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their estates except for the purpose of attending worship on the Sabbath.
"Elisha Ford was imprisoned and released on the same terms, having at the same time been seized and carted to the Liberty Pole and required to sign a statement of allegiance. Caleb Carver, Melzar Carver, Thomas Decrew, and Daniel White were proscribed and banished in 1778. Paul White also was seized and carted to a Liberty Pole, where he was required to sign a recantation."
"The rolls of soldiers who enlisted during the Revolution in Marshfield are probably incomplete, but those in the archives of the state, and in possession of the writer (Mr. Davis), as they are, contain the following names:
" 'Members of the Company of Joseph Clift of Marshfield who enlisted for six months in 1775 are Joseph CliftJona. Hatch SergtNathl RogersJob MitchellAnthony T. Hatch Corp.Saml TildenAbner CrockerGershom EwellJos HatchAsa LaphamAmos HatchCharles HatchWm JoyceWm CliftArumah RogersJob EwellJesse LaphamLot H. SlyvesterSeth JoyceJona. JoyceNathl JoycePrince HatchZaccheus RogersTobias OakmanSaml JonesCaleb Lapham.
" 'Members of the Company of Capt. Thos Turner in the regiment of Col. John Bailey under General Thomas (Marshfield) in 1775Briggs Thomas Lieut.Jona. Hatch SergtWm Thomas CorpRobt GloverNathl RogersFrancis GrayJona. LowTobias WhiteEzekiel SpraguePeleg KentThos ChandlerAlex. GarnetPeleg FoordNathl ThomasBrad. BakerLuther SampsonTolman BakerJob MitchellSaml JonesWm JoycePrince HatchConstant OakmanJohn Hatch.
" 'In other Companies were Abijah CrockerCapt. King LaphamLieut. Isreal Rogersensn, John BatesIsaac BatesWills CliftChas KentNathl KentAsa RogersJos SpragueAndrew PompAsa LaphamThos Rog-
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