It is the hope of these volunteers that this material will be a useful source document for understanding Marblehead’s deep involvement in the American Revolutionary War. The scope of this research project expanded from the original goal of documenting the exact population of soldiers born in Marblehead and fighting in the American Revolution to be a reasonably accurate tabulation acknowledging and documenting questions of duplication of names and service of men who were born, enlisted or moved through Marblehead during the Revolutionary War. It is safe to say that military service during the years of the Revolutionary War, 1775 through 1783 was fluid in nature making exact documentation impossible without researching the original source documents such as company roosters, pay records and ship manifests.
For additional explanation, please click here for a glossary of terms that were used to describe the various types of service rendered by the Marblehead contingent of soldiers and sailors.
Click on links below for pdfs of the research (the printed series, Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the Revolutionary War. A compilation from the archives, prepared and published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth in accordance with chapter 100, resolves of 1891.):
MSSPAR Vol 1
MSSPAR Vol 2
MSSPAR Vol 3
MSSPAR Vol 4
MSSPAR Vol 5
MSSPAR Vol 6
MSSPAR Vol. 7
MSSPAR Vol 8
MSSPAR Vol.9
MSSPAR Vol.10
MSSPAR Vol 11
MSSPAR Vol.12
MSSPAR Vol.13
MSSPAR Vol.14
MSSPAR Vol.15
MSSPAR Vol.16
MSSPAR Vol.17
MSSPAR Sums
Glover’s Regiment Company Cumulative Roster
- Glover’s Regiment Company Roster Field & Staff Officers
- Glover’s Regiment Company Roster Company One
- Glover’s Regiment Company Roster Company Two
- Glover’s Regiment Company Roster Company Three
- Glover’s Regiment Company Roster Company Four
- Glover’s Regiment Company Roster Company Five
- Glover’s Regiment Company Roster Company Six
- Glover’s Regiment Company Roster Company Seven
- Glover’s Regiment Company Roster Company Eight
- Glover’s Regiment Company Roster Company Nine
- Glover’s Regiment Company Roster Company Ten
Revolutionary War Prisoners of War from Marblehead
This list of Marblehead sailors confined in Old Mill Prison, England during the Revolution was copied by permission from a manuscript journal kept by William Russell of Boston, who was private secretary to Commodore Manly on board the ship Jason.
The Marblehead Museum would like to thank the following volunteers for their persistent effort with this project:
Lynne Ambrose
Marge Armstrong
Joseph Brophy
Christopher Cavalieri
Priscilla Fullerton
Maria Guider
Nancy Hench
Brian Hitchcock
Rick Holland
Jake Knight
Sherman Kramer
Joan McDuff
Mike Meehan
Doug Ryder
Timothy Smith