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.
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 | 1777-01-05 | 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 |