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Surname: EMERSON
Source:  A List of The Revolutionary Soldiers of Dublin, N.H. by Samuel Carroll Derby, 
          Columbus, Ohio, 1901, page 26

Listed under Captains:

DANIEL EMERSON, JR., of Hollis, b. 1746; d. Oct. 4, 1821; commanded a company in Col. Joshua 
Wingate's regiment which marched to reinforce the northern army in 1716. In June, 1777, he was a
captain in the regiment commanded by Col. Moses Nichols; in August, 1778, he was captain of a 
company and took part in the Rhode Island campaign, under Col. Nichols. The following year he 
was a captain in Col. Hercules Mooney's command which went to defend R. I. In civil life, Capt.
Emerson was a prominent citizen of Hollis; he was justice of the peace, representative in 1782,
and councillor, 1787. He was a son of the Rev. Daniel Emerson, one of the proprietors of Dublin,
and a person of much influence in Hollis, both because of his official position and of his 
personal character.