Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,806, Josiah Woodbury, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Woodbury, Josiah
S. 30,806
CONTENTS

10.969. Massachusetts
Josiah Woodbury
of Roxbury in the State of Mass who was a Pirate in the company commanded by Captain  of the  commanded by Col Reed in the N.H. line for 7 Mos 19 Days
Mile
Inscribed on the Roll of Meas at the rate of 25 Dollars 43 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 12 day of May 1833 and sent to Merrill Salem Meas
Arrears to the 14th of Apr 1833 $ 50.86
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep " 12.71
$63.57
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H McBlain Clerk
Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 91
8.80 8.4

9090 Josiah Woodbury
Paid
7 Mos. 19 days
on Roll Capt. Clarke's Comp Paid 2 Mos. & 6 days - on Roll Capt. McCallum's Comp. Col. Baldwin's Regt
$28.43.
B. Merrill Esq Salem Mass

BRIEF in the case of  9090  Isaiah Woodbury of Essex Co  in the State of Mass (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? 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.     20 Apr 75 to 17 46 private Capt Spalding Col Reed   July 76 - to middle Dec 76 117 " Capt McConnel (thinks Col Baldwin)   July 77 69 " Capt Clark - Col Stickney  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunkerhill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lyndeborough N.H.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 2 living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers not properly authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. C. Easton Examining Clerk. 15 Feb 1833

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this fourteenth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, Josiah Woodbury , a resident of Boxford , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 78 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:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
That on the 20th April 1775 at Lyndeborough in New Hampshire, where he then resided, he as a Volunteer private enlisted in Capt Shaulding's Company in Col James Reed's Regiment of New Hampshire troops and marched to Cambridge and there served Forty six days when he was honorably discharged: -
That in July 1776 at said Lyndeborough he as a Volunteer private again enlisted in Capt McConnel's Company in Col Baldwin's (he thinks) Regiment of New Hampshire troops and marched to White Plains in New York State and continued to serve therein One hundred and seventeen days, being the middle of December 1776, when he was honorably discharged:
That in July 1777 at said Lyndeborough he as a volunteer private again enlisted in Capt Peter Clark's Company of New Hampshire Militia in a Regiment commanded, as near as he can recollect, by Col. Stickney, marched to Bannington and was engaged in the Battle there on 16 th August and served Sixty nine days this Campaign and was honorably discharged:
He never had a written discharge or record of birth: he was born in Wilmington in 1754: removed to Lyndeboro' in 1772 and in 1782 to Hollis and about 1783 to Salem: he is known to Rev Isaac Briggs and Maj. Jacob Praby his neighbors: he has resided in Boxford about nineteen years.

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.
Josiah Woodbury
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
D. J. White
JUDGE OF PROBATE.
and  John Pynchard  a clergyman, residing in aforesaid, Esquire, a magistrate, residing in Salem aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Josiah Woodbury who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 78 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: I knew he was out in the Revolutionary War; and I recollect his going to Brimington Fight. Full faith and confidence is to be placed in what he says.
Subscribed and sworn to before
John Pynchard
B. Merrill Just: Clerk

9090
Josiah Woodbury

I Benjamin Cram of Lyndeborough, in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire of lawful age, testify and say - that I am acquainted with Josiah Woodbury, that he enlisted into the service of United States under Capt. Peter Clark, from Lyndeborough aforesaid - that he was at Bennington in the State of Vermont, in the United States service Miltenau and Bradford, officers under Capt. Clark Benjamin Cram
State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough S.S. August 10, 1832.
Then the above named Benjamin Cram appeared and made oath that the above state- ment, by him subscribed is true.
Before me, Joshua Atwood, Justice of the Peace

I Sthamar Woodward of Francestown, County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, of lawful age, testify and say, that I am acquainted with Josiah Woodbury, that he enlisted into the service of the United States, from Lyndeborough, County aforesaid, under Capt. McConnel - that he was at White Plains in the State of New York in the United States service - in the year A.D. 1776 or 1777 - Lt. Holmes and Ensign James Duncan, officers under McConnel -
Sthamar Woodward
State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss. August 10th. 1832.
Then the above named Sthamar Woodward appeared and made oath, that the above statement, by him subscribed, is true.
Before me, Joshua Atwood, Justice of the peace.
SECRET

We Rev. Isaac Briggs a Clergyman residing in Bedford, Parker Spofford & Jacob Peabody Esquires residing there, do certify that we know Josiah Woodbury of said Bedford who represents that he served in 1775 a month & half, in 1776 nearly four months - & in 1777 more than two months, - we believe him to be 70 years old and in this neighbourhood he is reputed to be a Revolutionary Soldier and we concur in that opinion - he is a man of veracity and honesty —
Isaac Briggs
Parker Spofford
Jacob Peabody
Massachusetts —
Essex ss. August 15 th 1832. Subscribed and sworn to before me Charles Peabody Jus. Peace —

And the said Court hereby declares its 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
Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in
and that the said
who has signed the preceding
who
has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at
and is a credible person and that
their statement is entitled to credit and I further certify that Rev Isaac Briggs is a Clergyman of Boxford and said Shofford a respectable citizen and said Jacob Peabody Esq is a Magistrate all of Boxford and they are worthy of credit.
D. Ald. Pills Judge of Probate
I, NATHANIEL LORD Junior, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Josiah Woodbury for a pension, and that Joshua Atwood is a Justice of the Peace and his signatures on the annexed affidavits are genuine and further that said Charles Peabody is a Justice of the Peace, and his signature on the annexed affidavit is genuine
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14 th day of August A. D. 1832.
C Nath. Lord Jr.

9090
Josiah Woodbury

9090 Enah Woodbury
B. Merrill Ey Salem Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Josiah Woodbury which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Y
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Y
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? Y
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? Y
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Y
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Y
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Y
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Y
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? Y

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 ? no
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct ? no
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.

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 is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡ QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Ans. S. 30806
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Josiah Woodbury a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 20, 1775 46 days Pvt. Shaulding James Reed N. H.   July 1776 117 days McConnell Baldwin   July 1777 69 days Peter Clark Stickney  
Battles engaged in, Bemington. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Synelborough, N. H. Date of application for pension, Aug. 14, 1832. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Buxford, Essex Co. Mass. Age at date of application, born 1754 in Wilmington — Remarks: There is no data on file as to family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

DR. WILLIAM R. P. EMERSON President
MISS MABEL SKILTON Secretary
✓ Stamped enr. Rev. see w.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
DR. WILLIAM R. P. EMERSON, Chairman MR. J. COLBY BASSETT, Treasurer MRS. HOWARD M. HANNA, JR. MR. HARRY R. WELLMAN MRS. IRA COUCH WOOD
GENERAL COMMITTEE
DR. WILLIAM R. P. EMERSON, Chairman MISS CAROLINE F. ANDERSON, Brookline S. PRENTISS BALDWIN, Cleveland J. COLBY BASSETT, Boston MRS. EMMONS BLAINE, Chicago MRS. JOHN W. BLODGETT, Grand Rapids MRS. JOSEPH T. BOWEN, Chicago MRS. W. HARRY BROWN, Pittsburgh DR. LLOYD T. BROWN, Boston WILLIAM H. BURNHAM, Ph.D., Worcester DR. WALTER B. CANNON, Boston EUGENE H. CLAPP, Boston JOHN D. COX, Cleveland MISS FRANCES CURTIS, Boston MRS. GEORGE A. DOBYNE, Beverly Farms DR. CECIL K. DRINKER, Boston DR. CHARLES W. ELIOT, Cambridge DR. WALTER E. FERNALD, Waverly PROF. IRVING FISHER, New Haven DR. JOSEPH L. GOODALE, Boston COURTENAY GUILD, Boston EDWARD K. HALL, New York HOWARD M. HANNA, JR., Cleveland MRS. HOWARD M. HANNA, JR., Cleveland PROF. CHARLES DOWNER HAZEN, New York MRS. JOHN F. HILL, Boston DR. L. EMMETT HOLT, New York PRES. ERNEST M. HOPKINS, Hanover SIR CYRIL JACKSON, London DR. LEON JONAS, Philadelphia DR. H. R. M. LANDIS, Philadelphia MRS. AUGUSTUS P. LORING, Boston PROF. GRAHAM LUSK, New York FRANK A. MANNY, Boston DR. LAFAYETTE B. MENDEL, New Haven DR. E. V. MCCOLLUM, Baltimore CYRUS H. MCCORMICK, Chicago FRANCIS J. MOORE, Boston DR. JOHN LOVETT MORSE, Boston DR. JOHN R. MURLIN, Rochester DR. CHARLES F. PAINTER, Boston MRS. CHARLES PEABODY, Cambridge GEORGE E. PEABODY, Boston DR. M. J. ROSENAU, Boston DR. RENE SAND, Brussels MISS MABEL SKILTON, Brookline GEORGE F. SMITH, Boston DR. A. WARREN STEARNS, Boston MISS ALICE P. TAPLEY, Boston MISS MARY CALEF THORNTON, Brookline MR. HARRY R. WELLMAN, Boston MRS. IRA COUCH WOOD, Chicago DR. WILLIAM C. WOODWARD, Boston ROBERT A. WOODS, Boston DR. GEORGE H. WRIGHT, Boston
44 DWIGHT STREET, BOSTON, MASS.
Dec 25, 1922
Dept Revolutionary Pension Records Washington D.C. Gentlemen:
Does the record of Josiah Woodbury of Beverly as a Revolutionary pensioner contain any reference to his age and to the name of his wife?
Sincerely Frank A. Manny
THEODORE ROOSEVELT WAS A DELICATE CHILD

1923-Jan. 12 - Hist to Frank A. Manning
30806
Rev INVALID.
File No. 30806
Josiah Woodbury Rev Rev
Act: June 1 st 82 nd
Index: -Vol. 2 , Page 468
[Arrangement of 1870.]