"We Know Their Names" - The Official Muster Roll of All Known Militia Men from Captain John Parker's Company, 1775

The Nerds are happy to share with you an updated muster roll of all known militia men who belonged to Captain John Parker's Lexington Company between January and June 1775. This list was compiled as a joint effort between historian Dr. William Poole of Chelmsford, Massachusetts and the Nerds.

As part of this collaboration, we examined all known surviving muster rolls, pension applications, military service records, affidavits, eye witness accounts and petitions for compensation due to lost property and/or wounds sustained at the outbreak of the American Revolution from Lexington militia men who were affiliated with Captain John Parker's Lexington Company in 1775.

 

There are over 150 men identified on this muster roll, including Patriots of Color, a British deserter who joined the Company after being nursed back to health following Lexington and Concord and the commanding officer of the town's alarm list.

The men of Captain John Parker's Lexington Company (1775) can be viewed here.

The six Woburn men who were present at the Battle of Lexington are listed separately at the end of the muster roll.

Please note that the fact that a militia man appears on this muster roll does NOT guarantee that they were present at the Battle of Lexington or saw action on April 19, 1775. 

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