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Note: This table is compiled from two lists in Plumb's book of the men, as far as can be recollected, who were killed in or who escaped during the Wyoming Battle and Massacre of 3 July, 1778. Those who were resident landowners of Hanover, and generally over the age of 21 at that time, are also shown with a " * ", including those residents not involved in the battle or massacre because they were too old, too sick, had no firearms, or were absent from the valley at that time.
NAME | RANK | STATUS |
ABBOTT, John | Private | escaped |
ACKE, ? | Private | killed |
ALEXANDER, Robert * | resident | |
ASBIE, George * | resident | |
ATHERTON, A. | Lieutenant | killed |
ATHERTON, Jabez | Private | killed |
AVERY, Christopher + | Private | killed |
BALDWIN, Gideon | Private | escaped |
BATES, Robert | Private | killed |
BEACH, Zerah | Private | escaped |
BEERS, Jabez | Private | killed |
BENEDICT, A. | Private | killed |
BENEDICT, Silas | Private | killed |
BENNETT, Rufus * # | Private | escaped |
BENNETT, Solomon + | Private | escaped |
BIDLACK, James, Jr. + | Captain | killed |
BIDLACK, Stephen | Private | killed |
BIGFORD, Jeremiah * # | Ensign | killed |
BIGFORD, Samuel * # | Private | killed |
BIGSBEE, David | Private | killed |
BIGSBEE, Elisha | Private | killed |
BLACKMAN, Elisha + | Private | escaped |
BOOTH, Gideon, Jr. * # | resident | |
BOWEN, Stoddard | Lieutenant | killed |
BOYD, John | Private | killed |
BROWN, John | Private | killed |
BROWN, Thomas + | Private | killed |
BUCK, Aholiah | Captain | killed |
BUCK, William | Private | killed |
BUDD, Joseph | Private | killed |
BULLOCK, Amos | Private | killed |
BULLOCK, Asa | Private | killed |
BURRITT, Gideon * # | resident | |
BURRITT, Peleg * # | resident (too old) | |
BURRITT, Stephen * # | resident | |
BUSH, Henry | Private | killed |
BUTLER, Zebulon | Colonel | escaped |
CALDWELL, John * | Private | killed |
CAMPBELL, Isaac * | Private | killed |
CAMPBELL, James | Private | killed |
CAREY, Nathan | Private | escaped |
CAREY, Samuel + 1 | Private | escaped |
CAREY, Samuel 1 | Private | killed |
CARMEN, Josiah | Private | killed |
CHAPMAN, Asa * # | resident | |
CHURCH, Joel | Private | killed |
COE, ? * # | Private | killed |
COE, ? * # | Private | escaped |
COFFRIN, James * | Private | killed |
COFFRIN, William * | Private | killed |
COLE, Samuel + | Private | killed |
COLEMAN, John * | resident | |
COMSTOCK, Kingsley | Private | killed |
COMSTOCK, Robert | Private | killed |
COOK, ? (one of 3 brothers) | Private | killed |
COOK, ? (one of 3 brothers) | Private | killed |
COOK, ? (one of 3 brothers) | Private | killed |
COOPER, George | Private | escaped |
COREY, Anson | Private | killed |
COREY, Jenks or Janks * # | Private | killed |
COREY, Jonathan * # | resident | |
COREY, Joseph | Private | killed |
COREY, Rufus | Private | killed |
CORTRIGHT, Christopher | Private | killed |
CORTRIGHT, John | Private | killed |
CROOKER, Joseph * | Private | killed |
CROOKER, Samuel | Private | killed |
DANA, Anderson | Private | killed |
DARLING, Jabez | Private | killed |
DAVENPORT, Conrad | Private | killed |
DENNISON, Nathan | Colonel | escaped |
DENTON, D. | Private | killed |
DIVINE, James | Private | killed |
DORRANCE, George | Lieutenant Colonel | killed |
DOWNING, Daniel + | Ensign | escaped |
DOWNING, George | Private | killed |
DUNN, Levi | Private | killed |
DUNN, William | Private | killed |
DURKEE, Robert | Captain | killed |
DUTCHER, ? | Private | killed |
ELLIOT, Joseph + | Private | escaped |
EWINGS, John * | resident | |
FINCH, Benjamin | Private | killed |
FINCH, Daniel | Private | killed |
FINCH, John | Private | killed |
FINCH, Samuel | Private | escaped |
FISH, Elisha + | Private | killed |
FISH, Jabez + | Ensign | escaped |
FITCHET, Cornelius | Private | killed |
FOLLET, Eliphalet | Private | killed |
FORSMAN, Hugh | Private | escaped |
FOXEN, Thomas | Private | killed |
FRANKLIN, Arnold * # | Private | escaped |
FRANKLIN, John * # | Private | killed |
FRANKLIN, Jonathan * # | Private | killed |
FRANKLIN, Rosewell * # | Private | escaped |
FULLER, Stephen | Private | killed |
FULLER, Thomas 1 | Private | escaped |
FULLER, Thomas + 1 | Private | killed |
GARDNER, ? | Private | killed |
GARRETT, John | Major | killed |
GARRETT, John + | Private | escaped |
GATES, ? | Sergeant | escaped |
GAYLORD, Aaron | Lieutenant | killed |
GEER, Rezin | Captain | killed |
GORE, Asa | Ensign | killed |
GORE, Daniel | Lieutenant | escaped |
GORE, George | Private | killed |
GORE, Samuel | Private | escaped |
GORE, Silas * # | Ensign | killed |
GRAHAM, William * | resident | |
GREEN, ? | Private | killed |
GREEN, James | Private | escaped |
GUSTIN, Lemuel | Private | escaped |
HAGAMAN, ? * | resident (too old) | |
HALDRON, Jacob * # | Private | escaped |
HAMMER, William | Private | killed |
HAMMOND, Lebbeus | Private | escaped |
HARRIS, Elisha | Private | escaped |
HARVEY, Silas | Private | killed |
HATCH, Benjamin | Private | killed |
HEWITT, Daniel | Private | escaped |
HEWITT, Dethick | Captain | killed |
HIBBARD, Cyprean * # | Private | killed |
HIBBARD, Ebenezer * # | Private | escaped |
HIBBARD, William * # | Private | escaped |
HICKS, Levi | Private | killed |
HINMAN, Titus * # | Ensign | killed |
HOLLENBACK, Matthias | Ensign | escaped |
HOPKINS, James * # | Private | killed |
HOWARD, Nathaniel | Private | killed |
HOWE, Timothy | Lieutenant | escaped |
HURLBUT, Christopher * # | resident (absent) | |
HUTCHINS, John | Private | killed |
HUTCHINSON, Samuel + | Private | killed |
INMAN, David * # | Private | escaped |
INMAN, Elijah * # | Private | killed |
INMAN, Elijah, Sr. * # | resident (too old) | |
INMAN, Isaac * # | resident (no gun) | |
INMAN, Israel * # | Private | killed |
INMAN, John * # | resident (no gun) | |
INMAN, Richard * # | Private | escaped |
JACKSON, Samuel | Private | killed |
JACKSON, William * | resident (too old) | |
JAMESON, Alexander * # | resident | |
JAMESON, John * # | Private | escaped |
JAMESON, Joseph * # | resident | |
JAMESON, Robert, Jr. * # | Private | killed |
JAMESON, Robert, Sr. * # | resident (too old) | |
JAMESON, William * # | Private | escaped |
JENNINGS, Joseph | Private | killed |
JOHNSON, Henry | Private | killed |
JONES, Thomas * | resident | |
JONES, William * | Private | killed |
LANDON, Josh | Private | killed |
LAROSE, Jacob | Private | killed |
LASLEY, James * | resident (too old) | |
LAWRENCE, Daniel | Private | killed |
LAWRENCE, Rufus | Private | killed |
LAWRENCE, William | Private | killed |
LEDYARD, Francis | Private | killed |
LESTER, Edward * | resident | |
LESTER, William * | Private | killed |
LICKERS, Henry | Private | escaped |
LINE, Conrad, Sr. * | resident (too old) | |
LOCK, James | Private | killed |
LOWE, Conrad | Private | killed |
LYONS, Asa * | resident | |
MANVIL, Nicolas | Private | killed |
MARSHALL, Job | Private | killed |
MATHEWSON, Nero | Private | killed |
MCCARTEE, C. | Private | killed |
MCINTIRE, Robert | Private | killed |
MCKARRICAN, William * # | Captain | killed |
MCMULLEN, Daniel + | Private | escaped |
MEELEMAN, A. | Private | killed |
MILLARD, Andrew | Private | killed |
MORSE or MORRIS, Joseph * # | Private | escaped |
MULLEN, M. | Private | escaped |
MURPHY, John | Private | killed |
NEIL or NEILL/NEAL, Thomas * | Private | escaped |
OGDEN, Joseph | Private | killed |
OTIS, John | Ensign | killed |
OTIS, Jonathan | Private | killed |
OWEN, Daniel | Private | escaped |
PALMER, Abel | Private | killed |
PARKE, Silas | Private | killed |
PARKER, William | Private | killed |
PELL, Josiah, Jr. * | Private | escaped |
PELL, Josiah, Sr. * | resident (too old) | |
PENCIL, Henry | Private | killed |
PETTEBONE, Noah, Jr. | Private | killed |
PIERCE, John | Private | killed |
PIERCE, Phineas | Private | escaped |
PIERCE, Timothy | Lieutenant | killed |
PIKE, Abraham | Private | escaped |
PORTER, Thomas + | Private | escaped |
PRINCE, Gershom (colored) | Private | killed |
RANSOM, Samuel | Captain | killed |
REYNOLDS, Christopher | Private | killed |
RICHARDS, Elisha | Private | killed |
ROBERTS, Elias | Private | killed |
ROBINSON, John * | resident | |
ROCKWAY, Enos | Private | killed |
ROSE, Timothy | Private | killed |
ROSS, Jeremiah | Private | killed |
ROSS, Perrin | Lieutenant | killed |
SEARLE, Constant | Private | killed |
SEARLE, Roger | Private | escaped |
SEELEY, Abel | Private | killed |
SHAW, Abraham | Private | killed |
SHAW, James | Private | killed |
SHAW, Joseph | Private | killed |
SHOEMAKER, Elijah | Lieutenant | killed |
SKINNER, John N. | Private | escaped |
SLOCUM, Giles + | Private | escaped |
SPAFFORD, Darius + | Private | killed |
SPAFFORD, Phineas + | Sergeant | escaped |
SPENCER, Caleb * # | resident (too old) | |
SPENCER, Edward * # | Private | escaped |
SPENCER, James * # | Private | killed |
SPENCER, Josiah * # | Private | killed |
SPENCER, Levi * # | Private | killed |
SPENCER, Walter * # | Private | escaped |
SPRAGUE, Eleazer + | Private | killed |
STAPLES, Joseph | Private | killed |
STAPLES, Reuben | Private | killed |
STARK, Aaron | Private | killed |
STARK, Daniel | Private | killed |
STARK, James | Private | escaped |
STEPHENS, Asa + | Lieutenant | killed |
STEVENS, Rufus | Private | killed |
STEVENSON, James | Private | killed |
STEWART, Lazarus * | Captain | killed |
STEWART, Lazarus, Jr. * | Lieutenant | killed |
STEWART, William * | resident | |
STROPE, Sebastian | Private | escaped |
SWEDE, Nailer | Private | killed |
TRUESDALE, Gamaliel 2 | Private | killed |
TUTTLE, Ichabod | Private | killed |
TWIESDALE, Gamaliel 2 | Private | escaped |
VAN WEE, John | Private | killed |
VANGORDER, Abram | Private | killed |
WADE, Nathan * # | Private | killed |
WARD, John | Private | killed |
WASHBURN, Daniel | Private | escaped |
WATERMAN, Flavius | Lieutenant | killed |
WATERS, Elihu | Private | killed |
WEEKS, Bartholomew + | Private | killed |
WEEKS, Jonathan + | Private | killed |
WEEKS, Philip + | Private | killed |
WELLES, James | Lieutenant | killed |
WHEELER, Peter + | Private | killed |
WEST, Eliezer | Private | escaped |
WESTBROOK, Cherrick | Private | escaped |
WHITE, William | Ensign | killed |
WHITON, Stephen | Private | killed |
WHITTLESEY, Asaph | Captain | killed |
WICKERSHAM, Ebenezer * | resident | |
WIGHTON, James + | Private | killed |
WIGTON, Thomas * # | resident | |
WILCOX, Esen | Private | killed |
WILLIAMS, Azibah | Private | killed |
WILLIAMS, Elihu, Jr. | Private | killed |
WILLIAMS, John + | Private | killed |
WILLIAMS, Rufus | Private | killed |
WILSON, John | Private | killed |
WILSON, Parker | Private | killed |
WOODWARD, William | Private | killed |
YALE, Ozias | Private | killed |
YOUNG, David * | resident | |
YOUNG, Robert * | resident | |
YOUNG, William * # | Private | escaped |
Footnotes:
* Those from Hanover - 27 killed, 17 escaped and 33 other residents. On the list on pp. 164-165, Joseph CROOKER is not shown as being from Hanover.
+ Those who Elisha BLACKMAN remembered as being in his company from lower Wilkes-Barre, commanded by Captain James BIDLACK, Jr., or were known from other sources [e.g. Charles Miner's description of the BLACKMAN Family in his 1845 book, History of Wyoming].
# Those from Hanover who were originally from New England.
1 Samuel CAREY and Thomas FULLER are both shown twice on two separate lists, but noted as killed on one and as escaped on the other. It is not known if one of each of these entries for each man is an error, or if there were actually two sets of men with the same names and ranks who experienced different outcomes.
2 Gamaliel TRUESDALE and Gamaliel TWIESDALE appear on separate lists, but appear to be the same person. The 1833 monument erected in Wilkes Barre, PA honoring those killed bears the name, Gamaliel TRUESDALE. However, I have information from a researcher that Gamaliel actually escaped to Warwick, PA, and later returned to Wilkes-Barre, where he died of the measles. His escape is also supported by evidence that Gamaliel TRUESDALE was witness to the will of Joseph WALLING, of Hardiston Twp., Sussex Co., NJ on 24 May 1779 [NJ State Archives, lst 8, XXXIV, 5].
Other Notes:
Colonel WRIGHT, in his Sketches of Plymouth, says that he carefully wrote down in 1837 the narrative of Samuel FINCH, who was one of the survivors. Mr. FINCH told him that he and another soldier were stationed at the gateway of Forty Fort by Colonel BUTLER to count the men as they passed out to battle, and that they counted 484 men. If the ratio of those who escaped to those killed in Captain BIDLACK's company was the same throughout, then we would expect to see about 104 escaped and 380 killed. Charles Miner, in his 1845 book, History of Wyoming, says that 140 escaped. Only 61 are shown above as escaped, with 179 men killed. The conclusion to be drawn is that all of the known lists are incomplete as to the names of those involved in the battle and massacre.
Of the 19 men who drew lots in the Second Division of Hanover on 8 Jun 1776, only five appear on the above list as being from Hanover, namely Silas GORE, Elijah INMAN, Capt. Lazarus STEWART, Lieut. Lazarus STEWART, Jr., and William YOUNG. It is very likely that more of the men who drew lots June 1776 were also in the July 1778 battle, and must have been killed, for their names are not found anywhere thereafter.
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