Sherborn Fights in the American Revolution

SHERBORN RESIDENTS & LENGTHS OF TIME SERVED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

By Betsy Johnson

* and in bold= died in service

EIGHT YEARS (2)
Badlam, Sylvanus
Hooker, Zibeon (portrait below)

SEVEN YEARS (5)
Badlam, William (incl 3.5 years in Invalid Corps)
Bailey, Elephalet
Bullard, Asa
Clarke, Arthur
?— Morse, John (from Douglas?)

SIX YEARS (1)
Dill, Lemuel (Hired as drummer)

FIVE YEARS (2)
Clarke, William (portrait below)
Grout, Nathan

FOUR YEARS (14)
Bullard, Samuel
Clarke, John
Cronyn, John
Fairbank, John (maybe 5 or 6 yrs)
Greenwood, Aaron
Greenwood, Caleb
Hill, Zedekiah
Lealand, Joshua
Perry, Amos
Phipps, John
Russell, Samuel
Smith, Elnathan
Ware, John Jr.

THREE YEARS (27)
Brick, Elijah, Jr.
Bullard, Benjamin
Bullard, John
*Clarke, Josiah
Gleason, Caleb
Holbrook, Moses
Holbrook, Nathaniel
Houghton, Benjamin
Kendall, Benjamin
Lealand, Henry, Jr.
Lealand, Jonathan, Jr.
Lealand, Micah
Merrifield, Timothy
*Morse, Adam
Morse, Jesse, Jr.
Perry, Edward West
Perry, Tyler
Phipps, Jedediah, Jr.
Pradex, William (2 3/4 years for Sherborn, rest for Boston)
Rider, Moses
Russell, Thomas, Jr.
Sanger, Jedediah
Sanger, John
Shays, Patrick
Smith, Jonathan
Sparhawk, Timothy

TWO YEARS (22)
Bacon, Joseph
Baker, Thomas
Brick, Jotham
Buck, Samuel
Clarke, Asa
Clarke, Joseph
Coolidge, Joel
Death, Perley
Dowse, Eleazer, Jr. (if he = Ebenezer then 3 yrs.)
Dowse, Joseph
Grout, Elias
Grout, Silas
Haws, Benjamin (only 1 yr for Sherborn)
Knowlton, John
Lealand, Jeremiah
Lealand, Oliver

Merrifield, Asa (Asaph)
Morse, David
Morse, Samuel
Partridge, Reuben
Perry, Luther
Russell, Isaac
Wight, Nahum (Poss. 3 more years)

ONE YEAR (39)
Adams, Asa
Adams, William
Babcock, Ebenezer
Barber, Elisha
Breck, Daniel
Brick, Luther
Chickering, Oliver
Clarke, Samuel, Jr.
Coolidge, Daniel
Coolidge, John
Coolidge, Joseph
Fairbank, Asa
Fairbank, Hopestill
Fisk, John
Gardner, Aaron (maybe 2 yrs)
Green, John
Greenwood, Thomas
Grout, Royal
Hill, Daniel
Hill, Moses, Jr.
Hill, Whitney
*Holbrook, Jonathan
Hunt, Thomas
Johnson, Nathan
Kendall, Timothy
Lealand, Barak
Learned, Samuel
Morse, Levi
Morse, Moses
*Nutt, James
Perry, David, Jr.
Perry, Josiah
Perry, Nathaniel
Perry, Simeon
Sanders, Isaac
Stowe, Samuel (poss. 3 yrs)
Twitchell, Ezra
Ware, Benjamin
Whitney, Phineas

LESS THAN ONE YEAR (87)
Babcock, Amos
Babcock, Malachai
Barber, Oliver
Barber, Zachariah
Barker, David
Battle, Nathaniel
Brick, John
Brick Thomas
Bullard, Adam
Bullard, Charles
Bullard, James
Clapp, Nehemiah
Clarke, Benjamin
*Commecho, Samuel
Coolidge, Abraham
Coolidge, Thomas
Cozzens, Isaac
Crackbone, Joseph
*Daniels, Timothy
Death, Henry, Jr.
(Dowse, Ebenezer–?)
Fairbank, Ebenezer
Fisk, Jonas
Fuller, Jabez
Gardner, Caleb
Goulding, Eleazer
Goulding, John
Greenwood, Bela
Greenwood, Jonathan
Hart, William
Haws, Ichabod
Hide, John
Hill, Caleb
Hill, Jesse
Holbrook, Amos
Holbrook, David
Holbrook, Joshua
Holbrook, Joseph

Holbrook, Thomas
*Hoppins, Thomas
*Jonah, David
Jonah, Thomas
Knowlton, William
Lealand, Aaron
Lealand, Adam
Lealand, Amos
Lealand, Asa
Lealand, Asaph
*Lealand, Caleb, Jr.
Lealand, Eleazer (Jr.?)
Lealand, Henry (Capt.)
Lealand, Hopestill
Lealand, James
Lealand, John
Lealand, Joseph
Lealand, Moses
Lealand, Samuel
Lealand, Simeon
Learned, Edward
Mason, Abner
Morse, Joshua
Perry, Moses, Jr. (Lt.)
Phipps, Jesse
*Pratt, Gershom, Jr.
Pratt, Jacob
Prentice, Benjamin
Prentice, Stephen
Rice, Daniel
Russell, Jonathan
Rider, Aaron
Sanger, Asa
Sparhawk, Jacob
*Spywood, Nenemiah
Stone, Silas
Stratton, Ebenezer (and more for Athol, MA)
Stroud, William
Twitchell, Abel
*Twitchell, Amos
Twitchell, Eli
Twitchell, John (maybe more)
Twitchell, Joshua
Twitchell, Peter
Ware, Joseph (lost left arm in battle)
Whitney, Ephraim
Whitney, James
Whitney, John
Whitney, Joseph

[Editor’s Note: The list is not completely accurate; more research needed to verify some terms; some men not listed maybe should be, etc.]