Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8783, for Thomas Thorp, Massachusetts
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Conti Mass.

Thorp, Thomas
            Lucy

NUMBER
W. 8783

B. L. Wt. 1008 - 100
B. L. Wt. 92 - 60 - 55
B. L. Wt. 5169 - 100 - 1799

CONTENTS
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Tho Thorpe
Massa: line
Wt. issd No. 1008-

-1008-

Thomas Thorpe
Private
4th Regt: Massa: line
Warrant issd Dec 12.1821
Hon: D. L. Morrill
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So No 15.586-
State of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex
No 15.586-
I, Thomas Thorp of Acton in said County
aged eighty five years, a citizen of the United States, do, upon oath, testify
and declare, that, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven I enlisted in the army of the revolution, against the common enemy of my country,
for the term of "during the war," and served in the company commanded by Reuben Slayton
and in the regiment No. four
under command of Colonel William Shepard
of the Massachusetts line; and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, in seventeen hundred and eighty three, when I was regularly discharged from the said
regiment, commanded by Colonel Henery [Henry] Jackson
My discharge is now lost or mislaid, so that I cannot produce it to corroborate the above statement. I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim to that gratuity in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
Know all men by these presents that I, Thomas Thorp aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint the Hon. David L Morril of the county of Hillsborough and state of New Hampshire to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive
from the Secretary of War of the United States, or of such other person as is duly authorized to issue and deliver the same; a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid, and to sign a receipt or acquittance therefor; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or
more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Thomas Thorp
Attest John Robbins


I, Ebenezer Edwards aged sixty five years, a citizen of the United States, do upon oath, declare that I have been long acquainted with Thomas Thorp who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be;  and further, I know that he did perform the military service therein stated.
Eben'r Edwards
Attest, John Robbins

Before me, Middlesex S - October 3. 1821
personally appeared the above named
Thomas Thorp and subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and, likewise, personally appeared Ebenezer Edwards who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this third
day of October 1831
John Robbins, Justice of the Peace.
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Washington 19. Dec. 1821- I certify that
John Robbins of Aston is an
acting Justice of the peace for the
County of Middlesex-
Timothy Fuller
M [illegible]
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73,132
Act Mch 5/55
Apr . 16/55

Lucy Thorp, widow of
Thomas Thorp
Private Rev. War.
Captn _____
Col. _____
Mass. Mil.
Enl. _____ day of _____
Dis _____ day of _____

War Revolution,
Was a Pensioner of the U. States,
Rec 100 acs 1820
Mass  [illegible] 53-322

Boynton
Sergeant, Col Shepard
Mass Line
A o 60 ac's Oct 20 / 53
Dodge
Alex Ray, Atty
Present.

Rev.
[written slanted across paper]
M A no 92 Issued Oct 23 / 1855
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30400

Massachusetts
Thomas Thorp
Midlesex in the State of Massachusetts
was a Sergeant in the Compy commanded by Captain Clapp of the Regt commanded by
Sheppard in the Massachusetts line
for two years Sergeant
Dropt under Act 1818
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 120 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Feby 1836 and sent to Revd G J Woodbury Acton 
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1835
1836   $540
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 1836 [$]60 ||  $600
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk
Book E  Vol. 2 Page 86
Let to J K  Simpson 16 [illegible] 83.
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322
Massachusetts
Lucy Thorp
widow of Thomas Thorp
Mass
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
120 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the
10th day of May 1853
and sent to
Elijah Clarke
Brighton Massa
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
July 29, 1848 [all but 48 crossed out], Page 46 Vol. a
1832
[initials on side page illegible]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex SS
On this twenty fourth
day of February Eighteen
hundred and and fifty three, personally appeared
before the Hon. Samuel P. P. Fay
Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County
of Middlesex and State aforesaid, Lucy Thorp
a resident of of Malden in said County of
Middlesex, being seventy one years of age, next May
who being first duly sworn according to
Law, doth on her oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefits
of the provisions made by the Act of Congress
passed February 3d 1853, also acts of July, 1st
and 29th, 1838, Granting Pensions to the widows of Revolutionary Officers and Soldiers.
That she is the widow of Thomas Thorp
late of Acton in said County of Middlesex,
who was a Sergeant in the War of the
Revolution, and that he received a pension
from the United States under the Law of
Congress passed in the year 1828, at the rate
of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum
which was paid to him at the agency for paying pensions in Boston in the State of Massachusetts, and she refers to the evidence, which the said
Thorp furnished in support of his claim.
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She further declares that she was married
to the said Thomas Thorp in Charleston
in said County of Middlesex on the twenty
ninth day of November in the year eighteen
hundred and twenty seven, by the Revd Warren Briel, that her husband the aforesaid
Thomas Thorp, died at his residence in
Actor aforesaid, on the twelfth day
of October in the year Eighteen hundred
forty nine.  That she was not married
to him prior to his leaving the Service, but
the marriage took place previous to the
first day of January Eighteen hundred and
fifty three. "viz. at the time above stated.
She further swears that she is now a
widow, and that she has never before
made a declaration for to claim a
pension.  And in addition to the proof
herewith She refers to the papers payment
of the arrears of Pension after the
decease of the said Thomas Thorp. (the word
twelfth being inserted over the word nineteen struck out on this page)
Lucy Thorp
Subscribed & sworn to by said Lucy Thorp in open
Court on the day & year first above written, and I hereby certify that I am in no way interested in the result of the foregoing
application & am not concerned in the prosecution thereof - the
word "twelfth" instead of nineteenth was inserted before signing S. P. P. May Judge of
Probate So Court
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
I Alonzo V. Lynde
Register of the Court of Probate
in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, hereby certify, that Samuel P. P. Fay Esqr. of Cambridge in said County, is the Judge of Probate for said County of Middlesex,
duly appointed and qualified to act in that
capacity.
and that his signature to the
paper hereto annexed, is his true and
genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court
this twenty fifth day of February in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
[signed] A. V. Lynde
[seal/stamp upper left corner, illegible]
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152
Thomas Thorp
991
Not eligible
June 1818
Not Eligible
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on
the second Monday of June A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice,
and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires,} Associate Justices of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power
of fine and imprisonment, Thomas Thorp
resident in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 991 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
" I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the "18th March, 1818, Thomas Thorp - late a Sergeant
in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the " Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight "dollars per month to commence on the thirteenth day of April
one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
"Given at the War Ofice the United States, this eleventh day of one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
L.S. [inside box]
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as
follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding
excepted, to wit,
Real Estate
About 20 acres of land with a small house
& barn thereon valued at 250.00 - - - } $250.00
Hald a pew in Acton meeting house - - -
7.00
$257.00
Use and occupation of a parcel of meadow during life of the annual income of 2.00 - - } 2.00
4 bushels of grain 3.00 Pork 10.00 cider barrels
.75   casks .50 - - - } 16.25
Plough irons .50 iron bar 1.00 hoes  axe .50
Scythe .37 - - - }  2.70
2 cows 36.00 1 heifer 10.00 1 do 9.00 - - - 55.00
1 swine 6.00  table .50  old desk 1.50 - - - 8.00
6 old chairs 1.50 old brass kettle 1.50 - - - 3.00
Pot, kettle & teakettle 1.50 glass & crockery ware 2.00   3.50
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knives & forks .66  shovel tongs & andirons 1.16 - $1.82
Looking glass 1.00 old chest & table 1.00  tea - table .50 - - - }  2.50
Wooden ware .75 fork & rake .25 - -
1.00

And the said Thomas Thorp justly owes to the
following persons the sums set to their names
viz.
To Thomas Heald by two notes-- $54.00
To John Vole 9.00 James Billings .11.
20.00
To John White 4.00 Dr. Goodenow 3.00
7.00
$81.00
Thomas Thorp.

And the said Thomas Thorp having been
first duly sworn according to law does on his
oath declare that he served as a private and
non commissioned officer during the whole
period of the Revolutionary war, the longest
time in Col. Shepard's 4th Massachusetts Regiment was in the battles at Concord at Bunker hill, Still water Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth and at Newport all which is more particularly set forth in
his original declaration on file in the war office
dated April 13th 1818. that he is sixty four years of age a husbandman by occupation but unable to perform much labour - that he has no family except his wife Abigail aged sixty one years very feeble and unable to labour.
Thomas Thorp
Sworn & declared to before me
S. Dana Judge
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and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following oath, taken
and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Samuel Dana a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Thomas Thorp do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war,” passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
So help me GOD.
Thomas Thorp

Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Thomas Thorp
took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
S. Dana,
Judge of said Court.
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the
foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the
record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the
said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the
aforesaid Schedule is two hundred sixty seven
dollars & seventy seven cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20th day of July 1820
Attr.  Abrm Biglow Ely[illegible]
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a o m D
2 years Sergt
120 $
deduct & drop from act
of 1878.
Recd J. T. Woodbury
Acton
Mass.
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State of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex
on the tenth day of November AD 1835 personally appeared
in open Court before the Court of Probate now sitting at Concord
in & for the County aforesaid Thomas Thorp, a resident of Acton in
said County aged seventy nine 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 United Services & served as a private & was commissioned officer during the whole
of the period of the Revolutionary War - Twas Sergeant nearly three years of the last part of that period. Served the longest
time, that about six years in Col Shephards 4th Massachusetts Regiment, was in the battles at Concord, Bunker Hill, Stillwater, Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth, thats where [illegible]
as is more particularly set forth in his original declaration on file in the War office, dated April 13. 1818 - that
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he is the same Thomas Thorp, who is
 is now a pensioner of the United States, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 18th of March 1818, holding a certificate thereof dated June 11th AD 1818. his pension beginning the 13th day of April AD 1818- &
now applies for a pension as Sergeant, according to
act of Congress of June 7, 1832.
Thomas Thorp
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid

S.P. P. May J Prob
I Isaac Fiske Register of the Court of Probate
in and for the County of Middlesex & Common
wealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the declarations & the proceedings of the said Court Record in the matter of
the application of Thomas Thorp, for a pension
as a Sergeant.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
& seal of Office on the said tenth day of November
AD 1835
Isaac Fiske: Reg
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, April 9, 1833
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestations hereunto annexed,
Elijah Clark was a Justice of the
Peace for the County of Middlesex

in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that
to his 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.
E. M. Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
[seal folded, illegible]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex..SS..
On this twenty seventh day of March AD. Eighteen hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of
the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Lucy Thorp aged Seventy two years, a resident of Malden in the State of Massachusetts who being duly sworn according to Law declares
that she is the widow of Thomas Thorpe
late of Acton in said County of Middlesex who
was a Sergeant in the Revolutionary War, and
in that service near eight years, was discharged at the close of the war was at the time of his decease a
Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the act of congress of passed in the year 1828, and that she is now in receipt of a pension of one hundred and
twenty dollars per annum under the act of February 3, 1853. She further states, that she was married to the said Thomas Thorp in Charlestown on the twenty ninth
day of November in the year eighteen hundred and
twenty seven, by the Revd. Warren Bird, and that her name
before her said marriage was Lucy Tufts, and her said husband died at Acton on the twelfth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and forty nine, and that she is now a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose
of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855. Lucy Thorp
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We Lorenzo B Newell and Harrison L Newell
residents of Malden in the State of Massachusetts upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledge by Lucy Thorp in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents her self to be
Lorenzo B Newhall
Harrison L Newhall

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Before Me Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace
in & for the County
of Middlesex oficiate
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State of Massachusetts, County of Middlesex, City of Charlestown -
Thomas Thorp of Acton & Lucy Tufts of Charlestown, were joined in Marriage by the Revd Warren Bird, Pastor of the Baptist Church in Foxboro, November Twenty ninth, Eighteen Hundred and twenty seven.

I certify that the above is a true copy of the
record, with the exception of the date, which is
expressed on the record in fair legible figures,
as follows, viz:
"Novr 29. 1827."
Charles Pool City Clerk

I Charles Poole above named, depose and say
that I hold the office of City Clerk in the City
County and State aforesaid, and that the above
is a true copy from the records of said City, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Charles Poole

Middlesex ss. March 27, 1855.
Then personally appeared Charles Poole City Clerk of Charlestown and made oath to the truth of the above certificate
by him made and subscribed, and I certify that I have
no interes in the claim for which this is made.
Before Me Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace
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73. 132
Lucy Thorp
Act 3 Feb 53
Alex. Ray
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No 366
Lucy Thorp,
widow of Thomas,
Mass.
Act 3 Feb 1853
2 yrs Sgt  $120 per
annum, com'g
3 Feb 1853

Elijah Clarke
Brighton
Mass
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State of Massachusetts, County of Middlesex, City of Charlestown.

Thomas Thorp of Acton, & Lucy Tufts of Charlestown, were joined in Marriage by the Revd Warren Bird, Pastor of the Baptist Church in Foxboro, November Twenty ninth, Eighteen
hundred and Twenty seven.
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows; "Nov. 29. 1827."
Charles Poole.
I, Charles Poole, above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of City Clerk, in the City, County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy from the records of said City, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Charles Poole, Clerk of said City.

Middlesex SS.
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me
this twenty first day of February, 1853, and I certify that I have no interest, and am in no way connected with the result of the above application.
J. L.A. Griffin - Jus. Peace
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Extract from the records of the Town of
Acton County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Thomas Thorp died in Acton Oct 19 1849
aged 94 years.
I Daniel Wetherbee Town Clerk of the Town of Acton do depose and say that the above Copy is a true record from the deaths in said Town of Acton which records being in my care and keeping.
Daniel Wetherbee Town Clerk
Middlesex SS
Sworn to by the said Daniel Wetherbee on this 22d day of February 1853
and I certify that I have no interest and
in no manner connected with the result
of the above
Before me Eben Davis
Jus. Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, February 23 1853
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the
annexed attestation J. L. A. Griffin and
Ebenezer Davis were Justices of the Peace
for the County of Middlesex
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.
E. M. Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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I Charlotte H Davis of Acton, County of
Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts; forty seven years of age do testify & say, that I was personally aquainted with Thomas Thorp of this Town, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. That he died in the neighborhood where I reside in the month of Oct in the year 1849 that he left Lucy Thorp his widow
who remains unmarried and now resides in
the Town of Malden & County of Middlesex
Charlotte H. Davis
Middlesex ss. Acton Feb 22d 1853
Then personally appeared Charlotte H.
Davis who is known to me as a credible witness
and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her subscribed and I certify that I have no interest and in no manner connected with the result of the above
Before me Eben Davis
Jus. Peace
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Thorp, Thomas
GRADE Sergeant
LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 5169
and Wt. No. 92 -60 -55

ACREAGE  100
ISSUED  Jan. 12, 1799 to___ not shown___


*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/HMM

September 27, 1929.

Miss Ima F. R. Kline
1141 W. Venango Street
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania.

Dear Madam:
September 27, 1929.
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 8783, it appears that Thomas Thorp served with the Massachusetts Troops as follows:
Eight months as private at Cambridge; neither officers' names nor dates of service are given; in 1776 one year, no officers' names
given; from the spring of 1777 in Captain Reuben Slayton's Company,
Colonel William Shepard's Regiment. He was appointed in March 1781 as sergeant in the same company and regiment. Toward the close of his service he served in Captain Caleb Clapp's Company, Colonel Henry Jackson's Regiment and was discharged June 8, 1783. He was in the battles of Concord, Bunker Hill, Trenton, Princeton, Stillwater, Newport and
Monmouth.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 13, 1818, at which time he was living in Acton, Middlesex County,  Massachusetts, aged sixty-one years.
He died October 12 or 19, 1849 in said Acton. It is stated that he was then ninety-four years of age.
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In 1820 the soldier referred to his wife, Abigail as aged sixty - one years. She died in April 1827.
He married November 29, 1827, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Lucy Tufts of Charlestown, Massachusetts, who was born in May 1782.
She was allowed pension on her application executed February 24, 1853, at which time she was living in Malden, Massachusetts.
In 1827 Thomas Thorp Jr., and Oliver E. Thorp are referred to, relationship not shown.
There are no further family data.
Very truly yours,
Earl D. Church
Commissioner.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8783

Lucy Thorp
Wid
Thomas Thorp
Sergt Rev. War
Act:  March 3d 1853
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 270
(Arrangement of 1870.]

1929 - Sept. 27 - Hist. to Ima F. R. Kline
aeF. [illegible]
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991
Massachusetts
Thomas Thorp
of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts
who was a Sergeant in the company commanded
by Captain Clapp of the regiment commanded
by Colonel Shepard in the Massachusetts
line, for the term of the War
from Spring of 1777 to the Spring of 1783
-
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 13th day of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 of June 1818
and sent to Hon S. Dana   Boston

Restored to the Roll on the 24 day of December
1827 and notification sent to Caleb Butler
at Groton Massachusetts Pension
commencing on the 8 of December 1827
Amount due on 4th of
March 1823   $23.22

Revolutionary Claim,
Acts March 18, 1818,
and May 1, 1820.
1 March 1823

[upside down bottom of page]
Let to Ga° T. Woodbury 25 Sept 1845
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Massachusetts Rolls.
991
Thomas Thorp,
Sergeant,
Massachusetts line 77 War
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
4
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 13th of of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th of June 1818, and sent to the Hon. Saml. Dana, Boston.

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
4 months 22 /30.
$37.86
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818

Discontinued

Acton
Middlesex Co
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Attorney Genl's
opinion sent to
Applicant at
Acton, Mass. 30th
Augt. 1822-


Notification sent to Abraham Bigelow, Esqr
22. Sep: 1820.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY

GEORGE WASHINGTON, ESQ
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the
United States of America,

THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof
Sergeant Thomas Thorp in the fourth Massachusetts Regiment, having faithfully
served the United States six year & four months
and being inlisted for the War only, is
hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the
[signed] G° Washington
By HIS EXCELLENCY'S Command,
[signature illegible]
REGISTERED in the Books
of the Regiment,
[signed] John Davis
[illegible]

THE above Sergeant Thomas Thorp
has been honored with the BADGE OF MERIT for Six Years Faithful Service.
[signed] Henry Jackson Col°
4th Mass Regiment
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William Shepard Esquire Colonel
Commanding  4th Massachusetts Regiment of
in the service of the
United States of America
To Thomas Thorp Greeting
this day March 18

Reposing special trust and confidence in Your Patriotism, valour, conduct and fidelity so by
virtue of the power vested in me, constitute and appoint you a sergeant in the Regiment under my Command.  You are therefore carefully and Dilligently to discharge the duty of a Serjeant by Doing and performing all manner of things thereunto Belonging, and I so [illegible] charge and require all under your Command to be obedient to your orders
as a Serjeant in said Regiment, and you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as you shall from Time to Time receive, from me or any other of your Superior Officers according to the will and Discipline of War.
[illegible] to this shall be on Your sufficient
Warrant
Given and in my Hand at [illegible]

This 9th Day of March 1789
Wm Shepard Colo
4th Mass. Regiment
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Has not sent in a 2C.
Schedule
worth $277.77
See letter to Caleb Butler
5 Novmr 1827
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92

60 acres
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Hingham April 5th 1793
These may certify that Thos Thorp a Sergt in the 4th Mass. Regiment of the late American aAmy was rendered unfit
for service in said army by the Reumatism which he contracted in the service of his country and has been exercised with said disorder frequently since the conclusion
of the late war which appears by his own declaration & the testimony of others in such a manner as renders him unable to support himself and family in a comfortable manner; this is therefore given him in order to his obtaining a pension from his country 

Dan:  Shute Junr
Serg: Late 4th Mass: Reg:

To whom it may concern-
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I, Ezekiel D. Nickles of Carisle, in
the County of Middlesex and State of
Massachusetts, do depose & say, that as
administrator of the estate of Eleanor
Law late of Carisle deceased I recovered
judgment within one year last past
against Thomas Thorp of Acton late
a pensioner of the United States in a suit
commenced by said Eleanor, in her life
time, on two notes of hand given by said
Thorp to her.  That I caused my execution
to be levied on a part of said Thorp's real
estate, which estate I now hold in satisfaction thereof.  The amount of said judgment
including costs was I believe about one
hundred & sixty six dollars.  Said Eleanor
told me in her life time that said notes
were given her by said Thorp for money
lent him by her.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Ezekiel D Nickles
Middlesex ss.
Be it remembered that on this eighth day of
December A.D. 1827 before me Caleb Butler a Notary Public for said County of Middlesex and dwelling in Groton personally appeared the above named Ezekiel D. Nickles and made solemn oath that the deosition
aforesaid by him subscribed in my presence
contains the whole truth and nothing but the
truth relative to the matters therein contained.
In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed my Notarial seal the
day & year last above written.
Caleb Butler, Notary Public
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for one hundred and twenty dollars per
annum.
I am Respectfully
Your Obt Servant
J. L. Edwards

Rev. James T Woodbury
Acton
Massachusetts
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Acton Mass. Jany 25, 1836

J. L. Edward Esq
Dear Sir,

After much delay in the Registers office I have
succeeded in putting the necessary papers in order to process for Mr. Thorpe a new certificate for pension as Sergeant at the rate of $120.,, per year.  If this is not satisfactory please let us know immediately what more is wanted. Mr. Thorp is a respectable citizen & no one doubts that he deserves  the pension - Mr E[illegible] of the War Department knows me as does the Secretary of Treasury -
Yours respectfully
J. T. Woodbury
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Hon J. Barbour Secetary of war &c.
Dear Sir,
I herewith transmit to you, the depositions of Ezekiel D. Nickles and David Barnard, to be used in Thomas Thorp's application to be restored to the pension list.
very respectfully yours &c
Caleb Butler
Groton Decr 10. 1827.

N.B. I have been obliged to employ an amanuensis on account of ill health
C. B.
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I Abel Moore of Concord in the County of
Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a Deputy
Sheriff under Nathaniel Austin, Sheriff of said
County do depose & say, that within six months last past two several writs of Execution against
Thomas Thorp of Acton in said County, late a
United States Pensioner, one in favour of David
Barnard amounting to sixty six dollars and twenty seven cents, the other in favour of Ezekiel D Nickles amounting to one hundred & fifty four dollars and and twenty seven cents, and both issued from the Court of Common Pleas of said County the former
at the MarchTerm thereof, & the latter at the June Term,now last part, were committed to
me to execute and that for want of personal
property of the said Thorp wherewith to satisfy
said Executions, I levyed the same upon his real estate which consisted of a small parcel of land, with a small house & barn thereon situated in said Acton being all the real estate the said Thorp possessed within my knowledge, and the same was appraised
and set off according to law to said Thorps creditors Barnard & Nickles, in full satisfaction of said Executions and costs of levy.

And I farther depose & say, that I believe
said Thorp to be very poor ,& destitute
Abel Moore
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss
Be it remembered that on the nineteenth day of September A.D. 1827. before me
Caleb Butler, Notary Public by legal authority
admitted and sworn, and dwelling in Groton
in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth
aforesaid, personally came Abel Moore aforenamed, and being duly cautioned & sworn deposeth & saith that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth, and nothing but the truth.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my Notarial seal
the day & year above written
Caleb Butler, Notary Public
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Thomas Thorp
to
Thomas Thorp Jr

Copy of Record
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Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Thorp
of Acton in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth
of Massachusetts yeoman in consideration of fifty dollars
to me paid by Thomas Thorp Junior of said Acton in
the County and Commonwealth aforesaid yeoman the
receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge do hereby give
grant sell and convey unto the said Thomas Thorp
his heirs and assigns forever a certain piece of improved
land lying in the northeasterly part of said Acton containing
about five acres more or less bounded as follows viz
beginning at a heap of stones by a town way on the southerly
side of Nehemiahs hill so called at John Harris Jr corner
thence southerly bounding on said Harris about nine rods
to a heap of stones thence southwesterly partly on a wall
and on a line parallel with a wall about sixty five
rods till it comes to the old county road thence northerly
on said old County road to the bounds of the town way
above mentioned thence northwesterly bounding on said town
way to the bounds first mentioned with a privilege of
fencing out passageway through land now belonging
to Ebenezer Davies from the above mentioned premises
to the brook one rod wide in the nearest place that the
brook comes to the premises and constantly keeping said
fence in repair whenever he the said Thorp makes use of said
way and likewise to keep in repair two pair of bars or gates
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on the sides of said way in the most convenient place
as the owners of the land may direct for his or her accomodation to pass and repass their premises. To Have &
To Hold the aforegranted premises to the said Thomas Thorp Jr his heirs and assigns to their use and behoof forever
and I do covenant with the said Thomas Thorp Junior his heirs and assigns that I am lawfully seized in fee of
the aforegranted premises that they are free of all incumbrances that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Thomas Thorp Junior and that I will warrant and defend the same premises
to the said Thomas Thorp his heirs and assigns forever
against the lawfull claims and demands of all persons
In witness whereof I the said Thomas Thorp have hereunto set my hand and Seal this nineteenth day
of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and twenty.  Thomas Thorp and seal
Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of us - John Robbins
Abraham Conant Middlesex ss Sept. 19, 1820. Then the
above named Thomas Thorp acknowledged the above
instrument to be his free act and deed before me John Robbins
Just of Peace
Middlesex ss Cambridge 19. September 1820 Recd & Entered
by Samuel Bartlett Regr.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. Cambridge Sept. 18. 1827. The foregoing is a true Copy of record Book 235
F page 41  
Attest Wm. F. Stone  Agt of Deeds for County of Middlesex
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
---
Middlesex Ss. I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas for the County
of Middlesex, do certify that William F,
Stone is Register of Deeds for the
County of Middlesex aforesaid duly
appointed & qualified & his name
set to the foregoing certificate is his own
proper signature
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty third day of October 1827.

Abraham Biglow
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Brief in the case of Lucy Thorpe, widow of Thomas
Middlesex County and State of Mass
act 3 February 1833
Claim, ("original," [or "for increase." lined through])
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under act of 7 June
1832, at $120 per annum
Marriage proved by certified copy of
Town Record
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?
[blank]


Name and residence of Agent
E. Clarke
Brighton
Mass

S Cole
Examining Clerk.
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Brighton, Mass Feb. 26. 1833.

Dear Sir,
I enclose to you herewith
the papers of Mrs Lucy Thorp of Malden
widow of the late Thomas Thorp late
of Acton, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, first under act of 1818,
then under act of 1832, and more recently
under act of 1828, as Sargeant in the
Continental Line:  her claims for a
Pension under the late act of Feb 3d 1853
Very Respt Yours
Col. A Shoe
Elijah Clark


Hon J. E. Heath
Commissioner of Pension
Washington City D.C.
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Payable semi-annually --- the first payment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of September next,
at the Branch Bank U. S.
Boston, Mass.
J. L. Edwards
Recorded
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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.
Thomas Thorp
late a Sergeant in the
Army of the Revolution,
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight
dollars per month, to commence on the thirteenth day of April,
one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
-
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this eleventh day of June,
one thousand eight hundred
and eighteen.
J C Calhoun
Secretary of War

March 14, 1820
gave a [illegible] to S. [illegible]
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F R E F

Hon,ble John C. Calhoun
Secretary at War
Washington.

Thomas Thorp 
for
Recommendation
Received Aug 1822
WASHINGTON AUG [postmark stamp]

Mr. Edwards
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Thomas Thorp
March 1823
Caleb Butler
of Groton, Mass
Post marked New York   F R E F

Hon. J. Barbour
Secy of War
Washington
D. C.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex County. Court of Common Pleas
On this twelfth day of September AD 1827 personally
appeared in open Court, being a Court of record holden
within and for said County of Middlesex, proceeding according
to the course of the Common law and having a
jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, Thomas Thorp resident in the town of Acton in said County, aged seventy one
years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain
the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of March
1818, 1st of May 1820 & 1st of March 1823, to wit, ~
I Thomas Thorp, do depose and say, that I served as a
private and as a non commissioned officer during the whole
period of the Revolutionary War, a great part of the time in
Captain Caleb Clapp's Company in the fourth Massachusetts
Regiment, commanded by Col. William Shepard, that I was
in the battles, at Concord, Bunker hill, Still water, Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth & Newport, all which is more particularly
set forth in my original application for a pension, dated
April 13th 1818, and on file in the War office, that I am seventy one years of age, a husbandman by occupation, and
unable through infirmities of age, to perform labour, or provide
for my support; and that I have no family, my wife having deceased in April last. That my name was formerly inserted
on the Pension list, according to my certificate No 991 and struck
therefrom on account of my property, that since the exhibition
of my first Schedule, June AD. 1820 the following changes
have taken place in my property, to wit, I sold five acres
of land parcel of that named in my former schedule to
Thomas Thorp Jr. for the sum of fifty dollars, a copy of the
deed
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deed to be herewith transmitted; one half a Pew in Aston
meeting house I sold to Jonathan Wheeler for the sum of
eleven dollars, a copy of the deed to be also herewith transmitted; my life estate in a small parcel of meadow, valued
in my former Schedule at two dollars per annum, I have sold
to Oliver E. Thorp for the sum of eleven dollars, which several sums I have expended for the payment of my just debts and
for my support.  And the remainder of my real estate in
said Schedule mentioned, has been attached and sett off
according to law to satisfy two several Executions, issued
on judgments recovered against me, one in favour of David Barnard, and the other in favour of Ezekiel D. Nickles.
And all my property now remaining, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, is contained in the following
Schedule, to wit
Real Estate
& income
None
Personal estate,
1 Hoe .33  Axe .50  Scyth .17, Table .50, Desk 1.50 | 3.00

6 old chairs 1.25, old brass kettle 1.25 Pot, kettle 0  tea kettle 1.50}   4.00

Crockery & glass ware, 1.50  Knives & forks, 50-    2.00

Shovel tongs & Andirons 1.00 looking glass 1,00  -    2.00
Old Chest & table 1.00 tea table. 50  Wooden ware .50    2.00
Fork & rake .20  old Wheelbarrow 1.00 old Casks 1.00-    2.20
in all the value of fifteen dollars & twenty cents
$15.20
Thomas Thorp
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And in pursuance of the act of 1st of May 1820, I Thomas
Thorp, do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of
the United States on the 18th of March 1818, and that I have
not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner, disposed
of my property, or any part thereof, with an intent thereby
so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions
of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain
persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States
on the Revolutionary War"" passed on the 18th day of
March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in
trust for me, any property or securities contracts or debts
due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed
So help me God.
Thomas Thorpe

Sworn and declared on the 12th day of September AD. 1827
in open Court, before Solomon Strong an associate Justice of the
above named Court being the Court of Common Pleas for the said
County of Middlesex -
Att.  Abrm Biglow Clk

I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the said Court, that the
said Thomas Thorp did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in
the preceding declaration against the common enemy, for the term of nine
months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment.
I also certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are
truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify
that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the
property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is fifteen dollars & twenty cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of the said Court on this twenty third day of October 1827.
Abrm Biglow
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Know all Men ,by these Presents, that I, Thomas
Thorp of Acton in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Yeoman in consideration of eleaven dollars to me paid by Jonathan Wheeler second of said Acton in the
County and Commonwealth aforesaid Yeoman
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have remised
released and forever quitclaimed do for myself and my
heirs by these presents remise release and forever
quitclaim unto the said Jonathan Wheeler second his
heirs and assigns forever one undivided half of a pew No. eleaven in the gallery in Acton Meeting House
in the County aforesaid.
To have and to Hold the aforementioned
premises with all the privileges and appurtenances
thereunto belonging to him the said Jonathan Wheeler second
heirs and assigns forever so that neither I the said
Thomas Thorp nor my heirs nor any other person or
persons claiming from under me or them or in the name right or stead of me or them shall or will by any way or means have claim or demand any right or title to the aforesaid premises or their appurtenances or to any part or parcel thereof forever

In witness whereof I the said
Thomas Thorp have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two.

Thomas Thorp L. S. [initials in box]

Signed sealed and delivered in
presence of John Robbins
Eleanor Land }

Middlesex SS. 13th January 1823 then
the above named Thomas Thorp acknowledged
the above instrument to be his free act and
deed before me
John Robbins { Just. of Peace
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I Jonathan Wheeler of Acton in the County of
Middlesex, Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged
thirty three years do depose and say that on the
twenty second day of October 1822 I purchased half a pew in Acton Meeting house of Mr Thomas Thorp
late a pensioner of the United States, for the sum of eleven dollars which was the full value thereof and hereunto annexed is a true coppy of the deed of
conveyance of said pew. I further depose and say that I am well acquainted with said Thomas Thorp and know him to be verry poor that he is not the
owner of any real estate to my knowledge and verry trifling if any personal estate
Jonathan Wheeler

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex SS.
Be it known that on the thirteenth day of
September A.D. 1827. before me,
Caleb Butler Notary, Public by legal author & sworn and dwelling in Groton in
the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth
aforesaid, personally came Jonathan Wheeler
above named, and being duly cautioned and
sworn, deposeth & saith, that the above
affidavit by him subscribed contained the
truth and nothing but the truth.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed my Notarial Seal
the day & year above written
Caleb Buller Notary Public
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Thomas Thorp -
[Samuel lined through with arrow pointing to Thomas] Correct
D N
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Thomas Thorp
Samuel [lined through with arrow pointing to Thomas] Correct

D N
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To the Honorable JOHN C. CALHOUN, Secretary of the Department
of War of the United States.
I, the undersigned Samuel Dana, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit, (comprehending the
Counties of Essex and Middlesex ) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being
a Court of Record, duly established by Law, Do hereby certify, That on the Thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen Personally appeared Thomas Thorp and made and subscribed the declaration which is hereunto annexed. And at the same time he
exhibited to me the Searjants warrant in the same declaration mentioned, and a certain paper purporting to
be signed by one Daniel Shute junr. a late Surgeon of
the Revolutionary Army

from which it appears to me, that the said Thomas Thorp did serve in the War of the REVOLUTION, against the common Enemy,
more than nine months. upon the Continental establishment

Wherefore, in pursuance of the directions of an Act of Congress, made and passed the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen,
entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval
service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," I have transmitted the
said Declaration & the documents aforesaid to
you the said Secretary, that such further proceedings may be had in the premises, as the said Act may require.
In testimony of all which, I have caused the Seal of said Court to be
hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand within the said Circuit, the thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
Saml Dana
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1141 W. Venango Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
September 23, 1929.

Revo

Pension Office,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Being a direct descendant of
Thomas Thorpe of Acton, Mass, I
would like to join the Daughters
of the American Revolution of
Philadelphia, Pa. With this in
view, I have been advised to write
this department for any information
that may be available about him
or his record in the Revolutionary War

[ink stamp U.S. PENSION X OFFICE SEP 25 1929]
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Could you help me on the following data: -

Place of birth _
Date of birth _
Place of death _
Date of death _
Highest rank in the army _ ?

Have you any more information than
is given on Page 698, Vol. 15 of the
"Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors
of the Revolutionary War," as prepared
and published by the Secretary of
the Commonwealth in accordance
with Chapter 100, Resolves of 1891.
Any additional information that
you can furnish me will be very
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graciously received with many thanks.
May I ask you to answer as soon as possible as I would so like to become a member this fall.
I am, with many thanks for your courtesy and kind attention,
Very truly yours,
(Miss) Ima F. R. Kline

Stamped and addressed envelope inclosed.