Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22493, Jacob Wales, Mass.
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Wales, Jacob
Phebe
Service Mass
Number
W22493

Contents
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401
Massachusetts
Phebe Wales
of Worcester in the State of Massa. who was a Mass. in the (blank)
widow of Jacob Wales decd. late a Captain in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll of Massa. at the rate 
of $480. Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Jan. 1837 and sent Jacob Wales Present

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '36  $2640.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '37  240.00
$2880.00

{Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7,1832}

Recorded by D.D. Addison, Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 1 Page 72


1891 Dec 3 history to Leo L. Batcheller
 City  fj
1893 March 17 History to Jos. Murdock, Prov.
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690
Massachusetts Roll
Jacob Wales  4
Captain  
Massachusetts line 77 to 80
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month to commence on the 24th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23d of Maay 1818 and sent to Edward Bangs Esq. Worcester Mass.
Arrearages to 4th Sept. 1818
6 months 11/30  $87.33

{Revolutionary claim
Act 18th March, 1818}

Winchendon Worcester
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Jacob Wales
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State of Massachusetts
I Jacob Wales a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Winchendon in the County of Worcester in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the sixth day of November one thousand seven hundred and seventy six I entered and was engaged in the Land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the month of September or October the year 1777 as a first Lieutenant of a company under Capt. Nath. Winslow in Coln. Thos. Marshall Brig. then I received a Captain Commission over the same company & in the same Regt. and served accordingly as a Lieut. and Captain against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence; that I belonged to the Brigade commanded by Genl. Patterson of the Massachusetts line that I was Honourably Discharged and that I left the service in the fall of the year 1780, and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support being now of the age of seventy one years and infirm and unable to labour for my support.
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Jacob Wales (signature)
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this 24th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War", made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me,
Edwd. Bangs
Judge C.C. Com pleas Western Circuit
the abovenamed Jacob Wales after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribed the same in my presence; and, on examination duly make by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
(Seal)
Given under my Hand and the Seal of said Court, the day of the date aforesaid.
Edwd. Bangs
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I Daniel Bartlett of Westminster in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of lawful age do testify & say that during my continuance in the War of the Revolution in the United States, from June 1778 to some time in the faul of 1792 I was will acquainted with Capt. Jacob Wales now of Winchendon in said County. & I know that said Wales was a Capt. in the same Regiment to which I then belonged being Coo. Marshall's Regiment that said Wales continued from June aforesaid to the faul aforesaid in the service of the United States, that I have always been acquainted with him since that time and that he sustains a good reputation for truth.
Daniel Bartlett

Worcester SS April 23d 1818
Personally appeared Daniel Bartlett above named and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me, Alexr. Dustin Justice of the Peace
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Jacob Wales Pres. 
Jan. 18 '37

Phebe Wales
widow of Jacob
Mass.

admd.
2 yrs Capt.
480$
no deduction

Jacob Wales Present
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
By His Excellency EDWARD EVERETT, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth
(Seal w/ ribbon)
Edward Everett  (signature)

To all whom it may concern:
Know Ye, that Ira Barton Esqr. is now Judge of Probate, Theophilus Wheeler Esqr. is now Register of Probate and Samuel Lee and Edward Kirkland Esqrs. are now Justices of the Peace and all for the County of Worcester; and that Jonathan Wild Jr Esqr and Jonathan Wales Esqr. are Justices of the Peace for the County of Norfolk (that that the above named six gentlemen have held their commissions as above stated for the month last past) in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to their Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; that the within Attestations are in due form and by the proper Officers.
In Testimony Whereof I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this thirteenth day of January A. D. 1837 and in the sixty first Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor

John P. Bigelow, Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester SS. Probate Office
(Seal & ribbon)
I Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester certify that Ira Barton is Judge of the Court of Probate for said County duly appointed and that his name affixed in two places to the papers hereto connected are in his own hand writing. And that Samuel Lee is a Justice of the Peace in said County duly commissioned and sworn and that his name written in four places to these papers was written by himself and that Edward Kirkland is a Justice of the Peace in said County duly commissioned & sworn and that his name was written by himself and that Mark Whitcomb is a Justice of the Peace in said County & that he wrote his name attached to one of the annexed papers and that he is duly commissioned & sworn.
Theoph. Wheeler Regt. of the Court of Probate for said County of Worcester
dated this 12th day of Jany. 1837
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the act of Congress of the fourth of July 1836

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County Ss.

On this tenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ad thirty seven, personally appeared before Ira Barton Judge of the Court of Probate within and for said county of Worcester, Phebe Wales a resident of Winchendon in the county and Commonwealth aforesaid 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836.
1. That her maiden name was Phebe Hayward and that she was married to Jacob Wales then of Braintree in said Commonwealth, but in that part of said town now called Randolph, on the twenty eighth day of July A.D. 1769 as set forth in the official certificate of Asa French the Clerk of said town of Braintree
2. That her said husband Jacob Wales was a soldier
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of the revolutionary war for nearly six years and for the greatest part of the time held a Captain's Commission. that for said services he had a full pension as Captain under the Pension Act of 1818 and as evidence of the particular service of her said husband, she respectfully refers to the rolls in the war department and to the documentary evidence filed with the application in his case for the pension aforesaid.
3. That her said husband Jacob Wales deceased in said Winchendon in February 1811, [1821] to which place they removed soon after the revolutionary war, and that she has remained his widow ever since--as will appear by the documentary evidence accompanying the application. She further says that she hath made a former declaration in this behalf, that the pension certificate of her said husband accompanying the same, that the same was lost as she is informed and believes, at the late destruction by fire of the Post office at Washington. 
Phebe   X   Wales
her mark
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me, Ira Barton
Judge of the Court of Probate for
said County of Worcester
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And hereupon the Court do declare it as their opinion after a full investigation of the matter that the said Jacob Wales was a Captain in the revolutionary war, that the said Phebe was married to him, that he hath deceased and that she hath remained his widow ever since as she on oath hath above declared; she being reputed to be a person of truth.
Ira Barton, Judge of said Court of Probate

I further certify that the pension certificate referred to by the said applicant in her declaration accompanied a prior declaration made by her before me in the early part of the month of December last past.
Ira Barton Judge of said Court of Probate
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I Seth Tucker of Winchendon in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do Testify and say That in my youth I lived in the town of Milton, a town adjoining Randolph in the County of Norfolk-that when I resided there I was acquainted with Jacob Wales and his wife, then residing in the Town of Randolph-that I was acquainted with them afterwards when they removed to Winchendon, which was a year or two after the Revolutionary War. That I continued to be well acquainted with them 'till the death of Capt. Wales which was about Sixteen years since. that since his decease I have been acquainted with his widow and that she still resides in Winchendon and that she is the widow of the same person named in a Pension certificate which I have heretofore seen (which certificate is supposed to have been lost at the burning of the General Post Office in December). And I further testify that there has no other person of the name Wales ever resided in Winchendon excepting a son of the said Jacob.
Seth Tucker

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Worcester County Ss. Jany. 10th 1837.
Then personally appeared Seth Tucker and made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is just and true.
Before me, Samuel Lee Jus. Peace
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We Samuel Simonds, a minister of the Gospel and Mark Whitcomb a Justice of the Peace both of Winchendon in the County of Worcester do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Seth Tucker the within named Deponant and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his testimony.
Mark Whitcomb
Samuel Simonds

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County Ss Jany 10 1837
then personally appeared Samuel Simonds and Mark Whitcomb and made oath to the above certificate by them subscribed, before me
Samuel Lee Jus. Peace
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I Samuel Simonds of Winchendon in the County of Worcester, a minister of the Gospel Do tesitfy and say that I was well acquainted with Capt. Jacob Wales of said Winchendon that said Wales was a Pensioner under the Act of Congress 1818. That it is more than thirty years since I first became acquainted with said Jacob Wales. That said Wales died at Winchendon about the middle of February 1821. That I attended the funeral of said Wales as the officiating clergyman. that I have ever since been acquainted with Phebe Wales the widow of said Jacob. that she now lives withing a mile of my place of residence and further that from my personal acquaintance with said Phebe I do testify that she has remained the widow of said Jacob ever since said Jacob's decease-and that full faith and credit ought to be given to her testimony.
Samuel Simonds

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County Ss. Jany. 10th 1837
Then personally appeared Samuel Simond and made solemn oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed and I do certify that full faith and credit ought to be given to his testimony.
Samuel Lee Jus. Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I, Samuel Bass of Randolph County of Norfolk do hereby in oath testify that I was well acquainted with Jacob Wales when an inhabitant of this town & well remember when he was married to one Phebe Hayward daughter of Joseph Haywood in this town, then Braintree, and after their marriage he the said Jacob Wales went into the service in the revolutionary war and when he returned had been promoted to the office of a Captain as it was then believed, and was known by that title soon afterwards he went into the army early in the War and did not return until near or quite the close of the war, a short time after he moved to Winchendon, this State, in the County of Worcester, have seen him several times since with his wife in said town of Winchendon, been also seen the Widow of sad Jacob Wales since his decease.
Dated at Randolph this 9th day of January A.D. 1837
Saml. Bass. 

Personally appeared Samuel Bass Esq. above named and made solemn oath the above deposition is true & by him subscribed before me
Jona. Wales Just. Peace
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We the subscribers inhabitants of the Randolph do hereby certify that we are personally acquainted with the within named deponent and that full faith and reliance may be put upon his testimony.
Amos LeFavor
Minister of the gospel Randolph
Jon.a Wales,
Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss. January 9 1837 
then personally appeared the above names Amos LaFavor and Jona. Wales and were severally solemnly sworn to the truth of the above certificate by them subscribed.
Before me, Royal Turner Justice of the Peace and Quorum
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I Samuel Belcher of Randolph in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I was acquainted with Jacob Wales and Phebe Wales prior to their intermarriage; that the said Phebe Wales maiden name was Phebe Hayward and both were born and resided in that part of Braintree, now Randolph until after the close of the Revolutionary War; that said Wales and his wife a few years after the close of said War removed to the Town of Winchendon in the County of Worcester where the said Wales died; that since their residence in said Winchendon I visited them once and torried over night with them' that the said Jacob Wales entered the Revolutionary service near the commencement and remain therein util near the close thereof; and that the said Jacob Wales was married to the said Phebe Hayward prior to the commencement of the Revolutionary War; I was also well acquainted with parents of both the said Wales and wife who all lived and died in that part of Braintree now Randolph.
Samuel Belcher

Norfolk Ss Jany 9th 1837 then personally appeared above named Samuel Belcher and made solemn oath to the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
Before me
Jon.a Wales Just. peace
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We the subscribers Inhabitants of Randolph hereby certify that we are personally acquainted with the within named deponent and that full faith and reliance may be put upon his testimony.
Amos LeFavor
Minister of the gospel
Randolph
Jon.a Wales Just. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk SS January 9. 1837
Then personally appeared the above named Amos LeTavor and Jona. Wales and were severally solemnly sworn to the truth of the certificate by them subscribed.
Before me,
Royal Turner, Justice of the Peace and Quorum
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Town of Braintree 
Jany. 9, 1837

I Asa French do on oath declare that I am Clerk of the Town of Braintree in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that I have the custody of the records of said town and that it appears by the said records that Jacob Wales and Phebe Hayward both of said Braintree were joined in Marriage July 18th 1769.
Asa French, Town Clerk

Norfolk SS Braintree January 9th 1837
Then personally appeared Asa French subscriber to the above certificate and made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Before me,
Jona. Wild Junr. Just. Peace
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I Edward Kirkland of Templeton in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify & say that on the eighth day of December now last past I deposited in the post office in in Worcester in said state, sealed within an envelope & directed to "James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C." the declarations & papers of Pheobe Wales, of Winchendon in said state made for the purpose of obtaining a pension for the services of her husband in the war of the revolution ^by virtue of the act of Congress of 4th July 1836^ & duly authenticated by the Judge of Probae; & that from facts that have since come to my knowledge & from the circumstances of the case I am inclined to believe that they were destroyed by the conflagration of the (illegible) post office; & further more this deponents saith not.
Edward Kirkland

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Worcester SS
On the tenth day of January 1837 personally appeared Edward Kirkland Esquire and made oath to the truth of the above Declaration by him subscribed and I hereby certify that full faith and credit ought to be given to his testimony.
Samuel Lee Jus. Peace
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I Samuel Lee of Templeton in the County of Worcester of lawful age do testify and say that one of the papers forwarded to James L. Edwards Esquire by Edward Kirkland as state in his annexed Deposition was a Pension Certificate bearing date at the War office May 23d, 1818 and numbered 690 Stating that Jacob Wales was entitled to a pension of Twenty Dollars per month. 
Samuel Lee

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Worcester Ss. Jan. 10th 1837
Then personally appeared Samuel Lee Esq.& made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true, before me
Edwardd Kirkland, Justice of Peace

I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above subscriber Samuel Lee & that full faith & confidence is to be given to his statements.
Edward Kirkland
Justice of the Peace
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the 3d Section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836
Commonwealth of Massachusetts SS

On this third day of December 1836 personally appeared before the Judge of the Probate Court of the County of Worcester Phebe Wales a resident of Winchendon in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts 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 4, 1836.
That she is the widow of Jacob Wales who was a Captain in the Army of the Revolution. for the service performed she refer to the evidence filed in the War Department whereby her said husband Jacob Wales obtained a pension under the act of 18th March 1818.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jacob Wales on the twenty eighth day of July in the year Seventeen hundred and sixty nine, that her husband the aforesaid Jacob Wales died on the  (blank) day of February in the year eighteen hundred and twenty one; and that she has remained his widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Phebe  X  Wales
her mark
Before me Ira Barton
Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Worcester
And hereupon the court do declare it as their opinion, after a full investigation of the matter that the said Jacob Wales the husband of the said applicant was a soldier of the Revolution as by the documentary evidence in said declaration referred to will appear-that the said Phebe was married to the said Jacob that the said Jacob deceased and that she has ever since remained his widow as her on oath hath above declared. I further certify that the said applicant is reputed to be a person of truth and the Court believes
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her to be entitled to full credit

Ira Barton Judge of said Court of Probate
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester SS
Probate Office
(Seal)
I Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester certify that Ira Barton is Judge of the said Court of Probate, and that the signatures annexed are his genuine signature. I further certify that Samuel Lee is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester and that the signatures annexed is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the said Court of Probate the seventh day of December 1836.
Theoph. Wheeler Reg. of the 
said Probate Court
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No. 602
3d Sec.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
By His Excellency EDWARD EVERETT
Governor and Commander in Chief in and for said Commonwealth
(Seal w/ribbon)
Edward Everett

Know Ye, That Samuel Lee Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester. Aaron Prescott and Jonathan Wild Jun Esquires are Justices of the Peace for the County of Norfolk (and have been so for the year last past) in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned and that to their Acts and Attestations, as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; that the within Attestations are in due form and by the proper Officers.

In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this tenth day of November A. D. 1836, and in the sixty first Year of the Independence of the United States of America
By His Excellency the Governor

John P. Bigelow
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Application of Phebe Wales of Winchendon in the County of Worcester in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress approved on the 4th July 1836

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County Nov. 8th 1836
I Samuel Lee a Magistrate in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Do certify That the annexed depositions were taken for the purpose of enabling Phebe Wales to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress approved on the 4th day of July 1836. I also certify that the depositions of the said Phebe Wales and Seth Tucker were taken by me on the day stipulated thereon and I also further certify that in the examination of the said Phebe Wales and Seth Tucker, there was every appearance on their part of a stout adhereance to the truth and that only.
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I Phebe Wales of Winchendon in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, widow, do testify and say that my maiden name was Phebe Hayward and that I am now eighty six years of age. that I was born in the Town of Braintree (now Randolph) in the County of Norfolk. that I was lawfully married to Jacob Wales on the twenty eighth day of July 1769. that I lived in the married state with my said husband Jacob Wales until the year 1821 at which time he died leaving me a widow in which state of widowhood I have lived ever since. I furthermore testify and say that my said husband went into the Revolutionary Army at an early period of the war and served in various situations for about the  term of six years. That in the year 1786 we removed from the County of Norfolk to the Town of Winchendon in the County of Worcester where I have ever since resided. That I am the widow of the same Jacob Wales whose name is inscribed on the Pension List Roll of Massachusetts under the law of the United States of the 18th March 1818.
Phebe  X   Wales
her mark

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County Ss Nov. 4th 1836
Then the above named Phebe Wales personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above deposition by her subscribed is just and true and I further certify that she affixed her signature thereto in my presence.
Samuel Lee Jus. Peace
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I Seth Tucker of Winchendon in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged nearly 78 years do testify and say that in my youth I lived in the Town of Milton an adjoining town of Randolph (then called Braintree) in the County of Norfolk. That when I resided there I was acquainted with Jacob Wales and his wife then residing in the Town of Randolph. That I was afterwards acquainted with them when they removed to Winchendon which was a year or two after the Revolutionary War. That I continued to be acquainted with them util his death which took place about sixteen years since. That since his decease I have continued to be acquainted with his widow; and that she now resides in Winchendon and that she is the widow of the same Jacob Wales named in a Pension Certificate which I have seen bearing date at the War office May 23d 1818 and numbered 690. And further that I have no knowledge of any other person of the name of Wales ever residing in Winchendon excepting a son of the aforesaid Jacob.
Seth Tucker

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County Ss Nov. 4th 1836
Then personally appeared Seth Tucker and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is just and true. I also certify that he affixed his signature thereto in my presence.
Samuel Lee Jus. Peace
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We Mark Whitcomb a Justice of the Peace in the Town of Winchendon and County of Worcester and Samuel Simond a minister of the Gospel in said Winchendon do testify and say that we are personally acquainted with widow Phebe Wales the deponent in the annexed and also with Seth Tucker the deponent named in the within deposition. that they are both reputed to be persons of strict truth and veracity and that full faith and credit ought to be given to their testimony.
Mark Whitcomb
Sameul Simond

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County SS Nov. 4th 1836
Then personally appeared Mark Whitcomb and Samuel Simond and severally made oath that the above certificate by them subscribed is just and true.
Samuel Lee Jus. Peace

I also certify that from my personal acquaintance with the said Whitcomb and Simond that full faith and credit ought to be given to their testimony.
Samuel Lee Jus. Peace
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I Samuel Belcher of Randolph in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Yeoman, do testify and say that I was acquainted with Jacob Wales late of Winchendon in the County of Worcester in said Commonwealth from my youth, while he resided in this vicinity, which was till after the close of the Revolutionary war; was knowing to said Wales marriage to Phebe Hayward about the year 1769; said Wales served in the Revolutionary war a large part of the time it continued; have visited said Wales while living in said Winchendon; and was well acquainted with his said wife Phebe Wales; Said Wales and wife were reputed to have been born in this town then a part of Braintree, and I well knew the parent of both said Wales and wife, who lived and died in this town or vicinity.
Saml. Belcher

Norfolk SS 31st October 1836
Then personally appeared the above named Samuel Belcher and made solemn oath to the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
Before me
Aaron Prescott
Justice of the Peace
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I Samuel Bass of Randolph in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquire Do testify and say that I was acquainted with Jacob Wales late of Winchendon in the County of Worcester in said Commonwealth from the year 1767 until his decease; said Wales was born in this Town, the a part of Braintree, and was here married to Phebe Hayward (who was also born in this town then a part of said Braintree and with whom I have also have been acquainted) in the year 1769; that they continued to reside in this vicinity until after the close of the Revolutionary War in which the said Wales serve a large portion of the time said war continued; until said Wales and his said wife removed to said Winchendon, where they continued to reside until the decease of the said Jacob and where his said wife now resides.
Saml. Bass

Norfolk SS 31st October AD. 1836
Then personally appeared the above named Samuel Bass and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
Before me Aaron Prescott Justice of the Peace
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I Calvin Hitchcock, Minister of the Gospel in the Town of Randolph and County of Norfolk and Royal Turner Esquire of said Randolph do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Bass Esq. and Samuel Belcher who have severally subscribed their depositions and that they are men of truth and veracity.
Calvin Hitchcock
Royal Turner

Norfolk SS. 31st October 1836
Then personally appeared the above named Calvin Hitchcock and Royal Turner and made oath that the above certificate by them subscribed is true.
Before me, Aaron Prescott Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Town of Braintree Octr. 31st 1836

I Asa French do on Oath declare that I am Clerk of the Town of Braintree in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that I have the custody of the records of said Town and that it appears by the said records that Jacob Wales and Phebe Hayward both of said Braintree and Joined in Marriage July 18th 1769.
Asa French Town Clerk

Norfolk SS  Braintree Oct 31st, 1836
Then personally appeared Asa French subscriber to the above certificate and made oath solemn to the truth of the same.
Before me 
Jona. Wild Junr. Just. Peace
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Revolutionary Claim

I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March,1818, Jacob Wales late a Captain in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Twenty dollars ---cents per month, to commence on the 24th day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this 23 day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
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MURDOCH & MULLEN,
Attorneys
John N. Murdoch
John R. Mullen, Notaries



Wabasha, Minn., Mch. 25th 1893..........189...

Hon. W. W. Case,
Washington, D. C.

My Dear Sir: It occurs to me that you may be willing to take a little trouble to help an old townsman. I desire to obtain such information as I can, with regard to the Revolutionary Service of my Maternal Grandfather, Captain Jacob Wales, who was an officer in the Revolution from the State of Massachusetts. He was dead before I was born, but somewhere from 1836 to 1840 his widow Esther Howard Wales received a pension from the United States for his services. Simply to qualify myself or my boys to join the order of The Sons of the Revolution, I desire to obtain such information as the Pension Office must have had with regard to Captain Wales service.
Will you please pass this letter into the hands of the party who has charge of these old papers and ask him to write me fully on the subject?
Very respectfully,
John N. Murdock

Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions for reply.
W.W. Case-Bel. of Rev.
Mch 30. 93
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(Stamped) Bureau of Pensions
Mar 30 1893
Office of Chief Clerk

(Stamped) Old War and Navy Files
Mar 30 1893
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Rev
WIDOW &c. 

File No. 22493
Phebe Wales
Widow of Jacob Wales
Capt. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: Vol. M Page 312

[Arrangement of 1870]
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IN CONGRESS
The DELEGATES of the UNITED STATES of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina and Georgia, TO
Jacob Wales Gentleman Greeting
We, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO by these Presents constitute and appoint you to be first Lieutenant of the first Company whereof Nathl. Winslow is Captain in the Battalion whereof Thomas Marshall Esqr is Colonel in the Army of the United States, raised for the Defence of American Liberty, ad for repelling every hostile Invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of first Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as their first Lieutenant. And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress, for that Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your superior Officer, according the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress. Dated at Boston this sixth day of November one Thousand seven hundred and seventy six. By Order of the Congress,
John Hancock, President
Attest, Chas. Thomson Secy.
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James L. Edwards, Esq.
Comm. of Pensions
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Templeton, Ms. [Mass.] Dec. 9th 1836

To J. L. Edwards, Esq.

Sir, I send you again for the paper of Phebe Wales, with the declaration made before a Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester.
I am very respectfully yours,
Edward Kirkland for
Sameul Lee


To J. L. Edwards Esq.
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I Samuel Simond, a Clergyman residing in the Town of Winchendon in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts doe testify and say That I was personally acquainted with Captain Jacob Wales late of said Winchendon deceased. That I now am and have for many years also been acquainted the Phebe Wales the widow of said Jacob who now resides in said Winchendon. That the said Jacob Wales died at said Winchendon about the middle of the month of February in the year of our Lord 1821. That I attended the funeral of said Jacob as the officiating Clergyman. I also testify that the said Jacob was a Pensioner under the act of Congress of 18th March 1818--I also further testify that the said Phebe Wales is now and ever has been a widow since the decease of her husband the aforesaid Jacob Wales.
Samuel Simond

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County Ss. Dec. 3d 1836
Then personally appeared the above named Samuel Simond and made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is just and true. I also certify that full faith and credit ought to be given to his testimony.
Samuel Lee Jus. Peace
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MURDOCH & MULLEN
Attorneys
John H. Murdoch
John R. Mullen, Notaries

Wabasha, Minn. Jan. 24th, 1893......189..

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. 

Sir: I desire to trace the record of Captain Jacob Wales my maternal grandfather who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, holding a commission as Captain and enlisted from Massachusetts. His widow Esther Wales received a pension from the United States somewhere from 1835 to 1840. Any information you can give me from the records of your office with regard to Captain Wales and his service in the Army of the Revolution will be gratefully appreciated by
Yours Very Respectfully,
John N. Murdoch

Dictated.
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Stamped-Old War and Navy Files, Feb 3, 1893
Stamped-U. S. Pension Office B Jan. 31, 1893