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SERVICES OF SOLDIERS. 375 Partial Services of Barrington Soldiers in the War of THE American Revolution from 1775 to 1783. The following records of the services of Barrington men in the War of the Revolution are necessarily incomplete, inasmuch as the muster rolls of that period have been scat- tered over the State and country, and many have been destroyed. The Secretary of State has indexed the rolls that have been collected at the State House, and the Rhode Island Historical Society has a collection of these papers which are also indexed and made serviceable for historic study. In addition to the use of these valuable papers, the writer has in his possession a number of the muster rolls and military papers of Captain Thomas Allin, Captain Viall Allen, and Captain Matthew Allin, of Bar- rington. All these papers have been carefully studied and used in the preparation of the individual records which follow. Partial as the records may be, they will serve as a guide to those who are seeking information as to the patriotic services of their ancestry. It is quite certain that there are many omissions of services rendered, and probably names are omitted that should be found in the catalogue, but such omissions are due to the want of full official reports. The writer is indebted to Mr. Ebenezer Tiffany, Jr., of Bar- rington, who has made a careful research of the records at the State House and at the rooms of the Historical Society, the results of which are incorporated in this record. Adams, Ebexezer. Son of James and Lydia Adams, b. Oct. 13, 1762 ; was in the Continental service and died at West Point, Aug. i, 17S2. Adams, James. Son of Ebenezer and Hannah Adams, b. Sept. 6, 1740; was a member of Capt. Viall Allen's Co. in 1780. " Mil. Papers," R. I. Hist. Soc. Adams, Edward. Was a soldier in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., enrolled August, 1775.