Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20820, John Bubier, Continental Mass.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Continental Mass

Bubier, John
Hannah

NUMBER
W 20820
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4271
Massachusetts
Hannah Bubier
widow of John
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Corporal
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
27 Dollars 82
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issues the
14 day of Mch 1849
and sent to
G. S. Bulfreich
Boston
Mass
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3615

Hannah Bubier
widow of John
Mass.
3764

Act 7 July 38
m 84 d 93 -
certifte Secy for 75
Grants Co pri 7 mo 18 da

admd
7 mo. 18 days

$25.33

no deduction

James Gregory
Marblehead
Mass
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SERVICE                               NUMBER
Continental  Bubier, John  W20820
Mass.                 Hannah
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Secretary's Office, November 24th 1838

I 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 John Bubier of Marblehead
as 1st Corporal is borne on a Muster Roll of
the Company commanded by Capt. Thomas Grant
Col. John Glovers Regt. where it appears he
rendered Service 2 months - 2 weeks - 4 days - Maj.
from 19 May to 1st August, 1775.
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State of Massachusetts,
County of Middlesex ss. Charlestown

On this twentieth day of October, A.D. 1838, personally appeared before me David Cummins Esquire, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas & a Court of Record within & for said State County, Hannah Bubier a resident of said Charlestown, aged Seventy-five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, from the best of her knowledge & belief, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows, which passed July 7th, 1838; 
That she is the widow of John Bubier, who was a corporal in the Company of Captain Thomas Grant, of the 21st Regiment of Massachusetts Foot, commanded by Colonel (afterwards General) John Glover, in the War of the Revolution; that her said husband resided
in Marblehead in the County of Essex & State aforesaid, at the time of his enlistment & enlisted in said Corps, & in said town, as a
volunteer, in the eight months service, on the nineteenth day of May A.D. 1775; that he continued in said Corps, doing his Duty, in
& about said Marblehead, until the 22nd day of June next following, when he marched with said Regiment to Cambridge, near Boston, & joined the American Army encamped there, then under the command of General Ward
that on the second day of the month of July following General Washington arrived & took the command of the whole army there at said Cambridge & around Boston, until the thirty first day of December of the same year, during which time they had much skirmishing with the enemy then in possession of said Boston, when the term of enlistment having expired, said Regiment was discharged.
She further declares, according to the best of her knowledge & belief, as aforesaid, that her said late husband again, & immediately after his said discharge, enlisted at said Cambridge, as a volunteer, into the 14th Regiment of the Continental Army, of the new organization, commanded by the aforesaid Colonel John Glover, for the term of one year & on or about the first day of January 1776; that she is unable to state whether her said late husband served in this last said Regiment as a corporal or a Sergeant, but presumes he served in the latter capacity & she further cannot state with precision the name of the Captain of the company in which he so served, but believes he served in the Company of the same aforesaid Thomas Grant; that soon after his said enlistment he marched with said Regiment to Beverly in said County of Essex, where said Regiment was ordered to take up its quarters as a Marine Regiment, for the purpose of guarding said Port & the large amount of goods captured, sent in there by the State of Continental Privateers, & also for the purpose
of furnishing Crews for much of said Privateers as wished to obtain them from its ranks-- said Regiment being composed mostly of mariners; that the said late husband continued with said Regiment at said Beverly until sometime in the month of July then next following, when he marched with it to New York; that said Regiment was employed after its arrival there doing Garrison duty in & about the city until it was captured by the enemy, when it retreated with the rest of the American Army to the Country in rear of
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rear of said City where it was employed in various skirmishes with the enemy, & was also engaged in the Battle of White Plains on the 25th of October of that year; that said Regiment soon after said Battle went into Winter Quarters at a place called Peck's Hills, on the left bank of the Hudson River; that her said late husband continued with said Regiment doing his duty from time to time as a corporal or Sergeant aforesaid, until the first day of January 1777, when the term of  enlistment having expired, said Regiment was discharged & he returned home
The further declares she has no documentary evidence & knows of no person living who served with her said husband this last mentioned period of his service on whose testimony she can procure in proof of the same, & she would therefore refer to the Record of the service of the said 14th Regiment of the Continental Army, for the said year of 1776 - understood to be in the War Department, Washington for the requisite proof of the service of her said late husband in said Regiment for said year
She further declares she has always understood her said late husband was in much Privation service in said War, after his said Army service but that she has no present knowledge of any other service of a Public nature, & for which the existing laws make provision, other than what she has herein declared
The further declares that she was married to the said John Bubier on the first day of January, in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty four;
that her husband the aforesaid John Bubier, died while engaged in the Merchant service out of said Marblehead at Point Petre [Pointe-a-Pitre] in  the Island of Guadeloupe, in the West Indies, in the year seventeen hundred & ninety-three & that she has remain a widow ever since his death; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz; at the time above stated, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto anexed [sic]
Hannah Bubier
x
her mark

Witness,
D. Cummins
J Gregory

Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written - the said applicant being unable by reason of infirmity to appear in Court
Before me,
David Cummins
Jus. C. C. Pleas
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Extract from the Record of Marriages in the Town of Marblehead County of Essex & State of Massachusetts
Seventeen hundred eighty four, January first
Mr John Bubier & Miss Hannah Jarvis both of this Town I certify that the above is a true extract from the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures & letters as follows viz 1784 Jany 1.
Richd Homan

I, Richd Homan above named depose & say that I hold the office of Clerk of the Town of Marblehead County & State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Richd Homan Clerk of the Town of Marblehead
Marblehead October 19th 1838Essex


Essex Ss.
Then personally appeared, Richd Homan a credible witness & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
Before me 
James Gregory, J of the Peace

I, William Hooper, of Marblehead, in the County of Essex & State of Massachusetts, do on oath testify & declare, that I am in my Eighty-Second year of my age: that I performed service in the War of the Revolution both at land & Sea; that I was sure on the 27 of August, that I was Pensioned on the 21st of August 1833 for said service; that I was acquainted with John Bubier - who is the late husband of Hannah Bubier who is understood to have signed the Declaration hereon: that I have always understood & believed said John Bubier was in some service in the said War, but I have no knowledge of the particulars of it. Said John Buren died in the West Indies many years ago, as I have always understood & believed, and I have no further have no doubt that he died at the time & at the place his said widow has herein declared. I have known said Hannah for many years I further know that her maiden name was Jarvis & that she is now a widow, & has remained a widow ever since the death of her said late husband - the aforesaid John Bubier.
William Hooper
Witnessed by
Hannah et Hooper
J Gregory

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Essex ss.  Marblehead, October 28th, 1838.
Then personally appeared the above named William Hooper, a credible & undoubted witness, & made solemn oath, in due form of law, to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him in my presence subscribed
Before me,
James Gregory, J. of the Peace
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W. C. Hodgkins,
Coast and Geodetic Survey,
Department of Commerce.

Sir:
  In response to your letter dated the seventh instant,
you are advised that in the papers in the claim of Hannah
Bubier, Widow's File No. 20,820 Rev. War, it is stated that
her husband John Bubier, was a resident of Marblehead, Essex
County, Massachusetts, where he volunteered May 19, 1995,
and served a 1st Corporal of Captain Thomas Grant's company
Colonel John Glover's 21st Massachusetts regiment, and was
stationed at Cambridge and around Boston until discharged,
December 31, 1775.
  He reenlisted January 1, 1776, and served one year,
a Corporal or Sergeant, under the same officers, the regi-
ment than being the 14th Continental which was also desig-
nated the Marine Regiment; they were stationed at Beverly, 
Essex County, for the purpose of guarding the Port and fur-
nishing crews for such Privateers as wished to obtain these
from their ranks which were composed mostly of Marines; in
July 1776, they marched to New York, and were in the battles
of Long Island and White Plains.
  John Bubier married at Marblehead, Massachusetts, Jan-
uary 2, 1784, Hannnah Jarvis.
  After the War he engaged in the merchants service out
of Marblehead, and died at Point Petre, Guadaloupe, West
Indies, in 1793; his age is not stated.
  Hannah Bubier was allowed pension for the services of
her husband, on her application executed October 28, 1838,
at which time she was a resident of Charlestown, Massachu-
setts, and seventy-five years of age. In 1843, she lived
at Medway, Massachusetts.
  For the date of her death, and name of the person to
whom the arrears of her pension were paid, apply to the
Auditor for the Interior Department, Washington, D.C. giv-
ing him all of the following data: "Hannah Bubier widow of
John Bubier, Certificate No. 4271, issues March 14, 1849 for
$27.82 per annum from March 4, 1848, under the Act of Febru-
ary 2, 1848, at the Massachusetts Agency".
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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Revy

WIDOW, &c.

File No. 20820
Hannah Bubier
widow of
John Bubier
Corp Rev War

Act: Feb. 2nd. 48
Index: - Vol. A, Page 106

[Arrangement of 1870.}

1893 Jan 19
Hist. Joseph M. Hodgkins
Boston, Ma

1917 Feb 10 Hist to W. . Hodgkins &c.
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4972
Massachusetts

Hannah Bubier
widow of John Bubier
who was a Corporal
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
27 Dollars 82 Cents per annum,
to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
19th day of Feb, 1844
and sent to James Gregory, Esq.
Marblehead, Mass.

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 60

Rebated
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Massachusetts 3764
Hannah Bubier widow of
John Bubier
who was a pensioner under the Act of [blank]
and who died on the  ---- 1793
of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts
who was a Pri. in the Compy  commanded
by Captain --- of the Regt commanded
by Glover in the Massts.
line for 7 mos 18 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 25 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Augt.
'39, and sent to James Gregory,
Marblehead, Massts.

Arrears to the 4h day of Mar $75.99
Semi-annual allowance ending 12.66
[total] $88.65

{Act of July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by R Burdine Clerk,
Book A, Vol. 15 Page 72
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Massachusetts - 3764
Hannah Bubier
widow of John Babier
who was a pensioner under the Act of [blank]
and who died on the ---1793 of Middlesex in the State of Massts. who was a Corpl. in the compy commanded by Captain --- of the Reg commanded by Glover in the Mass. line for
7 mos 18 dys

Inscribed on the Roll of Boston
at the rate of 27 Dollars 82 Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Aug '39 and sent to  James Gregory
Marblehead, Mass

Arrears to the 4th of March $83.46
Semi-annual allowance ending $13.91
Incs                                        $25.33
Special
[total]                                      $97.37

{Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by R Burdine Clerk,
Book A Vol. 15 Page 73

Paid at the Treasury under the
act of the 6 April 1838
from 4 Sep 1840 to 4 March
1841. Agt Notified 30 Dec 1841,
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left column
366 - 220
7
25.62
2.20
27.82

Issue New Certificate
for 7 mo 18 days Corpl.
27.82

Deduct what has
been paid

James Gregory Esq.
Marblehead
Mass

right column
Payment to be made
at Boston,
by F. Haven, Esqr.
Agent for paying pensioners,
in the Agency of
Massachusetts
Payable on the 4th March
and 4th September in each 
year.

Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book A Vol. 17
Page 72 by
R. Burdine
Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years' Pension.

I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Hannah Bubier of Massachusetts widow of John Bubier deceased, who was a Private in the Revolution, and died on the --- day of --- 1793, is entitled to receive five years' pension at the rate of twenty five dollars and thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death of marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this Sixth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
S. Cooper
Acting Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned. } J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec. 21st, 1841.

Sir:

Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Hannah Bubier, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Twenty seven Dollars and 82 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1840, to the 4th March 1841.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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H Bubier
4972
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
-----
Secretary's Office Boston, October 28 1848

I hereby Certify, That at the date of this annexed attestation William Fabens was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.

Wm. Tufts Depty.
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS }
Essex COUNTY, } SS.
On this twenty first day of October 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, Hannah Bubier a resident of Marblehead in the county Essex aforesaid aged Eighty four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Bubier who was a resident of Marblehead and who was a corporal in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of twenty seven dollars and eighty two cents per annum.

She further declares that she is still a widow.
X her mark Hannah Bubier

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, } before me, William Fabens, Justice of the Peace.

In presence of Wm. Fabens
J. M. Bubier

I Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
William Fabens Justice of the Peace.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS }
_____ COUNTY, } SS.

Clerk of the ____ the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that ___ is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly {illegible]; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.

[illegible] the Seal of said Court, this _____
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5355
H. Bubier

$27.82 per annum

James Gregory, Esq.
Marblehead
Mass.
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State of Massachusetts }
County of Norfolk } SS. Medway.

On this twenty ninth day of December, A.D. 1843, personally appeared before me Joel Hunt Esquire, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Norfolk, Hannah Bubier, at present a resident of said Medway, but formerly a resident of Marblehead in the County of Essex and State aforesaid, aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain t he benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d day of March, 1843, granting pensions to the widows of persons who served "during the Revolutionary War."

That she is the widow of John Bubier, who was a corporal in the company of Capt. Thomas Grant, of the 21st Regiment of Massachusetts Food, commanded by Colonel John Glover, in the War of the Revolution.

She further declares, that she was pensioned for said service under the law of July 7th, 1838, on the twentieth day of August, 1839, to the amount of twenty-seven dollars and eighty-two cents per annum.

She further declares that she is still a widow.
X her mark Hannah Bubier
Witnessed by
Joseph B. Bancroft
John Bubier U.S. Navy

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written before me the subscriber, and I certify that said declarant is personally well known to me.
Joel Hunt, Justice of the Peace.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Secretary's Office, Boston January 20, 1844

I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Joel Hunt was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestation, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Payley
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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ENVELOPE-

STAMP-
MARBLEHEAD
AUG 14

Aug 19
M at Mass.
Bubier

FREE
James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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Marblehead Aug 14th 1839.

Honored Sir:

John Bubier performed service in Capt. Grant's Company as a "Corporal" for "7 months & 18 days", in 1775.

The enclosed Certificate allows his widow for his service as a private. As a Corporal it is understood his monthly pay was $7.33 - this for 7 months & 18 days, it is believed, would give his widow $27.83 instead of $25.33 - the amount allowed in the certificate.
I am therefore instructed by the widow to ascertain of your Honor whether an error has been made in the amount the allowance granted her.
I am, respectfully, your Honor's obt. servt.
James Gregory
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FREE

James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

D. C.
[illegible]

[postmark]
[illegible]
JUL 31
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Marblehead July 30th 1839

Honored Sir:
Since I received your Honor's favor of the 24th of May last relative to the claim of Hannah the widow of John Bubier, Elizabeth the widow of Benj. P Devereux & Sarah the widow of Moses Stacey, I have made a diligent search of the surrounding country with a view of finding a living witness for them to affirm & prove the services of their said late husbands in the fourteenth Regiment of the Continental Army under Col. (afterwards General) John Glover in the year 1776, and I regret to say without success. There is not a single soul of their late fellow townsmen living in this place, who served in the Corps. The last one, John Askew - who was pensioned with others in 1818 for said service - having been dead about 17 months. I however succeeded in finding four living in the neighboring county - one, John Howard Esq of Salem, then a Marblehead man, but he having served but a few weeks therein before he entered the Schooner Hancock, Com. Tucker cannot recollect the service of the above named. The other three, being in Gloucester & Newburg port were not well acquainted with the Marblehead men & therefore have a distant recollection of any of them except the officers.
Eliajer Homer Esquire, of our State House
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informs me that "Mr Ely" the gentleman who acted as an agent for the War Department ┃
in collating the Massachusetts Documents, 
previous to their removal to Washington,
observed to him that "he need not look up
the army service for 1776 for he knew that the
Rolls & Documents for that year were all in Washington."
I mention this for what it may be worth relative to your Honor's observation in your said favor of the 24th of May setting forth that "No evidence of this service (1776) is found in this office."
Thinking it barely possible from the imputed
observation of "Mr Ely" that some documentary evidence for that year may yet be
found, whereby the truth of the Declarations
of the widows above named may be tested &
not with the view of casting the shadow of a doubt upon your Honor's veracity as far as you was [sic] aware at the time
I am instructed by the widows above named-- in the absence of all the documentary evidence of the late husbands' services in 1776 to solicit the certificates allowing them for the service of 1775, in conformity with the declaration in your said favor, setting forth that "These respective widows may receive certificates for this service at any time, should they fail to establish the
service of 1776."
The claim of Mary the widow of William James is also offered
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to be allowed, for the service of 1775, in the same said favor of May 24th
James did not serve in Glover's Regt the second year of the War, but in that Col. Hitchcock of Rhode Island under the same
Capt Symonds, who commanded the company in which he served the year before in Glover's Regt.
After Mrs James made her Declaration the Grandson of General Glover placed in my hands one of the Generals "Orderly Books", which still remains with the family in which I find the following entry.
"March 29th, (1776) Gen Lee is ordered to march with Varnum's, Hitchcock's, Little's, Reed's & Bailey's Regiment on Monday morning at sunrise"
The above order is stated to have been issued
by Gen Washington at Cambridge Lee is therein recognized (in other parts of the same book) as then Major General of the two Brigades commanded by Generals Sullivan and Green. Hitchcock's Regt belonged to Lee's Division, & it is known that most if not all this Division was engaged in the Battle of Long Island, although Sullivan appears to have had the command at that time
Therefore the Department has the Record of
Lees Division in General Green's Brigade for 1776, there can be no doubt the name of William James will be found thereon & attached to Symonds' Company, as his aged widow declares: if it has not I am instructed to solicit the Certificate for the '75 service alone as offered by your Honor.
James L. Edwards Es
I am, very truly & respectfully
Your Honors' Obt. servt.
James Gregory

James L. Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
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Marblehead November 30th, 1838
Honored Sir:

I have the Honor herewith to forward to you the Declaration of Hannah Bubier, widow of John Bubier, who claims the benefit of the law of July 7th, 1838.
I also have the Honor of forwarding the Declaration of Sarah Reynolds, formerly the
the widow of Philip Follett, who claims the benefit of the law of July 4th 1836.
Your Honor will observe that the Declaration
of Mrs. Reynolds is accompanied with two original letters, written in the army & sent home to his Parents by said Philip Follett, or Follitt, as he it appear used to spell his name. These letters, it will be seen, are dated on Long Island, May 27th, & July 15th 1776, & without mentioning any thing of the Corps to which he was attached at the time
General Sullivan, it is known, commanded at
Long Island & it is probable that Green's Brigade to which Hitchcock's Regiment belonged (as will appear by reference to the new organization of the army for the year '76) might have been assigned temporarily let the command of Sullivan. There can
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be no doubt however, I presume, but that of the Records of the War Department contain the Lists of Frances Symonds Company, Hitchcock's Regiment, the name of Follett as a drummer, will be there found. The idea of the widow that
it might possibly have been "Collonel [sic] Lees Regt. to which Follett belonged, probably arose from the fact that the Division to which both Green & Sullivan's Brigade belonged, was commanded by General Lee.
Follett was undoubtedly a Midshipman on board the Boston Frigate for the time his widow alleges. It is true the orthography &
grammatical construction of his letters attached to the Declaration of his widow would not seem to favor that belief; but then it is agreed on all hands, among those who remember him, that he was a verry [sic] "smart young man", & this fact, taken in connection with another, that both officers & crew were mostly his fellow townsmen, & that his Uncle Reed, in particular was first Lieutenant of him, it would seem to be quite likely that he had that
office assigned him.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
Your Obt. Svnt,
James Gregory

James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
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FORM-
O. W. and N. Division
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., January, 1893

Sir,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military  history of John Bubier, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
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DATES OF ENLISTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | STATE.

May 19 / 75 | 8 mos. | Copl. | Captain Thomas Grant, Colonel John Glover | Mass.
Jan /76 | 1 yr | " | Not given, " | "

Battles engaged in, White Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Marblehead, Essex Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 20, 1838
Residence at date of application, Charleston Mass.
Age at date of application, 75 yrs.
Remarks: Pension was allowed [illegible]

Very respectfully,
Green B. Raum
Commissioner

Joseph W. Hodgkins
P. O. Box 1944
Boston Mass
7941 b-3m
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POST-OFFICE ADDRESS: Washington, D.C.  Rev-sec
TELEGRAPH ADDRESS:
EXPRESS OFFICE:

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U. S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY

Washington, February 7, 1917.

To Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Sir:

Will you have the kindness to furnish me with an official statement of the Revolutionary War service of John Bubier, of Marblehead, Massachusetts.

He was my great-grandfather and the information is desired as a preliminary to joining one of the patriotic societies.

According to the family records, John Bubier was born at Marblehead in 1780 and served first in Glover's 21st (Marblehead) regiment and later in the 14th regiment of the Continental Army.

In 1784 he married Hannah Jarvis, who was born in 1763. He died in 1793 and his widow was granted a pension in 1838. She died in 1850.

Yours respectfully,
W. C. Hodgkins (signature)
Assistant, Coast and Geodetic Survey.
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      BOSTON, Mass.   May 31, 1892

Greene B. Raum, Esq.,
   Commissioner of Pensions,
          Washington,   D. C.

Sir:-
     I have as yet received no answer to my letter asking for a copy of sworn statement made when Hannah Bubier applied for pension in right of services of her husband, Joseph Bubier, during the war of the revolution.

      I particularly desire this information at an early date, as I need it in applying for membership in the Society of the "Sons of the Revolution."

     By  giving this your early attention you will much oblige.

                 Yours very respectfully,

      ( In cursive)

Joseph W. Hodgkins
Address, P.O. box 1942
       Boston. Mass.
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Boston Athletic Association.
EXETER STREET
Boston, May 9 1892

Mr. Green B. Raum
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Sir -

Will you kindly send me a copy of sworn statement made when Hannah Bubier applied for pension in right of services of her husband Joseph Bubier of Marblehead, Massachusetts during the war of the Revolution. Said pension was granted and was paid to said Hannah Bubier up to the time of her death (about the year 1850). By giving this your prompt attention you will much oblige me.

Very respectfully,
Joseph W. Hodgkins
Boston
Massachusetts
P.O. box 1942