General Notes

James  continued entries in his fathers wast-book . He was a captain of the schooner Nepturne and the Hannah and Molly at different times. His Revolutionary service consisted of six months and twenty-four days. from February 05, 1776, to September 01, 1776, in Captain Briant Morton's company, stationed on the seacoast at Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough. He reenlisted Sept 01, 1776, and served until November 25, 1776 (service two months and twenty -five days) in the same company , in Colonel Mitchell's regiment, at Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough.  The name, "James Small " appeared in a list of men who moved from the town of Cape Elizabeth subsequent to 1776, dated Cape Elizabeth , Jan uary 17, 1782, accompanying a petion of the Selectmen stating their inability to supply their quota. In March , 1777, when Peter Woodbury , of Cape Elizabeth acted as agent to the heirs of Daniel Small , of Truro, to prosecute their claims, James Small was firmly established at Ossipee, later Limimgton.