Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,860, John Williams, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
★ Williams, John
S 11860
Carded
CONTENTS

Perman
11860 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 11860 John Williams Briv. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1862
Index:—Vol. A , Page 412
[Arrangement of 1870.]

3943.
Massachusetts John Williams
Suffolk in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Brig State commanded by Captain Seimel of the Mass line for 8 Mos -
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Jan'y 1833 and sent to Child Boston Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $39.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 33. 13.33
$53.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. S. Blair Clerk Book D, Vol. 2 nd Page 93.

John Williams N o 4167
Waiman 8 Months
adm
Notions not sufficient to be credible
Nov 24, 1832
$26.66
D. L. Child Post Shop

BRIEF in the case of  John Williams of the County of Suffolk  in the State of Mass.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? bodily infirmity -  3. How old is he? 70 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1778 Feb 1 st 15 to the 15 th Oct. 1778 — 8 — As a Marine Gen. on board the U.S. Brig G. Galt Capt. Skinner Commander Capt. W. G. Linn of Marines -  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? British Brig Montague, at Sea.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Chelsea  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Depositions  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No Gentryman's Certificate 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

J Williams

I, Richard Howard of Dorchester in the county of Norfolk and born- mother of M rs Charles aged seventy three years testify & say that I was a seaman on board the Continental Brig of War Gerard Gates Capt John Skinner Com- mander from about the middle of February AD 1770 to about the middle of October of the same year, during the greater part of which time said Brig was on a cruise to the southward of Grand Bank where in an engagement with the British Brig Montague our 3 d Commander was killed; and that John Williams then of Chelsea and ever since the Revolutionary war , and Boston, in the county of Suffolk & Count the aforesaid was a mariner on board the same brig, and served with me during the period aforesaid. John Howard
U.S. District of Mass ts . Boston Aug 2. 1832 Subscribed and sworn in open Court J. Davis Dist. Judge Mass ts ss

I Jacob Hiler of said Boston aged seventy six testify and say that I was master at arms on board said Brig during the aforesaid period & that the foregoing affidavit, sub- scribed & sworn by John D Howard contains the truth Jacob Hiler
U.S. District of Mass s Boston August 2. 1832. Subscribed & sworn in open court. Before me
J. D. Davis Dist. Judge U.S. Dist. Mass. Dist.
District of Mass s I certify Boston Dec r 10/32 that the above named John D. Howard and Jacob Hiler in my opinion are credible persons and their statements entitled to credit.
J. D. Davis Judge Dist. Court U.S. Mass. Dist.

No 4167— John Williams
Ellsworth
P.O. Aug 7 18 th
Ms. B. 1. 1. 1
Mass.

United States District Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In the county of Suffolk in said District On this second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the District Court  sitting at  now in and for said County , John Williams a resident of Boston in said County , aged 70 years , who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Con- gress passed June 7th A. D. 1832.
THAT he was in the United States service from about the fifteenth day of Feb y A. D. 1770 s , to the about  fifteenth day of Oct r A. D. 1770 s as a marine in the Continental Navy : that he was residing at Chelsea in the County of Suffolk and State of Mass ts when he entered the service ; that he enlisted on or about the 25 th of Feb y board and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt John Skinner , and Dennis and Lewis, Lieutenants , and M c Clure Captain of marines, were officers of said Brig : that he sailed  marched from Boston to Marblehead from thence to from  to  the Southward of the Grand Bank , where said brig continued to cruise the British Brig of War Montague and left the service on or about the 25 th of October .
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the  day of A. D. 17 , to the  day of A. D. 17 as a  in the  : that he was residing at  when he entered the service ; that he and served for the period aforesaid under the command of
: that he marched from  to  , from  to  : that he was in  battle
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the  day of A. D. 17 , to the  day of A. D. 17 as a  in the  : that he was residing at  when he entered the service ; that he and served for the period aforesaid under the command of
: that he marched from  to  , from  to 
: that he was in  battle
THAT he upon the pension roll under the act of 18  as a  in the  and that at the time of his application, he was residing at 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
John Williams
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary marine and served as he states, and he did not appear in court by reason of bodily infirmity. The opinion, above expressed, given at the request of the Secretary of War in regulation under Act of June 7, 1872, 17th War Dept. Div. 11, 11th Mass. Dist. I John W. Davis, Clerk of the Massachusetts District Court do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court  Judge in the matter of the application of John Williams for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
John W. Davis Clerk of the U States District Court for the Massachusetts District