Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25927, Samuel Weld, Continental Mass. R. I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Weld, Samuel
N. 25927
Mass.
Susannah
R.I.
CONTENTS
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2373.
Mude Island
Susannah Weed
widow of Samuel Weed
who was a Brig Sgt
in the Mass line
87 8 mo Private 13. Sgt
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 107 Dollars 16 2/3 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of Oct. 1843 and sent to
Franklin Greene Providence R.I.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book L Vol. 1 Page 98
Rept Oct 20

Samuel Weld of Providence and Susannah Walker of Providence daughter of Ephraim Walker were lawfully joined together in Marriage on the third day of January A.D. Seventeen Hundred and seventy nine.
Re. For Snow Pastor?
I have in my possession the record of Marriages kept by the Pastors of the Richmond Street Church in the city and county of Providence and state of Rhode Island, and 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; Jan 3. 1779. Willis Lord.
I Willis Lord above named, depose and say, that I held the office of Pastor of the Richmond Street Church, in the county, city and state aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the record of Marriages kept by the Pastors of the said Church, with the exception above named as certified by me.
Willis Lord Pastor of the Richmond St Church. Providence R.I. Sept 10 th 1839.

The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Providence County Jr.
Be it known, that in the City of Providence in the County and State aforesaid, on the Ninth Day of September in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and thirty nine, before me, Henry Martin, a Public Notary, for said County of Providence personally came and appeared, Willis Lord (to me personally known as the Pastor of the Richmond Street Church in this City) and made Oath, that the Statements contained in the within Certificates by him severally signed, are wholly and strictly true.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my Name and affixed my Seal of Office, at said Providence the Day and Year above written.
Henry Martin Public Notary

I Thomas Coles of Providence in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island aged Eighty six years on oath do depone and say that I was well acquainted with Samuel Weld formerly of Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts and afterwards of said Providence He married my wife's sister - I corresponded with him for several years and was well ac- quainted with his hand writing - from inspec- -tion of many of his letters to me now in my possession in his hand writing one of which is hereto annexed I have no doubt and fully believe that the Journal hereto annexed is his own proper hand writing and is signed by him I was an Officer in the Continental Army through the war and part of the time was in the Army where Mr Weld appears to have been and from the examination of minute par- ticulars mentioned in the Journal which I well recollect I am fully satisfied that Mr Weld must have been there and that the Journal is true and correct - I was unacquainted with Mr Weld until after he left the Army He was a man of more than ordinary intelli- gence & education - I knew from general report that he was afterwards when he had

left the Army taken in a Prisoner by the Enemy and died either in the action or at Martinique about the year seventeen hundred & eighty one
I was present when Samuel Weld was married to Susannah Walker in the winter of 1778 or in 1779 - I have been acquainted with Susannah Weld (his widow) ever since and she has never since been married
Thomas Cole
United States of America.
The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Providence County Ye. Be it known, that in the City of Providence, in the County and State aforesaid on the Six- teenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord One thousand, Eight Hundred and thirty nine, before me Henry Martin a Public Notary for said County of Prov- idence, personally came and appeared Thomas Cole, to me known as a reputable and respectable citizen. For several years collector of the Port of Providence and made Oath that the Statements contained in the preceding cer- tificate by him signed are wholly and strictly true.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my Name and affix- ed my Seal of Office at said Providence the Day and Year last above written
Henry Martin Public Notary

✓ 6288
Susannah Weld R.I.
Act. J. July '98-
m 79. d. St.
admd 8 mo pri 13 mo long? 7p 107. 6 3/4
no deduction
6288
Dez Simmons. Providence R.I.

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations. Municipal Court of the City of Providence, in the County of Prov- -idence, and State aforesaid, (being a Court of Record,) September 17 th 1839
Be it Remembered, that satisfactory testimony has been this day, addressed to this Court, that Sam- uel Weld formerly of said Providence, died at Martin- ique, in or about the year 1781; - that he left a widow, Susannah Weld, who now resides in said Providence; - that said Samuel and Susannah were legally married at said Providence, on the third day of January A.D. 1779; and that said Susannah is now the widow of said Samuel Weld, and has so remained ever since his death.
And the Court do further order it to be certified, that said Susannah Weld, who has signed the prece- -ding Declaration, and that John Warland, Grin- -dell Reynolds, Willis Lord, and Thomas Coles, who have signed annexed Depositions, are all credi- -ble persons.
I Albert H. 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 Susan- -nah Weld, to obtain the benefit of the Act of

enquep. of July 7 th A.D. 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows."
I also certify, that Henry Martin, who has signed three annexed certificates, was at the times of the respective dates thereof, and now is a Public Notary for the County of Providence aforesaid, duly elected and qualified, and authorized by law to administer oaths and take depositions, and that his signatures aforesaid are true and genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have here- unto set my hand, and have affixed the Seal of said Court, this 17 th day of September, A.D. 1839.
Albert Greene, Clerk.

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations City and County of Providence } ss
On this seventeenth day of September A D 1839 personally appeared before the Municipal Court of the City of Providence Susannah Weld a resident of said City of Providence in said County of Providence aged seventy nine 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 A D 1830 entitled An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows That she is the widow of Samuel Weld who was Third Sergeant in Captain James Mellen's Company & Colonel Jonathan Ward's Regiment it being the 21 st Regiment raised by the Thirteen United Colonies of North America - That said Weld was of Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts on the first of May A D seventeen hundred & seventy five enlisted in Capt Williams Company at said Roxbury - That on the 19 th of July 1775 Capt Williams Company removed to Dorchester in Massachusetts and joined Col. Greate's Regiment - July 26 th 1775 the Regiment marched to Cambridge and encamped in fort Number two - That on the first day of January 1776 he

he removed from Cambridge to Dorchester and joined Capt Mellen's Company in Coll Ward's Regiment where the Sergeants Warrant hereto annexed and went to Salem on the 4th as a recruiting officer - That his journal hereto annexed in his own handwriting contains an accurate account of his service up to December Seventeen Hundred seventy six the thirty first day in all one year and eight months - That she understands and believes that he continued in the service after that time and said journal has an entry on the last page of February 18th 1777 - That the journal kept by said Wld subsequent to the one annexed is now lost - That she has understood that he left the Continental service on account of sickness in the year 1777 and afterwards served in the Rhode Island Militia during the most of the war - That he served in Spencers expedition and many others - That he was taken by the English while on a voyage and died at Martinque in October about 1781 - When he left the Continental army he settled at Providence - She requests that reference may be had to the Documents relating to Military service in 1776 of Massachusetts now loaned to the She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Wld on the third day of June Seventeen hundred & twenty nine and that her husband died at Martinque in the year 1781 as aforesaid - That she was not married to

him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated
Suzannah Weld
Municipal Court of the City of Providence, September 17. 1839. Subscribed and duly sworn to by Suzannah Weld, in open Court. Albert Greene Clerk.
Pension Office

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25,927
Susannah Wild Wid. of Samuel Wild Sergt Rev. War
Act: March 3 d 1843
Index:—Vol. W , Page 324
[Arrangement of 1870.]

The Diary of Saml Weld from '73 to '78 confirms the proofs of his service as private for 8mo in '75- and 13mo from Jan'y 76 to Feb'y 77-as length.
J. Crump says that "the Diary" has been returned to the "Antiquarian Society"-being part of its records - Jan 24, 1840.

I Grindall Reynolds of Boston in the County of Suffolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, On Oath depose and say, that I am in the eighty fourth year of my age. I knew Sam- uel Weld from his boyhood. I was with him in the Rhode Island Militia, in the Revolutionary War. I was in the same company & in the same mess with him. I was orderly Sergeant & Clerk of the Company. The Company was first under Capt Bunnell, as a Militia Company in Providence - when we were called abroad, we were under different Captains; Snow & others Weld was in the expedition under General Spencer with a view to attack New Port & take it; but it failed. I was in the expedition & so was Weld. It lasted a month. On our return we could get no quarters in Tiverton Village , I had to go into the Country for quarters, & we told Weld, as he was an old Soldier he must be pilot. Weld was in the Militia the greatest part of the time, that the British were at Newport, to the best of my recollection; & the Militia went on frequent expeditions.

It was perfectly understood, at that time, by me, from the conversation of said Weld & others, that said Weld had been in the Continental Army; but I had no personal knowledge of the fact - it was my understanding from the general conversation, when I was with Weld in the Militia, that he had been in the Service before. We were at Tiverton in the Year 1777 - I held a Commission of Ensigns & afterwards of Lieutenant in the Militia in Providence; but whether Weld was in my company after I held those Commission I do not recollect. Weld was my own cousin, & the relationship led me to know more about him, than I otherwise should. Weld married Susan Walker, sometime after the expedition under Spencer - I think pretty soon after. They were married in Providence; I have very little doubt I was at their wedding, but do not recollect it with sufficient certainty to swear I was present.
Gerrit Reynolds

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk ss.
City of Boston, June 26th. A.D. 1839.
Then personally appeared the aforesaid Grindall Reynolds & subscribed and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition before me, the subscriber. And I further certify, that the said Reyn- olds is a person of good character, & reputation for veracity.
Wm Simonds Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk ss. City of Boston, June 26. 1839.
I Thomas Power Clerk of the Police Court of the City of Boston, the same being a County Court, do hereby certify that William Simmons, abovenamed is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Suffolk, and that the above signature of his name is his proper handwriting. In testimony whereof I have set my hand hereunto, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be affixed.
Thomas Power Clerk.

I John Howland of Providence State of Rhode Island now in the Eighty Second Year of my Age, Do Testify That in October 1777 an Expedition against the British Army on Rhode Island was Ordered by Major General Spencer then the Commander in Chief in this department, and a considerable portion of the Militia of this State were drafted and marched to Tiverton, and That I then belonged to a Company in Colonel Brown's Regi- -ment, and Samuel Weld also belonged to the same Company, that we served during the month of October and until the Expedition was abandoned. I was well acquainted with the said Mr Samuel Weld before the time of the said Service and during the same and know that he served in said Expedition for the term of one month or more, and until we returned home to Providence and the Troops were discharged. I further Testify that the said Samuel Weld as I understood was a native of Boston or of Roxbury in Massachusetts, and having removed to this Town he was married to Susanna Walker the daughter of Ephraim Walker and that the said Susanna is now living here the Widow of the said Samuel Weld. John Howland

The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Providence County Jr.
Be it known. That in the City of Providence, in the County and State aforesaid, on the twelfth Day of September, in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and thirty nine, before me Henry Martin, a Public Notary for said County of Providence, personally came and appeared John How- land, to me known, as one of our oldest and most intelligent Citizens) and made Oath that the State- ments contained in the within certificate or Deposition by him signed, are wholly and strictly true.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my Name and affixed my Seal of Office at said Providence the Day and Year abovenamed.
Henry Martin. Public Notary

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, August 17. 1839.
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 Samuel Weld is borne on a "Muster Roll of Capt. Edward Payson Williams Company, in the 36 th Regt. of foot in the Continental Army. Encamped in Fort No 2. October the 3 rd 1775." as a Private from Roxbury.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John P. Bigelow Secretary of the Commonwealth.
$2.

2467
R.D.
Susannah Wild
Mar 3 rd 43
$101. 66 per ann.
Franklin Greene
Pompton
R.D.
July 6 1843

State of Rhode Island } ss. County of Providence }
On this eighteenth day of May 1843. personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the City and County of Providence Susannah Wild a resident of said City and County aforesaid. Aged eighty three years; with whom I am personally acquainted; 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 3 d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war: That she is the widow of Samuel Wild, who was a private and sergeant in the war of the Revolution, and that she received a pension of one hundred and one dollar and sixty six cents per annum under the act of July 7 th 1838. - She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.
Franklin Green
Jus. Peace. Providence Is. in Providence May 18. to 1843. I hereby certify that Susannah Wild the above declarant is personally known to me, and that her statements are entitled to full credit. Franklin Green Jus. Peace

State of Rhode Island ? County of Providence } ss.
I Samuel W King Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that Franklin Gurne is a Justice of the Peace in and for the City and County of Providence, and is legally qualified to act in his said capacity. And that his signature within written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court. this 31 st day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
Sam W King
Clerk. Court Comm Pleas

Rhode Island - 4935
Susannah Weld, widow of Samuel Weld, deceased.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died in the year 1781 of Providence in the State of R. Island who was a private in the company commanded by Captain J. Allen of the Regt - commanded by Col. G. Ward in the Mass. Vols - line for 8 mos. private 13 mos. Sergeant.
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island - at the rate of 101 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Janua- ry 1840 and sent to Perez Simmons, Providence, R. I.
Arrears to the 14th of March, 1840 - $ 406.64 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th 50.83
$457.47
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 2 Page 28.

Samuel Weld cont. Mass. R.I.

Jonathan Ward Esq; Col. of the 21 Regiment raised by the THIRTEEN UNITED COLONIES of NORTH AMERICA.
To Samuel Weld — — — GREETING:
B Y Virtue of the Power and Authority to me given, in and by the Delegates from the said Colonies, in Congress assem- bled, I do by these Presents, by the Consent and Approbation of your Captain, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct, constitute and appoint you the said
Samuel Weld to be the third Serjeant in a Company in said Re- giment commanded by Capt. James Mellen Esq; You are therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a 3 d Serjeant in ordering and exercising said Company in the Service aforesaid, commanding them to obey you as their Serjeant and you are to observe such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from time to time receive from me, or other your superior Officers, according to the Military Rules and Discipline, pursuant to the Trust reposed in you; for which this shall be your sufficient Warrant.
Given under my Hand, at Dorchester January 1/1776 This may certify that I approve of the within N o Sam l Weld to be third Serjeant in my Company — James Mellen Capt.  Ward Colonel

Hon. James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Providence R.I. Oct 22 1834
Hon J. L. Edwards Pension Office Washington
Sir
In addition to the papers herewith sent I have to request that the documents belonging to the State of Massachusetts which were loaned to the Department at Washington to which on that account I could not have access
The Journal of Samuel Weld sent with the papers I wish to have returned as it is the property of the Rhode Island Historical Society and is of much value and interest here - I beg that it may not be suffered to fall into the hands of any antiquarians at Washington
Will you have the goodness to advise me if there is any want of form or proof in the papers and direct the certificate be if granted to
Your Obedt. Servt
Perez Simmons Atty at Law Providence R.I.
to returned.