BEDFORD.
Reading edition
Captain John Moore's Company.
Entered the Contest at Concord.
"The Account of Capt. John Moore, Commander of the Military Company, in Bedford, for himself & those of his Company numbered in the following Roll for time & Travel Spent in the Service & Defence of the Colony, on & Directly after the alarm on the Nineteenth Day of April last: Exhibiting, in Destinct Columns against Each mans name, the number of miles he Travelled, The allowance thereof, The number of Days he was in the Service, and the wages thereof; with the Sum total of the Whole; agreeable to the Resolve of the Honl. Court published in the news-papers and a vacant Column for Deductions, if any shall be made."
Lexington Alarms, XIII, 9.
Captain, John Moore First Lieutenant, John Meriam Second Lieutenant, Eleazer Davis Sergeant, Joseph Convars Sergeant, James Wright Sergeant, Jeremiah Fitch, Jnr. Fifer, David Lane James Lane, 3rd Oliver Reed, Junr. Samuel Lane Israel Putnam, Jur. Samuel Bacon Samuel Davis Ebenezer Page Thaddeus Davis Edward Stearns Solomon Stearns William Page William Maxwell Samuel Meeds Josiah Upton Samuel Meriam
Abel Bowman David Fitch Abijah Bacon Joseph Hartwell Thomas Bacon John Fitch Samuel Lane John Lane, Junr. Solomon Lane Matthew Pollard Ziba Lane Stephen Lane Samson Hardy Job Lane, Junr. Lemuel Blanchard Oliver Pollard, Junr. Edward Stevens Jeremiah Blood Josiah Davis John Reed, Junr. Reuben Bacon Simon Parker Ebenezer Johnson Joseph Ross Malachi Allen
Jabez Carter Abraham Merriam
John Lane, 3rd Timothy Page
Captain Jonathan Willson's Company.
Entered the Contest at Concord.
Willson was killed and the command fell to his Lieutenant, Moses Abbott.
"the Account of the Time that Eatch man who belonged to the minit men of the Town of Bedford Spent at Cambridge in defence of the County together with Nineteenth of April last & also of their travil Receoned from the middle of the town according to the mind of the Company."
Lexington Alarms, XI, 192.
(Captain, Joseph Willson, killed) First Lieutenant, Moses Abbott Second Lieutenant, Timothy Jones Sergeant, Christopher Page Sergeant, Seth Saultmarsh Sergeant, Ebenezer Fitch Sergeant, Asa Fassett Drummer, Olover Bacon Fifer, Jonas Welch Jabez Russell Jonas Gleason Nathan Bacon Nathaniel Page, Jun.
Joseph Meeds, Jun. Ruben Duren Elijah Bacon Benjamin Bacon Timothy Johnson Moses Fitch David Bacon David Reed Nathan Bomar (or Boman) Ephram Smith Asa Duren Obediah Johnson Benjamin Winship Ruben Bacon William Merriam