The Portland daily press., 1895-05-25

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my, Major Daniel Ilsley and Commits
sary James Sullivan.
| The regiment stationed here in TIT
consisted of five companies, four OF which
seem to have been stationed on the Neck
and the following were the companie.
here as early as February 9th:
LIST Co.-Capt.. Benjamin Hooper,
| 2nd Co-Capt. Tobias Lord,
| Bird Co.-Benjamin Croker,
| 4th Co-Capt William Lithgow, Jr.
| 9th Co.-Capt. Briant Morton.
Capt Abner LowelPs Matross com.
pany was raised in July, 1776, to garrison
the forts in the Neck, and were continued
| along and probably discharged from the
We're considered an independent company
and not connected with the regiment.
In February the General Court chose a
committee to repair to Falmouth to in
quire into the towns in this vicinity.
During February and March about all
panies, were at Cambridge assisting in
driving the British out of Boston.
Capt. Morton's company built Fort
Hancock on Spring Point, where Fort
Preble now is, during the year 1776, and
the following order will explain their
duties there:
Falmouth, May Z, 1776
General orders for Capt. Briant Nor
toms Company at Cape Elizabeth.
"That you keep one sergeant or cor
poral with seven privates as a guard on
Portland Point-on discovery Of ship
to fire gun on Portland Point as an
alarm, and in case of any number of
small vessels, more than two and large
enough for armed vessels, to fire two
guns at Spring Point and in case they
prove to be enemies to use your best en-
deavors to annoy them.
Your are to keep forty-eight men
every day at work on the fort at Spring
Point with one commissioned officer, one
sergeant and two corporals from nine
O'Clock till six Exclusive of one hour and
a half for dinner-that your whole com
pany attend roll-call each day at sunset
and not absent themselves from their
barracks after roll call. That no man
leave their station without leave from
the commanding officer or whom he may
appoint, on pain of being dealt with as
deSerterS.
JONATHAN MITCHELL.
Commanding Officer ~
Capt. Morton's company was probably
discharged from the service about Nov.
%, 776, as the whole regiment went out
at that time. Capt. Lowell's company
continued in the forts on the Neck.
During November company was raised
by Capt. James Leach to serve at Cape
Elizabeth until March 1, TIT, and was
then continued to the last of that month
Capt. Briant Morton was prominent
man at Gorham. The family came from
Cape Cod. He was married twice, the
last wife was Lucy Chamberlain of Cape
Elizabeth, whom he married JAN 90, III.
He was Ruling Elder of the Congrega-
tional church in 1859, Selectman in 1865,
Delegate to the County Convention in
1774, and Delegate to the Provincial Con-
gress in 1775=6. He died in 1888
Lieut. Ebenezer Morton was a sergeant
| in Capt. Wentworth Stewards Company
in the 31st Regiment of Foot in 1775,
was married, lived at Gorham and had
six sons and two daughters.
Lieut.. Josiah Davis served as ieuten-
ant in the 18th Massachusetts Regiment
one year and was captain in Col. Joseph
Primes Regiment in 1880. He lived at
Parsonsfield in 1910, aged 80 years.
ga Muster Roll of the Officers and Sol
| diers stationed on the Seacoast of Cape
Elizabeth and Scarborough in the Service
of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay.
| under the Command of Capt. Briant
| Morton, with their wages due from the
time of Entry, in the Service to the last
| Day of Feb. 1776. y
The following were enlisted Jan. T. 1776
Capt. .-Briant Morton,
LIST Lieut.. Josiah Davis,
End Lieut.. Morton,
The following were enlisted JAN 81,
1776.
Sergt-Ebenezer Parker,
Sergt. Skinner,
Sergt. Chadbourne,
Corp.-Benjamin Pickett, Jr.
Corp.-John Jordan,
Corp. Elisha Strout,
Drummer-Samuel Robinson,
Fifer-William Plummer,
Clerk-Barnabas Bangs,
PRIVATEs.
The following were enlisted Jan. 81,
| 1776:
John Parker, Samuel Roberts, Nathan.
iel Dunn, Joseph Cannon, Josiah Black,
Seth Harding, Gersham Davis, John
Moar, James Weber, Phineas Whitney,
Thomas Gent, Joshua Strout, Daniel
Sawyer, Saumel Wimble, James Rams
bottom, Jonathan Sawyer, Josiah Stan
ford, Joshua Davis, Nathaniel Pickett,
George Deake, Reuben Sawyer,
The following were enlisted February
s. 177e:
Josiah Wallis, Jr., Joseph Weber,
Mathew Simonton, John McCafery, Ebe-
nezer Sawyer, Jr., Stephen Seaton, Luke
Kelly, Caeser Smith, Barnabas Sawyer,
Saumel Dyer, Robert Stanford Christie
pher Strout, Barzila Richard, Isaac Dyer,
Ephraim Dyer Andrew Jordan. John
Orian, Daniel Robinson, Samuel Robin
son, William Mitchell, Robert Mitchell.
John Gatchell, Lemuel Sawyer, Nathaniel
Randall William Cannon, John Pickett,
James Small, William Roberts. Samuel
Cannon Elijah Bragdon, William
White, Jonathan Hogan, Peter SAWYER
John Mariner, William Maxwell. John
Thorndick, James Lovett, Samuel Wood
bury David WOOdSOne John Fo,,rIo