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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 242
Whitney, Paul, Gorham (also given Falmouth). Private, Capt. Hart Williams's co., Col. Edmund Phinney's regt.; billeting allowed from time of enlistment to date of marching to headquarters, July 5, 1775; credited with 7 weeks 2 days allowance; 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 242
Whitney, Paul, Gorham (also given Germantown). Return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Samuel Read's co.; residence, Germantown; engaged for town of Uxbridge; joined Capt. Scott's co., Col. Henley's regt.; term to expire in 1780; also, list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Samuel Whitmore's (Gorham) co., Col. Reuben Fogg's (3d Cumberland Co.) regt., as returned to Capt. Briant Morton; residence, Gorham; engaged for town of Cambridge; joined Capt. Scot's co.; term, 3 years, to expire Dec. -, 1779; also, list of men mustered by Nathaniel Barber, Muster Master for Suffolk Co., dated Boston, Sept. 28, 1777; Capt. Scott's co., Col. Henley's regt.; reported received State bounty; also, Private, Capt. Lemuel Trescott's co. detached from Col. David Henley's regt.; pay roll for May, 1778, sworn to at Providence; also, return certified at Camp near Morristown, April 30, 1780, of officers and men belonging to Col. Lee's, Col. Henley's, and Col. Jackson's regts., and men belonging to Massachusetts in Col. Henry Sherburne's regt., who were incorporated into a regiment under the command of Col. Henry Jackson, agreeable to the arrangement of April 9, 1779; rank, Private; term, 3 years; said Whitney appears among men belonging to Col. David Henley's regt. who had been discharged from the rolls prior to above arrangement; reported killed in action at Rhode Island Aug. 29, 1778.
Volume 17, page 242
Whitney, Paul, Gorham. Capt. Samuel Whitmore's co., Col. Reuben Fogg's regt.; copy of a pay abstract for mileage [year not given]; mileage for 392 miles allowed said Whitney.
Volume 17, page 282
Whittney, Paul. Private, Capt. Hart Williams's co., Col. Edmund Phinney's regt.; muster roll dated Garrison at Fort George, Dec. 8, 1776; enlisted Jan. 1, 1776; reported discharged Aug. 4, 1776.
Volume 17, page 692
Witney, Paul. Private, Capt. Lemuel Trescott's co. detached from Col. David Henley's regt.; pay roll for April, 1778, sworn to at Providence.
Volume 17, page 242
Whitney, Peleg. Lieutenant, Capt. Peter Penniman's co., Col. Job Cushing's regt.; service from Aug. 14, 1777, to date of discharge, Nov. 29, 1777, 3 mos. 27 days, with Northern army, including travel home. [See Jesse Whitney.]
Volume 17, page 242
Whitney, Phineas, Gorham. Capt. Samuel Whitmore's co., Col. Reuben Fogg's regt.; copy of a pay abstract for mileage [year not given]; mileage for 392 miles allowed said Whitney.
Volume 17, page 242
Whitney, Phineas, Harvard. Certificate dated Cambridge, June 18, 1775, signed by Capt. Joseph Moors, certifying that said Whitney and others in his company were in need of cartridge boxes, for which said Moors promised to be accountable; also, Private, Capt. Joseph Moors's co., Col. William Prescott's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 19, 1775; service, 74 days; also, company return dated Oct. 6, 1775.
Volume 17, page 242
Whitney, Phineas, Harvard. Corporal, Capt. Benjamin Brown's co., Col. Michael Jackson's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 5, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; residence, Harvard; credited to town of Harvard; also, Capt. Hartshorn's co., Col. Jackson's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1 to Jan. 28, 1780; term, 3 years.
Volume 17, page 243
Whitney, Phineas, Westminster. Capt. Joseph Sargent's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.; pay abstract for mileage, dated June 22, 1777; mileage for 90 miles allowed said Whitney; also, Private, same co.; service from May 5, 1777, to July 12, 1777, 67 days, at Rhode Island; company drafted from Col. Whitney's and Col. Stearns's regts. and marched to serve under Gen. Spencer.
Volume 17, page 243
Whitney, Phineas, Westminster. Capt. Francis Willson's co., Col. Danforth Keyes's regt.; pay abstract for mileage from place of discharge home, dated Providence, Dec. 29, 1777; mileage for 68 miles allowed said Whitney. [See Phineas Whiting and Phineas Whitny.]
Volume 17, page 243
Whitney, Phineas. Private, Capt. Briant Morton's co.; entered service Jan. 27, 1776; service to Sept. 1, 1776; company stationed on seacoast at Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough; also, Capt. Morton's co., Col. Mitchel's regt.; service from Sept. 1, 1776, to date of discharge, Nov. 25, 1776, 2 mos. 25 days; company stationed on seacoast at Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough.
Volume 17, page 243
Whitney, Phineas. Private, Capt. Nathaniel Healy's co., Col. Jonathan Holman's regt.; service, 16 days; company marched to Rhode Island on an alarm in Dec., 1776, and was stationed at Providence Jan. 21, 1777.
Volume 17, page 243
Whitney, Phineas. Private, Capt. John Hartwell's co., Col. Nicholas Dike's regt.; muster roll for Dec., 1776-Feb., 1777; credited to town of Shirley; enlisted Dec. 14, 1776; reported sick in hospital in Jan., 1777; regiment raised to serve until March 1, 1777.
Volume 17, page 243
Whitney, Phineas. Receipt dated Harvard, May 7, 1781, for bounty paid said Whitney by the committee of a class of the town of Harvard to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years; also, descriptive list of men raised in Worcester Co. to serve in the Continental Army, agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780, as returned by Seth Washburn, Superintendent; Capt. Ballard's co., Col. Whitney's regt.; age, 23 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 11 in.; complexion, dark; occupation, farmer; engaged for town of Harvard; engaged March 7, 1781; term, 3 years.
Volume 17, page 255
Whitny, Phineas. Private, Capt. Francis Willson's co., Col. Danforth Keyes's regt.; service from Dec. 1, 1777, to date of discharge, Jan. 3, 1778, 1 mo. 3 days. Roll dated Providence. [See Phineas Whiting and Phineas Whitney.]
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