Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 18,733, Noah Warriner, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Warriner, Noah
NUMBER
R. 18.733
CONTENTS

So
Lt. Noah Warriner in Capt. Cotton company
Col. Woodbridge
Dear King
Battalion Siconteroga
With from the Rev. S. Ely

Honr. Sir
You may perhaps be surpriz'd at receiving a letter from me - but since so favourable an opportunity presents, I hope you will pardon me for thus intruding
The glorious cause of Liberty seems to have fired every American, with a true fire patriotick Zeal - they have beat their plowshares into Swords, and their farming hooks into spears - resolving to retain their Liberties, and privileges, or make their scaths glorious in their defence - Our privileges both Civil and Religious are at stake - this day of trouble, will decide the fate of America, and establish the happiness, or misery of Millions of souls - how dreadful is this day? - my soul is anxious to know, yet dreads to see, the event of these things - but I trust that he who sitteth upon the waters, and turneth the hearts of men as he pleaseth, will espouse his own cause, and deliver his people from the hands of their enemies, when we are prepared for so great a blessing - we are not to expect Miracles, God worketh by means - is it not then a favourab- -le sign on our part, that the people

are so ready to leave their families and hazard their lives in the Field in defence of their darling Liberties?
Now thousands thro' the Field, a glorious cause! When Patriots spill their blood, for dying laws. Montgomery thus obey'd his country's call And fight? his breath, and valour gave, his fall. Montgomery dead! America resound, And stripling youth, grow Heroes at the sound. Young Wolff's wife, and lead the embattled Men And every lad, quickens, into Men.
I happen'd to be at your Mamma's, and understood there was an opportunity to find directly to you - Miss Anna furnish'd me with Pen, Ink, and Paper - your Mamma receiv'd a letter from you, which I now brought from Springfield - She desires me to inform you that she has now sent you some dried apples, pepper and Ginger - she has nothing material to is not quite so well as usual, but is able to keep about - She would be glad you would write concerning your Brother Samuel, if you can hear - Please to inquire for one Capt. Willes from Dartmouth College and send in a letter whether he be there - I shall go to Newhaven in a few weeks - Should be very fond of a letter from you

if opportunity presents - but I must conclude - I wish you the best of Heavens blessings - may prosperity crown your Labours - may you be preserved through the fatigues of a campaign - and the dangers of the field - and be safely returned to your Friend. and neigh- bours -
I am Sir, with due respect,
your true Friend.
and humble servant
Henry G
Wilbraham, 10 th August 1798.
Genl. Fox Marquess of Hertford

35 Cong. 3 1858. 3
Petition ✓
of the heirs of Noah Warriner, an Officer in the army of the Revolution, praying to be allowed the pension to which he was entitled.
1858 Jan'y 5, Referred to the Com: on Pensions May 26, Reported adversely.
W. Wilson

The State of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of The United States.
The Petition of Dolly Lincoln of Warren, Massachusetts. Margaret Smith of Kent, Connecticut & Linda Sexton of Warehouse Point, Connect.
Respectfully Shew,
That Your Petitioners are the only children of and together with their children, & Grand children, the only descendants of Noah War- riner, deceased, formerly of North Willbraham, in the State of Massachusetts, who was a Lieutenant in the American Army of the revolutionary War.
That the said Noah Warrier, as early as the affair of Lexington, on the 19 th of April 1775, was in the Military ser- vice of his country, having been a participant in this occur- rence, being the Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Paul Langdon. That with this company he had the honor to share the glory of the subsequent battle at Bunker Hill; and after this, served in active duty, until Christmas following, having been in service eight months.
That for his gallantry while in the service, the Council of Massachusetts, on the 13 th day of June A.D. 1776 honored him with a Commission as first Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Captain Cadwell, in Col. Charles Pinehon's regiment. That immediately after, he was ordered to Ticonderoga, where he remained on duty, several months, & subsequently, from time to time, served at various posts, & in

the field, for almost the whole War.
Your Petitioners do not speak of this, as of their own knowledge, but they believe the fact to be so, from the letters addressed to their father at that time, directed to different posts, and now in the possession of your petitioners as sacred relics in proof of a Patriot father; and they have often heard him state these facts.
Your Petitioners show that the said Noah War- riner, departed this life on the 30 th day of January A.D. 1849 & left surviving him his Widow Mary A. Wariner, and your petitioners his only children. That their mother the said Mary A. died on the 3 rd day of January A.D. 1851. without having married again. That neither of them ever applied for, or received the benefits of the Pension Laws, passed for the benefit of soldiers of the revolutionary War.
Your Petitioners would further show, that they have often urged their father, to apply for the pension, to which he was entitled, & ought to receive for the toil and privations of years of War, but he declined to do so, and always with the desire and injunction that at his death, your petitioners should do so, and be directly benefitted, with the reward of his service.
Your Petitioners would show, that at this time, it was the interpretation of the law in this behalf enacted, by the Secretaries of War, & Interior, and the practice of the Commissioner of Pensions, to pay to children of deceased officers & soldiers, the pension that their father was entitled to in his lifetime, and your petitioners rested upon this, as affording them the means to obtain the debt due their father. But since his death, when they were about to apply for this pension, they find this just construc- tion of the law has been suspended, and children are not now paid this debt due their fathers. Had this been the construc- tion of the law, in his lifetime, your petitioners have no doubt but he would have applied for, and received the amount of pension due him.
Under this ruling of the Pension office, your petition- ers are driven to ask a remedy at your just hands; and

now present themselves before you, Praying,
That your Hon- =rable Body will take this, their humble peti- =tion into your consideration and pass an Act, authorizing and directing  requiring the Secretary of the Interior to place the name of Noah War- riner, upon the Pension roll of the State of Massachusetts, as a first Lieutenant, and pay to your Petitioner & his children & heirs, the am- =ount of Pension he would have been entitled to at the time of his death, to wit, the 30 th day of January A.D. 1849.
And also place the name of Mary A. his widow, upon the pension roll, for the benefit of the widows of revolutionary Soldiers, and pay to your Petitioner, the amount she would have been en- titled to, at the time of her death, to wit, the 3 rd day of January A.D. 1851.
Margaret Smith
In behalf of herself, and Sister, children of Noah Warrier dec d .
Papers filed in support of claim.
1 - Original Commission of first Lieutenant dated Dec r 13 th of June 1775. 2 - Certificate of Service by Secretary of State, Massachusetts. 3 - Certificate of Marriage of S t W & Mary Ainsworth, & the birth of petitioners their children. 4 - Three depositions. 5 - Original letter written by Rev Henry Ely to S t W while he was in garrison at Ticonderoga. 6 - Letter of S t auditor.

The State of Connecticut } Litchfield County. } Kent, s.s.
On this fifteenth day of March, A.D. One Thousand eight hundred and Sixty two, personally appeared before me Verman Beecher, Supervisor of the Probate Court, for Kent Litchfield County, in the State of Connecticut, Margaret W. Smith, personally well known to me, of the town of Kent, in the State aforesaid, aged Sixty five years, & upwards, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the seventh day of June A.D. 1832. said Margaret W. Smith so being duly sworn says, that she is the daughter & only child surviving, of the late Noah Wariner, deceased, who resided at North Milford, in the State of Massachusetts, who was a lieutenant in the American Army, during the revolutionary War. That her father the said Noah Wariner, was a soldier, as volunteer in the service of the State of Massachusetts, as early as the year 1775, having been at the battle of Lexington on the 19 th of April of this year, and acted as a sergeant in the company commanded by Capt. Paul Langdon. That he was also in this company at the battle of Bunker Hill, and remained in active service until Christmas following, a period of eight months.
That for his gallantry, while in the service, the Council of Safety of Massachusetts, on the 13 th day of June A.D. 1776 honored him with the commission of a first lieutenant, in the Company commanded by Captain Cady, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Charles, Pynchon. That immediately after he was ordered and went to Ticonderoga, where he remained on duty several months, & subsequently from time to time served at various posts in camp & field for more than two years, if not the whole War.
Deponent does not speak of the foregoing facts of her own knowledge, but from frequently hearing her father speak of them, and other persons known to be revolutionary officers & soldiers, and from numerous letters, & other papers now in her possession, & which bequeathed to her father, and among them, the original Commission creating him a first lieutenant herewith annexed.
Deponent further shows, that the said Noah Wariner, intermarried with one Mary Ainsworth on the 30 th day of December A.D. 1779 as appears by an entry made in the old family bible, by which marriage there were born to them six daughters, only, who have since deceased, leaving deponent alone surviving them.
Deponent further declares that her father has never to her knowledge received any pension, or other annuity, or bounty, land from the Government, and died without the same, on or about the thirtieth day of January A.D. One Thousand Eight hundred & forty nine.

Deponent further declares that the said Mary A. the widow of the said Noah Warren has also departed this life, without applying, or receiving the benefit of any pension or annuity.
Attest in presence of
Abiel Fuller Margaret B. Fuller.
Margaret H. Smith
Sworn to before me, In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office this 15 day of March A. D. 1862.
Seman Beecher Judge of Probate.
Kent Probate
A

Noah Warren, Jr.
Proof accompanying this declaration, and filed with the same, to wit: as follows
1. Commission as first lieutenant signed by The Council of Mass. s dated the 13 th June 1876. 2. Letter of Rev. Dr. Ely, directed to Lt. Warren at Ticonderoga, & dated 10 th August 1876. 3. Certificate of Senior of Sec. of Mass. as Sergeant in 1875. 4. Deposition of Chester Saxon, and four others.

Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay.
The Major Part of the COUNCIL of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England,
Toe Noah Warren Esq. Gentleman Greeting.
YOU being appointed first Lieutenant of the Seventh Company whereof Ben Cadwell junr is Captain in the First Regiment of Militia in the County of Hampshire whereof Chas. Myles is Colonel
By Virtue of the Power vested in us, WE do by these Presents, (reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct,) Commission you accordingly.—You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a first Lieut. in leading, or- dering, and exercising said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline:—And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their first Lieut. and you are, yourself, to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the major part of the Council or your superior Officers —
John Lowell
GIVEN under our Hands and the Seal of the said Colony, at Watertown the Thirteenth Day of June in the Year of our Lord, 1776.
By the Command of the Major Part of the Council.
John Lowell Dpt Secy
Rawson W. Warren S. Pomeroy Caleb Cushing W. Winthrop Richd. Derby Esq. H. Cushing John Whetcomb S. Hallam Benj. Austin Henry Gardner J. Cushing M. White G. Cushing H. Hopkins.

Noah Warren

Pension Office, January 23 d 1838.
Sir,
I have the honor to return herewith the papers in the case of the heirs of Noah Warner, and to state that there are no papers upon file in this office in relation thereto.
With much respect,
Your obedient servant, Geo. W. Warner Commissioner.
Hon. Geo. W. Jones, Ch r Com. Rev. Pensions, U. S. Senate.

Senate Chamber 24 th March 1882
Hon ble Commission of Pensions, Washington City D.C. }
Sir,
In addition to the papers I sent you some days since in the case of Lt: Noah Warner of my State, I now send you another official paper showing the time of his death. This case has peculiar interest with me, and I will be greatly obliged personally if you will take it into speedy consideration, & should it be, a broken one as I think it is, it would be very gratifying that Mrs Smith his daughter be relieved of the aid it will afford her. She is needy and old, and has been hoping for this aid.
I remain respectful
Your Ob dt Serv t
James Dixon

Pension Office, Jany. 11. 1838.
Madam, -
Your letter of 29 th ult o addressed to the Third Auditor, has been referred to this office for reply.
The name of Noah Wariner does not appear upon the rolls of this office.
You are referred to the Secretary of State of Massachusetts for the information you seek, where it may, possibly, be found.
Very respectfully, W. A. A. [unclear] Commissioner.
M rs Margaret Smith, Present.

Senate Chamber 17 th March 1862
Hon ble The Comm ee Pensions Washington City.
Sir
I herewith enclose you the application, and accompanying papers, of Mrs. Margaret W. Smith of Kent, Connecticut, asking to be paid the pension due her father as an officer in the revolutionary war. She seems to have a clear right, and I will be obliged to you for your early action; and any sum found due please transmit to me, at her request, as one of my constituents.
Very respectfully Your Ob st Serv t James Dixon

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
18733
P. O. Noah Harriner
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

State of Connecticut, Hartford Co. ss. Superior Court Clerk's Office,
Chauncy Howard
Clerk of the County of Hartford and of the Superior Court within and for said County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, hereby certify that
William Barnes
Esquire, was on the 19 th day of September, A. D. 1857, and since has been and now is, a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, duly elected and sworn, with authority by the laws of this State, to administer Oaths, and take the acknowledgement of Deeds and other instruments; that I am acquainted with his hand-writing, that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine, official signature, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of Connecticut.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Superior Court, at Hartford, in said County and State, on this
15 th day of March, A. D. 1862.
Chauncy Howard Clerk.

The State of Connecticut } Hartford County.
Personally appeared before me William Barnes , a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut  Connecticut , Chester Secton, who being duly sworn, deposes & says that he is a res- ident of Warehouse Point, in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut, but was formerly a resident of Milbraham, in Massachusetts. Deponent avers that he was well acquaint- ed with the late Noah Wariner, of Milbraham, Massachusetts now deceased. He was a Lieutenant in the Connecticut  Massachusetts Line, during the Revolutionary War, and in the Company of Infantry commanded by Daniel Caldwell Jun r , in Colonel Pynchon's Regiment. He was a first Lieutenant. Deponent served in his company from June 1776 to Christmas following. We were at Peter- kill, New York, on duty. Deponent avers that at the commencement of the Revolutionary war Lieutenant Wariner of regard, was in ac- tive service, in the Army, and was at Ticonderoga. He was in ser- vice at Ticonderoga in February 1777 & was in garrison there until June following, when he came home. Deponent further avers that Noah War- iner was one of the first men in Massachusetts who took up arms, & performed active duty in the cause of In- dependence, & he was one of the most active & efficient young officers of the time. He was a man of highly respect- able & prominent social connections, of great personal in- fluence among his acquaintance, which he exerted with effect in the cause of the country. Deponent lived near his home & knows that he went to Boston soon after the battle of Lex- ington, was gone two months. Deponent further avers that his personal acquaintance at the time, & for a long lapse of years, until the death of Lt. Wariner, enabled deponent to know him inti- mately. He was an officer selected for any special secret & trying service if one was required. He was a favorite with Gov.

Drumbull, & was several times sent by him on secret services, & generally alone. - As a partisan none was more energetic & effective.
Chester Sexton
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 19 th day of September 1857 W m V. Barnes Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am, acquainted with the foregoing Chester Sexton, & know him well & have known him for many years. - He is an aged man, of high respectability and his character for truth & veracity perfectly unimpeachable. All his statements are entitled to full faith & credit. He is recognized in this community as a relic of the revolution.
Given under my hand this 19 th day of Sep r 1857.
W m V. Barnes. Justice of the Peace

39.176 Noah Warren.
Connecticut.
Lt. Hon. James Dixon.
March 25. 82
Act y June 1832