Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33884, Moses Wells, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wells, Moses
S 33884
CONTENTS

10,047
Massachusetts
Moore Wells
of _____ in the state of _____ who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel L. Moore of the Mass line, for the term of 1 Year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of April 1819 and sent to Mrs. Moore Salisbury Mass
Arrears to 4th of March 18 87.23 Semi-annual all'ce ending Sept 19. 28 9135.23
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Concord

Confirmation sent October 16, 1820 to Schabod Luther Salem, Oregon

33 884 Recy INVALID.
File No. 88,884
Moses Wells
Li Rev No
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 888
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Alone With

We Joseph Hodgkins Esquire and John Lakeman the said Joseph Hodgkins being a Lieutenant in the Con- tinental Army in the Years 1775 & 1776 and the said John Lakeman being a Sargent in Capt. Abraham Dodges Company in 1775 & 1776 Before testify and say that Moses Wells on or about the first of May A.D. 1775 enlisted in the said company commanded by Abraham Dodge in the twelfth regiment comm- anded by Moses Little on the Continental establishment of the Massachusetts line in the Army of the United States of America & that said Moses Wells served eight months the time for which he enlisted in the revolutionary war against the Common Enemy and was then honorably discharged, & he then enlisted in said Dodges Company for one year in the same regiment & war and served in said war against the said enemy the whole of said year and was then honorably discharged. We further on oath declare that the said Moses Wells is not on any Pension list or roll of the United States and that by reason of reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Joseph Hodgkins
John Lakeman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss June 10 th 1818 Then Joseph Hodgkins and John Lakeman abovenamed appeared & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit before me Nathan Andrew Justice of the Peace

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Reserve Continental establishment Sittler Map's Regt Jan'y. 1776 one year
Not on Com. Est.
Adm. C.

State of Massachusetts
I Moses Wells a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Ipswich in the County of Essex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the month of May in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand seven hundred & seventy five
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the month of January in the Year Seventeen hundred & seventy seven
as a private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Captain Abraham Dodge's Company in Colonel Moses Little's Regiment my first enlistment being for eight months, at the expiration of which time I immediately re-enlisted in the same company & regiment & served accordingly for one year and that I left the service on the expiration of the term of service being honorably discharged and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty five years - I have no other evidence in my power to offer than is herewith exhibited
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Moses Wells
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me
The Subscribers one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit within the State aforesaid & presiding pro hac vice the abovenamed Moses Wells
and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony
Whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of said Court Wm Wetmore
June 15 1818. I further certify that
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The within named Deponents and credible & disinterested witnesses have been duly sworn
Wm Wetmore

10,047.
Notes Wells.
30 April 1819
cont. 25 Sep 1820
[Faint, large cursive signature or initials, possibly "J. Wells"]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Moses Wells of Ipswich resident in said Circuit, who is named in
Pension Certificate No. 10,049 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Moses Wells — — — — — late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight — — dollars per month, to commence on the seventh day of April — — — — — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
***** * L. S. * *****
"Given at the War Office of the United States, this thirtieth day of April — — — — — one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War."
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit, No Real Estate
No Personal Estate
In January 1776 enlisted in Capt. Abraham Dodge's Company & Col. Moses Little's Regiment in the Massachusetts line on the Continental Establishment for one year and served the whole time and was discharged. Was in battle on Long Island and was wounded in the thigh, and at Harlem Heights & at White Plains & at Princeton.
Is aged sixty eight years and lame unable to labour - has no family but himself and lives on Charity when the pension ceases.
Moses Wells.

Essex fs. July 12. 1820. Then the above named Moses Wells made oath that the said schedule and statement by him subscribed are true, before me,
Stephen Minot, Judge of said Court.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Moses Wells do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Moses Wells.
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Moses Wells took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
Stephen Minot , Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
dollars  nothing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July — A. D.
1820
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Ichabod Tucker, Clerk