Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island 1777 Military Census File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Brenda Bova (© 1997 Brenda Bova) USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages are for the use of indivisual researchers, and may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. 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Question marks appear with names of uncertain spelling Cumberland, Rhode Island Page 1 Page 2 Aldrich, Jonathan Capt. 50-60 A Ballou, Noah Junr 16-50 A Aldrich, Squire 16-50 A Butterrix, Edward (CS) T-Grafton Aldrich, Robert Esqr. Affirm Brown, Joseph Capt. 50-60 A Arnold, Levi Affirm Captain in the alarm List Company Aldrich, Baruch 16-50 A Brown, Joseph Junr. 16-50 A Aldrich, Laban 16-50 A Ballou, Elisha (SM) 16-50 A Arnold, Moses 60+ Ballou, James 16-50 A Arnold, Joseph 16-50 A Bragg, Nehemiah 16-50 A Arnold, John 16-50 A in the Continental Fleet Arnold, Amos 50-60 U Blie, James 16-50 A Arnold, Nathan 16-50 A Blie, Oliver 16-50 A Angell, Abraham 16-50 A Bicknell, Thomas 16-50 A Allen, Timothy 50-60 A Bowen, William 16-50 A Anderson, Thomas 16-50 A Brown, John 16-50 A R-Smithfield Butterworth, Noah 50-60 A Allen, Nehemiah Capt. 60+ Butterworth, Noah Jr(SM)16-50 A Alexander, Roger 16-50 A Butterworth, John 16-50 A Angell, Thomas 50-60 A Bishop, John 60+ Angell, George 16-50 A Bishop, John Junr. 16-50 A Amsbary, Jeremiah 16-50 A Bishop, William 16-50 A Aldrich, Abell 16-50 A Brown, Nicholas 16-50 U Aldrich, Philip (SM) 16-50 A Boyce, Joseph 16-50 A Aldrich, Joseph 16-50 A Bradford, George 16-50 A Ballou, Ariel 60+ Bradford, George Junr 16-50 A Brown, Stephen 60+ Blanding, Ephraim 16-50 A Ballou, Abner 16-50 A Blanding, Samuel 16-50 A Ballou, William 16-50 A Brown, Ephraim 16-50 A Ballou, Nathan 16-50 A Brown, Stephen Junr 16-50 A Ballou, Levi 16-50 A Brown, Elijah 16-50 A Ballou, Ezekiel 50-60 A Brown, Elihu 16-50 A Ballou, Edward 16-50 A Bartlet, Jehu 16-50 A Bartlet, Jacob 16-50 A Bartlet, Israel 16-50 A Bartlet, Abel 16-50 A Bartlet, Rufus 16-50 A Bartlet, Eber 16-50 U Brown, Abiel 16-50 A Bartlet, Abner 16-50 A Bowen, Thomas 16-50 A Bartlet, Joseph Junr 16-50 A Bowen, Amos 16-50 A Bartlet, Joseph 60+ Brown, Christopher 16-50 A Braley, Roger 50-60 A 2nd Leut in the alarm List Company Braley, Roger Junr 16-50 A Brown, Cyril 16-50 A Braley, Lemuel 16-50 A Bartlet, Job 16-50 A Ballou, Noah 16-50 A Brown, Ichabod 16-50 A Ballou, David 16-50 A Brown, Ichabod Junr. 16-50 A Braley, John 16-50 U R-Smithfield Brownell, George 16-50 A Brown, Amos 16-50 U Bishop, Simeon 16-50 A Butler, Benjamin 16-50 A Bartlet, John 16-50 A Burlinggame, John 60+ Bartlet, Daniel 16-50 A Burlinggame, John Junr 16-50 A Bartlet, Asa 16-50 A Burlinggame, Daniel 16-50 A Bartlet, Jeremiah 16-50 A Ballou, Joseph 16-50 A Brown, Jesse 16-50 A Ballou, Benjamin 16-50 A Bragg, Daniel (CS) 16-50 A Ballou, Reuben Capt.(SM)16-50 A Brown, Sylvanus 16-50 A Page 3 Ballou, Asa 16-50 A Blie, Jeremiah 16-50 A ensign in ye alarm List Company Brown, Levi 16-50 A Ballou, Absalom 16-50 A R-Rehoboth Ensign in the 2nd Co. of Militia Brown, Caleb 16-50 A Bishop, Gideon 16-50 A R-Rehoboth Bennet, Timothy 16-50 A Bates, John 50-60 A R-Attleborough Cook, Abraham 50-60 A Page 3 (Cont.) Cook, David (SM) 16-50 A Cook, Stephen 16-50 A Cook, Eleazer 16-50 A Cook, Asahel 16-50 U Cook, Hazekiah 50-60 A Capron, Charles 50-60 A Cook, Abraham Junr 16-50 A Capron, Joseph 16-50 A Capron, Philip 16-50 A Chace, Isaac 60+ Clarke, Nathan 16-50 A Cole, John 60+ Cole, John Junr 16-50 A Cole, Joseph 16-50 A Cook, Ariel 16-50 A Cook, Annanias 16-50 A Carpenter, Asa 16-50 A Chase, Joseph 60+ Chase, Joseph Junr 16-50 A Chase, John 16-50 A Chase, Stephen 16-50 A Cargill, James 16-50 A Carpenter, William 50-60 U Clarke, Samuel 50-60 A Clarke, Edward 16-50 A Clarke, John 50-60 A Clarke, Aaron 16-50 A Clarke, Samuel Junr 16-50 A Carpenter, Ezekiel 16-50 A Crowingshield, Richard 16-50 A Chamberlin, Samuel 16-50 A Carpenter, Jotham 60+ Carpenter, Jotham Junr 16-50 A Carpenter, Oliver 16-50 A Commins, Joseph 16-50 A Cook, Nathaniel 16-50 A Cook, Silas 16-50 A Dexter, John 60+ Dexter, James 50-60 A Dexter, David 50-60 A Dexter, David Junr 16-50 A Dexter, Oliver 16-50 A Captain in the Continental Ensign in the Continental Battalion Battalion Page 4 Page 4 (cont.)Dexter, Esek (CS) 16-50 A Dexter, Daniel (SM) 16-50 A Dexter, Simeon 16-50 A Dexter, Stephen 16-50 A Darling, John 60+ Davis, Benjamin 50-60 U Davis, Joseph Esqr. 50-60 A Darling, Joseph 16-50 A 1st Leiut in the alarm Company Darling, Peter Esqr. 16-50 A Darling, Peter Junr 16-50 A Darling, John 60+ Darling, John Junr 16-50 A Darling, Elias 16-50 A Darling, Ebenezer 16-50 A Estes, Richard 60+ Estes, Richard Junr 16-50 A Estes, Stephen 16-50 A Estes, John 16-50 A Estes, John Junr.(SM) 16-50 A Emerson, William 16-50 A Emerson, William Jr(CS)16-50 A Estes, Samuel 16-50 A Esterbrooks, Abiel 16-50 A Fisher, Jeremiah 16-50 U R-Warren Field, Solomon 16-50 A Field, John 16-50 U R-Attleborough R-Attleborough Follet, Joseph 16-50 A Follet, Abraham 16-50 A Follet, William 16-50 A Follet, Benjamin 16-50 A Fisher, Jonathan 16-50 A Fisher, Jonathan Junr 16-50 A Fisk, John 16-50 A Fisk, Squire 16-50 A major of one of the Regiment's 1st Lieut of a Company in ye of Militia 15 months service Fisk, John Junr 16-50 A Fuller, Peleg 60+ Fuller, Ezekial 50-60 A Fuller, Thomas 16-50 A Foster, Samuel 16-50 A R-Attleborough Page 5 Page 5 (cont.) Goold, John Esqr. 50-60 A Goold, Benjamin 16-50 A Gaskill, William Esqr. 16-50 A Grant, John 60+ Gaskill, Samuel Affirm Goold, Nathaniel 16-50 A Grant, Joseph 60+ Leiut of the 2nd Co. of Militia Goold, John Junr 16-50 A Goold, Jabez 16-50 A Grant, Gilbert 16-50 A Grant, Allen 16-50 A 1st Lieut in the Continental Grant, John Junr 16-50 A Service Grant, Samuel 16-50 A Grant, David 16-50 A Green, Andrew 16-50 A Hopkins, Asa 16-50 A T-Great Britain Howard, Samuel 16-50 A Howard, John 16-50 A Hogg, Abraham 16-50 A Hawkins, Andrew 16-50 U Harris, Christopher 16-50 A Harris, Ezekial 16-50 A Harris, Christopher Junr (SM) Harris, Oliver 16-50 A 16-50 A Hathway, Silvanus 16-50 A Hathway, Melatiah 60+ Haskill, Abner 60+ Haskill, Comfort 16-50 A Haskill, Samuel 16-50 A Haskill, John 16-50 A Haskill, Amos 16-50 A Hill, Roger 16-50 A Jenks, Daniel 60+ Jenks, Daniel Junr 16-50 A Jenks, Jeremiah 16-50 A Jenks, John 16-50 A Jenks, Anthony 16-50 A Jenks, David 16-50 A Jenks, Joseph 16-50 A Jillson, Uriah Esqr 60+ Jillson, Nathaniel 60+ Page 6 Page 6 (cont.) Joslen, Thomas 16-50 A Jillson, Nathan 16-50 A Inman, Stephen 16-50 A Jillson, Nathaniel Junr16-50 A Jillson, Uriah Junr 16-50 A Jillson, Paul 16-50 A Jillson, Luke 16-50 A Jillson, Enos 16-50 A Jenks, Amos 16-50 A Inman, Jeremiah 16-50 A Inman, Francis 16-50 A Feffers [sic] Caleb 16-50 A Jones, Uriah (CS) 16-50 A R-Newport Lapham, Abner Esqr 16-50 A Lapham, Joseph 60+ Lovet, John 60+ Lovet, John Junr 16-50 A Lovett, Eliphalet 16-50 U Lovett, James Capt. 16-50 A Lovett, William 16-50 A Lee, Joseph 16-50 A Lee, Levi 16-50 A Lapham, John 16-50 A Lovett, Peter Spanish I Lapham, Saul N Lind, William 16-50 A Mason, Pelatiah 60+ T-Sweeden Mason, Jonathan 16-50 A Mosher, Jonathan 16-50 A Mosher, Gardner 16-50 A Mosher, Luthan 16-50 A Miller, Daniel 60+ Miller, Daniel Junr 16-50 A Miller, Josiah 16-50 A Miller, Peter 16-50 A May, Benjamin 16-50 A Meads, James 16-50 A Metcalf, Ebenezer 16-50 A Mason, Jonathan Junr 16-50 A Page 7 Page 7 (cont.) Newell, Jason 16-50 A Newell, Aaron 16-50 A Newell, Elisha 16-50 A Newell, David 16-50 A Peck, Solomon 16-50 A Peck, Benjamin 16-50 A Philbrook, Elias 16-50 A Peck, George 16-50 A Philips, Michael 16-50 A Captain of the Independant Company R-Boston of the Smithfield & Cumberland Richmond, Ichabod 16-50 A Rangers R-Providence Ray, Henry 16-50 A Ray, Daniel [?] 16-50 A Raze, Joseph 50-60 A Raze, Joseph Juner 16-50 A Raze, Isaac 16-50 A Ensign in the 1st Company of Richmond, Jeremiah 16-50 A Militia Raze, Joseph ye 3. 16-50 A Raze, Jonas 16-50 A Raze, David 60+ Raze, David Junr 16-50 A Ray, Joseph 16-50 A Ray, Asa 16-50 A Ray, Joseph Junr 16-50 A Ray, Oliver 16-50 A Richmond, S[?]igby N Smith, John 60+ Smith, Jesse 16-50 A Staples, Nathan 16-50 A Staples, David 16-50 A Strange, John (CS) 16-50 A Smith, Benjamin 16-50 A Staples, Jonathan (CS) 16-50 A R-Smithfield Page 8 Page 8 (cont.) Smith, Chad 16-50 A Steeter, Joseph 50-60 A Streeter, Bezeleal (SM) 16-50 A Streeter, Eleazer 16-50 A Sly, John 16-50 A Staples, Stephen 16-50 A Sheldon, William 16-50 A Sheldon, Roger 16-50 A Sprague, Jonathan 60+ Sprague, Abraham 16-50 A Sprague, Gideon 16-50 A Shapardson, Nathaniel Esqr Shapardson, Nathanl Junr16-50 A 16-50 A Smith, John Junr 16-50 A Smith, Daniel 16-50 A Smith, Daniel Junr 16-50 A Smith, David 16-50 A Smith, Levi 16-50 A Smith, Jonathan 16-50 A Streeter, Nathan 16-50 A Streeter, Ebenezer 16-50 A Sprague, Amos 50-60 A Sprague, Seth (SM) 16-50 A Scott, Jeremiah 50-60 A Ensign Scott, Jeremiah Junr 16-50 A Scott, Charles 16-50 A Staples, George (SM) 16-50 A Trask, Daniel 16-50 A Tower, Benjamin Capt. 60+ R-Mendon Thurber, Amos (CS) 16-50 A Taft, Stephen 16-50 A Thurber, Barnabas 16-50 A Tower, Levi Capt. 16-50 A Tower, Enoch Capt 16-50 A Trask, Edward 16-50 A Tower, Ichabod 16-50 A R-Mendon Thurber, James 50-60 U Vicory, John 16-50 A R-Rehoboth R-Chesterfield Tillson, Joseph 60+ Page 9 Page 9 (cont.) Whipple, Jeremiah Esqr 60+ Wallcott, William 60+ Wallcott, Benjamin Junr 16-50 A Wallcott, John 16-50 A Leiut (SM) Wallcott, George 16-50 A Whipple, Jeremiah Junr 16-50 A Whipple, Simon 16-50 A Whipple, David 16-50 A Whipple, Moses 16-50 A Whipple, Israel 16-50 A Whipple, Israel Junr 16-50 A Whipple, Calvin 16-50 A Weatherhead, John 16-50 A Weatherhead, Daniel 60+ Willcox, Daniel 16-50 A Willcox, Stephen 16-50 A Wood, Thomas 16-50 A Weatherhead, Levi 16-50 A Weatherhead, Jeramh Junr (SM) Weatherhead, Enoch 16-50 A 16-50 A Capt in the 1st Company Weatherhead, Nathan 16-50 A of Militia Weatherhead, Amaziah 16-50 A Whipple, Christopher 16-50 A Whipple, Peck 16-50 A Whipple, John 60+ Whipple, John Junr 16-50 A Whipple, Samuel 50-60 A Whipple, Peter (SM) 16-50 A Whipple, Joseph 50-60 A Whipple, Asa 16-50 A Whipple, Daniel 60+ Whipple, Daniel Junr 16-50 A Whipple, Simon Junr 16-50 A Whipple, Amos 16-50 A Whipple, Preserved 16-50 A Capt of the 2nd Company of Whipple, Joel 16-50 A Militia Whipple, Comfort (SM) 16-50 A Whipple, Job 16-50 A Whipple, Eleazer 16-50 A Whipple, Eleazer Junr 16-50 A Waterman, Amaziah 60+ Waterman, Elisha Capt. 16-50 A R-Providence Williams, Robert 16-50 A Whipple, Ibrook 50-60 A R-Great Britain Whipple, Ibrook Junr 16-50 A Whipple, Stephen 16-50 A Whipple, Ephraim 16-50 A Page 10 Page 10 (cont.) Whipple, Benjamin 16-50 A Wilkinson, Daniel 60+ Wilkinson, Jeremiah 60+ Wilkinson, William 16-50 A Wilkinson, Benjamin 16-50 A Wilkinson, Daniel Junr 16-50 A Leiut of the 1st Company of Wilkinson, Simon 16-50 A Militia Wilkinson, Joab 16-50 A Wilkinson, Nedabiah 16-50 A Wilkinson, Jeremiah Jr Cert 2nd Leiut of the Smithfield Wilkinson, Stephen 16-50 A & Cumberland Rangers Wilkinson, Jepthtah 16-50 A Whitaker, William 16-50 A Wilkinson, John 16-50 A R-Billingham Waterman, Pero N Young, Hugh 60+ Totals: 315 16-50 A 9 16-50 U 24 50-60 A 4 50-60 U 41 60+ 3 Affirm 1 Cert 3 T 20 R 3 N 1 I 12 Twelve in the Continental Service 16 Sixteen in the 15 month Service Two have taken the affirmation one Certificate from the friends Twenty Residents (of other areas) Three Transient Persons State of Rhode Island Ss Cumberland April 14, 1777. The foregoing is a True List of all the male persons, inhabiting and Residing within the Town of Cumberland in Said State Taken agreeable to and in obedience To an act of the Honorable General Assembly of Said State made and passed at South Kingstown march second session 1777. Taken by John Dexter one of the Committee appointed for that purpose. Providence Ss Cumberland April 15th 1777 John Dexter Esqr made solemn oath that the foregoing List of the male persons Inhabiting and Residing within the Town of Cumberland in Said County hath been Justly and truly made by him, according to the Best of his Knowledge. Before me Jeremiah Whipple Justis of PleasThe State of Rhode Island to John Dexter Dr To my Time and Expence in Performing the above Service £2:8:0 Errors Excepted Examined Nathl Mumford John Dexter