History of Northampton, Massachusetts, from its settlement in 1654;

386 HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTON. [1776.
receive £7 each. A company was enlisted for five months'
service from Northampton, Southampton and adjacent
towns. On the 7"' of July, a muster to enlist soldiers was
held in Northampton, at which a part of the quota was
secured, and another in Southampton on the 9*'', when
eight or nine men were enlisted. They were mustered in
July 19"', and the term of service ended December 19"'.
Joseph Lyman of Northampton was Captain ; Elislia Bascom
of Southampton, Lieut, ; John Dickinson of Hatfield,
Ens. ; Benjamin Reed of Chesterfield, Abner Lyman and
Solomon Allen of Northampton, Sergts. They marched to
Ticonderoga, remained all the time in tents near the fort,
were engaged in building redoubts, etc. , but were not called
into action. Seven men died, viz. : —
Lieut Elisha Bascom
of Southampton, Asahel Judd, son of Samuel, Barzillai
Brewer, and John Riley of Northampton, Eli Danks and
John Pomeroy of Southampton, and Levi Ludden of Williamsburg.
The company received at starting 20s. each in
Continental money, at the Court-House. They were paid
40s. per month in Continental bills, which had not depreciated
very much at that time. This company is the one
alluded to in Cook's narrative, as arriving at Ticonderoga.
Ruggles Woodbridge of South Hadley commanded the regiment,
and it was discharged in December.
A Company
Boston.
for About the first of August, a company was
raised for service at Boston. The men were
from Northampton, Southampton, Hadley,
Hatfield, Worthington, South Hadley, and other towns.
Moses Kel-
Oliver Lyman of Northampton was Captain ;
logg of South Hadley, 1'^ Lieut. ; Joshua Lamb Woodbridge
of Hatfield, 2^* Lieut. ; Shubael Warner of Southampton,
Ens. They were in the service four months, and
were stationed at Dorchester. During this time they removed
the barracks from Cambridge to Dorchester. About
the V^ of December they returned home, not having been
called into action. Thomas Lyman, one of the minutemen,
was a member of
Lyman was a Lieut.
this company, and Capt. Oliver