Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21161, Anthony Furnice, Mass. Mass. Sea Service Privateer
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Mass                         
Mass, Sea Service                  
Privateer

Furnice,  Anthony 
Sarah

NUMBER
W.21161

CONTENTS
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Massachusetts 3/1/10
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Sarah Furnice
widow of Anthony Furnice
who was a Private
in the Massachusetts Service
for  6 mo  23 days    priv of In.
       7 mo  Prize Master

Inscribed on the roll at the rate of 
Fifty Seven Dollars Fifty Six 
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March , 1843
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Certificate of Pension issued the 
21st day of December 1843 
and sent to
James Gregory
Marblehead 
Mass.
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Act  of March 3, 1843 [square bracket at each end]

Recorded in Book A
Vol.  1  Page  42
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Sarah Furnice
Wid of Anthony
Mass.
3567 [underlined]

Married 1779
Died      1802

Act July 7 1838
Allow  6 mo 23 days

pri. Infy         $22.56
7 mo Prize
Master  c / $5   35
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 $57.56

Cap Smith & Col Glover

Vol 39    p. 78

Jas. Gregory Esq
Marblehead
Mass
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State of Massachusetts County of Essex } ss.  Marblehead

On this thirtieth day of August, A.D.1838, 
personally appeared before me David Cummins Esquire, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas & a Court of Record, within & for Said State & County,  Sarah Furnice, alias Ferdinand, a resident of Said Marblehead, aged Eighty Seven years, who, being first duly Sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, from the best of her knowledge & belief, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838, entitled "The Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows": That She is the widow of Anthony Furnice some times written Ferdinand, who was a Private in the Company of Captain Joel Smith, of the 21st Regiment of Massachusetts Foot, commanded by Colonel John Glover, in the War of the Revolution;  that her Said husband resided in Marblehead at the time of his enlistment & enlisted in Said Corps, & in Said town, in the eight month service, as a volunteer & Private, on the seventh day of June  A.D.1775: that he continued in Said Corps doing his duty in & about Said Marblehead until the 22nd day of June following, when he marched with Said Regiment to Cambridge, near Boston, & found the American Army stationed there under the command of General Ward; that General Washington arrived soon after & took the command:  that the Said husband continued with Said Regiment doing his duty at Said Cambridge & around Said Boston until the thirty first day of December following, when the term of service having expired, Said Regiment was discharged & he returned home.

She further declares, that her Said husband again entered the Public Service of the Said state of Massachusetts, & that he enlisted, some time in the month of October 1777, at Said Marblehead as Prize Master, on board the Massachusetts State Brig of War Tyrannicide, of 14 guns, Jonathan Haraden commander for a six months cruise : that the sailors from Salem in Said Brig in the month of November following, & returned to the Port of Boston some time in the month of May following  that during the cruise they captured four vessels - three Brigs & one Schooner two of which were retaken  one they carried into the Port of Martinique & sold : that the other a Brig of which her Said husband was Prize Master succeeded in getting safe home to the Port of Marblehead, where She arrived about the same time the Tyrannicide arrived at Boston : that from the time her Said husband returned Said Brig in the Said Naval Service, till the time of his discharge, was full seven months that her Said husband was in various Privateers, excepting a portion of the time in prison, after the Said Tyrannicide service, during the whole war, but that She has no present knowledge of her husband being in any other Public Service, during the Said War, than that which She has herein stated & declared.

She further declares that She was married to the Said
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Anthony Furnice formerly written Ferdinand, but at the time of that marriage "Furnice" - he being a foreigner by birth - on the third day of June in the year Seventeen hundred & 
seventy -nine : that her husband the aforesaid Anthony Furnice, alias Ferdinand, was lost at sea which engaged in the merchant service out of Newburyport, & on his passage to Lisbon,
in the year eighteen hundred & two, & that She has remained a widow ever since his Death : 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 & ninety four, viz: 
at the time above Stated, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
                    Sarah  X  Furnice
Her mark [X being her mark in lieu of signature]

Witness
Documents
James Gregory                 

Sworn to & subscribed, on this day & year above written the Said applicant being unable by reason of Infirmity to appear in Court. 
Before me
Daniel Cummins
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Extract from the Record of Marriages in the town of Marblehead, County 
of Essex, State of Massachusetts Seventeen hundred Seventy nine June 
third. Mr Anthony Furnice and Miss Sarah Hammon both of this town.  
I certify that the above is a true extract from the Record, with the exception 
of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows 
viz 1779 June 3rd     
[right] Richard Homan [signature]   
I, Richard Homan, above named, depose & say that I hold the office of Clerk
of the town of Marblehead, County & State aforesaid & that the above is a 
true extract from the Records of Said town, with the exception above named, 
as certified by me
[right] Richard Homan Clerk   [signature and title]
[right] of the town of Marblehead, Essex   
[right] Marblehead September 19th 1838

Essex ss.
Then personally appeared, Richard Homan a credible witness & made solemn 
oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed-
[right] Before me
[right] James Gregory, Justice of the Peace  [signature and title]

I, William Hooper, of Marblehead, in the county of Essex & State of  Massa-
chusetts, do on oath testify & declare, that I am in the Eighty first year of 
my age : that I was  in Public Service both on land & sea in the War of the 
Revolution : that I was pensioned on the 21st August 1833 - under the 
Act of June 7th 1832, for Said service : that in the course of Said War I went 
one cruise, as a Seaman, in the Massachusetts State Brig of War Tyranicide, 
Jonathan Harraden,  of Salem, commander. I well recollect that Anthony 
Furnice, formerly written Ferdinand, was Prize Master on board Said Brig on
the same cruise : that we entered or enlisted  n board Said Brig in the month 
of October, 1777 & left Salem on Said cruise in the month of November 
following & arrived home to Boston after a cruise of about six months, in the
month of May 1778 : that from the time of our enlistment to the time of our 
discharge in Boston was about seven months : that during our cruise we  
captured four prizes - three Brigs & one Schooner, two of which were retaken
- one we carried into the Port of Martinique, in the West Indies & there sold : 
that the other Prize - a brig - of which the aforesaid Anthony Furnice, alias 
Ferdinand, was Prize Master - arrived safe home to Boston in company with 
ourselves. And I do further declare that Said Furnice, alias Ferdinand, was 
afterward in much service in the Privateer line & also in Person in Said War, 
as I have always understood & believe, but the particulars of it I am not able 
to state: that I have from my youth up been well acquainted with his widow 
whose maiden name was (Hammon), & that her Said late husband has been 
dead for many years, & I have no doubt that he died at the time & in the 
manner his Said widow has herein declared. And I do further well know that 
Sarah Furnice still remains the widow of Said Anthony Furnice, alias Ferdinand 
& has not intermarried since his death.
[right] William Hooper [signature]

Witness
J Gregory [signature]
Harriet Bridges [signature]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts}
County of Essex } ss  
Marblehead, October 12th 1838

Then personally appeared William Hooper, a witness who is known by me 
personally to be of good moral character, & good character for truth & 
veracity & made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit, by him in my 
presence subscribed, is in all respects true --
[right]  Before me, 
[right] James Gregory, J[ustice] of the Peace  [signature and title]
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

ESSEX, SS.

I, JOHN PRINCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and 
for the County of Essex, do certify, that Hon. David Cummins is 
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County. 
That James Gregory Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace, within and 
for said County, and that their signatures hereon are genuine.

WITNESS MY HAND, and the seal of said Court of Common Pleas, 
November 28, A.D. 1838
John Prince Clerk. [signature and title]

[illegible Seal attached lower left]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Secretary's Office,    November 24, 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 the name of Anthony Ferdinand of Marblehead as a 
Private is borne on a Muster Roll of the Company Commanded
by Captain Joel Smith, Colonel John Glovers Regiment, where 
it appears he rendered Service 1 months 26 days viz. from June 
7th to August 1st 1775.-

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the 
Commonwealth, the date above written
[right] John P. Bigelow [signature]
[right] Secretary of the Commonwealth

[mostly illegible writing at bottom]
Cum?
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Revy. WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 21161
Sarah Furnice
Widow of 
Anthony Furnice
Priv.. Rev. War
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Act: Mar 3rd 1843
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 259
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[illegible initials upper right]
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2915  Recd

Massachusetts
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Sarah Furnice
widow of Anthony Furnice, Decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of _____
and who died in the year, 1802
of Essex Co in the State of Mass.
who was a priv. &c in the Compy. commanded
by Captain Smith of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Glover in the Mass. 
line for 6 months & 23 days priv: Infy}
7 Month Prize Master
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 57 Dollars 56 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 23d day of May 
1839 and sent to James 
Gregory, Marblehead Mass.
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar: 1839 $172.68
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 28.78
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$201.46
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{Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by M Stewart --Clerk,
Book   A   Vol.  1   Page   88
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Sarah Furnice  M '79
Anthony   d 1802

75 6,23rd  Joel Smith, Glover
Oct 77 - as Prize Master  Tyrannicide
     on roll Vol 39  h  78  Oct 8 77

             Disch   8 May 78

2333
   77
2256
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Marblehead, November 30th, 1838.

Honored Sir:
I have the honor herewith to forward to you the declarations of 
Elizabeth Seward, widow of Emanuel, alias Manuel Seward, Sarah 
Stacey, widow of Moses Stacy, Sarah Furnice, alias Ferdinand, 
widow of Anthony Ferdinand, & Lydia Grant, widow of Thomas 
Grant all of whom claim the benefit of the Act of July 7th, 1838.

It is presumed that the Records of the 14th Continental Regiment, 
will corroborate the allegations of the widows of Grant & Stacy, &
if they do not their claims will probably fail as the very few now 
living of said Regiment belong to other towns, & recollect but few 
Marblehead men who Served therein.

The widow of Anthony Fedinand was married the month 
[begin underline] before [end underline]  the sailing of the 
Penobscot Expedition, & is strongly of theimpression that her
husband was in either the Black Prince, Hecton or Monmouth; 
& if he was, it is obvious She is entitled to the benefit of the 
Act of July 11th 1826.  It is therefore respectfully requested, if 
his name is found on either of the rolls of the above named 
Salem Ships, that
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that her Declaration may be returned, & the facts of his 
service described. With the belief that Ferdinand was 
attached to said Expedition, I have traveled many miles 
for the widow, without being able to find any witness 
among the few who remain who recollected him, & 
therefore, in the absence of the documentary evidence 
of said Expedition, the widow's only remaining resort was,
to declare for the benefit of the last act.

I am very respectfully,
your Honor's Obt, Sevt.
James Gregory [signature]

James L. Edwards Esq [signature]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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4636
Sarah Furnice

$57.56

3/1/10
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James Gregory [signature]
Marblehead
Mass.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Essex } ss.  Marblehead

On this first day of July A.D. 1843 personally appeared before me,
James Gregory a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County of Essex, 
Sarah Furnice a resident of Marblehead aforesaid aged ninety two 
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 March 3rd 1843, 
granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the 
Revolutionary War.

That she is the widow of Anthony Furnice who was a Private in the 
Company of Capt Joel Smith of the 21st Regiment of Massachusetts 
Foot, commanded by Colonel John Glover, and also a Prize Master on
board the Massachusetts State Brig of War Tyranicide, under the
command of Jonathan Harraden Esq. -- all in the War of the Revolution. 

She further declares, that on the twenty third day of May 1839, She was 
pensioned for Said service, under the law of July 7th, 1838, at the rate of 
fifty seven dollars & 56 cents per annum, and that She is still a widow.
[right] her
[right] Sarah  X  Furnice
[right] mark [X being her mark in lieu of signature]

Witnessed by
Susan Grant [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first written, before me
and I certify that Said declarant is personally well known to me the Said 
Justice. 
James Gregory, J. of the Peace.[signature and title]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston July 26. 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the
annexed attestation James Gregory
was a Justice of the Peace for the county of
Essex
[illegible initials]
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

Jno. A. Bolles [signature]
Secretary of the Commonwealth

[illegible Seal lower left corner]