TITLE: Capt. Winborn Adams' Company, 2 June 1775 (also the only Association Test ever found for the town of Durham) SOURCE: History of the Town of Durham, New Hampshire, (Oyster River Plantation), by Everett s. Stackpole and Lucien Thompson, Published by vote of the Town, ©1913 pgs 123-125 SUBMITTED: C Parziale, Feb 2001 ***************************************************************************** On 20 May 1775, the convention at Exeter voted to raise three regiments one of which was commanded by Col. Enoch Poor. The term of service was to expire in December of the same year. This reiment was afterward designated as the Eleventh Continental Foot. Durham contributed nearly a full company, under command of Capt. Winborn Adams. Col. Poor's regiment was stationed on the seacoast, from Odiorne's Point to the Merrimack river. The very day of the battle of Bunker Hill the Committee of Safety at Exeter directed Gen. Folsom to order two of the companies in Col. Poor's regiment, including that of Capt. Adams, to march to Exeter for further orders, and the next day, "upon receiving the news of the engagement at Charlestown directed Col. Poor to order all the companies in his regiment, except Capt. Elkins', to march immediately to Cambridge." The following is a list of Capt. Winborn Adam's Company, 2 June 1775: Capt. Winborn Adams John Griffin Zebulon Drew GIVEN NAME SURNAME AGE OCCUPATION RESIDENCE Stephen Jones Thomas 24 Gent. Durham Micah Davis 34 Husbandman Durham Trueworthy Davis Durgin 21 Husbandman Durham William Adams 19 Taylor Durham John Neal 33 Carpenter Barnstead John Starboard 21 Husbandman Durham Samuel Demerit 19 Husbandman Durham Charles Bamford, Jr. 36 Husbandman Barrington John Drisco 21 Husbandman Durham Tobias Leighton 37 Joiner Durham Robert Leathers 40 Husbandman Durham Ephm Tibbits 21 Joiner Madbury David Rand 28 Blacksmith Durham Daniel Nute 22 Husbandman Madbury David Cops 25 Turner Durham Robert Wille 22 Husbandman Durham James Leighton 25 Taylor Durham Thomas Ellison 21 Husbandman Barrington James Thomas 34 Husbandman Durham John Collins 25 Taylor Durham Jeremy Young 18 Husbandman Durham Joseph Rendall 19 Taylor Durham Samuel Sayer 21 Taylor Durham Eliphalet Durgin 22 Joiner Durham Solomon Runnals 23 Tanner Durham Abijah Blaisdell 21 Cordwainer Durham Ezekiel Wille 51 Carpenter Lee John Demerit 26 Blacksmith Madbury Ebenezer Chesley 18 Cordwainer Durham Samuel Hill Clark 22 Husbandman Durham Saml. Clough 29 Husbandman Durham Joseph Bickford 21 Husbandman Durham Josiah Burnham 23 Taylor Lee Dudley Davis 27 Husbandman Barrington John Williams 28 Husbandman Lee Thomas Davis 27 Husbandman Durham Nathl. Jenkans 26 Husbandman Barrington Saml. Smith 23 Husbandman Madbury John Johnson 20 Husbandman Durham Joseph Smith 21 Husbandman Durham Daniel Pinkham 21 Husbandman Madbury Eli Bickford 21 Husbandman Lee John Clough 26 Husbandman Durham John Colbath 22 Husbandman Durham John Buss 33 Husbandman Durham Winthrop Wiggan 30 Carpenter Newmarket John Glover 24 Husbandman Durham Lemuel Nutter 35 Joiner Newington Joseph Leighton 22 Husbandman Newington Thomas Thompson 23 Husbandman Durham Moses Meader 23 Husbandman Durham Enoch Green 19 Hatter Durham John Sias 21 Husbandman Lee Thomas Polluck 25 Husbandman Durham Daniel Shaw 22 Husbandman Lee John Leathers 22 Husbandman Lee William Smart 20 Cordwainer Durham Nicholas Tuttle 22 Husbandman Middletown Enoch Runnals 21 Husbandman Lee Isaac Tuttle 22 Husbandman Dover Lewis Kynaston 24 Taylor Newmarket Joseph Buzzel 46 Husbandman Madbury Simon Batchelder 18 Husbandman Northwood Benj. Johnson 23 Husbandman Northwood Amos Fernald 24 Cordwainer Lee James Thompson 26 Joiner Durham Total **68 men including the Captain, which said men are good effective able bodied men mustered & received by me June 2d 1775, per Saml Hobart N.B. the aforesaid men took the oath proposed by the Honl Congress at the same time, before me Saml Hobart, Jus Pacis Moses Meader was received by the committee instead of John Johnson. another roll shows that John Griffin and Zebulon Drew were Lieutenants, Tobias Leighton, Micah Davis, John Neal, and Daniel Shaw were Sergeants; David Sops, John Stirbourd, John Drisco and Enoch Green were Corporals; John Collins was drummer and William Adams was fifer. A pay roll of this company omits these names, viz., Thomas Ellison, Josiah Burnham, Duley Davis, John Clough, and Joseph Leighton. It adds, however, the names of John Couch, Timothy Davis, Hatevil Leighton of New- ington, Stephen Noble, Samuel Runolds, Peter Stillings of Newmarket, Benjamin Small of Lee, John Shepherd of Barrington, Samuel Thompson, Vincent Torr, James Underwood, Jonathan Williams, Samuel Yeaton, and Thomas Footman. All were of Durham except the four otherwise designated. Tradition says that many people in Durham escorted Winborn Adams' company as far as the Newmarket line, where prayer was offered by the Rev. John Adams, cousin to Winborn. At the close of the prayer half the military company were in tears. We can well believe this tradition after reading John Adams' letter to the patriots of Boston. It is said above that the soldiers of Winborn Adam's company took the oath proposed by the Honorable Congress. No other Association Test of Durham has been found. **TRANSCRIBERS NOTE: Including the Captain I have noted 69 with today's current database functions. **************************************************************************** * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.