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Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 volumes, Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896- .
Volume 17, page 205
Whitney, Aaron, Harvard. Private, Capt. James Burt's co., Col. Asa Whitcomb's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; left place of rendezvous April 22, 1775; service, 3 days.
Volume 17, page 205
Whitney, Aaron. Private, Capt. Isaac Martin's co., Col. Ezra Wood's regt.; service, 23 days; company marched to Rhode Island April 17, 1777, and served until May 7, 1777, under Maj. Gen. Spencer.
Volume 17, page 157
Whiteny, Abel, Gorham. List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Alexander McLellan's (Gorham) co., Col. Reuben Fogg's (3d Cumberland Co.) regt., as returned to Capt. Briant Morton, one of State Committee, sworn to in Cumberland Co., Feb. 23, 1778; residence, Gorham; enlisted for town of Gorham; joined Capt. Josiah Jenkins's co., Col. Samuel Bruer's regt.; enlistment, 3 years, to expire Dec. -, 1779.
Volume 17, page 205
Whitney, Abel, Gorham. Corporal, Capt. Sewall's co., Col. Ebenezer Sprout's (12th) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to Aug. 12, 1777; reported discharged Aug. 12, 1777; also, Private, Capt. Josiah Jenkins's co., Col. Samuel Brewer's regt.; subsistence allowed from date of enlistment, Jan. 1, 1777; credited with 77 rations; subsistence also allowed for 14 days travel on march to Bennington; also, same co. and regt.; return certified at Camp near Valley Forge, Jan. 23, 1778; residence, Gorham; enlisted for town of Gorham; mustered by Maj. Insley; reported discharged.
Volume 17, page 205
Whitney, Abel. Enlistment agreement dated 1776, signed by said Whitney and others, engaging themselves to serve in the Continental Army until April 1 [1776]; reported enlisted at Gorham. [Name crossed out on agreement.]
Volume 17, page 205
Whitney, Abel. Private, Capt. Alexander McLellan's co., Col. Jonathan Mitchel's regt.; entered service July 7, 1779; discharged Sept. 25, 1779; service, 2 mos. 18 days, on Penobscot expedition. Roll dated Gorham.
Volume 17, page 205
Whitney, Abijah. Private, Capt. John Hartwell's co., Col. Nicholas Dike's regt.; muster roll for Dec., 1776-Feb., 1777; credited to town of Weston; enlisted Dec. 14, 1776; regiment raised to serve until March 1, 1777.
Volume 17, page 205
Whitney, Abner, Newton.Private, Capt. Jeremiah Wiswall's co., which marched in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Lexington; service, 4 days; also, Corporal, Capt. Timothy Corey's co., Col. Gerrish's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 26, 1775; service, 97 days; also, Capt. Corey's (7th) co., Lieut. Col. Loammi Baldwin's (late Col. Samuel Gerrish's) 38th regt.; company return dated Sewall's Point, Sept. 27, 1775; also, order for money in lieu of bounty coat dated Camp at Sewall's Point, Dec. 30, 1775; also, Sergeant, Capt. Thomas Mighill's co., Col. Baldwin's (26th) regt.; abstract for advance pay for Jan., 1776, etc.; also, same co. and regt.; pay abstracts for Feb.-May, 1776; also, same co. and regt.; pay abstract for June, 1776, dated New York; also, list of men belonging to the 26th regt. who agreed to tarry 6 weeks from the last of Dec., 1776, as returned by Col. Baldwin, dated Trenton, Jan. 1, 1777; also, Capt. Mighill's co., Col. Baldwin's regt.; pay abstract for travel allowance, etc., on march homeward at close of the campaign in 1776, sworn to at Rowley; 320 miles travel allowed said Whitney; also, Ensign, Col. James Wesson's (9th) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to Dec. 15, 1777; reported resigned Dec. 15, 1777; also, Capt. John Blanchard's co., Col. Wesson's regt.; return of men who were in camp on or before Aug. 15, 1777, etc.; reported discharged (also given resigned) Dec. 15, 1777; also, same co. and regt.; return [year not given]; residence, Newton.
Volume 17, page 206
[p.206] Whitney, Abner, Shirley (also given Groton).Private, Lieut. Nathaniel Sartell's co., Col. William Prescott's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 2, 1775; service, 91 days; also, Capt. Ephraim Corey's co., Col. Prescott's regt.; company return dated Cambridge, Oct. 7, 1775, and endorsed ôThe late Capt Parkersö co.; also, order for bounty coat dated Camp at Cambridge, Oct. 31, 1775.
Volume 17, page 206
Whitney, Abraham, Bolton.Private, Capt. Benjamin Hastings's co., Col. John Whitcomb's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; service, 8 days.
Volume 17, page 206
Whitney, Abraham, Haverhill.Private, Capt. Nicholas Blasdel's co., Col. Wigglesworth's regt.; pay abstract for travel allowance, etc., from Albany home, sworn to Jan. 20, 1777; 220 miles travel allowed said Whitney.
Volume 17, page 206
Whitney, Abraham, Marlborough.Private, Capt. Cyprian How's co., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; service, 16 days; company discharged May 4, 1775, by order of Col. Jonathan Ward.
Volume 17, page 206
Whitney, Abraham, Paxton. List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army, as returned by Capt. Ralph Earll and Lieut. Adam Maynard; residence, Paxton; engaged for town of Paxton; joined Capt. Brown's co., Col. Jackson's regt.; term, during war; also, list of men mustered by Thomas Newhall, Muster Master for Worcester Co.; Capt. Brown's co., Col. Jackson's regt.; mustered April 29, 1777; reported received ú26 bounty; also, Private, Capt. Benjamin Brown's co., Col. Michael Jackson's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from April 1, 1777, to July 8, 1777; reported died July 8, 1777.
Volume 17, page 206
Whitney, Abraham, Topsham (also given Bradford). List of men raised in Feb. and March, 1777, to serve in the Continental Army, as returned by Capt. John Savory and Lieut. Thomas Stickney; residence, Topsham; engaged for East Parish in Bradford; joined Capt. Nicholas Blasdel's co., Col. Edward Wigglesworth's regt.; term, 3 years; also, Corporal, Capt. Smart's co., Col. Calvin Smith's (late Wigglesworth's) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 15, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; residence, Bradford; reported as serving 9 mos. 4 days as Private, 25 mos. 12 days as Corporal; also, Capt. Blasdel's co., Col. Wigglesworth's regt.; return dated Camp Valley Forge, Feb. 5, 1778; mustered by Esq. Cushing, County Muster Master; also, Private, same co. and regt.; muster roll for May, 1778, dated Camp Valley Forge; also, same co. and regt.; muster roll for June, 1778, dated "Camp Greeage;" also, same co. and regt.; pay roll for Oct., 1778, sworn to at Camp Providence; also, Corporal, Capt. Blasdel's co., (late) Col. Wigglesworth's regt.; muster roll for March and April, 1779, dated Providence; enlisted Feb. 15, 1777; enlistment, 3 years; also, Capt. Smart's co., Col. Smith's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts from Jan. 1, 1780, to Feb. 15, 1780.
Volume 17, page 206
Whitney, Abraham. Receipt given to the Selectmen, dated Harvard, Dec. 17, 1776, signed by said Whitney and others, for mileage (180 miles) allowed on march from Harvard to Danbury.
Volume 17, page 206
Whitney, Abraham. Private, Capt. Jonathan Gates's co.; enlisted Oct. 1, 1777; service, 26 days, at Saratoga, including 8 days (160 miles) travel home.
Volume 17, page 206
Whitney, Abraham. Private, Capt. Edward Fuller's co., Col. William McIntosh's regt.; entered camp March 19, 1778; discharged April 5, 1778; service, 18 days; company stationed at Roxbury. Roll dated Newton.
Volume 17, page 206
Whitney, Abraham. Private, Capt. Robert Cutting's co., Col. McIntash's (McIntosh's) regt., Gen. Lovell's brigade; enlisted Aug. 1, 1778; discharged Sept. 10, 1778; service, 1 mo. 13 days, on expedition to Rhode Island, including 3 days (60 miles) travel home.
Volume 17, page 207
[p.207] Whitney, Abraham (also given Abram).Private, Capt. Samuel Barnard's co. of militia, Col. Thomas Gardner's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 4 days; roll endorsed ôWatertown;ö also, Capt. Phineas Stearns's co.; service, 5 days; company marched from Watertown by order of Gen. Washington to reinforce the army at the time of taking Dorchester Heights in March, 1776; also, enlistment agreement dated Watertown, July 2, 1778, signed by said Whitney and others, engaging themselves to serve as a guard over the powder magazine at Watertown for the term of 6 months, unless sooner discharged, and to provide themselves with firearms, etc.; also, pay roll of a number of men for service from July 2, 1778, to Jan. 16, 1779, 6 mos., guarding powder magazine at Watertown; also, enlistment agreement dated Watertown, Jan. 16, 1779, signed by said Whitney and others, engaging themselves to serve as a guard over the powder magazine at Watertown until July 1, 1779, unless sooner discharged, and agreeing to obey all orders received from Jonathan Brown, Esq., and to provide themselves with firearms, etc.; also, pay roll of a number of men for service from Jan. 17, 1779, to July 16, 1779, guarding powder magazine at Watertown; also, receipt dated Aug. 2, 1779, signed by said Whitney and others, for money received of Jonathan Brown.
Volume 17, page 207
Whitney, Abraham.Return for equipments, made by Sergt. John Townsend [year not given].
Volume 17, page 207
Whitney, Alexander, Westborough.Private, Capt. Moses Wheelock's co., Col. Jonathan Ward's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 24, 1775; service, 3 mos. 15 days; also, company return [probably Oct., 1775].
Volume 17, page 207
Whitney, Amos, Gorham (also given Falmouth). Private, Capt. Hart Williams's co., Col. Edmund Phinney's regt.; subsistence allowed from time of enlistment to date of marching to headquarters, July 5, 1775; credited with allowance for 1 week 5 days; also, company return dated Cambridge, Oct. 7, 1775; also, order for bounty coat dated Camp at Cambridge, Fort No. 2, Oct. 26, 1775.
Volume 17, page 207
Whitney, Amos. Private, Capt. Benjamin Farrer's co., 3d Worcester Co. regt. commanded by Lieut. Col. Nathan Tyler; enlisted Dec. 8, 1776; discharged Jan. 21, 1777; service, 1 mo. 14 days, at Providence; company marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of Dec. 8, 1776.
Volume 17, page 207
Whitney, Amos. Private, Capt. Thomas Marshall Baker's co., Col. Nathan Tyler's regt.; enlisted July 27, 1780; discharged Aug. 8, 1780; service, 15 days, including 3 days (60 miles) travel home; company marched to Rhode Island on an alarm.
Volume 17, page 207
Whitney, Amos. Private, in a detachment from Maj. Nathaniel Heath's co.; enlisted Oct. 7, 1780; discharged Nov. 30, 1780; service, 1 mo. 24 days, with guards under Corporal Reuben Partridge at Sherburne after the discharge of Maj. Heath.
Volume 17, page 691
Witney, Amos. Private, Maj. Nathaniel Heath's co.; enlisted June 1, 1779; discharged July 31, 1779; service, 2 mos.; also, same co.; enlisted Aug. 1, 1779; service to May 1, 1780, 9 mos.; also, same co.; enlisted May 1, 1780; service, 3 mos.; also, same co.; enlisted Aug. 1, 1780; discharged Oct. 6, 1780; service, 2 mos. 6 days; above service from June 1, 1779, with guards at and about Boston under successive engagements of 3 months.
Volume 17, page 207
Whitney, Andrew, Newton. Private, Capt. Jeremiah Wiswall's co., which marched in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Lexington; service, 4 days; also, Capt. Phineas Cook's co., Lieut. Col. William Bond's (late Col. Thomas Gardner's) 37th regt.; company return dated Oct. 6, 1775; also, order for money in lieu of bounty coat dated Prospect Hill, Dec. 26, 1775.
Volume 17, page 207
Whitney, Andrew. List dated Cambridge, July 8, 1776, of men who served or hired men to serve in the Continental Army in Northern department; said Whitney reported as having been hired by Ebenezer Stedman, Jr., and Samuel Manning.
Volume 17, page 207
Whitney, Asa, Sharon, Conn. Descriptive list of deserters from Col. John Paterson's (15th) regt., dated Ticonderoga, July 23, 1776; Capt. Sloan's co.; age, 30 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 4 in.; complexion, dark; residence, Sharon, Conn.; deserted June 20, 1776.
Volume 17, page 208
[p.208] Whitney, Asa. Private, Capt. Abel Dinsmor's co., Col. Ruggles Woodbridge's regt.; enlisted Aug. 26 (also given Aug. 17), 1777; discharged Nov. 29, 1777; service, 3 mos. 8 days (also given 3 mos. 17 days), including 4 days (80 miles) travel home; company raised to serve with Northern army until Nov. 30, 1777. Roll sworn to in Hampshire Co.
Volume 17, page 208
Whitney, Asa. Private, Capt. Abel Dinsmor's co., Col. Elisha Porter's (Hampshire Co.) regt.; enlisted July 24, 1779; discharged Aug. 31, 1779; service, 1 mo. 13 days, at New London, Conn., including 5 days (102 miles) travel home.
Volume 17, page 208
Whitney, Asa. 6th co.; entry dated Feb. 22, 1784, of an order for wages for ôJuly, Aug't, 22 days, Nov Decö [year not given], appearing in a register of orders accepted on account of wages, etc.
Volume 17, page 254
Whitny, Asa. Private, Capt. Abel Dinsmor's co., Col. David Field's regt.; enlisted Aug. 17, 1777; discharged Aug. 19, 1777; service, 4 days; company marched to the Northward at request of Gen. Gates and was dismissed by order of Gen. Lincoln.
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