Stoughton and Stoughtonham (now Sharon) 

Soldiers of the Revolutionary War

 

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JOSEPH EASTY, Stoughton . Private, Capt. William Briggs's co., Col. Joseph Read's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 9, 1775; service, 2 mos. 26 days.  

 

JOSEPH EASTY, JR., Stoughton . Private, Capt. William Bent's co., Col. John Greaton's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 27, 1775; service, 3 mos. 12 days.

 

OLIVER EASTY. Private, Capt. Stephen Penniman's co., Col. Dike's regt.; service from Dec. 13, 1776, to March 1, 1777; credited to town of Stoughton.

 

SOLOMON EASTY, Stoughton . Private, Capt. Peter Talbot's co., Col. Lemuel Robinson's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 20 days; also, Capt. William Briggs's co., Col. Joseph Read's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 9, 1775; service, 2 mos. 26 days; also, company return dated Roxbury Camp, Sept. 26, 1775.

 

PEIRSON EATON (also given Person and Payson), Dorchester (also given Lunenburg and Roxbury). Private, Lieut. Hopestill Hall's (2d Dorchester) co., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 3 days; also, Capt. Hopestill Hall's co., Col. Lemuel Robinson's regt.; enlisted Jan. 29, 1776; service to time of marching, 23 days; roll dated Roxbury; also, Capt. Seth Sumner's co., Col. Benjamin Gill's regt.; service, 3 days; company ordered to march to Moon Island June 12, 1776; also, Capt. Isaac Tuckerman's co., Col. Ebenezer Francis's regt.; pay abstract for wages, travel allowance home, (3 miles), etc., dated Dorchester, Nov. 28, 1776; also, Capt. Oliver Lyman's co., Col. Dike's regt.; service from Dec. 1, 1776, to March 1, 1777; also, return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Sumner's co., Col. Benjamin Gill's regt., dated Stoughton, June 27, 1777; residence, Dorchester; engaged for town of Dorchester; joined Capt. Langdon's co., Col. Jackson's regt.; term, 3 years; also, list of men mustered by Nathaniel Barber, Muster Master for Suffolk Co., dated Boston, May 25, 1777; also, Sergeant, Capt. Thomas Hunt's co., Col. Henry Jackson's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from May 19, 1777, to Dec. 19 [31], 1779; also, Capt. James Jones's co., Col. Henry Jackson's regt.; pay roll for Feb., 1778, dated Guelph Mills; also, same co. and regt.; pay rolls for June‑Aug., 1778, dated Providence; also, same co. and regt.; pay roll for Sept., 1778. dated Pawtuxet; also, same co. and regt.; pay roll for Nov., 1778; also, same co. and regt.; pay rolls for Feb. and March, 1779, dated Pawtuxet; also, Capt. Thomas Hunt's (8th) co., Col. Henry Jackson's regt.; muster roll for April, 1779, dated Pawtuxet; enlisted May 19, 1777; also, same co. and regt.; muster roll dated Camp Providence, July 9, 1779; residence, Lunenburg; also, Capt. Hunt's (4th) co., Col. Jackson's regt.; pay roll for Oct., 1779, dated Camp near Providence; also, Capt. Hunt's co., Col. Jackson's regt.; return made up to Dec. 31, 1779, dated Camp at Providence; also, Capt. Hunt's (4th) co., Col. Jackson's (16th) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to May 19, 1780; residence, Roxbury; reported as serving 1 mo. 19 days as Sergeant, 3 mos. as Private; reduced to Private Feb. 1, 1780; promoted to Sergeant May 1, 1780; discharged May 19, 1780.

 

IBROOK EDDY. Private, Capt. Robert Swan's co., Col. Benjamin Gill's regt.; service, 24 days; company marched to Bristol , R. I., April 18, 1777 . Roll dated Stoughton .

 

DANIEL EDSON, Stoughton . Private, Capt. Peter Talbot's co., Col. Lemuel Robinson's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 2 days; also, Corporal, Capt. Simeon Leach's co., Col. Benjamin Gill's regt.; service, 5 days; company marched from Stoughton to fortify Dorchester Heights March 4, 1776.

 

JOSEPH ELLIOT, Stoughton . Corporal, Capt. Moses Knap's co., Col. William Sheppard's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from March 7, 1777, to Jan. 3, 1778; reported deceased; also, same co. and regt.; muster return dated Jan. 30, 1778; residence, Stoughton; enlisted for town of Stoughton; mustered by State and Continental Muster Master; enlistment, 3 years.

 

WILLIAM ELLIS. Return of men raised for Continental service, agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780 ; engaged April 19, 1781 ; engaged for town of Stoughton .

 

ELKANAH ELMES. Return of men raised for Continental service, agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780 ; engaged April 18, 1781 ; engaged for town of Stoughton .

 

JAMES ENDECOT, Stoughton . Captain of a company, Col. Lemuel Robinson's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 13 days.

 

 

JAMES ENDICOTT. Captain, Col. Benjamin Gill's regt.; service, 5 days; company marched from Stoughton to assist the army in fortifying Dorchester Heights March 4, 1776; also, Captain, 3d co. (North co. of 1st Parish in Stoughton), Col. Benjamin Gill's (3d Suffolk Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers to be commissioned dated Stoughton, March 22, 1776; ordered in Council March 25, 1776, that commissions be issued; also, Captain, Col. Gill's regt.; service, 3 days; company marched to Moon Island June 13, 1776, when the British fleet was driven out of Boston harbor; also, Captain, Col. Ephraim Wheelock's regt.; regimental returns dated Ticonderoga, Sept. 11, Sept. 14, and Oct. 12, 1776; also, Captain, Col. William McIntosh's regt.; entered service March 20, 1778; discharged April 5, 1778; service, 18 days; company marched to Roxbury; roll dated Stoughton.

 

 

JAMES ENDICUTT, Stoughton . Captain, Col. Ephraim Wheelock's regt.; regimental returns from Sept 21, 1776 , to Nov. 17, 1776 , dated Ticonderoga .

 

 

JACOB ESTEY, JR., Stoughtonham. Lieutenant, Capt. Edward Bridge Savel's (1st Stoughtonham) co., Col. Robinson's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 3 days; also, 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Edward Bridge Savel's 4th co. (North co. in Stoughtonham), Col. Benjamin Gill's (3d Suffolk Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers to be commissioned dated Stoughton, March 22, 1776; ordered in Council March 25, 1776, that commissions be issued.

 

 

JOS. ESTEY, Stoughton . Private, Capt. Asahel Smith's (Stoughton) co., Col. Lemuel Robinson's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 9 days.

 

 

JACOB ESTY (also given Jr.). 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Edward Bridge Savell's (4th) co., 3d Suffolk Co. regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers; commissioned March 23, 1776; also, Lieutenant, in a company commanded by Capt. Robert Swan of Stoughton, Col. Benjamin Gill's regt.; service, 24 days; company marched to Bristol, R. I., April 18, 1777; roll dated Stoughton.

 

 

JOB ESTY. Private, Capt. James Endicott's co., Col. William McIntosh's regt.; enlisted March 20, 1778; discharged April 5, 1778; service, 18 days; company marched to Roxbury March 20, 1778. Roll dated Stoughton .

 

 

JOHN ESTY. Private, Capt. James Endicott's co., Col. William McIntosh's regt.; enlisted March 20, 1778; discharged April 5, 1778; service, 18 days; company marched to Roxbury March 20, 1778. Roll dated Stoughton .

 

JOSEPH ESTY, Stoughton . Private, Capt. William Bent's co., 36th regt.; company return dated Fort No. 2, Oct. 5, 1775 .

 

JOSEPH ESTY. Private, Capt. Theophilus Lyon's co., Col. Benjamin Gill's regt.; service, 2 days; company marched from Stoughton to Braintree March 22, 1776 .

 

JOSEPH ESTY, JR., Stoughton . Private, Capt. William Bent's co., 36th regt.; company return dated Fort No. 2, Oct. 5, 1775; also, Capt. Asahel Smith's co., Col. Benjamin Gill's regt.; service, 5 days; company marched from Stoughton March 4, 1776, to assist in fortifying Dorchester Heights.

 

JOSEPH EVANS, Stoughton . Private, Capt. Haskell's co., Col. Gamaliel Bradford's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to March 8, 1780; term, 3 years.

 

ABIJAH EVERDEN, Stoughton . Private, Capt. James Endecott's co., Col. Lemuel Robinson's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 3 days; also, list of men mustered by Nathaniel Barber, Muster Master for Suffolk Co., dated Boston, April 27, 1777; Capt. Daniels's co., Col. Nixon's regt.

 

BENJAMIN EVERDEN, Stoughton . Private, Capt. James Endecott's co., Col. Lemuel Robinson's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 9 days.

 

ABIJAH EVERENDEN, Stoughton . Private, Capt. James Burt's co., Col. Asa Whitcomb's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 20, 1775; service, 2 mos. 16 days.

 

ABIJAH EVERENDON, Stoughton . Capt. James Burt's co., Col. Whitcomb's regt.; company order for advance pay dated Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also, Matross, Capt. Joseph Balch's (3d) co., Col. Crafts's (Artillery) regt.; enlisted Sept. 12, 1776; service to Nov. 1, 1776, 1 mo. 19 days; roll sworn to at Boston; also, list of men raised for Continental service from Col. Gill's regt. [year not given]; residence, Stoughton; engaged for town of Stoughton.

 

BENJAMIN EVERENDON, Stoughton . Private, Capt. Samuel Payson's co., Col. Joseph Read's (20th) regt.; company return [probably Oct., 1775]; also, list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Endicott's co., Col. Benjamin Gill's regt., dated Stoughton, June 27, 1777; residence, Stoughton; enlisted for town of Stoughton; joined Col. Nixon's regt.; enlistment, 3 years.

 

THOMAS EVERENDON, Stoughton . List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Endicott's co., Col. Benjamin Gill's regt., dated Stoughton, June 27, 1777; enlisted for town of Stoughton; joined Capt. Baily's co.; enlistment, 3 years; reported a foreigner.

 

WILLIAM EVERENDON, Stoughtonham. List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Morse's co., Col. Benjamin Gill's regt., dated Stoughton, June 27, 1777; residence, Stoughtonham; enlisted for town of Stoughtonham; joined Capt. Smith's co., Col. Marshil's (Marshall's) regt.; enlistment, 3 years.

 

JOHN EVERET, Stoughton or Stoughtonham. Private, Capt. Israel Smith's co. of Minute‑men, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 3 days.

 

NATHANIEL EVERET. Private, Capt. Robert Swan's co., Col. Benjamin Gill's regt.; service, 12 days; company marched from Milton , Stoughton , and Stoughtonham, to Castle Island Dec. 19, 1776.

 

ABIJAH EVERETT. Capt. Abner Crane's co., Col. John Robinson's regt.; enlisted Aug. 8, 1777; service, 1 mo. 23 days, at Rhode Island; reported discharged Jan. 1, 1778; roll dated Stoughton; also, Private (also given Quartermaster Sergeant), Capt. Samuel Fisher's co.; discharged Sept. 12, 1779; service, 1 mo. 2 days; company detached from militia and ordered to serve at Rhode Island for 4 weeks in a regiment under Capt. Samuel Fisher; roll sworn to at Wrentham, and endorsed "Col. Benjamin Haws's regt."

 

NATHANIEL EVERETT, Stoughton . Private, Capt. Peter Talbot's co., Col. Lemuel Robinson's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 5 days.

 

THOMAS EVERETT, Stoughton (also given Taunton ). Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce Continental Army for the term of 6 mouths, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780, returned as received of Justin Ely, Commissioner, by Col. Timothy Bigelow, at Springfield, Oct. ‑, 1780; age, 16 yrs.; stature, 5 ft.; complexion, light; engaged for town of Stoughton; arrived at Springfield Sept. 15, 1780; marched to camp Oct. 1, 1780, under command of Lieut. Lynde; also, list of men raised for the 6 months service and returned by Brig. Gen. Paterson as having passed muster in a return dated Camp Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780; also, Drummer, Capt. Jonathan Maynard's co., Lieut. Col. Brooks's (7th) regt.; muster roll for May, 1781, dated West Point; also, descriptive list dated Feb. 20, 1782; Capt. Jonathan Maynard's (also given Capt. Allen's) co., Lieut. Col. John Brooks's (7th) regt.; age, 17 (also given 16) yrs.; stature, 5 ft. (also given 4 ft. 11 in.); complexion, light; hair, light; occupation, laborer (also given farmer); birthplace, Stoughton (also given Taunton); residence, Stoughton (also given Taunton); enlisted Oct. ‑ (also given Nov. 2), 1780; enlisted by Maj. Darby; enlistment, during war; also, Capt. Maynard's co., Lieut. Col. Brooks's regt.; muster rolls for Feb., June, and July, 1782; also, Capt. Maynard's (6th) co., Lieut. Col. Brooks's regt.; muster roll for Oct., 1782; also, Capt. Allen's co., Lieut. Col. Brooks's (7th) regt.; list of men discharged; said Everett discharged June 10, 1783, by Gen. Washington, term of enlistment having expired. [See Thomas Everton.]

 

 

NATHANIEL EVERIT, Stoughton . Private, Capt. Simeon Leach's co., Col. Benjamin Gill's regt.; service, 5 days; company marched from Stoughton March 4, 1776, to fortify Dorchester Heights .

 

 

THOMAS EVERIT, Stoughton . Drummer, Capt. Jonathan Maynard's co., Lieut. Col. John Brooks's (7th) regt.; muster roll for Aug., 1781, sworn to at Peekskill; term, during war; also, muster roll for Nov., 1782.

 

BENJAMIN EVERTON, Stoughton . Private, Capt. Samuel Payson's co., Col. Joseph Read's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 27, 1775; service, 3 mos. 12 days; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Roxbury, Nov. 2, 1775; also, list of men mustered by Nathaniel Barber, Muster Master for Suffolk Co., dated Boston, Jan. 19, 1777; Capt. Isaiah Stetson's co., Col. Gamaliel Bradford's regt.; also, Private, 8th co., Col. Gamaliel Bradford's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 6, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; residence, Stoughton; credited to town of Stoughton; also, Capt. Isaiah Stetson's co., Col. Bradford's regt.; billeting roll dated Boston, April 8, 1777; enlisted Jan. 17 (also given Jan. 6), 1777; joined Feb. 14, 1777; marched April 15, 1777; credited with 54 days allowance; also, 8th co., Col. Bradford's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; also, Private, Capt. Joseph Bates's co., 14th regt.; pay roll for Aug. and Sept., 1780; also, descriptive list endorsed "Jan. 11, 1781;" Lieut. Col. John Brooks's (7th) regt.; age, 23 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 6 in.; complexion, light; hair, brown; birthplace, Milton; residence, Milton; enlisted in 1779 by Capt. Redding; enlistment, 3 years; also, Private, Capt. William White's (Light Infantry) co., Lieut. Col. John Brooks's (7th) regt.; muster roll for Jan., 1781, dated West Point; enlistment, during war; also, Capt. Zebulon King's co., Lieut. Col. John Brooks's (7th) regt.; muster rolls for Feb.‑May, 1781, dated West Point; reported joined from light infantry in Feb., 1781; also, muster rolls for June‑Sept., 1781; reported on command with Col. Scammel; also, same co. and regt.; muster roll for Oct. and Nov., 1781, dated York Hutts; reported transferred to the "light horse."

 

THOMAS EVERTON, Stoughton . Drummer, Capt. Holden's co., Lieut. Col. Brooks's (7th) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Sept. 14, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; also, Drummer, Capt. Jonas Parker's co., Lieut. Col. John Brooks's (7th) regt.; muster roll for Jan., 1781, dated West Point; also, Drummer, Capt. Jonathan Maynard's co., Lieut. Col. John Brooks's (7th) regt.; muster roll for June, 1781. [See Thomas Everett.]

 

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