Lexington MA April 17, 2023 PATRIOTS' DAY Contact the Adjutant for more details or to hire the Minute Men for your venue or event. He was also in Capt. During the Revolution, Fishkill New York was the site of a large supply depot. Subscribe to the American Battlefield Trust's quarterly email series of curated stories for the curious-minded sort! The Boston campaign was the opening campaign of the American Revolutionary War. On May 25th Prescotts company captains, to make sure that there would be no change of command, certified in writing to the Honorable Congress of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay now sitting in Watertown that they were well contented with their officers.. The Battle of Lexington happened becauseGeneral Gage, a loyalist tothe King, had received secret instructions from Dartmouth to take the patriots weapons, lest they riot against them. Seth marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, Seth Richardson American Revolution Membership Application by Rex Dodge, Seth Richard Revolutionary War Service Elias, David and Daniel Bolkom were his wifes cousins. Stay up-to-date on the American Battlefield Trust's battlefield preservation efforts, travel tips, upcoming events, history content and more. Brown quotes Continental Army soldier Benjamin Thompson, who expressed the "common sentiment" at the time, which was that minutemen were notoriously poor marksmen with rifles: "Instead of being the best marksmen in the world and picking off every Regular that was to be seen, the continual firing which they kept up by the week and the month has had no other effect than to waste their ammunition and convince the King's troops that they are really not really so formidable. [1] There are four instances of a Dow grandfatherm, father and son being in Revolutionary service at the same time,. [17] Since British doctrine usually counted on the militia as augmentees to the regular forces as skirmishers and irregular auxiliaries, the provincial soldiers were more frequently trained as irregulars or skirmishers rather than in the traditional dense lines and columns. The fighting along the Battle Road grew bloody as the Regulars marched from Concord towards Lexington and back to Boston. The inspiration for their namesake comes from the requirement to be ready "at a minute's notice" to defend any settlement in danger.[25]. as an average., Pingback: SamuelDanforth | Miner Descent, Pingback: Favorite Posts 2012 | Miner Descent, Pingback: Genealogy and the 2nd Ammendment | Miner Descent, Pingback: Favorite Posts 2013 | Miner Descent. Weeks elapsed between the incidents that caused the march and the arrival of Endecott's men in the area. The Majority of our funds go directly to Preservation and Education. ; pay roll for Feb., 1778, dated Guelph, Pa.; also, pay rolls for June, July and Aug., 1778, dated Providence; also, pay roll for Sept., 1778, dated Pawtuxet; also, pay roll for Nov., 1778; also, pay rolls for Feb.-April, 1779, dated Pawtuxet; reported on command at Newtown in April; enlistment, 3 years. After the fighting ended at Lexington and Concord, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress began to take dispositions from those involved in the fighting on April 19, 1775. Gould was paid l-6-5, while the privates received about 12s 19 3/4d. Minutemen are also featured in 2010 strategic video game Civilization V by Firaxis. The British fort was undermanned (less than ten soldiers) but would not surrender to the militia force of nearly 300 men. Abel Thayers co., which marched April 21, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 7 days; reported enlisted into the army April 28, 1775;also, Capt. Nathaniel Hutchins, Col. Cilleys Regiment. After his freedom had been given him, Titus remained a faithful servant of the family until his death. It would be remarkable for a commissioned officer to re-enlist as a privte, but some Oliver Dow served 21 days in the RI campaign, Capt. The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill by John Trumbull Rather than exercising his rank, Warren served in the battle as a private soldier. For the first time in combat formation, these men moved towards battle at the North Bridge. One of the regulars was wounded while 8 members of the militia were killed. Jacobs brother Simon was wounded in the thigh at theBattle of White Plainson Oct 28, 1776. That same month, Parliament passed "An Act for the better regulating the Government of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay" and "An Act for the more impartial administration of justice in said Province," otherwise known as the Intolerable Acts, which were designed to remove power from the towns.[12]. He filed for pension, S-36135, 14 Apr 1818 in Middlesex Co, CT. On April 19, 1775 thousands of militia units responded to the alarm in Lexington and Concord from across New England. Change). Sign up to receive the latest information on the American Battlefield Trust's efforts to blaze The Liberty Trail in South Carolina. The royal authorities in Boston had seen these increasing numbers of militia appearing and thought that the militia would not interfere if they sent a sizable force to Concord to seize munitions and stores there (which they considered the King's property, since it was paid for to defend the colonies from the American Indian threat). Militias were the main colonial military organization for defense, but they were only part-time and very nonstandardized or professional. Boston MA: The New England Historic Genealogical Society. Fact #3:More than Paul Revere, dozens of colonial riders rodeout on April 18-19, 1775. Family legend says Joseph, 9 yrs old, was awakened the night before by the sound of his father and other men running bullets and making cartridges for use in the anticipated battle., Several of Isaac ESTEYs grandsons marched on the alarm April 19 from Topsfield. Acting Captain: Lt. Simon Hunt Number and names of men unknown Concord, Ma. [1] Minutemen provided a highly mobile, rapidly deployed force that enabled the colonies to respond immediately to military threats. The provincials got the judges to resign and leave. One of the more famous ones being the Culpeper, Virginia Minutemen which fought at the Battle of Great Bridge on December 9, 1775. They had received word of Dartmouths secret instructions to General Gage from sources inLondonwell before they reached Gage himself. Through effective intelligence gathering,Patriotcolonials had received word weeks before the expedition that their supplies might be at risk and had moved most of them to other locations. Both Parker and the British officer gave their men orders not to shoot. The next entry states "January 20th 1775 this was the first time that the minute men meet"; the names of volunteers who failed to report are carefully recorded. In 1783 he was cited to appear before the State authorities to show cause whey his pension should not be discontinued. The real power of the confederation was that all four of the colonies promised to contribute soldiers to an alert force that would fight anywhere in the colonies. Early that morning, minute men and redcoats will clash on the Lexington town green, re-creating the famous events of April 19, 1775. Minute Men and militias rushed to confront them early on April 19. Bangs, James, Williamsburg. In Concord's two Minutemen companies, fifteen of the 104 still needed to be provided with muskets from the town's arsenal.[19]. Until the 2003 rebranding featuring a modernized Sam the Minuteman, the logo featured the Concord Minute Man statue prominently. Stephen Richardson was one. At the beginning of the war, terms were very short with an average of one year but as the war drew on, three years or duration of the war was required. Listing badly, her guns no longer could be brought to bear. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Tracing each branch back to their arrival in America. Help Preserve 64 Acres Across Three Revolutionary War Sites. Also, Capt. On May 27th, a mixed force of about 200 men under the command of Colonel John Nixon, which including the two Groton companies, were dispatched to remove livestock from Noddles and Hogg Islands, now known as East Boston, but in 1775 it was a swampy area on the north shore of Boston harbor. According to many, there was a shot heard round the world that signified the beginning of the Revolutionary War. This was due mostly to the creation of a professional army for the new nation, now the militias would serve in asupport role to the Continental Army, rather than the main military force as it was in 1775. For 50 miles around Boston, militiamen were marching in response. About 300 sick men were accommodated in the large three-story wood structure. Feb 1778 On Command at Fishkill . Served in the Company commanded by Captain Christopher Woodbridge in the Massachusetts line: Fought and was wounded in the Battle of Bunker Hill: Applied for and received a pension in 1818; Widow Mercy applied and received pension in 1831; Edward HAZEN Jr.sgrandsonBenjamin Jewett (1724 Groton 1776 Ticonderoga, New York). Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Prescott owned land in Hollis and knew most of the men very well, so it must have seemed a natural choice for them to fall under his command, rather than one of the unknown Colonels from New Hampshire. Josiah Sawtells Company, grandson Daniel Balcom (1739 Attleboro 1788 Attleboro), Genealogy and the 2nd Ammendment | Miner Descent, Ridge Trail Loop El Cerrito NaturalArea. Fact #7: The bloodiest stretch of Battle Road was in Menotomy. The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). A month after the battle, General George Washington put the American losses at 115 killed, 305 wounded and 30 missing, for a total of 450, out of the 1,500 who were actually engaged. By serving together underarms in a professional army, Washington believed the veterans of the Continental Army would serve as a nucleus of the new united republic. At theNorth Bridgein Concord, approximately 500 militiamen fought and defeated three companies of the Kings troops. Accuracy of the musket was sacrificed for speed and repetitive loading. The accumulated militias blockaded the narrow land accesses to Charlestown and Boston, starting theSiege of Boston. Samuel Sewall gives an account in the History of Woburn: Mr. Marrett next conducted Mrs. Jones illustrious visitors to the house of Mr. Amos Wyman, situate in an obscure corner of Bedford, Billerica and Woburn Precinct, where were collected the women and children of several of the neighboring families, who had fled thither for safety; fearing that if they remained at home, the regulars might come, and murder them, or carry them off. 12 Attleborough serving in the 9th campaign, known as the quot;quarter-draft or three months campaign, begun in Dec., 1776;also, Capt. ; list of men who were in the 8 months service at Roxbury in 1775, known as the 1st campaign. Captain, One of the biggest mysteries of April 19, 1775, is who fired the first shot at Lexington. Federal Identification Number (EIN): 54-1426643. Note that Seths service started 8 days later on Apr 27. There were also numerous skirmishes near Boston and the coastal areas of Boston, resulting in either loss of life, military supplies, or both. Samuel Adams and John Hancock, two of Americas forefathers, fled to the Wymans home from Lexington, ahead of the British troops. [23] The Minute Man statue is still the symbol of the National Guard, featured prominently on its seals. Roll sworn to at Rehoboth. ; service, 21 days; company stationed at Tiverton Oct. 7, 1777. Minutemen were members of the organized New England colonial militia companies trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies during the American Revolutionary War. Though shots were exchanged from colonial militia and British Regulars, it did not lead to war. On several occasions, the Crown authorities had issued muskets as recruitment tools, such as for the 1709 Quebec expedition and the 1710 Port Royal expedition. ; return of men in service from Dec. 14, 1776, to March 1, 1777; reported discharged Jan. 27, 1777. They were planning on marching only to Concord, but since they had met up with patriots ready to fight in Lexington, battle resulted. Warren was known to have repeatedly declared of the British: These fellows say we wont fight! The group next stopped at the home of Madam Abigail Jones, the recent widow of Rev. The British officers were proven wrong. Israel Herrick, of Boxford, in 1760, in the Canadian campaign, French and Indian War. My great-great grandfather Samuel Hazen Jr was at work in these acres [the southerly part of Shirley, not far from the Longley-Hazen Mill] when the alarm of the 19th of April reached him. James Hillss co., Col. Williamss regt. 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