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270 HISTORY OF AMESBURY.<br />

and then the meeting adjourned to the West meeting house on<br />

the 19th.<br />

At the adjourned meeting, Capt. John Hoyt, Ensign Mat-<br />

thias Hoyt and Lieut. John Barnard were chosen to enlist the<br />

men on the best terms they could obtain for three years or<br />

during the war. At this time one-seventh <strong>of</strong> the able-bodied<br />

men was twenty-two. This number was obtained for ^30 each,<br />

which was paid by the town from money borrowed <strong>of</strong> the citi-<br />

zens. The noble-hearted women frequently loaned the town<br />

money on these occasions.<br />

The following is a list <strong>of</strong> the men :<br />

"Gideon Colby,<br />

Timothy Silver,<br />

Stephen Lowell,<br />

Levi Wells,<br />

Timothy Colby, jun.,<br />

John Lowell,<br />

Henry Hunt,<br />

Stephen Badger,<br />

John Newcomb,<br />

Aaron Colby,<br />

Benjamin Bodge,<br />

—<br />

—<br />

David Nickols,<br />

Wells Chase, jun.,<br />

Thomas Clarke,<br />

Eliphalet Hoyt,<br />

John Plumer,<br />

Thomas Lanckester,<br />

Timothy Hoyt, jun..<br />

Marshal Stoker,<br />

John Hoyt y- 3 d<br />

Matthias Hoyt,<br />

Barnard Hoyt."<br />

Aug. 1 6th. A call for one-sixth <strong>of</strong> the able-bodied men hav-<br />

ing been made, a meeting was held this day and a bounty <strong>of</strong><br />

^4, 10 s., per month was <strong>of</strong>fered to each <strong>of</strong> thirty men.<br />

The following persons were enlisted and received their bounty<br />

money on the 23d inst., viz. :<br />

"William Lowell,<br />

Benjamin Swett,<br />

Joshua Wells,<br />

Jonathan Barnard,<br />

David Currier,<br />

Levi Blasdell,<br />

Jacob Ring,<br />

Richard Osgood,<br />

John Herbet,<br />

Obadiah Badger,<br />

Thomas Foot,<br />

Daniel Hoyt,<br />

Moses Goodwin,<br />

Edmund Bartlett,<br />

Jonathan Hoyt,<br />

Isaac Foot,<br />

Joseph Morse,<br />

Robert Hoyt,<br />

Joshua Sargent,<br />

Enoch Colby,

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