Bristol, RI Military Census
| 16-50 A | From 16 to 50 years and able to bear arms |
| 16-50 U | From 16 to 50 years and unable to bear arms |
| 50-60 A | From 50 to 60 years and able to bear arms |
| 50-60 U | From 50 to 60 years and unable to bear arms |
| 60+ | 60 and older |
| Aff | Those who have taken the Affirmation |
| Cert | Those who have certificates from the Friends Meeting |
| T | Transient persons and to what places they belong |
| R | Residents and to what places they belong |
| N | Negro |
| I | Indian |
| SM | State Militia |
| CS | Continental Service |
| [ ] | Names in brackets were supplied from the handwritten 1898 copy of the census at the Archives. |
| ? | Question marks appear with names of uncertain spelling |
| Bristol, Rhode Island | |
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| A list of all the Persons from sixteen years and upwards who have removed out of the town of Bristol since the fleet first came to Newport viz: | |
| Joseph Russell | Daniel Lefavour |
| Jonathan Russell | William Lindsey |
| Benjamin Smith | James Smith |
| Samuel Smith | James Nooning [?] |
| Isaac Wardwell | Joshua Sanford |
| John May | Royal Sanford |
| John May Jr. | James Willson |
| William Lindsey Jr. | Sebry Manchester |
| William Coxx | Simeon Ingreham |
| Josiah Finney | Josiah Smith |
| Edward Pain | William Gladding Jr. |
| Stephen Pain | Joseph Gladding |
| Royal Pain | Ebenezer Gladding |
| Thomas Pain | John Norrice |
| Joseph Wardwell | John Norrice Jr. |
| John Higgins | Jeremiah Diman |
| Charles DeWolf | Samuel Lindsey |
| Nathaniel Munro 2d | Nathaniel Pearse |
| Samuel Munro | Richard Pearse |
| Nathan Munro 2d | Samuel Pearse |
| William Hoar | Thomas Pearse |
| Benjamin Hoar | William Munro |
| Joseph Diman | George Munro |
| Richard Smith | John Usher |
| Richard Smith Jr. | Samuel Usher |
| John Gladding Jr. | Henry Munro |
| Archibald Munro | Barnard Salisbury |
| Benjamin Wardwell | Job Coggleshall |
| Joseph Oldridge | Samuel Oxx |
| Nathaniel Smith 2d | John Smith |
| Nathaniel Manchester | Joseph Reynolds Jr. |
| Anthony DeWolf | James West |
| Edward Talby | Benja Sialsbury |
| Edward Talby Jr. | Benja Sailsbury Jr. |
| John Oldridge | Isaac Waldron |
| Cornelius Waldron | Samuel Liscomb |
| Nathaniel Waldron | Samuel Liscomb Jr. |
| Nathaniel Waldron Jr. | Solomon Drown |
| Richard Drown | William White |
| Samuel Hartwell | Daniel Hartwell |
| William Hartwell | John Pratt |
| Joseph Pratt | John Gladding |
| Daniel Gladding | Peter Gladding |
| Solomon Gladding | Joshua Gladding |
| Nathaniel Smith | Nathaniel Bosworth |
| William Gladding | |
| Bristol, Rhode Island | |||
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| William Bradford | 50-60 A | Lebaron Bradford | 16-50 A |
| John Eastabrooks | 50-60 A | Charles Eastabrooks | 16-50 A |
| John Eastabrooks Jr. | T-Newport | George Oxx | 16-50 A |
| Aaron Bourn | 16-50 A | Allen Usher | 16-50 U |
| James Usher | T-Providence | Thomas Usher | T-Providence |
| William Christophers | 16-50 A | Isaac Eslick | 16-50 A |
| Benjamin Bosworth | 16-50 A | Jonathan Drown | 16-50 A |
| Phillip Drown | 16-50 A | Nathanil Church | 16-50 A |
| Totals: | |||
| 10 16-50 A | 1 16-50 U | ||
| 2 50-60 A | 3 T | ||
| [illegible] and the fifteen month service in the Town of Bristol Sion Martindale Capt of the fort Benjamin Sailsbury 3d in the Continental Service. In the fifteenth month service in Coll. Smiths Regiment: | |||
| Lieut. William Lawless | |||
| Lieut. Thomas Swan | in Capt. | ||
| Ensign Thomas Pearse | |||
| Privit John Pearse | Allens | ||
| Privit Daniel Maxfield | |||
| Privit Thomas Jethro | Company | ||
| Privit David Maxfield | in the | ||
| Privit Leanox Bullock Jr. | |||
| Privit Thomas Holmes | Same | ||
| Privit James Allen | |||
| Privit Samuel Wardwell | Regiment | ||
| Privit Nathaniel Willson | |||
| Privit Samuel Martin | under | ||
| Privit Joseph Shearman | Capt. Carr | ||
| Danl Bradford | Committee for the town of Bristol | ||
| Bristol April 16, 1777
Appeared the above named Danl Bradford and made Solemn Oath that the above and foregoing list is justly and truly made according to the best of his knowledge. Before me Shearja Bourn Just. [illeg] | |||
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| Joseph Reed | 60+ A | John Howland Jun. | 16-50 A |
| Leanox Bullock | 16-50 A | Samuel Church | 16-50 A |
| Leanox Bullock Jr. | 16-50 A | Samuel Howland | 16-50 A |
| Simeon Bullock | 16-50 A | Jonathan Glover | 16-50 A |
| William Harding | 16-50 A | Benjamin Harding | 16-50 A |
| Shearjashub Bourn | 50-60 A | Simon | N |
| Frank | N | Newport | N |
| Nathan Munro | 16-50 A | Joseph Reed Jun. | 16-50 A |
| Nathan Munro [sic] | 16-50 A | Samuel Reed | 16-50 A |
| Nathaniel Fales | 50-60 A | William Holems | 50-60 A |
| Thomas Fales | 15-60 A | James Diman | 16-50 A |
| Stephen Fales | 15-60 A | Timothy Diman | 16-50 A |
| William Fales | 15-60 A | Jeremiah Bosworth | 60+ U |
| John Fales | 15-60 A | Zeikel | N |
| Ruben | N | Stephen Wardwell | 50-60 A |
| Jonathan Diman | 15-60 A | Stephen Wardwell Jun. | R-Providence |
| William Pearse | 60+ U | Josiah Wardwell | 15-60 A |
| Dick | N | Stephen Smith | 15-60 A |
| London | N | Samuel Bosworth | [----] |
| William Lake | 50-60 A R-Newport | William West | [----] |
| Oliver Earl | 15-60 A R-Portsmouth | Nathaniel West | 16-50 A |
| Oliver West | 15-60 A | William Ingreham | 16-50 A |
| Nathaniel Fales Jun | 15-60 A | John West | 60+ A |
| Timothy Fales | 15-60 A | Hix West | 16-50 A |
| John Waldron | 50-60 A | Aseph West | 16-50 A |
| Shearjashub Bourn Jun. | 16-50 A | Anthony VanDorn | 16-50 A |
| William Bosworth | 50-60 A | Newton Waldron | 16-50 A |
| Benjamin Bosworth 2nd | 16-50 U | Lenord Waldron | 16-50 A |
| William Bosworth Jun. | 16-50 A | Jeremiah Ingreham | 16-50 A |
| Timothy Bosworth | 16-50 A | Prince | N |
| Prince | N | Stephen Whitting | R-Boston |
| Jeremiah Willson | 60+ U | Moses VanDorn | 16-50 A |
| Thomas Willson | 16-50 A | Plato | N |
| William Willson | 16-50 A | Joseph Lindsey | 16-50 A |
| Thomas Gray | 16-50 A | Nathaniel Diman | 16-50 A |
| Thomas Gray Jun. | 16-50 A | William Diman | 16-50 A |
| John Gray | 16-50 A | Lemuel Clark | 16-50 U |
| William Munro | 60+ U | Joseph Eddy | 16-50 A |
| Hezekiah Munro | 16-50 A | Simeon Munro | 60+ A |
| James Munro | 16-50 A | Jonathan Munday | 60+ U |
| Peleg | N | Edward Munro | 16-50 A |
| Charls | N | Simeon Potter | 16-50 U |
| John | N | Hertford | N |
| George Coggleshall | 16-50 A | Quam | N |
| Stephen Munro | 16-50 A | Hezekiah Usher | 50-60 A |
| Moses Davis | Cert. | Totals: | |
| John Howland | 60+ A | 25 16-50 A | 2 16-50 U |
| Totals: | 3 50-60 A | 5 60+ | |
| 27 16-50 A | 1 16-50 U | 2 R | 7 N |
| 5 50-60 A | 5 60+ | ||
| 1 Cert. | 2 R | ||
| 8 N | |||
| John Jolls | 16-50 A | Ebenezer Jolls | 16-50 A |
| John Throop | 60+ A | Simon Burn | 16-50 A |
| Thomas Champlin | 16-50 A | Thomas Champlin Jun. | 16-50 A |
| Samuel West | 50-60 A | Robert Jolls | 16-50 A |
| John Coomer | 50-60 A | John Coomer Jun. | 16-50 A |
| Thomas Coomer | 16-50 A | Charls | N |
| Jeremiah Finney | 16-50 A | Thomas Finney | 16-50 A |
| Loring Finney | 16-50 A | Caleb Seulsbury | 60+ A |
| Theophilous Seulsbury | 16-50 A | Newby Coggleshall | 50-60 A |
| William Coggleshall Jun | 16-50 A | James Coggleshall | 16-50 A |
| George | N | William Throop | 16-50 A |
| David Maxfield | 16-50 A | Ebenezer Blake | 16-50 A |
| Jonathan Peck | 16-50 A | Jonathan Peck Jun. | 16-50 A |
| Nino | N | Nathaniel Pearse | 16-50 A |
| Sion Martindale | 16-50 A | Charls Thurill | 16-50 U |
| Nathaniel Cary | 60+ | Cudgo | N |
| Ichabod | Mulato | Loring Peck | 16-50 A |
| Peter Church | 16-50 A | Abraham | N |
| Daniel Bradford | 50-60 A | John Dyer | 50-60 U |
| Benjamin Bosworth | 16-50 A | Joseph Reynolds | 50-60 A |
| George Reynolds | 16-50 A | Samuel Reynolds | 16-50 A |
| Samuel Reynolds | 16-50 A | Cato | N |
| Totals: | |||
| 27 16-50 A | 1 16-50 U | ||
| 5 50-60 A | 1 50-60 U | ||
| 3 60+ | 6 N | ||
| 1 Mulato | |||