Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,765, Josiah Hall, Mass.
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Mass. Hall, Josiah W. 19.725
Mary B.L. Wt. 8456_160_55
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1668
Massachusetts
Josiah Hall of Sutton in the State of Mass
was a Private in the company
commanded by Captain of the regt command
Col. Whitney in the the term for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
the rate of 80 Dollars - Coulson
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Nov
1832 and sent G Folson
Present of Worcester Mass.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $120
Semi anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 40
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by J H Blair Clerk
Book D. Vol. 2 Page 58.
See letter to pension office
April 26. 1833
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DECLARATION, in order to the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, SS.
On this Fourth day of Oct in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two
personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. Nathaniel Paine Esq. now sitting Josiah Hall a resident of Sutton in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged 73 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 service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.

Early in the spring of the year 1776 he enlisted in a company of State troops, commanded by Capt Jonathan Carriel of said Sutton, whose Platoon Officers were David Trinity of Spencer and Reuben Marsh of Douglass, both likewise in said County, and in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Josiah Whitney of Harvard He marched directly from said Sutton to Boston, at the commencement of his term in
the month of April, he believes, and soon after the British Army left Boston in the was employed, during a part of his
term, in building a fort on Governors Island, and another on Point Shirley. He was stationed, during the latter part of
this service, at Nantaskett, in the vicinity of Boston, where, at the expiration of his term of Seven months, he was verbally discharged

Directly after his return, from the abovementioned
service, he again enlisted into a company of militia, or state troops, commanded by Capt.
Abraham Batcheller, of said Sutton, with
Lieutenants James McClellan and James Prentice both of the same town. He marched from Sutton, in the of December, 1776, to Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, where he performed a service of six weeks in building Fortifications, on guard, He believes that
only a small body of militia was in Providence at this time, which under the command, he thinks, of Col. Jonathan Holman of Sutton, and he does not now recollect the name of any general officer who commanded in Providence at this period. At the expiration of his term of six weeks, he was verbally discharged, as above
Early in the Spring of 1777, he again voluntarily entered the service, as a substitute for one David Prince Chase of said Sutton, now deceased, and performed a service of
five months, in a company of militia commanded by Capt Andrew Elliott of Sutton, with Lieut. Samuel Lamb [rest unintelligible]
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with, in a company of militia commanded
Andrew Elliott of Sutton, with Lieut. Samuel Lamb
of Worcester. We again proved
the said town of Providence, where he was engaged for some
and in building Fortifications for the defence of the
then marched to Greenwich, on the west side
of the day, belong Providence in Afterwards he was stationed
called Quidoredock Point, a little distance from
perhaps within the limits of the town of Greenwich
Here he was verbally discharged, at the expiration of his
●
term of two months
Immediately after his return from Rhode Island, on
the tour, he enlisted, voluntarily, in a Company
of militia for the purpose, as he understood of guarding the publick
stores in the interior of Massachusetts, marched to
Springfield, where, after staying about two days, he was order
ed to Brookfield, in Massachusetts for the purpose of guarding some
military stores in that town. Here he completed a tour of Seven
months as waiter or servant, to Lieut Lamb, the Officer who comthe
detachment at Brookfield, which consisted of about ┃
20 men - The public stores, in this place, he recollects, were under ┃ the
care of an Overseer, or Comissary, whose name was Speakmann
In April, he believes, in 1778, he again enlisted into a company of State Troops,
commanded by Capt. David Batcheller of Northbridge, in said county, one of
whose subalters was Thomas Gorman of Sutton, and in a Regiment command
ed by Colr Ezra Wood of Upton, in said county; and in May, he thinks, he marched
from Sutton to Hartford, Litchfield, and Kent, in Connecticut, and them on to Fishkill
New York, where the Regiment rendevoused from this place he marched down the Hudson,
in or about the 27 day of June, to White Plains-- Here he remained till about 20. September
┃ Washingtons Head Quarters being at White Plains, till about this period - Thence he
marched to Danbury, in Connecticut, where he was confined by sickness, on recovany
of his health, he joined his Regiment at Litchfield during his sickness, his
Regiment had been, he understood, at Fredericksburg, Gen. Washington's Head Quarter
on Litchfield he marched to Farmington, in Connecticut, and was employed
in making some repairs on the roads or thence back to the Hudson, where he went
into Quarters, in the woods, near Peekskill, where he remained till late in January,
when he was verbally discharged, having performed a service of 8 months, after
his arrival at Fishkill, William Park, he remembers, was quarter master of the Reg
me John Potter, Paymaster A. Crosby, Surgeon Willis Hall
the remembers Major on Putnam, and Brigadier Gen Nixon, in this
service.
For this service, amounting in the whole, to more than two years,
he respectfully presents his claim, as a private in the army of the
Revolution, for the benefit of the act of Congress, as above mentioned
He was living in the town of Sutton, when he entered the service,
and reports himself to have been born in that town, on the 5 October,
129 and
of his age he has lived in the town of Sutton, above mention
and the adjoining town of Millbury, ever since the Revolutionary
He refers, as to his character & veracity, &c. to Hon Jones
Sibley of Sutton and Hon John Davis of Worcester, late, and present
of Congress from Massachusetts
the
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on
pension roll of the agency of any state.
I
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Nath Faine Judge of
Josiale Hall
Probate for the County of Wored
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certify that we are acquainted
neighbor
with
a Clergyman residing in the
residing in
above declare, that we believe him to be
orhood
where
he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the
and
hereby
who has subscribed and sworn
to who
2
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned analiant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And he further certifies, that it appears to them that all who signed
certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Town of Sutton has been a
that Memb
John Davis who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of War and is a member
and that their statement is entitled to credit.
with same Judge of
for the County of Unick
that the foregoing con-
Clerk of the Court of
IN TESTIMONY
tains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
for a pension.
day of
of
How
at ┃
do hereby certify
in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty
this
I hereby certify I have been acquainted with the with
named Josiah Hall the applicant - I was acquired in
him through the war of the Revolution. & that he has
always sustained a character for varasity
-
Jonas
Filly
6
and to the above that said Hall has been known to
me for same is considered & estanced by the public
as a man of truth & I believe him to be such
Worster October 5, 1832
John Davis
Josiah Hall
her
to before me
William Lincoln
Justice of the Peace
the ┃
with ┃
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I Theophilus
Wheeler Register or Clerk of the Court of Probate for
the County of Worcester in Massachusetts
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the or
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the
application of Josiah Hall for a pension; and that
Jonathan Leland John Sperr, Jonas
John Davis before whom the annexed offi
davits were made, are Justices of the Peace in
for the County of Worcester aforesaid, in goodcredit

and that the writing purporting to be
their signatures, are genuine
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and
of the
Seal of the said Probate Court
October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and
1832 thirty
Theophs Wheeler Reg of said Court
of Probate
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9985

L died Oct 20th 39.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

County of Worcester Ss

On this fifteenth day of November 
in the year eighteen hundred
and forty three, personally appeared
before the Court of Protests within
and for said County. Mary Hall a
resident of Sutton in said County
aged eighty [illegible] 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 pension July 7, 1838,
and the joint resolution of August
16th, 1842, entitled "an Act granting
half pay [illegible] pensions to [illegible]
widows."
That she is the widow of Josiah
Hall last of Sutton aforesaid deceased
who was a private Soldier in the
Army of the Revolution, and a pensioner
of the United States under
the Act of [illegible] 1832 at the rate of
eighty dollars a year, and went into
the service from the town of
Sutton. She is unable to specify his services, 
or to name the officers under whom he served.
The having no documenting witness of the
service. But she has heard him say that he
was out, in the whole, between [illegible] since three
years, further evidence of [illegible] this office
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to refer to this declaration since other
papers in her husbands care are a fine[rest of word illegible]
as aforesaid, came to the roster of
the Revolutionary army.
Therefore she declares that she was 
married to the said Josiah Hall
on the twelfth day of May in the
year seventeen hundred and
eighty four; that her husband is the
aforesaid Josiah Hall died on the
twentieth day of October in the
year eighteen hundred and 
thirty nine; that she was not married
to him prior to his leaving the 
service but the marriage was
placed [?]previous to the first of January 
[illegible] him died considering and 
[illegible] widow at the time above
stated.

Sworn to & Subscribed Mary Hall
on the day & year said
above written
before me

Jrs M Barton Judge of 
the Court of Probate for said County
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A Copy of a Marriage as found Recorded in the
town records of the town of Sutton Massachusetts
by Joseph Hall then town clerk.
Josiah Hall & Mary Marble both of Sutton were
Joined together in marriage by the Revd Doctr
David Hall pastor of the first Church in Sutton.
May twelfth one thousand seven hundred eighty five
I Oliver Hall do certify that the above is a true extract
from the records of said town of Sutton Massachusetts
with the exception of the date which is expressed on
the record in fair legible figures as follows,
Josiah Hall & Mary Marble both of Sutton
were
Joined together in marriage by the Revd Doctr David
Hall pastor of the first Church in Sutton 
May 13th 1785 Oliver Hall Town Clerk
of Sutton Mass.

I Oliver Hall abovenamed depose and say that I 
hold the office of town Clerk for the town of Sutton County 
of Worcester and the State of Massachusetts, and that the
above is a true extract from the records of said town
with the exception above named as certified by me
Oliver Hall Town Clerk
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 13th 
November AD. 1843
Toma. Leland, Justice of Peace
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I Mindwell H. Phelps of Sutton in the
County of Worcester and Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, do depose and say
that I am the daughter of the late
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

WORCESTER COUNTY, SS.

I, JOSEPH G. KENDALL, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid,
do hereby certify, That Jonathan Lealand and Ira M. Burton, Esquire,
- are Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified;
and that their ["he" crossed through], are signatures to the certificates on the depositions of Oliver Hall and Mindwell
M. Phelps. hereunto annexed, are genuine. and I also certify
that the said Barton is Judge of Probate of Wills, &e. in and for
said county duly commissioned and qualified, the said probate
court being a Court of Record, duly established by law in this
Commonwealth, having an official sent, and a recording of Clerk.
[Gi]ven under my hand, and the Seal of said County, this sixteenth day of 
November in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three.

Jos. G. Kendall, Clerk
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I Mindwell H. Phelps of Sutton in the
County of Worcester and Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, do depose and say
that I am the daughter of the late
Josiah Hall of Sutton deceased, and
Mary Hall his wife. My said father died
 on the twentieth day of October in
the year eighteen hundred and
thirty nine, and my said Mother
now [illegible] him, and has never 
been married since his decease.

Mindwell H. Phelps

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
[Wo]rcester Ss. November sixteenth AD 1843. Subscribed
[a]nd sworn to by said deponent who is
[k]nown to me as a person of truth
Before me
Ira M. Barton Justice Pols.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester Ss. I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court
of Probate for the Couty of Worcester, do certify,
that Ira M. Barton is the Judge od said
Court duly Commissioned and qualified, and
that his signatures to the foregoing a witness
and genuine.
In testimony whereof I do here unto set 
my hand and affix the seal of said Court
this twenty seventh day of July in the year
of our Lord on thousand eight hundred 
and forty four.

Chal G. Prentiss, Register
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[page 1]
Bounty Land
Claim

[page 2]
69.032
Bounty Land Claim
Act of Mar 3, 1855

Mary Hall
Widow of Josiah
Rev. Pensioner

Chas. C. Tucker
Atty
Present
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State of Massachusetts
Worcester Ss. On this ninth day of April
AD 1855, before me a Justice of the Peace are
and for the County of Worcester in said State
of Massachusetts, personally appeared Mary
Hall of Sutton in said County, aged ninety two
years, who, being duly sworn according to law,
declares that she is the widow of Josiah Hall who was
a Soldier in the Revolutionary war but does not
know the name of the Captain [illegible]
whom he served nor in what regiment he served. That 
her said husband enlisted at Sutton in the
State of Massachusetts as a private in or about
the year AD 1776 & several other times & served in
several campains in all more than two years for which he drew a pension
of eighty dollars per year and was honorably
discharged - She further states that she was 
married to the said Josiah Hall by the Rev.
David Hall, but does not recollect the time, and
that her name before she was married to the
said Josiah Hall was Mary Marble that her
said husband died at said Sutton on the twentieth
day of October AD 1839, and she is now a widow
and that she believes a public record of his marriage
exists. She makes this declaration for the purpose
of obtaining the Bounty land to which she is intitled
under the act of March 3d 1855, never having
received bounty land or knowing that she is entitled
except for the above service; and she hereby constitutes
Charles C. Tucker, of Washington D.C. her atty
to present her claim and process her warrants
hereby authorising and empowering her said
oath, to obtain from the proper authorities at Washington
D.C. or elsewhere, certified copies of any army records
or Documents in which her said husbands service may
be recorded & to procure any and all further
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evidence that may be necessary to establish
her claim, as party or if personally present; and
reversing and countermanding all former authority
that may have been given for the above
specific purpose - 
her
Mary X Hall
mark

Sworn to subscribed, and acknowledged
before me the day and year first above written
and on the same day personally appeared 
before me Oliver Hall a resident of Sutton
in the County of Worcester in said State to me
known as a credible witness and Anna Hall
of said Sutton who is also known to me as a credible
witness who being duly sworn, declare that
they are personally acquainted with Josiah
Hall this wife during the life time of the former
and know that they will together as Man
and wife and to be so reputed; and
they believe that the husband of the said Mary
Hall was the identical person who performed
the services mentioned in the above declaration
and for which they know that he
drew a pension; that the above mentioned
Josiah Hall is now dead and
the said Mary Hall is now a widow, and
they further swear that they are disinterested.
Oliver Hall
Anna Hall
Worcester Ss. Sworn to and Subscribed before
me, and I certify that I am not 
interested in the claim or concerned
in its prosecution Samuel H. Allen
Justice of the Peace
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A copy of Marriage as found recorded on the
records of the Town of Sutton.
Josiah Hall and Mary Marble both of
Sutton were joined together in marriage
by the Revd Doctr. David Hall pastor of the
first church in Sutton May 12th, 1785.
Recorded by Joseph Hall Town Clerk
A true copy Attest

E.A. Dudley, Town Clerk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

WORCESTER COUNTY, SS. 
I, Joseph Mason Clerk of the Judicial Courts
for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Samuel H Allen is
a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the
laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that his
signature to certificate of oath upon the declaration and affidavits
hereunto annexed is genuine

Given under my hand, and the seal of said County, this Ninth
day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-five.
Jo. Mason, Clerk.
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Mary Hall
under joint resolution of 23d
Jany: 1845, & act of
July 7, 1838

Adml: a $80 per anu[m]:
from 4 March, 1836, to
20th: October, 1839 - 

No. 71

Hon. W. Parmenter
East-Cambridge
Massachusetts
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Worcester
On this thirtieth day of January eighteen hundred and
forty five personally appeared before me Paris
Fourtellot a Justice of the Peace in and for County
Worcester May Hall a resident of Sutton in said
County eighty one years of age who being first
duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make
the following declaration is to obtain the amount of
pension which she claims from the fourth of March 1836
to the twentieth of day of October 1839 from which period
she has been already paid under the act of July the seventh
1838 on the act of March the third 1843 and the
declarent for alledges that she is still the widow of
Josiah Hall who was a private in the Revolutionary war
that her pension was allowed at the rate of eighty Dollars
per annum and was paid to her at the agency at Boston
in the State of Massachusetts and further she saith not
Made Hall
of
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year
above written
Before me
Lars Tourtellot Justice of the
Lear
ments.
her certify
Sutton January R Bor 1845
that Mary Hall who has subscribed
and made oath to the above is personally known that ┃
she is widow of Josiah Hall of this town deceased the
words "order" and "furthe" were interlined in the above before
subscribing and making oath
havis Tourtellot Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office Piston February 1845
hereby Certify, That at the date of the
annexed attestation Davis Tourtellot was a
Justice of the Peace for the County of
Worcester
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 hereunto affixed the
Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written
John C. Pacey
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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J L. Edwards Esq
Com of pensions
Washington DC
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Winter Sess. Nov. 14.
J. L. Edwards Esq
enclosed certificate I have seen the
of Mr. Hall the premises named in it
and thy patfull ash a vision of
the evidence in her case and in
that of her late husband Josiah Hall
under a full connection that he is
entitled to $8 per annum, the
art mine by her held on the
applicants husband left the revolutionary
service, he was a time in the
, and until the time of his death
as one of the most portable
in the town there he resided. No one
the hove him would doubt the army
of his statements as to his revolution
services, and the limits of his widow,
ly with confidence upon his dated
and the other evidence in his case
as a given for the claim of a full for
seven one has the department are
southerly correct in disallowing the
in 1780 under Captain Falls, of
herland due not allege it in
declaration. In the conting the
may say with entire confirm
the performance of any service
he has
Katie.
by the
the
or
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I James McClellan of Sutton, County of Worcester,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged 74 years, do
on oath depose and say, that I marched from said
Sutton in December, 1776, in a volunteer company of
militia commanded by Capt. Abraham Batcheller, with
Lieutenant McClellan and Prentice, to Providence, in the
State of Rhode Island, That Josiah Hall, then, and now,
of said Sutton, was a soldier in the same company, and
after the expiration of the term of six weeks, returned, I believe,
to Sutton with said company in And that I understood that the
militia was called into service, at that time, for the
defence of Providence from apprehended danger from the
British forces
James McClellan
Worcester ss. August 18, 1832, Then personally appeared before
me the subscriber, the above named James McClellan,
and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him
subscribed
Jona Leland
and
Justice of the Peace
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I James Mellendy of Charlton in the County
of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Aged 71 years, Do on Oath depose and say That in the Spring of the year A.D. 1776 that I the Subscribed then of Sutton in said County but now of said Charlton and Josiah Hall of said Sutton, enlisted together as private Soldiers in the company commanded by Captain
Carrel of said Sutton & in the Regiment commanded by Col. Josiah Whitney and that said
Josiah Hall, served with me in said Company
and Regiment seven months in Boston and
its vicinity, and was then verbally discharged
James Melendy

Worcester ss. September 5th 1832
Then personally appeared the above named
deponent and made Solemn Oath to the truth
of the above, and I hereby certify that I believe
his testimony may be fully relied upon
John Spurr
Justice of the Peace
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I Austin Comins of Charlton in the County of
Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Aged
64 years, do on Oath depose and say. That in the
year A.D. 1777 I was personally knowing that
Lient Samuel Lord of said Charlton, who was
in the service the aforesaid year come home
to said Charlton in consequence of ill health and
that I was also knowing that Josiah Hall of Sutton
in said County returned with him as his waiter
and remained in said Charlton, some weeks untill
the said Land and Land recovered his health
and the said Josiah Hall, as waiter as aforesaid went
back into the service again with the said Lien
Samuel Land
Ruben Comen
---
Worcester ss. September 5th 1832
Then personally appeared the above named
deponent and made Solemn Oath, to the truth
of the above, and I hereby certify that I believe
he is entitled to full credit -
John Spurr Justice of the Peace
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I Joseph Chase of Cornish in the County of Cheshire and State New Hampshire of
lawful age to testify and say that I enlisted into a company of state troops in Massachusetts
arised in Sutton and the adjoining towns commanded by Capt David Batcheller of Worthington for the term of eight months some time in April 1778 and remained in the army doing duty as a private the whole term. And Josiah Hall of Sutton in the County of Worcester Massachusetts was a private in the same company enlisted at the same time I did in the town of Sutton, where I then lived and served with me in Capt Batchellers company the whole term of eight months which was the time his enlistment as well as mine. I know he had said Hall was in the army during duty as a private the whole eight months for we were both from the same town and live in the same neighborhood in the said town of Sutton and have always been acquainted with said man. and I know him to be the same identical Josiah Hall who served with me in the army of the revolution as I have stated. We were stationed at Berkshire in the State of New York and remained there until June following and then we marched to White Plains and joined the army under General Washington. Col Evyne Woud of Ashton Massachusetts Commanded the regiment to which we belonged and some time in September 1778 we returned to Berkshire and the said Hall and myself with the whole company to which we belonged were discharged sometime in January 1779
Joseph Chase

July 11th 1832.
The honorably appeared
The said Joseph Chase and made oath to the truth this deposition by subscribed and 

Jonas E Sibley
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I Abijah Burnap of Millbury County of
the State of Mass aged 72 years do on oath depose and say that early in the spring of 1777 I enlisted as a militia man in a company commanded by Capt Andrew Elliott
of Sutton Lt Sam Lamb for two months I marched to Providence and was engaged there a while in building redoubts, thence I went Greenwich, there to Luidmesook point and there remained till my time was out when I was verbally discharged the Josiah Hall of Sutton was with me during the whole of this service and was honorably discharged at its expiration by a verbal dismissal, that he was then well known to me and has been ever since
Abijah Burnap

W Barron
Worcester Aug 14 1832
The personally appeared before me the above named deponent and made solemn oath to the truth of the above and I certify that
I believe he is entitled to full credit
John Davis
Justice of the Peace
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Mary Hall
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Common of this
County of Cresting
On this twenty third day of July
in the year one thousand eight
Hertford
appeared before me Hugh Buston
a Justice of the he be sale
Mary Hall resident
of Sutton in said County aged
inty six years who being first duly
sworn according to law, doth on
oath make the following seelaration

in order to obtain the
of the provision made
by this of Congress passed
on the second day of May
1848 granting to will
persons who were doing the
living and
That she is the widow of Josiah
Hall late of said Sutton deceased,
who and a soldier in the
body of the revolution and a
prisoner of the United States, and
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served as in his application for
such pension set forth, to which
he is unable to specify the
some, the penally upon
further that the were
a pension under the acts of
the period in the year 1848
and 1843, and also a
purson
of eighty dollars
in the act of or
oclock
and his
Kent
the is still a widow
Mary
Corner
sented by the
sident who is purely
to
at the
year above written
Bepo
Barton
the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County
I Charles W. Hartshorn, Clerk of the
Supreme Judicial Court of the County and State
aforesaid do certify that Ira M. Barton on the
twenty third day of July wrent was and now
is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County
duly commissioned and qualified and that his
signature
herein before written is genuine
to the certificate of the affidavit of Mary
Hall
Given under my
had and the seal
of said Court this twenty fifth day of July
A.D. 1849
Chas H. Cain
Clerk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 27 1844
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 Josiah Hall of Sutton is borne upon
the payrolls of Capt John Carriel Col. Whitney from May 10 1776. 6 mos 26 days; upon a pay roll of Capt Abr. Batchelder from Dec 1776 for 43 days; upon a payroll of Capt David Batchelder from June 20 '78. 7 mos 29 days
and upon a payroll of Capt Reuben Sibly from July 30 1780 - 14 days

The name of Josiah Hall is also
borne upon a pay roll of Capt Saml Foles Col Dagget as a corporal from Jany 6 1778 to 
Corporal Jany 6 1778 to R.J. Jany 26 days

The only roll in this Office of Andrew
Elliot in 1777 is Sept and the name of said Hall is not reported. There are no rolls of Lieut Lamb in this office.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John C Pay
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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to the Surites of the State of
Manachusetts
Item
for the purpose of enabling me to
a pension under the act of
Congress of July 8, 1838, I request you
to examine and certify the evidence
in your office, of the revoluting services
of my late husband Josiah Hall of Sutter
in the County of Custer decease
the amt into the service from
and service, as I believe, as a priah I months
in 1776 under Capt Jonathan Carroll, Col.
Whitney;-- 6 weeks in 1776 under Capt
hatram Battuller, Col J. Holman.months
as a substitute in 1777 under
Capt Andreas Ellest, 7 months under Lieutenant
such;-
8 months under Capt. David
Watchetter, and he fortally undence other
sowens. In witness thereof I have hereunto
set my hand this 26th day of July AD. 1844
Mary Hall
By her Attorney
C. Barong
W. Barton
Jus. Peace
Attest
Page 37

show all men by these presents that
Mary Hull of Father in the County of
Center & health of Massachusetts
do hereby make ambitite and appoint
M. Barton of Cunch in said
County, my attorney for me and in
my name to apply to the Suretary
of the Commonwealth open and for
an examination of the rents in his
Office in relation to the son of my
late husband priah Hall as a print
in the army of the Revolution, and
thereof duly to certify the same, for the
purpose of calling me to obtain a
pension under the act of Angus pur-
July 8, 1838, as explained by the the
solution of Aug 16. 1842
witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal this fifteenth
day of November AD. 1883.
Signed Sealed & deliminer Pleas
in presence of
Law Courtillet
J. Peace
Page 38

9985 Nov. 19, 1843
son
my
Edward Esquire
Com of Pension
Washington D.C.
Page 39

July 7 1838.
of
E. Edwards Esq
Com of Pension
Washington D.C.
Page 40

Sir
and the
of Any 12
of
water Mass. Nov 16. 13
Entered for her the Calabin
in the law of Mary Hall for a know
Act of July 38 and the shortain
Let the sept a further to me
by the bully have be
Balton
Page 41

hereto this July 25
to the Hon Court
of Pensions,
Colored will or the
of the same for or contine
of his person under the
of Congress of July 1838
he will please forward the
situate to my
M. Burton, Writer, less
Respectfully
Smith Bestor
Page 42

9985
Mary Hall
Mass
Act 7 July 38
and
1622 as private
Shop
$55.75 per an
24
from Oct 20
39
Ira M Barton Esq
Worcester
Mass
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Page 44

peter C Bacon Esq
Worcester
Page 45

8787
Mary Hall
Mass
Act 7th July 38
2 years
private
$80 per an
Issue new certificate the 
pension to commence 
28 Oct 39. Deduct what has
been paid
Also
Act 3d Mar. 43
M. Barton
Worcester
Mass
Page 46

Ann
Hunter July 27, 44
Sir
Endesen you are
in the prise Artiquate of
series of Prian Hall, to be well
the pension case of his de
under the act of July 38. Pleas
let her per certificate to render
to me
by hopefully
Hon M. Bates
you will also in the certificate of our
register of Probate appended to the duly
Page 47

Mary Hall widow
of Josiah Hall
Mass
Set to J M Barton July 19 1844
July 1838
Page 48

Commons of Bureau
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J L Edwards Esq
Commission of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 50

J L. Edwards Esqr
Comm of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 51

Sir
Worster July 17, 1844
On the 6th of Nov. last
took & soon after render to get the
dutin of Mary Hall for a person
under the act of July 38 and the
joint resolution of any. 42. Nothing
has been heard from the application
has it receive at the pension office
and if so, that order has been taken
upon it
Please forward to me a copy of
you must act extending the Cummins
of belows for the further time of
four years, and ye regulating
he obtaining a Junior under the
same
Very Respectfully
M. Barton
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Payment to be made
at Boston
by F. Haven
Agent for paying Pension
ers in the Agency of
Massachusetts
Payable on the 4th March
September in
Demand
The New Certifial
Empie
$80.
Office, in Book D. Vol. 1
deduct what Page 59 by test
has
Als
Ira
been paid act
3 March 43-
$80
M. Barton
Worcester
Mass
Clerk.
Page 53

WAR DEPARTMENTO
Widow's Pension.
Examined and
Countersigned.
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838
Mary Hall
widow of Josiah Hall
who was a private
and died on the 20th day of October, 1839-
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Fifty five
dollars and seventy five - cents per annum, commencing on the
20th October, 1839 - and terminating on the 4th of March
1841, unless the Pensioner married or died before the above mentioned date
in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage
or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States
, this - 15th. day of
October - one thousand
eight hundred and forty-four
Wm Wilkins
Secretary of War.
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Sutton Moss, Mar. 26. 1860
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Josiah Hall of Sister Miss Soldier of the
Revolution was inscribed on the Pension Roll
about 1852 at 80 per annum and his widow
was pensioned of the form sale under the act
Feby 1848, said Hall served three years or more 
said war & his proof in the Dept you two
Servin - and his friends suppose he
was entitled to 96 pr year in lien of 80 doles
Will you be kind enough to inform me whether
he & his widow are entitled to $96 per
who have proved two for & upwards of service
Will for inform me whether the children
of Revolutionary Soldier (South) where there is
no widow are entitled to Bounty land under
by act of Congress-
Will for under me the low & the from of
application out much oblige
Truly you Whipple
Page 55

8456
160 and
Page 56

Sir:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second
Comptroller's Office,
April 9th, 1841.
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States, "The widow of Josiah Hall
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at
the rate of Eighty
Dollars and
Cents
per annum, under the law of the
June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the
to the 20th Oct.
1839
of Sept. 1839
Respectfully yours
line E. Parsms
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
Comptroller.
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Act 2d Feb 48, Mass
Benton
Page 58

No. 69032
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 14, 1855.
Jos. Hall
Rev. War.
Warrant 8456-160-55
Chas. C. Sucker
Washington D. C.
Page 59

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1910
Mary Hall
Wid" of 
Josiah Hall
Priv. Rev. War
Act: Febry. 20
118
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 33
Arrangement of 1870.}
Page 60

loss to Agt by
Nov. 23d 1844.-
Cert. No 71
under joint Road
23 Jan 45 on the
13 April 1845.
& sent-
Hon. W. Parmenter
Cambridge
Massa
letter
1878 of
⎬
sd Massachusetts
widow of Josiah Hall
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 20 October, 1839
of Worcester (in the State of Mass
who was a private in the compy
commanded by Captain Bachelder
of the
Regt commanded by Col Whitney in
the Massts,-- line for 2 years
Increased from $55.75
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachtts
at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of 20th October, 1839
Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of
November 44 and sent to Sea M.
Barton Worcester, Mass.
Total amount,
$109.97
Recorded by Settlement
Book
Act July 7, 1838.
Clerk,
Vol 1 Page 59.
Page 61

Hall
and of Josiah Mass
.
Feb. 1848
to
Pensions
Page 62

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
Page 63

Cap machan Carrel C Whitny 1776
6 Weeks
Abraham Barchelle Col. Holmy 1776
Mo
as substitute, Capt Andrew Elliott
of Lieut Lumb
8 mo Cap Dand Batcheler, Col and
1778
1777
Page 64

[faintly lettered] 6236
Refer 23 Nov 44

No 71. Joint
Resolution
---
6382
Massachusetts
_____________
Mary Hall
widow of Josiah Hall
who was a private
in the Massachusetts line
_____________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
_____________
Certificate of Pension issued the
22 day of Nov: 1844
and sent to I. M. Barton
Worcester
Mass:
_____________
Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 31
Page 65

No. 8787
Massachusetts
Mary Hall,
widow of Josiah Hall,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832,
and who died on the 20. October, 1839,
of Worcester Co in the State of Massts:
who was a private in the company.
commanded by Captain Bachelder - of the
Regt: - commanded by Col. Whitney - in
the Massachs line for 16.22 mo: private

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 55 _ Dollars 75 _
Cents per annum, to commence on the [crossed out: 4th day
of March 1836]. 20th: October, 1839 -

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th: - day of
October, 1844 and sent to Ira M
Barton, Worcester, Massts: -

Total amount, $79..22.
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by [illegible] - Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 - Page 59 -

[opposing page] Letter to, Ira M Barton, 15th:
October, 1844
[faint lettering] Rep: 15th Oct. 44