Captain
Parker's Company had a roster of 144 men. Seventy-seven members stood on the
Common on the morning of April 19, 1775 in defiance of the King's orders to
"lay down your arms". Those men included:
| Captain John Parker | Amos Locke |
| Lt. William Tidd | Benjamin Locke |
| Ensign Robert Munroe | Ebenezer Locke |
| Ensign Joseph Simonds | Reuben Locke |
| Clerk: Daniel Harrington | Jonathan Loring |
| Sgt. Francis Brown | Abner Mead |
| Orderly Sgt. William Munroe | Ebenezer Munroe |
| Cpl. John Munroe | Jedediah Munroe |
| Cpl. Joel Viles | John Munroe, Jr. |
| Cpl. Samuel Sanderson | Nathan Munroe |
| Cpl Ebenezer Parker | William Munroe, 3rd |
| Solomon Brown | Nathaniel Mulliken |
| Ebenezer Bowman | Isaac Muzzey |
| Thaddeus Bowman | John Muzzey |
| William Diamond (Drummer) | Jonas Parker |
| John Bridge, Jr. | Jonas Parker, Jr. |
| James Brown | Nathaniel Parkhurst |
| John Brown | Solomon Pierce |
| Jonathan Harrington (Fifer) | Asahel Porter (prisoner) |
| John Chandler | Joshua Reed |
| John Chandler, Jr. | Joshua Reed, Jr. |
| Joseph Comee | Nathan Reed |
| *Robert Douglass (Woburn Precinct) | John Robbins |
| Isaac Durant | Phillip Russell |
| Prince Estabrook | Benjamin Sampson |
| Nathaniel Farmer | Elijah Sanderson |
| Isaac Green | Joshua Simonds |
| William Grimes | John Smith |
| Caleb Harrington | Phineas Smith |
| John Harrington | Simeon Snow |
| Jonathan Harrington, Jr. | Phineas Stearns |
| Moses Harrington, 3rd | Jonas Stone, Jr. |
| Moses Harrington, Jr. | John Tidd |
| Thaddeus Harrington | Joseph Underwood |
| Thomas Harrington | Benjamin Wellington |
| Isaasc Hastings | *Sylvanus Wood (Woburn Precinct) |
| Samuel Hastings | John Winship |
| Samuel Hadley | Thomas Winship |
| Thomas Hadley, Jr. | Enoch Wellington |
| John Hosmer | Nathan Wyman |
| Micah Hagar | James Wynn |
*Sylvanus Wood
and Robert Douglass heard the alarm bell from Woburn Precinct and came to Lexington.
Although they were not members of the Lexington militia, they were asked to
join the assembly.
The battle was
really a brief skirmish. Neither Captain Parker nor Major Pitcairn had intended
to fire. However, during the confrontation shots were fired. One of the
regulars was wounded while 8 members of the militia were killed. Many of those
killed or wounded were shot while dispersing from the Common.
Killed: Ensign Robert Munroe (on the Common), Isaac Muzzy (on the Common),
Samuel Hadley and John Brown (leaving the Common), Jonas Parker (killed by bayonet
after being wounded and firing one shot), Jonathan Harrington (wounded on the
Common, died at his doorstep), Caleb Harrington (at the meetinghouse), Ashahel
Porter (prisoner from Woburn, killed while escaping).
Wounded:
John Robbins, Solomon Pierce, John Tidd, Joseph Comee, Ebenezer Munroe Jr.,
Thomas Winship, Nathaniel Farmer, Prince Estabrook, Jedediah Munroe.
Only a few of the militia were known to have returned fire.
Among those known to have fired: Solomon Brown, Ebenezer Lock, Ebenezer Munroe,
Jr., Cpl. John Munroe, Nathan Munroe, Jonas Parker, Lt. William Tidd and possibly
Benjamin Sampson.
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