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1745 AD (search for this): chapter 22
ench War, which commenced in 1753 (though not formally declared until 1756) and continued until 1763, he was active and energetic in the raising of troops and the general administration of military affairs in the Province; but in the Army Cambridge seems to have had no officer of higher rank than Captain. The same remark holds true in regard to the shorter war with France, 1744 to 1748. A paper is on file in the office of the City Clerk, endorsed, Men enlisted in Cambridge against Canada, 1745 and 1746, containing the following names: Capt. [William] Phips, Lieut. [Spencer] Phips, Lieut. Moore, Sergeant Gee, Sam uel Andrew, William Barrett, Jr., John Batherick, W. Brown, Nathaniel Chad ick, Downing Champney, Solomon Champney, John Clark, Abraham Colfrey, Benjamin Crackbone, Robert Crowell, Cutter's Man,——Fillebrown, Simon Goddinz, Nathaniel Hancock, Andrew Hill, Andrew Hinds, William How, Edward Jackson, Joseph Kidder, Cuffe Monis, William Morse, Thomas Patrick, Reuben Prentice, Ed
1746 AD (search for this): chapter 22
which commenced in 1753 (though not formally declared until 1756) and continued until 1763, he was active and energetic in the raising of troops and the general administration of military affairs in the Province; but in the Army Cambridge seems to have had no officer of higher rank than Captain. The same remark holds true in regard to the shorter war with France, 1744 to 1748. A paper is on file in the office of the City Clerk, endorsed, Men enlisted in Cambridge against Canada, 1745 and 1746, containing the following names: Capt. [William] Phips, Lieut. [Spencer] Phips, Lieut. Moore, Sergeant Gee, Sam uel Andrew, William Barrett, Jr., John Batherick, W. Brown, Nathaniel Chad ick, Downing Champney, Solomon Champney, John Clark, Abraham Colfrey, Benjamin Crackbone, Robert Crowell, Cutter's Man,——Fillebrown, Simon Goddinz, Nathaniel Hancock, Andrew Hill, Andrew Hinds, William How, Edward Jackson, Joseph Kidder, Cuffe Monis, William Morse, Thomas Patrick, Reuben Prentice, Edward Purs
November 2nd, 1675 AD (search for this): chapter 22
f Sergeant-major. He came from Virginia to Boston, May 20, 1644, being then styled Captain; he resided in Roxbury about years, but removed to Cambridge before April 9, 1648, when, among the lands at Shawshine, the town granted to Captain Googine a farm, if he buy a house in the town. He wrote the instructions to Captain Joseph Sill, He was a Cambridge man, and was styled Lieutenant before September 24, 1675, when he was appointed Captain of one hundred men, under Major John Pynchon. Nov. 2, 1675, to take charge of the soldiers raised from Charlestown, Watertown, and Cambridge, which are about sixty men, and to go forth against the enemy, closing thus: so desiring the ever-living Lord God to accompany you and your company with his gracious conduct and presence, and that he will for Christ's sake appear in all the mounts of difficulty, and cover all your heads in the day of battle, and deliver the bloodthirsty and cruel enemy of God and his people into your hands, and make you exec
1744 AD (search for this): chapter 22
y organization. expedition against Gorton. Narragansett War. energetic services of Major Gookin. reasons why old men of sixty years are not to train. long service of Capt. Samuel Green. soldiers in the Wars from 1690 to 1740; old French War, 1744 to 1748; French War, 1753 to 1763. Memorial of Capt. William Angier. Gen. William Brattle. Troop of Cavalry. War of the Revolution. rolls of Cambridge soldiers in the Battle of Lexington. some events during that conflict. more persons killen the raising of troops and the general administration of military affairs in the Province; but in the Army Cambridge seems to have had no officer of higher rank than Captain. The same remark holds true in regard to the shorter war with France, 1744 to 1748. A paper is on file in the office of the City Clerk, endorsed, Men enlisted in Cambridge against Canada, 1745 and 1746, containing the following names: Capt. [William] Phips, Lieut. [Spencer] Phips, Lieut. Moore, Sergeant Gee, Sam uel And
1740 AD (search for this): chapter 22
Chapter 21: military History. Military organization. expedition against Gorton. Narragansett War. energetic services of Major Gookin. reasons why old men of sixty years are not to train. long service of Capt. Samuel Green. soldiers in the Wars from 1690 to 1740; old French War, 1744 to 1748; French War, 1753 to 1763. Memorial of Capt. William Angier. Gen. William Brattle. Troop of Cavalry. War of the Revolution. rolls of Cambridge soldiers in the Battle of Lexington. some events during that conflict. more persons killed in Cambridge than elsewhere. Monument in memory of the slain. Capt. Samuel Whittemore desperately wounded. damage to property. troops stationed in Cambridge. College buildings used for barracks. hospitals established. Battle of Bunker Hill. Col. Thomas Gardner. arrival of General Washington. Headquarters. military Works in Cambridge. disposition of the troops. military operations. evacuation of Boston. difficulty in obtaining military
1753 AD (search for this): chapter 22
n against Gorton. Narragansett War. energetic services of Major Gookin. reasons why old men of sixty years are not to train. long service of Capt. Samuel Green. soldiers in the Wars from 1690 to 1740; old French War, 1744 to 1748; French War, 1753 to 1763. Memorial of Capt. William Angier. Gen. William Brattle. Troop of Cavalry. War of the Revolution. rolls of Cambridge soldiers in the Battle of Lexington. some events during that conflict. more persons killed in Cambridge than elsewhs 1728, when he was only twenty-two years old; Colonel, before March, 1739; Adjutant-general in 1758; Brigadier-general, as early as 1760, and Major-general of the militia throughout the Province in 1771. During the French War, which commenced in 1753 (though not formally declared until 1756) and continued until 1763, he was active and energetic in the raising of troops and the general administration of military affairs in the Province; but in the Army Cambridge seems to have had no officer of
1748 AD (search for this): chapter 22
zation. expedition against Gorton. Narragansett War. energetic services of Major Gookin. reasons why old men of sixty years are not to train. long service of Capt. Samuel Green. soldiers in the Wars from 1690 to 1740; old French War, 1744 to 1748; French War, 1753 to 1763. Memorial of Capt. William Angier. Gen. William Brattle. Troop of Cavalry. War of the Revolution. rolls of Cambridge soldiers in the Battle of Lexington. some events during that conflict. more persons killed in Camising of troops and the general administration of military affairs in the Province; but in the Army Cambridge seems to have had no officer of higher rank than Captain. The same remark holds true in regard to the shorter war with France, 1744 to 1748. A paper is on file in the office of the City Clerk, endorsed, Men enlisted in Cambridge against Canada, 1745 and 1746, containing the following names: Capt. [William] Phips, Lieut. [Spencer] Phips, Lieut. Moore, Sergeant Gee, Sam uel Andrew, Wil
February 2nd, 1776 AD (search for this): chapter 22
cknowledge that they have received guns, etc., valued as follows:— Of John Caldwell, gun,£. 1.0.0 Of Ebenezer Bradish, gun and bayonet,1.10.0 Of Capt. Thatcher, gun,1.4.0 Of Capt. Edward Marrett, gun,1.4.0 Of Capt. Stedman, gun,1.7.0 Of Capt. Stedman, gun,0.19.6 Of Capt. Stedman, gun,1.0.0 and on the 11th of June,— Of Wyman, gun and bayonet,2.8.0 Of Mr. Sparhawk, gun and bayonet,1.10.0 Of Mr. Sparhawk, gun and bayonet,1.10.0 Of Mr. Sparhawk, his own gun,2.8.0 Cambridge, Feb. 2, 1776. We the subscribers received of the Selectmen one gun each, valued at the price set against our names subscribed; which gun we respectively promise to return or allow the price set against each name. Samuel Champney, £ 1. 7. 0; William Fuller, £ 1. 4. 0; Abijah Brown, £ 1. 0. 0; Jonathan Deland, £ 0. 18. 0; March 4: John Lock, £ 2. 14. 0. December 16, 1776, Voted, to desire the Selectmen of Watertown to find a Drum and deliver the same to Mr. Eayers, our drummer, for Capt. Blaney's
1760 AD (search for this): chapter 22
ohn Comce was killed, and Benjamin Mussey captived Sergeants William Cheever and Eliazar Parker served in 1722; Zechariah Hicks, clerk, and John Manning, in 1724; Sergeant Simon Holden, in 1725, and John Oldham, in 1740 Next after Colonel Goffe, William Brattle was for many years the most prominent military character. He attained the rank of Major as early as 1728, when he was only twenty-two years old; Colonel, before March, 1739; Adjutant-general in 1758; Brigadier-general, as early as 1760, and Major-general of the militia throughout the Province in 1771. During the French War, which commenced in 1753 (though not formally declared until 1756) and continued until 1763, he was active and energetic in the raising of troops and the general administration of military affairs in the Province; but in the Army Cambridge seems to have had no officer of higher rank than Captain. The same remark holds true in regard to the shorter war with France, 1744 to 1748. A paper is on file in
1759 AD (search for this): chapter 22
etts Archives commemorates the good service of a Cambridge officer and its recognition by the General Court: Province of the Massachusetts Bay. To his Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq., Captain General, Governor, and Commander-in-Chief, in and over his Majesty's Province aforesaid, the Honble his Majesty's Council, and the Honble House of Representatives in General Court assembled at Boston, December, 1763,— Humbly sheweth William Angier of Cambridge, that on the second day of November, A. D. 1759, he was Captain of a company in Col. Joseph Frye's Regiment, stationed at Fort Cumberland in Nova Scotia: that the Regiment appearing inclined to mutiny, and refusing to do duty because (they said) the time they enlisted for expired the day before; and as there was no troops arrived to relieve the Regiment, the Fort would undoubtedly fall into the hands of the enemy, if the Regiment (as they threatened) should desert it, Col. Frye, to prevent their desertion, ordered the several Captains to d
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