Military Service

Contained on the following pages is a history of that service, and the members of the Litchfield family whose devotion to community and country have been a long standing tradition.

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

General Douglas MacArthur

The Litchfield Family

Service in

The Indian Wars 1643-1644

There is only one Litchfield to have serve during this period, that being Lawrence Litchfield who served with Lieutenant Thomas Dymoke's Company with the Indians in 1643-1644. Lawrence would have been in his mid twenties. He had been sent to Boston to train in artillery and military strategies. In 1640 he became a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. Following his training, he returned to Barnstable, Massachusetts and was listed among those who could, "bear arms". Direct descendents qualify for membership in the Society of Colonial Wars.

The Litchfield Family

Service in

The Revolutionary War 1775-1783

Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War, pp. 858-865.

LITCHFIELD, DANIEL

(4th Great Grand Father)

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"Private, Capt. Hayward Pierce's co., Col. John Cushing's (2d Plymouth Co.) regt.; service, 15 days; company ordered to march to Bristol, R.I., on an alarm in Dec., 1776; roll dated Scituate; also Capt., Ichabod Bonney's co., Col. Nathan Sparhawk's regt.; marched Oct. 5, 1778; service, 1 mo. 15 days, at Castle Island; travel home (4 days) allowed; company discharged Dec. 11, 1778."

Rhode Island played a major role in the struggle for American independence. The fiercely autonomous colony was the scene of some of the earliest and most violent protests against British authority. After the war began, Rhode Island’s strategic coastal location made it a desirable target for the British, who captured the city of Newport in December 1776 and occupied the main island for nearly three years. In August 1778, the Americans and the French joined forces in an unsuccessful attempt to retake Rhode Island, marking the first allied operation of the war. After the British finally evacuated in 1779, Newport became the base of operations for the French army under the command of the Comte de Rochambeau as it prepared for the final campaign of the war. In May 1775, the Rhode Island General Assembly established an army to aid in the defense of Boston. The following month, the three regiments of the Rhode Island brigade were adopted into the newly established Continental Army. The Rhode Island regiments underwent several reorganizations during the war, until finally in 1781 they were consolidated into a single battalion. Of all the state lines, Rhode Island recruited the largest proportion of African Americans into its ranks, establishing in 1778 a separate Continental regiment composed of slaves and free blacks. Rhode Islanders served with distinction in nearly every major military campaign, from the siege of Boston to the decisive victory at Yorktown. The Rhode Island officer to rise to greatest prominence was Nathanael Greene, who, though raised a Quaker, became one of the Continental Army’s most brilliant strategists and the commander who turned the tide of the southern campaign. Castle Island was strategically situated within the confines of Boston Harbor, and was in the hands of the British. The colonials would begin massing for an attack using both ground troops and sailing vessels. The attack, when it finally came in 1779 was an abject failure for the colonial forces due to a lack of training and leadership as well as political in-fighting.

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"Scituate. Private, Capt. Samuel Stockbridge's co. of Minute-men, Col. Bailey's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 21 days."

The Outbreak of war: The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen of its colonies on the mainland of British America.

LITCHFIELD, ELEAZER

(6Th Great Grand Uncle)

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"Private, Capt. Hayward Pierce's co., Col. John Cushing's (2d Plymouth Co.) regt.; service, 11 days; company ordered to march to Bristol, R.I., on an alarm in Dec., 1776; roll dated Scituate; also, Capt. Hayward Pierce's co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's regt.; drafted Sep. 25, 1777; discharged Oct. 16, 1777; service, 1 mo. 6 days; company drafted from Scituate and Hanover and ordered to march to Tiverton, R.I., on a secret expedition; also, Capt. William Baker's co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's regt.: detached March 6, 1781; Discharged March 27, 1781; service, 25 days, travel included, at Rhode Island."

During the American Revolution the “Tiverton highlands” represented an important strategic location for preventing an invasion of the mainland across the narrow Sakonnet River strait by British Forces who occupied Aquidneck Island. Consequently, the Massachusetts Bay Colony commissioned a defensive fortification, originally called Tiverton Heights Fort. An extensive system of earthen ramparts was constructed and defended by artillery. At one point the fort was manned by several thousand colonial troops. This was during the staging for an unsuccessful invasion of Aquidneck Island known as the Battle of Rhode Island. In July 1777 a daring raid was launched from the Fort. In the middle of the night Lt. Col. William Barton, with 40 men in three boats, slipped through British ships anchored in the bay and made their way inland to capture the commander of British forces, General Prescott, from his quarters in Portsmouth. This action had little strategic significance but reports of the General being led off in his nightclothes was a big morale booster to the colonial army. Subsequently, the redoubt was renamed Fort Barton by the Continental Congress to honor the leader of the raid.

LITCHFIELD, ISAAC

(6Th Great Grand Uncle)

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"Scituate. Private, Capt. Elijah Crooker's co., Gen. John Thomas's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 10, 1775; service, 2 mos., 3 weeks, 5 days; also, company return dated Oct. 7, 1775; also , return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 2d Plymouth Co. regt.; residence, Scituate; engaged for town of Scituate; term to expire Jan. 10, 1778; also, list of men mustered by James Hatch, Muster Master for Plymouth Co., dated Pembroke, June 10, 1777."

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" Capt. Elijah Crooker's co., Gen. Thomas's regt.; order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Roxbury Camp, Dec. 12, 1775."

In April 1775, the British seized patriot gunpowder at Lexington and Concord, essentially beginning the war for independence. The British were then driven back to Boston by the minutemen. An alarm from Lexington spread throughout eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire and brought thousands of Revolutionary troops to surround the British. Gen. George Washington set up camp in Cambridge, and Gen. John Thomas set up camp in Roxbury. The patriot troops kept the British contained in Boston until March 1776, when the patriots fortified Dorchester Heights with cannon sent from Fort Ticonderoga in New York. Faced with the overwhelming threat of the cannon, the British boarded ships and sailed away from Boston.

LITCHFIELD, ISREAL

(4Th Great Grand Uncle)

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"Scituate. Sergeant, Capt. Samuel Stockbridge's co. of Minute-Men, Col. Bailey's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 21 days; also Clerk, Capt. Hayward Pierce's co., Col. John Cushing's (2d Plymouth Co.) regt.; service 15 days; company ordered to march on Bristol, R.I., on an alarm in Dec. 1776."

A great deal of additional information can be obtained by reading the Diary of Isreal Litchfield, 1774-1775. His diary gives a good look into the daily life of people in Scituate, and preparing for war. He reports a number of unit movements and some of their training regime. The first British volley at Lexington and Concord are recorded as well as the sacking of Boston, a short 12 miles away, the smoke rising above the city visible to the residents of Scituate.

LITCHFIELD, JAMES

(4Th Great Grand Uncle)

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"Scituate. Private, Capt. William Turner's (3d Scituate) co. of militia, Col. Anthony Thomas's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 4 days."

"Return of men raised to serve the Continental Army from 2d Plymouth Co. regt.; residence, Scituate; engaged for town of Scituate; term, during war; also, Private, Capt. Shepard's co. Col. Baldwin's regt; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Oct. 1, 1777 to Dec. 31, 1779; also, Capt. Parker's co., Col. Baldwin's regt; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; also, descriptive list of men mustered, as returned by Nathaniel Barber, Muster Master for Suffolk Co., dated Boston, June 25, 1780; Col. Baldwin's regt.; age 21 yrs.; stature 5 ft. 9 in.; complexion light; occupation, carpenter; residence, Scituate; mustered by Lieut. Bob Williams; also, return dated Morristown, July 26, 1780, made by Jeduthan Baldwin, Colonel of Engineers and Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of Artificers, of officers and men belonging to Massachusetts in his regiment who had engaged for 3 years or during the war; Capt. John Shepard's co. of artificers; engaged Oct. 1, 1777; term, during war."

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"Private, Capt. Hayward Pierce's co., Col. John Cushing's (2d Plymouth Co.) regt.; service 11 days; company ordered to march to Bristol, R.I., on an alarm in Dec. 1776. Roll dated Scituate."

George Washington decided upon Morristown for his winter encampment and on November 30th, informed General Nathanael Greene of his decision. The various units marched to Morristown arriving between the first week of December and the end of the month. An area southwest of Morristown, Jockey Hollow, was selected. It is estimated that 600 acres of forest were cut down to build more than 1,000 log huts. It became known as "log house city". Each hut was built to specifications required by General Washington measuring about 14 by 15 feet. The height at the eaves was 6 feet 6 inches. (One might assume that this height was to ensure that General Washington, who was 6 feet 2 inches tall, would not strike his head). They were built of notched logs, with clay used as chink to seal the huts from the cold, and with a door at one end and a fireplace at the other.

By 1780, the Continental Army had been at war six long years. It was in deplorable condition. Congress had exhausted all their resources, including the promised assistance from France. The Continental paper dollar had depreciated to 3,000 to 1! Even those supporting independence would not accept "Continentals", hence what money available to the army was worthless. The expression, "Not worth a Continental" originated at this time.

LITCHFIELD, JOHN

(6Th Great Grand Uncle)

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"Scituate. Private, Capt. Ensign Otis's co., called "Royal Americans of the Town of Sciutate," which marched probably on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 3 days, under direction of field officers of 2d Plymouth Co., Regt."

"Scituate. Private, Capt. Hayward Pierce's co., Col. John Cushing's (2d Plymouth Co.) regt.; service 11 days; company ordered to march to Bristol, R.I., on an alarm in Dec. 1776. Roll dated Scituate."

"Private, Capt. Amos Turner's co., Col John Cushing's regt.; enlisted Sep. 23, 1776; service 1 mo. 28 days, at Rhode Island. Roll dated Newport."

"Private, Capt. Hayward Pierce's co., Col Theophilus Cotton's regt.; drafted Sept. 25, 1777; discharged Oct. 28, 1777, service 1 mo. 6 days; company drafted from Scituate and Hanover and ordered to march to Tiverton, R.I., on a secret expedition."

"Private. Capt. Joseph Clift's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.; marched July 29, 1778; reported deserted; company raised in Plymouth Co. and marched to Rhode Island."

"Private. Capt. Amos Turner's co., Col. John Cushing's regt.; enlisted Sept. 23, 1776; service, 1 mo. 28 days, at Rhode Island; roll dated Newport; also, Capt. Hayward Pierce's co., Col. Theophilas Cotton's regt.; drafted Sep. 25, 1777; discharged Oct. 28, 1777; service 1 mo. 6 days; company drafted from Scituate and Hanover and ordered to march on Tiverton, R.I., on a secret expedition."

The British occupied Newport in December 1776, and a long siege to evict them culminated in August 1778 in the large but inconclusive Battle of Rhode Island, a contest which was the first combined effort of the Americans and their French allies. The British voluntarily evacuated Newport in October 1779, but in July 1780 the French army under Rochambeau landed there and made the port town its base of operations. It was from Newport, Providence, and other Rhode Island encampments that the French began their march to Yorktown in 1781.

LITCHFIELD, JOSIAH

(4Th Great Grand Uncle)

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"Scituate. Private, Capt. Joseph Stetson's co., Col. Anthony Thomas's regt., service, 5 days; company marched from Scituate to Hingham March 24, 1776, on an alarm subsequent to the time of taking Dorchester Heights; also, receipt for advance pay for 1 month, travel allowance from home to Boston, etc., dated Point Shirley, June 13, 1776, signed by said Litchfield and others belonging to Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's co., Col Whitney's regt.; also petition dated Camp at Hull, Sept. 17, 1776, signed by siad Litchfield and others belonging to batallion stationed at Hull, asking for increase and payment of wages; also, Private, Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.; service from May 1, 1776, 4 days preceding march, to Aug. 1, 1776; also, same co. and regt.; service from Aug. 1, 1776, to Nov. 1, 1776, 3 mos.; also, same co. and regt.; pay roll for Nov., 1776; service, 1 mo. 2 days, including travel home."

The fortification of Dorchester Heights was a decisive action earll in the American Revolutionary War and precipitated the end of the siege of Boston and the withdrawal of British troops from that city. On March 4, 1776, troops from the Continental Army under George Washington's command occupied Dorchester Heights, a series of low hills with a commanding view of Boston and its harbor and mounted powerful cannons there. General William Howe, commander of the British forces occupying the city, considered contesting this act, as the cannon threatened the town and the military ships in the harbor. After a snowstorm prevented execution of his plans, Howe decided instead to withdraw from the city. The British forces, accompanied by Loyalists who had fled to the city during the siege, left the city on March 17, 1776 and sailed to Halifax, Nova Scotia.

LITCHFIELD, LOT

(4Th Great Grand Uncle)

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"Scituate. Private, Capt. Samuel Stockbridge's co., of Minute-men, Col. Bailey's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 21 days; also, Capt. William Turner's co.; pay abstract for mileage to and from camp, dated Jan. 9, 1776; milegage (56 miles) allowed and said Litchfield; company joined Col. John Bailey's regt. Dec. 10, 1775; also, Capt. Hayward Pierce's co., Col. John Cushing's (2d Plymouth Co.) regt; service 11 days; company ordered to march to Bristol, R.I., on an alarm in Dec. 1776."

The following is a list of other Litchfields who served during the Revolutionary War, but whose direct family links have yet to be established. If and when such connections can be made, information for each will be expanded as above.

LITCHFIELD, CHARLES

LITCHFIELD, ABNER

Scituate. Receipt for advance pay for 1 month, travel allowance from home to Boston, etc., dated Point Shirley, June 13, 1776, signed by said Litchfield and others belonging to Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's co., Col. Whitney's regt. ; also, petition dated Camp at Hull, Sept. 17, 1776, signed by said Litchfield and others belonging to battalion stationed at Hull, asking for increase and payment of wages; also, Private, Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.; service from May 15, 1776, 4 days preceding march, to Aug. 1, 1776; also, same co. and regt.; service from Aug. 1, 1776, to Nov. 1, 1776,3 mos. ; also, same co. and regt. ; pay roll for Nov., 1776 ; service, 1mo. 2 days, including travel home ; also, Capt. Hayward Peirce's co., Col. Jeremiah Hall's regt. ; marched Dec. 10,1776; service, 3 mos. 2 days; company raised in Scituate and Hanover for ser-vice at Bristol, R. I. ; also, Capt. Hayward Peirce's co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's regt. ; drafted Sept. 25,1777 ; discharged Oct. 28,1777 ; service, 1mo. 6 days ; company drafted from Scituate and Hanover and ordered to march to Tiverton, R. I., on a secret expedition ; also, Corporal, Capt. Calvin Curtis's co. ; enlisted Sept. 30, 1779; discharged Dec. 1,1779; service, 2 mos. 1 (also given 2 mos. 5) days, at Rhode Island ; company made up from 1st and 2d Plymouth Co. regts. to serve in Col. John Jacobs's regt. for 2 months from the time of their arrival at camp; also, Capt. Amos Turner's co., Col. John Jacobs's regt.; enlisted Aug. 4, 1780; dis-charged Oct. 30, 1780; service, 3 mos.; regiment raised in Plymouth co. to rein-force Continental Army for 3 months; also, Capt. Williams Barker's co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's regt. ; detached March 6, 1781; discharged March 30, 1781; service, 28 days, at Rhode Island. Marine, brigantine " Hawke," commanded by Capt. Jonathan Oakes; engaged May 3, 1777; service, 1 mo., with the fleet under Commodore John Manley; roll sworn to in Middlesex Co.; also, Seaman, brigantine 'Hazard" commanded by Capt. John Foster Williams; engaged May 12,1779; service to Sept. 6,1779,3 mos. 26 days ; stature, 6 ft. 6 in. ; nationality, American ; roll sworn to in Suffolk Co.

LITCHFIELD, AMOS

Scituate. Private, Capt. Samuel Stockbridge's co. of Minute-men, Col. Bailey's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 21 days; also, Capt. William Turner's co.; pay abstract for mileage to and from camp, dated Jan. 9, 1776; mileage (56 miles) allowed said Litchtield; company joined Col. John Bailey's regt. Dec. 10, 1776; also, Capt. Hayward Peirce's co., Col. John Cushing's (2d Plymouth Co.) regt.; service, 11 days; company ordered to march to Bristol, R. I., on an alarmin Dec., 1776; also, Capt. Hayward Peirce's co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's regt.; drafted Sept. 25,1777; discharged Oct. 28, 1777; service, 1 mo. 6 days; company drafted from Scituate and Hanover and ordered to march to Tiverton, R. I., on a secret expedition.

LITCHFIELD, BARNARAS

The Litchfield Family

In Service

World War I 1914 - 1918

Arthur Cheney Litchfield registered for the draft during WWI, but it is uncertain at this point whether or not he was called to active duty and served. His brother, my grand uncle, Raymond Ernest Litchfield served as a private in Company F, 315th Ammunition Transport Battalion, from May 31, 1918 to June 16, 1919, and was honorably discharged. He died Aug 19, 1941 at the Veterans Administration Facility, in Hartford, South Royalton, Vermont.

As part of the 155th Field Artillery Regiment, his unit was in combat from the start of the Meuse Argonne, continuously with the 80th Division, but served also with the 90th Division into Germany until after the Armistice. Altogether, the 155th served with five different divisions.

During the Meuse Argonne campaign, the 8th Division was the only one that saw action during each phase of the offensive (three times). And they fist earned their motto, "The 8oth Division Moves Only Foward!". The artillery of the division boasted more days of continuous combat firing than the batteries of any other American division. The 8oth captured tow Germans and one machine gun for every man wounded and one piece of artillery with gun crew for every 10 men wounded. Me of the 80th Division received 619 awards and decorations for their service.

The Litchfield Family

In Service

The Korean War 1950 - 1953

The Litchfield Family

In Service

The Bay of Pigs

Cuban Missile Crisis October 1961

Arthur Leland Litchfield, was stationed in Germany, during 1961, and following the erection of the first barriers around East Berlin, was coordinating supply movements in support of military operations in the area. President Kennedy had been receiving intelligence information regarding the establishment of soviet missile bases on the island of Cuba, a scant 90 miles off the Florida coast. Arthur, who had proven himself most capable of movement and control of supplies in Berlin, received temporary duty orders assigning him to the Florida coast in support of "Operation High Heel". Here he conducted support operations that would beef up the coastal defense and position the U.S. for a potential strike against the Russians and Cubans if the embargo instituted by the President should fail.

The Litchfield Family

Service in

Iraqi Freedom 2001-2009

The Litchfield Family

In Service

The War of 1812

There is only one Litchfield known to have served during this period, that being Azotus Litchfield. He was a private in the 2nd Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia under the command of (Turner Jr.). Additional information has not yet been located regarding his length or location of service.

The Litchfield Family

In Service

World War II 1939 - 1945

The Litchfield Family

In Service

The Viet Nam War 1960 - 1975

Arthur Leland Litchfield was a Staff Sergeant on active duty in the U.S. Army during the period from 1960 to 1968 but served no time on the ground in Vietnam. In 1961 he was stationed in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, when the Russians in the early morning hours of 13 August 1961, erected temporary barriers around the eastern border of Berlin. Uncertain what would happen in the coming days, the U.S. Military command ordered that all families of American soldiers be evacuated from Germany. Arthur Litchfield quickly made arrangements for his family to cross the English Channel to stay with the family of his wife's parents in Reading. He would remain in Germany for the next year assisting with the coordination and movement of supplies and materials to West Berlin to bolster and support the American units stationed there.

In 1962, his tour of duty complete in Germany and the situation having become tense, but stable in Berlin, he gathered his family from Reading and proceeded to his new duty station at Ft. Eustis, Virginia. He would remain in Virginia until 1965. His final duty assignment would be at Ft. Lewis, Washington, where as a supply sergeant, he would be responsible for the control and movement of supplies to Vietnam in support of U.S. forces.

It was at Fort Lewis, that he would put in his papers for retirement, having served a little more than twenty years in the Army. Luck was with him. He received his approval for retirement a little more than two weeks before his unit received orders for Vietnam in support of the 1968 Tet Offensive.

Leland Gary Litchfield, the eldest son of Arthur, had just completed high school in Hampton, Virginia when he entered the Air Force in 1971. Leland served no time on the ground in Vietnam being assigned instead to Murphy Dome, Alaska in support of cold war efforts monitoring soviet aircraft. Hew would spend approximately eleven years

Robert Arthur Litchfield, second son of Arthur Litchfield, would join the Army in July, 1972 following his graduation from high school. After completing basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he would attend advanced training in Signal Security at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. Robert would receive orders for Vietnam shortly after completion of his training in 1973, and while awaiting transport at McChord, Air Force Base in Washington, would be diverted to participate in a classified operation in Zweibrucken, Germany on the French Border. Following completion of his mission, he would be assigned to the 501st Military Intelligence Group in Augsburg, Germany where he would spend the next three years. It was during this period that Saigon fell and all U.S. troops were removed from Vietnam.

The Litchfield Family

In Service

The Persian Gulf War 1990 - 1991

Robert Arthur Litchfield, was a Counterintelligence, Special Agent assigned to the Readiness Group at Fort Meade, Maryland during the Gulf War period of 1990-1991. In support of operations in the Gulf, he was tasked with the preparation and presentation of Intelligence estimates, and a lay psychological profile of Saddam Hussein for units deploying to the theater of operations.

Upon completion of operations, many commanders of returning units stopped at the Readiness Group and remarked at how accurate and critical the information provided was to their operations. One commander remarked how the information provided in one of his briefings was instrumental in saving the lives of a number of his men.

Private, Capt. Hayward Peirce's co., Col. John Cushing's (2d Plymouth Co.) regt. ; service, 11 days ; company ordered to march to Bristol, R. I., on an alarm in Dec., 1776. Roll dated Scituate.

LITCHFIELD, CALEB

Scituate. Private, Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's co., Col. Joeiah Whitney's regt.; service from May 1, 1776,4 days preceding march, to Aug. 1, 1776; also, same co. and regt.; service from Aug. 1,1776, to Nov. 1, 1776, 3 mos.; also, same co. and regt.; pay roll for Nov., 1776; service, 1mo. 2 days, including travel home; also, Capt. Joseph Stetson's co., Col. Dike's regt.; pay abstract for gun and blanket money, dated Boston, Feb. 24, 1777; also, same co. and regt. ; muster roll for Dec., 1776-Feb., 1777 ;enlisted Dec. 1,1776; regiment raised to serve until March 1, 1777; also, Capt. Hayward Peirce's co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's regt. ; drafted Sept. 26,1777 ; discharged Oct. 28,1777 ; service, 1mo. 6 days ; com-pany drafted from Scituate and Hanover and ordered to march to Tiverton, R. I., on a secret expedition; also, Capt. Joseph Clift's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.; marched July 29, 1778 ; discharged Sept. 13,1778 ; service, 1 mo. 19 days ; company raised in Plymouth Co. and marched to Rhode Island; also, Capt. Calvin Curtis's co.; enlisted Sept. 30, 1779; discharged Dec. 1, 1779; service, 2 mos. 1 day (also given 2 mos. 6 days), at Rhode Island; company made up from 1st and 2d Plymouth Co. regts. to serve in Col. John Jacobs's regt. for 2 mos. from the time of their arrival at camp; also, Capt. Amos Turner's co., Col. John Jacobs's regt.; enlisted Aug. 4, 1780; discharged Oct. 30, 1780; service, 3 mos.; regiment raised in Plymouth Co. to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months.

Seaman, brig " Hazard," commanded by Capt. John Foster Williams ; engaged May 10, 1779 ; service to Sept. 6,1779,3 mom. 28 days; stature, 5 ft. 9&in. ; nationality, American. Roll sworn to in Suffolk Co.

Private, Capt. William White's co., Col. Enoch Putnam's regt.; enlisted Sept. 4, 1781 ; discharged Dec. 8, 1781; service, 3 mos. 14 days, at West Point, including 10 days (200 miles) travel home; regiment detached from militia to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months.

LITCHFIELD, ELISHA

Scituate. Private, Capt. Samuel Stockbridge's co. of Minutemen, Col. Bailey's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 21 days; also, Capt. Samuel Stockbridge's co., Gen. John Thomas's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 10, 1775; service, 2 mos., 3 weeks, 6 days; also, company return dated Oct. 7, 1776; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Roxbury Camp, Jan. 6, 1776; also, Private, Capt. Amos Turner’s co., Col. John Cushing’s regt., enlisted Sep. 23, 1776, service, 10 days, company ordered to march on Bristol, RI on an alarm in Dec. 1776, also, Capt. Stower’s (independent) co.; muster return of four independent cos., stationed at Hull, dated Mar. 1, 1777, residence, Scituate, age 23 yrs. Mustered by Daniel Souther, muster master; also, list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 2d Plymouth Co. regt., returned agreeable to order of Council of Nov. 7, 1777; residence, Scituate; engaged for town of Scituate; term to expire Jan. 10,1778; also, Private, Capt. Joseph Clift's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.; marched July 29, 1778; discharged Sept. 13, 1778; service, 1 mo. 19 days; company raised in Plymouth Co. and marched to Rhode Island.

LITCHFIELD, EPHRAIM

LITCHFIELD, EXPERIENCE

Private, Capt. Elijah Crooker's co., Gen. John Thomas's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 10, 1775; service, 2 mos., 3 weeks, 6 days; also, company return dated Oct. 7, 1775; also, list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 2d Plymouth Co. regt. ; residence, Scituate ; engaged for town of Scituate; joined Capt., Winslow’s co., Col. Marshal’s regt.; term, 3 years; also, list of men mustered by James Hatch, Muster Master for Plymouth Co. ;Col. Marshal’s regt.; residence, Scituate; enlisted by Capt. Samuel Winslow; enlistment 3 years reported as having received Continental Bounty; also, Private, 5^th Co., Col. Marshal’s regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 1, 1777, to May 1, 1778; reported died May 1, 1778; also, Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's co., Col. Thomas Marshall's (10th) regt.; subsistence allowed from date of enlistment, Feb. 4, 1777, to April 8, 1777; credited with 64 days allowance; also, Capt. Jacob Wales's (1st) co., Col. Thomas Marshall's regt.; return of men who were in camp on or before Aug. 15, 1777, and who had not been absent subsequently except on furlough, etc.

LITCHFIELD, EZEKIEL

Coxswain, frigate " Deane," commanded by Capt. Samuel Nicholson; engaged Nov. 21, 1781; service to May 31, 1782, 6 mos. 10 days; re-ported reduced to Seaman March 1,1782 ; also, Seaman, sloop " Winthrop," com-manded by Capt. George Little; engaged July 5, 1782; discharged Nov. 25,1782; service, 4 mos. 20 days; roll sworn to at Boston.

LITCHFIELD, FRANCIS

Scitnate. Return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 2d Plymouth Co. regt. ; residence, Scituate ; engaged for town of Scituate; term to expire Jan. 10, 1778; also, list of men mustered by James Hatch, Muster Master for Plymouth Co., dated Pembroke, June 10, 1777; also, Private, Capt. Joseph Clift's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.; marched July 29, 1778 ; discharged Sept. 13,1778 ; service, 1 mo. 19 days ; company raised in Plymouth Co. and marched to Rhode Island; also, Capt. Williams Barker's co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's regt. ; detached March 6, 1781 ; discharged March 30, 1781 ; service, 28 days, at Rhode Island.

LITCHFIELD, JOB

LITCHFIELD, JOSEPH

LITCHFIELD, LAWRENCE

LITCHFIELD, LOTHROP

Private, Capt. William Turner's (3d Scituate) co. of militia, Col. Anthony Thomas's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 4 days; also, Capt. Hayward Peirce's co., Col. John Cushing's (2d Plymouth Co.) regt.; service, 11 days; company ordered to march to Bristol, R. I., on an alarm in Dec., 1776.

LITCHFIELD, NATHANIEL

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Scituate. Private, Capt. Ensign Otis's co., called "Royal Americans of the Town of Scituate," which marched probably on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 3 days, under direction of field offlcers of 2d Plymouth Co. regt.

Sergeant, Capt. Williams Barker's co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's regt. ; detached March 6, 1781 ; discharged March 30, 1781; service, 28 days, at Rhode Island, including 3 days (60 miles) travel home. Geaman, brigantine "Hawke," commanded by Capt. Jonathan Oakes ; engaged May 3, 1777; service, 1 mo., with the fleet under Com-modore John Manley ; roll sworn to in Middlesex Co. ; also, Seaman ; agreement signed by said Litchfield and others, engaging themselves to serve on board the sloop " Winthrop," commanded by Capt. George Little, for 6 months from the time of sailing from Boston, unless sooner discharged ; engaged March 17 [year not given] ; also, sloop " Winthrop," commanded by Capt. George Little; en-gaged Dec. 15, 1782; discharged March 17, 1783; service, 3 mos. 3 days; roll sworn to in Suffolk Co

LITCHFIELD, NOAH

Scituate. Private, Capt. Ensign Otis's co., called "Royal Ameri-cans of the Town of Scituate," which marched probably on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 3 days, under direction of field offlcers of 2d Plymouth Co. regt.; also, Corporal, Capt. Samuel Stockbridge's co., Gen. John Thomas's regt. ; mus-ter roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 10, 1775; service, 2 mos., 3 weeks, 6 days; also, company return dated Oct. 7, 1776; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Roxbury Camp, Jan. 5, 1776.

LITCHFIELD, ROWLAND

Corporal, Capt. Williams Barker's co., Col. John Cushing's regt.; marched Dec. 10, 1776; service, 15 days; regiment ordered to march to Bristol, R. I., on an alarm in Dec., 1776. Roll dated Scituate.

LITCHFIELD, SAMUEL

LITCHFIELD, WARD

Scituate. Private, Capt. Ensign Otis's co., called " Royal Ameri-cans of the town of Scituate," which marched probably on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 3 days, under direction of field officera of 2d Plymouth Co. regt.; also, Capt. Amos Turner's co., Col. John Cushing's regt. ; enlisted Sept. 23,1776; service, 1 mo. 28 days, at Rhode Island; roll dated Newport; also, Capt. Amos Turner's co., Col. John Jacobs's regt. ; enlisted Aug. 4, 1780; discharged Oct. 30, 1780; service, 3 mos.; regiment raised in Plymouth Co. to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months.

LITCHFIELD, ZACCHEUS

Private, Capt. William White's co., Col. Enoch Putnam's regt. ; enlisted Sept. 4, 1781; discharged Dec. 8, 1781 ; service, 3 mos. 14 days, at West Point, including 10 days (200 miles) travel home; regiment detached from militia to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months.