Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11118, James Ward, Navy New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Navy New York
Ward, James
R. 11118
CONTENTS
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No 33162
Massachusetts
James Ward
Suspended
McDolby & Andrews 28 July 1835
11118

H. 1118 P. O. _____
James Ward Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

James Ward's application for a pension.

six dollars a year for my services on board the Dean Frigate aforementioned
Rufus Davis
Suffolk ss Boston June 12 th 1835 Then personally appeared the above named Rufus Davis & made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me & I hereby certify that the above named Rufus Davis is well known to me & is a credible witness E. Haskell Derby Justice of the peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk ss: I, Thomas D Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, the same being a Court of Record do hereby certify that E. Haskell Derby Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within the County of Suffolk in said Commonwealth and that I believe his signature above made, to be genuine. Witness my hand & the seal of said Court here set this fifteenth day of July A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty five
Thomas D. Phillips, Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts— County of Suffolk ss. Boston—
In this fourteenth day of July 1835 personally appeared before the Municipal Court of the City of Boston at a Special Session of the same now held in said Suffolk James Ward a resident of said Boston aged seventy six 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 provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832—
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated—
That at the time the British drove our army from New York, in September 1776, I enlisted as a private at New York & entered the American Army under General Washington— My company was commanded by Capt. Ward, & was in the first battalion & first regiment of New York troops— I was under the immediate command of General Heath; the name

of my Colonel I cannot now recall - I fought at the battle of White Plains; soon afterwards crossed Dobbs Ferry, & was stationed near Anthony's nose during the cold weather - I served under this enlistment for the space of nine months & was discharged -
After receiving my discharge I came on to Boston & to the best of my recollection in October 1779 I enlisted as a seaman for one year in the Dean Frigate commanded by Harry Nickerson. Mr. Doliver was first Lieutenant. I sailed in her on a cruise to the West Indies, took a number of prizes & returned to Boston as near as I can remember in the ensuing March - After the Frigate arrived in Boston I remained attached to the vessel & subject to the orders of my commander until the year for which I enlisted had expired - & was then discharged -
He has no documentary evidence & knows of no survivor except Rufus Davis, by whom he can prove his services -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Agency of any State -
In answer to the several interrogatories prescribed by the War Department he says
That he was born in the City of New York - March 22 nd 1760 - & was married July 24 th 1783 as will appear by the annexed certificate -

When called into service he lived in New York, he has since lived in Salem & now lives in Boston He volunteered -
He has already enumerated the names of such officers as he recollects as well as the general circumstances of his service -
He received a discharge which is lost - He has no record of his age -
Boston, July 14 th A.D. 1835.
James Ward
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court, before me Peter O. Thacher, Judge &c
We Joseph Edwards & Andrew Eaton both of the City of East Boston hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Ward who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six years; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. -
Joseph Edwards Andrew Eaton
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. before me, in open Court, Peter O. Thacher, Judge &c
J. Lucius Bolles, A Clergyman formerly of Salem

now residing in the City of Boston, hereby certify that James Ward who has subscribed & sworn to the within declaration is known to me - that I believe him to be more than seventy years old - that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that I concur in that opinion - Lucius Bolles
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War De- partment, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appear to them that Rev d Lucius Bolles, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the city of Boston, and that Joseph Edmunds and Andrew Eaton, who have also signed the foregoing certificate are residents in said city of Boston, are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.

Marriage Certificate J. Ward..

I do certify, that Marriage, between James Ward & Mehitable Williams both of Salem, State of Massachusetts, was solemnized by me on the 24 th day of July 1783.
Nath l Fisher } Minister } of St. Peter's } Church, Salem
Salem. Decem r . 2. 1803.
This was exhibited before the Municipal Court of the City of Boston A.D. 1835 July 14 th .
Attest, Thomas W. Phillips Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Suffolk ss: I, Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Bos- -ton, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Ward, for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have here unto set my hand and the seal of said Court this fifteenth day of July A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty five.
Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk.

Boston July 15 th 1835 4 State St.
Sir,
We have the honor to transmit to you the Application of Mr James Ward for a pension - By giving your attention to the same, & forwarding the Certificate to the subscribers you will confer a favor on
Yrs. with the highest Respect Derby & Andrews Solicitors for James Ward.
J. L. Edwards Esq r