Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11787, John Winsor, Mass. Mass Sea Service

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass Mass Sea Service
Winson, John
S. 11787
carded
CONTENTS

21675
21.675
Uapachusets
John Johnson
of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a S t W th in the Company commanded by Captain Turner of the R g commanded by Col l Marshall in the U s S t line for 9 months Service 14 day Seaman
Coult M c E l ah
Inscribed on the Roll of Uapachusets at the rate of 38 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Oct 1833 and sent S. A. John Plymouth Mass
Arrears to the 14th of Sep r 1833 $146.25 Pension allowances ending Mar 31 - 29.25 $175.50
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W l C l Clerk Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 95
75 Plym

I Nathaniel Simmons of Duxbury in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts of the age of Seventy five years, testify and say, That I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war in the company under command of Capt. Thomas Turner, stationed in the Garrison of "Castle William" in Boston Harbor in the year 1776 - and that I served six months in said Company. I further testify and say that John Winsor of Duxbury, and now an Applicant for a Pension, was a Soldier in said company and served therein the said term of six months in Boston Harbor. I have always known said John Winsor.
Nathaniel Simmons
Plymouth G. Aug 21. 1832 I swear to & subscribed attest Jacob H. Lord Register
I certify that it appeared to the Court that the above referred to Nathaniel Simmons is a credible witness. Attest J. H. Lord Reg.

To Whom it may concern I Edward Arnold of Duxbury Mass certify that John Winslow of Duxbury aforesaid was applicant for a pension under the act of congress of June 7 1872 was a soldier in the war of the rebellion & served between 32 & months in Colvin Partridge company stationed at Bristol R.I. I was a soldier at the same time & that we went together we were there 2 weeks & then engaged for 3 months & served at our time and place have given under my hand the 2 day of August 1872
Edward Arnold
State of Massachusetts Plymouth ss
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written before me
Seth Sprague Jr Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth, do hereby certify that Seth Sprague Jr Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that his name within subscribed is his true & genuine signature.
John Winters
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this twenty first day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and State of Massachusetts thirty two. Jacob H. Lord Plymouth ss May 18 1833
I Certify that Edward Arnold the within deponent is a man of good character & his testimony is entitled to Credit Seth Sprague Jr Justice of the Peace

John Winter
John Winter
8641
Given to and subscribed the day and year above said
the resolution and we concur in that opinion
repeated and preferred in the neighborhood after he received to have been a soldier of declaration that we believe him to be devoted with residing in the who has subscribed and attests to the above paragraph (xix) that we are well ac-
quainted with him and that he is a citizen of the town of

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this Twenty first day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before Hon: Wilky Wood judge of the Court of Probate for said County now sitting at Duxbury within and for said County of Plymouth, John Winsor a resident of Duxbury in said County of Plymouth, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy six years, who being first 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, 1832. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
Enlisted in Duxbury by Edward South with a sergeant for six months in the continental service went to Boston & served in Capt Thos Tutters Company Col Bradford was Lieut Col I think Col Marshall had command stationed in Boston harbor was employed in fortifying the harbor made a fort at Nantasket & was discharged there I think in September 1776
In November 1776 marched in a company of Militia from Duxbury on an alarm to Rhode Island & after serving three weeks Elsted there for three months & served in Capt Patridge's company stationed at Bristol
In July 1777 I enlisted onboard the United States Sloop Republic commanded by Isaac Basset of Plymouth & went to Molinies for colonial produce for the Army said Sloop was armed with 4 four pound guns 10 swivels & 22 small arms Joseph Adams was officer a general Herres 2nd officer we were absent nine months we returned to Boston in March 1778 he remembers that said sloop was built

by the State or continental order she proved to be crank for her armament & was in consequence sent on this expedition where lost our sails returning home & was 108 days returning home I know of no one living who was onboard said vessel & I have no documentary evidence to prove the service were sailed from Plymouth & was discharged in Boston I have always lived in Duxbury & am known to the inhabitants generally -
I was born in said town of Duxbury in 1756 my birth is recorded in the records of said town. I am known to Rev. Benjamin Heat. & the Hon. Seth Sprague jun. John Winslow
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Attest Jacob H. Lord Register

We, Benjamin Kent a clergyman, residing in the town of Duxbury and Seth Sprague Jun. residing in the same town hereby certify, that we are well ac- quainted with John Windsor who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Benjamin Kent Seth Sprague
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Benjamin Kent who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Duxbury and that Wm Seth Sprague Jr who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town . - and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
I, Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Windsor for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Jacob H. Lord

Parker
11.787 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 11.787
John Wilson & Seaman Prv. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 410
[Arrangement of 1870.]

FREE
James L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions City of Washington D.C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 11 th 1833.
* 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 John Winsor, is borne on a Portledge Bill for Stoop Republic, on a Voyage from Boston to Martinico, having served as a seaman, from the 20 th of July 1777, to the 24 th of February 1778. and was paid for Seven months & four Days, at £6. 6. 8 d per month, by the Board of War, being an Armed Vessel belonging to the State of Massachusetts, under the Command of Isaac Bartlett
Edward D. Bangs. Secy.

8641
John Windsor 5
Private 9 Months Seaman 7 Months & 4 days
16 4
6 3
Capt Turner's Company Col Marshall's Regt Mass
30.00 28.00 50
58.50
124.25
146.25 J. H. Lord Esq
Plymouth Mass
Lord City

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Windsor which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no - undoubtedly not certified
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
except 2 d This was answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
The claimant should apply to E. D. Bangs for evidence of his service on board of the Hoop Republic