Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12089, Reuben Baker, Mass.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Mass.
Baker, Reuben
Number
S.12089
CONTENTS
Carded
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4222
Massachusetts
Reuben Baker
of Leominster in the State of Mass. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Cushing of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wards in the Mass line for 13 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Jany 1833 and sent Hon. J G Kendall House of Rep's 
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 
Semi=ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 33
$64.99
21.67
$86.66

{Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by DD Addison Clerk
Book D Vol. 1st Page 95
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Worcester SS

On this sixth day of September AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before Nath Paine Judge of the Probate the court of in the County of Worcester now sitting Reuben Baker, a resident of Leominster in said County & State aged seventy six 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 7th 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, & served as herein stated.
In 1775 recorded in Shrewsbury in said County & in the month of April of that year a few days after the battle of Lexington in said State he went to Cambridge Mass. & there enlisted into a company of Militia, of which Job Cushing was Captain & Asa Rice & Ezra Bearman were Lieutenants, of Col. Ward's Regiment of the Massachusetts state troops - That he enlisted for eight months & served that time, & was discharged at Dorchester near Boston - That he was in the battle of Bunker Hill in June 1775 & served that day in Capt. Gridley's Company of Artillery, but after some days service in said Company he returned to Capt. Cushing's company