Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32763, Benjamin Griffin, Mass.
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Contents
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(2,483)
Massachusetts Roll - 

Benjamin Griffin
Capt Backey Private
Mass Line -- 15 mo--76
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

[cut off]useribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 4th of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th of September 1818 and Sent to Daniel. A. White Pas- Judge 
Spesc C4 Map 17

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1818 - 5 months & 30 ___40___20
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th March 1819___40
Continued  $88.20

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Salisbury Essex Co
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Lot Aa. C. W. Upham;
Feb 23/33

Notification sent July 29th 1820 to Ichabod Tucker, Salem, Massachussetts
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Lot Aa. C.W. Upham
Feb 23/33

Notification sent July 29th 1820 to Ichabod Tucker, Salem, Massachusetts
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Benj Griffin
Salisbury - Mass:

Daniel A. White, Esq;
Judge
Essex county, Masstts

Benjamin Griffin, Massachusetts line Revolutionary Claim.

The name of this applicant is not to be found on the rolls. Capt: Use, Con Hughes will state what regiment he served in himself, and his knowledge, on oath, of the time of enlistment and discharge of W. Grffin: the Affidavit of another disinterested and credible person, proving the service stated by the applicant, is required.
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I Benjamin Griffin of Salisbury in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath do testify and Declare that I served in the army of the United States in the war of the revolution, and on the continental establishment  more than twelve months. I first enlisted in June 1775 in Capt John Bakers Company, Colonel Moses Little, Regiment, General Greens brigade Massachusetts line in which Company I served fifteen months. I was taken sick and was discharged from service by Certificate from the Doctor Q - I have last this Certificate - I do further Swear that by reason of any reduced circumstances I am in need of the assistance of my county for support.
Benjn Griffin
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Essex S.S.

I Daniel A. White, Judge. of the Court of Probate of the said County of Essex, do certify, that Benjamin Griffin of Salisbury in Said County personally appeared on the fourth day of April A.D. 1818, and made the declaration aforesaid by him signed under oath before me; that Samuel Huse also made oath before me so the truth of the affixed affidavit by him signed & reduced to writing from his statement in my presence; and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Benjamin Griffin served in the Revolutionary war as set forth in his said declaration.
Given under my hand & the seal of the said Court the fourth day of May in the year aforesaid.
D A White
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Benjamin Griffin 2.48B.

LH 8th, Salisbury

18 Sept 1828

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Mar. 1819
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex, SS.

At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
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, Benjamin Griffen resident of Salisbury in said Circuit, who is named in the Pension Certificate No. 2483 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, Benjamin Griffen late a private 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 4th day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen Given at the War of Office of the United States, this 18th day of September one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War,"
[Stamped: L. S.]

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,

I wherey $5. bought and paid for by the county of government to him as a revolutionary soldiers. $5.
2 fishing lines 33Us 2 dd charts $1.25. 6 chains $1.75 _ _ 3.33
2 tables 75cts small kettle 15cts Tea kettle 75cts _ _ 1.65
Crockery ware $1. Tinware 60cts 1 Tub 10cts _ _ 1.70
1 pair of Iron dogs and shovel and tongs _ _ 1. 65
Table cloth & linen _ _ 1.
$14.33

That he is a fisherman seventy five years of age, a sister lives with hum unable to support herself, and his whole dependance is on his daily labor which at his advanced period of life he can perform only occasionally. That without the assistance of Government he must be supported by friends. 
That he served in the army of the United States in the War of the revolution on the Continental establishment, Massachusetts line as by him
as stated
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in his declaration before Hon. Daniel A White on his application for a pension April 4th 1818
Benjin Griffin

Essex. P. July 10. 1820
Then the above named Benjamin Griffin made oath that the above schedule & declaration are true, before me,
Stephen Minot, Judge of said Court.
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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. Stephen Minot, a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Benjamin Griffin 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.
Benjin Griffin

Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the aboveneamed Benjamin Griffin took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
Stephen Minot Judge of said Court.

I, ICHABOD TUCKER, 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 fourteen dollars and thirty three cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr. Ichabod Tucker, Cler
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32763
INVALID.

File No. 32,763
Benjamin Griffin
Pri Rev War

Act: 18th March 1818
Index: Vol. 8, Page 493

[Arrangement of 1870]
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I Samuel Huse of Newburyport in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gentleman, do testify and say thatI was on officer in the Army of the United States with the rank of Captain in 1778. while I was in the Army settled in 1775 I knew Benjamin Griffin who is now making application to the Government of the United States for a pension and in 1776 I knew him also to be a soldier in Captain John Baker's company, Massachussetts live & I am well satisfied that he served in said Company for fifteen months, I know that he was sick at the Hospital after I left him when I went on to join the Regemint in New York.
Sam Huse
April 4. 1818.
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Massachusetts.
We the subscribers, all of Salisbury in the County of Essex, hereby certify, That Benjamin Griffin of said Salisbury, and late a soldier in the Army of the late Revolutionary War, now over___years of age and by  reason of his age, unable to earn his subsistence, and having no other means, is so reduced  in his circumstances as to need the assistance of his country. 
Salisbury April 1, 1818

Seth Clark
Amos Morrill
Samuel Eaton } Selectmen
Joseph Nye -- Town Clerk

Names of Citizens. | Names of Citizens.
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Additional Proof
In support of the declaration of Benjamin Griffin of Salisbury and his application to the Hon. Daniel A White on the fourth day of April 1818, for the benefit of the act of Congress of the 18th of March last, provision for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War. 

I Samuel Huse of Newburyport in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in addition to a declaration by me made an oath before the Honorable Daniel A. White on the fourth day of April last, at the request of Benjamin Griffin of Salisbury on his application to the Government of the United States for a pension and in explanation thereof do on oath further testify and declare. That I was a settler in the army of the United States in the war of the revolution in the years 1775. in the year 1776 I received a commission as Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Capt. Jacob Gerrish, Colonel Moses Littles in the Massachusetts regimen - and in 1778 I was appointed Captain and acted as such in Colonel Jacob Gerrishes Regiment of Guard. I am unable to say what time said Griffin enlisted in said Bakers company in the year 1775. I remember having seen him with the army and in said Bakers as well in the year 1775 as in the year 1776 and I found his name entered as a soldier in said Company on a list of said Bakers soldiers which I have examined and which I have no doubt is a true list and there his name appears in January 1776.
In December 1776 I went on to Join the army. I left said Griffin sick in the Hospital in Cambridge. I am fully satisfied [] my knowledge of the man and the services which he rendered his Country in the war of the revolution at the period above state when I saw him in the service - that the said Griffin seemed [] nine months in continuance
July 20th 1818.
Sam Huse

I Samuel Eaton of Salisbury in said County of Essex  - Gentleman on oath do testify and declare, that I served in the army of the United State in the war of the revolution and in Cap Evan's Company, Colonel Fryer regimen, in the year 1775, and I do know that Benjamin Griffin above named was a soldier in Cap Bakers Company in Colonel Thases Littles regiment in that year. I know that he enlisted in said Bakers company, in I think June of that year. I knew him when he joined.
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said Bakers company - and was in a regimen stationed near the regiment in which said Griffin served and were on duty together so that I saw him very frequently. he served to my knowledge nine months on his said enlistment and I knew that at soon as his time was cut he again enlisted and I am knowing to his serving thereon several months afterwards when he was taken sick. our Regimen went on to New York in the year 1776 and said Griffin was then sick in the Hospital. his service in said Bakers company in his first enlistment was nine full months and his second enlistment was also a continuance in the service. it was while on duty and written leave of the Army.
I have been acquainted with said Griffin many years. he lives now in the same Parish with me. he is old and infirm, unable to take as much for his support and in circumstances of poverty to need the assistance of his Country. I have no interest whatever in said Griffins application - nor am I an applicant myself.
Essex SS. July 29. 1818
Samuel  Paiton

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
EssexSS
Town of Newburyport
Be it known by those present that on the twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and on the twenty ninth following, before me William Woast Notary Public for the County of Essex, by legal authority admitted and sworn, and a Justice of the Peace and [illegible] in and for said County residing therein, personally came Samuel Huse, and Samuel Eaton and severally made oath to the truth of the aforewritten Affidavit by them respectively subscribed - and I do Certify that said Samuel Huse and said Samuel Eaton are better personally known to me, that they are credible witnesses, and believed by me to be entirely disinterested. 
In testimony whereof I have also hereunto set my hand and applied my seal of Office this day month and year last above written.
Woast Not. Pub.
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I Daniel A White the Judge forenamed do further certify, that Samuel Huse and Samuel Eaton the deponents forenamed, are credible and disinterested Witnesses and that the said Benjamin Griffin, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
Given under my hand and Seal Official this 29 day of Aug AD 1818
D A White