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

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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

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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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