Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,469, for John Perry, Massachusetts
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SERVICE
Mass.
N.J.

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Perry, John

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S.33,469
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[left side] John Perry 2d
The applicant has not stated in his declaration the date of his enlistment nor the period of service. This declaration is therefore informal. A proper form & schedule under law of first May 1820, is herewith sent, in order to be duly filled up
Let the applicant also know that he was enlisted by the name of J.P. 3d, as he has stated. And if the first decl in April 1818 is yet to be found, it would advisable to return forward it, together with this paper , to their Dept
13 June 1820
[right side] Mr. Read Jr
Mass.

[illegible] to be an [illegible]
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I John Perry 2d. of Sandwich in the County of Barnstable and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath do testify declare and say that I enlisted into the Continental army, in the war of the Revolution with Great Britain I enlisted in Sandwich by the name of John Perry 3d. (by which name I went at that time) in the nine months service and from there I went to Springfield and was there mustered and marched to New Jersey and served there and at West Point, in the Infantry in Colo Jackson's and Colo Ogden's Regiments untill my time was out. I had a written discharge but have lost it. I further declare and say that I made a declaration on oath similar to the above, on the 3d. day of April AD 1818 before Judge Davis of Barnstable & being informed that he was not a competent officer to take it, I did not send it on at that time since which I have been absent from home the greatest part of the time which is the reason that I have not made application untill now and that I am now sixty three years of age and that I am in such reduced circumstances in life that I stand in need of assistance from my country for support
[signed] John Perry 2d

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable Ss.
On this fifteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty. John Perry 2d. above named personally came before me the subscriber Judge of the Probate of Wills and for granting Administrations within and for the County of Barnstable, and who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Declaration by him signed. And I do further certify that the above said John Perry 2d. on the third day of April A.D. 1818 made a Declaration similar to the above, before me, and being informed that I was not a competent officer to take it, did not forward it at that time. And I the said Judge do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Perry 2d. did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceeding declaration, against the common enemy for the term of nine months on the continental establishment and i now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the late act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" and I am satisfied that the applicant is in need of assistance from his country for support
signed John Davis Judge of Probate for Barnstable County
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I Thomas Nye of Massachusetts a pensioner of the United States to wit forth I declare that I was in the Continental Service in the war of the revolution with Gr Britain & that I was muster'd  to Springfield in company with John Perry 2d who is an applicant for a pension as a revolutionary soldier. I there in was muster'd again & put under continental officers thence was marched in company to West Point. I then was put into the infantry & in the Regiment command by Col Ogden thence was employed in New Jersey & I separately saw him at different times & that I am well satisfied that he has served the time required by the Law of the U. States ----

Thomas Nye

State of Massachusetts 

Barnstable Ss June 4 1819

Personally approved Thomas Nye the above named deponant & made
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[County Seal]
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Barnstable, Ss:

I Abner Davis, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Barnstable, do certify that Russel  Truman, who hath signed the foregoing deposition of William Nye as Justice Peace and Notary Public, is a sworn Justice of the Peace and Notary Public in the County of Barnstable and full faith and credit is due to official acts and such; and that the above is the signature of said Russell Truman.
And I further certify that Wendell Davis, who had signed the foregoing deposition of Thomas Nye, as Justice of the Peace and Quorum, is a sworn Justice of the Peace and Quorum, for the County of Barnstable, and full faith & credit is due to his official acts as such; And that the above is the signature of said Wendell Davis.
In testimony whereof I have affixed [taped over] of our County of Barnstable this tenth day of April in the year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Abner Davis} Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Barnstable
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable Ss. I hereby certify that on the 3d day of April 1818 John Perry 3d made a declaration similar to the one made herein by the name of John Perry 2d which name he is now known by. the said declaration among others which were made before me at that time having been delivered to the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, and is lost, which is the reason of the making this certificate at this time
Witness my hand and seal this 9th day of August AD 1820
John Davis Judge of the Probate of wills &c for the County of Barnstable
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oath to the truth of the declaration by him subscribed & that in my opinion he is a credible & disinterested witness before
Wendell Davis
Jus Peace & Quo
for Barnstable County
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[left side] Massachusetts
John Perry 2d
of Barnstable in the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Green of the Regiment commanded by Colonel H. Jackson in the Massachusetts line, for the term of nine months from 1779 to 1780
Inscribed on the roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 day of January 1828
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 of October 1830 and sent to Wm H. Fessendin Esq Sandwich Mass
Arrears to 4th of March 1830 $209.03
Sem-ann'l all'ce ending 4 Sep " "48
$257.03
{Revolutionary Claim, 
Acts March, 1818, 
and May 1, 1820.}
Recorded Book D
Vol. 2d page 74.
BWB
[right side] Sep 1832
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Original Claim
John Perry 2d
Schedule of Property
& Declaration.
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Original Claim
County of Barnstable Ss.
On this ninth day of August 1820, personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit holden for said County, John Perry 2d aged sixty two years who, being first duly sworn, according to Law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress, of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820, that he, the said John Perry 2d enlisted, for the term of nine months, on the eighth day of July or thereabouts, in the year 1779 or 1780 in the State of Massachusetts, in the Companded by Capt [blank] in the regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said Corps, untill the nine months affixed, when he was discharged from the said service, in West Point, in the State of New York.
That he was in the battles of [blank] and that he has no other evidence, now in his power, of his said services, except the depositions of William Nye, Thomas Nye and Nathaniel Freeman Esq. herewith transmitted.
And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820
I do solemnly swear or affirm (as the case may be) that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred & eighteen, and that I have not, since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred & eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person, in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
I am by occupation a mariner, by reason of a rupture and other infirmities & age I am not able to pursue it. I have no estate real or personal, excepting half a dozen chairs, one chest, old Iron hollow ware one table, and some old crockery, the whole not worth more than twenty dollars. I have only a wife dependent on me for support named Jane, aged sixty one years always sick.
John Perry 2d
Sworn to & declared on the 9th day of August 1820.
Before said Court. Abner Davis Clerk
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I Abner Davis, Clerk of the Courts for the County of Barnstable, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this tenth day of August 1820.
Abner Davis} Clerk of the Court for the County of Barnstable
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MMHF
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
June 9, 1925
Mrs. Susie McGeorge
Pacific Grove, P.O. Box 166
California
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 33468 it appears that John Perry while a resident of Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts enlisted July 8, 1780 and served nine months as a private in Colonel Henry Jackson's Massachusetts Regiment and Colonel Ogden's New Jersey Regiment, and was in sundry battles the names of which are not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 15, 1820 while living in Sandwich, Massachusetts aged sixty-two years.
In 1820 soldier's wife Jane was aged sixty-one years no further data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
WILDER S. METCALF.
Commissioner
Date of death
not on AB
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120
Mr. Burger
John Perry
"Military Pensions."
Decr 18.1826
Refd to Commr Mil Pensions
Dec. 22d 1826
Bill reported No 315
Dec 27.1827
Refd to Comm Mil. Pensions
Apl 29.1828
Bill reported No. 283
December 5.1828
Refd to the Com. on Mily. Pensions
Dec 16th 1829
Refd to Com. Mil. Pensions
see letter 25 Sept 1830 to W.H. Fessenden
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In the House of Representatives
of the United States
January 12th, 1826.
On motion of Mr. Reed
Resolved, That the Committee of Military Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of placing John Perry the 2d on the Pension list.
Attest.
Mw St Clair Clarke
Clerk
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[left side] John Perry, 2d (Massa:) 551.
Hon Mr Reed, H.R. (from Mass.)
The act of 18th March 1818, requires the claimant to set forth the time of entering the service, and the time and manner of leaving it. This claimant has failed to do in his declaration; and he is now rendered incapable of amending his declaration, by reason of mental derangement. 
His name is not on the roll, but witnesses swear that he served nine months. The are not particular, however, as to the period when the service was performed.
Rejected
See letter to Hon J. Reed
Apl 26. 1822
[right side] Copy of letter, dated April 26th 1822, sent to Hon. John Reed, February 23d 1824.
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I Nathaniel Freeman of Sandwich in the County of Barnstable & State of Massachusetts Esquire, testify and say that in the war of the revolution I was Superintendant of the Soldiers enlisted for the continental army in the County of Barnstable, that on the eighth day of July in the year seventeen hundred and eighty  I sent on to Justice Ely Seguiri at Springfield in Massachusetts a number of soldiers for the continental army which I had enlisted about that time for nine months service, one of whom was John Perry 3d and I further say that I have known the said John Perry from that time to the present and that he is now known and called by the name of John Perry 2d. at the time of his enlisting there were two of the same name with him in Sandwich, older than he and now there is but one. I have been well acquainted with them all. I always understood and have no doubt that he served his term of nine months in the continental army. I say that John Perry 2d who now applies for a pension is the same person whom I enlisted by the name of John Perry 3d and who is borne on my descsrip-
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tive list and the record of recruits which I now have in my possession by the name of John Perry 3d. 
Nathl. Freeman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable ss: Personally came before me Russel Freeman a Justice of the Peace & Notary Public duly constituted and sworn & dwelling in Sandwich, the above named Nathaniel Freeman Esq. and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal notarial the twenty eighth day of June in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and twenty
Russel Freeman
J. P. & Notary Public
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To the Honourable Secretary of the Department of War-I Russel Freeman a Justice of the Peace & Notary Public for the County of Barnstable in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, dwelling in Sandwich do declare and say that on the 3d day of April A.D. 1818 I assisted the Honourable John Davis Judge of Probate for said county in making out the declarations of the Soldiers of the revolution who reside in or near Sandwich. I wrote the declarations myself about twenty in number. Among them was that of John Perry 2d. The Circuit Court of Common Pleas came into this County on the 3d Tuesday of April and as all the professional gentlemen whom I supervised with concurred in the opinion that the Judge of Probate was not competent to take the declarations I yielded my opinion to theirs-and most of the soldiers declared anew before said Circuit Court. John Perry 2d and Lemuel Fish living somewhat farther & in obscure parts of the town & Perry following the sea & both of them being ignorant & of little faith or from some cause did not apply to said Courts- After it was ascertained that the Judge of Probate was competent John Perry 2d applied to me & I thought it desirable that the declaration of April 3d 1818 should be found--those declarations
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John Perry 2d
Schedule of Property
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Copy
War Department
Pension Office
April 26th, 1822,
Sir,
The claim of John Perry 2d, has been investigated. The act of the 18th March, 1818 requires the claimant to set forth the time of entering the service and the time and manner of leaving it. This the claimant has failed to do in his declaration; and it appears, that he is now rendered incapable of amending it, by reason of mental derangement. The claim cannot, therefore, be admitted, as the acts of March 18th, 1818 and May 1st 1820, do not embrace such cases, on an original application for pension. If the name of John Perry 2d is placed on the pension list, it must be done by special act of Congress. The papers in the above case will remain on the files of this Office, conformably to the regulations of the Department.
I am &c,
(Signed) J.L. Edwards
Hon: John Reed
House of Reps
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C. [blank] 19__
In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of John Perry a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau S. 33469.
[table headings] DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. (subheadings) CAPTAIN. COLONEL. | STATE.
July 8 1780 | 9 mos. | Pvt | - Henry Jackson | Mass
[blank] | [blank] | [blank] | - Ogden | N.J.*
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment (written above-enl. in), Sandwich, Barnstable Co. Mass
Date of application for pension, Mch. 15.1820. His claim was not allowed.
Residence at date of application, Sandwich, Barnstable Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, 63 years
Remarks: in 1820 soldier's wife Jane was 61 years of age No further family data.
Enlisted as John Perry 3d
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
*NJ book pp 64 & 264
6-2856
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Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Will you kindly send me a full record of the Revolutionary Service of John Perry 3rd of Sandwich Mass. whom we have heard received a pension.
I am a descendent and would like the fullest record I can have for genealogical purposes.
Yours sincerely
Miss Harriet P. Bennett
Reference Dep't
Fall River Mass. Public Library
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Rev sec
Worcester-Aug 25"1915
Pension Bureau
Dept of Interior:-
Will you kindly send me a copy of the Pension Papers my great grandmother-Jane Perry- whose husband John Perry of Sandwich was a soldier in the war of the Revolution.
If there is no record. Will you then please send a copy of John's Pension papers
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I need these to effect some genealogical record for D.A.R.
Gratefully
(Miss) Clara M. Perry
Worcester.
Otsego Co.
N. Y.
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Sandwich 
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Free W. H. Fessenden  R/Prob.
J. L. Edwards, Esq
Pension Office
Washington D.C.

Pension Office
Oct. 11, 1830
3rd Sec.  Act May 20, 1830
$8 per mo: from Jan. 1.1828
Rev. Rolls Mass.
1881
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Sandwich Mass
Oct 6. 1830
Sir
Yours of 25 Sept is before me & I also enclose
the sheet filled up. If correct you will please forward the Certificate, as Mr Perry is very poor
& in much need of the assets now due him__ Mr Reeds our Rep to Congress informed him the Pension commenced Jan'y 1828 
I am sir Respectfully Obt Servant
  Wm H. Fessenden

J. L. Edwards Esq
Washington, DC.
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Report John Perry 2d
Granted
The Committee on Military Pensions in the case of John Perry 2d report.
Trask

The  Petitioner John Perry 2d in his declaration made in open Court before the Circuit Court of Com. Pleas for the County of Barnstable in the State of Massachusetts & duly sworn to on the 10th day of August 1820 before said Court states in substance that he is sixty two yearsof age - by occupation a Mariner from a rupture & other infirmities & age is unable to labour
that he enlisted in the service of the U.S.
on the 8th day of July or thereabouts in the
year 1779 or 1780 in the State of 
Massachusetts in the regiment commanded by
Col Henry Jackson in the line of the State
of Mass. on the continental establishment -
that he enlisted for the period of nine