Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,932, Joseph Wigings, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wigings, Joseph
S 33932
CONTENTS
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Massachusetts Roll.
1,231
Joseph Wiggins, Capt Pollard Artificer 4 Massachusetts line '76 - by year
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of June 1818, and sent to Sam l Putnam, Esq. Salem, Mass a .
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818.
Service rendered
4 months 28/30. $39.46
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Salem Essex County
Massachusetts line 1818 Joseph Wiggins

33932 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33932
Joseph Jennings Artificer Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 556
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Joseph Wiggins of Salem, in the county of Essex & commonwealth of Massachusetts, on solemn Oath declare That I served the first eight months of the war of the Revolution in Colonel Colliers Regiment - That in January 1776, I enlisted for one year, in Captain Benjamin Pallards Company, in Colonel Brewers Regiment of Artificers and served out the time of my enlistment on the Continental establishment, in the war of the Revolution and was discharged at Fishkill, in 1777 - That by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I need the assistance of my country for my support - And I hereby relinquish every claim to any Pension heretofore allowed by the laws of the United States. - J. Wiggins
April 7. 1818

I Nathaniel Hitchings of Salem, in the County of Essex on oath declare that I belonged to Colonel Muzzey's Regiment, from 1776 to 1777, and know that Joseph Weyings served in said Regi- ment one full year - I also know that the said Weyings served the first eight months of the year of the Revolu- tion. - Nath l Hitchings
Apr. 7. 1818
I Joseph Roundy of Marblehead in Mass s housewright on oath say that I well know Joseph Weyings, now of Salem, served all the year 1776 as an Artificer, a blockmaker, with me in Brewer's Regiment of Artificers - we were discharged at the same time on the 1 st Jan y 1777, I by Capt. Bacon, and Weyings by Capt. Pollard.
Joseph his Roundy mark
Ef ss & S s : June. 12. 1818 Then the above named Joseph Roundy subscri- bed & made oath to the above affidavit before me Brigh Merrill Esq. V. Ac s .

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss.
On this seventh day of April A.D. 1818; before me Samuel Putnam, one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of this Commonwealth, personally came and appeared Joseph Wiggins, and Nathaniel Hitchings and severally made solemn Oath to the truth of the annexed Declarations by them subscribed - And it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph Wiggins served on the Continental establishment, in the War of the Revolution against the Common Enemy, more than nine months - and I hereby certify and trans- mit the evidence in the case to the Honorable Secretary of the War Department -
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and cause the Seal of said Court to be affixed -
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass to }
June 15. 1818
I further certify that Nath. Hitchings and Joseph Ronady are credible and disinterested witnesses: That I am satisfied said Wiggins served a year at one continued period and that he is poor -
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass to }

Joseph Wiggins
Connect
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss
I Ichabod Tucker clerk of all the Judicial courts of said State in & for the county of Essex do certify that the Hon Samuel Putnam is a judge of said Supreme Judicial Court that the within signature is his proper handwriting that the seal hereto affixed is the seal of said court
Salem April 20 1886
Atty Ichabod Tucker (Clerk)
June 15. 1818 Further certify that Benjamin Merrill Esq. is a Justice of the Peace qualified to administer oaths and that his signature under the deposition of Joseph Rounder
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk
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1231 Joseph Wigings Salem
1231
Not stated
age 76 disabl d fr m labor unproductive estate $727.—
Sept 1818

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
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, Joseph Wigings resident in Salem - - - - - in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1231 - - 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, Joseph Wigings - - - - - late an Artificer in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight - - - dollars per month, to commence on the seventh day of April - - - - - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
***** * L. S. * *****
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Thirtieth day of June - - - - - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
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,
  A wooden dwelling house situate in Salem at corner of Norman and Crombie streets with a small barn and nine poles of land - - - $ 700.00   Four tables - a looking glass - - - - - 6.50   Six chairs @ 0.40 - 6 other chairs @ '17. - - - - - 3.40   Old andirons - two pair shovel & tongs - - - - - 1.50   Clothes chest and light stand - - - - - 1.00   Case drawers - brass kettle - - - - - 6.95   Iron ware for family use - - - - - 2.75   Pewter and tin ware for Do. - - - - - 2.25   Crockery and earthen ware Do. - - - - - 1.75   knives, forks, spoons, candlestick - - - - - 1.00   $ 726.90 
The above are old and have long been in use. The house is out of repair.

The said Wigings is seventy six years old - he was a blockmaker by trade - he is almost disabled from labour by the infirmities of age and by a Hernia.
His wife is 52 years old - his son James D. Wigings was sick almost all last summer and is 26 years old.
He owes thirty five dollars.
He served all the year 1776 in Maj: Bacon's corps of Artificers under Col. Baldwin in the Massachusetts Line.
Joseph Wigings.
Sworn to and declared before
W m Wetmore, judge within named.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. W m Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Joseph Wigings 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.
Joseph Wigings.
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Joseph Wigings took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
W m Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, 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 seven hundred and twenty seven dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk