John Rano, Ebenezer Williams, and Samuel Orell
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DESERTED from the subscriber on the 10th of March last, two soldiers belonging to Captain Hall's Company, in Col. Swift's Regiment, viz. John Rano, aged 25 Years, says he belongs to New-Britain, New Hampshite, 5 feet 10 inches high, light eyes, brown hair, has a scar across the right side of his lips; Ebenezer Williams, says he belongs near Boston, has a natural mark on his face of a redish colour, and has redish hair; Samuel Orell, formerly of Boston, by now of North-Haven, where he has a family, about 5 feet 11 inches high, long nose, light complexion, 23 years of age, light eyes, black hair; they had all received their bounties, and it is likely they have since inlisted in some other companies. Whoever shall take up either or all of the above desertetrs, and secure them, shall have Eight Dollars for each, and all necessary charges paid, by EPHRAIM CHAMBERLAIN, Lieut. Wallingford, April 9, 1777.
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Ephraim Chamberlain, advertisement for John Rano, Ebenezer Williams, and Samuel Orell, Connecticut Courant, May 12, 1777, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4610.