Springfield 1636-1886, History of Town and City, by Mason A. Green ...

SPRINGFIELD, 1636-1886. 289
Congress should only ascertain and proportion the sums necessary'
for the Publick service & Lay the estimate before the several Legis-
latures & that the Legislatures make grants for the supply of the
Continental Treasur}^"
In April, 1777, two battalions from Hampshire county were ordered
to Ticonderoga. Soldiers were forwarded from Springfield in short
order, their families being placed under the special care of the town.
Capt. Gideon Burt with Lieut. Ebenezer Colton (Col. David Seward's
regiment) made the forced march from Springfield to Ticonderoga.
The Springfield men accompanying them were Samuel Gridley, Jona-
than Burt, Ambrose Collins, Ebenezer Morgan, Ephraim Brown,
Thomas Colton, Ebenezer Rumrill, George Cooley, Festus Colton,
Simeon Colton, Samuel Keep, Henry Colton, Ezra Stebbins, Will-
iam Hunt, O. Hitchcock, Jeduthan Sanderson, Daniel Bliss, Luther
Vanhorn, Ephraim Chapin, and Japhet Chapin.
The nine-months' men drafted and sent from Springfield to Fishkill
in 1778 were : —
William Hitchcock, Justin Smith, Austin Brooks, David Bonner,
James Mills, Israel Bond, Martin Smith, Ezekiel Chapin, Leba Bel-
man, Abel Coburn, Jabez Crosby, Abner Russell, and Daniel Hancock.
In Captain Rowle's company (Col. John Jacob's regiment) were the
following Springfield men in 1778 : Capt. Nathan Rowle, Lieut. Enoch
Leonard, Ebenezer Bliss, Ebenezer Pumery, Simeon Colton, Oliver
Hitchcock, A. Stephenson, Jonathan Stephenson, William Pepper,
Gad Warriner, Timothy Hopkins, George Blake, Russel Allin, and
James Howard. In 1778, in Capt. Phineas Stebbins's company
(Col. N. Sparhawk's regiment) were these Springfield men : Na-
than Chapin, sergeant; Rubin Ferre, John Ferre, William White,
Moses Barber, and Moses Stebbins.
During the summer and autunm of 1 780 there were gathered at
Springfield forty-three divisions of six-months' men, who marched
from here as fast as they were ready for service. This was in accord-
ance with a resolution of the General Court passed in June. In the