Memorial to the Lexington Minute Men
These men gave everything dear in life, yea and life itself in support of the common cause.
Back of Monument:
Memorial
to the Lexington Minute Men who were
on the Green in the early morning engagement
April 19, 1775
Capt. John Parker • Lt. William Tidd • Ens. Robert Munroe • Ens. Joseph Simonds • Clerk Daniel Habrington • Orderly Sgt. William Munroe • Corp. Joel Viles • Corp. Samuel Sanderson • Corp. John Munroe • Corp. Ebenezer Parker • Drummer Willaim Diamond • Fifer Jonathan Harrington
Ebenezer Bowman • John Bridge Jr. • James Brown • John Brown • Solomon Brown • John Chandler • John Chandler Jr. • Joseph Douglass • Isaac Durant • Prince Estabrook • Nathaniel Farmer • Isaac Green • William Grimes • Caleb Harrington • John Harrington • Jonathan Harrington Jr. • Moses Harrington 3rd • Moses Harrington Jr. • Thaddeus Harrington • Thomas Harrington • Isaac Hastings • Samuel Hastings • Samuel Hadley • Thomas Hadley Jr. • John Hosmer • Micah Hagar • Amos Lock • Benjamin Lock • Benezer Lock • Reuben Lock • Abner Mead • Ebenezer Munroe Jr. • Thaddeus Bowman • Jediah Munroe • John Munroe Jr. • Nathan Munroe • William Munroe 3rd • Nathaniel Mulliken • Isaac Muzzy • John Muzzy • Jonas Parker • Jonas Parker Jr. • Nathaniel Parkhurst • Solomon Pierce • Sgt. Francis Brown • Joshua Reed • Joshua Reed Jr. • Nathan Reed • John Robbins • Philip Russell • Benjamin Sampson • Joshua Simonds • John Smith • Phineas Smith • Simeon Snow • Phineas Stearns • Jonas Stone Jr. • John Tidd • Samuel Tidd • Joseph Underwood • Benjamin Wellington • Enoch Wellington • John Winship • Sylbanus Wood • James Wyman • Nathaniel Wyman
No official list was ever issued by the company or by the town. These names are those listed by historian Frank Warren Coburn in 1912-22. If other names can be proven they may be added.
Marker is at the intersection of Bedford Street (Massachusetts Route 225) and Massachusetts Ave (Massachusetts Route 4), on the right when traveling north on Bedford Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
