Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15522, Joseph Allen, Mass. R.I.
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Mass
RI

Allen,Joseph
   Phebe

W,15522
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Oct. 2d 33 certif of 
transfer - care of Allin 
Hunt, Seek out, Massa

[Page is badly torn]
[?] Massa
[line drawn through:] Rhode Island  fm
Joseph Allen 
of Providnce in the State of RI 
who was a Captain in the company commanded by Captain ___ of the Rgt commanded 
by Col Ward in the R.I. & Mass. 
line for 2 years 

Inscribed on the Roll of R I 
at the rate of 480 Dollars - Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Nov 
1832 and sent Benjn Cowell Providence R I 

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $720.—
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Mar 33.  240—
[total] $960

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J Hesse Blair Clerk, 
Book D. Vol 3 Page 109.[or 107]
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7317
Joseph Allen
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United State of America
Rhode-Island District, sc.
County of
On this 12th day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, being a special District Court of the United States within and for said District, now in session - Joseph Allen a resident of Providence in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island aged 77 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 Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832, viz.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he inlisted in the year 1776 at Cambridge Massachusetts as sargent in Col. Ward Regiment. His captains name he does not recollect, to serve eight months. That he served on Bunker Hill [illegible] Boston [illegible] five X six months when he was taken [illegible] by Arthur Barket at Providence served in my place for the [illegible] under at the town he having been procured to do so by [illegible] Paul Allen, in the fall of 1777. I inlisted as a volunteer in Capt [illegible] company & served on R. Island about one month as a private. Then returned to Providence & served in the company at Col. Danl Tillinghast over a month in 1778 was appointed ensign in the company of Capt. Riggs in Col. S. Olneys regiment & brigade [illegible] time 1780 was appointed a captain as commission now exhibited & served under said commission to the end of the war. Was on Rhode Island in 1781 about one month and was honorably discharged.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph Allen
B. Cowell Clk

We, Joseph Rawson and Henry P. Franklin, residing in the city of Providence do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joseph Allen who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Joseph Rawson
H.P. Franklin

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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Benja Cowell clk
William Wilkinson maketh Oath that he fully remembers Joseph Allen and knows that he served 
as Captain of a Company of Militia under command 
of Col. Stephen Kimball one Month in July & August 1781 at Newport R. I. - he having served 
in said Regiment during the same period. This 
fact is within his perfect recollection 
William Wilkinson 
July 12 Sworn to in open Court 
B Cowell Clk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Joseph Ranson & Henry P. Franklin who signed the preceding certificate, are residents in the City of Providence and that William Wilkinson is a credible person, and that their statements are entitled to credit. 
I, BENJAMIN COWELL, Clerk of said District Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Allen for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 10th day of August 1832 
Benja Cowell Clerk 
of said Court
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No 7317 
Joseph Allen of Providence 
R.I. 
Captain 2 years 
Admitted
$480. 
Benja Cowell Esqr 
Providence R.I.
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Brief in the case of Joseph Allen of the county of Providence in the State of R. Island
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
[illegible] made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 77 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. In 1776
Duration of Service. 8 Months
Rank. Sergt.
Names of general and field Officers under whom he served. Col. Ward

Period. 77
Duration of Service. 1 Month
Rank. Voluntr.
Names of general and field Officers under whom he served. Capt. Power, Col Tillinghast

Period. 78 appointed
Duration of Service. 1 Month
Rank. Ensign
Names of general and field Officers under whom he served. Col. Olney, Capt Biggs

Period. 20 June 80 appointed
Duration of Service. and served to the end of the war + 2 detached roll
Rank. Capt
Names of general and field Officers under whom he served. Col. Stephen Kimball

5. In what battles was he engaged? none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cambridge Ms.
7. Is his statement support by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witness & commission
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no clergyman's certificate

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Belt Examining Clerk
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Copy of Examination
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Examination of Joseph Allen July 11 1832 
1 Was born in Uxbridge Mass. 5 June 1754 
2 Have a record at home in my Bible 
3 Lived in Northfield State of Mass when called into 
service. have lived chiefly in Providence after 
discharge from service now lives in Providence 
4 Came from Northfield to Cambridge as a Volunteer 
in a minute Company soon after the battle of Lexington 
then a few days after enlisted enlisted [sic] under Lieut 
Elisha Lyman The Captain was sick soon died 
enlisted for 8 months served 5 or 6 months got 
sick & a man took my place by procurement 
of my friends. Returned to Providence 
Volunteered in Autumn 1777 in Capt Nicholas 
Powers Company served not quite a month 
went to Newport attached to no regiment 
Joined Cole Tillinghasts Independent Company 
served a month 

United States of America 
Rhode Island District Sec: In Providence in E. District March 1 A.D. 1841 
I certify that the above is a true copy from my minutes 
of the examination of Joseph Allen under the Pension act made 
on the 11 July 1832 in open Court 
John Pitman 
District Judge U.S. 
from R.I. District
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3556
Rhode Island 
Phebe Allen 
widow of Joseph Allen 
who died on the second day of May 1837 Providence in the State of R Island 
who was a Capt & Ensign in the ___  of the Regiment commanded 
by Col Warde in the Rhode Island 
line for 4 months as Ensign and two months 
as Captain and Mass 
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island 
at the rate of 80 Dollars ___Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 3d day of May 1837 
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of May
1841 and sent Benj Cowell 
Providence R Island 
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $306.88 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep 1841. 4000 
[total] $346.88
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }

Recorded by Theo L Moody Clerk,
Book C Vol. 3 Page 87
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State of Rhode Island 
County of Providence 
On this 4th day of August AD 1838 personally appeared in open Court being the Municipal Court of the City of Providence Court of 
Record Phebe Allen a resident in said 
City of Providence aged 81[?] years who first duly sworn according to law doth 
on her oath make the following declaration 
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress of July 4 1836 
and the joint resolution of July 7 1838. 
That she is the widow of Joseph Allen 
who was a Captain in the service 
of the United States in the war of the Revolution 
but she cannot specify his services 
otherwise than specified in his declaration 
when he obtained a pension.  
She  further declares that she was married 
to the said Joseph Allen on the 12 day 
of March AD 1778 in the town of Warwick 
where  she resided but her marriage is
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not recorded in that town but it is 
recorded in a family record hereto annex 
and she further declares that her husband 
the said Joseph Allen died on 
the second day of May 1837 in Rehobeth 
and she has remained a widow 
ever since as will more fully appear 
by reference to the proof hereto annexed 
Phebe Allen 
Municipal Court of the City of 
Providence August 4th 1838. 
Subscribed, and duly sworn to 
by Phebe Allen, in open Court. 
Albert G Greene 
Clerk
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Rhodes G. Allen born in Providence Monday 5, Oclock in the afternoon, the 28th of March, 1785.

Harriet Allen born in Providence Monday morning at 4 Oclock January 7 1788

Russell White Allen born in Providence October 7th, 1793, in the morning at 1 Oclock. Russell's hand wrighting March 15, 1908
and Bowen at See on [illegible] Ferry defince Capt [illegible] [illegible] went [illegible] or on the 24 of November 1862
[illegible]
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Abigail Hearsey Allen Born in Providence Sept. 8th 1795, at half past Seven at Night & Died on April 15 1807. 

of Joseph the service war of the Revolu his services his declaration was married on the 12th day of Warwick Marriage is
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Joseph Allen Died in Rehoboth May 2d 1837 in the after noon at 6 1/2 O'Clock

by Phebe

Municipal Court of the City of Providence August 4 1838 Annexed to the Declaration of Phebe Allen in open court Attest G. Greene Clerk.
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Pardon Allen Born in Providence thursday Morning 8 oClock the 16 of December 1779. 
George W. Allen Born Providence Monday 1 OClock the 15 of October 1781 and Died on March 18th 1804 On Bord ship Hope Capt Howard from Providence
Joseph Allen Junr Born in Providence Sunday Night 1/2 past 10 OClock the 5th of October 1789 April 13 1896 This day of for [illegible]
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Jo[illegible] of January 1773, it lost 7/4 SI Born in Uxbridge Massachusetts in the year of our Lord 1754 Account of hit Age and Wife and Family Josh Allen Free in the 5th of June 1774 Being 20 years of Age. And Was Married to Phebe [illegible] on the 12th of March 1778 She being [illegible] and one month old at that time. Stephen Green Allen [illegible] May the 133th 1778
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I Thomas R. Greene of Warwick in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Iland [Island] &c on solemn 
oath do declare and say that the above named Joseph Allen was my uncle, and that he 
died at Rehoboth in the State of Massachusetts in the secend [second] day of May, A.D. 1837: that he left a widow Phebe Allen who has signed 
the preceding declaration; and that said Phebe still remains his widow, and now resides 
in the City of Providence. 
Thomas R. Greene 

Municipal Court of the City 
of Providence August 4th 1838, 
Subscribed and duly sworn to 
by Thomas R. Greene, in 
open Court. 
Albert G. Greene, 
Clerk.
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Affidavits
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State of Rhode Island ss
County of Providence 
Phebe Allen widow of Joseph Allen late of 
the City of Providence who was an officer during 
the war of the revolution now maketh this further 
statement of facts & circumstances relative 
to the services of her said husband in 
addition & explanation of her declaration before 
the Municipal Court heretofore made. 

She remembers & she further says that the said 
Joseph paid his addresses to her about a year before 
she married him. That she lived in the village 
of Pawtuxet & the first time she ever saw him 
he was on a tour of duty in an Artillery Company 
from Providence which was stationed in said Village 
The name of the Captain who commanded the Company 
she has forgotten, but her said husband 
was a Sergeant & served there a month. that the 
first time she saw him he came to her house with one George Sheldon since deceased to buy 
butter & eggs & she remembers she was spinning when 
the young soldiers came into the house & this 
was in March 1777 a year before they were married. She also remembers & she further declares 
that in the summer of 1777 her said husband 
performed another tour of duty at Warwick 
neck she remembers this from the circumstance
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that on his march to Warwick neck he stopt [stopped] at 
her house in Pawtuxet to see her, the village 
of Pawtuxet lies between Providence & said 
Warwick neck. After their marriage her 
said husband was a Commissioned office[r]
& as such performed several tours of duty of 
a month each but how many she cannot say 
but must refer to the evidence. In the year 
1775 her said husband served in the Massachusetts 
Troops at Bunker Hill & other places near Boston 
as she has heard him say but she cannot recollect his officers names. 
Phebe Allen 

Providence sc.
In the City of Providence on this 13th day 
of April 1840. Phebe Allen, Widow, above named, personly 
appeared & made oath that the statement by her above 
subscribed in my presence, is a true statement according to 
her present revelation & belief. before me, 
I certify that she is a credible person entitled to full credit a credible person & her statement 
entitled to full credit 
Witness 
William H Smith 
Justice of the Peace
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I William Harding of the City & County of Providence 
do testify & say that on the fourth day of May next I shall 
be Eighty years old; that I was well acquainted 
with Joseph Allen formerly of said Providence & the husband of 
Phebe Allen now his widow; I moved into the sd City then 
town of Providence in the latter part of the summer of the 
year 1777, and then became acquainted with the said 
Joseph Allen who was a tailor by trade. 

In October 1777. we were both of us drafted to do military 
duty for a month in what was called Spencer’s expedition 
against the enemy then in possession of the island of 
Rhode Island. Said Joseph was drafted either as 
non commissioned officer or a prive [private] (I do not recollect 
which) in a militia company belonging to sd Providence. 
I do not recollect the captains name. The name of the Captain of the company in which I was has 
also escaped my recollection. But I distinctly remember 
that in our march from Providence to Tiverton we both of 
us lodged in the same house in Rehobeth. It is this circumstance 
which makes me remember this service 
more particularly. In the next day we reached 
Tiverton where we were stationed about thirty miles from Providence, & served
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out our draft. I further certify that in the year 1778 we 
served together a month. This was in what was called 
Sullivans expedition. We marched down to the island of 
Rhode Island in the month of August. 

Said Joseph was then an ensign. We went down under 
Captain Riggs who was our Captain & Lieutenant Holden 
who was our Lieutenant. In this expedition we served 
a month. General Sullivan was the commander in 
Chief. 

I think the sd Joseph did other tours of duty afterwards as 
Captain, but such a length of time since has elapsed 
that I cannot specify them. But the two tours of duty 
above mentioned I distinctly remember.
William Harding 

Providence ss. In the City of Providence on this 7th day of 
April 1840, William Harding, who is known to me to be 
a credible Witness, personally came & made oath that 
the above statement by him signed is true to the best 
of his recollection & belief 
Before me 
William H Smith 
Justice of the Peace
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I John Howland of Providence, State of R. Island  
now in the Eighty third year of my age, do 
Testify that I know the late Captain Joseph Allen  
a Citizen of Providence from nearly the Cemmencment [commencement]
of the Revolutionary War to the time of his death which occured a year or two ago, and I recollect that he 
performed a tour of Militia duty at Pawtuxet where 
became acquainted with a Lady of that Village whom 
he afterward marryed, and whom I am informed is 
still living. The year that he was stationed at Pawtuxet 
in the Militia, I do not now remember, at and even before the Lexington Battle a British Fleet commanded 
by Commodore Wallace were stationed in our Bay and River 
till they were driven off in the year 1776, this little 
fleet kept us in continued alarm by landing their men 
on the shores and plundering the farms firing on the 
Town of Bristol and burning the houses on the Islands 
the State of things produced the frequent calls of the 
militia on duty, and in December 1776 British Army 
took possession of the Islands of Rhode Island and Conanicat [Connecticut] 
which they held about three years, during the above periods 
drafts of the Militia of the State were continually on service 
in which Mr Allen had his share of duty in different 
terms to perform, but the time of his being on service 
In the several offices he held I do not know, tho he 
before the war was over obtained a commission of Captain 
Providence R. I. April 10, 1840 
John Howland 

Providence ss. In Providence on this 10th day of April 1840 John Howland 
above named, who is known to me to be a credible witness, personally came 
& made oath that the facts stated in the affidavit by him above signed 
in my presence are true to the best of his recollection & belief 
Before me
William H Smith Justice of the Peace
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Providence sc.
I, John N. Smith 
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within 
& for said County of Providence, being a Court 
of record, do hereby certify, that 
William H. Smith 
Esquire, before whom the aforegoing 
three affidavits were sworn, is 
a Justice of the Peace for the City of 
Providence, in said County; that by 
law he is duly authorized & qualified 
to administer oaths & take deposition & 
that his aforewritten signatures are 
genuine 
In witness whereof I 
hereunto set my hand 
& affix the seal of said 
Court at Providence 
this thirteenth day of 
April AD 1840. 
John W. Smith 
Clerk
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State of Rhode Island 
County of Providence }ss
On this twelfth day of April 
eighteen hundred and fifty before the 
subscribed a Public Notary in and 
for said County personally appeared 
Harriet Lark, a resident of the city of Providence 
in said county, and made oath in 
due form of law that she is the 
only child now living of Phebe Allen late 
of said Providence, deceased, that the 
said Phebe was the widow of Joseph Allen 
late of Rehoboth Massachusetts and a 
pensioner of the United States, that 
the said Phebe Allen was also a pensioner 
of the United States under the act of 4th of 
July 1836 at the rate of about $80.00 per annum, 
that she died on the eighteenth day of October 
eighteen hundred and forty seven in the 
city of Providence where she had resided 
several years, that she received her pension at the Providence Agency, that the said Joseph Allen, Father of deponent, received ___ per annum, that she the deponent asks for whatever
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increase of pension may be found due in the case of her Mother under any of the acts and Resolutions of Congress which are applicable to her case. 
Harriet Lark 
Subscribed and sworn to before 
me on this 12" day of April AD 1850 
Nathaniel Searle 
Public Notary
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March 15, 1940.
BA-J/CC
Joseph Allen
W. 15522
Miss Leone B. Hall
Green River Road,
Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim W. 15522, based upon service of Joseph Allen in the Revolutionary War.
Joseph Allen was born June 5, 1754, in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
While residing in Northfield, Massachusetts, Joseph Allen enlisted in April 1775, for eight months, served as sergeant in Captain Samuel Smith's company, Colonel Ward's Massachusetts regiment, and after serving five or six months he returned home as Paul Allen, his father or brother (record town and cannot tell which), had procured a substitute to take his place; enlisted in the fall of 1777, served one month as private in Captain Nicholas Powers' Massachusetts company, in Spencer's Expedition; enlisted in the year, 1778, served more than one month as private in Colonel Daniel Tillinghast's independent company in Rhode Island; he was subsequently appointed ensign in Captain Riggs' company, Colonel C. Olney's Rhode Island regiment and was in Sullivan's Expedition on Rhode Island, and June 20, 1780, was appointed captain and  served under his commission to the close of the war.
Joseph Allen was allowed pension on his application executed July 12, 1832, at which time he was residing in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. In 1823, he was residing in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
He died May 2, 1837, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
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Joseph Allen married March 12, 1778, in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, Phebe Green, of said Warwick. She was then aged twenty-one years and one month. In 1777, she resided in Pawtucket. Place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. His widow, Phebe Allen, was allowed pension on her application executed August 4, 1838, at which time she was residing in Providence, Rhode Island. She died there October 18, 1847. The names of their children are shown as follow: Stephen Green Allen born May 13, 1778 Pardon " "December 16, 1779, died in Johnstown, N.Y. February 17, 1817. George W. " " October 15, 1781, died March 18, 1804, on board ship "Hope", Captain Howard.
Joseph " Junior " October 5, 1783 other data not found or it is illegible. Rhodes G. " " March 28, 1785 Harriet " January 7, 1788 Russell White " " October 7, 1793, was drowned at sea on board Brig "Defiance", Captain B.Bowern master, November 24, 1812. Abigail Hearsey " " September 8, 1795, died April 15, 1807. Their children were all born in Providence, Rhode Island. The only one to survive their mother was Harriet Lark, who in 1850 was residing in Providence, Rhode Isalnd. The name of her husband is not shown. In 1838, soldier's nephew, Thomas R. Greene, was residing in Warwick, Rhode Island, and in 1838, one Thomas R. Greene was elected Justice of the Peace in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island; it is not shown whether he were identical with soldier's nephew. In 1838, the widow's sister, Mary Field, was aged seventy-six years, and a resident of Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island. In 1833, one Philip Allen was residing in Providence, Rhode Island; in 1839 one Samuel C. Allen, Junior was Justice of the Peace in Franklin County, Massachusetts, and in the same year one Samuel C. Allen, Junior was postmaster at Northfield, Massachusetts; it is not show whether they were identical. In 1838, one Albert G. Greene was Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Providence. Their relationship to the soldier's family not stated. Very truly your A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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July 29-1902 [?] E. Chandler 
Holyoke Mass 
1909 Mar 9. Hist. to Mrs. Samue[l] C. Cooper, A.C.P. 
1911, Feb. 6 Hist to Mrs. Anna S. Mac Crea 
1916, Apr. 6.History to Earl Parsons Lasher, M.D. F.W. 
1940 - Mar 15. Hist to Leone B Hall cc [carbon copy of] letter in file of Daniel Galushin cc
W. 4961 

R.I.
Rev
WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 15522 
Phebe Allen 
Widow of 
Joseph Allen 
Pri Rev War 
Act:July 4th 36 
Index:—Vol. A [or N], Page 9
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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556
Rhode Island
Phebe Allen decd widow of Joseph Allen who died on the 2d May 1837 of Providence in the State of R.I. who was a Capt & Ensign in the ____ commanded by Captain ____ of the Regt commanded by Col Warde in the R.I. Mass. line for 8 months Captain 8 months Ensign

Inscribed on the Roll of Providence at the rate of 240 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d day of May 1837 & ending 18 October 1847 when [illegible]

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of June 1837 and sent to J.M. Thayer

Arrears to the 4th of [illegible]
Semi-annual allowance ending [illegible]
Incd from $80

{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3d}

Recorded by H.R. Weightman Clerk
Book D, Vol. 2 page 350

C.I.87
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[Jos]eph Allen Mass. 480$ pr. anm. last paid ?
GMC
23 Apl 1841 
Died 2d May 1837 [?] to that period
JH
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R Island 
Phebe Allen 
[?] to B Cowell 29 Oct 1838
To same March 28, 1840[?]

Act 4 July 1836
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3556 
Rhode Island 
Phebe Allen, decd 
Widow of Joseph Allen
who died on the 2d May 1837
Of Providence in the State of R. I.
who was a Capt & Ensign in the ___commanded by Captain R. I. of the Regt commanded 
by Col Ward in the R. I.
line {1 year Captain 
       {1 “ Ensign 

Inscribed on the Roll of Providence 
at the rate of 360 Dollars 00 Cents 
per annum, to commence on the 3d day of 
May 1837 & Endg 18th October 1847, 
when she died 

Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of 
July 1851 and sent to
J. M. Thayer Esq

Arrears to the 4th of Present 
Semi-annual allowance ending 
[?] from $240/
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section 3d}
[?] Weightman Clerk 
[page torn, ?] 2, Page 350
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By His Excellency William Greene Esquire, Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief, of and over the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. Joseph Allen Gentleman, GREETING. You Joseph Allen being by the General Assembly elected and chosen to the Place and Office of Captain of the First Company or Trained Band of the Town of Providence in the County of Providence in the State aforesaid are hereby, in the Name of the Governor and Company of the said State, authorized, empowers, [illegible] exercise the Office of Captain of and over the Company aforesaid command, guide and conduct the same, Part thereof. And in Case of an Invasion or Assault of a Common Enemy to infest or disturb this Plantation, you are to alarm and gather together the Company under your command, or sich Part thereof as you shall deem sufficient, and therewith, to the utmost of your Skill and Ability, you are to resist, expel, kill and destroy the same, in order to preserve the Interest of the good People in these Parts. You are also to follow such Instructions, Directions and Order, as shall from Time to Time, be further given forth, either by the General Assembly the Governor and General Council, or other your superior officers. And for your so doing, this Commission shal be your sufficient Warrant and Discharge. GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said State, the Twentieth Day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty & in the Fourth Year of Independence by his Excellency's Command, Henry Hardbury W. Greene
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Providence Sept 12 1838 
Sir
I herewith transmit the application 
of Mrs Phebe Allen widow of Joseph 
for a continuance of his pension under 
the act of July 4 1836 & Joint Resolution 
of Congress of July 7 1838 
I am respectfully 
your obt Sevt
Benja Cowell 

J L Edwards Esq
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Providence March 25 1841 
Sir
I herewith enclose further testimony in the case 
of Mrs Phebe Allen widow of Joseph Allen in answer to your 
letter of March 15 1840. I have delayed sending it hoping 
I find might find further testimony in the case, but the 
survivors of the revolution are almost all dead. That 
he served in in the Eight months service in 75 there 
cannot be a reasonable doubt. It was always so stated 
by him in his lifetime & it is so proved by a witness 
who served with him in the same company. The reason 
why his name does not appear on the Roll of Col Wards 
regiment in that year can now I think be accounted 
for. It appears from one of his examinations in Court 
under the act of June 7 1832 (a copy of which is herewith 
enclosed) that he stated that soon after the battle of 
Lexington he enlisted under Lieut Elihu Lyman served 5 or 6 months was taken sick when another 
took his place by procurement of his friends. 
Unfortunately he did not give the name of his substitute, if he had it is probable all the difficulty 
would have been obviated. for no doubt the name 
of this man is on the Roll in your office. But when 
he made his declaration he was very much broken
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down both in body & mind. This I well remember. 
And this circumstance may account for the omissions 
of some services & incorrect statements as to others 
All I ask for his widow, who is now a poor cripple, 
is what is right. If the objections now made had been 
made in his life time, they could have been obviated
& his claim established upon a proper foundation. 

From the evidence now enclosed it will appear 
he served two tours at Pawtuxet & Warwick in March 
& the summer of 77 one at Tiverton October 77 & one 
in August 78 as Ensign in Sullivans Expedition, 
to which add 4 months in 75 & 2 months as Captain 
which is admitted. 10 months in all, for which I have 
to request a certificate may be granted.

After I received your letter above mentioned I 
write to Mr Horner of Boston about the “October return”
of Wards regiment & his answer is enclosed 
I also enclose a letter from the Post Master of 
Northfield the town from which Joseph Allen 
went in 75 & his answer is enclosed. It would 
seem there was a man by the name of 
Elisha Alexander 
who was also with him in same Company
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but too infirm to testify & Mr Simon Alexanders 
affidavit the other man named in the letter you 
have. His own declaration therefore that he 
served in 1775 is supported by two witnesses 
I do hope therefore her claim may be allowed 
It would also seem from the Post Masters letter
that one Kelly took the command of the company after Capt Smiths death. I refer you 
therefore to his Rolls if it is in your office 
I am respectfully 
your obt sevt 
Benja Cowell 

J L Edwards Esq
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J C Allens letter about Jos Allen Northfield Ms Dec 9th Ave Saml Allen Jr. PM at Northfield mg

Mr Benjamin, Cowell Providence (RI_
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Northfield Dec 9th 1839 
To/ Mr Benjamin Cowell
Dear Sir
Your favour of Nov 20th came duly to hand I 
should have given it an earlier answer but some delay was necessary for 
me to make all the enquiry you desired 

I called on Elisha Alexander, who is very deaf 
and infirm but could learn but little from him, he knew a Mr Allen 
who served in 1775 with him at Boston but is unable to remember his 
Christian name. from him I could learn but little of use to aid Mrs Allen 
in obtaining her pension 

I have learnt from Mr Simon Alexander of 
this town that he knew Joseph Allen, in this town, and when a soldier 
at Boston, in 1775. Mr Alexander was at Boston, he thinks, not far from 
four months in the same company with Joseph Allen. Mr Alexander says 
Capt Saml Smith from Hadley had commanded the company untill [?]
death which was not far from September. One Kelly from Hedley [?] 
then chosen Captain. Elihu Lyman from Northfield was Lieut. it is 
said that Allen was a tailor by trade. I have no doubt but Mr
Allen served in the same Company with the Messers Alexanders, and 
am of the opinion that the deposition of one or both would be of 
essential service to Mrs Allen in establishing the service of her 
husband. the greatest difficulty is to make it appear he was in the 
Army length of time sufficient to entitle his widow to the benefits of 
the Law. If I can be of any service you can write me 
and I will attend to your directions. I will remark that I 
shall be absent from home after the first of January. I shall be at Boston after that time for several weeks. 
Respectfully 
Your Ob Sevt
Samuel C Allen Jus P PM at Northfield Ms
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Franklin ss 
I Simeon Alexander of Northfield in 
County of Franklin & Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts, a private in the army 
of the Revolution, do depose and 
say that I knew one Joseph Allen 
who resided in Northfield before the 
Revolution - He was a Tailor by 
trade and worked for one
Hezekiah Gaylor who carried on 
the business of tailoring in Northfield 
Joseph Allen was one of the 
minute men (so called) in Northfield 
& for some time before the Battle of 
Lexington, he acted  as Sergeant 
and used to exercise those men 
in Northfield who with himself, 
held themselves ready to join the 
army when called upon. on the 
third day after the Battle of Lexington, 
Joseph Allen with several other 
men of Northfield, marched to join 
the army at Cambridge. This was 
the 22d day of April 1775. about the first of may following I left Northfield
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to join the army also. When I arrived 
in Cambridge I then found Joseph Allen 
and I served in the same company 
with him from that time to the 
last of September following when I was 
taken sick and returned to Northfield.
Joseph Allen & Myself served in the 
same company nearly five months 
I think Mr Allen was present & did 
duty all of the time. When I left 
the army Mr Allen was still doing 
duty & I have no hesitation in saying 
this & I believe he served till the last 
of December following (1775) making 
eight months. In the last part of the 
month of December 1775 the Northfield 
men returned but Joseph Allen 
did not again come to Northfield. 
But some of the Soldiers who served 
with him told me that after [?] 
Allens time was out he went to 
Providence. I believe Joseph Allen 
came from Boston to Northfield & 
he resided in Northfield about one 
year previous to his joining the Army.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
Secretary's Office, February 1st 1840. 
I hereby Certify, That Samuel C. Allen Jr. 
Esqr. is now, and has been for the six 
months last past a Justice of the Peace for the County of Franklin 
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; 
and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and 
credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court 
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written 
John P. Bigelow
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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The officers of the company in which 
Joseph Allen & Myself served were as 
follows; viz 
Captain Samuel Smith 
of Hadley, Massachusetts- 
First Lieutenant Pulloy[?] of Hadley - 
Second Lieutenant was Elihu Lyman of Northfield. 

The Regiment to which we belonged was commanded by Col Cowell 

After I left the company I heard  
that Captain Smith died & that 
Lieut Pulloy succeeded to the office 
of Captain. I do not now positively remember whether Joseph Allen served in any capacity other than as 
a private. But it is my impression that he acted as a Sergeant in the commencement of the Service. Further particulars I do not 
remember. [?] at Northfield 
this twenty eighth day of December 
A D 1839 and signed by me 
Attest- Charles Mathaau[?]
Simeon Alexander
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin County Be it known, That on the twenty eighth day of December 1839 before me the Subscriber a Justice of Peace in and for said County, personally appeared the above named Simeon Alexander & made solemn oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed Before me Saml C. Allen a Justice of the Peace 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin S. Northfield December 28 1839 Be it known that I Samuel C Alan Jr our of the Justices of the pence in and for the said County ┃ hereby certify that I have known named for many years Mr Simeon Alexander above this & he is a my respectable citizen & that he is entitled to perfect Credit Saml C Allen Perry Justice of the Peace
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Boston Mass. Feb 6th 1851
Hon J. E. Heath ⎬ 
Com of Pensions ⎬ 
Sir 
On 26th of Dec. last I 
filed in your office an application 
of Harriet Lark only surviving child 
of Phebe Allen, widow of Joseph Allen, 
of R. I agency for an increase 
of Pension in the case of her late 
Mother. Joseph Allen received $480. 
pr. an., act ‘32. His widow Phebe Allen, 
was allowed a pension at a 
much less rate than was granted 
to him. She died on the 18th of Oct. 1847.

In the case of the late MM[?] Southard, (waggoner) a pensioner of the N. J. Agency, [?] Secretary Ewing decided, that, the amount 
of service having been once settled
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by the Commissioner of Pensions. 
and there appearing no evidence 
of fraud in the case. that question 
(the amount of service) should not be 
re-opened. This, I believe, is now 
recognized as the settled principle 
of the office. I therefore claim 
the application of it to the case of Phebe Allen 
above named. The fact that 
she was allowed a pension much less 
than her husband received, cannot prevent 
its application. The decision of the 
Secretary virtually says, that the 
late Commissioner of Pensions, in refusing 
to allow to her the same annual amount of Pension granted to her husband, 
did wrong. This wrong act of the 
[?], should not therefore stand 
in the way of justice being done now.

Under the decision above referred 
to I claim an increase in this case to the 
same amount as that received by the
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husband, and respectfully request 
a certificate accordingly. 
Very Truly Yours 
J. M. Thayer 

P. S. I wish to put in the foregoing remarks 
as supplemental to the claim filed by me on 
the 27th Dec. last. J.M.T.
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Boston Mass. Dec. 25th 1850. 
Hon J. E. Heath }
Com. of Pensions }
Sir, 
I transmit herewith 
the pension certificate of Mary Burrows 
of N York widow of Hubbard 
for the purpose of obtaining an increase 
under Jt Resolution of July 1st 1848. 

I also enclose the application 
of Harriet Lark only child of 
Phebe Allen widow of Joseph Allen 
late of the R.I. Agency, for an 
increase of her Mother's pension 
under Jt. Resolution of July 1st 1848. 
and on the ground that the evidence 
furnished by her Father is sufficient 
to justify the increase, and she requests 
a reexamination of the papers on file.

Also of Elija R. Arrowsmith of N. J.
Very Respectfully yours 
J. M. Thayer
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Hon. Benjn. Cowell Providence R.I. 

11 20 220 130 350 

13 10 130

E. Harmon letter
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Boston April 15, 1840, 
Sir, 
Yours of 13th inst was duly received, since which 
I had search made for Joseph Allen in all the companies in Col Ward's 
Regt and other rolls in 1775, which remain in this 
office, but without success. If he was in the service 
in 1775, his name may be on the rolls at Washington, 
where payment was made up to the 1st of August, of 
that year. I have ten rolls in Col. Wards Regt of eight months men, but the name of Joseph Allen is 
not on either. Should I come across his name anywhere, 
I will inform you. 
Yours, respectfully, 
Eleazer Homer 
P. S. I have received your letter enclosing $2 which you have credit for.

Hon. Benjn Cowell.
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Providence Feb 3d 1840 
Sir
In your letter of Oct 29 1838 respecting 
the claim of Mrs Phebe Allen 
widow of Joseph Allen, you observe 
that his claim was allowed upon “insufficient evidence,” & require further 
evidence in relation to his service 
in 1775. I herewith send further testimony 
which fully corroborates his declaration 
which he made in regard to his 
service in that year, & which I hope 
will be satisfactory. you observe that 
2 months are allowed to him as Captain.
I hope also his services in Capt Powers 
& Capt Tillinghasts Companies are also 
to be allowed. 
Respectfully 
your obt svt
Benja Cowell

J L Edwards Esq
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Phebe Allen, Decd

Adm 1 yr Ens      $120
“ 1 “  Cap.    240
Incd to. [total] $360
dedy $240 per ann.

Coing [commencing] 3 May 1837 & 
Endg [ending] 18 Oct 1847 
payable to 
Harriet Lark, 
only surviving Child 

J M Thayer 
Present
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Washington City D. C.
July 1st 1854,
Sir,
I respectfully ask for 
a reexamination of the case 
of Phebe Allen, widow of 
Joseph of R.I. act of 1836. 
The Records in the Secretary’s 
office (R.I.) show that 
Joseph Allen was two years 
Captain and about 
the same length of time Ensign.
I therefore claim an 
increase over what has 
been allowed.
Very Respectfully Yours 
J. M Thayer

Com. of Pensions
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Phebe Allen dec
R. I. 
Act 4 July 1836 
Adm 8 months Capt $160 
8  “ Ensign 80
Incd [increased] to $240 
Dedg [deducting] former payts [payments] at 
$80 per annum comg [commencing] 
3 May 1837 & Endg [ending]
18 October 1847, 
payable to 
Harriet Lark 
only surviving child. 
(allowed after consultation with 
C. Clerk, See Certificate of the Secretary of State of R.I.) 

J. M. Thayer 
Boston Mass
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[stamped PROVIDENCE R.I. SEP 24]
[stamped FREE]
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington.
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Office Bank U States 
Providence Septr 23d. 1833
Sir
Yours of the 18th is received. 
Joseph Allen Captain under the Act of June 
the 7th 1832 has been paid his Pension up to the 4th 
of March 1833.
I am very respectfully 
Your Obt Servt
 Philip Allen Pres.

J L Edwards Esq 
Commissioner of Pensions
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Providence Sept 18th 1832 
Sir
I have the honor herewith to enclose the 
application of Joseph Allen for a pension 
under the act of Congress of June 7 1832. 
It ought to have been transmitted before 
but the documentary evidence got mislaid 
I hope it may receive an early decision 
as the applicant is now a tenant of the 
Poor House.
I Am respectfully your 
Obt Sevt
Benja Cowell Law 

For
Hon L Cass 
Secy of War
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Washington City D. C. 
Jany 31st 1859
Sir,
I respectfully ask for a reexamination 
of the case of Phebe Allen 
Widow of Joseph of R. I. 
I claim for the widow the 
benefit of two years service 
as Captain as clearly proved 
by the certificate of the Sec 
of State of R. I. 
Very Respectfully Yours 
J. M. Thayer 

Hon J. E. Heath 
Com of Pensions
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Application for a Transfer 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
County of Bristol ss 
On this Twenty fourth day 
of August in the year of our Lord one thousand 
eight hundred and thirty three before me, the 
Subscriber a Justice of the Peace, in and for the 
County of Bristol aforesaid, personally appeared 
Joseph Allen, who, on his oath, declares 
that he is the same person who formerly belonged 
to the army of the Revolution that he served in 
the capacity of a Captain in the Regiments, commanded 
by, Colonel John Ward and others, and 
in the Brigades Commanded by Generals Ward 
and others in the Service of the United States; 
that his name was placed on the Pension Roll 
of the State of Rhode Island under the Act of 
June 7th 1832. from whence he has lately 
removed; that he now resides in the Town of 
Rehoboth, County of Bristol and State of 
Massachusetts, where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in 
future; and that his reasons for removing to 
the State of Massachusetts, are the following, that 
he has purchased real Estate in said Rehoboth, 
and intends to make that his place of residence 
Joseph Allen 
Sworn and Subscribed to 
before me the day and 
year aforesaid 
Allen Hunt Just. of the Peace
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I the Subscriber being duly sworn hereby 
certify that I am well acquainted with 
Joseph Allen the subscriber of the within 
Certificate and know that he is the same 
person who has received a pension from 
the United States at the agency in Rhode 
Island as a Revolutionary Pensioner 
under the act of June 7th 1832 for the 
year last past under the date of his 
certificate dated November 9th 1832 No. 1739 and Signed Lew Cass Secy of War 
Examined K Counton 
Signed J.L. Edwards 
Samuel W Remington 

State of Massachusetts 
Bristol County, ss⎬ Rehoboth August 24. 1833 
The above certificate signed and sworn 
to before me, and I certify that the Signer Samuel W. Remington is a person 
of veracity with whom I am well acquainted 
Allin Hunt Just. of the Peace 

direct to Allin Hunt 
Seekonk 
Massa:
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Joseph Allen s d
transfer from R I roll to
Massachusetts 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Bristol Ss. 
I Anselin Bassett, Register 
of the Court of Probate in and for said 
County of Bristol, do hereby certify that 
Allin Hunt, before whom the foregoing 
affidavits were taken & sworn to, is a 
Justice of the Peace for said County 
and that the signature to the certificates 
thereof purporting to be his, are genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and the seal of said 
Court this twenty sixth day of August 
Eighteen hundred and thirty three. 
Anselm Bassett
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3804 
Phebe Allen 
R.I. 
Act 4 July 36 
Vol 16 38 -75. Smith - X
no service in 75 allowed. 
4 mo. Ensign 
2 Mo. Capt
80$
Died 2 May 1837 
pen: Com - 3 May 1837 

Benja Cowell Providence R.I

V3904
Phebe Allen
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State of Rhode Island 
County of Kent ss 
Town Clerk’s Office
Warwick August 2 1838
I George A Brayton town Clerk of the said town of 
Warwick do hereby certify that I have diligently searched 
the records of Marriages in this office and that I do 
not find any record of the marriage of Joseph Allen 
to Phebe Greene 
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand the day & year aforesaid 
Geo A Brayton Town Clerk 

Kent Sc}
Warwick Augst 2d AD 1838 
Personally appeared Before me the 
above named George A Brayton 
and made oath to the above certificate 
by him signed, I also Certify he is 
known to me to be Town Clerk of said 
Town and has the Custoday of the 
records thereof 
Thomas R. Green Justice of the Peace
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
William Sprague Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the State of Rhode- Island and Providence Plantations. 
BE IT KNOWN, That the name, "HENRY BOWEN." to the aforewritten attestation subscribed, is in the proper hand writing of Henry Bowen, Esquire, who at the time of subscribing the same, was Secretary of the State aforesaid, duly elected and qualified according to law: Wherefore unto his said attestation full faith and credit are to be rendered. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said State to be affixed, at Providence this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight and of Independence the sixty-third 
Wm Sprague 
By His Excellency's Command. 
Henry Bowen Secry
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations. 
Providence, Sc. }
Be it remembered, that at the Municipal 
Court of the City of Providence, exercising Probate 
Jurisdiction, and being the Court of Probate for said City 
of Providence, and a Court of Record, holden in said 
City of Providence, on the fourth day of August A.D. 
1838 satisfactory testimony is produced, that Joseph Allen 
late of Rehoboth in the State of Massachusetts 
died at said Rehoboth, on the Second 
day of May, A.D. 1837 that he left a widow Phebe Allen 
who now resides in said City of Providence 
that said Joseph and Phebe were legally married on the 
twelfth day of March AD 1778; that said Phebe is 
the widow of said Joseph Allen, and has so remained 
ever since his death. 
And the Court do further order it to be certified, 
that the annexed Declaration of said Phebe Allen is 
entitled to full credit; that the annexed Depositions 
of Thomas R. Greene, Mary Field and George A. Brayton 
are also entitled to full credit, and that said several 
deponents are all credible witnesses in the premises 
I, Albert Greene, Clerk of the Municipal Court 
of the City of Providence, do hereby certify that the aforegoing 
contains the original proceedings of the said Court in 
the matter of the application of Phebe Allen to obtain 
the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress of July 4th 
1836, and the joint Resolution of July 7 1838, entitled "An 
act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows” 
[In] Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and have affixed the seal [of the said] Court, this 4th day of August A.D. 1838. 
Albert G Greene Clerk
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I Mary Field of Cumberland in 
the County of Providence being now 
76 years of age on oath do testify & 
say that Phebe Allen who has signed 
& Sworn to the preceding declaration 
is my sister. I was present at her 
Marriage. She was married to 
Joseph Allen on the 12th day of March 
1778 or about that time. they were married in Warwick 
Mary Field 

Municipal Court of the 
City of Providence August 4th 1838 Subscribed, and duly sworn to 
by Mary Field in open Court 
Albert G. Greene 
Clerk
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Phebe Allen 
widow of Joseph 
of R.I. for 
increase
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations 
Providence Sc}
Municipal Court of the City 
of Providence in said State exercising 
Probate Jurisdiction. 
April 16th 1850. 
Be it remembered, that satisfactory testimony has been this day produced to this Court, that Phebe Allen 
late of said City of Providence, widow of Joseph Allen, 
was a pensioner of the United 
States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, 
that she died on the eighteenth day of October, 
A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and that Harriet Lark of said Providence is her only surviving child, and is over twenty one years of age.
In attestation whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand, and 
have affixed the seal of said 
Court, this 16th day of April A.D. 1850 
Albert G. Greene, Clerk
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Secretarys Certificate
for Mrs Phebe Allen
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State of Rhode Island and 
Providence Plantations 
Secretary's Office April 18, 1840 

I Henry Bowen, Secretary of 
said State, and keeper of the 
Records and the Seal thereof 
Do Certify, That at the session of the General assembly of said State holden on the first Wednesday 
of May seventeen hundred seventy eight (1778. 
Joseph Allen was elected Ensign of the first Company 
of Militia in the town of Providence, and so continued 
until the Second Monday of June seventeen hundred 
and eighty (1780) when he was elected Captain of said Company for and until the first Wednesday 
of May then next; when he was reelected Captain 
of said Company for one year, as appears of record. 
In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and 
affixed the Seal of said State 
at Providence, the day and year 
first above written 
Henry Bowen
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[stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
D
JUL 23 1902
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[stamp] 
JUL 25 1902
FILES
P.B.
[illegible initials]

Old War & Navy

[handwritten letter:]
452 Northampton St 
Holyoke Mass. July 20 
Dear Sir-
Can you give me more 
of the record of Joseph Allen 
who enlisted in Essex Co. 
Mass. and went into R.I. 
War Ensign - Lieutenant and 
Captain of 1st Co. Providence 
Militia - He was born in 
Nantucket in 1737- 

Also of Joseph Allen Jr 
born in Nantucket in 1762. 
Enlisted in Cumberland 
Co. Maine Transferred to 
Mass. Continentals - Franklin 
Co. Died in Buckland Mass. 
There men were my grandfather 
and great-grand father. 
Respectfully - 
(Mrs.) Frances E. Chandler
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Record Division
Feb 18 1909

U.S. Pension Office A
Feb 17 1909

W N 522
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[illegible initials]

No. 9. North Perry St. Johnstown, N.Y. 
Feb. 15th 1909. 
Department of the Interior  A.W. & J. Division Bureau of Pensions.  J. R. W. Rev. War 
Washington D. C. 15522 Wed 
Gentlemen: 
Will you kindly give me a statement of the 
military history memory of Joseph Allen a 
soldier of the Revolutionary war who 
drew a pension. I would like it to 
verify the record I have for my 
daughter to join the "Children of the 
American Revolution.”
An early reply would greatly oblige. 
Yours, 
Mrs. Samuel C. Cooper 
No 9 North Perry St. 
Johnstown, N. Y.

[encircled note in margin:]
“A.W.& N.” Division 
J. R. W. 
“Rev War”
15522 Wid
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ack Feby 4, 1911

[stamp] RECORD DIVISION JAN 26 1911
[stamp] RECORD DIVISION JAN 31 1911
[stamp] PENSION OFFICE D JAN 31 1911 US
[stamp] PENSION OFFICE D U.S. JAN 1911 26
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#240 West 15th St.
New York, N.Y.
Dept. of Interior,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly give me the military record of Joseph Allen, of Cambridge, Mass.
I would like to use the information to join the D. A. R's.
Hoping that you will be able to assist [page ends]
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me in this
I remain
Yours very truly
Anna S. MacCrea
Jan. 25, 1911.
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PHONE 5366
Rev. Sec. 1
EARL PARSONS LASHER, M. D.
326 SOUTH BROADWAY
HOURS:
9 TO 12 A. M.
7 TO P. M.
SUNDAYS BY APPOINTMENT
YONKERS, N.Y. Mch. 26 1916.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:- Will you be kind enough to send me a certificate concerning my (maternal) great, great grandfather Joseph Allen? In 1832, July 12th, Joseph Allen, then residing at Providence R.I., applied for a pension, which was granted.
This information is desired for the Sons of the American Revolution.
Yours very truly
Earl Parsons Lasher
[stamped U.S. PENSION OFFICE C MAR 28 1916]
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JAN 31 1911

[stamp]PENSION OFFICE US D JAN 31 1911
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Record Division. 3-1865
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington January 27, 1911.
Mrs. Anna S. MacCrea,
240 West 15th Street,
New York, N. Y.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 25th and received the 26th instant, you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the record of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim has been filed on account of his services, and in order to identify such a claim, in addition to the soldier's full name, some of the following data is essential: names of some officers under whom he served, places of resident at enlistment and after discharge, approximate dates of birth and death, given name of widow.
Very respectfully,
J. Davenfort Commissioner

Joseph Allen of Mass
Date of enlistment 1776 residence at that time Cambridge, Mass, residence at death Providence, R.I. Do not know date of death. When nearly 80 years old he applied for pension that was about 1832 am not sure of this date.
His widow Phebe received pension. I think her maiden name was Green but I am not certain.
Capt. Joseph Allen served to the end of the war, I think he served under Capt Pomer and Capt Riggs.
My great uncle Eathen Allen who died at Johnstown, NY about ten years ago, has a son now living at Gloversville NY and this is all the information he had.
Hoping you can locate this for me. I remain Yours very truly
Anna S. MacCrea
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for a statement of the military history of Joseph Allen a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (and his widow's) application for pension on file in this Burea. W. File 15522.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 1775, Fall 1777, 1778, *1778, June 20, 1780 
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 5 or 6 mos., 1 mo, over 1 mo., - , to end of war
RANK. Sgt., Pri. - Ensign, Capt. 
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. - , N. Powers, - , Riggs, of first Co of Providence RI militia
COLONEL - Ward, - , Daniel Tillinghast, C. Olney, 
STATE.  Mass, " , R.I., Newport ", 
Battles engaged in, not stated. was in Sullivan's expedition & R.I. *
Residence of Soldier at enlistment, Northfield Mass.
Date of application for pension, July 12, 1832 His clm was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Providence, R.I. 
Age at date of application, Born at Uxbridge, Mass June 5, 1754. Col. Mar at Warwich, Mass. Mar 12, 1778, Phebe Green; he died at Rehoboth Mass. May 2, 1837 and she was allowed pension on an application executed Aug 4, 1838 her aged 81 years and a resident of Providence R. I. where she died Oct. 18, 1847. Family record shows. Stephen Green b. May 13, 1778; Pardon b. Dec. 16, 1779, died at Johnstown, [illegible] Feb 17, 1817. Ger W. F. Oct. 15 1781, died March 1804 on board ship Hope; Joseph Jr. B Oct 5, 1783; Rhodes G b Mar 28 1785; Harriett Jan 7, 1788; Russell White b. Oct 7 1793 and drowned at sea, brig Defiance Nov 24, 18-- (illegible); Abigail Hearsey b Sept. 8, 1795 died april 15, 1807; all born at Providence, R.I.
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March 15, 1940.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Miss Leone B. Hall
Green River Road,
Williamstown, Massachusetts.
[arrow drawn in pencil pointing from heading to "Joseph Allen" in the upper-right of the letter]
BA-J/CC
Daniel Gallushe
W.4961
Joseph Allen
W.15522
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Squire Allen (2), of Massachusetts or Rhode Island, Joseph Allen of Rehoboth or Barrington, and that of Daniel Galusha of Vermont.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Squire Allen, nor of a Daniel Galusha of Vermont. The pension record of only one soldier with the name Daniel Galusha (variously spelled) has been found; his record and that of Joseph Allen are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assitant
to the Administrator.