Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21562, Joseph Weeks, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Weeks, Joseph
S. 21 562
CONTENTS

March 10 9 25 AM Massachusetts
Joseph Weeks
Hardwick in the State of Mass who was a Corp't in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg't commanded by Col. Sarnes in the State time for 8 Mos
None
Inscribed on the Roll of Spies at the rate of 29 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of May 1833 and sent Joseph Knox Hardwick Mass
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $38.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 11 " 14.66
$73.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H N Main Clerk Book No. Vol. 2, Page 91.
Let. L. A. Deane - Sept 28 '36 Tra. Cu. Nov 7 1836. Transf't to Windsor Oct for 4 March 1836 - 15 Nov '36
Paid Dec. 11-1836 (from A.P.)
86 March

10799
Joseph Weeks
Coahuila 8 Mts
$2900
Joseph Knox & Hancock Maps

BRIEF in the case of Joseph Hooker  of Harpers Ferry in the State of Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1889.)
 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? 86 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. As a Gen.     In 1775 8 — Private Corporal Col. Billings Col. Dearnes  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Harpers Ferry  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By a living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
N. S. D. Lewis Examining Clerk.

Joseph Wurts
Maps to Winason Vt

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Vermont
County of Caledonia ss.
On this 18 day of October 1836 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Caledonia personally appeared Josiah Weeks of Hardwick in said County who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Samuel Billings - - in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Col. Larnard - - in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Massachusetts from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Vermont where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Hardwick, Massachusetts to Hardwick Vt - To be near to his son Samuel Weeks who is a resident of Hardwick Joseph Weeks
Sworn and subscribed to before me, } Levi Goodrich Justice Peace the day and year aforesaid. }
STATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA COUNTY, ss.
I, Samuel B. Mattock
Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Levi Goodrich Esq is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; - that his commission was dated on the 10th day of November, A. D. 1835, and will expire on the last day of November, 1836 and that his signature above written is genuine.
GIVEN under my hand and the Seal of said County Court, this 31st day of October A. D. 1836.
Sam. B. Mattock CLERK.

The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
I Lemuel Cobb of Hardwick County of Caledonia and State of Vermont of lawful age do testify and say that about the middle of last June I removed the above named Joseph Weeks from Massachusetts to Vermont and further I have been acquainted with the above named Joseph Weeks and have been personally acquainted with him for above forty years and know him to be the very man alluded to above - further saith not Lemuel Cobb State of Vermont Caledonia } Hardwick October 10th 1836 personally appeared Lemuel Cobb County ss } that the statement above by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth before me Eben Goodrich Justice Peace

This may certify that the deponent within Samuel Cobb is a man of truth and veracity - Levi Goodrich Jr. pro.

10749. Joseph Weeks. Application

I Stephen Newton of Mansfield in the County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts of lawful age, being duly sworn, do testify & say, that in the year 1775 I was with Joseph Weeks of Hardwick in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, eight months at Roxbury in Massachusetts, during which time the said Weeks was doing military duty in the Revolutionary War, as a Corporal in the Company commanded by Capt. Samuel Billings of said Hardwick. His Subalterns were Lieut. Dyer, & Ensign Garkham. Said Company was attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sarnard.
I served during said eight months in the same Company with said Weeks, having previously become a member of it.
Stephen Newton
Worster ss. August 18 th 1832 Then personally appeared Stephen Newton above named, & made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed in my presence, is true.
Before me Jos. Knapp Jus. Peace
I hereby declare that from the evidence which has come to my knowledge, as well as from the character of Stephen Newton the deponent, it is my opinion that the statements made by him in the above deposition are true - "private class of Corporal" inserted above, before the deposition was signed - Jos. Knapp Jus. Peace

Stephen Newton, p Deposition
WOMAN OF MASSACHUSETTS
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this twentieth  first day of August — in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two — personally appeared in open Court, before Nathaniel Praine Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting James  Joseph Weeks a resident of Hardwick in the County of Worcester — and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty five 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 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. Viz
that in the year 1775 I enlisted at said Hardwick as a militia man in the company commanded by Capt. Samuel Billings of said Hardwick, that from said Hardwick I marched in said Company, through New Braintree, Oakham, Rutland, Holden, Shrewsbury, Northbury, Marlborough, Sudbury, Weston, Watertown, Watertown, & Brookline, to Roxbury where I was stationed for the term of eight months. The Captain of the company was Samuel Billings of Hardwick & his Subalterns, Lieutenant Sears, 2nd Lieutenant or second Lieut. Parkman. The company was attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Lamson. The name of the Lieut. Colonel of the Regiment was Hays. When we arrived at Roxbury I was appointed Corporal & served in that capacity during the said eight months. I was engaged in no battle during said term — we were engaged in building forts, & standing sentry during the time. The said eight months services commenced in the spring of 1775, I think in April, but cannot tell the precise time. At the end of said eight months service, I was discharged. I received no documentary evidence of my discharge, & have none now in my possession. I have never before applied for a pension, but can prove my services by the testimony of Stephen Newton who was in the same company with me during said term.
 1 I was born at Hardwick aforesaid January 22. 1747 — I am 85 years of age  2 My age is recorded on the town records of Hardwick.  3 I was born in said Hardwick & have ever since resided there.  4 I voluntarily enlisted as stated above.  5 I do not recollect the names of any regular officers & I do not recollect that any other Regiment was stationed at Roxbury while I was there. I am known to Hephzibah Dyer & Joseph Dyer Esq. of Hardwick, to whom I refer for evidence of my services.  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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before me N. Praine Esq. Judge of Probate for Middlesex of Worcester Joseph Weeks

We Haffield Gould & Joseph  clergymen  know both residing in the Hanover hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Weeks who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty five 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. Nath. Gaine  Stephens Gould Judge of Probate Jos. Know for the County of Worcester
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 was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Haffield Gould who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergymen resident in the Town of Hanover and that Jos. Know who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Hanover and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nath. Gaine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I Theophilus Wheeler Register , Clerk of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Weeks for a pension. That the said Joseph Know is a justice of the Peace. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 28 th day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Theophilus Wheeler Reg. of Probate Court for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
mmms
April 19, 1924
Mrs. H. W. Lawson 1918 N Street, N. W. Washington, D. C.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 21562 it appears that Joseph Weeks was born January 22, 1747 in Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
While a resident of said Hardwick he enlisted in April 1775 and served eight months as a Corporal in Captain Samuel Billings' Company, Colonel Learned's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1832 while a resident of Hardwick, Massachusetts.
In October 1836 he was living in Hardwick, Caledonia County, Vermont with his son Lemuel(?) Weeks. He died Dec Nov ember 11, 1836. There is no further data

on file as to his family.
Owing to the pressure of current work, the large number of similar inquiries and the lack of a clerical force available for such a purpose, only two histories are furnished each inquirer.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Nov 14 Mr. Burnside
F
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. Pensions
Washington D.C.

Commonwealth Bank, Pension Office Boston 10. Nov. 1836
Sir,
Your letter of the 7 th inst. is rec d . Joseph Meek d , private during the Rev t . War and now a pen t on the Roll of this Agency under the Act of 7 th June 1832, at 29 3 / 100 Doll s per annum has been paid up to 4 th March 1836. —
I am, very respectfully Your obt. Serv t
John R. Simpson Assistant.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r Pensions Washington D. C.

Joseph Works
Hardwick Sept 21.
Due
Sept 21.
Mr. M c Intire
Hon J. S. Edwards Comm ee Pensions Washington D.C.

Gardwick Vt 14 Sept 1836
Hon J. H. Barnard
Sir - Joseph Wells, of the State of Massachusetts (town of Haverhill) who was a Corporal in the Army of the Rev- -olution and entitled to receive $29.33 3/4 in annual during his life commencing 4 March 1824 - has removed to this town - and wishes his name transferred to the Vermont Roll, & have his certificate - etc. Given at War Office 7 May 1833 Signed John Root & Co. Comptroller - signed by myself No 10,925 Please decide that the Miscarried form be sent that his name may be transferred -
Yours obed Servt L. H. P. P. M.

Nov 7- Danville Va Nov 1st free Hon J. L. Edwards Comm ee Pensions Washington W. M. Gurnee

Hardwick Vt 18 Oct 1826
Hon L A Edw.ards
Sir - Enclosed you have the application of Joseph Wells - for a transfer of his name from the Massachusetts to the Vt rolls -
Your obedt Servt L H Pilsbry

1918 N St. (N.W.) City.
Pension Office, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:-
Will it be possible for me to get the Revolutionary Records of the following:- 1. Benjamin Burgess, enlisted Jan. 1, 1776 for one year at Wareham, Mass. as a private under Capt. John Bridgeman, Col. John Bailey. 2. Joseph Weeks born in Hardwick, Mass. Jan. 6, 1746. m. May 10, 1775, Hannah Willis dau. of Capt. Benj. Willis. removed to Hardwick, Vt. where he died Dec. 11, 1836. The record says he was a Revolutionary soldier. Was he a pensioner?
In the Rock's Joseph Weeks appears several times. At least two are given from Hardwick Mass. The above data may be useful.
3. Benjamin Willis (above Capt. Benj. Willis). Was he in the Revolution? I do not know his address.
Any information will be gratefully received.
Yours truly, (Mrs.) H. W. Lawson.
advised only 2 hist. etc.

Revocation
21 5 62 INVALID.
1924 - Feb. 6 - Mrs. H. H. Lawson. also adu... only 2 hist. etc. mmf.
File No. 21 5 62
Joseph Weeks Corp Rev War
Act: June 7 " 82 "
Index: - Vol. 2 , Page 44
[Arrangement of 1870.]