Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14161, Peter Winsor, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Winsor, Peter Charlotte
W 14161 B L Ht 721-100
CONTENTS
B L Ht 336-60-55

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Plymouth, Is.
Clerks Office July 28, 1845.
I John B. Thomas Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Plymouth aforesaid, hereby certify, that it appears of record in this Office, that on the thirty first day of October, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty six, Peter Winsor of Duxbury in said County of Plymouth and Charlotte Delano of Kingston in said County were married in Kingston in the said County of Plymouth, by William Drew Esquire.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for the said County of Plymouth, on the day and year aforesaid
John Murray Clerk

Hon. John C. Calhoun
Left at War
Washington

Kingston November 30 th 1818
Hon. John C. Calhoun
Sir
Please deliver to Gadiah Lampson Member of Congress from Plymouth congressional District the Land Warrant, to which I may be entitled for military services rendered during the Revolutionary War.
I have the honour to be with great respect your most obedient & very humble servant
Peter Windsor
Washington Dec 12 1818 I here by certify that I am personally acquainted with the aforesaid Peter Windsor, and well know him to be the same person mentioned in the discharge hereto annexed
Gadiah Lampson
Member of Congress

Reported Dec 8/48
2300. Massachusetts Charlotte Windsor widow of Peter Windsor
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Major  Corporal
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Dec r 1847. and sent to
Am. A. Hale Hoff R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 172 Vol. 2
265573

(-721)
Peter Windsor — Corpl Majors: 7 th Regiment
No 722 annulled
Warrant issued Dec. 19 th 1889
Hon J Sampson

Act Mar 3
265,573
End P
Dec 19/56
Charlotte Winsor widow of Peter Winsor
No. 336 ipse July 29/55
Corporal
W: 60 acre, Feb 12/57
W. Alder
Map Feb 48-2300
Revolutionary War 100 years received under a former law.
E. D. & C. A. Dyer So. Abington
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State of Mass
County of Plymouth
On this fifth day of December A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty six , personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Charlotte Winsor aged eighty nine years, a resident of Kingston in the State of Mass who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Peter Winsor deceased, who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war , in the company commanded  by  in the  regiment  of  commanded by  in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the  18th day of June, 1812; that her said husband  on or about the  day of  A. D. 181  ,  for the term of  and continued in actual service in said war for the  term of  and was honorably discharged with said company  at  on or about the  day of  A. D. 181  ,  as will appear by the roll of said company.  for which service she now receives a pension, under the act of Feb 1848
She also declares that neither herself nor her husband have applied for or received any bounty land under any Act of Congress, except a 100 acre land warrant, No. unknown which was issued under the Act of Sept. 28th, 1850; she thinks was issued to her husband soon after the aforesaid war
She further declares that she was married to the said Peter Winsor  in  on the  day of  A. D.  by one  a  and that her name  before her said marriage was  that her said husband died  at  on the  day of  A. D. and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the additional bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress passed March 3d, A. D. 1855, and she prays that a certificate thereof may be sent for her to E. D. & C. A. DYER, South Abington, Mass. For the proof of service, her marriage, and the death of her husband, reference is given to her application for her pension,
Charlotte Winsor
Subscribed and sworn to before me, the day and year first above mentioned. and I certify that I have no interest in the above claim,
Cyrus A Dyer Justice of the Peace.

State of Massachusetts, Plymouth County.
WE, William D Winsor and Hannah Winsor having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew who was a  in the war  whose widow now applies for bounty land, that we knew him for more than  years before his death, which occurred at  about years ago, that we know that he died about that time, because That the annexed application was signed by Charlotte Winsor in our presence and that we know from intimate personal acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she rep- resents herself to be
that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she is now unmarried, and that we are disinterested.
Wm D Winsor
Hannah Winsor
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this fifth day of December A. D. 1856. and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in her claim
Cyrus A Dyer Justice of the Peace.

State of Massachusetts, { ss. COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH. }
On this fifth day of December A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty- six , personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Charlotte Winsor aged eighty-nine years, a resident of Kingston in the State of Massachusetts, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Peter Winsor deceased, who was a Soldier in the company commanded by Captain in the commanded by in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th of June, 1812, in the Revolutionary war, for which service she now receives a pension,
that her said husband at on or about the day of A. D. 1814, for the term of and continued in actual service in said war for the term of , and was honorably discharged at on the day of A. D. 1814; but that to the best of her knowledge and belief, her husband never received any written or printed discharge, and that no Warrant for Bounty Land has ever been obtained for said service, or applied for except a Warrant for acres, issued to under any recent Act of Congress, but she thinks her husband received one hundred acres, soon after said war.
She further states that she was married to the said Peter Winsor in on the day of A. D. 18 , by one a and that her

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Dec. 9 th 1856
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed.
Cyrus A Dyer and Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; 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 of which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
A. De Witt Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston September 1 st 1845
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Joseph S. Beal, was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; 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 hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Benjamin Delano of Kingston, in the County of Plymouth, & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Merchant, aged sixty seven years, on Oaths do testify & say that I was well acquainted with the late Capt Peter Winsor of Kingston, who was a Soldier of the Revolution & a Pensioner of the United States. He died at Kingston on the nineteenth day of April in the Year Eighteen hundred & forty five leaving a Widow whose name is Charlotte Winsor, who is now living. She has not been married since his decease. The said Charlotte is my sister & was married to the said Winsor in the Year Seventeen hundred & eighty six. I was present at her marriage & she is the same person who is now his Widow.
Benja Delano
Plymouth Ys. Aug 22. 1845 Subscribed & sworn to by the said Benjamin Delano the day & year afore said before me & I certify that he is a credible Witness
Joseph J. Beal Justice of the Peace in & for said County

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the 15 th of May 1828, I Peter Windsor of Kingston in the County of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of Revolution for & during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period I was a Corporal in Captain Rufus  Lincoln's Company in the 7 th Regiment of the Massachusetts line. And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of Eighty Dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778 - and I further declare that I have not been on the United States Pension list since March 3. 1826, nor have I received as a pensioner any money of the United States since said 3 rd of March 1826.

and I also declare that I received and retained my discharge until the year 1818 when the same was transmitted by me to Washington to obtain my bounty lands, where the same now is as appears by enclosed certificate returned to me by the Hon. Zadoc Simpson, member of Congress. I enlisted into the company of Capt. Joseph Wadsworth, of the 14th Massachusetts Regiment.
Peter Windsor
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. Kingston June 17. A.D. 1828.
This day before me, a Justice of the Peace duly empowered to administer oaths in the County & State aforesaid, personally appeared John Thomas & Nathaniel Thomas of said Kingston, both sons of General John Thomas of the Revolutionary Army, & both were known to me & respectable witnesses, and severally made oath, that Peter Windsor, by whom the foregoing declaration is subscribed is generally reputed & believed to

have been a Corporal in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, the day & year above written —
Thomas P. Beal
Plymouth ss. To John B Thomas Clerk of the Judicial Court for said County of Plymouth certify that Thomas P. Beal Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Plymouth duly empowered to administer oaths —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court this seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight
John B Thomas

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth County ss. On this eighth day of September 1848 Personally appeared, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid Charlotte Winsor a resident of Kingston in the County of Plymouth Widow, aged eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2 d February 1848 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of Peter Winsor who was a resident of Kingston aforesaid & who was Captain in the Revolutionary Army and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17 th June 1844 on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid at the rate of Eighty eight dollars per annum. She further declares that she is still a Widow
In presence of
William D. Winsor J. H. Lord
Charlotte Winsor
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written Before me
Jacob H. Lord Jus. of Peace
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, a Widow & a pensioner as she declares
Jacob H. Lord Jus. of Peace

14-161
Re WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14161 Charlotte Windsor Widow of Peter Windsor Corporal Civil War
Act: Feb 22 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 342
[Arrangement of 1870.]
June 7 '99 Peter Windsor Fergus Falls Minn
1904 Jan. 6. Copy of Dis. ct. and of report of service of Mr. Palfrey sent to Mrs. B.E. Farnes The Chaplain, Wash. N.C.

Massachusetts.
Charlotte Windsor
widow of Peter Windsor, who was a Corporal, in the Massachusetts line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence the 4th day of March, 1844. 19th April, 1845. —
Certificate of Pension issued the 18. day of March, 1846 and sent to J. H. Lord, Plymouth, Mass
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book D Vol. 1 — Page 73.
Col 6 Mem R.C. bldg. through March 26. '46
Reb 19

336
Coacere

Deposited by H. L. Lumsden
Revolutionary Claim Peter Winsor of the 7th Massch. Regt.
Decr. 15 th 1818. W. B. Decr. 15 th 1818

V Charlotte Windsor
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Letter to J.M. Lord 26. Sep. 1865
ac 17 July 1838
6 366 2196

FREE
Hon Geo C Whiting Comm of Pensions Washington D.C.

No 12228
Charlotte Winser (Mdm of Peter)
Mass.
Act 17. June '44
No 86. hns P. P. April 19. 1845
Admitted
Corporal Corp. = $21.96
18 mos private 60. —
2 years Corp. $88.00  prn. ($88.00)
Wm 19 th April 1845. The day of her husband's death
J. H. Lord Esq. Plymouth

BY HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Peter Winsor Corporal in the Seventh Massachusetts Regiment, having faithful- ly served the United States five years and eleven Months and being enlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the eighth day of June 1783.
G. Washington

Act 1828 Settled at Orleans Conduct with Adorner File # 14.161

Kingston Mass s June 18.1
Hon. R. Root, Secretary of War Sir,
Enclosed is my declaration showing my claim to the benefit of the late pension act of Congress.
The enclosed certificate from Linton was obtained by me in expectation of my obtaining the benefit of the former pension act. Bradford has since deceased.
If my documents are satisfactory, it is my wish to have transmitted to me, at Kingston, Plym o County, Mass. the amount which may be due me in such mode you may see fit.
I am with respect yours Ob t Humble Serv t
Peter Windsor
NB you will please send on the above certificate and my discharge again after having the satisfactory pension

FREE
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

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Massachusetts Plymouth, Aug 22. 1848
Dear Sir
Some two months since, more or less, I sent you the applications of Jedidah Davenport, Elizabeth Torrey, Azubah Lucas, & Charlotte Winsor, for renewals of their pensions under the last Winter law. As I have not rec d the Certificates & as I supposed no particular examination of their cases was required they having drawn under 3 previous Acts I am apprehensive they may have failed to reach you.
If they have not been rec d will you please advise me. If they have I should be glad to receive their Certificates at as early a period as your engagements will permit.
I noticed a list of Acts passed by Congress & published within a few days that there is a new pension law extending the provisions of the former laws to another class of Widows. If published will you send me a Copy with any regulations you may have adopted for the presentation of

Claims under it.
Yours with respect J. H. Lord
James L. Edwards Esq. Com of Pensions Washington D. C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth, ss.
I, John B. Thomas, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Jacob H. Lord Esquire, was, at the date of the annexed attestations, and now is, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified: And that his signature to the papers hereto annexed is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this fifteenth day of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
John B. Thomas Clerk

No. 265,573

South Abington Mass. Dec 24. 1856.
Sir
We herewith enclose the applications of Hannah widow of Jeremiah Ripley, and Charlotte widow of Peter Winsor for bounty land under the Act of Mar 3. 1855;
According to the best information the said widows have, they have, they believe that each of their husbands have recd 100 acres only,
In consequence of their advanced age it is confidently hoped that their claims will be attended to without any unnecessary delay
Very Respectfully E D & C A Dyer

Jan 8, 1896
Abraham Charles Charles
PAID 17 5/8
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L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Dec r . 23. 1815.
I 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 Peter Winsor of Nurbury, is borne upon an account in Army Books, as a private, in Capt Wadsworth's company, Col Bradford's regiment, and there credited by his service from May 28 1777 to December 31 1779. 31 Months & 3 days at 40¢ per month. Upon another account in Army books as a private in Lt Colonds company, Col Bradford's regt, and there credited by his service from January 1 to December 31 1780. 12 Months at 40¢ per month. As a private upon several Muster rolls of Capt Rufus Lincoln's company, in Lt Col John Brooks regt taken for the months of January, February, March, April, May, June & July 1781 - and as a corporal for the months of August, September & October 1781 & January, February & December 1782. Appointed corporal August 1 st 1781. The above is all the evidence of service of any one of the name, as shown by the Military records

1602. And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Pease;
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

for Mr. Lord
To the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Charlotte Winsor of Kingston, in the County of Plymouth, Widow of Peter Winsor late of said Kingston, deceased, requests that she may be furnished with evidence from the Rolls in the Secretary's Office of the service of her late husband Peter Winsor, as a Corporal or Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution.
He enlisted in the Ye in Seventeen hundred & seventy seven for the War, in the Seventh Massachusetts Regiment, & that he served five years & eleven months & at the time of his discharge was a Corporal.
She wishes to ascertain the length of time he served as a Corporal & the time when he was promoted to that office.
Dated October 10. 1845
Charlotte Winsor
Signed in my presence by said Charlotte Winsor
J. H. Lord
J. D. Pease
Plymouth County

Plymouth Jan 5, 1846
Dear Sir
I forward the Certificate annexed of Mr. Secretary Palfrey of the evidence furnished by the Army Books of the Appointment of Peter Winsor as a Corporal. This is in answer to yours of Sept 26. th
Please forward Pension Certificate &
oblige Yours &c
J. H. Lord
Esq. to the Secy

No 12228
Charlotte Muser
Mother of Peter
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act 17 June 1844
married in 1786
hust and 19 April 1845

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. Be it known that on this Eleventh day of August 1845 before the Hon. Aaron Hobart Judge of Probate for said County of Plymouth, personally appeared Charlotte Winsor of Kingston, in said County Widow, aged Seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed on the seventeenth day of June 1844
That she is the widow of Peter Winsor late of Kingston aforesaid deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the Act of May 15 1828 as a Surviving Corporal of Infantry in the Massachusetts line. His Certificate numbered 207 - dated Aug 3. 1829 signed S.D. Ingham Secretary of the Treasury.
She further declares that she was married to the said Peter Winsor on the thirty first day of October in the Year One thousand seven hundred & eighty Six; that her husband the said Peter Winsor died on the nineteenth day of April in the Year Eighteen hundred & forty five & that she still remains his Widow not having been married since his decease
Charlotte Winsor

Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year herein first before written by the said Charlotte Windsor and I hereby certify that by reason of advanced age and bodily infirmities she is unable to travel to attend Court to make this declaration
Aaron Hobart J. Probate
Plymouth ss. I Jacob St. Lound Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Aaron Hobart is Judge of Probate for said County & that the above is his true and genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this twelfth day of August in the Year Eighteen hundred & forty five. Jacob St. Lound

Plymouth Mass. Sept 1. 1845
Dear Sir
I send the application of Mrs. Charlotte Winsor of this County for a Pension. Her certificate may be forwarded to me. An early attention will greatly oblige
Yours Obediently Jacob H. Lord
J. L. Edwards Esq Com of Pensions Washington

No of orig Pay 213 REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
19 July 1828.
Peter Windsor _____ of Kingston _____ in the County of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts 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 Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Corporal in captain A Lincoln's _____'s company, in the Massachusetts line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
Pyers of the Scituate, A. D. Kimball
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
21. July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Peter Windsor in the Massachusetts line.
It further appears that Peter Windsor  not is now on the pension list of any _____ agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
Wm Hagner And
errata at 11501

Fergus Falls, Minn., April 6 th 1899
To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D.C.
Sir.
I respectfully ask to be furnished with such information as the records in your Office contain regarding the service of Peter Winsor who served in the Revolutionary war in the "7 th of the Massachusetts line".
Said Peter Winsor was a pensioner at the time of his death in 1846 - and his widow Charlotte Winsor was a pensioner from that date to the time of her death which occurred in 1858.
This information is sought for the purpose of establishing the fact that said Peter Winsor was a soldier in the Revolutionary war.
Respectfully &c
Peter Winsor.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. W. 14161.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
June 7th, 1899.
Sir:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that Peter Winsor made an application for pension on June 17, 1823, at which time he was residing at Kingston, Mass., (age not stated), and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service as a corporal in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war. Place of his enlistment not stated. He served under Capt. Lincoln. His widow, Charlotte, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Peter Winsor,
Fergus Falls, Minn.

3-0658. (Old No. 3-649.) 6-20
Bureau of Pensions.
This is the case in which Mrs. Fannie wanted a pension. In your
Navy Division, of your office, I have been permitted to see the

WASHINGTON, D. C., December 26, 1903.
Hon. Eugene F. Ware, Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir:
Through the kindness of Mr. Bryant, Chief of the Old War and Navy Division, of your office, I have been permitted to see the papers in Land Claim (No. 721) and Pension Claim (No. 2300) of my grand-father, Peter Winsor, Corpl., 7th Mass., Revolutionary War.
Among the papers in the Land Claim is my grand-father's discharge certificate signed by George Washington, and in the Pension Claim is a statement of his service , furnished by Mr. Palfrey, Secretary of State of Massachusetts.
These papers are, of course, of great interest to me, and understanding that they have become a part of the permanent records of your office and that under no circumstance can they be separated therefrom, I have the honor to request that I may be granted official copies of the same. While not wishing to be considered as in any manner dictating the method by which such copies may be made and certified, I would be pleased if the discharge certificate could be copied in such form as to permit of its being framed.
Could you comply with my request, you would greatly oblige,
Yours very truly,
Mr. S. E. Faunce The Chapin
Annie C. Faunce