Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19127, Josiah Torrey, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
mass.
Forrey, Josiah or Forry
S. 19127
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CONTENTS

10.078
Massachusetts
Josiah Torry
of Meester in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Eaton of the Regt commanded by Col Jones in the Brigade line for 11 Mos  Private 10 " Artificer
Nat. & Mil.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 106 Dollars 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of March 1833 and sent Wm. L. Bates  Northampton Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $213.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833 53.33 $266.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 2a Page 83
78 Mass.

Josiah Forry N o 4.359
Archer 10 March Purch 11 21
Witnesses to the above
Nov 24 1832 106.66
Hon. J. H. Bates
Northampton
Mass
L. P. Huntington Northampton Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Josiah Fory of the County of Worcester in the State of Mass.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1775 — 8 — As a Volunt. Gen. Col. Bailey, Capt. Reed   "77 — 3 — ditto Col. Jones, Capt. Cobb   "78 Feb. 7 — 10 — ditto as an Artificer Col. Jones, Capt. Eaton } as furnished by witness  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bridgewater  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Depositions  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Sevin B. D. B. Examining Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Hampshire County, ss.
On this twenty eighth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally appeared before me, Jason Richards, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Josiah Torrey, a resident of Plainfield in said County, aged fifty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, on oath makes the following Declaration in order to obtain for himself and the other children of Josiah Torrey late of said Plainfield, deceased, an increase of the Pension, granted to the said Josiah Torrey in his life time under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and the Act of 7th of June 1832, to wit, That he is the son of the said Josiah Torrey, deceased who received a Pension under the said last mentioned Act of the 7th June A D 1832 at the rate of one hundred and six dollars and sixty six cents per annum for services in the Revolutionary War as an Artificer under Capt. or Lieut. Daniel Frye in 1780 at Blacksmithing, & enlisted at Boston and marched to Springfield, also under Capt. Reed in Col. Bailey's Regiment in the years 1775 and 1776, and served under Capt. Hooker I think, and I further state that the said Josiah Torrey served one year or more under Col. Jeduthan Baldwin as an Artificer, That the said Josiah Torrey died on the 6th day of August 1836. The following are the only surviving children of the said Josiah Torrey deceased, to wit, Josiah Torrey of Plainfield,

John Torrey of Williamsburg, and Ruth Ford, the wife of John Ford of Cummington in the County and State aforesaid, Olive Converse, the widow of Ansel Converse of Butternuts in the State of New York, and Nancy Shaw, the wife of Ebenezer Shaw of Chatham in the State of Ohio. The said Josiah Torrey left a widow him surviving who died August 20th A. D. 1848. This Declarant states that he believes the said Josiah Torrey was entitled to a higher rate of Pension than was allowed him, to wit, one hundred and forty four dollars, or two hundred and forty dollars per annum, for his services in the Revolutionary War as aforesaid, from the commencement of his Pension to the time of his death. He therefore requests the Commissioner of Pensions to reexamine the case and that an increase of the Pension may be allowed, if it shall be found that the said Josiah Torrey in his life time was entitled to the same. Josiah Torrey
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Hampshire County, ss.
Then on the day and year first above written, personally appeared Josiah Torrey, who is well known to me to be a credible witness, and in my presence subscribed the foregoing Declaration, and made oath that the facts therein stated are correct and true.
Before me, Jason P. Richards, Justice of the Peace.

Josiah Ferry N o 4369 Declaration

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this 20 th day of August in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Samuel Hinsley Judge of Probate in now sitting Josiah Torrey a resident of Plainfield , in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy five 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 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
I was born in the town of Shrewsbury in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts on the first of November 1755 I have no record of my age but suppose it may be found in the records of the town of Shrewsbury I lived in the town of Shrewsbury until I was twenty five years old when I removed to the town of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire where I have since resided. Soon after the Battle of Lexington 1775 I volunteered as a private for the term of eight months in the service of the state in a company commanded by William Reed and Regiment commanded by Col Bailey and marched to Roxbury and the term for which I engaged I volunteered as a private under Capt Nathan Snow and marched to Little Compton in the state of Rhode Island but for how long a term and at what time and under what other officers I am unable to say I again volunteered as a private in a company commanded by Capt Packard and went to Bristol in the state of Rhode Island but for how long a term and at what time I cannot say I recollect a Gen Palmer at Bristol In the latter part of February 1778 I volunteered as an artillery for the term of ten months we marched from Plymouth County to Albany in the state of New York from there to West Point where I staid until about the first of January 1779 when my time expired and I was discharged I never received a discharge and have no documentary evidence of my service In the 1777 I volunteered as a private in a company commanded by Edward Cobb and Regiment commanded by Col Jones and marched to Bristol in the state of Rhode Island by way of Taunton and served there in the state service three months
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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before me Samuel Hinsley Judge of Probate for said County Josiah Torrey

We Moses Hallack a Clergyman residing in the town of Plainfield and Jason Richards residing in Plainfield hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isiah Torrey 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. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Moses Hallack Jason Richards Before me Samuel Hinsley Judge of Probate
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 above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Moses Hallack who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Plainfield and that Jason Richards who has also signed the same is a resident in the Plainfield and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Samuel Hinsley Judge of Probate
I Sam F. Lyman Register, Clerk 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 Isiah Torrey for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of said Court this twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two .
Sam F. Lyman Register

M.B.H.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Sept. 1, 19127
Bureau of Pensions,
Rev War
Washington, D. C., April 17 1906
Madam:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Josiah Torrey , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. or May 1775 Jan 1776 Private Wm Beal. Bailey Mass.   — — Pri Nathan Snow — Mass.   1777 3 mos Private Edwards Cobb Jones Mass.   — — Private Packard. — Mass.   Feb 1778 Jan 1779 Artiller Ezra Eaton James Malcomb Mass.  
Battles engaged in, None stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co. Mass
Date of application for pension, Aug 20. 1832; his claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Plainfield Hampshire Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, born Nov 1. 1755 at Bridgewater, Mass. He died Aug 6 1836
Remarks: His widow Olive died Aug. 20. 1848. Children: Josiah; John; Ruth; married John Ford; Olive, married Ansel Gouverse; Nancy, married Ebenezer Shaw.
Very respectfully,
Mrs Charles Dudley
Nauseon.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Eliphaleet  Prichard Esquire, before whom the annexed depositions (2) were taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twentieth day of August A. D. 1832.
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.

Nathan Snow
Affidavit
Sorry

I Nathan Snow of Rumnington in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts having arrived to the age of eighty one years testify and declare that I was personally knowing and served with Joseph Torrey in the year 1775 at Roxbury the first eight months Campaign said Service commenced in the Month of April or May and ended about the first of January 1776 Said Torrey was in the Service of the State of Massachusetts and in the Regiment Commanded by Col Bailey and Company commanded by Capt Reed  Nathan Snow  Carnnington August 11 1832
Hampshire ss August 11 1832 Personally appeared Nathan Snow and made solemn Oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed Before me  Elizabeth Packard Justice of the Peace
Hampshire ss Dec 13 1832 I hereby certify that Nathan Snow the above deponent is a credible person  Elizabeth Packard Justice of the Peace

Samuel Thayer affidavit Sorry

I Samuel Thayer of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and a State of Massachusetts having arrived to the age of Seventy one years testify and declare that I knew Josiah Forrey of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire in the Revolutionary war that I was knowing and served with him in said States some three Months at Bristol in Rhode Island in the year 1777 in a Company Commanded by Edward Lobb and a Regiment Commanded by Col Jones
Samuel Thayer
Hampshire ss August 15 1832 Personally appeared Samuel Thayer and made solemn Oath to the truth of the above Statement by him subscribed before me
Elphinstone Parkers Justice of the Peace
1 Oct 13 1832 Hampshire ss I hereby certify that Samuel Thayer the above deponent is a credible person - Elphinstone Parkers Justice of the Peace

Isaiah Smith Deposition for Isaiah Perry -
not taken overlooked when I Perry's application was sent. forwarded by request.
C. P. Huntington

I Isaiah Snell of Ware, in the county of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and say that I am acquainted with the services of Isaiah Torrey of Hampshire County Commonwealth aforesaid in the War of the revolutionary War. I also testify that the said Isaiah Torrey was drafted in the town of East Bridgewater to serve in Capt. Nathan Packard's Company, 2d Col. John Sackett's Regt. for three months at the expiration of which was orally discharged. I also testify I served with the said Torrey during the above campaign. This service was performed in the State of Rhode Island. Said Torrey was drafted in the month of August 1780.
Isaiah Snell
Hampshire ss.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts August 22 nd 1832.
Then personally appeared Isaiah Snell above named and took Oath to the truth of the above Affidavit.
Fram Packard Last page
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss.
Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Fram Packard Esquire whose signature is affixed to the above certificate was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County duly Commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth - and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity - and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Fram Packard and believe his signature above to be genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court at Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this twenty fourth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
S. Stoddard Clerk

I hereby certify
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss I hereby certify that Irenaeus Packer The Justice of the Peace who made the Certificate within mentioned has since he made said Certificate moved to the State of Ohio six hundred miles off - he omitted to certify that Irenaeus Packer the within Deposition is as credible person - I therefore now certify I know him to be a credible person -
Leonard Hinckley Judge of Probate for said County

Joseph Barnum Disposition

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that John Mack Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twentieth day of August
A. D. 1832.
Samuel F. Lyman
Register of Probate.

I Joseph Burnell of Chesterfield in the County of Hampshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify that I was acquainted with Josiah Tarry in the time of the Revolutionary War - and that I know the s d Josiah Tarry - of Hampshire in the County & Commonwealth aforesaid. I also testify that the s d Josiah Tarry enlisted in Capt. Ezra Eaton Company in Col. Jones & Malcomb Regt. March 1 st 1778 for ten months and that the s d Tarry was regularly & honorably discharged Jan 1 st 1779. I also testify that I was with the s d Tarry during the above encampment. He served as artificers - during the time above mentioned. Hampshire Augst 4 1832 Joseph Burnell
Hampshire ss August 2 nd 1832 Then personally appeared Joseph Burnell above named and took oath to the truth of the above statements - John Mark Justiss Hampshire ss Dec 15 1832 I hereby further certify that Joseph Burnell the above deponent is a credible person John Mark, Justice of the Peace

P 1912 4
INVALID.
File No. 19127
Isiah Long Pin Robert
Act: June 7 th .82
Index:—Vol. / , Page 377
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1906 Apr 17 - History to Mrs. Charles Dudley
M.3.H.
1910 Hist to Mrs Julia J. Forward
Mch 16. Seller in 9nd F. 17. 13d. Abraham Meacham
M.13.H.

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April 5 '06.
O. U. + N. Division.
Please send me the pension record of Revolutionary soldier Josiah Torrey born in 1756 probably in Abington Mass. and died as far as I can find out Aug. 6, 1836. He settled in Plainfield Mass. about 1785 but do not know whether he died there or not. Also the pension record of Caleb White, revolutionary soldier. He was born Aug 19, 1744. & died in dates from  Canap m. 134 Plainfield Mass. April 8, 1840. His wife was Amy Coleson. He is mentioned in the Plainfield History as a pensioner in 1833.
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Yours
Mrs. Chas Dudley, Waukon,
O.

Washington, Dec. 6 th 1850
Sir:
Enclosed you will please find the declaration of Isaiah Forry, claiming for himself and other children of Isaiah Forry, late of Massachusetts, dec d . an increase of the Pension allowed said Isaiah Forry dec d . in his life-time under act of 7 th July 1832.
Very respectfully
Your obt. Servt
Dickins & Hovey
Atty's for Clnts.
Jas E. Heath Esq
Com r of Pension

Josiah Tony
N o 4369
properly attached to the certificate.
That under the seal of office of the certifying officer so as to prevent any paper from being inserted, must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must be written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper, unauthenticated, the said paper to be attached to the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the paper.
ARTICLE XVII. Mode of authentication papers.
That the affidavits must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
That in the original, duplicate, and true to which the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the time of the statements entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as must prove the service of the original witness, who are required to set forth in their affidavits in a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, be ARTICLE XVIII. Mode of service.
That the original and all such descriptive extractions are equitable.
That the pension and the proof of his service. That one of the papers upon which the pension is to be paid, is to be furnished to the applicant, and the particular must be kept in the Department for the period for which the applicant is entitled to receive the same.
C. P. Huntington

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Josiah Tony which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? yes 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no
And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 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.
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 the 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.
†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 authenticated 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 end 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 reply to your request of the 23 ultimo , received the 26. for a statement of the military history of Josiah Torrey S. 1. 19127 a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
Please write below
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr 1775 8 mos Pvt. William Reed. Bailey Mass   1777 Edward Goff Jones   1777 Nathan Snow   Feb 1778 Jan 1 1779 Captain Ezra Eaton Morgan or James Malcomb   Packard   { A careful search of the Revolutionary war pension files records afford full information relative to any Josiah Torrey other than the above.  
Battles engaged in, None stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co. Mass Date of application for pension, Aug 20 1832.  Her claim was allowed Residence at date of application, Plainfield, Hampshire Co. Mass. Age at date of application, Nov. 1, 1755. Bridgewater, Mass; he died Aug. 1, 1836 Remarks: His widow, Olive died Aug 20 1848: Only surviving children in 1851; Josiah, resident Plainfield, Mass aged 57 years; John, resident Northampton, Hampshire Co. Mass; Ruth, wife John Ford of Cummington, Hampshire Co. Mass; Olive, widow Ansel Converse and resident of Butternuts, N.Y.; Nancy, wife of Ebenezer Shaw, of Chatham Ohio. no other names stated
Very respectfully, Mrs. Julia Torrey Forward 96 Union St. Oshkosh Wis
Commissioner.

Dickins & Coombs

Janet Henry

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Hampshire County, ss. —
On this twenty eighth day of September in the year 1850, personally appeared before me, Jason Richards, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, Abigail Torrey of Plainfield, who being duly sworn according to Law, on her oath aforesaid, testifies that she is fifty four years of age, that she was well acquainted with Josiah Torrey and Olive Torrey, his widow in their lifetime and his family. — The said Josiah Torrey died August 6th A.D. 1836, and his widow, Olive died August 20th 1848. He left the following named children at the time of his decease, to wit, Josiah, John, Ruth, Olive and Torrey.
I was present at the death of the said Josiah Torrey and also at the death of his widow, the said Olive, and attended both their funerals.
Abigail Torrey
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Hampshire County, ss. On the day and year first above written, personally appeared Abigail Torrey, to me well known, & in my presence subscribed the foregoing Deposition and made oath that the facts therein stated are true. Jason Richards, Justice of the Peace.
I also certify that Abigail Torrey aforesaid is a credible witness.
Jason Richards, Justice of the Peace.

Denot Nov. 20 th 1882. N.B. - Josiah Torrey in look- ing over his Father's Papers since the above deposition was taken he find his father served in 1878 from Feb y 78 to January 1 st 1879 under Capt E. D. Eaton & he thinks Col Morgan Volk. Please
yes

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HAMPshire ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Ann Richards , Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Ann Richards and 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 Twentieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 81 .
Samuel Wells
Clerk.