American Participants of the American Revolutionary War

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* Col. James Barrett (1710-1779), soldier in the French and Indian War, Colonel of the Concord Militia at the Battles of Lexington and Concord during the American Revolutionary War
* Capt. Daniel Barnes (1736-1813), he was a Captain in a company of Minute Men who marched 19 Apr 1775, but arrived after the skirmish was over. Commissioned Captain 25 May 1775, served in 15th regiment, he was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War
* Capt. John Bent (1596-1672)
* Maj. Samuel Bernard (1737-1792), he was 1st Major, in Col. Samuel Thatcher's (1st Middlesex Co.) regt.; list of officers of Mass. militia; commissioned Feb. 7, 1776; pay roll for service from March 4 to March 9, 1776, 5 days, at Roxbury, at the taking of Dorchester Heights, he was a soldier in the American Revolutionary
* Capt. David Bradlee (1742-1811), part of the Boston Massacre, participant of the Boston Tea Party, officer in the American Revolutionary War
* Pvt. Josiah Bradlee I (1754-1798), participant of the Boston Tea Party, member of the Sons of Liberty, Private in the American Revolutionary War
* Nathaniel Bradlee (1746-1813), participants of the Boston Tea Party, soldier in the American Revolutionary War
* Thomas Bradlee (1744-1805), participant the Boston Tea Party, soldier in the American Revolutionary War
* Lt. Uriah Brigham (1727-1782), he was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War
* Col. Francis Brinley (1690-1765), born and died in England, Colonel in the Massachusetts Militia
* Maj. William Brinley (1754-1840), Major in the American Revolutionary War
* William Brigham (1735-1793), he was the commanding officer of one of four companies listed in the Marlborough 1775 Minuteman Roster that marched on the alarm of 19 April 1775, he was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War
* Col. Abraham Buford (1747-1833), became Colonel in May 1778, Colonel of the 11th Virginia Regiment in the American Revolutionary War
* Lt. Col. Francis Otway Byrd (1756-1800), a British Royal Navy Officers, but then switched sides during the American Revolutionary War
* Col. William Evelyn Byrd III (1728-1777), born and died at Westover Manor, Charles City County, Virginia. He the Commander of first 2nd Virginia Regiment and succeed Gen. George Washington as it's commander during the American Revolutionary War

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* Capt. Samuel Chandler (1735-1790), born and died in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, proprietor of a farm of 300 acres win Woodstock, Connecticut, officer in the American Revolutionary War

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* Col. John Donelson (1718-1785), Colonel in the American Revolutionary War

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* Maj. Andrew Ellicott (1754-1820), helped establish the boundaries of Washington, DC with Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) who was an African American, Andrew was a officer in the American Revolutionary War

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* Abijah Fairbanks (1754/46-1830), responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* Aaron Fairbanks (c.1742-), responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* Capt. Asa Fairbanks (1731-)
* Drum Major Dea. Cyrus Fairbanks (1752-1852), he was the last prisoner of the town of Asburnham in 1788. He was a drummer in Capt. Jonathan Davis's Company in Col. John Witcomb's Regiment of Minute Men who responded to the the Lexington Alarm on 19 Apr 1775 and was also a drummer in the eight months service. He was present at the Siege of Boston in Capt. Jonathan Davis's Company in Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regiment and was quartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and afterward on Prospect Hill. In 1776 he was a Drum Major in the army near Hudson; marched via Worcester, New Haven, Fairfield and White Plains to Dobb's Ferry, where he remained till his term of service expired. In Sep 1777, when Burgoyne was advancing, he enlisted at Harvard for one month; marched to Petersham where his company was organized and was chosen corporal in a militia company of Capt. Hill; thence to Fort Edward where he passed through Bennington, Vermont. He remained in service during the entire term of his enlistment
* Elijah Fairbank (1735-1803), responded to the Lexington Alarm in a militia during the American Revolutionary War
* Pvt. Elijah Fairbanks (1756-), entered the American Revolutionary War in the winter of 1777 and served three months as a private in Capt. Dennis Getchell's Company in Col. Joseph's North's Regiment and participated in the Bagaduce expedition
* Corp. Dr. George Fairbanks (1751-1829), responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* Ithamar Fairbanks (1767-1847), he served for thirty days as a guard in Boston
* Lt. Jabez Fairbanks (1738-1822), Lieutenant in the Lancaster Regiment of Militia
* Sgt. James Fairbanks (1756-1836), enlisted as a private on 29 Jan 1776 in Capt. Samuel's Cowell's Company of Col. Lemuel's Robinson's Regiment. He reenlisted in Apr 1777 as a Corporal and soon promoted to Sergeant
* Joel Fairbanks (1747-), responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* Maj. John Fairbank (1755-), he spent a harsh winter at Valley Forge during the American Revolutionary War
* Capt. Jonas Fairbanks (1747-1832), was a minute man that responded to the Lexington Alarm; enlisted in New Hampshire and served as a private in Francis Towne's Company in Col. David Gilman's Regiment, which was raided by the state of New Hampshire in Dec 1776 to reinforce the Continental Army in the State of New York, at Fort George and Ticonderoga from Dec 1776 to Mar 1777
* Jonathan Fairbanks (1654-1711/12), he served in the first or Mount Hope Campaign
* Joseph Fairbanks (1743-1784), responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* Jotham Fairbanks (1757-1834), responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* Laban Fairbanks (1758-1832), responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* Col. Moses Fairbanks (1782-1854), he was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War
* Col. Nathaniel Fairbanks (1754-1791), he was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War
* Oliver Fairbank (bapt.1751-1829), responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* Saccheus Fairbank (1759-1845), served in Capt. Aaron Gardner (-) in Col. Brooks Regiment for 62 days; served in Capt. Gleason's Company and served at Concord and Lexington on 19 Apr 1775
* Capt. Samuel Fairbanks (1753-) responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* Seth Fairbank (1755-1833), responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* Thomas Fairbank (1741-1813), responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War

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* Col. David Gilman (1735-1826), appointed Captain of an Alarm Company and with the rank of Colonel on 2 Jul 1787, American Revolutionary War officer

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* Col. Cyprian Howe (1726-1790), when he was a captain, his company was made up of 46 men, he was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War, he was from Marlborough, he served this country proudly and with out men like him we would not be a free nation. As Captain he served under Colonel Henry Gardiner in the 4th Middlesex County Militia Regiment at the opening of the Revolution and marched to Cambridge on the Lexington Alarm on the 19th of April 1775 (but not found on the local minuteman rosters). He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1776 and Colonel in 1779 when he became commanding officer of the 4th Middlesex Regiment. He served in many battles through the region and after years of struggles we defeated the British to be an independent United States of America, he was a soldier of the American Revolutionary War

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* Maj. Gen. Hon. Henry Knox (1750-1806), Founding Father of the United States, 1st Senior Officers of the United States Army, 1st and 2nd United States Secretary of War, Major General and Chief of Artillery during the American Revolutionary War

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* Maj. Hon. Perez Morton (1751-1837), Massachusetts Attorney General, two time Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Major during the American Revolutionary War
* Ensign Robert Munroe (1712-1775), Ensign, he was the third highest ranking officer at the Battles of Lexington and Concord during the American Revolutionary War

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* Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam (1718-1790), officer in the French and Indian War, Major General in the American Revolutionary War
* Brig. Gen. Rufus Putnam (1738-1824), he was a colonial military officer during the French and Indian War, and a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and was instrumental in the initial settling of the Ohio Country following the war

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* Seth Read (-), he was the Commander of the Massachusetts 26th and 15th regiments and founded Erie, Pennsylvania. The Read brothers owned half of the land in the towns of Uxbridge and Northbridge, Massachusetts, in the mid 18th century. The family is known as "Reed" in Pennsylvania, and the Read name and spelling continued in Massachusetts. At some point after the revolution, Joseph Read moved to Brookfield, Massachusetts, where he died in 1801. He and his wife Eunice are buried in Brookfield. His brother Seth Reed, founded Erie, PA, and died there in 1797, he was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War

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* Capt. Nathaniel Silsbee (1748-1791), father Sen. Nathaniel Silsbee (1773-1850) of Salem, Massachusetts

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* Maj. Gen. Artemas Ward (1727-1800), the Continental Army at Boston was under command of General Artemus Ward of Shrewsbury MA (and the same of Marlborough parents), until July 3, 1775 when he was succeeded, by order of the Continental Congress, by George Washington (1732-1799). On July 2nd, Washington stopped at the Williams Tavern in Marlborough, being escorted by an honor guard of prominent citizens of this and adjoining towns, and he then proceeded through Marlborough along the Post Road, accompanied by a military delegation from the Boston battle front to Cambridge where he took over Gen. Ward’s command. The 1775 minuteman companies are frequently listed as part of Ward's Regimen, he was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War
* Maj. Gen. John Whitcomb (1712-1785), elected the first Major General of the Massachusetts Army in Jun 1775, Major General during the American Revolutionary War, commissioned a Brigadier-General in the Continental Army by Gen. George Washington, but refused the commission

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