Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 13608, for Thomas Larned, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE Conn Mass

NUMBER   W. 13608  B.L. Wt. 10219-160-55

Larned, Thomas
Hannah

CONTENTS


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5121
Massachusetts
Hannah Larned
widow of Thomas Larned
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private - Mass
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
38 Dollars 32 Cents per annum to commence
the 15 June 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued
28th day of Sept. 1848
and sent to
Geo. M Prentiss
Worcester Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under
February 2, 1848, Page 83. Vol. 2
Revy 3rd M 55 - 5121
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3938
Massachusetts
Thomas Larned-
of Worcester in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain.......... of the Regt commanded
by Col Marshall in the Mass
line for 11 Mos 15 Dys
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Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 38 Dollars 32 Cents 
per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Jany 1833 and Sent, George A Tufts 
Dudley Mass
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832.....................  $57.48
$57.48
Semi=anl. allowance ending 21 Mar 31 $19.16
............................................................................... $76.64
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Stephen Blain Clerk
Book D.  Vol. 2nd   Page 97.
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58.523
Act March
Larned,
Hannah Larned widow of
Thomas Larned Dec.
Revolutionary War
Capt Mass: Troops
Col.  .............................
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Mass Mil.
Ent. ..........day of...........
Dis. ..........day of .........
War  Revolution,
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New Pensioner of the U. States
Mass.  Feby 48 no. 5121
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Wi 160 Acres. Nov. 16" 1855,
Boynton
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S. M. Knight, Atty
Present
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An: S. M. Knight, Sept 25/55.
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Vol.4.-
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11,484
Thos. Larned

on Roll Col Marshall's Regt
enlisted 29 Jun 1780 for 6 mos. discharged
13 Dec 1780
W. C. E.
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11 Mo & 15 days
Adm-

$38.32 
George A. Tufts Esq
Dudley Mass
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11484
Brief in the case of Thomas Larned of Dudley
County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
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1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?  70
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. -  Duration of Service -    Rank
...................Years, ....Months...Days
Nov In 1777             3 mos.         Private
May  '80                   x 6 mos.          "
Oct.  '81                    3 Mos         Substitute
                                                    Orderly Sgt

                 x on Roll 5 Mos & 15 days

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Cap Clark
Cap King   Col. Marshall
Cap Soper  Col Gerrent or Jarmat
Cap Robbins Col McLellan

5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dudley
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Five living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Right

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

H. C. Easton
Examining Clerk.
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Hannah Larned
widow of Thomas,
Mass
Act 2 Feb 1848,
Married 1785
Hus died 15 June 1848.
Adm 11-1/2 mos private
$38.32 per annum
Com'y 15 June 1848,

G. M. Prentiss,
Worcester Mass
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"These certify whom it may concern that the underwritten couple were married by the subscriber at the time specified
Thomas Larned and Hannah Morris both
of Dudley May twelfth seventeen hundred
eighty-five.
Chas. Gleason,  Clerk"
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The above is a true extract from the Records of the Town of Dudley in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows, May 12th 1785.
Attest,
Lemuel Healy,  Town Clerk
Town Clerk's Office⎬
Dudley, April 27, 1849}

I Lemuel Healy, above named, depose and say
that I hold the office of Town Clerk, in the County Town and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named
certified by me
Lemuel Healy, {Town Clerk of the said Town of Dudley}
Worcester, ss April 28, 1849.
Sworn to before me,
Moses Barnes {Justice of the Peace.
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Thomas Larned Son of William Larned and Elizabeth his wife was born January 5th 1762
Record Aug. 13th 1832, the above is a true copy of Record

Attest Benj. F. Campbell    . Clerk
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DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, SS.
ON this Sixth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Hon Nathl Paine Judge of Probate now sitting Thomas Larned a resident of Dudley in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he enlisted as a volunteer and private at Dudley sometime in November 1777 in a Company of Militia commanded by Capt Black and was stationed at Boston Neck so called, in Kingston State of Rhode Island. He does not know to what Regiment said company was attached - That he served in said Company for three months and was discharged by his officers sometime in January 1778. That he again enlisted at said Dudley in the year
1780, sometime in the month of May he thinks, in the Continental service
for the term of six months, that he was mustered at Springfield Mass and from thence marched to West Point, at West point he was in Capt King's Company and Col. Marshals Regiment for about three weeks that he was then detached from said Company and placed
in the Company of Capt. Soper and attached to a Regiment of Light Infantry commanded by Col Garrent or Jerrat A French Col. -
was then marched into the Jersey Country so called was at the English -Neighborhood Morristown & Chamberton., He was discharged in the month of December 1780 by the Col. He again enlisted as a substitute
for Samuel Corbin of Thompson in the State of Connecticut in the year 1781 sometime in the month of October he thinks, and served at
Fort Groton near New London in said State of Connecticut in Capt Robbins Company he thinks and Col. McLellan's Regiment of Militia
for the Term of three months, as an orderly Seargent and was discharged by order of the Col.in January 1782. He has not been able to find any witnesses who served with him in his last service. Stephen Healy and Lemuel Healy both of Dudley are witnesses of his said services in Rhode Island and Nathan'l May of his service in the Continental line, and Lucy Hancock, and Reuben Phipps are best
witnesses he can procure of his said last named duty or service-
He states that he was born in Oxford in said County of Worcester in the month
of January 1762, and the record of his age is   in the Records of sd Oxford
He lived in Dudley at the aforesaid times of his enlistment and has lived there ever since-
He was a volunteer in his said two
first mentioned terms of service and a substitute in his last. He recollects beside the officers above named. Gen Lafayettel who made him a present of two ostrich feathers while he was in the Continental service
He received a written discharge from the Continental service signed by the Col. he thinks, that the same was deliver to the officers of the town of Dudley to enable the town to recieve his wages and is now lost
I Aaron Tufts Esq. and the Rev Abiel Williams both of Dudley can testify of his character for veracity and their belief of his said services 
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on
the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
   Thomas Larned
Before Nathan'l Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
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We Abiel Williams a Clergyman residing in the Town of Dudley and Aaron Tufts residing in said Dudley hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Larned who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
    Abiel Williams
    Aaron Tufts
 Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before Nath'l Paine Judge of Probatefor the county of Worcester
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Abiel Williams who signed
the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Town of Dudley and that 
Aaron Tufts who has also signed the same is a resident in the said Town of Dudley and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit,
Nath Paine Judge of
Probate for the County of Worcester
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Theophilus Wheeler Regiter Clerk of the Court of Probate for the County do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Lamed for a pension and that Geo. A Tufts & Aaron Tufts who have certified & signed the annexed affidavits are Justices of the Peace for said county & entitled to credit attest that each of their signatures appear to me to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this
7th day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
   Theophilis Wheeler Reg of said Probate
Court, in Massachusetts
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58.523
Hannah Larned
Act 3 Mar 55

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S. M. Knight,
Present,
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State of Massachusetts}
County of Worcester ss.}
On this third day of April 1855, before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared to Charles C Williams and Edward W. Williams residents of Dudley County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts known to me as credible persons, who made oath, in due form of law, that Hannah Larned
who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration is, to
their personal knowledge the identical person to whom, under the provisions of the Act of 29th February 1848 a pension of ...thirty Eight & thirty two cents...dollars per annum has been granted for the services of her late husband Thomas Larned, deceased, a Private
of the Revolutionary war.
That since being placed on the roll of Pensioners, she, the said  Hannah Larned has not intermarried, but remains, and now is, a widow: That they have known her for Thirty years, and derive their knowledge of the facts herein named from the following circumstances, to wit: They live within within sixty rods of said Hannah Larned and have lived there for the space of thirty years and know her to be the widow of Thomas Larned
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They further state that they are disinterested witnesses. 
Charles C. Williams
Edward W. Williams
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Sworn to, and subscribed before me, the day and year above written.
   Moses Barnes J.P.
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State of Massachusetts,}
County of Worcester} Ss.
I Hereby Certify, That Moses Barnes, Esq., before whom the foregoing Declaration, Power of Attorney and Affidavits were made and acknowledged, and who has hereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing an authorized Justice the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, and that signature
thereto is genuine. I further certify, that in the within application I am not interested as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County aforesaid, this
fourth day of April 1855.
   Wm. Smith Assistant Clerk of said Supreme Judicial Court.
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NOTES.
1. Insert the widow's full name. 2. Give the Post Office address.
3. Insert the title of the Act under which her Revolutionary Pension was granted.
4. State the amount in dollars and cents.
5. Insert the full name of her late husband.  
6. State what rank he held.
7. Give the name of the County in which he lived at the time of his death. 
8. Insert the registry number of her Pension Certificate.
9. Give its date.
10. State where made payable 
11. Widow's signature in full. 
12. Magistrate's signature.
13. Insert the witnesses' full names. 
14. Give their Post Office address.
15. Here give a statement of the facts and circumstances from which the foregoing testimony is adduced, or from which the witnesses knowledge is derived.
16. Witnesses' signature.
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State of Massachusetts⎬ ss.
County of Worcester}

On this third day of April 1855, before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Hannah Larned aged 89
years, a resident of Dudley County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts who made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical: Hannah Larned to whom, under the
provisions of the Act of 29th of February 1848 a pension of Thirty Eight dollars & thirty two cents per annum has been allowed for the services of her late husband: Thomas Larned a
Private of the Revolutionary war, and late of Worcester County, State of Massachusetts
She further states that her Pension Certificate under the aforesaid Act of  29 of February 1848 is numbered........................ , bears date the Twenty Eighth day of September 1849 and made payable at the Boston, Mass, Agency.  She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act of 3d March, 1855, never having received or known herself entitled, or made application, under any previous act of Congress. In evidence of her marriage and proof of service of her said husband, she respectfully refers to the proof heretofore adduced, now on file in the Pension Office, and upon which her annuity as aforesaid was granted.
That, since being placed on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners, she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of
the said Thomas Larned
She appoints as her attorney for the within specified purpose, and with power of substitution, S. M. KNIGHT, of Washington City, D. C.
   Hannah
   Her  X  Mark
   Larned

Attest:
Charles C. Williams
Edward W. Williams
SWORN TO, SUBSCRIBED AND ACKNOWLEDGED before me, the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Hannah Larned to be the identical person she alleges herself to be - a Pensioner of the United States, and at the date of the execution of this declaration a widow; and that I am not interested in her claim as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
Moses Barnes J. Peace
(For NOTES, see opposite page.)
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to the Hon. Thomas Kinnicutt, Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Hannah Larned of Dudley in said County respectfully represents that she is the widow of Thomas Larned, late of said Dudley, deceased, who was a Pensioner of the United States, and that she is entitled to a Pension, and is
desirous of making the necessary Declaration for that purpose, but is unable from age and infirmity to attend personally in Court for that purpose
Wherefore she prays that a Commission may
be issued to some suitable person, to take her declaration under oath, for the purpose aforesaid, out of Court
April 27. 1849
    her
   Hannah  X  Larned
    mark
Attest Moses Barnes
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss. To George M. Prentiss of Worcester in said County of Worcester, Esquire
Greeting
Whereas Hannah Larned of Dudley in said County of Worcester, has made application to the Court of Probate for said County of Worcester, setting forth that she is desirous of making a declaration for the purpose of obtaining a Pension from the United States, and that she is unable from age and bodily infirmity to attend personally in Court for that purpose, and requesting that a Commission may issue for the purpose of taking such declaration out of Court
   Therefore, reposing confidence in your prudence, wisdom and fidelity the said Court of Probate hereby request, authorize and
empower you to take the Declaration of the said under oath, which Declaration you are to reduce to writing in due form, and the same so reduced to writing and subscribed and sworn to by the Declarant, you are requested to return together with this commission, and your doings therein, to the said Court of Probate.
   In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand, and cause the seal of said Court to be affixed at Worcester this twenty seventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine
Thos Kinnicutt
Judge of Probate
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Declaration. In order to obtain the benefit of theAct of Congress of the 29th July 1848
Commonwealth of Massachusetts}
Worcester County} ss. ..................On this twenty-seventh day of April A.D. 1849 personally appeared before the subscriber a
Commissioner duly appointed for the purpose, by the Honorable Thomas Kinnicutt, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Worcester, Hannah Larned, resident of
Dudley in the County of Worcester aforesaid, aged Eighty three years, who being 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 the twenty-ninth day of July A.D. 1848, entitled, "An Act
for the relief of certain surviving widows of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army- that she is the widow of Thomas Larned- who was a Private - in the Army of the Revolution, and who served as set forth in his declaration to obtain a pension under the act of the 7th June 1832. and who drew a pension of Thirty eight Dollars & thirty-two cents per annum, under said Act of 7th June 1832.
   She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Larned on the twelfth day of May, in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty-five; (1785) that her husband, the
aforesaid Thomas Larned did on the fifteenth day of June A.D. 1848, that she was not married to him prior to his
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leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second of January Eighteen hundred. viz; at the time above and before stated. She further declares that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a Pension
her
Hannah X Larned
mark
Attest Moses Barnes
Harriet K Larned
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, towit; April 27. 1849.
Before me,
Geo. M. Prentiss, Commissioner
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And I further certify that the said Hannah Larned by reason of age and bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court
Geo. M. Prentiss  Commissioner
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Worcester County
On this twenty seventh day of April, A.D. 1849 personally appeared before the Subscriber
a Justice of the Peace for said County of Worcester, Moses Barnes of Dudley in said County, a disinterested person and whose statements are entitled to credit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, depose and say that he has known Hannah Larned, mentioned in her Declaration
which is hereto annexed for more than twenty years last past, and that he knows that she is the widow of Thomas Larned, mentioned in said Declaration; and that he has been personally acquainted with said Hannah during the time above stated, and also with the said Thomas Larned up to the time of his death; and that the said Hannah Larned is still living in said Dudley
   Moses Barnes
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above written
Before me
Geo. M. Prentiss, Justice of the Peace
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No. 58523
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 10th 1855
Thos. Larned Dec. Pri.
Mass Troops
Rev. War
10219-160-55
S. M. Knight
Present
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10.219

Not Ans
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Bn: Act 2'd Feb. 48, Mass

Boynton
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Additional Evidence
No. 58.523  Act. 1855
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Hon J. Minot
Comr of Pensions
Present
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58523
Hannah Larned
and
Thomas
Mass Feb'y 48-5121
Boynton
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Washington,
Nov. 12th 1835
Hon. J. Moissont.}
Court of Pensions} 
 Sir:

Agreeably to the requirements of your letter of the 25th of September, I have the honor to enclose herewith record evidence of the Revolutionary services of Thomas Larned;
and desire respectfully that the application of
his widow, Hannah Larned, for bounty land
under the late act, may be reconsidered
Very respectfully
Your obt. sert.
S. M. Knight
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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 13608
Hannah Larned
Widow of
Thomas Larned
Pri Rev War

Act: Feb 2d '48
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 419
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, SS.
Charles G. Prentiss
I, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, that Thomas Larned was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of thirty-eight Dollars and thirty-eight Cents per annum; was a resident of the County of Worcester in the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, and died in Dudley, in said County, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight on the fifteenth day of June, that he left a widow, whose name is Hannah Larned and who is now living in said Dudley.
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In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Worcester, this twenty seventh day of
April in the year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and forty-nine
Chas. G Prentiss,  Register
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11,484
Thos. Larned

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George A Tufts Esq
Dudley Mass
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Thomas Larned which require further proof or explanation.

1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? YES
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? YES
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? YES
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?
YES
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
YES
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
YES
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
YES
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? YES
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
YES
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
YES
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? YES
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
YES
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the of the applicant's service?
YES
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  YES
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? YES
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For......year
..........months and ..........days, I served as a............
For .......... months and .................days, I served as a ...................................... ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
† QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office, Boston May 31st 1849.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the
annexed attestations Thomas Kinnicutt was Judge of the Court of Probate, George M. Prentiss and Mose Barnes were Justices of the Peace for the County of Worcester in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. B. Calhoun
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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11484
I Jason Phipps of Thompson in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut of lawful age do testify & say That I am now seventy five years of age that I have always lived in said Thompson and that I did duty in said Thompson in the militia of that town in Capt
Samuel Chandler Company previous to and up to the year 1785. I recollect that in the year AD 1781, sometime in the last of Summer or the first of the Autumn of that year a call or draft was made upon said Company to perform
a tour of Duty in the service of the United States at Fort Groton in the State of Connecticut. I recollects that Samuel Corbin was then a Sargeant in said Company and
was drafted to perform said duty. That said Corbin had at that time are infant child and his family was sick he therefore hired Thomas Larned to perform said duty who now lives in Dudley, as said Samuel Corbin then
informed me and it was well understood in the neighborhood said Samuel Corbin died about the year 1787, and all the officers in said Company are now dead. I was well
acquainted with said Corbin- our farms were adjoining and I distinctly recollect the fact that said Corbin was drafted and that his family was sick as above stated at that time, and I distinctly recollect that Corbin told me
about the time of his being drafted that he had procured said Larned to perform the duty-- I know that said Corbin did not perform said duty. Samuel Chandler the Captain above named who is long since dead informed me at the time of said draft that said tour of duty was to be four months and it was generally understood to be for four months and further
the deponent saith not-
   Jason Shipps
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Worcester Sept 1st 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Jason Phipps and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed, before me
and I certify that said Phipps is well known to me and is reputed a man of truth & entitled to credit-
Geo. A Tufts  Jus: of Peace
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I Lucy Hancock of Dudley in the County of
Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I am now seventy two years old. That I recollect that sometime in the Autumn of 1781, (in October I think), my then Husband Samuel Corbin of Thompson in the State of
Connecticut was called upon to perform a tour of Duty in the service of the United States, as I
understood, he was to march to New London or near there. I suppose my said Husband was drafted I recollect however that I was there sick and that my husband did not go himself to perform the duty but hired my brother Thomas Larned of Dudley to go as a Substitute, and I know my said Brother went for my husband, and as I suppose performed the whole tour of duty required. I cannot
state how long a term the above was except as I have heard the same from my said Brother, and further the Deponent saith not
   Lucy Hancock
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Worcester SS August 27th 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Lucy Hancock and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by her subscribed, and
I hereby certify that said deponent is a woman
well known to me and expected to be a woman of truth and veracity-
Before me Geo a Tufts   Justice of the Peace
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I Lemuel Healy of Dudley in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawfull age do testify 
and say that I am now seventy two years of age, that I served in Capt Clerks Company of Militia but I do not recollect the Regiment at Boston neck so called in the State of Rhode Island for the term of three months
think we went to Rhode Island late in the fall of the year 1777 and were discharged some time in the Winter following - I served in the same company with Thomas Larned of said Dudley I know that he served three months in said Company of which I have a distinct recollection and further the deponant saith not.
   Lemuel Healy
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Worcester August 13th 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Lemuel Healy and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed-
Before me Geo. A Tufts Justice of the Peace
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Worcester Ss. August 13, 1832 his may certify that the above named Lemuel Healy is reputed to be a man truth and veracity
Aaron Tufts   Justice of the Peace
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I Stephen Healy of Dudley in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify and say that I am now seventy years old that I served in Capt Clerks Company of Militia but
do not recollect the Regiment- at Boston Neck
in the State of Rhode Island, for the term of three months in the winter of the year 1777 and 1778. I was not drafted not being of the age able to make me do military duty But I went voluntarily I served in the same company
with Thomas Larned of said Dudley - I know that his three months in said Company of which I have a perfect recollection because I messed with said Larned all the time we were at said Boston Neck at the expiration of the term we were discharged by our officers-further the deponent saith not
   Stephen Healy
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Worcester SS August 11th 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Stephen Healy and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me Geo, A. Tufts Justice of the Peace
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Worcester August 11th 1832 This may certify that the above named Stephen Healy is reputed to be a man of truth and veracity
Aaron Tufts Jus Peace
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I Nathaniel May of Webster in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawful age to testify and say. That I was born in Dudley AD 1762 the fifth day of September-that sometime in the month of May, it might be June AD 1780 I enlisted in the continental service at Dudley for the
term of six months and at the same time with several others Thomas Larned of said Dudley enlisted in the same service for the same term of six months- He as well as myself both marched I think in June it might be May- first to Springfield where we were mustered, but I do not recollect under what officer we mustered-- from Springfield in Massachusetts
we both marched to West Point, and at West
point the said Larned and myself were both
enrolled in the Tenth Massachusetts Regiment
commanded by Col Marshal, I was in Capt
Kings Company but I am not certain that said
named was in the same Company, but within
the space of about one month after our arrival at West Point, as near as I can recollect, the said Larned was detached from said Tenth Regiment and enrolled in a Regiment of Light Infantry but who commanded said Regiment of Light Infantry I do not know. The said Larned and myself from the time of his said detachment were separated and only occasionally met till we again came together at West Point to go into Winter quarters the said Regiment of Light Infantry was marched from West Point, soon after said Larneds
detachment, into the Jerseys so called, and I cannot
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give any account of him till we met at said
West Point. I met the said Larned at West Point
sometime very late in the fall or the very first
of Winter, I remember that snow had fallen. I have no doubt but that the said Larned served his six months. I was first discharged and arrived home at Dudley a few days before he the said Larned reached home I do not know that any of those persons who served with me and the said Larned are living, and I do know that many of them are dead, and further the deponent saith not
   Nath May
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Worcester Ss. August 6th 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Nathaniel May
and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me Geo A Tufts Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Nathaniel May is reputed to be a man of truth and veracity.
Geo A Tufts Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston
November 5th 1855
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 Thomas Learned is borne on list
of men raised in the Town of Dudley for
six mos to reinforce the Continental Army in
the year 1780 from June 26 to Dec. 12. 1780,
5 Mos. 25 days, and signed by the Selectmen of Dudley, and sworn to April 11. 1782, and allowed in Council April 24, 1782.
...............................................................................................In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Chas. W Swett
Dep'ty Secretary of the Commonwealth
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I am now 89 years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
Witness my hand, this Twenty Seventh day of October A.D. 1855

Hannah
Her X Mark
Larned

Signed by said Hannah Larned in my presence.}
Moses Barnes JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. }
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston
18...
Sir:
Be pleased to file a declaration in this office, agreeably to the accompanying regulations, and search will be made for the revolutionary
service of ...............................................................
and the result forwarded to your address. Particular attention is called to the second regulation
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully
Your obedient servant,
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The following REGULATIONS, to be observed in the examination of the Revolutionary Rolls in this office, have been rendered necessary under the rules which are established in the Pension Department at Washington, viz: --
1. Every application requiring search or certificate must be made to the Secretary, in writing, by the claimant, or by some person duly authorized by the claimant; and the signature to the application must be attested by some magistrate.
2. In all cases where the application is made by any person other than the claimant, a power of attorney, attested by a magistrate, authorizing such person to act in the claimant's behalf, must accompany the application.
3. The application must set forth, as fully as the circumstances of the case will allow, the residence and service of the soldier, and the names of the officers under whom he served; and no search will be made until after the filing
of such written application.
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"Regulations to be observed in the examination of the Massachusetts Revolutionary Papers in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
..............................................................................................
" The application must be made to the Secretary, in writing, by the claimant, or by some person duly authorized by the claimant, by a written power of attorney, attested by a magistrate. The signature of the claimant must in all cases be attested in like manner.
" The application must set forth, as fully as the circumstances of the case will allow, the residence of the soldier, &c., at the time of the service, and the names of the various officers under whom he served, as well as the
nature of such service.
" The certificate of the Secretary must show that the search was made, after the filing of such application, by himself, or by one of his clerks, alone, and must be accompanied by the original application of the claimant or of his attorney, and by a detailed statement, under the signature of the Secretary and the Seal of the State, of the circumstances which satisfied that officer of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual
who rendered the service.
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions."
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The following is an extract from a letter received by the Secretary from J. E. Heath, Esq., Commissioner of Pensions, dated March 19, 1852: --
"I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3d inst., accompanied by a copy of the Regulations now in force in your office in the examination of your Revolutionary Rolls; and, in reply to your questions, have to state that, in my opinion, the said Regulations could not be relaxed in any particular without
serious injury to the Government and the rights of individuals justly entitled to the benefits of the Revolutionary Pension Laws. Indeed, even with those guards around your rolls, I am satisfied they are frequently used by
unscrupulous individuals to sustain applications not embraced by the laws, and as a means of obtaining exorbitant fees."
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APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES.
made by the Widow Hannah Larned of the party who rendered the service
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State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester
Town of Dudley

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office,  of the service of Thomas Larned a Private
the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Dudley in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts
He enlisted from the Town of Dudley in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts in the year 1777 as a Private
in the Company commanded by Captain
Samuel Healy in Dudley, Regiment "do not recollect" and he served as follows, viz:--
Providence R.I. his service was three months, he also served at Groton, Ct two or three months he was there immediately after Groton fort was taken by the British the officers he was
under there "do not recollect" he also served under General Layfayett, Col. Gerratt & Capt Soper in the State of New York Six months
I think he served under Col Marshal but cannot
tell when

Here describe, as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c., of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other
particulars known.