Massachusetts Militia Colonels

Date: 1774 to 1782
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Surnames/tags: 1776 Massachusetts

This page is part of the 1776 category helper pages

Contents 1 Purpose 2 How to use 3 Your Help Appreciated 4 Columns 5 Odd Categories 6 Barnstable County 7 Berkshire County 8 Bristol County 9 Cumberland County 10 Dukes County 11 Essex County 12 Hampshire County 13 Lincoln County 14 Middlesex County 15 Plymouth County 16 Suffolk County 17 Worcester County 18 York County 19 Research Notes 20 Sources

Purpose

This is a page to gather Massachusetts Militia (American Revolution) Commander data. Commander is used because it is not always a Colonel. The plan is to use this data as a basis for creating a regiments table similar to Space:1776_Regiments_Table, but for militia units (relevant to the revolution). Note that militia units existed prior and subsequent to the Revolutionary War, and this page only includes those that existed during the war, i.e. the timeframe covered by the 1776 project/sticker.

How to use

If you have a sources for the soldier in question (and you should!), it probably has some of the following information: dates, commander, unit name

Your Help Appreciated

As you can see, there is a lot to do! If you can help, that would be great. If you don't want to deal with the table syntax, just leave comments.

1. Identifying as many commanders as possible.
2. Identifying Wikitree profiles (or creating them)
3. Improving these profiles: updating stickers and categories, sourcing, biographies...
4. Getting the various command start/end dates, and the circumstances (death,promotion,retirement...) correct.

Note: if multiple commands apply to a particular commander, that commander will have multiple rows in the table, so be careful not to delete what you think is a duplicate.

When there is enough data here, perhaps recommendations to the category team can be made, and the regiments table can be created.

Columns

1. Wikitree ID
2. surname
3. given name
4. rank - highest rank during the period of the command.
5. Location - usually a County, but exceptions may exist
6. unit - If this contains a link to a category, that is the one you should use for your soldier, otherwise perhaps the notes will give you a clue.
7. MM - "MM" if the command was of a Minuteman unit
8. Start - date of the beginning of the command
9. End - date of the end of the command
10. DAR # - used mostly if we don't know the Wikitree ID, or are unsure of it, but we know the DAR #. Otherwise it should be in the profile.
11. Notes - anything helpful to understanding the row/command.

Odd Categories

• Category: Falmouth Neck, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution - no County? Falmouth Neck refers to what is now Portland Maine, so I believe it should be Cumberland County, organized in 1760 out of York County in that part of Massachusetts which is now Maine (as of 1820). See:
  • https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1394&context=mainehistory and
  • http://oshermaps.org/sites/default/files/MaineCountiesWorksheet-sm.pdf
• Category: Gen. William Heath's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution - add a row? A description of this militia regiment can be found in the first couple paragraphs of https://archive.org/details/massachusettsmagv5sale/page/16/mode/1up?view=theater
• Category: Mann's Company of Medfield Militia, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution - add a row? given name Sabin? county?
• Category: Plymouth County Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution - move to standard form: Category: Plymouth County Militia, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution (Completed 3 Jun 2023)
• Category: Colonel Ashley's Regiment, Massachusetts Line, American Revolution pretty sure it should be under Militia, and might. be 1st Berkshire

Wikitree ID	LNAB	FNAB	Rank	Location	MM	Unit	Start	End	DAR #	Notes
Allan-1259	Allan	John	Colonel	(Maine)		Machias	1777-09-16	1781-05-01	A001637	Category: Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Ashley-4554	Ashley	John	Colonel	Berkshire		1	1777-04-04	1779-07-05	A003466	Category: Colonel Ashley's Regiment, Massachusetts Line, American Revolution Description says militia.
Aspinwall-217	Aspinwall	Thomas	Captain	Suffolk	MM	MM	1775-04-19	?	A003531
	Bacon	William	Colonel	Essex		5				Letter to Col. William Bacon
Baker-12564	Baker	John	Colonel	Essex		3			A004972	Category: Col. John Baker's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Bailey-371	Bailey	John	Colonel	Massachusetts		2	1775-07-01	1775-10-06	A004675
Bancroft-139	Bancroft	Ebenezer	Colonel	Middlesex		7			A005626
Barnes-3516	Barnes	Asa	Colonel	Berkshire			1781-10-10	1781-11-11	A006280
Barrett-1164	Barrett	James	Colonel	Middlesex		3			A006669
Bliss-1686	Bliss	John	Colonel	Hampshire		1	1778-01-01	1779-12-31	A011297
Boyd-18396	Boyd	John	Captain	Suffolk	MM	MM	1775-04-19		A013345
Bradford-882	Bradford	Gamaliel	Colonel	Plymouth		1			A013360
	Brewer		Colonel							Category: Col Brewer's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Brewer-8495	Brewer	David	Colonel	Hampshire			1776-06-12	?	A014094	Category: Col. David Brewer's 9th Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Brewer-850	Brewer	Jonathan	Colonel	Middlesex			1775-04-24	?	A014124	Category: 19th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army, American Revolution
Brewer-11596	Brewer	Josiah	Colonel	Lincoln		Penobscot		1776-05-03	1779-09-30	Category: Col. Josiah Brewer's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Bridge-2425	Bridge	Ebenezer	Colonel	Middlesex	MM		1775-04-19	?	A014258	Category: 11th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army, American Revolution
Bromfield-198	Bromfield	Henry	Colonel	Boston regt.			1776-09-07	1777-04-19
Brooks-6931	Brooks	John	Colonel						A015016	no militia command
Brooks-7186	Brooks	Eleazer	Colonel	Middlesex		3			A014979	Category: Col Eleazer Brooks Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Brown-61686	Brown	John	Colonel	Berkshire		3			A015558	Dec. 1776 to Mount Independence
Brown-146545	Brown	Jonathan	Colonel	Middlesex		7	1780-04-20	?	A015661
Buck-3833	Buck	Jonathan	Colonel	Lincoln		5	1775-02-08	1783-09-03	A016465
Bullard-1757	Bullard	Seth	Major	Suffolk					A016837	no command
Bullard-1333	Bullard	Samuel	Colonel	Middlesex		5			A016836
Burt-3744	Burt	Gideon	Colonel	Hampshire		1			A019319
Buttrick-99	Buttrick	John	Colonel	Middlesex					A017837	acting as captain. regimental command in 1778?
Cargill-478	Cargill	James	Colonel	Lincoln ?					A019117	Category: Colonel James Cargill's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Carpenter-8370	Carpenter	Nathaniel	Captain	Bristol	MM				A019497	Category: Capt. Nathaniel Carpenter's Company, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution shared command with Captain Isaac Burr
Carpenter-5459	Carpenter	Thomas	Colonel	Bristol		1	1776-02-10	1780-08-09	A019528	Category: Col Carpenter's Regiment of Militia, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Carter-845	Carter	Josiah	Colonel	Worcester		8	1779-06-02		A020001
Cary-1852	Cary	Eliphalet	Colonel	Plymouth		3
Cary-476	Cary	Simeon	Colonel	Plymouth & Barnstable			1776-01	1776-04-01	A020267	Category: Col. Simeon Cary's Plymouth and Barnstable County Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Cary-476	Cary	Simeon	Colonel	Plymouth & Bristol			1776-06	1776-12	A020267	Category: Col. Simeon Cary's Plymouth and Bristol County Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Chapin-206	Chapin	Israel	Colonel	Hampshire		2	1778-02-28	1779-12-31	A020763	Assumed command when May dies
Cobb-3220	Cobb	Elisha	Colonel	Barnstable		2	1779-07-05	1780-05-02	A023443
Cogswell-1363	Cogswell	Jonathan	Colonel	Essex		3				https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogswell%27s_Regiment_of_Militia
	Collins	James	Colonel	Essex		6
Converse-859	Converse	James	Colonel	Worcester		4	1776-02-07		A025175
Cotton-2614	Cotton	Theophilus	Colonel	Plymouth		1			A026394	Category: Col. Theophilus Cotton's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution Category: 4th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army, American Revolution
Craft-218	Craft	Thomas	Colonel				1776-05-08	1779-08-26	A027188	Category: Col. Thomas Crafts' Regiment of Artillery, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Cross-48	Cross	Ralph	Colonel	Essex		2			A028153
Cushing-1029	Cushing	Caleb	Colonel	Essex		MM	1775-04-19	1775-04-23	A028997
Cushing-831	Cushing	David	Colonel	Suffolk		2	1778-10-06	1779-07-05	A029007
	Cushing	John	Colonel	Plymouth		2
	Cushing	Jonathan	Colonel	Plymouth		2
Cushing-1426	Cushing	Job	Colonel	Worcester		6	1777-06-16		A029020	Category: Col. Job Cushing's Regiment of Militia, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Cutts-804	Cutts	Edward	Colonel	York		1	1775-08-30	1776-01-01	A029243
Cutts-250	Cutts	Thomas	Colonel	York		3	1778-06-10	1779-07-05	A029250
Daggett-905	Daggatt	John	Colonel	Bristol		4	1776-02-02	1778-01-06	A029314
Danielson-236	Danielson	Timothy	Colonel	Hampshire	MM				not found	Category: 8th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army, American Revolution
Davis-41021	Davis	Aaron	Colonel	Suffolk					A030150
Davis-72505	Davis	Jacob	Colonel	Worcester		5	1779-09-24	1780-04-29	A030345
Deane-1870	Dean	Isaac	Colonel	Bristol		4	1779-06-10	1781-03-16
Denny-2289	Denny	Samuel	Colonel	Worcester		1	1776-02-02	1779-11-29	A031936
Dike-409	Dike	Nicholas	Colonel	Boston			1776-07-28	1776-12-01	A035263	Category: Colonel Nicholas Dike's Regiment, American Revolution
Doane-169	Doane	Joseph	Colonel	Barnstable		2	1775-08-30	?	A032634
Doolittle-95	Doolittle	Ephraim	Colonel	Worcester	MM		1775-04-19	1775-04-23	A032931	Category: 18th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army, American Revolution
	Dudley	Paul	Colonel			1
Easton-931	Easton	James	Colonel	Berkshire		Canada	1775-05-10	1775-12-30	A035836
Eddy-1990	Eddy	Jonathan	Colonel	Maine		NS,Machias			A035891	Category: Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Allan-1259	Allan	John	Colonel	(Maine)		Machias	1777-09-16	1781-05-01	A001637	Category: Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Fales-526	Fales	Nathaniel	Captain						A038362	Category: Capt. Nathaniel Fales' Company, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Faulkner-2087	Faulkner	Francis	Colonel	Middlesex		3			A039287
Fellows-317	Fellows	John	Colonel	Berkshire	MM				A038852	Category: 17th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army, American Revolution
Field-1322	Field	David	Colonel	Hampshire		5	1776-01-01	1777-12-31	A038514
Flagg-275	Flagg	Benjamin	Lt. Colonel	Worcester		7?			A040381	any command? minutemen as Captain maybe?
Fogg-18	Fogg	Reuben	Colonel	Cumberland		3	1776-02-05	1779-07-05	A040147
Foster-1174	Foster	Benjamin	Colonel	Lincoln		6	1776-01-30	1783-09-03	A041466
Fox-6531	Fox	Jonathan	Colonel	Middlesex		2			A041376
Francis-4234	Francis	Ebenezer	Colonel			Boston	1776-07-28	1777-01-01	A041571
Freeman-13311	Freeman	Nathaniel	Colonel	Barnstable		1	1776-01-31	1780-03-06	A042104
	French	Jacob	Colonel	Bristol Cumberland			1776-01-23	1776-04-01	not found	MSSRW Vol. 6, p. 72
Frost-2614	Frost	John	Colonel	York		2	1776-02-02	1777-08-10	A042867	promted to Brigadier
Frye-478	Frye	James	Colonel	Essex					A043050	Category: 10th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army, American Revolution
Frye-458	Frye	Joseph	Colonel	Falmouth		seacoast	1776-01-01	< 1776-03-29	Frye-458
Gage-3129	Gage	Benjamin	Major	Essex		4			A042896	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gage%27s_Regiment_of_Militia
	Gardner	Henry	Colonel	Middlesex		4
Gardner-17332	Gardner	Thomas	Colonel		MM		1775-04-19	1775-04-24	A043894	Category: 15th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army, American Revolution
Gerrish-687	Gerrish	Jacob	Colonel	Essex		of guards			not found
Gerrish-448	Gerrish	Samuel	Colonel	Essex		2
Gill-5596	Gill	Benjamin	Colonel	Suffolk		3	1776-02-02	1779-07-05	A04466
Glover-5114	Glover	Jonathan	Colonel	Essex		5			A045727
Goulding-386	Goulding	John	Colonel	Worcester		6	1776-03-23	<1777-06-16(Cushing)	A046698
Goodwin-12513	Goodwin	Ichabod	Colonel	York		2	1778-06-10	1779-07-05	A045783
Greaton-4	Greaton	John	Colonel	Suffolk			1775-04-19		A047853
Green-35133	Green	David	Colonel	Middlesex	2				A046873
Grout-43	Grout	Jonathan	Colonel	Worcester		7	1779-01-30	1779-07-05	A047932	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Grout
Grow-209	Grow	Edward	Colonel	York		1	1778-06-10	1779-07-05	A048008	Feb 1779-
Hallet-148	Hallet	Enoch	Colonel	Barnstable		reinforcements	1780-03-01	1780-10-31	A049679
Harlow-1177	Harlow	James	Captain	Plympton		3			A050729	no command
Hatch-3010	Hatch	Jabez	Colonel	Suffolk		Boston	1776-09-07	178003-13	A052763
Hathaway-3302	Hathaway	John	Colonel	Bristol		RI	1777-04?	1777-05?	A053029	2 commands
Hathaway-3302	Hathaway	John	Colonel	Bristol		RI	1779-03-14	1779-04-15	A053029	2 commands
Hawes-2396	Hawes	Benjamin	Colonel	Suffolk		4	1777-08-09	?	A053306	Wheelock resigned,
Heath-2480	Heath	William	Colonel	Suffolk	MM?				A054002	no regimental militia command
Henshaw-930	Henshaw	William	Colonel	Worcester	MM	MM	1775-04-19	1775-06-27	A053926
Herrick-293	Herrick	Henry	Colonel	Essex		8	1776-02-06	1777-08-18	A054300	resigned, old age
Holman-1385	Holman	Jonathan	Colonel	Worcester		5	1776-01-12	1779-04-24	A056953
Hopkins-4522	Hopkins	Mark	Colonel	Berkshire		1	1775-08-30	1776-07-31	not found	Letter to George Washington
Howe-164	Howe	Ezekiel	Colonel	Middlesex		4			A058281
Howe-193	Howe	Samuel	Colonel	Hampshire		4	1776-01-01	1777-12-31	A058418
Howe-4498	Howe	Cyprian	Colonel	Middlesex		4 or 7?			A058229
Hunter-14629	Hunter	James	Colonel	eastern			1782-03-13	1782-11-20	A060475	Colonel of a corps raised for defence of eastern Massachusett
Hutchinson-5455	Hutchinson	Israel	Captain	Essex	MM	MM	1775-04-19	1775-04-21	A061352	Capt. of MM co. is only militia command
Hyde-1084 ?	Hyde	Caleb	Lt. Colonel	Berkshire		detachment			A061577 ?	no command? wikiwand
Jacob-1855	Jacobs	John	Colonel	Plymouth	RI				A061363	Category: Col. John Jacob's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution multiple commands
Johnson-24861	Johnson	Samuel	Colonel	Essex		4			A063606	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson%27s_Regiment_of_Militia
Jones-66188	Jones	William	Colonel	Lincoln		3	1776-01-30	1779-07-05	A062777
Jordan-1360	Jordan	Nathaniel	Lt.Colonel	Cumberland			1779-09-25	1779-10-23	A062990	Category: Lt. Col. Nathaniel Jordan's Regiment, Cumberland County Militia, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution ?
Jordan-5007	Jordan	Tristram	Colonel	York		3	1775-08-30	1776-11-23	A063038
Keyes-880	Keyes	Danforth	Colonel	Boston			1777-05-07	?	A065373	2 commands? Category: Colonel Keyes Regiment, Massachusetts Line, American Revolution
Keyes-880	Keyes	Danforth	Colonel	RI			1777-12-11	?	A065373	2 commands? Category: Colonel Keyes Regiment, Massachusetts Line, American Revolution
Learned-181	Learned	Ebenezer	Colonel	Worcester	MM		1775-04-19	1775-04-24	A068046	Category: Col. Ebenezer Learned's Regiment of Minutemen, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution Worcester 7th ?
Leonard-10502	Leonard	David	Colonel	Hampshire			1777-01-01	?	A069274	Ticonderoga Category: Col. David Leonard's Hampshire County Regt Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Lincoln-78	Lincoln	Benjamin	Colonel						A070402	Category: Col. Benjamin Lincoln's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution no regimental militia command ?
Little-3142	Little	Moses	Captain	Essex	MM	MM	1775-04-19	1775-04-24	A069920
Lovell-1193	Lovell	Solomon	Colonel	Suffolk		2	1776-02-02	1777-06-24	A071945	promoted to Brigadier wp
Marshall-23202	Marshall	Thoms	Colonel	Suffolk	Boston		1776-04-30	1776-11-19	not found
May-11219	May	Ezra	Colonel	Hampshire		2	1777-10-07	1777-12-31	A076035	Assumed command when Pomroy died
McCobb-15	McCobb	Samuel	Colonel	Lincoln		1	1776-01-30	1781-12-01	A075372
McIntosh-1411	Mcintosh	William	Colonel	Suffolk	MM	1	1776-02-14	1779-07-05	A077321
Mitchell-20054	Mitchel	Abiel	Colonel	Bristol		3	1779-06-17	1780-10-31	A080423	3 different commands?
Mitchell-5988	Mitchel	Edward	Colonel	Plymouth		3	1775-08-31	1779-01-12	A080476	Category: Col. Edward Mitchell's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Mitchell-15340	Mitchell	Jonathan	Colonel	Cumberland		2	1776-02-05	?	A080610
Mitchell-15340	Mitchell	Jonathan	Colonel	Cumberland		Falmouth	1776-03-29	?	A080610
Morrill-1541	Morril	Henry	Colonel	Essex		2			A080744	Lt. Col. no militia command?
Mosely-245	Mosely	John	Colonel	Hampshire		3	1776-01-01	1780-12-31	A081985	end unclear
Mosely-256	Mosely	David	Colonel	Hampshire		3	1782	1782	A081965	command unclear
Moulton-1727	Moulton	Jotham	Colonel	York		2	1775-08-30	1776-01-01	A082354	promoted to Brigadier
Murray-1057	Murray	Seth	Colonel	Hampshire		2	1780-01-01	1780-12-31	A083435
Nixon-2257	Nixon	John	Colonel	Lincoln		6			A083886	Lincoln Co. ? Category: 16th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army, American Revolution
North-5351	North	Joseph	Colonel	Lincoln		2	1776-01-30	1780-03-06	A084542
Norton-34	Norton	Beriah	Colonel	Dukes			1776-02-01	1779-07-05	A084716
Noyes-2764	Noyes	Peter	Colonel	Cumberland		1	1776-12-02	1780-11-29	A085110
Otis-250	Otis	Joseph	Colonel	Barnstable		1	1775-08-30	1776-01-01	A084838	promoted to Brigadier
Palmer-4196	Palmer	Joseph	Colonel	Suffolk		5	1776-02-02	1776-05-09	A086678	promoted to Brigadier
Parker-11016	Parker	John	Captain	Middlesex	MM				A087570
Paterson-1773	Paterson	John	Colonel	Berkshire	MM				A086405	Category: 12th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army, American Revolution
Perry-19235	Perry	Abner	Colonel	Middlesex		5			A089222
Phinney-64	Phinney	Edmund	Colonel	Boston			1775-07-22		A090859	Category: Col. Edmund Phinney's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution Category: 26th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army, American Revolution
Pickering-896	Pickering	Timothy	Colonel	Essex		1			A091047
Pierce-11305	Pierce	Abijah	Colonel	Middlesex?	MM		1775-04-19			Category: Col. Abijah Pierce's Regiment of Minutemen, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Pike-11476	Pike	Timothy	Colonel	Cumberland		4	1776-02-07	1780-03-06	A089062	son of Pike-1838 ?
Pomroy-30	Pomroy	Seth	Colonel	Hampshire		2	1775-06-01	1777-10-07	A090416	death if correct Pomroy
Pomroy-30	Pomroy	Seth	Colonel	Hampshire	MM				A090416	Questionable Wikitree ID
Poor-741	Poor	Thomas	Colonel	Essex			1778-05-13	1779-02-20	A090677	Category: Col. Thomas Poor's Regiment of Militia, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Pope-5370	Pope	Edward	Colonel	Bristol		2	1776-02-07	1778-06-05	A090721
Porter-6182	Porter	Elisha	Colonel	Hampshire			1776-01-01	1776-06-01	A090996	Canada
Porter-6182	Porter	Elisha	Colonel	Hampshire		4	1777-06-01	1780-01-01	A090996	Category: Porter's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Porter-6182	Porter	Elisha	Colonel	Hampshire	MM				A090996	Category: Porter's Regiment
Prescott-2076	Prescott	James	Colonel	Middlesex	MM		1775-04-19	1775-05-24
Prescott-1319	Prescott	Oliver	Colonel	Middlesex		1			A092831
Prescott-1117	Prescott	William	Colonel	Middlesex		5			A092846	Category: 9th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army, American Revolution
Prime-460	Prime	Joseph	Lt.Colonel	Massachusetts		MA	1780-03-25	1780-12-10	A093226	Category: Col. Joseph Prime's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution ?
Proctor-6187	Proctor	Edward	Colonel	Suffolk	Boston		1780-03-21
Putnam-401	Putnam	Rufus	Colonel	Worcester					A092745	no militia command
Pynchon-68	Pynchon	Charles	Colonel	Hampshire		1	1775-06-01	1777-06-01		Category:1st Regiment, Hampshire County Militia, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Pynchon-68	Pynchon	Charles	Colonel	Hampshire	MM					Category:1st Regiment, Hampshire County Militia, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Rand-813	Rand	John	Colonel	Worcester		8	1779-06-24	1779-07-05	A093919
Rand-813	Rand	John	Colonel	Worcester		8	1780-07-04	1780-10-11	A093919
Reed-262	Reed	Jonathan	Colonel	Middlesex		6			A094515
Read-2884	Read	Joseph	Colonel	Worcester		Roxbury	1775-04-24	1776-01-19	not found
Robinson-27832	John	Colonel	defense of Boston Harbor				1777-05-08	1778-01-01	A097534
Robinson-14409	Robinson	Lemuel	Colonel	Boston,Suffolk & York			1776-01-02	1776-04-01	A097622
Robinson-14483	Robinson	Timothy	Colonel	Hampshire		3			A097764
Rossiter-1062	Rossiter	David	Colonel	Hampshire		3			A098659	DAR says Berkshire
Sargent-546	Sargent	Paul Dudley	commanding officer	Amheart,NH	MM		1775-04-19	?	A100183	Category: 27th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army, American Revolution starting 1775-04-20 ?
Sargent-546	Sargent	Paul Dudley	Colonel	Essex		1	1778-09-28	1779-06-08	A100183
	Sartell	Josiah	Colonel	Essex		6			not found
	Sayer/Sawyer	Ebenezer	Colonel?	York		1?			not found	MSSRW, Vol. 13, p. 892
Sawyer-1384	Sawyer	Ephraim	Colonel	Worcester					A100234	no command
Scammon-66	Scammon	James	Colonel	Boston			1775-07-22	Continental	not found	Category: 13th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army, American Revolution
Sears-3755	Sears	Barnabas	Lt.Colonel	Worcester		Quebec/New York	1781-08-12	1781-11-15	not found	Category: Col Barnabas Sears' Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Simonds-21	Simonds	Benjamin	Colonel	Berkshire		2			A103710	also 7th Essex ?
Smith-260607	Smith	Charles	Major	Essex		volunteers	1777-09-30	1777-11-07	A104850
Smith-263532	Smith	Isaac	Colonel	Essex			1776-01-23		A105597
Smith-232292	Smith	John	Lt. Colonel	Suffolk	MM	West			A105830
Smith-60646	Smith	Jonathan	Berkshire				1776-06-26		A106190
Spafford-66	Spafford	Daniel	Colonel	Essex		7			A107320
Sparhawk-10	Sparhawk	Nathan	Colonel	Worcester		7	1776-01-12	1779-01?
Spalding-867	Spaulding	Simeon	Colonel	Middlesex		7			A107708
Sprout-114	Sprout	Ebenezer	Colonel	Plymouth		4			A107853
Stafford-751	Stafford	Joab	Colonel	Independent					A108074	Category: Col Joab Stafford's Independent Company of Volunteers, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Stearns-1153	Stearns	Abijah	Colonel	Worcester		8	1776-02-07		not found	Category: Colonel Stearns Regiment, Massachusetts Line, American Revolution
	Storer	Joseph	?	York		3			not found	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storer%27s_Regiment_of_Militia
Thatcher-565	Thatcher	Samuel	Colonel	Middlesex		1			A128280
Thayer-4378	Thayer	Ebenezer	Colonel	Suffolk		5	1777-05-30		A113962	Category: Col. Ebenezer Thayer's Regiment of Militia, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Thomas-40511	Thomas	Anthony	Colonel	Plymouth		2			A114153
Thomas-33464	Thomas	John	Colonel	Plymouth		3			A113076	no militia command ? Category: 2nd Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army, American Revolution
Thorndike-113	Thorndike	Larkin	Colonel	Essex		8			A114745
Titcomb-153	Titcomb	Jonathan	Colonel	Essex		2			A115982
Trufant-15	Trufant	Joseph	Captain	Independant						Category: Trufant's Company of Militia, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Turner-32788	Turner	William	Colonel	Plymouth		RI	1781-07-10	1781-12-02	A117297	wikiwand
Tyler-7488	Tyler	Nathan	Lt.Colonel	Worcester		3	1776-12-08	1777-01-20	A117695	vs. Wood?
Tyler-7488	Tyler	Nathan	Colonel	Worcester		3	1779-06-17	1780-08-08	A117695	vs. Wood?
	Vose	Joseph	Colonel	Barnstable		1			A119182 ?	not Joseph Vose of Milton who had no militia command
Wade-6485	Wade	Nathaniel	Colonel	Suffolk or Essex?		4			A119773
Waite-4076	Waite	John	Colonel	Cumberland		1	1776-02-05	1776-04-17	A120322
Walker-23507	Walker	Timothy	Colonel	Bristol	MM	MM	1775-04-19	1775-04-24	A119690
Walker-23507	Walker	Timothy	Colonel	Bristol			1775-05-23	1775-10-06	A119690	Category: 3rd Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army, American Revolution
Warner-8641	Warner	Jonathan	Colonel	Worcester	MM		1775-04-19	1775-05-18	A121180
Warner-8641	Warner	Jonathan	Colonel	Worcester		4	1776-01-12	1776-02-07	A121180
Warren-760	Warren	James	Colonel	Plymouth		1			A121530
Wells-20231	Wells	David	Colonel	Hampshire		5	1777-06-01	?	A122353
Wheaton-1087	Wheaton	Mason	Colonel	Lincoln		4	1779-07-05		not found
Wheelock-857	Wheelock	Ephraim	Colonel	Suffolk		4	1775-04-19	1775-04-27	A124081
Wheelock-18	Wheelock	Silas	Colonel	Worcester	MM	MM	1775-04-19	1775-04-28	A124107
Whitcomb-389	Whitcomb	Asa	Colonel	Worcester		2	1775-07-22	1775-08	A124404	Category: 5th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army, American Revolution
Whetcomb-1	Whitcomb	John	General	Worcester	MM	MM	1775-04-19	1775-04-19	A124489	Category: Worcester County Militia, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution
Whitney-1669	Whitney	Josiah	Colonel	Worcester		2	1776-01-23	1779-07-05	A125185
Wilder-3315	Wilder	Jonas	Major	Worcester	MM	7	1775-04-19	1775-05-07	A126588	Col. Nathan Sparhawk
Willard-1323	Willard	Aaron	Colonel	Worcester		Ticonderoga	1776-06-26	?	not found	Wikitree ID unsure
Williams-60774	Williams	George	Colonel	Bristol		3	1776-02-02	1779-02-24	A126091
	Williams	Hart	Captain						not found	Line or Militia related to Edmund Phinney?
Williams-103966	Williams	Samuel	Colonel	Hampshire		6			A126631
Wood-22777	Wood	Ezra	Colonel	Worcester		3	1776-01-12	1779-04-14	A127885	vs. Tyler?
Woodbridge-180	Woodbridge-180	Ruggles	Colonel	Hampshire			1776-06-01	1776-12-31
Woodbridge-180	Woodbridge-180	Ruggles	Colonel	Hampshire			1777-06-01	1777-12-31
Woodbridge-180	Woodbridge-180	Ruggles	Colonel	Hampshire	MM
Wright-21472	Wright	Phineas	Colonel	Hampshire		6	1776-01-01	1777-12-31	A130953
	LNAB	FNAB	Rank	Location	MM	Company	Start	End	DAR #	Notes

Barnstable County

Regiments Table

unit	1775			1776				1777				1778				1779				1780				1781
	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan
1		Otis		Freeman																				?
1				Doane				Doane?				?				Cobb								?

• Vose, Joseph - a different Col. ?

Berkshire County

Regiments Table

unit	1775			1776				1777				1778				1779				1780				1781
	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct
MM	Fellows
MM	Paterson
1			Hopkins				?		?		Ashley										?
2	Simonds																Rossiter?				Simonds				?
3						Brown		?
P		Easton		?
C						Easton		?
B										Easton		?

• B - Bennington
• C - Canada
• P - Pittsfield

• Brown's various escapades need research. Was there a 3rd regt.?
• Hyde - may have led a detachment

Bristol County

Regiments Table

unit	1775			1776				1777				1778				1779				1780				1781
	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct
1			Carpenter																								?
2			Pope												?
3			Williams												Mitchell								?
4			Daggett												?
RI								Hathaway												?
A			Cary	?
B					Cary		?
C			French	?
MM	Walker	?
?		Walker		?

• RI - Rhode Island alarms
• A - Plymouth & Barnstable regiment (so does not belong in this table)
• B - Plymouth & Bristol regiment
• C - Bristol & Cumberland
• MM - Minuteman
•  ? - sources just say "a regiment"

Cumberland County

Regiments Table

unit	1775			1776				1777				1778				1779				1780				1781
	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan
1				Waite-4076	?			Noyes								?
2				Mitchell	?
F					Mitchell																				?
3				Fogg															?
4				Pike																	?
detachment																				Jordan	?

• F - Falmouth

Dukes County

Regiments Table

unit	1775			1776				1777				1778				1779				1780				1781
	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct
1				Norton														?
1			Grannis

• Grannis, John, a Captain for Seacoast defense, Elizabeth Islands, Martha's Vineyard, Tarpaulin Cove; 1775-06-25 1776-08-06; No evidence>
• Only 1 place mentions a "2d Dukes Co. regt.", that being the record of 2d Lt. Jonathan Athearn
• Lieut. Jeremiah Manter's detachment ?

Essex County

TO DO

Hampshire County

Regiments Table

unit	1775			1776				1777				1778				1779				1780				1781
	Apr-Dec			Jan-Jun		Jul-Dec		Jan-Jun		Jul-Dec		Jan-Dec				Jan-Dec				Jan-Dec				Jan-Jun		Jul-Dec
MM	Danielson*C8			?
MM,*T	Woodbridge*C22					Woodbridge*T				Woodbridge*N		?
MM,*C	Porter			Porter (Canada)		?
MM,1	Pynchon*R											Bliss												?		Burt
MM,2	Pomeroy*R									May*R		Chapin								Murray
MM,3				J.Mosely				?		J.Mosely										J.Mosely				?		D.Mosely?
MM,4						Howe*HP				Porter
MM,5				Field
MM,6				Wright
Ticonderoga								Leonard
Ticonderoga										Wells

• C - Canada
• C8 - Danielson, after commanding a unit of Minute-men, went on to command the (see 1776 Regiments Table, Massachusetts).
• C22 - Woodbridge, after commanding a unit of Minute-men, went on to command the (see 1776 Regiments Table, Massachusetts).
• HP - Howe "displaced"?
• N - Northern Department
• D - Deceased
• R - resigned
• T - Ticonderoga

Lincoln County

Regiments Table

unit	1775			1776				1777				1778				1779				1780				1781
	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct
1				McCobb
2				North
3				Jones
4																		Wheaton
5	Buck
6				Foster

Middlesex County

TODO

Plymouth County

TODO

Suffolk County

Regiments Table

unit	1775			1776				1777				1778				1779				1780				1781
	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct
1	McIntosh																			?
2				Lovell								Cushing								?
3		Gill																		?
4										Wheelock				Hawes				?
5				Palmer				Thayer				?

Worcester County

Regiments Table

unit	1775			1776				1777				1778				1779				1780				1781
	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct
MM	Warner	?
MM	Wilder	?
1		Denny																		?
2				Whitney																?
3				Wood															?
3						Tyler		?										Tyler		?
4				Warner		Converse						?
5				Holman														Davis				?
6				Goulding						Cushing		?
7	Wheelock			?		Sparhawk												Grout				?
8				Stearns				?										Carter				Rand					?
P			Whitcomb				?
R		Read	?
Q			?
T				Willard				?

• P - Prospect Hill
• R - Roxbury Camp
• Q - Quebec/NY Sears
• T - Ticonderoga

Questions:

• Tyler vs. Wood in 3rd
• Carter/Rand in 8th ?

York County

Regiments Table

unit	1775			1776				1777				1778				1779				1780				1781
	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct
1		E.Cutts
1						Sayer				?
1														Grow
2		Moulton
2					Frost
2										Goodwin
3		Jordan
3										Storer
3																T.Cutts

Questions:

• profile needed for Col. Ebenezer Sayer
• Not divided into 3 regiments until 1776-01? See "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGFV-MDLF : Thu Oct 26 08:52:05 UTC 2023), Entry for Edwd Cutts, 18 Dec 1775.

Research Notes

Colonels to be (potentially) added:

• There is a Col. James Dean mentioned in several records of Bristol Co. militia soldiers, but he is not found in DAR, SAR or MSSRW, but there was a Col. Isaac Dean of Bristol militia?
• A034127 Col. Elijah Dickinson, Private only? no MSSRW found
• A047604 Col. James Gray not Col. ?
• A072036 Col. John Low
• A085912 Col. Timothy Page A Col., maybe after Rand in Worcester 1781? also 1786 Shay's Rebellion.
• A017057 Col. William Burbeck Artillery, which would be Continental Army
• A068618 Col. John Lee profile needs sources
• A092754 Col. Charles Prescott needs research
• A118067 Col. Phineas Upham profile needs research
• A095920 Col. Stephen Richardson Col ? needs research
• A110832 Col. James Sullivan no command ?
• A120595 Col. Joseph Ward command?
• A002850 Lewis Ansart de Marasquelle (L4HS-3X7 Marie Louis Armand Ansart) ?
• Col. Eliphalet Pond see:Lt. Col. Thomas Aspinwall

Odd categories: Category: Maine, American Revolution see Mitchel and Cumberland

• DAR has John Cushing as a Private, maybe his father? This differs from SAR and the Cushing Genealogy

Sources

• DAR
• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter, Boston, 1896-1908).
  • See the individual commanders' profile page for details for that commander.
• Space:1776_Maine