Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,324, Robert Williams, Mass. Navy N. H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Williams, Robert
S. 43,324
Navy
N.H.
CONTENTS

2-1821 See letter to him There is also a current pay bill
Recd 100 Dec 12 181 and Jan 1 to 7. Wright H. C. ... of R
Discontinued No of this day.
4904 New Hampshire Roll
Robert Williams
Marine  Private
Ship Raleigh Capt Thompson Mch 4 In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence the 1 st of May 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th of December and sent to William Edward Evans Esq. Enfield N.H.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 49m. 24/50 — 33:0 Semi-ann. all'ee ending 4 th March 1819 — 48:—
Ship Raleigh } $ 81:6 10 months }
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Two Months -
Discontinued

Robert Williams
ship Raleigh - 10mo:
Admitted
Edward Evans Esq
Enfield
N. H.

State of New Hampshire
On this first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred eighteen of the Independence of the United States the forty second. Before me William H. Woodward Esq Chief Justice of the Courts of Common Pleas in the second District in said State comprising the county of Grafton. Came Robert Williams of Canaan in said county a citizen of the United States & being duly sworn, made solemn oath that the declaration herunto annexed, by him subscribed is just and true - The declaration aforesaid being being made in order to obtain the provisions made in and by an Act of the Congress of the United States approved on the eighteenth day of March now last past. The said Robert declaring that he has no other witness of his said service
I therefore hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Robert Williams served on the Continental establishment in the war of the revolution against the common enemy a longer term than nine months at one period of the war and that he now is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of his country's assistance for support. And I do also certify that
W. Woodward Esq. is a Justice of the peace within & for said county of Grafton duly qualified to take affidavits, that his attestation herunto annexed is in due form and that full faith & credit is and ought to be given to his attestations
And I now transmit the declaration & affidavit aforesaid to the Secretary of the Department of War as the law requires.
Im

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed / no particular impression or device being used therefor / at Hanover in said District the day and year first before written.
Wm H. Woodward

I Robert Williams of Canaan in the State of New Hampshire a citizen of the United States declare and say that in the month of May 1775 I enlisted into the Massachusetts line in the service of the United States on the continental establishment in the war of the revolution in a company commanded by Capt. Dore, Hill & Col o Seammels regiment, as a private soldier and continued in service ten months, eight months under the command of the said Hill & two, under Capt. John Drew of the New Hampshire line, and served the whole ten months in the State of Massachusetts and at the expiration of the term was honorably discharged but had no written evidence thereof.
I also enlisted I think about June 1776 for five months in Capt. Johnsons company in Col o Wigglesworth's regiment during which period we were marched to and stationed at Flounderoga where the regiment was discharged.
I also in the year 1777 enlisted into the Naval service of the United States Service of the  Raleigh on board the ship Ralla Capt. Thompson, in which I made one cruise of ten months in which we took a number of prizes from the enemy - I enlisted on board said ship in June and returned and was honorably discharged the next April but received no written evidence thereof.
I also declare and say that I am in reduced circumstances and by reason of said reduced circumstances I stand in need of my country's assistance for support Robert Williams

I Abraham Knowlton have been nine years acquainted with Robert Williams and know that he is poor, destitute in need of his country's assistance  for support Abraham Knowlton
Grafton p May 1, 1818 Abraham Knowlton made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him signed is just and true before me N. Woodward Just Peace

Robert Williams
Grafton
Grafton Co
4. 904
Suspended - see Caveat N o 70-
See Schedule of E Richardson also suspended for same reason -
E. Evans Esq Wentworth NH agent
SCHEDULE,
CONTAINING the whole estate and income of (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted,) by him subscrib- ed, exhibited to the Probate Court for the county of in the State of New-Hampshire, on the 18 , and annexed to his death, viz.
day of

ON this 8 th day of November A. D. 1820 personally appeared Robert Williams held at Plymouth before The Superior Court of Judicature, Judge of the Court of Probate in the said county of Grafton in open court being a Court of Record, in and for the said county, having the power of fine and imprisonment, by law established . . . . . aged sixty nine years, resident in Candia in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows : viz. in the year 1775 I enlisted into Capt. Jeremiah Hills company in the Reg t commanded by Colonel James Scammons I enlisted for eight months and actually served nine months after which I enlisted into Capt Johnsons Company in Col n Wigglesworth Reg t for the term of five months in the year 1777 I enlisted the first of June aboard the ship Polly for one cruise and returned the next April following and was discharged in Boston sometime in May 1778.
The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the first day of May 1818. The number of my pension certificate is 4904. I have received a Pension. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818 ; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner 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 18th day of March, 1818 ; 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. My occupation is a farmer I am of insufficient ability to pursue it
I have no one in family residing with me
Robert Williams
Their capacity to contribute to their support

I Robert Williams of Grafton County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire depose and say that the following is a schedule of all my property which I possess directly or indirectly viz
One bay mare worth 35.00 One cow & calf worth 20.00 One harrow with seven iron teeth worth 2.00 six sheep & four lambs worth 13.50 four tons of hay worth 15.00 One mans saddle & bridle worth 2.00 house hold furniture
Iron ware, one crane & hooks and one shovel 8.50 4 tongs } Three old chairs worth 75 One loom & Apperatus 6.00 Three spinning wheels worth 2.50 Other household furniture including bedding & Glass ware and including beds & bedding Wearing Apparel worth 6.00
Robert Williams $111.25
Since making the above there has come to my recollection One woman Saddle valued at six dollars eight Old cycles old barrels, Value two dollars Robt Williams
Sworn to and declared at Plymouth in said county on the 8 th day of November A.D. 1820 before the justices of said Court
J. O. Webster Clerk

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss
I Stephen P. Webster Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said county of Grafton do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said court. I further certify that it is the opinion of said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in said schedule is One hundred nineteen dollars twenty five cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this eighth day of November Anno Domini eighteen hundred & twenty
S. P. Webster Clerk

Schedule 2. Robert Williams
2 nd Schedule 1 st Suspended see caveat No. 70.

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss On this 8 th day of November A D 1820 Personally appeared Robert Williams before the Superior Court of Judicature holden at Plymouth in said county of Grafton in open Court being a Court of record by law established aged sixty nine years resident in Canaan in said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows viz in the year 1775 I enlisted into Capt Jeremiah Hills company in the Reg t commanded by Col d James Scammons I enlisted for eight months and actually served nine months after which I enlisted into Capt Johnsons company in Col d Wigglesworth Reg t for the term of five months in the year 1777 I enlisted the first of June aboard the Ship Polly for one cruise and returned the next April following and was discharged in Boston sometime in May 1778 The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the first day of May 1818 the number of my pension certificate is 4904 I have received a pension. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 And that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner 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 18 th day of March 1818 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 My occupation is a farmer I am of insufficient ability to pursue it I have no one in family residing with me Robert Williams
I Robert Williams of Grafton county of Grafton and State of New Hampshire depose and say that the following is a schedule of all my property which I possess directly or indirectly viz
1 bay mare . . . . . worth $35.00 one Cow & Calf . . . . . worth 20.00 one harrow with iron teeth worth 2.00 six sheep & four lambs worth . . . 13.50 four tons of hay . . . . . worth . . . . 15.00 One mans Saddle & bridle worth . . . 2.00
Household furniture
Iron ware one crane & hooks and one worth 8.50 shovel & tongs . . . . . Three old chairs . . . . . worth . . . . .75 one loom & apparatus . . . . . 6.00 Three spinning wheels worth . . . . 2.50 other household furniture including crockery & glassware & excluding beds 6.00 & bedding & wearing apparel worth $111.25
Robert Williams
Since making the above there has come to my recollection one womans saddle valued at six dollars eight old cedar barrels old valued two dollars
Robert Williams
Sworn to and declared at Plymouth in said county on the 8 th day of November A.D. 1820 before the justice of said Court
S. P. Webster Clerk

State of New Hampshire
Grafton I Stephen P. Webster Clerk of the Sup re Court of Judicature do hereby certify the foregoing Oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court I further certify that it is the Opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property in said schedule is One hundred nineteen dollars twenty five cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court on this seventeenth day of Aug- =ust Anno Domini 1821
S. P. Webster Clerk
copy examined by S. P. Webster Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
S. 43324
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Robert Williams a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ 2 mos. ✓ Jno. Drew ✓ N.H.   May 1775 8 mos. Pvt. Jeremiah Hill James Scammon Mass.   1776 or 1777 5 mos. Johnson Wigglesworth "   June 1, 1777 10 mos. Seaman Thomas Thompson on board Ship "Raleigh" Navy  
Battles engaged in, None stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Not stated Date of application for pension, May 1, 1818. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Canaan, Grafton Co., N.H. Age at date of application, 69 years Remarks: There is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

PUBLIC NOTICE.
GRATTON, ss.
WHEREAS I the subscriber was placed on the Pension List under the law of the United States of March 1818, and did apply to the Superior Court of Judicature for said county, at the November term 1820, under the act of May 1820—that since that time, some person or persons unknown to me, hath represented at the War Office, that I have more property than is admitted under the last mentioned act.
This is therefore to request any person or persons to represent to me, or to the selectmen of Canaan, in said county, if he or they know of any property in my possession, other than what property is represented in my schedule presented at the court aforesaid; the information above requested is desired to be made at the house of Capt. Joshua Harris, in said Canaan, on Friday the 13th day of July next, at one o'clock. P. M
ROBERT WILLIAMS.
Canaan, June 18. 1821.
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  Samuel Hutchins Miss Ruth W. Wheeler Beth   John Kinson Loudon Miss Sally W. Waldron   Benjamin Kimball Miss Elizabeth H. Walker   Joseph Lougee Loudon Jeremiah Wheeler   Amos Langley Chichester Ebenezer Wentworth   Loring David John Wood   Mrs. Mary Lang Samuel Young   Daniel Ladd John Young   Doct. Moses Long 3 
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JOSEPH LOW, P. M.
LETTERS remaining in the Post-Office at Newport, N. H. July 1, 1821.
  PLANCHARD SAMUEL Jacobs Paul Croydon   Corbin James Kinsley Jedediah N. Grantham   Corbin Austin Capt. Kingsbury Dolly   Clark Aaron Kelsey Benjamin   Clough Sally King Adolphus Uniy   Carr Betton King Sophronia Grantham   Dow Nathaniel Kimball Joseph   Davidson William Lamb Alexander Wendell   Davis Theodore Littlefield Ebenezer Croydon   Dane Messrs. J. & J. merchants Nettleton Lydia Wid. N Grantham   Davis Ephraim do Pike John Wendell   Eastman Ichabod do Powers Stephen   Eliot John Newport or Croydon Croydon   Ellis David Putnam David, jr. Croydon   Emerson Henry Skinner Benjamin do.   Fletcher Timothy Smart Caleb do.   Fruto John Stow Baron Wendell   Gondwin Alpheus Sawyer Joseph 

Apprentice

As Timothy Gleason of Loudon in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire being about Sixty Six years of age do testify and say that in the year 1777 in the month of June I knew that Robert Williams now living in Canaan in the County of Grafton in said State aforesaid Entered on board the Ship of War Raleigh as a Seaman of which Ship Thomas Thompson Esquire was Commander for one Cruise and continued on board said Ship untill she returned some time in April in the year 1778 and the said Williams performed the duty of a Seaman all the time of said Cruise to the satisfaction of said Thompson and further saith not
Allenstown November 16 th 1818
Tim d Gleason } Steward } of said ship
Rockingham } State of New Hampshire Nov 16 th 1818
Then the above named Timothy Gleason personally appeared and made solemn Oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is just and true before me
Andrew Otis Evans Jus t Peace
This may certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Timothy Gleason for about twenty five years and I know him to be a man of truth and veracity
Allenstown Nov 16 th 1818 Andrew Otis Evans
State of New Hampshire Rockingham Portsmouth.
I Daniel H. Humphreys of Portsmouth Notary Public duly commissioned & sworn do certify that the above named Andrew O. Evans who has signed the above certificate, is, at the date of the same was a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Rockingham.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed my Notarial Seal on this 13 th Day of November 1818
Dan l H. Humphreys Not y Pub c

I Thomas Manning Esq. of Portsmouth, in the State of New Hampshire, testify & say, That Robert Williams, now resident in Canaan in the County of Grafton in said State, in the month of June in the year 1777, entered on board the United States' Ship of war Raleigh, commanded by Thomas Thompson Esq. to serve the United States in the revolutionary war, in said Ship, as a Seaman for the cruise said Ship was then about to make, and that said Williams continued on board, and in said service until the said Raleigh finished said cruise, and returned from it to Boston Massachusetts. That she thus returned some time in the month of April 1778, when the said Williams was discharged.
That I the Deponent was sailing master of the said Ship Raleigh during said cruise. Nov: 13. 1818
T. Manning
State of New Hampshire. Rockingham. Portsmouth.
On this nineteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen, before me Daniel Humphreys, of said Portsmouth, Notary Public duly commissioned & sworn, a Justice of the peace & Quorum, throughout said State, personally appeared Thomas Manning Esq., late sailing master of the U.S. Ship of war Raleigh, & a respectable Citizen here, to me well known as worthy of entire credit, and made oath in due form of law, to the truth of the above Deposition, by him signed in my presence.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my notarial Seal, the day and year last aforesaid.
Dan. Humphreys Not. Pub. Quorum: Paul & Du...

1847
Canaan Ct July 14 th
Sir,
Mr. E. G.
J. C. Calhoun Esq. Secretary of war at Washington

To J. C. Calhoun Esqr. Secretary of war of the United States at Washington;
Honoured sir
are being requested by Robert Williams of Canaan, County of Grafton and State of New- Hampshire, a late pensioner under the act of Congress of March 1818, who informs us that he has applied for his pension under the act of May 1820, that he is informed by the Clerk of the Superior Court, for said County, that some person or persons unknown to him, hath informed against him at your office, that he has more property than is represented in his sche- dule of property duly executed by said Clerk -
We therefore John H. Harris and Jacob Richardson selectmen of Canaan aforesaid, being of lawfull age, and being sworn and at the request of the said Robert Williams, and by virtue of his advertisement which was published in N.H. Patriot three weeks successively, (which is inclosed) & no person appearing - do Depose and say having the book of records of envois for the town of Canaan before us, do find that the said Robert Williams was taxed for real & personal estate, together with his pole in the year 1809 the sum of $9.65 on the envois; for the year 1810 $1.30 for his pole only; for 1811 not taxed; for the year 1812 $2.00 envois for his pole & horse; from 1812 to 1820 taxed for his pole only, - And we further state, that we are well acquainted with the said Williams and we know of no other taxable property in his possession, other than a horse & cow since the year 1809 as above stated And further saith not John H. Harris (selectmen of Jacob Richardson) Canaan

State of New Hampshire } Grafton ss. } July 13 th 1821
Personally appearing the within named John H. Harris & Jacob Richardson, made solemn oath, that the within declaration by them subscribed is just and true — Before me John Currier Jus. Peace
I hereby certify that the said John H. Harris and Jacob Richardson, are persons of truth and credibility, and as such I recommend them,
Attest John Currier Jus. Peace

INVALID
1922 Sept. 27 History to Mrs. A. L. Sprague att.
File No. 43324 Robert Williams Mariner Ship "Raleigh" Revolutionary Act March 18, 1818
Index: Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Boston 18 Mass 496 Mass Avenue Aug 30 1922
Hon. Commissioner,
Bureau of Pensions:-
May I request that you will kindly send me for genealogical use the statement of the military history of Robert Williams a mariner in the Revolutionary War with all the family information contained in his application for a pension which is doubtless on file in your Bureau.
He was from Grafton Co New Hampshire and placed on the list Dec 1 st 1818. He was dropped in 1820 Restored in 1821, and died in 1823. Any further knowledge that I might gain would be very acceptable - especially enough to find his place in a Genealogy.
Yours respectfully
Mrs A. L. Sprague Suite 6 (Rm. B.F.) 496 Mass Avenue Boston 18 Mass