Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20597, Philip Allen, Mass. R.I.
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SERVICE: Mass., R.I.
Allen, Philip (Mercy)
NUMBER: W. 20597
B.L. Wt. 6388-160-55
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Certificate of Marriage
from Town Clerks Record
Md. Feby 2 1790
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I James Sproat of Taunton in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, certify that I am Clerk of the Courts in said County and have a record book in my possession as such Clerk, Entitled "Marriage records began Augt. 13th AD. 1787." On the 41st page thereof is a record of the Marriage of Philip Allen and Mercy Peirce by Daniel Hix Elder, as follows viz. " Philip Allen and Mercy Peirce both of Dartmouth were married September second "Seventeen hundred and ninety by Daniel "Hix, Elder" -- That it is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures as follows - "Septr 2d 1790" --
[Signed] Jas Sproat 
Bristol ss. Jany 23. 1846 Subscribed and sworn to --- 
Before me [Signed] A Bassett Just. Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Bristol ss. 
[SEAL] I, James Sproat Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol do hereby Certify that Andrew Bassett Esqr whose signature is affixed to the within certificate is a Justice of the peace in & for said County of Bristol and duly qualified to administer oaths. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty third of January in the year Eighteen hundred & forty six.
[Signed] Jas. Sproat
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12498
Mercy Allen
Widow of
Phillip Allen decd
Act 7 July 38
m 90 - died 1829[?]
on Lippetts Roles [sic]

On Lippetts Roles
12 mos
1 mo 26 Certif

Reuben Baldwin
Boston Mass.
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DECLARATION. 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled " An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows." 
State of Massachusetts} 
County of Bristol} ss. 
On this twenty second day of January A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Forty six personally appeared before Oliver Prescott Judge of Probate in and for the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusett[s], Mercy Allen a resident of New Bedford in the county of Bristol aged Eighty one 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 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Philip Allen late of Dartmouth in said County of Bristol deceased; that her husband, the aforesaid Philip Allen performed a variety of services during the war of the Revolution, and, according to the best of her knowledge and belief said Philip was called into the service in the year 1776 among the troops raised for the defence of Rhodisland & served ten or twelve months under Captain Carr in Colonel Crarys Regiment or Col Lippetts Regiment, but of the precise duration of said service she has no means of knowing: 
said Philip also performed several short Tours of service in Col Carpenter's regiment for proof of which she refers to the accompanying certificate of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts - said Philip was afterwards, and towards the close of the war captured at sea and confined on board the old Jersey Prison Ship two general[?] times. 
She further declares that she was married to the said Philip Allen in the autumn of the year seventeen hundred and ninety; that her husband, the aforesaid Philip Allen died on the Twenty Eighth day of August in the year Eighteen hundred & Twenty nine; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated. 
[Signed] Mercy Allen 
Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me, 
[Signed] Oliver Prescott 
I Oliver Prescott Judge of Probate in & for the County of Bristol do hereby certify that Mercy Allen the above applicant for a pension cannot by reason of bodily infirmity attend the Court. 
[Signed] Oliver Prescott.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Bristol ss. 
[SEAL] I Anselm Bassett Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Oliver Prescott whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificates was at the date thereof and still is Judge of said Court of Probate 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court this twenty third day of January Eighteen hundred and forty six.
[Signed]  A Bassett 

Crosswise:
Mercy Allen
Widow of
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I Abraham Ashley 2d of New Bedford in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged fifty five years on oath declare that I was well acquainted with Philip Allen late of Dartmouth in said County of Bristol deceased and with his wife now his widow Mercy Allen. Her family name was Pierce. 
I have frequently heard the said Philip Allen say that he was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and could have a pension as well as any of them if he would apply for it, but that he was well enough off, and did not need it. 
Said Philip Allen died at said Dartmouth on the Twenty Eighth day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and Twenty nine, leaving the said Mercy Allen, his widow, who is still living and resides with her children in said New Bedford. She has never married since the death of her husband the said Philip Allen, but still remains his widow. 
[Signed] Abraham Ashley 2d 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Bristol ss.  January 23d AD 1846. Then the above named Abraham Ashley 2d who is well known to me and is a credible witness made solemn oath to the truth as to above deposition by him subscribed. 
Before me,
[Signed] Oliver Prescott 
Judge of Probate.
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[Same as page 7, but complete]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Bristol ss. 
[SEAL] I Anselm Bassett Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Oliver Prescott whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificates was at the date thereof and still is Judge of said Court of Probate 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court this twenty third day of January Eighteen hundred and forty six.
[Signed] A Bassett 

Crosswise: 
Mercy Allen 
Widow of
Philip Allen decd

12498
Mercy Allen
Widow of
Phillip Allen decd
Act 7 July 38
m. 90 died 1829
on Lippetts Roles

On Lippetts Roles
12 mos.
1 mo 26  Certif

Reuben Baldwin
Boston, Mass.
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Blank page
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49324 Act 3 March /55
April 6, 1855

Mercy Allen, widow
Philip Allen, private
Col. Carpenter. Mass. Mil.

Revolutionary War Pension.
Mass. Feby 48 - no 4371
Ad. 160 ac. Sept 17 1855
Boynton
Boynton

Written across the above:
Wt. No. 6388 is. Sept 20/55

Rgtd [registered?]

Mackie & Cushman
New Bedford Mass.
Vol. A 52
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49,324
Mercy Allen

Act Mar. 3 1855.
160 acres

Please give this early attention as the
applicant is a very infirm & old Revy pensioner

Address
Mackie & Cushman
88 Main St.
New Bedford
Mass.
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The foregoing application declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day & year first above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim. I further certify that the interlineation & erasures on the face of said declaration were made by me before the same was signed by the said Mercy Allen and that the same at the time of signing was in the words following, viz, "State of Massachusetts County of Bristol ss. On this twenty eighth day of March AD. one thousand eight hundred & fifty five personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within & for the County & State aforesaid Mercy Allen aged ninety one years a resident of New Bedford in the state aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Phillip Allen deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary War, that she is a pensioner under the Act of February 2nd 1848 and was placed on the Pension Rolls on the seventeenth day of March AD. eighteen hundred and forty nine, that from her feeble memory she is unable to set forth the Company & Regiment in which her husband served and refers to her papers on file in the Pension Office at Washington for the particulars of such service. That he continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days at least, and was honorably discharged. She further states that she was married to the said Phillip Allen in she cannot state the date of her marriage but it was about AD. 1791 by one Daniel Hicks a baptist [sic] minister and that her name before her said marriage was Mercy Pierce, that her said husband died at Dartmouth on the -- day of August A.D. 1829 and that she is now a widow. Messrs Mackie & Cushman New Bedford Mass are hereby authorized to prosecute this her claim and receive from the Commissioner of Pensions the certificate to which she may be Entitled there upon. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be Entitled under the Act approved March 3rd 1855." I further certify that the words printed "and" & "residents of" were erased in the affidavit aforesaid by me before the signing of the same by the affiant thereto.
[Signed] A.S. Cushman
Justice of the Peace 

State of Massachusetts}
County of Bristol} ss. 
I James Sproat Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within & for said County & State hereby certify that Austin S Cushman before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made was at the date thereof an acting justice of the Peace within & for said County & State duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature above is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Taunton this thirtieth day of March A.D. One thousand Eight hundred & fifty five 
[Signed] Jas. Sproat Clerk
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STATE OF Massachusetts} 
COUNTY OF Bristol} 
We, Prudence C Pierce ["and" stricken] a resident of Taunton in said County ["residents of" stricken] and James Beetle of New Bedford in the State of Massachusetts upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mercy Allen in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. 
[Signed] Prudence C. Pierce 
[Signed] James Beetle 

[The remainder of the form is stricken]
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APPLICATION FOR BOUNTY LAND. 
(By the Widow of a deceased person who has not had a Land Warrant) 

STATE OF Massachusetts }
COUNTY OF Bristol } 
On this twenty Eighth day of March A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mercy Allen ninety one years, a resident of New Bedford in the State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Phillip Allen deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War -- that she is a pensioner under the Act of February 2nd 1848 and was placed on the pension rolls, on the seventeenth day of March AD Eighteen hundred and forty nine 
That from her feeble memory she is unable to set forth the company & regiment which her husband served and refers to the papers on file in the Pension Office at Washington for the particulars of such service. That he continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days at least and was honorably discharged. That
She further states that she was married to the said Phillip Allen in she cannot state the date of her marriage but it was about A.D. 1791, by one Daniel Hicks a Baptist minister and that her name before her said marriage was Mercy Pierce --  that her said husband died at Dartmouth on the -- day of August A.D. 1829 and that she is now a widow. Messrs Mackie & Cushman New Bedford Mass are hereby authorized to prosecute this her claim & receive from the Commissioner of Pensions the certificate to which she may be entitled thereupon.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, 1855. 
[Signed] Mercy Allen
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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20,597
Mercy Allen
Wid
Phillip Allen
Priv Rev War
Act: Feb 2nd /48
Index:-Vol. A, Page 10
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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No. 49324
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.

Received Apr. 6, 1855
Philip Allen
Rev. War

Warrant 6388-150-55

Mackie & Cushman
New Bedford Mass
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Left side:
Reported

Right side:
10022
Massachusetts
Mercy Allen
Widow of Phillip Allen
who was a pensioner under the Act of ---
and who died on the 28th Augt 1829
of Briston in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the Compy
commanded by Captain Carr of the
Regt commanded by Col. Craig in
the R.I. line for 13 mos 26 dys

Inscribed on the Roll of Boston
at the rate of 46 Dollars 20 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day 
of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of
May 1846 and sent to
Reuben Baldwin

Total amount, $231.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Tho Lumpkin, Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 51
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Left side:
Reported 

Right side:
7750
Massachusetts 
Mercy Allen 
widow of Phillip Allen
who was a Private 
in the Revolution 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
46 Dollars 20 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 
21st day of May, 1846 and sent to
Reuben Baldwin 
Boston Mass 

[Act of March 3, 1843.] 
& 17th June '44
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 25
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6388

Geo Ames [?]
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Pri 2d Feb: 48
Mass

Boynton
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Letter[?] to Reuben Baldwin
24th Mar[?] 1845.
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Mercy Allen
aa
7751
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Declaration in order to receive the benefits of the act of Congress of 2nd Feby 1848 entitled "An act making further provisions for surviving Widows and Soldiers, of the Revolution" 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts }
Bristol County } ss.

On this twenty ninth day of September, A.D. 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid Mercy Allen, a resident of New Bedford in said County 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2nd February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Philip Allen who was a resident of Dartmouth in said County and who was a private
in the 
and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband at the rate of Forty six dollars and ten cents per annum. 
(over)
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She further declares that she is still a widow. 
[Signed] Mercy Allen [SEAL?]
Sworn to and subscribed on}
 the day & year above written,}  Before me
[Signed] Adam Mackie
Justice of the Peace
In presence of 
[Signed] Abraham Ashley
[Signed] Adam Mackie

I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares, 
Signed] Adam Mackie
Justice of the Peace 

[SEAL]
Commonwealth of Massachusetts} 
Bristol County} ss 
I, James Sproat, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, of the County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Adam Mackie, is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned & qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine. 
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court}
this second day of October 1848}
[Signed] Jas. Sproat
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1457
Phillip Allen
Nothing additional found
W.J.C.

R.B.
R. Baldwin
agent.
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703 
[SEAL] Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
Secretary's Office, Boston; 
Nov 11. 1841 

I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Philip Allen is borne upon a pay roll of Capt Mannasseh [Manasseh]Kempton, Col Carpenter, from July 26 1777 to R.I. 1 mo 7 days; upon a pay roll of Capt Alexr Foster, Col Carpenter, from July 27 1778 to R.I. 17 days & upon a pay roll of Capt Job Cork from Aug 7. 1780, 2 days all of Bristol County 
The rolls of Capt Geo Claghorn do not bear the name of said Allen 

1.7
0.17
0.2
[=] months 1.26 days
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APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, MADE 
BY THE WIDOW OF THE PARTY WHO RENDERED THE SERVICE. 

State of Massachusetts
County of Bristol  Town of Freetown 

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of my husband's service in the war of the Revolution viz. Phillip Allen deceased 
He enlisted from the town of Dartmouth in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts in the year 1776 or 1777 as a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Carr of the Massachusetts or R. I. Troops. Regiment ______ and he served as follows, *viz: -- That my late Husband, said Phillip Allen performed a variety of service during the continuance of the Revolutionary War some on the Land and some in the Naval service, of which I can give but an imperfect description: according to the best of my recollection said Phillip Allen performed one tour of solders duty under Captain George Chaghorn of several months duration, and as I believe he was stationed at Little Compton R. I. and one other tour stationed at Dartmouth, now called New Bedford, and as to his Naval service I can give no other description than that he was captured at sea, and afterwards confined on board of the Old Jersey Prison ship at New York, two several times. 

*Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank &c. of the soldier, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written. 
[Signed] John G. Palfrey, 
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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I am now seventy nine years old, and my memory does not enable me to state my husband's services more fully than above stated. 
WITNESS my hand, this twenty fourth day of October A. D. 1844. 
[Signed] Mercy Allen

Signed by said Mercy Allen} 
in my presence, Henry H. Crapo }
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
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Boston January 24th 184.
Sir
I transmit herewith the papers of application for a Pension by Mrs Mercy Allen; widow of Phillip Allen deceased, under the act July 7th 1838 - 3 March 1843 & 17th June 1844.
Be plesed to give the above case the usual course of action, and forward the remit to me
Verry Respectfully Sir I am 
Your Obedient Servant 
Reuben Baldwin 

James L. Edwards Esqr
Commiss of Pensions, 
Washington
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Act 43 8631
Act 44 534
No 12498
Mercy Allen
widow of Phillip
Mass
Act 7 July 1838

admd
13 mo 26 days pri
$46.20 per ann

admd acts 3 March 1843
and 17 June 1844
$46.20 per ann

Reuben Baldwin
Boston Mass
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May 12, 1846 

Rec.d. Mercy Allen 
May 12 '46 
Mass 
B
James L. Edwards Esqr 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington.

[Postmark] BOSTON 8 MAY
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Boston May 8th 1846.

Sir 
I presume the Department have mistaken the case to which I called their attention, and solicited a reexamination. It was that of Mercy Allen, widow of Phillip Allen deceased that, I alluded to in my letter, dated April 29th last past. It is not improbable that the mistake is on my part, instead of the Department, and that I named to them unintentionally the wrong case. 
The letter of mine dated February 9th last past, contained a request for a reexamination of the case of Mrs Judith Clark, and your reply to the above request is dated February 17th following; being the same in import with that dated May 5th to which this is an answer.
I would therefore respectfully request that the case of Mrs Mercy Allen, widow of Phillip Allen ^decd under the Act 7th July 1838, may be reexamined. The only service of said Phillip Allen, to which allusion is made in your letter of the 24th ult. is contained in the Secretaries Certificate, amounting to 1 month 26 days in the Massachusetts Troops. This case apparently had but a limited consideration, as no allusion whatever is made to the alleged service of claimants husband in the Rhode Island Troops, of which there is strong presumptive evidence - perticularly [sic] under a Captain Carr, of Col Crarys or Lipets Regime^nts 
Be pleased to give the above mentioned case a further investigation, and transmit to me the result 
Verry Respectfully Sir I am 
your Obedient Servant 
[Signed] Reuben Baldwin

James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Mrs Mercy Allen
Widow of
Phillip Allen deceased.
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Boston, Mass. April 28th 1846 

Sir
Your letter, dated on the 24th Instant, is received; relating to the claim of Mrs Mercy Allen, widow of Phillip Allen deceased, for a Pension, under the Act 7th July 1838; In which is noticed the services credited to Applicants husband, in the Massachusetts Militia, as shewn by the Massachusetts Rolls - contained in the Certificate of the Secretary of State, Amounting in the aggregate to 1 month 26 days; But you make no mention of the Alleged service of Applicants husband in the Rhode Island Troops, or whether the Rolls of that state, in the Pension Office, furnish any evidence corroborative of Mrs Allens declaration; which omission, I presume originated in a pressure of business in the Pension Office.

If my memory serves me right, the applicant stated in her declaration that her late husband performed one tour of not less than nine months service, in Captain Carr's Company of Colonel Crarys or Col Lippets Regiment of R. I. Troops; But of its precise duration, she had no means of knowing &c. 

The allusion made by the applicant to the fact of her husbands capture two several times, and confinement on board of the Old Jersey Prison Ship; was not intended to impede the adjustment of her claim to a Pension, for such an amount of Service as would be found credited on the Massachusetts & Rhode Island Rolls to her late Husband. I would therefore respectfully request that a reexamination of Mrs Allens case may be had, and the result transmitted to me; and as the applicant is still living, It would be desirable that she should have the benefit of whatsoever is justly due her, during her lifetime 
Very Respectfully Sir I am your Obt Ser
[Signed] Reuben Baldwin

James L. Edwards, Esqr. 
Commiss of Pensions, Washington