Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,397, Thomas Williams, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Williams Thomas
S. 6397
CONTENTS
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72 Suffolk
15,726 Massachusetts
Thomas Williams
of Boston in the State of Mass to who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hildreth of the Reg t commanded by Col. Jackson in the Massachusetts line for 13 months 41 days
Cont d 1831
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 14 Dollars 56 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of July 1833 and sent E.H. Henry Boston Mass to
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $59.12 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 22.28 $81.40
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832, 5
Recorded by R.H. Addison Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 u Page 92

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Thomas Williams
Mass
Photo 13 Mar 11 days
in Roll 600 Jackson's First published 8 July 1780 died 16 Dec 1780
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BRIEF in the case of Thomas Williams  of Boston in the State of Mass.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 years  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.     some time In 1778 — 4 23 As a Private Gen. Lord Howe   most of 1779 — 3 " Gen. Howe   some time 1780 — 5 18 " Gen. Sullivan Col. Jackson   47  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Pippin Hill Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Papers not all coll. or reg. 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Nicholas Catti Examining Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By his Excellency LEVI LINCOLN, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :
Know Ye, That
James Lewis Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace, for the County of Middlesex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his 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 caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this twenty eighth day of September A. D. 1832, and in the fifty Seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor,
Edward D. Bangs Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Suffolk - - - } ss.
On this twenty ninth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Municipal Court now sitting at Boston within and for the County of Suffolk aforesaid Thomas Williams of Boston in said County of Suffolk aged seventy years who being 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 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say about the middle of June 1778 he enlisted for six months & on the first of July then next marched to Charlestown in the county of Middlesex & was stationed on Winter Hill as a guard over Burgoyne's troops where he remained till said troops, or a part of them, were removed to Rutland in the County of Worcester where he marched with them. that he continued in the service at said Rutland till January then next, when he was ordered back to Winter Hill where he remained taking care of barracks till the middle of said January when he was dismissed from the service one fortnight after the expiration of his six months enlistment - that the above service was performed by him as a volunteer in Capt. Hunt's company of which Isaac Green then of Pepperell in said County of Middlesex was a sergeant - That on or near the first of August 1779, he went to Rhode Island and entered the service again as a substitute for one Simeon Green then of said Pepperell under the immediate command of Lieut. Nathaniel Sautell then of said Pepperell, who with a part of Capt. Hovey's company then stationed at Providence had been detached from said Company & ordered to Warwick where they were stationed as a guard and connected with a company of Artillery commanded by Major Samuel Evans - that he remained at said Warwick till about the tenth of October then next, when he returned to Providence & joined the said Hovey's company where he continued in the service till the first part of November then next when he was dismissed having served at this time three

months - that in the latter part of June 1780 he entered the service of the United States again as a volunteer and having passed muster at Concord and at Springfield in Massachusetts we marched immediately to West-point & joined the eighth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. Michael Jackson. That he thinks the Lieut. Col.'s name was Funnell & the Adjutant's name Tufts - That his company officers were Captain Flautshorn - Lieut. Obadiah Withwell & Ensign Joel Jenkins - That after three or four weeks they marched into New Jersey - That they were at Hackensack - Trenton & the place then called the English Neighborhood - That he returned to West-point about the middle of December then next where he remained till the fore part of January 1781 when he was dismissed & reached home near the end of the same month - That he has no documentary evidence - That he was born in Newton in said County of Middlesex September 29. 1762 - That there is a family Record of his age in the possession of his brother Isaac Williams of said Pepperell - That he lived in said Pepperell when he entered the service each of the three several times above mentioned - That he has lived in said Pepperell since the Revolutionary War till within about seven years. a part of which time he has lived in Stoneham in said County of Middlesex and the remainder in said Boston where he now lives - That the first and third terms of service abovenamed he served as a volunteer and the second as a substitute for one Simeon Green as aforesaid - He has already stated the names of his regular Officers, as well as the particulars of his service - He is acquainted with the Rev. Dr. Eaton & Elisha Woodward who can testify to his character & his reputation as a soldier - He completed each term of service but received no written discharge -
His declaration was drawn up previous to his application at the Secretary's Office for a Certificate of his services. The first & second terms of service were in the Massachusetts Militia - the third in the eighth Massachusetts Regiment attached to the Continental Line.

The whole period of his service was fifteen months, for thirteen of which he has found evidence in the Secretary's Office, which is hereto annexed.
He relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pen- sion roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid, in open court, Thomas Williams.
Attest Peter O. Thacher, Judge &c
We Elisha Woodward & Asa Eaton, Doctor of Divinity and a Clergyman residing in the City of Boston in the County of Suffolk, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Williams who has subscribed & sworn to the above, & that we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & subscri- bed the day & year aforesaid, in open court, Asa Eaton Elisha Woodward.
Attest Peter O. Thacher, Judge &c
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion and belief - after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the inter- rogatories prescribed by the War Department, the answers to which are embodied in the foregoing declaration, that the above- named applicant, Thomas Williams, was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them, that the Rev. Dr. Asa Eaton, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the city of Boston, and that Elisha Woodward, who has also signed the same is a resident in the same city, that both are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk ss
I, Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston being a court of record, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Thomas Williams for a pension, also that the Honorable Peter O. Thacher is sole Judge of said court and that the
signatures on these papers, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court at said Boston this twenty ninth day of September A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty two.
Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Sept. 28 1832.
* hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Thomas Williams is borne on a Payroll or List of Men raised in the Town of Pepperell in the year 1780 to recruit the Continental Army, and is there stated to have enlisted July 4. 1780, to be discharged Dec. 11. 1780, and his accounts are made up for a service of 5 months 18 days, including the time allowed to return home; & that he also served as a private in Captain Simon Hunt's Company & Col. Jacob Gannish's Regiment, for four months & twenty three days in the year 1778. making in these two services a period of ten months & eleven days. It also appears that Simon Greene, for whom he states he was a substitute, served as a private in Capt. Hovey's Company & Col. Tyler's Regiment, for four months & twenty five days from the 1 th of July 1779. Edward D. Bangs. Secy

I Isaac Williams of Pepperell in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy two years testify and say that I am well acquainted with Thomas Williams now of Boston & formerly residing in said Pepperell - that he is my brother - that in October 1778 being at home on furlough I saw the said Thomas at Minton Hill in Charlestown in said County of Middlesex where he was stationed to guard Burgoyne's troops having enlisted for six months as I was then informed by said Thomas & his Captain whose name was Hunt & also by Sergeant Isaac Green and I always understood from all time that the said Thomas remained in the service till the expiration of his six months enlistment & about one fortnight over - and further I say not - Isaac Williams
Middlesex ss September 25 th 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Isaac Williams and made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true -
Before me James Lewis Jus. Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Isaac Williams is a credible witness James Lewis

I Edmund Blood of Pepperell in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged sixty eight years testify and say that I have been acquainted with Thomas Williams formerly of Pepperell ever since we were boys - that in the latter part of June 1780 we enlisted into the service of the United States for six months - The said Thomas was a fellow soldier with me in Capt. Hartshorn's company of which company Obadiah Withwell was Lieutenant & Joel Jenkins Ensign - We belonged to the eighth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. Michael Jackson I remained in said company till the first of Decem- ber then went with said Thomas when I left the company & went to the hospital at Fishkill - I always understood, that the said Thomas remained in the service till the expiration of his six months enlistment - & further I say not - Edmund Blood
Middlesex ss. September 20 th 1832 Then the above named Edmund Blood personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true Before me James Lewis Jr. Clerk I hereby certify that the above named Edmund Blood is a credible witness - James Lewis

I Noah Wright of Pepperell in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts age seventy years testify and say that I am well acquainted with Thomas Williams who former resided in said Pepperell & now resides in Boston as I will remember that the said Thomas was in the service of the United States in the year 1779 at Warwick in the State of Rhode Island where we were stationed as a guard under the command of Major Samuel Evans - The said Thomas came to Warwick I think in the month of August 1779 & remained there till the latter part of October then next, at which time I went to Bristol leaving the said Thomas at Warwick - and further I say not — Noah Wright
Middlesex ss. September 25. 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Noah Wright - and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed
Before me James Lewis Just Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Noah Wright is a credible witness - James Lewis

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File No. 6397
Thomas Williams
Priv. Capt. Nels
Act: June 1 st 1832
Index:—Vol. A , P e 408
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