Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 24303, Joshua Gray, Mass.
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(8-1776)
Service
Mass.

Gray, Joshua
Sarah

Number
W 24303
B. L. Wt. 39207-160-55
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874
Massachusetts
Sarah Gray
Widow of Joshua Gray
Who served in the revolutionary war,
as a Sergeant

Increased from $97.33

Inscribed on the roll at the rate of 
120 Dollars  00 
Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of May 1856 and sent to
Franklin Hall,
39 State St.
Boston
Mass

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 269. Vol,

Died March 24, 1857
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239.26 Act of Mar 5 
 [circled] 55

 Mch. 22 [circled] 56
Sarah Gray, widow
of
Joshua Gray, 
did
C[struck through]
& Lost
Sarah Gray
wid of                       Sergt:
Joshua Gray
Enl. 12th Oct [struck through]
Map [illegible] 48874
Rev: War?
Rev Pension Certificate
act of Feby 2 1848
dated July 26. 1848
Clo:16 over Augt 20/56
Boston
Franklin Hall
29 State St. Boston
Mass
Vol. G. 137.
[ vertical over writing]
W 39207 is Augt 23/56
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Declaration.

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows,"

State of Massachusetts, County of Suffolk} SS

On this fifteenth day of August A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the Hon. Peter O. Thacher Judge of this Municipal Court of the city of Boston.  Sarah Gray a resident of Boston in the county of Suffolk 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 benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows; " That she is the widow of Joshua Gray who was a * Private & Sergeant in the army of the Revolution and served as she verily believes as follows viz. He enlisted at Boston in the County of Suffolk in January 1777 and served for the full term of three years as a Private in the sixth company of Col. Brooke's Regt. - he was then promoted to the rank of a Sergeant in The Same Regt. in what was then called the "Majors Company," but how long he served in this capacity, she is unable to state with any degree of certainty - she thinks he must have served several years in his or other companies from the fact of his having an honorable discharge which stated & she did distinctly recollects that he had performed "six years and six months" service, which discharge was lost with all his other papers at New York at the time of his death.

She further declares that she was married to the said Joshua Gray on the twelfth day of October in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four; that her husband, the aforesaid Joshua Gray died according to the best of her recollection in the Summer of seventeen hundred & ninety three in New York City; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz : at the time above stated. & that she has not intermarrried since the decease of said Joshua Gray but still continues his widow. _

Sworn, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me, The words "according to the best of her recollection" first interviewed _}

Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year aforesaid, Joshua Gray (15 August 1838) before me :- and I certify that the said Sarah ? Gray, by reason of bodily infirmity be unable personally to attend in Court.

Peter O Thacher Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.

*Here insert the rank of the husband held in the army, navy, or militia, as the case may be, and specify the service performed, as directed in rule numbered one of these regulations.
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I Abby P. Anderson, wife of Michael Anderson of the City of Boston in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify and say that I now in the fiftieth year of my age, and that I am the daughter of Mrs Sarah Gray the aforegoing Applicant, and that my father Joshua Gray died at the City of New York, on highway to the City of Washington, when I was about five years old.  I perfectly recollect my said father at the time he left Boston to commence his journey and took leave of him.
I always understood, and fully believe, that my said father a Revolutionary Soldier in the army of the United States, and I know that he was always reputed so to have been.  My said mother, Sarah Gray, was left a widow at the decease of my said father, and she was continued his widow and has remained sole and unmarried to the present time.  I always understood from my mother
that my father took with him his discharge from the army, which papers, and all his other papers which he carried with him when
he left Boston, were lost & never recovered.
 As he died of the yellow fever during its prevalance in New York we have always believed  that his clothes and papers were all destroyed and lost at that time in that city.  I further say that my husband is a Mariner and is now absent at sea.

Abby P. Anderson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk.  On this fifteenth day of August A.D. 1838, personally appeared the
aforegoing Abby P. Anderson, who is a person of respectability and veracity, and made solemn oath to the truth of the contents of the of the above affidavit by her signed before me.

Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal 
Court and Justice of the Peace through out the said Commonwealth.
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239.267

FILED BY Franklin Hall
39 STATE STREET
BOSTON.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
_________________________________
Secretary's Office, Boston, March 10th 1856

I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed,
Franklin Hall of Boston
was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk
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 of Which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE
COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.

F. De Witt
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS,}
COUNTY OF Suffolk              } SS.

ON this, seventh day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Sarah Gray aged 90 years, a resident of Boston in the County and State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Joshua Gray who was a Corpl, first & Sgt in the war of the Revolution, and continued in actual service in said war from the term of at least fourteen days, and was honorably discharged from said service; for proof of which facts, she refers to the evidence on file in the Pension Office, upon which a Pension was granted her said husband under the Act of February 2nd 1848

She further declares that she married to said Joshua Gray on the twelfth day of October one thousand seven hundred eighty four; that her name, before her said marriage, was Sarah Eustis; that her said husband died about the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety five at New York [continued on side margin] on his journey to Philadelphia, of yellow fever, but the exact time she is not able to state [end of margin transcription]
and that she is still a widow; and for proof thereof she refers to the evidence on file with her application for a pension under the Act of February 2nd 1848
Her Pension Certificate is dated July 26th 1848.

She makes this declaration for the purpose of the obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855, and has appointed Franklin Hall, of Boston, her true and lawful attorney for her and in her name to prosecute her claim.

Sarah Gray
           +
her mark

SIGNED AND SEALED IN THE PRESENCE OF 

TWO WITNESSESS {   A.P. Anderson
                               {   Sophia G Burbank
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AFFIDAVIT OF TWO WITNESSES.

WE, Abby P. Anderson and Sophia Burbank 
residents of Boston in the County and State aforesaid, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the above named Sarah Gray in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. & that we have no interest in this claim

[The following paragraph has been crossed out]
We further declare that we were well acquainted with the said
and       his wife (now his widow) during the life time of the former,
and knew them to live together as husband and wife and to have been so generally reputed. That her said husband, the said 
died at                         on or
about the         day of    18   , and that she is still a widow, and that they have no interest in this claim.  [end of crossed out text]

A. P. Anderson [signature] [Stamp with initials L.S.]
Sophia G Burbank [signature][Stamp with initials L.S.]

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed 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.

Franklin Hall [signature]    JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

City of Boston, August 15, 1838.

I the subscriber do hereby certify, that it appears by the Registry of marriages in the town (now City) of Boston,  there is contained the following record of marriage, viz.
Joshua Gray & Sarah Eustice, married by Rev. Saml. Stillman twelfth October, one thousand seven hundred & eighty four.

That the above is a true copy of the record
with the exception of the date which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures, as follows.

Joshua Grey & Sarah Eustice married by Rev. Saml.
Stillman 12 Octo. 1784.

Samuel F. McCleary, City Clerk.

I Samuel F. McCleary above named, depose Gray, that I hold the office of City Clerk of the City of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, & State aforesaid, & that the above
is a true extract from the record of marriage in said Boston, with the exception above named as certified by me.
Samuel F. McCleary.

Suffolk, Co. Boston, August 15. 1838. The above named Samuel F. McCleary, appeared & made oath to the truth of
the above certificates by him subscribed.

Before me, Wm. Hayden Jr - Justice Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office August 15th. 1838

I hereby certify that the within Wm. Hayden Jur.
is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the
great Seal of the State

John P. Bigelow
(illegible) of the 
Court
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September 7, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/EEL
Joshua Gray-W.24303

Eva F. Gray
Veterans' Hospital
Beacon, New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Joshua Gray, of Massachusetts, who served several years in that war, also, served in 1759. You state that he settled in Castine, Maine, and had a son, Reuben, your ancestor, also.

This office has no record of services rendered prior to the Revolutionary War, hence no record of service rendered by Joshua Gray in 1759. There is no claim for pension on file based upon service of a Joshua Gray who seems identical with the one you describe, however, only one Joshua Gray has been found on the Revolutionary War pension records and his record is given herein as found in pension claim, W.24303, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. The records were searched, also, for that of a Reuben Gray, but no record found.

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Joshua Gray are not shown.

Joshua Gray enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts, in January, 1777, served as a private and sergeant in Colonel Brooks' Massachusetts
Regiment; length of his service, six years and six months.

He died in the summer of 1793 or 1794, in New York City, while on a journey to Washington City, from yellow fever then prevalent in New York.

The soldier married October 12, 1784, in Boston, Massachusetts, Sarah Eustice or Eustis. Their marriage was recorded on the records of the city of Boston, and on a copy of this record her name is borne as Sarah Eustice.

Soldier's widow, Sarah, was allowed pension on her application

[hand written in the margin] 
State report in
case but as it was
made before
she ap. &
as there are several
Joshua Gray's in Mass
SG. I did
not use
it
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executed August 15, 1838, while residing in Boston, Massachusetts. She gave her age at that time as seventy-six yeears. In April, 1856, she stated that she was aged ninety-two years and in March, 1856, that she was ninety years old.

Sarah Gray died March 24, 1857, place not shown.

The only name of a child that is designated is Abby P. Anderson, wife of Michael Anderson. In 1828, Abby stated that she was then in the fiftieth year of her age and that her husband was a mariner and was then at sea.

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

[Hand written in the lower left hand corner]
AB
I used "designated"
[struck through] because
I thought I
thought -
Sophia G Burbank
who joined
Abby in an
affidavit may
have born
another daughter
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Veteran's Hospital
Beacon, N.Y.
July 13, 1935

Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

I am trying to join the D.A.R. and would like to know
if you can tell me if my GGGG-
Great Grandfather, Joshua Gray, one only [underlined]
served in the Revolution. As I understand,
he enlisted in 1759 from Mass.
and served several years, including
the War and then settled in 
Castine, Maine. He had four sons, of
whom Reuben was my ancestor,
then Reuben 2nd, Ezra, Henry,
Lewis and myself. Any help
or any book you may recommend,
would be much appreciated.
Sincerely,
Ezra F. Gray

[stamp with arrow point to 2]
Received 
Jul 16 1935
MAIL SUB-DIV
READER 16
VETS. ADM.
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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24803
Sarah Gray
Widow of
Joshua Gray
Sergt Rev War
Act Feb 2nd 1848
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 292
Arrangement of 1870.}
1935. Sept 7-Hist
to Ezra F. Gray
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39207

(Vleo Clrey ) ?
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237.267
Hon.   J. Minot          
Comm of of Pensions
Washington D.C.

(stamp ?)
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736
Massachusetts
Sarah Gray
widow of Joshua
who was a Sergeant
in the Revolution
Increased from $97.33
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 120 Dollars 
no Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued
the 21st day of May 1856
and sent to F. Hall
Boston  Mass
Acts of March 3, 1843, and
June 17, 1844. 

Recrded in Book No.
Vol. 1. Page 233.
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824
Massachusetts

Sarah Gray
widow of Joshua
who died on the --- ---
of      in the State of
who was a Sergt in the      commanded 
by Captain     of the     commanded
by       in the Revolution
line for
Increased from $97.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Boston
at the rate of 120 Dollars ----
Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of
May 1856 and Sent to F. Hall Boston Mass
Arrears to the 4th of 
Semiannual allowance ending 
Revolutionary Claim,
July 7, 1838.
Recorded by [illegible] Getty Clerk
Book [illegible] Vol.1
Page 190
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Reported
Sir F. Hall Apr 23, 1856

874
Massachusetts
Sarah Gray
widow of Joshua Gray

who served in the Revolutionary war
as a Corpl fifer +
Sergeant.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
97 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
20 day of July 1848
and sent to
G. S. Bulfinch
Boston Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under
February 2, 1848, Page 52 vol 2
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Massachusetts 736
Sarah Gray
widow of Joshua Gray
who was a Corporal, Fifer & Sergeant
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
97 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
5th day of July 1843
sent to William Parmenter
Boston, Mass
Act of March 3, 1843.)
Recorded in Book A
Vol 1. Page 43
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824
Massachusetts
Sarah Gray
widow of Joshua Gray decd
whom was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died in the year 1793
of Boston in the State of MS
who was a Sgt. Cpl and Fifer in the company commanded
by Captain (blank)? of
the Regt. command
by Col Brooke in the MS.
line for 7 mos Sergeant
           19 " Corporal
            8 " Fifer
Inscribed on the Roll of MS.
at the rate of 97 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 1ST day of Oct 1838 and sent  
L.M. Stone
Boston Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838 $243.32
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. 39.  48.66
total 290.98
Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by D.D. Addison  Clerk
Book A  Vol 1st Page 90
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239.267
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39 State St. Boston
March 19, 1856
Sir,
I enclose herewith this
application of Sarah Gray
widow of Joshua Gray for
Bounty Land under the act of
March 3, 1855
I am Sir. most resp'y
your obd Servt
Franklin Hall
Hon. J. Minot
Comm of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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39 State St. Boston
April 4th 1856.
Sir,
Enclosed herewith I send
the application of Sarah Gray
widow of Joshua Gray decd for
an increase of her pension under the
act of July 7. 1838 sic
I also enclose a certificate from
the Secretary of Massachusetts. I would
most respectfully request an examination of the "final settlements" therein
referred to.
I am, Sir, most respectfully
Your obt Servt
Franklin Hall
Hon J. Minot
Commr of Pensions,
Washington D.C.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Secretary's Office, Boston
March 22nd 1856.
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 Joshua Gray is borne on Continental
Army Books in 6th Company Col. Brooks
Regt from Jany 1. 1777 to Dec. 31, 1779. 36 mos as a private from Boston and the following Endorsement, viz "ye above acct. was made out and certified but ye notes were stopped in the Treasurer's Office as said Gray was made out and certified on a loose
Sheet as a Fifer for $1326.16. 3 April 18. 1780 before yr returns came in."
Also on Continental Army Books in Majors
Company Col. Brooks Regt. from Jany 1. 1. Dec
31. 1780. 12 mos as Sergt from Boston. Also on List of Final Settlement in Col. Brooks Regt.
No 10535  July 1, 1782   $80.63
      11043  July 1, 1784  "120.00
      11201    "  "      "          83.00
      11481    "  "      "           80.00

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
F. De Witt
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Suffolk, & City of Boston.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts, is hereby requested to
furnish Evidence from the rolls in his
office of the service of my husband
Joshua Gray in the war of the Revolution.

He enlisted from said Boston and service as Corporal, Fife & Sergeant during the
whole of the war, but my memory does not enable me to state his services more fully. I am now 92 years of age.

Witness my hand this fifteenth
day of March 1856
Sarah Gray
X
her mark

Signed in presence of
F. Hall
Jus. Peace
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Allen's Co fifer 28 Decr 76- (3yrs) second/Mar 78
14 mos fifer
10 m    2 days Corpl
Corpl 29 July 79 - Sergt 1 year 80
Sergt from 1 June 80 to Decr 31 - 82  7 mos
                  1 Jany 82 to 1 Jany '83      12
                  1 Jany 83 to Nov 4  "          8 " 3 days
                                          27 mos 3 days Sergt
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39 State St Boston
May 1856

Sir, 
Enclosed herewith I send the certificate of Sarah Gray, widow of Joshua and an applicant
for an increase of her pension, as suggested
in your letter of the 23d relt [illegible]

I am Sir very respectfully
Your obt servt
Franklin Hall

J Minot [illegible]
Comm of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Payment to be made at Boston
by 
Franklin Haven Esq
Agent for paing Pensioners, in the
Agency of Masschusetts
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioner under act February
2d, 1848, Page 52 Vol. 2
Leo Jenkins
Clerk.

[Cancelled is written across the printed form]
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
-
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2, 1848,
Sarah Gray
widow of Joshua Gray
who was a Corpl, fifer & Sergeant, in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Ninety Seven dollars and thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the War Office of the United States
this 26th day of July
one thousand eight hundred and
forty eight

W. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
By F. S. Evans
48.67

[Cancelled is hand written over the form]
[There is an impression of a stamp or seal in the lower left hand corner of the letter]
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Sarah Gray
widow of Joshua
Mass
Act 2d Feby '48
for increase
Brief
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Brief in the case of Sarah Gray, widow of Joshua Suffolk County and State of Massachusetts
act July 7. 1838. act 1843- 1844 & 22d Feby 1848

Claim, ('original" or [struck through] " for increase,")

Proof exhibited, (if original)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 

Pensioned for services as Corporal, fifer & Sergeant at $97 33/100 per annum-

(If for increase.)

Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Certificate from Secy of State of Mass of Settlement up to Jany 1, 1781 as Sergeant shown by rolls in this office to have been appointed Sergeant June 1, 1780- making 7 mos St. Also certify[ed]  from final Settlements, corresponding with the 
register of final settlements in this office showing that he
was Sargeant from 1st Jany 1782 to Nov 4th 1783
20 mos
as amounting to 27 mos 3d Sergeant.
and residence of Agent
Franklin Hall
S. G. Dodge
-
Examining Clerk.
Name an
F
39 State Street
Boston
Mass
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Sarah Gray
widow of Joshua
Suffolk Co Mass
Act July 7. 1838, &c
Admitted for increase
for 2 years Sergeant
at $120 per annum, from
March 4th 1836, excepting
2 years. deducting former
payments at $97.33 per
Annum.
Certificate payable to
Claimant
Atty
Franklin Hall
39 State St
Boston
Mass
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Stateof Massachusetts
Suffolk County,           ⎬            ss
On this third day of April Eighteen hundred & fifty six, personally appeared before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County. Sarah Gray a resident of Boston in said County, aged 92 years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration, in
order to obtain an increase of her pension;
That she is the widow of Joshua Gray. Who was a Corporal, Fifer & Sergeant in the war of the Revolution, and is a Pensioner on account of the services of her said husband, under the act of 2d February 1848, at the rate of ninety seven dollars & thirty three cents per annum, and that her pension certificate is dated July
26th 1848, & for proof thereof she refers to
the papers on file with her declaration under said law. 

She further declares that her said husband served, as she verily believes, more than
two years as a Sergeant, the whole
of which service was not allowed when
her pension was adjusted, and for proof
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thereof she refers to the evidence herewith
presented. She further declares that she is still a widow, and that she has appointed
Franklin Hall of Boston her true and lawful attorney, for her and in her name to obtain any increase of pension to which she may
be entitled on account of the services of
her husband as aforesaid
 In presence of
A.P. Anderson

Sarah Gray
X
her mark

Sworn to subscribed & acknowledged in
the day & year above written before me
and I certify that I have no interest in the claim of the declarant and a not concerned in its prosecution

T Bulfinch Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office, Boston, April 3rd , 1856

I Hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed,
T. Bulfinch was as
Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk

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 of Which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
F. De Witt
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Mrs. Abby P. Anderson & Sophia G. Burbank
of Boston in the County of Suffolk &
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath
testify & say that we are well acquainted with
Sarah Gray by whom the foregoing
declaration is signed, that she is a pensioner
of the United States and that we believe
from the appearance & statements of the
declarant that she is the identical person
she represents herself to be.

A.P. Anderson
Sophia G Burbank

Suffolk April 8, 1856 Then personally
appeared the above affiant & made oath
that the foregoing affidavit by them subscribed is true & I certify that said
affiants are credible persons and residents
of Boston & that I have no interest in this
claim & am not concerned in its [illegible]

T.Bulfinch
Justice of the Peace.
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865
May 4, 1843
Mass
May 3 1843
Sarah Gray
[Round stamp BOSTON MAS. MAY 2]

James L. Edwards Esq-
Comm of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Boston May 2nd 1843

Sir

I enclose the application of Sarah Gray
of Boston, for benefit of the Pension
Act passed March 3d 1843.
Respectfully
Yr. Ob. Servt
Wm Evarmenter 

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commr of Pensions
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Ms Sarah  Gray
ad
736
Admitted
G. S. Bulfinch
Boston
Mass
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled" An act
making further provission for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution"

 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
Suffolk COUNTY                                          ⎬ 
ss.

On this Seventeenth day of July 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, Sarah Gray a resident of Boston in the county of Suffolk aforesaid aged eighty four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Joshua Gray who was a resident of Boston and who was a corporal fifer and sergeant in the War of the Revolution on the Continental establishment and she believes it was during the war, &  that he served under [name illegible] & Gates. and is the identical person who who drew a pension 
under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of ninety seven
thirty three cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sarah Gray
X
her mark
[Stamp rectangle surrounding the letters LS]

Sworn to and subscribed on the day 
and year above written,                    Before me,
            
In presence of
Abby P. Anderson

G.S. Bulfinch Justice of the Peace.

I Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares. 

G. S. Bulfinch Justice of the Peace

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
COUNTY,
SS.

I,
Clerk of the
Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.

Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this
day of    18
CLERK.
111
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865
Adm. Corp. Fifer &
Sergt. $97.33
Mass. Agency
Send to
Wm Parmenter
Boston
Mass.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Suffolk }ss

On this twenty-second day of April [TN: "March crossed out," "April" written above] year eighteen hundred & forty three, personally before the subscribed Justice of the Peace in said County, Sarah Gray [TN: name underlined]; a resident of Boston in said county, when being duly sworn according to law makes this declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of law [just?] passed March [4th?] 1843. granting additional pension to certain widows whose husbands served in the Revolutionary War. That she is eighty two years of age, & that she is the widow of Joshua Page who was a sergeant in the Revolutionary War. That the services of her husband have been particularly set forth in her [applic]ation for a pension under the Act of 7th July [1838] to which, with the papers accompanying it, [which are] now at the files of the Department, she uses for complete proof of her marriage, & the decease of her husband. 

She further declares that she has not intermarried since the death of her said husband, & that she received a pension under the provision of the 7th July 1838, at the rate of ninety-seven dollars & thirty three cents per year. That she is still a widow.

Witness to Sarah Gray. [illegible signature]
Subscribed & sworn to on this day above Sarah +
written, before me, Edw. Craft Jr [?] Justice of Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Secretary's Office, Boston May 2nd 1843
I hereby Certify that Edward Cruft Jr. is now and was at the date of the annexed attestation a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk

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in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; 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 herunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.

Jno A, Bollis
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Suffolk

I Abby P. Anderson of Boston in the County aforsaid, of careful (illegible), on oath deposed and says, that I well know Sarah Gray the within declarant, that she formerly received a pension under the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, for the services of her husband Joshua Gray, deceased, that she now resides in Boston & is still a widow.

Abby P. Anderson

Suffolk April 22, 1843
Personally appeared the said Abby P. Anderson whom I believe to be a person of veracity and made oath to the above offic (illegible).
Before me
Edw. Cruft, Jr. Jus: Peace:
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I Henry Purkitt of the city of Boston in the county of Suffolk in the State of Massachusetts, Esquire, do testify and say That I am eighty years old and upward — That I served in the Army of the United States during the whole of the Revolutionary War. That very soon after the close of the Revolutionary War I became acquainted with the late Joshua Gray, who resided in Boston near to my residence till sometime in the year one Thousand (“Eight hundred and” crossed out) Seven hundred and ninety four when he started on a journey to Washington, and on his way, in New York, he took the yellow fever and died, as was reported and believed by me and his family and friends here. — Said Gray was reputed to have served as a Sargeant in the Revolutionary War. — And I have no doubt that he did serve — for I have often seen his (“regular” crossed out) honorable discharge from that service as a Sargent. — Said Gray was a very respectable man: and he and I joined an Association of Revolutionary Soldiers; I was afterwards, during his life, very intimate with him; and I have often heard him restate the events of his campaigns. Soon after the war said Gray & I were enaged (illegible) in teaching the military experience to a company of Non-commissioned officers of the Boston Regiment of Militia.

I also testify that I have well known Sarah Gray, the before named applicant, for several years before her husbands death & ever since. She was the wife of said Joshua Gray. She with her husband lived near to me for some years before her said husbands death. She has never since the death of said Joshua Gray been married again, but always has remained and now is the widow of said Joshua. I saw her, in tolerable health, this morning.

Henry Purkitt

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Suffolk SS  — On this twenty second day of August 1838, Personally appeared the before named Henry Purkitt, who has for many years been personally known to me, and is a man of strict veracity and  honor, and made solemn oath that the foregoing declaration by him subscribed is true.
Before me Augustus Peabody
Justice of the Peace for said county.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk:
I, Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, hereby certify that Peter O. Thacher Esquire is Judge of said Municipal Court & that the two signatures within purporting to be his, are genuine; I further certify that Augustus Peabody Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in said Cointy of Suffolk, & that the signature within purporting to be his, is genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of said Court here to Set this first day of September A.D Eighteen hundred and thirty eight.
Thomas W. Phillips
Clerk
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Gray

1179

Sarah Gray of Joshua

on roll
Sargt. - from 1 June to 31 Dec 1780  -  7.00
Corpl. - 29 July 79 to 1 June 1780     -  9
Fifer   -                                                    7.27
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                                                          2    00.00

admitted (illegible)

Sargt. 7 mos.      35. --
Corpl. 9 mos.      33. --
Fifer    8 mos.      29.33
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                           $ 97.  33/100

L. M. Stone
Boston
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Secretary’s Office Boston June 27, 1838

I hereby Certify that from the Army Books of the Revolutionary War remaining in this office Joshua Gray of Boston appears to have served as a Private in the 6th Company of Colonel Brooks Regiment from January 1st, 1777 to December 31st 1779 Thirty six months.
And he also served as Sergeant in the Major’s Company in Colonel Brook’s Regiment from January  1 to December 31st 1780 - Twelve months.

In Testimony whereof I have affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth the day above written

John P. Bigelow
Clerk of the Comm Cts (illegible)