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A List of ye Soldiers yt were in ye Fall Fight under Capt. Wm Turner,
approved off by ye Committee of ye Gen. Court. (Dated June, 1736.) |
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Allexander, Nathll |
N. Hampt. |
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Alvard, Thoms |
Hadfield |
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Atherton, Hope |
Hatfield |
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Ashdown, John |
- |
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Arms, William |
Hadley |
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Baker, Timothy |
North |
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Bedortha, Samll |
Springfield. |
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Bennett, James |
South Hampton |
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Barber, John |
Springfield |
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Burnap, John |
- |
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Bradshaw, John |
Medford |
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Burnitt, John |
Windham |
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Bushrod, Peter |
Northampton |
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Boultwood, Samll |
Hadley |
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Bardwell, Robtt |
Hatfield |
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Ball, Samll |
Springfield |
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Burton, Jacob |
N. Hampt. |
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Beers, Richard |
of Watertown, eldest son of Elnathan Beers |
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Belding, Samll |
- |
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Clap, Preserved |
Northampton |
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Fowler, Joseph |
North |
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Flanders, John |
- |
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Foot, Nathll |
Hatfield |
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Gleason, Isaac |
Spring |
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Grover, Simon |
Boston |
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Gerrin,1 Peter |
North |
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Griffin, Joseph |
Roxbury |
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Hitchcock, John |
Springfield |
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Hitchcock, Luke |
Springfield |
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Hadlock, John |
- |
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Hoit, David |
Hadley |
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Hawks, John |
Hadley |
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Hawks, Eleazr |
Hadley |
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Howard, William |
North |
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Harrison, Isaac |
Hadley |
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Hughs, George |
Spring |
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Hinsdell, Experience |
Hadley |
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Hodgman, Edward |
Spring |
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Hunt, Samll |
Billerica |
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Harwood, James |
- |
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Ingram, John |
Hadley |
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Jones, Saml |
- |
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Jones, Robert |
- |
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Jilett, Samll |
Hatfield |
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James, Abell |
North |
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King, John |
North |
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Keett, Franc |
Northamton |
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Kellogg, Joseph |
Hadley |
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Lee, John |
Westfield |
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Lyman, John |
North |
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Leeds, Joseph |
Dorchester |
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Leonard, Josiah |
Spring |
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Langbury, John |
North |
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Lyon, Thomas |
North |
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Miller, John |
North |
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Merry, Cornelius |
North |
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Morgan, Isaac |
Springfield |
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Morgan, Jonathan |
Spring |
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Miller, Thomas |
Spring |
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1 In the Northampton records Peter
Jerrin. In Hull's accounts two persons appear in different places, Peter
Jennings and Peter Gennings. This may be one of the two |
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Mun, James, Alive |
Colchester |
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Mun, John |
Deerfield |
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Monteague, Peter |
Hadley |
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Mattoon, Phillip |
Hadley |
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Man, Josiah |
- |
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Nims, Godfrey |
North |
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Newbury, Tryall |
Boston |
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Old, Robert, |
Spring |
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Chapin, Japhett |
Springfield |
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Crow, Samll |
Hadley |
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Crowfott, Joseph |
Springfield |
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Clark, William |
Northampton |
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Church, John, |
Hadley |
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Coleman, Noah |
Hadley |
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Chamberlain, Benja. |
Hadley |
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Chamberlain, Joseph |
- |
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Colfax, John |
Hatfield |
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Cunnaball, John |
Boston |
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Chase, John |
Almsbury |
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Coleby, John |
Almsbury |
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Dickenson, John |
Hadley |
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Drew, Wm |
Hadley |
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Dickenson, Nehemiah |
Hadley |
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Dunkin, Jabez |
Worcester |
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Edwards, Benja |
North |
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Elgar, Thomas |
Hadley |
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Fuller, Joseph |
Newtown |
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Feild, Samuel |
Hatfield |
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Forster, John |
North |
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Pumroy, Medad, |
North |
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Price, Robert, |
North |
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Pike, Joseph |
Spring |
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Pumroy, Caleb |
North |
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Preston, John |
Hadley |
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Pratt, John |
Malden |
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Pressey, John |
Almsbury |
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Pearse, Nathl |
Woburn |
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Rogers, Henery |
Spring |
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Roberts, Thomas |
North |
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Ransford, Samll |
North |
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Ruggles, George |
North |
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Read, Thomas |
Westford |
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Roper, Ephra |
- |
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Siky, Nathll |
- |
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Suttleife, Nathll |
Hadley |
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Stebins, Samll |
Springfield |
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Stebins, Benoni |
North |
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Stebins, Thomas |
Springfield |
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Smeade, Wm |
Northampton |
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Smith, John |
Hadley |
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Stephenson, James |
Springf |
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Seldin, Joseph |
Hadley |
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Scott, Wm |
Hatfield |
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Salter, John |
Charlestown |
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Simonds, John |
- |
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Smith, Richd.1 |
- |
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Turner, Capt. Wm |
now Swan'y |
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Tay, Isaiah, Lt. |
Boston |
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Thomas, Benja |
Spring |
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Taylor, John |
- |
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Taylor, Jonathan |
Springd |
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Tyley, Samll |
- |
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Veazy, Samll |
Braintree |
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Wright, James |
North |
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Webb, John |
North |
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Webb, Richard |
North |
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Waite, Benjamin |
Hatfield |
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Witteridge, John |
North |
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Walker, John |
North |
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Webber, Eleazr |
- |
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Wattson, John |
- |
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Wells, Thomas |
Hadley |
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White, Henry |
Hadley |
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Warriner, Joseph |
Hadley |
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Wells, Jonathan |
Hadley |
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Worthington, Wm |
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Endorsement of the committee:
By ye best Accott we can come at ye foregoing is a true list of ye
Soldiers yt were in ye falls fight wth ye Indians under Capt. Turner &
for ought appears to us at present yer Descendants according to ye acts of
ye General Court are to be admitted to share in ye Grant of ye township
above Deerfield granted them.
The following list of claimants was admitted June 23d, 1736, and the
name of John Scott, of Elbows, was added, doubtless before the report was
accepted, and the figures also were changed. Thos. Wells, of Deerfield,
was then appointed agent for the proprietors. (1 This name is
in the margin, and was added after the list was made out.)
Lots were drawn to the claimants according to the above list, and the
settlement progressed. A previous grant to Mr. Fairweather of five hundred
acres, together with much mountainous and waste land, reduced the original
grant of six miles square to a tract of far less value, so that in 1741,
when new claimants began to appear, the proprietors petitioned for and
obtained another tract lying contiguous, a "gore" not yet
covered by any previous grant. Two new claimants, Samuel Coleby, eldest
son of Samuel Coleby, of Almsbury, and Tryall Newbury, of Malden, were
admitted to first choice of lots on the new tract, by act of the Court
August 1, 1741. Perhaps later claimants were admitted. The grant embraced
the present town of Bernardston (at first called "Falltown"),
Colraine, Leyden, etc. The names of descendants stand first in the list.
A list of Soldiers and Descndts of such as are Deceased that were in the fight called the falls fight above Dearfield who are intituled to
the township granted by the Generall Court, as follows: |