Marlborough accounted for 31 men
Militia
of Middlesex County - Companies Formed Fall of 1776
Source:
Groton Historical Series by Dr. Samuel A. Green Vol 1 1887 Chapter
XIV
Transcribed
by Janice Farnsworth
p.10
- 12
A
letter written by Dr. Oliver Prescott Sept. 26, 1776 to General James Warren.
Dr. Prescott was at this time a Brigadier General. The letter is preserved
among the Shattuck Manuscripts of the New England Historic, Genealogical
Society.
[To
General James Warren]
Groton
Sept'r 26th 1776
"Sir
In
persuance of your orders Rec'd the 14th I have caused the militia of the
County of Middlesex to be mustered and have caused to be Drafted therefrom
every fifth able bodied man under fifty years of age etc agreeable to the
Resolves of the Gen'l Assembly of this State of the 12th instant, and formed
the sd men into Companies and appointed their Respective Officers in the
following manner, viz.
No.1.
Cambridge 33 men Capt John Walton
of Cambridge
Charlestown 7 men 1st Lt.
Malden
9 men 2d Lt.
Medford 13 men
Total
62 men
No.2.
Watertown 15 men Capt. Edward
Fuller of Newton
Newton 19 men
1st Lt. Josiah Capen of Watertown
Waltham 13 men
2d Lt. Isaac Hager of Waltham
Weston 18 men
Total
65 men
No.3.
Woburn 20 men
Capt. Samuel Belnap of Woburn
Reading 26 men
1st Lt.
Wilmington 13 men 2d Lt.
Stoneham 4 men
Total
63 men
No.4.
Concord 23 men Capt.
Simon Hunt of Acton
Lexington 16 men 1st Lt. Samuel
Heald of Concord
Acton 15 men
2d Lt. Eben'r White of Lexington
Lincoln 12 men
Total
66 men
No.5.
Sudbury 35 men Capt.
Amasa Cranson of Marlboro
Marlboro 31 men 1st
Lt. Nath'll Sergeant of Stow
Stow
16 men 2d Lt. Nath'll Smith of Sudbury
Total
82 men
No.6.
Framingham 27 men Capt. Aaron Gardner
of Sherburn
Sherburn 15 men
1st Lt. Lawssen Buckminister of Framingham
Hopkinton 20 men
2d Lt. Isaac Clark of Hopkinton
Holliston 15 men
Natick
9 men
Total
86 men
No.7.
Groton 27 men
Capt. Thomas Warren of Townshend
Pepperell 17 men
1st Lt. James Lawrence of Pepperell
Townsend 15 men 2d Lt.
Joseph Rockwood of Groton
Ashby
8 men
Total
67 men
No.8.
Chelmsford 21 men Capt. Zach. Wright
of Westford
Dunstable 12 men 1st Lt.
Nath'll Holden of Dunstable
Dracut 18 men
2d Lt. Robert Spaulding of Chelmsford
Westford 18 men
Total
69 men
No.9.
Billerica 22 men
Capt. Solomon Kidder of Billerica
Tukesbury 12 men 1st Lt. Daniel
Kimball of Littleton
Bedford 10 men
2d Lt. Timothy Rogers of Tukesbury
Littleton 12 men
Shirley
9 men
Total
65 men
I have also formed the aforesaid Companies into one Regiment and appointed:
Eleazer
Brooks Esq of Lincoln to be the Colonel
Micah
Stone Esq of Framingham to be the Lt. Colonel
Eben'r
Bancroft Esq of Dunstable to be Major
Mr.
Moses Adams of Framingham Chaplain
Mr.
Joseph Hunt of Acton Surgeon Mate
Daniel
Loring of Sudbury Adjutant
Samuel
Hartwell of Lincoln Quartermaster
I
have directed the said Col. Brooks to order the several Captains aforesaid
to march their respective companies, as soon as possible, in the
best & most proper Road, to Horse Neck [West Greenwich, Connecticut],
according to the Resolves of the Gen'l Assembly of this State & agreeable
to the Directions and for the purposes therein Expressed.
Col. Brooks informs me this day that he hath given marching orders for Saturday next for the whole Regiment.
I am, Sir, with the greatest Respect, your most obedient and very humble servant
[signed]
Oliver Prescott"
N.B.
Colonel Thatcher & Colonel Fox engaged to fill up their Companies and
Return the names of the Lieutenants before the Time appointed to march."
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