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��MEN OF NOTTINGHAM AT BUNKER HILL.

1786, with his own hand arresting the leader in the midst of his armed followers. Gen. Cilley was a man of great energy and industry, of strong passion, yet generous and humane. He was repeatedly elected representative, senator and councillor.

Thomas Bartlett was born Oct. 22, 1745 ; married Sarah, daughter of Gen. Joseph Cilley ; was town-clerk twenty- six years ; selectman thirty years ; was the first representative from Nottingham to the General Court in 1784 ; was one of the Committee of Safety which managed the colonial affairs of New Hamp- shire during part of the Revolution ; was captain of the 5th company of "six weeks" men at Winter Hill in 1775; was Lieut. Col. in Col. Gilman's regiment, in 1776; Lieut. Col. in Col. Whipple's regiment at Rhode Island, in 1778; also was Lieut. Colonel under Stark at the capture of Burgoyne. In 1780 he was Colonel of a regiment at West Point, when Arnold betrayed that fort. In 1790 he was appointed Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and retained that office till his death in 1805. He was Major-General of first division of New Hampshire militia from 1799 to 1805, in which office he was preceded by Gen. Joseph Cilley, and followed by Gen. Henry Butler.

Henry Butler was a son of. Rev. Benjamin Butler, the first settled minister in Nottingham, and was born April 27, 1754. He was captain of a company in Col. Thomas Bartlett's regiment at West Point, in 1780. He held many town and state offices ; was the first postmaster in Nottingham, when Gideon Granger was Postmaster-General ; and was Major-General of the first division of New Hampshire militia from 1805, for several years.

Zephaniah Butler, brother to Rev. Benjamin, was a school teacher in Nottingham for many years preceding the Revolution, and was one of Col. Cilley's staff officers during several campaigns. He married a sister of Col. Cilley ; Gen B. F. Buttler, whom everybody knows, is his grandson, he being son of Capt. John Butler of Deerfield, who was son of Zephaniah.

Cutting Cilley, brother of Col. Joseph Cilley, was born in 1738, and died in 1825 ; he held many town offices, and was captain of a company in one of the New Hampshire regiments during the Revolution.

John Simpson, born in 1748, and dying in 1810, is said to have been the man who fired the first gun at the battle of Bunker Hill. In 1 778, he was lieutenant in Capt. Simon Marston's company, Col. Peabody's regiment ; and was subsequently promoted to major. His brother, Robert, who also served in the Revolutionary army, is the great grandfather of General Ulysses Simpson Grant.

Nathaniel Batchelder, who was a brother-in-law of Col. Cilley, fought in the battle of Bunker Hill, under Capt. Dearborn, and was adjutant in Col. Drake's regiment, which did brave service in the battle of Stillwater, Saratoga, and the surrender of Burgoyne. He died of fever at Valley Forge, March 28, 1778.

Daniel Moore kept the first tavern at Deerfield Parade ; fought at Bunker Hill and in subsequent battles ; was captain in Col. Stark's regiment, and did valiant service during the war.

Andrew McClary was from Epsom and belonged to a family distinguished for its military men. He was plowing in his field on the 20th of April, 1775, when he heard a horn, blow, which, on the instant, he knew was the tocsin of war ; he left his plow in the furrow, and after the speediest preparation, hastened to Deerfield Parade and thence to Nottingham Square, where he joined Capt. Dearborn's company. After they arrived in Cambridge he was active in helping organize the New Hampshire men into companies and was himself appointed major in Col. Stark's regiment. He fought with his regiment at Bunker Hill, and was killed after the battle, in attempting to have "another shot at the enemy."

Robert Morrison was born and lived on the Square ; he was a member of Dr. Dearborn's company, which drilled during the winter of 1774-5, and a private in Capt. Dearborn's company

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