Here is some more info about RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS
ORIGINAL MILITIAS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH STATE NATIONAL GUARDS
“Before speaking of the militia system which prevailed after the establishment of the national government, it is well to consider why that system first became necessary.
From the earliest settlement of New England down to the close of the War of Independence the fear and dread of the Indian entered as one of the conditions of existence into every day life.
It was necessary for self preservation that there should be some system of military training among the settlers that men might know what to do and where to resort in case of attack and under whose orders to place themselves.
The militia system was brought from England and adopted to meet new conditions in America. In every new settlement one of the first things which the settlers attended to was the formation of a military company for self defense.
Thus we have found that in 1764 while the settlements at Coos were hardly two years old the able bodied men were formed into a company of militia of which Jacob Kent was made captain.
When the revolution came on all these military companies were of vast service as furnishing men for the field who already knew a little of military discipline. Soon after the war began all the able bodied men between the ages of sixteen and fifty were enrolled in the train bands These bands met for regular drill and when there was a call for
men as many as were needed were sent out from these bands.
Besides these was the alarm list in which were enumerated all the men between fourteen and sixty five who were liable to be called upon in an emergency. At two or three times of peril during the war the alarm list was resorted to. One of these was during the last weeks of the campaign of
Burgoyne when all the stronger men went to the seat of war while the old men and boys kept watch and ward at home.
After the war and down to about 1847 all the able bodied men between the ages of eighteen and forty five years were with few exceptions made by law enrolled in the militia and required to do military duty.
Every man was obliged to keep himself constantly provided with such arms and equipments as were necessary for actual service and for so doing his poll was exempt from taxation.”p287
1902, “History of Newbury, Vermont: From the Discovery of the Coös Country to Present Time”
edited by Frederic Palmer Wells
1746:local NH inhabitants with their own arms help the militia scour the woods to kill raiding Indians from Canada
p.109 “At this time there was a company of VOLUNTEERS [my caps] from Charleston with Stark under the command of Captain Abel Walker, which was embraced in Colonel Hobart`s regiment,which, we have reason to believe, did good service ion the Battle of Bennington, which followed a few days after.”
ex: “History of Charlestown, New Hampshire: The Old No. 4, Embracing the Part ...”
By Henry Hamilton Saunderson
Heh! I’m on my fourth listening of the audiobook, “That Every Man Be Armed,” by Stephen P. Halbrook. Excellent history about our 2nd amendment right’s origin.
And, that was mentioned in there, too.
Exactly right. Most of my male ancestors in the 1700s were in a local militia.