Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15010, for Thomas Lamb, Massachusetts
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SERVICE: Mass.

Lamb, Thomas
Rosanna

NUMBER: W.15010
CONTENTS:
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1890
April 19. W S Stryker history prior
Reported

172.
Massachusetts
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Rosanna Lamb, widow of Thomas Lamb who served in the Revolutionary war, Mass. as a Lieutenant
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 320 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of June 1848 and sent to G. S. Bulfinch
Boston
Mass
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 83 Vol. 2
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United States of America
Massachusetts District

Be it known that on this sixteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before the Hon. John Davis Judge of the United States District Court being a Court of Record, in the Massachusetts District, Rosanna Lamb a resident of Boston the County & Commonwealth aforesaid; aged seventy seven 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 7th 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows".
That she is the widow of Thomas Lamb, who was a Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution and served according to the best of her recollection and belief as follows, viz,-
He received his Commission on the first day of February seventeen hundred & seventy seven as a First Lieut. in Col Henry Jackson's Regt & entered the Army at Boston at that time and continued in the service of the United States until the twenty fourth day of April seventeen hundred & seventy nine, when he resigned as appears by his discharge written on the back of his Commission now in her possession of which the following is a true Copy. 
Lieutenant Lamb of Colonel Henry Jackson's Regt in the service of the United American States, at his own request is hereby discharged from his Regiment. Given at Headquarters in Boston the twenty fourth day of April 1779.
signed W. Heath M. Gen.
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She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Lamb on the Twenty second day of January in the year seventeen hundred & eighty four; that her husband, the aforesaid Thomas Lamb, died on the Thirteenth day of January Eighteen hundred & thirteen; 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 and seventy-four viz: at the time above stated. And that she still continues the Widow of said Thomas Lamb deceased.
Rosanna Lamb
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me
John Davis
Judge of the States Dist. Court
Massachusetts Dist and I hereby certify that the said Rosanna Lamb from her advanced age could not convincingly attend in open Court
J Davis
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk County} ss

Be it known that on this seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before me the Honorable John Davis Judge of the United States District Court, being a court of Record in the Massachusetts District, Thomas Lamb, a resident of Boston the County & Commonwealth aforesaid, of lawful age to testify, who, being first duly sworn, according to la on his oath makes the following declarations.
That, Thomas Lamb, the husband of Rosanna Lamb who subscribed the annexed declaration, died the thirteenth day of January Eighteen hundred and thirteen; That the said Rosanna Lamb has not intermarried, and still continues his Widow. That the said Thomas Lamb was always while living reputed to have been a lieutenant in the Revolutionary Army.
Thomas Lamb
Massachusetts Dist.
April 18, 1838
Mr. Thomas Lamb personally
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and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed
Before me 
J Davis
Judge US Dist. Court
Mass. Dist.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Secretary's Office, August 16 1838.
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 Thomas Lamb served as Lieutenant in Col. Henry Jackson's Regiment from Feb 1st 1777 to April 24th 1779 Seventy six months and twenty four days at $8 per mo.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth the date above written.
John P. Bigelow
[illegible] of the Court
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Suffolk County
Boston August 14, 1838.

I, Ezra S. Gannett, the subscriber, do hereby certify that it appears by the Registry of Marriages of the Federal Sheet Church in the city of Boston that there is contained the following entry of marriage viz. "Seventeen hundred, eighty-four, January twenty second, Thomas Lamb and Rosanna Duncan."
That it is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in four legible figures, as follows, viz. "1784 Jany 22".

I, Ezra S. Gannett, abovenamed, depose
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and say that I hold the office of Junior Pastor of the Federal Sheet Church in the city of Boston, County & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Church with the exception aforementioned as certified by me.

Ezra S. Gannett, Junior Pastor of the Federal Sheet Church
Sworn before me this fourteenth day of August A.D. 1838
Jas. Savage
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk SS
I Charles A. Parker Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas the same being a Court of Record in the County of Suffolk, do hereby certify that James Savage is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and that his signature above written is genuine.
Witness my hand & the Seal of Said Court at Boston this Fifteenth day of August A.D. 1838.
Chal. A. Parker. Clerk.
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No. 650.
Rosanna Lamb
Wid of Thomas, Mass.
Married 1784
died 1813
Act 7 July 1838
Lieut. Qtly. $320
per ann Mass Cont. Line Col Jackson

Wm. G. Eliot
C Street
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I Francis Basset, Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts, hereby certify that the signature of John Davis subscribed to two of the annexed papers is his own hand writing, and that the said John Davis at the time of certifying the same was and who is Judge of the said District Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this Eighteenth day of August A.D. 1838 and in the sixty third year of the independence of the United States of America
Francis Bassett, Clerk
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[illegible, faded]
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to mention the same as her son has covered the declaration of two years presented for [illegible]
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1324.
Massachusetts
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Rosanna Lamb widow of Thomas Lamb who was a Lieutenant in the Ms. line for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 320 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of August, 1843 and sent to 
Tho Bulfinch
Boston,
Mass.
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[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 47.
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146
Massachusetts
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Rosanna Lamb widow of Thomas Lamb and who died on the 13th January, 1813 in Boston, in the State of MS. who was a Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Captain - of the Regt commanded by Col Jackson in the MS line for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massa. at the rate of 320 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th da of March, 1834.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of Sept. 1838 and sent Mar 9
Elliot Present
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1838
Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Sept "
$640.00
 160.00
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$800.00
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{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by D. D. Addison, Clerk
Book A Vol 1st Page [illegible]
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 15010
Rosanna Lamb
wid.
Thomas Lamb
Leiut. Rev War
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Act: Feb 2, 48
Index:-Vol. A, Page 419
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled "An act making further provisions for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
Suffolk COUNTY, } ss.

On this third day of May, 1868 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, Rosanna Lamb a resident of Boston the county of Suffolk aged eighty seven 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 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Thomas Lamb who was a First Lieutenant in the Regiment commanded by Henry Jackson and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of three hundred & twenty dollars and ____ cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Rosanna Lamb
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written} Before me,
G. S. Bulfinch Justice of the Peace.
In presence of
Caroline Lamb
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I certify that the declarant Rosanna Lamb is personally known to me a widow and a pensioner as she declares above. G. S. Bulfinch Justice of the Peace
3 May 1848.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, _____ COUNTY,} ss.
I, ___________ Clerk of the _________ Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that ___________ is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this ______ day of _______ 18__

CLERK.
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State of New Jersey
Office of Adjutant General
Trenton April 11, 1890
Hon Green B. Raum,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir:-
Will you please refer this letter to the Old War Division of the Pension Office for the information of the service in the Revolutionary War of Thomas Lamb, whose widow, Rosanna Duncan Lamb, received a pension for her husband's services between 1830 and 1849? I have an impression that she lived in Massachusetts during those years, and I am anxious to know in what service her husband performed duty in the War of the Revolution.
Very truly yours,
William S. Stryker
Adjutant General.
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1210
Ros. Lamb
$320 per annum

Ths. B. Bulfinch
Boston
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk County} ss.
Beit known that on this twelfth day of May 1843, personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and Commonwealth Mrs. Rosanna Lamb a resident of Boston in said County aged eighty three 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 on the 3rd day of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Thomas Lamb deceased who was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War and served as she verily believes as stated by her in her original declaration for a pension under the law of the 7th July 1838, to which declaration, and the papers accompanying the same now on file in the War Department, she wants refer for a more particular statement of his services, for the proof of her marriage, identity and the time of her husband's death.
She further declares that she was pensioned under said act at the rate of Three hundred Twenty Dollars per annum which amount she received from the 11th of March 1836 to the 4th of March 1841 at the Agency in Boston, Massachusetts, and at the time of her receiving her last payment surrendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said Act to the Pension Agent at the said City of Boston agreeably to the Rules of the Department.
And this declarant further alleges that she has not intermarried since the
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decease of her said husband but is now and ever since has been the widow of said Thomas Lamb deceased as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed.
And further she saith not.
Rosanna Lamb

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first within written and I certify that the applicant is personally known to me & is the person within subscribed before me Lowell M. Stone
Justice Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Secretary's Office, Boston May 12th 1843
I hereby Certify, That Lowell M. Stone is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Thomas Lamb of Boston in the County of Suffolk of lawful age on oath testify and say that Rosanna Lamb the applicant who has signed the foregoing declaration is my mother. She was the wife of Thomas Lamb deceased who was as I always understood and verily believe a Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution and for his services the said Rosanna was pensioned under the Act of Congress of 7th July 1838 as stated by her. Since the decease of my said Father which took place on the 13th day of Jany, 1813, she has not intermarried but still continues a widow.
Thomas Lamb

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Suffolk County} City of Boston, on May 12, 1843 personally appeared Thomas Lamb Esq known to me to be a credible witness and under oath makes the above affidavit by him subscribed is true, before me.
Lowell M. Stone
Justice Peace