FOUNDERS OF FORT NO. 4, CHARLESTOWN, NH
From:	Farns10th@aol.com - Janice Farnsworth
        
Subject: Charlestown, NH Men at Bunker Hill 

Bunker Hill
Source:  History of Charlestown, NH by Rev. Henry H. Saunderson 

p.106
Charlestown, NH was represented at the battle of Bunker Hill.
Members of Capt. John Marcy's Company, Colonel Reid's Regiment:

Lieutenant Isaac Farwell
Gilbert Caswell
John Cross
Joseph Powers
Daniel Adams

p.107
Nathaniel Parker son of Nathaniel Parker and grandson of Lieut Isaac Parker
fell at the battle of Bunker Hill.

Charlestown, NH from its situation became in the war of the Revolution, a post
of no inconsiderable importance.  It was made by the State a depository of 
Military stores of which Lieut. Colonel Samuel Hunt was the custodian and
Elijah Grout, Esq. distributing commissary.  Here, companies from New Hampshire
on their march to Canada, or Ticonderoga or Crown Point received their supplies
of ammunition and necessary equipment. It was apptd the place of rendezvous
for the army of General John Stark on its wy to Bennington and was also in the war
path of other NH forces doing service at Saratoga and Stillwater, and bringing the
ultimate surrender of Burgoyne.  Charlestown early in the Rev. struggle became
a recruiting station for the army.  In Jan l776 after the unsucessful attack of Gen.
Arnold on Quebec, Capt. Abel Walker raised a company and immed. marched to
reinforce General Thomas upon whom command had devolved.   The repulse of
Arnold took place Dec 3l, l775 and such was the promptness with which  Capt.
Walker raised his men and his march that he arrived before Quebec on the following
Feb 25th.  There were twelve in the company all from Charlestown, NH with the
exception of Henry Silsby who was from Acworth, NH.  In the following July another
company was raised at Charlestown under Capt. Samuel Wetherbe of which, 
Jonathan Hubbard, also of Charlestown was an Ensign.  This was Company 5
in Colonel Isaac Wyman's Regiment and raised for the defense of Portsmouth
and its harbor.  The lst NH Regiment was org. on April 7, l777.  This regiment was
under the command of Colonel Joseph Cilley of Nottingham and Lieut Colonel
George Reed of Londonderry.   Isaac Farwell was Capt. of Company No. 1
and Jonathan Willard (also of Charlestown) was his Ensign.  Peleg Williams
of Charlestown was lst Lieut of Company No. 2 and Simon Sartwell was promoted
to Captain and Jonathan Willard to Lieutenant.  The latter was moreover made
Quarter-master in l780.   William Holden was captain of a company in Colonel
Timothy Bedell's Regiment which was raised for frontier duty or Continental service
as occasion might require early in l778 and which was discharged in March the
same year.

A regiment under Colonel Moses Nichols was raised for the defense of West Point
in l780 in which Peter Page of Charlestown was Captain of Company No. 1.

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