The Battle of April 19, 1775 / in Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Arlington, Cambridge, Somerville and Charlestown, Massachusetts

by Frank Warren Coburn

Captain Benjamin Locke's Company.

Entered the Contest at Arlington, Though Undoubtedly Some of the Men were Engaged Earlier in the Day.

No official roll filed as a claim against the Commonwealth for service on that day. For these names I am indebted to Lucius R. Paige's "History of Cambridge," and Samuel A. Smith's "West Cambridge on the Nineteenth of April, 1775."

Captain Benjamin Locke
Lieutenant Solomon Bowman
Ensign Stephen Frost
Sergeant John Cutter
Sergeant Moses Hovey
Corporal Thomas Cutter, (Jr?)
Corporal John Tidd
Corporal James Fowl
Corporal Seth Stone
Jonathan Perry
Joseph Frost
Daniel Cutter, Charlestown
Abraham Hill
Job Potamea, Stoneham
Josiah Williams
Miles Greenwood
Matthew Cox
Peter Stearns
Ephraim Mullet, Charlestown
John Fowle
John Shelden Senter, Charlestown
John Locke
Israel Blackinton, Jr.
William Dickson, Charlestown
Andrew Cutter
Elisha Hastings
Joseph Cox
Isaac Fillebrown, Charlestown

Joseph Trask, Boston
William Pradax, Boston
John Stuart
Samuel Pierce, Jr., Boston
John Grimes, Boston
William Hopkins, Charlestown
Richard Loring, Charlestown
Ebenezer Cox, Boston
William Adams
Zachariah Hill
Samuel Peirce, Charlestown
Andrew Mallet, Charlestown
Israel Blackinton
William Winship
David Blodget, Stoneham
Joseph Robinson, Lexington
Charles Cutter
Samuel Seger, Newtown
Isaiah Berjanah, Stoneham
Ebenezer Bowman, Lexington
Richard Ketel, Boston
Cuff Whittemore, negro
William Ellery, Charlestown
Cato Wood, negro, Charlestown
Jonathan Clarke, Boston

[INDEX TO THE MUSTER ROLLS.]

For Index to the Narrative, see [page 165] of the first part.

ACTON MEN, [10]
Davis's Company, [11]
Hunt's Company, [11]
Robins's Company, [11]
ARLINGTON MEN, [75]
Locke's Company, [75]
BEDFORD MEN, [11]
Moore's Company, [11]
Willson's Company, [13]
BEVERLY MEN, [67]
Dodge's Company, [67]
Thorndike's Company, [68]
Shaw's Company, [68]
BILLERICA MEN, [14]
Crosby's Company, [14]
Farmer's Company, [15]
Stickney's Company, [16]
BROOKLINE MEN, [45]
White's Company, [45]
Aspinwall's Company, [46]
Gardner's Company, [47]
CAMBRIDGE MEN, [40], 75
Locke's Company, [75]
Thatcher's Company, [40]
CHELMSFORD MEN, [16]
Barron's Company, [16]
Parker's Company, [18]
CONCORD MEN, [7]
Brown's Company, [8]
Miles's Company, [9]
Minot's Company, [10]
Barrett's Company, [10]

DANVERS MEN, [69]
Epes's Company, [69]
Flint's Company, [70]
Hutchinson's Company, [71]
Lowe's Company, [72]
Page's Company, [73]
Prince's Company, [73]
Edmund Putnam's Company, [74]
John Putnam's Company, [75]
DEDHAM MEN, [53]
Battle's Company, [53]
Bullard's Company, [55]
Draper's Company, [56]
Ellis's Company, [56]
Fairbanks's Company, [57]
Fuller's Company, [57]
Gould's Company, [58]
Guild's Company, [59]
DRACUT MEN, [38]
Coburn's Company, [38]
Russell's Company, [39]
FRAMINGHAM MEN, [18]
Edget's Company, [18]
Emes's Company, [20]
Gleason's Company, [20]
LEXINGTON MEN, [5]
Parker's Company, [5]
LINCOLN MEN, [13]
Smith's Company, [13]
LYNN MEN, [63]
Bancroft's Company, [63]
Farrington's Company, [63]
Mansfield's Company, [64]
Newhall's Company, [65]
Parker's Company, [66]

MALDEN MEN, [50]
Blaney's Company, [50]
MEDFORD MEN, [49]
Hall's Company, [49]
NEEDHAM MEN, [60]
Aaron Smith's Company, [60]
Robert Smith's Company, [61]
Kingsbery's Company, [62]
NEWTON MEN, [42]
Cook's or Marean's Company, [42]
Fuller's Company, [42]
Wiswall's Company, [44]
READING MEN, [21]
Bacheller's Company, [21]
Eaton's Company, [22]
Flint's Company, [23]
Walton's Company, [24]
ROXBURY MEN, [51]
Child's Company, [51]
Draper's Company, [52]
Whiting's Company, [53]

STOW MEN, [34]
Whitcom's Company, [34]
SUDBURY MEN, [25]
Cudworth's Company, [25]
Haynes's Company, [26]
Locker's Company, [27]
Nixon's Company, [27]
Smith's Company, [28]
Stone's Company, [29]
WATERTOWN MEN, [47]
Barnard's Company, [47]
WESTFORD MEN, [36]
Bates's Company, [36]
Minot's Company, [37]
Parker's Company, [38]
WOBURN MEN, [30]
Belknap's Company, [30]
Fox's Company, [31]
Walker's Company, [33]

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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

All changes in the Errata, found at the end of the narrative and before the main Index, have been applied to the etext.

Other obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

Several shilling and pence amounts in the form "13 s" or "13 s." or "13 s," have been changed to the form "13s." for consistency.

All instances of 'Lieut. Col.' have been replaced by 'Lieut.-Col.' for consistency.

Except for those changes noted below, all misspelling in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example: farmhouse, farm-house, farm house; a while, awhile; today, to-day; dismission; bowlder; loth.

[Pg x]. 'Americans Killed' replaced by 'American Killed', to match TOC with chapter heading.
[Pg 1]. 'treasure and bood' replaced by 'treasure and blood'.
[Pg 16]. "D'Bernicre" replaced by "De Bernicre".
[Pg 23]. 'soliders' replaced by 'soldiers'.
[Pg 35] FN [65]. 'In a article' replaced by 'In an article'.
[Pg 70]. There are two valid anchors for FN [149].
[Pg 111]. 'three o'clcok' replaced by 'three o'clock'.
[Pg 128]. The currency amount '£1761, 1, 5;' has been replaced by '£1761, 1s. 5d.;'.
[Pg 133]. 'had be known' replaced by 'had he known'.

Index:
[Faulkner] ... 'Fraucis' replaced by 'Francis'.
[Flour] ... entry moved from before Flint to after Flint.
[Mason] ...'198' replaced by '128'.
[Prisoners] ... 'American' replaced by 'Americans'.
[White] ... 'Begjamin' replaced by 'Benjamin'.

The second part of this book contains the Muster Rolls of the companies which participated in the battle. The page numbering begins again with [Page 1].

Except for those changes noted below, the spelling of names in the Muster Rolls has been left unchanged, including the use of (?) for partial or missing names as in the original text. ( ? ) has been contracted to (?).

The inconsistent use of Jr. Jun. Junr. Jur. Jor. Joner. Jnr. as abbreviations for Junior, has been left unchanged. A period has been added when missing (Jr to Jr. etc).

[Pg 9]. 'Coporal Stephen Barrett' replaced by 'Corporal Stephen Barrett'.
[Pg 13]. 'Joseph Meeds, June' replaced by 'Joseph Meeds, Jun.'.
[Pg 14]. 'Abra Peirec' replaced by 'Abra Peirce'.
[Pg 28]. 'Ninteenth' replaced by 'Nineteenth'.
[Pg 39]. 'Ar D.' replaced by 'April A.D.'.
[Pg 43]. 'Slias Chubb' replaced by 'Silas Chubb'.
[Pg 46]. Due to the printer's insertion of page 46a, the last three lines of this page have been moved to the top of page 47.
[Pg 54]. '20th th of' replaced by '20th of'.
[Pg 57]. "Fuller's Compamy" replaced by "Fuller's Company".
[Pg 72]. Ditto, on one line represented by ", replaced by 'do' for consistency.