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Muster Roll, of Capt. John Wells Company, May 6th 1794
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John Wells Capt
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Stephen Brown |
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Jonathan Marsh |
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William Fuller |
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John Churney
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Samll Bell
Nahum White
Benjn Merrill
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Names of Men, Rank and File. |
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Corpl Ambrose Potter |
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Jonathan Hardwell |
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Asa Foster |
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Saml McNett |
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Eleazer Ames |
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Isaiah Adams |
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Consider Brown |
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Jacob Bliss |
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Cornelius Bass |
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Abel Basset |
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Jed Coburn |
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David Corbet |
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Thomas Cheney |
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Gideon Chapin Jun |
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Silas Colton |
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Eli Colton Junr |
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Ruben Clark |
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Abner Chapin Junr |
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Eliphalet Cutting |
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Joshua Dodge |
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Nathaniel Gleason |
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Jonas Gleason Junr |
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Stephen Gleason |
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Joel Graves |
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Daniel Gleason |
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Asa Gleason |
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Thomas Goodnow |
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Stephen Goodnow |
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John Hamilton |
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Joel Hill |
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Timothy Knolton |
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Samuel Kellogg |
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Gideon Langdon |
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Thadeus Merrill}
Daniel Merrill} |
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Baldwin Potter |
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James Streetor |
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Obadiah Stafford |
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Eli Tanen |
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John Thomas |
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Henry Wilson Junr |
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Martin Wilson |
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Warren Wilson |
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(c) Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield MA. All rights reserved.
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The United States did not rely upon a standing army for defense. Instead, the law required that every able-bodied man between the ages of sixteen and sixty had to be a member of the local militia. Spring and fall "training days" supposedly kept these citizen soldiers trained and prepared to march at a moment's notice to meet any military emergency. This muster sheet records the names and accouterments of the members of the Deerfield, Massachusetts, Militia Company of Captain John Wells. Note that all of the men brought their own weapons. Only one came with a rifle; the rest carried smoothbore muskets. Most also carried their own bayonets, extra flints, and
"wires and brushes" to keep their guns clean and operable.
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Captain John Wells' Company Muster Roll
creator John Wells (1765-1827) |
date May 6, 1794 |
location Deerfield, Massachusetts |
height (sight) 18.75" |
width (sight) 7.125" |
process/materials manuscript, paper, ink |
item type Public Announcements/Muster Roll |
accession # #L00.030 |
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