Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,971, Jesse Aldrich, Mass.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE |  | NUMBER
Mass. | Aldrich, Jesse | S.11.971
carded
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CONTENTS
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3932
Massachusetts
Jesse Aldrich
of Hamp Co in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded
by Col Stacey in the Mass
line for 10 May [?]
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Inscribed on the Role of Mass
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of  Dec'r
1833 and sent to [?]
Mary Greenwich Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 | $49.99
Semi=anl. allowance ending 21 Mar 33 | 16.66
| 66.65
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832,}
Recorded by J H M Blair Clerk
Book D. Vol. 2 [illegible] Page 34.
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No 4.528
Jesse Aldrich
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that he is refuted and believed, in the neighborhood
where he resided, to have been a soldier of the Revolution,
and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and
year aforesaid. Ebenezer Brown
Stacy Linzie 
Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate of said County
And the said County do hereby declare their
opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogations prescribed by the war
Department that the above named applicant was
a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And
the Court further certifies that it appears to them
that Ebenezer Brown who has signed the preceding
certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of
Prescott, and that Stacy Linzie Esq'r who has also
signed the same is a resident in said town of
Prescott and is a creditable person and that their
statement is entitled to credit -
Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate

I. Samuel F. Lyman Register of the Court of
Probate in and for said County of Hampshire
do hereby certify that the forgoing contains
the original proceedings of the said Court
in the matter of application of Jesse Aldrich
for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and Seal of office this Sixteenth day
[illegible] in the Year of our Lord One
[illegible] and Eight Hundred and Thirty Two
Sam.. F. Lyman Register
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Declaration -
In order to obtain the benefit of the act
of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
State of Massachusetts}
County of Hampshire} on this Sixteenth
day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared
in open Court before the Judge of the Court of
Probate now in Session in and for the County of
Hampshire Jesse Aldrich a resident of the
Town of Prescott in the County and State aforesaid
Aged Eighty Eight years, who being first duly
Sworn according to Law - doth on his oath makes
the following declarations 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 at the Town of New Salem in the County of
Franklin and State aforesaid where he the said
Jesse then lived on or about the first of March
A.D. 1775 he enlisted as a Volunteer in a Company
of Militia Commanded by Capt. William -
Meacham and Lieut John King in the Tenth -
Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia Commanded
by Colo. Stacy and Maj'r Montague and enlisted
for Eight Months - that he [illegible] marched
through the Towns of Petersham, Rutland, Marlboro
to Cambridge in said State and then he 
served the full term of Eight months and then
and there had a parole discharge and returned
home to New Salem -
And the said Jesse on his oath and aforesaid
doth further testify and declare that on or about
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the first of March 1777 he again entered the
service of United States as a volunteer in a
Company of Militia Commanded by Capt Goodale
Lieuts John Trask and William Smith to the
particular regiment and the names of the field
officers (who [illegible] lived in Springfield in
said State) he can not now remember and then
was marched from said New Salem through
Northampton in said State and through New Providence
and Windsor in Vermont to Ticonderoga in the State
of New York and served Two months the whole time
he enlisted for and was then discharged by
parole by the field officers. That he had no documentary
evidence and that he knows of no -
person whose testimony he can procure who
can testify to his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to 
any pension or annuity except the present, and
declares that his name is not on the Pension
Roll of the agency of any State.
Jesse Aldrich
Sworn to and subscribed this day and Year
aforesaid - 
Before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate for [illegible] County
We Ebenezer Brown a Clergyman residing in the
town of Prescott in Said County and Stacy Linzie
residing in the same town hereby certify that we
are well acquainted with [illegible] Aldrich
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
that we believe him to be Eighty Eight Years of age
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that he is refuted and believed, in the neighborhood
where he resided, to have been a soldier of the Revolution,
and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and
year aforesaid. Ebenezer Brown
Stacy Linzie
Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate of said County
And the said County do hereby declare their
opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogations prescribed by the war
Department that the above named applicant was
a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And
the Court further certifies that it appears to them
that Ebenezer Brown who has signed the preceding
certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of
Prescott, and that Stacy Linzie Esq'r who has also
signed the same is a resident in said town of
Prescott and is a creditable person and that their
statement is entitled to credit -
Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate

I. Samuel F. Lyman Register of the Court of
Probate in and for said County of Hampshire
do hereby certify that the forgoing contains
the original proceedings of the said Court
in the matter of application of Jesse Aldrich
for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and Seal of office this Sixteenth day
[illegible] in the Year of our Lord One
[illegible] and Eight Hundred and Thirty Two
Sam. F. Lyman Register
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4528.
Jesse Aldrich
Hamp'e. Co
Mass
Private 10 Mos
$33.33
L Marcey [crossed out] Marey [/crossed out]
Greenwith
Mass.
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BRIEF in the case of Jesse Aldrich
of Hampshire C'ty in the State of Mass -
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court -
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disable by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 88 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[Four columns as follows]
Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
 | Years, Months, Days. | As a | Gen.
In 1776 Mar 1. | - 8 - | Priv't - | Capt Wm Meacham. Col Stacy Goodale.
77 " 1 | - 2 - | Priv't - | 
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Salem
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence
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.
J H M Blair
Examining Clerk.
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Rev War ✓ 11971
INVALID.
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File No. 11,971
Jesse Aldrich
Priv. Rev. War
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Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 9
[brackets] [Arrangement of 1870.] [/brackets]
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Jesse Aldrich
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Jesse Aldrich Hampshire C'ty Mass. which require
further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. Has he mentioned the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension
he is entitled? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another responsible citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? -
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least on living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? - Yes
XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? -
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? -
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? -
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ _____ months and  _____ days, I served as a  _____ . For  _____ months
and  _____ days, I served as a _____ ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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5 It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service. In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.