“The names of seventeen men who on the day when their brothers at Concord, fired the shot heard, round the world’ and inspired by the same love of liberty, performed their duty at the beginning of the war of the revolution by standing guard over the northernly part of Boston Harbor, in that part of Chelsea called Pullen Poynte”

‘A rool of men that kept guard att Pullen Poynte in Chelses by order of Capt. Sprague from April 19, 1775 till discharged by their officer.”

Andrew Tewksbury, John Sargent, Jonth. Belcher, Nath. Belcher, Jr., This Cleavery, Josiah Gleason, John Tuksbury, Seth Whood, Wm. Brown, Charles Bill, Jonth. Belcher, Jr., Nath. Belcher, 3rd., John Tukesbury, Jr., Joshua Gleason, Job Worrow, Nath. Argent, James Tukesbury

"...There is another muster roll preserved at the State House of which Chamberlain, Chelsea historian, remarks: "In the Revolutionery archives ... (are) the names of 17 men who on the day when their brothers at Concord 'fired the shot heard round the world', and inspired by the same love of liberty, performed their duty at the beginning of the War of the Revolution by standing guard over the northern part of Boston arbor, in that part of Chelsea called Pullen Poynte." These 17 men probably comprised all the entire adult and able-bodied men of Pullen Poynte.....

...All but two of the 17 were related by blood or marriage. Included were the first of the Tewksbury and the Belcher name to settle in Winthrop and the last of the Bills. The two not related were: William Brown, probably a hired farm hand, and Job Worrow, a negro.

It never has been clear why Captain Sprague ordered the Pullen Poynte members of his Chelsea company to guard the point. What 17 men armed with muskets could do against a disciplined force of British Army regulars, or even against an armed ship using Shirley Gut, is debatable -- but mount guard they did for 30 days..."