Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,196, David Wells, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Wells, David
NUMBER _____
S. 30. 196.
CONTENTS

5173.
Massachusetts
David Wells
Staverville in the State of (Mass) he was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Barnes of the reg t commanded by Col Nixon in the (Mass) line for 1 year. Certificate issued in favor of Rhode Wells widow of the deceased.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Feby 1833 and sent to Charles Spencer Staverville Mass
Arrears to 14th of Pensional allowance ending
amt due up to the 30 th  $52.55 June 1832 the day of his death
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by G H M c Blain Clerk Book D Vol. 2 nd Page 99.
Died 30 June 1832
Episc 88
$96 act 18 March 1818
Army 6 April 1818 gpd
23 March 1819 Doofp

Abida Wells
8041. Abida Wells Widow of David Wells
Private 1 year Died 30 June 1832
$20-
Charles Minot Esq. Haverhill
de the sc I

I Rufus Longley of Haverhill Mass. do testify and declare that I am a Physician of Haverhill Ms. that I attend those sick at the Almshouse in said Haverhill that on the 23 d day of June 1832. I attended David Wells who was there sick that from the nature of his sickness it was impossible that he could live long and accordingly when I again visited the house I found that he was dead; He died I think the 30 th day of June 1832. The said David Wells is the same person who always was reputed to have served in the revolutionary War & to have received a pension under the act of 1818. I also understood that he was married in 1830; to Rhoda Kimball who now survives him Rufus Longley
I Thomas Chase of Haverhill Mass. depose and say that I am the Sexton of The First Parish in Haverhill that on the 1 st day of July 1832 I buried David Wells of this town; who is the same person who is believed to have served in the Revolutionary War Thomas Chase
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss. Town of Haverhill August 3 d 1832 Then the above & before named George Lufkin, William Hildreth, Ezekiel George, Rufus Longley, & Thomas Chase, severally made oath that the aforesaid declarations by them respectively subscribed, are true, before me,
Stephen Minot, Justice of Peace
I do hereby certify that the above named five Deponents are all personally known to me that they are all respectable and credible citizens of Haverhill Mass & that full faith and credit is due to their testimony; and that they severally are what they describe themselves as being; and I further certify that I was personally acquainted with said David Wells that he did receive a pension in 1819 but was afterwards struck from the roll on account of property - that he was married about the year 1830 to Rhoda Kimball and that Rhoda Wells his widow now survives. I know of no other David Wells or Rhoda Wells in this town & believe there are none.
Stephen Minot, Justice of Peace.

I George Keeley of Haverhill in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Clergyman depose and say that I knew David Wells late of this town now deceased. That on the twenty second day of July A.D. 1830; the said Wells was by me married to Rhoda Kimball then also of said Haverhill - who now survives him Rev. Keeley.
I William Kimball of Haverhill Mass depose and say that David Wells and Rhoda Kimball were joined in Marriage by Rev. George Keeley, I was on the twenty second day of July A.D. 1830; I being then present and a witness there. and also further say that I think said David Wells died about the last of June 1832; and his widow Rhoda Wells now survives him -
There was no other person to my knowledge in said Haverhill of the name of David Wells, who was always understood to have served in the Revolutionary war; nor is there any other person to my knowledge of the name of Rhoda Wells than the one who has applied for the arrears of his a pension as above -
Wm Kimball
I Herzeiah George of Haverhill Mass. do depose and say that David Wells mentioned in the above depositions did die on the 30 th day of June 1832 in the Mrs house in said Haverhill of which I am the keeper said Wells as I have reason to believe served in the Revolutionary War. Herk. George

David Wells & Rhoda Kimble both of Haverhill, married July 22, 1880.
David Wells died June 30, 1892
I have copy from the Records of the Town of Haverhill, Ms
Attest James Gale Town Clerk

I hereby certify that the within named James Gale is Town Clerk of Haverhill & the within is in his hand writing
Aug. 6. 1832
Stephen Minot. Justice of Peace.

I Rhoda Wells of Haverhill, in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the age of 75 years declare and say that on the twenty second day of July A.D. 1830, I was married to David Wells of said Haverhill, and that said David did die on the 30 th day of June 1832 at the Almshouse in said Haverhill: and I further say that the said David Wells was the only person of that name in said Haverhill; & that he did receive a pension from the United States under the Law of March 1818; but was struck from the roll on account of property
Rhoda Wells
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. Haverhill August 3 1832.
Then the above named Rhoda Wells subscribed the above declaration and made solemn oath that the same was true before me
Stephen Minot
Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex, ss. Probate office, September 11. 1832.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of the court of probate for said county of Essex, hereby certify, that Stephen Minot esquire, whose name is subscribed to four several certificates hereto annexed, is a justice of the peace for said county; and that his signatures to said certificates are genuine. Given under my hand and seal of office the day and year above written.
Nathaniel Lord Jr. Jst

8041. Rhoda Wells Widow of David Wells
Private 1 year
Due 30 June 1832
$20.-
Charles Minot Esq. Haverhill

David Wells April 6. 1818
50
Not on Roll
David Wells, private, Massachusetts line, 6. April, 1818.
Not found on rolls.
The testimony, on oath, of two or more disinterested and credible persons, proving 9 months service of the applicant, in con- -tinuance, on the conti- -nental establishment, is required, in lieu thereof. For evidence relative to the reduced circumstances of the claimant - see endorsement in the case of William Clough. - Stephen Mingt , Esq.; judge Haverhill, Essex co: Mass. Rec d . 8. June, 1818.

I David Wells of the age of 73 years declare and say that I am a resident Citizen of the United States; that I reside in, & belong to the Town of Haverhill in the County of Essex, in the Middle Circuit, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; — That I enlisted into the army of the Revolutionary war as a private soldier, for the term of one year, on the 8 th day of December 1775; that I immediately entered the service, in the Company under Capt. Barns, in Col. o Nixon's Reg t of Massachusetts troops, being the 4 th Reg t : That I served in said company accordingly till about 3 weeks before the year was expired, & was then taken out of that Company, & placed in a Company under Capt. M c Farland as a guard over the Regimental Baggage, in which I served till my time of enlistment was within about 4 days of expiring, & I with the rest of the Company, was then dis dismissed by Capt. M c Farland without any written discharge, at Hartford, in Connecticut, & so I left the service: — I further say that I never had any pension allowed me by the laws of the United States; and that I am, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from my country for support.
Teste, Stephen Minot.
I David his Wells mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Essex ss. April 6 th 1818 Then the above named David Wells made solemn oath that the aforesaid declaration, by him subscribed, is true, before me,
Stephen Minot,
Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
I Jeremiah Stickney, of Haverhill, depose & say that I was a soldier in the same Reg t above mentioned for the year 1776, & know as a member that the said David Wells continued in service as above stated by him from sometime in January till the year was nearly out: as late as the latter part of Nov r & fore part of Dec r :
Teste, Stephen Minot,
Jeremiah his Stickney mark
Essex ss. May 18. 1818 Then the above named Jeremiah Stickney made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed, is true, before me,
Stephen Minot, Judge as aforesaid.

Whereupon, it appearing to my satisfaction, that the said David Wells, did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in his declaration, aforesaid, against the common enemy, that the said Sketchney , Poor & Smiley are credible witnesses to the testimony in the case of the proceedings had thereon, I now certify to the Hon. the Secretary of the Department of War, that the said Wells is in indigent circumstances & in need of assistance from his Country for support.
Stephen Minot { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
I, John Poor of Haverhill, depose & say that I know the within named David Wells did serve in the revolutionary war in the year 1776 & that he was discharged & came away the fore part of Dec r of that year, but what time he entered the service I do not know. —
John Poor
Essex ss. Dec r 11. 1818 Then the above named John Poor made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true, before me
Stephen Minot, Judge as aforesaid.
I, James Smiley of Haverhill depose & say I know the within named David Wells; I was in the service of the Revolutionary war in the same Regt. & part of the time in the same company with him, & know that he served the whole time he mentions within, & was discharged as he has within stated. I also know him to be very poor & indigent.
James Smiley
Essex ss. Dec r 28. 1818 Then the above named James Smiley made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed, is true, before me,
Stephen Minot, Judge etc.

David Wells
23 March 1819.
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Head
[Large cursive signature, likely "David Wells" with a decorative flourish]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
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, David Wells resident in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 8,252 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; David Wells 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 sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty third day of March 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,
About six acres of meadow stillage land situated in Haverhill, about two miles from his dwellinghouse, rented for half the produce - $ 400.00
Annual income of the same is estimated at $ 30.00
16 square rods of land in said Haverhill with a small barn on the same and a frame house one story, 20 by 16 ft divided into two rooms and occupied by me as a dwellinghouse - - - - - 200.00
Personal estate - 1 Cow 18.00 pig 5.00 Clock old 25.00 four ft table 1.00 49.00 3 ft. do 50 old table 50 6 chairs 3.00 6 do very poor 1.00 Looking glass 3.00 8.00 Maple desk 2.00 Old do 1.00 dogs, iron, 75 pr audisons 50 brass kettle 3.00 7.25 Iron pot 1.00 2 kettle 50 sundry articles as crockery, tin & potters ware, &c. &c. 10.00 - 10.50
Total amount as appraised by a sworn assessor of the town of Haverhill is - $ 675.75
From this deduct my debts which I have no means of paying but by sale of my property, viz: To David Howe 15.00 Doct S. Hildreth 8.00 R. West's estate $15. small debts 17.00 to Col. Charles White 25.00 - in all - 80.00
595.75
I am in the 76th year of my age and beside the common infirmities

of age am subject to the rheumatism and to violent attacks of bleeding, I have no trade and am unable to labor and my means of support are so small that I need the assistance of my country for support. On my land there is no wood, so that I must buy at high prices this necessary article.
My family is my wife 69 years old, who in consequence of a broken limb, is not able to work but very little.
I served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz: The 8th of December 1775 I enlisted for the term of one year and immediately entered the service in Capt. Barnes Company of Infantry, in Col. Nixon's Regiment (the 4th) in the Massachusetts line, as a private soldier. I served in said Company, accordingly till about 3 weeks before the year expired when I was taken out of that Company, and put in Capt. McFarland's Comp y as a guard over the Regimental baggage. I served under him till my term of enlistment was within about four days of expiring when I with the rest of the Company, was dismissed at Hartford in Connecticut without a written discharge by Capt. McFarland — David Wells
Witness James H. Duncan
Essex Js. July 13. 1820 Then the above named David Wells made oath that the said schedule and statement by him subscribed are true, before me, 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,
I, David Wells 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.
David Wells
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed David Wells took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
Stephen Minot 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 five hundred ninety five dollars seventy five 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 17th day of July - A. D.
1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

8,252
Massachusetts
Daria Wells
of Haverhill in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Vixon of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year
inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of March 1819 and sent to Stephen Minot Esq. Judge Haverhill Essex Co. Mass ts
Arrears to 4th of March 1819  10 mo 4 days $ 87.9 semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept 1819 $ 48
Not collected $ 135.9
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Essex County

Notification sent October 18. 1890 to Schabod Tucker, Salem, Mass.

To the Secretary of the Department of War Sir, please to transmit the Certificate of allowance of my pension under the late law, to Stephen Minot Esqr. of Haverhill Ms. who will forward the same to me.
April 6. 1818 -
Yrs, Stephen Minot.
his David + Wells mark

30196 Rev INVALID.
File No. 30196
David Wells Dr Rev Rev
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 228
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dear Ancestral
Miss
To the Honorable Sec y of War. Pension Department
Washington D. C.
D. Wells has been on Rev
10-2-18

Haverhill, Mass Sept r 13. 1832
I now again enclose the application of Rhoda Wells of Haverhill, Mass. for the arrears of what was due her husband under the act of June 7. 1832 will be transmitted to her with transmitted. I also have obtained a certificate of the Register of Probate of S. Minot being a Justice & that his signature is genuine - I also enclose the Governor's certificate of the same fact. -
In haste
Respectfully yours
Charles Minot
P. S. Please transmit the certificate to me E. Minot

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By his Excellency LEVI LINCOLN, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know Ye, That Stephen Minot, of Haverhill Esquire, is Justice of the Peace, and of the Inferior, for the County of Essex.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this third day of August A. D. 1832, and in the fifty seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor,
Edward D. Dangs
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Recd 28 May 1828 David Wells Massachusetts act 1 March 1818 file 1819.
Hon John Varnum Wardhill Mass Pension Office Washington
Dear Sir M. G.

Washington May 27 1828
J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Sir: I recd the enclosed ha- ber this evening, and hope the claim may be allowed. I am well acquainted with the petitioners, and all the persons who have signed the papers, & know they are entitled to full credit. I should call on you personally, but must leave the city in the morning with respect &c.
Your Ob. Servt.
John C. Calhoun