Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33834, Nathaniel Tucker, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Fucker, Nathaniel
S 33834
CONTENTS

13.038
Massachusetts
Nathaniel Tucker
of Gloucester in the state of Massachus s who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hutchinson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 10 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 of July 1819 and sent to William Wetmore Esq Judge Boston Mass.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $ 91.35
Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Sept. " 48. —
\frac{13}{31}
$ 139.35
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

33 834 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33 834
Nathaniel Tucker
His Rev. Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 324
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nath l Tucker
Col. Hutchinson's Ref- Massachusetts Line
Dec r 1775. 10 months
✓ Adm d
Madisonville.
Did not leave 9 months on the Continental estab. Wilmington.
Certificate testimony of Declarants office; certified 23. June 1819

State of Massachusetts
I Nathaniel Tucker a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Gloucester in the County of Essex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the month of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy five
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the month of November in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy six being ten months & upwards.
as a private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the Company of Captain Putnam in the Regiment of Colonel Hutchinson in the Massachusetts line of the Army.
and that I left the service on the expiration of the term aforesaid being then honorably discharged.
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 sixty five years. I have no other evidence in my power to offer than what is herewith exhibited; the latter part of my term of service I was sick at the Hospital at Brooklyn at the first after the evacuation of the Island, was removed & continued with the sick & wounded, till my time expired.
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Nathaniel Tucker
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this twenty third day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me the Subscriber one of the aforesaid
Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit within the State aforesaid & presiding
the abovenamed Nathaniel Tucker and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony
Whereof I have unto this my name & the seal of said Court this day & year aforesaid.
Wm Wetmore
Boston

Boston, June 23 d 1819. I now further certify that the within named Deponent John Tucker is personally well known to & by me & that he is a respectable, credible & disinterested witness - I also certify that the said declarant Nathaniel Tucker is yet for many years past hath been in such reduced circumstances in life & so poor as to require the assistance of his country for his support. Witness my hand & the seal of the said County with - in affixed
W m Wetmore

I John Tucker of Gloucester in the State of Massachusetts do depose testify & say that in the war of the revolution in the year 1776 I was an Ensign in the company of Capt. Enoch Putnam, in the regiment then commanded by Col. Israel Hutchinson, in the Massachusetts line of the Army, & on the Continental Establishment, and that about the last of November or the first of December A.D. 1775 being then an Ensign as aforesaid, I enlisted Nathaniel Tucker of the same Gloucester, the within named declarant, into the same company as a private to serve for the term of one year; unless sooner discharged - that he passed muster at the same time & did duty in the said company as a private soldier at Cambridge, Dorchester & Boston, until he with the regiment marched to New York which was soon after the declaration of Independence I was then taken sick in the Hospital & he attended upon me, so that I am knowing to the fact; in September 1776, the S d Nathaniel, being then in the Hospital sick, I received order from the Colonel to collect the Invalids & join the regiment at Fort Washington on the Hudson; I collected as many as could do duty & did join him at the fort a few days before its surrender, leaving the said Na- thaniel with some others sick & unable to do duty, at the hospital at Brooklyn where he remained when  was a part of the time, & after the evacuation of Long island, with the sick & wounded till the expiration of the term for which he enlisted, being one year as abovesaid.
John Tucker
June 23. 1819. Sworn to before me,
W m Wetmore the Judge within named

Nathaniel Tucker
13038
Sept 14 02 J.L.E.
on this day of ... A.D. the 14th of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal in the above said Schoolhouse. The opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the prop- erty from the record of the said Court, and I do hereby certify that it is that the foregoing Cash, and added the interest thereon, are truly equal to the sum of ... dollars ... cents ... Judge of said Court.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Ipswich within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820. by adjournment to the 29th day of Jan y A.D. 1821. Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
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, Nathaniel Tucker, resident in Gloucester in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 13038 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, Nathaniel Tucker 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 twenty third day of March - - - - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
***** L. S. *****
Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty seventh day of July. - - - - 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, No real estate.
No personal estate except the following, viz.
6 old chairs $2. Crockery & glass ware $3. - $ 5.00.
Knives & forks .50. 6 Pewter spoons .75 - - - 1.25
2 Iron Pots $2. 1 Tea kettle .33 - - - 2.33
1 Spider - - .25. Tin ware $1.00 - - - 1.25
1 Small old desk $3. 2 Tables $6.00. - 9.00
$ 18.83
I owe fifty four dollars for house-rent and forty dollars for family supplies, and fishing stores - - - - - $ 94.
I owe more than nothing $75. 17
Sworn to and declared before Wm Wetmore Judge above named

The said Nathaniel further deposes, that he is sixty six years of age; and that he enlisted in the company of Capt. Enoch Putnam, in the Regiment of foot, under the command of Israel Hutchinson Esquire in the Massachusetts line of the army, in the war of the Revolution, on the Continental establishment, about the last of November or early in December A.D. 1775. He served from the beginning to the close of the year 1776, He did serve as a soldier during all of the year 1776. Pursuant to said enlistment, and was discharged at the close of said year.
My occupation is that of fisherman, but from poverty and infirmities cannot maintain myself. My wife Judith is aged sixty years; we have two daughters; the oldest is aged twenty two years, and our second daughter is aged seventeen years.
I was out of the Commonwealth, on a fishing voyage when the other poor soldiers of the Revolutionary war applied to be placed on the pension list.
Nathaniel Tucker,
Sworn to & declared Before W m Wetmore Judge within named

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Nathaniel Tucker 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.
Nathaniel Tucker
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. Dec n  June , Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Nath d Tucker took and subscribed the aforesaid Oath before me
Wm Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, 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
Eighteen dollars eighty three cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this thirtieth day of January A. D. 1821
Attr. Ichabod Tucker, Clerk