Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1642, Daniel Brickett, Mass.
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SERVICE
Mass

Brickett, Daniel

NUMBER
S. 1642
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Dead. See letter to P Agt May 5, 1836
do to C. Minot, Oct. 17. 1838
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13. 088
Massachusetts
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Daniel Brickett

of Haverhill in the State of Massachusetts who was a [illegible[ in the company commanded by Captain Sawyer of the Rgt commanded by
Col Fry in the Mass Line for 8 mos Private, 3 months & 5 days Surgeons mate
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at  the rate of 90 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of May 1833 and sent to Charles Minot, Haverhill Mass
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $180.00
Semianl  allowance ending 4 Sept  $45.00
(total)  $225.00
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Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D.D. Addison
Book E, Vol 2, Page 6
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role of Capt Sawyer, Col Fry Regt

taken out by Capt B L Beall

on Wm McBrikckett
name was borne May 24 1833
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this twenty fifth day of September A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, Daniel Brickett, a resident of Haverhill, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 71 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 7, 1832:
that he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:

He volunteered into the service as a private soldier in the militia immediately after the Battle of Bunker hill the 17th of June 1775 at Cambridge Mass. in Capt James Lawyer's company in Col. James Frys regiment, and he served till the last of December 1775 or first of January 1776, when he was dismissed after a service of eight months, but received no discharge from the service and has [then two words crossed out] as evidence of his service which he produces, a roll of the effective members of his company subscribed by the Captain thereof, the roll was for the month of August 1775, and was the one returned by the Captain to James Brickett the Lieut. Col. of the Regiment, and the father of the said David Brick the said Lieut Col. was then acting as commander of the regiment Col. Fry being sick of the gout.  the name of Daniel Brickett as a private is borne on this roll.

Also he the said Brickett held a commission in 1781 as surgeon's mate in Col. Enoch Putnams regiment, he served more than three months in said Regiment commencing About Aug 15. 1781 and continuing till the 20th of November following, when he was discharged at West Point N.Y. by leave of Gen. McDougall who commanded all the troops there: that the Regiment in which he served was a regiment of Militia but Gen. McDougall was a continental officer
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That he was born at what was the Newbury Mass. August 20, 1761. and does not know whether there is any record of his birth there,

That Hon. Stephen Minot, Hon. James H. Duncan John Dow, Phineas Carleton Hon. Moses Wingate ac. will testify as to his character for veracity and their beleif in his services as a soldier of the revolution the above named all reside in said Haverhill in his immediate neighborhood


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. [signed] Daniel Brickett

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

[signed D A White] JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We, [signed] Isaac R Howe and [signed] Moses Wingate Esquire magistrate residing in Haverhill aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Brickett who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 71 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
[signed on right]
Isaac R Howe
Moses Wingate

Subscribed and sworn to before me
[signed on left]
Stephen Minot, Justice of Peace
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I Jonathan Gage of Newburyport Mass aged 73 years testify and say that, I know Daniel Brickett of Haverhill Mass. Physician and know that in the year 1781 said Brickett held a commission as Surgeons mate in the army of the United States in the war of the revolution; he served as Surgeons mate in the regiment commanded by Col. Enoch Putnam more than three months commencing about August 15, 1781 and continuing until November 20. following - when the said Brickett was discharged at West Point New York - I was a Lieutenant in Capt. Maloones company in the same regiment which is my means of knowing the above facts
[signed on right] Jon G Gage

Essex ss. Newburyport. September 17th 1832. Then personally came Jonathan Gage Esquire, above named who is personally well known to me, and made oath in due form of Law, tell the truth of the above written affedavit, by him subscribed in my presence: I do also Certify that the said Jonathan Gage is believed by me to be a credible witness.
[signed on right] W Wortz Justice of the Peace
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And the said Court hereby declares hits opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies that Isaac R Howe who has signed the preceding Certifiate, Moses Wingate who has also signed the same a Magistrates resident at Haverhill and are credible persons ant that their statement is entitled to credit.
[signed] D A White Justice of Probate

I, NATHANIEL LORD Junior, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Brickett for a pension, And that Stephen Minot Gilman Parker and William Woart Esquires, are Justices of the Peace for the County of Essex of one said and that their signatures to the annexed certificates are genuine

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty fifth day of September, A.D. 1832.
[signed on right] Nath. Lord jus
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Daniel Brickett

8 mos Private
3 mo and 5 days Surgeon Mate

adm'd

Charles Minot
Haverhill, Mass
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BRIEF in the case of Daniel Brickett of Haverhill 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? 71 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period  |  Duration  |  Rank  |  Officer Names
from June 1775 to July 1776  |  8 months*  |  private  |  Col Sanger, Col Fry
1781  |  3 months 5 days   |  surgeon's mate   |  Col Putnam

5. In what battles was he engaged? None

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Haverhill Mass

7. is statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? no evidence or living 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.

*the time is not stated


Richard Cutty
Examining Clerk.
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this May Certify That Daniel Brickett surgeons Mate of Colonel Enoch Putnams Reg. Massachusetts Militia Having [illegible] the good Oppinion of his [illegible] Leave to Return to his [illegible] - by leave of Gen. Mc.Dougall And is hereby honorable Discharge The Service of the United States --
[signed on left] A. Pointe Nov. 20th [illegible]
[signed on right] Enoch Putnam Col. Comd
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Rev War

1642

INVALID

File No  1642

Daniel Bricket
Priv - Mass line

Act:  June 7, 1832

Index: Vol A, Page 42

[Arrangement of 1870]
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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 Daniel Brickett, Haverhill 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 with precision 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 amout of pension he is entitled?    NO 
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 respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  NO
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  NO
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV.  If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?  YES
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? YES
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?  YES
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?

EXPLANATORY NOTES
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how "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 ____ for ____ Months and _____ days; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each 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.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their servie.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must in every case be clearly shown under  what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

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 theregiment, company, and line to which he 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 or office.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates 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 ends 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.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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I Abijah Gage of Bradford in Essex County Mass. aged 89 years on oath testify and say that I know Dr. Daniel Brickett of Haverhill Mass. that I served in the Revolutionary war in the year 1775; as a private soldier in Capt. Nathaniel Gages' company in Col. Frye's regiment I served from. April 19. 1775 to Jan. 1. 1776 that Daniel Brickett aforesaid did serve in Capt Lawyers company in the same regiment from about June 1775 till about the first of January 1776 --
[signed on right] Abijah Gage

Essex ss September 25. 1832 Then the above named Abijah Gage a credible witness made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true before me
[signed] Gilman Parker Justice of the Peace