Lynn in the Revolution . V, fp ,$ I £ i ii i HENKIELI) HOUSE, \\i Lynn in the Revolution Adams, Benjamin,—the drummer-boy of Captain Nathaniel BancroftsLynnfield company, was the son of Rev. Benjamin and Rebecca (Nich-ols) Adams, and was born in Lynnfield, September 7, 1758. His fatherwas born in Newbury, Mass., May 8, 1719, graduated at Harvard Col-lege in 1728, and was ordained pastor of the Second Parish Church in Lynnfield, November 5, 1755. Rev. ^5 ^^ ^y^Ci/ Benjamin was the son of Captain Abra- £? /6a^*^^ ham, who was the son of Sergeant Abraham, who was the son of Rober

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Lynn in the Revolution . V, fp ,$ I £ i ii i HENKIELI) HOUSE, \\i Lynn in the Revolution Adams, Benjamin,—the drummer-boy of Captain Nathaniel BancroftsLynnfield company, was the son of Rev. Benjamin and Rebecca (Nich-ols) Adams, and was born in Lynnfield, September 7, 1758. His fatherwas born in Newbury, Mass., May 8, 1719, graduated at Harvard Col-lege in 1728, and was ordained pastor of the Second Parish Church in Lynnfield, November 5, 1755. Rev. ^5 ^^ ^y^Ci/ Benjamin was the son of Captain Abra- £? /6a^*^^ ham, who was the son of Sergeant Abraham, who was the son of Robertand Anne (Longfellow). Benjamin, the druinnier-boy of Captain Ban-crofts company, was the second child of Rev. Benjamin, and was onlysixteen years of age when the alarm reached Lynnfield on the morning ofApril 19, 1775. Living a short distance from the Ezekiel GowingTavern,from whence the company marched, he was early on the spot after theexciting news reached the village, and it is said that he beat the longroll so vigorously that it

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