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��NEW HAMPSHIRE MEN AT BUNKER HILL.

��S. Adams and Jonathan Lovejoy of Rindge ; 3 wounded, John Thompson of Rindge, (rec'd half pay from the State) B. Parker of Swanzey, mortally wounded, Edward Waldo of Alstead, severely.

Fourth company, 44 men. Capt., Levi Spalding, who represented Lynde- borough in 1781-82; Lieut., Joseph Bradford ; Ensign, Thomas Buffee. This company was chiefly from Lynde- borough, Temple, Hudson, &c. David Carlton and Jesse Lund were both mortally wounded, Carlton dying June 18. Lund was from Dunstable. Jacob Wellman of Lyndeborough, was wound- ed in the shoulder while employed in fixing a flint into his gun. He after- wards was an invalid pensioner.

Fifth company, 59 men. Capt., Jonathan Whitcomb, Swanzey ; Lieut., Elijah Cloyes,* Fitzwilliam ; Ensign, Stephen Carter. This company was from Keene, Swanzey, Fitzwilliam, &c. Joshua Ellis of Keene, was wounded ; Josiah Barton, wounded in the side, his cartridge box being shot into pieces.

Sixth company, 54 men. Capt., Ja- cob Hinds, Hinsdale; Lieut., Isaac Stone ; Ensign, Geo. Aldrich, West- moreland. This company was from Hinsdale, Chesterfield and Westmore- land. John Davis of Chesterfield, killed, Lem. Wentworth, wounded.

Seventh company, 52 men. Capt., Ezra Towns of New Ipswich ; Lieut., Josiah Brown, New Ipswich ; Ensign, John Harkness, Richmond. This com- pany was made up from recruits from New Ipswich. Also, Capt. Wm. Scott of Peterborough, furnished about half of his men and served as a volunteer himself. Josiah Walton of Chesterfield, was wounded, as was, also, Capt. William Scott, who fought bravely and was se- verely wounded, made prisoner and conveyed to Boston, from thence to Halifax. He escaped after a confine- ment of some months, and returned home. He in 1776, commanded a company in Col. Jackson's regiment of

♦Captain Cloyes was killed one hun- dred years ago, in Sullivan's expedition among the Indians.

��Massachusetts. David Scott of Peter- borough was wounded.

Eighth company, 46 men. Capt., Wm. Walker, Dunstable ; 1st Lieut., James Brown, Dunstable ; 2d Lieut., Wm. Roby. Enlisted from Dunstable, Merrimack, Hudson, Amherst, &c. Jo- seph Greeley, son of Doctor Greeley, wounded ; Paul Clogstone of Dunsta- ble, wounded ; died July 15, '75 ; Jon- athan Gray, died of his wounds ; Asa Cram, wounded.

Ninth company, 49 men. Capt., Benjamin Mann of Mason ; 1st Lieut., James Brewer of Marlborough ; 2d Lieut., Samuel Pettengill. This com- pany composed largely from men of Mason, Wilton, Marlborough, Temple, &c. Joseph Blood of Mason, killed ; Ebenezer Blood, Jun., was mortally wounded, not afterwards heard from. Their father drew their back pay. Both sons marked killed on company rolls.

Tenth company, 48 men. Capt., John Marcey of Walpole ; 1st Lieut., Isaac Farewell of Charlestown ; 2d Lieut., James Taggart of Peterborough. This company was enlisted from Wal- pole, Charlestown, Acworth, Cornish, &c. Joseph Farewell of Charlestown, was killed, and J. Patten and John Melvin were mortally wounded and not afterwards heard from. Marked both killed on rolls, in Adjutant Generals office.

The biographer of the town of Charlestown, says that N. Parker of Charlestown was killed at Bunker Hill, but we have not been able to find his name on the company rolls of Marcey. Probably to be found elsewhere. The aforesaid list of the killed and wounded is believed to be nearly authentic and generally fortified by record testimony. The 7th volume of Dr. Bouton's State Records embraces a statement of the property lost by the men of both Reed's and Stark's regiments, as inventoried, appraised and paid for by the state. Reed's regiment suffered most severely. The statement is, as the two regiments marched on to the hill, Reed's men de- posited their packs and extra clothing, &c, in a building located near Charles- town Neck, and the building and contents

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