Maine Militia, War of 1812: Lieut. Col. J. Hobbs' 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. J. Hobbs' Regiment.
From Sept. 8 to Sept. 20, 1814. Stationed at Portland.

Field and Staff.
Josiah Hobbs, Lieutenant Colonel, Falmouth
Thomas Hammond, Major
Ezekiel Dyer, Major, Cape Elizabeth
Arthur Dyer, Adjutant
Peter Lunt, Adjutant, Falmouth
Joseph Chamberlin, Quartermaster, Falmouth
Stetson Lobdell, Paymaster, Westbrook
William Sanborn, Surgeon, Falmouth
Jacob Hunt, Surgeon's Mate, Falmouth
Caleb Bradly, Chaplain, Falmouth

Noncommissioned Staff.
Josiah R. Clough, Sergeant Major
Stetson Lobdell, Sergeant Major
Hezekiah Slemmon, Quartermaster Sergeant
James Porterfield, Fife Major
Charles Walker, Drum Major

Capt. J. Bailey's Company, Lieut. Col. J. Hobbs' Regiment.
From Sept. 8 to Sept. 20, 1814. Raised at Westbrook. Service at Portland.

Rank and Name.
Jeremiah Bailey, Captain
John Babb, Lieutenant
Charles Jordan, Ensign

John L. Johnson, Sergeant
Robert C. Rand, Sergeant
Thomas Broad, Sergeant
Benjamon Remick, Sergeant
Joshua Starbird, Corporal
Peter O. Clark, Corporal
Thomas Riggs, Corporal
Levi Starbird, Corporal
James B. Rand, Musician
David Horn, Musician

Privates.
Leustin Alden
Samuel Bailey, Jr.
Charles Bartlett
John Bradberry
Joseph Broad
Silas Broad
William Broad
Abel Chase
James W. Davis
Michael Field
Andrew P. Frost
Charles Furguson
Samuel Gould
William Gould
Thaddeus Greenwood
Samuel Harper
David Hayes
Jeremiah R. Jones
John Jordan
Asa Knight
George Lowell
James Maddocks
Andrew Mitchell
Peleg Mitchell
Alexander Osgood
Braddock S. Palmer
Moses Plummer
James Porterfield
William Porterfield
Asa Pratt
Cushing Pratt, Jr.
Henry Pratt
John Pride, Jr.
Baxter Rice
Atwood Richmond
Vinson Roberts
Joel Sargent
William Starbird
Charles Stevens
Tristram C. Stevens
Joseph Storer
George Tait
George W. Thombs
Job Thombs
David Trickey
William Trickey
Robert Warren
Joseph H. Waterhouse
Eli Webb
George Webb
Charles Westcot
John Young

Waiters.
Samuel Babb
Frederic Bailey
Charles Jordan

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Capt. E. Dyer's Company, Lieut. Col. J. Hobbs' Regiment.
From Sept. 8 to Sept. 20, 1814. Raised at Cape Elizabeth. Service at Portland.

Rank and Name.
Ezekiel Dyer, Captain
Simon Cutter (?), Lieutenant

Samuel Dyer, Sergeant
Elliot Dyer, Sergeant
John Mariner, Sergeant
Zebulon Skillen, Sergeant
Caleb Dyer, Corporal
Henry Frickett, Corporal
John Emery, Corporal
Nathaniel Frickett, Corporal
Reuben Roberts, Musician
Alexander Skillen, Musician

Privates.
James Babb, Jr.
Thomas Berry
Nathaniel Bowe
Elisha Brown, Jr.
Jackson Brown
Stephen Brown
Francis Cash
Stephen Cash
William Cummings
Asa Doane
Christopher Dyer
Israel Dyer
James Dyer
Jesse Dyer
Reuben Dyer
Moses Frickett
Samuel Frickett
John Graham
John Hatch
Joseph Hunnewell
Thomas Jackson
Ezekiel Jumper
Joseph Jumper
Solomon Knight
Philip Lear
John T. Libby
John Liscom
John Majory
Joseph Manner
Christopher Mitchell
Joshua Pillsbury
Tobias Pillsbury
Daniel Plummer
Winthrop Ricker
David F. Sawyer
Elisha Sawyer
Ephraim Sawyer
Ivory Sawyer
John Sawyer, Jr.
Moses Sawyer
Nathaniel Sawyer
Thomas Simonton
Daniel Skillen, Jr.
Isaac Skillen
Lemuel Skillen
Rufus Skillen
William Skillen
Israel Stanford
Winthrop Stannard
Samuel Stanwood
Christopher Stout
George Strout
Jonathan Strout
Asa Thompson
Ebenezer Thrasher
Robert Thrasher
Samuel Waterhouse
James Welch
Joseph Welch
Lemuel Welch
John Willard
Samuel Willard
Peter Woodberry
Israel Woodbury

Capt. A. Field's Company, Lieut. Col. J. Hobbs' Regiment.
From Sept. 8 to Sept. 20, 1814. Raised at Falmouth. Service at Portland.

Rank and Name.
Alpheus Field, Captain
Robert Hall, Lieutenant
Robert Anderson, Ensign

Samuel Richards, Sergeant
Frederick Merrill, Sergeant
William Frank, Sergeant
John Lunt, Sergeant
Josiah Field, Corporal
Ezekiel Leighton, Corporal
Josiah Hall, Corporal
Henry Hall, Corporal
Ephraim Marston, Jr., Musician
Nathaniel Field, Musician

Privates.
Benjamin Acass
Isaac Adams
Moses Adams, Jr.
William Allen
Ozias Blanchard
Samuel Blanchard
Silas Brackett
John Colley, Jr.
William Colley, Jr.
Agreen Crabtree
Eleazer Crabtree
John Cresey
Enoch Dill
Daniel Dolly
William Dolly
Hanson Field
Simeon Field
Stephen Field
John Gilman
Samuel Goodell
Jesse Green
William Hadlock
George Hall
Moses Hall
Samuel Hicks
Jonathan Hobbs
William Huston
Nathaniel Ilsley
Simon Knight
John Lambert
Daniel Leighton
Thomas Leighton
Isaac Libby
Nathaniel Lock
Joshua Lunt
Lane Lunt
Nathan Lunt
Ebenezer Marston
Archibald McKellar
Charles Merrill
Edmund Merrill
Joseph Merrill
Lane Merrill
Luther Merrill
Solomon Merrill
Timothy Merrill
William Merrill
George Mountford
Amos Noyes
Nathaniel Noyes
Reuben Noyes
Reuben Prince
Joseph Shaw
Adam Sweet
Samuel Sweet
Robert Weymouth
Daniel Woodsom
Gideon Woodsom

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Capt. C. Knight's Company, Lieut. Col. J. Hobbs' Regiment.
From Sept. 8 to Sept. 20, 1814. Raised at Falmouth. Service at Portland.

Rank and Name.
Charles Knight, Captain
Jonathan Bartlett, Lieutenant
James Sweet, Ensign

Ephraim Merrill, Jr., Sergeant
Jeremiah Merrill, Sergeant
John Buckman, Jr., Sergeant
Ebenezer Pool, Sergeant
Reuben Knight, Corporal
Reuben Merrill, Corporal
Alexander Merrill, Corporal
Reuben Merrill, 3d, Corporal
Peter Marston, Musician
John Waite, Jr., Musician

Privates.
John Adams
Benjamin Blackstone
Robert Blackstone
Asa Bucknam
Leonard Butterfield
Thomas Chase
Joshua Colley
Edward Davis
Joseph Dennet
James Dobbins, Jr.
William Dobbins
Thomas Higgins
Lewis Huston
Paul Huston
Stephen Jones
Ephraim Knight
Jacob Knight
Nathaniel Knight
Oliver Knight
Samuel Knight
Zebulon Knight
Ebenezer Lock
James Lord
Nathaniel Lunt
Ephraim Merrill
Ezra Merrill
Giles Merrill
Joshua Merrill, Jr.
Josiah Merrill
Zachariah Merrill
Curtis Meservy
Jonathan Moody
Samuel Moody
Christopher Nolen
David Noyes
Merrill Noyes
Nathan Noyes
Silas Noyes
John Pittee
Richard Pomroy
George Prince
Noyes Prince
William Richards
Jonathan Sandborn
John Sawyer
Joshua Sweet
Moses Sweet, 3d
James Tewksbury
Benjamin Thomas
Benjamin Titcomb
George Titcomb
Reuben Titcomb
Samuel Titcomb
William Titcomb, Jr.
John Underwood
Aaron Webber
Gustavus Williams
Ebenezer G. York
Reuben G. York
Samuel G. York
William York
William York, Jr.

Waiter.
Lewis Sweet

Capt. P. Pride's Company, Lieut. Col. J. Hobbs' Regiment.
From Sept. 8 to Sept. 20, 1814. Raised at Falmouth. Service at Portland.

Rank and Name.
Peter Pride, Captain
Richard Cobb, Lieutenant
Daniel Handy, Ensign

Samuel Pride, Sergeant
Josiah R. Clough, Sergeant
William Reed, Sergeant
George Bishop, Sergeant
William Winslow, Corporal
James P. Bailey, Corporal
Zacheriah B. Stevens, Corporal
Ephraim Brackett, Corporal
Elisha Higgins, Musician
John Lunt, Musician

Privates.
George Babb, Jr.
John Barbour
Samuel Berry
Samuel Blake
William Blake
Zacheriah Brackett
Zacheriah Brackett, Jr.
Benjamin Campbell
John Clark
Asa Cobb
James Cobb, Jr.
Levi Cobb
Peter Cobb, Jr.
William Cobb, Jr.
William Crawford
Christopher S. Davis
Amasa Forbus
Samuel Frink
William Frost
James Gowen, Jr.
Levi Gowen
Moses Gowen
Peter Graffam
Joseph Grant
Andrew Graves
George Hale
James Hicks
John Higgins, Jr.
Samuel Hinkly
Abner Howard
Alexander Husten
Thompson Husten
Peter Ingersoll
Aaron Knight
Abner Knight
Amos Knight
Isaac Knight
John Knight
John T. Knight, Jr.
Josiah Knight
Levi Knight
Stephen Knight
Samuel Lord
Batholomew Lunt
Joshua Lunt
Nathaniel W. Merrill
John Minot
Ebenezer Newman
Elijah North
John Pride
Thomas Pride
Frederic Proctor
Joshua Sampson
Asa Sawyer
Benjamin Sawyer
James Sawyer
John Sawyer, Jr.
Joseph M. Sawyer
Joshua Sawyer
Mark Sawyer
Thomas Sawyer, Jr.
Bela Shaw
Asa Small
Peter Small
Benjamin Stevens
Isaac Stevens
Joseph Stevens
Joshua A. Stevens
William Thurston
George Townsend
Joseph Trafton
Nathaniel Waldron
Samuel Walker
Benjamin Webb
Goen Wilson
Henry Wilson
Increase Wilson
Ebenezer Winslow
Ebenezer Woodbury
Larken Woodbury
Chauncy Woodford

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Capt. W. Slemon's Company, Lieut. Col. J. Hobbs' Regiment.
From Sept. 8 to Sept. 20, 1814. Raised at Falmouth. Service at Falmouth.

Rank and Name.
William Slemon, Captain
William Kenney, Lieutenant
Daniel Broad, Ensign

Josiah Stevens, Sergeant
Benjamin Burnham, Sergeant
John M. Milliken, Sergeant
David Stevens, Sergeant
David Knight, Musician
Samuel Kenney, Musician

Privates.
Richard G. Bailey
William Bell
Henry Blake
James Blake, Jr.
Ephraim Broad
Benjamin Choate
George Cobb
Frederick Davis
Isaac Fly, Jr.
Nathaniel Haskell, Jr.
William Hicks
John Jordan
Henry Knight
Rowland Knight
Theophilus Knight
Eaton Nichols
Jonathan Ray
Nathaniel Stevens
William Stevens

Waiters.
Rufus Jeffords
George Strout

Capt. J. Valentine's Company, Lieut. Col. J. Hobbs' Regiment.
From Sept. 8 to Sept. 20, 1814. Raised at Westbrook. Service at Portland.

Rank and Name.
Joseph Valentine, Captain
Henry Babb, Lieutenant
John Bixby, Ensign

Levi Tole or Towle, Sergeant
Josiah Gould, Sergeant
Benjamin Quimby, Sergeant
Jeremiah Clements, Sergeant
James Webb, Musician
Joseph Bailey, Musician

Privates.
Henry Adams
Alexander Babb
David Babb
George Babb
Henry Babb, Jr.
Mark Babb
Samuel Bailey
William Bixby
Samuel Brown
Nathan Burnett
Isaac Chesley
Edward Conant
Daniel Conant, Jr.
Samuel Conant
Sherborn Dyer
Reuben Elder
Hezekiah Elwell
Nathaniel Freeman
Nathaniel Freeman, Jr.
George I. Galvin
George Haskell
Nathaniel Haskell
Nehemiah Ingalls
William Johnson
Thomas Jordan
John Lamb
William Moody
Archelaus Newcomb
Samuel Newcomb
Joseph Patridge
Lewis Pease
Samuel D. Pike
Major Plummer
Charles Pratt
Charles Proctor
Richard Proctor
Samuel A. Proctor
Benjamin F. Quinby
Charles Quinby
Simeon Quinby
William Roberts
Noah Sloper
John Small
Joseph Small
Tyng Smith
John Starbird, Jr.
Stephen Sweet, Jr.
James Thurlow
Lowell Valentine
Gardner Walker
John Wallis
Levi Wallis
Nathaniel Warren
Kier Webb
David Winslow
Miles Winslow

Waiters.
James Freeman
Daniel Libby
Gilbert Valentine

Lieut. H. Dyer's Company, Lieut. Col. J. Hobbs' Regiment.
From Sept. 8 to Sept. 20, 1814. Raised at Cape Elizabeth. Service at Portland.

Rank and Name.
Henry Dyer, Lieutenant
Joshua Mitchell, Ensign

Robert Dyer, Jr., Sergeant
Woodbury Jordan, Sergeant
Ebenezer Dyer, Sergeant
Henry M. Kenney, Sergeant
Nathaniel Wheeler, Corporal
James Marrs, Corporal
Joseph Wheeler, Corporal
Richard Jordan, Corporal
John S. Small, Jr., Musician
Enos H. Dyer, Musician

Privates.
John Armstrong
Ezra Briggs
Abraham Bryant
John Clark, Jr.
Lemuel Cobb
James Davis
Simeon Davis
Ebenezer Delano
Nathaniel Delano
Joseph P. Dresser
Richard Dresser
James Duren
John Duren
Benjamin Dyer
Clement J. Dyer
Edward Dyer
Jonah Dyer
Leonard Dyer
Reuben Dyer
Reuben H. Dyer
Nathaniel Foss
John Gammon
Ebenezer Haskins
Joseph Hatch
Abraham Jordan
Clement Jordan
Daniel Jordan

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Elliot Jordan
Ignatius Jordan
Israel Jordan
James Jordan
Nathaniel Jordan, Jr.
Nathaniel Jordan, 4th
Nathaniel Jordan, 5th
Rufus Jordan
Samuel Jordan
Thomas Jordan
Walter Jordan
William Jordan
Winter Jordan
Cyrus Marrs
James Maxwell
Matthew Maxwell
Stephen Maxwell
William Maxwell
Apollus Miller
Charles Pebbles, Jr.
James Pebbles
John Richard
Jeremiah Stanford
Nathaniel Staples
Anthony Strout
James Strout
William Trundy
Alexander Waterhouse
John Wheeler
Daniel Willard

Waiter.
Silas G. Dyer