We the subscribers, inhabitants of that District of Land commonly called and known by the name of the New Hampshire Grants, do voluntarily and Solemnly Engage under all the ties held sacred amongst Mankind at the Risque of our Lives and fortunes to Defend, by arms, the United American States against the Hostile attempts of the British Fleets and Armies, until the present unhappy Controversy between the two Countries shall be settled.
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Joseph Bowker | William Gage | Daniel Culver
Thomas Chittenden
| Reuben Harmon
| John Burnam
| Simeon Hathaway
| John Manley
| John Strong
| Jeremiah Clark
| Seth Warner
| Lemuel Bradley
| Joseph Bradley
| William Marsh[2]
| John Gage
| Abraham Jackson
| Gideon Ormsby
| John Mott[3]
| Samuel Wright
| Stephen Royce
| Jonathan Rowlee[3]
| Samuel Benton
| Amos Curtis
| Jona. Fassett
| Jesse Belknap
| Ira Allen
| Aaron Parsons
| Abraham Underhill
| Nehemiah Howe
| Matthew Lyon
| William Ward
| Asa Johnson
| William Fitch
| James Bentle
| Brown Chamberlain
| Ogden Mallery
| Thomas Morgan
| Ephraim Buell
| Jones Fay
| Heman Allen
| Ebenezer Allen
| Martin Powell
| John Burnam, Jr.
| Benjamin Hicock
| Roger Rose
| Micah Veal [Vail]
| Isaac Lawrence
| Samuel Fletcher
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| Josiah Fish | |
[2]William Marsh went over to the enemy after signing this, and fled to Canada, leaving his family in Dorset. His property was confiscated, and his return to the State was forbidden by an act passed Feb. 26, 1779, and continued in force until November 8, 1780.
[3]Jonathan Rowley of Pittsford and his son-in-law, John Mott of Neshobee [Brandon], were both delegates.