Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,460, Samuel Torrey, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Jorrey Samuel Hannah
NUMBER
W.19.460
CONTENTS

1021.
Massachusetts.
Wannah Torrey, R. S. widow of Samuel Torrey who was a Private in the N. Hampshire line for 8 mos. & 6 days.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 27 Dollars & 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of July, 1843. and sent to C. G. Prentiss Worcester, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 55.

Daniel Torrey Florinda S. W. Torrey William A. Torrey Abner Wood Torrey Roscoe Edw. Torrey
Daniel
Daniel

Samuel Torrey and Hannah Carpenter together Married 27 day of November 1787
Samuel Torrey Born Feb 11 the 1762
Hannah Torrey Born Sept 9 the 1763
Lewis Torrey Born Sept 27 th 1788
Belinda Torrey Born May 21 th 1791 and was 34 years 11 months 15 days th
Roxy Torrey Born Dec 27 th 1795
Stimara Torrey Born June 2 th 1797 and died June 28 th the same year
Alfred Torrey Born March 25 th 1802 and died November 15, 1825 th
William Torrey Born December 12 1803
Daniel Torrey Born Nov 14 th 1808

the 29 December 19 1844
Sutton Massachusetts
A True Record of Samuel
Written by Joseph Children
Daniel Joseph
Daniel Joseph
Daniel Joseph Henryk D. W. Joseph William M. Joseph Henry Wood Joseph Rebecca Catherine Joseph

Marriage is intended between Samuel Correy of Sutton and Hannah Carpenter of Pomfret in the State of Connecticut.
Sutton September the fifteenth one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven
A true copy of record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows September 15 1787
Attest Dan Kenney Clerk of the Town of Sutton in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Sutton Dec r 27 th 1839
I Dan Kenney 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 Sutton with the exception above named as certified by me
Dan Kenney Clerk of the Town of Sutton
Dorchester ss February 3. 1840.
Sworn to before me
Jon a Leland, Just. Peace

Lewis Gorry son of Samuel and Hannah Gorry Born September the twenty seventh One thousand seven hundred and eighty eight
Belinda Gorry daughter of Samuel and Hannah Gorry Born May twenty first One thousand seven hundred and ninety one
Prox Gorry Daug of Samuel and Hannah Gorry Born Dec. twenty seventh one thousand seven hundred and ninety five
Alfred Gorry son of Samuel Gorry and Hannah Gorry Born March twenty fifth one thousand eight hundred and two
Willard Gorry son of Samuel and Hannah Gorry Born Dec. twelfth one thousand eight hundred and three
A true copy of record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows Lewis Gorry Born September 27 1788 - Belinda Gorry Born May 21 1791 - Prox Gorry Born Dec. 27 1795 - Alfred Gorry Born March 25 1802 - Willard Gorry Born Dec 12 1803 -
Attest Dan. Jenney Clerk of the Town of Sutton in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Sutton Dec 27 1839
I Dan Jenney above named depose and say that I held the office of Clerk in the Town County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Sutton with the exception above named as certified by me
Dan. Jenney Clerk of the Town of Sutton Worcester ss February 3. 1840
Sworn to before me
Jon. D. Deland, Just. Peace

I Lewis Lony of Sutton County of Worcester, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Son of Samuel Lony formerly of Said Sutton and afterwards of Dixfield in the State of Maine a ~ Revolutionary Soldier now deceased, do upon my Oath testify and say that my Mother, Hannah Lony, Widow of the aforesaid Samuel Lony has been living with me for more than eighteen years past and is still living in my family, that I have made diligent search for some Family Register of the said Samuel and ~ Hannah and can find none excepting the one hereto annexed, which is considered in the sur- viving Family of the said Samuel, as a correct and true copy of the Original which was written on a blank leaf of an old Family Bible, now entirely lost - and I further testify and say that the aforesaid copy is reputed and believed in the aforesaid surviving family, to be in the hand- writing of my Brother Daniel Lony now if living supposed to be in the State of Illinois and I also testify and say that I have been well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Daniel, and verily believe the annexed paper to be in his handwriting - I also testify and say that I have made an examination in the town of Pomfret in the State of Connecticut, in the place of the marriage of the said Samuel and, Hannah and have not been able to obtain any record proof of their marriage in that

Town it appearing that marriages were not generally recorded in that place at that period excepting of such as continued to reside in the Town and had families there which was not the case of with the said Samuel Perry who for some years immediately after his marriage resided, in the said Town of Sutton - and it also appearing that no records of marriages solemnized by the late Rev. Aaron Putnam, the Officiating Clergyman at the marriage of the said Daniel and Hannah are to be found on the records of the Church of which he was Pastor and after frequent enquiries made no information respecting the existence of such records could be found Lewis Torrey
Worcester ss. February 18. 1840. Personally appeared before me the Subscriber, Lewis Torrey above named and made oath the the foregoing declaration by him subscribed is true. I also certify, that the annexed paper he purporting to be a Family Record was presented by the said Lewis, and at his request, annexed hereto, in my presence. And I further certify, that the said Lewis Torrey lives in the same town with me and from personal acquaintance with him, as well as from the reputation which he sustains in the community, very readily recommend him as a person of truth and veracity. Lon a Leland, Just. of Peace.

I Nathaniel Burdin of Charlton in the County of Worcester State of Massachusetts being eighty two years of age depose and say that I was intimately acquainted with Sam l Tommy born and brought in the Neighborhood with me was a School mate with me and in the year 1778 my brother Jonathan Burdin was a substitute and went to Rhode Island and was I think there four Months and in the time my brother sent me a letter I then living in the town of Sutton in the County aforesaid said that he was well and in good spirits said that he messed with the above said Sam l Tommy Brigid Wakefield W m Bacon and under the Command of Capt t Beecher Sibley of said Sutton. I have frequently conversed with the above sd Sam l Tommy and he told me he was down to Rhode Island four Months as a born stat t Sirens and subscribed Vath ex d Burdin in presence of Jonathan Winslow Clarissa Winslow
Worcester ss March 26 th 1839 Then Personally appeared the above named Nathaniel Burdin and made Oath that the above statement after being carefully caution- ed by him subscribed as true before me Jonathan Winslow Justice of the Peace

Worcester ss. March 26 th 1839
I further certify as far as I know of the within Deponent, I having been acquainted with him for almost fifty years that he is a man of truth and veracity, and in the manner which I questioned him, I am confident he told the truth
Jonathan Winslow Justice of the Peace

Charlton Centre Ms April 13, th 1839.
To. Samuel Leland Wilkonsonville County of Worcester State of Massachusetts

I Lewis Torrey of Sutton, County of Worcester, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do, upon my oath, testify and say, that my late Father, Samuel Torrey, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, and who formerly lived in Sutton, aforesaid, died at Dixfield, in the State of Maine, in the month of January in the year 1819 - that his widow, my Mother, Hannah Torrey, is now living with me, has lived with me for eighteen years past, and has never been married since the death of her Husband, my late Father, the said Samuel Torrey - And I further depose and say, that I have often heard my Father say, that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary Army, and have heard him speak of incidents which occurred in the army during his service therein - And also, it has always been understood by me and by my Father's Family and connections, that he remained in the Army for some months after the expiration of the term of his enlistment for six months - and I also further testify that I have seen a written discharge which the said Samuel, my Father, received, at the close of his service in the continental army, which discharge now appears to be lost -
Lewis Torrey

Worcester ss. May 28. 1839, Lewis Torrey personally appeared and made oath that the within declaration by him subscribed, is true, and I certify, from personal knowledge, that the said Lewis Torrey is a person of truth and veracity.
Subscribed and sworn before me,
Jon a Leland, Justice of Peace.

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows" Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester County ss 5 th
On this twentyeighth day of May in the year eighteen hundred and thirty nine, personally appeared before the Hon. Isaac Barton , Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate for said County, Hannah Torrey , a resident of Sutton in said County, aged 75 years, who, being first 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 7th. 1838, entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows" - that she is the widow of Samuel Torrey , formerly of said Sutton , who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary Army. That in the year 1778, he, the said Samuel Torrey voluntarily entered the Revolutionary service, for the term of four months, in a company of State Troops, commanded by Capt. Benjamin Libby of said Sutton - that he marched from said Sutton into the State of Rhode Island , where he served as a private soldier, for said term of four months, when he was discharged. That in the year 1779, the said Samuel again entered the Revolutionary Army as a private soldier, and as a volunteer, for the term of two months, in a company of State Troops, commanded by Capt. Samuel Healy of Dudley , and marched from said Sutton into the State of Rhode Island , that he performed this term of service on the Island of Rhode Island in said State, and immediately after the British army left the town of Newport , on said Island, when he was regularly discharged, and returned to Sutton . That in the year 1780, he, the said Samuel Torrey again

entered the Revolutionary army, as a private and as a volunteer, and marched from Sutton in company with more than thirty men raised by said town of Sutton agreeably, as was understood, to a resolve, or resolves of the General Court of Massachusetts, for the purpose of reinforcing the Continental Army - that he marched from Sutton, through Springfield in Massachusetts, and on to Westpoint, in the State of New York, where he, with the men who marched with him from Sutton, were placed, in small numbers in various and separate companies of the Continental Army, and under different Continental Officers - that he served in different companies, and was at one time in a company commanded by a Capt. Studen, or Studang, and in it is believed in a the Brigade commanded by General Nixon - that the original term of his enlistment in this year, 1780, was six months, but that the period of his service was extended to nine months and more, in the States of New York and New Jersey - that at the close of his service in the Continental Army he received a regular written discharge from the Army, which discharge, with other evidence of said Samuel's various service in the Revolutionary Army was placed in the hands of some person employed to assist him, the said Samuel, in his application for a pension, in the year 1818, that before his claim was finally disposed of it seems, that is, on the twenty fifth day of January, 1819, he the said Samuel, died at Dixfield in the vicinity of Paris, in the State of Maine, and that she, the present applicant, has hitherto been unable to recover said papers - (From these circumstances, together with the difficulty, of obtaining at this late period, of obtaining living witnesses of the services of Revolutionary Soldiers she is unable to present so full and particular detail of the service of the said Samuel as might otherwise be expected, without referring to the muster rolls, records, and documentary evidence, which may be found

In the Department
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Torrey at Pomfret, County of Windham State of Connecticut, the place of her nativity, on the 27th of November, 1787, by Rev. Aaron Putnam a Clergyman in that place, and that upon application to the Town Clerk of Pomfret for a copy of the Record of her marriage, she was informed that the Records of the Clergyman above mentioned, were not to be found, and that, in such cases, it was not usual that the records of marriages, at that period, should be entered upon the Town Records. She also declares that her husband, the said Samuel died at Dixfield in the State of Maine, on the 25 of January, 1819, that she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service, but their marriage took place previous to the first day of January, 1794, viz at the time above stated.
Subscribed and Sworn to the day & year first above written Before me
Wm M. Walton Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Connecticut. And further certify that said Court is a Court of record, having a record of its proceedings, a Clerk and a Seal, and that said declaration was taken this day at a regular Term thereof
Wm M. Walton Judge. H.C.

Amihelaus Pibley

I Archelaus Sibley of Thompson in the County of Windham & State of Conn citizen, aged 76 years and over and being duly sworn according to law do testify and say, that I was born & brought up in Sutton, Worcester County Massachusetts, where I lived until after the Revolutionary War.
I was well acquainted with Samuel Torry, of S t Sutton, while I resided there. He married Hannah Carpenter, after the war was over.
During the Revolutionary War, said Sam d Torry, was a soldier two months with me in Capt. Samuel Healy's Co I think, on Rhode Island, it was soon after the British left the Island, & in 1779 if I remember right. we went, returned and marched together, during said two months

After the above service, said Samuel, soon went as a soldier one other tour of duty, to New York or about there, the length of that service I do not remember
Archelaus Sibley
State of Connecticut Windham County ss. Be it known that on this 22 d Day of April 1839 Archelaus Sibley personally appeared & signed the above deposition & made solemn oath to the truth of the same, & I certify from personal knowledge that he is a person of truth & veracity Before me Simon Davis the Prem Just of

State of Connecticut County of Windham
I Alvin R. Taylor Clerk of the County Court of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Almon Davis Esq is a Justice of the Peace in said County duly Commissioned & qualified; that his Commission is dated 31 st May 1838 and will expire 20 th June 1839, and that his Signature above written is genuine Given under my hand and the Seal of said County Court this 25 th April 1839
Alvin R. Taylor Clerk

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Mr Lewis Torrey West Sutton Mass.

JOHN FAIRFIELD,
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE.
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS,
GREETING:
Know Ye, That John E. Stacy _____ of Dixfield _____ in the County of Oxford _____ Esquire, whose name is borne upon the paper hereunto annexed, was, on the twenty seventh day of June _____ A. D. 1837 appointed and Commissioned, and on the sixteenth day of August _____ A. D. 1837 qualified as a Justice of the Peace _____ within and for our said County of Oxford - that he still continues to hold said office:
John Fairfield "
and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed. GIVEN under my hand at AUGUSTA, this twenty second day of January , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Nine and in the sixty- third year of the Independence of the United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
A. R. Nichols Secretary of State.

Daniel Torrey of Springfield in the County of Hampden and State of Maine of lawful age do depose testify and say that Samuel Torrey in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy eight was in the army and service of the United States in the State of Rhode Island - that said Samuel at that time belonged in Sutton in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - that he enlisted for the term of three months at that time and served during that period - And that subsequent to that time the said Samuel enlisted in the American Army to go to the South and was at West Point at the time of the treacherous designs of Arnold and according to my best recollection, left this time served in the American Army nine months and that when he left the army at this time he had a regular discharge from the Continental service - As it relates to the two above mentioned times of Samuel's service I am distinct in my recollections and I think he was out in the service a third time but of this I am unable to depose with certainty from lapse of time - And I further depose and say that the above mentioned Samuel Torrey was formerly married in November in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty seven married to Hannah Carpenter in Danforth in Conn- ecticut as I was well acquainted with both parties and was present at the marriage. Daniel Torrey
Officed Jan. 14th 1839 Then the above named Daniel Torrey being duly cautioned and sworn before me depose as is above written and that after reading and signing the same he made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true
Before me John E. Stacy Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Daniel Torrey is a man of good moral character and a man of truth and veracity John E. Stacy Justice of the Peace

I, Thomas Smith of Sutton, County of Worcester, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do, upon my oath, testify and say, that in the summer of 1780 I enlisted, in the town of Sutton, to serve in the continental army of the United States, for the term of six months - that I marched to Springfield in Massachusetts, and thence to West Point in the State of New York, where the troops who marched with me from Sutton and vicinity, were put into various companies and Regiments, and under different continental Officers, and after performing the service for which we were engaged, for the term of six months, in the States of New York and New Jersey, I was discharged, and returned home - and I further testify, that Samuel Torrey, then of Sutton, since said to have died in the State of Maine, was a Soldier in the same service, and under the same term of engagement, from said Sutton - that he served in the Brigade commanded by General Nixon but I cannot recollect the Company in which, or the Captain under whom, he served - I distinctly remember being with him in the above mentioned service, and of his having performed the same agreeably to our engagements.
Thomas Smith
Worcester ss. March 28. 1839, Thomas Smith, abovenamed, who subscribed the above declaration in my presence, personally appeared before me and made oath that said declaration by him subscribed is true - And I readily certify to the full credibility of the said Thomas Smith, living in the same Town with him, and having, for many years, been acquainted with him.
Jon a Leland Just. of Peace

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
N.F. 19460
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Torrey 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.     1778 4 mos. Pvt Reuben Sibley Mass.   1779 1 mos Samuel Healy   1780 9 mos. Houkin General Nixon  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sutton Mass.
Date of application for pension, May 28. 1859  Her ch. was ab
Residence at date of application, Sutton, Worcester Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, She was 75 yrs
Remarks: He was b. July 19. 1763 d. at Pomfret, Windham Co. Conn. Nov. 27. 1787  Hannah Carpenter a native of Pomfret. He died Jan'y 25. 1859  at Dixfield Maine. Children were Lewis b. Sept. 27. 1788. Belinda  b. May 21. 1791 Rosa & Rosy b. Dec. 27. 1795. Amasa b. June 9. 1797, died  June 28. 1797. Alfred b. Feb. 25. 1802 d. Nov. 15. 1825. Willard b. Dec.  12, 1803. Daniel b. Nov. 12. 1808.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Massachusetts. 5315
Hannah Torrey, widow of Samuel Torrey, Decd -
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 25 th of January, 1819 - of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Gibley of the ————— commanded by ————— in the Rhode-Island line for 8 mos. 6 dys private.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts - at the rate of 27 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of April 1840 and sent to Jonathan Leland, Mc Kinsville, U.S.
Arrears to the 4th of March, 1840 - $ 109 32 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept - 13.66
$ 122.98
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 137.

150) Kannah Gorney
$27:33 per an
Send cert. to C.G. Prentys Worcester Mass.
Dr

State of Massachusetts, Worcester County ss. :
On the tenth day of May 1843. personally appeared before the Subscribers a justice of the Peace in & for the County of Worcester - Hannah Torrey a Resident of Sutton in the County a State aforesaid, aged Seventy nine years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oaths, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed March 3 d 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, - that She is the Widow of Samuel Torrey of Dixfield in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Revolutionary War, - and that She received 27.33 per annum, under the Act of July 7 th 1835. She further declares that she is still a Widow
Warren Warren Haines Hannah Torrey
Sworn to & submitted on the day & year above mentioned before me
Warren Haines Justice of the Peace I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Hannah Torrey and believe her declaration to be true.
Sutton May 10. 1843 Warren Haines Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify that Warren Haines is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and quali- fied - and that his signature to the above be- Affidavit is and genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this twenty sixth day of May, one thousand, eight hundred and forty- three.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register

Wilkinsonville, Ms. Feb. 28. 1840
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions. Sir.
Your communication of Aug. 8. 1839, in relation to the application of the widow of Samuel Torrey, deceased, who lives in Sutton, Ms. has lain by for some months in order to obtain some further evidence to substantiate her claim. By your communication above acknowledged it is understood, that no objection is made to the allowance of, at least, a part of her claim other than the date of her marriage not being properly shewn. Unfortunately this cannot be done by any town, county, parish, nor church records which can be found in the town or county where she was married. Satisfactory information relating to this subject will be given, it is believed, in the deposition of Lewis Torrey, herewith presented. The Paper, annexed to the deposition of the said Lewis Torrey, in connection with the evidence obtained from the Records of the town of Sutton, and the affidavit of Daniel Torrey, forwarded with the original application will, it is hoped, be abundantly satisfactory to the Department.
The "rapid decrease of the survivors of the Revolutionary Army", renders it very difficult to obtain facts to prove the claims of applicants, and

"old age and the consequent loss of memory" in the survivors render it equally difficult to obtain a correct detail of circumstances necessary to prove those facts. In relation to Mr. Torrey's service under Capt. Reuben Sibley in 1778, it is understood that the roll of Capt. Reuben Sibley's company is in the Department, and that the name of Samuel Torrey is not borne thereon. If this is the case, then it will be seen that there is some error in Mrs. Torrey's application - at least as it respects names. If consistent with the rules of the Department, Mrs. Torrey will withdraw the name of Capt. Reuben Sibley, and substitute that of Capt. Joseph Sibley. If this is admissible, and the the roll of Capt. Jos. Sibley should be found with the name of Samuel Torrey borne thereon, then, it is presumed that Mrs. Torrey's claim for this service will be certified as good.
Full confidence is placed in the decisions of the Commissioner of Pensions. If the date of the marriage should be considered as established, Mrs. Torrey wishes that a certificate may be forwarded there for the amount and time allowed her, whether the service in 1778 be allowed, or only the 8 mos. and 6 days in 1779 and 1780, unless some circumstance should be presented to the Commissioner which may render it expedient for him to give any further information. Please write the Subscriber, at Wilkinsonville, N.B. who is acting as Agent for Mrs. Torrey, and who is directed by her to say, that

the old Family Register may be returned, if allowable, when of no further service
Very respectfully
Your obedient
Jas. Leland

It is requested, that any communication, to be made upon the subject of this Application, (Mrs. Hannah Torrey's) may be directed to Jonathan Leland, Wilkinsonville, Ms.

5549. See Jon & Delano, def. 8-39.
Act 7. July 38.

Aetna Insurance Company Hartford, Connecticut
A. E. TOWNSEND, AGENT
Skiatook, Okla. April 22, 1914.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Have you any pension record of two of my ancestors, as follows:
(1) Samuel Torrey, a corporal and later a sergeant in Capt. Jeremiah Parmlee's Co., Col. Elmore's Connecticut Regiment. He married Hannah Carpenter, who was a daughter of Simon Carpenter, her birth being at Pomfret, Conn. on Feb. 28, 1765. To this union was born my grandmother, Belinda Torrey, at Sutton (now Marlboro, Mass.) May 21, 1791. was Samuel Torrey might have risen to rank higher than a Sergeant, as the latest record I have shows him to have been "in garrison at Fort Schuyler, alias Fort Stanwix, on company muster roll dated Jan. 11, 1777."
(2) Jeremiah Robinson, a private in Capt. Joshua Reed's Co., Col. John Robinson's Regiment. Enlisted July 18, 1777. Jeremiah Robinson married Susanna Coggeswell Oct. 13, 1767. The New England records show ten children born to this union, of which my ancestor Eunice C. Robinson, born 1774-5 was the ninth. This record is from the vicinity of Concord, Mass., Capt. Reed being a resident of Woburn.
Thanking you for prompt reply., I remain,
Yours truly,
A. E. Townsend

1914 Apr. 28 Hist. Soc. A. E. Townsend V.L.M.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19460
Mannah Torrey
wid. of
Samuel Torrey
Rev Rev War
Act: Mch. 30 /43
Index:—Vol. M , Page 249
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify, that Jonathan Seland is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified - and that his signature to the papers hereto annexed are genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court this fourth day of March one thousand, eight hundred and forty.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register.

V
5549
Hannah Sorey widow of Samuel Mass.
Act 7. July 98
m 87- Vol 3-136- Sibley 77- X 2.130. Healey 79. on 2.60 Rolls — 80. 6- 8.6
adm 8mo. 60s/pri $27.33
No deduction
Jonathan Leland Wilkinsonville Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify, that Mr. M c Barthow is the Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified - and that his signature to the paper hereto annexed is genuine.
I further certify, that Jonathan Deland and Jonathan Wilson are Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified - and that their signatures to the papers hereto annexed are genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court this twenty ninth day of May One thousand, eight hundred and thirty nine.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Torrey, Thomas GRADE Private LINE Crane's Continental Artillery (Massachusetts)
WARRANT NUMBER 5127 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Aug. 24, 1796 and At. No. 5117  to Joseph Fosdick
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.