Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,141, Nahum Wight, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Wight, Nahum or Wright,
N. 26141
Nabby
CONTENTS

1330 Massachusetts Abby Wright, D r widow of Nathaniel Wright, or Wight who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Sergt. Enst. & Lieut.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 262 Dollars 40 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of August 1848. and sent to G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 172 Vol. 2
1891 March 21. O. C. Wright (personally) history. P. 110 April 11 do rec d the Compt for or due of Comptroller (acting) Reported letter to G. S. Bulfinch Sept 9. 1848 Certf. rec d & corrected returned Sept 18. /48 to G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass

see letter to March 1833 to Pension Agent
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Massachusetts. Nahum Wight
of Middlesex Co. in the State of Massachusetts who was a Ser t in the company commanded by Captain Brewer of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer in the Massach ts . line, for the term of from _____ 1775 to October 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 262. 48 / 100 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 day of March 1832.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of July 1832. and sent to Samuel Bana Esq. Groton.
Arrears to 4th of March 1832 $262.40 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep: " 131.20 1 y r Ensigns $393.60 9 mo. 27 da. Lt. 2 mo. 3 da. Ser t .
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
7 June 1832
Rec: Book 2. Vol: 2. fol: 93.

2148 Nabby Wright unk of Nathan Mass Mar 5 1778 died 1834.
At 7 July 38
Allow 2y Dunk. Gas. & Sup pl $212.40 m am
G. S. Boulton Groton Mass.
Abbe Wright Wright wid of Nahum Mass Ait 4 July 5
Mar 1778. du. 1834
Yours Lieut. Genl. S. D. Harkness
$262 \frac{40}{100}
pa am
Ch roll
3 Nov 6. '76
Usignul
Oct. 28 '77
Col Brown
Ref.
of Macfarlane
G. S. Bentele
Groton
May
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this twenty sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty eight
Franklin H. G.

Probate of the Will of Nabby Wright late of Natick Mass. deceased
Mar 1775. d. i. 1834 Dynes & Davenport Just. Bms. & Davenport
$262.40 per ann on roll Over 6.76 assigned Oct 25. 77 Col Brown Refr.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. I Isaac Dike Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Isaac Dike Esquire is the Judge of said Court duly commissioned and qualified & that his signature written on the annexed paper is his genuine signature. - I also certify that Messrs Leland & Bradford Marshall Esquires are Justices of the Peace within and for said County of Middlesex & that their several signatures written in the annexed papers are their genuine signatures.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this twenty sixth day of September in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight Isaac Dike Reg
21418 Nabby Wright late of Natick Mass
Mar 1775 due 1834
At 7 1/2 Allow 24 Just. Bms & Davenport $262.40 per ann
G.S. Bentall Groton Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts ss- County of Middlesex
On this fourteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and thirty eight, personally appeared before the Hon. Samuel H. Gay Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Middlesex, State aforesaid, Vabie Wright, resident of Westford County and State aforesaid, aged Seventy Eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, took on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provi- sion 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 Nahum Wright late of Westford, County and State aforesaid, deceased, that said Nahum her late husband served in the war of the Revolution, first, in the Capacity of Sergeant, second as Ensign, and subsequently as Lieutenant, as stated in his declaration for a pension, under Act of Congress passed March 18 th 1818, which pension he received until by direction his name was stricken from the pension list as on the rest of the amount of his property he was not considered entitled to receive it, by the Depart- ment—
She further declares, that by virtue of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 her husband, the aforesaid Nahum Wright was considered entitled to, and did receive a pension until his death — all of which will more fully appear on reference to the records on file in the War Department and to the papers and documents which the said Nahum forwarded to the Department in order to establish his claim to a pension under Acts of Congress passed, 8 th March 1818 and June 7 th 1832.
She further declares that she was married to the aforesaid Nahum Wright at Sherburne by Rev. Elijah Brown on the ninth day of April in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight — That her late husband, the aforesaid Nahum died on the eighteenth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four and that she has not been married since the decease of her late husband as will more fully appear on reference to the proof hereunto annexed —
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That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz - at the time above stated -
Nabby Wight
Subscribed & sworn to in open court by said Nabby Wight the day & year first above written
J. P. P. Pres Judge of Probate for P. County -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Town Clerks Office County of Middlesex } Sherburne Aug t sixth eighteen hundred and thirty eight
I Alpheus Clark Clerk in the Town County and State aforesaid make the following extract from the records of the Town in my possession - April the ninth one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight Nathan Wight of Medfield and Nabby Bullard of Sherburne were Married by the Rev d Mr Elijah Brown I certify that the above 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 April the 9 th 1778
I Alpheus Clark above named depose and say that I hold the Office Town Clerk in the County Town 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
Alpheus Clark Clerk of the Town of Sherburne County & State aforesaid
Sworn before me, Micah Leland, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss-
I Caleb Wright resident of Westford County and State aforesaid, do upon oath testify and declare that I am fifty one years of age, that I was formerly well acquainted with Nahum Wright late of Westford, County & State aforesaid deceased that he was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress 18 th of March 1818. and subsequently under Act of Congress of 7 th June 1832. That the said Nahum Wright died on the 18 th of September 1834. That his widow Nabbe Wright is still living and has not been married since the decease of her late husband the aforesaid Nahum Wright -
Caleb Wright
Middelex ss. Augt 9 th 1878. Personally appeared before me the subscriber, Caleb Wright above named, known to me, to be a credible witness, and made oath solemn to the truth of the above affidavit. before me
Bradford Russell Justice of
The Peace & Innkeeper in & for said County -

Declaration of 1 . Nahum Wright.
This case contains 3 Papers N o from 1 to 3 inclusive.
Nahum Wright
One year Ensign 9 mo. 27 days Lieut. The remainder as Serg t

To The Hon ble Louis Caps Secy of War
Nahum Wright of Westford in the State of Massachusetts respectfully represents, that he served in the war of the Revolution for the space of two ----- years & five months. That he received a Commission on the 1 st day of Jan y 1777. appointing him a Lieut. in the Reg t of Foot whereof Samuel Brewer Lieut. Col. --- under which he served from that time to the 2 d of October following, when he was unable by reason of his wounds to continue longer and he was discharged by Genl. Gates upon the representation of Doctor Folts of the Army.
Before this period he had served 8 months at the commencement of the revolution as a Sargent in a Company in the Reg t commanded by Col. Jon s Brewer, and afterwards by Col. Asa Whitecomb his Warrant he had lost by time and accident. --- at the Battle of Bunker hill he was wounded by a musket ball in the thigh in consequence of which he was admitted an Invalid Pensioner at $1. per m o . Bullard, --- and the latter part of the time by Col. Asa Brewer in the Reg t of Col. Sam l Brewer as will appear by his Com d . now on file in the War Office.
He has been wholly blind for sixteen years last past, and has not seen a ray of light for that time.
He is now in the receipt of a Pension as an Invalid at the rate of one ----- dollars a month. Under the act of March 18. 1818 he was placed on the pension list at twenty dollars a month as will appear by his Certificate dated June 7. 1819 --- and N o 11516 --- his name was stricken from the roll of Revolutionary Pensioners on the ----- day of ----- A.D. 18 --- for the alleged cause of poverty, and again put upon the invalid list. --- And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever, to any other Pension than that, provided for under the act approved June 7. 1832. And he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any Agency of any State, except as above stated. Wherefore he requests that he may be admitted to the benefits of the Act of Congress entitled "An supplementary to the act entitled for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution" --- ers, of

of the Revolution: and he further states, that Westford in Mass. was the place of his residence, when he made application to be admitted as a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of March 18. 1818. And that his residence still continues in that place. In testimony of all, which the said Nahum Wight has caused his signature and seal, to be hereunto set and affixed, the sixteenth day of June — AD 1832 In presence of
George W Richardson of Westford.
Caleb Wight (a son of Nahum Wight) mark
Caleb A. Wight. (grandson of Nahum Wight)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex June 16 th 1832
Personally appeared the above named Nahum Wight and acknowledged the above instrument, by him executed to be his voluntary act. Before me Nathl. Dana
A Just Peace for all the Counties in said Commonwealth.
And on the same day at Westford in the County of Middlesex personally appeared the above named Nahum Wight and made solemn oath that all the facts and allegations contained in the preceding statement are just and true according to the best of his knowledge, and belief.
Before me Nathl. Dana Just Peace as aforesaid.

77 Nahum Wright
11516
June 1819
Not Entl d
W. C. C. P. T. C. P. D. 1819

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820.
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice,
and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
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, Salmon Wright resident in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. H 516. now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the "18th March, 1818, Salmon Wright of Midd le County Mass late a Lieutenant in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the "Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, to commence on the fourth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen "
"Given at the War Office of the United States, this seventh day of June one thousand eight hundred and nineteen  J. L. Edwards in the absence of  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,
  11 five undivided moiety of half a house and $700.00   land of the value of   10 chains 200 1 table 3 2 tables, 200 7.00   1 chest 125 2 chests 150 1 light stand 630 3 05   1 clock 500 crockery ware & tea sets 575 10 75   glass ware 650 table & tea spoons 200 7 50   Pewter ware 300 tin ware brown earthen ware 1 5 00   Iron ware 600 brass ware 150 7 50   Wooden ware 150 steelyard 050 2 00   3 looking glass, 3 old chains, 2 iron bars & harness   leather 450 7 50   1 old winnowing mill 1   1 old chains 10   1 grind stone 2   758 70 

And the said Nathan Wright  Wright says that he is indebted on note including interest in the sum of to Caleb Wright 47 00 47 00 $ 711. 20
Witness John Abbot.
Nathan his  Wright  Wright mark
And the said Nathan Wright  Wright states and declares upon oath that his family consists of his wife aged fifty nine years and one daughter aged twenty two years who are dependant on him for support and maintenance, that he is himself seventy five years old and is unable to do any labour hav- ing been mostly blind for ten years and totally so for four years last past and has no means of supporting himself and family except by a very small sum to be derived from his real estate as rents or by a direct sale of it, which would soon necessarily deprive him of all proper- ty, that he served the term of twenty two months, in the Revolutionary war on the Continental establishment in companies commanded by Capt's Benj a Bullard and Elisha Brewer & Reg'ts commanded by Col's Sam l Brewer and Asa Whitecomb and was wounded in the battle of Bunker hill and at the expiration of his term was honourably discharged as will more particularly appear by his original declaration on file in the war office
Witness John Abbot.
Nathan his  Wright  Wright mark

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Samuel Dana Esq. a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
11 I, Nathaniel Wright 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.
William John Abbott
Nathaniel Wright mark
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Nathaniel Wright took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
Sam Dana Judge of said Court.
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, 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
five hundred eighteen dollars & twenty cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20th day of July 1820
Attr.
Abraham Biglow 30

Ref
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26,141
Nabby Wright
Wid of
Nahum Wright
Saint Bar Harbor
Act Feb 2nd 1848
Index: Vol W , Page 362
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Wash n D.C.
Apr 11 th 1891
Rec d of J. B. W. Filn Chief Q.M. H. A. Div. the commission of Nahum Wright as a Lieut in the Revolutionary War, - and I hereby agree to return the same if any other person proves a better title to the same.
C. C. Wright.
521 3 rd St. S.W. Washington D.C.

Sir,
Merchants Bank Boston 5 Sept 1848
I have received a Pension Certificate for Nabby Wright, who now informs me that her name is Wight.
She further states that in the Pension Certificate which her husband received when living the name was written "Wight alias Wright."
Please inform me, if I shall send you her Pension Certificate for alteration, or if it is unnecessary.
Yours Very Respectfully
G. T. Bulfinch
Jas. L. Edwards Esq. Com d of Pensions.

Permission may be given that right to withdraw certain paper under certain provisions.
Adrian T. Anderson Acting Counsel

521 3 rd Street N.W. Washington D.C.
April 11-1891-
To the Hon: Commissioners of Pensions - I respectfully re- quest that the Commission of Nahum Wight, a Lieutenant in the army of the Revolution, be withdrawn from the files of the Pension Office and given into my possession - My reasons for making this request are as follows - The said Na- hum Wight was my grandfather - my father, Caleb Wight, was the only son of Nahum Wight, and was the Executor of his Will - I am the oldest

son of Caleb Wight and was the Executor of his Will, and there are no descendants of the said Nahum to whom the paper referred to would be of es- pecial interest, except myself & my sons - By us it would be highly prized. I therefore hope that my request may be granted -
Respectfully
A. C. Wight.

Oct 30 1906
Post
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Wright, Nahum
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Massachusetts, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Febry 21, 1795 and printed in the American State Papers Claes 9, page 150.
Rank: Sergeant
Regt: Col. Drower's
Disabilities: Has an ulcerous sore in his right leg, the effects of a wound received by a ball in his thigh.
When and where disabled: June 17, 1778, Bunker's Hill.
Residence: Medfield
To what pension entitled: One eighth
Remarks: Militia; appointed Nov. 6, 1776, resigned October 28, 1777.
Evidence complete. The physician's report, that they cannot positively ascertain whether, "the diseased state of the leg is a direct and necessary consequence of the wound."

2407
Massachusetts -
Nabby Wight -
widow of Nahum Wight, Dec d :
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832) and who died on the 18 th : September, 1834 - of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts who was a Lieut. &c in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by Col: Brewer in the Massachusetts line for 2 years - 1 year Ensign, 9 months 27 days Lieut & 2 months & 3 days Serf:
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass: at the rate of 262 Dollars 40 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of April 1839 and sent to G. S. Boutwell, Groton, Mass: -
Arrears to the 4th of March '39 $787.20 Semi-annual allowance ending 11 Sept: $131.20
$918.40
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by M c Stewart Clerk, Book A - Vol. -1 - Page 144

872 Massachusetts
Rept to Mr. G. G.
Nabby Wright widow of Nahum Wright who was a S er g t . En d . Lieut. in the Massachusetts line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 262 Dollars 40 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of July 1843 and sent to Hon. Wm. Parmachoo East Cambridge Massachusetts
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. /—Page 57

11.516 R Massachusetts.
Nahum Wight,
4 Middlesex Co. in the state of Mass ts who was a lieutenant in the regiment commanded by colonel Brewer, of the Massach ts e, for the term of 22 months.
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts. at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4. of April, 1818.
ertificate of Pension issued the 7. of June, 1819, and sent to Samuel Dana, judg. Groton, Middlesex Co. Mass ts
arrears to 4th of March, 1819. * 220.58.
semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. Sept: } 120 ..
10 mo. 27 1819. } $: 340.58 4 30 } 31 }
Not on Revolutionary claim, } Act 18th March, 1818. }
* Invalid pensioner, under the name of Nahum Wright at $: 1. p. month 11.03.
209.55 220.58. 120. Balance, - 209.55, 329.55.

Discontinued, Notification sent to Abraham. Biglow, Esq r 22 d September, 1820. Cambridge. Mass.

Nahum Wight alias Nahum Wright, Sergeant,
Inscribed on Roll as an Invalid at $1. pr. mo. by Law Increased by law 18 th March 1818. to $2. pr. mo. Stricken from Roll, under Law of May 1 st 1820, on the 22 d September 1820, & reinstated on Roll as an Invalid under said law on the 2 d April 1821
Reinstated as an Invalid at $1. pr. mo. comg 4 th March 1820
Certificate of Ap r . 2. 1821 sent to John Abbott Esq r , Weymouth, Mass
amt from 4 th March 1820 to March 4. 1821
$12.00

Sir,
Merchants Bank Boston 12 Sept r 1848.
Enclosed is the Pension Certificate of Nabby Wight or Wright, conformably to your letter of the 9 th inst.
Yours very Respectfully G. S. Bulfinch

Nahum Wright Mass Act June 7. when paid. Due 18 th Sep 1834 p to that period JH
A H S
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No. 2.
Lieut. Nahum Dights Comd. Jany 1, 1777.
Benj Warren Stebbins Oliver Peckham Lynde Jacob Marshall Fries Peter Hunt Sam Lane

In Congress.
The Delegates of the United Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, to Nahum Wright Gentleman. We reposing especial Trust and Confidence in Your Patriotism, Valor, Conduct and Fidelity, Do by these Presents constitute and appoint You to be Lieutenant In the Regiment of Foot Whereof Samuel Brewer Esq r . is Colonel in the Army of the United Colonies raised for the defense of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile Invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things thereinunto belonging. And we do strictly Charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under Your Command, to be obedient to Your Orders as Lieutenant. And You are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of Congress, for that Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time Being of the Army of the United Colonies, or any other Your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in You. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress. Dated at Boston the first day of January Anno Domini 1777.
By Order of the Congress.
John Hancock
President.
Attest Chas. Thomson Secy.
A true copy.
C. Filer Chief Q.M. & N. Div.

N o 3.
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Massachusetts, at the Branch Bank of the United States, Boston.
BRAND

Capt Nahum Wight N

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, Nahum Wight, of Middlesex County, Mass ts late a lieutenant _____ // _____ in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, to commence on the fourth day of April , _____ one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this seventh — day of June , _____ one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
S. L. Edwards, in the absence and on behalf of the Secretary of War.

Wadsworth Feb 24
Friend
Recd. Mar. 1821
Hon. John C. Calhoun Esq. Secretary of War Washington City

Westford February 21 st 1821
Hon J. C. Calhoun Esq.
Sir
Not having been continued on the pension roll under the late law, and having been a pensioner for a wound received at the battle of Bunker hill, & my certificate having been forwarded to the war office pursuant to the provisions of the late law, I request you sir, to cause my certificate as pensioner for the wound received, to be forwarded to John Abbot Esq. of this town, Westford, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, and oblige
Respectfully
Your Obedient Servt
Witness Caleb Wight Nalum his X Wight mark

N. Wight n Wright ad 1872
Admitted
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston August 3 1848
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation John W. P. Abbott was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; 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 hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. B. Callan
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss.
Middlesex COUNTY, }
On this thirty first day of July 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Nabby Wight alias Wright a resident of Westford in the county of Middlesex aforesaid aged eighty seven and 10/12 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Nahum Wight alias Wright who was a resident of Westford and who was a Sergeant, Ensign & Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of two hundred and sixty two dollars and forty cents per annum. Nabby Wight She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me,
and year above written, }
In presence of John W. P. Abbot Justice of the Peace.
Catharine Abbot.
I Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
John W. P. Abbot Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss.
COUNTY, }
I, Clerk of the Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly qualified ; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
and the Seal of said Court, this
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CLERK.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of July 7, 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," and the Act of March 3, 1843.
State of Massachusetts, } ss. On this ninth day of May , County of Middlesex. } in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, three personally appeared before Elijah Whiton a justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, Nabby Wright, a resident of Westford in the County of Middlesex, aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath de- pose and say that make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed on the 7th of July 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," and the Act of March 3, 1843.; that she is the widow of Nahum Wright who was a Lieutenant in the Army in the war of the Revolution; that she drew a pension of two hundred and sixty two dollars and forty cents per annum under the Act of Congress of July 7, 1838; that her pension certificate was numbered 2.407; that the evidence of her husband's service was forwarded to the Department by her said husband when he made application for a pension; that she is still a widow having never been married since her said husband's decease.
Nabby Wright
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written. before me, certify that said Nabby Wright is a credible witness.
Elijah Whiton Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston May 16. 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Elijah Whiton was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; 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 hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
No. A Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Capt. Nahum Wright release of Pension - 1818

Nahum Wight Capt. Release of his Pension. —

Know all men, That I Nahum Wright, now of Westford in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and late an Officer in the Army of the Revolution, and whose name is upon the pension list of the United States in consequence of wounds or disabilities received while in the service in said Army having made application to the Secretary of War to be inscribed upon the said list pursuant to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 18 th of March A.D. 1818, do hereby upon my being placed on said list in virtue of the applica- tion release to the said United States, the pension heretofore granted to me, So that upon my being inscribed upon the list aforesaid in virtue of my said application, I shall and will be wholly excluded and barred from all and every other pension heretofore granted to me by the said United States Witness my hand and seal the tenth day of Novem- ber A.D. 1818. —
In presence of Oliver Wright Nahum his X Wright Abel Wright mark Caleb Wright
I Samuel Dana Chief justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit in the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts, before whom the above named Nahum Wright made his declaration in order to be placed upon the pension list, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of Congress of March 18. 1818 - Do Certify, that upon due enqui- ry made, I find that Capt. Wright in indigent circumstances having long been wholly blind he has expended what little property he once possessed —
Sam l Dana

Lieut Capt Nahum Wight.
Judge's certificate as to indigence wanted.
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Suffolk ss On the _____ day of _____ A.D. _____ Nahum Wright alias Wright, came before me one of the Justices of the Peace in for the County of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts. and made oath that he is the same Nahum Wright alias Wright named in an Act of Congress passed the 20th of April 1796 - entitled, "An Act authorising & directing the Secretary of War to place certain persons herein named on the pension List" and that he is thereby entitled to Two 1/2 Cents per Month that he now resides in the town of Westford, County Middlesex, previous to which he resided in the town of Medfield in the County of Norfolk
signed John Gardner Justice

This is Nahum Wright original Certificate a Copy of which must be taken by a justice of the peace every time the pension is apply'd for

To whom it may concern
We the subscribers selectmen and overseers of the Poor for the Town of Westford Mass do certify that Lieut Nathan Wight of this Town is totally blind and by reason of long continued indisposition is reduced to needy circumstances
Westford May 3. 1819
Thomas Fletcher Sam l Wright Jr. Isaac Goodwin

Lieut. Nahum Wright

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
BE it remembered, that on this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me, SAMUEL DANA , Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit, (comprehending the Counties of Essex and Middlesex, in the Commonwealth aforesaid) comes Nahum Wright of Westford in said county of Middlesex and on oath declares, that
he served in the contested  war of the Revolution , at the commencement thereof, and was at the Battle of Bunker Hill , in the Summer of Seventeen hundred and Seventy five , as a Sergeant, in the Company of Capt. Benj. Bullard in the Regiment, Commanded by Col. Jonathan Brewer . On the first day of January following, he received a Commission from Congress signed, by John Hancock Pres. by which he was appointed an Ensign in the Company aforesaid, placed on the Continental establishment in Col. Asa Whitecomb's Regiment, where he served until the end of that year. On the first day of January , Seventeen hundred and Seventy seven , he received another Continental Commission, by which he was appointed a Lieut. in Capt. Elisha Brewer's Company, in Col. Samuel Brewer's Regiment; the Brigade he can not now remember, but it was on the Massachusetts line, he was this year at the Capture of Burgoyne's Army , after that and on the twenty seventh of October , he found that by reason of a wound he received at Bunker Hill , he should be unable any longer, to sustain the fatigues of a Campaign he applied to Genl. Gates , then Commanding the Northern Army , who gave him a discharge after having served there near twenty two months, upon the Continental establishment as well as he can now recollect he was placed upon the pension list, in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety three , when his last Commission and his discharge were sent to the War Office, & he was placed upon the list by the name of Nahum Wright or Wight . He is now nearly Seventy three years of age, and in addition to his wound, he has for near ten years been deprived of his sight, and for the last two years, has never discerned a glimmering of light. He has enjoyed a small property since he left service, upon which he maintained himself & his Family, since the loss of his Eyesight, it has been greatly diminished so that
by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from his country for his support. in presence of Caleb Wright  Nahum Wright mark Thus, made, subscribed, and sworn to, at Groton in said county of Middlesex the day and year aforesaid. Sam d Dana

Lieut Capt Nahum Wight.
Judge's certificate as to indigence wanted.
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To the Honorable JOHN C. CALHOUN, Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I, the undersigned Samuel Dana , Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit, (comprehending the Counties of Essex and Middlesex) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being a Court of Record, duly established by Law, Do hereby certify, That on the fourth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  Nahum Wight Personally appeared and made and subscribed the declaration which is hereunto annexed.
And at the same time he exhibited to me a Commission as Ensign second John Hancock Pres. of Congress —
from which it appears to me, that the said Nahum Wight did serve in the War of the REVOLUTION, against the common Enemy, upwards of nine months.
Wherefore, in pursuance of the directions of an Act of Congress, made and passed the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," I have transmitted the said Declaration to you the said Secretary, that such further proceedings may be had in the premises, as the said Act may require.
In testimony of all which, I have caused the Seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand within the said Circuit, the fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Sam d Dana
I Samuel Dana above named — Do further Certify that the above named Capt. Nahum Wight is now in indigent circumstances —
Sam d Dana
May 4. 1819. —

IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the United Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, and South-Carolina, to Nahum Wight Esq.
WE reposing especial trust and confidence in your patriotism, valour, conduct and fidelity DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be Ensign of a Company  Ensign of Captain Benjamin Bullard's Company in the Sixth Regiment of foot Commanded by Colonel Asa Whitcomb
in the army of the United Colonies, raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Ensign by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as Ensign And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of Congress, for that purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the time being of the army of the United Colonies, or any other your superior officer, according to the rules and discipline of war, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This commission to continue in force until revoked by this or a future Congress.
Attest Edw. Thomson Secy.
By Order of the Congress.
January the first 1776
John Hancock President