Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14383, William Brown, Mass.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE................. NUMBER
Mass. .....................| W. 14383.

Brown, William 
Mary or
Marcy

CONTENTS
b. 1751 at Situate R.I. res & enl.
& in 1832 Dudley, Worcester Co. Mass.
d. Nov. 3, 1834
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4759

Massachusetts

William Brown
of Worcester Co in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Mason of the Regt. commanded by Col. Cushing in the Mass line for 8 Mos & 14 Days

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 28 Dollars 20 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Jany, 1833 and Sent TO J. G. Kindall House of Reps

Arrears to 4th of Jany. 1832                     42.30.
Semi=anl. allowance ending Mar4. 1833 14.10
................................................................................$56.40
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded By  D D Addisin Clerk,
Book  D   Vol. 2d      Page 95
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1940
Massachusetts

Mary Brown
widow of . William Brown who died on the 3rd. Novemr 1834 of ~ in the State of Mass. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Mason of the regiment commanded by Col. Cushing in the Mass. line for 8 months and 14 days.

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 28 Dollars 20 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 4th [phrase is crossed out] Novemr. 1834

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of March 1838 and sent to C. G. Prenbufs

Arrears to the 4th of Novemr 1834 $94.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sept 1838. 14.00

$108.10

{ Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3rd

Recorded by Dyor Custor Clerk
Book A Vol. 2 Page 45

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L f tr pajt. Sept 17. 1838.
,,R. Mixer Decr 24 1838
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DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, SS.
ON this 24th day of September in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two
personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon Nathl Paine Judge Probate now sitting William Brown a resident of Dudley in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Eighty one 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 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he enlisted sometime late in the Autumn of the year 1776 he does not recollect what month for the term of three months at Dudley- that he marched into Rhode Island and was stationed at Providence in said State of Rhode Island in a company of Militia
commanded by Capt Nathaniel Healy and in Col. Holmans Regiment and served therein three months He thinks he was discharged sometime in the month of Feb or March following - He again enlisted in Capt Abiel
Mason's Company of Militia and Col. Job Cushing's regiment in August 1777 and served therein three months and fourteen days, marched for the North and stopped
few days in Little Cambridge was in Bennington a short time and soon after crossed the River Hudson at Stillwater and was stationed there or near there he thinks at the taking of Burgoyne- he was again drafted in Dudley in August or September AD 1780 and was marched to Tiverton Rhode Island
where he was stationed and served two months in Capt Lemuel Corbins Company of Militia. He does not know to what Regiment said Company was attached
He was born in Scituate Rhode Island in May record of his age in Scituate
He lived in Dudley at the time of his said discharge and has lived there ever since the Revolution
He was a volunteer in his said two first services and in his last service was drafted. He recollects beside the officers above named Col. Sewell when in said Mason's Company
He never had any written discharge William Carter is the only witness living of his service at Tiverton, and Stephen Healy of his services
at Providence R. Island
Aaron Tufts Esqr and the Rev Abiel Williams of said Dudley can testify of his character for truth and their belief of his said services-
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.
   William Brown
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Before Nath'l Paine  Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Wm Brown
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We, Abiel Williams a Clergyman residing in the Town of Dudley and Aaron Tufts
residing in said Dudley subscribed and sworn
certify that we are well acquainted with William Brown who has subscribed and sworn
to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty one 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.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
   Abiel Williams
   Aaron Tufts
Before me Nath'l Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester-

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interogatories
prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that William Brown who signed
the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Town of Dudley and that Aaron
Tufts  who also signed  the same is a resident in the said Town of Dudley and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nath'l Paine Judge of Probate
for the County of Worcester

I, Theophilus Wheeler Register or Clerk
of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original  proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Brown for a pension and that Geo A Tufts who has certified and subscribed the annexed affidavits s a Justice of the Peace in said County entitled to credit & that his signature appears to me to be genuine. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hererunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 7th day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Theophilis Wheeler Reg of said Court
of Probate in Massachusetts
10.837
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the fourth
of July .1836
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Worcester Ss.
On this twenty third day of September in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
and thirty-four, personally appeared before
Ira Barton Judge of the Court of Probate for
said County of Worcester, Mary Brown a
resident of Dudley in said County of Worcester aged seventy-four 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, 1836
That she is the widow of William Brown
late of said Dudley, who was a private in the
Army of the Revolution, and a pensioner of
the United States the evidence thereof is now on the files of the war department a part of
these locations were under after our marriage, to wit, at Providence, and at New-
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London. I cannot say how long these services
were; I know they were the season after my oldest Son James was born, and he was born the March after we were married. For the particulars of these and all other events, she respectfully refers to the documentary evidence now on file in her said husbands case.
She further declares that she was married to
the said William Brown on the twenty fifth
day of March AD. 1779; that her husband
the aforesaid William Brown died on the third day of November AD. 1834, and that she has
remained a widow ever since that period
as will more fully appear by the papers annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
      HER
Marcy  X  Brown
     MARK
Before me I.M. Barton
Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Kennebec
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I, George Brown of Dudley in the County
of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being first duly sworn do
testify and say that I am the son of William Brown and Mary Brown. My father died at Dudley about three years ago leaving Mary Brown my mother his widow. she hath remained a widow ever since the decease
of my Father and now lives with my sister
in the same neighborhood I live in.
   George Brown

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester Ss. Sept 23, 1837
Then personally appeared George Brown the is know to me as a man of truth, and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true.

Before me:  I M Barton  Judge of Probate for said County
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and hereupon the Court do declare it as their opinion that the said William Brown was a soldier of the Revolution; that he married to the said Mary Brown that he hath since deceased, and
that the more services as his widow as he hath alone on oath delivered, he being appears to be person of truth.
I M Bartin  J. Peace
for said County
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2995
Mary Brown
widow of William
Mass
rolls-
Vol. 2. 211-     pri. 2.11-
21. 106            "    3.14
 1.128.              "      13
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no rolls for a term
under Cap. Healy

Adm'd
8 mo. 14 ds pri
$28.20

to commence on 4 Nov. 1834 -
C.G. Prentiss
Worcester
Mass.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester Ss.

Probate Office, December 2. 1837
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that Ira Burton is the Judge of said Court and that his signatures to the annexed papers are his own genuine signatures
I also certify, that George B. Slater is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature to the annexed paper is his own genuine Signature.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court of Probate the day and year above written
Chas G. Prentiss. Register of said Court
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I Morris Larned of Dudley County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawfull age depose and say that the following is a true copy of record from the Books of Record in the Town of Dudley (Viz)
"This certifies to whom it may concern that the couple hereafter mentioned were married at the time specified by the Subscriber (viz) "
 "William Brown of Dudley and Mary Freeman of Killingly March 25th 1879 A true Copy Attest Charles Gleason Clerk"
Morris Larned Town Clerk of Dudley
I, Morris Larned find one other record on the
Book of Records of Dudley and is as follows (viz) "William Brown died November 3d 1834
aged 84 years
A true Copy Attest  Abial Williams Town Clerk"
Morris Larned   Town Clerk of Dudley

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester Ss.    Webster Nov 29th 1837

Personally appeared the above named Morris
Larned a person of undoubted veracity and made solemn oath to the truth of foregoing certificate by him subscribed as Clerk of the town of Dudley
Before me   Geo B Slater  Jus Peace
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I, Abiel Williams of Dudley County of
Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawfull age depose and say
that Charles Gleason was a settled minister of Dudley and also Town Clerk of the aforesaid Dudley I also attended the funeral of William Brown as Minister and made a record on the Town Book of Dudley of his death and age
as follows (viz) William Brown died November 3d 1834. aged 84 years I am well acquainted with the Widow Mary Brown and have known
her for many years when living with her
husband William Brown a pensioner that she is the Widow of said William Brown and has remained his widow since his death to the present day
   Abiel Williams

Commonwelth of Massachusetts
Worcester SS   Webster Nov. 29th 1834

Personally appeared the above named Abial
Williams successor in office of the above named Charles Gleason as Minister and Town Clerk and a person of unquestionable veracity
and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed
Before me Geo Slater  Jus Pacis
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10837
William Brown
Private
8 Mos& 16 days
Adm
$2820
Hon. J G Kendall
HR
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10837

BRIEF in the case of William Brown
County of Worcester 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? 81
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
PERIOD.
Enlisted In 1776 Autumn
     "           1777 August
Drafted   1780 Sept'r

DURATION OF SERVICE.
3 Months,
3 Months  14 Days
2 Months

RANK
as a 
private
    "
    "

NAMES OF GENERALS AND FIELD OFFICERS
UNDER WHOM HE SERVED
Capt Nathaniel Healey Col. Holman
Capt. Abel Mason, Col. Job. Cushing
Capt. L. Corbans
5. In what battles was he engaged? none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service, Worcester Cty Mass
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary & 2 witnesses
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.
F. Waught  Examining Clerk.
Jany 23.1833
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In reply to your request of....................., received.........for a statement of the military history of William Brown 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.
W. 14383

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Abt. Dec. 1776
Aug't 16, 1777
August or Sept 1780
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 mos.
3 mos 14 days
2 mos
RANK. (nil)
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Nathaniel Healy
Abiel Mason
Lemuel Corbin
COLONEL.
Holman
Job Cushing
STATE.
Mass.
Battles engaged in,......nil....................
Residence of soldier at enlistment.,..Dudley Mass
Date of application for pension, Sept 4, 1832.
Allowed
Residence at date of application, Dudley Worcester Co, Mass.
Age at date of application, born 1751 at Scituate R.I.
Remarks: Sol. m. ...Mch 25, 1779 {Mary/Marcy Freeman of Killingly     he d. Nov 3, 1834.
& she was alld pens on her appln exec. Sept. 23 1837 while 77 years of age & a res.
of Dudley -- In 1837 their son George of Dudley stated that his mother resided
with his sister - name not stated.
Very respectfully,

Commissioner,

317936510 - 07
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Wm Brown Mass. $28.20/ annum -  Act 7. June when last rev?
GMB
to the 4 Sep. 1834
IH
10 Apl 1838
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2775  Dec 6
Mass
4 July '36
3d Sec

Hon. George Wm Crump
Acting Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Please to send the Pension Certificate, if granted, to me
Chas G. Prentiss, Register of Probate
Worcester
County of Worcester
Mass.

Hon. Geo. Wm Crump
Worcester Dec'r 2, 1837.
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Merchants Bank
Pension Dept
Boston, 12th Sept. 1838.
Application has been made to me to pay a Pension to Mrs. Mary Brown Widow of
William Brown dec-d- As this name had not been reported, will you have the goodness to inform me if such a pension has been granted.

I am, very respectfully
your obt. Svt
Franklin Haven
Pension Agn't

J.L. Edwards Esq
Com'r of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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I, William Carter of Dudley in the County of
Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawfull age do testify and say that I am now seventy nine years of age that same time in the month of August or September in the year 1780
I was drafted in Dudley from the militia to serve at Tiverton Rhode Island for the Term of two months I served there during said two months in Capt Lemuel Corbin's Company but I do not know to what Regiment I was attached. - I well recollect that William Brown of Dudley was also drafted in said Company at the same time I was and served at said Tiverton said Term of two months - I well recollect said service of said Brown because the Captain sent me back after we had marched from Dudley to get said Brown who had neglected to march as he had been ordered and further the deponent saith not.
   William Carter

Worcester ss Aug 27th 1832. Then personally appeared the above named William Carter and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me the Subscriber and & certify that said Carter is reputed a man of truth and veracity
among his neighbors 
Geo. A Tufts   Jus of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, August 28 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 William Brown enlisted as a private in Capt Abel Mason's company and Col Job Cushings Regiment of Massachusetts Militia on the 16th day of August AD 1777 and served therein in said capacity Three months and fourteen days
as appears by the pay roll on file -

Edward D Bangs, Sec'y
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I, Stephen Healy of Dudley in the County of
Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I am now seventy years of age that sometime in the Autumn or winter 1776 I
think in December 1776 I enlisted as a fifer in Capt Nath'l Atenly's Company of Militia for the Term of three months. We marched from Dudley where I enlisted for Providence where we were stationed most of the time. I served said Term of three months in said Company in Col Holmans Regiment at said Providence in the State of Rhode Island. I think the whole company were discharged by the Captain
sometime into February 1777. I well recollect that William Brown of Dudley enlisted into the said Company served therein during the said Term of three months, and was discharged when I was and returned to Dudley with me said Brown enlisted at said Dudley and further the Deponent saith not.
Stephen Healy
Worcester Ss. August 27th 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Stephen Healy and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
and I hereby certify that said Deponent sustains a good character for truth & veracity among his neighbors
before me, Geo. A Tufts Jus. of the Peace
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Chancery Court Chambers
WILL D. WRIGHT CHANCELLOR
J. C. FORD CLERK & MASTER
KNOXVILLE, TENN.

Knoxville, Tenn. March 2, 1918.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Revolutionary War Section,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
Will you pleasure furnish me with the Revolutionary War record of the following
pensioners:
W. 14,389 Gersham Brown, Worthington, Hampshire Co., Mass.
W. 14383 Mary Brown, Dudley, Worcester Co., Mass.
Yours very truly,
Will, D. Wright,
Chancellor Knox County,
Knoxville, Tenn.

(Handwritten notes: "Looks like 1840 list" & "79 Artemus C Pickering")
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OPTICAL TOOLS AND DIES
OF ALL KINDS
AP Moffitt
PERFECTION
IDEAL ALUMINUM
LEG BAND
13 Spring Street
SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS. Oct 17, 1911

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Gentlemen
I want to get the records of the Party below
Wid 14383. Mass
Mary
William Brown of Dudley Private
Cap Lemuell Corbin (Dudley) Co Col
Jacob Davis reg't Company detached for sevices at Rhode Island on the alarm of July 30 1780 Service 13 days and I want to know where he was born, he was not born in Dudley,
I remain  J Moffitt
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PS
Have you any records of a John Burdon of Sutton Mass he was born Sep 3 1747
There was a Jonathan in the same family
born Nov. 13. 1761. he was in Cap Arthur Dagget
Co John Howard Lieutenant of some Co
I would like the records of the two above
Thanking you in advance
I remain
J Moffitt
D. Sutton Mass May 8. 1817

1776
- 15
1761
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Mass
Rev  WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 14383

Mary Brown
Widow of
William Brown
Pri Rev War
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Act: July 4th 36
Index: -- Vol.  A  Page 84
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1911 Oct. 25.  Hist to J. Moffitt
1918 Mch. 26     "   "    Will D.
Wright. &c.
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W  Sept 17
Mary Brown
NY wk not rept'd

J L Edwards Esq
Comm'r of Pensions
Washington D C