Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15792, for Peleg Peck, Massachusetts
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Mass.   Peck, Peleg   W. 15792
                         Mary
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Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15792, for Peleg Peck, Massachusetts
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1169 Massachusetts 
Mary Peck widow of Peleg Peck dec. [deceased]
who was apensioner under the Act of - and who died on the 22d June 1807 of Bristol Co. in the State of MS [Massachusetts] who was a Capt. ... of the Regt. commanded by Col. Doggett in the MS. line for 8 mos. 

Inscribed on the Roll of MS. at the rate of 165 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1830 [1 altered]

Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of Nov. 1838 and Sent A. Bassett    Taunton, MS

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838 $413.32 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '89, 82.66 //$495.98

{Act July 7, 1838}
Recorded by D.D. Addison   clerk,
Book A Vol. 1st, Page 119
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Mary Peck  1489

Allow 2 mos from Sep 1776 on rolls for [illegible] Capt
rolls show 6 mos 8 days as Capt. in five tours.
[illegible]
Capt 8 mos 8 days  165.33/100
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Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15792, for Peleg Peck, Massachusetts
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
On this fourth day of September eighteen hundred and thirty eight- personally appeared before Oliver Prescoitt Judge of the Court of Probate in [unclear] the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Mary Peck - a resident of Rehoboth in the county of Bristol aged Eighty nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of Peleg Peck, late of Swansey in said County who was a Captain in the war of the Revolution as follows in.
He served two months /\or more in Seventeen hundred and seventy six in the State of New York under Col. Thomas Carpenter- 
He also served two months at Rhode Island in Seventeen hundred and seventy seven in Spencers Expedition, so called- In this service he was Captain of a company.
He also served two months at Howlands Ferry in Rhode Island in Seventeen hundred and seventy eight in Sullivans Expedition so called, under Col. Thomas Carpenter.
He also served as Capt. near Howlands Ferry in Rhode Island in Seventeen Hundred and Eighty
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[cont.] she cannot say how long he served at this time -
She further says that he was in the service as Captain in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy nine, but where she cannot say - and she refers to the rolls, & to the affidavits hereto anne[x]ed as tending to prove the aforesaid services -
She also thinks & believes that the said Peleg Peck served in the War of the Revolution after the was married to him - but she cannot state the particulars & must therefore rely upon the rolls in the office of the Secretary of War - 
If she is entitled to a pension under the Act of July 4.1836 she asks for it: otherwise for one under the Act of July 7. 1838 - 
The above statement she makes according to her belief -
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She further declares that she was married to the said Peleg Peck on the __ day of October in the year seventeen hundred and eighty that her said husband, the aforesaid Peleg Pack died on the twenty second day of June eighteen hundred seven as she now [illegible] that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated. 
witness Benjn Peck
Mary Peck X Her mark
Sworn to a subscribed, the day and year above written. Before Oliver Prescott
I Oliver Prescott, Judge of the Court of Probate in  & for the county of Bristol commonwealth of Massachusetts do certify that Mary Peck the above named applicant for a pension, cannot be reason of bodily infirmity, attend the court. Oliver Prescott
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Bristol co. I, Anselm Bassett, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that the Hon. Oliver Prescott is the Judge of said Court, which Court is a Court of record, and that the signature annexed to the above certificates are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this eighth day of September eighteen hundred and thirty eight. ABassett
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I Benjamin Peck of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol and commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged forty eight years do testify and say that I am the youngest child of Peleg Peck late of Swanzey in said county deceased. That aforesaid Peleg Peck died at said Swanzey on the twenty second day of June eighteen hundred seven, leaving a widow in Mary Peck, who is my mother & who is still living. And I further testify and say that the said Mary Peck has not been married since the death of her said husband the said Peleg Peck: but has [illegible] remained his widow. Benjn Peck

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol {?} September 4, 1838 Benjamin Peck, a credible witness made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed - before me A Bassett Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol I [illegible] Bassett Register of the
Court of Probate in & for said County, do hereby
certify that Anselm Barrett whose signature
is affixed to the within certificate is a
Justice of the Peace in for said County.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand the seal of said Court
this Eighth day of September Eighteen
hundred and
thirty
Eight
A Bassett
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol Ss. I Anselm Bassett Register of
the Court of Probate in for said County
of Bristol, do hereby certify that Cyrus
M. Wheaton is a Justice of the Peace
in for said County and that the
signatures to the foregoing certificates purporting to be his are
genuine.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
the seal of said Court this
Eighth day
of September
Eighteen
hundred thirty eight
A Bassett
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Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15792, for Peleg Peck, Massachusetts

I Amy Bullock of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol and commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and say Mary Peck of Rehoboth, in the county of Bristol and commonwealth aforesaid, and widow of Peleg Peck late of Swensey in said county and commonwealth aforesaid, is my mother, I am her daughter by her first husband Stephen Thornton. I am now in the sixty eighth year of my age and I further certify that I was present and saw my mother married to said Peleg Peck in the town of Cromton, county of Providence and state of Rhode Island, and I have a distinct recollection of the fact, and the marriage took place in the month of October seventeen hundred and eighty according to my best recollection. 
Amy Bullock
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Bristol [?] August 17th, 1838 personally appeared before me Amy Bullock subscriber to the foregoing deposition and made oath to the truth of the same and I further certify that said Amy Bullock is a credible witness, Attest
Cyrus M. Wheaton Justice of the Peace
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I, Jesse Howard, depose and say that I am town clerk of the town of Cromton in the county of Providence and state of Rhode Island  [?] and by virtue of that office have the custody of the record of said town for recording marriages, that I have carefully examined said record and do not find the marriage of Peleg Peck to Mary Thornton recorded therein - and Iromtown and  further depose and say that I am well satisfied that many marriages do and have taken place in said town that are not therein recorded. 
Jesse Howard

Providence [?] In Providence this first day of August [?] 1838. Personally came Jesse Howard subscriber to the foregoing deposition and made oath to the truth of the [?ame]. i further certify that said Jesse Howard is known to me as Town Clerk of said town of Cromton and is a credible witness. Attest
Henry L. Bouen. Justice Peace.
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I Nathan Thornton of [illegible] in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations do testify and say that Mary Peck of Rehoboth in the commonwealth of Massachusetts and widow of Peleg Peck is my mother. I am her son by her first husband Stephen Thornton. I am now in the sixty fifth year of my age. And I further testify that I was present and saw my mother married to said Peleg, & I have a distinct recollection of the fact, and the marriage took place in October seventeen hundred and eighty according to my best recollection. 
Nathan Thornton

Providence [?] in Providence this thirteenth day of  August of 1838. Personally came Nathan Thornton subscriber to the aforegoing deposition and  made solemn oath to the  [?] of the same. And I further certify that I believe said Nathan Thornton is a credible witness. Attest.
Henry L. Bouen Justice Peace
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Providence ss
Clerks Office Supreme Judicial
Court September 7th 1838
I hereby certify that Henry L Bowen Esq
was elected a Justice of the Peace for
the County of Providence by the Legislature
of this State at their May Session AD 1838
and duly commissioned as such by the
Governor as appears by Commission bearing
date May 7th AD 1838. And I further
certify that the foregoing certificates
signed by him are genuine-
In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of said Court
Walter Paine Jr Clerk
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Inez S. Wallace
14 Caroline Street
Gouverneur, N. Y. 

Madam: I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 15192, it appears that Peleg Peck served as Captain in the Massachusetts Troops, as follows- 
From September 1776, two months in Colonel Thomas Carpenter's Regiment. 
From in September 1777, two months, and was in General Spencer's Expedition to Rhode Island. 
From in January 1778, three months in Colonel John Doggett's Regiment. 
From in August 1778,  two months in Colonel Thomas Carpenter's Regiment, and was in General Sullivan's Expedition to Rhode Island. 
He also served in 1779 and 1780, length of service not stated.
He died June 22, 1807  in Swanzey, Bristol County,
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Massachusetts.
Soldier married in October 1780 in Cranston,
Rhode Island, Mary Thornton. She was allowed pension
on her application executed September 4, 1838,
while a resident of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, aged eighty-nine years.
In 1838, Nathan Thornton, aged sixty-four
years, living in Cranston, Rhode Island; and Amy Bullock, aged sixty-seven years, living in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, stated that they were the
children of Stephen Thornton and his wife Mary (the
above mentioned widow).
It does not appear in said claim, that Stephen
Thornton served in the Revolutionary War, nor is
there any claim for pension or bounty land on file
in the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau for
Stephen Thornton, as described by you.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
I did not mention son Benjamin
as this inquirer, was asking for Stephen
Thornton who was this widow's husband
Benjamin was youngest son of Peleg & Mary Peck.
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I Joseph Pierce of the town of Rehoboth in the county of Bristol and commonwealth of Massachusetts, being now in the seventy  ninth year of my age, do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Captain Peleg Peck late of Swansey in the county and commonwealth aforesaid that I knew him in the War of the Revolution as Captain of a Militia company in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Carpenter. I marched with him, being one of his soldiers the latter part of September in the year 1778 from Swansey aforesaid, through a part of the states of Rhode Island & Connecticut, and arrived at a place called Grosse neck, near New York and served there together the time of two months and were then discharged and returned home,
Joseph Pearce

Commonwealth of Massachusetts                      
By virtue [?] August 14,
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I Samuel Smith of Rehoboth in the county of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Being now eighty years of age do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Captain Pileg Peck of the town of [illegible] din the county and commonwealth aforesaid Later deceased, That I knew him as Captain of a Militia company in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Daggett in the Revolutionary War, He marched to Worswick in the State of Rhode Island the first of January 1776 and served there three months in said Daggett Regiment, I knew him while he was there myself being a soldier in the company commanded by Captain Israel Glicks, in the same Regiment

Samuel Smith

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Bristol Js. August 13th 1838 Subscribed and sworn to by Samuel Smith above mentioned Before me Cyrus M. Wheaton: Justice of the Peace.

I further certify that Samuel Smith above named id a credible wetness

Cypress M. Wheaton
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I Benjamin Kingsley of the Town of Swansey in
the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Being now in the seventy ninth year of
my age, do on oath testify and say, that I was
well acquainted with Capt Peleg Peck late of said
Town, County, and Commonwealth aforesaid
That I knew him in the War of the Revolution as
Captain of a Militia Company in the Regiment
commanded by Colonel Thomas Carpenter.
He marched from Swansey aforesaid the latter part of
September 1776 to New York and served there in
the grade of Captain two months. He was then discharged
and returned home, I further Testify & say that in the
forepart of September 1777 I was drafted and served
as a private in the company commanded by said
Captain Peleg Peck and Marched with him down
to Howlands Ferry near Rhode Island in Spencers
Expedition. he served there in the grade of Captain two
months we were then discharged and came home.
I also marched with said Captain Peleg Peck from Swansey to Warrick in the State of Rhode Island the first of
January 1778 and served in the company commanded
by him in the grade of Captain three months in Colonel John Daggetts Regiment. we were then discharged
and came home. Also in the month of August 1778 I marched with said Captain Peleg Peck to Fall River
and from thence over Howlands Ferry to Rhode
Island & served there as a soldier in the company under
his command in the grade of Captain in Colonel Thomas Carpenters Regiment in Sullivans Expedition
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two months, we were then discharged and
returned home-
Benjamin Kingsley
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol Ss August 16th 1838 Personally appeared
Before me Benjamin Kingsley Subscriber of the foregoing
deposition and made Solemn Oath to the truth of the same
And I further certify
a credible witness
that Benjamin Kingsley is a credible witness. 
Cyrus M. Wheaton Justice of the Peace
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1925 Nov 23 Hist to Inez S. Wallace
1926 June 24 letter to Col. R.W. Peck [illegible]
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15192
Mary Peck
Widow of
Peleg Peck
Capt Rev War
Act: July 7th 1838
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 122
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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NON-DIVISIONAL UNITS & OVERHEAD INSTALLATIONS
ORGANIZED RESERVES, FOURTH CORPS AREA
1010 CIT & SOU BANK BLDG.
WALNUT O885
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
June 10, 1926.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.


Dear Sir:

I desire information as to Peleg Peck. Such a man
served in Captain Aaron Man's Company of Major General Sullivan's
Life Guards, Continental Troops, Revolutionary War.
Is he the same Peleg Peck who served in Colonel
Archibald Crary's Regiment of Rhode Island State Troops, or the
Peleg Peck who was a Captain in Colonel Thomas Carpenter's Regiment
of Massachusetts Militia, Revolutionary War?
I desire any data your office may be able to furnish
as to this man. Was he the son of Thomas Peck; was he born March
1736 and died 1807? If so, where?
Your aid will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
R. H. PECK,
Colonel, Infantry ( DOL).
.
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Governeur  N.Y
Oct 20-1925
Dept Interior
Pension Dept-
Will you please send
me the War record of Stephen
Thornton, he died about 1785
He married in 1770 Mary Sailsbury
she remarried Peleg Peck
she died -- 1842
He was living at time of Rev. War
in Rhode Island
I think in Cranston, R.I.
Yours
Mrs Inez S. Wallace
14 Caroline St
Governeur N. Y. 

[seal]
Pension Office US Oct 23 1925
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Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15792, for Peleg Peck, Massachusetts

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
June 24, 1926

R. H. Peck, Col. Inf. (Dol)
1010 Cit. & Sou. Bank Bldg.
Atlanta, Ga.

Sir: I have to advise you that there are two soldiers named Peleg Peck, on account of whose services in the War of the Revolution, pensions were allowed. 
Peleg Peck (W. 15192) served as captain in the Massachusetts Militia in Colonel Thomas Carpenter's Regiment. 
He married in October 1780 at Cranston, Rhode Island, Mary Thornton, widow of Stephen Thornton, and he died June 22, 1807 at Swanzey, Massachusetts. The name of his father is not stated. 
Peleg Peck (W. 2426) was born September 24, 1760 at Scituate, Rhode Island, and resided at Smithfield, Rhode Island, when he enlisted in the War of the Revolution. 
He served in the Rhode Island Troops under Captain Andrew Waterman, Colonel Babcock, also under Colonel Crary,  and under Captain Mann in General Sullivan's Life Guards.
In 1832, he was living in Middleburg, Genesee County, New York. 
He married Susanna Howard. He died November 4, 1849.
You will please state which of the above histories  you desire, and the same will be finished you. 
Respectfully,
Winfield Scott
Commmissioner.
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tain Andrew Waterman, Colonel Babcock, also under
Colonel Crary and under Captain Mann in General
Sullivan's Life Guards.
In 1832, he was living in Middleburg, Genesee
County, New York.
He married Susanna Howard. He died November 4, 1849.
You will please state which of the above histories
you desire, and the same will be furnished you.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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330.66
82.66
413.32
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Vol 3Page 51-1 Aug 1780 to 9th Aug 1780 9 days.
vol 3 page 54 29 Sep 1777 to 30 oct 1777 1 month 2 days
Vol 3 page 57 13 Dec 1776 to 23 Dec '76 11 days
Vol3 page 58 1 Jany 1778 to 1 Apl 1778 3 months 1 day
Vol 3 page 59 27 July 1778 to 10 Sept 1778 1 month 15 days
6 months 8 days
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Revolutionary War Pension and Land Warrant Application File W. 15792, for Peleg Peck, Massachusetts
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I Edward Hilton of Rehoboth in the county of Bristol and commonwealth of Massachusetts, Being in the Seventy fifth year of my age, do on oath testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Captain Peleg Peck late of Swansey in the county and commonwealth aforesaid, that i knew him in the War of the Revolution as Captain of a Militia Company in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Carpenter, In the month of August 1780. I was drafted as a private, and marched in the company under the command of Capt Israel [H]ick in the same regiment to Howland Ferry near Rhode Island and was stationed there, I went over with others of the said Hicks company to a place called Butt's Hill on Rhode Island and worked there building a Fort several days. I saw said Peleg Peck there in the Grade of Captain with his company to work at the same place, how long he served there at this time I cannot tell. 
Edward Hilton [shaky]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Bristol ss. August 17th, 1838 Personally came before me Edward Hilton subscriber to the aforegoing disposition and made oath to the truth of the same, And I further certify that Edward Hilton above named in a credible witness

Cyrus M. Wheaton, Justice of the Peace-