Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,623, Woodward Abraham, Navy.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Navy.

Abraham, Woodward

Mass. Agency and residence

NUMBER
S. 32,623

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CONTENTS
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Navy 11.259 D
Massachusetts
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Woodward Abraham
(In France)
of Charlestown in the state of Massachusetts
who was a Mariner on board the Ship
Captain Barry of the US Navy
for the term of one year
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence
the 1st of April 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 31st of May 1819
and sent to William Wetmore
Boston Massachusetts
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Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819 89.03
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 48.00
11.Mo.31 137.03

{Revolutionary claim, }
Act 18th March, 1818

On the side: Notification sent to Abraham Bigelow, Esq. 22 Sep. 1820, Cambridge, Mass.
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Navy      11.259 D
Massachusetts
============
Woodward Abraham
(In France)
of Charlestown in the state of Massachusetts
who was a Mariner on board the Ship 
Captain Barry of the US Navy 
for the term of one year
================
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence
the 1st of April 1818
================
Certificate of Pension issued the 31st of May 1819
and sent to William Wetmore
Boston Massachusetts
================
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819                   89.03
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819       48.00
11.Mo.31                                             137.03  

   {Revolutionary claim,  }
    Act 18th March, 1818

On the side: Notification sent to Abraham Bigelow, Esq. 22 Sep. 1820, Cambridge, Mass.
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Woodward Abraham
Seaman
on Brass Ship Alliance
82- 1 year
died 1 April 1818

Barry commander

Admitted
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State of Massachusetts
I Woodward Abraham a citizen of the United States, Now resident at Charlestown in the county of Middlesex in the state aforesaid, do oath testify and declare that in the war of the revolution on or about the twentieth day of January in the year seventeen hundred and eighty [two]
I entered and was engaged in the naval service of united states on the continental establishment and served accordingly from that time to the twentieth day of may in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three when i was honorably discharged and obtained a [----] 
as a mariner against the common enemy without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the Continental [---]
ant that I left the service on [ ] day of may
and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty I stand in need of assistance from my country for support being now the age of sixty four years 
And I hearby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed by me the laws of the united states if any may be or hath been so allowed Woodward Abraham
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Suffolk ss Boston April 1st 1818 
Nathaniel Lewis late a mariner on board the Alliance Frigate in the continental service commanded by Captain John Barry, says that he is well acquainted with Mr Woodward Abraham and well remembers that he entered on board the said Frigate in C
L'Orient in France some time in the month of January 1778 and that he did his duty faithfully as a mariner on board the said Ship until he was put on board a prize Brig. to bring into port in the month of October A.D. 1782 he rec his pay till April or May 1783 & belonged to the ship till that time. 
Nathaniel Servis.
note, Woodward Abraham is wrote on an erasure, also the word "Nathaniel" 

I also testify that all the officers of the said ship are now dead. I verily believe; no officer even a warrant officer remaining alive except Capt Jonathan Merry [inserted: of Boston] who was then or board & the served as chief Gunnery mate.
Nath'lServis
 
Sworn to before me Wm Wilmore the Judge within named- 

I Jonathan Merry of Boston Merchant, testify & declare that was chief Gunner's mate, on board the Alliance Frigate & that I confirm the above testimony of Nath'l Servic as to the services on board of the abovenamed Woodward Abraham 

Jany 20. 1819 Sworn to before me Wm Wetmore Judge as afored
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255. Woodward Abraham
Charlestown
Mass Hall Guardian
12259

May 1819
Cont'd 22 Feb
1820
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Please for the Middle Circuit, began and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June      A.D. 182
Before the  Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and [ WILLIAM WETMORE AND 
STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires,] Associate Justices of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Woodward Abraham resident Charlestown in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 11259 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
" I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the "18th March, 1818, Woodward Abraham late a Mariner in the navy of the Revolution, is inscribed on the "Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight "dollars per month, to commence on the first day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
"Given at the War Office of the United States, this 31st "day of May  one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. JP Edwards in the absence for behalf of this Secretary of War," by Moses Hall, his guardian appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, Hall as follows, to wit,
Schedule,
by Moses Hall his Guardian containing his whole estate and income, his necessary and bedding excepted, to wit,
"He has not any estate either real or personal, being a courteous  pauper, supported at the expense of this town of Charlestown, having lost a leg is unable to work, he served as a Seaman on board the Alliance commanded by Capt Bassy from some time in the month of January this year 1782 until the year 1783 a term of one year is now sixty five years old and cannot support himself.
He is a resident citizen of the United States and on this 18th March 1818 resident at Charlestown  afores aid and never had any property debts, due to his or cadets for long time previous to that time or since and is without any income. I being duly appointed
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Guardian of his person and property and be incapacitated to act, do request of the Court here that his oath in this can may be disposed with and that I may be permitted to act in his behalf. 
[SIGNED: Moses Hall] his Guardian.

Sworn to and declared by the said Hall the Guardian
before [SIGNED: Wm. Wetmore] Judge
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Guardian of his person and property and be incapacitated to act, do request of the Court here that his oath in this can may be disposed with and that I may be permitted to act in his behalf. 
[SIGNED: Moses Hall] his Guardian.

Sworn to and declared by the said Hall the Guardian
before [SIGNED: Wm. Wetmore] Judge
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[THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN REDACTED]

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. __________ a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,

I ___________, do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight 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, one thousand eight 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. So help me GOD.

Middlesex, ss. C.C.C.P. Term, A.D. 182_

Then the above named __________ took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,

[NO SIGNATURE]
Judge of said Court

[PROPER]
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is nothing

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20th day of July 1820.

Attr. [SIGNED: Abraham Biglow] Esq.
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Invalid

File No. 32623
Woodward Abraham Mariner
U.S. Navy
Rev War
Act. 18th March 1818 
Index: Vol_______ Page_______
{Arrangement of 1870}