Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14832, Abner Guild, Mass.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
Mass.
Guild, Abner
Sarah
NUMBER W.14832.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk ss.
I Jonathan H. Cobb, Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Norfolk, hereby certify that Sherman Leland is Judge of said Court of Probate and that William Ellis is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Norfolk & that their several respective signatures to the papers annexed are genuine & true.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court of Probate this thirtieth day of November
A.D. 1838
Jonathan H Cobb
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3748
Massachusetts
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Sarah Guild widow of Abner Guild, decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of [illegible] and who died on the Mass
1819 of Norfolk Co. in the State of Mass who was a private in the Co commanded by Captain Guild of the regt commanded by Col Robinson in the Mass Mila line for 16 months 7 days
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Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 34 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Augt 1839 S Leland and Wm Ellis
Dedham Mass.
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1839 $102,30
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep 39 
17.05
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$119.35

Act July 7, 1838.
Reorded by D. M. Curdy Clerk,
Book A. Vol 1. Page 91.
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Sarah Guilds Pen. Application 1838
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State of Massachusetts,
County of Norfolk, ss.
On this Sixth day of November A.D. 1838, personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Sherman Leland, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Norfolk, Sarah Guild a resident of Dedham in said County, aged seventy 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 7th, A. D. 1838, entitled ""An Act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows."

VIZ. I Sarah Guild of Dedham in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, being seventy years of age, declare and say, that I am the widow of Abner Guild late of said Dedham deceased, who rendered military services to the United States in the Revolutionary war, and which according to my own recollection and the best evidence within my knowledge, were performed as follows, viz:--

one weeks service [word inserted] as soldier at the Lexington alarm at Cambride [Cambridge] and Roxbury in the month of April A.D. 1775 in the Company of Capt Jabin Mann or Capt Ephraim Chinnery

Also two months service as a soldier [3 wds inserted] at the lines between Roxbury & Boston in Capt Ephraim Chinnery's Company Col. Reads Regiment, to make good a deficiency in the ranks of the eight months men in that Regiment, who had engaged in the years service and had left to perpare [prepare] for said years service in the Autum [Autumn] of the year AD. 1775.

Also one months service as a Soldier at Dorchester Hill in the month of February or March or part of both, in the year 1776, in the Company of said Capt. Ephraim Chinnery or Capt Adam Peters.

Also five months service as a soldier in Capt Joseph Daniell's Company and Col. Ephraim Wheelock's Regiment at Ticonderoga in the State of New York, beginning about the middle of July and ending about the Middle of December in the year A.D. 1776.

Also one month's and one week's service as a soldier [3 wds inserted] at Tiverton in the State of Rhode Island in Captn Ezekiel Plimptons Company & Col Benj'n Haws Regiment beginning about the first of October and ending about the middle of November in the year 1777- making 9 1/2 months service-

That to my knowledge the said Abner Guild, my late husband, never received any pension or gratuity from the United States nor from any State, and I believe he rendered the military services aforesaid a volunteer, that all the proofs of said services (in my power to obtain) are herewith transmitted, and that the said Abner Guild never had any permanent residence but within the town of Dedham and Medfield in sd County of Norfolk.

And I further declare and say, that my maiden name was Sarah Dean that I was lawfully married to the said Abner Guild on the thirteenth day of October A. D. 1791, that my late husband the said Abner Guild died at Dedham aforesaid on the fifteenth day of March A.D. 1819 and that I have remained a widow ever since that period. That I was
not married to him the said Abner Guild prior to his leaving the service aforesaid, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated.

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Sarah X Guild
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Sworn to and subscribed, on the day
and year first above written Before

S Leland J Probate
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" Married by the Revd Mr Jabez Chickering"
" Mr Abner Guild & Miss Sarah Dean both of Dedham"
I Richard Ellis of Dedham in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts being of Lawful age hereby certify and say, that I hold, at this time, the office of Town Clerk of said Dedham and have the custody and keeping of the books and Records of said Town and that the above extracts, shewing the marriage of Mr Abner Guild and Miss Sarah Dean, are true copies of the record thereof, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on said Record in fair legible letters and figures as follows, viz -

" 1791. Octr 13th "

Richard Ellis Town Clerk of Dedham

State of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk S.S. November 30th 1838 Personally appeared
the above named Richard Ellis a credible Witness and subscribed to, and made Oath that the matter certified by him in the foregoing statement, is just and true -

Before me Wm Ellis
Justice of Peace
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I John Guild of Dedham in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, being sixty six years of age hereby testify and say, that I was personally acquainted with Abner Guild late of said Dedham decd, in the year 1785 in this year I went an Apprentice to said Abner Guild then in the trade of a tanner and continued with him a little over seven years till I was of age, that as I under stood at the time, the said Abner Guild had served with Capt Adam Peters a tanner of Medfield during several years, a part of which was in the time of the Revolutionary War, And I further say that during my stay with the said Abner Guild then residing in said Dedham, I often heard him state the particulars of his revolutionary services as a Soldier, and among those statements two only distinctly occur to my mind at this time, which were, one tour of service as a soldier at or near Dorchester Hill, I think in the month of February or March or both in the year A.D. 1776, that he was much exposed to the explotion of BombShells while in this service - also he often stated a service as a soldier at Ticonderoga in the State of New York in the summer and Autumn of the same year A.D. 1776 - but the precise length of these tours of service or the Officers under whom said Abner Guild served I have forgotten. And I further say that I am knowing to the fact, that Sarah Guild, the widow of said Abner Guild has not intermarried since the death of her late husband, but remains the widow of said Abner Guild at the present time, that according to my best recollection the said Abner Guild Died at said Dedham in the month of March A.D. 1819.

John Guild

State of Massachusetts
Count of Norfolk SS
November 24th 1838
Personally appeared the above named John Guild a respectable magistrate of said County and a credible witness, and subscribed to and made oath that the matter set forth in the foregoing statement by him subscribed is true. Before me Wm. Ellis Justice of Peace
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I Oliver Richardson of Medway in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts being eighty four years of age hereby testify and say that I was personally acquainted with Abner Guild formerly a resident of Medfied [Medfield] but late of Dedham in said County decd; in the year 1776, That I am knowing to the fact [3 wds inserted] that said Abner Guild engaged and served as a soldier in Captn Joseph Daniells Company and Col. Ephraim Wheelock Regiment at Ticonderoga in the State of New York, that according to my best recollection and belief this tour of service was five months, and rendered between the first of July and the middle of December in the year A.D. 1776 - that the reasons why I know these facts are, because I served in said Captn Daniells Company with said Abner Guild in the Campaign to Ticonderoga in the year 1776-

Oliver Richardson

State of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk SS.
November 27th 1838. Personally appeared the above named Oliver Richardson an intelligent man, and a credible witness, who subscribed to, and made oath that the foregoing statement by him so subscribed, is true. Before me Wm Ellis Justice of Peace
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I John Turner of Medfield in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, being Eighty years of age, hereby testify and say, that I was personally acquainted with Abner Guild formerly of Medfield and late of Dedham in said County decd in the year A.D. 1777 and many years afterwards; that I engaged and served as a soldier in Captn Samuel Cowells Company and marched to Little Compton in the State of Rhode Island and served there several weeks, and was then ranged out and served for a time in the company of Capt Ezekiel Plimpton and after said Plimpton's Company had served one month and seven days, that company were dismissed & returned home, but it hapened [happened] that my brother Samuel Turner and said Abner Guild both of said Plimptons Company were then sick in the Hospital at Rhode Island, and I am positive of the fact, that I was detached & ordered to take care of those two men till they arrived home, which I obeyed, and I also am positive it was either Eleven or twelve [2 words inserted] days before the said Abner Guild and Samuel Turner could be got home to said Medfield according to the Captains order.

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John X Turner
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State of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk SS
November 27th 1838-
Personally appeared the above named John Turner a man of sound mind and memory and a credible witness, and subscribed to, and made Oath, that the foregoing Statement by him made and subscribed is true
Before me Wm Ellis
Justice of Peace
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3555 [?]
Sarah Guilds Pension
Application Nov. 1838
Act of July 1838
widow of Abner
Mass.
Married 1791
died 1819
Allow 10 mo 7 ds
for $34.16 per
ann Mass.
Militia Capt Guild
& S [?] Robinson

Report to the Subscriber at Dedham Mass
Wm Ellis
Dedham Mass.
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I Nathan Allen of Medfield in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts being Eighty five years of age hereby testify and say, that I was personally acquainted with Abner Guild late of Dedham in said County dec. at the time the Revolutionary war began, 1775. The said Abner Guild then resided in said Medfield and was with myself and the others enrolled as a soldier in the Standing Company of Soldiers of said Medfield commanded by Captn Ephraim Chennery and I believe marched and was under arms several days in said Capt Chinnery's Company at the Lexington Alarm AD. 1775.

And I further say that in the fall of the year 1775, there was a vacancy in the ranks of the Eight months men, occasioned by the circumstance, that considerable numbers of the eight months men had enlisted into the years service to commence January 1, 1776
and received a furlough and left for making preparations for the years service, which made said vacancy. at this time, I well recollect that the said Capt Ephraim Channery turned out with a number of men marched to the Camp and was stationed at the Stoney Brook Creek, near Waits Mills in Roxbury and but little distance from the Enemy, outward line, for a term of two months, and I am positive that I served as a soldier for this two months in said Capt Chenery's Company at the same time and place in the fall of 1775, and I verily believe that the said Abner Guild with many others within my recollection performed [illegible] months service as a soldier in said Chenery Company at the same time and place. And according to my confident belief, the said Abner Guild moved as a soldier with me, at Rhode Island for five or six weeks in Captn Ezekiel Plimpton Company in the fall of the year A.D. 1777.

Nathan Allen

State of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk SS
November 17th 1838. Personally the above named Nathan Allen long known to the subscriber as a credible witness and subscribed to, and made oath that the matter set forth in in the foregoing statement by him subscribed is true.

Before me Wm Ellis Justice of Peace
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Sarah Guild Amen +
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I Sarah Guild of Dedham in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts being seventy years of age hereby declare and say, that I am the Widow of Abner Guild late of said Dedham decd. who rendered military services to the United States in the Revolutionary War, that by way of explanation and amendment of my declaration setting forth the said revolutionary services and forwarded to the U S War Office November 30th 1838, I now declare as follows viz: that instead of one month services under Capt Chennery or Peters at Dorchester Heights in the month of March A.D. 1776, it should have been viz, two months services as a Soldier at Dorchester Heights and Castle Island, in Captn Aaron Guild's Company and Col. Leml Robinsons Regiment, that this term of service began near the first of February and ended about the first of April the same year A.D. 1776.

Sarah Guild

State of Massachusetts
Norfolk County SS- June 11th 1839
Sworn to and subscribed by the above named Sarah Guild
Before me Wm Ellis Justice of Peace
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In order to remove any misconception,
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Abner Guild d. 1819
Sarah    m. 91
76.      Sabin Mann
75- 2    Eph Chenery
76. 2    " Guild
76- 5    L Daniel
77- 1.7  E Plymton
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Mass
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14832
Sarah Guild
Widow of
Abner Guild
Priv Rev. War
Act: July 7th 1838
Index: - Vol. A, Page 298
Act
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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James L. Edwards Esq
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Commissr of Pensions
Washington City
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Dedham Mass Nov 30 - 1838
Sir
Herewith is transmitted the Pension application of Sarah Guild of said Dedham. The Claimant stated that her late husband Abner Guild was sick at Rhode Island but supposed it was during and within the five weeks claimed for in her declaration, but within a few days, it is found that Abner Guild was detained ten or eleven days [last 4 words underlined] by sickness, at Rhode Island, after the term of five weeks service had expir'd, as testified by John Turner which I trust will be considered in the examination of her claim, if any further explanation is desired in relation to this case, please to direct your Communication to the subscriber at Dedham 
Masstt.
Very Respectfully your Obt- Serv
Wm Ellis
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James L. Edwards Esq
Commis of Pensions
Washington City
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Dedham Masstt June 7th 1839
Mr Edwards
Sir
In your favor of May 20th 1839, a brief remark is made in relation to the claim of Sarah Guild widow of Abner Guild decd, that the original Roll in your possession [last 3 words inserted] of Capt Aaron Guilds Company, in which said Abner Guild served in 1776, does not shew precisely the term of time two months [2 wrrds encircled] served therein by said Abner Guild &c. in answer to this, I would state that the testimony in several instances establishing the fact, that the term served by the Soldiers of Capt Aaron Guild Company in the early part of 1776, was two months, or not less than two months, is now on your files in many cases allowed in the year 1832-3- One of the these was that of Ebenezer Fairbanks (now decd) affidavit, in aid of the claim of Joshua Whiting &c &c-- I have also herewith transmitted an exact Copy of Captn Samuel Cowell's Company Roll which shews that said Cowells Company served in Col. L Robinson's Regiment at the same period that said Capt Aaron Guild Company served therein, and that the soldiers of Capt Cowells Company mostly engaged in that service on January 29th, 1776 the same time that the soldiers in Capt Aaron Guild Company engaged in the same tour of service in the same Regiment - and the date of both these Rolls is the same viz- "March 27th 1776"- these facts I trust will be sufficient to satisfy you that said Abner Guild the late husband of Sarah Guild the claimant, did serve as a soldier at Dorchester heights and Castle Island for a term of two months or more, in Capt Aaron Guilds Company & Col Robinson Regt between the months of January and April in the year 1776-.

Vey Respectfully your
Obedt servant Wm Ellis

James L. Edwards Esq
Washington City

[vertically in left margin:]
It was that proper that Sarah Guild make a Short amendment to her former declaration which is herewith transmitted.
Yours Respectfully Wm Ellis