Propositi

The following is a complete list of all Propositi for the N.H. Society. Only one person at a time can represent a Propositi.[1] The Propositi that are in bold are represented by current members and therefore unavailable for new memberships. Officer in italics, while represented in the past, are not considered eligible for future representation.

The following are propositi from other states that are currently represented in the N.H. Society. Life loan requests are arranged by agreements with both state societies under certain conditions.

Col. Ichabod Alden, 7th Regiment, Massachusetts Continental Line
Lieutenant John Austin, 3rd Regiment, Continental Artillery, Original Member
Maj. William Hudson Ballard, Fifteenth Regiment, Massachusetts Continental Line. Original Member (Massachusetts Society)
Ensign Jacob Bates, 3rd Continental Infantry
Ensign Jacob Becker, 6th Battalion, Pennsylvania Line
Captain Phineas Bowman – 5th Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line
1st Lt. Joshua Bramhall, 3rd Regiment, Massachusetts Continental Line – Original Member
Capt. Elisha Brewer, 9th Regiment, Massachusetts Continental Line
Captain Walter Brooke, Commodore, Virginia Navy
Captain Benjamin Burton, Sherburne’s Additional Continental Regiment
Major John Butterick – Nixon’s Regiment – Deranged
Colonel Jonathan Buck, Cushing’s Brigade Northern Department
1st Lt. Osgood Carlton – Corps of Invalids – Original Member
Deputy Commissary General Ezekiel Cheever, Commissary of Military Stores
Major Thomas Church, 4th Pennsylvania, Continental Line
Captain Benjamin Chambers, 2nd Canadian (Hazen’s Regiment) (Pennsylvania)
Captain Silas Clark – 11th Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line
Captain Ephraim Cleaveland – 8th Regiment, Massachusetts Continental Line
Captain Israel Converse, Well’s Regiment, Connecticut Militia
Lt. Josiah Converse, Third Regiment, Massachusetts Continental line
Surgeon Lemuel Cushing, 23rd Regiment, Continental Infantry, died in service
Ensign Pyam Cushing – 10th Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line- died in service
1st Lt. Thomas Humphrey Cushing – 1st Regiment, Mass. Cont. Line – Original Member
Lt. William Cushing – 14th Regiment, Massachusetts Continental Line
Capt. Elijah Danforth, Sixth Regiment, Massachusetts Continental Line
Ensign Oliver Dewey, 7th Regiment, Massachusetts Continental Line, died in service
Lt. Levi Dodge, First Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line. Original Member (Massachusetts Society)
Capt. James Donnell – 12th Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line
Capt. Lebbeus Drew – 4th Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line
Lieutenant John Eames, Nixon’s Massachusetts Regiment
Capt. Jonathan Felt, 7th Regiment, Massachusetts Continental Line – Original Member
Surgeon’s Mate Joseph Gardner – 12th Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line
Lt. Haskell Freeman, 4th Regiment, Massachusetts Continental line
Capt. Joseph Guild – 24th Regiment Continental Foot
Surg. Mate Timothy Hall – 5th Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line
Captain Benjamin Hammond, Cumberland County, Maine troops
Capt. Thomas Hartshorn – 8th Regiment Mass. Continental Line – Original Member
Major Peter Harwood – 6th Massachusetts Continental Line
Capt. Abner Hayward, Second Regiment, Massachusetts Continental line
Lt. William Hickman, 4th North Carolina Infantry
Lt. Nathan Holbrook – 6th Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line
Surgeon Estes Howe – 5th Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line
Capt. Jonas Hubbard – Ward’s Massachusetts Regiment, died in service
Lt. Joel Jenkins, 8th Regiment, Massachusetts Continental Line
Capt. Caleb Keep – 4th Regiment, Massachusetts Continental Line
Capt. Joseph Killam – 1st Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line – Original Member
Brig. Major Simon Larned – Aide-de-Camp to Gen. John Glover
Capt.-Lt. Charles Knowles, 3rd Regiment, Continental Artillery – Original Member (Massachusetts Society)
Capt. Samuel Leighton – Scammon’s Regiment – Deranged
Lt. Reuben Lilley – 2nd Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line
Ens. Ebenezer Lowell, Jackson’s Additional Continental Regiment
Chaplain John Mason, Chaplain to West Point
Col. George Morgan, Dept. Com.-Gen. of Purchases
1st Lt. Benjamin Moseley, First Virginia Artillery Regiment – Original Member
Lt. John Mosher, Jr. – 8th Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line
Ensign Robert Munro(e), Captain John Parker’s company, killed in the first volley at Lexington
Lt. Caleb Noble, 9th Regiment, Massachusetts Continental line
Capt. Jeremiah Parmelee, 2nd Canadian Continental Regiment
Lt. Benjamin Prescott, Prescott’s Massachusetts Regiment, killed in action at Bunker Hill
1st Lt. Ebenezer Peabody – 7th Regiment Mass. Continental Line – Original Member
Lt. Samuel Prioleau, Jr., South Carolina Militia, taken prisoner at Charleston 12 May 1780
Brigadier General Rufus Putnam, Continental Army. Original Member (Massachusetts Society)
Lt. Hezekiah Ripley, Second Regiment, Massachusetts Continental Line
Lt. Oliver Rice, 4th Regiment, Massachusetts Continental line. Original Member
Capt. Elisha Shapleigh, Col. John Frost’s Continental Regiment
Lt. Seth Smith, 3rd Continental Infantry
1st Lt. Jabez Snow – 3rd Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line
The Reverend Samuel Spring – Chaplain, Fellows’ Mass. Regiment; served on Arnold’s march to Quebec
Lt. Joseph Stacey, Lee’s Additional Continental Regiment
1st Lt. William Stanwood – 11th Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line
Capt. Isaiah Stetson – 14th Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line
Capt. Daniel Sullivan, Foster’s Massachusetts State Regiment
Ens. Nathan Thayer, 13th Regiment, Massachusetts Continental Line
Capt. Joshua Trafton – Sherburne’s Additional Continental Regiment
Capt.-Lt. Samuel Treat, 2nd Regiment, Continental Artillery
Major General Artemas Ward, Continental Army
Capt. Abner Wade, 8th Regiment, Massachusetts Continental line
Col. Seth Warner, Warner’s Additional Continental Regiment
Capt. George Webb, Fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Continental line
Ens. James Webb, First Regiment, Massachusetts Continental line
Lt. Daniel Webber, Second Regiment, Massachusetts Continental Line. Original Member (Massachusetts Society)
Ensign Jonathan Wing – 1st Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line – Original Member
Surgeon John Wingate – 12th Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line
Lt. William Witman, 9th Pennsylvania Regiment
Lt. Ebenezer Woods – 7th Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line
Maj. Henry Woods – 7th Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line

Selected biographies of officers from other states previously represented in the New Hampshire Society

Lt.-Col. Thomas Cogswell – 15th Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line – Original Member
Lt. Jacob Town – 2nd Massachusetts Continental Line – Original Member
Major William Lithgow, 11th Regiment, Massachusetts Continental Line -Original Member

[1] N.H. hereditary members may also designate one successor member and one life associate member.
[2] Caleb Blodget, while serving out of New Hampshire, moved to Boston after the war and joined the Massachusetts Society in 1783. He has not been represented since the original member.
[3] Amos Cogswell was an Original Member of the Massachusetts Society. He joined the N.H. Society in 1801 having moved to Dover, N.H. He is presently represented in the Massachusetts Society.
[4] Henry Dearborn moved to Massachusetts and was admitted to the Society there by right of residence in 1813 where he remains represented.
[5]Bezaleel Howe, while serving out of New Hamsphire, remained in New York City at the end of the war, and joined the New York Society where he is presently represented.
[6] Amos Morrill, while serving out of N.H., later moved to Vermont and joined the Massachusetts Society by 1812. He was represented in the New Jersey Society on a life loan from 2008-2021 by a collateral descendant.
[7] Dr. Jacob Hall, Jr., while serving out of N.H., was a native of Pennsylvania and moved to Maryland after the war, where he joined the Maryland Society in 1784 and has been represented there by several of his descendants.
[8] Dr. Ebenezer Stockton, while serving out of N.H., was a native of Princeton, New Jersey, and was an Original Member of the New Jersey Society and was represented there by two descendants. He has been represented in N.H. since 1990.
[9]Capt. Ebenezer Sullivan has been represented in the Massachusetts Society since 2018, and by a successor member in New Hampshire since 2020.

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