Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19,508, Robert Williams, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Williams, Robert
S. 19508
{ B.L.W. 2315-200-Lieut. Issued Jan. 29, 1790 - no papers. Carded.
CONTENTS

Massachusetts 32.166.
Robert Williams, dec?
Suffolk Co. in the State of Mass.
who was a Paymaster in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the regt. commanded by Col. Jackson in the Mass. line for 2 years 7 Continental
Amount paid under act of 15. May 1828, after to the time of his death 4. March 1831, at $320 per annum to be deducted.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 480 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. To end 16 th November 1834, when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of July 1844 and sent to Hon. R. C. Winthrop, Boston, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-ant. allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D Brown Clerk, Book E Vol. 2. Page 95.
Payable to Sidney B. Williams administrator of Sarah Williams, dec? widow of Robert Williams.
Reported to Agent, see letter Let to Hon W. Parmenter Sep 5. 1844 " Do Do Sept: 30. 44. " do do Oct 30. 44

Recd 14
Revolutionary Claims
Hon. R. Rush Secy. of Treasury Washington

Act 1828 Settled at Mexico Cons n with Invalid file # 19.508

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the army of the Revolution, approved May 15 th 1828, I, Robert Williams, of Boston in the County of Suffolk & State of Massachusetts do hereby declare, that on the Continental line of the army of the Revolution Revolution & served as such to the end of the war; at which period I was a paymaster & clothing with the rank of Lieutenant, in the fourth Regiment of the Massachusetts commanded by Col. Henry Jackson - and I also declare that I afterwards received certificates, commonly called commutation certificates, for a sum equal to five years full pay, which sum was offered by a resolve of Congress of March 22 nd 1783, instead of half pay for life, to which I was entitled by a resolve of October 22 nd 1780 - Witness my hand this Ninth day of June A.D. 1828 - Rob t Williams
Before me Alden Bradford a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Suffolk & State of Massachusetts, personally appeared Henry Parkitt and Benjamin Dana respectable citizens of Boston & each made oath, that Robert Williams, by whom the above declaration was subscribed, is generally

reputed & believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution, as therein stated - Witness my hand this ninth day of June A.D. 1828. Alden Bradford
Benj. Dana was an officer, H. Perkit a non commissioned officer in the Continental Line of the revolutionary army A. Bradford -
I Charles A. Parker Clerk of the Court in the County of Suffolk in the State of Massachusetts do hereby certify that Alden Bradford before whom the above affidavit was sworn, was, at the time as still is a justice & Governor in & for the County of Suffolk, duly empowered to administer oaths -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of the court for said County of Suffolk - This ninth day of June A.D. 1828 -
M st . Chas. A. Parker. Clerk.

Wish it to be known & understood, that my additional compensation, a Paymaster & Clothier, was made my pay equal to a Captain - which duty I performed in Col. W. R. Lee's regiment, as well as Col. Henry Jackson's, who command- ed, at different periods, the 18 th & 24 th Regiments.
Boston June 9 th 1828
Rob t Williams
Please to forward the amount now to be paid me - to the cashier of the Branch Bank Boston - by which you will make me
Very S r Your humble servant
Rob t Williams

State (or District) of Massachusetts - County of Suffolk ss - District Court of U.S. for the District of Massachusetts -
On this fourteenth day of September, 1893. Personally appeared Charles Williams, Horace Williams, George Williams, Sidney B. Williams, & Eleanor J.W. Baker, widow wife of W. Baker of Dorchester in Norfolk Co. but adjoining Suffolk Co.
all residents in said County of Suffolk, except Baker who is the wife of Walter Baker of Dorchester the said Sidney is also resident of Dorchester a town in the county of Norfolk but next & adjoin- ing the County of Suffolk; of the ages following viz the said Charles is fiftyfour years, the said Eleanor J.W. Baker thirty seven years, said Horace thirty five, the said George twenty nine Sidney B. Williams twenty one years - who being first duly sworn according to law, made the following declaration in order to obtain the annuity or pay or pension due, by vir- tue of an act of Congress of May 15, 1828, & of June 7, 1832, to Robert Williams, who was their fa- ther, late of Boston deceased, & who was an ensign & Lieut. colonel, & also paymaster, & served as such in the Continental army of the revolution, in the Mas- sachusetts Line, in 4th, 9th & 16th Regiment, under Colonel Henry Jackson, & Colonel Wm. R. Lee - That said Robert Williams had a commission as paymas- ter in the regiment commanded by William R. Lee dated June 5th 1777, signed by John Hancock President. That it appears of record, a certified copy of which is hereto annexed, that he served as paymaster of the regiment commanded by Col. Henry Jackson, (the 16th regt. as they believe) from 3d. of June 1777 to December 31, 1779, at £12. per month - & from Jan'y. 1st to Dec 31, 1780, as Ensign & paymaster, at £15. per month; & that his name is borne on the list of certificates, as

as paymaster for 4 th & 9 th 16 th regiments, for services rendered in 1783 signed by J. Avery Jr. Secy. May 19, 1786 - That they believe from all this abundant evidence, as well as from other incidental & traditional testimony, but unnecessary to be given in detail, that the said Robert Williams, their late father, entered the continental Army of the revolution in 1777, & continued to serve as Ensign or Lieutenant & paymaster untill the close of the war in 1783 - but that the records of the army are not in the Secy's office of Massachusetts later than 1780 - that his account as paymaster for 1781 remains dishecto annexed - & that John Reine paymaster General of the Continental army gave a receipt or discharge to said Robert Williams, as paymaster, under date of July 1. 1783 - the same is hereto annexed - That it appears from this letter now on hand, that the said Robert Williams remained at Westpoint or vicinity after the most of the army was discharged, in till April or May 1784, in order to settle & adjust the accounts of the above said Regiments.
The declarants & applicants, therefore, would further state, that they believe the allowance to said Williams, in his life time, should have been £15. a month; whereas he received only 26. 66, the pay or pension of a Lieutenant - For it appears, that while Ensign & paymaster in 1780, he received £15. per month - & as he continued in the army during 1781, 1782, & 1783, & a part of 1784, in same capacity, it is highly probable his pay was not lessened - But the army records in the department of war at Washington, for 1781 - 1784, will show to which beg leave to refer -

They also further state & declare that the said Robert Williams died November 15 th 1834 - That his pension or pay received as lieutenant commenced on the third day of March 1826 - That the widow of said Robert Williams has been dead many years.
Charles Williams Eleanor J. W. Baker.
Horace Williams
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year George Williams first above written, before
Peleg Sprague } Judge of the U.S. } Dist. Ct. of Mass.
I Francis Barnett, Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the Massachusetts District, hereby certify that the foregoing signature of Peleg Sprague is in the hand writing of the said Sprague and that the said Peleg Sprague at the time of writing the same was and now is Judge of the said District Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this fourteenth day of September A.D. 1843. and in the sixty eighth year of the Independence of the United States.
Francis Barnett, Clerk
Note - "the said Sidney is also a resident of Dorchester" on first page 7 th or 8 th page from top interlined before signing - by me, who drew up this statement, A. Bradford. Just. Peace

Boston
May 5, 1915.
P.O. Box 3613
Paymaster General U.S.A. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
May I be informed of the record you may have of my Grandfather Robert Williams of Boston, in the Revolution, from April 19, 1775 to June 20, 1784 ?
The record we have, his writings, and commission show he was in at the start and finish of the War.
We particularly want to know of his service on the Roxbury lines , and about Boston in 1775 to 1776 .
We know he came out of "Harvard" in June 1773 and went into the Office of Dr. (Gen'l) Joseph Warren for the study of Medicine, but on receiving a call to be the Master of the Roxbury "free" or Latin School, he gave up the study of Medicine, and accepted the School, Sept. 1774, and was so engaged when Lord Piercy, this British Troops, marched passed the school at noon on that 19th of April day '75, when he dismissed the school, and locked the door, and never went back to it, but joined the Patriots on the Roxbury lines  indefatigable lines. His papers show he was employed as a Commissary and Clothier with Grenon's Regiment, and commissioned, or warranted by Gen'l Washington in that capacity until after the surrender, when on September 14, 1776 he was commissioned by the "Continental Congress" Ensign and Paymaster, and assigned to Glover's 14th Mass. Regt. and went with it to White Plains, N. Y. and to Saratoga and Stillwater until after the surrender of Cornwallis, when he was ordered to Mass. and assigned to the 16th Mass. Col. H. Jackson , as Paymaster, June 1777. Transferred to the 9th Mass. in 1781 as Paymaster, and retained in Jackson's 4th Mass. Continental April 1782 as 1st Lieut. and Paymaster to the close of the War. In 1783, ordered to the Paymaster Gen'l Office in Philadelphia where he made out the rolls of the Mass. men in service. He came on to Boston with the certificates to pay off the troops. He resigned in June 20, 1784, and died in Boston, Nov. 16, 1834, the 84th signer of the Cincinnati at Newbury, New York.
His papers and commissions were sent to Rep. Dunlap in Congress about 1830 when he applied for a Pension which was granted after his death.
I was only able to recover his Commission of Ensign and the one of 1st Lieut. The others were lost.
I very much desire a statement of his service and Commissions from June 19, 1775 to Sept. 14, 1776.
I am very respectfully Horace G. Williams Major U.S.A. V.M. 64/4

Rev. War Section.
May 11, 1915.
Major Horace P. Williams,
Box 3613,
Boston, Mass.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the fifth instant, addressed to the Paymaster General U.S.A., and received in this Bureau on the eighth instant, you are advised that the papers in the claim of Robert Williams, Sur. File No. 19,508, Rev. War. show that he was appointed June 5, 1777, Paymaster of Colonel William R. Lee's regiment, length of service not stated; and afterwards served in the different regiments commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson as follows: Lieutenant and Paymaster in the Sixteenth Massachusetts regiment, Ensign and Paymaster in the Ninth Massachusetts regiment; Lieutenant, Paymaster and Clothier in the Fourth Massachusetts regiment, from which he was discharged July 1, 1783, at New Windsor.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 9, 1828, at which time he was a resident of Boston, Massachusetts.
The dates of his birth and marriage, and maiden

name of his wife are not stated. He died November 16, 1834, in Boston, leaving his wife Sarah who died May 18, 1839; their ages are not stated.
The arrears of soldier's pension were allowed for the benefit of the surviving children in 1843: Charles Williams aged 54 years; Eleanor J. W. Baker aged 37 years wife of W. Baker of Dorchester, Massachusetts; Horace Williams aged 35 years; George Williams aged 29 years and Sidney B. Williams aged 21 years.
It is not stated anywhere in the papers in this claim, that Robert Williams served prior to 1777.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

East Cambridge Sept 24-1849
Sir
I have received yrs of 5th in relation to the case of Robert Williams Esq - I am informed that Mr Williams during the last year of the War held the office of Great Pay Master for several years before was Esq & Pay Master during which time his pay was fifty dollars a month or more at which rate it is claimed that the increase should be computed -
Respectfully Yours obed Servt Wm Parsons
James L. Edwards Esq Crown of Pensions

19508 INVALID.
1915 May 11. Hist. to Maj. Horace P. Williams P
File No. 19508
Robert Williams
Paymaster Genl. Res.
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 151
[Arrangement of 1870.]

At to Hon. R. C. Winthrop Feb 12 '44. At to Hon. R. C. Winthrop April 6th 1844

N o 32.166
Massachusetts
Robert Williams, dec d Suffolk Co in the State of Mass s who was a En d L t Col n in the Com y commanded
by Captain _____ of the reg t commanded by Col l Jackson in the Mass s line for 2 years & Continental
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass s at the rate of 600 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831. Vendo 16. Novem r 1834 when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of Dec r 1834 W m Parmenter and sent to Hon ble N o Rep s
Arrears to the 14th of Semi-ann l allowance ending
Increased from $400. to $480. per Annu m
{ Revolutionary Claim, for June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J r D r Swan Clerk, Book C Vol. 2 Page 95
Pay d to Charles, Horace, George & Sidney B l Williams & Eleanor Baket only Sur Children
Rep d Sa. det. 31 Dec r 1834 to agent

Commission in favor of Robert Williams as Lieutenant in the 9 th Mass ts Reg t to rank from 12 th April 1782 & dated 10 June 1782. —

Notarial Copies
"Pay Roll of the late 16 th Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Col o Henry Jackson, in the service of the United States - for Subsistence from April 1 st 1779 to January 1 st 1781 -
   Names Rank When assumed When left service and reasons No. of days No. of Rations Amount of Rations Money recd Balance due Remarks   Dollars 90 th Dollars 90 th     Henry Jackson Colonel April 1 st 1779 " " " " 640 5 3200 355 50   David Cobb Lt. Colonel Ditto " " " " 640 4 2560 204 40   Samuel Prescott Major Ditto " " " " 640 3 1920 213 30   James Small Adjutant Ditto Resigned Oct 4 th 1780 551 2 1102 122 40   Robert Williams Paymaster Ditto " " " " 640 2 1200 142 20  
"Pay Roll of the late 9 th Massachusetts Reg t commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson in the service of the United States, for pay and Subsistence from Jan y 1 st 1781 - to January 1 st 1782 -
   Names Rank When assumed When left service and reasons Term Pay per month Amount of Pay No. of days No. of Rations Amount of Rations No. of Rations allowed No. of Rations Amount of Rations from Aug. 1-1781 Total Amount Money Recd Money Paid Remarks   Mos Days Dollars 90 th Dollars 90 th Dollars 90 th Dollars 90 th Dollars 90 th Dollars 90 th Dollars 90 th     Henry Jackson Colonel Jan 1- 1781 " " " " 12 11 75 " 900 " 212 5 1060 11 117 70 153 8 765 11 80 67 1/2 104 5 47 1/2   David Cobb Lt. Col o Ditto Discontinued Ad de Camp Jan 15 5 14 60 " 320 " 165 4 660 " 73 30 " " " " " " 401 30   Nath l Shute Ensign Ditto " " " "   Edward Philen Ditto Ditto promoted Oct. 14 th   Rob t Williams Paymaster Ditto " " " "  
"Pay Roll of the late 9 th Mass ts Reg t commanded by Col o Henry Jackson in the service of the United States, for pay, from Jan y 1 st 1782 - to Jan y 1 st 1783
   Names Rank When assumed When left service with reasons Term Pay per month Amount of Pay No. of days No. of Rations Amount of Rations No. of Rations allowed No. of Rations Amount of Rations from Aug. 1-1781 Total Amount Money Recd Money Paid Remarks   Mos Days Dollars 90 th Dollars 90 th Dollars 90 th Dollars 90 th Dollars 90 th Dollars 90 th Dollars 90 th     Henry Jackson Col o Jan 1- 1782 " " " " 12 " 75 " 900 "   David Cobb Lt. Col o & Ad de Camp " " " " "   Samuel Prescott Major Jan 1 st 1782 " " " " 12 " 50 " 600 "   John Blanchard Captain Ditto " " " " 12 " 40 " 400 "   Robert Williams Paymaster Ditto " " " " 3 11 50 " Promoted to Lieut. April 12 th 1782.   Ditto Lt. Paymaster April 11 th 1782 " " " " 8 14 50 60 657 50  

Ensign & Pay master to 12 apl. 1782 - Lt. Pay master from 12 apl. 1782 to

United States of America.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SUFFOLK Co. } City of Boston, ss. }
I, THOMAS A. DEXTER, Notary Public, by legal authority admitted and sworn, and dwelling in BOSTON , aforesaid, and a Justice of the Peace for the county of Suffolk , do hereby certify, to all whom it may concern, that the annexed - paper - writings are true and exact extracted copies - from an ancient Manuscript volume, of upwards of one hundred closely written pages - purporting to be Pay-rolls for subsistence - and for pay - of Officers - and Privates, of the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment - in the service of the United States - during the Rebel war of the Revolution - Said Manuscript Book - was produced to me - by Horace Williams Esquire - and was declared by him to be a Book of original Entries - which has been carefully preserved in the family of his parent - the late Robert Williams Esquire deceased - who was Ensign - Lieutenant - and Paymaster in said Regiment - _____ I further certify - That said Manuscript book - bears marks of age and has every appearance of having been made as an accurate record - of the transactions it relates - at the times it bears date - upon the heading of the several pages - and I further certify - that said extracts as annexed have been carefully, copied, examined and compared by me with said original entries _____
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Notarial Seal, this twentieth _____ day of November _____ in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty four _____
Thomas A. Dexter Public Notary & Justice of the Peace

East Cambridge Sept 2. 1849
Sir
A Certificate of Pension in the case of Robert Williams del d has recently been issued under the Act of June 1832 - In a letter from the Pension Department to Hon. R.C. DePauw Winthrop another time since, I am informed that it was admitted that the pay of Mr Williams who was Lieutenant and Paymaster was $100 per month - The object of this letter is to request a reexamination of the case for the purpose of increasing the rate of Pension from $480 to $600 per annum -
Respectfully J. M. Pierce P. M. Treasurer
James L. Edwards Esq d Committee of Pensions Washington

James L. Edwards Esq. Cammer of Poultry Washington D.C.

House of Representatives Decr 11. 1849
Sir
I enclose you the original Bill in the case of Robert Williams for extra allowance for his rank in Revolutionary Army -
Respectfully
Yr obedt Servt,
Wm Pauncefote
James L. Edwards Esq

Robert Williams died
Mass.
Oct 7. June 32
increased
2 yrs Enr. & licat. and paymaster
$600
To 16 Nov 34 the day of his death —
20. Charles - Horace - Geo. 24 - Sydney B. Williams & Eleanor Baker only surviving children —
Ha. W. Parmenter (P.R.)

Sir,
Pension Office April 6th 1844
I have the honor to return you Mr Williams letter, respecting the increase to which his late Father Robert Williams, was entitled, as a Staff Officer, and to inform you, that arrears of pension vested in and unpaid to a deceased Pensioner at the time of his death, is payable by law to his Widow, and if she dies before she receives it, her Executrix or Administrator must receive it as her assets . This balance vests absolutely in the surviving widows by law, as soon as the pensioner dies, and this right of the widow is not limited by any stipulation she may have made in relation to her husband's rights of property.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your Obedt Servant, J B Edwans
Honble J. B. Edwans, House of Representatives.

East Cambridge Nov 23. 1845
Sir
Referring to yr of Sept 30 - I now enclose other evidence in case of Robert Williams
Respectfully Yours obed Servt W. Promenade
James L. Edwards Esq.
Council of Finance

Washington 31 Dec. 1843
J. L. Edward Esq.
Sir,
I pray your attention to the inclosed letter, so far as to enable me to reply to my constituent.
Your Obedient
Robt. C. Winthrop. -

D.R. 17 May -
Mr. Winthrop requests the attention of the Commissioner to the inclosed papers.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
SUFFOLK COUNTY.
The subscriber, Register of the Court of Probate for said County, Hereby Certifies, and Attests, that on the fifteenth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty four, Sidney B. Williams of Boston in said County, Tradu, was appointed Administratrix of the estate of
Sarah Williams
late of said Boston, Widow - deceased, intestate, and became bound according to law for the faithful discharge of said trust, and that the annexed paper is a true copy of the letter of Administratrix which was granted to the said Sidney B. Williams on his assuming said trust as appears by the records & files of said Court -
Given under my hand & the seal of said Court, at Boston, aforesaid, this fifteenth - day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty four.
H. M. Willis
Register of the Court of Probate, Suffolk County.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
SUFFOLK, ss. By the Judge of Probate for said County.
To Sidney B. Williams of Boston in said County, Trader
GREETING:
WHEREAS Sarah Williams late of Said Boston, Widow deceased, having lately died intestate, leaving goods and estate to be administered, and administration thereof having been granted
to you, and bond given as the law directs.
Trusting, therefore, in your care and fidelity, I do by these presents, pursuant to the power and authority to me granted, constitute and appoint you administrator
of the estate of said deceased,
and commit unto you the administration thereof, well and faithfully to execute the same according to law; And you are required to make and return into the Probate Court of said County of Suffolk within three months from the date hereof, a true inventory of all the real estate, and all the goods, chattels, rights, and credits of the said deceased, which are by law to be administered, and which have or shall come to your possession or knowledge:
And to administer according to law all the goods, chattels, rights, and credits of the said deceased, and the proceeds of all her real estate that may be sold for the payment of her debts, which shall at any time come to your possession, or the possession of any other person for you;
And to render upon oath a true account of your administration within one year from the date hereof, and at any other times when thereto required by the Judge of Probate of said County of Suffolk, and to pay any balance remaining in your hands upon the settlement of your accounts to such person or persons as the said Judge of Probate shall order and direct;
And to deliver the letters of Administration into the Probate Court, in case any will of the said deceased shall be hereafter duly proved and allowed;
And in all other matters and things, in relation to your said administration, you are faithfully to discharge your trust according to law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court of Probate, at Boston, the fifteenth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty four.
Willard Phillips , Judge of Probate.
Countersigned,
H. M. Willis , Reg'r.
SUFFOLK, ss. I order the above named administrator to give public notice of his appointment to and acceptance of that trust, by publishing a notification thereof three weeks successively in the Boston Daily Advertiser
printed in Boston, within three months, and make return thereof to this office, on oath, within one year from this date.
Given under my hand, this fifteenth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty four.
Willard Phillips , Judge of Probate.
Countersigned,
H. M. Willis , Reg'r.

15 Sep.
Horace Williams
Oct 30 1843
Maps: To Hon. James M. Calhoun, Comptroller of the Revenue Washington
App. Rec. B. 1. 6. v. 15, p. 15
RECEIVED

Boston October 26. 1843
To Hon. James L. Edmands Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Sir
On or about the 15 th September last, I forwarded to you through the Agency of the late Alibert Bradford Esq. a certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the Revolutionary Services of my late Father Robert Williams, with such other evidence of service as I had at hand, with the declarations of the children of the deceased executed in open court before the Hon. Judge of the District Court of Mass.
This was done with a view to a claim which the children of the late Rob t Williams suppose they have against the Gov t for arrears of Pension due him at his decease, under the regulation of June 7. 1832. He having under a former act, received the frontiers pay of a station officer only. Whereas his service as Lieutenant Paymaster from June 1777 for several years, as shown by the documents referred to, and as we have reason to believe by the Regimental Books now at Washington will show to the end of the war, would have entitled him under the act of 1832 to a considerably advanced rate.
Not having heard from you on the subject, the object of my writing now, is to respectfully ask, if consistent with your

note, to be informed if the papers refer to have been received, and if received, whether the heirs under the circumstances therein stated have as they supposed, have a good claim for such arrears.
Respectfully, Your Very Obdt Servt Horace Williams

Robert Williams dec d Mass.
Act 7. June '32 - on Roles - Henley - ass d 21 years Paymaster
$ 480. deduct what has been paid under act of 15 May 1828 - from 4 March 31. to 16 Nov. 34 the day of his death -
To Sidney B. Williams adm t of Sarah Williams dec d widow of Robert Williams dec d Hon R. C. Winthrop
HR Boston Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Septm 6 th 1818.
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 Robert Williams is found as follows, viz.
Upon the books of the Commissioned and Staff officers of the Continental Service, as Paymaster of the regt commanded by Col d Henry Jackson from June 3. 1777 to Dec 31. 1779 @ 12 L s per month; from Jan 1 to Dec 31. 1780 as Ensign & Paymaster at 12 L s per month; and upon the list of certificates, as Pay Master for the 4 th & 5 th Mass s regiments for services rendered in 1783, signed by John Avery for Secy, May 17. 1786.

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 which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Geo A. Bollen
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES
BY THE Widow  Childs
Horace Williams State of Massachusetts County of Suffolk Town of Boston
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of my late husband  Childs
Albert Williams
He enlisted in the year 1777 from the town of Boston in the County of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts in the Company of Capt. in the 16 th 9 th & 11 th Mass s Regiment, & and served as Paymaster until the close of the war We were married in the year He died in the year 1834
The only other facts which I recollect, are as follows, viz:—
His commission as Paymaster is dated March 5 th 1777. He was in the Regiment commanded by William Rice Esquire. He served to the close of the war in the 16 th 9 th & 11 th Reg s commanded by Col s  McKinley Henry Jackson , and after the war continued in Anne Munn's at the Head Quarters of the Paymaster General, making out for final Settlement the accounts of the Officers & Soldiers of those Regiments
Very Respectfully
Your Ob dt Serv t
Horace Williams
AD: & me of the heir
Mem o Mrs A Dolly Ind. Paris

I am now _____ years old, and my memory does not enable me to state any thing further material to the search required.
I have empowered _____ of to act in the premises as my Attorney.
WITNESS my hand, this _____ day of A. D. 184_____
Signed in my presence } by said _____
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

Boston May 7 th 1844. Hon: R. O. Winthrop. Washington
I must submit to the decision of Mr Edwards, as contained in his letter to you of the 6 th April.
I now at the request of Mr Sidney B Williams, the administrator on the estate of the widow of my late Father, enclose sundry documents, supposed to be required for the adjustment of the claim made for additional pension, which allow me to trouble you to place in hands of Mr Edwards.
Very Respectfully Yours O f Mr Horace Williams

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Suffolk ss: I, Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, holden at said Boston within & for the said County of Suffolk, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibi- ted to said Court, that Robert Williams, late of said Boston, was a pensioner, of the United States, at the rate of Three hundred & twenty dollars per annum, that he was a resident of the City of Boston, in said County of Suffolk, in the State of Massachusetts, and died in said City of Boston on the sixteenth day of Novem- ber A.D. 1834 leaving a widow, viz Sarah Williams, who died on the 18 th day of May A.D. 1839
Witness my hand and the seal of said Municipal Court hereto set this sixteenth day of May A.D. Eighteen hundred forty four
Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of said Municipal Court.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7 th June 1832, Robert Williams, dec d late of Massachusetts, who was a Pay Master in the Revolution, was entitled to a pension at the rate of $480 per annum; and having died on the 16 th Nov r 1834, the amount due from the 4 th March 1831 to the time of his death, is payable to Sidney B. Williams, administrator of Sarah Williams, dec d widow of said Robert Williams, dec d . The amount paid under the act of May 15. 1828, at the rate of $320 per annum, from the 4 th March 1831 to 16 th November 1834 to be deducted.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 2 nd — day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty-four.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.

No of orig Pag 89.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
30 June 1828.
Robert Williams — of Boston — in the County of Suffolk — 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 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 fourth 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, Nothing.  dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of
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. Dikens.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
July 1 st 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 in the line, amounting to  dollars.
It further appears that is now on the pension list of the agency, and has been since the  at the rate of  per month.
It Robert Williams was a Pay Master in the Mass ts Line & his Commutation of five years full pay allowed, amounting to Sixteen hundred Dollars. For which final Settlement Certificates were doubtless issued after his discharge as pay master had been stated, until which the Boston then his Commutation was suspended. The printed Register does not contain all the particulars of the pay of the Williams.

cannot be ascertained. - He is not on the Punson list of any agency nor has he been since the 3 rd March 1820
Wm. Haynes

John Pierce Raymond Yrs
S.R. 19508 Robert Williams Mass.

Lieut Robert Williams Pay Master to the 9 th Reg t Mass s  the having this Day produced receipts for two thousand five hundred seventy eight Dollars, received for the Officers Pay of said Regiment for Jan y Feby & March 1782 - Discharges him from the same —
New Windsor 9 July 1 st 1783
Jn s Paine Paym t Genl

Williams of as Paymaster.
Evidence of his being paymaster in 1781 also

S.F. 1950s Robert Williams Mass

D r The United States in Ac t current with Lieut. Robert Williams Paymaster of the late 11 th Mass. Reg t L te
1781
   Specie Dollars 90 th     To Cash paid the Officers and Soldiers of Capt. Hunt's Comp y in New Emmission 11.8 Dollars at 1 1/8 per equal to - 2.68 72   To Cash paid in Specie & Compt at the Head of Elk for Receipt. 2.79 60   May To Cash paid the Officers and Soldiers of the Reg t for the months of Jan y Feb y March & April 1, 81 in New Emmission 10,333 3/4 at 2 1/2 per equal to - 4,133 40   To Cash returned to Col o Wetmore Esq r 330 Dollars 3/4 in New Emmission at 2 1/2 per equal to - 132 12   4.81 1/2 4   Balance 121 33   4,938 57  
   Specie Dollars 90 th     By Cash received of John Pierce Esq r at the Head of Elk in New Emmission 11.8 Dollars at 1 1/8 per equal to 2.68 72   By Cash Rec d of Do. at Do in Specie 2.79 60   By Cash Rec d of Col o Wetmore Esq r in old money 1000 dollars at 75 per equal to 21 30   May By Cash received of Do. for the payment of the Reg t for the months of Jan y Feb y March & April in New Money 10,922 7/10 at 2 1/2 per equal to 4,368 75   4,938 57  
Rob t Williams Paymaster
New Emmission
   1781 Mar. 6 To Cash paid Capt. Hunt's Co. of Light Infantry includ g 50 dols paid Capt. J. Nobley 1.98   May 11 To ditto paid to John Pierce 390 20   To ditto paid to the Reg t on acct of pay for Sub s - 10,333 3/4   To Balance unaccounted for to be charged to the Pay of Lt. Williams in the Reg t a/c for 1 - 258 12   10,922 7/10   11,420 7/10  
   March 6 By Cash d. by of Jn s Pierce on acct of a Detach t 1.98   May 11 By - ditto of - ditto 10,922 7/10   11,420 7/10  
258 12 dols 2 1/2 for 1 - 103 3/4 4

IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the UNITED STATES New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary- land, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina and Georgia, TO:
Robert Williams Esquire
WE, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Paymaster of the regiment commanded by William R. Lee Esquire
in the Army of the United States, raised for the Defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile Invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Paymaster by doing and performing all manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as Paymaster . And you are to observe and follow forth Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States, or Com- mittee of Congress, for that purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief, for the Time being, of the Army of the United States, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress. DATED
June 5 th 1777.
By Order of the CONGRESS,
Attest. Chas Thomson
John Hancock
PRESIDENT.