Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18640, John Ware, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Ware, John
NUMBER
S. 18640
CONTENTS
carded

See letter to Eben Gay Nov 6, 1833
P. 1170  Massachusetts  John Ware  of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Lieutenant in the Corp comm. by Captain Dillara of the Reg commanded by Col. Bruce in the Mass line for 1 m 18 as Cap. } 21170 6. 12 8 Sept. } 1. 21. Lieut } 21170
Inscribed on the Roll of Miss at the rate of 132 Dollars 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Aug, 1832 and due to J. H. L. a Plymouth
Arrears to the 4th Pa. 11 264 34 Semi-ant. allowance ending July 31 66 08 $330 42
Revolutionary Claim, } by June 7, 1832. } recorded by P. C. Bates Clerk E. Vol. 2. Page 13

J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of pensions City of Washington D. C.

Sir, I made application a few days since, at the Pen- sion Office in Boston, in behalf of the Children of the late John 21.1770 Ware of this town, now deceased, for his pension for services in the Revolutionary war, pursuant to his pension certificate dated the twenty fifth day of August last, but was informed by the Clerk I could not receive it, as his name had not been received from the War department. Will you have the goodness to transmit it to ? His children are necessitous.
Permit me to avail myself of this opportu- nity to solicit your attention to the case of Edmund Hobart of this town, a revolution- ary soldier. His application was sent on a year since and returned for farther evidence. Some farther evidence was procured from the Office of our our Secretary of State and trans- mitted with the papers to the War depart- ment; and altho the new evidence does not cover the whole time stated in his

application, yet it is enough to entitle him to some compensation - From the known probity of the man I have no doubt of the truth of his statements, but if his own declaration, ac- companied, as it is, with the testimony of his Contemporaries cannot avail him, he must be contented with so much as the Certificate of the Secretary of State will give him -
You will much oblige me by answer, as it will be inconvenient to me to go to Washn again on a fruitless errand -
I remain very respectfully y rs M c Obed Servt. Eben Gay
Hingham (Mass.) Nov 1. 1823
J. L. Edwards Esq

366 183 .24   573 30.00 200   3773 9383 200 206   80 13.35   93.35
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John Ware
Cashed 1 mo 18 days Inst 6 - 12 Lent + adjus 7 - 4 
5 14. 16 06 May 17 1833
J 402
444 366 444 206 9 P 20 29.45 117 95.31 30/1,200 1.76 P 217  12 118 2
A. W. Land Plymouth Mass.

BRIEF in the case of John Ware of Plymouth County in the State of Massachusetts. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 79.  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.     In 1775. - 8 - As a capt private Sergeant Gen. Col. Brig.  Putnam Bullard, Col. Gen. Brewer   1777 - 3 - Adjutant Gen. John Leland, Col. Abner Perry   1780 - 4 4 2 d Lieut. Gen. Walter  McFarland , Col. C. Howe  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker hill, Lexington.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Middlesex County, Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By documentary proof - traditional evidence. First term proven by Henry Ware, 19. Boston.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
R. F. Henshaw Examining Clerk.

Sheburne, August 17 th 1832.
Having searched the Record of the Town of Sheburne for the date of the birth of Mr. John Ware of Hingham, I hereby certify, that the following is a true Copy of the original Record: "John Ware, the son of John & Martha Ware was born on the 4 th . day of July, 1753."
Attest. Dalton Goulding, Town Clerk of Sheburne.

John Ware
12.2.21
Evidence
Town Clerk's Certificate of birth
Commission of Adjutant
Do - - - Lieutenant
Sam Willard's deposition
Henry Ware's do
Zebulon Root's do
Chas. Brooks - Do

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this thirtieth day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before Hingham the Court of Probate now sitting at Hingham within and for said County of Plymouth, John Ware a resident of Hingham in said County of Plymouth, and Common- wealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy nine 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. He hereby relinquis- hes 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. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the month of April in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy five he enlisted at Sherburne in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth afterward in a militia Company commanded by Ben- jamin Ballard in the regiment commanded by Col. C. Jonathan Brewer - was made a Corporal in said Com- pany - That on the nineteenth day of April in said year marched with said Company to Lexington, was in the action there on that day and drove the British troops back to Boston - That the Company then encamped at Cambridge and did duty there eight months from the commencement of the enlistment - That he was at the battle of Bunker Hill on the seventeenth day of June in the year aforesaid and was on the Hill before the British troops ascended it to the attack - That at the expiration of eight months he was dis- charged - At which discharge was given - That in the course of this service he was promoted to a Ser- geancy, cannot recollect precisely when, but believe it was before the battle of Bunker Hill - In evidence of this service he refers to the deposition of Deacon Booker and Henry Shaw hereto annexed

That on the sixteenth of May in Seventeen hundred and seventy seven at Sherburne aforesaid he joined the fifth Regiment of Militia as adjutant and continued to do duty in that Capacity till he was appointed Second Lieutenant of the first Company in said fifth Regiment - The Company was Commanded by Joshua Seland and Abner Perry Esq was Colonel - In the course of this service he was frequently called out in alarms
That in the year seventeen hundred and eighty he believes - he was drafted with said Company at Sherburne aforesaid for the term of three months and went to Rhode Island in the Capacity of Second Lieutenant - That this service from its commencement to his return home exceeded three months - That said Company was then under the Command of Walter McFarland in a Regiment Commanded by Col: Cyprian Howe of Marlboro' - That in the course of this service on Rhode Island several skirmishes took place with the enemy - That he cannot He cannot at present produce any specific evidence of the two preceding services, other than what may be inferred from the testimony of Henry Warr above referred to, and his then Commission of adjutant & Lieutenant. That he was born in Sherburne aforesaid on the fourth day of July seventeen hundred & fifty three as will appear by the Certificate of Dalton Goulding Town Clerk of said Town hereto annexed -
That he is generally known in Sherburne aforesaid and in Deerfield in the County of Franklin - presumably known to the Rev. Samuel Willcocks late minister of the Gospel in said town in said County.

specific evidence of the two preceding years, over man whom may be inferred from the testimony of Henry Ware above referred to, during his time Commission of adjutant & lieutenant
That he was born in Sherburne aforesaid on the fourth day of July seventeen hundred & fifty three as will appear by the Certificate of Dalton Goulding Town Clerk of said town hereto annexed.
That he is generally known in Sherburne aforesaid in Deerfield in the County of Franklin - personally known to the Rev. Samuel Willard late minister of the Gospel in said Deerfield now residing in Hingham, to Elisha Hoyt
of said Deerfield late a Senator of Massachusetts setts, to Col: Nathan Rice now of Vermont by a revolutionary officer - and was formerly well acquainted with Genl. Benjamin Lincoln deceased - but his contemporaries are al- most all dead -
That he lived in Sherburne aforesaid till the year seventeen hundred & ninety two - then remov- ed to Newton in the County of Middlesex where he remained till eighteen hundred twenty four, when he removed to Deerfield aforesaid where he remain- ed till eighteen hundred thirty one - there he removed to Hingham where he now resides.
The evidence of his being generally reputed to have been a Soldier of the Revolution to his general character he refers to the deposition of Dolly Wellard hereto annexed. For evidence of his rank as adjutant & lieutenant as above stated he hereto annexes his Commission
1 st Term of service 8 mo 2 nd " " " - 2. 2 mo 3 rd " " " - 3 Yrs 3. 1 mo
John Ware
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforsaid Attest Jacob H Lord Register

We, Charles Brooks a clergyman, residing in the town of Hingham  and residing in the hereby certify, that we are well ac- quainted with John Ware who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and all concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Chas. Brooks
attest Jacob H. Lord Register
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Charles Brooks who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Hingham  and that  who has also signed the same, is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that this statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court attest Jacob H. Lord Register
I, Jacob H. Lord Register 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 John Ware for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this thirtieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Jacob H. Lord Register

I Henry Ware of Cambridge in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Professor of Divinity in Harvard University in said Cambridge do hereby certify that my brother John Ware formerly of Sherburne in said County but now residing in Lynnport in the County of Plymouth Commonwealth aforesaid was in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution, that he marched to Cambridge as a member of a Minute Company on the day of the battle of Lexington viz. on the 19 th of April 1775.
He soon after enlisted together with another brother since deceased, for the term of eight months each. They were both at the battle of Bunker's Hill, 17 th June following.
It is my full belief that he completed the term of his enlistment & was Honorably discharged, at the close of it. I recollect visiting him some sometime after the battle of Bunker's Hill at Prospect Hill, where he was stationed with his company & the term of his enlistment was completed in the ensuing winter.

I think he was in the service at a subsequent period, but I have not a distinct recollection for as to the time of his service or in what capacity - and further saith not -
Henry Ware.
Middlesex Is. 15. August A.D. 1832.
Then personally appeared Henry Ware Doctor of Divinity above named, & made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true. Before me -
Timothy Fuller
Justice of the Peace.
I Timothy the justice above named certify that Henry Ware D.D. the deponent above mentioned is a person of unquestionable truth, & that his testimony is entitled to full credit.
Timothy Fuller Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Elias Phinney Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that Timothy Fuller, Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, and his name set to the foregoing Certificate is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty third day of August A.D. 1832.
E. Phinney.

P
18640
INVALID.
File No. 18640
John Ware
Lieut Genl Ware
Act: June 7 th 89
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 396
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mr John Ware
The Post Master in Hingham is requested to deliver this without delay —
Paid PAID
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Hingham
Mass. —

I Libeon Hooker of Newton in the county of Middlesex and commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say that I am well acquainted with John Ware formerly of Sherburn, now of Hingham in the County of Plymouth and commonwealth aforesaid. That he and myself in the year 1775 lived in said town of Sherburn in said County of Middlesex and with others with others in said Sherburn, had been formed into a company of minute men for about a year and a half before the Battle of Lexington. On receiving notice of the British expedition to Concord our company marched immediately, on the 19th day of April 1775, and were halted at Cambridge - we there marched to Prospect Hill in said Cambridge - A few days after Mr. John Ware and myself with others of said company of minute men enlisted in the regular forces for the term of Eight months - Mr. Ware and I were both in the Battle of Bunker Hill on the 17th day of June 1775. The company in which we enlisted was commanded by Capt. Ballard and I think Mr. Ware was Sergeant in said company during the term of his enlistment. Libeon Hooker
This witness must be attested to be credible.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. On this 13th day of June A.D. 1832, personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace for said County of Middlesex the aforesaid Deponent and made oath to the truth of the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed - taken at the request of the said John Ware and to be used in some Court of Record in the County of Plymouth in the application of said Ware for a Pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. The said Deponent being aged and infirm, and living more than twenty miles from any Court of record in said County of Plymouth and

unable to attend any such court without great expense is the cause of taking this deposition.
Amos Allen Justice Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Elias Phinney Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that Amos Allen Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County and his name set to the foregoing Certificate is his own proper signature —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty third day of August A. 1832.
E. Phinney
I Amos Allen the Justice of the peace above named do certify that for twenty years last past I have been acquainted with Lieut. Lebeon Hooker, the Deponent within named; that I consider him a man of truth and veracity and his testimony entitled to the highest credit — and that he is a man of good moral character and highly respectable and has always been so considered by this neighbourhood when he has lived for near forty years as I have understood —
Newton (Mass.) May 25. 1833
Amos Allen Justice Peace

New Declaration John Ware
Zibeon Hooker & Henry Ware's credibility verified - Secy of State - Certif o of Services

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth Is:
Personally appeared before me the subscri- ber, a justice of the Peace, within and for said County of Plymouth - John Ware, the same person who on the thirtieth day of August last past, at a probate Court then held in Hingham in said County, made his declaration of preliminary service performed by him in the revolutionary war, in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot positively swear as to the previous length of service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades In the first specification of my service in my de- claration aforesaid I stated my service, in the several grades of corporal & sergeant to have been for the term of eight months - Such was my impression then & it still so remains - but from the Certificate of the Secretary of State

herewith transmitted, that service appears by the records to be limited to three months & four- teen days - I feel confident of the correctness of my first declaration and it is, I think, sup- ported by the testimony of Gideon Hooker and Henry Ware - The records in the Secretarys office are confessedly imperfect.
With respect to the second term of service, as adjutant I have no evidence, other than what rests in my own imperfect recollection - I know I was frequently called out on alarms, and the whole time of actual employ- ment, cannot, I think have been less than three months. My commission as Adjutant is among the documents.
With respect to my service as Lieutenant, as stated in my Third Specification - I take the liberty to refer to the Certificate of the Secretary of State - By that Certificate it appears I served four months & four days - My first declaration as to this service stated it at three months. I

Spoke from recollection that mother- him is imperfect-
In all these proceedings I claim a pension. Further I swear that during the time of said services I was not employed in any civil pursuit.
Hingham 5 June 1833
John Ware
Plymouth ss: 5 June 1833
Then the said John Ware made so- lemn oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed & Thereby certify that the said John Ware is a man of truth & that to his declaration full credit is due
Ebenezer Gay Jr. Minister
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H Lord Register of Probate for the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Ebenezer Gay Jr. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this tenth day of June A.D. 1833 Jacob H. Lord

Sec y of State Certif: of Survivors of John Ware

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, June 4 th 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Ware, as a Private, is found on a Muster-Roll of Capt. Benjamin Bullard's Company, of Minute Men, under the command of Col. Pierce, who marched from Sherburne, on the Alarm of April 19, 1775, — where he is allowed five days' service. —
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John Ware's name, as Corporal, is further found on a Muster-Roll of Capt. Benjamin Bullard's Company, in Col. Jonathan Brewer's Regt. having entered April 24 th 1775, — This Muster-Roll is made up only to August 1, 1775, — and he is allowed three months and nine days' service. 3 o 9
John Ware's name, as Second Lieutenant, is further found on a Pay-Roll of Captain Walter McFarland's Company, in Col. Cyprian Howe's Regt. of New Levies, having commenced June 30, 1780, and serving to October 30, 1780, where he is allowed, for service and travel, four months and four days. —
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Edward D. Bangs Secy
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I, Chas Brooks, of Hingham, Mass. Clerk, minister of the 3 rd church in said Hingham, have known Capt John Ware (now of Hingham, & applicant for a pension,) for fifteen years, & have been an intimate of his family. I have no personal interest whatever in the present affidavit, but I say that said Capt Ware has ever been known as a most modest, retiring man who will not urge any claim against strict truth & honor. The story of his services are famil- -iar to his friends, & through life he has been an exemplary & useful man, & now in old age needs the aid which the law proposes. Much evi- -dence which he has not availed of, & I know from testimony in former years, that his claims are well founded in every particular.
Chas d Brooks
Hingham Aug 30, 1832.
Plymouth P. Aug 30, 1832 Sworn to & Subscribed in open Probate Court Attest Jacob H. Lord Register

I certify that Rev Charles Brooks the within numbered Deponent is well known to me as a credible person
Attested Jacob H. Lord Register

I Samuel Willards of Hingham in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Doctor of Divinity, testify and say that I am personally acquainted with John Ware, off said Hingham, who I understand is about making appli- cation for a pension under the law of the United States passed in June last, for revolutionary military services - that I was pastor of the Congregational Society in Deerfield in the County of Franklyn Commonwealth aforesaid from the year Eighteen hundred and seven to September in the year Eighteen hundred & twenty nine that during four or five years of that time said Ware was a member of my parish and I understood he was generally reputed there to have been a Soldier of the revolution - that I have examined his statement of his military service, and from his known character for veracity I fully believe it to be correct
(and his M ty ) Plymouth ss: 23 August 1832 Then the above named Samuel Willard personally ap- peared before me the Subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace for said County and

made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed: and I hereby certify that the said Sam l . Willard is personally known to me, that he is a creditable person & that to his testimony full credit is due
Abel Gay Jas Bean
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth being a Court of Record do hereby certify that Ebenezer Gay Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County and that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty second day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
Jacob H. Lord

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28935 Rey INVALID.
1930 May 3. Photos mailed to Edw. M. Gould. See Matthew Beveridge, W. 25232. A.N.Y.
File No. 28,935
Jason Ware
Phi Rev. Nat
Act: June 7" 32"
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 439
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jason Ware
Ken G. Evans AK.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined 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. These 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 Jason Mance
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.      
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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 rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, 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 } ss. County of }  On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and 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 served 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 persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby 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.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
The regimental officers, not being given, no means are afforded of tracing his services. Unless they can be stated in a supplemental declaration, the services in the other companies, besides Capt. Burlings should be renferred in the reg. of Lt Col John Brooks of the Massachusetts line of the Continental as without any notice of substitution appears thereon.

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set 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 the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) 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 where do you 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 names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the 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 further 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 persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives 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. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional 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 inquiry 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 before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or 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 by a 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 seal 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 have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services 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 doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow 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. 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, 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 , 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] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix 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 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.
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 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 certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 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 magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] 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 note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
By the rolls in Mr Bangs's Office. As no capt Adams appear where served my, if that was, the servn claimed the certificate should be more explanatory.

Adm. L. A. March 23 rd 1890 20 days
J. L.
Passion Office

As. Rep May 21.
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir, Allow me to call Your attention to the accompanying papers, & to request an early answer. —
Have the papers of David E. M c of Portland Maine, for a pension been rec d ? If so, I solicit for them prompt attention.
Yours R t S r v t
G eo Evans.

To J. L. Edwards Esq. or the clerks who may examine these papers. —
I herewith return the Pension papers in the case of the application of Wilson Ware for a pension — believing that the ob- jections noted by you are now removed.
I have obtained the required certificate from a Member of Congress. And I have again sent to the Secy's office in Mass. & obtained all the information in my power.
The evidence before sent, which is now returned to you, together with the Certificate of the Secy of Mass. until 22 March 1854, I presume will be deemed sufficient. I should have had the Applicant again go to Court & make oath to a new Appli- cation — but he is very infirm — and not very able to recollect any thing more than is contained in his first application.
Permit me now to call yr. attention to the several terms for which a pension is claimed — and to the evidence in support of each term.

1st. Term From May 16, 1876 _____
mo. d. 16 - 18
Evidence Abijah Harvey's Deposition marked No. 1 and E. Bangs Certificate marked No. 10
2nd. Term. Atkins _____ 6 - 7
Evidence Nathan Woodworth's Affidavit No. 2. and E. Bangs Certificate - No. 3-
3d. Term - _____ 2 - 29
Extra Evidence No. 5 - No. 6 - No. 7 and a part of Certificate No. 10. -
4th. Term _____ 6 - 14
Evidence - Affidavit of Amos Lawrence 22 08 No. 4 - and 1 12 Certificate of Edw. Bangs No. 10 - 23. 20
5th Term _____ 1 - 12
Evidence of Amos Lawrence No. 8
1 yr. 11 mo. - 20 d.
You will confer a particular favor by giving an early attention to the foregoing - and when the pension is allowed, will you forward the certificate to me at Thomas ton Me.
John S. Abbott

No. 10
Edw. Bangs Custodian
A stylized signature or monogram, possibly "E. B.", written in a cursive hand.
John S. Abbott Esq.
Thomaston
Me

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, March 22 nd 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Jason Ware, as a Private, is borne on Pay Rolls of Capt. Aaron Guild's Company, in Col. Josiah Whitney's Regt. where he is allowed from May 16 th 1776, six Months and eighteen days. m. do 6-18
Jason Ware's name, as a Corporal, is borne on a Pay Roll of Captain John Ellis' Company in a Regt. of Massachusetts Bay Militia, commanded by Col. Thomas Poor, raised to fortify and secure the Passes of the North River in the State of New York, where he is allowed from June 12 th to Decemr. 16 th 1778, for services and travel, six Months & fourteen days. 6-14
Jason Ware claims for services under 13-02 Capt. Moses Adams in Col. Brooks' Regt. from Nov 8 th 1777 to Feb y 3 rd 1778, as a Substitute for Billa Ware. Billa Ware's name is borne

Amount brought Over m d on an Abstract for pay due to Capt. Adams 13-02 Company, in Col. Brooks Regt. of Guards at 20/ per Month as a Bounties for the Guards, at Cambridge, taken to February 5 th 1778, - where he is allowed from Nov r 4 th 1777, two Months and twenty-nine days. 2-29
Jason Ware claims for services under Capt. 16-01 Joseph Lovel, in 1778 or 79; but the roll which he describes is not found in this Office.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy
E. M.

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. }
The Major Part of the COUNCIL of Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England.
To John Ware Genl.
Greeting.
YOU being appointed Second Lieutenant of the First Company Commanded by Joshua Leland in the Fifth Regiment of Militia in the County of Middlesex where of Ebenezer Lerry Esq. is Colonel.
By Virtue of the Power vested in us, WE do by these Presents, (reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct,) Commission you accord- ingly.—You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a 2 d Lieutenant in leading, ordering and exercising said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline: And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their 2 d Lieutenant and you are yourself, to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Major Part of the Council or your Superior Officer.
GIVEN under our Hands, and the Seal of the said State, at Boston the twenty fourth Day of July in the Year of our LORD, 1779
By the Command of the Major Part of the Council. } Sam d Adams Secy
Middlesex ss. Lt John Ware appeared and took the oath Required by Law to the faithful Discharge of His office and also Voluntarily took the oath of Fidelity and Allegiance before us
Alner Perry } Field officers John Frostbridge Zechariah Brown Sam Glason
Genl. Powell B Greenleaf Deputy Sam d Adams Moses Gill John D. Sleeper B. White Sam d D. D. D. A. Gardner Josiah Hume Oliver Prescott J. Fuller Dan d Davis N. Cushing Sam d Miles Jno s Pitts

STATE of the Massachusetts-Bay.
The Major Part of the COUNCIL of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England.
To John Ware Esq. — Gentleman — Greeting.
YOU being appointed Adjutant of the fifth Regiment of Militia in the County of Middlesex whereof Samuel Bullard Esq. is Colonel —
By Virtue of the Power vested in us, WE do by these Presents, (reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct,) Commission you accordingly. — You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of an Adjutant in leading, ordering, and exercising said Regiment in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers and to keep them in good Order and Discipline: And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their Adjutant — and you are yourself, to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Major part of the Council or your superior Officers. —
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GIVEN under our Hands, and the Seal of the said State, at Boston the sixteenth Day of May in the Year of our Lord, 1777.
By the Command of the Major Part of the Council.
John Avery Esq.
John Ware Esq. on Receipt of this Commission Took the Oath Required by the Militia act of this State
Samuel Bullard Abner Perry John Trowbridge
Genl. Powell M c Swan
Caleb Storing Brig d Genl. S c
C. Cushing
John Wheatcomb
S. Morton
Genl. Fisher
John Saylor
B. White
H. Godfrey
Benj. Austin Brig d Genl. S c
Dan d Davis
D. Sewall