Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,289, Joseph Wales, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wales, Joseph.
S 46 289
{ B.L.W. 2317-200. Lieut. Issued Jan. 11, 1793. No papers.
CONTENTS

Nov 8, 189
Massachusetts
Joseph Wales
of Lancaster, Mass in the state of Massachusetts who was a Lieutenant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Marshall of the Mass. line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of Jan y 1819 and sent to Hon: John Davis Boston
  Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818. 5 mos 4 / 30  102.66    Semi-ann. all ce ending March 1819.  120       $  222.66  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Specification and list of 1818 to 1819 for the benefit of the widow of Joseph Wales

No 733
Joseph Wales. Lieut
Judge Davis's certificate S t Wales produced his Commission date 18 th May 1881—
Found on Rolls
Admitted

I Joseph Wales of Lancaster, in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged sixtyone years
Late a Lieutenant in the revolutionary Army of the United States— So testify and say, That I entered the service of the United States, by joining the Army then encamped at West-point in the State of New York, in the spring of the year of our Lord, seventeen hundred and eighty— That afterwards I received a commission from the then President of Congress, bearing date May 18. 1781. authorising my taking rank as a Lieutenant in the Tenth Massachusetts Regiment, then in the service of the United States, from the 12 th day of September 1780— which Commission I now hold— That said Regiment, when I joined it was commanded by Thomas Marshall esquire; with which Regiment or detachments from it, I continued in said service, to the close of the war That in the course of the three years service, I was attached to a number of companies, one commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Sayler and that commanded by Capt. Stephen Abbot— That I was in the company of one Capt. Park with the light Infantry under the command of the Marquess D. L. Fayettee at the taking of Lord Cornwallis and his Troops

in Virginia - and that I left the Army under furlow in 1783, and was discharged therefrom by proclamation. That I am now in such adverse circumstances in life, as requires the aid of government for my support
Joseph Wales.
Massachusetts District } Boston 1. April A.D. 1818 }
I own to before me J. Davis Dist Judge Mass. D. C.
The above Joseph Wales produced his Commission as Lieutenant in the 10 th Mass s Regiment, dated 18. May 1781. signed by Samuel Huntington President of the Congress of the United States & countersigned by Jas. Madison Secre- tary of the Board of War. They were returned to him, on request. The notice from the Secretary of War of March 27 th requiring such documents to be transmitted, not having been received. when the Applicant appeared.
J. Davis D. J. M. D.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 9 A. D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Joseph Wales subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
M c Evoy } Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston 18 January 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Joseph Wales by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M c Evoy } District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Vermont County of Orange
ss.
On this fifteenth day of July 182 6 , before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Orange personally appeared Joseph Wales who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Othniel Taylor in the regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Marshall in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Massachusetts from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state (district, or territory,) of Vermont where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future; and that his reasons for removing to the state of Vermont are, that he has no wife nor children & came here to reside with sister Joseph Wales .
Sworn and subscribed to, before } me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Wm Fitting Justice of the Peace I hereby certify that the above in said Joseph Wales is considered a man of unblemished truth & veracity Wm Fitting Justice of the Peace
NOTES.—The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, setting forth that the person taking the testimony is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also have the authentication as above required.

I John French of Randolph in Orange County & State of Vermont testify that I have been intimately ac- quainted with the within-named Joseph Wales for more than fifty years past, that I know he was in the service of the United States the most part of the revo- lutionary war, that he was an officer in the the Continental Continental Army for about three years before the peace of 1783. & that he is the same person as testified by himself in his affidavit within
John French
Sworn & subscribed before me this 17th day of July AD 1826
Wm Cutting Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named John French is reputed to be a man of truth & veracity
Wm Cutting Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont } Orange County } ss }
Orange County Clerk's Office July 17 th
A 1826 H. E. G. M c Laughlin Clerk of Orange County Court hereby certify that William Nutting Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken, is a Justice of the peace within & for the County of Orange acting under the authority of the State of Vermont and that the signature to the foregoing Certificates are in his own hand writing. —
— In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of Orange County Court the Day and year above written.
H. E. G. M c Laughlin Clerk

Free
Joseph Wales for transfer
Penitentiary, Broomfield St. Randolph, W.V.
Recd. 26 July 1826.
Hon. the
Secretary of War
Washington City
Randolph W.V. July 18

Randolph Ver d July 18 th 1826.
Hon ble J. Barbour
Sir. I received the inclosed, a blank, through my Relative, Hon. George D. Wales, last winter, and in consequence of his letter, inclosing it, I obtained my 120 $ l . in Massachusetts, being pay up to the 15 th of March 1826. — And I now have to ask the favour of your giving me a line, certifying, that this transfer has been made, in season, to let me receive in this State on the 1 st of September next. —
I am with great respect and consideration, your most Humble
Servant Joseph Wales. —

Joseph Wales.
Lancaster. 6189 Jany 19
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Schedule of the Estate of Joseph Wales of Lancaster in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress of May 1. 1820.
I have besides the necessary bed and bedding.
  1 Chair peculiar to Mrs. Wales, cost 12 years since $2.50   2 Windsor chairs $1.00 1 pot and tea kettle 1.50 2.50   2 joiner planes 1.50 3 small do $1.00 5 chairs $1.00 3.50   2 old saws $1.00 1 Wood saw 2.00 3.00   some cups and Saucers small tea and coffee pots 1.50   $13.00 
I also have a note on which is due thirty dollars, against Elias Pennett, who has lately been in gaol for debt, and cannot pay; I have one other note against Jonas Fairbank, Junior, of three dollars and sixty two cents; I lived for about two years before receiving my pension partly on the charity of a friend, to whom I am now indebted a considerable sum of money. My family could earn a part of a living by weaving, but am now so infirm as not to be able to labour. My wife, whose name is Elizabeth, is nearly fifty nine years of age, has an annuity of about $70- per year, which will cease at her death; and she is in such a delicate state of health as requires this for extra expenses to preserve a valuable life.
Joseph Wales.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this tenth day of July 1820,
personally appeared in open Court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Worcester, established as such by the laws of said Commonwealth, Joseph Walis, aged sixty three years, resident in Lancaster, 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:
In the Spring of the year 1780, I entered the service of the United States by joining the army, then encamped on White Plains, in the state of New York. Afterwards received a commission from the United President of Congress, bearing date the 18th day of May 1781, authorizing me to take rank as a Lieutenant in the 10th Massachusetts Regiment then in the service of the United States, from the 12th day of September 1780, which commission I now hold: That said Regiment when I joined, was commanded by Thomas Marshall, Esq., with which Regiment or detachments from it, I continued in said service to the close of the War. In the course of the three years service, I was attached to a number of Companies, one commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Taylor, and another by Capt. Stephen Abbott. I was in the company of one Park with the Light Infantry under the command of the Marquis De La Fayette at the taking of Lord Cornwallis and his troops in Virginia. I left the army under fortification in 1783, and was discharged therefrom, by proclamation. My original declaration was made before the Hon. Judge Davis, of Boston April 1. 1818, and the number of my pension certificate received from the War Dept. at that time is 6189 mark with 10 in 4-133 over payable.
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.
Joseph Walis
Sworn to and declared, on the tenth day of July, 1820. before the said Court.
Attest, Abijah Bigelow, Clerk
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the 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 sixteen dollars and sixty two cents; and that the wife of the said Joseph Walis has an annuity during her life of forty dollars per annum.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this third day of October, 1820.
Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court for the County of Worcester.

Rev. War Section.
AW AW
Nov. 9, 1922.
Mr. Kenneth S. Wales, 1410 H. St. N. W. Washington, D. C.
Sir:
In response to your letter of the 7" instant, you are advised that from the papers in the pension claim, S. 41259, it appears that Joseph Wales joined the army at West Point in the spring of 1780, rank and officers not stated, and on September 12, 1780 was commissioned Lieutenant of the Tenth Massachusetts Regiment. In the course of three years, he served under Captains Othniel Taylor, Stephen Abbott and also under a Captain Park with the Light Infantry commanded by the Marquis de Lafayette at the siege of Yorktown. He was discharged in 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, while living at Lancaster, Massachusetts, and his wife Elizabeth was then fifty-seven years old.
Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.

41289 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 41289
Joseph Fales Lieut Rev Ins
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 585
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Rev. Nov. 9. Christ. to N. S. Wales and

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Commission in favor of Joseph Wales as Lieut. in the 10 Mass ts Reg t to rank from 10 May 1780 & dated 5 Sept r 1780. —

No of orig Pay 286 REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
26 July 1828.
Joseph Wales, _____ of Burlington, _____ in the County of Chittenden in the State of Vermont, _____ has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the War,
at which period he was a Lieutenant in the Tenth regiment of the Massachusetts , line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, four hundred and eighty dollars, paid to him by the agent, in the States of Massachusetts and Vermont
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
July 29. 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Lieut. Joseph Wales in the Mass. line , amounting to sixteen hundred dollars.
It further appears that Joseph Wales _____ is now on the pension list of the Vermont _____ agency, and has been since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month. _____
Peter Hagner And
13416 de

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution, approved on the 15 th of May 1828" I Joseph Wale of Burlington in the county of Chittenden and state of Vermont do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental line of the american army of the Revolution and served as such from the commencement of the campaign of 1780 to the end of the war at which time I was a Lieutenant in the 10 th Massachusetts Regiment
And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate or certificates, commonly called commutation certificates, for a sum equal to the amount of Five years full pay, which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22 nd March 1783 instead of the half pay for life to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21 st of October 1780
And I do further declare that I have received of the United States as a pension since the 3 rd day of March 1826 the sum of Six hundred dollars paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State of Massachusetts and Vermont
Joseph Wale
Before me Andrew Thompson a Justice of the peace in the County of Chittenden in the State of Vermont personally appeared this day Ebenezer T. English and John Howland of the said County who did severally make oath that Joseph Wale, the person by whom the foregoing declaration is subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution as therein stated
Witness my hand this 25 day of June in the year 1828
Andrew Thompson 3
I Nathan B. Harrowe clerk of the court of the County of Chittenden in the State of Vermont do hereby certify that Andrew Thompson before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the peace and duly empowered to administer oaths
In testimony whereof I have

hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this day of June in the year 1828—
Nathan B. Maswell

District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Washington, D. C.
KENNETH SANFORD WALES SECRETARY 1410 H STREET N.W.
Nov. 7, 1922.
Dear Mr. Bryant:—
At Luford's suggestion, I am writing to ask you if you can find any record in the pension office, of Ensign Joseph Wales of Braintree, Mass., who is mentioned in Heitman & in Mass. Soldiers & Sailors. He was my great, great, great grandfather & his service is proved but I am uncertain as to dates, especially of death. Anything you can find out for me will be appreciated. Sincerely, Kenneth S. Wales.