Capt. Parker's Lexington Company of Minutemen

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The men of Captain John Parker's Lexington Company of Minutemen^[1]

(* - Present on Lexington Common on April 19, 1775^[2])

(# - Returned British fire in the morning engagement^[3])

NAME	RANK	NOTES
John Parker *	Captain
William Tidd * #	Lieutenant
Robert Munroe *	Ensign	KIA
Joseph Simonds *	Ensign
Daniel Harrington *	Clerk
William Munroe *	Orderly Sergeant
Francis Brown	Sergeant
Ebenezer White	Sergeant
John Munroe * #	Corporal
Ebenezer Parker *	Corporal
Samuel Sanderson *	Corporal
Joel Viles *	Corporal
William Diamond *	Drummer
Jonathan Harrington *	Fifer	(1)
Isaac Blodgett	Private
Ebenezer Bowman *	Private
Francis Bowman	Private
John Bridge, Jr. *	Private
Joseph Bridge	Private
James Brown *	Private
John Brown *	Private	KIA
Solomon Brown * #	Private
John Buckman	Private
Eli Burdoo	Private
John Chandler *	Private
John Chandler, Jr. *	Private
Abijah Child	Private
Joseph Comee *	Private	WIA
Thomas Cutler	Private
Robert Douglass *	Private	(2)
Isaac Durant *	Private	(11)
Prince Estabrook *	Private	WIA (3)
Nathaniel Farmer *	Private	WIA
Nathan Fessenden	Private
Thomas Fessenden	Private
Dr. Joseph Fiske	Private
Isaac Green *	Private	(11)
William Grimes *	Private
Benjamin Hadley	Private
Ebenezer Hadley	Private
Samuel Hadley *	Private	KIA
Thomas Hadley, Jr. *	Private
Micah Hagar *	Private
Caleb Harrington *	Private	KIA
Jeremiah Harrington	Private
John Harrington *	Private
Jonathan Harrington, "Jr." *	Private	KIA (4)
Jonathan Harrington, 3rd	Private
Moses Harrington	Private
Moses Harrington, Jr. *	Private
Moses Harrington, 3rd *	Private	(9)
Thaddeus Harrington *	Private
Thomas Harrington *	Private
William Harrington	Private
Isaac Hastings *	Private
Samuel Hastings *	Private
Samuel Hastings, Jr.	Private
John Hosmer *	Private	(11)
Amos Locke *	Private
Benjamin Locke *	Private
Ebenezer Locke * #	Private
Reuben Locke *	Private
Jonathan Loring	Private
Joseph Loring	Private
Amos Marrett	Private
Daniel Mason	Private
Joseph Mason	Private
Abner Mead *	Private
Benjamin Merriam	Private
William Merriam	Private
Nathaniel Mulliken *	Private
Asa Munroe	Private
Ebenezer Munroe	Private	(5)
Ebenezer Munroe, "Jr." * #	Private	WIA (6)
Edmund Munroe	Private
George Munroe	Private
Jedediah Munroe *	Private	WIA KIA (10)
John Munroe, Jr.	Private
John Munroe, 2nd	Private
Nathan Munroe *#	Private
Philemon Munroe	Private
Stephen Munroe	Private
William Munroe, Jr.	Private
William Munroe, 3rd *	Private
Amos Muzzy	Private
Isaac Muzzy *	Private	KIA
John Muzzy *	Private
Thaddeus Muzzy	Private
Jonas Parker * #	Private	KIA
Jonas Parker, Jr. *	Private
Thaddeus Parker	Private
John Parkhurst	Private
Nathaniel Parkhurst *	Private
Solomon Pierce *	Private	WIA
Asahel Porter *	Private	Unarmed KIA (7)
Isreal Porter	Private	(11)
John Raymond	Private
Hammond Reed	Private
Joshua Reed *	Private
Joshua Reed, Jr. *	Private
Nathan Reed *	Private
Robert Reed	Private
Thaddeus Reed	Private
William Reed	Private
John Robbins *	Private	WIA
Joseph Robinson	Private
Phillip Russell *	Private
Benjamin Sampson *#	Private	(11)
Elijah Sanderson	Private	(11)
Ebenezer Simonds	Private
Joshua Simonds	Private
Abraham Smith	Private
David Smith	Private
Ebenezer Smith	Private
Jesse Smith	Private
John Smith	Private
Jonathan Smith	Private
Joseph Smith	Private
Josiah Smith	Private
Phineas Smith	Private	(11)
Samuel Smith	Private	(11)
Thaddeus Smith	Private
William Smith	Private
Simeon Snow	Private	(11)
Asahel Stearns	Private
Phineas Stearns	Private
Jonas Stone	Private
Jonas Stone, Jr.	Private
Benjamin Tidd	Private
John Tidd*	Private	WIA
Samuel Tidd *	Private
Joseph Underwood *	Private
Benjamin Wellington *	Private
Enoch Wellington *	Private
John Williams	Private	(11)
John Winship *	Private
Samuel Winship	Private
Thomas Winship *	Private
Sylvanus Wood *	Private	(8)
James Wyman *	Private
Nathan Wyman	Private	(11)

NOTES

(1) Son of Jonathan

(2) Member of Captain Belknap's Woburn Company. Enlisted in Captain Parker's Company, April 19.

(3) Colored

(4) Son of Henry, but known as a "Junior" at that time.

(5) Son of Robert

(6) Son of Jonas, but known as a "Junior" at that time.

(7) Had been taken prisoner, released, but shot as he was running away.

(8) Member of Captain Walker's Woburn Company. Enlisted in Captain Parker's Company, April 19.

(9) Son of Henry

(10) Afternoon engagement when British returned to Boston^[4]

(11) No information available at this time to develop a profile.

Sources

1. ↑ Coburn, Frank Warren, The Battle on Lexington Common, April 19, 1775 (Lexington, Mass., U.S.A. Published by the author, 1921) (Free e-book) p. 31-32
2. ↑ Coburn, Frank Warren, The Battle on Lexington Common, April 19, 1775 (Lexington, Mass., U.S.A. Published by the author, 1921) (Free e-book) p. 33-34
3. ↑ Coburn, Frank Warren, The Battle on Lexington Common, April 19, 1775 (Lexington, Mass., U.S.A. Published by the author, 1921) (Free e-book) p. 34
4. ↑ Hudson, Charles, History of the Town of Lexington, Vol. II - Genealogies (Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1915) (Free e-book) p. 457