An ancestor served as a Quartermaster Sergeant in Captain George Reid's Company raised from Londonderry, NH and environs immediately after Lexington and Concord. They marched to Medford where they were incorporated into John Stark's Regiment. He also appeared on a muster roll in July, 1775 at Medford in the same position as QM Sgt. My question is what is the likelihood that this ancestor marched to Bunker Hill with Reid's Company in Stark's regiment and participated in the battle of June 17th? It seems that QM Sgt. is a non-combatant position. However, it also seems that any and all equipment he might have been responsible for would have been deployed to the battle and the only thing to look after would have been a bunch of tents. I don't believe this regiment had more substantial quarters at that time. The reason this is significant to me is because the QM Sgt.'s illegitimate son, also my ancestor, was at the battle as a private in Jonathan Brewer's Massachussets regiment. Before the battle, Brewer's and another regiment were milling around hesitant to cross Charletown Neck due to cannon firing from British ships. Stark marched his regiment through those other two regiments, which followed him across. It's a wonderful thought that the father might have shown the son the way, but so far as I am aware they never knew each other because the son was raised in Vermont with his mother and step-father. So, are there any experts out there who could explain the role of QM Sgt and offer conjecture whether he would have marched with the rest of his troop? Jerry Quick