A Rabble in Arms: Massachusetts Towns and Militiamen during King Philip’s War

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315 Abbe, John Jr., 139 Abbe, Thomas, 133 Abbot, Joseph, 115 Abbott, George, 198 Abbott, Joseph, 198, 204 Abbott, Timothy, 198 Adams, Nathaniel, 160 age. See impressment factors; soldiers Allen, John, 122, 126 Allen, William, 126 Amherst, New Hampshire, 211f Anderson, Fred, 7, 68 Anderson, Virginia DeJohn, 17, 153, 158 Andover, Massachusetts, 109–121, 194–195, 198–199; as agricultural town, 110; allied family groups in, 112–115, 119, 121; attack on, 198–199; committee of militia of, 59, 110–121; crime in, 115; families recruited from, 59; family size in, 146; fear of Indian attack, 119; founding of, 110; on frontier, 194– 195; garrison houses in, 195–196, 198; geographical division in, 113– 115; militia of, 58, 110–121; possibility of volunteer soldiers from, 115–118; socioeconomic status in, 111–115; soldiers of, 48, 110–121, 141, 149, 152–153, 162, 174, 177; town layout of, 110; war casualties in, 204 Andrews, Robert, 93, 97 Anglo-Dutch Wars: First (1652–1654), 35; Second (1664–1667), 50, 102; Third (1672–1674), 51 Appleton, John, 73, 195 Appleton, Samuel, 49, 71, 73, 77–79, 145, 184–185, 187–193, 217 Appleton’s company, 73, 79–80, 83, 145, 150, 177, 184–185, 187–193, 202–203, 207 Ayers, Zechariah, 118–119 Baker, Ebenezer, 111–112 Ballard, John, 115 Bassett, William, 175 Batchelder, Mark, 133, 138 Bath, William, 171 Beale, William, 104–106 Beers, Richard, 184 Beers’s company, 184–185 Belanger, Leonard, 106 Bennett, Henry, 126–127 Bennett, John, 122, 126–127, 130, 175 Beverly, Massachusetts, 2, 52; families recruited from, 59; involved in Manchester militia, 140; soldiers of, 153, 167, 173, 175, 178; war casualties in, 203 Bigsby, Joseph, 91–92 birth order. See impressment factors; individual town listings Bishop, Edward, 105 Index 316 Index Bloody Brook ambush, 2, 83, 127, 150, 145, 160–161, 184–186, 202, 206, 214–215 Bodge, George Madison, 196, 245n1 Bradstreet, Simon, 120 Breen, T. H., 28 Brocklebank, Samuel, 83–84, 89–90, 145, 192–193, 196, 198, 200 Brocklebank’s company, 83–84, 103, 118, 145, 150, 177, 192–194, 196, 198, 200 Brookfield, Massachusetts, attack on, 183–184 Browne, Edmund, 59 Browne, John, 77 Bullock, John, 202, 206–207 Burkby, Joseph, 88 Burton, Isaac, 94, 96 Burton, Jack, 93 Burton, Jacob, 202 Carter, Joshua, 122, 126 Chadwell, Moses, 175 Chandler, Thomas, 110, 115, 120–121, 195 Charles I (King of England), military reforms of, 21–24, 26–28 Chub, John, 77, 169 Church, Benjamin, 67, 189, 191, 200– 201, 214–215 Church’s company, 200–201, 215 Clements, Mary, 120 Codner, Henry, 105-107 Collins, Joseph, 175 Colonial Council, Massachusetts, rebuke of Captain Whipple, 196–198 Commissioners of the United Colonies , 187, 196 committee of militia, 7–8, 34–39, 4369 ; ability to nominate officers, 38–39; duties of, 36-39, 43–69, 141; establishment of, 34–35; and garrison soldiers, 45, 49; impressment decisions of, 1–2, 9, 141–180, 213–214, 216–217; impressment power of, 36, 38, 43–69, 109, 130, 141–180, like Elizabethan Lords Lieutenant, 54, 164, 179–180, 214; meeting records of, 254n35, organization and membership of, 35–38, 53–54; performance in King Philip’s War, 213–214, 216–217; postwar change of duties, 217; power to collect taxes, 46; power second only to General Court, 40; relationship to town selectmen, 45–47; serving two masters, 164; take control of frontier towns, 48–49; and town fortifications, 47. See also impressment ; militia, Massachusetts Bay; individual town listings Connecticut colony, 49-50; soldiers of, 50; volunteers in Pequot war, 67 Connecticut River Valley campaign (1675), 183–187 constables, 158; attacked during impressment , 63, 123–125; role in impressment, 55, 60, 63, 122–127 Cooper, Samuel, 84 Corwin, George, 56f, 57f Corwin, Jonathan, 56f Court of Assistance, Massachusetts Bay, 140, 169 Crumpton, Samuel, 205 crime. See impressment factors; New England; individual town listings Cummings, John, 91 Curtis, Zachariah, 93–94, 97–99 Curtis, Zachary, 64, 65f Curtis, Zacheus Jr., 93, 97–99 Dalton, William, 134–135 Davenport, Nathaniel, 189, 190f Davis, John, 175 Index 317 debt. See impressment factors; individual town listings Deerfield, Massachusetts, 160–161, 184–185 Demos, John, 143, 148 Denison, Daniel, 1, 53, 60, 64, 65f, 72, 78, 91, 110, 124–125, 188, 195, 198, 209 Dennis, Thomas, 78 Dew, William, 1, 105–106, 205 Dixsy, William, 122–126, 129–130 Dodge, John, 175 draft evasion. See impressment drunkenness. See impressment factors...