Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10080, Josiah Hovey, Mass.
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8-1776
SERVICE
Mass
Hovey, Josiah
Elizabeth
NUMBER
W. 10080
B.L.Wt. 2362-160-55
CONTENTS
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15-633
Massachussetts
Isiah Hovey of Middlesex in the State of Massa
who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Hovey of the Rest commanded by Col Tyler in the Massa line for 2 years
[illegible handwriting]
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachussetts
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2@ day of July 1833 and sent to [name illegible] Cambridge Mass
Arrears to the 4th of [illegible] 1833 $160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending [illegible] 40.00
$200.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by [illegible] Clerk, 
Book E Vol. 2 Page 33
[opposite page] To [illegible]
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363
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Hovey
Widow of Josiah Hovey
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Ma[illegible] Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848 [struck out] 3 February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the
13 th day May 1853
and sent to [illegible initial] Clarke 
Brighton Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act [text struck out] Page 40 Vol. a
1832
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19615 Act March 3/53
_________Read______28

Elizabeth Hovey wid of
Josiah Hovey   Private
___________________________________________________
Capt William Warner, Mass
Col Jos Whitney    Mil
was a pensioner of the W.S.
____________________________________________________war of the Revolution
___________________________________________________
Adm't 160 acres July 14, 1855
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19.615
Elizabeth Issue
Hensere hil I Felz  50
Ale Ras
Baskyn  28home/st
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex ss
On this twenty third day of March A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid. Elizabeth Hovey aged sixty one years, a resident of Cambridge in the state of Massachusetts, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she the widow of Josiah Hovey deceased who was a private in the Milita in the war of the Revolution, and he received a pension of eighty dollars per annum under the Law of Congress passed 832 and that she is now in the receipt of a pension of eighty dollars per annum under the Act of March 3, 1853 and she refers to papers on file in the pension office in Washington D.C. for the proof in this claim. She further states that she was married to the said Josiah Hovey on the twenty eight day of August in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight Jsy Peace J. .w Parker that  (ineligible) before me said Marriage was Elizabeth Greenwood that she said husband died at Cambridge on the twenty-nineth day of March eighteen hundred and forty seven, and that she is now a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty and to which she may be entitled under the cert approved March 3rd 1855
Elizabeth Hovey (signature)
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We Elizabeth J. White and Catherine S Hovey residents of Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts upon on oath declare the foregoing declaration who signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Hovery in claim of pension and that we believe from the appearance and statement of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be 
Elizabeth J. White (signature)
Catherine S. Hovey (signature)

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the and year above written and testify that I know the affidavit to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents to herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim
Elijah Clark Justice of the Peace (signature)
in and for the County of Middlesex  & State of Massachusetts
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I herby certify that I find from the record of marriages & deaths of the first Baptist Church in Cambridge Mass. That on the 28th day of July 1838 Mr. Josiah Hovey of said Cambridge was united  in marriage to Mrs. Elizabeth [Elisabeth?]Greenwood of Boston, and also that the aforesaid Josiah Hovey died in said Cambridge, March 29, in the year of our Lord eighteen forty seven (1847).  And I further certify that the aforesaid Elizabeth {Elisabeth?] widow of the late Josiah Hovey now resides in Cambridge and remained unmarried

                         J. W. Parker, [illegible] 

Cambridge March 23, 1855,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
County of Middlesex. [illegible] March 23, 1855.
Then personally appeared Revd J. W. Parker and made oath to the truth of the above certificate [illegible] him made and Subscribed and Testify that I have no interest in the mater [matter?] for which this is taken
      Before Mr. Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Secretary's Office, Boston, March 24, 1855.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereto annexed Elijah Clark was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex.

in the said Commonwealth, duty 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 Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written

[seal]        E M Wright
                  Secretary of the Commonwealth
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I Jame Greenwood of Brighton County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts sixty six years of age do testify and say that I was personally acquainted with Josiah Hovey then of Cambridge in said county of Middlesex and that I have heard him say that he was in the service of the revolution and it was generally referred that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States that the said Josiah Hovey married for his second wife Elizabeth Greenwood then of Boston , the said Elizabeth Greenwood being the widow of the late Johnathan Greenwood my brother and that the said Josiah Hovey and Elizabeth his wife resided in Cambridge until the time of his death which took place about five years since - and that the Elizabeth Hovey now resides in Cambridge and remains the widow of Joshua Hovey aforesaid

James Greenwood (signature)


Middlesex ss. Brighton Feb 7 1853
Then personally appeared James Greenwood and made oath to the truth of the affidavit by him and subscribed and I hereby certify that he is a credible witness and intitled to belief and I also certify that I have no interest in any way connected with the above affidavit - "the word said" in the above affidavit being (?) before signing and making oath 
Before me, Wm Warren Justice of Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Secretary's Office, Boston, February 23 1853
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Henry M. Chamberlain and William Warren were Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex; and Franklin Hall was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk.

in the said Commonwealth, duty commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are 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.

[faint  seal]      E M Wright
                          Secretary of the Commonwealth
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I hereby certify that on the twenty eight day of August in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight I joined in marriage Mr. Josiah Hovey and Mrs. Elizabeth Greenwood

Attest J.W. Parker  Pastor of the first Bap ch.

I J. W. Parker above named depose and say that I was at the time named in the certificate and state a Pastor of the first Bap Ch & society in Cambridge in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts the above certificate is in agreement with the record entered and made in my Book of Records at that time of the above named marriage except the date is there in figures as follows  Aug 28, 1838

And I also certify that from the same record I extract the following Josiah Hovey died Aprl 1. 1847
J.W. Parker (signature)

Middlesex ss. February 7th 1853 Then personally appeared the above named J.W parker and made solemn affirmation that the above written affidavit by him subscribed is true before me and I certify that I have no interest in any way connected
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with the above certificate
Henry M. Chamberlain Justice of the Peace.


I Isaac Livermore of Cambridge in the County of Middlesex & commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 55 years on oath testify & say that i was personally acquainted with Josiah Hovey late of said Cambridge. that he was reported to be a Revolutionary Pensioner of the Unted states -  he died in said Cambridge some five or six years since - that I was frequently at his house during his last illness & was present at his funeral & that he left a widow who still resides in Cambridge & has never married since his decease

Isaac Livermore (signature)

Suffolk ss. February 23 1853 Then personally appeared above named Isaac Livermore  & made oath that the affidavit by him and subscriber is him. & I further certify that I have no interest whatsoever in the matter in relation to which are above affidavit is taken

Before Me
Franklin Hall
Justice Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex ss
On this twenty first day of February eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before the Hon . Samuel P.P. Fay Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the county of Middlesex and state aforesaid Elizabeth Hovey a resident of Cambridge in said County aged fifty nine 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 laws of the United States passed July first 1848 July 20,1838 Granting pensions to the widows of Revoltuinary soldiers.
that she is the widow of Josiah Hovey late of Cambridge in said county of Middlesex who was a private in the Massachuse3tts Militia in the war of the Revolution and was a revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under to Law of Congress passed June 7 1832 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum which was paid to him at the agency for payin pensions in Boston State of Massachusetts 
Seh further declares that she was married to the said Josiah Hovey, on the twenty eight day of August in the year eighteen hundred and
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thirty eight the ceremony being performed by the REvd J.W. Parker Pastor of the first Baptist Church and Society in Cambridge About her husband the aforesaid Josiah Hovey died at his residence in said Cabridge on the twenty ninth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and forty seven. and that the funeral service were performed by the Rvd J. W. Parker aforesaid on the first day of April eighteen hundred forty seven as aforesaid. That she was not married to said Josiah Hovey prior to his leaving the service but marriage took place prior to the first day of January eighteen hundred and fifty three "viz" at the time above stated. She further declares that she now widow of the said Josiah Hover and she has never before made any application for a pension.
Elizabeth Hovey (signature)

Subscribed & sworn to be said Elizabeth Hovey in open Court on the day & years first above written before me. & I hereby certify that I am in no way  interested in the result of the foregoing application & declaration and not concerned in the prosecution of the claim

S.P.P Fay Justice of the Peace aforsaid County
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Middlesex, ss.
I Alonzo V Lynde Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, hereby certify, that [words deleted] Samuel P. P. Fay Esq. of Cambridge in Said County, is the Judge of Probate for said [words deleted] County of Middlesex, duly commissioned and constituted to act in that capacity.

[words deleted] that his signature to the paper hereto annexed, is his true and genuine signature, 

[words deleted] In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.

                  A. V. Lynne

[seal on upper left margin]
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Josiah Hovey
23419
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX ss

On this fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid now sitting Josiah Hovey a resident of Cambridge in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged sixty-eight years the 23r of December last 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 7, A.D. 1832: 
That in the month of April or early May in 1776 [crossed out and hard to read soldier in Boston] he was enlisted by his father Thomas Hovey then of Lunenberg in the County of [illegible] who was adjutant of Colo Whitney's Regiment of Harvard in the same county, and the applicant served as waiter to his father the regiment was stationed in Boston soon after the British evacuated said town and after they left Nantucket, the Regiment was stationed there +as Hull during the residue of it's term of service, which he believes was six months. he remembers seeing lilacs in bloom in Boston after the Regiment arrived there. + that he took the [illegible] pox in October + was removed to the Hospital at Sewell [illegible] in Brookline, which was under the care of Dr. Rand + was in the hospital when his time expired. He was only in his thirteenth year [illegible] the service. + remembers what the muster master as he was called said when he massed muster at Nantasket he believes, he was enlisted in Capt [cut off] company. In December following in 1776 he went with his father who was still acting as adjutant of Colo Whitney's regt to Peaks Kill in New York, where they joined the Regt arrived there early in January 1777 went for three months + time was out in March + served the whole time as waiter to his father. The Reg went from Peaks Kill thro Morristown where Washingtons headquarters there were as he thinks to Bound Brook about four miles from New Brunswick where the Regt remained till the end of said three months. Then returned home. In the latter part of the year 1776 his [illegible] was removed to Cambridge - and after his return from Jersey his father joined a company of militia in Cambridge commanded by Capt Seaver + was appointed first lieutenant of iz- and applicant went with said company as waiter to his father to Dorchester heights near [illegible] Boston, [smudged ink] a tour of duty for three months + was there in the most of August Sept + October of the year 1777 + the company was ordered there but by what authority does does not know. In 1779 his father Thomas Hovey was commissioned as a  Captain and I think he went as a substitute for another captain in the Regt of Colo Tyler [crossed out text] The applicant enlisted in said company for six months and went with said compy in the Spring or summer of 1779 to Providence in Rhode Island + stayed there until ordered to New York after the British had left there for Long Island. + remained there until his six months were out. In the Spring of 1777 or 17[smudged] he is not certain which his father engaged again for six months as a adjutant to Colo Whitney's Regt [illegible] acted however chiefly as Brigade major [illegible] went to Providence + applicant was acting as waiter to his father , was taken sick at Providence remained there while the Regt. went on as he understood to New London in Connecticut where it remained during the window of the [illegible] of six months. In July 1780 he was hired by the town of [illegible] for three months, into the company commanded by
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Capt. Stephen Frost in the Regt of Col Scipio
Howe, as a private
went to Rhode Island. I was employed in erecting
a fort at butts hill between Howland & Bristol ferries, the part was building under the direction of a perch engine who name he does not recollect - served there until his time was was out & was made up in the company roll for three months six days appears from the certificate annexed was born in Cambridge the 24th of Dec 1763. want to have bough at the age of sin & remained there until the years 1776, when his father removed to Cambridge where he has lived ever time except  about the principal Citizens of Cambridge. He has no discharge of does not know whether he ever received. His first term of service he is certain was not less than six months, & is strongly impressed with belief that it was more than seven months the second service in New York & the not less than three moths, the next in Rhode island, about which he is less confidence as to the time, but believes his engagement was for six months. The  next at Dorchester eight in Capt Seavers Company Three months, as to this service he may be mistaken in the year is one tour of duty in Rhode island was according to his belief  six months & his third tour of duty there in 1780 under Captain Frost three months. He was very young & acting under his father much of the  time as waiter woman never knew,  all the captain in whose competence he he was enrolled
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 any state,
Subscribed & Sworn to the day     
year aforesaid day 
We, Bela Jacobs Prob
town of Cambridge
a clergyman, residing in the and residing in Cambridge 
- - -
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Josiah Hovey - - who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - - that we believe his to be sixty eight eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neightbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Benjamin Bigler
Sworn and subscribed  the day and year Aforesaid.
Belo Jacobs 
Pay rob
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-named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he state. Ad the Court further certify, that it appears to them that Bill Jacobs who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Cambridge and that Benjamin Bigelow who has also signed the same, is a resident in Cambridge
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and is a credible person; and that their Statement is entitled to credit,
1
J.P.P. Pay Prob.
Isaake
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Register of the Court of
Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of application of Josiah Hovey 
for a 
pension I certify that is Justice of the Peace & Judge of Probate in said Conely in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office  of the day
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23419

Josiah Hovey

Private  2 years

S.P.P. Fay
Cambridge  Mass
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War Department, 
Pension Office,
183

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith reburned. The following is a statement of your case in tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A STATEMENT, shewing the Service of Josiah Hovey Middlesex Co Mass
Period when the service was rendered.
Enlist 1776
1776
1777
1179
1778
1780
Duration of claimant's service
Years.    Months.   Days.
"                6             --
"                 3              "
"                  3             "
"                  6             "
"                   6            "
"                   3            "
Rank of the claimant.
Privt waiter
di [?]
di
di
di
di
privt
Names and Rank of the Company officer under whom he served.
Capt. Hovey
--------
[illegible]
Hovey
__________
__________
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Col Whitney
Same
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Col Tyler
Whitney
Heow
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
-
-
-
-
-
-
Country though which he marched.
Boston
Peeks Kill
N York
Dorchester Heights
Providence Rhode I.
d-----
d-----
Butts Hill
Place of Abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
18 y
Worcester County Mass
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
documentary
traditionary
evidence
82 [illegible]
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. EWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Regulations under the act of June 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolla of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claim-in the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in-stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of
On this     day of      personally appeared (a)before
     A.B. a resident (b) of     in the country of     and State, Territory or District  of    aged (c)      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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) served in the       (e) regiment of the   line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he serv-ed under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. -> This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and per-sons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He herby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
      Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
         [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.      The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at-
tempted;  and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly se forth no favorable  decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in  which they reside, and there
subscribe and be sworn to, one of declarations above provided, according to the nature of case.
        The Court will propound the following {in} interrogatories to all  applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State Troops of Virginia
1. Where and in what-year were you born?
2, Have you any record of  your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and do now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer,  or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were  with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
To an Officer.
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State  the name of person to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can tes-
tify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
        The Court  will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of  the statement of the applicant.
        The applicant will farther produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, 
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable person –one of whom should be
the  nearest clergyman, if one live in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him , that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and\ believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they  concur in that  opinion.
 It one of these persons is a Clergyman. the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the char-
acter and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
         The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
          Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration be-
fore required, and submit to examination, before a judge of Justice of a Court of Record of the 
proper county, and the judge of Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to
perform,  and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
           Whenever any official act is required to be done bya Judge or Justice of a Court of  Record, 
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of The Court or County, under his seat of office, will be annexed stating that such person is a
judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine  signature.
          No Payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may died before 
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, thereto, and hereto the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will
transmit such evidence as they can pro-
cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of  of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a[ The declarant must appear in open Court, unless  prevented from from doing so by reason of  bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will fot-
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must  assign a sufficient reason 
for  not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he  served.
[e]  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim  cannot be had, be laid. Every claimant must state,  with precision,, the length of his service, and the  different grades in which he served, in language  so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 
the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, should amend his declaration by making and affidavit in the following word:
    "  Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the peace , &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposit and smith, that, by reason old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot  swear positively as to the precise length of his service: but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned   below, and in the following grades;— for —— year  ———— months, and ————— days, I served as a ———— and for such service I claim  a pension."
           It is Important, in all cases, to determine with precision for the which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs  the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some  persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.   This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable.  It must in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
 the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed , he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
{i] The clerk must affix his seal,  and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pub-
lice  seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress proving his official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the 
papers.
Mode of  authenticating paper.
   In evert instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet o f paper which con-
tain the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must 
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached  to the t certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is nt found on the records if the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses,
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving  the same,  as well
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the 
official character and signature of the be magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
 The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men,  Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof  required by rule in not [j] applies to continental Troop only.
[k] This  traditionary evidence is  indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories  must  all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Revy

WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 10080
Elizabeth Hovey
Wid
Josiah Hovey
Privt Rev. War
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Act: June 7th 1832.
Index;- Vol. A, Page 344
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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2362
To any
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19615

Act of March 3, 1855

Received March 28 187

Elizabeth Hovey wed of 
Josiah Hovey
Capt. Wm Warner
(?) Jos Whitney
Mass mil
Revolutionary War

Warrant No. 2382-160-03

Alex Ray
Present
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Appl. of Elizabeth
Hovey widow of 
Josiah Hovey 

Masstts (Massachusetts 32

Act  3d Juy 1853

Revolutionary 

Elijah Clark
Brockton
Masstts (Massachusetts)

Written sideways on document: 

J.E. Heath
Commissioner Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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3 Feb: 83 Mass.
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Brief in the case of Elizabeth Hovey, widow of Josiah, Middlesex  County and State of Mass. 
act 3 Feb 1853
_____________________________________
Claim ("Original,"  or "life increase crossed out")

Proof Exhibited, (if original.)

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

Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 at $80 per annum. 
Record proof of marriage

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
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No. 2126

Elizabeth Hovey
Widow of Josiah
Mass
Act 3 Feb 1833
$80 per annum, 
(Conig?)  3 Feb 1853



Elijah Clarke
Brighton
Mass
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Brighton, Mass.  February 26, 1853

Dear Sir, 
I enclose to you herewith the claims of Mrs. Elizabeth Hovey of Cambridge, widow of Josiah Hovey, a deceased Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States claiming a pension under the late Act of Feb 3rd 1833. 

Very Respectfully Yours
(This line unreadable)
Elijah Clark
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Term of Service with allowance of extra days for Mileage

Columns - Left to Right
Captains, Colonels, When Entered,  Ended in Rolls,  Service Found Claim'd in Rolls,
On Rolls Found, Station'd

I will list just the Captain followed by Colonel 
Will Warner  Jos Whitney
Will Warner  Jos Whitney
Stephn Dand  Jos Whitney
Ebenr Seaver
Thos Hovey  V. Tyler
Thos Hovey   V. Tyler
Step Frost  C Hows
Thos Hovey as Adjutant
Thos Hovey  as Adjutant 

The remaining dates, etc. can be read from the original document. 


Whole time of Service found in Seventeen Months. 

Edward Bangs  Sec'y
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I William Mann aged sixty nine years & say, that my father lived in Dorchester (?) the (?) during the revolutionary war and I well remember that the father of Josiah Hovey of Cambridge, was a lieutenant or adjutant with other officers (?) my father's house some time in the early part of the revolutionary war. & that said Josiah Hovey was there in the Service & acting as a (?) to his father the year when they quartered at my father's house for a considerable time, buy how long cannot (?). I do not recollect, but think it must have been in the year 1777 - 8 or 9.  My father lived there during the whole war & I was from & lived there util after the peace. 

Signature of William Mann

(?) ss  Oct. 15th 1832. Personally appeared William Mann, a citizen of respectable character & (?) (?), made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me
Signature F.P. P. Fay
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I, Timothy Adams of Cavendish in the County of Windsor in State of Vermont, aged seventy years do depose testify and say that - in the early part of the summer of the year 1779, I entered into the United States service and marched from Westford in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and was stationed the first part of the time at Providence in Rhode Island. I went for six months and was in (?) service that term. I was acquainted with Josiah Hovey of Cambridge in said Country of Middlesex. He came to Providence the same day or the day after I arrived there, and joined the same Company I did, which was commanded by Captain Thomas Hovey, belonging to the regiment of Col. Tyler.]]After the British left Newport in said Rhode Island we were ordered there where we completed our term of service.  At the expiration of the term, the company in which we were was regularly (?).

Signature of Timothy Adams
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss

I (?) Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex,  hereby certify that Luther I. (?) whose own proper signature is set to his ongoing certificate is a Justice of the Peace within said county  of Middlesex. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this fifth day of September in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & ninety two. 

Isaac Stoke