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 394 THE HISTORY OF BAREESTGTOX. stick for fifteen days; served on the militia guard of Barrington, from April 5, to May 20, 177S; was appointed sergeant in Col. Topham's Reg., in 177S-79. He d. March, 1S23, aged seventy-six years. Smith, Simon, Ensign. Was a soldier of Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., and was afterwards in the Continental Battalion, enlisted May 19, 1777, as ensign, receiving a bounty of $150 voted by the town. He lost his life at sea, in the year 17S0, aged 32 years. Smith, Pomp. A Negro slave of Hannah Smith, who received from the town a bounty of £15, for his enlistment, Dec. 2, 1780. See Barring- ton Treas. records. SocHORosE, Joseph. Was in the Barrington quota which enlisted May 17, 1777. He received a bounty of £44. Barrington records. Stanley, Comfort. He was a blacksmith by trade, and was a soldier of Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., and also of Capt. Samuel Bosworth's Artillery Co., and was one of the guard appointed by Col. Nathan Miller, June 5, 1777, to serve on Rumstick for fifteen days. He was a soldier of Capt. Viall Allen's Co. in 17S0. " Mil. Papers," R. I. Hist. Soc. His old musket is now in the Antiquarian rooms at Warren, R. I. He died Aug. 26, 1818, aged 67 years. Thurber, John. Soldier in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., August, 1775. Tiffany, Ebenezer. Son of Ephraim and Esther Tiffany, b. June 10, 1753- ^Vas a soldier of Capt. Thomas Allin's Co. ; appeared on the alarm at Bristol, April 1, 1776. He was also a soldier of the militia guard stationed at Barrington from April 5, to May 20, 1778, and was called into service on the Island of Rhode Island. He was a soldier of Capt. Viall Allen's Co. in 1780. "Mil. Papers," Vol. 3, No. 460, R. I. Hist. Soc. He represented the town in the General Assembly in 1788 and 1S06. He died April 4, 1S26. Titus, Simeon. Served in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co. ; appeared on the alarm at Bristol, April i, 1776; enlisted April 8, 1777, in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co. Townsend, Solomon, Jr. Son of Rev. Solomon and Rebecca Townsend, b. June 24, 174S; was a soldier of Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., 1775; was chosen quartermaster of Col. John Stanton's Reg., December, 1776; a "Gentleman soldier of Senior Class" in 1781. He was a rep- resentative in the General Assembly, 1805; d. March 22, 1S18. Traffern, Cromwell. In ist Reg. Cont. Infantry, 1781. Traffern, Philip, Capt. Soldier in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., 1775; first lieutenant in Col. Richmond's Reg., 1776; also first lieutenant in Col. Stanton's Reg., 1776. On April 24, 1779, it was voted in town meeting to pay Capt. Philip Traffern the sum of £5, for service done in recruiting. His company was in Col. Thomas Tillinghast's Reg. — 20 of 28 reporting to Capt. Traffern for duty; was captain of a com-