by nhsotc | May 27, 2021 | Propositi
Lieutenant Hopley Yeaton, Continental Frigate Raleigh Hopley Yeaton was born in 1739 at New Castle, New Hampshire. Hopley Yeaton married Comfort Marshall, the daughter of George and Thankful (Weeks) Marshall at South Church in Portsmouth on November 15, 1766 and had...
by nhsotc | May 27, 2021 | Propositi
2nd Lt. Robert Bradford Wilkins, 2nd Regiment N.H. Continental Infantry – Original Member Robert Bradford Wilkins was born in Amherst, New Hampshire in 1755. He was the son of Daniel and Lucy (Bradford) Wilkins. He served at the Battle of Bunker Hill as a Private in...
by nhsotc | May 27, 2021 | Propositi
Lt.-Col. Jonathan Wentworth, 2nd Regiment, New Hampshire Continental Line Captain of a company raised in Somersworth, NH in Col. Poor’s regiment. He made a forced march of 62 miles previous to the Battle of Bunker Hill, and arrived in Chelsea, opposite, in the...
by nhsotc | May 27, 2021 | Propositi
Major Benjamin Whitcomb, Whitcomb’s Battalion, N.H. Rangers Benjamin Whitcomb, Jr. was born July 2, 1737 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. He was the son of Benjamin, Sr. and Dorothy (White) Whitcomb. Benjamin Whitcomb, Jr.’s introduction to war came during the...
by nhsotc | May 27, 2021 | Propositi
Captain Richard Weare, 3rd Regiment, New Hampshire Continental Line Richard Weare was commissioned as a Captain, with duties as a Company Commander, in the 2ndContinental Infantry Regiment (the temporary designation for the 3rd New Hampshire Regiment, Continental...
by nhsotc | May 27, 2021 | Propositi
Lt. Nathan Weare, 1st Regiment N.H. Continental Line Nathan Weare was born in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire in 1747. He was the son of Meshech and Mehitable (Wainwright) Weare. His father, Meshech Weare, was to become the President of the New Hampshire Council and...
