Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,845, John Ferrie, Mass.

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(8–1776)

SERVICE
Mass.

Ferrie, John

NUMBER
S. 34.845

CONTENTS

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[left half of paper - horizontal]
Dead - See letter to L
Collins, July 3d. 1839

[left half of paper - vertical]
Notification sent to Abraham Bigelow Esqr
Sep. 1820, Cambridge, Mass.
_______________________________________

[right half of paper - printed fillable form]
78004
Massachusetts
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John Ferrie
of Natick in the state of Massachsuetts
who was a private in the regiment commanded [by]
Colonel Sprant of the Massachusetts
line, for the term of three years [War?]
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence [on]
the 1 of May 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 17 of March
and sent to William Wetmore
Esquire Salem Mass.
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Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $81.03
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 48
$129.03

[Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818]

Continued

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1 May X
[check mark] John Ferrie

Massachusetts Line
1781 — 2 years

Admitted

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[printed fillable form]

State of Massachusetts

I John Ferrie a Citizen of the United States, now resident at
Natick in the County of Middlesex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and [n?]
declare that in the War of the Revolution [overwritten: on] in the month of may [crossed out: I think]
in the year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred
& seventy five
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the con-
tinental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the month of January
in the year of Our Lord Seventeen hundred & seventy six
that I again entered the same service on the ninth of April AD 1781, for
three years & served accordingly to the end of the said war
as a private against the common enemy, without any interruption
or absence : that I belonged to Captain Joseph Morse's Company, in
Colonel Patterson's Regiment & for eight months & to Captain
Drew's company in Colonel Sprout's Regiment, in the Massa
chusetts line of the army for three years, or thereabouts
and that I left the service on the expiration of the term aforesd [aforesaid]
being honorably discharged
and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty,
I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty one
years — I know no other evidence in my power to
offer than is herewith exhibited, being the promissory note
of hand of the Committee appointed by the town of Natick
to have Soldiers for the Continental army in the year
1781 for Which town I inlisted to serve as aforesaid, &
which note has been pained & cancelled.

And I hereby relinquish all claim[s: crossed out] to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United
States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.

John his mark Ferrie

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this first day of May in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States,
entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engage din the land and naval service of the
United States in the revolutionary war," made an passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818,
personally appeareth before me the Subscriber one of the Associate
Judges of the circuit court of Common Judges within
the State aforesaid. — And presiding [illegible]
the abovenamed John Ferrie
and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath ot
the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence ; and, on examination duly made
me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true In testimony
whereof I hereunto affix my name  & the seal of sd [said] Court
Wm Wetmore

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[printed fillable form]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

MIDDLESEX, ss.

At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun
and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on
the second Monday of June A. D. 1820

Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice,
and WILLIAM WETMORE, and
STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires,
} Associate Justices
of said Court.

In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding ac-
cording to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in
point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, having the power
of fine and imprisonment, John Ferrie resident at
Natick in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 7800
now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,

"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the
"18th March, 1818, John Ferrie late a
Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the
"Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight
"dollars per month, to commence on the first day of
May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
[in box: L. S.]
"Given at the War Office of the United States, this seventeenth
"day of March one thousand eight hundred and
ninteen.

J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"

appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as
follows, to wit,

SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding
excepted, to wit,
"He has no property real or personal is sixty one years
of age has a wife to support & being unable from age
and infirmity to labour has been & still is obliged to
receive assistance from public and private char
ity for necessary support, having no other except
his pension, he entered the Revolutionary service
sometime in the spring of the year 1775 & served for
eight months in Captain Morses Company in
Col Patterson Regiment, afterward, enlisted
April 9th 1781 in Captain Drews company in
Colonel Sprouts Regiment and served there
years all in the Massachusetts line of the

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Army.

John x Ferrie, mark by John Atkins
his Atty.
Sworn to & declared before Wm Wetmore Judge &c "

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28

John Ferrie
Natick

7000

March 1819
Contd page 22
1820

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and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken
and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore
a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,

"I, John Ferrie do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the
United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and
that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my prop-
erty, or any part thereof, with intent threreby [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 inthe
land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth
day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has nay
person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me ; nor have I
any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
So help me GOD.

John x Ferrie, mark
by Jno Atkins his Atty

Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820

Then the abovenamed John Ferrie
took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,

Wm Wetmore Judge of said Court. "

I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that t he
foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied form the
record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the
aforesaid Schedule is nothing

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed
the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of
Middlesex, on this 20th day of July 1820

Attr. Abrm Biglow Clk

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384845

Revy INVALID. [illegible]

File No. 34,845
John Ferrie
Pri Rev War
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Act: 18th March 18[??]
Index :—Vol. 2, Page [155?]

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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[vertical]
Cont. July 3

[Falleys?] x Roads free
June 29

Hon. [L. G.?] Edwards
Commr & Pensions
Washington
D.C.

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[Falleys?] x Roads Mass. June 29th 1839

Sir will you have the goodness to
inform me at what time John
Ferry of Mass rote of pensions perform a service for which
he was provisioned - My object in
making the inquiry is to [ascertain?]
under what act it will be necessary
for his widow to apply for a pension

Very respectfully yours
[G.?] Collins

Hon L S Edwards
Commr of Pensions

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[Left side of paper, vertical]
March 12 - 1782
Receivd of the Committee
fifteen Dollars of the within note for [illegible] orders
August 1 - 178[?] Receivd
thirty [illegible] of Johns
order to his wife
by Several orders from
[illegible] wife.


[Main body of paper, horizontal]
June 12th 1781 Then Recd of Joseph Parker the sum
of sixteen hard Dollars in part of the within note
June 27 then Receivd of Jos Parker two mark Silver Dollars
and fifteen Dollars of the New [emition?]
Natick March 19 Receivd twenty eight hilling of
the within note

John his mark Ferry

Same mark for in part of 0-17-0
May 28- 1783 this note is all paid

FERRIE, JOHN (mass.) 5-34845

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He the Subscriber being appointed a committee by the town
of Natick to hire men for the Continental Army agreed to a
Resolve of the general Court of December the  Second AD 1780 it
[for?] behalf of the said Town of Natick Do permit to pay to John Ferry
the sum of one hundred eighty seven milled Dollars or paper Equisition
in three years after Date and if not then paid to wife [interess?] with
paid as writings our hands the [?]th Day of April 1781

Shirer Fisk

this may Certify that the Above Note was
taken for the use of John Ferry Family by order
of the Selectmen }

Thomas Broad John Coolidge [illegible]
Ephraim Dana Joseph Parker
Abijah Slatter

} Selectmen