Capt. John PRESCOTT, of Concord, a lineal descendant of the father of Lancaster, was the senior officer of a battalion of 500 men raised by Mass. to join the expedition of Vice-Admiral VERNON against Carthagena, and Jonathan HOUGHTON of Lancaster was one of his lieutenants. These who enlisted with HOUGHTON from this town, so far as known were: Daniel ALBERT, David FARRAR, Ephraim FLETCHER, Benjamin FRY, John HASTINGS, Thaddeus HOUGHTON, Ezekial KENDALL, Peter KENDALL, Joshua PIERCE, Benjamin POLLARD, Gideon POWERS, Timothy POWERS, Oliver SPAULDING, Darius WHEELER, William WHITCOMB and Jacob WILDER. Few if any of them ever saw their homes again, giving their lives for the King in a quarrel of doubtful justice, not in the front of victorious battle, but slain by virulent disease after defeat.