Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20617, Michael Antony, R.I.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
R. I.

CONTENTS
Antony, Michael
Antoney or
Margaret

NUMBER
W. 20617
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I Jacob Perry of Charlestown in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island on oath depose and say that I was 74 years of age the 30th day of January [illegible] and I well remember that in the month of May 1788 my sister Margaret Perry now the widow Margaret
Anthony was lawfully united in marriage to Michael Anthony late of Smithfield in and State deceased. The marriage was solemnized by Peley Cross Esq of said Charlestown then a Justice of the Peace. I worked for the said Peter Cross that summer. I was then in my twenty fourth year my Sister Margaret was I believe about nineteen and said Michael Anthony much older. I well recollect that my father was opposed to the match and the said Margaret and the said Michael came to the house of the said Justice where I then lived and were married them. I was present in the house and witnessed the marriage. My sister Abigail now Abigail Reed came with the said [illegible] and Bride and was present when they were married I know by amounts that I have kept of my own business that the aforesaid marriage took place as before stated in the month of May 1778 I further say that the said Michael Anthony died in the town of Smithfield above named (as have understood) in the month of May 1813 and that the said Margaret Anthony had remained a widow ever since the decease
of her said husband.

Witness
Sulann B Bent

Dan King

his mark Jacob Perry
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State of Rhode Island at Charlestown in the County of Washington June 24th 1839 on this day personally came before me Jacob Perry the within named deponent who upon oath by me administered to him gave and subscribed the within deposition which was by me taken and reduced to writing. I also certify that the said dep
ponent is well known to me that he is a person of
veracity and that his testimony is entitled to full
faith and credit.
Dan King
Justice Peace
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State of Rhode Island
County of Washington

On this 24th day
of August 1839 Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in said County Margaret Antoney a resident of Charlestown in said County of Washington aged 70 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows That she is the widow of Michael Antoney late of Smithfield in the County of Providence deceased who in the month of February 1777 enlisted as a private soldier in Colonel Angels Regiment in the Rhode Island line to serve during the war in which regiment the said Michael Antoney served until the war ended and was honourably discharged as she has understood the said Michael Antoney lived in the State of Rhode Island when he entered the service of the United States as aforesaid but in what town she cannot now tell; nor can she describe said
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service as it was performed before this applicant became acquainted with the said
Michael She has no documentary evidence
of said service but refers to the record of
the war department and the proof herewith
transmitted. She further declares that
she was married to the said Michael Antoney in the town of Charlestown where she now resides in the month of May 1788 by Peley Cross Esq a Justice of the Peace and that her husband the aforesaid Michael Antoney died in the town of Smithfield in the County of Providence in the month of May 1818 [or 1813] and that she has remained a widow ever since the decease of her said husband That she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to
the first day of January 1794 (viz) at the
time above stated  She further declares that she has no commentary evidence of her said marriage nor is it recorded in the records of said as the been town of Charlestown

Witness
Samuel Clarke

Her mark
Margaret
Antoney 

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before Samuel Clarke Justis Court Common Pleas
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I Abigail Reed of Charlestown in the County of
Washington and State of Rhode Island on solemn oath do further testify respecting the marriage of Michael Antoney and my sister Margaret as stated in my former affidavit. I know that the said Margaret had a certificate of her marriage which has been lost for many years I believe. At her request I have made diligent search for some family record to establish her said marriage or the ages of her children but I cannot find any. Her said husband was a roving unsettled man,
and as far as I can learn left no records of his marriage or the ages of his children  None of his children were baptised in infancy. Four of the oldest died young. Only two of the children are supposed to be living in this State at the present time, one of these is a daughter and the fifth child of this Michael and Margaret and the oldest now living, she is the widow Patience Harry of this town the other is the fifteenth of said children and the youngest living and is now Sarah Ann Lewis wife of Simeon P Lewis of this town. I again state
that I lived in my fathers family with my
said sister Margaret at the time of her marriage
as stated in my former deposition and I continued  at my father until after the execution of Thomas Mount at South Kingstown which was in May 1791 I think and I am certain that the said Margaret was married a considerable time, I think about three years, before the said execution and that she was living with her said husband at that time
as I before testified.
Witness

Her mark
Abigail
Reed
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I Moses Stanton Minister and Pastor of the Baptist Church in the town of Charlestown in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island on oath depose and say that I am well acquainted with Abigail Reed whose affidavit accompanies this. For many years she has been an exemplary member of the Church over which I am ordained and she is now in good standing and in full communion with said Church she has ever sustained an unblemished character and I consider her testimony as entitled to undoubted confidence I further say that I am well acquainted with the Widow Patience Harry of this town who I suppose is the eldest child living of Michael and Margaret Antoney She is now the second time a widow having had two husbands I was well
acquainted with her when she was young she was then as large as I was and I supposed her to be about my age I am now informed that she does not call herself as old as I suppose myself to be according to an account of my own age recorded in my family Bible which I believe is correct I was born on the twenty fourth day of March seventeen hundred
and ninety two. She said Patience Harry may be
one or two years younger. Moses Stanton

State of Rhode lsland at Charlestown in the County of Washington November 12th 1839 Personally came before me Moses Stanton the above name deponent who upon oath by me administered to him give and subscribed the preceeding deposition which reduced to writing in his presence and by him [illegible] in my presence I also certify that I am well acquainted with the said Moses Stanton that [illegible] a good character and his testimony  is entitled to credit.
Dan King Justice Peace
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State of Rhode Island at Charlestown in the County
of Washington November 12th 1839 Personally
appeared before me Abigail Reed the within
named deponent who upon oath by me administered to her gave and subscribed the within
deposition which was reduced to writing in her
presence and by her subscribed in my
presence I also certify that the said Abigail
Reed is well known to me that she [illegible]
a good Character and her testimony is 
entitled to credit
Dan King Justice Peace
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I Simeon P Lewis of Charlestown in the County
of Washington and State of Rhode Island on oath
depose and say that I am forty eight years of age
My present wife Sarah Ann Lewis is a daughter
of Michael and Margaret Antony I married
her about 12 years ago she was then a widow having
had a former husband Since my acquaintance
with the family I have been informed that her
parents had sixteen children born in lawful wedlock
and that my said wife is the fifteenth This account
I presume is true although I have never seen
all the children My wife cannot write and has
no record of her age but according to my reckoning
which I believe is correct she is thirty one years
old I have understood that her father died of consumption and that
many of the children died under five years of age
Simeon P Lewis
State of Rhode Island at Charlestown in the County of
Washington November 14th 1839 Personally came
before me Simeon P. Lewis the above named deponent who
upon oath by me administered to him gave and subscribed
the preceeding deposition which was reduced to writing in his
presence and by him subscribed in my presence I also
certify that the said deponent is well known to me that
he is a person of truth and his testimony is entitled to
full credit
Dan King Justice Peace
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Margaret Antoney
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Margaret Antoney
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I Patience Harry of Charleston in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island on  solemn oath depose and say that I am the oldest child living of Michael Antoney late of Smithfield deceased and Margaret Antoney now of Charleston in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island the said Michael and Margaret had sixteen children born in lawful wedlock.  I am the fifth of said children and the eldest living,  One died in infancy without a name.  The names of the others are as follows:         
Elijah, Thomas, Nathan, Polly, Patience, Elisha, Mary Ann, John Venner, Hannah L. Dura, Michael,  Martin, [illegible], no name, William, Sarah Ann, Artemas Venner.

Only six of these children are supposed to be living at  the present time.  My father died of consumption and I believe eight or nine of the children also died of the same disorder.  When I was young my father and mother had a certificate of marriage as I  then  understood which as I remember was kept in my father's pocket book and I recall [illegible] being told not to tear it to   pieces but I could not read [illegible] and do not know what became of it.  I do not recall that there was any family record kept of the ages of the children.  I know of none at the present.  I have no record of my own age but according to what my parents have uniformly to told me I was forty five years of age on the first day of June 1830.  This is correct I believe I was
about twenty four years of age when I was married to my first husband Charles Phillips and my eldest  child is now over twenty years of age.  If Elijah my oldest brother had lived to this time he would have been as much as fifty years old.  When I was young my father was poor and moved often.  Some of my brothers and sisters were born in he State of Massachusetts some in 
Brerslaville and some in Gloucester and some in Smithfield in this state are











.  If Elijah
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have understood from my parents. I believe my
father left some papers at his decease but my mother
could not read writing and has not preserved them
Neither my father or mother or ever belonged to any
church or religious society that I know of
Patience Harry her + mark
Witness
Dan King
State of Rhode Island at Charlestown
in the County of Washington November
14th 1839 Personally appeared Patience
Harry the above named deponent who
upon oath by me administered to her
came and subscribed the preceeding
Deposition which was reduced to writing
in her presence and by her subscribed
in my presence I also certify that the
said deponent is well known to me that she [illegible]
a good character and her testimony is entitled
to full credit
Don King Justice Peace
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[seal and ribbon]
State of Rhode Island &c
Secretary's Office Decem 24. 1839
I Henry Bowen Secretary of
said State and Keeper of
the Records and the seal
thereof
Do Certify, that at the session of the General
Assembly of said State holden in the second
Monday of June last Dan King was
elected Justice of the Peace for the town of
Charleston in the County of Washington
until the first Wednesday of May next and
Commissioned accordingly, as appears of record
In testimony whereof I hereunto
set my hand and affix the Seal of said
State the day and year above written
Henry Bowen
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3893
Rhode Island
Margaret Anthony
widow of Michael Anthony
R. I. 
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
15 day of Feby 1849
and sent to
Joseph H. Griffin
Charlestown R. I.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 1 Vol. 3
Reported
Feby 15/49
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3893
Rhode Island
Margaret Anthony
widow of Michael Anthony
R. I. 
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
15 day of Feby 1849
and sent to
Joseph H. Griffin
Charlestown R. I.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 1 Vol. 3
Reported
Feby 15/49
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20.617
Margaret Anthony
Widow of
Michael Anthony
Pri Rev War
---◆---
Act Feb 2d.48
Index: Vol. A, Page 15-
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20.617
Margaret Anthony
Widow of
Michael Anthony
Pri Rev War
---◆---
Act Feb 2d.48
Index: Vol. A, Page 15-
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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2542
Rhode Island
Margaret Antony
widow of Michael Anthony
who was a Private
in the R. I. line
for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars ----
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
---
Certificate of Pension issued the
31st day of Oct 1843
and sent to Benja Cowell
Providence 
R. I. 
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page A.83

Rept Oct 31
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2542
Rhode Island
Margaret Antony
widow of Michael Anthony
who was a Private
in the R. I. line
for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars ----
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
---
Certificate of Pension issued the
31st day of Oct 1843
and sent to Benja Cowell
Providence 
R. I. 
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page A.83

Rept Oct 31
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Rhode-Island 4953
Margaret Antony
widow of Michael Antony, decd.
[following lined out] Who was a pensioner under the Act of [end line out]
and who died in the month of May 1813 -
of Washington Co. in the State of Rhode Island
who was a private in the ___ commanded
by Captain ___ of the ___ commanded
by ___ in the Rhode Island
line for 2 years private
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island
at the rate of 80 Dollars ___ Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of January 1840
and sent to Benjamin Cowell, Esq. Providence, R. Island
Arrears to the 4th of March 1840   $320.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept   40.00
[underline]
$360.00
{ Act July 7,
1838.
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk,
Book A Vol. 2 Page 1.
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V 6085
See let. to Benj'n. Cowell
October 25, 1839
Act 7 July 38
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3157
Margaret Anthony
$80 per ann.
Benj. Cowell
Providence
Rhode Island
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State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
On this 7th  day of July AD 1843 personally appeared
before me a Justice of the Peace in said County Margaret
Anthony now resident in the town of Charlestown
in said County aged 70 years who being duly sworn
according to law doth on her oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the
benefits of the act of Congress passed March 3 1843
granting pensions to widows of persons who served
during the Revolutionary war viz that she is
the widow of Michael Anthony deceased who served
in said War as a private That she received 
a pension under the act of Congress of July 7
1838 at the rate of $80 per annum 
payable at the Agency for paying pensions
at Providence
Margaret Anthony her + mark
Attest Joseph H. Griffin
Washington ss, In Charlestown July 7. 1843
Personally appeared before me the above named
Margaret Authony and made oath to the truth
of the above declaration by her signed and I 
further certify her statement is entitled to full
credit
Joseph H. Griffin Justice Peace
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Washington Ss Clerks office Court of Common Pleas July 17 AD 1843
[seal]
I hereby certify that Joseph L. Griffin Esq. is one of the Justices of
the Peace for the Town of Charlestown in the County and State aforesaid
That he is hereby commissioned by the Governor of this
State and otherwise qualified to act
as such and that the within Signature
purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of the
Court the day and year above written
Witness Matthew Wente
Clerk
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aa
2542
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State of Rhode Island.
COUNTY of Washington }ss.
On this 19th day of September 1848,
personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Washington
Margaret Anthony
a resident of Charlestown in the county of Washington
aged seventy six 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 2d of February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war
;--That she is the Widow of Michael Anthony who was a
Private in the war of the Revolution, and that she received a pension of
Eighty dollars per annum, under the act of 17th of June, 1844. She further declares that
she is still a widow.
Margarate Anthony her + mark
Sworn and subscribed on the day and
year above written, before me, } ss.
Joseph H. Griffin Justice of the Peace
Witness
Alfred G Haley
Abby C. Griffin
I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who
drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit.
Joseph H. Griffin Justice of the Peace
State of Rhode Island,
COUNTY of Washington, } ss.
I William H. Perry Clerk of the Court of Probate of Charlestown
in the county aforesaid, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify,
that Joseph H. Griffin is a Justice of the Peace
in the county aforesaid, and is fully authorized to act in said capacity, and that his signatures above written are
genuine.
[seal]
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the se
said Court, at Charlestown on this twenty-fifth day of September AD 1848
Wm H. Perry, Probate Clk
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Providence Dec 26 1839
Sir
he answer to your letter of Oct 25
ult respecting the claim of Margaret
Antoney widow of Michael. I herewith
enclose further testimony in regard
to her marriage which I presume
will be satisfactory on the points stated
in your letter & will I think satisfy
you the marriage took place prior 
to first of Jany 1794
I am respectfully
your obt svt
Benja Cowell
J L Edwards, Esq
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Providence Sept 13 1839
Sir
I am requested to transmit to you
the enclosed application of Mrs Margaret
Antoney widow of Michal Antoney
for a pension under the act of July
7 1838
I am respectfully
Your obt svt
Benja Cowell
J L Edwards Esq
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Charlestown
R. I. Oct 3
Paid 20
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D. C.
3 R. I.
Mo Cole
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Charlestown R. I. Sept 27 1848
J. L. Edward Esq.
Sir I send you enclosed
the declarations of Martha Kingon, Sarah
Watson & Margarate Anthoney for the purpose
of obtaining pensions under act of Congress
Feb 2d 1848. As soon as their
Certificates are issued I want you to
send them to me
Yours Respectfully
Joseph H. Griffin
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Margaret Antony
6085
R. I.
Act 7. July 38
88 - 13.
2 yrs pri
80$
No deduction
Benja Cowell
Providence
R. Id.
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At the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of assize
and general jail delivery began and holden at
South Kingston within and for the County of
Washington on the first Monday of April being
the fourth day of said month AD 1791.
Be it remembered that the Grand Jurors in behalf
of the Governor and Company of the State of Rhode Island
and Providence Plantations and for the body of the
County of Washington on their engagements present
that Thomas Mount a transient person but now residing
in South Kingstown in the County of Washington Laborer
on the tenth day of December in the year of our Lord
one thousand, seven hundred and ninety between the hours
of nine and twelve oClock in the night of the same day
with force and arms at Westerly in said County the dwelling house of Joseph Potter of said Westerly, Trader
feloniously and burglariously did break and enter with
intent him the said Joseph Potter of his goods in the same
dwelling house then and there being feloniously and
burglariously to spoil and rob and the same goods
feloniously and burglariously to steal take and carry
away against the peace and dignity of the said Gove & 
Compy. The said Thomas Mount being brought before
the Court and asked whether he was guilty as aforesd.
Saith he is not guilty, whereupon a Jury of twelve
good and lawful men of the County aforesaid
being called here cometh Samuel Perry Foreman
Jude Taylor, Christopher Champlin, Frederic Gardner
Nathan Gardner Jr Thomas Congdon, Stephen Watson Jr
Benjamin Walton Jr Clarke Hopkins Timothy Lawton
Hasard Browning and Tenant Jefft Jun. who being
asked on their Oaths whether the prisoner at the bar
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is guilty or not guilty say he is Guilty. And upon this it
is demanded of the said Thomas Mount if he hath or knoweth
any thing to say wherefore the Justice here ought not upon
the premises and verdict aforesaid to proceed to Judgment
and Execution against him, who nothing further saith
unless as he before had said. Whereupon all and singular
on the premises being seen and by the said Justices here
fully understood. It is considered by the Court here
that the said Thomas Mount be taken to the Jail of the said
Governor and Company in the County of Newport from
whence he came and from thence to some suitable place
in the town of South Kingstown in the County of Washington
at the discretion of the Sheriff on Friday the 27th
day of May between the hours of twelve and three in the
afternoon of the same day and there be hanged by the
neck till he be dead.
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State of Rhode Island &c
Washington Sc Clerks Office Supreme Judicial
Court
I Powell Helme, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial
Court for the County of Washington do hereby
certify that the aforegoing is a true copy from
the minute book of said Court for the April
Term AD 1791
In testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of the
Court aforesaid this 12th
day of August AD 1839
Powell Helme, Clerk
[seal]
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
[seal]
Secretarys office Sept 10. 1839
Henry Bowen Secretary of
said State and Keeper of the
Records and the Seal thereof;
Do Certify, that at the session of the General assembly
of said State holden on the second Monday of June
last, Samuel Clarke was elected associate Justice
of the Court of Common Pleas within the County
of Washington Powell Helme, Clerk of the Supreme
Judicial Court for said County, and Dan King
Justice of the Peace for the town of Charlestown in
said County, each until the first Wednesday of
May next, and Commissioned accordingly as appears
of record. In testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said State
the day & year above written
Henry Bowen
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I Abigail Reed of Charlestown in the County of Washington
and State of Rhode Island on oath depose and say
that I am 76 years of age and am sister to
Margaret Antoney of said Charles Town who
is now the widow of Michael Antoney late
of Smithfield deceased and I well remember
the time when the said Margaret and the
said Michael were united in marriage 
The said Margaret and I then lived at home
with our father, he was opposed to the
said match The said Michael Antoney was
then to appearance a middle aged
man and my sister Margaret only
about nineteen but finding my sister
determined on being married to the said
Michael I went with them to the dwelling
house of Peleg Cross Esq who was then a 
Justice of the Peace in said town of Charlestown 
and who then and there united the said
Michael and the said Margaret in marriage 
in my presence this took place
in the month of May 1778
Margaret Continued at home with our father
during the succeeding Summer in which time she was taken sick
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and under the care of a Physician for several weeks
She moved away to housekeeping late in the fall 
of that year and soon afterward my father
was sued for my sister Margarets Doctoring
one James Men served the writ and
the court was before Samuel Stanton Esqr 
of South Kingstown whether any record
of said transaction remains I do not
know I , further say that I well remember the time
Thomas Mount was executed at South Kingstown this took place
on the 27th day of May 1791 I was present
and witnessed the execution At that time
my said Sister Margaret living
with her said husband in Smithfield
and had been married about three
years I further say that I have always
understood that the said Michael Antoney
was a continental soldier in the revolutionary war but where he served never
understood I further say that the said Michael 
Antoney died in the town of Smithfield as I
understood in the month of May 1813 and
the said Margaret has ever since remained
a widow
Abigail Reed her X mark
Witness
Dan King
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Charlestown in the County of Washington
and State of Rhode Island July 24th 1839
Personally appeared before me Abigail
Reed the within named deponent who
upon oath by me administered to her
gave and subscribed the within deposition which was by me taken and
reduced to writing I also certify that the
said deponent is well known to me
that she is a person of veracity and
her testimony is entitled to full faith
and credit
Dan King Justice Peace
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It appears by the Regimental Book, that on the second day of February
anno 1777, Michael Antoney enlisted into the military service of the
United States a private Soldier to serve during the war;- That he did faithfully
serve from the time of his said enlistment, in the Regiment successively
commanded by Colonels Angell, Greene and Olney, in the Rhode Island
Line, on the continental establishment, as a private Soldier as aforesaid
until the fifteenth day of June 1783, when the received a furlough granted
in pursuance of a General Order of the second day of the same month and
received a Badge for long and faithful service.
Jnas. Dexter Major of said
Reg.t [illegible] tempore.
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I hereby certify that the within named Margaret
Antoney by reason of bodily infirmity cannot 
attend Court to make her Declaration
Samuel Clarke Justis Court Common Please
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State of Rhode Island
Washington County }
Town Clerks Office
Charlestown June 20th 1839
I John Stanton Town Clerk of said Charlestown 
hereby certify that after diligent search
I cannot find on the Records of said Office
the Marriage of Michael Anthony to Margaret
Perry in said Office
Attest John Stanton Town Clerk
State of Rhode Island County of Washington
at Charlestown June 20th 1839. On this
day personally came before me the
above named John Stanton known to me
as Town Clerk as aforesaid and made
oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by
him subscribed
Don King Justice Peace