ROLL OF ROXBURY MINUTE-MEN

Complete lists of these minute companies, copied from the State archives, are here given:

"Muster roll of the company from Roxbury under the command of Capt. Moses Whitting, in Col. John Greaton's Minute Regiment. (served 28 days from April 19, 1775.)

Capt. Moses Whitting. 1st Lt. Jacob Davis. 2d Lt. Moses Draper Sergt. James Herring.          Joseph Smith.          Samuel Foster.          John Cluly Jones. Corpl. Gersham Jackson.          Jacob Whitemore.          Noah Parker. Fifer, Wm. Dorr. Drummer, John Gore.          Privates, Joseph Bailey. Wm. Bosson, Jr. Samuel Bowman. Jonathan Brintnall. James Burrel, Jr. Stephen Clapp.

Ebenezer Corey. Nehemiah Davis. Moses Davis. Jonathan Dorr. John Dowse, Jr. John Eayres. George Geyer. Jeames Goggen. Joseph Gore. James Griggs, Jr. John Henshaw. David How. Joseph Hunt. John Kneeland. Benj. Knower. James Lewis. Joshua Lewis. John Mather. Jeremiah Masher, Jr.

Stephen Mills. Solomon Munroe. Jedidiah Munroe. John Parker. David Richards. Joseph Richards. Moses Richardson. Nathaniel Scott. Michael Smith. Nathaniel Talbot. Lemuel Tucker. Ebenezer Webb. Jacob Weld. Thomas Weld. Benj. West. Ebenezer Whitney. Thomas Williams. Franscis Wood."

"Roxbury, 7th Dec. 1775. A true and just roll of the Second Company in Roxbury, commanded by Capt. William Draper in Col. Wm. Heath's Regiment, the 19th day of April, When called to the 3d day of May and then dismissed.

Capt. Wm. Draper. Lt. Thomas Mayo. Lt. John Davis. Sergt. Noah Davis.          Paul Draper.          David Richards. Corpl. Daniel Lyon.          David Baker. Drummer, Wm. Warren.          Privates, Jeremiah Bacon. Jona. Bird. Moses Blackman. Roland Clark. Benj. Corey. Timothy Crehore. Nat. Davis.

John Dinsdell. Wm. Dinsell. Jona. Draper. Nat. Draper. Samuel French. Samuel Gay. Thomas Giles. Moses Griggs. Thaddeus Hyde. Lewis Jones. Josiah Kenny. Jno. Kneeland. James Keith. Ezra Kimball. Timothy Lewis. Samuel Lewis. Samuel Lauchlin.

Samuel Mayo. Jere. McIntosh. Jacob Parker. Stephen McIntosh. Nat. Perry. Joshua Pond. Samuel Richards. Wm. Salter. Eben. Talbot. Benj. Weld. Wm. Weld. Isaac Whitney. Jacob Whitney. Stephen Whitney. Rufus Whitting. Ephriam Wilson. Moses Wilson."

"Roxbury, Dec. 16, 1775. A true and just roll of the Third Company in Roxbury, commanded by Capt. Lemuel Child, in Col. Wm. Heath's Regiment, the 19th day of April, then called to the 3d day of May, and then dismissed.

Capt. Lemuel Child. Lt. Lemuel May. Lt. Isaac Williams. Ensign Samuel White. Sergt. Eben Weld.          Stephen Payson.          Ezra Davis.          Isaac Sturtevant. Corpl. Payson Williams.          John Lowder.          Joseph Weld.          Joseph Brewer.

Privates, John Adams. Elijah Child. John Child. Abijah Clarke. Aaron Draper. Ichabod Draper. Paul Dudley. Thomas Dudley. Peter Everet. John Foster. Eben Goodenough.

John Foster. Wm. Gould. Asa Morse. Thomas Parker. Eben Pond. Samuel Star. Peter Walker. Elijah Weld. Job Weld. David White. Wm. Wood. Jason Winch.

SOURCE: The Town of Roxbury, by Francis S. Drake; October, 1878.

Retyped and reformatted by Kathy Leigh, July 27, 2002.