Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,219, Abel Wood, Mass.

SERVICE
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Wood, Abel
NUMBER _____
D. 30. 2 19
CONTENTS

12195:
Massachusetts
Abel Wood
Westminster in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Carlisle of the reg t commanded by Col Whitney in the War time for 6 Mos (22 Days)
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 22 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Nov 1832 and sent to Dorothy Worcester Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $ 33.99 Semi-annual allowance ending 1 st (Mar 33) 11.33 $ 45.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. H. McBlain Clerk Book D - Vol. 2 nd Page 93.

2847
Abel Wood
Private
6 Months - 24 days
$22.66.
Hon D Davis Wacouta Map

BRIEF in the case of  Abel Root  of Westminster in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Twenty Six Years  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.     Dec In 1796 to March 97 3 " Private Gen. Wolfkitney Genl. Stark   Sep. "97 1 " " Maj Bellows   Nov 97 1 10 "   Nov 98 1 12 " Col. Whitney  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Westminster  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses  I understand before  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not stated  The seal not on same sheet and the tape was not past enough as required 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. C. Addison Examining Clerk.

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

We James [unclear] a Clergyman residing in the [unclear] and residing in [unclear] hereby certify that we are well acquainted with [unclear] who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be [unclear] 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 interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant with whom I am well acquainted was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that  [unclear] who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the  [unclear] and that who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathl. James J. B. Hale for the Court of Worcester
I Theophilus Wheeler Registr ar of the Court of Probate [unclear] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abel Wood Esq r for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 14 th day of August [unclear] in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty Two [unclear]
Theoph s Wheeler Registr ar of Probate for the said County of Worcester in Massachusetts

Abel Wood.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Worcester ss. August 8 th 1832
Then personally appeared the within named Abel Wood and made oath that the within declaration by him subscribed is true before me Simon Scudder, Justice of the Peace

I Abel Wood of Westminster in the County of Westminster & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy five years do testify & say that I enlisted into a company of militia com- manded by Capt David Conliffe , in the regiment commanded by Colo Josiah Whitney , in the Brigade commanded by Brigadier General Warner, for the term of three months , I left home about the first of December 1776 & was marched to Peekskill & from on the north river near King's Ferry, & crossed said ferry and was marched to a place called Bridge water near bound brook about 15 or 20 miles from Brunswick where the British army continued that winter to guard the Inhabitants against the depredations of the British army, we served three months & was discharged the 15 th day of March 1777, and about the first  first part of the same year there was an alarm & a large number of militia called out to march to Bennington to serve thirty days to stop the progress of a branch of General Burgoyne's army who were marching to Bennington to ravage that part that part of the country I enlisted & marched to Bennington & when we arrived there a body of militia were called in & put under the command of General Stark of New Hampshire, who surrounded, & made prisoners of the General Col. Donop & all his regiment, we were soon after discharged & returned home, & immediately after returning home, another alarm about the last of September 1777 , I again enlisted & was marched to Saratoga to go & there to fort Edward 18 miles up the north river from Albany, we enlisted for six weeks, our company was commanded by Captain  Alpheus Jackson & put under the command of Major Bellos of Walpole New Hampshire where Genl. Burgoyne & his army were made prisoners and our time of service had expired, we were discharged - about the first of August 1778 I enlisted into a company of militia commanded by Captain Shinlow of Milford in Colo Josiah Whitney's regiment, I served the term of six weeks & was marched to Rhode Island & joined General Sullivan's army who, with the co-operation of the French fleet commanded by Count De Rochambeau were attempting to take possession of Newport Island & make prisoners of the British Army that was there & we served six weeks, the term for which we enlisted, & was honorably discharged - My term of service in the army of the revolution was seven months.
Abel Wood

I Levi Grewes of Westminster in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eighty eight years do testify and say that I am acquainted with Abel Wood Esquire of said Westminster who in the month of August or September 1777, said Abel Wood was at Bannington as a Soldier and I was there and saw the said Abel - had long since I left there I do not know or do not recollect - the said Abel was there as one of the Massachusetts Steel Troops - the said Abel was as I understood at the time a Soldier called out on an Alarm from said Westminster - and that the said Abel came myself after wards in the same year enlisted as a Soldier in the Company commanded by Elisha Yates and detach- ment commanded by Major Billings of the Massa- chusetts Steel Troops for the term of six weeks and marched to Fort-Edward where the said Abel served and said term ended then was honorably discharged - The said Abel was at Fort-Edward at the time General Burgoyne was taken
Levi Grewes
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss. Westminster July 21. 1832
Then the above named Levi Grewes personally appeared & made oath that the foregoing affi- -davit by him subscribed is true -
Before me Simon Sanderson, Justice of the Peace
I testify I am acquainted with the above named Levi Grewes and believe him to be a disinterested & reliable Witness
Before me Simon Sanderson, Justice of the Peace

Affidavits of Lion Gneues
3

I Nathan Wood of Westminster in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy nine years, do testify & say, some time in the fore part of December 1776 I enlisted into a Company of Militia commanded by Capt David Carlisle, in the regiment commanded by Col Josiah Whitney of Harvard in said County, in the Brigade commanded by Genl Mner of Hanover & the fore part of said December we marched for Peekskill in New York & along the north river at King's Ferry & marched to a place called Bridgewater near Barren brook in New Jersey, about 10 or 12 miles from Brunswick where the British army that wintered there quarters the inhabitants against the depredations of the British army, my brother Abel Wood of said Westminster, enlisted with me into the same Company & we both served in the same Company until the war was expired & were honorably discharged the 15th day of March 1777.
Nathan Wood
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester 8th August 1832
This person affirms the above named Nathan Wood and made oath that the above affirming by him subscribed is true and also that the above named Nathan Wood is a credible
Witness -
Before me Simon Scudder justice of the Peace

Nathan Wood's Affidavit

I Jones Whitney of Westminster in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquire do hereby certify and say that I am acquainted with Abel Wood Esquire of Westminster in said County that in the four parts of August 1778 - said Abel and myself enlisted as soldiers in the Company commanded by Capt. Shurton of Titusbury in Colonel Josiah Whitney's Regiment of the Massachusetts State Troops for the Tenor of six weeks and marched to the State of Rhode Island where we served and said I have spent some time a day or two before the expiration of said time on account of sickness but believe said Wood served out said time and was honorably discharged
Jones Whitney
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester County ss. Westminster July 21. 1832 Then the above named Jones Whitney was orally affirmed & made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true -
Simeon Sanderson, Justice of the Peace I hereby I am acquainted with the above named Jones Whitney and believe him to be a disinterested & credible witness - before me Simeon Sanderson, Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Court, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that Simeon Sanderson, Esquire, before whom the annexed Affidavits of Abel Wood, Levi Graves, Nathan Wood, and the above affidavit of Jones Whitney

Affidavits of James Whitney for Helen Wood
were made and sworn to was  the Justice of the Peace within

were made and sworn to, is a  are Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Worcester, and that his signatures thereto appear to me to be in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County Seal, this fourteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Abijah Bigelow, (Seal)

Delectation of Abel Wood

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Abel Ward , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1776 3 mo. Priv. Richd. Carlisle Josiah Whitney Mass.   Sept. 1777 1 mo. " " Gen. Stark N.H.   Oct. 1777 6 wks. " Ebenezer Jackson Maj. Bellows " "   Aug. 1778 6 wks. " Thurber Josiah Whitney Mass.  
Battles engaged in, 2 - Brattleboro, R.I. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Westminster, Mass. Date of application for pension, Aug. 14, 1832 Residence at date of application, Westminster, Mass. Age at date of application, 76
Remarks: 25, 6, 6, 9, 0.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

30219 Rev INVALID.
Feb. 2 9 / 96 Soldier pensioned Mrs. G. L. Dexter, Waterbury, Conn. M.D.
File No. 30219
Abel Wood
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 462
[Arrangement of 1870.]