Robinson Orderly Book -- Appendices

The Orderly Book of
Colonel John Robinson's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia
Camp at Cambridge, February & March, 1776

The original manuscript document is contained in the collections of the

Huntington Library, San Marino, California and is referenced as HM596.

The Huntington holds all copyrights to the manuscript document.

Transcribed by D.P. Lacroix, May/June 2003.

Orderly Book Guide

Appendix I

List of men who signed the pay receipt in Westford, April 5^th, 1776.

Most likely members of Capt. Josiah Warren’s (3^rd) company, raised in Cambridge, Watertown, Newton, Waltham, Lexington, and Westford.

Name	Rank	Town	Age in 1776	Notes*
Thomas Rogers	Sgt	Westford	26	Killed, Valcour Island, Oct., 1776
William Nichols		Westford	29
Charles Procter		Westford	21	b. 13 Sept. 1755, d. 6 March 1817 Westford
John Parker		Westford	19	b. 12 July 1757, s. Moses & Bridget Killed 7 Oct. 1777 at Stillwater.
David Parker		Westford	19	b. 15 Nov. 1757, s. Aaron & Dorithy d. 8 July 1834 Westford
Aaron Parker		Westford	37	b. 15 Apr. 1739. To Cavendish, VT in 1788 (Hodgman, p. 164)
Silas Procter	Lieut	Westford	26	b. 6 Sept 1750, Emigrated to Ludlow then to Mt. Holly, VT in 1792 (Hodgman, p. 167)
William Dutton		Westford	26	b. 6 Oct. 1750. To Cavendish VT
Daniel Dudley, Jr.		Westford		Signed 1774 Covenant. Killed, Cherry Valley, Nov. 1778
Joseph Dutton		Westford	35	b. Nov. 25, 1741, s. Joseph & Rebeka Signed 1774 Covenant.
Nathaniel Chamberlin		Westford	18	b. June 27, 1758, s. Ephraim & Esther
Nathan Cooper[?]
Benjamin Robbins		Westford	18	b. 10 July 1758. Married Huldah Robinson (Col. Robinson’s daughter) in 1784. Hodgman, p. 475
Soloman Spaulding	Cpl	Westford	28	b. 28 Sept. 1748, d. 6 Aug. 1826 at Westford. Signed 1774 Covenant.
Isaac [?]
Simeon Senter		Westford
David Danforth

* Birth and death dates from Westford Mass. Vital Records to 1850.

Appendix II

As a quick examination of the table shows, precise accounting was not practiced in this particular orderly book! It does, however, give a good indication of the types of materials that were issued to the militia regiments while serving with the Continental Army during this period of the Siege of Boston.

Summary of items issued to the Companies, as documented in Robinson’s Orderly Book

Company	Powder (lbs)	Balls (#)	Balls (lbs)	Powder Horns	Shot Pouches	Cartridges	Flints
Received by Regiment	43		87	54	54		900
Unsigned receipt		81		1	7
John Ford	11	1073			9
Simon Edgel				6
Josiah Warren	18	823		18		74
John Lemont	15.5			31		504	104
Asahel Wheeler	21.5	950		2	7	74
Asahel Wheeler (Return to Regt)	-3	-189				-74
Benjamin Edgel	9.5	370
Job Shattuck	34.5	849

Total issued to companies:	107	3957	0	58	23	578	104

While there are no receipts indicating that issued items were returned to the general stores, only one item, a powder horn from Josiah Warren’s company, was noted as not being returned.

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