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 | Micah Hagar |
| Lt. William Tidd | Amos Locke |
| Ensign Robert Munroe | Benjamin Locke |
| Ensign Joseph Simonds | Ebenezer Locke |
| Clerk: Daniel Harrington | Reuben Locke |
| Sgt. Francis Brown | Jonathan Loring |
| Orderly Sgt. William Munroe | Abner Mead |
| Cpl. John Munroe | Ebenezer Munroe |
| Cpl. Joel Viles | Jedediah Munroe |
| Cpl. Samuel Sanderson | John Munroe, Jr. |
| Cpl Ebenezer Parker | Nathan Munroe |
| Solomon Brown | William Munroe, 3rd |
| Ebenezer Bowman | Nathaniel Mulliken |
| Thaddeus Bowman | Isaac Muzzey |
| William Diamond (Drummer) | John Muzzey |
| John Bridge, Jr. | Jonas Parker |
| James Brown | Jonas Parker, Jr. |
| John Brown | Nathaniel Parkhurst |
| Jonathan Harrington (Fifer) | Solomon Pierce |
| John Chandler | Asahel Porter (prisoner) |
| John Chandler, Jr. | Joshua Reed |
| Joseph Comee | Joshua Reed, Jr. |
| *Robert Douglass (Woburn Precinct) | Nathan Reed |
| Isaac Durant | John Robbins |
| Prince Estabrook | Phillip Russell |
| Nathaniel Farmer | Benjamin Sampson |
| 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 |
| 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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