Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1339, Bradley Webber, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
or Webber, Bradley Weber
W. 1339
Sibbel
CONTENTS

64 Massachusetts Hibbet Webber widow of Bradley Webber
Hoston
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private Massachusetts Line enrolled on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars —
Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Feb. 1848 and sent to
Hon. John M. Miles Devate U.S.D.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act June 1848, Page 543 Vol. 1 29th July, 1848
Book R C.

21.007 Massachusetts
Bradley Wetber
Wampawet in the State of Mass a he was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain May of the 1 st Reg t commanded by Colonel Grafton in the Mass a for 9 months
Med
Entered on the Roll of Massachusetts the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of May 1833 and sent George Colton Springfield Mass a arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $60.00 Pension allowance ending Sept r 15.00 $75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk, Book C Vol. 2 Page 95
56 74 125

9274
Bradley Webber
March 9 Mon
16 - 16 06
May 14 1835
P 395
Geo Cotton Springfield Mass

9274  BRIEF in the case of  Bradley Webber  of Hampden Co in the State of Mass (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? absent  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? no  3. How old is he? 72  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days, As a Gen.     May 77 2 private Capt. May - Col May   Summer 79 1 " Capt Shaw - Col Porter   May '80 6 " Capt. Manning & Pierce  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none met.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Holland Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 4 living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Papers not properly authenticated
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. B. Easton
Examining Clerk.
16 Feb 1833

4274 Bradley Webb's Declaration and Depositions of Jacob Allen Abel Gains Timothy Nelson and Certificate of David Wallis & others —
Bradley Geo Colton Springfield Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire Co.
In this twenty seventh day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court before Richard D. Morris Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting in Springfield Ordeus Webber a resident of Holland in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, aged about two  two 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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he went in a company of Militia Commanded by Lieut. David  from Capt. Mehemiah Shaw of Holland and marched to P'keepsie in the State of New York, James Shaw of Chesterfield Commanded the Regiment, we arrived at P'keepsie in the month of May 1777, and served two months, I was there when the fort was evacuated and retreated from there in front of the army and was not personally engaged in the battle. Abel Givens whose deposition is annexed served with me at the same time and place. David Wallis whose certificate is annexed served with me a part of said term.
That he enlisted in a company of Massachusetts Militia under the Command of Capt. Joshua Shaw and in a Regiment under the Command of Col. Porter in the summer of the year 1779, as he believes and marched to New London Connecticut where he served one month and was then discharged. Timothy Nelson whose deposition is annexed served with me at the same time and place and in the same Company with him.
That he volunteered in the month of May 1783, for six months service and march, under the Command of Capt. Morrison of Springfield first to Springfield , then to Great Barrington from thence to Red Hook and from Red Hook to the Highlands, and from there to West Point , where I was taken from Capt. Morrison's Company and placed in a Company under the Command of Capt. Price and went from West Point to Redford  Englisburg and several other places and was discharged at Boulder Hill so called at the end of said term of six months, the deposition of Jacob Allen is annexed as proof of term of service.

That he was born in the year 1760 in Holland and that he has resided there ever since the revolutionary War. The time of his birth is recorded on the records of said town
That he was living in Holland when called into service
That he was drafted once, enlisted once, and volunteered once
That he received one veteran discharge but has lost it - but never held a commission
The certificate of sundry inhabitants of Holland is annexed
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. J Bradley Webb Known to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
We John Smith a resident of Wales and Benjamin Franklin a resident of Holland hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Bradley Webb, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. We believe him to be twenty two years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Known and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
John Smith Benjamin Franklin
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Dept., that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and that he served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Smith who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of Wales and that Benjamin Franklin who has also signed the same is a resident of Holland, that they are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Justin Willard Register of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Bradley Webb for a Pension - The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 27 th day of August A.D. 1832. J. Justin Willard Register

To whom it may concern this may certify that I. David Wallis of Holland in the County of Hampden (Mass) was in the service of the United States with Bradley Webber of said Holland in the year one thousand eight hundred & twenty seven two months near Liconderaga in the company of Capt. Nehemiah May & also in the service with said Webber one month at New London (Conn) in a company com- -manded by Capt. Joshua Shaw — David Wallis (We the subscribers Inhabitants of Holland in the County of Hampden (Mass) having been personally acq- -uainted with Bradley Webber of s d Holland for many years view him to be a man of truth & ver- -sity & would cheerfully recommend him as such to the patronage of Government believing that they may rely upon any declarations which he may make as true Holland July 25 th 1832)
David Wallis John Wallis Samuel Frizell Dist tr Clerk Solomon Webber Capt. Dist. Col. W. Mark L. Weld David B. Dean Physician Benjamin Russell

I Timothy Nelson of Wales in the County of Hampden and commonwealth of Massachusetts testify and say that Bradley Webber of Holland State and County aforesaid was a private Soldier in the United States Service in the revolutionary war, in the Massachusetts line of troops that he belonged to a Company commanded by Capt. Joshua Shaw in a Regiment commanded by Col. Porter and marched to New London. Conn. where he served one month that I was in the same company with said Webber and after the said term of Service we were dismissed
Tim e Nelson
* Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss. Wales August 14 th 1832
Then personally appeared
Timothy Nelson subscriber to the above deposition and made oath to the truth of the same, before
me John Smith Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Timothy Nelson the above deponent is well known to me to be a credible witness.
John Smith Justice of the Peace Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss. I John Ingersoll a Clerk of the Common Pleas Court being a Court of Record in the County of Hampden do hereby certify that John Smith Esq. before whom the above & two annexed depositions were verified is a justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden and that I believe his name thereto severally subscribed to be his true & genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Common Pleas Court at Springfield on this twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
John Ingersoll Clerk

I Abel Gittings of Monson in the County of Hampden and commonwealth of Massachusetts deposeth and says that Bradley Webber of Holland County and State afore- said was a private soldier in the United States army of the revolutionary war in the Massachusetts line of troops that he belonged to a company commanded by Capt Jeremiah May Limberly to Tienderaga where he served full two months in the year 1777 that I belonged to the same company with him that our time of service expired at the time of the evacuation of Tienderaga —
Abel Gittings
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss. Wales 3 d July 1832
Then personally appearing Abel Gittings who subscribed the above deposition and made oath that the same was true, before me — John Smith Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Abel Gittings the above deponent is a credible and disinterested witness John Smith Justice of the Peace

I Jacob Allen of Sturbridge County of Worcester and commonwealth of Massachusetts Testify and Say that I was in the United States Service in the State of New York in the year 1780 being at and near Bedford & Sing Sing where I found Bradley Webber of Holland in the County of Hampden (Mass) who was doing the duty of a private Soldier in the company of Capt. Pierce, I being placed in the same company with said Webber nearly or quite three months, and I was taken sick and was removed to the hospital after which I recollect no more of said Webber until after my return home that the above service was rendered in conjunction with Col. Sheldon light horse Jacob Allen
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss. Brimfield August 18 th 1832
Then the above named Jacob Allen appearing and subscribed this deposition and made oath to the truth of the same before me John Smith Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Jacob Allen the above deponent is well known to me to be a credible and disinterested witness. John Smith Justice of the Peace

No 86
Sibbel Webber
mo of Brady
Mass
ad 29 May 1848
Manna 1794 Instano dco 1833
admo of 30. pr amo
bm 4 March 1848
Hon John M. Wiley Senate W States

State of Connecticut } ss County of Tolland } ss
Union December 15 th 1848
On this 15 th day of December in the year eighteen hundred and forty eight personally appeared before the court of Probate holden at Union within and for the District of Stafford Sibel Webber now a resident of the town of Union in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut aforesaid aged Seventy nine years and upwards who being 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 act of congress approved the 29 th day of July 1848 That she is the widow of Bradley Webber who was a soldier in the revolutionary war and a pensioner at the time of his death which took place in the town of Holland in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
She further declares that she was married to the said Bradley Webber on the tenth day of April in the year seventeen hundred and ninety four and that her husband the aforesaid Bradley Webber died on the ninth day of May 1833 That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the second day of January eighteen hundred viz at the time above stated She further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never before made any application for a pension
Sibel Webber

Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written before Augustus Moore Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Stafford
State of Connecticut Tolland County ss.
I Lina Winter Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stafford do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of said Probate Court and the keeper of the seal thereof that Augustus Moore Esq of the town of Union in said District is the Judge of said Probate Court duly commissioned and sworn and that the signatures within purporting to be the signatures of Augustus Moore Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Stafford aforesaid is the genuine hand writing of the said Judge Moore In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Office this 15 th day of December Eighteen Hundreds and forty eight
Lina Winter
I David B Dean of Holland in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachu- setts aged Sixty one years do testify and say that ever since the year 1812 I have resided in Holland aforesaid and been a practicing Physician that ever since that time I have been acquainted with Mr Bradley Webber and Sarah Webber his wife and have been their family Physician that they have ever since that time lived together as husband and wife until the day of his death which took place at said Holland on or about the 9th day of May 1833 That the said Bradley Webber has been a pensioner of the United States and entitled to receive a pension of about Thirty one Dollars per annum That

the said Sibbel Webber has ever since that time remained a widow and now resides in Union in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut and further the Deponent saith not Daniel B Dear
State of Connecticut Tolland County ss
Personally appeared Daniel B Dear the above named deponent a witness known to me to be credible and made oath to the truth of the facts in the above deposition by him subscribed In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 15 th day of December 1848
Augustus Moore judge of the court of Probate for the District of Stafford
S. French Crawford, of the town of Union in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut, being forty seven years of age, do, on oath, testify and say, that Sibbel Webber has resided in my family for eight years last past, and is still residing with me, and she is Mother to my wife, and is the widow of Bradley Webber, who was reputed to have been a revolutionary soldier, and applied for a pension; but previous to the receipt of the pension certificate, he died, then residing in the town of Holland, County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and after his death in the year eighteen hundred and thirty three a pension was granted to him, which was received by his widow, the said Sibbel Webber, up to the time of his death.
I further testify and say that I present was present during the day that he, the said Bradley Webber, died, which was on the ninth day of May eighteen hundred and thirty three, and was at his funeral two days afterwards, and that she, the said Sibbel Webber, has, since that time, remained a widow and further the deponent saith not. French Crawford
State of Connecticut Tolland County ss
Personally appeared French Crawford the above named deponent a witness known to me to be credible and made oath to the truth of the facts in the above deposition by him subscribed In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 15 th day of December 1848
Augustus Moore judge of the court

year eighteen hundred and thirty three, was granted to him, which was received by his widow, the said Sibbel Webbel, up to the time of his death.
I further testify and say that I present was present during the day that he, the said Bradley Webber, died, which was on the ninth day of May eighteen hundred and thirty three, and was at his funeral two days afterwards, and that she, the said Sibbel Webber, has, since that time, remained a widow - and further the deponent saith not. Frank Crawford
State of Connecticut Tolland County ss
Personally appeared Frank Crawford the above named deponent a witness known to me to be credible and made oath to the truth of the facts in the above deposition by him subscribed In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of December 1848
Augustus Moore judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Stafford
S. Betsey Wales, of Union in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut, aged Seventy four years, do testify and say, that I am a Sister of Sibbel Webber, and was at the wedding when she was married to Bradley Webber, which marriage was, I think, in April Seventeen hundred and ninty four, and that they, the said Bradley Webber and Sibbel Webber, lived together as husband and wife till the time of his death; which occurred on or about the ninth day of May eighteen hundred and thirty three, and I was at his funeral - and since that time the said Sibbel Webber has remained a widow, and that she now resides in the Town of Union aforesaid - and further the deponent saith not. Betsey Wales
State of Connecticut Tolland County ss
Personally appeared Betsey Wales the above named deponent a witness known to me to be credible and made oath to the truth of the facts in the above deposition by her subscribed In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of December 1848
Augustus Moore judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Stafford

Holland April tenth seventeen hundred ninety four, Then were joined in Marriage Bradley Welber of Holland, and Sibbel Allen of Sturbridge, —
State of Massachusetts } In Town Clerk's office, Holland; County of Hampden. } December 25 th 1848,
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Records of the town of Holland; except the date, which is expressed on the records in fair legible figures, as follows (vizt) April 10, 1794,
Wm. A Robbins Town Clerk
28, Wm A Robbins, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk, in the Town, County, and 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.
Wm. A Robbins
State of Massachusetts } Holland Dec 25 th 1848 Hampden County }
Then personally appeared the above named William A Robbins and made oath to the truth of the above before me
David B. Dyer Justice of the Peace

100 Hampden, ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPDEN, ss.
I, RICHARD BLISS, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that David B. Dean Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Dean and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this tenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine
Richd Bliss
Clerk.

Dep.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1339
Sibbel Webber,
Widow.
Bradley Webber,
Brig. Rev. War.
Act: July 29. 1848.
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 318
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May 5-1904 His to Mrs E. L. Crippen-Denison La

Bureau of Pensions.
Bradley Webber
Aug 27. 1832 72
Holland Mass born 1760 at said place
77 Holland Mass
Capt. Solomon May
Col. Ezra May
Pet. 2 m
79 Capt. Joshua Shaw
Col. Porter
Pet. 1 m
Aug 50 Capt. Browning
Col.
Pet. 6 m
100 Bal
Mrs. Sibbel Allen
Apl. 10. 1794 Holland
D. May 9. 1833

Denison
Iowa
April 21st 1904
To the Pension Bureau
Sirs:
Will you please give me any information you can in regard to my grandfather, Bradley Webber, who served in the war of the Revolution, and was a pensioner at the time of his death, which occurred in 1832 I believe. He was from Massachusetts I think.
I would like to hear as soon as convenient as I

am thinking of joining the D. A. R. who expect to organize soon and I would like to be one of the Charter members.
Very Respectfully Mrs. E. L. Crispin

Washington
Aug 15. 49
Dear Sir
I enclose you the Papers in behalf of Mrs. Abigail Webster for a pension under the act of last session of Congress.
I will thank you to exam- -ine it as soon as the papers of your public duties will admit, and oblige yours
J. L. Edwards Esq. John M. Nelson Couns. Pensioners

9274 Bradley Webber P
Geolton Springfield mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Bradley Webber 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 declaration 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? Yes 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? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes 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? Yes

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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? Yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No - order as returned
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? No
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? No - Yes the States certificate includes all the depositions taken before the same Justice
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
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."

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 or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 shewn 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.
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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
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 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 certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.