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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. 8 0 Browse Search
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 2 0 Browse Search
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 5: (search)
The corps which Captain Isaac Hall commanded was made up of men from Medford, Charlestown, Woburn, Malden, Cambridge, and Stoneham, and were called the eight months men. They enlisted for that time; and, in addition to their pay, each one was to have a coat at the expiration of his enlistment. Eight of this company belonged to Medford; and they were the following: Isaac Hall, Captain; Caleb Brooks, Lieutenant. The privates were: Benjamin Floyd, James Wyman, Jonah Cutler, John Smith, William Bucknam, and Joseph Bond. The last named was discharged June 7, 1775; the rest served out the eight months, and were on the coat roll, so called,--which fact secured a pension from the United States. Some took money instead of a coat. Some time afterwards, Captain Hall testified that Samuel Ingalls, one of his company, has bin imprizoned in Cannedy, and hain't receeved no coat. This company was ordered by General Washington, in March, 1776, to be marched from Medford to the Heights in Dorch
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 3., Medford in the War of the Revolution. (search)
f money loaned to the town. The Selectmen were instructed to procure the men at as low bounty as may be. Moses and William Bucknam enlisted on the day of the meeting; five or six had enlisted in the artillery during the preceding month. In July, eath, changed his name to Sables. Thomas Savels the soldier has numerous descendants in Medford. Aaron Tufts and William Bucknam were also veterans, and had been honorably discharged from the army six months before. William Polly, a youth of nold's treason and the execution of Andre occurred. The Medford men were stationed on guard duty at North river. William Bucknam was promoted and served as sergeant. His name is on the muster-roll dated Tappan. At this place Andre was executed, and it is probable that Bucknam stood with the troops drawn up to witness the ignoble death of that brave man. When the six-months' men were discharged they were each given a passport bearing the signature of the colonel to show they were not d