Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9312, for Edward Spedden, Maryland
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Md | Spedden, Edward | W.9312
 | Spedding, Ann |
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Maryland 975
Ann Spedden
widow of Edward Spedden
Md
who died on the 22, May, 1822
of Baltimore in the State of Maryland
who was a Lieut. in the Barge Fearnought commanded
by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded
by [blank] in the Revolution
for
Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of 87 Dollars 20 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834
Certificate of Pension issued this 9th day of June
1837 and delivered to H.M.
Dunn, Present
Arrears to the 4th of March '37
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4. Sep
523.20
43.65
$566.85
Widow died Nov. 12, 1843
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section  [?]}
Recorded by D. Brown
Book A. Vol. 1 Page 185
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see letter to [?] June 15.
1837 - Agt. notified same day
of [?]
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State of Maryland
City of Baltimore
On this ninth day of
February one thousand eight hundred and thirty
seven personally appeared Ann Spedden
before the Judge of the Orphans Court for the County and
City of Baltimore she being
a resident of the City of Baltimore in the
State of Maryland, aged eighty four years
who being first duly sworn according to
Law doth on her oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefits
of the provisions made by the Act of Congress
passed July 4th 1836 that she is the
widow of Edward Spedden who was a Lieutenant
in the Barge Fearnought and was attached
to the Maryland barges and served until
the end of the Revolutionary War, she further
declareth that she was married to the
said Lieutenant Edward Spedden in July
1773 that her husband aforesaid Edward
Spedden died on 22nd May 1822 and that 
the said Ann Spedden has remained
a widow ever since that period as will
more fully appear by reference to the proof
hereunto annexed. Ann her X mark Spedden
Sworn to and subscribed on the day above
written Before
Benjn C. Ridgate a Judge of
the Orphans Court for
Baltimore County.
I certify I believe Mrs. Ann Spedden to be a woman of
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of veracity and to be relied and that her oath should be taken in any
Court of Justice
Benjn. C. Ridgate
The State of Maryland
Baltimore County
I hereby certify that Benjamin C
Ridgate Esquire whose name is above subscribed was at
the time of so doing a Judge of the Orphans Court for
Baltimore County being a court of record - and that his
said signature is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I hereunto
subscribe my name and office
the seal of said court this ninth
day of February 1837
D.M. Perine Reg.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9312
Ann Spedden
Wid. of
Edward Spedden
Lieut Rev. War
Act: July 4th '36
Index :- Vol. M, Page 234
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of Maryland
Talbot County To Wit
On this first day of June eighteen
hundred and thirty seven personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace
in and for said county Mary Dilahay and made
oath on the holy Evanglest of Allmighty God
being aged about seventy eight years that she
was well acquainted with, Ann Manning of
Dorchester County State of Maryland and that
she was raised in the family of Joseph
Hubert of the said county and this deponent was
likewise well acquainted with Lieutenant Edward
Spedding of the said county and that he
courted the said Ann Manning about twelve
months and afterwards was lawfully married
to the said Ann Manning in Dorchester County
July Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Three and
this deponent further states that she was an
eye witness to the fact of their marriage by
Reverend M Hughes of said county who
was a parson in that county and she partook
of the wedding party which was kept up
for at least one week and further
states that she was fourteen and near fifteen
years of age when the said Edward Spedding
and Ann Manning was married which took
place at the said Joseph Hubert's house
in Dorchester County
Sworn to and Subscribed
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before me one of the Justices of
the Peace in and for said county
Mary Dilihay Phillip Willis
- This is to certify that I am well acquainted with
Mary Dilihay and know her to be a
lady of veracity and to be believed on
and that her oath would be taken in
any court of justice and she has been a
good member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church and that I have knowed
her for at least fifty years or
thereabouts
Phillip Willis
State of Maryland Talbot County Court:
I hereby certify that Phil. Willis, gentleman
before whom the within deposition appears to have
taken, and by whom the within certificate was
made, and whose signature is hereto severally
subscribed was, at the time of so doing, one of
the State of Maryland Justices of the Peace, in
and for said county duly commissioned and sworn
In testimony wherefore I have
hereunto set my name, and the
seal of Talbot County Court affixed,
this second day of June,
Anno Domini 1837
James Parrow of
Talbot County Court.
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Baltimore June 12th 1837
Renowned Sir:
I received of my agent Mr.
HM Dunn my warrant which is to entitle
me eighty seven dollars and twenty cents
per year for the services of my deceased
husband for his service in the Revolution
from 1831 up to 1837 which I think is a very
small compensation for his service further
not being well at the time when I received
the warrant I authorized my above named agent
with a Power of Attorney to receive the money
for one which he accordingly called on the
agent for paying pensions at the Union Bank
of Maryland presenting him with the certificate
which he refused to pay the same because
he had not received instructions from
you or of the department, will your honour
be so kind and furnish Mr. Williamson
your agent for paying pensions with instruction
as soon as practicable as I am very much
in want. I remain yours
Respectfully,
Ann Spedding
To the Honorable
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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To the Honorable
J.L. Edwards Com. of Pensions
We the undersigned understand that Mrs. Ann
Spedden of the City of Baltimore has made application
to the General Government for a pension for the services
of her deceased husband Edward Spedden and
having understood that it is important in all cases
of this kind to know the respectability of the person
applying - We therefore say without hesitation that
she is a lady of the first respectability in testimony
of which we hereunto subscribe our names.
T Woollen
S Moore
John L Reese
JL Maguin/Justice of the Peace
Joseph Shane/Justice of the Peace
John Benell
[?]
John Marram
[?]
Wm. Reese
[?]
Personally
knowing the standing and reputation of
most of the above named gentlemen &
having perfect confidence in their statement,
I cheerfully add my name to theirs
Geo. C.M. Roberts M.D.
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To the Honorable
JL Edwards Commissioner of
Pensions. We the undersigned do not hesitate in
saying that we are well acquainted with Mr.
Hugh Orem of the City of Baltimore who
is far advanced in years and who numbers
among our most respectable citizens, that
he has a good mind and a remarkable
recollection, that we can place implicit
confidence in his [?], that he can
be relied upon . And now fellow citizen
we most cordially recommend him
to your honour.
Wm. Ridgeway
John McCracken
Peter Gold
John Crandall
Richard Greenwood
BG Sherwood
Stephen Darden
[?]
Samuel H Ridgeway
JL Mogun
[?]
[?]
[?]
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Baltimore Feb. 25, 1837
Honoured Sir
I here within enclose my declaration and papers
for my claim on the government for the services of
my deceased husband who was a Lieutenant in the
Maryland Barges. I hope your honour will find
the papers regular authenticated. I hope you will
give early attention to this case as early as
practicable for I am very old and infirmed.
[?] Ann Spedden
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War Department
Pension Office
May 9. 1837
Sir,
The evidence as to the marriage of
Mrs. Ann Spedden, widow of Edward Spedden, dec. is not 
satisfactory. The witnesses Hugh Oren and James Frazier
should state their respective ages when they first became
acquainted with Mrs. Spedden. As Frazier cannot write, and
has not therefore the ordinary means of retaining the
recollection of dates, he should state what way he has pursued
to remember the time of Mrs. Spedden's marriage. Evidence
as to an event which is supposed to have occurred
so many years since must be very clear; otherwise not
much credit can be given to it. The opinion of persons
of known respectability in the neighborhood where the
witnesses and the applicant reside should be procured.
I am respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
JL Edwards
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Mrs. Ann Spedden
widow of Lieut.
S. of the Barge
Fearnaught
$87:20 per ann.
[?]
Act of July 4th
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State of Maryland
Talbot County To Wit
On this first day of June
eighteen hundred and thirty seven personally
appeared before me the subscriber, a Justice
of the Peace in for said county, Mary C
Brummell and made oath on the holy
Evanglist of Allmighty God being aged
about seventy six years that she was well
acquainted with Ann Manning of Dorchester
County State of Maryland and Lieutenant
Edward Spedding of the said county and
the within stated parties were lawfully
married in July seventeen hundred and
seventy three and this deponent further
states that the said July was one of the
warmest months that I have ever experienced
previous to or since the marriage of the within
stated parties the period of the marriage is so
strongly impressed upon her mind from
the fact of their coming to Oxford in Talbot
County at this deponent's aunt's on a visit after
the marriage and this deponent was thirteen
years of age.
Mary . C . Brummell
Sworn to and subscribed before
me one of the Justices of the Peace
in and for said county
Phil. Willis
This is to certify that I am well acquainted
with Mary Brummell and know
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her to be a lady of veracity and to be
relied on and that her oath within
be taken in any court of justice and
I have been acquainted with her for at
least forty years and she has been a
member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church near twenty years
Phillip Willis
State of Maryland Talbot County Court:
I hereby certify that Phil. Willis, Gentleman,
before whom the within deposition appears to have
been taken, and by whom the within certificate was
made, and whose signature is thereto severally
subscribed, was at the time of so doing one of the
State of Maryland Justices of the Peace, in and
for said County duly commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my name, and the seal of Talbot
County Court affixed, this second
day of June, Ann. Dom. 1837
James Parrow
Talbot County Court
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State of Maryland Anne Arundel County [?]
On this twenty seventh day of May in the year eighteen hundred
and thirty seven personally appeared before me the subscriber
a Justice of the Peace in and for said county James Frazier
and made oath on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God
being aged about seventy eight years that he was well acquainted
with Mrs. Ann Manning of Dorchester County in the State
of Maryland and that she was raised in the family of Joseph
Hubert the uncle of the deponent, and that she and the
deponent were raised in the same neighborhood, not exceeding
one hundred yards apart, and that Edward Spedden courted
the said Ann Manning about twelve months previous to the
marriage of the within stated parties, and were married at
the said Hubert's house, and this deponent further states
that he was as frequently at the said Huberts house as he
was at home, the place of residence of this deponent, not being
one hundred yards from that of the said Huberts. And he further
states that he the said Edward Spedden and Ann Manning were
lawfully married by the Rev. M Hughes, a parson in the
neighborhood at the time, and that the said Hughes was
intimate in his father's family at the period of the marriage
of the parties; is strongly impressed upon his memory, from the fact
of its being one of the warmest Julys that he ever experienced
previous to, or since the marriage, and further from the fact of its
being kept up for at least one week after its consummation,
and this deponent further states that the said marriage took place
in the within stated month of July, seventeen hundred and seventy
three, and that he well recollects, the wedding party was so large, that
they could not all sleep at said Hubert's house, and a portion were
obliged to sleep at the house of this deponent's father, and this
deponent further states that he was fourteen and nearly fifteen
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years of age at the time of the marriage aforesaid
James his X mark Frazier
Sworn and subscribed before me
Wm Brewer
I certify that the alterations and interlineations were made by
me before subscribing the instrument
Wm Brewer
Anne Arundel County Court
I hereby certify that William Brewer
gentleman who appears to have taken and signed the foregoing
affidavit was at the time of doing one of the State of Maryland
Justices of the Peace in and for Anne Arundel County duly
commissioned and sworn
In testimony whereof I hereto set my name
and affix the seal of Anne Arundel County
Court this twenty seventh day of May in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty seven
Wm S Green, [?], [?]
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To The Honorable
J.L. Edward’s Commissioner of Pension  War department United States

We the undersigned Citizens of Annapolis do not hesitate to say being well acquainted with James Frazier that he is an individual who is far advanced in years, being as we suppose between Seventy and Eighty years of age- that he is corporeally Infirm but of sound mind and that they believe his power of memory perfectly good; and that any statement he may make can be perfectly relied upon.

James F. Brice
A.J. Jones
RW SchofBend
R.d. Sands
John Randall
Joseph Sands
Martin F. Revel
Wm. Bryan
Jon.o Weedon
Wm Murdock
John Pullward
Wm Laggel?
Thomas Birmingham
William Varney
John A Hemake
Jacob H. Hemake
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Ann Spedden
[?]
H.M. Dunn
May 9th
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State of Maryland Anne Arundel County [?]
Be it remembered that on this 5th day of May in the
year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty seven
personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the
Justices of the Peace for the county aforesaid James Frazier
aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn on
the Evangely of Almighty God, he deposeth and
saith that he was well acquainted with Lieutenant Edward
Spedden of the Maryland Continental barges and that he
was personally acquainted with Ann Manning as we were
all raised together in the same neighborhood in Dorchester
County and that the said Lieutenant Edward Spedden
was lawfully married to Ann Manning in July seventeen
hundred and seventy three, and I the said James Frazier
further saith, that I served under the command of the above
named officer Lieutenant Edward Spedden of Dorchester
County eastern shore Maryland. Sworn and subscribed
before me, one of the Justices of the Peace for said county
James his X mark Frazier Wm Brewer J.O.P.
This is to certify that i am well acquainted with James
Frazier, that he is a man of good character, and that he
has a remarkable good memory, that he is a good moral person
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and a good liver, and industrous, and his oath would
be taken in any Court of Justice
Wm Brewer a Justice
of The Peace of Anne Arundel
Anne Arundel County Court
I hereby certify that William Brewer
gentleman who appears to have taken and deposed the
[?] affidavit was at the time of so doing one of the
State of Maryland Justices of the Peace in and for
Anne Arundel County duly commissioned and sworn
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my
name and affix the seal of Anne
Arundel County Court this 6th day
of May 1837
Wm S Green [?]
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State of Maryland Dorchester County [?]
I Ezekiel Richardson clerk of the
Court of Dorchester County do hereby certify that it does not appear from the records
in my office that there was any marriage licenses recorded prior to the year
seventeen hundred and seventy seven
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of Dorchester County Court this 6th day of April
Anno, Domino. 1837
E Richardson [?]
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Sir
I received your letter requiring a certificate of
the marriage of Mr. Edward Spedden and wife which you say was
in 1773. I cannot find any law requiring a license or any record
to be kept by the clerk until 1775. I have searched and
cannot find anything on the subject.
I am [?]
your [?]
E. Richardson
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State of Maryland A A County [?]
Be it remembered [?] 17
February eighteen hundred and thirty
[?] personally appeared before me the
subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace
for above named county aforesaid
James Frasurer aged 78 years was being
duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of
Almighty God he deposeth and sayeth
that he was well acquainted with
Lieutenant Edward Spedden of the
Maryland Continental Barges and
that he was personally acquainted
with Ann Manning and we was all
raised boys and girls together in
Dorchester County and that the said
Lieutenant Edward Spedding was
lawfully married to Ann Manning
in July 1773 I the said James Frasurer
further sayeth that I served under
the command of the above named
Edward Spedden of Dorchester
County Eastern Shore Maryland
Sworn before me one of the
Justices of the Peace of Ann Arundel
County
Henry Hammond
This is to certify that I am well acquainted
with James Frasurer and I know him to
be a man of veracity and can be relied
on and his oath would be taken in any
court of justice
Henry Hammond
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Ann Arundel County Court
I hereby certify that Henry Hammond
gentleman who appears to have taken and deposed
the aforegoing affidavit was at the time of so doing
one of the State of Maryland Justices of the Peace in
and for Ann Arundel County duly confirmed and
sworn
In testimony whereof I have set
my name and affixed the seal of
Ann Arundel County Court this 17th
day of February 1837
Wm S Green [?]
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V 1404
Ann Spedden
Maryland
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Mrs Ann Spedden
Care of Major Edwd Spedden
Baltimore,
Md
mail,
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Land Office, Annapolis, Feby 11th 1837,
I hereby certify, that it appears by a return and
payroll of the officers and men belonging to the Barge
Fearnaught, commanded by Captain Levin Speddin, that
the name of Edward Speddin appears upon said roll,
to have entered on the 23rd day of May 1782, as Second
Lieutenant on board said barge - and to have received £25..16s.8∂
being the balance of pay due to the 1st of January, 1783,
George G Brewer
Reg. Land Off, W. S. Md.
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Land Office, Annapolis, Feby 11th 1837,
To Mrs Ann Spedden,
Dear Madam,
I send you herewith, agreeably to
your request, a certificate from the rolls in the case of
Lieut Edward Spedden, which is all the evidence the
rolls in this office afford of his service
I am madam,
with much respect,
[?]
George G. Brewer
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State of Maryland
City of Baltimore to wit,
On this ninth of February in the
year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty
seven before me the subscriber a Justice of
the Peace in and for said city personally
appeared Hugh Orem aged seventy two
years who being duly sworn on the
Holy Evangely of Almighty God deposeth
and saith that he knew that Edward 
Spedden was attached to the barges as
Lieutenant during the Revolutionary War
and that he knew Ann Spedden and
Edward Spedden and they were married and
had two children before the breaking up
of the war and he likewise was married
previous to the Revolutionary War to the said Ann
Spedden and he had been dead for about
fourteen years and she has remained
a widow ever since and he never received
more than one quarters pay from Maryland
and he never received any pension
during his lifetime from the United States
Sworn to and subscribed on this ninth
day of February in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and thirty
seven
Hugh Orem
Sworn and Subscribed to Before
Henry W. Gray
This is to certify that I am well acquainted
with Hugh Orem and know him to be
a man of veracity and to be relied on
and that his oath would be taken in any
court of justice
Henry W. Gray
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State of Maryland Baltimore County [?]
I hereby certify that Henry W. Gray gentleman before whom the within
deposition was made and who has thereto subscribed his name, was at the time
of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for the City
of Baltimore duly commissioned and sworn
In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my
name and affix the seal of Baltimore County
Court this 9th day of February 1837
Thos Kell Clerk of Baltimore County Court