Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,240, for Epes Mansfield, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Mansfield, Opus Sarah
NUMBER _____
W. 26.240
CONTENTS

408.
Massachusetts, Sarah Mansfield widow of Epes Mansfield who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars //.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of June 1848 and sent to
Elijah Clark Brighton Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2. 1848, Page 87 Vol. 2
Reported

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No 8412
Sarah Mansfield
Mass.
act 7 July '38
m 88. d 32.
  19. 152. 11 Nov. 77. to 2 Feb.  2.22    - 119. 2 Feb. 78 to 3 Apr.  2.1    17. 124. 3 Apr. to 3 July.  3.2     7.25  
adm d
7 mo. 25 ds pri
$26.11
No deduction
Elijah Clark Esq. Brighton Mass.
19. 119. - 3 Feb. to 3 Apr. 78 15. 2. 11 Nov. 77. to 2 Feb. 17. 124. 3 Apr. to 3 July. 78.
  1. - 20.  7.25    6. - 3     7. - 2 3/4   

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, September 8 th 1842
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the within attestation, Sherman Leland was Judge of Probate, and William Hagg a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk, and James P. Nottingham a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to their 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.
John D. Sleeper
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss.
On this third day of September eighteen hundred and forty two. Personally appeared before the Hon. Sherman Leland, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Norfolk and State aforesaid, Sarah Mansfield, a resident of Needham in said County, eighty one years of age, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June seventh 1832, or the like act of 1832, as may meet her claim, and the benefit of the act of July seventh A D 1838, entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows, That she is the Widow of Epes Mansfield who rendered near ten Months Service in the War of the Revolution, and according to the best of her recollections, her said husband Epes Mansfield entered the Guard Service, at Prospect or Winter Hill in Charlestown, the first part of November 1777, and served in Colt Miles Greenwood's Company in Col. J. Gerrishes Regiment until the first part of April 1778, when he again engaged in Colt Samuel Browns Company in Col. J. Gerrishes Regiment, and served until the last part of July of that year, and at the time he engaged in this service he resided in the town of Lynn in this State

and it is her impression that her said husband rendered other short services at Cambridge, and the vicinity, but she is not able to find proof, or to describe particularly at this time,
She further Declares that she was Married to the said Ope Mansfield on the tenth day of January Seventeen hundred and eighty eight, that the ceremony was performed by the Revd Samuel West, Minister of the Gospel, of a church and Society in said town of Needham, that her husband the aforesaid Ope Mansfield, died at his residence in Needham, on the ninth day of May eighteen hundred and thirty two, that she was not Married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the Marriage took place previous to the first of January, Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz., at the time above stated and that she still remains a widow,
Sarah Mansfield
Subscribed and sworn to the Day and Year first above written
S. Selawel Judge of Probate.

Extract from the Record of Marriages in the town of Needham County of Norfolk state of Massachusetts-
January 7 th . one thousand Seven hundred eighty eight. Epes Mansfield was married to Sarah Smith Both of Needham.
Attest Samuel West, V D M
I certify that the above is a true copy of record on the Book of records of the town of Needham, Norfolk County, Massa- chusetts with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures and letters as follows. January 7 th 10: 1788.
Asa Kingsbury } Clerk of the town of Needham aforesaid
I Asa Kingsbury above named depose and say that I hold the office of town Clerk of the town, County and state aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town of Needham, with the exception, as certified by me
Asa Kingsbury } Clerk of said town of Needham
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Norfolk s.s. Needham August 31 st 1842 then personally appeared Asa Kingsbury Town Clerk, and made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true
Before me, William Blagg } Justices of the peace

I. Ephraim Stevens of Needham in the County of Norfolk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, eighty one years of age, on oath, do Testify and say that I rendered service in the War of the Revolution at some of the alarms, but not sufficient time to entitle me to a Pension. That I have always resided in this town ever since I was nine years of age. That I recollect the time when M rs Mansfield came into this town, and am knowing that he married to M rs Sarah Smith of this town. He resided here in this town until his death which took place near nine years since. I have been intimately acquainted with the said M rs Mansfield. He was a native of Lynn in this State as I was always informed. I have repeatedly heard him speak of Burgoyne's Army, and of his being in the Guard Service at Prospect and Winter Hill, and it is my full impression that he was in the service of the Revolution some time. M rs Sarah Mansfield is now living in this town and remains the worthy Widow of the said M rs Mansfield.
Ephraim Stevens
Norfolk ss August 31 st 1842 Then personally appeared the above named Ephraim Stevens who is known to me to be a man of veracity, and made oath the that the above certificate by him subscribed to is true before me William D. Page Justice of the Peace

Newburyport, September 2 d 1842. I, James P. Frothingham, a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that I have now in my possession, the original Rolls of Col. Jacob Gerrish's Regiment of Guards, stationed at Prospect or Winter Hill, with the weekly returns of said Regiment; and that on the Roll of the Company of Capt. Miles Greenwood, appears the name of Epes Mansfield as a private, who enlisted November 11 th 1777, and that the Returns of said Company are made up for the months of November and December 1777, and for the months of January, February and March 1778. — Also that the same name of Epes Mansfield again appears on Col. Jacob Gerrish's Regimental Rolls, as a private in the Company commanded by Capt. Samuel Brown, and that this Company's payments appear to be made up for the months of April, May, June, and to July 10 th 1778 —
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature, the day, month and year first abovenwritten —
J. P. Frothingham Justice of the Peace —

Brighton Sept. 6 th 1842
Hon W m Parmenter Esq,
Dear Sir: I herewith enclose to you the papers of Mrs Sarah Mansfield of Needham the Widow of Esq rs Mansfield, a Claimant for a Pension under the Act of 1838, and for arrears of her husband's under the act of 1832,
Cerry Sept You 66 St L. Elizabeth
Hon William Parmenter Esq, M. L., at Post Cambridge, Mass.

Pens. 6 Ed. 10. M ch 6
Rev WIDOW, &c. Rev
Mch 996 Soldier Class. & Mansfie Lynn, Ma
No. 26.240
Sarah Mansfield Wid of Epes Mansfield Dis. Rev War.
Act: Feb 2 d 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 13
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 3792.
Reported.
Massachusetts,
Sarah Mansfield
widow of
Ebenezer Mansfield dec d who died on the 9 th of May, 1832 of Suffolk in the State of Mass who was a Pvt. in the Comp y commanded by Captain Greenwood of the Reg t commanded by Col. Gerrish in the Mass. line for 7 mo. 25 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass, at the rate of 26 Dollars 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831. Ending 9 th day of May 1832 when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Oct. 1842 and sent to Elijah Clark Esq r Brighton Mass
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1832 26.11
Resignation allowance ending 9 th May 1832. 2 months. 5 days } 5.06
31.17
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 2 nd }
Recorded by Thos. L. Woody , Clerk. Book 6, Vol. 3 Page 60

Repeated
6782
Massachusetts
Jannah Mansfield widow of Ebenezer Mansfield dec d who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 9. May 1832 of Nantucket in the State of Mass, who was a Pri in the Comp, commanded by Captain Brown of the Regt commanded by Col l Gerrish in the Mass s line for 7 mo. 25 dys
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 26 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Sept. 1842 and sent to Elijah Clark Brighton Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 Semi-annual allowance ending
130 55
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. S. Moody Clerk, Book W Vol. 1 Page 107

1293.
Massachusetts
Sarah Mansfield widow of Ephraim Mansfield who was a Private in the Mass. line for 7 mo & 25 days
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars & 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of August, 1843 and sent to Elijah Clark Brighton, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 48.

No 5.673
Sarah Mansfield Mass.
2nd Section at 4 July 36 from 4 March 31. to 9 May '32 at 7 mo. 25 ds/pri 26. 11 / 100
vide Paper 6782. at 7 July '38. Mass.
Elijah Clark Brighton Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk I Sherman Geland, Judge of the Court of Probate, hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been adduced to me to prove that Epes Mansfield of Needham in said County, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, died, on the ninth day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty two and that he left Sarah Mansfield of said Needham his lawful widow, who is still living, and is an applicant for a pension from the United States under the second section of the Act of Congress of the fourth of July AD 1836.
In virtue whereof I the said Judge have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Probate for said County of Norfolk this first day of October AD 1842.
S Geland

Brighton Oct 30. 1862
Sir
The Pension Certificate of Mrs Sarah Mansfield, with your letter respecting the same has been received. I herewith enclose to you her Declaration under the second section of the act of 1836, which act was entirely overlooked by me at the time. She made her former declaration under the act of 1838, &c.
Very Resp'tly Yours Chas Scott De Elijah Hark
Wm J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions at Washington

Brighton, Mass s June. 14 th 1848.
Dear Sir,
I have the honor to enclose to you herewith the following widows claims for the benefit of the late Act of February, 22 d 1848.
"viz" Mrs Mary Walker of Brighton, widow of Samuel Walker. " " Sarah Bartlett of Newton, widow of Elisha Bartlett. " " Henrietta Moore of Newton, widow of Reuben Moore " " Lucy Childs of Cambridge, widow of Samuel Childs " " Anna Chapin of Holliston, widow of Daniel Dittel. " " Lois Dowe of Holliston, widow of Dowe Dowe " " Abigail Rockwood of Holliston, widow of Daniel Rockwood " " Elizabeth Pratt of Ashland, widow of Nathaniel Pratt " " Sally Greenwood of Ashland, widow of Abel Greenwood " " Elizabeth Walker of Hopkinton, widow of Peter Ductly " " Betsy A Brigham of Marlborough, widow of Aaron Brigham " " Lucy Brigham of Marlborough, widow of Warren Brigham " " Agnes Dalrymple of Marlborough, widow of James Dalrymple " " Abigail Kemp of Pepperell, widow of Dudley Kemp " " Alice Fletcher of Dunstable, widow of Ralph Emerson " " Seraphina Eager of Northborough, widow of Oliver Eager " " Mehitable Simonds of Northborough, widow of Jacob Simonds " " Elizabeth Newton of Northborough, widow of Moses Newton. " " Lovina Burnett of Southborough, widow of Charles Burnett " " Lisa Fraz. of Southborough, widow of Francis Fraz. " " Deborah May of Sterling, widow of Levi May. " " Anna Adams of Medway, widow of Titus Adams. " " Prudence Daniels of Medway, widow of John Daniels

.. Abigail Ware of Needham, widow of Daniel Ware .. Sarah Mansfield of Needham, widow of Ephraim Mansfield, Respect Groom Abt St Elijah Clarke
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commission of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss.
On this fourth  fourth day of September  October eighteen hundred and forty two, Personally appeared before the Hon Sherman Leland, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Norfolk, and State of said, Sarah Mansfield, a resident of Needham in said County eighty one years of age, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the second section of the Act of July fourth A.D. 1836, Entitled an Act of Pay allowed from the 4 th of March 1831, to the widows or children of Revolutionary officers soldiers, or seamen, who died after that time, and before the 7 th of June 1832, That she is the Widow of Ops Mansfield who rendered near ten months service in the War of the Revolution, and according to the best of her recollections, her said husband Ops Mansfield entered the Guard Service at Prospect or Winter Hill in Charlestown, the first part of November 1777, and served in Capt Miles Greenwood Company in Col Jacob Gerrishes Regt, until the first part of April 1778, when he again engaged in Capt Samuel Browns Company in Col Jacob Gerrishes Regiment, and served until the last part of July of that year, and at the time he engaged in this service he resided in the town of Lynn in the State of Massachusetts, and it is her impression, that her said husband,

rendered other short services at Cambridge and the vicinity, but she is not able to find proof or to describe particularly at this time. She further Declares that she was Married to the said Ephes Mansfield on the tenth Day of January seventeen hundred and eighty eight, that the ceremony was performed by the Reverend Samuel West, Minister of a Church and Society in said town of Needham, that her husband the aforesaid Ephes Mansfield, died at his residence in Needham, on the ninth Day of May eighteen hundred and thirty two, that she was not Married to him since the his leaving the service, but that the Marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, when at the time above stated, and that she still remains a widow.
Sarah Mansfield
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year above written to wit October 1 st A D 1842
before me
J Selby Judge of Probate

County of Norfolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Jonathan H Cobb Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Norfolk hereby certify that Sherman Selene is Judge of said Court of Probate and that his signature on this paper is genuine & true.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court of Probate this first day of October A D 1842
Jonathan H Cobb Reg Probate Co of Norfolk

1520
Sarah Mansfield
$26:11 per am
Not entered April 28
Elijah Clark Brighton Mass.
Elijah Clark Esqr Brighton Ms

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss.
On this Twenty-seventh day of April Eighteen hundred and forty three, Personally appeared before me, William Slagg a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Norfolk, Sarah Mansfield, a resident of Needham in said County of Norfolk, aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the third day of March 1833, Granting Pension to widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary War, That she is the widow of Epes Mansfield, who was a private in the Guard Service on Winter Hill in Col. Gerrishes Regiment, and that she has received twenty six dollars and eleven cents, per annum under the act of the seventh of July 1835, which was paid to her at Boston Mass. and she further declares, that she is still a widow,
Sarah Mansfield
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written. Before me, William Slagg Justice of the Peace
Norfolk ss. Needham, April 27. A.D. 1843 I hereby certify that Sarah Mansfield, who has signed and made oath to the above declaration is well known to me, to be the same person who has received a pension under the act of Congress, 1835, also, that she is the widow of Epes Mansfield of this town deceased, and is a person worthy of confidence,
Before me, William Slagg Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston May 26. 1843.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation William Blagg was a Justice of the Peace for the County Norfolk.
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.
Thos. A. Bolles Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss.
On this twenty second day of April, eighteen hundred and and forty eight, personally appeared before William Flagg a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, Sarah Mansfield, a resident of Needham in said county, eighty seven years of age, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d of February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Pres Mansfield, who was a private in Colonel Garrison's Regiment of Grenadiers at Charlestown, and that she has received annually a pension of twenty six dollars and eleven cents per annum, under the act of the 17 th of June 1844, and she further declares that she is still a widow
Witness William Flagg
for Sarah x Mansfield mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that the declarant above named, is personally known to me, a widow, and a Revolutionary pensioner as she declares.
Before Me,
William Flagg Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston June 9 1848
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation William Stagg was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk,
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.
M c Callum
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
William Stagg Justice of the Peace
attested
1293

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Mansfield, George GRADE Private LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER 12376 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED December 9, 1792 to Francis Graves, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.