Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1247, William Drury, Mass.

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SERVICE
Mass.

Drury, William
Hannah

NUMBER
W.1247
B.L. Wt. 30699-160-55

CONTENTS

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1493 Massachusetts
William Drury
of Holden in the State of Mass
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain ___ of the Regt commanded
by Col. Sparrowhead in the Mass Com for 1.0 Mass

Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Nov. 1832
and sent to Hon. J. Davy Worcester, Mass

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832  $49.99
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Nov. 33  $16.66
total $66.65

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1,044
Massachusetts
Hannah Drury
widow of William Drury
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
33 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
3 February 1853

Certificate of Pension issued the
6th day of July 1853
sent to Franklin Hall
39 State St.
Boston

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
July 29, 1848 Page 39 Vol. A
3 February 1853

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173491
June 20

Hannah Drury
and of his
William Drury

No 30699
Rev War

Pension 7 June 1832
"           3   July  1853
July 53 - 1044

Franklin Hall
39 State St
Boston Mass

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July 16 '56 - Warrant Corrected by changing surname of warrant from "Deury" to "Drury", and mailed to Franklin Hall, No. 39 State St Boston. Lett: to [obscured] [illegible] Law Office
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Vol. D = 139

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State of Massachusetts
Worcester County

On this thirtieth day of March A.D. 1853 personally appeared before the subscriber Judge of Probate within and for said County, Hannah Drury, a resident of Holden in said County, aged 83 years, who being first duly sworn according doth in her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed on the 3rd day of February, 1853:  That she is the widow of William Drury, who was a pensioner of the United States under the law of June 7, 1832, at the rate of thirty-three 33/100 dollars per annum on account of his service in the War of the Revolution & was paid at the Boston Agency & for proof of his services, she refers to the evidence on file in the Pension Office upon which said pension was granted.
     She further declares that she was married to said William Drury on the 25th day of September eighteen hundred & twenty that her husband the aforesaid William Drury died on the twentieth day of January eighteen hundred and fifty & that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs hereto attached.  She further declares that she has never before made application for a

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pension & that she has appointed Franklin Hall of Boston her true and lawful attorney to prosecute her claim under the aboved named act.

Hannah Drury

Sworn to subscribe and acknowledge the day & year above written before me & I certify that I have no interest in the claim of the above named Hannah Drury & am not concerned in its prosecution.  I further certify that she was not able to appear in open court on account of bodily infirmities.

                  Thos Kinnicutt  Judge
                   of Probate for said County
                   of Worcester

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Brief in the case of [handwritten] William Drury 
of [handwritten] Holden in the State of [handwritten] Massachusetts
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or Judge? [handwritten] Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? [handwritten] Seventy four years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[Table organized into 4 columns, with 4 rows of handwritten entries]
Period.
Duration of Service.
Rank.
Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.

[Row 1]
In 1777
Years ", Months 3, Days ".
As a Private
Gen. Col Sparhawk or Sparrowhawk

[Row 2]
77
Years ", Months 1, Days ".
"
Capt J. Maynard

[Row 3]
78
Years ", Months 3, Days ".
"
Col. Steams

[Row 4]
78
Years ". Months 3, Days ".
"
Col. Wade

5. In what battles was he engaged? [handwritten] None stated

6. Where did he reside we he entered the service? [handwritten] Shrewsbury

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? [handwritten] Living witnesses for the first and third terms only

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? [handwritten] They are defective in authentication, the seal not being on the same sheet, and the end of the letter is not under the seal

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
[signature]
Examining Clerk

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Secretary's Office, Boston, [handwritten] June 8th, 1855

I hereby certify that at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed
[handwritten] Zadock W. Gates was a 
Justice of the Peace for the County of Worchester in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to [handwritten] 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.
[signature] E. M. Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth

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AFFIDAVIT OF TWO WITNESSES.

We, Isaac Briant and Moses B. Smith residents of Rutland in the County and State aforesaid, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the above named Hannah Drury in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.

We further declare that we were well acquainted with the said William Drury and Hannah Drury his  wife (now his widow) during the lifetime of the former, and knew them to live together as husband and wife and to have been so generally reputed. That her said husband, the said William Drury died at Holden on or about the twentieth day of January 1850, and that she is still a widow, and that we have no interest in this claim.

Isaac Briant
Moses B. Smith

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.

Zadock W. Gates Justice of the Peace

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STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
County of Worchester
SS

On this eleventh day of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Hannah Drury aged 85 years, a resident of Rutland in the County and State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of William Drury who was a private in the war of the Revolution, and continued in actual service in said war for the term of at least fourteen days, and was honorably discharged from said service; for proof of which facts, she refers to evidence on file in the Pension Office, upon which a Pension was granted for her said husband under the Act of 7 June 1832

She further declares that she was married to the said William Drury on the twenty fifth day of September one thousand eight hundred and twenty; that her name, before her said marriage, was Hannah Howe -; that her said husband died on the twentieth day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty, at Holden and that she is still a widow; and for proof thereof she refers to the evidence on file with her application for a pension under the 2d section of the Act of February 3, 1853.
Her Pension Certificate is dated July 26, 1853

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855, and has appointed Franklin Hall, of Boston, her true and lawful attorney for her and in her name to prosecute her claim.

SIGNED AND SEALED
IN THE PRESENCE OF 
TWO WITNESSES
Isaac Briant
Moses B Smith

Hannah Drury

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State of Massachusetts, County of Worcester & Town of Holden

[Marginal Note]
Here copy the record exactly as it is. Only writing out the date in words.
[End Marginal Note]

I Paul Davis Town Clerk of the Town of Holden do hereby certify that I have examined the Records of the Town of Holden and find as follows William Drury and Hannah How both of Holden were Married September twenty fifth Eighteen Hundred & twenty
Joseph Avery Clerk
Paul Davis Town Clerk

I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed in the record in faint legible figures as follows: Sept 25, 1820
Paul Davis Town Clerk

I Paul Davis above named depose & say that I hold the office of Clerk in the Town, County & State aforesaid and that the above is a true Extract from the records of said Town, with the exception above named as certified by me.
Paul Davis Town Clerk of Holden

Now on the day of March 30 1853, Sworn to & subscribed before me, & I certify that I am not interested in the claim of Hannah Drury to a pension & am not concerned in its prosecution.
David Davis Justice of the Peace

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DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

COUNTY OF WORCESTER, SS.
On this 14th day of August in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two

Two personally appeared in open Court, before Nath James Judge of Probate for the
County of Worcester now sitting William Drury
a resident of Holden in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged 74 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.

That he first entered the service in the militia in a company commanded by Capt Elijah Bellows whose officers were Lt [unknown] Smith & Lt [unknown] Westings for three months in the month of Dec 1776, and belonged to Col Sparhawk's regiment & Gen Warner's
brigade. that we marched to Peekskill in New York, thence to Morristown in New Jersey, thence to Bound Brook in the same
State, where we remained until some time in March 1777 when I was honorably discharged having served my time out but
had no writing and was allowed for 15 days travel to get home 
-I next entered the same service in Sept 1777 for thirty days and belonged to a company having the following officer Capt John Maynard
-This is the only commissioned officer. the company were volunteers and had several persons who had been officers but they did
duty as privates. We marched to Stillwater & Saratoga joined the army against Burgoyne and served my time out and was
allowed pay for ten days to return - I next entered the same service in April 1778 for three months and served the same
in a company commanded by Nathan Harrington, Lt Whalen & Lt Livingstone, in the regiment commanded by Col Steams, Lt Col. not recollected, Major Reed. We were stationed first at Roxbury near Boston, and from thence went to Watertown and guarded from thence to Rutland a portion of the troops
of Burgoyne. The prisoners and remained there until discharged. I next entered the same service, in Oct 1778 for three months and served the same out in a company commanded by Eben Belknap, Lt Norman Leaver, Lt Uriah Ward in the regt commanded
by Col Wade. We joined the right at Greenwich in R. Island and from thence went to North Kingston in R. Island where I served the time out this place was near Newport. I was born in Shrewsbury Mass and went from there Each time into the service. In 1786 I removed to Holden where I have ever since resided. I have no documentary proof of any kind
and never received any written discharges my birth is probably recorded in Shrewbury. I have long been acquainted with Rev D Bonnet of Worcester, Dr Rice, Col [unknow] and more, of [unkown] of Holden & refer to them for my character.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before Nath James Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
William Drury

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[Rotated marginal text]
Wm. Drury
P[illegible] 2.737
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We [blank] a Clergyman residing in the [blank] and [blank] residing in [blank] hereby certify that we are well acquainted with [blank] who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be [blank] years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood 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.

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interogatories
prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
[Struck through text] And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that [blank]
who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that [blank] who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. [End struck through text]
Nath James Judge of Probate
for the County of Worcester

I Theophilus Wheeler Register, [struck through] Clerk [end strike] of the Court of Probate
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] 
for a pension & that John Davis & Nymphas Pratt are Justices of the said Probate Court
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of [struck through] office, this [end strike] the 14th day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two
Theophilus Wheeler Register of the said Court of Probate for Worcester County in Massachusetts

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Rev, Widow, &c.

File No. 1247
Hannah Drury
Widow
William Drury
Pen. Rev-War

Act: Feb, 3, 1853

Index: - Vol. A, Page 196

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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[Mark]

30,699

[Mark]

Ver. any

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No. 1513

Appl. of Hannah Drury widow of Wm.
Worcester Co.

Mass:32
[Underline]
1493

Act 3 Feby, 1853
$33.33/100 Per Annum
Commencing 3d Feby, 1853

Revy:


Franklin Hall
39 State Street
Boston
Mass

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office, Official Business

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[Postmark] Boston 23 Jun 55

[Upside down mark] FREE

[Veritcal handwriting] 30699 [remainder unknown/illegible]

Hon. J. Minot
Comm of Pensions
Washington D.C.

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I David Davis of Holden in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, Physician on oath testify and say that I am well acquainted with Hannah Drury the within declarant - that she was the wife and is now the widow of William Drury deceased, that said William Drury was a revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, that I attended him in his last illness and that he died on the twentieth day of January Eighteen Hundred and fifty
David Davis

Worcester ss. March 27th 1853- Sworn to and subscribed before me and I certify that I have no interest in the claim of said Hannah Drury to a pension and am not concerned in a prosecution
Charles Chaffin Justice of the Peace

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Secretary's Office, Boston, April 29th 1853,
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the
annexed attestations Thomas Kinnicutt was
Judge of Probate and David Davis
and Charles Chaffin were Justices of
the Peace for the County of Worcester
[mark]
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their 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.

E M Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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Wm Drury
Holden
Mass
W 2737.

Private
10 Months
Admitted
$33.33
Hon. J Davis
Worcester
Mass

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
William Henry Drury which require further
proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the dedication in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? he has

V. *Has he mentioned 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? He has

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? he has

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of  every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? He has

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes in his favor

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? he has

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? the seal is affixed, the inscription is good-

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service? no

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Yes

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? They are not, the Seal is not on the same sheet, and the tape is not under the seal

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? They are in his declaration

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of 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----. For---- months and----days, I served as a----; and for such service I claim a pension."

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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for 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 four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants 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 time the properly authenticated, as above directed.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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 certificate.

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39 State St. Boston
Apr 29, 1853,

Sir,
Enclosed herewith I send the application of Hannah Drury, widow of William Drury
dead - formerly a Revolutionary pensioner of the U. States at the rate of $33.33 per annum, under the Law of 7th June 1832, for a pension
under the second section of the Act
of February 7th 1853.
most respectfully
Your obt Servt
Franklin Hall

L. P. Waldo Esq.
Commr of Pensions,
Washington, D. C

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Pension Office
30th June, 1853

Sir,
William Drury, was inscribed upon the Massachusetts roll as a private in the War of the Revolution, & pensioned under the Act of 7 June, 1832, at the rate of $33.33 per annum.
Be pleased to inform me to what time he was paid.
I have the honor to be Sir,
Respectfully your obt. Servt.
S. Cole
for the Commissioner

Died 20th January 1850, and paid him to his death. 
F. Burt
Auditor

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Brief in the case of Hannah Drury, widow of William, Worchester County and State of Massachusetts, act 3 Feby 1853.

Claim,("original," or "for increase")

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.

Record evidence of marriage,

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

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Worcester Commonwealth of Massachusetts

I Benjamin Maynard of Shrewsbury in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age to testify and make oath do say that in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & seventy six I resided in said Shrewsbury and in the month of
December in said year I was drafted into the
Massachusetts Militia there in the service of the United States and that William Drury of Holden in said County of Worcester entered the same service at the same time with me in the company under the command of Capt Bellows & in the Regiment under the command of Col Sparrowhock and that said Drury remained in said service with me for the term of three months which term expired in the month of March following & then we were verbally discharged - during said
time we were stationed at Boundbrook in the
County of Somerset State of New Jersey 

Worcester August 10th 1832 Benjamin Maynard

Then the above named Benjamin Maynard personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the facts contained in the above statement
by him subscribed before me - and I certify that said Maynard is a credible witness-
Nymphas Pratt Justice of the Peace

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I Joseph Stone of Worcester in the County of Worcester aged 74 years do on oath depose and say that in the first of April 1778 I entered the service as a militia man in a company commanded by Nathan Harrington whose officers were Lts. Wheeler & Livingstone and belonged to a regiment commanded by Col Steams whose Major was Rice but the name of the Lt Col I do not remember. We went first to Roxburg, then to Watertown both near Boston & Thomas as guard to prisoners from Burgages army to Ruttance where we remained the residue of the three months. William Denny of (illegible) now but then of Shrewsbury was a member of said Company and served the same term of three months being the time for which he was engaged
Joseph Stone

Worcester ss Aug 11, 1832
There personally appeared Joseph Stone and made solemn oath to the truth of the above statement and I certify that both he
and Wm. Drury are known to me and I have
no hesitation in saying full faith ought to be given to their declaration
John Davis Justice of the peace

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39 State St., Boston
June 23 1856

Sir,
The enclosed warrant for 160 acres Bounty Land, issued in the name of Hannah "Dury" was received by me this morning.

The person in whose behalf I applied was Hannah Drury, widow of William. It is presumed that the wrong name was written by mistake, & the warrant is therefore returned for correction.
being respectfully
Your obt servt
Franklin Hall

Hon. J. Minot
Comm. of Pensions
Washington D.C.