Bristol County, Rhode Island
1777 Military Census

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    16-50 AFrom 16 to 50 years and able to bear arms
    16-50 UFrom 16 to 50 years and unable to bear arms
    50-60 AFrom 50 to 60 years and able to bear arms
    50-60 UFrom 50 to 60 years and unable to bear arms
    60+60 and older
    AffThose who have taken the Affirmation
    CertThose who have certificates from the Friends Meeting
    TTransient persons and to what places they belong
    RResidents and to what places they belong
    NNegro
    IIndian
    SMState Militia
    CSContinental Service
    [ ]Names in brackets were supplied from the handwritten 1898 copy of the census at the Archives.
    ?Question marks appear with names of uncertain spelling

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    Barrington, Rhode Island
    Page 1Page 2
    Nathaniel Martin50-60 ABenjamin Mumford60+
    Luther Martin16-50 ABenjamin Mumford Jr.16-50 A
    Anthony Martin16-50 APeter Mumford16-50 A
    Joseph Gladding16-50 ABenjamin Garner16-50 A
    Samuel Bosworth16-50 ADavid Reed16-50 A
    Nathaniel Smith16-50 AEleazer Reed16-50 A
    Pawl Mumford16-50 AGideon Reed16-50 A
    Newdigate Adams16-50 ALevi Barns16-50 A
    Samuel Adams16-50 UPeleg Barns16-50 A
    Joshua Kent16-50 ASamuel Barns16-50 A
    Edward Bosworth50-60 UJohn Barns16-50 A
    Hezekiah Kinnicutt16-50 ASamuel Humphry50-60 A
    Daniel Kinnicutt16-50 AJames Humphry (CS)16-50 A
    George Salisbury16-50 AJoseph Viall Jr.16-50 A
    Hezekiah Tiffeny60+Joseph Viall60+
    Joshua Bicknel50-60 ASamuel Viall16-50 A
    Joshua Bicknel Jr.16-50 ASilvester Viall16-50 A
    [----]ah Viall16-50 AThomas Allen (CS)16-50 A 2 N
    [----] Allen16-50 AMathew Allen16-50 A 1 N
    [----]n Andrews50-60 AComfort Stanly16-50 A
    [----]h Traffarn (SM)16-50 ARichard Harding16-50 A
    [----] Bowen16-50 AWilliam Harding16-50 A
    [----]liam Brown16-50 AJoseph Allen50-60 A
    [----]s Brown Jr.16-50 ABenjamin Allen16-50 A
    [----]l Allen16-50 AJoseph Grant50-60 A
    [----]anel Heath16-50 AJoseph Grant Jr16-50 A
    [----]g Heath16-50 AShubal Grant16-50 A
    [----]mon Peck16-50 AThomas Grant16-50 A
    [----]der Tripp16-50 AEbeneazer Grant16-50 A
    [----]h Remington16-50 AAbiel Grant16-50 A
    [----] Peck16-50 AMoses Horton60+
    [----]uel Peck16-50 UMoses Horton Jr.16-50 A
    [----]nd Peck16-50 ABenjamin Horton16-50 A
    [----]ard Adams50-60 AJames Martin16-50 A
    [----]h Adams16-50 AEdward Martin16-50 A
    [----]w Watson Jr.16-50 ARufus Martin16-50 A
    [----]w Watson60+ 2 NBenjamin Hathaway16-50 A
    [----] Watson16-50 AJames Bowen50-60 A
    [----]anel Clerk16-50 AJosiah Bowen16-50 A
    [----]eazer Tiffeny16-50 AJohn Kelly60+
    [----]y Humphry16-50 ADunkan Kelly16-50 A
    [----]h Humphry50-60 AMoses Tyler16-50 A
    [----] Humphry Jr.16-50 ASamuel Kent16-50 A
    [----] Sabin (CS)16-50 AJohn Kent16-50 A
    [----]eas Barns60+Spicr Hews16-50 A
    Totals:Benjamin Drown50-60 U
    34 16-50 A2 16-50 UBenjamin Drown Jr.16-50 A
    5 50-60 A1 50-60 UDaniel Drown16-50 A
    3 60+2 NJonathan Jenks Drown16-50 A


    		Mihal Cary16-50 A


    		John Short16-50 A


    		John Short Jr.16-50 A


    		Samuel Short16-50 A


    		John Martin50-60 A


    		Benjamin Martin16-50 A


    		William Buffington16-50 U


    		Totals:


    		79 16-50 A3 16-50 U


    		10 50-60 A2 50-60 U


    		6 60+3 N
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    Simon Smith16-50 ACaleb Drown16-50 A
    Simeon Drown16-50 ABenjamin Grant16-50 A
    James Bushe16-50 ADaniel Bears (CS)16-50 A
    David Luther16-50 AScipio, a Negro ManN
    Totals:

    86 16-50 A3 16-50 U

    10 50-60 A2 50-60 U

    6 60+6 N

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    Bristol, Rhode Island
    A list of all the Persons from sixteen years and upwards who have removed out of the town of Bristol since the fleet first came to Newport viz:
    Joseph RussellDaniel Lefavour
    Jonathan RussellWilliam Lindsey
    Benjamin SmithJames Smith
    Samuel SmithJames Nooning [?]
    Isaac WardwellJoshua Sanford
    John MayRoyal Sanford
    John May Jr.James Willson
    William Lindsey Jr.Sebry Manchester
    William CoxxSimeon Ingreham
    Josiah FinneyJosiah Smith
    Edward PainWilliam Gladding Jr.
    Stephen PainJoseph Gladding
    Royal PainEbenezer Gladding
    Thomas PainJohn Norrice
    Joseph WardwellJohn Norrice Jr.
    John HigginsJeremiah Diman
    Charles DeWolfSamuel Lindsey
    Nathaniel Munro 2dNathaniel Pearse
    Samuel MunroRichard Pearse
    Nathan Munro 2dSamuel Pearse
    William HoarThomas Pearse
    Benjamin HoarWilliam Munro
    Joseph DimanGeorge Munro
    Richard SmithJohn Usher
    Richard Smith Jr.Samuel Usher
    John Gladding Jr.Henry Munro
    Archibald MunroBarnard Salisbury
    Benjamin WardwellJob Coggleshall
    Joseph OldridgeSamuel Oxx
    Nathaniel Smith 2dJohn Smith
    Nathaniel ManchesterJoseph Reynolds Jr.
    Anthony DeWolfJames West
    Edward TalbyBenja Sialsbury
    Edward Talby Jr.Benja Sailsbury Jr.
    John OldridgeIsaac Waldron
    Cornelius WaldronSamuel Liscomb
    Nathaniel WaldronSamuel Liscomb Jr.
    Nathaniel Waldron Jr.Solomon Drown
    Richard DrownWilliam White
    Samuel HartwellDaniel Hartwell
    William HartwellJohn Pratt
    Joseph PrattJohn Gladding
    Daniel GladdingPeter Gladding
    Solomon GladdingJoshua Gladding
    Nathaniel SmithNathaniel Bosworth
    William Gladding
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    Bristol, Rhode Island
    Page 1
    William Bradford50-60 ALebaron Bradford16-50 A
    John Eastabrooks50-60 ACharles Eastabrooks16-50 A
    John Eastabrooks Jr.T-NewportGeorge Oxx16-50 A
    Aaron Bourn16-50 AAllen Usher16-50 U
    James UsherT-ProvidenceThomas UsherT-Providence
    William Christophers16-50 AIsaac Eslick16-50 A
    Benjamin Bosworth16-50 AJonathan Drown16-50 A
    Phillip Drown16-50 ANathanil Church16-50 A
    Totals:

    10 16-50 A1 16-50 U

    2 50-60 A3 T

    [illegible] and the fifteen month service in the Town of Bristol Sion Martindale Capt of the fort Benjamin Sailsbury 3d in the Continental Service. In the fifteenth month service in Coll. Smiths Regiment:

    		Lieut. William Lawless


    		Lieut. Thomas Swanin Capt.

    		Ensign Thomas Pearse


    		Privit John PearseAllens

    		Privit Daniel Maxfield


    		Privit Thomas JethroCompany

    		Privit David Maxfieldin the

    		Privit Leanox Bullock Jr.


    		Privit Thomas HolmesSame

    		Privit James Allen


    		Privit Samuel WardwellRegiment

    		Privit Nathaniel Willson


    		Privit Samuel Martinunder

    		Privit Joseph ShearmanCapt. Carr

    		Danl BradfordCommittee for the town of Bristol
    Bristol April 16, 1777 Appeared the above named Danl Bradford and made Solemn Oath that the above and foregoing list is justly and truly made according to the best of his knowledge. Before me
    Shearja Bourn Just. [illeg]
    Page 2Page 3
    Joseph Reed60+ AJohn Howland Jun.16-50 A
    Leanox Bullock16-50 ASamuel Church16-50 A
    Leanox Bullock Jr.16-50 ASamuel Howland16-50 A
    Simeon Bullock16-50 AJonathan Glover16-50 A
    William Harding16-50 ABenjamin Harding16-50 A
    Shearjashub Bourn50-60 ASimonN
    FrankNNewportN
    Nathan Munro16-50 AJoseph Reed Jun.16-50 A
    Nathan Munro [sic]16-50 ASamuel Reed16-50 A
    Nathaniel Fales50-60 AWilliam Holems50-60 A
    Thomas Fales15-60 AJames Diman16-50 A
    Stephen Fales15-60 ATimothy Diman16-50 A
    William Fales15-60 AJeremiah Bosworth60+ U
    John Fales15-60 AZeikelN
    RubenNStephen Wardwell50-60 A
    Jonathan Diman15-60 AStephen Wardwell Jun.R-Providence
    William Pearse60+ UJosiah Wardwell15-60 A
    DickNStephen Smith15-60 A
    LondonNSamuel Bosworth[----]
    William Lake50-60 A R-NewportWilliam West[----]
    Oliver Earl15-60 A R-PortsmouthNathaniel West16-50 A
    Oliver West15-60 AWilliam Ingreham16-50 A
    Nathaniel Fales Jun15-60 AJohn West60+ A
    Timothy Fales15-60 AHix West16-50 A
    John Waldron50-60 AAseph West16-50 A
    Shearjashub Bourn Jun.16-50 AAnthony VanDorn16-50 A
    William Bosworth50-60 ANewton Waldron16-50 A
    Benjamin Bosworth 2nd16-50 ULenord Waldron16-50 A
    William Bosworth Jun.16-50 AJeremiah Ingreham16-50 A
    Timothy Bosworth16-50 APrinceN
    PrinceNStephen WhittingR-Boston
    Jeremiah Willson60+ UMoses VanDorn16-50 A
    Thomas Willson16-50 APlatoN
    William Willson16-50 AJoseph Lindsey16-50 A
    Thomas Gray16-50 ANathaniel Diman16-50 A
    Thomas Gray Jun.16-50 AWilliam Diman16-50 A
    John Gray16-50 ALemuel Clark16-50 U
    William Munro60+ UJoseph Eddy16-50 A
    Hezekiah Munro16-50 ASimeon Munro60+ A
    James Munro16-50 AJonathan Munday60+ U
    PelegNEdward Munro16-50 A
    CharlsNSimeon Potter16-50 U
    JohnNHertfordN
    George Coggleshall16-50 AQuamN
    Stephen Munro16-50 AHezekiah Usher50-60 A
    Moses DavisCert.Totals:
    John Howland60+ A25 16-50 A2 16-50 U
    Totals:3 50-60 A5 60+
    27 16-50 A1 16-50 U2 R7 N
    5 50-60 A5 60+

    1 Cert.2 R

    8 N


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    John Jolls16-50 AEbenezer Jolls16-50 A
    John Throop60+ ASimon Burn16-50 A
    Thomas Champlin16-50 AThomas Champlin Jun.16-50 A
    Samuel West50-60 ARobert Jolls16-50 A
    John Coomer50-60 AJohn Coomer Jun.16-50 A
    Thomas Coomer16-50 ACharlsN
    Jeremiah Finney16-50 AThomas Finney16-50 A
    Loring Finney16-50 ACaleb Seulsbury60+ A
    Theophilous Seulsbury16-50 ANewby Coggleshall50-60 A
    William Coggleshall Jun16-50 AJames Coggleshall16-50 A
    GeorgeN William Throop16-50 A
    David Maxfield16-50 AEbenezer Blake16-50 A
    Jonathan Peck16-50 AJonathan Peck Jun.16-50 A
    NinoNNathaniel Pearse16-50 A
    Sion Martindale16-50 ACharls Thurill16-50 U
    Nathaniel Cary60+CudgoN
    IchabodMulatoLoring Peck16-50 A
    Peter Church16-50 AAbrahamN
    Daniel Bradford50-60 AJohn Dyer50-60 U
    Benjamin Bosworth16-50 AJoseph Reynolds50-60 A
    George Reynolds16-50 ASamuel Reynolds16-50 A
    Samuel Reynolds16-50 ACatoN
    Totals:

    27 16-50 A1 16-50 U

    5 50-60 A1 50-60 U

    3 60+6 N

    1 Mulato



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    Warren, Rhode Island
    Page 1
    Cromwell Child16-50 AJohn Child60+
    John Child 3rd16-50 AJoseph Harding60+
    Moses Turner16-50 ABenjamin Diman16-50 A
    Revd. Charles Thompson16-50 AJames Bushee50-60 U
    Wilkins Treby16-50 A R-NewportWilliam Sandford16-50 A R-Bristol
    Isaac Olney16-50 A R-ProvidenceSylvester Child Esqr.16-50 A
    Caleb Eddy16-50 AJames Child 2nd16-50 A
    Jeremiah Comstock16-50 AGeorge Neal - Prisoner16-50 A T-Berwick - On - Tweed
    Samuel Luther Esqr.16-50 AAllin Cole16-50 A
    Martin Luther Esqr.50-60 ALuther Sallisbury16-50 A
    Ebenezer Cole Esqr.60+Ebenezer Cole Junr.16-50 A
    Benjamin Cole Junr.16-50 AJoseph Smith16-50 A
    Daniel Richards16-50 ABenjamin Weaver16-50 A T-Freeman
    Isaac Gorham16-50 AJoseph Eddy16-50 A
    William Lewis16-50 AJohn Eastabrooke60+
    Edward Eastabrooke16-50 AWilliam Barton Esqr.16-50 A
    Amos Haile16-50 ABarnard Haile 3rd16-50 A
    Shubeal Burr16-50 ASamuel Burr60+
    Josias Lyndon Esqr.60+ R-NewportSamuel Wheaton16-50 A
    Barnard Hill Junr.16-50 ANorton Thurston16-50 A R-Newport
    Oliver Eddy16-50 AWilliam Rude16-50 A R-Newport
    William Rude Junr.16-50 A R-Newport

    Totals:

    35 16-50 A1 50-60 A

    1 50-60 U6 60+

    3 T6 R

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    Brought Forward:Simon Togood16-50 A
    35-0-1-1-6-0-0-3-6-0-0Jeremiah Jolls16-50 A R-Bristol
    Jonathan Pearse16-50 A R-NewportPeleg Eastabrooke16-50 A
    Nelson Miller16-50 AThomas Eastabrooke16-50 A
    Nicholas Campbell16-50 A T-The Island of Malta in the Mideteranian SeaHezekiah Child16-50 A
    Benjamin Child16-50 UHaile Child16-50 A
    William Child 2nd16-50 ABenjamin Cranston16-50 A
    Caleb Thurber16-50 ABarnebe Luther16-50 A
    Samuel Hicks16-50 AJohn Thurber16-50 A
    Warren Eastabrooke16-50 ABarnard Haile16-50 A
    Samuel Cranston16-50 ANathan Bowen16-50 A
    Amos Bowen50-60 UCharles Collins16-50 A
    Thomas Aaronshire50-60 A R-NewportWilliam Hoar Junr.16-50 A
    Benjamin Hoar16-50 A R-BristolWilliam Hoar60 + R-Bristol
    Curtis Cole16-50 ABarnard Sallisbury50-60 A R-Bristol
    John Child Esqr.16-50 ACaleb Thomas16-50 U
    Philip Morse16-50 A R-NewportPhilip Knight16-50 A
    Benjamin Eastabrooke60+Daniel Eastabrooke16-50 A
    Barnard Hill60+Thomas Cole50-60 A
    James Cole16-50 AJohn Topham16-50 A R-Newport
    Totals:

    64 16-50 A2 16-50 U

    4 50-60 A2 50-60 U

    9 60+4 T14 R
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    Brought Forward: 64-2-4-2-9-4-14James Webb16-50 A R-Newport
    Benjamin Sherburn16-50 A R-NewportSamuel Maxwell60+
    Joseph Belcher Junr.16-50 A R-NewportCaleb Carr16-50 A
    Joseph Belcher Esqr.16-50 A R-NewportWilliam Belcher16-50 A R-Newport
    David Melvil16-50 A R-NewportJames Belcher16-50 A R-Newport
    Samuel Miller16-50 AEdward Wing16-50 A
    Thomas Pearse16-50 A R-PortsmouthMartin Eastabrooke16-50 A
    Jonathan Carr16-50 AEdward ChaseCert.
    Level Maxwell (Cert)16-50 AWilliam Haile16-50 A
    James Naning16-50 A R-BristolJohn Haile16-50 A
    Thomas Leman - Prisoner16-50 A T-Ayer AyershirePeter Cole60+
    Caleb Turner16-50 ASeth Snell16-50 A
    Josiah Bowen16-50 AJohn Bowen16-50 A
    William OBryan16-50 AJesse Baker16-50 A
    Nathan Miller Esqr.16-50 ASamuel Miller 2nd16-50 A
    Caleb Miller16-50 APeter Turner16-50 A
    James Miller 2nd16-50 AWilliam Bedum-Prisoner16-50 A T-Hustwit Yorkshire
    Benjamin Cranston Junr.16-50 AEdward Eddy16-50 A
    William Child16-50 ASamuel Fish16-50 A
    James Child16-50 ACaleb Child16-50 A
    Caleb Cranston16-50 A

    Carried Forward:

    101 16-50 A2 16-50 U

    4 50-60 A2 50-60 U

    11 60+2 Cert.

    6 T23 R

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    Brought Forward:Cromell Child 2nd16-50 A
    101-2-4-2-11-0-2-6-23John Wilber16-50 A
    Jonathan Bowen16-50 AJonathan Bowen Junr.16-50 A
    Stephen Bowen Junr.16-50 AJoseph Ormsbe16-50 A
    Thomas Ormsbe[blank]William Bliss16-50 U
    James Bliss16-50 AJonathan Bliss16-50 A
    Daniel Kelley16-50 AJoseph Kelley16-50 A
    Jeremiah Child16-50 ARufus Whitaker16-50 A
    William Turner Miller16-50 ANathaniel B. Whitting16-50 A
    Jacob Saunders16-50 AThomas Stacy16-50 A R-Newport
    Peter Reynolds16-50 ANathaniel Hill16-50 U
    John Hardin16-50 AStephen Bowen60+
    John OKelley16-50 ABarnard Miller50-60 A
    Elkenah Cole16-50 AJoshua Whitting16-50 A
    Nathaniel Bowen60+John Bowen16-50 A
    James Bowen16-50 AWilliam Bowen16-50 A
    Joseph McMillion16-50 APaul ChaseAff.
    William Linzey16-50 A R-BristolMarmaduke Mason16-50 A
    Alexander Mason16-50 AEdward Mason16-50 A
    James Mason16-50 ANathan Haile16-50 U
    Ephraim Pearse16-50 UOliver Sallisbury60+
    Fredrick LutherAff.John Butterworth60+
    Carried Forward:

    131 16-50 A6 16-50 U

    5 50-60 A2 50-60 U

    15 60+2 Aff

    2 Cert7 T24 R
    Page 5
    Brought Forward:James Grave16-50 A
    131-6-5-2-15-2-2-7-24Ezra Ormsbe16-50 A
    John Ormsbe16-50 UWilliam Arnold16-50 A
    William Arnold Junr.16-50 APeleg Arnold16-50 A
    Ebenezer Luther16-50 AGideon Luther16-50 A
    Nehemiah Luther16-50 ARobert Eastabrooke60+
    Benjamin Eastabrooke 2nd16-50 AJob Sallisbury16-50 A
    Samuel Pearse16-50 AJeremiah Pearse16-50 A
    James Miller16-50 AWilliam Luther16-50 A
    Luther Cole16-50 ACaleb Sallisbury16-50 A
    Isaiah Cole16-50 URichard Haile50-60 A
    Jonathan Haile16-50 ARichard Haile Junr.16-50 A
    James Cole16-50 ASmith Bowen16-50 A
    Samuel Bowen60+Samuel Bowen Junr.16-50 A
    Sampson Simms16-50 AElisha Phinney16-50 A
    Benjamin Cole Esqr50-60 ABenjamin Smith60+ R-Bristol
    Daniel Lufavour16-50 A R-BristolIchabod Cole16-50 A
    Isaac Cole16-50 AThomas Cole 3rd16-50 A
    John Kinnecutt Esqr.60+John Kinnecutt Junr.16-50 A
    Edward Kinnecutt16-50 AEdward Sheldron16-50 U
    Shubeal Kinnecutt16-50 AAllin Usher16-50 A R-Bristol
    Jabez LutherAffJabez Luther Junr.16-50 A
    Mark D'Wolf60+John D'Wolf16-50 A
    Carried Forward:

    164 16-50 A9 16-50 U

    7 50-60 A2 50-60 U

    20 60+3 Aff

    2 Cert.7 T27 R
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    Brought Forward:John Brown16-50 A
    164-9-7-2-20-3-2-7-27Edward Cole16-50 A
    Joseph Butterworth60+Benjamin Barton16-50 A
    Joseph B. Barton16-50 AHezekiah Butterworth16-50 A
    Benjamin Butterworth60+Samuel HicksAff
    Oliver Round16-50 URichard Barton16-50 A
    Daniel Cole16-50 ALandal Cole16-50 A
    Daniel Cole Junior16-50 ASeth Cole16-50 A
    David Barton16-50 AHaile Barton16-50 A
    John Sisson50-60 AGeorge Sisson 3rd16-50 A
    John Sisson Junr.16-50 ACaleb Sisson16-50 A
    George Sisson50-60 AGeorge Sisson Junior16-50 A
    Jonathan Sisson16-50 AJames Sisson16-50 A
    Edward Gardner16-50 AJohn Mason50-60 A
    William Sallisbury16-50 AGardner Mason16-50 A
    Samuel Mason16-50 ARufus Chase16-50 A R-Bristol
    Andrue Cole16-50 AEdward Cole 2nd16-50 A

    Totals:

    189 16-50 A10 16-50 U

    10 50-60 A2 50-60 U

    22 60+4 Aff

    2 Cert.7 T28 R
    State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Warren April 16th, 1777.
    Whereas the Honorable General Assembly of this State in their Last Session appointed me a Committee man to Take the number of Male persons in the Town of Warren from 16 years old and upwards making proper distinction between those from 16 to 50 able to bear Arms and then from 16 to 50 unable to bear Arms...

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