John Adams was born in Milton, MA on July 23, 1761 to Andrew Adams and Ruth Wadsworth. I am a little suspicious of the service that was attributed to him by his family. John Adams is an extremely common name in Massachusetts, especially in and around the Boston area where he was from. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors gives the following service for John Adams of Milton: Corporal in Capt. Vose’s Company in Col. Heath’s Regiment in 1775, and in 1778 served at Castle Island

Azor Phelps was born in Sutton, MA to Henry and Sarah (Rounday) Phelps on October 13, 1761. He was the third of their five children. At the age of 18 Azor served as a Private in Captain Alton’s Company in Colonel John Rand’s Regiment. This Regiment was raised out of Worcester County to support the Continental Line in 1780. After the Revolutionary War Azor was a Captain in the local Sutton militia. He married Mary Tenny Holman in 1784, and they had seven children: Mary/Poll

David Bigelow was born on September 19, 1730 to Daniel and Elizabeth (Whitney) Bigelow. Like his brother, Colonel Timothy Bigelow, he was born on the family farm in Worcester, the land of which is now in Auburn. Working as a carpenter in his teenage years, he fell from the roof of a barn on which he was working and badly broke his leg. He had a good surgeon but remained crippled for the rest of his life. David married twice. He and his first wife, Sarah Eaton, were marri

Timothy Merrifield was born in Deadham, MA on January 4, 1739 to Thomas Merrifield and Mary Anderson. He was baptized two months later in nearby Natick, MA on March 18. Timothy was the second of their eight children, and their oldest son. In December of 1764 he published his intentions to marry Keziah Allen of Natick, but the marriage never happened. On May 22, 1766 Timothy married Lydia Cheney, and they had two children, both of whom died in their infancy. Lydia also die