TEST PAPERS
COLONY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In Committee of Safety, April 12, 1776.
In order to carry the underwritten RESOLVE of the Hon'ble Continental CONGRESS into Execution, You are requested to desire all Males above Twenty-one years of age (Lunaticks, Idiots, and Negroes excepted) to sign to the DECLARATION on this Paper; and when so done, to make Return hereof, together with the Name of Names of all who shall refuse to sign the same, to the General-Assembly, or Committee of Safety of this Colony.
M. Weare, Chairman. |
In Congress, March 14, 1776.
Extracts from the Minutes.
Charles Thompson, Sec'ry. |
WE the subscribers do hereby solemnly engage and promise, that we will, to the utmost of our Power, at the Risque of our Lives and Fortunes, with ARMS, oppose the Hostile Proceedings of the British Fleets and Armies, against the United American COLONIES.
John Allarman Jeremiah Ballard Benjamin Batchelder Carter Batchelder Jeremiah Batchelder Nathaniel Batchelder Jethro Blake Jonathan Blake Nathan Blake Samuel Blake Wm Branscombe Moses Brown Nathan Brown Samuel Brown Samuel, jun. Zechariah Brown Amos Coffin John Crosbie John Dearborn Josiah Dearborn Nathaniel Dearborn John Dow Joseph Dow Samuel Dow Simon Dow Jonathan Dowst John Drake John Drake, jun. Robert Drake Robert Drake, jun. Samuel Drake Samuel Drake, jun. Henry Elkins Jonathan Elkins Moses Elkins Anthony Emery Henry Fifield Stephen Fifield John Fogg George Freese Joseph Freese Jonathan Garland Jonathan Garland, jun. Joseph Garland Jonathan Godfrey James Hobbs Morris Hobbs Joshua James Richard Jenness Thomas Jenness Elisha Johnson James Johnson John Johnson Joseph Johnson Nathaniel Johnson Amos Knowles Amos Knowles, jun. Jeremiah Knowles Daniel Lamprey John Lamprey John Lamprey, jun. Nathaniel Lamprey Reuben Lamprey Ebenezer Lane Jeremiah Lane John Lane Joshua Lane Josiah Lane Oliver Wellington Lane Simon Lane Ward Lane William Lane William Lane, jun. Jonathan Leavitt Thomas Leavitt Jonathan Locke Samuel Locke Andrew Mace Elisha Marston Ephraim Marston Jeremiah Marston, jun. John Marston Jonathan Marston Jonathan Marston, jun. Philip Marston Samuel Marston |
Simon Marston Benjamin Mason Edmund Mason Josiah Mason Micajah Morrill Benjamin Moulton Elisha Moulton Ephraim Moulton Ezekiel Moulton John Moulton John Moulton, jun. John Moulton, 3d John Moulton, 4th John Moulton, 5th John Moulton, 6th Jonathan Moulton Jonathan Moulton, jun. Josiah Moulton Josiah Moulton, jun. Josiah Moulton, 3d Nathan Moulton Robert Moulton Small Moulton William Moulton John Nay Joseph Nay Samuel Nay Simon Nudd Thomas Nudd Abner Page Benjamin Page Samuel Page Shubael Page Stephen Page Thomas Page Jacob Palmer James Perkins Daniel Philbrick, jun. James Philbrick John Philbrick Joseph Philbrick Samuel Philbrick John Randall John Redman Abner Sanborn Jeremiah Sanborn John Sanborn Jonathan Sanborn Nathan Sanborn Simon Sanborn Winthrop Sanborn Benjamin Brown Shaw Edward Shaw Gideon Shaw Jeremiah Shaw Jonathan Shaw Joshua Shaw Samuel Shaw Henry D. Taylor John Taylor John Taylor, jun. Ebenezer Thayer Christopher Toppan Abraham P. Towle Amos Towle Amos Towle (tanner) Elisha Towle James Towle John Towle Jonathan Towle Joseph Towle, jun. Joshua Towle Joshua Towle, jun. Josiah Towle Nathaniel Towle Philip Towle Philip Towle, jun. Samuel Towle Samuel Towle,(jun.?) Simon Towle Benjamin Tuck John Tuck Jonathan Tuck Jonathan Tuck, jun. Cotton Ward Thomas Woodman |
Colony of New Hampshire. Pursuant to the within Request, we the subscribers, Selectmen of Hampton, have Desired all males within said Hampton, above twenty-on years of age (Lunatics, Idiots, and Negroes excepted) to sign to the Declaration on this paper; and there are that have Refused to sign the same, viz.: Capt. Jeremiah Marston & Daniel Philbrick.
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William Lane } Joseph Dow } Selectmen Josiah Dearborn }of Jonathan Garland }Hampton Cotton Ward } |
To the Honorle Committee of Safety of said Colony of New Hampshire.