Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14157, Joseph Wilson, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wilson, Joseph "Willson"
No. 14157.
Elizabeth
CONTENTS
No. 14157

Information sent December 26 1820 to John Davis Esq. Judge Cambridge, Mass.
6,501
Massachusetts Roll
Joseph Wilson
Private W
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of Jan y 1819 and sent to John Davis Esq. Judge Boston
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. 27 / 30 $ 39:20
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 - - - 48: -
$ 87:20
Ex a B.L.B.
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Bedford.

2820
2820 Elizabeth Wilson Cam
L. Wilson
Deb
m 85 d 29-
adm n yrophi
80
no deduction
Marshall Preston
Bellerica
Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. -
On this fifteenth day of September, A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the Honorable Judges  Judge of the Police Court of Cambridge  the City of Lowell, within the said County of Middlesex, Elizabeth Wilson, a resident of Bedford in said County of Middlesex aged Twenty four 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. 1838 entitled "An Act, granting half pay and pensions to certain widows!" that she is the widow of Joseph Wilson, who was a Private soldier in the Revolutionary war, that he enlisted at Billerica in said County of Middlesex on the Month of October, 1777 to serve during the war, that he served in all about six years, that he was a member a part of the time if not all, of Capt. Joseph Fox's Company in Col. Henry Jackson's Regiment. -
That the said Joseph Wilson, had a pension granted him under the Act of Congress of 1818, or about that time. For evidence of his service she refers to the Records in the War Department, and the evidence accompanying her said Husband's claim for a pension.
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Wilson on the fifteenth day of February in the year, Seventeen hundred & Eighty five -

that her husband, the aforesaid Joseph Wilson died on the twenty ninth day of December, A.D. 1829, - that she was not married to him prior to his being in the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, Seventeen hundred and Ninety four viz: at the time above stated.
Elizabeth per Wilson mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year first above written, before
Joseph Locke, Justice of the police court of Lowell.
I, Albert Locke, clerk of the police court of Lowell in the county of Middle- sex & Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, hereby certify that Joseph Locke Esquire abovenamed is a justice of a court of record, and that the signature above is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I hereunto put my name and the seal of said court, this fifteenth day of September in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight.
Albert Locke, Clerk P.H.L.
L.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss. I. Albert Soke, Clerk of the Police Court of Lowell in said county of Middlesex, do hereby certify that Jno. Baldwin & Marshall Preston Cogswell, are justices of the peace within & for said county of Middlesex, & that their signa- tures to the two following certificates annexed hereto, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto put my hand and the seal of said court this twenty second day of October in the year eight- een hundred & thirty eight.
Albert Soke Clk. P.C.L.

The following is a Transcript from the Records of marriages for the Town of Billerica county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachu- setts.
"Joseph Wilson Esq. and Elizabeth Bonner were married by Rev. Henry Cummings, February the fifteenth day, in the year Seventeen hundred & eighty five"
I, the subscriber, Town Clerk of said Town of Billerica hereby certify that the above transcript 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. —
"Feb. 15: 1785."
Marshall Preston { Town Clerk of said Billerica
I, Marshall Preston, above named depose & say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the Town county of Middlesex and that the above is a true Extract from the Records of said Town of Billerica, with the exception above named as certified by me
Marshall Preston. { Town Clerk of said Billerica
Middlesex ss. August. 16 th A.D. 1838 Sworn to before me
John Baldwin Justice of the Peace

certificate of marriage Joseph Wilson to Ely. Wilson
Joseph Wilson Ely. Wilson
Feb 12: 1827.
as follows - whereby it appears that the parties to this certificate were joined together together by the rites and ceremonies of the Gospel and the laws of the State of New York and the rites and ceremonies of the Gospel and the laws of the State of New York and the rites and ceremonies of the Gospel and the laws of the State of New York

I Leonard Wilson of Billerica in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of thirty four years of age on oath depose & say, that I am the son of Joseph Wilson late of said Billerica, deceased, an United States pensioner, and the husband of my mother, the present Elizabeth Wilson, now living in Bedford in said County, -
I further testify that the said Joseph Wilson died on the twenty ninth day of December, in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred & Twenty nine, or about that time, and that the said Elizabeth Wilson is still the widow of the said Joseph, she never having married again.
Leonard Wilson
Middlesex p. - September 7 th A.D. 1838. Then personally appeared the above named Leonard Wilson with whom I am well acquainted and whose testimony in my opinion is entitled to full credit, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed
Before me Marshall Preston Jus of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. -
On this fifteenth day of September, A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the Honorable Judges Judge of the Police Court of Cambridge St. City  now sitting at Lowell, within the said County of Middlesex, Elizabeth Wilson, a resident of Bedford in said County of Middlesex aged Twenty four 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. 1838 entitled "An Act, granting half pay and pensions to certain widows!" that she is the widow of Joseph Wilson, who was a Private soldier in the Revolutionary war, that he enlisted at Billerica in said County of Middlesex in the Month of October, 1777 to serve during the war, that he served in all about six years, that he was a member a part of the time if not all, of Capt. Joseph Fox's Company in Col. Henry Jackson's Regiment. -
That the said Joseph Wilson, had a pension granted him under the Act of Congress of 1818, or about that time. For evidence of his service she refers to the Records in the War Department, and the evidence accompanying her said Husband's claim for a pension.
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Wilson on the fifteenth day of February in the year, Seventeen hundred & Eighty five -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss. I. Albert Locke, clerk of the Police Court of Lowell in said county of Middlesex, do hereby certify that Jno. Baldwin & Marshall Preston Esquires, are justices of the peace within & for said county of Middlesex, & that their signa- tures to the two following certificates annexed hereto, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto put my hand and the seal of said court this twenty second day of October in the year eight- een hundred & thirty eight. Albert Locke Clk. P.C.L.

that her husband, the aforesaid Joseph Wilson died on the twenty ninth day of December, A.D. 1829, - that she was not married to him prior to his being in the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, Seventeen hundred and Ninety four viz: at the time above stated.
Elizabeth per Wilson mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year first above written, before
Joseph Locke, Justice of the police court of Lowell.
I, Albert Locke, clerk of the police court of Lowell in the county of Middle- sex & Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, hereby certify that Joseph Locke Esquire abovenamed is a justice of a court of record, and that the signature above is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I hereunto put my name and the seal of said court, this fifteenth day of September in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight.
Albert Locke, Clerk P.P.L.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 10 A. D. 1818
Joseph Wilson
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Joseph Wilson subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked A together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
} Judge of the District Court U. S. } Massachusetts District.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
~~~~~ Boston 10 January 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Joseph Wilson by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
J. C. Davis { District Judge U. S. { Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

No 243
Joseph Wilson, Priv. Jacksons Mts. to Regt.
1777 During the war.
Found on Col. Henley 's Regt
Admitted

District of Massachusetts
I Joseph Wilson a citizen of the United States now resident at Bedford in the County of Middlesex in the state of Massachusetts do on oath testify and declare that in the war of the Revolution in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the Continental establishment and served accordingly from that time untill the year 1782 as a soldier against the common enemy without any interruption or absence That I belonged to capt Joseph Fox's company in Col Henry Jackson's Regiment and that I left the service in the year 1782 and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty I stand in need of assistance from my country for support being now of the age of fifty three and I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the United States if any maybe or hath been allowed
Joseph Wilson
Massachusetts District ss.
Boston 8. April 1818
Sworn to before me Caleb Whiting of Boston. supports the statement. served 4 years with the applicant in the Army in revolutionary war.
W. Davis Dist Judge Mass Dist
Sworn before me J. Davis Dist Judge

Joseph Wilson
Jan 16 30
Jan. 19
[Large, stylized, mirrored signature or stamp, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page.]
CONFIDENTIAL

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820.
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Joseph Wilson resident in Bedford — in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 6,501, now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“ WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. ”
“ I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the “ 18th March, 1818, Joseph Wilson late a “ Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the “ Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight “ dollars per month, to commence on the eighti day of “ April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen “ Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty ninth “ day of January one thousand eight hundred and “ nineteen
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
“ 1 Chest with drawers /maple/ 1 pine Chest with one draw 1 maple tea Table 1 pine Table 6 kitchen Chairs 2 iron Pots 1 frying Pan 1 tea Kettle /iron/ 1 set of enameled Cups & Saucers 1/2 doz edge Plats 1/2 do do /small/ 1 pr hand irons 1 Shovel & Tongs 2 spinning Wheels 4 earthen milk Pans.

10 Table Spoons / Iron / 1 Gridiron 3 earthen Bowls 2 Mugs 1 looking Glass 1 flat Iron 1/2 doz Knives & Forks / common / 1 black Tea pot 1 Pail 3 pewter Platters 1 Seythe 1 Kit, Shoe makers tools 1 enameled Sugar & cream pot
The Declarants family consists of himself wife and two children residing with him, his age is fifty six her age fifty four, the two childrens ages, one named Leon and fourteen the other a female eleven years of age The Declarants occupation is that of a labourer & shoe maker frequently subject to the rheumatism in his shoulders and knees; his wife is subject to apoplectic fits and is a woman of a very feeble constitution.
The whole amount of the said Declarants property would not exceed the sum of twenty dollars.
The said Wilson further states that he enlisted into the service in the Revolution in the Spring of the year 1777 to serve for three years and served about two years then enlisted during the war was attached to Col Joseph Foy's company in the Reg commanded by Col Henry Jackson was discharged in the Spring of 1782.  Joseph Wilson
Sworn to before Stephen Minot Judge of said Court "

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
11 I, Joseph Wilson do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Joseph Wilson
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Joseph Wilson took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
Stephen Minot Judge of said Court. 7
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is twenty dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820
Attr. Abraham Biglow

Rev 14,157. WIDOW, &c.
Nov. 17-1902. Allston P. Joyce Medford Mass.
No. 14157 Elizabeth Wilson Widow of Joseph Wilson Pr. Rev War
Act: July 1 th 88 Index:—Vol. M , Page 342
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts - 2637
Elizabeth Wilson,
widow of Joseph Wilson
Mass who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 th Mar. '18 and who died on the 29 th Oct. 1829, of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts who was a P.M. in the Comp y commanded by Captain Foss of the Reg t commanded by H. Jackson in the Mass s line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of May '39, and signed by Marshall P. Pierce Belovia, Mass s
Arrears to the 4th of March - $240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 40.00 $280.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R Burdick Clerk Book A Vol. 1- Page 144

We the subscribers, selectmen of the Town of Billerica, certify that Joseph Wilson of said Town was a soldier in the revolutionary war, & is in indigent circumstances. —
April 3. 1818.
Samuel Whiting John Baldwin

with rec
Norford, Mass - Oct 4. 1902
Commissioner of Pensions -
Dear Sir:-
I would like a certificate of the service of Joseph Wilson or Willson of Norford . He served at lines at Boston 1776 and 6 months, 1778. Passed muster before James Barrett, muster-master July 25, 1778 - Married Elizabete Caldwell, 1785. His father was of West Cambridge his mother of Norford - He was not taxed in Norford after 1782 -
Yours Respectfully, Allston P. Joyce City Club
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