Bristol, Rhode Island in the Revolutionary War 1775-1783

Militia (Rehoboth)

Multiple units of militia from the town of Rehoboth, Massachusetts served at various points during the Revolutionary War. Many of their names appear in James N. Arnold’s Vital Record of Rehoboth (1897).

Samuel Bliss’s Minute Company (1775)

Captain: Samuel Bliss

Lieutenant: Aaron Walker

Ensign: Joseph Allen

Serjeants: Noah Allen, James Bullock, Christopher Ormsbee, Aaron Read

Rank and File: Joseph Allen, Samuel Allen, William Allen, Christopher Blanding, Amos Bliss, Ephraim Bliss, John Brown, Preserved Bullock, Thomas Campbell, Benjamin Coomer, Jonathan Drowne, John Dryer, William Fairbrother, Jacob Fuller, Abel Hix, Ezekiel Hix, Joseph Ingals, Oliver Jones, Elnathan Lake, Laben Lake, Levi Lewis, Jonathan Macomber, Samuel Munroe, Jonathan Nash, Oliver Peck, Philip Peck, Solomon Peck, Elijah Perry, Josiah Perry, Peter Read, Comfort Stanley, Nathan Turner, Nathaniel Turner, Ichabod Wade, Nathan Wheeler, Valentine Wheeler

John Perry’s Minute Company (1775)

Captain: John Perry

Lieutenant: John Paine

Ensign: James Bucklin

Serjeants: John Smith, John Wilson

Drummer: John Williams

Rank and File: Preserved Abell, Robert Abell, Jonathan Barney, Demos Bishop, Barzaleel Bowen, Eleazer Bowen, Simeon Bowen, William Bridgham, James Campbell, William Carpenter, Richard Fairbrother, Elkanah French, Isaac Fuller, Amos Goff, Comfort Hill, James Hill, John Ingraham, William Ingraham, Samuel Jones, Aaron Lyon, James Medbury, Lemuel Perren, Amos Read, Ezra Read, Jonathan Read, Miles Shorey, Caleb Walker, Enos Walker, Joseph Wheaton, Peter Whitaker