SOURCE: "Putnam's Monthly Historical Magazine", Sept. 1893, Vol. II Sept. 1893 - Aug. 1894 (also publ. as The Salem Press Historical and Genealogical Record VOL. III); Eben Putnam, Publisher and Editor, Salem.

PART 6

SOLDIERS IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY, FROM HARPSWELL, TOPSHAM, BOWDOINHAM, GEORGETOWN, MAINE. 1777-1780.

FROM CONTINENTAL ROLLS, MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES.

      Adams, Adam, enlisted for 3 yrs.; deserted;[1] served 15 mos.; Capt. Reed's Co., 7th Reg. Harpswell.
      Wheeler gives an Adam G. Adams, as a soldier in Capt. George White's Co. in 1777.
      Atherton, Abijah, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner; 35 mos. 2 dys.; Capt. Reed, 7th Reg. Harpswell.
      Cornish, Jonathan, 3 yrs.; died; 11 mos. 13 dys.; Capt. Reed, 7th Reg. Harpswell.
      Cornish, Daniel, during war; 48 mos.; Capt. Reed, 7th Reg. Brunswick.
      Hoffron, Patrick, 3 yrs.; 36 mos.; Capt. Reed, 7th Reg. Harpswell.
      Henry, Zebulon, 3 yrs.; 6 inos. 11 dys.; Capt. Reed, 7th Reg. Harpswell.
      Hopkins, Simeon, 3 yrs.; killed; 20 mos. 14 dys.; Capt. Reed, 7th Reg. Harpswell.
      Hall, Luther, 3 yrs,; 36 mos.; Capt. White, 11th Reg. Bowdoinham.
      Johnson, John, during war; deserted; 19 mos. 5 dys.; Capt. Summers, 3d Reg.
      Levitt, Caleb, 3 yrs.; killed; 8 mos. 22 dys.; Capt. Reed, 7th Reg, Harpswell.
      This is the Caleb Levitt erroneously given by Wheeler as having been killed at Bunker Hill in 1779.
      Levitt, Nathaniel, 3 yrs.; 36 mos.; Capt. Reed, 7th Reg. Harpswell.
      Owin, Thomas, during war; 45 mos. 19 dys.; Capt. Smart, 13th Reg. Topsham.
      Oliver, Nicholas, 3 yrs.; 36 mos.; 5th Co., 14th Reg. Georgetown.
      Oliver, Thomas, 3 yrs; 36 mos.; 5th Co., 14th Reg. Georgetown.
      Oliver, John, 3 yrs.; 36 mos.; 5th Co., 14th Reg. Georgetown.

      [1] The word deserted is probably technical rather than otherwise where it occurs above, as it is not likely that at the of the term of enlistment, and at the end of the war, men would desert. They probably did not return from furlongs the war being over.

      Potter, Alexander, 3 yrs.; 36 mos.; Capt. White, 11th Reg. Topsham.
      He served also 9 mos. 4 dys. in Capt. Wm. Lithgrow's Co., enlisting 19 Feb., 1776. Again 87 dys. in Capt. Geo. White's Co. in 1777.
      Poor, Richard, 3 yrs.; prisoner; 6 mos. 7 dys.; Capt. White, 11th Reg. Topsham.
      He served also 8 mos. 14 dys.; in Capt. Lithgrow's Co., enlisting 11 Mar., 1776, and again 103 dys. under Capt. Geo. White in 1777.
      Patten, Matthew, during war; 25 mos. 16 dys.; Capt. Smith, 13th Reg. Bowdoinham.
      Patten, James, during war; deserted; 35 mos. 13 dys.; Capt. Smith, 13th Reg. $200 bounty. Topsham.
      Partridge, Jno., 3 yrs.; 34 mos. 15 dys.; Capt. Woodbridge, 13th Reg. Edgecomb.
      Philbrick, David, 3 yrs.; 36 mos.; 15th Co., 14th Reg. Georgetown.
      Page, Simon, 3 yrs.; 11 mos. 20 dys.; Capt. Jackson, Crane's Reg. Harpswell.
      Sargent, Joseph, 3 yrs.; invalid; 34 mos. 16 dys.; Capt. Sewall, 12th Reg. Georgetown.
      Spalden, Ezekiel, 3 yrs.; discharged; 7 mos. 19 days; Capt. Reed, 7th Reg. Georgetown.
      Stenson, Samuel, 3 yrs.; 36 mos. 3 dys.; Capt. Reed, 7th Reg. Topsham.
      Todd, Enoch, 3 yrs.; 36 mos.; Capt. Ballard, 7th Reg. Georgetown.
      Willson, William, 3 yrs.; prisoner 5 mos. 24 dys.; Capt. White, 11th Reg. Harpswell.
      He also served 68 1/2 days under Capt. White in 1777.
      Whitham, Thomas, 3 yrs.; killed; 6 mos. 7 dys.; Capt. White, 11th Reg. Harpswell.
      Whittier, John, 3 yrs.; 32 mos. 27 dye.; Capt. White, 11th Reg. Topsham.
      Also 46 days in 1777 under Capt. White.
      Whitney, Isaac, 3 yrs.; 36 mos. 6 dys.; Capt. Smart, 13th Reg. Topsham.
      Wallace, Charles, 3 yrs.; 36 mos.; Capt. Stoddard, 1st. Reg. Georgetown.
      Whalen, Francis, during war; deserted; 41 mos., 30 dys.; Capt. Hancock, 1st Reg. Georgetown.
      Wallie, Charles, 3 yrs.; 31 mos. 14 dye.; Capt. Hunt, 1st Reg. Georgetown.
      Wallis, William, during war; 48 mos.; Capt. Ballard, 7th Reg. Georgetown.

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