These men served in Colonel Spencer's regiment at Roxbury[Mass]May 1-December 1,1775,under the command of Capt Solomon Wills. -- The men came from *Tolland,Somers,Stafford,Willington, and Conventry [all Conn]. *from Tolland *Solomon Wills,Capt Jona.parker,1st Lieut Samuel Felt,2d lieut Noah Chapin,ensign *Com.Carpenter,sergt Abel Parker,serg Jacob Orcutt,sergt Noah Cooley,sergt *Heman Baker,jr,sergt Jonah Brown,sergt *Elijah Chapman,corp. Asa Fenton,corp Matthew Buel,corp. *Luke Washburn,corp. *Samuel Steel,corp *Jas.Steele,jr,drummer *Joel Stimson,fifer Elias Newton,fifer --- privates: ASmasa allen *John Abbott Moses Amadon Jude Brown Jacob Brown Alexander Brown Amasa Buck Elijah Bradley *Josiah Benton *Josiah Bradley *Jonathan Benton *Azariah Benton Asa Baldwin Jacob Brown,2d Nathan Carpenter Eliphlet Cushman *Richard Crandall *John Carlton *David Carlton *Richard Carlton *Ebenezer Cook John Charter Charles Day *Edward Dimock William Elmer Adonjah Fenton John Furman *Isaac Fellows Christopher Frantz Simeon Griswold *Samuel Benton *Ebenezer Grant *John Huntington *David Hinckley Ezra Holmes *Abner Hatch *Dan Hatch Levi Hamlin Nathan Jennings Samuel Johnson Caleb Johnson Daniel Johnson Damiel Kibbee James Kibbee Bildad Kibbee John Lewis Edward Lawrence Andrew Miner Caleb Orcutt John Orcutt Peter Phinney Abner Pease *Rufus Price Moses Pelton Joshua Parks *Tryus Preston *Ammi Paulk Nathan Root Joseph Root Jeremiah Rider Daniel Rice Stephen Rice John Scripter *Perez Steel John Shurtiff Elisha Stebbins Isaiah Sparks Simeon Stimson Jeremiah Sparks *Nehemiah Sabin Joseph Sexton Elijah Sexton *Henry Stevens Stephen taylor Justus Thompson Samuel Wright *Jabez West *Elijah Washburn Noah Whipple ------------- Enlistment of the men was done in Tolland and the men heard the news of Lexington the same day. ----- Joshua Griggs and Solomon Eaton served elsewhere. --- The last survivor of the Tolland men was Ammi Paulk who died in 1843. -- **Mose Pelton was from Somer and in 1776 when the Americans retreated from New York, he was killed by a cannon ball from the British shipping. --------- Source: The Early History of Tolland by the Tolland County Historical Society,Loren P.Waldo,1861. ----- Cynthia -- got a beef? contact me...do not post on list! usual email: NewEnglander1620@mail.ccsinet.net have ? email me at: suggestions_questions@yahoo.com need lookup ? email: LookUpsNE@hotmail.com --- past postings: http://archiver.rootsweb.com -- Cynthia Listowner: Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com --

Officers in the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment in the Louisbourg Campaign, 1744, from Western Massachusetts Samuel Willard, Esq., Col. and Capt., First Company. Thomas Chandler, Esq., Lt. Col. and Capt,. Second Company. Seth Pomroy, Major and Capt., Third Company. Joshua Pierce, Captain, First Company. John Warner, Captain, Fourth Company. David Melvin, Captain, Fifth Company Palmer Goulding, Captain, Sixth Company. James Stevens, Captain, Seventh Company. John Huston, Captain, Eighth Company. Joseph Miller, Captain, Ninth Company. Jabez Omstead, Captain, Tenth Company. Abijab Willard, Lieutenant, First Company. John Payson, Lieutenant, Second Company. Ebenezer Alexander, Lieutenant, Third Company. Joseph Whitcomb, Lieutenant, Fourth Company. Eliezer Melvin, Lieutenant, Fifth Company. John Sternes, Lieutenant, Sixth Company. Timothy Johnson, Lieutenant, Seventh Company. Reuben King ,Lieutenant, Eighth Company. Samuel Chandler, Lieutenant, Ninth Company. James Fry, Lieutenant, Tenth Company. Jonathon Trumbull, Ensign, First Company. David King, Ensign, Second Company. William Lyman, Ensign, Third Company. William Hutchins, Ensign, Fourth Company. Isaac Barran, Ensign, Fifth Company. Nathaniel Payson, Ensign, Sixth Company. Benjamin Shelden, Ensign, Eighth Company. John Man, Ensign, Ninth Company. Jonathan Hubbard, Adjutant John Hamilton, Lieutenant John Terry, Capt. Lieutenant Tahon Grant, Ensign Ebenezer Alexander, Captain, Third Company Jno. Man, First Lieutenant Benajah Austin, Second Lieutenant Ephraim Hayward, First Lieutenant John Bell, Second Lieutenant Abijah Willard, Capt. Lieutenant, First Company Levi Willard, Second Lieutenant, First Company Source; NEHG Register, Vol. 24, October 1870