Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33827, Nathaniel Treadwell, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Treadwell Nathaniel
S 33827
CONTENTS

7661 Massachusetts.
Nathaniel French
of Ipswich in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Crane of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 March 1819 and sent to Mr. Wetmore Esq. Salisbury Mass.
Arrears to 4th March 1819 $ 67.53 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 68.
$ 135.43
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Comptroller of the Pension Office Salisbury, Mass. Sept 24. 1821

✓ Nath l Meadville In s 2
Col Francis Hugh
1777- 3 years
Admitted
pd

I Nathaniel Treadwell Junior a Citizen of the United States residing at Ipswich in the District of Massachusetts, do on oath testify & declare, that in the war of the Revolution in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred & twenty six the month I do not recollect I entered into the land service of the United States on the continental establishment and served accordingly in Captain Dodge's Company in Colonel Little's Regiment until the sixteenth of May in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy seven when I again entered the service aforesaid & served accordingly in Captain William Treadwell's Company in Colonel Arnes Regiment of Artillery for the full term of three years & was honorably discharged on the sixteenth of May in the year Seventeen hundred & eighty, which discharge has been lost by lapse of time — That by reason of my reduced circumstances in life & poverty I stand in need of assistance from my Country for support being now very aged & without property real or personal. And I hereby relinquish all claim to every other pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States if any hath been so allowed, of which I am ignorant.
Waltham read well J. v.
Be it Remembered that on this seventh day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & eighteen Pursuant to an act of the Congress of the United States made & passed on the 18 th of March A.D. 1818 entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary war" Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit within the State aforesaid & presiding pro hac vice

vice , the before named Nathaniel Read with Union and after due examination & caution to testify the whole truth, he maketh to the declaration aforesaid & subscribes the same in my presence; & on examination duly made by me the said Judge it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature & the seal of said Court.
Wm Wetmore

Nathl. Treadwell
copy - $1.00.
Can

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, Nathaniel Treadwell resident in Ipswich - - - - - in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 7671 - - - - - 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 Treadwell 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 seventh day of April - - - - - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Given at the War Office of the United States, this sixteenth 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,
Table with 2 columns: Description of assets, Value in dollars. Assets include: one old one story house and land under, eight acres of land in Ipswich, Personal estate (two cows & one swine, one old desk, six chairs & two tables, one pot one iron kettle, old crockery & tin ware), Cross by mortgage on the land to Jonathan Ingersoll's estate.
enlisted on the first of January 1776. in Capt. Abraham Dodge's Company & Col. Mose Little's Regiment on the Continental establishment for one year and served the whole of that term and was discharged in 1777. enlisted in Capt. William Treadwell's Company

company & Col. Grane's Regiment of Artillery on the continental establishment & both in the Massachusetts line for three years & served the whole of that time & was discharged. And after that served three months in the Militia at West-Point, was in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth & Stony-Point. is aged sixty eight years, infirm & unable to labor, his wife Mary is aged sixty nine years, and cannot perform much labour, his family consists of himself and wife only —
Nath l Treadwell —
Essex ss. July 12. 1820. Then the above named Nathaniel Treadwell made oath that the said schedule & statement by him subscribed are true, before me
Stephen Minot, Judge of said Court,
C

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, Nath d Treadwell 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.
Nath d Treadwell
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Nathaniel Treadwell took and subscribed the aforewritten 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 one hundred & twelve 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
And now at the December Term of the Court aforesaid begun and held at Ipswich within and for the County of Essex on the twenty ninth day of January A.D. 1821. by adjournment from the third monday of Dec r . A.D. 1820, The Court revive the judgment aforesaid, and adjudge that the amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is one hundred sixty seven dollars fifty cents, and that he owes the sum of fifty five dollars —
Attr. Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
S.F. 33827
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Nathaniel Treadwell Jr. a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1 1776 1 year Col. Abraham Dodge Moses Little Mass   1777 3 yrs. William Treadwell Crane's Artillery   3 mos in militia no officers named  
Battles engaged in, Long Island, White Plains, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Stony Point
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, Apr. 7. 1818. His ch. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Spencer Mass.
Age at date of application, 66 years
Remarks: In 1820 his wife Mary was 69 yrs old, no further data as to family.
Very respectfully,

33 827 Rev INVALID.
19th March 28 Hist. Soc. to Rev L. Brown V.L.M.
File No. 33 827
Nathaniel Readwell
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 425
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1733 Columbia Road
Washington D.C. Mar 21 1911
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Will you kindly tell me whether the records show any revolutionary services rendered by Nathaniel  Treadwell of Ipswich, Mass., born Dec 20, 1752., together with a reference to the authority quoted; if any.
The courtesy of your reply will be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully Wm S. Brown.
1820 68 17 5/8
U.S. 833827 111182 99.6. June 1749
ack air Mar 27

We the Subscribers Inhabitants of the town of Ipswich testify before and say that Nathaniel Freadwell described in Pension Certificate No 4641. is by reason of hard Service in the revolutionary war rendered by that & advanced age unable to perform labor, that his house described by him is a small one story house & of very little value & only affords covering & shelter from the weather that eight acres of land also described by him is poor land & only affords a little herbage for his two Cows - and we know that he in the said war was a brave Soldier in the artillery was in many battles & a meritorious Soldier & unless he obtains the Pension hath not the comfortable means of living
Robert Farley - Collr of the 9 th Collection Dist of Mass s . Jabez Farley Notary Public Joseph Farley, Justice of the Peace for County of Essex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Essex ss. January 31 st 1821. Then the above named Robert Farley, Jabez Farley, & Joseph Farley made oath that the above deposition by them subscribed is true, before me. - I also certify that to my personal knowledge they are men of most respectable characters, and entitled to credit.
Stephen Minot, A Judge of the Circuit Court of Com - mon Pleas for the Middle Circuit.

7671
Nathl Treadwell
7661
Max Tamm
age 68 - inform. wife 69 - no children.
Served 4 years
work $167 50
Continued

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, Nathaniel Treadwell resident in _____ in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 9691 — 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 Treadwell — 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 seventh day of April — — — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .”
***** * L. S. * *****
“Given at the War Office of the United States, this sixteenth 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,
One old one story house & land under. 55,00 Eight acres of land in Ipswich — — — 92,00
Personal Estate.
Two cows & one swine — — — — — 32,00 one old desk, six chairs & two tables — — 5,50 one pot one iron kettle — — — — — 1,50 Old crockery & tin ware — — — — — 1,50
169,50
owes by mortgage on the land ? to Jonathan Ingersoll's estate S — — 55,00
112,50
Enlisted on the first of January 1776 in Capt. Abraham Dodge's company and Col Moses Little's Regiment on the Continental

I served the whole of that term establishment for one year, and was discharged. In 1777 enlisted in capt. William Treadwell's company and col. Crane's Regiment of Artillery on the continental establishment & both in the Massachusetts line for three years and served the whole of that time & was discharged. And after that served three months in the Militia at West point. Was in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Brandywine, Ger- mantown, Monmouth and Stony Point. Is aged Sixty eight years, infirm and unable to labour - his wife Mary is aged Sixty nine years & cannot perform much labour. His family consists of himself and wife only.
Nath l Treadwell.
Epex p. July 12. 1820. Then the above named Nathaniel Treadwell made oath that the said schedule and statement by him sub- scribed 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,
1. Nathl. Treadwell 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.
Nathl. Treadwell.
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Nathaniel Treadwell 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 one hundred & twelve dollars fifty 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