Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30723, for Benjamin Stevens, Massachusetts
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Mass

CONTENTS
Stevens, Benjamin

NUMBER
S.30723
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15-580
Massachusetts
Benjamin Stevens
of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts
who was a private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Barnes of the Regt commanded
by Col Ward in the Massachusetts line
for 13 months of 7 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachussets
at the rate of 44 Dollars 21 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of June
1823 and sent to S. Dana Groton Mass

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 of $88.22
Semi -anl.. allowance ending 4 Sept.  $22.05
$110.27

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by J W Clagett  Clerk, 
Book E  Vol. 20 Page 78
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Declaration of 
Benjamin Stevens

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S. Dana 
Groton
[illegible]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex

On this tenth day of September AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting at
Concord within and for the County of 
Middlesex in the Commonwealth aforesaid

Benjamin Stevens of Boxborough in and County aged seventy seven years who being 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, and served as herein stated. That is to say
That at the commencement of the war he was a minute man in the Town of Marlborough in said County in the Company of Capt Barns in Col. Ward Reg of Southborough on the morning of the 7th of April AD 1775. his company marched to Concord, and they pursued the enemy to Charleston, and soon was encamped at Cambridge, and enlisted for eight months under the same Captain L Morse 1st and Lt. Brigham and the same shall on the 17th June he was in the Battle of Bunker hill, and after the retreat from the hill the was again at Cambridge and there continued untill his eight months service was out and as the years even had not then come in, and the general Officers having requested Col Wards regiment to remain in Camp - the most of his company agreed to return under the same officers after and he entered into arrangement to remain one month longer, which he did and after the first of February AD 1776, when his Regiment lay at Roxbury he was dismissed having served nine me the under two enlistments  from the 1st May AD 1775.

In the fall AD 1777 his Father Samuel Stevens was required to do a tour of three months
and procured him to go to Rhode island and there he joined his Company at Providence when the Regt. was found, he afterwards proceeded to Norwich in Cont. [Connecticut] from there to White Plains and North Castle, then to New Jersey, and from his place of departure had marched three hundred miles and having continued with his Company and Regiment till he [illegible] and three months, during which time he had served as [illegible] to Col. Haw who was his Fathers neighbor he was[illegible]l in New Jersey and allowed for three hundred miles travel home. 
In the Fall of AD 1777 he engaged to go after 
Burgoyne and when they (?) for volunteers, about one hundred men turned out from three Companies, Lt. Bass Barber volunteered to go and Capt. Moss commanded the Company we (?) to Bennington soon after the Battle and saw the (?) and the (?) hill and were soon after dismissed having (?) from the time he left home (?) an discharge 6 weeks. 
Signature of Benja Stevens

He relinquishes every claim, whatever to a pension or annuity, whatever, the present, and declares that his name on the pension roll of the agency of any State, the day and year aforesaid

Subscribed and sworn
Signature of E. Phinney
We James R. Cushing

a Clergyman residing in the town of Boxborough in the County of Middlesex and
Jasper Stone of Boxborough Hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Stevens who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and 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 in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Signatures of Jasper Stone & Ja,es R Cusing

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
E. Phinney
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that 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 appears to them, that James R Cushing who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Boxborough and
Jasper Stone of Boxboro is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit Attest E. Phinney

I Elias Phinney Clerk of the Court of Court of
Common pleas in the County of Middlesex aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
Benjamin Stevens - for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this tenth day of 
September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two-
C. Phinney
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit,

At the Court of Common pleas begun and holden at Concord within and for the County of Middlesex on the second
monday of September A.D. 1832

On the application of Benjamin Stevens
claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:

1  Where and in what year were you born?
Answer, I was born in Marlborough as on the 18th day of Feby AD 1755.

2  Have you any record of your age, and where is it?  
Answer, I have no family or other record.

3  Where were you living, when called into service, where have you had served, the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer, I was living in Marlborough Ms. where I continued to live untill 1783 when I removed to Boxborough where I now live.

4  How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?
Answer, All my services were voluntary and of my own (?)

5  State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia
Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer,
I saw Genl Ward and Washington at Cambridge, and General Stark at Saratoga.

6  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, The Revd Mr Cushing of Boxboro, Esqr. Oliver Taylor Davis  Capt Ephraim Whitcomb and Mr James Mace.

7  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and (?) whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer, I never received any discharge from service

Sworn and subscribed
Signature of Benjamin Stevens
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many proceeded to Saratoga, and were present at the surrender and marched, with the troops to (?) at Bunker hill having served from the time of his leaving home & to his discharge six weeks. He can find no proof but the Documentary, herewith presented.
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22742
Benjamin Stevens
Massachusetts

[illegible] 19 mos  7 days
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BRIEF in the case of Benjamin Stevens
in the State of Massachusetts
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration 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 year

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
Enlisted In 1775
Vol- 1777

Duration of Service.
Years. Months. Days.
9 Months
3 Months
1 Month  13 Days
   
Rank.
As a
Private 

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen. Capt Barnes Collard
Col Haws
Capt Moss.

5. In what battles was he engaged: Bunker Hill,

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Massachusetts

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? documentary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 

J W Clagett   Examining Clerk.
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Rev. War Section.

April 11, 1916.

Mrs. J. H. Tuttle,
4050 Fremont Ave. C.
Minneapolis, Minn.
Madam:

In reply to your letter of the 3"" instant, you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been
made on account of his services.

A careful search of the records fail to show such claims on file for a Benjamin Stevens, who was born in Boston, March 29, 2839
or who rendered any of the services described in your letter or who had cons as stated by you.

The Revolutionary war pensioner S. F. C, 723, Benjamin Stevens who was placed on the roll, June 4, 1833, was born in Marlborough
Mass. February 18, 1755, resided there at enlistment and it is not stated that he he was ever married.

Very respectfully,
G M Salltzgaber
Commissioner.
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30723
INVALID.
File No. 30 723

Benjamin Stevens
Sis Rev War

Act: June 7" 32
Index: -- Vol. L, Page 396
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov. 27 1832

hereby certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Benjamin Steven is borne on A Muster roll of the company that marched on the 18th of April commanded by Capt. Dan Barnes for the space of 7 days from the 19th of April-

Again, his name is borne on a Muster roll of the company under the command of Capt. Daniel Barns in Col. Jonathan Wards regiment to the 1st of August 1775 for the space of 13 weeks, and 6 days on the 26th of April 1775
Again, his name is borne on a pay roll of Capt.
William Morses company of Volunteers, who used act of the town of Marlborough and marched to the assistance of Genl Gates agreeable to a resolve of the General Court of Massachusetts passed Sept. 2d 1777 in the regiment whereof Jonathan Rios Capt is
Colonel for the space of 1 month and 7 days, time included to return home from the 2d of October Date of discharge Nov 8th 1778.
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I further certify that there is no roll of Capt. Daniel Barns company in service in A.D> 1775 after the 1st of August 1773
Edward D Bangs
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Minneapolis, Minn. April 5, 19
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir:-
I am desirous of obtaining all the facts I can
from your department regarding Benjamin Stevens
who was born in Boston March 29, 1753 He probably died in 1793
His record reads. Stevens, Benjamin, Boston, Mation.
Capt. Samuel Gridley's Co. Col. Richard Gridleys (Astellery) Regt
muster roll dated Aug. 1. 1775, enlisted June 8, 1775, service
1 mo. 26 days also order for County court dated Fort No. 2
Cambridge Nov. 8. 1775, also Capt. Thomas Pierces Co. Col Know
Artillery, regt return of men who enlisted for the ensuing
year, under the new establishment, dated Rothery Camp
on the War pension roll I find. Benjamin Sterns
placed on pension roll June 2, 1833, pension commenced
March 4, 1831 age 79 of he was born the 1753 he
would
be 29 in 1832 probably the year he applied for pension
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may I please have the names of persons
place
and to connected with the payment of this pension
Benjamin Sterns, I am trying to find his wife
name and to prove that he was the father of
Atherton Hough Stevens
born Boston July 15, 1787 and
possibly of Benjamin Stevens Jr.
I hope I have made
myself clear this time
Very truly yours
Mrs. Jessie H. Tuttle
4650 Fremont A Lo. Minneapolis, Minn.
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Stamp
US Pension Office
Apr 10 1816