Historical Register of Units of the Militia, Associators ...

Historical Register of Units of the Militia, Associators, and Minutemen from 1607 to 1861

Compiler and editor ? Walter G. Green III, Ph.D.

Copyright 2015 by the Society of Descendants of Militia Officers. All rights reserved.

2016-06-03

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UNITS ? MASSACHUSETTS 1629-1680

Colony/State Massachusetts (Bay Colony)

Massachusetts (Bay Colony): (c) Dorchester, Roxbury, Weymouth, Hingham, Dedham, Braintree, Medfield, Hull, Milton, probably Wrentham, Hingham

Date 1641-06-01

(a) 1636/7-0309 (b) 1643-09-07 Redesignated (c) 1680-10-13 force reorganization

Unit Massachusetts Bay Colony Militia: Sergeant Major General John Humphrey (a) South Regiment: Colonel John Winthrop, Sr.; Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Dudley; Mustermaster Captain John Underhill; Captain John Underhill's Company (Boston); Captain Israel Stoughton's Company (Dorchester);

Strength

Reference Wright "Massachusetts Militia Roots".

(a) 1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant Colonel

1 Mustermaster 5 Companies

(b) 2 Troops of

Horse

Wright "Massachusetts Militia Roots".

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Massachusetts (Bay Colony)

Massachusetts (Bay Colony)

Massachusetts (Bay Colony) Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Boston and Roxbury Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Dorchester

Massachusetts (Bay Colony)

(a) prior to 1652-05-26 (b) date unknown (c) 1680-10-13 force reorganization transferred to Boston Regiment (a) prior to 1680-10-13 (b) transferred to Boston Regiment 1680-10-13

1679-10-15

(a) 1631-04-12 (b) 1635 (c) 1652-10-19

(a) 1631-04-12 (b) 1635

(a) 1636/7-0309 (b) 1643-09-07 redesignated (c) 1680-10-13 force reorganization, divided into 1st

Roxbury Company; Weymouth Company; Hingham Company (b,c) Suffolk Regiment: Major William Stoughton (a) Suffolk Troop, Suffolk Regiment (b) renamed Boston Troop may be same troop as Captain Thomas Brattle's Troop

Captain Thomas Brattle's Troop of Horse, Suffolk Regiment: Captain Thomas Brattle may be same troop as Boston Troop Hingham, Weymouth, and Hull Troop, Suffolk Regiment (a, b) Captain John Underhill's Company, South Regiment: Captain John Underhill (a) Captain Richard Southcot's Company : Captain Richard Southcot (b) Captain John Mason's Company: Captain John Mason (a) East Regiment: Colonel John Endecott; Lieutenant Colonel John Winthrop, Jr.; Mustermaster Captain William Trask; Captain William Trask's Company (Salem)

(a) 1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant Colonel

1 Mustermaster 4 Companies

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Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Salem

Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Salem Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Salem

Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Salem

Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Saugus renamed Lynn 1637

Massachusetts (Bay Colony)

Massachusetts (Bay Colony): (a) Ipswich,

and 2nd Essex Regiments

(a) 1629-04-17 (b) 1631-04-12 (c) 1635 (d) 1674-10-07 reorganization into 1st and 2nd Salem Companies

1674-10-07

(a) 1674-10-07 (b) 1677-10-22 reorganization into 2nd and 3rd Salem Companies 1677-10-22 created from the 2nd Salem Company (a) 1635 (b) by 1636/703-09

(a) 1652-10-19 (b) 1662-05-07 force reorganization (a) 1662-05-07 formed from Essex Troop

Captain Daniel Patrick's Company (Saugus renamed Lynn 1637); Captain Daniel Dennison's Company (Ipswich); Captain John Spencer's Company (Newberry) (b) Essex Regiment (a, b) Salem Company or Captain John Endecott's Company, East Regiment: Captain John Endecott (c) Captain William Trask's Company, East Regiment: Captain William Trask 1st (East) Salem Company, Essex Regiment 2nd (West) Salem Company, Essex Regiment

3rd (Salem Farms/Village) Salem Company, Essex Regiment (a) Captain Nathaniel Turner's Company: Captain Nathaniel Turner (b) Captain Daniel Patrick's Company: Captain Daniel Patrick Essex Troop, Essex Regiment:

(a) 1st Essex Troop, Essex Regiment: (b) 1st (?) Essex Troop,

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Rowley, Newbury, Andover, Topsfield (b) Ipswich only Massachusetts (Bay Colony)

Massachusetts (Bay Colony)

Massachusetts (Bay Colony): (a) Salem, Manchester, Lynn, River Head (d) Salem only

Massachusetts (Bay Colony)

Massachusetts (Bay Colony)

Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Salem, Lynn, Marblehead, Ipswich, Gloucester, Wenham, Salem Village

Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Newbury, Rowley, Salisbury, Haverhill, Andover, Topsfield, Amesbury,

(b) 1680-10-13 (c) 1683-05-16 force reorganization

Regiment unknown (c) 1st Essex Troop, probably 1st Essex

Regiment

1683-05-16 formed from 1st Essex Troop

1683-05-16 formed from 1st Essex Troop

(a) 1662-05-07 Formed from Essex Troop (b) 1677-06-01 disbanded (c) 1678-05-09 reorganized (d) 1678-10-07 1677-10-22 formed from 2nd Essex Troop 1683-05-16 formed from 2nd Essex Troop

(a) 1680-10-13 formed from Essex Regiment (b) 1689 force reorganization into 3 regiments

(a) 1680-10-13 formed from Essex Regiment (b) 1689 force reorganization into 3 regiments

Andover and Topsfield Troop, Essex Regiment probably 2nd Essex Regiment Newbury and Rowley Troop, Essex Regiment probably 2nd Essex Regiment 2nd Essex Troop, Essex Regiment

Lynn Troop, Essex Regiment

Beverly and Wenham Troop, Essex Regiment probably 1st Essex Regiment 1st (South) Essex Regiment: Major General Dennison; 3 Ipswich Companies; 1st Essex Troop of Horse; Beverly and Wenham Troop of Horse 2nd (North ) Essex Regiment: Major Nathaniel Saltonstall; 2 Newbury Companies; probably Andover and Topsfield Troop of Horse; probably Newbury and

1 Major General 10 companies 2 Troops of Horse

1 Major 9 Companies

of Foot 3 Troops of

Horse

Wright "Massachusetts Militia Roots".

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Bradford

Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Salem, Lynn, Marblehead, Beverly, Manchester Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Ipswich, Gloucester, Rowley, Wenham, Topsfield, Boxford Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Newbury, Salisbury, Haverhill, Andover, Amesbury, Bradford Massachusetts (Bay Colony)

1681-05-27

1689 force reorganization

Rowley Troop of Horse; Salisbury, Haverhill, and Amesbury Troop of Horse

Salisbury, Haverhill, and Amesbury Troop 1st Essex Regiment

1689 force

2nd Essex Regiment

reorganization

Wright "Massachusetts Militia Roots". Wright "Massachusetts Militia Roots".

Wright "Massachusetts Militia Roots".

1689 force

3rd Essex Regiment

reorganization

Wright "Massachusetts Militia Roots".

(a) 1636/7-0309 (b) 1643-09-07 Redesignated (c) 1680-10-13 force reorganization divided into 1st and 2nd Middlesex Regiments

(a) North Regiment: Colonel John Haynes; Lieutenant Colonel Roger Herlakenden; Mustermaster Captain Daniel Patrick; Captain Robert Sedgwick's Company (Charleston); Captain William Jennison's Company (Watertown); Captain George Cooke's Company (Newtown renamed Cambridge 1637-09); Lieutenant Simon Willard (Concord);

(a) 1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant Colonel

1 Mustermaster 5 Companies

Wright "Massachusetts Militia Roots".

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Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Watertown, Medford, Newton

Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Lynn, Redding, Rumly Marsh Massachusetts (Bay Colony)

Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Watertown, Charleston, Cambridge, Cambridge Village and Woburn, Reading, Malden

Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Concord, Sudbury, Lancaster, Groton, Billerica, Chelmsford, Marlborough, Dunstable Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Concord,

(a) 1631-04-12 (b) 1635 (c) by 1636/703-09

1658-05-26

(a) Prior to 1662-05-07 (b) 1680-10-13

1680-10-13 formed from Middlesex Regiment

1680-10-13 formed from Middlesex Regiment

1669-10-12

___ Company (Dedham) (b,c) Middlesex Regiment (a, b) Captain Daniel Patrick's Company, North Regiment: Captain Daniel Patrick (c) split into two companies raised in Watertown and Newtown Three County Troop

(a) Middlesex Troop, Middlesex Regiment (b) assigned to 1st Middlesex Regiment, may be same troop as Captain Thomas Prentice's Troop of Horse 1st (Lower, Eastern) Middlesex Regiment: Major Daniel Gookin; 2 Charleston Companies; Captain Thomas Prentice's Troop of Horse may be same troop as Middlesex Troop 2nd (Upper, Western) Middlesex Regiment: Major Peter Bulkley; Captain Thomas Hinchman's Troop of Horse, may be same troop as 2nd Middlesex Troop

2nd Middlesex Troop (Upper or Western Troop)

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1 Major 7 Companies

of Foot 1 Troop of

Horse

Wright "Massachusetts Militia Roots".

1 Major 8 Companies

of Foot 1 Troop of

Horse

Wright "Massachusetts Militia Roots".

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Chelmsford, Billerica, Lancaster, Groton Massachusetts (Bay Colony)

Massachusetts (Bay Colony)

Massachusetts (Bay Colony) Massachusetts (Bay Colony)

Massachusetts (Bay Colony) Massachusetts (Bay Colony) Massachusetts (Bay Colony) Massachusetts (Bay Colony)

Massachusetts (Bay Colony)

Massachusetts (Bay Colony)

(a) 1670-05-31 (b) 1679/8002-04 disestablished on transfer of territory to new colony of New Hampshire (a) 1656-10-14 (b) 1679/8002-04 disbanded 1671-05-31

(a,b) Norfolk Regiment: Sergeant Major Captain Robert Pike

Norfolk Troop, Norfolk Regiment:

York Regiment

1671-05-31

1662-10-08

1674-10-07

1680-10-13 Force reorganization 1680-10-13 Force reorganization from Suffolk Regiment

1680-10-13 Force reorganization from Suffolk Regiment

1638/39-03-13 chartered

Hampshire Regiment: Sergeant Major John Pynchon; Hampshire Troop Hampshire Troop, Hampshire Regiment Devonshire County Separate Companies

Boston Regiment: Major Thomas Clark; 8 Boston companies; Captain Thomas Brattle's Troop of Horse Captain Thomas Brattle's Troop of Horse, Boston Regiment probably same troop as Boston Troop The Military Company of the Massachusetts also referred to as The Artillery Company and

Wright "Massachusetts Militia Roots".

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1 Major 8 Companies

of Foot; 1 Troop of

Horse

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Massachusetts (Bay Colony) Massachusetts (Bay Colony)

1645-05-14 chartered 1645-05-14 chartered

Massachusetts (Bay Colony)

1645-05-14 chartered

later The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company The Militaary Company of Salem and Lynn The Military Company of Ipswich, Newbury, Rowley, Salisbury, and Hampton The Military Company of Middlesex

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UNITS - PEQUOT WAR

Colony/State Massachusetts (Bay Colony)

Connecticut

Connecticut

Date Block Island Expedition: 1635

Pequot War: 1637-06-26

Pequot War: (a) 1637-05-01 (b) 1637-06-02 (c) 1637-06-26

Unit Massachusetts Bay Colony Forces: Captain John Endicott; Captain John Underhill; Captain Nathaniel Turner Connecticut Forces: Captain John Mason; Hartford Militia; Windsor Militia; Weathersfield Militia Hartford Militia: Captain John Cullick

Connecticut

Pequot War: (a) 1637-05-01 (b) 1637-06-02 (c) 1637-06-26

Windsor Militia: Captain John Mason

Connecticut Connecticut

Pequot War: (a) 1637-05-01 (b) 1637-06-02 (c) 1637-06-26

Weathersfield Militia: Lieutenant Robert Seeley, Ensign William Goodrich

Pequot War: Unknown units:

Strength 3 Captains 120 men

130 men

(a) levy 42 Privates (b) levy 14 Privates (c) levy 5 Privates (a) levy 30 Privates (b) levy 10 Privates (c) levy 3 Privates (a) levy 18 Privates (b) levy 6 Privates (c) levy 2 Privates

Reference Wright "Massachusetts Militia Roots".

Shepard Connecticut Soldiers, pp. 5, 14, 2021, 26; Mason A Brief History, pp. v, 8 Shepard Connecticut Soldiers, pp. 5, 14

Shepard Connecticut Soldiers, p. 5, 20-21; Mason A Brief History, p. v

Shepard Connecticut Soldiers, pp. 5, 17, 26

Mason A Brief History,

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