The Portland daily press., 1895-04-13
Our charter Rights we claim,
Granted in ancient times,
Since our FoTefatners came
First to these ives ern clin.es;
Nor will their sons degenerate. .

| EngIand's Jealousy of the prosperity of
| America and the progress CT her indus ies,
was the. real reason for the oppression of
tie colonies. The Colonisis resisted the OPP
preston, and England decided they Iiust
lie brought to terms of submission. Tie
| American market was wanted for English
goods. Every act of oppression made the
cclonists more determined, hence the 1e-
bellion Of IFS. Events developed tie senii-
ment that resulted in the declaration of In
dependence, July 4ih 17i6.
| The split of the PATRIOTS. or reLels az
| they were at tits time. is illustrated by
S reech of prosperous farmer o his neigh
Tor. wLo had called 10 see why he. with his
great responsibilities at home. had joined
| the army, and among other reasons gave
| the tollowing,,-l am an American and am
| determined lie free. j was torn free and
have never forfeit ed my brth-right; nor
| W II ever like the in fatuated son of Isaac.
sell it for mess of Iottage. l will par
with my life sooner than my liberty for /
prefer an honorable death to the miserable
and despicaLle existence of slavery.
| The important events during the year OF
the service of Capt. knights company. be-
| sides he burning of the Town. were The ad-
option of the army by Congress, as the CON
tintnial army. and the app ointment of
| Gt orge Washing .on as its Commander in
cl ief. He came 10 Cambridge Mass, ana
| look command. July 3Td. reorganiZing the
array at once for rvice. In the latter larl
OF III year ConGrt SIS made pIovisi MS for
raising the first regular continental soldiers,
TO take the laces of those men wLoss term
OF service expired in Dec. 11.5. III, So hoops
/ n Ian LIST Dee
1916. and Col. Edun nd Fl inneys regimen
fl ON ills stale was the 18Th Continental
Rest raised IL ostly IL on Lis regiment then
in the service, but wi oso term of service
| eA pired in December.
| Gen. Benedict Arnold started in Septem-
Der of this Year from Cal- iidee. with 1000
| men on his disastrous Quebec Expedition.
He marched up the Kennebec and Cbaudi-
ere rivers. and arrived at ONT Levi, Nov.
gtb, the soldiers suffering every larl slip
| going through the unbroken wilderness, be-
ing for thirty two days without seeing a
human Icing. With all their sufferings
women followed in their train.
During the burning of the town and be-
fore. Capt Knights company was stationed
ON the islands, ana it is said that they were
sent there through the tory and tinid intu-
ence to avoid any conflict with Mowa5 and
his men, not knowing then that the town
was to be destroyed. The burning did no
good to the British Gauge. as it made the
people II ore Litter against them and this
colonists resolved to dis on their own TIRES
lolds rather than to submit to British laws
Capt. Knights company aided in fortify-
ing the town in November when the British
ship Cerbsrns came in, ami were dis
charged the first of December. most of the
men entering the army later in different
eeiments
The pocR of Falmouth were voted money
and supplies by the Grn.l Court after the
burning of the town and in 1891 two town
ships were granted the sufferers from which
they realized but little. these TOWNSHIPS
ara now the towns of New Portland and
Freeman.
Capt Joseph Noyes' company was in the
service here at this same time and their
duties were probably of the same nature as
those of Capt. Knights company.
Capt Samuel Knight wasa shipvright
lived at Falmouth and probably married in
1850. Mary knight.
LIST Lieut.. Richard Meyherry was born in
Marnlehead Nj S.. about 1876, and came
with his father William May berry the second
settler of New Marlbehead. now Win diam,
He married Martha Bolton and they had
nine children.
Lieu. Mayberry served SIS garrison sold
ier at New Marblehead, in l.5., Town Clerk
in ITO Selectman 1894 and 1913, chose n
| Nov. 4, IVA captain to teach those inclined
to the military art, and served five days
during the Lexington Alarm. in April 17..5.
He was a captain in Col. Ebenezer Francis
Regt.. at Dorchester Heights. Aug. to Dec.
l7;6,and was captain in the llth Mass. Regt.
Jan. l, 17.7, serving under Colonies Francis
and Benjamin Upper. taxing part IN the
Saratoga campaign and was also IN fne pat
tie of Monmouth. He resigned IN july 1913
returned to Windham, and was Committee
of Safety in 1881 and 1852. He moved to
Raymond and died there Nov. 4. 1907. aged
= years. His wife died Jan. 10. 1885, aged
81 years
End Lieut.. Edward Anderson, the SON OF