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For the County of CUMBERLAND.

First Regiment: John Waite, Colonel; Peter Noyes, Lieutenant-Colonel; Nathaniel Jordan, First Major; William Frost, Second Major.

Second Regiment: Jonathan Mitchell, Colonel; Nathaniel Purrington, Lieutenant-Colonel; Charles Gerrisb, First Major; Nathaniel Larabee, Second Major.

Third Regiment: Reuben Fogg, Colonel; Richard Lombard, Lieutenant-Colonel; Timothy McDaniel, First Major; Ephraim Row, Second Major.

Fourth Regiment: Timothy Pike, Colonel; Moses Merril, Lieutenant-Colonel; William Knight, First Major; Samuel Mathews, Second Major.

For the County of LINCOLN.

First Regiment: Samuel MeCobb, Colonel; Samuel Harnden, Lieutenant-Colonel (10); DummerSewall, First Major (11); James Hunter, Second Major.

Second Regiment: Joseph North, Colonel; William Howard, Lieutenant-Colonel; Ezekiel Pettee, First Major; Rowland Cushing, Second Major.

Third Regiment: William Jones, Colonel; Edward Emerson, Lieutenant-Colonel (6); John Farley, First Major; Moses Davis, Second Major.

Fourth Regiment: Moses Wheaton, Colonel; William Farnsworth, Lieutenant-Colonel; James Minot. First Major; Sands Robinson, Second Major.

Fifth Regiment: Jonathan Buck, Colonel; Matthew Patten, Lieutenant-Colonel; Edmund Moore, First Major; Jonathan Buck, Jun., Second Major.

Sixth Regiment: Benjamin Foster, Colonel; Alexander Campbell, Lieutenant-Colonel; Samuel Jordan, First Major; Francis Shaw, Jun., Second Major.

For the County of BERKSHIRE.

First Regiment: Mark Hopkins, Colonel; Aaron Root, Lieutenant-Colonel; Giles Jackson, First Major; Jacob Brown, Second Major.

Second Regiment: Benjamin Symonds, Colonel; Jonathan Smith, Lieutenant-Colonel; David Rosseter, First Major; Caleb Hyde, Second Major.

Note.—The figures annexed to the names of some persons in the foregoing list show that they have been elected to other offices, or declined accepting their appointment, or were non-concurred by the Council, as will appear by the Journals, and refer, respectively, to the following gentlemen, who have been elected in their room, viz:

1.John Gray,10. Dummer Sewall,
2.Eleazer Brooks,11.. John Hews,
3.Francis Faulkner,12.Jonathan Reed,
4.Nathaniel Barret,13.Josiah Sartel,
5.Samuel Lamson,14.Jonathan Minot,
6.Andrew Reed,15.Samuel Stone,
7.Nicholas Holt,16. Joseph Gilbert
8.Silas Bayley,17.Enoch Hallet,
9.Ebenezer Jones,18.Joseph Dimmick

The following shows the division of the Militia of each County into Regiments, and the rank of each Regiment, as ordered by the honourable Council:

SUFFOLK.

Boston Regiment.—Boston, to be called the Boston Regiment, and to lake rank of all the other Regiments in the County of Suffolk

First Regiment: Roxbury, Dedham, Needham, Brookline.

Second Regiment: Weymouth, Hingham, Cohasset, Hull.

Third Regiment: Dorchester, Milton, Stoughton, Stoughtonham.

Fourth Regiment: Medfield, Wrentham, Medway, Bellingham, Walpole.

Fifth Regiment: Braintree.

ESSEX.

First Regiment: Salem, Lynn.

Second Regiment: Newburyport, Salisbury, Amesbury.

Third Regiment: Ipswich, Topsfield, Wenham.

Fourth Regiment: Haverhill, Andover, Bradford, Boxford, Methuen.

Fifth Regiment: Marblehead.

Sixth Regiment: Gloucester, Manchester

Seventh Regiment: Newbury, Rowley.

Eighth Regiment: Beverly, Danvers, Middleton.

MIDDLESEX.

First Regiment: Cambridge, Charlestown, Watertown, Newton, Maiden, Medlbrd, Waltham.

Second Regiment: Woburn, Reading, Wilmington, Stoneham.

Third Regiment: Concord, Lexington, Weston, Acton, Lincoln.

Fourth Regiment: Sudbury, Marlborough, Stow.

Fifth Regiment: Framingham, Sherburne, Hopkington, Natick, Holliston.

Sixth Regiment: Littleton, Westford, Groton, Shirley, Pepperel, Townsend, Ashby.

Seventh Regiment: Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Bedford, Tewkesbury, Dunstable.

HAMPSHIRE.

First Regiment: Springfield, Wilbraham,Brimfield,SouthBrimfield, Palmer, Monson, Ludlow.

Second Regiment: Northampton, Hatfield, Whately, Williamsburgh, Chesterfield with the Gore, Southampton,Worthington, Norwich, Number-Five

Third Regiment: West Springfield, Westfield, Southwick, Granville, Blanford, Murrayfield.

Fourth Regiment: Hadley, Soulh-Hadley, Granby, Belchertown, Ware, Greenwich, Pelham, Arnherst.

Fifth Regiment: Deerfield, Greenfield, Charlemont, with the Wards' Grant, Merryfield, Colerain,Barnardston, Shelburne, Convvay, Ashfield, Hatfield, Equivalent, Number-Seven, No-Town

Sixth Regiment: Northfield, Stmderland, Leveret, Shutesbury, New-Salem, Ervinshire, Montagu, Warwick.

PLYMOUTH.

First Regiment: Plymouth, Plympton, Halifax, Kingston, Duxborough.

Second Regiment: Scituate, Marshfield, Hanover, Pembroke.

Third Regiment: Bridgewater, Abington.

Fourth Regiment: Middleborougb, Rochester, Wareham.

BARNSTABLE.

First Regiment: Barnstable, Sandwich, Yarmouth, Falmouth.

Second Regiment: Harwich, Eastham, Chatham, Wellfleet, Truro, Provincetown.

BRUSTOL.

First Regiment: Rehoboth, Swanzey.

Second Regiment: Dartmouth, Freetown, Dighton, Berkley.

Third Regiment: Taunton, Easton, Raynham.

Fourth Regiment: Attleborough, Norton, Mansfield.

YORK.

First Regiment: York, Sandford, the Plantations called Cox-Hall arid Mossabeseck, and the first Parish in Wells.

Second Regiment: Kittery, Berwick, Lebanon. Third Regiment: Biddeford, Arundel, Pepperelborough, Buxton, the Plantation called Little-Falls, and the second Parish in Wells.

DUKES-COUNTY.—(Blank.)

WORCESTER.

First Regiment: Worcester, Leicester, Holden, Spencer, Paxton, (including the new Parish called Boggychoge.)

Second Regiment: Lancaster, Harvard, Bolton, Princeton.

Third Regiment: Mendon, Uxbridge, Northbridge, Upton, Douglass.

Fourth Regiment: Brookfield, Western, New-Braintree, Hardwick, Oakham.

Fifth Regiment: Sutton, Oxford, Sturbridge, Charlton, Dudley, (including adjacent lands lying in No-Town.

Sixth Regiment: Southborough, Westborough, Shrewsbury, Northborough, Grafton.

Seventh Regiment: Rutland, Petersham, Hutchinson, Athol, Templeton, Winchendon, Royalston, Hubbardston.

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