Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14022, Samuel Wood, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Wood Samuel Finkham, Molly Former widow
W 14022
CONTENTS

1516 Massachusetts
Molly Tinkham formerly widow of Samuel Wood
Mah who died on the — February 1777 of Plymouth Co in the State of Massachusetts who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Wood of the reg t commanded by Col Carey in the Mass s  at Me- time for six months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents, per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of Octo- ber — 1837 — and sent to J. H. Lord Esq. Plymouth.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept r 1837 $130. — Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mch 38 10. —
$140. —
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 rd }
Recorded by J. H. Allison Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 60

I Allen Shaw of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts do on oath declare & say that I am Town Clerk of the said Town of Middleborough aforesaid and have the Custody of the Records of said Town - & that it appears by said Records that Mr Samuel Wood & Miss Molly Leonard both of said Middleborough were married December 10 th 1772 by Rev Silvanus
Conant -
and I further on oath declare that it also appears from said Records that Mr Cornelius Tinkham and Mrs Molly Wood both of Middleborough were married by Rev. Joseph Barker June 17 th 1787. Middleboro. May 29. 1837. Allen Shaw
State of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. On the 29 th day of May 1837 Personally appeared Allen Shaw and made oath to the truth of the above written affidavit by him subscribed before me - and do I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Allen Shaw & that as a Witness he is entitled to full faith & credit - Isaac Stevens Justice of the Peace

vol 23 page 172 4 days after 1776
State of Massachusetts
Transferred to the
Library of Congress Washington D.C. 1876
John Adams Papers Ms. A. 9. 2. 20 Vol. 23, p. 172

I Sylvanus Wood of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts on oath declare & say that I am now in the seventy ninth year of my age, that Samuel Wood late of the same Middleborough deceased was my Brother and was a number of years older than myself. That in the commencement of the Revolutionary War my Brother Samuel was a minute man & according to the best of my recollection he was several times called away from home at alarms, but how many times he was so called out & how long he was gone I cannot recollect, that in the beginning of the year 1776, my said Brother Samuel enlisted to go to the State of New York in the Company commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Wood as I think, but I will not be positive as to the name of the Captain, he enlisted for nine months as I think, but I will not be positive as to the time for which enlisted, My said Brother Samuel afterwards & I think in the month of April 1776 marched to New York I recollect that he did nothing upon his farm that year, and he returned home in the month of December of the same year, I recollect that I called at his house very soon after his return home when I was on my way to Rhode Island on an alarm. My said Brother died in the course of the winter after his return home - that My said Brother Samuel was married to Molly Leonard before the commencement of the war of the Rev- -olution, and his widow after his death was married to Cornelius Tinkham. That the said Cornelius Tinkham has been dead a number of years, should think about ten years. and the said Molly who was the widow of my said Brother Samuel is still living & ever since the death of said Tinkham has been & still is a widow -
Sylvanus Wood

State of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss. On the twenty first day of April in the year 1837 before me, the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, personally appeared Silvanus Wood & made solemn oath to the truth of the within written affidavit by him Subscribed - And I certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Silvanus Wood & that his testimony is entitled to full faith & credit -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year above written.
Isaac Stevens Justice of Peace
Silvanus Wood

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Isaac Stevens Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the signatures to the annexed affidavits pur- porting to be his are his true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Probate Court for said County on this twentieth day of June 1837
Jacob H. Lord

V2169 Molly Tinkham Massachusetts
admitted six months p20

State of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. On this thirtieth day of May in the year Eighteen Hundred & Forty Seven, personally appeared before Wilkes Wood Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Plymouth aforesaid, Molly Tinkham a resident of Middleborough in the County aforesaid, aged eighty eight years who being reason of age & infirmity unable to travel & attend before any court of Record, & being first duly sworn doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the acts of Congress, passed July 4 th 1836 & March 3 d 1837 =
That she was married to Samuel Wood a resident at Middleborough aforesaid, at said Middleborough on the tenth day of December in the year Seventeen hundred & seventy two, and lived with her said Husband the said Samuel Wood at said Middleborough until his death which took place in the month of February in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven -
That she remained the widow of the said Samuel Wood from that period until the fourteenth day of June in the year eighteen hundred & eighty seven, when she was married to Cornelius Tinkham, a resident of said Middleborough, at Middleborough aforesaid; that the said Cornelius Tinkham her last husband died at said Middleborough on the eighth day of March in the year Eighteen hundred & twenty four and that she has remained a widow ever since the (she has remained a widow) last mentioned period & still is the widow of said Tinkham.

And She further on oath declares that her first Husband the Said Samuel Wood was, during the first year of the War of the Revolution, a Minute man & was during that period several times called away from home as a Private at alarms - at one time he was called away and according to the best of my recollection marched to Plymouth, but I cannot now recollect how many days he was gone - at another time, an alarm came while we were at meeting on the Sabbath and he then went to Weymouth but I not tell the number of days he was absent at that time.
And afterwards in the Spring of the year seventeen hundred & seventy six; he, the aforesaid Samuel Wood joined a Company which was raised in Middleborough aforesaid to go to New York, and soon afterwards marched to New- York or some place in that vicinity, and was there on duty as a Soldier until sometime in the month of December next afterwards when he returned home - She does not recollect the name of the Captain under whom the Said Samuel served at New York, but it runs in her mind that John Miller was one of the officers of the Company - She cannot state the precise time when when the Said Samuel marched to New York, but she thinks it was early in the season & that he did no work on his farm that year, but she does recollect that he got home in the month of December, from the circumstance that she had a son (who was called Samuel) born a few weeks before her said Husband came home as aforesaid, and her said Son as appearing by the records was born December 3 rd 1776 - and the Said Samuel her husband died in about two months after he returned home from New York as aforesaid

And She refers to the affidavits herunto annexed in proof of facts herein before stated.
Witnesses. Priscilla Ginkham Molly Mrs Ginkham Molly
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written Wilkes Wood Judge of Probate for the County of Myrtle
And I further certify that the said Mally Duke- ham is a credible person, Willem Wood Judge of Probates
Plymouth Ys. I Jacob H Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Willes Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand & the Seal of said Court this twentieth Day of June 1837
Jacob W Loud

sion on file in this Bureau.
Samuel Wood W 14822
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 Private out on many alarms Mass   Apr 1776 to Dec 1776 Private Nathaniel Wood ✓ "                                                   
Battles engaged in, ✓  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Middleborough Mass  Date of application for pension, May 30, 1834  Her claim allowed  Residence at date of application, Middleborough Mass  Age at date of application, 88  Remarks: Sol. war at Middleborough Mass Dec 10 1772 Molly Leonard  He died at Middleborough Mass in Feb 1777 the war at said place June 17 1787  Cornelius Tinkham he died there Mar 8 1824  Son Samuel Wood born Dec 3 1776
Very respectfully,

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
1907 July 26. Mary J. Bartlett Hist. Soc.
File No. 14022
Molly Brinkham widow of Samuel Wood Pri Rev War
Act: July 4 th 86
Index: Vol. M , Page 276
[Arrangement of 1870.]

J.R.
East-Whately. Mass. July 18. 1907
To The Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Will you kindly send me the war record of Samuel Wood, a revolutionary soldier. He lived in Middleborough, later moving to Hadley.
Mary J. Bartlett

S 31498-
0 33945-
S 33951
S 41367
W 14022

I Nathaniel Cole of Windsor in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged seventy eight, on oath declare and say that during all the time of the Revolutionary War I resided in the town of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts and after that period I continued to reside there until the year 1834 when I removed to Randolph in Norfolk County in Mass. where I removed to Windsor in the State of Vermont and now live in 1836. I further declare that in the year 1776 and according to my best recollection early in the month of June I joined by enlistment a company raised in S. Middleborough of which Nathaniel Wood was Capt. and John Miller Lieut. This Company was raised for the term of six months and for the defense of New York soon after I. Company was raised and in the month of June we marched to N.Y. and continued on duty in that place and in that vicinity till the term of six months had expired which took place in the month of Dec. of that year I. Company was then dismissed. I further on oath declare and say that Nathaniel Wood then a resident of S. Middleborough was an of I. Company and a private

that he marched from Middleborough to New York with the company and con- tinued on duty in S d Company during the term of six months for which S d Comp was raised as aforesaid, and until it was dismissed in the month of Dec r 1865 aforesaid, S d Samuel has been dead a great number of years and I think he died soon after he left the service as aforesaid  Nathaniel Cole
State of Vermont } Windsor County } at Hartland on this 2 d day of Sept. A D 1837  Nathaniel Cole personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by him subscribed before Ward Cotton Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the subscriber of the above Affidavit Nathaniel Cole sustains a character for credibility
Attest Ward Cotton Justice of the Peace
Just fees 34 cts Disbursements 34 68
Travel etc 127 34 55 = 127

State of Vermont Windsor County ss
I Benj Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court Do hereby certify that Ward Cotton is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly Commissioned and qualified, and that his signatures within written are genuine —
In Testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of said County Court this fourth day of September A 1887 — Benj Swan Clerk
Affidavit of — Nathl. Lake
15790

Molly Tinkham Massachusetts
Suspended
See letter 27 th July 1837 to J. N. Londs!

Ms. A. 9. 2
104
Dec 21. PORTLAND DEC 16
Mass. Oct 1836
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
My Friend J. L. Edwards Esq.

State of Massachusetts, Plymouth County Wariham Decr. 14 th 1837
Dear Sir, Your letter of 6 th September last was duly received by Jacob St. Lound Esqr, respecting the claim of Widow Susannah Doty for a pension, in which you stated "that her claim, unsupported by the rolls cannot be admitted upon the present evidence,,
She claimed for 3 months under Capt Gibbs " " " 3 " " under Capt Barker " " " 6 " " under Capt Wood
The 3 months under Capt Gibbs is verified by the roll being 3 months & 6 days.
A Deposition of Mr Edward Raymond, who lived at the time of the War within a mile of Joseph Doty, was sent with the papers, as evidence of the service under Capt Wood
Your letter of the 9 th of June last stated that the services under Capt Barker & Wood were not borne on any rolls that could be found.
I then procured two depositions as evidence to prove that a company under the officers named in her declaration did perform the 6 months service, and thereupon received a letter from you directed to said Lound of the date of 6 th of September last, and from

your letter I inferred, that you had come to the conclusion to disallow any claim, unless it be bound on some roll, which can be found; as I supposed very strong evidence had been furnished of the 6 months under Capt Wood.
Within ten days I have been informed that the widow Molly Tinkham of Middleborough in this County has lately received a pension, solely on account of the service of her first husband, Samuel Wood, under Capt Nathaniel Wood, at the very time of the alleged service of Joseph Doty. I therefore suppose the roll has been found, & if so I have no doubt that the name of Joseph Doty will be found on the same roll. If it has not been found, I cannot conceive, that Mrs Tinkham could have furnished better evidence than has been furnished by Mrs Doty.
Yours Very Respectfully Seth Miller Jr

2169
Molly Tinkham
Recorded—Bo

Sept 20
addres ✓ Molly Tinkham, 2169 1/2
Rev. James J. Schuch Commissaire of Pensions Washington D.C.
FREE

Plymouth Mass. Sept 16. 1837
Wm. J. S. Edwards
Sir
I send the enclosed Deposition in support of the claim of Molly Tinkham for a pension & in proof of a particular term of service which you objected was not sufficiently substantiated.
Yours &c
J. H. Lord