Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33448, for Isaac Perkins, Connecticut
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(8 - 1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Conn. Perkins, Isaac S. 33448
CONTENTS
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Massachusetts Roll
1830
Isaac Perkins
Capt Roberson
private
Connecticut line 1776. 1 year
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 13th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of July 1818
and sent to Saml Putnam
Salem Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818
4 mos 22/30th $ 37.80
Amt. as first stated 16.53
(Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818}
The commencement of this pension
was fixed at 3 July 1816 through mistake 
and then to the 4th Sept.
1818. stated at $16.53 the correct time
being from the 13th April, 1818. & the corresponding 
amt $37.86 the difference
will be sent to the Agent with the
next return in March, 1818.
Notification sent July 26th 1820 to
Ichabod Tucker Salem Massachusetts
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I Isaac Perkins of Salem, in the County
of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on
Solemn Oath declare
that in the month of July 1775, I
enlisted a soldier in Capt. John Baker's Company, 
and served until December of the same
year that in January 1776, I enlisted 
in Captain Robinsons Company, and served
from that time until January 1777 when
I was discharged; and at the request of Genl
Washington, I served six weeks after my
time of enlistment had expired - this years
service was in the year of the Revolution
on the Continental establishment, in Col.
Dunkees Regiment, and I believe in the Connecticut 
Line - I was also in the service three
months, at the taking of Burgoyen's Army.
I was in the Battles of Trenton & Princeton,
and in one battle with Burgoyne's Army.
I was in the battles of Trenton & Princeton.
and in one battle with Burgoyen's Army
I further declare that by reason of my
reduced circumstances in life, I need the assistance
of my country for my support. And I hereby relinquish
every claim to a pension heretofore allowed
by the laws of the United States.-
It was the 20th
Regiment
Israel Perkins
The word Dages" was erased
was in the lines before signing Att. I Perkin Just. S. J Conrad 
of Mass.
son
not
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I Ivory Hovey of Boxford, in the County
of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath testify and declare
that I was an orderly Sergeant, in
Captain Robinsons Company, from the
first of January 1776 to the first day
of January 1777 and that during 
the said term of one year, Isaac Perkins
now of Salem, in said County of Essex, served
as a private Soldier, and did duty
in said Company. After
his time of enlistment expired The said Perkins
volunteered & served from the last day of Decr 1776 to 2nd day
1777 - when he was discharged at the same  time I was & we travelled him subscribed
together on our way home my discharge is  annexed to my declaration.
Ivory Hovey
Essex ss. April 13th 1818, then Ivory Hovey
made solemn oath to the truth of the above
Declaration by him & personally
S. Putnam Just.
S. J. Court of Mass.
six lines and the word taken by order of the Honbe "six 
weeks' were erased& "by him subscribed" were interlined
before the signature of S. Putman Just
S. J. Court Mass
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex SS. On this thirteenth day of April, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighteen, before me Samuel Putnam Esquire 
one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial
Court of said Commonwealth, personally
appeared the aforenamed Isaac Perkins &
Ivorey Hovey, and personally subscribed and
made solemn oath to the afore written Declaration, 
and affidavit, by them respectively
made as aforesaid: And it appearing to my
satisfaction that the aforenamed Isaac
Perkins served more than nine months to
wit, from January 1776 to January 1777
at one period of the Revolutionary War on
the Continental Establishment, against the
Common Enemy; I do hereby certify the same
and the testimony in the case & the proceedings
had [illegible] to the Secretary of the war Department
Given under my hand and the
seal of said Court, at Salem, the
day & year first above written.
S. Putnam Just
S. J. Court of Massts.
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Perkins
15 Apr.
not on rolls DM

Esserp I Ichabod Tucker Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts of said Commonwealth in and for said
County certify that the Hon Samuel Putnam is a
Judge of the Court aforesaid, that the within
is his Signature and that the Seal affixed is
the Seal of said Court
Attest Ichabod Tuckerler
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I Isaac Perkins, the aforenamed Declarant
further declare on oath, that all the persons who served with
me in Capt. Robinson's Company in Col. Durkee's Connecticut
Regiment are dead, except the aforenamed Ivory Hovey, who
was our Serjeant. I have made much inquiry but cannot
find any other fellow soldiers to testify in this behalf. I
am now a poor fisherman
Isaac Perkins
I Amos Hovey Esqr of Salem, a Major General
 in the Militia of Masstts on oath testify
That I have been personally acquainted with the
said Isaac Perkins more than forty years - he was
born near the place of my birth: I always understood
and verily believe that he served all the year 1776
as he has stated in Capt. Robinson's Company, with
my brother Ivory Hovey - my brother was a Sergeant
and enlisted said Perkins and twelve or thirteen men more
from this vicinity for that company all of whom an dead
except my brother and said Perkins. I have no doubt of
the truth of these facts- In 1779 & 1780 Perkins and I
served together six months in Rhode Island in the Militia.
Amos Hovey
Esseass: July. 3d. 1818 Then the above named Amos Hovey Esqr
and Isaac Perkins subscribed and made oath to the above affiidavits
by them respectively made before me
Benj Merrill Just. Peace
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Isaac Perkins
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
I, SAMUEL PUTNAM, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial
Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid, hereby certify, that the
aforenamed Deponents, Gen. Amos Hovey and
Ivory Hovey
are credible and disinterested witnesses; and that it appears to my
satisfaction that the said Declarant served in the Revolutionary
Army on the continental establishment against the common enemy
more than nine months at one period of continued service; and I
further certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Declarant
is in reduced circumstances in life, and stands in need of assistance
from his country for support.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this
third day of July Anno Domini 1818
S. Putnam Just.
S. J. Court of Mass.
I, Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial
Court aforesaid, do certify, that the Hon. Samuel Putnam is a Judge of said Court,
that the above is his signature, that the seal affixed is the seal of said Court, that the
within named Benjamin Merritt Esq. who has certified the
aforewritten depositions, is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Essex,
duly empowered and qualified to administer oaths.
Ichabod Tucker Clerk
PRINTED BY T. C. CUSHING SALEM.
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1830
Isaac Perkins July 1816
Salem
1830
[illegible]
age 64
Fisherman
lame
worth $5.00
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun
and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third
Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
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, Isaac Perkins
resident in Salem in said Circuit, who is named in
Pension Certificate No. 1830 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,
Isaac Perkins late a private
in the Army 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 thirteenth
day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
L. S.
Given at the War of Office of the United States, this sixteenth day
of July one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as
follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding
excepted, to wit,
No real Estate
Old furniture in family us forty years.
Eight chairs 3.00- two tables 1,00- Andirons,, 50 - $4,50
Shovel and tongs 0.30. Looking-glass0 .50. 0.80
Pot, kettle, skillet, spider, knives & forks 1.90
$ 6.00
He has no income but his pension
He is sixty five years old a fisherman, is infirm
and has a knee stiff and callous by a musket shot
received at Trenton battle. He has a wife aged
sixty four, in poor health, all his family,
He served as a years man in 1776 in Capt. Robinson
's company in Col. Durkee's Regiment in Connecticut
Line,
Isaac Perkins
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Sworn to and declared, before
Wm Wetmore, Judge within named
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and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following oath,
taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore
a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Isaac Perkins 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.
Isaac Perkins
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Isaac Perkins
took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
Wm Wetmore.
Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, 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
Six dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed
the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex,
on this 17th day of July A. D. 1820
Ichabod Tucker Clerk
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33448
Revy INVALID
File No. 33.448
Isaac Perkins
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol. 2,  Page 819
(Arrangement of 1870.}
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The Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City
Pensn. office
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Salem, Mass Aug. 25, 1815
Hon. John C. Calhoun,
Sir
Isaac Perkins made his application on the
13th of Apl last. It is apprehended therefore a
mistake exists in the enclosed certificate
I am respectfully
hiy. obt. Servt.
Saml Putnam Judge
(by [illegible] )