On this Patriots’ Day Weekend, we remember these family members that marched on the Alarm of 19 Apr 1775, the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
| Acton, Massachusetts Luther Blanchard ** Ezekiel Davis II Isaac Davis * Abner Hosmer * Ashburnham, Massachusetts Ephraim Wetherbee Phineas Wetherbee II Bolton, Massachusetts John Whitcomb Concord, Massachusetts Amos Hosmer Fitchburg, Massachusetts Paul Wetherbee II Harvard, Massachusetts Jonathan Crouch II Timothy Crouch Oliver Mead I Joseph Wetherbee I Oliver Wetherbee Abel Whitcomb I Lancaster, Massachusetts Asa Whitcomb Leominster, Massachusetts Nathaniel Chapman | Littleton, Massachusetts Joseph Lawrence Samuel Lawrence II Thomas Lawrence Daniel Whitcomb Isaac Whitcomb Jonathan Whitcomb V Silas Whitcomb Lunenburg, Massachusetts Thomas Wetherbee I Rutland, Massachusetts Samuel Ames Stow, Massachusetts Nehemiah Batcheldor Ephraim Taylor Oliver Taylor I Phineas Taylor II Solomon Taylor Joseph Wetherbee Judah Wetherbee Silas Wetherbee Thomas Wetherbee II Reuben Wetherby William Whitcomb Westford, Massachusetts Calvin Blanchard |
* shot and killed in action at Battle of Concord.
** wounded in action at Battle of Concord; died of wounds later.
The service records for each, most found in [2], are summarized in this report.
To learn more, read these excellent books:
- The Battle of April 19, 1775, in Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Arlington, Cambridge, Somerville and Charlestown, Massachusetts, by Frank Warren Coburn, revised 1912.
- The Minute Men—The First Fight: Myths and Realities of the American Revolution, by John R. Galvin, revised 2006.
All are in the Wetherbee branch, except Samuel Ames in the Watne Branch.
References:
[1] Arthur Fuller Davis Gallery, Acton Memorial Library (painting).
[2] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, 1902. This 17 volume set is available on archive.org and openlibrary.org.