Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,055, for Benjamin Peck, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)

SERVICE [stamped star]

Penn.   Peck, Benjamin

NUMBER
S. 41,055
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3574. 
Pennsylvania Roll. 
Benjamin Peck, 
Capt Church  4
Private. 
Pennsylvania line 
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War    
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 10th day of April 1818-
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th of October 1818 and sent to Benjamin Peck In the care of Hon. G. Wersler, West Chester Chester County Penn- 
Arrears to 4th day of Sept 1818 - 4 mos 25/30 -38.66 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th March 1819-- 48     
$86.66 
5 years 
{Revolutionary claim Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
Chester County
Chester City
Notification sent October 28, 1820 to John G. Wersler Mssr Chester Pa
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41055
INVALID 
Revy
File No. 41,055
Benjamin Peck
Pri Rev War

Act:  18th March 1818
Index:--Vol. 5, Page 589
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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50 cents
[major portion of page illegible]
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Pennsylvania,
Chester County   SS

Before me the subscriber one of the associate judges in and for the County of Chester personally came Benjamin Peck of the aforesaid County who upon his solemn oath according to law doth declare and say that he enlisted in the Continental army toward the close of the year 1775 in the Company commanded by Cap Thomas Church attached to the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment then under the command of Col. Anthony Wayne, that he continued in the service of his Country and in the Pennsylvania line of the Army from the time of his original enlistment in 1775 until the month of February 1780 when he was honourably discharged by General Anthony Wayne at Morris Town in the state of New Jersey.  That his discharge hath since been lost, that he is now far advanced in life and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his Country for support and that he is not nor ever has been a Pensioner of the United States. Further saith not--
Sworn & subscribed 
Aril 10th Anno Dom: 1818
Before me
John Davis
Benjamin Peck
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I John G. Wersler Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chester in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Do Certify that John E. Davis, Esquire before, whom the annexed Deposition appears to have been taken, is and at the time of taking the said Deposition, was one of the [crossed out word] associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County, duly appointed Commissioned and qualified to all whose official acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at West Chester the fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred eighteen.
Hon G. Wersler Prot [prothonotary]

Chester County) SS

I the subscriber being personally acquainted with Benjamin Peck that I knew him well when a soldier & that I also know him to be in indigent circumstances & entitled to the benefits of the law for this support & that he now given the benefit of the Poor House of the County.
John Davis
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John Davis, Esquire, 
Judge, 
Westchester, Penna. 
Benjamin Peck, 
Pennsylvania line, 
Revolutionary Claim.    
The Pennsylvania rolls have not yet been recd at the pension office of the war department. The testimony, on oath, of two or more disinterested and credible persons, proving the service stated by the applicant, is required in lieu thereof. The judge is desired to certify, under the seal of the Court, that he is satisfied the applicant is in indigent circumstances, and needs the support of his country.
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Chester County ss: Pennsylvania 
[seal]  Before the subscriber one of the justices of the peace in & for the said county personally came William Schofield who upon his solemn oath did say that this deponent was first lieut. of the company commanded by Capt  Job Varnum attached to the regiment commanded by Col. Francis Johnston in the service within mentioned and that he knew the within named claimant in the service aforesaid under the command of Capt. Thomas Church, whose company was attached to the regiment aforesaid. 
signed William Schofield
Sworn & subscribed before me Sept. 17th, 1818 John Morgan 
John Davis, Esquire, 
Judge, 
Westchester, Penna. 
Benjamin Peck, 
Pennsylvania line, 
Revolutionary Claim.   
The Pennsylvania rolls have not yet been recd by the pension office of the testimony on oath, of two or more disinterested and credible persons, proving the service stated by the applicant is required in lieu thereof, the judge is desired to certify, under the seal of the Court that he is satisfied the applicant is in indigent circumstances and needs the support of his country.
I John G. Wersler Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chester in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do Certify that John Morgan, Esquire, before whom the  affidavit of William Schofield appears to have been taken is and at the time of taking and subscribing the same was a justice of the peace in and for said county duly appointed, commissioned & qualified to all whose official acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given. - And further that John Davis whose name is signed to the note immediately under my former certificate is the same judge before whom the affidavit of  Benjamin Peck is as taken. – 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed this seal of the said Court the nineteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. – Jno G. Wersler, Prot
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Benjamin Peck
__________________________________

3574
West Bradford
Con
Oct 76
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,    
Chester County, ss:
 On this thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty Personally appeared in Open Court of Common Pleas, held at Westchester, in and for the county of Chester, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; being a court of Record, proceeding according to the course of the Common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, Benjamin Peck aged Sixty seven years and upwards, resident in the township of West Bradford in the said County of Chester, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; who being first duly sworn according to law, doth make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress on the 18th day of March, 1818, and the 1st of May, 1820;    That he served in the Revolutionary war, in the    
Company commanded by Captain Thomas Church in Col. Waynes originally 4th and subsequently the 5th regiment of Pennsylvania Line, that he subsequently served in the Company of the same regiment and commanded first by Captain James Moore and subsequently by Captain Isaac Sealy 
on the Continental Establishment, and has obtained a pension under the act of the 18th of March 1818, his certificate being numbered 3574. 
AND I the said Benjamin Peck - do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income; other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. 
Benja Peck    
Sworn to, declared and subscribed, on the thirty first day of July, 1820, in OPEN COURT, of Common pleas, in and for the county of Chester in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; the said Court, being a Court of Record by the Laws of the said Commonwealth. 
Jno. G. Wersler, Prothonotary.     
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY            
The applicant owns no property nor has he any debts due to him. He has a pension of $40 per annum from the State of Pennsylvania. he is indebted in the sum of Twenty three dollars and 23 cents to other persons – 
The applicant has no family living with him. He is a pauper in Chester County poor house being unable
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unable from age and infirmity to earn his subsistence by his daily labour, which was the burden for him for many years pursued for a livelihood. 
Benja Peck 
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Chester County, SS:    
I, John G. Wersler, Esquire Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, of the said county of Chester; the same being a Court of Record by the Laws of Pennsylvania; Do hereby certify that the foregoing Declaration and Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of the said Court;  
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court at Westchester this fourteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and twenty one. 
Jno. G. Wersler Prothonotary