Capt. Thomas Prentice’s Troop in King Philip’s War

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: New England

Contents 1 Soldiers in King Philip’s War - Main Page 2 Capt. Thomas Prentice 2.1 Under Lieut. Edward Oakes[6] 3 Sources

Soldiers in King Philip’s War - Main Page

Capt. Thomas Prentice

Commanded the Middlesex Troop. Born in England about 1620; emigrated with wife Grace and daughter Grace to Cambridge, made freeman 1652. He died 7 Jul 1709, age 89. Appointed captain of the special Troop, June 24, 1675. The following are those who served in the first or Mt. Hope Campaign under him:

List of Soldiers credited with Military Service in Capt. Thomas Prentice’s Middlesex Troop ^[1]

August 27, 1675^[2]

• John Needham
• Jonathan Fairbank
• Samuel Pollard
• Fathergon Dinely
• William Brooks
• William Agur
• James Jackson
• Francis Wayman
• Samuel Culliver
• THomas Woolson
• John Livermore
• John Gibson
• William Read
• Benjamin Moore
• William Brown
• Joseph Parmiter
• Joseph Curtice
• Daniel Dean
• Thomas Goble
• Ebenezer Prout
• James Miller
• Robert Evans
• John Baxter
• Solomon Phips, Corpr
• Benjamin Scott
• Christopher Grant
• Nathaniel Howard
• Stephen Pain
• Henry Summers
• Jonthan Bunker
• James Lowden
• John Fowle
• John Gill, Corpr
• Joseph Belcher, Qartr Mr
• Nehemia Hayde
• James Whitehead
• John Wayman, cornet

Sept 3, 1675

• John Bisco
• Oliver Willington
• John Mason
• William Bond
• Thomas Boylston

Sept 16, 1675

• James Indian
• Thomas Indian

Sept 21, 1675

• Matthe Bridge, Qtr Mr
• Anthony Cooke
• John Druse
• Edward Oakes, Lieut.
• Thomas Oliver
• John Clrk
• Thomas Hunter
• Felix Indian
• Benjamin Ahaton
• Harry Indian
• John Adams
• Jeremie Indian
• Zachary Phillips
• Joseph Allin
• Jonathan Orris
• David Thomas
• Caleb Carter
• Abraham Skinner

Nov 30, 1675

• Nathaniel Richards
• Samuel Payson

Feb 29, 1675/6^[3]

• Joseph Peniman
• Joseph Weeden
• Samuel Weeden
• Henry Kenny
• John Spaford
• Joseph Moore
• Thomas Brown
• James Burnam
• Nathaniel Ballard
• Thomas Putnam
• Edmond Potter
• Daniel Champnes
• William Delaway
• John Adams
• Joseph lummer
• Charles Blinko
• William Miriam
• John Edmons
• Thomas Johnson
• John Welcott

Mar 24, 1675/6^[4]

• Richard Mather
• Nathaniel Billinge
• John Andrews
• Joseph Marshall
• William Kent
• John Windham
• Jacob Nash
• John Eames
• James Lowden
• Samuel Payson
• William Shattoc
• John Bush
• Thomas Goble
• John Pason
• Joseph Wright

June 14, 1676^[5]

• John Willington
• John Guppy
• Samuel Chapman
• Joseph Grout
• Daniel Thurston
• William Dodge
• John Acy
• Joseph Parmiter
• Henry Ellitt
• John Wyman, Lieut.
• Thomas Prentice, Capt.
• William Mingo
• John Stern
• Joseph Hutchinson
• John Richards
• Thomas Geery
• Francis Wayman
• John Barrett
• Nath. Richardson
• Hugh Taylor
• Caleb Grant
• Thomas Peirce
• Thomas Hodgman
• Benjamin Davis
• John Acy [second mention]
• Stephen Cooke
• Isaac Brooks
• Increas Wing
• Henry Summes
• JohnKendall
• Samuel Stone
• Samuel Whiting
• Nathaniel Cann
• John Wyman

Under Lieut. Edward Oakes^[6]

Mar 24, 1675/6

• James Miller
• John Gibson
• Solomon Phips, Qatr Mr
• Thomas Creswell (Croswell)

Apr 24, 1676

• Thomas Peirce
• Thomas Edmons
• William Reade
• Jonathan Bunker
• Stephen Paine
• Thomas Henshaw
• Stephen Richardson
• Christopher Grant
• Thomas Strait
• John Seers
• Tmothy Simmes
• Matthew Griffin
• John Teed
• Wm. Auger (Agur, Alger)
• Timothy Hawkins
• John Musall

Capt. Oakes, Jul 24, 1676

• Jacob Hill
• Samuel Hayward
• Henry Spring
• Thomas Mitchenson
• Joseph Cooke
• Thomas Frost
• Edward Oakes

Aug 24, 1676

• John Sreeter
• James Prentice

Sep 23, 1676

• John Green
• John Fowle

Sources

1. ↑ George M. Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, Boston, Printed for the author (1891)
2. ↑ Bodge, p 39
3. ↑ Bodge, p 40
4. ↑ Bodge, p 40-41
5. ↑ Bodge, p 41
6. ↑ Bodge, p 43