Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,555, Daniel Willard, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Willard, Daniel
NUMBER
R. 11.555
CONTENTS
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Declaration of David Willard
Jamies Dana agent Charlestown Mass
85788

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester Wiltshire , to wit,
At the Court of begun and holden at Worcester within and for the County of Worcester on the fourteenth day of August A. D. 1832 On the application of Daniel Willard claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following interrogatories were propounded to him to wit :
1. Where, and in what year were you born ?
Answer,
In Leavensworth Ms. January 16. A.D. 1760
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it ?
Answer,
I have a record of my age in my house.
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live ? Answer,
In Leavensworth, In A.D. 1792 I moved to Harvard, where I have since, and now do live.
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom ? Answer,
I was a volunteer my first tour and I was drafted my second tour.
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service ?
Answer,
I saw Gen. Burgoyne at Saratoga.
6. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution ?
Answer,
Mr. Hosea Tyler. Rev. Mr. Streets of Shirley Dr. Ephraim Stone, Jerome Gardner Esqr. Isaac Whiting Esqr. Jacob Hooker Esqr. Mr. Calvins Haskell. Daniel Willard

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Worcester ss.
On this fourteenth day of August  Proprietor A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate now sitting at Worcester within and for the County of Worcester in the Commonwealth aforesaid
Daniel Willard aged 71. years
Who being 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 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
Vol 19-192 1 In A.D. 1776 he engaged to Dorchester for three months and enlisted in the Company of Capt. John Hartwell Lieut. Haskell of Lancaster, Pigeon Mt. Samuel Decker near of Hawley and John Wainer of Hawley in Col. Dyer's Regt. — he returned to Dorchester and was there employed in Quarters the 1st and 2nd Regts. where continued with the Company until he completed his term of three months and was dismissed. 2 He engaged for three months to go to the Northern frontier for three months in the Company of Capt. Wm. Greenleaf of Lancaster, he proceeded to Bennington, arrived there after the Battle of Bennington A.D. 1777. was in Col. Cushing's Regt. from Bennington he marched to Stillwater thence to Saratoga and with his Company continued on that frontier till he served his term of three months and was dismissed.
Vol 19 p 132 Sept 8 77 and Oct 20 77

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and does hereby certify that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Sworn to and
Sim
We
Bepsie Nathan Farnes Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Daniel Willard
Alonzo Hill
a Clergyman residing in the town of Worcester in the county of Worcester & Calvin Willard of Worcester Esqr hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Willard
who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 71 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Sim Bepsie Nathan Farnes Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Alonzo Hill Calvin Willard
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that Alonzo Hill
who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Worcester
and is a respectable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.  Bepsie Nathan Farnes Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Theophilus Wheeler Register 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 Daniel Willard for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court of Probate the 14 th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts

W o 33.458
Massachusetts
Daniel Willard
Respondent
Set James Dana 8 March 1832
Summ Oct. 14. "
Ref. to J a Dana
Apr 25 1837 - do. to
Hon. J d Davis Sept. 29. 1838
11555

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
110000
P. O. _____
Daniel Willard
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Charlestown April 20. 1837. Edward Esqr Dr. Sir
Will you inform of the decision of the Pension office on the claims of Daniel Willard. Sent to the Pension office Feby 27. 1834. and Norman Bacon sent Oct. 18. 1834. as the gentlemen are quite uneasy & desirous to hear the result.
Drunk Oct 12 Norman Bacon cc
Respectfully James Dana

Moss Jensen Deposition
Moses Jensen Deposition

I Moses Jennerson of Shirley in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy-eight Dodepose and say that I enlisted under Capt John Hartwell of Lincoln in the County of Middlesex, Lieut Haskell of Lancaster County of Worcester for the term of three Month in December AD 1776 and Daniel Willard then of Lancaster and now of Harvard in said County of Worcester served under the officers aforesaid at Dorchester for the term of three Months from said December in Col Dykes Regt in the Revolutionary Army as a private soldier Moses Jennerson Shirley September 21 st AD 1835
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss September 21 st AD 1835
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex, Moses Jennerson who subscribed the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath that the same is true in all its particulars
Stephen Longley Justice of the Peace
I Certify that I am acquainted with the above named Moses Jennerson and that I believe him to be a Credible and disinterested witness
Stephen Longley Just of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss
I Isaac Preske Register of the Court of Probate of the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth aforesaid do hereby certify that Stephen Longley is a justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature above written is genuine Given under my hand & the seal of said Court this sixteenth day of February AD 1836. Isaac Preske Reg

Worster Sept 26 - 1838
Sir Daniel Willard of Haversee Mass. some two or three years ago applied for a pension under the act of 1832 but has failed to obtain it for some reason which he seems not fully to understand as the gentleman who transacted the business is dead. As nearly however as I can gather from the statement made to me there is some discrepancy between the rolls and the evidence - I should be glad to be advised of the precise point of difficulty and whether it is one that is capable of being removed by additional testimony.
Respectfully Your Obed Servt
J Davis
H. L. Edwards Esq

Dr. Sir
Charleston Oct. 8. 1835
In your letter of 8 th of March last, you state that papers of Daniel Willard, who applied for a pension under the act of June 7. 1832 had been examined and placed on file - And the applicant was requested to apply for proof at office of Secy of State of Mass. - He understands the rolls in that office, were removed to Washington some time since - He is desirous to know what decision has been made on his case.
I am respectfully
Yours &c.
James Dana
J. L. Edwards Esqr Com y of Pensions

Charlestown, February 27. 1836
To the Commissioners of Pensions
The subscriber begs leave to submit the following statement:
That he, with his late father, Hon. Samuel Dana (who is well known, at the Pension office) were Agents of Mr. Daniel Willard of Harvard, Mass. and others from the same Harvard - to procure them to be placed on the Pension roll - That Mr. Willard made his declaration, and was sworn to it, &c. in 1832 - at the same time with the others - That after this, Mr. Willard could find no proof of his services in the Revolutionary war - and it was deemed useless to forward his declaration, without any proof to sustain it - That his declaration has been in our possession, since that time, until this date - That it is not until recently (as will be seen by the Deposition) that Mr. Willard has been able to procure evidence of his services in the Army.
The above may account, for the papers being forwarded to the office, at this late period.
James Dana

I John Larkin at Berlin in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachussetts the aged seventy five years do depose and say that Daniel Willard now of Harvard and formerly of Lancaster in the County aforesaid served in Captain Greenleaf's Company of Lancaster and in Colonel Cushing Regiment commencing in August 1777 and served the full term of three months in the Revolutionary army on the northern frontiers John Larkin
Berlin October 27th A.D. 1835
Worcester ss. October 27th A.D. 1835 Personally appeared before me the subscribed a justice of the Peace within and for said County of Worcester John Larkin who subscribed the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath that the same is true in all its particulars
Thomas Brigham (Just. of the Peace)
I hereby certify that I am personally and well acquainted with the above John Larkin named and that I know him to be a man of truth and respectability
Thomas Brigham (Just. of the Peace)
Commonwealth of Massachussetts - Wednesday I, Joseph Readall, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, certify that Thomas Brigham, Justice before whom the foregoing Deposition was sworn to, is a justice of the Peace within and for said County, and as such duly authorized to administer said oath, and that his signa- ture to the above certificate is in his own proper handwriting. In witness whereof I have here set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 27th day of February A.D. 1836 J. Readall, Clerk