Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14152, Royal White, Mass.

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White, Royal Odmanah
N. 14152.
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Massachusetts. — 1426
Hannah White,
widow of Royal White, decd.
who died on the year 1817; of Bristol co. in the State of Massachusetts who was a private in the army commanded by Captain J. Perry of the regt. Mass by Col. G. Williams in the R.R. Land- line for 17 mos. 7 dys. private -
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massetts - at the rate of 57 Dollars 44 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Sep- tember, 1837 and sent to A. Bas- set, Taunton, Massetts.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1837 = $ 361 : 36 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. '38 = 28 : 72
$ 390.08
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d .
Recorded by S. A. Elliott Clerk Book A Vol. 2 Page 62.

order to the Sec
Hannah White Royal
Bristol Co.
Mass.
Married Nov. 17. '78
Rolls -
  vol. 15-87-  in 75.  pri. 6.13.    20. 93-  77.  " 1. 6    20. 57.  78  " - 18  
enlisted 20 aug 79. 9 mo. dischar -ged 20 may 17 80 9 u.
17. 4
adm?
17 mo. 7 ds pre
$7. 44.
no deduction
A Bapett

State of Massachusetts
Bristol County
At a Court of Probate held at Norton in for said County
On this fourth day of July 1837. Personally appeared Before the Honorable Oliver Prescott Judge of the Court of Probate - within and for the said County of Bristol Hannah White a resident of the Town of Mansfield in said County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn According to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4. 1836. That she is the widow of Royal White late of said Town of Mansfield deceased, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and served as a private, a number of campaigns in that war. He first enlisted and entered the service in the year 1775 and (as she believes) on the night of the 19 th of April of that year, and was marched from the said Town of Mansfield to Roxbury, or Cambridge, in the vicinity of Boston, and served until the close of the year 1775, and was the greatest part, or all the time, in a company commanded by Captain James Pery of Easton. She refers to the affidavit of Nathaniel Leonard which is hereto  to be annexed as proof of the principal part of his service at this campaign. He again engaged and entered the service as a substitute for Oliver Drake and served three months in the State of Rhode Island at this campaign, but she cannot tell under what officer he served at this time, this campaign (as she believes) was the last part of the year 1776. She refers to the affidavit of Oliver Drake which is hereto annexed as proof of his service at this campaign.
He again entered the service, and enlisted, (as she believes) in the fall of the year 1777, and served two months in a company commanded by Captain Isaac Hodges of Norton and was stationed at Shrewsbury and other places in the State of Rhode Island, and in Col. George Williams' Regiment, and for proof of his service at this campaign she refers to an ancient Muster roll now at the war department at Washington and annexed to the declaration of Sarah Briggs of Stoughton, Mass. over

Please look at another muster roll annexed to application of Sarah Briggs wife of Stephen Briggs for a pension
He again enlisted and entered the Service and served (as she believes) one month and it was in the last part of the Summer of the year 1778. He was during this campaign in the Battle on the Island of Rhode Island, and he served at this time either in a company commanded by Captain Josiah Keith of Boston, or under Captain Isaac Hodge of Norton or a part of the time under both of the said Captains. She refers to the Affidavit of Nehemiah Leonard to prove this. The last mentioned campaign - And all his services up to the last mentioned campaign (as she believes) was in the Militia or State Troops.
He again enlisted and served one other campaign of nine months, he enlisted and left the Town of Mansfield at this time (as she believes) in the month of August 1779. She does well recollect his leaving home at this time for it was after her marriage with the said Royal White, and at a very difficult time for him to leave home, and she was under the necessity of procuring a friend to come and live with, and assist her during the greatest part of his absence. He was at this time marched to Farmington where he was mustered, and from thence to Springfield on the Connecticut river, and from thence to West Point in the State of New York by an officer whose name was Fisdale, and the said Royal White was then placed in a company of the Continental Army to fill some vacancy that had been occasioned by the death of some soldier, and she does not know the officer under whom he was placed, and she refers to the land rolls in the war office for this information. The whole amount of his services in the Revolutionary war was twenty three months, and she has no ancient documentary evidence of any part of her said husband's services. She believes he had a discharge which was given him on the dark day (so called) the 19 day of May 1780 but it has long since been lost.
She further declares that she was married to the said Royal White on the 17th day of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight. That short her said husband, the said Royal White died on the first day of May in the year,
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one thousand Eight hundred and eleven, and that she has remained his widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed Witness O Prescott. Hannah X White mark
Sealed and Subscribed on the day and year first above mentioned Oliver Prescott {In witness whereof the Court of Probate in this County.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Bristol ss. I Andrew Barrett Register of the Court of Probate in the said County, do hereby certify that Oliver Prescott whose signature is affixed to the above certificate is the Judge of said Court of Probate -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this fourteenth day of July 1837 - A Barrett

Bristol ss at Mansfield on the 17 th day of November 1778 then Royal White & Hannah Smith 2 d both of Mansfield were joined together in Marriage by Ephraim Leonard Justice of the
A True Copy of Record
Attest Wm Bates } Town Clerk of P. Mansfield
State of Massachusetts Bristol County ss on the 19 th day of June 1837. William B. Bates Town Clerk of the Town of Mansfield in said County personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above certificate as recorded on the Town Book of the said Town of Mansfield. And I do further certify that I know the said Bates to be the Town Clerk of the said Town of Mansfield. Groom Leonard Justice Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Bristol ss. I Anselm Barrett Register of the Court of Probate in the said County, do hereby certify that Cornwall Leonard is a Justice of the Peace in the said County and that the signature to the foregoing certificate purporting to be his, are genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fourteenth day of July eighteen hundred and thirty seven - J. Barrett

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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14.152  Hannah White  Widow of  Royal White  Pri Rev War
Act: July 4 th 86
Index:—Vol. M , Page 331
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I William B. Bates of Mansfield in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts being of lawful age do testify and say, that I am the Town Clerk of the said Town of Mansfield in the aforesaid County and State, and that the Marriage of Royal White with Hannah Smith is found recorded in one of the Books of the records of the said Town of Mansfield as follows - namely -
Bristol ss. at Mansfield on the seventeenth day of November, one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight then Royal White and Hannah Smith the second, both of said Mansfield were joined together in Marriage, by
Ephraim Leonard Justice of Peace
And I do further testify and say that there is no record found on any of the books of the said Town of Mansfield of the death of the above said Royal White, But according to the best of my belief and knowledge he died in this Town many years ago.
Mansfield 4 Sept. 1837. Wm B. Bates Town Clerk of Mansfield
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss. Sept. 4. 1837 William B. Bates made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed Before me Ephraim Leonard Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Bristol ss. I Amos Barrett, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify, that Cornwall Leland, whose signature is affixed to the within certificate, is a Justice of the Peace in for said County -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this seventh day of September eighteen hundred and thirty seven - A. Barrett

I Oliver Droke of Mansfield in the County of Bristol being eighty three years of age. do testify and say that I was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and that I served as a private in the eight months campaign at Roxbury and in the vicinity of Boston at the commencement of the war in the year 1775: & in a company commanded by Samuel Parsons of Sharon in the County of Norfolk and State of Mass ts and that my Campaign closed with the year 1775: and that sometime within one year after my return home from the Army I was drafted to go into the State of Rhode Island for three months but it was inconvenient for me to go again into the Army and I hired & substituted namely Royal White of Mansfield in the County of Bristol to go into the Army & serve the said three months in my stead. the Service was principally or wholly performed in the State of Rhode Island & I well recollect of paying him eighty dollars at the close of his Service, but I was not in the Army at that time myself & I do not now recollect the officers under whom he served, And I further testify and say that the said Royal White is now deceased, and that I do not now recollect the precise day nor year when he died, but I do know that it was more than twenty years ago. And I further testify that the said Royal White left a widow namely Hannah White and that she is now living, and that she has remained the widow of the said Royal White from the day of his death to the present time. I has always lived within two miles of the said Royal White until his death, & since that time within the same distance of the said Hannah White his widow up to the present time and have been well acquainted with them both. Oliver Droke June 19 th 1837.

State of Massachusetts Bristol County } ss June 19 th 1837. Before me me one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the said County of Bristol, personally appeared Oliver Droke subscriber to the within Affidavit and made oath that the same is • true in all its parts — In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my Name and quality, And I do further certify that the said Droke is in my opinion a disinterested and credible witness.
Colonel Leonard Justice P.

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And I do further testify and say that the said Royal White died in the said Town of Mansfield not for from twenty years since, I am confident not less than twenty years since and left a widow namely Hannah White who is now living in the said Town of Mansfield and has remained the widow of the said Royal White up to the present day -
Thomas Danforth
Norton 19 June 1837.
State of Massachusetts Bristol County ss June 19 th 1837. Before me one of the Justices of the Peace within and the said county of Bristol personally appeared Thomas Danforth the subscriber to this affidavit and made oath that the same is true in all its parts In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and quality, And I do further certify that I am acquainted with the said Thomas Danforth and that he is a disinterested and credible witness.
Leonard L. Leonard Justice of the Peace

page 4 I Thomas Danforth of Norton in the County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts being Seventy Six years of age do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Royal White late of the Town of Mansfield now in Said County and State deceased and that the Said Royal White was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution and served one campaign of nine months in that war with me and it was in the year (According to the best of my belief and knowledge) 1779. I know it was after the year one one thousand seven hundred and Seventy eight for I served that year I mean the year 1778 in the State of Rhode Island I enlisted at the same time that the Said White enlisted for the above Said nine months campaign, and it was in the summer & I think in August 1779 and we Marched to the Town of Scituate in Said County and were there Mustered, and we were enlisted as recruits for the Continental Army, and Marched from Scituate to Springfield on the Connecticut River. I was myself the bearer of the list of names of our Company from the Muster Master in Scituate to the Muster Master, namely Mr Ely, at Springfield, we were then Marched to Westpoint by a Captain Sisdale who was sent on from the Said Westpoint for that purpose, and on our arrival at Said Westpoint we were placed in different Companies for the purpose of making them full, where vacancies had occurred in consequence of deaths by wounds or otherwise. I was placed in Captain James Casper's Company and in Col. Bradford's Regiment, but as the Company with which I marched from home, were thus scattered to fill vacancies through almost the whole Army I do not now know in what Company the Said Royal White was placed, but I well recollect him on the roll of names above alluded to, with which I was entrusted as the bearer. I do also well recollect him during our whole March which was more than two hundred miles. I also do well recollect the Said White at the time of our discharge and do know that he served as a Soldier during the Said nine months,

I Nehemiah Leonard of Mansfield in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, being eighty two years of age, do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Royal White of the same Mansfield deceased, and that the said Royal White was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution and served two campaigns in that war with me one of which I know was in the same company in which I served and it was in the year 1775; and in the first eight months service I entered the service at that time on the first of July of the above said year 1775; and was marched to Cambridge near Boston, and when I arrived at Cambridge I found the said Royal White then in the Army at that place and in the same company into which I enlisted the company was commanded by Captain James Perry of Boston myself and the said Royal White were private soldiers and mess mates together, and we served at that time until the last day of the said year 1775; I served at this time six months, and I do not positively know whether the said Royal White served the whole of that campaign which or first eight months service, but do know that he served the whole time after I enlisted which was six months and I was discharged and returned home with the said White and our service was in Col. Sargeant Regiment.
The second campaign was one month, or nearly one month, and it was in the year 1778, and the last of the summer (I believe in August) of that year, and during said campaign the Battle on the Island of Rhode Island was fought, myself and the said Royal White was in that Battle and there was but one Soldier between myself and the said Royal White when we marched on to the line of Battle. I served at this time in Captain Josiah Keith's company which was , but as this campaign was short and much confusion at the time I cannot now tell whether the said White was in the same company with me or not, but do know that he was there, we were a part of the time of this campaign stationed at a place called Howland's Ferry. The said Royal White died in this town more than twenty years ago, & left a widow, namely Hannah White who is now living in said Mansfield & remains to this day, the widow of the said Royal White. Mansfield July. 1. 1837. Nehemiah Leonard

State of Massachusetts } Bristol County }
Be it known that before me one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the said County of Bristol personally appeared Nehemiah Leonard Subscriber to the within affidavit, and made oath that the same is true in all its parts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and quality. This 6 day of July 1837. And I do further certify that the said Nehemiah Leonard is a credible and disinterested witness.
Levi Leonard Justice Peace