Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3715, for William Peck, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE
Penn

Peck, William
Barbara

NUMBER 
W. 3715
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5385 Phil
Pennsylvania
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Barbara Peck
widown of William Peck
who Penn served in the Revolutionary
war, as a pri of arty
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
25 Dollars 00
Cents per annum to commence on
the 4th day of March 1848
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Certificate of Pension issued the
18th day of Ma 1850
and sent to 
Hon. Thaddeus Stevens
House of Reps
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 259 Vol. 2
4 Returned letter
annexed
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
of the 7th July 1838 entitled  "An act granting half pay and pensions
to certain widows."
State of Pennsylvania 
Lancaster County ss On this Second day of February AD 1850
personally appeared before me Jacob Grosh one of the Judges of
the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid Barbara
Peck a resident of the township of Mount Joy in said county of Lancaster
and state of Pennsylvania aged ninety years who being first duly
sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision used
by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An act grant-
ing half pay and pensions to certain widows" that she is the
widow of William Peck who was a private for three years
in the service of the United States during the war of the Revolution
That he entered the service in the year 1776 and continued in
service during the years seventeen hundred seventy six, seventy seven,
and seventy eight and served principally in Captain
Joseph Moulder's Company of Artillery in the Pennsylvania
Line and was in said company at the battle of Trenton and
Princeton said William Peck was born and bought up 
in the City of Philadelphia and deponent thinks he resided
there when he entered the service. That about the time of his
discharge from the service he came to reside in the aforesaid county
of Lancaster and about the year 1827 he was granted a pension
by the state of Pennsylvania on account of his services in the Revolution
She further declares that she was married to the said William
Peck on the eleventh day of September in the year one thousand
seven hundred and ninety one in the township of Douegal
in said county of Lancaster and state of Pennsylvania by Mr.
Lupp, minister of the Gospel, that her maiden name was
Barbara Peck died on the 25th day of February in the year one thou
sand eight hundred and thirty four [1834] in the aforesaid
township of Mount Joy Lancaster County & State of Pennsylvania
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that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the
service but the marriage took place precisly to the first
day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety-four to the first
time above stated. She further declares that her said husband
was of German descent once that his name was written in the
German as William Beck instead of William Peck
the latter generally prevails when written in English

Barbara [ in x mark ] Beck

In the presence of 
J. Grosh [signature]
Joseph Peck [signature]

Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year
above written before me
J. Grosh
One of the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas for said Lancaster County Pa.

I certify that I have for many years been personally acquainted
with Barbara Peck above named and know her to be
the widow of said William Peck or Beck above
described I also further certify that by reason of her bodiy in =
firmity she is unable to appear before court of Record
J. Grosh

State of Pennsylvania} one of the Judge of C.C.P. Lancaster County Pa
Lancaster County ss} 

I Henry Stock
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State of Pennsylvania
Lancaster County

Be it known, that before me, Jacob 
Grosh, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Joseph Peck, a resident of the township of Mount Joy in said county of Lancaster, aged fifty-one years, who being first duly affirmed according to law, doth on his affirmation say that he is the son of William and Barbara Peck.  That his father, the said William Peck, was a Revolutionary soldier of the United States and about the year 1827 was granted a pension by the State of Pennsylvania and continued in the receipt of it until his death, which took place in said township of Mount Joy in the month of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, where he resided for upwards of sixty years.  That at his death he left a widow, the above named Barbara Peck, who now resides in the said township of Mount Joy and has remained a widow unmarried since the death of her husband, the said William Peck.  That this affiant has now in his possession a family record containing the date of the birth and marriage of the said Barbara Peck; that said record is in the handwriting of one Henry Heatland and was made in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, and since which time it has been in the possession of this affiant.  The maiden name of the said Barbara Peck was Barbara Speck; that the said William Peck was of German extraction and in the German language his name was written William Beck.  Affiant is the third child of the said William and Barbara Peck.  The said William Peck, while in the service, belonged to the artillery division in the Pennsylvania Line.
Signed:  Joseph Peck

Affirmed and subscribed this second day of February A.D. 1850 before me.
Signed:  J. Grosh
John Young

I certify that I have been acquainted with the above named Joseph Peck for several years and that he is a credible person and entitled to belief.
Signed:  J. Grosh
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State of Pennsylvania
Lancaster County

Be it known that before me, Isaac Shertzer, a justice of the peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and for the said county of Lancaster, personally appeared Mary Speck, a resident of the township of East Donegal in the aforesaid county of Lancaster, aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath depose and say that she is the sister of Barbara Peck, widow of William Peck; that the said Barbara was married to the said William Peck in the township of Donegal in the county aforesaid in the state of Pennsylvania in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one.  Deponent was then about twelve years of age and was known to said marriage, the maiden name of the said Barbara was Barbara Speck and she was born and brought up in said Lancaster County and is now ninety years of age.  That her husband, the said William Peck, was a reputed soldier and drew a pension from the state of Pennsylvania; that he died in the township of Mount Joy in the aforesaid county of Lancaster in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, and was at the time of his death a long aged man his reputation as a soldier was for service performed in the Revolutionary War.
Signed:  Mary (her X mark) Speck

Sworn and subscribed before me this 26th day of January A.D. 1850.
Signed: Isaac Shertzer

In the presence of Isaac Shertzer
Signed:  B. B. Chapman

The State of Pennsylvania
Lancaster County

Be it known that before me, Isaac Shertzer, a justice of the peace duly authorized to administer oaths in and fore the county aforesaid, personally appeared James Laird, a resident of the township of Mount Joy in said Lancaster County, aged fifty-six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath depose and say that for more than thirty years he has been personally acquainted with Barbara Peck, widow of William Peck; that he was also acquainted with the said William Peck, husband of the said Barbara; that he died in the said township of Mount Joy about sixteen years ago, where he had resided for many years.  That his widow, the said Barbara, has
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remained a widow and unmarried since the death of her husband, the said William Peck, and now resides in the said township of Mount Joy, Lancaster Count and is a very aged woman.
Signed:  James Laird

Affirmed and subscribed before me this 29th day of January A.D. 1850.
Signed: Isaac Shertzer

I certify that I have been for several years personally acquainted with the above named deponents, Mary Speck and Joseph Laird, and that they are credible persons and entitled to belief.  The said James Laird has been postmaster at Mount Joy many years previous to April last.
Signed:  Isaac Shertzer
Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania
Lancaster County

I, Henry Stock, prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, do certify that Isaac Shertzer Esq. before whom the foregoing oath and affirmation of Mary Speck and James Laird was made, is and was at the time of making the same, a justice of the peace in and for the said county, duly commissioned and qualified and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.  

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Lancaster, the twenty-ninth day of January A.D. 1850.
Signed:  Henry Stock, Prothy.