Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33857, George Very, Mass. New York

NUMBER
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Mass, New York
Very, George
S 33857
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5166.
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Massachusetts.
George Vary private
Capt Baker &c
Mass & F New York line Ward
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts . at the rate of - 87 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 th of Apr. 1818 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st of Jany 1819 and sent to S. Putnam Esq Salem, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818  4 mo. 25/30 38.66 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Mar 1819 48.00
$876.66
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Danvers Esq
Continued
Application sent July 26th 1820 to Ichabod Tucker Salem Mass

33 857 Ray INVALID.
File No. 33 857
George Very His Rev. Wm
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 394
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5166
Geo: Very
Jan 1819 Dabert
bn
5166
age 73 Laborer a Pauper
Mar 1819

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, George Very resident in Danvers in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 5,166 - 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, George Very - 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 tenth day of April - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
***** "Given at the War Office of the United States, this first day of January - one thousand eight hundred and nineteen ***** L. S. 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,
He declares he does not own or possess any real or personal estate and has no income except his pension and that he has been maintained as a pauper in the work house of the town of Danvers for several years and till he had his pension. he is seventy three years of age & too infirm to labour.
He served as a year's man all 1776 in Captain Baker's Company in Col: Hutchinson's Regiment in Massachusetts Line: and after that three years in Capt. Gregg's Company in Col: Gansvoort's Regiment in the New York Line
Geo: + Very his mark

Sworn to and 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. W m Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, George Very — 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.
Geo: X Very mark
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed George Very took and subscribed the aforesaid Oath before me
W m 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 nothing dollars
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 17 th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

I George Henry of Danvers in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on Solomon Oath Declare -
That soon after the Battle of Lexington, I enlisted in Capt. Perkins Company, in Colonel Leitch's Regiment and served as a private Soldier the first eight months of the Revolutionary War.
I then enlisted, in Captain Bakers Company and Colonel Hutchinsons Regiment, in the Massachusetts Line, and served, on the Contin- ental establishment, as a private Soldier, one year, and was discharged in January 1777 - I then enlisted in Captain Greffs Company, and served as a Soldier, in the New York Line, until the end of the War of the Revolution.
I further declare that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I need the assistance of my Country for my support;
And I hereby relinquish every Claim to a Pension heretofore allowed by the laws of the United States
Signed in presence of L. Putnam J. S. J. Court }
George
his mark
Very
Sworn 10 th Apr. 1818

I Jonathan Peabody of Salem, in the County of Essex - On oath depose and say - That I know that George Verry served in Captain Parkers Company the first eight months of the war of the Revolution - also, I know that he served in Captain Bakers Compa- ny, Colonel Hutchinsons Regiment, one full year, in the Massachusetts Line, and that he was discharged some time in the month of January 1777 - This Deponent was not knowing to the said Verry's services after 1777, but he remembers that he returned to Danvers after the peace took place, and he readily believes that he served as a soldier, in the New York Line, as set forth in his declaration annexed.
Jonathan Peabody
Com with of Mass ts Essex ss. April 10. 1818 Then the said Jonathan Peabody made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed before me S. Putnam Lieut. S. J. Court of Mass ts .

Further proof
I Samuel Prabody of Salem in Massachusetts, aged 57 on oath testify
That I am well acquainted with George Vroy - we were born and have always lived near together. I know he was a twelve-months-man in 1776, and that he served all that year in Captain Baker's Company in Col. Hutchinson's Regiment: we served together at Cambridge, New York, and the Jerseys: I came home when my time was out, but George Vroy did not leave the line, as he enlisted again in the New York forces. Our Regiment was broke up. Samuel Prabody
Of EEE/s: Nov. 24. 1818 Then the abovenamed Samuel Prabody, a credible and disinterested witness, subscribed and made oath to the above before
By Merritt Just. Pac.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss. On this tenth day of April A.D. 1818, before me, Samuel Putnam, one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, personally appeared, George Henry, and made solemn Oath to the truth of the Declarations hereunto annexed - and it appeared to my satisfaction that the said George Henry, served more than nine months in the Continental establishment, in the War of the Revolution - and I hereby certify and transmit the testimony in the case to the Honorable Secretary of the War Department -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and cause the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass s }
I Ichabod Tucker Clerk of all the Judicial courts of said State in & for the County of Essex do hereby certify that the Hon. Samuel Putnam is a judge of said Supreme Judicial Court, that the above signature is his proper hand - writing & that the seal hereunto affixed is the seal of said Court Salem April 20 1818 Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

I Samuel Putnam the Judge aforesaid further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that said George Vey served nine months at one period of continued service in the Revolutionary War; and that he is very poor, infirm, and needs assistance for support.
Salem. Nov. 24. 1818
S. Putnam Jut } S. J. Court of Mass }
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the Georges very.
10 Apr
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