Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,208, for Peleg Shearman, Massachusetts
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                    NUMBER
Mass.   Shearman, Peleg   W.22,208
or
Sherman, Mary
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CONTENTS
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Dead   See letter to E. Williams
May 26. 1837---

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Massachusetts 113
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Mary Shearman
Mass
widow of Peleg Shearman
who died on the 28 day Nov 1811
of Westport in the State of Mass
who was a Captain in the Compy commanded
by Captain [crossed out] himself of the Regt commanded
by Colo Carpenter in the Mass
line for [2 words crossed out] Militia
Increased pen $ 261.33
[double line]
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 480 Dollars --- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
[double line]
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of March
1831 and Sent Eliab[damage]
Williams Full Pen M[damage]
[double line]
Arrears to the 4th of 4 March 3[illegible] 28 [damage]
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 2 4 [damage] [figure double underlined]
$312 0
[figure double underlined]
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act July 4, 1836,}
{Section the 3}
Recorded by H H Sylvester Clerk,
Book A Vol. 1 Page 68
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I David Anthony of Somerset in the County of
Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged
Seventy Six years, doth on oath testify & say that I well
recollect Peleg Sherman late of Swanzey in said
County deceased. The father of the sd Peleg, Robert
Sherman of sd Swanzey deceased, lived near where my
father lived. I well recollect of being near the road
at play with other boys when it was said "there go
the wedding guests" & it was said then that the sd Peleg
was married to Mary Heath yesterday being the day
before. The guests were on horse back & then going to the
house of Robert Sherman, the father of the sd Peleg.
I was then about ten years old. I knew the sd Peleg
& Mary his wife from the time aforesaid until the
death of the sd Peleg which was, as I should think,
about twenty five years ago. I watched with the sd Peleg
in his last sickness & saw him when he died. I
knew the sd Mary from the time of her marriage as
aforesaid until within three years from this date for
about which sd term of three years she has had, I under
stand, been living with her son-in-law Doctor Richmond
in Westport in sd County [illegible] after the death of her sd
husband the sd Mary went to reside with her son
in-law John Gray now of sd Swanzey in whose family
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she resided for about twenty years and continued even
after the death of her sd husband Single & unmarried.
The sd Peleg & Mary had seven children all of whom I
well knew. Said Peleg was the Captain of a Company in
Col. Peg [crossed out] Carpenters Regiment of which company I was a
member & out with him upon a Secret expedition from
sd Swanzey to Howlands ferry in the State of Rhode Island.
Our Service [illegible] at this time continued Six days being from
October 13th 1777 to the 18th of the same month including
one of those days. I fix the time with precision from a
pay roll on the back of which is my name Signed by me
at about of [crossed out] the time of sd Service. I knew that the sd Peleg
acted as Forage Master in the war of the Revolution for
a long while--the precise length of time I cannot state.
I know of his being employed with Several assistants in
pressing hay in a meadow area where he lived, which hay
hay was as I then understood procured for the use of the Army
and I should think he procured hay & had it pressed
there for the use of the army for Several Seasons. According
to my recollection the sd Peleg Sherman was in the Service
of his Country in the war of the Revolution most of the
time from about the first of January 1777 to about the
close of February 1781. The sd Peleg Sherman commanded a
Sloop called the Lydia, which Sailed from Swanzey aforesaid
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to Newport Rhode Island where he took in about Eighty
British Prisoners whom he carried to New York for the pur-
=pose of exchanging them for American Prisoners who were on
board the prison Ship Jersey, then laying near New York.
The sd Sherman performed the voyage aforesaid in little
more than one month. I was a hand on board of sd Sloop
under sd Sherman. I think the sd Sherman left sd Swanzey with
sd Sloop in January 1781 & returned in the month of February
following and further deponent Saith not
Somerset Septr 7. 1836
Davis Anthony

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol Ss  September 7. 1836. Then personally appeared
the above named Davis Anthony who is a credible wit-
=ness and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit
by him subscribed
Before me, Eliab Williams Justice of the Peace.

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I John Snell of Dighton in the County of Bristol
& Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy seven
years do on oath testify & say that I was well
acquainted with Peleg Shearman late of Swanzey
in said County deceased; that I served under him
as Captain at Slade Ferry in the war of the Revolu-
=tion commencing my term of Service according to my
recollection about the first of April 1777 and ending
Said term about the first of June 1777. Said Sherman
had, as I understood commanded [crossed out] had command of
a Company at sd Ferry for three months previous
to my joining his company; I further testify & say that
sd Sherman had command of a Company at Narra-
=ganset in what [2 words crossed out] in the town of North Kingston in the
State of Rhode Island when [crossed out] during parts of the months
of July & August 1777 & continued to command sd company
at sd North Kingston, according to my recollection, for the
term of one month; I further testify & say that I
enlisted to serve under Capt. Peleg Sherman & was enlisted
enlisted by him to serve for Six months commencing on the first
day of July 1778 & ending on the last day of December that
same year; that I did serve under sd Sherman for
the term of one month next following my enlistment
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& quartered at Capt. Sherman's house during which
time I was now employed in guarding the Shore & during
the nights [illegible] a part of us cruised with a boat in Mount
Hope Bay our Company being divided into two gangs for
sd purpose & each gang went every other night; during
sd month I was also employed under Capt. Sherman in
picking up & gathering all the boats & oars we could
find along the Bay & Taunton River, after the comple-
tion of 8 months sd Sherman was taken from the com
mand of his company and appointed a Forage Master
in which capacity he served until the expiration of
my sd term of six months & how much longer I know
not. After Capt. Sherman's appointment as Forage Mas
=ter I was turned over to & served under Capt. Richardson
& went on to Rhode Island where I frequently saw sd
Sherman in the performance of the duties of his office
as Forage Master. My brother Anthony Snell was
employed as a waiter by sd Sherman when sd Sherman
was on the Island but [illegible] sd Anthony having lost sd Sherma[damage]
horse was dismissed by sd Sherman from his employ. I
also further testify & say that during the time I quart[damage]
with Capt. Sherman as above stated in 1778 he was a 
married man then having at least two children, a
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son and a daughter; and the widow of the sd Sherman, who
was then his wife, is now living never [crossed out] & I never heard
or understood that she had married [crossed out] or has married to
any other person and further said deponent saith not.
Dighton August 26, 1836      John Snell

Bristol Ss. August 26, 1836. Then personally appeared the
above named John Snell who is a credible witness and
made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him
subscribed.
Before me Eliab Williams Justice of the Peace
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I Joseph Durfee of Freetown in the County
of  Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Esquire aged Eighty six years do on oath
testify & say that I was well acquainted with
Simeon Martin formerly of Newport in the
State of Rhode Island but now recently of
Rehoboth in sd County of Bristol deceased, and
also with the signature of the sd Martin having
frequently seen him write and that I believe
the signature of sd Martin upon the papers
on which I have placed & signed my name for
the purpose of identifying it, is the true and
genuine signature of the sd Simeon Martin.
I do also testify & say that General Cornell
Brigade continued at Tiverton & on Rhode
Island in the State of Rhode Island for the
term of at least three years, according to my
recollection & I think more commencing in
January 1777---and further the sd deponent saith not.
Freetown --- August 27, 1836   
Joseph Durfee
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Bristol Ss. August 27, 1836.  Then personally appeared
the within named Joseph Durfee who is a credible
witness and made oath to the truth of the within
affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Eliab Williams Justice of the Peace
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I John Winslow of Swanzey in the County of
Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Physician
aged [illegible] sixty nine years do on oath testify and
Say that I well recollect Peleg Sherman late
of sd Swanzey deceased that I attended upon him
during his last sickness which I find from
an examination of my account [crossed out] day book to
have been in the month of November 1811, my
last charge on the day book is on the twenty eighth
day of November 1811. I also find that it is stated
in my Ledger to be Stated [crossed out] in his last sickness. The
nature of the complaint was, according to my recollection,
a lung fever; & further the sd deponent saith not.
Swanzey August 26, 1836   John Winslow

Bristol Ss. August 26, 1836.  Then personally
appeared the above named John Winslow, who is a
credible witness and made oath to the truth of
the foregoing affidavit by him Subscribed
Before me Eliab Williams Justice of the Peace
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Peleg Shearman & Mary Heath both of Swanzey
was married September year 1770 by one Bussel
Mason elder of a church of Christ in Swanzey 

I John Mason of Swanzey County of Bristol
and commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquire
of Lawful age on oath testify and declare that
I am the duly Elected and qualified Clerk of the
said Town of Swanzey, that I have carefully exam
ined the original record of the Marriage of
Peleg Shearman and Mary Heath as the same
is recorded on the town record of Swanzey now
in my custody and that the foregoing Copy is
a true copy of said record as the same is found
recorded and that I have no doubt that the
original record aforesaid is an ancient record.
Swanzey SS September 7, 1836     John Mason

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol SS  September 7, 1836---Then personally appeared the
above named John Mason who is a credible person [5 words inserted] and made oath to the truth of
the foregoing affidavit by him Subscribed.
Before me Eliab Williams  Justice of the Peace---
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I John Gray of Swanzey in the County of Bristol
& Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Sixty Six
years do on oath testify & say that my late wife
Elizabeth was the oldest child of Col Peleg
Sherman late of sd Swanzey deceased & Mary the
wife of sd Peleg, that I was well acquainted with the
said Peleg Sherman who died, according to the best
of my recollection, between twenty four & five years
ago, leaving the said Mary his widow, that soon
after the death of the sd Peleg his sd widow came to
reside in my family bringing with her most of her
furniture & her husbands papers, that she continued
to reside in my family most of the time after she
first came as above Stated, according to the best of my
recollection for twenty years or more until within
less than three years from this date, that when she
left my family she went to live with her son-in
law Doctor Thomas Richmond of Westport in
said County, that since the death of her sd husband
Peleg Sherman She has ever lived Single and 
unmarried. The papers above alluded to were contained
in an old chest which was, with its contents, placed
in the garret of my house where they have remained
as I believe, unexamined until within one week from
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this date when upon inquiring for papers relating to service
of the sa Peleg Sherman in the war of the Revolution
sd Chest containing probably more than a bushel of
papers was brought down & said papers looked over, when
those papers, which are thought to be of most import
=ance & marked by me with the letters J. G. for the purpose
of identifying them, were found & taken from sd Chest. I have
marked such only as it is supposed may need identifying.
There are many others the appearance of & signatures to which,
it is supposed, will prove their authenticity without being
identified by me, and further sd deponent saith not.
Swanzey August 26 1836    John Gray

Bristol Ss  August 26, 1836  Then the above named
John Gray personally appeared, who is a credible
witness, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing
affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Eliab Williams Justice of the Peace
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I Mary Richmond of Westport in the County of
Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged fifty
years, do on oath testify & say that I am the wife of
Doct. Thomas Richmond of sd Westport & the daughter
of Peleg Shearman late of Swanzey in sd County deceas-
=ed & of Mary his wife; that the sd Mary has
resided in my family the whole of the time for
about three years now last past, that my father
the sd Peleg died according to the best of my 
recollection twenty five years ago coming November
next and that ever since that time the sd Mary
my sd Mother has [illegible] remained single & unmarried
& further sd deponent saith not.
Dated Septr 7, 1836
Mary Richmond

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol Ss    September 7, 1836   Then personally appeared
the above named Mary Richmond who is a credible
witness and made oath to the truth of the foregoing
affidavit by her  subscribed
Before me Eliab Williams Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol Ss. I Anselm Bassett Register of
the Court of Probates in & for said County
do hereby Certify that Eliab Williams of
Fall River in said County is a Justice
of the Peace for said County and that
the foregoing signatures, to the foregoing
affidavits, purporting to be his, are
genuine---
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
said Court this twentieth day of September
Eighteen hundred and thirty six---
A Bassett
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State of Massachusetts }ss
On this tenth day of September in the year of our Lord
Eighteen hundred & thirty six personally appeared before the Hon. Oliver Prescott Judge of the Court of Probates for the County of Bristol [15 words inserted] Mary Shear-
=man a resident of Westport in the County of Bristol and
State of Massachusetts aged ninety years, who being first
duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made
by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1805; That she is the
Widow of Peleg Shearman who was a Lieutenant in the Massachusetts
Militia & performed the duty of a Captain [underlined] in sd Militia having
had the command [underlined] of a Company of Soldiers in actual service in the
war of the revolution stationed at Slades Ferry in the town then
called Swanzey in sd County of Bristol as a guard from the 6th
day of January 1777 to the 5th day of June of the same year includ
=ing one of those days being a period of five months; and for
proof to confirm her foregoing statement she refers to the affidavit of
John Snell, the three service Pay Rolls marked No.1, No.2, No.3,
the Commission of the sd Peleg Lieut., all herewith forwarded;
that the sd Peleg commanded [underlined] a company of soldiers in actual
service in sd war belonging to Col. Thomas Carpenter's Regiment for the term
of one month & four days commencing July 23d 1777 & ending August
25, 17777 & that sd company was stationed at North Kingston in the State 
of Rhode Island for one month of sd time for the purpose of guarding the shore
there, & for proof to confirm her statement as to the time she refers to
the Pay Roll herewith forwarded marked No. 4 & to the sd affidavit of
the sd Snell; that the sd Peleg command [underlined] a company of soldiers belong
=ing to the sd Col Carpenter's Regiment in actual service in sd war for six
days from Oct 13th 1777 to the 18th day of the same month one of the sd
days included being then engaged in a private expedition & marched
from sd Swanzey to Howlands Ferry in Tiverton in the State of Rhode
Island, & for proof to confirm her statement as to the time she refers
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to the Pay Roll marked No. 5 & to the affidavit of David Anthony
a soldier engaged in sd expedition both which papers are herewith
forwarded; that the sd Peleg commanded [underlined] a Company of
soldiers in actual service in sd war for the term of one month
next following the first day of July 1778 during which time he held
a Commission also as Captain [underlined], when a part of sd soldiers were quartered
at the house of sd Peleg & employed in guarding the Shores of Mount
Hope Bay bordering on sd Swanzey, and for proof of this service
she refers to the original articles of enlistment herewith forwarded
marked No. 6 & to the aforesaid affidavit of the sd John Snell
thus making a period of seven months & six days during which the sd Peleg
performed the duties of a Captain [underlined] having had command [underlined] of a company of
soldiers in actual service in sd war & for one month of which time he held
a Captain's Commission and that the sd Peleg actually performed the
duties of Captain during the whole of the time aforesaid is still further
confirmed by an original letter from Col. Thomas Carpenter to Maj Peleg
Slade bearing the date Sept 21st 1777 marked No. 7 & herewith forwarded;
that the sd Peleg Sherman [inserted] on the tenth day of August 1778 received the appoint
=ment of Brigade Forage Master in General Cornells Brigade &
continued in the active performance of the duties of sd office from
sd tenth day of August to the twenty ninth day of February 1780,
a period of Eighteen months & nineteen days & also served during
the whole of the period last named as assistant Deputy Quarter Master
General; that the sd Peleg was appointed & served the United States
as A: D: Q: G: Forage Five months & twenty four days from [inserted] July 7th to
December 31 1780; & for proof to confirm her statement with respect
to the two periods of service last above named she refers to the
aforesaid affidavit of the sd Snell, to that of Col. Ephraim Bowen, to
the original certificate of appointment marked No. 8 and to the
paper marked No. 9 & also to the deposition or affidavit of Col.
Joseph Durfee; all of which sd papers & documents are herewith
forwarded; and that the sd Peleg was employed as a master of the
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Sloop Lydia probably in the months of January & February 1781
for at least one month for the purpose of carrying British Pris-
=oners from Newport R.I. to exchange for American Prisoners on
board the prison Ship Jersey then lying near New York & for
proof of this service she refers to the affidavit herewith
forwarded of David Anthony a mariner then on board said
Sloop; from all which papers & documents before alluded to & here-
with forwarded it will appear, as is believed, that the sd Peleg
Shearman was in active service in the war of the Revolution
for a period of more than two years holding a rank the whole
of that time entitling him to pay at least equal to that of a
Captain in sd war. 
She further declares that she was married to the sd Peleg
Shearman on the second day of September in the year of our
Lord Seventeen hundred & seventy; that her husband the
aforesaid Peleg Shearman died on the twenty eighth day of
November in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & eleven;
and that she has remained a widow ever since that period,
as will now fully appear by reference to the proof hereto
annexed.      Mary Shearman [an X and the words 'her mark' are written over the signature]
Sworn to & subscribed, on the day & year above written
Before   Oliver Prescott Judge of the Court
of Probate for Bristol
County.

Bristol Ss  September 10th A.D. 1836  I hereby certify
that Mary Shearman who has subscribed &
sworn to the foregoing declaration is a credible
person, and that it appears to me that she
cannot from bodily infirmity attend the
court      Oliver Prescott  Judge of the Court of
Probate for Bristol County.

# See Mass Militia
rolls Cap [illegible] Co
Col. [illegible] Regt
1778 No 107
See from January
78 +
6 mo & 3 dy
Vol 1 [illegible] 109
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts---
Bristol Ss--- I Anselm Bassett Register
of the Court of Probate in and for said
County, being a Court of Record, do hereby
Certify that the Hon. Oliver Prescott of
New Bedford in said County is the Judge
of said Court of Probate, and the signatures
to the within certificates, purporting to be
his, are genuine---
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the seal of said Court
this twentieth day of September Eighteen
hundred and thirty six -----
A Bassett---
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State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations.
Secretary's office Sept. 9. AD 1836.
I Certify that at the session of the General
assembly of said State in May last,
James Fisher was elected a Justice of the
Peace for the town of Warwick for the term
of one year and has been Commissioned
accordingly; as appears of record in this office.
Witness Henry Bowen Secry

I further Certify that the signature
James Fisher to the certificate annexed
is the proper hand writing of the aforenamed
James Fisher
Witness Henry Bowen Secry
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
John Brown Francis
Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the State of Rhode-
Island and Providence Plantations.
BE IT KNOWN, that the name "HENRY BOWEN" to the afore-
written attestation subscribed, is the proper hand writing of Henry Bowen, Esquire,
who, at the time of subscribing the same, was Secretary of the State aforesaid,
duly elected and qualified according to law: Wherefore unto his said attestation,
full faith and credit are to be rendered.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of said State to be affixed at Provi-
dence, this ninth
day of September in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six
and of Independence the sixty-first
John Brown Francis
BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.
Henry Bowen Secry
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January 23, 1933
XXXXX
Peleg Shearman-W.22208
BA-J/AWF
Miss Leah W. Burrell
295 Montgomery Street
Fall River, Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which
you request information in regard to Peleg Sher-
man, and to his widow, Mary, who received pen-
sion on account of his services in the War of the
Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained
from the papers on file in pension claim,W.22208,
based upon the Revolutionary War service of Peleg
Shearman.
He was the son of Robert Shearman, the name
of his mother and the date and place of his birth
are not shown.
Peleg Shearman, while residing in Swansea, Bris-
tol County, Massachusetts, was commissioned, March 28,
1776, first Lieutenant in Captain Caleb Hill's Second
Company, Colonel Thomas Carpenter's First Regiment,
Bristol County, Massachusetts Militia; he was com-
missioned, June 17, 1778, Captain in the same company
and regiment; he was appointed, August 10, 1778, Forage
Master of General Cornell's Brigade; he was commissioned,
February 8, 1779, Major in Colonel Thomas Carpenter's
First Regiment, Bristol County, Militia. He served one
mon in January and February, 1781 as Master of the 
sloop Lydia, and carried British prisoners from Newport,
Rhode Island to exchange for American prisoners on the
prison ship Jersey. He was appointed, July 1, 1781 Lieu-
tenant Colonel and April 20, 1785 was appointed Colonel
of the Militia
Peleg Shearman married September 2, 1770, Mary
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Heath, they were both then of Swansea, Massachusetts.
The soldier, Peleg Shearman, died November 28,
1811.
His widow, Mary Shearman, was allowed pension on
her application executed September 10, 1836, then ninety
years of age and living in Westport, Bristol county,
Massachusetts. She died March 21, 1837.
Peleg Shearman and his wife, Mary, had seven
children: Elizabeth, the eldest, married John Gray,
and Mary married Dr. Thomas Richmond, were the only
names of children given. John Gray aged sixty-six
years in 1836 and living in Swansea, Massachusetts,
referred to his "late wife Elizabeth". Mary, the
wife of Dr. Thomas Richmond, was fifty-five years
of age in 1836 and living in Westport, Massachusetts.
It is stated that the widow, Mary Shearman, at
her death left three children,and grandchildren by
a daughter then deceased, but no names were shown. It
also appears in the claim that Robert Shearman, the
father of Peleg Shearman, was commissioned, October
10, 1748 and ensign in the British Army, no further
details given
Very truly yours 
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Peleg Shearman   Mass
W. 22,208
An order to Maj Peleg
Slead to equip his detach-
ment for a secret expedition
to march Sept 25 and end
Oct 30 "next", and to extend
the order to Capt Shearman
and Capt Slead, their propor-
tion bring 32 and 30 men
respectively; signed Thoms
Carpenter, Colo; dated Rehoboth
Sept. 21, 1777.
A chf of enlistment as
soldiers for 6 mos for the
town of Swanzey; signed
by Peleg Shearman and 11
others July---1778.
An order to Maj Sherman
DFG. from John Jacobs
Col Comd to confer with
the latter in relation to
forage; dated Camp Butt
Hill, Sept. 16, 1780.
The above papers have
been removed from said
claim to be sent to the
War Dept.
acm May 3, 1911

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Sent to the War Dept Jan 16, 1913
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Massachusetts 113 
[double line]
Sarah Shearman [name crossed out]
widow of Peleg Shearman,
who died on the 28 Nov 1811
of Westport in the State of Mass.
who was a Captain in the compy commanded
by Captain [crossed out] himself in the Regt commanded
by Col Carpenter in the Mass
line for [2 words crossed out] Militia
Increased from $241.33
[double line]
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 480 Dollars --- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
[double line]
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of March
1831 and Sent Eliab
Williams, Fall River Mass
[double line]
Arrears to the 4th of March 1831    2880
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept    240 [figures double underlined]
$3120 [figure double underlined]
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act July 4, 1836,}
{Section the 3}
Recorded by H.H. Sylvester Clerk,
Book A, Vol [illegible]  Page 68
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[left fold]
1912 Dec 12 Mrs E. W. Beatty
furnished history B.L.M.
(minnie e.)
1916 Sept 30 Hist to Mrs E.W. Beatty
with correct date.
1926 Mch 3 Hist to Mrs W.G.
Jackson See request in
Samuel Sherman S.19463 awf
1933 Jan 23 hist to Miss Leah
W. Burrell awf

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Rev 22208
WIDOW, &C.
[line]
File No. 22,208
Mary Shearman
widow of
Peleg Shearman
Capt Rev War
[line]
Act July 4th 36
Index: Vol M, Page 209
"[Arrangement of 1870]"
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[left fold]
Rt Hon N.B. Borden
decr 30, 1836.
do do feby 2 1837

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113
Massachusetts
[double line]
Mary Shearman widow of
Peleg Shearman dcd late
of Bristol co. in the State of Mass
who was a Lt & Capt in the Company commanded
by Captain himself of the Rgt commanded
by Col Carpenter in the Mass
line for 18 mos & 3 days Lt
              1  " Captain
[double line]
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 261 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
[double line]
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Octr
1836 and sent M.
Bassett Taunton Mass
[double line]
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836     $1437.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '37    130.00 [figures double underlined]
$1567.00 [figure double underlined]
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk,
Book --- Vol. 7 Page 68
Page 29

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Mary Shearman
Payments to be made
at Boston Mass
by Presdt Commonwealth Ba[fold]
Agent for paying Pension=
ers, in the Agency of
Massachusetts

Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book --- Vol. ---
Page --- by D.D. Addison
Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the 3d section of the law
of the United States, of the 4th July, 1836, Mary 
Shearman of Massachusetts
widow of Peleg Shearman decd
who was a Lieutenant & Captain in the
War of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Two hundred & Sixty one dollars and
Thirty Three cents per annum, during the time she may
remain unmarried, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831,
and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of
September.
Given at the War Office on the United
States, this Twenty fifth day of
October one thousand
eight hundred and thirty=Six
B.F. Butler [name underlined]
Acting Secretary of War.
Examined and}
Countersigned.}
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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113 [encircled]
Page 32

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ord[illegible]
for wages
from morton
to Colo Bowen

to first day of novr
one month and half
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Sr  This may Certify that Majr Peleg Shearman
late A:D:C: Forrage is Intitled to wages Subsistence
Horse Ride [illegible] from Sepr 15 to Decr 31 17[illegible] three
Months and half and he hath Drawn none
from me--- Sr Yo Hul Sevt
Simeon Martin
Newport Decr 31 17[illegible]--- late D:C:G: Forrage [title underlined]
Col: Bowen D:[illegible]:M:Genl        JG
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Mary Shearman
widow of
Peleg Shearman
Mass

[written vertically]
September 9th 1836
Ephraim Bowen [name underlined]

Ad 18 ma L[illegible] 241.33
1 [illegible]                   20. [underlined]
                                  261.33
from 4 Ma 1831    $261.33
Joseph Durfee

paper is marked No 9.
A Bassett
Taunton Mass
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Dre The United States in [illegible] with Peleg Shearman
[double line]
Dec 31 th 1780 To my wages 5 months & 24 days
as A.D.C. G. Forager from Junly 7th to } L69 12
Decr 31th 1780 at L 12"0"0 per month  }
To my 2 Retain & Rations per day the}
above time.......}
JG