Maine Militia, War of 1812: Lieut. Col. W. R. Blaisdell's Regiment

Source: Records of the Massachusetts volunteer militia called out by the Governor of Massachusetts to suppress a threatened invasion during the war of 1812-14 (Boston, Mass.: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1913).

Some forenames and surnames have been switched to facilitate searching. The format of the list has been altered.

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Lieut. Col. W. R. Blaisdell's Regiment.
From Sept. 13 to Sept. 27, 1814. Service at Bath. Rendezvous at Gardiner, awaiting orders.

Field and Staff.
William R. Blaisdell, Lieutenant Colonel, Greene
Josiah Libby, Major, Wales
Jotham Thompson, Major, Monmouth

Jonathan Marston, Adjutant, Monmouth
Joseph Mitchell, Quartermaster, Leeds
Thomas W. Bridgham, Surgeon, Leeds

Noncommissioned Staff.
Josiah Larrabee, Sergeant Major
David Dunning, Quartermaster Sergeant
Joel Small, Drum Major
Amos Woodman, Fife Major

Capt. N. Pettingill's Company, Lieut. Col. W. R. Blaisdell's Regiment.
From Sept. 13 to Sept. 20, 1814. Raised at Lewiston. Service in camp at Gardiner, awaiting orders.

Rank and Name.
Nathaniel Pettingill, Captain
Nathan Sleeper, Lieutenant
Zacheus Litchfield, Ensign

Phineas Wright, Sergeant
Davis Nevins, Sergeant
Luther Litchfield, Sergeant
Samuel R. Reed, Sergeant

Lang Wright, Corporal
Thomas Ham, Corporal
Stephen Wilkins, Corporal
John Wright, Corporal
Amaziah Merrill, Musician
John Ham, Musician
Freeman Skinner, Musician

Privates.
Robert Anderson
David Barker
Peletiah Barnes
Abraham Batten
Jeremiah Cole
Samuel Cole, Jr.
William Dill

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John Downing
David Graffam
John Hackett
Richard Harris
Isaac S. Hooper
Ebenezer Jepson
Abraham Landfest
James Lowell
Jedediah Merrill, Jr.
Richard Merrill
Nathan Moore
William Pearce
Seled Perham
Ezra Randall, Jr.
James Randall
Jonathan Ray
Ichabod Read
Jacob H. Read
Oliver Read
Ezra Sawyer
Elijah Stetson
Stephen Stetson
Thomas Taylor
John Winslow
Ebenezer Witham

Capt. M. Sprague's Company, Lieut. Col. W. R. Blaisdell's Regiment.
From Sept. 13 to Sept, 25, 1814. Raised at Greene. Service in camp at Gardiner, awaiting orders.

Rank and Name.
Moses Sprague, Captain
Gershom Curtis, Lieutenant
Otis Anderson, Ensign
John Beals, Sergeant
Turner Stetson, Sergeant
Jacob Hatch, Sergeant
William Sprague, Jr., Sergeant
Luther Robbins, Corporal
James Chadbourn, Corporal
Nathaniel Harris, Corporal
Joseph Herrick, 2d, Corporal
Reuben Robbins, Musician
Isaac Sprague, Musician

Privates.
Stephen Austin
Joseph Bailey
Reuben Bates
Jacob Booker
David Briggs
William Briggs
Richard Brown
John Chadbourne
Elias Chick
Isaiah Coburn
Phineas Coburn
James Coffin
Robert Curtis
Artemas Cushman
Jacob Day
Abraham Firbish
John Firbish
Stephen Grant
Isaac Griffin
Josiah Hatch
Samuel Hatch
John Harris, Jr.
Joseph Harris
Michael Jackson
Samuel Layne
Ephraim Littlefield
Ivory Littlefield
Laphael Littlefield
Story Littlefield
Isaac Mower
Thomas Mower
Charles Pere
James Pere, Jr.
Benjamin Quimby
John Quimby
Russell H. Reed
Silas Richardson
Zacheriah Richardson
Jonathan Shipley
Rufus Stevens
Timothy Weld
David Wilkins

Capt. S. Howard's Company, Lieut. Col. W. R. Blaisdell's Regiment.
From Sept. 10 in Sept. 26, 1814. Raised at Leeds. Service in camp at Gardiner, awaiting orders.

Rank and Name.
Stillman Howard, Captain (Absent)
Levi Foss, Lieutenant (Commanding)
Samuel Brown, Ensign

Benjamin Willett, Sergeant
Daniel Parcher, Sergeant
Hoten Sumner, Sergeant
Israel Herrick, Sergeant
Orthnell Pratt, Sergeant
Thaddeus Foss, Sergeant
Isaac Boothby, Corporal
Cyrus Foss, Corporal
Amos Phillips, Corporal
Nathaniel Huse, Jr., Corporal
Jonathan Goold, Musician
Naphtali Hanson, Musician
Seth Fish, Musician
Ebenezer Hanson, Musician

Privates.
John Andrews
Ebenezer Bailey
Joseph Bailey
Whitman Bailey
Joseph Berry
Cyrus Boothby
Stephen Boothby
Abner Brown
Eleazer Carver
John Carver
William Carver
Andrew Cushman
Zebulon Dean
Oran Ellis
Benjamin Fish
I. or J. Fish, Jr.
William Fish
John Francis
Thomas Francis, Jr.
Allen Freeman
Isaac Freeman
Samuel Freeman
Francis George, Jr.
Asa Gould
Eli Gould
Peltish Gould
Robert Gould
Rufus Gould
Simeon Gould
William Gould
H. House
Alexander Jennings
Franklin Jennings
John Jennings
Charles Knapp
Elijah Knapp
Elijah Knapp, 2d
John Knowlton
Alpheus Lane
John Lane
Luther Leadbetter
Rufus Lincoln
James Lindsey
Ira Lothrop
Thomas Lothrop
John Mason
Martin Mason
John Millett
Zebulon P. Millett
Samuel Moore
William Moulton

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Ensign Otis
Zacheriah Parker
Samuel Paul
Harvey Pettingill
John Pettingill
Charles Pratt
Joshua Ramsdell
William Ramsdell
Daniel Richards
John Richards
Nathaniel Richards
William Robbins
Ebenezer Stinchfield
Ezekiel G. Stinchfield
Ezra Stinchfield
Daniel Witham

Capt. A. Daggett's Company, Lieut. Col. W. R. Blaisdell's Regiment.
From Sept. 13 to Sept. 26, 1814. Raised at Greene and vicinity. Service in camp at Gardiner, awaiting orders.

Rank and Name.
Aaron Daggett, Captain
Jabez Pratt, Lieutenant
Thadeus Sawyer, Sergeant
Benjamin Rackley, Sergeant
Ambris Brown, Sergeant
Massey Sylvester, Sergeant
Levi Merrill, Jr., Corporal
Samuel Merrill, Corporal
Stephen Rackley, Corporal
Thomas Graffam, Corporal
Solomon Brown, Musician
Joseph H. Clark, Musician

Privates.
John Additon
Benjamin Alden, Jr.
Ichabod Allen
John Berry
Anslem Cary
John Caswell, Jr.
Ebenezer Cummins
John Cummins
Nathaniel Evans
Walter Fogg
Daniel Getchell
Rufus Ham
Ansel Landers
Freeman Landers
Ammi Larrabee
John Larrabee, Jr.
Thomas Longley
Ames Merrill
Benjamin Merrill, 3d
Jacob Merrill
John Merrill
Levi Merrill, 3d
Samuel Muloon
Jacob Parker
John Pettingill, Jr.
John Robertson
Asa Rose, Jr.
Seth Rose
Nathan Safford
Abel Sampson
James Sinclair
Thomas Stevens, Jr.
Isaac Thomas
Martin Thomas
Simeon Wheeler
Linus White

Capt. D. Lindsey's Company, Lieut. Col. W. R. Blaisdell's Regiment.
From Sept. 13 to Sept. 26, 1814. Raised at Leeds and vicinity. Service in camp at Gardiner, awaiting orders.

Rank and Name.
David Lindsey, Captain
Codding Drake, Lieutenant
Stephen Welcome, Ensign

Joseph Turner, Sergeant
Alpheus Turner, Sergeant
Charles D. Gilbert, Sergeant
Joseph Pettingill, Sergeant
James Wing, Corporal
Oliver Sampson, Corporal
Libeus Curtis, Corporal
Obediah Turner, Corporal
William Mitchell, Musician

Privates.
Henry Bates
Joseph Bates
Levi Bates, Jr.
James Bishop
Joseph Bishop
Morgan Brewster, Jr.
Luther Cary
Richard Crockett
Abner Curtis
Lincoln Curtis
William B. Curtis
William Day
William A. Day
Tirnothy Foster
Nathaniel Foye
Alvah Gilbert
Bailey Gilbert
George Gordon
Jonathan Gordon
Samuel Holt
John House
Isaac Hutchinson
Israel Jones
Elias Lane
Aaron Leathers
Ebenezer Libbey
Philip Libbey
Reuben Libbey
Thomas Libbey
Ira Lindsey
Robert B. Lindsey
Lovet Lothrop
Solomon Lathrop
Sullivan Lothrop
William Manes
Thomas Mitchell
Jonathan Morse
Amos Murray
Gideon Owen
Arcadus Pettingill
Real Pettingill
John Rowe
Hazel Sampson
Robert. Sampson
Jonathan Sanborn
Constant Southard
Solomon B. Stinchfield
Benjamin Turner
Simeon Turner
Levy Wallis
Joseph Whitney
Caleb Wing

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Capt. N. Jewell's Company, Lieut. Col. W. R. Blaisdell's Regiment.
From Sept. 13 to Sept. 26, 1814. Raised at Wales and vicinity. Service in camp at Gardiner, awaiting orders.

Rank and Name.
Nathaniel Jewell, Captain
Ebenezer Given, Lieutenant

Benjamin Thompson, Sergeant
Reuben Andrews, Sergeant
Samuel Libbey, Sergeant
Smith Ricker, Sergeant
Samuel Pierce, Corporal
Daniel Foss, Corporal
Freeman Watts, Corporal
John Colby, Corporal
John Hawes, Musician

Privates.
Benjamin Adams
Henry Austin
Nathaniel Chase
James Clerk
Samuel Clerk
Nisbet Dammen
Shedrick Dickson
Benjamin Fogg
William Fogg
John Given
Joseph Gray
Stephen Gray
John Hamilton
Philip Hannon
James Hodgdon
Harding Lombard
Wentworth Lombard
Rufus Marr
Joseph Marvel
Jeremiah Mills
Emeziah Mitchell
David Plummer
William Plummer
Ebenezer Small
William Strout
William Sweat
Aaron Thompson
Thomas Thompson
Nathaniel Watts
Walter Weymouth
William Witherell

Capt. J. A. Torsey's Company, Lieut. Col. W. R. Blaisdell's Regiment.
From Sept. 13 to Sept. 26, 1814. Raised at Monmouth. Service in camp at Gardiner, awaiting orders.

Rank and Name.
John A. Torsey, Captain
Pascal P. Blake, Lieutenant
Frederic W. Dearborn, Ensign

Martin Cushing, Sergeant
Jacob Smith, Sergeant
Robert Gilman, Sergeant
Thomas Witherell, Sergeant
John Plummer, Corporal
Samuel Titus, Corporal
Josiah Towle, Corporal
James Merrill, Corporal
Henry Day, Musician
John Merrill, Musician

Privates.
Nathaniel Adams
William Allen
Ichabod Andrews
Otis Andrews
Samuel S. Blake
William Brimison
Abraham Brown
Xerxes Campbell
Ebenezer Cinklee
John Coombs
David Dearborn
James Eaton
Hiram Foss
John Gilman
Caleb Gove
Aaron Gray
Jesse Gray
Robert Gray
Isaac Hall
Aaron Hinkley
Benjamin Hinkley
John Hutcherson
David Jewett
John Jones
Jason King
Abraham Merrill
Aaron Murch
George W. Norris
Simon Otis
George Quinn
John Shaw
Abial Smith
George Smith
Asa Spears
Jiah Swift
Josiah Tilton
Edward Welch
Thomas Williams
Jonathan Wright

Capt. G. Williams' Company, Lieut. Col. W. R. Blaisdell's Regiment.
From Sept. 13 to Sept. 26. 1814. Raised at Lewiston. Service in camp at Gardiner, awaiting orders.

Rank and Name.
George Williams, Captain
Joseph Dill, Lieutenant
William Garcelon, Ensign

Thomas Piper, Sergeant
John Golden, Sergeant
Samuel Staten, Sergeant
Samuel Garcelon, Sergeant
Daniel Garcelon, Corporal
Aaron Lander, Corporal
Ezekiel Merrill, Corporal
William Davis, Corporal
James Garcelon, Musician
Mark Garcelon, Musician

Privates.
James Anderson
William Brooks
Mark Bubier
John Carroll
Joseph Carvill
Sewell Carvill
Reuben Coburn
John Davis
Josiah Dill
Barzilla Dyer
Elkanah Dyer
James Field
Joseph Field
Stephen Ford
Ammi Garcelon
Samuel Gilpatrick
William Golder
Samuel Haley
Ham James
John Hatch
Jacob Hinkley
Jonathan Hodgkins
John Holland
William Jones
Nathaniel Jordan
Noah Litchfield
Edward Lowell
William Lowell
Asa Merrill

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Joshua Merrill
Stephen Merrill
James Mitchell
Joshua Mitchell
Josiah Mitchell, Jr.
Joel Morse
Benjamin Pettingill
John Pettingill
John Proctor
Barzilla Rand
William Ray
David Thompson
Samuel Thompson
Lewis Ware
James Wright
Zebulon Wright

Capt. M. Boynton's Company, Lieut. Col. W. R. Blaisdell's Regiment.
From Sept. 13 to Sept. 27, 1814. Raised at Monmouth. Service in camp at Gardiner, awaiting orders.

Rank and Name.
Moses Boynton, Captain
Royal Fogg, Lieutenant
Benjamin Sinclair, Ensign

Joseph Prescott, Sergeant
Joseph B. Allen, Sergeant
Jedediah B. Prescott, Sergeant
John S. Blake, Sergeant
Newell Fogg, Corporal
Hugh M. Boynton, Corporal
Ivory Towl, Corporal
George W. Fogg, Corporal
Levi Tozier, Musician
John Richardson, Musician

Privates.
Ichabod Allen
Ezekiel Arno
Isaac Arno
Zacheus Arno
John Arnold, Jr.
John Bartlett
Reuben Buford
William Batchelder
Elijah Bates
Joseph Blanchard
John Blew
Ansel Blossom
Ebenezer A. Boynton
Asa Clough
Alexander Cousins
Ebenezer S. Dearborn
John Edgcomb
Jonathan Fogg
Nathan Fogg
John H. Gilman
James Gray
Joshua Gray
Nathan Gray
Thomas N. Gray
Samuel Holmes
Benjamin Jackson
Abner Jenkins
Philip Jenkins, Jr.
Samuel Jenkins
Robert Jewell
Daniel Johnson
James Jones
Benjamin Kimball, Jr.
Samuel King
John Knight
Daniel Lothrop, 3d
Lewis Manton
Joseph Merrill
James Mitchell
Oliver Pierce
Andrew Pinkham
Moses Randlett
George Reed
William Richardson
Moses Rowell
Isaac Small
James Smith
Elkanah Sprague
Ebenezer Thurston
Amasa Tinkham
Robert Towle
Thurston W. True
John Walker
Nathaniel W. Warren
Peltiah Warren, Jr.
James Witherell