Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,852, Ichabod Holbrook, Continental Mass.
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Service
Continental 
Mass

Holbrook, Ichabod

Number 32852

CONTENTS
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6504
Massachusetts Roll

Ichabod Holbrook
Colo Sergeant
Lieutenant
Mass one year
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month, to commence the 30th of March 1818

Arrears to 4th Sept. 1818. 5W 2/31 x 4/30 - 103.95
Semi-anl. all'ee ending 20th March 1819 - 120

$223.95
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MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 5 A. D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Ichabod Holbrook subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, together with this certificate.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.

M Davis} Judge of the District Court S
Massachusetts District
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MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.

Boston 18 January 1819
I AM satisfied that the above named, Ichaboud Holbrook by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his country for support. 

M Davis {District Judge U.S. Massachusetts Dist.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
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No 36
Ichabod Hollbrook
Not on the Rolls

He forwards his Commission as 2d Lieut dated January [obscured by superscript]

Signed John Hancock which will [pass?] him in [illegible] of the law —
the need of the [illegible]

[superscript]
Admitted
on Commission
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United States of America
Massachusetts District –

Ichabod Holbrook of Randolph in the county of Norfolk & District of Massachusetts aforesaid, a resident citizen of the United States & an applicant for a pension from the United States under an act entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." maketh oath that he served as a second Lieutenant in Captain John P[??]ton's company in the sixteenth regiment of foot commanded  by Revy Coln. Paul Dudley Sargent in the war of the revolution in the continental establishment from the first of January seventeen hundred & seventy six to the tenth of Janary of the next following year when he was honorably discharged. he held a commission signed by John Hancock President of Congress, & was in service during the whole of said time, [illegible] within said state of Massachusetts & the State of New York– He previously served as an orderly sergeant for about nine months before he was commissioned as above stated– He now has his commission – That he lost all his property by the revolutionary war & has lived by manual labour ever since, & is now so reduced in circumstances that he is in need of assistance from his country for support.

Is aged sixty nine years—

Ichabod Holbrook

Massachusetts District [ss.?] Boston 30 March 1818
worn to before me 

Jno Davis
Dist Judge [illegible]
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J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D.C. 7 
FREE [postal stamp] MILTON SEP 5 MN
[written sideways] Comms. Sept.
Ichabod Holbrook
Ins Priv [?]
Act 1818
29 Jan 19
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Dorchester, Sept. 4. 1837.

Dear Sir,

The late Maj. Ichabod Holbrook, who sustained the office of Lieutenant in the army, during the struggle for our Independence, secured as a compensation for his unrequited services $20. per month, a few years previous to his death, which, I think, occurred in 1824. His widow who remained such till early in the year 1834. His widow who remained such till early in the year 1834 when she died, was uninformed of the act of 1831 by which she became entitled to the whole or a part of the pension of her deceased husband & consequently died without receiving it. It is but recently that her children have been informed that they are entitled to the same, from 1831 (the time the act passed) till her death.

In their behalf, I write to know your opinion on this subject, & what course it will be proper for them to persue, in order to obtain this pension – supposing they succeed in substantiating their claims of which there can be no doubt, if they are included in the said act of '31.

Yours, &c. &c.
J. Holbrook.

P. S. An answer to this directed to Clarendon G. Holbrook, M. D. Dorchester, Mas. will be gratefully received.
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Copy
Schedule &c of
Ichabod Holbrook

6504

Jany 1819
Contd 25 [Feb?] 1820

Con
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
NORFOLK, ss.—CIRCUIT COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, SPECIAL
SESSION, JULY 17, 1820.

On this Eighteenth day of July 1820 personally appeared, in open Court, being a Court of Record for said County, proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in po int of amount, keeping a Record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Ichabod Holbrook aged seventy two years, resident in Randolph in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: I had a commission as second Lieutenant and entered the years service so called, about the last of December 1775 or the beginning of January 1776 and faithfully served my Country during the whole of that year in Cap John Vinton's Company & Col Paul Dudley Sargeants Regiment, being the 16th Regiment and then resigned and was honorably discharged as is more fully set forth in my former declaration, for which service a pension was duly granted, and a Certificate issued, dated January 29th 1819 & numbered 6504.

And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with 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 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.

Ichabod Holbrook

Sworn to and declared, on the 18th day of July A. D. 1820 before Jainus Ward Judge of C. O. Com. Pleas for [So.?] Circuit.

I, Horatio Townsend Clerk of said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied form the record of 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 [blank] dollars and [blank] cents.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty fourth day of July 1820

Horatio Townsend Clerk.
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I Ichabod Holbrook of Randolph in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts an applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress of May 1st 1820, testify and declare that I have no property either real or personal – that for a number of years past I have been wholly dependent on my son with whom I live for support, except that I have been able to do some light labor at some seasons of the year — I am now growing near infirm and unable to earn any thing by my industry — I have a wife aged sixty nine years who is feeble & unable to earn any thing —I have five other sons but neither of them nor the one with whom I live are able to support me,

Ichabod Holbrook
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Ichabod Holbrook
S 32852 [illegible]

O. W. and N. Division.

Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. Jan 25, 1893

Sir,

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Ichabod Holbrook, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[table]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. || CAPTAIN | COLONEL || STATE.

Jan. 1776 | 1 yr | 2nd lieut | || John [Priton?] | [Pal P?] and Dudley Sargent || | Mass.

Battles engaged in, None men.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not given
Date of application for pension, Mar. 30, 1818
Residence at date of application, Randolph Mass
Age at date of application, 69 yrs_

Remarks: Pension allowed &c

Very respectfully,

[Green?] B. Raum
Commissioner.

Chas. Elwell French
367 Washington St
Boston Mass
7941–3m
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32852
Revy INVALID.

File No. 32,802
Ichabod Holbrook
Lieut Rev War

Act 18" March 1818"
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 194

Arrangement of 1870.

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1893 – Feb. 1.
Hist. to Chas. E. French,
Boston, Mass.
F. S.
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32852

IN CONGRESS.

The DELEGATES of the United Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, and South-Carolina, to Ichabod Houlbrook, Gentleman

WE reposing especial trust and confidence in your patriotism, valour, and conduct and fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be Second Lieutenant of Captain John Pinton's [crossed out: Isaac Heith's?] Company in the 16th. Regiment of Foot Commanded by Colo. Paul Dudley and Sargent, in the army of the United Colonies, raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Second Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as Second Lieutenant And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of Congress, for that purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the time being of the army of the United Colonies, or any other your superior officer, according to the rules and discipline of war, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This commission to continue in force until revoked by this or a future Congress.

Attest Chal Thomson [Just?]

By order of the Congress.
January 1st. 1776.
John Hancock President
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Revolution

FRENCH and ADAMS,
ART STATIONERS,
ENGRAVERS, AND PRINTERS,
367 WASHINGTON STREET,

BOSTON, August 4 1892

Commissioner of Pensions

Sir;

I have the honor to request that the following information be furnished me if possible. Was Major Ichabod Holbrook of (born in) Braintree Mass carried on the Revolutionary Pension Rolls for the loss of a leg or any other physical disability. I am desirous of strengthening my claim as a member of the Sons of the Revolution and am anxious to establish this fact. It is a family tradition that such is the case and is based on the statements of a grand aunt now living who was personally acquainted with the said Holbrook, her grandfather. The Register of the Society is about to be printed and in order to avail myself of this claim it must be filed by Aug. 10th.  Your attention to this matter would be greatly appreciated by

very respectfully
Your obedient servant
Charles Elwell French

[superimposed stamp]
U S PENSION OFFICE
AUG 8 1892