Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,077, Thomas Williams, R.I.

SERVICE
R.J.
Williams Thomas Penelope
NUMBER
W. 26.077
Put.
CONTENTS

1864 Rhode Island
Penelope Williams widow of Thomas Williams who was a Private in the R. I. line
for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Sept., 1843 and sent to D. Carrell Providence R. I.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 98.

State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
On this 11 day of September A.D. 1838 personally appeared in open Court being the Honorable Court of the City of Providence and a Court of Record Penelope Williams now residing in the City of Providence in said County aged 74 years who being duly sworn affirming to know with entire faith and the following declaration in order to ob- tain the benefits of the act of Congress of July 7 1838 entitled an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows etc. that she is the widow of Thomas Williams formerly of Cranston in said County who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution that he was a drummer in a corps called the Patapsco Rangers, under the Command of Col. Benjamin Arnold from January 1777. to the end of the war, & served as such. And she further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Williams on the 19 th day of December A.D. 1782 in said Cranston as will appear

of Ruma, that her husband the said Thomas died on the 14 day of December 1829 & since then she has remained a widow. She was not married to him prior to his having the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, Seventeen hun- dred & thirty, same to wit at the time above stated. Penelope Williams.
Municipal Court of the City of Providence, September 11 th 1838. Subscribed, and duly sworn to by Penelope Williams, in open court. Albert Greene Clerk.

I Sheldon Batty of the City of Providence being now 55 years of age in all the detest & say that Thomas Williams the husband of Penelope Williams, who has signed & sworn to the preceding declaration dated on the 14 day of December 1829, since then she has never been remarried
Sheldon Batty
Municipal Court of the City of Providence, September 11 th 1838, Subscribed and duly sworn to by Sheldon Batty, in open Court. Albert Greene Clerk

I hereby certify that Thomas Williams, of Cranston and Penelope Fenner (daughter of Asahel Fenner, late of Cranston, dec'd) were lawfully joined together in marriage in Cranston aforesaid December nineteenth Seventeen hundred and eighty two.
for me
Nichemiah Knight Jus. Peace
_____ Town Clerks Office Cranston
August 25 th 1838.
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "December 19 th 1782"
Jesse Howard Town Clerk
I Jesse Howard above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Cranston in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island &c. and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me.
Jesse Howard Town Clerk of the town of Cranston

Providence In Providence This thirteenth day of August 1838. Personally came Depe Howard subscribed to the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same, and I further certify that said Depe Howard is known to me as Anon Clerk of said Court of Cranston, and that he is a credible witness thereto.
Henry S. Bowen Justice Peace

Mrs P Williams

I William Waterman of Coventry in the County of Kent & State of Rhode Island being now 75 years of age on oath do testify & say that as soon after I was sixteen years of age I joined an independent company called the Patuxet Rangers & served in it until the end of the war as a private. I joined said company in July 1779 & when I joined Benjamin Arnold was Captain with the rank of Colonel & William Green first Lieutenant and Thomas Williams was drummer & Pardon Trafton fife. said Thomas Williams who was the husband of Penelope Williams now his widow, joined several years before I did I was intimately acquainted with him he was several years older than myself & had been a drummer to the company several years. Then were several independent com- panies formed into regiment of which Col. Fry was the Commandant. the Patuxet Rangers was one of them & we used to do a great deal of duty in the Army in keeping garr at the fort at Patuxet when ordered

away on tongs of duty & alarm, The British had possession of Newport when I joined the Company, & we did two months service before the end of the year It is my impression one of those months was on Rhode Island in December soon after the enemy left. The other was at Patuxent In 1780 we did as much as six months service I recollect said Thomas was with us in March June July & August. - & In March of same detachments of said Company went to Rhode Island consisting of about one third of the Company & said Thomas went with us & in July & August all the Company went & served The Company consisted of about sixty & we served the other two months at Patuxent & guarding the Shore. In 1781 we served four months In March & June detachments from the Company went to Rhode Island & the said Thomas went with us & we also served two months in good duty - In 1782 we did one month service at Newport & said Thomas was with us. The above is according my best recollection Wm Waterman

Mr P Williams

Remington Arnold of Warwick in the County of Kent being now 78 years of Age & upwards Do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Thomas Williams the husband of Penelope Williams now his widow & resident in Providence, Said Thos. Williams & myself where both Drummers in a Company called the Pawtucket Rangers under the Command of Col. Benjamin Arnold, such great length of time has elapsed that I cannot specify the time he joined the said Company but according to my best recollection it was in 1777 & he continued to serve in it as a Drummer until the end of the War, Nor can I specify the several Duties we did, but I do remember from certain circumstances that we were both together on a short tour of Duty in 1778 Stationed in Rhode Island just before Sullivan's Expedition, in the said Company He always did his Duty when called upon as a member of said Company & I believe he did as much as any of us - but it would be in vain for me to attempt to particularize the services we did. Said Company was on Duty at a great part of the time after the Enemy landed at Newport until they left for nearly three years — Remington Arnold
State of Rhode Island
Read for Warwick this Seventh Day of Jan y A D 1839 Then Personally Came Sworn and Subscribed on the Day and Year above Written before me. And I further certify that the said Remington Arnold is a Credable Witness in the Premises — Thomas D. Green Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island &c Kent ss at Coventry this 4 th day of October 1838
William Waterman Subscribed to the above written, appeared and made oath to the truth of the same and I also certify that the said William is a Credible Witness
Before me Asa Stone Jus Peace
Kent ss The State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Clerks office Court of Common Pleas I certify that Asa Stone Esqr. is a Justice of the peace in and for the town of Coventry in said County of Kent and that Thomas R. Greene Esqr. is a Justice of the peace in and for the Town of Warwick in said County of Kent, that the foregoing & the annexed are their own proper signatures in their own hand writing, and that full faith and credence is and ought to be given to all their official acts —
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court at East Greenwich this 27 th day of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty
For J. H. H. Clerk " " "

I Phoebe Arnold of Cranston in the county of Providence, being now 75 years of age and upwards, do hereby do testify that I was well acquainted with Thomas Williams formerly of said Cranston and the husband of Penelope Williams now his widow. I well remember he was the drummer of the company called the Pawtuxet Rangers, to which belonged. I joined the company in January 1779, but said Thomas had belonged to it for two years or more before I did, said company always did a great deal of service, both in the fort at Pawtuxet and also by monthly tours. In 1779 we did as much as four tours of a month each, for which we were paid and received rations, stationed at Seashore Beach, Narragansett neck and Greenwich. — We were one month at said Beach, one at Narragansett neck, one at Greenwich and one at Pawtuxet. It is out of my power to name the months. When we were at Seashore Beach, it was shortly after the British left Newport late in the fall. During these four tours said Thomas Williams was our drummer and served as such. —
In 1780 we served as much as three

months, in monthly tours, between January and December, but it is not in my power to name the months, excepting one in August, when we were stationed on Rhode Island, one of said three tours, was before that, and one was after. Stationed at Pawtucket and Warwick. —
In 1881 we also served a tour, I think in June on Rhode Island. In all the above tours, said Phoebe served as drummer. —
Elisha Arnold
State of Rhode Island 4 o
Providence 4 o In Providence August 25. 1888
Then the aforesaid Elisha Arnold appeared before me and made oath to the foregoing deposition, by him subscribed in my presence and by me in his presence reduced to writing and I further certify that said Elisha a credible witness, and that his statements are entitled to full faith and credit. —
William H. Spauling Justice of the Peace

ruz  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26,077
Penlope Williams Wid. of Thomas Williams Rev. Rev. War
Act: March 3 d 1843
Index:—Vol. W , Page 347
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1885 Percy Williams
$30 per am
B. Lowell Providence R.I.

STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND.
County of Providence
On this first day of April A. D. 1843, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in said County Penelope Williams now resident in Providence in said County, aged Sixty eight 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 Act of Congress, passed March 3d, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, viz: That she is the Widow of Thomas Williams deceased, who served in said War as a Drummer . That she received a pension under the Act of July 7, 1838, at the rate of $30 per annum, payable at the Agency for paying pensions at Providence.
Penelope Williams
Providence Sc. In Providence  April 1st A. D., 1843.
Personally came before me the above named Penelope Williams and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by her signed. I further certify that she is a credible person.
Before me
William J. Paton
Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Providence, fe. 3
I, Albert G. Greene, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Prov- idence in said State, do hereby certify, that William J. Peabody, who has signed the within certificate, was on the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace within and for said city, duly elected.
In attestation whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and have affixed the seal of said Court, this 13 th day of June, A.D. 1843.
Albert G. Greene, Clerk

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Rhode Island
Penelope Williams widow of Thomas Williams decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 12th December 1829 of Providence in the State of R.I. who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Cooke of the Regt. commanded by Col. Arnold in the R.I. Island line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d day of March 1840 and Genl. Hon. M.R. Knigh Senate U. States
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1837 $105.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 1 st March. 15.00 $120.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by H.C. Addison Clerk, Book A Vol. 2. Page 28

6671 Penelope Williams.
R. I.
ad 7. July 38
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adm d 9 mo fri 30 H
No deduction
Hon. N. R. Knight Senate U.S.

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations. Providence ss
Municipal Court of the City of Providence, in the County of Providence, and State aforesaid, (being a Court of Record) February 14 th A.D. 1840.
It is Remembered, that satisfactory testimony has been pro- duced before this Court, to prove that Thomas Williams formerly of Cranston in said County of Providence, died on the fourteenth Day of December, A.D. 1829; that he left a widow Penelope Williams, who now resides in said Prov- idence; that said Thomas and Penelope were legally mar- ried at said Cranston, on the nineteenth Day of December A.D. 1782; and that said Penelope is now the widow of said Thomas Williams, and has so remained ever since his death.
And the Court do further order it to be certified, that said Penelope Williams who has signed the preceding De- claration, is a credible person, and that Sheldon Battey, Jesse Howard, William Waterman, Berrington Arnold, Charles F. Tillinghast, and Eliza Arnold, who have signed Depositions annexed to said Declaration, are also all credible persons.
I Albert G. Greene, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Providence, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of Penelope Williams to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress, of July 7 th A.D. 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows."

I also certify, that Henry L. Bowen, whose attesta- tion is made to said deposition of Jesse Howard, — that William H. Smith whose attestation is made to said deposition of Charles F. Tillinghast, — and that William Aplin whose attestation is made to said deposition of Eliza Arnold, were respectively at the times of the dates of said attestations, Justices of the Peace within & for said City of Providence, Duly appointed & qualified; and that their respective signatures are genuine.
In Attestation whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and have affixed the seal of said Court, this fourth Day of February A.D. 1840.
Albert H. Greene, Clerk

Synopsis \hookrightarrow Mr. Thomas Williams

Synopsis -
M rs Penelope Williams married Dec r . 19. 1782.
W m . Waterman testifies to one month's service of Thomas Williams at Newport and one month at Pawtuxet in the year 1779 - making two months.
Remington Arnold - To one month in 1778 before Sullivan's expedition at Newport - also that Williams was a member of Pawtuxet Rangers in 1777 and served as drummer to the end of the war - Elisha Arnold to 4 months service in 1779. viz -
One month at Sakonnet Beach One at Warwick One at East Greenwich One at Pawtuxet D o . in 1780
One month at Newport One d o . - Warwick One d o . - Pawtuxet
D o . in 1781 One month on Rhode Island
Here are 9 distinct & several months proved admitting the 2 months service proved by W m . Waterman to be two of the same months proved by Elisha Arnold in 1779 & leaving out the general service stated by Remington Arnold -
I have in my possession an old paper showing that a part of the Pawtuxet Rangers were on duty at the Fort commanded by Sergeant Caleb Corpe who is stated the Captain in August 1778 16 days that Thomas Williams was one of the guard & that they drew provisions from the Commissary & that they marched for Newport on the 20 th of August - This paper I will send to the office as soon as I have made a copy to leave on file - The original is required to be returned to the Administration in whose possession it was found.
The

The object of exhibiting this paper to the Commis n is to show that the service of this Company at Pawtucket was not a "police Vigilance" but was a Military service within the meaning of the law in the time of the Revolution, and also within the meaning of the pension laws passed by Congress —
Feb'y 25 th 1840 —
A. N. Wright