Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,586, Caleb Allen, Mass.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Mass.

Allen, Caleb

NUMBER
S.29,586

CONTENTS
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DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this third day of August in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared before Solomon Strong one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas Caleb Allen a resident of Sturbridge, in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy seven years, who being first 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.
I was born June 25, 1755 in the town of Sturbridge in the County of Worcester aforesaid- There is a record of my birth and age in the Records of said Sturbridge  I was living in Sturbridge when I went into war, and have lived there except at short intervals ever since _
I enlisted at Roxxbury in Capt Adams Militia Company - Col Ebenezer Launding's Regiment, Gen. Thomas Brigade _ Gen. Ward [illegible] _ In August 1775, for five months - I did the duty of soldier,-was on guard all the term in Tobury in the thicket_ I was dismissed at that place Jany 1. 1776 - This service was in the Massachusetts Militia -
I next enlisted, first of July 1776 - into the new Levy of the [words Continental army crossed out] Massachusetts line - Capt. John Woolend's Company _ Coln[illegible] Holman's Reg- Gen Fellows Brigade - Gen. Spencer's Division -- Lieut. Nath.l Walker, Jas Hathaway Lieutenant, John Lyndes Ensign marched to Hartford & there to New Haven, sailed to New York City, landed at waterstreet, Staid there two or three days, then tented and two miles north of the City_. There we remained till 15 of Sept then the British took possession of the City __Retreated, under the command of Gen Putnam, full run two miles to Harlem [illegible] next day volunteered and fought the British _ Col. Knowlton 2 [illegible, page torn] Leech were killed -- here we remained 4 or 5 week and retreated to White plains - here I fought again -. and then retreated to Courtlands Manor - staid till in out. when my time was out
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again on 10th Dec 1776. I went on an alarm to Providence
Rhode Island in Mas. Militia, Capt Al. Mason's Company
of
Lt. Benj Freeman Leut, John Salmon [inserted word Col], Jonathan Holman's
Reg served one month at Providence and was dismissed
again on July 1, 1777. I enlisted for six months in Mas.
line under Capt Joseph Sibley, John Carpenter 1st Leut
Joseph Cheny 2nd Leut, Stephen Southworth Ens
Col Danforth Keyes Reg-- Gen. Cornwall Brigade
Gen. Spencer Division
I went to North Kingston [two crossed out words] the oboghs [?] Newtown
there to Warwick, then to Tivertown, I was hereas [?]
about 4 weeks under the pretense of going upon the
Island then return by Providence [crossed out by] to North Kings
ton, then we guarded the shores till the first of Dawn
be [?], then returned to Providens and was dismised in
January, During this period I did the duty of an
I have no other doumentary evidence [10.443 written in left margin]
orderly Sargeant and have my {crossed out word commission][above commission, illegible word]
all I swim [?] seventeen months. Thereby relinquishing
claim whatin [?] to a pension or annuity except the present, and
declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency
of any State.
Caleb Allen
[upside down typed words say "We Clergymen residing in the]