1st Mendon Company Massachustts Militia
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1st Mendon Company

3rd Worcester County Regiment
Massachusetts Militia

April 19th 1775

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The men in the 1st Mendon Company, Col. Ezra Woods 3rd Worcester County Regiment commanded by Captain John Albee, marched from Mendon to Roxbury on the 19th of April, 1775.

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The company's 57 men were prepared to engage the British should they choose to retreat from Lexington and Concord via the only land route back to Boston.

Under constant attack by the Massachusetts Militia throughout their retreat, the British officers led their soldiers back to Boston via the shortest route possible. This forced the British to utilize the same boats used when the march began the night before. As it became increasingly clear that the British were not prepared to continue attacks on the Massachusetts country side Captain Albee began to release soldiers under his command for their return trip back to Mendon. The company's return to Mendon was completed on April 29, 1775.


A Roll of the men in the 1st Mendon Company that marched from Mendon to Roxbury on the 19th of April, 1775.

First Company

First Mendon Company  - Worcester County Regiment

 

Rank

Name

Days of Service

Captain

John Albee

9

Lieutenant

Joseph Bruce

9

Lieutenant

Seth Taft

9

Sergeant

Benjamin Wheelock

3

Sergeant

John Penniman

9

Sergeant

Phillip Ammidown

9

Corporal

Perne Rawson

9

Corporal

Seth Chapin

9

Corporal

Silas Richardson

9

Corporal

Edmund Merriam

9

Clerk

William French

3

 

 

 

Private

Zuriel Albee

9

Private

Abner Aldrich*

8

Private

Steven Aldrich*

9

Private

Joseph Bates*

3

Private

Barlow Carpenter

9

Private

Samuel Cragin*

8

Private

John Crooks

5

Private

Joshua Dogget*

8

Private

William Drown*

8

Private

Turner Ellis*

8

Private

Samuel Fairbanks Jr.*

8

Private

Simeon Fish*

6

Private

Samuel Gage

9

Private

John Hill

9

Private

Ralph Hayward

6

Private

Stephen Johnson

9

Private

Aaron Legg

6

Private

Caleb Legg*

6

Private

Stephen Legg

9

Private

Douglass Marsh

5

Private

Ebenezer Merriam

5

Private

Amariah Partridge*

6

Private

Josiah Penniman

8

Private

Andrew Peters*

8

Private

Edward Rawson 3rd*

8

Private

Edward Rawson 4th

9

Private

Levi Rawson

5

Private

Mark Rawson**

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Private

Nathaniel Rawson*

9

Private

Ebenezer Rockwood*

8

Private

Thomas Staples

9

Private

Artemas Tast (Taft)*

8

Private

Caleb Tast (Taft)

9

Private

Seth Tast (Taft*)

9

Private

Amasa Thayer*

6

Private

Stephen Torrey

6

Private

John Tyler

9

Private

William Torrey*

9

Private

Amariah Vose*

8

Private

Calvin Wheelock*

4

Private

Jesse Wheelock*

9

Private

Jonathan Whipple*

9

Private

Bar___ White*

9

Private

Grindall Wood*

7

Private

Joseph Wood*

8

Private

Steven Wood*

8


            * J. Metcalf MD, Annals of Mendon did not account for this soldiers service
            ** J. Metcalf MD, Annals of Mendon entry does not appear in Massachusetts records
             Source: Military Records, Massachusetts Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1782

Note: This list provides a complete accounting of all who served in contrast to the list compiled by Dr. Metcalf as posted in the Annals of Mendon. This update was made possible through computer search technology not available at the time he complied his list eons ago.


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