Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1465-200, William Wigglesworth, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
★ Niggleworth, William
B.L.M.E 1465-200
CONTENTS

Hon. Robert Taylor Ch. Clk. B d L d Office War Department
Cumt.
John Warren A.H.G.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex Probate Office, December 30, A.D. 1828.
I Daniel A. White, judge of probate for said county, hereby certify, that William Wigglesworth, of Newbury in said county, trader, and Samuel Wigglesworth, of Salisbury in said county, yeoman, are the children and only heirs at law of William Wigglesworth, late of Newbury aforesaid, gentleman, deceased, intestate;
as appears by the records in said office.
Given under my hand and seal of office the day and year above written.
Attest.
Nath l Lord Jr., register.
D. A. White.

N o . 1465
Wm & Sam l . Wiggleworth sons & heirs of Wm. Wiggleworth Esq. Mass a .
Ad d to T. J. Hodson D. C.

State of Massachusetts } County of Essex }
I William Wigglesworth of Newbury in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Trader (and one of the heirs at Law of William Wigglesworth late of said Newbury and formerly of Ipswich in said county now deceased, do upon oath testify and declare, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the said William Wigglesworth was a Lieutenant in the thirteenth afterwards the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment of Infantry, belonging to the Massachusetts line, on Continental establishment during the Revolutionary War. I do further testify and declare, that I have never received a warrant from the United States for the quantity of land due to said deceased, from the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or that he ever transferred his right to it in any way or manner during his life time.
Wm Wigglesworth
Therefore, I know all men by these presents, That I William Wigglesworth, one of the heirs at Law of said William Wigglesworth deceased as aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Hon John Walcutt ----- my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to ask and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States for the time being, a warrant for the quantity of land due in right of said deceased. And my said Attorney I do hereby fully authorize and empower to substitute and appoint, one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purposes herein expressed, and revoke the same at will - (and do all lawful acts requisite for effecting the premises as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as I myself should, ought, or might personally.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this seventh day of January A. D. 1829.
Wm Wigglesworth
Signed and sealed in presence of us
Isaac Brown, M c Watt
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. Town of Newburyport. Be it known (and made manifest to all whom it shall or may concern) That on this seventh day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine, before me William Walcutt, Notary Public for the county of Essex, by legal authority commissioned and sworn, and a Justice of the Peace and Quorum, in and for said county, residing in Newburyport aforesaid personally came William Wigglesworth the above named signer and sealer to the foregoing declaration, and power of Attorney, and made oath in due form of Law to the one, and acknowledged the other, as his voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
In testimony whereof I do also hereunto set my hand, and affix my seal of Office, the day month and year last above written.
(W Walcutt) Not Pub. Ins Pen

State of Massachusetts } County of Essex } Town of Newburyport
Personally appeared before me the subscriber - Notary Public for the county of Essex, by legal authority commissioned and sworn, and a Justice of the Peace and Quorum in and for the said county residing in Newburyport aforesaid - Josiah Little of Newbury in said county, and Jacob Brown of Salisbury in said county of Essex Esquire - both personally known to me and credible and disinterested witnesses, who being severally duly sworn according to Law, did depose and say, that William Wigglesworth named in the within written declaration signed by them - That they do know that the said William Wigglesworth, was a Lieutenant and served in the Massachusetts line during the Revolutionary War, on the Continental Establishment - And they do further testify and declare, That they have understood and believe that the said William Wigglesworth died about Twenty years since viz. on or about the twenty sixth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven leaving a widow and two children - That William Wigglesworth within named, and Samuel Wigglesworth of Salisbury aforesaid - are the reputed, and as we fully believe the only heirs at Law of the said William Wigglesworth.
In testimony whereof as well the said Josiah Little, and the said Jacob Brown Esquire, the aforesaid deponents have hereunto subscribed their names and the said Notary have hereunto affixed my seal of Office this seventh day of January A.D. 1829.
Josiah Little Jacob Brown.
W.W. was also certify that the above named Josiah Little and Jacob Brown Esq rs are true personally known to me, and believed by me to be credible witnesses.
W.W. Not. Pub.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. Town of Newburyport Be it known (and made manifest to all whom it may concern that on this seventh day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine, before me William Wood Notary Public for the county of Essex by legal authority commissioned and sworn, and a Justice of the Peace and Quorum in and for said county, personally came William Wigglesworth, one of the heirs at Law of William Wigglesworth late of Newbury, in said county deceased - and on oath declared, in due form of Law, that to the best of his knowledge and belief the said William Wigglesworth deceased, a Lieutenant in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution, was discharged as a supernumerary Officer reduced retiring agreeably to a Resolve of Congress of 23 d April 1782.
In testimony whereof as well the said Wigglesworth, as the said Notary have hereunto subscribed our names, and the said Notary has hereunto affixed my seal of Office, the day month, and year last above written.
W.W. Not. Pub.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Higgon, James GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8851 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED January 5, 1792 to - not shown
*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.