Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11678, John Overing Wilson, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wilson, John Overing Nancy
R. 11678
CONTENTS
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11,678
P. O.
Nancy Wilson
Service:
Widow John O. Wilson
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Nancy Wilson Massachusetts
Rejected
per let 28 June 39 J. Wilson,
11678
did not seem satisfactory
Act July 1838

Lancaster Feb d 28 1838
This may Certify to whom it may Concern That I Davis Whitman Lived with Doct r John Wilson in Hopkinton from the year Seventy two or there untill the estab- lishment of Peace between the United States and the British Government that in the years Seventeen hundred and Seventy six or so John O Wilson the Only Son of Doct r John Wilson went into the Revolutionary army with his Brother an Lord Doct r John Morsey as Surgeon Mate and according to the best of my know- ledge was gone as much as six months I have no doubt that the above named Doct r John Oving Wilson served his Country as Surgeons mate during the Revolutionary War as above stated
Davis Whitman
Worcester S.S. Feb 28 th 1838. Then appeared Davis Whitman & made oath that the above statement by him subscribed was true. before me Jas H Huntington Justice of Peace

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X Nancy Wilson of John O. Wilson Wapadunette.

If the Com't of petitions should see fit to grant a certificate on these papers, he will confer a favor by sending it to Commonwealth of Massachusetts. John Wilson, Natick, (Mass.)
Secretary's Office, Boston January 11 th 1839.
I hereby Certify, That Samuel P. P. Fay is Judge of Probate, Chester Adams and Samuel B. Walcott Justices of the Peace, and all for the County of Middlesex. And that Joseph W. Huntington is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester, (and have been such for more than) three months last past.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John C. Bigelow Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I John Wilson now an inhabitant of the Town of Hadley in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being the eldest son of John O Wilson of Hopkinton in the County & Commonwealth aforesaid and in the Fifty seventh year of my age do hereby say that I have often heard my Father Doct r John O Wilson say that he was drafted into the service of the United States in the Spring of the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven that he the said Doct r John O Wilson went into the service of the United States with his Brother in law Doct r John Mearney as Surgeon's Mate the said Doct r John Mearney being the Surgeon of the Regiment I further more do hereby say that my Father Doct r John O Wilson has often told me that he was at the Capture of the Army commanded by the British General Burgoyne at Saratoga I have heard him say that he was at Stillwater Saratoga & the French Mills and that he was in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Miller and afterwards by Colonel — Brown who commanded the Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia
John Wilson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex — ss. On this first day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty nine personally appeared the aforesaid John Wilson, a person of truth and veracity and made solemn oath that the aforesaid deposition by him subscribed is true in every respect according to his best knowledge and belief.
N.B. The word Father was interlined before subscribing this deposition. Attest Chester Adams. Justice of the Peace.
Before me:
Chester Adams
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Davis Whitman of Lancaster in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth aforesaid do hereby say that I was born in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & sixty two on the twenty fifth day of May, that I was acquainted with John O'Wilson of Hopkinton in said Commonwealth son of Dea. John Wilson. That I lived with said John O'Wilson from the commencement of the Revolutionary war to its close. That I believe that said John O'Wilson went as a Surgeons Mate in the services of said in the Northern Army so called & that he did not return back to his home from said service till after the taking of Gen. Burgoyne & later in the fall of the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven
Dated at Lancaster the twenty eighth day of December in

The year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
Dennis Whitman
Worcester S.S. December 28 th 1838. The Davis Whitman above , made oath that the the - statement above subscribed by him was true according to his best belief & knowledge - Attest
Joseph W. Huntington. Judge of the Peace.
I certify that Davis Whitman above named is a person of good character in this community. & that his character for truth & veracity is good & undoubted.
J. W. Huntington Judge of the Peace

March the twenty ninth, one thousand seven hundred & Eighty one, "Br John O. Wilson and Nancy Denech were married".
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of records, taken from the records of the First Church in Hopkinton kept by the late Rev. Elijah Fitch, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows,
1781 March 29 th
Elijah Fitch
I, Elijah Fitch above named, depose & say, that I hold the offices of Deacon & Clerk of the First Church in Hopkinton in the County of Middlesex & State of Massachusetts & that the above is a true extract from the records of said Church with the exception above named, as certified by me,
Elijah Fitch Deacon & Clerk of the first Church in Hopkinton
State of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss December 31. 1838.
Sworn to before me,
Samuel P. Walcott, Justice of the Peace

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows,"
State of Massachusetts, } ss County of Middlesex }
On this thirty first day of October in the year eighteen hundred & thirty eight -
Nancy Wilson {
personally appeared before the judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Middlesex a resident of Natick in the county of Middlesex aged seventy six 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 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of John Overing Wilson who was a Surgeon in
the army of the revolution. I served as she has always understood & believed, in the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven in the northern army and was in service, during the campaign, when Burgoyne was taken & was present at Saratoga when that event took place - and he was during the same campaign at Stillwater & Ticonderoga as far as he heard him say - He was in Hopkinton when he was drafted or engaged for service being one John Mawney being the Surgeon, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Melles in the former part of the service & afterwards by Col. Brown in Melles's absence, who came home on furlough - Perhaps Mowen was Lieut. Col. or 2 d in command - Her said husband served as she has always heard him say, six months at that time. These facts she states from recollections of her husband's conversation & may not in all respects be accurate, but she is certain as to his service as she further declares that she was married to the said John O. Wilson
Stated on the twenty ninth day of March in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one; that her husband, the aforesaid John O. Wilson died on the fifteenth day of May in the year eighteen hundred & thirty nineteen that she 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.
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me , Nancy Wilson by said Nancy Wilson, at her residence in Natick, she being too infirm to leave her home. Before me J. O. P. Pay Judge of Probate
The words "He lived at Hopkinton when he was drafted or engaged for service" were interlined before declaration was completed &c J. O. P. Pay Probate for the County of Middlesex
* Here insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy, or militia, as the case may be, and specify the service performed, as directed in rule numbered one of these regulations.