Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,809, Aaron Wright, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wright, Aaron
S. 30,809
CONTENTS

10430.
Massachusetts
Aaron Wright
of Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a Pirate in the company commanded by Captain Wheeler of the Capt commanded by Capt. Vixen in the Mass time for 7 Mo 6 Day Regt 10 " P
Miller & Smith
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of $3 Dollars 99 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of Apr 1833 and sent to Isaac Fiske Esq Cambridge Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Apr 1833 $167.98 Semi-ant. allowance ending 21 Sep " 41.99
$209.97
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H S Blair Clerk Book No. Vol. 2 nd Page 90
79 Moodley

No. 4455
Aaron Wright
Has not mentioned with precision the length of his service, papers not properly authenticated
Nov 25 1832
Pensions 7 Mo. & 6 days
Sept 10 Mo.
17-6
$83.99.
Isaac Fiske Esq.
E. Cambridge Ms.

BRIEF in the case of Aaron Wright of the County of Middlesex in the State of Mass.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1775 — 1 15 Private Gen. Capt. Brown   " 76 — 2 — do Col. Dixon, Capt. Wheeler   " 76 — 6 or 8 — do Capt. Minott   " 77 — 4 — do Col. Stow, Capt. Fitch   " 77 — 1 — do Col. Reed, Capt. Buttrick   " 78 — 10 — Sergt. Col. Jacobs, Capt. Andrews  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Concord  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Concord  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Deposition  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Belt Examining Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss.
On this eighteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honourable Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, now sitting, Aaron Wright a resident of Concord in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy seven 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 Act of Congress, passed June 7, A. D. 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: on the 19 th of April 1775  He was engaged in the company commanded by Capt. David Brown, was in the battle at Concord on 19 th and was engaged for five or six weeks after the 19 th in guarding the prisoners and stores in said Concord. - In December 1775 he enlisted or volunteered, does not recollect which, in company under Capt. David Wheeler, in Col. Nipons Regiment, and went to Winter Hill near Boston, and served two months in Capt. Wheeler's company. - left said service some time in February 1776. He knows of no one living who can testify to the above service at Winter Hill - again in last of February or first of March 1776. He enlisted at said Concord under Capt. George Minott, and served at Roxbury about six or eight days - again in August 1776 he enlisted at said Concord, under Lt. Matthew Stow, in Lieutenant Fitch's of Groton's company, and served in said company for the term of four months, went to Lincansburg.
Again in 1777, He enlisted at said Concord, under Capt. John Putnam, in Col. Reed's Regiment, and served for the term of six months - was during this service at the surrender of Burgoyne. Tilly Putnam knows of this service, and his deposition is annexed.
Again in 1778, in February he enlisted at said Concord, under Capt. Andrews company, Col.

Jacobs Regiment, and did duty as a sergeant in said company and in Capt Smith's company in said Regiment for the term of ten months. This service was performed at Rhode Island - and the deposition of Thaddeus Blood is hereto annexed proving said service. signed in presence of Nathan Brooks Aaron Wright mark
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state,
Witness Nathan Brooks
Aaron Wright mark
We, Ezra Ripley a clergyman, residing in the said town of Concord and Abiel Heywood residing in said Concord hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Aaron Wright who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; - that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age: that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Ezra Ripley
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Abiel Heywood
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above-named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that Ezra Ripley who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in Concord and that Abiel Heywood who has also signed the same, is a resident in Concord and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. P. Fay Prob
I Isaac Fish Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Aaron Wright for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day of the year first aforesaid.
I also certify that Nathan Brooks whose own proper signature is set to the deposition hereto annexed is a justice of the peace in and for said County.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal official this eighteenth day of August AD 1832
Isaac Fishke

Johnson Wright
No 4.455
4

In reply to your request of 21 ult. , received 22 ult. for a statement of the military history of Aaron Wright , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. F. 30,809.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 19, 1775. 5 or 6 wks. Pri. David Brown ✓ Mass.   Dec. 1775. 2 mos. " David Wheeler Nixon "   Feb. or Mch. 1776. 6 or 8 days. " George Minott ✓ "   Aug. 1776. 4 mos. " Zachariah Fitch ✓ "   1777. 1 " " John Buttrick. Reed. "   Feb. 1778. 10 " Sergt. { Andrew Smith Jacobs "  
Battles engaged in, Concord. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Concord, Mass. Date of application for pension, Aug. 18, 1832. His cl. was cl. Residence at date of application, Concord, Middlesex Co., Mass. Age at date of application, Aged 77 yrs. Remarks: There is no data relative to family.

30809 Rev INVALID.
1910, Feb. 7, To Mrs. Julia Hastings Emery Fr.
File No. 30,809.
Aaron Wright Dis Rev War
Act: June 1 st 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 421
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Antrim N.H. Jan. 21. 1910
Bureau of Pensions,
V. Warner. Commissioner,
Dear Sir:—
Will you
kindly inform me if there are records on file of the following Revolutionary soldiers, -I- Aaron Wright, minute man of Concord, Mass.
-II- Samuel Tuttle of Acton, Mass.
-III- Isaac Patch of Westford, Groton and Pepperell Mass.
-IV- Nathan Meriam of Concord Mass.
If you have any records of any of the above named, will you please send me a copy.

Thanking you in advance for your kindness,
I am yours truly
Mrs Julia Hastings Emery
Austin
N.H.
JAN 25 1910

aaron wright

I Thaddeus Blood of Concord in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do depose and say, that Aaron Wright, whom I have seen this day in Concord, in 1778 was a sergeant in Capt. Andrews company, Col. Jacob's Regiment, at Rhode Island, about the middle of September, the company of Andrews was joined with the company of Capt. Smith, but I cannot tell the length of time he served as a sergeant or private, but from circumstances I have reason to believe and believe that he served as a sergeant for the term of ten months as he states —
Thad Blood
Commonwealth of Massachusetts —
Middlesex ss. Concord August 18. 1832 Then the above named Thaddeus Blood, a person of credibility, personally appeared and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true —
Before me Nathan Brooks Jr. of Peace
(Signature)

4455
Aaron Wright

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
December 24 th A. D. 1832 -
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a justice of the Peace in and for said said County of Middlesex, Aaron Wright, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that he is an of old age and consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades viz: "For seven months and six days I served as a private soldier, in companies of Infantry, and for the further term of ten months, I served as a sergeant in a company of Infantry, in the war of the Revolution - and I am confident, that I served not less than the above times, exclusive of the service at Concord immediately after April 19 th 1775, as set forth in my declaration -
Witnesses -
Elizabeth Wood Jr
Aaron his X Wright mark
W. M. W. N. W.
Sworn to before
Nathan Brooks, Jus. of Peace