This is a list of the original members of the Col. Bailey’s, Maxwell’s Company, 2nd Massachusetts Regiment during the American Revolution. This is the specific unit which we have decided to portray.
Flip Books:
NOTE: The data was compiled from National Archives Microfilm Publication: Roll 14, Target 2, Volume 3, List of 2nd Massachusetts Troops 1776 – 1780 (Maxwells Company)
| First Name | LastName | Rank | Enlist Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | Discharge Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard | Alexander | Private | 1777-01-01 | 1779-10-19 | Deserted 19-Oct-79 from West Point |
| John | Bailey | Colonel | 1777-01-01 | 1783-09-03 | |
| Joseph | Baldwin | Private | 1777-05-26 | 1780-05-26 | |
| James | Biagdon | Private | 1777-05-05 | 1777-06-05 | Deserted 5-June-1777 |
| Henry | Blasdell | Private | 1777-03-20 | 1780-03-20 | Cantonement of New Windsor 24-July-1783 (in Hospital), Constitution Island Hospital 30-Sep-1783 |
| William | Blasdell | Private | 1777-03-20 | 1780-03-20 | |
| Josiah | Blood | Corporal | 1777-01-01 | 1779-02-01 | Promoted to Sgt 1-Aug-1777, omitted 1-Feb-1779 |
| William | Buck | Corporal | 1777-05-05 | 1779-02-01 | Promoted to Sgt 1-Mar-1779, omitted 1-Feb-1779 |
| Daniel | Campbell | Private | 1777-05-26 | 1780-05-26 | |
| William | Clark | Private | 1777-05-26 | 1780-05-26 | |
| Daniel | Conant | Private | 1777-04-26 | 1780-04-20 | |
| Joshua | Conkey | Drummer | 1777-04-14 | 1780-04-14 | |
| Robert | Conkey | Fifer | 1777-01-30 | 1783-09-03 | Re-enlist Dec 79, Promoted to Fife Major April 1780, Transferred to Capt Drew's Company 1-July-1780 |
| Jonathan | Conrik | Private | 1777-05-26 | 1780-05-26 | |
| Eliphalet | Cutting | Private | 1777-05-05 | 1780-06-05 | Promoted to Corporal Nov-1777, Reduced Nov-1779 |
| Josiah | Davidson | Private | 1777-01-29 | 1783-09-03 | 1-May-1781 on furlough |
| Peter | Davis | Private | 1777-01-01 | 1778-04-24 | Died 24-Apr-1778 |
| Nehemiah | Dunbar | Private | 1778-03-01 | 1778-11-03 | |
| Nehemiah | Dunbar | Fifer | 1779-12-21 | 1780-08-21 | Appointed fifer 1-April-1780 |
| Ebenezer | Earle | Private | 1778-05-04 | 1779-02-04 | |
| Abiathar | Eaton | Private | 1777-03-28 | 1783-09-03 | |
| Abijah | Edson | Private | 1777-03-05 | 1778-04-15 | Dead 15-April-1778 (2nd Mass encamped at Valley Forge at the time, possibly died under the care of Dr. Hart) |
| George | Elliot | Private | 1777-03-15 | 1780-09-28 | Re-enlisted 21-Nov-1779, Promoted to Corporal 30-Jan-1780 |
| Noah | Farrar | Seargent | 1777-05-26 | 1777-07-26 | Died 26-July-1777 |
| Joshua | Fernald | Seargent | 1777-01-01 | 1780-04-25 | Promoted Sgt-Major 15-April-1778, Ranked as Ensign from 1-Jan-1777 |
| John | Finesse | Private | 1777-04-05 | 1778-09-09 | Died 9-Sep-1778 |
| Able | Foster | Private | 1777-05-01 | 1780-06-01 | Promoted Corporal 1-Nov-1777 |
| John | Gazette | Private | 1777-05-26 | 1779-03-01 | Omitted March 1779 |
| Cato | Gray | Private | 1777-05-15 | 1780-05-16 | |
| John | Hart | Surgeon | 1777-01-01 | 1783-09-03 | |
| Asa | Heald | Private | 1777-05-26 | 1778-05-22 | |
| Daniel | Holt | Private | 1777-05-26 | 1780-05-26 | |
| Solomon | Howard | Seargent | 1777-03-23 | 1783-09-03 | Joined invalid corp 1-April-1780 |
| Obed | Hunt | Private | 1778-03-03 | 1778-11-03 | |
| Obed 2nd | Hunt | Private | 1778-03-03 | 1778-11-03 | |
| William | Hunter | Private | 1777-04-28 | 1777-09-19 | Killed 19-Sep-1777 |
| Linus | Leach | Private | 1778-03-03 | 1778-11-06 | |
| Ichabod | Leonard | Fife Major | 1777-01-01 | 1783-09-03 | Served, re-enlisted & served 1-April-1780 |
| John | Lincoln | Liutenant | 1777-01-01 | 1778-05-20 | |
| John | Lock | Private | 1777-08-01 | 1780-05-01 | |
| Roger | Magrath | Q-Master | 1779-04-01 | 1780-01-26 | Served Captain Dunham's Company from 1-June-1778, transferred to Captain Bailey's Company 1-April-1779 |
| Hugh | Maxwell | Captain | 1777-01-01 | 1777-07-07 | Promoted Major in 15 Regiment 7-July-1777 |
| John | McDaniel | Private | 1777-05-10 | 1778-06-01 | Omitted June 1778 |
| John Jr. | McDaniel | Private | 1777-05-01 | 1777-03-30 | Died 30-March-1777 |
| Peter | McFall | Private | 1777-05-27 | 1780-06-17 | |
| William | Mears | Private | 1777-04-23 | 1783-09-03 | Deserted 1-April-1778, Joined 1-July-1778 |
| Asa | Merril | Private | 1777-05-26 | 1780-05-26 | |
| Abner | Mitchell | Private | 1777-01-01 | 1783-09-03 | |
| Henry | Nelson | Q-Master | 1777-05-20 | 1780-05-20 | Promoted Q-Master 1-Jan-1778, Ensign 1- March-1778, 2nd Lt 1-July-1780 |
| Benjamin | Patten | Private | 1777-01-01 | 1780-03-08 | |
| Nathan | Peck | Private | 1777-05-08 | 1780-05-08 | |
| Andrew | Peters | Major | 1777-01-01 | 1779-07-01 | Lt Colonel, 1-July-1779 |
| Ephraim | Petter | Private | 1777-05-03 | 1777-06-04 | Deserted 4-June-1777 |
| Joshua | Pierce | Ensign | 1777-01-01 | 1779-04-01 | Deranged 1-April-1779 |
| Solomon | Pierce | Seargent | 1777-04-01 | 1780-02-26 | |
| Job | Ransom | Private | 1777-02-10 | 1780-02-12 | |
| Ebenezer | Richardson | Private | 1777-01-20 | 1783-09-03 | Promoted to Corporal 1-Jan-1778, Sergeant 16-Aug-1780 |
| Isaac | Robinson | Drum Major | 1777-01-01 | 1783-09-03 | |
| Pearly | Rogers | Corporal | 1777-03-18 | 1783-09-03 | Deserted 16-August-1777, Joined September 1780 |
| Andrew | Rufsell | Private | 1778-05-22 | 1780-05-26 | |
| Joseph | Rumvill | Private | 1777-05-26 | 1780-05-26 | |
| Nathan | Russell | Private | 1777-01-01 | 1777-06-23 | Died 23-June-1777 |
| Samuel | Shattuck | Sergeant | 1777-02-27 | 1780-02-27 | Reduced 20-Jan-1780 |
| Edward | Skinner | Private | 1777-01-29 | 1783-09-03 | |
| Timothy | Smith | Surgeon's Mate | 1777-01-01 | 1780-09-12 | Resigned 12-Sep-1780 |
| William | Stacey | Private | 1777-04-01 | 1779-11-01 | Omitted November 1779 |
| John | Stevens | Private | 1777-03-10 | 1780-03-10 | |
| Charles | Stewart | Private | 1777-05-19 | 1780-05-20 | Deserted 20-May-1780 |
| Benjamin | Taylor | Private | 1777-05-10 | 1777-09-19 | Killed 19-Sep-1777 |
| John | Taylor | Corporal | 1777-05-10 | 1777-09-05 | Died 5-Sept-1777 |
| William | Taylor | Liutenant | 1777-01-01 | ||
| Paul | Thayer | Private | 1777-05-05 | 1780-01-30 | Appointed Corporal 1-Aug-1777 |
| Silas | Thayer | Private | 1777-05-05 | 1780-06-05 | |
| Joseph | Thomas | Private | 1777-05-08 | 1780-05-08 | |
| William | Torrey | Liutenant | 1777-01-01 | 1779-03-01 | Adjutant March 1779 |
| Joshua | Totman | Q-Master | 1777-01-01 | 1779-04-01 | Appointed Q-Master 1-Jan-1778, deranged 1-Apr-1779, being absent without leave |
| Benjamin | Tupper | Lt Colonel | 1777-01-01 | 1777-08-02 | Promoted Colonel 10th Regt 2-Aug-1777 |
| Ephraim | Warren | Private | 1777-05-26 | 1778-10-01 | Invalid Oct 1778 - omitted |
| Joseph | Warren | Private | 1777-05-01 | 1780-06-01 | |
| David | Watkins | Private | 1777-05-05 | 1780-06-05 | |
| James | Wier | Private | 1777-01-01 | 1777-01-02 | Deserted 2-Jan-1777 |
| Samuel | Wyman | Private | 1777-05-26 | 1780-05-26 |