Willard Moore, was born April 1743, married Elizabeth Hubbard, on March 18, 1762, at Paxton, Worcester, Massachusetts. There is no record of any children.
Alpheus Moore, had a claim in Congress fore a seven years half-pay pension.
COMMUNICATED TO TUE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEBRUARY 21, 1793.
WAR DEPARTMENT, February 21, 1793.
That Alpheus Moore, in behalf of himself and Willard Moore, orphan children of Willard Moore, late of Paxton, State of Massachusetts, and Mark Lincoln, of Leominster, in said State, and Elizabeth, his wife, late widow of the said Willard Moore, states that the said Willard Moore was a major in the regiment commanded by Colonel Doolittle, and was killed in the action of Bunker’s Hill, on the 17th day of June, 1775.
That they were, until very lately, ignorant of the provision made by Congress for the widows and orphans of officers who were killed in the service. He therefore prays that the seven years’ half-pay of a major may be granted to them.
Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution
Moore, Willard (Mass). Major in Lexington Alarm, April, 1775; Major of Doolittle's Massachusetts Regiment, 23d April, 1775; killed at Bunker Hill, 17th June, 1775.
Friday, July 02, 2010
Major Andrew McClary & Elizabeth McClary 1725-75
Andrew McClary, was born about 1725, in Ireland, married Elizabeth McCrillis about 1760, at Epsom, Merrimack, New Hampshire, there was no record of children
In 1793, she had a claim in Congress for a seven year half-pay.
COMMUNICATED TO TUE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEBRUARY 21, 1793.
WAR DEPARTMENT, February 21, 1793.
That Elizabeth McClary states that she is widow of the late Major Andrew McClary, of Colonel John Stack’s regiment, who was killed by a cannon ball in the action of Bunker’s hill, on the 17th day of June, 1775.
That she did not know of the resolution of Congress granting seven years’ half-pay to the widows of such officers as had lost their lives in the service,’ until after the time appointed for making application for said half-pay had elapsed. She therefore prays for relief.
Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution.
McClary, Andrew (N. H). Major 1st New Hampshire, 23d April, 1775: killed at Bunker Hill, 17th June. 1775.
From the recorders of New Hampshire.
[Major Andrew McClary went from Epsom . He was a man of fine
personal appearance, and a brave officer . He was with the regiment
at Bunker Hill, and was killed by a chance shot from the enemy during
the retreat.-ED. ]
[In H. of Rep ., April 25, 1780, the foregoing petition was granted .
Michael McClary was a grandson of Andrew McClary, one of the first settlers of Epsom, and nephew of Maj. Andrew, who was killed at Bunker Hill. He was at Bunker Hill as second lieutenant of the Eighth company of Stark's regiment, and was in command of the Fifth company, Scammel' s regiment, in 1777 ; was adjutant-general of the state from 1742 to 1813, and, state senator from 1796 to 1802, inclusive.-ED. ]
In 1793, she had a claim in Congress for a seven year half-pay.
COMMUNICATED TO TUE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEBRUARY 21, 1793.
WAR DEPARTMENT, February 21, 1793.
That Elizabeth McClary states that she is widow of the late Major Andrew McClary, of Colonel John Stack’s regiment, who was killed by a cannon ball in the action of Bunker’s hill, on the 17th day of June, 1775.
That she did not know of the resolution of Congress granting seven years’ half-pay to the widows of such officers as had lost their lives in the service,’ until after the time appointed for making application for said half-pay had elapsed. She therefore prays for relief.
Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution.
McClary, Andrew (N. H). Major 1st New Hampshire, 23d April, 1775: killed at Bunker Hill, 17th June. 1775.
From the recorders of New Hampshire.
[Major Andrew McClary went from Epsom . He was a man of fine
personal appearance, and a brave officer . He was with the regiment
at Bunker Hill, and was killed by a chance shot from the enemy during
the retreat.-ED. ]
[In H. of Rep ., April 25, 1780, the foregoing petition was granted .
Michael McClary was a grandson of Andrew McClary, one of the first settlers of Epsom, and nephew of Maj. Andrew, who was killed at Bunker Hill. He was at Bunker Hill as second lieutenant of the Eighth company of Stark's regiment, and was in command of the Fifth company, Scammel' s regiment, in 1777 ; was adjutant-general of the state from 1742 to 1813, and, state senator from 1796 to 1802, inclusive.-ED. ]
Colonel Thomas Gardner & Joanna Gardner 1755-75.
Thomas Gardner was born about 1727, Cambridge, Middlesex, Mass, to Richard Gardner and Elizabeth Winchester. Thomas would marry Joanna Sparhawk, on June 12, 1755, from this union there were the following children.
1. Richard Gardner, Christening: 26 SEP 1756 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
2. Thomas Gardner, Birth: About 1758 Of, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
3. Thomas Gardner, Christening: 19 JUL 1761 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
4. Samuel Gardner, Christening: 17 APR 1763 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
5. Elizabeth Gardner, Christening: 29 AUG 1773 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Thomas Grander would pass away on July 3, 1775.
In 1793, Joanna Gardner would have a claim in Congress for a Seven Year Half-pay pension.
COMMUNICATED TO TUE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEBRUARY 21, 1793.
WAR DEPARTMENT, February 21, 1793.
That Joanna Gardner states that she is the widow of the late Colonel Thomas Gardner, who was wounded in the battle of Charlestown, on the 17th day of June, 1775, and who died of his wounds on the 3d day of July following.
That she was left with three small children, and had to encounter many difficulties in bringing them up; that she has not received the relief provided by the resolution of Congress for the widows and children of officers who have died in the army since the month of August, 1775.
That she does not apprehend it was the intention of Congress to make any discrimination between the widows and children of officers who died in the service, on account of the time when such event took place. She therefore prays that the benefit of the aforesaid resolution of Congress may be extended to her and her children.
Thomas Gardner Service record.
Gardner, Thomas. Colonel; pay roll of field and staff officers who marched in consequence of the alarm of April 19, 1775, dated Prospect Hill; service, 5 days; also, order of the day dated Cambridge, May 23, 1775 ; reported field officer of the day for May 23, 1775; also, order of the day dated June 14, 1775; reported field officer of the day for June 14, 1775 ; also, general order dated Headquarters Cambridge, July 22, 1775, making disposition of the forces about Boston and dividing the army into 3 grand divisions to consist of 2 brigades each ; said Gardner's regt. assigned to a brigade to be commanded by Brig. Gen. Green which was to form part of left wing or 2d division of the army under Maj. Gen. Lee, and to be stationed at Prospect Hill.
1. Richard Gardner, Christening: 26 SEP 1756 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
2. Thomas Gardner, Birth: About 1758 Of, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
3. Thomas Gardner, Christening: 19 JUL 1761 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
4. Samuel Gardner, Christening: 17 APR 1763 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
5. Elizabeth Gardner, Christening: 29 AUG 1773 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Thomas Grander would pass away on July 3, 1775.
In 1793, Joanna Gardner would have a claim in Congress for a Seven Year Half-pay pension.
COMMUNICATED TO TUE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEBRUARY 21, 1793.
WAR DEPARTMENT, February 21, 1793.
That Joanna Gardner states that she is the widow of the late Colonel Thomas Gardner, who was wounded in the battle of Charlestown, on the 17th day of June, 1775, and who died of his wounds on the 3d day of July following.
That she was left with three small children, and had to encounter many difficulties in bringing them up; that she has not received the relief provided by the resolution of Congress for the widows and children of officers who have died in the army since the month of August, 1775.
That she does not apprehend it was the intention of Congress to make any discrimination between the widows and children of officers who died in the service, on account of the time when such event took place. She therefore prays that the benefit of the aforesaid resolution of Congress may be extended to her and her children.
Thomas Gardner Service record.
Gardner, Thomas. Colonel; pay roll of field and staff officers who marched in consequence of the alarm of April 19, 1775, dated Prospect Hill; service, 5 days; also, order of the day dated Cambridge, May 23, 1775 ; reported field officer of the day for May 23, 1775; also, order of the day dated June 14, 1775; reported field officer of the day for June 14, 1775 ; also, general order dated Headquarters Cambridge, July 22, 1775, making disposition of the forces about Boston and dividing the army into 3 grand divisions to consist of 2 brigades each ; said Gardner's regt. assigned to a brigade to be commanded by Brig. Gen. Green which was to form part of left wing or 2d division of the army under Maj. Gen. Lee, and to be stationed at Prospect Hill.
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Henry A Willis From Maine To Kansas.
A few months ago Jack Willis got in touch with me he had trace his Great-Great-Grandfather Henry A. Willis, to Topeka Kansas, and was hoping I could help find something about him. At first I wasn’t getting any where, then I call the Topeka Library and talked to a nice volunteer in the Topeka Room by the name of ( Jeanne Mithen ), and with her had work she was able to provide some interesting information. All the while I myself was getting interested in Henry A. Willis. After giving the my information to Jack I told him I was interested on doing a page on Henry, and asked if it would be alright with him. He was glad it give his ok, and provided me with added information. I believe his ancestors who are looking into his life will find this information interesting and helpful in their research.
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Henry A. Willis, was born Jan. 16, 1844 in Thomaston, Knox, Me. He was married to Helen E. Thompson on Nov. 23, 1870, of this union three children were born, Charles, Teresa who died at 30 days and Helen. The 1880 census shows Henry as the postmaster of Thomaston. It is not known when they left Thomaston Me. In later years Henry’s wife be came sick and returned to Thomaston Me., it is believed to be with her family, she would pass away on January 17, 1879.
Henry came to Topeka around 1885, he had his daughter Helen, with him, it is not known if his wife Helen was with them. No record could be found on what he did for a living the first two years he was in Topeka. Then in 1887, it is believed he began working for a drug store called ( Payne C. F. Co. ), which was located at 304 E. 4th., street. Then in 1890, the store changed it’s name to ( Willis & Payne Drug ), and the store had moved next door to 302 E. 4th., Street. The store would change it’s name again in 1897, to just Willis Drug, he would run the store for 22, years then in 1909, he left the business for unknown reasons.
During the Civil war Henry would enlist on October 31, 1861, from Thomaston as a private in the 1st Maine Cavalry, company I., he was 18 or 19, at the time of his enlistment. He was taken prisoner at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia on May 11, 1864, but escaped and rejoined the company. He was promoted to corporal July 12, 62. Was a Orderly for Colonels Allen, Douty, and Smith, he reenlisted December 31, '63, then was promoted to sergeant may 1st, '64. He was commissioned 1st Lt April 14th, 1865, and was AAQM for Captain Hall's battalion Chesterfield Court House, June and July '65. He served until being discharged for disability in April of 1865. At the time of his enlistment it was noted that he was 19, and a farmer.
After 1909, there is no information, then on January 9, 1910, in the State Journal paper there was a announcement on his death. His obituary read.
State Journal January 9, 1910, p.5.
Death of Mr. Willis.
Had Been a Resident of Topeka for 25, Years.
Henry A. Willis died at his home, 409 Monroe street, Monday ( Jan. 7, ), evening at 7:15 o’clock at the age of 66 years. Mr. Willis has been a resident of Topeka for 25 years. For 22 years he has owned and operated a drug store at 302 East Fourth street. Mr. Willis was an active man in business circles, always ready and willing to assist in anything that would help Topeka. He was a veteran of the civil war, having enlisted from the state of Maine. He was a member of Gage Post, Grand Army of the Republic in Topeka. He was a charter member of Irwin Lodge, No. 260, A. O. U. W., and took a great interest in the order and was it’s treasurer for 15 years. His funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30, o’clock from the First Baptist church, Ninth and Jackson streets. Rev. Thomas Young will conduct the religious service. Gage post, G. A. R., and Irwin lodge, No. 260, A. O. U. W., will take part.
Mr. Willis leaves one daughter Miss Helen Willis of Topeka; one son, Charles H. Willis and a brother Albert Willis of Rockland Maine, and one sister Mrs. Maria Demith of Quincy Massachusetts. Mr. Willis had many friends and will be greatly missed in business circles.
It should be noted that the A. O. U. W., stands for, Ancient Order of United Workman. The lodge met every Thursday evening at Security Hall, at 701, Kansas Ave., Topeka.
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Henry A. Willis, was born Jan. 16, 1844 in Thomaston, Knox, Me. He was married to Helen E. Thompson on Nov. 23, 1870, of this union three children were born, Charles, Teresa who died at 30 days and Helen. The 1880 census shows Henry as the postmaster of Thomaston. It is not known when they left Thomaston Me. In later years Henry’s wife be came sick and returned to Thomaston Me., it is believed to be with her family, she would pass away on January 17, 1879.
Henry came to Topeka around 1885, he had his daughter Helen, with him, it is not known if his wife Helen was with them. No record could be found on what he did for a living the first two years he was in Topeka. Then in 1887, it is believed he began working for a drug store called ( Payne C. F. Co. ), which was located at 304 E. 4th., street. Then in 1890, the store changed it’s name to ( Willis & Payne Drug ), and the store had moved next door to 302 E. 4th., Street. The store would change it’s name again in 1897, to just Willis Drug, he would run the store for 22, years then in 1909, he left the business for unknown reasons.
During the Civil war Henry would enlist on October 31, 1861, from Thomaston as a private in the 1st Maine Cavalry, company I., he was 18 or 19, at the time of his enlistment. He was taken prisoner at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia on May 11, 1864, but escaped and rejoined the company. He was promoted to corporal July 12, 62. Was a Orderly for Colonels Allen, Douty, and Smith, he reenlisted December 31, '63, then was promoted to sergeant may 1st, '64. He was commissioned 1st Lt April 14th, 1865, and was AAQM for Captain Hall's battalion Chesterfield Court House, June and July '65. He served until being discharged for disability in April of 1865. At the time of his enlistment it was noted that he was 19, and a farmer.After 1909, there is no information, then on January 9, 1910, in the State Journal paper there was a announcement on his death. His obituary read.
State Journal January 9, 1910, p.5.
Death of Mr. Willis.
Had Been a Resident of Topeka for 25, Years.
Henry A. Willis died at his home, 409 Monroe street, Monday ( Jan. 7, ), evening at 7:15 o’clock at the age of 66 years. Mr. Willis has been a resident of Topeka for 25 years. For 22 years he has owned and operated a drug store at 302 East Fourth street. Mr. Willis was an active man in business circles, always ready and willing to assist in anything that would help Topeka. He was a veteran of the civil war, having enlisted from the state of Maine. He was a member of Gage Post, Grand Army of the Republic in Topeka. He was a charter member of Irwin Lodge, No. 260, A. O. U. W., and took a great interest in the order and was it’s treasurer for 15 years. His funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30, o’clock from the First Baptist church, Ninth and Jackson streets. Rev. Thomas Young will conduct the religious service. Gage post, G. A. R., and Irwin lodge, No. 260, A. O. U. W., will take part.
Mr. Willis leaves one daughter Miss Helen Willis of Topeka; one son, Charles H. Willis and a brother Albert Willis of Rockland Maine, and one sister Mrs. Maria Demith of Quincy Massachusetts. Mr. Willis had many friends and will be greatly missed in business circles.
It should be noted that the A. O. U. W., stands for, Ancient Order of United Workman. The lodge met every Thursday evening at Security Hall, at 701, Kansas Ave., Topeka.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Samuel Ransom Of The Wyoming Valley.
THE WYOMING VALLEY COMPANIES.
DURKEE and RANSOM, (who both fell on the 3d of July, 1778,) raised their companies, expecting they would be retained for the defense of the Valley ; but the emergency of the main army, at the close of 1777, required their presence in New Jersey. They obeyed orders, and did good service at Millstone, Bound Brook, Mud Creek, Brandywine, Germantown, and other points.
Rumors of the advance of the horde which desolated Wyoming in 1778. caused such a depletion of those two companies by men and officers who hurried home to protect their families, that Congress, June 23,1778, reduced the two companies to one, under Capt. Spalding. They numbered sixty-nine, but did not reach Wyoming until the battle was over.
Just before the battle, Congress also authorized the raising of another company under Capt. Dethic Hewitt. He had secured about forty men, when the battle occurred, and if any record of his men was ever made out, it is unknown. Nathaniel Gates was a sergeant under him, and that is all that can be said of this third or fourth Wyoming independent company, whose captain and many others fell on that fatal Friday in Wyoming.
Before the first two companies were formed, Lieut. Obadiah Gore, Jr., had enlisted twenty men under Capt. Wisner, of Warwick, New York, and Lieut. Jameson had brought nearly as many more to Capt. Strong. Out of an estimated population of two thousand to five thousand, at least two hundred had left Wyoming for the seaboard, not counting some under Captains Spalding and Hewitt in the Valley.
Among those named above, Capt. (afterwards Gen.) Spalding was the true hero of the Bound Brook affair in New Jersey ; John Swift served as general on the Niagara frontier in 1812; fifteen or twenty fell in the massacre of Wyoming. Of many others, interesting notes might be added; of others we have no record
The two Independent companies, commanded by Capts. Samuel Ransom and Robert Durkee, were mustered into the service of the United States September 17,1776, and were credited to Connecticut. The locality whence they were raised, was within the bounds of Pennsylvania, and the men afterwards recognized the authority of Pennsylvania. The companies were, therefore, really Pennsylvania companies.
Note. Those highlighted in red were killed or died from their wounds.
ROLL OF CAPT. SAMUEL RANSOM'S COMPANY.
Captain.
Ransom, Samuel * August 26,1776.
Lieutenants.
Spalding, Simon, August 26,1776; promoted captain.
Pierce, Timothy* from ensign, January 17, 1778.
Jenkins, John, Jr., died March 19,1S27, in Luzerne county.
Ensign.
Pierce, Timothy, from sergeant, December 3,1777; promoted lieutenant, January 17,1778.
Sergeants.
William Parker*
Pasco Josiah*
Privates.
Alden Mason Flitch.
Atherton Caleb
Benjamin Isaac.
Bennett Oliver.
Bennett Rufus.
Bezale Jesse.
Billings, Jehial.
Billings, Samuel.
Burnham, Asahel.
Church, Gideon.
Church, Nathan.
Clark, Benjamin.
Cole, Benjamin.
Cooper, Price.
Corning, Josiata.
Franklin, Daniel.
Gaylord, Ambrose.
Gaylord, Charles.
Gaylord, Justus.
Hemietead, Benjamin.
Hopkins, Timothy.
Kellogg, William.
Kinney, Lawrence.
Lawrence, Daniel.*
McClure, William.
Marswell, Nicholas.
Mathewson, Constant.
Mathewson, Elisha.
Sash, Asahel.
Neal, Thomas.
O'Neal, John.
Osterhout, Peter.
Ormsbury, Amos.
Pickett, Thomas.
Roberts, Ebenezer.
Sawyer, Samuel.
Sawyer, Asa.
Satterly, Elisha.
Searle, Constant.*
8kiff, Stephen.
Smith, William, Jr.
Spencer, Robert.
Swift, John.
Van Gordon, John.
Walker, Elijah.
Worden, Caleb.
Worden, John.
Williams, Thomas.
Williams, Zeba.
Woodstock, Richard.
Historical register of officers of the Continental Army during the war.
Ransom, Samuel (Pa. ) Captain Wyoming Valley Company, 26th August, 1776; killed at the Wyoming Massacre. 3d July, 1778.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1845-1846
WEDNESDAY, March 11, 1846.
A petition of George P. Ransom, of Wyoming valley, State of Pennsylvania, and others, children and heirs-at-law of Samuel Ransom, deceased, who was a captain of the Pennsylvania line in the army of the war of the Revolution, praying for seven years' half pay due to Esther Ransom, the widow of said deceased:
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MARCH 28, 1850.
A BILL.
For the relief the heirs of Captain Samuel Ransom, an officer of the revolutionary war, killed at the battle of Wyoming.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay to the heirs of Samuel Ransom, late a captain on the continental establishment, who was killed in the battle of Wyoming, seven years’ half-pay of a captain, for their father’s services in the revolutionary war, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, together with such interest thereon as would now be due, if a certificate for the .said seven years’ half-pay had been issued and subscribed under the principles of the funding act, and no payment made thereon.
Note. I was unable to find if this Bill passed.
Samuel Ransom.
Birth: Apr. 10, 1738, Plymouth, Plymouth, Ma.
Death: July 3, 1778, Wyoming, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
Father: Robert RANSOM.
Mother: Sarah CHILDS.
Wife: Esther Lawrence married, May 6, 1756.
Children.
1. George Palmer RANSOM.
Birth: 3 Jan 1762, Place: Canaan, Litchfield, Ct.
Death: 5 Sep 1850, Place: Plymouth, Luzerne, Pa.
2. Mary RANSOM.
Birth: 20 May 1772, Place: Norfolk, Litchfield, Ct.
Death: 18 Sep 1825, Place: Huntington Mills, Luzerne, Pa.
Buried: Place: Scott Cemetery-Watertown, Luzerne, Pa.
DURKEE and RANSOM, (who both fell on the 3d of July, 1778,) raised their companies, expecting they would be retained for the defense of the Valley ; but the emergency of the main army, at the close of 1777, required their presence in New Jersey. They obeyed orders, and did good service at Millstone, Bound Brook, Mud Creek, Brandywine, Germantown, and other points.
Rumors of the advance of the horde which desolated Wyoming in 1778. caused such a depletion of those two companies by men and officers who hurried home to protect their families, that Congress, June 23,1778, reduced the two companies to one, under Capt. Spalding. They numbered sixty-nine, but did not reach Wyoming until the battle was over.
Just before the battle, Congress also authorized the raising of another company under Capt. Dethic Hewitt. He had secured about forty men, when the battle occurred, and if any record of his men was ever made out, it is unknown. Nathaniel Gates was a sergeant under him, and that is all that can be said of this third or fourth Wyoming independent company, whose captain and many others fell on that fatal Friday in Wyoming.
Before the first two companies were formed, Lieut. Obadiah Gore, Jr., had enlisted twenty men under Capt. Wisner, of Warwick, New York, and Lieut. Jameson had brought nearly as many more to Capt. Strong. Out of an estimated population of two thousand to five thousand, at least two hundred had left Wyoming for the seaboard, not counting some under Captains Spalding and Hewitt in the Valley.
Among those named above, Capt. (afterwards Gen.) Spalding was the true hero of the Bound Brook affair in New Jersey ; John Swift served as general on the Niagara frontier in 1812; fifteen or twenty fell in the massacre of Wyoming. Of many others, interesting notes might be added; of others we have no record
The two Independent companies, commanded by Capts. Samuel Ransom and Robert Durkee, were mustered into the service of the United States September 17,1776, and were credited to Connecticut. The locality whence they were raised, was within the bounds of Pennsylvania, and the men afterwards recognized the authority of Pennsylvania. The companies were, therefore, really Pennsylvania companies.
Note. Those highlighted in red were killed or died from their wounds.
ROLL OF CAPT. SAMUEL RANSOM'S COMPANY.
Captain.
Ransom, Samuel * August 26,1776.
Lieutenants.
Spalding, Simon, August 26,1776; promoted captain.
Pierce, Timothy* from ensign, January 17, 1778.
Jenkins, John, Jr., died March 19,1S27, in Luzerne county.
Ensign.
Pierce, Timothy, from sergeant, December 3,1777; promoted lieutenant, January 17,1778.
Sergeants.
William Parker*
Pasco Josiah*
Privates.
Alden Mason Flitch.
Atherton Caleb
Benjamin Isaac.
Bennett Oliver.
Bennett Rufus.
Bezale Jesse.
Billings, Jehial.
Billings, Samuel.
Burnham, Asahel.
Church, Gideon.
Church, Nathan.
Clark, Benjamin.
Cole, Benjamin.
Cooper, Price.
Corning, Josiata.
Franklin, Daniel.
Gaylord, Ambrose.
Gaylord, Charles.
Gaylord, Justus.
Hemietead, Benjamin.
Hopkins, Timothy.
Kellogg, William.
Kinney, Lawrence.
Lawrence, Daniel.*
McClure, William.
Marswell, Nicholas.
Mathewson, Constant.
Mathewson, Elisha.
Sash, Asahel.
Neal, Thomas.
O'Neal, John.
Osterhout, Peter.
Ormsbury, Amos.
Pickett, Thomas.
Roberts, Ebenezer.
Sawyer, Samuel.
Sawyer, Asa.
Satterly, Elisha.
Searle, Constant.*
8kiff, Stephen.
Smith, William, Jr.
Spencer, Robert.
Swift, John.
Van Gordon, John.
Walker, Elijah.
Worden, Caleb.
Worden, John.
Williams, Thomas.
Williams, Zeba.
Woodstock, Richard.
Historical register of officers of the Continental Army during the war.
Ransom, Samuel (Pa. ) Captain Wyoming Valley Company, 26th August, 1776; killed at the Wyoming Massacre. 3d July, 1778.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1845-1846
WEDNESDAY, March 11, 1846.
A petition of George P. Ransom, of Wyoming valley, State of Pennsylvania, and others, children and heirs-at-law of Samuel Ransom, deceased, who was a captain of the Pennsylvania line in the army of the war of the Revolution, praying for seven years' half pay due to Esther Ransom, the widow of said deceased:
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MARCH 28, 1850.
A BILL.
For the relief the heirs of Captain Samuel Ransom, an officer of the revolutionary war, killed at the battle of Wyoming.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay to the heirs of Samuel Ransom, late a captain on the continental establishment, who was killed in the battle of Wyoming, seven years’ half-pay of a captain, for their father’s services in the revolutionary war, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, together with such interest thereon as would now be due, if a certificate for the .said seven years’ half-pay had been issued and subscribed under the principles of the funding act, and no payment made thereon.
Note. I was unable to find if this Bill passed.
Samuel Ransom.
Birth: Apr. 10, 1738, Plymouth, Plymouth, Ma.
Death: July 3, 1778, Wyoming, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
Father: Robert RANSOM.
Mother: Sarah CHILDS.
Wife: Esther Lawrence married, May 6, 1756.
Children.
1. George Palmer RANSOM.
Birth: 3 Jan 1762, Place: Canaan, Litchfield, Ct.
Death: 5 Sep 1850, Place: Plymouth, Luzerne, Pa.
2. Mary RANSOM.
Birth: 20 May 1772, Place: Norfolk, Litchfield, Ct.
Death: 18 Sep 1825, Place: Huntington Mills, Luzerne, Pa.
Buried: Place: Scott Cemetery-Watertown, Luzerne, Pa.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Lieutenant Colonel Moses Parker, 1731-1775.
Moses Parker.
Birth: 13 MAY 1731 Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death: July 4. 1775.
Father: Joseph Parker
Mother: Rebecca Fletcher
Note. I could not find a record of his marriage to Sarah (?) nor any of their children.
Claim Volume 1., 1789-1809, Library of Congress.
Sarah Parker states that she is the widow of the late Colonel Moses Parker, who was wounded and taken prisoner by the British troops in the action of Bunker’s Hill on the 17th of June, 1775, and who afterwards died of his wounds, in Boston, in the month of July following. That she was left with a large family of young children, and has had to encounter many difficulties in supporting and bringing theta up.
That she has not received the relief provided by the resolution of Congress for the widows arid children of officers who died in the service since the month of August, 1775. That she does not apprehend it was the intention of Congress to make any discrimination between the widows and children of officers who died in the service, on account of the time when they died. She therefore prays that the benefit of the said resolution of Congress may be extended to her and her children.
Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution.
Parker, Moses (Mass). Lieutenant Colonel of Bridge's Massachusetts Regiment, 27th May, 1775; wounded and taken prisoner at Bunker Hill, 17th Tune, 1775, and died of his wounds, 4th July, 1775.
Full text of "Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the revolutionary war. A compilation from the archives."
Parker, Moses, Chelmsford. Lieutenant Colonel, Col. Ebenezer Bridge's regt. of Minute-men ; marched April 19, 1775; service, 4 days; also, Lieutenant Colonel, Col. Ebenezer Bridge's regt. ; engaged April 24, 1775 ; service, 2 mos. 22 days; also, Lieutenant Colonel; order of the day, dated May 8, 1775; said Parker appointed field ofiQcer of the main guard ; also, order of the day, dated Cambridge, May 11, 1775 ; said Parker appointed field ofiScer of fatigue ; also. Lieutenant Colonel ; list of officers belonging to Col. Ebenezer Bridge's regt. to be commissioned; ordered in Provincial Congress, at Watertown, May 27, 1775, that said ofiBcers be commissioned ; receipt for above commissions, dated "Watertown, May 27, 1775; also, Lieutenant Colonel; order of the day, dated Cambridge, Jixne 2, 1775; said Parker appointed field officer of fatigue for June 3, 1775 ; also, order of the day, dated June 4, 1775 ; said Parker appointed officer of the main guard; also, order of the day, dated Cambridge, June 4, 1775 ; said Parker appointed field officer of the main guard for June 5, 1775 ; the foregoing orders taken from Lieut. Col. Loammi Baldwin's Orderly Book.
Birth: 13 MAY 1731 Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death: July 4. 1775.
Father: Joseph Parker
Mother: Rebecca Fletcher
Note. I could not find a record of his marriage to Sarah (?) nor any of their children.
Claim Volume 1., 1789-1809, Library of Congress.
Sarah Parker states that she is the widow of the late Colonel Moses Parker, who was wounded and taken prisoner by the British troops in the action of Bunker’s Hill on the 17th of June, 1775, and who afterwards died of his wounds, in Boston, in the month of July following. That she was left with a large family of young children, and has had to encounter many difficulties in supporting and bringing theta up.
That she has not received the relief provided by the resolution of Congress for the widows arid children of officers who died in the service since the month of August, 1775. That she does not apprehend it was the intention of Congress to make any discrimination between the widows and children of officers who died in the service, on account of the time when they died. She therefore prays that the benefit of the said resolution of Congress may be extended to her and her children.
Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution.
Parker, Moses (Mass). Lieutenant Colonel of Bridge's Massachusetts Regiment, 27th May, 1775; wounded and taken prisoner at Bunker Hill, 17th Tune, 1775, and died of his wounds, 4th July, 1775.
Full text of "Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the revolutionary war. A compilation from the archives."
Parker, Moses, Chelmsford. Lieutenant Colonel, Col. Ebenezer Bridge's regt. of Minute-men ; marched April 19, 1775; service, 4 days; also, Lieutenant Colonel, Col. Ebenezer Bridge's regt. ; engaged April 24, 1775 ; service, 2 mos. 22 days; also, Lieutenant Colonel; order of the day, dated May 8, 1775; said Parker appointed field ofiQcer of the main guard ; also, order of the day, dated Cambridge, May 11, 1775 ; said Parker appointed field ofiScer of fatigue ; also. Lieutenant Colonel ; list of officers belonging to Col. Ebenezer Bridge's regt. to be commissioned; ordered in Provincial Congress, at Watertown, May 27, 1775, that said ofiBcers be commissioned ; receipt for above commissions, dated "Watertown, May 27, 1775; also, Lieutenant Colonel; order of the day, dated Cambridge, Jixne 2, 1775; said Parker appointed field officer of fatigue for June 3, 1775 ; also, order of the day, dated June 4, 1775 ; said Parker appointed officer of the main guard; also, order of the day, dated Cambridge, June 4, 1775 ; said Parker appointed field officer of the main guard for June 5, 1775 ; the foregoing orders taken from Lieut. Col. Loammi Baldwin's Orderly Book.
Wadleigh Noyes, 1745-1856
Wadleigh Noyes.
Birth: 09 SEP 1745 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
Death: October 27, 1777,
Father: Jonathon Noyes.
Mother: Lydia Bancroft.
Wife: Hannah Smith
Marriage: 1768.
Children.
1. Moses Noyes, Birth: 20 AUG 1771 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
Death: 1855.
2. Abigail Noyes, Birth: About 1773 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
Death: Unknown.
3. Wadleigh Noyes, Birth: 1775 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
Death: 1832.
4. Samuel Noyes, About 1777 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
Death: 1791.
On November 23, 1791, a petition of Hannah Noyes, was read before the House of Congress asking for a seven and a half year pension.
Claim Volume 1., 1789-1809, Library of Congress.
Wadleigh Noyes, deceased, was a lieutenant in the 9th Massachusetts regiment; and that he was mortally wounded at Saratoga the 7th of October, 1777, of which wounds he died the 27th day of the same month and year. That the widow of the deceased lieutenant having intermarried, the present petition is presented in behalf of her three children, had by the said Wadleigh Noyes, deceased. That the said widow or children have not received any compensation for the seven years’ half-pay in such cases allowed by the United States.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1789-1793
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1791
A petition of Hannah Richardson, late widow of Lieutenant Wadleigh Noyes, who died in the service of the United States, and of Joseph Richardson and John Osgood, guardians of the children of the said deceased, praying that the allowance granted to the widows and orphans of those who died in the service of the United States, during the late war, may be extended to them.
Note. This petition was still before congress in 1856, and still had not passed.
Service records.
Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution.
Noyes, Wadleigh (Mass). Sergeant in Lexington Alarm, April, 1775; Sergeant in Gerrish's Massachusetts Regiment, April to November, 1775; Ensign 26th Continental Infantry, 1st January to 31st December, 1776; 1st Lieutenant 9th Massachusetts, 1st January, 1777; died 27th October, 1777, of wounds received at Saratoga, 7th October, 1777
Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the revolutionary war. A compilation from the archives (1896.)
Note. There are a lot of misspellings here but still readable.
Noyes, Wadleigh, Newbury. Sergeant, Capt. William Rogers's co. of Minute- men, Col. Samuel Gerrish's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 9 days ; also, Capt. William Rogers's co.. Col. Gerrish's regt.; return of effectives made by said Noyes, dated Maiden, July 28, 1775; also, same co. and regt. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted Ajiril 28, 1775; service, 3 mos. 11 days; also, Capt. Rogers's (8th) co., Lieut. Col. Loammi Baldwin's (late Col. Gerrish's) .38th (also given 37th) regt. ; pay abstract for Aug., 1775, dated Chelsea; also, company return [probably Oct., 1775] ; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Chelsea, Dec. 28, 1775; also, list of recruits for the new establishment in Col. Baldwin's regt., approved by Brig. Gen. W. Heath in Camp at Cambridge, Dec. 30, 1775; Capt. Rogers's CO. ; also. Ensign, Col. Loammi Baldwin's (26tli) regt. ; return dated Cam- bridge Camp, Jan. 8, 1776, made by Col. Loammi Baldwin, of commissioned oflicers in 26th regt. ; also. Ensign, Capt. Ezra Badlam's co., Col. Baldwin's regt.; pay abstract for Jan., 1776, etc. ; also, receipt given to Col. Baldwin, for ration allowance from Jan. 1, 1776, to April 1, 1776, dated New York ; oAso, Capt. Badlam's co.. Col. Baldwin's regt. ; pay abstracts for Feb.-June, 1776, dated New York ; also, list of men appearing on a bill for work done by them ; receipt on reverse, given to Col. Baldwin by said Noyes, Lieutenant, dated New York, Aug. 11, 1776 ; also, return of the sick in Capt. Badlam's co. made by said Noyes, Ensign, dated North Castle, Nov. 17, 1776; also, return dated Mixfield, Pa., Dec. 29, 1776, of men belonging to Col. Baldwin's(26th) regt. who marched on expedition to Trenton Dec. 26, 1776; also. Lieutenant, Col. James Wesson's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to Oct. 27, 1777; also, 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Samuel Carr's co., Col. Wesson's regt. ; return dated Jan. 25, 1778 ; reported wounded Oct. 7, 1777, died Oct. 27, 1777 ; also, list of officers belonging to 9th Mass. regt. who died or were discharged subsequent to Jan. 1, 1777, as certified by Col. J. Wesson, dated West Point, Sept. 12, 1779 ; reported killed Oct. 27, 1777.
Birth: 09 SEP 1745 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
Death: October 27, 1777,
Father: Jonathon Noyes.
Mother: Lydia Bancroft.
Wife: Hannah Smith
Marriage: 1768.
Children.
1. Moses Noyes, Birth: 20 AUG 1771 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
Death: 1855.
2. Abigail Noyes, Birth: About 1773 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
Death: Unknown.
3. Wadleigh Noyes, Birth: 1775 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
Death: 1832.
4. Samuel Noyes, About 1777 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
Death: 1791.
On November 23, 1791, a petition of Hannah Noyes, was read before the House of Congress asking for a seven and a half year pension.
Claim Volume 1., 1789-1809, Library of Congress.
Wadleigh Noyes, deceased, was a lieutenant in the 9th Massachusetts regiment; and that he was mortally wounded at Saratoga the 7th of October, 1777, of which wounds he died the 27th day of the same month and year. That the widow of the deceased lieutenant having intermarried, the present petition is presented in behalf of her three children, had by the said Wadleigh Noyes, deceased. That the said widow or children have not received any compensation for the seven years’ half-pay in such cases allowed by the United States.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1789-1793
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1791
A petition of Hannah Richardson, late widow of Lieutenant Wadleigh Noyes, who died in the service of the United States, and of Joseph Richardson and John Osgood, guardians of the children of the said deceased, praying that the allowance granted to the widows and orphans of those who died in the service of the United States, during the late war, may be extended to them.
Note. This petition was still before congress in 1856, and still had not passed.
Service records.
Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution.
Noyes, Wadleigh (Mass). Sergeant in Lexington Alarm, April, 1775; Sergeant in Gerrish's Massachusetts Regiment, April to November, 1775; Ensign 26th Continental Infantry, 1st January to 31st December, 1776; 1st Lieutenant 9th Massachusetts, 1st January, 1777; died 27th October, 1777, of wounds received at Saratoga, 7th October, 1777
Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the revolutionary war. A compilation from the archives (1896.)
Note. There are a lot of misspellings here but still readable.
Noyes, Wadleigh, Newbury. Sergeant, Capt. William Rogers's co. of Minute- men, Col. Samuel Gerrish's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 9 days ; also, Capt. William Rogers's co.. Col. Gerrish's regt.; return of effectives made by said Noyes, dated Maiden, July 28, 1775; also, same co. and regt. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted Ajiril 28, 1775; service, 3 mos. 11 days; also, Capt. Rogers's (8th) co., Lieut. Col. Loammi Baldwin's (late Col. Gerrish's) .38th (also given 37th) regt. ; pay abstract for Aug., 1775, dated Chelsea; also, company return [probably Oct., 1775] ; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Chelsea, Dec. 28, 1775; also, list of recruits for the new establishment in Col. Baldwin's regt., approved by Brig. Gen. W. Heath in Camp at Cambridge, Dec. 30, 1775; Capt. Rogers's CO. ; also. Ensign, Col. Loammi Baldwin's (26tli) regt. ; return dated Cam- bridge Camp, Jan. 8, 1776, made by Col. Loammi Baldwin, of commissioned oflicers in 26th regt. ; also. Ensign, Capt. Ezra Badlam's co., Col. Baldwin's regt.; pay abstract for Jan., 1776, etc. ; also, receipt given to Col. Baldwin, for ration allowance from Jan. 1, 1776, to April 1, 1776, dated New York ; oAso, Capt. Badlam's co.. Col. Baldwin's regt. ; pay abstracts for Feb.-June, 1776, dated New York ; also, list of men appearing on a bill for work done by them ; receipt on reverse, given to Col. Baldwin by said Noyes, Lieutenant, dated New York, Aug. 11, 1776 ; also, return of the sick in Capt. Badlam's co. made by said Noyes, Ensign, dated North Castle, Nov. 17, 1776; also, return dated Mixfield, Pa., Dec. 29, 1776, of men belonging to Col. Baldwin's(26th) regt. who marched on expedition to Trenton Dec. 26, 1776; also. Lieutenant, Col. James Wesson's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to Oct. 27, 1777; also, 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Samuel Carr's co., Col. Wesson's regt. ; return dated Jan. 25, 1778 ; reported wounded Oct. 7, 1777, died Oct. 27, 1777 ; also, list of officers belonging to 9th Mass. regt. who died or were discharged subsequent to Jan. 1, 1777, as certified by Col. J. Wesson, dated West Point, Sept. 12, 1779 ; reported killed Oct. 27, 1777.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Joseph Langdon New Hampshire 1696-1767.
Joseph Langdon, was born to Captain Tobias Langdon and Marry Hubbard, on 28 Feb 1696 , Rockingham, New Hampshire. On 1 December 1720, he would marry Mary Banfield at Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire. From this union the following children were born.
1. Hannah Langdon, Born about 1729, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
2. Samuel Langdon, Born 1721, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: 1796.
3. Elizabeth Langdon, Born 1733, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: July 14, 1804.
4. Mary Langdon, Born August 23, 1724, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: February 23, 1807, Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Joseph Langdon death came on August 10, 1767, Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire
It should be noted here that Mary would marry Amos Seavey, on October 25, 1744. Also it should be noted that these records show that Joseph Langdon married Mary Banfield, but in his will he states his wife’s name is Anna, so was this part of Mary’s full name or was Joseph married twice the records does not say one way or the other.
JOSEPH LANGDON 1767 PORTSMOUTH.
In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Langdon of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire Gent being Indisposed in body * * *
Item I give & Devise to Ann my beloved Wife a Comfortable Support and Honorable Maintainance out of my Estate during her natural Life.
Item I give & Devise to My Daughter Mary Seavy the wife of Amos Seavy thirty acres of Land to be taken off the Southerly part of my homestead next to the Land of Joseph Edmunds the whole Length of my said Homested farm with half the barn I purchased of John Cotton to hold to my Said Daughter her heirs & assigns to run as far as Banfills Land.
Item I give & Devise to my Daughter Hannah Whidden the wife of Samuel Whidden her Heirs & assigns that thirty Acres of Land lying on the Westerly Side of the High Way where I live which I purchased of Thomas Cotton with three Acres of Salt Marsh which I bot of John Banfill.
Item I give & Devise to my Daughter Elizabeth the wife of James Seavy to her & her heirs & assigns thirty acres of Land next to said thirty acres of Land I gave to my said Daughter Mary to be taken the whole Len& of my Land as aforesaid with the other half of the barn aforesaid it is my will that if my Said Daughter Hannah Should not Dispose of the said Land I have herein given to her which she has hereby a Power to do it shall go to her Son Joseph Whidden his Heirs & Assigns.
Item I give & bequeath to James Seavy that four hundred pounds old Tenor which I lent to him & to my Son Samuel Langdon the four hundred pounds I Lent to him & I give to my Son in Law Amos Seavy the note of hand I have of Winthrop Marston to take the money thereby due to his Amos's own use Item I give & Devise to my Son Samuel Langdon all the rest and residue of my Real Estate wheresoever the same is and of whatever Quality & kind to hold to him his Heirs & assigns for ever and all my Personal Estate (Except that part thereof which my wife shall take to her own use which I allow her to do for her Comfortable Support as aforesaid) I give & bequeath to my Son Samuel his Executr admin°n & assigns & order him to pay to Each of his Sisters of the Same thirty pounds Lawful money to Mary her Exec*' & admin r" within One Year after my Decease & to Hannah her Exec=n and Admrn within two years & to the other viz Elizabeth within three Years as aforesaid And I make my Said Son Sole Executr of this my Last Will & Revoke all other Wills by me in any manner heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the 8 th Day of Aug, 1767, his mark Joseph X Langdon
[Witnesses] Wm Parker, D. Sherburne, John Langdon, Wallis
foss.
In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Langdon of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire Gent . Having made my last Will & Testament of the Eighth Day of August Instant have upon further Consideration tho't proper to make this Codicel & addition thereto and in those Instances an alteration vi z I give & Devise to my Grandson Joseph Whidden five Acres of Land at the head of my homestead at the Northerly or North West End thereof to begin at a Certain Rock there and to be laid out next to the Land of Moses Brewster of Such a Breadth & Extent as will best accommodate both Parties who shall be the owners viz my Said Grandson and the owner of my Said Homestead To hold the said five acres to my Said Grandson Joseph his Heirs & assigns.
Item I give & Devise to my Gran'son Joseph Seavy five Acres of Land to hold to him his Heirs & Assigns to be laid out at the Southerly End of my homestead joining to the Land of Madam Odiorne & to the Land of Edward Edmunds in such manner as may be agreed between him and my Grandson Joseph Langdon son of my Son Samuel to whom I give the other part or Remainder of the Lot I Purchased of John Cotton to hold to my said Grandson his Heirs & Assigns Item I Revoke that part of my will Relating to my Personal Estate and hereby give and bequeath all my Personal Estate to be Equally Divided between all my Children & my wife Equally that is to Say one fifth part to Each to them & their Respective executors & adm" and all my out Lands & all my Real Estate except my homestead and the Particular pieces given to my grand Children I give & Devise among all my Children & their Respective Heirs & assigns my meaning all that part of my Real Estate not before Particularly mentioned and it is my meaning that all my Debts & funeral Charges should be first Deducted & allowed before the Division aforesaid In all other things I confirm my Said Will & Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the Eleventh Day of Aug' One thousand Seven hundred & Sixty Seven.
His Mark. Joseph X Langdon
[Witnesses] Wm Parker, Henry Sherburne, Thomas Sevey.
[Proved Sept. 11 1767.]
1. Hannah Langdon, Born about 1729, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
2. Samuel Langdon, Born 1721, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: 1796.
3. Elizabeth Langdon, Born 1733, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: July 14, 1804.
4. Mary Langdon, Born August 23, 1724, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: February 23, 1807, Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Joseph Langdon death came on August 10, 1767, Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire
It should be noted here that Mary would marry Amos Seavey, on October 25, 1744. Also it should be noted that these records show that Joseph Langdon married Mary Banfield, but in his will he states his wife’s name is Anna, so was this part of Mary’s full name or was Joseph married twice the records does not say one way or the other.
JOSEPH LANGDON 1767 PORTSMOUTH.
In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Langdon of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire Gent being Indisposed in body * * *
Item I give & Devise to Ann my beloved Wife a Comfortable Support and Honorable Maintainance out of my Estate during her natural Life.
Item I give & Devise to My Daughter Mary Seavy the wife of Amos Seavy thirty acres of Land to be taken off the Southerly part of my homestead next to the Land of Joseph Edmunds the whole Length of my said Homested farm with half the barn I purchased of John Cotton to hold to my Said Daughter her heirs & assigns to run as far as Banfills Land.
Item I give & Devise to my Daughter Hannah Whidden the wife of Samuel Whidden her Heirs & assigns that thirty Acres of Land lying on the Westerly Side of the High Way where I live which I purchased of Thomas Cotton with three Acres of Salt Marsh which I bot of John Banfill.
Item I give & Devise to my Daughter Elizabeth the wife of James Seavy to her & her heirs & assigns thirty acres of Land next to said thirty acres of Land I gave to my said Daughter Mary to be taken the whole Len& of my Land as aforesaid with the other half of the barn aforesaid it is my will that if my Said Daughter Hannah Should not Dispose of the said Land I have herein given to her which she has hereby a Power to do it shall go to her Son Joseph Whidden his Heirs & Assigns.
Item I give & bequeath to James Seavy that four hundred pounds old Tenor which I lent to him & to my Son Samuel Langdon the four hundred pounds I Lent to him & I give to my Son in Law Amos Seavy the note of hand I have of Winthrop Marston to take the money thereby due to his Amos's own use Item I give & Devise to my Son Samuel Langdon all the rest and residue of my Real Estate wheresoever the same is and of whatever Quality & kind to hold to him his Heirs & assigns for ever and all my Personal Estate (Except that part thereof which my wife shall take to her own use which I allow her to do for her Comfortable Support as aforesaid) I give & bequeath to my Son Samuel his Executr admin°n & assigns & order him to pay to Each of his Sisters of the Same thirty pounds Lawful money to Mary her Exec*' & admin r" within One Year after my Decease & to Hannah her Exec=n and Admrn within two years & to the other viz Elizabeth within three Years as aforesaid And I make my Said Son Sole Executr of this my Last Will & Revoke all other Wills by me in any manner heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the 8 th Day of Aug, 1767, his mark Joseph X Langdon
[Witnesses] Wm Parker, D. Sherburne, John Langdon, Wallis
foss.
In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Langdon of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire Gent . Having made my last Will & Testament of the Eighth Day of August Instant have upon further Consideration tho't proper to make this Codicel & addition thereto and in those Instances an alteration vi z I give & Devise to my Grandson Joseph Whidden five Acres of Land at the head of my homestead at the Northerly or North West End thereof to begin at a Certain Rock there and to be laid out next to the Land of Moses Brewster of Such a Breadth & Extent as will best accommodate both Parties who shall be the owners viz my Said Grandson and the owner of my Said Homestead To hold the said five acres to my Said Grandson Joseph his Heirs & assigns.
Item I give & Devise to my Gran'son Joseph Seavy five Acres of Land to hold to him his Heirs & Assigns to be laid out at the Southerly End of my homestead joining to the Land of Madam Odiorne & to the Land of Edward Edmunds in such manner as may be agreed between him and my Grandson Joseph Langdon son of my Son Samuel to whom I give the other part or Remainder of the Lot I Purchased of John Cotton to hold to my said Grandson his Heirs & Assigns Item I Revoke that part of my will Relating to my Personal Estate and hereby give and bequeath all my Personal Estate to be Equally Divided between all my Children & my wife Equally that is to Say one fifth part to Each to them & their Respective executors & adm" and all my out Lands & all my Real Estate except my homestead and the Particular pieces given to my grand Children I give & Devise among all my Children & their Respective Heirs & assigns my meaning all that part of my Real Estate not before Particularly mentioned and it is my meaning that all my Debts & funeral Charges should be first Deducted & allowed before the Division aforesaid In all other things I confirm my Said Will & Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the Eleventh Day of Aug' One thousand Seven hundred & Sixty Seven.
His Mark. Joseph X Langdon
[Witnesses] Wm Parker, Henry Sherburne, Thomas Sevey.
[Proved Sept. 11 1767.]
Friday, June 25, 2010
Joshua Pickering, New Hampshire 1703-1768.
Joshua Pickering, was born to Thomas Pickering and Mary ( Gee ) Pickering on November 28, 1703, in the town of Newington, in the county of Rockingham in the state of New Hampshire. His first marriage was to Deorah Smitson, on January 15, 1724. His second marriage was to Mary ( Brackett ) Pickering, both marriage were held at Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire. From these unions the following children were born.
1. Joshua Pickering, Birth: About 1728 Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Date of death is unknown.
2. Samuel Pickering, Birth: 13 FEB 1732 Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: 15 FEB 1797.
3. John Pickering, Birth: 1738 Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: 11 APR 1805 Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
4. Deborah Pickering, Birth: 27 MAR 1730 Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: Unknown.
5. Elizabeth Pickering, Birth: About 1742 Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Death: Unknown
6. Sarah PICKERING, was born between 1740 & 1745, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, Death: Unknown.
7. Ephraim PICKERING, was born about 1734, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, Death: 1 Jan 1803, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Joshua Pickering will pass away on December 9, 1768, At Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire. The deaths of his wife’s is unknown. There is also some confusion on who the mother of the children was, some records say the Mary Brackett, was the mother of some while other records state that Deorah Smitson, was the mother of all of them.
JOSHUA PICKERING 1767 NEWINGTON.
In the Name of God, Amen . I Joshua Pickering of Newington in the Province of New Hampshire Yeoman : being Infirm in Body * * *
Item I give and bequeath to my Son Joseph Pickering, his Heirs and Assigns two Pounds lawful money to be paid by Exccr within two Years after my Death.
Item I give to my Son Joshua Pickering his Heirs and Assigns the Sum of Twenty Pounds Lawful money to be paid by my Executor within two Years after my Decease.
Item. I give my Son Samuel Pickering five Shillings lawful money, I having given him already his Portion of my Estate .
Item : I give and bequeath to my Son Daniel Pickering five Shillings lawful money, he having received his Portion before out of my Estate.
Item : I give and bequeath to my Son John Pickering his Executors and Adminstrn Twelve Pounds lawful money, to be paid out of my Estate by said Executor.
Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Deborah Wife of Hubbard Stevens of Newington, her Executors and Admr, twelve Pounds ten shillings like money one half of Said Sum to be paid within one Year after my Death and the other half within two Years . Also I give Said Deborah one good Cow and one good feather Bed to be delivered by my Executor within a reasonable Time after my Death.
Item I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Wife of Samuel Dee of Durham and to her Execs and Admr• twelve Pounds ten shillings lawful money to be paid by my Executor the One half within one year after my Death and the other within two Years Also I give her Said Elizabeth one good Cow and one feather Bed, to be delivered immediately after my Death.
Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Pickering the sum of fifteen Pounds lawful money to be paid by my Execr within two Years after my Decease or on the Day of her Marriage, which shall first happen, 'I give her Said Sarah the Use of one half my Garden and the Use of one half my dwelling house, being the westerly end of my Said House also the Privilege of half my Cellar during the Time Said Sarah shall remain Sole Also I give Said Sarah One good Cow for her Benefit forever, and the Use of one good Horse (now worth twenty Dollars) to be kept and Supported on my Estate for the said Sarah's Use while she continues Sole, at the Cost of my Executor, and I give the said Sarah all my HonsehoId Furniture and Cloathing of Every kind (not already given away to others herein), two Hogs and all the Provision that shall be in my House at the Time of my Decease ; also 1 give Said Sarah Sufficient Firewood for one fire to be cut and haled to her Door by my Executors during Said Sarah's Single State and Six Sheep for her Benefit for ever, and to be kept on my farm for Said Sarah's Use while Sole. All the remainder, Rest and Residue of my Estate both real and personal I give bequeath and devise to my Son Ephraim Pickering before named and his Heirs and assigns for ever, to his and their only proper use & Benefit And I do hereby constitute and appoint the Said Ephraim Executor of this my last Will and Testament ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament . In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this, fourth Day of May A Dom : 1767. His mark Joshua X Pickering
[Witnesses] Richard Downing, Wintrop Pickren, John Fabyans, James peavey.
[Proved May 25, 1768 .]
1. Joshua Pickering, Birth: About 1728 Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Date of death is unknown.
2. Samuel Pickering, Birth: 13 FEB 1732 Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: 15 FEB 1797.
3. John Pickering, Birth: 1738 Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: 11 APR 1805 Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
4. Deborah Pickering, Birth: 27 MAR 1730 Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: Unknown.
5. Elizabeth Pickering, Birth: About 1742 Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Death: Unknown
6. Sarah PICKERING, was born between 1740 & 1745, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, Death: Unknown.
7. Ephraim PICKERING, was born about 1734, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, Death: 1 Jan 1803, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Joshua Pickering will pass away on December 9, 1768, At Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire. The deaths of his wife’s is unknown. There is also some confusion on who the mother of the children was, some records say the Mary Brackett, was the mother of some while other records state that Deorah Smitson, was the mother of all of them.
JOSHUA PICKERING 1767 NEWINGTON.
In the Name of God, Amen . I Joshua Pickering of Newington in the Province of New Hampshire Yeoman : being Infirm in Body * * *
Item I give and bequeath to my Son Joseph Pickering, his Heirs and Assigns two Pounds lawful money to be paid by Exccr within two Years after my Death.
Item I give to my Son Joshua Pickering his Heirs and Assigns the Sum of Twenty Pounds Lawful money to be paid by my Executor within two Years after my Decease.
Item. I give my Son Samuel Pickering five Shillings lawful money, I having given him already his Portion of my Estate .
Item : I give and bequeath to my Son Daniel Pickering five Shillings lawful money, he having received his Portion before out of my Estate.
Item : I give and bequeath to my Son John Pickering his Executors and Adminstrn Twelve Pounds lawful money, to be paid out of my Estate by said Executor.
Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Deborah Wife of Hubbard Stevens of Newington, her Executors and Admr, twelve Pounds ten shillings like money one half of Said Sum to be paid within one Year after my Death and the other half within two Years . Also I give Said Deborah one good Cow and one good feather Bed to be delivered by my Executor within a reasonable Time after my Death.
Item I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Wife of Samuel Dee of Durham and to her Execs and Admr• twelve Pounds ten shillings lawful money to be paid by my Executor the One half within one year after my Death and the other within two Years Also I give her Said Elizabeth one good Cow and one feather Bed, to be delivered immediately after my Death.
Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Pickering the sum of fifteen Pounds lawful money to be paid by my Execr within two Years after my Decease or on the Day of her Marriage, which shall first happen, 'I give her Said Sarah the Use of one half my Garden and the Use of one half my dwelling house, being the westerly end of my Said House also the Privilege of half my Cellar during the Time Said Sarah shall remain Sole Also I give Said Sarah One good Cow for her Benefit forever, and the Use of one good Horse (now worth twenty Dollars) to be kept and Supported on my Estate for the said Sarah's Use while she continues Sole, at the Cost of my Executor, and I give the said Sarah all my HonsehoId Furniture and Cloathing of Every kind (not already given away to others herein), two Hogs and all the Provision that shall be in my House at the Time of my Decease ; also 1 give Said Sarah Sufficient Firewood for one fire to be cut and haled to her Door by my Executors during Said Sarah's Single State and Six Sheep for her Benefit for ever, and to be kept on my farm for Said Sarah's Use while Sole. All the remainder, Rest and Residue of my Estate both real and personal I give bequeath and devise to my Son Ephraim Pickering before named and his Heirs and assigns for ever, to his and their only proper use & Benefit And I do hereby constitute and appoint the Said Ephraim Executor of this my last Will and Testament ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament . In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this, fourth Day of May A Dom : 1767. His mark Joshua X Pickering
[Witnesses] Richard Downing, Wintrop Pickren, John Fabyans, James peavey.
[Proved May 25, 1768 .]
Samuel Edgerley And Family, New Hampshire.
Samuel Edgerley and family.
Samuel Edgerley, also spelled Edgerly, was born in the year of 1700, to one Thomas Edgerley and Jane Whidden also spelled Whedon, in the town of Exeter in the county of Rockingham New Hampshire. Samuel would marry Abigail Judkins, in 1725, at Exeter in the county of Rockingham New Hampshire. Abigail Judkins was born in the year of 1703, at Exeter in the county of Rockingham New Hampshire, to one Job Judkins and Elizabeth York. Samuel and Abigail would have the following children.
1. Samuel Edgerley, Birth: 1727 Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: 1751.
2. Thomas Edgerley, Birth: 10 SEP 1729 Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: 15 MAY 1814.
3. Jonathan Edgerley, Birth: 1731 Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: 25 DEC 1811.
4. John Edgerley, Birth: 1733 Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: 1739.
5. Alice or Elsey Edgerley, Birth: 1735 Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: 1780.
6. Benjamin Edgerly, Birth: 1739 Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: 17 JAN 1817.
7. Joseph Edgerley, Birth: 1739 Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: 1777.
8. David Edgerley, Birth: 15 SEP 1741 Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Death: 19 NOV 1785.
9. Mary Edgerley, Birth: About 1743 Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: Unknown.
10. Abigail Edgerley, Birth: About 1745 Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: Unknown.
There is some confusion on the day that Samuel died all the records I have see give the date of April 25, 1769, however this is the date his ( Will ) was probated, it is hardly unlikely they would have probated his will on the day of is death. Samuel made out his will in 1768, a year before his death. Abigail death would come in the year of 1790, at Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire.
There also seem to be some confusion on Samuel’s father name, some records have it as Thomas Edgerley, Thomas Edgerly, Thomas Edgerly Jr., Thomas Edgerley Emigrant. And there is some confusion on the year on which Abigail Judkins was born in some records state the year of 1703, while others state 1704, and still other state 1707. However all the records are in agreement on the date of the marriage and the names and dates of the children.
SAMUEL EDGERLEY 1768 BRENTWOOD.
In the Name of God, Amen . I Samuel Edgerley of Brentwood in the Province of New Hampshire in New England Husbandman ; being weak of Body * * *
Item I give Divise and Bequeath to my Beloved wife Abigail Edgerley the use and improvement of my place Buildings Stock and moveables in doors and out During her Natural Life. Item I Give Devise and bequeath to my Son Joseph Edgerly his Heirs and assigns forever, after the Decease of my wife Abigail aforesd all my Lands and Buildings and all the Stock that my wife Shall leave at her Decease as also all my out Door moveables, he paying the following Legacies to his Brothers and Sisters. Item I Give to my Son Samuel Edgerley the Sum of Ten Shillings Lawful Money to be paid by my Executor in three months after the Decease of my Wife aforesd. Item I Give to My Son John Edgerley Five Shillings to be paid by My Executer in Three Years after My Decease Item I Give to my Son Thomas Edgerley Five Shillings to be paid by my Executor in one Year after the Decease of my wife aforesd
Item I give to my Son Jonathan Edgerley Five Shillings to be paid by my Executar in two Years after the Decease of my wife afore said
Item I Give to my Son Benjamin Edgerley Five Shillings to be paid by my Executer in Two Years after the Decease of my wife Item I Give to my Son David Edgerley Five Shillings to be paid by my Executor in three Years after the Decease of my wife aforesd .
Item I Give to my Daughter Abigail Judkins Ten Shillings to be paid by my Executer in three Years after the Decease of my wife aforesd .
Item I Give to my Daughter Mary Kelley Ten Shillings to be paid by my Executor in Three Years after the Decease of my wife aforesd.
Item I Give to my Daughter Alike Kimbel Ten Shillings to be paid by my Executer in Three Years after ye Decease of my wife aforesd. Moreover my will is that all ye before mentioned Legacies be paid in Lawful money.
Finally I do hereby Constitute Ordain and appoint my Trusty Son Joseph Edgerley to be Sole Executer to this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills and Testaments by me Made Ratifying and Confirming this to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I Do here unto Set my hand and Seal this Nineteenth Day of July Anno Domini 1768 and in the Eighth Year of his Majestys Reign his Mark Samuel X Edgerley.
[Witnesses] Job Judkins, Eben Judkins, Nathanael Trask .
[Proved April 26, 1769 .]
[Inventory, July 6, 1769 ; amount, £56 . 3 . o ; signed by Samuel Dudley and Nicholas.
The following petition was signed by many of the men of the town Samuel Edgerley was one of the signers. This information gives a little insight into the live of Samuel.
Petition of Andrew Gilman and others about a meetinghouse, 1743.
To His Excellency Henning Wentworth Esq. Governour and Commander in Chief in and over His Majesties Province o f New Hampshire, and to the Hon''' 0 his Majesties Councill and Representatives In Generall Court assembled.
We the subscribers Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Northerly part of the Parish of Brintwood in the Province aforesaid Do Humbly Crave Leave of your Excellency and honours to Lay this our Humble Remonstrance of our Distressed Circumstances before your Excellency and honours as follows Viz :
Many of us Living four or five miles Distant from Exeter Meeting house have Attended the Publick Worship of God at that house for many years past with Great difficulty and our families Encreasing made it much more Difficult Especially in the Winter Spring & Fall of the year.
Wherefore about eight years ago we with several of the Southerly part of said Parish Erected a house for the Publick worship of God in the most suitable place as they thought, and we Now do think to carry on the Publick Worship in and accordingly at our own Charge have carry'd on the same in the winter, Spring and fall of the year ever since as we had for four years or thereabouts before Erecting said house carry'd on the Publick Worship in a Private house Standing near our Present Meeting house and about Last February was twelve month the Freeholders & Inhabitants of the Southerly part of Brintwood aforesaid Petitioned the Town of Exeter aforesaid to be set off as a Parish Contrary' to the will and Desire of most of us, and said Town of Exeter Granted their said Petition Not withstanding many of us Dissented there from . And their said Petition being granted they afterwards Apply 'd to your Excellency and honours for a Charter for said Parish which was Granted them Contrary to our Desire 'and Greatly to our hurt And we also having Earnestly Petitioned your Excellency & honours that we might he Permitted to Continue to Carry on the Publick worship of God in our said house and to be set off by such Boundaries as your Excellency & honours should think meet and be Exempted from all Charge towards the meeting house and ministry in the Southerly Part of said Parish &c as by our Petition Lying before your Excellency and Honours in your hone Court may appear which Petition the honb1e House of Representatives have seen meet to Dismiss.
And also your Excellency & honours having appointed a Committee of four Gentlemen two out of Each house to prefix the place where the meeting house ought to Stand-Three of said Gentlemen have been and made return, but is accounted voy'd by your Excellency & honours, For that the Committee Did not all joyn in their Returne and for which Reason our Petition was also Dismisst . wherefore our Case at Present seems very hard and Difficult we having been at such cost to Erect our said house and to Maintain Preaching in it hitherto, and the minister also who hath hitherto Preached to us being at our Earnest Desire willing to Continue with us in the Ministry. If your Excellency & honours will in your great wisdom take this our Remonstrance of our Difficult Circumstances in our Present meeting house not being Establish'd and our aforesaid Petition not being Granted and the great charges and Difficulties we hitherto have and Still do Labour under, under your Excellency and Honours wise consideration and be pleas'd to grant us Releif herein as in your great wisdom you shall see meet & As in Duty Bound we your Excellencies & honours Most Obedient, Humble Servants shall Ever Pray &c.
Dated at Brintwood June 27 th Anno Domini 1743 .
List of Rates, 1743.
The within is a List of the Rates of those that have Petitioned the Gen"' Court to Pole to a house in the Parish of Brintwood to settel a minister there by them selves. Whither they be able is to be Determined or whither Something Else is not Desired Which may Prove fatal. The Whole Sum money Raised in the Parish of Brintwood this year 1743 as it is sit Down in the Con& warrant £x87-8-10, Samuel Ederley amount 1-17-3.
Samuel Edgerley, also spelled Edgerly, was born in the year of 1700, to one Thomas Edgerley and Jane Whidden also spelled Whedon, in the town of Exeter in the county of Rockingham New Hampshire. Samuel would marry Abigail Judkins, in 1725, at Exeter in the county of Rockingham New Hampshire. Abigail Judkins was born in the year of 1703, at Exeter in the county of Rockingham New Hampshire, to one Job Judkins and Elizabeth York. Samuel and Abigail would have the following children.
1. Samuel Edgerley, Birth: 1727 Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: 1751.
2. Thomas Edgerley, Birth: 10 SEP 1729 Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: 15 MAY 1814.
3. Jonathan Edgerley, Birth: 1731 Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: 25 DEC 1811.
4. John Edgerley, Birth: 1733 Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: 1739.
5. Alice or Elsey Edgerley, Birth: 1735 Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: 1780.
6. Benjamin Edgerly, Birth: 1739 Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: 17 JAN 1817.
7. Joseph Edgerley, Birth: 1739 Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: 1777.
8. David Edgerley, Birth: 15 SEP 1741 Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Death: 19 NOV 1785.
9. Mary Edgerley, Birth: About 1743 Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: Unknown.
10. Abigail Edgerley, Birth: About 1745 Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Death: Unknown.
There is some confusion on the day that Samuel died all the records I have see give the date of April 25, 1769, however this is the date his ( Will ) was probated, it is hardly unlikely they would have probated his will on the day of is death. Samuel made out his will in 1768, a year before his death. Abigail death would come in the year of 1790, at Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire.
There also seem to be some confusion on Samuel’s father name, some records have it as Thomas Edgerley, Thomas Edgerly, Thomas Edgerly Jr., Thomas Edgerley Emigrant. And there is some confusion on the year on which Abigail Judkins was born in some records state the year of 1703, while others state 1704, and still other state 1707. However all the records are in agreement on the date of the marriage and the names and dates of the children.
SAMUEL EDGERLEY 1768 BRENTWOOD.
In the Name of God, Amen . I Samuel Edgerley of Brentwood in the Province of New Hampshire in New England Husbandman ; being weak of Body * * *
Item I give Divise and Bequeath to my Beloved wife Abigail Edgerley the use and improvement of my place Buildings Stock and moveables in doors and out During her Natural Life. Item I Give Devise and bequeath to my Son Joseph Edgerly his Heirs and assigns forever, after the Decease of my wife Abigail aforesd all my Lands and Buildings and all the Stock that my wife Shall leave at her Decease as also all my out Door moveables, he paying the following Legacies to his Brothers and Sisters. Item I Give to my Son Samuel Edgerley the Sum of Ten Shillings Lawful Money to be paid by my Executor in three months after the Decease of my Wife aforesd. Item I Give to My Son John Edgerley Five Shillings to be paid by My Executer in Three Years after My Decease Item I Give to my Son Thomas Edgerley Five Shillings to be paid by my Executor in one Year after the Decease of my wife aforesd
Item I give to my Son Jonathan Edgerley Five Shillings to be paid by my Executar in two Years after the Decease of my wife afore said
Item I Give to my Son Benjamin Edgerley Five Shillings to be paid by my Executer in Two Years after the Decease of my wife Item I Give to my Son David Edgerley Five Shillings to be paid by my Executor in three Years after the Decease of my wife aforesd .
Item I Give to my Daughter Abigail Judkins Ten Shillings to be paid by my Executer in three Years after the Decease of my wife aforesd .
Item I Give to my Daughter Mary Kelley Ten Shillings to be paid by my Executor in Three Years after the Decease of my wife aforesd.
Item I Give to my Daughter Alike Kimbel Ten Shillings to be paid by my Executer in Three Years after ye Decease of my wife aforesd. Moreover my will is that all ye before mentioned Legacies be paid in Lawful money.
Finally I do hereby Constitute Ordain and appoint my Trusty Son Joseph Edgerley to be Sole Executer to this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills and Testaments by me Made Ratifying and Confirming this to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I Do here unto Set my hand and Seal this Nineteenth Day of July Anno Domini 1768 and in the Eighth Year of his Majestys Reign his Mark Samuel X Edgerley.
[Witnesses] Job Judkins, Eben Judkins, Nathanael Trask .
[Proved April 26, 1769 .]
[Inventory, July 6, 1769 ; amount, £56 . 3 . o ; signed by Samuel Dudley and Nicholas.
The following petition was signed by many of the men of the town Samuel Edgerley was one of the signers. This information gives a little insight into the live of Samuel.
Petition of Andrew Gilman and others about a meetinghouse, 1743.
To His Excellency Henning Wentworth Esq. Governour and Commander in Chief in and over His Majesties Province o f New Hampshire, and to the Hon''' 0 his Majesties Councill and Representatives In Generall Court assembled.
We the subscribers Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Northerly part of the Parish of Brintwood in the Province aforesaid Do Humbly Crave Leave of your Excellency and honours to Lay this our Humble Remonstrance of our Distressed Circumstances before your Excellency and honours as follows Viz :
Many of us Living four or five miles Distant from Exeter Meeting house have Attended the Publick Worship of God at that house for many years past with Great difficulty and our families Encreasing made it much more Difficult Especially in the Winter Spring & Fall of the year.
Wherefore about eight years ago we with several of the Southerly part of said Parish Erected a house for the Publick worship of God in the most suitable place as they thought, and we Now do think to carry on the Publick Worship in and accordingly at our own Charge have carry'd on the same in the winter, Spring and fall of the year ever since as we had for four years or thereabouts before Erecting said house carry'd on the Publick Worship in a Private house Standing near our Present Meeting house and about Last February was twelve month the Freeholders & Inhabitants of the Southerly part of Brintwood aforesaid Petitioned the Town of Exeter aforesaid to be set off as a Parish Contrary' to the will and Desire of most of us, and said Town of Exeter Granted their said Petition Not withstanding many of us Dissented there from . And their said Petition being granted they afterwards Apply 'd to your Excellency and honours for a Charter for said Parish which was Granted them Contrary to our Desire 'and Greatly to our hurt And we also having Earnestly Petitioned your Excellency & honours that we might he Permitted to Continue to Carry on the Publick worship of God in our said house and to be set off by such Boundaries as your Excellency & honours should think meet and be Exempted from all Charge towards the meeting house and ministry in the Southerly Part of said Parish &c as by our Petition Lying before your Excellency and Honours in your hone Court may appear which Petition the honb1e House of Representatives have seen meet to Dismiss.
And also your Excellency & honours having appointed a Committee of four Gentlemen two out of Each house to prefix the place where the meeting house ought to Stand-Three of said Gentlemen have been and made return, but is accounted voy'd by your Excellency & honours, For that the Committee Did not all joyn in their Returne and for which Reason our Petition was also Dismisst . wherefore our Case at Present seems very hard and Difficult we having been at such cost to Erect our said house and to Maintain Preaching in it hitherto, and the minister also who hath hitherto Preached to us being at our Earnest Desire willing to Continue with us in the Ministry. If your Excellency & honours will in your great wisdom take this our Remonstrance of our Difficult Circumstances in our Present meeting house not being Establish'd and our aforesaid Petition not being Granted and the great charges and Difficulties we hitherto have and Still do Labour under, under your Excellency and Honours wise consideration and be pleas'd to grant us Releif herein as in your great wisdom you shall see meet & As in Duty Bound we your Excellencies & honours Most Obedient, Humble Servants shall Ever Pray &c.
Dated at Brintwood June 27 th Anno Domini 1743 .
List of Rates, 1743.
The within is a List of the Rates of those that have Petitioned the Gen"' Court to Pole to a house in the Parish of Brintwood to settel a minister there by them selves. Whither they be able is to be Determined or whither Something Else is not Desired Which may Prove fatal. The Whole Sum money Raised in the Parish of Brintwood this year 1743 as it is sit Down in the Con& warrant £x87-8-10, Samuel Ederley amount 1-17-3.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Rejected or Suspended Pensions-1832,1836, 1838.
When researching our ancestors it seems to be important to know what he did and what he got, but it's just as importation to know what he didn’t get and why he didn’t get it. There were thousands of men and women who received a pension and there were thousands that didn’t received one. I now have a index that tells why there was no pension.
I will list only ten names from each state stated in this index as there are thousands of names, way to many to put here. If you didn’t find your ancestor here and you would like to know if they are in the index, write to me, with his name and state. Along with the title of this page for without the title I may not be able to help you. I will only look in the states that are stated on this list. My address can be found in my profile.
Rejected or Suspended Applications For Pension.
The following Men and women applied for a ( Revolutionary ) pension. The years of their applications were under the acts of 1832, 1836 and 1838, all were rejected or suspended because of the laws passed in that year. There was a resolution from Congress that passed on September 16, 1850, that askied for a accounting of all applications for a pension for the years stated above, this accounting was printed in 1852.
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State of Maine.
1. Charles Frost, Waterbrook, Cumberland, He did not serve six months.
2. Nathaniel Harding, Newsharon, Kennebec, He did not serve in a Military.
3. John Rose, Waterville, Kennebec, under age.
4. Hannah Norton, Limington, York, Husband died before the act.
5. Polly Shaw, Excter, Penobscot, Husband died before the act.
6. Samuel Patch, Shapleigh, York, He deserted.
7. Phineas Bean, Ellot, York, He did not serve six months in person.
8. Elijah Ayer, Wallington, Kent, N. B., He did not serve in a Military capacity.
9. Abraham Dodge, Sedgwick, Hancock, He deserted.
10. James Dean, Frankfort, Waldo, Privateer service.
State of New Hampshire.
1. Robert Babcock, Tufton burgh, Carroll, Not on the rolls from 1777-1779, married after 1800, no claim for the widow.
2. Benjamin Perry, Deceased, Pittsburg, Coos, suspended for further proof.
3. Benjamin Town, Hinsdale, Cheshire, suspended for certificate from the Secretary of State of pay, and service, and of identity by cotemporary soldiers.
4. Samuel Kimball, Lisbon, Grafton, Not on rolls, no proof of service either by claimant or his officers.
5. William Richardson, Londonderry, Rockingham, Suspended for further proof from Boston.
6. William Tucker, Andover, Merrimack, There is evidence that he received six pounds, State bounty, but not that he ever rendered any revolutionary service.
7. Mirlam Jackson, widow of David, Bath, Grafton, Suspended for proof of marriage and her husband’s identity with the soldiers from Newton, of the Massachusetts line.
8. Molly Lane, widow of Jonathan, Piermont, Grafton, Suspended for proof of the identity of claimant’s husband with the service credited to soldiers of the same names on the roll.
9. Mary Wingate, by Simon Chase guardian, Rochester, Strafford, In 1820, Wingate stated he had no family. Now there are two applicants. One named Mary, who is insane, and is represented by Simon Chase, of Rochester, guardian; While J. D. Chase applied as agent for Sarah Wingate, and widow of the same soldier.
10. Mary Moulton, widow of Daniel, Sandwich, Strafford, suspended for proof of marriage.
State of Vermont.
1. Robert Babcock, Dover, Windham, Patrol service, not regularly organized Corps.
2. John Ellis 2d., Weldon, Caledonia, Deserted.
3. James Flint, Barre, Washington, He did not serve six months.
4. Elias Lathrop, Waterbury, Washington, He did not serve six months, except in the team service.
5. Hampton Lovegrove, Fairfax, Franklin, Team service.
6. Elijah Nye, Montpelier, Washington, Teamster in the quartermasters department, December 26, 1833.
7. Elisha Baker, Charlotte, Chittenden, Suspended for proof of his commission as surgeon, and service rendered.
8. Seth Evans, Chittenden, Rutland, Name not on roll, but his Artillery service is sworn to by Brown, a witness who is on the rolls of the Massachusetts service.
9. Philip James, Brandon, Rutland, He has not established six months service.
10. Ebenezer Dyer, Sharon Windsor, Not military service.
State of Massachusetts.
1. William Allen, Chilmark, Dukes, He did not serve actually six months; he was merely ready to serve.
2. Joel Hathaway, Bane, Bristol, No proof of service. No service at that period designated.
3. Thomas Miller, Charlestown, Middlesex, He appears on the rolls of Massachusetts as a ensign, but there is no length of service stated on them. He also exhibits an ensign’s commission, but no evidence of any pay is apparent.
4. Elisha Parker, Ashfield, Franklin, He did not serve six months in any regularly organized Cops.
5. William Loveridge, Deerfield, Franklin, He did not serve six months.
6. Francis Mallet, Plymouth, Plymouth, Belonged to the French army.
7. Ell Bradley, Lee, Brookshire, Suspended for proof of the public authority of the Corps in which he alleges he served, as there dose not appear any record of such corps.
8. Norman Bacon, Watertown, Middlesex, Suspended for further specification and proof from the Massachusetts rolls.
9. Mehitable Chase, formerly widow of Jacob Rowe, Newburyport, Essex, He was a deserter.
10. Susannah Eaton, widow of Nathaniel, West Springfield, Hampden, Married in 1805, not within the act.
State of Rhode Island.
1. Mary Green, widow of Thomas, Charlestown, Washington, Soldier died before the passage of the act and was rejected December 1833, before widow’s law of 1836 & 1838, were passed.
2. Olney Potter, Glouscester, Providence, he held no commission as a surgeon or surgeon’s mate, did not belong to the army, never left his home.
3. Benjamin Smith, North Kingston, Washington, Under age previous to September 27, 1781, subsequently he did not serve six months.
4. Thomas Baxter, North Providence, Providence , Service not verified by the rolls, of the minute men, ( Except when in actual service), not under the act.
5. Elihu Fish, Providence city, Privateer service not allowed otherwise he did not serve six months.
6. Mehitable Sallsbury, widow of Charles, Gloucester, Providence, not a widow at the date of the act.
7. Anna Sims, Widow of Samuel, Westerly, Washington, Married after January 1, 1794.
8. Mary Towgood, widow of Jonathan, Foster, Providence, not a widow at the date of the act.
9. Sarah Eddy, widow of Oliver, Warren , Bristol, eight months service in 1775, and one month in 1778, admitted proof of marriage required, Levi Halle, November 9, 1836.
10. Martha Cornell, widow of Benjamin, Newport, period, length and grade of service and names of company and field officers.
State of Connecticut.
1. Josiah Buck, ( deceased ) children of, New Milfield, Litchfield, both parents died before the passage of the act.
2. Simeon Baxter, Tolland, Tolland, he did not serve six months.
3. Reuben Case, Simsbury, Hartford, He died the first month of service.
4. Samuel Cowles, Berlin, Hartford, he did not serve in a military capacity.
5. Job Ellsworth, East Windsor, Hartford, Team service.
6. Robert Smith, Bethany, New Haven, not on the rolls of Artificers as he claimed to have belonged.
7. Joseph Whiting, Hartford, Hartford, he did not serve six months in person.
8. Peter Appell, North Branford, New Haven, Privateer service.
9. Samuel Frothingham, Middletown, Middletown, claim for an increase disallowed, not entitled as an Artificer. He worked at his trade as a tailor for his mess, under enlistment.
10. Submit Cook, widow of Uriah, Barkhampstead, Litchfield, no proof of service, no specification, mere here say service in the militia.
State of New York.
1. Amos Bicknell, Stockholm, St. Lawrence, he was not of age to perform service.
2. Isaiah Booth, Nelson, Madison, was a Artificer, not a soldier.
3. Aaron Burt, Davenport, Delaware, not military service, he was a cook and a washer.
4. Thomas F. Collard, Walkill, Orange, he was too youthful for military service.
5. George Forrest, Unadilla, Orange, he did not serve in the revolutionary war.
6. Adam Garlough, Canajoharie, Montgomery, he was not in the service six months, except as a teamster.
7. John Grant, Milton, Saratoga, he did not serve except as a waiter and wagon-master.
8. Ebenezer Hatch, Mexlco, Oswego, he was only twelve years of age at the date of his alleged service.
9. William Hawks, Otselie, Venango, he was only ten and a half when he entered the service.
10. Jeremiah Clump alias Klumph, Fredonia, Chautauque, service as a express rider and teamster, not entitled.
State of New Jersey.
1. Ezra Drew, ----, Bergen, served as a blacksmith.
2. James Fawrot, Sandiston, Sussex, he was a wagon driver.
3. Richard Smith, Hanover, Morris, served in the French army.
4. Peter Allen, Saddle river, Bergen, not military service.
5. Zadock Crane, Bloomfield, Morris, A waiter in the body-guard of the commander-in-chief’s, but his name does not appear on the rolls of the staff in any grade.
6. Stephen Ford, Washington, Burlington, Mifilin, on board which it is alleged he served, was a privateer or a public armed vessel.
7. Gideon Lyon, Princeton, Mercer, Claims as Lieutenant under Connecticut authority, and served as a private in New Jersey. Proof is required from the records of both states.
8. Samuel Quick, Oxford, Warren, he was a deserter.
9. William Wilsey, Roxbury, Morris, Eight months two days service admitted, but nothing for services as a minute man.
10. Phoebe or Phebe Brown, widow of William, Elizabeth township, Essex, he was not entitled, her husband died in 1803, and was no soldier. The William Brown who performed the service was not this claimant’s husband.
State of Pennsylvania.
1. Frederick Nagle, South Withham, Lehigh, he enlisted with the enemy whilst a prisoner.
2.James Nicholas, York, York, Under age, no proof of service.
3. John Sell, Washington Township, Indiana, suspended for proof of further service, five months admitted.
4. Daniel Sickles Alias Ackerly, ----, Fayette, not on complete rolls of New Jersey Line, no proof of service as claimed.
5. Margaret Boss widow of Daniel, Allegheny Township, married after war.
6. Ann Pancoast, formerly widow of Alexander Plunket, Philadelphia city, a soldier of the regular army.
7. Mary Conly, widow of Nicholas, ----. Allegheny, married after January 1, 1791.
8. Catarine Musebert widow of John Christian, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, husband served in the French army.
9. James Power, Indiana township, suspended for proof of service. He is referred to the land office records at Annapolis, sixteen years delay in making his application.
10. Adam Luckanback, Allegheny township, direct proof of service required, and a more intelligible statement thereof.
State of Delaware.
Note. This will be all the names for this state.
1. Amos Pierce, Wilmington, New Castle, he did not serve six months.
2. William Woodcock, Wilmington, Newcastle, he did not serve six months.
3. Esther Ake widow of William, Baltimore Hundred, Sussex, proof of marriage.
4. Elizabeth Allen widow of Jacob, Newcastle, proof of marriage, papers withdrawn.
State of Maryland.
1. John Watkins, Baltimore county, he did not serve six months.
2. Abraham, White, Baltimore city, he served in the French army.
3. Peter Harrington, Dorchester, no proof or specification, minute-man’s service overrated.
4. Armistead Cully, Frostburgh, Allegheny, papers were mailed to an agent in 1836, and were never replaced.
5. Mary Caldwell, Baltimore city, soldier of the regular army.
6. Margaret Day widow of David, Baltimore, for proof of marriage and the date of her decease.
7. Alice Markland widow of Edward Darlington, Darlington, Hartford, as a Lieutenant on board the ( Dolphin), but the period and length of service is not stated.
8. Cecil Cole widow of Abraham, Baltimore, No claim. Her husband’s father was the soldier not her husband.
9.Sarah Moore widow of Nicholas Buxton Moore, Baltimore, Lieutenant in 1776, promoted to Captain in 1780, company mounted militia. The land office register certifies to the grade and two tours of service, but the length thereof is not given.
10. Susan Prigg widow of William, __, Hartford, claims an ensign in the Maryland militia. The register of the land office at Annapolis must be referred to for proof.
State of Virginia.
1. Henry Cato, Rockbridge, Claims service to General George Washington as a waiter, claim is not to be believed.
2. John Cole, Harrison, Did not serve six months.
3. John England, Richmond, Henrico, Served in a forge, not military service.
4. John Lock, Shenandoah, Served in the French army.
5. Henry Hendrich, Greenbriar, A frontier’s man, not officered, enlister, drafted nor paid.
6. Sampson Green, Bedford, A soldier of the French army.
7. Benjamin Johnston, Kanawha, Collecting beeves ( Beef ) for the army not considered as military service.
8. Joseph Hannah, ( deceased ), Greenbrair, Services at a neighborhood fort, not regularly embodied.
9. Thomas Harvey, Butterwood Creek, Charlotte, Service not military was a wagon driver.
10. Adam Ice, Morgantown, Monongalia, Frontier service, Indian war, driving pack horses.
State of North Carolina.
1. Alexander Caldwell, Haywood, Indian service, west of the Blue ridge, and transporting corn.
2. Lemuel Lee, Johnson, Collecting and driving cattle and hogs, packing and salting beef and pork, and driving wagon for the transportation of provisions, clothing &c., not military service.
4. Fowler Jones, Granville, Two tours of three months each, one tour in catching fish.
5. Robert Huggins, Iredell, manufacturing boxes not military service.
6. George Pettit, Surry, transporting Lead not military service.
7. Charles Parrish, Wayne, Did not serve six months.
8. John Wright Sr., Stokes, Wagon service in the Pennsylvania militia.
9. Simon Bright, ( deceased ), Chatham, This case was admitted, and he died in 1816. The doubt is, that the present claimant is not his widow.
10. Jonathan Gooding, Carteret, He must rebut the impression that he was the Jonathan Gooding of Colonel Putman’s regiment of 1778, who was a deserter.
State of South Carolina.
1. James Ayres, Fall’s P. O. Pickens, Alleges eighteen months service in the Virginia continental line, period, length, grade, stations, marches and names of company and officer required.
2. Daniel Beam, Abbeville, Alleges eighteen months continuous service in the years of 1780 and 1781, under Captain Lewis Hoggs. Lewis Hoggs served as a private as late as 1782, and was never was a Captain of infantry or cavalry. Claimant must amend his statement.
3. Matthias Elmore, Newbury, He was a driver of a baggage wagon.
4. Joseph Edwards, Greenville, Wagon service in the militia.
5. James Hairston, Laurens court house, Laurens, He did not serve in any regularly organized corps.
6. Hugh Matthews, Sumter, Express rider and wagon.
7. James Stewart, Marlborough, No proof of service, rolls of the ships crew of the ranger silent.
8. Rebecca Jones widow of Richard, Edgefield, Proof of marriage not satisfactory.
9. Mary Cox, widow of Solomon, Edgefield, Not a widow at the date of the act.
10. Tabitha Dean widow of Joshua, Edgefield, For Proof of identity that he was the soldier of the Virginia line, of the same name.
State of Georgia.
1. John Allgood, Monroe, Walton, Did not serve six momths in person.
2. Drewry Green, Gwinnett, Was a deserter.
3. John Edge, Halcyondale, Bullock, There are rolls of the years men of 1781, at Raleigh, and if he was one his name must be there.
4. Jacob Holman, Richmond, Claims six years service, and he is referred to the South Carolina records or proof.
5. George Wayne, Henry, Says his name was entered on the rolls as George Williams.
6. Elizabeth Carr, deceased widow of William, heirs of, Gainesville, Husband died in 1835, widow died 1n 1839, no claim.
7. John Williams, Forsyth, No such service, not on the rolls, not under proper authority.
8. Christian Snider, Henry, For further proof.
9. John Stevenson, Murray, Working at his original trade as a blacksmith, while in the army, not considered military.
10. Archibald Odorn, Pulaski, He was a deserter.
State of Alabama.
1. Abraham Aitchley, Jackson, He did not serve six months in the revolutionary war.
2. Thomas Fulton, -------------, He did not serve by order of competent authority, ( Papers withdrawn.)
3. William Kenny, Morgan, Under age.
4. Jacob Miller, Lauderdale, Served after the revolution.
5. Abner Vanghan, Jackson, Wagon service and express rider.
6. William Brackan, Marengo, For further proof of service.
7. William Colly, Tallapoosa, He enlisted for the war, but it does not appear that he fulfilled his term of service.
8. John McDaniel, Jefferson, The rolls being silent, proof of service by two witnesses required.
9. William Ryan, deceased, Morgan, The widow should apply, or if no widow, the children. Not over $20., per annum for six months service can be allowed
In this case up to the death of Mr. Ryan ( February 8, 1836 ), Hor. R. Chapman.
10. James Wilson, Sumter, Militia service from June 1780 to October 1782, Could not have been continuous, and he must specify each tour however short, dates, duration, officers, stations, and grade.
State of Mississippi.
1. Thomas Bateman, Greene, Did not sever six months.
2. Mary Washington widow of Richard, Amite, Married after the limit of the law of 1798.
3. Susannah Taber, Widow Winston, Proof of marriage.
4. Jane Kelly, widow of Jacob, Jasper, For further proof of service, period, length, grade, locality, and names of company, and field officers.
5. Wilson Rogers, Jasinto, Tishcmingo, For further proof from North Carolina records.
6. Arthur Allen, Wayne, No proof of service from circular sent December 28, 1837.
7. Solomon Fudge, Tallahatehic, For proof from South Carolina records.
8. Joel Hawey, Westville, Simpson, For specification of each tour of militia service.
9. John Briggs, Westville Simpson, No revolutionary service.
10. Cato Briggs, Jefferson, Privateer service excepting three months.
State of Louisiana.
Note. This is all the names for this state.
1. James P. Collins, East Feliciana, third district., Six months service only allowed, he has not specified his minute-man’s service.
2. Jacob Phillis, St. Helena, He did not serve in any regularly organized corps.
3. John Ferguson, Monroe, Wachita, Did not serve six months.
4. John Dollarhide, Manny, Sabine, Proof of service from the Raleigh records.
5. Jeremiah Crisham, Monroe, Wachita, For further proof and specification and papers enclosed to S. W. Madox Monroe.
6. William Iles, Greenwood, Caddo, For proof of service.
7. Stephen Lynch, Rapides, For proof of his commission as an officer of the Pennsylvania line.
8. Abraham Riggs, Franklin St. Mary’s, For further proof and specification.
9. Jesse Swinney, Clinton, East Feliciana, For proof by two witnesses, who must specify date, duration, grade, locality, and officers.
10. Drewy Thompson, Claiborne, No military service in this case.
11. Jesse Yocum, Natchitoches, For further Proof.
12. William Zachary, Montpelier, St. Helena, For proof of service and grade from the South Carolina records.
State of Ohio.
1. John Agard, Portage, Did not serve six months.
2. Francis Benty, Painesville, Geauge, Served with the French army.
3. Morgan Ford, Clermont, Did not serve six months.
4. Samuel Doud, Howland, Trumbull, Deserter.
5. John Hites, Hardy, Logan, Belonged to the French army.
6. Isaac Hitchcock, Perry, Privateer service.
7. John Frey, Mount Pleasant, He did not serve in the revolution.
8. Richard Norris, Georgetown, Brown, Indian wars. Frontier service not under military organization.
9. John Owens, Colerain, Ross, No such service, no such officers.
10. Thomas Sprott, Clear Creek, Richland, Indian wars after the revolution.
State of Kentucky.
1. Hellen Bohannon, Shelby, Not military service and service by substitute.
2. Robert Gill, Russellville, Logan, Service not six months except in a war against the Tories.
3. John Johnson, Clark, A teamster in the French army.
4. David March, Wayne, His service was against the Indians.
5. Henry Oler, ( Late of Darke county Ohio), Served in the Indian wars.
6. Joseph West, Wayne, Indian wars, and frontier defense.
7. George Yocum, Montgomery, Under age.
8. John Bartle, Campbell, Claim for service as a captain in the New York line or militia, proof not complete.
9. Jonathan Jewell, Brown, Claim considered doubtful, his statement does not agree with the facts.
10. John Young, Greenup, The name is twice found on the Virginia rolls but the evidence is not complete to identify claimant as one of them.
State of Tennessee.
1. Alman Willis, Alexander, Cannon, Only three months and twelve days services.
2. James Bond, Franklin, Williamson, Desertion.
3. Solomon Bennett, Huntingdon, Carroll, , Desertion
4. Carter Barnett, Kingston, Roane, Private service.
5. Joseph Grammar, Kingston, Roane, Belonged to the French army.
6. Joseph Hagar, Nasville, Davidson, Belonged to the French army.
7. Henry Livingston, Livingston, Overton, No military service driving pack horses.
8. Jarrett Lloyd, Lebanon, Wilson, Not military service, a wagoner.
9. George Humphreys, Jonesboro, Washington, Service Indian wars in 1795, and 1798, no claim.
10. John Mitchell, Dickson, Militia service of Pennsylvania overrated.
State of Indiana.
1. John Booth, Madison, Jefferson, Under age born 1775.
2. Benjamin Bell, Bowling Green, Clay, Claims as a Indian spy on the Pennsylvania frontiers but no proof.
3. David Davis, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, He did not service six months in the revolution.
4. John Hall, Franklin, Johnson, Not on the rolls no proof of service.
5. Daniel Farber, Jay court house, For further proof.
6. Susanna K. Alexander widow of John, Boonville, Warwick, Married after service.
7. Mary Frederick widow of Sebastian, Madison, Pike, Not six months service.
8. Elizabeth Richardson, Boonville, Warwick, Married after service.
9. John Adams, Rome, Perry, For further proof.
10. Michel Willhelm, Connersville, Fayette, Privateer service.
State of Illinois.
1. David Baldwin, Carthage, Hancock, He did not serve six months.
2. Samuel Conner, Quincy, Adams, For further proof.
3. Charles Donoway, Shawneetown, Gallation, Not on rolls, no proof of service.
4. Joseph Olmstead, Piylsfield, Pike, Died before the passage of the act of ( 1832.)
5. Joel Dewey, Gilead, Calhoun, Service 1795.
6. John Green Sr., Jacksonville, Morgan, Service 1794.
7. John Ellsworth, Kaskasia, Randolph, Desertion.
8. Martha Burt, Rushville, Schuyler, Husband died before April 20, 1820, and was a regular soldier of the army.
9. Elizabeth Jenkins, Pike, Proof of marriage.
10. Elizabeth Goodner, ( Deceased ), Nashville, Washington, Not a widow at the date of the act, died before August 28, 1842.
State of Missouri.
1. George Gebhart, Perryville Court House, Service was under General Wayne in 1794.
2. Joseph Morgan, Platte City Court House, A solider in the French army.
3. Joel Dewy, ( Gillead Calhoun Co., Illinois ), St. Louis, Indian service after the revolution.
4. William Trowal, Columbia, Boone, Desertion.
5. Richard Leatherman, Under age, not on the rolls of the line, no proof of service.
6. Judy Alman, Widow of Thomas, Dallas, For proof of service from North Carolina records, and proof of marriage.
7. Caty Booth widow of James, Pike, Some mistake. The James Booth fore whose service this claim it appears to be alive and receiving a pension.
8. John Abernethie, Jackson, Cape Girardean, Direct Proof of service as commissary required.
9. Joseph Bell, New London, Ralls, For further proof and specification.
10. Joseph Henderson, Harrisonville, Not six months service.
State of Arkansas.
1. Edmund Crane, Benton, Desertion.
2. Charles Cocke, Clark, Not under military authority.
3. George Coughran, Sevier, Not six months service.
4. Uz. Finley, Fayetteville, Washington, Not six months service.
5. Philip Graves, Hempstead, Not six months service.
6. William Brown, Washington, Hempstead, For further proof and explanation.
7. Henry Francis, Johnson, For further proof from South Carolina records.
8. John Wilson, Washington, For proof of identity and reason for not applying under the act of 1818.
9. Nancy McCullock widow of John, Dallas, For further proof service, marriage and identity.
10. Hannah Scott ( dec’d ) widow of William, Philips, , For further proof service.
State of Michigan.
1. Jonathan Willard, Adrian, Lenawee, Service too youthful and age for military for military service.
2. Benjamin Burbank, Oakland, For proof of service from the Massachusetts rolls.
3. Elizabeth Beard, Shiawassee, Married after service.
4. Claudius Britton, Pitt township, Washtenaw, Not six months servive.
5. Sylvanns Blackman, Napoleon, Jackson, Only three and a half months service.
6. John Flinn, St. Cair or Calr Court House, Desertion.
7. Christopher Knowlton, Oakland, Not six months service.
8. David McGee, Napoleon, Jackson, Not six months service.
9.Ellas Cady, Genesee, For further proof of service.
10. Catherine Alward Widow of Samuel, Washington, Period, length and grade of service and names of company and field officers.
State of Florida.
Note. This is all the names for this state.
1. Ralph Bozeman, Tallahassee, Leon, For proof from the records at Columbia South Carolina.
2. Alexander Carey, Alaqua, Walton, For proof of service.
3. Morton Gray,-------, -------, For proof of service.
4. William Goff, Jefferson, For further proof and specifications.
5. William Hudgins, Almiranto, Walton, further proof and specifications.
6. Daniel Campbell, Almiranto, Walton, Not six months service.
7. John Daniel Sr., Gadsden, Not six months service.
8. Hudson Hall, Marian, Jackson, Not six months service.
9. Littleberry Walker, Columbia, Service after the revolution.
10. Elizabeth S. Ridgely widow of Thomas, Duval, For further proof.
11. Ann Anderson widow of David, Leon, Proof not Satisfactory.
12. Samuel Sanls or Sauls, ( deceased ), Nassan, Proof of marriage date of the deceased parents and names of children.
13. Esther Lowther widow of Bourbon L., Duval, A soldier in the regular army. Died after leaving service, and not of wounds.
State of Texas.
Note. This is all the name for this state.
1. Joseph De So Baume, Box or San de Filip de Austin, Not six months service.
2. Theophilus Hickman, Jasper, Sadine, Not six month service.
3. Charles Polk, San Augustin, Not six month service.
4. William Sparks, Nagodoches, Not six month service.
State of Iowa.
Note. This is all the names for this state.
1. Fielding Figgins, Washington, Service after the revolution.
2. Roger Bailey alias David Clark, Clinton, No satisfactory proof of service.
3. Amos Glover, Van Buren, No satisfactory proof of service.
4. Keziah Perkins, widow of George, Harrison township, Lee, Not a widow at the date of the act of 1838.
State of Wisconsin.
Note. This is all the names for this state.
1. Jacob H. Walrath, Raymond, Racine, Not six months servive.
2. Lydia Harrison, widow of Joel, Heart Prairie, Walworth, For proof of marriage and service.
State of the District of Colombia.
Note. This will be all the names for this state.
1. Richard Elliott, Washington City, Papers withdrawn to present to Congress.
2. George Frank, Alexandria, Only four months service.
3. Michael Mahoney, Washington, He abandoned the service of the United States during the war.
4. Christopher Neal, Alexandria, Desertion.
5. William Hall, Washington City, No formed declaration to the department. His claim was addressed to Congress, but was not allowed.
6. Elizabeth Mattingly, Georgetown, Washington, The agent says these papers are forged.
7. Mary Harper, Alexandria, For proof of identity with the solider of the line as shown by auditor general’s certificate of Pennsylvania.
I will list only ten names from each state stated in this index as there are thousands of names, way to many to put here. If you didn’t find your ancestor here and you would like to know if they are in the index, write to me, with his name and state. Along with the title of this page for without the title I may not be able to help you. I will only look in the states that are stated on this list. My address can be found in my profile.
Rejected or Suspended Applications For Pension.
The following Men and women applied for a ( Revolutionary ) pension. The years of their applications were under the acts of 1832, 1836 and 1838, all were rejected or suspended because of the laws passed in that year. There was a resolution from Congress that passed on September 16, 1850, that askied for a accounting of all applications for a pension for the years stated above, this accounting was printed in 1852.
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State of Maine.
1. Charles Frost, Waterbrook, Cumberland, He did not serve six months.
2. Nathaniel Harding, Newsharon, Kennebec, He did not serve in a Military.
3. John Rose, Waterville, Kennebec, under age.
4. Hannah Norton, Limington, York, Husband died before the act.
5. Polly Shaw, Excter, Penobscot, Husband died before the act.
6. Samuel Patch, Shapleigh, York, He deserted.
7. Phineas Bean, Ellot, York, He did not serve six months in person.
8. Elijah Ayer, Wallington, Kent, N. B., He did not serve in a Military capacity.
9. Abraham Dodge, Sedgwick, Hancock, He deserted.
10. James Dean, Frankfort, Waldo, Privateer service.
State of New Hampshire.
1. Robert Babcock, Tufton burgh, Carroll, Not on the rolls from 1777-1779, married after 1800, no claim for the widow.
2. Benjamin Perry, Deceased, Pittsburg, Coos, suspended for further proof.
3. Benjamin Town, Hinsdale, Cheshire, suspended for certificate from the Secretary of State of pay, and service, and of identity by cotemporary soldiers.
4. Samuel Kimball, Lisbon, Grafton, Not on rolls, no proof of service either by claimant or his officers.
5. William Richardson, Londonderry, Rockingham, Suspended for further proof from Boston.
6. William Tucker, Andover, Merrimack, There is evidence that he received six pounds, State bounty, but not that he ever rendered any revolutionary service.
7. Mirlam Jackson, widow of David, Bath, Grafton, Suspended for proof of marriage and her husband’s identity with the soldiers from Newton, of the Massachusetts line.
8. Molly Lane, widow of Jonathan, Piermont, Grafton, Suspended for proof of the identity of claimant’s husband with the service credited to soldiers of the same names on the roll.
9. Mary Wingate, by Simon Chase guardian, Rochester, Strafford, In 1820, Wingate stated he had no family. Now there are two applicants. One named Mary, who is insane, and is represented by Simon Chase, of Rochester, guardian; While J. D. Chase applied as agent for Sarah Wingate, and widow of the same soldier.
10. Mary Moulton, widow of Daniel, Sandwich, Strafford, suspended for proof of marriage.
State of Vermont.
1. Robert Babcock, Dover, Windham, Patrol service, not regularly organized Corps.
2. John Ellis 2d., Weldon, Caledonia, Deserted.
3. James Flint, Barre, Washington, He did not serve six months.
4. Elias Lathrop, Waterbury, Washington, He did not serve six months, except in the team service.
5. Hampton Lovegrove, Fairfax, Franklin, Team service.
6. Elijah Nye, Montpelier, Washington, Teamster in the quartermasters department, December 26, 1833.
7. Elisha Baker, Charlotte, Chittenden, Suspended for proof of his commission as surgeon, and service rendered.
8. Seth Evans, Chittenden, Rutland, Name not on roll, but his Artillery service is sworn to by Brown, a witness who is on the rolls of the Massachusetts service.
9. Philip James, Brandon, Rutland, He has not established six months service.
10. Ebenezer Dyer, Sharon Windsor, Not military service.
State of Massachusetts.
1. William Allen, Chilmark, Dukes, He did not serve actually six months; he was merely ready to serve.
2. Joel Hathaway, Bane, Bristol, No proof of service. No service at that period designated.
3. Thomas Miller, Charlestown, Middlesex, He appears on the rolls of Massachusetts as a ensign, but there is no length of service stated on them. He also exhibits an ensign’s commission, but no evidence of any pay is apparent.
4. Elisha Parker, Ashfield, Franklin, He did not serve six months in any regularly organized Cops.
5. William Loveridge, Deerfield, Franklin, He did not serve six months.
6. Francis Mallet, Plymouth, Plymouth, Belonged to the French army.
7. Ell Bradley, Lee, Brookshire, Suspended for proof of the public authority of the Corps in which he alleges he served, as there dose not appear any record of such corps.
8. Norman Bacon, Watertown, Middlesex, Suspended for further specification and proof from the Massachusetts rolls.
9. Mehitable Chase, formerly widow of Jacob Rowe, Newburyport, Essex, He was a deserter.
10. Susannah Eaton, widow of Nathaniel, West Springfield, Hampden, Married in 1805, not within the act.
State of Rhode Island.
1. Mary Green, widow of Thomas, Charlestown, Washington, Soldier died before the passage of the act and was rejected December 1833, before widow’s law of 1836 & 1838, were passed.
2. Olney Potter, Glouscester, Providence, he held no commission as a surgeon or surgeon’s mate, did not belong to the army, never left his home.
3. Benjamin Smith, North Kingston, Washington, Under age previous to September 27, 1781, subsequently he did not serve six months.
4. Thomas Baxter, North Providence, Providence , Service not verified by the rolls, of the minute men, ( Except when in actual service), not under the act.
5. Elihu Fish, Providence city, Privateer service not allowed otherwise he did not serve six months.
6. Mehitable Sallsbury, widow of Charles, Gloucester, Providence, not a widow at the date of the act.
7. Anna Sims, Widow of Samuel, Westerly, Washington, Married after January 1, 1794.
8. Mary Towgood, widow of Jonathan, Foster, Providence, not a widow at the date of the act.
9. Sarah Eddy, widow of Oliver, Warren , Bristol, eight months service in 1775, and one month in 1778, admitted proof of marriage required, Levi Halle, November 9, 1836.
10. Martha Cornell, widow of Benjamin, Newport, period, length and grade of service and names of company and field officers.
State of Connecticut.
1. Josiah Buck, ( deceased ) children of, New Milfield, Litchfield, both parents died before the passage of the act.
2. Simeon Baxter, Tolland, Tolland, he did not serve six months.
3. Reuben Case, Simsbury, Hartford, He died the first month of service.
4. Samuel Cowles, Berlin, Hartford, he did not serve in a military capacity.
5. Job Ellsworth, East Windsor, Hartford, Team service.
6. Robert Smith, Bethany, New Haven, not on the rolls of Artificers as he claimed to have belonged.
7. Joseph Whiting, Hartford, Hartford, he did not serve six months in person.
8. Peter Appell, North Branford, New Haven, Privateer service.
9. Samuel Frothingham, Middletown, Middletown, claim for an increase disallowed, not entitled as an Artificer. He worked at his trade as a tailor for his mess, under enlistment.
10. Submit Cook, widow of Uriah, Barkhampstead, Litchfield, no proof of service, no specification, mere here say service in the militia.
State of New York.
1. Amos Bicknell, Stockholm, St. Lawrence, he was not of age to perform service.
2. Isaiah Booth, Nelson, Madison, was a Artificer, not a soldier.
3. Aaron Burt, Davenport, Delaware, not military service, he was a cook and a washer.
4. Thomas F. Collard, Walkill, Orange, he was too youthful for military service.
5. George Forrest, Unadilla, Orange, he did not serve in the revolutionary war.
6. Adam Garlough, Canajoharie, Montgomery, he was not in the service six months, except as a teamster.
7. John Grant, Milton, Saratoga, he did not serve except as a waiter and wagon-master.
8. Ebenezer Hatch, Mexlco, Oswego, he was only twelve years of age at the date of his alleged service.
9. William Hawks, Otselie, Venango, he was only ten and a half when he entered the service.
10. Jeremiah Clump alias Klumph, Fredonia, Chautauque, service as a express rider and teamster, not entitled.
State of New Jersey.
1. Ezra Drew, ----, Bergen, served as a blacksmith.
2. James Fawrot, Sandiston, Sussex, he was a wagon driver.
3. Richard Smith, Hanover, Morris, served in the French army.
4. Peter Allen, Saddle river, Bergen, not military service.
5. Zadock Crane, Bloomfield, Morris, A waiter in the body-guard of the commander-in-chief’s, but his name does not appear on the rolls of the staff in any grade.
6. Stephen Ford, Washington, Burlington, Mifilin, on board which it is alleged he served, was a privateer or a public armed vessel.
7. Gideon Lyon, Princeton, Mercer, Claims as Lieutenant under Connecticut authority, and served as a private in New Jersey. Proof is required from the records of both states.
8. Samuel Quick, Oxford, Warren, he was a deserter.
9. William Wilsey, Roxbury, Morris, Eight months two days service admitted, but nothing for services as a minute man.
10. Phoebe or Phebe Brown, widow of William, Elizabeth township, Essex, he was not entitled, her husband died in 1803, and was no soldier. The William Brown who performed the service was not this claimant’s husband.
State of Pennsylvania.
1. Frederick Nagle, South Withham, Lehigh, he enlisted with the enemy whilst a prisoner.
2.James Nicholas, York, York, Under age, no proof of service.
3. John Sell, Washington Township, Indiana, suspended for proof of further service, five months admitted.
4. Daniel Sickles Alias Ackerly, ----, Fayette, not on complete rolls of New Jersey Line, no proof of service as claimed.
5. Margaret Boss widow of Daniel, Allegheny Township, married after war.
6. Ann Pancoast, formerly widow of Alexander Plunket, Philadelphia city, a soldier of the regular army.
7. Mary Conly, widow of Nicholas, ----. Allegheny, married after January 1, 1791.
8. Catarine Musebert widow of John Christian, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, husband served in the French army.
9. James Power, Indiana township, suspended for proof of service. He is referred to the land office records at Annapolis, sixteen years delay in making his application.
10. Adam Luckanback, Allegheny township, direct proof of service required, and a more intelligible statement thereof.
State of Delaware.
Note. This will be all the names for this state.
1. Amos Pierce, Wilmington, New Castle, he did not serve six months.
2. William Woodcock, Wilmington, Newcastle, he did not serve six months.
3. Esther Ake widow of William, Baltimore Hundred, Sussex, proof of marriage.
4. Elizabeth Allen widow of Jacob, Newcastle, proof of marriage, papers withdrawn.
State of Maryland.
1. John Watkins, Baltimore county, he did not serve six months.
2. Abraham, White, Baltimore city, he served in the French army.
3. Peter Harrington, Dorchester, no proof or specification, minute-man’s service overrated.
4. Armistead Cully, Frostburgh, Allegheny, papers were mailed to an agent in 1836, and were never replaced.
5. Mary Caldwell, Baltimore city, soldier of the regular army.
6. Margaret Day widow of David, Baltimore, for proof of marriage and the date of her decease.
7. Alice Markland widow of Edward Darlington, Darlington, Hartford, as a Lieutenant on board the ( Dolphin), but the period and length of service is not stated.
8. Cecil Cole widow of Abraham, Baltimore, No claim. Her husband’s father was the soldier not her husband.
9.Sarah Moore widow of Nicholas Buxton Moore, Baltimore, Lieutenant in 1776, promoted to Captain in 1780, company mounted militia. The land office register certifies to the grade and two tours of service, but the length thereof is not given.
10. Susan Prigg widow of William, __, Hartford, claims an ensign in the Maryland militia. The register of the land office at Annapolis must be referred to for proof.
State of Virginia.
1. Henry Cato, Rockbridge, Claims service to General George Washington as a waiter, claim is not to be believed.
2. John Cole, Harrison, Did not serve six months.
3. John England, Richmond, Henrico, Served in a forge, not military service.
4. John Lock, Shenandoah, Served in the French army.
5. Henry Hendrich, Greenbriar, A frontier’s man, not officered, enlister, drafted nor paid.
6. Sampson Green, Bedford, A soldier of the French army.
7. Benjamin Johnston, Kanawha, Collecting beeves ( Beef ) for the army not considered as military service.
8. Joseph Hannah, ( deceased ), Greenbrair, Services at a neighborhood fort, not regularly embodied.
9. Thomas Harvey, Butterwood Creek, Charlotte, Service not military was a wagon driver.
10. Adam Ice, Morgantown, Monongalia, Frontier service, Indian war, driving pack horses.
State of North Carolina.
1. Alexander Caldwell, Haywood, Indian service, west of the Blue ridge, and transporting corn.
2. Lemuel Lee, Johnson, Collecting and driving cattle and hogs, packing and salting beef and pork, and driving wagon for the transportation of provisions, clothing &c., not military service.
4. Fowler Jones, Granville, Two tours of three months each, one tour in catching fish.
5. Robert Huggins, Iredell, manufacturing boxes not military service.
6. George Pettit, Surry, transporting Lead not military service.
7. Charles Parrish, Wayne, Did not serve six months.
8. John Wright Sr., Stokes, Wagon service in the Pennsylvania militia.
9. Simon Bright, ( deceased ), Chatham, This case was admitted, and he died in 1816. The doubt is, that the present claimant is not his widow.
10. Jonathan Gooding, Carteret, He must rebut the impression that he was the Jonathan Gooding of Colonel Putman’s regiment of 1778, who was a deserter.
State of South Carolina.
1. James Ayres, Fall’s P. O. Pickens, Alleges eighteen months service in the Virginia continental line, period, length, grade, stations, marches and names of company and officer required.
2. Daniel Beam, Abbeville, Alleges eighteen months continuous service in the years of 1780 and 1781, under Captain Lewis Hoggs. Lewis Hoggs served as a private as late as 1782, and was never was a Captain of infantry or cavalry. Claimant must amend his statement.
3. Matthias Elmore, Newbury, He was a driver of a baggage wagon.
4. Joseph Edwards, Greenville, Wagon service in the militia.
5. James Hairston, Laurens court house, Laurens, He did not serve in any regularly organized corps.
6. Hugh Matthews, Sumter, Express rider and wagon.
7. James Stewart, Marlborough, No proof of service, rolls of the ships crew of the ranger silent.
8. Rebecca Jones widow of Richard, Edgefield, Proof of marriage not satisfactory.
9. Mary Cox, widow of Solomon, Edgefield, Not a widow at the date of the act.
10. Tabitha Dean widow of Joshua, Edgefield, For Proof of identity that he was the soldier of the Virginia line, of the same name.
State of Georgia.
1. John Allgood, Monroe, Walton, Did not serve six momths in person.
2. Drewry Green, Gwinnett, Was a deserter.
3. John Edge, Halcyondale, Bullock, There are rolls of the years men of 1781, at Raleigh, and if he was one his name must be there.
4. Jacob Holman, Richmond, Claims six years service, and he is referred to the South Carolina records or proof.
5. George Wayne, Henry, Says his name was entered on the rolls as George Williams.
6. Elizabeth Carr, deceased widow of William, heirs of, Gainesville, Husband died in 1835, widow died 1n 1839, no claim.
7. John Williams, Forsyth, No such service, not on the rolls, not under proper authority.
8. Christian Snider, Henry, For further proof.
9. John Stevenson, Murray, Working at his original trade as a blacksmith, while in the army, not considered military.
10. Archibald Odorn, Pulaski, He was a deserter.
State of Alabama.
1. Abraham Aitchley, Jackson, He did not serve six months in the revolutionary war.
2. Thomas Fulton, -------------, He did not serve by order of competent authority, ( Papers withdrawn.)
3. William Kenny, Morgan, Under age.
4. Jacob Miller, Lauderdale, Served after the revolution.
5. Abner Vanghan, Jackson, Wagon service and express rider.
6. William Brackan, Marengo, For further proof of service.
7. William Colly, Tallapoosa, He enlisted for the war, but it does not appear that he fulfilled his term of service.
8. John McDaniel, Jefferson, The rolls being silent, proof of service by two witnesses required.
9. William Ryan, deceased, Morgan, The widow should apply, or if no widow, the children. Not over $20., per annum for six months service can be allowed
In this case up to the death of Mr. Ryan ( February 8, 1836 ), Hor. R. Chapman.
10. James Wilson, Sumter, Militia service from June 1780 to October 1782, Could not have been continuous, and he must specify each tour however short, dates, duration, officers, stations, and grade.
State of Mississippi.
1. Thomas Bateman, Greene, Did not sever six months.
2. Mary Washington widow of Richard, Amite, Married after the limit of the law of 1798.
3. Susannah Taber, Widow Winston, Proof of marriage.
4. Jane Kelly, widow of Jacob, Jasper, For further proof of service, period, length, grade, locality, and names of company, and field officers.
5. Wilson Rogers, Jasinto, Tishcmingo, For further proof from North Carolina records.
6. Arthur Allen, Wayne, No proof of service from circular sent December 28, 1837.
7. Solomon Fudge, Tallahatehic, For proof from South Carolina records.
8. Joel Hawey, Westville, Simpson, For specification of each tour of militia service.
9. John Briggs, Westville Simpson, No revolutionary service.
10. Cato Briggs, Jefferson, Privateer service excepting three months.
State of Louisiana.
Note. This is all the names for this state.
1. James P. Collins, East Feliciana, third district., Six months service only allowed, he has not specified his minute-man’s service.
2. Jacob Phillis, St. Helena, He did not serve in any regularly organized corps.
3. John Ferguson, Monroe, Wachita, Did not serve six months.
4. John Dollarhide, Manny, Sabine, Proof of service from the Raleigh records.
5. Jeremiah Crisham, Monroe, Wachita, For further proof and specification and papers enclosed to S. W. Madox Monroe.
6. William Iles, Greenwood, Caddo, For proof of service.
7. Stephen Lynch, Rapides, For proof of his commission as an officer of the Pennsylvania line.
8. Abraham Riggs, Franklin St. Mary’s, For further proof and specification.
9. Jesse Swinney, Clinton, East Feliciana, For proof by two witnesses, who must specify date, duration, grade, locality, and officers.
10. Drewy Thompson, Claiborne, No military service in this case.
11. Jesse Yocum, Natchitoches, For further Proof.
12. William Zachary, Montpelier, St. Helena, For proof of service and grade from the South Carolina records.
State of Ohio.
1. John Agard, Portage, Did not serve six months.
2. Francis Benty, Painesville, Geauge, Served with the French army.
3. Morgan Ford, Clermont, Did not serve six months.
4. Samuel Doud, Howland, Trumbull, Deserter.
5. John Hites, Hardy, Logan, Belonged to the French army.
6. Isaac Hitchcock, Perry, Privateer service.
7. John Frey, Mount Pleasant, He did not serve in the revolution.
8. Richard Norris, Georgetown, Brown, Indian wars. Frontier service not under military organization.
9. John Owens, Colerain, Ross, No such service, no such officers.
10. Thomas Sprott, Clear Creek, Richland, Indian wars after the revolution.
State of Kentucky.
1. Hellen Bohannon, Shelby, Not military service and service by substitute.
2. Robert Gill, Russellville, Logan, Service not six months except in a war against the Tories.
3. John Johnson, Clark, A teamster in the French army.
4. David March, Wayne, His service was against the Indians.
5. Henry Oler, ( Late of Darke county Ohio), Served in the Indian wars.
6. Joseph West, Wayne, Indian wars, and frontier defense.
7. George Yocum, Montgomery, Under age.
8. John Bartle, Campbell, Claim for service as a captain in the New York line or militia, proof not complete.
9. Jonathan Jewell, Brown, Claim considered doubtful, his statement does not agree with the facts.
10. John Young, Greenup, The name is twice found on the Virginia rolls but the evidence is not complete to identify claimant as one of them.
State of Tennessee.
1. Alman Willis, Alexander, Cannon, Only three months and twelve days services.
2. James Bond, Franklin, Williamson, Desertion.
3. Solomon Bennett, Huntingdon, Carroll, , Desertion
4. Carter Barnett, Kingston, Roane, Private service.
5. Joseph Grammar, Kingston, Roane, Belonged to the French army.
6. Joseph Hagar, Nasville, Davidson, Belonged to the French army.
7. Henry Livingston, Livingston, Overton, No military service driving pack horses.
8. Jarrett Lloyd, Lebanon, Wilson, Not military service, a wagoner.
9. George Humphreys, Jonesboro, Washington, Service Indian wars in 1795, and 1798, no claim.
10. John Mitchell, Dickson, Militia service of Pennsylvania overrated.
State of Indiana.
1. John Booth, Madison, Jefferson, Under age born 1775.
2. Benjamin Bell, Bowling Green, Clay, Claims as a Indian spy on the Pennsylvania frontiers but no proof.
3. David Davis, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, He did not service six months in the revolution.
4. John Hall, Franklin, Johnson, Not on the rolls no proof of service.
5. Daniel Farber, Jay court house, For further proof.
6. Susanna K. Alexander widow of John, Boonville, Warwick, Married after service.
7. Mary Frederick widow of Sebastian, Madison, Pike, Not six months service.
8. Elizabeth Richardson, Boonville, Warwick, Married after service.
9. John Adams, Rome, Perry, For further proof.
10. Michel Willhelm, Connersville, Fayette, Privateer service.
State of Illinois.
1. David Baldwin, Carthage, Hancock, He did not serve six months.
2. Samuel Conner, Quincy, Adams, For further proof.
3. Charles Donoway, Shawneetown, Gallation, Not on rolls, no proof of service.
4. Joseph Olmstead, Piylsfield, Pike, Died before the passage of the act of ( 1832.)
5. Joel Dewey, Gilead, Calhoun, Service 1795.
6. John Green Sr., Jacksonville, Morgan, Service 1794.
7. John Ellsworth, Kaskasia, Randolph, Desertion.
8. Martha Burt, Rushville, Schuyler, Husband died before April 20, 1820, and was a regular soldier of the army.
9. Elizabeth Jenkins, Pike, Proof of marriage.
10. Elizabeth Goodner, ( Deceased ), Nashville, Washington, Not a widow at the date of the act, died before August 28, 1842.
State of Missouri.
1. George Gebhart, Perryville Court House, Service was under General Wayne in 1794.
2. Joseph Morgan, Platte City Court House, A solider in the French army.
3. Joel Dewy, ( Gillead Calhoun Co., Illinois ), St. Louis, Indian service after the revolution.
4. William Trowal, Columbia, Boone, Desertion.
5. Richard Leatherman, Under age, not on the rolls of the line, no proof of service.
6. Judy Alman, Widow of Thomas, Dallas, For proof of service from North Carolina records, and proof of marriage.
7. Caty Booth widow of James, Pike, Some mistake. The James Booth fore whose service this claim it appears to be alive and receiving a pension.
8. John Abernethie, Jackson, Cape Girardean, Direct Proof of service as commissary required.
9. Joseph Bell, New London, Ralls, For further proof and specification.
10. Joseph Henderson, Harrisonville, Not six months service.
State of Arkansas.
1. Edmund Crane, Benton, Desertion.
2. Charles Cocke, Clark, Not under military authority.
3. George Coughran, Sevier, Not six months service.
4. Uz. Finley, Fayetteville, Washington, Not six months service.
5. Philip Graves, Hempstead, Not six months service.
6. William Brown, Washington, Hempstead, For further proof and explanation.
7. Henry Francis, Johnson, For further proof from South Carolina records.
8. John Wilson, Washington, For proof of identity and reason for not applying under the act of 1818.
9. Nancy McCullock widow of John, Dallas, For further proof service, marriage and identity.
10. Hannah Scott ( dec’d ) widow of William, Philips, , For further proof service.
State of Michigan.
1. Jonathan Willard, Adrian, Lenawee, Service too youthful and age for military for military service.
2. Benjamin Burbank, Oakland, For proof of service from the Massachusetts rolls.
3. Elizabeth Beard, Shiawassee, Married after service.
4. Claudius Britton, Pitt township, Washtenaw, Not six months servive.
5. Sylvanns Blackman, Napoleon, Jackson, Only three and a half months service.
6. John Flinn, St. Cair or Calr Court House, Desertion.
7. Christopher Knowlton, Oakland, Not six months service.
8. David McGee, Napoleon, Jackson, Not six months service.
9.Ellas Cady, Genesee, For further proof of service.
10. Catherine Alward Widow of Samuel, Washington, Period, length and grade of service and names of company and field officers.
State of Florida.
Note. This is all the names for this state.
1. Ralph Bozeman, Tallahassee, Leon, For proof from the records at Columbia South Carolina.
2. Alexander Carey, Alaqua, Walton, For proof of service.
3. Morton Gray,-------, -------, For proof of service.
4. William Goff, Jefferson, For further proof and specifications.
5. William Hudgins, Almiranto, Walton, further proof and specifications.
6. Daniel Campbell, Almiranto, Walton, Not six months service.
7. John Daniel Sr., Gadsden, Not six months service.
8. Hudson Hall, Marian, Jackson, Not six months service.
9. Littleberry Walker, Columbia, Service after the revolution.
10. Elizabeth S. Ridgely widow of Thomas, Duval, For further proof.
11. Ann Anderson widow of David, Leon, Proof not Satisfactory.
12. Samuel Sanls or Sauls, ( deceased ), Nassan, Proof of marriage date of the deceased parents and names of children.
13. Esther Lowther widow of Bourbon L., Duval, A soldier in the regular army. Died after leaving service, and not of wounds.
State of Texas.
Note. This is all the name for this state.
1. Joseph De So Baume, Box or San de Filip de Austin, Not six months service.
2. Theophilus Hickman, Jasper, Sadine, Not six month service.
3. Charles Polk, San Augustin, Not six month service.
4. William Sparks, Nagodoches, Not six month service.
State of Iowa.
Note. This is all the names for this state.
1. Fielding Figgins, Washington, Service after the revolution.
2. Roger Bailey alias David Clark, Clinton, No satisfactory proof of service.
3. Amos Glover, Van Buren, No satisfactory proof of service.
4. Keziah Perkins, widow of George, Harrison township, Lee, Not a widow at the date of the act of 1838.
State of Wisconsin.
Note. This is all the names for this state.
1. Jacob H. Walrath, Raymond, Racine, Not six months servive.
2. Lydia Harrison, widow of Joel, Heart Prairie, Walworth, For proof of marriage and service.
State of the District of Colombia.
Note. This will be all the names for this state.
1. Richard Elliott, Washington City, Papers withdrawn to present to Congress.
2. George Frank, Alexandria, Only four months service.
3. Michael Mahoney, Washington, He abandoned the service of the United States during the war.
4. Christopher Neal, Alexandria, Desertion.
5. William Hall, Washington City, No formed declaration to the department. His claim was addressed to Congress, but was not allowed.
6. Elizabeth Mattingly, Georgetown, Washington, The agent says these papers are forged.
7. Mary Harper, Alexandria, For proof of identity with the solider of the line as shown by auditor general’s certificate of Pennsylvania.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Massachusetts Revolutionary Service Records
Here is a list of men who were soldiers and sailors of Massachusetts. Their information will be in two parts the first part will be their Disability claim. The second half will be their service record. You well find a lot of useful information on these men.
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Nathaniel Barney.
Nathaniel Barney, Rank and regiment, Corporal, Col. Jackson’s, Disability, Wounded with a bayonet, which entered his left breast, and passed through his back, and is now open, When and where disabled, July, l781,Near Yorktown, Virginia, Residence, Rehoboth, Monthly allowance, $2.44, Arrearages, $120., Remarks: This man is not to be found on the musters of Colonel Jackson’s regiment.
Barney, Nathaniel (also given Nathan), Rehoboth (also given Swanzey). Private, Lieut. Colonel's co., Col. Henry Jackson's (16th) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 20, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; credited to town of Swanzey; reported deserted Dec. 10, 1777; returned Nov. 10, 1778; also, Lieut. Colonel's (2d) co.. Col. Jackson's regt. ; muster roll dated Camp Providence, July 13, 1779; enlistment, 3 years; also, Lieut. Col. David Cobb's co.. Col. Jackson's regt.; muster roll for April, 1779, dated Pawtuxet; also, 2d co.. Col. Jackson's regt. ; muster roll for July, 1779; also, Lieut. Colonel's co. ; muster roll for Oct., 1779; also, return dated Camp at Providence, Dec. 31, 1779; also. Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; reported as serving 9 mos. as Private, 3 mos. as Corporal; also, descriptive list of enlisted men dated Hutts, West Point, Jan. 28, 1781 ; age, 22 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 4 in. ; complexion, dark ; hair, dark ; occupation, j'coman ; residence, Rehoboth ; rank, Corporal ; enlisted Dec. 26, 1779, by Col. Jackson ; joined Capt. North's co., Col. Jackson's (also given 9th) regt. ; enlistment, during war.
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Caleb Chadwick.
Caleb Chadwick, Rank and regiment, Private, Col. Patterson’s, Disability, Wounded in the right thigh by a ball from an accidental discharge of a musket, When and whore disabled, June, 1775, in camp, Residence, Tyringharn, Monthly allowance, $1.11, Arrearages, $50, Remarks: There are no musters in this office for the year 1775.
Chadwick, Caleb, Tyringham. Private, Capt. Thomas Williams's co.. Col. John Paterson's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 19, 1775; service, 2mos.l8days; a/so, company return [probably Oct., 1775] ; a^«o, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Camp No. 3, Charlestown, Nov. 4, 1775.
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Levi Farnsworth.
Levi Farnsworth, Rank and regiment, Private, Col. BigeIows, Disability, Wounded in the arm by a musket ball from the .army of General Burgoyne, When and where disabled, September, 1777, near Stillwater, Residence, Shirley, Monthly allowance, $2.22, Arrearages, $100., Remarks: This man enlisted, April, invalided Jan. 26, 1779, and discharged, 1780.
Farnsworth, Levi, Harvard. Return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Samuel Hill's co., dated Harvard, Dec. 17, 1777; residence. Harvard; engaged for town of Harvard; joined Capt. Joshua Brown's co.. Col. Bigelow's regt. ; term, 3 years ; also, Private, Capt. Joshua Brown's co., Col. Timothy Bigelow's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from April 14, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, same co. and regt.; muster roll for Jan. -Aug., 1777, dated Van Schaick's Island ; enlisted April 14, 1777 ; also, same co. and regt. ; muster return dated Feb. 3, 1778 ; mustered by Muster Master for Middlesex Co. ; also, Lieut. Osgood Carlton's co. of invalids stationed at Boston, Col. Lewis Nichola's regt. ; muster rolls dated Sept. 9, and Oct. 2, 1779; also, same co. and regt. ; mus- ter roll for Oct., 1779; also, Capt. McFarland's corps of invalids; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to April 14, 1780 ; reported transferred from Col. Bigelow's regt. ; also reported discharged April 14, 1780.
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Nathan Putnam.
Nathan Putnam, Rank and Regiment, Private Capt. Hutchinson’s company, Disability, Wounded in the right arm near the shoulder by a musket ball, which broke the bone, and disables him equal to the loss of one-twelfth part of his usual labor., When and where disabled, April 19, 1775, Menotomy, Residence, Danvers, To what pension entitled, One-twelfth, Remarks: There are no rolls in this office for the year 1775.
Putnam, Nathan, Danvers. Private, Capt. Israel Hutchinson's co. of Minute- men, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 2 days; also, Capt. Enoch Putnam's co.. Col. John Mansfield's regt. ; order for advance pay, signed by said Putnam, dated Cambridge, July 11, 1775; also, Private, same co. and regt. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 16, 1775 ; service, 2 mos. 21 days ; also, Capt. Putnam's co.. Col. Mansfield's (19th) regt. commanded by Lieat. Col. Israel Hutchinson; company return dated Oct. 6, 1775; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Winter Hill, Oct. 27, 1775.
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Silas Amsden.
Silas Amsden, Rank and Regiment, Private 2d Massachusetts, Disability, Wounded in the left knee by a sled load of wood running over it, which he was drawing for the use of the garrison at West Point, which wound has never been cured, anti in all probability never will. When and where disabled, 1783,West Point, Residence, Southborough, To what pension entitled, Full pension, Remarks: Discharged September 17, 1783.
Amsden, Silas, Southborough. Descriptive list of enlisted men, Capt. Nutting's (or Newton's) co.. Col. Cushing's regt. ; age, 17 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 11 in. ; complexion, light; occupation, farmer; residence, Southborough ; enlisted March 3, 1781; enlistment, 3 years.
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Jonas Green.
Jonas Green, Rank and regiment, Private, Michael Jackson ’s, Disability, Wounded at Ticonderoga, When and whore disabled, 1777, Ticonderoga, Residence, Pepperell, Monthly allowance, $1.66, Arrearages, $40., Remarks: Enlisted February 4, 1777, discharged October 24, 1779.
Green, Jonas, Pepperell. Private, Capt. Brown's co.. Col. Michael Jackson's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 4, 1777, to Feb. 4, 1780 ; residence, Pepperell ; credited to town of Pepperell ; term, 3 years.
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Peter Hemmenway.
Peter Hemmenway, Rank and regiment, Private, Massachusetts militia, Disability, Was trying his musket, and by its bursting was so wounded that his arm was amputated, When and where disabled, December, 1777, Residence, Boston, Monthly allowance, $1.66, Arrearages, $60., Remarks: There are no militia musters in this office.
Hemmenway, Peter. Private, Capt. John Stutson's co., Maj. Edward Procter's detachment of militia; detached Dec. 10, 1777; discharged March 1, 1778; service, 2 mos. 22 days, with guards under Maj. Gen. Heath at Boston.
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Patrick Shanley.
Patrick Shanley, Rank and regiment, Private, 10th., Massachusetts, Disability, Wounded in the right ankle and left arm near the wrist. When and where 1781, near King’s Brigge, Residence, Boston, Monthly allowance $1.66., Arrearages $30., Remarks: This man is returned sick in hospital July 1781.
Shanley, Patrick. List dated Boston, Feb. 24, 1781, signed by Alexander Hodgdon. Secretary of Committee of the town of Boston, of men returned as having been enlisted as the quota of said town, agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780; said Shanley reported as having been assigned to a class of which William Cunningham was Chairman; enlisted Dec. 29, 1780; also, Private, Col. Benjamin Tupper's (10th) regt.; service from Jan. 1, 1781, 12 mos.
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Ozias Judd.
Ozias Judd, Rank and regiment, Sergeant, Col. Porter’s, Disability, Diseases contracted in the campaign of Canada, When and where disabled, 1776, Residence, W. Stockbridge, Monthly allowance, $2.67, Arrearages, $40., Remarks: There are no musters of this regiment in this office.
Judd, Ozias, Stockbridge. Receipt dated Sheffield, March 24, 1777, signed by said Judd and others belonging to Capt. William Bacon's co.. Col. Porter's regt., for wages, etc., for service in " the last campaign ; " also, Sergeant, Capt. Ezra Whittelsey's CO., 3d Berkshire Co. regt.; entered service Oct. 20, 1782 [80] ; discharged Oct. 22, 1782 [80] ; service, 2 days, on the alarm at the Westward of Oct. 20, 1782 [80] ; also, same co. and regt.; entered service Nov. 5, 1780; service, 2 days, on an alarm at the Northward; also, receipt dated Stockbridge, Feb. 5, 1781, for boun- ties paid said Judd and others by a committee of the town of Stockbridge to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years, agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780; also, descriptive list dated Lenox, Aug. 20, 1781, of men raised in Berk- shire Co., agreeable to resolve~of Dec. 2, 1780, and delivered to William Walker, Superintendent for said county; Capt. Whittlesey's co., Col. Rossiter's regt.; age, 25 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 9 in.; complexion, light; hair, sandy; occupation, laborer; residence, Stockbridge; enlisted for town of Stockbridge; enlistment, 3 years; reported receipted for by Maj. Ashley; also, Private, Capt. Joseph Kil- lam's CO., Col. Rufus Putnam's (5th) regt.; muster rolls for Feb. -April, 1781, dated West Point ; enlisted Jan. 1, 1781; enlistment, 3 years; reported on com- mand at the Highlands in Feb. and March, 1781 ; also reported promoted to Corporal April 6, 1781.
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Ebenezer Kent.
Ebenezer Kent, Rank and regiment, Ensign, Col. H. Jackson’s, Disability, From his exertions at the battle of Monmouth and otherwise in the service, greatly impaired his constitution. When and where disabled, Not stated, Residence, Watertown, Monthly
Allowance, Not stated, Arrearages, $100., Remarks: Mustered as a sergeant-major, but not found as an ensign.
Kent, Ebenezer (also given Benjamin), Charlestown (also given Watertown). List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 1st Medway co., Col. Benjamin Hawes's (4th Suffolk Co.) regt., as returned by Joseph Lovell, and sworn to at Wrentham by Lieut. Stephen Clark ; engaged for town of Medway ; joined Capt. G. Brown's co., Col. H. Jackson's regt. ; term to expire in 1780 ; also, list of men raised in Suffolk Co. to serve in the Continental Array, as returned by Maj. Metcalf, of Col. Wheelock's regt., dated June 18, 1777; engaged for town of Medway; term, 3 years; also, list of men mustered by Nathaniel Barber, Muster Master for Suffolk Co., dated Boston, June 8, 1777; Capt. Brown's co., Col. Henry Jackson's regt.; also, Sergeant, Major's co., Col. Henry Jack- son's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from June 4, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, Capt. Nathaniel Jarvis's co., Col. Jackson's regt.; pay roll for Feb., 1778; also, same co. and regt.; pay rolls for June- Aug., 1778, sworn to at Camp Providence ; also, same co. and regt. ; pay roll for Sept., 1778, certified at Pawtuxet; also, Lieut. Thomas Hunt's co., Col. Jackson's regt.; pay rolls for Dec, 1778, and Feb., 1779, sworn to at Pawtuxet; also, Capt. Thomas Hunt's (4th) co., Col. Jackson's regt. ; pay roll for March, 1779, sworn to at Paw- tuxet; also, Maj. Lemuel Trescott's (3d) co., Col. Jackson's regt. ; muster roll for April, 1779, dated Pawtuxet; enlisted June 4, 1777; reported on command at Field's Point ; also, same co. and regt. ; pay roll for July, 1779, dated Providence ; also, Maj. Lemuel Trescott's co., Col. Jackson's regt. ; pay roll for Oct., 1779 ; also, Major's co., Col. Jackson's regt.; regimental return made up to Dec. 31, 1779, dated Camp at Providence; also, Capt. North's co., Col. Jackson's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; reported as serving 7 mos. as Sergeant, 5 mos. as Sergeant Major ; also, return certified at Camp near Morristown, April 30, 1780, of officers and men belonging to Col. Lee's, Col. Henley's, and Col. Jackson's regts., and men belonging to Massachusetts in Col. Henry Sherburne's regt., who were incorporated into a regiment under the command of Col. Henry Jackson, agreeable to the arrangement of April 9, 1779; Major's co.; rank, Sergeant; residence, Charlestown ; engaged June 4, 1777; term, during war ; also, Sergeant, Maj. Trescott's co., Col. Jackson's (16th) regt. ; pay rolls for April-July, 1780; also, descriptive list dated Hutts, three miles from West Point, Jan. 28, 1781 ; Capt. Blanchard's co., 9th Mass. regt. commanded by Col. Henry Jackson; rank, Sergeant Major; age, 22 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 11 in.; complexion, dark; hair, dark; occupation, founder; residence, Charlestown; enlisted Jan. 1, 1780, by Col. Jackson; enlistment, during war; also, letter from Henry Jackson, Colonel, 9th Mass. regt., to His Excellency John Hancock, dated Boston, Feb. 19, 1781, recommending said Kent to an Ensigncy in his regiment and asking that a warrant be granted him ; ordered in Council Feb. 21, 1781, that a warrant be issued ; reported commissioned Feb. 21, 1781 ; also, 9th Mass. regt. ; abstract for 3 mos. pay due said Kent, Ensign, he having been ordered to march to camp immediately with recruits, as returned by J. Pettengill, Major, 1st Mass. regt., dated Boston, June 5, 1781 ; also, list dated Jan. 18, 1802, returned by John Avery, Secretary, and P. Coffin, Treasurer, of men who had enlisted into the Continental Army and actually served 3 years and were accordingly entitled to gratuities, agreeable to resolves of March 4, 1801, and June 19, 1801 ; Col. Henry Jackson's regt. ; residence, Watertown.
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Thomas Lilly.
Thomas Lilly, Rank and regiment, Private, 5th Massachusetts regiment, Disability, Diseases contracted in the campaign at Saratoga, When and where disabled, September, 1777, Residence, Marblehead, Monthly allowance, $3.33, Arrearages, $30., Remarks: Enlisted March 15, 1777,’for three years; time of leaving service unknown.
Lilly, Thomas, Marblehead. Private, Colonel's co., Col. Rufus Putnam's (5th) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from March 15, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779 ; also, Capt. John Williams's co., Col. Putnam's (4th) regt.; return dated Albany, Feb. 9, 1778 ; residence, Marblehead ; enlisted for town of Marblehead ; mustered by John dishing, Esq. ; term, 3 years.
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Jacob Loomes or Loomis.
Jacob Loomes or Loomis, Rank and regiment, Fifer, Col. Bayly’s, Disability, Diseases contracted in the service, particularly by fatigue and heat at the battle of Monmouth., When and where disabled, Monmouth, Residence, Boston, Monthly allowance, $3.67, Arrearages, $30., Remarks: Enlisted April 1, 1777, and discharged April 15, 1780.
Loomis or Loomes, Jacob, Egremont (also given Great Barrington). Return of men raised for Continental service; residence, Egremont ; engaged for town of Egremont ; joined Capt. Warrin's co., Col. Baley's regt. ; term, 3 years ; also, Fifer, 6th co., Col. Bailey's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from April 1, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, Capt. Isaac Warren's (6th) co., Col. John Bailey's regt.; company return dated Camp Valley Forge, Jan. 24, 1778 ; mustered by County Muster Master; also, (late) Capt. Warren's (6th) co., Col. Bailey's regt.; return of men who were in camp on or before Aug. 15, 1777, and who had not been absent subsequently except on furlough, etc. ; also, Major's co., Col. Bailey's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to April 15, 1780; residence, Great Barrington.
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Ebenezer Learned.
Ebenezer Learned, Rank and regiment, Colonel, Disability, Ruptured by a wound received in the groin by falling on a stake in the night at Dorchester Heights, When and where disabled, March 1776, Residence, Oxford, Monthly allowance, $8.33, Arrearages, $70., Remarks: Appointed brigadier general 4th March, 1778; resigned.
Learned, Ebenezer, Oxford. Colonel of a regiment of Minute-men ; engaged April 19, 1775 ; service to April 24, 1775, 5 days ; roll dated Roxbury ; also, Colonel ; list of field officers appearing on a return of Capt. William Campbell's co., dated Oct. 7, 1775, and endorsed " Roxbury Camp; " also, official record of a ballot by the House of Representatives, dated Feb. 6, 1777 ; said Learned chosen Colonel of the 15th battalion of the quota for the Continental Army to be raised in Massachusetts ; appointment concurred in by Council Feb. 6, 1777.
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Elisha Munsell.
Elisha Munsell, Rank and Regiment, Privart, Col. Marshall’s, Captain Smith company, Disability, Wounded by ball which passed through his left wrist, When and where disabled, July or August, 1777, Saratogn, Residence, Pelham, To what pension entitled, One-half, Remarks: Enlisted Jan. 2, 1777, for three years, on the rolls in 1780.(2), 2. Evidence complete.
Munsell, Elisha, Greenwich. List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Hooker's co., 4th Hampshire Co. regt., as returned by Lieut. Col. R. Woodbridge ; engaged for town of Greenwich; joined Capt. Smith's CO., Col. Marshall's regt. ; term, 3 years; also, Private, 2d co.. Col. Thomas Marshall's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 2, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779 ; residence, Greenwich ; reported transferred to corps of invalids Nov. 1, 1777 ; also, Capt. Josiah Smith's (3d) co.. Col. Thomas Marshall's regt. ; return of men who were in camp on or before Aug. 15, 1777, and who had not been absent subsequently except on furlough, etc. ; also, Lieut. Ephraim Minot's corps of invalids stationed at Boston ; joined Oct. 5, 1777 ; service to Oct. 1, 1778, 11 mos. 25 days ; order for payment of amount of roll dated at Headquarters, Boston, and signed by Maj. Gen. W. Heath; also, certificate dated Boston, Feb. 3, 1779, signed by Capt. Benjamin Wallcut, certifying that said Munsell, of Capt. Thomas's co.. Col. Marshall's regt., was in camp on or before Aug. 15, 1777, and had since joined the corps of invalids; also, order on the Board of War, payable to Lieut. O.sgood Carleton, dated Boston, May 21, 1779, signed by said Munsell and others, for the donation of clothing allowed by the several towns of the State ; certificate attached to order dated Boston, May 24, 1779, signed by Lieut. Osgood Carleton, certifies that said Munsell and others had been transferred to the corps of invalids stationed at Boston under his command, and had not received the clothing they should have had "the last winter;" also, Capt. Moses McFarland's co. of invalids stationed at Boston, Col. Lewis Nichola's regt. ; muster rolls dated Sept. 9, and Oct. 2, 1779; also, same co. and regt.; muster roll for Oct., 1779; reported on furlough.
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Amos Pearson.
Amos Pearson, Rank and regiment, Sergeant, Col. Little’s, 12th., Massachusetts, Disability, Wounded in right arm by a musket ball, When and where, June 1775, Bunker’s Hill, Residence, Newbury, To what pension entitled, one-fifth,, Remarks: Militia (2), 2. Evidence complete.
Pearson, Amos, Newburyport. Private, Capt. Moses Nowell's co., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 4 days; also. Sergeant, Capt. Benjamin Perkins's CO., Col. Moses Little's (17th) regt. ; company return [probably Oct., 1775] ; age, 26 yrs. ; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Dec. 27, 1775 ; also, Lieutenant, Capt. Stephen Jenkins's co.. Col. Samuel Johnson's regt. ; engaged Aug. 14, 1777; discharged Nov. 30, 1777 ; service, 4 mos. 1 day, under Gen. Gates in Northern department, including 14 days (280 miles) travel home; order for payment of amount of roll dated at Newbury- port and signed by Capt. Jenkins.
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Nahum Wright.
Nahum Wright. Rank and regiment, Sergeant, Col. Brewer's, Disability, Has an ulcerous sore in his right leg, the effects of a wound received by a ball in his thigh., When and where, June 1775, Bunker’s Hill, Residence, Medfield, To what pension entitled, one-eighth, Remarks: Militia appointed Nov. 6, 1776, Resigned Oct. 28, 1777. (4), 4., Evidence complete. Note. The Physicians report, that they cannot positively ascertain whether “The diseased state of the leg is a direct and necessary consequence of the wound.”
Wight, Nahum, Sherburne. Sergeant, Capt. Benjamin Bullard's co., Col Jonathan Brewer's regt. : company return dated Prospect Hill, Oct. 6, 177o; also, Eiisi-n, Capt. Thomas Willington's (late Capt. Benjamin Bullard's) co.. Col. Asa Whitcomb's regt. ; muster roll dated Camp at Ticonderoga, Nov. 27, 1776 ; appomted Jan. 1, 1776; reported re-engaged Nov. 13, 1776, as 2d Lieutenant, in Capt. Brewer's co.. Col. Brewer's regt., but to continue m Col. Whitcomb s regt. until Dec. 31, 1776 : also, list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Col. Bullard's regt., as returned by Aaron Gardner, Captain, 1st CO. and Moses Perry, Lieutenant, 9th co., sworn to Feb. 17, 1778; residence. Sherbiime; engaged for town of Sherburne; joined Capt. Brewer's co., Col. Brewer's regt. ; term, 3 years; reported a Lieutenant.
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Gamalie Handy.
Gamalie Handy, Rank and regiment, Private, Col. Jacob’s, J. Haskins’s company, Disability, Wounded in his breast and back by a bayonet, When and where, August 1778, Rhode Island, Residence, Not stated, To what pension entitled, two-thirds, Remarks: Militia. (5), 5. Evidence incomplete.
Handy, Gamaliel, Dartmouth. Private, Capt. Amasa Soper's co.. Col. Thomas Mar- shall's regt.; pay abstract for mileage, etc., sworn to at Boston, June 19, 1776; mileage (60 miles) allowed said Handy; also, same co. and regt.; enlisted June 11, 1776; service to Dec. 1, 1776, 5 mos. 24 days ; also, Capt. Jacob Haskins's co., Col. John Jacobs's regt. ; enlisted July 10, 1778 ; service, 5 mos. 23 days, at Rhode Island; enlistment to expire Jan. 1, 1779; roll dated Tiverton; also. Major's co., Col. Thomas Marshall's (10th) regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from March 20, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; also, descriptive list endorsed "West Point, Jan. 11, 1781;" Capt. Samuel King's co.. Col. Benjamin Tupper's (10th) regt.; age, 23 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 8 in. ; complexion, light; hair, light; residence, Dartmouth ; engaged March 13, 1779, by Capt. Soper ; term, during war ; also. Private, Col. Benjamin Tupper's (10th) regt. ; service from Jan. 1, 1781, 24 mos.
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William Warren.
William Warren, Rank and regiment, Lieutenant Col. Nixon’s, Disability, Wounded by the bursting of a shell, and, in consequence of the shock, is subject to ulcerations in his head, which have discharged at his ears, depriving him of the use of his eyes, and greatly debilitating his whole body, some part of every year since 1776., When and where, June 17, 1775, Bunker’s Hill, Residence, Boston, To what pension entitled, one-third, Remarks Militia. (6), 6., Evidence complete.
Warren William, Waltham. Order of Provuicial Congress, dated June 16, 1775, directing that commissions be delivered to officers of Capt. Ebenezer Winship's CO., Col. Nixon's regt. ; said Warren to be commissioned as Lieutenant ; receipt for above commissions dated Watertown, June 10, 1775, and signed by Col. John Nixon; also, Capt. Ebenezer Winship's co.. Col. John Nixon's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775 ; engaged April 23, 1775 ; service, 3 mos. 16 days ; also, company return endorsed " Sept. 30th 1775."
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Benjamin Farnum.
Benjamin Farnum, Rank and regiment, Captain, Col. Frye’s, Disability, Wounded by a musket ball, which fractured and considerably injured his left leg; likewise wounded by a ball, which remains lodged in his right thigh; in consequence of which both legs are ulcerated. When and where, June 17, 1775, Bunker’s Hill, Residence, Andover, To what pension entitled, one-third, Remarks: Militia (2), 2., Evidence complete.
Farnum, Benjamin, Andover. Lieutenant, Capt. Thomas Poor's co.. Col. James Frye's regt,; return of men in camp at Cambridge dated May 17, 1775; also, Captain, Col. James Frye's (Essex Co.) regt.; list of officers appearing on a regimental return dated May 20, 1775; resolved in Provincial Congress May 20, 1775, that commissions be delivered said officers; also, Captain, Col. James Fi-ye's regt.; company return dated Camp at Cambridge, Oct. 6, 1775; also, same regt.; order dated Andover, Dec. 26, 1776, signed by said Farnum, for reimbursement for losses sustained at Bunker Hill, payable to Samuel Phillips, Jr.; also. Captain, Col. Isaac Smith's regt. of Mass. militia ; list of officers ; ordered in Council March 13, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; reported commissioned March 13, 1776; regiment raised as a temporary reinforcement to the army and to serve until April 1 [year not given] ; also. Captain, Col. Benjamin Tupper's regt. ; Con- tinental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to March 28, 1779; re- ported resigned March 28, 1779; also. Col. Ebenezer Francis's regt.; rations allowed from date of engagement, Feb. 4, 1777, to time of arrival at Bennington ; credited with allowance to March 28, 1777, 92 days, including 11 days for 220 miles travel; also, petition dated Van Schaick's Island, Aug. 31, 1777, signed by said Farnum and other officers of (late) Col. Francis's regt., asking that Lieut. Col. Littlefield be appointed Colonel of said regiment; also. Col. Tupper's (15th) regt. ; muster roll for March, 1779, dated West Point.
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Spfford Ames.
Spfford Ames, Rank and regiment, Private, Col. Frye’s, Captain Farnum’s company, Disability, Wounded by a ball, which passed on the outside of his right thigh; two of his fingers are also injured by a ball, Where and when, June 17, 1775, Bunker’s Hill, Residence, Andover, To what pension entitled, Not stated, Remarks: Militia (7), 7., Evidence complete, but the examining Physicians report, that the general ability of the claimant to obtain a livelihood by labor does appear to be essentially impaired by either or both wounds.
Ames, Spofford, Andover. Private, Lieut. Peter Poor's cc, which marched on the 'alarm of April 19, 177'), to Cambridge; service, 3^ days; also, Capt. Benjamin Farnum's co.. Col. James Frye's regt. ; company return dated Cambridge, Oct. 6, 1775 ; also, order for l)ounty coat or its equivalent in money, dated Cambridge, Nov. 13, 177n; also, list of men who received money from public treasury for losses in the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill ; allowed by Council, June 13, 1776; also, Capt. Samuel Johnson's cc. Col. Johnson's regt. ; enlisted Aug. U, 1777 • discharged Nov. 30, 1777 ; service, 4 mos., with Northern army. Roll sworn to at Andover.
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Hugh Maxwell.
Hugh Maxwell, Rank and regiment, Captain, Col. Prescott’s, Disability, Wounded by a musket ball in the right shoulder, when and where, June 17, 1775, Bunker’s Hill, Residence, Heath, To what pension entitled, one-eighth, Remarks: Militia; received his commutation as a Lieutenant-colonel. (2), 2., Evidence complete.
Capt. Hugh Maxwell's co., Col. William Prescott's (10th) regt. ; muster roll dated Ang. 1, 1775; enlisted April 28, 1775; service, 95 days; also, company return [probably Oct., 1775] ; also, order for money in lieu of twenty coats signed by Audrew McNitt and John Noilan, dated Jan. 3, 1776; also, Sergeant, Capt. Samuel Taylor's co., Col. Porter's regt.; engaged July 10, 1777; discharged Ang. 12, 1777; service, 38 days, including travel (100 miles) home; company marched from Charlemont to reinforce Northern army after the evacuation of Tieonderoga.
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Isaac Bellows.
Isaac Bellows, Rank and regiment, Private, Col. Nixon’s, Disability, Sprained his hip slipping on some timber while fording a creek; his disability increased by hardships he endured afterwards, sleeping for several successive nights with dump clothes on. When and where, Oct. 12, 1777, Schuyler’s Creek, Residence Hubbardston, To what pension entitle, two-thirds, Remarks: Enlisted March 21, 1777, for three years, discharged March 27, 1780, (8), 8., Evidence complete, as to the object stated, but, as his disability is not proved to be the effects of any known wounds, his case is not within the reach of the laws.
Bellows, Isaac, Hubbardston. Return of men enlisted into Continental Armj' from Capt. William Marean's co., 7th Worcester Co. regt. [year not given] ; residence, Hubbardston ; enlisted for town of Hubbardston ; joined Capt. Adam AVheeler's CO., Col. Thomas Nixon's regt. ; enlistment, 3 years or during war ; also, Private,. Colonel's co.. Col. Nixon's (6th) regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from March 27, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, Capt. Adam Wheeler's co.. Col. Nixon's regt.; return for clothing for 1777; reported absent; also. Colonel's co., commanded by Lieut. Benjamin Heywood, Col. Nixon's regt. ; pay abstracts for Aug. and Sept., 1779 ; reported joined from desertion Aug. 18, 1779 ; also. Colonel's CO., commanded by Lieut. Matthew Chambers, Col. Nixon's regt. ; pay abstracts for Nov. and Dec, 1779; also. Colonel's co.. Col. Nixon's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to March 28, 1780 ; reported dis- charged March 28, 1780; also. Colonel's co., commanded by Capt. Lieut. Peter Clayes ; pay abstract for Jan.-June, 1780.
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Mrad, Tilley or Mead Tilly.
Mrad, Tilley or Mead Tilly, Rank and regiment, Private, Capt. Abner Craft’s, Disability, Wounded in his right knee, by the stroke of an axe., when and where, 1776, Cambridge, Residence, Barre, To what pension entitled, one-fourth, (1), 1., Evidence complete.
Mrad, Tilley or Mead Tilly, Watertown. Private, Capt. Samuel Barnard's co. of militia, Col. Thomas Gardner's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 6 days; also, order dated Cambridge Camp. Jan. 1, 1776, signed by Capt. Abner Craft, for money in lieu of a bounty coat due said Mead belonging to Capt. Craft's co., Col. Bond's regt..
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Ephraim Bailey.
Ephraim Bailey, Rank and regiment, Private, Col Nixon, Disability, Wounded by a musket ball passing through his right ankle, when and where, April 28, 1777, Crump’s Hill, Residence, Brookfield, To what pension entitled, one-half, Remarks: Enlisted March 10, 1777, on the rolls in 1780, (1), 1., Evidence complete.
Bailey, Ephraim, Rutland. Return of men enlisted into Continental Army from Capt. David Bent's and Capt. Phineas Walker's cos., dated Feb. 23, 1778; joined Capt. Wheeler's co.. Col. Nixon's regt.; enlistment, during war; wiso. Private, Capt. Moses McFarland's invalid corps ; Continental Army pay accounts for ser- vice from Jan. 1, 1780, to April 2, 1780; stationed at Boston; transferred from Col. Nixon's regt. ; reported discharged.
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John Hunter 2d.
John Hunter 2 d., Rank and regiment, Private, Col. Learned's, Disability, Has ulcerated sores on his left leg, occasioned by a fever when in service., when and where, Sept. 1775, Roxbury, Residence, Brookfield, To what pension entitled, three-fourths, Remarks: Militia.
Hunter, John, New Braintree. Private, Capt. John Grainger's co. of Minute-men, Col. Jonathan Warner's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 1 week ; also, Capt. John Grainger's co.. Col. Ebenezer Learned's regt. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 26, 1775; service, 3 mos., 1 week, 6 days; also, company return dated Oct. 7, 1775.
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James White.
James White, Rank and regiment, Private, Col. Putman’s, Captain Gate’s company, Disability, Has an ulcerous sore on his right leg, the effect of the smallpox when in service., when and where, June 1777, Residence, Hardwich, To what pension entitled, one-fourths, Remarks: Enlisted April 12, 1777, for three years, discharged April 12, 1780.
White, James, Barre. Private, Capt. John Black's co., Col. Jonathan Brewer's regt. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 1, 1775; service, 103 days; also, Private, in a company formerly commanded by Capt. Black, Col. Brewer's regt. ; company return [probably Oct., 1775] ; also, (late) Capt. Black's CO., Col. Brewer's regt.; order for bounty coat dated Prospect Hill, Oct. 26, 1775; also, list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 7th Worcester Co. regt., as returned by Capt. Benjamm Nye and Capt. "William Henry ; residence, Barre ; engaged for town of Barre ; joined Capt. Gates's CO., Col. Putnam's regt.; term, 3 years; also. Private, Capt. Gardner's co.. Col. Rufus Putnam's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from April 12, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, Capt. Benjamin Gates's co.. Col. Putnam's (ith) regt. ; return dated Albany, Feb. 9, 1778; mustered by Capt. New- hall; also. Colonel's co.. Col. Putnam's (5th) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to April 12, 1780; also, receipt dated Worcester, ISIay 13, 1782, for bounty paid said White by Lieut. Richard ISIills, Chairman of Class No. 7 of the town of Barre, to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years.
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Eliphlet Downer.
Eliphlet Downer, Rank and regiment, Surgeon, Dolphin Cutter, Captain Nicholson, Disability, The strength and motions of his left arm impaired, in consequence of a wound by a grape shot., when and where, Sept. 1777, on board the Brig, Lexington, in an action with the Alert cutter, in the English Channel. Residence, Roxbury, To what pension entitled, one-third, Remarks: Enlisted on board the Dolphin in April, 1777, but the rolls does not show how long he served. He is entered on the Lexington roll as a passenger only. (4)., 4., Evidence complete, excepting that no proof that he was wounded at all, in any other character than that of passenger. No cause is shown why application was not made prior to December 11, 1788. It appears from the deposition of Nathan Dorsey, surgeon of the Continental armed brig Lexington, that Eliphlet Downer was a volunteer on board that vessel when he received the wound; hence, it would seem that, whatever pension shall be allowed him, it can apply only to the capacity in which he was then serving, and not to his profession as a surgeon.
Downer, Eliphalet. Surgeon, Gen. Heath's regt.; list of Surgeons and Surgeons' Mates examined and approved at Watertown, July 12, 1775, by a committee appointed for that purpose; also, receipt for ammunition dated Roxbury, May 30, [year not given] ; also, official notification dated July 9, 1779, informing said Downer of his appointment as Chief Surgeon on the Penobscot expedition by an order of Council of July 9, 1779, and requesting an immediate answer as to his acceptance thereof; also, Chief Surgeon to the forces engaged on Penobscot expedition; commissioned July 9, 1779; also, Surgeon General; service from July 8, 1779, to Oct. 8, 1779, 3 mos. 1 day, on Penobscot expedition; roll sworn to at Boston.
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Nathaniel Barney.
Nathaniel Barney, Rank and regiment, Corporal, Col. Jackson’s, Disability, Wounded with a bayonet, which entered his left breast, and passed through his back, and is now open, When and where disabled, July, l781,Near Yorktown, Virginia, Residence, Rehoboth, Monthly allowance, $2.44, Arrearages, $120., Remarks: This man is not to be found on the musters of Colonel Jackson’s regiment.
Barney, Nathaniel (also given Nathan), Rehoboth (also given Swanzey). Private, Lieut. Colonel's co., Col. Henry Jackson's (16th) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 20, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; credited to town of Swanzey; reported deserted Dec. 10, 1777; returned Nov. 10, 1778; also, Lieut. Colonel's (2d) co.. Col. Jackson's regt. ; muster roll dated Camp Providence, July 13, 1779; enlistment, 3 years; also, Lieut. Col. David Cobb's co.. Col. Jackson's regt.; muster roll for April, 1779, dated Pawtuxet; also, 2d co.. Col. Jackson's regt. ; muster roll for July, 1779; also, Lieut. Colonel's co. ; muster roll for Oct., 1779; also, return dated Camp at Providence, Dec. 31, 1779; also. Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; reported as serving 9 mos. as Private, 3 mos. as Corporal; also, descriptive list of enlisted men dated Hutts, West Point, Jan. 28, 1781 ; age, 22 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 4 in. ; complexion, dark ; hair, dark ; occupation, j'coman ; residence, Rehoboth ; rank, Corporal ; enlisted Dec. 26, 1779, by Col. Jackson ; joined Capt. North's co., Col. Jackson's (also given 9th) regt. ; enlistment, during war.
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Caleb Chadwick.
Caleb Chadwick, Rank and regiment, Private, Col. Patterson’s, Disability, Wounded in the right thigh by a ball from an accidental discharge of a musket, When and whore disabled, June, 1775, in camp, Residence, Tyringharn, Monthly allowance, $1.11, Arrearages, $50, Remarks: There are no musters in this office for the year 1775.
Chadwick, Caleb, Tyringham. Private, Capt. Thomas Williams's co.. Col. John Paterson's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 19, 1775; service, 2mos.l8days; a/so, company return [probably Oct., 1775] ; a^«o, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Camp No. 3, Charlestown, Nov. 4, 1775.
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Levi Farnsworth.
Levi Farnsworth, Rank and regiment, Private, Col. BigeIows, Disability, Wounded in the arm by a musket ball from the .army of General Burgoyne, When and where disabled, September, 1777, near Stillwater, Residence, Shirley, Monthly allowance, $2.22, Arrearages, $100., Remarks: This man enlisted, April, invalided Jan. 26, 1779, and discharged, 1780.
Farnsworth, Levi, Harvard. Return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Samuel Hill's co., dated Harvard, Dec. 17, 1777; residence. Harvard; engaged for town of Harvard; joined Capt. Joshua Brown's co.. Col. Bigelow's regt. ; term, 3 years ; also, Private, Capt. Joshua Brown's co., Col. Timothy Bigelow's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from April 14, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, same co. and regt.; muster roll for Jan. -Aug., 1777, dated Van Schaick's Island ; enlisted April 14, 1777 ; also, same co. and regt. ; muster return dated Feb. 3, 1778 ; mustered by Muster Master for Middlesex Co. ; also, Lieut. Osgood Carlton's co. of invalids stationed at Boston, Col. Lewis Nichola's regt. ; muster rolls dated Sept. 9, and Oct. 2, 1779; also, same co. and regt. ; mus- ter roll for Oct., 1779; also, Capt. McFarland's corps of invalids; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to April 14, 1780 ; reported transferred from Col. Bigelow's regt. ; also reported discharged April 14, 1780.
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Nathan Putnam.
Nathan Putnam, Rank and Regiment, Private Capt. Hutchinson’s company, Disability, Wounded in the right arm near the shoulder by a musket ball, which broke the bone, and disables him equal to the loss of one-twelfth part of his usual labor., When and where disabled, April 19, 1775, Menotomy, Residence, Danvers, To what pension entitled, One-twelfth, Remarks: There are no rolls in this office for the year 1775.
Putnam, Nathan, Danvers. Private, Capt. Israel Hutchinson's co. of Minute- men, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 2 days; also, Capt. Enoch Putnam's co.. Col. John Mansfield's regt. ; order for advance pay, signed by said Putnam, dated Cambridge, July 11, 1775; also, Private, same co. and regt. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 16, 1775 ; service, 2 mos. 21 days ; also, Capt. Putnam's co.. Col. Mansfield's (19th) regt. commanded by Lieat. Col. Israel Hutchinson; company return dated Oct. 6, 1775; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Winter Hill, Oct. 27, 1775.
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Silas Amsden.
Silas Amsden, Rank and Regiment, Private 2d Massachusetts, Disability, Wounded in the left knee by a sled load of wood running over it, which he was drawing for the use of the garrison at West Point, which wound has never been cured, anti in all probability never will. When and where disabled, 1783,West Point, Residence, Southborough, To what pension entitled, Full pension, Remarks: Discharged September 17, 1783.
Amsden, Silas, Southborough. Descriptive list of enlisted men, Capt. Nutting's (or Newton's) co.. Col. Cushing's regt. ; age, 17 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 11 in. ; complexion, light; occupation, farmer; residence, Southborough ; enlisted March 3, 1781; enlistment, 3 years.
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Jonas Green.
Jonas Green, Rank and regiment, Private, Michael Jackson ’s, Disability, Wounded at Ticonderoga, When and whore disabled, 1777, Ticonderoga, Residence, Pepperell, Monthly allowance, $1.66, Arrearages, $40., Remarks: Enlisted February 4, 1777, discharged October 24, 1779.
Green, Jonas, Pepperell. Private, Capt. Brown's co.. Col. Michael Jackson's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 4, 1777, to Feb. 4, 1780 ; residence, Pepperell ; credited to town of Pepperell ; term, 3 years.
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Peter Hemmenway.
Peter Hemmenway, Rank and regiment, Private, Massachusetts militia, Disability, Was trying his musket, and by its bursting was so wounded that his arm was amputated, When and where disabled, December, 1777, Residence, Boston, Monthly allowance, $1.66, Arrearages, $60., Remarks: There are no militia musters in this office.
Hemmenway, Peter. Private, Capt. John Stutson's co., Maj. Edward Procter's detachment of militia; detached Dec. 10, 1777; discharged March 1, 1778; service, 2 mos. 22 days, with guards under Maj. Gen. Heath at Boston.
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Patrick Shanley.
Patrick Shanley, Rank and regiment, Private, 10th., Massachusetts, Disability, Wounded in the right ankle and left arm near the wrist. When and where 1781, near King’s Brigge, Residence, Boston, Monthly allowance $1.66., Arrearages $30., Remarks: This man is returned sick in hospital July 1781.
Shanley, Patrick. List dated Boston, Feb. 24, 1781, signed by Alexander Hodgdon. Secretary of Committee of the town of Boston, of men returned as having been enlisted as the quota of said town, agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780; said Shanley reported as having been assigned to a class of which William Cunningham was Chairman; enlisted Dec. 29, 1780; also, Private, Col. Benjamin Tupper's (10th) regt.; service from Jan. 1, 1781, 12 mos.
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Ozias Judd.
Ozias Judd, Rank and regiment, Sergeant, Col. Porter’s, Disability, Diseases contracted in the campaign of Canada, When and where disabled, 1776, Residence, W. Stockbridge, Monthly allowance, $2.67, Arrearages, $40., Remarks: There are no musters of this regiment in this office.
Judd, Ozias, Stockbridge. Receipt dated Sheffield, March 24, 1777, signed by said Judd and others belonging to Capt. William Bacon's co.. Col. Porter's regt., for wages, etc., for service in " the last campaign ; " also, Sergeant, Capt. Ezra Whittelsey's CO., 3d Berkshire Co. regt.; entered service Oct. 20, 1782 [80] ; discharged Oct. 22, 1782 [80] ; service, 2 days, on the alarm at the Westward of Oct. 20, 1782 [80] ; also, same co. and regt.; entered service Nov. 5, 1780; service, 2 days, on an alarm at the Northward; also, receipt dated Stockbridge, Feb. 5, 1781, for boun- ties paid said Judd and others by a committee of the town of Stockbridge to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years, agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780; also, descriptive list dated Lenox, Aug. 20, 1781, of men raised in Berk- shire Co., agreeable to resolve~of Dec. 2, 1780, and delivered to William Walker, Superintendent for said county; Capt. Whittlesey's co., Col. Rossiter's regt.; age, 25 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 9 in.; complexion, light; hair, sandy; occupation, laborer; residence, Stockbridge; enlisted for town of Stockbridge; enlistment, 3 years; reported receipted for by Maj. Ashley; also, Private, Capt. Joseph Kil- lam's CO., Col. Rufus Putnam's (5th) regt.; muster rolls for Feb. -April, 1781, dated West Point ; enlisted Jan. 1, 1781; enlistment, 3 years; reported on com- mand at the Highlands in Feb. and March, 1781 ; also reported promoted to Corporal April 6, 1781.
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Ebenezer Kent.
Ebenezer Kent, Rank and regiment, Ensign, Col. H. Jackson’s, Disability, From his exertions at the battle of Monmouth and otherwise in the service, greatly impaired his constitution. When and where disabled, Not stated, Residence, Watertown, Monthly
Allowance, Not stated, Arrearages, $100., Remarks: Mustered as a sergeant-major, but not found as an ensign.
Kent, Ebenezer (also given Benjamin), Charlestown (also given Watertown). List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 1st Medway co., Col. Benjamin Hawes's (4th Suffolk Co.) regt., as returned by Joseph Lovell, and sworn to at Wrentham by Lieut. Stephen Clark ; engaged for town of Medway ; joined Capt. G. Brown's co., Col. H. Jackson's regt. ; term to expire in 1780 ; also, list of men raised in Suffolk Co. to serve in the Continental Array, as returned by Maj. Metcalf, of Col. Wheelock's regt., dated June 18, 1777; engaged for town of Medway; term, 3 years; also, list of men mustered by Nathaniel Barber, Muster Master for Suffolk Co., dated Boston, June 8, 1777; Capt. Brown's co., Col. Henry Jackson's regt.; also, Sergeant, Major's co., Col. Henry Jack- son's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from June 4, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, Capt. Nathaniel Jarvis's co., Col. Jackson's regt.; pay roll for Feb., 1778; also, same co. and regt.; pay rolls for June- Aug., 1778, sworn to at Camp Providence ; also, same co. and regt. ; pay roll for Sept., 1778, certified at Pawtuxet; also, Lieut. Thomas Hunt's co., Col. Jackson's regt.; pay rolls for Dec, 1778, and Feb., 1779, sworn to at Pawtuxet; also, Capt. Thomas Hunt's (4th) co., Col. Jackson's regt. ; pay roll for March, 1779, sworn to at Paw- tuxet; also, Maj. Lemuel Trescott's (3d) co., Col. Jackson's regt. ; muster roll for April, 1779, dated Pawtuxet; enlisted June 4, 1777; reported on command at Field's Point ; also, same co. and regt. ; pay roll for July, 1779, dated Providence ; also, Maj. Lemuel Trescott's co., Col. Jackson's regt. ; pay roll for Oct., 1779 ; also, Major's co., Col. Jackson's regt.; regimental return made up to Dec. 31, 1779, dated Camp at Providence; also, Capt. North's co., Col. Jackson's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; reported as serving 7 mos. as Sergeant, 5 mos. as Sergeant Major ; also, return certified at Camp near Morristown, April 30, 1780, of officers and men belonging to Col. Lee's, Col. Henley's, and Col. Jackson's regts., and men belonging to Massachusetts in Col. Henry Sherburne's regt., who were incorporated into a regiment under the command of Col. Henry Jackson, agreeable to the arrangement of April 9, 1779; Major's co.; rank, Sergeant; residence, Charlestown ; engaged June 4, 1777; term, during war ; also, Sergeant, Maj. Trescott's co., Col. Jackson's (16th) regt. ; pay rolls for April-July, 1780; also, descriptive list dated Hutts, three miles from West Point, Jan. 28, 1781 ; Capt. Blanchard's co., 9th Mass. regt. commanded by Col. Henry Jackson; rank, Sergeant Major; age, 22 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 11 in.; complexion, dark; hair, dark; occupation, founder; residence, Charlestown; enlisted Jan. 1, 1780, by Col. Jackson; enlistment, during war; also, letter from Henry Jackson, Colonel, 9th Mass. regt., to His Excellency John Hancock, dated Boston, Feb. 19, 1781, recommending said Kent to an Ensigncy in his regiment and asking that a warrant be granted him ; ordered in Council Feb. 21, 1781, that a warrant be issued ; reported commissioned Feb. 21, 1781 ; also, 9th Mass. regt. ; abstract for 3 mos. pay due said Kent, Ensign, he having been ordered to march to camp immediately with recruits, as returned by J. Pettengill, Major, 1st Mass. regt., dated Boston, June 5, 1781 ; also, list dated Jan. 18, 1802, returned by John Avery, Secretary, and P. Coffin, Treasurer, of men who had enlisted into the Continental Army and actually served 3 years and were accordingly entitled to gratuities, agreeable to resolves of March 4, 1801, and June 19, 1801 ; Col. Henry Jackson's regt. ; residence, Watertown.
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Thomas Lilly.
Thomas Lilly, Rank and regiment, Private, 5th Massachusetts regiment, Disability, Diseases contracted in the campaign at Saratoga, When and where disabled, September, 1777, Residence, Marblehead, Monthly allowance, $3.33, Arrearages, $30., Remarks: Enlisted March 15, 1777,’for three years; time of leaving service unknown.
Lilly, Thomas, Marblehead. Private, Colonel's co., Col. Rufus Putnam's (5th) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from March 15, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779 ; also, Capt. John Williams's co., Col. Putnam's (4th) regt.; return dated Albany, Feb. 9, 1778 ; residence, Marblehead ; enlisted for town of Marblehead ; mustered by John dishing, Esq. ; term, 3 years.
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Jacob Loomes or Loomis.
Jacob Loomes or Loomis, Rank and regiment, Fifer, Col. Bayly’s, Disability, Diseases contracted in the service, particularly by fatigue and heat at the battle of Monmouth., When and where disabled, Monmouth, Residence, Boston, Monthly allowance, $3.67, Arrearages, $30., Remarks: Enlisted April 1, 1777, and discharged April 15, 1780.
Loomis or Loomes, Jacob, Egremont (also given Great Barrington). Return of men raised for Continental service; residence, Egremont ; engaged for town of Egremont ; joined Capt. Warrin's co., Col. Baley's regt. ; term, 3 years ; also, Fifer, 6th co., Col. Bailey's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from April 1, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, Capt. Isaac Warren's (6th) co., Col. John Bailey's regt.; company return dated Camp Valley Forge, Jan. 24, 1778 ; mustered by County Muster Master; also, (late) Capt. Warren's (6th) co., Col. Bailey's regt.; return of men who were in camp on or before Aug. 15, 1777, and who had not been absent subsequently except on furlough, etc. ; also, Major's co., Col. Bailey's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to April 15, 1780; residence, Great Barrington.
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Ebenezer Learned.
Ebenezer Learned, Rank and regiment, Colonel, Disability, Ruptured by a wound received in the groin by falling on a stake in the night at Dorchester Heights, When and where disabled, March 1776, Residence, Oxford, Monthly allowance, $8.33, Arrearages, $70., Remarks: Appointed brigadier general 4th March, 1778; resigned.
Learned, Ebenezer, Oxford. Colonel of a regiment of Minute-men ; engaged April 19, 1775 ; service to April 24, 1775, 5 days ; roll dated Roxbury ; also, Colonel ; list of field officers appearing on a return of Capt. William Campbell's co., dated Oct. 7, 1775, and endorsed " Roxbury Camp; " also, official record of a ballot by the House of Representatives, dated Feb. 6, 1777 ; said Learned chosen Colonel of the 15th battalion of the quota for the Continental Army to be raised in Massachusetts ; appointment concurred in by Council Feb. 6, 1777.
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Elisha Munsell.
Elisha Munsell, Rank and Regiment, Privart, Col. Marshall’s, Captain Smith company, Disability, Wounded by ball which passed through his left wrist, When and where disabled, July or August, 1777, Saratogn, Residence, Pelham, To what pension entitled, One-half, Remarks: Enlisted Jan. 2, 1777, for three years, on the rolls in 1780.(2), 2. Evidence complete.
Munsell, Elisha, Greenwich. List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Hooker's co., 4th Hampshire Co. regt., as returned by Lieut. Col. R. Woodbridge ; engaged for town of Greenwich; joined Capt. Smith's CO., Col. Marshall's regt. ; term, 3 years; also, Private, 2d co.. Col. Thomas Marshall's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 2, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779 ; residence, Greenwich ; reported transferred to corps of invalids Nov. 1, 1777 ; also, Capt. Josiah Smith's (3d) co.. Col. Thomas Marshall's regt. ; return of men who were in camp on or before Aug. 15, 1777, and who had not been absent subsequently except on furlough, etc. ; also, Lieut. Ephraim Minot's corps of invalids stationed at Boston ; joined Oct. 5, 1777 ; service to Oct. 1, 1778, 11 mos. 25 days ; order for payment of amount of roll dated at Headquarters, Boston, and signed by Maj. Gen. W. Heath; also, certificate dated Boston, Feb. 3, 1779, signed by Capt. Benjamin Wallcut, certifying that said Munsell, of Capt. Thomas's co.. Col. Marshall's regt., was in camp on or before Aug. 15, 1777, and had since joined the corps of invalids; also, order on the Board of War, payable to Lieut. O.sgood Carleton, dated Boston, May 21, 1779, signed by said Munsell and others, for the donation of clothing allowed by the several towns of the State ; certificate attached to order dated Boston, May 24, 1779, signed by Lieut. Osgood Carleton, certifies that said Munsell and others had been transferred to the corps of invalids stationed at Boston under his command, and had not received the clothing they should have had "the last winter;" also, Capt. Moses McFarland's co. of invalids stationed at Boston, Col. Lewis Nichola's regt. ; muster rolls dated Sept. 9, and Oct. 2, 1779; also, same co. and regt.; muster roll for Oct., 1779; reported on furlough.
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Amos Pearson.
Amos Pearson, Rank and regiment, Sergeant, Col. Little’s, 12th., Massachusetts, Disability, Wounded in right arm by a musket ball, When and where, June 1775, Bunker’s Hill, Residence, Newbury, To what pension entitled, one-fifth,, Remarks: Militia (2), 2. Evidence complete.
Pearson, Amos, Newburyport. Private, Capt. Moses Nowell's co., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 4 days; also. Sergeant, Capt. Benjamin Perkins's CO., Col. Moses Little's (17th) regt. ; company return [probably Oct., 1775] ; age, 26 yrs. ; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Dec. 27, 1775 ; also, Lieutenant, Capt. Stephen Jenkins's co.. Col. Samuel Johnson's regt. ; engaged Aug. 14, 1777; discharged Nov. 30, 1777 ; service, 4 mos. 1 day, under Gen. Gates in Northern department, including 14 days (280 miles) travel home; order for payment of amount of roll dated at Newbury- port and signed by Capt. Jenkins.
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Nahum Wright.
Nahum Wright. Rank and regiment, Sergeant, Col. Brewer's, Disability, Has an ulcerous sore in his right leg, the effects of a wound received by a ball in his thigh., When and where, June 1775, Bunker’s Hill, Residence, Medfield, To what pension entitled, one-eighth, Remarks: Militia appointed Nov. 6, 1776, Resigned Oct. 28, 1777. (4), 4., Evidence complete. Note. The Physicians report, that they cannot positively ascertain whether “The diseased state of the leg is a direct and necessary consequence of the wound.”
Wight, Nahum, Sherburne. Sergeant, Capt. Benjamin Bullard's co., Col Jonathan Brewer's regt. : company return dated Prospect Hill, Oct. 6, 177o; also, Eiisi-n, Capt. Thomas Willington's (late Capt. Benjamin Bullard's) co.. Col. Asa Whitcomb's regt. ; muster roll dated Camp at Ticonderoga, Nov. 27, 1776 ; appomted Jan. 1, 1776; reported re-engaged Nov. 13, 1776, as 2d Lieutenant, in Capt. Brewer's co.. Col. Brewer's regt., but to continue m Col. Whitcomb s regt. until Dec. 31, 1776 : also, list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Col. Bullard's regt., as returned by Aaron Gardner, Captain, 1st CO. and Moses Perry, Lieutenant, 9th co., sworn to Feb. 17, 1778; residence. Sherbiime; engaged for town of Sherburne; joined Capt. Brewer's co., Col. Brewer's regt. ; term, 3 years; reported a Lieutenant.
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Gamalie Handy.
Gamalie Handy, Rank and regiment, Private, Col. Jacob’s, J. Haskins’s company, Disability, Wounded in his breast and back by a bayonet, When and where, August 1778, Rhode Island, Residence, Not stated, To what pension entitled, two-thirds, Remarks: Militia. (5), 5. Evidence incomplete.
Handy, Gamaliel, Dartmouth. Private, Capt. Amasa Soper's co.. Col. Thomas Mar- shall's regt.; pay abstract for mileage, etc., sworn to at Boston, June 19, 1776; mileage (60 miles) allowed said Handy; also, same co. and regt.; enlisted June 11, 1776; service to Dec. 1, 1776, 5 mos. 24 days ; also, Capt. Jacob Haskins's co., Col. John Jacobs's regt. ; enlisted July 10, 1778 ; service, 5 mos. 23 days, at Rhode Island; enlistment to expire Jan. 1, 1779; roll dated Tiverton; also. Major's co., Col. Thomas Marshall's (10th) regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from March 20, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; also, descriptive list endorsed "West Point, Jan. 11, 1781;" Capt. Samuel King's co.. Col. Benjamin Tupper's (10th) regt.; age, 23 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 8 in. ; complexion, light; hair, light; residence, Dartmouth ; engaged March 13, 1779, by Capt. Soper ; term, during war ; also. Private, Col. Benjamin Tupper's (10th) regt. ; service from Jan. 1, 1781, 24 mos.
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William Warren.
William Warren, Rank and regiment, Lieutenant Col. Nixon’s, Disability, Wounded by the bursting of a shell, and, in consequence of the shock, is subject to ulcerations in his head, which have discharged at his ears, depriving him of the use of his eyes, and greatly debilitating his whole body, some part of every year since 1776., When and where, June 17, 1775, Bunker’s Hill, Residence, Boston, To what pension entitled, one-third, Remarks Militia. (6), 6., Evidence complete.
Warren William, Waltham. Order of Provuicial Congress, dated June 16, 1775, directing that commissions be delivered to officers of Capt. Ebenezer Winship's CO., Col. Nixon's regt. ; said Warren to be commissioned as Lieutenant ; receipt for above commissions dated Watertown, June 10, 1775, and signed by Col. John Nixon; also, Capt. Ebenezer Winship's co.. Col. John Nixon's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775 ; engaged April 23, 1775 ; service, 3 mos. 16 days ; also, company return endorsed " Sept. 30th 1775."
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Benjamin Farnum.
Benjamin Farnum, Rank and regiment, Captain, Col. Frye’s, Disability, Wounded by a musket ball, which fractured and considerably injured his left leg; likewise wounded by a ball, which remains lodged in his right thigh; in consequence of which both legs are ulcerated. When and where, June 17, 1775, Bunker’s Hill, Residence, Andover, To what pension entitled, one-third, Remarks: Militia (2), 2., Evidence complete.
Farnum, Benjamin, Andover. Lieutenant, Capt. Thomas Poor's co.. Col. James Frye's regt,; return of men in camp at Cambridge dated May 17, 1775; also, Captain, Col. James Frye's (Essex Co.) regt.; list of officers appearing on a regimental return dated May 20, 1775; resolved in Provincial Congress May 20, 1775, that commissions be delivered said officers; also, Captain, Col. James Fi-ye's regt.; company return dated Camp at Cambridge, Oct. 6, 1775; also, same regt.; order dated Andover, Dec. 26, 1776, signed by said Farnum, for reimbursement for losses sustained at Bunker Hill, payable to Samuel Phillips, Jr.; also. Captain, Col. Isaac Smith's regt. of Mass. militia ; list of officers ; ordered in Council March 13, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; reported commissioned March 13, 1776; regiment raised as a temporary reinforcement to the army and to serve until April 1 [year not given] ; also. Captain, Col. Benjamin Tupper's regt. ; Con- tinental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to March 28, 1779; re- ported resigned March 28, 1779; also. Col. Ebenezer Francis's regt.; rations allowed from date of engagement, Feb. 4, 1777, to time of arrival at Bennington ; credited with allowance to March 28, 1777, 92 days, including 11 days for 220 miles travel; also, petition dated Van Schaick's Island, Aug. 31, 1777, signed by said Farnum and other officers of (late) Col. Francis's regt., asking that Lieut. Col. Littlefield be appointed Colonel of said regiment; also. Col. Tupper's (15th) regt. ; muster roll for March, 1779, dated West Point.
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Spfford Ames.
Spfford Ames, Rank and regiment, Private, Col. Frye’s, Captain Farnum’s company, Disability, Wounded by a ball, which passed on the outside of his right thigh; two of his fingers are also injured by a ball, Where and when, June 17, 1775, Bunker’s Hill, Residence, Andover, To what pension entitled, Not stated, Remarks: Militia (7), 7., Evidence complete, but the examining Physicians report, that the general ability of the claimant to obtain a livelihood by labor does appear to be essentially impaired by either or both wounds.
Ames, Spofford, Andover. Private, Lieut. Peter Poor's cc, which marched on the 'alarm of April 19, 177'), to Cambridge; service, 3^ days; also, Capt. Benjamin Farnum's co.. Col. James Frye's regt. ; company return dated Cambridge, Oct. 6, 1775 ; also, order for l)ounty coat or its equivalent in money, dated Cambridge, Nov. 13, 177n; also, list of men who received money from public treasury for losses in the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill ; allowed by Council, June 13, 1776; also, Capt. Samuel Johnson's cc. Col. Johnson's regt. ; enlisted Aug. U, 1777 • discharged Nov. 30, 1777 ; service, 4 mos., with Northern army. Roll sworn to at Andover.
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Hugh Maxwell.
Hugh Maxwell, Rank and regiment, Captain, Col. Prescott’s, Disability, Wounded by a musket ball in the right shoulder, when and where, June 17, 1775, Bunker’s Hill, Residence, Heath, To what pension entitled, one-eighth, Remarks: Militia; received his commutation as a Lieutenant-colonel. (2), 2., Evidence complete.
Capt. Hugh Maxwell's co., Col. William Prescott's (10th) regt. ; muster roll dated Ang. 1, 1775; enlisted April 28, 1775; service, 95 days; also, company return [probably Oct., 1775] ; also, order for money in lieu of twenty coats signed by Audrew McNitt and John Noilan, dated Jan. 3, 1776; also, Sergeant, Capt. Samuel Taylor's co., Col. Porter's regt.; engaged July 10, 1777; discharged Ang. 12, 1777; service, 38 days, including travel (100 miles) home; company marched from Charlemont to reinforce Northern army after the evacuation of Tieonderoga.
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Isaac Bellows.
Isaac Bellows, Rank and regiment, Private, Col. Nixon’s, Disability, Sprained his hip slipping on some timber while fording a creek; his disability increased by hardships he endured afterwards, sleeping for several successive nights with dump clothes on. When and where, Oct. 12, 1777, Schuyler’s Creek, Residence Hubbardston, To what pension entitle, two-thirds, Remarks: Enlisted March 21, 1777, for three years, discharged March 27, 1780, (8), 8., Evidence complete, as to the object stated, but, as his disability is not proved to be the effects of any known wounds, his case is not within the reach of the laws.
Bellows, Isaac, Hubbardston. Return of men enlisted into Continental Armj' from Capt. William Marean's co., 7th Worcester Co. regt. [year not given] ; residence, Hubbardston ; enlisted for town of Hubbardston ; joined Capt. Adam AVheeler's CO., Col. Thomas Nixon's regt. ; enlistment, 3 years or during war ; also, Private,. Colonel's co.. Col. Nixon's (6th) regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from March 27, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, Capt. Adam Wheeler's co.. Col. Nixon's regt.; return for clothing for 1777; reported absent; also. Colonel's co., commanded by Lieut. Benjamin Heywood, Col. Nixon's regt. ; pay abstracts for Aug. and Sept., 1779 ; reported joined from desertion Aug. 18, 1779 ; also. Colonel's CO., commanded by Lieut. Matthew Chambers, Col. Nixon's regt. ; pay abstracts for Nov. and Dec, 1779; also. Colonel's co.. Col. Nixon's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to March 28, 1780 ; reported dis- charged March 28, 1780; also. Colonel's co., commanded by Capt. Lieut. Peter Clayes ; pay abstract for Jan.-June, 1780.
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Mrad, Tilley or Mead Tilly.
Mrad, Tilley or Mead Tilly, Rank and regiment, Private, Capt. Abner Craft’s, Disability, Wounded in his right knee, by the stroke of an axe., when and where, 1776, Cambridge, Residence, Barre, To what pension entitled, one-fourth, (1), 1., Evidence complete.
Mrad, Tilley or Mead Tilly, Watertown. Private, Capt. Samuel Barnard's co. of militia, Col. Thomas Gardner's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 6 days; also, order dated Cambridge Camp. Jan. 1, 1776, signed by Capt. Abner Craft, for money in lieu of a bounty coat due said Mead belonging to Capt. Craft's co., Col. Bond's regt..
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Ephraim Bailey.
Ephraim Bailey, Rank and regiment, Private, Col Nixon, Disability, Wounded by a musket ball passing through his right ankle, when and where, April 28, 1777, Crump’s Hill, Residence, Brookfield, To what pension entitled, one-half, Remarks: Enlisted March 10, 1777, on the rolls in 1780, (1), 1., Evidence complete.
Bailey, Ephraim, Rutland. Return of men enlisted into Continental Army from Capt. David Bent's and Capt. Phineas Walker's cos., dated Feb. 23, 1778; joined Capt. Wheeler's co.. Col. Nixon's regt.; enlistment, during war; wiso. Private, Capt. Moses McFarland's invalid corps ; Continental Army pay accounts for ser- vice from Jan. 1, 1780, to April 2, 1780; stationed at Boston; transferred from Col. Nixon's regt. ; reported discharged.
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John Hunter 2d.
John Hunter 2 d., Rank and regiment, Private, Col. Learned's, Disability, Has ulcerated sores on his left leg, occasioned by a fever when in service., when and where, Sept. 1775, Roxbury, Residence, Brookfield, To what pension entitled, three-fourths, Remarks: Militia.
Hunter, John, New Braintree. Private, Capt. John Grainger's co. of Minute-men, Col. Jonathan Warner's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 1 week ; also, Capt. John Grainger's co.. Col. Ebenezer Learned's regt. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 26, 1775; service, 3 mos., 1 week, 6 days; also, company return dated Oct. 7, 1775.
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James White.
James White, Rank and regiment, Private, Col. Putman’s, Captain Gate’s company, Disability, Has an ulcerous sore on his right leg, the effect of the smallpox when in service., when and where, June 1777, Residence, Hardwich, To what pension entitled, one-fourths, Remarks: Enlisted April 12, 1777, for three years, discharged April 12, 1780.
White, James, Barre. Private, Capt. John Black's co., Col. Jonathan Brewer's regt. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 1, 1775; service, 103 days; also, Private, in a company formerly commanded by Capt. Black, Col. Brewer's regt. ; company return [probably Oct., 1775] ; also, (late) Capt. Black's CO., Col. Brewer's regt.; order for bounty coat dated Prospect Hill, Oct. 26, 1775; also, list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 7th Worcester Co. regt., as returned by Capt. Benjamm Nye and Capt. "William Henry ; residence, Barre ; engaged for town of Barre ; joined Capt. Gates's CO., Col. Putnam's regt.; term, 3 years; also. Private, Capt. Gardner's co.. Col. Rufus Putnam's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from April 12, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, Capt. Benjamin Gates's co.. Col. Putnam's (ith) regt. ; return dated Albany, Feb. 9, 1778; mustered by Capt. New- hall; also. Colonel's co.. Col. Putnam's (5th) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to April 12, 1780; also, receipt dated Worcester, ISIay 13, 1782, for bounty paid said White by Lieut. Richard ISIills, Chairman of Class No. 7 of the town of Barre, to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years.
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Eliphlet Downer.
Eliphlet Downer, Rank and regiment, Surgeon, Dolphin Cutter, Captain Nicholson, Disability, The strength and motions of his left arm impaired, in consequence of a wound by a grape shot., when and where, Sept. 1777, on board the Brig, Lexington, in an action with the Alert cutter, in the English Channel. Residence, Roxbury, To what pension entitled, one-third, Remarks: Enlisted on board the Dolphin in April, 1777, but the rolls does not show how long he served. He is entered on the Lexington roll as a passenger only. (4)., 4., Evidence complete, excepting that no proof that he was wounded at all, in any other character than that of passenger. No cause is shown why application was not made prior to December 11, 1788. It appears from the deposition of Nathan Dorsey, surgeon of the Continental armed brig Lexington, that Eliphlet Downer was a volunteer on board that vessel when he received the wound; hence, it would seem that, whatever pension shall be allowed him, it can apply only to the capacity in which he was then serving, and not to his profession as a surgeon.
Downer, Eliphalet. Surgeon, Gen. Heath's regt.; list of Surgeons and Surgeons' Mates examined and approved at Watertown, July 12, 1775, by a committee appointed for that purpose; also, receipt for ammunition dated Roxbury, May 30, [year not given] ; also, official notification dated July 9, 1779, informing said Downer of his appointment as Chief Surgeon on the Penobscot expedition by an order of Council of July 9, 1779, and requesting an immediate answer as to his acceptance thereof; also, Chief Surgeon to the forces engaged on Penobscot expedition; commissioned July 9, 1779; also, Surgeon General; service from July 8, 1779, to Oct. 8, 1779, 3 mos. 1 day, on Penobscot expedition; roll sworn to at Boston.
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