After the battle of Bunker Hill (1775) a militia regiment was formed in NH - The following Rochester men were in this regiment. This regiment was the third to be raised in the NH colony, the previous two were already in Boston and became part of the Continental Army.

Captain Winborn Adam's Company
Daniel McNeal                               John Walker
Jonathan Hodgdon, JR                    Edward Rolings
John Richards, JR                          Ebenezer Horn
John Bergin                                   Thomas Toley
Thomas Furber

Captain Jonathan Wentworth's Company
Samuel Nute                          Ephriam Alley
James Chamberlain                 Josiah Durgin
Samuel Merrow                     James Wentworth
Ebenezer Chesley                   Joshua Merrow
Nathaniel Perkins                   Gershom Downs
Daniel Alley

Captain Benjamin's Titcomb's Company
Jonathan Downing

In that the same year the town of Portsmouth was expected to be attacked by the British and the following Rochester men volunteered and marched to Portsmouth. The expected attack never came and the men were sent south to aid in the siege of Boston.

David Place - Captain                                  John Marden - Sergeant
Ebenezer Tebbets - First Lieutenant              John Woodman - Corporal
John Ham - 2nd Lieutenant                          James Wentworth - Corporal
George Place - Ensign                                 Jonathan French - Corporal
Paul Libbey - Sergeant                                 Benjamin Taylor - Corporal
Reuben Heard - Sergeant                             Ichabob Rawlings - Drummer
Joshua Corson - Sergeant                            Samuel Place - Fifer
                                         PRIVATES
Daniel Cook                      Joseph Berry               Joseph Richards
Samuel Goodwin               Moses Hammet           Dudley Pike
George Heard                    Daniel Watson             Solomon Clark
John Rogers                      Haniel Clark                Joseph Thompson
Amos Place                      John Nute                    Isaac Wentworth
Amos Spencer                  Robert McCreelis         John Place
John Bickford                  Thomas Chamberlain     Benjamin Furber
James Rogers                   John Stanton               John Rawlings
Mesheck Heard                David Wingate             Timothy Ricker
Samuel Robertson            Joseph Plummer           James Berry
Ebenezer Courson            Jonathan Tebbets          Moses Furber
Moses Drown                 John Laighton               Edward Rawlings
John McDuffe                 Amos Hayes                 John Bickford
James Coleman               Jonathan Richards
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