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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 236
Whitney, Lemuel, Stow. Private, Capt. Samuel Patch's co., Col. William Prescott's regt.; company return dated Oct. 7, 1775.
Volume 17, page 236
Whitney, Lemuel, Sudbury. Private, Capt. Nathaniel Cudworth's co. of Minute-men, Col. Abijah Peirce's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 6 days; also, Capt. Thaddeus Russell's co., Col. Jonathan Brewer's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 25, 1775; service, 3 mos. 2 weeks; also, company return [probably Oct., 1775]; also, order for bounty coat dated Cambridge Camp, Oct. 26, 1775.
Volume 17, page 237
Whitney, Lemuel, Sudbury. Private, Capt. Daniel Whiting's co., Col. Asa Whetcomb's regt.; muster roll dated Camp at Ticonderoga, Nov. 27, 1776; enlisted May 30, 1776; reported re-enlisted as Private in Capt. Wellington's co., Col. Wigglesworth's regt., Nov. 17, 1776, but to remain in Col. Whetcomb's regt. until Dec. 31, 1776; also, return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Moulten's co., Col. Ezekiel How's (4th Middlesex Co.) regt.; residence, Sudbury; engaged for town of Sudbury; joined Capt. Wellington's co., Col. Wigglesworth's regt.; term, 3 years; also, list of men probably raised for Continental service, as returned by Lieut. John Megraw to Col. Ezekiel How; residence, Sudbury; engaged for town of Sudbury; also, list of men mustered by Nathaniel Barber, Muster Master for Suffolk Co., dated Boston, Feb. 2, 1777; Capt. Willington's co., Col. Edward Wigglesworth's regt.; reported received State bounty; also, Corporal, Capt. Ebenezer Smith's co., Col. Calvin Smith's (late Wigglesworth's) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1780; also, Capt. Thomas Willington's co., Col. Edward Wigglesworth's regt.; return [year not given]; mustered by Nathaniel Barber; also, same co. and regt.; muster roll for June, 1778, dated Camp Greenwich; also, same co. and regt.; pay roll for Oct., 1778; also, Capt. Smith's co., (late) Col. Wigglesworth's regt.; muster roll for March and April, 1779, dated Providence; enlisted Jan. 1, 1777; enlistment, during war; also, descriptive list dated West Point, Jan. 29, 1781; Capt. Ebenezer Smith's co., 6th Mass. regt. commanded by Lieut. Col. Calvin Smith; rank, Corporal; age, 27 yrs.; stature, 6 ft.; complexion, dark; hair, black; eyes, blue; residence, Sudbury; enlisted Jan. -, 1777, by Capt. Willington; enlistment, during war; also, Corporal, Capt. Ebenezer Smith's co., Lieut. Col. Calvin Smith's (6th) regt.; returns for wages for the years 1781 and 1782; wages allowed said Whitney for 24 mos.; reported promoted to Sergeant in Dec., 1782; also, 3d co., 6th Mass. regt.; return [year not given, probably 1783] of men entitled to $80 gratuity, agreeable to act of Congress of May 15, 1778, for serving during the war; also, Sergeant, Col. Tupper's regt.; list of men entitled to $20 or 200 acres of land, agreeable to resolve of March 5, 1801.
Volume 17, page 237
Whitney, Lemuel. Private, Capt. James Shaw's co.; entered service Sept. 24, 1777; discharged Oct. 18, 1777; service, 32 days, with Northern army, including travel (140 miles) home; company detached from Col. Charles Pynchion's regt. and ordered to join army under Gen. Gates to serve for 30 days, unless sooner discharged.
Volume 17, page 237
Whitney, Lemuel. Private, Capt. Jonathan Rice's co., Col. Samuel Bullard's regt.; enlisted Aug. 17, 1777; discharged Nov. 19 (also given Oct. 21), 1777; service, 3 mos. 3 (also given 2 mos. 14) days; company ordered to march to reinforce Northern army. Roll dated Sudbury.
Volume 17, page 237
Whitney, Leonard. Receipt dated Concord, March 26, 1781, for bounties paid said Whitney and Lot Lamson by the several classes of the town of Concord, of which Capt. Charles Miles and Samuel Hosmer were Chairmen, to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years; also, descriptive list of men raised in Middlesex Co., agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780, as returned by Joseph Hosmer, Superintendent for said county; age, 17 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 5 in.; complexion, dark; hair, dark; eyes, black; occupation, laborer (also given farmer); engaged for town of Concord; engaged Feb. 31 [?], also given Jan. 31, 1781; term, 3 years.
Volume 17, page 238
Whitney, Levi, Townsend. Private, Capt. James Hosley's co. of Minute-men, Col. William Prescott's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; service, 9 days; reported enlisted into the army April 27, 1775; also, order dated Camp at Cambridge, June 24, 1775, signed by said Whitney, Lieutenant, for cartridge boxes for which he promised to be accountable; receipt [p.238] on reverse of order, signed by Noah Farrar, for said cartridge boxes, states that they were procured by said Whitney, Capt. Henry Farwell being ill; also, 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Henry Farwell's (1st) co., Col. William Prescott's (10th) regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; engaged April 25, 1775; service, 98 days; also, company return [probably Oct., 1775].
Volume 17, page 282
Whittney, Levi. Lieutenant, Capt. Henry Farwell's co.; certificate dated Cambridge, May 29, 1775, signed by William Green, Adjutant, certifying that said Whittney and others were officers in Col. William Prescott's regt.; receipt for commissions of said officers signed by John Robinson.
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