Captain James Mann

Captain James Mann (1747 - 1824), of English heritage, married Lydia Chickering of Dover in January 1775. A few months later, in April 1775, Mann responded to the alarm at Lexington. On June 17, 1775, he led a company of Natick men under Colonel Samuel Bullard to the Battle of Bunker Hill. Mann’s name appears at the top of the 1775 Muster Roll for the Battle of Bunker Hill. After the battle, the muster roll stayed in Mann’s family for over 100 years. It was donated to the Natick Historical Society in 1900. Read more about the recent effort to preserve this document using Community Preservation Act (CPA) Funds.