Part 3

+---------------------------------+ | Captains. | ----------------+---------------------------------+ First, or | Stephen Fuller Oct., 1775 | Lower | John Garret Oct., 1776 | Wilkes-Barre | Elisha Swift May, 1777 | Comp'y. | James Bidlack, Jr. Oct., 1777 | ----------------+---------------------------------+ Second, or | Nathaniel Landon Oct., 1775 | Kingston | Wm. Hooker Smith May, 1777 | Company. | Dethic Hewit Oct., 1777 | | Aholiab Buck May, 1778 | ----------------+---------------------------------+ Third, or | Samuel Ransom Oct., 1775 | Plymouth | Asaph Whittlesey May, 1777 | Company. | | ----------------+---------------------------------+ Fourth, or | Solomon Strong Oct., 1775 | Pittston | Jeremiah Blanchard May, 1777 | Company. | |_ ----------------+---------------------------------+ Fifth, or | Wm. McKarrican Oct., 1775 | Hanover | | Company. | |_ ----------------+---------------------------------+ Sixth, or Upper | Rezin Geer Oct., 1775 | Wilkes-Barre | | Comp'y. | | ----------------+---------------------------------+ Seventh, or | Stephen Harding Oct., 1775 | Exeter Company. | | ----------------+---------------------------------+ Eighth, or | Eliab Farnham Oct., 1775 | Lackaway | | Company. | | ----------------+---------------------------------+ Ninth, or Up | James Seacord Oct., 1775 | River Company. | Robert Carr May, 1776 | ----------------+---------------------------------| Tenth, or | John Franklin May, 1778 | Huntington-Salem| | Co. | | ----------------+---------------------------------+

+---------------------------------+ | Lieutenants. | ----------------+ --------------------------------+ First, or | John Garret Oct., 1775 | Lower | Asa Stevens Oct., 1776 | Wilkes-Barre | James Bidlack, Jr. May, 1777 | Comp'y. | Lebbeus Tubbs Oct., 1777 | ----------------+ --------------------------------+ Second, or | George Dorrance Oct., 1775 | Kingston | Flavius Waterman May, 1777 | Company. | Aholiab Buck Oct., 1777 | | Elijah Shoemaker May, 1778 | ----------------+ --------------------------------+ Third, or | Perrin Ross Oct., 1775 | Plymouth | Aaron Gaylord May, 1777 | Company. | | ----------------+ --------------------------------+ Fourth, or | Jonathan Parker Oct., 1775 | Pittston | Timothy Keyes May, 1777 | Company. | | ----------------+---------------------------------+ Fifth, or | Lazarus Stewart, Jr. Oct., 1775 | Hanover | Roswell Franklin May, 1777 | Company. | | ----------------+---------------------------------+ Sixth, or Upper | Daniel Gore Oct., 1775 | Wilkes-Barre | | Comp'y. | | ----------------+---------------------------------+ Seventh, or | Elisha Scovil Oct., 1775 | Exeter Company. | | ----------------+---------------------------------+ Eighth, or | John Shaw Oct., 1775 | Lackaway | | Company. | | ----------------+---------------------------------+ Ninth, or Up | John Depue Oct., 1775 | River Company. | Nathan Kingsley May, 1776 | ----------------+---------------------------------+ Tenth, or | Frethias Wall Oct., 1776 | Huntington-Salem| Stoddart Bowen May, 1778 | Co. | | ----------------+---------------------------------+

+--------------------------------+ | Ensigns. | ----------------+--------------------------------+ First, or | Charles Avery Oct., 1775 | Lower | David Downing Oct., 1776 | Wilkes-Barre | Lebbeus Tubbs May, 1777 | Comp'y. | John Comstock Oct., 1777 | ----------------+--------------------------------+ Second, or | Asahel Buck Oct., 1775 | Kingston | Dethic Hewit Oct., 1776 | Company. | Elisha Blackman May, 1777 | | Asa Gore Oct., 1777 | ----------------+--------------------------------+ Third, or | Asaph Whittlesey Oct., 1775 | Plymouth | William White May, 1777 | Company. | | ----------------+--------------------------------+ Fourth, or | Timothy Keyes Oct., 1775 | Pittston | William Shays May, 1777 | Company. | Jeremiah Bigford May, 1778 | ----------------+--------------------------------+ Fifth, or | Silas Gore Oct., 1775 | Hanover | Titus Hinman May, 1777 | Company. | | ----------------+--------------------------------+ Sixth, or Upper | John Hagerman Oct., 1775 | Wilkes-Barre | | Comp'y. | | ----------------+--------------------------------+ Seventh, or | John Jenkins, Jr. Oct., 1775 | Exeter Company. | | ----------------+--------------------------------+ Eighth, or | Elijah Winters Oct., 1775 | Lackaway | | Company. | | ----------------+--------------------------------+ Ninth, or Up | Rudolph Fox Oct., 1775 | River Company. | | ----------------+--------------------------------+ Tenth, or | John Franklin Oct., 1776 | Huntington-Salem| Nathaniel Goss May, 1778 | Co. | | ----------------+--------------------------------+

APPENDIX B.

A bill of Losses sustained by the Inhabitants of Westmoreland from the 3d day of July, 1778, to May, 1780, taken and carefully examined by the Selectmen of sd Town pursuant to a Resolve of the Assembly of the state of Connecticut holden at Hartford the second Thursday of May, 1780.

And is as followeth: £ s.

Sam'l Andross, 26 15 Isaac Adams, 103 14 Richardson Avery, 155 00 Alice Abbot, 173 6 Prince Alden, 83 17 Mason F. Alden, 5 13 Noah Adams, 83 5 Cornelius Atherton, 103 0 Samuel Ayers, 100 10 James Atherton, 120 0 Richardson Avery, Jr., 137 13 Eber Adros, 120 9 Col. Zebulon Butler, 429 4 Zerah Beach, 67 13 Ishmael Bennet, 96 17 Isaac Bennet, 61 7 Asa Bennet, 199 12 Henry Burney, 71 15 Moses Brown, 13 8 Andrew Blanchard, 49 15 John Blanchard, 23 8 Joseph Blanchard, 54 9 Margaret Blanchard, 79 2 Lucretia Buck, 90 14 James Benedict, 228 13 Jeremiah Blanchard, 215 14 Benjamin Bailey, 134 17 Asahel Burnham, 35 6 Isaac Benjamin, 9 0 Thomas Brown, 61 0 Thomas Bennet, 507 0 James Brown, 165 4 Capt. James Bidlack, 65 19 Sarah Brockway, 205 7 Joseph Baker, 124 13 Elisha Blackman, 137 1 Elizabeth Benedict, 144 13 Bertha Bixby, 36 13 James Bagley, 95 15 Mary Bixby, 74 8 Capt. Caleb Bates, 285 4 Wm. Buck, 245 5 Elijah Buck, 103 18 Abigail Bidlack, 63 10 David Brown, 28 16 Richard Brockway, 163 17 Mehitable Bigford, 202 1 Uriah Chapman, Esq., 58 10 Samuel Cummings, 151 5 John Cray, 93 10 Wm. Churchill, 178 10 Anne Campbell, 100 5 Nathan Cary, 160 4 Benjamin Cole, Jr., 165 0 James Cole, 207 3 Peleg Comstock, 40 13 Mary Crooker, 51 1 John Comstock, 219 7 Jonathan Cory, 173 11 Jinks Cory, 83 0 Thos McCluer, 66 4 Barnabas Cary, 88 17 Samuel Cole, 89 6 Preserved Cooley, 95 19 Col. Nathan Denison, 209 15 Samuel Downer, 22 19 Daniel Downing, 107 0 David Darling, 13 0 Sarah Durkee, 240 18 Amos Draper, 68 18 Samuel Dart, 124 4 Anderson Dana, Esq., 194 15 Frederick Eveland, 90 6 Samuel Ensign, 38 10 Joseph Elliott, 33 17 Henry Elliott, 44 14 Benjamin Eaton, 369 10 Nathaniel Evans, 61 19 Capt. Stephen Fuller, 288 4 Roswell Franklin, 104 0 Charles Forsythe, 15 3 Capt. John Franklin, 21 4 Benj. Follet, 118 17 Jabez Fish, 223 0 John Ferre, Jr., 61 11 Hugh Foresman, 193 11 Sarah Fuller, 101 13 Esther Follet, 221 7 James Finn, 221 11 Richard Fitz Jarold, 245 2 Elizabeth Follet, 212 3 Jonathan Forsythe, 138 16 Jonathan Fitch, 46 10 Capt. Eliab. Farnham, 27 11 Joanna Fish, 30 17 Major John Garret, 309 11 Hannah Gore, John Garret, Jr., 59 16 Daniel Gore, 273 13 Cornelius Gale, 7 14 William Gallop, 200 0 Solomon Goss, 31 11 Justin Gaylord, 134 14 Keziah Gore, 89 0 Obadiah Gore, Esq., 306 1 Elisha Garret, 29 0 Catherine Gaylord, 158 4 Joseph Gaylord, 69 6 Stephen Gardner, 176 18 Nathaniel Gates, 66 14 James Gardner, 180 0 Elizabeth Gore, 240 0 Wait Garret, 108 6 Bezaleel Gurney, 59 6 John Hurlburt, Esq., 85 7 Peter Harris, 149 16 Richard Hoisted, 177 6 Lebbeus Hammond, 84 18 Joseph Hagaman, 19 0 Henry Harding, 55 12 Matthew Hollenback, 671 3 Dr. Joseph Hamilton, 284 17 James Hopkins, 90 6 Capt. Robt. Hopkins, 28 18 Samuel Huchinson, 163 9 Simon Hide, 117 17 Widow Hasen and son, 182 10 Samuel Howard, 27 15 Mary Howard, 50 1 Benjamin Hervy, 186 0 Mary Hatch, 12 7 John Hutchins, 57 1 Capt. Stephen Harding, 181 19 Stukely Harding, 73 6 James Headsall, 210 0 Thos. Heath, 190 0 Cyprian Hybert, 119 13 Daniel Ingersol, 208 2 Sarah Inman, 161 10 Richard Inman, 41 17 Edward Inman, 84 6 Rev. Jacob Johnson, 459 1 John Jenneson, 88 11 Crocker Jones, 9 0 Wm. Jacobson, 106 1 Robert Jamison, 183 16 Capt. Wm. Judd, 19 2 John Jenkins, Esq., 598 1 Josiah Kellogg, 146 12 Michael Kelly, 21 11 Benj. Kilburn, 92 16 Hanna Keys, 178 14 Alexander M. Kay, 277 4 Sarah Lee, 236 6 Thomas Levenworth, 122 11 Sarah Leonard, 75 0 Rufus Lawrence, 189 11 Daniel Lawrence, 37 0 George Liquors, 136 18 Abigail Leech, 82 0 Joseph Leonard, 79 19 John Lashley, 53 2 David Lindsey, 78 7 Edward Lester, 109 11 Samuel Morgan, 153 8 John Murphy, 86 3 Benj. Murry, 78 2 Ebenezer Murry, 118 12 Uzania Manvill, 46 17 Thomas Neil, 4 0 James Nesbit, 74 19 Phinehas Nash, 70 0 John O'Neil, 18 2 David Owen, 24 0 Amos Ormsby, 7 1 Anning Owen, 174 12 Josiah Pell, 73 10 Lucy Pettibone, 79 9 Hannah Parish, 44 12 Thomas Picket, 111 11 Hannah Pierce, 151 6 Thos. Picket, Jr., 66 0 Ichabod Phelps, 93 2 Thos. Porter, 200 0 Josiah Parks, 49 19 Noah Pettibone, 216 1 Jonathan Pritchard, 30 15 Jonathan Parker, 54 12 Silas Parks, Esq., 91 10 Elijah Phelps, 550 10 Sarah Pixley, 26 19 John Ryon 18 3 Wm. Ross, 326 0 John Ross, 65 17 Susannah Reynolds, 28 10 Peran Ross, 233 9 Abigail Richards, 135 3 David Reynolds, 94 2 Capt. Samuel Ransom, 259 0 Capt. Daniel Rosencrans, 175 10 James Roberts, 83 18 Jonah Rogers, 168 17 Amasa Roberts, 92 10 Timothy Rose, 118 11 Caleb Spencer, 182 17 Margaret Smith, 155 10 James Stark, 547 15 Lazarus Stuart, Jr., 172 12 Isaac Smith, 67 10 Joseph Staples, 223 0 Esther Spencer, 135 0 David Sanford, 193 12 Elizabeth St. John, 162 0 Elisha Scovil, 712 4 Jonathan Scovil, 72 0 Ebenezer Skinner, 89 4 Wm. Shay, 114 15 Josiah Smith, 83 19 Obadiah Scott, 72 15 Jedediah Stevens, 285 0 Joshua Stevens, 119 11 Zacharias Squire, 66 16 James Sutton, 176 17 David Shoemaker, 50 0 Daniel Sherwood, 40 4 Edward Spencer, Jr., 85 7 Thomas Stoddard, 200 8 David Smith, 202 15 Jane Shoemaker, 329 12 Benj. Skiff, 98 7 Wm. Hooker Smith, 168 7 Wm. Stuart, 57 17 Giles Slocum, 205 19 Asa Stevens, 185 11 John Scott, 217 3 James Staples, 80 19 Martha Stuart, 481 12 Jabez Sill, 351 19 John Staples, 224 12 John Stafford, 36 6 Josiah Stanberry, 603 14 Luke Sweatland, 200 0 Joseph Thomas, 120 18 Mary Thomas, 25 0 Ephraim Tyler, 14 10 Parshall Terry, 216 12 Mary Thompson, 30 10 Job Tripp, 113 1 Isaac Tripp, 74 10 Lebbeus Tubbs, 130 3 John Taylor, 61 14 Preserved Taylor, 18 2 Mehitable Truks, 159 4 Moses Thomas, 68 3 Bezaleel Tyler, 35 17 Elizabeth Tuttle, 67 10 James Towser, 36 0 Isaac Van Orman, 122 0 John Van Titbury, 84 3 Rev. Noah Wadhams, 193 6 Amy Wilcox, 116 12 Elizabeth Wilcox, 87 15 Enos Woddard, 30 19 Enos Woddard, Jr., 16 7 Eleazer West, 53 10 Nathaniel Williams, 30 0 Abigail Weeks, 129 16 Mary Walker, 42 5 Eunice Whiton, 26 7 Daniel Willing, 44 17 Thomas Wigton, 175 6 Isabel Wigton, 130 1 Wm. Warner, 68 16 Wm. Williams, 148 18 Jonathan Weeks, 239 11 Flavius Waterman, 90 0 Elihu Williams, 197 10 Richard West, 65 17 Amy Williams, 130 0 Daniel Whitney, 363 14 Abraham Westbrook, 380 2 James Wells, 92 12 Lucretia York, 221 13 Jemima Yale, 130 3 Jacob Zaratt, 42 11

Total amount, £38,308 13

The foregoing Bill was carefully examined in each single account and estimated in lawful money equal to money in 1774.

Westmoreland, Oct. 2, 1781.

In the Lower House, Ordered that this Report be Lodged on file in the Secretary's Office.

Teste--Jed'h Strong, Clerk.

Concur'd in the Upper House.

Teste--George Wyllys, Sect'y.

APPENDIX C.

Copies of Documents Relative to the Expedition Against Wyoming, in 1778, Now in His Majesty's State Paper Office, London, in a Volume Entitled, "Military, 1778.--No. 122."

I.

Copy of Articles of Capitulation, for Wintermoot's Fort, July 1, 1778.

Art. 1st. That Lieut. Elisha Scovell surrender the Fort, with the Stores, arms and ammunition, that are in said fort, as well public as private, to Major John Butler.

2d. That the garrison shall not bear arms during the present contest; and Major Butler promises that the men, women and children shall not be hurt, either by Indians or Rangers.

II.

Fort Jenkins Fort, July 1st, 1778.

Between Major John Butler, on behalf of His Majesty King George the Third, and John Jenkins.

Art. 1st. That the Fort with all the stores, arms and ammunition, be delivered up immediately.

2d. That Major John Butler shall preserve to them, intire, the lives of the men, women and children.

III.

Articles of Capitulation for three Forts at Lackuwanack, 4th July, 1778.

Art. 1st. That the different Commanders of the said Forts, do immediately deliver them up, with all the arms, ammunition and stores in the said forts.

2d. Major Butler promises that the lives of the men, women and children shall be preserved intire.

IV.

Westmoreland, July 4th, 1778.

Capitulation made and completed between Major John Butler, on behalf of His Majesty King George the Third, and Col. Nathan Denniston, of the United States of America.

Art. 1. That the inhabitants of the settlement lay down their arms, and the garrisons be demolished.

2d. That the inhabitants are to occupy their farms peaceably, and the lives of the inhabitants preserved intire and unhurt.

3d. That the Continental Stores be delivered up.

4th. That Major Butler will use his utmost influence that the private property of the inhabitants shall be preserved intire to them.

5th. That the prisoners in Forty Fort, be delivered up, and that Samuel Finch, now in Major Butler's possession, be delivered up also.

6th. That the property taken from the people called Tories, up the river, be made good; and they to remain in peaceable possession of their farms, unmolested in a free trade, in and throughout this State, as far as lies in my power.

7th. That the inhabitants, that Colonel Denniston now capitulates for, together with himself, do not take up arms during the present contest.

[Signed]

Nathan Denniston. John Butler.

Zarah Beech, John Johnson, Samuel Gustin, Wm. Caldwell.

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Jenkins, Steuben.--Historical Address at the Wyoming Monument July 3, 1878, on the 100th Anniversary of the Battle and Massacre of Wyoming. Wilkes-Barre. 1878.