Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11728, Nathaniel Wade, R.I.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
R. I
Wade, Nathaniel
Molly
NUMBER
W.11728.
CONTENTS
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1884 June 7 Seat history for Comfy
1884
Oct 9 Wm Durant - history Copied  Prior

437
Rhode Island
Molly Wade
of Glocester in the State of R. I.
who was a [blank] in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded
by [blank] in the [blank]
widow of Nathaniel Wade
decd late a Sgt., Ensign, Lieut,
& Captain in the Revolution
R.I.

Inscribed on the Roll of R. Island
at the rate of 58 Dollars 88 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of Feby
1837 and sent Saml Y.
Atwell Gloucester R.I.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836 $323.89
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '37  29.44
$353.33
Act 1838
{ Revolutionary Claim,
{Act June 7, 1832         ⎬
Recorded by D D Addison Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 1, Page 122
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N. 418
Application of
Molly Wade
for pension
R I

Sergt 2 mo-   10.
Ens 2 mo-  20
#Lt. 2/3 mo-  4.44
Capt 1 mo-  20
$54.44
4.44
per. anl Comp 4 March
58.88
1831.
3 ) 1333
444 2
888
Cliam address, ms at
Glocester RI
Saml Y Atwell
Atty for appl.t
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State of Rhode Island &c
Providence Ss. In Glocester on this fifteenth
day of October AD 1836 before me Samuel
Stone of the Justices of the Court of Common
Pleas in & for said County personally appeared 
Molly Wade a resident of said Glocester &
said County & State aged eighty six 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 4th 1836
That she is the widow of Nathaniel Wade
late of said Glocester deceased who was a
private & an officer in the militia of the State of
Rhode Island & during the war of the revolution
That according to the test- of this applicants
recollection the said Nathaniel Served as a
Sergeant in Capt Abraham Winsor Company Col Chad Browns regiment of R I militia
on Several occasions the particular period of
which she does not remember that the
said Nathaniel was in in the year 1778
appointed & commissioned as an Ensign in said
Company & in the year 1779 said Nathaniel
was appointed & commissioned as a Lieutenant 
in said Company & in the year 1780 said 
Nathaniel was appointed & commissioned as
Captain of said Company, in the plan of
the said Abraham Winsor & continued as
Captain of said Company during the year
1781 & until May 1782. That the said Nathaniel 
served as said Ensign Lieutenant & Captain
in said militia for several occasion, being
frequently from home while engaged in the
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performance of the duties of his said offices
the particular periods of which services
this applicant cannot recollect. This applicant
further says that the memory is so much
impaired by extreme old age that she
cannot particularly describe the time &
duration of her said husbands Services &
she refers to the annexed proof for a more
particular description thereof. She further
declares that she was married to the said
Nathaniel Wade in the month of February
in the year seventeen hundred & Sixty
six the day of the month she cannot
recollect, that her husband the aforesaid
Nathaniel Wade, died on the 28th day
of December AD 1821, and that she has
remained a widower ever since that period
as will more fully appear by reference to the
proof hereto annexed
Molly Wade
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
before me And I further say that the said
Molly Wade is from extreme old age & bodily
infirmity unable to attend the sitting of the
Court,
Attest
Samuel Steere J.C.C Pleas
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I Lydia Davis wife of Joseph Davis
of Glocester in the County of Providence & State of
Rhode Island at[?] aged 83 years being first
duly sworn according to law do testify &
say on oath. That I am sister to Molly
Wade widow of Nathaniel Wade late
of said Glocester deceased, That I was present
at the wedding of my said Sister Molly
Wade with the said Nathaniel Wade
& saw them married. They the said Molly
& Nathaniel were joined in marriage by
Zebedee Hopkins Esq. in said Glocester at
my Fathers house in the month of February
AD 1766, My said sister was then in the
sixteenth year of her age, The said Hopkins
was then a Justice of the Peace in &  for
said Glocester. The said marriage took
plan on a Thursday. I further say that
I knew that the said Nathaniel was
an officer in Col Chad Browns regiment
of R I militia & that he did duty as such
on several occasions during the war of the
revolution but I cannot recollect the
particular
Lydia Davis

State of Rhode Island
Province Ss In Glocester this fifteenth day of October
1836 before me personally appeared Lydia Davis whos
being first duly sworn according to law on oath says that 
the above deposition by her signed is just & true in all
it parts. I further certify that I am well acquainted with
said Lydia Davis, that she is a credible person
& that her statement is entitled to credit
Attest.  Samuel Steere J.C.CnPleas
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I Joseph Davis of Glocester in the County of
Providence & State of Rhode Island & aged
85 years being first duly sworn according to
law on oath do testify & say that I was a
soldier of the revolution & am now a pensioner
of the United States under the act of June 7th
1832. I further say that I served as a private
in Capt Abraham Winsors Company Col Chad
Browns regiment R I Militia at different
periods during said war. I further say the
I was well acquainted with Nathaniel
Wade late of said Glocester deceased the said
Nathaniel & myself married Sisters & his
Widow Molly Wade is the same person who
has signed the annexed application. I further
say that the said Nathaniel Served with
me as a Sergeant in said Winsors Company
in the fall of 1777, one month. We were
stationed at Bristol, R.I. The said
Nathaniel Wade was appointed Ensign in
said Company in 1778 & in August 1778 he
the said Nathaniel Served as Ensign in said
company with me, one month [underlined], were
stationed on Rhode Island, & were in what
is called Sullivans expedition. In the
fall of 1778 the said Nathaniel Served as
an Ensign in said Company with me
one month[underlined], we were stationed on the
north part of Rhode Island. I knew of
the said Wade serving as an officer in said
Company on several other occasion but
cannot recollect the particulars
          his
Joseph X  Davis
         mark
 [ "1 mo", "1 mos"  and "/\ & E" written in right margin]
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State of Rhode Island &c
Providence Ss. The Glocester this fifteenth day
of October 1836 before me personally appeared
Joseph Davis who being first duly sworn according
to laws testifies & says that the before going deposition
by him signed is just & true in all its parts. I
further certify that I am well acquainted with
said Joseph Davis that he is a credible person &
that his statement is entitled to credit-
Attest
Samuel Stere J.C.C. Pleas

I David Kelly of Glocester in the County
of Providence & State of Rhode Island &
aged 84 years being first duly sworn on
oath do say that I was a soldier of the
revolution & am now a pensioner of the
United States under the act of June 7" 1832.
I further say that I served as a private
in Capt Abraham Winsors Company
Col Chad Browns regiment R I militia
I further say that I was well acquainted
with Nathaniel Wade late of said Glocester
deceased. Said Nathaniel Wade belonged
to said Winsors Company. In November &
December 1776 I saw said Wade doing
duty in said Winsors Company as a Sergeant
he was on duty one month[underlined] & was [1 m S in right margins]
stationed at Bristol R.I. I was there during
that time in Capt Wilmarths Company.
In October 1777 I saw said Wade doing
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duty as a Sergeant in said Winsors Company
one month[underlined] he was stationed at Tiverton
R. I, & was in General Spencers expedition
so called, I was there during said time
in said Wilmarths Company. 
1 mo S [in right margin]

In June 1778 I was drafted in said Winsors Company
& was stationed at Bristol R I one month[underlined]
the said Nathaniel Wade was then the
Ensign of said Company & had the Commission
or served as Ensign during said month.
1 Mo E [in right margin]

In August 1778 I was in said Company in Sullivans expedition
& was stationed on Rhode Island one month [underlined]
said Nathaniel Wade was then with said
Company during said period doing duty
in the same as Ensign. 
1 mo E [ in right margin]
In August 1779
I was drafted in said Company & was
Stationed at Bristol R.I. twenty days
we were under the Command of the said
Nathaniel Wade who was then Lieutenant
of said Company & served as such during
said period
20 dy Lt. [in right margin]

 - In the year 1780[underlined] I think
in August or September I served in
said Company one month[underlined] we were stationed
at Bristol RI, & under the command
of said Nathaniel Wade who was then Captain
thereof & then served with us as such during
the whole of said period.
1 mo. Cap [in right margin]

          his
David  X Kelly
         mark
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State of Rhode Island &c
Providence Ss In Glocester this fifteenth day
of October 1836 Before me personally appeared
David Kelly who being first duly Sworn On oath
say, that the before going deposition by him
Signed is just & true in all its parts. I further
certify that I am well acquainted with
said Kelly that he is a credible person & that
his statement is entitled to credit
Attest
Samuel Steere J.C.C. Pleas

I Olive Wade of Glocester in said the County
of Providence & State of Rhode Island aged
63 years being first duly sworn according to
law do on oath testify & say that I am the
son of Nathaniel Wade late of Said Glocester
deceased & of Molly Wade his wife who is now
his widow, my said Father Nathaniel
Wade died in said Glocester on the 28th day
of December 1821 leaving the said Molly
Wade his widower. I further say that the
said Molly Wade remains the widow
of my said Father to this time She never
having been married since the decease
of my said Father, I further say that I
have always lived with my said mother
since the decease of my said Father
Oliver Wade

State of Rhode Island &
Providence Ss.
In Glocester this fifteenth
day of October 1836 before me person by
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appeared Oliver Wade who being first duly
sworn on oath says that the before going
deposition by him signed is just & true in
all its parts. I further Certify that I am
well acquainted with said Oliver Wade
that he is a credible person & that his
statement is entitled to credit
Attest    Samuel Steele J.C.C. Pleas

State of Rhode Island &c
Providence Sc 
I Dexter Randall Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas within & for said County
being a Court of Record do hereby Certify
that Samuel Steere Esqr before the foregoing
affidavit served Sworn is a Justice of said
Court. That by Law he is duly authorised
and empowered to administer oaths
and take depositions, That his signature
before written are Genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereto
set my hand & affixed the Seal
of said Court at Providence
this Eighteenth day of October AD
1838
Dexter Randall Clk
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May 7-1901
Stuart C. Wade
New York City

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 11728 
Molly Wade
Wid of
Nathaniel Wade
Capt Rev. War
---
Act: June 7 1832
Index: - Vol. M, Page 308
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY

John Brown Francis

Governor, Captain General and Commande in Chief of the State of Rhode-
Island and Providence Plantations.

BE IT KNOWN, that the name "HENRY BOWEN to the aforewritten attestation subscribed, is the proper hand writing of Henry Bowen, Esquire,
who, at the time subscribing the same,  was Secretary of the State aforesaid,
duly elected and qualified according to law: Wherefore unto his said attestation
full faith and credit are to be rendered.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of said State to be affixed at Providence
this seventy second
day of October in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six
and of Independence the sixty-first

John Brown Francis

BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.
Henry Bowen Secry
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State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations
Secretary's Office Oct. 22. 1836.
I certify that at the servise of the General
assembly of said State in the first Wednesday
of May seventeen hundred seventy eight,
Nathaniel Wade was elected Ensign of the third
Company of Militia in the town of Glocester
County of Providence, for one year. That in
the first Wednesday of May 1779 he was elected
Lieutenant of said Company and so continued
until the second Monday of June 1780, when he
was elected Captain of said Company, and
so continued until after may seventeen
hundred eighty three.

As appears of record
witness  Henry Bowen Secry.
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Glen

RESIDENCE: -- The Berkeley Apartments.
336 West 33rd Street,
Tel. 1762 - 38th St.
New York, City
MAY 2 1901
Dear Sir
I respectfully beg to request such information as you possess
of Nathaniel Wade a pensioner of the Revolution in Rhode Island

my records shew that "he was enrolled in a minute company or
alarm of Glocester R I and in 1776 appears as acting as Sergeant
in the company of Captain Abraham Winsor in Colonel Chad
Brownes Regiment. In May 1778 appointed Ensign, a Lieutenant and
in May 1779 and in June 1780 promoted to Captain to succeed
Captain Winsor. His service was in alternate months as guard
and he was stationed at various points in that state for a month at a time" .  - He maybe on the Massachusetts Rolls.
Respectfully yours
Stuart C Wade

The Hon the Commissioner
of Pensions. Interior Dept
Wash. D.C.
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State of Rhode Island & P. Plantations 
Providence Sc.   Town Clerks Office
Glocester November 23d 1836.

I Clovis H. Bowen Town Clerk of
said town of Glocester do hereby certify
that I have carefully examined the
books containing the record of Marriage
for said town of Glocester now remaining
in my office and do not find
any record of the marriage of Nathaniel
Wade with Molly Wade or of the
said Nathaniel with any other person

I also certify from an examination
of the Records & my knowledge of the facts,
that in my opinion a great many
marriages have been solomnised in
said Town, of which no record
has been made.

In witness whereof I have here
unto set my hand at said Glocester
the day & year aforesaid

Clovis H. Bowen Town Clerk

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year
aforesaid before me   Samuel Steere J.C.C Pleas
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State of Rhode Island of Providence Plantations
Providence Sc I Dexter Randall Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas within & for said
County being a Court of Record, do hereby
Certify that Samuel Steere Esq before
whom the within affidavit was
sworn is a Justice of said Courts
that he is by law, duly authorised
and empowered by administer oaths
and take depositions and that his
signature within written is genuine
In testimony whereof
I have hereto set my
hand & affixed the
seal of said Court at
Providence this Sixth
day of December AD 1836
Dexter Randall Clk