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This company marched out to Dedham to the Neponset river, together with Capt. Prentice's troop(s), and halted during the eclipse of the moon , then to Woodcock's (now Attleborough). Capt. Moseley's Volunteers overtook them and all three companies marched to Swanzy, where they were joined by Maj. Thomas Savage, commander-in-chief of the Massachusetts forces, and the troop of Capt. Nicolas Paige.
List of Soldiers credited with Military Service in Capt. Daniel Henchman’s. Company[1]
August 20, 1675:[2]
- Thomas Burges
- John Hills
- John Lewis
- John Angel
- Benjamin Negus
- John Chapman
- Robert Smith
- William Manly, [was alive Apr 1735; claimed his Narragansett right in person]
- Thomas Irons
- Samuel Perkins
- Hugh Taylor
- David Jones
- James Whippo, [probably from Barnstable where the name was Whipple]
- Theophilus Thornton
- Nathaniel Osborne
- Samuel Davis
- Henry Kerby
- Ephraim Hall
- Richard Gibson
- Thomas Williams
- Joseph Ford
- Samuel Walles
- William Bently
- Peter Edgerton
- John Bull
- Richard Brooks
- John Barrett
- Joseph Fiske
- Joseph Tucker
- Israel Smith
- Samuel Ireson
August 21 1675:[3]
- James Dichetto, [Elsewhere Dickenden and Dighenton], attended wounded at Narragansett
- Jacob Gully
- Isaac Ratt
- Samuel Veze, (als Very)
- Samuel Daniel
- John Kemble
- John Russell
- Simon Groveling
- John Thorne
- Charles Damport, [name often written Danforth or Davenport]
- Benjamin Bishop
- John Throp, [Thorp and Throppe]
- Solomon Watts
- Philip Coker
- John Jeffries
- Robert Wills
- Isaac Morris
- Nicholas Weymouth
- Nathaniel Jewell
- Samuel Mirick
- William Parham
- Thomas Roberts
August 27 (or 23rd)[4]
- John Hubbard
- John Tebb
- Henry Timberlake. Sergt.
- John Taylor, Sergt.
- Thomas Bishop
- Peter Bennett, Marshall
- Simeon Messener
- John Polly
- John Essery
- Henry arward, Sergt.
- Samuel Barber
- Phillip Jessop
- Charles Blinclott. Sergt., [Blinco, Blinko]
- Isaac Amsden
- Henry Prentice
- John Streeter
- Abraham hathaway
- James Johnson. Sergt
- Isaac How
- Thomas Parker
- Joseph Pierce
- John Oates
- William Hopkins
- Ralph Hall, clark
- Thomas Wigfall, Ensigne
- Richard Bennet
- John Scopelin
September 3 1675[5]
- Josiah Arnold
- Wm Smallidge
- John Bucknam
- Enoch Greenleaf, Lieut.
- Samuel Johnson
- William Drew
- William Hardin
- John Cray
- Nathaniel Fiske
- John Miller
- John King
- James Ogleby
- Rowland Soley
- Thomas Region
- Thomas Hincher
- Joseph Smith
- Thomas Alison
- George Burkback
- Daniel Magenis
- Henry Eliott
- Thomas Okerby
- John Hastings
- Edward Weeden
- John Wiseman
Sept 14 [1675][6]
- Joseph Priest
- Nathaniel King
- John Pemberton
- Osbel Morrison
- John Cross
- Perez Savage. Ensigne || of Boston
- Roger Procer
- Robert Orachard, Sergt.
September 21, 1675[7]
- David Church
- Samual Johnson || butcher
- Thomas Traine
- Ebenezer Owen
- Matthew Stone
- Nathaniel Kean
- Benjamin Tower
- Jonathan Dunning
Of the following list, Bodge writes "I am at loss to determine upon what occasion these soldiers... served.
October 5, 1675:[8]
- Richard Wood
- Ephraim Willer, Corp
- Thomas May
- Michael Bearstow
- Thomas Webb
- Edward Dickinson
- Jacob Bullard
- Samuel Witney
- John Shattock
- Daniel Keniday
November 30, 1675:[9]
- Edward Barton
- Isaac Heath
- Henry Kerby
- Jeremiah Wise
- Benjamin Negus
- John Leech
- James White
- John Good
- Joseph Batemen
- Edward Everet
- Richard Francis
- John Kemble
- Experience Orris
- Samuel Ryall
- Joseph Gridley
- William Bodkin
- William Hooper
- John Tuckerman
- John Cann
- William Price
- William Davenport
- Thomas Smith
- Joseph Bugby (Bigby?)
- Samuel Gardner
- Simon Rogers
- Abiel Lamb
- Richard Woods
- Degory Sargent
- JOsiah Mann
- John Malony
- Francis Siddall
- Hugh Price
- James Harrington
- Benjamin Gamlin (married Philip Curtis' widow in 1678)
- Isaac Morris
- Josiah Holland
- Joseph Wilson
- Samuel Ruggles
- Philip Curtis, Lieut.
Others mentioned in the narrative through this time:
- Capt. Samuel Moseley, (an old privateer "at Jamaica"; m. dau of Isaac Addington)
- Mr. Miles of Swanzy
- Maj. Thomas Savage, (commander-in-chief of Mass. forces)
- Capt. Nicholas Paige
- Capt. Hutchinson
- Cudworth (Plymouth)
- Fuller (Plymouth)
- Church (Plymouth)
- Rev. Noah Newman, of Rehoboth
- Peter Hunt, of Rehoboth
- Lt. Thomas
- Mr. James Brown
- Mr. Almiee
- Dan. Stanton,| of the island [near Seaconk?]
- Gen. Daniel Denison || commander-in-chief of Mass. forces 9 Aug 1675)
- John Eliot || (advocated on behalf of captive Indians in Boston)
- Capt. Gookin (ditto)
- Capt. Oliver
- Capt. Lake
- Capt. Wright
Dec 3, 1675 (impressed in Boston for Narragansett campaign)[10]
- James Whipple
- Samuel Jenkins
- Walter Cohone
- James White
- Thomas Jones
- Thomas Stains
- John Dereing
- Robert Emory
- Ralph Powe for Mr. James Lloyd
- Francis Cooke for Mr. William Larrison
Dec 20, 1675[11]
- Joshua Silverwood
- John Sherman
- John Corbin
- Henry Tite
- Simon Yates
- Thomas Birch
- John Pierpont
- John Necks
- John Griggs
- Thomas Lawrence
- Joshua Atherton
- William Briggs
- Nicholas Gray
- Isaac Hubbard
- James Draper
Jan 25, 1675/6[12]
- William Goswell
- Onesiphorus Tilston
- Thomas Jones
- Samuel Burnall
- Joh Spurr
- Lawrence White
- Thomas Cheyney
- Thomas Bridentine
- Robert Woodword
Feb 29, 1675/6[13]
- Joseph Bodman
- William Lyon
- John Parker
Mar. 24, 1676[14]
- William Elliot
- Joseph Clark
Apr 24, 1676[15]
- Hugh Clark
- Thomas North
Summer Campaign 1676[16]
- Magnus White
- Joseph Lyon
- John Chub
- Daniel Hawes
- Hugh Taylor
- Joseph Procter
- JohnMoore
- Thomas Wheeler
- Richard Scott, cornett
- George Stedman
- Jonathan Atherton
- Jacob Hill
- James Cheevers
- John Oyne
- William Keene
- James Franklin
- Joseph Richeson
- Justinian Holding
- Denis Sihy (served under several different captains)
- Thomas North
- Thomas Robinson
- Robert Emes
- Richard Browne
- Francis Woolfe
- Joseph Garfield
- John Floyd, Lieut.
- Jonathan Sprague
- Benjamin Muzzye
- Thomas Adams
- Francis Cooke
- John Stone
- Patrick Morren
- William Healy
- Simon Groves (als. Grow)
- John Polly
- John Kendall
- Ephraim Regimant
- Benjamin Rice
- Joshua Sawyer
- James Sawyer
- Jacob Willar
- John Winter
- John Tolman
- James Cutler
- Nathaniel Adams
- James White
- Joseph Browne
- Samuel Edmons
- John Greenland
- John Pinder
- John Redman
- Abraham Wilkinson
- James Bayly
- Daniel Ruff (as Roff)
- John Gibson
- Richard Wood
- Josiah White
- John Adams
- Joseph Bucknam
- John Stedman
- James Miller
- Jonathan Hill
- James Patterson
- Thomas How
- Richard Scott
Sources
- ↑ George M. Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, Boston, Printed for the author (1891)
- ↑ Bodge, p 5
- ↑ Bodge, pp 5-6
- ↑ Bodge, p 6
- ↑ Bodge, p 6
- ↑ Bodge, p 6
- ↑ Bodge, p 6
- ↑ Bodge, p 9
- ↑ Bodge, p 12
- ↑ Bodge, p 12, citing Mass Archives vol 68, 86
- ↑ Bodge, p 12
- ↑ Bodge, p 12
- ↑ Bodge, p 12
- ↑ Bodge, p 12
- ↑ Bodge, p 12
- ↑ Bodge, p 14-15
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