John Hannigan, Patriots of Color Appendix

Appendix - Soldiers of Color on April 19, 1775

Soldiers marked with an (*) were actively engaged in fighting

	First Name	Last Name	Age	Town	Status	Type	Captain	Notes
	James	Arcules	21	Medfield	Free	Militia	Ephraim Chenery
*	Caesar	Augustus		Dorchester	Slave	Militia	volunteer	Taken prisoner; possibly wounded
	Peter	Ayres	22	lancaster	Free	Minute	John Prescott
*	Caesar	Bason		Westford	Slave?	Militia	Jonathan Minot	Killed at Bunker Hill
*	Cato	Boardman		Cambridge	Slave?	Militia	Samuel Thatcher
	Micah	Bumpo/Bumpus		Waltham	Free	Militia	Abraham Pierce
*	Silas	Burdoo	27	Lexington	Free	Militia	"Capt. Boardman"
*	Eli	Burdoo	19	Lexington	Free	Militia	John Parker
	Fortune	Burnee	18	Grafton	Free	Minute	Aaron Kimball
	John	Chowen		Lancaster	Free	Minute	Benjamin Houghton
	Titus	Coburn	30	Shirley	Free	Minute	Henry Haskell
*	Isaac	Comecho	29	Dedham	Free	Militia	William Ellis
	Robert/Robin	Currier		Amesbury	Slave	Militia	Henry Morrill
	Caesar	Dickenson/ Bailey	26	Deerfield	Slave	Minute	Jonas Locke	Slave owned by Nathaniel Dickinson of Deerfield
	Nathaniel	Dickinson		Whateley	Free	Minute	Israel Chapin
*	Prince	Estabrook	35	Lexington	Slave	Militia	John Parker
*	Thomas	Ferrit	24	Dedham	Free	Militia	Ebenezer Battles
*	Caesar	Ferrit	55	Natick	Free	Militia	Joseph Morse
*	John	Ferrit	22	Natick	Free	Militia	Jospeh Morse
*	Jeffrey	Hemenway	38	Framingham	Free	Minute	Simon Edgell
	Prince	Johonnot	25	Andover	Free?	Minute	John Davis
*	Caesar	Jones		Beford	Slave?	Minute	Jonathan Wilson	Slave owned by Lieut. timonthy Jones of Bedford
	Luther	Jotham		Bridgewater	Free	Minute	Josiah Hayden
*	David	Lamson	35	Cambridge	Free	Militia	Volunteer	Also served in the French & Indian War
*	Cambridge	Moore	23	Bedford	Slave	Militia	John Moore	Slave owned by Captain John Moore of Bedford
*	Peter	Salem	25	Framingham	Free	Minute	Simon Edgell
	Elias	Sewell		Bridgewater	Free	Minute	Josiah Hayden
*	Cato	Stedman		Cambridge	Slave?	Militia	Sameul Thatcher
*	Cuff	Whittemore	30	Cambridge	Slave	Militia	Benjamin Locke
*	Cato	Wood		Charlestown	Slave?	Militia	Benjamin Locke
	Pompy			Braintree	Slave	Militia	Seth Turner
	Hector			Stoughton	Slave	Militia	James Endecott
*	Prince			Brookline	Slave	Militia	Thomas White	Listed as "Josh'a Boylton's Prince"
*	Adam			Brookline	Slave	Militia	Thomas White	Listed as "Squire [Isaac] Gardner's Adam"
*	Peter			Brookline	Slave	Militia	Thomas White	Listed as "Esq. [Samue?] White's Peter"

Compiled by John Hannigan, Ph.D. candidate, Department of History, Brandeis University. Scholar in the Park, Summer 2014, Friends of Minute Man National Park

Data abstracted from: George Quintal, jr., Patriots of Color: “A Peculiar Beauty & Merit:”African Americans and Native Americans at Battle Road & Bunker Hill (Boston: Government Printing Office, 2004) and Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailor of the Revolutionary War, 17 vols., (Boston: Wright & Potter Printers, 1896-1904).