The Bradford Steele mentioned above was Deacon Bradford Steele.
    Pritchard was born on Feb. 18, 1740-41, and married Eunice Botsford on October 31, 1764. Pritchard died sometime in 1777 and was buried in Trinity Cemetery, Seymour. His widow married Elisha Steele, the brother of Captain Bradford Steele.

Private Benjamin Tomlinson:
Benjamin Tomlinson was a man with a short record of military service, but a longer record of participation in community affairs, especially those of the Great Hill School District.
    He served first in the Lexington Alarm and then served in the Third Company of General David Wooster's First Regiment during the Siege of Boston. He was enrolled in that unit from May 15 through December 20, 1776. The only further military records are his mention on the list of Pensioners. The fact that he received a pension indicates that he was not well-off financially.
    Tomlinson. served as moderator of the Great Hill School District Committee in November of 1769, and also in 1772, 1775, and 1777. He was born in 1718 and died on April 4,1793 and was buried at Great Hill Cemetery.

John Smith:
Of this particular John Smith, it is difficult to learn much with certainty, as there are John Smiths all over the place in the early records. As there were no social security numbers to aid in identification, it is impossible to follow.
    The John Smith in the Lexington Alarm served in Captain Nathan Smith's Unit for two days. The early Oxford records are full of John Smith notations. There was a John Smith of  Derby who married Abigail Gunn of Waterbury on March 15, 1759. Another married Molly Bristol on November 27, 1791. Also in 1791, Grace Wooster of Quaker Farms married a John Smith.
    There is evidence for the supposition that the John Smith who served in the Lexington Alarm was the same John Smith of Derby who served in the Siege of Boston, as the John in the Third Company of General Wooster's First Regiment of