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Naler Hatch (February 21, 1731 – July 14, 1804, sometimes misspelled Nailor) was both an Infantry Captain in the Continental Army and Privateer Commander in the American Revolutionary War(1775–1783).

Born in Truro Massachusetts, Hatch was a master mariner by trade until the outbreak of the Revolution during the Battles of Lexington and Concord during the Siege of Boston. Naler was a member of the Massachusetts militia who answered the call to arms of his militia regimental commander, Colonel Gardner, of the Massachusetts 37th Regiment of Foot (Later renamed to the 25th Continental Regiment of Foot, (one of the original named Continental Named and Numbered Regiments), on April 19, 1775 near Lexington, Massachusetts. Naler was commissioned on the battlefield as a Captain in May of 1775 and given command of an Infantry company that defended Beacham's Point, near the confluence of the Mystic River and Charles River near the town of Everett, Massachusetts.

Naler remained in command of this position and company while separated from the rest of his regiment involved in the Battle of Bunker Hill, defending the site from British ships that attempted to land to control the waterway. During the summer of 1775, General George Washington arrived to take command of the Army defending Boston. Captain Hatch would later be listed on Continental Army muster roles indicating he was assigned to the 37th and 25th Continental Regiments of foot as a company commander under Lt Colonel William Bond, who had taken over regimental command after the death of Colonel Gardner during the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Evidence suggests that Captain Hatch remained with the Continental Army through the Siege of Boston, continuing to defend Beacham's Point from British attacks (23 July and 13 August 1775). In 1777 he is listed as a 2d Lt aboard the Privateer Sloop "Independence", in 1778 aboard the "Hawke", and in 1783 in command of the "Lady Washington". All were Brigantine Sloops of similar design engaged in raiding British shipping during the revolution.

Captain Naler Hatch served his country in both the Army and Naval capacity from the onset of hostilities until the conclusion of the war in 1783.