Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1177, William Brett, Mass.
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SERVICE Mass.
Brett, William
NUMBER R.1177
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Wm Brett
21521
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REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, SS.
On this second day of October 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before Wilkes Wood Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at East Bridgewater
within and for said County of Plymouth, William Brett a resident of North Bridgewater in said County of Plymouth, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy four 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. 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. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. I was born in Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth aforesaid, on the sixth day of April
1758 and have from my birth lived in the same house, my birth is recorded in the family Bible, and I am known to most of the good citizens of North  Bridgewater. In the month of December 1777 I enlisted into the
service of the United States in the war of the revolution, for three months in North Kingston in Rhode Island in a company commanded by Joseph Kieth and regiment by Col. Sproat. I passed through Middleborough, Launtons [?], Attenborough, Rehoboth, Providence, Greenwich &c to North Kingstown aforesaid, where I did duty for three full months. I was in no engagement and had no written discharge
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In the month of September 1776 I enlisted again into the service of the United States for two months to do duty in Newport Rhode Island in a company commanded by Calvin Partridge and Regiment, by Col Cushing. I served according by him in Newport aforesaid two months and was discharged. In this service I was in no engagement and had no written discharge.
I also did alarm service in Rhode Island in a company commanded by David Packard and
Regiment by Col. Cary for 11 days from July 22nd 1780.
Before the year 1780 I did alarm service for four days in Rhode Island in a company commanded I believe, by David Packard.  Of this service I have no documentary evidence and know of no person whose testimony I can procure that I did this service.
In the year 1777 - under a Contract with Capt. Butterfield an officer in the State of  Massachusetts and of United States, I cannot tell which I did
waggon service for three weeks in the neighbourhood of Boston and Providence for which I received no compensation whatever.
William Brett
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
attest Jacob H Love
Register
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We, Eliphalet Crafts, a clergyman, residing in the town of East Bridgewater and Jesse Perkins Esq a Magistrate
residing in the Town of North Bridgewater hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Brett who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of
the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Eliphalet P. Crafts
Jesse Perkins
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest J.H. Loud Register

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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Eliphalet P. Crafts
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the town of East Bridgewater and that Jesse Perkins Esq
who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Town of North Bridgewater, and is a credible
person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court attest
Jacob H Loud
Register

I Jacob H. Loud Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Brett
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office, this second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Jacob H. Loud
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William Brett
Massachusetts
Suspended on
register
7 June 1832

T.R. Wise
[illegible]
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POWER OF ATTORNEY.
STATE OF Maryland
City of Baltimore     ⎬  ss:
Be it known that before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace personally appeared Cyrus Brett
aged sixty three years, who, being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the son of William Brett *who was an applicant for a Pension from Massachusetts and that he believes that he is entitled to whatever is due, and that the United States are still indebted to him, under the laws of Congress, for the pension that was due his father Wm Brett and that for the purpose of investigating and establishing his claims as aforesaid, he appoints TULLY R. WISE, of Washington, D. C., his true and lawful attorney with
irrevocable powers, to examine all papers on file, and to do whatever he might do were he personally
present to establish his claim.
In witness whereof, I have on this sixth day of Dec. 1852,
hereunto signed my name, and affixed my seal.
Cyrus Brett

Witness:
Witness:
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me; and I further certify, that Cyrus Brett has always by the community been known as the son of William Brett.
Dated on this sixth day of December 1852
Wm H Bayzand J.P.

STATE OF Maryland
City of Baltimore
to wit:
I hereby certify, That William H. Bayzand Esq., before whom the foregoing power of attorney was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the city aforesaid, duly commissioned and
sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Superior Court of Baltimore City this 6th day of 
December one thousand eight hundred and 52.
Edwd Dowling Clerk

*State whether an applicant or a pensioner.
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2132
Wm Brett
Mass
1177
Rejected 26 June
1835. See letter
See letter 16 December 
1833 to Hon W Baylies
do do April 23.
1834 to Hon W Baylies

JH Loud
Plymouth Mass
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BRIEF in the case of William Brett of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 74 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.   Duration of Service. Rank. Name of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Enlist in 1777. 3 Months. As a private Capt. Keith Col. Shrork
1776 - 2 Months Partridge - Cushing
1780 - 11 days Packard Cary
4 Days
21 Days - Wagoner - Butterfield

5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Plymouth Mass
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? documentary & 1 Living Witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Flagett
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In reply to your request of __, received __
for a statement of the military history of William Brett a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  R. 1177

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Sept. 1776.
Dec. 1777
Dec. 1777
July 22 1780
1780

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
2 mo.
3 weeks
3 mos
11 days
4 days 

RANK.
Pri.
Wagoner
Pri.
"
"

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Calvin Partridge
Butterfield
Joseph Keith
David Packard
"
COLONEL.
John Cushing

Sproat
Cary

STATE.
Mass.

Battles engaged in, __
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bridgewater Mass.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 2, 1832.
Residence at date of application, North Bridgewater, Mass.
Age at date of application, born Apl 6 1758 Bridgewater Mass.
Remarks: The date of his death is not shown. In 1852 his son Cyrus Brett was
63 yrs of age & a res. of Baltimore, Md.  There is no other family 
data. This claim was never allowed for the reason that claimant did not serve six mos. as a Pri soldier, service as "Wagoner" not being provided by the Act of June 7, 1832 under which he applied.
Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
6--2856
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REJECTED

1177
Wm. Brett
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Augt 24 1832

I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of
the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of William Brett is borne on a roll of Capt. Calvin Partridge's Company, in Col.
John Cushing's Regiment, and is therein stated to have served sixty days from Sept 23. 1776-
Also on a roll of Capt. David Packard's Company in Col. Cary's Regiment and is therein stated to have served eleven days from July 22 1780- on an alarm at Rhodeisland.
Edward D Zarys, L [illegible]