Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,160, Gideon French, Mass.
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Mass
French, Gideon
S29.160
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29 160
INVALID.
Revy
File No 29.160
Gideon French
Prv Rev War
Act:  June 7 (symbol?) 32 (symbol?)
Index:  Vol 2, Page 144
[Arrangement of 1870]
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15141
Massachusetts
Gideon French
of Quincy in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Thayer of the Rgc command
of Col Baldmin in the Mass 
line for 11months & 3 days private
9 months & 19 days [another rank?]

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 94 Dollars 81 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of May 1833 and sent - Elias B Thayer, Washington D.C

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833          $189.62
Semi-ano. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833  47.40
                                                                $237.02

                                       {Revolutionary Claim,
                                        Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D D Adamson Clerk,
Book E   Vol 200   Page 24
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

                    Secretary's Office, Aug. 11  1832.

I hereby certify, that, from an examination of the Book and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in the Department, it appears that
     Gideon French served in Capt. Thomas Newcomb's Company in Col. Emmerson Thayer's Regiment and di duty therein for three months, three days from July 28, 1780
     Edward D Bangs, L??y
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This certifies that I Joshua Sampson of Braintree in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Masachussets, now a United States Pensioner, do testify and say, that on the first of May. A.D. 1775. I enlisted for eight months in the states service in the Company of Capt Silas Wild in Col Graton ??? in General Wm Heath Brigade and ? General Putnams Division and that Av. [or Mr.] Gideon French then of said Braintree did enlist in said Company and that I am knowing to said French in said division full turn for which he intended (or inlisted?)  Joshua Sampson
Signed in ? of Minott Thayer
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Norfolk, Braintree Dec 25, 1832.

This certifies that the before named Joshua Sampson has been an inhabitant of the Town of Braintree for more than fifty years.  That I have personally been acquainted with him for more than forty years and that he [illegible] always has sustained a good character and a [illegible] citizen and to my knowledge is not interested.
Minott Thayer, Just. Peace

This certifies that I the subscriber who have, as above, testified am in no way whatsoever interested in the [illegible] of Mr. Gideon French either in regard to his obtaining a Pension from the United States or in any other [illegible] of his.
Joshua Sampson
Witness Minott Thayer

Norfolk Braintree De. 24, 1832.  Then the above named Joshua Sampson personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above statement and I hereby certify that he is a man of truth.
Before me Minott Thayer, Just. Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth
I Jacob H Loud, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth, do hereby certify that Ebenezer T. Fogg, Esquire of Scituate in said county is a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned & qualified to andminister oaths & affirmations in said county, and that the signature to the annexed paper purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this first day of February A.D. 1833
Jacob H. Loud
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I, Micah Stetson of Scituate in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, aged seventy eight years on oath do testify and say that in the year 1778 in the month of February, as I think, Gideon French of Quincy in the County of Norfolk and state aforesaid, enlisted with me  as a private soldier in the army of the United States in the War of the Revolution.  Said enlistment was for one year commencing from the 7th Day of December previous.  Said Gideon French arrived at West Point about the first of March following said enlistment and served as an [illegible] in a company commanded by Jedediah Thayer and served the whole term of said enlistment, which expired the 7th day of December 1778 and was discharged at the same time and passed over the North River in the same boat with me on his return home, and further, with not excepting, that I say I have no sinister motive in making the foregoing statements.
Micah Stetson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth Jan. 26, A.D. 1833
When the above named Micah Stetson made an oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed, is true.
before me, Ebenezer T. Fogg
And I further certify that I have been personally acquainted  with the above Micah Stetson for a number of years and think he s a credible person.
[illegible] Ebenezer T. Fogg - Just. Peace
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7103

54-
3.81
57.81
37.00
94.81

Edwin S. Leland

[illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible]
$94.81
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk SS.
On this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Quincy an and for said County, Gideon French a resident of Quincy in said County, aged Seventy Seven, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the of Congress passed June 7yh A.D. 1832.
That he was born at Braintree in said County on the first day of October A.D. 1755, and that there is a record of his birth in the Town Records of Braintree, that he was in the United States service from the first of May A.D. 1775, to the first of January A.D. 1776, as a private in the Massachusetts Militia: that he was residing at said Braintree when he entered the Service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain Silas Wild of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Groton.  That he marched from Braintree to Roxbury, from there to Dorchester from there to Cambridge where he was discharged: that he served at said places with [illegible] of the regular troops; and General Washington of regular officers and know to him: that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received no  written discharge: that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Boston & Quincy & [illegible] has no documentary [illegible] & {illegible] [illegible] [illegible].
Also: that he was in the United States service from the eighteenth of Februray A.D. 1778, to the seventh day of December A.D. 1778, as an [illegible] in the Continental Army: that he was residing at said Braintree when he entered the service; that he enlisted and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain Jedediah Thayer of the corp(?) commanded by Colonel Baldwin: that he march from Braintree to Poughkeepsie, from [illegible] to West Point where he was discharged: that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received a written discharge, which is lost.
Also: that he was in the United States service from the 28th day of July A.D. 1780, to the 31st day of October A.D. 1780 residing at Braintree when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain Thomas Newcomb of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Thayer: that he marched from Braintree to Rhode Island where he was discharged; that he served at said place with the French Troops and no regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received no written discharge.
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
[handwritten signature] Gideon French
We [handwritten] Peter Whitney a clergyman, residing in [strike through the] [handwritten] said Quincy 
and [handwritten] John Southern residing [handwritten] in said Quincy
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with [handwritten]Gideon French who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [handwritten] seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides to have been a soldier  [handwritten] ------ of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.  
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
[handwritten signatures right side of page] Peter Whitney
[handwritten signatures right side of page] John Southern
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary [handwritten] soldier and served as he states.  And the court further certify that it appears to them the [handwritten] Peter Whitney, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the [handwritten] said Quincy; and that [handwritten] John Southern who has also signed the same in a resident in [handwritten] Quincy and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit [handwritten] & the court further certify that ______ _____ is a justice of the peace for said county of Norfolk that the signature to the [illegible] on here [illegible]annexed [illegible] } Sherman Leland Judge of Probate

I [handwritten] Samuel Haven, Rept, of the [handwritten] Court of Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of [handwritten] Gideon French for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the [strike through day and year first aforesaid] twenty third day of February A.D. 1833
[signature] Samuel Haven