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 376 THE HISTORY OF BAERINGTON. Adams, Joseph, Corp. Son of Ebenezer and Hannah Adams, b. May 25, 1739; was a soldier of Capt. Samuel Bosworth's Artillery Co., and appeared on the alarm at Bristol, April i, 1776. Enlisted in the gen- eral service as corporal, Dec. 16, 1776, in Capt. Thomas Ailin's Co., Colonel Crary's Reg. Enlisted in Colonel Smith's Reg. 15 months. June 4, 1777. Bounty, £12. Served also in 1778. Adams, Nudigate. Son of John and Elizabeth Adams, b. June 13, i753) was a corporal in Capt. Thomas Ailin's Co., appeared on the alarm at Bristol, April i, 1776; was a private in Capt. Viall Allen's Co. in 1780. " Mil. Papers," R. I. Hist. Soc. Died Jan. 5, 1798. Adams, Samuel. Was a member of Capt. Thomas Ailin's Co., appeared on the alarm at Bristol, April i, 1776. Allen, Asa. Son of Samuel and Ruth Allen, b. Oct. 15, 1760; was a member of Capt. Viall Allen's Co. in 1780. "Mil. Papers," R.I. Hist. Soc. Allen, Benjamin. Was a member of Capt. Viall Allen's Co. in 17S0. July 14, was paid bounty of " fiftey hard dollars.'' " Mil. Papers," R. I. Hist. Soc. Allen, Joseph, Capt, Son of Joseph and Hannah Allen, b. June 30, 1719. Town paid "Joseph Allen solger £2, July 17, 1780." Full record not known. Allen, JosiAH, Corp. Was a corporal in Capt. Thomas Ailin's Co., Co!. Crary's Reg. There was due him £8, i6s. 2d. Allen, James. Was a private in Capt. Thomas Ailin's Co., Col. Crary's Reg.; due him £17, 15s. 7d. Allen, Joseph Viall. Son of Samuel and Ruth Allen, b. Sept. 23, 1762. Entered the service at the age of fourteen, served as a fifer in Capt. Thomas Ailin's and Capt. Viall Allen's Co. from 1776 to 1780. Town paid him £22, July 17, 1780. Received bounty of £6, advanced pay £12, I2S., and some clothing. Went to sea in 1780, and was drowned in a hurricane in the West Indies on October ist, of that year. Allen, Samuel, Maj. Son of Joseph and Hannah Allen, b. Dec. 22, 1721. He was probably the Samuel Allen who was appointed by the town March 21, 1774, one of a Committee of Correspondence, "to attend to all that relates to the liberties of America." He repre- sented the town in the General Assembly in 177 1. Major Samuel Allen died March 25, 1777, aged 56 y. 9 m., wanting 3 days. Allen, Samuel, 2d. Born March 25, 1739. Was a member of Capt. Thomas Ailin's Co., Col. Crary's Reg., and a " Gentleman soldier of the Senior Class" in 1781. He represented the town in the General Assembly from 1778 to 1789. He died October 22, 1808. Allen, Viall, Capt. Son of Samuel and Mercy Allen, b. Dec. 9, 1744. Was ensign of the Barrington Company, June, 1775. Was lieutenant in Capt. Thomas Allen's Co., in August, 1775. On Aug.