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SEilVICES OF SOLDIERS. 391 There is also a bond, signed by Joseph C Mauran, commander of the pri- vate schooner JVeazle, of about twenty tons, belonging to Samuel Allen and others, of Barrington and Warren, mounting two carriage guns, two-pounders, and four swivel guns, with twenty men, — fitted with a suitable quantity of muskets, blunderbusses, pistols, cutlasses, powder, ball, etc. John Wheaton, first lieutenant.* In 1779 we find that Captain Mauran entered upon his duties as the master of another vessel, the brigantine General Warren., bound on a voyage to South Carolina with a cargo. Afterwards he commanded a brig of 120 tons belonging to persons in Warren, and made a successful voyage to the West Indies for gunpowder, and brought his vessel safely to port- See Brief Biographies. Maxfield, Daniel. Receipted for wages in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co. at Tiverton, April 21, 1777. Medbury, Bknjamin. Born July 2, 1759; killed in the Battle of Rhode Island, Aug. 29, 1778, on his first day of service. Was buried in the Allin good. His tombstone reads : "In Memory of Benjamin, son of Mr. John Medbury and Ann his wife, who fell in ye battle on Rhode Island Aug. 29, 1778, Bravely fighting for the liberty of his Country, aged 19 years, 1 month and 27 days. Medbury, John, Lieut. Born in Rehoboth, Aug 11, 1754; held a lieu- tenant's commission, and served in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Died Nov. 2, 1825. Monroe, Squire. Was a member of Capt. Viall Allin's Co., in 1780. "Mil. Papers," Vol. 3, No. 460. R. I. Hist. Soc. MuMFORD, Paul. Was a prominent man in town and colony affairs. He lived at Maxfield's corners (so called) on the road to Warren. Was a "Gentleman soldier of the Senior Class," in 1781, and represented the town in the General Assembly in 1787. See Brief Biographies. Ormsbee, Isaac. Was a soldier of Capt. Viall Allen's Co., in 17S0. En- listed in 1781 " for the War." " Mil. Papers," R. I. Hist. Soc. Oxx, George. In camp at Newport, Oct. 10, 1776; receipted for wages to Capt. Caleb Carr. Oxx, Samuel. Was a private in Capt. Thos. Allin's Co., Col. Crary's Reg., 1778; also in Col. James Williams's Reg., 1779. Paine, Nathaniel. Served on the Military Guard, of Barrington, from April 5, to May 20, 1778. Peck, Amos. Son of Solomon and Kezia Peck, b. May i, 1749. Served in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co. Appeared on the alarm at Bristol, April I, 1776. Was a member of Capt. Viall Allen's Co., in 1780. "Mil. Papers," April 24, 1816. R. I. Hist. Soc. Peck, Benjamin. Son of Solomon and Kezia Peck, b. June 9, 1747. (I have not been able to find Mr. Peck's record, though he bore the title of Colonel.)