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and Connecticut 325. Rhode Island was not "counted in," for
reasons best known to our dear old Puritan fathers. Josiah Winslow,
Esq., Governor of Plymouth Colony, was made Commanderin-chief
of the army, and under him Major Samuel Appleton commanded
the Massachusetts forces, consisting of six companies, viz. :
Capt. Appleton'sown, Capt. Mosely's, Capt. Joseph Gardner's, Capt.
Nathaniel Davenport's, Capt. James Oliver's, and a troop under Capt.
Thomas Prentice ; and Major Robert Treat the Conn, forces, 5 com-
panies, under Capts. Siely, Gallop, Mason, Wats ;
and Major Wil-
liam Bradford 2 Plymouth companies, his own and Capt. John Gorham's.
The Massachusetts forces mustered on Dedham Plain, where
on Dec. 9 Gen. Winslow assumed command. There were then " 465
fighting men," besides Capt. Prentice's troop. It seems from the Journal
that no settlement had been made with Mosely's and Appleton's
troops for the campaign in the west, and on December 10th, 27
pages of the book are entirely devoted to their accounts, and few, if
any, other items are given under that date save such as relate to
them. The captains had paid out small sums at different times, and
the towns of " Hadly," " Malbrow," " Mendam," "Lining"
(Lynn), and many constables, 38 merchants and others are credited
by cash, clothing, &c, to these troops, and on that date Treasurer
Hull pays them the balance of their accounts. Among the few pre-
cious lists of names preserved in the Massachusetts Archives is the
Muster Roll 39 of Capt. Mosely's company, " taken at Dedham the
9 th of Xber, 1675." I have arranged this list and the credits of
December 10-20 and January, alphabetically, and tested them carefully
otherwise, and find that the greater part of his company were
his "veterans."
38 The town of Dunstable, per Constable Jona. Tyng, brings in a bill of about £100 for
billeting Mosely's men, ammunition, &c.
Billeting 18 men from 13th August to 10th Sept. 1673 . • • . £16 16 00
29 " " 11th Sept. " 17th January 1675-6 . . 47 18 00
6 " " 18 Jan'y " 25 may 1676 . . . . 25 03 00
" 3 " "3 may " 14 July "
25 lbs Powder and 250 bullets, &c. ...
2 horses 3 days to Pennacook
08 08 00
01 15 00
00 01 06
An Auditing Committee questioned the bill, but he was paid £20 on account, October
11, 1676. (Archives, vol. 68.)
39 This Muster-Roll was published ante, vol. viii. p. 241. From this we learn that Dennis
Sihy (not Siky, as given in the Register) was Company Clerk, and his list will be found a
wonderful production in the way of misspelling names. The transcriber might well doubt
Dennis's ability to spell his own name, since the majority of the others are incorrect; but
it is always Sihy or Syhy in Hull's accounts. Some of the names are hardly recognizable.
I give a few of the worst cases :
Tymothy Arnane, should be Hortman or Horton.
Aruell is probably Arnell. (Savage thinks Arnold is meant.)
Hackerberrv should be Ockerby (or Oglehy later).
Bolthomy Flag, Hull has Bartholomew Flcgge.
Puindcr should be Provender.
Touchwill should be Twichell.
Hugh Collohane should be Hugh Collohue, Gollihu, and finally Galloway (see below).
I think that there are not more than fifteen on the old roll that do not appear in null's
Credits sometime within six months, and it is plain from the latter, and the list of killed,
that others joined his company after this roll was made and before the right.