Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 14797, Samuel Gould, Mass.
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Service Number
Mass. Goluld, Samuel W14797
Ruth
Contents
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5-6-39
Massachussets
Samuel Gould
of Essex in the state of Mass
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Reported
274
Massachusetts
Ruth Gould
widow of Samuel Gould
who served in the Revolutionary
Mass
war, as a private & [unknown]
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
8/ Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17
day of June 1848
and sent to
Hon Dan [unknown]
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 52 Vol. 2
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2306
Mrs Ruth Gould
Wid of Samuel
Mass
Ad July 7 1838
Married 1792
died Apl 12, 1837
Allow $81. per anno
from Apl 12 1837
by
a Membe
Salem Mak
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Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of July 1838 entitled an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows:
State of Massachusetts Essex County/s
On this first
day of October 1838 personally
appeared before the Honorable David Cummins
a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Massachusetts
Ruth Gould, a resident of Middleton in the County of Essex aged 77 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the follwing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows"
That she is the widow of Samuel Gould
who served as a Corporal and private in the Army of the Revolution, more than Two years, as set forth and proved where he was on 3 July 1833 placed on Pension list Roll of Massachusetts agency, to which documents she begs leave to refer;
She further declares that she was married
to the said Samuel Gould on the thirteenth
day of February in the year Seventeen
hundred and ninety two: that her
husband the aforesaid Samuel
Gould
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Gould died on the 12th of April 1837; that she
has ever since remained unmarried: 
that she was not married to him prior to his
leaving the service but the marriage took
place previous to the first of January
Seventeen hundred ninety four, viz at
the time above stated

Ruth Gould
X
her mark

"October" first interlined
Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year above written before
David Cummins
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

ESSEX, ss.

I, JOHN PRINCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Essex, do certify, that Hon. David Cummins is Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County.  
That John G. Hood & Benjamin Merrill are Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, and that their signatures hereon are genuine.

WITNESS MY HAND,  and the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas,

October 5.  A.D. 1838,
John Prince    Clerk.
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I, Samuel Kimball of Boxford in Massachusetts, on oath testify that I am Town Clerk of said Town.  & have the custody of its Records and the following is a true extract therefrom viz
"On the thirteenth day of February in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety two Samuel Gould and Ruth Towne were married." and that it is a true Copy of the Record with the Exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures, viz
"1792 Feby 13th"
Samuel Kimball
Town Clerk of Boxford
State of Massachusetts Essex County
August 7th, 1838 
Sworn to and subscribed before me
John G. Hood Just. Peace
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We, being citizens of Tonsfield(?) in Essex County in Massachusetts do on oath testify that we were long acquainted with Samuel Gould late a Revolutionary Pensioner: he died a little more than a year ago: and left a widow Mrs Ruth Gould who is now applying for a pension: we know this is his widow. She has not been married since his decease.
David Towne
Joseph Towne

State of Massachusetts
Essex County ss: August 4, 1838 
Then the above named David Towne and Joseph Towne who are credible and respectable witnesses, made oath that the above affidavit by them subscribed is true.
Before me
Benj Merrill
Just. Peace
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2386
Samuel Gould

B. Merrill
Salem
Mass
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I, Forrest Jefferds, a Clergyman residing in said
Middleton, do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Samuel Gould of said Middleton an applicant for a pension; that I believe him to be 73 years of age:
and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have
been a soldier of the Revolution, and that I
concur in that opinion.
---
Forrest Jefferds

Essex ss. January 2d 1832 then Forrest Jeffords
subscribed and sworn to before me.

Daniel Fuller Justice of Peace

I certify that the Rev Forrest Jeffords, who sub-
scribed the above Certificate, is a Clergyman residing in said Middleton: he is a credible person and his statement is worthy of Credit.

D A White Judge of Probate

I certify that said Daniel Fuller is a Justice
of the Peace duly qualified to administer oaths and his Signature hereon is genuine. And the same as to William Woart on the annexed
Signed and sealed this twenty fifth day of January,
A.D. 1833
Nath. Lord Jr.
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I Benjamin Gould of Newburyport, in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massa
chusetts, aged Eighty one years and upwards, on oath do testify and say that I was an officer
in the service of the United States in the war of the revolution, with the rank of Ensign in 1776
and Lieutenant in 1777 and Captain in 1780 - I am well acquainted with Samuel Gould of Middleton in said County of Essex and determine that the said Samuel Gould was a Soldier and enlisted in the latter part of the year 1775 in the company commanded by Captain Nathaniel Wade in the regiment commanded by Colonel  Moses Little, Massachusetts Militia to serve for one year - he enlisted under me at Cambridge, and was placed in said Water Company and [illegible] that he served there as a private at Winter hill and in the vicinty of Boston and afterwards in the State of New York, the full term of twelve months.
I do also know that the said Samuel Gold enlisted in the year 1779 at Topsfield  to serve in the army of the United States for nine months, I was there one of a committee of the said term of Topsfield, and enlisted the said Gould for said term. after this he was accepted by the [illegible] and then he entered said service, and am fully satisfied that he faithfully served his term out. 

I do also know that said Samuel Gill afterwards enlisted at said Topsfield in the year 1780, to serve for six months, and that he entered the said service and am also satisfied that he
served said term faithfully -  I was also then one of a committee of said term of Topsfield [illegible] then with him said Gould was then and is now to me.
Benjamin Gould
---
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. Newport September 27 1832. The Captain Benjamin Gould above named,
who is personally well known to me personally came and made oath in due form of Law, to
the truth of the above written deposition by him subscribed in my presence-
I do also Certify that the said Benjamin Gould is believed by me to be a credible [illegible]
Nath'lWade Justice of the Peace
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And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and
served as he states. And the Court further certifies that [struck through - who has] signed the [struck through preceding] Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in [struck through - and that the said who] has also signed the same is a Magistrate [struck through - resident ] at
[struck through - and is a credible person and that their statement entitled to credit] 
Nathaniel Lord junior undernamed certify that Wm Woart is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified to administer oaths and that his signature on the annexed affidavit is genuine.

I, NATHANIEL LORD Junior, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
of Samuel Goud for a pension.

In TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this second day
of October A.D. 1832.


Nath. Lord Jr-
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX. SS.

On this second day of October A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex
aforesaid, now sitting, Samuel Gould, a resident of Middleton, in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 73 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 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
That in Nov. 1775 he at Topsfield enlisted as a volunteer in Capt Nath. Wade's Company in Col Moses Little's Regiment of the Massachusetts line on the Continental establishment, then stationed at Cambridge and served therein the residue of 1775 and all the year 1776 and in Decr 1776 was honorably discharged at Fishkill in New York having marched in the spring of 1776 to New York: -

That in 1779 he was hired at Topsfield and enlisted and served nine months
in Capt Park's company in Col Marshall's Regiment in the Massachusetts line on the Continental establishment: he marched from Topsfield to Springfield there passed muster and thence to West point: - 

That in 1780 he again at Tonsfield was hired & enlisted to fill up the Massachusetts Line - marched to Springfield and to the Jersies
and was stationed with Col Rufus Putnam's  Regiment; the Captain or Lieutenant he cannot recollect: he served six months under this enlistment.

That in 1781 he as a Volunteer at Topsfield enlisted and served Three months as a Corporal in Capt Benj. Peabody's Company
in Col Enoch Putnam's ,[ink blot] Regiment:

That he also at another time served three months in Capt Commings' Company in Col Cogswell Regiment of Massachusetts Militia: 
the particulars of these two last tours he cannot recollect ,: his loss of memory disables him from stating more.

That he was born at Topsfield in 1754 & resided there till he was 25 years old & has since resided in Middleton: he had only
one written discharge which he has lost; he has no certificate of his birth. he is known to Daniel Fuller Esq. and all the citizens of Middleton.

He cannot swear positively to the precise length of his service ; but according to the best of his recollection he served not less
than three months in 1775 - all 1776 - in 1777 nine months in 1780 six months in 1781 Three months - and at another time three
months.
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[The ink from the prior page has bled through and a line has been made on the page]

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sam Gould

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid  
D A White
JUDGE OF PROBATE.

[The balance of the wording printed on page has been struck through]
We  a clergyman, residing in aforesaid and 
Esquire, a magistrate, residing in aforesaid,
do hereby that we are well acquainted with 
who has subscribed
and sworn to above declaratiion; that we believe him to be   years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the
neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and sworn to before
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23867
Samuel Gould
Massachusetts
Private 21 months
Corp.   3    "
Adm

B. Merrill
Salem
Mass
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.

183

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the adjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, shewing the Service of Samuel Gould
Middleton [unreadable] Mass

Period when the service was rendered. 
Enlisted 1775
[unreadable] 1779
Enlisted 1780
Vol 1781

Duration of the claimant's service
Years. Months. Days.
1 / 2 / -
~ / 9 / ~
~ / 6 / ~
~ / 3 / ~

Rank of the Claimant. 
Private
-
~
Corporal

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. 
Capt Helade, Col Moss
Capt Park, Col Marshall
Col Putnam
Capt Peabody, Col Cogswell

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. 
73 years
Topsfield, Massachusetts

Proof by which the declaration is supported. 
Traditionary Evidence and [unreadable]

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pension.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

The following regulations have been adopted:
this law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound by military service, but not those who were occasionally employed by the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons whoo turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [musicians] or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of                                             ss.

On this              day of                    personally appeared (a) before 
                          A.B. a resident (b) of                      in the County of
and State, Territory or District of                aged (c)           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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                    , with                    and served in the                          (e) regiment of the         
              line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than on term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. 
> This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.               A.B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I                  of the Court of                           do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said  Court in the matter of the application of               for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this                  day of                &c.

     If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
     Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
     (k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the                   and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well aquainted with
, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be              years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
     [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
    
       And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, 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 it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificates a clergyman, resident in the                      and that C.D., who has also signed the same
is a resident in the                          and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
       I,                    Clerk of the Court of                  do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of                                           for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal    
                   of office, this             day of                  &c.

       Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will the procure, if possible, the testimony at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
       If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known own at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

The following regulations have been adopted:
this law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound by military service, but not those who were occasionally employed by the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons whoo turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [musicians] or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of                                             ss.

On this              day of                    personally appeared (a) before 
                          A.B. a resident (b) of                      in the County of
and State, Territory or District of                aged (c)           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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                    , with                    and served in the                          (e) regiment of the         
              line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than on term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. 
> This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.               A.B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I                  of the Court of                           do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said  Court in the matter of the application of               for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) thi                  day of                &c.

     If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
     Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
     (k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the                   and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well aquainted with
                         , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be              years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
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Massachusetts 3/108
Ruth Gould
widow of Samuel Gould
who was a Private & Corporal
in the Massachusetts line for 21 mo. Private 3" Corporal
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Eighty one dollars - cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of December 1843 and sent to Benjamin Merrill
Salem
Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 43

Report
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sent to Pen ast 3 May 39
2450 Rev
Massachusetts-
Ruth Gould
widow of Samuel Gould, Dec'd;
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 and who died on the 12 April 1837- of Essex Co in the State of Mass:- who was a priv & corpl. in the company; commanded by Capt. Park - of the Regt:- commanded by Col: Marshall in the Mass: mil a line for 21 Months private & 3 as Corpl:-
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts - at the rate of 81 Dollars - cents per annum to commence on the ("4th day of March 1836" is crossed out) 13th April 1837 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of April 1839 and sent to Benjamin Merrill, Salem, Massachusetts -
Arrears to the 4th of March 1839 $153.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 40.50
$193.50
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Reccorded by M Mittenant Clerk
Book -A- Vol-1- Page 90
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7339
Massachusetts
Samuel Gould 1st
of Middleton in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Marshall of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued 5th of March 1819 and sent to Hon D. A. White (?)
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 9 mo 18/31=76.64
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48
$124.64
[Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.]
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Massachusetts - 2450
Ruth Gould
widow of Samuel Gould
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 12 April 1837 of Essex Coy in the State of Mass who was a priv. & corpl. in the company commanded by Captain Park of the Regt. commanded by Col. Marshall in the Massachusetts line for 21 mos. priv. 3 " corpl. 
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 81 Dollars and - cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1836 and terminating 12 April 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of May 1843 and sent to J. P. Frothingham, Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Arrears to the 4th of -
Semiannual allowance ending $89.15
Act July 7, 1838
recorded by Wm Stewart clerk
Book A Vol. 1 Page 90

Rev. Aug 20
New certificate issued in this case see opinion of atty. ljeulr(?) of 20 September 1842
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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14797
Ruth Gould
Widow of 
Samuel Gould
Corp. Rev. War
Act: Feb 2d. 48
Index: -Vol. a, Page 280
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Ho. of Reps,
Washington June 5, 1848-
Sirs,
Will you please cause the pension certificate of wid. Ruth Gould when made out to be forwarded to me?
I am
Very respectfully
your obdt. servt.
Danl. P King
Col. James L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington
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Ruth Gould
$81 per ann
3608
43
Benj. Merrill
Salem
Mass
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Salem, Sept 29, 1843
James L. Edwards Esqr. Comr. Pensions, 
Sir,
I herewith transmit the application of widow Ruth Gould, for the one year's pension.
I am respectfully 
your obt. servt,
Benj. Merrill
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Samuel Gould Mass. June of 31 when paid?
1st to 4th March 1834. J.H.
H.H. L.
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Pension Office, 
Commonwealth Bank
Boston July 2nd, 1836

Sir

Be pleased to inform me if payment can be made to Samuel Gould a Rev. Pensioner who has neglected to draw his pension for two years. Enclosed I send his Certificate for examination. 

I am sin. very respectfully your obt. servt. 
John R. Simpson 
President

To Edwards Esqr
Court Pensions
Washington,
D.C.
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Ta arrearz.
Ruth Gould
Mass.
date 7 July '38
87$ from 
4 march 36 to 12 
aprl. 37

JP Frothingham
Newbury port
Mass.
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State of Massachusetts,
County of Essex ss.
On this twenty second day of March A.D. 1843, personally appeared before me, James P. Frothingham, Notary Public and Justice of the Peace, for said County, Ruth Gould, a resident of Middleton in the said County of Essex, aged eighty years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the amount of pension which she claims from the 4th of March 1836, to the 13th day of April 1837, from which period she has been already paid, under the Act of the 7th of July 1838, and the declairant further alleges, that she is still the widow of Samuel Gould, who was a private & corporal during the Revolutionary War; that her pension was allowed at the rate of Eighty one dollars per annum. and was paid to her at the Agency in Boston in the State of Massachusetts, and further she saith - 
Ruth X Gould
her mark
Attest Joseph Fletcher 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me - 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Notarial Seal - 
J. P. Frothingham, Not. Pub. & Just. Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex, ss. Probate office.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county, here by certify, that James D. Frothingham esquire, before whom the foregoing declaration of Ruth Gould purports to have been taken, is a notary public, and also a justice of the peace, for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his name, subscribed to the certificate thereon is his genuine signature, to me well know; and that his commission to each of his said offices bears date on the twenty fifth day of February, A.D. 1842, and will expire on the twenty fifth day of February, A.D. 1849.
Given under my hand and seal of office this first day of May, A.D. 1843
Nath. Lord Jr.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March 1843 granting pensions for One year to certain Widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838:
State of Massachusetts Essex County /s:
On this twenty-sixth day of September 1843 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in said County, Ruth Gould a resident of Middleton in the County of Essex aged eighty _ years who being first duly sworn doth under oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War: That she is the Widow of Samuel Gould who was a private and Corporal in the Army of the Revolution and had a pension of $81. a year.
She further declares that she is still a Widow.
Ruth Gould

Sworn and subscribed on the day and year [illegible] written before me to whom she is personally Known
E.S. Phelps JustiPeace
Sept. 29, 1843 The abovenamed Ebenezer S. Phelps is a Justice of Peace and his Signature is genuine.
Leverett Saltonstall
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Samuel Gould
Middleton, Mass:tts
date of declaration
May 18, 1818

Samuel Gould private
Marshalls, Massachusetts
Regt.
1779, 9 months
Admitted

date of declaration May 18, 1819

recd of Recd
Middleton
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[The ink is so faded as to be illegible] 


I Samuel Gould of Middleton in the County of Essex in the State of Massechusetts

in the month of March 
United States, in the 
soldier and served in the Company commanded then by Captain in the 18th Massachusetts regiment
discharged therefore on the first day of January 1777
years [illegible] establishment
Regiment under 
I served nine months


I Benjamin Gould of
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One year from the first day of January 1771 I was then an Ensign in the Company commanded by Gideon Parker, and was the (illegible) officer under the said. Samuel Gould enlisted. He was satisfied in said County of (illegible). I do know that he served in the Company commanded by the then Captain (illegible) (illegible). Nathaniel Wade forswear than are (illegible). I was in the same Regiment on the same service and said Gerald was the principal part of that time my waiter.
Benjamin Gould

(Bottom portion of letter illegible)
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Essex ss:
I Daniel A. White Judge of the Court of Probate of the said County of Essex, do certify that Samuel Gould of Middleton in said County personally appeared on the fourteenth day of May A.D. 1818, and made the declaration aforesaid by him signed under oath before me that the annexed affidavit of Benjamin Gould who is personally known to me as deserving of full faith was duly taken as thereon certified, + that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Gould served in the Revolutionary War + is in reduced circumstances as set forth in his said declaration.
Given under my hand + the seal of the said Court the twentieth day of May in the year aforesaid.
D A White
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Admitted
Hon David P. King
HofNC
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State of Massachusetts,
County of Essex,
On this Thirty First day of May A.D. 1868, personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County, Ruth Gould a resident of Middleton, in said County, aged eighty five 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 second day of February 1868, granting pension to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.  That she is the widow of Samuel Gould who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and who served in the regiments of Col. Moses Little, Col. Marshall, Col. Rufus Putnam, Col. Enoch Putnam and Col. Cogswell.  And that she received a pension under the act of June 17, 1866, of Eighty one dollars per annum.  She further declares that she is still a widow.

Witness
Mehetable Perry  Miguel Gould

her mark  
Ruth Gould

Sworn to and subscribed on the day + year above written before
E.S. Phelps  Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same person who drew a pension as above stated.
E.S. Phelps  Justice of the Peace.
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State of Massachusetts,
County of Essex,
On this Thirty First day of May A.D. 1868, personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County, Ruth Gould a resident of Middleton, in said County, aged eighty five 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 second day of February 1868, granting pension to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.  That she is the widow of Samuel Gould who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and who served in the regiments of Col. Moses Little, Col. Marshall, Col. Rufus Putnam, Col. Enoch Putnam and Col. Cogswell.  And that she received a pension under the act of June 17, 1866, of Eighty one dollars per annum.  She further declares that she is still a widow.

Witness
Mehetable Perry  Miguel Gould

her mark  
Ruth Gould

Sworn to and subscribed on the day + year above written before
E.S. Phelps  Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same person who


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  Essex, SS.  Court of the Common Heap
To all people whom these presents shall come, I Ebenezer Shillaben Clerk of the Court aforesaid do certify, that the foregoing is a true copy of record [crossed out].
Ebenezer S. Phelps is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Essex duly commissioned and sworn; and that his signature on the paper annexed is genuine
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said Court, at Salem, in the County of Essex aforesaid, on this thirty first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
E. Thillaber  CLERK.