Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3651, Noah Ford, Mass.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE

Mass.         Ford, Noah
                  Abigail 

NUMBER     R.3651

Contents  (blank)
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk County ss. on this second day of August 1838, personally appeared before the Hon. Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston. 

Abig[black smudge] Ford a resident of the city of Boston in the county of Suffolk aged seventy five years, who being 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 passed July 7th 1838 entitled : "An Act (of Congress) granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows "
That she is the widow of Noah Ford of Abington in the county of Plymouth and state aforesaid, deceased who was a soldier in the War of  the Revolution; the said Noah Ford served as a private with the Massachusetts troops at North Kingston in the State of Rhode Island, [illegible] the Captains name was Nathan Packard & said Ford served three months, his Lieutenants name was Joshua Shaw, and a part of the line he served under said Shaw - he performed said service in 1778. he resided in Abington when he inlisted and marched from Abington into the State of Rhode Island and served aforesaid his Colonels names he does not know- Also he the said Noah Ford, inlisted as a private into Captain Jacob Pools Company and marched into the state of New York with the Massachusetts troops, from Abington and served three months and a half or about that period of time in the year according to the best of her knowledge 1780. She does not know nor has she any information who the Commander of the regiment was at this Tour in both of the above services he was a volunteer. Also the said Noah Ford inlisted into the Waggon Service of the United States and marched from Abington with the teams as a private under the command of Captain Mark Packard into Boston and from Boston through Springfield and into the State of New York to General Washington's head quarters and served under said Captain Mark Packard and Captain John Hall of Braintree in Norfolk County and state aforesaid nine months. the reason why he served under Captain Hall was Captain Packard was taken sick & returned home after serving about seven months and upon and the teams were as she understood placed under the Command of Captain Hall and marched to the south and where he the said Ford served his time out and returned home - This tour was performed in the year 1781.
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She the said Abigail Ford further declares that she was married to the said Noah Ford on the Eleventh day of December, seventeen hundred and eighty three; that her husband the aforesaid Noah Ford did on the fifteenth  day of November eighteen hundred and seventeen that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service aforesaid, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four. viz. at the time above stated she further declares she has no documentary evidence to her knowledge in support of the claims as stated above.

Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year first before written, vis, 2nd August 1838, before me;  and I certify that the said Abigail Ford, the applicant, by reason of bodily infirmity is unable personally to attend in court. 

[signed] Abigail Ford 

[signed] Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston [/signed]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk ss. 

I, Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, hereby certify that Peter O Thacher Esquire is sole Judge of said Municipal Court, & that the signature above, purporting to be his, is genuine.

Witness my hand & the seal of said Court hereto set this third day of August A. D. Eighteen hundred thirty eight.

[signed] Thomas W. Phillips,
Clerk of the Municipal Court aforesaid
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts-
Plymouth County ss. Abington July 23. 1838.

I John Nash do hereby certify that, it appears by the Records of said Town of Abington that "Noah Ford and Abigail Whitman were joined in marriage on the eleventh day of December. 1783 seventeen hundred and eighty three. -

This may certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed in the Record in fair legible figures as follows viz. December 4th 1783. –

I the above named John Nash depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town, County and State aforesaid- and that the above is a true extract from the Records with the exception above named as [sworn?] to by me –

I further certify that by the same Records is appears that Noah Ford died November the fifteenth - in the year - one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.

John Nash Town Clerk

Plymouth ss, July 23, 1838
Sworn to before me –

Jared Whitman– Just Peace
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Noah Ford 22/250–

Perkins & Willis – July to Sept 78
1-16 [illegible]

78 Nathan Packard-Shaw (Joshua) Sr.
Mark Packard– John Hall Teamsters – 81

R[dd?] alarm
1780 X
62-9276x
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3651

47 4 Mas.
Rejected
Let. to Benjm Richards 17 Aug. 1838

3651

Act. 7. July 38
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J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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J L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner Pensions – sir I here transmit the papers of Abigail Ford Widow of Noah Ford decd - & when you have decided upon this please Write to Benjamin Richards of Randolph in the State of Massachusetts

Yours respectfully
Benj Richards.
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3651

P. O. Abigail Ford
Service:  wid of Noah

Enlisted: REJECTED, 18
Discharged: [blank], 18

Application filed: [blank], 18

Alleges: [blank]
Re-enlisted: [blank]

Attorney: [blank]
P. O. [blank]

[blank] Recognized.
[blank] Contra
[blank] Cert. of Dis. Searched for [blank], 18
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I Joseph P. Gurney of Abington in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts - a Revolutionary Pensioner and aged seventy seven years – do testify and say that toward the close of the Revolutionary War I with several other Persons from Abington among whom were the late Noah Ford and John Puffin - were [employed?] and went from said Abington with teams under Capt Packard of Bridgewater - we loaded with various solites
for the use of the Army at Boston- and went thru Springfield and then to Gen. Washingtons head quarters- where we remained some time. then Capt Packard was taken sick and returned home. We were then placed under Capt Hall of Braintree - I want to further lent most
of the other teamers and among them the late Noah Ford went on to the Southwards- how long he was in this service I cannot say- I was gone seven months- and of he the said Ford must have been employed some time
longer-- It was the year that Cornwallis was taken.
Joespeh [illegible]
[illegible] attested this July 23, 1834
Personally appeared the above named Jos. P. Gurney and made solemn oath
that the the above declaration by him signed is just and true, and
hereby certify that he is a person of truth and veracity.
Before Jacob Whitman Just Peace
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I Matthew Noyes of Abington in the county of Plymouth, a  Revolutionary Pensioner and aged eighty years do testify that I was well acquainted with Noah Ford late of Abington deceased and that he performed two tours of service in the Revolutionary War to my knowledge-- one tour was performed at North Kingston in the state of Rhode Island. The company to which the said Ford and myself were attached was made up from Abington and what is now North Bridgewater. The captain whose name I do not recollect was from North Bridgewater - The company was divided and that part in which I served was under Lieut Joshua Shaw and was stationed at what was then called the [illegible] House - I served at this time three Months and the said Noah Ford was with me the whole time. The other tour of service which we performed together was at Schoharie in the State of New York under Jacob Pool in the year I think [illegible] - This service continued according to my recollection nearly five months - said Ford was with me the whole time - He died at Abington about twenty years ago leaving a widow Abigail Ford who has not remarried - and now resides as I understand in the City in Boston -

{Signed} Matthew Noyes

Plymouth, July 23, 1830
Personally appeared the above named Matthew Noyes and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him signed =  and I hereby certify that he is a person of truth and veracity. Before me Jared Whitman Jus. Peace
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I Aaron Littlefield of Randolph in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, being seventy eight years of age; do testify and say that I was in the Waggon Service under Captain John Hall of Braintree in the County and State aforesaid in the year 1781 eight months in the Continental service in the Revolutionary war - at New York and I well remember that Captain Mark Packard of Bridgewater was a commander of a number of teams from Bridgewater and Abington in the County of Plymouth and State aforesaid and said Packard with his company was with us at New York said Packard the Commander was taken sick and left the Army and went home and his teams that he had the command of was put under the command of Capt. Hall with us, and among them was the late Noah Ford of Abington in Plymouth County and David Edson of North Bridgewater, according to the best of my knowledge said Ford served eight months but as to the precise time I am not certain, I served out my term of enlistment and returned home which was for eight months  Packard with his teams might have served longer; as to this fact I am not able to tell, for I do not know when Packard commenced his service. It might be before Capt. Hall took the command of his men & Company but this circumstance I do not know.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
[signature] Aaron Littlefield
Norfolk County ss. August 1st 1838
Then the above named Aaron Littlefield who is a Person of Truth and veracity personally appeared & made solemn oath to the truth
of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Benjamin Richard Justice of the Peace
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I Joseph Sylvester of North Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth aged seventy four years - do testify and say that in the year one thousand and
seven hundred and eighty I was with Noah Ford late of Abington deceased - in the service of the United States at Scoharie in the State of New York under Capt. Jacob Pool. We performed a term of three months and seventeen days and Noah Ford was with me the whole time.

[signature]  Joseph Silvester
Plymouth ss, July 23, 1832
Personally appeared the above named Joseph
Silvester and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him made and signed and I hereby certify that he is a person of truth and veracity.
Before Jared Whitman Jus of Peace
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#47
Abigail Ford
widow of Noah
Mass.

act 7 July 1838
5 years
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Edward Everett 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. --- --- 
His Excellency EDWARD EVERETT,
Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth 

To all whom it may concern: 

Edward Everett
Know ye, That Jared Whitman Esq is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth, and Benjamin Richards Esq is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk, (and they both were such at the date of their several attestations) in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to their Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; that the within Attestations are in due form, and by the proper Officers.

In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this third day of August, A.D. 1838 and in the sixty third year of the Independence of the United States of America.

By His Excellency the Governor. 
John P. Bigelow
Secretary of the Commonwealth.