Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,022, Benjamin Wilson, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Nilson Benjamin Nabby or Abigail
W. 26.022.
CONTENTS
b. Nov 25, 1748 at Northborough, Worcester Co. Mass. res there at end. d. Dec 28, 1832 at Paxton, Worcester Co. Mass.

1046
Sat. P.M. Sept. 27. - Mar. '39
Massachusetts
Nabby Wilson, widow of Benjamin Wilson, de d . who was a pensioner under the Act of June 7. - '32 and who died on the 20 th Oct 1832 - of Worcester in the State of Mass ts who was a S gt & C o . in the Company commanded by Captain  of the Reg t commanded by Smith - in the Mass ts line for 3 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ms. A. 9. 2. 15 . at the rate of 106 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Nov. '38, see sent to and Austin Flint Lancaster, N.H.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. — $ 266. 65 Semi-annual allowance ending 53. 33 $ 319. 98
{ Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by R. B. ... Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 — Page 143

1878
Massachusetts
Benjamin Wilson
is a Pensioner in the State of Mass who was a Sgt. XXV in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col. Smith in the Mass. line for 8 months Sergeant 5 months Lieutenant This certificate is issued to him dated Nov 11. 1832 (Can collect)
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 100 Dollars - 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 24th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of April 1833 and sent George Solomon Worcester Mass
Arrears to the 24th of March 1833 $215.54 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept " 53.33 $266.67
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Chas. Adison Clerk, Book D Vol. 2 a Page 93

(1500) Nabby Wilson widow of Benjamin Mass.
at 7 July 3 8.
Married in 1785
Died in 1832.
aged
8 mo. 5 days 40
5 d. List.
$106. 66.
no deduction
Austin Flint Leicester Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester, ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify, that John Barton is the Judge of said Court - and that the signature of his name to the papers hereto annexed is his genuine signature.
I further certify, that Jonathan P. Grosvenor, Austin Flint and Weldo Flint are Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified - and that the signatures of their names to the papers hereto annexed are true and genuine.
In witness whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court this seventh day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-eight.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register

County of Worcester
State of Massachusetts ss. On this twentieth day of September eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the Probate Court, Worcester County. Abby Wilson a resident of Paxton in the County of Worcester, aged seventy nine years, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled, an act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows; that she is the widow of Benjamin Wilson; that she has a great many times heard her Husband the said Benjamin Wilson tell of being in the revolutionary War; of his being a Sergeant in Capt. Wood's Company in Northborough; of his being one of the first eight months Men; of his being at the Battle on Bunker Hill, and in the flight of the burning of Charlestown; of his going to New York in Seventy six; of his being a Lieutenant; of his taking the Captain's place while the Captain was sick, of his staying his time out; of his coming home and finding his family sick which prevented him from going into the Army any more.
She further declares that her Husband the said Benjamin Wilson was a Pensioner under the Act of Congress of June 7 th 1832, that he died before any part of his Pension was paid, that she received the amount due him from the time said Act took effect to the time of his Death. She further declares that she was married to the said Benjamin Wilson on the eleventh day of September in the year fifteen hundred and eighty five, that her Husband the aforesaid Benjamin Wilson died on the twentieth day of December eighteen hundred and thirty two; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January fifteen hundred and ninety four, at the time above stated, and that she has never been married since. The documentary evidence of his services has all been forwarded to the pension office.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written.
Abby Wilson mark
Before me Mr. Brattle Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Worcester.

I Luther Goodard of Paxton in the county of Worcester and state of Massachusetts Clerk of said town of Paxton do testify and say that the following extracts is a true transcript from from the records of said town, viz.
"Marriage was consummated between the "persons hereafter named by the Revd John "Foster of Paxton, viz "Benjamin Willson and Nabby Morse both "of Paxton September eleventh seventeen hundred "and eighty-five"
And I hereby certify that it is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows, viz.
"Marriage was consummated between the "persons hereafter named by Revd John Foster, "of Paxton Sept 11th 1785."
I Luther Goodard above named depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk in the town, county and state aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named, as certified by me
And I do further testify and say that the following extract is a true transcript from the records of said town viz
Mr Benjamin Wilson died December 20 th 1832 aged 84
Luther Goodard Clerk of the town of Paxton

Worcester ss August 24 th 1838. Personally appeared the within named Luther Goddard and was sworn to the truth of the within affidavit by him subscribed, and I further certify that the said Luther Goddard is a person of truth and morality Before me Jon a D. Grosvenor Justice of Peace

14 1-16 Oliver Wilson of Paxton in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts (Son of the late Benjamin Wilson of the Town, County, and State aforesaid) aged Fiftytwo years depose and say, that I have repeatedly heard my Father the said Benjamin Wilson say that in the year 1775 he was a Sergeant in a volunteer Company of Minute Men in the Town of Northborough in the County and State aforesaid, commanded by Captain Wood, that on the nineteenth day of April in said year, said Company being paraded in said Northborough for the purpose of Military discipline, an Express announced, that the British Troops had made an assault upon the Inhabitants at Lexington, whereupon he with the said Company continued their march for that place on the afternoon of said nineteenth; But learning that said Troops had returned to Boston, they directed their course to Cambridge, where they arrived next morning; that soon after their arrival at Cambridge, he with said Company enlisted for the term of eight Months, him self a Sergeant in Captain Wood's Company and Col. Ward's Regiment. And I further depose that I have repeatedly heard the said Benjamin Wilson say that he was at the Battle on Bunker Hill; and that before the expiration of the first eight months a general request was made for a further service of one month; which request he complied with, and having served nine months, he was discharged and returned to Northborough his native Town. And I further depose that I have repeatedly heard the said Benjamin Wilson say that in the year 1776 he enlisted for five months having a Lieutenant Commission the Captain whose name the deponent has forgotten being sick the command of the Company devolved upon him that they commenced their march in July 1776 for the City of New York by way of Worcester, Hartford and New Haven, that he was in said City at the time of the retreat of the American Troops that he was one of that Guard which was left in the City undismayed for a considerable time after the main Army had retreated, that by the vigilance of General Putnam said Guard were safely conducted over fields and fences to the main Army; that his Company was attached to Col. Holman's Regiment and General Fellows Brigade, that having completed his term of service he was discharged and returned to Northborough where he lived until the year 1784 when he removed to Paxton.
And I further depose and say that the said Benjamin Wilson obtained a Pension Certificate under the Act of June 7 th 1832 that his widow Nabby Wilson received the amount due her husband from the time said Act took effect to the time of his Death which took place in my presence at Paxton December 23 rd 1832 aged according to the Town Record 84 years, that the said Nabby Wilson still remains his widow in the 80 th year of her age according to Town Record.
Oliver Wilson
Massachusetts Worcester ss. Sept r . 5 th 1833 Personally Appeared Oliver Wilson the above deponent and made solemn Oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is the truth - and I hereby certify that the said Oliver Wilson is a person of truth - Before me Austin G. Clark Justice of the Peace

Austin Flint of Leicester in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, Depose and say, That I have been personally acquainted with Benjamin Wilson late of Paxton in said county of Worcester, deceased, since 1784, and that he died in Decem r 1832, in the 85 th year of his age, I was often at his house, being his family Physician, our inter- course was much increased, being both of us revolutionists, & when together, our conversation frequently turned upon revolu- tionary occurrences, which was a favourite topic with those immediately concerned in it. — I will relate one occurrence only, which took place while he was in the five months service, in New-York in 1776, as he told it to me. — When the American Army fled from New-York, and Long Island, he (Benj m Wilson) was Lieutenant of a guard, on duty that day, in the hasty flight of the troops, his guard was forgotten, 'till a later hour, they kept their post until taken off by Gen l Israel Putnam. — He (Gen l Putnam) conduct- ed the guard through pastures, through fields, & across lots, and bro t all off safe. — Abner Dunbar late of said Leicester, deceased, a private, in the same five months service, has related the same facts nearly verbatim, he being on the same guard. — I will now observe that those who knew Mr m Wilson, would as soon doubt the existence of the revolution, as they would disbelieve any part of his declaration. He was a pensioner under the Act of 1832. — His widow is yet living in the 80 th year of her age, & is his widow yet. I have known her ever since her marriage with Mr m Wilson, both in sickness & in health, & know her to be a person of truth. — Austin Flint
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester County, ss. September 4 th 1838. Then came Austin Flint above named, & made solemn oath, that the above written deposition by him subscribed is true, and I certify that he is a credible person, and that his testimony is entitled to full faith and credit. Waldo Flint, Justice of the Peace

Benj Wilson -
only 8 mo. 20 days sent 5 mo.
$85.00
Benj. Wilson 2 mo.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Worcester ss. On this 12th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable William D. Briggs  of the  Same Judge of Probate now sitting at Worcester in and for said County, Worcester Benjamin Wilson a resident of Parton in said County, aged Eighty four 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 Congress passed June 7th, A. D. 1832.
That he was born in that part of Westborough which soon after became Northborough in the County of Worcester and State of Mass on the twenty fifth day of November 1748 a record of which is hereunto annexed; that in the year 1775 he belonged to a Company of Minute men (so called) in the Town of Northborough aforesaid. commanded by Capt. Sam l Wood, that in the afternoon of the 19 th of April of S d year S d Company being paraded for the purpose of military discipline an Express announced the ascent of the British Troops on the Citizens at Lexington, upon which we commenced our March that afternoon for Concord, but after proceeding some distance we were informed that the S d British Troops had returned back to Boston we took our course for Cambridge about 30 miles from Northborough where we arrived next Morning April 20 th where we remained under arms until the 26 th of S d Month. And the Declarant further says that on the S d 26 th of April he at Cambridge enlisted as a Sargent in a Company commanded by the aforesaid Capt. Wood in Col. Jon s Ward's Regiment for the term of eight Months; that on the 17 th of June he with S d Regiment was in the Battle on Bunker Hill and that the S d Capt. Wood was wounded in that Battle and that he plainly saw the Burning of Charlestown on the same Day that soon after S d Battle he with his Regiment were removed and stationed at Dorchester near Boston where he remained to the end of S d eight months. And the Declarant further says that at the end of S d eight months which was on some of the last days of Dec. 1775 he again enlisted for one Month more during which time he was stationed on Dorchester point as a Sargent of a Guard, that at the expiration of nine months from the S d 26 th of April which would bring it to the latter end of Jan y . 1776 he returned home to Northborough without having any other discharge that he remembers. And the Declarant further says that sometime in the month of June 1776 he at Northborough enlisted into a company whereof Jon s Sloughton was Captain in Col. Smith's Regiment for the term of five months and that he received a S d Lieut. Commission bearing date July 3 d 1776 which is hereunto annexed, that soon after receiving S d Commission he with S d Company commenced their march to the City of New York that by reason of absence of the other Officers the Command of S d Company devolved on him until they reached New Haven; they marched from S d Northborough through Worcester where they halted to hear the Declaration of Independence read from the top of the South of the Meeting house by Isaiah Thomas, from whence they proceeded to New Haven from whence by water to New York where they joined their Regiment commanded by Col. Smith aforesaid and the Brigade commanded by Gen. Fellows and were stationed in Barracks about 2 miles from the City.

And the Declarant further says that when the American Army retreated from N. York City he was left behind with the command of a Captain's Guard and that he witnessed the destruction occasioned by firing of Balls into the City from the British Shipping that by the order of Gen. Putnam he with his Guard were conducted through fields and forests until they reached the main Army on Harlem Heights though not till late on the following day, that he continued on duty in the vicinity of N. York City until the expiration of his five months which was about the middle of Decr. 1776 after which returned home without any written Discharge that he remembers, that he resided in the Town of Northborough until the year 1784 when he removed to Paxton in the County of Worcester aforesaid in which place he has lived to this time, that he knows of no Person whose Testimony he can procure who can testify to his Services. 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.
as Private 7 days Sargent 9 months Suits 5 months 141.7
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.
Before NATHL. JAMES Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester We James Conant and Austin Flint residing in the Town of Paxton
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Wilson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty Five years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
James Conant  Austin Flint
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 soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Benjamin Wilson who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Paxton; and that Austin Flint Esq who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Leicester and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
NATHL. JAMES Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I Stephen Wheeler Reg d of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Wilson for a pension. That Martin L Stow before whom the annexed Affidavit was made is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County in good credit & that the signature is his own signature.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid. The said Court of Probate this 14 th Day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
Stephen Wheeler Reg d of said Probate Court for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Sept. 14 th 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Benjamin Willson is on the roll of Capt. Sam l Woods Company and Col. Jonathan Ward's Regiment as having served as a Sergeant in said Company three Months and twenty days.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

Westborough Town Book No. 3 page 124. Benjamin Willson was born of Benjamin Willson and Sarah Willson his wife November 25 th 1748. Westborough } A true copy September 3 rd 1832. } Attest, Phinehas Gleason Town Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
W.F. 26022
Washington, D. C., _____, 190
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Benjamin Wilson 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.     Nov. 1774 minute man Samuel Wood ✓ Mass.   Apr 19. 1775 9 mos. Pvt Samuel Wood Jon a Ward   June 1776 to July 3. 1776 Jonathan Houghton Jon a Smith   July 3. 1776 to Dec 1776 1 st Lieut. " " " "  
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Northborough Mass.
Date of application for pension, Sept 6. 1882. The el. was al
Residence at date of application, Payson, Worcester Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, born at Northborough, Worcester Co. Mass. Nov. 25. 1748
Remarks: (died Dec. 20. 1882 at Payson Mass. 148
Soldier was the son of Benjamin & Sarah Wilson. He married at Payson Sept. 11. 1785, Abigail or Abby Morse (name of first wife is not stated) She was allowed pens on an application executed Sept. 7. 1882, while a resident of Payson Mass. aged 79 yrs. Son Oliver was 52 yrs old in 1882
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
1912 July 31 Hist. To Mrs. D. H. Leart. V. L. M. 1920 Mch 22 Hist. To Ella L. Crocker
File No. 26022
Nabby Wilson Wid of Benjamin Wilson Simt Mass - June
Act July 7th 1838
Index: Vol W , Page 346
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1878
Massachusetts
Benjamin Wilson
of Boston in the State of Massachusetts who was a Sgt. & Lieut. in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg't commanded by Col. Smith in the Massachusetts line for 3 Mns 20 days Sergeant - 5 " Lieutenant -
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of eighty five Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of April 1832 and delivered to FOLSON WOODS & CO
  Arrears to 14th of Sept r 1832  $127.50    Pension allowance ending 14 th March '33  42.50     $170.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }

Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay.
The Major Part of the COUNCIL of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England,
To Benjamin Wilson Gentleman Greeting.
YOU being appointed 2 d Lieut. of the Company whereof Jon th Houghton is Captain which is raised in the County of Worcester, for the Service of the United Colonies agreeable to a resolution of the Gen l Court held in the City of Boston the 20 th of June last past, Commanded by you, Lieut. Col l . By Virtue of the Power vested in us, WE do by these Presents, (reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct,) Commission you accordingly — You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a 2 d Lieutenant in leading, or- dering, and exercising said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline: — And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their 2 d Lieutenant and you are yourself, to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from your Superior Officers.
GIVEN under our Hands and the Seal of the said Colony, at Watertown the Third Day of July in the Year of our Lord, 1776.
By the Command of the Major Part of the Council.
John Lowell Esq. 1776
Jer: Powell B Greenleaf W Spooner Caleb Cushing Wmthrop Dunning S Holten Isaac Fisher Wm Phillips Benj. Weston Henry Gardner Joshua Loring Dan Davis D Sewall J Hopkins

Benjn Wilson - 5 th Lieut. 106. bty. Mass. art 7 June 32 when last p d ? G.M.C.
Nov 16 - 38
Died 20 th Dec r 1832 p d that p d M

Merchants Bank, Boston, 2 Mich. 1839.
Sir,
The name of Abby Wilson, widow of Benjamin Wilson dec d , a pens n under the act of 7 th July 1838, was reported to this Agency at $288.55 per annum. By her Certificate it appears she is entitled to $108.55 only. - Be pleased to inform me which is the correct amount.
I am, very respectfully Your obed t Serv t
Franklin Harvey Pension Ag t
H. C. Edwards Esq r Com r of Pensions Washington D.C.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Benjamin Wilson of the State of Massachusetts who was a Sergeant Lieutenant in the army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive — Eighty Five — dollars and — cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Twelfth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Two
John B. Babb Acting Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards

Leicester Mass. Nov. 8 th 1838
My Dear Sir
The 10 th day of last Sept. (which is now 8 1/2 weeks) I mailed Mrs. Abby Wilson's papers, claiming a Pension, as the widow of Benjamin Wilson, deceased, who was a Pensioner. I have heard nothing from, or about those papers. I write only to make enquiry whether they reached your Office or not. If they did, & are now waiting their turn, you will take no notice of this letter, & I shall conclude all is well, but if you have not received them, please let me know it soon,
Respectfully Your Hbl. Servt. Austin Flint
Hon. James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Leicester Mass. Sept. 10 th 1838
Dear Sir
This letter goes with Mrs. Nabby, or Abigail Wilsons papers, the widow of Benjamin Wilson. 'tis presumed the evidence of her husbands services in the revolution are  are now in the Pension Office in Washington. He, being a Pensioner under the Act of 1832. He lived many years in the town of Paxton in the County of Worcester Massachusetts, and died in that town. He was a respectable farmer to the day of his death. - His widow was  was a second wife. ~ ~ ~
— The Widow Hows claim is founded on the deposition of Jonathan Parks, who was a fellow soldier with Alvin How, the husband of the said widow. I have been personally acquainted with him (the deponent) sixty four years, he is now 85 years old, of sound mind & memory, is a respectable farmer in the town of Brookfield, Worcester County, Mass. Still laboring with his own hands, and with his son, superintends the management of a large farm. I can safely say his veracity has never been doubted, his native place was the town of Shrewsbury, Worcester County, & resided there till the close of the Revolution, this same Shrewsbury, was also my birth place, & residence 22 years. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Asa Waight, or Wate as 'tis now written, a native of Leicester Mass. bore arms in the revolution, in actual service, from the spring of 1777, to the close of the war, say 6 years & 8 months, & 2 months in the winter of 1775-6, in the vicinity of Boston, and 5 months in the summer of 1776, in & about New-York, making in all, 7 yrs 3 mos. A considerable part of his, during the war service , was that of an active sergeant. That is, it is so understood, & so believed here, and I really hope, his poor old widows heart will be made glad, in her last days, by giving her $120 a year, for five years. ~ ~
— Caleb Bartons papers, upon which he drew his pension under the Act of 1832, are now in your office, the correctness of which, I believe, cannot be doubted. I have frequently heard him speak of those services, particularly the battle on Bunkers Hill, in which he was engaged from first to last. His widow, a second wife, is dependant on her friends for a home & for support. She is a professor of religion, in the Baptist connection, & sustains an unblemished character. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
— Please make all communications relating to the foregoing papers or Applications, to the subscriber in Leicester Worcester Co. Mass. And Oblige Your Hble. Ser. Austin Flint ~ ~ ~
Have the goodness Sir, to let my friend, H. H. Sylvester see this letter. — Respectfully H. H.

Depositions in the case of Benjamin Wilson
Reuben Babcock Nathan Rice
3

I Reuben Babcock of Northborough in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 77 years on oath depose and say, that Benjamin Wilson formerly of said Northborough and now of Boston in said County, enlisted as a minute man in November 1774 - and on the 19 th of April 1775 he marched to Cambridge near Boston, where he continued in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war until some time in July following, in company with Samuel Wood's company - when he with said company marched to Dorchester where said company was stationed until January 1. 1776. - I was a member of said company during said term and was well acquainted with said Wilson, being a roommate with him a part of the time -
From the first of January of said term until the first of February following, the said Wilson with myself & about 18 others continued in said service at said Dorchester and formed a Guard under Sergeant John Maynard -
During the whole of said term from April 19. 1775 to February 1. 1776 the said Wilson was a Sergeant in said company - and was in also in the Battle at Bunker Hill - - -
Reuben Babcock
Worcester ss. Sept. 14. 1832. Then the abovenamed Reuben Babcock made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed: Before me, and I certify that the said Dependent is well known to me & is a credible witness -
Martin L. Stone Justice of the Peace 3

I, Nathan Price of Northborough in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 80 years, on oath depose & say - That Benjamin Wilson formerly of said Northborough and now of Paxton in said County - was in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war, in the year 1776, for the term of five months, commencing in July of that year - in a company commanded by Capt Jonathan Houghton, and of which the said Wilson was 2 d Lieut - - Said service was performed in & near the City of New York, until the 15 th of Sept. - - After which the said company was at White Plains, Harlem Heights, Kings Bridge, and other places, generally retreating until the close of said term - -
I was a member of said company during said term - and was well acquainted with the said Wilson - - At the close of the term we were regularly discharged by verbal orders -
Nathan Price
Worcester ss. Sept. 14. 1832 - Then the abovenamed Nathan Price made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed - Before me - And I certify that the said deponent is well known to me & is a credible witness -
Martin L. Howe Justice of the Peace

Rev Sec Enc
Fredonia, N.Y. Mch 4th, '20.
Com' of Pensions., Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir; -
Will you kindly inform me if Benjamin Wilson of Northborough or boro or MASS. bury, have a pension for the Revolutionary War.
I will thank you greatly for this in- formation.
Very resp't
Ella S. Crocker.,

9 Moore Ave. ✓
Worcester Mass
July. 26- 1912
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions. Washington D. C.
Will you kindly give me the military history of - Benjamin Wilson Northboro - Mass.
Sergeant; Capt. Samuel Woods Co.
Col. Jonathan. Woods. regt. of the - Revolution. and.
Benjamin Wilson Northboro Mass.
2nd Lieut. Capt Jonathan Houghton Co. Col Jonathan Smiths regt.
I do not know if these people

received pensions, but any information as to their history or where I could find it would be gratefully received.
Yours. Truly Lillian Wilson Cartu (Mrs D. William Cartu)