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Losses of Hollis Men in the Battle of Bunker Hill

Cambridge, December ye 22d, 1775


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This may certify that we the Subscribers in Capt. Reuben Dow's Company in Col. Wm. Prescott's Regt in the Continental Army, that we lost the following Articles in the lake engagement on Bunker's Hill at Charlestown on ye 17th of June last.


James McConnor, 1 gun, 1 napsack, 1 hat, 1 Jaccat (?), 1 tumpline

Wm. Nevins, 1 knapsack, 1 jacket, 1 tumpline

Minott Farmer, 1 knapsack, 1 sword, 1 tumpline

Saml Hill, 1 knapsack, 1 tumpline

Ephraim Blood, 1 gun, 1 knapsack, 1 tumpline

James Macintosh, 1 knapsack, 1 jacket, 1 tumpline

Libbeus Wheeler, 1 knapsack, 1 hat, 1 tumpline

David Farnsworth, 1 knapsack, 1 tumpline

Noah Worcester, 1 knapsack, 1 tumpline

Elias Boynton, 1 gun

Francis Blood, 1 knapsack, 1 tumpline

Abel Brown, 1 gun, 1 cartridge box, 1 tumpline

Nahum Powers, 1 knapsack, 1 hat, 1 jacket, 1 bayonet, 1 tumpline

Isaac Stearns, 1 gun, 1 knapsack

Israel Kenney, 1 knapsack, 1 tumpline

Thoss Pratt, 1 gun, 1 knapsack, 1 tumpline

Nathl Patten, 1 knapsack, 1 jacket, 1 tumpline

David Ames, 1 knapsack, 1 cartridge box, 1 tumpline

Saml Jewett, 1 knapsack, 1 tumpline

Wm. Wood, 1 gun, 1 knapsack, 1 tumpline

Benja Cumings, 1 knapsack, 1 tumpline

Francis Powers, 1 gun, 1 bayonet

Wm. Adams, 1 knapsack

Josiah Fisk, 1 knapsack, 1 cartridge box, 1 tumpline

Wilder Chamberlin, 1 knapsack

Nehemiah Pierce, 1 knapsack, 1 hat, 1 tumpline

Abel Conant, 1 knapsack, 1 tumpline

Uriah Wright, 1 knapsack, 1 tumpline (1)

(1) The estimated value of the above said articles was (on an average) for a gun, _2: 4: 0: (?); a knapsack, 0: 1: 6; a jacket, 0: 16: 0; a cartridge box, 0: 4: 8; a tumpline, 0: 1: 6, &c.

"Tumpline" -- A strap placed across the forehead to assist a man in carrying a pack on his back.--Web. Dic.


Men's Names Age When enlisted Residence Stature Complexion Dead or Wounded
James McConnor 31 April 23 Hollis 5 ft. 7 light -
William Ellot 20 Do. Hollis 5 " 7 light -
Francis Powers 33 Do. Hollis 5 " 6 light wounded
William Wood 23 Do. Hollis 5 " 6 light wounded
Ebenezer Townsend 22 Do. Hollis 5 " 10 light -
Ezekiel Proctor 40 Do. Hollis 5 " 6 dark -
Sampson Powers 26 Do. Hollis 5 " 6 light -
Phinehas Nevins 17 Do. Hollis 5 " 6 light dead
William Adams 26 Do. Hollis 5 " 5 light -
Libeous Wheeler 23 Do. Hollis 5 " 6 light -
Thomas Wheat 24 Do. Hollis 5 " 8 dark dead
Isaac Stearns 38 Do. Hollis 5 (?) " 5 light -
Peter Poor 21 Do. Hollis 5 " 5 light dead
Ephraim Blood 37 Do. Hollis 5 " 11 light wounded
Nehemiah Peirse 26 Do. Hollis 5 " 7 light -
Jonathan Powers 72 Do. Hollis 5 " 9 light -
Nathaniel Pattin 41 Do. Hollis 5 " 6 dark -
Jacob Spaulding 20 Do. Hollis 5 " 4 light -
Peter Cumings 13 Do. Hollis 5 " 0 light -
Evan [or Eban] Dow 21 Do. Hollis 5 " 6 light -
Caleb Eastman 22 Do. Hollis 5 " 8 dark dead by accident
Isaac Hobart 19 Do. Hollis 5 " 6 light dead
James McIntosh 39 Do. Raby. 5 " 6 light -
Amos Taylor 27 Do. Hollis 5 " 8 light -
James Fisk 37 Do. Do. 5 " 9 dark dead by sickness
Jeremiah Shattuck 20 Do. Do. 5 " 10 dark dead by sickness
Jacob Boynton 19 Do. Do. 5 " 9 dark dead
Jacob Read 48 Do. Do. 5 " 10 dark -
Nahum Powers 33 Do. Plymouth 5 " 9 dark -
Moses Thurston 48 July 15 Hollis 5 " 6 light -
Saml Horsley 23 April 23 Hollis 5 " 7 light -
John Platts 27 Do. Hollis 5 " 9 light -
Minot Farnum 25 Do. Hollis 5 " 8 light (Serg't.)


Source: Documents and Records Relationg to the Province of New Hampshire From 1764 To 1776. Compiled and Edited by Nathaniel Bouton, D.D. Printed by Nashua: Orren C. Moore, State Printer, 1873.


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