Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 11163, Oliver Warren, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Warren, Oliver Lucy
R 11163
CONTENTS

No 7844 Lucy Warren 80
mother of Oliver.
New York
July 4, 1836,
Refuted.
She died in 1813,
She died in 1835.
H. P. Norton, Brookport, N. York.

State of New York County of Monroe } ss.
On this twenty seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred & fifty two personally appeared in open court before the County Court of said County of Monroe which is a Court of Record, Daniel Warren a resident of the Town of Pomfret in the County of Windsor in the State of Vermont late a resident of the Town of Smeden in said County of Monroe, aged sixty two 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 provisions of the acts of Congress in relation to granting pensions for services in the war of the Revolution. That he is the son of Oliver Warren who was a soldier and servant in the war of the Revolution as set forth in the proofs hereto annexed. That he this declarant was born in the aforesaid Town of Pomfret where his father and mother then resided, That his said father Oliver Warren died at said Pomfret in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirtun, That his mother Lucy the wife of said Oliver Warren survived her husband & lived his widow and unmarried till her death and that she died at said Pomfret in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty five or thirty six, and which year he cannot state with certainty, That the said Oliver Warren and the said Lucy lived together as husband & wife to declarants knowledge from the time, he this declarant was an infant

to the time of the death of said Oliver Warren, and they had a family of ten children only three of whom were living at the time of the death of said Oliver Warren to wit! Joseph Warren, Anna wife of Samuel Wood, and this declarant, and that at the time of the death of the said Oliver Warren the said son Joseph lived in the County of Washington in the state of New York, and said daughter Anna lived in the town of Barnard in the state of Vermont. That the said daughter Anna died before the death of her mother, the said Lucy, and the said son Joseph did not far from the time of the death of the said Lucy his mother and this declarant is the only surviving child of the said Oliver Warren, and of said Lucy Warren, no other child of theirs or of either of them being now alive, That he often heard his father, the said Oliver Warren declare that he was a soldier in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution, and say that he served during the whole or nearly the whole of said war and it was commonly reported that he was in such service, and that the said Oliver Warren was lame both in an arm and a leg, and this declarant heard him often state that his arm was broken in said service, and that he was wounded by a ball in his leg in such service, and declarant often saw the said injuries and wounds
Daniel Warren

Subscribed and sworn before me the said 27 th day of April 1852
H. Humphrey Monroe County Judge
County of Monroe State of New York
I John T. Lacey Clerk of the County of Monroe in the State of New York and a clerk of the County Court of said County do certify that said Court is a Court of record and that Harvey Humphrey Esquire before whom in open Court the foregoing declaration of Daniel Warren was made taken and subscribed me at the date thereof the Judge of the County Court of said County the said Court being held by law by one judge only and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said judge and truly believe the signature above to be the genuine signature of the said Judge dated this 27 th day of April 1852.
John T. Lacey clerk

Town clerk certificate of Salem

Extract from the Records of the Town of New Salem,
"The Purpose of Marriage between Oliver Warren of this Town and Lucy Winslow of Petersham was published September the fifth One Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy Seven Dan l C. Shaw Town Clerk."
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. "Sept y 5 th 1777.
Alpheus Harding Jr. Town Clerk of New Salem, Franklin County - Massachusetts May 6. 1852.
I Alpheus Harding Jr above named depose & say, that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town, County & State, aforesaid & that the above is a true extract from the Records aforesaid with the exception above named as certified by me - Alpheus Harding Jr. Clerk of the Town of New Salem
Franklin ss. May 10 th 1852 Then Alpheus Harding above named, personally appeared & made oath to the above certificates. before me Alpheus Harding Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Franklin ss.
I Henry Chapman, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Franklin, do certify that Alpheus Harding Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on this paper, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County, duly commissioned & acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that full faith & credit is & ought to be given to his acts & attestations done in that capacity: & that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Alpheus Harding Esqr, & believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth. This eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord. 1852.
H. Chapman Clerk.

State of Vermont Windsor County      Governor Winslow of the town of Pomfret County of Windsor Vermont being duly sworn deposes and says that he is aged Sixty years, and that he was acquainted with Oliver Warren as Maurice Lucy Winslow and that the said Oliver Warren died in the town of Pomfret in the Month of March one thousand eight hundred and thirteen and that deponent was present at his Funeral and that said Lucy Wife of said Oliver Survived him and lived a widow, until her death, and that she died in said Pomfret in the Month of December one thousand eight hundred thirty six, as deponent knows - and deponent knows that during all the time since his marriage and until the death of the said Oliver, that the said Oliver Warren and Lucy lived together as husband and wife, and they had several children and that all the said children are now dead except Daniel then born who now resides in the said town of Pomfret, but who has heretofore resided in the state of new york who is the sole surviving child of the said Oliver & Lucy
Deponent further says that it was commonly reported and believed, that the said Oliver Warren was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and served during the great

Point of war and that defendant knows that said Oliver Warren was owner of a Sleigh and Wagon both of which ownership was by defendant and other to be believed to him caused by reasons disease contracted during the war, Docket May 8. 1852 Then further Defendant said not Gardner Winston
State of Vermont at Windsor County Gardner Winston Personally appeared and made oath to the foregoing deposition
By Me Harvey Bruce Justice Peace

STATE OF VERMONT, ) I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court of the County Windsor County, ss. } of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
Harry Bruce
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 29 th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two and will expire the thirtieth day of November 1852 and that his signature for signing is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 8 day of May A. D. 1852
Norman Williams Clerk.

December 1, 1933
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Oliver Warren-R.11163
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Helen T. Wilson 156 Guy Park Avenue Amsterdam, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Oliver Warren, who served with the Massachusetts troops and died in Pomfret, Vermont.
You are furnished herein the history of the only soldier named Oliver Warren found in the Revolutionary War records of this office; the data therein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R.11163, based upon his service in that war.
Oliver Warren was a native of New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts; the date of his birth and names of his parents are not shown in the claim. He died in March, 1813 in Pomfret, Windsor County, Vermont.
Oliver Warren married Lucy Winslow; the intention of marriage was dated, September 5, 1777, at which time he was living in New Salem, and she in Petersham, Massachusetts.
The widow, Lucy Warren, died in 1835 or in December, 1836 in Pomfret, Vermont.
Oliver Warren and his wife, Lucy, had a family of ten children, only three of whom were living at the time of the soldier's death, namely: Joseph Warren, who was then living in Washington County, New York, and died soon after the death of his mother; Anna, who married Samuel Wood, she lived in Barnard, Vermont, at the time of the death of her father, and died prior to the

death of her mother; and Daniel Warren the only child who survived both father and mother. Names of other children not known.
On April 27, 1852, Daniel Warren made application in Monroe County, New York, for the pension that might have been due on account of the Revolutionary War service of his father, Oliver Warren. The said Daniel Warren in 1852 lived in Pomfret, Vermont and was then aged sixty-two years; he was born in Pomfret, Vermont, and at one time lived in Sweden, Monroe County, New York.
It was alleged that Oliver Warren, while residing in New Salem, Massachusetts, enlisted at the age of twenty-three or twenty-four years, that he served as a private with the Massachusetts troops (dates of service and names of officers not given), that he was in the battle of Bunker Hill, was wounded by a ball in the leg and suffered a broken arm and that he served to the close of the war.
The claim was not allowed as proof of service, as required by the pension law, was not established.
In 1852, one Gardner Winslow aged sixty years, was a resident of Pomfret, Vermont, and a justice of the peace for Windsor County, Vermont; his relationship to the soldier's wife, Lucy, was not stated.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Pension Office August 26, 1852.
Sir,
I have examined and filed under the act of July 4, 1836, an application for a pension in right of Lucy Warner, widow of Oliver Warner, submitted to this office by O. L. D. Pick, Esq. of this city, and you are informed that of the said Oliver died in 1813, and his widow in 1835. There are now no annuities of pension due to either of which their children can assert a claim. The earliest pension law, now in force, which makes provision for soldiers of the Revolution, was passed on the 7 th of June 1832, and the earliest law providing for their widows was passed on the 4 th of July July 1836, and the parties must have been alive at that period, respectfully, in order to be en-

based by them.
The application is rejected.
The children of a of mother who died after July 4, 1836, were not entitled to the share of per capita share their mother from the 4th of March 1831-provided it could be shown that the father was in since after his marriage.
Henry P. Norton Aug 26/52
Henry F. Norton, Esq. Brockport, N. York.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
February 28. 1850.
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 Oliver Warren is borne on rolls of 8 mos. Service in 1775, in Capt. John King's Co. Col. Ruggles Woodbridge's Reg't, as a private, of New Salem. Also on the Coat roll of this Co. Oct. 23. 1775.
On a pay roll of Capt. Moses Harvey's Co. Col. Woodbridge's Reg't, as private, from Aug. 22. 1777, 3 mos. 17 days - Capt. Harvey was from Montague; his company from the vicinity -
On a pay roll of Capt. Joshua Woodbridge's Co. Col. Nathan Tyler's Reg't, as a private, Service in R.I. from June 25. 1779 Six mos. 6 days. from New Salem.
Also on a list of men enlisted for 3 years, from New Salem, Apr. 10. 1781. 29 years of age. light complexion 5 ft. 8 in. a Shoemaker. - His name is also signed to a receipt for £90 for this enlistment. & to an order to pay his wages for serving in

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.
W. H. Nathan,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Application for Certificate of Revolutionary Services of Oliver Warren. made by his Son Daniel Warren.
State of New York
Monroe County ss. The Secretary of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish Records or evidence from the Rolls in his Office of the Service of Oliver Warren in the war of the Revolution, as a private, or Officer. He was a Native of New Salem in the said Commonwealth, and resided there when the Revolution commenced. He was a Shoemaker by trade or Occupation, and was about twenty three or twenty four years of Age. I have heard my Father frequently give a description of his Services and talk about his officers but I cannot recollect enough to state their Names. He has stated frequently that he was in the Service at Bunker Hill and was in the battle fought there.
I suppose he was in the War nearly the whole of the Revolution or a Considerable portion of it & that he enlisted for three years, but I do not know at what period of the Revolution he enlisted, that when he enlisted he was a Citizen of New Salem resided there and had a family —

My Father was wounded in the Service in the leg and Arm, but I am not able to state when or at what place he was wounded or when he was discharged, but have always understood he served til the close of the war — Daniel warren
Monroe County B. Daniel Warren being duly sworn according to law on his oath says that the above Statement of his Father's services is true according to the best of the deponent's information & belief — Sworn and Subscribed { Daniel warren This 2 nd day of February } Before me. — Austin Harmon Justice of the Peace
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I Martha Reed of Danforth County of Windsor and State of Vermont of the age of Seventy years desire testify and say that Oliver Warren and Lucy Warren lived in this Town for many years as Man and Wife, and had a family of children amongst which was a Son by the name of Daniel and Deponent believe that all of the Family of the Said Oliver are Dead and that Oliver Warren died twenty five or thirty years since and that the Said Lucy lived a Widow until her death and died in this Town 12 or 15 years since and further Deponent saith not
Danforth May 8-1852
Mark Martha Reed
State of Vermont Windsor County ss I Sworn to before Martha R the day of May A.D. 1852
Governor William H. Nute of Dan

STATE OF VERMONT, } I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court of the Coun- Windsor County....ss. } ty of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
Sardun Winslow
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 29 th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and that his signature signing is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, at Woodstock, in said County Windsor, this 8 th day of May A. D. 1852
Norman Williams, Clerk.

156 Guy Park Ave., Amsterdam, N.Y. Nov. 18, 1933
P.O. Box 216
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please let me know if Oliver Warren's wife Lucy was granted a pension for his Revolutionary services?
He served in Massachusetts and died in Pomfret, Vt.
If she she did receive a pension and the record gives any infor- mation about his family, will you kindly send me the details?
Thanking you,
I am yours truly
(Mrs.) Helen T. Wilson.

Washington June 14/52
Sir, I am instructed to send you the enclosed papers in the application of the heirs of Oliver Warren, of the Massachusetts line, for a Pension.
Your Office will please to advise with Henry P. Norton Esq of Brockport N. Y. in relation to this application
With great respect Your Obt Servt O. S. Peck Comm r of Pensions

ms 844 Lucy Warren mid of blm New York Let. H. P. Stokes, Aug 26/52
11163
July 4, 1836.

1933 Dec. 1 - List. to Mrs. Helen J. Wilson Aug.
11.16.3
P. O. Lucy Warren
Service: Oliver 1-0 REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18