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RETURN OF COLONEL READ’S REGIMENT, MAY 18, 1775. Joseph Read, Colonel; Ebenczer Clapp, Lieutenant-Colonel; Calvin Smith, Major; Hezekiah Chapman, Chaplain; John Holden, Adjutant; William Jennison, Quartermaster; Levi Willard, Surgeon; Joseph Adams, Surgeon’s Mate.
Officers, 30; Men, 564; Total, 594. Watertown, May 24, 1775. Received the Commissions for the officers above-mentioned. JOSEPH READ, Colonel. GENERAL WARD’S REGIMENT. Jonathan Ward, Lieutenant-Colonel; Edward Barnes, Major; Timothy Bigelow, Second Major; James Hart, Adjutant; William Boyd, Quartermaster.
Total, Officers and Privates, 440. In Provincial Congress, Watertown, May 23, 1775. Resolved, That Commissions be given out to General Ward’s Regiment, agreeable to the above List. SAML. FREEMAN, Secretary pro tem. COLONEL LEARNED’S REGIMENT. J. Danforth Keys, Lieutenant-Colonel; Jonathan Hollman, Major;—Bannister, Adjutant.
In Provincial Congress, Watertown, May 23, 1775. Resolved, That Commissions be given to the Officers of Col. Learned’s Regiment, agreeable to the above list. COLONEL WALKER’S REGIMENT, MAY 23, 1775. Timothy Walker, Colonel; Nathaniel Leonard, Lieutenant-Colonel; Abel Mitchell, Major; Mason Shaw, Adjutant; Daniel Park, Surgeon; Jacob Fuller, Quartermaster.
Total, Officers and Privates, 562. In Provincial Congress, May 24, 1775. Ordered, That the Officers of Colonel Walker’s Regiment be commissioned, agreeable to the foregoing list. SAML. FREEMAN, Secretary. COLONEL SCAMMON’S REGIMENT, MAY 23, 1775. Johnson Molton, Lieutenant-Colonel; David Wood, Major; George Madison, Adjutant; Samuel Nasson, Quartermaster.
Total rank and file, 512. In Provincial Congress, Watertown, June 2, 1775. Ordered, That Commissions be given to the Officers of Colonel Scammon’s Regiment, (except those Captains who have already received their commissions,) agreeable to the above list. SAML. FREEMAN, Secretary. COLONEL PRESCOTT’S REGIMENT, MAY 25, 1775. William Prescott, Colonel; John Robinson, Lieutenant-Colonel; Henry Wood, Major; William Green, Adjutant.
Total, Officers and Soldiers, 483. WM. GREEN, Adjutant. In Provincial Congress, May 26, 1775. Ordered, That Commissions be given to Colonel William Prescott’s Regiment, agreeable to the above list. In Committee of Safety, Cambridge, June 22, 1775. It is recommended to the honourable the Provincial Congress, that Samuel Patch, in Colonel William Prescott’s Regiment, be commissioned as a Captain; and Zachary Walker and Joshua Brown, as Lieutenants in said Company. WM. COOPER, Secretary. In Committee of Safety, Cambridge, June 23, 1775. It is recommended to the honourable the Provincial Congress, that the following Officers in Colonel Prescott’s Regiment be commissioned, viz: Ebenezer Spalding First Lieutenant, Thomas Rogers Second Lieutenant, in Captain Parker’s Company. John Williams First Lieutenant, Thomas Spalding Second Lieutenant, in Captain Lawrence’s Company. Benjamin Ball Second Lieutenant, in Captain Farwell’s Company. John Mosher Second Lieutenant, in Captain Nutting’s Company. Thomas Cummings Second Lieutenant, in Captain Wyman’s Company. Joseph Baker Second Lieutenant, in Captain Gilbert’s Company. WILLIAM COOPER, Secretary. In Provincial Congress, June 25, 1775. Ordered, That Commissions be delivered to the above Officers. Attest: SAML. FREEMAN, Secretary. COLONEL COTTON’S REGIMENT, STATIONED IN ROXBURY. Staff Officers.—Dr. William Thomas, Surgeon; John Thomas, Surgeon’s Mate; John Cotton, Junior, Quartermaster; Joshua Thomas, Adjutant.
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