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 pany, Thomas’s regiment, October, 1775. Stationed at Roxbury. Granted leave of absence from College at request of his father, General Lincoln, “to accompany him in the military Service of his Country,” and absent from December 8, 1776, to April 8, 1777. Also granted several short leaves, one to four weeks,

Ephraim Smith, ’77, of Hollis (17)—sergeant, April 19, 1775; 2d lieutenant, Whitcomb’s regiment, May to December, 1775.

Henry Goodwin, ’78, of Boston (14)—captain’s clerk, brigantine Independence, June 15, 1776; service three months, eight days. Same, January 1, 1777, for two months. Returned to College in March, 1777, and petitioned to be restored to his class, on the grounds that “he was shut up in Boston during the whole Time of that Town’s being in Possession of the British Troops, & that soon after, he enter’d into the Service of this State by Sea, & was taken by the Enemy & carried into Halifax, from whence he lately made his Escape.” Granted March 31, Council warrant for £30 1s. 4d. to him for wages, and allowance for expenses incurred in his escape, October 21, 1777.

Cornelius Lynde, ’78, of Brookfield (22)—sergeant, Thayer’s company, Fellows’s regiment, August, 1775. Hopkins’s company, Warner’s regiment (“Green Mountain Boys”), January 15, 1776. Quebec Campaign. Fourth ensign, Satterlee’s company, Elmore’s regiment, April 15, 1776. Discharged February 1, 1777, at Albany. Returned to College several weeks before that date and petitioned to be restored to his class, “offering in excuse for his Abscence, that he has been ingaged in the Service of his Country, as an officer in the Continental Army.” Granted January 1, 1777, “in consideration of the indigence of his Circumstances, his fair character while resident here, & his repeated advancements [!] in the Army, evidencing his good conduct while absent.” After graduation, sergeant-major and quartermaster, Simonds’s (Berkshire) regiment. To Northern frontier October 12–19, 1780, “on an alarm.” Became prominent citizen of Williamstown, Vermont, and pensioned in 1818.

Nathaniel Weare, ’78, of Hampton (17)—sergeant, Elkins’s company, November 5, 1775. Coast defence at Pierce’s Island. Chandler’s company, Chase’s regiment, New Hampshire militia, September, 1777; service, one month. Stillwater.