Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,940, Daniel Woodberry, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Woodberry, Daniel
S. 33940
CONTENTS
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16. 27 4. Sept. '37 } 2 mos. 21 day 5. Nov. " }
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss. PROBATE OFFICE.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that
Daniel Woodbury, late of Beverly in said county, yeoman, deceased, intestate, was a pensioner of the United States; that he died on the fifth day of November, A.D. 1837; that he left no widow; and no child, except Sophia Burchestead and William Woodbury, both of full age, and still living, so far as known; said William having been absent from said Beverly, where he formerly resided, about three years, and it not being known, where he now lives or resides; —
as appears by the records in said office.
Given under my hand and seal of office, this sixteenth day of January, A. D. 18 38.
Nath. Lord jr.

That before me, the sub Notary Public, in and for the County of ... known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and who is known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
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REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Under the Act of March 18, 1818.
MERCHANTS BANK,
Boston, 5. Feb. 1838
RECEIVED of the PRESIDENT, Agent for paying Pensioners, belonging to the State of Massachusetts,
Sixteen Dollars, 27 Cents,
being for Two months & one day  Martin?
Pension due to Daniel Woodbury dec d
From the 4 th day of Sept. 1837
to the 4 th day of November 1837
for which I have signed Duplicate Receipts.
$ 16. 27
Pay Atty
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Massachusetts Roll.
1,124
Daniel Woodberry Capt Baker Private
Massachusetts line '76 - 1 year In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of June 1818, and sent to Sam d Putnam, Esq. Salem, Mass a .
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818.
Semi-annual
4 months 28/30. $39.46
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued Beverly, Essex County,
Notification sent Octob r 18. 1820 to Jehabad Tucker, Salem, Mass a .

MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Essex County, }
Be it Known, That before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Sophia Burchstead, daughter of Daniel Woodbury deceased and made oath, in due form of law, that he is the identical person named in an original certificate in his possession, of which (I certify) the following to be a true copy;
" War Department. REVOLUTIONARY CERT.
" I CERTIFY that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March 1818, Daniel Woodbury late 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 twenty  1818
" GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 30 day of June one thousand eight hundred and 1818 " J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War.
That he now resided in Brewery and had resided there for the space of eighty years past; and that previous thereto he resided in no other place Sworn and subscribed this Third day of February 1838 Sophia Burchstead before me, Robt Rantoul JUSTICE PEACE.
Know all Men by these Presents, THAT I, Sophia Burchstead, daughter of Daniel Woodbury late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States , do hereby constitute and appoint Woodbury Page my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying Pensions in Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, his Pension from the fourth day of September 1837 to the fifth day of November 1837. Witness my hand and seal, this third day of February 1838.
Sealed and delivered in presence of us
Nathl Lawson Robt Rantoul
Sophia Burchstead
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STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Essex County, }
Be it Known, That on the third day of February 1838 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, personally appeared Sophia Burchstead above named, and acknowledged the foregoing
Power of Attorney to be his act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last abovementioned.
Robt Rantoul Justice Peace.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Essex County, }
Be it Known, That on the fifth day of February 1838 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Woodbury Page the Attorney named in the foregoing
Power of Attorney, and made oath that the same was not given by reason of any sale, transfer, or mortgage of the Pension, or arrears of the Pension, therein authorized to be received by him.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year last abovementioned, before me
Franklin Hawn
JUSTICE PEACE.
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1124 Daniel Woodberry
June 1818 Cont 25 Sep 1820
con

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for 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, Daniel Woodberry resident in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1124 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT. REVOLUTIONARY PENSION.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Daniel Woodbury 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 18
L. S.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 30 day of June one thousand eight hundred and 18
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 twenty poles of land situated in Beverly, in said County of Essex, with an unfinished wooden building of a story and a half high and one room on the floor, very old and out of repair but answers the purpose of a dwelling house, and is of the value of $85.00
1 pair of iron dogs 75c 1 iron pot 75c 1 small kettle 20c - - - 1.70
shovel and tongs 33c 1 small pot 12c earthen ware 75c - - - 1.20
Tin and pewter ware 37c 1 tea kettle 42c 1 large spider 50c - - - 1.29
1 gridiron 1 toaster 40c 1 sea chest 1 drawers 1.50 - - - 1.90
2 old tables 75c 1 stand table 12c 2 looking glasses 25c - - - 1.12
1 lamp 25c 1 mortar 50c 7 old chairs 58c - - - 1.33
1 iron shovel 25c 1 wood axe 50c 1 hoe 12c - - - .87
1 whip saw 50c 3 wooden boxes 12c 1 trammel & 2 hooks 30c - - .92
1 loom and weaving gear - - - - - 3.50
$98.83
No income whatever
And the said Daniel Woodberry further states that he is about sixty six years of age, that he is a laborer, that his family consists of himself and his wife aged about sixty one years

and lately of a sick son Moses Woodbury, aged thirty two years, that before his son was sick he maintained himself only, and did not do any thing towards the support of said Daniel, that his wife, when there is no sickness in the family, weaves, a part of the time, at very small wages, that he himself is very lame and infirm and unable to maintain himself by his labor, that previous to his receiving a pension from the United States he received occasional relief from the town as a pauper.
That he enlisted in the eight months service in the year 1775 in Capt. John Baker's Company, Col. Moses Little's Regiment, which he believes was called the fourth, and served out said term of enlistment - that on or about the 1st day of January, 1776 he enlisted in the land service of the United States on the Continental establishment and served accordingly, from that time to the 1st day of January, 1777 being the whole of one year for which he enlisted, as a private soldier, against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence; that he belonged to the Company, Commanded by said Capt. John Baker in the Regiment commanded by said Col. Moses Little and which he thinks was called the fourth, being a Regt. of foot in the Massachusetts line in the Continental service and that he left said service on the 1st day of January 1777 being regularly discharged therefrom, but afterwards under another enlistment served five months in guarding the Hessians, as a private soldier in the Company commanded by Capt. Procter in Col. Gernish's Regt. - That a former declaration of his to the above effect was dated on or about the 7th day of April, 1818, as near as he can recollect and that the number of the pension certificate in his possession is 1124.
Witness Tho s Stephens.
Daniel his Woodberry mark
Sworn to & declared before
Yom 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, Daniel Woodberry 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.
Daniel Woodberry
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Daniel Woodberry 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
ninety eight — 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 17 th day of July — A. D.
1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

Dan Woodbury.
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Not on Rolls —
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ADDITIONAL
PROOF.
I, Benjamin Woodberry of Beverly in the County of ESSEX, in the COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU- SETTS, Yeoman do on solemn oath testify and depose, as follows:—
That in the war of the Revolution I served as a private soldier in the militia during a part of the year 1776 and that I was then and am now well acquainted with Daniel Woodberry of said Beverly and that said Daniel was to my certain knowledge in the year service so called for the year 1776 as a private soldier in the company commanded by Captain John Baker in the Regiment of foot commanded by Col: Moses Little in the Massachusetts line on the continental establishment said company being at the same station where I was, I knew of said Daniel's being on duty therein as a private soldier and that he enlisted for one year from the first day of January 1776 and returned discharged from said service in the month of January 1777 — And I further testify and depose that said Daniel is now in reduced circumstances in life and stands in need of assistance from his country for support —
Benjamin Woodberry
We John Baker of Beverly in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Yeoman and Richard Hood of Wenham in said County, Yeoman, on solemn oath testify and depose as follows — That the said John served as a private soldier and I the said Richard Hood served as a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain John Baker in the Regiment of foot commanded by Col: Moses Little, in the Massachusetts line on the continental

establishment from the first day of January 1776 to the first day of January 1777 and that Daniel Woodberry of said Beverly to our certain knowledge served in said Company with us as a private soldier from the said first day of January 1776 to the first day of January 1777 when he was regularly discharged therefrom having served the full period of one year without interruption or absence and further that we are also well knowing to said Daniel's serving eight months in the year 1775 in the same company and in the same service. That the said Captain John Baker and the said Col Moses Little have been dead for some time. That the said Daniel Woodberry is poor and indigent and in reduced circumstances in life and stands in need of assistance from his country for support that he is too infirm of body and limb to earn his living
John Baker Richard Hood
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss Beverly
June 15 th AD 1818 Then the aforementioned Benjamin Woodberry, John Baker and Richard Hood personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing depositions by them subscribed in my presence and I further certify that they are credible and disinterested persons and that their aforesaid depositions are entitled to full faith and credit
Rob t Rantoul Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
I, SAMUEL PUTNAM, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid, hereby certify, that the aforesaid Deponents, Benjamin Woodberry, John Baker and Richard Wood
are credible and disinterested witnesses ; and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Declarant served in the Revolutionary Army on the continental establishment against the common enemy more than nine months at one period of continued service ; and I further certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Declarant is in reduced circumstances in life, and stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 19. day of June Anno Domini 1818.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass?
I, Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court aforesaid, do certify, that the Hon. Samuel Putnam is a Judge of said Court, that the above is his signature, that the seal affixed is the seal of said Court, that the within named Robert Rantoul Esq. who has certified the aforewritten depositions, is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Essex, duly empowered and qualified to administer oaths.
Ichabod Tucker Clerk.

I Daniel Woodbury of Beverly, in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged sixty four years, being a resident Citizen of the United States, on oath declare and say - That on or about the first day of May A 1775, I enlisted in the revolutionary army, in the company commanded by Capt John Baker, in Colonel Little's Regiment, for eight months, and serving out that time, I again enlisted at the close of the year, for one years service, commencing the first day of January A 1776, in the land service of the United States, on the continental establishment, as a private soldier, in the company commanded by Capt John Baker, in the Regiment commanded by Col: Little, in the Massachusetts line, I served out this years service, and then enlisted in Capt Proctor's company in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Gerrish, for five months service, and served out this term of service and was honourably discharged, but have lost my discharge - that from my reduced circumstances in life, I need the assistance of my Country for support, and that I release & relinquish all claim to any other pension whatsoever from the United States -
Signed in presence of } Danl. his  Woodbury S. Putnam J. S. G. Court } mark
Sw. 7-avr.

We John Baker, of Beverly in the County of Essex, yeoman, and Richard Hood, of Wenham in said County, yeoman, on oath declare and say, that we are well acquainted with the within named Daniel Woodberry, that we served with him in the revolutionary army, in the land service of the United States, on the continental establishment in the within mentioned Company, commanded by Capt John Baker in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Little in the Massachusetts line, for the eight months service in the year 1775, and for the twelve months service in the year 1776, that we were well knowing to his serving out both these periods of enlistment, and that he is to our knowledge poor and indigent and needs the assistance of his country for support -
John Baker
Signed in presence of S. Putnam J.S. J. Court }
Richard his X Hood mark.
S.W.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss.
On this seventh day of April A.D. 1818 personally appeared before me Samuel Putnam one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth - the within named Daniel Woodbury - & the above named John Baker and Richard Hood - and in my presence subscribed and made oath to the above written Declaration & affidavit by them respectively made as aforesaid. And it appearing to my satisfaction that the above named Daniel Woodbury served more than nine months - viz from 1. Jan'y. 1776 to 1. Jan'y. 1777 at one period of the revolutionary on the continental establishment against the common enemy I do hereby certify the testimony in the case and the proceedings had thereon to the Secretary of the department of war.
Given under my hand & the seal of the said Court at Salem the seventh day of April A.D. 1818.
S. Putnam Just. } S. J. Court of Mass. }
cribe the seal on the other leaf - }
S.P.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss.
I Ichabod Tucker Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of said Commonwealth in & for the County of Essex do certify, that the abovenamed Samuel Putnam is a Judge of the said Supreme Judicial Court - That the foregoing signature is his proper hand writing - and that the seal of said Court is hereto affixed -
Atto. Ichabod Tucker Clerk

Daniel Woodbury P.
Daniel Woodbury Payable on the 4 th March & 4 th Sept. of each year at the U. States Branch Bank, Boston, Mass.
Recorded

WAR DEPARTMENT.
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I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18. March 1818, Daniel Woodberry, 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  cents per month, to commence on the seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and 1818.
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this 30. day of June one thousand eight hundred and 1818.
J. C. Calhoun Sec. of War.
John Baker company D 1st Battery 4th Regt Col Little resided in Boston from the year 1818 to 1820

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Daniel Woodbury (deceased)
16.27
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Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Sir,
I would respectfully request the Commissioner of Pensions to furnish me with the Certificate of Service of Daniel Woodbury who served in the Revolution . He had a number of short enlistments one of which I can give you so as not to conflict with others, if any, of the same name, enlisted May 18 th 1775 from Beverly, Mass in John Baker's Co, Col. Little's Regt. as Private.
I would also ask for a certificate of service of my Great Grandfather Benjamin Burchstead who enlisted from somewhere in the vicinity of Beverly or Danvers Mass & served in the War of 1812. I would respectfully state my object in asking for above, to be able to present them to the Secretary of the Mass. Society, Sons of American Revolution so as to be able to be elected a member,
Yours Respectfully,
George Burchstead Tinkham 128 Chandler St Boston
Late of K. Co. 21 st U. S. Inf.
Mass.

33,940
Daniel Woodbury
June Apr - 7 - 1818
Beverly Mass. 64
May 1. 75
Capt Jno. Baker
Cul Messrs Little 8 mo.
July 1. 76 Jno. Baker
Cul Little 1 yr
77 - Capt. Swetons
Cul Gerrish 5 mo
no Bap

33940 Rev  INVALID.
Nov. 27-1900 Geo. H. Pinkham - Boston Mass.
File No. 33,940
Daniel Woodbury
Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 363
[Arrangement of 1870.]