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 380 THE HISTORY OF BARREtsTGTON. when we left the Jersey, and his symptoms indicated the approach- ing fever; and when we had entered Narragansett Bay, he was appa- rently dying. Being informed that we were in the Bay, he begged to be taken on deck, or at least to the hatchway, that he might look once more upon his native land. He said that he was sensible of his condition; that the hand of death was upon him; but that he was consoled by the thought that his remains would be decently interred, and be suffered to rest among those of his friends and kindred. I was astonished at the degree of resignation and composure with which he spoke. He pointed to his father's house as we approached it, and said that it contained all that was dear to him on earth. He requested to be brought on shore. Our Captain was intimately acquainted with the family of the sufferer, and as the wind was light, we dropped our anchor and complied with his request. He was placed in the boat, where I took a seat by his side, in order to support him, and with two boys at the oars, we left the sloop. In a few minutes his strength began rapidly to fail. He laid his fainting head upon my shoulder, and said he was going to the shore to be buried with his ancestors ; that this had long been his ardent desire ; and that God had heard his prayers. No sooner had we touched the shore than one of the boys was sent to inform his family of the event. They hastened to the boat to receive their long-lost son and brother; but we could only give them — his yet warm, but lifeless corpse." Bishop, Sylvanus. Private in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., Capt. Crary's Reg., April 17, 1779. Bishop, CoMffORX. Was in Capt. Allin's Co., Crary's Reg., April 17, 1779; R. I. Cont. Reg.; nine months, campaign of 1782; date of cer- tificate Sept. 20, 1782, for £11, 6s. 8d. Bishop, Ebenezer. Enlisted in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co. Was a pri- vate in Capt. Allin's Co., Col. Crary's Reg., 1778 and 1779. Was a member of Capt. Viall Allen's Co. in 1780. "Mil. Papers," R.I. Hist. Soc. Bosworth, Edward. Was one of a Committee of Correspondence ap- pointed by the town March 21, 1774, " to attend to all that relates to the liberties of America." He represented the town in the General Assembly in 1776-7, 1779, 1780-1. He died Dec. 1800, aged 84 years. Bosworth, Jonathan, Jr. Son of Jonathan and Molly Bosworth, b. May 20, 1757. Served in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co.; appeared on the alarm at Bristol April i, 1776. Bosworth, Samuel, Capt. Was Lieut, of Barrington Co. in 1775. Was appointed by the town, Feb. 12, 1776, Captain of an Artillery Co. of two guns. He appeared, with several of his men, on the alarm at Bristol, April i, 1776. On Thursday, June 5, 1777, he was ordered by Col. Nathan Miller, to keep a guard of eight men on