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SERVICES OF SOLDIERS. 385 U. S. service; received bounty of £6, advanced pay £2, 12s., and some clothing; was corporal in 1776; was promoted to sergeant, and afterwards to captain; d. May i, 1S16. His widow received a pen- sion. Humphrey, Josiaii, Major. Son of Josiah and Hannah Humphrey, b. Oct. 13, 1717; he bore the title of Major before the beginning of the war. He represented the town in the General Assembly in 1771-8, '85-6, '90. On March 21, 1774, he was chosen by the town one of a Committee of Correspondence, " to attend to all that relates to the liberties of America." Humphrey, Josiah, Jr., was a Corporal in Capt. Thomas AUin's Co., August, 1775; also was a Sergeant in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., Col. John Cooke's Reg., 1777; appeared on the alarm at Bristol, April I, 1776. Enlisted in the U. S. service Sept. 17, 1776. On April 4, 1778, Sergeant Josiah Humphrey, Jr. was appointed by the town to raise a "Militia Guard," under his command. He repre- sented the town in the General Assembly in 1791, 2, 3, 4,9, iSoo, i, 2, 3, 4, 6, 22-3, Died March 20, 1829, aged 77 years. Humphrey, Nathaniel. Son of Josiah and Hannah Humphrey, b. Nov. 26, 1735; was a Corporal and Sergeant in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., Jan. 5, 1777, fifteen months; was comissioned 2d Lieut., June 25> 1777; was Clerk of Col. Nathaniel Martin's Reg., Jan. 20, 1777, received bounty of £6, advanced pay £2, 12s, and some clothing; was ist Lieut, in Capt. Allin's Co., Col. Crary's Reg., for one year from March 16, 1778. Humphrey, Nathaniel, Jr. Enlisted in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., Jan. 5, 1777; received bounty of £2, advanced pay £2, 12s, and some clothing. Humphrey, Samuel. Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Humphrey ; b. March 15, 1748. Enlisted in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co. Served on the "Militia Guard," of Barrington, from April 5, to May 20, 1778.'* Was Corporal in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., Col. Crary's Reg. Ingraham, Prince, (colored). Soldier in Capt. Flagg's Co., Col. Greene's Reg., 1779; transferred to sappers and miners, June, 1781. Jones, Enoch, Sergt. Son of John and Constant Jones, b. Feb. 28, 1754. Enlisted Dec. 20, 1776, as Sergeant in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co. Enlisted in the Continental service May 17, 1777; received bounty of £6, advanced pay £2, i2s, and some clothing; July 14, 1780, was paid a bounty of fifty " hard dollars"; was a soldier of Capt. Viall Allin's Co. ; in 1780, Sergeant. " Mil. Papers," R. I. Hist. Soc. Jones, William. Brother of Enoch, b. Nov. 28, 1755; was a sol- dier of Capt. Samuel Bosworth's Artillery Co.; appeared on the alarm at Bristol, April i, 1776; he received a bonnty of £2, ad- vanced pay £2, i2s, and some clothing; d. June 22, 1S29. Enlisted