Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 15612, for David Reynolds, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Reynolds, David
S 15612
CONTENTS
carded

18.075 Maine
Papers copy for Land agent of Maine, by M. O. Me, Apr 21. 1839
David Reynolds of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Prouty of the Inf y - commanded by Col. Marshall on the Mass s line for 8 mo 12 ds.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 28 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of July 1833 and sent to
R.C. Von Present
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 56.00 Servant's allowance ending Sept. - 14.00
$ 70.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book E Vol. 1 Page 48

15612 INVALID.
No. 15612
David Reynolds
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 313
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Maine.
We Asa Wilbur a Clergyman, residing in the town of Sidney in the County of Kennebec and Edmund Hayward residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with David Reynolds who has sub- scribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Asa Wilbur
State of Maine.
Kennebec ss.—Sworn and subscribed this fourteen the day of August
A. D. 1832
Before me,
Nathan Weston Justice of the Peace. S P C
14 cert.
The Rev Asa Wilbur is a clergyman residing in the town of Sidney , and his statement is entitled to credit.
Nathan Weston

I Sacharrah Gurney of North Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I am personally acquainted with David Reynolds of Sidney, county of Penobscot, State of Maine and am knowing to his serving as a private six months in the war of the Revolution in the year 1776 in the company commanded by Capt Dunton & in Col d Marshall Regiment as a volunteer in the vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts, and I the said depon- ent served in the same company and same Regiment with said Reynolds and was discharged about the same time, & I the said deponent further testifies that I served one month with said Reynolds in the same company in what was called the private expedition, in the autumn of 1777 under Capt Packard in the State of Rhode Island Sacharrah Gurney
Plymouth ss July 28 1832 Personally appeared the above named Sacharrah Gurney and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me
George Clark Justice of the Peace
I am satisfied that George Clark Esq is a Justice of the Peace in Massachusetts.
The above testimony would be received as competent and credible in our courts of law. (See Clerk's certificate on the back of this sheet.)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Wymond Hall
I John B. Thomas Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court being a Court of Record in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify that George Clarke my predecessor in the within office was sworn in as Judge of the Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - and that I believe his name then to be recorded as his full name in
Judge's signature - /s/ John B. Thomas In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court at Wymond Hall on this thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
John B. Thomas
Edward H. May

I Ebenezer Frask of Sidney, Kennebec County, Maine aged Seventy one years, upon oath testify & say, that I well know David Reynolds of the same Sidney, an applicant for a pension, that having served in the same Company & regiment at the same time I well know that he served from sometime in July 1778, six weeks , in Capt. Nathan Packard's company in Genl. Menteu's regiment of the Massachusetts troops, at Rhode Island.
Ebenezer Frask
State of Maine, Kennebec, ss:-
Subscribed & sworn to this 7 th day of June A.D. 1833. the deponent being a credible witness.
Before me,
Wm. Morton Justice of Peace.
Who is a Justice of the Peace Nathan Weston not S.P.C.

David Reynolds 26074
Private - Mass'tts. troops,
1st Reg't Co: Marshall's reg't,
6 months,
Packard's Co: Cotton's reg't,
1 month,
" " Carpenter's reg't,
6 weeks
8 months service  120 days as a
Private. Proof. J. Gurney H. Dusk Credible witnesses, -
adm d
Stno. 120. pri.
Est
26,660 132 27.98
W. L. Rose Augusta, Me,

Declaration.
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this thirteenth day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, David Reynolds a resident of Sidney in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Seventy three 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, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1776 with Captain Prentiss and served in Col. Marshall's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz. Prentiss, Capt. & Marshall Col. That he enlisted in May 1776 as a private for six months. That this period he fully served out in building forts & doing guard duty on Noddle's Island in Boston harbor & was there discharged in November of the same year. That in August or September 1777 he enlisted as a private for one month in Capt. Packard's company Col. Cotten's regiment of the same troops; that he was in the Secret Expedition to Rhode Island & was discharged at Howland's ferry in September or October of the same year. That as he thinks in July 1778 he enlisted as a private for six weeks in Capt. Nathan Packard's company, Col. Carpenter's Regt. Genl. Lovell's Brigade of the same troops; that he was with the troops on the retreat of Genl. Sullivan from Rhode Island & was discharged at Warwick neck as he thinks in August 1778. That Lane was Major in Col. Cotten's regiment & was wounded in his wrist.

That as he thinks in July 1778 he enlisted as a private for six weeks in Capt. Nathan Packard's company, Col. Carpenter's Regt. Genl. Lovell's Brigade of the same troops. That he was with the troops on the retreat of Genl. Sullivan from Rhode Island & was discharged at Warwick neck as he thinks in August 1778. That Lane was Major in Col. Carter's regiment & was wounded in his wrist. —
And to
testimonies propounded
he avers.
That he was born the 9th of March 1759 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts where he presumes his age is recorded & where his home was during his revolutionary services. That in 1781 he moved to said Sidney where he has ever since lived. That he enlisted was not drafted or received as a substitute. That he never received a written discharge. That he has named such of his officers as he now recollects. That Zachariah Gurney has testified to a part of his services. That Ebenezer Foss can testify to his services in Col. Carpenter's regiment. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services. The names the Rev. Asa William & Edmund Hayward.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
13th Augt. Darius Reynolds
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
1833
Nathan Weston
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
State of Maine Aps. 4, 1833. It had been made to appear to my satisfaction that the above named applicant, by reason of age & infirmity, cannot, without prejudice to his health, appear in open court to renew his declaration & again to make oath to the same.
Nathan Weston Just. S. J. C.

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of David Reynolds for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and the seal of the said Court, this 14 th day of August
A. D. 183 2,
J. A. Chandler