The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-05-23
ADDITIONAL NAMES
Sheldon B, Thorpe Hands in
List of More Revolutionary
Fighters from This
State.
Tho following is aeIf-oxplanatory:

nc following Is sell-eNplanatory.
To the Editor Of The Journal Courier
The New Haven committee and Mr..
James Terry Of Hartford, having pub
lished In your columns rosters of the
men of New Haven who served In the
War OF the Revolution, and the rec
ords Of each being incomplete, may l
add in justice to the North PARISH
Of New Haven, and to Muddy River"
the following names:
Men who enlisted in Capt. Jacob
Brocketts company, Col. Douglass reg
iment-Gen. Wadsworths brigade rats
ed In 1916.
Samuel Barnes, Thomas Barnes,
Joshua Barnes, Noah Barnes, Isaac
Bishop Zophar Jacobs, Ebenezer Mans
field. Ellada Sanford, Epkrain Humas-
ton, Thomas Smith, Thomas Ives, Will
liam Sanford, Nathaniel Dayton, Giles
Dayton, Charles futile, Timothy An
drews, Jesse Blakeslee, Richard Mans
field
There We're other New Haven men In
Capt. Brockett's company but as Mr..
Terry has named them in other con-
nections they are omitted here.
Besides the foregoing there we're;
Abner Thorpe, 1775; Abraham Bassett,
1175, Nathaniel Stacy, 1775: Jealous
Blakeslee, 1916 Joel Brockett, 1776;
Justus Todd, III; Caleb Blakeslee,
III; Jonathan Heaton. 1875; John Pier
pont, III; Thaddeus Todd 1777. Jona-
than Ralph, 1777; Thomas Humaston,
11lS; Daniel Sackett. IT'S; Joy Bishop,
HIS; Joel Sanford, 1880. These names
with an exception or two were pub
lished in North Haven Annals" 1892.
In addition TO the above the writer Is
in possession of two of the original
rosters OF the tAlarm List" in North
Haven They are headed THE Third
Division of Householders" and the
Fourth Division Householders." (The
first and second divisions are proba-
bly, lost) These lists comprised l SER
geant, corporal and Is privates. They
cast lots for place In the ranks as fol-
lows:
Third Division.
Sergeant Benjamin Brockett, (1D
Corporal John Hill; /, Benjamin Pier
pont; 2, Titus Todd; 8, Joseph Jacobs:
4. Theophilus Heaton; 8, Caleb Turner;
6, Elihu Sperry; Z, Jesse Todd; S. Rob
ert Tomlnson; 0. Samuel Pierpont; TO-
James Humeston; II. John Parker; r.
Samuel Mix; 10, Enos Todd; Is, Ebene-
ger Todd 16, Giles Heaton.
Fourth Division.
Sergeant ~ Titus Tuttle I, Corporal
David Thorp; 2. Walter Munson; 8
Daniel Dooittle; 4, Ebenezer Bradley;
Daniel Hulls; 6. David Bradley, s.
John Gilbert; 8, Joel Cooper; 10, Abra.
ham Blakeslee: II, Joel Bradley 70
lothian Blakeslee: 10, Daniel Bassett:
n. Enos BrocSet: Is, Samuel futile. IS
John Blakeslee; II, Hezekiah Todd; IS
Jacob Brockett, I'd.
In the drafts for service of these
minute Men," they were called out In
small squads, say six men at time
Then the next call would begin with
the seventh man, and so through the
list each one taking his duty In rota.
ton as often as called upon. Their
main duties were to act as a Home
Guard to escort wagon trains. tc
guard deserters and prisoners, and
even to take the field II emergency de.
manded. They were armed with the
traditional musket powder-horn and
bullets. They were heroes In their
sphere and as such are entitled to all
the honors of soldiers of the American
Revolution.
SHELDON p. THORPE.
North Haven, May 10, 1908.