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372 THE HISTORY OF BARRINGTON. Joseph Adams June 4th, 1777. Peleg Arnold " " " Samuel Reade " " " James Humphrey " " " Samuel Humphrey " *' Samuel Short " " " Ebenezer Bishop " " " Spicer Hewes " " " Amos Humphrey u n i. John Barnes " " " Jonathan J. Drown " " " Caleb Drown " " " Samuel Low •' " " Daniel Matthewis Jan. 8, 1777; deserted July 20, 1777. David Luther April 8, 1777. William Read " " " Samuel Sabin Dec. 20, 1776. John Kent James Go£f James Arnold These Soldiers received £6 as bounty ; advanced pay, £2, 2s., and some clothing. From Muster Rolls of Caftaiu Thomas Allins Company. Militia Guard, Barrington. Forty-Five Days, from April 5x11 to May 20th, 1778. Sergt. Josiah Humphrey, Corp. William Kelley, Corp. Nathaniel Smith, Consider Tripp, Nathaniel Heath, James Bushee, John Kent, Joshua Bicknell, Jr., Sylvester Viall, Joseph Kent, George Salisbury, Samuel Humphrey, Nathaniel Peck, Elkanah Humphrey, Ichabod Brown, Luther Martin, Anthony Martin, James Adams, Nathaniel Paine, Matthew Watson, Ebenezer Tiffany. Lewis Peck, Josiah Humphrey, Martin Luther, Haile Child, Wm. Child, Wm. Green, Ambrose S. Cole, Samuel Brown. The following was the form of an enlistment paper to which each soldier subscribed : I The Subscriber do hereby folemnly engage and inlift myfelf as a Sol- dier in the Pay of the State of Rhode If land and Providence Plantations, for the Prefervation of the Liberties of America, and the Defence of the