Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,246, Samuel Webb, Mass. Mass. Sea Service

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Webb, Samuel
P. 11.246
Mass Sea Service
Betsy or
Betty
CONTENTS
b. Scituate Mass 1754 d. Apr. 14, 1839

let to A. Colleanne May 24. 43
15549 Massachusetts
48872
Louis Webb
of Plymouth in the State of Mass. who was a M t B ty in the Company commanded by Captain Chamberlain of the Reg t commanded by Col. Bailey in the Mass. Vols for 8 months service Due 15 days Corporal
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 35 Dollars 84 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d day of Aug 1833 and Nat S. F.
Louis Plymouth Mass.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $71. 68 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept th 17. 92 $89. 60
Revolutionary Claim, filed June 7, 1832.
Recorded by H. O. Hobson Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 20 Page 93
11246 B. L. W.

Samuel Webb Mass
Print 8 Mr Cashed 20 15 10 15 5 14 06
March 20 1833
P. 316.
133 62
367 243 734 183 9.19
26.64 9.20 35.84
J. H. Loom
Wymouth Mass

60  BRIEF in the case of  of Plymouth
Samuel Webb.  in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 78  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.     Spring In 17 75 in 1775 8 As a Private Gen. Chamberlain Col. Dailly   Fall 1776 2 15 Corporal Capt. Turner Col. Dailly   March 1777 entered at Bunker Hill Lt. Col. Mague Brig. General the Brigs stated to   be a Government Vigil and was taken and after various imprisonment and capture = Capt. Turner was commander of the Brig she was bound to Spain in public service   and after various got home after an absence of nearly 5 years.  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Town of Pembroke Mass  None mentioned
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Revolutionary time living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The witnesses are not subscribed or credible
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Payson
Examining Clerk.

Betsy Webb Widow of Samuel Suspended Coar from M. ap:
R. W. Young att.

Commonwealth State of Massachusetts } ss. County of Plymouth,
On this day of thirteenth day of October A. D. 1857 before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County personally appeared Mary O. Briggs of Pembroke in said County and made oath in due form of law that she is the only surviving child of Peter Webb late of said Pembroke who deceased who died at a siege Pembroke on the twenty third day of March A D 1843 and was the and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of Samuel Webb who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, that she has drawn a pension since his death at the rate of was applicant for a pension at the time of her death per annum, and is now a Pensioner under the Act of July 7 1838 & the said Mary O Briggs that she now asks for all arrears or increase of Pension to which she may be enti- tled under any of the Acts or Resolutions of Congress applicable to her case, viz. 7th July, 1833; 3d March, 1843; 17th June, 1844; 2d February, 1848; Joint Resolution of 23d January, 1845; and 1st July, 1848; that she now resides in said County and State.
Witness, , Luther Briggs
Mary O Briggs
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year first above written.
Before me, Horace Collamore
Justice of the Peace.

I Luther Briggs & Laura Collamore depose & testify and say that, we were acquainted with Samuel Webb late of Pembroke in the county of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts & that he was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States & that he died at said Pembroke on the fourteenth day of May A D 1839 leaving a widow by the name of Nancy Webb who was applicant for a pension and died at said Pembroke on the twenty third day of March A D 1843 and that Altery O. Briggs is the child and only surviving child of said Nancy Webb & Samuel Webb deceased
Witness Arthur M. Titcomb.
Luther Briggs Laura Collamore
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth On this twentieth day of September A D 1857 personally appeared the above named Luther Briggs & Laura Collamore to me personally known to be persons of good character for truth & veracity and made oath to the truth of foregoing dep- osition by them subscribed
Before me
Horace Collamore
Justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth
ss.
Clerk's Office,
October 2
A. D. 1857.
I, William N. Whitman Clerk of the Supreme Court in and for said County of Plymouth certify that
Mrs. Collamene of Plymouth in said County of Plymouth whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate,
is an ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for said County of Plymouth
duly qualified
to act as such, that the commission of the said
is dated
18
and will expire
18
and that the foregoing SIGNATURE, purporting to be his, is Genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Court , the day and year first above written.
Wm N. Whitman
CLERK.

Declaration of Sarah & Mary C. Briggs Children of Betty Webb. No 9232
Act 7 th July 38

State of Massachusetts } County of Plymouth ss.
On this sixth day of June 1843, personally appeared before the Hon. Wilber Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth, Sarah Briggs and Mary O. Briggs only surviving children of Betty or Betsey Webb a late resident of Pembroke in the County of Plymouth, deceased, aged eighty five years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on their oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838, entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows; and of a joint resolution of Congress approved August 16. 1842 and of the Act of March 3. 1843.
That they are the only surviving children of Betsey Webb, who was the widow of Samuel Webb, who being a resident of Pembroke, in the County of Plymouth, performed the services in the Revolutionary War, which are particularly set forth in his Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 1832. for which services he received a pension; and to which declaration and evidence annexed, they would beg leave to refer in support of their claim.

They further declare that their mother the said Betty or Betsey Webb was married to the said Samuel Webb on the twelfth day of September in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two; that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Webb died on the fourteenth day of April 1839; that the aforesaid Betty Webb was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated.
They further declare that the aforesaid Betty alias Betsey Webb died on the twenty third day of March 1813.
Sarah Briggs
Mary C Briggs
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me and I certify that it is satisfactory made to appear to me that said Sarah Briggs & Mary C Briggs are the only surviving children of said Betty or Betsey Webb deceased.
William Wood J. Drobz

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth Y. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Honorable William Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this sixth day of June 1843.
Jacob H. Lord

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this Twenty Second day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before The Hon ble Wilkes Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for The County of Plymouth now sitting at Hanover , leaving a Court of Record within and for said County of Plymouth, Samuel Twiss a resident of Pembroke in said County of Plymouth, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy eight 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 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. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
For the year 1775 and in the spring of that year, then residing in the Town of Pembroke I enlisted as a soldier in the Company of State Troops commanded by Capt Freedom Chamberlain of Pembroke and in the Regiment commanded by Col John Bailey of Hanover, and under that enlistment marched in said company to Roxbury and there served eight months, and was discharged, but the discharge is lost, and I have no Documentary evidence in my power to produce -
In the year 1776 and in the Autumn of that year, I enlisted in the Company of Capt John Turner of Pembroke as a soldier in the Regiment commanded by Col Jeremiah Hall - and there marched to Rhode Island in said company and there served two months and one half & was then discharged but the discharge is lost -
In the year 1777, and in the Month of March of that year, I enlisted as a mariner on board a Letter of Mart-Brigg, called the Danger which Brigg was commanded by Capt Israel Turner of Pembroke and was a Government Vessel; We sailed from Boston about the

for military stores for the Army Month of March 1777 bound to Bilboa in Spain, but was taken by a British Ship, called Peace & Plenty mounting twelve Guns of Cape Giristae about twenty days after leaving Boston and was carried into Lisbon & from thence to Belfast in Ireland & there remained two months, from thence I was taken on board a British Ship and sent to Spithead in England and there put on board a British Man of War called the Diligente and there confined six months, & from thence against my will was taken on board a British Frigate called the Haza and carried up the Straits to the Island of Majorca and from there to Lisbon, being on board six months & then came from there in a Dutch Ship bound to Madeira, but was taken again and carried to the West of Ireland and detained seventeen Months and from thence went to Lisbon & from thence to Cadiz, and attempted to come home in a ship bound to Plymouth in Massachusetts, commanded by John Howland Richet, but when we were within thirty hours sail of Plymouth we were taken by two twenty Gun ships and carried back to Kinsdale in Ireland and from thence to Spithead in England & from thence to Plymouth and confined in Prison thirteen Months untill I was exchanged, for one of Cornwallis men, that was taken in Virginia - and thus finally after an absence after an absence of nearly five years - I arrived home - Capt Nath l Spooner John Washburn & Mr Morrison of Plymouth, were in Prison with me & were exchanged with me, who are to the best of my knowledge and belief dead - I further state I was born in Scituate in the County of Plymouth, have no record of my age, when I first enlisted in the War of the Revolution, I resided in Pembroke I enlisted in the Service voluntarily - and was discharged - I am known to the Revd Morris Allen the Clergyman of Pembroke and to the Hon ble William Washburn and Alden Briggs who can testify to my character for veracity & their belief of my services as a Soldier of the Revolution
I arrived Home
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Attest Jacob H. Lord Register

We, Manuel Allen — — — a clergyman, residing in the town of Pembroke and Whitman  Allen on residing in the same Town hereby certify, that we are well ac- quainted with Samuel Webb who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy eight 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. and Alden Briggs will knowing the said Samuel Webb believe him a man of veracity
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
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 Manuel Allen who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Pembroke and that P. Whitman & Briggs who have also signed the same, are residents in the same town and is a credible person, and that their 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 Samuel Webb for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office, this twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Jacob H. Lord

Samuel Webb
13.362
Jacob Fisher's Depositum for Samuel Webb

Samuel Webb
Isaac Bower & others Deposition for Samuel Webb

William Lord of Pembroke in the County of Plymouth Blacksmith, of Lawful age to give evidence depose & say, that I have known & been acquainted with Samuel Webb of Pembroke for more than fifty seven years, that in the Month of April seventeen hundred & seventy five, I enlisted in the Company, commanded by Captain Freedom Chamberlain of Pembroke under Colonel Bailey, who commanded the Regiment and marched to Roxbury & there served in said Company eight months, and Samuel Webb above named enlisted with me as a private in said company & served with me, the aforesaid eight months, & further your Deposition saith not,
Will m Lord
Plymouth ss Pembroke July 20 1832
Personally appeared before me the above named William Lord who made solemn affirmation to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed - & I further certify the said Lord is a man of truth & veracity -
Wilborn W. Amos Jr. Peace
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 Wilborn Whitman and William Collamore Esquires are Justices of the Peace in & for said County & that I believe their names subscribed to these papers to be their true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand & the seal of said Court this third Day of October A. D. 1832
Jacob H. Lord

William Fords Deposition.
for Sam Webb

Small note
Isaac Bowen & others Deposition for Samuel Webb

I Isaac Bower Barker of Hanson in the County of Plymouth, of lawful age to give evidence testify and say - that I am well acquainted with Samuel Webb of Pembroke - and know he enlisted in the eight Months service at Roxbury in the year 1775. he was in the Company of Capt Frederick Chamberlain of Pembroke & in the Regiment commanded by Col. Baileys and served out his enlistment & further your Deposition with notice Isaac B. Barker
Plymouth ss Pembroke August 8 1832
Personally appeared before me Isaac Bower Barker who made solemn oath, that the above Deposition by him subscribed, is true -
William Whitman Justice
Plymouth ss April 12 1833
I further certify, that the above named Isaac B. Barker is in my estimation a man of truth & veracity and is so considered in the vicinity
William Whitman Justice

I Jacob Fish of Berlin in the county of Oxford and State of Maine aged 80 years testify and say that I went to Rhode Island as a soldier in Capt. Wm Shaw's company of Militia of Massachusetts in November 1776 and staid there four months. I went on the occasion of the "Bristol alarm" so called, that I then lived in Kingston, Mass. and was well acquainted with Samuel Webb, of Pembroke in the county of Plymouth, that I had personal knowledge of his serving in the same Regiment, Col. Hall's, in Capt. John Turner's company in the capacity of a corporal, I have no certain knowledge of the time he served, but should think he served as long as two months, or a half the time he states, which I have no doubt is correct.
Jacob Fish
State of Massachusetts, ss. County of Plymouth, ss.
Subscribed and sworn to this ninth day of August 1832. Before me Anthony Collamore, Justice of the Peace
Plymouth ss. April 10. 1833. I further testify that I believe the above named Jacob Fish to be a person of credibility. Anthony Collamore, Justice Peace

✓ No. 9132 Betsy Webb. Mass s
Suspended
to A. Coleman Aug 26. 43 ✓ R.W. Young 15 Sept. 1854.
Act July 7 th 1838

9.132
Betsy Webb, Mars-
Holman Aug st 26, 1843- R.W. Young 15 Sep t 1854- A.M. Arthur, May 21, 1857-
112 Hg
July 7, 1838-

REJECTED
11,246
P. O. Betsy Webb
Service: wid. of Samuel
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Webb 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? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes 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? yes  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  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  Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes    XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes  XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes  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."

Simington Maine
May 1 1857
Sir,
I herewith forward you the application of Mary O Briggs only surviving child of Betsey Webb widow of Samuel Webb in said Betsey's application made Oct. July, 7 1838 on the suspended file at the Pension office.
I am very respectfully Hon. General Whiting      Your Obedt. Servt. Commr. of Pensions      Arthur M. Tilton Washington D.C.

Betsy Webb Widow of Samuel Wap- Suspended Roll Jus 1838

Washington Sept 13 th 1854
Sir
I respectfully ask for a reexamination of the Case of Betsy Webb Widow of Samuel Webb - Mass. Sus- pended Roll.
Very respectfully Yours obedt Servt R. W. Young
Hon L. P. Waldo Court of Pensions

9132
June 26 1843
Mice.
July 7 1838
Peter Webb
Samuel Webb
June 23
James H. Edwards Esq.
Home of Unknown
Washington D.C.

Ambooth, June 23, 1843
James L. Edwards Esq. Com d of Pensions
Sir,
Enclosed I forward the Declaration of the children of Betty or Betty Webb, widow of Sam l Webb a Revolutionary Pensioner, and would refer you to his Declaration and evidence in support of his claim under the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832.
Respectfully
Your obed t Serv t
Anthony Collamore

State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth } ss.
Be it known, that on the 30 day of January A. D. 1857 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Mary O. Briggs of Pembroke, Massachusetts and made oath according to law, that she is the child of Betsy Webb deceased—widow of Samuel Webb (who was corporal & a private in the War of the Revolution ) and a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $35.84 per annum; that she has reason to believe that the said pension ought to be granted & increased and that she is directly interested in the same, and makes this affidavit to be filed by her attorney, with any additional evidence or arguments he may deem necessary in the prosecution of said claim.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned, before me
Mary O. Briggs
Horace Gollamore Justice of the Peace.
State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth } ss.
Be it known, that before Horace Gollamore a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, personally appeared Mary O. Briggs of Pembroke, Massachusetts who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say, that she is the child of Betsy Webb deceased, widow of Samuel Webb (who was corporal & a private in the War of the Revolution ) and a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $35.84 per annum, that she now makes this declaration to recover a pension & increase of pension, that may be due, on account of the services of Samuel Webb as aforesaid, for the benefit of herself . under any acts or resolutions of Congress applicable to the case.
Sworn and subscribed this 30 day of January
1857 before me.
Mary O. Briggs
Horace Gollamore
Justice of the Peace.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I Mary O. Briggs of Pembroke, Massachusetts child of Betsy Webb deceased, widow of Samuel Webb (who was corporal & a private in the War of the Revolution ) do hereby constitute and appoint Arthur M. Arthur of Farmington, Maine my true and lawful attorney for me, and in my name to prosecute my claim to any pension or increase of pension of Samuel Webb as aforesaid; and I hereby authorize my said attorney to examine all papers and documents touching my claim, on file in the departments at Washington or elsewhere and file any additional evidence or arguments he may think proper, to ensure the recovery of the same hereby vouching all powers of attorney to any person or persons in the premises . Witness my hand and seal this 30 day of January A. D. 1857
Signed and sealed in the presence of
WITNESS Horace Gollamore
WITNESS Luther Briggs
Mary O. Briggs
State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth } ss.
On this 30 th day of January A. D. 1857 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared Mary O. Briggs abovenamed and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
Horace Gollamore
Justice of the Peace.

State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth } ss.
Be it known, that on the 30 day of January A. D. 1857 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Luther Briggs and Laura Collamore two disinterested and respectable witnesses, and made oath according to law, that they are well acquainted with Betsy Webb of Pembroke . deceased, widow of Samuel Webb (who was an officer in the Rev. in the Revolutionary War .) and that Mary O. Briggs  at the time of her death is her only surviving child. And that she the said Betsy Webb departed this life on the 23 day of March A. D. 1848 Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned, before me,
Horace Collamore Justice of the Peace.
I Wm. G. Whitman clerk of Supreme Judicial Court in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts do hereby certify that Horace Collamore Esq. before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and his name thereto subscribed is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 2 day of February A. D. 1857.
Wm. G. Whitman Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth Y. on this the tenth day of April A. D. 1833
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Plym- outh, Samuel Webb of Pembroke in said Coun- ty, who being duly sworn, on oath deponeth & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory & the destruction & loss of all papers relating to his Military & Naval Services in the War of the Revolution he cannot swear positively any further than he has done in his declaration 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 viz:
As a Soldier in the State Troops of Massachusetts in Capt Freedom Chamberlin's Company & Col. 8 months } John Baileys Regiment at Roxbury eight months private } commencing in the Spring of the year 1775 as soldier } near as he can remember early in April.
2 1/2 months } As a Corporal in Capt John Turner Company Corporal } Col Jeremiah Hall's Regiment two months & a half } at Rhode Island in the Autumn of 1776.

As a Marine on Board the Brig Ranger Capt Turner which Sailed in the month of March 1777 & was Captured in twenty days after leaving Boston. For my detentions in prison see my orig- inal declaration. For How much of the time I was detained a prisoner of War I cannot be al- lowed I do not know. The Military Service I performed I have precisely stated above. The Naval may be stated in a tabular form as follows
  a Marine on Board Ranger till taken —  20 Days    a Prisoner at Belfast where I was carried from Lisbon, where the prize was carried  2. — months    a Prisoner removed from Belfast to Spit- Head where I was put on board a prison ship and was detained —  6. — months    From thence was put on board a British Vessel of War & carried up the Mediter- ranean & was detained on board until I ran away at Lisbon after having been on board  6 — months  
I was then put by the American Consul on board a Vessel to be returned home but was taken & kept a Prisoner from time to time as stated in my declaration until I had been about from two to three years more. —

For as much of the above Marine Service as the Secretary shall think I am entitled in justice I claim a Pension & for the whole of the Milita- ry service as above explicitly stated.
Samuel Webb
Sworn subscribed & also do say your affiant
Before me J. H. Lord Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that John B. Mannas Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for said County & that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this thirteenth day of April A.D. 1833.
Jacob H. Lord