Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15496, Nathaniel Woodbury, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
mass
Woodbury, Nathaniel Mary
W. 15496
CONTENTS

SERVICE
NUMBER
mass
Woodbury, Nathaniel Mary
W. 15496
CONTENTS

Massachusetts 1,125
Mary Woodbury widow of Nathaniel Woodbury
who died on the year 1783 of Essex Co. in the State of Mass., who was a Private in the comn. by Captain of the Regt. comn. by Col. Francis in the Revolution time for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per ann. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of July 1837 and sent to Berj. Merrill Esq. Salem, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of March 37 480. Semi-ann. allowance ending Lt. Apr. " 40.00 $520.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 — }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk. Book A, Vol. 1 — Page 73

I Isaiah Kelley on oath testify that I am Clerk of the Town of Salem New Hampshire and that it appears from the Records of Said Town in my custody that Nathaniel Woodbury was lawfully married to Mary Woodbury on the twenty fifth day of April A.D. 1771 May 31. 1837. Isaiah Kelley Town Clerk
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss. May 30. 1837
Then the above named Isaiah Kelley who is a Credible Witness made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true Before Me John Ewins Justice Peace

State of New Hampshire
Nottingham ss
I S. Bartlett Hoitt Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify that John Elvins Esquire who has subscribed the within certificate is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid, duly qualified as such, and that the signature thereto purporting to be his, is in my belief genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this sixth day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty Seven
S. B. Hoitt Clerk

V985
Mrs Mary Woodbury
Married in Apr '71-
19 Feb 77- 3 yrs - Miss 57.
July 77- joined church
77. disch 8? 17 Feb 80
see map rolls.
no deduction died in '83.
adm?
2 yrs pri
80 $
Please address the reply
to
Benj. Merrill
Salem
Mass Ts
Enc.

We Esther Rose, widow, and Israel Woodbury tobacconist both of Salem in Massachusetts on oath testify That we personally knew Nathaniel Woodbury within mentioned in his lifetime and always understood and believe that he served as a soldier in the Revolutionary army: we know that Mary Woodbury the applicant within named was his lawful wife and is now his widow and she has never been married since the decease of said Nathaniel who died in 1783.
The said Israel further testifies that the annexed Certificate of Marriage is genuine she saw it signed by the Town Clerk of Salem in New Hampshire, J. B. Ewins.
Esther Rose
Israel Woodbury
State of Massachusetts Essex County ss: Dec. 23 d . 1836 Then the above named Esther Rose and Israel Woodbury, who are credible and disinterested witnesses, subscribed and made oath to the above Affidavit before me
Brj. Merrill Just. Peace

State of Massachusetts Essex:
I certify that the aforesaid David Cummings is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Essex and that Benjamin Merrill is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that their respective Signatures on the first leaf hereof are genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of the Court aforesaid this 26th Dec r 1836.
John Prince Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in Essex

O. W. & N. Div. F. S. M. E. C. W. 15495.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2, 1896.
Sir:
In response to your request for the military record of Nathaniel Woodbury, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that his widow, Mary, made an application for pension on December 2, 1836, at which time she was residing in Salem, Mass., and eighty-five years of age, and her pension was allowed for the actual service of her husband for two years as a private in the Massachusetts troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time served under Col. Francis and Col. Tupper. Enlisted at Beverly, Mass. He died in 1783.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. S. H. Woodbury, 6 Sherman St., Chicago, Ills.

May 11.
Inat.
Mr. Syle
Free G. C. Phillips, u. s.
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington.

Salem May 5. 1837.
Sir,
I am informed that the Declaration and other papers in support of the claim for a pension of Mary Woodberry, (the widow of Nathaniel Woodberry, who was a soldier of the Revolution and served three years in Col Francis's Regiment) were forwarded to you some time since by Benjamin Merrill Esq of this city, but that your decision upon the claim had not yet been communicated. The friends of the widow have requested me to inquire of you whether the papers have been received, and whether there is any informality or defect in the application. As there can be no doubt of the fact of her husband's service, and as she was married to him before his enlistment, and has remained his widow, I suppose her claim to be strictly meritorious, and that it will obtain your favorable decision.
I am, Sir, very respectfully
Woodson
S. C. Phillips
J. L. Edwards Esq Committee of Pensions.

June 12
proof of Mary (Hardy).
Dames E. Edwards Esq
Comm. Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Salem Mass ts 7 th June 1837
Ja s L. Edwards Esq e
Sir,
In the case of Mrs Mary Woodbury, applicant for Pension, (whose Documents are on file in your Department), the within Marriage Certificate, duly authenticated is furnished.
Very respectfully Yours S r
Rich d Merrill

I Israel Woodbury of Salem in the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States do hereby certify that I knew and was well acquainted with Nathaniel Woodbury in the years 1777 1778 & 1779. during all said terms, said Nathaniel was a soldier and served in the army of the Revolution. In the year 1777 I was taken prisoner at of Canterbury in the State of New York and said Nathaniel Woodbury was taken a prison- er the same year at the evacuation of Canterbury We were confined in the same prison - Nathaniel Woodbury belonged to one of the Massachusetts Regi- ments, commanded by Col. Francis, and served as a soldier in said Francis, Regiment until said Francis was killed, which happened in the year 1777 when said Nathaniel was taken prisoner - He the said Nathaniel after his release from prison, where he remained between two and three months, he was joined to the Regiment commanded by Col. Trapper. - Said Nathaniel enlisted for the term of three years, & he has often told me that he enlisted in the town of Beverly in said Massachusetts - In the year 1779 we were honorably discharged having faithfully served out the term for which we had enlisted -
Salem N.H. Dec. 16. 1836 Israel Woodbury
Rockingham ss Dec 16. 1836 Then personally appeared Israel Woodbury above named and made oath that the above affidavit by him signed is true Before me David W. Dickey Jus. Peace

I David W Dickey hereby certify that I know and am well acquainted with Israel Woodbury within named, and have been well acquainted with him for the four years last past, and that said Israel Woodbury's character for justice and veracity is good. David W Dickey Jus. Peace
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss.
I certify that David W Dickey is a Jus- tice of the Peace in and for said County of Rockingham and his signatures on this and the preceding pages are genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of the court this 24th December 1836.
J. B. Fossitt Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Rockingham

Suspended see let to Benj Merrill Salem Ms. May 2 d 1837 do H on S. C. Phillips May 11 1837 act 1836

Apr. 2/96 Soldier pensioned D. H. Woodbury, M.C. Chicago, Ill.
15496
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15496
Mary Woodbury Widow of Nathaniel Woodbury Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 4 th 1836
Index: Vol. M , Page 366
[Arrangement of 1870.]