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Lieut. Col. D. Messinger's Regiment.

From Sept. 16 to Oct. 10, 1814. Service at Boston.
FIELD AND STAFF.
Daniel Messinger, Lieutenant Colonel, Boston
Samuel Curtis, Major, Boston
Stephen Fairbanks, Adjutant, Boston
Jechonias Thayer, Quartermaster, Boston
Ferdinand E. White, Paymaster, Boston
Asa Buckman, Surgeon, Boston
Samuel Reeves, Surgeon's Mate, Boston
Horace Holley, Chaplain, Boston
NONCOMMISSIONED STAFF.
John Heard, Sergeant Major


Capt. B. B. Appleton's Company, Lieut. Col. D. Messinger's Regiment.

From Sept. 10 to Oct. 10, 1814. Raised at Boston. Service at Boston.
RANK AND NAME.
B. B. Appleton, Captain
Luke Richardson, Lieutenant
John Parks, Ensign

David Firmin, Sergeant
Henry K. Appleton, Sergeant
George Wheelright, Sergeant
Samuel Farmer, Sergeant

Privates.
Appleton, Thomas
Ayers, Moses
Ayers, Will
Baldwin, Abel
Ball, Russell
Belcher, John
Blackburn, Benjamin
Blaney, Benjamin
Bowker, Charles
Brown, John
Buckingham, Joseph F.
Burkis, Lewis
Burnham, Isaac
Chamberlain, David
Childs, Jonathan
Chubbuck, Henry
Chap, Artemus
Cook, Seth B.
Cruse, John
Curtis, Charles
Darling, Samuel
Dearborn, Math
Demming, Jonathan E.
Dunsmore, Samuel
Emerson, George S.
Fay, Joel
Felton, Luther
Foster, James
Francis, Math
Gale, John
Gale, Will
Hadley, Charles
Hadley, Samuel
Hatch, John
Hendley, Henry W.
Hoard, Stephen
Hosmer, Hammond
Kennard, Aleut
Knight, George
Lyon, Abner
Martis, Anthony
Merritt, Noah
Mills, George
Moody, Samuel
Morgan, Daniel L.
Oliver, Charles
Powers, Francis
Powers, Levi
Richards, John
Ruddock, Amos
Russell, Samuel
Sargent, James
Simmons, Luke
Southworth, Thomas
Stebbins, Judah
Ward, Royal
Weston, Asahel
Wethercox, Jacob
Whiting, David
Williams, Josiah
Wishington, Newell
Wiswall, Andrew
Wright, Will
Young, Joseph


Capt. E. O. Fifield's Company, Lieut. Col. D. Mesinger's Regiment.

From Sept. 16 to Oct. 10, 1814. Raised at Boston. Service at Boston.
RANK AND NAME.
E. O. Fifield, Captain
Benjamin Huntington, Lieutenant
Joseph Williams, Ensign

William B. Willis, Sergeant
Nathaniel Healey, Sergeant
Daniel Hill, Sergeant
Charles Callender, Sergeant
Silas Dodd, Corporal
William Kerr, Corporal
William Blake, Corporal
James Powers, Corporal
Sheldon Perry, Musician
Samuel Pearson, Musician

Privates.
Abbott, Nathaniel
Ames, Jacob
Barry, Thomas, Jr.
Billings, Ebenezer
Blackman, Thomas
Bowdly, Samuel
Carey, Josiah D.
Carlton, Isaac
Davis, Frederick
Decoster, James
Dodd, Benjamin
Fessenden, Moses
Fowle, William
French, Joseph
Fullman, Samuel
Geyer, John J.
Geyer, Joseph
Geyer, Samuel
Hagar, James
Hagar, William
Harlow, Zacheus
Harrington, Wyman
Holbrook, Samuel
Hollis, William
Jewett, Solomon
Kensly, Henry
Kettle, Andrew
Kidder, Stephen
Laughton, John
Leroy, Job
Loring, William
Lyman, Thadeus
Marshall, Samuel
Maynard, Joseph
McClure, Bartholomew
Morse, Jesse
Parker, Eber
Pierce, John
Porter, William L.
Sanford, Samuel
Shumway, Asa
Snow, Thomas
Sweetser, Charles B.
Tufts, Fitch
Welch, John A.
Wheeler, Cyrus
Whitton, Robert
Wilder, Eleazer
Worcester, Alpheus
Wyman, Marbick


Capt. R. Hartshorn's Company, Lieut. Col. D. Messinger's Regiment.

From Sept. 16 to Oct. 10, 1814. Raised at Boston. Service at Boston.
RANK AND NAME.
Rolin Harshorn
Thomas A. Drayton, Lieutenant
James Hendley, Ensign

John Brayton, Sergeant
Joseph Hartshorn, Sergeant
Rufus G. Amory, Jr., Sergeant
Lewis B. Davis, Corporal
Benjamin Horton, Jr., Corporal
Robert Emerson, Corporal
James Topliff, Corporal
Joseph Champney, Musician

Privates.
Allen, Marton
Anderson, John
Badgers, Samuel
Capen, Edmund
Cory, Avery
Cox, Samuel
Davidson, John
Dow, Stephen
Emmons, Jonathan
Emmons, Samuel F.
Everett, William
Foster, John H.
Garland, Francis
Hawes, William
Hovey, Aaron
Hurland or Ireland, James
Jenkins, Samuel
Kimball, Abel
Mason, Comet
Parker, Isaac
Parsons, William
Phillips, Samuel
Pierce, Hach
Potter, David
Raymond, Francis
Richards, Joseph
Robinson, Ebenezer
Savage, Edward
Shattuck, Jesse
Smith, Mark
Somerby, Profit
Sprague, J.
Stowell, Benjamin
Stowell, John
Thorndike, Jeremiah
Vinton, Abel
Ware, Joshua
Waters, Clark
West, Benjamin
Worthington, Anthony


Capt. W. Knight's Company, Lieut. Col. D. Messinger's Regiment.

From Sept. 16 to Oct. 10, 1814. Raised at Boston. Service at Boston.
RANK AND NAME.
Winthrop Knight, Captain
Joseph Jenkins, Lieutenant
D. Moody, Ensign

William Symonds, Sergeant
Aaron Merrett, Sergeant
Sylvester Morse, Musician
Jabez Conant, Musician

Privates.
Baker, Francis
Beals, Levi
Bean, Simeon
Blasland, Gideon
Bowers, Charles
Brown, Isaac
Bruce, David
Cassell, James
Champney, William I or L.
Chaplin, D.
Cobb, Enos
Cowing, Cornelius
Dane, Nathan
Ditson, John
Emmerston, Jeremiah
Fellows, Benjamin
Francis, John
Frothingham, Thomas, Jr.
Green, Jeremiah
Hapgood, Samuel
Hathwait, Francis
Heath, John
Hill, Samuel B.
Howard, Barnard
Howe, Henry
Irving, Edward
Jewett, Nathaniel
Johnson, John
Lewis, William R.
Lincoln, Ezekiel
Lincoln, Ezra
Lincoln, Lemuel
Lyon, Benjamin
Mace, James
Marsters, Robert
Mason, John
Miller, Jesse
Murdock, Isaac
Payne, William
Pitts, Lindall
Reynolds, William
Safford, Daniel
Sprague, Hosea
Steel, Robert
Trask, James
Trumbull, James
Vose, James W.
Vose, Reuben
Waterman, Levi
Wells, Charles
Wells, Theodore
Wheelock, Paul
Whelwell, William
Wood, Lewis
Woodward, Joseph
Wyett, George


Capt. J. B. Marston's Company, Lieut. Col. D. Messinger's Regiment.

From Sept. 16 to Oct. 11, 1814. Raised at Boston. Service at Boston.
RANK AND NAME.
James B. Marston, Captain
Joshua Simmonds, Lieutenant
Christopher Gore, Jr., Ensign

Jeremiah Smallidge, Sergeant
Samuel Jewett, Sergeant
Peter Seaver, Sergeant
Ebenezer Tirrell, Sergeant
Robert Jenks, Corporal
William Butler, Corporal
George Hagerty, Corporal
Thomas Holland, Corporal

Privates.
Alden, John A.
Appleton, Charles J.
Bennia or Bannia, David
Bickford, John
Black, William
Blanchard, Nathaniel
Bryant Thomas
Chardon, James, Jr.
Churchwell, Levi
Cobb, Josiah
Cook, Corey
Cutter, Oliver
Privates--Concluded.
Dame, Abraham
Davis, Ebenezer
DeForest, Sydney
Durwage, Francis S.
Goff, Robert S.
Gray, Jeremiah
Gulliver, Stephen
Hale, Nathan
Harris, Ephraim
Harris, Robert
Hay, Thomas
Hitchborn, Alexander
Holland, Thomas, 2d
Johnson, Milton
Keith, Nathaniel
LaRogue, Benjamin
Lena, Ebenezer
Lloyd, Frederic
Loring, Josiah
Malcomb, Michael
Merrill, James C.
Mott, Joshua
Nelson, David
Page, John
Parker, Amos B.
Payne, Ezra
Pennyman, James
Richards, Peter
Richardson, Benjamin
Robbins, William
Robbinson, John
Scott, Nathaniel
Smith, Cicero
Smith, Oliver
Stephens, Oliver
Stockwell, Joseph
Tirrell, Gideon
Tirrell, Joseph
Tolman, Robert P.
Tucker, John
Tucker, John, Jr.
Weller, Andrew
Wendall, Jacob, Jr.
Wheelwright, John
Whitcomb, Laban


Capt. J. Fairbanks' Company, Lieut. Col. D. Messinger's Regiment.

From Sept. 28 to Oct. 4, 1814. Raised at Boston. Service at Boston.
RANK AND NAME.
John Fairbanks, Captain
Bela Hunter, Lieutenant
James Blake, Ensign

Josiah Blanchard, Sergeant
Amos Sumner, Sergeant
Ezekiel Sawin, Sergeant
Ephraim Harrington, Sergeant
Amos Coolege, Corporal
Washington Thayer, Corporal
Thomas Dascomb, Corporal
George Willard, Corporal
Jonas Emery, Musician

Privates.
Abbott, William
Adams, Charles
Ayling, Thomas
Ball, Daniel
Bennett, Moses
Bent, Adam
Blanchard, Elisha
Brett, William, Jr.
Briggs, John
Cabot, John O.
Chapman, John
Cole, Seth
Curtis, Benjamin
Curtis, Samuel
Curtis, Theophilus
Dewey, William
Dimond, David
Eggleston, Elisha
Estey, Joseph
Field, Charles
Fisher, William, Jr.
Ford, Burnett
Godfrey, Joseph
Gould, Asa
Gould, Reuben
Gove, Stephen
Green, Isaac
Hammond, Thomas
Hammond, William
Hancock, Henry
Harris, Elijah
Harris, Isaac
Harris, James
Harris, Joseph
Hayward, Cyrus
Hewins, Abel
Hewins, Whiting
Hunt, William H.
Jackson, Stephen W.
Jones, Samuel
Kingsley, Ellis
Leadbetter, Gordon A.
Long, Joseph
Looker, Marshall
Meade, Nathaniel
Nolen, Spencer
Phinney, Joseph
Pratt, Joseph W.
Richardson, John
Rowe, Anthony
Sanderson, Amos
Sawyer, Asaph
Searle, Ephraim
Skinner, Charles
Talbott, George
Thomas, John
Tilestone, Euclid, Jr.
Tisdale, Mace
Upham, Amos
Whiting, George
Whitmore, Nathaniel
Williams, Joshua H.


Capt. P. Bonner's Company, Lieut. Col. D. Messinger's Regiment.

From Oct. 23 to Oct. 30, 1814. Raised at Boston. Service at Boston.
RANK AND NAME.
Philip Bonner, Captain
Micah B. Bacon, Lieutenant
William H. Ireland, Ensign

J. Farriter, Sergeant
Thomas Stowell, Sergeant
Samuel Edes, Sergeant
David Claffin, Sergeant
Henry Weyer, Corporal
Jeremiah Sprague, Corporal
Thomas Ayers, Corporal
Joshua Cheevers, Corporal
______ Park, Musician
J. Nutting, Musician

Privates.
Ayling, Henry
Bass, Elias
Beck, Frederick
Blake, Henry
Cambridge, Frederick
Capen, Thomas
Childs, Thomas
Conder, Joseph
Copeland, Elias, Jr.
Corry, George
Crane, William
Cunningham, Thomas
Cutler, Nahum
Privates--Concluded.
Detson, William
Foster, Adams
Gordon, Jonathan
Gray, Benjamin
Haskins, Thomas
Holbrook, Edmund
Holden, Ebenezer
Howes, William
Hunt, John
Ireland, Jonathan
Jordan, Jonathan
Lovell, William
Newman, Andrew
Patten, Joel B.
Powers, Jonathan
Russell, George
Sawyer, Jonathan
Shaites, Edmund
Shoates, William
Sprague, Charles
Sprague, Jonathan
Stanwood, William
Stowell, John
Sumner, Seth
Teel, George
Tileston, Charles
Tolman, William
Vincent, Samuel, Jr.
Vose, William
Webber, John
Wetherbee, Simon P.
Wheeler, Nathaniel
Wheeler, Samuel
Wheeler, William
White, John
Whitmore, John
Whitney, Elisha
Wilder, Lewis
Willes, George


Capt. H. Rice's Company, Lieut. Col. D. Messinger's Regiment.[1]

October, 1814. Service at Boston. Detailed for special duty.
RANK AND NAME.
Henry Rice, Captain
David Francis, Lieutenant
George Bond, Ensign
Samuel Adams, Sergeant
Samuel Blake, Sergeant
Benjamin Steves, Sergeant
Andrew Bradshaw, Sergeant
Charles Ellis, Corporal
William Gilman, Corporal
Joseph W. Holmes, Corporal
Benjamin Seaver, Corporal
John Wetherbee, Musician
Jedediah Barker, Musician


Footnotes
[1] List of privates, if any, not found. Return


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